The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

ADVANTAGES OF EARLY RISING.

An Extract.

If you are an early riser, you may find time for every thing. It is amazing how much is gained by lopping off an hour or two from indulgence in the morning.

Nor is the mere saving of time the only advantage. Our spirits are more lively, and our faculties are more awake. I do not know a practice which I should more recommend, whether devotion, health, beauty or improvement of the mind, were the objects in view. How cheerful and how animated are the meditations of the morning! What a delightful bloom flushes into the cheeks from its balmy exhalations! What an unspeakable cheerfulness glides into the soul, from hearing the devotional matins of the lark, and from beholding the newborn scenery of Nature! How necessary is such a regimen to preserve that sweetness of complexion and of breath, which are the very essence and perfume of beauty! When people think of accounting to God for the talents they have received, they overlook the hours, which are lost in the morning sloth, and unreasonable indulgence.

I have inured myself, for many years, to this habit of early rising. In the spring months of April and May, particularly, I grudge every moment that is wasted after five. I consider it as a rude neglect to all those sweets which opened to salute me. And I always find so much more deducted from the firmness of my health and the vigor of my understanding.

BENNET.