Year: 1872




Sunday with many people is day Of
general headache. Particularly is This
true with women. Many causes tend to
produce this result, some Of the most
obvious Of which we think are the fol
lowing:


|. Oyerworl; on Saturday.


We do not blame housekeepcrs for
wishing to get their work done so as 10
have AZ little work to do en- the Sabbath
as possible. Bat II homework could be
so arranged that those who perform it
could have less to do on Saturday, it
would be a great blessing. This over
work causes WEAKNESS of the body, and
when the physical life is dull it is i'm
! possible for the brain to be very active.
SO Sunday, the day of all days which
should be devoted 10 the culture Of mind
and heart, il idled away in trying to re-
lieye distresses brought on by extra labor
performed on Saturday.


2. Lying abed later Sunday morning.
! Working harder and getting more
tired on Saturday, people are less inclined
to rise early the next morning, aud this
alone is sufficient to make US feel misera-
bic all day. 1t is very prolific cause
of iIls We have known inumcrable
troubles TO rise from this cause, and
headache is the most common.


9. Irregularity in taking meals.
Many people, who, through the week,
! take their meals with marked uniformity,
often take breakfast and dinner an hour
or TIVE later, and supper perhaps al hour
or two earlier. 1t 10 passing strange how
strangely people act with their stomachs
on Sunday. Many have no dinner at all,
and take tea in the middle of the after
noon. Others get upa dinner, the dinner
of the week, and going without supper,
defer it till late in the afternoon. Both
OF these we denounce as being the very
acme Of folly. We do not think that
persons ought always TO cat the same
1 food or the same amount as on other
days. People are generally supposed to
use their mind on the Sabbath in one
way or another, and some kinds of food
are not as good to take when the mind
lis to be actively engaged, as others; ;
neither is the same amount necessary as
when muscular efforts are to, be called
into action. Many people, however,
when they wish to give undivided stten-
tion to sermon, will frequently eat az
hearty food as they would if they were
TO perform some manual labor, in which
every muscle of the body were to be
called into exercise. With their over
crowded stomachs they fall asleep, and
wonder why they were SO sleepy in
church.


To this it may be objected that for
some 1t is impossible to have dinner at
the same time, as Sabbath school comes
at that hour. Yes, we know this is the
case, but the custom is fast passing away.
1t is very poor economy so TO have it.
Any hour in the day is better than toe
dinner hour, when everybody is hungry.
No one can serve God as faithfully with
an empty or deranged stomach as with a
full Que


| 4. Women sit with their heads covered
during church services.


| Why would it not be as we'll for them
to take off whatever they wear On their
heads as it is for men? Oftentimes what
a relief it is to uncover the head for a
few minutes, particularly if the audience
is large. Why not let it remain un-
covered until the services are through
Probably few are aware of the immense
amount of discomfort caused by this
practice. Let the article worn on the
head be a little heavy or tight fitting, as
is not unfrequently the case, and the
difficulty is much increased. When this
practice shall have become extinct, an
invaluable blessing will be conferred
upon women.-Ndss. Ploughman.