Woe to the multitude of many people \u2026 and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! <\/i><\/p>\n
\u2014Isaiah 17:12<\/i><\/p>\n
2131<\/b> Drive-In View Of Dead<\/b><\/p>\n
In our hasty age, this was bound to come. An Atlanta mortician has adopted the drive-in window approach for busy mourners. He is having five windows installed in an extension of his funeral home. Each window is six feet long and will contain a body in its coffin. \u201cSo many people want to come by and see the remains of a relative or friend,\u201d said the mortician, \u201cbut they just don\u2019t have the time. This way they can drive by and just keep on going.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Christian Victory<\/i><\/p>\n
2132<\/b> Driving Fast But Aimlessly<\/b><\/p>\n
It is said that Huxley was once on his way to a meeting of the British Association in Dublin but arrived late at the station. Hurriedly he jumped into a jauntingcar and ordered the coachman: \u201cDrive fast! \u201c<\/p>\n
Away went the cab, jolting over the streets. At length Huxley inquired of the driver, \u201cDo you know where you are going?\u201d He answered with a grin, \u201cNo, I don\u2019t know where we are going, but I\u2019m driving very fast.\u201d That\u2019s a pretty good picture of modern man. <\/p>\n
One of the marchers in Coxey\u2019s army as it moved on Washington tried to explain his mission by saying, \u201cWe don\u2019t know what we want, but we want it mighty bad, and we want it mighty quick.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Armin C. Oldsen <\/p>\n
2133<\/b> Around and Around In Taxi<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cJimmie\u201d Walker, once mayor of New York, tells the story of the drunk who climbed into a taxi and demanded, \u201cDrive me eighteen times around Central Park.\u201d The cab had gotten about as far as 86th Street when he banged on the window and cried, \u201cFaster! I\u2019m in a hurry!\u201d<\/p>\n
2134<\/b> Those Pioneer Days<\/b><\/p>\n
Back in the pioneer days, if a man missed a stagecoach, he just shrugged his shoulders and said, \u201cSo what? Another one will be along in a couple of weeks.\u201d Now, if a man misses even one section of a revolving door in a bank building, he is ready to explode with impatience. We need to slow down and let our spirits catch up with our bodies. Many people are rushing around so fast that they have no time to speak to a friend, to smile, or just to stop and pat a little dog on the head. We need to slow down and live! <\/p>\n
\u2014Gospel Herald<\/i><\/p>\n
2135<\/b> Caught In Own Time Trap<\/b><\/p>\n
Time hasn\u2019t changed a noticeable fraction of a second in ten million years. The first man who stood on two feet and watched the sunrise and had a glimmering of wonder about time knew the same span of daylight that we know today, and the same year. Grass grew as deliberately then as now, and the berry ripened in its own time. <\/p>\n
But somewhere along the way man began to count not only the days, but the hours, the minutes, the seconds. Time was unchanged but man was caught in his own time-traps. The very echoes came to say, \u201cHurry, hurry, hurry!\u201d And only now and then did anyone stop and ask, \u201cWhy, and what for?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014New York Times<\/i><\/p>\n
2136<\/b> Dolphin With Anchor: \u201cHasten Slowly\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
A famous historic symbol to express moderation is the device of a dolphin twisted round an anchor. This was inscribed on his coins by Titus, the Emperor of Rome, and was meant by him to express that golden mean between hurry and delay\u2014the failure which comes from rushing without premeditation, and hesitation through overmuch caution. The anchor is thus the symbol of delay, as it is also of firmness and security, while the dolphin is regarded as the swiftest and most mercurial of fish. <\/p>\n
Frequently the dolphin and anchor are used as a family crest, with the explanatory motto, Festina lente, \u201cHasten slowly.\u201d The symbol, therefore, fitly expresses the idea of moderation, of that just balance between two opposing forces. It represents, also, that maturity in business which is the medium between too great haste and too great hesitation. <\/p>\n
\u2014James Burns<\/p>\n
2137<\/b> Too Busy<\/b><\/p>\n
Too busy to read the Bible<\/p>\n
Too busy to wait and pray! <\/p>\n
Too busy to speak out kindly<\/p>\n
To someone by the way! <\/p>\n
Too busy to care and struggle, <\/p>\n
To think of the life to come! <\/p>\n
Too busy building mansions, <\/p>\n
To plan for the Heavenly Home. <\/p>\n
Too busy to help a brother<\/p>\n
Who faces the winter blast! <\/p>\n
Too busy to share his burden<\/p>\n
When self in the balance is cast. <\/p>\n
Too busy for all that is holy<\/p>\n
On earth beneath the sky <\/p>\n
Too busy to serve the Master<\/p>\n
But\u2014not too busy to die. <\/p>\n
\u2014Selected<\/p>\n
2138<\/b> Too Busy For Taxes<\/b><\/p>\n
He was once dean of the Harvard Law School, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and adviser to President Kennedy on reform of the Federal Regulatory Agencies. Now he faced a charge of not filing his U. S. income tax on time for the years 1956 through 1960\u2014a period in which he earned $360,827 in gross income. The only defence that James M. Landis could make was that \u201che had been so engrossed with public matters that he neglected personal affairs, including taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n
2139<\/b> The Horse\u2019s View<\/b><\/p>\n
There is a little story about a picture of the famous racehorse, Man O\u2019War. The caption on the painting said: \u201cThe fastest horse the world has ever seen.\u201d Beneath this, some wag had penciled: \u201cThe fastest world the horse has ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Selected<\/p>\n
2140<\/b> Word \u201cPost Haste\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
The word \u201cpost haste\u201d came into usage during the reign of Henry VIII of England. Relays of horses were stationed in principal towns in England. When a letter was stamped \u201cposthaste,\u201d it meant \u201cride for thy life!\u201d If a carrier was caught delaying on route, he was hanged! <\/p>\n
Letters of the sixteenth century often bore a drawing of a letter carrier suspended from the gallows. Beneath the drawing occurred the words: \u201cHaste! Post haste! Haste for thy life!\u201d<\/p>\n
2141<\/b> Trainman Missed Word \u201cExtra\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
Frank Plewa, 59, of Calgary, was killed in a train wreck by a misunderstanding of instructions. The order read, \u201cHold all westward extra trains until 13:10.\u201d Conductor Duby said he read the order over the dispatcher\u2019s shoulder up to the word \u201cwestward\u201d and, assuming the next word to be \u201ctrain,\u201d rushed out to notify the \u201ccrew.\u201d That one omitted word \u201cextra\u201d sealed the fate of Frank Plewa. <\/p>\n
2142<\/b> Football\u2019s Wrongest Run<\/b><\/p>\n
Football\u2019s \u201cWrongest Run\u201d occurred in the 1929 Rose Bowl. <\/p>\n
California was leading Georgia Tech 7\u20136 when Roy Riegels took the ball. He became confused when California players began blocking Tech men behind him. He turned and ran in that direction. <\/p>\n
The crowd roared in amazement, \u201cWrong way! Wrong way!\u201d Benny Lom, a fast Cal halfback, started after Riegels who was headed straight for the opponent\u2019s goal. \u201cRoy, Roy, stop!\u201d he cried. <\/p>\n
But the noise was so great that Riegels thought the crowd was cheering him on. Just as he reached the goal, his teammate pulled him down. <\/p>\n
The California team tried to punt from their one-yard line. But Tech blocked the kick and pounced on the ball behind the goal. The play was scored as a two-point safety for Georgia. This proved to be Georgia Tech\u2019s margin of victory. <\/p>\n
2143<\/b> To The Salt Mine! <\/b><\/p>\n
A group of Salt Lake City executives, after lunch, hailed a cab to go back to the office. As they climbed in, one exclaimed, \u201cWell, back to the salt mine!\u201d The cab bowled along and the executives became so engrossed in conversation that they didn\u2019t look up until it stopped\u2014at the entrance to the salt mine at the edge of town. <\/p>\n
\u2014Minneapolis Tribune<\/i><\/p>\n
2144<\/b> No Time To Hurry<\/b><\/p>\n
Composer Igor Stravinsky\u2019s publisher urged him to hurry the completion of a new composition. <\/p>\n
\u201cHurry!\u201d he cried angrily. \u201cI never hurry. I have no time to hurry.\u201d<\/p>\n
2145<\/b> Writing For All Time<\/b><\/p>\n
For two years or more Haydn toiled on his grand oratorio. When friends urged him to bring his task to a close he replied: \u201cI cannot make haste; I am writing for all time.\u201d Each day before beginning he knelt and prayed for divine guidance as he wrote. <\/p>\n
\u2014Congregationalist<\/i><\/p>\n
2146<\/b> More Pearls To Cast<\/b><\/p>\n
Professor George Lyman Kitteredge of Harvard, the Shakespearean scholar, was once annoyed by the students noisily preparing to leave the class the moment the bell sounded. <\/p>\n
\u201cJust a minute, gentlemen,\u201d he said, \u201cI have a few more pearls to cast.\u201d<\/p>\n
2147<\/b> Not Yet Louis XIV! <\/b><\/p>\n
When Louis XIII, King of France, was on his deathbed, he ordered that his young son be brought to him. When the child arrived, the dying father asked:<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s your name?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLouis XIV,\u201d was the reply. <\/p>\n
\u201cNot yet,\u201d snapped the King. <\/p>\n
2148<\/b> Epigram On Hastiness<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 People sometimes forget that a rat race can be won only by a rat. <\/p>\n
\u2014Paul Palmer<\/p>\n
See also:<\/b> Recklessness ; Speed ; Luke 17:28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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