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 Ybur WOtk is most hottotable, and involveo the highest responsibility. You have not chosen Christ, but He 
 has diOseA you, that, in fiis toite, you mw bdar His message of mercy to guilty 9nd perishing sinneni, 9xA pray 
 them, in His stead, to be reconciled to Gh)a. Tour labors and your motives snould accoi^ with your desi{niation. 
 
 To proolum, with earnestness and godly sincerity, the glad tidings of salvation, diffusing correct and enlarged 
 views of the great principles of ditine truth, giving a prominent place to those distinguishing doctrines, which alone 
 constitute the foundation of Christian activity and comfort, will be your chief employment. Labor, in tMs, to 
 arouse the conscience and impress the heart, rather than to please the taste, or gratify the predilections of your 
 beareris, — to leave profitable recollections of your labors, rather than favorable impressions of yourself, personally. 
 Your aim must Uot be, merely to fulfil an appointment, and then to pass to other scenes of labor, satisfied that your 
 duty to the Church has been discharged. You are an ambassador of Christ, and must feel an interest in the success 
 of your work, for your Master's sake. Many have gone forth, with large expectations, and have met disappointment, 
 from forgetfulness of their high commission, and their solemn responsibilities. 
 
 While unfolding the great principles of religious truth, you will not fail to enforce their bearing upon the 
 activities and enjoyments of Christian life ; commingling practical direction, with that doctrinal teaching, without 
 which your work will be but partially accomplished. 
 
 The times in which wo live present peculiar claims upon the faithfulness of the messenger of the Cross. Truths, 
 heretofore regarded as essential, are, too frequently, deemed unwarrantably stern. Purity in order, and firmness of 
 Christian conduct, heretofore considered as characteristics of a prosperous Church, are beginning to be esteemed over- 
 strictnees. This tendency to smooth things in the teachings of the sanctuary, and accommodation of doctrine and 
 order to the feelings and wishes of men, will demand from you, as far as they come within the range of your duty, 
 uncompromising, yet affectionate, firmness in the prosecution of your work. To " increase the nation," these courses 
 are often adopted; but, ultimately, they react, both upon the Missionary and the Church of which he is the 
 accredited agent. Let it not be said of you, that you have increased the nation, at the expense of its joy. Fear of 
 man, desire for human applause, and dread of the scripturally disturbing influence of faithful expositions of divine 
 truth, have led to unfaithfulness to Christ. Be it your study to avoid a snare, which has been dishonoring to the 
 Saviour and ruinous to the souls of men. 
 
 In the course of your labors, family visitation, it is expected, will occupy a portion of your time. In this, you 
 will find ample scope for the discharge of the duty of teaching from house to house, a duty so important to the 
 interests of the Redeemer's cause. Personal and family religion, careful training of children, sancfification of the 
 Sabbath, and other similar subjects, will demand your earnest attention. In enforcing such duties, with afiectionate 
 earnestness, you will require to consider, carefully, the peculiar circumstances of eac'i family, that instruction and 
 aduionition may be both suitable and well timed. Such visitations, prudently conducted, will deepen those impressions 
 of Sabbath exercises, which, otherwise, might be lost. Seek the advice and presence of an Elder, where these can 
 be obtained. 
 
 Careful attention tt aick and afflicted will, also, form a part of your work ; together with those steps for the 
 benefit of the young, whiun .-ne particular circumstances of the locality, may authorize you to take ; and it is trusted, 
 that you will exemplify diligence, in prudently originating and promoting those plans, which may present a reasonable 
 prospect of pefm&hi^nce and success. 
 
 The ijilfropts of a Mission station, left to general supcrintcndance, are not apt to meet the watchful and prompt 
 attention, wbich, by the divine blessing, ensures prosperity. Hence the necessity of organization, and the appoint- 
 nient of a Coisittiittce of Management, forming a channel of communication with the Courts of the Church. Where 
 oiroumstances warrant, you will suggest the propriety and benefit of such an arrangement, aflfording all requisite 
 direction and advice, but carefully avoiding all unnecessary interference,— aiding but not controlling. 
 
 Such occasions will afford valuable opportunities of communicating information regarding the order of the 
 Church, aiid you will not fail toiihprove them, when offered. You will, thus, prepare the way for that thorough 
 organization, which pfoperly belongs to the Presbytery, under whose superintcndance you may be laboring. 
 
 Besides this, whete there is good pi-osp^ct of edification, it may be well to recommend, that during the intervals 
 of Missionary visits, the public wor8hu|iJ^>6d be maintained. The requisite details will, of course, be left to your 
 own diflcPdtiow aUd prudetKiev afr they nl^oe required to vary, according to the situation and circumstances of the 
 
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 Ittyoar int^rsour^ with the pe6;^le atfabng ^iifhoifrt yOU may lalior, It iV expected, that you will maintain such a 
 pOfiittODvaitd 99t stttshan exathplc, as •v^ill cottflrm your public teachings. Inattention to this important point creates 
 a btidiitipresglohi both of tho Preacher and hi^ me^st^gc, and' there are few things which so readily weaken the hands 
 of a Missionary, and frustrate the object of Sabbath setVices, as abandonment, in private, of the dignity and sacred- 
 ness of that office, which is assumed in public. The same remark holds true of the neglect of private duties, the 
 performance of which, a people have been led to expect. A godly walk and convorsjition is a noccssary and powerful 
 clement in the success of the Missionary of the Cross. 
 
Ill tlio ooiu'Sti of your journeyiiigs, you will ut'teu encounter partied, and be placed in oircumstancea, where one 
 fiiliHi Htep, or one opportunity of good nofflected, may blight your prospects of uaefulnesa. In all such cases, tou 
 will endeavour to act, as you know your Master would require, with Christian watchfulness and prudence guiding 
 your every movement, and availine yourself of every opening, which Providence may afford, — adapting yourself to 
 persons and circumstances, but with a single object, of being instrumental in saving some. 
 
 In prosecuting your work, you will bear in mind, that the Church Courts expect from yon a full and accurate 
 account of your proceedings, — such account to contain, not a bare statement of Sabbath services or private labon, 
 but a view of the state of religion in the locality, the encouragement or discouragement with which yon may meet, 
 the prospects of success, and such other topics as may suggest themselves, as involving interesting and necessary 
 information, and calculated to facilitate those farther movements, which the Church Courts may have in view. 
 
 This Journal, you are to submit to the Presbytery, in whose bounds you labor. 
 
 To the above directions and advices, may be most appropriately added, the duty of Prayer, as a necessarr and 
 powerful means of guiding and sustaining you in your honorable and arduous work, and of opening to you the hearts 
 of your hearers. Be diligent in cultivating a spirit of earnest prayer, and may He who has counted you faithful, in 
 putting you into the ministry, bless you and your work, and in the confidence that He will do so, we commend you 
 to Him, and to the Word of His Grace, for the work, whereunto }'ou have been appointed. 
 
 Py order of the Board of Home Missions, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Thu Ik)ard herewith forward tu you a series of Kegulations adopted by Synod, for your guidance in your work, 
 and to which they trust you will attend diligently and faithfully : 
 
 Regulations for the Guidance of Probationers of the Presbyterian Church of 
 
 Nova Scotia. 
 
 Mopttd by Synod, and ordered to be communicated to Probationers by the Board of Home Miaaiona, togdher with a Letter 
 
 of Ijutrudiona from the Board. 
 
 I. — All Probationers are placed by Synod under the 
 Kiiperintendance of the Home Mission Board, as the only 
 official channel of employment. 
 
 II. — On application the Board is empowered to trans- 
 fer Probationers from one Presbytery to another, it being 
 understood that the Presbytery make a limited application, 
 or the Board a limited appointment, and in no case except- 
 ing a call, said appointment to be annulled. 
 
 when their appointments are of a strictly missionary cha- 
 racter. 
 
 VII. — Probationers may receive money in Congregations 
 and stations in which they labour, but shall account faith- 
 fully to the Board or Presbytery who are responsible for 
 remuneration of services. 
 
 VIII. — Any ordained Probationer acting under the 
 Board, in admitting parties to the fellowship of the Church, 
 
 III.-When a Probationer's appointments have expired, f^^JJ **^« order that the mtmes of said parties be inserted 
 and the Presbytery does not require from him farther I »" 1^?? Congregational K^rds. 
 
 Presbytery does not require 
 services, intimation thereof is to be conveyed by the Clerk 
 of Presbytery to the Secretary of the Board, together with 
 his address. 
 
 IV. — No Probationer under the superintendance of any 
 Pr^bytery, shall take regular appointments under another, 
 unless duly transferred ; and if by oversight or otherwise. 
 Presbyteries shall fail to give employment to a Probation- 
 er, he shall report himself to the Board. 
 . V. — Probationers are required not to interfere unneces- 
 sarily in the Congregational business or arrangements of 
 localities in which they may be labouring, and especially 
 when Congregations may have in view to call a Pastor. 
 
 VI. — Probationers are required to submit to Presbyteries 
 a written report of their proceedings, and also to the Board, 
 
 IX. — Probationers labouring in vacant Congregations 
 are required to perform all the duties of the settled Pastor 
 — in as far as these are consistent with their position — such 
 as Family visitation — Visitation of the Sick — Prayer 
 Meetings — Sabbath Schools — Bible Classes — and when 
 these are wanting, to endeavour their establishment, should 
 there be a prospect of their continuance. Each Probation- 
 er to commence his visitations where relinquished by his 
 predecessors, ti^^ whole be accomplished. 
 
 X. — ProbdH^m to be exceedingly careful to observe a 
 godly life and conversation, that their intercourse with the 
 people in private, may confirin their public teachings. 
 
 XI. — Probationers to keep a journal of all their mis- 
 sionary proceedings, for the information of Presbyteries or 
 the Board.