Project Gutenberg 2020-05-22 Public domain in the USA. 129 Parsons, Benjamin 1797 1855 Parsons, B. (Benjamin) A Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Derby on the cruelty and injustice of opening the Crystal Palace on the Sabbath Transcribed from the 1853 John Snow edition by David Price "A Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Derby" by Benjamin Parsons is a passionate polemic written in the mid-19th century. This work takes the form of an open letter addressing the issues surrounding the proposed opening of the Crystal Palace on the Sabbath, arguing against this practice as a violation of religious observance and a moral wrong. Parsons asserts the need for Sabbath rest as essential for both the body and soul, stressing that allowing work on this day would lead to broader social and religious degradation. The opening of the book sets the stage for an impassioned plea for the preservation of the Sabbath as a day of rest and worship. Parsons begins by expressing concern over the potential consequences of allowing the Crystal Palace to operate on Sundays, arguing that it undermines moral values held by a large segment of the British populace and risks alienating the religious community. He employs reasoning from scripture, health, and community values to illustrate the importance of Sabbath observance, and he criticizes the Earl's motives as financially driven rather than rooted in a concern for the well-being of the working class, suggesting that such measures would lead to societal decay. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 57.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Sabbath Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England) BV Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - British Category: Religion/Spirituality 149983 2025-06-24T14:01:45.548264 text/html 147426 2020-05-22T16:31:35 text/html 100672 2025-06-24T14:01:47.971259 application/epub+zip 100572 2025-06-24T14:01:46.046225 application/epub+zip 99809 2025-06-24T14:01:45.791263 application/epub+zip 152471 2025-06-24T14:01:49.615203 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 137889 2025-06-24T14:01:47.689295 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 137544 2022-09-28T04:22:59.199315 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136756 2025-06-24T14:01:45.267265 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 136997 2020-05-22T16:27:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18919 2025-06-24T14:01:49.736206 application/rdf+xml 13056 2025-06-24T14:01:45.849250 image/jpeg 2730 2025-06-24T14:01:45.821222 image/jpeg 50548 2020-05-22T16:32:31 application/octet-stream application/zip 91653 2020-05-22T16:32:31 application/octet-stream application/zip 93956 2025-06-24T14:01:45.562247 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia