Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-24
Calnnase
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaae, d. ID.

Los Angeles. Cal. Nov lS.-The in
fiuence on character of the occupation
OF the evening hours Is the topic OF
this sermon. which Is especially timely
ut the beginning Of winter The
preacher pleads for wise and care.
full method of spending the leisure Pc
rlod of the day. The text Is Psalm
civ, %. Man gOeth forth unto his
work and to his labor until the even
ing"
never take walk or ride upon u
street car or enter store or finish
journey upon Il railroad train without
being impressed with the universal
fact that this is a busy world. Most
people are in trcadmill of ceaseless
activity. or course there are individ-
ual exceptions 10 this rule, but the
vast majority OF the human race are
working Just as hard and as long
hours as II Is possible for them TO do.
We may think that some men are not
working up TO the full limit of their
mental and physical capacity. but II
we once put ourselves In these mems
places invariably we will find out that
we could not work harder than they
IL we tried to do their kind of labor.
What lazy fellow once said
gentleman who was impatiently
watching workman emptying tank
of water into the drain by means
Of bucket "Why. could I'LL 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-
ployee's hands ana went TO work with
intense zeal The water simply few
out of that tank. Instead Of filling the
emptied six or eight bucketfuls Of
water minute. There" he said to
his workman. why do you not work
like that" Please your honor" an
swered the workman. would you be
kind enough to 20 on working that
way for another twenty minutes2 l
never doubted that six pals could be
emptied in minute, but what ! want
To know is how long you could keep
on working at that rate II you had to
work all day long II Is easy enough
for good race horse TO run a mile
under three minutes. but how many
miles could he cover MT that ratef
Yes. | am right when ! assert that the
vast majority OF people are working
up to the full limit Of their physical
and mental capacity. II they were
compelled to do much more. they
would soon have a physical collapse,
ns an overdriven horse might he easily
killed IL forced TO go far at racing
speed
All SIN 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
3 o'clock and 4 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 scaffoldlngs, and the me
chanlcs to sit at their benches. and fac
tory wheels begin 10 turn. and the
stores are crowded with customers. and
the law courts are filled with busy law
yers, and the various human beehives
hum and buzz with life But as the
day speeds on the tired lnborers begin
to look ut their watches. Three o'clock
In the afternoon comes. Then 1. 3. 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 are his own.
Now | want 10 consider with you
what we shall do with our evenings.
! am not here 10 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 prnctic
ally our own masters and can do with
our time as we wlli
The evening. In the first place. should
be the home hour II is the time when
man should get acquainted with his
family II 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 aud play bean bag
with his children aud shoot marbles
with his boys across the figures OF the
carpet aud tell stories To his little
ones. us Eugene Field used to make
rhymes for his babies II Is the time
when you should try to beat your big
gest boy ut game Of checkers aud
when YOU should read your eldest
daughters latest composition and tind
out how she likes her new teacher.
Then. after the babies are put to bed
aud the good night prayers have been
said and the kisses given. i is the
time when you should draw your chair
nm IN tho sitting ronun fire ulOuuSilp Of