The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-01-13
FOR THE S~LEEPLESS.
Dr.. TGlmsge Speaks on the Subject
Of Insomnia.
sleep the Vacation ct the soul A
nIvine Nsreotie-Words Of Cor
ISOLATION for s~uRerers-rhe
Last sleep.

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soIEiion for s~uaerers-rhe
Last sleep.
fcopyrlght, 1870. by Louis Klopseh.l
Washington, Jan.I
In this discourse DIR. Talmage treats
OF a style Of disorder not much dis
eoursed upon and unfolds what must be
a consolation TO many people. Text,
Psalms 77,4; Thou holdest mine eyes
waking"
Sleep is the vacation OF the soul. II
is the mind gone into the playground
of dreams; 1t is the relaxation of mus
Giles and the solaee Of the nerves; II is
the hush OF activities; It is the soft cur
tanning OF the eyes; Il is a trance OF
eight hours; it is a calming OF the
pulses; 1t is a breathing much slower,
though far deeper; It is temporary OBJ
lvion OF all cardug cares; it Is the doc
Tor recognized by all schools OF medi-
cine; II is a divine narcotic; II is a com-
plete anaesthetic: il is an angel Of the
night; Il Is a great mercy OF God for
the human race. Lack Of it puts pa
tients on the rack Of torture or in the
madhouse or in the grave. oh, blessed
sleepl No wonder the Bible makes
much OF It. Through sleep so sound
that q surgical incisiou of the side Of
Adam did not wsken him came the best
temporal blessing ever offered TO man
-wifely companionship. While In sleep
on q pillow Of rock Jacob saw a ladder
set up, with angels coming down and
climbing. So ale giveth His beloved
Sleep" soliloquized the psalmist. Sol
omon listens at the door Of a tired
workman and eulogizes his pillow by
saying: "The sleep of q laboring mar
is sweet" Peter was calmly sleeping
between the two constables the night
before his expected assassination.
Christ was asleep in a boat on Gslilee
when tossed in the euroclydon. The an
nunciation was made TO Joseph In
sleep, and death is described as only a
sleep and the resurrection as a glorious
Weakening out OF sleep.
On the other hand. insomnia, or sleep
~lessness, is an old disorder spoken OF
again and again in the Bible. Ahasuerus
suffered from II, and we read; "In that
night could not the king sleep" Joseph
Hall said OF that ruler; HE that could
command a hundred and seven and
twenty provinces could not command
sleep" Nebuchadnezzar had insomnia,
and the record Is: His sleep brake
from him" Solomon describes this
trouble and says: "Neither day nor
night seeth he sleep with his eyes"
Asaph was its victim. for he complains
In my text that his eyes are wide open
at midnight, some mysterious power
keeping the upper and lower lids from
Joining: Thou holdest mine eyes
waking"
Insomnia, which has troubled an ma
tons and all ages. and It's widest swing
in our land, because Of the push and
speed Of all styles Of activities, es In nc
other land. Where there Is one mar oil
woman with equipoise Of nerves there
are q dozen with overweight and tan
gled ganglion. At some time in life
almost everyone has had a touch OF II
Il has been called "Americanltis," Las
night there were, as there will be TO
night, millions Of people 10 whom tn
words OF the text are appropriate utter
ance. Thou holdeSt mine eyes wax
ing"
Wonderful is that law which RAiPl
Waldo Emerson called the law OF com
p~ensation," and It has been so arrange
that, while the hard-working popula
lions Of the earth are denied many o
the Injuries, they have at least one lux
ury which many OF the afnuent Of thI
earth are denied and for which some o
Them would give millions of dollars ii
cash down-namely, capacity 10 sleep
The most Of those who toll with ham
and foot do not have TO send out invita-
tons TO sleep. They require no bromid'
| or vslerian or sulphonal or trisvol Il
put them to nightly Inconsistencies
In Eve minutes after their heads toucl
their pillows they are as far of from
l the wall they were building, or tn
!, ditch they were digging, or the anvi
I they were pounding, or the wheels the.
were controlling, as heaven is iron
! earth. About three O'Clock In the morn
I ing, the body at lowest temperatur
: and its furnaces nearly out, what a CON
I plete quietude for the entire physics
! and mental Aructurel All night lonl
! for such sleep Is busy with It's er
! chAnted amounting Of every corpusel
! Of the arteries and every molecule c
the entire physical organism, and h
! morning finds the subjects Of such slee
! rebuilt, reconstructed and touched {
! God into q new life.
= OF course there is en- unngbteoJ
sleep, as when Jonah, trying 10 eSeaI
from duty, slept In the ,idss Of the shI
while the Mediterranean was in wrs'
because Of that prophetic paSsenge
r as when Columbus in his frHt voysg
exhausted from being up many nigh
gave the ship In charge Of the Eteei
man and the crew, who, leaving I
management Of the vessel 70 boys, We
asleep and allowed the ihip 10 ktri
on the sand banks OF 81. Thomas;
when the sentinel goes TO sleep at /
post s~ndangering The whole army;
When the Gluggsrd, who accomplish
nothing the day before be wentt to sic
and will accomplish nothing the q
after he wakes, fills up solomon's ?
y ture OF him as he yawps out: "A III
sleep and a little slumber and a VI
folding OF the hands 10 sleep" :
sleep at the right time and amid
right circumstances-can you imsgi
anything more blessed? II Ileep,
eording TO sacred and profsne Bte
ture, IL an emblem Of death. the mo
Ing 70 all refreshed ElumberS IL a res
rection.
II you baV. escaped the issoni
bpOANA VI IN NV NAAAF NDAaA gsNs ~
= and there one Tar command alesp, 4
D, it ONE the minDts Be orders u
departs al The minate he wishes Il
go, Is Napoleon when he wrote !
fcrent affaifa are arranged ~ ~ h
as In drawers, When I wish 70 ~
rupt one train Of thought { close
drawer which contains ihat nibjrct
open that which ssAtsias sno1
They DO not mix Together oT asoBp
M me. 1 have never besb kept ~
by m involuntary pso1eDpad6s
mind. When ! wish ia rsySAe, II
up ail the drawers. sb5 am aslesl
have always slept when wanted
and almost at will" But I thin
most cases We feel that sleep 10 not
result Of a resolution, but a direct
7 from God. You cannot purchase o u
y great French fnancier cried out: "A
Why ia there no sleep to be SoldP"
Do not take this divine gift Al q