Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-11-22

I can hardly move. What my brain
needs Is not an intellectual upllft, but
Just complete rest. II can only 20
to some vaudeville performance and
have a good laugh or 60 and have a
good dance, all Is well. do not want
work, but rest--complets rest" Oh. no,
my friend, you are wrong. The mind
and body are never properly rested
and recreated by doing som ething fool
ish and mentally enervatlng. You are
depicting your mind and emasculating
1t, as some people spoil their children.
The little boy comes to his mother and
says, Mamma, l am hungry. Can l
have a cake?" mo, Charlie" says his
mother, "but IL you wish you can have
a glass Of milk and some bread" Char.
lie lies down on the ground and begins
to scream. Then the mother SAYS, "All
right, Charlie, so and get the cake,
only stop that kicking and crying" A
couple Of hours later, at dinner, Charlie
absolutely refuses to eat anything but
some pie. He says, II am not hungry.
/ do not wish to eat anything" About
two hours later Charlie comes to his
mother and says: Mamma, am hun.
CRY. Can have some candyY' She
says, "No, Charlie" With that Char
lies face begins to twist and his mouth
to open. Then, in order to stop his cry
ing, the mother says: Yes, Charlie.
Here is the candy. Take 1t and don't
cry" What Is the result? Instead Of
giving that boy healthy food which
will develop bone and muscle and
sinew she develops for him a PERM
cious appetite. The boy gets into a
condition where he absolutely refuses
to eat food which is healthy for him.
Thus some Of us treat our minds like
spoiled children. We say: II am resting
my mind. ! will go to cheap theate
or to a dance hall" No. you are not
resting it. You are feeding it with
cakes and candy, Rest of mind sim
ply comes from change Of work. What
you need to do is to give your winter
evenings to good reading, to good
thoughts and TO high ideals. This
means work, but it will mean work
that will recreate and strengthen your
energies, depleted y the struggles Of
the day Are we willing to pay the
price by which our evenings can pro-
vide us with "a true. beneficial mental
development?
True Development.
But take IL step farther and declare
that large per cent Of your evenings
should be consecrated to direct service
to Jesus Christ. These should be the
sacred hours when you say. Lord,
what wilt thou have me to do?" not
Lord. what wilt thou have me to do
for my own self or for my own fam
ily!" You should say, Lord, what wilt
thou have me to do directly for theef"
You know that the Lord commands us
to give tenth OF our income to him
But that is not enough We must also
give to him our time and our service.
Most of us cannot give this time and
service during the day. Those hours
belong to our employer. Man goeth
forth unto his work and to his labor
until the evening" But we can give
to Gods service part Of ou1 evenings.
And we must give to him these hours
If we are to do tho work he wants us
to do.
But" you say. Il cannot understand
you. Is not this inconsistent with your
advice to stay home With our families
Now. how can l visit hospitals and 60
to slckrooms and look after the poor
unless turn my back upon my family
Can man be in two places at the
same time? Can farmer help a neigh
Dor build his barn and plow his own
fields on the same day? How can one
look after his own children and vet
associate with those who need help and
who are not members Of his own fami
ly?" l am glad You mentioned that
You are just the person with whom
want to talk. You say you are fami
ly man. You say you would be willing
TO give up certain evenings Of your life
TO serve Christ If thereby you would
not have to neglect your home duties
Go forth and invite to your own home
the young men and the young women
who are living in boarding houses. ASK
them sometimes to supper. Surround
them with the influences Of your Chris
tian home. You cannot serve God bet
ter than by working for him in just
this way. want to tell you the his
tory Of q noble Christian woman and
what she did in city Of the east.
This lady was not wealthy. She had
put little money and family of grow
ing children. She had to do her own
housework. Man may go forth into
work and to his labor until the even
ing, but this woman had to work in the
evenings as well. So she said to her
self II can do little but that little
will do for uy Master. My home shall
always be my Saviour's home, and ev,
cry one can welcome here in his
name / gladly WILL" She went t.
work for Christ. She gathered up
large Sunday school class Of boys who
for the most part, We're homeless. B!
that mean those boys who We're ava.
living in boarding houses. There wer
eighteen or twenty of them. These sh
used to invite to her home. Ever!
week she would have some Of them +
dinner. Her parlors We're their par
| lors. Her books We're their books
When they were sick she took then
into her own home and cared FOR them
Would you like to know the result o
! that humble Christian woman'S life