Show 44 J 1 ARE WE DRIVING I I TOO FAST NOW NOVi t 4 i i Strong Sermon by Rev P A Simpkin on Feature of n r Tt Modern Life I WE LIVE TOO SUDDEN j iI PLEASURE IS NEEDED EVILS OF L I INDULGENCE til i iL MM M H H Hj j 4 f And M th U the driving is hi like Uke the driving 4 of ot Jehu tbt son ion of ot for he be f j turl furlo King 9 1120 20 r M M t M M t t M M t M HI M t M t M Before Detore a large e and moat moet attentive eon con congregation OO 1 at a Phillips Congregational 4 church yesterday y the pastor Rev P A Simpkin preached an n eloquent And nd lot int sermon smon from the above a ove text i The rIse choice of or the text be he said aid td and the U Uj b j introduction of the Ute priest t of I Justice jutIca wu was made only because the char characteristic charF iI F j I of ot hie hili hi driving l III Ii a true figure t of one aspect aa of modern ute life which he de do desired dot deI t I sired aired to touch upon He We said eld The impetuous dash duh of ot this old oki heroic figure flashing with his chariot across the Judean lulls hills ts s one that has hoe caught the worlds eye ye and the way wa of f him has ha become a common proverb of or 0 our English speech He U Is I ulle worthy study for tor hU achievement and the queer makeup of 01 character he be presents pre enta But m In the tha brief time we have we borrow the th thI I L thought of ot this line from the picture cre that has baa been painted on the record of the age the fact that he drove furiously Th I reckless reekS swing of him and his steeds fly flyIng j Ing along the dusty road rondo seems lle e nis ma out of harmony with the slow and quiet spirit of that far tar ye yesterday tenJay and anel must moat have haven nade n de him a figure wonderful to his hi time i e This Is a Fast Era He has nas ila a word for us The age ace in m which we live is Jehu In the I matter of ot the ruth rush ru h of life Ufe Vast at trains and ancl steamers fast eating and drinking fast laet work and play One of or the cowboys Y of recent fiction summed it In the phrase We Ve live too sudden which If It neither i grammatical nor elegant is Ia at least leat force Coree forceful forceful j ful and picturesquely true On the edge edg I of ot vacation time we are preparing t for the th annual orK orgy of ot rest reat as we t unconscious designate the annual of or nations filled with rush ruh and 1 Indulgence it is s well to pause a bit ami and amit F I t think of the folly of ot overindulgence In pleasure 4 f This Thle is i th nervous onous age ace The price we weE if E pay jmj for br brad ad and butter and the little fl 11 balance that means pleasure luxury or ord d Is I greater than ever eer Except t In a few o 04 i the physical burden tf r t M j grows grow 0 less lea ti ell UI strain aver ev r more 1 There it I it I t moral value values as well as a al l physical and mental one in the release relea e of ind aud in the proper use of rj I the leisure hours hourI and days rt r The value of oC o the th Sabbath Sabboth d day y In this l t direction is la in One who uses Its It rt quiet aright will wear wonder wonderfully IJ J i fully tully amid th strain of the days and andi i cars al But flut ther in Ii reed for Cor an i 1 1 SNI for tor or the th average man in IA the spirit 1 of ot amu nt and a participation in the thet t pleasures of his tIm which are ate not j wrongful III In the harm to himself or In Inthe Int Inthe the violation of ot those divine ethics that I t Ii t should be binding upon all aft consciences it 11 I But Is U it not HOt tri tru i that we have havo allow I Ithe if 1 J the nt spirit to possess posses us in instead instead stead std of ser serving mg ing us Has Ha not the bod U l taken the plate of m mind nd and soul seal almost wholly In our hours Has not pleasure the buxom waiting maid of ot our ouri i resting re time Um who was waa wont to charm us in the place of good books honks rood pictures A good plays plaY the tho good homes with their theirL I L I I I simple simp hospitalities hoer and delights delight come to tobo tobe I H c be bo a tyrant mistress garbed In luxury d In flashing paste pate and with face j i and eyes with unholy passion 1 Jj I 1 One of th prominent pr pen men 1 of the city t i said within the th v week eek as a Sn in tn the chance chan 1 meeting of the street an inquiry was 9 made mad ail as to ta hs Its health b alth I am tired out y Night after aner nIght It 11 is s go go go KO theatre i automobile until I am sick 1 t of It ft I W wf oHM could ild have a little more mort 1 of home Mv My ly pleasure hours take tae mere U out of ot me than business busine does d IVe We have hav havea if c a CIty cin one with facilities for fort t enJo e The Th gr grat rat nt resorts are places piece 4 t delightful for fey an hour of leisure The j f canyons canyon ar an for Cor beauty and aad fl 1 1 convenient ot oi i a uess Ls ces The most skilful lf plum plan are arf la lal to draw people to the var varied led afforded for leisure hours M i The city Ity is h fumed as a pleasure loving r and indulging one on ont t The Race Track l Now I hoe have ha no word won to sa say i 1 I any of the places except the ra track k ostracised t y i 1 t 1 I the great creat common commonwealths of nuru 4 for Its Ita it iniquitous In Influences 1 anil an 1 its so tO o perilous P 4 to youth in ii h but duty dut demands j that a worl l 1 h e pok n in retard regard Tt artl to the madness ot of o n that makes ply i work And ift i a 1 grind where here where It ought to tobe tobe be a dell ht I But In lit tin tI t glorious summer Bummer time with t its It bours hours of f opportunity for leisure 4 Amusement should be the Incidental All Allour Allour 4 1 our life ItCe ou nt to b pleasurable plea But 1 i j amusement nt not be indulgence our mar 4 pleasure should minister to our t tug is and renewal The idea Wea kle that every j 4 hour of must be yielded to the too 1 i siren cull cell or it f is a damnable it V and damaging o 0 ni i it Injures socially be because I cause of v which it onuses i us to neg nag negI h I I t as 88 well wen a n I Its unfitting Influence nce on onI onYA YA t I our lives JIves The and the can cani i help great greatly l this problem Rational 4 amusement in every eer ry walk of ot life is as Im Important imI I 1 as u ration il education It is I not noti 1 i that wealth is III culpable In seeking enjoy enjoyment enjoyment 1 ment But in a land where the common I 1 I citizenship skeins sens In to argue arpe equality In all if 3 things and tilt tile temptation Is to to seek Ie to tot t 1 match in indulgence the tm pace set t by those I i with means and leisure for tor unusual meas measure measure I ure of enjoyment In lit the field of amuse amusement 1 1 ment mont there is 18 a II demand for Cor a fine un 1 j t selfishness which will set a rational pace I 3 i in all these matters By B the removal of t I that temptation that lies In ostentation o A and vulgar display set t before beCore those th who I l in the till very nature of things follow the i ti r I lead by emphasising the values of or home homek k j gentle culture and taste in amusement a atI tI 1 great help can be given by b the wealthy The business man the neurologist the 44 i educator and the ecclesiastic are at one K 1 In ir 1 the deploring for various reasons re sons this I pace aee in amusement The un unpaid unpaid Unpaid paid bills hUla that seem to cause neither worry ner shame In the face Cace of the fever feser for amusement amu ement the sapped energy that unfits for the giving to life the best the neglected hearts that sprout not the fine Ideals ideate that can atone alone make the child fit tit for tor his place in the world tomorrow the unrest and aRd absorption in the shallow that produce absolute forgetfulness of the tha greg great things that should sweep life liCe In a sense senile of Its relation and responsibility to God these all are a part of the price we 8 pay for tor the Jehu spirit that makes th thO the chariot of ot the circus and the red tire of ot absorbing cheapness in so much of our amusement amu ement It calls for tor our thought and care It has been suggested ted that this thia ten tendency dency doney of our time to drive too hard the chariot ch of I amusement to share too eager eagerly eagerly eagerly ly In the things of life Ute on Its Us lighter side unsettles un ettle life makes It less healthy and amI sane BaM burns bums out Its 1111 energy limits the moral vision and softens the fibre of ot life lite liteN Need N one remind you that the saddest wrecks Teck that visit the great neurologists of ot America are not the men who are the thet t giants of ot the business and Indus Industrial Industrial trial trl world Th Thy y are the votaries of the thee erze e for pleasure Have Nave you noted that the shameful crimes of the past dec decade decade decade ade have sprung out of the hothouse at atmosphere here of the life 7 Omission It is Ie a singular fact that Lubbock in 1 his 1 charming book The Pleasures of Life makes in the list of oC the tile worth worthwhile worthwhile worthwhile while things thine s that het name his chapters no place for amusement He lie was wise enough to see that It must be Incidental We shall more nearly approach our life liCe ideal if we too toe so value valtie It and with Ar Arnold I nold fluid say as we look to the grandeur of the sky by b the he silence round them Undistracted by the sights they see ee These e demand not that the th things with without without without out them Yield them love amusement sympathy Bounded by themselves th and end unobservant nt In what state Gods God other works may be bf beIn bein In then their own OWR tasks all their powers pour Ing These attain the mighty might life you ou see e eh h |