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A good Conscience is better than Sabbath Gains. 



man, therefore, it is to be always kept. It was 

 given to the race by God for rest and holy wor- 

 ship, and every individual of the human race, 

 to whom the law comes, is bound so to use it. 

 .5. The man who conscientiously takes care 

 to have the Sabbath sanctified by himself, and 

 family, and dependents, will be likely to have 

 his family blessed and taken care of by the 

 Sabbath's almighty Lord. Godliness is profit- 

 able for all things, having 1 promise of the life 

 that now is and of that which is to come. In 

 keeping God's commandments there is exceed- 

 ing great reward. 



6. It is better to obey God and please HIM, 

 than to attempt to please men and get the favor 

 of owners by taking oil for them on the Sab- 

 bath, in direct violation of a positive law of 

 God, made for the good of all men, and in har- 

 mony with the human constitution. 



7. It were better, if need be, to have a voyage 

 prolonged, and then come back with a clear con- 

 science and God's blessing, than to return sooner 

 a Sabbath breaker, with the ill-gotten gains of 

 Sabbath whaling, and a conscience denied or 

 seared by sin. 



8. If men grumble, and swear, and sin be- 



