SELECTED SCRAPS.
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THE DAY OF REsT,-The sweetest SEN
sations oflife, are those experienced on the
Sabbath day. What delicious sensation is
rest to the weary! What a soothing infu-
ence spreads over the heart Of piety, in the
contemplation of God What ecstatic vi
sons fill the mind Of the ardent worshiper
As sacred pause in the giddy whirlwind
of avarice, how passifying to the soul; ha-
rrassed and worn by the tolls and cares Of
life. How little do we appreciate the bless
ings of the Sabbath, which brings such
sweet solace to the jaded and worn-out
spirit. On such day we feel as if brought
into the presence Of the great Creator Of
life--we feel his mercy-his love--his good
ness infinite; and his affection unbounded.
If in affliction-if bowed down by wo-we
feel hope revived by The soltening influences
Of the day, and the common attachment of
all humanity to the great Source Of Life.
It is on the Sabbath, that the memory Of
the past crowds on US with all the busy
scenes of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
the crimson epoch Of love, and the sombre
shadowings Of matured existence. The
groups who hasten to church, subdued into
pensiveness by the solemn recolections Of
the day, are all interesting as they HE them
selves to the altar Of God; to pour out the
full heart at the feet Of Mercy. Who can
contemplate the beauties Of the Sabbath, or
participate in the performance of its duties,
without feeling the thrill Of virtue dsarm
him of all his evil passions and purify his
soul to thoughts Of Observation-Disclosures OF
charity and examples of justice, Kindness
and love? We feel re-baptised in the foun-
tain of early life, as the flood Of better feel
ings gush upon the heart; making the parent
more tender--the child more affectionate


the friend more ardent-the brother more
attached-the sister more loving-th be-
trothed more devoted Sacred be the Sab
bath, as the source Of our purest joys-the
consolation Of our keenest afilictIons--the
deviser of our noblest resolutions. Let us
venerats it as a friend, and keep il holy,
as the sweeles riefuge Of affiiction.