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THE

SABBATH.

"The Sabbath was made for man."

BY HENRY A. WORCESTER.

LONDON:-J. S. HODSON, 112, FLEET STREET;
W. NEWBERY, CHENIES STREET, BEDFORD SQUARE;

MANCHESTER:-EDWARD BAYLIS ;

LIVERPOOL-TAYLOR & SONS; GLASGOW :-S. & A. GOYDER; ̧
MDCCCXLI.

Paisley-Stereotyped and Printed by J. Neilson.

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ALL PERSONS DESIROUS OF A MORE

ENLIGHTENED AND ORDERLY OBSERVANCE OF THE

CHRISTIAN SABBATH,

THIS LITTLE VOLUME

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY THEIR FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.

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ALBION CHAL

LIBRA

LEEDS

BRARY

THE SABBATH.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTION.

"Truth presented in natural imagery, is only dressed in the garments which God has given it."-SAMPSON REED.

How unpleasant the contrast which many a young student has felt on leaving the sphere of home, and entering upon the secluded and very unnatural mode of education now pursued in the colleges of our country! No longer encouraged by the expressions of parental love or filial affection, he suddenly comes into the almost exclusive association of youth of his own age and sex; who, being drawn together for the same common object, and, generally, actuated by no higher motive than personal distinction, too often regard each other only with the jealousy of ambitious rivals. How many an ingenuous youth has long pined, even among his as sociates, as if in solitude, for the more free, congenial atmosphere of home! How many the thoughts and reflections, which pride or self-respect constrains him to conceal, till the tedious days of the first term pass away, which debar him from again participating in the spontaneous joys of his native fireside,-where he can give the most unrestrained expression to every sentiment!

By degrees, however, these early sensibilities become blunted. As the student contracts habits of study and

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