“If your life is a busy one, you will find a sweet refreshment in the Sabbath. Except those hours which are bestowed on others, or on public worship, let it be your endeavour to spend the whole of sacred time in acts of religious improvement. These may be sufficiently varied to prevent weariness or satiety. The narrative and the journal may absorb too many of these precious hours. You may measure your spirituality by the manner in which you habitually spend the Lord’s Day. All eminent Christians have been remarkable for a conscientious use of this holy and blessed rest.” — James W. Alexander on the Lord’s Day in Plain Words to a Young Communicant (1854), p. 84