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 „be forgiven, and thaf the Pestilence will find you naked and 
 without hope. For though repentance deferred to the last 
 gasp be a most discouraging thiiig, and a sick bed or the 
 time of God's visitation not a fit hour for making our peace 
 with our Redeemer — yet even then, blessed be our Father in 
 heaven,. the door is not absolutely shut, nor is repentance 
 forbidden— nay it is not evfen at such a time unlawful, nor does 
 thil fate period make it insincere, although our sin has been 
 grievously aggravated by delay, and it may seem to others as 
 well as to ourselves, not a little suspicious. The Prodigal 
 never thought of returning to hh Father till he was ready to 
 
 
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 others, such cases, as must frequently happen in times of pes- 
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 valuable social advantages, which are of a permanent character, 
 and will yield much benefit to mankind, when the calamity 
 itself shall have been long forgotten. ' > 
 
 Not only have we become far better acquainted with the 
 nature, of the disease, and the means of its cure and avoid- 
 ance, but it has been the cause of introducing many improve- 
 ments whicK, will add much to the physical comfort of the 
 community. Far greater attention is now pa'd to the cleanli- 
 ness of our towns and cities— to the purifying of the atmos. 
 phere, to the better ventilation of the houses of the poor — to 
 t|ip pnomira gement of temperate habits— to the supply of warm 
 
 clothing to the needy, and nourishing and healthy food. The 
 kind sympathy of the rich has been called forth to the assist- 
 ance of their more unfortunate neighbours, and the distance 
 between the diiFerent classes of society has been lessened by 
 acts ol generous kindness on the one side, and grateful 
 acceptance on the other. Moreover it has been shewn that 
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 no ground for this alarm, and that there is far less danger 
 in hatching a Cholera patient tl^n one in Typhus Fever. 
 But were the danger certain, as has been formerly held, it 
 would prove no hindrance to the care and watchfulness of the 
 • truly religious. Such are ever found bold, active, kind and 
 considerate infthe day of calamity: they feel convinced that 
 if God sends the judgment, He likewise puts it into the hearts 
 of His children to love their neighbours as themselves, and 
 to manifest their devotion to hinj^by obedience to His laws, 
 thatis, by doing all in their power to assuage and to remove 
 th e affliction. ^^ — 
 
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 the power of the Gospel^ have frequently asserted, in their 
 deplorable ignorance, that the pious are inactive on such 
 trying occasions, and more disposed to sit with folded hands 
 in stupid amazement or selfish indifference, than to employ 
 themselves in assisting and comforting the diseased. — But 
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 1 therefore recommena ine loiiqwing prayers w uv uavu. 
 in all the congregations of this Diocese, immediately before 
 the General Thanksgiving at Morning and Evening Prayer. 
 
 They are the same wliich the late Archbishop of Canter- 
 bury, of blessed memory, appointed to be used in England^ 
 when threatened with the Cholera in 1831, and where, it is 
 believed, they were Attended with a special blessing. And 
 may we not, in all humility, hope that a like blessing will 
 follow them here, if used in a devout frame of mind, with sin- 
 cere repentance for our sins, and firm resolutions of amendment 
 in heart and life. '' 
 
 It is during periods of great public affliction that men's 
 hearts are tried, and especially the Ministers of God's Word 
 and ordinance s . Therefore, to your Sund a y pr a yers and dutie85 
 
 my brethren, you must add active and untiring labour during 
 the week. And this not merelyrin answering promptly every 
 summons to the bed of sickness m^- of death, but going 
 uncalled, on finding any of your flo<%/tttacked : nay, it is your 
 bounden duty to make frequent inquiries, tlQit no one may lose 
 the benefit of your presence to administer the consolations of 
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 in their hands, to stand between tpe living ana ine cieaa 
 and fervently to pray that the. plague maybe stayed — and to 
 shew to the lukewarm and unbelieving world that we have 
 a divine arm on which to lean — a hope that may not be broken, 
 but.which is able to support the most feeble, thdugh all the 
 powers of darkness were leagued against them. " Thou shalt 
 not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that 
 Jieth by day: nor for tJie Pestilence that walketh in dark- 
 ness, nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon-day. A 
 . thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right 
 hand, but it s hall not come nigh thee . " — — — — 
 
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 With my humble i^nd earnest prayer that the Pestilence 
 may be averted from this Province, and commending you 
 to the merciful protection of God, ^^ 
 
 I remain, my dear Brethren, 
 ■ ■ "* Your affectionate Diocesan, 
 
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TO THE CLRROV AND LAITY Of THK DfOCEflE OF TORONTO 
 
 My Dear Brktmiiin,— 
 
 From the recent intHi1|i;cnce by the Hoytil Steamers we 
 learn that the Cholera, after rava^^inK a Inrf^e portion of Aiia, 
 and proj(re«»ively a(lvancin)(over the wentern part of Europe, 
 hat at length reached our Parent State, and commenced ita 
 destructive career in London, E<Unbur]{h, and other pUces of 
 the United Kingdom. '' 
 
 Hence it may be looked for in this country, by the way 
 of the United States, or early in the spring by that of Quebec, 
 unless stayed by the hand of Almighty God. 
 
 The two former visits of this terrible calamity in 1692 
 and 1834, are still remembered in this Diocese with fear and 
 ' sadness, and more especially in this city. Ood forbid that we 
 should a third time witness the scythe of the destroyer sweep- 
 ing away our friends and neighbours as th#winds scatter the 
 leaves of the forest 
 
 Had he confined himself to the old, the decrepid, and 
 infirm, our dismay might have been less; but his iron-hand 
 seized on the vigour of manhood, and quenched in death the 
 
 
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 Thiiikt to Ood, wo have on thit occMion full warning, 
 wA form«r eip«ricnc« Unive* UtUe or no doubt of ita ap|)ro«ch. 
 Accordingly precautions «re atrrtdy being taken to tocuro the 
 body against Ito fatal influence. But is titis all ? Art the 
 interests of the bo<ly to be cared for, and those of the mhiI 
 neglected ? 
 
 \ Not that, human precautions are to b« overlooked, much 
 iMt treated with indifference, for it is our duty to make reason- 
 abltt and salutary preparation, and to use every means In our 
 powef to preserve ourselves and dependants from impending 
 danger ^ but all we can dit will be of no avail if unattended 
 with the vtvine blessing, and therefore ought wa moat earn- 
 estly to pray that He, by whom Nations rise and fall, flourish 
 and decay, may be pleased, notwithstanding our manifold 
 transgressions, (^ turn away the plague from our shores, or 
 mercifully to mhjgatc the same, should it unfortunately 
 arrive! \ 
 
 At this moment Hie civilized world presents a spectacle 
 of contention, profanen^s, and infidelity, to which the sad 
 history of our race furnishca no parallel. Europe is convulsed 
 from one end to the other — ih^ foundations of society are laid 
 l)are, and all the elomcnti ofpdi^ce and order seem to disap- 
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 of life tnd death. s 
 
 Prayer it rcwvdcd by a confidence which drives out fear, 
 susuining us by a present sense of protection in the time o( 
 peril. And I feel assured that were any kinudom, province? 
 city or family, to assemble from time to time In humble prayer, 
 confessing their sins, as the people of Wlneveh did, the same 
 happy result would ensue. To meet In our Churchet, whert 
 we ourselvet and our children have been baptised, and from 
 which, in holy devotion, we have followed our par«MiU and 
 neighbours to the tomb, and to accompany God's Ministers 
 with our heart and voice, beseeching Him, through the meriU 
 of Hit blessed Son, to avert the l»ettilonce, against which no 
 art of man can avail, would at once heal the wounded spirit* 
 strengthen th« feeble minded, and raise the weeping eye from 
 earth to heaven. Moreover, such a general and sincere act 
 of devout humiliation would elevate and sanctify the whole 
 bearing of Society, abash the ridicule of Uio wicked, and force 
 upon them thoughts of another world. 
 
 The great leading iniquity of the passing age, and of 
 which the wart and tumulu now agitating Europe are the 
 natural fruitt, it the practical and tyttcmatic tcparation of 
 
ami iIm: uuml rcvoiiiiiij frnijiUun yj MtAMiicr* ifiumpl* wuli- 
 oy| c«»iitrol. 'I1t« wbol« bvad b irfekt wd ikt wkoU b««rt 
 fkinl. From lb* tol* of tbt fool •vtn unto ibo hmd tb«rt U 
 no MundotM in il« but wottndi aiMl brui»»i anil ptttrofyinf 
 •orvt. Tbt iMKioiM bavt <l««pifMNi Ood, aiM) irampM on IIU 
 ftv«btiont,atid lb«refor« H« bitf Irfk ibtmto tbcir own Havieoo. 
 
 llitrt ifpfirt not at ibit moment among tbe nations of 
 Eurvp«, Great Britain aione eiceptet), ono tingto rallying 
 point, m even the germ of liopo towarHi ibo tttahli«iiment of 
 fttlitrt ordtr and tranquillity. Anarcby, llrree contention*, 
 and Mcial (letolalion, bare lo itrongly Mt in af to ovlrpowtr 
 •vory opposition, nor can tbcre t ^-er bo tbo iligbtoot cap««- 
 lation of a change for the better till tbe religion of our Savi- 
 our become* again, at it formerly waN among all Cbrintbn 
 communities, tbe foundation of (Mucation. 
 
 What is the general aspect of society tvfn in tliose placet 
 where some semblance of order yet remains ? Dtxrs it nut 
 eihibit too gciwerully intense selfishness on the (lart of the 
 wealthy, without regard or sympathy for those below them ; 
 and do not the latter breadio dogged and mortal hatred 
 against tketr superiors, and a spirit of insubordination, tur- 
 bulence and diiicontent, reaily to proceed at any moment to 
 insurrt^ctitMi, pillage and hltMNl. 
 
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 Tlfta b«ty ana car^-worn conniinancioa <iaUv b«l>oia 
 %Mt frUnd* anH companloiMi aropjiing arouna th«», ami ihoy 
 w*41 know tliac tlia moving moM of llf#, of thought, of a»bV- 
 Uoo ana atarUM that U boforo tb|||^wUI mon co«ipo«» a htap 
 of avft, of which Uity thrmtelHllriir form a part ; but ihoy 
 cannot b«Hir to dwtll u|>on contampUtlonn to trrrlblo, or to 
 thiuk that all mutt quickly »har« in th* Bccn^a of ibal «tarnlty, 
 whoM lm|M>rtant Inurrtto fail In iho paiaing boor to arttti • 
 moment's aU-ntlon. Now, thU mi •Ul* of thlngt ariae* from 
 th« negltctto ImprttM on the mlna of tha chlW the princlplet 
 of religion, ana to train him to thalr practice. Ooa U ban- 
 l«hca from thalr thoughta, tha influence ana rrign of evil tl- 
 lamla without oppoailionj ana thia, perhapa the lait attempt 
 of the Prince of aarknew to regain hit aomlnlon over thie 
 lower woria, appear* for the time the moat iuccctaful of hit 
 
 devicea. 
 
 Uut though alt at pretent aeemi aark una gloomy, and 
 the powert of llie earth are •een marching unacr lut banner, 
 he •hall be humblea In the ausl,aua the CroMihall riie above 
 every temporal and •plriliml enemy. 'ITie etruggle may bo 
 fierce ana long, ana i»crhapa generations way have to iuffer 
 
 
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 oC ihing* WM brouKbt •bout lnflnit*l)r m^« b#«llli)r tiMii^iifiltttl 
 Uuui ii to b« fottml in «tty oih0r VhtMimn n«li«m. 
 
 In tllMt Natiofwl Hrlitmlt thm lUlile U nt4 mmI •!• 
 pUiA#(l : Ui« (!al«^iain omftilly tauf III, and iW liMfia aiMl 
 mindi oClh« eMMt«»n iRipr««M<l, ami r«tMi#r»<l fainUi«f wlUi 
 lliiM* doctrini>« uuH prrc«|}l% hf vliiell aWiMi w« cmi b« nuwla 
 fviM unto MiUatlon. 
 
 Not tbal Ik* Parent Rlat« 1mm allofttlier rartped tii>- 
 •cntk«d fr<Mn Uila moral etmlagion, for w« mual coaf#«i, with 
 ahanut and •omm, tlial b«fnr« m murk good rould b« •^Tfctod 
 BMwy kad b«>«n rorruptrd ; y«t ihe gr«at maaa ol Mm p«opU 
 may b« pronounced rompor|itivrly m/o. 
 
 Would to (}od tkat tk« influ«>nc« tt tkit widMNl davleo 
 ol atparating lk« babot of tko (lock from tkair Saviour kad 
 b««n tqually impoUitf in tkia Colony as it kaa k««n in iko 
 Fatkerland. Ikjt Itera IthckifriskcdinkiKk pkuwt. H«ne« 
 tke low ttata of religion, and tk« divitiona and contentiona 
 among Ita mtmban. Tke deaeeration of tke Habbatk, tke 
 irreverence ao generally roanifeated to koly tkinga, till even 
 the app4*aninceof religion is driven from our I^gialative Halli* 
 wkere tke voice of prayer la now unk«ard ; and wkere |io 
 bleaaing ia implored on tkeir deliberationa, or any reeognitfon 
 «»f Uod ill Ckriat in any of our public doinga. 
 
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 |>rocttl, umI Millwr (mnmni n«f lwift|tin««a Mil h9 *njo]r«4 tUI 
 b«tll ar* tn^ rvcogniMNl mmI In wrtiv* op«niti<m. 
 
 Aft »• Hell an<l |Miw#ffiil ? TWn o«t(lil «• to (litrH«rK« In 
 in««lin««» ill* flitliM ini#|Mr«bU fr««i w—Uk ami (i«««r. Onr 
 wmIiIi !• ft IrMt eonftrrvd ii|NNI it bf God for tlio good of iW 
 ctimmunitjf, ai^ our powtr to InctMM IM comfort mmI Im|>- 
 pin#«a. 
 
 Am V* poor? It b tW portion AMigiwa us, for llio tin* tl 
 liMlt by Goci, and itemanila on our part patWnc*, fbrbfaraiMN 
 ■ubmiaaion and ob«di«nc«>. W«r« Christian principle* to prevail 
 lb«f« would b* itilt ricb and poor, wtak and strong, aa ind**d 
 Ibrr* *v«r must b«, but all would b* brctbran, all latisfltd 
 wllb tb*lr lot, and all bappy. 
 
 But w* now turn ta lb* mor* Immedlait <^j«el of ibli 
 Nlltr, tbo probablr appearanc* of th* CboUra at no diatani 
 p«r{od. And Itt ua not dospond at this awful proa|)«ct, for 
 tb* Lord God Omnipotent reigneth, and notwithstanding th* 
 falling awa.y of many, we trust that we bav* stilt thousands of 
 tru* iiearU among us, aa ther* w*r« ki the glootaiy days of 
 Kiyab, pr*par*d to rtiitl tha world, th* flaah, and tb* d«viL 
 
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 without hope. For though rcpentaiico deferred to the hut 
 ga»p b« a mont dUcouragiiig thing, himI a tick bed or the 
 Ume of Gpd'i viMtutiou not a fit hour for making our peace 
 with our Iledeemcr— yeicven then, blewed be our Father in 
 heiven, the door i« not absolutely itliut, nor iit repentance 
 forjiidden— nay it is not even at such a time unlawful, nor does 
 thilfute period make it insincere, although our sin has been 
 grievously aggravated by dehiy, and it may seem to others as 
 well as to ourselvcM, not a little suspicious. The Prodigal 
 never thought of returning to his Father till he was ready to 
 )>ert8h. And Christ seems torebtc the jmrable to meet among 
 others, such cabca as must frequently happen in times of pea- 
 tilence, that He may touch with hope the hearts of the greatest ^ 
 tinners, and make them aware that He will receive them, 
 however late, and by whatever necessity or distress they are 
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 vttluabb' soii:ti a<ivaiit.>;.M;s, vvhifli i»f<- «ii a jurmantMU riuuiUMt ^Tr 
 and will yield macK benefit to mankind, when the calamity 
 itself shall have been long forgotten. 
 
 Not only have wo become far better acquainted with the 
 nature, of the disease, and the means of its cure and avoid- 
 ance, but It has been the cauie of introducing many improve- 
 ments which will adtl much to the physical comfort of the 
 community. Far greater attention is now pa»d to the cleanli- 
 ness of our towns and cities— to the purifying of the atmos. 
 phere, to the better ventilation of the houses of the poor — to 
 the encouragement of temperate habits— to the supply of warm 
 clothing to the needy, and nourisliin;; and healthy food. The 
 kind sympathy of the rich has been called forth to the assist- 
 ance of their more unfortunate neighbours, and the distance 
 between the different classes of society has been lessened by 
 acts ol generous kindness on the one side, and grateful 
 acceptance on tiie other. Moreover it has been shewn that 
 ^•olern. in its first stftge, is by no means unmanageable by 
 
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ground for this alarm, ami that there is fur los danger 
 in watching a Cholera patient tUan one in Typhus Fever. 
 Bat were the danger certain, as has been formerly hold, it 
 would prove no hindrance to the care and watchfulness of the 
 truly religious. Such are ever found bold, active, kind and 
 considerate iiAhe day of calamity: they feel convinced that 
 if God sends the judgment, He likewise puU it into the hearts 
 of His children to love their neighbours as themselves, and 
 to manifest their devotion to hinvby pbcdiunce to His laws, 
 that is, by doing all in their power to assuage and to remove 
 the affliction. 
 
 It is true that unbelievers, and such as have never felt 
 the power of the Gospel, have frequently asserted, in their 
 deplorable ignorance, that the pious are inactive on such 
 trying occasions, and more disposed to sit with folded hands 
 in stupid amazement or selfish indifference, than to employ 
 themselves in assisting and comforting the diseased. — But 
 let such truthless scoffers learn, that as the friends of Christ 
 
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They are the ume which the late ArchbUhop of CanUsr- 
 bury, of blc««cd memory, appointed to be used in Knfi^land, 
 when threatened with the Cholera in IB:)!, and where, it ia 
 believed, they were attended with a special blessing. And 
 may we not, in all humility, hope that a like blessing will 
 .follow them here, if used in a devout frame of mind, with sin- 
 cere repentance for our sins, and firm resolutions of amendment 
 in heart and lile. 
 
 It is during periods of great public affliction that men's 
 hearts are tried, and especially the Ministers of God's Word 
 and ordinances. Therefore, to your Sunday prayers and duties, 
 my brethren, you must add active and untiring labour during 
 the week. And this not merely in answering promptly everjr 
 summons to the bed of sickness an^ of death, but going^ 
 uncalled, on finding any of your flo(Jc jiitacked : nay, it is your 
 bounden duty to make frequent inquiries, tliiit no one may lose 
 the benefit of your presence to administer the consolations of 
 religion, and to satisfy the anxious cravings of the Soul in the 
 hour of departure. 
 
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in their hand*, to •tand iMJtweeii the living and the dead 
 and fervently to pray that the- plague may be tUyed— ^and to 
 ■hew to the lukewarm and unbelieving world that we liave 
 a divine arm on which to lean— a hope that may not be broken, 
 but'which ii able to support the moet feeble, though all the 
 powers of darkneM were leagued against them. " Thou shalt 
 not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that 
 ilieth by day : nor for the Pestilence that walketh in dark- 
 ness, nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon-day. A 
 thounnd shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right 
 hand, but it shall not come nigh thee." 
 
 With my humble and earnest prayer that the Pestilence 
 may be averted from this Province, and commending you 
 tfi the merciful protection of God, 
 
 I remain, my dear Brethren, 
 
 Your affectionate Diocesan, 
 
 John Toronto. 
 Toronto, 4th Nov., 184a 
 
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