One Man's Retirement

Abstract

"(The late Norman Jones, wrote this article following his enforced retirement from the Baptist Union, because of ill health. We are grateful to David Pountain for bringing it to our attention and also to Mr Jones' widow for her co-operation). The room is quiet. the sleeper stirs uneasily in his sleep. As gropingly he seeks consciousness, he feels a sense of panic. He has missed the alarm and still half asleep he makes efforts to get out of bed, when a sleepy voice beside him says, "Have you forgotten, you retired on Friday?" For the first time he begins to sense what retirement means, and slips back into holiday sleep"