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lo \ v beings , will do Jiiore to persuade men than : twenty statutes . We doubt if the legislature can do anything effectual in this matter . It niay compel sfrons to be closed , and manufactories to cease their operations , but it cannot call forth one
desire for the refreshment of the spiritAy ^ dej ^ tian ^ and-hoLy-CQnternpla ? tion . It may enforce cassation from business , but it cannot secure that the time shall not be worse spent .
If , however , the people , through their representatives , deem that a complete stop put to all trading on Sunday , will be a national advantage , they have a perfect right to require it . And all who desire to see a
stronger and more efficient law provided than now exists for enforcing a day of ^ absjinence jTQrtiM § M £ entirely justified in petitioningj and urging others to petition on the subject . We have sought in vain to reconr die the two following sentences from the ' Address to > the @ ] g ™^ $ c # > _
' They , the committee " of the Sunday - Trading - Suppression Society , ' cordially agree in the opinion of the Bishop of London , delivered in his Lordship ' s evidence before the committee of the House of Commons , that ** the enforcement of rejjgious duties by penalties is a mistake iii legislation ; "' , but * while the due observance of the Sabbath is to
be urged on religious grounds , it is mctttbWffi Q # ^^ vUtlWrli ^ M ^ tute to remove whatever may obstruct the due observance of that day . Christians may justly appeal tp the law to protect them in the exercise of that right which ought to t > e secured to every memjber of the ftommunifcy-rr-of discharging ' ¦ hisaelinowledged duty to Almighty jGf > Q . d . '
There is nothing to prevent any person frorii spending the Sabbath as he pleases , The law protects him in his public worship and in his private retirement . He goeainand out as conscience or inclination directs him , without } 1 $ gv hindeiance . If h ®
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require more protection than this , i * must be by the abridgement of ano * ther man ' s liberty , and tlie legislative ? deed by which he should be pror tected would fall under the censure of the Bishop of Lonclqiu There was a time when the religious wor- *
ship of the Methodists was frequentl y inter-rupted-by ~ bandsof 4 ow-profl ^ gatei fellows , set on by those who did not choose that vital religion should be preached to the people . The law interfered , and put a stop to scenes
disgraceful to a civilized and Christian country This was protection , ' which ougHt to be secured to every member of the community v jbut if men simply seek , by means of the law , to serve Groct and mammon , we see not how the
9 legislature can rightly extend to theni any peculiar protection . If there be ai ? y interference , it must not be for the few double-eyed ; "but for the general good of the nation . Meantime a large portion of the
evil complaiiied of would be abated if th ^~^ lo 3 ^ g ' ' TO ^ B ^ en 3 A £ ion ) 3 ^ * passed at a public meeting , held on Tuesday , November 13 , 1832 , at the London Coffee House , Ludgate Hill , ' met with the attention which they deserve .
* That this meeting earnestly and respectfully recommends to the wealthier classes not to place temptation in the way of tradesmen tp break the Sabbath , ' by withholdirig ' their orders utitjLl the Sunday , but ratheF to ^ give IKeiEBrders on Saturday , which it afjjpears , by evidence taken before the pl ^ e / <> f € omr ^ ons , the tradesmen tlke > nii | iiy * es ' SiE > ' mucJii
desire . •' / ^ That with tlie view of preparing , the way for the better observance of the-Sunday ^ this- meeting- ^ ecom- ^ mends that mercbants , mahufap ^ turers , tradesmen , and others , should *
if possible , alter their pay day fv oian Saturday to an earlier day of the week , or , at least , pay at an earlier hour on the Saturday , that the too frequent practice of late paying on that day may nofc compel the ; poor tQ
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TJtfiTAIUAN CHRONICLE . 33
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 1, 1833, page 35, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2607/page/3/
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