Show THE MESSAGE By MARGARET RUSSELL Have you ever had to attend a asocial asocial asocial social or religious function while feeling intolerably fatigued Have you ever remained frozen in an attitude of polite attention while your mind twisted and reeled begging for sleep If you have then you know that this is probably the most exquisite of all tortures I understand and believe believe believe be be- lieve that it is one of the basic procedures in most methods of brain washing The eyes glaze the eyelids droop and three four maybe maybe maybe may may- be five seconds of sleep are snatched Then superhuman effort effort ef ef- ef fort forces the lids up again and the battle continues A social occasion where you youcan youcan youcan can chat and toss your head is the more bearable But even so you are apt to hear someone someo e whisper Is she drunk Church is almost impossible Sometimes people sleep openly but I always feel called upon to make the struggle When my oldest son was about 18 he was quite a zealot in his way He was fervent eloquent and I used to worry every time he opened his mouth His closing closing closing clos clos- ing prayer for Sunday School once included the wish that everyone everyone everyone ev ev- present would be able to remain for the sacrament meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing following A little silence followed and then a few people people peo peo- sneaked out When bearing his testimony once he looked around at the nodding heads and said strongly that if you had a atrue atrue atrue true testimony you wouldn't sleep in testimony meeting I Imagine and hope that he has since learned that there are times when no matter how you may will it mind cant can't rule over matter I think Ill I'll go along with anold anold an anold old bishop of mind who said that he would rather have a man in church dreaming that he was fishing than to have him fishing dreaming he was was' in church |