This sermon concerning the Sabbath was first preached in Marylebone Presbyterian Church in London. Robert S. Candlish then revised and extended it, adding an extensive argument pleading for the legislative protection of the Sabbath.
Title: Man’s Right to the Sabbath: The Sabbath Made for Man; The Son of Man Lord of it; A Sermon
Subjects: Sunday; Sermons, English › Scotland--19th century
Resource ID: LLS:MANSRIGHTSABB
Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T15:57:01Z
Robert Smith Candlish (March 23, 1806 – October 19, 1873), Scottish divine, was born at Edinburgh, and spent his early years in Glasgow, where he graduated in 1823. During the years 1823-1826 he went through the prescribed course at the divinity hall, then presided over by Dr Stevenson MacGill. On leaving, accompanied a pupil as private tutor to Eton, where he stayed two years.