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 as a lark, and as happy as a prince—tell me, Bob, how is it you pass your Sundays?

Rob. I'll do that with pleasure; and if you can produce but half as many good reasons against my way of spending the Sabbath, as I have against yours, then I'll say no more. — Well, then, you must know, that when Saturday evening comes—

Wm. Saturday evening!—Why, shopmate, I asked you how you employed the Sunday—and not what you do on the Saturday. Does your Sunday begin on the Saturday? This is making a long Sunday of it, indeed.

Rob. I always consider the Saturday evening as the preparation for the Sabbath; and as to the length of it, it always flies too fast for me—

Wm. Well then, on Saturday evening—what then ?

Rob. Why then my wife and little ones are all as busy as if they were getting ready to go to court the next morning; indeed, I always count the Sabbath as the grand court day of the King of kings; for as the hymn says—

The children's play-things are all put away—shoes all cleaned—shirts and things all aired and laid ready for the morning—house made tidy—and my wife waiting till I come home,