It is lawful to engage in occupations which on ac* count of public welfare cannot be interrupted on Sunday, as for example, those of railroad employes, watchmen, bakers, etc.
Persons compelled to work on Sunday should consult a Confessor or Pastor.
Examples: Matt. xii. 1 Officiating in the Temple, v. 5. 2 Parable of the sheep that falls into a pit, v. 11, 12. 3 The Disciples plucking ears of corn, v. 1-4.
7. Are they only guilty who themselves do forbidden work?
No; those also are guilty who without any necessity require their inferiors, as servants, day-iaborers, or tradesmen, to do such work, or allow them to do it; for God says: ' That thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest, even as thyself (Deut. v. 14).
8. Is the Sunday profaned only by servile work and staying away from Divine Service?
No; it is likewise profaned by debauchery, intemperance, and extravagant games, sports, and amusements, which make of the Lord's day a day of revelry and public scandal.
9. What should we particularly consider in order to be deterred from profaning the Sunday?
We should consider;
1. The temporal and eternal punishment with which God threatens such as break the Sabbath.
'They grievously violated my Sabbaths; I said, therefore, that I would pour out my indignation upon them in the desert, and would consume them' (Ezech, xx. 13). 'Keep you my Sabbath; for it is holy unto you: he that shall profane it shall be put to death' (Exod. xxxi. 14).
2. That it is an unjustifiable heedlessness not to devote even so much as one day to the care of our immortal soul, after the body has been taken care of during six days.
3. That the observance of the Sunday is a public pro-
