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 ADDRESS 
 
 Of the Commission of the Synod of the Presbyterian Church 
 in Cftnada, in connection with the Chinch of Scotland} 
 
 to the Members of that Church. i 
 
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 BubOVED BRETHREN, I 
 
 We, the Commission of the Synod of the Presbyterian G|urcb in Canada jn coi^ 
 nexiomwith the Church of Scotland, seeking with watchful aixiety the blameless de^ 
 pot tment and spiritual safety of those whose eternal interests \ip are appointed to study 
 Qod iM<omote, deem it proper in these times of trouble and dinger, to admonish yoa 
 in. a more formal manner, of the necessity ol your exemplifjing the duties of your 
 Christian profession. It concerns us at all times to know thai you adorn the doctrine 
 ofyour Redeemer, more especially at present, when it is so ur :ently required that you 
 manifest your love of peace and love of order, your restraint of ^ery violent and unwor- 
 thy pasmon, and your confidence in the gracious providence bf God. We therefore 
 b«»eeob you.that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye ire called, and that you 
 cause your light to shine before men, by showing forth your sc iiiety of judgment} and 
 poaoeablenesSi of disposition,— your regard to the high exanple and the precepti of 
 your Lord, in your forbearance, your long-suffering, your chatity apd your mercy. 
 
 We trust, dear brethren, that you are sufficiently acquiinted with the Word of 
 God to know that none of our religious duties is more disthctly taught, and more 
 strongly enforced, than is the duty of obedience to Rulers. ' Ve are commanded to 
 fear God and honor the King, and meddle not with them tbit are given to change, 
 to give honor to whom honor is due, and tribute to vhom tribute is due. 
 Submit yourselves, says the Apostle, to every ordinance of m m, for the Lord's sake: 
 Thou shalt not speak evil of the Rulers of the people. Nor w II the many and pointed 
 declarations on this matter appear of suiall value to those ) ho think aught of the 
 blessing of Civil Government to the well being of mankind. Appreciate, then, the 
 blesangs which you enjoy; continue to give your support U the Government, and 
 beware of the arts of wicked and designing men, that would lad you to abandon both. 
 
 We have reason to know that few, if any, ol those attaflhed to our communion 
 have: had any part in the Rebellion which has lately been exoted against the Govern- 
 ment of the country, and it is not, therefore, because any apprehersion is entertained 
 of any number, however small, being seduced from their obedience to the laws, under 
 which we enjoy so many blessings, that we bring to your recollection with what spirit 
 A Christian should meet the trial to which a distracted state of society subjects him. 
 
 A threatning tempest has passed over the land and still lingers on its borders; God 
 has given us intimation of his power to ]Duiiish us, and'hns chastised us gently according 
 to bis mercy : he has told us cf his displeasure, though his goodness has triumphed 
 over his just anger. Our great unthankfulness for his bounties,— our extreme devoted- 
 Bttss.to the cares and advantages of the life which now is,— our proneness to disunion 
 and our self-sufficiency, — our contempt of the privileges weenjoy,— <our feverbh anxiety 
 coQoerning political affairs,— our general unconcern respecting things of Religion, — 
 the common dishonour of His name, and disregard, of His laws and worship,-^ Are 
 these not sins; which called (dt his chastisement 1 We that have sowed the windj have 
 wencrt provoked hira to leave us to reap the whiriwind ? Let) us acknowleclge it ; kt 
 
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uibow ourselves before the Throne of His Grace and implore His pardon ; let us 
 lament the meanness of our endeavors for the advancement of his glory, the reproach 
 which our mdifference has cast upon his early and everlasting mercy ;'let us seek his 
 iace while he may be tonnd, lest as a people we should find him terrible in his judgments, 
 and have reason to exdaim, God hath utterly forsaken us. At the same time, we may 
 mingle rejoicing with our trembling ; — we have reason to rejoice that while God hath 
 testified h:s anger by aa many of his judgments as have been abroad in the midst of 
 us, he has signally shovn forth his willingness to remember mercy. His providence 
 delivered us when we were unconscious of danger and almost defenceless. He 
 brought destruction to our gates, and then sent it away that we might behold in our 
 deliverance tiie manifeit working of his hand. That the eye of His providence has 
 not been over us — that the arm of His power has not been extended for our protec- 
 tion, they only can say who believe that there is no knowledge in the Most High. 
 That his interposition, hitherto so conspicuous, was not designed for our good, was 
 not the effect of His greiit loving kindness— be the sin of such a thought far away from 
 ft disciple of Jesus. Let us maintain our cheerful confidence in Him " who sitteth 
 between the cherubim, be the earth never so unquiet, — who is the King over all, be 
 the people never so inpatient." Had not the Lord been on our side, well may we 
 say, our feet had beencaugnt in the snare of our enemies ; but His Spirit unseen infat- 
 uated their counsels, ard forestalled their expectations. While his warning voice still 
 resounds in the land, ]«t us remember that there is forgiveness with him that he may 
 be feared ; let us offer Ip our praises and our thanksgiving with gratitude and joy. 
 
 When we recollect that during the turbulence of a few weeks past, many crimes 
 of the darkest characte^ have been perpetrated in almost every part of the country,' 
 when we contemplate our privileges and our sins as a people, and reflect upon the 
 low state of religion tid morality, seeing that in plain violation of the laws of God 
 many of the strongest Donds of human society have been broken asunder, when we 
 consider how intemperance and violence, and a contempt for the simplicity of man- 
 ners and fervent piety for which our fathers were distinguished, are daily gaining ground, 
 how the liberty which we enjoy is in danger of degenerating into mere licentiousness — 
 these things being consideredj the necessity of a general reformation in order to the 
 continuance of the favor and protection of Heaven, must be too manifest to every one, 
 must make appear to every good man who would avert the anger of God, the addi- 
 tional obligation that lies upon him, to give his principles as a disciple of Christ their 
 full exemplification, tn study to keep himself unspotted from the impurity of the 
 times, to be peaceable in spirit, and at peace to live as far as the discharge of his 
 public and private duties will suffer him, to shew clemency and mercy when the 
 strongest temptations are offered to satisfy the cravings of a revengeful spirit, and 
 humbling himself before God, to make it the matter of his fervent prayer, that the 
 calamities of war may depart from us forever, and the land in which we dwell become 
 under the gracious providence of God as a pleasant field which the Lord hath blessed. 
 
 None, Dear Brethren, know better than you that the Ministers of the Church to 
 which you belong, have uniformly eschewed political partizanship. It has ever been 
 their endeavour faithfully to teach those grand truths, which while they make the soul 
 wise unto salvation, never fail when clearly understood to lead men to appreciate the 
 great blessings of order and security, and at the same time faithfully to discharge every 
 duty whwh they owe U > their Rulers. And we are happy in thinking that the demon- 
 strations which thousaioids of you have given and are still giving of your attachment to 
 
 
 
Constitutional principles, is a decisive proof of your loyalty, good sense and sound 
 moral feeling. Notwithstanding our persuasion that you will ever manifest these high 
 qualities of the Christian Citizen, it is well known to you tha^. there are not a few, who, 
 seduced by wicked and designing men, or incited by their own malignant passions, 
 cherish the dee]:)cst hostility against the Government of the country and the Consti- 
 tution under which we live. We therefore caution you dear brethren to beware of 
 the influence of such persons ; beware of abandoning the known and certain good 
 which you now enjoy ; beware of resigning certain and substantial good for the vision- 
 ary theories and fallacious hopes held out by unprincipled men. In the proper sense 
 of the word every honest man will be a reformer of abuses; but be assured of it these 
 men seek not to reform but to destroy ; yea to destroy all that is valuable in our sacred 
 Institutions. They have neve;' appealed to reason but to the worst passions of our 
 nature, and now, as if the constitution made no provision for the correction of evils, 
 they have appealed to arms, an act which nothing short of the grossest outrage against 
 the essential principles of the Constitution, and that manifested in acts of open tyranny, 
 can in any sense warrant But who that is not blinded with ignorance or passion will 
 aver, that such has taken place in Upper Canada 1 
 
 Let us, as families and congregations, offer up our special supplications to the 
 Most High ; let us go to a Throne of Grace, and while we earnestly beseech the 
 God of Justice to interpose his power to save us from the wrath of man, and prevent 
 the eff'usion of human blood, be sincere in the confession of our own sins, and seek to 
 feel deeply our own unwoithiness in His sight ; for we may know assuredly that he 
 who has his peace made with God, and can in strong faith call Him Father, is the 
 best prepared for firmly supporting what is right, or calmly bearing such tr'als as may 
 be laid upon him. 
 
 In name and by appointment of the Commission, 
 
 ALEX. GALE, Moderator. 
 
 Toronto, January, 1838. 
 
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