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cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob, thy father; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it." Now, if these reasons are not enough to satisfy you, I will add another.
Wm. Another! no, no: I don't want any more reasons. But give over this sort of preaching, and say you will go. I'll warrant you it will be a fine day, and we shall be very happy.
Rob. No, William, I cannot go with you, for sure I am, there is no happiness where the blessing of God is not; much less is happiness to be found in the way of transgression, for the Bible says, “The way of transgressors is hard." But as I dare not spend the Sunday in your way, let me invite you to spend it in the way that Christian people do; and, to encourage you, I will say, in the language of Moses, to his father-in-law, Numbers x. 29-32. "We are journeying to the place, of which the Lord said, I will give it you; come thou with us, and we will do thee good: and it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that, what goodness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee."
Wm. I begin to think—indeed I have thought so ever since my good old mother died that it is not quite right to neglect Church on the Sunday: and I must honestly tell you, I have, more than once or twice, had some dismal pangs of conscience, when, in spite of all my endeavours to forget it, I have thought upon the foolish manner in which I have spent the past day; and then, on Monday morning, I feel as if every thing was wrong about me. I come to work with a heavy heart, while you appear as blithe
