CONTENTS. Preliminary Observations-General Principles....................... Laws of Moses-Sabbath an institution peculiar to the Jews...25 Man cannot work unceasingly-Closing courts, no reason for OF THE INSTITUTION OF THE SABBATH DAY, ITS USES AND ABUSES: WITH. NOTICES OF THE PURITANS, QUAKERS, ETC. BY WILLIAM LOGAN FISHER. SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. ASTOR LIBRARY DONJUN 1876 PHILADELPHIA: T. B. PUGH, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, NO. 615 CHESTNUT STREET. 1859. w CONTENTS. Preliminary Observations-General Principles......................................................9 Laws of Moses-Sabbath an institution peculiar to the Jews... 25 Sabbath of the early Christians......... Sunday of Constantine......... ............47 ....... Puritans of England, Originators of the term Christian Sab .61 The Spiritual Element-The doctrine of the Inner Light.......175 The Scripture-The Clergy. ...........192 The employment of Chaplains-Days of public thanksgiv ......... ....208 ing-Sabbath Conventions.......... Man cannot work unceasingly-Closing courts, no reason for closing railroads-All who hold according to reason, Christians-Universality of the Christian religion-Conclu |
