Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-10-27
How Does lie Sleep!
BY REV. DR.. DEEMS.

One of the most important things
to know about any man upon whom
you are going to place any depend
ence is how he sleeps. Sleeplessneas
may sometimes be involuntary.
There may have been some shock to
the mans nerves which has made
him insomnolent; but sleeplessness
is more frequently voluntary. Men
choose to push their studies or their
work into those hours when they
should be asleep. 1t does not matter
for;what cause any man may do this;
the mere fact of not sleeping spoils
his case. He may spend his nights
in the theatre,-sin the study, or in
the "protracted meeting" 1t will
make no difference; the result OF the
body will be the same. The sleep
was not had, and for that the man
must pay. One man may do with a
little less sleep than another but, as
rule, you want clerk, a lieutenant, a
lawyer, a physician, a legislator
Judge, president. or a pastor, do
not trust your interests to any man
that does not take on an average
eight good, solid hours Of sleep out OF
every twenty-four. Whatever may
ue nis reason Tor it, II he does not
give himself that, he will snap some
time Just when you want him to be
strong.
The intellectual and moral connec-
tions OF sleeping have, | think, not
been sufficiently appreciated. Men
and boys have been praised for burn
ing the midnight oil. Now, this
midnight oil is delnsion and a
snare = The student who iis?fast as
leep at IL o'clock every night and
wide awake at o'clock every morn
ing is going toisurpass..another stu
dent, of the same intellectual ability,
who goestto bed.after - and rises
before 5. In sleep, the Plate on
which the picture is to be taken is
receivingNits chemical preparation
and it is plain that that which is the
best prepared will take the best pic
ture.
Men who are the. fastest asleep,
when they are asleea, are the widest
awake when they are awake.
Great workers sInust be great rest
ers.
Every man who has clerks in his
employ ought to know what their
sleeping habits are. The young man
who is up till two, three and four
o'clock in thesmorning, and must put
in his appearance at the bank or
store at nine or ten o'clock and work
all day, cannot repeat this process
many days ,without a certain ahakl-
ness coming into his system, which
he will endeavor ossteady by some
delusi, e stimulus. 1t is in this way
that many young man begins his
course 10 ruin. lie need not neces-
sarilv have been in bad company.
He has lost his sleep; and losing
sleep is losing strength and grace.
Here is the outline Of the history
of a suicide within nv own knowl-
edge: A young man, a stranger in
New York, in good situation, in a
large boarding house, has pleasant
young companions; spends his even
ings out; goes to midnight parties
from eleven to seven his nerves be-
come disturbed, then little drink
n little mistake in bnsiness-anothel
drink-reproof from employer-more
dr;nt-more mistakes-loss OF situa'
tion-no help!:from frivolous com
panions-money all gone-then credit
all gone-then turned out OF th'
boarding honse-wanderlng in th'
street neutrality-suspicious.
shoots himself.
Now, it does not always come t.
this; but all people who are losing
sleep are somewhere along this line
they re somewhere in the rapids.
" must begin reform in this lie
partment. People who "call ant
profess themselves Christians" mus
refuse to go out in the evening to an.
amusement, to any entertainment, t
any religious exercise, from whic
they cannot return at 10 O'clock t
he in their beds by II.
The absurd and ruinous custom
!, guests arriving at nine or ten o'cloc
and supper being served betwee
eleven and twelve must be opposed
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