Not On This Mothers Watch
Donald Cantrell
2 Samuel 21:1-14
Mothers Day Sermon
Theme: Rizpah fought the birds and the beast to protect her sons
I - Rizpah's Situation Is Terrible (1)
II - Rizpah's Sons Are Taken (2 - 8)
III - Rizpah's Sorrow Is Traumatic (9)
IV - Rizpah's Strength Is Tremendous (10)
V - Rizpah's Story Is Transmitted (11)
VI - Rizpah's Stance Is Triumphant (12 - 14)
Not On My Watch
Q: I see the expression ''not on my watch'' all over the place these days. I assume it began life as a naval usage, right?
A: The noun ''watch'' has been used for hundreds of years by soldiers, sailors, and officers of the law to mean a period of vigil on land or at sea. It's unclear whose usage inspired ''not on my watch.''
The earliest example we've seen for the expression cites a sailor, but he uses it figuratively to mean ''no way'' or ''absolutely not.'' A few years later, a police officer on a night watch uses it literally in the sense of ''This won't happen while I'm on duty.''
That early figurative example, tracked down by the lexicographer Jonathan Lighter, is from the March 17, 1907, issue of the Duluth (MN) News Tribune. It appears in an account of a brawl at a Bowery bar in New York City:
''Jack had started to meander on his way, but Tom pinched him and stung him a fifty for the bunch of busted glass. 'Not on my watch,' says Jack, and the two mixed it.''
Jack Rollings, a sailor on shore leave from the USS Alabama, had broken a mirror and refused the demand of Tom Sharkey, the owner, for restitution. The earliest literal example that we've found (from the May 29, 1911, issue of the San Francisco Call) describes the response of Capt. Steve Bunner, night chief of detectives at the city's central station, when a man threatened to commit suicide:
'''Not on my watch,' said Bunner. He pushed the button and two large policemen appeared. 'Take this man to the detention hospital,' he said.''
The usage is quite popular now, as ...
Donald Cantrell
2 Samuel 21:1-14
Mothers Day Sermon
Theme: Rizpah fought the birds and the beast to protect her sons
I - Rizpah's Situation Is Terrible (1)
II - Rizpah's Sons Are Taken (2 - 8)
III - Rizpah's Sorrow Is Traumatic (9)
IV - Rizpah's Strength Is Tremendous (10)
V - Rizpah's Story Is Transmitted (11)
VI - Rizpah's Stance Is Triumphant (12 - 14)
Not On My Watch
Q: I see the expression ''not on my watch'' all over the place these days. I assume it began life as a naval usage, right?
A: The noun ''watch'' has been used for hundreds of years by soldiers, sailors, and officers of the law to mean a period of vigil on land or at sea. It's unclear whose usage inspired ''not on my watch.''
The earliest example we've seen for the expression cites a sailor, but he uses it figuratively to mean ''no way'' or ''absolutely not.'' A few years later, a police officer on a night watch uses it literally in the sense of ''This won't happen while I'm on duty.''
That early figurative example, tracked down by the lexicographer Jonathan Lighter, is from the March 17, 1907, issue of the Duluth (MN) News Tribune. It appears in an account of a brawl at a Bowery bar in New York City:
''Jack had started to meander on his way, but Tom pinched him and stung him a fifty for the bunch of busted glass. 'Not on my watch,' says Jack, and the two mixed it.''
Jack Rollings, a sailor on shore leave from the USS Alabama, had broken a mirror and refused the demand of Tom Sharkey, the owner, for restitution. The earliest literal example that we've found (from the May 29, 1911, issue of the San Francisco Call) describes the response of Capt. Steve Bunner, night chief of detectives at the city's central station, when a man threatened to commit suicide:
'''Not on my watch,' said Bunner. He pushed the button and two large policemen appeared. 'Take this man to the detention hospital,' he said.''
The usage is quite popular now, as ...
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