...instead of starting up with the lark, he lingers and delays, saying with the sluggard, " A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep." At length he rises, in a yawning mood, and proceeds slowly to pull on his clothes, lingering with every...

...We are wrecking the ship, — we are losing the battle. There is no mistake about it. A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep, and we shall awake in the whirls of that maelstrom which has but one passage, and that downward. There...

...under such circumstances, is the temptation to imitate the sluggard ! — " a little more sleep and a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep." And then there are the moral lessons and the moral victories suggested by all this, and achieved after...

...dawn, and what more natural than that she should say, there is time enough — meanwhile "a little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep ?" As she was sinking back again into unconsciousness, suddenly, with the brightness and power of lightning,...

...plotting your downfall, and yet they let you sleep, and you choose not to be awaked : " a little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep." And now, like a man whose house is on tire, dreaming of comfort and security, you will perhaps repel...

...clouds of doubt and darkness gathering again, so depressed him that he cries out, "' A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep,' is thy language, 0 my soul." In a short time, reviving a little, he exclaims, " Permit the light of...

...READEB, beware of a sleepy devil, for he is as bad as any. When once you begin to cry, " A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep ; then shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man " (Prov. vi. 10,...

...and what more natural than that she should say, there is time enough — meanwhile, " a little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep ? " As she was drowsily sinking back again into unconsciousness, suddenly, with the brightness and...

...pernicious consequences. To success and prosperity in the ministry we may apply these words: "A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man." — Prov., vi., 10,...

...almost Tuiimpressible to anything but the savory indications of another feast, will cry, " A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep." Thus, eating, and drinking, in the intense import of the terms ; or, drowsing between the successive...