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 ADDRESS 
 
 TO 
 
 Ths DiccGsan Synod cf Neva Scctia 
 
 BV 
 
 Right Rev. Frederick Courtney, D.D., 
 
 ON 
 
 THE FESTIVAL OF ST. PETEK, JUNE 29, 1888, 
 
 Behu, (he jir.st oc.rnsl„v of hU m,et\,Hj the Synod aft 
 
 his Co n>:cc ration. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY REQUEST OF THE SYNOD. 
 
 
 HALIFAX, !S. S., 
 rUINTKD HV HOLLOWAY HKO.S., C9 GRANVILLE ST. 
 
 1888. 
 
TO THE MEMBERS 
 
 "K IIIK 
 
 DIOCESAN SYNOD 
 
 or 
 
 TiinXA :T5nTKl'('A 
 
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 IS, as you may suppose, witli no onliuarv f.M'IIn.rs that 
 
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 o \()II. 
 
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 Miiily (IfprivL'd of the 
 
 V-MX voiw. 
 
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 I ere 
 
 Bishop who liad hfcu its hi-ad for thirt 
 
 aiv coiiiparativ rly few, in the whole history of the Cliurch of 
 ("hrist, who have held that hiuh. hoiiore"d and rcsponsiMe 
 otHee for so lou"- 
 
 peri( 
 
 'isiiop biiuiey c-anie at 
 
 iiiteivstini^r and eventful time In Ki.oland was to 1 
 
 lU 
 
 le si-eii 
 
 f many almost th(> fairy palace 
 
 what lookeil to the eye o 
 
 created l)y the ,ir,.nius of ,J,,.seph Paxtou for thj first 
 
 International Kxhihition, within the crystal walls of which 
 
 w 
 
 ri 
 
 ere L,Mtliere(l the vaH-d proiluefs an<l maimfattures of 
 many of th.' nations of the world, exhil.ited as in friendly 
 
 le peaceful 
 commerce. The originators of the Great 
 
 ere might not 
 
 only he given a great impetus f,, the artistic manufactures 
 of England, hut also that a kindlier feelin-- tov.-ard 
 
 valry in the development of the Fine Arts an<l tl 
 materials of 
 Kxhihition lioped that l>v such a disi)lav th 
 
 anotl 
 
 s one 
 
 ler, aiK' a recognition of lioth the mutual dependence 
 
 of each upon all, and of all upon each, among th.- peoples 
 
 'uis represented, together with a .sense of th "hiotherhoo.l 
 
 tl 
 
 of nations, and so the abolition of 
 
 war and the comi 
 
 nir oi 
 
 the time when nation should not lift up sword against; 
 
 nation, but they should beat their sword 
 
 s into [) lough shares 
 
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 ri-s|jcc'ti-il ami his chai-ai-trr i-i-\crc(l. imist lirt.i tli"-i-wlio 
 imist imaini his loss, a di-i-ji sat islartinii ami an <-mlui-i!in' 
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 chi'isfian lit'r ilII-I the ]iiiril\-ot' tin- iiiiiti\(-s iiv whirh Ik; 
 \vas act n a till. ( H' his uiH'casin^r watclifulni's^, for f he wi-lfare 
 (if lilt' I )io('i-si-, his jiiixiotis ciiili-avoi- to i!i^(-hai-^i' hisilutv 
 ill the si^iit of ( ioil ami with tin- a]i|ii'o\ al of his (.•oiiscii-iicc, 
 liis jiln'.mlaiit lali or, his uiis]iai-im;' L;i\iiii;- of liiinsilf, hi.s 
 tli'oiiL;lit ami study atul prayi-i' to pi-ovi' hiiiisrlf •• a woi-kiiiau 
 that iii-t-(l(-th Hot to lie ashami-ii/' n faithful Sli(-|ihi'i-il ami 
 ])ishop of tin- souls c'oiiiiiiit ti-il to him, a wi-i- coiiiisclloi', u 
 
 Coiifa^'i-ous Icaili'f, you all know li(-tt(-r than 1, foi- you 
 
 Were till' wifiK-sscs of his actions the ()lii(-(.'ts of iiiscai-i', liis 
 " fcllow-lahoi'crs unto tin- Kinudoui of (IimL" He is of the 
 jnuitlici' of those of whom it is said, " lllessed ai-e tlie ihad 
 that die in the Lord: yea, saith the Spii'it, for they n st 
 from th(-ii- laliours, and tlieii- woi'ks do follow thein." 
 
 " And when tlie I/ird shall suniinnii u.-j, 
 W'liniii tlmn hast left lichiiui, 
 I^r.-iy we. untaintcil liy tlio world, 
 As sure a welcome tind! 
 
M;iv facli. likf tlifi'. ilr]i;ut ill poace, 
 
 I'd 1m' M jii\ I'll unc.-l, 
 Willie till' wirkiMJ iTii-r rrmil t fi iuli!ill!», 
 
 Ami till' ut ai y iiic at rot.' 
 Ti> t'lillow such a Mian i-, \'i)U will |ii'fci'ivc, no oasy 
 
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 lia\.' -■ra>|i>'il it. \\i,- |'a->tnial Stall', ili'l lint i-xprf ifUiT shew 
 that, till' ).ii.iiiiM' sj Ilk' II (-!' olil, i^ l;'u'>'1 still: " A-~ I wilh 
 with Mii-is M) 1 will hu with tliiM-: I will Mot leave tluse 
 nor tui'Mike t hot'." 
 
 I!ut ntithi'f is my rx]icf'tation of aliility to t'ultil my 
 oflic'f aihl wmk, any iiiin'e than my w iHinL,nii'>> tu as>iim,' it 
 
 when ynll utl'ileil it me. ileji.'Iiilillt U|M'n till |il'iimise of 
 
 (io'l's st I'eiiL'-th ainl litaee almie. '\\t yiiii, my laethi'en, to 
 yoii I Iiiuk. fill- sympathy. I'ni' counsel, I'm- cn-iijierat inn, tor 
 tliotiL^^ht, foi- prayei- ; nor. I feel nrtain, ^hall I look in vain. 
 AVith a ciimmoii enemy tu ti;_''ht, n eonimnn enil tu work tor, 
 sliarcrs in a commnn salvation, animateil \>y mie spirit, 
 servants uf diii' cciinmMn Lm'l, the ehi Mien in th.i' one family 
 of lliniwho is the mie ( iml ai^l {'"athei'df u-- all, we .Iiall 
 irain a \iet(ii'\' in which we ^liall '(// ■>liare. ami do a work 
 which will liriiiLC i^lniy to ( 1. nl atnl aiUance the cause of 
 His ("Inucli III oilier to thi>, it heccmes u>, tamdit l>y tlu* 
 CXlierielK-e of the ]ia>t. to de^i-M' Jiniie'llt llieii^iire-^, i lestiiied 
 tu he reali/ecl, n itw it'o-taiiiliii'^ the anla'^oni^m of the powers 
 of evil, ami the ojiposliion of tho^e who conscientiously ilitler 
 from us. A wise foreca--t, trank statement of our intcntionH, 
 lioncst ami ojieii ilealini:', the avoidance of every tortuou.s 
 or .suhterraneaii path, respect for one ano*^her's opinions, a 
 pure intention, patience and perseverance, to^-ether with 
 the .s[)iric which thankfully accepts the possilily aitainahlt! 
 v.'heii nnalile to rcjuh the i.leally perfect, these (pialities will 
 be needed in «air mutual emleaNor to do (jur duty to Christ 
 and His Church, in the illations which we sustain t(Avards 
 one another, and corporately towards the whole body whose 
 representatives we are. 
 
 1 have too re,ently come amoni,'' yim. and my informa- 
 tion re.spec'tiii'i; the state of the ( 'hurch and the conditions 
 
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 of lili' in Nu\ii Scitti.i is tuo scanty fi»i- nic, as vet, ti) lirin<>" 
 (Ictinitr prtijicts l.rfMif Vdu. Hut our thin-- I may IcLritini- 
 Htrly <l(i, anil that is tn call your at tent inn to the mw phase 
 of what ina\- iir cail d ( 'hin-chhian>hiii, which i--. 1 think, 
 tlic (Ultciiiur of thr Contro\ il-sjcs of the |il-fS(I't criiturv. 
 
 It wouhl sii'iu to lie a nrC's>ai'\" conilition to the 
 Cf>lii'>inn of a jiai'ty, that its nuinliri's shouM not onl\' liold 
 tenaciously thr trui'ls of its ci-ccl. hut that thr suprciiu' iin- 
 portaurc of tlir>r shoulil make thrni cither imlitiereiit, or 
 alti\u'elhei- lijind, toother ami lai'ijer a.sjiects oi the whole 
 truth. ]')-,,t the inevitaMe, though n'enerally slow, result 
 always an-ives when men who constitute the friic-es 
 of the party, lie:_piu to douhf the ahsolute ])erfectncs3 
 of its Shiiilioleths, and to see somethinif \ aluahh' in the 
 views of the o]i|M)>ite side. Then the leadei's crv out on 
 suidi as traitors, and the L;radual disinte^'ration of the ]iartv 
 is re_L;ardt il Iiy them as the dissolution of the truth itself. 
 It is, however, impossiMe to arrest the movement wdiich has 
 begun, wliicli dethi'oiies froui the place of -upri me imiiort- 
 ance .some of the things which hail pi'exiouslv lieen so 
 ren'ardeil, and lirin^s into \ iew ai\d into place in the system, 
 those which were eithei- ii;-nored oi' anta^duized. Hence it 
 is tliat the Low ("hurchman comes to see the \alue 
 of ohjicti\e truth, and his lli^h Church hrother that of 
 suhjectivf t'Xperieiice ; tlie one h arns the les.sous of tlie 
 lueaniiiL;', ti>: well as thi; reality, of the < 'liui'ch and the 
 Sacraments, and the other that of tln' ahsolute neces.sit\- for 
 faith to till' appi'iheusion and ethcacy of hoth. Hence, we 
 see, what is called in I'liiLil.ind. a Xeo-Kvannidical partv, 
 buihliiii;' seemly Churches, teachin^■ Saei-amentarian doctrine, 
 pi-actising Retreats and Weekly ( 'elehratioii : and hear of 
 Hiui'li ('huindimen and even ( 'Iti'a-Kitualists, who preach tlie 
 most jirouounced ICvan^-elical sermons. To this result, so 
 far as a'stheticism is concei'ued. the improvement in house 
 architecture, fui'nishinn' and interior decoration lias, doulit- 
 less, lai'L;(dy coiitrihuted : Imt what h,is done so in a far larn'cr 
 degree is the Church Congress, and t!ie JJiocesan Synods 
 
'\ 
 
 and ('(iiifiMviiros, wliicli Iimvc all allowed of tlic iiirinticr.s of 
 })arfi<-s lifco'iiiiiM- ac<|uaiiitrd with one anotlicr, as well as 
 witli racli otlicr's views'. 
 
 It- is too iiiucli to say that tin- licrcsics of one eiiii-ration 
 l)i'Coiiie the oi-tlio(loxies of the next, lint certainlv nian\- of 
 the conclnsions which wej-e thought to lie most I'evolutioiuiiy 
 and snhvei-sive (»f estalili'-hed doctrine, are cahnlv acceptiMl 
 ami hnd a place on the shelves of [.atietit stndeiirs, ju 
 the lectni'es of ju'ofi'ssors, and the sermons of tiiose who are 
 acconnted oi-th<idox |ii-eaehei's. And, hecanse tliese ai'e facts 
 of the('iiurch histoi-y of the jn-esent centui-\-, it is snrelv 
 not tuu-casonahle to li pe that we may see a chni-chmanship 
 arise, wlncli sliall condiine in itsilf the l.ettei- elrineiits of 
 the Hii;'1i, the Low, and the Ilioad ( 'hui-ch jmrt ies. holdi!!" 
 tile ti'nths tor which eacli ofthese has stiiveii and is si j-i vin", 
 in theii- trne i-elation to tiie whole hody of tin' Chnrch's 
 system : and, wlnle claindn;^^ to lie fn'c from all ])ai't\- ties, 
 and to pay an aiiee'iance only to the ("Inu'cli as a whole, i-e- 
 joicini,^ in tlie existence of all these within the i-ii-cnmference 
 of the ("hurch, feeling- that hei- life is enriched l>y each and 
 all, and that thi'on^h them she preserves the valiial'le ac(nii- 
 sitions of the past, seizes with avidity npon the new tiachin<T 
 of the present, and looks hopefnlly ont upon the fntnre. 
 tSucli a C'hni'chmanship will know hetter than to chai'u'e a 
 zealons Ritualist with Komanizing, to say that an eipially 
 Zealous i.,()w ("luirclniian is no liettei- than a Dissinter. or to 
 assert that the reverent disciple of the latest discoveries of 
 science, or of the last conclusion of IViMical cririeism.aliaiidons 
 the inspiration of the llihle, and [ilaces it up^n the le\el of 
 any other lunnan com])ilat ion. 
 
 Some persons ai'e, I suppose, so constituted that tliey 
 carniot hut he party men. and yet fr<im such 1 hesptak at 
 least an eiideasor to a[ipreciate ainl hom.!'' such a pli.ise of 
 t'hurchmanshiji as I ha\'e attemjited to (h-,erilie. and instead 
 of laheiline- it Latitudinai'ian. iii\e it theii- thonL;htful con- 
 sideration ; for 1 trust that it w ill harmotii/e theii- dill'ei'ence.s 
 by conservini;' the truths for which they severalK' contend. 
 
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 Since my consocrntinn on S. Mark's "nay I have 
 endeavored to inform myself as to the nature of the various 
 Trust Funds in existcnc", and to gain sotiu' knowKMlge of the 
 condition of tlic working force of tlie Diocesf. Besich'S 
 holding Coiitirmation in the neigldioi-hood of Halifax, in tlie 
 Annapolis ValN-y, and at Tnu'o, Stellarton, ai\d New 
 {Jlas<'-ow, I have idvcn somewliat more than three weeks to 
 a thorough visitation of Princf Kdward Island. I had been 
 told that the state of the Church there was nothing less than 
 deplorable, and that from vai'ious causes something approach- 
 ing collapse was almost inevitable. I am thankful to he 
 able to report to the Synod a very different state of artair.s. 
 The corner-stone laid of a Memorial Chapel to that devoted 
 and faithful Minister of the Church, the late Rev. (Jeorge 
 Hodgson, Priest-Incumbent for sixteen years of St. Peter's, 
 ('harlott.'town : a new and beautiful Church at Port Hill ; 
 another, well a])])ointed and commodious, consecrated at 
 Kensington ; one ajiproaching completion through private 
 lii)erality at Long Creek : others being erected, and almost 
 ready for Conseci-ation, at Alma and O'Leary; the people of 
 S. Paul's, Charlottetown buiMing a stone rectory, and 
 collecting funds for a new church of handsome proportions, 
 and already seeing their way to about half of the sum re- 
 (juired; the energetic pi'iest arousing the parishioners to 
 rebuild tiie Churches at Rustico and Milton, while he is 
 cheered by a tin;' I'ectory just being finished a.s 1 write : 
 more than three hundi'e(l persons confirmed : a curate or- 
 dained on S. John Baptist's l);iy foi' S. Pauls; a candidate 
 looking to he admitted Deacon in 1 )ecendier ami to woi'k in 
 S. I'eter's, Charlottetown: crowdeil cliui'ches whei-evi'i' I 
 went, on week days as well as Sundays, in many cases with 
 a verv large ]iroportioii of men; an<l a geiU'ral feeling of 
 hopefulness manifeste(l by all :— these are the things which 
 I have seen and heard, and they have gladdened and encour- 
 aged me greatlv. It now becomes the clergy of the Island, 
 as I doubt not they will, to take adsantage of this intere.st 
 on the part uft'hurch people, to di'aw them together that all 
 
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 may feel thoy aro parts of the on(^ Church, evory parish 
 intcn'sted not only in its own Wfliarc ami prosperity, laitin 
 that of tln' wliol Islaml ; and to cvokr. if possililc, a spiiit 
 of lilii'i'ality, which is as yet, only strny^Iinoj painfully into 
 existence. .\nil this mention of liherality leads nie to I'e- 
 niark that it is very neeessary foi- the Church people of the 
 whole 1 )iocese to adopt tlie [)ractice of i'e<^Milar and sy.steniatic 
 giviiiLi; — systematic in th<' sense of ;\ defiiute pi'oportion of a 
 man's income hein^■ set aside ior the sole ])urpose of hein v- 
 olence, no man ventui'ini:- to considi^r himself liheral, no 
 matter how much he ;j,ives, until he has none heyond the 
 amount which he thus ilevoted to (loil : and regular, so that 
 M'eek liy week the same amount is yiveii, varied only in the 
 direction of e.xeess for some oliject in whieh he feels a 
 peculiar interest. And this practice should he not only 
 adopteil liy heads of families, hut their ehildi'eii should he 
 taught it, until the ])iineiple is estahlished in their minds 
 ami they have learni'd to act upon it. I am suiv that all 
 p(>rsons, with on\y a Xi'vy i'ew exceptions, would he aston- 
 ished, if they Would serupulously keep a record of their 
 expeiiditiu'e, to tiuil how small and tritliuir a sum thev .^ive 
 to (>od and His cause in the world, — altogether out of 
 pro])ortion to that which they spt'iid upon themselves, and 
 nowh.'re near the tithe which. ui\''" fr(au time immemorial, 
 was adopted into the Mosaic Code, and made a law for the 
 peo[)le of (jod. Were oidy this tenth universally n'iveii, all 
 .sutticieiit funds would he pro\ ide(l for the work of the 
 Clun-ch ; Parochial, I >iocesan. Domestic and For«M;^n : while 
 the ^'i vers themsidves woidd find L;i\inL;' a ph'asure, and 
 receive hoth tem]»oral and sjiiritual hle.s.sings from ilim 
 "who eivetli us richh' all thin:^'s to eniov." 
 
 The Univei-sity of KiriL^s' Colle^-e, Windsor, is an 
 Institution which oUL;ht to he dfai' to the hearts of all who 
 are interested in the cause of sound learniiiL;. not in NOva 
 Scotia alone, liut throUL^hout tlu' I'ondni. ii of Canada. 
 Planteii in a commandiiiLj,' situation, with huildinu's of 
 historic interest, and [lossessed of a lloyal Charter, eonferr- 
 
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 iTiLrnilvjinfa^i's possessed l,y hut ow otlier ('()ll(>ir|. in ( 'aii.'ula, 
 tlif Alma Mater of many wlio^e naino an' on tie' I'oll of 
 Colonial honor, it slioiiM he alile to look fo|-\vai(l to a 
 future of [leculiar and di'-t inL:■ui^lled ^lorv. llo\v this mav 
 he srcured, is a prolilem which ouu-ht to oeeuiJ\- the minds 
 of all of n^. Not only increased endowments and the 
 fouiKlinLT of new chairs, together with a iiei'fect e(|iii]iment 
 in all de|iartnicnts of st.idy arc needed :— ^omcihin^ else 
 is i'i'(|uii-ed, if students fi-om all pai-ts ai'e to In- attracted to 
 its walls, and enthusiasm is to he aron^ed in its hdialf. 
 Min'ht not some schiMiie lie devised, hy which many, if not 
 nil, of the Coll.'^'es of the Dominion, miu''Iit •"■ attliliated 
 Mith Kine's, so that an nin'form sy>.tem of <tud\- should he 
 ad ]iteil in all. the exanunations liein;^^ conducted and the 
 
 'li'i;'! '^ conferred in its nann' ' In this wa\- the principle 
 
 of the I'luvei-sity of Oxfoi'd (oi- ( "and irii I'.n • ) would lie pre- 
 served, oidy adaptec! to the changed conditions of lite 
 ohtainiiiLf in the New \Voi-!d : the Colleees, instead of heiii'^' 
 all in one place, scattered chrou-hout the land, each a sidf- 
 fifovernuiu' centre of instruction ami kiiowlede-e. yet all 
 united with and part'cijiatinu^ in the heiietits of the Kovalh'- 
 Chartered rnix'ersity. 'rh(aiL:ht, prayer, [wniis, consultation, 
 ])atience and perseverance, all are needed, if we are to liope 
 for i\ satisfactoiy issue. 
 
 The projiH't of huildiuLC a Cathedial, to comnioniorate 
 tile completion of a centuiy of e.\i-,tence of this the olde.st 
 
 l>i se of the ( "olonial Kmpii-e of ( ireat l»rif ain, is no lonyer 
 
 in the i-ealm of speciilati\ e possihility. Last yeai- the cf)rner 
 stone was laid. suhseri]itions of a comparatively small total 
 have hei'u sectire(|. and recently a lari^N' (piantify of prepared 
 stone has hei'H purcliased, xcry ad\anta^e.aisl\-. it is a 
 most serious (piestioii, whethei- the iiest site has heeii fixed 
 upon for the lluildin'_^ seeine- that tliei-e ai-e several churches 
 in the city not o\ei'-well tilled, fi-om which a poi-tioii of their 
 coiiLi-re-ations would ui'cd to l)e drawn, to l»e added to that 
 ol the |)i>li)])s ( 'iiapel, utdess we should he Ci)ntent\vith 
 ha\ini4 the ( 'a,theilral. when completed, somethiuL;' nioi-e 
 
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 tliMU li.ilf rinpty. 1 liiiNf iiut liiiil the pi-i\ilt"4i' <»f iin'itiiii; 
 witli till' ( 'atlii'ilral ( '(iiiiiiiittcr. so that I <\n iMt know 
 \\!i''tlii'i' tni'\' ai"i' opt'ii Co a suL;':^istioii look'mi;- to a cliaii^o 
 of sitf. If tlirv arc. anil tln' mattrr coulii iir airaii^fil 
 without liurtiiiu'' tlmsc whose wisln's oiiLi'ht to he i-'^ai'ili'il. I 
 would i-i's|icctful!\' su--._;-c-t rill' pulliiiu' ilowti of St. Luki'.s 
 Church, an! i-clmililiii^' it as the [icniiauctit ( "athdral of 
 the Diocese, renioviii'^- the School-hoU'^e anil iiiakiiiL: tho 
 entrance on (^tueeii Street, thus securing the orientation of 
 the huililinu-, anil thi-ouuh the fall of the lami on Moi'ris 
 Sti'eet, fui'nishin^ aniiile School ami choir rooni sjiaee 
 beneath the main tloor. Iiut. whethei' this, oi- the pi-.sent, 
 or some other jihiu lie tiiially ailojiteil. I look to the ( 'hureh- 
 nien of \ova Scotia to carry to a elorious eompletion, 
 (luriiej m\- ineumlieuey of the See, a ]iui-]iose wliicli ori^in- 
 ateil solely with themselves. Ill this work all must have a 
 ]iart. oM ami youun'. rich and iiooi'. eler^y ami laity : ami 
 when comjileteil, the liuiMiiii;-, as the centre ;\\\'\ representa- 
 tive of the hioeese, must he fl'ee to all UUil open at all 
 times, so that any of ( lod's chiMi-en may feel ai 1 kiinw the 
 weleome u'i\ en him to his Father's house. Ditfei-eiit parts 
 of the work mi-ht he undertaken hy diH'erent ]iortions of 
 the people, and I am happy to announce that I have received 
 from the Sunday Scliool chiMri'ii of Truro, a cheiiue for 
 ten dollai's. representin'4' tlieir savings fm- the jmi'pose of 
 paxdni;' foi- one ^tone to . epi-esent them in the new Cathedral. 
 I trust their e.xample will he univeiv-ally followed, and 1 in- 
 voke the 1 )i vine hlessiiiL;- on the children who thus show 
 their love for (Jod's glorious Sanctu:iry. The more we 
 lie^tir ourselves to hiiild the material liou-^e, the more we 
 shall desire to he living stones in the spiritual house, the 
 holv temple, whi'l'ein the spiritual sacritices acceptahle to 
 (Jod hy Jesus ('hri^t ai'e continually otl'ei-ed up : tlie hahi- 
 tation of ( (Oil throUL;-h the Spii'it. 
 
 The meetin^■ of the Pan-AnuTiean Confereiu'e at 
 T^nndieth calls me to l'jc_;-lanil, where 1 hope to arrive in 
 time to prolit \>y the dehate.s on the im[)ortaut sulijects 
 
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 wliicli aiv to lie iHscmisscm] on -i.'Snl July -.uv] followin-- ilavs ; 
 an<l to I'ctuni to vuii with a drcpi'iifil sfi;sf <,\' the vastncss 
 of th.- \v..i-lv in wliic-h w.- aiv all cn-aLrci, of so lirlirviiKr 
 tlic truth which the (Imi'ch has nr.'ivrd from hn- I.ord 
 tfiroiiirh tht' Holy Spirit, ami so usiiiLr the tiicatis of nraoo, 
 tliat she may advanc" an.] ^o forwanl coiitinuall v, ever 
 (wtcmlitiLC hrr l.onlci-s, until thoy shall Ik- cutcrmincnis with 
 tliL' W(jrl<l, and that — 
 
 " One, far ofT, diviup (n(>nt. 
 To whirii the wliolc (.'rcation movt's," 
 
 sliall arrive, whm "the creature itself shall he delivered 
 from thr l)onda^-e of corruption into the lil.erty of the L;lory 
 of the children of (Jod." 
 
 That we may he faitliful to the trust coiimiitted to us, 
 and work toL,^ether, '' eiid.'avorin-- to keep the uiiitv of the 
 spirit in the hond of peace," until our day is done, and 
 then " he numhered with (jod's saints in glory evcrhistiii--," 
 IS, I am contideiit, our mutual desire, for the reali/.ation of 
 which we will faithfully pray and strive.