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FUNERAL SERMON

OF THE LATE

WHO DIED AT MONTREAL ON THE 161h OF APRIL, \m,

AGED 30 YEARSi

BY THK

REV. CALEB STRONG,

pastor of t^e 9merir4n V^^sbsteclan Cturdl.

** In the world yc ahall have tribulation : but be of good cheer ; I have overcome the

world."— John xvi. 33.

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IHontreal :

PRINTED BY J, C. BECKET, 22 GREAT ST. .JAMES STREET.

1863.

Died, at A
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Addy, Groce
the County j
early youth,
sullied char
and unassun
to his family
of his dutie
pious, and
character thi
and setting
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THE LATE WILLIAM ADDY.

Died, at Montreal, on the 16th April, 1845, Mr. Williabi
Addy, Grocer, aged 39 years. When Mr. A. made a Chris-
tian profession, he esteemed himself consecrated to Christ,
and accordingly his life was adorned with Christian virtues.
As might rationally have been expected, he died in the en-
joyment of a triumphant hope. The approach of death
afforded him unalterable joy, and although contemplated
for weeks, never occasioned an emotion of fear. — Rev. C.
Strong.

Died, at Montreal, on the I6th April, 1845, Mr. WitLiAU
Addy, Grocer, aged 39 years. Mr. Addy was a native of
the County Armagh, Ireland, but resided in this city from
early youth. In every relation of life he sustained an un-
sullied character. As a neighbor, he was kind, obliging,
and unassuming ; as a husband and father, he was endeared
to his family by a mild, affectionate, and vigilant discharge
of his duties ; and as a Christian, he was humble, meek,
pious, and conscientious. Possessed of those traits of
character that shine with peculiar lustre in the social circle^
and setting but little value on the noisy fame of public life,
he was known only to those who prized him for his personal
worth and domestic virtues. The peace of retirement, and
the unostentatious adherence to Christian principles, were
ever dear to his heart, and imparted their imprint to his
whole vralk in life. He was among the eariiest friends <rf
the Temperance reformation in this city ; and his conduct in
relation to this important movement shewed that the mild-
ness and amiability of his character did not arise from
timidity or lack of moral courage ; for no sooner was he
convinced of the sin of the traffic in intoxicating drinks,
than he acted upon the dictates of his own conscience, and

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gave to Montreal the first example of abandoning the spirit
trade. Those best acquainted with the branch of trade in
which Mr. A. was embarked, looked forward to his failure
in business as a matter of certainty ; but neither the fear of
poverty, nor the forebodings of his contemporaries, could
shake the firm-fixed purpose ; and the result afforded him the
happiness of finding, that to discontinue selling ruin to his
neighbor was not attended with the disastrous consequences
that had been predicted : he sustained his credit, and before
his death, had the pleasure to see many of the most respect-
able Grocers of the city follow his example. This firm and
well-sustamed act of moral fortitude will endear his memory
to every friend of temperance in this vicinage. Perhaps we
cannot more appropriately close this tribute of justice to the
memory of this good and valuable man, than by stating
that in the course of an acquaintance of about twenty years
continuance, the writer never heard him raise the voice of
invective against any one : it may be truly said that he
passed through life without ma'.ang any one his enemy.
Universally beloved and respected, he has been gathered
unto his fathers, and has left to his family and friends the
memory of a character embalmed by his virtues and cher-
ished for his piety.

His last illness was a triumphant example of the value
of religion to man. Blessed with peculiar support from
€kxl, he awaited the issue, which was for some time
previous to his disease evidently inevitable, with deep
humility, an increasing love of the Saviour, and a blessed
assurance of pea'^e with God. The Christian standing by
his bedside derived consolation and support, and lirom the
happy state of his mind in the prospect of death, could more
fully appreciate the infinite worth of that religion which
declares that " there remaineth a rest for the people of
Goi.''^— 'Benjamin Workman.

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A SERMON.

*' IN TH« WORLD YK SHALL HAVE TRIBULATION : BUT BK OF OOOD CH££A '

I HAVB OVERCOME THE WORLD." — John xvi. 33.

The world in which we now live is a vale of tears. The
introduction of sin has been followed by death and a long
train of countless evils. There is no form of earthly good
upon which we can lay our hands and say, This is mine.
To-morrow it may be wrested from us. And what with
anxieties, and cares, and fears, and pains, and diseases, and
disappointments, and bereavements, human life is very far
from being a state of unmingled good. These things, how-
ever, constitute only a part of human experience. There
are ten thousand objects to gratify and delight us ; and we
often cling to the world with strong, unreasonably strong
attachments. It is not proper to say that life is one dark
and dismal day ; nor is it a day of perpetual sunshine : it is
rather a union of the two. It is a scene of change, of suqr
cesses and reverses, of evenness and then of crooks • a
scene of light and darkness, and checkered like a broad
field where the brightness and warmth of the noonday sun

is intercepted every alternate moment by passing clouds

where the sky is quickly overclouded, and yet the shadows
quickly dispersed.

But when the Gospel was announced to men, and Christ

informed his disciples of the blessings which should be

showered upon them in his service ; when they learned that

all things should work together for their good, and that

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nothing should harm them, and that they should find his
yoke easy and his burden light, and his ways pleasantness
and his paths peace ; especially when they saw the miracu
lous power which he employed to heal the sick and to
supply the wants of the ^loor, and the tender affection with
which he regarded them, — it would not be surprising if
they had indulged some expectations, at least at times, that
he would signalize their fidelity by conferring upon them
unmingled prosperity, that he would protect them from the
disasters which fell upon others, and that no privations or
distresses should ever be sustained by those who trusted in
him. What a striking proof would this be of the value of
religion, — what an irresistible argument to all gainsayers.
If the Christian might say to the unbeliever, " You see that
I have no enemies, no troubles, no wants, no afflictions, no
changes, while you are tossed upon a tempestuous sea, and
have many cares and sorrows of which I know nothing," who
could resist such a practical demonstration of the value of
religion 1 But whatever might have been their anticipa-
tions the Divine arrangements authorized no such hopes.
The wisdom of God prescribed another method of provi-
dence ; and our Saviour, instead of saying to his disciples
that their cup of joy should always overflow, assured them
that such should not be the fact. « In the world ye ahatt
have tribulation;^' but along with this announcement, in
itself so melancholy and discouraging, He says to them,
«» Be of good cheer : I have overcome the world." He
holds out to them no delusive prospects ; he allures them
into his service by no imaginary advantages, but gives
them distinctly to understand, that so far from being exempt
from tribulation, they will certainly experience it ; that they
may even suffer outward calamity which other men escape ;
tmd thus, instead of making a guaranty that they shall not
eufTer in this life. He makes a guaranty that they shall.
Hencfi, those who would enlist under His banners are di-
reoted to count the cost, and to determine whether they are
ready to forsake all for him, whether they are willing to

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suffer with the people of God, and arc content that the
distinguishing rewards which he has promised should be
withheld until after death.

In meditating further upon this passage, « In the world ye
shall have tribulation," let us consider it, in the first place,

AS A PREDICTION.

There are numerous passages of similar import amone

our Lord's instructions. He informed his disciples that

they should be brought before governors and kings for his

wke ; and the time will come, says He, when whosoever

kiUeth you, will think that he doeth God service. Instead

of being m favor with the world, they should be despised

and persecuted; instead of being rich in this world's goods,

Uie httle which they did possess might be confiscated by a

^nnical government ; and instead of living in peace aa

the harnriless and benevolent might be expected to live, they

should be driven from city to city, and railed at as the

offscouring of the earth.

If we read the Acts of the Apostles, with these statements
in view, we shdl find it to be a record of persecutions
endured by the disciples of Christ. They we^ arraigned
before the high pnests and elders, they were imptisLd.
Stephen was stoned to death; James was slain by Herod •
Peter was bound with chains. They were pursued with
unretenung cruelty by Saul of Tarsus, . .ul when he became
a Chnsuan ; he was stoned until he was thought to be
dead, was imprisoned with Silas at Philippi, was arrested
at Jerusalem, and sent a prisoner to Rome, and ship,
wrecked on his voyage ; and he speaks afterwards of much
affliction and anguish of heart which he endured,--of afflic-
tion8,and necessities, and distresses to which he was called
in the service of his Master. Indeed, the early Christians
suffered almost incessant persecution for three centuries
aft^r the death of Christ ; and the histoiy of the Church fo'

T:r:^tizi '""^ '' ^"^ -^''' ^^«^- ^^' -^

This cause of tribulation is in our day happily removed ;
but other sources have arisen, which occasion deep grief of
heart to the true peopli of God, and perhaps obstruct the
progress of religion even more than persecution itself, so
that it sometimes seems as if the horrors of persecution need
to be renewed in order to press Christians into a compact
body. If the sword were again unsheathed against Chris-
tian churches, perhaps the necessity of presenting a united
front against the powers of darkness would be more ap-
parent.

In addition to what has now been said, the private history
of Christians in all ages seems to be a fulfilment of the
language, "In the world," &c. The great mass of trae
believers have been poor in this world's goods and lightly
esteemed, while adversity has often lowered upon them ;
and their means have been so slender, their charges so
numerous, their afflictions so complicated, that they have
been, as it were, driven to the necessity of living by faith :
so that we may view the text as a prophetic announcement
of what has since occurred, and of what will continue to
occur in years to come.

We may consider it also, secondly,

AS AN ALLOTMENT.

It was foreseen that such would be the case, because it
was predetermined that it should be so. It is a part of the
Divine plan that Christ's disciples should have tribulation
in this world.

I do not mean for one instant that God has appointed
them or others to commit the sins which occasion a great
part of their sulTerings. Sin is contrary to His nature, con-
trary to his law, contrary to his earnest expostulations ; and
as it is morally impossible that God should be the author of
Sin, so it is a most blasphemous assault upon his character
to impute it to him. But what I mean is, that God has
determined to subject his people in this life to the discipline
of suffering. He who fixes the bounds of their habitations

and sets tl
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and sets the solitary in families, places them designedly in
circumstances where they are always exposed to trials and
calamnies which they often experience ;-He intends that
their hopes should be often frustrated, their designs baffled,
their families thinned and desolated by diseases which
perhaps, eave their thoughtless neighbors undisturbed!
rhe Christian has no earthly good which he may not soon
lose ; be has no firmer hold upon temporal enjoyments than
other men and is sometimes wrecked in the storm which
^e wicked outride in safety. Perhaps, too, the things
which he prizes most, he is most likely to lose. Where the
current of his affections sets with the strongest power, where
his desires fasten with the intensest eagerness, there per-
haps more than anywhere else he will meet with disap.
pointment. If there be one form of worldly good which he
seeks more earnestly than another, of that\e may be de!
prived; If there is one whom he loves with an affection
peculiarly strong, that one may turn to be his bitterest ene"
my, or may be cut down like a flower in the freshness of its
bloom. Not that God takes pleasure in dashing his brigh
est hopes but because these strong attachments are Ihe
most insidious and dangerous foes to his Christian carle
ter, and because disappointment in regard to these is most
useful to those who are exercised thereby.

Hence, as the Christian is taught beforehand that he will
be cal ed to undergo tribulation, it becomes his interest a
apart from this it is his duty, so to moderate his love for the
world and the things that are i„ the world, as to be pr ^aed
at any time to relinquish them in obedience to the' Xf
God The more that he clings to them, the more painfu

may not be able to discover all the reasons, but we can Z.
cuvcr enough to exhibit the wisdom and the grace of God n
such an appointment, which I remark, thirdlf

t '-t\

IS A BLESSING.

The great design of God with respect to his people is not
80 much to make this world a state of happiness as a state
of preparation for another. Here their characters are form-
ing ; here they receive the impress which they will retain
for ever ; here they are like children who are kept under
tutors and governors, and stand in need of discipline, that
waywardness may be checked, and passion controlled, and
disobedience chastised, and virtues called forth, and the
whole character harmoniously and beautifully developed.
Here a course of training is in progress, and it is one of the
grand designs of God and his providence so to arrange the
condition and circumstances in which Christians are placed,
that everything shall conspire, not to make them happy
merely or chiefly, but to improve their characters. And
perhaps there is no one truth more fundamental to the
Christian's improvement than this, — " In the world ye shall
have tribui ition." Were his course of prosperity to flow on
without interruption, were all his schemes and plans to be
carried out to completion, all his earthly hopes to be re-
alized, who could say that he would keep his eye steadily
fixed upon heuven, and tread the world under his feet } or
if he were to meet with only slight and rare disappoint-
ments, who would not tremble lest his spiritual life would
be languid, and the cares and concerns of this world should
gain the ascendancy. But when frequently called to en-
dure suffering, his spirit is humble, and his chastened and
wounded heart is taught to look away from things temporal
to those things which are eternal.

The happy influence of tribulation upon Christian charac-
ter may be very easily traced.

Here is one whom God has blessed in basket and store :
his barns are full ; his children are like olive-plants round
his table ; no trouble comes nigh unto him, and insensibly
glpr<<^e|; V]a fa\\a \y\to a. habit of self-reliance and begins to
say, " I shall never be moved." He has no apprehensions

of evil, n

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according to
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communion \

of evil, not because he places so much confidence in CnA

are substantial and secure. God comes 3 ^„T' t'"^
because His providence is so imnr3sSve andaff. r""' ^'5
because now that other hopes hWe faLd If „> '1^

no.riais or sr^^^h^ :;r;i*x^eSr,^l

eubm,ss,on, and to bow his spirit to the d„s. Bmn f
submits unreservedly while he see, all hi! f J ^ *"

K-'C: its'; :~f"= -

Now, in this brief cntline of the tcndenci^. „f i. .
ment,_an outline which raieht be „lZ!r !■ "["^^^t'^-
..ocording to the peculiar character oTr^''^ ™"''''>
the form of the aXtion'! we s^'wha »V ''™'' """
tifyiug influence it e«'rts, whaTI Taricv ^'bTe""' T"
lows in its train. Here the rhl." ^ t '''='^'"8» fol-
Mutself, to mourn ^ru'l^^-^TZ^Z'^ Ir

wim uod. He becomes submissive, and hi»

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subdued and grateful heart is ready to say, " in faithfulness
thou hast afflicted me." And will any one pretend that
the loss he has sustained, or the furnace through which he
has been called to pass, are evils which these results do not
counterbalance ? Whatever others may say, he will think
" it is good for me that I have been afflicted." Yes ; he
has made a profitable exchange, whatever he may have
lost. Though to the view of those who merely look at the
surface, he may appear in circumstances of desolation ; yet if
the recesses of his heart were exposed, one might there see
a degree of refined and heavenly joy which is rarely, if
ever, felt in prosperity, and a process of sanctification com-
menced, well calculated to mature the soul for the holy joys
of heaven. Nay, more than this, in these circumstances he
may be far happier than at any other period of his life ; his
religious emotions are of an intenser kind, and the fact that his
sorrows are great, necessarily requires some very substantial
and lively joys in order to overpower them. But as his
sufferings abound, so his consolatiou also aboundeth by
Christ; and ever and anon as the billows without rise and
rage around him, he seems to feel his foothold upon the
Rock of Ages more sure. Oh ! there is something marvel-
lous in that grace which thus makes pain itself tributary to
the believer's happiness, and qualifies him at a time when
all his pleasant things are laid waste, and he himself is like
a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed, to re-
joice with joy unspeakable. It is nothing remarkable that
a man should be contented and serene when all things go
well with him ; but that he sjjould become more and more
happy as to hnman vision he becomes more tried and afflict-
ed, this wonderful but undoubted truth has the weight of a
thousand arguments to show that his principles are not of
the earth, earthy, and that that man is truly wise who re-
ceives such principles into his heart.

But I have not yet alluded to the encouraging words with
which our Lord followed the probably unwelcome an=
nouncemenl which we have been considering. To the

disciples -

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di«!iples-that feeble band whom our Lord wa« soon ,„

that mbu afon was in store for them ; b„, it muafhle T
v^d their desponding hearts to hear him say, '" Be o/LS
cheer : I have overcome the world." This, le it te notS

rit,:^,t:e7ir;n;:n7erx:^^^

Our Lord himself has lasted of the CUD of woe H. „
.n.o the stronghold of Satan, and engaged ilconmctwUh

Da\^7S: f r^"T '" ''■^'' «™^^' -•'^"hmen.s Like
Uavtd, He went forth to meet the PhiUistine encased in his

vantage, but the t^.^^f ^ ^:2rZ:X^!'!^
devtee of the enemy was frustrated, every tempfation rS
ed,a„d death rtself, the last ene.ny, was destroyed. Now I

tha "'rfr' '^'""' """ *^' " ™""> - behalf o?Thl
•hat should trust in him, and the benefits of it are made
over to h,s people. We have His pledge that no eluThaU

power of the adversary is so checked and confined that he
t PrTnir fT",' """r- '""'' "Sht arm which hurled
uLiT ''"""" '^""" "' "'"'P^'' ^""-ority, is up.

ifted for our protection, and there is no one of His peoX
in tribulation to whom Chris, is not ready to say " Be „f
good cheer: I have overcome the world." Bes dcs He hf
.offered untold evil, and we cannot expect 1^1' slvam
wiU be greater than his lord, although^t may betru to
US, Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, strivine asains.
«u. as He has done." And if He who ha's suff rfdforour
sake should now demand some faint reciprocation of ffis
We, and call us to suffer for Him, we may be assured of
H„ .md sympathy, and of a careful limitation of our suffeN
•m proportioned alike to our iiee^ of i, and our power of

endurance. Now, there is nothing which will endear Chrsit
to us more strongly than these two facts, — that he has suffered
for us, and that we suffer for Him.

In these circumstances, a truly Christian temper will lead
us to welcome suffering, and to glory in tribulation, that the
power of Christ may rest on us. We shall be ready to fill
up that which is behind of the suffering of Christ, knowing
that if we are partakers of the suffering, we shall be par-
takers of the consolation even in this world, and that if we
suffer with him, and for him, we shall also reign with

him.

I infer from this subject, first, that this world is not the
scene of the Christian's rewards. Here, indeed, religion
will make him far happier than he could be without it ; but
as I said at the beginning, this life is not a scene of uninter-
rupted joy, and the greater part of the promises remain
urfulfilled. Even on earth wisdom's ways are ways of
plevisantncss, and all her paths are peace ; but the highest
rewards are not conferred in this life. The inheritance is
reserved for us ; the glory to be received is a glory that shall
follow ; the crowns which God's people shall wear are laid
up in heaven. Happy is it for us that while we are in this
world of temptation, those glorious rewards are v/ithheld
that they may serve to attract us upward, and while they
enkindle our hopes, may also impart assistance to us in the
conflict with temptation. Think not that though the Chris-
tian has many peculiar joys on earth, he here receives the
full reward. No ; the unbeliever receives all his good
things in this life, but the Christian does not. Take heart,
then, my Christian brother, in all your tribulation. " To
him that overcometh," says our Lord, " will I grant to sit
with me in my throne, even as I also overcame and am sat
down with my Father in his throne." It doth not yet ap-
pear what we shall be, but we know that when He shall
appear, we shall be, &c.

2. It is not to be wondered at that believers should be
troubled and harassed in this hfe. They are distinctly fore-

warned of

is exercisi

their fitijes

they shall i

distress, w

world; the

anguish afi

when they

here is mog

joys of hea

surely we c

indulge no\

much we n

prepare us i

at first view

when they

pestuous se{

you had foi

discover tha

is a world oj

are not disti

where ail tet

3. I infer j

enjoy unmin;

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becoming alt

of religious a

cause they ha

sad commen

have such fii

they can bea

when manife

him, leads the

of life.

You who 8
cially if you t
entertain whoj

i«sc£trT.-.;:-T' — r:--

.heir fi..e.'fo. :h:rsTa,:"of Mines: "a'r"'^ '" '"™«
a.ey shall shortly enter. If any a^ exemm f'" "'"'" "'"'''•
distress, we should suppose "hau' y ZldT '""""^ '""*
world ; those who will exoerieni.. '^.^ ? ^ "'" "' ">«
anguish after death Thefwho! "Tu^ ""' ""^"''^ >■"»
When they leave .his wj^d^^to^ ^ XT°"™'
here ,s ^ost important; but if any of u a^t ,as e^'fT
joys of heaven, and to sit down in the S.Z f ""'
surely we can afford to foreeo Z nL ^^ "" "' <^"^>

indulge now, and shall S^ tTuVL^'''^ "f"
muehweneed the disoipUne of trial LfdrhT""" """^
prepare us for everlasting life. faow hi. - "' '°

at first view as if the world La " "'^y W*'

When they see belLT 'o.^oti;r:„r™ld ' ""''"™
pestuous seas, and as if religion dfd not flT,, ?:".''"■

is a world :; :"etr„e r or.t?s i-jd'r ; ''^' '"*

are not distributed unt 1 «,« v, ^'"ouuon, and that rewards
Where all tears r;;':'drrer~ '^»' '^- '-"

3. 1 infer from this subject that when nr^f j ,. ,
ew un^ingled prosperily, the " ^0:1^^:1'^'--

orreligious affections. 1tr:lr;rar.?'r
ause they have no changes, they fear no God .!™^-;'^"
sad commentary upon Christian character Tat f /"*
have such firm principles and such wtm affet T
.hey can bear a long prosperitv tL ',*'='"'"' *«
when manifested inlhfs way fnstea^ of^r^."'"' "' '''^
hin.. leads them into forgetfuis ^dla^^ jf tru^

_. y°".^^° ^'« prospered in whatever you do V
cially 11 you tremble at the thought of Z/ • ^'^''"

entertain wholesome fears W t^^;rs;::;:;:;rdr :

If Ji
iff

. !

ruinous, and to exercise double diligence to keep your hearts
and minds in the love of God. And there is another cause
of alarm ; for if it be true that in this life God's people shall
have tribulation, then a course of uninterrupted prosperity
may well lead to the inquiry, " Atn I one of His people ?
Am I not deserted by God, and left to pursue the pleasures
of the world as my only portion ? Have I not grieved the
Spirit of God ?" Ah ! while many are disposed to reason
that all their outward prosperity shows the love of God, and
indicates a degree of piety which does not call for discipline,
and thus flatter themselves with self-righteous thoughts, I
cannot but think that they take just the wrong view of their
condition, and that if they had more of the Spirit of Christ
they would tremble lest God had left them to themselves,
and lest in such circumstances they should go back, if they
have not already, to the 'beggarly elements of the world.
This much is certain, that prosperity is attended with many
dangers, and that a high degree of Christian attainments, as
well as incessant watchfulness is indispensable, in order to
bear it without injury. And unless you are uncommonly
diligent in using the means of grace, and anxious to resist
the corrupting tendencies of prosperity, you may be sure
that it has already injured you, and unless there be some
marked improvement you may confidently anticipate either
a continued religious declension, or some fearful blow
which will dash your earthly hopes like a potter's vessel.

4. The value of religion is poorly appreciated by the
world.

I may be told that in dwelling upon such a theme as that
of the text, I do nothing to recommend religion to those who
are strangers to it, that it never will induce a man. to follow
Christ to tell him that in this world he shall have tribulation.
This he will consider a fatal objection. But the question is
not whether the Christian will have tribulation., but whether
he will be happy or not in tribulation. I tell the worldly
man that tribulation will make lain wretched, but that it
will make the Christian happy. Yes, happier than he could

be withe

terms, bu

true. So

"^hey can

always re

all things.

care not ;

ties of (im

But the

tion, but w

tian, and

Now, is it

restrain hir

up uninsfn

the sick m

prescription

diseased si

Jimb? and i

upon the wi

career, and

attention to

Pcrity is w(

This is the i;

of the Christ

his tribulalio

his joys. T,

miseries in t

will follow C

the cross here

niy happiness

But religior

notwithstandii

this we have

one of the me

moned to the

bore a gratefu

Gospel. He i

be without it. ft mav

terms, but a brioht cloud nT •? '^'"^ ^ contradiction in
t-e. Some wh hea " e can" T" "'^ ^^^^'^^ ^^^^ ^^ -
"Ti^ey can say, » C haste,?, T^ "^'^ ""^'^ ^^^^ 'his is true,
a'-ays rejoi;;„„.^f^;^,^^'-^ killed- " Sorrowful but

-"things." Andif itbe ZT "-: ^"^ ^^^ P°«--ing

lian, and whether such LZ """•" ""' ^ Chris-

'"•rain hi™? J, i, ,^ ,d4„J^'f^ *« I-., parents do no,

"P uni„3,ruc,ed and »„„ in" pL," '"'",""" "" '"^y S^ow
""^^'ck „,„ ,h„ ^.^ Sd?i:^ ^; ' "" advantage ,„

P-soriptions of a ph.sici „ ^ t ;,"' ^<'™;-'" 'he bi.ter
diseased sufferer that no ., advantage to th«

l™"' and is i, anad anta ™r" ""'""''''' «» 'l-='yi"8
»Pon the worid .hat n^TroWdenl™". """" ''^""^ «-d
career, and by nue„ohi„n?, , ° ' ™'"' '''' ''^"dl^g
attention to thiVs ab„v "° W o dr°"" """"' ^^"'^ '='»
PO'i'y is working out the Z ""' ''" """ '"" P">^

This is the impormnt aiw hTnT™'" """'^ -f " ^"^e-'
of .he Christian from , ha o" ^"""i""'^"" "-e conditio,,
his tribulations only i ,1 .? j^. TT '"" ^''™"-' ^a-
hi' joys. The sinLr has M 'his "'"'"'' '' ""= ^=^"= »'
"'series in the „e« The I ■'"^' '" ""'' '"'''• ""d hi'

will follow Christ, is'ecuiv!,'"??'^:."'""''""^' ^^I""l>er you
.he cross here and rece ^a cr" ™ T 'T'""' ''"' ' '^^
>»y happiness in this world a^d h '""■' °' '''"" ' ^eek

B"l religion will also ad'l ""'erable forever?

notwithstanding the tribuhtl ^°"' '^^°PP'"e''s in this life,
'his we have a brth ilh , ^°" "^"^ experience. Of

one of the me^be f of tltcT"'", '" l"' "'•' """ "-"> of
moned to the ^nsioL! ' l^y' Tj'" "T ^T "="" ="-
bore a grateful testimonv to ThT i . ""-' '"""'" Addy '
Gospel. He was fo, Se„ va " "' r"" ""S'"" •>' 'h«
, "" ^""^ » professed follower o/

the Lord Jesus Christ, and few in our day carry oat their
professions into practical life with more consistency than he.
I do not insist upon his strict and scrupulous in^e^r% ;
this might easily have existed without religion,— although I
might relate facts on this point manifesting a strictness of
principle and a sense of duty which would put to shame the
pretensions of those whose religion is made up of honesty.
A sense of honor is not half so fundamental as a sense of
duty. He was rigidly conscientious ; he was the first in
this city to apply Christian principle rigidly to that depart-
ment of business in which he was engaged, and to with-
draw the cup from his neighbor's lips. Undoubtedly his
pecuniary interests were injured by such a course, which at
that time was thought to be fanatical, though now the busi-
ness which he then abandoned is left almost entirely to
those who83 principles permit them to injure others ; but his
peace of mind was greatly promoted. And such v ere his
habits of conducting business, that he scorned to take ad-
vantage of the ignorant or the child, and was as equitable
m his dealings with the rich as he was considerate to the
poor. The spontaneous testimony borne in his praise by his
neighbors, and the regret felt at his loss, form the best tribute
to his virtues. He was one of the scanty number who enjoy
general esteem and escape the shafts of calumny. " When
man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies
to be at peace with him."

He was an ornament to this church, and strongly attached
to it. His heart was deeply grieved to see the word of the
Lord impeded, and he felt a lively solicitude for the con-
version of the impenitent. No man was more ready than
he to bear his part in labor, and to implore the blessing of
God upon the means of grace.

Although for months past he was so feeble that he could
not come to the sanctuary, much less engage in active exer-
tions to promote the king-lorn ofChrist; yet so spiritual and
heavenly was his frame of mind, that his prayers for Zion
possessed a peculiar value ; and though he presented a rare

■'«^s«?t:*''^'fflstr"'

example of Christian consistency and fideli.v h!- h .

often almost overwhelmed with a sense of l^' '"'' ''^^'*

As the hour of his departure dre ^ ni ^ 17 f'""''

seemed to gather new brightness an7h- ^ •"^^'*''

He expressed nn «,; ' '&"^"«ss, and his peace rose to joy.

mission i„ ykldi„rio i, w!"'"""' ""I'" 'Imn sub.
femily, a„d a fa hfr- V r f.'' "'■°"" ="tachment lo hi,
an a-mch^em o cl ,7:1' f "^""'^'^ """"'-. »» "ad
•ion of mealing htom'd!""^ ''!""«" ">at .he aniioipa-

There was a brighT„e"s t rheT"""" '""" '"^ ''''■""^ -'j-
his interest and fove and hf/"'"'?^^"'''' ^""''' ""'""^d

Chris,. Which isr/be'er vrhV" "T" '""'""*"■
tience or diseonten, 7.7,.; manifesled no impa-

his oonversaZe pressed a rar^^;' '■' "°"""'™"='' ■"■"
of returning health dW not d« I'^ ^ .'"^ "'""'' "'" '''«»
of approaehing'dea' o„; tttT' t'd' "'° "■""«'"
visited him have learned '^"'^ """y *'"•

1^ viie^ed above ihe common walks of life.

c^f' whTh' iJ- fUt^V" '""• ""' "--"^ '"'» " -'■<•
ceplion. ^ " '"'P'^ save him bu, a faint con-

memb'rr"!!!"' "'T'' "^ '"■" °"« °f "' m"'' exomplaty

Tatr ',: „t™:efit"LT™n''"''^' "'""" «'" --'^

P^i<.e„ee whi^r L^^a^r::^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
was in a good measure preoared tn ,1m .., i

Tr,„ ' '""'' "" '"'"' '■""■1 all suspicion.

who sti,. remain to need bmL """" ^"^ ""= ''"*°""

Be warned by this Providence that the •■•„- i- -■- - •

g . leet of them who have buried thy brother are

at the door, and shall carry thee out. " Be ve al^n roo^ c
« a„eh an hour a, ye .hii no,, ,he Son of rfa„ eo::f,f '>'""
And you ,00, my impenitent friend, are drawing nii^h ,„
death and ,1,0 jndgmen,,-alas ! wi.hon, prepara, on ^The
prospect of leaving thi, world fill, yon wi.'fea yo„ shrTnk
froni plnnguig into an untried eternity. But v„ n T,
..^. .he.a.e prcpeet which e.eite^J yfur' f:, , r^r

wiin uelighl. Ht3 heart danced w Ih joy when he w»« , ij
tha, a few hours would terminate his life '"'"^

Oh ! adopt the principles which he adopted love .h.
Savour whom he loved, and you, ,00, ntay be a'ble ,0 1„ 1
upon death without a single feLr I, J^ ,1 ^

■ova of Christ which lifted' hi,fabov'.:edea77deat

.htt'lru'stetl. inti^.^r' "'' ^'-"'-- ■''---' i^ ".e man

It was a Saviour's faithful and unchanginff love wh.Vh

en^ed hint ,0 strike ou. into ..a ocean of "etcL.Tw:'::