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KEW YEAllS ADDRESS
TO THK
C0>'G11EGATI0N
OF THK
EISHOr'B CHAl'KL,
HALIFAX. N. S.
HALIFAX:
JAMES BOWES & SONS, HOLLIS STKEET.
1865.
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NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS.
To THE CONGnEGATION OF THE BlSllOP'S FuEE ClUPEL :
iMy dear friends^ —
' Bron.'ht bv the -oocl provldcnoc of a jrrfioioiis God to tho
.„;;.mM^ ot unotlJ year, T.feel a <!-- to aaan3ss .
.ew worci., a. 1 havo aonc on previous occasions, to ym ^v h o
^TJ under mv pastoral charge. Not that I have any now
fhini to say un'V) vou, more or bettor than yon hear froni the
puWt^;- S.1 b^tU CO Sabbath, or in onr private meet.ngs
St Ton- >wn hou^es. Bnt, knowin,^ that all tins ,s too apt to
n Hke but ; short stay in our memories, I ^von d endeavonr
Tf t may be, to impress more firmly on yonr mmds. some of
h^;Ln.ndeverLtin,trnths.hich it -/7^/^%^,^^
times to inculcate-Avhh earnest prayer, tha the .^P'^'J «*
V:S, the only infallible Teacher, may g-^V ^^ -^^^r^^^^^
unon yonr hearts. I am the more encouraged to do tin. t.om
Xn u Its oi past experience, proving the advantage of pre-
« nt n" n a more permanent form, the advico a.td exhorta-
• r^hich are oriUy dcli^.red in the --- ^^X ^^^
tration*' They ^vill be read, not only wlnle the AMitir lives
and mcnes from day to day, but, probably with even deeper
interest, wlicii lie is (lend and gone. .
While residinK, as I did for tvventy-seven years n my
o,.vcr- oll>o-forunme., parish of Lunenburg, to wlnel, tl,e full
V gor and fVe:d,noss oV my early missionary W^™' ^'r^^C
several ti.aes ,,nt forth such pastoral '"W^^'f "'''«/;";
sent and when I havo since paid my annua ^ iMts to my
oWfries there, I have frequently found within the leaves
rf thei " biWes c.;refully preserved, those mementoes ot our
affectionate connexion as pastor and people
Two years have passed away sirce my last ^ew Icars
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XEU' VKAHti AUUHEsS.
„l'thi.liisl„.p'a'hii|u'l. J^'.'"'?. ",".•' ;"' jiu.v a soul
U„n,W. li.K-. i» >."W -'-"f, J' . tr overt* i"-' wc-M.
seaK.-l ..,. unto tlu. .1'"'^'™*=",;. !,£ Lamc-l/nml lu-
-i-oyou >t '-"y ;>,;■■ ,^'^,',':,vs bi-ssi,,., i.c-,, y.m i--
othiT 1110,1119, 1 m.iy inroivn , . ^,
ai,i.i,c.nan.«wra;«;;-i^^^^^^^
of you, Iwouiastill stinei ^^^
t„ke ^-■™': .°\ ';;;"J ' o "make our i-alli.i? ai„l election
tunc luwliieli "i aie.iui i„(or,-stin<' reliit on. now
>arc,"{-niin'Knl how soon '' ■''',,';" '„ |,^,„i „f .leatli.
.iibsUting between '"- "-y'",^ ''',;' Ueavour so u.
wliieli ^""'■^"■"■>;f2i d.{-of"va,- e, tliatwhen it is over,
use what remain* of oui da. ''■-', ^,„^„„, ,,e,.c, may
you and 1 who liave so often ^sb^^ ^^_^,j „,
be pcruuttcd o .loin in ''="""> ,„,,,„„,.e,, „.,, who stand on
theChurch trium,. laiit ahne 1' ' ""^"^ ^^^j ,„ ,„.
„,e walls of our Zion a,,d w ho -u 1; fo y>n^^^^^ ^^__^.^^^
commit ed '» ?" '' .r^^.^e lly '• take heed to our mu.is-
years, shoiiW we the nioice., J j^ ; , , j,,,ort our
try, that we may u « "■ /^^l™ „,,=„ ,„ realise this
day of wvirk is. 1 '^^ ^ "'' ,^,,^ ,,,,„ ,,„,",, eon permitted
more and more s *::r <^ , ™:, ,„d to spend more than
to live more than sixtysix >■-•"', . J, ministry ol
forty of these (alas ! how -P-;^ ' . ,,fi !^, ™„t be ne,-
the Word and S'^crameu ',. ^ ^^^^-^ „^^ „f t,,,,^ tliinss.
ligentto put you -'»^»,,';,'™'^™, ,lished in the present
:''T \^e. I tl 1 it m-t as louB as I am iu Ih.s
t^.^ stiJV up ',• puUins y- m^-
TTro^iLis- tJi"i«s*- t^rct.,!.!".
^aTim., IV. ;. liCoi. IV. ir.
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^F,W YKAU'S ADDKKS?.
;;;.;;;,;,. lo luwc those Hm,,-. ,.lwnys I,, rcmc.,n1n-..,ce.
If e'er mv heart forgot
Your welfare or your woe.
Let everv jov tliis lu'urt for^^akc,
And every {,'ripf o'erflow !
Let ,nc romuul y,™. in t'l>e flrs. place "f f ;> "l™-'^^' '^;';i
lu-ib.nulmco ofthe -ift.s ^vc arc too apt to forget the l..ra
ouf O v^ BU'Ssh.^^ are daily flowing in upon us and
\sWu'h they all procco.!. AVe require - hue upon Ime au pre
n thnt l,l.-'t luu.l wliov,. G,„l i. Irnly knowl, ■^. «']"> the
", u.dul ana a happy hm,l-n,me -o^= »»' J J^'^^;^, ,:,^:
w do ^vUle world. Th.- climate temperate, and "O <■'«>'»""«
r„ t.d.h as to be the lren»eu. refuge from peHde.^e to ta.
Whahitants of southern »"'\"'<;-.^^:""-V:"r:pi,.ranTde.
nuukes swallowing t.p whole c.t.c^. -^ " J" '^^ ' "; i,,,!;^.
kt:^:r:z ^:':o miM^X.i:t:^- - -^
, ThJbe" "rQueens, that we hardly know - •- ^"J"-^
. .dl Protec cd hv the Army ciul ^avy of Li.f;-anil, not
tr.e, no 'y^' f.rvnnred Every man can worship (jod
country is more ia\ourLu. u y^^j _^ .
♦ 2 rctcr, !• 1'-'. II-
t Rom. XII. 1. t I«aiah XXVllI. 10.
>^ PsiUm XXI. 6.
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n SEW YE*.ll*8 ADDRKS3.
^r^ ■.:.';.;, ana pl.KU iVom ...c heart .In, n.o.od sor-
Om.\val..r. s«,tr,n with ii.l. iunun.^n. , o. (nr <^'-^y";^
,ho imM'ious .nctiiU in abnn.Un.o, rivnlln.f! (•'>">'■''"' ''^^'^
ta Out of onr l.ills o„r pcopio (ll;r sonn-U,.:.;.' l..'m:r tlult,
!:;;;,rin:i::,p^u,.c.on,nu.r,.,..na..Hori.^^
S;:^.rno,.r«onri..in.jo.n,n;.^
, (• 1 ,, o c<i-in(r.r to evils like tliesc. a»^'4Mv *"'■
thus ar uei-ii a siiaTigw ui «-vi n,,.„,,i ..r- the iu-ih
the people tlutt arc in .nch a .,»c ; yea, ^^ff^^^'l^^,
,Oi^ wlin l("vo the Lorn tor in n ^«<>*i« ^"^
:1 ,:!;,; 'r^-ut .ear.t Not (or -;'-;f-7,---,„ ::; :
all our inorems and .11 ^^^^^ '^ s'.voavors, Sabbath
*Dout.YlII. t PBalm CXLiV 15. Eomans XL
I General TliankigiviDtJ.
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NEW YEAUi* ADDRF.fS. *
encL-blast.P.,^ tho fotulcst hopcc of parent, and fn. m^.., nn.l
roM in^^ so,.i..rv of n.uny >vlu. ,ni,ht olhorw... bo >ts br.,n.to.
^Zt vanl a.ul aid ia th. <.xpulsiou of tl. . ,r.al en.mo
of Satun fn.n. a.uon^st us. The Bcv<>n <U,y.l. that wore in
Mary r^a^Muht;.. oamiot have boon worse than the d.moa ol
riSp^nn.-.,-!!... love of intoxioa.iu, drink wh.h po.soss^
too many of our uhl an.l youn-. Lot us pray tao Lonl U^
cist this A.V..IAUN out from ou. lan.l. l.s luuno .
Io.ion,* for man., arc the vioos and abor,naatK,n.s vuth
l^laih he InvoMs ti;; .nU of his vieti.n, rcn.b;nn^unMnl .n,
to "commit all iniquity wU. .rcoa.no . t^ . ^ '- ^«
dopth to vvhioli that monster -/u . mav vut loa-l i s slave, cM^n
r^lLry, snioido, and nmrdo.; Its.lt. Is .km. -^ a c.vuj.
thou for'cvorv ohristiun to -ird hi.nsolf to the l.-ht wit.i
!'^ enou.y of all ri,ht.oasnoss" ^ Shal -e st.vnd by
and soe th. Lwcr of our oommnnity ''^-l-^^^^^^IJ^ ^^^v
.troyer, mid not lift op our hand a^'a.nsi Im. ? .Shall wc .
iu .he ;pi.-it <.f Calu, '' am 1 my brolhov s ko jor ^ ^^
him -o m as ho likcB, I oan't help U. l.aihoi let us ny
Xt^^ur advioe, entreaty, and above a1^, -»• --"f^X^
Ac "Let IS oxhort one another dady •-/hde u is (.a!l< .
tlay 1^ any bo bard.uo.l through tin. do-oitlulnoss o
1 ''§ -A word spoken in due season, bow ^'ood is , »
I ot us deny ourselves what we porhaps might tempo no y
^e,forthLako of some w.ak l>7ther who has not cq.ud
power over bimsolf, according to the spirit o St laid, . lo
Ivd - it is -ood neither to oat llesli nor to dnnk wn,e, not
^ihin^ vhorobv thy brotlior stuuibioth or is ollbndod or is
pilule w^ak/'^f io---^i-^--^'^^^M-;:--^^;;^^t
.oul from the road to ruin, .uroiy you ^viH reap a riol n-
ward, far, far, ox.-eeding the oost of your soU-don.al. I lav t
l^n a tei^HH'-^-- "^^^" ^'"^ thivty-throe years, i c. I lia.e o
th It period abstained, for the sake of otbers, Innn wnat 1
i 1^ have used innooontly myself; and thou, i, m otb.r re-
"ma-t when 1 look back 1 find, alas ' too much to la.nent I
J^ ev^r bad cause to bo tbankful that Iwas kd t^t^ike ^^
,,. . . i» 1. V o + Kiih. IV. 10. t Acts Xni. 10.
^ Ui'v IX. 11. Mark V . y. x fipn. * » • ^i" +
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NKW YKAR^S ADDin-.SS.
,•,„,„ ro»,l. I''''P'=r",?:-l nit be ory-for ii ^vl■cu you
arc passed ixwiiy. . „™™tion. we fiiul mivny eauses of
.l-m-ujng to «« <;-,," f-::ie,s of Go,! wo l.avc en-
lliaukfulness. ^ '""Vr" ,,„ ^„,,viie ministrations of the
i„,ed „nm.crr„j,tedly . c P.M.C ^^^^^ ^_^^ .,„, aiffieuly
Church, smcc i last a(mu.^.«-«j » ,..inph nvoss in, , each
Ls becL, .0 fina roovn - ^-;- , . ^T^'^.'^^^u, V,y God'.
Sunday, to ,loui m out ^^ ^^"'l'- ' , .„„o\.ea. bv the evec-
blessing, .Lis diffleulty wll :;I:^Y^^^J^^^a of suff.cient
,;„„ of a suitable \-'^'^"'^'^'^^ ou" present numbers,
<.„paeily to eon.aju at '"^ *" ;\,,°",,,P o,„ai„e,l : and T
Some noble eontrdn..mnslmNea^.e.^y ^^
,,ave no doubt, that a ^"f ,, ^\' j™ ' d „,f„,^ „f ,l,e poor
n„,e the glory of <;«\-,^ j ' ,,X' ™'m«nity at large, will
and the strangeT, and ml ed t t
l,c so blest of U.m, as »" ™'^' " ^ , „;„^ ..^ars, through
trust, espeeially, .ha >-'^,';; '",;.:, The benefits of a Free
the kindness of yovir 1*'^' "V; ^'} J,,,;^,,, ,,iii now show your
Churel, for >-"-f f ,- l,^.? ty To ..ribu.ing, to the very-
estimation of sueh a 1"'*"^"'=' 7 1 „„„,! object whioli
ntmost of yonr abdi.y, »»,";/>»," u.'iK-h (i know that
he has .aken lu hand. ">"".,• x „ive, pleuteously.
,l,i, i, not tl>e ease fe'""";' ,. ; ^ ^.l^ li,? ,„ live of that
K you have h..le, cV, yo ^1 lu^^ »■ .^ ^. ^ ,^^;„^ , „,, .
!!"'-^'-. ™' £"'if"t b " vUling mind, .here ongh. fob,,
ful giver, t i' . " rcncetable amotmt eontnbutedl)
in the aggregate, a ™.'^>/','J": jt ,uildiu- fund, especially
our present ^"n'-'f " '™',, ° ;^7by instalments in two
«l,e;,itisknown.hat . maylH paul - ,^ ^^ ^,„^^^ „,,!
years. I hope you ^^^ "" '"^•;;'; V „ of your earnings as
■onseientiously set apart »>'< ' P"' "°^„ „„f, ,.„„ children in
you ..an spare, Ibr what. ..chjon,^^^^^. ^^ ^_^^^_ ^^^^ .^
':!^:t;:::S^A ^-^^ves, ;it win .» ,a gre.^.^
' M.:cdce.xi.i: tn.ror.ix.:.
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KEW year's ADDllES.^.
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„,ilted to 8PC, m f\nce ol t c n ^^ ^^^^ ^^
„ l.itl."'o -'',;;'£:" "br^ronife ,„ i„ ,a,c..
,,,,,,,Uf anxious i^l--^^ terms, witLut
-0-y-^-^SCiHiu.^^^J^ltVt Sale.^^ Court,
tinue to come, >^'^^\""^^\^ "^,- ,^.,J .j^jg; found a blessmg to
,ere I ^^^V)!! cnW , " ha" '' nm in vain and laboured
their sou s ^.^^^^^ f ^^^^h services if you can. I mv.
'" ^'^'"'i^ nf rnedcct by some, of the mormn^ ot the
often spok.n «[ ^^ ^^V'"^^/^^^^ of the loss you sus-
'"'''''^ T^f tl^S^ vo f io unto (U if you absent your-
tam, and «f |l\y . ^ .^^^ ;,, ,^,, p,ime of His day, and only
solves from His < hun li 1 1 la \ ^^ i^^.„,cmber to kee].
^^''^'^J'u^^t^'^^- and not a part of it
hc.ly THE Sabbath da>, tic ^^^^ ^,^^^ ^re un-
,,ercly Of course I do^ -^^ ! ^ i^^^ilic^ from attend-
avoidably hindered by he cai^^^^^^^ ^,,^^^^ aoyour
l„.n- both services. l^;\\f "^ ' /„,i to vour ovvn Bouls.
auty to your God and ^^^ ^^^ f ;^X Sabbath morn, and
if vou willingly lounge away the c u > .^ g^^tiug
begin the sacred work of the ^^ '> ^ ^ ^-^^^' ^^ ,,^,, f,
in: I believe some are ^^P^, f '^"^^ ^^^J,, „^, ,eady on the
Stiturday. Let }Our ruic ^ , , ^j ^^„ he/ore.
,lone - «-'f <^V^^^t -a ^« -a et-a. to J. as'wcli
Kcmember too, tliat >oui seiv.i tmttin'- more upon
,. you, and tluu you a.-e .o™^^^ I „„
ihein on tlio Lords c'.aj ttiaa j , ^^,.
„,V„id .but tteve arc niany .;"'7^,;j'^,':,e morning scr-
„.,v„r allowed the opporU m^ t^ ^ ' „ ,"^Vcdnc.lay nigl.
vice in our churches. 1 Utn, ^r*"" . ^ j >,ave
:;:ice might be much ^<^"^^ .f ^,7; ^ ^ess of the world,
aUvays tut that sucli ^V^^^^^ ^^^ll^ the heart fron.
niidvvay between he Sun a,^^^^^^^ ^J^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ pre-
being overcharged wuh the <-ai^^ o exercises of the pre-
Hv.rve the impressions producedJ>> tlie^ excrcia ^^ i- _
• * ITorXXII. 2. t null.. 10. tCol.lV.O.
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NEW year's address.
vious Lord's (lay. Aiul such, I find, is the experience ot
many who attend on tlic week days. J.et me hope that the.
New year will tind more of you thus seeking m dod s house
the renewal of your reli-ious feelin-s, amid the bustle and
en-a-ements of vour daily life, which are so r.pt to blunt
the cd<a' of your atleetions for better tlnngs. Suffer tin-
word ol exhortation also, in reference to the holy Commu-
nion True, our communicants increase every year; but
feelin.'- the sncredncss of the duty and the greatness of the
privile-e of doing as our blessed Lord has commanded, al-
most with his dying breath, in renunnbrauce of his cro,<s
andpa-,:oa, and'his precious blood-sheddnig ; feelmg, too.
th'it leavin-^ this unvloue, we lack a most important and in-
dispensable'Uem, in the work of our salvation— I cannot
cease t.> i)ut you in mind of your duty m this particular
also Where are tho-^e who have been co.ilirmed at variour*
time's in our Cliupel ? Many have not yet - returned to give
olory toGod,"* and seek strength to perform their vows,
by closer communion with the great author of spiritual lit»>..
How often do we say to you, in the beautiful words oi th.-
Church, "1 bid you in the name of God, 1 call you in
(^hri^t's'b<'half, I exhort you as you love your own salvat^ion.
that you will be partakers of this lioly communion, f -ti»t'
alas, too many hear these searching calls m vain, and wc
8ee tlK» h 'oks of far more who turn away from the heav^enlv
teast, tluui faces of those who remain. INIay the Lord
hasten the time when we shall no longer lament that -so
few come to the solemn feasts" t of the Church, and may
this new-born vear be a witness of the desired improvement
iu this resr)ect also. But while thus urging you to greater
attention to outward duties, I trust I will not be misunder-
stood as dwelling too much on the 'Murm of godlmess, i? to
'the ne.de(;t of its life and power. I lu^'-e 1 need not say
that spiritual, vital godliness, is our constant theme ; and
you will bear me witness, I think, that from our pu pU
.•Christ crucilie.l" is held up as your only foundation, llis
i-i.d.teousness t.s your only sutlicieiit robe, and llis spirit a.
•ill essential to ever> thought, word and work of your who..-
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M.ukcXXU. IS. t Coram. Office. t^nm-I-4- ^, Tim. 111.5.
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lives. Without (his, .ai outward o^^^j^ll^^^^^Jjf ^
•' the sounding brans or the tuikhn- cynd.aL liut ^llll, wt
.i'havethroutwurd lorn, in our Vf^^r.;-^!!^^^;^^
Crod to Lrlve cxproBsiou to the niwnrd spirit, ^vuh ^^\mAi lie.
[^^vle o'u souls, and thus we mo^^ ^ ^dorify God with our
Mi^and our'spivits -hieh are His 'f ^^ ITV^^
friends, he mindful of the three n;reat tlnngs,-! -ut J udg
'Z^i u;d Eternity , -the greatest that can ^^^^^l^^^
of mortal man. Prepare to uKu-t them ! To t , end ^^^r.
nnd m-xv t and then you ^^ill he ready for anythmg. \V iMt
G^l^ aU: (^d togeLr we nu.st not put asvmder. ^eg.u
.mtinue, Ld end eaeh day c^ this .>ew year, -;;^;; f ^ ^
follow it, with prayer to the 1 ather ol K^J^^ • -^ ^^^^ "^^l
nro^ner for time or eternity, d you negleet this great prui
K^fwhih Christ has purchased lor us. God ,s -ore ready
o"g ve than we are to ask. An. pray ni yo-V -'y^/^;.
win he to them as a morning and evenmg J -- mf. 1
nromote re--.daritv and love m your household , it may m
Slu^^L/^rations to eome ; it wilt l..ing down the^jv^- .
(^.od who "blesseth the habitation ot the., u.t. s At eAt }
meal h that blessing be invoked, and tluud.s given to the
Zt ri^v dcr^ Wmild that every house in this eity wc.e
an house of prayer. 1 lien int u ,
and wat<-hmen would be neede,! no more. And la^hc^^ o a
f PUvwt <1woll in vou r ehly in all wisdom. || ^^aicn in^
It i ll.e .•l>a.-l.T of all o.ir l,„,,.s im- .-l^rn.lv. I. » our only
"fU-aara ll,v,H,Kl. H- suaros of llus ^"''"' -;' '''l j^ ,', ,;.
.. li,;i,t .o oar feet aad as '' ™P, ° ,'- J;;:^ ;• , „„ '^It!
^.i;':;,!^;:^ U :JX ;»« W^an^arl .. U, „. co„,,a™.
an 1 all tm m o .,^ '^'it^ive the world, and ae-
:::^ my vs hrm ^h^^temity ; hold it last ; eherish it in your
s devoutly rc^id it every day of every year ; and do th.^
r::!V-e of^>u, "old meLnd mahlens, youiig men «nd
TroTxiIT.l. t cor. XI.-... t Matt. XXVI. 41.
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sr.iv vF.An's apdbes?.
.■hiiai-cn "• Let no scoffs or jibc!. make you ashumed of yo.ir
Mle o-'afraicl to rca.l it. lelt it., auU.or bo a.luuncd of yo
, ' c day wl,o„ .1,. book, sball bo opcod or J'''^™-;
voor soulit Tl'"' blessed book w.H novo. d,e J '" ^
'vivod tbc attacks oftlio infidel in ajres piust. It imII ontlnt
lem s n. It is translated now into IM lattguaKCS, and
It" fortU by millions for the conversion of the .vorld.
'■'r^.ndtw/tT.eL^plain'and unpretending pages, which
nJy U. t e a n,at I shall be permitted to send a.nong ym,
r'vonr cdificatl,:a. allow me to say one wwd to oachof the
cdas'scs under which you are all compri.-ied. lo my oiaci
rXon who, like „,^self. are .-omiuded by p-ev hatrs ,f not
1,T our infirmities, tliat our race is nearly run, 1 ^^oul.l say,
'.',."■[ , p he loi us of vmir mind,"i trim your amps, look
hack foi cause of humiliation, forward for awakening and
si";, ubiects of thought, atul upward to the Latnb of God
,^"e blood alone call wash away the shortcomings of the
r;yea s that arc gone, and inspire the hope of accep an e
for vour ;.ouls. " Be sober, grave, temperate sound in faith,
cha ity! in patience." M, younger friends, of whoni so
any of both' sexes throng onr Chapel, " be sober m.nde
Sug your duties, as sons and daughters bn^hers and
sisters as these are laid down in Holy hcriplitre. 5
Pa'enTs' " bring up ^our children in the nurture and
admonition of tlio i.ord." Leave them not to tl'«>n«^l«'- 5^'
uo many do, but train them by precept and CKample (the
;::st;j;4rlui teaching) in the way tl-y ^Uould go and when
tbev are old they will not depart from it. Insnboutin.xtion.
.Xlience to' parents, self-will, -«'ivcness muler pro^r
■luthorilv, arc too prevalent among us, and they .tre c^ Is
bo traced, perhaps, to the too great slackness of parental
control Tle'^ souf of Eli made tliemse ves vde.tcc.^sc
r c,^ a;»c,i them nol. See tliat your '-■'"W™" f"",""'^ '"
he r t"endance at the Sunday school, and at Church ; an
keep em, as much as possible, from that wors of al
schL -t he streets-full as, alas! these are, of sights, and
sounds, and companions, destructive of all that is good.
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t Rev. XX. 10. + TituB II. 2. ^Ibid fi.
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n„.ba,Hls n,>.l wives '. T)o not lor.ot .™"^ "^ 1""^ . ,'^", ;
love an,l to .■l,<.-isl,, iu si.-kness »"'V"/rK.''f " avs
,l„Uh. Aim at a co„ncxi,m, uot ...crely f'"' '''* ^1" .'"> '^„
,l,i, mortal life, but for the cudl.-^^s ages of f " 'X- "^
helpers in the road to l,eaven,-.o « J"' ' ™ ', "^'^tK-e
,.„„a«eive to read over, now and then, that ''"'"l'' "' ff^^';-
whieh conr,eerated yonr anion, perhaps scores ot >™" »;°-
Vud for all of you, old and young, marned and sntg e,
„,v heart's desire and prayer to (iod, is, thai you nn.y be
"ive I would have you all, wholesome examples, u. every
rt toi™ .f life, lovers 'of your eonn.ry, h.vcrs ot on.^^^
adornin" the doctrine of God, yonr Sav.our, m all things.
S above all, 1 most ardently desire "-^ J^^;;^" / ,r^
whose eves are turned towards me, m onr th.apel, trom
Sund .V to Sund-ty, mav there be trained for Heaven. 1
'ft n 'in all seri.Jn'snes. ask myself ^1- qnesUon as I se
von , assin^ out of those doors to your homes— Have lie^e
^1 rr'^eonfe been duly fed to-d.ay? . "-.--""/ Tnd arc
christian thought been awakeued ... "'«'■• ^"1. -^"I * '^
nnv now carrviug away from th.s sanctuary of t.od, oiie
profit" vie impression ? 'Crs is the duty of sovvn.g the see.
yours it is to see to it .hat you be " doers ol th« word, and
""'5" Loni'bless yo.. and keep you, may the Lord lift
np the 1 "ht o 1 is conn.cance, and make His (ace .0 sh.ne
u'pou, and give you peace, now and lor evermore, .s the
earuest prayer ot ^_^^^ ^jj..,^-,^,,^,, minister,
J. C. COCHRAN.
Halifax, New Year's Day, 1865.
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The r,?sl.op's Free Chapel in Argylo Street (Salem)
«ra7opencd on Sunday 2n.l September, 1855. The follow-
ing .statement of duties since performed, in connexion with
■it,''may be interesting to the reader, and will shew the prac-
tical rcpults of this first experiment of the Free Church sys-
tem in Halifax : —
IJapti,,,,,. nurlaU. M.rri.Sf.. r,.tor.l ^^r-.bH^
Totalto thecnd of 1802, ) fj28 172 76 12,992 1818
as m my last address 5 j ,,53 207
I^Ibgi::::::::::::::: 93 11 _32 2^1 _288
7l7 237 122 17,155 2313
CommunicantB in 1850 ^^
Do. Dec. 31,1804 200
Sunday Scholars on the books -^'JJ
No. of Teachers, Jnale :|^
Do. female ^^
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HYMN.
Time hantcns on ; yc lonj:?ing saints
Now raise your voices liigU,
And ma?;nity that sovereijrn love
AVhich shows salvation nigh.
A a time departs, salvation comes,
Each moment brings it near ;
Then wcloome each declining day,
Welcome each dosing year.
Not many years their conrsc shall run,
Not many mornings rise,
Ere all it's glories stand revealed
To our transported eyes.
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