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WARNING
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ICE-HUNTEKS:
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A
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
-^■m^
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
t Xumbiu, XV. \}j. iJU.
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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
^ S^^ . *T" '^'" yo" Pfotecfion, for vour
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
:Xui'r':re.;;f •'"' ''-'-'" -" ^-- ^--'^s
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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