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SERMON 
 
 PREACHED TO THE 
 
 QUEEN'S OWN RIFLES OF CANADA 
 
 AND EX-MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT, 
 
 - BY 
 
 REV. CANON HILL, M.A., 
 
 RECTOR TRINITY CHURCH, ST. THOMAS, ONT., AND HON. CHAPLAIN 25TH BATT . 
 
 ELGIN INFANTRY, 
 
 ON THE OCCASION OF THE CELEBRATION OF 
 
 The Diamond Jubilee 
 
 OF THE QUEEN'S ACCESSION, 
 
 ^n tke plavilicr, ^i'oriicu'.tural Gurdens, Toror.io, 
 
 Sunday Morning, June 20th, 1897. 
 
 TORONTO, ONT.: 
 
 Jamks & Wii.i,.\MP, Printers, io Kino Strekt East. 
 
 1898. 
 
SERMON. 
 
 "And all tlie people shouted, and said, God save the Kinj,'." — I. Samuel x., 24. 
 
 ^V^I^rFFIClCRS, noncomn'..sioned officers and men of the Queen's 
 \\)f/ Own, and ex nenilors of the regiment — you who constitute the 
 '^^'-^ battalion of to-ci ly, and we who represent the battalion of 
 yesterday — are we not all alike proud of, and do we not all glory in 
 the name wiiich the regiment has borne for so many years, and bears now, 
 the "Queen's Own"? Voi;, volunteers, have the honour of having your 
 names on the present muster-roll; we, civilians, p,iory in the thought that 
 we, too, once l)ore the initials Q. O. R. on our shoulder-straps, and the 
 regimental number on our shakos, and we look back with retrospective 
 eye over the long years to "the days of auld lang syne," and recall the 
 com[)any and battalion drills, the marches out, the field days, the guard 
 mounting at the old frame drill-shed, "id (some of us) the active service 
 in 1 86 J. Vou, volunteers of to-day, leel a justifiable pride in your regi- 
 ment, and are fired with a laudable ambiiion to maintain its well-earned 
 reputation as one of the crack city corps of the Canadian M'litia, to reach 
 the highest attainable standard of efficiency, and to fjster a proper esprit 
 dc cvrps among its members. We, gray-haired ex-volunteers, cherish in 
 our inmost hearts many pleasant recollections of happy hours spent with 
 the old regiment, and, blended with them, come sad memories of beloved 
 comrades, "Que, pro patria pugiiantes occiibueruiit apiid Linuridgc" 
 (who, whilst fighting for their country, fell ut Limeridge) thirty-one years 
 ago, of others who have since gone to join the great majority, and of still 
 others who are far away, whom we may never meet again on earth. 
 
 " For seas hae braid between us roared 
 Sin' auld lang syne." 
 
 Yes, we have felt in the past, and you feel to-day, that 
 
 " 'Tis a glorious charter 
 
 that is breathed in tl'.e words, 
 
 'I'm a (Jueen's Own man."' 
 
 The Queens Own Regiment. It is a glorious name to bearl And I 
 doubt not. Queen's Own, that you all realize and rejoice in its significance. 
 You feel that you belong to our Most Gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen 
 Victoria, and have given to her your sincere, loyal devotion, and are ''eady 
 to be faithful, even unto death, in her defense. We read In the First 
 Book of Chronicles that, while David was in the stronghold of Ziklag, 
 certain men ot Ueiijamin and Judah came to him, and when he asked 
 
them whether they came with fri -ndly or hostile intent, the Spirit rame 
 upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said: "Thine are we, 
 David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse; peace, peace be unto thee, and 
 peace be to thine helpers, for thy God helpeth thee.' Now, I am sure, 
 Queen's Own, that you u'e all ready to re-echo the words of Amasai as 
 giving expression to your heart-felt allegiance to our Queen, and say: 
 "Thine are we, Victoria, and on thy side, thou daughter of Edward, Duke 
 of Kent; peace, peace be unto thee, and peace to thine helpers, for thy 
 God helpeih thee. We are the Queen's Own!" 
 
 And, Queen's Own, muc'.i as you may have gloried before in the 
 name you bear, you are, methinks, specially glad to be called the Queen's 
 Own Regiment on this morning of the anniversaiy of the Queen's own 
 accession to the throne. That is the thought that is prominently present 
 in all minds to-day. This day marks the completion of sixty years of the 
 happiest, longest, most prosperous and progressive reign in British history. 
 The Diamond Jubilee has come, and we are assembled here to offer to our 
 bountiful Father above the tribute of praise. We thank Him, this morn- 
 ing, for having given us such a sovereign to reign over us, and for having 
 heard the prayers of His people, and for sixty years with His favour beheld 
 her, by the grace of His Holy Spirit inclining her to His will and enabling 
 her to walk in His way, granting her to live so many years in health and 
 wealth, and strengthening her to vanquish and overcome her enemies. 
 
 Yes; this is the anniversary of the Queen's accession. On the 20th 
 day of June, 1837, at five o'clock in the morning, the young Princess was 
 awakened out of her sleep to hear the news that she was Queen of Great 
 Britain and Ireland ; and at eleven o'clock of the same day she met Lord 
 Melbourne and the Privy Council, read her speech to them, took the oath 
 and the proclamation of her accession was signed. 
 
 Sixty long years have passed since that auspicious morning, and during 
 
 these three-score annual revolutions of our earth around the sun our noble 
 
 Queen 
 
 " Has worn the white flower of a blameless life 
 In that fierce light which beats about a throne." 
 
 And, even as the aged prophet of Israel pointed out Saul the son of Kish 
 to the assembled people, and said to them: "See ye him whom the Lord 
 hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?" all the 
 people shouted and said: "God save the King!" So on this Jubilee morn- 
 ing we, and all her loyal subjects throughout the length and breadth of the 
 Empire, as we remember that this is the anniversary of Her Most Gracious 
 Majesty's accession, and as we think of all the noble qualities of heart and 
 head that have distinguished her from all other monarchs, feel constrained 
 to unite in one "lad shout th-at shall echo the wide world round, and say: 
 ''God Scxve the Queen!" 
 
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 Verily, when we contrast our noble, gracious '^ucen with her prede- 
 cessors on the throne, we have abundant cause for thankfulness that we 
 have been blessed with such a sovereign. " In her," according to 
 Macaulay, "her subjects have found a wiser, gentler, happier Elizabeth." 
 No former monarch has so dioroughly comprehended the great truth that 
 the powers of the crown are held in trust for the people, and are the means 
 and not the end of government. This enlightened policy has entitled her 
 to the glorious distinction of having been the most constitutional monarch 
 England has ever seen. Not less important has been the example set by 
 Her Majesty in the practice of every social and domestic virtue. Her 
 stainless life and her unobtrusive piety have tended to elevate the standard 
 of morality, public and private, and have obtained for her the respect and 
 admiration of the civilized world. 
 
 Marvellous, indeed, has been the Empire's progress in prosperity and 
 enlightenment during Her Majesty's reign. Not only has there been a 
 wonderful expansion and growth in territory, in population, in commerce, 
 in revenue, in shipping, in railway extension, but also a mighty advance in 
 the religious, educational and industrial development of the Empire. The 
 Victorian Era is justly considered the brightest in the history of the British 
 nation. Not only has the nation increased its material prosperity under 
 the rule of Her Majesty; its progress in the fields of learning, in the arts, 
 in science, in literature — in short, in all that tends to ennoble mankind — 
 has been no less marked. Truly her's has been a uost eventful reign. 
 A history of the past sixty years would fill many volumes. It would deal 
 with many mighty events, and would show more rapid advancement in all 
 that constitutes the moral, intellectual and physical well-being of a people 
 than characterizes any preceding entire century since England became a 
 nation. Her reign will ever be a memorable one to us Canadians, as the 
 reign during which the North American Provinces were confederated under 
 the title of the Dominion of Canada — the reign that witnessed our birth 
 as a mighty nation ! Her reign will always be looked back to as the one 
 in which the scattered members of the Empire were brought into more 
 intimate fellowship with one another :"'nd with the mother-land; the reign 
 which saw the general development of the railway system in Great Britain 
 and its rapid extension throughout all civilized countries ; the reign in 
 which the electric telegraph was constructed, and the first successful 
 attempts made to use steam for the purposes of trans-oceanic navigation ; 
 the reign which witnessed the inauguration of an improved postal system, 
 the laying of sub-marine cables, the invention of the telephone, the 
 general utilization of electric power, and which, by an infinite number of 
 other agencies, immjnsely increased the comfort and convenience of the 
 people: the reign in which so many constitutional, political and social 
 reforms were consummated, and the principle of religious toleration under- 
 
stood and cariiod out to its greatest extent ; the reign in which temperance 
 in all things hccame, more Mian at any previous period, an aceepte«l rule 
 of human emiduet, in whieh more adecjuate provision was made for suffer- 
 ing humanity, and in whieh there was a greater mingling of mercy with 
 justice in the administration of the laws of the realm. And, ahove all, the 
 efforts made tluring the reign to spread the truths of Christianity through- 
 out the world have heen such as the British nation never made before It 
 has carried the gospel into the farthest ends of the earth, and thrown the 
 light of the word upon many l)enighted peo[)le. 'I"he Victorian F>a has 
 been pre-eminently an age of missions. And in all this advancement the 
 gracious influence of Her Majesty has been strongly felt. As one of our 
 Senators at Ottawa said a fev days ago: "It would be grcss flattery to 
 attiibute the progress and greatness of the Empire exclusively to the 
 Queen's abilities, but it can be fairly claimed for Her Majesty that she 
 has been one of the hardest labourers in the cause of advancing British 
 civilization. She has utilized the genius and reconciled the jealousies of 
 statesmen. Her authority has never been used to postpone or prevent the 
 accomplishment of any project which rvas for the good of her people or 
 the upbuilding of her Empire. The Queen has indeed been a j^reat 
 stateswoman, possessing all the (jualities of a wise a'.d sagacious ruler." 
 She has been, during her long and useful reign, a pjble wife, mother and 
 (^ueen, and the many v'rtues which she has e.^emplified in her own person 
 have had an influence not confined within the limits of her Empire. She 
 has earned the love of her own people, and (as I said before) the respect 
 and admiration of other nations. '1 hat she ma) be spared to add many 
 more years to the completed sixty of her glorious reign is the desire, not 
 only of the millions of her o\v n loyal subjects, but of the world at large. 
 In every quarter of the globe is breathed to-day the heart-felt prayer, 
 "God Save the Queen." 
 
 Thr^ Victorian Era has not only been marked by marvellous progress 
 in the arts of peace, but there has also been a wonderful expansion in the 
 Empire's fighting strength. The three score years of Her Majesty's reign 
 have seen England engaged in many wars; and on many a hard-fought 
 field has victory crowned her arms. Some of us can remember how our 
 hearts were thrilled with glad thankfulness and justifiable pride that we 
 also were Britons, wher we heard of "Alma," "Balaclava," "Inkernian," 
 and "Sebastapol." We fmember still the horror and grief that filled our 
 minds as the reports came to us across the sea of the atrocities of the 
 Indian Mutiny, and how the final triumph of the British arms shed an 
 undying glory around the honoured names of Sir Henry Havelock and 
 Sir Colin Campbell. We recall the Abyssinian expedition, the Ashantee 
 war, th'> fights in Afghanistan, the defeat and capture of Cete' ayo, the 
 bombardment of Alexandria, the glorious battle of Tel-el-Kebir. We 
 
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 recollect many a brief campaign in China, in the Soudan, in Southern 
 Africa, on the borders of Her Majesty's Indian possessions; and, ever and 
 anon, some taie of horoic daring while "facing Tearful odds," of frightful 
 risks run to save a comrade's life, of splendid devotion to the British flag 
 even unto decth, has reached us, telling us that British ** pluck' still 
 characterizes Britairi's sons, that the race of British heroes is not '>tinct, 
 and that the British regular of to-day is, as his forefathers weie, "a first- 
 class fightini; man," and a worthy descendant of "the dexlhless ones who 
 shine afar in arms, ' whose gaUant deeds are recorded on the p." "S of the 
 Empire's pre-Victorian history. 
 
 What is true of the British regular of to-day is true also, I believe, 
 of the Canadian volunteers. The fact that a man is a native-born 
 Canadian does not weaken, nay rather it seems to iiitr nsify his loyalty to 
 the British throne. We, Canadians, are trie and firm in our allegiance to 
 our sovereign, to the Empire of which our country forms an integral part, 
 and to the dear old worid-honoured red cross flag of England. We realize 
 that Canada's future welfare, prosperity and progress depend on the main- 
 tenance of the British connection, and can conceive of no more terrible 
 national calamity than that any other banner should ever floa*^ ovlt our 
 country. That is the feeling which animates the breast of every Canadian 
 volunteer, and he is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to save his native 
 land from such a fate. Canadian volunteers have done noble service in 
 the past, and are ready, if called on, to do so again. The same spirit of 
 ardent patriotism and unswerving devotion to sovereign, Empire, and 
 country, v.hijh animated the brave men who fought under (leneral Brock, 
 "the hero of Ijppcr Canada," at Queenston Heights, and wept over this 
 great leader fallen in the fight, and who battled with the enemy at Lundy's 
 Lane; who went forth at duty's summons in 1837 and 1S38; who responded 
 to their country's call to arms in 18 16; who went on the Red River expe- 
 dition and up the Nile with Woiseley; who cheerfully and heroically 
 endured the hardships, difficulties and exposure of the passage of the 
 "gaps" in the uncompleted railway along Lake Superior's northern shores, 
 of the long forced marches and prairie bivouacs; who charged at "Batoche," 
 and routed the foe at "Cut Knife Creek." The same spirit, I say, still 
 dwells in the bosoms of Canadian volunteers, and renders them not 
 unworthy descendants of the heroes of 181 2, not unworthy brothers of the 
 men who crushed out the North-West Rebellion in 1885 ; and should fair 
 Canada, in her sore need, stretch out to her volunteers her appealing 
 hands, and cry, " My sons, will ye fight for me?" they are prepared to 
 give a practical answer to her question — an answv g en not with the lips 
 only, but with lead and steel. 
 
 Now, among Canadian volunteers, I am sure that the members of the 
 Queen's Own Rifles are second to none in tneir loyalty to the throne. 
 
The very fact that you have enrolled yourselves in the ranks of the 
 
 Canadian Militia, that you wear Her Majesty's uniform, that you are 
 
 endeavouring earnestly to fit yourselves by drill, by rifle practice, by cheer- 
 
 lul submission to military discipline, to go forth, at any moment, trained, 
 
 disciplined, efficient soldiers, attests your loyalty, and proclaims your 
 
 readiness, should your country call for your services, to do battle for your 
 
 Queen, your native land, your hearths and homes, and all that men hold 
 
 dear— your readiness with strong right hand to hurl back from the free 
 
 soil of our great Dominion any invading foe who should dare to desecrate 
 
 it with his accursed tread — your readiness to 
 
 " Strike for your altars and your fires, 
 Strike for the green graves of your sires, 
 Strike till the last armed foe expires, 
 (Strike for) God and your native land." 
 
 Yes, my hearers, you are the Queen's Own. I ask you, in conclusion, 
 are you the Lord's Own? You are good soldiers of Victoria. As a 
 commissioned officer in the Lord's army, I ask you. Are you good soldiers 
 of Jesus Christ? You are loyal subjects to your earthly sovereign; are 
 you loyal subjects to the King of Kings ? You are true to ^he flag of 
 England; are you fighting manfully under Christ's banner against the 
 woSd, the flesh and the devil? You are all ready to re-echo (as I said) the 
 sentiinents of Aniasai, and say: "Thine are we, Victoria, and on thy side, 
 thou daughter of England's Royal Line." Can you sincerely, candidly, 
 gratefully say: "Thine are we, O Jesu, and on Thy side, Thou Son of 
 
 David?" 
 
 Oh, if any of you cannot answer "Yes" to these questions,. I 
 earnestly beseech you to volunteer for King Jesus NOW. Come to Him 
 in faith and penitence, and accept the free gift of Salvation ofi"ered to you 
 in Him. Say to Him, "Thine are we, O Jesu." We are not our own ; 
 we are bought with the price of Thine own precious blood. Yield your- 
 selves unreservedly to Him, and, having 'listed in the Holy War, seek, by 
 His grace, to continue His faithful soldiers and servants unto your lives' 
 
 ends. 
 
 Jesus speaks to thee, my brother, and says : 
 
 "I gave Myself for thee; 
 Give thou thyself to Me." 
 
 Let the language of thine heart be: 
 
 "AH I have I offer; all I hope to be. 
 Body, soul and spirit, all I yield to Thee." 
 
 " Walcome, welcome, dear Redeemer, 
 Welcome to this heart ot mine ; 
 Lord, I make a full :;urrerider, 
 Every power and thought be Thine, 
 Thine entirely — 
 Through e(.e;nal ages Thine." 
 
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