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    man calls home his thoughts , apd the man of business seeks repose for his spirit . The mechanic is now in his lodging , and the husbandman in his cottage . The huge bo ^ y of humW s ^^ nexions , is now at rest . To-morrow , it , will resume its play , and all will be all is

    ceaseless motion . To-day , amongst the sons of raqn ^ undisturbed and tranquil . To-morrow , their attention , their thoughts , their feelings , will diverge a thousand different ways . To-day , one sacred bond of sympathy holds all in unison . To-morrow , they will start forth again in the different characters which they are ordained to . support below . To-day , they go before their God , as children of the same parent . To-morrow , their burdens must be resumed—the cares and the sorrows which each has to bear . To-day ,

    they are privileged to rest , forgetting care and sorrow * in the presence of the Almighty . To-morrow , will the world resume its spell , with its duties , its allurements , its disgusts . . To-day , all around us rejoice to forget it for a time—all , save the pitiable person who , unprepared to live amid purer things , even on the Sabbath steajb back to its ^ paltry concerns . To-morrow , necessity will recommence her sway , and divided families will go forth to their various ^ pursuits . Tordaj , in cheerful union , they bless the hours oT domestic enjoyment aj ^*§ p 0 se *"; i < It ismrpl&asjiig and a stirring thoughtspeoples and nations co ^ essing 4 he ? bond of j brotherhood ; kr the acknowledgment of a day adaptedr to common weaknesses and consecrated td la

    common God . It is a pleasing and a'Spirit ^ sdrring thought , that , - wteSVer the mortal lot of man , ne h 9 »' yet cbeeni permitted one day in seven $ > nri& above his low estate . Who wouldlaokfeeLthat day the ties press closer wM&i draw him to his species I Who would not feel bis soul enlarged with& mcfrte diffusive , and cheered with a livelier , ray of benevolence } Who- could wonder if , on the Sabbath morn , he should fancy the sun beamed gladlier , and the fields smiled fairer , than usual i ? Day of happiness an # puifc teffjfcfment ! How many worthy and industrious fellow * mortal £ ? dc > e 8 $ t fijesfc with the opportunity of loved , social intercourse ! How irjany am&btffand

    sensitive hearts does it bless with the recurrence of DevotionV pure * Jitiiftr ! How many reflecting and noble spirits does it bless with the ? r ^ turn ^ f IftfiBeY meditations ! Nurse of every better and more exalted feeling ! Raf&'inte ^ flail of constraint to folly and affectation , of freedom and triumph to reason and sincerity ! What surer test need a man require of his growth in all that is truly great and excellent , than the ardour with which he welcomes , fhe ^ Ml with which he uses , the golden hours of the Christian Sabbath ? In&titoiiems

    of human appointment have been swept away by that flood of fcgfcs 'wftlfeh is sapping even now the foundations of others that are yet left >\ butfprftfs , the most ancient and venerable of all , —this , which has been couritenahGe ^ feV the approbation of God himself , —this still endures ; and every trti ^ feyer ^ or his species , of wisdom and of virtue , will breathe his aspiration tb ' HeaV ^ iT , that it may endure till the returning light of the seventh day shcftl s ^ e ^ Hhfe nations of the earth entering with one accord into the house oif the JEJlterhiEil Jehovah ! . ¦ ¦ - ' ¦ <> h l !! mS . ¦> , ; ; i t + rrul : „ ; . I < f' . f' nrri'A :. - , , . )» ' ¦ ¦ " > . ) , l . ' i > v *¦ — * - . . .., t > j \ " ' < f' , W

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    804 Thoughts on the Sabbath . .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 804, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/20/