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 SERMON 
 
 ON THE 
 
 PROFANATION OF THE SABBATH; 
 
 Preached at Trinity^ 
 
 PREVIOUS TO THE DEPARTURE OF THE VESSELS 
 ENGAGED IN THE SEAL FISHERY, 
 
 1832. 
 
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 JUN 12 1933 
 
** JLel^fccyij Minisler he <'arcfrilio<ihf'eyre, (dkI v'JirmnU in reprO' 
 tiv(},iliosfi faw'lH cj tili' Pdrishk'Ders of ivliidi, Iho. laws <a7inot, 
 Of U& not,ia!(e cof/Jiuanc*'."— Cishoj) Jeremy Taylor. 
 
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 M\' DF.AR Paiusihoxers! 
 
 Tlie prpvalence of Sabballi-breaking by those who aro| cn^'ao-od 
 in The Seal Fiiihfry is generally known, aurl among serious Chris- 
 tians!, is generally lamented ; and it is u-ith the hope of correcting 
 this be-^etring ein that I publish, and present to you, the following 
 Sermon. 
 
 That there is an awful indifierence to religion among the young 
 men in this neighbourhood, cannot be denied ; and I am persuaded 
 that the one great source of this distinction is to be traced to the evil 
 communications which annually transpire in the voyao-e to the Fee ; 
 and it often happens that the young leave their homes in compara- 
 tive innocence, to return the' habitual and fearless transgressors of 
 God's positive commands, and t!ie impudent scoffers at " every thino- 
 thrit is pure and lovely and of goo<l report." It is in this expedition^, 
 that, tempted by the prospect of gain, and.strengthened by the exam- 
 ple of hardened offenders, our youth first learn to pollute the Lord's 
 day at sea, and then illi up the measure of the evil, by bringing with 
 them the moral contagion to the shore ; and every thing that comes 
 under my own observation brings me to this conclusion— that, so 
 long as this sin continues to reign, we cannot hope to become a 
 society of true Christians, or look for the blessing of God upon our 
 laud. 
 
 With these convictions, I should be wanting both in duty and 
 affection did I leave any thing undone by which the evil might be 
 diminished; and 1 feel myself bound, by my solemn engagements at 
 the altar, to reprove the 'sin and to warn you of its da^iger. The 
 same feeling leads me to entreat aU who are in authority, and all 
 who are possessed of influence in society, to do their utmost to wipe 
 away this mildew from the Chi istian character of our fishermen ; lest 
 by their supineness or neglect they become the partakers of other 
 men's sins, and the sharers of other men's condemnation. 
 
 Let it not be urged as an excuse that the Lord's day would still - 
 be abused, although the work of slaughter should cease : Doubtless 
 there are some men who would squander awav tin- leisure of the 
 ►Sabbath in sloth and sensuni conversation ; but "this is rot a neces- 
 sary consequence; and I feel assured it would «erve not a little to 
 
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 correct sucIj impiety, wore tlie mo«t serious persons in every vesnpl 
 to make a noble etand against this abominable practice, and give 
 themselves to the Word of (Jod and Prayer: and lot it never be 
 forgotten that every man wlio professes the faith of Christ and the 
 hope of a Cliristian, is bound to diycountcnance, both by j)recept and 
 example, every thing that may dishonor the name of Christ, or bring 
 discredit upon the character of a Christian. 
 
 The Book of Common Prayer will afford you the best means of 
 profitably spending the Sabbath ; and by the services appointed for 
 the day you may be present in spirit with those dear friends to whom 
 your absence, and the dangers to which you are exposed, are subjects 
 of deep anxiety and fervent prayer. Let that Book, and the Word 
 of God, be the cherished companions of your Sabbath hours,— and 
 you will reap from them a more substantial happiness than from all 
 the pleasures and the gains of an unlawful occupation. 
 
 I now cast this little Tract, as " Iread vpon the waters ;" and 
 trusting to the blessing of God, 1 will pray that I may ^^ find it after 
 many days^' in the improvement and happiness of all committed to 
 xny charge. 
 
 lam, 
 
 Your affectionate Friend and Pastor, 
 
 WILLIAM BULLOCK, . 
 
 TllINlTT, 1S32. 
 
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Bh'Hsedis the man that doeth thia^ and the son of man 
 that hif/eth hold on it; that kcepeth the Sabbafh 
 Jroriipollutiffy li^ andkeepeth his hand from doing 
 an (J evil. — Isaiah 56. 2. 
 
 JlT is the recorded declaration of a wise and pious 
 En owlish Judge,'X' that he always found the whole 
 week influenced by the manner in which he spent 
 the Lord's day ; and there can be no doubt, it was 
 one of the merciful purposes for which the first 
 day of the week was hallowed, that the heart might 
 be sanctified, and the hands strengthened for the 
 duties of all the rest : the experien'-e of devout men 
 in every age would furnish us with the same witness, 
 if such witness be necessary to confirm that which 
 has been spoken by the Divine Judge of all the 
 cartk, and who by the mouth of his prophot has 
 pronounced the blessedness of man, who " keepeth 
 the Sabbath from polluting it." 
 
 It is the full conviction of my heart that much of 
 the misery and wickedness in this land, springs from 
 an abuse of the Lord's day ; and as it continues to 
 be a besetting and a crying sin, it is binding upon me, 
 as your Pastor, and as the messenger of the Lord, 
 to shew you the evil and to premonish you of the 
 danger. To this end let us consider. 
 
 The duty and the advantage of riirhtly observin«- 
 the Christian Sabbath. ^ ^ ^ * 
 
 In addressing myself to a christian people, it 
 ought not to be necessary to use many words to prove 
 it a duty to '' keej) hoUj the Sabbath day;' for there 
 are few things in religion upon which' christians so 
 
 * Sir Matthew Hale. 
 
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unirorsall.va<;rne: buf, while wo all allow iUe law 
 to be -ood we do not all use itlawlullv ; and although 
 con numllj bidden to remember to keen iioly tfie 
 .Sabbath day, and contin-ially pravin- that God 
 ivould mclme our iiearts to obedionc^, there are too 
 many who neither value the institution nor eomolv 
 with Its sacred obliptions. 1 pray the God of all 
 M'lsdom that 1 may ho enabled to set the subject be- 
 iore you m its clearest and most atlectin- liijht, and 
 tiiat all who now hear (or s!ia II afterwards reatl this 
 discourse) may see its importance and devoutly re- 
 gard it. '^ 
 
 The in.^titntion of the Sabbath is old as the crea- 
 lion ol the world, wlien God Avas [>lea-ed to make 
 iJis work a pattern of our own, and havincr "^V; ,six 
 dxiys made the heaven and earth, the sea and all that 
 is therein, he rested the seventh day and hallowed itr 
 Ihustiie ^rracious Creator had no sooner made man 
 tJian lie oave him a day of religion and of rest, to 
 remind him of the mercies of creation and to keep 
 alive the knowledoe and worship of God. When 
 Israel became a separate people, the observance of 
 the J!»abbath was made a positive law;— we h'nd it 
 among the special commandments trace*! by the mys- 
 terious hand of God upon the two tables ol' stone de- 
 livered to Moses, and it stands between the love and 
 
 reverence we owe to God our heavenly Father, and the 
 atlection and respectdueto our dearest relations in the 
 world— between tlie third and the fifth command- 
 ments. Throughout the law, there are fre(iuent ad- 
 monitions to " sanctify the Sabbath^' and the violation 
 ot it was among those grievous sins which brouoht the 
 judgments of God upon the land of Israel ; ''so it is 
 written by the pious iNehemiah, '' I contended with 
 men, and said, what evil thing is this that ye do, and 
 projane the SaUmth day? Did not your fathers 
 thm, and did not God bring all tliis evil upon vs, and 
 upon this city ? Yet ye hrinrj more wrath upon 
 Israel by profaning the Sabbath day,'' To the 
 
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 Israohlos, (lio oWrvaiieo of tlio Sabbath was so ini- 
 [unhiut a pjM-t of roli-ion, that it pleased the Al- 
 iiii^hty to jruard it with the strietest prohibitions: 
 aiHl 111 the li(mk of Ninubersf we have the account 
 ol a si-nal jiui-nient inllicted upon an in<lividual lor 
 an nilnnucMnent upon it--the abuse which that man 
 olloicd to the Sabbath, w<is tar from th(; most 
 enormous, but the j)unishment was death ! It Is 
 tru_, indQiiij, that tve are not required to ol)serve a 
 Jewish Saboath: but, is the day of rest lesN important 
 to christians now that it 1ms received the sanction of 
 our li.essed Lord and 8avior, who by his example 
 lias »uu-ht us to lieep the Sabbath lioly, and has 
 tuliy instructed us that the (mly works permitted 
 upon that day, are works of inercy and necessity ? 
 io tiie devout Jew, the observance of the Sabbath 
 was to commemorate the work of creation, and his 
 deliverance from Egypt i^n bcnda-e; and he rested 
 liom his labor and glorilied Cod who had b(,'stowed 
 sucli mercies upon man: and have not christians a 
 loftier motive to keep holy the Lord's day, now, that 
 we thereby commemorate the resurrection of our 
 Savior trom the dead, and the redemjition of the 
 world Irom the bondaoo of sin and death and hell ? 
 Jne !SaOOulh toas made for m(tn;''~\i is alike ne- 
 cessary to his present peace and his future happiness, 
 and wi hout it he would be a miserable slive and 
 altoo-ether corrupt : It is necessary to the very ex- 
 istence ol pure reli-ion; and whenever it is neolected 
 ilio peoplj. become brutish in knowledge and abomi- 
 nable ill their la es : only set aside the Lord's day, 
 and you put out the lamp of truth, and destroy the 
 shewbrcad of eternal life :--Take away from chris- 
 
 Irn^ :r ;Tf,"^ ^""' ?^ ,^""^^^' -^^^ yo" relax at 
 
 mce he hdelity and the hope of man-you remove 
 
 h-om him the ^reat<3st blessing that sweetens the 
 
 tup o( human lite, and expose'him to the dreadful 
 
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 hm of that '' reM iMchjemaineth for the people of 
 Godr lint, as it is univxM-><alIv ac know led fr^d (hat 
 the Lord's day should bo a lioly dav, I sTiall not 
 occupy you longer upon the duty of" observing it, 
 but, shall endeavour to point out the manner in which 
 It mm/ be, and in which it frequently is, polluted. 
 
 The Pro[>het Isaiah has set this subject in a very 
 clear lioht, in the Fifty-eiohth chapter of his sacred 
 work ; where, as in the iitxi, a uracious promise of 
 happmess and piosr erity is made to such as sanctify 
 the day of rcL^t,"— wV/o call the »nbh(dh a delight, the 
 holy^ of the Lord, honorable ; wtio cease from dohm 
 their own works, and finding their own pleasure, and 
 speaking their own word^r To act in anv manner 
 contrary to these thino-sis to pollute the Mabbath. 
 
 It is true, that there ire many who are ouiUy of 
 pollutiuir the Lord's day, whodonotaltocrether dis- 
 recrard it ; for there are many, who, although they 
 comply with the custom of setting aside their com- 
 mon employments, and ofdressingthemselvesin their 
 Sunday attire, yet grudge the Almighty so much 
 tune from their woridly pursuits. There were men 
 in the days of the Pro])het Amos, who complained 
 of the weariness of that rest which God bestowed 
 upon them for the refreshment of their bodies and 
 the unprovement of tlieir souls, and they said ''when 
 will the Sabbath be gone, that we may set forth 
 wjieat?'' There are men, even among christians, 
 whose estimate of the Lord's day is extremely low- 
 men Avho look upon it as a mere intrusion upon their 
 worldly business, and instead of calling it '' a de- 
 ligid,'' they are grieved that they cannot ''find 
 pleasure and exact all their labors/' The reason of 
 this cold and reluctant service is too plain to be 
 denied— they care more for the things temporal 
 than for the things eternal ; they value more the 
 gains of the efirth than the treasures of heaven. If 
 the mercies of the Gospel and the promises of Jesus 
 Christ have their proper costliness in our eyes, and 
 
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 if the salvation of the soul obtains a proper consi- 
 deration in our hearts, we must " esteem the Sabbath 
 a delitjht,^'' and look forward with gladness to its 
 periodical return, that we may serve God with a 
 more undisturbed spirit, and take a nearer view of 
 that promised land, which is to be the christian's 
 everlasting rest. Instead of which it is frequently 
 the most miserable day of all the seven, and brings 
 with it nothing but weariness and discontent; and 
 worldly men slumber away the sacred hours which 
 should be consecrated to the honor of God ; or wait in 
 eager expectation for the moment when, by the cus- 
 tom of the world, they may again " sacrifice unto 
 their net and hum incense to their drag'''' — when 
 they may follow Avithout restraint those occupations 
 which are altogether earthly, and from which alone 
 they receive delio;ht. This is to "pollute the Sab- 
 bathf'^ and to dishonor the blessed Being who has 
 bidden us remember to keep it holy. 
 
 But this is done yet more rudely by those who 
 disdain alike the laws of God and man, and with 
 unblushing wickedness " do their own works." I 
 have already said, that we are not hindered doing 
 works of mercy, or of reasonable need ; for both of 
 these we have the example of Jesus, the Lord of 
 the Sabbath, who, by His mighty power, frequently 
 healed the sick and relieved the miserable, and 
 who held His disciples blameless, when, to satisfy 
 their hunger, they had plucked the ears of corn 
 upon the Sabbath day. But this liberty of the 
 Gospel is too often used as a cloak for profaneness, 
 by sinners, who pretend necessity where no necessity 
 exists. The aged and the young, the sick and the 
 destitute, must be ministered unto, and no respect 
 for the Lord's day will justify the neglect of them : 
 vre are also permitted to save the brute beast from 
 perishing, or any other property from ruin : against 
 these things there is no law ; and in these cases, 
 especially, " (he Sabbath ivas made for man" No 
 
greater license is given by the Gospel ; no greater 
 license, therefore, can be taken ; and to ^' ^uy „nd 
 sell and get gain" upon the Lord's day, is, in tlio 
 WQfst sense of the word, to pollute it. In great 
 measure this wicked custom has ceased anion^ us ; 
 but, enough of it yet remains to dishonor God and 
 provoke His mdignation ; and especially by those 
 whose dealings inflame the lusts and passions of 
 mankind, and who, regardless alike of their coun- 
 try s law a.id the prohibitions of God, keep open 
 their houses for mirth and drunkenness upon the 
 Lord s day. It is in these houses that men most 
 effectually pollute the Sabbath ; and they make 
 them the haunt of licentious pleasure, and evil con- 
 versation-where the young may be snared in 
 wickedness and the thoughtless be edified in sin. 
 But, the pollution of the Sabbath is not confined to 
 these children of Belial who hold sacred things in 
 contempt, and bid defiance to the vengeance of 
 heaven— there are a great many works done on the 
 Sunday which ought not to be done, by persons who 
 pass for christians in the world : Such is that.profane 
 custom so prevalent among seamen, of making the 
 Sabbath a day for sailing;— and such also is a prac- 
 tice which I have detected among the fishermen of 
 preparing on the Lord's day all that may be neces- 
 sary for carrying on the business of the week. All 
 these things are unholy intrusions upon the stillness 
 and solemnity of the day set apart by God our 
 Creator, for rest and religion ; but far above all 
 these, in impiety and in danger, is the practice of 
 carrying on the work of slaughter on the Ice '—My 
 brethren, let me speak to you with affection and with 
 seriousness upon this subject ;— it may be, that we 
 shall not meet again in this world, and before we 
 separate I would fain bear my testimony once more 
 against tliis crying sin, which may for ever ruin you 
 and entail a bitter curse on your posterity— the 
 profanation of the Lord's day. Again, my brethren 
 
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 fls the watchinaii of the Loni, I lift ijiy voice against 
 this abominable sin, and I admonish you of its folly 
 and its danger : Oh ! if there is any one thing, which 
 above every other pollutes the Sabbath, it is that 
 ai^ainst which I am now warning you; and I can 
 compare it to nothing better than the profanehess 
 of Esau, who basely bartered away his birthright for 
 a mess of pottage ; and they who continue to trans- 
 gress, will never inherit the blessing. Let no man 
 deceive himself with the hope that such a sin will 
 ever pass unpunishecL Could I lift up the curtain 
 that at present hides from our eyes the eternal 
 world, and shew the misery of condemned and oiit-' 
 cast spirits, there Avould be testimony sufficient to 
 al-inn the boldest Sabbath-breaker in the world; 
 but, this is not permitted ; and God has given us a 
 more gracious monitor, and by his holy word exhorts 
 us to take heed, lest we also come to that place of 
 torment! 
 
 All true Christians lament the prevalence of this 
 evil ; and even among those who actually commit it, 
 there are not many to be found, who do not acknow- 
 ledge the thing to be wrong ; but, then they plead 
 the tern [station. And is temptation to be an Excuse 
 and an arrjittmmt for the commission of crime ? ' If 
 there were no temptation there would be no sin — if 
 there were no temptation there would be no bles- 
 sedness for the man " loho keepcth his 7ia?id from 
 doing any eviV^—kwd what are these temptations ? 
 — The fear of ridicule, and the fear of loss. As to 
 the iirst of these,, it is the predestinated fate of ^^all 
 who id ill live godly in Christ Jesus,^^ and he is ho 
 true christian who cannot endure it : Reproach we 
 must expect, and reproach we may glory in, sincte it 
 has ever been the lot of those who will riot ^follow 
 the multitude to do evitf" and what is more, the lot 
 of our contradicted, mocked, and martyred Savior, 
 who in the prospect of such temptation haS'given 
 his disciples thi« kind and awful >varning, — " and 
 
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 I say unto you, my friends. Be not afraid of them 
 
 that kill the body, and after that have no more that 
 
 they can do; but I will forewarn you whom ye shall 
 
 fear,~Fear Him, who after he hath kiled hath 
 
 ff^^V^^ ^''*' ^^^^ ^^^^ •' ^^^^' ' *^<y ^^^^ 2/OM, fear 
 
 And then as regards the fear of loss, that man is a 
 heathen in principle, who thinks he shall suffer 
 iiarni from obeying the author of every good gift 
 and the dispenser of every blessing :— Trust the 
 providence of God, n.y brethren, and obey Him in 
 taithothis promise, that to those who ''seek first 
 the kingdom if God, all other things .shall be added:' 
 1 appeal to your own experience, if those who most; 
 * pollute" the Sabbath are not, in general, the poorest; 
 and most wretched among: you ; the thing is so no- 
 torious that it seems to have passed into a provevb 
 that "Sunday tvork never prospers f' but suppose 
 it should— suppose all could be saved which is thus 
 earned in iniquity— what then? Can even all 
 purchase peace of mind, or preserve an unupbraidin^^ 
 conscience, or bribe the majesty of Heaven ?— Amf 
 to close the argum^ ^ t— after a few days or a few 
 years of sinful dru(l,,ery, " tvhativill it profit a man, 
 if he gain the whole world and lose his own soulP^' 
 
 Then be 'vise, and act like men who look for the 
 blessing of God, and tlie sabbatical rest in heaven. 
 And are there none who will give heed to these re- 
 peated warnings ? Hear, O Israel ! are there none 
 among the candidates for heaven, who will be obe- 
 dient to heaven's glorious King ? Are there none 
 among all who take the name of Jesus for their 
 hope, who will shew, by their conduct at the Ice, 
 that they are " not ashamed of him or of his words .?"* 
 But, I will hope better things. There are some who 
 are bound in a more especial manner to be examples 
 to others— who having solemnly devoted themselves 
 to God, in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, 
 will reap a heavier judgment, if they are found 
 
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 transgressors. A nd I trust there are many others^ 
 vho will go to their labor with the pious determina^ 
 tion of making a stand against this most crying 
 sin. — I ask the prayers of all christians for their 
 success, that God will strengthen them for the trial, 
 and that the most blessed Savior may be glorified in 
 them : — I ask all christian parents, and christian 
 wives, to use their most serious persuasions to pre- 
 vent an evil which must put in jeopardy the souls of 
 those they most fondly love, and threatens to bring- 
 down the judgments of the Lord upon our land. 
 
 The limits of a discourse will not allow me to say 
 sill I could wish upon this subject; yet I trust 
 enough has been said to keep the hands of some of 
 you from doing evil. If so, and they suffer for it, let 
 them suffer as christians, — shewing, by their meek- 
 ness and seriousness, that it is the love of Christ and 
 the worth of their own souls which keep them from 
 polluting the Sabbath. And be consistent, my 
 brethren, and let the man who will observe the 
 law of God in this respect, be careful not to violate 
 it in any other, but " keep his hand from doing an^ 
 evil." If you abstain from the work of slaughter, 
 let the Lord's day be dedicated to its proper use — 
 to serious meditation, to the Word of God, and 
 prayer; and, above all, let every Christian who 
 refuses to do the work, disdain to receive the wages; 
 for they are the wages of iniquity, and, like the 
 spoil of Achan,^' will only bring shame and trouble 
 to the possessor! " If you sin, be sure your sin 
 will find you out," and bring you to sorrow and to 
 ruin ; if you are obedient, the blessing of God will 
 he upon your labors, — and, according to his sure 
 promise, ** yow shall delight yourselves in (he Lord, 
 and he will cause t/ou fo ride upon (he high places of 
 (he ear(h^ and feed you with the heri(age of Jacob 
 yourfa(her,for the mou(h of the Lord hath spoken iV." J 
 
 • See Jofihui Vir. t Isaiah ivni. 14. 
 
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 Aurf noir, my brethren, I bid you FareweH - 
 danger— an enterprise that will h^ad you (ar from 
 
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 success ami, above all, that you may be kent 
 "un.poae<t/rom the rvorld." Let us no^ howevTr 
 separate w,tl>out a distinct understanding :fca„' 
 make no compromise with crime ;-I cln speai" 
 .10 peace to tl.e violators of God's law-I can wTsh 
 no success to the han.i that is about to do evi" It 
 
 hate ad J, ^T^ '"*'^^*^'* ^""^ "'^ y""-- f"*'"^-! 
 have admonished you as your Pastor;_then hear 
 
 the conclusion of the whole matter: 'ifyoucont" 
 
 t,.»L "T"'' ''*=*'"** y"-""" «"-" souls, you will 
 transgress with your eyes open to the dai ger-vour 
 
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 You go down ii> ships to .see the wor?vs of the« 
 
 .irAf • ''^"^^•'' "^ ^^^^ ^^^P ' ^"^i remember 
 iiat his eye is ever upon you, and you can no more 
 
 p irom his spint or escape his observation, thai^ 
 >ou can stdl the stormy wind when it aris^th.- 
 
 t- n^T 'i «?' ™y ^'^^\'^^^ to your labor as Chris- 
 tians, and "keep your hands from doin«- any evil.'*' 
 
 Sabh«7lf h ^ ^^^"^' T ^"^^^ *^^ violalion of the 
 fedbbath, but, every other vice to which you may be 
 
 tempted Avoid drunkenness, and obscene conver- 
 sation and profane swearing ;~be meek and gentle 
 to all men, and be obedient to those who art over 
 
 LTl'J/ "^f/'f "/. ^"^ *^«n<^«t,-but you are not 
 called to yield obedience at the expense of your 
 peace ol conscience, or the safety of your souls : m 
 «uch a case read Acts V. 29, and " obey God rather 
 M««.^«;.." So shall the name of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ be glorihcd in you; and while all good men 
 pray lor your success, the angels in heaven will 
 
 
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 rejoice at your triumph. No doubt, there will be 
 some who will " t/iwk if strange that ye run not 
 infx) ike same excess of riot, speaking evil of you ,* 
 who shall give an account to Him who is rea'du to 
 judge the quick and the dead:'' still look to the 
 Savior of the world, and he shall befriend and 
 comfort you ; and whether it be little or much that 
 he send to you, it will come with his blessing, and 
 Will enable you, like the first disciples of the Lord, 
 to " eat your bread with gladness and singleness of 
 Jieart.''' ^ ^ 
 
 Once more, in all things lawful, I bid you God- 
 speed ;— and I solemnly pray the Almighty, that 
 after a prosperous voyage, you may return in safety, 
 with an unblameable conscience, to enjoy the bles- 
 sings of the land,— the welcome of your families,— 
 and the commendation of your Pastor, who calls 
 you to duty only that he may promote your happi- 
 ness, and whose « keart'a desire and prayer to God 
 for Israel is, that you may be saved,'' 
 
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