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 C^^HE Vkry Rk V. W11.1JAM BuixoCK, was born in 
 
 1^ the Knglish Village of Prittlewell, in the 
 
 County of Essex, on the 12th of January, 1797. 
 
 At an early age, he was sent to the Blue Coat 
 School in L(.ndon, from which he passed as a Cadet 
 into the Royal Navy. 
 
 Posted to H. M. Ship Mutine, he first saw service, 
 under Lord Exniouth at the bombardment of Algiers, 
 and during the engagement distinguished himself by 
 the rescue from drowning of a seaman who had been 
 knocked senseless overboard by a falling spar. 
 
 Having attained the rank of Lieutenant, he joined 
 H. M. Ship Snap of which his elder brother Frederick 
 (afterwards Admiral) was Commander. 
 
 In this Ship he assisted in an extensive sun/ey of the 
 Coast of Newfoundland, and it was while thus employed 
 that the spiritual needs of that ancient Colony were 
 so impressed upon his mind, that he formed the 
 resolution to join the ranks of those Pioneer Priests who 
 wf re labouring in that Mission Field. 
 
This resolve rcsnlted in the resio;nation of his 
 Commission, and an application for admission into Holy 
 Orders. 
 
 Ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Chester on 31 
 March, 1822, — a fortnij^ht later, he A\as advanced to the 
 Priesthood by the Bishop of Lincoln, acting for the 
 Bishop of London, " for the cure of sonls in His 
 Majesty's Foreign Possessions." 
 
 Returning as soon as pOvSsible to Newfoundland, 
 and, appointed by the Bishop of Nova Scotia, who then 
 held spiritual jurisdiction in that island, to the IVIission 
 of Trinity Bay, he entered on his new vocation with 
 all the energy of a strong enthusiasm, a robust 
 physique, and a biioyant temperament, to which was 
 added the thoroughness and dash ■\\'hich have ever 
 characterized the seamen of P^ngland. 
 
 Nothing daunted him ; — perils by land, and perils 
 by sea ; exposure so severe as more than once to 
 endanger life, were all faced cheerfully, and his earnest 
 strong personality so endeared him to the " Planters " 
 in Trinity, that at the expiration of eighteen years of hard 
 work, the inscription on the piece of plate given by 
 them on his departure was an honest, unexaggerated 
 tribute to his work, as it stood for a " testimony of their 
 " esteem and affection for his unwearying attention to 
 " his duties as a Pastor, his kindness as a Friend, and 
 "his conduct as a Christian." 
 
 In 1823 he married Mar>-, the only daughter of the 
 Rev. Dr. Clinch, and to that happy marriage he owed, 
 and ever gladly owned the debt, not only of an attractive 
 home but support and encouragement in his public work. 
 
The afTection that bej^an in 1823 between that 
 strong man and his gentle wife, knew no check nor 
 diniinntion, and he was as ninch the lover when on 
 March 7th, 1874, he looked his last "good bye" to her, 
 as when half a century before he claimed her as his 
 bride. 
 
 And on his Golden Wedding, the words which on 
 the sixth anniversary of his marriage he penned at sea, 
 being absent from home, were as true as when he wrote 
 them : — 
 
 " I ne'er forget the enraptured word, 
 " When meekly blushing at my side 
 
 " Thy plighted faith in Heaven was heard, 
 " And thou becam'st a willing bride. 
 
 " Since when, the marriage bond was sealed, 
 " Six happy years have rolled away, 
 
 " And on my memory stands revealed, 
 " Dear Mary, 'tis our Bridal Dav." 
 
 Not long after his induction as Rector of Trinity, 
 there came to him a sensational, and pleasant reminder 
 of his old sea faring life : 
 
 One Sunday morning a Captain of the Merchant 
 Service just arrived from Lisbon, came to worship in the 
 Church, and no sooner had the Rector pronounced the 
 opening words of the service than the stranger, 
 excitedly and audibly exclaimed : " That is Bullock ; 
 " that is the man who saved my life." 
 
 A meeting in the Vestry after service explained the 
 excitement, and the recognition. 
 
This Captain and the Rector had served as 
 iiiidshipnien toj^i^ether, and one cveninji; on a severe 
 reprimand beinj^ Riv<-'ii, the lad in a fit of exasperation 
 had leaped overboard, when the ship was under full 
 sail in mid-Atlantic. 
 
 Midshipman Bullock, without a moment's hesitation, 
 went after him and held him up until a boat brought 
 both on board. 
 
 This meeting after \ears was full of pleasure, and 
 the children of the Rector had for a long time good 
 reason to remember the incident, for on each succeeding 
 voyage froii; Lisbon the grateful Captain brt light a 
 generous consignment of dried fruits, and wines, and 
 those large conical Ali Baba jars of grapes, which seem 
 now-a-days to have disappeared from commerce. 
 
 It was also early in his ministry that Mr. Bullock 
 became '* IVIedecin malgrr lui." It happened in this 
 wise. The only medical man in Trinity had late in 
 the autumn been subpcened as a witness to S. Johns, 
 some sixty miles distant, and winter setting in, the 
 harbours became frozen over, and as there were no 
 overland roads Dr. Skelton was unable to return. 
 
 Mean-while a virulent attack of small pox and 
 scarlet fever broke out in Trinity, and no medical 
 man was available. 
 
 In this emergency, the Rector determined to do his 
 best for his stricken people, and having in his possession 
 a valuable medical library, a well stocked dispensary, 
 a case of surgical instruments and even a full sized 
 skeleton in a closet, which his children always passed 
 with quickened steps ; — all of which he inherited 
 
from his father-in-law — he .set to work to coin!)at the 
 diseases that were ravaj^injif the Parish, and with snch 
 snccess that in the spring when tlie Doctor retnrned 
 from S. Johns his old patients refused to be treated by 
 any one but the " Parson," and Dr. vSkelton uein^'- old 
 and infirm, retired from practice, no other physician 
 comino- to fill his place. 
 
 This involved another problem for in a place where 
 the occupations of the dwellers ashore and afloat courted 
 frequent accidents, the practice of medicine alone was 
 insufficient, so the Rector now daringly added surgery 
 to medicine. 
 
 This was undertaken as a necessity, and under a sense 
 of grave responsibility, but God prospered his work of 
 mercy, and many operations were perfomed without 
 misadventure. 
 
 This audacity on the part of the Rector was once 
 criticized in a friendly humour by a former messmate, 
 who hinted that death under an operation might 
 possibly bring the unlicensed operator into legal trouble, 
 but the criticism was playfully met by the remark ; — 
 " You fail to remember that I hold a legal warrant as 
 " Coroner, and that will cover the lack of Diploma as 
 " Surgeon." 
 
 Once a year there came into the work of the 
 missionary a special interest, in the sailing of the 
 Ice-hunters, as they were called, who embarked on the 
 hazardous venture of engaging in the Seal Fisher^^ 
 
 A considerable fleet belonged to the parishioners, and 
 its departure was always an event full of anxiety and 
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 The medicine chests had to be looked to, books for 
 those who could read provided, and comforts packed for 
 those who should fall sick. 
 
 The medicine chests were all fitted and filled from 
 the Rector's Dispensary, and doing this, and visiting 
 personally all who formed the expedition, made every 
 spring a very busy time for him. 
 
 All being ready on a certain day a special service in 
 the church was held for the Ice-hunters and their 
 families ; — a service deeply tinged with pathos as it was 
 felt by the worshippers, that possibly a whole crew, and 
 in all probability some of the men then present, would 
 never see that church or their homes again. 
 
 After prayers for protection and godly adomnition, 
 the men went on board trnd the fleet was towed to sea, 
 in single file, through the long channel that had been 
 made beforehand through the ice. 
 
 Eight years after Mr. Bullock's induction. Sir Thomas 
 Cochrane, then Governor of Newfoundland, visited the 
 Parish of Trinity in his yacht, the Forte, and knowing 
 the Rector's acquaintance with the coast, acquired when 
 on the survey, induced him to take passage in his 
 yacht and visit settlements where no clergyman had 
 ever been. 
 
 This excursion, lasting for six weeks was full o'l' 
 work : piloting the ship ; visiting the families of the 
 settlers ; teaching and preaching ; planning for the 
 appointment of clergymen, or in default of them, godly 
 laymen to minister in these destitute places ; baptizing 
 nearly one hundred children, and preparing adults for 
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The voN'age was not free from danger ; once they 
 snffered shipwreck and so tempestnous had been the 
 weather, that on the return of the yacht to S. Johns it 
 was fonnd that there had been great apprehension for 
 her safety and a vessel was being manned from H. M. S. 
 Tyne to go in search of her. 
 
 During one of his visits to the outharbours, he made 
 the acquaintance of the last survivor of one of the 
 Indian tribes, — a woman named Shanodifith, of the 
 Beothique race ; — a sad story attaches itself to the 
 extinction of this people ; — a war of extermination 
 having for many years been waged against them by the 
 Micmacs. 
 
 There is an interesting tradition respecting the 
 origin of this war. The French Government, in 
 conseqiience of some depredation had offered a reward 
 for any of these people, dead or alive. 
 
 Some treacherous Micmacs for the gain had 
 destroyed two of them, and hidden their heads in a 
 canoe where they were discovered. 
 
 The Beothiques, without giving an alarm, in 
 revenge invited all the Micmacs in that district to a 
 feast, and at a given signal killed their guests : — from that 
 time the feud never ceased, until the Beothiques were 
 exterminated. 
 
 From the day of his Ordination to the time of his 
 death, the Rev. William Bullock carried on his ministry 
 in the spirit of a Motto which over and over again 
 appears in his Journals and other manuscripts 
 " Evangelical Truths Apostolical Order^^ and in that 
 spirit he regarded with profound veneration, the Holy 
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 The Prayer Book he as an Officer of the Cliurch 
 looked upon in the same light, as when wearing naval 
 uniform, he regarded his " sailing orders " ; — a code of 
 instruction, not to be paltered with, ignored or broken, 
 but loyally observed and obeyed as a whole. 
 
 It was this adherence to order that made his 
 Churchmanship of a character somewhat in contrast 
 with the general laxity, which at that time marked the 
 Anglican Church. 
 
 Perhaps it was in his great respect to the orders and 
 the aspirations of the Prayer Book that a tradition is 
 groimded, that knowing mere wishing to be an 
 ineffective factor in refonns, he attempted to restore 
 in Newfoundland a primitive custom, the restoration of 
 whiqh every clergyman declares once a year is much 
 to be desired, " the godly discipline that such persons as 
 " stood convicted of notorious sin were put to open 
 "penance." 
 
 Humble minded as a man, and anxious to live 
 peaceably with all men, there was never absent from 
 his mind the dignity, as well as the responsibility of his 
 " Orders," and he Avas ever ready to assert and magnify 
 his office, as a Watchman, Messenger, and Steward of 
 the Lord. 
 
 There was in him no flinching from duty, or weigh- 
 ing of personal consequences, when the honor of God 
 and His Church were involved, and in season and out 
 of season he was fearless " to rebuka and exhort with all 
 authority." Proofs of this in his early ministry are 
 found in the household stories still told in the homes of 
 Trinitv. Two will suffice : — 
 
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 Before his appointment to the parish, Ash Wednes- 
 day had never been observed, and work of all kinds was 
 carried on as usnal. To lemedy this neglect, and bring 
 in a better condition of Chnrchmanship, on liTs first Ash 
 Wednesday in t le parish the aggressive Rector vested 
 himself in siirplice and stole, made a visitation of all 
 the places of bnsincss where work was in fnll swing, 
 requested that labonr might cease, and the day kept as 
 the Prayer Book ordered. This appeal was successful, 
 and never since has the day been neglected. 
 
 On another occasion when he saw a number of his 
 young parishioners playing ball on the ice on Sunda)-, 
 he left the church vested as he was for service, and so 
 remonstrated with them that the lads gave up play and 
 followed him to prayer. 
 
 " He was (writes an old parishioner) a terror to evil 
 " doers, but no one was ever more respected and beloved 
 " by all classes and creeds, and even to this day by many 
 " a Trinity fireside his name, and his many good works, 
 *' are referred to with pride ; and the highest compliment 
 "paid now to a new Rector is conveyed in the verdict, 
 " ' He is the best clergyman we have had since Parson 
 " ' Bullock left.' " 
 
 Mindful of the temporal welfare of his people, and to 
 teach them lessons of thrift, he organized a Benefit Club, 
 which still exists and has an enrollment of fifty members. 
 The amount of relief furnished by this club since its 
 inception is almost incredible, as thousands of dollars 
 have been paid to members in time of sickner^ or 
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 The distances travelled in those days by men and 
 women to attend public worship read a lesson to indolent 
 church-goers. At iirst the only church for the whole 
 mission was at Trinity ; the congregation liad to ome in 
 from six out-stations, and it was a sight full of interest 
 on the Sunday morning to watch the people arriving 
 from the different harbours, in summer by boat, and in 
 winter on foot across the frozen bavs, in response to the 
 signal of the Red Cross Flag of St. Gecgc, which from 
 early morning had been displayed on the church tower, 
 to tell those at a distance that the Rector was at home, 
 and service would be held. 
 
 The coming of these parishioners meant a crowded 
 congregation, yet it is averred b}- these who now 
 remember him that the keen eye of the minister would 
 even then detect the absence of seme parishioners, and 
 if he knew of no good reason for their absence would 
 surely in the following week call upon the absentees to 
 know the reason why. 
 
 It was this diligent and systematic plan of keeping 
 in touch with the people by constant house-to-house 
 visitation, begun in Trinity and kept up all through life, 
 that largely contributed to his success as a parish 
 Priest ; and his invariable salutation as he crossed each 
 threshold, '' Peace be to this house and to all that 
 " dwell in it," marked the character and the intention 
 of the visit. 
 
 This intimate relationship with his people, and 
 the magnetic influence he possessed, secured for him 
 their confidence and trust to such a degree that they 
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 spiritual concerns, and before he left the parish he 
 was known to them not only as Parson, and Doctor, 
 and Coroner, and Magistrate, but also as Lawyer, 
 and many a troublesome and serious lawsuit was 
 averted by him ; the litigants preferring to be governed 
 by his advice rather than resort to the courts. 
 
 In the tenth year of his ministry there came to 
 him a testing time, which proved to his parishioners 
 that a motive far higher than earthly gain had influenced 
 their Rector in taking upon himself " the cure of Souls," 
 and that he loved the labour more than the labourer's 
 hire. 
 
 In 1833 the Society for Propagating the Gospel, 
 owing to the withdrawal of the Parliamentary Grant, 
 reduced the salaries of the Missionaries by one half, 
 and when the announcement was made in a charge 
 from the Bishop of Nova Scotia, at a Vestry meeting, 
 and he gave more than permission to the Rector to 
 retire from the Mission, Mr. Bullock replied, — 
 
 " Although it may involve my family in 
 " considerable difficulty, I am willing to endure it 
 " so long as my services are really acceptable to my 
 ' ' people. So long as a becoming sympathy is shown 
 " by my congregation and a reasonable exertion made 
 " to lessen the difficulty I shall consider myself bound 
 " to remain in the station assigned to me under more 
 " prosperous circumstances, I shall be content with 
 "a less comfortable support to exercise myself as 
 " heretofore as their affectionate pastor, but should 
 " a contrary disposition be evinced I shall then consider 
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"that when my services are not vahied they cannot 
 "be very effective, I shall think myself justified in 
 "taking advantage of the Bishop's order, and retire 
 "from the Mission." 
 
 The zvhole stipend from the Society for the Propaga- 
 tion of the Gospel was only a very modest competence, 
 its half involved at once a Spartan simplicity of living 
 in the Rectory, which is well remembered by the 
 Rector's elder children, and even then the household 
 was in such straits that had not a generous sister 
 come to her brother's relief actual privation must 
 have ensued. 
 
 The acquaintance with the " res angusta domi " 
 then commenced, continued for the greater part of 
 life ; a limited salary, no private means and a family 
 of ten children to educate and provide for, gave a 
 problem which only very strict economy and the 
 good sister's aid could solve. 
 
 It was not without anxiety that Mr. Bullock looked 
 into the future, at times dark enough to daunt a less 
 trusting, less hopeful a man, as he felt his inability to 
 make provision for his wife at his death ; he however 
 made no repining, but true to the motto of his family, 
 " Dum spiro spero," he worked on cheerfully and to his 
 unspeakable satisfaction, four years before he died he 
 knew that the same generous hand that had so often 
 extended timely aid to him, had as a crowning act of 
 liberality made ample provision for her. 
 
 It was a sad day in Trinity when the ship bore 
 away this trusted, loved and faithful pastor, and it was 
 with real pain the Rector took his last look on the 
 
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 parish, dear to him as the scene of his first labours in 
 the Church, and t!ie place that had given him his 
 greatest earthly treasure — an ideal wife. 
 
 The extensive sea-board for which he was responsible, 
 and which he worked single-handed, making his visita- 
 tion of the coves and bays in a little craft navigated by 
 himself, is now divided into two parishes, each with a 
 population of 2oco souls, and furnished with nine 
 churches and four chapel schools. 
 
 All over the district his name is still a power, and it 
 may be one of the yielded fruits of the still existing 
 influence of this " good man full of the Holy Ghost and 
 of faith," that has resulted in Trinity Bay furnishing 
 no less than six priests, now labouring in Newfoundland 
 and Nova Scotia. 
 
 He was not forgotten when, a few years ago, a new 
 church built on the site of that in which he ministered 
 was prepared for consecration ; his eldest son, the Rev. 
 R. H. Bullock, was invited to preach the sermon on that 
 occasion, and that not being feasible he sent to Trinity 
 his father's original manuscript sennon. preached at 
 the consecration of the old church, which was then 
 preached again, and thus after a lapse of seventy years 
 the old pastor being dead yet 
 the surviving members of his 
 descendants. 
 
 At this consecration was simg from "Hymns 
 Ancient and Modern," the well known words, " We love 
 the place O Loid," composed by the Rector, and sung 
 from manuscript at the consecration service in 1827 ; 
 and in this new church have been placed visible remem- 
 brancers of the man who laboured so diligently in 
 
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 disseminating Bible truth, and deepenin-,^ chnrcli life 
 in the parish, in the form of Ahar Book and Pulpit 
 Desk, — the former bearing the inscription : 
 
 In loving memory of 
 
 W 1 1. L I A M Bullock, 
 
 Priest and Poet. 
 
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 and the other : 
 
 In loving memory of 
 
 William Bullock, 
 
 called to rest. 
 
 A faithful preacher of God's Word. 
 
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 In 1 841 Mr. Bullock, pending his removal to Digby, 
 N. S., took temporary charge of a church in St. Johns, 
 where he suffered loss in one of the disastrous fires which 
 have desolated that city, and in which, to the sorrow of 
 his family, nearly all the journals kept by him during 
 his sojourn in Trinity were destroyed. 
 
 In the ensuing summer he prepared to take charge of 
 his parish in Nova Scotia, by chartering a vessel to 
 convey himself, his family, and household goods to 
 S. John, N. B., and began a voyage which more than 
 once nearly ended in shipwreck. 
 
 Very soon after leaving port he discovered that the 
 ship was very badly manned, and taking stock of the 
 crew he found it consisted of a captain — good enough 
 if there were no strong drink on board, a competent 
 mate, a carpenter, a tailor, a blacksmith and an 
 adventurer. All went fairly well until the Bay of 
 
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 Fiindy was entered but after that, before reaching 
 S. Jolin, the log book recorded " twice on shore and 
 thrice in danger." 
 
 The most critical of these dangers was only tided 
 over by Mr, Bullock's knowledge of seamanship, and 
 his quick resolute action. Having gone below one 
 foggy evening, worn out by watching, on his return to 
 deck in the course of the night he was accosted by the 
 helmsman with the exclamation, " There's the moon, 
 your reverence, it will soon be clear now." In a 
 moment he saw it was no moonlight that was flashing 
 on the deck, but the rays from a Light House, 
 towering immediately above them, and towards which 
 the ship was directly running. There was no time for 
 consideration, and both captain and mate being below, 
 he virtually took command — forcibly dispossessing the 
 man at the wheel, changing the course, ordering both 
 anchors to be let go, and commanding that the boats 
 should be lowered, as the ship had twice violently struck 
 before her way was stopped. Fortunately the anchors 
 held, and the light of next morning showed how 
 imminent a peril had been escaped, as the breakers were 
 all round them, and only by a tedious towing did they 
 extricate themselves from the nest of rocks iuto the 
 centre of which they had sailed. It was reported that 
 this ship was lost with all on board, on her return 
 voyage. 
 
 Crossing the bay from S. John, Mr. Bullock settled 
 down in his new home which in climate, cultivation 
 and facilities for travel formed a marked contrast to 
 that ^-ist left. 
 
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 On Ill's landing in bcautifnl r)i^4)y, Tic confessec? 
 that his lines had fallen in pleasant places, but with 
 all its deli<;hts it was to prove no Captia to one who- 
 from the day of his ordination liad realized that he had 
 entered on a profession which ofTercd no rest during 
 service, a service from which discharge came only with 
 the warrant of death. 
 
 It was in compliance vvitii the urge* ' re of 
 Bishop Inglis (who said he wished he had a whole 
 herd of this breed in his Diocese), that Mr. Bullock 
 came to Digby, and the Bishop's wisdom was at once 
 justified in the great and rapid improvement that under 
 his rule passed over the parish. Having set in order 
 the work he found ready-made to his hand, he soon 
 made more, and never content with working only in 
 old grooves he immediately put into action his favourite 
 idea of expansion. 
 
 Not long after his arrival he had laid the foundations 
 of four new churches, and established more than one 
 preaching station in the outlying districts. To serve 
 these it was necessary, in spite of his narrow means, to 
 keep a second horse, and although fond of animals, and 
 "merciful to his beast," both horses showed by a 
 premature breakdown, the stress of w^ork demanded b} 
 their energetic master. 
 
 The force of his character, the thoroughness of his 
 work, and his readiness in speech, soon attracted the 
 notice of the neighbouring clergy, and to secure him 
 for deputation work or as a special preacher was to 
 score a success. 
 
 At first his aggressive churchmanship caused many 
 who were not of his communion to look upon him with 
 
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 suspicion and disfavonr, but when they cnme to Tccogiiize 
 his sterliuj^ worth, and knew that while the courage of 
 his convictions compelled hini to nia.ijnify his office, and 
 with no bated breath to vindicate the claims of the 
 Knglish Church, all his outspoken exaltation of her 
 was tempered with the broad sympathy and courtesy 
 which ou^ht to distinguish the jjentleman and priest, 
 they generously replaced their antipathy by friendship, 
 and when he left, they in common with his parishioners 
 deplored their loss. 
 
 This estimate of the man and his work was strik- 
 ing'ly endorsed and reproduced years after, when a 
 Nonconformist journal in Halifax made this conunent on 
 his death : — 
 
 " He is now gone, and his place will not easily be filled 
 " in the Diocese or among the congregation of St. Luke's, 
 ' ' for whose welfare he laboured unweariedly for about 
 ' ' twenty-five years. 
 
 ' ' In all their sickne.sses and troubles he was an earnest 
 ' ' and feeling comforter, and a coun.sellor at once wise and 
 ' ' hearty. 
 
 ' ' He saw in the Church the means for all needed 
 ' ' reforms, and although he never connected himself with 
 ' ' our organizations, it was not from any small or unworthy 
 "feeling of jealousy, as to their interference with the 
 " Church, but from a conviction that when the disciplinary 
 ' ' rules of the Church were properly regarded they would 
 ' ' be found sufficient for the guidance of mankind in every 
 " circumstance of lifo, and for the observance and applica- 
 ' ' tion of these in a spirit of humble dependence on the 
 " Divine Being, he laboured unweariedly among his flock. 
 
 " It can be said of him, ' He was a faithful man, and 
 " feared God above many.' " 
 
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 In Digby, Mr. Bullock discontinued as a matter of 
 course the practice of medicine, except in rendering 
 " first aid to the injured," but he- still continued to 
 compound in large quantities a famous carminative of 
 his own invention, and a " Golden Ointment " for the 
 eyes, on which the inhabitants of Clare set great store. 
 
 Once only did he play the role of doctor, when i t 
 came to his knowledge that a Roman Catholic Priest 
 was lying dangerously ill in the parish, and no practi- 
 tioner was available. He foimd the priest in a critical 
 condition, requiring active treatment, and applying the 
 proper remedies he did not leave the patient until all 
 danger was past. 
 
 It was probably due in part to this act of Good 
 Samaritanism that the Rector of Digby, when he came 
 to Halifax as Curate of St. Paul's, received a very 
 hearty welcome from the Archbishop, — a welcome 
 which ripened into friendship ; and in a dangerous 
 illness of the Dean, the constant enquiries and material 
 comforts that came from the Palace manifested how 
 deep an interest the Roman Prelate took in the welfare 
 of the Anglican Priest, then in peril. 
 
 After some happy, busy years in Digby, its Rector 
 felt it a duty once more to weigh anchor, leave that 
 peaceful haven, and under greatly changed conditions 
 to embark on another voyage of ministerial life. In 
 that parish his many good works " keep his mem .y 
 green," and the Font in the new church inscribed with 
 the line from the Hymn of his own composing, " We 
 love the sacred Font," will serve for many a year to 
 keep the worshippers in remembrance of one who for 
 
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 seven years went in and out among them as their Pastor 
 and their Friend. 
 
 On the resignation of Rev. William Cogswell, 
 Curate of S. Paul's, Halifax, in 1851, Mr. Bullock 
 received and accepted a call to fill the vacancy, and to 
 him was assigned by the genial warm-hearted Rector, 
 Archdeacon Willis, the position of Priest-in-charge of 
 S. Luke's, just built, and used as a Chapel of Ease; with 
 " the obligation of assisting periodically at the afternoon 
 '* and evening services in S. Paul's." This duty was 
 sufi'ciently onerous when added to it were the charge of 
 Piircell's, Ferguson's, and Herring Coves, the Military 
 Chaplaincy of Melville Island, with occasional services 
 at the Penitentiary and the Poor Asylum. 
 
 Up to 1 86 1 this full programme of work was carried 
 cut, with only such assistance as could be rendered by 
 his eldest son, then engaged as Private Secretary to the 
 Ivieut.-Governor. 
 
 At one time it seemed that S. Luke's was doomed to 
 extinction in its infancy, for in 1851 a resolution was 
 passed by the Vestry of S. Paul's to sell at auction the 
 Chapel of Ease, for the payment of its mortgage, a finale 
 only averted by several parishioners lending the amount 
 on receiving the obligation of S. Paul's and the pledge 
 of the pew rents of both church and chapel. 
 
 Three years later S. Luke's was on the verge of 
 losing its Pastor by dismissal. This threatened severance 
 was caused by the Curate's sturdy action in contending 
 for what he thought was a sacred right. The con- 
 troversy, which at the time was watched with keen 
 interest, is best understood from the resolutions and 
 letters that passed between the contestants. 
 
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 In 1854 the Bishop of the Diocese, after due delibera- 
 tion and counsel, announced his intention of introducing 
 Synodical action into Nova Scotia. With some excep- 
 tions, the intention was heartily endorsed, but the Parish 
 of S. Paul's from the beginning viewed the movement 
 with unqualified dislike, and sounded the first note of 
 antagonism at a meeting called in compliance with the 
 Bishop's Circular, in the form of a resolution : — " It is 
 " not judicious to establish Synods or periodical meetings 
 "of a deliberative character in this Diocese." 
 
 One step in advance of this was reached at the 
 Easter Meeting in 1855, when it was resolved, "that 
 "the Parish of S. Paul's, having expressed by a 
 "resolution that it is not desirable that a Synod or 
 " Convocation be held in this Province, this Parish will 
 "not be represented at any such meeting, and the 
 " parishioners declare they will not be bound by any of 
 "its acts." 
 
 The next move, in the following year, made it 
 im^ r. .ive on the clergy of the parish to show their 
 C0I0...S, and take sides; for to each of them was sent 
 this result of the Parish Meeting : — " Resolved, that 
 " application be made to the clergy now officiating in 
 " the Parish of S. Paul's to ascertain whether it is their 
 "intention to attend the Synod as members of that 
 " body while so officiating, and if so whether it is their 
 " intention to carry out, or assist in carrying out within 
 " this Parish, the resolutions or canons, or any of the 
 " regulations passed at any meeting of the Synod." 
 
 Mr. Bullock saw at once this was a situation in 
 which there was no place for compromise ; he made up 
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 violating his pledge of canonical obedience, could he 
 yield to a pressure full of menace, and no more thinking 
 as a clergyman of surrendering his principles, being 
 threatened, than he would have thought as a Naval 
 officer of striking his flag in the face of an enemy until 
 his superior officer displayed the signal to " cease firing"; 
 he met the resolution with a letter, in every line of 
 which there breathes the spirit of a man determined at 
 any cost to d j his duty. 
 
 "To the resolution enclosed to me this day I desire 
 to give an immediate and unequivocal reply. As a 
 Christian Pastor I gladly admit the obligation to do 
 everything in my power for the general welfare of the 
 Church, and of the Parish of S. Paul's in particular. 
 
 "With this obligation in remembrance, I have 
 promoted the institution of the Diocesan Assembly, 
 and assisted in forming its Constitution. 
 
 " Under the same influence I intend (God willing) 
 to exercise my right as a Presbyter of Nova Scotia, to 
 take part in its future deliberations, and to record mv 
 vote as my conscience shall dictate, and with the hope, 
 by God's help, to serve the cause of Christ and His 
 Church. 
 
 " And further, it is my decided purpose to observe 
 " and carry out all the Canons and Ordinances of the 
 " said Assembly or Synod, always saving the undoubted 
 " right of Christianity « to obey God rather than man.' " 
 
 The threatened punishment followed quickly. The 
 letters of the Curates were read in a Parish meeting, and 
 acknowledged in the following notice of dismissal : 
 
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 " however painful to their feelings, to decide that the 
 " connection hitherto existing between the Rev. Mr. 
 " Bnllock and Rev. Mr. Maturin cease at the expiration 
 "of the present year." 
 
 The firm attitude taken by Mr. Bullock and his 
 brother Curate was thoroughly approved by very many 
 of the Diocesan Clergy, who recognized in them true 
 protagonists for the rights of Presbyters, and many a 
 message of sympathy added courage to these men, 
 who were battling and suffering in a righteous cause. 
 For nearly a year these Curates had to go on working 
 with the sword suspended over them, the fall of which 
 was only averted by the action of the Bishop, who in 
 the spring of 1857 published a manifesto declaring that 
 the Canons of the Synod were not to be enforced in 
 unrepresented parishes. 
 
 On the appearance of this document the Archdeacon 
 addressed a letter to his Curates, pointing out to them 
 that as the Parish of S. Paul's had resolved to send 
 no delegates to Synod, that part of their previous letters 
 which announced their intention of carrying out the 
 Canons had been rendered null and void, and that their 
 attitude as Curates of a non-represented parish had 
 materially changed under the terms of the Bishop's 
 declaration. 
 
 The reply made by Mr. Bullock to the Archdeacon's 
 letter was as follows : — 
 
 " My reply to the parishioners last Easter was based 
 entirely on my obligation of Canonical Obedience, 
 and the paramount word of God to obey them that 
 have rule over us, and to submit ourselves. 
 
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 " And since the Bishop has publicly declared that he 
 *' does not intend to give to the decrees of the Assembly 
 *' that authority requisite to bind them on our conscience, 
 " I consider myself relieved from the obligation to 
 " observe and carry' out the Ordinances and Canons of 
 "said Assembly, and I feel at liberty to state that I 
 "neither intend nor desire to do so agp.inst the consent 
 " of the parishioners. 
 
 " I sincerely lament that there should have been 
 " any misunderstanding, and likewise the result of the 
 " threatened movement to myself. 
 
 " I earnestly pray that the minds of the parishioners 
 " may be guided aright, and that the Ivord would grant 
 " unto His servants that with all boldness they may 
 •' speak in His Name." 
 
 And so ended this sharp passage of arms. 
 
 On the division of S. Paul's Parish in 1858, the 
 Curate who had f r years laboured zealously in build- 
 ing up the congregation in the Chapel of Ease, was 
 appointed Rector of the new parish. Under his 
 thorough and enthusiastic leadership S. Luke's gave 
 early promise of becoming a very live church, and in 
 his lifetime the promise was fulfilled. 
 
 The secret of his power in gathering and retaining 
 a congregation lay in his robust unchequered faith in 
 God and Christ, his firm belief in the catholicity and 
 mission of the Anglican Church, and the intense 
 humanity, which sanctified by the grace of God burned 
 in his heart. No doubt dimmed this faith, no misgiv- 
 ings weakened this belief, and no repulse could kill 
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 confidence in their homes. Knowing every man, woman 
 and child of all degrees in the parish, his coming into 
 their abodes was always welcomed, and the advent of 
 sickness, or bereavement, or joy, into a family circle 
 meant an immediate visit from the Rector, — to minister, 
 or console, or congratulate. 
 
 Not a day passed without a record of pastoral visits, 
 and to make time for this important duty he was wont 
 to take the early morning hours for the preparation of 
 sermons and study ; and in the winter months, long 
 before any of the household were astir, he would light 
 his own fire that he might meditate and read before the 
 daily outdoor work began. 
 
 In all times and kinds of sickness he was prompt 
 and incessant in the exercise of his ofBce, and his 
 cheery presence came like a health-giving breeze into 
 the chambers of the sick. It became to be well under- 
 stood that no pain or ailment of his own would ever 
 keep him from attendance on those who needed him, 
 and so " dogged " was he in devotion to duty in time of 
 sickness that he has been known to leave for a short 
 interval a bedside where he was ministering until the 
 paroxysm of his own sickness had passed, and then 
 return to complete his interrupted ministrations. 
 
 In infectious disease he was absolutely fearless, and 
 his courage in this respect was sharply tested in a 
 virulent epidemic of small pox, when the improvised 
 hospital on the common was filled with patients suffering 
 from this disease. Every day, and often more than 
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 this went on for weeks until he became so saturated with 
 the poisoned atmosphere in which he prayed and 
 administered the Holy Communion, and sometimes even 
 assisted in coffining the dead, that he thoroughly broke 
 down, and was prostrated by a disease in every symptom 
 but eruption resembling small pox. 
 
 It was at this juncture that the medical men in the 
 hospital declared that the visitation was too much for 
 any one man, and the duty was shared. Although 
 fearless for himself, he was anxious enough about his 
 family, and all through the epidemic never entered his 
 home in the clothing in which he visited the sick, but 
 always made a thorough change in a bam adjoining the 
 Rectory. 
 
 In 1861 the Rector's labours were lessened, and the 
 vitality of the parish increased, by the appointment to 
 the Curacy of the Rev. John Abbott. His diligence and 
 devoticii, and fresh enthusiasm, and willing co-operation, 
 greatly endeared him to his Rector, and between these 
 two there grew and strengthened a bond of fellowship 
 and friendship which only death could sever. 
 
 A chancel was added to the church in 1864, and 
 in that year the Bishop constituted S. Luke's a Cathe- 
 dral, formed a Chapter, and appointed Rev. William 
 Bullock as the first Dean. This promotion gave the 
 recipient unfeigned satisfaction, not only because he 
 prized the dignity of the office, but because he saw in 
 its bestowal a proof of the confidence reposed in him 
 by his Bishop, for whom he had a great respect, and 
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 The honor was enhanced by the conferring on him 
 of the degree of Doctor of Divinity, " honoris cansit," 
 by King's College, Windsor, — a compliment gratefully 
 accepted as coming from a University whose interests 
 he had always strenuously advocated, and on the Muster 
 Roll of M'hich three of his sons had inscribed themselves 
 as graduates. 
 
 In 1873 the Dean celebrated with great oclat his 
 Golden Wedding. The anniversary was commenced by 
 the " giving and receiving of a ring " at early dawn, 
 and a celebration of the Holy Communion in the 
 Cathedral, attended by all the family who were within 
 reach of the homestead. The rest of the day was 
 occupied in re ^eiving the congratulations of the " troops 
 of friends " who rejoiced with the Venerable Dean and 
 his gentle wife on the attainment of their fiftieth 
 wedding day. 
 
 An Epithalamium, written by Mrs. W. Lawson for 
 the event, and now republished by permission, fairly 
 indicates the interest taken by the parish in this 
 celebration : — 
 
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 EPITHALAMIUM. 
 
 October 8th, WS. 
 
 Bridegroom and Bride! though fifty years 
 
 Have paled the roses' glow; 
 And touched the sunny green of life 
 
 With threads of winter snow! 
 The loving links that bound in one 
 
 Seem stronger than of old. 
 For lyove and Faith have walked with Time 
 
 And turned them all to Gold! 
 
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 Though russet Autumn draped the hills, 
 
 Yours was the spring of life, 
 When from the Altar's shade you rose 
 
 True husband — loving wife ! 
 The light that blessed those bridal hours 
 
 Burns on more radiantly. 
 As time rings in with golden bells, 
 
 Your year of Jubilee ! 
 
 And looking back through memory's glass, 
 
 Upon the winding way. 
 Whose sunny spots and stubble ground 
 
 Have ended in to-day ! 
 The shadows melt in purple mist, 
 
 The years their fulness lend, 
 As rosy dawn and golden eve. 
 
 In rainbow beauty blend ! 
 
 Your life has passed in quiet ways, 
 
 Green with the Master's love, 
 His flowers of light around your path. 
 
 His Holy Cross above ! 
 The Priest and Husband going forth, 
 
 To break the bread of life ; 
 Watching the Sacred fire of Home, 
 
 The true and gentle wife. 
 
 When clouds arose, though dark with tears, 
 
 Love's silver lining threw 
 A radiance on the bitter cup, 
 
 By sorrow mixed for you ; 
 In all the sunny paths of life, 
 
 By pastures green and fair. 
 In wilderness and valley shade, 
 
 His rod and staff were there. 
 
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 The father in His sacred toil, 
 
 Gathering the young and old ; 
 I^eading the weak and weary ones, 
 
 Up to the Shepherd's fold ; 
 The Mother in the happy home, 
 
 Training for earth and heaven, 
 By gentle rule and saintly life, 
 
 The children God had given. 
 
 All are not here to bless them now, 
 
 Home has on perfect wreath, 
 Blossoms are parted from the tree 
 
 By distance and by death ! 
 Two in the Masters waiting land, 
 
 The King in beauty see, 
 And tieio as Watchmen for their L,ord 
 
 Work where His reapers be ! 
 
 Through fifty years what loving words 
 
 Our Pastor's voice has shed. 
 As he with us has stood beside 
 
 Our dying and our dead ! 
 What earnest counsel, wise reproof. 
 
 In hope and warning blent. 
 Through fifty years of prayer and work 
 
 All in one service spent ! 
 
 Your children come with loving hands 
 
 To crown your bridal day, 
 And " call you blessed," as they stand 
 
 lyike jewels round your way ! 
 Your people too their words of love 
 
 Would now with blessings blend. 
 And hail the golden wedding day 
 
 Of Pastor and of Friend. 
 
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 All blessings of the earth and heaven, 
 
 Be yours till life is past, 
 The Angel of the Covenant 
 
 Go with you to the last ! 
 May never shadow change or dim 
 
 Those hours of golden prime. 
 But all the promised light of heaven 
 
 Be yours at evening-time. 
 
 Until the clouds are rolled away, 
 
 The mist of death and sin, 
 And the Great Bridegroom of the Church 
 
 Shall call his people in ! 
 Then — at the Lamb's High Marriage-feast 
 
 Beyond the eternal shore ; 
 May you sit down and resting there 
 
 Go out again no more. 
 
 In the composition of sermons the Dean was all his 
 life a ver>' busy man. The industry that enabled him 
 at the end of his eighth year in Holy Orders to record 
 in his Journal the completion of his thousandth sermon, 
 never abated, and although his collection of manuscripts 
 was exceptionally large, he never rested on his oars, but 
 even in the latest years of his life hardly a week elapsed 
 that did not find in his study either a new sermon " on 
 the stocks," or an old one " in dock " for repairs and 
 alteration. 
 
 The most marked feature in his discourses was the 
 conspicuous frequency of Scripture phrase, and this was 
 the result of design. He held that God was His own 
 best interpreter, and that he made the best attempt to 
 deliver God's message who most nearly kept to God's 
 own words, and his sermons fairly bristle with texts 
 
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 from Holy Writ, with this peculiarity that in them 
 every quotation from the Old or New Testament is 
 written in red ink. In this way he marked his venera- 
 tion for the written Word of God, a volume which he 
 daily searched in the spirit of an unbroken resolution 
 which fonned the New Year's entry in his Journal 
 of 1830 : — 
 
 " I resolve by God's grace to devote more time to 
 "a practical reading of the Bible, and to pray more 
 " frequently that I may make it my rule of life. This 
 " comprehends all, if with the knowledge and practice of 
 " the Christian religion I can only imbibe a portion of the 
 "spirit of its Bles.sed Author, — my Hope, my Saviour, and 
 "my God, the I^ord Jesus Christ." 
 
 All through his ministry he adhered to the custom 
 of fully writing out his sermons, and delivering them 
 from the manuscript, which by previous study he had 
 so mastered as to save him from slavish dependence on 
 the writing when in the pulpit. This he did from 
 deliberate choice, and because he judged that in this 
 way he could best " set forth the true and lively Word of 
 God," and not because like Moses " he was slow of 
 speech and of a slow tongue," for there are living yet 
 those who can remember his readiness of debate in 
 Synod, and the eloquence with which on the platform 
 he could urge the claims of missions, or on occasion, 
 eulogize the heroic actions of the men who were then 
 fighting for their country. 
 
 The first trace of his poetic talent is found in a 
 " Song to David," of forty-six stanzas, which was 
 published in 1827 : and his Journal is full of poetry 
 having for its themes, God, or Wife, or Home. 
 
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 In tins year he also composed a spirited Children's 
 Drama in verse, entitled "The Qneen's Coronation," 
 which was more tlian once acted in Trinity Bay. 
 
 Dnriiig^ his residence in Halifax many a devotional 
 piece of poetry appeared in the Chnrch paper over the 
 •well known initials " W. B.," and in several Halifax 
 lionies could still l)e found a Birthday or Bridal Ode 
 J'rom his facile pen, uTitten in honor of a daughter of 
 the house. 
 
 His most ambitious work was the publication in 
 1854 of one hundred and sixty-six hymns, entitled, 
 " Songs of the Church," and dedicated to the '« Great 
 "Missionary Society (S. P. G.) which has been the 
 " vanguard of the English Church in all the Colonies 
 '' of the English Crown." 
 
 To his infinite satisfaction and pride one of these 
 songs found a place in " Hynms Ancient and Modem," 
 " We love the place O Lord," and nothing could exceed 
 the gratification felt by the author in the knowledge that 
 he had been permitted to contribute to the Church a 
 hymn that in course of time would be sung in all lands 
 and in many tongues.* 
 
 Even in old age the Dean retained the buoyancy 
 and elasticity of youth, and his fondness for the prattle 
 of children, his preference for the companionship of men 
 younger than himself, and the keen interest he displayed 
 in their work and play, asserted what his lips never 
 denied, — 
 
 " Old as I am, and old as I seem, 
 " My heart is full of youth." 
 
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 from "The Songs of the Church." 
 
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 The ycting of his flock were very dear to him, and 
 he " had no greater joy than to hear that his children 
 " were walking in the truth," while the drifting of any- 
 young parishioner from a godly, righteous and sober 
 life, filled him with the deepest solicitude ; nor did this 
 anxiety exhaust itself in sentiment, — he considered no 
 personal trouble too great a price to pay for his recovery, 
 and witnesses might be cited, now grey-headed citizens^ 
 who could testify that in their early days the first 
 effective check on what threatened to be a downward 
 course was found by them in the loving remonstrance 
 and steadfast hand-grip of their friend, the Dean. 
 
 High spirited by nature, and of impulsive tempera- 
 ment, he had so disciplined and ruled his spirit that he 
 could always hold himself well in hand, and while at 
 the sight or recital of any cruelty or oppression, or 
 indignity offered to God or His Church, he was instantly 
 aflame with righteous indignation, and on every such 
 occasion was, 
 
 ' * Like to a sheathed sabre, 
 
 " Ready to flash out at God's call," 
 
 yet in the direction of petulance, or sullenness, or 
 unworthy passion, they who knew him best never saw 
 him out of temper. 
 
 To those who shared his counsels and worked with 
 him was well known the impetuosity of their Rector, 
 and his tendency to rush at full speed to its completion, 
 any newly devised scheme of reform ; but he wisely 
 allowed himself to be controlled by the influence of a 
 calm, cautious spirit in his household, and his playful 
 recognition of this beneficent home-rule shaped itself in 
 
 
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 the candid confession, to explain the sudden slaclcenmg 
 of his headlong speed, «' My driving is like the driving 
 >'' of Jehn, for I drive furiously, but there is a drag on 
 "' my chariot wheels." 
 
 " Given to hospitality,^' it greatly gratified the Dean 
 to find his home looked upon as a favourite reudez-de- 
 vous for the Ckrgy of the Diocese and the Army and 
 Navy Chaplains, and many a gtiest now grown old 
 still recalls with pleasure those *' Deanery Nights " 
 in which their host took a prominent part, either 
 •drawing from his ripe experience grave and useful 
 counsels for his younger brethren, or taking the lead 
 in the innocent mirth that filled the room with 
 laughter. 
 
 In the eariy days of 1874 there were indications 
 that the strong constitution of the Dean was being 
 rapidly undermined, and there appeared that ominous 
 "shaking of the tent" which indicates that the earthly 
 house of this tabernacle is soon to be taken down. In 
 the month of February his kind and godly doctor 
 certified to him that he had but a short time to live. 
 This message carried no dismay,— for him death had 
 no sting or terror. Confident that the gracious promise 
 he had whispered into the ears of hundreds of dying 
 men and women, "when thou passest through the 
 waters I will be with thee," would stand good for him « 
 when he knew that he was at the entrance of that 
 narrow strait which connects the little sea of time with 
 the great ocean of eternity, the brave old Sailor-Priest 
 without a fear embarked on that last lone voyage in 
 sure and certain hope to — 
 
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 " Meet liis Pilot face to face,. 
 
 ' ' When he had crossed the bar. ' ' 
 No long invaliding sickness preceded his departure i 
 on the 2nd of February as Gospeller in the Cathedral 
 Celebration, he read from the altar words for him 
 prophetic, — " Lord now lettest Thou thy servant depart 
 in peace," and on the nth of the following month his 
 mortal remains were lying before that altar for the 
 solemn rites with which Mother Church consigns her 
 tired children to their rest. 
 
 And so he, like a missionary whom he vci^ much 
 admired, '' Heber," the saintly Bishop of Calcutta, 
 
 " His office with his life laid down, 
 
 " And ceased at once to work and live." 
 
 He died as he had ever wishea to die, " in harness," 
 to use his own nautical expression, " he went down with 
 his flag flyiug at the fore." This was the phrase once 
 used by him twenty -five years before, in conversation 
 with some young clergymen who were anticipating in 
 their later life some relaxation of hard work and the 
 enjoyment of some leisure hours. 
 
 The Dean, foreshadowing the termination of his 
 own ministry, bade them indulge in no such day- 
 dreams, or even hope for inglorious ease, for " surely it 
 " was better far to go down with your flag flying at the 
 " fore than be laid up as a dismantled hulk still afloat 
 " but usele.ss." 
 
 The subjoined account of the Dean's funeral is taken 
 from a press notice of that date : — 
 
 " His remains were placed in an oak coffin, a large 
 "floral cross was laid upon it, and the words, ' Jesu 
 "Mercy,' and 'William Bullock, D. D., 77 years,' were 
 
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 'I inserted upon it. He was buried in Surplice, Stole and 
 " Cassock, and a Chalice which for fifty years he had used 
 " was buried with him. 
 
 " His brother clergy carried the coffin up the aisle and 
 '' placed it in the chancel. The hymn, ' Just as I am,' was 
 sung by the surpliced choir, and the 38th and 90th 
 ' ' P.salms were chanted. 
 
 "The Bi.shop read the lesson, and the hymn 'O 
 "Paradise,' closed the sen-ice in the church, which was 
 " crowded to its utmost capacity. 
 
 " At the church door the procession formed as follows : 
 "S. George's Society, of which the Dean was Chaplain, 
 ^1 Choristers and Cathedral Clergy, the Bishop, the Family 
 "of the Dean, Wardens and Vestry, His Honor the Lieut. 
 'I Governor, the Chief Justice, Clergy of other Denomina- 
 tions, Parishioners and Citizens. 
 "The service at the grave was read by the Bishop, and 
 "after the choristers had sung 'Brief life is here our 
 " portion,' the vast assemblage dispersed. 
 
 The funeral was with a few exceptions the largest 
 "ever seen in Halifax, and testified the respejt and 
 " affection in which the late Dean was held by all classes 
 '' of the community. The Public Schools were closed on 
 ' ' the day of the funeral as a mark of respect to the Dean, 
 who for some years was a member of the Board of School 
 ' ' Commissioners. ' ' 
 
 At the time of the Dean's Death there was published 
 an obituary from the pen of Mr. Harry Moody, then 
 Secretary to the Lieut. -Governor, which not only 
 because it is an appreciative estimate of the man, but 
 also because it touches on points not elsewhere noticed 
 in this Memoir, is here reproduced : — 
 
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 " He is lying in his cassock and surplice, with a chalice 
 in his hand — one that he has used for more than fifty years 
 in his ministrations to the sick, and which he always 
 desired to have buried with him. He looks so holy and 
 calm, with a look on his face of such restfulness, and 
 younger far than he has looked of late years. * * * * As 
 it is, he has died in harness, as he always hoped that he 
 would." And so passes away from us the "old Dean," 
 gone, in a ripe but vigorous old age, from his toil to his 
 rest and his reward. 
 
 Bred to the sea, when he exchanged his naval uniform 
 for the surplice, he carried with him to his new work the 
 cheeriness, the pus/i, and the simplicity which so often 
 attaches to sailors ; and when years had silvered his hair 
 and bent his form, there was yet a fresh boyishness and 
 genialty in his manner that won its way to all hearts. His 
 life was essentially one of work. Seventeen years of toil, 
 when hardships and actual want were not unknown to his 
 home, in the bleak missions of Newfoundland — several 
 years in the more genial climate and quiet rusticity of 
 Digby, in Nova Scotia, — and some twenty-five years in 
 Halifax — each and all were marked by active work for the 
 Master's cause. Those who knew Dean Bullock only in 
 the pulpit of St. lyuke's, know but little of his inner life 
 and his real value. They only who have had the privilege 
 of being associated with him in some church work, can 
 fully appreciate his character, If there was work to be done, 
 his great object was to get it done. He was never 
 ambitious of doing it himself, if younger, and, as he 
 thoug^'it, abler hands would undertake it. Still less did he 
 covet the credit of doing it. But if others failed, he never 
 
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 flinched. As an organizer, a centre round which others 
 arranged themselves, he will be sadly missed in Halifax 
 Many a plan has been matured, many an important 
 meetnig has been held, many a good Church work has been 
 quietly fostered at the Deanery, of which the public saw 
 only the result and never knew the source. It is not only 
 as the Rector of an important parish and Dean of the 
 Cathedral Church that he will be missed, and that his place 
 can with difficulty be filled. Many is the man who-to-day 
 feels that he has just lost one of the warmest friends and 
 trustiest counsellors with whom God has ever blessed him 
 On practical matters, good shrewd common sense • on 
 ecclesiastical affairs, a loyal devotion to the Church of 
 England ; on doctrinal questions a sound judgment, and 
 theological attainments of no mean order— these were some 
 of the sources of the influence exercLsed by the Dean on 
 those with whom he was brought in contact. A natural 
 vigour, one may almost say an impetuosity of character 
 was tempered (excepting as regards contributions to the 
 Church or the poor) by prudence, and in all things by 
 charity. "An aggressive Churchman," as he styled 
 himself years ago, when the torpor of apathy and 
 respectability oppressed the Church in the Colonies as in 
 the mother country, he lived to see Her put on strength 
 and to have assurance in Nova Scotia and elsewhere that 
 the seed which he and others had long ago sown in 
 faith had really been good seed. And we cannot doubt 
 that having come (in the words of the best known of 
 his own hymns-for the Sailor and Priest was also a 
 Poet) to know 
 
 The triumph song of Heaven, 
 he will with joy bring many sheaves with him, 
 the result of fifty-two years of unabated self-denying 
 toil in his Master's fields. 
 
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 This imperfect Memoir would he still more incom- 
 plete did it not contain a recent testimony to the value 
 of a noble life. It is the generous tribute paid by the 
 present Dean to the memory of his predecessor in 
 office. Between these two' men existed an affection that 
 was very real, and when infirmity began to abate the 
 natural forces of Dean Bullock he had no more constant 
 companion and helper than Dr. Gilpin, who gave him 
 all the care and watchfulness of a devoted son. In 
 one respect he ivas Dean Bullock's own son in the 
 faith, for without concealment he has over and over 
 again confessed that the character and example of that 
 strong Christian man and Churchman had largely 
 contributed to the stability of his own faith in God 
 and his contentment in the Anglican Communion ; and 
 on one occasion in open Synod boldly declared that "it 
 " was owing to the then Dean that he was not a Roman 
 " Catholic or an infidel." 
 
 In a Jubilee Sermon preached in the Cathedral on 
 14th May, 1898, Dr. Gilpin thus speaks of his friend and 
 father in the faith : — 
 
 " In the year 1841 there came into this Diocese a man. 
 
 " He had been an officer in the Navy therefore 
 " had learned to obey and command. 
 
 " Endowed with great vigor of body and mind, this 
 sailor-priest had acquired a strong grasp of simple 
 catholic truth. Unmindful of adjuncts, he kept this 
 truth ever before him in word and act, well knowing 
 that where it was embraced all its necessary expressions 
 would soon follow. 
 
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 ' ' To him as pioneer, we owe the catholic tone of sound 
 churchmanship which pervades the most of our clergy, 
 and is acknowledged by our laity as our rightful 
 heritage. 
 
 ' ' He was always kindly and tolerant to those who were 
 without, but he stood to his guns in the Church as he 
 would have done in the Navy. 
 
 ' ' His poetic pen has given to the Church and world 
 a processional Hymn, which will live and be used for 
 years to come. 
 
 " In his appointments as ' ' cure of souls, ' ' he has gone 
 in and out among his parishioners emphatically a father. 
 
 " His influence here, began when he was Curate of 
 S. Paul's, and continued all the time of his Rectorship 
 of this church. 
 
 ' ' To him we owe not only many an improvement 
 in our services but much of that spirit of toleration 
 and harmony which largely exists among us, and has 
 spread to many other parts of the Diocese. 
 
 "His earthly tabernacle now lies in our cemetery, 
 with the Holy emblematic vessel in his hands, while 
 in the Paradise of God he awaits the Day of Christ 
 and his works do follow him. 
 
 ' ' I need scarcely tell you that his name was William 
 Bullock. 
 
 The Monument that marks in the Camp Hill 
 Cemetery the last resting place of this stalwart soldier 
 of Jesus Christ is a massive granite Cross, bearing on 
 the front and north sides of its base these inscriptions : 
 
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 Wm. Bullock, D. D. 
 
 Born at Prittlewell, Essex, England, 
 
 January 12, 1797. 
 
 Died, March 7th, 1874. 
 
 For fifty-two years a Priest in the 
 
 Church of Christ. 
 
 First Rector of S. Luke's Parish. 
 
 First Dean of the Diocese of Nova Scotia. 
 
 " Being dead yet speaketh." 
 
 Erected by the Parishioners in grateful remembrance 
 
 of his faithful service of twenty-seven years 
 
 as their Minister and Pasto: , 
 
 A chancel side light of stained glass, representing 
 the Evangelist and Physician S. Luke, is also now to 
 perpetuate in the parish church and cathedral where he 
 ministered, the memory of its first Rector and Dean. 
 
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 ' ' We bless Thy Holy Name for all Thy servants 
 ' ' departed this life in Thy faith and fear ; beseeching Thee 
 ' ' to give us grace so to follow their good examples, that 
 ' ' with them we may be partakers of Thy heavenly 
 " Kingdom : Grant this O Father for Jesus Christ sake, 
 "our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. 
 
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