Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-01-13
He Shall Rise Tn.

brevIatlon of somnolence as a matter
Of temperament.
lie Shall Rise Up.
Remark the sixth: The aged insom-
uists should understand that If their
eyes are held waking they do not re-
quira rs much sleep as once they did.
Sof+H> who In knowledge was thou
euiiser'fcevears ahead of his time in
ot take thy BUS des,,iptioa of Sit asc,
fr7sots o'ts this fact He not only
spcSlNSH the difficulty Of 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 ladder or standing on
scagolding, saying. They shall be
afraid of that which Is high" and
speaks of the whltencss Of the hair by
comparing It to a tree that has white
blossoms. saying. "The almond tree
shall flourish" and speaks OF the spinal
cord, W Ich 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
in the summer time, an appropriate
hour for the bird to rise, for he goes
to his nest or bough at half past : in
the evening. But the human mechan-
ism has been so arranged that after
II has been running n good while a
change takes place. and instead Of the
almost perpetual sleep Of the babe and
the nine hours requisite in midlife six
hours viii do for the aged. and "he
shall rise up al 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 il 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 employmppts that pull on
nerve and brain are tempted to omit
necessary rest. and sIoepesSnrss calls
Il halt. Even their prasuring turns TO
work as Sir Joshua Reynolds. the
great painter taking Il walk with a
friend. met n sun Drowned peasant
boy and said. ~ must 20 home and
deepen the coloring Of my infant Her
cules." The sun Drowned boy sug-
gested an Improvement in great pic
ture. BY F,e fine most people have
reached midllfe. II they have behaved
well. more doors Of opportunity open
before them than they ought to enter.
Power to decline, power to say NO.
they should now cultivate. When a
man is determined to be useful ana
satan cannot dissuade him from that
course the great deceiver induces him
to oyerwork and in that way get rld OF
him. we have thermometers TO tell
the heat. and barOmeters to tell the air.
and ometers hung in engine rooms 10
tell the pressure of steam, and ometers
70 gauge and measure almost every
fbing. Would that some genius Woulu
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 wou!d
want such an ometer and want 1t right
awav. For the lack Of it how many
are diving and how many have died OF
overwork? A prominent 0nancler VINO
recently departed this life was an or
6cer In over 100 financial and charlta-
BILE institutions. Thousands of editors
of lawyers. OF physicians. OF mer-
chants. of clergymen. are now dying OF
oyerwork. Do not he In the board OF
directors OF more than three banks ana
two trust companies and FIVE life ana
fire insurance establishments. DO not
as pastor preach more than three SER
mons a Sunday and superintend your
own Sabbath school and conduct Bl-
BILE class the same day. DO nct edit
q paper and write for three magazines
and 90 to four public dinners where
you will be called TO make speech
more than fonr times q wrrh. DO no'