54 BERTHA'S VISIT TO HER 



" It differs from all other ordinances, of similar 

 antiquity, and is a part of the rational religion 

 of man, in every stage and state of his existence, 

 till he shall Attain that happy rest of which the 

 Sabbath is a type. 



* c Let us remember, always, that to mankind 

 in general, and to us Christians in particular, the 

 proper business of that day is the worship of God 

 in public assemblies. Private devotion is the 

 Christian's daily duty ; but the peculiar duty 

 of the Sabbath is public worship. Every man's . 

 conscience must direct him what portion of the 

 remainder of the Sabbath should be allotted to 

 private devotion, useful duties, and sober recre- 

 ation. And, perhaps, a better general rule 

 cannot be laid down than this that the same 

 proportion of the Sabbath, on the whole, should 

 be devoted to religious exercises, public and 

 private, as each individual would employ, on 

 any other day, in ordinary business." 



22d. I have just been made very happy, 

 dear Mamma. I was sitting in my aunt's dress- 

 ing room, labouring through a difficult question 

 in arithmetic, which Mary had given me, when 

 my uncle came in ; and, after a little conversa- 

 tion, he said to my aunt and cousins, " I am 

 very much pleased with this good girl. I have 

 not judged of her hastily I approve of her as a 



