The Sabbath and the Synagogue

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Excerpt from The Sabbath and the Synagogue: A Sermon Preached at the North London Synagogue, on June 29th, 5649-1889But I need hardly tell you that the Rabbin did not mean his advice to be taken in this sense. No honest expositor of Scripture would dare hazard the statement that it is lawful in any circumstance except where danger to health and life and limb is involved to profane the Sabbath. It is the purpose of this teacher to point out how noble a thing it is to be independent and never to stretch out the hollow hand for alms, that it is better to wear the week-day garment, and to be content with the homeliest and humblest week day fare on the Sabbath rather than to become dependent on another man's bounty. And, indeed, //experience proves that it is not anxiety to maintain one's family that leads as a rule to the desecration of the Sabbath, but too often the desire to become rich and to enjoy to the full the worlds luxuries. To the honour of our industrial classes it must be declared, that they are by far superior to their prosperous brethren in the sanctity they attach to the Day of Rest. The painful confession must be made that the Sabbath is mainly desecrated by those on whom its observance would entail no privation save that of worldly pleasure, on whom it would impose no restraint save from frivolous pursuits, to whom it would present no obstacle other than a check on their insatiable love of gain. I do not deny that.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.