...a. stretched-out arm: therefore the Lord ihy God commanded thee 10 keep the sabbathday. Amosviii 5. Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, that w« may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel greal, and falsifying ihe balances...

...new moon ; which day was always held sacred by the Jews : in which the people ceased from business. ' When w,ill the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ;' Amos, chap. viii. ver. 5 : but I>e Clerc will not allow HMy >!/«»•; here to be a festival :...

...hour that is taken from our business : and we shall vent our impatience like those who once said, " When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ; and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ?" We may continue upon our knees, with our eyes lifted up to heaven, and our Jips moving ; but our...

...Lord GOD : there shall be many dead bodies in every place ; they shall cast them forth with silence. 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, that we may set...

...not wages enough to kee.p them decent, while in health, much less in sickness, or out of employ!. " Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the laud to fail!" (Amos. viii. 4.)"I will come near to you to judgment: and I will be a swift witness...

...j. .<.ss, which is, in effect, a saving as the) did who complained, When -will the new moon begone, that we may sell corn, and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, Amos viii. 5. This the prophet reproves, when lie says, They come unto thee as the people cometh, and...

...they might return, not only to their avocations, but also to their crimes : they said in their hearts, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ? Amos viii. 5. Against this disposition of mind, God has denounced by the ministry of this same prophet,...

...in your hearts with those profane persons whom the Prophet Amos describes, as saying (viii. 5.), " When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ?" If you are conscious that it is thus with you, I need scarcely inform you, that you must be classed...

...but of such as indeed would swallow them up : " Hear ye this, ye that swallow up the needy, and that make the poor of the land to fail, saying, When will the new moon be gone, that \ve may sell corn ? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephuh small, and the shekel...

...give " beauty for ashes," and provide a benevolent Boaz for every virtuous Ruth. ON THE SABBATH. " When will the new moon be gone that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat?"~ Amos viii. 5. IN the dissipated cities of London and Edinburgh, the abuse of Sunday has been a common...