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Printed and Pcblished by A. LAWSON k CO., a.n-d to iik hah at thk ruiNcicAi Bookstores in the City and Provinci. Price— Five cents. I> R O C E E 13 I ]Sr G R ON THE IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIA ISLANDS, HELD m THE ciT"sr OF ia:A.3s^iiiX03sr, c. "st^, ON THE FIRST OF AUGUST, 1864. To-day tho colored people of this city &uu uelzhbourhood held tlieir annual celebration of the emancipation of their race from slavery in the British West Indies. The weather was very favorable for the occasion, with the exception of being very hot and sultry, one of the hottest days, in fact, of the season, such a day as made men wonder if it was any hotter in Jamaica. The demonstration was a successful one, and the proceed- ings veil arranged and orderly throughout. Shortly after nine o'clock, the procession which had been formed on McNab street, south of the Anglo- American Hotel corner, proceeded thence to Main street, then eastward to Wellington street, thence to St. Thomas' Church, where a sermon was preached by the Rev. C. H. Drinkwater, B. A., Rector, from the following text: "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made as free,and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." — Oalat. 5. 1. Of all the subjects which might be brouj^ht before your notice, on an occa- sion like the present, I know not one, my brethren, which seems to present so many advantages as the subject of Redemption, which is implied or rather contained in the words of the text. For not only is Redemption the grand theme of all revelation, expressly referred to, or tacitly assumed, in every }>age of Holy Writ ; for " Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the aw, being made a curse for us" but is also the focus in which all lesser deliverances (such as the one we celebrate to-day) centre, from which indeed they derive their true complexion, and in connexion with which their benefits ebb or flow as they are more or less based upon tho mighty fact implied under the word Redemption. AJew, perhaps, orone bred or born whore tholawof Moses was well-known and respected, would have understood the Apostle in this passage to have ovcu rcicri'iii^ lu itit: ju&i: ui riws aiiu uurcuiuitius, ui luriuaiiLics auu presentations which that law enjoined. "A yoke, which," as Peter declared in the council of apostles, "neither our fathers nor we were able to bear," and to be exhorting proselytes of Jewish extraction to put their Christian lib- erty to its proper use, to worship God in newneee of the spirit and not in old- ness of tho letter, avoiding, on account of its ensnaring nature, the slightest return to Us perplexing ritual, its unbendinp; obligations, and its inflexible curse But a Galatian Gentile, ignorant of Moses, would have taken the Apostle s words m what we may cull the secondary sense, and understood hini to bo referring to the actual yoke of slavery, and to the sufferings which captives have to endure, when they are deprived of all the rights of hunianfty and degraded to the level of the brute creation, ihasmuch as in that aJ. But the grcatsearchmgs of heart which pbssessed some of the firmest advo- cates of the measure, arc handed down to us as matters of history. It was Bot without a desperate struggle that the opponents of the bill permitted it 5 to pasH, bdt It finally became law amid tlie almost universal plaudits of the British nation We are told that many days and nights were spent in discussion, but the arguments of truth and righteousness prevailed at last and the guilt appertaining, to what has lately been styled, the mtm (J cUl huinan vdlantes, was, as regards after ages, expunged from the national conscience. But the wisdom of the Act is best demonstrated by its results, not that they have been, by any means, uniform ; it was impossible in t!ie nature of things that they should be. Instances arose, which gave miicli pain to the triends of freedom, and fears were excited lest unbridled licence should hurry the emancipated ones into such courses as would have endangered the success of the whole scheme. But the danger passed away, and now. Poking back through a visti of thirty years, we have ample reason to bles^ tfOd, that he put it into the hearts of our forefathers to perfect so glorious a IT''^ ! V" l^° ?7 '■^Sions most directly affected by the Act, I mean in the West Indian Islands, every class of society has, on the whole, been bene- fited by It, and industry, wealth, and commerce have been greatly enlarff *o t'"s, in the very lame i8land,'Pa tact is recorded which amply demonstrates the benefits of emancipa- tion. A class of men, occupying a middle rank between the laborer and the planter, indeed they may be styled planters themselves, numbering tiny thousand, possess freehold property, which average three acres to each/? Another result of emancipation, though perhaps, but an indirect one, i^ supplied by the fact, which was embodied in the report submitted to President Jjinooln by the commissioners, who about twelve months ago, passed through this province and other countries to enquire into the condition of the colored race m a state of freedom. These gentlemen were a'^ree 'v surprized to find that the colored inhabitants, in the places which the' visited, formed an independent and very respectable portion of the oom- munity, and they could not help coming to the conclusion that their capa- city tor supporting themselves and families, and for raising themselves in the social scale, was thus fully proven. And, as these results are shown, the world looks on approvingly. Great Britain, the true friend of the oppressed, holds out no encouragement to the oppressor, and takes no notice of quasi republics founded on slavery When the recognition of the Confederate States is mooted, her sons and daughters petition strongly against any "proposition that may be made to recognize m any way such a foul confederacy against human rights, as fitted to sit in any council of the civilized nations of the earth much more to become an ally and equal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland."* And such petitions based as chey are upon the good sound sense and the true Christian feeling of the British nation shall, under God always prevail. Ihe traffic m human souls shall be confined within the narrowest limits limiM in the Providence of God to be made narrower every year, till the 'Janiaioa tlSfm ."^"fifi!!" ♦''!" I?" ""^^.^i °f P'«« Labour, in the British West ladies." •From a petition to the House of Commons. j.m»i«». foul dism'aco of slavery in every shape and form shall be abolished from every corner of a rapidly christianized and civilized globe. In this con- nexion let me direct your attention to a remarkable instance of progression. I refer to the consecration of the Rev. Samuel Crowther, a native born African, to the high dignity of a Colonial Bishop of the United Church of England and Ireland, a man who is thus admitted as an equal taaoxx" the dignitaries of tho Church, and acknowledged as more than " a man a)id « Irother," as a divine, a scholar, a gentleman, and a christian by that most aristocratic of all bodies, the University of Oxford, which conferred upon him, the degree of D. D., at the same time as upon the Prince of Wales the degree of L. L. D. That these deeds and these sentiments excite opposition need not be wondered at. The pro-slavery party on this continent is as furious as ever, and as unwilling to read the signs of the times and to acknowledge the true value of their position as the West Indian planters wero thirty years ago. If wo are to believe recent news,* infornjal propositions to end the struggle, now going on between the Northern and Southern States, have been made, upon the ridiculous basis of •' slavery to be continued as before the war, except where the war has freed the slaves, and their war debt to be discharged by the whole nation," and they are tragically indignant when a message addressed " to all whom it may concern" demands as preliminary conditions, " the immediate re- storation of peace, the integrity of the whole uniunj and the abandon- ment of slavery." They refuse to see that slavery is already doomed, that the world stands to-day between the finding of the verdict and the execu- tion thereof. The fiat of the Almighty has gone forth, more unchangeable than law of Modes and Persians, that man shall enslave his brother no longer and in His own good time lie will bring it to pass, He will make it good' regardless of Micir propositions, their remonstrances, or their indignation. It is not by the will of the North, nor by the refusal of the South, nor by the clamors of the East, nor by the murmurs of the West, that its extinction shall be consummated, but by the will of Almighty God over-ruling all their fierce passions and moulding all their stubborn wills aoeording to His own wise purpose. That this most unchristian war is based upon slavery all allow but the majority will not admit that it can never end till every obstacle to its complete extinction shall have been removed. The absurd demands of the informal southern ambassadors shew that this hour has not yet come. It would lead me to far too lengthy a discussion, ifl should attempt to shew why this great source of evil was ever permitted. Slavery my friends is not a thing of yesterday, though some of us may live to see its complete abolition, History itself is insufficient to trace it to its origin. It was of such remote antiquity, that when Moses, thirty-three centuries, ago gave laws to the Hebrew nation, finding it already established, he framed all his laws, to mitigate its harshness and to ameliorate in every possible way the condition of the bondman. Itremained for the Gospel of Jesus Christ,to proclaim absolute liberty to the captive, recovery of sight to the blind, to bring the prisoners out of prison, and to let the oppressed go free. In this also, as in other respects, the law was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, but this reminds me that I must return •Written July, 1804. I •to the position from which, partly for illustration, and partly for your edification, I diverged. I started with the assertion, which I must now make good, that the idea of the text h the great fact of Redemption and that Christ is the Great Emancipator. Turn our eyes which way we will, this is the most important thing that can be revealed to us or be apprehended by us. That, before Christ came, mankind were all sunk in a bondage of the most degraded sort, bondage of the soul, to sin, the world, and the devil, indeed there never was mere bodily bondage worthy of being named as a type of this, for the once vilest elave, who is the Lord's freeman, is in an infinitely better position than tho proudest despot who serves his own heart's lusts and lives without God in the world. It was from a proper appreciation of this sublime truth that the Apostle Paul seems to overlook the necessity of placing his sentiments, on the subject of bodily slavery, on a more unquestionable basis, so as to de- prive the advocates of negro slavery of every plea, which now from partial and one-sided interpretation of his writings they urge in defence of their abomination ; and even ministers of Christ's Gospel too, are found who pre- tend to draw from that great charter of freedom, the Bible, arguments in favor of the continuance, even the extension of slavery. When, all the while, the Bible in every page, when rightly interpreted, is, com- pletely opposed to the principle. If you tell me of those words in the 25th of Leviticus, as being at variance with my position; Iroply that they are disposed of by the fact that heathen bondsmen might become proselytes to the Jewish religion and therebyentitled to all the mitigations and exemp- tions which Moses established, to the rights of humanity at the outset, and to complete emancipation in the year of jubilee. The Apostle Paul was all along concerned with spiritual bondage and epiritual deliverance,and unless, as in the case of the Corinthian Church,que8- lionawere put to him directly bearingon the point, he made the higher and more important matter the theme of ! J , liscourse. But, that he never in- tended either to encourage, or to cou! f aance the system or the traffic, is abundantly manifest from the general tenor of his writings, and in one passage he so severely stigmatizes the business, that none should ever pre- sume to quote him against himself. He classes menstealcrs, that is, both the kidnappers of men, their aiders and abettors among the vilest of man- iind. In 1. Tim. (I 9-10,) he mentions men-traders, for that is the better translation of the word, with murderers of fathers, murderers of mothers, with defilers of themselves with mankind, with whoremongers and perjured persons. Let then all slave traders and slave owners (christians alas !) of our time tremble, for all, who participate in any degree in that abominable traffic are, as accursed of God as Sodomites, since they thereby uphold a -system, which perpetually engenders menstealing. The Gospel, we all know, was intended to make no change or difference in the civil circumstances of mankind, when converted from paganism to Christianity, " God hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth" the master and the slave being equally called, a» Paul argues at length in 1st. Ep. to Cor. (VII 17-24). " For he that is .called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord's freeman, likewise he that is called, being free, is Christ's slave. Ye arc bought with a price, bo yo not thoskves of men," (that is sock t. be sorvauts of Chri.st as well ■) A Hcrv.co to ,nan, doth ,.ot exempt you from, nor is it inoonsistont with, tht Bcrvice ot (xod, yea rather to serve God is more needful for slaves becau o- ^L?Ti, '"T'"^'f'' "^ their peculiar condition may bo much alleviated by the hope of inunortality. Nevertheless the Apostle ndvises and this shews him to have been an abolitionist of the strictest kind "IP thou mayest be free use it rather/' Stronger language, perhaps, mi-ht have defeated the spirit of the Gospel, which is love, jjy 'and peace by «- citing slave insurrections m every ago and country. -Therefore," says he M though he had been too bold, in thus incidentally mentioning his reaf wTthGod'' ^''"■'^°'"*^'°*''^«''y°^^»'^^herein he is called therein abide Thij, my friends, is the true spirit of the Gospel. Christ Jesus came down from heaven to release us from the bondage ofsin, to restore us to pnvi eges greater than those we forfeited in Adam, to place us in a state of salvation and finally if we be faithful to Him, after sanctifying us by H I Spirit hero, to admit us to mansions of glory hereafter. In the proohot'* words He came 'to let the oppressed go free and that ye break eveJy yoke. * Indeed my brethren this Redemption of His is a mighty fact, not the less important because itis so familiar, and shall we with grateful hearts, assemble year after year to record our sense of the temporal deliverance achieved for us, by a few earnestoninded fellow creatures. ^"A victory, a bloodless vie tory gained without the sacriBce of a single life,and shall wo record the honour cf this good, and great and glorious deed, in contemporary literature, to the everlasting renown of Wilberfoice, Canning, Clarkson. Macaulay, Buxton! Brougham, and others, rallying round the standard of liberty, oommemor- ating this ever to be remembered event, and shewing that we possess tha leelings of men in thus appreciating the advantages which truth and justice and liberty confer.' Shall we, I say, profess such sentiments and feel such gratitude for a temporal deliverance and neglect or refuse to call to mind the Redemption which Jesus Christ achieved for us on the cross pouring out His own most precious blood, giving Himself up to the mock' ery the insults the scourging, the crown of thorns and the cruel spear t/mt we might be/ree, that sin might not lord it any more over us. that our sins might not any more be required at our hand, in short that we might he saved. The deliverance which we commemorate to-day mv friends, however important it may seem as a bodily deliverance is but an unworthy and inadequate type of the Great Deliverance. Thirty years ago but dimly points to eighteen hundred- and thirty years ago: the West Indies but little resemble Calvary, millions of pounds sterlinK should make us think of the infinitely more precious price, the blood of thrist ; the bitter opposition, revilings, calumnies and ill-usage which abol- itionists had to endure should bring to mind our Saviour's patient endur- ance ot buffetmgs and mockery, the crown of thorns and th« "u'-ple -obe • the bodily comforts which you eiijoy to-day should remind you that heaven is open to all believers that the children of men may have fellowship with the Father and with Hia son Christ Jesus, that the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit are bountifully poured forth upon all the adopted sons of God. Quotation from (he inritation! slightly altered. 8 And may tlio same Holy Spirit of God f;ivc us all jrraco to think of these thinj^H more earnestly, and to take heed to such things as make for our everlasting peace, thut we may look back to this and every etwinvipatum day, as spiritual land-marks, as periods from wliioh our best interests shall date, sayinp, in tho spirit of the blind man, as we lift our hearts in prayer to God, " One thing I know, that whereas (before that; I was a slave, now (since that) I aut Irec. But, 2nd. — I must now turn to tho second division of my subject.tho oxhortaticn formed on the fact assumed, " Stand fast," says ho, " in tho liberty whcre- Vrith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." To illustrate this branch of the subject we might imagine, and the pic- ture, in detail at least, would not be very improbable, wo might imagine a number of poor slaves, cast, after having been cruelly beaten and abused, (as slaves down south frequently are) into a loathsome prison, there to sigh out their wretched lives, till fever perchance, or some further violence, re- lease them, suppose that to such people, in such a case, there should come at midnight a physician, who after binding up their wounds, and re- viving their broken spirits, should open the doors of the prison house, aiid say " escape for your lives, look not boliind you, follow you star, and it shall lead you into liberty and life." Suppose them with rapture and joy to arise and depart at once, and, hope giving them strength, after various perils and at diflFerent times, all to arrive at the freodrnan's soil, and theu one of them, recognizing the true character of the deliverance should ad- dress hia fellows in words like these, " We are free, lot us cherish our freedom, using its privileges aright and bewaring if wo abiwtt them of be- ing remitted back to bondage." I say my friends, that such advice, given at such a time could not fail to be of great use to them, and to influence their future lives materially, with one voice they wonld respond to the exhortation and cry " we will we will by the help of God." ^ Yet my friends, such a picture would convey but a faint idea of the con- dition and feelings of the man, who, by the powerof Christ, and througli faith in His blood, has been emancipated from tbeguilt and dominion of sin and *' created anew in Christ Jesus unto good works." The feelings of eman- cipated slaves, though similar in character, convey but a poor estimate of ■what a christian feels wlien to the conviction of the demerit of sin there has succeeded that inward calm, that peace which they possess who love •God's law, that peace which is secured by the blood of the cross. To such a man what is usually called gratitude is but an inadequate ex- pression of his love. His whole soul is his Saviour's. He pours out his whole being in roturn for the gift. He feels that his Saviour's blood onhj ■was able to wash away his sins, and he wonders and adores. Tell him to Ktand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made him free, to hold fast the blessed hope of immortal life, the sublime prospect of future glory and you touch a chord that vibrates through his whole being. The recol-» lection of his former degradation is amply sufficient to make and keep him humble, to preserve him under God's grace from falling. Such a man would reverently cry, "God bo merciful to rao a sinner." "Lord increase my faith." 10 "Teach mc thy way and I will walk in thy truth." "Let not thy Spirit depart from me." 'Leave me not, neither forsake mo, God of my salvation." I conceive that some such picture as I have drawn, must have been pre- sent to the Apostle's mind when he penned this exhortation. He saw men who had been redeemed by the precious blood of Christ, fighting their way through the world, hemmed in by unrelenting foes, and in danger from the remnnnts of sin yet in their members, and knowing their weakness and in- sufficiency without help fiom above ho exhorts them to take heed, and watch unto prayer, to use their present privileges and especially to beware of such easily besetting sins as would bring them back under the former yoke of bondagj, and in this light his exhortation is of great weight, Christ hath redeemed you, (he seems to say) with His precious blood, He hath induct- ed you into His glorious kingdom, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Some, doubtless, there are in this assembly who have actually borne the heavy yoke, whose backs have felt the lash, whose souls have been crushed with misery and iron, upon whom the cruel skill of the inhuman slaveowner and his still more brutal overseer have been exercised, but who have left their bondage and escaped hither, and of them I would enquire " would ■lie go back, would ye even risk your present advantages, by placin"- your- fielves for an instant, even though your birth-place* should be dear°to you within reach of their unchristian laws. Surely not.'' And your emphatic iVb is but a faint echo of the answer which Christ's freedman ought to give when tempted to fall back to perdition, by anything that wealth or honour or pleasure can display. I must now conclude with a little pertinent advice, as scripture inclinea mc. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousnoss and all things needful shall be added unto you. Fear Him who can castsoul and body into hell." Thus shall you be the Lord's freedmen. Inform yourselves with the truth of Gods Word. Your Saviour said, "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Avoid all sin, especially the sin that most easily besets you. He that committeth sin is the slave of sin. "Give all dilig- ence to make your calling and election sure." Use your christian privileges aright and "with well-doing put to silence the ignorance of foolish men." My friends, if ye all were earnest, single-hearted, practical christians, what a noble front would ye present to the world, how would ignorance and pre- judice which now assail you hand in hand, then have to hide with shame their diminished heads. In this view, your destiny is in your own power, if you wish to rise in social position, Ist. Be christians, 2nd. Educate your- selver- and your children, succour and exhort the weaker brethren. "Lot your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify .v«MJ father wb^ch is in heaven." "For if the Hon shall make you free ye shall be free indeed." ' The benediction was then pronounced. 11 The Berviioes over, the prooession again formed and proceeded along Eang street to the Albion Hall, in connection mth. Finch's Hotel, Miller's block, \rhere dinner was laid out. The hall, which is a large one, was well and tasteful- ly decorated with flags for the occasion. We should have mentioned that the procession was throughout preceded by Storror's city band, which was engag- ed for the day. There were two tables the entire length of the hall, and one head or cross table, where about 250 persons eat down to an excellent colla- tion of meats, fowls, pastry &c. Amongst those present were observed the following prominent members of the local society and other similar bodies, from a distance : — Messrs. Pearraan, G. B. Washington, W. Reddiok, Kin- naird, Thomson, Sumers, E. Smith, (Toronto), Parker (London), &c., &c. Dr. Jenkins was called to the chair, and Mr. S. Lightfoot discharged the duties of the vice-chair. The chuirman in proposing the toast of "He*- Most Gracious Majesty the Queen," stated that were it not for the beni{^ 3t of a former sovereign, and his advisers, many of those present, woula not now have it in their power thus to meet together for a mutual interchange of friendly feeling and the enjoyment of pleasure. Every Ethiopian present should give his meed of praise to old " John Bull," who had so nicely trimmed the tail of the American Eagle. Now is the time for the sons of Africa to influence public opinion thoughout the civilized world, and he hoped the opportunity would not be allowed to jjass away to convince the world that Ethiopia's children were ever ready to do battle for their freedom, and in so doing, to conquer or die. The toast was received with three hearty cheers, the band playing " God save the Queen." The following toasts were then proposed, and although not replied to, they elicited several rounds of hearty applause. The " Army and Navy of Great Britain," Band, "British Grenadiers."-The "Downfall of American slavery." Band, "Cheer Boys, Cheer." — " The Governor-General and Parliament of Canada." Band an appropriate air.—" John Brown." Band, " Glory Halltilujah," &c., &o. The Rev. Mr. Kinnaird, in proposing " Success to the Brotherly Union Society," alluded to the kindness manifegted towards himself and his color- ed Brethren by Lord Lyors, and he hoped that that nobleman's well known interest in the welfare of the colored man would be duly appreciated. Be- fore resuming his seat, he coupled the toast with the health of Lord Lyons and several rounds of applause showed the hearty approval with which the sentiments of the speaker were received. Toasts having been propose, to the "Mayor of Hamilton," and "Isaac Buchanan, Esq" and duly honored. Mr. A. 8omerville gave a brief and interesting epitome of the events con- nected with the act of emancipation and other matters pertaining thereto, and the iiseeting adjourned to meet again in the -evening at THE SOIREE, which commenced at eight o'clock, in thesame building. The hall was taste- fully decorated with flags ; and in the centre of the floor a " heart" was very neatly delineated. Shortly after the hour named, aboutfifty membersof the "Brotherly Union'' marched into the room, and having taken their allotted 12 positions, Miss Berry on bpli-ilf nftUn i j- beautiful banner JZ ^^^ ^ rtbt J'";-"^"' P^-'^edaver, •n suitable terms by Mr. G. 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