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' " ■■ • . ■■^■■ ■. ^'\ 1 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. "? 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, 'i \ I! ii 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 ■• 1 ,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. '^S,-^'. ««"^P" 1^ J 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." I.'" ■'fi NAtlONAl BgniAU OF STANOANOft STANOAHU HCrlMIDfCfl MATtRlAl IQIO* (AN«i ■»> ISO TItr GHAUT No »