SMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) j^?^ A .^'.% c^.. :/ /!<>. f/. /a 1.0 I.I 111 m 40 6" 1.8 11.25 illl 1.4 i 1.6 v] RESPECTPrLLY DKDICATBD 1 AM> TO ALIi THE LAITY OF THE CHURCH 01 THE PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSW] I' BY THE RIGHT REV. JOHN, BISHOP OF FREDERICTO> rrULTSHED BY REQUEST OF THE SAINT JOHN. N. B. : rTUMED A-]? THE "DESPATCH" PRINTIli [WILLIAM M. WUIOHT, mOPEIKTOa] 1862. ISE OP FREDEI^ldtrON. - yh ^ I F ALL CLASSES OF OIIUllCHMEN BOTE TO AN ENDOWMENT FUNI> FOR THE DIOCESE ; . CHARGE l^i^O 'txt& U the CUrgj) IN THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH, SIiil>TEMBER 3, 18G2, SCTPUl.tY DIBDICATED TO THKM, 5 LAITY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IX 'ROVINCK OF NEW BRUNSWICK. BY THE BIGHT REV. JOHN, ^HOP OF FREDERICTON. t ) BY REQUEST OF THE CLERGY. SAINT JOHN. N. B. ' THE '• DESPATCH VILLUM M. WUIOllT, " PRINTING OFFICE, I'ROPBIKTOH] 1862. % • f\ H^l zjr-r.'.-^^—?^ 2 DIOCESE OP FREDERICTON. Till: DUTY OP AM, CI.AflSKH DK CllllirilMKN TO CONTRIDVTK TO AN KNUOWMCNT FL'NU FOlt TllK UIOCKSf. ; A CHARGE 1)i:li\'khkd t(.) thk clkiigy, AMSEMl!Li:i> IN THK OATllEDBAL CIIUUCII, Sl'.PTEilUEU \\ IHiSi. AND IlESPECTFL'LTA' DEDICATED TO THEM. ASIJ TO AI,1. Tin; I.AITY OF TllK rill-UCIl OF KNCI.AND IN Tin: I'lioviNCK or sv.v biunswick. 1 MY THK UKHIT IIKV. JOHN, BISHOP OP FUEDEiaC'TON. riin.iSHKD liY RF.yrKHT or thk clkhuy. Hkvd. AM) Dear Biikthukx,— It has been my xisual course, ^vhon I have uddressed you ou occasions shnihir to the pre- sent, to dwell chiefly, if not exclusively, on our ministerial duties. We meet together very seKloni as a body : w*c rarely or never meet with- out having lost some of our members by death, or ] (v removal from the diocese, and my thoughts are naturally turned to^ the great questions- which so deeply concern us all, us ministers and '•stewards of the mysteries of God." For T could wish that no one of our little band of brethren ever left this Cathedral Church at a A'isitation, without having his better feelings strengthened by sonic good counsel from his bishop. This has ever been my intention, how- ever imperfectly I may have discharged the duty. If then, at the present moment, 1 depart IVom my usual (;ourse, neither you, nor our lay brethren will, I suppose, think it is from any less weiiihty sense ot our ministerial engagements, but because, when any important matter is on }iand which concerns tlie wlu)le Church in the province, it seems necessary, if any ^impression is to 1)e nuide on others, to confine^ oneself to observations on that one topic, as, in our di.s- ('()ur.ses from the pulpit, it is Ijctter to have one subject well in hand and thoroughly treated. The suijject wlilcli I propose now to consider, and to ask you to bring before all tlie laity in your respective missions and parishes, is the endowment of the Churcli in this province by grants, donations, legacies, or subscrii)ti()ns, \vith a view to t)ur (eventual release of the So- cietv for the Propagation of the Gospel from its people listened to my plain and unvarni.shed tale of Avhat God has wiuught among us, and by their great willingness "out of their deep po- verty," to pour in the riches ot their liberality. 1 do not disguise from myself, and T will not disguise trom you. tlie difficulties whidi sur- round the (pu-stion of endowment. We all know the tenacity with which men cling to any gift which they have long received. We know, or can guess, the suffering of the ('lergy, espe- cially of those with large families, if suddenly dei)ri\odof what is to them the best security they have that they shall be able to provide for th(!nisolves the necessaries of life. We freely admit that, in many of our niis.sions, the people are far from being wealthy, are labouring hard for their own sustenance, and th(nigh they have the increase of the held, it does not come to them in the shape of money. Wo know and feel in every part of the conununity, the disas- trous effects of the fratricidal, unnatural, and most mihappy war, now carrying on in the United States ; and we can see no eyd to our suffering, so long as it continues. Still, after all these admissions and allowan- ces, the question comes home to us with a direct Ibrce which we must not attempt to evade,— shall we, or shall we not, endeavor to attain to that standing, which lloman Catholics, which riesljytcrians, which the members of the Free Kirk of Scotland, and others, have attained to, of being independent of external aid for the jnaintenance of our clergy ? Are we not one of the wealtliicst bodies in the piovince in pro- portion to our numbers ? Are not 42,000 Church- people (sui)posing the Census to be correct) able to do sonuthing considerable for them- selves ? Will not our undoubtedly wealthy lay- men, even granting them to be not numerous, blush to tind, that they are indebted to the English i)oor for their own spiritual good ? And is there no practical way by which the clergy, casting aside (as an intolerable nuisance) all questions of i)arty or precedence, shall so throw themselves into this work, as to convince the laity, that it is their duty to begin the work, that the maintenance of the Church even in its l»resent state, is impossible Avithout it, and that if we suffer the Church to drop away from us by our wilful neglect, we shall become, by the just judgment of God, one of the most degraded I and pitiful communities of Christians, with a j few timid, everchanging, starveling clergy to minister to us, but without the life and jiower ojjun honest, independent, and vigorous progress. ^Wut I nmst enter more carefully into the de- tails of the subject. 1. When we .speak of endowments, we are no't subject to the imputation of enriching onr- (!l('('liinsv nary assistance, so that se Ives. We have not even in distant view the the whole ] od, which 1 to every po try village, blessing to l)arsimony and spiritu not always ciple wa.-4 t enriched b} to dedicate Ijoral and bnjthren, ii l)etuity, wl be all prop own famil which led i hind him for the bei to show h stowed upi occasional! discharge i bear some for the rij. be demaiu 'show how Churchmc First, s( that is to amount c from bus iidierited of land w result of t a nee. Tl interest. should b( But that is clear oi Can an ment, for not that 1 out to a i^ God, and ourselves dealt wit involve a loss of Society f< as a real. Can we 1 ment, wl "income e l)rofits oi tenance ( es, andyi for? n tences ol ' ' hasten jnvamiishcd talc onj: us. ami by tluiir deep po- tlicir libeiulity. f, and T will not ities which sur- nu'Ut. We all iicn cling to any red. AVo know, be (^^lergy, espo- licsi, it' .suddenly :ie host (security lie to provide for life. Wc freely sions, tho people ; labouring hard hough they have ocs not come to AVc know and lunity, the disas- , uiniatural, and rying on in the u no eud to our ons and allowan- US with a direct mipt to evade, — eavor to attain to Catholic.-!, which ibers of the Free liave attained to, M-nal aid for the Arc wc not one J l)ioviuco in pro- ot 42,000 Church- is to be correct) erablc for theni- tedly wealthy lay- )c not numerous, indebted to tlie ritvial good ? And vhich the clergy, ble nuisance) all ice, shall so throw s to convince the begin, the work, .Ihurch even in its ithout it. and that Iroi) away from us dl become, by the tho most degraded Christians, with a irveling clergy to he life and iwwor . vigorous progress, •efully into the de- dowments. we are I of enriching oiu'- n distant view the the whole parochial system of England is found- ed, which lias brought the blessings of religion to every i)oor man's door in every remote coun- try village, and is only ])revent(!d from being a , blessing to the whole land by the niggardly parsimony of those who inherit the temi)oral and spiritual blessings of their ancestors, but do not always iidierit their liberality. The prin- ciple wa.-i this, that every nuin whom (Sod bath enriched by inheritance, or by traffic, is bi>und to dedicate a jiortion of his riches to the tem- poral and Hpiritnal Mt-nts oi' his more needy brethren, and to lay uj) for their benefit in r'cr- l)etuity, what cannot. Ity the laws of the gospel, be all properly e.xpendc^d on himself and on his own family. It was this high sense of doty which led the old Calais meichant to leave be- hind him bag.s of gold marked '" (/alais .Sand, for the benefit of the parish in which he livc^d, to show his sense of the benefit God had be- stowed upon him. A mere dole of a few pounds occasionally to some poor person. i.>5 no effectual discharge of this great duty. The gift shoidd bear some proportion to the sum ri'ceived, and for the right use of which a strict account will he demanded hereafti'r. And 1 now proceeTto^ 'show how this is ai)i)licable to various classes of Churchmen in this province. Fir.st, some of our mend)ers are C.vi'lTALl.siN, that is to say, they have sums more or less in amount over and above their annual income from business, which capital sums are either inherited or ari.se from grants from the Crown of land which lias become valuable, or are the result of their own skill, indu.stry, and persever- ance. These capital sums are invested and bear interest. Now I am far from saying that such should bear the whole burden of endowment. But that a considerable share belongs to them, is clear on the first principles of Christianity. Can any nuui who believes in the New T(>sta- ment, forget the parable of the talents ? Does I not that parable show the necessity of putting ' out to a spiritual use whatever we receive from God, and the certainty that merely holding it for ourselves without imparting to others, will be dealt with as an abuse, and so dealt with as to involve a punishment far more severe than the loss of our earthly goods? And has not the Society for the Propagation of the (lospel served as a real, though temp()raiy endowment to us ? Can we lawfully continue to receive that endow- ment, when we arc fully able, out of the annual "income even of our capital, over and above the profits of our business, to provide for the main- tenance of the ministry in ourit*-^Wc parish- es, and yet leave our children sufficiently provided for ? Does any of us forget those terriljle sen- tences of Holy AVrit pronounced on those who " hasten to be rich"' by all possible means, Avho your i)roiu.Mty is a warning to you, that :i.-< "riches make to themselves wings and fly iiway," yousbouldlayui) some of them, '' whriv no thief a pproacheth. where no lyoth wirrnpt- eth.'' and not hoard simply for your own bene- fit, or think all you have invcstcid absolutely your own. without regard to the great giver of all. whether capital, or increase. Nor can professional men. or persons hoKliiM; official .situations, whose incomes depend oii (heir own talents and industry, and who are iiuf capitalists, be held e.\enii>t from a fair contri- bution to an Mndowment Fund. Their income.-, it is true, are precarious; so would be their sul)|briptioii. piiitl only on condition tliat their professional iiiconie exceeded what is neces>;iry for tlu! supiHUt of themselv(!s and their fainirK'>* in the .station to which it has pleased Gi»d to call them, and that it did not entrench on the ordinary claims of charity. It must lie remem- l)ered. that in New Urun.swick, there are very few institutions of an eleemosynary kind, Tlu'ic iireno hospitals, no dispensaries, no institutions for the relief of the deaf, the blind, the hime, the consumptive, no .-:chools to clothe the poor, no blanket, soup and coal charities for their re- lii'f. The Lunatic Asylum is sujiported at the jniblic e.\pen., though they mtiy not be able to cofitril)ute so largely as the cai)italist. The same remarks jipply to the iigrieiilturist. who suffers less fniu the eflects of the war thtm his brethren, and has just been blessed with a most plentiful harvest. And the mechanic, it must be i-cm(;mhered, by the very high rate of wages in the province, being, in fact, in more independent circiim- .stances than the ordinary clergyman, ought not to refuse his aid to a fund whicli will help to make provision for the spiritual wants of hi.-i children. T teel assured that if the me(;hanieM resident in this country could have attended some of the missionary meetings at which I have been present in London, if they could have seen the fiice of the London poor, w.lsteil by hanl labour, and pinched by suffering and wtuit, to the ;ufoiiiit of missionary Tlu; siil>jiM;twliicli I pr-Jitosu now to coiisuliT. and to ask you to bring bctlon! all tlio laity in your rcHpoctivc inissions and imrirfhoH, is the (iiidowuicnt of the Churcli in this jji-uvinco by grants, donations, loiracios, or Rub.S(-n]ttions, with a vic!NV to our cvoutual roloaso of the So- cii'ty for tlio Protjagation of tho (jio.spol from its fharittdjlo and eleemosynary assistance, so that we may stand Ijefovc the world as e.very high" mindud lioncst porsctn must wish us ti» stand, as a ('hun.h sustained by the willing eflbrts of the peoi»lc wlio receive the benefit uf spiritual lu)lp. Till wc do tliis, We must all feel ourselves in a ('(jnstrainod, doubtful, and unsatisfactory po- sition. The Society for the Propagation of the jM)rt, and had witne.ssed. as 1 did. the evident, signs of want and suffering. v,'l)i''h showed thein-Hilves on their fico-:. and hi\d ri'cijlle.;i;'d tlu! i'ar higher ann)unt ot' wag<;s which our labourers mid mee.hanics rv'ceive. a.nd the abniiirjice of tlu', iVnits of the earth 'viJi-h rewards, and the iiidepojidence wai;-h crown- their lanours, I am b:mv. thoy would Irtve ll'lt, -A- 1 dill, an exceeding .sen.se of filiiinic a^ i.>elim: inde')t<;d to any sii'h poor j)eo- ].)')c f>r the sni;tlU'.vt as.ii.-tance, a:'.] they would have i'elt this shame as I didi gr-jutly heighten- ed by the ex-eccling joy with '.vliivh th(>e poor few timid, everthanging, starveling clergy to iidnister to us, l»ut without the life and ])ower ujilujihcniest, independent, and vigorous progress, Tput I nuist enter more carefully into the de- tails of the suliject. 1. When we speak of endowments, we art; iKjt subject to the Inipntatiou of (furieliing our- selves. We have not even in distant view the generous gifts of our ancestors, which make many of the clergy in England to liave '' bi'ead enough and to spare" for others. We only pliytl for a bare subsistence witliout superfluous Wealth, we only ask that there sliould ))e clergy, that they should ?^ot be driven, by .sheer neces- sity, and amidst great suffering and privation, from the province, and we ask that they should Ix! allowed to live in decency, and we ask this not i'or the sake of the clergy only, but for tlie sake of the grc.'at mass of the laity, who other- wise will be left destitute of the means of grace, and whoso children must otherwise leave the Cliiu'ch of England, or grow up in practical hoathenisn and infidelity. And is this asking a great thing? 2. ^V hen we ask for eudownjents, we do not ask for worldly rank or pre-eminence, we are not lording it over others, or establishing any jiro- cedent hurtfid to the laity,|jve ask for wluii Almighty God in his wisdom and by his holy word, im])eratively enjoined on his ancient peo- ple, and, by in)plication, cidoins upon U'^- The Scrij)turo makes a wise and necessary distinction between voluntary offei'ings and en- dowments, or assessments, lie who "knew what was in man," because lie made man, framed the wise pn^copts of the .Mosaic law On the princi})le, that men are easily moved to contribute liberally to any novel or exciting |)ro))osal, such as the erec^tion of a new place of worship, but they are slow to contribute ainmally to objects of pcrmancTii interest after the excite- ment is ])ast. The building and adorning of the Tabernacle, Moso-, who acted in all things ac- j cording to the " jtattern showed him in the I mount," left to voluntary euntribuiions*, and ' tliey were abundant for the purpose, liut the j siiiari(vs of the priests he made ati annual rent I chu,i-gL' on proi)eriy, arid the sums necessary for 1 tin; repair of the Tem])]e, were, in like manner, in after ages, coilec'.ed by assessment on the heads of families. Now why should we imagine our.selves wiser than Ahnighty God in respect to the mode in vvhich our service lor tlu,' Sanc- tuary may l.)o i)e';t ,'^ocurcd ftjr tho bonelit of all cla-se,-; among-.it n-? Tr.e primitive Church aboande<] in volunbn' gift-<. Cut thoy -vTorc )n;idc inalienable, and a'^.'inx'd fiv>qu'^;nUy by law. On th;.-'. prineiiilu meiit, wilt income ev proHts of teuaneo ol es, and yet for ? ])tn tence.s of "hasten t tmst in themselve that "it eye of a i in riches, Dare we t earned tin whicli bn Cod's gil bid to dis if our pr creased v Grants, si called on (Jtherwi.s( '■ cumber did not b be .all loci that it mi Such is 1 grants fre may repl my busin tenure ol tell whetl large por the next ; continual in the m these circ taken in amount \ not relea^ dinary y have bei have far* tallied b: doubt, a." come pn with mo .supei-flui nished, , comparal in the tr; of God. of that b and espe holding, would u party ? rvi'liiiir clur.L'y ti) 10 lit(! anil i)owt'r vi^'oroiis pr().L'rt'.s.s. jfully into the dc- (iwmoiits, wo art' of ciirk'liinjr oiir- dii^taiit view tlie irs. wliich make 1 to have * ' bread others. We only thout supei-fluou.s slioiild 1)0 dei^'y, II, by sheer iioce.s- rig and privation, c that they .should ami we ask thia only, but for the laity, who other- le moans of grace, lierwise loave the >' up in practical liin;:? iM'uts, we do not liucncp, wo are not | iiblishini? any pre- Ijve ask i'or what I anlp to make ju-ovision for the spiritual wants of hi.H children, f feel n.ssured that if the mecrhanicM resident in this country could hav«! atteiidetl some of the missionary meetings at which 1 have l)een ^)resent in liondon. if they could havR seen the face of the TjoiKlt)n [)aor, wjlsted ])y hard labour, and |)inehed by suffering and want, eagerly listening to tint account of missionary work, and niady with a promi)t lilx;rality to con- tribute to the uttermost of their j)ower. they would have blushed, as 1 did, that the hard-won earnings of tliese jmor artixans sJiould be .mmU out to supixjrt tlie sons and daught(;rs of New Brunswick. And no small proportion (^f tht; amounts given to the Society for the Propagation of the (lospel is marie up of .such little sums. Hut I now proceed to set before you the reasons which should prevail with the laity to make a groat effort to make our Church a .«elf-su.staiiiiiiii Church. Tt is right that wo .sliould know how long the* Society for the I'ropagation of the (jlospel liaH sui)iM)rtcd us, and what sums it has laid out upon the provinc.(\ in order th.'it Churclinicii may .see the enormous (>xtent to which tluy have |)rofited by its liberality. The first missionary, the Kevd. Samuel An- drews, was sent in the year ITS:'). The Society years. The following list ha-; lusen handed xo me l»y the Secretary, of the Society's j)aynient» up to 181)1 — iit intervals chiefly often year-: 1795, grant to the Province, £ W\) sta. '• •• . •* ;V.iii •■ nuiy reply, " my capital is entirely invested in ],.^j^ therefore as,sisted us. more or less, foi my business, and such is now the precarious tiiuure of business-transactions, that I cannot tell whetlusr T shall not lose some, it may be a large portion of that capita) this very year, or the next year, especially looking to the posslljlc continuance of a disastrous and desolating war, in the neighboring States." It is true, that these circumstances are all to be fairly and fully taken into consideration, in estimating the amount which you should give. IJut they do not release you entirely from the duly. J n or- dinary years of business, if your transactions I (),, ^ survey of this list of ]jnyinent»; you will seual ihainu'l ; ami we. havt^ every reason to liojie. that if a rijilit settlement were made (»ftlie great rpiestioiiH involved, that our jn'osperity would bo rven frreator than hefor('. It is |)erfec(ly true that the means of t'hurchmiMi are not to he measured hy the wliole wealtli y crmimon consent removed? Fuj'ther, I must remind you that the Society for the ]*ropa- gatiou of the (tospel lindM new fields uf labour in all parts of tho world o])ened. fields ready for the ."jower, in .some instances " white unto the harvi'st," and that in consequence (>f the large hums granted to this province, .sciuity aid can b(! afforded to nn'ssions among the heathen. Now if we were soliciting its bounty for the first time, the " h(ni.>;ehold of faith "' would no doubt i)re.sent the most urgent claim on its liberality; but having already enjoyed that aid in full measure for so niaiiv V(>ars. it becf»mes us toasters, and help for the poor, and a thousand otlKM" bles.siiigs to the parish? Vet this was Working for posterity, ami yet there is abund- tnico of work t(t be done by the present genera- tion in every parish, notwithstanding the en- dowment. The rector of a country parish in Somersetshire lately iidbrmetl nie, that within three years, tli(! siun of ,£.')0,0l)0 had been ex- pended in his rural Deanery in the repairs and re-building of the material fabrics alone ; and this is independent of .schools, schoolmasters, asylums for the deaf, the blind, the lunatic, the consumptive, hospitals for tint sick, almshouses for the poor, Christmas and other gifts, and l)oor rate.s. So that no age finds more claims upon it than our own. l>ut plausible as this argument appears to some to be, when sifted, it may lu^ i0, or £J00 to the Church, when £1000 would have been the scriptural proportion. Further, from leaving posterity nothing to do, we leave posterity a considerable burden, even after the very mode- rate sum is rai.scd for Endowment which is pro- l)osed. If the Society now give £4000 sterling, u-year, and that sum, after allowing for jien- sions and .scholarships, only just enables the clergy to live, and barely to live, and the capi- tal necessary to pi-oduce that siun would be nearly £70,000 sterling, what great boon are we conferring on posterity by rai-sing the sum of .£20,000 or even of £40,000 currency? If we raise nothing, and the Society gives us up, as it may justly do, we shall simply leave no Church for posterity to endow, and having re- ceived all the benefit, we nuiy well fear lest we be subject to^lie awful reproof of the angel towards tho.se who were remi.ss in doing their duty. '' (Auve ye Meroz, .said the angel of the liord, cur.«e ye bitterly tin; inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the Lord. "' Their strcnuth was to sit still, and let others the whole .d but to our own c endownu'iit ir ces, which wo body, would 1 rally. Injury .section of th whole. ]}esides, ho dering the c ment Fund w with the Soci indepeuflent ; of debt with not educaft* i A mere pittai Take away t! our £2(1.000, ( It in'll not pi ichich tlu'ii ar> nf)W ; they v But what Avi ment ? Sim] pari.shcs, no pendent. X( comes ; and i income, the missions will with the Chu not our mi.sfo fault. I mu.st noti said, the cler^ of them have ing. They h These faults t body, and we faults Occur, uphold clergy wei'e t4:)lerati!( in this argur produce a sin; •sat ion has be been speedily in which Icgai ed, that speet more, when certain, speec reach, has b( opportunity li 'i;iiiu(i < Wiis lorc is abuiid- csent gcnoni- liii^' tlu> en- try i)arish in , that within had hcen cx- repairs and s ainno ; and ■hodhiiastcrs. 3 kmutic, tho :, ahusliDUsos i;v .L'if'ts. and more i-lainis t appears to 11^ seen to ))e .1 uf'oiir con- vve have cou- liart of wliat ((ss tliaii tho 1 liave heard I )oast(;d of its \ le Chiircli of j lied on to do j 1, no far from j sent state of j .'ditable to us lit scruple as- | s of ])oor do- I to spare our | in past years j leir ventures and trade of ds have eomc Lidod, because r£JOO to tlie ve been tlie Vom leavin;: i posterity a e very mode- wliich is pro- •IdOO sterHng, ing for pen- enables the and the capi- iUi would be L;at boon are ing the sum urrency ? If gives us up, ply leave no id having re- ! fear lest we of the angel n doing their angel of the tants thereof, >f the Lord.' id let others tilt* whole social standarrl of Church of Kng land |)cnplc in the province, and I believe to lower the level of the whole province. What we sufl'er fnnn in this province is ignorance, and want of refinement. Starv(! tlu! clergy out of it. and lessen the ntnulu r of cdncat(Ml t(>a('lier:' in it, and you (tnly increase and perpetuate the evil. In .ty lias withdrawn ;ilready some o i' its aid. lis offers of assistance are not i\(>\v nnide for life, but fir three years, or (!ven Icm-. It is only boinid by exfiress compact i'nv life in the ease of a viM-y few clergymen whose nundiori't are diminishing (^very y(!ar. and who in ihe cours(! (»f nature camiot expect to live many years. Ft is, as T have alre.'idy said. a. jmrcly vohnitary institution, dependent on the annual contributions of Chin(dMnen in Kngland, and slnndd these ctnitriliiitions cease, its posver to help us would ]h' gone. What may lie called the endowments of the Society are legacies left for siiecifie objects, which (■annot. under any eiicunistances. be transferrer! to us. How unwise, to .siy tint least, is it tor us to rely wholly on this ,'Jource. and not endea- vour to lay up in store for a day when all (nn* energies will Ik; taxed, and hc^avily ta.ved, l/i help (un-selves'i* One other objection T shall notice, " We are too poor. The times are very hard. Tt will U- time to do this at another season, when v/c find the Society can helji us no longer." Tf, however, as has been just shewn, the Society has already withdrawn aid to the extent of nearly £1()0(», and no grant lately made can be depend- ed on for more than two years and a-half or three years, the time for action has already come. Trade is indeed not in a flourishing state. .But a begiiming may be made even in unprosperous times. The instances which the Seriptm-e gives of liberality were those of pei'.h- ed'/ Where is tlie farmer who has not his team of horses, his oxen, his cows and his sheep, his unfailing crops of grass and of grain, and of roots'? W'here are the parties of pleasure tliat are given up, the balls that are not attemhd, the smart dresses that are not ordered, tlie din- ners that are not given '? I find the!le gifts. Nor is it any exeuiC for aholding our ofl'erings that many come froru distant quarters and a[)peal to us for help. It, is neither just nor generous to eontribiite to distant claims, when we neglect a duty that lit s at our own door. It is indeed most painfid to consider the eon- setpienees of the withdrawal of the Society's aid in the present state of jipathy which prevails among Churchmen in ♦the Province. Imper- ceptibly, but most certainly, our work wouLI liiirvi'.'it,'' iiiid tliiif, ill mii.«cMiit'Uf(! of tin; Isii-jrc! Miiii;< mimt«f(l ti> tliis pruviiieo, feiuUy aid cuii Ixi iiffoiiU'd to iiiiHsiiHis anion!? the Ik athoii. Now if wo wi'ii' s)ru'itinK its )»onnty for tho lii>t titno, tl\o " li(>nsi'li(»l(l of faith " would no doiiitt juvsi'iit the most um-nt claini on its lilKTulity; hut hnvinj,' idriiady enjoyed that uitl in full nioasuH! for so many years, it iKM-omos ns tt» yiold to t'lio nctPssitioH of our loss fa von rei I brethren, and to make a .sacrillec! that th(!y may receive help in their turn. And \ take it to be nil iiiKiuestionuble truth, that wo shall value the (Miurch more in i)roportion as we support it iiinre liberally. For wlujrc and by whom is the Church most valued? Is it in places where no contributions are made, where the; laity havin,? every thin.u' done for them, are called on for no nctive sui)port ? Just the reverse. There every one seems buried in ajiathy. Not only docs the material fabric often lie waste, but the spiri- tual interests of the flo(;k are iiei,d(!cted. Every <-alI s(M;ms a heavy burden, every sible ; and those who contribute nothing to supply the .spiritual wants of othcrH, 8nv)po.se tlu-m.selves incapable of attending to their own. l?ut those who contribut*; the most liberally to every Church institution, feel the most pleasure in upholding what their benclicenee bus created, they enlist t>thers in the work, ai\d they do it with a heartiness and enthusiasm which attracts ;treiicral sympathy. The visry exertions uiid ^nvrilices we make ensure the help of others in any cn-^e of need. jbit 1 am obliged, T regret to say, to notice Jiiid endeavour to iiMsw(!r some of tim objections j -^N-hich are made to an Kndowment Fund. i JMrst. it may be said, wc wintribnte according | to our ability, to mainiain the Church in its jiresent condition. And why should wo spare pustrotester against both Home and (ieneva : but alter the formularies, aud 1 do not pretend to say what sht^ will be. IJut of this I am sure, <-hat by endowing the clergy with a decent competence, by raising them abovi' bare, starveling want, by preventing them iVom j being abject hirelings, '' crouching for apiece ! of silver and a morsel of bread,"' yoii are not , likely to mak(! them converts to I'upery, yon i ar(! fin-nishing them with the means of self-re- : sj)et;r. as gentlemen, you are enabling them to* I educate v.licir children, decently, you ai-e helping I to retain within the (Jhurch men of education I and reliiiomcnt, you are morally enriching your- : .^elvos an.l your families, and you are pn; venting '' a very .sore evil whi(;h will certainly fall upon I you sooner or later, if you do not endow, the evil of an inierior race of clergy, unfit to mix in .social and do)uestio circles, where aiiything of n^finenicnt is expceled. And the ellecl ot Hoelng such a rtu.^; of toiiclier.^ will bo to lower been speedily in which legal | ed, that speed.\ more, when ii certain, .speedy reach, has Ih!i opportunity ha for change* td where is the c be denied the < out of the snai ways? Are w< condemned 8t. he denied his , oaths and im| as to imagine, is in the Chnr moral guilt an All I assure yo fear of (Jod, a do the dioce.se offender, wlu' instant puni.^1 «e\ standard of 1 teachers or there are not would go out eaces." and v the first stoi emption fron nature. ^V(? hope lies in t iice of Chrisit just, wise, or I dividuals, for ' been severely I whole body, i ! against an Kii nuni have ab and have bro Wo might ji lege of the A number Was I proceed i neodie.ss to t l>eaause the » il liiiviiiii If- fuur lusit wo uf the iiuiiol II (loiiiii; tlic^ir imifcl of tlio tiiiits theiHHit', if the Lord. ■' <1 It^t others III 11(1, wUnt is what is the iii(i it. Iiiit an lis hy the la- aiid sutleriiijr 10 no sliar*!? •klll^'' I'nl" ImS- co and covet- illacy. "If \vej.'ivoto e fhall rond(!r oy will 1)0 our olent. and ca- ing in Poitury l)C(Mi ,s|»0( ilily institulcd, and a sin;L,'lti instaniv in which loyal proof of ^^uilt has hoon ostabli-'h- ed, that spoody justice luis not. heen done. PJ*ay more, when any turpitude lias been morally distant elainis, when we negleet a duly that lii .« at (tur own door. ft is indeed most painful to consider the con- setpuinecs of tlu( withdrawal of the Society's aid certain, speedy justice, as far as it lay in my ' in the i>resent state of apathy which prevails reach, has heen di»ne in every ease, though .,„„,im; (Ihurclunen iuMlic I'rovinee. Imper- iiltltortunity has been given for repentance, and j ,.,.|)tibly. but most eertjiiidy, our work would for change of etmduct in certain cased; lU'd melt away before our eyes, and, ere we were where is the clcirgynnm or layman that .should i aware of it. we should fnid our missions de- be deniiMl the opptu-tunity of recovi^ring himself out of th(! snare of the devil, and amtiuding his ways? Are wo so merciless, that wo would have condemned St. Peter t(» everlasting ruin, because sorted, (uu" ('hurclu.'s shut up and decaying, our Sunday Schools broken up, our ChuroU Society ill supporU-'d, oiu'work and labor of love cimiing to nouglit, and this diocese, instead of he denied his Master tliret! times, and that with j ,.„iiiiting its ')0 clergy, would not assemble above oaths and imprecations? Or are wo so foolish | .jm, There are, you will recollect, ;U mission^, as to imagine, or to pretend to believe, that it | ^vhich are not. imd for a long pcn-iod will not be is in the Ohurd^of Kngland only, that cases of [ y„ti,.(ily self-supporting, and these will rc((nir.- moral guilt among ministers .sonuitimes occur? j constant ai .- 1- 1 • *f oneu tuororomoul our lay-bi-cthrcn, that tuoano"- liee of Christ our .Lord. J>ut Ave do not thnik it ,;„„ ,^,- ,,,.,t,-oiiiiKo iIimv-i not vest with mo. but with tho just, wi.se. or cluiritalile, that the faults of in- ("ntwn. Tho Cnnvn chiinis ir, I in-csume, lior-auso whii;- . . . . ■ , , . 1.'. . 1...^. » ...: .i. ;., i\... K...W, nf (';i..U..j n.r^,-^, u dividuals, for which, in UK.st cases, they have ; ^,^-^->^ I'^uJoNv^n.-nt exi..t.siu th. ' - • iVuin that .soui-i'o. in !!•> siiij;le mstaui'C! has so luui; lapo of Cilebos, ooiitK .s . ,,. • •, 1 4.1 ; iiuiii mill .->.'ui. v.. ,.,. I... ..,.,„. V ..istaui'C! has so iiiui;!'. ikS been severely punished, slu)uia he vi.^^itecl on the i .^^^ ,,ii,.,;.iti„n i„.>.„ ,„,,,ie. that tht- loprosoutativo of o-e ^ , . . i whole bodv, or that it is a rea.'-onable iirgument j Ciown ha.f ubuseil his patronage, luu- in any instan'io •OU are helping | ^^ ^^.^^^^ ^^^- ,^,_.^^j^^^^.,_|^,^^ i;,,„,,_ ^j^.^^ ^,,„,^ ^1^.,,^^.. j ,,vo .u.e.havonuy of thHnityofr.T,..Uooml.>w a livi,,^. 1 ot edueation I •- i i i i j- .• .i m i l ami in tiiLs ,-olitary instance l that ut tho lutu ^. hcov;i, ;nricliin'^ your- ' "'*'" ^^'^^'^ '^'^^^^'''' ^"'' ^'^■""'' •^'"V Church, , ^,,^^_ ,_ „^^. ,.,„i„„.,„(.,,t is prospoctivo. not innu.Mliatcly are preventing and have brought scandal on their sacred calling. ! avaiiabli'. .\s far a- 1 am ooncorund, no opFiosiii'm vi-.'t • 1 -. 11 I Wo mieht ju.st as well denounce the whole col- i otlVrcl to tliu bill pnn.osod to Kc bvouuht iv. on ihissul- Ullly lall upon '- ,i i v ^^ ■ n ' inct two voar.s a'ro. t.hoii','li no ouo .'^l'PuioiI to Ihinh ii. \i Ice of the Apostles, because one (II then- small •' ^ ^ ,• " .-,... i^ •. i< * t i .. 1 1 i the I '~ -».1"A iiV' 1 u<-^ , „.,„,,„ ),,.; wlulo to attend to it. iiut Ishould hope, {•'•r nuiuber was a traitor. . ti,^, cridit of Xcv,- i;rmi.-\vicl<, tliat pomo measure !(>= ■' It is ' t'f'"'"'' ='"'1 ^'-'^^ di'vnid ol' tlic sinudost clunicut.s of soiird ecclesiastical lerislatiou, inii,'ht. be prepared, wlien ;o lot endow unlit to mix in here any thing I proceed to nuliee anolhet'obji ction. d tho eiVectofl nc!edle.SH to contribute to an I'^udowment liUnd ,, ^^^^,,^y ,_^p.^,,,,,,.^,,P ,,,,^ ,,j,^j,^.l, ,^ro comieyted with itu viU be to lower ' Ixi'-ause the Society will never withdraw its aid." i yvofes.sioa of tiic law. hand. Could tliuy oeunoi only u luiriiclu couM iiiuko Kood tliuir i)liu-«>. (,'onHidur tlir iiiitiirni Didcr in nliicli tliu ii«cui'y oltlit! iiiiniMtiT i.r ('lll•i^'t yii'lil.-i lo iIki.m' who vfooivo him, tlin IViillH uiiicli niilhiii«im tliif sidi- of iiciivi'ii cim iiu'ii.suro orriviii. \\i' coiiii'H lothiMuwho sut in the nhmlow of iluiith, Mill! Ijiiiis.-i flii'in lidiiiiTH of fiilviilioii. Ili; i" tho (liiiiiiiel throu'.'h which tiicy oliliiiii that knowliMlKO which in-ii|ilnls iiii'l kinxs dc-ircd to .xi'i'iiinl iicur, but iicitiuT ciiw iiiir iii'uiil, which ".siikc.-* would huvu diud to Icitni;" for he i.-" the iiu'.Hscii)rcr of llu; (io.-<|icd. NVlieii Ihcy liiivu liclicvcd thu word, he I)!ii>ti/.CH thfin iiH liu ha:» liiTii ( iniuiiiiiidcd, iiiid llu-y iiri; tliroiiah hi^ iimniuy iid- mitlcd into the tVllow.-'liii) id'tho Church td'Christ, with all it.H i>rivil(.'irc.-i and its joyH. Then the ChurLli of I'hrint in there; iiud there in tho word of (lod: nnd Ihorc, the coiMuninion of the saints, tlie praetico of Kodlincss. and the !io|u' of heaven ; all thr(Mi:,'h theconiinit of that iiueunin under hiseoniniission from hi.s Lord, ."^oon, rises 4 ilK.st! who hail littli! to K'vc otVmHl coiin.Hel in jilMiiuliUU'c, tlioycwlio had onoiiL'h and to upai-c, with tliW cxi'('i»^i«"'^' ■'**'iy<''' lit Iioiiu" and took MO |iai-t in otir idnirrdin-i-j. This winnot ln' rilli'il in any mmisc a i.:iity-(|n(«sti(.n. It is coii- ni-cfcd Avitli iu» pai-ticiihif view ol' doctriiic or pfudice ; it is simply a (pu-stion of tlio cxist- riico of thi! Cluirch of JMiviainl mis-ioiii in this | pfovincd in a Mato of tcdfialth; ctlifitMicy. If fho Soiioty contiiint! to withih-aw thriraid tit i\\i tip a decent appearaiu'c and liv(> ont of deht ; hnt if the source on wliieli ihev chiefly depemllte taken away, tind no effort j (i.nne house (di»rHyci'.l'»'»utiri'l.">'""eorle,sw, in holiness; Ik- made to supply its place, no Inidy of men can mid Christian wor-sliip, Christiiiu instruction, Christian he exi)ected to face starvtition. Sneli of them us can miiri-iite will leave ns for more ,u;enerons elimcs where the (Mmreh is l.elieved in. where the ministry is really vidued. nnd the lahourer is deemed worthy of liis reward. And as tlm e()iuitry missions lieoome vacant l>y dei'ith or removal, they will tiot be filled up. because no one will consent to inctu- expenses which he can- not meet. No accusation of covetousiies.s can be sustained a^iiinst the deriry fin- such a cour.«e. They tire expected to jierform certain duties. To perform them they must live, and they can- not live without a maintainenco. And as they h.ive no time to liibour for their daily bread, ttieir time bein.ir occupied in servin.u' others, those whom they seiTt; must provide them with the means of liviii,ir decently. This is a very plain t:ile, whidi wants no eloquence to enforce it, and speaks powerfully to every one who be- lieves the Scripture to be the "Word of (-Jod. and who deems the ministry of the Church of Enii- laiid to be that which is profitable to his own sold. He who thinks jind acts otherwise, either does not believe the IJible when it says th:it they '■ who preach the (lospel must live of the < lospel," or h(! does not value the Church whilst he enjo.vs all its advautas-'es. and tlierefi>re he has no business in it. AV'e should do better without liim. For he takes all and .uives noth- iiis<. I have now said to you all that occurs to me as necessary on fhis topic. If I liave been silent on many subjects of hidi spiritual interest \i)u will not supi)ose me indifferent to them, or I'liiik that I undervjtUio what is most vital essential, and ]m)fitable. But time does not jHinnit me to dwell upon them in this address, Hiid T have not lost sight of them in my iidmo- nitions to you from the puli)it this morninc. T trast that you will all- concur witli me in using your utmost endeavours to bring the whoh; suli- ieet befort! voin- jiansliioners. ihrouuhout the laarriasje, Christian hnrial. have their appropriate |da(ti- iiud scenery. Who shall tell the value of that pcrsoiuil lieneo nnd rijrhteousnoss, of that social harmony and kindness, of that intellectual culture nnd doveloi.nient, and far above all, of that eternal joy an* (flory. which are to have their sources there, as treneration follows Kcncration ? Vou may pursue these results as they de- scend from the bnrharian fathers tlr.st converted to tlie (iospel, and so all ulon« thnnifth acres of (.'rowing' civili- zation and improvement, into the unknown future. Vou may trace them as they spread from a sinslo spot till their inlUicneehas been felt throughout whole lands and continent.--. You may imagine llieni.as they attend and form tho ouv('ii citii iitnuituro vtttlon of Miiule, niid to thU end tliiit It luuy bo held in jiirti liDiior, wo fiiiliiiico williintun- \ low tlioiJiily both of tliii,-,() who hi'iir it niul of tliosi! iiiiioiiK'tt whom it is oxcrtinutl. Kvery thintt ciin Jm cxultuil, ovury thing tsnn bo dc«riulcd, by cufdoiufi, mode:' of Kiicech, und wny.i of Hiilviiiioii. Ho \i thu lain liiiit kiii>wli'd«o to ccc mid hciir, IhU i)fLV would llllVll (lifcl of (hi! (io.-<|'t'I. When ipti/.i'.ilhriii iif hi; liiis rouilli hii* HKi'iiL-y iid- 'htiii'li of ('hri-i(, with Thi;n tho Clinnli of ird of (Jod; iiiid lliiTc. luiictieo of KodlincsH, v'li (hi! I'oiiiiiiif of that I his liord. Soon, rises ire or lesH, in lioliness ; instruetion, Christiiiii leir apiiro|)riatt;|ilaii' aluc of tha( pci-sonal social harmony and urc and dovel(>i>nu;nt, joy iin* Klory, whieh as Kunoration follows !sc results as they de- first converted to the (ffcs of urowins eivili- the unknown future. ;ad from a single spot irouKhout -whole laiuls them, (IS they attend , from the first lessons y, from the time when : infant .Jesus, into the of which the si)iritual r\v:is, till ho sits down kingdom of God; and may bo prepared for il in the life eternal, a humble minister of as to the irate of Para- j of all this progress. ;hc end ? y disappear from any idely would the bless- ;iin ? The voice of the 1 substitute; for all cx- rdained herald i." not e liiy teacher of evari- • no will to speak. In : of public prayer and ile, but they too expire hood, nltOKcthcr unvi- lins even the custom of ' Koon, the house of 1) decay, ii melancholy istical or;,'iini7.ation or persons are left, who CO disused. 'J'he risins n'iitcchised, untrained ; for want of teacher ut in the shallow of | Ihinkimt. -Ml Christians must wish that the work of the ministry, ami thenlore tliat those to whom it is eoui- mitteil should be held in honor. OurliOrd Inic suid that their reception i» liis own. He hasuiven them a title to hospitable entertainment and honorable maintenance for Ills name's sake, and lor the Idcssinss whicii from Him tliey brinu'. His first me.'sentrers were accredited throui/h siKUswhicli no nnin could lnhold without rever- ence. They healed thesiek; they spoke with new tongues; they took n|( serpents, unharmed ; they east out devils. When miraculous tokens ccMsed. others were jfrantcd. In thu anes of persecution, men who had ciuilesscil Christ or niiKht be called to confess Him, in the face of deatli, had the sanm renown which ever attends tho valiant soldier of earth or heaven. Foremost in dantrer, they were also nnist eminent in (lie esteem of all believers. .Still later in the history of the Clnirih, tiicy preserved their elevation by the almost exclusive po.sscssion of letters luid hik'h knowledKc. Not merely also from cor- rupt amliition in the priesthood, Imt from the devout and wise puriiose of rulers, to provideCor tlie perpetuity of rcliKious institutions in their binds, a purpose aided by the actual accumulation of ai?es,itresul(ed that larao endowments were sonn;(iines in tliir Iinnds of the cler;ry, and that their order was thus siirnniiidcd w ith some worldly inllucnco and attraction. ^i>, throuBh means of the most various character, it has ideased (he Provi- dence of (Jod to protect the ministry of His Church from contempt, even in the eyes of those whose thoushts niiptht not rise beyond that which is external und earthly. The wisest are not insensible to the power of such asso- ciations as seem appropriate to worth, dignity or sanc- (i(y; and cannot desire to sec those whose olVico is revered, personally occupyinif the last and lowest place in the social scale; and minds less mature receive oRen their strongest inii>ressions from the clothinR in which relitrion is presented to their view, whether it bo coarse or refined, austere or Rraceful. None of us who wished to recommend a cause to Rcneral acceptance would eon- sent to Rive it the aspect of poverty, ncplect and scorn. This would not bo less contrary to all practical judjf- nicnt than to thu feelintfs of the heart. Covetousncss or indiircrence will thwart any end, and justly ; for, why should we expect that others will much re^'ard that which wc value so little as willinsly to keep it famished and all but helidcss? A church or temple, poorly built, cheaply furnished and nesliwntly sustained, tells either the indi!?ence or the irrclisrion of the worshippers. A elersy or a elerpry- man, faithful in the discharge of the sacred office, >ind left to anything like want, is a living proof of a people without substance, or wllliout hcaH,or witlioul Chris- tianity. As a matter of feeling, whotli^t loves the Lord could consent that His messengers sTiould not receive ample hospitality ? A:^ a matter of faith, who could ex- pect a blessing while ho should withhold this respect towards those whose commission they bear? .As a mat- ter of interest, who ccnld estimate the work of a laborer. ill trained, ill supported, dislicartciieil and di-trcs,-c abundantly evident; and no ono 'inistion^ it, niilf« through fcnr* of (ho presstiro which may be laid uiion (liu people for tliehoiioraldo and eomfortablchupport ol' their mini.'een made even in our own land, the |>ortion of those who, uh to worldly sources of gain, may beHuid. like the Lcvites, to have no inhe- ritance in Israel. But the dei>endenee of the ministr> , is now. and amongst ourselves, almost entirely on dm treo contributions of their people, or of those who i'y missionary aid, supply the deficiency led through tlic inat)ility of rising or decayed or permanently .small con- gregations. In favored portions of the land, amongst the wealthy, and in compact communities, populous but, not too populous, the provision is adequate. It is pain- fully inadequate, in nil the less peopled and less opu- lent regions. It weighs most unequally on those from whose contriliutions it proceeds. It brings manifold ills in its train ; the uncertainty of support, the caprieious subscription, the straitened household, the danger to pastoral independence and fidelity, the frequent rcmov - ill, the inequality of places in the house of (lod, tbft tendency to exclude the poor, the indirect means of col - iceting funds, through appeals to the love of umnsenu ni or to mere humanity or good-nature rather than to duty. All these do not meet in a single instance; they are the separate evils of different arrangements; and it is far easier to lament them th.in to suggest a faiiltb'.s method. I?ut the best antidote to all such evils iiui.>t bo in a generous. Christian conception of dnty to the mi- nistry, as to the great institution of the Lord foriTc- serving, propagating and making effectual the word. and the means, of human sulvation. If it wCre certain that the continuance of the rnini-- try, and with it, of the sacraments, the Church, and aH the blessings and the hopes of the Gospel, on any si ef, where a man and liis ftimily would dwell for gen '■rations, did absolutely depend on the amount which that nit n should give from his income, his labor or his estate, I'-r its maintenance, what jiroportion would that man i '; willing to offer? Is there any limit ? AS'ould any o^p who believes in a life to conic give up his religion, '■.r liiiiiself and his children, rather than give up any per- think that 1 iiiit vital, t'HM'iitial. ami prnlitahlt'. Hut tiim* <1im's iii»t piTiiiit m«! to dwell n|ii.ii flujiii in fliin aiKlii'f uu- in usin;.' your utmost eiiiUuivours to brliij: tlic whoK; suh- jeiit hitl'ort! yojir parishioners ihroutilmut the firoviniH'. ann(l your ellorts in tho uddrcsMcs whidi I sliall deliver, if it plcaso tiod to spuromy life and stren^'th. in tluM-oursc uf the next summer, b'or the pres<'nt [ content iiiy^olf witii humhly and heartily imploiini;( iod',s C'ra<;o and bcMiedie.tion uptm you all, laity ji.s well art (!lor,Q;y, in this as well as in all other works of pioty and charity. NoTK.— 'I'lit; (liiy iifli'i- t!i(' ('li!iri?t! wits di'livcrt'il, the rli'V'iV nidt in tins CiiHiodnil hiliriiry. imd llu.' fuin of V«r',tj has l)ti('n suli.''(jrib(!tl l\v tliirt>-loiir ot'llicir iiuiiibor f)AMU-(l^ tlio I'liiilc.wiiiciit iMiiid ill the fiitict'Hc. .\n ai-- ooniit i." now o!)i!iH'il witli tlio Itank »f Nrw Mnniswick, 1!) St. .lobn, to nv'iiivi; "uh.-ii'i iplioii;' towiinls (liis oli.itMit. I Ijitvt; riicuivu'd two sums, one of ■"-^l'", and one of SIO Ironi Iny moinix r.i I'or^iu) .siinic. nnd Imvu bccni ifiviMi to unr'.or.-taiul Hint iiiiotiicr smii of rii my •'^o IVctdy usini,' it. liXTR.Vrr,^ FllOM TlIK I'irni CIIAlKiK nr TIIK IMCIIT flSV. TIIM IMSIIOl* OK MAIXK. Tho ('hri.-tiiiii ministry, that which ("hii.''t Inwin, tiiid wJiii'.h tho Holy (Iho.U (•ontinuiilly roi'li'iii^lics, was n »'i\, of which llcnovuriiit(Midt!d todi-privi' llu- (.'hurch or till,' world. 11 is wlicrovcr tlielJo-lxd is: il is hen' witli i;s. No land evor bociime ('hristiiui (;xi'(.'|'t throuah the i-.::'\'ic.y of that ministry; and without it no Clnistian 1,:!(1 exists. Tho only body niidor the tTiri-li:in iiiniie v.liieh isver atti^inpttMl loliv(^ witliout an order of mini.-- t 'V.i, di.^i)ini>ud also with the saeraineiits, and soon with- ered away. Jn the ijrdiiiary course of thing's, ii is witli the Cliuich as with an army: its .snceess is as iiro its C.ric.crs. Wiil) tlioeliarneter, the vit^or and Ihe labors of it,i ministry, it prosi^ers or decays. If they lack know- l.>ji;o. the. ('liurcb wa!l;s in darkness. 1 f they are dc- c-)ivnd, till', blind are led but liy the blind, and know not V* }iit loir they jro. li' the ministry be a corruiit, scllish, ii.ijbitious, or d iiradcd cla;:s of worldly men, the forins c: roli:J;ion muslnocesKaiily bciiome the means of wielvcd- !ii;ss. On the other haiiii, iniprovemenl and rerurilialion liav;; ot'^on b(;:.;un outside of their order, i>ul never could !).j% aneo far without ciilistin'.; them on its side. For V, "I'kilitMl every cans;! must have; and tlnse are the ."or.'i.'n^n, de.si';ii,ited, autho-i/ed, Imund iMid iraineil to t'.iA oau-^i' and body i;l' (Jliri-t, T inii^'ht ahno.-.t say its t>:i$«i! and its I'eet, roaiiy to siioak and swift to boar gK .( iiiliij'i.s; if uot itH ifi-ecrnins "vc ami encculins; \\ hell' \, |!ii' llMllllet or IH'iuhbol bood, llllouct her IIIIVI ititoil by u ininiritiT, that loiitr rutiiiiM cvuii the nuKtotii ol >««suliibliiiir "II the Lord's (biy ? Soon, tlio tloUHi* of liniycr i^ liesnlate, unci fulifi into dooay, u iiioliiiiidioly innniorial. Tlioro 1/ no voeli.'i'iu.sticHl nrunnir.iitioii or fullowsliip; but u few Kciittorcil purnoiu Hrc lolt, wlio oni'c met tit II siicraitieiit loiitr sinci; disiisoi). 'I'lic risinx Keiienttioii are all uiibii|>li/.i'd, nnciitccliisuil, lllitrtiilied ; the Siiiidtty .School wits closeil for wiinl of tuiichi'rs, almost UH ."oon it.'' thu piistor dopartuU. I'uopio iiiuki-n and cxpiro with no inonlton of Christ ; nnd iiicii bccniiic accustomed to bury their dead, .■'iletit nnd praycrlcss, witliout a word of (hi; ro.Hiirrcotion. liiblcH, uno.xpoiiiid- ed, and Hoon unrcail, aro.,- old on shelves and in closets; and arc but beheld as relics of the past. The Siintlay rest siirviveN Ioiik after the ."itiictity of the Silbbalh ; but at Icmrth thin alco yields. Kducution, litcriituro, coni- iiicrcc, dotne.stie industry, philiintliroiiy, the tnlmiiiis- tnition of justice, the institutions of civil liberty, ulide into tho shadow of heathenism, which aiiproiiriates wliat it may of the iiitliicnee of Christianity, and ){oet< on ill its own de\ eb)pmeiif. as tVom the beKinniiiK, bccoin- iiKT oven nioi'c anil more brutal, ;{ross and koiIIoss. T'lie startlini,' truth hiiM be<;ii iimre than oiieo deinonstriited in the hist'oy of the world, that society can exist, nnd iiidividiials can Jive and die, without rclisrioii-' belief, I worship or custoni'i. In what monil condition, the I s.mie history relates with a .'shudder. Hiit it is not too iiiiieli to siiy that all this cbaiiuc would bo wruiii;lit in aay Christian country or eaniniiinity iis a simple conse- [ i|iieiice of the total extinction of the labors of Christian ; iiiinisters. ;::♦ + ** -M |: I IJitL rtither than it should be wrom,dif, who woiild not t I be tempted to wish that an earthquake ini;.'ht cnmilidi ', his city, thiit the ocean nii^'ht subverirojiis native land, ; ur (hat his nosterit.v niiu'lit bccoiiie extinct in the person ' of Ills firstborn int'ant '.' I'nh'ss the Lord should have j purposes of mercy beyond, who could desire that tlie end of all thinj-'s should not bo close at hand? How ; little would (;eniain to those t'roin whom all bad depart- I I'll, which is lioiiiid up with the continuance of the ' (liispel amoiiKst men! The (iospel came with the miii- I istry; is proclaimed, upheld and propatrated through ! the ministry; and with the ministry would iro awtiy and j be heard no more. Tiiis is no exiicrKoratiiii; iiictiiro of I the inia«iiiatloii, Imt ti most sober and (dear deduction from all cxpi'rience. Kiids without means are not the I luiler of I'rovidenco; and tbe ministry, under divine I api)ointmi'iit and by an almost uiiiveii^al recognition, is j tliu exiirrss means for Inimrin^' di vim; truth tothehearts I of mankind, and dispensinj,' the. b!e3sin;?s - ; and it is in the full li.ifht of its necessity, and il.s pov/er for flood, tliat wo iii'u to estimate nur duty and tiiat of oar brotlireii of the hiity, ill iiiaiiilaiiiini; its eilieieiu-y, its purity, and its rionor. [i\ strivint; that the miirritry may be efToctual to tho growth of the kingdom of ChriJt on earth uui to the sal- mill, iilldKl'liltT llll\ i irnt oven thcouittoin i>l Siion, lli<> )iiiusi* ol (IcM'iiy, II inoliiiicliol.v itlciil oruiiniAiition or pur!|ilo sicken ri.sl ; mill iiii'ii bccniiio riiycrlc.-'.i, . I!il)lci<. unoxixiiiiiil- ilu'lvi'-' anil in I'locnt.-' ; 10 piiHt. The Sunday :y (>riliu Siiltliutli ; lull itlon, litcratiirr, cimi- itlirdpy, tlui luliiiiniH- iif fivil liberty, «liile , which iippropriato." ristianily, and k«k's on he licKiiiiiiii«, becDin- iDSs ami n'ldlt-'"'*. 'I'lio iin OHIO dcMiion.itrati'd (focii'ty can exist, and hoiit ri'liiriiiii-! hi'lief, iiiiiriil I'liii'liliiiii, till! diT. Hut it iti not tiio would be wruii;;lit in lity as a siiiiiili' coiisi'- he lahurs of Cliristiaii * * * iii oiiijhf, who ivoiild not luaku iiii^'ht i'ii»;ili vor'-'ii'bis nativi; land, ; extinct in tlio person hii liord slimild have eould desire that the close at hand ? How whom all had depart- continuance of the el came with the iiiin- [ propavrateil throii^'h ry would iro away and laprporatinj,' ])ictiiro ol' and (dear deduction lUt nieuiiti arc not the linistry, xinder divine ivortal rueoKnition, is -iue truth to the hearts lrlc;jsin;is ciip|t withiiiit fiibHtiiix'o, or without lioiirt,or without I'hri^- tiunity. As ii matter of leelinif, wlii>tli#» Invpji (he I.onl eould ennHcnt fhiit His iiifi^.^enjjprs flmuld not rweive iiiiipic liiispiiHlity ? As a iiinttor of fuith, who eouM ox- pvet ablessiiiK wliilu ho should withhold this ri>spoi;t towards those whose eoniiiiissiiin thoy lieiir? As ii mut- ter of interest, who eciild eslimiitu llio work ufa laborer, ill truiiied, ill tiiipiiorted, dishciirteiicd and distrucsed, at thcHainr \alue with (hat of one who has all the edii- eatioii, the resources, the iiieanH ami tlio comfort which itivu .skill, ellicieiiey and uliierily ? Lot UM linner a little at thid eonsiileration. A father who bus a Hun in the ministry, a sun who huH ii father there, will have nodillienlty in deciilinx on the kind and measure of iirovislon wliiidi should be ninde, if it be possible, for tlioHC >fho labor in the word and doctrine. Hut there prevails, in the minds of some iicrsons, an impression tliat the purity of an ordiT. with wiiich they have no personal connection, and to which tiicy Kive no ehildren of theirs, is besit guarded by holding that order on the verije of penury. We niijrht imssibly concur with them were there no choice except between this and the pomps and temptations of luxurious wealth. Ibit as be- tween a kindly and modoriite or eveiiBcnurousprovij'ion and that which is stinted, pincliins,' and precarious, the choice of no reasonable and riifl't-lieiirtcd Cliristian can waver. Where (iod, in his Providence, imposes the bur- den of want, it may lie welcomed, liiie any otiier iilllic- tion, liccause itcoiucs from Him; and through Hisjrrai'c it may lieconie a blesslnir. Hut it is not for any Christian didiberately to wish it and plan It for any of hi.s fellow - men ; and not :*iirely for those whom it must deiirive of many aids for the performance of the most iriiiortant and tlie holie-t work on earth, (iod has ordained that " they wlio pieaeh the Gospel .should live of the (!osp(d." [t is no longer a riuestion whether the ollice eould be adeiiuately exercised by men eariiins; their bread in the several ealliiiys of secular life. Tliatiiueslion isdecided Ity divine appoiutnient. There may be many excep- tions; but the rule is fixed, that tlic laborer is worthy of his hire, and should receive it IViini those for whoiu he labors, tio soon as they, in siiflieicnt numbers, ae- knowledtre the obli^'i;tioii.s of Christianity. Till then, he has the same ehiinion those who send him forth as their niissionaiy. He i.s worthy of his hire; and that liire bhoulu not be the meanest, if you wish him to be a strouK and dilijicnt laluu-er. At the heiid of every parish, all Christian people de- sire a wis>', a well instructed and pious teacher; a jrood preacher; a respected and resiicctuble man, cxercii-in}? some benefUrial inllucneo throii'-'hdut the comniunity, and attracliiiK: to the ways of peace thro!i;.'h theexaniplc of .1 wtdl ordered and amiable Chri.