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NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS.

Mt Dear Frikmds, —

Although it has been my practice during the forty-geven
years of my ministry, always to address my people at the com-
mencement of each new year from the pulpit, on the topics natur-
ally 8u;;gested by that interesting season of our lives, 1 have also
found it profitable to say a fexv additional words, in the more
permanent form of some printed pages, which peradventure
may be taken up and fixed in the memory of the reader, long
after the pulpit address, and perhaps ita speaker, may have been
forgotten. I have been gratified to find that such memorials
have been kindly received, and I hope profitably, in the past, not
only by those over whom I have been minister during the
nineteen years of my residence in this city, but also by those
beloved members of my former charge in Lunenburg, who
occasionally bring forth to me, on my annual visits to that quar-
ter the little Pastorals received by them in years gone by.
Encouraged by the hope of stirring up in like manner, your
pure minds by way of remembrance, not of me only, but much
more of those concerning things which it is my duty to set
before you publicly and from house to house, even tho' ye know
them and be established in the present truth, I once more, and
possibly for the last time, desire to follow the same plan, and
commit a few plain words to writing, as "bread cast upon the
waters." 1 think it meet "as long as I am in this tabernade" to
do so, knowing, as being nearly 73 years old, that I must shortly
put off this my Tabernacle. And I would therefore endeavour
in all humility that you may be able after my decease, to have
in remembrance the concerning things which pertain to your
salvation, when perhaps some of y(m may give more earnest
heed to them than when the living voice sounded them in your
ears. I am the more quickened to this act of pastoral adm

nition by the feeling that T am almost the solitary remnant of
the clergy who were laboring in this diocese when I was ordained
in the year 1824. My beloved brother in the ministry, the
friend of a life time, my fellow worker in the vineyard of the Lord,
with whom I so often have " taken sweet counsel," and walked in
the House of God as dear friends, the lamented especially of St.
George's, where he spent his honored and ffthful ministry of
nearly half a century, having been called to his rest during the
past year, I have since felt more than over, that my time too
is shortening fast, and that whatever I have to do should be done
quickly. Oely one clergyman remains who was in the diocese
before me, and he has for some years been on the retired list.

Thus left alone of all those who walked with mo in the ranks
of the ministry at first, it behoves me to offer my heait lelt ac-
knowledgements to Him, who has permitted me to labor in Hie
service so long, although alas, with too little profit. To His
goodness I would ascribe the uninterrupted health I enjoy, and
the ability to be in my accustomed place on every Sabbath of
the two years which have elapsed since my last address to you,
as well as to go through with the other various duties of my posi-
tion. May the manifold shortcomings which, as I painfully feel,
have marked every day and every year of my course, be covered
over by the all perfect robe of the Redeemer's righteousness ;
and every failure on my part towards you be supplied out of the
infinite fulness that dwells in Him. In looking back over the
last two years I have also to express my thankfulness for the
harmony and good will which has prevailed in our congregation.
The attendance, if not as large as my wishes would make it, has
yet been very satisfactory and made up chiefly of that class for
which this church was designed. I am persuaded that to have
God's House thus free to all, has been a privilege highly valued
and blessed by Him to the good of many who have passed away,
as well as of you that remain. And when the day of final
reckoning shall come, I trust and believe that it will be said of
this and that one as regards our Zion, "he or she was spiritually
born in her." So that then vou and I may rejoice together and
be forever with our Lord, ^till I long io see among you a
greater progress in Divine things, more xeal and warmth and
earnestness in the great work of your Balvation. I desire to find
a larwer increase in the numbers of our communicants. You

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will, I think, bear me witness that I have given you "line upon
line and precept upon precept" us regards this esaential duty and
blessed privilege of the Christian believer. While cautioning
you against the prevailing error in regard to that Sacrament, of
exalting it above everything else in religion, and considering
that if you are only communicants all is right with your souls—
and that there is a real corporeal presence of Christ therein
(which I believe to be as much at variance with scripture and
the teaching of our church, as ii is contrary to our reason) T
trust I have duly urge 1 upon you, time after time, the necessity
of that holy ordinance, in remembrance of your dying and risen
Lord, if you would grow in grace and be acknowledged by Him
as His faithful servants. " This do," said He, in the last
moments of His precious life. How can wo face Him if we
leave it undone ? Once more then, most dearly beloved, do I
" bid vou in the name of God, I call you in Christ's behalf, T
«Xiiort yo\} pM jrou love your own salvation that you, who have
not yet done bo, will henceforth lose no opportunity of being
partiikers of that heavenly feast." Fear not to^ come, if you
desire lo lovo tu^ ^.kase that Saviour who gave himself for you.
Ratiie- fear t(- stay away. Nothing should keep us from it but
loving and liviiig in actual unrepented sin. And that will
keep us from Heavon. You may confidently expect to meet
your Lord at his Table. Not in the substance of i.he Bread and
Wine, but spiritually^ in your own hearts, by faith, when
devoutly doing as He has bidden you. Away then, my dear
friends with all excuses, which will not be accepted before God.
Com at once, the very next time after you read this. And if
"you cannot quiet your own conscience herein but require
further comfort and counsel," you know how gladly I will give
it, to the best of my ability, pointing out to you how in God's
holy word you may find all fears and scruples removed, and be
"received as worthy partakers of that Holy Table," not worthy of
course in yourselves to gather up even the crumbs that fall from
it, but accounted so by your Lord, when you are deeply con-
vinced of your own unworthiness.

I would very earnestly enforce all thife, especially upon those
who have been confirmed under my care in Salem and since we
moved to Trinity. Many of you have never advanced the next
and most important step, and knelt at the table of Him with

regard to whom on those solemn occasions, you professed before
men and angels,

That long m life itself shall last,

Ourselves to Christ we yield,
Nor from His cause will we depart,

Or ever quit the field.

Why then have ye been so long in acting up to this, and
never proceeded to confess your Saviour in his own appointed
way? Delay no longer. Remember the word of the Lord.
"Promise unto the Lord and keep it all ye that are round about
him. When thou vowest a vow defer not to pay it." Then
again, my friends, how is it about other essential duties. Are
yon mindful of the Saviour's charge. "Enter into thy closet (any
private place) and shut thy door and pray to thy Father which
is in secret." If you fail in this you will fail in all. Earnest
private communion with your heavenly Father, through the Son,
and by the Spirit, lies at the very root of saving godliness. It
is the oil to feed the lamp of all real devotion. Thus speaks the
word of God. "Pray always. Pray without ceasing." Examine
yourselves then, honestly, as to this essential duty and high
privilege. And how is it about your Bibles, the precious book
divine with which God has blest our land — which all may have.
Be sure to read it, prayerfully, regularly, and with heart applica-
tion for light from above. Not on Sundays only, but a portion
of it at least once every day. Take care that the newspaper
or the fictitious and sensational trash which floods our land, and
crouds our book stores, does not push God's book out of the way.
Remember, that is the only book by which you will be judged
in the great day of account.

Moreover, have my frequent addresses on the duty of Family
Prayer, had the effect of making that the practice in your
dwellings morning and evening, in the midst of the children
whom God has given you ? Your observance or neglect of this
beautiful and influential exercise mav have itP effect for weal or
woe on generations yet unborn. Its due performance will bring
a blessing down upon your households, and promote harmony
and love and order and peace within your doors. Forms to
assist you are easily attainable ; or your Prayer Books will
supply you with sound and spiritual words. Therefore, dear
Fathers and Mothers of my people, if the morning hours of 1871
have found your houses silent as to family worship, let them I

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entreat you be so no longer. And the God of all the families
of the earth will bless you and yours.

Clofsely connected with this subject I would urge upon you
renewed care in the training of your families in the knowledge
and practice of true religion. The Scripture gives it as one
mark of the "last days that men shall be disobedient to pai«nt8,
unthankful, unholy, without natural affection." And truly this
mark is upon our present times. Insubordination, impatience
of control, want of respect for ago and rank, abound. The
young forget that part of their Catechism (with many others)
which bids them "'submit themselves to all governors, spiritual
pastors and masters, and to order themselves lowly and rever-
ently to all their betters." I fear that in many cases this and
other juvenile failures may be traced to the want of due care and
right example at home. remember that you are greatly
answerable for the souls of your children. You are told in
God'fl word to "train them up in the way they should go — in
the nurture and admonition of the Lord." "In the morning sow
thy seed," and the promise is sure, that good will come of it.
Especially, if as you surely ought, you add fervent prayer for
God's blessing upon all your care. How many are the instances
of gracious answers to such prayers, especially from a mother's
heart and lips, for some wayward child, perhaps wandering and
dying in a far-off land. Meanwhile, take care while they are
under your roof to accustom them to tha obbervance of the Lord's
day, to be with you in His house, and to attend regularly at the
Sunday School, in connexion with the church of their fathers.
"Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded" is the precept of
your Bible. Suffer a word of exhortation specially for yourselves.
I delight to see you around me in the church and our other meet-
ings. I desire to have you prepared to take the places of your fa-
thers in all that is good and praiseworthy. I wo^ -i guard you,
if I could, from the snares and temptations which surround you.
Especially from the great evil of our ^ity, the love of strong
drink, and all the downward paths that lead to it. You know
that for nearly forty years I have supported Temperance Asso-
ciations, I hope not without some success. I intend to do so to
the end of my life. Convinced of their necessity and benefit, I
want you all to unite your efforts with mine, in the good cause.
Choose your own, out of the many forms of organization, but
belong to some portion of the great Army now engaged in fighting

against a foe, a thousand times more destructive to human life
and happiness than all the wars of past or present times. "Touch
not, taste not, handle not." You are quite sure if you take none
you will never take too much. Above all, pray for God's
strength and God's blessing on your tows and pledges. In this
too many fail and therefore fall.

I believe Intemperance to be the curse of our country and of
all others, and that it would be a most happy thing if " all that
Intoxicates" were banished for ever from 'among us, except for
medicinal or artistic purposes. Meanwhile, if we cannot banish
it entirely, let us fight against its poisonous effects. Use all
your influence my young friends, against its use, s»ieak against
it, strive against it, advise against it, pray against 'it. But at
the same time do it all in love, and with allowance for rbose
who differ.^ We can not, all, in this, or any thing else, "see
eye to eye." Violence does good to no cause, and I believe the
one in question has been often injured by intemperate advocates

In conclusion, my dear people, let us be quickened in every
good word and work, by the serious aspect of the times in which
we live. ^ As regards tha world at large, how clostly do the so-
lemn .uyingsof our Lord apply. As when he speaks of "wars and
rumor.^ of wars, nation rising against nation and kingdom against
kingdom, carthqrakes and pestilences in divers places, men's
hearts failing them for fear and for locking after those things that
are coming upou the '^arth." But amid " the shaking of the
nations" let us see the baud of Him who "sitteth between the
Cherubims, be the earth never so unquiet," and can make the
•'fierceness of man turn to His praise," bringing good out of evil.
It is a season i-ssuredly, for uttering with redoubled fervor the
prayers of our church for " peace in our time," tor " unity and
concord" among all nations, and for the advent of those glorious
days when the Prince of Peace shall have universal sway, and
men shall not learn nor practise war any more. But as to this
little corner of thu world in which God has cast our happy lot,
though mercifully free from war and other pubhc calamities, we of
course have had our changes and trials. How many of those fa-
miliar faccG which were to be seen among us two years r.go, are
seen no more, leaving many a once happy dwelling shrouded in
gloom. The year just closed especially, soon brought a heavy
weight of sorrow in the loss of the ill-fated •' City of Boston" to
many familiys of our city, with whom the sympa'thy was univer-

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sal. And in our own Congregation, we have had to lamert the
loss of ipany of our members, — not the old and infirra only, but
rather more of an age at which death is gonerally supposed to be
far away, thus *>nforcing the Divine caution upon ub a]l, to
"watch" and be ever ready for an early call. Thus "the
Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the »jan of wisdom shall
see thy jame ; hear ye the word and who hath appointed it."
May such be the use that we all make of the Lord's dealings
around v» and with us. "When thy judgments ?ro abroad, saith
the prophet, the inhabitants of the oarth will learn righteousness."
Finally, dear brethren one and all, "hold f-^at the profession of
your faith without wavering." "Give all diligence to moke your
calling and election sure." "^o ever looking unto Jesus, as the
way, the truth and the life. after all our long years of preach-

ing and of hearing, it comet: to tli? at last, " are we Christ'^' or
are we not." Have we His Spirit in oi^r hearts, and its fruits in
our lives. Have we i^on as poor sinners to His Cross and m
that alone for pardon, rigbtv-ousness, sanctification and rcde»np-
tion? He will soon come to take an account of hk 8erv»>.wi
Examine yourselves, then, whether you are ready. >r,ise
teachers, and false doctrines are abroad even here. Avoid them.
Clino' to your church with unwavering affection, because in her ser-
vice3°and articles and creeds she clings to Christ, teaching us that
we are justified only by faith in Him, freely, and not for ous own
merits or deservings — holding forth to us the words of fjife,
following us with wholesome food from our cradles to our graves,
and there leaving our mortal bodies with the cheering promise
that He who is the resunection and the life will not forge', us,
but will reunite us by and bye, if joined to Him by a I'ving faith
to the Spi: its that meanwhile have lived with Himself in the higher
world. True, your church cannot save you. But she would
lead you to Him who can. You need no better earthly helps
or outward means than that church supplies. Love her much,
but love Christ more. He must be exalted far above all on earth.
I trust I can love all tuose by whatever name distinguished, who
love Him. But at the same time I more especiall.'y prefer that
Church in which I and mine have been born, baptized and
nurtured, in which I have so long bean preaching the Gospel of
Salvation, and in which as T have lived, so 1 hope to die. And
I hope it ip no bigotry (^hich I abhor) to commend her to your
unceasing regard and support, and your regular md devout

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attendance, always however, guarding against the " form of
godliness withont the power thereof/' May the Lord turn these
imperfect liner written by snatches from manifold engagements,
to the good and comfort of at least some of you, and may He
bless you and keep you all, and make His face to shine upon you
now and evermore is the fervent prayer of

Your aflfectionate friend and Pastor,

J. C. COCHRAN.

Halifax, Jan'y., 1871.

Extracts from my Pastoral Journal for 1869 and 1870

Visits 5,393.

Public Services 517.

Baptisms 218.

■ Funerals 76.

Marriages HO-

Note.— .4s to the doctrine of the Church of England on the
Sacraments.

Article 28th. " The body of Christ is given, taken and eaten,
only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the means
whereby the body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper, is
Faith."

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"It is hereby declared that no adoration is intended, or ought to
be done, either unto the Sacramental bread or wine there bodily
received, or unto any corporal presence of Christ's natural flesh and
blood. For the Sacramental bread and wine remain still in their
natural substances, and therefore may not be adored (for that were
Idolatry, to be abhorred of all faithful Christians) and the natural
body and blood of Christ are in heaven and not here; it being
against the truth of Christ's natural body, to be at one time in more
places than one."— Book of Common Prayer— end of Cow.mumon'
Service.

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