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Pi'oy we also, For all those who bear ofllce in this part of f lis Majesty's Dominions; vnd herein more e-peclaily for the Governor in CiiiEF and the Lieutenant Governor : For t'jc Ministers and Dispensers of God's Holy Word an I Sacraments, })artieid;irly Charles, liord Bishop of budi Provinces, and ail the Clergy oi* tlie Diocese : For the Executive avid Le^^islative Councils : A .*■ 'i*lt0t^ --J.' IV ^1^ m (n OMfJ C '^niryortl -'^>a, nil.' f ' and die c'di'/ >• aud C()|ls!;ujf/ ^-opic. '>''"8' ajici \vt']J 't;Ui us O/JS ''V o/' . - ^*"'.v live m the tvnn rr • , ^^^vince, fjn< tor ill vvii/i tl ^^;i'^pra:,c God /br nil ,, , •*-'^^^ of t|,e Gi ^^^P''^, that nimh] ^>aineorje lyo/Ic nnrr "P ni; ;ve m^y bo part '^^>«i'ectfoji to Words !"^ Christ, and ^^ ^licii he h ^^£^^'acicu,i3-tau o^u' Add ^<5»cludij]rr rlit ves nf. ^terua! i-esscs i), th( fnr2i) iii the ifni ustouse.-^ ^,. 4Ki*»^»Bfc '■"P*""™"*^ ■ ''•^ >ru(ioii.5 Our Father which an in Tlcavon, ll.viouril be tliy name; Tli^ Kint;tloni conic; Tliy will ho done inearth, as it is in licaven : (iivi' iislhi^ fl;)y our daily bread; And forgive us ourt^e^pas^c^, ;»> we lorgivethem that trespass against us; aii(ile;ul us not into temptation, but deli\er us (rum e\il: For thine is the kingdom, and tlie powiM', aud liie glory, for ever and ever, — Anum* L carji- ^, Urn 'God, hhu i»af Ehe be "^ ^-.*;' #.. •"^a^gjjJl '•satatStLmSlS^ "■-y-t*""' W.,^ i of his haiul," r\i-' deiitly set forth in their sighf, beyond uhut any o- iher people hud beheld; and, what ouj^hi to have made a still deeper impression upon tiiein, all iheso great operations of his Providence, had been ex- ercised in their behalf. — AVhen they were oppres- sed and afllicted in Ciivpt, I " the I^ord heard their cry," and sent Moses and Aaron to comfort and rescue them. ^\ lien the Kin;.:; of Kuypt | " re- fused to let therw jl:,o," the sanje grtat messenirers ]| " shewtnl God's tokens niiionu dicm ; and \\t>n- ders in the Land of Ham ;" for, after the Almighty had punished the E^vvptians with many unheard of visitations ^ " he smote all the lirst born in their land, even the chief of all their strength, and brouj^ht the Israelites forth with silver and (jrold, so that there a\ as not one feeble person anionj:^ all their tribes." Fn additioji to these great acts of jioodnes, when their adversaries, who repented of ha^ iny- let Israel go from serving them, pursued * Chion. If), 12,24. t Exod. 3,7,< works ') ovi- t any o- to have lil lllC'SO een vx- :)ppn's- liearcl omfort |-" re- el! ircrs 1 uoii- liOMrd ritlielr and nioiif^ t acts en ted sued ihcir inarcli, * " Ood rrhuk.^d ilie rod sen and ii was ihivd up, so \w led them tliro' th<3 deep, as tlll'O' a '\ ddc rncsn .»> m id to confirtn tluir confi- dcnct? in his protcciinj;' loviiiijr kitnlnt'ss, and is\ve (V thoni a visiljl(; and > ,1 ;tand in; )roo r, I low nine h he cared for tlicin, t " ho spread out a clrjiid to ho their covering, and Hro to rj'ive thoni lii.!il in liie ni'iht ser-fcoii." J5'U notwitlir-tandiim mII diesc ma- nifest evifleii'v. i of llie peculiar love of God to- ward; them; not.witii.-tniulinii: rul tlier,e calls upon ihclr gratliudc ,x\id oheilience ; we find from die .sixieendi ch'iptev of Exodus, thai even in tlie se- cond month after their dei^artin;;' out of the huid of oppression, the v.liolc^ conure^ation of the children of Israel, t '«ir,urre.ured aif^ain^t ^Fdscs and aaainst Aaron," and i( hid^rd them for taking; theni away from II '* the llo.-h pots of Kpypt." Pan- did fresh fav«)urs work any change in the disposition of tlii-j " stiff necked pet;|t!('." 'i'he merry was forurolten as soon a» received : liiey were perpetually mur- muring against .Mo^es and Aaron; or comniiitln^ the jiiqhe t offence agrinsi the Divine IMajebly, by for^a.IJn;: his \\orship ; makinoc idols for them- ?elves to go before them ; or servini^ the idois Oi the nations round about; §" the work of men's hands, wood and stone." Past experience did not * Ps. 10C>, 9.— t Ps.'IOj, 39. t Exoch 16,2. jj Excel, in, 3. § Is. 37, 19. I *^** u rn ! » ■— Ki "^x. ■■,%, w/tv m 10 teach ihem wisdom ; nor punishment and snflfi ring bring tJiem to a better mind. — As they journeyed on, and were visited with fresli instances of loving kindness, so their hardness of heart increased and tlieir rebelhons muhij)lied. They * "loathed the Manna sent them by God ;" and lusted after the food which they had enjoyed in tlie land of their na- tivity : and A\lien diey were now come to the borders of the promised land, and had received from the men sent out to view that land, an account of its produce and its strengtii ; fi'iglitened by the false report of all the spies, except + Joshua and Caleb, and mistrusting tlie goodness and promises of God, the people again | " murmured against Moses and against Aaron ;" and consulted among themselves, Ij " to make thein a Captain, and return into Egy[)t." The heavy sentence passed upon them by the Al- might}^, that none of that generation '^ " from twen- ty years old and upwards, save Joshua and Caleb, should enter into the promised land, but their car- casses should fall in the wilderness," would, one might naturally think, liave taught them an useful lesson of reverence and obedience ; but far tUilbrent was the case ; for after they had ^ "turned back into the wilderness, by the way of the red sea," to * Nunibors 21, 5. f Numbers 14, G. | Numbers 14, 2.— II Niunbers 14, 4, § Numbers 14, 29, &«:. ^ Numbers 14,25. "W 1 if '^' •* #« ^ ournoyed o^ioving ast'fl and tiled the after the tJieJr na- Ij orders i'oni tlie nt of its 'le Culse Caleb, ofGod, •ses and iseJvcs, ^•ypt." the AI- 1 tu ej]- Caleb, if car- h one "sefid Cerent back I," to ibers i ■ r H enter upon those weary wanderhig?, which were the punishment of their *' thinking scorn of tlio promised land," they speedily relapsed into their wanted obstinacy and ingratitude ; and headed by Korah, Datlian, Abirani and On, broke out into that wicked rebellion, which is recorded in the chapter from which I have taken my text. These ambitious chiefs, it should seem, envied the rank and power, which liad been conferred by God on Moses and Aaron, and were determined, if possible, to remove them from their pre-eminence, and exalt themselves into their places. They ac- cordingly endeavoured to fdl the minds of the lower orders, with a bad opinion of Moses and Aaron : and as we find from the nineteenth verse, were so successful in their wicked endeavours, that *'they gathered all the congreation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion." It would be happy for mankind, my Brethren, if this wicked ambition had been confined to Korali and Ilia companions ; but, unfortunately, it has made its appearance among every people, and in every age of the world. There have always b'^en bad and unprincipled men, who, lusting after power, merely because they wished to abuse it, and to in- dulge their own passions at the expense of the hap- pmess of others, hiwe eud^avuorcd to disturb the n r > •H»«INM«**> X »>^*" V I 'W # I I) r ■i': t^' ili If' i m If- <*. 12 <--ons.f«umnandIa,vsor,|,,.;,.r "'^^^ '^■"•xIj and ins rom,.. -'^'"'.V ocl. They are h-J.e Ko to make the ^11 "^^urpation conipany, who wished " f- »' steppii,,r stone to they to people to become the in r '" P^'-«"a(hng tho ^mc tne instriimenfw ^r ^i • . . *.-— _ "i^ients ot tJieir wicked ^' Numbers i(i, 5 & 14 4 R ■*■ V ! to excite 1' Hiilers; > tliat they ri)oy too, that tlioy s, hut for oo much 'ire holy, g liicm ; )ove the t out tJio retell ces fed Au- c on cent seduce, ito dis- 'id into on are Tjicir rroiij e Ko- e the ation .^ tho eked .* 15 ;xm]))i-■= Lave enjoyed "";:""■ "''"'' ""'• f'"'- ■-'-i are c.,s.,.„,i«,iy ..eceiarv f r"'"'^ "'' ^'"'•'" '"'■•' P™P"'y of aJl t,,e ,,„,^' "'" '''^•' J'S^eny, •viikh socicy i, divided "^ '"•''^^'•-'' "«« But though we may s-f,.l.! .• ««Claa F,.ie„ds, „„. C ^^^^^^^^^ C... -ncu, sensiWe as thev «re of.'" ^ Co'mtry- to n< sist i„ |iee.:i„„ „, ' , • , ' j' """>' "ot be amiss . 0- co..„T«„«, ;;;;.',? '« <""• ^ixg a,.d "•ot.-v« which .hould 1 ..d "«■ ""' '" "^^^ «f.o P="-t of Chi. discourse to ,1 f r ' '"'^'"■■'"■'"ff '".V these motives before ™ If P"'?"- '' -d "-^■rstand, ho,v ,n.,eh sociV t,?':'""''^'^'^'-"-'^ va(ccomfonarei„j,„.ed •!,,', '''"""'^ '""'' Pri- "f God are violated, t Z^^T^"''"'""'""""'- •'•tes are said tohavci.;:: ,;;;;; "! """-■'■''■- ;•■'; « ho murmured a..u-„st d^if r T'""' 'f ^« bel!-,. acain^t fl.« . Killers and rp>. ____t«amst the conuuutecl Authorities. * Horns, 13,1^ «^ Id tf'iinient to 1 our Fore- do enjoy, ^'iit^ges oJ^* God," "Nation of ^^i-^S into onr Ca- antagcs, *t^"i and pe amiss , ^'G and »cm t/io ^^lis sa- aining y and 'iearJy d pri- f'ands fsrae- c/bre d re- f The Alnii^chty,who created nuiu luriuo worlds, the present and the future, has mercifully decreed, that the enjoyment of both, shouldbeequally with- in the power of all the creatures of his hand. In order to produce this general and impartial hapt- ncss, he has wisely and kindly ordered it so, that there should be different orders and classes in so- ciety ; the high and the low, the rich and the poor ; some who have riches, and otiiers who have none ; some to bear rule, and others to obey ; and, short sighted and ignorant as we generally are, we can, notwithstanding, easily see and understand, how these distinctions among mankind, with re- spect to wordly possessions, and woixlly power, are calculated to produce the general enjoyment and welfare of them all. Had it been otherwise, and were all men equally rich and equally great, there w ould be no room for the exercise of a great many virtues and christian graces, which may now be practised, in consequence of the diflferent ranks, stations and degrees in human life. Were all e- qually rich, for instance, there could tlien be no poor to exercise honest indur-^trv, to mew fortli pa- tience and contentment in difficulties, to be thank- fed to God and gratefid to man, for the supply of their wants; or. to fiillil the various useful o/iices, which it Is necessary some of us should perform, in order that the existence, support, and business of society may be maintained. In like manner *- -.(K* ,?1 n \i } 4i I Id "' poMer were eon-,II,. i- • t obtain it. " ■■" "'""'' violent and prir„I ,o ■'" '"^ co.„p„„io„, of ,I,eh • ? ^^'"'^'•'''^''*- ;«"'o se- or 17 ilie people,'* and their griving ear to those men wlio would pprsiiadt3 them to disturb or rebel against the ruling' authorities of their country ; and know- ing this, he and his Apostles gave the most solemn injunclions to all ranks and orders, thut they fihould pay due obedience to the established laws and the authorized rulers of their country ; mak- ing the penalty of breaking thro' the one, or re- . belling against the other, no less than final con- demnation. * " Render unto Ca:sar, the thingf^ which are Ctesar's," says our blessed Lord I "Let evey soul be subject to the higher powers," saj^s St. Paul ; *' for, there is no power but of God. The powers that be, are ordained of God ; and they that resist, shall receive unto themselves dam- jiation." Solomon also, the wisest of the sons of men, ages before Christ, had joined together Re ligion and Loyalty, as equally binding upon the consciences of mankind. His long experience had taught him what would best promote the welfare both of individuals and society rt large ; and he accordingly delivered tins wholesome injiuictionto his own subjects, and to the peonle of ail ait- r times ; J'* My son, fear thou the Lord and the King ; and meddle not with those who are given * Miitth. 22, 21. t Ronis. IC, 1, '?, % Pmvs. 24. :i. B* #■ /-,-*!- f ^'^ m^ , « .^ M- 'i 't I Ih !> I. w i 1 ,'f^ to change." He saw tliat the foundation of all happiness, public as well a- private, must be Re- ligion, or " the fear of the Lord ;" — but he was also aware that it was necessary to coi-ple TjOi/aIfy or Allegiance to the King with Rei.Kjion, in or- der to maintain tranquillit}- and peace ; to insure to all ranks and degrees into which the commiuiity is divided, the enjoyment of their respective rights and possessions ; to preserve to the rich that pro- perty which they inherited from their fore- fathers, and to secure to the poorer classes, the gains of their honest industry and daily labour ; and lience it was that he cocluded his admonition with these never to be forgotten words — " meddle not ivith those who are given to change ;" as if he had said, " do not listen to murmurers and deceivers, who stir up the people to discontent ; for wicked am- bition is their only motive ; the gratification of their own lust of power, is their ordy end , and confu- sion and every evil work, are tiic means by which they could attain unto it." Let us then, my christian brctliren, obey the command of Christ, attend to tiie injunction of St. Paul, and listen to iht; wise sidvice of Solomon, and turn away from su< li men :i^ Korah and his companioiis, ^^\\o would * '•blind the eyes of the .jfSe . ^P- '■- iVvunbers If), ^i. W Thc^ss, 2, 11 .-^j' .«. %' i. * . in -■J' * "*■■ -.«.j)**lV -, of * c?f at. v4 19 people by their strong delusions," in order to lead thiin into discontent at the meusuros, contempt of tho persons, and disobedience to the laws of the governiiij^ powers ; but like honest men, good ci- tizens, true Canadians of British feeling, and sin- cere Christians, let us honour our King and love our Country. Can any of us * " forget the rock from whence we were liewn, aijd the hole of the pit, from whence we were digged?" SwEET Albion and ihou Emerald Isle ! — we never can forget YOU ! — His most sacred Majesty King George the IV. demands our sincere Loyalty iji' and Attachment ; and so does our dear Country, because it embraces so many of our affections. — Our King has indeed been a kind and merciful prince. Since his accession to the throne of the rjritish Reanns he has shewn a great desire to promote liie best interests of his subjects^ where- ever scattered over the face of this terrestrial globe. We therefore liail Hl?< N.VTAL Day, and we most "^ solemnly commemorate it. % In this year we may observe from the Calendar that His pr< s lit Majesty Kl\g George the IV. completes his G4th year. May he live to see very ,j many days, and long to rule over a happy and ' grateful people. — And, oh ! may He have Grace, # ■fe- *■ %> * Is. 51, 1. '*• '■i^\ ■.W' ?■ ^ .V* ¥ •I 4.\ ^itii' X^ ^ 'fti "* *1 t^*' .^^ JP' 3Sfc Jk« i #1 . *.^ /' *<• ■lit 20 • ^ Divine Grace to secure an iMMonTAi. Crown, » wlitii time shall end, and ctemity shall begin ! ! ! , Your hearts, my christian hearers, I know, rc- ;.* spond this language. I I'eel it myself; — and dis- tance from my native land, and the object of my feelings, seems to lay me under j. reater obhgations of zeal, aifcctioa) and gratitude ! ! ! /^F w. '^^ M •# . n. f> '.y- PINIS. ,'H,- w '^i %, ^%-t ^ ., >r.'''- M ? <: . %v fe y- # *'t |^> # %^ ■t' ''¥ tQ' ^^ •if. .4!' -■/',- V - ■ii> i£ 's^iy^- '^' *4 ..# $•■ » %■ -§■■ ■*. r ^ J. ii '3.1 * • :1 V^ - '.-lerlb^i^^^fv