? A ^ o Uy'y/j 3 f Photogr^hic Sciences Corporation 'N ' Wl-iat evil tijuig igf tius tiiat ye a»= cfjAno iha 55abbjith Hr)''"* Tebripgrnon^ vm^alh upyn Isfael }>> i'. . j...iniif the >?'sbb.-itii -.NrV Mi^H xji), 17. !S, '• Is there no baltto in Gilead ; is th9r(> i, .Ician tl; k nol tii© health of ihfe Daugiitei- of mv ycoi) (J reo.o\t MX-fcH viii. 23. " ' i^ M' ■•jV thftii ii ifei 363.^ Jl3 TREATISE ON THE SUNDAY DISTEMPER, ILLUSTRATING THE NATURE. CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, AND TREATMENT OF THAT BAD DISEASE. BY WILLIAM JACKSON. "What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane theSafebath Day '— MiAH^fiir/? Ts" "^°" ^''""^^ ^^ profaning the Sabbath. -N she- " |« there no balm in Gilead ; is there no Physician there ? why thea .snotthehe^thof the Daughter of my people recover«d."ljVRE- i I' MIAH VIU. ^J, HALIFAX, N. S. PRINTED BY H. Jr, BLACKADAR, 1836. 4 -1 preser bleof truly knowi it cam ted \^ alread ing; on met w xnalad; there i tion. be for the cer not by presuDu thoie g iffnorai will noi I wo not tree of; for an alan who kni called o case, an fiouudne formed I PREFACE. t cannot fa 1 to be useful to those who are unhappily afflie ted with that complaint. I am aware nf .hi,!-*^ t • thoie gentlemen have done so before, unless I had Lph Ignorant oi their having done so: and humbly hope they >vin not give me a pace among the "Q«ac*,/ ^ ^'^ 1 wou d also beg leave to inform my readers that T «m not treating on a disease which 1 am lunZ^h ' of; for I was afflicted with it ftr n^y tafs anVfn'^'^K TuJ I ^^ hopeIess.-At length a kind Physiciaa cllZ Tn'a h' rl'-^yr'^'^^^ool but undenorm; case, and m a short time I was r^s.t..v^A *^ u„„uu _ S «ouuciness. Nor .s mine the only c«;;~that i:Ls"^n ne7 formed by th.s same Physician, ir he neverLls L c^ur; T * PREFACE. all that he takes in hand, no matter how inveterate the case may be — though perhaps no case was more desperate than mine. Shortly after, I was restored, my Physician called upon me, on a friendly visit, and urged upon me the necessity of turning my attention to the studying of the nature and cure of this disease, and kindly offered me his assistance. Encouraged by his kind offer I at length com- menced my studies, and being furnished with the original Prescriptions. by Physician Emanuel, for that is his name, I travelled through England, Wales, some parts of Ireland, and a considerable portion of the United States, where I availed myself of every advantage to be derived previous to my arrival in this country. The renaarks contained in the following pages are the result of /owr^eew years application — and "as it is for the benefit of the public, this treatise has been written, a^d is now laid before them ; it will afford me no small gratifica- tion to find that it is approved of by, and made extensively useful to all who are in any way afilicted with the Sunday Distemper. And while they may serve to warn some persons of their danger, I hope the most skilful will be excited to search for a remedy for the cure of this disease. many mode to be. the m Some an acl which But, i vinced Junctiy of the when 1 We ^eterate the e desperate Physician ipon me the ing of the red me his ength com- le original is his name, of Ireland, S where 1 previous to es are the is for the en, a^d is 1 gratifica- extensively e Sunday warn some ul will be i disease. TBE SVNSAT PlgTmrp ^m CHAPTER I. THE NATURE OP THE SUNDAY DISTEMPER. .2"? f'^T*?' """^ become so common a« to b« » ubject of the highest importance, and one in which evtrv individual ought to feel greatly interested. For there ^ whe7e rh"jr:[t" ''"'r^^'-^y-o '-i'y *» Ch'risttdom Tf i,I ™ u "°'.''*^» f?" a' o»e time or other by some one of ts members, in .ts slighter or more «vere forms. It '* reVne.,",.".' "»?"'»■><=« ""at the public be enlightened in respect to the Nature, symptoms, causes, and treat- ment 01 this distressing, and prevailing malady, be<^^s^ it na7v o7 hr"' r^- '''"""".^'''^ '«"-*"<=« prevail: :r„g many of the profession on these points, coniequenUv their tot "'Sd-ff " °"^%"'^ '^'y "--"^'^ of Ihat Hough IL L,, if- < '^''f«™"<=« i opinion prevails, even among Somecon e^ "f • '? 't^^"^ "* *'"* ««'"« "^ '-^'^ disease^ an r,^»?H •'" u""S *" " "'■^'""'o disease," that is, an actual disease m the structure of the part affected and which rarely admits of a cure, except in its early stage But, from experience and observation I have been Ion 'conl oTrheTan aftt . ./ J*"^*"'*"' °f ">« "^'-ral functions or ttie part attected, and, in every case admits of a cure when proper treatment is resorted to. We need not think it strange that so great a varielv „f opinions should be indulged iifwith regard to the ,!a««Je o thTt the s'k n 7,7" ?' !T.^y ""* ''"*'^'«eni time. 1 THE SUNDAY DISTEMPER er my notice eventh day. turns but on pven rise to consequence •f the faculty e : and that each fit, has gh the shi- ibsent in this sts of tliree ta<;e, and as last named disorder, I •y violent in lental energy led some to lect of ever ,' of the brain, i return, 1 can ^ say I have the intervals, Cii[lei\J'ebris others, inas- » |)areuts are other hand ; 3wer of the 'hich, in my igious. My ing- it, yet it , — that those ;ptible of this ;ome fashion- attccted with hich the con- 3 itself to be whole con- in a greater it, not ex- ily the case There are some who are of the opinion, that it is a sort of Leprosy ; on account of those who are afflicted with it fre- quently assembling themselves together in small groups as lepers were accustomed to do in ancient times, being fit for no olhor society. We certainly do read of four being in one society in Elisha's time; (2. Kings vii. 3.) and ten of them in another in the days of our Saviour; (Luke xvii.l2) and, at a distance, a person may mistake those wretched leper- lookiufj creatures that infest the corners of our streets every Sabl)ath day for lepers. But, on a closer examina- tion, w« find them, in general, free from those white scales which are to be found on the bodies of those afflicted with that complaint ; therefore, we cannot believe it to be a natural leprosy ; notwithstanding it bears a great resem- blance, for both complaints are attended with great fati^^ue. Others there are who have thought that ihx^ I)' femper IS a species of Tic Doloureux, on account of its sudden and painful shocks, and the lery faces which it occasions ; but when we recollect that the latter complaint most frequently occurs in the /ace, while the former one is seldom com- plained of in that part, we are constrained to differ tVom them also. It would swell this treatise far beyond its intended size to enumerate one half of the dift'eren't opinions that have been indulged in concerning the niitvrc of this distressing malady with which at this time our Town is so grievously alificted. And as it is impossible for any person living in the country to conceive wiiat ice are called to suffer every «ci;en/A ;; '» I D be seized etching; of THE SUNDAY DISTEMPER. g the arms,--frequent turnings of the head, especially when any one came in at the door,— whispering to those who sat inext to them,— playing with some part of their own dress, or the dress of others, or with their watch-chain, or book ; .and sometimes, as the fits become more violent, I have |known them to cram tobacco in their mouths or snuff up their nose— fouling the floor and frequently the clothes of those near them,— frequently taking out their watch as Jthough m great pain and every minute were an hour, till at jlength they were in such a stupor that they would sit du- irmg prayer, and sleep the time of preaching. And what |has seemed to me the most unaccountable, the preacher |has no sooner pronounced the benediction than every sleeper |has been awake, and each one appeared cheerful and active as though they had been touched with some magic wand, ,and not a murmur has been heard from any of them, ex- ppting a few complaints about the preacher's dullness, or |the length of the sermon. As the day advances the Dis- temper spreads and its symptoms become more than ever i alarming. The middle stage of this disease commences its attack about one o'clock ; its symptoms are a voracious appetite, high bounding spirits, erroneous imagination, incessant talk- ing, singing, shouting, and sometimes obscene language. All these symptoms, however, are not always found in the pame person, and their severity will, in every instance, Ciuch depend upon the strength of the disease. Those who have long been afflicted with this Distemper seem to be rather disposed to feed it than check it ;— and hence it is, that, before they venture out, to church, in tiie morning,' |hey are very particular in leaving their orders at home, |hat on their return they may find a sufficient quantity of l-oasted, baked and boiled, to satisfy their appetites : and ^henparties of them get together, as is frequently the case Dn a Sabbath Afternoon, most, if not all, of the above symp- toms are present. In others the symptoms are different, r, no sooner have they partook of an extraordinary m«al an they are seized with the following symptoms — gaping, languor, pain or giddiness in the head, drowsiness, eructa- lons, and an irresistable inclination to go to bed ; which ^ey very soon do. These symptoms sooner or later give >ay, and the unhappy patient falls into a profound sleep, pthers, after having satiated themselves, have the pa- I 10 THE SUKDAY DISTEMPER. H roxysms less violent, and the fit is ushered in by the fol- lowing symptoms :— A general sense of oppression, laneuor lounging, stretchings, and sickness at the stomach. These' symptoms are frequently followed by a train of ideas that haunt the imagination, and such as beget a whimsical dis- like of other persons who do not see every thing with the same disordered eyes they do.-a hatred to every place of worship but that one to which they consider themselves to beIong,---groundIess apprehensions of injury from some supposed enemy,— a general disgust and malevolence,— a constant finding of fault with person, dress, manners, occu. pation and character ct all who think it right to differ from them, ^uchare some of the most remarkable symptoms with which the unhappy patients are afflicted, till the bell strikes out to inform them its the hour of prayer. It mat- ters not how many there are in company, or what might be their particular symptom at the time when the sound of the bell is heard, as though each one was fixed to its clap- per a general movement takes place through the whole And no sooner does this move take place than some are suddenly deprived of the use of their limbs, and compelled to retire to bed. While others who are not so suddenly sojzed and propelled by a love to their petv, will, with difficulty, crawl to the house of God, and on taking their seats, I have frequently been led to hope they would escape the second-stage ot the disease, they appeared so well, but have as frequently been disappointed. For scarcely have they been seated before the following symptoms have been rfKt""^^""'"^^^'^^^"^^" ♦« such a degree that the mouth has become wide open, and required the assistance of the patients hand to close it,- a restlessness on the seat,— a crossing of the legs,-a folding of the arms, -a sound sleep ! It wou dseem too, the faculty onearing is, for the time completely destroyed :-for neither the force of the preacher s lungs, nor of his arguments are capable of making any more inipression on his afflicted congregation, than they would do if he stood on a tomb-stone preaching to the clead. Sometimes the contagion spreads to such an alarm- ing extent, that, even the preacher himself becomes afflic- ed with the same disease, and when this sad scene occurs, t.ie lohowmg are some of its most evident symptoms :^A violent nasal-twang which has quite an unearthly sound,— a iad countenance,— one hand in the pocket while the ptheris trunk f] ihe flex tent foi iiuonio uite S€ ave to Babbat! those V put the Vp by t home, a he;uty ii 1 lie t ^ioJent i |urns a 1 Crequent ilie blo\A Diurinivc rreqiipi! se^eiu to i cio.irest I and Lent go to Ui nciigion I tit' Uill i t|u' most USualJy li th, ir bit* sc*-iiity,- dliierenL %>'!,— ^a then' iDoii bitiuits ot the ilc Pos.tion.-but sometimes only nach. These Ct fcrlT fh "''' "'^t'"''' "''"" ">« "'"^'y '» "?idly of ideas that fimltu? th;r»l7'"''''7'""'P'""'''™'-'^« ''i^ ^"c- 'himsical dis- Cte rDulchral ^ r ^''"'''''y """"'^ "P.-«-'J the tone ling ,vithtl,e gave toTav. fn!.. ' t^""""""""' ''<'"" «<'™'' "'^ ^l«>"lC^,;, .i^itll"™ ■~;r4rr'^ T' '"^^ *° ""' 9 is, for the Wtan.rjn roj w^ tlol" '"Ihe b^lT^r '''''' ^" """^ '"''='- orce of the the sir.vls bcin.. Hem-?, f "ni 1 . ''^""8 stopped and e of making renuir l, tl „ niW .^^^^ ''."' themselves, they then .. than the? s«ivi"e n, '"c^ m /t'tL ''"^'" """'''I'' "''"■ "- hingto the c«n,r.,.uion viS by thlm ""'■'' """"^""^^ "^--X irsTffic: . cV:"i.^!;:;;:'^„trf '• ''-'' - »'- -j^'^i.-aws toward :ne occurs, iha. i. u'<^"'T:. ," T "'°'' ?"'' "'"''« ''''"■""'>'^- ^"'1 .toms: A ,av>. f.e<,ue;.;ro,r;ers;;;;Snf t^r'?^,/™-^''' » y sound,—- ;cr i)tio»j • -m.l v, hw.i, ■ ^>"M"r some other bird to take away its life ; and which, when done, is not of any service to them. Some, whose symptoms are less violent, have the following indications— love of solitude,— sitting by the water-side for many hours together, holding a long stick with a worm suspended by a thread at the end of it,— an- xious solicitude,— sometimes attended with profane lan- guage, and frequent sighing. These different patients return to town at different times, and, usually, by differeot ways ; while others who left town in boats, who possessed similar symptoms, have sometimes died in those fits and never returned. This disease is evidently of a stupifying nature, for none of Its unhappy victims are ever heard to complain on account of their not being able to get to public worship, or of not prohtmgby itifthey were there. There are many other symptoms which, for the want of room, I must omit to name, but indulge a hope, that those already pointed out will be suflicient to enable every one to distinguish this ex- traordinary disease from every other, and that all who hear of the deplorable condition of our town will be induced to to do all they canto promote a cure of The Sunday Distemper. CHAPTER III. CAUSES OF THE SUNDAY DISTEMPER. In searching for the causes of this disease I have had to meet with considerable difficulty, and frequently with great discouragements, and oppositions. Some have thought this distressing malady is not a natural, but, rather a moral one ; it is, notwithstanding, strongly argued on the other side, that as the patients generally complain of a natural indispo- sition. It must, therefore, be a natural disease. I must ac- knowledge, that at first, I have frequently been greatly sur- prised, and have not known which side to speak in favor ot. l^or when I have missed any out of the congregation I have been naturally led to enquire into the cause, and on being informed thev were **»•#?»« sirh " h^xr^ ^^ — cc^.i ^„ concern and intentions of visiting them the next day. ^ Accordingly, the next day, I have gone to visit the afJlicted, and to ray astonishment have found her as actively engaged 14 THE SUNDAY DISTEMPER. in her domestic aftaire as if she had not experienced the least indisposition ; and if my visit was intended for the husband, I have been no less surprised to learn, that, in- stead of his being in bed, as 1 expected, he was out upon his usual business. And when on the Sabbath, I have heard the*n " acknowledge their manifold sins and wicked- ness " and in a most plaintive manner repeatedly cry ** Have mercy upon us miserable sinners,^' I have been frequently led to conclude that their disease was of a moral nature, and that the unhappy sufferers were sensible of it ; but when I have paid them an early visit for the purpose of pointing them to the only remedy, and have reminded them of their *• condition," they have retorted and said, *' We are as good as any, and much better than many of our neighbours." Thus have I been perplexed in my endeavours to find out the cause of this truly mysterious malady. J3ut since then 1 have found the paroxysms go away with the Sabbath, and the patient experiences no inconvenience till the Sab- bath again approaches. I have sometimes tiiought of le- commending a physician to attend to their case ; but when, on the following morningj I found all their infirmities and indispositions removed, I knew not what to do. After fourteen years close application, and having wit- nessed many thousands of cases of this alarming disease in all its varied and aggravated forms, in addition to my own experience, I feel no hesitancy in pronouncing it a Moral Disease; and not a natural; and I shall accordingly en- deavour to point out some of its causes. ' As 2^ primary disease, it is, in every instance, the result of personal uncleanliness, (Ps. Li. 5. Isa. I. OJ though the most cleanly are capable of receiving it by contagion ; and it always appears most where the Sabbath is regarded least. (My reader will, no doubt, excuse me for referring to the Bible, since there is no other book can give us so much useful information on the subject.) It is frequently pro- duced by a Catarrh, or a Cold, which takes its seat about the region of the heart; and wbich soon evidences its being seated there by that worldly feverishness which is sooti afterwards felt. Excessive indulgence in unbelief and distrust of the »irovi(lence of God a« QlI^Q f> <^'bnf ■xvithniii- ■ ■ 3? "■ " reserve on the windy diet, and unwholesome fruits of the world invariably bring on this disease. THE SUNDAY DISTEMPER. 15 ienced the ed for the 1, that, in- I out upon th, I have fid wicked- cry *' Have frequently nature, and but when I )f pointing em of their are as good eighbours." to find out ; since then e Sabbath, II the Sab- ight of le- butvvhen, rmities and avi ng wit- disease in to my own a Moral dingly en- , the result hough the igion ; and irded least, ring; to the s so much ently pro- seat about idences its 5 which is nbelief and 11 rr ■\vitnmit its of the Persons who sit for hours together in an unhealthy play- house, or close rooms, with wicked, vain and carnal com- panions never escape the infection. The poisonous fumes of night revels never fail to infect those who come in contact with them. Those who sit at card or other gambling- tables never escape the disease. Whoever expose them, selves to the eliluvia arising from a race-course, where the noble horse is shamefully, and unmercifully treated, cannot fail to meet with this complaint. Heating the blood in a ball-room, or freezing it over a novel, never fails to pro- duce the distemper alluded to. But there is no cause pro- duces so many hopeless cases of this distemper as the poison- ous furnes of alcohol ; for it is impossible for any one who comes in contact with its ba^ieful vapours to escape this woeful disease. It sometimes happens that persons who, to oil appearance have been cured of the Sunday Distemper Ml into it again; and whenever this happens, to use the language of an emi- nent Physician, ** the last state of that man is worse than the fr St, {Matt. XI 1. 45.) And whenever a case like this occurs it may be traced to the following causes — a neglect of secret retirement— of self-examir.ation- inattention to a stiffness which is well known to gradually affect the knees, and which, when neglected, soon renders them incapable of bending in closet- prayer— an omitting to take regular daily portions of family worship — not attending to the pre- scriptions of Physician Emanuel, who alone can cure and prevent this disease — mixing with those who are infected with it— partaking too freely of frothy discourse— treating with inditference public and social worship— a delight in pleasure parties— theatres— and polite gambling— frequent- ing drinking clubs— polluted haunts— and night feasts- fixing the heart on the things of this lower, instead of the upper world— loving pleasure more than God, &c. The above causes I have observed, invariably, to bring on a relapse. I was at first led to think thai the infection re- mained in the patients' Sunday clothes along with their religion ; but when I recollected that most of them were seized before they were out of bed, and consequently be- fore they had put on their religious clothes, T had to'^ivc «•> that idea, and knew not what "could be the cause. B^ut now 1 am fully convinced the Sunday Distemper proceeds from some one, or more, of the causes I have already named. 10 THE SUNDAY DISTEMPEJR. I There is another cause so prolific in its nature, that •! should fail in my duty was I not to lay it before my reader. The cause to which I now allude is that great and lament- able ignorance, oir, to say at least the indifterence,* which prevails among some of the ministers of the gospel on the nature and principles of the treatment* of this disease. For were they sensible of its being of a moral NATURE, and were to evidence to their congregations that they, not being affected with it themselves, were concerned for theit recovery, by fearlessly exhibiting their unfaithfulness — ^for- hiality and backslidings — their delinquency in attendance upon the ordinances of God's house, andthe means ofgrace, and warn them by the threatnings of the Almighty Jeho- vah of the fatal consequences, instead of crying peace, peace, when the pestilential breath of the destroyer is withering all the graces of religion ; we should soon see the spiritual health of the people greatly improved, and the lumber of cases of this disease would be much less than they are now. Every period of the religious world bears proof to the fact, that as are the Priests so will be the People. A mightier power than that with which the ministers of the gospel are invested does not exist under heaven, and which it is possible for them to exert. Nothing could stand against a combination of Evangelical principle and con- centrated talent like that which the Ministry might exhibit. Only let a congregation be convinced by the clearest evi- dence, that their minister seeks not theirs but them, and then it is for him to fix the standard of moral virtue. In a very great measure, it rests with ministers what shall be the tone of moral sentiment throughout the country in which they dwell. Not only families, but communities derive their character from the character of their ministers ; and by ttiei" movements the surrounding society is regulated in theirs. * I make this assertion with great respect and affection toward my brethren in the ministry, and nothing but an imperative duty I owe to an afflicted public, would induce me to write so plainly. The mischief which has arisen iVom many ministers having no correct principles of treatment in this Distemper is incalculably great and widely spread, and something must be done to suppress it. XLII. THE SUNDAY DISTEMPER, 17 e, that t my reader, d lament- ce,* which pel on the jase. For URE, and they, not [I for theit Iness — ^for- attendance IS ofgrace, hty Jeho- ing peace, estroyer is 1 soon see oved, and h less than oof to the *eople. A ters of the and which ould stand and con- ;ht exhibit, earest evi- thera, and tue. In a it shall be ry in which ties derive rs ; and by mlated in 1 toward my ,y I owe to The muchfef principles of y spread > aud CHAPTER IV. TREATMENT OF THE SUNDAY DISTEMPER. I consider the part on which we are now entering, of the present treatise, to be the most important, and consequent- ly, it has received from me the greatest attention. Under this head of Treatment I shall lay down that plan of management which is always applicable, and which, when persevered in, never fails to meet with success ; so that my reader will, I trust, find a mode of treatment of general and superior eflicacy for this complaint. 1 have, in most cases, found the soothing plan of treating this disease to be the most successful, and therefore the best ; and this conviction has influenced me in the instructions and advice now offered to the public. I believe it is generally allowed by Physicians — The great object of medicine is the relief of irritation ; and this general principle I have constantly kept in mind while laying down a plan for a cure of the SuN- iJAY Distemper. In the commencement, I informed my reader that J received the original prescriptions from Phy- yician Emanuel, and, as the whole of his writings are now to be had at an easy rate, 1 shall take a few extracts from them and refer you to the parts where they are to be found. Without detaining you any longer I shall now proceed to lay down an irijallihle mode of treatment for this distemper. The best mode of treatment is to take an emetic during the first stage of the disease, (Matt. ix. 12) for it will be vain for the patient to hope for a cure until he has been made exceedingly sick of whatever caused the disease, and has cast it off from him. A gentle emetic may be suf- ficient if taken at the commencement ; but if the complaint is of long standing and has become of an aggravated nature a stronger one will be required ; and sometnnes it will be found necessary to have it repeated. There is one thing that ought never to be lost sight of, if you would insure success— wheniiver the emetic taken has been sufficiently strong the patient will, not only cast off whatever caused t.ie disease but will, also, loathe himseif, as may be seen by referring to the following cases and instructions, (Job XLii. G. Ezek. VI. 9.) Soon after, the stupor has left i B > 18 THE SUNDAY DISTEMPER. the patient, he begitis to look upon his own as a lost case, (Isa. VI. 5.) and vehemently cries aloud for help, (Ps. XLI 4) Having attended to the instructions already laid down, you must then apply, or take the halm of life: which you ipust procure fresh drawn from the wounded Tree of I^fe. This balm can always be procured /resA on application to Physician Emanuel, who is so perfectly well acquainted with the constitution, disorder, and every other circum- stance connected with those who become his patients, that he was never known to lose one. It may be proper for me to observe, thit, this Sov<;rd[/n halm is not given in bottles and boxes, but, in promma such as the following, " Let the iL'icked forsake his waijii and the itnrifjhteovs man his thovrjhts : and let him return unto the Lord, and he it ill have mcrcij upon him ; and to our God, for he will abund- ant Iti pardon.'^ ( isd. i,v. 1.) ** Jf we confess ovr sins, he is faithful and jnst ioforyirevs ovr sins, and to cleanse vs 'from all nnrhjhtcovsiiess'." (I John, I. i)) This 6a/m must be apj)lied and kept close to the parts affected by means of a bandage made of strong -faith. (Gal. ill. 2^— 1>7. Heb. XI. 1.) The patient must feed on the Bread of Life, and of this he cannot partiike too freely, and without it there can be no reason to hope for a cure ; but whenever this is made the chief of his diet a cure is certain. This will be found to be the most wholesome of ail food, and, indeed it is the only food that can be depended upon, and is v ,ry grateful to the taste, as is borne testimony toby ihose who have tried it. (Ps. xix. 10. and.cxix. 103.) Indeed it is said of some who had experienced its beneficial eliects, they looked out with such earnestness for a fresh supply that even their eyes failed theni;(l*s. cxix. 12:3) and the Physician 1 have already named assures us, that, it is im- j^ossHhle for a man to die v/ho feeds on it ; for a turn of the disorder having taken place the danger is so far over, and to use his own words, tlie patitMU is " passed from death nnio lifer (John \.'1\.) For a particular description of the nature, and properties of this bread, 1 would beg to refer my reader to what is said of it by Physician EmaNUEL himself. Jolin vi. 4H~0.3. In another place he assures us, that, such is its powerful eflicacy, it will bring the dead to life.' (John xi. "2^. 2(5.) But as the patient would tind it difficult to live on bread alone, I would advise him to break- fast every morning on spiritual prayer, and sup on the same ; THE SUNDAY DISTEMPER. f9 lost case, Ps. XLI4) lid down, f[\\ch you iOFl^FE. ication to icquainted r circuiu- ients, that per for rae 1 in bottles ng, '• Let us man his nd he icill ill abvnd' sins, he is ) demise tis balm must y means of -t>7. Heb. Life, and owt it there ever this is his will be I, indeed it md is vory ' those who Indeed it ial eft'ects, resh supply :3) and the at, it is im- ituin of the over, and from death iciiption of on Id bes^ to EMaNUEL assures us, the dead to rould tind it im to break- )n the same ; and to let his meat be such as the world knows not of: and to eat freely of bread with each meal. Particular attention must be paid to whnt the patient drinks. He must care- fully avoid all putrid and stagnant waters ; — and drink very freely of the living waters which are well known, by all who have tried them, to be of a healing and cleansing nature, and are wonderfully restorative in their nature : and when taken plentifully they maintain and perfect the strength of the patient, and so long as he continues the free use of them he can never meet with a relapse. To know their properties they must be tried : and if you would know what is said of them by the head physician, read Isiah xxxv. 5. 0. 7. and Ezek. xlvii. 1—11. and John iv.lO — 14. and John VII. 37. aa. And what should make these waters the more valuable, is, there is an abundance of them that all may be plentifully supplied, on their making application. without money, and without price, by that kind Physician so often referred to in this treatise.- See Isaiah lv. 1. and Itev. XXII. 17. The patient may also drink freely of the sincere milk of the word which is very strengthening. I Pet. II. 2. Poison must be carefully avoided, or a relapse, and death may speedily follow. 1 should have considered such a caution as this unnecessary, did not our land abound, yea, swarm with Poison- Makers, Poison Importers, Poison- Zicencers— and, consequently, Poison-Drinkers ; and the caution will appear more needful when my reader is inform- ed that those poisons which are sold •* by license^* have dif- ferent names given them in order to deceive the unwary ; and by which means many are deceived. 8ome of the names are Hum, Gin, Brandy, Whiskey, Cordials, Wine, ^-c. 4'c. 4'c. But unless you have a violent cold in the head, you may always know when you come any where near to one of those Poisoner's dwelling, or, store, as it is some- times called, by that unhealthy and disagreeable scent which is sure to aftect your nose ; and which seems to bear some resemblance to, but is far worse than 'dhog*s swill tub. it would be well, therefore, on passing such places, if every one would hold their handkerchief over their nose and mouth, for I am persuaded that all who in any way partake of such poisons must become the unhappy victims of the Sunday Distemper. Physician Emanuel, declares that, ♦* Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venum o/ asps.''— (Deut. xxxii. 33.) See also '/ 30 THE SUNDAY DISTEMPER. V'hathe says in PMalnis Lviii. 4, and Horn. in. 13. Those passages bear hard upon poison venders and drinkers^ and I hope will serve to put my reader on his guard and keep him there. Kvery thin^ that is unwholesome must be cautiously de- clined, as cards, novels, plays, dances, parties, revellings, drunkenness, uncleanness, horse races, cVc. tor it is certain that the end of those things are death. (Uom. vi. 21, and Gal. V. lU — 21.) Air and exercise must be constantly attended to. Without air life cannot be maintained ; and nothing can be more essential, in health, than for a person to breathe the pure air at least twice a day. When David recovered from hia distemper he fountl it necessary to breathe it seven times a. day . (Ps. IIIJ. 1()4.) No wir is so pure as that wliich conies from heaven and is breathed to heaven ; and by having the lungs well intlated with it before leaving home in the morning, the patient will not hp so liable to be infected with those unhealthy vapours which are constantly Hying abroad through the day. And it will be found very good EXERCISE to take, every day, an occasional walk through the valley of self-abasement : and sometimes, as far as the strength will admit of it, to climb the mountain of Spiritual mindedness ; it will also be found very service- able, as oft as occasion may require, to do a few jobs of self-denial. We have this practice recommended by one who from experience could testify the great good resulting from it. Acts xxi v. IG ; 1 Tim, iv. 7. Particular attention should be paid, also, to the patient's CLOTHING. Much diversity of opinion prevails on this subject, but the majority of the most skilful believe, that for comfort, convenience, economy and neatness, there is nothing can equal, for inner clothing, fine linen ^lucc and white; (Rev. xv. (>.) while all his other clo*!; r ' should be made of the best humility : (I. Pet. v. 5.) excepting when he goes to court, then he must put on his best robe, which must be entirely wrought of Christ's righteousness, without a single thread of any other materials being inter- mixenrf», whpu in comoanv are afraid of committing an outrage on the feelings of those THE SUNDAY DISTEMPER. 23 'ht sav. — Look •eacling, loving ! having re, cost ipon itc 'to you, do, I tnple of ig time between of the ir main notions of si^a- ort with fiaid to . no re- t would ared no his way. d luird : souls of ler, that be con- he G OS- loss for vation of lesire to nt them leir own re accus- purpose pve their e of the irpose of voT with entlemen, coninanv i of those present, by introducing a Creator, a Preserver, and Re- deemer. In vain do we preach on the value of time, in the pulpit, when we fail to improve it in the parlour; and it is but too apparent, that some of our modern preachers labor more to render themselves " popular," than useful. — How- ever it may have been ridiculed, there is an important truth, when rightly understood, in what John Wesley saitl to his preachers. — *' Vou have no more to do with bein^ gentle- men, than dancing-masters." The minister takes a higher walk than that of a mere gentleman. He will not disdain to learn nor to practice the decencies ofsocioiy, and be the farthest possible from a rude man : but he will sustain a still higher character than that of a gentleman. The history of every period of the religious world attests the important fact, that as are the Minhters so will be the People. It is from the character ot ministers that families and communi- ties derive theirs ; and by their Uiovements the movements of surrounding society is regulated. How important is the oflice we sustain ! The fate of millions depend on our faithfulness. — The ministry of reconciliation is com- mitted to us by the King of kings to proclaim to a revolted world. Never was there any work undertaken by mortal man so solemn, so important, or big with such amazing con- sequences as that in which we arc engaged. Tiioie is not one among all the thousands to whom we preach but will take some impression fiom us, that neither time nor eternity will ever wear out. Let us ever remember our awtul respon- sibility, and devote toour work, our time, our talents, cur all. Our work has to be done below, let iis tlieretore, rather than build and mount a lofty scailold tar above the reach of the people, get down amongst them, and endeavour to make hard things easy, and dark things plain. Jn order that we might warn souls, win souls, and enrich souls we must deliver the whole counsel of (iod : — Shall we continue to see the Sabbaths of our God so shamefully broken, and in.piety stalk through our streets at noon day without a mask, and not cry out against the crying sins of the people? God forbid! Jlather let us cry aloud and spare not, and, lifting up our voices like trumpets, make it known, that, .leither drunkards, adulterers, swearers, liars, murderers, nor Sabbath' breakers shall ever inherit the king