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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 4 5 6 -3 -3 'i§ I I €^5 yy/ B'7 J .fiU^'. r " Oh ! Jesus, Thou has promised To all who follow Thee, That where Thou art in glory, There shall Thy servant be." REV. FRANCIS W. KIRKPATRICK, DIED AT KINGSTON, ONTARIO, JANUARY 1st, 1885, AGED 45 YEARS. " Farevyell ! in hope, and love, In faith, and peace, and prayer. Till He whose home is ours above, Unite us there ! This little pamphlet is a mere hasty collection of tributes paid to the life and character of the Rev. Mr. Kirkpatrick, but in the hope that the sorrowing friends of the deceased might care for them in a collected form they are humbly presented by a parishioner of St. James' grateful for his pastor's friendship and coun- sel during many years, as a slight offering to his revered memory. i OBITUARY. "A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway." That (lofitli, ci'uol and remorsdoss, makes no distinction, has been exempHfied in Kinf,'ston of late, aswithhi the past few nioiiths many of the most pioininent, esteemed and hcloved citizens have succiunbed to its drea(Unl power. Bat " (iod moves in a mysterious way,"' As the old year passed away and the New Year came in, while hundreds were clasping hands and v. ishin^'one another " A Hap])y New Year," the An^'el of Death was entering the dwelling of one iKiloved by thousands:, one whose ear was ever ready to hear the tale of woe, Avhose hand was ever ready to succour the needy in tlieir disD'ess, one of whom it can, with truth, be said, lie lived For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrongs that need resistance, For the future in the distance, For tlio good that he could ilo. And the Angel of Death, by his black pall, darkened the brightness of the New Year in many a heart. For a time after IHH;") entered the battle was strong, the agony was great ; tender, loving voices could only pray, that as he walked through the valley of the shadow of death, he might fear no evil, that (Iod would be with him, that His rod and His staft' might comfort him — while fiiithful hearts coidd only murmur "Amen " to the prayer. But ere long the conllict was over. Life ceased to battle, Death had conquered, and there was a calm. At last, about four o'clock, the weary one lell asleep in Jesus — quietly, consciously, trustfully. He knew that his Bedeemer liveth : he knew in whom he had long trusted. Death had not conquered— rather the Lord of Life had said, " Friejid, come up higher." " And softly, from that hushed and darkened room two angels issued, where but one went in." / J _2-^ And the inoui'iiers went about the streets; as tli(> newstliat Francis W. Kirki'Atrick was no more spread abroad, there were words of grief on every tongue, and t(;ars of sorrow in many an eye. He died bemoaned not only by the members'^ of his own congregation — who loved and esteemed liim, — but by the members of every church, Protestant arid Catholic alike, for in his charities and in his love he knew no distinc- tion of church or creed ; tliat one was in suffering and woe was a sure passport to liis large heart. The deceased, born Oct. 5tli, 1H89, was son of the late Thomas Kiikpairick, Q.C., member for Frontenac, and hiher- ited the high cluw'acter which nuikes the memory of the fatlier revered. Aftei- receiving secondary education at Kmgston (iraramar School, F. W. Kirkpatrick attended a full course in Trhiity College, Dublin, and graduated as B.A., in 1K59, and as M.A. in 1H()0, with honors, carrying off a number of uni- versity prizes. His divinity course ended in ISOI with the highest honors of the year, llie Divinity Exhibition, of the vahie of $1,500. Having been made a deacon in St. (Jeorge's Church, Belfast, l)y the Lord Bishoj) of Dow.i and Connor, on letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of Derry and Eap- lioe, he was ordained priest on tlie 21st of February, 1H02, by the Ijord IMshop of Chester, and innni'diately after was ap- pointed curate of Cumber, Ireland. Hii served there for two years, and, receiving appointment to tlie mission of Wolfe Island, returned to Canada and assumed that parish in 18(54. Here he won his way into the heaits of the people, and great was their sorrow when tive years later the Lord Bishop trans- lated him to St. James' church, Kingston. Here he first officiated on ivister Day, IHOO, and entered on no ministerial bed of roses, as the congregation liad been disturbed greatly by the resignation of their faitliful and devoted first pastor, and the failure of the movement to have tlie curate of that tinu! apfiointed to tlie vacancy. Very soon, however, Mr. Kirkpatrick vi'as taken into favor and year by year he, by many —3— noble qualities, wove such a wob of love about Iiim that each lueuiber of the congregation now feels as if a very dear bro- ther has been taken away. Fifteen years of service in 8t. James' ended ii: April last, and was marked by an affectionate address from the pastor, and by a bandsome presentation from the'congregation. His ministration was attended by deep sincer- ity and earnestiiess, and by unremitting attention to services, the Sunday s(diool and parochial societ'es. He was the head and front of all, nevi.'j' tiring iu)r complaining, always working with a nervous energy to fdl any broken link in tbe chain of work. He leaves a cburch in the greatest harmony, as one happy family. Thougb decided and outspoken u])on doc- trinal points, he drew men to him by the gentler ways and out of the preaching of a pure gospel. His ministrations brougbt hna!.i,cial_as well as sphitual prosperity to the congrega-tioi'. The church was placed in its present handsome state, a par- ochirl school house was built, and the parsonage improved, while the greatest hberality has been displayed whenever he made a call for diocesaii or parish objects. Jienevolent and self-sacriticing, to a fault, he by example has taught the lesson of freely giving. With such a leader it is not strange that an uneasy feeling was shown when he received a. call to 8t. Peter's Church, Jh-ockvillc, in May, 1884, and there was great satisfaction when he conclud(!d not to leave his work in King- ston. How much greater must bo the sorrow now, that he is called awav fore\'er ! Besides his parish duties Mr. Kirkpatrick iilled many other posts of usefuhiess, working ever with zeal, conscientiousness and thoroughness. He was rural dean of Fronteuac, having oversight of its churches, and to his visits, inihience and prudent management is due, in great measure, the remarkable progress made in the missions to the north. He was for over ten years the commissary of the Jhshop of Algoma, hi Ontario diocese, and he made the former and its excellent schools many faithful friends here. Because of his elibrts for and _4— interest in missions he was chosen one of the central com- mittee of the great missionary association of the Churcli in Canada, and also filled leading places, year by year, upon the mission committees of Ontario Synod. No centre of activity where his service was sought was refused his help and en- couragement. While his place as an incumbent will be difficult to fill, it will be even more difficult to make up the loss to the public at large. He was, indeed, the good Samaritan. Daily he made the rounds of not his parish alone but of the city, bringing help to the needy, by which he diminished his own means, and comfort to the sick and sorrowing. His visits were not those of the clergyman alone, but of the S3'mpathetic friend, and every family of the congregation felt its regard for him sacred by reason of his kindness to them in their hours of trial. These acts of social duty were supplemented by regular religious services at the Gaol and Greneral Hospital, where his presence was always a balm to the suffering. Mr. Kirkpatrick's strength was never equal to the work he imposed upon himself, and at last he taxed it too highly. In the summer the congregation urged a trip upon him, and he visited Algoma Diocese ; and on his return he began work with such renewed vigor, that in December he undertook the two weeks' mission, which few clergymen could have made such a great success as that which crowned his efforts and Eev. Mr. DuVernet's. Then followed the usual preparations for Christ- mas. On the day preceding the Festival he was. ^ called to Wolfe Island to officiate at the funeral of MinbC Grimshavv, and had to expose himself upon the steamer, in walking on the ice, and driving in a sleigh, for several hours. The Rev. Mr. Godfrey having resigned the Island charge, Mr. Kirkpatrick's regard for his old parish induced him to assume some of its duties, and upon this journey he caught a fatal cold. Next morning, while administering the early Christmas com- munion, he fainted, literally falling at his post a martyr — o to Christian duty. Typlioid-pneumoiiia developed itsoll", he gradually sank, and during the last twenty-four hours symptoms grew lapidly worse. He suffered much, but died at last in great peace, having arranged his earthly affairs with friends and turned resignedly to the rest he had earned so well. The aniiouncement of the death fell like a pall over the city, but more especially upon the congregation. The "Happy New Year" greetings were almost forgotten in the sadness of hearts, and scarcely any callers were at the houses of the ladies. Such genuine sorrow is rarely witnessed. The Last Rites. At ten o'clock on Saturday, Jan. 8rd, the doors of St, James' Church were opened and citizens admitted to view for the last time the face of the late Rev. Mr. Kirkpatrick. Crape hung in loops from the walls; the organ, chandelier, pulpit, lectern, reading desk and chancel railing were heavily draped, and the communion table bore a covering of white. The remains of deceased, in a hanusome casket, were placed before the chancel. 15eside the inscription was a bunch of lilies, in silver, inscribed "Christ has isen." Several beautiful wreaths of flowers, tributes from friends, rested on the casket. The remains were viewed by hundreds of la- menting visitors, including both the most prominent people of the city and tlie poor and thinly clad, the latter braving the storm and cold to see all that was left of one who had been a friend indeed to them ; tears coursed down their cheeks as they looked at the corpse and passed silently out of the building with heavy hearts and sad faces. Those who stood in the edifice for some time witnessed many affecting scenes, and frequently heard the remark : " Wo shall miss him this winter." Silently people came and went until the funeral hour approached. The church then was crowded to the doors, and seats had to be placed in the aisles. In the front pews were seated — fl— tUo personal moun.or., and mcnbers ..f tho family, amou^ them being Mr. Gom«o B. Ki.-kpat.ricl<, of Torouto, cousn, of :;ra!eT;ana M. .1. (iraut Ma«.o„a,a. Tl.o e,e.^ymo„ preset wore: Yon. Archdoacon -l"'"^' ■""V^'.'^:: ."^ ' Spencer, Clerical Secretary ; Crawford, of Brockvi lo Hale., oriL onto; B.uKe, of Belleville; Poole, of Sydenham; Jone., of Barr.eflold: Carey, Bou.field. C»t«v,gM N.mn Dobbs and Cook, of Kinssto.. Among those of the o aenominations present were the llev. Drs. Wlhamson Ban,, Cat and Jackson ; Bev. Messrs. McCna.g, Hoo,er, Hooker, Island, Honston, and several others. At two o'clock the choir in snbdned tones sang the hymn ..Jcsns, I am resting," the deceasod's favorite durn.g the recent mission. There was hardly a dry eye n. the church and sobs could be heard distinctly. The solemn panse was then brohe.. by Archdeacon Jones reading the h„rnUser™e The Ke'- Mr. Bnrke read the Bflth Psalm, and then the DOth Psalm. The beautiful 470tli hymn was then sung : On the resurrection morning Soul and body meet aRain, No more sorrow, no more weeping, No move pam ! The Rev. Mr. Carey read the lesson "But now is Christ risen from the dead and hecome the first fruits ot them that slept." Again a hymn ^vas sung, the familiar one : Christ will gather in his own To the place where He has gone, Where their heart and treasure lies, Where our life is hid on high. The Bev Mr. Dobbs read the remaining portion of the b3 service, mcUuhng the committal. The pallbe.u-ers. E^MeBsrs. Crawford, Spencer, Baker,and Messrs P Bat , Shore Loynes, E. J. B. Pense, then bore the casket sknvly down the aisle, and to the hearse. The entire congregation seemed moved to deepest sorrow. . • .1 „ X the streets large crowds had assembled and m the cortege were the most prominent and esteemed citizens as T" lie s, y 1)11 le as — 7— well as the poorest classes, to whom the deceased was so dear. The procession was one of the largest ever seen in the city. The long luarcli to Cataraqui Cemetery was a solemn one ; and rarely has such an atlecting leave been taken of the re- mauis of a dear friend. The tliou<^'lit was not so nnich for the dead, for he was safe in the heavenly arms, but for the living, for the bereaved church, aye, for the city itself. A beautiful incident occurred during the reading of the burial service. The sun suddenly burst out of the leaden sky after the day's storm, and shot a bright ray of liglit upon the casket and across the church, through the east window, under which the devoted pastor had for so many years served the Master. To many minds, impressed with his virtues, the incident seemed to be a veritable symbol of a happy resur- rection. Memorial Services. Rev. A. Spencer conducted the services in St. James' Church ou Sunday morning, Jan. -Ith, and preached a sermon that aii'ected many to tears. The edifice was still draped, and the congregation, which filled the church, generally gave evidence of the grcEit bereavement suffered. The hymns chosen were tlie-88tli, " Days and moments quickly Hying," and the 479th, " On the Resurrection Morning," SERMON BY llEV. A. SPENCER. "Verily, verily, I say unto you. Except a corn of wheat fall into the f^round and die, it abideth alone ; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." — St. John xii, 24. This is one of those sayings of our Lord to which He has attached special pre-eminence by prefixing to them the solemn and emphatic formula, "Verily, verily, I say unto you." Tliis formula, with the "verily" repeated, is found only in St. John's gospel ; but there it occurs no less than twenty-five times, and every saying to which it is prefixed contains some deep principle of the kingdom of God, or is the solemn — 8— (leclanitioii of some fact of tranacondont iiuponanco in the liintory and fortunes of that kingdom. At tlio end of the tirst chapter our Lord closes liis conversation with Natlianiel in tlioso words : "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter yo shall see heaven opened and the an^'els of God ascending and descending upon the Son of jMan." These words contain within thorn the fundamental doctrine of the Mediation of Christ, i.e., that the Incarnate Son of (lod is the only chaniiel of communication between earth and heaven. He uses the same emphatic fornuila to direct attention to that most vital principle of the kingdom of God about which he conversed with Nicodemus : "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born from above he cannot see the Kingdom of God. * ■■'• '^' Except a man be born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of (xod." These and other examples of our Lord's use of this fornnila shew that He em- ployed it throughout His ministry to rivet the attention of His disciples upon some root-principle; of the kingdom of God. We are, therefore, prepared to find in the text some weighty truth which will repay consideration. The first thing which arrests attention is the apparent contradiction contained in the words. While alive the corn of wheat abideth alone. To bring forth fruit it MUST FIRST OF ALL DIE. So that death is the condition under which alone it has the power to become fruitful and reproduce itself. Moreover it must fall into the ground and there remain for a certain season. Wheat sown hi the autumn must participate in the apparent general decay of winter ; it seems thrown away and wasted. Dead and buried hi the earth, involved in the general decay of all things, how hopeless S(!ems the future of that corn of wheat. But stay ! "Except it fall into the ground and die it abid(>th alone." Its season of life is its season of barrenness, "but if it die it bringeth forth much fruit." So that in its death and burial it first beghis truly to 1 — 9— live. Patienco, patience, till the earth lays aside its white mantle of snow and softens undor the genial intluonces of the sun and rain, and then shall he found that even in death itself there is concealed a hidden mysterious principle of life which only waits for its manifestation till the appointed season. Soon will appear "first the hlade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear, ' until, watered hy the showers of spring and ri])ened l)y the summer's aun, it hringetli forth much fruit." "Behold, tlie hushandman waiteth for the p.'ecious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain." Here, then at last faith and patience meet with their due reward, and so every year this surpassing miracle of nature teaches its solenm, cheering, hopeful lesson of death in life and life in death, "the silent but mighty lesson of an all-prevadhig influence, of an omnipotent and omnipresent power ever at work in this merest atom of God's creation, ever present, not only to pre- serve, to cherish, to foster it, but even in its very decay to re- produce it, and fm'ther still to multiply it, so that it should bring forth much fruit," This is the natural meaning of the words, but under their natural meanin;j: is veiled a mighty master-truth. Thev were uttered by Christ in one of the last days of his earthly minis- try. He has made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem and is in the midst of that brief moment of popularity which led his foes to exclaim, " Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? Be- hold, the world has gone after Him." At this moment some Gentiles approach Him, Gentiles who, being Greeks, are representatives of that nation among whom learning and culture had reached their highesii development. When in- formed of their desire to see Him our Lord breaks forth in what seems almost A HYMN 01' TRIUMPH, but as he proceeds, it is found to be mingled with some strangely minor chords : '-The hour is come that the Son of ass' —10— Mail should be glorified. Vorily, vorily, \ say imto you, Except II Corn of Wheat fall into the ground and die, it abidoth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth inueli fruit." So then, by the corn of wheat lb; means llinisolf. lie it is who, by His Incarnation, " fell into the ground," — came down to earth, was born of the Virgin Mary, was crucilicd, dead, and buried, — and by His death " brought forth much fruit." Doubtless there arose before Him, as He spoke, a vision of the " ten thousand times ten thousand," the " thous- sands of thousands," the "multitude which no man can number of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues," standing " before the throne, and before the Latub. clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands," — tlie noble harvest of souls which should -spring from tiie corn of wheat fallen into the ground and now about to die. " I, if I be lifted up fr jm the earth, will draw all men unto me. This He said, signifying what death He should die." Yes, it was a glorious prospect, suggested by the approach of these (ireeks, by this drawing unto Him of these first-fruits of the Gentile world. And so He set His face as a flhit and nerved Iliiiiseh' to encounter a death which was to be so prolilic of life ; and, looking through it and beyond it, sounded hi& note of triumph ; " The hour is cjine that the Sou of Man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you. Except a Corn of Wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." But did He mean Himself alone by the corn of wheat ? Have others no share in the saying except as they help to make up"the much fruit" springing out of the death of thocoru of wheat? Nay, but this truth, which finds its highest rea- lization in Christ, is an all-pervading law, as universal in the spiritual as in the natural world. The Incarnate Son of God wills that His members should be like Him, as in other re- spect, so especially in this, that their fruit-bearing shall be the outcome of death. Whence is it that good works, which —11— ar(! tlio fruits of th«! Spirit, tako tlioir rise ? Is it not out of that " Death unto sin " wliic.h in sucooetled by " A new birth unto righteouHness " '.' It must not for a moirunit be iraaj?- ined that \\\wn our Jjord, or St. Paul, or any oftho inspired writers, speak of dying unto sin and rising again unto rigl)t- cousness, thoy are using the terms "death and resurrection" in a mere figurative sense. Thoy mean great and awful realities which those terms are tlie fittest to express. Tiiey mean realities of which mere temporal death and resurrec- tion, such as that which i»efell Lazarus and the daughter of •lairus, are httle more than shadows. Christians, like other '\vu, have a nature derived by natural birth from their fallen K.iCOHtor, Adam, over whicli the sentence of death iiangs ; but, unlike other men, they liave the germ at least of another nature d<'rived through their spiritual birth from Clirist. It is their business to crucify and kill the old corrupt part of their nature, for it is only in proportion as they anticipate and carry out themselves TUE S!;NTKN(;K of DKATII pronounced against it that they can hope to escape the future judgment of the (Jreat Day, even as our Tjord says, " lie that lovetli his life shall lose it ; and he that hatoth his life in this world shall keep it unto Life Eternal." Now the only way whereby the old nature can be crucified and slain is by the development and growth of that germ of a new nature which we have derived from Christ by our birth from above. In proportion as the new nature grows and flourishes, in that proportion does the old nature dwindle and wither away. The more care and attention we bestow upon the new na- ture, — the more we nourish it with the streams of grace ever issuing forth from the living Hock, the Incarnate Son of God, through the divinely appointed channels, — the more we ex- pose it to the sunshine of Divine Love, and water it with the tears of penitence, — so much the more will the old nature droop and fade, until at length, by its utter extinction, it 12 yioljH, through the now mitmo which hiis grown up out of its RHhoh', rtbunchiut fruit, cvon Life Eternal. So thon tho law of tho corn of whoat is the law, not only of Christ Uiiu- sclf, but of every Cluislian. So long as ho lives the old external life only, ho " abidoth alone," and there is no "fruit unto holiness." But when tho hidden life breaks forth, when tlio germ iniplajitod in s[)iritual birth gives token of its presence, ihv.u straightway begins tho decay of the old out- ward life ; a blight falls upon it ; it droops and fades and withers away until at length the sentence of ileath is fuliilled upon it. Tho outward man disappears from view, and in the Paradise of (lod the inward man stands clearly revealed in all the glory and beauty of u member of Christ, a cliild of God, and an inheritor of a kingdom whoso glory shall not pass away. lUit tho corn of wheat, in dying, does not "abide alone." The outeome of its death is not one life, but many. There is " first, tho blado ; then, the ear ; after that, the full corn in the ear." So that in dying it brings forth much fruit, — not merely itself, tlu; corn of wheat, reproduced, but many corns of wheat, each in turn capable of bringing forth much fruit. The death of Christ was the bii'th of Christianity, when His side being opened, there flowxul thence the two great sacianients, blood and water, out of which has grown up His mystical Spouse, the ('hurch. The same life produchig power He has willed tliat His members should be endowed with ni varying degrees, from those martyrs of old timt^ whose blood "was the Seed of the Church," down to the patient fnut- bearing of the humblest Christian m every age who scarce dare claim eter- nal life for himself, much less aspire to the honor and glory of imparting the like precious gift to others. Yet it is an all- pervading Law, — the LaAV of the Spiritual even as of the Natural World, — that "abiding alone' is the unvarying pen- alty of an undeveloped inner life ; while on the other liand the development and growth of that ijuier lifo nuist result in f't^failJiiy'P**^^-*! t'.:i.!.'rv.U;,'.'.Ai'i«i4 -18— [)i()(liiciii^' soiiic IViiit, wlicliinr it Uv mom or less. Wo know not the process of such fruit luiariiij,' uiiy uioro tlian wc undcrstaiul tlio dovclopnicut of tho {,'erni hidden in the corn of wliciit into tho full-scape the notice even of the busy woild aroimd. ^fost often is this tho case after the prolific "corn of wheat" has literally " fallen into the earth and died." The true saint of (lod who, while living, has seemed to be not mdilu' other men, so hidden and unobtrusive is the process of fruit bearing, HAS NO SOONER Ct.oHKn HIS KVE8 to this mortal scene than all at once, even to the least J)ser- vant, lie is seen and known to have brought forth "much fruit." Even those who least appreciated him while living now see and know that a "prince and a great man has fallen in Israel," one who in the heavenly .leriisaleni will take high rank among the princes and great men of the Israel of (rod. For with Him unto whom it belongs by right to judge the saints and award them their eternal crowns the test of great- ness is not that which prevails oii earth. "Kis ways are not as our ways, nor His thoughts as our thoughts." And what is the character most approved by Him and best fitted, therefore, to stand every test? Its portrait is drawn for us by St. Paul in 1. Cor., xiii ; and its living portrait is presented to us in that Apostle of Love unto whom it was granted to lean on our Lord's breast at supper. It is love which receives the highest promotion at the hands of Him whose very being is love ; not that love whicli parades itself in professions and words of love, but that love which shows and proves itself in deeds of love, in deeds not done for osten- 14 tation, but such as arc themselves the fruit of love to (lod for His own sake and of love to man for God's sake, "Cliarity suffereth long, and is kind ; charity envieth not ; charity vaunteth not itself, is not pulled up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil ; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth ; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things." Do you not recognize the por- trait, dear friends '? Is it not life-like ? Can you think of no one lately gone from us whose lovely character answcirs stroke for stroke to the great Apostle's portraiture ? Ah, yes, and you are able even now, amid all the grief of your stricken hearts, to see that it is the hand of love which has removed him hence, love which couid no longer refrain, but must have the dear object of love nearer to Himself and in His more im- mediate presence. To pronounce any lengthened eulogy in this holy place upon so lovely a character as that of your late beloved pastor would be altogether superfluous and might almost seem pre- sumptuous. For fifteen years he has gone in and ou<" before you, and among you, and HIS RECORD IS WRITTEN not in tables of stoiiG but in the fleshy tables of your hearts. Let me rather beseech you, while you cherish his beloved memory in your hearts, not to suffer the sanctifying influence of his saintly life to pass away without producing in your own lives its proper fruits. Doubtless he made it his chief aim so long as he trod this earth — by a life of humility,, self- denial, and self-sacrifice, — to mortify the deeds of the body, to crucify the flesh with its affections and lusts, and in the same proportion to cherish and develop the hidden life of the soul. Thus did the death of the outward life of the corn of wheat bring forth much fruit in the inward life. See to it that its effects reach much further than that, that it produce an abundant crop of other prolific corns of wheat; so that the IL I to kiie lul. }at I its Ian the I —15— holy influence of that unselfish life may be ever extending and widening and continually bringing forth more and more fruit unto life eternal. If such be your dotermination — if it in your earnest desire to "bring forth much fruit," if you would escape the fate of those who neglect and kill out that germ of heavenly eternal life already implanted within them — you must set yourselves with no faltering aim to subdue selfishness, and all the forms of evil, which it carries with it. Let us attack this giant evil w'ithout ostentation, for this would betray insincerity and hypocrisy, which is another form of selfishness. Let us subdue it with cheerfulness, ever dying to self and ever living more truly the inward life while we thus die, on one hand "bringhig forth," on the other laying up "much fruit," the fruit of every virtues and every grace, each of which in its own turn will be reproductive, each of which as it is "sown in the ground," i.e. hi humility, and thus, as it were, buried out of sight, will bring "forth much fruit," will tend to the growth and sustenance of the spiritual life, and will spring up into Life Everlasting. Sermon by Rev. C. E. Cartwright. In the evening the church was again filled. The Rev, C. E. Cartwright conducted service. The hymns were favorites of the late pastor, " Rock of Ages," " Restmg," " Christ will gather in His Owai," and " Jesu, Lover of My Soul," and the text chosen was part of the 15th chapter of First Corinthians : " But thanks be to Cod, who giveth us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord." The sermon, like that of the morn- ing, was a truly beautiful one, and elicited the feeling and gratitude of the congregation. The text, the preacher said, was the closing note of triumph of the Apostle for the resur- rection from the dead, the power over death, and over that which constitutes the sting of death — sin. To the earthly man death was a great disturber of plans, and he dreads and —16- shrinks from it. He may occasionally lay his life down tbrough some great deed of courage for his country or his race, that his name may live, but the instances are few. The great mass feared death. Yet the Christian, with the promise of forgiveness through God's forbearance, and in the light of tl'o knowledge of God, feels that perfect love and hope cast out fear. When that Christian has by a pious life at school and college, and a noble manhood, been drawn close to God, death is not an enemy to be feared, but the way to a Father who loves and who has taught His beloved children to look forward to a consolation and a hope. To the pastor so deeply mourned it was not a dark journey, but the shining way and the setting ajar of the gates of pearl, through which the faithful servant of Christ sees the outstretched arms of God ready with a wel- come to a home where the fountanis are living joys, and where tears are wiped away. What can death do against such a man ? He may be uncertain as to the exact state of existence in the next world, but he feels sure of reaching the shelter of the eternal arms of love. Death comes as but an ushering in to a fuller life. How different the state of the worldly man ! Thinking only of his moiiey and position here, placing all his heart on the treasures of this earth, he opens the way for death's easy victory, and all his plans are spoil- ed. How wasted to such is the power of the conflict on the cross with the resurrection as a glorious pledge of salvation ! The congregation may look with hope out of their tears, for they have the promise and the knowledge that "the works" of the saints on earth "do follow them." On that day the churches of Christendom were celebrating the 500th anniver- sary of Wycliffe's death, and from the pulpits was recalled the fact that his body was dug up and burned, and his ashes scattered, to defeat the resurrection, yet he still lives in the spirit and in his works. IMr. Kirkpatrick's work had not ended with his death. His words will be remembered with greater power and force than ir he were still T U T lie lot 3(1 lill -1?- amongst iis. His bright example will not soon be forgotten, wliotlier as a boy at college, escaping vices and defilements, while yet of a joyous and happy character, or as a man shaming our very griefs with his cheerfulness. Provi- dence seems to us a deep mystery ; we do not know whether it is for his sake or our own that the loved one was taken, but we do know that God's rule is ever for the best. Death, through the love of His dear Son, is no longer fearful, sending a loved one into darkness, but to a home of light and love. Though dead the late pastor yet speaketh to those climbing tbe heavenly ladder here. Death will be to them but the covered way leading to the light, that no cbild may stray away. In that light there are no cares, frettiugs, or troubles ; in its brightness the riddles of life will be solved, the tangled threads of God's purpose revealed. What seems now dark and mysterious Avill then be light and clear. ^Ve now look at them too near, but then the plan and pm-pose will be shown as a completed picture, perfect in its true shade. One Common Sorrow. At the morning service in St. George's Cathedral on Sun- day, January 4th, Eev. A. \V. Cooke preached. His dis- course had reference to tiie nature of the risen and glorified bodies of the saints of God. He mentioned the llovs. Messrs. Leathley, O'Loughlin and Kirkpatrick, of this diocese, who had gone to rest. They were most devoted and saintly clergymen. Of the last named, tbe speaker said the events of his death were fresh in memory. Of his life it was un- necessary to speak, because his zeal, devotion and love to God and man were very well known. The departed were now in the rest of Paradise, and would finally join the church triumphant in heaven and enjoy that vision of (rod's glory of which they have a glimpse in these beautiful words : "Who are these like stars appearing, These before Gods throne who stand. Each a golden crown is wearing, "Who are all this glorious band ?" —18— The answer is :. " Tliese are they which came out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." In the evening Dean Lyster made a very feeling address, taking for his text the 5Gth and 57th verses of the 1.5th chapter of First CorinJiians. He logically expounded the text, pointing out the blessed hope whicli Christians have in the resurrection of the dead, after which lie referred to the work of the great Reaper "He has added to the death roll one whom everybody respected and whom we all loved. He was not brilliant- -and he h-