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THE LORD IS ON OUR SIDE 
 
 
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 SERMON, 
 
 DELIVERED IN THE WESLEYAN CHAPEL, 
 
 ©[D)[ELLf(2)W[M, 
 
 ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1839, 
 
 BEING THE 
 
 FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE, 
 
 FOUGHT AT THE ABOVE PLACE, 
 
 BETWEEN THE 
 
 INSURGENTS AND THE LOYAL VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 BT THE 
 
 Rev. ROBERT COONEY, Wesleyan Missionary. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY REQUEST. 
 
 MONTREAL : 
 
 PRINTED BY CAMPBELL AND BECKET, 
 
 Muir's Buildings, Place d'Armes. 
 FOR SALE BY WILLIAM GREIG, ST. PAUL STREET ; CAMPBELL 
 BRYSON, AND ARMOUR AND RAMSAY, ST. FRANCOIS XAVIEB 
 STREET ; AND OTHER BOOKSELLERS. 
 
 1840. 
 
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 TO 
 
 LIEUT.-COLONEL TAYLOR, C. B. 
 
 AND TO 
 
 THE OFFICERS, 
 
 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND PRIVATES, 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LA COLE, ODELLTOWN, AND HEMMINCFORO 
 
 VOLUNTEER CORPS, 
 
 Cp 4FoUokDtng ^ermon» 
 
 PflEACHED BEFORE THEM, AND PUBLISHED AT THEIR BEQUEST, 
 
 IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, 
 
 BY THEIR OBEDIENT SERVANT, 
 
 ROBERT COONEY. 
 

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"THE LORD IS ON OUR SIDE." 
 
 PSALM CXXIV— 2, 3. 
 
 " If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against 
 
 us; Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against 
 
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 us. 
 
 The presence of so many persons arrayed in military 
 costume, and assembled in a place of divine worship, 
 and that for the avowed purpose of commemorating a 
 victory, which " The God of Battles" enabled them 
 to achieve, is an object, upon which the poet might 
 exercise his genius, and the painter employ the delicate 
 proficiency of his art. Although no remarkable, or very 
 prominent feature ever characterizes the congregation, 
 to which we regularly minister in this house, yet is it 
 for many reasons, both interesting and absorbing. The 
 external monotony is at variance with the views, hopes, 
 and fears, by which the mind is exercised ; and a 
 conviction, that some are in a perilous and degraded 
 state, while others enjoy peace and an assurance of 
 Divine favour, awakens the sympathies and affections 
 of the preacher, and causes him to utter words of reproof, 
 exhortation and comfort, as the hand of a musician 
 compels his instrument to emit notes of sadness and of 
 
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But the new aspect under which we appear this 
 morning, is one of the remote eflFects produced by the 
 unusual" occurrence, the remembrance of which, we 
 are convened to perpetuate ; but the novelty it exhibits 
 is not half so attractive, as the moral that it conveys 
 is picturesque and impressive. The astronomers of 
 the East suspended their profound calculations to adore 
 Him "which alone spreadeth out the heavens" and 
 " that maketh the sewn stars and Orion"— The shep- 
 perds quitted their flocks to offer praises unto him, 
 who in the plenitude of time, proved himself to be 
 " The good shepherd," by laying down his life for the 
 sheep -, and on this occasion, the farmers have rchn- 
 quisbed their rural employments to wait upon that 
 God who "waterest the ridges" of the earth and 
 "settlest the furrows thereof." The soldiers have 
 repaired from the parade ground to acknowledge the 
 goodness of him who teacbeth « their hands to tear 
 and their fingers to fight !"-the duties of the camp 
 are exchanged for the exercises of the temple ; the 
 preparation for the Sabbath is turned into a festival ; 
 and still, these are but the outward and visible forms, 
 through which we bless the name of the Lord for 
 having delivered us from the hands of our enemies. 
 
 The verv existence of such a profession as that of 
 arms, is an 'abundant proof that society is in an irregular 
 and convulsed state. Crafty and designing men tre 
 manufacturing plans of mischief in their secret plaris; 
 demagogues and political mountebanks are always 
 declafmlng agai. st imaginary evils; and as h.dden 
 rocks and fierce winds will disturb the course of a 
 beautiful river, so these intriguing and turbulent 
 
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 irbulent 
 
 men trouble the waters of social and political harmony ; 
 and often cover their surface with the wreck of all that 
 is lovely, and virtuous, and of good report. Now— 
 To remove these insidious breakers, and subdue these 
 stormy winds, force— physical force, is the only appa- 
 ratus that can be successfully employed ; and hence 
 arises the expediency, if not the necessity, for main- 
 taining standing armies. If these were but the gaudy 
 appendages of the state, their dress, appurtenances, 
 and evolutions, would be but so many parts of a national 
 pantomime ; and if they are intended -to reflect the 
 glory of the Commonwealth, that might be attained by 
 a more rational process, and at a cheaper rate, by 
 celebrating public /t?fe5, or by dramatising those histo- 
 rical incidents which embellish the annals of almost 
 every nation. 
 
 We are not an advocate for coercive measures, 
 because the religion we profess teaches us to recognize 
 even in an enemy the face of a brother. No man 
 detests Intolerance or Oligarchy of every kind more 
 than we do ; but there are some men whom no lenity 
 can soften, whom no kindness can propitiate. They 
 mistake every act of indulgence for an expression of 
 
 fear every concession you make is requited by a fresh 
 
 proposition, and when the exorbitant or revolutionary 
 character of their demands forces the authorities to 
 adopt another course, then disaiFection grows up into 
 rebellion ; the war whoop of sedition is sounded through 
 the land ; and they that should cherislx and support 
 the Government, conspire to subvert and destroy it. 
 Out of these causes, my Brethren, as from a root, sprung 
 that species of military force, of which you form so 
 
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 distinguished a part ; and such were the men, whom 
 •' The Loud of Hosts" enabled you to disperse and 
 vanquish. O! of a truth— 
 
 The Lord h King, ond oarth Bubmits, 
 Howe'er impatient, to his sway ; 
 Between the cherubim he sits, 
 And inalies liis restless foes obey. 
 
 All power is to our Jesus given, 
 O'er earth's rebellious sons he reigns ; 
 He mildly rules the hosts of heaven ; 
 And holds the power of hell in chains. 
 
 And now, in this very place, where he once Ufted up 
 a standard for us, docs he appear in his imperial char- 
 acter, as "King or Kings and Lord of Lords." 
 His dazzling throne is set up before us— He sits on it 
 " High and lifted uf—lli?> train fills the temple— 
 an innumerable company of angels form radiant orbs 
 around him— The heavenly choirs are singing their 
 antiphon " Holy, Holy, Holy," &c.,— and we are 
 paying our vows and ascribing our preservation to the 
 saving strength of his right hand-" Thy right hand, 
 Lord, is become glorious in power ; thy right hand, 
 Lord, hath dashed in pieces the eneimj." Ex. xv. 6. 
 
 L The abrupt but pathetic manner in which the 
 psalm, that supplies the text, commences, provides us 
 with a key to unlock the sentiments and feelings of its 
 author. It places him before us in the attitude of 
 thanksgiving and praise, while gratitude, astonishment, 
 and joy, rush upon his soul, producing their various 
 sensations, and exhibiting their different effects. For 
 
 a moment, lue iv;couev^uOix ^^ \^^x^ ..,.4.^-- 
 
 he escaped, occasions an involuntary shuddering that 
 
 
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 spreads paleness over his face, and causes his heart to 
 wax faint ; hut a conviction of his safety exerts its 
 animatinginfluence over him ; and then his countenance 
 grows eifulgent with delight— confidence " in the 7iame 
 of the Lord" strengthens his inner man ; the congre- 
 gration fill the tabernacle ; the incense burns ; the 
 sacrifice bleeds ; the stringed instruments and high 
 sounding cymbals make a joyful noise; and innumerable 
 voices send forth avolunieofpraise to "Tin: God op 
 Battlks." Our ejirs gladly catch the accents of 
 grateful pietv ; and while the devout Israelites are 
 attributing their safety to the Almighty, the echo of 
 their song rises up within us, tunes our voices and 
 constrainr us to sing—" // it had not been the Lord 
 who was on our side, when men rose up against us ; 
 Then fheif had swallowed us up quick, when their 
 wrath icas kindled against us.'* 
 
 II. This Divine ode plainly adverts to some very 
 
 grievous calamity that had lately impended over the 
 
 Jewish people, and from which " The arm of the Lord" 
 
 had miraculously saved them. This gracious deliver- 
 
 ance called loudly for an expression of national gratitude 
 
 bearing some kind of proportion to the salvation it 
 
 conferred ; and to offer this in the form of a public 
 
 thanksgiving, the Psalm that constitutes the theme of 
 
 our meditations, appears to have been composed. 
 
 Commentators are not agreed as to the precise occasion, 
 
 which this religious festival was intended to celebrate. 
 
 Some are of opinion that it alludes to the suppression 
 
 of the rebellion created by the aspiring Absalom; 
 
 others that it refers to the restoration from Babylon ; 
 
 and many, .f equal reputation with the two former 
 
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 classes, contend that it is a special acknowledgment 
 tendered unto God, for delivering his people from the 
 snare, which the malevolent Haman had arranged for 
 their destruction. " Our soul is escaped as a bird 
 out oftlie snare of the fowlers : the snare is broken, 
 and we are escaped" Adopting the last opinion, as 
 that which hest accords with the whole context, let us, 
 my brethren keep the feast of Purim,* and refresh our 
 souls by dwelling on the text — as a situation of immi- 
 nent danger described; and an instance of Divine 
 interposition gratefully acknowleged. 
 
 First. A situation of imminent danger des- 
 cribed " Then they had swallowed us up quick, 
 
 when their wrath was kindled against us," 
 
 The ancient people of God, on the alarming occasion 
 wdiich awakened the Psaltery and Harp of the devout 
 minstrel, were exposed to an indiscriminate and 
 universal massacre. They were now in captivity dis- 
 persed through all the provinces of Persia; and an 
 enemy, at once unrelenting and powerful, had secretly 
 matured a plan for their final extirpation. Haman, 
 an officer in the court of Ahasuerus, became, without 
 any provocation, the implacable foe of the proscribed 
 Jews, and made his too credulous master believe, that 
 they were conspiring against his life and government. 
 The despotic prince hearkened to the words of this 
 unprincipled minion, and for the effectual prevention 
 of the imaginary rebellion, he published an edict, 
 
 • Pur or Purim is a Hebrew vord which, like the Greek word Kleros, signifies 
 lot : and is the name of a solemn feast which the Jews instituted to commemorate 
 the deliverance to which we have adverted. 
 
 
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 commanding that all the Israelites in his dominions 
 should be simultaneously destroyed.* 
 
 The nature and extent of this danger may 
 
 BE inferred from THE FORCE OF THE METAPHORS 
 USED TO DESCRIBE IT. 
 
 The artifice and cruelty of the men to whom this 
 atrocious murder was committed, is set forth by very 
 lively and graphic figures. The cruelty of carniverous 
 animals ; the impetuosity of a mountain torrent ; the 
 craftiness of a fowler— all these are exhibited in the 
 plan devised for the total extinction of the Lord's inher- 
 itance. " Tken they had swallowed us up quick" &c. 
 Only for the we^tchful care of God they would have 
 rushed upon them : torn them in pieces, and swallowed 
 them up, even while their blood was warm, and while 
 the life was quivering in their mangled limbs. The 
 defenceless situation of these doomed aliens, and the 
 unappeasable wrath and fury of their adversaries, are 
 illustrated by a vast body of waters breaking down the 
 dykes and embankments that had hitherto resisted 
 them, and in their devastating progress submerging 
 the whole country, and destroying all its inhabitants. 
 " Then the wafers had overwhelmed us, the stream had 
 gone over our suuL Then the proud waters had gone 
 over our soul" The other similitude exposes the 
 secret character of the plot, by which they were to 
 
 * A proposal -itnilar to this, was discussed in a deliberative assembly not more, 
 tliiui haU' a century a^.*. M. De Peysonnel, in describing the character of the 
 celebrated Hassan Pacha, says, that he preserved the Greeks, when it was d.crreed 
 in the council of the Grand Seii-nior, to utterly exterminate them, as a puni^^hmeiit 
 fsr their dcfertion, ftnd to prevent them from enijaoinii in any futmc rebrlliwu. 
 
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 have been ensnared and ruined ; while their miraculous 
 escape, and the grateful emotions it excited in their 
 hearts, are vividly pourtrayed in the conclusion of the 
 psalm. " Blessed he the Lord ivho hath 7iot given us 
 as a. prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird 
 out of the snare of the fowlers : the snare is broken, 
 and lue are escaped. Our help is in the name of the 
 Lord, ivho made heaven and eartJi." 
 
 "We do not wish to believe that the "iw^n" who lately 
 "rose up against us" ever intended to commit the 
 indiscriminate carnage imaged forth by these biblical 
 comparisons — but if actions grow out of thought — if 
 execution, or an attempt to execute, be the symbol and 
 the effect of previous design; — then the insurrectionists 
 and brigands who endeavoured to take Odell Town, 
 intended, at least, to destroy or capture all who would 
 try to defend it. Their rabid and murderous attack 
 upon the small party of Volunteers stationed in This 
 Chapel, when more than 1,000 of them, all armed, 
 rushed upo^i a little, but invincible band of Spartans, 
 not exceeding 180, justifies us in selecting the text as 
 a delineation of their object, and an expression of our 
 gratitude to that God "?r//o liatii not given us as a 
 preij to their teeth." I see many before me now, some 
 attirecMn militarj/ dress, and others in the unobtrusive 
 garb of private life, and I know that they patiently 
 suffered, nobly contended, and gallantly fought on the 
 day we are now commemorating, and in the very house, 
 where we are now worshipping "The God of Peace." 
 01 my beloved, on that day, the Lord was on your side; 
 he caused your bows to abide in strength ; he enabled 
 you to wax valiant in fi<T^ht ; under his fuidanco, the 
 
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 lifting up c^ your spears made your enemies quail ; in 
 the secret of his tabernacle did he make your hiding 
 place ; his wings were spread over you like a pavilion ; 
 and his truth was unto you both shield and buckler. 
 
 The danger to w^hich we were exposed was 
 
 CAUSED 13Y unreasonable AND WICKED MEN THAT 
 ROSE ur AGAINST US. 
 
 The instigators and prime authors of the late rebellion 
 are equally distinguished for sedition and cowardice. 
 An aversion to every thing that is British, forms the 
 cardinal tenet of their political creed ; but an intuitive 
 dread of British valour, is discoverable through all their 
 arrangements for the gratification of that aversion. 
 The absurdity of their projects and the crudity of their 
 plans, are strangely at variance with their proverbial 
 discretion in the hour of danger. Many of the better 
 informed among them, are deeply imbued with the 
 corrupt philosophy of modern infidels. Intoxicated by 
 drinking at the polluted streams which flow^ through 
 the works of Voltaire, Rousseau, and others, " .'heir 
 foolish hearts ivere darkened" they " became vain in 
 their imagijiations" — the eyes of their understanding 
 were blinded : libertv assumed an hundred meretricious 
 shapes and forms before them ; and deluded them into 
 the hope of taking Canada, of deranging the whole Colo- 
 nial policy of Great P>ritain, and of erecting upon the 
 ruins of our beautiful constitution, the hideous Idol of 
 a Democracy, at whose feet, all would be compelled to 
 bow down and worship. But the deeds, no less than 
 the intentions of these men, entitle them to the desig- 
 nations in this Droposition, " unreasonable and wicked." 
 
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 While they were endeavouring to destroy the lives of 
 their fellow subjects, who could not pronounce " Shib- 
 boleth" in the same dialect — while they were trying to 
 force upon the country an Utopian form of government, 
 adapted to no place but the imaginary dominions of 
 Don Quixote — while they were showing the people 
 the way to civil and political liberty by a torch kindled 
 in the flames of their dwelling houses and barns — while 
 they were illustrating the principles of honesty by acts 
 of plunder — and avowing their detestation of sacrilege 
 by robbing churches — all the time, " tell it not in 
 Gath : publish it not in Askelon" they were pompously 
 calling themselves patriots. 
 
 But these " men rose up against us when 
 their wrath was kindled against us." 
 
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 Wrath IS a furious hatred stirred up in the heart of 
 a person by some deep or serious injury ; and is man- 
 ifested by an attempt to injure or destroy the object of 
 its resentment. This passion kindles up the fire of 
 hell in the bosom, and deforms the visage by stamping 
 upon it all the lineaments of a fiend. Satan, the Arch- 
 traitor and primordial incendiary, first lighted this 
 flame ; restless disobedience — disappointed ambition — 
 and grovelling cupidity are the fuel that keep it burning; 
 but here all its eff'orts for the destruction of life and 
 property, are called the glowings of insulted and 
 oppressed freedom, struggling to dissolve the chains 
 and fetters by which it is encumbered. But you, my 
 brethren, gave these ^^men that rose up against" you 
 no provocation ; you committed no ofl^ence against 
 their reputation, their property, their religion, or their 
 
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 or their 
 
 lives, — you violated no pledge — broke no engagement. 
 
 No Their wrath was kindled by the poisonous issues 
 
 of a deleterious Press ; by the reveries of visionary 
 theorists ; by the inflammatory speeches of demagogues ; 
 and by the artful insinuations of political charlatans. 
 The Halls of legislation, which should have been places 
 of sweet and holy council, were transformed into dens 
 of bitterness and acrimony. The men that should have 
 been the moderators of the constituency, and the 
 guardians of the Executive, never ceased to appeal to 
 the latent antipathies and prejudices of the ^^ Hahitans" 
 until the smouldering ashes of disaffection were ignited, 
 and then " their ivrath icas kindled against us ;" and 
 then it burst into a flame which raged through various 
 parts of the country, and threatened to devour us as 
 fire devoureth dry stubble. 
 
 The wrath of these infatuated and presump- 
 tuous MEN INVOLVED US IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF 
 PERPLEXITY AND DANGER. 
 
 I shall not lead you into the gloomy chamber where 
 the late revolt lies sick and wounded, and stretched 
 upon the miserable pall *: of poverty and disease. I 
 shall not lift up the gory curtains behind which the 
 dying rebellion lies pale and ghastly ; nor will I open 
 the wounds which a year has partially healed, by 
 adverting to the endless rumours which obtained pre- 
 vious to the action at the provincial line. Threats 
 and menaces of a very sanguinary description were 
 continually issuing from various sources. Now, vast 
 multitudes, constantly increasing like the teeth of Cad- 
 mus, were coming in irom tiic unituu otatcs ; again. 
 
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 hords of buccaneers, threatening, with biff swelling 
 words, to exceed in deeds of blood the fiercest of the 
 Mohicans, were advancing from the same quarter ; and 
 as "coming events cast their shadows before" — so the 
 public mind was bewildered, and for many days a rod 
 was stretched out over us. But all these, because 
 " The Lord urns on our side" have passed away before 
 " Glad tidings of great joij," as the mists which over- 
 shadow a morning landscape roll off before the rising 
 sun. 
 
 The demon of insurrection was permitted to frown 
 upon a settlement, where the God of Peace and Love 
 had so often lifted up the light of his countenance. 
 Our misguided fellow-subjects came up against us like 
 ravening wolves, and would have " swallowed us up 
 quick'* if " Tlte Lord had not been on our side'* 
 " Their teeth were set on edge" — their words were as 
 spears and arrows ; and the hot breathing of their 
 fury seemed to ascend like a vapour which threatened 
 to obscure our vallev of vision. An armed host rushed 
 " like proud ivaters'* upon this house, where a short 
 time before multitudes flocked like doves to their win- 
 dows. They tried to make our Zion like a ploughed 
 field — they tried to strew her goodly stones in the dust ; 
 and to lay their "hands on all her plea sa?it things." 
 During these troublous times, this and the circumjacent 
 settlements presented a sight both affecting and instruc- 
 tive. The women and children were fleeing across 
 the lines into the contiguous republic ; the men were 
 marching to their various posts ; this chapel, the only 
 place of worship in the neighbourhood, was shut ; those 
 that would have been sitting under the word of God 
 
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 swellinof 
 st of the 
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 — so the 
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 because 
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 ch over- 
 
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 to frown 
 nd Love 
 tenance. 
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 d lis vp 
 r side'* 
 were as 
 of their 
 'eatened 
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 icir win- 
 loughed 
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 t J lings." 
 mjacent 
 instruc- 
 ^ across 
 en were 
 :he only 
 
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 ; those 
 of God 
 
 with great deli<rht, wore standing forth in defence of 
 their nearest and dearest rights ; the roads were almost 
 impassable; the weather wos unusually severe; the 
 services of religion were suspended ; the statute book 
 lay closed upon the mountain ; the tranquillity of ouii 
 Bethel was disturbed ; the light of ouii Horeb was 
 darkened ; the sacred fire was extinguished upon ouw 
 Altar; the daily sacrifice was taken away ; and 
 *' Jerusalemj the citij of our solemnities ,* was trans- 
 formed into a camp. 
 
 The imminency of the danger to which the 
 loyalists were exposed, may be conceived from 
 
 W^HAT THE restrained WRATH OF THESE MEN EFFEC- 
 .TED. 
 
 Some allusion to what mav be called the disastrous 
 consequences of The Battles of La Cole, and Odell 
 Town, is an essential part of the present discourse. 
 The memory of the brave men who fell on these occa- 
 sions ; the patience and constancy of those who cheer- 
 fully bore a part in all the privations and dangers 
 connected with them ; the bodily sufferings of those 
 who were maimed and wounded ; and, above all, the 
 irreparable loss of those who were bereaved oi Husbands 
 and Fathersy call loudly for this retrospection, and 
 make it our bounden and painful duty. I shall say 
 nothing of the anxiety that preyed upon our minds ; 
 nor of the fears that came upon us like an armed 
 multitude. We shall not include among the effects, pro- 
 duced by the impotent rage of our insubordinate fellow 
 subjects, the deep injury done to morality and religion ; 
 
 nor the serious impediments that have been reared up in 
 
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 the path of public improvement. A reference to the 
 defiled and dilapidated state of this Chapel ; its win- 
 dows broken into fragments ; the doors and pulpit per- 
 forated with balls ; the floors discoloured with mire and 
 blood ; and the dead bodies of slaughtered volunteero 
 lying in the pews, will remind you of what 'Hhe restrain- 
 ed wrath" of the insurgents accomplished. But your 
 memory needeth not to be refreshed, for as the bard 
 would say, the history of these things 
 
 " Is recorded 
 In hearts which have suffered too much to forget." 
 
 And yet we must forget them, that we may love our 
 enemies, and at the same time r3member them, that 
 we may love our God, *'ivho hath not given us apretf 
 to their teeth." If to these deplorable occurrences, so 
 inimical to the happiness of the community, the pros- 
 perity of the country, and the interests of religion, we 
 add a large amount of private property destroyed ; an 
 infirm state of health in several cases superinduced ; 
 eleven men wounded; and eight men killed^ leaving 
 behind them widows, and orphans, deprived of their 
 chief earthly comfort, we have before us a mirror that 
 'reflects the imminency of the danger to which we were 
 exposed : and a balance to weigh the results effected 
 by " the restrained wrath" of the men that " rose up 
 against us" 
 
 Finally. The misguided and unreasonable 
 men, to whose wrath you were exposed, rose 
 up against the established government. 
 
 Acts of popular riot and insubordination arc very 
 
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 19 
 
 ence to the 
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 pulpit per- 
 il mire and 
 volunteero 
 te restrain- 
 But vour 
 IS the bard 
 
 ly love our 
 them, that 
 us apref/ 
 [•rences, so 
 , the pros- 
 jligion, we 
 royed; an 
 rinduced ; 
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 ED, ROSE 
 
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 great evils in their simple operation and abstract con- 
 sequences. They degrade the national character and 
 disturb the public tranquillity. But the pernicious 
 tendency of their very nature, which leads to sedition 
 and incendiarism, and the fatal reaction they produce, 
 are among the principal reasons why they should be 
 lamented and discountenanced. Taking up arms 
 against the established Government j flinging the 
 gauntlet of defiance in the venerable face of lawful 
 authority ; and trying to establish a crude and epheme- 
 ral dynasty upon the ruins of an ancient and hoary- 
 headed monarchy, are the chief of the political offences 
 which the statute law denounces and punishes. In 
 every civilized state these are dedared to be capital 
 crimes, and are visited with the extreme penalties of 
 the law, unless the benignity of the Executive interpose 
 in behalf of the culprit, and rescue him from his fate. 
 But all overt acts of treason and rebellion are to be 
 deprecated for another reason, namely, they furnish 
 the chief magistrate with a plausible excuse, for extend- 
 ing his own prerogatives and contracting those of the 
 people ; and to accomplish this, ancient charters are 
 abolished — corporate and municipal privileges are cur- 
 tailed — and a military cordon is formed round the 
 throne, in the midst of which, the assaulted monarchy 
 flourishes with increasing splendour and accumulating 
 power. 
 
 %. 
 
 Rising up against the established government^ and 
 striving, by force of arms, to wrench a conquered pro- 
 vince from the dominions of the Crown, as the men did 
 to whom we are ndvertinfT", is virtually to conspire 
 against the life of the reigning sovereign ; and hence 
 
20 
 
 the crimes of arson, robbery, and murder, committed 
 by the malecontents in this colony, imbibe a deeper 
 hue from their contem])lated regicide. Yes, my breth- 
 ren, and if ever treason was an offence against the iu.v? 
 of God and man, it was in the instance which trans- 
 ferred you from the avocations and pursuits of peace, 
 to the strife, pomp, and panoply of war. The Canadian 
 rebellion exhibits ingratitude and parenticide in their 
 most repulsive forms. Here we see a cherished subject 
 endeavouring to overturn a Government that has loaded 
 him with favours. Here we see an indulged child try- 
 ing to rend the bosom upon which it has been nursed 
 into maturity, and attempting to stab the very author 
 of its political existence. England spread over the 
 Canadas her ample and invulnerable shield, and saved it 
 from the indescribable horrors of the French revolution. 
 While Robespierre, Danton, and Marat, and the other 
 monsters of the conciergerie, were, like modern Dracos, 
 writing their laws in blood ; while the Sans Culottes were 
 marching from the faubourgs, crying «M la lanterne," 
 and murdering everyone that had the misfortune to look 
 respectable ; while the pseudo patriots were exemplify.* 
 ing " the tender 7nercies" of the maiden republic, by acts 
 of rapine and murder— while these advocates for *'the 
 rights of man" were manifesting their abhorrence of 
 dominant principles, by laying on the people burdens 
 too grievous to be borne ; while these humane philo- 
 sophers were making the headless bodies of their 
 slaughtered fellow-citizens the stepping stones of 
 their ambition ; while they were, from the ashes oUhe 
 Throne and the Altar, constructing a pedestal upon 
 w..ich to set up their filthy and abominable Dagon ; 
 Yes, my Brethren, during these dark and evil times. 
 
21 
 
 ir, committed 
 il)e a deeper 
 es, my hretli- 
 linst the iu.v? 
 which trans- 
 iiits of peice, 
 he Canadian 
 icide in their 
 ished subject 
 at has loaded 
 ;'cd child try- 
 been nursed 
 
 very author 
 id over the 
 
 and saved it 
 h revolution, 
 nd the other 
 lern Dracos. 
 'ulottes were 
 a lanterne" 
 •tuue to look 
 B exemplify, 
 iblic, by acts 
 tes for " the 
 horrence of 
 pie burdens 
 nana philo- 
 )s of their 
 
 stones of 
 ashes of the 
 iestal upon 
 ie Dagon ; 
 evil times, 
 
 while crovvnless Kinffs and robeless Priests were ffrow- 
 in^ pale with fear — while Thrones were tottering — 
 diadems falling — sceptres crumbling — national land- 
 marks vanishing — and Kingdoms passing away — all 
 this time, Canada reposed in security within the 
 encircling and sustaining arms of The Buitisii Con- 
 stitution. 
 
 During this eventful period, while anarchy, proscrip- 
 tion, and murder, were spreading through IVance, like 
 an overflowing flood, the Justice and Piety of Great 
 Britain were *' The vine and Fig tree" under 
 which the Canadians worshipped God in peace. 
 The strength of the nation was their A^k of safety ; 
 The religion of the state, though differing from their 
 own, and protesting against it, was their Guardian 
 Angel ; and while the voice of weeping and wailing 
 was uttering its loudest cries through every part of the 
 Gallic dominions, the French Canadians rejoiced in 
 the strength of England, and felt its law to be their 
 security, and the monarchy thereof their house of refuge. 
 While " darkness that might be felt" brooded over the 
 land of their fathers ; while the waters of politi* ^ 
 strife and confusion were roaring, and ^^the mountains^" 
 the Princes and the Nobles of the land, *' shaking with 
 the swelling thereof" — then did the Constitution of 
 Great Britain flow through this colony " like a river^ 
 the streams whereof" diff*used joy and gladness through 
 every habitation. Then did her virtue, her tenderness, 
 and her bravery, mingle their eflTulgent hues together, 
 and spread a rainbow over her favoured subjects in this 
 country, assuring them, that ** the floods ofungodlif 
 men" which were making their ancestors afraid, should 
 
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 2^ 
 
 soon subside as did the waters of the deluge. But now 
 our cotemporaries, by risincr up against this paternal 
 Oovernment, are trying to cancel the obligations under 
 which their forefathers wevc laid, by wickedly endea- 
 vouring to destroy the Ark that saved them, and to 
 extinguish the beacon that guided ^d cheered them. 
 Having disposed of one branch of the text in the fore- 
 going deductions, it now devolves upon us to take up 
 the second, and examine it as— 
 
 Secondly. A case of divine interi'osition 
 
 GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED.-" 7)^ /^ had TlOt been 
 
 the Lord who ivas on our side, ivhen men rose up 
 against us : Then the,j had swallowed us up quick 
 when their wrath was kindled against us." 
 
 The Lord was on their side ; not merely lookino- on 
 but espousing their cause. The God who dwelt in ilio 
 bush was in the midst of them. He was not nu'iMly 
 for them, expressing a wish for their deliverance; 
 but along with them, working out their salvation with 
 a high hand and a stretched-out arm. The Israelites 
 felt their wt./Kiuss: their insufficiency; their total 
 dependence npo^ the God of Jacob. They felt their 
 help to be -' in the name of the Lord who made Heaven 
 and Earthr The Lord was on their side by his wis- 
 dom, arranging a plan that broke the snare and saved 
 them from becoming a prey to the teeth of their enemies. 
 The Lord was on their side by his providence, supplv- 
 mg them with influential and devoted friends to advo- 
 cate their interests. The Lord was on their side by 
 his power, making his strength to fight for them, and 
 against their adversaries. Nor can this assembly 
 
IJut now, 
 i paternal 
 jns under 
 ly endea- 
 i, and to 
 ed them, 
 the fore- 
 ' take up 
 
 'OSITION 
 
 lot been 
 rose up 
 p quick. 
 
 cing- on, 
 It :: I the 
 merely 
 erance ; 
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 raclites 
 ir total 
 It their 
 heaven 
 lis wis- 
 l saved 
 lemies. 
 upply. 
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 ide by 
 n, and 
 embly 
 
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 recur to the perilous incidents which it is commerao- 
 rating, without being convinced that the Lord was on 
 the side of the loyalists, affording them wisdom which 
 was ^^ profitable for direction" standing by them as a 
 friend in time of need, and strengthening them by his 
 might *' in the inner man" The Lord was on our 
 side. 
 
 This may be deduced from the goodness of 
 our cause. 
 
 Self preservation, obedience to lawful authority, and 
 submission to the ordinances of man for conscience 
 sake, were the motives that influenced, and the princi- 
 ples that animated the loyalists. This may, perhaps, 
 be the truth, in reference to every part of the province; 
 but however that may be, we are bold enough to say, 
 that it is undeniably so in that district comprehended 
 in Colonel Taylor's jurisdiction.* The peaceable and 
 contented inhabitants of these neighbourhoods did not 
 perform watching, endure fatigue, take up arms, or 
 engage in deadly conflict, to obtaii. plunder, or to 
 destroy life, but to uphold the Government and to demon- 
 strate their loyalty. We appeal, therefore, to the good- 
 ness of our cause as a proof that the Lord was on our 
 side ; but this will be readily admitted by all who view 
 loyalty in a proper light. Loyalty is the brightest and 
 
 * A writer in the New York Albion, who is evidently a military man, under 
 the assumed, but appropriate name of " Miles" speaks of the gallant Colonel in the 
 following commendable terms. " In this business" (alluding to the battle of Odell 
 Town) "ii was fortunate that the Loyalists were commanded by Lieut- Colonel 
 Taylor, a man of rare intrepidity and ability. He is one of several distinguished 
 officers sent out by Lord Hill, last ivinter, to train the Militia of both Provinces." 
 
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 24 
 
 richest pearl in the casket of political gems. Diplo- 
 matic inrrenuity, financial sagacity ; and an expertness 
 m the management of foreign and domestic policy, are 
 beautiful and of great value— but loyalty— unsophisti- 
 cated loyalty, is the most precious and the most beau- 
 tiful of them all. Submission to the laws ; an attach- 
 ment to institutions whose utility has been proved ; 
 cheerful obedience to all that are set in authority over 
 us, not for wrath, but for conscience sake ; and a dis- 
 position always to acknowledge in Kings, Rulers, and 
 Governors, the representatives of him " Who is the 
 blessed and only potentate^ is the loyalty inculcated in 
 the Bible ; and we must be careful to make everv thino- 
 according to the pattern exhibited in the holy mount". 
 Loyalty is the corner stone ''polished after the siinili- 
 tude of a palace ;" and it gives lustre, grace, and dura- 
 bility to the social edifice. It forms an impervious 
 bulwark round the throne, the component parts of 
 which are chivalry, patriotism, and bravery, all ce- 
 mented together by that religion which says, " Submit 
 yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's 
 sake ; whether it be to the King as supreme, or unto 
 governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the 
 punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them 
 that do well. For so is the ivill of God, that with welL 
 doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish 
 men ; As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak 
 of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Honour 
 all men. Love the brotherhood, Feay God, Honour 
 the King,"— I, Pet. ii. 13-17. But if ever loyalty 
 was a virtue in the subjects of Great Britain, it is now, 
 when a throne, which so many renowned Kino-g have 
 ennobled, is occupied by a Fenuile. If a hand^should 
 
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IS. Diplo- 
 expertness 
 policy, are 
 insophisti- 
 most beau- 
 an attach- 
 1 proved ; 
 lority over 
 and a dis- 
 ulers, and 
 ^ho is the 
 ulcated in 
 I'erv thino- 
 ly mount. 
 tlie siinili- 
 and dura- 
 npervioiis 
 parts of 
 y, all ce- 
 " Submit 
 he Lord's 
 ', or unto 
 m for the 
 e oftliem 
 mth well- 
 ^f foolish 
 y a cloak 
 Honour 
 Honour 
 r loyalty 
 t is now, 
 igg have 
 1 should 
 
 ever be stretched out against her, the gallantry of her 
 subjects should be interposed to shield her from the 
 assault. If a voice should be lifted up against her, 
 tlio eloquence of her subjects should utter its most 
 plaintive and powerful tones in her defence ; if ever 
 treason or faction should conspire against her crown 
 and dignity, the religion of her subjects should " be 
 instant in pra^jef' that their politics might be con- 
 founded, and the authority of Her Majesty maintained; 
 and iiprcdatorii hordes from without oy faithless traitors 
 from within should try to offer any kind of violence 
 to her person or government, then should all who revere 
 her illustrious family, and acknowledge herself for one 
 of God's \^icegercnts, prove that the Lord is on their 
 i3iflc, by boldly rebuking all her opponents— exclaiming 
 —Touch her not, harm her not, for she is the Lord's 
 anointed. 
 
 The delivera.nCe we experienced abundantly 
 
 PllOVES THAT THE LoRD WAS ON OUR SIDE. 
 
 The salvation that the Jews experienced on the 
 occasion to which the text is supposed to advert, was 
 so unexpected, and so palpably miraculous, that aston- 
 ishment and gratitude almost overpowered them. And 
 to give a suitable expression to their feelings, they had 
 recourse to their own figurative language, and thence 
 selected the strongest comparisons, to describe the 
 danger to which they had been exposed, and the secu- 
 rity they now enjoyed. They compare the rescue 
 which God accomplished for them, to the escape of a 
 iamb from the jaws of a wolf; and to that of a bird 
 from the snare of a fowler. The loyalists in this, and 
 
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 the surrounding settlements, were, contrasted with 
 those that rose up against them, very few ; Insurgents 
 well acquainted with all the features of the country 
 and liberally provided with arms, surrounded them on 
 every side. These men had all their plans arranged 
 at secret meetings, held during the summer. They 
 rose up suddenly and simultaneously ; and at a time 
 when many, who were marked out to be their prey, had 
 no suspicion of their intentions. The Volunteers were 
 men acquainted only with rural pursuits ; they were 
 hastily collected together, almost totally unacquainted 
 with military tactics, and, from habit, very much averse 
 to scenes of strife and turl)ulence. For several days 
 before the actions took place, which have added this 
 extraordinary service to our usual ordinances, an attack 
 from the rebels was anticipated and dreaded. The 
 regulars were anxiously enquired after, but no satisfac- 
 tory intelligence concerning them could be obtained ; 
 and appearances intimated that no succour would be 
 received from that source. The people were, in fact, 
 hedged in by difficulties, dangers, and enemies, on 
 every hand. If they fled into the adjacent territory, 
 their property would become the booty of the rebels ; 
 and if they set their faces in any other direction, they 
 were sure to be captured by some of the enemy's pic- 
 quets that were prowling in every quarter. All felt 
 their weakness ; and that their strength must come 
 from God. We trusted in him and were not con- 
 founded ; he sent us help from his sanctuary, and 
 strengthened us out of Zion. And the deliverance wo 
 experienced from the suspense we endured, the anxiety 
 iclt, and the dangers to which we were exposed, is 
 
 
ntrasted with 
 v; Insurgents 
 i the country 
 nded them on 
 lans arranged 
 nmer. They 
 and at a time 
 beir prey, had 
 •lunteers were 
 s ; they were 
 unacquainted 
 ^ much averse 
 ' several days 
 v^e added this 
 ces, an attack 
 eaded. The 
 it no satisfac- 
 bc obtained ; 
 our would be 
 fvere, in fact, 
 enemies, on 
 3nt territory, 
 f the rebels ; 
 rection, they 
 enemy's pic- 
 5r. All felt 
 
 must come 
 TO not con- 
 ctuary, and 
 liverance wo 
 , the anxiety 
 
 exposed, is 
 
 27 
 
 a clear and sufficient attestation that The Lord of 
 Hosts was with us. 
 
 The Battles in which You were engaged, and 
 ; THE Victories that resulted from them, are an 
 
 UNEQUIVOCAL PROOF THAT THE LoRD WAS ON THE 
 SIDE OF THE LOYALISTS. 
 
 You all remember the anxiety and trepidation into 
 which the country was plunged immediately before the 
 battle of the 7th. All the men that could be collected 
 did not exceed two hundred. These were greatly 
 fatigued by marching from one post to another ; and 
 by other harassing duties. This little, worn-out but 
 determined band are now drawn up at Messrs. Odell's 
 store, at present Major March's head quarters. The 
 enemy, amounting to more than four hundred, have just 
 entered the province from Rouse's Point. They are 
 all well provided with arms and assorted ammunition, 
 and supported by a field piece. Now they are forming.- 
 they have taken up their position ; the cannon is dL 
 charged, and the danger seems to thicken and approach. 
 Miouts, loud and long, and designed to intimidate, are 
 heard mingling with the hoarse voice of their only 
 piece of ordnance. But this gasconading will be of 
 short duration ; for see, two hundred effective men 
 from Hemmingford, well officered, and under the com- 
 mand of Major, now Lieut.-Col. Scriver, have iust 
 arrived, and imparted strength and confidence to all. 
 At this moment a party of Volunteers headed by Major 
 btott, of St. Valentine, have gone down to attack the 
 advanced nost r»f fhr. «,.i..>i„ * rr^i , 
 __f ::: "^ ^"" -^u^is. xhey ha ve already 
 
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 28 
 
 begun the assault, and are destroying a bridge to pre- 
 vent the rebels from advancing towards Napierville ; 
 and while a detachment of the enemy's rifles are vainly 
 striving to interrupt this heroic achievement, I.ieut.- 
 Col. Odell, with the main body, consisting of from 350 
 to 350 men, and supported by Majors Scrivcr and March, 
 have engaged the main body and rendered the action 
 general. The order of battle adopted by the Volunteers 
 on this eventful occasion, evinces a great deal of cool- 
 ness and determination. It shews that they were wise 
 in debate, as well as valiant in war ; and that reflection 
 had convinced them, that it was their paramount duty 
 to uphold the supremacy of the law, and preserve the 
 integrity of the country. Major March and Captain 
 Straker occupied the right ; the men under Colonel 
 Scriver composed the centre and the left; and to 
 Captains Fisher, Weldon, and Hays, was assigned the 
 hazardous duty of flanking. The numerical force on 
 both sides was nearly oqual ; but the Insurrectionists 
 had the best position, and this, with their field piece, 
 gave them a decided advantage. This action conti- 
 nued for nearly thirty minutes ; and then the rebels 
 fled in the utmost confusion, leaving eighteen of their 
 party dead on the field, besides nine wounded, two of 
 whom died soon after. Among the fruits of this victory, 
 were the cannon, a large quantity of ammunition, 
 nearly 300 stand of arms, and sev en prisoner s. 
 
 M'Callum. Esq. of Odell Town, Mr. Duncan M' Galium of La Cole, and others 
 wnose names I have not been able to ascertain. Major S. and his fa.nily reside in 
 the midst of disaffected persons; but none evinced more coolness and bravery than 
 himself, his sons, and the few Loyalists that live in his neighbourhood. J. M'Cal- 
 lum Esq. is Paymaster of the Battalion, and performed the duties of that office, 
 dnrlncr the first Rebellion, to the satisfaction of all parties concerned. It should be 
 added%hat Mr. D. M'Callum, mentioned above, while trying to cut the beams of 
 the bridge, received a severe fall, the eifect. of which he felt for some time after. 
 
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: to prc- 
 lerville •, 
 •e vainly 
 , Lieut. - 
 rom 3.50 
 I March, 
 le action 
 )luTiteers 
 I of cool- 
 rere wise 
 •eflection 
 (lint duty 
 ^crve the 
 . Captain 
 : Colonel 
 ; and to 
 igned the 
 [ force on 
 ectionists 
 eld piece, 
 ion conti- 
 :he rebels 
 n of their 
 d, two of 
 is victory, 
 munition, 
 
 'S. 
 
 lole, and others 
 Family reside in 
 id bravery than 
 od. J. M'Cal- 
 ;s of that office, 
 . It should be 
 ut the beams of 
 ne time after. 
 
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 But the title which stands at the head of this propo^ 
 sition will he further sustained, hy an allusion to the 
 action that was fought within these walls. The people 
 who delight in war were only scattered for a little 
 while. The crest-fallen leaders of the revolutionary 
 army sallied forth from their strong hold at Napier- 
 ville, breathing threatening, vengeance, and slaughter ! 
 and this day twelve-month, nearly at the same hour 
 too, did they, at the head of hundreds of their deluded 
 followers, come up against you " to eat up ^/our flesh" 
 but " thej/ stumbled and fell," for the Lord was with 
 vou, ''the God of Jeshumn who ridefh upon the 
 'heaven" went before you and was your rereward. 
 Bare deliverance would have satisfied his people, but 
 this did not satisfy his love, and therefore he gave them 
 a complete victory. When it is remembered that the 
 Volunteers, in this affair, did not exceed 180 men ; 
 that they resisted, for more than two hours, an inces- 
 sant and furious attack from more than five times their 
 number ; and that they eventually compelled them to 
 retire broken and discomfited, none but those that are 
 wilfully blind could require clearer evidence that the 
 Lord was on our side. The arrival of Col. Taylor, 
 who just came in time, with a seasonable supply of 
 ammunition ; his judicious distribution of the little 
 force under his command ; his presence and example ; 
 his bearing and manner ; and the total defeat of the 
 rebels, without any succour from the regular troops ; 
 and the salutary effect that impressive fact produced, 
 are the ''great cloud of witnesses" to which we appeal 
 in support of the assertion—" The battles in which 
 you were engaged, and the victories that resulted from 
 
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 80 
 
 thenii are an unequivocal pj'oof that the Lord was on 
 the side of the Loyalists"* 
 
 All these circumstances constitute a body 
 OF evidence which shew that the Lord is able 
 to deliver his people in the hour of danger. 
 
 z^- 
 
 This dogma, or established principle of our faith, 
 rests not upon the casuistry of men ; but upon the 
 promises of God. All who admit the divine authority 
 of the holy scriptures will acknowledge, with gratitude, 
 that the Almighty is able to " compass them about with 
 songs of deliverance" The Lord, in his word, is 
 represented as a light to them that sit in darkness ; 
 and a defence to all that are helpless and weak. " Tlie 
 Lord God is a sun and shield ; he ivill give grace and 
 glory, S^c" Nor ia he, in accomplishing a temporal 
 
 * In these actions eight of the Volunteers, viz., Captain M'Callister, Corporal 
 Flowers, and six privates, were killed. Eleven were wounded, none severely, how- 
 ever, hut Lieut. Hiram Odell, and private James Kidd, the latter very severely. 
 Many were saved, as by the skin of their teeth. But the following instances only 
 have come to my knowledge. A rifle ball tore open Major March's cap, and was 
 found lodged in the wadding of it after the action was over : a ball from a musket 
 entered the cartouche-box worn by Ensign Van Vleit, and dropped down among 
 tlie rest of the ammunition. A bullet struck the breast plate of private Patrick 
 Armstrong, of Capt. Straker's company, with such force, th.itit was indented, and his 
 breast discoloured. The captured gun was effectively served by Lieut. Curran, 
 of the Hemmingford Militia, assisted by Sergt.Beatty of the First Royals. Lieut. C. 
 was for several years in the Royal Forge Artillery ; he served for v,ome time in the 
 Netherlands, and was present at the Battle of Waterloo. He and his colleague, at 
 present an Ensign in Captain Woolridge's company, contributed materially to 
 the results of the day; and while superintending the cannon, had the powder horn 
 twice shot out of his hand. The Officers commanding the detachment of dragoons, 
 now stationed here, were not present at either of these actions ; but other oppor- 
 tunities were not wanting, in other places, and of them they promptly availed 
 themselves. This no one will be disposed to doubt, when they are informed that 
 the gentlemen, to whom we have alluded, are Captain Sweeny, and Lieut. David, 
 both of " The Royal Montreal Cavalry." 
 
d was on 
 
 A BODY 
 ) IS ABLE 
 DANGER. 
 
 our faith, 
 upon the 
 authority 
 gratitude, 
 hout wit] I 
 word, is 
 larkness ; 
 :. " The 
 p'ace and 
 temporal 
 
 ister, Corporal 
 jeverely, how- 
 very severely, 
 instances only 
 I cap, and was 
 Voin a musket 
 
 down among 
 rivate Patrick 
 lented, and his 
 ieut. Curran, 
 lis. Lieut. C. 
 ne time in the 
 3 colleague, at 
 
 materially to 
 I powder horn 
 t of dragoons, 
 ; other oppor- 
 mptly availed 
 informed that 
 Lieut. David, 
 
 31 
 
 deliverance, any more than in communicating the 
 salvation of his gospel, a respecter of persons. " Great 
 deliverance giveth he to his King ; and sheweth mercy 
 to his anointed, to David, and to his seedforeverynore" 
 " This POOR MAN cried, and the Lord heard him, and 
 saved him out of all his troubles." Thii^, comfortable 
 truth is abundantly corroborated by the personal and 
 national deliverances recorded in the Bible. The 
 Patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into the hands 
 of Ishmaelitish traders ; and after they had apportioned 
 the price of their brother's liberty among them, they 
 endeavoured to conceal their baseness by propagating 
 a deliberate falsehood. But the Lord conducted him 
 thr^' ^h the meshes of slavery and the miseries of a 
 dungeon ; and raised him up from the pit to the vice- 
 regal throne of Egypt ; and gave him great honour in 
 the sight of Pharaoh and the Egyptians. The Lord 
 stretched out his arm and rescued Moses from the 
 yawning grave into which a jealous despot had cast 
 him ; and placed him in the very first rank of Histo- 
 rians, Legislators, Prophets, and Thaumaturguses. 
 Daniel was thrown, at the instigation of his enemies, 
 into a den of hungry lions, but He who " is strong to 
 deliver" stopped their mouths and did not give his 
 servant "as a prey unto their teeth" There is one 
 national deliverance described by the prophet Isaiah, 
 in the 37th chapter of his prophecy ; and although 
 there may not be the slightest analogy between that 
 remarkable interposition and the one which is the 
 source of our rejoicing, it will, nevertheless, form 
 a suitable conclusion to this class of references. Jeru- 
 salem, the city of the living God, is now encompassed 
 the elite of th« Assvrian armv ; one hundred and 
 
 by 
 
 .ssy; 
 
 army 
 
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 3'2 
 
 eighty-five thousand warriors, headed by the infamous 
 Sennacherib, are besieging Mount Sion, the gates 
 of which, the Lord loveth better than all the dwelling 
 places of JacQb. The virtuous King, Hezekiah, is 
 growing pale upon his throne ; and his kingdom is about 
 to become the booty of uncircumcised Gentiles. Fear 
 and dismay have come upon his counsellors and sena- 
 tors ; and the Priests and Levites are gathered together 
 in the temple making intercession unto God. Their 
 cries come up before him ; he has respect unto the 
 terms of the covenant ; and he directs an angel to arm 
 himself with a suffocating wind, and therewith instantly 
 attack and destroy the enemies of his people. This is 
 accomplished ; the whole host, horsemen and footmen, 
 are exterminated ; the angel has laid his report at the^ 
 feet of Jehovah ; and the King and the people are 
 praising him for their deliverance, and singing, with • 
 cheerful voices, " In Judah is God hiown ; his name 
 is great in Israel In Salem also is his tabernacle, 
 and his dwelling place in Zlon. There he brake the 
 arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the 
 battler 
 
 This divine interposition calls loudly for 
 
 OUR PUBLIC THANKSGIVING AND V\\MS\^.—'' BlcSSed 
 
 be the Lord who hath not given us as a prey to their 
 teeth. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made 
 Heaven, and Earths 
 
 Some of the superstitious insurgents that came up 
 
 . , - ,A. ov"""-!^ fr» imnmnp! that thev saw 
 
 against us, were vvctiiv euurix^rz v.- -—o 
 
 the Virgin Mary frowning upon them. The danger 
 which they brought upon themselves disordered their 
 
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 ic infamous 
 the gates 
 he dwelling 
 ezekiah, is 
 lorn is about 
 :iles. Fear 
 •s and sena- 
 red together 
 od. Their 
 ct unto the 
 injxel to arm 
 1th instantly 
 le. This is 
 nd footmen, 
 •cport at the 
 people are 
 inging, with > 
 ; his name 
 '. tabernacle i 
 \e brake the 
 ird, and the 
 
 ,OUDLY FOR 
 
 — " Blessed 
 urey to their 
 d, who made 
 
 hat came up 
 lat they saw 
 The danger 
 irdercd their 
 
 nerves ; they were polluting holy ground and God 
 rebuked them; they were doing wickedly and the 
 terrors of a guilt} conscience swaEowcd up their 
 courage ; and, under the influence of these feelings, 
 some imagined that they saw a figure of the blessed 
 Virgin directly over the chapel, and looking very angrily 
 upon them that were assailing it. Constantino before 
 his memorable battle with Maxentius, on the Milvian 
 bridge, saw soon after mid-day, it is said, a large 
 luminous cross in the heavens, directly over the sun, 
 with these words inscribed upon it, " In hoc vince" 
 By this conquer. He herewith renounced idolatry, 
 embraced the Christian religion, and had the pole of 
 the national standard made in the form of a cross, and 
 the figure of a cross wrought in the flag. But we trust 
 nbt in shadows but in the substance ; our confidence 
 is in realities not in effigies ; we exercise faith not in 
 the mediation of the mother, but in the intercession 
 of the son j we hope for salvation, not through the 
 picture of the cross, but through the atoning sacrifice 
 of Him, " who bore our sins in his own body on the 
 tree" Our help, my brethren, is in the name of the 
 Lord — in the name of the Lord who made heaven and 
 earth ; and we should give thanks unto God, by spend- 
 ing this day religiously ; we should offer praises unto 
 Him by reverencing his name — by acknowledging his 
 authority and dominion — and by advancing the inter- 
 ests of his kingdom. On this occasion particularly, 
 parents should give thanks and praise unto God, for 
 shielding the heads of their children in the day of 
 battle ; wives should sing aloud unto God their 
 strength, because he has saved them from the worm- 
 wood and gall of widowhood ; and children should 
 
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 bear their part in acknowledging " this Divine inter- 
 position" forasmuch as he hath delivered them from the 
 miseries of orphanage. But we are all assembled to 
 make ** our public thanksgiving^** therefore we should 
 all with one accord " Sing unto God, sing praises 
 unto his name : extol him that rideth upon the heavens 
 by his name Jah, and rejoice before him** 
 
 But the unreasonable men, whose defeat 
 occasioned the anniversary we are now cele- 
 brating, by rising up against the government 
 violated the law of god and resisted his au- 
 THORITY. 
 
 The practical virtues of Christianity arc at once the 
 attestations and the fruits of religious influence ; and 
 amongst these, obedience to lawful authority has 
 always filled a distinguished place. Loyalty is as old 
 as the New Testament ; and respect for the Govern- 
 ment, under which we live, is inseparable from obe- 
 dience to God. There cannot be ultra-loyalty any 
 more then there can be ultra-religion. A subject of the 
 state can no more have too much loyalty, than a mem- 
 ber of the church can have too much of the mind that 
 was in Christ. The men, therefore, whose attack upon 
 the Government you frustrated, by that attack vio- 
 lated the law of God. The Apostles of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ, and the multitudes which, by their zeal, 
 were turned from darkness to light, had to endure 
 great and unmerited persecution from both Jews and 
 Gentiles. The bigoted followers of " the circumcision** 
 denounced them as proper objects for Ecclesiastical 
 vengeance, because they withstood the claims of an 
 
lijiiie inter' 
 )m from the 
 ssemblcd to 
 ) we should 
 'ng praises 
 the heavens 
 
 SE DEFEAT 
 NOW CELE- 
 )VERNMENT 
 3D HIS AU- 
 
 at once the 
 lence ; and 
 ;hority has 
 ty is as old 
 le Govern- 
 e from obe- 
 loyalty any 
 ibject of the 
 ban a mem- 
 3 mind that 
 attack upon 
 attack vio- 
 ■ our Lord 
 ' their zeal, 
 to endure 
 h Jews and 
 'cumcision" 
 sclesiastical 
 aims of an 
 
 abolished ritual. The ferocious Gentiles exhausted 
 the fertility of their invention in devisinjyf means to 
 torture and destroy them, for not bowing down to the 
 num(?rous Gods, which their absurd mythology had 
 created. The illegal confiscation of property was 
 scarcely an item in the catalogue of their oppressions ; 
 imprisonment and exile were submitted to as the 
 decisions of clemency ; and whensoever they attempted 
 to complain, the remonstrance assumed the form of a 
 supplication. Emperors and Kings clothed with abso- 
 lute power ; Princes and Magistrates rankling with 
 fury ; Priests and Elders blinded by superstition ; and 
 Scribes and Pharisees swelling with rage — all, — all 
 these, my brethren, were leagued against them ; but 
 they endured every thing patiently for conscience sake. 
 Every threat was acknowledged by an intercession ; 
 each decree that was published against them, elicited 
 a new prayer for the salvation of the inhuman legisla- 
 tor ; the torrents of calumny, vituperation, and slander, 
 that were poured out upon them, were requited by 
 good wishes and blessings j and the only weapon they 
 ever employed against their persecutors was the sword 
 of the Spirit, which is the word of God — O j 
 
 " la them let all mankind behold, 
 How Christians lived in days of old ; 
 Mii;hty their envious foes to move, 
 A proverb of reproach and love." 
 
 But now, and that too, under one of the mildest Gov- 
 ernments that ever existed, every half-fledged fopling 
 who is too indolent to work, or too arrogant to beg ; 
 every needy adventurer, or broken-down speculator ; 
 every lawyer, to whom briefs come, like angels' visits, 
 
7'.. ^'1 
 
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 and 
 
 few and Jar Wtiveen ;" and every doctor and surgeon, 
 whose predilection for j)hlehotomy, cannot be gratified 
 by the circumscribed operations of the lancet, tries to 
 obtain distinction, by becoming either a manufacturer 
 of grievances, or a spouter of sedition and treason. 
 The unreflecting multitudes look up to them as oracles, 
 and reverence them as the apostles of a new political 
 dispensation ; their example rouses up the fiercest and 
 wildest passions of the people ; the laws of God, which 
 say, ^'Let every soul he subject unto the higher powers" 
 are trampled on ; the supreme authority of " the bles- 
 sed and only potentate'' is set at naught ; a crusade 
 is formed against " the powers that be " the standard 
 of revolt is unfurled ; and a futile attempt to overturn 
 the Government is declared to be the combined effort 
 of philosophy and patriotism, striving to illuminate the 
 benio-hted, and disenthral the enslaved. But the 
 sacred Scriptures, which speak " the words of soberness 
 and truth" call it resistance to the ordinances of God. 
 "The powers that be are ordained of God. 
 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, re- 
 sisteth the ordinance of God ; and they that 
 
 RESIST shall receive TO THEMSELVES DAMNATION." 
 
 Finally. In resisting and defeating these 
 
 MISGUIDED AND UNREASONABLE MEN, THE MiLITIA 
 
 AND Volunteers of this frontier evidenced 
 THEIR Loyalty, and displayed their Courage. 
 
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 The manner in which you deported yourselves in the 
 ''troublous timesy" and on the trying, very trying 
 emergencies, to which there has been such frequent 
 reference in the progress of this discou se, has fur- 
 
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ind surgeon, 
 be gratified 
 icet, tries to 
 lannfacturer 
 md treason, 
 m as oracles, 
 new political 
 3 fiercest and 
 f God, which 
 her powers " 
 of " the hies- 
 t ; a crusade 
 the standard 
 t to overturn 
 nbined effort 
 lluminate the 
 1. But the 
 s of soberness 
 ances of God. 
 3D OF God. 
 
 ; POWER, RE- 
 \ THEY THAT 
 DAMNATION." 
 
 \TING THESE 
 
 FHE Militia 
 
 L EVIDENCED 
 
 I Courage. 
 
 irselves in the 
 , very trying 
 such frequent 
 use, has fur- 
 
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 37 
 
 nished a theme of admiration to the surrounding colo- 
 nies ; and has been elocjuently praised in the parent 
 country. Your intrepidity in the hour of danger ; your 
 loyalty at a period when treason was declared to be a 
 virtue ; your unflinching courage in battle ; and your 
 mercy to the vanquished, are incidents in your history, 
 upon which, through all the stages of after life, you 
 may look back, and behold, reflected in them, the evi- 
 dences of your fealty, and the manifestations of your 
 courage. The prompt and effectual manner in which 
 you put down the late unhappy revolt, tht. I distracted 
 every part of this Province, has been dul} appreciated 
 by the Home Government ; by the conservative part 
 of both Houses of Parliament ; by the Constitutional 
 portion of the press ; and by every one, both at home 
 and abroad, who wishes to see the connexion now sub- 
 sisting between Great Britain and this country perpet- 
 uated. But in estimating these rewards, you must not 
 be indifferent to the "great recompense^* which you 
 may obtain from God. Better, O infinitely better 
 than the laudation of Governors, and the praises of 
 Senators, is the approbation of Him who " is the Gov- 
 ernor among the nations" and " who teacheth his sen- 
 ators wisdom." Seek, O seek this with your whole 
 heart, cry aloud for it now ; let your prayers for the 
 blessing, that maketh rich, now enter the ears of the 
 Lord of Sabbaoth ; he is now in your midst ; he is 
 waiting to fulfil your desires, and to endue you with 
 that plenteous grace that will always enable you to 
 persevere in the practice of true scriptural conserva- 
 tism, and " Render to Ccesar, the things that are 
 Ccesar*s ; and unto God, the things that are God's" 
 
 I 
 
88 
 
 Once more — the side upon which you arranged 
 yourselves, under these untoward circumstances, con- 
 tains more than an evidence of loyalty, or a display of 
 courage. It declares that you are proud of being 
 subjects of Great Britain, and that you Lre determined 
 so to remain. We are a component part of an empire 
 that is the glory of all lands. Her territory reaches 
 to every climate, and enters into every latitude. Her 
 ships are navigating every sea ; her flag is waving in 
 every breeze. Within her jurisdiction, all the babbling 
 dialects of the earth are spoken ; and her subjects 
 comprise " all nations^ tongues, kindreds, and people" 
 The rental of her nobles exceeds the revenues of 
 second-rate kings ; her merchants are more wealthy 
 than continental princes ; not a slave ex^ .ts through 
 her wide-spread dominions ; and the numerous reli- 
 gious institutions, supported by the Christian liberality 
 of her people, place her in the van of the Protestants, 
 and to all the world exclaim, " See how righteous- 
 
 ness EXALTETH A NATION. 
 
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 And now, turning from the country to the Sovereign 
 whom the Lord hath set over it, we shall find another 
 reason for maintaining those sound and biblical princi- 
 ples, we are at this moment publicly and solemnly 
 avowino' before the Altar of the ever blessed God. Our 
 gracious Lady the Queen seems as like a creation of 
 romance, as a subject of history. Her Sex, her Youth, 
 her responsibility, her exalted station ; — all — all appeal 
 to every pious, intelligent, and courageous heart, that 
 throbs in her dominions, calling on them for their 
 prayers, their advice, and their support ; and this ap- 
 peal is addressed to the loyalists of this cuuntry 5 and 
 
39 
 
 arranged 
 ices, con- 
 display of 
 of being 
 etermined 
 an empire 
 y reaches 
 de. Her 
 waving in 
 ) babbling 
 ' subjects 
 d people" 
 venues of 
 3 wealthy 
 s through 
 rous rcli" 
 liberality 
 'otestants, 
 
 GHTEOUS- 
 
 Sovereign 
 d another 
 cal princi- 
 solemnly 
 iod. Our 
 reation of 
 er Youth, 
 all appeal 
 eart, that 
 for their 
 d this ap- 
 itry 5 and 
 
 to " the Militia and Volunteers of this frontier" 
 especially; and it is our duty, in the fear of God, 
 promptly and cheerfully to respond to it. Were we 
 among the privileged classes that attend the levees 
 of Her Majesty, you would behold that which would 
 awaken in your heart the voice of gratitude and the 
 song of thanksgiving. I could shew you Welling- 
 ton, the Ajax of the British Array, the hero of an 
 hundred fights, from Assaye to Waterloo, illustrating 
 the force of obedience, by laying his invincible sword, 
 and imperishable laurels, at the feet of a Monarch, 
 young enough to be his grand-daughter. I could shew 
 you Peel, the pattern of sound statesmanship, uphold- 
 ing the Throne by the integrity of his conduct ; and I 
 could shew you Lyndhurst, the Apollo of the British 
 Lords, waving round it the splendid tissue of his elo- 
 quence. But in the absence of this touching spectacle, 
 we can look upon the one before us, and, connecting 
 it with the day we celebrate, perceive abundant reasons 
 for revering the Monarchy, and ascribing our salvation 
 to him, whose Kingdom ruleth over all. " If it had 
 not been the Lord who ivas on our side, when men rose 
 up against us ; Then they had swallowed us up quick, 
 when their wrath was kindled against us." 
 
 The following appropriate verses from the 465th 
 hymn, were sung at the conclusion of the service : 
 
 Sov'reign of all ! whose will ordains 
 The powers on earth that be, 
 
 Bv whom nnr ritrlitfiil TVfm;qr4>li 
 
 Subject to none but thee j 
 
 t'U rpiirnq 
 
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 40 
 
 Lo I in the arms of faitli and prayer 
 We bear her to thy throne ; 
 
 Receive thy own peculiar care, 
 The Lord's anointed one. 
 
 With favour look upon her face ; 
 
 Thy love's pavilion spread ; 
 And watchful troops of angels place 
 
 Around her sacred head. 
 
 To those, who Thee in Her obey, 
 The spirit of grace impart : 
 
 Her dear, her sacred burden lay 
 On every loyal heart. 
 
 Still let us pray, and never cease, 
 Defend her. Lord, defend ; 
 
 'Stablish her throne in glorious peace, 
 And save her to the end." 
 
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 MONTREAL : PRIlfTED BY CAMPBELL AND BECKET.