PLEA FOR WHALEMEN'S SABBATH. 237 



CHAPTEK XVI. 



A PLEA IN BEHALF OF THE SABBATH FOR 

 WHALEMEN. 



" What says the prophet ? let that day be bless'd 



With holiness and consecrated rest. 



Pastime and business both it should exclude, 



And bar the door the moment they intrude ; 



Nobly distinguished above all the six, 



By deeds in which the world must never mix. 



Hear him again ! he calls it a delight, 



A day of luxury, observed aright ; 



When the glad soul, made heaven's own willing guest, 



Sits banqueting, and God provides the feast." 



Cowper. 



Plea for Whalemen's Sabbath Religion and Sabbath Whaling 

 Responsibilities on Sabbath Whaling New England 

 Sabbath Scoresby's experience Sabbath-keeping Whaler 

 Providential testimonies Rational conclusions Hopes 

 of good times for seamen. 



THE all-inclusive cause, which perpetuates 

 and lies at the bottom of Sabbath whaling, 

 is that which upholds and furnishes the stimulus 

 to almost all other forms of Sabbath breaking, 

 the odious slave-trade, &c., I mean the lust 

 of lucre, that deified greedy devil of gain that 



