| English monthly tract society - 1838 - 640 oldal
...interests of Eternity — but they defer the consideration till some future period. As the sluggard desires a little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep ; so do many of the young, yes, and many of the old, delay from day to day, and from year to year,... | |
| 1839 - 302 oldal
...injurious, for such a person, having once beheld the bright morning sun, to turn on his pillow and say, " A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep," The earlier rest is taken, the more satisfying and beneficial it will be found. " One hour before midnight... | |
| Edward Bather - 1840 - 586 oldal
...observation which he had formerly made respecting the absurd folly of slothfulness. For the words, " A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep," together with the remark appended to them, occur before in an earlier part of his own writings. But... | |
| John Wesley - 1840 - 566 oldal
...the same spirit ! 12. Poverty and want struck at the root of sloth also. It was now no time to say, " A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to rest." If a man would not work now, it was plain he could not eat. All the pains he could take were... | |
| 1841 - 300 oldal
...sluggards when they are young, they will probably carry the habit with them through life, of crying, " A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep." Begin early, then. Fix your hour and adhere to it — your children will see that there is no use in... | |
| William Bradford Homer, Edwards Amasa Park - 1842 - 430 oldal
...window at the thorns and the nettles, and the broken down wall. But he begs for a little more sleep and a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep, and before his words are uttered, he has again sunk down in unconscious stupor. O, how often have I... | |
| T. WARD AMD CO. - 1844 - 444 oldal
...convert me. P. But what if he should not ? Here you are a stupid sinner, saying with the sluggard, "A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep," and resting upon a vague, indefinite hope, that God will awaken you ! What reason have you to expect... | |
| 1844 - 444 oldal
...refuse to hear the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely, and prefer " a little more sleep, and a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep," 'ill the night cometh when no work may be done, and the day of salvation is for ever past. Then that... | |
| Mary Dana Shindler - 1845 - 350 oldal
...ages. Very gradually has it been arousing itself from its lethargy ; like the sluggard it has said, " a little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep ; " but now, to some extent, it seems thoroughly awake. Let us all strive to give this awakened intellect... | |
| First Church of Christ (Granville, Mass.) - 1845 - 164 oldal
...Some of you, it is to be feared, are halting between two opinions ; undecided whom to serve ; crying a little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep. Listen, I beseech you to the voice of a friend and not a flatterer. Every thing is at stake. Eternity,... | |
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