down upon us Divine judgments, will be prevented. For past
experience has fully demonstrated, that wherever the laws are
prudently, and at the same time promptly and faithfully executed,
the evil will cease.

And among the Resolves passed by the Convention we find these,--

III. Resolved, that we earnestly recommend to Tythingmen, Civil
Officers and the friends of the Sabbath in every town, to
prosecute, or cause to be prosecuted, without distinction and
without delay, all, who are travelling without sufficient reason,
or in any way wilfully violating the laws respecting the Lord's
Day.

V. Resolved, that we recommend to all the friends of order, to
circulate as extensively as possible, such tracts and pamphlets
as are calculated to promote the due observance of the Lord's
Day.

Voted, that the Clerk be requested to send a copy of the doings
of the Convention, to the Editors of the public papers in Boston,
Salem, Newburyport and Haverhill, and that they be requested to
publish the same in their respective papers.


A full account of this convention can be found in the "Salem Gazette," Oct.
31, 1815. It does not appear that there was any disturbance of public
worship to complain of, only many people neglected to attend the meetings,
or walked or rode for pleasure on the Lord's Day.