The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-01
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70 END THE SEASON.


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Yha Paw Dr. Charles +. Aked . his 8
he L,st sermon for the summer yety and
a. Eigth Avenue Baptist Churoi his n
el,;aad the members of his congrA smac
go go, ont of town, rest, forget CrS He
80 now spapers, telephones ana ph from
80, no. oC to-day. especially IN sncn on hi
-, Work is almost enough 10 rude
- c,,zv said DIR. Aked. ana tne and I
-.aa;c,re hat viii rest the body ana hair.
- l.,;, 49, IN be found in the qulet La
80 the conntrv. havir
arhsre has been no day in the histo gold
.ha vorld when such counsel was had
nasded than to-day. he said. mere He r.
No neople on the face of the whole chad
~ have more cause to heed 1t ana rthat
~, !, han we. Our cities are too vo't er Of
cr,wdoJ. Mich,
~NIan like the other animals, Was merst
Cor the fresh air and the open heids. ,p o
~ a.ns the snows and the sunshieete
pn, be clans a stone box down over 'arr
go !, in tbe midst of a hundfuI
,ho,s,nd other stone boxes as ugly as ,ow
nn s,re,china away in bewildering squair v
.nd naralelograms, shutting out Hoally
a. md Gsht. until he is ready TO faint sc
a warm day and freeze on a cold one atd,
die of pneumonia or terror "' "a
wind blows upon him
~This crowded, rushing. pushing. cruens
A., ci,v life gets on our nerves. We live
sas, Ne live faster than men eve
lived before. We live more than twenty
-. h,,rs in ths day and more than seveh
d.,s in the week. We burn the candle
., both ends. and then. for fear hat or
naigbbor will get ahead of us. We light IL
an ,he middle. too. We are consumed 10y
the fever Of living. We exhaust our vital
anar,,;es in amending stress and strain.
NJ have no time to think II ia as
,,uob "a we can be expected to do il we
sarp broad and cheese and lay by a pound
ortwo against a rainy day. The great ma
iority of us are just as capable OF hyine
.. NO arc If thinking. Leisure for quiet
con,amnla ton of the world winch we hve
IN ia denied us, There is no grass beneath
onr feet. no blue sky over our mead Inc
rorld Of trees and flowers and singing blrds
n " exist only i'm a world of dreams
While IL we once gave ourselves pause 70
mediate upon the deep things OF Goo anc
the soul. on time and its meaning, lie anS
its mysteries, heaven and the glories whicl
we thrust away, why-we mlght HISS 'n'
%The Injunction which insults me ever
time I travel in the subway ls: step livery
now, Hurry up. therer Hurry by, al
means. for we could not live il we did no
kill ourselves to get else
Dr.. Aked repeated Lewis Morris's Even
song, and said: There is one conslderatlo
which we cannot escape. what Oh TN
myriads of our brethren pent up IN inca
streets. prisoners of the counting nous
and the shops, slaves Of the mill ana TN
mine. ~ Lle poor and heavy laden Of ever
me- meless class, to whom these words ar
hitter mockery, for whom no changer
seasons bring cessation from toll an
WEAKNESS. What of them IN these Gays
slmmer sunshine and JOY!
There should be none such, except Ut
vicious, And Christianity cannot re
while such mortals live, disfranchised
their right TO rest and happiness. II
unaccomplished mission OF our ialtn
the redress of every economic nequalit
There is no gospel which is not a gospel
social service. We live to bring all ma
kind into The family Of God. But mea
while, while such poverty remains, wh
such evil conditions sadden ana :
what riyhl nave we to our holidays, 20 o
happinsssY Can we sit at our feast bin
fold. or dare we open our eyes! Wh
right have we 10 any feast while our Drotnt
starve in the midst OF plenty None,
ourselves, thinking. planning. acc,im
lating for ourselves, none. but II an !
TO us "a a sacred trust, il happiness is OF
SO much stored up energy TO be expend
in divine redemptive toll. then 60. Keep
fenst. charge your blood and brain W
health and Hood your soul with JOY.
"tor the present go away n toIs
II counsel Of perfection n you wo'
NOT follow il. else I should say to you,
where you can have no ietters ho ne
rarers, no kilograms. where the ring
the telephone bell is never heard, and wh
even the Marconi cannot come. But
least do your best to forget. rorget y
business, Forget your debts. Forget "
debtors. Forget hat IN TINS worio tner
suffering. sickness or sin. Only remem
that the sun shines for you the moonn
and the atarbeams are for you, the u
ebb and flow for you, the gorse upon
hillside, the purple heather and the ne
dressed Ss t n living yslS E Sr haS are no ,T patience ye 2 v
the attitude which makes a sad ana dol
thing out Of the practice and forms
Christian worship. =,
Let VA have done with these SOLE
hvpocrsies of conventional worship,
said. let us frankly claim our her1t
If happiness in a world whose maker
bull Ter - God. One day Paxton h
had to preach in a Yorkshire church
was a glorious summer morning. A 2
brother gave out;
M thoughts on awful subjects roll,
pamAstton and the dead
But Paxton Hood leaped to his
and said. oh no, they don't. My thou
do not roll on anything ~ dreadful.
US sing,
Come let 90, lnin our cheerful songs
WITH angels round the throne
-We pray God to forgive our sins
ought 10 pray to he forgiven our sad
There is no virtue in misery. The m
choly' person is not necessarily a sup
person: and IL he were the superior ~
l. generally dptestable. \ face as
a. a fiddle and a voice like a crows
not I've imputed to us for righteous
We shall not go to heaven for our
or 10 hell for our smiles. Humor ID
OF God as we'll as pathos.'
The hest way TO spend Sunday oI
other holiday. said DR.. Aked, was to I
thriSt's advice to his disciples: Con
yourselves apart into a desert place
rest awhile
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