Sir,
One can’t help but notice the plethora of problems that has plagued CalMac ferries
over the past few years. We’ve heard it all -
In the light of indisputable evidence, CalMac has been affected by a sea of sorrows
ever since it began Hebridean sailings on Sunday. Their unwise decision to introduce
Sunday sailings has brought them nothing but endless headaches and eye-
Yes, CalMac have found out, to their bitter cost, there is a heavy price to pay when we violate God’s law and ignore His command, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
They fail to appreciate, as a wise Divine once said, that, “The Sabbath is God's special present to the working man, and one of its chief objects is to prolong his life and preserve efficient his working tone. The savings bank of human existence is the weekly Sabbath.”
For CalMac their ‘working tone’ and ‘savings bank’ would be much better off if they stopped sailing to every Hebridean island, which they serve, on Sundays. There is a timely lesson here also for An Lanntair, the arts centre in Stornoway, and indeed every other organisation that foolishly thinks they are wiser than God.
The Sunday opening of any door, for leisure, pleasure and worldly entertainment does not bring great gain and greater profit, only misery and woe, as the words of an old spiritual poem soberly remind us: “A Sabbath well spent brings a week of content, and strength for the toils of the tomorrow; But a Sabbath profaned whate'er may be gained, is a certain forerunner of sorrow.” Just ask CalMac, and they will confirm it.
Mr Donald J Morrison
85 Old Edinburgh Road
Inverness.
Letter: Sabbath-
13 April 2018