Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-01-12
breviation of somnolence as a matter
He shall Rise Up.

breyiation OF somnolence as a matter
OF temperament
He shall Rise Up.
Remark the sixth: The aged lnsom-
nists should understand that IL their
eyes are held waking they do not re
Quire as much sleep as once they did.
Solomon, who In knowledge was thou
sands OF years ahead OF his time I'm
his wondrous description or old age,
recognizes this fact He not only
speaks of the difficulty or mastication
on the part OF the aged when he says,
~The grinders cease because they are
few" and OF the octogenarian's caution
In getting up n ladder or standing on n
scafolding. saying. "rhey shall be
afraid OF that which is high" and
speaks OF the whiteness of the hair by
comparing IL TO tree that has white
blossoms. saying. THE almond tree
shall flourish" and speaks Of the spinal
cord, which Is OF the color of silver
and which relaxes In old age, giving
the tremor to the head. saying. "The
silver cord be loosed" But he says Of
the aged. "He shall rise up at the voice
Of the Bird" that is about half past 4
In the summer time, an appropriate
hour for the bird to rise, for he goes
TO his nest or bough at half past Z in
the evening. But the human mechan-
ism has been so arranged that after
1t has been running good while a
change takes place. and instead OF the
almost perpetual sleep OF the babe and
the nine hours requisite I'm midlife six
hours will do for the aged, and "he
shall rise up at the voice of the bird. -
Let all aged men and women remem-
Der that they have been permitted to
do a great deal OF sleeping in their
time and that II they do not sleep so
well now as they used to 1t is because
they do not require so much sleep.
Remark the seventh: Insomnia Is
probably warning that you had bet
ter moderate your work. Most OF those
engaged in employments that pull on
nerve and brain are tempted to omit
necessary rest, aud sleeplessness calls
n halt. Even their pleasuring turns to
work. as Sir Joshua Reynolds. the
great painter. taking walk with a
friend. met a sun Drowned peasant
boy and said, 81 must go home and
deepen the coloring OF my infant Her
cules.' The sun Drowned boy sug-
gested an Improvement in great pic
ture. BY the time most people have
reached midlife. IL they have behaved
well, more doors OF opportunity open
before them than they ought to enter.
Power TO decline. power to say mo"
they should now cultivate. When q
man is determined to be useful and
satan cannot dissuade him from that
course, the great deceiver induces him
to overwork and In that way get rid OF
him. We have thermometers to tell
the heat, and barometers to tell the mir,
and ometers hung in engine rooms to
tell the pressure OF steam, and ometers
to gauge and measure almost every
thing. Would that some genius would
invent an ometer which, being hung
around the neck and dropped over
heart and lung. would, by the pulsa-
ton and respiration. tell whether one
Is under too great pressure or might
carry more. All brain workers would
want such an ometer and want IL right
away. For the lack OF II how many
are dying and how many have died OF
ONcA n uDIuClcT VINO
recently departed this life was an Of
ficer in over 100 financial and charita-
BILE institutions. Thousands o: editors,
of lawyers. OF physicians, OF mer-
chants, Of clergymen. are now dying OF
overwork. DO not be In the board OF
directors OF more than three banks and
two trust companies and five life and
fire insurance establishments. Do not
as pastor preach more than three SER
mons n Sunday and superintend your
own Sabbath school and conduct n Bi-
bic class the same day. Do not edit
n paper and write for three magazines
and so to four public dinners where
you VIII be called TO make n speech
more than four times n week Do not
go so deep into the real estate business
that before spring all the real estate
you will really possess Will be piece
OF ground about six feet long and three
feet wide. Your insomnia Is the voice
OF nature. the voice OF God, saying.
Better slow upr' Stop that long.
swift train. the wheels or which are
taking fire from the velocity and smok-
Ing with the hot box. Do not burn the
candle ut both ends. Do not under too
many burdens sweat like n camel
trudging from Alcppo 10 Damascus.
Do not commit suicide.
The Last Sleep.