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4JSEfflL LIVES

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"^nb tfrtj iba mabe b €obmmt Wort Ifet lorb."

A SERMON

BY THB

Venerable Archdeacon Dixon, B.A.,

RECTOR OF GUELPH AND EXAMINING CHAPLAIN

PRKiCHBD IN

Christ Church Cathedral, Hamilton,

SEPTEMBER 7th, 1883,

AT THE SERVICES IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARIES
OF THE ORDINATION OF THE

Right Rev'd THOMAS BROCK FULLER. D.C.L. & D.D.
BISHOP OF NIAGARA,

AND THB

VENERABLE ARCHDEACON McMURRAY, D.C.L. & D.D.
RECTOR OF NIAGARA.

TORONTO:

PRINTEn AT nnUTKtnTJ rUIJOnttU AK] nitinnB

1884.

USEFUL LIVES.

" And wo bcseooh yon, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are
over you in the Lord, and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love for their
work's sakb."— I THBB8Ai,0NiANg, 5th Chapter, lath and 18th verses.

WHEN any of the pleasing or Bolemn events of life occur in a
united family, the thoughts of its various members, as
wfll as loving friends, are directed towards them, scan-
ning them with deep interest, their hearts thrilling with sympathy.
And to-day, brethren, we commemorate an important incident in
the annals of this peaceful united Diocese,— an epoch, I may
justly call it, even in the history of the Canadian Church. For
to-day we have assembled in this beautiful house of God to cele-
brate the fiftieth anniversary of the ordination to the ministry of
Christ of our venerated Diocesan, and also of one whose life from
boyhood has been interwoven with his, not alone by the bands
of a brotherly affection, but by the still stronger ties of a unity
of purpose, in advancing tho glory of God an' the good of His
Church, For half a century these two clergymei. ■■r.ve been identified
with the growth and development of the Anglican Church in Western
Canada, for both had seen several birthdays before the clergy in the
whole of Ontario numbered more than five, and at the time of their
ordination there were less than forty within its bounds.

To-day, then, we meet to celebrate with praise and thanksgiving
and Holy Communion, the completion of so long a period of constant
ministerial work, while our hearts glow with fervid aspirations to the
Throne of grace, that the benefit of their wise counsel and judicious
guidance may be spared to the Diocese for a few years more, and that
their latter days may be as happy and peaceful as their whole lives
have been useful, in the highest and holiest sense of the expression.

The words of the text declare in emphatic language the duty of
the laity towards those who exercise spiritual rule over them. A
deeo-lovinfir svmnathv in Anininorl with a n^^^^,. A^t — ^.„

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lawful authority. For in yielding the respect due to them, God is

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honoured, for they are Hie ministers, and invested with His divine
oommis8ion,-a oommisBion which, though conferred by human in-
strumentahty, is not derived from human authority; for through it
the clergy are bound to Christ by the many stranded golden chain
of the Apostolic lineage, and while faithfully proclaiming the truth in
His name, have thiB Hulemn sanction : " He that heareth you, heareth
me, and he that despiseth you, despiseth me, and he that despiseth
me, despiseth Him that sent me." And hence it is, the Apostle en-
joins the laity to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work's
T!\. But as the great divine, Isaac Barrow, says in reference to the
text, the persons primarily intended are the Bishops as the chief
guides ; secondarily, the Presbyters who receive their authority
through the Bishops, and are bound in faithful allegiance to them
with the laity." And even so, we of the inferior orders unite with
our lay brethren to-day in manifesting our reverent affection for him
who IS set over us as our chief pastor, and klso for that other digni-
tary of the Church, his friend and companion for more than half a
century, and who has also exceedingly strong claims on the Canadian
Church to honour him for his work's sake.

In the brief space allotted to a sermon, I can only glance at a
few salient points in the life history of these two distinguished soldiers
of Christ, with whom, for more than a quarter of a century, I have
had the privilege of an intimate friendship.

It is now sixty years since these two were at school together
under the instruction of one of the ablest and most successful school'
masters Canada ever saw,-the late Bishop Strachan,-and who an-
ticipated in many respects the great Dr. Arnold's mode of treating
his pupils. Both Thomas Brook Puller and William McMurray
were of Irish origin, the former being descended on the mother's
Bide from Archbishop Loftus, one of the founders of Trinity Col-
lege, Dublin/"^ whUe on the father's side he is a lineal
descendant of the Church historian, "Worthy Master Fuller,"
as he was styled in his day. Bom in the garrison at King-
Bton, where his father, Major FnUer, of the 41 st Regiment, was

.^J^V* 'J^ *'"'°""? *''* »"'"°«"' o' ArohWBhop Loftus that the dte of Trinity CoUege was
seowed, and he spared no pains In advancing its interests. As a mark of the value Dl««d™,T^
services he was appointed first Provost Being one of the Lords jli^ of r™,i^firw«
throngh hU influence the CoUege was saved from destruction during the stomyC^o^ of L^
BebeUion of Tyrone as its income had ceased. At one time the Profefsors wereTm^sUn a stS^
metX a r;.n°n^ the Archbishop got for them « shillings a week, under the head of "Bnt^-
ment for a Canoneer," no civil grants being obtainable. When Bishop Puller visited DuMTa

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quartered, the gallant Sir Isaac Brook, after whom ho wan named
was hiB godfather. After passing through all the branches of the
Grammar School course at Hamilton, and then " Little York " Mr
Fuller went to the Divinity School at Chambly, L.C.. which had attained
much celebrity, under the fostering care of the venerated Bishop
Stewart. Havmg completed the prescribed course of Divinity, on the
8th of September, A.D. 1888. he was ordained to the Diaconate, and
subsequently laboured as curate in the parish church of Montreal.
It was at a very sad and awful time he officiated there. The plague
fiend was abroad~the cholera was decimating the people-a deep
gloom hung over the city ; and for many weary weeks the young
clergyman was unceasingly employed amid the fearful scenes of the
city pest houses, in visiting the sick, consoling the dying, and burying
the dead m their hurriedly made graves. It was indeed a baptism of
fire,-a tremendous strain on his mental and physical faculties, a
terrible initiation to thu most heart-searching duties of the ministry
From Montreal he removed to Chatham as Missionary ; where
alone, for four years, the counties of Lambton and Kent were his field
of labour. When he entered upon this duty the spiritual destitution
was lamentable, but taking Chatham as the centre, this zealous young
Missionary established several stations throughout the counties, which
have since grown into vigorous, self-supporting parishes. But at
this period the Church throughout Canada was at a very low ebb
There were only forty clergymen, widely scattered over all the Upper
Provmce, so that personal communication was rare, and the existence
of many known to the others only by printed reports. They were
without combmatioc among themselves, while the laity were few in-
deed who could ... a reason for the hope that was in them, and
scarcely any could oe found who had a faint sense of responsibility
with regard to the duty of supporting the Church, by giving as God
had prospered them. Even for the four counties of the Newcastle Dis-
tnct, in which, m a single year, eight thousand English immigrants
had settled, there was only one clergyman, who was stationed at
Peterborough. From the Ottawa to Lake Huron there were only
three Missionaries, where there was work for over a hundred and to
meet the demands of the Province there were three candidates for
Holy Orders! Fmrther. the "Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel at this critical juncture announced a necessary reduction
through the cessation of the Imperial Parliamentary grant in the
salaries they had hitherto paid, and hinted at a still further with-
umwal of support. With respect to the lack of candidates for orders

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ralH^i ""'" "^'r""^'"^ '^"^ '^'"«'' ^"««« »"'' W«Oi" College,

avat wh « r^P'^ ^ "**r °^''""*'^' ^"» »- y^' "'«y were of fo
^a.l. while re Imnce for the .upport of the Church on the ClergJ
Be«erve8 Beemed as falJaciou. and remote ^

to heart^nM"' v*^."""' *f "^ ^^''' ''"^'"'^^'^ ""P^"* °' '^ff^i" more

Stat; . Tp '"' •*°°"^'°«"«>-V' i° June. 1886. a pamphlet on " The
State and ProBpects of the Church in Canada."

nr«»,!!" * "'"'* '«™arkable production, not only for the broad com-
prehenBive grasp he took of the que»tion« involved, but also for the

lil r;"7 r^'^^' ^''^'"''^ '° »"'" '^^^temenis. Read by the
hght of to-day .t .« a series of prophecies. In tru.npet-like tones he
d clared that the State support of the Episcopate might any momen

tZ\ ""'?.'''''' ."" '''''''' *" '^'"^ the Church^hopefu'lirZked
ame i"J ^,r"7 "^^^^^^ ^' ^ «'^*'- ol«W wo'uld m'eet t^e
InTetn -n h f" ^"^?'"^°*« «' ^^e Churc^ would be secularised.
And even so hia foreeastmgs were literally fulfilled The £8.000 stc
a year g.ven by the Imperial Government to Bishop Stewart was

Tnl r fr.r'."'^'^*''- ^heClergy Reserves wereseculLrd

p : fu *^n ^^""^ ''^P^"^^ ''°°^ *^*"«*« College in 1849.
Th« -ilJ^K ' " *° !r' '*""'** *^' ^*'"''''*' ''^'^ >*« fancied security.

months afterwards, Bishop Mountain convened the Upper Canada
Clergy m Toronto. Archdeacon Strachan preached a sermon that
moved the hearts of all who loved their Church, pointing out Tdange
hat encompassed it. even as Mr. Fuller had done before, and bringfng
forward a remedy for its perils. That remedy was the ;stablisS
of Diocesan Synods in which the laity should be fully represeSed

fai tlZTvT'- T''^'"''' '^"^^^'^ *^« same'linerarthos e
laid down by Mr. Fuller in his pamphlet, where he says -

a .Jo '! '*,"?* *^^ P*'* °' * ""''^ "*"' *° P'o^i^e Jn time against
a storm? And do not we see. that this is an age abounding wUh
B torms. and that, in a storm, the government would be to us no pTa e

be pledged, yet that government may be obliged to yield to the increas-
ing power of the radical faction ; that it may itself be over turned, or
that this country may be separated from the mother country?''^ In
case any one of these calamities should occur, (none of which are so
improbable m an age like this, that a wise man would think it over-
pjrndenUoguard^ga^^^ how could the clergy support

(b) The pamphlet wm ptrtiuh^SlhTF^irbefore the rebellion of im.

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por for them, xt they were thus thrown upon them, when thel

unac r '7 "r"*' '' *^* '"'**«"• '''*^'°« ever before been ent rely
unaccustomed to bear even the sl.ghtest weight ? I think not ; or e^

human nature « very different from what 1 imagine it to be; very

different from what it showed itself to '-o. when, at the American

Revolution the Protestant Episcopal Church met with a oTramUv

similar to that which 1 have supposed it possible may happen to our

Sh"h she had'''" '"°';'^^ *'; '"^•«°'^°^ governlntT^sLce
which she had ever considered of great service to her, as it doubtless

was. cou d avail her nothing in such an evil hour. She found hi

her peop^ enervated by foreign aid. were not fitted for be^ng the

burden thus suddenly thrown upon them; that she had scare anv

strength wihn herself, and that it would have been far better IZ

she provided for the evil hour when it was yet at a distance. But the

3uL\Ttr"V'^?.*°°J^*\ ^""^ "°'« *^- twenty years sh
fT«r Jr"" *^' ^^'''' ^'' improvidence had unfitted her

for sustaming, and to supply with ministers those churches that had
by it. been deprived of their ministers." '

And again Mr. Fuller says :

..hn.r"/"'' °^""*''' "^^ ^^'^""'^y ''*"»*«<*•• 'f there is any prob-
ability of our support from the government being cut off, by any of
the sudden changes of the times; if there is any probabi itv of on,
endowments being wrested from the church, in casfof a el/atZ
from the mother country, which all must acknowledge fo be th^Bs
by no means impossible, when we look to the state of affairs eUher
here or at home ; if. in the case of any such event, our parishe are
unprepared for supporting the ministrations of religion, fs U wise L
us to fold our arms in indifference, hoping that 'to-mon^ow wiU be as
this day and much more abundant ?'

o.u'a " *^'!' *^'?^' *" ^"^""^ '°' *°^ *h« ^0 o°e can deny, Ire we

wi 1 meet 1 7\ ""'T '"^'' '^^""^^ ' " "^"^"^^ ^^^'^' »°der God,
T. 7 \r . ' ^"'^ "'"°"' ^""^ difficulties. No change will effect

from OUT panshes, frequently to meet in general council; nothings,
/m« theadoptton of a code of laws, embraced in a ne. consTuu^n can

ai^ne .ave m .uoir nanaa wiiat can supply our wants. Before we can

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avail ourselves of it. we must allow them to have some voice in its

ro'STff TI* ?^' ''. ^"^"° "**""• '^^^* *^'« «^^°«« ^"1. under
i^od, effect the desired purpose, is no mere vain imagination. Ex-

penence is acknowledged on all sides to outweigh the most subtle
arguments; and experience will tell us that the very measures here
proposed have effected the very end desired, under similar, or even much
worse curcumstances. No one can deny this, who is acquainted with
the history of the church in the United States. Her situation at the
time of the revolution was far worse than ours now is. In the words
uTv. .^^' historians: 'a few years nearly overthrew the work,
which had been slowly carried forward by the exertions of a century
and a half and had not Omnipotence interposed, the ruin would have
been complete.' "

Having then pointed out the marvellous growth of the American
cburch, he continues :

f -Jf f^ " be inquired what were the chief means used, I reply, the
faithful preaching of God's word ; unity of purpose and action ; the
adoption of canons suitable for the state of the country, and binding
upon all ; and the active assistance of their laity. The conventions
provided for by their com titution have been the instrvments, under
Wod, by which this wonderful change has been effected."

These were the ideas the Venerable Archdeacon Strachan took

up and still further developed, and the first fruits of his agitation of

the subject was the founding of the Church Society in 1842, which

was a great step in preparing the church to cope with her difficulties

caused by the alienation of her property some years later; but he

never rested until, in 1863, he presided over the first Colonial Synod

of the Enghsh Church ever held, but, as the late Revd. Saltern Givens

stated, m a letter written in 1877 : " Bishop Puller has the honour of

havmg first suggested Synodical action. Great must have been his

satisfaction in witnessing its adoption and the benefits it has con-

ferred upon the Colonial Church." Yes ; the grain of mustard seed

planted by him m 1836 has grown and developed and spread, so that

the system of Synods then suggested was adopted in Canada, in

Australia, m Africa, and aU the other English Colonies, and, last

of all, m the Insh Church, when sacrilegiously despoiled of her

property.

From the quotation I have given it wiU be seen that our Bishop
at that very early period of his ministry, reahzed what is now uni-
versally admitted, save by the Methodist body and Eomanists, the

absolute necessity of the laitv tnlrm« «or* J»s *^- ° — J- --m 't. -'

^ o i-'-fv ju «ac wjixuuB Willi ine uiergy.

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and this also at a time when he stood almost alone, and when the
leaders of the Canadian Church were hostile to the idea. And in this
connection I may mention as a farther instance of his wise forecast,
that in the old " Christ's Church " of this parish, and almost on the
very spot where I now stand, in the year 1862. at Dr. Bethune's Archi-
diaconal visitation, Mr. Fuller in a sermon, advocated in vigorous lan-
guage what at that time was regarded as almost revolutionary, the
employment of lay-readers to assist the clergy, under license from
tne ijishop. It was eleven years afterwards that the idea was taken up
m JLngland, and it is now generally adopted by all the Colonial
Dioceses, even as it ha^ ' ^en accepted and highly approved by our own
i:'rovincial Synod. Anu .nowing his views on these subjects, from the
confidential intimacy with him I have enjoyed for many years, I can
boldly assert that there was nothing of a levelling democratic char-
acter about them. He ever held that giving the laity a place in the
work and councils of the Church would lead them as he had observed
in the States, and lately in visiting Ireland, to study Her distinctive
principles. Her Apostolic order, as well as Her Evangelic truths He
fully accepted the views spoken long before, by a great English lay-
man-" When the sense of the unseen world is faint and dim, when
the true spirituality of the Sacraments which the priest administers
18 forgotten, when the conception of his office is lowered, when his
actual standing in the apostolic line is depreciated or unknown -
then the priesthood itself may entertain a jealousy of laymen, and a
fear that if any religious offices be ostensibly assigned them, the con-
sequence will be on the part of the people in general, an entire forget-
fulness of the distinctive character of the clergy. But this jealousy
of which our own country has had some experience, becomes needless
and unmeaning, and in practice it rapidly decreases, when the priestly
office IS seen in its historical connection with our Saviour through the
persons of the Apostles and in its actual stewardship of the Holv
Sacraments." •'

And hence also, amid the toils of his busy life, he published, for
the instruction of the laity, several excellent tracts on Christian doc-
trine and practise, which still retain their practical value and popu-
lanty, in the face of the myriad publications on kindred subjects
which have since issued from the press.

Surely, then, brethren, considering these things, all present will

heartily unite with me in apnlvina tho v^nv^a r^t +v,„ *„„* *„ ^.,

ated Diocesan, and " honour him exceeding highly for his work's sake."

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fhen appointed Eector of Thorold. in 1840. he established con-
gregations at several points on the line of the Welland Canal, while

"th« Pr^^l S"'.' ?'.r' *^' main-spring of the district branch of

he Chxirch Society." and his hospitable mansion was the centre of

al_l church work, and where his less experienced brethren always inet

with kind counsel and good, cheering words in their trials and diffi.

th in onoT I ; ^; ^'" ?°'°^^ ^^ P'«^«"*«^ *^« P^^i«^ » gift of

»,«„ ^^T'r? ^^^^' ^' '''''* *° ^*- ^^^'•g^'^' Toronto, he found that
heavy habilities. combined with commercial depression, had seriously
embarrassed the parochial finances, but he soon, by his eminent ad-
mimstrative abilities, backed by zealous lay helpers, placed that
church m a prosperous condition, and in possession of one of the
most perfect specimens of a parsonage in Canada.

In 1869 he was appointed Archdeacon of Niagara by Bishop
Strachan. as a mark of appreciation of his zeal, energy, and manifold
^bours on behalf of the Church; hie jurisdiction exLding over the
old Niagara District and the Toronto Diocese east of the city; and in

it« «; Jp' V T"" ^""'''^ '^ ^^*«"* ^»« ««* *P»'*' ^' wis elected
ts fi"t Bishop by more than two-thirds of the clergy and nineteen-
twentieths of the lay vote. "uieteen

Thus then, brethren, have I brought before you a few of the
promment mcidents of a busy life. The manner In whfch he has
exercised his episcopal functions is well known to you all. The ranid

aTrl ^''"T-'^"' *'^ P^*^^ ^^'^ harmony that have cha
acterised It. are sufficient illustrations of the wisdom of the choice

Sarch"l876. ' *'' ''"°' "''°>^ ""^^ ''''''' ^ *^« 17th of
At the time of the division, and for years after, the parent Diocese
was grievously disturbed by the wretched cont oversies That we e
forced upon It; while our condition in the . w Diocese reminded m
of a scene I once witnessed while sailing with a number of Indians
among the myriads of islands that stud the coast of the Georgian 3"; '
for several miles from the mainland. While the large Hudson's

by great exertions, luduoed them to firm In " r.w^,?if °'/*"°*°8' ''^^ '° "-emedy them. he.
Vice-President. HeBeouredtheTreBenT^Hnn f "^^f """"i' Asaocia'ion." of which he became

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uZmT' '" r^'f,^ ^' '''''' '"'"^'^ *° "«* "PO'^ glaBS. the water
unruffled save by the flashing paddles of the IncSans.we iccaLna Iv
got a gu^p, i„ the distance of the ocean-like lake ou side the Zli
and saw great waves rolling, and heard the surf break nrwrthnn
derous roar on the precipitous rocks. - ^ *'"'°'

life W ^ ^»*^'u *'"' ""^ ^''*^"°' *° «^^« * ^rief outline of one whose

n tt o7brl T "*"r"^ ""' *'^ ^'^^^P'^ fr°- their bylod
m ties of brotherly regard and affection, and who also has bL «n

S^::i'T\T^^''''''^' ^'«*°^^«^ the Canadian Churh^^^^^^^
Samuel of old William McMurray was dedicated to God's ser^ce when

bor^ ' Tr ^*'''^"r^ °''^^ '^"^"^^-- Ireland Xere he was
bom. and he and our Bishop were schoolmates for manv viru

Having completed his Divinity studies before he was o age to be or

darned he was appointed by Sir John Colborne. then L euten^t Gov"

n n^'T'i''"^'*' *° "**'"^^ "^--'^ P-t« among hetdtns'
on the north shores of Lakes Huron and Superior, the first chnr.h
missionary ever sent from Canada to the great North-West Sir S
could give him no information as to the country or how he was to tt
there, but referred him to the Surveyor-General tL f, !• ^
. examined all the maps at his disposal but Sher^^^^^^^^
beyond an island in Lake Huron. However, nothing daunted he ^It
out for the terra incognita, and succeeded, after exactly a ^cnth^

Zt' '^ rt"' ^'"" ^*- ^^"«' ^^^°^ *»« ^-^^ the centre of his
work establishing several stations on the shores of the two lake

After a year's successful labour, he returned to Canada for orXation'

the 11th August. 1833. his friend. Mr. Fuller, being present ^.1
returned to his rough mission field, where his lal^rrong Z ^M

Jrtl r«,r""''.""' ^""«^«' ''""-g ^ residence orslxyel^
c^owdedwithromanticandpi^ incident.- Thence he removed

(d)Ia the year 1790 Lord Dorchester was Oovemor-General of^ci:;;;^ T"

h.B staff was a young Irish gentleman named Johnstone. I relal ^ „ ^etr'^t "
Johnstone of American history. With several other gentlemen he wast^^^^^^^^
huntmg expedition bound for the Great Lakna Af ft,- ™' °® ^^ mduoed to jom a

or Prince, named Wau.be,eelc. :htt:;tl-suj^er^^^^^^^

Superior, and lived in barbaric splendour at a pLe calS La Point U ^"^^

was kept burning continually the safety of thow I • ' ^^'^ * ^»<'"*<* ^^

became so strongly attached to her that h^ « """"'J ana talent, and Mr. Johnstone

marry her, and seufed at the SaultSMariVeS^^^ '" "'''' »°

hospitalityinalmostroyal ...e. His trdau^tl^wr iX^X^?; t^^^^^^^
and one was married to M. .. ..oolcraft, the author of many wor£ T^U^Jl^T^^^l
oth.. .o «r. Mc^unay. iu.. Jameson, the authoress. Captain Back, ^i.^^,^^

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to Ancaster, and in 1867 he was transferred to the Eectory of Niagara
and on the formation of the new Diocese he was appointed Arch-
deacon, in 1876.

During his ministry he was selected, by Bishop Strachan for three
very important missions. First, when Trinity College was struggling
mto existence, and its very life was imperilled through lack of funds,
Mr McMurray was appointed to appeal for assistance to the Church
m tuo United States. He was received with enthusiasm everywhere.
It was the first appeal ever made to the daughter Church by a branch
of the mother Church, and a large sum was given in response,
sufficient to avert the threatened calamity. To show the high esteem
of the American clergy for their Canadian brother, Trinity College,
Hartford, conferred on him the honorary degree of M.A., and Columbia
College, D.D. Further, as a memorial of the many friends he had
made on his tour, a beautiful stained window was placed by them in
his church at Duridas. i

His second mission was of vital importance to the whole Canadian
Church. It was in 1854, when it became apparent that Parliament
had determined to secularise the Clergy Keserves. There was no hope
of saving them, and it was Dr. McMurray's mission to do what was
possible in the interests of the Church. By great exertion the import-
ant comaiutation clause was carried through the Lower House.^'> The
bai had still to pass through the Legislative Council, and a large
majority had determined to reject it altogether. The Home Govern-
ment was a broken reed to lean upon, and the wisest and most thought-
ful churchmen saw, that if rejected, infinitely worse terms would be
forced upon the Church. For nine months the Dr. remained in
Quebec, the seat of Government, straining every faculty on behalf of
his cause, and at length was successful in getting a majority to accept
the bill. And hence, through his marvellous tact and persuasive
eloquence the Church in Ontario is in possession of a fund which has
proved to be of incalculable benefit, and especially in our own Diocese.
His action was highly approved by the Bishop, while Trinity College,

and other traveUers gave intetasting 'accounts of this remarkable family. Mrs McMurray
entered with enthusiasm into her husband's work, and before he mastered the language she
accompanied him on his mission tours, translating the prayers, sermons, &o., to his rude
oongregations, and teaching them to sing and chant. She also estabUshed a school or
fcdian girls, and was very successful in initiating them into the habits of civilised life
Her graceful hospitalities, and kind, sympathetic courtesy of manner, endeared her to a
veiy wide iirole of devoted friends. She died a few years since at Niagara.

(e) The Church was deeply indepted t» the late Hon. J. H. Cameron and tha Hon. Wm nayie»
for ihBirmoKiinpiiitauiiiwrvicuii in securing this measure. ' '

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Toronto, conferred on him the degree of D.O.L., and he was also ap-
pointed a Member of Council.

In 1864, he was selected to visit England, on behalf of the still
struggling University. He was most cordially received by the Arch-
bishops and Bishops, the two Universities, and by many statesmen
of historic fame. Every where his genip,l manners, and dignified
courtesy won for him devoted friends. By request, he preached in
St. Paul's Cathedral,— a compliment never paid before to a colonial
clergyman. For twelve months he laboured with briUiant success
obtaining a large sum of money, which, aided greatly in tiding the
College over its difficulties. In his parish work he has been as suc-
cessful as m his public missions, and the church in Niagara, in its
finished condition and beautiful adornments, and the spacious rectory
and surrounding grounds, are monuments of the zeal that could pro-
duce such grand results, under unfavourable circumstances. And
thus, dear brethren, have I given a brief sketch of the leading features
in two lives, interwoven for all time with Canadian Chm-ch history
Time will not permit me to dwell on the routine of their duty as faith-
ful parish priests. The never ending, still beginning instruction of
then: flocks in all that a Christian ought to know and believe to his
soul's health. The half-century of thoughtful and assiduous attention
to all who were in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adver-
sity,— their interest in and fostering care of every parish, work of
charity and piety. Until the day of "the restitution of aU things "
the number and measure of these and similar works of Christian love
the fruits of the Holy Spirit, must remain unspoken. Neither can I
do more than allude to the manifold virtues and unostentatious chari-
ties of her who, through nearly the whole of the Bishop's ministerial
life, has been his true helpmate, comforter, and adviser, and who has
won for herself, by the practical exercise of the rich endowments of
Christian graces with which God has blessed her, the loving respect
and admiration of all who know her ;— one of whom it may be well

" Thy works, and alms, and all thy good endeavor
Sta^ not behind, nor in the grave are trod,
But as Faith pointed with her golden rod
Will follow thee to joy and bliss forever." (f).

Like a traveller who has passed through a land of lofty hUls and
fertile valleys, and who, turning back from some point of vantage to

(f) At an early period of his ministry the Bishon was marri«d *« n^th«- -"--t
daughter of the late «an.uei Street, Esq., of Clark-hill, near the FaUs of Niag'ara. * hTS
three daughters and five sons living. ^ ^^dm

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survey the scenes through which he has journeyed, beholds only the
high promontories and bold outlines of the towering hills,— so has it
been with me in taking a retrospective view of the half century of
work accomplished by the two veterans of the Cross, whom to-day we
have assembled to honour by celebrating their "golden wedding" in
the ministry of Christ, and who have been living actors in the great
crisis of our Church's destinies— the grand turning points in her his-
tory, on which, to all human appearance, depended the advance and
prosperity of the whole body.

New generations of clergy and laity are growing up around us,
and I trust and pray that this commemorative service will wHte in-
delibly in their hearts the memories of the days of old, and the noble
works that were wroughtin them by ourfathers in the ministry of Christ,
that so they may "honour them exceeding highly for their work's sake.''
And as for them, let us all pray that they^may be spared for a few
years more, to see the Church they love so well prosper still further
than it has yet done— lengthening its cords and strengthening its
stakes, widening its bounds and daily increasing in strength and
vigour. May it be light with them at eventide, and may the- ever
be surrounded by

" That, which si'.ould accompany old age,
As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends."

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