leg.  It would be more difficult to sleep that way than just standing in the corner, wouldn’t it?  The fox and the wolf sleep with the tip of the nose and the soles of the feet close together, and the big, bushy tail covering all to keep them warm.  Owls sleep in the daytime.  They have eyelids, and over the eyelids, curtains.  These curtains are drawn across the eyes, sideways, and keep out the strong light of the day.  Hares, snakes and fish sleep with their eyes open.

Why does God give us sleep?  Is it for the pleasure of sleeping?  No.  He gives us sleep that our bodies and minds may be refreshed.  The strength we have expended during the day is repaid us in the sleep of the night.  Be grateful to your heavenly Father when to-night you kneel to pray: 

“Now I lay me down to sleep.”

MEMORY VERSE, Psalm 127:  2
    “So he giveth his beloved sleep.”

MEMORY HYMN [541]

    "Of all the thoughts of God."

ON TIME

I once lived in a town of some five thousand population.  In the center of the town was a public square, and at the most prominent corner of the square was a jeweler’s store.  In the window of the store was a clock which regulated the coming and going of nearly all the inhabitants.  You see the children on their way to school had to pass this store, and they always glanced in the window to see if they were on time.  People going away had to pass this store to get to the depot; they too looked at the jeweler’s clock to see if they had plenty of time to make their train.  The men who worked in the main factory of the town went by this corner; each man as he passed would pull out his watch and set it by the jeweler’s clock.

Now one morning, for some reason or other, the clock was fifteen minutes slow.  Children, hurrying to school, looked in at the window, and, seeing how much time they had they loitered and were late.  Men and women, going to the train or work, glanced at the clock, as was their custom, and, finding that they did not have to hurry some missed their train, while others were behind time at work.

We are all human clocks.  We set the time for others.  Your example, girls and boys, has much to do with the way other young people, your companions, act.  If you, Mary, fail to get your lessons, some of your friends are going to say, “Mary doesn’t study much and I’m not going to either.”  Robert, if you indulge in some bad habit your chum is going to say, “Robert does this and I guess I can too.”  Is your life clock running true?  Are you on time?

MEMORY VERSE, I Peter 2:  21

    “For hereunto were ye called; because Christ also suffered for us,
    leaving us an example, that ye should follow in his steps.”

MEMORY HYMN [420]

    "True-hearted, whole-hearted."

DOORS