Benefits of Rest by Sel.

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 12, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 43.

Benefits of Rest.

By Sel.

It would be of incalculable value to every busy woman, particularly to a mother of small children, to take at least a half-hour's absolute bodily rest every day. I think every mother who is not compelled to be the merest drudge can justly claim one whole hour to herself out of the twenty-four—a half-hour for reading and a half-hour for physical rest. Many a woman by so doing would preserve the bloom and freshness of youth at an age when most American women begin to fade and wilt. The larger the family and the greater the care, the more needful the rest. Don't let your self-sacrificing devotion to others rob you of your own just due and absolute need. Take this little half-hour respite from toil and care early in the afternoon when less liable to be interrupted by callers than later in the day. Shut yourself in your bedroom and lie down with closed eyes. Sleep if you can; at any rate remain quiet. Let your household understand that this is your time for rest, and that you must not be disturbed except under circumstances of the most pressing necessity. Even as regards others, you will be more to your family and your friends if you can, by getting needed rest, keep yourself in good health and spirits. Fretfulness and impatience are often but the result of overstrained nerves, which suitable rest will do much to remedy. This half-hour-rest cure is a simple prescription, but an exceedingly wholesome tonic. Take it daily, and it will add to your life not only length of years, but increased happiness and usefulness as well. If you have not tried it, begin at once, and be persistent.—Sel.