 | John Wesley - 1840 - 566 páginas
...! 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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
 | First Church of Christ (Granville, Mass.) - 1845 - 168 páginas
...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,... | |
 | 1846 - 656 páginas
...for usefulness : make opportunities for usefulness. No longer cry with the sluggard " a little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands." No longer cry with the slothful, "there is a lion in the way, a lion in the streets." Come out of yourselves.... | |
 | Daniel Atkinson Clark, George Shepard - 1846 - 460 páginas
...which they have expected, and be your creed the truth, or theirs, they are outraged. " A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep : so shall poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man." They wish not to have... | |
 | 1846 - 508 páginas
...cold-hearted professor, this guilty backslider in the church, may fold up his hands and say, " a little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep." Death, judgment and eternity may be drawing on apace ; all their wonderful and sublime realities may... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1850 - 758 páginas
...But what if he should not? Here yon 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 yon ! What reason have you to expect... | |
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