Excerpt from Sunday Law, Liberty and License: A Discourse Before the Sinai Congregation, December 16th, 1888 The Sabbath, as a joyful day of rest, should first benefit - the body.. Life is a great usurer. It watches most scrupulously the accounts of its depos1tors. It will allow no overdrafts, unless repaid most amply by compounded interests on the advances. Woe to him who has fallen into the hands of this most grasping of all creditors! Life stands upon the bond, it is inexorable. Now every stroke of the hammer on the anvil, every line of the pen, every thought flowering in the mind is paid for in the currency of blood. Blood nurtures the muscles, feeds the brain and builds the nerves. It is the balance that' must always be to our credit on the ledger of life; for every outlay not replaced by a fresh deposit will visit dire consequences on him that is neglectful. And life now is still more grasping and exhausting than ever it was before. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.