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Les diagrammes suivants iilustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 I/I i-,^^c :>- "♦/!* A CHARGE DEUVEItKU TO ^t Clcris ol tlje giottse of |u)!«fs funJt, 'SH ' ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, RED RIVER, AT U19 FIFTH AND LAST VISITATION, January 6, 18G4. AS DAVID ANDERSON, D.D. LORD BISIIOr OF RUPERt's LAND. • LONDON: HATCHARD AND CO. 187 PICCADILLY, J3ooliscIIer» to % B. 1^. t^c ^tinccBS of ms\t%. 1864. LONDON: STnAKQBWATS AKD WaLDEN, PriNTEBB, 28 Castle St. Leicester Sq. TO THE ARCHDEACONS AND CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE OF Rupert's land ifefe f nst €ii\qt m "IS AFFECTIONATELY AND GRATEFULLY DEDICATED, BY THEIR FAITHFUL FRIEND AND BROTHER, DAVID RUPERT'S LAND IFesl Dingle, Liverpool, August , 1804. PREFACE. i The apprehension, of which I had some fore- boding in the delivery of this Charge, has now become a reality. Circumstances preclude my return to the country which has occupied my thoughts and energies for fifteen years. In a few weeks I shall drop the accustomed signa- ture which connected me with the largest Diocese, in territorial extent, committed to any living Bishop. Unspeakably painful as is the prospect of separation, it has been a comfort to find that, in the gracious providence of God, a sphere of wide and extended usefulness awaited me on my arrival in England ; so that, while health and strength last, I shall thus still be able to work in the vineyard. And although memory must often revert to the land which I have left, I de- rive consolation from the thought that "the It PREFACE. time is short," and that I sliall soon be re- united for ever with not a few from the far- distant wilderness, when "many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kino-- dom of heaven." Rupert's Land must always have a large part in my affections and my prayers. May my successor have a yet richer harvest of souls, and may "a double portion of the Spirit be upon him." ** D. R. A CHARGE, S^c. Sfc. My Reverend Brethren, We have all, I trust, come up hither at this time, after prayer to God for guidance and direction. Feeling the important consequences connected with such a meeting, you have prayed that it might prove a season of re.Veshment and encouragement : and, if this sense of dependence has carried you to the Divine footstool, how much more ought it to send me to the source of all strength, in order to obtain suitable words of counfjel, warning, and instruction ! Realizing more deeply the responsibilities of my office as years roll on, I cannot wonder that, among the papers of an eminent Prelate,* was found after his decease a Prayer, which he appears to have kept continually before him, and to have used at intervals in the preparation of what proved to be his last Charge to the Diocese of Durham. In the spirit, if not in the words of that prayer, would I endeavour to fulfil the duty assigned to me to-day. * Bishop Van Mildert. See the Life prefixed to his Works, p. 155. ® Once more have I been compelled to defer my visitation. Circumstances prevented me from holding it, as had been proposed, in May, when some of the Clergy came in from their Stations, expecting tliat it would take place. I cannot, of course, summon them again on the present occasion, but must be content to feel that they are with us in spirit. Four years, instead of tiiree, have thus (much against my inclination) intervened since we last met. The same sacred season of the Epiphany again brings us together, inviting us to contemplate the gradual unfolding of the Divine purposes — to ask, in its bearing on ourselves, how the manifestation of the Saviour advances around us, and to look forward with ever-increasing eagerness to •* that blessed hope, the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ." It gives us thus a longer period to review; it inspires more of the cheer- fulness of hope in the anticipation of the future, from the natural freshness of the opening year. The indications of the lapse of time are not, indeed, few. Death has still proved himself the mighty leveller, entering alike the palace and the cottage, carrying off the aged and those in man- hood's pride. No death has ever, perhaps, awak- ened a more universal sympathy than that of tht; accomplished and highly gifted Prince Consort. To human eye, a most useful life was suddenly cut short. There was no preparatory warning, and, before danger was fully realized, the fatal blow descended. The nation felt that they had lost 9 a wise counsellor — one who had filled a place of singular difficulty with rare wisdom ; and by their public loss they '•mid, in some faint degree, measure the unspeakable loss of the Queen and the youthful members of her family. The sorrow was sufficient to cloud the Christmas joy of the year. Deeper reflection was aroused, and it only then became known how much his calm forethought had directed the current of public affairs — how completely his penetrating mind had mastered the details of every department of the social system — how near the weal of his ad' ptcd country lay to his heart — and yet, how vady he was to forego all when the voice of God called him hence ! The most remarkable tribute appears to our own mind in the absence of party spirit, the national calm which las since prevailed. The grief of a widowed Queen has been by a tacit consent held sacred, and two years of unexampled political quiet have reigned throughout the land. The next death which demands our notice was more in the natural course of events. The vener- able and much-esteemed Primate, ripe in years and honour, was gathered as a shock of corn in full season. His services to the Church of Christ will only be fully known in the great day of final revelation.* Unwilling should I be to enlarge * I have somewhce seen a similar remark, made, I think, by Archdeacon Utterton, regarding the Bishop of Winchester, and with much reason. An Episcopate of thirty-five years has been no common gift to the diocese of Winchester. Two brothers ! — how large a blessing to the Church of England! upon them, lest the testimony might be suspected of undue partiality. Admitted to Holy Orders by his Lordship when Bishop of Chester, advanced afterwards to the Priesthood, and subsequently consecrated by him to the high office which I hold (the only Colonial Bishop, if I mistake not, in this very position), I must ever regard his memory with fond and affectionate respect. He was my friend and patron in my early ministerial life, and his friendship and kindness continued to the last. As I received his God-speed on coming out hither, so was I welcomed with the same cordial and affectionate interest by his Grace when I returned home with my report of the first seven years. His influence I consider to have been a happy one for the Church of England. His Episcopate in Chester formed an era in the North ; the con- secration of upwards of two hundred churches by a single Bishop had not taken place there since the Reformation.* But the growing labour was found beyond the strength of one man, and a division of the unwieldy charge was proposed. Another Diocese was marked off, and that one is now the second in population in England,! the next to that of the metropolis. * A similar work was carried on at tlie same time by Bishop Blomfield in London. The total number of churches consecrated by each of the two prelates was very nearly the same. f By the census of 1861, the diocese of Manchester is second in population. Had there not been any division of the See of Chester, it would by that census have exceeded the population of the diocese of London. 11 vli From the onerous duties of the See of Chester he was summoned to the Primacy at a critical period, but the same meekness of wisdom cha- racterized him in the sphere of higher authority, and gained for him universal love and respect. His eye took now a wider view; it ranged over the churches of the dispersion, the widely scattered branches of the Colonial Church, as well as the Dioceses of the Church at home. For them he laboured and prayed, heartily thanking God that he had been called to rule over a more extended Church than any predecessor. How diflPerent his survey and prospect from that of Archbishop Seeker, one hundred years before ! To that prelate he bore perhaps the nearest resemblance, and from his Charges he often quoted appositely and largely.* Indeed, if we were asked to select the three points to which the efforts of the late Arch- bishop were most directed, and in which his in- fluence was most successful, we should mention a greater distinctness in the statement of doctrinal truth,! a stricter enforcement of the practical duties of the Clergy, { and a ready willingness to co- m * As especially in his Priirary Charge at Canterbury, pp. 26, 37. f Take, for example, the clearness with which Christ is made the centre of all religious teaching in his first Charge; the bok^ness with which, in the Charge of 1841, the doctrine of Justification by Faith is stated against all perversions, and the idea of Reserve strongly reprobated. So, in a later Charge (1853), mistaken views of the Church are dwelt on, and proved to be the source of the leading errors of the day. I This may be seen in the Speculum Oregis appended to % y I 12 operate in a friendly spirit with the good and excellent of other communions. Now, in these three points the two Archbishops were alike dis- tinguished in their respective periods of the Church's history.* Let me only add, that it is to Archbishop Sumner you would owe a debt of gratitude, as being the link that would connect our Church in this land with the history of the past — the link to connect you with Canterbury, and through Canterbury with Augustine and the earliest days of the British Church.f And in re- minding you of this, let me ask your prayers for him, who in the good providence of God has suc- ceeded to the Primacy, whose best recommendation was a similar Episcopate of twenty years, passed in the busy activities of a Northern Diocese, with a singleness of purpose which rendered him there be- loved by a devoted Clergy. May we often remem- ber him in our supplications, that he may see our his first Charge at Chester, and which was to be filled up by each Deacon before appearing for Priest's orders, and in the mass of statistical details in the Notes to each subsequent Charge. * For the third point in the case of Archbishop Seeker, see Life by Bishop Porteus, pp. 73, 74. " With some of the most eminent of the Protestant Dissenters — Watts, Doddridge, Leland, Chandler, Lardner — he maintained an intercourse of friendship or civility ; and to such amongst them as needed help, showed no less kindness and liberality than to those of his own Communion." f It is to be hoped that a sketch of the late Primate's Life will ere long be given to the public ; such a sketch as that of his predecessor. Archbishop Howley, by Archdeacon Harrison ; or that of Archbishop Seeker by Bishop Porteus, 13 Church in peace and prosperity during his life and rule, and may hand her down, with even a larger he- ritage among the nations, to our children's children. But tli^re is yet another Prelate to whom duty and affectio 1 would prompt more than a passing reference to-day — another taken hence in advanced years since we met, to whom I referred in my last Charge, and to whom I afterwards dedicated it, as a suitable tribute to the Senior Colonial Bishop of our Church. Though immediately connected with the See of Quebec at his death. Bishop Mountain can scarcely be viewed as the Bishop of a single Diocese by the future historian of the Church in Canada. Nursed in the Episcopate, receiving it almost by hereditary transmission,* he had at different periods of his life exercised Episcopal authority, from Quebec and Labrador to the Red River. His line and measure had reached even to you — one before me having been ordained by him both Deacon and Priest. f His knowledge of the past thus stretched over a very long period of time — his actual oversight ranged over half the breadth of this continent. With the full use of his faculties spared almost to the last, he was able to worship in public on Christmas-Day, and then, after a few days' illness, as at this holy season last * Dr. Jacob Mountain (the late Bishop's father) was Bishop of Quebec from 1793 to 1826 ; Dr. Stewart then held the Bishopric for ten years ; to whom Bishop G. J. Mountain succeeded in 1836, with, for a time, the title of Bishop of Montreal. ■f The Rev. A. Cowley, ordained Deacon in Montreal, Feb. 28, 1841, and Priest at the Red River, July 7, 1844. 14 year, entered into that " rest which remaineth for the people of God." But these deaths were all at a distance, it may be thought — far removed from ourselves in position and worldly rank. Are there any vacant places nearer home ? has death been among ourselves ! I sometimes think that I may have spoken too, strongly in my last address to you regarding the extreme healthiness of the land — our comparative exemption from many of the shapes of illness prevalent else- where. In the interval, at all events, the mes- senger to whom all must listen has entered your families with greater frequency, carrying off the parent and the child, and marking many of your homes with loss and bereavement. And as regards God's ministering servants, the first death has taken place in our own body — the first of my own Ordin- ation that has yet died. Called into the vineyard of the Lord when I visited England, and ordained Priest when I was last at Moose, Mr. Fleming enjoyed but a short ministry on earth. My text, I well re- member, in ordaining him was, " Do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry." It is a comfortable thought, that he was indeed an evangelist to the Indians of Albany and the Bay, that he spared not himself, that his willingness to be spent in his Master's service, and a too adventurous exposure to the risks of climate for the good of souls, may have accelerated his end. After going to the sunni<^r shores of the Medi- terranean for his health, he was permitted by God to return and to breathe his last, as he had prayed 15 might be the case, under the paternal roof.* To him, I doubt not, to live was Christ, and to die in that case would be his eternal gain. Let the re- moval of one of our younger brethren in the ministry speak solemnly and powerfully to us all, and, whether our remaining days of service in the sanctuary be many or few, may God give us grace to make full proof of our ministry, so as at last to finish our course with joy. T! ere are, bjwever, subjects, my Reverend Bretiiren, much more to be deplored than death. To us, as ministers of the Gospel, as those con- cerned with the welfare of souls, the most painful topic is the gradual spread of a spirit of Scepticism and Infidelity. To the uprising of a spirit of doubt we alluded on a former occasion. You can all see that it has made greater advance since that time. Still, I think that there are reasons which may lead us to infer that God is graciously holding it in check, and that it is not likely to assume the formidable proportions which it did at the close of the last century. There was enough to create serious alarm in many of the contributions to the " Essays and Reviews," the more so from the position and personal weight of some of the authors. But that publication found an adequate answer to most of its statements in the two more celebrated Replies. The subject of Miracles was ably met by Mansel ;t * The Rev. Thomas Hamilton Fleming died at Middleton, near Cork, July 24th, 1862. f In a separate publication also by Dr. Leo, of Dublin. ft I 'f' 16 : that of Interpretation by Professor EUicott, now Bishop of Gloucester. Other topics were handled by different writers ; as that of Prophecy very suc- cessfully by Dr. M*Caul, and that of the Atonement (the subject of his previous Bampton Lectures) by Dr. Thomson, now Archbishop of York. To these were added the more general reply of Burgon, in sermons from the University Pulpit at Oxford j and a very satisfactory work, in which all the points on which Scripture is now assailed are met with his accustomed power, "The Bible and Modern Thought," by Birks.* The subject had almost died away, when a much more determined attack was made on the volume of Scripture from an unexpected quarter. The field was in a measure changed, and the r.rena of controversy was transferred, as many had an- ticipated would be the case, from the New to the Old Testament. It was the more to be lamented, as coming from one in the highest position in the Church, commissioned himself to guard the foun- tain-head and send forth teachers of the truth. It is the more to be lamented by ourselves, as coming from one engaged in Missionary labour, where all are supposed to be concerned with the realities of life and the interests of the undying soul — too much occupied with these to have time for specu- * Two thoughtful and suggestive Replies on Miracles and Inspiration were published by the Rev. J. Chapman, but the hand of death arrested the further progress of the work, and deprived the Church Missionary Society of a valuable and laborious Secretary. 17 lative abstractions. Yet in such a quarter the evil appeared, and as native war seemed to be defecing the fair work of God in New Zealand, so in Africa it was native doubt, the mere suggestion of an inquiring Zulu, which unsettled a Bishop's faith in the opening books of the lively oracles of God ! Already the effort of the Bishop of Natal extends over the first six books of Scripture, and whether he is to drive his ploughshare through each remaining book in succession does not yet appear. There seems an uncertainty in his own mind as to the ultimate issue — how far, as he writes, " it may require us to modify our present views of the Mo- saic system, or of Christianity itself."* He declines even to state what mav be the effect on Christian doctrine, until, to quote his own words, he knows ** what is the residuum of real fact left behind when the Pentaceuch is thoroughly exarained."t In such a state of mind the question need hardly be put. Can he teach others if himself not fully assured whither his own course may carry him ? We cannot wonder that the Bench of Bishops at home (with scarcely an exception), with those of the Colonial Church who happened to be in England, should have joined in a strong condemn- ation of such a melancholy work. And, what is even more likely to produce an effect, we cannot feel surprised that his own Archdeacon and Clergy, and since that the Laity of the diocese, have issued an Address, stating their own adherence to God's * Pentateuch and Book of Joshua, Part II. p. 268. flbid. Preface to Part II. p. IG. B 18 I blessed Word, and their grief and distress at what their Bishop liad done to undermine it. Nor arc you yourselves, my Reverend Brethren, uninterested in this attack, as the Bishop levels against the clergy generally a sweeping charge of using with conscious insi^icerity the Word of God. To this I doubt not you would give an indignant answer, that as at Ordination you have professed your belief in the Canonical Scriptures, so use had only endeared them to your souls. At first, indeed, we may almost shrink from expressing in such strong terms our deeper feelings, but on nearer approach we need not offer any apology for the severity of remark. It has been truly and beauti- fully said, that " the delicacy exhibited in forbearing unnecessarily to shake the faith of others, is a mea- sure of the disinterestedness of the doubter."* In the case before us we are unable to discern any- thing of this delicate sensitiveness. There is rather a tone of fixed defiance — an unblushing assertion of the solitary possession of the Truth. Now it is at once acknowledged that our Church is not so strong in the interpretation of the Old as of the New Testament. We imagine, that in very few of the Churches of the Reformation has the study of the literature of the Old Testament pro- ceeded pai'i passu with that of the New : f it has * Farrar, " History of Free Thought," p. 19. ■j" Has our own University kept up the study as fully as she ought, ever since By timer (16(14) dedicated his Lyra to her as " Almaj Matri, Academise Oxoniensi, Lingure Hebraja? antiquissimae cultrici, in eaque . . . toti coronaB etudiosorum lectissima) ? " 19 not taken such deep hold of the theological mind ; it has never, we are willing to allow, occupied its true place. The Church rested, perhaps, in the thought, that the sanction of her adorable Head was sufficient to stamp and seal it — that the ac- ceptance of the Jewish Church and contending parties in that Church was a guarantee of great weight and anthority, on which she might safely fall back. In the hour of need, however, champions have appeared, well able to answer on the Lord's side. To Dr. McCaul especially is the Church in- debted for meeting the assault on Jewish grounds and with well-tried weapons.* Not, indeed, that all the points in dispute require this deeper know- ledge. Many of the arguments advanced as based on the so-called " higher criticism," admit of easier refutation from any well-instructed minister of God. Unspeakably painful is the study of such a production, much more so (to my own mind) than that of the " Essays and Reviews." Eor here it is Scripture which verse by verse is assailed, and the chaff separated from the wheat according to the intuitions of man. Is it not another proof of the truth of the declaration, that God " turneth wise men backward and maketli their knowledge foolish ? " AVhen I observe the minute and laborious toil with which the chapters of the Pen- tateuch are analysed, and on the authority of a m * The tidings of Dr. McCaul's death, so much to be lamented at this time, had been received before the delivery of the Charge, but after it was completed. It was thought better to allow the reference to stand as above. 20 very uncertain canon, and very sweeping generaliz- ations resting on it, some assigned to Moses, others given up as wholly void of historical truth — portions assigned to Samuel and the Schools of the Prophets, and the Book of Deuteronomy given to Jeremiah or some later writer — when I find the same process applied by German critics and by the Bishop, following in their wake, to the Book of Psalms,* I feel continually reminded of those of whom an Apostle writes — "the unstable," who wrest the Scriptures. + Unstable surely are they not to rest in the teaching of Moses, to reject whose writings was, according to the Saviour, to reject Himself ; f from whose heaven-directed act the * What is the amount of direct proof that Num. x. 35, is quoted from Ps. Ixvii. i., or that the Song of Deborah (Judg. V.) is taken from the same Psalm? Are not these rash conjectures ? Again, is it not very difficult to believe that ' Thy Throne, O God ' (Ps. xlv.), refers to David, and that "Awake, sword, against the man my fellow" (Zech. xiii.) refers to the reigning king? Why does the Bisliop ignore the Divine Commentary on these passages in Hob. i. and St. Matt. xxvi. ? •)• 2 Pet. iii. 16, «(rT«g«*T«< a^^t/ixova-tt. How life-like the picture of Alford commenting on these words : "Unstable! those who, wanting firm foundation and anchorage, waver and drift about with every wind of doctrine. Such persons are stirred from their Christian stability by every apparent diffi- culty, are rendered anxious and perplexed by hard texts; and showing more anxiety to interpret them, somehow, than to wait upon God for their solution, rush upon erroneous and dangerous ways of interpretation." So also Distort, 0Tgs/3Ad«», properly, to twist with a handscrew or windlass. Hence, to torment ; and then metaphorically, to distort, pervert, strain in meaning. ; See tha proof clearly drawn out in " Christ's Testimony 21 Saviour, in converse with Nicodemiis, derived the lively and impressive type of His coming suftcrings on the cross; from whose history (and that the very chapter most cavilled at) the Saviour gathered argument and proof of the future state, and of the present blessedness of the departed; and from whom the Saviour discoursed so largely of Himself on the blessed day on which He rose from the dead. And what more palpable picture could be presented of the distorting and wresting of Scrip- ture, than the method in which they tear it rudely piecemeal, playing, as if in sport, with its disjecfa membra — dissecting, mutilating, transposing at their will ? We can only hope, my Reverend Brethren, that " the tide-wave of Scepticism " * has reached its highest flood-point. It has been said by the recent historian of Free Thought, that doubt recurs in cycles, and that periods of restless and fermenting intellectual activity are unfavourable to religious truth. He argues that such crises are periods " of temporary peril, but of permanent gain" — that progress, according to what has almost passed into a proverb, is by antagonism. May it be so ! One, who wandered far in error and found little rest for the sole of his foot, has returned, acknowledging his fatal mistake. f Oh, that it might be the case iij *" to Moses ; " a Sermon by the Rev. E. R. Jones, Rector of Limehouse. * Birks. t The Rev. J. McNaught, formerly of St. Chrysostom's, Everton, Liverpool. 22 \i I > with the Bishop who has so cruelly disturbed the pcuce of our Church ! Gliul should I be to feel persuaded that these doubts and struggles were carrying us to a haven of rest — that, according to the expression of the author above quoted, they niiglit prove, " in the order of a merciful Providence, the transition to a more deeply-seated faith." Far be it from us to desire for a moment to check the spirit of free inquiry. Our wish would be rather to encourage investigation — to meet in every way the intellectual demands of the age, and to promote the highest learning. We should wish every blemish removed from our formularies,* and should still be favourable to some changes which would, we think, enable our Church to stand forth " fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners." We should like in this way some change in the Act of Uniformity, the re- moval of " the unfeigned assent and consent" — the retention of the declaration of adherence to the Prayer-book, required by the canon which you all made at the time of Ordination. But we should be very unwilling to give up subscription to Articles of Paith on the part of the clergy. We think them the necessary limits within which the teaching of the Church must be confined. It has been thought that their narrowness has lessened the number of * Why should not, for instance, the Marriage Service be reduced- to the shape in which, ii I mistake not, it is customary to use it at Royal Marriages — the introductory preface abridged, something after the pattern of the American Prayer-book ? u candidates for Ordinntion ; that relaxation in this direction would at once enlarge and extend our boundaries. We doubt it much, and would rather hold the opinion tliat it is the indefinitcness of the teaching of the Church, the undecided tone of the last few years, which has dinunishcd the number of applicants for admission. Let it be clearly known beyond dispute and cavil what are the true doctrines of the Church, and the ranks of the mi- nistry will soon be replenished with willing and devoted sons. It is the uncertainty of the terms of allegiance, the haze and indistinctness which has been thrown over all truth, that lessens, wo feel persuaded, the number of those who would range themselves under her standard. Such is the one subject which causes dis- quietude and pain in the condition of the Church. There are, however, signs of better things, tokens of encouragement. The noble appeal of the Bishop of London for a million of pounds in the next ten years for the spiritual relief of the metropolis — the united effort in Southwark to raise the incomes of the Clergy in that Deanery — are movements in the right direction. Nor are the reports from the Universities on the whole unfavourable : two very competent witnesses have borne testimony to the deeper spirit of earnestness, the more patient study of the Scriptures, which mark these seminaries.* And, indeed, the intellectual trial is not confined to our own Church — it is a mark of the age, and is * Burgon on Inspiration, p. 19. Westcott on the Gospel Miracles, Preface, p. 10. i; 24 I N found in other communions. It exists in France,* as well as in most of the Churches in Britain. From the experience of the past, we may hope that a period of rash and unbridled Scepticism may lead to a reaction in the other direction — that the naturalismf and materiahsni of the present day, the wild and extravagant assertions which have been put forth under the guise of historical criticism, may give way to a period of deeper, humbler, and more reverential study of God's Word. With this uneasiness in the Theological world there are clouds in the distance on the political horizon. There is tranquillity at piesent, but there is preparation lest evil should come — there are symptoms of difficulty on the European Continent. In New Zealand there is a war, which, though of small dimensions, would surely show the necessity of troops in this settlement and country. Too grateful we cannot be for that peculiar Providence which has hitherto watched over and protected us. The fear of the Indian has never disturbed us : God has given us favour in the sight of the heathen. He has fulfilled to us His promise, " I will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her." But still we have scarcely the security of former times, and there is a measure of growing independence in the Indian * See the " Life of Jesus," by M. Ernest Renan. f Dr. M'Cosli has very seasonably called attention to the remark of Leibnitz, that " the last of heresies may be, not Atheism, but Naturalism publicly professed." — The Super- natural, Preface, p. ix. 25 mind which would dictate the wisdom of pre- caution. While there is, however, pence in the Old World, the scene of war has been transferred to the New, there to rage on a mightier scale, and with aggravations that weigh down the spirit. How little could this have been anticipated when we met as on this day four years ago ! During the summer of that year we travelled over many hun- dreds of miles in those States, and saw a noble land rejoicing in a large measure of the good gifts of God. We beheld civilization spreading northward and westward with rapid strides, and heard the people, with all the buoyancy of a nation's youthful hope, anticipating an unbroken course of onward progress. All this has been ruthlessly checked, the march of civilization retarded, and their advance (and ours, in some degree, with it) thrown back many a long year. We cannot look upon these things unmoved : the desolation of a fair land — the sufferings of a noble people. How many already the widows and orphans left to mourn in bitterness of soul ! how full, even to overflowing, the cup of human misery in the two years and a- half of civil strife ! And, alas ! the end is not yet, nor can human foresight predict when it may come. With each year of protracted warfare the bitter- ness of passion will increase, and the probabilities of a peaceful issue diminish. We can but commit the case to Him whose prerogative it is to overrule evil for good. Already, on two former occa- i^MM 26 '«■ 'ear with me, then, if I ask you to concentrate your thoughts on your own work, while, without a very strict methodical order, I endeavour to review in something of sequence that which is entrusted to you. 43 Take, first, the treatment of Inquire rs. In a country such as our own, in a Missionary field, ought there not always to be some — is it not a token that matters are healthy and promising when there are many such, asking for the way of lite and peace ? What need of patience, of study of the heart and the word, in dealing with them ? The heathen inquirer comes, hearing that we have a message ; but with his mind blind and dark, and in total ignorance of divine truth. What is the line of scriptural teaching adapted to his case ? May we not unfold the book of Nature, and, opening our volume, teach him that " the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament sheweth His handi- work?" or may we not point to his own wondrous frame, and inquire again in the Psalmist's words, ** He that planted the ear, shall He not hear ? He that made the eye, shall He not see ? or He that nurtureth the heathen, it is He that teacheth man knowledge, shall He not punish ? " (P. B. ver.) Or, turning to our Missionary record of the early pioneers of the Gospel, have we not St. Paul's words at Lystra, which we may adopt as our own, and tell them how " God in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways ; nevertheless He left not Himself without witness, in that He did good, and gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and glad- ness." Passing from Lystra to Athens, we have those imperishable words uttered on Mars Hill by the great Apostle of the Gentiles, and re-echoed in every country whither the Gospel is borne. We 44 take them up, and, in answer to any vain idea that the white are of a different race, assert that " God hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on the face of the earth, and hath deter- mined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation : that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after Him and find Him, though He be not far from every one of us." On these, and other passages ready to our hand, we engraft the explanation of the attributes of an omniscient and omnipresent God. Through the sense of sin, the picture of heathenism, as drawn still by the Psalmist and developed by the same Apostle, we endeavour to extort the confession that " destruction and misery are in their ways, and the way of peace have they not known ;" and from the feelings of the soul's disease we would lead them to the Physician of the sick, the Ransom of the sinner. By the description of heaven, the dwelling-place of a holy God, surrounded by the redeemed from earth, we would stir up within them a consciousness of their need of an entire change, of their want of the Holy Spirit to " renew them after the image of Him who created them, and make them meet for the inheritance of the saints in light." With the inquirer of a different kind, the doubter and the caviller, you are not so likely to come often in contact. And yet. Brethren, we have seen such even here, though not born in the midst of us, who would look on the blade of grass and doubt its giving token of creative skill. Such 45 would almost deny to the Almighty the power of working any miracle,* or, if it be Avrought, they would mark out the path in which it must lie. With such we would have you, as the simplest course, argue upwards from the working of man's mind to the perfection of the Almighty. Conscious ourselves of a determining will, which can originate a new sequence in our little sphere, can we deny that there may be a Supreme Will,t a power witli Him who has the laws of nature in His hand, and has impressed on them order and harmony, to in- troduce change in them for infinitely wise reasons, to arrest their operation when He sees fit ? Have there not been such moments of interference, according to the confession of all, as at the dawn of creation, or at those eras and periods of which geology speaks ? Is the order of nature wholly unbroken? Do all things continue exactly as they were ? If so, whence the earthquake, or the comet, or the meteor? Can man fully explain their secrets — can he anticipate their approach, define their course, or mark their limit ? Should the doubter, or even the distressed in mind, speak to you of the conflicting interpretations of the day, as unsettling and disturbing, a fair and practical answer may be found in the discrepancy * " Vetans ne rjuid miraculum edoret,"is the expression, and perhaps not too strong a one, of a Professor in Holland, referring to such views. f See this argument carried out in detail by Mansel, " Aids to Faith," pp. 24-27. 46 of the various theories preferred.* Profess your- self willing to await a more perfect agreement among the opponents of Scripture, before you give up the received sense on which the Church of Christ has reposed for centuries, and in which believers of past ages have found rest and peace for their souls. View next, as following naturally on the case of the inquirer and the convert, the service of the Sanctuary. In it, the Preaching of God's Word would claim the highest prominence. It did so surely in the mind of the great Apostle. To preach Christ crucified, to travail in birth until Christ was formed in those whom he addressed the hope of glory, was his one object. And to the minister the pulpit is still his throne. Is he an ambassador? from it he delivers his message and credentials. Is he a steward ? here he opens the mysteries of God. Is he a watchman ? here he cries aloud and spares not, and warns souls of the night and a coming judgment. Is he a shepherd ? here he feeds the flock — the sheep with the food convenient for them, the lambs with the sincere milk of the word. But how shall he fulfil this high duty, and beseech man as in Christ's stead ? The head must be filled with matter, and the heart must be inflamed with Divine love. If the heart alone be warm, and the mind unstored, unre- plenished from the fountain-head, the preaching will be vapid, and merely emotional. If the bead * Farrar, p. 258. B.'^:.t 47 only be filled, there will be a lack of unction ; it will be dry and comfortless to the hearer. Let the subject then fill your mind; deliberately chosen betimes, dwelling in your thoughts through the week, and becoming part and parcel of them ; and then, whether the sermon be elaborately written, or the outline carefully framed and drawn up, it will be out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth will speak — it will be from the heart to the heart. And while we do not make success the one test of our work, while we must leave the issue to God, yet we may well question ourselves if there be not some evidence of a blessing from above, — some stirring among the dry bones. More likely are we, under the usual working of God*s Spirit in the econ .my of grace, to be able to take up the Apostle's words, ** Thanks be to God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of His knowledge by us in every place." While, then, you sow the seed of eternal life, look anxiously and prayerfully for some of the fruits of the harvest. But there is another function which we perform in the sanctuary, to which we may do well to turn a questioning eye. We lead the Prayers, we guide and direct the worship of our people, when they draw nigh to the footstool of God. We pray with them, and invite them to pray with us, to worship and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker. Now the spirit of Liturgical worship is a habit, and, like all other habits, grows almost insensibly upon w, and becomes easier and more 48 delightful from practice. The fervency and deep earnestness of him who leads the devotion will, by a holy contagion, communicate itself to the wor- shipping congregation. It becomes thus a mark by which we may try our ministerial work, to inquire whether there is any symptom of increasing pleasure on the part of the people in their portion of this sacred and spiritual service. How en- couraging to the minister the loud response, the deep-toned confession, when he can humbly hope that heart and voice unite in joint petitions ! What more calculated to inflame devotion, what more beautiful spectacle, than a whole congrega- tion prostrate in holy reverence, and all pouring forth the expression of their common wants into the ear of the Most High ! Although, therefore, not an infallible test, for man cannot look into the heart, take the fervour of the responses as in some measure the pulse of the spiritual life of your congregation. We have, however, not yet noticed the most elevating portion of the service, which is Praise. This, too, we ought ever to feel rests upon us as ministers of God. True it is, that you may seek all necessary help, you may endeavour to enlist the services of the young in your choirs, but still the responsibility is at your own door. Very beautiful the solitary voice attuned to the praise of God, or the few voices trained to scientific song, but that is not the service which God requires. It is the blending of voices, as the sound of many waters — many voices, yet one. It was when " the 40 lOSt false. IS as iseek the the itiful iGod, but It is lany ■" the singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord, that then the glory of the Lord filled the house of God." We still use the Psalms of David, which may be termed an inspired liturgy of praise, and along with them other spiritual hymns and songs, and we think that we see indications of a growing union among believers in this exercise. I could almost imagine a selection of Hymns of the Uni- versal Church, some which are accepted and used by all bodies of professing Christians, either in public worship or in their more private devotional exercises. Thus praise is becoming gradually more in unison over the whole earth. View it then as that breath of the soul, which will outlive the breath of the body, and pass with the redeemed to fill the courts of heaven. When, however, we have gathered in the flock, and duly arranged the service of the sanctuary, wo dare not forget that our commission is to the regions beyond. With organization the most perfect, must be coupled the duty of Extension ; growth in a Missionary Church would be the mark of spiritual life. In this it is impossible to lay down any definite rule, which must be left to individual temperament and the power of seizing opportunities. The ex- tension is in some cases Territorial, of which Archdeacon Cochrane has been a favoured instru- ment, in which adjoining tracts are one after another covered with the means of subsistence, of social comfort, and with ready access to the ordi- D 6t) !t^- t ^ nances of God. Its spirit would be that in which the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, " The place where we dwell is too strait for us ; let us go and take every man a beam, and let as make us a place there where we may dwell'/* and thus settlement after settlement springs up full of busy life. There is extension of another kind, which would seek for scattered souls over a wide-spread territory. It would effect its object by Itinerating ; it would say constantly in the Saviour's words, ** I nmst go to others also (to the Indian tent or lodge), for there- fore am I sent." In Southern India there is a local rule of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, that one month in three shall be passed by their agents in such Itineration. Such a rule it would be impossible to lay down, as universally applicable in our land, from climate and distance and the unavoidable expense. But trips of this kind twice a-vear are often within reach, and where attempted have been attended, as you know, with the happiest results. Of this nature was the recent visit, of which wc now hear with so much joy, from Fairford to Fort Pelly, and Touchwood Hills ; and such would be the projected visit from the Indian Settlement to Fort Alexander and Islington. This agency is indeed at the root of the success of the Moose Mission ; and as it originally commenced the work there, so must it form our chief hope in all operations on the Mackenzie River, and the Youcon in the north, as well as from the Nepowewin and Carlton towards the plains. It is the only agency which can overtake the 51 land, and on this ground I would affectionately urge it upon you. lias not the Saviour set helbrc you an open door for this very end ? Tiie great Apostle tells us that the Redeemer *' gave Himself a sacrifice and ransom for all, to be testified in due time " — TO [jju^Tvgiov Kuioo7g ihioig — " in its own spe- cial and pccuhar times " (to give the full force of the original), as the message is brought to each land. May it not be the due and set time for the various tribes of Indians in our land to hear the joyful sound? God has brought us near them, and they border closely on the Missions already planted : is not that a mark of the Divine I'rovidence? I speak, especially, of the Plain Indians, how near us in several points ! of the Eskimos and Chippewyans, to whom the hearts of those who have seen then» in different spots seem much drawn ; and of the Kutchin and Loocheux of the north, who a|)pear cheerfully to hail any overtures made to them. The work is thus a mighty work, and not for man but for God : let us hear His encouraging voice saying, " Go forward." But, in the work of Extension, we soon feel the want of the tongue of the learned ; or, if able to speak a word in season in it, we want something to leave behind. As subsidiary to it must come, therefore, the Printing of Translations. The present is a day " of stir and labour on God's Word," says Dean Alford, in the preface to his closing volume of the Greek Testament ; that Word is attracting to itself many minds, anxious for a more perfect Text, a more accurate Translation, or ^ •it i 52 for a fuller and truer Exposition of the volume. Now in each new land there must be something of this labour gone through afresh. What, then, is our advance in this department since we last met? One laborious work is completed : the Old Testament in the Syllabic Form, carried through the Press by Mr. Mason during his late residence in England. In the preparation of the whole, he had been largely assisted by one who had just finished the closing chapter of Malachi when she was called hence. Not the first example of the kind in ecclesiastical history, my Reverend Brethren, as you well know ; but surely a blessed thing to be found so doing when the call of the Master arrives. It forms as a whole a book of much beauty, and while it cannot, ''f course, be as yet perfect in every point, it is already speaking with power to many hearts, revealing to them the things of their God, A very minute Dictionary of the Cree language has lately been taken home by the Rev. E. A. Watkins, the fruit of the labour of many years. It embraces more than a mere Dictionary: from the arrangement of words under common roots, it serves also as an ctyn^ological help ; and from the natural significance of the Indian words, it is in measure almost a Phrase-book. The Foreign Translation Committee of the Christian Knowledge Society has, at my request, kindly undertaken its publication. From what I have seen of it, my impression would be most favourable of the general !1 53 I accuracy of the work, which promises to be a valu- able manual, especially for the yc uthful Missionary. Of other religious helps we still stand in great need — food for the inquiring Indian when he be- gins to read. It has been proposed to me to trans- late " The Pathway of Safety," by the Rev. Ashton Oxenden, accommodating it as far as necessary to the Indian idiom, and simplifying a few of the most difficult ^^assages. The proposal I have most gladly accepted, and I hope to receive Mr. Smith's manuscript in a few months, and to take it with me to England for publication. Nor is it only additions in our present Indian tongues that we have to notice. There is a small elementary work in a new tongue, reduced to a syllabic form by Mr. Kirkby — a few Prayers and Hymns in the dialect of the Slave Indians, for the use of those at Fort Simpson and in the Mackenzie River district. This has been printed, too, at New York, and not in England, by which more than a year was saved in its introduction among the Indians of the North — no inconsiderable period when souls are concerned. I would only add that the Zincographic Press left vit Stanley by Mr. Hunt is now in fuil opera- tion : by means of it Prayers ior the Indians, Music for congregational use, and illustrated Voca- bularies for the School, have been neatly executed under Mr. Smith's superintendence. For such varied work do we not require many more, trained and duly prepared, ' 'd willing to assist, a fresh undergrow tli of the yom:g to aid us ? 4 . il 54 What value then would attach to the Progress of Education ! Now here we can scarcely report so favourably. The desire for higher education has much dimi- nished ; the dispersion of the settlers over a wider area has made it impossible to overtake them with Schools. As a consequence, the attendance on the individual Schools is smaller, the School is less remunerative, and in itself less interesting to the Master; and, as other more lucrative openings present themselves, few comparatively are willing to undertake the necessary toil and drudgery of tuition. It may be a question, whether some change may not be introduced in the system, and the winter months be mainly occupied with instruction, giving the Master freedom for a larger portion of the sum- mer. More ground might perhaps be overtaken in this way, and a larger staff of Teachers be secured. In the schools of the out stations, I think the hours of tuition might be reduced, so as not to exceed four at most. It would be a bright day for the land if the industrial labour of the children, or of adults at the Station, could in sorrie way be turned to profitable account, as seems done so successfully by Mr. Duncan in his very promising and inter- esting settlement on the Pacific. Let me not omit to say, that there are two estabHshments in which I have every confidence, in which those who wish can secure for their famiUes the benefits of a more advanced Education, and which I would most cordially recommend to all.* Still, should I return, I should be glad if I could re-establish that on which my heart has ever been set, but for which the country did not afford sufficient development -a Seminary, with the usual branches of a Collegiate Education. Meanwhile I should feel content if, as one object of my visit to England, I could secure the services of two trained Masters, one for Indian, the other for English work, to give a fresh impetus to the machinery already set a-going. It would be a mighty boon, and might lay the foundation of a future supply of Native Pastors to fill up vacancies in the land, and provide at the same time for a permanent staff of candidates for our various scattered Schools. There is only one other subject, which I dare not omit, as much on my thoughts. While the tide of civilization advances all are not equally successful ; some are left behind in the race of life, and that with very insufficient means. Do not circumstances point to the necessity of a more Systematic Provision for the P( ^ As time rolls on, we have new classes springing up mid nppoaling to us for sympathy. The wants of the s(3ttlers'l while health and strength are spared, arc easily supplied; but the country is not favourable for the very aged, and we begin to have many such. It .s not favourable for the sick — those afflicted with tedious and hopeless illness, and we have some such. There are, too, widows and orphans ; each year is * I refer to that of Miss Davis at Oakfield, St. An.lrcws and that of Mr. Samuel Pritchard, more recently established.' at the Elms. 56 adding to their number. The various ills, besides, which man is heir to, appear among us here, as elsewhere — the blind, the deaf, and the dumb — and the cases meet us, not in the quarters where aid could most easily be afforded, but irregularly. Now, I should be most unwilling to propose anything of a compulsory rate ; far rather would I leave it to the spontaneous exercise of Christian charity. But, as the means of the various congre- gations differ largely, and the means may be the greatest where such wants are the least pressing, I would only to-day suggest a more systematic method of relieving the poor. By each clergyman or vestry, a list might be furnished of the most needy in their estimation in the district, and such a document (to be periodically renewed) might be capable of exhibition to those ready to give, and willing to communicate. No case of extreme dis- tress could thus escape notice, while the most de- serving would be sure of relief from those who would, in this way, have a motive to exercise some self-denial for a definite object. And now, my Reverend Brethren, ray review is done of the various points suggested by your work. A selection of topics has been necessary in the wide field presented. Time prevents me from adding more, as I have already detained you too long. Another Septennial period has nearly passed away : in a very few months I shall have completed fifteen years in the Episcopate, at which time 1 had always intended to take some rest and repose. In leaving you again, it is, we must all feel, with 67 greater uncertainty as to the future as years roll on. As on the former occasion I left the Senior, so now I leave the Junior Archdeacon in charge. I have to thank you for the affectionate confidence you have ever reposed in me, as well as, in the name of our common Lord and Master, for the zeal with -which you labour in your several spheres in winning souls. The links which bind us to each other are, I trust, increasing. There is a growing unity in the work of God over the world. Christians now take in a wider survey, they look across dividing oceans and take in the scattered children of God at a glance. There is unity of life, there is unity of prayer, as we are experiencing this week. The links, too, which unite us to another world are surely also increasing. How blessed to be en- gaged in a profession and calling so closely con- nected with treasure growing in heaven i It is to " present every man perfect in Christ Jesus '* at the last day that we preach and warn. How high the aim — how bright the jewels which are to form part of Christ's crown ! Labour, then, with that eternity ever in view, that so^ " whether I come and see you or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the Gospel." And whether in the survey of the past, or in the blessed antici- pation of the future, may our prayer ever be, that God would shortly accomplish the number of His elect and hasten His kingdom, that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of His I, 5S holy Name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in His eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ir Appendix A. The following wore the Throe Prayers issued, and used before <^.e General Thanksgiving, on Sundr.y, De- cember 27th, 1803. Prayer of Tiianksoivino. Lord and heavenly Father, at the close of another year would wo rememher the way by whieh thou hast led us and seek to tell of thy fav(mr and loving-kindness. Good- ness and mercy have still followed us. Thou hast reserved unto us the appointed weeks of harvest, and we were per- mitted to gather in more than we deserved of the fmits and produce of the earth. But although, Lord, thy mercies are thus renewed unto us, we acknowledge that we have too often forgotten thee, their gracious Gi^or, and teni,, ed thee to remove thy blessings. We confc^ss our manifold transgressions; we remember our sins this day and implore thy forgiveness. Blot out from the book of thy remembrance, for thy dear Son's sake, all that is past • and If spared to enter upon a now year, grant us, O oui' -Jathor, a larger blessing from above. Give unto all a deeper contentment and a livelier trust, more unfeigned gratitude, and more earnest prayer, that we may taste yet more abundantly of thy exceeding love, and be unto thee a pecul.ar people, zealous of good works, to the praise and glory of thy Name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen. CO Prayer for the Heathen. God, the 1- ather of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, we bless thee for thy word and gospel, which thou hast revealed unto us. Make them more precious to our souls, that we may know the riches of thy grace and the hope of our calling. And while grateful to thee for thy great salvation, may we be moved with compassion for those still in darkness and the shadow of death, who know not the joyful sound. We bless thee for thy churches already planted in this land. Add, we beseech thee, to their number, and cause the wilderness and the solitary place to be glad for them, and the desert to rejoice and blossom as the rose. Bless all thy ministering servants, especially those who preach unto the heathen the unsearchable riches of Christ. Be unto them for a mouth and wisdom, uphold and comfort them in every difficulty, and give them much success in winning souls. Soften and subdue by thy Spirit the stony heart, so that many may be led to cry out. What shall we do to be saved ? May thy word have free course and be glorified, and the Redeemer see of the travail of his soul and be satisfied therewith. And this we beg, not for our merits or worthiness, but for the sake of Him unto w? m thou hast promised the heathen for His inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for His possession ; even for tlie sake of Jesus Christ, our Mediator aTid Advocate. Amen. Prayer foe Peace. Almighty God, who doest according to thy will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth, in whose hand are the hearts of all, and who turnest them whithersoever thou wilt ; Look mercifully, we pray thee, on those parts of the Continent on which we dwell, where war and bloodshed now rage. Behold with pity those bound to us by so many ties, who are now passing through 61 .ffliction and trial. Heal their sores and troubles, assuage thmr d,s,en.on and strife, and grant that ere ionTlt ootaem. Be with those already in suffering; provide for the fatherless and the widow; eomfort all n dc Ition and bereavement. Thou eanst, we know, bring godTut ttirirrttri: trrvT r ^^ Imen ^ ^^ ' '°"^'' •''™^ ^^"'' °" !-<»•<•. Appendix B. With the adjoining Diocese of Minnesota I have ever had the most friendly intereourse. In 1857 I preaehed at the opening of the Convention, at the request ^f I tnlbl tion held by his successor. Bishop Whipple in ISfin fl^t'r'"t ''' '•"'""■'"« eop o;'j;i«««^ tiom the Secretary, the Rev. E. R. Welles :_ Extract fron, iheJourn.lof,he ThU Annual Convention «J t'le Diocese of Minnesota. "On motion of the Rev. E. G Gf»b tl,„ e n • resolution was unanimously passed,- '^""""'"S " H^^'^'i.-That it has afforded this Convention Eight Rev. David Anderson, D.D„ Bishon of Rupert's Land, as a representative of th ChU of British America, and wo desire to express our warmest sympathy in his ni„,t interesting work and to assure him of our earnest prayer for his pre ■ blessing of Heaven upon his arduous labours." 62 Appendix C. The Address, as presented to the Prince of Wales by the Bishop at Montreal, on Monday, the 27th of August, 18G0, is here subjoined : — "May it please your Royal Highness — I J ft We, the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese of Rupert's Land, in the territories of British North America, desire to approach your Royal Highness to offer our con- gratulations on your safe arrival on this mighty continent. " It would have afforded us no small measure of gratification to have presented personally this our humble address to your Royal Highness, but the distant sphere of our labours precludes the possibility of our enjoying, as a body, so high an honour. We cannot, however, allow the occasion to pass without praying that the Divine blessing may rest upon your visit, and that a gracious Providence may carry your Royal Highness back in health and safety to your august Parents, taking with you to the Royal Throne the hearty wishes and warm affections of a loyal, contented, and happy people. " In this, the distant land of our adoption, the religion of our forefathers is extended far and wide, and with it the feeling of dutiful attachment to the British Crown. Along with settlers from the British Isles are mingled worshippers from the Indian Tribes, the original pro- prietors of the soil ; and in many of their varying dialects prayer continually ascends for their ' Great Mother,* their Sovereign Lady Queen over the Waters. " We could have wished at such a moment to have been attended by some of our Indians — by representatives of the tribes wandering over the forests and prairies of the laud; especially by some of those Christian Indians with whom it has been our delight to join in prayer and praise, in our few and scattered churches in the lone solitude of the wilderness. Debarred by the circumstances of our position from any such privilege, it is a great satis- faction to be able to commend them to the notice and kind consideration of your Royal Highness. " We ti-ust that at some future day a Royal visit may be extended even to our remote land, and to the shores of the Pacific beyond, embracing thus the breadth of the whole continent, and the dominions of our gracious and beloved Queen, from sea to sea. In the event of such a visit, we can venture to promise your Royal Highness a most hearty and cordial welcome. In the mean time, we can only pray that your Royal Highness may enjoy every blessing from above, and may long live to adorn the exalted position to which the providence v»f God has called you, by the exhibition of those graces which are the surest defence of the throne, and the briglitest example to every subject of the realm. (( Signed on the behalf of the Clergy of the Diocese of Rupert's Land, ft Bishop's Court, Red River, May 28, I860." " David Rupert's Land. On behalf of His Royal Highness, the Duke of New- castle replied, by letter, as follows : — " Montreal, 27th August 1860. " My Lord, — I have the honour to acknowledge the address presented to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, by yourself and the Clergy of the Diocese of Rupert's Land. His Royal Highness desires me to convey to you his thanks for this address, and to express his gratification at the terms in which it is couched. (Signed) " Newcastle." 0i Appendix D. 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