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Vj/C 
 
 SERMON, 
 
 DELIVERED IN TRINITY CHURCH, ST. ARMAND EAST, 
 
 ON THI 
 
 DEATH OF THE HON. & RIGHT REVEREND 
 
 CHARLES JAMES STEWART, D. D., 
 
 LORD BISHOP OF QUEBEC, 
 ON SUNDAY 10th SEPTEMBER, 1837. 
 
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 BY THE REV. J AAfES R£ID« 
 
 TO WHICH IS ADDED : 
 
 A lEnMON ON THE SAME OCCASfAN, DBLIVBRED AT ST. JOHn'e 
 AND LAPRAIRIE 09 THE I7th SEPTEMBER, 1837. 
 
 A, , . 5^ "'f^"*^,'^* CHARLES P. REID, 
 
 AtMtant Minuter f,J St Jamef Church, St. John's, and Miuionary 
 at Laprairie, Lower Canada. 
 
 STANDARD OFFICE I 
 
 rRELioiisBuna, 
 
 1837. 
 
TO THE READER. 
 
 UvV;nle'r.e"l±l'M'^ -PPl-Hng '^on.pfcuoo. that i 
 
 the follow Dg dTcoui.l'I^jti^"'""*'''* Pr""""* •» ?"•'''■•'• 
 
 |'r.nce of tbe^.te rh^^f QoeTecTd^om i 'r'""! T *""* 
 Ills memory bv a triliDi« K !, i ■"P/'o™ «<l«ire to hbiionr 
 
 •liould not be m»ile ^' *^''"**''"'*« "«» ««•« «» "o use, and 
 
 p^Sirbrjen-Lroj r'auCf r:'.w'''r^ t '"^««'''"- 
 
 it company. Havina- l^LuT' '"'.• "* "^ ^«''''^«; '»earirig 
 
 I'berty to .end it abroad. wUb my o^' IloT- i"' ' ""P^ ."'^ 
 
 one will, I hope, be m,rDri«P.I Jf ^r «>je company, and no 
 
 niuto.1 endeaJoir to Sour th' L "'" '"V"^"** *"»» '"•' •" <»•»«• 
 
 The profit., if anv .K iL . T"".'^ ''^°"'" '^"P"^*' f"«nd. 
 
 Bishop Steward a. ?h^f.^ ^^?1^' '" ""» ™«"'4 of 
 Church. '*"'^^"^»"» »he fonnder and fir.t Minister of that 
 
 k: 
 
 ■'«•! 
 
A SERMON 
 
 Od the death of the late Lord Dithop of Quebec. 
 
 caoan that i 
 id lo publith 
 teful remnein* 
 ire to hbiionr 
 I can bring, 
 sensible, but 
 no use, and 
 
 •uggestions 
 sire, beariug 
 time after it 
 a copy aud 
 any, and no 
 ) his, ill our 
 tried friend. 
 !ting a plaia 
 memory of 
 »ter of that 
 
 2d. Peter i: 15. 
 
 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decsaso, to 
 nave tbete thing* alnay* in remembrance. 
 
 'I'lie chapter wliicli contains this passage of Scripiare exhibits 
 the Apostle St. Peter in a very interesting point of view, as a 
 minidter of Jesus Christ, zealously engaged in his master's ser- 
 vice, at the last stage of a laborious life. The two Epistlea 
 which bear his name were written for the purpose of confirming 
 tho converts whom, by the blestiiiig of God. be had made by his 
 labours, in the christian faith. From a review of their contents, 
 we can hardly fail to venerate his memory for his ardent piety, 
 ar»d devotion to the cause in wliith he was engaged. He loved 
 his Lord who had cast a pitying eye on his infirmities, when 
 Satan desired to aift him as wheat, and forgave him his sin. 
 Loving tho Lord with all his heart, he luboared both to convert 
 sinners, and to edify his brethren in the faith. At the time of 
 writing this Epistle, he knew that his race was nearly run— that 
 the time of hia departure was close at hand: and, though no 
 part of his life was idle, but laborious, in the highest degree, 
 yet he manifested nu inclination, when he four " himself in the 
 vale of declining years, to indulge the love c e. On the 
 contrary, he appears to be as deeply engaged t. er he had 
 been, aiid the more so, as he saw tho end of his labouid approach- 
 ing. True religion, in the soul, will always increase with years 
 aud experience. It will bum the blighter, if the spark be 
 genuine, as the Sun ascends to meridian splendour. We ccnnot, 
 therefore, think well of any one who, as he advances in years, 
 becomes cold and indifferent. The holy A postle expresses himself 
 thus. •• Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you alwavs in 
 remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be 
 established in the present truth. Yea, I think it meet, as long 
 is I am in this present tabernacle, to stir you up, by putting 
 
 5*1 
 
joa in rflmembranro. Knowing that, shortly, I must put off 
 this my tabernaclR, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed 
 me. Moreover I will endeavour that ye mny he able, after my 
 decease, to have these things in remembrance." From the 
 intimation which our Saviour gave him, after his resufrection, 
 and before his anccnsion into glory, he knew ihat his death was 
 to be that of a martyr — that ho was not to hrnathe nut his soul 
 on a bed of roses, in the arms of affectionate friends, but under 
 the cruel violence of a ferocious executioner ; yet, with all this 
 knowledge and certainty of his appioaching fate, deeply impress- 
 ed on his, mind, he dues not murmur — he does not reflect on 
 the goodness or ju«itice of his divine Master; — he feels, on the 
 contrary, the more invigorated and 6rm in the faith, and awaiti 
 with patience, and resignation, the dark and trying hour which 
 was to waft his soul into the regions of immortal bliss. 
 
 The feelings that existed between himself, and the christians, 
 to whom ho addressed his Epistle were most amiable. He 
 charitably allows that they both knew, and were establiHhed in 
 the faith. He therefore undertakes no more than to remind 
 them of the principles in which they had been instructed, and of 
 the obligations to a holy life, which thence arise. His exhorta- 
 tion was given at the most solemn period of any man's life, when 
 he was an old man, within a few days, I will not say of the grave, 
 which is open to all men in common, but when he was within 
 a few days of becoming the victim of bloody hands. Such a'posi* 
 tion,and such an awful prospect, cannot be otherwise than solemn. 
 Yet he views it with the^calmness and resignatio/i of a man whose 
 thoughts are in heaven, and who longs to follow them in person. 
 He does not say as Cardinal WoUey is made, by the Poet, ta. 
 say, in the bitterness of disappointment, 
 
 " Had I bat serv'd my God willi half the zeal 
 I aerv'd my Kin((, he would not in mine Rge, 
 Have left me naked to mine enemies," 
 
 for he knew that the King wliom he aorveJ would « never leave 
 nor forsake'' him. 
 
 The counsels, admonitiona and prayers of an aged, holy, 
 devout father in Christ aie,'at all times, to be received with rev- 
 erence ; but when a holy man stands on the verge of the unseen 
 world, leady to launch into the ocean of eternity, as the Apostle 
 then was, what can be more solemn than his parting wordH 1 
 They are peculiarly solemn, when wo know that his scriousnesa 
 was not the result of present circumstances, but had been the con^ 
 
lat put oif 
 )th thewed 
 e, after my 
 
 From the 
 •uirection, 
 
 death wai 
 lUt ids 8oul 
 
 bat under 
 itii all thia 
 ly impress- 
 t reflect on 
 lels, on the 
 and awaits 
 lour which 
 
 iS. 
 
 ! chriatiant. 
 iable. He 
 ibliKhed in 
 to remind 
 ted, and of 
 is exhorta- 
 I life, when 
 ' the grave, 
 was within 
 uch a'posi- 
 lan solemn, 
 man whose 
 in person, 
 le Poet, t<v 
 
 lever leave 
 
 iged, holy, 
 i wilh rev- 
 the unseen 
 le Apostla 
 ng worda 1 
 icriousnesa 
 in the con< 
 
 •tant habit of his soul, through the course of life. A man to ^»c^ 
 vii, and yet so meek, so resigned to the will of God, and so anxioui 
 to improve every moment lo the last, encourngen and edifies th« 
 living, hy his exemplificati(»n of ihe power and triumph of faith. 
 He had, in life, been teuching that "all flexh ii as graM, anil 
 all the glory of mnn ns tlift flower of grass ;" ihnt to be *• aa 
 obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the 
 former lusts in your ignorance," hut to be " holy in all manner 
 of conversation," and to pass " the time of your 8oj«turning here 
 in fear;' and that it was of no real disadvantage what we might 
 be called upon to suflfer, provided, wo hold on to the end iu the 
 obedience of fuilh. The Apostle manifested'the genuineness of hia 
 faith, and the reality of his religion, at § time — in tlio|(ace of a vio- 
 lent death — when a mcie profession would have fallen to the 
 ground. Who conld hear him declare that he must shortly put 
 oflf his <> tabernacle," and that he had the unshaken hope of an 
 Abundant entrance "into the cverlasiing kingdom of our Lord and 
 Saviour Jesus Christ," without desiring that his faith and hope 
 might be like hia ? 
 
 We are then to view the Apostle, in his solemn position, at 
 Ipaving the world full of the hope of a blessed immortality: 
 and if there be in us any serious considernlion, it will surely be 
 in exercise, that wo may pro6t by his dying exhortnt'on and 
 charge, which ho has left us on record, tor our comfort and 
 improvement. Though he is dead, he yet teaches us how to live 
 and how to die, that the men of every ago may be in no want 
 of spiritual instruction. Wo are all iravcllers to a futr world. 
 How soon we may be called to put off *• tlii'» tabernacle' ft > one. 
 of us can tell, nor is it necessary that we should, as it is of more, 
 importance that, through the giace of God, we may learn how 
 to prepare fur a happy death, than to know the timeof ouc 
 departure. 
 
 I have been led to these reflections, in consequence of having 
 heard of the death of the Honourable and Right Kvvcrend 
 Charles James Stewaixt, the late Bishop of this Diocesp, 
 and formerly the Minioter of this Church. To you who are 
 old enough to have seen and witnessed how thia devoted 
 servant of God went out and in amongst you, it would be 
 unnecessary to say much... for you remember his ways and hia 
 doings. But there are others, and they are now the most part 
 of this congregation, and of the neighborhood around us, to whom 
 the (lux of a few short years has rendered hit " works of faith 
 and labours of love" a matter of tradition. 
 
 .JmLlL^RX 
 
cf fllV u ^T'^^AHT wai the tMrclion of the late Earl 
 
 .^f «all«^v«y. ,h. heaU of a uoble family of Scotlaud. At In 
 early per,o<J of hi. life, he wa.. from hiJ own choice ;ducaie 3 
 fo the mu.,Hi.y ol the Church. After hi. ortlinatTon Xh 
 
 aVn "Uh :.i '^ "7 A^""* ''." y''" ''^^' ''« -"*^'««' on hiedut ei 
 IvZlh " r^ ?''""' L""K''i"^ i" England, where he wa. 
 Kyenily beloved hy hi. people, a. an indefatigable minister of The 
 Goepol and fauhful Hi.epherd of the flock of Chrilt 
 
 lliirty year, ago, this full, ho came out to thi. country aa • 
 ■f Iw^ P"" ''".^"^'^'y for the Propagation of tl"e So pe? 
 At Zt^L^" ?' ""•' '"'"'«^' .«" '•'» «•"'-'. i" St. Armand. 
 anv D.r 117' " T" "" •""''"«•• °f «"'• ^^hurch .etlled in 
 St l" i" "■"" ?'A''"^"'7 """^ ^'''^'•" E"»"n Township..- 
 StlllVt ^''''"i"'; ^' C- Cotton, who, on the arrival of Dr. 
 fervJa; rrV'"™?'- ^'^'""'»'' where he had been for . 
 wluiT' ^?*'r ' '"''*'•« *'« '•" '•«""'i"«d ever .ince. On! 
 
 .Tot een rr '^ '''",!:"".' ''**' ""^ ^««" '"^^'' ""^ ^»'« resu U 
 
 n thelln^n "«'»P''fi«<J' th»t a P"«on brought up aa he wa. 
 
 in the ap of luxury and reBnemeni, an.l possessed of a fortane 
 
 Uence with flattering prospect, before him, and powerful friend. 
 
 r.au, would have been a very unpromising misHionary for a new 
 
 s':irei„uha.T'"- ^"' ;"r "p^''-""'' •'«••'-' -X 
 
 Jmt ner?n„. i f " '^*"' ".'"^ "'" '"'""'^ '* «« ^"^ f^"'" "hewing 
 •at persons, brought up and educated in the higher circles of 
 hfe are. on that account, unlit for the duties, aud prr/ation and 
 fatigueaof ahumWe, laborious missionary in ;new coun ty tUt 
 par ofLor'?'* S/ewart set an example before the English 
 fff? urf. ^"""**'"' »"'* »''e whole of Upper Canada of 
 ^f::^^:,'^'''''^ P*"«^''""» -«'> -J -If.dlialtim never 
 
 fbr'niL*rt'L''„?/r" "^ '^''"^ intimately acquainted with him 
 
 1 wh h, r y r^ >*"""' ^ '"'^•"^ «'»^ honoured and revered 
 
 '•t"bTrnarV' r? •'""^- ^'"' """^ »»"»» »•« ^as put off thi. 
 
 honour n»-t; *'"'■*' »° <=<"'»"hute my humble mite to the 
 
 tQwaids hi. Lordship while he was the Minister of this Church 
 and a erwards a -visiting Missionary' in the Diocese, and in tin; 
 hab t of .pending a small portion of his time, generally every 
 year aa my revered and honoured geest, it will not nerhani 
 .urpnsemyhearersifl should, a. it I my intT lion! .Jy Z 
 «» the l«te Lord Bishop „f Quebec, than of Dr. Siewarf, the 
 
leliita Earl 
 iud. At Rn 
 «, educated 
 ion, which, 
 n his dutiea 
 liero he wav 
 lister of the 
 at. 
 
 luntry, at a 
 the GuBpel 
 t. Armand. 
 h settled in 
 'ownshipi," 
 ival of Dr. 
 
 been for a 
 iiice. Oiia 
 I the result 
 
 88 he waa 
 
 a fortnae 
 is indepen- 
 ful friends 
 >d to havo 
 
 for a neiy 
 •een made, 
 in shewing 
 r circles of 
 atious and 
 ntry, that, 
 le English 
 ^'anada, of 
 that Qe?er 
 
 with him 
 id revered 
 It of} this 
 ite to the 
 > I stood 
 9 Church, 
 wd iu the 
 illjr every 
 t perhaps 
 
 liay less 
 k'art, tha 
 
 former Minister of this Church. Of the iharacter of tliis 
 vmineatly good man, and fsithfu) servant of God I will speak 
 from what I saw and learned from long, and personal observation. 
 I have too much respect for his memory to aay that fie waa 
 perfect : for this would be to offend him if my words could be 
 wafted to the place of his blessed habitation, \V!io is, or ever 
 was perfect, except one, " the author and finisher of our failh," 
 ihe Lord Jesus Christ ; but this I will say, that, if I know any 
 thing of the christian chaiacter, he was a truly good man, and 
 • devout soldier and servant of Jesus Christ. 
 
 The ^mt of the christian virtues was conspicuous in oar 
 tieparted friend. He was, emphatically, « clothed with humility." 
 He was a humble, devoted dinciple of Him who was <' meek 
 and lowly in heart." In every step of his life, hie humility waa 
 exemplary, amiable and without ostentatjon. He bad that 
 which the Apostle calls, "bowels efmercieo, kindness, liumblonesa 
 of mind, meekness, long suffering," and therefore was more de> 
 airots of promoting the glory of God, by winning souls to Christ, 
 than that men should honour him eitlier for his tank or his talenca. 
 You never heard from his lips, that are now closed in death, 
 the least indication of a wish to set up selfish pretensions ott 
 ■ny ground. So far from it indeed that, on every occasion, 
 he was always ready to encourage, the acquirements and talenta 
 •f others by the most unequivocal marks of disinterested liberality 
 of aentimcnt if he had reason to conclude that they were piously 
 disposed. This <* bumbleneas of mind" was not only manifest 
 in his conversation, and 'niercoarse with all classes of people, 
 but was also pre-em:n vi in his manner of life. His income 
 wonld have furnished hiot with the Inxuriea and elegAnces of 
 life, to a very considerable degree, even at the time when he 
 was amongst us, before the conveniences of a new settlement 
 bad arrived at their present state of comparative comfort, but 
 did he lay out bis income on the purchase of snch ibinga an 
 minister to the pride of life ? No. He <* ^t oflf the ekl man 
 with bis deeds," and his earthly desires, an<l " put on the new 
 man.*' Through the grace of God, he subdued in himself after 
 the example of the Apostle of the Gentiles, the love of the woirld. 
 and inured his body and mind to the exercise of self-denial, a* 
 enjoined by the Gospel. Having no family to support, he looked 
 on bis income as peculiarly consecrated to God, and oti himself 
 B8 o ateward, to lay out what remained, after supplying hi^ own 
 moderate wants, for the promoting of religion, eiiucatioK, and 
 the aasistltnce of the poor. While I knew hitn he never hoiiide<l 
 
»P"ny of 111. income. Hi, »„„„,.„, , , . 
 
 "•■k. .1.. .,vo .,,,1. of ,„'rr i,?.'"'',".'°","''"y 
 
 tannot but recollect, with what 1 """^'' '° ^""'^rt.hov h\m, 
 
 AlmiKhty, hahitunlly on hi, nS ■ ""'""5 »'"" view of, ho 
 "?g .ami of Go,l in e.ery em ' ' ^'•^""^e.l iho over rul- 
 ««nge murmurjf of ai,a.Jver8ecL?V ''''"'?''""• "'''f'out a 
 gratitude, if prosperous. BeZ. '"''''' ' ,""'' '^i"' -^omplary 
 •e-sed hisaoul in patience, t. us fnl i" r^'T^'^ ^ 'fe'"'"'' ''« Po»- 
 w. h no other concern than £ hl^"'-' ""I '--""Winghialself 
 faithfully do hi« duty. """' *'""' "• «" things, ho might 
 
 for.aV"itruf ^;;r:'j;,ri;«'-j;--d c«n.nd and straight: 
 
 •ngu.ge,viewsandpfoceedinJ' B,Cr'r '"".', "'^y- '"'"■- 
 
 the constraint of policy, but frL !i '"^ ''"t""""/ «». "ot from 
 
 of an hones, heart, he' was thesair • '**P T ^'"''^^ P""<''P'e" 
 
 companies, «„ honest man. .< ! „ "m ' '" » ' P'«<'««. a»cJ in all 
 
 Jtuat ons. Loth at home and toad r"J"S°'^°^'' '" «»' 
 
 thought, word and .feed, ever ?„„, •^''' "'" " « •"»", i„ 
 
 •ngaged, either in devisioi ma Lh? '"''7"'^ »"'' '««l""«Jy 
 
 to effect, some good of ? e" ^ J' 7"«"lt "g, or in bringing 
 
 nature. Dr. sfewart was noT '•'''"' V?'''^ *"• ^enerolen? 
 
 piaciic.1. And H^hat he o,^e detZ'''*', "'' P'«"« 'v«re a 
 
 ;;; W;eor^^^ Apostle exhort. 
 
 attachment to the pri^e, and ofdin"- ^^"/f !««»!«"« in*^ hi 
 I-o had. ne.ertheleis. a heart 0Deni"n*\**^'"^ '*»'" «''urch. 
 0/ our common Lord, wit our^rl?.. f- ' '^'^ '^'"'"■"' '"''"'"'•"•^ 
 denominations to which I.l ^IJ"??^ °" ""-count of the 
 
 what we daily pray rnS extent Lit?''''''"*^-. "« '^^ ''"*«"'. 
 '^quirea us, to bj. •' in Svwhlfi^' ""!'"''" °"'- «^hurch 
 other denominations honoured him f,' J- T"' • ^'" ''*'«"'• of 
 «»..ab,e deportment, hecau:e^ty ^Vll' VJr Z^r U" ^ 
 
 ,,-«Si,-.-^-,:„fc, 
 
«I>Viy« wan, (A 
 inbuiMcments lo 
 Ui»fie(l. Some. 
 ', lio sought out 
 
 > usefully era- 
 will of God in 
 
 romeiuhpi' him, 
 (nke of Cod, as 
 ''« view of tlio 
 ' llio over rul- 
 on, without a 
 nth exemplary 
 g'i«l, he po9. 
 •ubling himself 
 "g9, Lo might 
 
 and straight' 
 "ay. in his 
 / so, not from 
 ed principles 
 'ea, and in all 
 iod." In all 
 M a man, in 
 nd zealously 
 •■ in bringing 
 r benevolent 
 f»H were all 
 "^TM up and 
 
 > smoke by 
 
 '«tle exhort- 
 opinions of 
 'is respect, 
 ous in his 
 ''n church, 
 I followers 
 ant of the 
 'as indeed, 
 »ur church 
 I'istians of 
 I tues, and 
 be was a 
 
 ttiio uf whom it WM not enough to My thai be wm " wiib««t 
 guile." being only the praise of a negatire ?irtua» but thai be 
 was always ready fur every go- J work. Neit'^er in the freest 
 coaversation» nor in bis pubtic preaching, cuuld a word be 
 detected tltat shewed either a spirit of bigotry or intolerance, 
 but kindnesa, charity and benevolence lo all. Those that Ion>d 
 our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ were sure to find in liim a 
 friend ; and though he felt himself bound in tlie first place, to 
 devote his means to the furtherance of religion in bit own church, 
 yet on many occasions others have shared of Lit boanty. 
 
 Dr. Stewart wea eminently the friend of the poor. His heart 
 waa easily affected by tho tale of woe and sight of distress t and 
 no aooner did his eye behold an object of cliarity than hia band 
 waa moved to minister of hie boanty in meneyt or clotiwug, 
 or food, or medicine, as the case might require. His kindlinese 
 of nature was, no doubt liable to be imposed upon by th» 
 deaigniag hypocrite, and if ever it waa ao, the sin ia on the akirta 
 of the deceiver, while tlie bleaaing of the Lord's poor rests apoa 
 his memory. lu tli* time of the last war, no wan coold have 
 dona more, with the meana he bad under his i ontrul, fur the 
 alleviation of distress, and for the maintenance of peace on tho 
 frontiers, than Dr. Stewart did. He spared nu labour. Ho waa 
 peraonaUy on the spot, wherever his preseace was neoessarj;, to 
 do^ good» by hia advice, by hi* inflaeoce, or by his purae> Of 
 hie own, he bestowed liberally^ and as casee of distress mul- 
 tiplied, he procured from a aociety of benevolent persoas, at 
 that time CHublished in Montreal, for the lelief of sofTeren 
 from the war, an additional sum uf money, ao that tlie etfecla 
 of hia benevolence, affording effectual relief to many individoals, 
 extended all the way from Misaiskoui Bay to the Towoahip of 
 Potton, 
 
 Dr. Stewart waa the zealoua friend of edacation. At that 
 early auge of the setilement, qualified teachers were aoaroe t 
 but to supply the deficiency, he took pains to procure toina 
 from a distance, wliere he could find tbero. In many schools^ 
 in thiaaoigaiory, he uniformly bad one or more cbikiren educated 
 at hia own oxpence, besidea giving away, from time to lime, 
 qoantitiea of books. He had a few children brougbt up and 
 educated entirely at his own charge. To furnish an example of 
 what he was doing,^ I will icerely mention, tliat ducifig. the two 
 yeara he wai abeent in Bnglaod, after my ancceedlng him in the 
 place which 1 now occupy, my account ag;ainst' him on bia 
 return for monies paid out on education, and the maintenance 
 8 
 
if 
 
 / ! 
 
 f 
 
 °"««v, by /„•, ever fl •"'^''y »''« unn/e' Vl «'« ''''V'^ 
 
 "nces aggrieve £.,""'"'^''"« any ,i 'l' *^'""'««ct-n(i;„g 
 -• . notai.Ch^';'"/ "-used, i "ev^ fc™;' «"• ""<i"r a„^ 
 "ave any accounts ofT^- "" '"' ''^''-'ne<\ !„.,'*"' ""« '"stflnre 
 
 '"in-elf. towards t'T'**'' "« evil {,.3^ "P''" "one ^^rJ, 
 
 «*er cttusiaered 1^?' ^^"''«'- storms „ ' V'^ '''""^''t tljat 
 
 ^««vered with * p?t ,„^,'^''P'"'-aJ. «olid. plain IL"'"'''' «"d '"•. 
 *;"y one that iX tl"''*^ ^'"' «'"' e^'mv ^. '• ?''""^'''' «"" ' 
 
 ;f i««- Thus, Uo Zl r k" *'"«^'4 we^ ; ■'" *"'''« '■' '"■» 
 at home or abroad tn ' ^"'>'' '" Cburd/ o '. '"«'«<'ain tbo 
 
 »'"8, and St. l>aulVri ®\^*«'-« after hLZn- """ '^"* ^etv can P 
 
^" «o lonrnew of 
 
 ''^'•' "'<d t/,„ ,j^^' 
 y such occasfon, 
 
 mm effects Uj„ 
 coruFescondm^ 
 • or under any 
 ^ »"e iuHtnnve 
 mamier, ,„„. t(, 
 '« was entU;.Jy 
 f^**" none ,vu/, 
 
 »«.''« 'iad none 
 "•■OU9 appear. 
 
 '^''epmseived 
 •^onve-satjo,,, 
 "' fliti on oH 
 
 that needeih 
 ' W'as called, 
 ''"og'it that 
 'oads ti-erft 
 'J ; and 111, 
 cticnl, and ' 
 Convinced " 
 ' Master's 
 ' found at 
 ''« missed 
 a<'e it I,i, 
 •fflirj tiio 
 .C')ure/i, 
 " peopJo 
 f«H' can .' 
 ^•mand, ' 
 To each 
 ce from 
 fned tA 
 
 H 
 
 '* Th^se va1l«y8 and rocks never heard," as well as in the p«»)pit» 
 that both his Churches, when I first knew, them, were fillod 
 wall attentive hearers. Besides thene Churclies, the first that 
 have been built iu thH Eastern Townships, there are many other 
 memorial!) of his ministry omongKt us. Many can trace the first 
 ot their religious impressions to his ministry, of whom many have 
 gone befori! him to the eternal world. There are many of tiie 
 diildren whom he baptized that b(>ar his name, as a proof of tho 
 veneration in which he was held, by their parents. For some, 
 he stood as godfuilier at the baptismal font.. This ordinance of 
 the Church was not viewed by him, as an empty ceremony, to 
 be forgotten no sooner than i is peifocmed. Ha kept a list of 
 all the children for whom, he siood in the relation of god-fatL?,r, 
 and made it his special duty to pvay. for them, ,on many. ucrasiQOB, 
 but particularly, on his days of solemn fasting and prayer. It 
 is within my knuwled^ie of iiis practice, to record that every Friday, 
 whenever he remained a. week or two in one ])lac»*, was kept by 
 him as a day of fasting am! prayer. I mention this that others 
 may be moved to follow his example : for fasting is a Scriptural 
 duty, and cannot be neglected by christians without sustaining 
 loss. . Generally, when he came round, as long as he lived, ho 
 came provided with gpod hooks for his god-childjen, as they 
 gtew up. There are still, I trust, roany^ such oaemoriajs 
 of him throughout the country, as memeiit(ts of his zeal and 
 piety in the shape of Bibles, New Testaments, Common- 
 Prayer Books and small devotional Treatises. To you who 
 have received, and do yet possess them,. I would say by way of 
 patting you in. remembrance, that you have iu your hands tieas- 
 ures whicti you ougjit to value and improve. When they were 
 given you, they were accompanied, and followed with ardent 
 prayer to the ' Giver of., all good' for a bkssing to make them 
 conduce to> your eternal happiness.. Your. ey« will no more 
 beholdthe pious donor in the land of the living,- Your hand wilt 
 receive no- mora tokens of his piety out of his. You will no 
 more hear his Apostolic exhortations, warning you to improvn 
 your privileges, and to fiee from the wrath to come ; nor cim 
 you hardly expect to see his like, in all things again. An ago 
 produces but few like yonr departed Pastor, and friend, and 
 Bishop. May rve be enabled to improve the dispensation, and all 
 the privileges which we have enjoyed through his means, io such 
 a way as may, through the blessing of, God, prepare us, for 
 Keeting him again, where the sound of parting friends is no more 
 known. 
 
w 
 
 iiii 
 
 Wljen / 
 
 It 
 
 
 •••y and 
 
 Bl«hop 
 
 of tfio Eccleai..,.* 1 » Owfore he m. """*P «>f Quebec («r 
 ""^^arled d H/*"'^"*' '" 'h'e ex rl. r*' '"^ «"« rear, 
 
 Hb rank i„ S^ ""'J^f X •urcesaful. p^;' j^"""/ ?•. I- ihi. 
 members ofotl^rr 1„ »5^^'^t»«n. ApoSi« «?! *' ""*•"» 'n 
 
«'♦•"" m • Bishop 
 
 J»y not appea,, .J 
 ""•P of Quebec for 
 moted to ,f.e head 
 » CanadM, he w-„ 
 ;w.e for fi^e year, 
 '* Pf"ormed with 
 gn nia inatmmen. 
 places, many new 
 ="•*<'. On ttro 
 »arpo8et)frei«iW 
 
 *» aa»!8t in tho 
 ■•'"'«• I» this 
 
 ■"uition to hi, 
 imeroaa connec. 
 'ea character of 
 »hf Church io 
 >««'• wWchno 
 ''««»«;d in all. 
 ?? in England, 
 tiona, to astiit 
 'nftenr«ettle. 
 
 inadaa, W7thi„ 
 
 * 'Be eealona 
 
 »■ none hu 
 
 •^ ■''iiattoce 
 
 «'*<J Biahop, 
 f^ebec-an^l 
 ■boors, tmtl 
 • constlta. 
 ' weem In 
 «» well hy 
 
 •ngterm., 
 »• ••The 
 this truly 
 »»<*• am 
 Wfft, that 
 
 IS 
 
 it i« quite unnecesaary for im, if we were adeqiMte to the i«ak. 
 10 dwell upon the numerous excellenciea of this faithful and 
 de?oted servant of Christ. But we cannot conclude thia brief 
 record of the lamented death of the late Lord Bishop of th« Dio. 
 cese, wiihojt bearing teatimony, though meinbera of aoAther 
 I Church, to the high esteem in which his Lordship was held by 
 i persons of every class and persuasion throoghoat both Provinoea, 
 The Church of which he was a Prelate never embr&ced a more 
 pious and charitable a disciple, and never lost a more iui-dent and 
 devoted friend and supporter." Thus yon see what persons of 
 another communion thought of him as a Christian, a Minister and 
 a Bishop. To us « ho lielong to the Church of which he waa a 
 distinguished ornsment, such a testimony as this is very accept- 
 «ble ^oanse it gives us to understand that his christian virtoea, 
 which wo esteemed, were appreciated by others out of hia own 
 pale. To you, his 6rst congregation in this country, ha waa 
 endeared as your faithful, aftVctionate and devoted minister. la 
 this diaracter he will long be remembered by you. But we 
 have also seen him here on three visitations, after he waa promo* 
 ted to the Episcopate ; and al each time, we have seen him, 
 the same humble, holy, zraloas servant of the most High God, 
 and the same friend to all. On my ordination in the year 181fi^ 
 he congratulated me, the Brat time he saw me, on my promotion^ 
 but, in a fatherly manner, reminded me that I sitonid not view it in 
 any other light than aa contributing to make, and keep me tinra- 
 ble. This exhortation which he then gave me, he trnly practi- 
 sed faiirself; for the older he grew, the more humble, holy, and 
 devoted be grew likewise. At all times, the snpreme desire of 
 his heart was to promote the glory of God, and to brir^ siaoors 
 to Christ. Whether, as a minister or aa a Bishop^ this was 
 bis ruling desire. Under bia adminietrr ion of ecclenastical 
 affairs, tlie church enlarged her boundaries, her minisieiis were 
 increased in number, her congregations were multiplied even in 
 the face of discouragemeuts and opposition. Like the Apoatle 
 St. Paul the carea of all the churcbea fell heavily upon bin. 
 Bat iratwitbstandiog all Ims carets and all his fatigues, be waa « 
 remarkable instance of punctuality and order in the despatch of 
 his business. He had always been in the habit of keeping a 
 memorandum of what be had to do for every day-x-wbat persons 
 be bad to see — what he had to do with and say to them, and 
 what letters he bad to answer, that he might do every thing in 
 season, rhroughnut the whole of his useful life, he continued the 
 same humble, holy, active, cheerful and sealoua servaut of Jesus 
 
 ssa . 
 
'I "'« t.«i,;„,J'lV.r.'!'- "^'is „,, '» i''e «ioml, of July 
 
 •»i«f 
 
 
 ''""• '« ^wo^r " """ '"'' •». ..r„ " 7 '° """""•■our 
 
 *'*Jfc 
 
"'7 «nc| minrf t, 
 
 '""«"y grooving in 
 "• ^^'« Lo.(i and 7; 
 
 f,"""t an<J ,e4S 
 /'"'•*'•'' 'ay Jieavily 
 
 f"'t<i-«o de.oie</ 
 
 "•■" "f this world 
 falous f„,. ,,,« 
 
 "»« first f,uit8 of 
 '''« memory and 
 
 T'"'- Let a, 
 '^'" us from ,1ms 
 '" »'"-ougI, fait,, 
 
 Privilege* whic/i 
 
 "<**r a» an im- 
 '" '* were tl^j 
 8. our. invalun. 
 
 •' '"urf'y caJla 
 ascertain liow 
 ."•re'l to meet 
 resent «/i8pe«. 
 o number our 
 ° apply our 
 
 Revelation, xiv i 15, 
 
 " And I honrd a voice from HeaVen «Bying unfo me, »rrite, BlcMeil 
 ■are the dead which die in the Lord, horn htnceluith: Yoa, nalth t»t« 
 Spirit, that they may rent from their hiboure ; and their worka do follow 
 them.' 
 
 Brethren, — The pilgrim, wearied with his journey over a 
 parched and barren land, anxiously looks out for a place vvhero 
 he may repose after the labours of tlieday. And in like icanner 
 the Christian lorjgs to refresh himself after his toils are over, 
 nftoi his rate has been run, after his victory has been achieved, 
 after his pilgrimage has been accomplished, after his work haa 
 been fiiiislied, in those blissful mansions of rest which God kati 
 prepared for those who have spent their lives in his service. 
 
 Jf only in this life we had hope we would lose much of the 
 encouragenient we now have to persevere in well doing. The 
 man who toils day after day with no prospect befare him of 
 being sometime rewarded ' for his pains, either by increased 
 personal or domestic comfort, or by the sight of the happiness 
 that he has been instrumental in diffusing, is prone to grow faint- 
 hearted and despond. He ivould lose courage, and become 
 imlifferent for want of a sufficient incentive to action. And in 
 like manner would Christians be affected as regards the making 
 of their " calling and election sure," did they not know, that 
 " our light affliction which is but for n moment worketh for us 
 a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." 
 
 If then the Inipe of a blissful rest, n season of enjoyment at the 
 -close of his labours, U necessary to keep the Christian "stead, 
 fast, uiimoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord," 
 the declaration of the text must be viewed as of the utmost 
 importance. •» Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, ■ 
 froiK henceforth ; yea, saith the spirit, that thoy may rest from 
 their labours." How comfortable I Mow consoling! How en- ' 
 couraging to know that " our labour is not in vain in the Lord." ■ 
 Oui attention. Brethren, might profitably be directed to each ■ 
 of these several topics ; but, perhaps, it will be more to the f)ur- 
 poee, on the present melancholy occasion, to direct what few 
 
16 
 
 ft"""°"*"'-^'"»'"»".-.........oc. r .,,.,... 
 
 ,."'• To ,|„ cl,.™c.rof .fc™' '; ''".''•"^ "• promo... 
 
 »o 08 much in the light of a tenJ-i ' ?■ ^"^ '"^'"^«n exhibluiU 
 
 'y more literal thanVhat UieSlr 'T u*"'*'^*"* '» « •«»•• pWp! 
 -M earthly body i^ «^ il 1 "'"■' °^ ^'^ '"^J"" will adairok 
 ij purely n^nUnZl'Z ihTnlT'T'' ^« «>•» ^i-«« to ^. 
 the most exalted htelleSt^ln* ***''• "* '* '' ""PowiblX 
 •eavea; he.^„ m« X T^thl «;«? « ''•« e,a?t nature ^ 
 «0WR to earth. Gr-af - i • " attempt, and be deimi/l«^ 
 
 .^«y--k.l. in our^Uma /on ''^r^''^'-'^^^^- «'uec7. SiS? 
 •gnobleand email. *"•' '*'»'"' ««»"»Paw«l to thus. tbaT i, 
 
 faith and not by ai^ht "h.^lv""'*'^ we mast " w«|fc l„ 
 :'«^at •^8ball^|^5* y^fhilirfn.'^f"'''' "°» no,.„.e, J 
 
 that the blewed ehali exist iaa aSl r ^? "' »«» »••»*» 
 quiewence, wrapped up in andi,t„i^? «f perfeet qolotudrar 
 
 the four and twenty eJdere 3 ^ • -^ "•"•" '»teral y .jt. rika 
 aro«wJ a throne wL« I^ilt "^ '" '"T''"' <>^ «ia»l4 Xe 
 are not taught th^t reirthJeTm*„7r* ^'''l^^ »*« ""» r^^ie 
 I*'ng the v.«It of beam, rTn^ wft?l T*"* ,"**" *""•*« '» »^ 
 
 of heaven in any respect re.«mhi \ °* *'"»*'* ••»» i'h. irforiet 
 court*; but we ie taTX 5 l^L" '*"" •n«ir«ificeoce of «rtK 
 
 •'"jhodie in ihe£o?d"%U^^^^ " t'? ?**«? « ^^'-^ 
 
 •ball rest from tl • JlJ «« from their aboun •*'**.. • 
 
'Ctriiio of tilt fMt, 
 
 "poken of. 
 I to promote, 
 ''•erit it, aa exma. 
 or m God, ivhoso 
 
 M» 8pokeo of io 
 
 prevail concern- 
 neaven exIiibiteU 
 n such caaes iha 
 
 •n 8 wmsfl plain, 
 ct nrill admit o^ 
 e giircft to triiak 
 
 > iinporaible for 
 e»act nature of 
 
 id be degraded 
 
 >jects mua* ui. 
 
 tlioM tbat^ ars 
 
 ow (n part;'^ 
 iits« •♦ i^alk by 
 >i no\r exactly 
 «» which aieep 
 '■^ not taught 
 ^ qaiotude or 
 on some gio- 
 »>»"y eit, iik» 
 ^linff white, 
 he BDo ;<~.we 
 sonsiat in ma. 
 DIM of ptBke 
 at tlie gJoriet 
 ce of earthJtt 
 in Je«»/'-l 
 ■:"— tifatisj 
 
 > ■* we "nay, 
 
 (.'87tehei4 
 tatflfulnaaa," 
 « idea thai 
 
 ' after their 
 
 17 
 
 depnture labour more abundantly than tbey are bow able to do 
 but without painfuineaa or distress. God has created man to 
 promote hia glory by executing hia commanda. Dut whilat in 
 thia world he can do little but groan, being burdened aa to hia 
 Bpjrit by a body of corruption which keeps it weighed down to 
 the earth — When therefore the time of hia departure draws 
 near the Christian looks forward to another aiate of existence, 
 difteretit from that which he ia about to leave, wherein hia spirit, 
 hia desirea, his affections, hia will being no longer clogged with 
 lleah, the whole unimpeded energies of hia soul shall be engaged 
 in the actire aervice of the Creator,.. .in obedience to the high 
 commands of heaven,... in works of charily, benevolence and 
 love. And who knowa but that it may belong to the duty of 
 dear departed Sainta to go forth "aa ministering spirits sent forth 
 to mmiater for them who shall be heirs of salvation," and espe- 
 cially to those whom they most loved when upon earth ? 
 
 But the future atate of the blessed ehal] not merely be a con- 
 diiion diaiiuguiahed by the abaence of all " painfuluess and 
 weariness in labor, and by an almost inSnitely increaaed ability 
 to do the will of God, but it shall also be diatinguiahod by k 
 perfect fruition of the utmost possible enjoyment. " To them 
 who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and 
 honor and immortality" will be given "eternal life." Rom. ii • 
 7. And the effect of thia shall be that inaamuch as they are 
 now "partakers of Chriat'ssufferinga, when hia glory shall be 
 revealed, they shall be made " glad with exceeding joy." Ist 
 
 In this world much of the Christian life consists in labor.— that 
 18, m painful opposition. Those who enlist as soldiers of the 
 cross, under the banner of the Saviour of mankind, must indeed 
 wage a perpetual warfare « against spiritual wickedness in high 
 places, — against foes without and enemiee within. The tide of 
 fal8Gpr|nciples,...the course of this world,-the temptations that 
 beset them on all side8,-.the evil customs and manners of the 
 age, must meet from them a most determined opposition. Bat 
 te do thi8,--to stand resolute and unshaken on the side of God. 
 in the midst of a « crooked and perverse generation," calls for! 
 as ail must confess who have tried it, most painful " labor ;" 
 toirZi" off *i ""^'''''K »»°t grace from above can .weeten the 
 toil and afford atrength for perseverance "even unto the end." 
 
 Hut the painfulness of the Christian's labor does not arise 
 Merely from the nature of the work he has to do in the world. 
 II 18 increased by a sense of his spiritual weakness and nataral in- 
 o 
 
i« 
 
 of h oiMlf." •• Hin ioirik s- -:ir '"/""""to uo any th nr ■• 
 
 .he hardest of ..UonTn/^^'th the hXel.rr ""/ •"^'''V' 
 innate depiiivityofhi»ownhent rlr ^* love of B.n,-the 
 001 enemy to hi. peace ThraL/k" ^°'""' ^^^ "»«« ^"^ef ' 
 •i^ayhwaenaeof-afeJv' ThUin*^! TT ^°'*"- This take. 
 
 betray. Through U rhl^e^fl '^^^^^ ^ 
 
 be.rt; and by it the Eril One gS^Zier amS "'*'* ^'^ 
 Bity to .arpriie the .oal and lead it blifZu ♦ f ^'"*' opportu- 
 "•/retire from the ^orid and ^H.hd^Sr f^l'^^^ ^* 
 
 hearing ^d .ight. bat from "^0?^ rthat ^Xrl'^ V?' 
 own wicked paaaion. and derire. none caHBcaDe T^^^ ''S 
 fo«ow to the retreat remotest from the baoTtJ'^Jf m J„ .f*"'* 
 will accompany him to hi. u)u»t ili-* ,r *>^"'«°« —"»«»• 
 thorn in thS a;.h "iU the e «nk!e^S h. .T'^"' •"**' "•*• • 
 
 -riiwhereth^-a^r^JLt^^^^ 
 " wi£s s^Tbj'ii^'i^rai^^^^^^^^^^ •'« »^^» 
 
 world, the fleah and the DevS the sZ.*^*"^'" ••?*'' ^'■'"" »''• 
 for «deli»erance in "that cUvi.hi.LP*"''". *.*"*• "' *» '*»«k 
 We do not ex^ei^obrtheCcrfiZl*: "'**•"•'*'" "'•««*•■• 
 iuactirity ;- «r'. do not hone foJf M * ' ""*'• "^ '»»'«• 
 wn.aal deifght s-we do not'^^aU In ,??"'""*'**»'! P«'^«di.e of 
 whenw..f,;Udwenexdu"rrlirfori«^^^^^ °'» *'«• 
 
 ^•.t lempl.. howererXTou. SSirS 
 •ranee fro..' the burden of waTon' f« 7" '?'' ^"I* ^^'^ 
 ti»mmel.ofanearibIv bodr frSf'T*''^''?*''*''" '^<»" «••• 
 for e^er iu .piritna ^ fn^S^^i ''^^^^^^^^^^ »''» "»"' ^. .<«''«" 
 
If 
 
 conpaatml by 
 ■ny thing ■• 
 • Hreak." So 
 I, « Lord Mva 
 
 •h the irorld, 
 iho, which ia 
 I of 810,— the 
 most danger* 
 This takea 
 
 be watched 
 ^ing honr to 
 ted into the 
 ids opportu« 
 -uction. We 
 nptationa of 
 
 1 laid by hia 
 These wil) 
 
 leo,— tfiese 
 and, like « 
 remoTed by 
 he believer 
 |<) inaosiona 
 I the ireary 
 
 om al) thfa 
 h frono the 
 us to took 
 rrisGod." 
 of listleaa 
 aradiae of 
 of a tinog 
 tofGod'a 
 Br a delir* 
 fi'om tha 
 to dwell 
 ipacity to 
 for ability 
 foieUing, 
 jod, and 
 itnesa of 
 a*'£t«r- 
 
 ** Wherefore, beloved aeeiag that we look for such things," 
 
 II, let us in the oezi place consider the uae we anay derive 
 from the devout consideration of them. 
 
 1st— The knowledge of a rest prepared for those " which die 
 in the Lord" may serve to reconcile us to the loss of our dearest 
 friends. We know that in this world we are at best but as piU 
 griras,— we know that hare we cannot always abide,— we know 
 that when we die we return to meet our God by whom ws 
 were sent into this world of trial, — we kuow that to those who 
 have proved faithful, and who love God, to die is far better, why 
 then should we be so grieved, why should we mourn bitterly for 
 those who depart in the Lord ? We aay that it is natural to 
 lament heavily the loss of a beloved friend. It is natural indeed, 
 but it is so because we are not what we ought to he. It ia so, 
 because we regard our own bappineaa more than that of one 
 lamented friend. Excessive sorrow is occasioned by selfishness oC 
 heart,— by an absorbing sense oC the preaettt lose we have oua 
 aelvea sustained. Hence oar Lord, when comforting his disciplea 
 ander their grief at the prospect of hia cruel death, said unto 
 them, <' If ye loved me, ye would rejoice because I said onto 
 you I go to my Cather, for my father is greater than I ;"— aa 
 though ha had said the glory that I aball posseaa with my Father 
 Is ao much greater than what I now enjoy that if yoa loved ma 
 in a proper manner, instead of weeping at dia prospect of my 
 departure, ye would rtjoioe because I aaid I go to my father. 
 V therefore the love we bear our frienda were properly directed, 
 -^if it were unmixed with selfish feelings, we would alwaya mio- 
 gle joy with mourning whenever it pleaaea God '* to deliver them 
 out of the miseries of the pieaent world" by taking them to 
 binaelf to enrol them among hia aainta for ever more. 
 
 8d— Again, the prospect of • rest prepared for Christiana 
 beyond the grave may serve to stimulate us to perseverance in 
 well doing, and to enable aa to bear with, fortituile the labert, 
 pains and miseries of life. We need not be diacenraged with 
 the difficulties of our present atate^ For what though we ar« 
 DOW in weariness, and painful oeaa,ia hunger and thirat, in cold and 
 nakedness, we know that they cannot kat forever, and though 
 ** weepidg may endure for a night yet joy cometh in the morning." 
 ** The suffariqga of thia present time are not worthy to be com> 
 pared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. ' The hope 
 of honor, the hope of enjoyment, the hope of a comfortable 
 nrovision for old agOt enables a man to bear with cheerfalneaa the 
 bardabips & privationa of life, even though be is aenaible that tbara 
 
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 u 
 
 so 
 
 »iontrr,/yeo'- -ef"' -flection, to ti.e conto.p.a. 
 
 rest «• e?eXVfio^Tn JJaf o?ou?/'!'r ' ^''" '^''^ '' "> inherit .hi, 
 
 ^ In what l8halI,ayconcerrnith"T'^'^^^^^^ 
 
 ■ervant of Christ I e&all ^nZl^ " character of this eminent 
 
 oftrnthandeoberne;,'' TnTZZuV' '^''^ ^""^^ '^' ^^Zl 
 .compare,! with other,. y^ttUlTf ^ '*^ "'^ '••"■« •" »''« world, 
 '•to prai,e. and of who've If. thV""' '"''*'"' '« d««'^"K 
 •ban say too little than too much B'tT"'" "^'"^'^ '^'^^ ^^ 
 Per8on«areto be met with nev«r,Li T""'' ""'^'"n '"ch 
 
 "Stance of them in lhoper2'u\''^ ''«^« " remarkable 
 mourn. He haa gone^-f a Fathpr '""r"'''"?" '"«« ^« »'''• <iay 
 »he good fight of fai'b,"lK!! ."fi'??^': "« ^^a- "fought 
 earth :--he ha, departed in he III l''''* '"" *=*»""»" «Pon 
 been calJod, leaving as an Vvn . T'""«"*^« "^ hope;-.'ia L, 
 ^'Change an earthl| ^ftJe f^r? ' "'"*, ^« «''ould fo ]o«:Mto 
 So far had the fLT" f ». • *'«n'"^n>y ciovvn. ' '** 
 
 highly were hin Jirt^ rpVrtiatfdlv n'^^ • ^^'«""«''' «« ^ -o 
 inations both in Europe and Ami • ''J'. ^''!'«"an8 of all .lenom- 
 °pt merely as the Io?s of tL Esf^ ^f ^r'^^"' ^'^l '^^ ^J^^ 
 ''inces, but as the loss of th« r ' f ';.' 9'"''''' •"« these Pro. 
 ^a- the general estiL ion in wh^'V"',^^' C^^o'/c If this tC 
 contending zeal of sects and nS es 1 7' ''' '^ '^'f "midst the 
 *»"e8 of all, he must hare heenZ', .-If ''^"""**' "j® ^ympa. 
 0U8 man ;-he must have been 0?/!!^^"^ ^ ^^'^'^ «»d 4hte, 
 It says « Blessed are th! lli "''u?^'''"^^ «f whom the enir. 
 Will therefore afford an ^lustratior'".'' f'' '" '''« I-ord."!!l 
 Pression « which die in tJ " Lord'»".„!^ *^« f^""'"? of this ex, 
 him so„e of themorestrikiL vi files^l 'f *!, "* '=«''»«'np''»te i„ 
 ti«„ .1 ^"■' ''*'***^ briefly to^dTsc n e S ' '"•'""' P'-e«'"inent. 
 Jian character, I would feplv fa h ^ • *=«?«'""'es the Cbris- 
 God, patience, meekn«.«- m i- ' fe^gnation to the will of 
 bene^Sence toCdt- '^^^^^^^^^ things, chariry a^^f 
 
 th.Dgs.rand an ardent zeaTfor the Jr""'? i^^lorify God in al 
 A«<1 if o« the other hind I wereS/. '^^ ^"'^'^' 
 
 nuQ I were asked to describe the most 
 
 s-»SSa»*, 
 
disappointment. 
 Hfh tnaketii not 
 ijion, to support 
 imulate him to 
 ig ia the work of 
 
 t'le contempla- 
 
 is to inherit this 
 iher and Bishop, 
 of tliis eminent 
 orth fhe ivorda 
 re in the world, 
 n to descrjhe, 
 danger that we 
 !r seldom such 
 ) a remarkable 
 
 we this day 
 J has "fought 
 course" upon 
 lope;— ';a has 
 Id follow, «« to 
 
 inded, and so 
 of all dcnom. 
 1 will be felt, 
 in these Pro- 
 If this then 
 ■if amidst the 
 d the sympa. 
 I and righte^ 
 m the epir- 
 • Lord/'— .18 
 ? o( this ex- 
 nemphte in 
 preeminent, 
 8 the Cbrig. 
 the will of 
 iharity and 
 God in all 
 pel. 
 le the moit 
 
 fl 
 
 prominent features in tlie character of our late Biohop tlie pleai 
 ing truth would compel me to make the some reply. 
 
 Of the sincerity of his faith there is abundant proof. The 
 constant language of his lips on all occasions was " if God be 
 for us who can be against us?" And repeatedly have I heard 
 him with fervor exclaim in the words of Job, " though he slay 
 me yet will I trust in God." 
 
 For his resignation and submission to the will uf God he wm 
 remarkable. Though daring the latter months of his life ho 
 laboured under much prostration both of body and mind, and 
 though from the nervous excitability to which he was reduced 
 by disease, the tranquility of his mind was sometimes disturbed, 
 yet he was frequently heard by his attendants saying to himself, 
 '* what I shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall 
 we not receive evil ?" Job. ii. 10. Nay his whole life was a 
 living prayer for grace as if saying, •« Lord, not my will but 
 thine be done." 
 
 His meeknPBs and charity led hira patiently to bear with the 
 failings and imperfections of others. Of all men he was always 
 disposed to hope for the best, and never until repeated proofs of 
 their obstinate iniquity could he be prevailed upon to give up 
 all hopes of their being at least iuclihed to do what was right. 
 
 His liberality in giving to the poor was unbounded. Whilst 
 labouring as a missionary on a very limited income there is unex- 
 ceptionable testimony to shew that he not unfrequently deprived 
 himself of the ^omfovts of life to minisler to the necessities of oth- 
 ers. The tale of distress was never listened to by him without 
 awakening the deepest sympathy in his breast; — not a sympathy 
 which evaporated in words, but which t-hewed itself in feeding the 
 hungry, in clothing the naked, and in pouring the balm of consola- 
 tion into the minds of those who were of a sad and broken heart. 
 
 Though at times we might be disposed to question the pro- 
 priety of some of his charitable acts, for who is perfect in this life 
 and offends not, yet his known benevolence of disposition, and 
 evident desire to make all happy and contented around him was 
 always seen to extort an acknowledgement from the most 
 unwilling that he was a good man and meant to act for the best. 
 
 In his holy life and conversation we saw explained what the 
 scripture meaneth when it says " whether ye eat, or drink, or 
 whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God," for never was 
 there a man who more truly endeavoured to lire op to the spirit 
 of this divine command. He was instant in prayer. Heconse- 
 crated himself sonl and body as a « living saeriSce" to God, 
 
t f 
 
 li 
 
 ^i^:'^'!:^ .. hi. a.,. 
 
 withdrawn from the Zld TnVn ""'r^l' ^° •''" f""««» •en« 
 
 the Lord." Hi. i-;iigTrl..To tel'f"^-^'^ " P""*" ''•♦«• 
 every feehng of hi-VJlrt anS .n r '■*''»'°?' ''" t^'^'ded 
 human nature would alio,; !l° ^'''. ^ »'»« infirmity cf 
 Mt tf.atl,e«ra» but a„ & i^**^ '^V"" ""^ »»• "fe. H. 
 God,-|.e felt thathe ,,a,7n.t,"7"^°^ the my.t.rie. o. 
 hejiven for every thin^ he 00.^ i*"^ .*%*'r ••''^'> f'-^«n««« of 
 held -ccountable a. Stt'^Zf \~-''''.^'''' »''" ""^ 'ho"'*! be 
 talent, and mean, of doini'i!^,'^"'' ^« ''ff''» "erci.e of ererV 
 -.nd feeling .hele t,;?„7,^rnl7"'; "J"'^'! ''^ ^'u'""'--^' 
 himblo in mind, .o " fervent {".nirU •'"^*': *'l" ''• *«• •• 
 . Jn meek and holy humHitv L f 1 'V^^.^ *''" L"''*^" 
 »'ne master. Of hi.J we «.„ .Jv « 7*** *'"' •„"•"?'• "^ »"• rf'*- 
 wy- of himself. .. Lord I .m "^'r L''* ''^f " ^'•'™i»« of I««el 
 
 »o every thing i„ whilh Kiae '„ J^l • r" ''''P?'»""»'». •"«! 
 coDducted himself a, though he fdf T.»* iif 7''t "" """» ''• 
 'or .' Christ', .uke becomf the .erLt «; S*„ vt* '^•'"' '"' »'•*' 
 hia exalted r..,k, both iatWi °.* S^ *"• Notwub.tandio« 
 
 J.cendedtotl«,;eoflo;dt:J N^^ll'll'" "'"-"f"")' ««"• 
 Jb.. excellent tniit in hi, chKir anU; *''? "^^PT ''«"• ^l^^ 
 heart he thought each one be?*, ti. P?^^" ' &'' >° l«»»vnn«» of 
 fcnowJedged hi^a deficlnc^^'V^;;;" ^^ "f. f^-di'y -^ 
 
 JJ'e judgment of other, in wh^ hr«lP ' **"*'*'' '•8«"' «• 
 whatever company he miirhT LT h« ^ '""^ '" •^'"•^'^e- '» 
 of one of the noblest .od mo^t .^cittT r""' •"*"." * «'"'>««• 
 or a. a Bishop who ha«I recdved?lL ***. '" *•"* ^"P're, 
 
 b«t he was .een as t^S If h.„^**°!'"'' '*'""• ""^ *" "'^ 
 poor, a. the couuseHorof the rw^^/rP'"'. ' "" '''" <* «»f »ha 
 "the well beloved of hirLord aSiL" *r' ^* . ' ' '' fl««''t 
 did he seek to appear grea^intl 1 "•";*"'' '^''^^'" Neve^ 
 
 •hrougb the grace of G^df wm enabS?! "^ "*'"• «« *^^*y' 
 of character that belong tr!!,«!," PT"" »be .impJIcU; 
 low^y Saviour of ti^Trhl. »'''»« ^'"^ip'e of the meek wd 
 
 bot &furo'iz;o'ft cbstr^^^^ *" r 'i^'r y»" • ^nt 
 
 be indented Bishop. A»"?"//,^' "« beloved and much 
 
 *»«-nr J labor wa. eveV more imnTrr !^ *'l*' obJ'gat'on to mi.. 
 
 ^» V .d when, ^-^„n rariZ .: ^ *'*'i' underatood than it now 
 
 '*»wts, ti. zizzT^zT:::;::t'''. *^ "^ -- 
 
 vvuniry tva. rendered more arduou. 
 
Mpecmlly .1 hj, ,|,y, 
 Y, io tli« fullttit •enta 
 J»t hi« loul, though 
 J to be '< prewDt with 
 eiigion; hot pervaded 
 
 M the infirmity e' 
 on of his life. H« 
 
 of the myHteriei oi 
 !he rich freenoae of 
 Bit that be should be 
 ht ezerciae of erery 
 sh he W89 endowed ; 
 ider that he was so 
 •g the Lord." 
 »e example of his dl. 
 et Psalmist of Israel 
 »d, I liave no proud 
 le deportmeut, md 
 rotvards all men he 
 9 St. Paul, he had 
 ••■ Notwubstandiog 
 he cheerfully con- 
 « reepeot alone did 
 ror in lowlinesa of 
 f' He readily ao> 
 « Cftnlid regard to 
 on to confide. Jo 
 )» not as a branch 
 I in the Empire^ 
 latJons of all men, 
 f '.'fdofthe 
 •"-^^ U flock, 
 »6 i/nupt. Nerer 
 )u. But alnrays, 
 r»e the simph'city 
 of tbo meek and 
 
 Jfore you a faint 
 eIo7ed and muok 
 bligation to mif 
 ^ood than it noir 
 Dt to most neir 
 sd more arduous 
 
 tbao mi.ny«fm now can readily conceiro. he left his father < 
 Tous. -"^ "cenes of bis youth.lthe acciety of those .n whom 
 Hshel^tleioi -d & cheerfully devoted himself t^bcsalfdeuy.ug 
 ioiTico ol liibGod in the wilderness. 
 
 Fryeare in the simple capacity of .n humble m.ss.onarjr of he 
 cross Z was in labours most abundant. Ai 6rst he muuUered 
 ?n holy tbTn". at SU Armand in the Eastern Township, of Lower 
 Canada where in the f«:e of such difficaUies »» ^ho»e only can 
 teali-e «l»o are acquainted with the situation <> ;»'«^«''"7.," 
 <hose parts at tl«t time, he was, through the b ewng "f JJ* 
 Mo" t SiKb. enabled to found and build up in C^'-«- ^^^^^^^^ 
 two aourisbing Churches. He then removed to Hatley where 
 irawTunded another Churd., and where be yet !";«<.'« J J. 
 Kart^of many. He then. a. soon as he «^» P-^^^f .^^jj' 
 for a.ucce«or in that charge, undertook for the «f «»['?" '8 
 a more extended field of usefulness, the more «"'«^«- J*""f' 
 of a visiting oriiiaeraut Missionary in the ^ «"'« '''«"'«; ^J" 
 the faithful discbarge of this most laborious and responsible oftice 
 ,. remSned until the year A. D. 18-25, when .t pieaj«a God 
 to reward his servant by causing him to be raised to the Ep.s- 
 Lat^ of Qnebec. To \his he 'carried the ..mo ""nP '^'ty o 
 character and Christian devotednesa-eB his master- cause, that 
 Jelade'er before manifested ; insomuch that bis »«" '"J"";*' 
 friends were unable to perceive that the change had in tho leaat 
 affected his manners or uisposition. . . • i . 
 
 Th?s. brethren, is a brief fanative of the manner in which our 
 lat. Bishop .bowed himself to us a. a minister of Jesus Chnst 
 Bat though we are enabled to ascribe more pra.se to h.m than 
 to most men. yet the vast amount of good he has been the mean. 
 «f Sir a. .private member of society, as a missionary, and 
 1 1 Christ an Ksbop. can never be fully known until that day 
 when S? sec°ets shall be revealed. But I must pause. Time 
 will o5y permit me to say that what the aposUe recommended 
 to he PhiH^pians was closely copied by him. He wa- u lamelew 
 «..! harmless, .a son of God without rebuke,.~.io the midst of • 
 c"ookeT.nTperver^^ generation. He wa. a burning and a .h.ning 
 
 "•^BretVrironr'tber has now gone to hi. reward and it only 
 remaTn. that we imitate hi. virtue.. When I cal io "»;nd t« 
 ardent «eal,-his earnest endeavour, to aeek and to save that 
 wtch SlVlost ;^wh«. especially I call to mind the many m- 
 rtancee of unwonted friendship that he ha. ever shewed to my 
 pltb^i hpuM and to me, I cannot l>ut feel that hi. lo«. is greater 
 
I ■■ ^ 
 
 If' 
 
 »4 
 
 tlirected l.im inOepaths of riuJ''° r T"*-- ."'« «»"»««!• 
 enedbim in the ivay he si 0^^/"^^ 
 iiim thu8 far iu his Diirimaa« ,h^ 'T^! friendship has cheeied 
 him early what he sEJS 73 fi'e /nltv ^P^ e«.„p)e taught 
 be God he was the in« ■ „rn f fu ^I'^^ ^^ '"' ''^« J—""*' Messed 
 fulmind a d^ire to rLT?» »hat first implanted in hia youth- 
 tJying world ^ »b« everlasting Gospel to asintal and 
 
 prafed and laboured mrhSrltf." «°"'«-°"« '^''O 
 to enter into the joy of ou, Lor7 i& *'^ ^^"^ ^iven u» 
 repine. For thoLh ^o h^m »/ i'- ^^ ""O""^". but let us not 
 -io die wa. gain^-' H "- J " ' "^^ C^hrisc," yet for him 
 •piiit is now reused ivLTJ ^ ," "°"^ acconiplisbed,~hia 
 not., we Srmly believe orTvl A '^'° °f '^"''^ ^''^' »«** h« « 
 
 be has been enabled tSse'befo^e L so 1^1!''' ^''^.'^^P^? 
 bim in the communion of S«Vn»o ' ^''« being iimted with 
 last day when cZZ lu ■^\*J''^ w«y rise with him at the 
 
 the qurck'td'^tte aAS T-waVd"" "'^^'^^ to judge hofh 
 bis deeds. Amen. ^"'^ •''^'^ ""n according to 
 
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