Show GOING TO SLEEP IN CHURCH A and ul a arwa II 11 1 1 clan I a F tica ia doctors doctora tire lira consulted for strange nil ita tons ons sometimes remarked it a physician PhYSiC lan till other day but seldom ina has my professional fess ional aid been sought on nn an odder ground than was waa i presented toti to nie lere recently by nil an elderly gent gentleman lerna n nho for my treatment nt lie wanted me to curn cum linn him of 0 sleeping bin ping in the happy lapi thought hatt occurred to him 0 of chowing chewing tobacco a practice tico that lie hail find abandoned for years to keep heep himself awake but lie dropp dropped d asleep all the same partly swallowed allow ed ilia his first quid anil and for a few minutes on c it grossed the attention of the entire con gro gre gation by lila ills wild unstudied ex ei lons and eavor tings tile memory of that bright but shanie alia mi ful season of un nit hallowed lial lowel excitement kept keit hun him iside awake one sunday ii but tile the next neat lie ito be kan gain to bo drowsy just tie MB won soon its iia tile the preacher 11 encher got ills I 1 ais mental with kept him just juat ou out t ado tile P edge IRO of it a good comfortable comfort ablo sleep but nodding liko like a toy mandarin one lie would nod forward further and further until lie ha threatened to butt lite stylish hat of the young woman in the pew before him and then lien would wake with ft a guilty staff tit tho next lie would nod backward hick ward moro more and more until it 11 consciousness ot of losing hit fill wince balance startled him up and lie he would come erect with a choking gurgle and a snort enoi t that almost made tile preacher lose uio the thread of hla his discourse by 1 his I cifes advice ho he tried carat nels doves cloves dried ginger lemon peel ped and he could not remember what all else but bill the only time that system was iwas a success w ag ae whon when she he rang in ill some cayenne pepper lozenges lozing cs on him when all else had filled failed site eho grimly said that she would undertake tile the job of keeping him and tilio slid dill did it once just as 03 he be was dropping oil into a gentle doze and tuning iri up for foi a catarrhal obligate he be fairly flew flaw into the air with a remark that was all that could bo be desired in point of 0 era cm butt ho baso of which was sadly misplaced she Sli had eliud jabbed it a shawl I 1 pin pill into ills his leg one of tile iho deacons came caina to see geo him during the week fad and sold lie thought that tho the provocation might fairly lo be taken into account in the of words uttered in such hasty excitement tile tho deacon suggested that lie should try iry prayer pra cr to keep him awake hut but of course lio lie take much stock in that advice and pame to me well dwell what did you do for him about all that the least harmful me members of 0 my profession do in most cases nothing I 1 told him he ha might drink very strong tea loa or 01 coffee before going to c hurch church sail and that would probably keep keel M m awake but the tea would mould play tile the deuce with ilia hia stomach and nerves and the coffee would be likely to damage his 1118 liver so lie had letter better lot let looth both alone ilia cifes experiment with the A shawl aw I 1 pin had demonstrated that a nerve c could 0 uld be so irritated as to insure wakefulness and for that treatment lie he could find iba required nerve pretty much anywhere unit that a pin could bo be got at him As for posture he go to sleep as long 1019 as lie would stand on titio why is the tendency to sleep in church so BO common especially among men thero there are several reasons Onais oia Is the temperature lit in winter tho church is as a rule too warm and the effect of a warm atmosphere upon persons entering it from the outside cold is to imako them drowsy almost irresistibly unless they have some very strong mental or physical interest or stimulant to keep them wakeful then special means are afforded tor for to attack worshipers both ly by the ear car and the tha eye all noises of the world outside ore are ns as far as pi possible bl excluded clouded clu ded and tho the only sound bound that is heard for ii a long time Is the preachers voice voice in measured cadences little modulated lulling to sleep as inevitably evitable evit ably as aa does the soft sound ot of rippling water ater or tile the pattering of ram rain drops dropson on tile the roof that monotonous now flow of words is ia more likely than perfect silence to mako make a person drowsy As for the effect through tho the fw ey esthere there is all the a dim religious light common in in churches anti and second tile straining and tura unnatural tur 1 position I 1 in which the tha eyes 1 have to be kept in looking up at a mints minis ter perched in a pulpit or on a platform considerably higher thin than the bonds of 0 his auditors you can cala not long look up a at t anything without tiring ilia muscles that move mote the eyeballs and making you wan w ant t to rest them by closing your eyes when you close your eyes in a comfortable ble atmosphere gitil a persistent lullaby in ia your ears ear you must have some powerful incentive to wakefulness w or aou will go off in the land of nod not just ion sa s sure re as that tack hammers aro are not bananas look at congregations in tile more sensibly constructed modern churches where tit alio I 1 floor is ia in amah theatrical form tind and tile line of sight night in is fit trai raight glit or inclining a little down from each auditor botho to the minister at lite lowest i it point and you yon will find very iery little sleepiness there especially if tile place fa well lighted why W liy a preacher I 1 must lie brethren a birgit class clasa chump who can not keep tile brethren awake anake in that sort of a church As tor for lite hie women w omen they manago to keep awake awak overy very easily llowd uy by lung giving attention to the 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