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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 16, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 46, No. 11.

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Sunshine and Sleep.

By Dr. Hall

No sirup of poppies, no tincture of opium, no powders of morphine, can compare in sleep-inducing power with sunshine. Let sleepless people court the sun. The very worst soporific is laudanum, and the very best is sunshine. Therefore, it is very plain that poor sleepers should pass as many hours of the day in sunshine, and as few in the shade, as possible. Many women are martyrs, and do not know it. They shut the sunshine out of their houses and hearts, they wear veils, they carry parasols, they do all that is possible to keep off the subtlest and yet most potent influence which is intended to give them strength, and beauty, and cheerfulness. Is it not time to change all this, and so get roses and color in your pale cheeks, strength in your backs, and courage in your timid souls? The women of America are pale and delicate; they may be blooming and strong, and the sun-light will be a potent influence in this transformation.—Dr. Hall.