| William Barlass, Peter Wilson - 1818 - 688 pągines
...exertion would secure the blessing, the slothful will not trouble himself to make it, and says. *' Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;" and when death approaches, his application is commonly insincere and too late. Some on hearing this say,... | |
| 1845 - 694 pągines
...language of the Church authorities has been, and, we regret to say, still is, that of the sluggard, " Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;" and this state of things, from what we can gather from the signs of the times, will continue until the... | |
| 1853 - 588 pągines
...dart gloriously through his window and disturb his rest, offering his morning prayer. What is it ? " Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep." And when he rises it is not often to active effort, for the slothful man saith, " there is a lion without,... | |
| 1745 - 518 pągines
...took in hunting. That his building decayeth, his house droppeth down. That he indulgeth in sloth ; yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep." And, which is the greatest evil, " That he is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a... | |
| Henry Ward Beecher - 1845 - 268 pągines
...sleep ? This is the language of impatience ; the speaker has been trying to awaken him — pulling, pushing, rolling him over, and shouting in his ear...sleep ;" and the last words confusedly break into a snore, — that somnolent lullaby of repose. Long ago the birds have finished their matins, the sun... | |
| Henry Ward Beecher - 1846 - 264 pągines
...sleep 7 This is the language of impatience; the speaker has been trying to awaken him — pulling, pushing, rolling him over, and shouting in his ear...petition to be let alone : " Yet a little sleep, a Kttle slumber , a little folding of the hands to sleep ;" and the last words confusedly break into... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1849 - 696 pągines
...consciences, to make ready for another world, to work out their salvation ; but their hearts say, " Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ;" and their practice is conformable thereto. Why is it so '. 1. Satan has a great hand in this. If he cannot... | |
| Henry Ward Beecher - 1850 - 120 pągines
...of sleep?" This is the language of impatience; the speaker has been trying to awake him — pulling, pushing, rolling him over, and shouting in his ear;...sleep;" and the last words confusedly break into a snore, that somnolent lullaby of repose. Long ago the birds have finished their matins, the sun has... | |
| Henry Ward Beecher - 1856 - 284 pągines
...awaken him — pulling, pushing, roll ng him over, and shouting in his ear ; but all to no pu pose. He soliloquizes, whether it is possible for the man...sleep ;" and the last words confusedly break into a snore, — that somnolent lullaby of repose. Long ago the birds . have finished their matins, the sun... | |
| 1867 - 772 pągines
...come, exclaims, — " How long wilt thou sleep, O Sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep." And has not the garden of the Sluggard, though for a very different reason, become as famous as the Garden... | |
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