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 I Peter ii. 17. Honour all men: Love the brotherhoorl : Fear God: 
 Honour the king. 
 
 I am permitted to address you this morning upon a sub- 
 ject which to the patriotic Canadian is full of pride and 
 interest, viz.: concerning those American Colonists of the 
 last century whose loyalty to the unity of the British Empire 
 amid extreme sufferings and losses earned for them the title 
 of the United Empire Loyalists, par excellence ; and also to 
 appeal to you in behalf of an object which I have at heart, 
 the erection of a Memorial Church in that historic locality* 
 in which my lot is cast, to those faithful and heroic lovers of 
 their sovereign and country. 
 
 And in connection with such a subject, no text, it seems 
 to me, could be more appropriate than that which I have 
 just read, for the duties of which it speaks are those virtues 
 which were regnant in the character of the old Loyalists, 
 and which made them fit men, under God, to lay the foun- 
 dation of a young nation — its political, educational and re- 
 ligious institutions, and to graft in the hearts of their chil- 
 dren and children's children those lofty principles of loyalty 
 and morality Vvbich to this day distinguish the Canadian 
 character — principles which are indispensable to the true 
 progress and prosperity of a people. 
 
 In this first part of my discourse I shall proceed to shew 
 that the conduct of the U. E. Loyalists, as it appears upon 
 the page of history, exemplified in an eminent manner the 
 obligations enforced by the Apostle in the text, and that 
 thus, though dead, they yet speak to us and say "Love the 
 brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the King." 
 
 Reversing the order of these precepts for the convenience 
 of consideration, let us see, first, how these fathers of our 
 country Honored the King. 
 
 •Adolphustown — than which "no Township is more rich in historic 
 matters pertaining to the U. E. Loyalists. Here settled a worthy band ot 
 refugees whose lineage can be traced back to noble names in France, Germany 
 and Holland ; here was the birthplace of many of Canada's more prominent 
 and worthy sons, and here repose the ashes of a large number of the devoted 
 pioneers." Dr. Caniff' s History p. 245. 
 
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 It was not because they were the blind and fanatical ad- 
 vocates of the doctrine of the " Divine right of Kings," as it 
 is called, that they were the opponents of the rebellion which 
 arose in their midst. It was not, as has bc^n asserted, that 
 they were office-holders under the British Government, 
 which let them to assume the role of Loyalists, for the vast 
 number of them were not servants of the crown at all. It 
 was not that their illiteracy rendered them incapable of 
 taking an intelligent view of the controversy between the 
 mother country and their own, and that on this account they 
 were ready servilely to acquiesce in any act of British 
 tyranny or injustice against the colonies, for it is well known 
 that the great bulk of the educated and refined, and the pro- 
 fessional classes ; the leading lawyers, the prominent medi- 
 cal men, the greater number of the Clergy were all Loyalists; 
 and so far from upholding the course of England, they de- 
 precated her infatuated policy which had brought about so 
 cruel a conflict ; much less was it, as has been maliciously 
 alleged by their spoilers, that they were cowards and would 
 not stand up with them for their colonial rights. Was it 
 the part of cowards to take sides with the minority? to ex- 
 pose themselves and families by their profession of attach- 
 ment to the throne of England, to mob violence, to confis- 
 cations, imprisonment, banishment and even death on the 
 scaffold? Was it like cowards to buckle on their swords, as 
 thousands of them did, and stand up nobly in defence of 
 their King and Fatherland ? No, the Loyalists did not 
 " Honour the King," because they were without understand- 
 ing or feeling, religion or courage ; but rather because they 
 possessed these qualities in a high degree, and from their 
 exalted standpoint of duty and intelligent conviction, be- 
 lieved that under the circumstances to rebel was wrong, 
 immoral, that it was wicked unneccessarily to plunge the 
 colonies into the horrors of a fratricidal war, wrong to sever 
 themselves from the British Empire, unnatural and wrong, 
 for temporary grievances, to foreswear King and Country 
 and the old flag under which they had been born and lived, 
 and which had thiown its protection over them in the land 
 of their adoption. 
 
 Such were some of the considerations which animated the 
 Loyalists with unflinching patriotism, and nerved them in 
 the midst of raging enemies, and in the face of untold losses 
 and persecutions to "honor the king," and so to leave us 
 an example that should arm us with the same mind. 
 
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 And this leads me to observe in the second place that 
 these Loyalists were in' the main men who "feared God." 
 From the nature of the case it must have been so, for such 
 fidelity to principle as they exhibited could have had its root 
 in nothing but in true religion — and history supports this 
 conclusion. Dr. Canniff remarks* " their feelings of loyalty 
 were strengthened by their spiritual instructors." And again 
 he says ; " The fires of patrotism were kept aglow in many 
 a heart by the minister's earnest prayer." And no wonder 
 if the clergy in general were such men of God as the Rev. 
 Charles Inglis, first Bishop of Nova Scotia and the Rev. 
 John Stuart first Rector of Kingston, both refugee clergy- 
 men. Of the former, it is related that at the beginning of 
 the Revolution, with the courage of a confessor, he persisted 
 in praying for the King and Parliament in the face of a com- 
 pany of armed rebels, who had entered his church for the 
 purpose of silencing or of shooting him ; while the latter 
 never for a moment shrank from avowing his allegiance to 
 his soverign or from repeating the appointed state prayers 
 in divine service, till, after a long course of injury and ill- 
 usage he was compelled at last by threats of imprisomcnt to 
 leave his beloved Mohawk flock and to seek an asylum in 
 Canada. In the conscientious discharge of their duty to 
 their country, the fear of God in these devoted men raised 
 them above all fear of man ! No wonder, if with such ex- 
 amples before their eyes their people became animated with 
 the same steadfast spirit. 
 
 But the strength of their religious principles is shewn by 
 their conduct in the wilderness. 
 
 It must be admitted that their circumstances as settlers 
 in the bush were by no means favourable to religious habits. 
 Their struggle for the necessaries of life, their separation 
 from social restraints, from the ordinances of worship and 
 from pastoral oversight, were all conducive to laxity of 
 morals and indifference to the obligations of religion. 
 But to the credit of the Loyalists be it spoken that, though for 
 years there was the greatest dearth of clergy, and the 
 ministrations of religion in their midst, deeds of lawless- 
 ness and immorality but rarely occurred among them. 
 
 But more than this, we have ample proof that they prized 
 and welcomed the ordinances of worship whenever they 
 were offered them and lamented their absence. In a letter 
 
 'History p. 51. 
 
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 to a friend in England written in the year 1784 by the Rev. 
 Dr. Stuart before mentioned, whose name will ever be 
 fragrant among you, and among all Canadian Churchmen 
 as " Father of the Church in Upper Canada," he says : " I 
 must not omit to mention the anxious desire of the loyal 
 exiles to have clergymen sent among them ; and they look 
 to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in their 
 present distress." 
 
 The report of this venerable society for the year 1788-g, 
 bears the same testimony. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Wiswall, the Society's Missionary at Corn- 
 wallis and Wilmot N. S. thus writes : " Since your Society 
 has allowed a catechist for the Township of Wilmot the 
 people have expressed their grateful sense of the favour by 
 immediately purchasing a cleared acre of land for his use, 
 and building upon it a log house 22x20 for a school and 
 chapel of ease. Mr. Cropeley, an eldery man and suffering 
 loyalist has undertaken the charge. He opened his school 
 on the 1st of Nov. 1787, and he reads to the people the 
 liturgy and suitable tracts on such Sundays as your mis- 
 sionary is engaged in other parts of his mission." 
 
 The same report refers to the labours of another missio- 
 nary who ministered to the pioneers about our own bay, the 
 Rev. Mr. Langnorn. " He is now settled," it states, "at his 
 mission at Ernesttown and Fredericksburg. But he has 
 since Oct. 1787, visited and baptised many children in 
 several places that lie contiguous to the Apanee River. 
 Capt. Hawley, of Ernesttown, has written also to the 
 Society to thank them for their attention to the spiritual 
 wants of the poor people." Only two years after this these 
 settlers, poor as they were, set about erecting two churches, 
 one at Bath, and the other in Fredericksburg; the former 
 yet stands, the latter has been replaced by a neat brick 
 church. 
 
 But let me add, the honor of erecting the first church in 
 Upper Canada undoubtledly belongs to the refugee Mo- 
 hawks, who settled in the Grand River. In it the Rev. Dr. 
 Stuart preached in the summer of 1784 to his old flock from 
 whom he had been so long separated, and received from 
 them such an affectionate and touching welcome. 
 
 Such, brethren, are a few of the facts and considerations 
 which must lead the candid mind to conclude, without any 
 desire of exaggerating their claims to sanctity, that the Fathers 
 of Canada were on the whole men whose religious princi- 
 

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 pies were deep and sincere, who valued the Gospel and 
 the ordinances of worship, and bein^ such, they are not un- 
 worthy to be held up to this and succeeding generations of 
 their children as examples of those who "feared God" as 
 well as "honored the King." 
 
 We come now to the third in the triad ol duties enjoined 
 by the Apostle in the text, viz: "Love the brotheiiiood'V.c, 
 so say in the words of Bishop Wordsworth, "Sympathising 
 with them in their griefs, succouring them in their troubles, 
 rejoicing with them in their joys, as there is the same blood 
 in the veins of all, the same head of the whole brotherhood, 
 the same spirit knitting together all in one." 
 
 We have to enquire how the Loyalists fulfilled this obli- 
 gation. Was this the mind and disposition which they 
 exemplified ? 
 
 An answer direct comes to us in the words of Dr. Canniff*: 
 " It is a remarkable fact, he says, that the Loyalists who 
 planted Upper Canada, not only honored the King and 
 Feared God, but in a very eminent degree, fulfilled the com- 
 mandment to love one another." 
 
 And was it not natural that people animated by the same 
 patriotic feelings, and the same determination to live and 
 die under the the old flag of England ; that companions 
 in arms as many of them had been, and companions in 
 suffering as they were ; that coming togelhcr as refugees 
 into the wilderness, having to undergo the same difficulties, 
 privations and toils in creating homes for themselves, and 
 providing subsistence for their families, and needing, as they 
 did, each ccher's society, comfort and help, was it not natural 
 that they should be knit together in the closest bonds of 
 fellowship and brotherly regard ? 
 
 The necessity for the interchange of labor and for the 
 combination of hands to erect their log constructed habita- 
 tions and to clear away the forest, gave rise to those hearty 
 and happy gatherings called "Hecs." The popularity of these 
 re-unions for labor and pleasure, and the multiplication of 
 pretexts for holding them are indications of the neighbourK 
 fueling which prevailed. 
 
 I have been informed that the first yield of apples in 
 Adolphustown was the occasion of a very remarkable "Bee." 
 The whole township was invited to it, and after supper a 
 committee was elected to divide the small heap of apples 
 
 'History p. 257. 
 
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 among the company. Amid much mirth and jollity the task 
 was accomplished, everyone sharing alike, the owner of the 
 apples receiving no more than the others. 
 
 In the dreadful year of famine, known as the " Hungry 
 Year," which followed the withdrawal of the Government 
 rations, a common calamity cemented the settlers even 
 more cordially together. Many, at the risk of future want 
 to themselves, gave away day after day to their more needy 
 neighbour^. With some few exceptions the last loaf was 
 divided, and when provisions were sold, it was at fair, not 
 "famine prices." 
 
 But what need to multiply instances? No fact is better 
 known, none is more frequently recalled among those who 
 are wont to lament the present decay of the spirit of fellow- 
 ship in the community, than that the noble band of Loyalists, 
 like theprimitive Romans, " Were like brothers in the brave 
 days of old." 
 
 But to jwhat end, brethren, am I directing my remarks ? 
 For what purpose do I illustrate the virtues, and recall the 
 worth of the Loyalist patriots ? 
 
 Before broaching the main object which I have in view, 
 I desire, in a few more words, to hold up these high principled 
 men, as worthy of our admiration and imitation. Religion, 
 Loyalty, Fraternity, these were tneir principles, and they are 
 the Pillars of the State, the Corner Stones of Society, the 
 foundation of all manly and passive virtues. They were the 
 source of that steadfastness, devotion and self-sacrifice 
 which our fathers displayed in the hour of trial, and what, 
 at such a time, would become of a state without qualities 
 like these ? 
 
 I desire also, to load you to a sense of devout thankfulness 
 to the Almighty Ruler, for peopling this country with men 
 of such chosen virtue. It is indeed a favour and distinction 
 which we cannot prize too highly, that the foundations of 
 our Dominion were laid in Peace and Righteousness. Rome 
 was founded by Romulus in the blood of his brother Remus. 
 English history begins with the landing of Hengist and his 
 war-band in blood and fire, murder and pillage. The neigh- 
 bouring Republic was born red-handed, with the blood of 
 her mother's sons and of her own sons and brothers. In 
 happy contrast to these and to most nations, the founda- 
 tions of our country were laid in peace, by men devoted to 
 the highest principles, for which they willingly suffered the 
 loss of all thmgs and counted not their lives dear unto them. 
 

 For this proof of Divine j^^oodiiess it well becomes us to be 
 f?rateful, especially as it has been the cause, I belive, of 
 many blessings to Canada in time past, and will be the well 
 spring of countless others in time to come. As a recent 
 writer* observes : "If the seeds of disloyalty were sown in 
 the New England Colonies from the beginning, so it is equally 
 certain that the seeds of loyal connecflon with the crown and 
 Empire of Britain were similarly sown in Canada Rnd have 
 ever borne the noblest and most glorious huits. The settle- 
 ment of this country by the expatriated Loyalists of America, 
 was the leaven that has leavened the whole lump of Canadian 
 nationality and made this country what I trust it will ever 
 remain, the most loyal, orderly, and progressive part of 
 Britian's Empire." 
 
 But the main purpose I have in view in making the United 
 Empire Loyalists the theme of my discourse, remains to be 
 stated, and must now be presented very briefly. 
 
 Can any one contemplate the character of the devoted 
 pioneers, consider their conduct in their trying hour when 
 they were required on pain of losing property, liberty and 
 even lite itself, to forswear their king and country : can 
 any one view their brave and self-sacrificing, though alas, 
 vain exertions in behalf of the unity of the British Empire : 
 can any one follow them as they made their painful pilgrim- 
 age through tangled thickets, from the land whi :h had cast 
 them out, from their ruined and pillaged homes, to the soil 
 where the old tiag of England yet waved, albtit it was an 
 unbroken forest, and behold how with stout hearts and high 
 purposes they began that battle which was to turn the wild- 
 erness into fruitful fields : can any one realize that these 
 patient toilers, these suffering settlers, were the making of their 
 adopted country, the founders of her present prosperity and 
 growing greatness ; and that the noble impulses which 
 stirred their bosoms, their attachment to their soverign and 
 British institutions, their love of country and love of justice 
 and charity and freedom and honor, have entered deeply 
 into the character and sentiments of the Canadians, and 
 have been felt for good in every national movement and 
 development : can any one, I say, consider these things 
 without lamenting the sc?:^^ justice which has been done to 
 the memory of these worthies, not to speak of their cruel 
 vilification by those who drove them from their midst; and 
 
 •VVilli.im Kirby, Ksc] , l- R.S C. 
 
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 without astonishment that no monument exists to commemo- 
 rate their deeds, and services to the land of their adoption ? 
 A document in the Dominion Library, relating to Brock's 
 monument, states that "that monument stands in remem- 
 brance of him who sacrificed his valuable life in duty to his 
 King and in defence of our Canadian homes." But what 
 more, I ask, did that |fallant patriot do, than the U. E. 
 Loyalists, for whom no memorial has ever been reared ? It 
 may, indeed, be declared with truth and pride "si quaris 
 monunienUim circiimspice.^' If a monument ye seek, look around 
 you on your country — but the glorious truth herein embodied 
 only heightens the ingratitude complained of. There are 
 storied urns and pictured windows to the memory of the gal- 
 lant few who fell in the Fenian Raid, but to commemorate a 
 band of men who after exhibiting a noble example of suffer- 
 ing patriotism, became the patient founders of a Province, 
 hewn out of the wilderness, and lastly the defenders of their 
 adopted country, no monumental pile, as I have said, exists, 
 while their names are passing from our remembrance, and 
 their very graves are trodden under foot. Such neglect and 
 insensibility on the part of their countrymen, their own 
 flesh and blood, is truly incomprehensible — heathen Rome 
 would have called it impious! 
 
 Moved by such considerations and feelings as in this dis- 
 course I have endeavoured feebly to express, when the Lord 
 Bishop of the diocese appointed me last autumn to the 
 Rectory of Adolphustown, I immediately broached the idea 
 of a U. E. Loyalist Memorial Church. The age and delapi- 
 dated condition of the present church built by the sons of 
 Loyalists, gave me the opportunity ; the approaching Cen- 
 tenary of the landing of the pioneers suggested an a[)propri- 
 ate time. An inspection of the old records and memorials 
 of the parish inspiried me with greater ardor for the uiider- 
 taking, for I found the old parish registers and churchyards 
 full of names well known and revered in the traditions of 
 loyalism. I was particularly impressed on beholding the 
 ruinous state of the old pioneer Cemetery, its crumbling 
 monuments and untended graves. It occurred to me then 
 that not only the church itself might be made monumental, 
 but that those precious names over which oblivion was fast 
 creeping, and others as worthy might be preserved to lasting 
 remembrance and honour, by engraving them upon rows of 
 mural tiles, or tablets within the sacred building. From 
 that moment I began to work out my scheme. I was happy 
 
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 to find that the idea commended itself to gentlemen occupy- 
 ing the highest positions in the country, especially, his 
 Honour the Lieut-Governor of Ontario. In a word so far I 
 have met with nothing but kindness and encouragement in 
 my project. The parishioners, few in number as they are, 
 willingly seconded my efforts and subscribed the sum of 
 $2,200 towards the building fund. An earnest parishioner* 
 has in addition to his subscription given a beautiful and 
 elevated site for the church, in full view of the Bay. Other 
 kind contributors have raised the subscription list to about 
 $2,500, but $7,000 at least are required to build a ston3 edifice 
 of moderate dimensions and suitable character. Will you, 
 brethren, hold up my hands and contribute to the good 
 work which I have undertaken? Ample time will be given 
 to subscribers, no immediate payment being required. For 
 although my endeavours are diiected to have the corner-stone 
 laid by his Honour the Lieut-Governor with all proper cere- 
 mony on the i6th dav of June next, we shall proceed no 
 further this year than the foundation of the building, in 
 order that I may have the necessary time to secure subscrip- 
 tions to the full amount required ? Will you help me, 
 brethren, to success ? You will, I know, if indeed you have 
 the same mind as the writers of the following words extracted 
 from their own letters upon the subject. His Honour, the 
 Lieut-Governor says, "The U. E. Loyalists deserve the 
 recognition suggested by the Rev. Mr. Forneri, and to it I 
 will gladly give my patronage, time or money," and again, 
 " I shall be with you if I can to lay the corner-stone of the 
 church, and if of any importance to your undertaking you 
 can tell your friends of my wish and intention 'o be there if 
 possible. "t Chief Justice Wallbridge writes, " I esteem it a 
 privilege and an honour to be associated in so good and 
 plesant a work. You may rely on me for $100." While 
 Dr. Canniff remarks, "In regard to the Memorial Ghurch in 
 honour of the U. E. L. pioneers of Upper Canada, you have 
 my warmest sympathy, and warmest hope for a successful 
 result of your timely action." 
 
 What now will you do for this work of God, and for the 
 honour of those brave men and women who settled around 
 the shores of our beautiful Bay, just one hundred years ago? 
 
 •J.J. Watson, Esq. 
 
 tllis Honour, in a later communication, has been pleased to fix the 17th 
 (lay of Junr for the ceremony