The workman's testimony to the sabbath: 3 essays |
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affections amidst amongst animal become benefit body character cheerful Christian church Church of Scotland circumstances comfort commandment common days conscience consequence constitution cultivation DAVID FARQUHAR day of rest desecration Divine division of labour domestic duties earth earthly encroachments of unnecessary energy enjoyments ENSTONE Essay eternal evils exer exercise exertion existence exposed father favoured feeling glorious habits hand happiness heart heaven holy human immortal improvement industry influence institution instruction intellectual interests Ipswich John Younger labouring classes leisure living Mammon man's mankind ment mental mind moral nation nature necessity nourish observance opportunity period philanthropy piety pleasure poverty present preservation principles PRIZE racter religion religious Roxburghshire Sabbath day Sabbath labour Sabbath rest Sabbath-school sacred sanctification seventh day society soul spect spirit Stowmarket sublime sympathy temporal advantages temptations tion toil truth unnecessary labour week week-day whilst whole wife wisdom worldly worship youth
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Seite 76 - I have found, by a strict and diligent observation, that a due observation of the duty of this day hath ever had joined to it a blessing upon the rest of my time, and the week that hath been so begun hath been blessed and prosperous to me...
Seite 161 - The indorsement of supreme delight, Writ by a friend, and with his blood ; The couch of time ; care's balm and bay ; The week were dark, but for thy light. Thy torch doth show the way.
Seite 18 - For as we have many members In one body, and all members have not the same office: So we, being many, are one body in Christ and every one members one of another.
Seite 154 - Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of the least of these, ye did it not to me And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Seite 161 - Thou art a day of mirth ; And where the week-days trail on ground, Thy flight is higher, as thy birth : O let me take thee at the bound, Leaping with thee from seven to seven, Till that we both, being tossed from earth, Fly hand in hand to heaven ! AVARICE.
Seite 166 - Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates...
Seite 36 - ... striving and struggling — in the garden and in the field, in the granary and in the barn, in the factory and in the mill, in the warehouse and in the shop, on the mountain and in the ditch, on the roadside and...
Seite 8 - Those who are inclined to test its accuracy by some formal and preconceived model, will probably be disappointed with our decision; for the three principal Prizes are widely dissimilar in their structure, and may be said to represent three distinct orders of mind. We feel these remarks the more necessary because it has been our privilege to obtain for the movement the patronage of her most gracious Majesty the Queen, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert; his Royal Highness having contributed ten...
Seite 49 - The instruction dispensed on this day" (I use the eloquent language of a Working-man) "is of a character calculated to expand, refine, and sublimate the mind. It embraces a boundless range of topics, from the simplest elements of knowledge appreciable by the dullest intellect, to the most recondite mysteries that baffle the highest reason. It unseals the fountain-head of truth in the nature of God. It unlocks the treasures of divine philosophy in creation, in providence, and in redemption. It impresses...
Seite 24 - Oh ! precious day ! the workman's jubilee — the slave's release — the shield of servitude — the antidote of weariness — the suspension of the curse ! How it smoothes the brow of Care ! How it brightens the countenance of Gloom ! How it braces the enervated limbs of Labour! How it revives the drooping spirit of Despair ! How it gives wings to the clogged affections and aspirations...