Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-08-07
Vol. XIX. Whole No. 967 M %

ger advances. suppose it is absolute
" certain that when man has silent
long enough he will wake of his own
accord. Inc time at which sleep is tax
ems oil less account than the amount of
sleep. II 1t can be had in darkness.
doubtless that is best; but sleep by day.
| ilght us good thing too. Some people
TAKE credit to themselves for accomplish
ing much before breakfast, but after
breakfast you are constantly finding
them mapping on the sofa or nodding In
The lounging chair. What superior vir-
tue Is there in sleeping by instalment to
sleeping in the lump? Some people are
called lazy because they take a nap af-
ter MONDAY dinner; but the Efficiency
OF their waking hours is a sufficient
Justiication for their midday repose.
sleep any where and every where is
good. Ministers complain if here and
there member of their congregati ion
grows drowsy; but as l look around
and see the hardworking men and wom-
en-. all clean and fresh and smooth in
their Sunday suits, sheltered from sun.
released from toll, and soothcd by the
pleasant voice ota wcll-beIoved pastor
into slightly unsteady but richly earn
eu repose, bless them unaware. Not
the least OF the many benefits wrought
US by the clergy is the sweet somno-
lence which SO gently and benignly
oroods over weary and happy congre-
CATION on sultry SUNDAY afternoon.
generalization and freewilI NAV be
hard to reconcile; moral and natural re-
sponsibilltv may be difficult of discri mi
nation; the bearing of election on duty
i not easy to sec; but no man can 90 in-
10 an airy, pleasant church, sit down in
peace among his friends and neighbors,
ana iall softly asleep to the sound of ho-
~ words from holy lips, without great
gam TO the lie that now is, and, | be-
licvc and trust, with no loss to that
which Is to come.
a. tor Napoleon aud the others who
are OranfiShed over us as having wrou-
Ght their great deeds on four hours,
sleep, In the first place do not believea a
word OF 1t, and in the second place If
they did, 1t was but an exception; and
we miEht just as well put our eyes out
because Homer wrote the Had without
any ,a1 10 rub open our eyes at four 0 clock
N The morning because Napoleon slept
Iout hours III the saddle. One mans
l'cd - no rule ior another mans lite.
mere Is but one lntalliblc rule for Sleep
ri@, That every one sleeps till he wakes
himself; and tor the awake, that they
smut the doors softly, so not to disturb
those who are asleep. This is the whole
duty of man.
II one should desire u few little secon.
diary rules, it might be well to warn him
against self glOritication. Neither ris-
iug carly ayailcth any thing, nor rising.
I-lc. The wise man who used To ri..
with the sun or before it in our copy-
book, may have been foolish in SO doing.
but must have been foolish if he based
ms wisdom on his early rising. The
question l.. what does he do after he j.
up: The early bird has been catching
The worm FOR many generations, but
never heard that the late bird starved for
want OF worms; and what of the owl
ahd DAT, who do not get up at aIl till
honest folks are in bed? An, no. Sol
omon's Nluggard was doubtless worth
a little more slumbcr. it is "A sign that lie
needs it, and hi first duty is 10 take il.
Nature knows when there has been sleep
aud makes US aware by the clear
brain aud steady nerve and the blood
alert; and then there needs not bell nor
voice, but ONLY the inward prompting,
10 set our life astir. Sleep il the pre-
ventve and the cure OF disease Lack
of sleep opens the door TO every malady
under Heaven. Sleep, the shadow of
death, is the minister of life. Plunder
OF sleep may give phantom of life, but
Il is the herald and the preparer OF
death Il B4yYy