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On We^neklajr/the loth of Jwiatty, 185»,
the Lord Blsbop of ^ontraal held hia third tri«a--
nial visitation of Wi/ clergy at St John's Ojiurch ,
.Oosford Street, looming service was held at
half-past 10, A. M.( With the Bishop within the
Oommonion railsj were the Very Bererend
Dean of Montreal, (Dr. John Bethune) the Ven-
erable Archdeacon of York, (Dr. A. N. Bethune)
the Venerable Archdeacon Qilson of Montreal.
The other members of the cler^ who attended
in their gowns and bands were ranged in the
seats immediately in frAnt. The Morning Ser-
;vice was read by the Venerable Archdeacon of
Montreal, the Lessons and the epistle by tb9
Venerable Archdeacon of York, and the Ante-
Communion Service by the v^ry Rev. Dean of
Montreal. i'
The Itoll of the Clergy was then called by
the Rev. Mr. Roger^, the Bishop's Secretary,
nearly all of them answering to their names.
After the delivery of the charge, the Holy
Communion was administered, after which the
congregation, retired, the clergy re-assembling
in the school-room in the basement, where the
Bishop sought their advice as to the mosit con-
yenient time for assembling the Diocesan Synod.
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By Qod'i taisrcy w« an allowed again to
meet together at tbii, the third general Visita-
tion of 07 Diooeie, which ii hai been my dot/
and mj privilege to hold, ainoe mj appoint-
meAt, ai yonr Blahop, now rather more than
eight yean ago. And before entering npon any
details connected with the present state and,
fatnre proepocts of the Oboroh, or the minis-
trations of the Olergy ander my charge, I will
lay a fow words on the origin and meaning of
these Visitations, as they are termed, whether
Seheral or special, and whether held hj tb?
ishop himself, or by aqy other ofioial having
anthorii^ to do so.
It .is well to remember, that, while in the
Ohnrch there are some things, which are of its
essence, so to speak, without which it 6annot
be said to have any assured existence at all,
snob as the MJnistry, and with the Ministry the
dne administration of the Sacramenta, and "the
preaching the pure word of God,"— so also
there are others, which, from time to time, the
Ohnrch has seen fit to appoint for the fiirtber-
anoe df its work, its more ready adaptation to
the wants and necessities of its members, and
the better administration otita affiiirs. Thus
we find in early timep, as the lieathen world
was gradually brought under the Iniluenoe of
the Oospel, and the preadhers of the word were
multiplied, that, to prevent confusion and pro-*
mote proper dUcipline, the diflterenrifinisters
had separate spheres of du^y assigned to them,
and parishes, Dioceses, Archdioceses, and Pro-
vinces were marked out to be governed by cer-
tain fixed ruleaand canons, which were agreed to
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After du delibemtloii in tb« ««rl> CMntnU
OouncUi of the Oborch. LitargiM V«ra »Im
oompoeed and let forth for th« pabHc Urrioe of
Ood, and the dae inljiiinietratloD of tU 8Mr%.
mettte ; which, though difftrent In meDy detailv
jDdlttrent plaoei, were ell MenMoel in doo-
ri*'.*i?" °'°' ***• ■•""• O*tholic OonfcfiioBi
of Feith, end the form end order for the edmin-
totretlon of Holj ^eptl•m and the Supper of
SiL ?'A *".i** •*P'^» ^ordi ordiilned b/
Obriit himself. And it is at being in aftjor-*
^, dance with tbla principle, biecauae of thie main,
^nance of a d^^ly appointed Minlitrj, this
OonfeMion of the Catholic Oiwli, thia preach-
Ing of the pure ford of (Jod, and thie adminii.
trauonofthe Skcraments orHitined br ehritl.
r OhurcBHn whi6h we are called to lerre, elaime
, our rererenoe, our duty and our love: while,'
\In the rulec and canons laid down^for the regn-
lerobsenration of public worship or the ezer-
W of discipline and goVdrnment, she has.
tthder the guidance of Qod's Spirit, made such
•nrangements for the fhrthering the work com-
mitted to her, as seemed most fitting ahd need-
ftal : and such as she has a Ihll right to appoint
inasmuch as she has ordered nothing "contrary
to God's word written." And with thit limiti
™"">« Church bath power to decree Bites
JJJ^^yj™®;'**! Md Mthorilyln OontroTer.
As the early neoemities of the Chnrob leqnir-
ed, we find, a« I stated, the traTelling Mission,
aries becoming setUed Pastors, parishes grow-
ing into dioceses, and dioceses into prorinoes
with A duly appointed Uerarchj and clergy, fbr
the goTemment of the same, the celebration of
pubUc worship, and the pastoral charge of the
^ntl 2? •T^'y ^'»«" "d always in the
prilnitije Church the clergy, whether many or
few in any particular district, were in eonnee-
tion with and under. the charge of some chief
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»(Dr<lain othorf, carried with him th« plodga of
porpotaity and inor«aM.
pneot theohi«fduti«t of the Biahop, (Spii- .
oopot)«i the pame ImpUei,was tbat of riiiuUoo,
and OToraiglit ; and» m *t first the Diocesei
worf mnch imaller in ezUnt, than thej have
baen in modern timei, for MTeral hundred yeart
the Bishope, in their own penont, Tlalted all
the parifhef, within their reepectiTe Di jceiei;-
eTeiy jear: haTing Mreral Deacons speciallj
to atiiftthem. ^'Afterwards the Bishops had
' aathority giren them, in case of siclcness,
or other pnbuc copoemsi to dtltgati Priests or
Deacons to assist tkem ; #nd then, as it appears
thej began to diride gre*t Dioceses into Arclt-
deaconri^, and, selecting one amongst the
<^l«rg7, gare him, with the title of Archdeacon,
.commission to visit and enqniiC* and to gire an
aeconnt of all at the end of their risiUUons /
and the Bishops reserred the4^^ yei^ to them*
selves, to inform themselvei, (amongst other
things) how their ArchdfMons, their sabstitute,
performed their dnties. Add in Bnglaod at the
present time, where th^Archde^cbh has certain
special datiM assign^ to him by law, the
Bishop- is restrained frmn holding his official
▼isitatibn, in each Arohdeaoonrjj more ire-
aaently than onci in three yeairs; the Arch-
deacon rlsiUng for him by right, in the inter-
mediate yean. And as by reason of the extent
of the DioeesM, and the immeiise namber of the
Ohnrohes, in some instanoss upwards of one
thonsand, it was impossible for the moat active
pre^tet U^ mnka fteriodio*! visits to4^b parish
every year, the Biihops wereanthorised, where
every Ohnroh coold not otheEwise be visited, to
oall together the Olergy from several parts to
some one convenient plsoe« that the visitation
of them might not be postponed. And fieom
this indolgenee, and the extent oCthe Dioceses
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the Olergj aod people to attend TiaitaUonf at
partioaUr pUoes; when pxeteBtmentf were
made^reapeeUng any matter reqnired to be
brought under the Biahop's noUceTai theyuMd
to be made to the Bishop, at hia peraonat VWta-
tion of ererj partioular cxot. But td^IahoM
baTingthna Urge numbers of theto Clergy ai-
aembled together, and a certain degree of great-
er Importauee attfoblng to the occaalon of atich
Tuitaiion, for the moat part commonly bold in
the principal towna and chief Ohurobea of the
Oiooeae, the ouatom grew np of dtfUrering In a
more formal manner/ what we now term the
Biahop'a Triennial ViaitaUon Charge i wherein
heia enabled firom the informaaon, which he
i?!i."?fi^**J'?P*^?"« **»■!•*• *«»d condition
of the Church in hia own Oi'oceae, to draw ap
such atatementa aa maric the progreaa that hi
making, and to gire auch adrice or eneonrage-
ment to his Clergy, aa may seem filtingraa
well aa to notice any matters affecting the
CooapJr*' - ?^^^ «* ^ ttt^nsion of
In this country, aa a branch of the Cfanreh of
Bngland, we hare with iia Mmiatry and Litnrgr
adopted alao, aa fiur aa we hare been able. l£e
nianner of administering i^ gorernttent j and,
though withoot the legal enactments behig £
force,, that conatmn our brethren at home, we
have is reapecc of Bpiacopal fisitationa, as also
mm%py other points, fbUoWed the custom and
usage of the Jlothec Church. Biy the 60th Can-
on, the Bishop^ nnleaa hindered by aome inlir-
"ly*..".'^"*^ to eonfirm at his visitations,
wWoh, it is presttOMd by the Same danon, are .
to be held erery third year. And thus besides
those partieolar TisItaliQns, which In tffis
oonntiy are nsoal^ made at etery Chnreb in
theoourseofthethrae years, we hold what ire
term a general visitation of the Cleriy,as on this
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for the orlgiDAl parpoBe for f bioh these tisita-
tioiui were appointed, ie Teibrno little impor-
tance, and in the present oirottmitanoei of the
Ohnroh it exceedingly useful and coDTenient.~
^ It aflbrds an occasion, perhaps the only occs»
sion for those oocnii^ing the distant portions of
the Diocese, for the Olergy assembling together
becoming acquainted with each other, and con-
ferring on many matters of deep interest to
them and the Ohnrch at large.' And also, as in
Bngland, the custom of the Bishop delivering a
Charge to them, enables him, in a more formal
and authmritatlTe manner, to review the state of
the Diocipe, and give such counsel or exhorta-
tion M H may think needfal. And in respect
^of |be Qlergy assembling together, whether in
: these more general gatherings or in any partic-
' ttlaJf districts, I tldnTit hardly possible to over-
estimate the advantage tluit may accrue from it,
and the help, support and encouragement, that
may be thus obtained by them in the several
works of their Ministry.
I am aware that hitherto, on these occasions
of the general visitations of the Bishop, any ad-
vantages of this sort have been rather inciden-
tal and collateral, Uian the immediate object of
your meeting. But as we find formerly in Bng-
land, that the times, usually fixed for Jfipiscopal
visitations, were about Easter and Michaelmas,
because as it would appear, that then the
Synods ot the Olergy were accustomed to be
held by the Bishops as required by the Oanons,
to consider of the state of the Ohurch and reli-
gion in their respective Jtie«eses rwhich how-
ever in later timeft^vefUlen into disuse]— so I
trust, that with the revival of this wholesome,
and to us mont necessary, custom In this and
this neighbdnritig Dioieaes, we shall, at all
ftitnre Bpiscopal visitations, when the Olergy
aredted by the Bishop to attend, not only
have the Charge of the Bishop delivered to
them, not only ezperieikee that incidental ad-
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teeen Bynodf ; at whioh-weuMJ conaider the
state of wli^rion and the Oh^ ^nit ua
end nuke proTieion for the doe regSSS wd
M neeaed, and as ikr ae we may be able I fiiAi
t»n aqd ehaaten^d aeal, wUladd ffeth .tienith
and Tigour to aU our operatione. ag weUaa.
«»^? * "^fw and stirring Inte«,st to thJS o«
tnat we should hare been soinmoned for onAh a
purpose at this time ; but,>Ti arT iwie
by a reoent Aet of the LefiaUtowT apS«i
necessary, that the first effctU>n of LayTete
jites must take place. i« the^wnt ^iShes
Ir^ti„"^™i •* the annual BasterTwtrJ^
Meetings ; and eonse^uenUy the Meeting of our
timi rl ♦£? **■ **^'" P*»«»- I« *he mean,
tune, on the present occasion, I wiU make some
jtotements respecting the 'working^f Se
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If 5?? ^^•^ *» **»• y**' "W. And Ido
ti^t^h.""^*' **** clrcumst^icee of oTiiit
lltiSl ^^* "'. WMon ^ be disoouiagS
with the pnppect before us; »«u«gi»a
At the last visitation Utftre wei» 64 derffv
fi^J^fl'^S^J*®"* ***»■ retired on a pension
from tiie B. P. O., and 7 hare resigned theS
of 3L ?3S«? ?":;;*' Offldating C;*itd
fefSL i! ?^**^ w since Jwuarr 1866,
befo^fcii?'^ **•" ■~^**« W* Diocese
before in former years, one is itmrOM Diocese
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Oollogo, LonnozvUIe, making 13 ofoor pmont
number from that UniTonity. Thirty-throe of
tbe Olergy, now oiBeinting here^ weio in the '
Diocese, when t jMrriTed here in M50 ; twenty
five have been added linee. And out of fifteen
of the Olergy officiating here in 1860, who have
now ceased to hold cores, one is dead, fbnr
hare retiied on pensions from the 8. P. G., and
ten have gone elsewhere, . The fifty-eight Oler-
gy now oflBciatihg here, iaclading the Garrison
Chaplain and the Chaplain of the Beformatory
Prison at Isle Aoz Neix, ue serving 64 cntes,
four others being now racant whfre there have
been formerljrmissionaries statiolned; some of
which, I fear, are not likely to b^ filled again
permanently, as the ooagregatiod, always rery
scattered, are dbninished by hdgrations West^
ward, and thete Ui yery little prospect of their
ever becoming self-sapporting. Since 1166
-^there have been four new missions organized,
notwithstanding onr having to provide for the
eziiected diminution of the grant from the S. P,
G.; and there are arrangements now making
which wUl, I hope, lead, before- long, to the
opening of two or three others in places where
[they are most urgently required. Of the 68
.cures in 4the Diocese 26 only had paMonagea
with mote or leM glebe attached to them, at
the last visitadon ; now 36 are so sapplied,
and thiee others have glebes bat no houses yet
erected. During the •same period eleven
churches and eight grave-yards have been con-
secrated, making altogether 66 otasecrated
churches and 36 grave-yards; while ihere ate
16 onconsecrated churches, besides school-
rooms now in use for public worship; and theie
ate five churches now building, 3 of which, in-
cluding the cathedral, are to replace others.
By returns just received, in answer to the cir<M
eular I sent to yon, I find that there are in tUr
Diocese, as nearly as the list can he made up,
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3313 eommonioanti, of whom 1916 noeiTod
the HoIt Oommanion at OliriitmM. There u«
/66 Bnndfty Sohooliy with 307 te«ehen Mtittinff
the^Olergj, and 2920 Snndftj Sehol«n wilS
an average attendance of 2183. What % hope-
I tnl nnneiy for OhrisI and hii Ohnrch, if duly
^ watched and tended I The retnnp of the com-
mnnioanti gi?e an inereaae over the nnmben
zetorned to me at my laat Tieitation of rather
more than 360. This ii certainly not so great
an inoreaie ai might hate been expected, from
tlie nnmbert who have been oonfirmed during
that intenral ; and shonld lead ni to a thonght-
fol consideration, whether we are not snffi-
dently carefbl in instmcting and preparing onr
oandldatet for crafirmatton, or perhaps not
saffidlently attentiTe in keeping watcn orer
them afterwards. ▲ most necessary and im-
portant part of a pastor's duty ; and most need-
fol for the young members pf the flock at a
i most critical period of life, and that will repay
^ all onr care an hundred fold. As for as I have
proceeded with the confirmations [thfee-fonrtba
of the Diocese], tbere has been a considerable
increase on former years ; notwithstandiag a
decrease in this clt^, where the numbers are
not so large, iss on the last occasion. Tbis is,
no doubt, in some measure in consequence of
the dispersion Of the large eonifregation that
used to attend at the old cathedral, before it was
destroyed by the fin. But whaterer ground
may thus seem to be temporarily lost, will, I
feel sure, be more than recoTered in the course
of the next few years ; and with' the increasing
accommodation tiiat is being provided for our
^ coneregation^ and the increasing eflbrts made
\by the clergy^ we may look forward, under
God's blessing, with hope and confidence to the
fiiture,; - ■ /• ;•
^ The facaney amongst the Clergy, caused by
death, was in the case of the Revd. D. GaTin ;
the only deathj^irt has occurred amongst themi
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■Inoe my ftppol^tment in I860. And, while we
paght gnteAiU|r to Mknowledge -Qod'i merey
in thai tparing fo many of ai, And enftbling aa
•lUl'io oontinae oar work io the terrtoe of the
V Ohoridi, I oafanot omit to aotioe the^^reAt loii
\ wh oh we lastMned by the death of that labori-
001 and fldthfU miniiter. whoee plaee it wai so
long finind dlfflonlt to fill, and- whbee memory
iiftttl fondlv eheriihed V many, who had
learnt to Ttfne hit modeit worth, and had
proved the ezoellenoe of his paetorai eare. M^
The Clergyman who has retired on a pentlon ia
the Re#. Biobard WhitweU, late Reet& of Phi-
^ipebnrgh, whoee name, though still iorriTing
^mid liTingin the midst of as. I cannot fbrhear
to mention. He has thus, in' oonseqaenoe of
in-health and inoieasing age, dosed an active
ministty of 85 /«<»» M a missionaiy of the
8, P. O.; afiurlonger period of serrioe than
most of OS shall prohahly be permitted to see.
He.t| pnf ot the very fow sartivors, who were
oonlempdraries with the^cellent Bishop Stew-
art, shainng his labors iad assiittag him in
first planting the Ohnroh in that portion of the
Diooeto, where It has talml root niore firmly
than ii^ ai^y ptber, vhk : the 1>istriot of M|ssi»-
qaoi i end whose early labok
Ihrmoire self^enlal wi
days, nre often spoken of wi
membtanoe by many who.wi^
who sire still Uvkig to bear
his worth.
I have mentioned the
8ehools'and|9eholars at .
and 1 am most anzions to
of year paying grei^aiid
to these, I may alBMMtsi|ar,|bdispensBbIe means
of carrying on efftctoiily the wodt of yonr
ministry in ^onr several cores,- I know very
well the many impediments that often prevent^
the eitabllshment of them, the heavy doties
^devolving on the dtirgyfluui dodng the Sonday,
in times when
than in oar
aflbctionate re-
them, and
lir testiniMiy to
(it Bttttdi^
It io the IMobese,
the hnportance
itematie attenti<m
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wben he hu pnhkpt tm Mrre at plaoa^ widely
diitontyuid the difflealty (in reiyX uuuiy
eonntry miBiioDs) tbftf eziiti of gettiog uir
reliable and •Hoieiit ttiacben to aMifrvhim
when pretent, or to lopplj hia plaoe when\riH
Mat. Bat BtUI I do hold that the trainingVp
the young ia so Teiy eeaential a part of a mm>
iater'a datjr. and eo neoeagary for the bnildinSr
up of the Oboreh amongit u, that I cannot too
itronglj nrge thia nwUter upon yonr attention.
And on thia aabjeet | will read yon aome ra-
merka, lately made by an Iriah Biahop (the
biabop of Cork) on an oeoaaiou aimilar to thia,
on which ^ We are now aaaembled ; and whlch#
contain aome weigh^ tratha, that it wfli be 7
«ell tor na to conaider reiy thoDghtlUly :-^
J! ??' *• 0*tooliiainR in any reapeot, a mean or
Ignoble part of onroffioe. There la admetUng.
indeed, far more atriking to the imagination in
ue piaatonate appeaia whiflh ronaetiw alnmber-
iag eonadenoe ; In the Ihnea and agonlea of a
?H..'?PS*»"<*» in the ▼laible ehange from
■ ?f T *•>*•' a 0on?erted amntr.— than In the
qiriet lab<mn wUeh are th9 lot oTthe eateohiat
f.!l??*'?^»»*«J--«»««*nV«<»»il dew of early
inttm«tion, and tbegradnal, nnobtraaive growth
off MTly goodneaa. Bat, ** nke heed that y« dea-
pMenotofMoftheaeUtUo ooea; for,Iaay nnto
*?^**^*'i» Heavwi, their angala do alwaya be-
/tf*,*^*??"'."y '«*» '^W^ *• in HeiTTen .»
Onr Lord Umaeli; y0a nmember, pat adde the
throngi>fmore inlelliMnt anatora, and tamed
from Ikelmed Bnbfii^ ad^inngi^
tl^ to aolbr tbaLUtUe ehildnn to come ante HtaL
aadvaoeiviiHiableaiiQg. ^^
2li^i55l!?ft^ ^^^^ miitfatry. OmI^A
npbelietiiig wortdj tbe otber, that of training
jtip^mmbera,flran their eaflieatlnftm<7, in
^ knowledge and pftotied of hia will It ia
Wngb ^^loiifypikm and fiathlenne^ of man,
that Motberr^d, M it w«v,« atrangeiroik hna
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been put nDon it-^the work of conv«rti$tg Obrii>
tiftoi. BtA and bnmiliatiDg it th« fHOt, tbat,
wit^ the kingdom of HeaTen, tb«re ihoald be
niMMf of ObriiU«oi wbo tbot need eonvtnioH;
who, oftUed from Unfit iofanoy to a knowledge of
the Redeemer, and with ail the priTiiegei of the
Qoepel made OTer to them, jet need now, in
tlteir manhood, to be called on agiln to return
to the Shepherd and Bishop of their sonls.
*' The frequent oeonrrenoe of tacb eaiet may
rrobably haTe oocaaioned that looee w^jof talk-
ling, Teiy preTalent among oa, in whiob a '- eon-
Werted |>crton," and " a aerioaa Obriitian;" aie
need m ubiolatelir equivalent ezpteMiona ; at if
. eveiy eeriooi ObristianmaitneedaAoM bttuwnf
^ Mis and profane.
<* It if to be feared that tbia iort of indiferimi-
aating language baa re^oted on the oauM tbat
gare riia to it, aiid led many into a ragno l^nd
of notion that, we mnat aUoMr, In wvfj eaae,' ISor
aperiodofiptoiigiouieaieleianeM; that Tital re-
ligion cinnot, esoept in Tory rare initanoei, be
tbeobaractarofyoutii, batmuat await matnrer
yean, and be preceded for aome longer orihorter
I by a nei^eet of Qod and godlbMii.
But tttia I need hardly aay iojoa, was not
, Ood'a deaign fbr the ohildren of Hia Ohuroh.
\ He did not oaU them to be oonverted when they
liad grown up, andafter they had forgotten their
Creator in the daya of tbeir 7ontb : but that,
firom their earlieat years, tbey ahould m^ in dkar-
aeter tm well aa iaprMtig9—^* Memban of Ghriat,
diildren of God, and inhnritora of the kingdom,
of HeaTen ;"— that, ftom the first dcwn of IntaUi-
genoe to the last flioker or departing eootelons-
nsss,— in infan^-rin youth— in manhood— in
old age— the sens and daughtart ot Obristians
should be ** Holy to thci Lord," not In their to*
eation merely, bnt in their baarta aad VLtm. Hot
oan we neglect the >work of striTing, so Ikr as
lies in OS, tOiCarry out In eraiy instnnoei this
grand design, withont the gr osses t nnfkithlU-
ness to our Mastar. And, for that Mason, I
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woald BOW MrawtlT prat upon your ntM
ftttmUon, tbeda^ofco^cAitinf the joQog.
<* When I ipaak, however, of eaUehUktg, it Mm
■owoely be nMdftal to tiplAin, tluit I do not
in«c«l7 meMi, eaniing oHUdmi to lawn ky rota
the nnawen in the Ohnreh 0«fMhiim. ITo tm-
■onable prnon ot nnj oandoor ou fappote that,
w|Mn the Obnreli derolvod npon m pMton the
dnty of teaehiog the Oeteehiam. it aeent only
tkai;^~tt tMk. that ii, wUoh mar nnne or welt-
ing.meid ooald perform ■• well •• tlK^. It »
onlj wicked and ilothAil Mrranti, anzloai to
•hlfk off reepoosibiliif, and mto tbemaelref
tronble. who tboi ooMtme, in a dry and literal
way, what etery one **who haa an ear to heHi "
can peroelTc /to mean maoh more. The Oat«-
!5!f* ^». P"P<>^J«n<» ?top«]y, drawn np
with a ftodiad hceTity, lo aa not iinnnnnmillj to
harden the memory tf a yonng leaner. Bat
though Iti ihort and plegnant aentencw he all
that ii required to he learned hy rote, it man be
erideat that the mere worda oompoeing them
eonld not be aU that it waa intenled tiut ehiU
dren ahonld learn in any way. It waa m««nt, no
doabL th«t tiNie brief aniwem ihoald be largelr
ezpUlned, proved and applied ; and thoa become
a* it were, fixed pointtaad oahtrea of a larger
and more rarioni body of oral initraetlon.
1 * **•' example, in the rery b(>ginning of the
- Oatechlim, where a child la tangfat to aay. that
"In hit baptiim be waa made a me^C of
Ohri^ the obfld of Qbd, and an inheritor of the
kingdom of HeaTen"--it ii obTtooa that he can-
not midte hia aniwer intelUgently— (and what
real initraetlon la eonnyed tt be doee not make
it intelligeBtlyf)-.withoat a preTtooi ezpUoa-
tion of the meaning of the utrdi ; which are
•trong figuretlTe ezpreaiiena, called Jli of
Tarioaa parta of Beriptnre, and her* fllgbt
together Into one. fhe proper coorae, tbw^ore,
in thii and aimilir oaaei, would ieem to be, >to
take the learner through the chief pniiagea of
Scripture where theee ezpreaiioui occur, and
make him lee the meaning of them in thei^ proper
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oontezti : iftor whtob be iHU be able lo eouprt-
bend the tM foree end plgaiflMndt of the *mifwi
pnilntohli month.
*' If, Indeed, I conli fttppdM tbe ubtMy eaee
of n miniiter of onr Ohorefa who did not heertUy
Md bwmfltU npproTe of the Oeteehlem, end
whoee only idee of czpleinlnf it wee, eitplaiitktg
U irawy, 1 ihonld ley it wonld be lefer for Mm
not to meddle with explenetloni at ell. Indeed,
the only ooofee reelly leAi for inoh en one wonld
b^ to leelgB that peetoral offloe in this Obnreh
which his opinions do not permit him to dla>
Qherge faitbfnllj."
But while we must Iook;with most hope and
mnoh aaxietijr to tbe training of the rising gen-
eration, as being those, who may be expected to
be able and willing to cany on the work of the
Ohoreh in this oonntry, yet there is also mnch
caU j^ toil and care on behalf ofthose, who are
"^Sl?"**** **>• *»»* of onr congregations, as
weilasthe mrge number who are liTing in ig-
aorance and sin ; many of tbem, hitherto,
withoat the means and opportunities pf hearing
the Gospel or attending on the ordinances of
the Charoh ; bnt whom it is onr dnty to seek
and invite, and^ if possible, t6 bring them in,
that they may journey with us to that land,
whither we hope to arriTe. because Qod hath
spoken good GonoenUng His Ohurch.
And, as a Ohurch, one great souroe of
strength to us will be, if we are like Jerusalem,
"a city that is at unity in itself." Bishopln^
lor, in a sermon preached two hundred jears
ago before the Unirerslty of Trinity OoUege,
Dublin, remarks that "many waysha*e been at-
tempted to reconcile the diflbrences of theOhureh
In natters of religion, and all the oonnsels of
men huTe yet proved iaeftotnal; let us now
try God's method; let us betake ourselves to live
bolily, and then the spirit of God wiU lead us
into all truth." Kor is it reasonablwlbr us to ex-
pect that we can make progress with our woA.
oreonyince those that are without, that the
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traih it with of, anlMW it b* iteo, tliat w« oai^
Ml? M Me indMd in Mrnett, tMMhinf and •«-
hotting othen, m if we renllj b6lie?e4 and f«it
the wordi we ipeek, making oar prsjen ov
own rale of life, lad In oar Mrmone preneliini^
M if we Indeed wislied end expected to move
Md to oonTinoe. Oioero, In hie Trentlie de
Ontore, hni tome remerlcf. whieh we wKf not
nnwiealx epplj to oarteiTei* ^Optimafeet
«Diiii <»ntor, qat dieendo nnimoe endlentiam et
doeet, et delectnt, et pennoret. Doeere deftitnm
•et'deleetnre honmHrinm, pertnorere neeet-
Muijim,''' And Ihoogh, with tiie latfV demnnd
SMMe on the time qf tfox oleri^ Wr ue general
work of the miniitr|^ and the tieqoently reenr-
ring calli upon theih for lennenk, it Is no eanr
task to be lead^ at all times with wefl
weighed and Well digested dlsiMrarseil^ yet no
tere shoald be omitted to make them saeb, at
may answer the ends for which thej are sappoi-
edto be deliTered— to teadi— to teach tome
doctrine or dnty—ito int«Mtbj their stvle and
langnage and lllostratlbns, at well at D7 thdr
tnlject— to' mdve the ftellngt bj the earnest
applicationi made to the contdtaceJtnd tmthftil
deteflptiont of eternal reritiet. I nare liTed
longenoagh in this eonntry, and hare teeii
enough of tlie people, pretty well to andiuttand
'what it the work fai which the clergy ire en-
gag^ in their ■etrenll ciiret. I mean itt gene-
ral character, itt difficaltilet and ditconrage-
ments ; and I hareno Utopian expectations <^
liNiing a statis of eeelesiastieal pernotton speed!-
ly detirtoped amongst ns. Bat still I can ob-
serre Irhere the clergy and tfie Ohoreh are ez-
erting, to a tery considerable extont, a wbole-
SOlne inilaenee OTcr the people j^ and I knoir
bow deplorable, in to many intttiiioet, wonld b»
flie ttate of the population,, if that influencb
i^ere to be withdrawn. And I bare no reason
to bdiete, from watdiing tiie working of the
Ohoreh %'patt yelrt, that thui iaflaonoe
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&u work to the
■OW, In llUtk thi
glTO the InertAM
For fcmt owa
IM itUl lArgtlj ii
tlMn bo of good oowv
BBitUBg OWMlfOO Ml4
1, Mok itUl to punt and W
wUliahliowR food flat
r|.»<-;
itiadfo
yoor Mliido, I wbold adTiie 70a M. beiidoa thai
•t«d/oftlioWi • -~
on Of M All til
dotoltorj r«Bd
tho only •
dttfei, th*t .
«for tikiiif '
Mdnoof
of Ood, whioh ii Inoomboiit
•nd that general and oftoa
ig, whieh if not onfireqaontlf
ofponont engaged in aotifo
■honld, from time to time, be
\f ioiao ijileniatio treatiM, ot
of one^ oar old itandard
DiMneo, Mid/«teadUy go tbioogb them, and ea«
doftTor to idiMbe tbeir tone and epirit. Be
aM«red thai there le loBetblng abont tfaoee
tffaBte of Ibrber daye, that we bat eeldon neet
wUh In BMdem oompoeitlonf, a depth of
thoaght, a lUgh^ graoe, thai cannot be traced
bf Of wtthdqt wonder «nd laprovement ; and
which, beeldta the great epititual benefits they
tt»f ffftiaftolB them, will eerre often to thoMi,
whoM •phorn of lahoar may be fiw off Amonget
tha wayjhrini and the gfaaple, ae a etimalai and
MfMmeat to tteir own mindi, whieh other-
wIm maj groW dull and eanleM for wAnt of
«MNiee And fit oompaoioaihin. There ia^eo
•Mlher polai on whieh I woaid miUM a remark,
«ir thai to the necenitf^ not oaly ofToar
rtOfftegyow o4n» uindf with knowledge, bat
dfjtnlag heed thai joma^iaally impart t»
ojMnwhatyoii have learned yonmWea, it
nwwfma <twi livoi may be^ and oagttito he^
a^perpetatl iOMnoB to thoaa over whom yon aiw
jfMjdj haiMiie than that, it ia^ of ooniM,
^ tatMlioa d yonr aerttona, m deUvend la
«• Mhlie aerleea of the. Oharob, to fteaoh. V
AS Ule Itvteg DMne, ono long engaged hiai» ^^
■^ J* ^Jf*i'l f •***»■» remarka, that, «♦ theta, #
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othtpy^lad fiMttltiM bT which ibsj oomaiuki-
Mtt th«ir own. Thtn u * teeultj of m^
hmndinc, Md Ihsra If * (keoltjr of •spUdunc*
Fow mtn, perhapt, it mmj ho Mid, noM, po wM
both thtto flMolUM iB oqaol mootvra : tho
t imori^ of intelligttnt penoni Ofotdofleioat
tithor in OM or tho othtr." And wo hoTO nood
to toko eon iMt whot wo ootioItm horo doorlj
opprakoodod !■ nuiid* obtcoio to othan br oar
dofcctiTo dUuinor of oxploininf it. AioiB, ia
tho flMTO dolirory of oar otroiOBOy oa^ in thf
■onaor of loyiiig tho Pmyen, mj math moy
bo goinod or loft m to tho oillMtivoncM of oor
miniitrir. It li « eM|t roproooh to m, thot, in
training oor oondAitot for Holy Ordim,
thi* mottor hos not yot bton aodo tho
•ol^t of aoriio •xitomotle «oro ; oad thnti oon-
. Mqnontly, it not aofkoqaoatl/ hoppono thot o
minittrj, which othorwiao might , reofonoWj
hoTo bcon ozpootod. to hoTo b^ moot ooofhL
fhlU of •oco«n. And horo lot mo Ototo, thot I
thiok nothing low deoirabU thi^ • forocd aii-
vgtifttoril Connor of piooehing or «07«»g ^«
*7rajort ; bat lormont ihonld ^prooobcd, oo if
tho intoatfon woo to porooado ond to oooTinoo,
aod tho Prayon ihoaid bo mid in o roToroot
nod oomett monaor ; ooi when Qod hoo givoa
jToo ■ofioiont power, yoo thoald loom^ §o to
<. mooogo your toIoo thot 700 moj bo diotinotly
hoord. To ottoad thoeowioe, whoaitlopop-.
formed in » co w iei i , irrofwoi^ miuuMTi i» »,
dnil rnqnotoooof tioo^ whotofor bo the i«l||oot.
or with tte elooing port of lontOBoe ntteiod
in CO low o tone, oo to bo laoodiblo, whoa b»-
. tore hoo ploeed no impodimeat la tho way of a
more ofhotivo moaaor, ia oxoeedlagly paialiBl,
aadgoittozopcablo. And in co aa ooti on with
all thcio fomoHui oa the datieo of tho Olorgj. I
. ooaaot bat fbel deeply aazloaft rcoptotlag tho
daoioppliy of <*Maoai to eerto la Ihe aaoiod.
miaict^oftho OWch" amongtt no; oad aa
BO oaco dr atteatloa of maa Ma ofhetaaUy pn»-
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▼td« fbr thlf, wlthiut Oo|| )»«T«iiti0i Md M*r,
■tatiaff traM, I liAvv tore^M yMiof th* datj^
inotiatenl apoa tm to b* rapila^ th« um of
Um pnyn appolaud bj tbt (»(ir«h to bt nld.>
lb mil oqr fUi^ of wor"*^ " - - - ^
fTMki. or tKoM who mn
HoWOrdMt.* Ifwabifo
oi mIbm ooottMil tad
Ailh ia Iti etfiMy, thfto If .
tho pn^Mi appoialod
la
adalttad tela
oTtbt dotf'
to pnyir, any
\fy ao| OM
it.
with
or
It it
thai
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on mMial oooatiaw, that ontf owaaara
tboMia tho iaportoBatof thtir idlket
thad^ latMMt w» o«ghl ta iH to
fartiwMo ia a feel, aatoot to
thM«OMibaUtllot«Mp
iBdQdMtoato eaa tofan
MM to oAvhtaiMlf for the work of ^ Mj^iftir
to hmm Onada ; and nalM Qphdfij a woM
of dfl^, aad •BOintot dMlia to doK wlU of
la ttitMtt Mb, it Bivft indwd bo a
, . HHy oaO|
tMiptittott, M Iff at worldly
1 toiaoaoo han, Imp any yoaag
Mlf for the work of tfto Mtoi
taklOlH ooattoao Meadfeet, taunovMUo, alwan
Ahoiiiijtac to tbt worfcof the Lord." Bnt it
naal ■»« Nght aad itraifth to diaer a doabt*
tocMCIiM»dto| Itfaarl to botlove &ai if ih«#
ta^Iiwd.'^db Inirt. Ittwom, tiai if oar
fatoilB^^wlTOatoto to Mtleipato thivnt wHl,
MOflflvintolfioliWillbotoiml teto eMi£
mSTlUS!^^?^ MiMioM, and for Mgnring i^
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gyi yH>pMmlto»jf tho jilg, thtoVmb#i»
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0?«r, ftoa wbntoTor evnie, the looal tiMthit
Und tbgothor the paetor ud kit fiook ore of lit-
tle foroe^ oad n miipntoiy hehlt io indnoed, it io
fonnd thev n epirit of rintbr botireen the Oloi^
0, and % leitteinMia oad eoMtoat deeire of
oben^ are prodnoed. whioh opento moot . Injn-
rtooilj both on the Otorgj end their oongrego-
tfono. I em bf no meone intending to Imply
that • <Bbnage of iphera noj not, in 10010 eeeei,
be both nllofrable in the Olergj, and advantaio-
ooB forihe intereati of the Ohnroh ; but Iheprin-
elple ehbald be to enoonrage a $tUUd aainlatry,
with ineieaaing tiaa m aaaooiatif^iit between
and people. And in order W fluOntain
initableandanffieientproTiabn mnat be
I need aearoely a^dn rerert to the
the grant allowed oa by the 8* P. O.
aetna^ in Ooniae of withdrawal. Itwaa
4 by the anm of J&880 Btg. for tho enrrent
you feom the lat of laat Jnly, and will be anb-
]eet to fortherxodnetiona. In tbia atate of tUnp,
and with thia proapeet befon na, it ia to a oer-
toin extent ebeering to fiod that, notwithatand-
ing the linanoial difflonltiea of ihelaat year^ and
the demand made npon many of onr moat at*
taohed membata for hwge aobaeriptlona in aid of
theiobnildingtbeOathedrali atal the fenda of
the Diooeaen Ohoroh Boeie^ haTO not USUol
olf; indeed from the oonntry pariahaa thaj
have ezeeeded the fonnar year. Bnt n«va»>
thelaaa thero are aome of the oonntry pariahaa
and miaalona that do not yet bear their fall
aharok and theae amonpt the older and oompa-
latitely rioher onea. Called npon, doring the
liTea of thefar pieaaiit inennibettta for a amaUar
Q00trd»ntlon towarda their aopport, in aoBM
oaaii doings I balieTO, nothing for that objeet,^
while the new and poorer aetUementa aio raqniv-
fd to engage fiir the anbaetiption of oomo deflnito
Oontribntion befSoto a dcigyman aaa bo aent
lIBongit thaw,— It 4Mf iaam t^t they ooght to
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i the adVentasee tbej here io long enjMre^ hj
J more leedlly elding in the geaerei woft^jMr the
Ohnreh : wbieb ^7 cannot, in anj way,' moie
eflbetoallydo than I7. giTing to thia Soeiety.
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Report of thi| Soeiety, that by aetlTe ezertioae
made in some pariibee. •nbMrlptiona, varying in
amonnt, are obtained front almoet eTery meniDer
of every thmily belonging to ooreommnnion.
TUi ia the lyitem th%t iboold beearried ont
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log to thev meana. Ai the more direet mia-
iionarr work givifta plaee to that of the aettled
paator, and Ae territorial Strict nnder the
eharge of the mbniiter aaanmea the chaiaeter of
• pwiib» with lta>ehnreh and ohnrdiwardeu,
iti paraonage and perhapa glebe or other endow-'
menta, ton ihonld be earefol, aa fi»ae poaaihle,
to aee Uwt tt» proviiiona of the Ohnreh Tempo-
raUtiea Aet are oarried into eflboti and «peeiaUy
danae IX, so far aa it providea for the keeping the
reootda of the pariah and tba eoatody of wo-
pertv, in^nding gooda, ehattela, 1(0., aa weU aa
the booka of the Begialera. Jlnoh eenftiaieB, aa
well aa loM^ will enaae if thia ii negjaated.
Andfbrther. I ehoold.wiih thai ever^'peaBiad
elergyman, in eharge of a enre of aonllC ihonld
keep an aoeoant 0? ail peraraa eonfirmed, and
all oommnnioaata, with, if peanble^ a notioe
of the aamea of thoae atteading at eaeh
admiaiatratioa of the Locd'a Sapper. Some-
thiag of th|8 kiad, with any additk>nal partien-
lan of the aaaiM of IhrntUoa, profeeaiag to be-
loag to the Ohnreh of Baglaad,, it aeena very
importaat to have prepared, aot OQ^ for yonr
own nae, bat to be Iwaded over to your ano-
emaor, aaa gnlde aad help to hioiiiaaadertiking
the eharfa. Thia aeema doairabli nnder any eir-
oa m i t aa e iai bat moat eaae n t i a l in a eooatiy like
jthii, where the eongreoationa are fo widelf aea^
lend aad mixed np with ao amnf lof otter eom-
maaioai. Maay of yon, no doablMl»v* fHOmSij
all thaw pertionlait noted down ; and thiy eaa
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regalftf Ijr. I •Iwaya k«pt raah a reoofd of th*
oomiaanlMQts, with pwUeolan of otkw ombi-
b«n of tkt ooBgngatioii, wheo I wm Beolor of
TfOwWdfi, in the OiootM of Boltotmry, a pariah
of lliOiO iiiiiabltaata ; and tbej waiaof mumiUL
\ tmommot, to whom I gave thai on
thai Ufiag. And no ona oan do bit
^^»,,.ufti!^, dwng bii own iilBlttiy, who
ddel^^lioft IMl loUoltoas thai tha ninltttj of
iboM who Ibilow him abooM be abia to eany^
tba .work wtaleh ha baf been angagad ia, and
who doet BOl in all bit arrangemantai ai Ikr aa
yoiilblai pfofida f«)r the wuna. Tbeea and aanjr
Otber mdatib aanneeltd with ib» madriaefj and
itoetj^raia df tbi Obnrebi will to donbt beeone
inMaot to mteinitla regnlation under the lano-
tioil of ong JMoeeien Bynod, If wobaTanottba
ittfiomee and atiangtb in thli ooantcy iHiidi the
C^nf«A pOMiMei In Ingland, tnm her oonneo-
tion with tba Rtate, wa ace, on the otber band,
wanmfnm tiia laitrainta tbeca impoaod; and
wUto) wMi tha Oinreb at Home^ wa mabitain
Ibo lofMirity of tila Boob of Coomon Pmjer and
the Mliotlied tenion of tba Bible, aa: iMfw in
nlM ^iogr tttemptr to taapet with wbiob» nndar
the ipaelow piotencaof oomeling arfon,! oon-
iiAer it to ba oar bonnden dntj to feiist)| we
ibAl In oar Diowiiaa and Piotineial fihtaodf, 1A
eoi^etiott wttb«arbiatbieli in the neluboring
DIoaeaM, iind a tonioe of atrengtb add f^eeh
evidince of the leaUtj of onr work.
And that woik! iiof luinenie Impwtaaea: it
dooeerii iMt only tba present genaialton^ and
tbota who aro now tbabnaiediate inl^eati of onr
mitiielfatrobaj bnt wa ara laying the fimndation
for yoact td aone. Wa ara iwitnenei, in tUa
Frbvfilea, fBT tba OatbdUo ftdfbi In m Obnreb
ie^vbt by an Apoitoilo IQniaCiy, who alaim to
HaMklttt teaeb, aa tboie who bote anttorlty
^#« tAmtAfmkn for tbi oftea they hold. And
lo#Mr# yblloMipbM May argue, aad good and
aiiiieilW^iM^libonrjrOttaiereMiag.espiffic»ea
^•rtitiib «onvuMe ni, and not taaat^io o» Hia
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MBttaeiit, tiiftt witlKmt a find and mitboritetlTS
oned, and a miiilatzy that ia not martlj of hooMUi
iaitltatiOB, it is Tab to cKpeet to oppoM tha
naltlfonn erron of mea'a diriot, and too fiaifal
•piaad of iaHdaiitv and tin. Tha inilaanoo of
tnoha Oharob,whMi ita miniftm aia fUthfnl,
aaditi •ongroMtiona loyal to htr Tolea, will ba
ftlt fitt and wioa bagrond its own iaunadiats pala.
May it ba onr obnstant piayar and aMat saniat
ondaaTonr, that) in so Ugh an offloo, wa may not
ba fbnnd wanting thfongn any Iknit or iMfUganea
of oar own. For n^su^ I Ibel thai Iowa lo
all ths deify my dnosra aaknowMpatnts for
tha attention I haya leoeiTod fcom them at all
thnes, and partienlarly when TisitlBg their dif-
ferent missions ; and for tha ready mann«r in
wUch tbqr hara am^Tonrad to earry into sk-
eontion any plans or sasgeotioas, whuh I haTa^
at any time, made to uiem. It has bean m
desli^howeTar imperftotly I may hayaftdfillad
my offiee, to bear with them thdr budan of
mmlstwial dniy, and nnBpat&Isa with thimin
their labonrs. And if Ood spaia as yai a Uttla
while^ may it ba that wa may mora oareltaUy re-
deem the time ; and, stiiying to win others to
rightaonsness, may we gird np onr own Toins and
•tand ready to dOj or to solfer. His will. Lei
ns nay for one another, and llTing together here
as Diethren. united by the holiest bond of onr
loommon office in tiie honsehold criT Ohrist, looki
toward to the time of onr meeting hereefler in
the presence of onr Lord to give aooonat <rf onr
ministiy, with the humble hope that He will then
merelfiuly own onr work, and for Mis great
namePs sake recelTa ns into His heayenly king-
dom, y
There were 46 olargy^. officiating in the Dio^
cessb present at tha fisitotio^ with 8 retired
missionaries, and the Yanerable Archdeacon
Bethime from the Dloceee of Toroiito^ and tha
Bar. 1. H. Nioolls, D.D., Principal of Bifhop's
Oollegj^ LennozTille, and the Bey. W. L. Thomp*
son, Stanstead* from the Diocese of C^nebae :
making altogether fifty-two. \
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