With the children on Sundays, through eye-gate, and ear-gate into the city of child-soul . 19 What Use Do You Make of Your Time? 303 304 THE CLOCK. Later came the clocks. They were first made about 2,000years ago, but were very rude and awkward. The first watcheswere made about 475 years ago, but they were very large, and youwould almost need to have a man to carry your watch for you, itwas so heavy. Smaller watches were first made about 200 yearsago, and now they have some that are so very small that you couldcarry six or seven of them in your vest pocket without inconveni-ence.
With the children on Sundays, through eye-gate, and ear-gate into the city of child-soul . 19 What Use Do You Make of Your Time? 303 304 THE CLOCK. Later came the clocks. They were first made about 2,000years ago, but were very rude and awkward. The first watcheswere made about 475 years ago, but they were very large, and youwould almost need to have a man to carry your watch for you, itwas so heavy. Smaller watches were first made about 200 yearsago, and now they have some that are so very small that you couldcarry six or seven of them in your vest pocket without inconveni-ence. How else could we tell about the time of the departure oftrains and steamboats, the hours to go to work in the factory or to goto school, when to go to church? And the enjoyment of manyother things depends upon knowing accurately what moment weshould be on hand. You should learn never to be late, but alwaysto be prompt. Suppose that, with an audience of six hundredpeople, the preacher should be five minutes late. Each personwould then have lost five minutes. This, for the entire six hundredpresent,
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