...previously warned either of God or man, that trials and danger are at hand : and yet may say in his heart, " A little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to rest." Now, if such a one afterwards fall, though unawares, into the snare which he might have avoided...

...uprightly, and not consult with his sloth in the case ; for that will still, with Solomon's sluggard, cry, A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep, Prov. xxiv. 33 ; but take only so much as he really finds to tend to the end forementioned. III. He...

...they hope is at no very great distance. Hence to those who would rouse them to exertion, they say, " A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep." They acknowledge in general terms the propriety, and even the necessity, of exertion ; but they wish...

...early ; and thus was this most important object secured, with regard to girls as well as boys. Nothing more inconvenient, and, indeed, more disgusting, than...carriages and horses and servants waiting, the sun coming burning on, the day wasting, the night growing dark too early, appointments broken, and the...

...this holy service there is no room for the pleadings or the indulgences of the sluggard. His cry for " a little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep," can neither be tolerated nor granted. " Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise."...

...400 100 . 100 1000 . 200 400 and od . 4000 1500 . 1000 4000 . 4000 . 4000 . 2000 300 8 3 of life hy " a little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep," may be easily placed in a striking point of view by the following calculation : — Suppose one person...

...early; and thus was this most important object secured, with regard to girls as well as boys. Nothing more inconvenient, and, indeed, more disgusting, than...carriages and horses and servants waiting, the sun coming burning .on, the day wasting, the night growing dark too early, appointments broken, and the...

...early; and thus was this most important object secured, with regard to girls as well as boys. Nothing more inconvenient, and, indeed, more disgusting, than...carriages and horses and servants waiting, the sun coming burning on, the day wasting, the night growing dark too early, appointments broken, and the...

...and active in 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 th« hands to sleep." And now like a man whose house is on fire, dreaming of comfort and security,...

...to-day, while it is called today ; and let no man say with the sluggard, ' a little more sleep and a little more slumber, a little more folding of the hands to sleep.' Life ebbs apace. The day is far spent to many of us. The night is at hand, when the sad licence may...