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 Delivered Feb. 19, 1866, 
 
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 ||)arocf)tal iSIeeting of tt)e 0t. 3amtB* Branct) 
 
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REMARKS 
 
 Every ag€i has its duties, dangers, and difficulties ; therefore, 
 to servo our day eflFectually is bo.ldly to face our dangers, over- 
 come our difficulties, and do our duties. 
 
 "We, must not forget that "the course of this world" is 
 opposdd to man's highest . interests, because it is enmity with 
 GodV-man's chief good. 
 
 Tiie church and the world have distinct origins, objects, and 
 ends. Tlie church of God is God's representative, His bodyj 
 « the fullness of Him that tilleth aU in ill." 
 
 Having purchased it with His own blood-JIe did not take 
 His church out of the world ; but pledge'd(Mpself to "keep 
 it from the evil." His ^pledge implies her $ithfulnes8, dili- 
 gence, watchfulness. Tlie enjoyment of His promise is 
 conditional on all these : therefore the safety of His church 
 rests on her close walking with God. 
 
 The world may be divided into— Ist, the friends, and 2nd, 
 the enemies, of God, and of His church. ^ 
 
 We are either the one or the other, as we are comribu'ing, 
 or not, to its purity, prosperity, and health. 
 , He who simply stands by, looks on, and does nothing, 
 whether he will or not, aids and abets the world in its opposi- 
 tion ; weakens and paralyzes the church. He that is not for, is 
 against the church of the living God, God's cause, and people. 
 
 The church, though " fair as the moon," like that great light- 
 bearer, shines with borrowed light ; and, like her, waxes and 
 wanes, may be edipsed, but cannot be put out. 
 
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 Thon,.wlion tho church militftnt HhinoB, it ia with the re- 
 flected light of " tho Sun of KiKhtcouanesa ;" when she grows, 
 it ig a& 1 1 in power rewts upon her. She goes from strength 
 to Htrength when, walking with Iliin, leaning on IfiB arm ; 
 frouY-ictory to victory when her covenant God goca before 
 her, and tho glory of tho Ijord w her re-roward. 
 
 What the moon would bo without tho-Bun, that tho church 
 is without Chriflt — dark, cold, and lifeleae. 
 
 Wh^i the moon turns her face to tho Bun, bIio is full, and 
 the darkness of night is driven away, (^nd even the lesser lights 
 pale. 
 
 Tho church shines when Christ, by his Spirit^ shines in on 
 lier. Then, her teaching drives away error ; everything 
 trifling and secondary hides itself 'when her Redeemer and 
 Saviour is her God and glory. Now it is that the church of tho 
 living God " looks forth as tho morning, fair as tho moon, clear 
 ji8 the sun, and terrible as an army with banners." 
 
 Tho moon has her obscurations, arising chiefly from our 
 earth. Hence come those mists and fogs which fill the clouds, 
 and make gloomy and dark days, when nqither sun nor moon 
 appear, and all is cheerless. 
 
 And yet the sun is still in the heavens, though it is hidden. 
 Then scatter thfi 'clouds, and tlie sun shines out. , ^ 
 
 What hides ^Christ from His church and people is from 
 themselves — the remainder of sin; the mists of error; the 
 pride of intellect ; the would-be wisdom of this world— that 
 moral and spiritual miasma, coming from unsanctified hearts 
 and lives, polluted and polluting. 
 
 Storms and tempests are creations of earth. 
 
 By some action of the lower strata of the air, the balance 
 lias been^ destroyed which formed the genial and refreshing 
 breeze, and the winds have lashed themselves into madness 
 recklessly destructive. 
 
 *' And whence come wars and fightings among you ? Come 
 they not Jience, even of your lusts J" St, Jamei, 
 
With thcHO prefatory roinarku conBulorcd, w.o will prooood 
 to apply them to our Hul.jcct : Tlio llnitod Oliurch of England . 
 and Ireland, HH Bho Hoenw to-day to one not a. youth in her 
 inu»iHtry. 
 
 I need Bcarcoly aay— l«t, Tliat thirt church is a true branch 
 of the church of ChrJBt. True, a» tested by God's truth, tho 
 only appointed touchHtono of that which is true, as- containing 
 •' tho truth US it ih in Jcbuh," making His teaching her standard. 
 TluR church " calls no man Master on earth ;'* assumes no 
 party title; nay, carefully rids herself of all human teaching 
 as authority ; and raises up as her standard—" Holy Scripture, 
 as containing all things nccestary to salvation."— Art. vi. 
 
 Lilie a faithful servant, our church introduces all who 
 « woujd see Jesus" at once to the Master. " Holy Scripture 
 dotli set out fmto us only tho nAmo of Jesus Christ whereby 
 men nrjust bo saved."— Art. xviii. 
 
 Her \difltinction between means of grace and grace itself is 
 clear and decided. Her trumpet gives no uncertain sound. 
 «* Sacraments are means by which God doth work invisibly in 
 UB "—Art. XXV.— means of grace, not grace itself. 
 
 Primitive aiAApoSt'olic in her outward organization, aft 
 well as internaiSSngoment, she seeks to copy the Master in 
 her spirit and temper. 6elf-govemment is a marked feature 
 of our church. Moderation in her teachin^f and practipe. 
 .Where, from tho weakness of ifien's minds, positiveness would 
 be arrogance, she gives latitude. 
 
 When a truth can be discovered only from a long deduction 
 of reasoning, she receives it for herself, embodies it in her own 
 system, but gives credit for equal loyalty to God and his Vord 
 to those who cannot accept of tho same conclusion as herself. 
 In her fonnulas of devotion there is ample provision for the 
 expression of breathings of the highest order. In the rery 
 words of our prayer-book— the babe in Christ can lisp the first 
 utterance of Jnfant life; the young man finds himself best 
 expressing the bouI'b wants ; and even the father in Christ, 
 
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 when giving fortli hii higho«t ncU of prtiw, or when roiting hU 
 wearied soul at the crow, oxpronwjH ilmm holy exercUoa tlio 
 . moitt apUy, when n»0«t litorally. 
 
 To discover imperfectioni in our church itandards, oven 
 when such are to bo found, in but to iay in other wordii, that 
 •he ii still the earthen vewol which contains the- goHpol 
 treasure, and not the treasure itself. Whilst to magnify 
 them, is neither just, nor generous, nor kind, nor honest ; to 
 point thorn out in the siwrit of love, is brother-like. By all 
 honorable means to help to rid our church of them, is what she 
 claims as proofs of her children's love. To pray for her peace, 
 purity, and prosperity, is to constilt our own happiness and 
 usefulness, and our success will insure the approval of her 
 divine head, and her perpetuity, as what for ages she hos been, . 
 a grand agency for the accomplishment of his purposes, apd the 
 hasting of the coming of Ilis kingdom of glory. 
 
 In order to prosperity there must bo peace, and in order to 
 peace there must be purity— internal peace, peace witliin her 
 walls, peace among her children. To a certain extent, diifer- 
 ence of opinion is of the very essence of a living cliurch. 
 Diversity of gifts will, produce a diversity of ministrations. 
 How great* soever the diversity in operation may be, the object 
 should be one— the church's good. 
 
 We serve our church- most effectually when most like her 
 head. By a holy and consistent life, each member of our 
 church should commend himself to every man's conscience. 
 These are the epistles of commendation which the church 
 demands ; far more convincing to those that are without than 
 the most logical treatise, though enforced by the most power- 
 ftil eloquence. 
 
 THat the Church of England and Ireland is passing through 
 a great fight of afflictions is evident ; that the end is not by- 
 and-by, most perceive— with what actual results, God alone 
 can tell. Sufficient for us to know, that the refiner's fire 
 never destroyed a particle of pure gold, and that the fuller'i 
 
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 ,K)ap, wlillir r^uovlng thiir^vl.icU doftlot tlie g*^non^ MTor 
 Inlurtti tho f»bric ItMlf. ^^ 
 
 EmiflUy certain l» It that, ju.t .o far aa " the ^^"^tf^^P'^"^^^ . 
 U a branch of the tmo vino, a living "'«:"^f «^ ;'»° "r^"f 
 loadtrialB will but purify, opposition will but •trong^hon^ 
 through tho oxorciic of her real spiritual power. ;.and f true 
 and fSthfUl to her Maator, - a wide door, and effectual, will 
 iK) opened to her ; and, If Ho .et before ub an open door, none 
 
 can •ii»t it. . 
 
 That a combination oxi«t», to remove tho old land^lrkB, lo 
 .trip our refornved church of her Protctant name and charac- 
 ter, to tin.»el over, or to take aw*y altogether, the pure gold 
 to deck out the lawful wife In the merotriciou. ornament.^ 
 the harlot, i. but too plain to be .uccesBfully domed, and ther*. 
 fore should place every faithful member on hi. watch-tower. 
 
 What <^ce our church repudiated, elther^ctually or inferen- 
 ^ tiaUy, there are tliey who would again introduce ;|o the great 
 
 !ri«t- ;>f those who love Her for her support; of God', truth a. 
 
 it i. in Jesu. ; for her freedom from oxtromo., and for the 
 
 grave modeaty of her ritnal and ornament.. . 
 
 If thew innovator, he allowed to succeed, under whatsoever 
 pretence ^iey may be .anctionod, .opner or later diviaions 
 mu.t follow ; for woner would light and darknew coalcte tiian 
 the lover of tho United Church, a. d^ojfi, a. .ho ha. been 
 practicaUy the.e many year., unite and harmonize with thow 
 who are .eeking to bring back a ritual, with ito ornament, 
 which would a..imilate her service, to t^oso of Ilome ; md 
 thi. a. the fir.t .te^ to wmothing more gnevous .till-the do- 
 Btruction of her protest agaiuBt all false doctrine. 
 
 To admit that .uch a church a. our., liko her type, diould 
 bo subject to change-now waxing, now waning, at one penod 
 of her history behind a cloud, and then .again shining out 
 . with double splendor-is but to say that she i. here on eartib. 
 An infallible, unchangeable church would be no part of tho 
 true church. 
 
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 To confess that from her ownself have arisen troublers of 
 her peace— men seeking to sully her purity, and mar Mer 
 character, and hinder lier usefulness— is but to liken heij^inore 
 closely to the church of all ages, of whom St. Peter pr^ecied: 
 "Also from your ownselvas shall men arise, speal^iag perverse 
 tilings." 
 
 Though they were in her, yet w^j^ertliey not of}iw. They 
 Lave gone out from her^Jjietftliing threatenings which, to 
 gratify, would rob liOTjoflSer scriptural character,^ then trample 
 her in the dust^^^iMfrear on her ruins a church of the apostacy. 
 
 Whilst^felMul to her trust, the Church of England and 
 Irehwt^y her struggles and contests, gives additional proof 
 
 her being a living part of the church of Christ militant 
 here on earth. 
 
 The head and the body must be baptized with the same 
 baptism, and drink of the same cup, fight the same battles, 
 before they can together enjoy the final victory. " 
 
 The world hates the Master and the disciple equally. It 
 hated Him : it must hate " them that are His." The redeemed 
 church is beloved of God. Her true members are God's dear 
 children. And, "if children" of God, "then heirs," "heirs 
 of God, joint-heirs with Christ, if so be that we suffer with 
 Him, that we may be also glorified together." 
 
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