favor of a more strict observance of the Lord's day. Let the reform begin at the house of God. Let the outer and the inner court of the temple be first purified. A principal design of the author is, to urge upon the Church a conscientious discharge of Sabbath obligations; believing that when their example is right, this blessed day, if not rescued entirely from profanation, will at least exert its legitimate influence; and will serve to check the inundation of vice, which, rapidly augmenting, threatens to sweep away even this bulwark of salvation. Hudson, N. Y. Oct, 1840. |