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Sabbath, Lord's Day, Sunday, all expressive names-Divine appointment
of Sabbath a blessing to working men-Rest demanded by physiological
laws-Effect of Sunday work; during the war with France; in blast
furnaces-Remark of Lord Macaulay, and of Burke-The Decade versus

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the Sunday-Value of a well-spent Sunday-Temporal and spiritual—
Revives mind and body-Promotes domestic affection-Supplies energy
against temptation-Hogarth's "Rake's Progress"-Demoralizing effect
of Sunday labour-Testimony of Mr. Thomas-Preparation for eternity
-Should part of the day be given to relaxation and pleasure ?-Divine
authority of the Sabbath-What is meant by "the Sabbath of the Lord
thy God"-Recreation less sacred than work, and if the one be admitted
the other should follow-Monotonous gloom not the effect of spending
whole Sunday with God-Importance of parents keeping their eye on
their children all Sunday-Necessity of protecting the Sabbath-From
the worshippers of Mammon-Testimony of Captain Scoresby-From the
worshippers of pleasure-From the worshippers of convenience and ease
-Do to others as you would have them do to you-Duty of trying to
secure the benefit of the day of rest to ali -Conclusion.

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BETTER DAYS FOR WORKING PEOPLE.

CHAPTER I.-WHAT TO AIM AT.

"We believe it to be in reserve for society, that workmen will at length share more equally than they do at present, with capitalists and proprietors of the soil, in the comforts and even the elegancies of life. But this will not be the achievement of desperadoes: it will be come at through a more peaceful medium-through the medium of a growing worth and a growing intelligence among the people."-CHALMERS.

A GREAT champion of the rights of labour lately proclaimed- "Life to the working man is a ceaseless degradation, a daily martyrdom, a funeral procession to the grave." When we read this statement, we could not help thinking of the story of the man whose friends conspired to convince him that he was dying. The man was in excellent health; but walking one day along the street, he met a friend who, looking him hard in the face, exclaimed with startled look and tone, "Dear me, how very ill you are looking!" In the next street he met another friend, who held up his hands, and declared himself shocked at his frightful appearance. Round the

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