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The essay argues that faithful Sabbath observance brings practical advantages to working families by encouraging moral discipline, domestic order, education, and community stability. It combines reasoned argument with illustrative autobiography to show how weekly rest and religious practice shape character, industry, and parental guidance across generations. Prefatory remarks address parents, social reformers, and laboring people, framing the sacred day as a means of individual improvement and social progress rather than merely a ritual duty. The tone mixes devotional conviction with social commentary to present the Sabbath as both a spiritual benefit and a foundation for practical well-being.

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Title: The pearl of days

or, The advantages of the Sabbath to the working classes

Author: Barbara H. Farquhar

Engraver: active 1848-1863 Elijah Whymper

Release date: May 6, 2025 [eBook #76029]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Edward H. Fletcher, 1850

Credits: Mairi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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The Pearl of Days.


“The Sundays of man’s life,
Threaded together on Time’s string,
Make bracelets to adorn the wife
Of the eternal glorious King.
On Sundays heaven’s door stands ope,
Blessings are plentiful and rife,
More plentiful than hope.”
George Herbert.