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CHEWETT & CO., PRINTERS, 17 & 19 KING BTBEET EAST. THE LATE BEV. JOHN ROAF. • !„ ,11,, ,.,il,'Ul...(1 in tho Toronto Dailii Glohe, or Canadiat, [The foHowing articles-orig n^^^^^^^^ ^^f,r„,ee, as it is Independent, are brought together n th^^^^^^ so brief a thought that very manv f^^ncls jW l^e glad^^^^^^^^ ^^ .^^,^^^^ ^,^^ j^^^^ narrative of some of tfie fo«|«^;,^f^X;^^^^^^^^ more fitting memorial has not been told, and even should ^f ^^f.!J37,Xte to his memory will not coas(i of him be prepared, tlm ^l^^'^ble and affec^^^^^^^^ ^^J ^^^^^^^.^ l,i„, trS^:^^!^^^"^^^^^^ r^Jr auS'romombrauce^of his many virtues and faittiful ministry, precious."] On Tuesday BigLt, Soptombe. 2od at Ms rosidcoce in this city, after a Lss, and has at last brought him *« ,*\Xuin/the winte and spring, Mr. diseise became much worse than ^^^^I'^^^^^^S^^J'^^^^^^^^^ returned, he Roaf was not able to leave his home, .^^nt^on a few oraslL ; but it was revived for a time, and was out of door ^VO^^J^^^^^^ jy r. Roaf was apparent to his friends t^^^^?^ ^^^/'^^.^^^ f ^i^^^ was conse- born on the 5th of January, 1801, »* ^^.^^S^^"' j^'^^^TS Early destined quently at the time of his decease m ^^^« 7.^^;^,^^^^^^^^ j^ Horton, and ?or the ministry, he was sent firs ^^^le al mX ^0^10^ where he afterwards to the Congregational College at Hig^ ^^ ^^^ finished his academical education, ^iibse^en^^^^^^^ g^^^_ pastorate of the Q'leenfreet Congregational Church,^ \^^^^^^^ » fordshire, when, his talents having ^ttocted the aUenU^^^ 0^ t Missionary Society, he was selected ^^^^^^^J^^^^^V in Toronto in 1837, Canada, for the district west of Kingston ^e "mved in loro and commenced his ministry m connection ^^^^^^^ ,^K?0 ange Lodge. then meeting in George-street, in the ^^^^Pfj^^^^^^f^^ Ls in At the time of ^^ ^^^Sf %;°/?°;/;j ^^^^^^^^^^^^ grown into great political excitement The Clergy ^^^^^^^.j'^f^^^^ ^r? Roaf, did importance, and the Colonial ^i^^onary Socie^ m sd^^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ Nonconformist cause. Uis success F"f'^* nnP^fion and to him much of Both by writing and speaking he ^S^^atcd the qi^estion and to ^^^^_ the credit of success belongs. His earnestness ^^^^^ cause ot ^^^^ , • *Vn iiunlr nf tho ficlit, and came well out of it. Mr. alists can boast-was in tho tl^ ck ot ^^^^ ^ SJ jj^ ^^^ g^eat power Roaf was the possessor of a well tr^incU, loyca ^^^ ^ ^^^^ of concentration, expressed ^^3^^. \\Pwp^ possessed by corn- platform with ease and gra^c anj l^a^^a^ ^^^^^^ , J ^^^^^ paratively few men, of making ^ = /r° • ^^^in^ ^t least, carried conviction frehended by all, and genera ly, ^^ f °^^JJ^„^^^°gieh ho was pastor of the ^ith them. For tho mncec„ years durm ^^^^^ ^^ Congrcgationahsts in this city, no was ouu .harce, and bvcd and re- it. ^The church grew and P^^^^^^^^/gSs ho was o?^^^ by financial spected their pastor Unfortunate^, in l»oD nc w ,,•> cvious embarrassments, and ^^^.^^^^^S asthma^ S growing worse, prevented to this event he was afflicted ^^^^^^f *%"^' !^^i tj Js during each twenty-four his resumption of active ^.'^P «y!^,^"*: ^^^'^''^^g"" N\^^ lasted it was hours he was reguarly seized ^^t\7°l'„^\PX,nd besides being distrcss- with the utmost difficulty ho was able to breage ana D «^^^^ ^.^ ing to him, were most painful to ^^-^^f^^^^i^^i^^Had not been in bed for l/ngdown; - f ,^X^t^n a'^^^^^^^^ l^ead resting upon a lool old ago, and ^avo died honourably in h^^^^^^^ ^ %on the history of Canada This ^^f ^^^^^^/^^"jtithS ness with which he of the good ho did in troublous t^^P^^ and of the taitum ^.^ performed his ministrat ons, lives m f « ^jf J^^ jL tav behind'him eide, or who listened to his preaching of God s word, no a widow and a son and daughter. The interment took placo on the aft^^^^^^^^ tKtfi^^idence of was originally intended simply to ^«\° ^^^^^^tf/J '^ufat the request of the the deceased, and thence proceed to the ^^^ote^^^^^ ^ resolution expressive church of which he was formerly Pa^tof, etnhodxed in a re , ^^ ^^^ of respect and and affection, It was de^^^^^^ house, and then proceed to Zion thapel, ^J^J^^ ^,. , ^^.tly before four sons could Paf ipato in the se^^v 0^ e«certhe fam'ily service by o'clock. Rev. J. T. Uyrne, ot .^^"/;!;{' , ^^ departing friends," giving out the ^yjl^l^Z^^J^lt^^^^^ ?ortions of after the singing of which Key. ^J: ^,°"; rjhe funeral cortege then Scripture, and Rev. Dj. Lillie ^^ff^.P^Xnel where a large assemblage formed, and slowly wended its way to Zion ^f Pf 'J.^S Pev Dr. McCaul, was aliiady gatlJed. Among those prge^^ ^itgs^Sv^. Gregg, ^v f'^X^.lX^JV^^^^^^^^^^ ^^-^^' ^^^- '■ '^^^^°''' ^^k^;:;e^ci:irS chapel were --enced by the ^^^^^^^^^^^^ the Rev. T. S. Elierby, who gave out the hymn comm -^°^o, ^^^^^ ^^.^^^^^ the righteous when he dies ;" after the singin ot^n <3 portions of Scripture, and then called on the Rev. VV . i . v.i , to deliver an address. y )f n ',^ S' h, ole narrow house appointed for all living. THE LATK BEV. JOHN BOAF. It is niueh to bo regretted that ^^^^ ^^^l^^:!^^^;^^ servant of God whose nan.e heads t s ^^ fjc .^e «o ,^J^ ^^^^^^ only the briefest outline of a long and "^^^^ /l^^^^^'Jioc^raShy would be fou.ul The writer had hoped that so.uethu g ^^V^Jjf J^^^j ? ip.essed a desire nmong Mr. lloaf a P^P^^'^^' ^V^'^"^^,,, ' ,rUio inore^iniportant eventsin that he would plaee o.i record an ^^^^^^^^^^^/^'^.^ discovered. No vestige his career. Nothing ot the kind has ho^^^^^ Numerous letters from of a journal or Ji-'^vy even, has presented it^c ^ .ti^nt examin- various correspondents, are in ^^^^^ '^\^i,3, ^t s'uchS task demands ution, interesting teius might "« ^?f.J^^j\^^"'^^;^^^^ England. His father was at ^^^^V?' . 1 onne ted with the congregation Jl^a^ntly removed to Chatham ""^. ^ ^l'"^,^ Mr. lloaf's early'^religious oV which the llev. Joseph f Y^^Tnte ng nianncr, in the documents history is narrated iri a most clea ^^"J J^^^^ i,i,d and well worthy ot ia«t mentioned, which are indexed '"«J ^ J^^^^^ ,i,,/ and distinctness _ of publication in full. They shew f;;;^^^^;^^^,?; candidates for the christian experience, such as are eminently f^^";^^'^ii^;^t^„ f,,. adn.ission to Iloxton ministry. A few extnicts ^^om the appUca o^^ Acadeniy, will justify these remark , and ^we a e ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ .^^^^ our lamented friend was brought to a saMn^ k paper is dated April 12th, 1«1 J- privileged with christian parents, '' Having from my earliest infancy been F » acquaintance with.the I was earlfbrought into a knowledge ot and habitu^^q^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ g doctrines of the gospel, and ^cne Uj ^t^i ^^^ ^^^^^j ,„a there mixing tares. When very young I was sent to a boai d , ^^ ^^^ ^ j with those who,_likemyselt, were aveirset^o any .^^ ^^.^^ ^^^ nuitters of religion, I grew into ^ \«^;^^ ^^^^^^^^ jent to avoid corporeal even the form of godliness, so iar l^^^^^™ ,f religion, required all punishment; fo^ ^he utoi, being hnusel^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^f [hose under his care, to f ^"f^o^^^^ thc"e restraints, I at last gave way to Having once taken an uttev ^ishl^e to these , ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ,„ a disbdief of the Divine origin of tj« «^^ ^^ ^^^J ^things which seemed to a great measure to my inability ^o reeoncUe y . ^^ ^^^^ ^^ n.e opposed to each other in the Word ot Uod. thi, «n,o I cnnot "^^^r^.^T wTrfco" -r^l^^^^^^^^^^^^ -between the feat of the authcnUoly »f f^T'P'^V^^^^ ^j „„t „„,i|; be eradicated. But the i emptor ^wiuiiy i h continued fur a renounced any reliR.ous profession J» ^^^^^^ "^^^^^^^^^^^ ,m „ot reaeh my length of time, and lioufih tiio 1!^;;,^^^^^^^^^ ,,,y conduct, fu I urn heart, yet they occasioned ^^'^'T; X^^^ to anything open, not aware that my BentimentB eve n^^^^^^^^^^^^ or notoriously improper. At a »";f^^^*° P;""^ this change wcr^ in London. The company into ;^^^f J J^^ '°c'lec^ but also to ridicuU. and principally, like «^f J^^' ;»«^'";^ "^^ '^^ time in t.o habit of occanonally oppose the cau.0 of Go^^^^^^^ S (Episcopal) Chapel, merely hearing the Rev. Mr. iioweii, o b ^^^ ^^^^^^^ g^bbath because I admired his ability. |»^^ ««';J; ^ ^^^^ ^^biect of the natural mornings successively, confined his ^» ^^^.^^^/^V^; ^ha^^ Scripture said depravity of man ; by which I wa ^«^^^^,;^° ^^''f.ei ngs. and thinking on this subject was per ectly accordan^ w^^^^^^^^^ ^^^;^ ^^^^^,^^ that none but an Omniscient Being ^ou d so cxac y stubbornness the recesses of my heart, fear and ^o^j^ ° "^" ^"^Z^;^^^^^^^^^ be the and pri^e, and I could not ^^id conckdmg tha^ Jo bcrip ^^^ revelation of the mind and wi 1 ofJ^ocL i ^^^ [fercoived at length about the truths of bonpturc, ^^^^ «n ^'^^ 'f^' nothin- but black despair, a peradventure of -Pe, but on o^-y tU-id ; -^^^^^ ^, Christia ity, I was accordingly led to serious '^^^^^^^^^^^^ evidences, exclusive of any and the result was my conviction ^^^^JjJ' J,^'',' "^^^^^^^ enquirer, and that other, would not leave any doubt ^'^.^^^^^^"^^i'^^artbo Scriptures was my inability to comprcW ^ ^P^-"''--'' ' ''-''''' ""^' more mv own defect, than any u luy j \nAUk\nct but T was sincere to learn:" My Views of Gospel -^^-^ -" ^^^^^^^^ j^t "of'peu o and satisfac- according to my knowledge, and exper^^^^^^^^^^^^ P ^.^^^ ,„a,,,,u,, tion to which I had before ^««" '^Pf'^'f XateJe had been amiss in my therefore, was to make an ^*'^°?»"'^^J. ^^^^^^^^^^ the bad infiucnce former life, by using ^^^^^^^^f^^^^ "^^Tt ^ ^^^^^ something mo.o my previous opmioi^m^hthav^^^ ^^^^ ,,, to give up all idea of -Y /if ^-^^^^r soine tim h!^ elapLd, I was alone in the mercy of God in Christ. Alter so .,,cordingly led to pressed to attend the Barbican Sunday School, and J'^« •' .^°^ ^^ j^^^,. Lar the Rev. ^r ,Gore, and here^ I^^^^^^^^^^ ^,1 ^,,, The word preached on the f r«%=^?^^7',,^^ , J^ ^nd I found increasing ministry, was like ' a nail fastened ^^^^cfat tke atve-mentioned place, pleasure and I hope profit from «^y ^"^'l^^^^pgj.i^ ^^^ ii ^ere peculiarly A sermon from Ts. zlu. 3, and ^"othe from ™™J^^- ^^'^^ of publicly blessed to me. My ^bougUs were at length dir^^^^^^^^^^ V ^^^ acknowledging I was on the Lord s side, ^y^^'^l^'^l^^^ ,f the Lord with Church, which I did, and was aecep ed. .^.h ^.^^^^^ means, though /}-' g ly IC th ?^ »st added to his labours in tho S«^^f^^ V ^^^^^^ houses and viUaRcs. A sense of '^"^y *° f^Xsc bit at lirst his f the ministry sprung up m connexion ^f ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^y. This ;va8, indentures as an '^PPrc«tico presented an ohaa^^ Lwever, removed by a J'^^^^^^^^^^jJ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ in Kent, and Released from business engagements, ho retu.ncu lo Hoxton. So course of a few months co-meneed a ou so ^[^^^J^^^^^^^ ^, My in his student liio, and fZ'%Xr^jZlr..Vok his'preparatory lirst sermon at ^^^v^rhamp on, a^d was pressea^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^.^^^ ^^^ studies and settle a , once ^« ^ "^/P^-^^^^^ n^xton until tho completion of ability and zeal. Wisely 'IccUmng to leave i vacation, and was t course, he supplied tho Wolve^^-^^^^^^^ .hich'his early at length, in Sept, 1823, ^^^^^^i"' ^''jS^^ his settled labours and jninisfrations inspired, grew and «^^°"f ^ ^";'; J, ^f his early choice. Dur- for fourteen years he co^^^inucd among the peope m y^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ing this period ho was incessantly ^^^'7' "° ^^^^^J" enterprise calculated to nihiistry and pastorate, but in ««""^f ^" ^^^^„ ,'St part in the Anti-Stato glorify Clod and do good to mam ^ /^^^j^^^^/^^a published. A scries of Church controversy, on which ^« ^7\.;°'^^^^^^ i,i„, ,nd published at the discourses on llomanism ^f ,;^«\if;;ftrlcs and unwearied during tho request of those who heard it. "« ^J^^^^*^^^^^^^ Honorary Secretary of the first cholera visitation, and in ^^/^ [^f^'';;^ th„onial to his valuable services B.,ard of Health, was so assiduous ^^^^ ^ ^^f'^^J^,, ^s flock at Wolver- was presented him in the shape ot a PlS«^°,IV'\g27, declined an invitation . hampton were greatly attached to ^T'^^^^l^ at h s d cision and affectionate to settle elsewhere, a ^^^ l^^^^^^. f^^ l^' a'" statures of all tho members regard toward him was drawn "P'/°7(\"f^j, V'^^iuable service of plate was 1 were attached. After his [^'^^^V^^^^^™' Jen^nbrance, and when from forwarded to him as a t«k«n of affc tiona^e ^^'^^J^ ^J ^^ j,, straitened financial reverses and broken l^eaU^ ' lie wa unoc ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ circumstances, another present ^^«^ ^^^^^^^J" ^^.^^ ^ ^ith which some of Mr. is witness to the warmth of ^ff^^^^^'f *; jij^'^^ .meetings in Birmingham Koafs former flock who were pre^^^^^^^^^^^^^ a last year, enquired after one, wno, aiier v century, is still lovingly remembered. ^ ^^^ to his In August, 1837, the tender t^««, J^^f ^J^^f^.^e of usefulness in a new charge i^^Volverhampton were sunder d ^^r the s«kc ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^ country, and Mr lloa proceeded ti>J»^J/™P^„i,ter elect of the Congre- Agent of the Colonial Missionary Society, and « ^^^ ^^.^^^ gational Church, then ««««"^^^^"" /^ S^.So St' "i« ^^"' ^^^^'^'^'^ ' ^ell remembers his first '^PP^^'^^^f J^^^^^^^'e.s^iv? manner, won immediate open, manly countenance; and «^;°f *J'7^''';„ the heart, which time has respect and confidence, and secured a t«ld J"^^^^^^^ circumstances, have in only served to strengthen, and which no s«t.sequ ^^^ .^^^^.^^^ the smallest degree lessened. Some of his earner o , I 8 written on my memory, and stand assodated -^ ;^/:^f^^::^ Holy Spirit's striving with a rebelhous ^^^ *■ Y^j^^^^^J i„ George Street was a ministry of power and salvation 1 he rente,^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ soon became too strait for the ^"^^Jfl^^^^^^^f^'lJe e" etion of a new place accordingly taken for the purchase ^J J^ ^^^^. ^^^ J^ ^r. Roaf delivered an of worship. At the laying of ^^.« .f°^"*^f,^^"^ f^^"?;^' entitled, - Outlines addres. which was afterwai-ds f >^ J^^Vmslrate of h s Toronti flock for a of Congregationalism." He retained ^J^ J^g^^^^^^ tokens of period ofeighteen years, and receivd ^S^,"^/^^^^^ he was attachment and esteem froin then. Shortly alter ^ ^ j^^^^^. requested to sit for an oil paiiv^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^„a recalls expressive of regard. Ihis lucencbs w „,;nistrv in Toronto. When most vividly his appearance during ?"^. ^^T^^^J^^";^^' ;'V842, his Bible-class on the eve of departing for a visit to ^^j^Vwritb-^ ^^^ requested his acceptance of \!;^"<^X.. In K^ Mrs. lloaf were coitinued to use constantly unti his deaA I" l^^:^^^;^,, ^,, resented invited to tea by the Sabbath ««^«.°\teacher , when^^ V ^^^ ^^^^ with a beautiful copy ^f ditto's Pictorial Hi oryo^^^^^^^^ .^^ ^^^^^. latter with Duncan's Sacred Philosophy of t^ie ^^^^^^^^^^.^^ -,„ .evented ward, on the 25th of April, l^?!' f « ^hurch and Loji ^l^^ a handsome gold wat.h and cham to Mi 1 o , an d a ^^^^^^^.^^ ^^ ^.^^^^ ^-fe^d^ir-reS^h;^ -^^ -"" -' ^'-'-^ now that he is no more. . ,- • ^ «„of ^,fr. tht^ Colonial Missionary Mr. Roaf entered with enthusiastic ^"^ erest into the L^on J^ Society's work in Canada, seconding mo t ^J^f 1^.^^^^^^^^,, ^,^„,ory It of the' Society's first secretary, An^''"^" ^) ^l^'^/.^Salizing Canada did must be confessed, however, that f-^^^^':^Y^l,^ dinicuUies not go on so nuccessfally as might have ^^^^^^^^^^^^g^.^^e and harmony arose, the «-«t_serious perhaps being ajA ant of^^c^^ ^.^^^^ ^^^^^^^ among the missionaries themselves. .J ' "f .^^^^ was the tide, which promising, .fd there are those who t^^^l^^J^^J^^f ^^^^ J^ the opportunity taken at the turn, would have led on ^^ ™^^' ^"? . t^^ acrencvm/m« led then lost, has never offered since |?'«^^"!^f^«^;°"^^;' ^^ „^s S .0 its discontinuance, and the adoption of a ^^';'^P^^^;;\" stin<^. Mr. Koaf which developed at length into the --S - " ^^^ .^^^ ^;^"^" ,,a partly ne^.er augured well S^ ^^^ f -g^^f.f S):^^ X^rllnion, of a slcond from the reception into t'^^^ Canadian v.on re ^^^ ^^^^ Church in Toronto, organized by ''''^^'''\^'''^ .f^'^^^^^^ proceedings- he ceased to take an active part in our ^^^^^ f ^^"^^^^^ e sLe tended to a circumstance much tobe rcsrotted and wl.^ in our o^^^ increase weakness ^^«d <^^f ^"^'"-^^f , / "'"e ^^^ f om the ministry and health having at length ^P^Pf.'^^V ^n orarativr^ pastorate, he was fur a considerable ^""^^^^" ;°X ,7 anv ac ive public part in by nhysical weakness and o^^V^^'f fn.n 'enZ'm^ ^ith i=i;-^ rr^od^^'1>?tr r ti»X writers's designation I • -..^orT, fn Pntish Columbia, when Mr. Koaf gave the charge— an as a missionary to ^f"*Xli^Pred under evident pressure of bodily weakness ^'d^r wfs^eple^^^^^^^ «trikLgly autobiographical, and, and pain, was replete ^^^ ^ effusion ; not to bo soon forgotten by any on the whole, a most ^^^^.^f/fj^'^^t^^^i^om it was specially addressed. one who heard it, 1«^!,\°^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "nd acute sufferer from disease For several years, Mr Roaf was a co^^ ^^^^.^^^ ^.^^ °^ ' T^f tuf ChristTai patlnce%nd he cheerfulness inspired by Gospel strength of will, ^hnstian pa^tie^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ anticipated. hope, protracted his life^^^^ ,^id acute and long- Seldom, indeed, has sucn bravery au remarkable and instruc- contipucd PMW P^-^XT^ -a'^tV^^^ grace of Ood c.= tive instance of what tortituae "i w"i ^^^ tnumpb do for a sufferer It -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ and anguish of over nature, and the SPI"\™® "'''™P progress of sanctification, as he the body.- There was in him a most visible Fogje .^^^ a trial to be dreaded. ^f^^^^^^'^P^fg^'f,^^^^^^^ ^ere taken, and his parting but an ordinary P^f «^f^«^- ^^f^^'^'^to the last his cheerfulness com- rterests ?o Christ. Emphatically his end was peace. »« So fades a summer cloud away, ^ So sinks the gale when storms are o er, So gently shuts the eye of day, ^^ So dies a wave along the shore. The e.ent ocea.ed on "^^^y^'^t::^^ tJ^^ Friday the remains were committed to ti.e ^^us^ opp 1 bri^f runeral service was held at the ^w^ ^"^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ Sapel, ^here Richardson and LiUie, and a service of gffteHeM^^^ to an old citizeu a large assembly convened to paj. he last tnbu e of resp c. to ^^ ^^^ and distinguished Christian minister, ^he service at a o P.^ sided over by the pastor of the church, RevJ. S- i^'f ^^^^^,3 ^],, p.^tov, Bin-ing, reading the Scriptures, an address, and piayer. isesiu f 10 exercises. On Proceeding to the cemetery, Ij^ ^° ^Whitby. A funeral •"^^r^S" w=^' no ordinary man. Gifted hy nature ^ith a mind of great committed J not tne least 01 ^i"^" was o investigation into commercial e^t^^S^^^^'^^^'./.V tC Church resXd in Ms honorable rid of all vestige of the union between church and state, ana set reu^u in our Province forever free from worldly trammels. A thorough Noncon- U"t, andTa^^^^^^^ to the Congregational system of c^-liL ^ he was always ready to avow and defend his P^^^^^^P^^^:. ,^ il'^^^^^^^^^^ Church Government, prepared by him many years ^g«' ^^J^^Shas e^ Lomination,^.oniMheJ.t^c^mpe^^^^ app nf Vpf. hfi was far from being a bigc 11 • ^ r.y. WOO wnrp Teadv to sTiow a fraternal spirit heartily into catholic enterprises o^was ^^I'^^^^y^'^^-^,-^^ ,^, ^^eh to his toward other bo^^^^- /,^fite4e? ^ zealous efforts. A good gf^^^^ ^Pf ^^^^^ the Fir3t Vice-President, then S^?^«o;onS^;L.^— ^^ he was tbe founder) and consjsnUy ^^-^X ^^^^ J^ ^^ ^^^^ , He was a dee^ student and ff /^^^^ ^^P^^^ overthrow of error. His abih- and able alike in the defence of .ruth an^^^^^ u Lectures on the ties as a controversialist were ^^ ^^ mean ora^ ^^^ simplicities Millenium" and " Sermons on Baptism t^^^^^^^^^ ^ ^^ ^^^ i;^ ^ .^^ and vitalities of the Gospc, but hadjp^^^^^^^ ^l^^^ ^,p,,,ity stamp. Preaching, ^^ t^eet his app^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^.^.^^ ,e^ and salvation by faith i^ Christ the ^^^'^J^^.^^^ '^J^^ects, he deemed wholly out kindred themes. ,Moral ess^s and cla^^^^^^ j ^^ ^^ ,, ^^^ of place in the pulpit. , Those truths ™ j^^ ^ ^^^ delighted to preach to of God unto salvation" xn ^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^VwitW few weeks of his others, and did so !^^\gfJi;?'ifdtror small the congregation he was death. However ^^^^^^^/^ *^^%3"„l' 'the unsearchable riches of Christ/' manifestly in his element when Feacmn J vehemently opposed the His opinions were most '^^^^'^f ^ ^f^^^^^^^^^ no sympathy with byper-calvinism which abrogates t»^e m^^^^^JJ' ^^.^ ^f the atonement to th^e^im^tarian.calvinism which narrows down, ^^^^^^^^ .^ reference to the elect. " God sovereign, and man free, was .^ ^.^ these points. As an I^'l/P^^f^?*' ^' XaXg to "holy orders," official being morbidly jealous ^J.^^f^^^^^J,^^^^^^^^ as semi- prerogatives, or ecclesiastical ^npremacy. ii g ^^^^^^^^^ ^nge- presb?terial courts, and ''}^^fZ.''f^fl^^^^^^ He believed that all Lnts of Congregational Jn ons a^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^, f organization on the part 0^^^"^^^'^^^^^^^ to take part in the public advisory purposes alone. , While m e^^eumsia r ^ ^^^ ^^^ xnovements of his denom^^^^^r*"' ^\^f Wh broken health, he was no foremost in every good work. When thro"^^^ ^ ,,^^sels were still longer able to tak:. a prominent place his o^^^^^^ regarded as of great value._ ^f X^nrivUege Tclose and familiar intimacy it was only those who ^^^^^J^^^^to^d ffg' iLter, and appreciated his ,,ith him, who thoroughly understood n^c ^ ^^^.^^ ^f worth. Those who knew him .^est remember now y «^^^ ^^^.^ ^^^ wisdom, and precious ^^^^IV/vdXKn^tiia'^^^^^^^ weary souls shall sit .^o^ .^^^SJ^Ifte \he toUs and sorrows of their earthly revered iri.ud, ^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ i ^11 ; „ We ne'er shall look upon hia like again. It U . joyous tho»gljt,howovcr, tj^ he wm^^^^^^^^ I 12 slip with Christ around the throne ! When we think of the Joved ones who are no more with us here, let us comfort ourselves by singing, with good Richard Baxter : «« As for luy friends, they are not lost ; The several vessels of Thy fleet, Though parted now, by tempests tossed, Shall safely in the haven meet! " rxr r^ n \V. r. V. WOLVERHAMPTON.-REV. J. ROAP. Copy of a Resolution expressive of sympathy and condolence with Mrs Roaf ^dow of the late Rev. J. Roaf. of Toronto, passed unanimouly at the Churlh Meeting held at Queen Street Independent Chapel, Wolverhamp- ton, on Thursday, the 9th day of October, 1862. Moved by the Rev. T. G. Horton, chairman, seconded by Mr. W. ^ThTthis Church have heard, with feelings of deep sympathy and sorrow, of th 1 ng illness and eventual death of one of their earliest pastors and ministers, Ae Rev. J. Roaf, for some years resident in Toronto And that it desires respectfully and affectionately to assure his once beloved wife, but now sorrowing widow, of its deep and sincere sympathy with her, and with hernow frthedlss children, in the painful bereavement which has deprived -em of their earthly head. This Church delights to testify to the zeal and abSy with which the late Mr. Roaf ministered in holy things, in Queen Stet Chapel, Wolverhampton, during the fourteen years of his pastorate There and woild respoctfully record the fact, that ever since the time of his lemoWl from them, his name has been dear to them, and the remembrance of his mry vi tues and faithful ministry, precious. Not a few owe their salvation ^Smentally to him-some of whom have gone before to welcomejn^^^^ heaven, while others remain behind desirous of glonfymg that <>re,^t Name wh oh he always delighted to honour. This Church has heard with thank- fulness to God^f their late friend and brother's success in the gospel m another land, and while grieved to be told of his severe sufferings during the lat? r part of his life, it is cheered to know that these ^^ffe^np were borne by him wk most exemplary patience and submissiveness; truly of him it may be said "that he has rested from his labours, and his works do follow hL ' ' Fina ly, this Church sincerely prays that the wounds of Ac widow s heart may be soothed and bound up by the great ^^^y.^^e^^, ^.^ 7l^';f,^^!if her dear children may long be spared to her, imitating their father s excel- lencies, and following him as he followed Christ. . , . ^,„^„^ In ?he above expressions of deep Christian sympathy and earnest prayer, the members of the Church at Snow Hill desire respectfully to join. Signed for the Church at Queen Street, Thomas G. Horton, Pastor. Signed for the Church at Snow Hill| . John Parnell Palmer, Pastor. » ^0m