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 " I remember the cUva of old ; 
 J mediUte on all thy work* ; , 
 
 I muM on the work of thy hands ^. 
 I atretoh forth my hands unto thee." 
 
 Twenty-five years is n^Bcotisiderable period jn the 
 hfc of an individual or of rcTurch. It is the mafor Zt 
 
 fiL^S"''^!^ '^"^ ^VJ'^ ^'' of a century, and ievemy- 
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 seventy-fifth part of the Christian era ; and we do well 
 
 a b^^Jirlf J"!^'^°''^ i" ^^' ^''''''y '^ «°P and take 
 on .^ r!5» "^^"^ to remember the days of old, To meditate 
 ?n „i K - ' "^""'^ ^^ ™"** °" ^*»« '^ork of His hands, 
 to gather, mspjration and gladness from the exercise, and 
 
 I^H fn.Pi*'"' *""*** *" ^*^^"^ thanksgiving for the p^t, 
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Then are four things in thki tcripture which indicate 
 the duty and the privilege of the hour, itt Recollection 
 —the recalling, the recollecting the things of the past, 
 and. Reflection— the letting the light of reason shine in 
 upon these things, and shine back Into our minds and 
 hearts. 3rd. Rumination— the pond.ering over, the draw- 
 ing out from them all the sweetness and strength which 
 they can aflford ; and, 4th, as the resulunt effect. Reso- 
 lution to go on in the strength and gladness thus imparted 
 to still greater service. Here then we may find exercise 
 •for memory, reason, emotion and will, every part of our 
 complex mental and moral nature. 
 
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 I. Remembrance is a duty. There is an ethical 
 element in memory which is often overlooked. A bad 
 inemory is always a defect, frequently a fault, and some- 
 times a sin. We remember best that which has received 
 our closest attention ; we give our closest attention to 
 that which interests us most, and that interests us most 
 for which we have an inward attraction. And so the 
 things we notice, attend to, and treasure in our memories, 
 reveal in a wonderful way our inner lifeVnd character. 
 As a man thinketfj in his heart, so is he ; and that which 
 he learns by h<^rt indicates the heart that is in him 
 Blessed is he whose memory is a sweet benediction, and 
 who can say with David, " I remember thee upon my 
 bed, and meditate upon thee in the night watches. Be- 
 cause thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow 
 of thy wings will I rejoice."— Ps. Ixiii. 6, 7. And sad, 
 indeed, is it for the one to whom memory is as the 
 blighting blast of the sirocco, or as the gnawing at his 
 heart of an undying worm. As life moves on, our memories 
 become more and more a part of ourselves, the treasured 
 harvests of all our past, the strangely frescoed chambera 
 
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 in whkh we dwell, ahd which itrongly influence our 
 thinking, our feeling and our conduct, tnd thus memory 
 helps to make oub hell or heaven even here on earth. 
 
 J. . There are timet when it is our special duty tO 
 remember the past, to take a retrospect, to mark the 
 steps by which we have reachea the place where we 
 now stand, and thus to draw out from the past all the 
 wisdom and strength, all the chefr and gladness which 
 it can give to us. (Ikxl frequently charged His ancient 
 people that they remember all the way which He had 
 led them, all the wonders which He had wrought for 
 them, and all the good which He had done to them^ 
 Nay, more, they were to write these things in a book, 
 that it might be for the generations following. I shall 
 try at this time to be to you the King's remembrancer, 
 and for you a scribe, for which perhaps I may claim 
 some fitness, seeing that I can say, in the words of /f^^neas 
 to Queen Dido in narrating the story of Troy : " All of 
 which I have seen, and in much of which I have had a part** 
 But lest I weary you by detaining you in the porch, 
 let me usher you into the frescoed hall of this church's 
 history, and describe the panorama which, in varied hues,' 
 pn|||sts itself to memory's eye. In. order that we may 
 tl^.More clearly see, and the more securely tresisure in 
 our minds thAe things, let us arrange them in the order 
 of their Origin and their Outcome ; and therefore, first 
 to the story of thisr church's beginning. 
 
 Origin. 
 
 He who follows the Jordan to its source, will 
 find that it bursts out a gushing fountain at the foothills 
 of the An ti- Lebanon, where the mighty snow-crowned 
 Hermon sits a king. Fed by the melting snows from the 
 mountains, it is a river from the moment it breaks forth 
 fr<m the heart of the eternal hills, of which Jeremiah^ 
 seems to think, when he says : " Will a man leave the 
 snow of Lebanon when ir cometh from a rock of the field ? '' 
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 In the Bond Street Church there wm « bodv of intel- 
 ligent, coniecniied young people known u Tne Young 
 Men't Chriitiin A*ioci«iion oC the Bond Street Bap^ 
 Church Anxious to win touli for Christ, and extend hii 
 kingdom by esUblithing Mission Stations which would 
 grow into churches, and wpported by the full life of a 
 vigorous church, they sought opportunities for service in 
 the east and west ends of the city. 
 
 On the evening* of Novcmlier Ath, 1869, they instructed 
 the Committee on Religious Meenngs to make inquiries, 
 with the view-of sUrting a mission prayer meeting in the 
 east end of the city. As a result of these inquiries, a room 
 over the Berkeley Street Fire Hall was secured, and the 
 first prayer-meeting was held on the evening of December 
 loth, 1869. Fourteen brethren, sisters and friends were 
 present, and Bro. H. E. Buchan. M.D., who was chairman 
 of the meeting, read the eighth chapter of Acts* making 
 appropriate remarks and appeals from the 4th verse — 
 "They went everywhere p^ching the Word." several 
 brethren following in fervent prayer and earnest exhorta 
 tion. The first Sabb|ith evening service was held on Jan- 
 uary i6lh, 1870, and continued regularly thereafter. 
 
 The Association feeling that the organization of a Sabbath 
 school m connection with the mission would deepen the in- 
 terest and extend its influence, resolved to start a Sabbath 
 afternoon school in the Hall; and on February 13th, 1870, a 
 school was commenced with twenty-nine scholars and twelve 
 teachers; and wW» Mr. T..D. Craig (now M. P.), as its 
 Superintendent' 
 
 In view of the rapid enlargement of the mission in both 
 its spheres, especially in the Sabbath school department, 
 and in view also of the fact that the Fire Hall was to be 
 ^lled down, the Bond Street Church, after negotiations 
 for a site on Duchess Street, near Ontario, and on the 
 comer of Sydenham and Parliament Streets, finally pur- 
 chased for $1,000, 77 X 139 feet of the lot on which the 
 church now stands. Additional land to the south wat 
 subsequently purchased, making the church lot the sisc that 
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 Until the church should bt built, brother John Jonts 
 thrtw opecufhc pArlort of hit new house, adjoining on 
 the south, lor the use of the mission. The last service 
 was held in the old Fire Hall on December 4th, 18701 
 and the mission moved from the dingy room^ reached by t 
 rickety auirway, to iti new and cheerful quartert. H«^e, 
 on December nth, 1870, sixty four scholars and sixteen 
 tetchiEM met for the Arit time, and i#/the evening there 
 was a public service, with an attendance of about fifty. 
 
 At this period, iJecember, 1^70, the Young Men's 
 Association handed the mission over to the Bond Street 
 Church, and on the evening of March 8th, 187 1, the Church 
 resolved to erect a church edifice at a cost of, as per tend^, 
 of $4,855. On the evening of September 3rd. 1871, 
 Bro. S. A. Dyke, who had returned from Spurgeon's Col- 
 lege, England, preached his first sermon as missionary 
 pastor, from Luke xix. : 41. Oh Sabbath afternoon, 
 October agth, 1871, the church building having bc?h com- 
 pleted, it was opened for service by Rev. Wm. Stewart, B.A , 
 pastor of the Bond Street Church, who preached from 
 rrov. ix. : 1, ** Wisdom hath builded her house ; she hath 
 hewn out h^r seven pillars." It is an interesting fact that 
 Dr. Stewart, who preached the deditatory sermon then, will 
 preach this afternoon. It is not often given to two men to 
 meet at the silver jubilee of a church, with the origin of 
 which they had a part. 
 
 In the evening Bro. S. A. Dyke preached from Psalm 
 Ixv. : I. " Praise waiteth for thee, O God in Zion ; and 
 unto thee shall the vow be performed." Thus, in less 
 than two years the consecrated band of workers, supported 
 by the prayers and gifts of the mother church, had seen 
 the worlT^Sw until it was established on a sound and per- 
 manent basis, in an eligible location, with a good lot and a 
 new and attractive place of worship, which was not long 
 afterwards cleared of all debt bv the Bond Street Church, 
 and handed over to the new church after its organiz^ition. 
 And as the missionary who had charge of the work was a 
 
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cMld'^of the Bond Street Church, went from it to the 
 Ptttors' College, returned to* it as its missionary, and was 
 iuppoijed by the church, this church can in the fullest sense 
 be called the child of the Bond Street, now Jarvis Street, 
 Church. 
 
 The little one grew and went even faster than some of 
 
 the more conservative members of the mother church 
 
 bought %dvisable. They desired that it should IJSe, in a 
 
 ^seqse, a feeder to it, and lend strength to its membership. 
 But the workers in the mission clearly saw that the cause 
 would be best advanced by having full Sabbath services, 
 and the ordinance of baptism administered at the mission. 
 This led to some discussion, and to sbme warmth of feel- 
 ing, also. In fact, as in a growing hive of bees, the practi- 
 sed ear could detect by the murmur, and the active moving 
 
 ' about within the old hive, that a swarm would soon have 
 
 -4o come out And the wisdom which had builded the house, 
 toon saw, that as the enthusiastic workers in the mission 
 must swarm, that they should go out with a blessing rather 
 tbAn a curse, in peace rather than in strife. In looking 
 back through these^twenty-five years to that time, the one 
 who now addresses you can say, that in nothing has the 
 good hand of our God been more manifest than in the way 
 in which He held the high mettled, fervent, young workers 
 back from rash words and deeds, and in the grace He gave to 
 the older brethren in the patience, and in the wisdom whidi 
 taw what Israel ought to do at such a time^ Very beautiful 
 was the way in which the mother church sent out the child, 
 
 ' nying in words which shoiiid live to the end of time. 
 
 " Dear Brethren and Suierst -^In accordance with your 
 request at the regular chorch meeting held on the 19th 
 Fetvuary, 1872, you, whose names are annexed, have been 
 gianted this letter of disAiimion. ^ ; 
 
 We part with you as a loving mother parts with a 
 beloved child. Givii^; you our best wishes and our hearts 
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 Strong and growing church of the Lord Jesus Christ, ifqd 
 that your light nu^ shine forth a beacon to show many the 
 way of salvation prough Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 May th« Lora also abundantly bless the labors of your 
 beloved pastor, and may your hearts and his be knit together 
 in the bonds of the GcKipeL 
 
 We the parelht church, and spiritual birth place of many ^, 
 ' of you, also crave your prayers on our behalf, that we may 
 still couHnue tb grow, both spiritually and numerically, andrr 
 that wipiay remain steadfast to the end. 
 
 By order of the Church, 
 
 (Sgd.) Edmund Burke, CkrJk, 
 
 TOrimto, FelSruary aoth, 187 a." 
 
 Aqd at t|ie same time the sum of $300 was promised 
 towards the pastor's salary, 
 letter Uiirty-one members werl dismissed to 
 \<t new organization. Otoe^Other name, that oC 
 tor's wife, irar^ubsequent|#ulded by a special 
 the pastor presentddr^iv^s own behalf, one 
 
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 land, and/another from Rev. C. H. Spurgera^aadthe tutort 
 of the coulege; thus making up the original tfitrty^lhree 
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 ' llie organization of the church was on .Ihli wiie : A 
 hugely attended prayer meeting was held/on Friday even- 
 ing, Feb. ajrd, 187 a, after which it was decided to'rocef 
 for organization on Thursday evening, the/aqth iftst, and • : 
 committee was appointed consisting of the pastor, Wm. 
 Austin, and Wm. Wesbroom, to prepare /Articles of Faith 
 and a Covenant, to be submitted for Approval* On the 
 Thursday, as arranged, thirty brethren sina sisters (Sistert 
 Ttotter, McBrien and Slade being abseht) met together at 
 half past seven o'clock. (Bro. T. D. Cntig being present by 
 special invitation). Thirty minutes wjtrt spent in eam^ 
 prayer. The pastor, as cluiirman, rea/d the liters of . dis- 
 mission for those about to unite together in church fellow- 
 shipk arid the Articles of Faith, which were adopted by •, 
 standing vote He then read the iC6venant, which wi^ 
 adopted in like manner, whereupon jthe^chairroan declared 
 the church duly constituted,' and caned upon it to deet its 
 officers; which it proceeded to do fbrthwtth: Wm. Austin, 
 John Jones and James Ryrie being elected deacons, and Wm* 
 Bocn, clerk. The Chairman having retired and another 
 one being appointed in his plac& the church, by a stand* 
 ing vote, unanimously called Bro. S. A. l>yke to the pas- 
 torate. The call was accepted ; ind the meeting adjourned 
 by singing the Doxology, and with the Benediction. Thi|8 
 simply and/kripturally, was thiai church orgiuiized. Never 
 will the ^ne in which that Itttle company banded them-? 
 selves tf^ther as a churdi of Jesus Chrisr be forgotten. 
 They were gathered in the eastern end of thel church, ih 
 the ceqire row Of seats, just in front of the^g^kry: Eaiti- 
 ertly, ^lemnly^l gladly, conliiently, they entered into the 
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 coarse or as to the duty of the hour : a wisdom and a du^ 
 
 "^ which this day abundantly JMitiOcs. Of that band of thirty- 
 : three, at least ten have passed to the Church uiumphant ; 
 eleven have removed to other parts uf Canada and the 
 United Sutes, and some h»ve been lost sight of; twelve are 
 still in membership with Baptist churches in the city ; but 
 only four of these remain in membership with this church to 
 
 *_^.. this day, Mr. and Jin. Fowles ; Mrs. John Jones, and Mis. 
 Trotter. 
 
 - On Thursdays March sSth, iSya, the church was ?e- 
 ' cognized, and t^ pastor ordained by a council .consisting 
 of delegates from Bond St , Alexander St., Yorkville (now 
 Bloor St. church) and Qiieen St (colored), churches» 
 Toronto; and from Ingersoll and Stratford churches. Rer. 
 A* H. Munro was Moderator, and James Pyper, D.D., 
 preached the ordination sermon from Prov. xxx. 6, ^'Add 
 thou not unt6 His words, lest He reprove tbeer and thou 
 be found a liar." Thus the young church was formally 
 welcomed into the sisterhood of Canadian Baptist churches. . 
 On the foHowing eveping the bajptistery was used for the first 
 , time, when seven persons were baptized^ one of whom was 
 Our beloved brother, George Tones, and another the sister 
 who is now the wife of Rev. W. G. White Such was the 
 b^inning and establishing of this church. 
 
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 banning. During the first year sixty-two were baptized, 
 twenty-one were received by letter, and sixteen ofti experi- 
 . enccy a total of nfnety-nine, and without the loss of a single 
 member, * four fold increase during the first year. Very 
 striking was an incident at'the dose of the first anniversa|pr • 
 me«tli^ in 1873. Deacon Wm. Elliot, a ^ly, gracious, 
 ai^d wise man came t^Jo the pastor and said, " I have an 
 acluiowiedgment to uiake Aytu ago I thought that you 
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 spoken, have lingered all these years as a benedictioo; : 
 The UdMing thus^nted in the bep^inning . has been coo* 
 tinued almost continually through this quarter of a century;r 
 During these years 802 have been' baptized, 426 have beeiii 
 received by letter, and 148 upon experience, a total of 
 *i,376, or an average of over one for , every week in the 
 church's history. The sum of $55,767 has been raised 
 directly for current expenses and benevolent jrork ; besides 
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 work here has been the number who! have entered the 
 ministry, or^have become missio«iaries at home and abroad. 
 Rev. Charles A. Cook, a former beloved pastor, writes in . 
 vi^ of this anniversary service. *M entered upon mf 
 ministry at Parliament St., Feb. 4th, 1883, and dosed it 
 March 35th, 1888^-five years and two mxmths. In thai 
 fime 1 twptized 251 persons. L know of no church any 
 where, that lias furnish^ so mahy men for the ministry «fc 
 home and abroad as Parliaihent St in the slme lenj^h or 
 tfane. To my mind it is one of the highest marks of 
 approval God could put upon ite work, and is one of the 
 cieirest evidences of the high ^stand^urd of spiritual life 
 which has been sustained in the church ; for churches 
 whose spiritual life is at a low ebb do not, is a rule, furnish 
 men for tbeministi^. I am deeply stirred as I think df,^ 
 these things. Many thus gathered have become devoted 
 workers, and are l^ing made s great blessing to others* 
 God bless dear old Parliament St, and give her many years 
 of phMperitv far exceeding what the past has been." What^ 
 Bro. Cook has so well siid, coul^ be said by nearly eiery 
 otber^pastor, both before and since his time. 
 
 The fiA<^ng ate the oanes aflid fields of service ol 
 tbibb who have ehtered fb^ Maki for 'special work : James 
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 Namumo, EC ; S. S. Weaver, Norwood, Ont ; Geo. H. 
 Barrow, died on the field in India, how in glorj^; Wm. G.. 
 
 . White, Missionary to .the Indians, OshwekeiC Ont^ ; H. ; 
 Grimwood, Lewiston, Pa.; Thomas Urry, China; Mrs. 
 Windsor (nee Harriet Hastings), China ; Miss L. Hastings^ 
 China; Miss H. Hastings, China; ^liss N. Waterman, 
 ChinI ; Charles Durrell, Westpiort, Ont. ; Geo, Robertson, 
 
 /Jamaica; E. S Wilson; W. R. Burrell; and in prefMra^^ 
 tion for the work, Joshua Marshall and W. H. Rock, 
 McMaster Hall; Arthur E. Taylor, Granville College^ 
 
 'Ohio; Geo. Finch, Bible Training School, Toronto; H. 
 Crickington and Miss McBfahon» in training for mission 
 work in China and India respectively. Thus the work of 
 the churcmand her voice have gone out to the ends of the , 
 earth. Not only so, but the success of the mission led to 
 the early establishment of the mission at College St., by the 
 Aleiander St. Chftlrch and the Toronto Baptist Missionary 
 Union, and next year our brethren at College St. will cele* 
 brate their quarter century of service for the Master. 
 
 Nor is this alL The forces then set in operation have 
 been working continuously ever since. In January, 187a, 
 there were but four Baptist churches in Toronto, and not 
 one of these west of Yonge St, with a total membership of 
 608. Last year there were eighteen churches, not in- 
 
 ' eluding Eglinton, with a tf^mbership of 4*77>* an incii^se 
 of nearly eight fold. Then thiere were four chapels worttk 
 
 > about $46,000. Now there are propolies worth about 
 '$400,000, not including oar educational institutions. 
 
 ; What hath God wrought during these twenty-five years I 
 
 .' I would here reverently and lovinglv place a laurel 
 crown lipoQ the sainted brows of the dorly officers of this 
 churchi John Jon<ss, the enthusiastic, tlie energetic, the 
 tender-|Marted» whose hearty hand clasp some of us remem- 
 ber to this day, and whose e«rly d^h filled us with deep^ 
 ei^t/f^rM^ Wm. Poole, the calm^ the wi^e, the strong, and 
 whM iuver locks were a crown of g\b\f j James Ryne, the 
 
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 "godly, the contistiiht, the incorruptible; Wm/qullin, the 
 Ml, the loyal, the manly ; Win. Boot, the cultuied icribe. 
 Where could a youl^g pastor find a nobler, rarer band of 
 men, each a pillar of strength, «nd worthy to be placed 
 imong David's mightieS; and all, save Bro. Cullin, now in 
 Victoria, BC^ passed away from earthly service to the 
 pre^nc^ of their Lord. Thank God for such deacons, and 
 ituch men. Tliw ntmn shoMldbtlMkl in everlasting 
 
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 As to the seven pastors of the church, including the 
 one wha now ministers to you so acceptably, and whose 
 sweet songs so greatly help ihc message he has to deliver, 
 delicacy suggests that not much should be said. They are 
 all still alive and re|pain in service to this day, and the 
 eldest of this brotherhood, if we eicept the Nestor of us 
 •11, Dr. Stewart, is scarcely more th«n twice the Sge of this 
 church, so that it is possible that they may all live to see 
 her golden jubilee, though it should be said tW that is 
 extremely improbable. Perhaps not one-will be lefl to tell 
 thc^ tale, but that other hps will take "uf) the story here 
 begun, other lips will sing the songs of thanksgiving, and 
 other ears irill listen to the tale the golden mile stone will 
 9A!sq to tell. 
 
 But time admonishes me that I must hasten, though 
 
 what has been said suggests so much more that could be 
 
 said. Memories flojck around me as swallows round » 
 
 church steeple. Let me close this history with the naiiies,, 
 
 the times of servipe, and the present fields of labor of your 
 
 SCT^en pastors: S. A. Dyke, Sept ist, 1872, to Oct isl, 
 
 1876, now At^Lansdowne Ave., Toron^>; E. yt.C. 
 
 B<HteriII, Tan. ist, 1877, to Dec. 31st i88o» Indi*napoli% 
 
 Indiana, U.S.; Wm. T. Tap«»tt, July, i88r to 1883, 
 
 now in evangelistic work; C. A. Cook, Feb. ist, 1883, to 
 
 March asth, 1888, now in Bloomfield, New Jersey, U.S. ; 
 
 JiiDCs Grant, May, 1888. to Oct., 1893, during whose 
 
 pastonte the church was enlarged, now at Ingersoll, Ont j 
 
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 RelSection ii a higher exeretsc of <hc mind than mere 
 -recollection. Memory supplies the materialt; meditation - 
 Uminget them, examines and studies them. It is the inner 
 m which looks beneath the surface and seeks the min- 
 ings of things ; which looks*back to their orimn, and for- 
 ward to t^eir outcome. Memory is the parabl^ reflection 
 is the explanation. Memory is most active in youth, me- 
 ditation in maturity. Children remember, n^n ponder. 
 Without memory the mind is a vacant room ; i^th memory 
 ikme it is oiily a lumber-room ; with reflection it is a room 
 ftimished and garnished irithr every uii^ul arid be»i»ttful 
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 to meditate on all God's works in the midst of those days, 
 and to see His hand in all our history, is a still higher 
 duty. Only thus will the facts which memory supplies 
 have meaning, consistency and counsel for us. Conse- 
 quently, it is our duty to think on these things, to see, to 
 bear^to understand their meaning. And such a story as I '' 
 have toldj affords abundant food fqf siich an exercise. 
 What then are the lessons which this quarter of a ceotmry 
 of life and service for the Master tieach us? 6 
 
 * They teach us that great things from little things may 
 grow. High as were the hopes and purposes of that little 
 company of fourteen, which met on that December night 
 in 1869, in that dingy rooili, by way of that trembling stair- 
 way,— tyfncal of their trembling hearts.— they did not dream 
 that a work was then bqjim, which in a quartet of a mo- 
 tury would girdle the eiitth,aod that this voice of prayer 
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 rated effort If one can chase a thousand, two can put ten 
 thousand to flight. When men are workers together for 
 God. their work is a thousandfold blessed of Him. But 
 such united effort means diyision of hOwr, corelated labor, 
 W)or which considers one another, and which for the good 
 Of the whole IS content to be unseen, unknown, unrecog. 
 mied. but glorified as in the Urd's sight, for it is unto 
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 They teir us that much can be accomplished with little 
 of this woHd s goods. Here is a church which never had 
 liwcalthy man m its membership ; for as soon as men 
 began to prosper, and 'some have prospered; they moved 
 into more attractive neighboihoods, or into the. suburbs. 
 And yet, though the avenge income has been only about 
 ^a,joo per annum, nevertheleit it has more to show, in 
 •Wis won to Christ, in ministers and missipnaries sent 
 forth, and in eveijr other spiritual result, than many a faab- 
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 Darvest may be. A single seed sown in a fruitful soil may 
 in cme year become a hundred ; in two years ten thousand : 
 iir three amaiion ; In four a bilKon ; in five a trillion ; in 
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 Wm. Wesbroom, has been singularly useful both with voice 
 and pen in junior Sabbath School work ; one has been for 
 many yean an honored deacon of the ist Baptist Church, 
 Ottawa : one has been honored with the Presidency of our 
 Home Mission Board, and is now a deacon of the Jarvis 
 St. Church ; one was assistant chamberlain of the city ; the 
 deacons were all men of superior intelligence and unsullied 
 character ; and not one of the thirty-three has made ship- 
 wreck of the faith ; and those who have died, have pissed 
 triumphantly home. What blessed forces, what redeeming 
 grace, must have been behind them, within them, above 
 Ihem ! 
 
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 lUiown by the size of a church. Some churches become 
 *fchap*is of€as9y^ m which the members become so luxuri- 
 ously comfortable, and so delightfully content, that they 
 can hear no call to come out, however loud it may be. 
 They are " at ease in Zion," and do not wish to be dis- 
 turbed, although the curse of Meros may be hanging over 
 them. But odier churches are like eatress offices. They 
 do so large a business for the Master ihat they can keep 
 but little stock on hand. Tbey are constantly receiving, 
 yet as constantly sending on. This church has never been 
 -very strong ; byt every other church in the city is its debtor, 
 and distant cities and foreign lands as well. Her light lutt 
 gone out through all the earth, and her words unto the 
 ends of the world. She has but to lift up her eyes and kxA 
 across the classic Don to see the turrets of the home were 
 dwells her firstborn, who has already outgrown the mother, 
 and tonne of whose strongest members followed Christ io 
 baptism within these walls. hxA she has but to send a Hoe 
 through the heart of the earth to bear the niessage ^ken 
 in strange tongues, by those who fifltt received that message 
 here, and^ete emer^ iiito the kingdom of God^ Of her 
 it can ti|^be said ** Th^un neVer sets on her children." 
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 which I hare ghren, suggest. Perhaps, ere I pass on, one 
 other thing might, and ought to be, said This church has 
 been too busy about the Master's business to be greatly 
 V troubled with people with fads, and who thereby eat out 
 its life. Moths cannot work where things are continually 
 in motion. In Rer. Dr. Fyfe's " Forty Years' Survey from 
 _^^Bond Sl Pulpit,- in 1875, •« these significant words; 
 ; •'This church has been retarded in her progress also, b# 
 , some who suddenly became too pious any longer to walk 
 with their brethren i who sunk all their interest for the lost 
 and perishing in their overwhelming desire for their own 
 personal edification and comfort. Ch- to state the case dif-- 
 ■ Jerently : They lost their sympathv for humanity through the 
 / professed .greatness of their loire for Christ." And we may 
 ^ Mddt active effort for the salvation of men is a great correc-. 
 tive of this self-conscious, subtle, spiritual Phansedsm, and 
 • great help to that humble dependence upon him, and Joy 
 in his service, which we all so much need. It clears the air 
 wonderfully of mere speculation, and keeps us in healthy 
 Joyous exercise. Moses wist not that his face shone ; but 
 others saw it ; and he who in heart was willing to be accursed 
 for his brethren's sake, had, all unconsciously, something of 
 the glory of Him who left the mount of transfiguration for 
 \ the service of the plain, for the agony of Gethsemane and 
 the darkness of Calvary. In all our church relationship we 
 do well to cherish the sentiments of Augustine : " I better 
 whom I may ; whom I cannot I suffer. I avoid the chaff 
 lest I become ch^ff ; I keep the floor lest I become noth- 
 ing." Or with Thomas Adams, the Puritaif, "God says to 
 the wicked guest, ' How earnest thou in hither,' not to the 
 prepared. His fault cannot dispense with thy duty': nor 
 ■ball thv duty b^ chatged with his fault." Let us be true 
 '^ to the church of Christ, and know that with all her imperfec- 
 tions and fidluliKs, she is dear to Him as the apple of his eye, 
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 if an exercise of the hetk and soul. Reason tells ut that 
 through all secondary causes we should trace things up to 
 the Great Fiftt Cause. Rumination takes up the work 
 where reflection Uyt it down. The eye sees, or the ear 
 hears, memory receives and stores, the intellect examines 
 and reports, and then the heart deals with them. 
 
 One of the signs of a clean animal is that it ruminates. 
 It must not only divide the hoof, it must also chew the 
 cud. After it has gathered all it can, it quietly rests and 
 grinds it all over again, getting out from it all its treasured 
 sweetness and strength. So to the soul which muses, 
 which ruminates, which delights to dwell upon God's 
 works and ways, there comes a gladness and a power not 
 of earth. '• The secret of the Ix)rd is with them that fear 
 Him, and He will show them His covenant." 
 
 If God has been in very deed within these walli : if this 
 place has been made glorious with His presence ; if Christ, 
 the seeking Saviour, has here often times met with the 
 seeking sinner; if there has come to souls in this place 
 light in darkness, joy in sorrow, strength in weakness, life 
 from the dead ; if Christ has walked in' the midat of Hit 
 people, if they have touched Him, and He has healed 
 them, oh ! what blessings which cannot be numbered nor 
 measured have come to them. " While I was musing," said 
 the psalmist, " the fire burned." And so now he lo<3t8 over 
 the past, he refl^U upon it, he lets its influence flow into 
 his soul, and all aroused he stretches forth his hands tq 
 God, and cries, " My soul thirsteth after Thee, as a thirsty 
 land." And he whoae heart does not thrill to-day at thcr 
 contemplation of what God. in Christ, by His Holy Spirit, 
 rhaa done in this place, would be hard-hearted and cold 
 indeed. Eternity alone will show the results of the work 
 which has been here begun ; the harvest of the seed here 
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 up in vitalizing sap, must bursy^out Into beauteoMs and 
 fragrant bloom, Or eUe rot at b4art and die. Sa also, if 
 our hearts do not respond to Uhe infldw of God s great 
 mercy, in thankful praise and fa)thful service, we shall be 
 like the seed which dies and bears no fruit . < •; 
 
 To-day it is^r glad privilege to lift our han^ in grate- • 
 ful recognitio^^l^ the blessed past, and to gird ourselves 
 for further and greater service in the future, with souls 
 ^still thirsting for God. and hearts still anxious for work in 
 His vineyard Thus shall be fulfilled the prophecy of my 
 first sermon in this pUce, " Praise waiteth for Thee, O 
 God m Zion, and unto Thee shall the vow be performed." 
 Waiting praise and willing service. If in anticipation, 
 those words could then be used as our watchword, how 
 much more to-day, as we review the multitude of the 
 tender mercies of our God durinfl|ihMe twenty-five years ? 
 And therefore, jrith the emphJBjSijih justified, am^ 
 God's truth vdnRed, we cbarg^^iBH|fty. as PV^enter 
 upon another quarter of a centu^^hSI^ my beloved 1 
 brethren, be ye steadfast, un movable, always abounding in 
 the work of the Lord, forasmuch it ye know that yoor 
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 (m I^ Have vou, dear friend, heard that aiil) tiiMlll irmc» In 
 your loul this hour ? Hai the Matter, who it ev«r |»r«»ent, 
 though unseen, whispered to y«< "Wilt thou be mil^dc * 
 whole ? " If so, let your answer be, " Yea, I^rd." Kno^, 
 my brother, that four httle worda express the wh#le wA 
 of salvation for you. To Chris*, as a sinner. In thrist m 
 » believer. *#'i>A Christ in f«^lowi*»ip. Far Christ m^ 
 service—the end forever with Hiin in glory. Will you Irt 
 Ifim in, who now sunds knocting at the door of your 
 heart? Oh! ** Admit Him, for the human breast ne'er ^^ 
 entertained so kind a guest" And you also will join us m 
 giving thanks unto ti« Father for the founding of this 
 church. 
 
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 to beeomie the sons of God, even to them that believe on His 
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 Pastor: 
 
 Rkv. J. A. K BAY, 390 Parliament St. 
 
 Board of Trustees : 
 
 George (i. Jones, .Iosei'H Poole, James .Slade. 
 
 Deacons: 
 
 . James Slade, Fred. Jones, 
 
 J. G. Hyde, Joseph Poole, 
 
 Frank D. Mills, Wm. Kendall, 
 
 Thomas Cowan, T. B. Williams. 
 
 Treasurer, . - - - Jas. G. Hyde, 409 Sackville St. 
 Clerk, . - - ... . S. L. Slade, 157 First Ave. , 
 Sexton, - - - . - H. Crickington, 187 Parliament St. 
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