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[yvMj^s 't. II i» ?»r!^ r TlUR ISLAND •■ \- •jfH Its Duties -^ its ProspeNBts \-. m Bf CAPT. ORLEBAR, ^ S \ '31%' I • ■■■■;■ ;.^,::- t- SELIVKREP BEFORE THE YODNa MBS'8 CHBISTIAM AB80' .^ - OIATION AND LITBRAEt INSTITUTE, \ December 4th, 1862. z' C H A E L 6 T T E T W N ; IKTED AT " THE PROTESTANT" OFFICE, QtBBN SQUAR^ '^ "1862. '' 1 m .f^^ !■/ »/ ■^^ ^ -7 1 Toi 'r;:-o' or- I k ■k^ rJ!^ ULsi. rf I T J ■ .: '^3 ■ --^ '-.^ % 4i ... -^ !■•' I, vJIB T.'--.- I- ' ** 'SS&'i^B ■■ \ :J <€'^ •rf' ■^u ■t X .\ '.,'\ V My Fri I ha ing, be 10 famt largo ol deot in mj aho grave know I< still I I may I and be Incl mdnoen Foraltl J ing you insular eign an tendenc n&teatt life so i Under t all abou gard to to brinf u. •• "I ■■-> , • ,, ^ OUR ISLAND: ITi DUTIia— rT8 PROSPECTS. My Friends; \ *■ .-. ,* ^ I have ventured upon this subject with some misgif- # ing, beoauss there ii always a oerUinty in Uking up ./ so familiar a matter as our Itland, that I shall meet • large class of critics, jealous of its reputati|jp snd confi- dent in their superior kiiowledge, and iig^Jiose eye* > ' my shortcomings, and my probable igncmnfe, will b« I grave faults. I confess at the outset that I really* know less about our Island than I thought I did, bat # still I cannot doubt there is enough to interest in what I may bring for ward, that I shall haye your forboarano* and be favored with your sympathy. In choosing such a subject, I also hoped at the oom« mdneement of our course to secure a!!largo attendance. For although I do not underrate the importance of lead- ^ ing your minds to overstep the narrow bounds of our . insular position and to take an interest in what is for- ^ eign and remote,— for indeed such teaching has a great ^ tendency to enlarge the mind, and to lessen that inordi- nate attention to the litttgjhings and gossip of our daily life so fruitful of evil in a smalll^ommunity, ^yet I am under the conviction that it becomes us y!r«rtp know all about our ^land home, and our own duties with re-c -4~^ gard to it ; and therefore it is a most important matter ^to bring it earjy under your notice, so that, apart from r s?' ■\ > t yoiir fimily and social relatioDS, you may^be ioterestcd and stimulated to seek its welfare. T In undertaking this task, it is my du^y to be honest i^iid truthful, and it is my earnest desire/to be free from ^ndue'Was to poJitical parry or cluss prijudice. I dare not say I am free from either; and my jtapd point is so different from those about^ me, that I hardly expect maiiy will agree with me, whilst possibly the pre- judices of many will be offended. Believe me, I do not, in pointing out faults, seek to throw the first stone is if my own conscienide were clear j I feel 1 am littl^ better than those I seek to improve. I can say Bow*>^ evir that you shall have an honest express||pn of opin- ioii, and I onljr ask you to gfve me your kind ^attention, and to bear with nje,even if I say what you majr not pos- sibly at firjiJuit consider just and right. If I suggest thought, a^Wlrect the publio m|nd to efforts more worthy of dor country than our pment^j^tty squab- bles, I shall be thankful,>yen if lyj^name ^s cast out 'as .«vil. -.,''■'■.'■ -■■"'^-.'^ ■ \ I have been liviojj in these North American Colonies now nearly thirty y^rs ; the life of one generation of my fellowmen has passed before me, and if I am asked what have I seen and v^itnessed, I might say truthful- ly strife and wickednessin the cities, unrighteoutness in the^ country.'and a low state of morals nearly every- where. I do not lay this is peculiarly the case of our island ; but standing here to give evideqce of my obser- tation of life and character, I must not amuse you with imaginary tales of virtue and of goodness. I stand too near the brink of the grdve to deal in flattery.' I know and am thankfd to know, there is virtue and goodness, bui like the lowly violet it hides its perfume in the leafy shade and neither looks nor seeks for men's %p^ ^^"^3*5? proval; and there is piety, but men so commonly kec^p it like their Sunday clothes for church and chaptal, that in the mart and busy throng of businesa it is sought for In vain^and in our .liegiHlative Hall$ and amongst ou^ grandees it has seldom long abiding. ^to resume. Young men, I speak to you in this lecture, be nf the ^hip, we may safely foretell a pfosj^rous voyw^'f, and ji happy future. If on the contrary^ a love ot ijclf triuibphs, if narrow sectional differences peparati! you from your brethren, if you dewpise the weak und VHil upon the superstitious, if you are only intent up.n the triumph!^ of a party and the dominance of a sect.th.' ^ ate- ' ly ship, this beautiful island, will remain whiit pa*f_\ «h<>8 made it now, without progress, without n^fion^il enter- prize and without influence. 71 .\ But I speak to the fair sex also, for— ihoujrh vie are slow to concede to females equal poUticallri;:his with ourselves, or the power to speak in large as^enb ics, as we in our fancied superiority arc pjivUeged to jl.i— yet, WeScnoW, and we are proud to know, thai yu are man *8 best and truest counselor, andv thatthe niMie ad- vanced the religion and civilization /of the peopie, the more established and recognized vjiU .be the infl uen ce of woman in the family and in the/ohirch. Althougli u weak as you are graceful, your/Weakness is a power, and see what the Lord would have you to be, i^hd humbly seek to be use- ful in your families and helpful in the church. ^ I am thankful to know there are many young wbiiien IB this island who adorn the Oospel in their families,and i" J4||M jc>v I others who, putting on tiiio LordJesus 'Ghriat. hftve con- Boorated themselves to the work of teachings and visiting the poor and needy.— Blessed are they. Atoo, I know there are many mothora)^ praying atixiodis mopers, who have nourished and brought up children for the Lord, —but the Island wants more of such mother^, mothers bringing up Ishildren for Ood aiid tjieir country. Let thtm rejoice in the privilege of bein;4 British, but let them also remember they aref Prince Edward Islanders. We want to see the growth of this nationality, not to inflate us with! pride, like the frog in the fable, only anxious to appear big l^y our bluster and our arrogance, but OS a stiraulj^nt to the* f iithfiii performance of our duties, 80 thatjby ttsour country bo not dishonored; Yes, mothers, ;^oui; round of duties may be small and circumscribed) jj^our voice may be seldom heard beyond your own door^jand jet on those dear children the Lord has given ydUjIy'ou may exert an influci)«e and engraft principles, that may lead to the saving of their si^uls and the behe^ of thousands. It is ''now nearly 20 years since I first apoke oiv ine gubject of Education.* Many of those I then spoklS t have become heads of families, but there is one tfai I remember |>rotesting against which is still too oflien followed and |)ermitted. I allude to the children being turned out u^on the streets. In the day it cannot be avoided, but! in the evening a boy*s best^ placais, or should be, at home.J Try to make your home attractive, give the bcfya something to do/ give th«m games and books to rea^,— but if you wish to see them grow up in the fear of the Lord, keep them off the streets a| night.. But now ht me speak of our Islitnd. Its situation, in^^ t^9 southern corner of the ^reat Gulf of St. ^ta^^ rencei with Nova Scotia and Capie Breton interposed ^n!- \' / f r ■ C 6 ] betweeQ it aod the fogs of the AtlMTlie Oo^an, gives it un uimsually clear atmosphore ; aj/d it possesses a sum- mer climate of great brightne^ and beal^v. At no times are fogs frequent, and/ilthough the inters are tery severe and trying to/the poor and^fwjalh^ y^V to the healthy and strons^t is a tirtio of much enjoy- \inent, and altogether th insating much for its long winter and backward Spring. Itffvsoil is fertile/and being tree fromjrocks or stones, is easy of tillajje^ and its gentle undulations of hill and daliQ present /rare facilities for drainage. Wheat, al- though, unc<^rtain, grows and ripens well} but of all the 4)rops, oats and potatoes appear to be the surest id yield and quality. All the live stock common to a farm thrive wellXespecially sheep and horses, and the care taken of latevyears to cross and improve the native breed of cattle, \has greatly improved its character j and increased the deniand for our stock in foreign markets. Considering the oi^dinary quality of the land on this ^land, it is not high\t its usual rental,and the price at which it may be purciksed is,under the circumstaijices, eheaper than it can be oWined in the neighbdring pro^ vinces, or even in CanadaA^I beliei^e it is cheapfer than where it can be -had for nom our Island intoxicating drinks, there would be less crime, less poverty and less suffering. The Island Agricultural Societies have done much to encourage a better system of farmings but man is slow to improve everywHere, and there is still a larg6 portion of the land badly &ndvrainously cultivated. Looking back orer a past of more than 20 years spent amongst you, both agreeably and profitably,^! can testify to the great improvement evident on all sides. But of late years this improvement is more marked at Bedeqne, Summerside and Oasouinpee^ than in Charlottetown. In fact, whilst Englishmen are justly proud of their yast and yearly increasing London, I have observed in this Island a jealous opposition pn the pa^rt of country members of the Legislature to measures introduced for- the Impravement of their Capital. Forgetting that the prosperity of Charlottetown, the improvement of ite wharves, of its ferries, the drainage of its streets, th^ proper making of ife road% and the perfecting of its '>^. r'^ I • > Lnd. The toad. ,Uhin . fe.^ """'' ^ ""m«I b..D neatly imp«»bl., »■«<» IhopigW people "lU ••• JhnZu, of a.iog .omethli^ ftr road ^t^'^ ^ «-,» T feal oonfidettt that sound legisla- hig^." the Waod, would d, -^^ '^^ T. with the land tenure- v^- ^ '•"'V»i»k ftat authorit, be given to the G»"'7"".. ",?•'"* C fthroUgU ibe Bank or pritat. °'''"»f fj'\'^°^, iuteU .hall be provided for, b, or out of t^' »°»?V grant for road mooey, at euch a rate ae '-'^"^^ A. debt in a certain number of yearvUk. the kan d«in.g, .ysten.in England and Scotland j and th. , L co'n.pet.nt road .urv.y.r be mo>^^^^. wtoleUland,' under whom thebnd»» on thc^mun Uoe*of road be .ubetantially built, and pqrt.ona of the ^utiAina few mile, ofUe »--?«'""■>'• ^t™" .Xoad.mi.ed. B, degrees, also, new Pf*" •"S'''.,'" ** Uken for the roads, so that the F'^-^lfP *'^:,!^ avoided, espeeiJIy between Town and St. Keaoorf. Z Ch rloLtown, with it. Mayor and Go»»«;l. -S^ be expected to take the lead in the race of improve- ment For some unexplained reason it has «ot]ust.fiei Thigh hopcaid litUehas b.«n <»»»«•[ "PJ-""??' XraL to^nirove the Town, e«epttbe ?^c^ oftliat usual city exore»»no»,^P«M^*6^ Yet the« U spirit and liberality amongest us; look at the effort ^ by town Counsellor Alley to ornament our streeU b, .yenue. of trees. It was done well, •^•P^«f to be approved of by all, and yet how so?* have they < teen rn&toly destroyed f Mr. AUey't tree, deserved I Uelt e i fate at the h.t i ds of hi. fellow-townsmen. ■yrw'P^"' , * wbola ra have will B«« vement. legisla- bridgea elop our inUrfer- Boggest ;o raiie a f,*irho8a le annaal itingui»h?s the loan and tbat for tbe tbo main ms of tbe 18, bema- nght tobe p bills be Eleanor' i. icil, migbt ' improye- otL justified permanent ^oduotion Yet tbejre b tbe eWt ^ our streets id appeared I bave tbey ses deserved rnsmen. ■NT- -w, ?■ Tb«i iiystem of dii^ot taxatioD b^ assessment on pr^^ pertj^as adapted in 0hiirlottetown,i8 ezoellent ; it might well be appiie^^ to the Whole Island. Bat no sort of tax- ation is popular, and so taxation is kept arlow as pbaek to our prosperity, and has some infiueitioe upon the character of our peo- ple. The island grows, however, snob a swperabQn- danoe of crops, that the qtiantity of food remaining in the eountry keeps cipwn the prioesj and mskes the living cheap even in the depth of winter. The winter business Is considerable, the country people having.to bring in the produce for market and to collect fuel^nd perhips none need be idle; although if oar ports were Oj^n, there would be still more activity ai|d enterprise. t -^\ / I. ^ ■■ 'r . r / / ■'• }-■ [10] ' ■J' 'i .1., .t Ih. put hittor, of our iri«a, »»* \ denn the Mtion'of «fc«_**™»' "., b,.„,ifal colony to ■: tog ..., V» *•'>'»* :C»ntl «« to th. Briti* ■^ "• w7or*rp»rpo~ .financing omigra^on. 1 prin«ip«"y '*' "?• PrvT,.!, to oondemn llie Go»ern- , W do not, tl..r.fo«. think .t ^f »»"»;%„ . f.^! »i^ „„»,^U th.t «.n <:«»;?,"■ '^';''«. feel to tki. i^, •^''^"^ r«, f« Wk«. the y«ir 1770 pragress ■««*'"•*'"'• ,' ., cen.0. w». taken noi f that, for -SO" ^•"f S^ Uli of imniigran... 1 -^ Q.ikirk's inlrodttctioij.or BJU "!b" W Selkirk J .n ^ J^, y, ,„nt for many 1808 ».*«» to be tne X^ ^ _l ^ j^j T. I*-!? there were 23,«UW peop'e>» , yeara. In 1«« '»«'' . a(iRnO-»o that in84y«ar» 1881 our popnlalion wa. »^'«^>^^ * ar revennel . , ,*had .earl, 'l»''^w'«* .»''' "°?tn ,.« thdmaroh of , Wal..inerea«^^P-pon.on^'y^^-^ "•rtrr: wUhrKth.».el,«. fton> paj^ng tut. This plan haa also bee n foVtowea m^ , ; Lord Selkirk's property, and hai met with marked saeceM. For this reaaon we are atill poor, and atill the attention of the Legislature is directed to Tarioas iohemes for benefitting the Tenantry, which, interfer- ing with the rights of property, must alarm the capi- talist and bring disappointment~tbCth«i people, whilst they help to paratyae industry and enterprise and dangerously unsettle moral character. I have long hoped to see the settlement of this liand question, but there are such irreconcilable and oppo- — site opinions hW by tenants and proprietors on this •ubjeot, that it still seems as far remoTcd from solution as ever. I was glad to see it stated, that there are now not much more than one half of the population tenants, and that the. number is yearly lessening ; and I also hear that the proprietors are willing to sell on terms that in the other provinces would be considered reasonable. If this is the case to any extent, if leffc alone,thing8 will soon right themselves,— for, it is cer- tainly not the policy, nor the interest of the freehold- * er, great or small, to go in for any legislation that may. directly or indirectly unsettle the rights of property. Nor is it their interest to spend more time and moAey i upon matters that may properly b,e lefk to private ar- rangement or the action of the law courts. Grood faith I is as necessary to be observed by a people as by an in-_ I dividual, and to set aside the right of a n»an to dispose I of his own property in his own way^ and according to [his own price, is (except in making roads or works for tpublio benefii) to commence a vicious course of legis- [lation, a* contrary to the spirit of the Englishjj^sti- tntion as it is contrary to the real interest pf MPjom- lunity. Extend the principle thus initiated, and we fehall have the i4egi8lature enacting the prices at which giffi^^MiOv < " #» i ' ■,.•;■•:. ■■■■■■■'tl2] ■■ .,-■.. bmd and mwl ihilt be lold— and inUrfcriag between the bujer and eeller in the m»rket. If men hold btok (torn u\9 Urge trteto of lAnd, «i^ thai reUrd the Mi- tlemenl of the oouatiy— it iieeBi oompetent to the LegiiUture to tax til luoh prop^ty (in common with other Itnded property) for purpoeeeof revende, or 119- prorement of communioetipn ; end this of iteelf ought -to operate it;*itimnlant,/and lead the proprietor to fell or lease the land in hit ownl^fence. I hate apoken of the po^ulaticii ai now amoontitag to 8-3,000 people. They are made niaof many nationalitiea, iJi in whieh the Sootoh elemlint eensibly predom- inatei. Judging firom the mother country, I ahould consider the diferences df nationality, as likely to im- prote the physical character, and to stimulate the men* 1 development of the people. But concurrent with ,46 diflferences of nationality, there are differences of riligious faith, and these so often engender bitterness lead to strife, that it seems impossible, under eiroumsUijoes,. to secure united action and com- binld^ effort fyt aqjr awfuJ purpose : so mu^h are mes bliJded by prejudice and swayed by passioB. But m Jd, I do not think this ought to be the case ; indeed, ,^i!(^9t against it as unwise and foolish. It has Jothing to do with true religion, which both parties in the strife profess t [18] ■■..■M bo wiHc onouKh to Hce how much more loHtt thuii gnin thcro iti in our prvMcMit diviHiunw. Some arc touiptcd to nay I wish wc all thougiit oliko -• in thin inland, — I wish tiMjre were no Roman CatholicH hero; but the Christian may bo kuk thatj^jod i?* to be found in tho prcsont provridcntiul nvrungemcnt of our peoplo, and lot him hcuIc ournojit'y and lovin};ly for that good, My own cxporicnco in lifo shows me thcro are fur worse thiiij»H than Roman CatholiciMra. — The leal of the Roman Catholic for what he it* taught to consider his duty toward (Jt)il,orien Hhumcs the luke- warm ProtWtant } and 1 have often looked with reverence to the 1/urablo self-denying work of tho Roman ('atholic trtWging to Chapel, regardless ot the weather, scanty of clothes, and going to early mass, often '>ofoi*e there is even the smoke rising from the chimnies of our '* love of case " ProtestantH. And look at their liberality ^^ I /bdlicvo the largest subscription with re- spect to ability received by me for ti»o relief fund fol^. widows and orpLans in lS57, was from a working shqo- maker in Pownal Street, who gave me half a sovereijjn, probably the earnings* of a week's labotjir j and this he did as cheerfully as if he had left a pile of sove- reigns behind, whereas the very shop he worked ia was not bis own. No, my friends, they have many noble qualities; but they are too often misguided, and their very openness of character and warmth of heart leave them an easy prey to superstition and prejudice. But prejudice is not all on one side, and for the truth's sake, must I not speak of the skepticism and shameless Immorality of multitudes of our people ; their mam- mon worshipping, their gluttony, their drunkenness, and their covetousness. Might it not truly be said, there is one sermon that has not been often enough , ■^r^* ''° t ^^5=^— 1^=- ■* W-- f pw.ob«d in ihb libnd, tnd withoul which, tH OW oo.Uaght on error wd Mparttilion In the newtp^per. «*y .nd will U U WMf paper : lh.t t. th. ^nnon of • Ufa .pont in tho •enrioa of Ood, and in i^lf-denyiog loToto our fallow man. Do wa think tham blind, thai they, who ara in our familiea and in our work- .hope, who see «a in our undre«, cannot note how hollow are, for the moat part, oar profeeeiooa, and how ahallow our piety,-how thoroughly eelf ia the great centre round which our great men circle, and to ex- alt which all their efforta Und. It^not only the big- ou of one lect who think there l^M religion eicept m themseWes ; but it ia a mournftalfeclrthat, tried by the Ooapel BUnderd in thia 19th century there la too little of the old ityle of Chriatianity anywhere, and \en in the old country thanin thia.-Kapecially I gneTe to lee amongat na the poUtieal rtligioniat. There u no«pa of it in the New Teatament j it ia the growth .udTevelopment of a Uter day. ' That a good mftn •hottld exerciaehia political ri^htijnd uae hia inflv for the advance of the truth, anT for the good country, I heartily aubBcribe to» let him be rpnl l^ynj^nj and woe be to that conntry that |8 aeparated froS^l^inlluencea. But what I moan, ia the man who^JMlfe^t^y *^^ ^^ ^^^ bitternesa and acri- mony^Eiiiw tenienciea and the fiercenoia of hia po^|Kni«nt^ilw ia only warm for religion when l^iriel&the pen ^oontroveray, and only walons ;fbr the truth when ha •eeahiiop|y>nanU growing in Xiolitioal atrengih. ^ J , That anch men are fbund both here and elaewhare, taking eUher aide in the great party queationa of the preeent day, ia > mU f o r tane and blot upon our comm on «hriiliaiiifty> * - ■'Sr ftti our irfp«p«n Brmoa of ^-denying m blind, tar work- note bow and bow kbo great id to 91' r tbe big- exoept in led by tlie re ii too rhere, »nd y I griete Tbere b ibe growtb good n^^ii I infli good e rpi I separated is tbe man 18 and acri- iercenen of for religion only zealous growing in ielsewbere, stions of tbe our cocimon I ba?e still tari our people, tbat(d|[^ to the obaraoler of generally ooniidered spatbetio, if ^t«t|pO|iMirely indolent. My own X)bMr- tation i^o^wMl*^ mffto say, wbilst pbysieally and in- telleotuinfll^.aro ef|ual, if not superior to any people in the British Kmpire, there is amongst many a slow* V iHiku of moToment and indolence ef habit, that perhaps may arise fVom tbe cheapness of food, but which muot materialll ssbeok their OWQ advancement, aod, if per* 7~ sisted in, be a fatal drag u|(^n the Island's progress. Now idleness, is a sin^and neglect of punctuality is a Ticious habit far too easily allowed amongst us. They are the little foxes that spoil the vines and make the christian unfiraitful and inoperative for good. Time is a talent given us for improvement, and when I note tbe late rising, tbe unpunotual attendance upon meet- ^ ings, the easy neglect of long engagemeotH, the indolent way of doing business, the aimless gosHip knd fbolish talking, and tbe quiet satisfaction with which )urs and days are passed by with nothing useful done fpurpo i^^ o hil "Vbne, I tremble for the future, and . f nnemberit is written " what thy hand fiadeth to do, f do with thy might." The Poet says, ;.. \^/ , VNot enjoyment and not sorrow .. - <■ Is our destined end or way ^ ■; , ■--: ' But to act, that each to-morrow ° Finds us farther than to day." ,^' Perhaps there are some here, that think me needless- ly severe upon what they consider at ,|no6t only svotal f foibles, and they are not satisfied at iSeing cod liderod other than good decent people, and do not feel it right —. that I should, be so bard upon our own side of the If* [land family. They may say, it is true we do not make |a fussabout our religion as some do, we do not pray for S :■ o- I*'-. 'J r^ ."^ J " 'd,- [16 3' V revivals, wo do not disturb our friends by ftverlastingly boring them with our crotchets about religion— but we go regularly to church and all that sort of thing, and ~ what more can we do ? We give also to the poor what we can spare, which is not much, but indeed it seems to us as if we were i^ways giving,— what more would you bave us do? Oh friends, especially youjSg friends, bear with me for a little, and I will tell you what I do want you to do, and that because in doing it^ your truest good, your everlasting bappinesa will be secured^ A-' ''-;-;.■ .'-■■■ '■■-'■■'"■;;"■ '''V'' ■'-■;••'.' .' I have marked many of you from your childhood; I have seen some of you when under instruction in th6 Sunday School or, at the Prayer Meeting, under those deep impressions of the truth that the cheek had flush- ed, the lip quivered and the tear started, and I rejoiced to think the Lord was still mighty to love and ready to nf^e. But your after con^ct showed, it was not con- yersibn| and as years passed on, tbesa convictions died away,attd you became cold in your devotions and foridial in your attendance upon public worship. ^ You havd felt that in taking your seat amongst your iellow worshippers you were not there willingly, it was merely in oonfotmity with public opinioQ, or because you knew jour absence would pain your parents or your friends. Perhaps ^ven in the assertion of your rights as a free agi^nt. you have deelined attendance upon the house of €}od^ and joined that sadly numefsns class i^ every society, whose freedom is licentioosness, and wh^o greedityfoUoweyery way to sin. And why this ohange? Bi it not because through carelessnes you Jiave been betrayed into some locret sin, and that seeking to •rouse to yourself this sin, you have consoled yourself with th e id e a, that otiiers ar e needl ess ly p a rtienl a r ? 'lastingly —but we iing, and the poor indeed it hat more llyyouHig " 1 tell you in doing sa will be ildhood; I ion iQ iht ■ ider those had flush- I rejoiced I ready to 9 not con- onvictions tions and lip. \ You our iellow ras merely you knew r friends, ta as a free e house of i|a every and wh^o Is ohange? \^re been leeking to }d yourself la rti e nl a r ? •S^B^RffliF*^, [17] And then to escape reflection, you have plunged into the stream of frivolity and pleasure. But is this en- joyment, is this happiness? Bo not the terrors of a broken law often now startle you ? and does pot the still small voice of Jesus' loVe steal upon your memory and wiifrni your cold heart with longings to return ? Qb I friends, take up the language of the Prodigal— arise go to thy Father and his father, and thy God and his God, and join again the family of the redeemed, for yet there ^'-, is room.- .V- . ,-^^---,-. .--;.. -:-..---,---- .--.-.,-.--.-;:;.- :-^- I am glad, however, to observe, there are many bright examples of energy, industry and deyotedness among our countrymen. And that some of our young men at home and ubroiid hu.ve didtini;uishedthem- selves far above their fellows, es|>eclally ak9^r(f^ards self- devotion to the Service of Christ. Yes, young men, what a bright example to you was your countryman, the lambnted missionary Gordon, \yith few advantages from early education, at an age when many would think themselves too old to learn, and whilst laboring liimsi^f for his daily bread, he gave himself resolutely to worKibcJGix»d,and to educate himself for the ministry. And by dint of hafdHkborand God's blessing, without any claim to talent, he became what he sist before him- e self six long years before, a missionary to the heathen. He went out to that country, whose soil was reeking with the blood of a former missionajry, and with i^re co.urage, established himself amongst its wild heathen inhabitants; an'd after a residdnce of five years among them, he and his wife were murdered cruelly, in revenge for his bearing faithful testimony against iheir vices and idohtries. , With the lesson of sudl^ a life ringing in our ears, it seems fitting to press upi^ on my young friends the imoortance of recognizing thd ■V- r^ V . 11$ y proper obj«eft of lifb^ I woqld my, be hevttj for both worlds, tlwt is be taroett aad fiyglifal fbr the work of year calting, whatever it is; ai Ar aa possible make yourself master of it, bat give yoar best affeetions to Christ, for He only is Worthy of theioi. Bo not permit yourself dall, listless ways in your work, or in your pastime. Be hearty and earnest. As you wish to live happy, live usefally.^ Besides getting your oWn living think of others and help them. Remember it is the duUes which lie at our door for which the Lord holds us accountable, the LazajT^s at the gate, the little child that crosses our path a dosen^ times a day, and yet for whbm we have no kind word. It was a fine thought of Pascal that if the hard-hearted man could be induced to visit the poor in their abject misery, evbn he would be induced to part with at least some super> ^uity for their relief. Also when accused of giving too much away, that he would make himself a beggar-— *' Oh," he said, "I never knew a person yet who did not leave something behind him when dying. ^ * But let me not lead you to suppose you all can do great things,and become great. The experience of a life now running over 50 years forbids that. Our greatest mis- takes arise from over confiden ce in our own powers when joung, and a too great haste to be rich, or to be dis- tinguished. I^ittle things make up the business of life, and the necessary attentionTto little Jthings is a duty, too often overboked, It is the plodding boy"IKar~'"' offcenest gets on in life, 'tis the careful housewife makes the happy home, 'tis the tradesman who sticks to his business who is sure to sucbeed, and that homely pro- Terb, ''Let the oobbleb stick to his last," has wisdom and teaching in it for every class. In short, let every ../. r^-- . 1- P*«^B*(|P»-7 " great ifeoow ist mis- s wheii be dis- of lif^, 1 duty, y~IKat~~- makes to his lypro- risdom one do his own work well in a communitj,and that com- munity mast thriye« j I have now to conatder our proaent political poa£*\ tion. As a Colonial dependency of Gre/t Britain, wm have in oommon with our brother ColoSats, the right of managing o^r own affaiifs, and making our owm Iaws,with thjl^^le exception that the kwa we make •hall nqi^joit^bnter to the principles of British jurig. r^'^TfW^'^"^*^ HPon the prerogatives of th«F Crowd, tr^epresented in the Imperial legisUture, we tecape Imperial' taxation, whilst we repose in |)erifeot- purity under the protection of that Power whose ^ of freedom has for so many years] braved the battle and fluttered in the breeze. With respeoi to the other British provinces we stand practically indepeodent,, although in point of authorit;^ and thitefore in case of emergency, the Governor Generalof Canada is para* mount overall these colonies. / ] No grea]^ inconvenience has at lirestnt arisen from- this'independence, because happily Iher^ is one board of control (the Colonial Office) thit carefully checks and disallows any vicious legislation. The Colonial ^ Office is often in disfavour with ihe Colonists, and is often twitted with its want of .knbwledge. Possibly it- ' might be improved, but when w^ consider it has been presided over by such nilndslasjiiord Derby, Earl Rus- sel, Gladstone, Grey, and the Puke of Newcastle, and that such men as Stephens ii^aMerivalehave^b^^ under' Secretaries Tn the office nearly all^their^ives — bringing to their work great ibility ancllarge experi- ence, I think all loyal subjecto will acknowledge it to ^ be entitled to respect ; and I further think that often/ Its action is most useful and necessary. / Let us remember alsothat/there are 61 dependeneies >~.., -r x.^ y__ -] of the Bfitish Crown, all requiring supervision and control f^m this office, and that some of these Colon- ies are as large, and nearly as populous as European kingdoms J we shall thea in some measure undetatand the extreme difficulty of acquiring such an intimate kndwledge of every Colonial subject as would satisfy ^he demand* of the British Colonists, The troutfKe in ^he neighboring United States, is now concentrating the attention of politicians upon these Colonies, and the importance of drawing them closer together by centralising authority and assimilat-^ ing their institutiona.is now seen to be necessary for out future progress and probable future independence. It is however beset with many difficulties, and the peo- ple in all these Provinces are too well satisfied with their present position to accept with ,^ readiness any change that may increase taxation and diminish their political importance. / T^ese lower provinces. Nova ScotTa, Newfoundland, New^Brunswick and Prince EdWard Island, have many intMests in, common, and seem intended geographically andl politically to form one country ; but with the great vCanadas there is' at present ^dmparatively little inter- course, and less sympathy, ^^t present the currencies, the ouitire under the best and freest Government the world ever saw,Tland blessed be G^fir it, and long Itve Queen Victoria. Yes, long live ^ur noble Queen, not becausp she is the represent- v ativp of one of tl»e oldest reigning famUies in Europe,^ al^ough that, inf an Englishman's eyes,.is some reoom- m i n ^at i on; not becaus e sh e is th e bead of tbp moat .-^ 'I 1- .-1 [28] powerful kiogdom tlie world hii «Ter leen,— tjthough power hM |U ■dmiren/ftod I for one would be sorry to liye under a weak Goyernment; for without power in the Ooreirnment, freedom too often beooibee llcentioue- .neee; but beoause she is the represenUtive head of a form of Goyernment that our forefathers haye'stniggled and bled for. Slowly and laboriously the work has been going on, sometimes helped by the nobles, sometimei by the Church; sometimes the peo|>le gaining, some* times losing ; sometimes our loyalty tried by the wick- edness of the rulers, sometimes by the madness of the people; but at last we see the topstone raised in the person of our gracious Ctueen; and so satisfied are all classes, and so universal the spread of loyalty, that eren the oall for reform of the British oonstitujion finds no tupport from the people, and the occupation of the demagogue seems gone (orever. Prince" Edward Island has, of late years, lost much by thlB gold disooveriAof Australia, inducing a number of her young men to give up their farms and to carry to other countries the energies and physical wealtlr that this Island herself so much requires. Indeed, within the last 12 years, the once stationary P. E. Islander may be found in AustraHa, California and Columbia, Some have returned with less gold than they took away, and some in their restlessness have joined the hoBts now fightinir in Virginia. On this account ^ Island, which might well employ the energies of tj»n timea its present populaUon> has not at the last census increased so much as was expected. Our present posi- tion is that of an important food growing cduntry Ibr Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and the United States. It IS the transit of our prodnoe and 7. — ^ I-. p a ssenger s that mak es the profit of the Shediac line of rail, and that ■<'' [241 ,^'< '^r addii to the importance of Pictou. Without mines, wit/hout -<4& HuflHoioncy of hard stone to make our owh, rotds, there is in our soil a capability of richly repay-» inl; labor and capital properly expended, Hupcrioi' to the other colonies, Bui at present, as I ha\'e already said, our farming is at a low ebb, the people need in- Itruotion, and ,oh this one point, uro nocdjessly conser- ■ vatiye. ■ :r; ,. ':■■.•..•;-■ ■ ' ■ ,:^-c^' "~ The great subject of th^e^ in tcrMioniatrait^^^ npw absorbing the attention of our fellow-colonists, and I am sorry to see its success imperilled by ati' attempt to make the road follow rather iKmiKtary line than a oominercial one. The conim^roial one would naturally follow the valley of the St. John and tfeke the present rail from Shediuc to Sussex Vale. But the military line is intended to pass round the head of the Bay Chaleiir, and I believe up the valley of the Metapodiac. This has little direct interest for us, nor;^e we called to bear any part of the burden. But if it be decided upoii, the' great influx of viu-kmen will open a new market nearly at our doorii^^Bour produce. And so 'with respect to the Gold diggings in Nova Scotia, in- directly we may partake o'f the yield of those-gold mipejs, by our nearness allowing us to supply their .taarket. Thus in the present, thet^e is every eDCOUjragement to our people, to sticlk to the Bland, and' give their deli- geope to raise more food and to keep more stock. There is distress abroad, but there need he none here,'* the prices are gO(^ and will be better for «11 kind of pro- duce. It is our. vices oAIy that keep ut poor. If our ootintry people when they come to town would give up and if our working artizaijii and shop* groi drinking, men would also gite up those excesses that oftea loake / l t mines, our ow^ y repay-* crior to already need in- conser- ttfoad^ 18 iflts, and attempt than a laturally present militury the Bay apodiac. e called decided n a new And 80 lotia, in- ose^goid ly their »ment to eir deli- There Breathe I of pro- If our give up id shop« ■ [26] ■■/:?** anr streets noisy till past midnight, and where they luTe /families practise a due economy, how differtnt would sooirbe the face of our country and the appear- ance of our people. Our rents would not then press Jiard upon us and we might lift up our heads amongst Qur fellow-men a| those who owed no man anything. ^ufe it is true as it is strange«that economy is just ^east practised, where it is most needed. As I past our small shopwindows, I often see these excellent words '^cleanliness and economy combined." Yes they are qnalities that may be combined most usefully in the furtherince of man's enjoyment of life. And with our abundance of water they may exist i,n the poorest of our dwellings. But it is not an easy virtue with the poor as with the riph ; if we think of the water icy cold, the insufficient clothing, the scanty fare and the oold open floors, we shall feel increased respect for our tidy and oleaoly poor— and be ready withi: kindly sympathy for those who wai\t it. I cannot think, that man even in bis savage state, unoonibed, unwashed as he i» in some countries from the cradle to the grave, can be said truly to like dirt,— he may live in it because his fathers have lived in it before him and because he knows no , better, but let him once taste the positive enjoyment dorived from cleanliness and pure water, I should sup- pose even the savage could hardly fall back to his old habits.^With suoli an audience it is at all events not necessary to descant any. longer upon its virtues, and yet I tbink even you will acknowledge that a people who will allow their roads,street8 and side walks to continue as they now are, must be, to some extent, if not a dirt loving^-— a dirt enduring people. m make rt--t But ofeoononiyl wouldfain speak more at length, and perhaps to a better porposp. I know that many oiT :: ■■■■:■- .3 - yT-r---^:-rr^7":-- ■•.■. ti •<» y- , ,-*»*'wfi»ris • jW. I *-'■ D7 bearen prtdttie U rigbt w«1l, And otn rare in * wnj that I would never dream of, and thal^ some of our bouiekeepers are models of thrift and oarefulneis. pat , the rery notability these hare acquired, ahow that the > Tirue of econbmy is still rare amongst us. Koonomy is A principle that at the outset excludes idleness, and many other kindred vices; demands sobriety and mod- eration, it abhors waste, of time, of power, of material. ^^The same great master, who said ** gather up the fVag- inents that remain, that nothing be lost/' says also, by his servant Paul, <' redeem the timd, work while it is day." / ■ .v,:.^,..- -.. ■ •. .' "■ ,,:'-,..:^ V. •..■■; In nature there is no waste, nothing is lost.-^fhat dirly, polluted water spilt upon the ground^ gentlj^ peis coUting through the earth, or rising in vapor to form thAr«louds, will again sparkle purely in the purling Btream or lowing spring. Man's truest wisdom is to follow at A. humble distance such teaching. Economy means that watohAil care over our use of material things which we are urged to exercise as to spiritual things. It may be attained and practised without a spark of true religion, but it is a shame to call that religion which can exist long without it. Economy is distinct from stinginess, for it is th^ economical that can afford to give, and is prepared from his savings to be generous. It need not make money an idol, but it finds it a useful agent. Without econ- omy a people cannot be loa» free, for they cannot be independent. The practise of economy raises man in the social scale, and when workmen by frugality and economy have secured their own independence, they will ceAse to view with envy others that are more rich. It behoves us all to practise it, for none can leave it A lone w i t h out doing a wrong to his n e ighbor and him' ■J' .■ more coi iV^^^^J^, ^■ re in » waj 'me of oar Ineu. pat Dw that the fl400noiny is lenesfl, and f and mod- [)f material, p the fVag- lya ibo, hf while it ii l08t..^tt gentl3^ per- nor to form he parling iidom is to Economy )rial things ual things, a spark of It religion it is th^ pared from ake money hout econ- oannot be aes man in igality and enoe, they more rioh. Ein leave it ' and him » i 27 ] lelf. Xet it be urged from oar pulpits, Uaght in car schools, and jixempUfled in our homos, and if taken up heartily by oUr people, we shall soon see a new era fur ouriiland. . ^il^l^the. present time, slovooly waste ii seen on all w«^»o 'O'^n and country, in our hou^^es, especially fiirm htjuses, wheye the sture has hardly replaced the large open firfeplace^thore is waato of fuol.of Glothing,of food, and of ^aterial fbr manure. In our idle, aimless, lires a waste of powor, and in our drinking and smok-' ing a drei^dful watite of money, which if saved tj tem- perate habits and properly employed, might give every an a freehold and every township a good road. I aftft not likely, in the desultory way now only por- itted me frotn want of leisure, to do more than lance at the duties that wait our mlfilmont. But I ave. often, thought, wo do, not ocAisid^r enough, th^ luty of not only providing employment but amuHemont ,nd recreation for our young people. ' ? '. As we see the very exuberance of life shows itii^lf imong the young of the lowor animaLiin the graceful rolio of the kitten and the gambols of tho kid, .so I elieve our (xruoious Father in heaven would have us lot rule, our children in strait-laced formality, but on- Giourage in them genuine fun, hearty laughter, and lealthy pastime. The wise man tolls us! there is a time or these things and if so, it must be #hen we are oung. For my part, I should sooner have supposed it^ jontrary to godliness to fight, than to dance. If tht brmer, which is a sad departure from that precop/, ( Love pne anoiher " can be commended as j ust and ^■ •■'* .> le o e ssary at tim e s, the latter which is an expression/ o* iQJoyment can hardly be condemned, jj. can state with^ more cojpafortable feeling of truthj one may dance withoat lin, than thtt one mty fight withoat lin, al* though I ttoknowledge that it ii my duty to fight at tho call of my country. » I f«el, therefore, !t !i alio a duty in qi elder onoi,to ineonrage in the young all thoso exoroiiei and innooeni amosomonta that dorelop the physical powers and ■trengthen the animal frame. I think our long winters require more facilities for such exercises, than are at present available. On this account, I am glad to hear of the meetings for drill, and I like to seo our young men have their cricket and football, their skating, their hockey, and their gymnasium ; and I think some exercises assimilating in character to tho graceful movements of the dance, are useful and appropriate for the amusement and recreation of our young females. I am no stoick ; — ^years ago, one of my greatest treats Waa to assist my worthy friend, Mr Hubbard, in giving % Christmas romp to the Infant School, and an occasion for rather a noisy demonstration for the children of thj6 Sunday School. I know one great element of happir ness with children is permission to make a noiie, but\ our tinging and our noise was too mnch for the nico \ moral taste of some of our friends, so at last after a struggle of a few years, T was obliged to yield to wiser counsel^ — and a decorous dulness has replaced our innocent, but sometimes called vain displays of gaudy colors, pretty songs and vociferous hurrahs.' But ia my opinion changed t No/istronger still seems to come this voice from the Eternal-^'^ Let othiars preach, but do you still labor to lift off a while the load of oare and florrow^ that ever presses too heavily upon ^he children of the poor." ' There are dark'deep stains of guilt in the Jong past »d/ ■ of my checkered life; but in early childhood, the danoe i^j^ [29] *'i. ■in, ti- lt at tho ' oneijto aooo«ni en and wintera 1 are at to hear r joung ig, their Ic Bome graoefal ropriate females. )t tireata I giving )coa8ioik/^ A of th/ iae, buB\ ^ ihe nice ^ after a to wiser led oar ' gaudy But ia to come loh, but are and ihildren ng pait V \m tht old bara, hung with holly, i?y,and the miatltlot with our happy Tillagen, and the muaio of our oii«« legged fiddler, on New Year's evening— the old faah* ioned country-dance, in which the squire danced with the prettiest of our Tillagera, is still a bright spol in the far off memories, and I neither then saw, nor noW see anything wrong in it. But fashionable modem balls I have not attended for a quarter of. a century^ nor could I now for a moment think of taking my children there. A frolic, or even a romp for the young, I am prepared to encourage ; but without con- demning those that do attend balls and assemblies, I cannot approve of parties that turn night into day-« that encourage dissipation and display, and that |Bxtend the frivolity of youth into an age when w« should rea* Bonably look for gravji^ and wisdom. In faot, cvu baUs do seem to me completely at variance with sim- plicity, good taste, and good semie. .^^ Having, therefore, examined our present position and character as a people, it only remains for me to point out what I considei^ our prominent present duty in this period of our |history. And to urge upon our people the acquisition /<^ those principles, and the formationof that ohariwter that will best conduce to that end. \__::,, :>r< '. ^ ■ ^. ■■ '\-r":\ ■ - Tr ■ :' Weill ^e is our Island, in whlol^ there is a near approximation in numbers of Boman Catholics and Protestants. At present, the Protestants hold' the reins of GoTerpment, and although some attempts hava been made to/breakdown or neutralize the absolutely Boman Oathdlio charaeter of the Opposition, it has not been successful. And we are doomed to witness, and jpwirhaps paytake in the strift, of two parties within Uio B dance limited ar^ of thiajlttle Island. And|therefore| to [ 80 ] - ^ Aabmit to the indefinite postponement of every enlarged measure for the good of the people. Now, I say our duty is to break down this party spirit, it we truly wish the prosperity of our Island. How can our right hand do anything great/ when withheld by the left- There must be combination of effort. I need not point out to yon how constantly pTiilbsophy and history teach this lesson, and yet which man is alwa"y8 unlearning. See the bitter consequences flowingfrom party strife in Athens, Sparta, Rome, and, to come nearer home, in the great neighboring ftepubUo. Men sometimes apeafc'of the uses of an opposition, such as we see in the British Parliament. It is not now a serious danger to England, for the difference of opinion is trifling ; but when great questions have been at issue, the strife of parties has threatened her very existence, and their atruggles have seriously iiterfejed with her progress and prosperity. The One, holy and wise, has long ago aealedthe truth of the Jewish proverb— « that a house -divided against itself can never stand." i^hd if we open our eyes and ears to the teaching of the past, we fihallseeitstruth in many a page of history; ftnd even now, as we look around us;j its melancholy fruit in our -^land^' ■:■■■■'■'■■.:' -"-'U-- '■ , ' ^'' :-.,■''. it- -**^n'-> But I must hasten to conclude; and in summing up, it is a pleasure ft^r me to testify that there are duties which this Island has well performed. Its system of education for the people/in which it spends a larger proportion of revenue than any country in thri world • its rule, that the Bible be permitted in the Common Schools; its earnest endeavor by the appointment of ^ •rbitrators, able and impartial, to do away with the unhappy political agitation so long existing against landed proprietors; and its change of the constitutioii e la / . ■• \ , in ' 'i-- mes e in ■ ,* jger \ ' ■ ,rife beir ress ^' ago ■ . ,£ use we , ^ " we JL- - - " out ' '. '■*'' i* ' '■: -' up, ties ■■' ..>. % . '- ■ '. of tiie Legislative Oounoil,— tbese show, on the part of par statesmen, a just appreciation of their position' and their duty; and doubtless more, far more would be done if the two parties into which our representives are divided, could be persuaded to lay aside for a brief sfffioe, the strife for power, and give their joint atten- tion and support to measures for their country's jgood. I have incidentally mentioned some matters that/are patent enough to all as requiring legislatioii/and wnicli our honorable members of Legislature know best how to deal with; but I must remind you that the\mo8t|care- fully prepared laws will have little effect in improving our morals or in diminishing our evils. Drunkenness, obscenity, impurity, impiety, find every other vice may exist in the face of every law on thematute book. These can only be put dowb by the influence of a rightly directed and enlightened public opinion. But' it is the character of the people which inspirit publio / opinion, and upon that character depends themture ojr / oar Colony. If you agree with me that there ^smucli ^ need fpr imprbvement, you also know that n;taeh °of that improvement is in your own power. Don't let us then shirk the task,or try topMe tWbardei of work upon other shoulders. Gharlottetown hai| its da*- ties, and naturally wields an influence ibrj^oodl or evijl over the whole Island. 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