this command, and you do away with the public worship of Jehovah; and at the same time rob the physical frame of your brother of that repose, and his mind of that edification, which are absolutely necessary to his corporeal, moral, and eternal well being. Instead, then, of saying that the precept concerning the Sabbath is a ritual, ceremonial, or positive law which is abolished, we are fully warranted in asserting that it is one of the very “greatest” of the MORAL commandments. For if the worship of Jehovah is a _moral_ duty of all ages, times, and dispensations—if to regard the health, life, rights, and universal welfare of our neighbour is also a _moral_ obligation founded in nature, and therefore immutable as eternal justice—then the observance of the Sabbath, like the prohibition of idolatry, murder, and theft, is based in the natural and everlasting laws of rectitude, which remain unchanged from age to age. If we “love God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength,” we shall hail the opportunity of ceasing from worldly pursuits one day in seven, that we may meditate upon him, worship him, and study his word “without distraction”; and if we “love our neighbour as we love ourselves,” we shall neither rob him of his day of rest, nor hurry him to the grave by continuous labour. You might, my Lord, as well strive to stay the planets in their flight, as endeavour to be a Christian while you encourage Sabbath labour. The sum and substance of all law, all justice, all mercy, all worship, is _love_. The Apostle says, “Love is the fulfilling (_πλήρωμα_, the fulfilment, the completion) of law,”—of _law_, _καr’ ἐξοχῆν_—the fulfilling of all good, sound, healthy, equitable law. In connection with the words just quoted from Rom. xiii., the inspired writer, after mentioning the prohibition of “adultery, murder, theft, false witness, and avarice,” adds, “and if there be any other law, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, ‘_Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself_.’” Now the Fourth Commandment is especially comprehended in this love to our fellow man.