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Rh are o lot in their enes, that if this day did not continually remind them, they would oon forget that there was a God in the world. Some forms are neceary to upport vital religion, and without them it would oon languih, and at lat expire.

It is unfortunate, that this day is either kept with puritanical exactnes, which renders it very irkome, or lot in diipation and thoughtlenes. Either way is very prejudicial to the minds of children and ervants, who ought not to be let run wild, nor confined too trictly; and, above all, hould not ee their parents or maters indulge