Sleep is a particular state of nature, an image of death, inactivity of the senses.
Therefore we must struggle with the question of sleep, especially in the early days of obedience, becaus4e a long-standing habit is difficult to cure. Let us observe and we shall find that the spiritual trumpet serves as an outward signal for the gathering of the brethren, but it is also the unseen signal for the assembly of our foes. Others plunge those standing at prayer into sleep. Some produce severe, unusual pains in the stomach. Others urge us on to make conversation in church.