Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-11-24
Calnage
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee, ID. ID.

fluepce on character OF the occupation
of the evening hours is the topic OF
this sermon, which is especially timely |
at the beginning Of winter. Inc |
preacher pleads for wise and care
full method of spending the leisure pc
riod of the day. The text Is Psalm
civ. %. "Man goeth forth unto MS
work and to his labor until the even
ing"
I never take walk or ride upon q
street car or enter store or finish q
Journey upon railroad train without
being impressed with the universal
fact that this is a busy world. Most
neople are in a treadmill Of eeaseless
activity. OF course there are 1ndivlu-
nal exceptions to this rule, but the
vast majority Of the human race are
working just as hard and as long
hours as it is possible for them 10 10.
70 We may think that some men are not
working I'D to the full limit Of their
mental and physical capacity, but II
we once put ourselves in these mems
nlaces invariably we will find out tnat
we could not work harder than they
If we tried to do their kind OF labor:
"What lazy fellow" once saiu
a gentleman who was impatiently
watching a workman emptying tank
Of water into the drain by means
of a bucket. "Why, l could NIL tnal
bucket twice to his once" At last ne
determined to set his workman an
example of the right kind OF industry
So he took the pail out OF his en-
plovae's hands and went to work Win
intense zeal. The water simply new
ont of that tank. Instead OF filing the
nail two or three times minute, ne
emitted six or eight bucketfuls on
wafer q minute. There" he said 10
his workman. "Why do you not work
Ike thatY please, your honor an
svered the workman, "would you DC
kind enough to go on working tnat
WAY for another twenty minutes l
never doubted that six pals coulu Dc
emntied in a minute, but what want
10 know Is how long you could keep
on working at that rate II you nau "
work all day long" 1t Is easy enough
for a good race horse to run mile
rnder three minutes, but how many
miles could he cover at that rate
Yes. am right when l assert that .ne
vast majority Of people are working
M to the full limit Of their physical
and mental capacity. If they were
comnelled to do much more, they
would soon have a physical collapse
es an overdriven horse might be easily
killed if forced to go far at racing
speed.
All still Mt Night.
This worldwide work starts at earl!
down and continues right on to sunset
Hour after hour the watchman pace
his lonely beat during the long, dari
hours Of the night. No one seems u
no anywhere around. The great CIT!
seems to be dead. One O'Clock passes
Two o'clock comes. All is still. Ihel
o'clock and 4 o'clock. Then the mill
wagons begin to rumble. The electri
cars begin to roll. BY and by the my
lads upon myriads Of people DreaS
fast Then the day workmen begin I
climb their scaffoldings, and the me
chanics to sit at their benches, ana Ia'
tory wheels begin to turn, ana IN
stores are crowded with customers, an
the law courts are filed with busy la"
yers. and the various human Deemve
hmm and buzz with life. But as ID
dav speeds on the tired laborers Degl
tn look at their watches. Three ocloc
In the afternoon comes. Then 4. 0,
Then the factory whistle blows. In
preat business centers of the town ar
emptied. The shutters are put "
The securities are locked away IN III
vaults The showcases are covere
with protecting cloths. Man may wor
eight ten or even twelve hours, but IN
evenings for the most part are his Owl
Now. I want to consider with 20
what we shall do with our evening
/ am not here to talk about what "
shall do as clerks down at the stor
when the eyes Of our employers are q
lis Rut what shall we do with OF
winter evenings, when we are pracu
ally our own masters and can 90 WI
our time as we Willy
The evening, in the first place, snou
be the home hour. 1t is the time wn'
O man should get acquainted Win
family. 1t Is the time when ne shou
become a child again. Then, inste'
of being like Paul and putting aw'
Childish things" he should drop Z
cares of the store and play bean D.
with his children and shoot marDl
with his boys across the figures or I
CARPET and tell stories to his I'LL
ones, as Eugene Field used 10 ma
rhymes for his babies. 1t Is the til
when you should try to beat your o
gest boy at a game Of checkers
when you should read your eld'
daughters latest composition ana Il
ont how she likes her new teach
Then, after the babies are put 10
and the good night prayers have DC
said and the kisses given, 1t Is
time when you should draw your en-
IN to the sitting room fire alongside
vour wife's chair. While she Is da
ing the stockings Is the time when
should open to her your whole ne
and tell her everything about "
hopes and your plans. Before you m
ried her you did not think any win
night too cold or too damp when
waded through the snow to visit
in her fathsr's home. Surely you
afford to spend a few evening no
with her alone, as you used to do
fore she became the mother or y
babies. But alas, alas, how many
there are who look upon an even
spent at home in the family circle
a wasted night! How many there
who when you talk about their days