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THE SEAL OF APOSTLESHlPi

OEDIKATIOF SERMON

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PREACHED AT

ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, RED RIVER,

On SUNDAY, DECEMBEIl 22, 1850.

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A SERMON.

'* The seal of mine Apostleship are ye in the Lord." —

1 Cor. ix. 2.

Allusion is here made to the method in which
any important covenant or agreement is usually
ratified. The most solemn confirmation is the
seal, which is universally accepted as the sure
pledge of the validity and genuineness of the
document, to which it is affixed. And this figure,
borrowed from earthly transactions between man
and man, is often employed in Scripture to illus-
trate spiritual and heavenly truth.

It is thus employed rega: ding God the Father,
revealing a way of salvation to the creature,
sending His only begotten Son, as the appointed
Mediator, the accredited messenger of the cove-
nant, with tokens of His divine authority, " Him

Iwatli Ciod tlic Father scjiNmI." It is ('in])loye(J
re<rJir(lin^' tlio believer, iiccej>tin!^' the iiiossago,
restiii;^ on it, siiid declarini^' it to l)e the sure
r(;fnne ol' his soul ; when thus helieviiig and
receivin<; the testimony, " he sets to In's seal that
(rod is true." It is u|)])]ied Ijeyond this to tliat
inward tokcjii of his adoj>tino' love, which God
bestows uj)on all his true children, as the pledge
and earnest of the full inheritance jirepared for
them above: "In whom al'ter ye believed ye
were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
whieli is the earnest of your inheritance." And,
to (juote but one other passage, it is used by the
A])ostle, when he would sum up the whole of
religion in few words. When wishing to prove
that religion is no vain and shadowy thing, as the
world would have it — that tlie doubts of the
sceptic, the life of the ungodly professor, do not
affect the eternal truth of God; "nevertheless," the
Apostle says — notwithstanding any such cavils —
" the foundation of God standeth sure, having this
seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And,
Let every one that nameth the name of Christ de-
part from iniquity." As in the foundation of an
earthly building is often deposited a stone en-
graven with the name of the builder, and the
purpose of the erection, so of the spiritual temple,
the great Builder is God, and His design is to
gather together "a chosen generation, a royal

prirstliuod, ail liuly nation, a jn'cnliur i)eoi)le." *
Or, to view it perhaps in a simpler li,i»'ht, as a
seal ollcMi hears on its sides a twofold inscription,
yet 01 lO onlv o])vions to the eve, so of the divine
fonnuation the l»road seal is sure — hi(hlen and
concealed from the eye is the Lord's secret know-
ledo-e of llis people, hnt evident to all, and clearly
leo'ihle is that personal holiness, which is the
rellected iinaire of the; Creator, the only authentic
and in<lispntal)lc proof of a ^-enuine work of grace
in the sonl.

Such, tlien, is the fignre used by the Apostle,
in reference to the (Jorinthian converts. If any
questioned or dis])araged liis authority, his answer
was at hand and readv, he could invite them to
look around, and behold sufficient i)roof and evi-
dence that his commission was from heaven. He
could a])pea] to many souls, as hi^ work in the
Lord, or, in other words, as the seals of his apos-
tleshij) : " They were to him what the king's seal
is to the ambassador ; signs that he speaks not for
himself, but for the king, his master." f

Now, in contemplating apostolic labour, we
may surely view it under a twofold aspect. We
may, on the one hand, consider St. Paul as
sending forth others to preach the word, com-

* See Parkhiirst, and Doddridge in loc.
t Abp. Sumner's Commentary.

inittin^- the good treasure into tlieir luiiids, and
beseecliiiif^ them not to neglect the gift that is
in them, but to make I'ull proof of their ministry.
lie finds one at Lystra, anotlier at Antioch,
otliers at rhilij)i)i or at Ronu\ and wlien he sees
the work of g-race advancing within them, and
that from t^nergy, from zeal for souls and general
ability, they seem fitted for the work, then he
sets them apart as chosen instruments, and or-
dains them to the ministry of the word. Over
such how unfeitrnedly would he rejoice, — his own
sons in the faith, his feHow-workers and fellow-
helpers, — and, as he heard of their success in
winning souls, he would say, "• The seal of mine
Apostleship are ye. " But, (m the other hand,
we may contemplate him looking upon those, to
whom he had himself preached the message of
life, and to whose souls that message had been
blessed, dwelling on such as the signs and tokens
of his ministry. Of such he wouh- say, " Though
ye have ten thous^und instrnctors in Christ, yet
have ye not many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I
have begotten you through the Gospel."

In sucli a double application, I propose to con-
sider the words. In reference to those about to
be ordained this morning by the solemn imposi-
tion of hands, I would humbly say, *' The seal of
mine Apostleship are these," and then, enlarging
the field of view, summoning before the eye those

giitliercMl ill by uur preuching, by yours, my re-
verend hrotlnvn, or to bo nrathen^d in ])y tlioso
sent forth by iis, even after T niav bo callecl hence
by (h\ith, r would invito you to say with ine,
"The seal of our ApostK< "i* are ye." In the
former case, we have St. I'aul in liis special
apostolic office, rejoicinir over fait'«ful men, to
whom he intrusts the [)reachinf:r of tlie word ; in
the otlicr, we have him in his general ministerial
office, dehgliting, as every minister of God may
do, in the conversion of souls, to be to him at
the last day, for his "joy and crown of rejoicing."

Allow then your thoughts, my beloved bre-
thren, to dwell on those about to be presented to
me, and now soliciting by my lips an interest in
your fervent prayers. They surely, in their dis-
tinctive and peculiar circumstances, afford proof
of the reality and character of tliat Apostleship,
to which, unworthy as T am of the least of his
mercies, the providence of God hath called me.

One of them appears before me, already well-
known and beloved by you all. * For it is a part
of the wisdom of our Church, in conformitv with
scriptural rule and apostolic example, to demand
of her clergy a season of trial and probation, ere
she promote them to the fullest exercise of minis-
terial authority. The same individual therefore
who, as on this day last year, was in the pre-
* The Rev. J. Chapman, of the Middle Church.

.•^eiice of many of you admitted to the lower
order of the ministry, stands before me to-day,
in order to obtain the highest authority which we
can bestow. You have fully knoMn, Brethren,
his "conversation and manner of life and doc-
trine ;" and opportunity has been publicly afforded
you, and one other opportunity is afforded you
to-dav. of declariuo', if you know 0Lt»'ht aofainst
him. In the absence of this, we are justified in
supposing that lie comes with " a good report of
them that are witliout," that he carries with him
your good wishes, and that you are here therefore,
not as uninterested spectators, but to join your
hearty and effectual prayers as for one, whose
profiting already appeareih to all.

Now he, brethren, carries my thoughts back-
wards, and connects nie with a late beloved
flock,* over which I had only been recently
placed, when summoned by God to the spiritual
oversight of this diocese. Having laboured
with me in a subordinate sphere, he gladly and
cheerfully consented to share my trials and difn-
culties, and to be associated with me once more,
promoted to the blessed work of the ministry.
To him, therefore, I would say. You connect
me with the scenes of home, and my last charge
there. You connect me also with that parochial

* All Saints Church, Derby, in which parish Mr. Chapman
was Scripture Reader.

charge, as 1 niav eiill it. in vvijich God lias
strcni^tboned y<;u to lalioiir during- tlie past year
affectionately and earnestly, and, as I trust the
last dav Avill sliow, successfully. You have the
hearts of your people, I am well assured, and you
are breaking to them the bread of life. (Jod is
fulfilling to you His own promises, that His word
shall take effect, and in some, over whose death-
beds you have watched and prayed during the
last twelve months, you have, uidess human judg-
ment be mistaken, some seals — some jewels to be
placed hereafter in your Saviour's crown. If then
I felt conHdence and pleasure in setting you apart
to the first order of the ministry, how much is
that confi(l(^nce increased after a year's experience
of your zeal and energy, — after re])eated personal
ol)servation of tlie success of vour ministerial
labour ! When I see vou, I thiidv of the land
whence we came together ; I am reminded that
my commission and apostleship are derived from
that country, whose is tlie high i)rivilege to send
the Gospel to the remotest nations of the earth.

But another on this occasion claims our sym-
j)atliy, although a comparative stranger.* He
would lead my thoughts into a very different
channel, and call upon me to reflect that,
though sent out to this far distant spot, it is not

* The Rev. \V. 11. Taylor late of Spaniard's Bay, New-
foundland, now of St. James's District, Assiniboine.

to a solitary, an isolated diocese, that I have
come ; that this is but one of the dioceses of
British North America, — that a close link ought
to bind together, — one spirit animate the whole
body. He comes to us to-day from Newfound-
land, bringing, according to early custom, " letters
of commendation " * from him whom God has
placed over that portion of His Church. This
ought to bring us into close and intimate con-
nexion with our brethren there. Long has been
his journey to reach this remote quarter. On his
way he has passed through those States which
owe their origin to our common mother, he has
seen something of that Church, which may be
termed the daughter of the Church of England,
and which is now stretching her roots far and
wide. He has brought letters from many of those
labouring in that country ; so with them too inter-
course is opened ana friendship commenced ; for
what prevents a living friendship between those,
who have never seen each other in the flesh?')'

* 'ETTto-ToAat (Tva-TaTiKaL, 2 Cor. iii. 1. See Bingham's
Antiquities, Book II., chap, iv., sec. 5.

f I think it but due here to acknowledge the kindness with
which Mr. Taylor was brought on his way hither, especially
by the Rev. E. G. Gear, Chaplain at Fort Snelling. Through
him I received at that time various papers and documents
bearing on the Church of the United States, and, only two
days before the delivery of this Sermon, I received through
the same channel letters and charges from ,four bishops of
the American Church.

To him then would I turn and address myself.
* We will welcome you this day in the name of
the Lord, and bid you God speed. A district
in this portion of the Lord's vineyard will be
placed under your immediate pastoral superin-
tendence, — indeed in it you have already ex-
tended the ministrations of the Church to those
who were but seldom able to worship with us in
the sanctuary. Your labour will be among those
who have left their homes and settled here ;
among some, who have fought in the service of
their country and are now fixed with their fami-
lies around them in habitations of their own.
They will be your settled cliarge, and in labouring
there, you may perhaps do something for the poor
Indians who encamp among them, unwilling to
remove far from the graves of their fathers.*
Only be ready to seize any openings which may
present themselves ; and remember that the
charge this day committed to you is, "to seek for
Christ's sheep that are dispersed abroad, and for
His ohildren who are in the midst of this naughty
world, that they may be saved through Christ for
ever. J

* There is ia that quarter an Indian burying-ground.
After I had written tlie above, an Indian encamped there-
abouts, wilhnp; to build and settle, said to me it must be in
that direction, as liis lather's ^ravc was there.

f Onliuation Service.

A third, however, presents himself, one who
will make tiiis day remarkable in the history of
the Church in Rupert's Land. He will call
me off from the thought of the homo 1 have left,
to this, the home and country of my adoption.
Elsewhere one might forget the mighty and en-
nobling thought of the number of the redeemed
j)eople of God, — one might forget the extent of
the land to bo subdued. But Christ reminds us,
" Other sheej) 1 have which are not of this fold,
them also I must bring, and they shall hear my
voice.'' The Redeemer has sounded this in the
ears of many, and raised uj) those wlio, when His
voice has been heard saying, " Whom f hall I
send, and avIio will go for us ?" have humbly and
tremblingly replied, " Here am 1, send mo." The
sight then of him before n]e, the duty and pri-
vilege to which I am now called in connexion
with him, would prove that Christ is gathering
out His slieep even here. The few sheej) in
the wilderness, the little bands oi' Indians si;at-
tered over the surface of tliis mighty land, are
not unnoticed by the Saviour. The same Re-
deemer who ])eliolds tlie masses of the dense
population with wliich the mother-lantl teemsN
regards also with ])ity and conii)assi()n tlu.' rem-
nants it may be of a once larger ])0]iuIation thinly
scattered over tlie wilds ol' th>^ West, and He ha^>,
we trust, jturposes of nier<'y, days ul In'ightjiess

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yet ill store for them.* This day is an earnest of
better things. One from among them is now be-
fore you, ah'eady blessed in turning many of his
countrymen to righteousness ; f and surely he has
thereby " purchased to himself a good degree and
great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus."
Is he not then a seal of mine Apostleship, if not
only believers are raised up, but ministers from
among them ? If the other cases prove that I
am sent from the Church of my home, — that I am
linked Avitli the Church in other dioceses — surely
he will prove that I am sent to the Indians in
Rupert's Land. "If I be not an Apostle to
others, yet doubtless I am to you," my Indian
brethren ; for from among \ ourselves one stands
forth to say, " Send me as a herakl to my own

* Tilt' liradual melting away ot' the Indian tribes is we fear
too true : how blessed then if, as Europeans advance, they
can hold up among them the true lamp ot' life, and transmit it
to all future G;e)U'rations !

Augeseunt jdifc gcntes, aliiu niinuuntur ;
lucjue brevi ^patio nuitantur seeia animantum,
Et, quasi cursoics, vitai lamjiada tradunt.

Lucre f, II. "fi.
f Mr. IJenry Uudd, who as eateehist prepared the way for
the Missiouarv Statiou at CUnnberland. Ue was first sent
thither in 18 10, and ^Ir. JSmithurst, on his visit to the Station
in 1842, t'oiuid uo less than eighty-five candidates for baptism.
Since the arri\al of the llev. James Hunter in 1811, Mr.
Budd has been laborionsly orcuj)ied there with his duties as
schoolmaster and cateci.ist.

kinsmen according to the flesh, send nie to be-
seech them in Christ's name, Be ye reconciled to
God."

Is there not here then proof in the sight of
men, and we trust to the joy of angels, that a
living branch of the Church of Christ is planted
in Rupert's Land, — that Indians partake of "the
root and fatness of the good olive tree ?" Is there
not proof that the prayer of the first minister of
God who visited this land is now answered ?
You, my beloved brother, (for surely to- day we
ought to recount the way by which God has led
and guided you,) can remember the day when the
hand of God found you, thirty years ago, a child
engaged at the time in your boyish sport. God's
servant asked you to follow him, God made your
youthful heart willing ; but it cost your mother a
heavy pang to part with you. She lives, how-
ever, to see this day, and surely has reason to re-
joice in the sacrifice which she then made.* The
first prayer taught you and your companion is re-
corded by that clergyman who from that hour
took and trained you. " Great Father, bless me,

* Mrs. Budd is now very aged, and remembers, though in-
distinctly, the taking of York Factory by the French, under
La Perouse, in 1782. Slie understands very little of EngUsh;
how great then her gratification in hearing her son explain in
her own tongue the plan of salvation ! 'lo carry this message
to others, she is wilUng to give him up with little expectation
of ever seeing him again on earth.

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tlirough J(.su.s Christ." Siu-h worn tho simple
words in wiiich he first ttiiio^ht you to approiieh
the throne of Grace, and after menilonino- them,
he adds his own fervent petition, " May a gracious
(jod hear their cry, and raise them up as heralds
of His salvation in this benighted part of the
woHd.''*

'Jo-day God has answered this prayer. The
lips wliich uttered the petition, and taught you
the prayer, are now sealed in death. Of the two
then committed to his charge, one is in active
secular emplovment in the country at this mo-
ment, and you are here, about to dedicate yourself
solemnly to the service of the sanctuarv. The
respected clergyman whose name you bear, whose
kindness you have long experienced, and who
affectionately writes to you as a father to a son,—
he, I trust, still survives, and glad will he be to
hear, in his declining years, that his name will
now be associated with the first minister of native
birth in this land.f Is there not proof then
here that God hears and answers prayer; that
" the bread cast upon the waters is found, though
arter many days?" The petition was uttered
before any Church was yet raised to the glory of
God in this country, before the voice of an^-
mmister had been heard in this settlement, and

* See the Journal of Rev. J. West, p. 16.
t See Appendix, No. I.

now our eyes beliold the fulfilment of it under
circumstances -which ou<,^lit to fill every lieart and
mouth with praise.

"Go for.V then, accompanied as you will be by
the prayers of many on your behalf. Gladly
would I have kept you here to minister by my
side, and assist nie in intercourse witli the Indians
around. Manv would wish to retain vou here*
no one more so than myself; but 1 know the
w^ants of that spot to which you go. 1 know the
desires of your countrymen there for the word of
life. Go then to your brethren, and may the
Spirit of the Lord go with you. Plead with
them in your Saviour's name affectionately and
earnestly ; bear with them patiently ; place before
them the joy of heaven, and the narrow path
which leads to it ; depict the terrors of hell, and
the broad wav wdiich conducts thither. Dwell
upon the constraining love of Christ in pitying
lost souls; dwell on the Spirit's quickening power
in renewing sin-stained hearts. Say to them,
when yearning for their eternal salvation, My
heart's desire and prayer to God is, that you
might be saved. 1 have great heaviness and con-
tinual sorrow in my heart for my brethren, my
kinsmen according to the flesh. Expect trials, for
Satan will be very active, and your countrymen
still in the chains of heathenism will employ every
* See Appendix, No. II.

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a<»'oncy against you; but take unto vou the wliolo
armour of (iod, watcli in all tliinns, endure afHic-
tions, do the work of an evann^elist, make full proof
of tliy ministry." *

But we must not limit our view to the minis-
tering servants of (Jod. Tlioy may indeed naturally
occuj)y much of our tliouglits this day, when, iu
many a cathedral at liome, a large band of priests
and deacons are being sent forth, aud when in
many a colonial diocese, as here, a few labourers
are being set apart to gather in the fruit of fields,
already^white unto the harvest. If however we
rejoice over tliose ordained as seals ; if I can feel
the^humble confidence that those before me are
indeed men of God, men of faith and prayer, I
would regard them as means to an end, and would
seek to realise iu my ow^n mind, and to im])ress
upon yours, the mighty consequences which may
result, under the blessing of God, from their
ministerial labours.

Let us view then the Apostle, not no was send-
ing forth ministers of the word, but as himself tlie
unwearied preacher, — the highest pattern for us
all, my reverend brethren. Contemplate him re-
ceiving the call of God on his way to Damascus,
with that call renewed to him by the lips of
Ananias, and then afterwards solemnly commis-
sioned by God, when kneeling and praying in the
* See Appendix, No. III.

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courts of Ilis \\o\y teni|)l(s as you have heard in
this morning's service * ; there tohl that Jerusa-
lem was not to be his appointerl spliero, but that
to proclaim salvation to the Gentile worhl he was
now " the chosen vessel." From that hour how
mighty the A[)Ostle in the power of the Sj)irit !
To pass over those in Asia, at Antioch and
Ephesus, at Lystra and Derbe, and to take only
those in Europe, when the vision of the Mace-
donian man invited him to cross the narrow boun-
dary, saying, " Come over and help us,*' — how
many seals ! How many at Philippi, " in the
pure and lovely Church," f which he planted
there. How many among the Scripture-loving
disciples at Berea — how many among those
whom the Apostle so tenderly cherished, as a
" nurse doth her children," at Thessalonica —
how many even in profligate and luxurious
Corinth ! And where then is the secret of his
strength ? Is it not in the full persuasion that
an obligation from heaven was binding on his
soul; is it not given in the chapter of our text,
where he says, " Necessity is laid upon me, yea,
woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel ?" Was
it not that deep distrust of self which led him to
labour unremittingly, "lest, having preached to

* Acts xxii. 21. See Stanley's Sermons on the Apostolic
Age, p. 177.
f For the expression see Tate's Horse Paulinse, p. 32.

otliers, ho liiiiiselt* should be a ciistiiway ? " Was
it not ill this, foinbinod with that Hrm dept'iid-
oiicu on Ciod, whicii led him tu anticipate fresh
triumphs in every fresh fiehl, and not to rest until
(lod had graciously given him some seals, some
crowns of rejoicing?

And where then is the apostolic office in action
and vigorous exercise at the present time? When
churches are multiplied, when believers are
strengthened and built up, when communicants
increase* and sabbatlis are highly prized : a
savour of holiness is then diffused around, and
many are led to say, " We will go with you, for
we have seen that God is with you." And if the
Apostleship be a missionary one, then must we
add, — when unbelivers are led to throw away their
arms of rebellion, and " falling down begin to
worship God, and own that God is with us of a
truth."

How blessed when the work and word of God
so advance and flourish ! Not that we are to
value ministerial labour by its success ; not that
we can calculate that a given amount of energy
will produce a certain effect, nor infer neces-
sarily, from want of success, that there must be
ministerial unfaithfulness.* With God, brethren,

* li' Gofl suffers cvi u ;i lioly [liistov not presently to see
the tVuiis ■)( his liihoius. it is to eonvineo iiim tliat tlie success

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is iUv residue of the Spirit, uiul the Spirit alone
can breathe upon liie shiin that they may live.
Hut thoiio-h He may ivoep the soul lou<>' wait-
iii^^, si'Mom does He withhold a hlessiii<r in the
viu\, Aviien there is fervent faith and j)rayer.

And I

not but think that, if

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more oi
.St. L'aul s yearmng tor souls, more of a similar
hlessinf^ would rest upon our labours.

For it has been well observed, that the Apostle's
test is one applicable to every succcedin^^ age.
The ministers of God may not now " see revela-
tions, nor work miracles, nor hear a voice from
heaven calling to them, but all may liave this seal,
a people converted to God." * When they see the
sinner reclaimed, the ungodly changed and renewed,
the man of the world become the devoted servant
of God, the man of pleasure become a man of
])rayer, they behold the same sight which glad-
dened tlie Apostle's heart, and they ought to
thank God with him and say, "Such were some
of you, but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified,
but ye are Justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus and by the Spirit of bur God." When they
see that what they preach is copied in the life,
the holiness which they enjoin transferred into the
daily conversation ; — yea, that the faith and de-
self, and pray iiiucli, and fear lest tlie fault should be in
liiinsolf. — ]lh\h(q) U'iLsoH, Sacra I'rirata, p. 103.

* Abp. Siunncr's (.'onintentaiy.

votcdiiess of souk; of their j)eo|)lc ulinost outrun
tlieir own dcscuiptions of tho Ixjliovor's course,
tlio cjist? is surely ])liiin ; lookin<,r on such, no
laii«^ni:i<re can l)o more suitable than the Ajmstle's,
when he says, " Ve are our epistles written in our
hearts, known and read of all men ; ye are mani-
festly declared to be tiie epistle of Christ minis-
tered bv us, written not with iidv, but with the
Spirit oi' the living (Jod, not in tables of stone,
but in Hesiiy tables of the heart."

And what bond, brethren, can be closer than
that which binds the minister of God to his
spiritual children, what consciousness more enno-
blin<^ than the thout^ht that one has been blessed
to a single soul ! There is a satisfaction in bene-
fiting a fellow creature for time, relieving present
want and misery, and diffusing even temporary
comfort. Hut to feel the assurance, "Thou
owest unto me thine own self besides;" to be
instrumental in directing one perishing sinner to
the cross of C-hrist, and to look forward to meet-
ing him a ransomed saint, and joining with him
in the praises of the Lamb that was slain for ever
and ever, — what Joy can compare with this ? It
is to multi])ly such joy tliat we send forth labourers
this day; and, bretliren, "our joy is the joy of
vou all ;'' for hereunto we labour, " warning every
man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that
we niav present every man perfect in Christ
.fesus.

111 conclusion, let me beseech you, my beloved
brethren about to be ordained, to take heed to
yourselves and to your doctrine, that you may
both save yourselves and them that hear you. Very
great is the responsibility of the office which you
undertake. " Fearful it is," as has been powerfully
said, " to be a man, as to man alone attaches re-
sponsibility. More fearful to be a minister, to
have intrusted to us not our own welfare only
but the welfare of other? also. How fearful then
to be a a man and minister, and to be ministers
as well as men for life, to have upon us a com-
mission which can never be revoked." But heavy
as is tlie responsibility of ministers, correspond-
ingly great are their comforts and enjoyments.
To be occupied with heaven more than with
earth, to be messengers of peace and reconcilia-
tion, to be sons of comfort to a sorrowinof world,
this is your blessed calling. It is yours, to quote
again the words of the same living prelate, " to
bind up with balm from Calvary, the wounds that
have been opened at the foot of Sinai." Preach
then the law in its divine holiness and spirituality;
preach it in its condemning power, until you
bring the sinner as a lowly suppliant to the foot
of the Redeemers cross. Make Christ and Him
crucified, the centre of your preaching, — Christ
"made unlo us wisdom, nud rinhtoousness and
sauctiticntion, and rcdomptiou.'' And tlip" rn\ip,

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thereupon the superstructure of a holy and de-
voted life; prcjlaiin in the ears of all that vital
religion consists in regaining the image of God
now, to prepare us for His ])resence hereafter.

Let your standard be a high one ; and that it
may prove effectual, be yourselves examples of
the flock, and " never forget that he who would
be a blessing to others, is to begin by winning
sj)iritual blessings for himself" *

And let me affectionately ask you all, brethren,
whom I see here assembled from many different
congregations, to pray for us. You behold to-day
all the clergy of this infant diocese, save two, who
are too distant to alk)w of their attendance. With
one united voice we beseech you, pray for us ; we
cast ourselves on your prayers ; our dependence
is on them ; our work thrives in exact proportion
to them. " We live, if ye stand fast in the Lord."
Pray for us, that an increased blessing may rest
upon our work ; pray for us all, but especially for
those about to be set apart to the ministry. There
will be during the service an interval of still and
solemn silence, when they will be commended to
your secret supplications. May every soul here
present send up then the earnest and heartfelt

* For the three passages here quoted, 1 am indebted to an
(■\LHHint Charue, by Biihoj* Potter, ot" Pennsylvania, 1819, on
the Miui^l^■lla! Ottice ; it is I'olluucd up by an admirable one,

!>-,>(), (.J, ■':,• Miilio/1. r.n'l .Maui'Ci of Mjiiisionni Str.dv.

petition tliiit they may go forth in the power of
the Spirit, and may be "i.s workmen that need
not to be asliamed, rightly dividing the word of
truth."'

Nor imagine that it is for our own sakes that
we make this demand. We have spoken of
ministerial seals : what are these setxls but your
souls ? The question for your own hearts is, — Am
I yet sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise?
Am I among the sealed ones of (jJod? Until their
number be completed, the voice from heaven
withholds the destroying angels saying, "Hurt not
the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we
have sealed the servants of our God in their fore-
heads." May God include us all in this happy
number, while time and opportunity are yet vouch-
safed : that when minister and people stand before
the throne, " we may be your rejoicing, even as
ye also shall be cur's, in the day of the Lord
Jesus."

APPENDIX.

No. I.

Tjie aged clergyman referred to is the Eev. Henry
Btidd, of White Rootliing, Essex. Mr. West having been
his Curate before leaving England, gave his young charge
at baptism the name of Henry Budd. In the baptismal
Register it stands thus : — " July 21, 1822. Henry Budd,
an Indian boy, about ten years of age, taught in the
Missionary school, and now capable of reading the New
Testament, and repeating the Church of England Cate-
chism correctly. (Signed) John West.''

To bear out what I have said of the interest which
this aged servant of God has ever since taken in him thus
named after him, I cannot deny myself the pleasure of
quoting from his last beautiful and touching letter, and I
hope I am not guilty of any breach of confidence in so
doing.

White Roofhiiiy, Essex^ April 2b, 1850.

My dkah Henjiy Bi dd,
1 cannot sutler another year, (it may be my last,) to
elapse w'thout tl'.anking you for your kind and all'ec-
lionate Idler of lui^t veai', and sending vou another back,

ais a memorial of aflbction to you. By this time pro-
bably you are a preacher of the everlasting Gospel, and
may you be able to say with my dear brother lately de-
parted, at 77 years of age, " I thank God that the object
of my sermons has ever been to bring- sinners to Christ." I
am DOW very old, about 77 years^ and our God has merci-
fully given me two hints of late, that my time of depar-
ture is ai hand ; I have been suddenly deprived of one of
my senses, and dear Bickersteth, who used to call me his
father, is just gone before me. I cannot last long, but God
has given me to see a wonderful day, in which the day-
spring from on high has visited us, and we have seen about
fourteen Bishops sent out to our c^'onies, to bless the
churches there established. God Almighty be praised! and
one sent out to call you, I trust, into the ministry. I re-
joice greatly in that event, and am sorry that my age and
absence prevented my giving and receiving his blessing
before he left. May he and his fellow Bishops be a rich
blessing to the colonies, and the Lord give the word that
great may be the company of the preachers.

Perhaps this may be my last, as I am nearly tlie eldest
of my day. I have been honoured with the ministry of
our Saviour now nearly fifty-three years : God help me
and receive my poor exertions, and forgive me for my
dear Saviour's sake, in whom alone I desire to be found
and to be complete in Him. May God bless you and your
wife and children, and your Bishop, and bind us all up
in the bundle of life for hh dear Son's sake ; so prays,
my dear Henry Budd,

Your aiVectiouate father,

Henry Bddd.

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N.). II.

Ar. n proof of tlie feeling entertained towards Mr. Biidd
by l»is bretliren in tlie settlement, I may give the follow-
ing address presented to liim at the close of his last
sermon, the day before he left the lied Kiver, Jan. mii,
J851.

Rev. Sir,

We, your countrymen and friends, sincerely congratu-
lating you as well on your present promotion as on tho
prospects which lie before you ; and feeling anxious to
express our sympathy on your behalf, cannot allow you
to depart from us, now that you are about to enter into a
field assigned to you as your ministerial charge, without
accompanying you with some token of the sincerity of
our feelings and good wishes.

We feel indeed that our offerings are but small when
contrasted with the noble character of the cause to which
we contribute our mite, and when compared with the
vastness of the field in whicli you are called to labour.
Humbly trusting however that He, who did not overlook
the " two mites," will be pleased to vouchsafe His bles-
sing upon our humble efforts, we beg you, in His name
to accept the following contributions, specially for your
station of missionary labour. And should they tend in
the least to aid and facilitate your labours, in endeavour-
ing to ameliorate the present wretched condition of our
poor and benighted brethren, we shall feel ourselves more
than amply^rewarded.

With these we would add our humble but earnest
prayers for you and your fainijy for your safety and for

your success, and fc^r better and brighter days to all
around you.

Hero follow the signatures, with their promised offerings
of grain, clothing, and money, for his new station.

No. III.

The ordination of the first native minister in Rupert's
Land mav recall to many the history of Eleazar Williams
amonjr the Oneidas. A sketch of it mav be found in the
history of the American Church, by Dr. Wilberforce,
Bishop of Oxford, pp. 348 — 8(i0. It is there charac-
terized as " full of that romance by whicli Indian life is
so frequently distinguished." The account of his ordi-
nation is thus given in a Memoir of Bishop Hobart,
published at New York, 1831, a book, I believe, now
scarce.

" When the Bishop visited this interesting tribe of
Aborigines (the Oneidas) in the year 182G. he con-
firmed twenty-five of their number, and admitted their
first lay-reader, Mr. Williams, to Deacons' Orders. In
a discourse to them, fraught with spiritual tenderness,
the Bishop, at every pause for the interpreter, called the
assembled group 'My children.' After the Ordination
service, several of the chiefs advanced, each placed his
right hand on the light shoulder of the chief before him,
the right hand of the foremost resting on the right
shoulder of their minister. It was their characteristic
and expressive sign of concord. A petition was then
made to their ' Right Reverend Father ' by a party of
the natives, about to remove to the far distant region of
Green-Bay ; and they desired, with a grateful sense of

'the blessings of his ' wfttchful providenco," tlint lie
would extend to their remote region his paternal care.
The touching answer given to this solicitation, and the
Bishop's glowing language to the duly ordained Indian
Herald of the Cross, will occupy some of the most
attractive pages in the mission-history of the New World."

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