The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-11-22
A Plea For Sleep.


The truth is that the very rapidity OF
our lfe, the wayelulness and was Q ul-
mes, of our times, the slra IL and drive
OF all pursuits, make longer periods OF
sleep necessary Tor rs tn people liy-
ing in more quiet countries and at
s.Owcr rate. We get Ii ed enough ii we
are well. and if we don't get tired
enough to sleep all over and clear
through. il is assign OF nervous disorder.
Sleeping is something more than a luz
ury or Americans, though the very OPP
positc would be Inferred from our
haDis. There is no way by which the
wear and tear, the drain and strain OF
AmCr an lie can be nculralzed but by
Ia" icasls oil Size every now and then,
AMI Il generous allowance every twenty
four hours. loIr hours work OF n man
who j, thoroughly awake and vilalized,
al the to- of bis ta nit cs, ara worth
more for all practical business or liter
ary or social purposes than fourteen
hours weary muscles and AIDED nerves
and !arcjd impulses. The man nj his
bn,, is worth loo ucr cent. more than
the ame man fati uel, depressed and
dcmomlilcd II he has no vital elec.
trl,ity playing through him, he is Il
WEAKNESS to others An Il burden to his
own soul, ii he is conscious OF having
one And to keep at this top condition
OF Iibcr and faculty, he must be gool
SLEEPER and s'ccp well. When Mr..
erchcr was asked how he managed to
keep h's congregation So wide-awakc Mt
second service. he replied: "By TAX
ing Il big dose OF sleep in the afternoon.
1t is M sleeping that keeps my congre-
gal ON awake" The time given to
sleep is not so much loss # life, but so
much gained, and At doubly enhanced
ya.uIliOn.
1t is easy to say "slecp much and
we'll" but there are many unfortunate
people who cannot sleep much, and the
l,te sleep the, gc. is disturbed and
mre,tlu. How 10 sleep is Il question
which, in some instances, taxes the skill
OF physicians 10 the utmost TO answer
Persons ilictcl with insomnia are
often great Su crers, and their lives arc
shortened with the di-casc There are
persons who re urc IN ch less sleep
than others, and it is useless ior them
10 woo soft siumbrrs to their pillow,
Tor tney will not come. \ regularity
OF constitution is not disease and should
not BE- dOrlorcd. W tn the d sorder
known a, insomnia we shall not ven
turn to deal. iiut with the majority OF
people sleep is regulated by habit, con-
ycnIcncc, whim. They make II yield to
) cyc.y consideration. People who would
; not omit \ meal on any account will
thr ~ away half their allowance OF sleep
| for the me est triilc. They do not fee
the importance OF giving the systom its
fill OF unconscious refreshing, and hire
entcrta ncrs to clip Oh two or three
hours from the needed restorative in
the evening, and set m alarm clock tC
cut away an hour or more at day. break
They seem to think 'ha. they can stca
from sleep with impunjly, when it Is
pretty much the only thing that pun
ishcs ever, pilfCrcr o. it as he goes
alonr. Others destroy the possibility
ot sleep NJ well by carrying all theil
ca cS and troubc5 and gric and am
III ions to bed with them, and one nigh
n well seek rest on Il rark rs with Sucl
bed 'cIIows. The ability to Law OIL care,
and pcrplcxit.cS, Ike one $ clothes, and
dismiss ever thing that can excite the
BRAIN or distarh the emotions, may be
gained by continuous ciort even when
it is lost. --- III. H,ph.' " c,iV.