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ARCHDEACON OF KINGSTON, AND RECTOR OF St. GEORGE'S CHURCH. KINGSTON, (CANADA WEST :) PRINTED BY R. WATSON. *# V a S \ Matthew, 28th chap. 7th v. ** And go quickly and toll His Disciples that He is risen " from the dead." iHt Epis. to the Corinthians, 15th chap. 53rd v. " For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this " mortal must put on immortality." We meet together at this time under circumstances of heavy sorrow and painful bereavement. Your faithful Minister, and my beloved fellow labourer, is separated from us by death. His labours of fidelity and love follow him, and the memory of them will live in your hearts and affections. Though dead he yet speaketh by his past example, in his paternal counsels, and in his prayers for your salvation and future happiness. The period of painful and agonizing suspense has passed away. How often during that time have the words been uttered by you and by me, "Who knows but that God will be gracious, and " restore to us in health our faithful and beloved " Minister." Almighty God in His wisdom and good- ness has decreed otherwise. He often takes away in early life, and to our irreparable loss, the Minister whom we revere and love, or the relative and friend whom we love as ourselves. Let us be submissive and resigned, for our loss is his gain. He is gone to his reward, and we survive, warned by this bereave- ment to be prepared and ready for the hour of our h^- a - J 30149.. 6 own death, and the moment of our departure from this world. In the patient and resigned language of holy David, let us comfort one another : " He cannot " come to us ; we shall go to him." . Since, then, this corruptible must put on incorrup- tion, and this mortal must put on immortality, let us be diligent and faithful, that you and I may be found of our Redeemer and Judge in peace, and have our reward. Death is formidable to the careless, irre- ligious and impenitent, and not to the pious and righteous, by whom he is welcomed as their friend and deliverer. The change in the body, and the translation of the soul from this life by death to hap- piness immortal in the future world, is plainly declared in the chapter whence my text is taken. " So when " this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and " this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall " be brought to pass the saying that is written. Death " is swallowed up in victory ; O death, where is thy " sting ! O grave, where is thy victory ! The sting " of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law ; " but thanks be to God which giveth us the victory " through our Lord Jesus Christ." " And go quickly and tell His Disciples that He is " risen from the dead." In the preceding chapter or narrative of Christ^s sufferings and crucifixion, and also in the chapter whence my text is taken, relating the fact of Christ's resurrection, to which my discourse on the present occasion directs your thoughts, the sufferings and • itf> i» 10 sin, and the influences and gifts of the Holy Spirit, oil our repentance towards God, and faith in cur Lord Je?us Christ. The mind is relieved from distressing • fears and foreboding anxieties. Guilty and offending man is restored to the favour of God, and to future happiness, through the merits and atonement of our Saviour. Upon the divine promise and asslirance of pardon and forgiveness, and by true repentance and a lively faith, the sinner is encouraged, emboli dened and enabled, to live a new life. To the repenting and believing Christian are vouchsafed the gracious influences and aids of the Holy Ghost, the Sanctifier and Comforter. By the resurrection of our Saviour we have an Advocate in heaven, and a Comforter on earth. In the former relation, and also as our High Priest, He will second our prayers, that our souls may be saved, and enjoy everlasting happiness. And in the latter connexion, as our Comforter on earth. He enlig^htens our minds, sanctifies our hearts, and cheers and sup- ports us in afflictions, in bereavements, and at the hour of death. Happy consequences of the death and sufferings of our Saviour, and valued blessings of His resurrection ! Consider the effects which a belief of our Saviou/'s resurrection should have on our lives. The sure prospect and certain inheritance of lifd and immortality after death should induce and con- strain us to subdue our appetites and to mortify our fleshly lusts, denying all ungodliness and worldly lusts, 1 i I'^l 1' •4 ^%' f^ 11 and living soberly, righteously and godly,in thispresent world. Christ, the author of our hopes and finisher of our faith, has set us the example, and has declared that, without holiness, no man shall see the Lord. Jf ye love me, keep rny commandments, saith our Saviour. Sin is the transgression of the law, and highly offensive to God, who is a Being of infinite wisdom and holiness, of rectitude and purity. He is a rewarder of all who diKgently seek Him, and He has declared that He will punish the workers of iniquity. It is our indispensable duty to follow the example of Christ, and to resemble Him in heavenly mindedness and innocence, in love to God and man, and in ^e!f-denial and abstraction from the world. Why did our Saviour Christ assume a human form and tabernacle among men in this world ? Waf not the gracious object to be accomplished by His. labours, sufferings, and death, to redeem and save our souls, and to exalt us to everlasting life and felicity ? Has He not taught us by precept and example, and assisted us by His Holy Spirit, to become qualified and fitted for endless happiness in the future world ? May you, my brethren and hearers, now under circumstances of destitution and sorrow, feel your obligations to newness of life ; and may you be enabled to form fixed resolutions to live henceforth more devoted to the service of God and religion. Let the solemn event, in the death and departure of your faithful and beloved Minister, be an awakening call and warning* to you. Hear his I f counsel and exhortation. His last words are fresh in your remembrance, and now seem to vibrate in our ears. He has said, "Serve the Lord Jesus Christ. ** Live to Him-7-live to Christ ; live governed by faith " and love to Him. That is the way to prepare for "judgment. At the hour of death you will want " faith and hope to sustain you. Do not then for tho " first time have to seek them." Consider the efTectL' of a belief of our Saviour's resurrection en our hearts. In this life, the pciiod of our probationary state, we are liable to losses, sufferings and afflictions, in their varied characters and forms. We are visited with pain and loss of health, in order that we may become acquainted with the uncertain tenure of earthly blessings, and be lead to desire and long after the possession of heavenly happiL>3ss; in order that our affections may be set on things above, and not on things on the earth. Our relatives and friends sicken and die, and are separated from us. By the merciful bereavement we are reminded and taught to reflect upon our own mortality, and not to forget our desti- nation to the grave, the house appointed for all the living. With this view of the salutary chastisements of our heavenly Father, the heart is made better, and the soul realizes a peace and comfort which the world can neither give nor take away. By the grace of God, and under the influences of the Holy Spirit, we shall be enabled to bear all sufferings, afflictions and bereavements, with pptience and resignation, looking t . 'f ^A •f f' > 18 forward to those joys or happiness before us in heaven, promis' 1 and prepared for them who love and serve God. We shall be enabled to repress every murmur- ing sentiment, in the spirit and language of our Lord and Saviour Christ : " Not my will, but thine be " done." We should adopt the sentiments, and form the resolution of St. Paul. ** I have hope," says he, *• toward God, that there will be a resurrection both " of the just and unjust ; and herein do I exercise "myself to have a conscience void of offence towards " God and man." Such I know and believe to have been the faith and course of life of your faithful and beloved Minister. He could, without presumption, and ill the full assu- i-ance of faith and hope, declare in the words of the Apostle : " For I am now ready to be offered, and " the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought " a good fight ; I have finished my course. Hence- " forth there is laid up for me a crown of righteous- "ness, which the Lord, the nghteous Judge, shall " give me at that day ; and not to me only, but to " them also that love His appearing." Our knowledge and experience of his labours for the conversion of sinners; of wicked and thoughtless men; for the youth and aged committed to his charge, were a pleasing and convincing testimony of his fidelity and sincerity. These services were justly appreciated by you, who now listen to me, and recall to rememlrance his affectionate advice, counsels and exhortations. The profligate and irreligious he called r 14 . to repentance and amendment, announcing to them the dreadful consequences of their evil courses and ruinous practices. " All that are in their graves shall " hear His voice, and come forth ; they that have " done good, to the resurrection of life, and they that " have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." The young he exhorted to be sober-minded. "Re- " joice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart " cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the " ways of thine heart, and in the light of thine eyes ; " but know thou, that for all these things God will "bring thee into judgment." Tho aged in life he endeavoured to save from ruin and future misery. " Awake thou that sleepest, and Christ shall give thee ** light." " Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, "even so saith the Spirit; for they rest from their " labours, and their works do follow them." The late Reverend Robert DAvm Cartwrigut, was the seventh and youngest son of the late Honour- able Richard Cartwrigut, of distinguished talent and eminent character, whose name is enrolled amon^ the Loyalists, the first settlers of this country. The deceased early in life discovered and gave indications of genius, accompanied by habits of industry and application. He received the rudiments of education in this his native Town, and became qualified, by succeeding attainments in learning, to be admitted into the University of Oxford, and to become a student in Queen's College. There, by a course of unremit- ting attention to study, and of sober-minded and, reli; I f ' '* 15 T '' ^^> gious conduct, he secured the respect and friendship of the wise and good, and the esteem and affection of his cotemporaries. He was distinguished among the scholars of his standing and time, and was rewarded in a literary pre-eminence with the honours and degrees conferred by the University on the, sons of his Alma Mater. Upon leaving the University, he was soon after ordained a Minister of the United Church of England and Ireland, and immediately was appointed to a puracy, and to the charge of a congregation in one of the most healthy and delightful Counties in England. There he discharged the duties of the office and ap- pointment to the benefit of the congregation committed to his care, and to the satisfaction of his friends and all acquainted with him. After a short period of time he relinquished the appointment, resigned his charge, and returned to this his native Town, to which he was attached by several associations : by the residence of his. kindred, of , the friends of his youth, and by the reminiscences pf his. early years ; but more especially, prompted by a desire to exercise the functions of his profession, and to perform the duties of a Minister of Christ in this Diocese, where the inhabitants were desirous and anxious to receive a Minister of his promise and excellence. The late Bishop of Quebec, Dr. Stewart, eminent for piety, was not insensible of his worth and ability, and who tendered to his acceptance the office and 16 appointment of being his Chaplain, then \acant by the resignation of his predecessor. For a skiort period of time he laboured with zeal and ability in that station, respected by, and endeared to the Clergy of the Diocese. When in the course of events an office and appoint- ment became vacant in St. George's Church, in this Town, the Rector and Parishioners unitedly, and with one mind, solicited him to become the Assistant Minister to the Church, in which his father had been enrolled among its first members and founders, and who, during his useful life and honourable career, proved to be its able and zealous supporter. He accepted the appointment, and in this Town, and to the instruction and pastoral care of this congregation, he devoted a greater portion of, and the remaining years of his laborious and useful life. In his death the Church mourns the departure of a zealous, faithful and affectionate Minister ; the country of his nativity deplores the loss of a patriotic and loyal subject; and the public lament the absence and removal of a citizen, who, in sympathy and benevo- lence, and in the discharge of the offices of beneficence, was the friend of the poor, and of mankind. I close the narrative, and this discourse, with a deep and abiding sense of my loss and bereavement, in the separation, by his death, of a beloved fellow labourer, and of one who was dear to me as a son, arising from the ties of affinity and friendship. My \ AT # 17 attachment to him was farther increased and strength- ened by the reminiscences of my obUgations in younger life to the parent of your faithful deceased Minister. His advice and friejidship were conducive to my suc- cess and usefulness in advanced life. Next to my own deceased and respected parent, the first Minister of this Church, and my predecessor, this acknowledg- ment is due from me to them in remembrance of ever abiding and grateful recollections. The removal by death of your faithful and beloved Minister, a zealous Christian, faithful servant of Christ, and a good man, points out to us the grave as the gate of entrance through which we arc destined to pass into the future world. By this Providential event and painful bereavement we are solemnly admonished and forcibly warned to be ready ind prepared for our departure hence, and for our re-auion with him who has been called hence to a participation ii the celestial inheritance of the Saints, and who has gone before us to his reward in heaven. May Almighty God assist us by His grace and Holy Spirit, and comfort us with the sure and certain prospect of a happy resurrection from the grave, rais- ing our affections above the world, and fitting us to be received into the heavenly inheritance : Come ye blessed children of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. Amen. ii