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OBITUARY NOTICE 
 
 OF MRS. I. E. BILL. 
 
 We have written many obituary sketches in c 
 day. Among the number were those of our first- 
 born son and an only daughter; but now it be- 
 comes our painful duty to take pen in hand to draw 
 the portrait of our loving, faithful wife. The finger 
 of God has touched us in the tenderest, deepest 
 sensibilities of our being, and we writhe in unut- 
 terable sorrow. But shall we murmur? Nay, it is 
 the stripe of a Father's rod, and the cup which our 
 Heavenly Father hath given us, bitter as worm- 
 wood though it be, shall we not drink it ? Yeg, 
 all of it, and from the heart say, "Father, not my 
 will but thine be done." The Christianity that 
 shone as an undimmed star in the life and death of 
 our now glorified wife, forbids us to say anything 
 
 GISO* 
 
 The subject of this sketch was originally Isabella, 
 daughter of the late Thomas and Annie Lyons, of 
 Cornwallis, N. S. She was bom Jan. 28th, 1808. 
 Her mother, daughter of the late Charies Skinner, 
 and sister of the late Mrs. Edward Manning, Mr! 
 Samuel Skinner, of Saint John, and several other 
 
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 brothers and sisters, died when she was seven or 
 eight years of age, and she became the adopted 
 daughter ot her esteemed aunt, Mrs. William Allen 
 Chipman, of precious memory. Her own mother 
 was a woman of attractive beauty and deep-toned 
 piety. Her adopted mother was among the most 
 excellent of the earth, and possessed remarkable 
 capabilities for training "her children in the duties 
 of domestic life : none under her care profited more 
 ^y her precepts and example than the subject of 
 this sketch. 
 
 Naturally possessed of a very lively and cheerful 
 disposition, and musical genius of a high order, 
 Isabella, as she grew in years, became passionately 
 fond of what is termed by some, the "innocent 
 amusements" of life, and as such was a general 
 favorite on all festive occasions ; but when about 
 eighteen years of age a gracious revival of religion 
 was experienced in Comwallis, under the ministry 
 of Father Manning, and among the number of the 
 early converts was her sister Sarah. A message 
 came to her saying, " Sarah is converted :" convic- 
 tion of sin, deep and abiding, instantly took pos- 
 session of her soul, and she said, " My sister is 
 taken andl am lefl." The holiness and justice of God 
 so opened to her moral vision, thrt. she trembled 
 under the burden of conscious guilt. From the 
 terrors of an offended Deity she could see no way 
 of escape. Weeks were spent in bitter lamenta= 
 
he was seven or 
 ime the adopted 
 rs. William Allen 
 Her own mother 
 r and deep-toned 
 among the most 
 essed remarkable 
 [ren in the duties 
 :are profited more 
 an the subject of 
 
 7ely and cheerful 
 of a high order, 
 ;ame passionately 
 e, the "innocent 
 ih was a general 
 but when about 
 evival of reliefion 
 uder the ministry 
 he number of the 
 Etrah. A message 
 averted:" convic- 
 istaatly tookpos- 
 id, "My sister is 
 and justice of God 
 thpt, she trembled 
 guilt. From the 
 could see no way 
 n bitter lam€nta= 
 
 tions over a misspent life, and in ardent cries for 
 mercy ; but no ray of hope appeared until in in- 
 tense agony she bowed before the mercy-seat, 
 saying — 
 
 " If my soul were sent to hell 
 Thy righteous law approves it well." 
 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, 
 
 Whose hope, still hovering round thy word, 
 Would light on some sweet promise there, 
 Some sure support against despair. 
 
 Then came the light streaming from the cross of 
 Calvary, Jesus and Him crucified, the complete atone- 
 ment, the finished work, the unsullied righteous- 
 ness, all opened to her view as just what she^needed 
 to meet all the demands of law and justice* in her 
 behalf as a condemned sinner, and she cast herself 
 soul, body and spirit upon Jesus for time and for 
 eternity. It was the crisis in her history— it was 
 the day of redemption to her soul— joy unspeak- 
 able and fUU of glory filled her renewed spirit. 
 Then and there she consecrated her all to Christ, 
 and pledged, upon the altar of his infinite love, to 
 be wholly his. Not long after this, when a stran- 
 ger to her, in a hidden comer of the old Canard 
 church, we listened with thrilling interest to her 
 relation of this new experience. Her address was 
 quiet and unimpassioned, but so clear in its con- 
 ceptions of the purity, justice and sovereignity of 
 God, the holiness and majesty of His law, and the 
 richness and fullnesss of the gospel remedy, that 
 

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 the aged pastor and his flock were bathed in tears 
 of joy, and one worldly, impenitent heart at least 
 received impressions never to be forgotten. Having 
 obtained this pearl of great price herself, she ar- 
 dently desired that all around her might share in 
 the priceless treasure. One of her youthful associ- 
 ates, beautiful as the. morning rose, but immersed 
 in the fascinations of the world, so enlisted her 
 sympathies and anxieties that she hastened to her 
 (With the message of redeeming love. It was to her 
 the power of God unto salvation, and they are now 
 together on the shining shore. 
 
 About this time she was buried with Christ in 
 baptism by the now glorified Manning, and joyful- 
 ly reoived as a member of the First Cornwallis 
 church. 
 
 Up to this period we were strangers to each 
 other; but not long after it pleased God to lead us 
 also to embrace the Saviour, and enter upon the 
 duties of the Christian life. This naturally brought 
 us into each others society, and as acquaintance 
 matured, her personal charms, her unassuming and 
 quiet maimer, and her unquestioned piety, so im- 
 pressed us, that we proposed to her a union of 
 hearts and of mterests for life. The proposition 
 was accepted, and on April the 2nd, 1826, at her 
 adopted home, the residence of the late renowned 
 WUliam Allen Chipman, Esquire, our spiritual 
 father, Elder Manning, performed for us with a 
 
re bathed in tears 
 tent heart at least 
 )rgotten. Having 
 ;e hcrseJf, she ar- 
 er might share in 
 ir youthful associ- 
 se, but immersed 
 I, so enlisted her 
 e hastened to her 
 ve. It was to her 
 and they are now 
 
 d with Christ in 
 
 ming, &nd joyful- 
 
 Fii'dt Cornwallis 
 
 itrangers to each 
 id God to lead us 
 L enter upon the 
 naturally brought 
 L as acquaintance 
 r unassuming and 
 >ned piety, so im- 
 her a union of 
 The proposition 
 2nd, 1826, at her 
 he late renowned 
 re, our spiritual 
 id for us with a 
 
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 glad heart the marriage ceremony, and pronounced 
 U3 "no longer twain but one." Forty-six years of 
 sunshine and of cloud have passed over since then; 
 but the pledges she then made at the hymenial al- 
 tar were, in letter and in spirit, to her latest breath, 
 inviolably fulfilled. Never in the history of woman 
 was the law of marriage, in all its demands, as es- 
 tablished by the great lawgiver, more sacredlv or 
 perfectly observed in thought, word and deed." In 
 this respect '♦ she was a crown to her husband, and 
 his heart safely trusted in her." 
 
 At the time of her marriage worldly prospects 
 were prosperous and flattering; but about eighteen 
 months after, her husband became so deeply im- 
 pressed that it was his duty to preach the gospel, 
 that he suddenly broke away from his secular pur- 
 suits, and resolved to devote heart and life, come 
 what might, poverty or riches, to the salvation of 
 a perishing world. This was another crisis in her 
 experience. She had prayed for this in the ardor 
 of her first Christian love with her whole heart, 
 when she had no thought of becoming the young 
 convert's wife; but now in her altered circum'^ 
 stances and relations, when the prayer was to be 
 answered it was quite another thing- she must be- 
 come a fellow-helper and a fellow-sufferer in this 
 mission : sacrifices of no ordinary character must 
 be made ; was she prepared for all this ? She 
 feared not—nature hesitated, trembled— the re- 
 
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 sponsibility was too great ; but grace came to her 
 rescue, and she said, " Not my will, O God, but 
 thine be done." From that hour to the day of her 
 death every effort of her husband for the salvation 
 of souls, every plan for the promotion of education, 
 missions, temperance, or any other good work, 
 through means of the pulpit, press, or otherwise, 
 shared in her deepest sympathies and excited her 
 most fervent prayers. In the prosperity of his 
 \ work she greatly rejoiced ; when dark clouds en- 
 compassed his pathway she was the ministering 
 spirit of light and love to cheer him on in the face 
 of all obstacles. 
 
 Moris than twenty years of pastoral life were 
 spent at Nictauz. There the refinement of her man- 
 ners, the parity of her example, and her quiet devo- 
 tion to all that is elevating and useful, gradually 
 moulded a whole community,* and imparted an 
 elevated tone and spirit to social life that will ex- 
 tend ftooi generation to generation. 
 
 In Fiedericton, daring eighteen mcmths of pas- 
 toral work, which the Lord greatly blessed, she 
 gathered around her sjrmpathies and friendships 
 more enduring than life itself. For ten years we 
 presided over the Oermain Street Baptist Church, 
 and there, with untiring energy and unflagging 
 zeal, she devoted herself to the best interests of the 
 people. Always ready, by day or b^ night, to ad- 
 minister, as best she could io theneceflsities of others. 
 
grace came to her 
 will, O God, but 
 r to the day of her 
 d for the salyation 
 >tion of education, 
 >ther good work, 
 iress, or otherwise, 
 » and excited her 
 prosperity of his 
 n dark clouds en- 
 ta the ministering 
 him on in the face 
 
 pastoral life were 
 kement of her man* 
 nd her quiet deyo- 
 
 useful, gradually 
 'and imparted an 
 I life that will ex- 
 ion. 
 
 ten m(Hiths of pas- 
 reatly blessed, she 
 9S and friendships 
 
 For ten years we 
 et Baptist Church, 
 ^ and unflagging 
 >est interests of the 
 or by night, to ad- 
 lecessities of others. 
 
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 In her later connections with the church in 
 CarletoD, the enfeebled state of her health has not 
 permitted her to take any active part in church 
 duties, but any indications of prosperity in Ziou 
 always gladdened her spirit and inspired her with 
 gratitude to the giver of all good. 
 
 But the sphere in which she shone above all 
 others was in the engagements and responsibilities 
 of the family circle. There she sat as a queen upon 
 her throne, giving instruction, guidance and dis- 
 cipline that preserved the most perfect order and 
 harmony, and imparted her mil with imperceptible 
 but resistless energy to the hearts end lives of all 
 around her. The infant upon her breast, the lad 
 of gleeful mirthfulness, the young girl of dawning 
 ambitions, and the full grown young man and 
 maiden were alike controlled by the motion of her 
 finger or the glance of her piercing eye. System 
 was the first law of ter being—it extended to every 
 minutiae of household arrangement— 'firequetitly in 
 some prominent place in her children's bed cham- ■ 
 bers, we were accustomed to see inscribed in large 
 letters, " A placb for RYBBTTHina, akd bvbby- 
 THiNO IN ITS PLACB." Her conscientiousuess, or 
 keen sense of the distinction between right arid 
 wrong, greatly aided her in the disdplme of her 
 household. The slightest prevarication or attampt 
 to deceive, or any exaggeration of statement or 
 suppression of facts to colour a story, w^ instantly 
 
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 perceived by her, and in the case of any over whom 
 she had control, was corrected. Duplicity or dou- 
 ble dealing, she cordially despised, and the mere 
 pretender was an abomination in her sight. Her 
 nature craved the solid, the enduring, — not the 
 dross, but the pure pfold. Nothing so called forth 
 the sharp sarcasm of her nature as any attempt to 
 cover by outside glitter or show a mean and cor- 
 rupt he^rt. Then it would occasionally come out 
 In terms of scathing rebuke. Her patience under 
 severe suflfering shone with the brilliancy of a 
 sunbeam. When her first-bora son waft stricken in 
 the bloom of his youth by the hand of death, in 
 quiet submission she kissed the rod, and ackliow- 
 ledged the justice of the dispensat?on ; and when 
 tidings came to her upon her sick bed that her 
 only, her idolized daughter, was in the cold em- 
 brace, her only utterance was, " the Lord doeth all 
 things well." In afflictions still more withering 
 she bowed in submission to the divine decree. Her 
 faith in the wisdom of the Divine goverament 
 never faltered. The great fundamental principles 
 of truth unfolded to her in her conversion were as 
 a beacon light to guide her in every time of 
 trembling and of doubt. 
 
 Those who knew her best could but be deeply 
 impressed with the combination in her character of 
 the most rigid domestic economy with the most 
 expansive b'^nevolence. Ber aim obviously was to 
 
 il 
 
5 of any over whom 
 Duplicity or dou- 
 led, and the mere 
 n her sight. Her 
 nduring, — not the 
 ng so called forth 
 as any attempt to 
 • a mean and cor- 
 ksionally come out 
 er patience under 
 e brilliancy of a 
 on wafi stricken in 
 hand of death, in 
 rod, and ackiiow- 
 satTon; and when 
 jick bed that her 
 IS in the cold em- 
 the Lord doeth all 
 II more withering 
 I vine decree. Her 
 ivine government 
 imental principles 
 conversion were as 
 in every time of 
 
 lid but be deeply 
 in her character of 
 ny with the most 
 I obviously was to 
 
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 save in everything, that she might have wherewith- 
 al to give to every thing and every body in need. 
 The beggar at her door was never sent hungry 
 away : the widow in distress, and the orphan in 
 need, shared alike in the fullness of her practical 
 charity. To the objects of benevolence in Jier own 
 church and denomination she always delighted to 
 contribute her full proportion of financial aid; and 
 to the great British and Foreign Bible Society she 
 gave her regular annual donation with great cheer- 
 fulness. To those not properly instructed, frugality 
 means stinginess; but in her case it meant liberali- 
 ty. The two elements blended in such beautiful 
 proportions and in such harmonious action in her 
 whole character and life, that when she was most 
 frugal she was most benevolent. 
 
 Tidiness in dress and cleanliness in household ar- 
 rangements were, in her estimation, christian vir- 
 tues. She had but little faith in the Christianity of 
 those who were destitute of these elements. We 
 have often heard her say, that she hoped the time 
 would come when no aspirant to the ministerial 
 office would be licensed to preach or ordained to 
 the work of the ministry, who allowed himself the 
 use of tobacco. To lier mind, this and all kindred 
 habits in teachers of christian self-denial, were an 
 oflFence both to God and man. 
 
 Her energy was quite equal to the other traits of 
 her character ; it recognized no limits to her duty 
 
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 chT^onld make the most '-»*5,»"^; 
 braced her.elf up to the emergency, and prewed on 
 ?„Thei«rformanceofduty. When phyB.oal .u - 
 f!Z C «. pro.trated her that she waa d.squa .- 
 S"t«e Ubour, six motherle. grand d^"S ; 
 t«» were placed under her care ; and the last Hve 
 ^^Jofherlife with consummate tact and stall, 
 lZto^X»' temporal and .piritual good. 
 Tl^e^rof ordinary domestic tra.ningwasc»w^- 
 editoto theseflve years. Her successful efforts. n.h.s 
 
 MStant «rwe r , ^^ ^^^ pa,a 
 
 ta he "r The'STemedL. which she always 
 v.nt alhand were applied through the n.ght, but 
 Xttry''a;pareofeff«t. -d at earty morn we 
 
 hastened tor our family Phy«>"='»»' P'^-/' 'L!:* u^ 
 Brtween thirty five and forty years ho had been hci 
 !,etoUdvi.«r: he understood her constitution 
 «erfX-had more than once been instrumental 
 inSg her from the very door of death, and she 
 ;^^ perfect confidence in hi, skill. Glad m- 
 
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 deed were we to know that he was at hand, and 
 able to attend. lie came, pronounced it a case of 
 fight inflammation of the lungs, but hoped it 
 would yield to the force of medicine. He was 
 constant in his attendance, and put forth his best 
 skill. For a time all seemed to go on encoura- 
 gingly, and wo apprehended no immediate danger: 
 but, on Monday afternoon, symptoms were unfavor- 
 able. On Tuesday, still more so ; but no one im- 
 agined that death was so near. In the evening, 
 howevc. , her oase became more alarming ; but still 
 we clung to hope. Pain was allayed ; but inflam- 
 mation went on with resistless power. Through 
 the night she sunk rapidly, and by 7 o'clock, on 
 Wednesday morning, gently and peacefully fell 
 asleep in Jesus, without a struggle or a sigh. 
 
 From the commencement of the attack, while 
 hope was strong, she was evidently impressed with 
 the idea that Jt might prove fatal ; the tone of her 
 conversation was in that direction. She spoke 
 about her funeral, and the spot where her body was 
 to be interred, gave some directions with reference 
 to mementoes for loved ones, and conversed freely 
 about her preparation for the great change. Said 
 she : " My life has been a happy one, nothing but one 
 continuous stream of blessing has attended me, not 
 one grief too many or one pang too severe. All 
 ordered in infinite wisdom. I am unworthy and 
 sinful, but my Saviour has been with me through 
 
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 nil dilUculties, be will not forsake me now. My 
 Christianity, she continued, has not been of the 
 flashy or showy kind, hut it has been Avith mc ii 
 matter of principle, of abiding faith in an all-suf- 
 ficient Saviour. In my first experience 1 was di- 
 vested of all dependence in my own doings, and 
 trusted alono in the finished work of Jesus, and 
 there I trust my all now. I know He has repeated- 
 ly heard and answered my feeble prayers. I can- 
 not doubt this, and I can leave my case in His 
 hands." The last night of her life her mind occas- 
 ionally wandered, but when a questicm was asked, 
 she was all right. Through life sb" luxuriated in 
 the hymns of Doctor Watts, and when the death 
 shade came over she exclaimed : 
 
 •• Why should I start and fear to die ; 
 
 What timorous worms 'vo mortals aro, 
 Death is the gate tocndlcos joy, 
 
 And yet we dread to enter there." 
 
 While suflfering much from the difliculty of 
 breathing, she repeated the first verse of the beauti- 
 ful hvmn. . 
 
 " Thus far the Lord has led m(\ on, 
 Thus far His power i)rolons,- my days, 
 
 And every cvenmg shall make known. 
 Some fresh nicnioriais of His ijrace." 
 
 Wlicn fearing she was too far gone to i>pcnk 
 again, *ie distinctly exclaimed : 
 
 '; ■ )r tl.ii love let rocks and hills, 
 1 1'c;', saBtinu: silenee break." 
 
kc luo now. My 
 
 not boon of the 
 
 been with mo a 
 
 ith in an all-sut- 
 
 ericncc 1 was <li- 
 
 cwn doings, and 
 
 rk of Jesus, and 
 
 r He ha» repeated- 
 
 B prayers. I can- 
 
 my case in His 
 
 *e hor mind occas- 
 
 csti(m was asked, 
 
 she luxuriated in 
 
 when the death 
 
 r to die ; 
 mortals arc, 
 
 tlierc." 
 
 the difliculty of 
 irersc of thebeauti- 
 
 mn. on, 
 OS my (Inys, 
 ke known, 
 ills ijnu't'." 
 
 ar gone to npcak 
 
 and liill!», 
 rcuk." 
 
 14 
 
 17 ■ 
 Repeatedly through the night, as we had often 
 done before, we bowr d by Vet bedside, and poured 
 forth our souls iu atrong cries and tears, to Him 
 who IS mighty to save, and as we saw the lamp of 
 life going '^ 11 .e pleaded in all the earnestness of 
 the christian faith, tor a ministry of angels to take 
 charge of her emancipated spirit, and to conduct 
 it safely into the presence of her God and Saviour. 
 It seemed to us indeed like holding intimate com- 
 munion and fellowship with her blood- washed soul, 
 as it ascended to that blissful place where sickness, 
 pain and death can never enter. In a few short 
 moments the reminiscences of a life time passed in 
 review, and then all was lost in the unfathomable 
 mysteries of the immortality beyond. 
 
 '• The passing spirit gently fled, 
 
 Sustained by grace divine ; 
 O may such jfrace on us be shed, 
 
 And moke our end like thine." 
 
 The dear departed was the mother of four sons 
 and one daughter; the eldest son and the only 
 daughter, we doubt not, were at the gate of the 
 cf '.estial cit to bid hrr welcome, and to say, *' thank 
 1, my d^..x mother, you have come at last." A 
 stricken husband, three sons, and fourteen grand- 
 children still survive, to deplore their sad, sad loss. 
 Numberless relations and friends in this and sister 
 Provinces will give us, we doubt not, their sym- 
 pathy and their prayers. May this sudden death- 
 
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 warning be to them and to ns, as the message of 
 God, saying : " Be ye also ready." Let us heed the 
 admonition, and like the departed, trust alone in 
 the finished work of Jesus for pardon, justification 
 and eternal life ; then when the curtain of life shall 
 fall, and eternal scenes open, like her, we shall be pre- 
 pared for the blessed re-unions of glorified spirits 
 above. God grant that it may be so, and to His 
 name shall be all the glory, worid without end. 
 Ament 
 
iumt Mmnmt». 
 
 The funeral ofthe late and lamented Mrs. I. E. 
 Bill took place last Monday. The day was unusu- 
 ally fine. The sun was clear, and the streets which 
 by the recent severe snow storms had been very 
 much obstructed, were so opened as to render travel- 
 ling easy and agreeable. A large number of peo- 
 ple collected at the residence of the family in Car- 
 leton, where brief services were held, a hymn being 
 sung, the Scriptures read by Rev. Mr. Car6y, and 
 a prayer offered by Rev. Mr. Spencer. At a little 
 alter 1 o'clock, p. m., the procession formed, and 
 m«ved on to the city, crossing the Ferry without 
 any delay, and reaching the Germain Street Baptist 
 Church, at 2 o'clock. The public services were to 
 commence at 3 o'clock. The casket was placed in 
 front of the pulpit, and the lid removed. As the 
 people assembled they orderly, quietly, and many 
 of them tearfully, approached the coffin, looked at 
 the familiar face, and then proceeded to the pews. 
 At 3.45 o'clock, the house being filled to its utmost 
 capacitv. the oervinmi be'^an wifK ain^^f. i 
 
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 large and selected choir, led by Mr. T. H. Hall, the 
 
 hymn-- u Uuveil tby boBom, faithful tomb." 
 
 Kev. Mr. Carey read the ninetieth Psalm. Then 
 another hymn was Bung— 
 
 "Why should we start and fear to die, 
 nn.ofthe hymns recited by Mrs. Bill, as she was 
 d'lXg near to the solemn moment when she was 
 . r^i^^ ouestion quoted. After the smgmg of 
 V:t2:i^^^. Kev. Mr. McKenzie made the 
 following 
 
 ADDRESS. 
 
 She basbravely fought the good figb^^^^^^^ 
 steadfastly kept the faith ^^^^I^*^^ 
 nobly finished the <:""f "^.^^^^^'^^^^^^^^ girlhood, 
 grand moral struggle^w^^^^^^^ 
 It was t-arriedfoiward witn a unfaltering 
 
 ^,th an ind^Uabl^^^^^^^^^^^ through half a 
 
 courage, with a serene ^^^ victory is 
 
 ^«^*%.e ?rown is^obLned. The earthly house 
 
 dened, is di«««^r uaw 1 tf ^i^ugh amid sharper 
 
 lite. She would 8^^^^^/^^'^ l^^'^^i^io^ as she coSld 
 sufferings than any yet end^^^^^^ ^^^ 
 
 r'^t'c^ZtT.tr^^^^^^ To die was gain. 
 
 be with Christ was i«" ^ i,o„vpn savins unto me, 
 
 And I heard a voice from heaven sapng ^^^^ 
 Write, Blessed are the dead w^^^^^ ^^^ 
 
 fromhenceforth:Yea,siuthtneDpi^ ^^^^^^ 
 
21 
 
 o«f of l"r?JT->!'fI.^ These are they Which came 
 out ot great tribulation, and have washprl thm'r 
 
 robes and made them white in the blood of the 
 
 Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God 
 
 and serve him day and night in his temSe : and he 
 
 Thev «h! i\'''' *^" ***'^°" «^^" <1^«" among them! 
 luL I" n ".u^^'' "° °^«'^' "either thirst any more • 
 neither shall the sun light on them nor anVhPAV 
 
 fhTl/f' Y^^ ^^^^^ ^« ^° '^- ^^^^ ot the throne 
 shall feed tuem, and shall lead them unto S 
 
 ttrX^llr^^eL ^"' ^^' ^^^^^ ^^P^ -^™' 
 
 ' ^J^^nmer evening's latest sigk 
 That shuts the rose." 
 
 i.7*^*'f ®®^^y ?^^®* °o^ robed for the i?rave was 
 long and severely tortured with pain, shattered ^d 
 enfeebled with disease. But within resided and 
 
 ed bv ^hlf T' ^'^''' "^conquered and unimpair 
 ed by physical agonies. That mighty and domin- 
 ating will-p<meT compelled a/m^l^to serTto 
 the last the generous impulses of her great heart 
 But while a robust and^esolute m£mrgy^; 
 coerce a sickly and decrepit body to pSi^ 
 
 th'etnpT'"^^^^^'^' ^""«* wlthstaK^vade 
 the impenous summons of the universal tyrant The 
 moment came for death to sever the mysterious con! 
 
 nS-'*T^*^? *^^^^' '"^^^ Sfand the 
 f^nguuhmg phymial frame. The immortal soirit 
 has fled the earthly tabernacle-theipirit tha?iot 
 on y animated but ennobled that fraif tenement of 
 If^r^ 'P'?* J^** '^^««^ed it« noWlity as it gleam- 
 ed m her pale face, as it glittered in her tears of sym- 
 pathy, as it sometimes ifashed in her look of amaze- 
 
grace of God commuDicatedm her eari^^^^ 
 
 Ind cheriPjied through l^°g nSffV eido^ent of 
 
 ^^^veelenieiLteofchar^t^^^ ^bich 
 
 pre-emment degree ot ^TV''r\^-„ ;- jver prehcnce 
 The attained!. ?« one could be^^J^ww a wSmvi of 
 without perceiving ^^^*^J^;^fpower8, her moral 
 
 sst:;;?ai!ir^ui- 
 
 ^^^tuttfsnot f.^^^ "e^enn?^lt??J^' 
 
 the hour permit me, to trace, evBu_^ ^^^ 
 
 reer and pWacter pf the enan^Jomanwh<«^^ 
 
 ral we attend to-?«^y- JJ^^J^Cy SSdinamore 
 at another tune, in » °»ore fltt^ war ^ ^ ^^ ^er 
 perman^ntform,by pup who toew wia p 
 
 Vorth as only t^^^l^jtj^her in t^sunshine 
 one, wbofor W«xyea«to^^^^ . 
 
 circle. , . »^„_ ii.:,, jear dead body to 
 
 We come to-day ^ ^ar this aew u j^^ ^^ 
 
 the grave, to bury tV^'-flSf^itlsC proceed in 
 
 alifctei,liviii§vgloj^«^^«P^^^^^ 
 
 our silent proceaaon pnd on ««' ^ou recious 
 
 merely pause »J»^°?^^^i,fCJf aT^^ 
 
 burden the pourts of Go4 8 house, ^^^ .^ ^^ 
 
 christian rites take leave ^ta^i tpw ^^^^ ^^^ 
 
 sight, all that is subject to our G\n^ 
 
not need these ceremonies, but we do. Our sympa- 
 thies and services go not, and need not go, over the 
 dark stream she has crossed, to the sh&lLg shore 
 touched at last by those leet wearied with tS 
 rough journey of human life. Useless and meaning! 
 1^8 to her are th^e tokens of respect, these symbols 
 
 tM^ZT ^«"^\«'»« «Peak. Bhe would retrain 
 this display over her remains. Yet we will ten- 
 
 3 S^r?'^°"? ^'^'"^^y *° *^e 'epose of the 
 tomb all that can be carried thither. It is little 
 jy? ffl7/o ^"8t, corruption and worms, in giving 
 this lifeless form. But it is honoring to the dead 
 
 not keep to the silence of the sepulchre, with sym- 
 fSr? gentleness and grief. When the willing 
 S« « Mf?** ***^® ininistered to our necessities caS 
 do nothing more for us; when the voice that we 
 loved to bsar smks into the mysterious silence of 
 deata, and there is before us only the palUd. cold 
 speechless, naotionless form of our love^d one then 
 a generous affection claims the sad privilege of en- 
 gaging in the quiet and solemn services of prepara- 
 tion for the mournful office of burying the lifeless 
 
 «^?*if *^?® H®" * ?°^^®' devoted, useful life clos- 
 fn * I, K- ?®" ^" ^"^fi^^ ««^ lasting Kw* done 
 
 ?.Sf2i1''^''^*''\''^°^'^^y^« ar; bearing to 
 Its bunal ? Yes, emphatically ye». And that life will 
 live on in the livesot hundreds who have felt directly 
 the inspiring touch of her life. Then, she was the 
 sympathetic wife, the cheerful compaiic«!thfwise 
 counsellor of the Chbistian Mintstbe and the 
 
 the side of the foremost leaders, has been oizioN'J 
 
 us ho w mS?W.K' P^^^ *?°^P«*- Who can Ull 
 us how much of that woman's power, secluded from 
 
the Dublic recognition, and silently exercised in the 
 famiCicle of the PREACHER, theP^^^^^^ 
 eTitor? who can tell us how much of that pu,«^ 
 wife's 8ecrectinterce««wn«? who c^f, *«» 'V' _A^^^ 
 much of her timely, generous sympathy, how mucii 
 SrlivSe faith; her dauntless courage and her 
 ^.rndent counsel, has gone from that sacred privacy 
 Fnto thePulS thf Press, and thence out into the 
 ion^egS, the community, t^e ^ ojld : thus jd^^^ 
 rectlv moving many hearts, moulding many charac 
 teS • thttl wfdelv Extending the principles and the 
 &nTof^^^ri«tianity ? Noeyebutthat of theom- 
 
 nSLnf One can trace tWs^^^^^ o^^^^^^^ 
 beneficent service; no one but God himself can im^ 
 estimate the results already achieved, and yet to De 
 accomplished by that secret service 
 
 But that secret, silent Pi^«ce|Sof exertion and in 
 fluence, unrecognized by the dull vision of morta^^j 
 and unwritten In the annals of human effort ana 
 achievement, is all fully recorded, and ^^''^f 
 curely preserved jn tb. volume k^^^^^^ Uea^- 
 Hefr rec&rd m on Ugh. The unerring pcu ... 
 who notes the minutest incidents in the humblest 
 i?fp of man as well as the royal deeds ot those oc 
 
 cupyfng plk^^^^^^^^ *^*^^^*y ^".^PTJ^^* and 
 
 fulK has registered all the secret toils, tears, and 
 
 trrv!?; that wont forth from their obscurity, uu- 
 
 Eded by the lips of human admira^^^^^^ but 
 
 freighted with benedictions ^^ 'lundreas w,u 
 
 ^U rise up in the final judgment to c^l her b ess- 
 
 Td when the names and deeds of earth s great 
 
 Conspicuous and lauded ones, will go down into 
 
 darkness and under everlasting eontempt 
 
 Weeping husband, children a«dkindred, you 
 
 are not to be compensated and comforted by such 
 
 words of condolence as the lips ofmancau ^i-ak. 
 
Divine solaco alone is adequate to your present 
 affliction and sorrow. That you have already 
 sought and abundantly obtained. But even that, 
 while it sustains and soothes your stricken hearts, 
 will not, need not, dry your tears. Weep you must 
 and may. You mourn the depai'ture of a wife, a 
 mother, a kinswoman, whose life was a most pre- 
 cious gift from God to you. And the memory of 
 that life will be to you a perpetual iragrance. You 
 will never cease to praise God for such a princely 
 gift ; you will submissively bow to the sad bereave- 
 ment. As her strength fainted under the invading 
 and resistless power of disease ; as she yielded up 
 her physical life to the stern demand of death, 
 you beheld the Crown ot immortality descending al- 
 most visibly upon her head. 
 
 " Triumphant In her closing eye 
 
 The hope of glory ehone ; 
 Joy breathed in her expiring sigh, 
 
 To think the race was run." 
 
 As often as you recollect the final and grand re- 
 sult of her life's discipline under physical suflfering 
 and mental conflicts ; the strength and stability of 
 her faith ; the ripened holiness of her character ; 
 the power, and beauty, aud serenity of her submis- 
 sion and confidence;while anticipating the hour of 
 her dissolution; the triumphant encounter with 
 death — the victory won' in the dread struggle, you 
 will feel new confidence in Truth, new love for 
 Goor>N£Ss, new zeal for Duty, new trust in the Sa- 
 viour, new gratitude to God. 
 
 "Let us be patient ! These severe aflaictions 
 
 Not from tlie ground arise, 
 But often times celestial benedictions 
 e this dark disguise. 
 
We (Me but dimly throngh the mists and vapors, 
 
 Amid these earthlv damps ; 
 What seem to «s but sad, fanereal tapers, 
 
 May be heaven's distant lamps. 
 
 We wiU be patient, and assna^^e the feeliniy; 
 
 We may not wholly stay ; 
 By silence sanotifyins;, not concealing, 
 
 The grief that must have way." 
 
 The Address was foUowodwith prayer by Rev. 
 Mr. Boggs, and after prayer was sung the hymn 
 ""'Sister, thou wast mild and lovely." 
 
 The benediction was pronounced by Rev. Mr. 
 Carey. The large assembly remained seated while 
 the coffin was being borne irom the church to the 
 hearse, and the mourners were going out. The pro- 
 cession was again formed, and moved up Germain 
 street towards the Rural Cemetery. The pall-bearers 
 were Revs, Mr. Spencer and Boggs (Baptist), Rev. 
 Mr, Stavely (Reformed Presbyterian), Rev. Mr. 
 Duncan (Wesleyan), Rev. Mr. Swabey (Episcopa- 
 lian), and Rev. Mr. Hartley (Free Baptist). At the 
 grave Rev. Mr. Carey offered prayer. The sor- 
 rowing husband, with his companions in grief, tear- 
 fully gazed for a moment down into the open grave, 
 to which has now been committed till the morning 
 of the resurrection the remains of the loving and 
 loved one. They then returned to the city, and to 
 that deserted home now so solitary. 
 
 A large number of the city clergymen were present 
 at the public service in the Germain Street church. 
 
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 and several of them were seated in the pulpit. The 
 yast assembly collected on the occasion entered and 
 left the Sanctuary in the most quiet and reverent 
 manner. The bereaved husband and his family 
 wish to express sincere firratitude to the numerous 
 friends, whose sympathy and kindness have been so 
 promptly and delicately extended to them in the 
 hour of their sore bereavement. 
 
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 1 1 
 
^ §\mnv$t 
 
 COXI'DMOBATITE OF THE LATE MBS. I. E. BUI, 
 
 DELIVERED BY THE REV. O. M. VT. CARET, 
 
 ^° * o^*?®"?"il? ^^P^^ Church, on Sabbath evening, the 
 
 a4th of March, and repeated, by request, in 
 
 Carleton, on the Slat. 
 
 I^Im Ixxiii. 24. 
 
 recede me to gS!y'' ""' ""^^ '^^ '°"°"''' '""^ '^''^^'^'^ 
 
 This ia just what we want, and without it we 
 cannot be happy. Sinful and straying, ex- 
 posed to danger at every step we take, 
 we need a Guide; ignorant and foolish! 
 we require Counsel ; going to the grave, yet 
 made for eternity, and our deathless spirits 
 thirsting for happiness, we hope for blessed- 
 ness and Glory. This guide, this counsel, this 
 glory, every man may have ; but the great 
 majority ^rasp at shadows and miss the sub- 
 stance, seize the pleasures of sense and lose 
 their souls, and sink at last into disgrace, des- 
 pair, wretchedness and ruin. The Christian 
 alone has attained to the secret of successful 
 living and triumphant dying : he has found it 
 m Christ ; and in the repose of faith, the as- 
 piration of hope, and ihe joyous confidence of 
 love, he can say, « God is the strength of my 
 
so 
 
 heart and my portion forever. Whom have I 
 in heaven but thee? and there w none upon 
 earth that I desire beside thee. Thou shalt 
 guide me with thy counsel, and afterward re- 
 ceive me to glory." ^ , t x * • ^t. * 
 The comforting doctrtne of the text is, tnat 
 God guidbb the Christian herb and glori- 
 fies HIM HEREAFTER. 
 
 First.— Consider the child of God condttcted 
 through hia earthly pilgrimage. 
 
 I The Christian has a Divine Guide, 
 even the great God wHh all his unchangeable 
 perfections, the Almighty, the Omniscient, 
 AND THE Loving One. Who can resist his 
 power, or pluck his chosen from his hand ? It 
 were easier to remove th« mountains, draw 
 down the stafs from heaven, or lay furtive 
 hands on Jehovah's diadem, than to separate 
 him from the people of his love. All created 
 beiritrs, all forces in the universe must yield to 
 his wntrol. He is Lord of Hosts. " Prmci- 
 palities and powers, the rulers of the darkness 
 of this world, and spiritual wickedness in high 
 places" must flee before his approaching might 
 and maiesty ; and before his people strong in 
 his power, ** The gates of hell shAll not pre- 
 viiil/' To this add Omniscience, which like 
 inflnite circle embraces time, space and 
 
'horn have I 
 none upon 
 Thou Shalt 
 fterward re- 
 text 18, that 
 
 AND OLORI- 
 
 ^d conditcted 
 
 iNB Guide, 
 nchangeahln 
 Omniscient, 
 m resist his 
 is hand ? It 
 ntains, draw 
 : lay furtive 
 I to separate 
 All created 
 must yield to 
 ts. " Princi- 
 ' the darkness 
 idness in high 
 aching might 
 >ple strong in 
 hall not nre- 
 fi, which like 
 
 le, space 
 
 and 
 
 1. Boundless 
 wisdom and 
 knowincr and 
 
 31 
 
 nf 1t«X"".-^*^ '^''"^^ "'^^ «P *^« history 
 
 «!«!?i! ^,''";?*"' «^««7 '»cene an<f step from his 
 
 ZmL \u\^'^''^' providing for*^ all and 
 
 <^ ^"^* ^^* together for his 
 
 Unite with resistless power and tmerrinc 
 wisdom the Everlasting Love and the on. 
 wearying loving kindnesa of the good, the 
 great the Chief Shepherd of Israel, who eads 
 Eis children as a flock into green pistures and 
 
 aL S ffil^u^^' ""^ ^^"^^l^^ ^^^ <^«8«rt in dark 
 
 fffi^f^A^^^^^^' "J**'^ *^ ^*'** *»« brings them 
 
 nninn J *^''!»''^®'^ "° ^^^g^"" threatens 
 and no devil enters. And "this God is our 
 
 God for ever and ever : he will be our guide 
 even unto death." *^ 
 
 How are thy servants blest, O Lord I 
 
 How Bare is their defence ! 
 Eternal wisdom is their irolde. 
 
 Their shield Omnlpotenoe. 
 
 II. But God ebveals his perfections and 
 
 MAKES KNOWN HIS WILL IN HIS WoRD! AND 
 this is designed to be " A LAMP TO OURFEET 
 
 n«^w J^'mJ* *^® ^tiening counsel which 
 neither bewilders nor dazzles, whiob, with 
 strong and steady radiance illumines every 
 part of the King's highway on wiiioh thi 
 
 l^^^'""^ ^"^ *T.®^' *^^*y» VoioUi in the 
 nght direction, and increases in bnghtness and 
 beauty as they draw near t- Sesvea and 
 
3i 
 
 Home. It manifests God in Christ, it shews 
 lis ourselves, our Sin and Salvation, our Ruin 
 and Remedy ; it places our duty plainly before 
 us, what we ought to do, and the spirit in 
 which we should do it ; it marks out distinctly 
 the ways of pleasantness and the, paths of 
 peace in which we should always walk ; it is a 
 map of the world in which we live and of the 
 world to which we go ; it is " a sure word of 
 prophecy whereunto we do well that we take 
 heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark 
 place, until the day dawn and the day star 
 arise in our hearts." By this the Christian is 
 cheered and directed through the journey of 
 life. This is his Chart and Compass over life's 
 dark and tempestuous sea, where often rocks 
 and quicksands and contrary winds threaten 
 to overwhelm and destroy him. This shews 
 him his true course, and saves him from making 
 shipwreck of faith and of a good conscience, 
 and at last guides him into the haven of 
 eternal safety and peace. How impressive the 
 language of the first Psalm : " Blessed is the 
 man that walketh not in the counsel of the 
 ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, 
 nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his 
 delight is in the law of the Lord ; and in his 
 law doth he meditate day and night. And he 
 shall bs like a tree planted by the rivers of 
 water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his sea- 
 son ; his leaf also shall not wither : and what- 
 soQvcr he uoetu Su&ll prospcr. 
 
ist, it shews 
 )n, our Ruin 
 plainly before 
 the Bpirit in 
 >ut distinctly 
 ,he^ paths of 
 walk; it is a 
 ^e and of the 
 mre word of 
 [.hat we take 
 ;h in a dark 
 ihe day star 
 B Christian is 
 le journey of 
 ass over life's 
 3 often rocks 
 nds threaten 
 This shews 
 . from making 
 d conscience, 
 ,he haven of 
 rapressive the 
 blessed is the 
 >unsel of the 
 ly of sinners, 
 nful. But his 
 I; and in his 
 ight. And he 
 the rivers of 
 uit in his sea- 
 er: andwhat- 
 
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 III. Wp: need jnteenal as well as ex- 
 ternal GUIDANCE, AND GOD GRACIOUSLY BE- 
 STOWS IT IN THE OPERATION OP HIS SPIRIT ON 
 
 OUR HEARTS. For this we are taught to pray 
 and enrnestly should we implore the influence 
 of the Blessed Spirit ; for without his aid we 
 are nothing, and can do nothing. The Spirit 
 breathes Life into the soul dead in trespasses 
 and sms, convinces of guilt, leads to livin<» 
 faith m Christ, Renews the whole man, makel 
 him a New Creature, Elevates his drooping 
 affections. Revives from time to time his 
 languid spiritual energies, sweetly Controls his 
 will, causes the current of his being to set in 
 toward God, and makes the believer a partaker 
 of the Divine Nature. Of little avail will the 
 Wora of God be without this internal influence 
 Our help lies in the power of the Divine Spirit 
 over our spirits, leading us to the Bible and 
 to Christ, the Substance and the Sum of the 
 Bible, and bringing us into sympathy and 
 harmony with God's plan and will concerning 
 us. God's Spirit is in every Christian as a 
 ^sacred Guest and a Sure Guide, turning him 
 away from the dark mazes of error, where so 
 many have perished, to the " delectable moun- 
 tains" of truth, where the view heavenward is 
 unobstructed and the atmosphere is invigorat- 
 ing, and there he gains strength to press for- 
 ward toward the prize of his high calling. 
 By his bpirit Christ is with his people alwavs 
 even unto the end of the world] an invisible' 
 
omnipresent, powerful comforter and guide, 
 conducting them through the journey of life, 
 through the valley and shadow of death, to a 
 place m the house of many mansions, to the 
 Paradise of God. " Quench not the Spirit," 
 for he will lead you in the way everlasting. 
 " Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God whereby 
 ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." 
 
 IV. The Christian is guided by the Provi- 
 dence OF God. God's Providence illustrates, 
 applies and fulfils his perfections, precepts and 
 promises to his people; knows every emer- 
 gency that will arise in their pilgrimage and is 
 prepared for it ; every danger, temporal or 
 spiritual, which may threaten them, and fur- 
 nishes protection and arranges their prosperity 
 and adversity, their joys and their sorrows, in 
 the highest Wisdom, the greatest Goodness, 
 and the tenderest Love. He determines for 
 the nations of men, the times before appointed 
 and the bounds of their habitation. To his 
 children he causes " the lines to fall in pleasant 
 places," he gives them " a goodly heritage." 
 If one door is shut another is opened, and 
 when God shuts no man can open, and when 
 God opens no man can shut. When we have 
 tarried long enough in one place God orders 
 our march to another, and when our mental 
 states and our Christian duties have become 
 monotonous, stereotyped and unprofitable, he 
 quickens and refreshes by timely variety and 
 
change. As he led Abraham, Lot, Hagar, 
 Jacob and Moses, so his Providence is direct- 
 ing us through the journey of life, and has 
 safely conducted millions to glory From 
 Egypt and the shores of the Red Sea, through 
 the desert, to the banks of the Jordan, across 
 
 fn^f^r-ir^ i°V *5\g«^% land of promise, 
 in the pillar of cloud by day and of fire b^ 
 night, he led his ancient Israel ; and by his 
 Providence he leads his Israel now to that 
 real rest of which the earthly Canaan was but 
 a shaaow Let us rejoice, for amid all the 
 losses and crosses of life, and temptations and 
 dangers of the way, Jehovah Jirbh is ouk 
 Leader Still. 
 
 Hi^ Providence unfolds the book. 
 And makes his counsels shine : 
 
 w JiflP®"^^"^ ^^^' ^°d 6very stroke, 
 * ulflls some deep design. 
 
 ^condly.-- Consider the Christian glorified 
 hereafter. Thou shalt afterward receive me 
 to glory. 
 
 L Not NOW BUT AFTERWARD. Itwouldnot 
 answer that every Christian should go into 
 glory immediately after his conversion and in 
 the first rapture of Christ's pardoning love 
 It IS wisely arranged that the regenerate man 
 shall spend some time in the field of labor be- 
 fore he enters mto the rest and the joy of his 
 Lord Chrut requires his disciples to do 
 something for htm, and for this purpose he has 
 given them talents and opportunities to im- 
 
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 prove for his glory. They are Miniatures of 
 Christ, created anew that they may imitate 
 and represent him in his imitable perfections. 
 The active as well as the passive virtues of the 
 Gospel must be exemplified. The servant, like 
 his Master, should " go about doing good," 
 and be willing to suflfer shame and reproach 
 for his name. The command is, " Add to your 
 faith, virtue ; and to virtue, knowledge ; and 
 to knowledge, temperance ; and to temperance, 
 patience ; and to patience, godliness ; and to 
 godlintiSfe, brotherly kindness ; and to brotherly 
 kindness, charity." " Do all things without 
 murmuring and disputing, that ye may bo 
 blameless and harmless, the sons of God with- 
 out rebuke in the midst of a crooked and per- 
 verse nation, among whom ye shine as lights 
 m the world." And again, " Let your light so 
 shine before men that they may see your good 
 works, and glorify your Father in heaven." 
 JFhr the sake of those around him the child of 
 God is often led through a lengthened pilgri- 
 •mage. The day of life is measured by the work 
 to be done for Christ and for humanity — the 
 work in the church, in the Sabbath-school, in 
 the world, in our families, and among our 
 neighbors and friends. God converts souls in 
 Christian Ian Is and amid the darkness of 
 heathenism ; he fills up the vacancies in his 
 church on earth, and adds to the shining ranks 
 of the Blood-bought and White-robed Throng, 
 through the prayers, and tears, and teachings, 
 
 . 
 
liatures of 
 
 and efforts of his faithful servants. The 
 Spirit and the Bride say come. And let him 
 that heareth say come. The voice that calls 
 Christ's chosen ones is from heaven and of 
 earth. It is the voice of God through human 
 lips. The instructions of a Father, the prayers 
 of a Mother, the entreaties of a Sister, the 
 pleadings of a Brother, the repeated invita- 
 tions of a Sabbath-school Teacher, the Gospel 
 proclaimed by the Minister of Christ, and the 
 self-denying efforts of the Missionary, are the 
 means used by the Divine Spirit to save 
 precious souls from hell and guide them to 
 Heaven, to draw them to the Cross of Re- 
 demption, and prepare them for a Crown of 
 Righteousness and Rejoicing. To the great 
 majority of converted souls Jesus says, as he 
 said to the man of the Gadarenes, out of whom 
 a legion of devils was oast, and who prayed 
 that he might remain with his Gracious De- 
 liverer : " Return to thine own house ; go 
 home to thy friends, and tell them how great 
 things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath 
 had compassion on thee." " And he departed, 
 and began to publish in Decapolis how great 
 things Jesus had done for him." As Andrew 
 brought Simon, and Philip, Nathaniel, and the 
 Woman of Samaria, her townsmen, so should 
 Christians make it the chief object of their 
 Redeemed and Regenerated Lives to bring 
 sinners to Jesus. 
 
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 " O let me speak the thoughts of Christ ! 
 
 And then my words like seed shall grow 
 
 In hearts when I am gone ! 
 
 In noble forms and widening spheres, 
 
 To beautify and bless, shall they appear ; 
 
 Harvests out of them shall come 
 
 To help the millions yet to be." 
 
 God puts his sons and daughters on pro- 
 batiotiy in order that they may he educated 
 and disciplined far Heaven. Sanctifica- 
 tion is in most cases a slow and painful pro- 
 cess. Itifj no easy matter to pluck up from 
 the garden of the soul the deeply rooted weeds 
 of sin which hinder the growth and mar the 
 beauty of its choicest plants and flowers. The 
 old man has wonderful vitality, and the new 
 man is often feeble and discouraged m his 
 conflict w^ith the habits and desires which have 
 had possession of the heart so long. The 
 spiritual child requires time for growth in 
 grace and knowledge, that he may attain 
 " unto the measure of the stature of the Fulness 
 of Christ," and be fitted for « the Inheritance 
 of the Saints in light." It was after a life rich 
 in Christian Experience, Toil and Suffering 
 that Paul said, "I have fought a good fight, I 
 have finished my course, I have kept the faith ; 
 henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of 
 Righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous 
 Judge, shall give me at that day." Sitch tri- 
 umphant faith as this is the gift of God; it is 
 also the result of life-lonr/ labor. It costs a 
 great deal, but it ig wort'h all, and even more 
 
 
39 
 
 rist! 
 
 TOW 
 
 )ear; 
 
 . 
 
 ^s on pro- 
 i educated 
 Sanctifica- 
 ,inful pro- 
 : up from 
 )ted weeds 
 mar the 
 rers. The 
 i the new 
 ed m his 
 irhich have 
 DDg. The 
 growth in 
 lay attain 
 he Fulness 
 nheritance 
 r a life rich 
 Suffering 
 od fight, I 
 1 the faith ; 
 Crown of 
 righteous 
 Sitch tri- 
 God; it is 
 It costs a 
 iven more 
 
 than has to be endured for it. It makes the 
 Christian's Calling and Election sure ;" it 
 " seals the servants of God on their forehead? ;" 
 it gives them " a right to the tree of life and 
 an entrance through the gates into the city,;" 
 and it crowns them, when the tears and trials 
 of life have ceased, with an Eternal Weight of 
 Glory. A dying Saint exclaimed, " Glory to 
 God ! I see heaven sweetly opened before me !" 
 
 II. When bipeness for heaven has been 
 
 ATTAINED AND THE FULNESS OF THE TIME HAS 
 
 COME THE Christian is beceiyed into glory. 
 He does not tarry in an undefined region, 
 some vague border land between heaven and 
 earth, but he Immediately enters into the 
 rest that remains for the people of God. 
 Christ consoled the dying thiof with the assur- 
 ance " To-day shalt thou be with me in Para- 
 dise." Paul comforted the Christians at Cor- 
 inth with the hope, that when absent from the 
 body they should be present with the Lord. 
 John was commanded by a voice from heaven, 
 confirmed by the Spirit, to write that the pious 
 dead from henceforth should rest from their 
 labors, and their works should follow them. 
 Though there is a state between death and the 
 resurrection, which may be called "iw^cr- 
 mediate,^'' yet it is a state of blessedness and 
 glory, graduated no doubt to the capacities 
 and powers of spirits newly born int o heaven 
 and augmented as they ascend from glory to 
 
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 glory. But the term glory is general and com- 
 prehensive. It defies all efforts to confine it 
 to certain particular statements. It sketches 
 the grand outline of future blessedness. It is 
 grmiously broad and indefinite. The Scrip- 
 tures cannot be precise and exhaustive on this 
 point, for the language of earth is too poor and 
 weak, springing as it does from time and sense, 
 to furnish words in which to describe spiritual 
 and eternal realities ; and if a heavenly lan- 
 guage were used, conditioned as we now arc 
 we could not understand it. " For we know 
 m part, and we prophesy in part. But when 
 that which is perfect is come, then that which 
 is m part shall be done away." We may 
 however have correct knowledge as far as it 
 extends of that blessed country, the home of 
 (jod 8 saints. It is described Negatively. The 
 Redeemed shall hunger no more, neither thirst 
 any more, neither shall the sun light on them 
 nor any heat. There shall be no tears, no 
 death, neither sorrow nor crying, nor any 
 more pain, for the former things are passed 
 away. There shall be no more curse, lor noth- 
 ing that defileth or worketh abomination or 
 maketh a lie, can enter those holy habitations 
 On the peaceful shore no angry billows shall 
 dash or break, for there shall be no more sea. 
 The gates of the city shall never be shut ; and 
 It has no need of the sun, or of the moon, or 
 of a candle; for there shall be no night there 
 It is described Positively, The spirits of the 
 
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 just are made perfect. The New Jernaalem, 
 the Holy City, the Tabernacle of God, is pre- 
 pared as a bride adorned for her husband, and 
 has foundations of precious stones, gates of 
 pearls, and streets of pure gold as it were 
 transparent glass. The redeemed and glori- 
 fied victors are clothed with white robea,"havo 
 f)alra8 in their hands, crowns of gold and ever- 
 asting joy upon their heads, as they sing the 
 song of Moses and the Lamb. The River of 
 Life, clear as crystal, proceeds out from the 
 throne of God and of the Lamb, and on either 
 side of it is the Tree of Life with twelve man- 
 ner of fruits, yielding its fruit every month ; 
 and the leaves of the tree are for the healing 
 of the nations. There the Lamb shall lead his 
 flock into living fountains of waters and they 
 shall be like their Leader, for they shall see him 
 as he is. And high over all is the throne of 
 God with its emerald rainbow and One like 
 unto a jasper and a sardine stone sealed upon 
 it. O Blessed Mansions I where there is No 
 Satan, No Sin, No Shame, No Sorrow, No 
 Sickness, No Separation ; but Holiness, Honor 
 Happmess, Health, Heaven, Home, Glory and 
 God. And to this may be added the Abode 
 of the Sanctified Spirit^ the Resurrection Body, 
 which is described as Incorruptible, Glorious, 
 Powerful, Spiritual and Immortal, fashioned 
 like unto Christ's glorious body, shining in un- 
 fading youth and beauty under the New 
 Heavens and on the New Earth, wherein 
 
4^ 
 
 dwelleth Righteousness. But the subject is 
 too grand for human understanding, it passes 
 the knowledge of mortals. " As it is written, 
 i^ye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have 
 entered into the heart of man, the things which 
 God hath prepared for thera that love him— 
 which God hath ordained before the world 
 unto their glory." We may join in the ex- 
 clamation of Bernard's burdened heart in his 
 noble hymn on the celestial Country, in which 
 he breathes the air of Paradise, and sings as a 
 seraph. ♦ ' *' ' 
 
 >' I know not. 1 know not, 
 ,„What social joys are there ; 
 What radiancy of Glory, 
 What light beyond compare ! 
 
 And when I fain would sing them 
 
 My spirit fails and faints ; 
 And vainly would it imago 
 
 The assembly of the Saints. 
 
 They stanch, those halls of Syon. 
 
 Conjubilant with song, 
 And bright with many an angel 
 
 And all the martyr throne. 
 
 ) ( 
 
 The Prince is ever in them ; 
 
 The daylight is serene ; 
 The pastures of the Blessed 
 
 Are decked in glorious sheen. 
 
 There is the Throne of David, 
 And there, from care released, 
 
 The shout of them that triumph 
 The song of them that ieast ; 
 
 And they who, with their Leader, 
 Have conquered in the fight. 
 
 For ever and for ever 
 Are clad in robeg of white ! 
 
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 III. And INTO THIS glory the Christian 
 18 received. " Thou shalt receive me to glory." 
 Goii receives his children when they attain 
 their majority, and come home as His heirs and 
 joint heirs with Christ, to take possession of 
 their inheritance, which is " incorruptible, un- 
 defiled, and fadeth not away." Holy angels 
 and redeemed Spirits welcome the pilgrim from, 
 the land of the dying to the land of the living. 
 What a glorious Reception ! What a blessed 
 Introduction to the " fulness of joy, and the 
 pleasures at God's right hand ior ever more." 
 When the Christian looks back and thinks 
 that he was saved from Sin and Satan, Death 
 and Hell, Called with a holy calling. Justified 
 by Faith in the Atonement of Calvary, Sancti- 
 fied by the Spirit, Led through the journey of 
 life, Enlijjhtened in darkness. Strengthened in 
 weakness. Counselled in perplexity, Comfort- 
 ed in sorrow. Kept in prosperity, Protected in 
 danger, Supplied in want, and Crowned a con- 
 queror over the last enemy ; and then consid- 
 ers the Eternal Blessedness around him and 
 before him, what Rapture must fill his soul ! 
 what Hallelujahs will he sing to the Triune 
 God, who Brought him Out, Brought him Up, 
 and Brought him Home ! What sacred de- 
 light must fill the entire being of the Christian 
 when he hears the Master say : ** Well done, 
 good and faithful servant; thou hast been 
 faithful over a few things, I will make thee 
 ruler over many things, enter thou into the joy 
 
of thy Lord. Then shall the Kincr say unto 
 them on his right hand, Come, ye Blessed of 
 my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for 
 you from the foundation of the world And 
 they shall see hi*, face; and his name shall be 
 w ^^«»' f«>-ehfafl8. And ho saith unto me, 
 Write, Blessed are they which are called unto 
 the marriage-supper of the Lamb." 
 
 These thoughts have been suggested by the 
 death of Mrs.1 E. Bill, formany years a mem- 
 ber of this church, and wife of our dear 
 Brother, >^ho presided over it during a loiu' 
 pastorate. She was sixty-six years of age, 
 lorty-six of which she was a professing Ch?is- 
 tian. In public and private, in the .-.hurch and 
 in her family, she was guided by God, and now 
 slie IS received into glory. We rejoice in the 
 Grace that Saved, the Counsel that Led, and 
 the (:,Iory that now crowns her ransomed Spirit. 
 ^>he needs not our poor praises or etFusive 
 eulogies; She is present with her Lord, and 
 her record is on high. Inspiration has fur- 
 nished an epitaph for all the faithful, in the 
 heavenly words, "Blessed are ihe dead which 
 die m the Lord from henceforth." Jesus has 
 loved them and "made them Kings and Priests 
 unto God, and his Father and thev shall vqwxi 
 for ever and ever." Let this call from the 
 Master arouse us all to diligence and zeal in 
 his servic^ for the night cometh when no one 
 can work." May the instructions, example 
 and love of the D^"" T^n>^" "^-J - ^ ^«*"P", 
 
4S 
 
 session and a joy to her Husband, Children, 
 and Grandchildren, and may they follow her 
 as she followed Christ ; and press on to sharo 
 the glory in to which she nas now entered. 
 When our Brother in his loneliness sighs for 
 
 *' The touch of a vanished hand, 
 And the sound of a voice that is still,'* 
 
 let him look f(n*ward to the time when 
 
 " God's love shall set him at her eide again," 
 
 where love is eternal and every relation pei- 
 petual. And now he may say : — 
 
 "Oh, though oft depressed and lonely, 
 
 All my fears are laid aside, 
 If I but remember only 
 
 Buch as these have lived and died!'* 
 
 Oh that each of us may be deeply impressed 
 by the events of God's Providence, confirming 
 the admonitions of his word, " Set thine house 
 in order lor thou shalt die and not live. Pre- 
 pare to meet thy God. Behold the Bride- 
 groom cometh. Go ye ou* to meet him. 
 Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the dav 
 nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh." 
 
\') 
 
[From the Christian Visitor of the 28th March.] 
 
 ^mvm*» WtUmt 
 
 To whom ? To those who have fought their last 
 battle, uttered their last sigh, endured their last 
 pain, committed their last sin, shed their last tear, 
 and yielded up their blood-washed souls into the 
 hands ot their divine Lord, in eflFect, saying, " Lord 
 Jesus, receive my spirit." The irresistible fiat goes 
 forth from the eternal throne, and the body sleeps in 
 death ; but the soul, redeemed and sanctified, leaves 
 its material tenement and is borne upon angelic 
 wing to the heaven of heavens — the palace of the 
 King of kings— the homo of the Eternal. The gates 
 of the celestial city open to let the heir of glory in, 
 while a voice from the throne is heard, saying, 
 *' Well done, thou good and faithful servant, thou 
 bast been faithful over a few things, I will make 
 thee ruler over many things, enter thou into the 
 joy of thy Lord." Blessed invitation, coming from 
 the lips of him whose countenance, radiated with 
 the brilliancy of infinite love, outshines ten thousand 
 blazing suns. This gracious invitation fills the 
 heaven-bom soul with joy unutterable and full of 
 glory. It is the moment not simply of release, of 
 victory, of rest ; but of riches, honore, happiness and 
 glory in limitless fullness. 
 
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 The period for imperfection, in vision, in realiza- 
 tion, in knowledge and in enjoyment, is passed. 
 The soul sees no longer, " through a glass darkly, 
 but face to face." The past and present, all 
 seen in the unclouded light of the great Father's 
 face — for the glory of God lightens the celestial 
 habitation, and " the Lamb is the light thereof." 
 The glorified before the throne are all beheld and 
 recognized in the full blaze of this heavenly 
 radiance. ' i 
 
 How glorious the reception. No sooner does the 
 King of the eternal palace extend the free-grace 
 welcome to the new comer, than the grand old 
 patriarchs, the heaven-inspired prophets, the blessed 
 company of the apostles, the long line of martyrs, 
 and the countless millions of the redeemed of every 
 class, with united voice exclaim, " Come in thou 
 blessed of the Lord." From all the principalities 
 and powers in the heavenly places there comes the 
 shout of welcome, welcome to this " better country" 
 — this " house not made with hands eternal in tiie 
 heavens." Then the golden harps are taken up by 
 the innumerable multitude of saints and angels, and 
 they pour torth their sweetest harmonies in anthems 
 of praise and adoration to " Him that sitteth Upon the 
 throne and to the Lamb forever and ever." If there 
 is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth 
 on these lower grounds than over "ninety and nine 
 just persons that need no repentance," what must 
 
, in realiza- 
 ;, is passed, 
 lass darkly, 
 present, all 
 at Fatlier's 
 lie celestial 
 ht thereof." 
 beheld and 
 is heavenly 
 
 ner does the 
 3 free-grace 
 grand old 
 the blessed 
 of martyrs, 
 led of every 
 ne in thou 
 rincipalities 
 3 comes the 
 ;er country" 
 3rnal in the 
 ;aken up by 
 angels, and 
 \ in anthems 
 ith Upon the 
 ." If there 
 it repenteth 
 3ty and nine 
 what must 
 
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 be the measure of the joy of that blessed world 
 when that repenting sinner shall have escaped all 
 the pollutions of earth, and shall have gone up in 
 robes of immaculate purity to swell the number of 
 the redeemed above ? 
 
 What unfoldings of the mysteries of God, of the 
 Father and of Christ are there ! What an opening 
 up of the deep wells of the great mystery, " God 
 manifest in the flesh," and of the Eternal One, in his 
 Trinity and Unity, going forth fr fhc subjugation 
 of Satan and the redemption of slaved world ! 
 
 All the clouds of doubt, error nua sin are driven 
 away forever, and the soul bathes and luxuriates in 
 the fountain of celestial light. 
 
 What blissful re-unions, when husbands and 
 wives, parents and children, brothers and sisters, 
 pastors and people, meet in the paradise of God to 
 go no mor€ out forever. It is the re-union of all 
 that is pure in sentiment, holy in practice, elevating 
 in character, ennobling m disposition and joyous in 
 association, in that blessed world where the reign 
 of love is perfect and eternal. 
 
 Then go, spirit of the sainted dead, put on thy 
 bright attire, ascend the celestial hills, enter the un- 
 tarnished regions, gaze with cloudless vision upon 
 the spiritual and eternal, walk the golden streets, 
 drink of the water of life proceeding from the throne 
 of God and the Lamb, partake of the rich fruit of 
 the tree of life, feast at the table spread with the 
 
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 dainties of redeeming love, take thy place with the 
 innumerable company oi angels, with the church 
 of the first born and with the spirits of the 
 just made perfect. Go, and be crowned with the 
 laurels of immortality. Go, and receive the reward 
 of all thy toils, endurances and tears. Go, and bear 
 the palm of victory in thy hands, have the name of 
 God inscribed upon thy forehead, cast thy crown at 
 the feet of him that loved thee and gave himself 
 for thee, avd join the enraptured hosts in saying, 
 " Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power be un- 
 to him that sitteth upon the thi^one and unto the 
 Lamb forever and ever." Thou didst enrich and 
 ennoble earth with the strength oi thy piety, 
 the power of thy faith, the fervor of thy sympathy, 
 the breadth of thy charity, and the depth of thy love. 
 Go, now, and shine in the kingdom of thy Father as 
 the brightness of tl\e firmament and as the stars for- 
 ever and ever. In thy absence, all alone is inscribed 
 upon the choicest treasures of earth, but by faitli 
 we trace I'ly foot-prints up to thy heavenly home, 
 and in strains feeble, though akin to thine, we join 
 thee in saying, " Alleluia I Alleluia I for the Lord 
 God omnipotent reigneth." 
 
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ce with the 
 ;he church 
 its of the 
 d with the 
 the reward 
 o, and bear 
 Le name of 
 ly crown at 
 ve himself 
 in saying, 
 >werbe un- 
 i unto the 
 enrich and 
 thy piety, 
 
 sympathy, 
 of thy love, 
 y Father as 
 he stars for- 
 is inscribed 
 it by faitli 
 enly home, 
 ne, we join 
 
 the Lord 
 
 itm Wt». iuru #mjr-l«ok. 
 
 ^ 
 
 Selected by her, as expressive, doubtless, of 
 her own feelings in prospect of her anticipated 
 separation from those she most loved on earth, 
 and of her re-union with them. 
 
 " On these dear hills, whose beauty never fades." 
 
 THINE OWN. 
 
 The following beautiful and touching verses, by 
 a New Orleans lady, were written as a farewell to 
 her husband during her illnesss, and in prospect of 
 an early departure to the b( tter land : — 
 
 Call me no more thine own — The summer hours. 
 So loved by me shall never come again : 
 
 I scarce shall look upon the spring's pale flowers, 
 And in this life ot wearinesss and pain 
 Shall be no more thine own. 
 
 The spring tihall wake fresh verdure in the vale ; 
 
 Freed from gray winter, blue shall glow the sky ; 
 But ere the sweet-breathed violets grow pale, 
 
 This fading form low in the dust shall lie, 
 And be no more thine own. 
 
 The shadow of the parting hour is nigh- 
 It falls, dear one, upon my heart and thine ; 
 
 Alas 1 to leave thee when life's morning hour 
 Is gilded o'er by love almost divine- 
 To be no more thine own. 
 
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 I soon shall leave thee ; Thou, beloved, will feel 
 A g oomy shadow o'er thy pathway thrown 
 
 Thf/-*"?!.'**'!? *^' *"^*^ ^^" *>'«' thee ste^ ' 
 mat in this dreary world thou art alone 
 
 And I no more thine own. ' 
 
 No more thine own ! To wake for thee, at eve 
 Ihe chords of music sweetest to thine ear- ' 
 To love thee still alike through joy or o-rief ' 
 . To be thy truest friend, of til m Jst dJ^r ' 
 But not on earth thine own. ' 
 
 On these de^ hills, whose beautv never fades 
 My lingenng feet shall rest. 6, do not ween I 
 
 Thou too Shalt dwell where sorroi ne'e" inTa^L 
 With Him who giveth his beloved sleep-- ' 
 And I shall be thine own. 
 
 MOUEir HOT FOB ME. 
 
 WRITTEN BT PROFESSOR DAVID PEABODT, A FEW DAYS 
 PREVIOUS TO HIS DEATH. ' "^ ''''^ ^^^^ 
 
 Mourn not for me, when I am gone • 
 Nor round my bier, 
 , Shed one sad tear, 
 
 Nor put for me your sable on. 
 
 I go to Him who died to save ; 
 
 In Him I trust, 
 
 And though to dust. 
 My flesh shall moulder in the grave ; 
 
 Yet soft and sweet shall be its rest • 
 While far on high, ' 
 
 My soul shall fl^ 
 
 To be forever with the blest. 
 
 4 
 
vill feel 
 rown; 
 steal 
 ae. 
 
 t eve, 
 ^ar: 
 
 ief. 
 
 ides, 
 weep 1 
 avades, 
 ) — 
 
 I'BW DAYS 
 
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 53 
 
 And at the last great day, the earth 
 
 Shall yield its trust ; 
 
 And then my dust 
 Shall rise to glad and glorious birth. 
 
 I fear not death ; why should I ? tell ; 
 
 Death has no sting, 
 
 Since Christ my King, 
 Hath died, and conquered death and hell. 
 
 The cold, dark grave — there is no care, 
 
 Nor pain, nor gloom. 
 
 Within the tomb; 
 The wicked cease from troubling there. 
 
 Then let me go : I see the throng 
 
 Of happy ones, 
 
 Upon their thrones ; 
 I hear their ever-pealing song. 
 
 Mourn not for me, when I am gone ; 
 
 Nor shed one tear 
 
 Around my bier ; 
 But meet me, meetvae round the Throne.