III. Truth and humanity tell us, my Lord, that your proposition is not only inconsistent with your creed, but also that it is very CRUEL to a large number of your fellow citizens. The Redeemer has said that “_The Sabbath was made for man_.” Now man is a compound being, consisting of a frail body and an immortal soul. His body requires periodical rest; his soul stands in need of religious instruction; and the Fourth Command contains _two_ parts exactly corresponding with these _two_ exigencies of our race. It demands “_rest_” from labour for the body; it enjoins “_holiness to the Lord_” for the soul. “Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy: six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do,” &c., &c., are words which embrace these two principles. Holiness is the work of the soul. You cannot make a body holy; because holiness, or religion, is an intellectual and spiritual business. It is true you may employ the body in a holy or unholy manner, but then the moral principle, which sins or obeys, is in the soul, and the bodily members are only the instruments with which the heart accomplishes its good or wicked desires. When therefore the Scriptures command us to hallow or consecrate one day in seven, they enjoin a duty which can only be performed by an intelligent and voluntary being; and consequently one with which human legislation has nothing to do, except to see that no one shall be robbed of the liberty or power of attending to it. There is no government, prince, monarch, or emperor in the world that has a right to dictate to mankind respecting the _religious_ observance of the Lord’s-day. Here men must be left to persuasion, exhortation, and the power of conscience. And therefore, my Lord, you are not called upon to legislate on the worship of the Sabbath. You must leave to others the same right which you claim for yourself. Doubtless you, my Lord, go to church, or not, according to your inclination; the rest of the nobility act in like manner; some of them are said to be Homœopaths in Sabbath worship; and you really must permit your countrymen and countrywomen to enjoy the same freedom. The business of legislation is with man’s mortal and corporeal nature, with his property and liberties. You have to guard that he be robbed of no right, that he receive no personal injury, that his life be safe, and his property secure; and it is on these principles of physical, civil, and social legislation that we demand that _one_ day in seven shall be the possession of every British subject.