Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-11-22
CalnnaSe
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee, d. d.

preacher pleads for wise and care
Rod of the day. The text is Psalm
civ, 90, Man goeth forth unto his
work and to his labor until the even
ing"
never take walk or ride upon q
street car or enter a store or finish q
journey upon railroad train without
being impressed with the universal
fact that this is n busy world. Most
people are in treadmill Of ceaseless
activity. OF course there are lndivid-
ual exceptions to this rule, but the
vast majority Of the human race are
working just as hard and us long
hours as 1t is possible for thelH to do.
We may think that some men are not
working up to the full limit of their
mental and physical capacity, but If
we once put ourselves in these mems
places invariably we will find out that
we could not work harder than they
II we tried to do their kind Of labor.
What lazy fellow once said
gentleman who was impatlently
watching workman cmptyiug Il tank
of water into the drain by means
of a bucket "Nhv | could fill that
bucket twice to his once" At last he
determined to set his workman an
example of the right kind OF industry.
SO he took the pail out Of his EN-
nloyees hands and went to work with
intense zeal The water simply flew
out of that tank. Instead of filing the
pail two or three times a minute, lie
emitted six or eight bucketfuls Of
water minute. There" he said to
his workman. "Nhy do You not work
/ like that?" please. your honor" an
swered the workman, would you be
! kind enough to 90 on working that
way for another twenty minutes? l
never doubted that six pals could be
/ empticd in a minute. but what l want
| to know is how long you could keep
on working at that rate If you had to
work all day long" 1t is easy enough
! for good race horse to run mile
under three minutes, but how many
miles could he cover at that rate!
| Yes, am right when I assert that the
vast majority OF people are working
up to the full limit Of their physical
and mental capacity. If they were
compelled to do much more. they
would soon have a physical collapse,
as an overdriven horse might be easily
killed If forced to go far at racing
speed
All still at Night.
This worldwide work starts at early
dawn and continues right on to sunset.
| Hour after hour the Waterman PAGES
his lonely beat during the long, dark
hours of the night. No one seems to
be anywhere around. The great city
/ seems to be dead. One o'clock passes.
| Two o'clock comes. All is still. Then
o'clock and o'clock. Then the milk
wagons begin to rumble. The electric
cars begin to roll. BY and by the myr
lads upon myriads Of people break
fast. Then the day workmen begin to
climb their scaffoldings, and the me-
chanics to sit at their benches and fac
tory wheels begin to turn, and the
stores are crowded with customers. and
the law courts are filed with busy law
yers, and the various human beehives
hum and buzz with life. But as the
day speeds on the tired laborers begin
to look at their watches. Three o'clock
in the afternoon comes. TIN 4, 5, g.
Then the factory whistle blows. The
great business centers Of the town are
emptied. The shutters are put up.
The securities are locked away in the
vaults. The showcases are covered
with protecting cloths. Man may work
eight, ten or even twelve hours, but the
evenings for the most part ire his own.
Now, want to consider with you
what we shall do with our evenings.
am not here to talk about what we
shall do as clerks down at the store,
when the eyes of our employers are on
us. But what shall we do with our
winter evenings, when we are practc-
ally our own masters and can do with
our time as we will?
The evening, in the first place, should
be the home hour. 1t is the time when
q man should get acquainted with his
family. 1t is the time when he should
become child again. Then, instead
of being like Paul and putting away
Childish things" he should drop the
cares Of the store and play bean bag
with his children and shoot marbles
with his boys across the figures of the
carpet and tell stories to his little
ones, as Eugene Field used to make
rhymes for his babies. 1t Is the time
when you should try to beat your big
, geSt boy at game of checkers and
when you should read your eldest
daughters latest composition and find
out how she likes her new teacher.
} Then, after the babies are. put TO bed
and the good night prayers have been
said and the kisses given, it Is the
time when you should draw your chair
up to the sitting room fire alongside of
your wife's chair. While she is darn
ing the stockings Is the time when you
should open to her your whole heart
} and tell her everything about your
+ hopes and your plans. Before you mar
ried her you did not think any winter
night too cold or too damp when you
waded through the snow to visit her
In her fathers home. Surely you can
p afford to spend few evening hours
with her alone, as you used to do be-
fore she became the mother of your
babies. But, alas, alas, how many men