The daily Alaskan., 1921-11-01
SLEEP IN CHURCH
"sNty WiRkS" Under RappieSt
 ot Conditions.
I5sI Seems ts Appeal WTth cenSi5sn Esis Fsrss Co Writer lH LSuiN
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Cool, cavernous, weIl-veutilHted, cushioned churches are fine places In which to snatch % winks Of sleep But for the disposition of mean-nR- tuTed persons to speak unkIDdly Of one who sleeps h church the Invita- ton of a Louisville minister to sleep ID his church during his sermo0S might jam ths building Sunday morn ingN, making sleeping ln e pew as comfOUuess ES sleeping three tn a bed
 Those who are not sensitive Co un- kind, un-ChTlstEn, criticism can en- Joy sleeping in church and going home, as the pastor says refreshed and declaring the sermon and the theology fine"
 Sleep in itself Is the supreme realized experience Of the average work-Tidden, woITy-bluen, d0g-u0ed human being. declares Q writer In the louisville Coure7-J Journal !, pro vides all ot the refreShment ot the bath without the labor oS rubbing and rubbing. Sleep is no7e Uec0usUuc- rive thRn 6 drink. and It is SD ant toxin, whereas the drink may be now adbyS cold poison procured by bribery.
 The poets, mEuy-volCed, silver toogued, have smiren the Tyre and sung the delights. the uses, the magic Of sleep. The philosophers have point ed out 10 the weary, to the disillu- stoned. the 'Poppled ways Ot sleep"
 Sleep paroles the prisoner whose days are spent h penal serutude and whose nights are spent In q eel uHk- ing him as free and as llght-fOoCed as Ariel.
 Sleep us7ends the life sentence Of the man who Is ln the clutches ot h. cursbIs illness and beck0ns hlm Co the ruddy experience of youth snd health.
 The tilted lover sleegs and EDows the happiness ot love 0eQuiged.
 The bankrupt sleeps and eTper1- eDces the dignity and the power that wealth showers with harharic hand upon the merchant princes os the Eor Eeous west along wl1h pearl and gold.
 The widow. gray bent old. chnd- less. a victim of poverty and loneH- ness. sleeps and Is aCaln the bride whose sllppeoed fee, are aj Jhe Esyes Of ElySlum.
 Sleep" Is found ln any book Of sa- ular quotations between 'slsnde-' and slavery" from both Of which a, provides respite. and next Co smiles" '" near solitude" and song" and sun shine" But it is found nowhere tu happier circumstances than in church somewhere between the announce ment Of the text and the pronounce ment oy the bene8jCJioD, for sleeps careSs upon the eyel!ds of the weary falls more softly and sweetly when iJ comes like Dlsns's kiss. uDssEed, un- sought" than when lt responds tC such advances as getting into Ulght-cl0thes and into bed.
 Sleep in church Is Gt It's hest when the church Is made ot logs and stands tn wood. The preacher Is long vinded The sQu.TTel hsrkS. the blue jRy ChIdeS. the leaves rustic outside the windows. As the pE0son thunder out dsmnsuOn ID uid-disCouTse the meat Of the argument goes to your wsketul uelghbor while you "est ID dreams the cusrsrd." Even In town, with the janEIl8g noises ot the streets invading the edlfce, there are rs0e sweetness and solEce ln the nature Of 6 minister who Invites the weary Co come to the church and enjoy a nap, for which he promises, generously, to ---vfFn fhe 'rr'1phv