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PRAYKR.
A MiaoirvL God, the Father of onr Lord Jemu Christ, who'
'is the retometioa and the life ; in whom whoeoever
lieUeireth ilull liye, though he die ; and whowMver liveth
and heliereth in Him shall not die eternally ; who also
hath tanght ns,'h3r His hofy Apostle, St Pfcul* not to be
aoRj^ as men ^thout hope, for them that sleep in Him.
We meekly beseech, theis, Q Faster, to raise ns from the
death of sin to the life of righteousness ; that when we
shall depwt this life, we may rest in Him as onr hope is
onr brother doth ; and ^lat, at the genenS' Besorrection
in the hut day we may be fonnd acceptable in Thy sight,
and receive that blessing, which Thy well-beloyed Son
shall then pronounce to all that love and fear Thee, saying,
Oome, ye blessed children of my Father, receive the Ung-
d«aft prepared for yon from the beginning of the world ;
Grant this, we beseech Thee, metdfnl Fi^er, through
Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Bedeemer. Amen.
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PdUIIJt xo. 10:
*'The days of oar yean an thno aoon yoan and ten ; and
if by naaon of atrength they be fonneore yean, yet' is
their atnngth Uboor and sorrow ; for it ii aoon cat oB,
and we fly away."
rpHE object of every sermon should be to do
^ good to man, and to bring glofy to Qod.
To this role there is no ezoeption. It is a great
thing to be permitted, in some measure, to ack
eomplish these objects in life and death ; and if
anything is to be said of any one of us, when we
have left this earthly scene, it is no less import-
uit that it should be profitable to man, and glo-
rifying to Ck>d. These are the ends for whid»
our text was written ; for these are the ends of
all God's works ; but especially of His word,
which He has magnified above all His name as
declared in His works of creation and provi-
dence. It is designed to humble man, to save
nnners, to exalt the Saviour, to glorify God.
It is a common, tiiough no less on Uiat account
a true remark, that a ]^od (tf three or foius
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score yean is « long time to look forwArd to,
but when it is passed it is as nothing. This re-
mark acquires greater force, when we cut off
from the extremes of that long period, the help-
less years of childhood, the thoughtless years of
youth, and the years (tf labour and sorrow inci-
dent to a protracted old age. When these de-
ductions are made, the longest life is materially
abridged, and we may suppose that an octoge-
narian, casting his mind's eye over his earthly
existence, would leave out of view the two ex-
tremes of early youth and latest age, and so no
less truly than feelingly exclaim, "It is soon
out off, and we fly away." ,
And yet what a world of action xs^ be
crowded, and not unfrequently is crowded, into
this abridged period of, say> threescore years and
ten! How many scenes visits ; how many
dangers braved ; how many perils escaped ; how
many toils endured; how many exploits achieved;
how many lessons of wisdom and prudence ga-
thered from the wide field of observation and
experience ! What vidsaitudes of health and
sickness ; pain and ^ase ; labour and repose ;
weariness and rest ; j6y and sorrow ; hope and
fear ; failure and success 1 Every man is a little
world in himself, with aU the variations of cli-
mate and seasons, heights and depressions, storm
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and oftlm, Mtin tnd saiiBhiiie, yearly and daily
revolatioiut. " He never continueth in one staj^**
It would be diffieolt to find a more striking 9-
Instration of these reflections than that which is
suggested on the present occasion, by the re-
movid from among as, in the folneas of years, of
an hononred father, a faithful friend, an upright
and successful merchant, and a much esteemed
and most useful member of this church.
. What avaried and what a busy life I In how
ly departments of the social economy does he
for^ the central figure ! A dutiful son ; an in«
V\ dustrious apprentice ; a loyal tmd devoted soldier;
imperilling life, health, and substance in both
arms of Her Kitty's service; a deputy pay-
master of various militaiy detachments, wUle
left ui charge of one of the^^epdts of French
, irprisoners after the Peninsular war ; then, return-
^^ng to th0 arts of peace, the cultivator of his
paternal farm, and the overseer of the poor of
lus native parish. At length* at the head of a
numerous band, including sons and daughten,
he once more crossed the deep, and founded a
new home in this locality, which at that time
was covered with forest trees and miry swamps.
From that period forward, for nearly half a cen-
tury^ every day was filled up with energetic toil
and diligent attention to business; oooa^^^Uy
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performing such civic duties m were entrusted
to him by hii fellow-dtisens. and habitually
keeping in view the care and government' of his
Urge family, growing up under his paternal
shadow.
Who can think of the numberless incidents
and events, cares and anxieties, toils and efforts,
actions, attainments, and succenses 0/ a life in so
many spheres and with so many sides ? It is
like the roll of a book, in which there is no
-s ■ blank space, but the whole is written over,
within'lnd without, with the records of patient
indus<«ry, indefatigable perseverance, and oalin
intelligent^ What a world of thoudpp^eiing,
action, and ^ievy nent 1 What afiM%upof
our abri^^ period of threescore years ancl
ten I . .
And here, while recognizing the hand of God
for good upon our friend, preserving, guiding,
and prospering him, I cannot refrain from re-
ferring for a moment to the point from which I
set out^<-« dntil^ soa This waa like a thread
of gold which ran through the weft of his life
'from beginning to end. To hia latest days he
honoured the memory and the character of his
father. The thought of him wouljl bring words
of unaffected admiration to his li{^ and tears of
genuine affection to his eyea T^ filial love
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Meounts i|i grea<i meuure fgr much of his luo-
oeiB in life, and for some of the finest timits in
his ohftracter. It nuuie him an honest appren-
tice, a good soldier, an affectionate brother, a
kind, dutiful husband and father, considerate to
the wants and interests of all his relations, and
a firm friend. Was not his long life, so strongly
marked by filial, parental, and relative affection,
in all their practical exemplificaUons, a fulfil-
ment of " the first commandment with promise ;
Honour thy father and mother^ that it may be
well with thee, and that tiiou mayst live long
ontheearth?"
A life so varied, identified with so many
scenes and so many persons, and so fully occu-
pied, does indeed seem long. And even a shorter
life is long, if it is well employed. We shouldf,
therefore, measure life, not so much by the num-
ber of years as by the muiner of itis occupation.
A young person who has fulfilled the duties of
his age and station, and left a good example be^
hind him, has lived loiig, because be has lived
to purpose, and hit membry is blessed and made
a source of blessing to many. But the longest,
busiest, and most successful li|e is short, when
we consider the brief space. allowed for the en-
joyment of the fruits of sucoesa Many are re-
moved from this mortal scene just when they
h*ve rewhed the goal for which they ttrov^^
Othen when they have succeeded beyond their
expectation., are in the eearlmd yeUow leaf of
life's anturiin. or in the froet-crowned months of
winter, when their strength is labour and sor-
row, and they have little power to eiyoy their
well-earned repose, or to do good with their,
increased resources
But Hfe, if not aetuaUy longer, is relatively so,
and assumes a far greater importance whei|
viewed in ooiHjecUonwith eternity. As child-
hood and youth iirer long, preparation for the
•ctivities of manhood, so this life itself is i)ut a
len^ened preparation for tjiat higher life wTiich
- is to come. This preparation is chiefly inward,
in the desires and affections of the heart, and
consists in sorrow for sin. faith in Christ,' and
love to God and m4n. which aro the fruits-of
faith. But though this preparation is heart-
work, and as such may be hidden from the eyes
of men, it is that which God Himself chiefly re-
gards, and has an upward and visible as weU as
an inward and spiritual growth. No man is
accepted for his repentance, or for his faith, or
for his works, but only in Christ, whose blood is
the sole procuring cause <rf forgiveness, akd
whose righteousness is the only ground <tf justi.
fication and acceptance with God. But if any
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he waa. He it a humble man, a believing man«
^a new man. He believee on Christ for pardon
and peace, and shows his faith hy his woilu ;
but he rejoices not in his works, bi^t, only iii
Ohrist, who is dl his salvation and all his desire.
It is the purpose of Qod that no flesh should
glory in His presence. And, therefore, the Apoa*
tie says to thetCorinthians, " Of Him are ye in
Christ Jesus, who of Qod is made unto us wis- '
dom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and >
redemption ; that according as it is written, He
that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord." And
■gain to the PhilippianJ^ " What things were
gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ Tea^
doubtless, and I count all things but loss, for the.
excellency of tiie knowledge of Christ Jesus my
Lord : for whom llhave suffered the loss of all
things, and do oouiit them but dung, that I may
win Cl^rist, and be found in Him, n6t having
mine own righteousness, which is oObe^w,>i
but that which is through the faith of Christy ■ '■
the righteousness which is of tlod by faith/^
Thus Christ was all to the ADOstle ; he put no
confidence in his religious observanoeii,n(»r inhis
good works; these he put altogether aside ; yea,
he counted them but dung for Christ ; in whoi
Qot in his good works, hie desired to be found.
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. accepted only and altogether for His righteous-
ness sake, as if he had nothing of his own but
sin and wani In this respect Paul is the type
of all true believera And tl^erefore hcM^ys,
" We are the dicumcision, which worshipUod
in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and
have no confidence in the flesh." -Thus true reli-
gion is a spiritual thing, a thing of the heart, its
sam, centre, and essence is rejoicing in CShrist
Jesus, to tiie exclusion of all dependence on any-
thing that man aided or unaided can< do. And
here again we may appeal to the example of our
late honoured churchwarden. His attention to
business is well-khowA. His efforts tQ promote
the interests of diflerent public institutions, par-,
ticularly the General Hospital, to which he was
alibnral benef^^tor, are familiar to very many.
Jt is also well understood that he was one of the
principal founders of this church, and that it is
owing to his fostering care that it is free from
debt, uid in possession of a small, but respect-
able endowment, which, in process of time, will,
ifi all probability, be sufficiently ample. For
more than a generation, he was the incumbent's
churchwarden, in which capacity he gave the
closest attention to all that concerned the com-
fort, convenience, and interests of the congrega-
tion, and that was calculated to strengthen the
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hands of the clergyman in his intercourse with
his people, and performance of his duties. His
interest never figged, and his time and means
were always at;the service of the Church when-
ever they we^e required. ' He would readily
have contributed more largely to its objects, but
he wisebr thought that it wasmcMre for tilie good
of Um^ congregation that they should be per-
nutiied to do something for the maintenance of
ine ministrations of the gospel. His liberality
;was not confined to this church — ^he aided many
others — ^but this was in a manner his own child,
and it occuj^ied a child's place in his lieart
Until a comparatively recent period, he was
never tabsent from the services, morning or even-
ing. In these he engaged earnestly and devoutly.
He had an habitual respect for the Lord's day,
and while his strength continued, like the late
Bishop Strachan and Sir John Colbome, after-
wards Lord Seaton, he never allowed his. horses
to be taken out on Sunday. I shrink from ob-
truding into liis domestic life, but, without any
breach of propriety, I may mention that he kept
up family prayers morning and evening, and
was most anxious that all his children should
do the same. As they left his house to become'
heads of families themselves, he presented each
of them with an excellent manual of family
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prayers, which he highly prized, the author of
which, like himself, was a merchant, ihe late
John Thornton, of Chipham, on the Si^y side
oftheThamea
He endured the trials which befell him with
the same unvaried equanimity wijMi which he
bore his success. His last day^ true to the
Psalmist's description, were days {of labburand
sorrow ; but they were visibly, because deeply,
marked by humility, peace, and hope. He never
once alluded to anything that he had done, nor
to the int^ipnty, conscientiousness, benevolence,
ai^d religious character of his life. So far from
trusting in himself that he was righteous, he
^mk of a contrite and humble spirit; and instead
of looking for the reward of his deeds of right-
eousness, he was looking for the mercy of our
Lord Jesus Ohrist unto eternal life" We may
' fitly apply to him i^e words of Job's friend,
''Behold, happy is the man whom God oor-
recteth. He shall detiver^ee in six troubles;
yea, in seven there shalj^o evil touch thee. In
famine He shall redeem thee from death ; and
in war from the power of ike s#ord. -Thou
shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue;
neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction wh^n
it Cometh. And thou shalt know that t^
tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt
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visit thy habitation, and shalt not err. Thou
shalt know also that thy seed shall be Much,
and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like
as a shook of com cometh in in his seastm.'*
All that was good in him we asoribe to Qod.
It' was He who endowed him with his strengtibi
of body and mind. It was He who trained hiin
by His providences for the various important
positions which he filled so well. This he felt
and acknowle(^ed. It yraa Gbd who taught
him by His word and grace to think humbly of
himself, and made him to know and feel that
there is none other name under heaven given to
man, in whom and through whom he could re* ■
ceive health and salvation, but only tiie'nftme of
our Lord Jesus Christ. It was He who endued
him with moderation in prosperity and patience
in 8u£fering, And when at his advanced age of ;
fourscore years and ten, their strengdi became
labour and sorrow, it was He to whom he was
indebted for the meekness, gehl^ess, and low-
liness of heart which adorned his faith and
beautified his character, and for the peace and"
hope which sustained and comforted him in the
decay of nature, and the pains of death.
We have lost a kind, affectionate, stedfast
friend; but we desure with all submission to
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away ; blessed be the name of the Lord." And,
" We also bless Thy holy name for all Thy ser-
iVants departed this life in Thy faith and fear ;
beseeching Thee to give ns grace so to follow
their good examples, that with them we may be
pttrtakern of Thy heavenly kingdom. Orant
this, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our only
Mediator and Advocate. Amen."
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