...exertion would secure the blessing, the slothful will not trouble himself to make it, and says. *' Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;" and when death approaches, his application is commonly insincere and too late. Some on hearing this say,...

...language of the Church authorities has been, and, we regret to say, still is, that of the sluggard, " Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;" and this state of things, from what we can gather from the signs of the times, will continue until the...

...dart gloriously through his window and disturb his rest, offering his morning prayer. What is it ? " Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep." And when he rises it is not often to active effort, for the slothful man saith, " there is a lion without,...

...took in hunting. That his building decayeth, his house droppeth down. That he indulgeth in sloth ; yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep." And, which is the greatest evil, " That he is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a...

...sleep ? This is the language of impatience ; the speaker has been trying to awaken him — pulling, pushing, rolling him over, and shouting in his ear...sleep ;" and the last words confusedly break into a snore, — that somnolent lullaby of repose. Long ago the birds have finished their matins, the sun...

...sleep 7 This is the language of impatience; the speaker has been trying to awaken him — pulling, pushing, rolling him over, and shouting in his ear...petition to be let alone : " Yet a little sleep, a Kttle slumber , a little folding of the hands to sleep ;" and the last words confusedly break into...

...consciences, to make ready for another world, to work out their salvation ; but their hearts say, " Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ;" and their practice is conformable thereto. Why is it so '. 1. Satan has a great hand in this. If he cannot...

...of sleep?" This is the language of impatience; the speaker has been trying to awake him — pulling, pushing, rolling him over, and shouting in his ear;...sleep;" and the last words confusedly break into a snore, that somnolent lullaby of repose. Long ago the birds have finished their matins, the sun has...

...awaken him — pulling, pushing, roll ng him over, and shouting in his ear ; but all to no pu pose. He soliloquizes, whether it is possible for the man...sleep ;" and the last words confusedly break into a snore, — that somnolent lullaby of repose. Long ago the birds . have finished their matins, the sun...

...come, exclaims, — " How long wilt thou sleep, O Sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep." And has not the garden of the Sluggard, though for a very different reason, become as famous as the Garden...