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Show It is a mistake both to rise early and take rest late. The rising early is good as a habit of life, if it does not mean robbing nature of her opportunity to recruit the exhausted strength of brain and body by prolonging sleep when that necessary luxury is at length en-Joyed. en-Joyed. There would appear, says the .Lancet, to be some need of 'remonstrance 'remon-strance on this score. The fashion of the day favors early rising and the manly "tub;" but those who rise early have, for the most part, sat up prodigiously pro-digiously late, and the "tub" is chiefly appreciated because it rouses the system sys-tem and makes it feel and' feelings are very deceptive strong and vigorous. This is burning the candle at both ends. If we must sit up half the night, it would be better to sleep half the day than to rise betimes and go in for arduous ardu-ous labor after insufficient rest. Early rising is not good, but harmful, without early resting. The bell has sounded and the watch ls done. The dawn enlightens all the darkened dark-ened sea That cold relentless friend of such as we The bell has sounded, brother; soon the sun. ' No more to stare on dreary shee:.s of foam. No more to scan the stars in any wise, ' No more to clamber risreincs hard with ice; Lo! on the port repeat the Iiuhis of home. Oh, we were ycary, wearv, and tl;c-best tl;c-best That life could give us was to plough the main Through the wide night till dawn loomed up again; But God at last has covered us with rest. The bell has sounded, 'tis the watch's knell; Let us make haste below where it is warm. Out of the cold and fog. the dark and storm; The bell has sounded, brothers. All is well. Vincent O'Sullivan. One of the fundamental, principles of religion is growth. Our devotion is not very warm if increased love and strictness do not keep pace with it. |