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FAREWELL SERMON: 
 
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 ON THE MORNING OF THE Ist NOVEMBER, 1808. 
 
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 Eev. W. F. pRtOR,— 
 
 liev. and Dear Sir, — 'Wq, the subscribers, having listened to your 
 farewell sermon yesterday morning, so full of earnest counsel, of affec 
 tionate solicitude for our eternal welfare, and of kindly expressions at 
 parting, ask your permission to have it printed for private circulation. 
 
 Wo make this request, to enable *hoso who were not present at the 
 service, to read it, and that all may preserve it in remembrance of one 
 whom wc esteem so highly, and that wo may derive instruction and com- 
 fort therefrom. 
 
 We are, &c., 
 
 JAMES W. TURNFAl, 
 JAMES II. TIIORNE. 
 
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 " Now (lie God of peace, that broitr/fil ar/ain frntn the dead, our Lord 
 Jesus, that Great Shepherd of the sheep, throtnjh the blood of the 
 eve.rlastinfj covenant, — make you perfect in every yood work to do 
 His will, working in you that which is ivcU-pleasintj in If is sight, 
 throuffh Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen." 
 
 Life, dear brctlii a, is a solemn thing. It is short and uncertain : 
 nay, more — its course is ever onwards with strange sad sjiocd, as if eager 
 to reach its close. Yet it is a precious gift of Clod, and its value rises 
 all the higlier the more it is looked upon as a time of grace. Wo live 
 for another world, and our present existence stands in close connection 
 with that future eternity. And still, notwithstanding this, oh ! how 
 often are these great truths slighted and forgotten. When looking round 
 us, we fail to perceive or acknowledge them ; and the lesson of time's 
 swiftness is lost upon us. Vfe live on and on, as if things were certain 
 to continue for ever just as thoy arc now. But sometimes there comes 
 a break, a reminder that change must come, and that there is such a 
 thing as the end of time for each and every one of us. And it appear.-; 
 to me, brethren, that God in His love and wisdom is now thus reniinding 
 us. For more than three happy years now past, we have dwelt together 
 as pastor and people in this parish. With the exception of last winter, 
 when for a season wo were called upon to part, there has been an unin- 
 terrupted term of happy intercour.se and communion. And iKany,. 
 perhaps, thought naturally that it might continue thus. IJut God in His 
 inscrutable wisdom has seen fit to huvu it otherwise : at >nce there comes 
 a check, and wo are stopped in our onward course. Ah ! should this 
 not remind us, (I say), that all earthly connections must one day have 
 an end, — that but a few more years, and then on earth there will be time 
 
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 no longer. Yes, it hliould impress us oortnlnly with tho fact, tliat " here 
 wo linvo no confiniiinj^ city, — that wo arc htran^^crs and pilj^riins npoii 
 earth," — tliat, however pornument and stationary Mfo may tiomctimeH 
 appear to us, tho journey's end will sooner or later ho surely rcaehed, 
 and time ho exchan^^ed for eternity. IJut, heloved, in addition to these 
 passing thon;;litH thus npccssarily suggested hy this solemn event, — thia 
 olosing of our pastoral (!onneetion, — I feel that I must seek more par- 
 ticularly to improve tho occasion of my parting address hy dwelling hriefly 
 upon a portion of (iod's word. It is the last time that I shall speak to 
 ycu from this j)ulpit, at any rate for many years, while, with niinihors 
 now hcforc mo, I shall certaiidy ho jjleading for tho last time in life. 
 Tho next time wo meet, will ho in eternity. And oh I may God grant 
 it to ho a meeting in a happy eternity, — an entrance together into the 
 joy of our lionh For, a? 1 have so often told you, it i.s simply with 
 thi.s ono aim and ohject that I Ik.vo ever endeavoured hund)ly to lulour 
 among you as an amha'^sudor of Christ. While it is to this — I mean tins 
 joyous meeting in a heavenly home — that I yet look forward in faith and 
 hope. And, therefore, in the Apostle's words, which 1 have chosen as 
 our text this morning, my parting prayer for you all is this, — that 
 "tho God of peace who hrought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, 
 that great Shepherd of tho sheep, through tho hlood of tho everlasting 
 covenant, may make you perfect in every good work to do His will, 
 working in you that which is well pleasing in Mis sight, through Jesus 
 Christ ; to whom bo glory for ever and ever. Amen." 
 
 Uefore dwelling upon the prayer itself, then, let us first glance liriefly 
 at tho expressions introducing it. They present us with the glad tidings 
 of a free and full salvation, the gospel of the grace of God, tho story of a 
 dying, risen, and ascended Saviour. And first, wo have tho aspect in 
 which (jod the Father is represented here ; — " tho God of peace." it 
 recalls to us His own words recorded by tho prophet, — " Fury is not in 
 me, saith tho IjO.d." Ho has turned from the fierceness of His anger, 
 and made peace between Himself and man by tho blood of tho cross. 
 Not, you observe, — not " peace at any price," at tho expense of His 
 honour, of His holiness, His justice, law, or truth. God has not over, 
 looked tho guilt of sin ; though He pardons. Ho does not palliate it. 
 And peace it is therefore, only at such a price as satisfied the utmost 
 
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(lomanilH of ITls law, and fully vinilicatcil Ills liolitio«s in the Hi;;ht of tho 
 universe. For nt tlio cross of (!liri.«f, wIkto (iiis pca(;o was mudo, there 
 mercy and truth are met tof^othor, riji;hteotisno.«!i and pence omliraeo en«h 
 other. It is only when believing; in Jesus, that we are at pcaeo with (Jod 
 — at pence with Ilia justice ; at peace with His law ; at peace with our 
 own conscience. Wo have nothinc; to fear in the hour of death ; nothiri;: 
 to dreail at the day of jud^tnrnf. (.Mirist h:is paid our delit, and satisfied 
 for our sins; ami, fully leeonciled to us l»y tli<! hlooil of His Son, a just 
 and holy (iod has no loni'cr any quar-el with us. " .Jusiilied by fuith, 
 wo have peace with God throu^i;!! our Lord .Jesus Christ." 
 
 JJut further, says the Apostle, — "Tho God of peace who hrnmiht 
 atjain from the dead our Lord Jcsus.^^ Hero wo bavo tho Saviour's 
 resurrection alluded to. Ami tliou'2,h in one sense tho glory of that 
 risinf» bclon_G;.s to Christ Ilini>elf, — for said He of His <nvn body, 
 " Destroy this temple, and in throe days I will raise it up ;" " I have 
 jKiwcr to lay down my life, and T lia\o power to take it again," — yet 
 here it is attributed to (loil tlio Father. .Tu.-t as to tho game event, tho 
 day of His resurrection, St. Paul applie.i the P.-:almist's prophetic words, 
 "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee," — " as if (says a 
 commentator on these words.) as if He came froni Joseph's tomb, nion; 
 evidently and gloiiously (lod's begotten Son, than from the virgin's 
 womb. From that womb lie came, a funblo infant, to save the world ; 
 but from this tomb He comos, a mighty eomjuoror, having saved it. 
 There, with angel sjiectators of the fight, He entered the tield a com- 
 batant ; but here, with angels attending His trinm[)h, wearing the crown 
 of resurrection, and declared to bo the Son of God with power, He 
 ascends to His Father — the gates of heaven thrown open to the cry, 
 ' Lift up your heads, ye gates ; and bo ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, 
 that tho King of glory may come in.' " Y^es, and thus His resurrection is 
 tho work of God ; as well as the crown of His own labours ; the token of 
 His acceptance ; the fruit of His death. And then again ; the God of 
 peace raises Him from the dead, not simply by His almighty power, but 
 " ihrouyh the blood of the everlasting covenant ;" His own blood — as if 
 tho blood that washes away our sins, sprinkled on His dead face, restored 
 Him to life ; and sprinkled on tho doors of tho grave, forthwith threw them 
 open. Oh ! brethren, think of the power and cflicacy of that precious 
 
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 blood ; nay, I beseech you, pray in strong faith and heartfelt earnestness 
 that it may bo sprinkled in rich abundance on your own souls. For if 
 that blood, in a sense, gave life to a dead Christ, surely it must impart 
 new life to us. Yes ; through its power, dead with Ilira to sin, crucified 
 with Ilim to the flesh, and buried with Ilim in the baptism of the Holy 
 Spirit, wo may — we must rise to newness of life. But again. — There is 
 yet another expression here, that we have not considered. We have the 
 Lord Jesus represented as " the Great Shepherd of the sheep." He 
 calls Himself " the Good Shepherd." Uut both properties, infinite in 
 measure, meect in .Icsus. While St. Paul calls Him the "Great," 
 Hk says, "I am the Good Shepherd." And oh ! how worthy of either 
 title I How tender He is to weak and feeble infants. How Ho gathers 
 them in His arm.s, and carries them in His bosom ; and, placing Himself 
 at their head, leads them forth to green pastures and by still waters. 
 Nay, making such full provision for His people that they can sing, " The 
 Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want." He sets such high value on 
 His flock, that if even one should stray and bo " ready to perish," He 
 seeks tbo wanderer till it is found. And then, the Good Shepherd and 
 the Great Shepherd, as lie is in these aspects of His character, Jesus is 
 especially and emphatically so in this, that He laid down His life for the 
 sheep. He made His soul an offering for sin, suflfering and dying for us, 
 " the just for the unjust." " Ho was wounded for our transgressions, 
 and bruised for our iniquities ; the chastisement of our peace was upon 
 Him, and by His stripes we are healed." 
 
 And now then, the prayer itself. " The God of peace, that brought 
 again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd if the sheep, 
 through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make i/ou perfect in every 
 good work to do His will ; working in you that which is well-pleasing in His 
 sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever an-^". ever. Amen." 
 Make you perfect! And oh ! dear brethren, in the solemn act of part- 
 ing, what bettor wish could I express for you, or how pray that you might 
 aim at a better object. It is a high, but, thank God, not a hopeless aim. 
 And therefore I repeat it, — ' May the Gol of peace make you perfect in 
 every good work to do His will ; working in you that which is well 
 pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ." It has been my prayer ever 
 since I came to minister among you ; nay, more — the otie pervading idea to 
 
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 stimulate my whole work and labour of love, — this your salvation and 
 perfection. And now af!;ain, I beseech you, brethren, as T use this parting 
 prayer in your behelf,- exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have 
 received of me how you ought to walk to please God, so you would 
 abound more and more. Lot not your souls be cast down by past failures, 
 or because you are so far from perfect yet. But rise to new attempts, 
 saying with David, " Why art thou cast down, my soul, and why art 
 thou disquieted within me? hope thou in (Jod. for I shall yet praise Ilim 
 who is the health of my countenance and my Grod." Ves; hope in God 
 Who loses hope, loses the battle. Lot perfection always bo your aim — 
 nothing below it. Seeking strength from above, rise from your knees to 
 try it again and again ; and you will find that every true, earnest, prayer- 
 ful effort raises you higher and still higher on the Rock of Agesi Let 
 every day see some work done ; some battle fought ; some victory won. 
 Rise every morning to make a new start for heaven ; and let every sun 
 that sets leave you a day's journey nearer it. It is " the God of peace" 
 Himself who is to " work in you that wliich is well pleasing in His sight." 
 Resting, therefore, on this precious j)romise, take more pains with your- 
 selves than you have done before. Pray and strive that you mry become 
 more strong in faith, more holy in life, more mindful of the many bless- 
 ings, temporal and spiritual, which surround your patii. We can no more 
 grow, or abound, or be perfect in these graces, by merely wishing for 
 them, than a child can increase in stature and strength by desiring it, 
 while, at the same time, he neglects all the means of growth. Therefore, 
 do not abuse the doctrine of the Holy Spirit's influence, to live in indo- 
 lence. The promised aid of that Spirit is to stimulate and not to paralyze 
 our energies. It is because Goo works in us, that tve are encouraged 
 to work. 
 
 But, beloved, I should be unfaithful to your interests, and certainly 
 unkind, were I not here, in addition to those remarks, to uplift a warntnr/ 
 voice, It is vain to attempt to rear a superstructure of practical godli- 
 ness, without first laying the foundation of " repentance toward God, and 
 faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ." No observance of the means of 
 grace, no prayers, no self-denial, no compliance with divine ordinances, will 
 please God, or make us in reality acceptable to Him, until we have by 
 faith in the great atonement, " passed from death unto life'" It is un- 
 
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 scriptural ; nay, more, it is unreasonable that it should be so. And 
 hence the warning that I now in this solemn hour reiterate to you, that 
 God will not, cannot look upon a sinner acceptably, before tliat sinner has 
 gone to Jc.*us, or has believed on Ilim as the Saviour of liis soul. Faith 
 in Jesus, a saving faith, is the mainspring, the root, the germ of all true 
 religion. 
 
 But T fool that T need not stay, dear brethren, to recapitulate in so 
 many words what has sinijily i)cen the sum and substance of my teaching 
 during my ministry in this place. You know, beloved, that "when I 
 came to you, it was not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring 
 unto you the testimony of (tod : for I determined not to know anything 
 among you, save .Tosus Christ and Ilim crucified." And you have con- 
 sequently had pointed out to you, — though (true) in a very feeble manner, 
 yet faithfully, I trust, and plainly, — the great fund mental doctrines of 
 Man\ rnit} by the fall, his condemnation under the law, and his moral 
 inahilitij to delircr himself by anij power or streyiyth oj his own ; — The 
 divinity and incarnation of the Son of God ; — Free and full justifi- 
 cation, throuyh faith in the atoniny blood and riyhteonsness of the 
 liedeemer : — l^ie nature of justifyiny faith, its fruits and evidences ; 
 — The ayency of the Holy Spirit in the convcrsio7i and sanctification 
 of believers : — and The necessity of a. reneivcd heart, and of holiness 
 in the life, not as the title to heaven, but as a meetness for its enjoy- 
 ment. 3Ioreover, in doing so, I have aimed faithfully, too, " to declare to 
 you the whole counsel of Goa," endeavouring to " keep back nothing that 
 was profitable for you.'' I have laboured to build you up in what I be- 
 lieve, nay, in what the greatest and the best of men have ever believed, to 
 be the true principles of our Reformed and Protestant Church, avoiding all 
 novelties both in doctrine and practice, and to give you solid reasons for 
 maintaining this " fiuth once delivered unto the Saints." Fidelity 
 demanded that I .should give you plain, honest interpretations of the ]5iblo 
 in the true spirit of our Articles and Praycr-Book : and I have endea- 
 voured, therefore, as best I could, to carry out the intentions of the 
 Church, which, in the cycle of her offices and ministrations, and in every 
 service of her Christian year, is testifying that " Holy Scripture doth set 
 >out to us only the name of Jesus Christ, wiiereby wc must bo saved." 
 And now, beloved, my work in this place and among you is brought 
 
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 to its close, and I must say farewell. It has been my happy lot to 
 sojourn here for the past three years, ministering to a people full of 
 consideration and affectionate attachment. And as I leave you now in a 
 spirit of thankfulness for your many kindnesses, and in a spirit of love 
 toward you all, I cannot but repeat, dear brethren, ray ardent lon;»in<:; 
 and earnest prayer for your salvation. Many, alas ! very many in thi.>^ 
 parish are yot walking in the path- of the destroyer, " having no real 
 hope, and without God in the world." Warned as they have been, nay, 
 earnestly entreated, to " flee fro.n the wrath to come," they yet continue 
 preremptorily to reject the Saviour, reject that Jesus in whom alone is life, 
 reject and scorn the only escape, the only hope to which a poor sinner 
 can with safety cling. Brethren, am I not speaking the truth ? — nay, 
 will not your own consciences condenm you V Oh ! come to Jesus, then, 
 is again my message, the message of my last farewell ; come to Ilim at 
 once — you who have never yet had your sins washed out, who are not 
 converted — come ere it be too late, too late for ever ! For, 
 " behold the Judge standcth at the door." Depend upon it, the 
 days wo live in are eventful days. The times are perilous. Tiie 
 signs, thickening and darkening around us, are deeply and fearfully 
 significant. Wc are standing on the eve of events perhaps more 
 • awful than the world has ever seen ; a period of woe to the w'orld more 
 dark than has ever yet cast its shadows upon it, seems rapidly app»oach- 
 And oh I if tliis bo true, — then what must be the lot of those who 
 
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 are not in Ciirist I who have never looked to Jesus to be saved ! 
 lianguage fails to picture the awful se(iuence I Enough for us to know 
 that " they shall be [)unishcd,'' (as the apostle says) " witli everlasting 
 destruction from the presence of the Lord and from tlie glory of His power I" 
 — there is " reserved for them the blackness of darkness for ever !" And as 
 a watchman, therefore, on the walls of our Zion, I wouhl once more blow 
 in your ears the warning trumpet with no uncertain sound. Oh I 
 unbeliover.5, hoar it, I beseech you, and take warning that you may 
 deliver your souls. Yau cannot trifle for ever. You may put off 
 religion nou\ and refuse the counsel of Goil's ministers. But the day is 
 drawing on when God will come down to speak to you. And what will 
 your end be 'I Brethren, by the niereies of God, I entreat you to look 
 this question in the face. Oh ! stifle not conscience by vague hopes of 
 (jod's mercy, while your heart cleaves to the world. Do not drown 
 
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 convictions bj childish fancies about God's love, while your daily ways 
 and habits show plainly that the lovo of the Father is not in you. There 
 is mercy in God like a river, but it ia for the penitent believer in Christ 
 Jesus. And there is love in God towards sinners which is unspeakable 
 and unsearchable, but it is for those who hear Christ's voice and follow 
 Him. Oh ! seek, then, to have an interest in that love. Cost yourselves 
 wholly and unreservedly on the Lord Jesus for time and eternity. And 
 " turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways ; for why will ye die ?" God is 
 not willing that you should perish. " As I live," He says, " I have no 
 pleasure in the death of him that dieth." Jesus loves you and grieves 
 to see your folly. And surely, therefore, if lost, your blood will be upon 
 your own heads. 
 
 But you, beloved, who are looking to Jesus as your all, who have 
 " tasted that the Lord is gracious," having fled to Him for pardon and 
 for life, — though small may be your number, I must yet say a few words 
 to you. Believers in Jesus, oh ! bear in mind, then, that " the time is 
 short." And let the great change that you feel has been wrought in you 
 by God the Spirit, become every year more evident. Let your light be 
 an increasing light, ever shining more and more to the very end of your 
 days. For, as I have so often reminded you, there is no such thing as a 
 standing-still religion. A Christian was never meant to be like an animal, 
 to grow to a certain age, and then stop growing ; but rather like a tree, — 
 he was intended to increase more and more in strength and vigour all his 
 days. " Add," says the apostle, " to your faith virtue, and to virtue 
 knowledge, and to knowledge temperance, and to temperance brotherly- 
 kindness, and to brotherly-kindness charity. This is the way to be a 
 useful Christian. The unconverted will believe you are in earnest when 
 they see constant improvement, and perhaps bo drawn to go with you in 
 following Jesus. Yes I and therefore I say, the spiritual life there is in 
 Christians ought to be more evident. Our lamps want trimming ; they 
 ought not to burn so dim. Our separation from the world should be more 
 distinct, — our walk with God more decided. If we live in the Spirit, oh ! 
 let us also walk in the spirit. " Let us not sleep as do so many others, 
 but let us watch and be sober." " And that, knoiving the time, that 
 now it is high time to awake out of sleep, for now is our salvation nearer 
 than when we believed." Let us watch more diligently, let us pray 
 
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 more fervently, that we may " arlorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in 
 all thini's." Let us blend the steady thought of our Redeemer's coming 
 with every present duty, with every privilege, every effort ; for, sure I 
 am it will hallow, cheer, and dignity us, consecrating by one of the 
 most solemn motives, the lowliest work of faith and the feeblest labour of 
 love ; nay, enabling us to walk worthy of tlie vocation wherewith wo arc 
 called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing 
 one another in love." While, as a means, a practical means of remem- 
 bering this, I would now invite you to that sacied feast, where " as often 
 as we eat the bread and drink the cup, we do shew the Lord's death till 
 He come.'''' Yes ! and fellow-followers of Jesus, it will be the last time 
 that we can draw near as pastor and people to that table of the Lord. 
 Oh ! let me affectionately invito you, therefore, to join me in now 
 *' takinff this holy sacrament to your comfort," and to come with the 
 cbeerinw happy thought, that if wo thus " spiritually eat the flesh of 
 Christ and drink his blood, then we dwell in Christ and Christ in us ; we 
 are one with Christ and Christ with us." Soon the earthly pilgrimage 
 will be ended ; all means of grace and ordinances to keep alive the flame 
 that would otherwise languish and decay, no longer be required. Yes, 
 goon shall the little hour of life's unquiet dream be over ; the coursb be 
 finished • the victory won. And then, seated at the supper-table of the 
 Lamb in glory, wo shall recount with bounding hearts the many mercies 
 of the way ; farewells and partings will be forever done, and all the 
 bitter experiences of this vale of tears forever obliterated and for- 
 gotten. Yes., then, basking in the beams of the Sun of Righteous- 
 ness, we shall be " forever with the Lord," nay, more, we shall be with 
 one another too, all singing together the glorious anthem of eternal 
 praise to " Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his owa 
 blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father." 
 So that to that joyous scene, beloved, I now— in the act of bidding you 
 finally farewell, refer your faith and hope, your contemplation and your 
 prayers ; and in prospect of it myself, I pour for. . again, as having 
 been the object of all my anxiety and my pastoral work for you, the 
 prayer which I breathe from the bottom of my soul, and which I shall 
 never cease to breathe so long as life remains, — " May the God of peace, 
 vbo brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of 
 
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 the flhcop, through tho blood of the everlasting covenonf, make yoj 
 perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is 
 well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory for 
 over and ever ! Amen." 
 
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 To THE E,Lv. W. Ferdinand Tryor, — 
 
 Rector of Christ Church — Dartmouth. 
 
 Revepknd and Dear Sir, — We cannot {lormit you to leave us, it may 
 1)0 forever, without expressing our hiuccro sorrow at your departure and 
 its cause. 
 
 The letter of resignation sent by ycu to tlie Church Corporation, and 
 their acceptance of it, with a Resolution passed unanimously that you have 
 permission to leave at the time named by you, created no light feeling of 
 regret. But when preparations for your departure and tiie reasons there- 
 for are daily before us, then it is we begin seriously to realize and reflect 
 upon our position, and the loss wc are about to sustain. 
 
 The relations, that usually exist between the P.- 'or and his people, are 
 of the most kindly and interesting character, a proper and wise result 
 arising from such a connexion. With you and us this has been especially so. 
 You wore selected as our Rector although personally unknown to many of 
 us. You accepted the invitation, which you iiad never sought, and quite a 
 young man in the ministry, you have by the earnestness and zeal with 
 which you have discharged your duties, merited the respect of all men, 
 and the love and veneration of your Parishioners. It were needless to 
 aity how much we deplore your compulsory absence from us — but health 
 is the first earthly consideration of us all — and more especially should it 
 bo so with you, who arc ever earnestly engngjd in your Heavenly Mas- 
 ter's cause, — the salvation of the souls of those around you committed to 
 your care. 
 
 That your Parishioners would make any sacrifice to retain your services 
 among them, provided your health could bo secured, is known to you. 
 
 We can only therefore say in conclusion that, we earnestly pray, that 
 you and your amiable Lady, may reach your new field of labour in health, 
 and that our loss may be your gain in all spiritual gifts and worldly 
 prosperity. Believe us, Reverend and Dear 8ir, 
 
 To be your sincerely attached Parishioners. 
 
 James W. Turner, | 
 
 James II. Tiiorne, ) 
 
 G. A. Creigiiton, 
 
 F. W. Passow, 
 
 W. S. Symonds, 
 
 Henby Watt, 
 
 HtiNRY GlKNDENING, 
 
 John P. Mott, 
 Jamks R. DeWolp, M.D., 
 T. Short, 
 /^ ''Edward Billing, 
 
 John Wallace linppfl^ 
 
 On behalf of the Parishioners of Christ's Church — Dartmouth. 
 
 D. McLean, Vestry Clerk. 
 
 Church Wardens. 
 
 
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 y Vestry. 
 
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 7b the Parishioners of Christ Church, Dartmouth, N. S. 
 
 My dear Pauishionkiis, — It is with feelings, I ean assure you, of the 
 (loopest sorrow, that I niii now bidvling you farewell. Indeed it would be 
 vain to attempt descril)ing my regret in any possible language I might 
 use. It is a pain of no ordinary depth. For, attached as I have been 
 to you myaelf, that attauhniont has been, if possible, much increased by 
 your affectionate reciprocation of it to me and mine. 
 
 Your many kindnesses, and the various manifestations of your implicit 
 confidence in my ministrations, have ever been drawing me closer to you 
 in the bonds of pastoral affection and of solicitude for your spiritual an-', 
 eternal good, feo that in leaving you now after a happy pastorate of three 
 years and more, it is with a heart full of no little heaviness and ^ore re- 
 gret. But you all know the cause of my departure ; and how im|)Ossible 
 it is to resist God's work and will — " He doeth according to His will in 
 ihe army of heaven, and aniong the inhabitants of the earth." Ilenco 
 there can be no thwarting or crossing His designs and dealings. There 
 is a " reeds bo" in them all ; and our comfort should be, — if indeed 
 we are His children by faith in Christ, — ^that they come from the hand of 
 a Father who ordereth all things wisely and " doeth all things well " — 
 This comforts mo in parting from you ; while feeling too, that my suc- 
 cessor who has been chosen to fill my place, has been brought here by 
 this same over-ruling God — I can leave now with a comparatively easy 
 mind, assured as I am from a personal knowledge of his worth, and a tho- 
 rough confidence in his faitlifulness to the truth, that he will ever feed you 
 with " the bread of life." 
 
 Of my own humble work in this portion of our Master's vineyard, I 
 shall not speak ; nor of the manner in which that Master called me to 
 labour in your midst. Suffice it to say that you, on your part, have ever 
 encouraged me by your kind forbearance and devotion, your hospitality 
 and very constant affection. And my parting prayer now is, that the 
 great vital truths I have endeavoured to instil into your hearts and minds, 
 may be blessed to the salvation of your souls ; nay, that the groat Head 
 of the Church may ever watch over you, as a people, supplying you with 
 the faithful ministrations of His everlai^'ng Gospel. Once more thank- 
 ing you, then, for your very kind expressions of affection both to myself 
 and Mrs. Pryor. 
 
 Believe me, my dear Parishioners, 
 
 Your faithful friend and Pastor, 
 
 W. FERDINAND PRYOR. 
 
 Dartmouth, Nov, 2, 1868.