Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-07-02
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Observance oftlse sabbath.

OOoSs C"~CC ~ SfSS o'e~NNS'Ss
The following is an ex,rsc, from letter of Sir
MATHEW Hale, to his grand children, on the
good effects of q strict observance Of the Chris.
tan Sabbath. There ere some who limit not
their labours and anxieties about the thing OF
this world to those days which are allotted to
that purpose and not few, ii is apprebended,
have adopted no definite opinion or manner about
the observance of the Sabbath On this subject
The testimony Of the Venerable hale, who was
one of the most accurate and extensive observers
of human lite the world has produced, cannot be
uaheeded or dlsrees,ded.
THE EXTRACT.
will acqusint you with truth, that above
forty years experience and strict observation OF
myself hath sssuredly taught me. have been
near fifty yeArs man as much converssn, in bu-
s.ness, and that Of moment & importance,as most
men : & will assure you. vas never under any
inclination 70 fanatscisn, eushusasm or supersIi-
ton. In al this time have observed. 10 myself 4
my concerns. these three things 4. Whenever
er ( have undertaken any secular business on the
Lords Day which was not absolutely and indis
penssbiy necessary thai business never prosper.
ed well with me.
Nay, if I had set myself that day bu. to fore.
cast or design any temporal business, to be done
or performed afterwards, though such forecast
were honest and just in itself, and had as fair a
prospect as could be expected, yet have been
always Disappointed in the effccting of il, or in
the success OF it. So that j, grew slmos, pro.
vefbiai with me, when any importuned me TO any
secular business that day. to answer them. tia,
If they suspected to succeed amiss, then they
might desire the undertaking off, upon Ina; day.
And this was so certain an observation OF me.
thst feared to think of any business that day,
because the resolution then taken would be dis.
Apo inted OF unsuccessful.
That always The NOR. cIose.yl applied N.Y.
self 10 the duties OK TIE Lords Day, the more
happy aud successful were my business and EN-.
ploYments Of The week following. SO that could
from the loose or s.rict obssi,snce of ,hat day,
take sjus, prospect and true calculation Of my
temporal success in The ensuing week.
Though my hands and mni have been asfull
Of secular business, bolk before and since was
. Judge. as it my be any mans in England. yet
never wanted time in my AK days ,oiiaen and
tit myself for the business K employ nisnts had
to do, though borrowed not one mlnute from
the LORDS Day 60 prepare tori, BY study or 9th
erwlse. HUI On the other hand. II l had ooftow-
cd from this day any ume fot my secular employ
ments, found tia, ii did further me less than IL
had let ii alone and therefore, when some
years experience upon most attentive aud s.g.
liant observation had given me this in traction
grew pc remptorly resolved, never in this KIND
70 make breach upon the Lora's Day, which
have now strictly observed for above lhrly years
This relation is most certaioiy aud experimental
~ true, and hath been declared BY me to hun.
dreds of persons, as now deciase ii 10 yer.'
The following exccllcnt prayer isfound in the
paragraph of Gsper.l w ASKING.
ross Circular Letter to the Governors OF The
different States, dated June Is. 1885.
now make it my earnest prayer, that
God would have you, and the State over
which you preside, in his holy protection |;
that he would incline the hearts Of the cili-
zens to cultivate spirit OF subordina,ion
and obedience to government to entertain
q brotherly affection and love for one anoth-
err for their fellow citizens of the United
States at large, and particularly for their
brethren who have served in the field and,
finally, that HE would most graciously be
pleased 10 dispose us all 10 do Justice, TO love
mercy, and to demesn ourselves with that
charity, humility. s. pacific temper Of mind
which were the characteristics OF the divine
author Of our blessed religion without an
humble imitation OF whose example, in
these things We can never hope to be q hap
py nation" &.
1Noftru.