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Benefits of the Lord's Day. Verification of God's Word 



sengers, if any, have the opportunity of wor- 

 shiping the Most High God, who made the 

 heavens, the earth, and the wide sea; and, 

 whether it be convenient to have any other 

 service for the benefit of your apprentices or 

 not, you will find it a good thing thus to wait 

 upon the Lord. You will experience a benefit 

 temporally as well as spiritually ; your people 

 will be more orderly and respectful, and Al- 

 mighty God will be your shield and your ex- 

 ceeding great reward. Yea, if thou acquaint 

 thyself with him and return unto him, the Al- 

 mighty shall be thy defense ; for then shalt 

 thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt 

 lift up thy face unto God ; and thou shalt 

 make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear 

 thee." 



Now what rational subject of Almighty God 

 can doubt this, having for it His own WORD ! 

 And what ship-master or common mariner will 

 turn a leaden ear to this testimony and expos- 

 tulation of one of their own craft, to whom a 

 long and varied experience gives a right to be 

 heard and regarded. Considerations like these, 

 we fully believe, will yet have their weight 

 upon owners, officers, and men. The sea shall 



