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THE SERMON

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THE CONSECRATION OF
JONATHAN MAYHEW WAINWRIGHT, D.D., D.C.L. Oxw,
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PREACHED BY APPOINTMENT
IN TRINITY CHURCH, NEW-YORK,"
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BY CARLTON CHASE, D.D.,
Sigjisp of Ita-lumps^irt.

PUBLISHED BY REQUEST OF THE BISHOPS PRESENT AT THE SOLEMNITY.

N t to - f) o r k :
CHURCH DEPOSITORY,
DANIEL DANA, Jr.,

No. 20 John-Street.
MDGOCIill.

ACCOUNT.

Wednesday, the tenth day of November, A. D. MDCCCLIL,
having been designated by the Senior Bishop of the Church in the
United States, as the day for the Consecration ofthe Rev. Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright, D.D., D.C.L. Oxon., as Provisional Bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New- York, the
Services were held in Trinity Church, in the City of New- York.
At an early hour, the building — except the portion reserved for
the Clergy, the Lay Delegates to the last Annual Diocesan Convention,
and the Teachers and Pupils of Trinity School — was filled to its utmost
capacity. At eleven o'clock the Procession entered by the South Vestry
door, in reverse order. The Students of the General Theological
Seminary led the way, and took their places in the North and South
Aisles. Next followed the unofficiating Clergy, about two hundred
and fifty in number, nearly all in surplices, who proceeded to the
upper end of the Nave. The seven officiating Deacons and the
twelve officiating Priests then entered — the Deacons taking their
places just below the , Chancel steps, and the Priests occupying the
stalls in the Choir. Finally the Provisional Bishop-eFect entered,
supported by two Presbyters', and followed, by ten Bishops. — the
former taking position in the middle of the Choir, between the stalls,
and the Bishops entering within the Chancel rails; where the Senior
Bishop— the Bishop of Connecticut — took his place at the right of
the Altar ; the Lord Bishop of Montreal, at the left : the rest were
arranged on either hand, in the order of their seniority — the Bishops
of New- Jersey, Wisconsin and Iowa, Western New- York, Maryland,
New-Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and the Assistant Bishop of
Connecticut. These closed the immense array, a larger number of
the Clergy, it is believed, than were ever before assembled in their

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robes, on a similar occasion, on this continent.* The whple body of
the Clergy remained standing until the Bishops had taken their places.
in the Chancel, and all knelt in silent devotion at the same moment.
Morning Prayer was said to the end of the Psalter by the
Rev. Francis L. Hawks, D.D., LL.D., Rector of Calvary Church,
New- York ; the Eighth Selection of Psalms being the portion
chosen. The First Lesson, (Isaiah lxii.) was read by the Rev.
Francis Vinton, D.D., Rector of Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights ;
the Second Lesson, (Acts xx., from verse 17,) by the Rev. William I.
Kip, D.D., Rector of St. Paul's Church, Albany. The rest of Morn
ing Prayer, from the Apostles' Creed, was read by the Rev. Gregory
T. Bedell, Rector of the Church of the Ascension, New- York.
The following verses of the 106th Selection from the Psalms in
Metre were then sung to the tune of St. Ann's :

Arise, 0 Lord, and now possess
Thy constant place of rest ;
Be that, not only with thy ark,
But with thy presence bless'd.
Clothe thou thy priests with righteousness,
Make thou thy saints rejoice ;
And, for thy servant David's sake,
Hear thy Anointed's voice, i
Fair Sion does, in God's esteem,
All other seats excel ;
His place of everlasting rest,
Where he desires to dwell.

The Ante-Communion Office was said by the Bishop of Mon
treal, assisted in the Epistle (I Tim. iii. 1,) by the Bishop of Pennsyl
vania, and in the Gospel, (John xxi. 15,) by the Bishop of Mary
land. The following verses of the 99th Hymn were sung to the tune of
the Old Hundredth Psalm :
* It is an interesting fact, illustrative of the growth of the Church in this
country, that there was a larger number of Bishops and Clergy present on this
occasion than were in the United States at the date of the Ordination of the
Rev. Dr. Wainwright to the Priesthood. He was admitted to Priests' Orders in
1817, at which time we had but 8 Bishops and 253 Priests and Deacons.

In lower forms, to bless our eyes,
Pastors from hence and Teachers rise ;
Who, though with feebler rays they shine,
Still mark a long-extended line :
From Christ their varied gifts derive,
And, fed by him, their graces live ;
Whilst, guarded by his potent hand,
Amidst the rage of hell they stand.
So shall the bright Succession run
Through all the courses of the sun ;
Whilst unborn Churches, by their care,
Shall rise and flourish, large and fair.

The Rt. Rev. the Bishop of New-Hampshire was then conducted
to the Pulpit, and preached the Sermon ; which is herewith published
at the special request of the Bishops present.
The Sermon being ended, the following verses of the 99th Selec
tion of the Psalms were sung to the tune of Tiverton :

0, ever pray for Salem's peace ;
For they shall prosperous be,
Thou holy city of our God,
Who bear true love to thee.
May peace within thy sacred walls
A constant guest be found ;
With plenty and prosperity
Thy palaces be crowned.
For my dear brethren's sakes, and friends
No less than brethren dear,
I'll pray — May peace in Salem's towers
A constant guest appear.

The Provisional Bishop-elect was then presented to the Rt. Rev.
the Presiding Bishop on this occasion by the Bishop of Indiana and
the Assistant Bishop of Connecticut.
The Presiding Bishop demanded the Testimonials ofthe Provi
sional Bishop elect. Whereupon the Testimonial from the Diocesan
Convention was brought up by two Deacons. It is a document about
twelve feet long, by nearly three feet wide, splendidly illuminated

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in gold and colors, and signed by 157 of the Clerical Members of
the Convention, and 172 Lay Delegates, representing 147 parishes.
It was mounted on rollers, of .black walnut, and bound with crimson
silk. On being brought up, it was received by the Rev. Benjamin I.
Haight, D.D., Secretary ofthe Convention. He delivered it to the
^Presiding Bishop ; at whose requisition it was unrolled by the Dea^
cons, and read by the Rev. Secretary ; after which, it was rolled
up and laid upon the Altar. The Presiding Bishop having called for
the Testimonials from the Standing Committees, they were read by
the Rev. William E. Eigenbrodt, M. A., Assistant Secretary ofthe
Convention'; and were then laid likewise upon the Altar. The Pre
siding Bishop then announced that he had received the consent of
a majority of the Bishops to the Consecration. The promise
of conformity was then made by the Provisional Bishop elect.
The call to prayer was made by the Missionary Bishop of Wisconsin >
and Iowa ; who, on account of the feebleness of the Presiding Bishop,
said all of the Service appointed by the Rubric for the latter, except
the Sentence of Consecration. The Litany was then said by the
Bishop of New- Jersey. The questions to the Provisional Bishop elect
were propounded by the Missionary Bishop of Wisconsin and Iowa*
After the conclusion of these, the rest of the Episcopal habit was
brought out from the Vestry-room by two Deacons, and delivered to
the Rev. William Creighton, D.D.,, Rector of Christ Church, Tarry-
town, and the Rev. Edward Y. Higbee, D.D., an Assistant Minister.of
Trinity Church, New- York, as the attending Presbyters, who assisted
in robing the Provisional Bishop elect. He then knelt ; the Presiding
Bishop stood before him, the other Bishops gathered round him, and
the Veni, Creator Spiritus, was said over him responsively. The
Presiding Bishop then laid hands upon his head; the Bishops of
Montreal, New-Jersey, Wisconsin and Iowa, Western New- York,
Maryland, New-Hampshire, and Pennsylvania, all uniting with him
in the act. As" the solemn form of words was pronounced, the kneel
ing Priest received the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a
Bishop in the Church of God. . On rising, the Provisional Bishop en
tered the Chancel, and took his place along with his brother Bishops.
The Communion Office was then proceeded with ; the Offertory
sentences being said by the Bishop of Western New- York. The
Alms were. collected by seven Deacons, by them poured into the
large silver gilt Alms Bason, held by the Rev. Dr. Haight, who then
delivered it to the Bishop of Western New- York ; and by him it was
reverently; laid upon the Altar. The offerings, amounting to about
four hundred dollars, were given, according to previous notite, to the
Nashotah Theological School, '

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The elements were brought from the . Prothesis by the Rev. John
H. Hobart, one of the Clergy of Trinity Church, New- York; and
were laid upon the Altar by the Bishop of Western New- York, who
proceeded with the Office as far as the Trisagion, which was sung. The
Prayer of Address and the Consecration Prayer were said by the
Bishop of Montreal. The Holy Eucharist was administered by all
the Bishops to the Clergy ; and by the Rev. William Berrian, D.D.,
Rector of Trinity Church, NeVYork, the Rev. John McVickar, D.D.,
Professor in Columbia College, New- York, the Rev. Samuel Seabury,
D.D., Rector of the Church of the Annunciation, New- York, and
the Rev. Robert B. Van Kleeck, D.D., Rector of St. Paul's Church,
Troy, to the Laity ; more than five hundred, in all, receiving of the
consecrated elements. .
The Post Communion Office was begun by the Bishop of Western
New- York. The Gloria in Excelsis was sung. The last prayer for
the Provisional Bishop and the final Benediction were pronounced
by the Bishop of New-Jersey : the Presiding Bishop being com
pelled, by fatigue and feebleness, to leave before the conclusion of
the Holy Office.
After the Service, the Letter of Conseeration,*^engrossed on parch
ment, highly illuminated in gold and colors, and with an elaborate
initial letter filled with appropriate designs — was signed, in the
vestry-room, by all the Bishops present. Their seals were also
affixed thereto in due form. •
The music was under the direction of Edward Hodges, Mus. Doc.
The. Te Deum and Jubilate were from the service of Jackson in E.
The psalm and hymn tunes were good old Church tunes that every
body knew ; and every body joined in the singing of them. Such
full-volumed, loud-resounding praise has seldom been heard in this
country. The Trisagion and Gloria in Excelsis were from Dr.
Hodges's own service in F. The choir of Trinity was on this day
strongly reinforced from other city choirs.
The arrangements of the whole service were admirably managed,
and not the slightest mischance occurred to mar the solemn order
and deep significance of the whole. Dense as was the crowd, the
whole service was conducted with the most perfect order ; and, at the
most solemn moments, with silence so deep that it might almost be
felt. * See note A.

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But the crowning incident of the day was the presence and partici
pation of the Lord Bishop of Montreal, the Rt: Rev. Francis Fulford,
D.D., who was accompanied byt he Rev. Dr. Leach, his Chaplain.
This forms a marked epoch in the history of the Reformed Church
of Christ. Invited to be present and participate in the solemnities
of this day, as one of the chief Pastors of the flock of Christ in a sis
ter Church, with which we are united by the closest ties, by the
Ecclesiastical Authority of theDiocese, acting with the concurrence of
the senior Bishop of the American Church — in the spirit of Catholic
love and unity, he accepted the invitation, and came among us in his
official character. . The design of the invitation, which was given to
the several Bishops of the Church of England in the immediately
adjacent North American Provinces, was to reciprocate in some
small degree the kind courtesy recently extended to the Church of
the United States by the Mother Church, and *b give to the world
another evidence of the vitality of that communion which, exists be
tween the several branches of the Reformed Catholic Church. The
Bishops of Quebec, Toronto, and Fredericton were severally pre
vented by imperative duties at home from attending.* Fortunately,
the Bishop of Montreal was able to leave his Diocese. The place as^
signed him in the Chancel was at the left of the Altar, next in rank
to the Presiding Bishop. He consecrated the Holy Eucharist, he
united with the senior seven ofthe Bishops present in the laying on of
hands on the candidate for the Episcopate, and joined with them in
the Letter of Consecration. The world has witnessed no such acts of
Catholic intercommunion among the Reformed Churches since the
eventful period when the yoke of Rome was thrown off. And, added
to the many deeply interesting circumstances by which the late
Jubilee year was marked, especially the visit of two of our Bishops
to the Church of England, and their cordial reception by the Prelates,
Clergy, and Laity of our ancient Mother, they speak a voice full of
comfort and hope to all who are looking for redemption in Jeru
salem, In close connection with this, was the interesting coincidence, that
the splendid silver gilt Alms Bason — presented to our Bishops in
Oxford, by members of the University, for the American Church —
was on this day used for the first time. It was placed, with the
offerings, on the Altar, by the Bishop of Western New- York, one of
the two Anierican Bishops to whom it was given ; and the occasion
of this its first use was the consecration of the Rev. Dr. Wain-
* See note B.

wright, who accompanied, or rather preceded, the two Bishops on
their mission of Brotherhood.
This Alms Bason is truly a magnificent work of art. It is of silver
gilt, and is twenty-one inches in diameter. In a heavy frame-work,
adorned with raised foliage and fruitage, it contains a chased me
dallion of the Adoration of the Magi ; which, for its boldness of exe
cution and exquisite finish of detail, was not unworthy to be the gift
of one national Church to another.
The skies of Tuesday were dark and lowering, and the cold No
vember rain came down drearily. On Wednesday morning the sun
rose bright and clear, and a more brilliant day this season has not
seen. In the Church, and from the Chancel, the coup d'ceil was un
surpassed. The dense mass of the congregation — so large a portion
being surpliced Clergy — was as unusual in its character as in its
numbers. The responses — >so large a portion being men-r-were like
the roar of many waters, and at times had almost the roll of distant
thunder. The sunlight streamed through the stained windows, and
scattered the most brilliant hues among the dark masses of the con
gregation. The effects of the- light in the Chancel were almost
magical. At times a light flying cloud obscured the sun ; and then
passing away, the tinted radiance again came down on Bishop and
Priest, and again the holy vessels on the Altar flashed afar. .'
Thus passed a Consecration, the most remarkable in many respects
that the Western World has yet seen. . May its results be as auspi-
cious as this glorious commencement would seem to promise !

LETTER OF CONSECRATION.
3n tljB Mam nf tfrit. amw.
To all the Faithful in CHRIST JESUS, throughout the World,
Greeting :
Be it known unto you by these Presents, that we, Thomas Church Brownell,
D.D., LL.D., by the Grace of God Bishop of Connecticut ; Francis, by the
Grace of God Lord Bishop of Montreal; George Washington Doane, D.D.,
LL .D., by the Grace of God Bishop of New-Jersey ; Jackson Kemper, D.D., by
the Grace of God Missionary Bishop of Iowa, Minnesota, &c. ; William
Heathcote De Lancey, D.D., LL.D., by the Grace of God Bishop of Western
New- York ; William Rollinson Whittingham, D.D., by the Grace of God Bishop
of Maryland ; Carlton Chase, D.D., by the Grace of God ^ishop of New-Hamp
shire ; Alonzo Potter, D.D., LL.D, by the Grace of God Bishop of Pennsylva
nia; George Upfold, D.D. , by the Grace of God Bishop of Indiana ; and John
Williams, D.D., by the Grace of God Assistant Bishop of Connecticut, under
the protection of Almighty God, in Trinity Church, in the city of New-York, on
the Wednesday after the twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity, being the tenth
day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
two, did then and there, in the presence of a congregation of the Clergy and
Laity of the Diocese, according to the due and prescribed Order of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the United States, and in conformity with the Canons
thereof, consecrate our beloved in Chkist, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, D.D.,
D.C.L. Oxon., an Assistant Minister of Trinity Church, in the city of
New- York, of whose sufficiency in good learning, soundness in the Faith, and
purity of manners^we were fully ascertained, into the sacred Office of a Bishop
in the Church of God, he having been duly elected Provisional Bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New- York.

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In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, in Trinity
Church, in the city of New- York, on the day, and in the year herein above
written. [L.S.] T. C. BROWNELL, Bishop op Connecticut.
[L.S.] G. W. DOANE, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of New-
Jersey.
[L.S.] JACKSON KEMPER, D.D., Miss. Bishop of
Iowa, Minnesota, &c.
[L.S.] ' WILLIAM HEATHCOTE DE LANCEY,
Bishop of Western New-York.
[L.S.] WILLIAM ROLLINSON WHITTINGHAM,
Bishop of Maryland.
[L.S,] CARLTON CHASE, D.D., Bishop of New.
Hampshire.
[L.S,] A. POTTER, Bishop of Pennsylvania.
[L;S.] F.' MONTREAL.
[L.S.] . GEORGE UPFOLD, Bishop of Indiana.
[L.S,] JOHN WILLIAMS, Epis. Coad. Conn,

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JKott JJ.

RESPONSE OF THE ENGLISH BISHOPS.

The following letters were received in answer to the invitations i
the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese :

Quebec, 5th November, 1852.
Revekend Sib,
I am gratified and honored by the invitation received through yourself, to at
tend the approaching Consecration of the Provisional Bishop of the Diocese of
New- York, and I am very sensible of the kind manner in w hich the request has
been made to me. My interest in the occasion, and the satisfaction which I
should enjoy in the visit, are both heightened by my personal knowledge of Dr.
Wainwright and of Dr. Berrian, (whose tender of hospitality I thankfully appre
ciate,) and by the memory of many friendly attentions experienced at their hands
in 1825. But as I did not receive your letter until this morning, and Sunday
'ntervenes before the day of Consecration ; and as I am greatly pressed at this
moment, by occupations which can hardly be suffered to lie over for a future
day, I am very apprehensive that I shall find it impossible to make my arrange
ments so as to enable me to profit by the favor designed for me.
I fervently pray God to bless the work, and to shed down upon the new
Bishop the abundant spirit of wisdom and of love, that he may exercise, his
thorny and trying office to the glory of his Master, and the good, of the Church
in these difficult times. I am, t
Rev. and dear SiT,
Your very faithful and humble servant,
6. J. QUEBEC,
The Revekend Benjamin I. Haight,
Secretary Standing Committee, Jj-c.

XIV Toronto, 6th November, 1852.
Rev. and dear Sir,
I should have been much delighted in accepting the kind invitation of the Ec
clesiastical Authority ofthe Diocese of New- York, to be present at the Conse
cration of the Rev. Jonathan M. Wainwright ; not only from my earnest desire
to manifest the truly Christian feeling which happily exists between our Church
and that of the United States, but also to show my high regard for a very old
and valued friend, in whose elevation to the Episcopate I take a warm interest.
But unfortunately I have a meeting of my Clergy and Laity on the same day,
(10th inst.,) summoned so long ago as the 6th ult., to take into consideration a
matter deeply affecting the Diocese, and which cannot be prudently delayed.'
I am sorry that it should have so happened, because it deprives me of a grati
fication which would have been so very agreeable to me ; but I must submi^
though I fear not without a stronger feeling of disappointment than may be al
together right.
Accept my best thanks for the very kind manner in which you have made
your communication, and believe me, with much esteem,
Yours truly,
JOHN TORONTO.
The Rev. B.I. Haight, D.D.,
Qc., $c., c$-C,
New- York.

Fredkricton, November 8, 1852.
Rt. Rev. and dear Brother,
Though the time will not allow of my being present in person with you on
the most solemn and eventful day of your life, I hope to be with you in spirit
and in love. May the " Fountain of all Wisdom" liberally grant to you all that
spiritual counsel and strength, which in so difficult a post you will need. If
your trials abound, may your consolations exceed them ; and by your bright ex
ample, may you be a comfort to such as I am, who often faint and grow weary
under the pressure of manifold anxieties. I need not tell you how sincerely I
should have rejoiced to be with you in New- York, and how heartily I am one
with your branch of our common Church. But being unavoidably prevented,
you will, I am sure, believe in the sincerity of my good will.
I congratulate the Church in New- York on this auspicious event, and wishing
you every blessing, Remain Your affectionate brother in Christ,
J. FREDERICTON.
Rt. Riv. Dr. Wainwright.

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Montreal, November 4, 1852.
Rev. Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter conveying to me an invita
tion from the Ecclesiastical Authority in the Diocese of New- York, to be present
at the Consecration of the Provisional Bishop of that Diocese, on Wednesday,
the 10th of November.
In reply, I beg to inform you that I am deeply grateful for this mark of atten
tion, so far as it is intended for me personally ; but still more so as showing
the interest and affection with which that branch of the Church to which I be
long is regarded by our brethren in the United States. It will be with extreme
satisfaction that I shall hope to avail myself of the privilege of being present at
the services in Trinity Church, on Wednesday next.
I remain, Reverend Sir,
Your faithful and obedient servant,
F. MONTREAL.
Rev. B. I. Haight, D.D.

SERMON-.

1 Timothy, i. xv.
this is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that
christ jesus came into the world to save sinners.

The latter clause of this verse is the. announce
ment and the record of a doctrine which the Apos
tle says is of the greatest importance to mankind,—
worthy to be : received by all in the fullest and
strongest sense of acceptation,^-worthy, not only to
starid beyond denial as truth, but to be embraced
by the heart, and loved, and cherished, and reve
renced as the great doctrine of light and life to
lost , men. In this . brief sentence we have the
comprehensive saying of revealed' religion. It is the,
ultimate and perfect formula for expressing and re
vealing the mercies of God in the blessed wort of
redemption. " Christ Jesus came into the world to
save ¦ sinners." It is that true and precious treasure
which was £aid by .the holy. Apostle to be had by
the ministers of Christ in earthen vessels,— which,
by his ministers, of all orders and functions, is still
held as a sacred trust, in the same manner and for
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the same glorious ends. This is the central element
of that message which the Apostles were command
ed to carry to men over all the earth. It is the
great " saying" of redeeming love, the pot of spiritual
manna, the matter delivered in charge' with the
Apostolical commission.
Another is now needed to take part in this
ministry and Apostleship. And this day our feet'
stand, and our knees bend, and our voices are
raised, in these courts of the blessed Trinity, for
the purpose of consecrating and charging another
overseer in the glorious work of preaching salvation
by Jesus Christ. In connection with a solemnity
like this, it cannot, as I judge, be inappropriate
to employ the hour of instruction and meditation
on a subject adapted to, give higher life to our
views of the dignity and the responsibilities of the
sacred office. To an illustration, then, of this "faith
ful saying," let me ask your attention.
The part of the text now . chiefly in view is an
affirmation of what we may justly consider to be
the peculiarity and characteristic feature of the
Gospel. It is the revelation of Jesus Christ, the
Son of God and the Son. of man, as the Saviour
of sinners. . This is the grand peculiarity of the
Gospel, — "God manifest in the flesh" — the eternal
Word of Truth becoming incarnate in order to do
for guilty men what written law, and the voice
of instruction, and. the communication of thought
from mind to mind, could not do. Jesus Christ

came into the world to give himself to men, and
not instruction, — or rather, to give instruction only
so far as the peculiar nature of his work made
it necessary that he should add, by revelation and
exposition, to the treasures of wisdom and know
ledge already within the reach of men. He came
himself, because not the wise counsels of patri
archs, nor the righteous decrees of judges, nor the
sovereign authority of kings, nor the inspired les
sons of prophets, could restore man, guilty and pol
luted, to the love of holiness and to the favor of
God. In accordance with this great Gospel prin
ciple the power of God is shown in the salvation
of men. On this is built Christfs Church; and the
Church's mission, honored and blessed, and reward
ed, beyond the possible conception and gratitude
of man, is to embody and propagate this glo
rious principle ; and her ministry has solemn charge
to preserve the treasure, and to carry it into all
dark lands, and into all the abodes of ignorance
and sin; and to deliver it ever as a message from
God, and " a faithful saying, worthy of all accep
tation." It will clearly . conduce to a more useful way, of
viewing this important subject, if we consider what
are the constituent parts of the work or system
of operations, by which Christ accomplishes the
glorious object of his mission. "What has he done
— and what is he doing — and what remains, ac
cording to the covenant, to be done for the sal-

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vation of men? Here is a field, of whose wonder
ful things no mortal, can be ignorant, and yet be
safe. Under the wise leading of a faithful ministry
every soul must enter, and explore, and appro
priate. Every intelligent and true-hearted student in the
Holy Scriptures will readily see, that there is a
propriety in reviewing the work of Christ in ,the
salvation of men, as comprehending, two depart
ments ; the one of truth, the other of fact.
First, we have the cardinal doctrine of the
Atonement ; which is a work of mercy, not of
grace, performed in favor of the sinner,' wholly
irrespective of any concurrence, or activity, or ac
ceptance, or faith, on his part ; a work, whose
efficacy lies between the Son and the Father, and
is perfect by itself, though it ; were never known,
and never accepted, by any child of Adam. To
this effect' are the words of the Apostle: "God
commendeth His love' towards ' us, in that while
we were yet sinners Christ died for us."
Secondly, we have the -department of fact1 — or
perhaps more correctly, of truth and fact together,
because the facts illustrate and apply the truth —
in which the inquirer's mind is drawn to consider
what " mighty works" Christ performs in and con
currently with the souls of men: This includes
the gifts and. institutions, by which men are awa
kened, and convinced, and persuaded, and trained,

and sanctified, and made meet for the kingdom
of Heaven.
To the statements which I shall make and the
illustrations which I shall present under each of
these general heads, I ask the attention of this
congregation. The theme is worthy of the occa
sion. May the treatment prove not unprofitable !
First, of the Atonement. It is not my design
to go into . a theological discussion • of this cardinal
point of the Church system of Christian doctrine.
I shall simply state it, and point out its place in
the system.
Within the precincts of v Eden — God, and . his
just sovereignty, and his holy and reasonable law
being well known : — ;the first purpose of sin was
conceived and consummated. So sin entered the
World, and by sin, death ; and so the decree of
death passed upon all . the children of Adam. . The
God, who said, "Thou shalt surely die in the day
of sin," unquestionably kept His word, and inflicted
what he had threatened. This: death consisted in the
subjection of the earthly, body, without benefit- of
the immortal principle within, to the law of dis
solution, like other earthly products, and the
subjection of the immortal principle itself to the
brooding of horrors and fears and remorse, through
the loss of that vital element of a holy and bless
ed existence, the Spirit of God. This last was, after

sin, man's great loss ; and this loss was essentially
his death.
In such a state of things what could be done
but let it alone to. work out the long, dark pro
blem of its 'dreadful destiny? Finite intelligences,
no doubt, said "it must be so; there can be no
remedy." But infinite Goodness and infinite Wisdom
had counsels to unfold, which might well amaze
the hosts of Heaven. In the midst of. wrath the
Eternal and Thrice-holy thought upon mercy. And
then might be heard, verberating and reverbera
ting through the realms of day, that voice of ibless-
edness and peace, " Live, for I have found a ran
som!": It was a voice which the angels knew; —
for its tones of love had Oft responded to their
strains of praise ; — the voice of God's own eternal
Son. And the ransom was the humiliation and
oblation of himself. The holiness of Jehovah must
be displayed and vindicated and honored, or mercy
and love ¦ could not be permitted to frame a dispen
sation for the relief and redemption of transgressors.
Here must be laid the foundation of all measures
for the recovery of man's face 'to holiness and hap
piness.. And here it was laid. By his gracious in
tervention, and by his consenting to be made a sin-
offering for man — 'himself sinless — and to have the
iniquities of all laid upon himself, the Son made
purchase of a peculiar people, — a people peculiar,
because they were to be the product of a new pro
cess of grace and power. To take corruption and

transform it into- incorruption; to apply to intel
ligent moral beings, who had become depraved and
impure in their essential life, a process of regene
ration, or indeed of re-creation, was a thing, un
heard of and unknown in all the realms of God.
If he wanted beings to praise him, and to show
forth his glory, why not make them as he had
made angels? Why conceive the astonishing pur
pose of redeeming to life and love and bliss, the
cursed and the lost? There could be but one
answer, — and we have it in words used bj- the
Redeemer, while engaged in developing the plan
of redemption — "Even so, Father; for so it seem
ed good in thy sight." Here was the "mystery of
¦ godliness" which the angels desired to look into.
Thus in a spiritual sense they who are saved
by , Christ, are a people brought again from the
dead. And on the basis of the Atonement, the
Holy Ghost, given back to be a potential presence
in man, and, if accepted, , to become again actually
the principle of spiritual life,, so operates for souls
as to bring light out of darkness, life out of death..
Thus the Atonement is the first branch of the
glorious work of redemption, the preliminary de
partment, by which, before all active operations of
saving grace, the great Jehovah showed that he
could be just while justifying an enemy and a sin
ner believing in Jesus. In this manner he vindi
cated the holiness of his character and the per-:
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men from the curse of the law, being made a
curse, for them."
In this preliminary and fundamental part of the
Saviour's ' work it appears that we have been "re
deemed with the precious blood of Christ, as of a
lamb without blemish and without spot." Having
begun thus in love and mercy, he has obtained the
consent of justice and holiness to a further design
of grace, by which, the willing and repenting shall
be redeemed from . all . corruption and iniquity.
And thus we reach the other department of our
subject. '' ,.
On the foundation thus prepared stands the lad
der of Jacob, the covenant of grace, for the escape
and salvation of sinners. On this 'Christ has based
the new and living way, by which,; laying hold on
the hope set before them, they may leave this val
ley of death and ascend to Heaven.
Through the Atonement the "faithful saying,"
as we have seen, is an utterance all abroad of
glad tidings of salvation. Our inquiry now is,
through what course and process Christ carries the
sinner in order; to fit him for his final - salvation
and resting-place? What are the measures actually
taken and the things actually accomplished? And
here, my brethren, we are entering on inquiries
practically, deeply, and lastingly affecting the bosoms
and the business of all Adam's children. I am try
ing now to show the pattern by which the ministry

must work in preparing and fitting - souls for the
kingdom of Heaven. If any one, is so unhappy as
not to know "what he must do to be saved?" I
trust he will hear an answer not altogether unapt,
nor wide of the word of God.
"By the law," says an Apostle, "is the know
ledge of sin." Hence the first object of Christ, as
he went about Judea and Galilee, attracting at
tention to himself, by performing benevolent ac
tions, was, to "convince men of sin," and to show
the dark chambers of that sepulchre which sin had
made for the souls of men. Wherever he went
his speech was of lost souls, and, ¦ of a way of
salvation. In warning tones of love he sought to
make men feel that this is a state even nOw
dreadful for its pollution, and still more dreadful
for its misery ; but as to its future, enveloped in
enduring and inconceivable horrors.
First, then, Christ must have attention. The poor
and miserable, and blind and naked, must be made
to lend a listening ear. He demands it, as if he
should say, '"Awake thou that sleepest!" Behold,
O man, thou art "in the gall of bitterness and in
the bond of iniquity!" The messenger of destruc
tion hovers near to seal you for final doom. Stop,
0 .thou transgressor of the law of. thy God, and
quicken thy feet in the pathway^ of a safe return !
Learn of me, who' came to seek and to save the
losV . Here and there the blessed angels, , in their
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tears of penitents, behold one, whom "the, warning
startles and arrests. The foot of the wanderer lin
gers. The eye which had roved in pride and
scorn, defying Heaven itself, is cast down thought
fully - to the earth. And soon he is heard feebly
to cry, "Oh, I ain vile." "I have sinned against
Heaven." There is no better word than conwiction to de
note such a state of mind. And this is the first
good effect and positive product of the knowledge
of sin. But here is no rising of the man -from
the dead, no translation of- the moral affections,
and no acceptance of the " faithful saying."
Nothing in nature, and no result in the laws
of mind, can be more determinable than the next
step. Having gained attention, and brought the
offender to look upon himself with humbled, mor
tified, and fearful feeling, the Messenger of truth
next demands repentance. For Jews and Gentiles
all, this is the word of Christ, " Repent, that your
sins may be ; forgiven :" and, " Except ye repent
ye shall perish."
Here, then, is another step in the- process of
escape prescribed for every soul that has "lived
without God in the world;" a step which Christ
first requires the soul to take, and then by the
grace of his Spirit helps it to take. Thus, when
bidden, the man stretched forth the withered hand,
because the power of Christ entered into the ef
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Think not, that I mean to lay under unreason
able exaction your power of patient thought, by
drawing out in this discourse the details of doc
trinal theology. The heart of. a learner I would
not separate from the head; and I will state my
views, which, I doubt not, are those universally
entertained in the ministry of the Church, in a
manner not inconsistent with this idea;
It will agreeably vary the form of our present
meditations to suppose, that the "faithful saying"
has struck , deeply into the soul of a near and
beloved friend, as the " one thing , needful ;" as
such seen, but not felt. With interested affection
you gaze, and watch ,for the language that is not-
spoken, and with pain you regard him as one,
who, though possessed of the most amiable quali
ties as a brother and companion, has lived "with
out God in the world," only . not an apostate, be-,
cause he never acknowledged, God. At length,
through grace, your prayer is answered, and the
counsels of your love bring you back most rich
returns of joy. " The Spirit in his power divine
Has cast his vaunting soul to earth."
And in the bitterness of his deep sorrows he
seems to himself to have been a living death,
or no better. Now the tones,. which utter in his
ears the "faithful saying," become sweet as the
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Saul of Tarsus, his heart "sends up the, like prayer,
" Lord, what wilt thou have me to do ?" The
proud, ungoverned spirit is broken ; and he whose
wilfulness had spurned duty, and trampled on truth
whenever it crossed his wayward inclinations, and
by the boldness Of his wickedness " defied the armies
of the living God," is subdued, and become as a
4ittle child. The ark of safety, guided by an un
seen hand, floats , near him ; a hand is stretched
out from within, faith grasps it, hope cheers the
effort, he springs on board, and is received with
joy ) by the heirs of salvation.
Let now your thoughts dwell ,a moment on the
nature of the relief which your friend has obtained.
Think not that with him memory has blotted out
the past, and delivered, over her record of sins
to oblivion. Nothing like that. Never stood . evil
so clearly before his contemplation as now, nor
ever was it so well understood. The truth is,
he. has yielded to that blessed Spirit, whose in
fluences had been purchased for him by the atone
ment of Calvary ; and which from the dawn of
existence had been potentially present with him,
though he knew it not,, and Often warned him,
though he heard and heeded it not. Carrying out
the merciful purpose of the Atonement,, the Spirit
has "taken away the v stony heart- out of his
flesh, and given him an heart of flesh." And he
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energies, and to a world of new objects and in
terests. Now it is that' the patient labours of the wise
and faithful guide ' are rewarded; and his heart
is wariiied with holy fire as he pronounces the
great "saying," and preaches the salvation of God.
But an important question, in the view of some
persons, may here be made. Is no, repentance ad- "
missible as genuine" but in cases strongly marked
and defined like this ? By the supposition of a
strong case — for strong cases leave least doubt —
I have aimed to exhibit the principle of repent
ance, which must ever exist in some positive de
gree under the character of godly sorrow for sin.
But there are, under the operation of the same
principle, great variations in the outward expres
sions and manifestations of the internal transitions
and feelings of men. While this is true ever of
individuals, who' have reached something like ma
turity of mind and character, before their accepts
ance of the "faithful saying," it is true in a
stronger sense in the case of those with whom
religion has been made, as it always should be, a
part of education. God in his mercy has made
such promises in connection with the institutions
and appointed channels of grace, that if parents ;
and teachers and Christian guardians do their
.duty, there will be found comparatively few in
stances of black and remorseless and unforgiven
sin in manhood. The foundation of Christian char-

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acter will be laid, as with Timothy, the first
Bishop of Ephesus, in the dawn of intelligence and
of moral perception, in early childhood. And the
growth in grace will be even and noiseless, at
tended neither with paroxysms, of overwhelming
anxiety, nor with emotions of irregular joy. Still
there will be variations. But I am not now treat
ing of Christian education and training. I am ex
hibiting the case of those, a very numerous body
in nearly all the' congregations of Our country,
who, unbaptized and neglected in childhood, come
to years with no religious system whatever. I am
showing how a person comes to accept the faithful
saying, that " Christ Jesus came into the world to
save sinners."
I proceed with" the analysis.
Amidst this knowledge of sin and salvation,
this conviction of sin, and repentance therefor, is
there present no faith ? Does the person begin
with learning something, and wake to conviction,
and' bend his knees in godly sorrow, and lay him
self in repentance at the feet of mercy, without
faith, without any faith? What, then, was the
impulsion and overmastering thought, which brought
him down to this humiliation ? Was it fear ?
Faith is one of the elements of fear, and is itself
the precise measure of the sufferings of the fear
ful. Men fear because they believe there is rea
son for alarm. It is not possible to exercise true
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to the same extent believing the Christian doc
trine concerning * sin. Still it is not that faith
which works by love, but rather the faith which
works by conviction and repentance. Faith, in the
mind, is comparatively weak and unfruitful until it
has the submission and the humility of repentance,
and can appropriate those vital joys of peace and
hope which religion ministers to her children.
Hence, in none of the preliminary stages of the
process under consideration is faith simple and
perfect. Its perfection is to be sought for in the
life of the obedient man. As the Apostle says,
" By works is faith made perfect."
Now, what is this faith ? - My text furnishes an
answer clear and beautiful, and every way adapted
to our present purpose. Faith, as an act or ex
ercise of the soul, is an accepting' of the doctrine
of salvation by the Lord Jesus Christ. "This is
a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation,
that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sin
ners." The whole matter is addressed to our
faith ; and by faith we accept of it, as contain
ing a pledge of the power of God unto the pre
sent forgiveness of sins, and unto the complete sal
vation of the soul hereafter.
And here to a most important consideration, I
solicit your special' attention. '
Men are called to an acceptance, not only of
true and "faithful sayings" concerning the, forgive
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Heaven, but to an acceptance . of the Lord Jesus
Christ himself. " Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,"
not the cold opinions which result from read
ing and hearing, not the printed sheets of divine
instruction, but the spirit and vitality and holiness
of Him, who " came into the world to save sinners."
Thus faith has a charge beyOnd the acceptance of
knowledge and of any verbal communications what
ever. We have such commands as these : "Believe
in God." " Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ." Men
are called to' an acceptance of" the Atonement, the
Christ crucified of the Gospel; they are called to
an acceptance of the influences of the Spirit; they
are called to an acceptance of the doctrine of guilt
and misery; they are called, to an acceptance of
pardon on repentance ; they are called to an ac
ceptance of a rich and beautiful and effective sys
tem of means and institutions, designed in wisdom
and mercy to sanctify them and build them up in
the. divine life, to the end that Christ may "pre
sent them faultless before the throne of his Fa
ther." We have now arrived, my Brethren, at an im
portant stage in this exhibition of the Gospel sal
vation. They who have "made their calling and
election sure" thus far, and have thus far been
rightly "Ordained unto eternal life," will "go- on
ward to perfection," not by repeated births and
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and privileges of grace. Henceforth is training:
unhappily late begun, but better infinitely than
never. Henceforth all is growth and fruit. If the
principles described "be in us and abound, they
make us, that we be neither barren nor unfruitful
in the knowledge of Christ." The system announ
ced in the " faithful saying" does not abandon the
souls of men as soon as they have humbled them
selves in the sight of God, and can be pronounced
converted, nor send them away to finish life in
solitary contemplation. We are introduced now to
the social character of our blessed religion. We
have seen its power in first impressions, and pri
mary changes in the minds of men as individuals
We have seen how sinners are brought to hunger
for the bread and thirst for. the water of life.
But give your attention to an important consider
ation :
The soul thus blessed and favoured is not per
mitted to take its quickening loaf, and its ves
sel of living water, and go away to enjoy them
in. solitude and silence. The subject of grace
must be entered as a disciple, and must show a
true discipleship through the social character of
religion. He is called to become an inmate of a
new household, a member of a new community.
Believers are "baptized into one body," and " are
one body in Christ, and every one members one
of another." Hence the Church. And hence, for
the purpose of carrying out the glorious design of a
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Church thus conceived, Christ said to the Apostles,
"I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father
hath appointed unto me," words equivalent to what
he said immediately before his ascension into
Heaven, "As my Father hath sent me so send I
you." " Go, and teach all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father, and of ' the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost; and lo, I am with you al-
way." Again, "He that heareth you, heareth me;
and he that despiseth you, despiseth me."
Here is the Apostolic commission — a commis
sion which, in essence and in form, now exists
through transmission by succession and the perpe
tual promise of grace — to preach that " faithful
saying," the Gospel, of salvation, to apply "the
washing of regeneration," to embody the disciples
of Christ as a Church, to administer the Holy
Supper, and to organize a visible government for
his visible kingdom.
Here, then, we have an important branch of
the second part of Christ's great work in the sal
vation of men ; and we identify that spiritual
body so often referred to in the New Testament
under the name of the Church, as in this case,
" The Lord added to the Church daily 'such as
should be saved." This is that " spiritual house,"
which is " the Church of the living God, the pil
lar and ground of the truth."
Now, " for the perfecting of the saints, for the
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body of Christ," this Church, by his own, appoint
ment, has a ministry, sacraments, an ordinance of
divine service or worship, and a discipline. At
first, authority was concentrated in the college or
body of the Apostles, to whom Christ said, " As
my Father hath sent me, so send I you." But, for
the purpose of securing the most efficient means of
unity, and of a healthy, stable, and regulated spir
itual progress, and acting under a monition from
the Holy Ghost, they very soon called to their aid
the subordinate grades of Elders or Presbyters, and
Deacons, to whom they imparted authority to min
ister in certain departments of holy things, them
selves exercising an episcopate or superintendency
of the whole, ministers and people. When the
Apostles were called away to receive their crowns
of glory, the persons who succeeded them, as to
the portion of their authority designed to be con
tinued in the Church, were commonly called Bish
ops.' And this order now sustains the ancient re
lation. The great principle of the institution . was,
and is, that the work of Christ for the salvation
of men will be more effectually carried on, the
sense of responsibility in the ministry be main
tained in greater activity, the wayward and irre
gular fancies of individuals, leading to heresy, dis
cord and schism, more easily checked and con
trolled ; and the whole body be more " fitly joined
together and compacted unto the edifying of itself
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for the work of the Gospel ministry. In the pre
face to our Ordinal we have this declaration of
our Church : " It is evident to all men, . diligently
reading Holy Scripture and ancient authors, that
from the Apostles' time there have been these or
ders of ministers in Christ's Church, Bishops, Priests
and Deacons." Thus it is viewed by seven-eighths
of the Christian world.
We have, then, a Church or body of Christian
disciples, and a ministry Into the one the peni
tent believer is bound to seek admission through
a Baptism of water administered by the other.
Here is an important step in the process of sal
vation, according to the terms involved in " the
faithful saying." And in this manner the indivi
dual in the case before described, becomes " a
member of Christ, a child of God, and an inhe
ritor of the kingdom of heaven." Having now " by
Baptism put on Christ," and being " religiously and
devoutly disposed," he is bound also to receive " the
most comfortable Sacrament of the Body and Blood
of Christ." We hold, that by the merciful intent
of the great Redeemer, every person has a right
to the enjoyment of these ordinances on a devout
profession of repentance for his sins and of faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ, provided his life gives
reasonable evidence of his being neither insincere
nor self-deceived in that profession.
To all, then, who solicit the benefit of these
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the language of the Church. 'Examine yourselves,
whether you truly repent of your sins, steadfastly
purposing to lead a new and holy life. And con
sider, whether you have a lively faith in God's
mercy, through Christ, with a thankful remem
brance of his death, and a clear consciousness that
you are in charity with all men.' And we add,
with joyous assurance, that they who follow this
counsel with earnest hearts and thoughtful minds,
constantly watching and praying, showing all good
fidelity, and by a life of holy obedience, " adorn
ing the doctrine of God, our Saviour, in all things,"
will find in the end that, according to promise,
" an entrance will be administered to them abun
dantly into the everlasting kingdom of Christ."
Such, beloved Brethren, is the conclusion of the
whole matter.
To every candid mind I now put a question,
important' at any time, but specially interesting in
connection with the solemnities of this day. In
this analysis of the soul's recovery to God and hap-
-piness, is there anything which can be safely drop
ped from the commission-work of the ambassador
of Christ? Among these many truths and duties,
are there any which can be left out of our
system without periling the salvation of souls ?
Any, to which we may venture on applying that
oft and ignorantly-used epithet of non-essential?
Who is authorized to say, that any truth, or
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given with express reserve by himself-— is not esi-
sential to salvation? If Christ has said, "Except
ye be converted, and become as little children, ye
shall in nowise enter into the kingdom of Hea
ven," let no one be content with his natural bene
volence or his cultivated morality. Let no one hold
in low esteem the doctrines of the atonement, of
conviction of sin, of repentance, of faith, of free par
don through Christ's intercession, or of the work
of grace by the Spirit, in every step of progress
made by the soul towards salvation and Heaven.
If Christ has instituted a Church, let no one pre
sume that he lives under the approbation of that
Shepherd and Bishop of souls, or : has a right to
hope for his gracious word of acceptance in the
end, while he stands afar off, and makes light' of
its privileges, and disregards the ends for which
the glorious institution was designed. If he has
appointed an unchangeable Priesthood beginning
with Apostles, and authorizing them to bring into
the work subordinate helpers, and to convey the
divine commission along, under promise of ' his pre--
sence to the end of the world, it cannot be right,
it cannot be safe, to depart from that ministry,
or change that Priesthood. Let no one flatter him
self with the delusive idea, that "the faithful say
ing" will long survive and be faithfully preached,
or that Gospel doctrines can long be saved, after
the wreck of Gospel institutions. Christ intended
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imagine that faith and love and piety can live on
in vigor and purity, when the permanent institu
tions of the Gospel have fallen into desuetude and
contempt. Such a thing cannot be. Let it satisfy
us, that thus, and not otherwise, it has pleased him
to set in order his Church, to propagate his truth,
and to govern his people. If " it is a faithful say
ing, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus
came into the world to save sinners," let our
hearts grow warm with gratitude's most holy fires.
Let his way of salvation be our way ; his truth
our truth, and his life our life.
But, my Brethren, since religion is not a system
of ' private thought and faith and feeling alone,
but a system of social being and of sympathetic
activity and fruition, let me remind you all, Bish
ops, Priests, Deacons, and lay Brethren, that you
have received at the hands, of Christ a steward
ship for the souls of your fellow-men. Salvation
was not purchased for you alone. Not you alone
are the sinners' for whom Christ died. They are
in your midst and all around you.. Lift up your
eyes and behold the fields white unto the harvest.
Let preachers more earnestly preach, and let all
more fervently pray for the peace of Zion, and for
the enlargement of the Redeemer's kingdom. Let
-each one adopt the noble resolution of the pro
phet and say, "For Zion's sake will I not hold
my peace and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest,
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ness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that
burneth." And now, my Brother, long and most truly be
loved and honored, whom we are about to charge
with the highest and most responsible functions
pertaining to the ministry of reconciliation, a few
words. A friend of more than thirty years cannot
stand in this sacred place, and make this humble
endeavor, and look on these preparations for the
greatest of the Church's solemnities, without emo
tions which it is delightful to indulge and not easy
to control.
Most happy am I to be here to-day. and to
share in those acts, which, under grace, are to in
vest you, my Brother, with the authority of a
Bishop in the Church of God. Allow me to stir
in your mind the expectation of great cares and
great labours. Before you is a work of vast re
sponsibilities and of almost immeasurable magnitude.
I can say this to you, as one who has seen the
field, and knows something of its extent, its needs, ,
and its promise. I can also assure you, that the
warm greetings of the great heart of the Church
await your entrance into the 'field, and that you
will everywhere find heads, hearts and hands ready
to cheer your hours of toil, and to sustain you in
the glorious work to which your life and your
powers are to be consecrated.
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diligence to meet the duties peculiar to your high
office, remember that you are more bound than
ever to be true to your commission as a preacher
of "the unsearchable riches of Christ." Let a high
estimation of the " faithful saying" give charac
ter to all your efforts. In your account let nothing
stand above that blessed assurance, that "Christ
Jesus came into the world to save sinners." "Be
strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And
the things that thou hast heard among many wit
nesses, the same commit thou to faithful men,
who shall be able to teach others also." May the
remaining years of your life be years of emi
nent usefulness ! Through your labours and your
prayers may quietness, peace and love abound
among all Christian people! And when the King
of saints shall call his ambassador home, may this
be your reception: "Well done, thou good and
faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of
thy Lord."