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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mithode. 1 2 3 32 X 1 2 3 4 5 6 / 'i.'* ♦• . m W> ^>i.' A. > ^. sS^Gjf k^mmm ^Kxammu ■ ^ft'^rf^ ''^^tfliMtf^MUfettAJM^^b 'W i|AI^:%l^::||lW3g •t.* #■ 1 .? aUDemrement THE Author U aware that there U not xnyMng m t)it following dUcou'se, that renders it more worthy of 'the public attention, than thouModa of Sermont,' which never have, nor never will see the light^^ But the prefent aitualian of ,the country, the hope that the imprem6n made on its delivery, may be revived, and the gratification of complying with the following, trill, he conceives, be a sufficient apology for his 'ta>i truding on the public notice. Bnckville, 15th Ifovember, 1812^ D»A« Si»— — At the earnest desire of the officers stationed at this post, and the (entlemen of the village, I request that you will favor the public by- printing th^ Sermon preached by you this morning, on the death of lilajor General Brock. J am iSr, your obedient lertant. tlitf. Waiiam Svuxi^ BrocMBU tEVIUS P. SHERWOOD, It' CoL Com. la Broekvi^ i^ A SERMON. tikt following ittention, than ee the lightr^ :he imprcMido ofcomplyiog sgy for hit in* tnSfr, ISIjh post, and th« the public b^ the death of IWOOD, . at Stockv^ m How A»E THB MIOHtr FAttBN, IK THf MIBST Of THE BATTtt ! 9 ^MUEL, 1 CRAP. 35TXtSB> VV E Live in an eventful period •, a period lb re- markable that it is unparalled in the page of hiftory. Na- tions have rifen up againft nations and kingdoms again* kingdoms, fcenes the moft magnificient and fublime have been exhibited on the theatre of the world ; fcenes that muft have aftpniflicd even the minds of Angels— fcenes that were rendered magnificient by blood I Europe in y particu- lar manner has hitherto been the ftage on which thofe fcenes have been exhibited. What armies there rufli to battle to ihcd blood! How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war periflied! Kings have abdicated their thrones- Governments the moii liable have been overturned and na- tions the most powerful have been (haken. America has hereto only been a fpectator of thofe fublimc fcenes, and a witnefs of thofe important events, that have long fliaken t]|p powers of Europe : flie at length begins to be convulfed and is about to fliare in the general confternation. The United States, having aflumed fo hoftile aft attitude aeamft GrcatBritatn and her £i«>rtpn{1«>n/<;»« i,»- u« «.**.. ^k?. land of quietnefs, peace and repofe, the clamour i Ihe horrprs of Bloodfhed. wan Already have we fcen our tern- ♦ tories invaded, our frontiers molefted and garments tolled in blood. Inftead^if ^^ ipifkowntt oC wa>? being beaten into die implements of hufbandry: alas f the peaceful inftru- ments of agriculture arc employed in the hoftile operations of a cruel and unnatural iiratl Oh 'that after the thunder of these divine judgments that hate vifited our land,tho • voice of the gofpcl of peace may be founded far and wide. - * ^' P9^ mean at present to examine Ae reafons affigned on the part of the United States, for the prefcnt war. Suf- fice it at prefilnt to fay, that if the enemy has any real caufc fpr dcfjflring wa» againft our mother coiuitry, ftill thefe Plpin^e^ woirfd,hayc ewy rcjiibn for mkipi^ a vigWB^s /JWl pbftifJatc wfift^nciPfr w.wf are only, acting on the dc- Ua^rc, Whf<^c» ia vabahic in the conftitution under '^^■^, ve jivc^ wMexer is tender in nature from the rcla*. lifffls yf^ ^iiftjun^ ^ndf^fttpfcr is facrc4 in the religion "^W'9f'^<^lo^ns afligned war. Suf* f real caufe ftiU thcfe a vigexoUs >n the de< ion under tn the rela«. le religiott h^ preient >fconft'.Ur ^ £atliei^ andpro|i* has fmiled re t^ id or- alis of our ifferent m rnuea that >len4or qI t s 1 Adt nctoricB ha£ dazzled our imaginaH<>n j but their fplea- dor does not eclipfc the luftrc of the funrcnder of Detroit and the hard fought battle atQuecnfton. The conqucftsofa Wellington and Alexander, are not more brilliant than the achieycmentsofa Brock and a Sheaffe, when numbers arc Wfnparod. Victoiry has been writtxm on the fticld of Bri* ^in, and her little araif in Upper Onada, when led by a Brock, returned with the fpoilsc£a foe, fufficientin number to overwhelm his handful" of troops^ Should the enemy igain attempt to crofa the St. Lawrence, thctrophieaof ric tory Ihall be laid at the feet of the Bridih commander, ^ Birr among thofe fplcndid achieyemcnts won by Britifli arms, and thoft glorious victories which we fing j H^ art th, mighty fatUn in the midft oftht battk ! Alas, our Brock is.flain! Brock the wife-^Brave-Bcloved Brock is.no more I At the remembrance of his virtnes,. at the recollect tbnofthclofswc havefuftaincd in his lamented death, ii, the midft of our victories, let us rejoice with trcmbKng, Let die Canadas cx?refs their forrow in fympathetic groans; Lei the melancholy found of our grief atid fighs-fprcad far and wide. Let the widclWeHing waves of tlie Atlantic roH the tidic of our grief to the fca girt Ittc of Britain. Mt defign on the prefent occafion is, Firft, to prefcnt fotot exhibit fnin^ «-Kl««i« «].»«. i- . . * er> ' ~'""^' ""*■ '^'^'^ conipicoug m tiic character- ?* General Brock, for your imitation. t « 1 Folly to unfold the character joi^i^ dcceifei bct^er^ is what I am unable to do, wlut may be faid in the fcquel of the following difcourfe^ I truft will be found confiftent with truth. * The flrft thing that I (hall mention Is that he was wife. This was particularly vifible in his civil adminiftratioir of the a^rs of this Province, as well as in his military ar- rangements. How important was the crifis when he firft had the reins of the government placed in his hands ? At this period we were evidently a divided and confequently a weak people} but from a wife and judicious arrangement of his pub- lic plans, and a moderate exe^cife of the authority with which he was cloathed, ^e foon became united as the heart of one tnan, in the caufe of our king and country. Thofe party dif- 'putes which are fo warmly contended for by little minds, he treated with that iudifierence which their infignificance required. His mind afpired to larger pbjects, — ^The union of the people and the profperity of the Province, The plans that he laid and the manner of executing ihem, (hew that he was no ftranger to human nature, and that he was well acquainted with the diverfxty of human character, , , The knowledge of human nature is a fcience of the higheft importance to all ; but efpecJally to thofe in ftations pf public trUft. May our civil magiftrates and military commanders cultivate this moft important of all knowledge 3 the moft beneficial effjcts will certainly be the refult. Of this pur beloved Prefident and gallant General, who is -bow no more, was an eminent example, and prefents the moft encouraging motives to acouire an extenfive knowledge oiT f I the feqnel of onfident with he was vife, dmlni(lratio;r is military ar- m he firil had ds ? At this lently a weak nt of his pub- :y with whigh heart of one lofc party dif- tle minds, he infignificancQ — ^The unioi) ce, of executing nature, and y of human cience of the fe in ftations and military knowledge } refult. Of who is «ow Its the moil :nowledge of I 7 ) OUrfelvcs and the duties Mrhich devolve upon us as memt)«t« «f families, of churches and of the civil community to which we belong. But further from his attention to the ordinances of the gofpei } his early Froclamation for a day of public fading and humiliation bef'ore 6od, his efforts to increafe piety, morality and good order in fociety \ muft we not conclude that his wisdom was from above ? and that among his civU and military avocations he did not omit to devote himfelf to the father of mercies and to the ftudy and practice of true piety t Virtue is an honorable ahd an eitenfive hamc, it Js corfl fined to no one particular fituation in Hie } but it ihines with peculiar amiablenefs and luftre when in an elevated (lationt How fevercly does the character of our late wife and bravd General rilplovc thofe who becaufe they are in th« high walks of life, think they are above the practice of virtue, or the performances of the chriftian duties of the fanctuary or of the clofet. A fecond ciiaractereftic of Major General Brock, whofe wisdom rendered him fo eminently fuitable for the high and honorable ftation which he filled, was hb liberality. I I Religious bigotry is a quality of a little mind. Hie General pofleffing liberality of fentiment in fo eminent a de- gree, united with an ardent defirc to fee the jntercft of re- ligion and morality increafcd, that I had almoft put oi the the air of a prophet, and laying afi and like the fun he only fets to rife in greater fplendor. Hao the people of thefc Provinces tcgun t6 imitate the example of this great man fooner, and imbibed more (tf htt noble fpirit, what important ferviccs might they have render- ed to Ibciety, and how extenfively ufeful might they hav« been in mcreafing the knowledge of the Saviour of mankind, and 'in ektendin^ the boundaries of the kingdom of the . Prince of Pe«ce i Periih then the bigotry that hr.e cramped your exertions in the ck^k c^ truth and benevo- lence, afliime adecifive and energetic tone againft vice an4 irreligion, and by your chriftian liberality and c(Miverfation manifeft'that you are the children of the light and of the 4ay,, ^ " - ■"*' ■ . ' A thirdfcatureintltechafracter of General Brock) whick B worthy of notice, was his humanity. » * T«E treatment which our enemies tcceived after the ..ttapliuhrtion of Detroit, in allowing the whole of the militia, aftec invading our peaceful territories, to return to their homes and families, the attention paid to the ofiice/s, and She iind treatment paid to the men while prifonerB of war, iiwlafliii Mcmi«9, Afoui [our illufti rhe fair fccM A holy and lilitary fcenet, >eople pf tbefc How are 4be le fell in de* >t fondly hop^ d like the fun t6 imitate the d more of hit f have render- ght they hair« r of mankind, igdom of the •try that hr.a and benxnro- ainft vice an^ 1 converfation ;ht and of the Broclc, whick ivttd after the of th^ militia, turn to their ; officejrs, and boers of war. [ » ) i»0 lafting momiments in the hearts, and in the land o#oux M ur'mlHdstf^e the fuperior ors, and the unions \ — — - a conqueror >ike a mighty uirace, and after another it is enough : I ftrong» 4nd jhtjr^ cdn re- s, can efcape g, can'fnove hjr the voice m. [IS ]- lacc8 » How are the mighty fallen I Brock, like Nelfon, died in the arms of victory, and the Aiig«ilof death intwin- cd around his brow the wreath of laurels I But my friends, if the mighty fall, fliall not the feeble tremble ? O that you we,e wife, that you underftood this dilpcnfation of Providence towards our country j it is that you may confiderycur latter tnd. The alarm of mortality is founded from the heights on which Brock was featei. For you he Kved j for you he dies ; he diea tocemind you, that youall muft die. Secondly. This fiibjcct fills our minds with the keene^ leelings of regret, at the calamities of war.. • *.t* War ii ;tn'tirtul vlfitation of iivmt pnviAtntt %6 any eonntry j but efpeclaUy a newcountty Kkc Canada. A com*, mercial country may foon retrieve itfclf by launddfig fortK into trade. War is calculated tv^ruin an agricultural coiin* try i already have we fuflfcred much in thii point otvitir. How pleafing ^q p|jcct that thofe gay meadows, highly cul* tivated fields, and luxurious orchards, only thirty years paft wtfre an Immenfe yrildef^nefs, inhabited by favages and beafts of prey. Mighty cha. je, to be effected by theinduftry of (o fliort a period : And is this toil ^o be for naught ? Arc we again to leave out comfortable d^eUIngs, and cultivated farms to flee to the woods from an invading aimy, and the horrors pf war^* How uncertain is the ppfleOion of our comforts, and even pur lives while furroi;nded by the calamu* .4ies of war. Many in this early readof the gofpel of peace, tiiat Ihall teach .nen to beat thetr /words into phughjhares and their /fears into pruning" hooks, nation /hail not ri/e up againji nation , neither Jhtkll tktf Uarn War dny more i ^ ^ '' Ghriflians, the teligion wliich yoii ^ttttCs, comifiand^ yoii to weep and fympathizc with the widows and fatherlefa children oh both fides of the St. La#rencei Thirdly. It Wrongly inculcates on our mind, fentiment^ xA gratitude to God, for mingling fo many bleifings, with this aw^ful difpenfation of his providence. Am^uI as thd calamitieis d£ war arc, Aow ihaiiy txiercie^ havie w'c continued iftnto ixs j yes my friends, at the recollect t^pnpf ^e mcKies we have received, and the many privH tfgcs we enjoy, fct gratitude fweU our bofoms and praife dwell on our lips I for our ingratitude, the befom of de^ truction might have fwept us and our privileges away.*^ O aftoniihing jnercyy that the fword of war has not long ere nowl^en wet >fith the Wood of a guilty nation ! O won* ^crous ys>yrctibA% preftprves our bleeding country from ex- piring with her wpunds! why have the wheels of the dreadfol, chariot' of war been fo tardy ? why have not our ears long ere now been ilaimed with the roar «f canoon. 1 i u 1 ittd ottriimlfaSigb^diirith the etfxet havoc ot thft^toflia* Kawkand the fcalping kn^ f It is becauae the Lord isjlaw t9 oAiir, aid pittaifid hi mircy ; O kifs the Son, and bov to thie ll*cept»8 of bk grace, left by your ingratitude y. f.- SI :r iiiutii^-iiani vui. **c ijuD u;vciiacQ OH nign, ne ie