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ERRATA.

10, line 6 from bot. read, the level of that of the uncultivated. 110, note, I. 4 from bot. for Judric read Judaic.

112. 1. 14, for was made read might be made.

138, note (f), 1. 3, for p. 45 read p. 54. 142, note (c), for Mullus read Nullus.

153, 1. 1. for sixty-fifth read fifty-sixth.

187, note, 1. 7, for far read for.

199, note (a), for Schoff read Schott.

202, note (f), last line, for sect. ii. read Lect. ii.

255, 1.9, for whole read world.

327, 1.20, for every place read in every place.

351, 1.5 from bot, for by read of.

352, 1. 15, for to paid read to be paid.

445, last line, for which read of which.

501, I. 14, for have determined read have not determined.

THE

CHRISTIAN SABBATH.

CHAPTER I.

The Political advantages of the Sabbatical Institution.

If the sabbath be contemplated only in a political point of view, it will appear to be founded in wisdom and benevolence. So beneficial are its effects upon the civil condition of man, that the philanthropist will find it difficult, even in imagination, to conceive any institution better adapted to promote the happiness of our species. The great mass of every nation being compelled, by the unalterable law of nature, to engage in the various employments of life, existence would cease to be a blessing, were they subjected, by rigorous necessity, to incessant labour. Some respite there must be, some cessation of worldly toil; and by what means can this object be more effectually obtained than by the observance of the sabbath? Without encroaching too much upon the business of the world, it affords just such a periodical rest as is sufficient for the reno

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vation of wearied nature. On one day in the week the labourer and the husbandman relax from their hardy toils, the artist and the mechanic withdraw from their several occupations, the tradesman and merchant retire from the anxieties and cares of business; and, while these are allowed a repose so necessary for the refreshment of their bodies, all ranks gain a breathing time from their wonted avocations, a time for innocent relaxation, a time for the cultivation of their moral and intellectual powers.

Circumstanced as mankind are in this mortal state; doomed, with few exceptions, to manual labour, or to pursue occupations still more painful and fatiguing, what can be a wiser or more merciful ordination, than the appointment of every seventh day for ease and relaxation? To those who are necessitated to toil for subsistence, it brings a weekly returning rest most grateful and refreshing; contributing to the amelioration of their hard condition, and, if rightly used, to the improvement of their spiritual natures. Some, indeed, there are, favoured individuals, the children of rank and wealth, to whom the sabbatical rest affords no relief, and in whose bosoms it produces no sensations of delight. Lulled upon the lap of smiling fortune, and surrounded with whatever ministers to luxurious enjoyment, every morning awakens them to ease and indulgence.