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UF00083765_00006_pdf.txt

I'm the least Ganrt nortcn tn leisure time.
Jesus didn't deal with yeople who had a great deal of leisure.
Working neonle; life was hard: toil wee endless.
So the Bible has more to say about work than about leisure
Earliest scurce of a theory
A curse: "in the (Heat of thy brow thou c'hat earn thy bread."
And that he: been. and is still, a cordon View
But its not the 21bitl_dominant Biblical View
God is represented as working
In the creation of the world: creator-worker
As a notter sharin clay
As a shepherd
As a carpenter
Work was viewed as food
Surprise--this View was unioue among th ancients
The Persians locked down on laborers-~tredesneonle
Loved idleness: "A iorlf of verses..
Greek and Roman philosoohera the save
Abhorred all but "liberal" work
Aristrtle: "It is or course. gnaerslly understood that
in a wel--ordered state, the citizen should have
leisure and not have to nrovide for his daily needs."
Only citizens-~elavee, of course, worked.
Victorian England-~no gentleman would work
Christianity developed differently
From Middle Ages thru Protestant Rcvclution--lifeof work is ;ood
Chaucer: "Heaven is not given to idle folk..."
Idleness is "the gate to all evil
And today ve say: "An idle mind is the devils workshop.
That is the Christian ethic
Puritan. Quaker, pioneer
Still the dominant notion
Idlcneas creates a rensc of uilt
A real nroblem for retirees
Gallup Poll--l962--o4% said don't reduce vork week
52% of labor union members said name t inc.
Psychologicdlly, morally, emotionallyo-we are not nrepared for leisure
But it 58 here
I can't even define leisure
Some one has suggested to divide time into two warts
Sold time-~to survive, to he secure-~for a price
Free time-without orice
narhans "given"
To wife--to Rotary-~to the Church-Eike Beaudoin
Man has two great needs """"
To be--aurvival
To be aomebody--fr£etime
If this be true. use or time depends upon scale of values
That's where the Curch comes in-and Christ
What do you want to do with your life?
Early Americans had little nrohlam
After church, out up team, feta stock, eat dinner-timc 'or red
Don't nday cards, don't dance, don't go to theetre--rest
Today the vital differences in neovle: what dod they do with leisure
Is it an extension of Saturday night whine-ding
Is it a continual round of cock-tail nartiea
Cr in Church--or olio vacine drives-~or development of
creative talente
Gallup says: 0 of 10 persons choose entertainment oVer education
2/3 of all adults hav a not read a ?ook in a year~all the nsv thru
1 in 6 adults knows a reccnt book he would like to read

All this not much help
vaiously I dcdn't have many answers

Remember the book: zou are what xou eat
I conclude: You are w e {on make yourself with your free time .

You not in accordance wit your scale of values

The Bible lee lots to say about right volues

"...Seek first his kingdom end his righteousness, and all these
things shall be Yours as well."

"... hatever is true---honoreble---Just---pure---1ovely---rrscious---

if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of
praise, think about these things.

' hateve you do, do all to the glory of God.




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