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In some jdaces they were forbidden by the civil authoi-ity. Among the Loyalist minority were many of considerable means and culture, who, })rovious to the war, had occui)ied prominent positions in their several localities. It must have l)een a trying wrench to leave their homes, in many instances so dear, for new, untried regions. This, those loyal to their Church and King felt must be done, at all hazards. In their niigi-ation we are somewhat reminded of what poets told, ages ago, of early settlements on the coasts of the Mediterranean. There was, however, one great difference. In the latter case, everything was attrac- tive to the exiles in the way of climate and many other advantages. The Loyalists left comfortal)le homes, and a more favourable climate, for that of New Urunswick, with its long, stern winters, its native Indians, its unbroken forests. Aid, indeed, was generously and promptly aiforded by the British Government. Means of transjtort were pro- ^ How little did those hardy, devoted men know of the future of the Church which they considered was "finished" in the United States I Tliere it is now passed from "darkness to dawn." Merging- in fuller light, the American Churcli is to-day the most imjjortant hranch of tlie Anglic an Conununion outside the British Isles. There is no Diocese in the Dominion of Canada to compare with that of Connecticut, from whence a large portion of tiie Loyalists came. It luis its churches, schools, hospitals, and churcli liomes, with over one hundred and fifty clergy. A church recently destroyed by fire in the Parish of Stamford, whence one of the earliest missionaries in New Brunswick came, has lately been rebuilt at a cost of about !?2(J0,0()0. Surrounding the ciiurch are grand buildings for schools, a ciuireh home, and hospital. ArUIVAL of the LoYALlfiTS. 1!) vidijd for those who wished to seek now homos. On tlio 18th M.iv, 1783, tho tir.st hand ot cx'Uos, ni}mhonn<;' throe thousand soids, laink'tl near the mouth of the River St. John, whore is now tho tlourishinii' oomniorfial oity of that name. The father of the present writer was one of those exikis. lie was at tlie age of thirteen. In after years he wouhl tell of that landing on the shore, of the hrusJiwood extending to the water's edge, and of the eneanipment on the banks of the liarhour. In the same year vessels con- tinued to arrive throughout the summer, and a eonsiderable party of disbanded soldiers were added to the eolonists. At the time we speak of Xow Ih'unswiek formed a part of the l*rovincc of Nova Scotia. Careful and niimite ar- rangements were made by the government for the comfort of the new settlors. Farming utensils, seed, and other neeossaries were liberally provided. To each family tracts of land were granted from three hundred to six hundred acres. Over and above two thousand acres in every town- ship were allotted toward the support of a clergyman, and one thousand acres for the maintenance of a Church sjhool. A small minoritv of the refugees were non-conformists. Several clergymen of the Church of England accompanied the new settlors. At that time there does not appear to have been a minister of any other communion. Soon after, by the kind and bounteous aid of the Society for the I*ropa- gation of the Crospel, Loyalist clergymen from the new Republic arrived. To that Society many of the most im- portant missions in the colonies, now independent, owed their maintenance. The seed, thus cast upon the waters^ was plainly seen after many days. It can be traced out to-da}'. It was now felt that grants from the Society should be transferred to those in greatest need and to loyal subjects of the Crown. By this means men well trained and well fitted for most trying work were provided with 20 Tin; Most I{kvi:hi:ni> John Mkih.kv, I). I). piirtial mcims ot .support. Among the miinbiT woih' uriuhi- ates t'roiii King'rf College — now Colunibiji — Xt!\v York. They had receivcMl ordination in Kngland. Tlu' names ol many of these arly as. 1810 works of the S. P. C. K. were kept and circulated as part of the Church work at Shediac, and these books may yet be found d<»ing missionary work for the Church. The rector of Sack- ville, the late Rev. Mr. Milncr, occasiijually visited Shediac, which was then within his charge, and administered the sacraments and ordinances as often as he could. In about the year 1824, chietly through the liberality of the S. P. G., and of Mr. Hanington, the present church was erected in the parish, and the Rev. Mr. Arnold took charge there until about 1831, when he was succeeded by the Rev. Mr. Black, after whose removal to Sackville in 18;U) the late Dr. Jarvis was inducted and remained rector there until his death in 1881. Shediac was visited by tl.a Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia about 1823, it Ix ing a part of his Diocese. He came theio in one of H. M. warships, and also then visited Prince Edward Island. The parish was again visited and confirmations held by the Bishop of Nova Scotia down to about 1843, and since the year 1845 it has been under the pastoral charge of our late Lord Bishop Medley, whose constant visitations have done so much to maintain a good Church feeling there. 1 CHAPTER II. New Bri'Xswick Skt Apart from Xova iScoriA Arciidkaconry. — An S^^EANWIIILK, the Province of Xcw Brunswick jA jI ^^'^^ ^*"'^ «'il>iirt t'roni tliat ol' Xovu tScotia. A .sepu- rntu Icgislaliuv was assie tlie steps to be taken in the organization of tlie new Prov- ince. Section 70 reads thus: " Yoii shall take especial care that God Almighty " be devoutly and duly served throughout your government, the Book of "Common Prayer as by law established read each Sunday and holy day, and " the blessed sacrament administered according to the rites of the Church of " England." (22) An Auciidkaconuy. 28 TIk' yciir 1787 t'oniu'd u iiiarki-d era in tlic liistorv ol' tlio Colonial Clinrcli. Tlio Kov. C'liarli-H In<:lis, D. I)., was con- si'crated liisliop oi' Xova Sootia, tliat Dioci'so tlicn incliidini? what is now the Dioi't'se of Fri'dcricton. His son, the Kiuht Uovorond .lohn Ini^lis, was roiisofrutod I'»isho|» in \H'Ii'). In tlu' lollowini; vear lie visitod Xcw nriinswicU and fontirnicd ono thousand suvon hundrt'd and twenty piTsons. Many ot" those were advanced in years, who, in their youth- ful days, juid left their early homes. On that occasion the Bishop oonsecrati'd no less than nineteen churt-hes. In the year 1S;}2 tlu' IVishop visited the north and eastern shores. He travelled i'i_i;ht hundred miles and confirmed in seven ditt'erent places. A third visitation in IS;).') occu- pied two months, when eiu'lit hundred i)ersons were con- tirmed.' " Kvery toil," the Bishop writes, "was liu,'htened liy a well encourai^ed hope that, throui^li the hlessiny; of God, this portion ot the y'os[>el vineyard is in a state of [)ro- ifress and improveujent. . . . The missionarii's are labouring; faithfully throu<;'h many ditKcultics, uiuler which they are sujiported by a conHdini:; trust in Him, whose they are and whom they serve. They are exemplary in their life and conversation. ... In all my communications with them, which have Iteen constant and intimate, I have found them respectful and allectionate, and it has been a deliudit- ful task to share their labours and their pi-ayers," Xew Brunswick, in the year 182-j, was set apart as au Archdeaconry, under the llev. (loorge Best, who was also the iirst president of Ivinu;'s College. "lie was a man," it is said, " full oi' gentleness aiul genuine unattbcted piety." Owing to failing hcidth he I'eturned soon after to Kngland, and in the year 1829, he was succeeded by Archdeacon Coster. It was a u'reat misfortune to the Church that Arch- deacon Coster, from physical inability, was unable to perform ^ Annals of the Colonini Church, by E. Hawkins. ^.w^.r,^,^..^^ 24 TiiK Must Khvkukm) .Ioiix Mkulkv, I). I>. all lilt' unliioiis osilioii. iJodily iidiniiitics, in sonic dcijiH-c, hindered the t'ttc'ct whii'li his sermons ami addresses, iVoni their siiiL»;ular ortioacv, wonld otherwise have pnxlueod. Although natur- ally reserved, those who knew him most intimatelv, were -ilrawn to him hy his sympathy and kindness of heart. A irreat (*han_u;e had now come ahoiit alike with rei^ard to the body politic and the Chni'ch. The first mend)ers ol' the Icii'islatnrc had «;rown old — many had passed away. Fn tew instances did their descendants inhei'it their decided prin«'iples. The young men ot" the country, with many also who had come from elsewhere, claimed the right to i»romi- nent political positions. They sought for a change, by which tlie whole government of the country was to he left more fully to the popular voice. At length this movement was r(uccessful. '^riie day of exclusive privileges was at an end. Ilenci'forth legislation was no more in favour of the v tin- arrival of tin* iininis^rants. fn the small towns, wliicli oponrd u|> as tin- country advanced, tlicrc were various IxKlics of non-conformists. In many instances tlicy rivalled, or exceeded, tiie Cliurcli in the numlter of their adherents and of their sacred ltnildiny:s. They had leai'iied one u'reat secret of siwcess — self'-reliant'e. From the i»aucity of the Church's missions, espet-ially in the country places, and in new and distant settlements, there arose esti'ani^ement on the part of those whose forefathers were churchmen. Nothiny; like ncijlect to hrinii* Jihont xuch a feeling". Those who. from ne<::lect and lack of sym- pathy for themselves or their children, are alienated from the (^hurch hecomc, in time, tlie most opposed to her teach- \u}>;, and the most ditticult to win hack. lU-and-hye it will he foinid that schism, with all its incalculahle evils and its friijhtful hindrances to the extension of the Ivcdeemer's kin<;-dom, will be laid to the <'hari;(! of many too ready to oondemn others. Moreovt'r. it is to he remend»eivd that all alonii' there was a hody ot men stroner, who came over with the Lovalists from the United States. Theii' feeliuirs seem to have been deeply infused and intensiiied in their descendants. Amouii' the ministers of the dissenting!; bodies were men of zeal and u:reat activity — just the kind of men tlie Church stood in want of, had they only beci in her commuinon Too much and too long the numbers of the Church depended upon exclusive privileiics, and ui)on aid from Kngland. At the time when the Church in Xew Hrunswick needed united streuuth and earnest zeal her mendters became 20 The Most Ukveuexd John Mi:i»i.ky, 1). D. divided ainonic tlieniselves. The Loyalist elerijy, with thoso added in earlier yearn to their nuinher, heloiiijed, for the most part, to the IFiijch C'lnnvh school. A different teachiii;;' was set on foot in oix; of the most imjiortaiit places in the J'rovince. The City of 8t. John had rapidly advanced in wealtli and influence. Ttwas the one commercial centre. The rector of this pai'ish — a man of markeeople in the country. Then came on, in many instances, l)itter controversy and estiangement — sad hinorant'cs to the work of the ('hurch — distrust reicarding lier teaching', and vast advantage to tht)se op[)Osed to her ways. Nor, a[)art from all this, was the Church, at this time, alive to her real position; nor were the puhlic services hearty or attractive. By many it seemed as if" vital piety" were rightly claimed under ministrations outside the com- munion of the (Miurch, or hy those who, within her pale, failed to conform in many ways to her teaching. It would be a grievous wrong to disallow the earnestness of many a hard-worked missionary and many a devoted layman who were a blessing to the Church at the time to which we now allude. They bore forth good seed. Afterwards, " others entered into their labours." Still the Church buildings and the (/hurch services were alike ot a dull and dreary sort. New churches were built, but more alter the plan of the meeting-house. Tn the public services there were no re- sponses, — that all-important part of divine worshij) fell to the lot of the clerk. This was so as late as the year 1843 in the [tarish chuivh at Fredericton. The writer can well remember attending the services there as a student at the college. There were present the representative of the (^ueen, government olhcials, the officers and soldiers of a An a urn deaconky. 27 reu-imcnt, witli a larjre coiii,rrcpitioii, iiicliKliiio; the first l.t'oplo of the cai)ital city; and ho — tlie writer — was only one of three who knelt,' and ho scarcely ventured to raise his voiee with that of the a^-ed clerk in the responses. It is most interesting to notice the heginning of a great change — it may well he ealled a great revival — even in so insignificant a i)ortion of the world. At the time those puhlications were l)eing issued from Oxford, which wrought such mighty results, the Archdeacon of Xew lirunswick was engaged in a course of lectures to the divinity students on the peculiar position of the (Muireh and her i)ositive dog- matic teaching. This was fiir froju a poi)nlar coursi" ; the tide was all the other way; soon it was to he on the turn. Ahove the sound of the moving waters the voice of the Church — the voi(;e of her great head — was heard, calling on all the members of lEis body to contend for the faith once for all delivered. By the mighty power of the Spirit of truth that "sound has gone out into all lauds, and the Avords to the ends of the world." ' Tliis refers to men only. Arciidkacox Costkh- C'HAITEK III. -OuKilX ol" THK DiOCKS.W CiM IK'II Society. amount could not be rolie y'ratitude for all that long-continued aid, which has not wholly ceased at this present time Xor shoidd we forget to notice tlie vast benefit derived from generous gifts from the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. There is scarcely a Church in the Provinci' which has not been assisted by a generous grant. Who can tell the benefits afforded by the publi«'ations of that Societv, in so manv cases freelv iji'anted for Sunday school and ^lari.^h libraries? The time now had come when the (V>lonial Church must be called on for self-su[»port. On this [toint there had been aad neglect. Other Christian bodies, without endowment or external aid. were making their way in every direction, (28) ()ui(iiN OF TiiK Diocesan Church Socikty. 21 > in iiianv instances leaving tlio (Mnircli bdiind in nnawak- onc'd zeal. Mcanwliilc i^raiits of land, tbrnicrly made by the "•overnnient, had increased in valne in thi> wav of en- downient. All this was deejtlv pondered over hy Arch- deacon Coster. Ft t'orincd the snhject ot" correspondenco with the iiishoj* of the Diocese, and with the Society in England. The Archdeacon felt that it was hi-yond his power to alter the course of tilings very much in his own day. lie would do his utmost for those who were to come after. At a general meeting of the clei'gy at Fredcricton, on the 8th Septeiid)er, lS-")tl, and following days, undei- the presidency of the Archdeacon, n-solutions were ado[)ted for the establishment of a Church Society, and a draft of its constitution and objects agreed to. It may here be men- tioned that the constitution and objects of the Society remain with little change at the present day. "Such was the ///".*' systematic atteni]>t made in a Hi'itish colony lor the more full and eiiicient support of its own Church. A main design of it was to unite the laity in hearty co-operation Avith the clergy under the superintendiMice of the Hishop.'"* At this time (A. J). 1H:}(!) there were in the Archdeaconry of Xew Brunswick eighty parishes, twenty-eight clergymen, and forty-three churches or chapels. More than two-thirds of the whole number of parishes were without a ivsident clergyman. As a most interesting note in the history of the Church in Xew IJrnuswick, we subjoin the following extract from the address of the Archdeacon at the tirst meeting of the Dioc-esan Church Society, which was henceforth to be- come " The Diocese in Action "" : The iinportiUK'c of the occasion on which \vc have met can hardly be over-rated. Wo are about to enter upon business wliich must very materially aflect the fortunes of our Church. I pray Co(l that ' Aniuils of the Colonial Cliunli, by Ernest Hawkins. 30 TiiH Most Ivi:vi;ki:.\i> .Imiin .Mi;i>i,i;v. I). 1). fl iii it limy iiMect them in a way wliit-h will make tliis day an ojwch in its history, tVoni which we may date the eonnnencement of a ha|)])y and {.dorions improvement. We an; loiining what, I trust, will prove a ^nvat and ])owerful cond)ination ainonj^ onrselver;. But cond)inations may pros'e bene- ficial, ineil'ective, or mischievous, according to the manner in which they are conducted, and the objects to which they are directed. It is the wish of us all that this combination should produce uothinj; but good. We must therefore all do our best to give it the right direction and place it under proper management : and I am per- suaded that you will listen with patience to a few observations from one who has given much consideration to the subject, and feels himself deeply responsii)le for the part he has taken in the formation of this Society. I nc(^d not say how cordially I approve of the plan which has been adopted — how anxious 1 am that the design should be successful. I lirndy believe, that some such cond>iuation among the mend)ers of the Church can no longer be dispensed with. And were there nuich more risk than there is of an undesirable result, I should still be inclined to make the experiment. Still I would proceed with the greatest caution and recommend caution to you. The i)ublished constitution of the Church Society will now be submitted to you for ratification and conliriDation, with any amend- ments that may be deemed necessary. It will be borne in mind that a soci< ty like this in idl rcsj)ects has not, so far as I am aware, existed hitherto in our Church, cither in England or in the Colonies, under the sanction of ecclesiastical authority. It behoves us, therefore, to be cautious in our j)roceedings ; and we need not be surprised if some apprehension should be felt, lest, in our zeal "to be doing," we should attempt things which may be inconsistent witli the rules and customs of our venerable establishment. It is not enough to say that we know of no such design being entertained in any quarter. I am persuaded you will agree with me that we should try to make it impossible even to suspect us of such a design. Without this, we cannot exi)ect that the Bishop will give to our undertaking his sanction and support. OuKiiN or Tin; 1)iocesan Cm im-ii SdciF/rv. •n 1^ »? "Notliiiiir willidut ihc l)islio|)" lia.s ever been the rule ami motto of the Chunh Catholic • and we must take etipoeial care that there l>e no deviation from it in this instance. Tluis far we are honoured with his Lordship's sanction and approbation, the con- tinuance of which we must he heedful to deserve. No ji'ood chnrchnian, I am sure, wrate earnestness, and with a dis})osition to subnut to those checks of which the experience of ages has demonstrated the need and the use. They wish to act with vigour, and the popular character of the Society sufficiently provides for that. But they also desire, that every disposition to weakness nii TiiK Most Tvkvkukni* .I<>iin Mki>i,i:y, D. D. Wl 11 slioiild he puwc'i'tully rcstmiiu'd ; and with this view, they reeoni- nu'iid that tlie Bishop shouM always have power to stop its proceed- ings, when it appears to l)e venturing upon (hingerous ground. . . What amount of means of (h)ing good is likely to he jtlaeed at tlie dis])osaI of this Society, is yet unknown. Be it, however, large or small, we have to provide for its heing earefully and judieiously managed and expended. (Jf eoui"se it is only the actual expense of missionary visits that the Society can think of paying at the outlet. But everyone, I should thiid<, will he of the opinion, that we should endeavour to j)rovide for as many such visits as the funds appro- priated to that ohject will permit. It is desirable that a plan should be laid down, to he submitted to the Bishoj), upon which such visits shall be conducted. But here, as you all must .see, a difficulty of no small magnitude presents itself. The extent of country requiring to be visited is frightfully great ; and where are the men to whom the work can be committed ■■' The number of clergymen already employed is not much more than adecpiate to the duties, in which they are actually engaged, and from which they cannot be released without the con- sent both of the Bishoj) and of their i)arishii)nei*s. And from whence such an increase of the present number, as will enable the Society to do nuich for the neglected districts, is to be looked for, who (!an tell ? Some means, however, must be devi.sed ; and we must not despair, by, God's help, of accomplishing this most desir- able end. . . . . . . . . ^[y Reverend Brethren — You who assisted in the formation of this plan — you, 1 feel assured, have not seen cause to change your mind with regard to it. 1 would to God that some of our body, who were absent from that meeting, had manifested an eipially favourable disposition. I had flattered myself that, for once, all the churchmen of the Province might have been united — that in this cause there was absolutelv nothinsr to which anv churchman could seriously object. Though I know not the grounds of the opposition, I understand tliat o})position has been made, and with such eliect that, for the present, we must act without the concurrence of our brethren in that part of the Province which is able to afford us the OuitilN OF Tin: DlOCKSAN Ciirucji 8oriETY. 33 y ivconi- procot'd- 11(1. . . placed ut rer, larjre diciously xpciiso of hv outlet, ve .should lis appro- an should uoh visits iiagnitude visited is rk can he ed is not e actually t the con- \m\ from liable the Doked for, and we )st desir- •niation of mge your our body, n eciually ■e, all the lat in this Kill could pposition , nich effect lU'o of our jrd us the most powerful aid. The reasons by which they have been induced to withhold their concurrence to such a dcsit^u will, 1 trust, be coiii- niunicated ; and if, by any allowable alteration of our scheme, we should lind (turselves able to obviate their objections, no doubt we shall be sufficiently inclined to do so. Should they, however, prove Buch as to forbid the hope of an accommodation — what then shall we do? Shall we lie discouraged and deterred from the prosecution of our design? (iod forbid I unless we be lirst couvinci'd tiiat our desiirn is not what we all thoujjrht it — that this Societv is not calculated, if well supported, to render those services to religion and to the Church, to who.se altar we are consecrated and devoted, which we fondly ex|)ected — which I still contid(>ntly expect from it. I am ipiitc willing, however; nay, I desire, that the opposition it may anywhere have encountered should have the etiect of mak- ing us extremely cautious in every step we take, so that the result of our endeavour at this meeting may, by God's help, be to win over to our cause many who have hitherto been deterred from adopt- ing it, by convincing them that at least we are thoroughly desirous to do what is right and good. My Brethren of the Laity — Permit me to address a few words also to you. The cause, ray friends, is surely yours, fully as much as it is ours. You are all as iiiiicli interested in its success as are your clergy, and the success we hope and pray for can only 1)0 obtained through your ictive and zealous concurrence. Ami think you that if, on any account, this design should fail, you will not share with your clergy the shame — tiie intolerable shame — with which the defeat will covei' them, after the plan has been thus pub- lished to the world, and you have been thus earnestly called upon for aid, for God's sake and charity's and your religion's? I feel it strongly, my brethren, and I tell you plainly, that il' such a design as this cannot find among you such support as it recjuires and deserves, our Provincial Church will be a laughing stock to those who love her not, and an object of compassion to all who do — none will or can respect her. Then indeed sluiU I begin to despair of a final triumph (»ver the ditiiculties of the times, and regret that Proviilence had not cast my lot among another people. My station • )4 TiiK Most Ivkn kkknh John Mkdley, D. I). i [ ill tlii.s (.'liiircli will hcconie a iiiatUT of luiiniliation to me, .since on account of it my jMU'tion of the sliaine will l)e the greater. But think not that I wronj; those who are here present by siip- jiosiiig for a moment that, ho far as in them lies, such disgrace will be permitted to befall us. The commencement which has been made promises a very diflerent result, and I, shall not (piickly cease to rely upon the promise being amply realized. Before this sun goes down, I trust there will have been among us such a display of zeal and unanimity in this great business, as will eHectually remove all apprehension from every mind of a failure being even possible. It \v:is under tliCHe eircniiistjiiu'es that the Diocesan Cliiircli Society oi-iiiiinited. Murli that thront!:li iu'i::loet the Church luid lost, it has been tiio means of recovering, and tlie tSociotv has beeonio the niain-stav of tiie niissionarv "work in the Diocese. For over fifty years the Society lias gone on gaining confidence and support. The foresight and sound Jndgniont of its originators have left little to change in its constitution and rules. For a wliile, unfortu- nately, a strong section of the Church, especially in the city of St. John, held aloof. Still, year by year, the interest in the movement gained ground. Leading churchmen, in many instances, y-ave "•enerous yearly ofterinij;s, and lari^e bequests at their death. The Society now, from its cou- Hiderable en(h)wnients and yearly income, can, in some degree, supply what is wanting by reason of the withdrawal of a part of the S. F. G. grant to the Diocese. It has called out, from the several parishes, more regular and sul)stantial riupport for the clergy and a deeper interest in the extension of the ministrations of the Church in neirlec-ted districts. \ since on 1 t by sup- "■I rnice will een made "< r cense to sun goes ay of zeiil eniovc all ■:'^f isil)le. Dioc-csiiu 1 lu'gleet covering. lissionary jcioty has tbresiglit "t little to ;, untbrtu- n tlie city iiterest \n 'Inueu, in and largo 11 its cou- , in some ,itli(lra\val lias called substantial extension istricts. CHAPTER IV. Dkath or AucHnivvrox Costku — Ills ('iiaka"•**> 1 1 1<] death of Archdeacon C/Oster occurred in PVhru- ary, IH;')!). In ii Frcdcricton local impcr it is said : "Ills death has aroused the sympathies of every creed ans in his Master's service. Kev. Allen Coster was successively rector of two im[iortant parishes in this I)ioccse. In common with liirt brother he held what were thought at tlie time advanc-eJ views with regard to the position and teaching of the <'hurch. Thereby lie met often with great opposition. As a preacher he was singularly impressive. Before his death he had lived down the opjtosition of previous years and had gained the res|»ect an — DiocKSE OF Kkkdkricton Kndowkd. \'II)KX'rL^', art wo Imve seen, the Cliiircli in New Hrnnswick was heiiii^ aroused to a sense of lier posi- tion and ol)lii!;ations. Still there was a ji^reat want — tlic want of a Mishop, the need of Ki>isco|ial supervision antl control. This jiad lonj;- heen keenly felt hv prominent ehurchnien. We tind the followini^ oditoi-ial note in the St. John (hiirivr, March :20th, 1824: By London papci-s, we observe with Mitisfnction that two Hi»iioj)8 have heen appointed to Sees in the West Indies. We would have been happy to learn that a like nieasare lia i)ned. With refereiu'o to tlic abovr roiniiimiicatioii, the t'llitor ot till' Coiii'in I'l'iiiarks : With our correspondent, we sincerely rejjret the cause that keeps the Bishop from his charge, and we also deeply lament its effects ; hut it is not alone iM'cause an intlividnal occasiuiially siitii-rs the inconvenience of travellinj: to (^iiehec for ordination, it is also hecaiise every mendu'r of the ('limcli (clerical as well as laity) is atll'ctcd hy the ahsence of their spiritual head. It must he a melancholy retlcction to every one reared in the Church, and feel- ing for her interest, to think that from such a cause as the ahove, the sacred rite of coiitinnation should he virtually abolished in this Province. This pure Apostolic institution, wliicli elsowhere is the imlisponsahly necessary step for a[ust Gracious Majesty to ap- point a accori resident Bishop to this his loyal colony of New Brunswick. 'Tlie rosi^iiatidii of l!isli()|i .Stansi-r ii few inimtlH laliT, ami lliu coiisocrii- tioii of Hisliop .John Iiiglis, caused the niovi'meiit in favor of a division in tlie Diocese to remain in abeyance. It would ajipi'ar from tlu- fori'ijoing fxtracts that Hisliop Charles Inglis failed to visit New IJriiiiswiek (hiring the last eleven years of his eitiscopate, jirohahly on account of age and inlirmities. In his first charge to his clergy (delivered at Halifax, August, 1829; at Bermuda, May, ISoO; and at Fredericton, August, IS.SO), Bishop Jcdin Inglis says many of the remote portions of his Diocese had never been visited by a Bishop. " More than sixty eluirches, scattered over an immense space, were unconsecrated, and nearly 7,U<)0 persons were waiting for confirmation." i 40 Tjie Most Keverend Joikn Medeey, D. D. It is of tlu' (loejicst iiitcresr, to mark the orit^in of that nioveiiu'iit wliicli effected so (loei)]y the whole Colonial Clmrch — tiie estahlislmieiit of the (^olonlal Bisho[»rie Fund. Surely it was a nohle scheme, callinu; f<»r large irifts and ifcnerons otlerings. We can see in it the answer to those pniyers and heartfelt longinportunity, in the purchase of land within the colony. "). That contributions may be made specifically for the endowment of particular Bishoprics. i I ! I 1 ( ! m\ Tliis proposition was received with the liveliest satisfaction, both by the Society for the Propagation of the Gos[)el, and by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. The sums of t'o.OOO and of ct!10,0()0 were voted by these institutions respectively, for the purpose of laying the foundation of the proposed fund, and the Christian public will rejoice to hear that the immediate establishment of Episcopal Sees in New Brunswick and New Zealand may be con- fidently ex|)eeted. Diocese of Fkederkton Endowed. 41 of that Colonial c Fund, ifts and to those I'oferrcd. m to the following Litious foi" nt dopon- red by the lo for the the whole lies them- )wnient of ity, in the idow ment ion, l)oth ic Society )0 and of > purpose Christian iniont of V be con- Tho foUowiiiii' statement is tbund in the rei»()rt of the S. r, G. for the year Ls41 : The most striking' feature in the occurrences of the past year, as they respect the pro<,Mvss of Christianity abroad, is the fornialion of a fund for the endu-wment of additional lJish<)j)rics in the colonies. At a ineetini; of the Archbishops and liishojis the plan above given was cDrdially airreed upon. Wi' tind >t'W Brunswick named as the third on the list ot the new Dioceses proposed. Anioni; the oflicers of the Association, the name ofW. H (Jladstone is given as one of the treasurers. The following minute was adopted at the meeting concerning the establishment of new Colonial Hioceses: For the attainment of these most desired objects, a sum of money will be required, hirge as to its actual amount, but small when com- pared with the means which this country possesses, l)y the bounty of Divine Providence, for advancing the glory of (4od and the welfare of mankind. Cnder a deep feeling of the sacrechiess and importance of this great work, and in the hof)e that Almighty God would graciously dispose the hearts of his servants to a correspond- ing measure of liberality, we earnestly commend it to the good will, the assistance and the prayers of all the members of the Church. In a letter to the S. P. (i. from the Hishoji of Nova Scotia (1842), published in the report for 1S4;>, he writes : . . . My anxiety for the accomplishment of the benevolent intention of erecting a new Sei^ in New Brunswick increases with my growing consciousness that more labour is required than any individual can perform. It is also increased by a conviction that the circumstances of the times are peculiarly calculated to insure, by the Divine blessing, the full benefit of such creation. , . . The greatest encouragement is offered for perscveranci> in all those exertions which mav be necessary for the accomplishment of so important and happy a work. I f ! I > fl 42 The Most Rkvkrexd John Medley, T). I). Sir William Colobrooko, tlie Governor at tliat time, ofiicially reported that "a ditiieulty is experienced in obtain- ing clergymen for several j>arislies, in which the (yhnrch congregations have, in consequence,* been dispersed." From the S. I*. (}. report for 1848, above alluded to, we quote the following extract, taken from the minutes passed at a subsequent meeting of the Archbishops and Bishops: The important colony of New Brunswick, e({ual in extent to one- half of p]ngland, and rapidly increasing in population, has been too long without a resident Cliief Pastor. The time, however, seems at length to have arrived for the supj^ly of this deKciency, so long felt and acknowledged. As a proof of the interest excited in New Brunswick, it may he stated that the Governor, Sir William Colebrooke, has otticially expressed his oinnion in favour of such a measure. The Chief Justice,' the Solicitor General,^ and other leading persons in the colony, are exerting themselves to raise a fund towards the endowment. The sum at that time raised in Xew Brunswick amounted to i:2,ir)0 — more was ex[iected. The minute continues: Having taken these matters into our serious consideration, and looking at the great importance and urgency of the case, we have determined to approjjriate a large portion of the fund at our dis- posal, namely, the sum of .ij20,000, toward the endowment of a Bishopric in New Brunswick. We must not conclude this statement of our j)roceedings and plans without ex})ressing our thankfulness to Almighty God for the success He has been graciously pleased thus far to vouchsafe to this first systematic endeav<»ur to impart the full blessings of the Church to the coloiues of this great Empire, and beseeching Him to dispose the hearts of His people to carry on to its full completion a work undertaken for the furtherance of His glory in the extension of the kingdom of His ever Blessed Son. ' Honunible Ward Chipittan. ^ Honorable George Frederick Street. t time, ol)tain- Church > I to, we ^ piifssed it to one- has been " however, ■iency, so xcited in • Williiim of such a Mu\ other :o raise a inomited IHK'S: ation, and \v(> have our did- nent of a lings and )d for the vfi" to this 10 Church to dispose 111 a work ^ion of the ■k Street. CHAPTER VI. Kev. John Mhi»li:v, I). L)., Consk(r.\tei> thk First Bishop OF FREnKRICTOX — iTlS BoVHOOU — SCHOLAR AND StIDEXT — rRESEXTATlON ON LEAVIXcJ EnoLAND, AND FaREWBLL Addresses — Early Years of hls Ministry. 'II F iiKittor ('onccniiiiii' the eiHlowineiit was now satis- taet(»ril_v arranifed. Xo time was lost l>_v tlie pfoper authorities in the nomination to what was hence- forth to be knowti as the See of Frederieton. The ajipoint- ment of \\iv Kev. John Medlev was contirmed l)V the «rown, and letters jiatent to that etteet were issued. Bishop Medlev was tlie son of Mr. George Meth, 1804. Mrs. Medlev writes as folhnvs with reference to iiis earlv vears : A life of tlie Bishop would lie iiicoiiiplete without some mention of his mother, whose careful training he always spoke of with atfec- tion and gratitude. His father died whilst he was very young, and on her devolved the bringing up of their only child. She was a woman of great decision of character, high j)rinciplos, benevolent, devout, and a firm disciplinarian. She devoted him to the ministry from his birth, and all her training tended that way. "John," she would say, "you cannot do, or have everything you want like other boys ; you are to be a clergyman I " This was always kept before his mind, and influ- enced his whole life. His earliest re<'olIection was of " preaching the Revelation," from an upturned chair, with his pinafore turned back to front as a surplice. • His daily lessons were from the Bible, and to this he attribute*! his great knowledge of its contents. He knew the Psalter faultlessly, and in later life, in any temporary indis|)osition, never needed a book given to him when the daily portions were read. He knew the Ptvle of the different writers in both the Old Testament and the New (43) i »J ' 5lp ' 44 TiiK NfosT TJkvkreni) Jonx Mkdi.ky, T). 1>. 80 well, that he could at once tell where a text was taken from, and turn to it with ease. In his mother's Bible (1769) are these entries: "John, born December 19, 1804." " John began to learn the Psalms K\>r\\ .'5, 180H." Tlien follows a list of eight Psalms, and the dates when they were learnt, ending with "John can say the 119th Psalm, aged six years." At four years he could say the 1st and the 23rd Psalms, but the effort of memory needed to learn the 176 verses of the longest Psalm in the Psalter, at the early age of six years, is indeed remarkable. On one occasion he unfortunately fell asleep in Church during the sermon, and slipping from the little bracket, where he was perched in the high pew, struck his forehead against the sharp corner of his mother's footstool, and naturally whimpered a little. His mother took no notice, but on their return home, he was well whipped for disturbing the service, and never remembered trans- gressing in like miinner again. He was sent early to school, as she felt he needed the companionship of other boys. The Bishop had many amusing stories to relate of school-boy life at Bristol, Bewdley and Chobham. The following extracts from his mother's Journal will show how constantly she kept his preparation for the ministry before his mind and her own, and how untiringly she prayed for a blessing on each act of his life : 1810 — April 27. John began Latin (aged six years) with Mr. Biddulph, a private tutor. 1812 — July 12. Jolui first went to Rev. J. Sawyer's school. 1813 — Brown, a soldier of the East Middlesex ^Militia, came to teach John his exercises. 1814 — March 10. John began Greek (aged ten). 1815 — July 28. Dear John went to school in Bristol. 1816 — John began Hebrew (aged twelve). 1818 — Our beloved John confirmed (aged fourteen) at Chertsey, by the Bishop of Lincoln, June 28. "Confirm him, O Lord, in Thy ways, for Thy Name's sake. 1822 — Received a letter from aear John with his decision about going to Oxford. llis Boyhood — Scholar ani> Stident. 45 en from, arc these I to learn t Psalms, \ can say (I say the [ to learn early age :h during 3 he was up corner ttle. His ! was well red trans- 5ol, as she ishop had , Bewdley ishow how K'tore his blessing with Mr. ool. came to November 14 — My beloved Jolin went to Oxford to enter at Wad- ham College. " O God, give him grace to devote all that he is and has to Tliy service." 1823 — ..pril ](». My dear John left for Oxford, his first term (aged nineteen). "O Lord, be Thou with him to bless him, and make him a blessing to others." 1)S2.") — Decendx-r 1!>. My beloved John is of age this day — ■ iwcnty-one years. " Help him, O Loril, to devote his life to Thy honour and glory." December 25 — Received a pre.'^ent this day from my dear John of ClOO. " (Jrant, O Lord, that what he layeth out it nuiy l)e paid him again, and Tiiy blessing added to it." After his contirmation, and when about Iburteen veal's of age, he began work as a Sunday School Tcaclicr, a thoughtful, reserved, and earnest-minded boy. He also began about this time to write serm(»ns, and sul)mitted his Jtrd to his mother with the following note : "J/// Very Dear Mother: "I have .sent this attempt to you, hoping you would not wholly despise this fii-st es.say towards making a little sermon.' But may the Lord grant that at .some time hence T may be able to compose what may really be styled senitoiis. Give my kindest love to dear aunt, and accept the same yourself " I renuiin, " Your dutiful and atlectionate son, "J. Mi;i>li:y. " P. S. — I have considered myself in a church preaching to very rustic auditors." Chertsey, Lord, in ion about ' Thiss is(l(nibtles.s tlie ycrnion ot' whioli the Bisliop's son, Rev. Joliii Medley, writes: " 1 liave a serniDii liy my lather, written wlien he was a boy Iburteen years old. The text is fsaiali xxviii., M: " Heliold I lay in Zion," etc.; ami tills note is added at tlic end: " Wriiten on tlie 20lii .Sei)temlier, 181s." In persuading those lie is addressing to eonie to the Lord, lie makes a (juotation (I do not know from whom): "If you wait till you are better, vou will never come at all." 46 The Most Revekknd John Medley, D. I). The tie between mother and son seemed to r»trenfjthen as voai-s passed on. and her prayei-s were unceasingly offered in his behalf. In 1828, when he received Holy Orders, the following written jjrayer is found pinned in her book of devotions : ! I: A PKAYER FOR JOHN MEDLEY AS A MINISTER. O Almighty God, who ha.st (I trust) given him the will, grant him al.so the power to perform the .same; accomplisli the work Thou hast begun in him, endow him with a double portion of Thy .S|)irit, and clothe him with power from on high. Increase his love for souls. Impress his mind deeply and constantly with a sense of the solemn account he must one day render to Thee of his stewardship. Enable him faithfully to exercise the gifts bestowed upon him. Lift up his hands whenever they hang down, and strengthen his feeble knees. Heli> him to be in Thy hands as clay in the hand of the potter, willing to be fashioned, ruled and employed by Thy godly wisdom, in the manner and in the service Thou thiukest proper. May he ever feel he is nothing in himself; nuvy his eyes be ever directed to Thee, in whom the fatherless find mercy. Thru art a faithful God, remember and fulfil that pntmise to him, " I will put my fear into their heart, that thou shall not depart from Me." Enable him at all times to de[)end on Thee, believing Thou never failest those who trust in Thee. Hear me, Heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. At Wiidliam Oollei^-is O.vtbrd, the Uisliop uTjuluatcd with honors in 1S2(!.' He was ordained deacon in 1828, and in the year foliowin^^ advanced to the priestiiood. For three years he was curate of Southleii2;h, Devonshire. From 1831 to 1838 ho was ineumbent of St. John's, Tniro. From tliat time, to his nomination to the Bishopric, he was vicar ot St. Thomas, Fxeter, and j)rel)endary of Fxeter Cathedral, As a parish priest, he is said to have l)een most etHcicnt, ' In the hall of Wadliam College, Oxford, tliero is a life size oil painting of the Blsliop in his robes. ). Early Vkars of His Ministhy. 47 a as yeai-s his behalf, •ten prayer 'HR. will, grant work Thon Thy Spirit, his love for sense of the stewartlshii>. , upon him. rcn^fthen his I the luuul of ,vcd by Thy hou thinkest may his eyes iiercy. Th(ni |e to him, " I U'part from ieving Thou ,onlv Father, nutcd with .82^, and in Fi)r three From 1831 From that was viojvr of r Ciithedral. Of^t oiHciciit, e oil iiainting of zealous and nntiriny-. Tn a lotter roeontly i)nblisliod bv one of his succossors. the jiresent vicar of St. Thomas, it is said: In material things al.so the lace Bishop has left his mark broad and tlecp upon his old charge. Not only was the chancel of St. Thomas adorned and beautified by his taste and liberality, but St. Andrews, Exwick, was erei-tcd througli his zeal and munificence, aixl tlie pretty chapel at Oldridge, enlarged and almost entirely rcbuih. Spciikiiii:' <»f ibc early years of the ISishoji's iniiiistry, ji cK'ruyman in this Diocese writes: From the University, the transition was wide to the retired fishing vilhige of IJeer, just on the border of the Devonshire coast. But the young curate l)rougiit that sturdy indiviiluality and genial face, which New Brunswick knows so well, to bear upon the descendants of smugglers and wreckers; and " I'arsou Medley" is still talked about by sonic of the vilhigc graiidsires, as they watch the match- less prospect across Scaton Bay. In Devonsliire, he found the very characteristics which suited him, the simplicity, humour, force, and a certain almost Caledonian clannishncss of country folk, helped by a local accent, which, once heard, is ever loved, and never forgotten. So, after a .sojourn in Cornwall, it is no wonder that he returned to take the rectory of St. Thomas, in Exetej", the ever-taithful city, where he laboured until his call across the Atlantic, there to .spend the strength and maturity of his life. To tiiose who only know the new wurhl, it is hard to describe the beauties of an old world city like Exeter ; the Cathedral, solid and almost lowly in its unassuming strength and beauty ; the old wood-carved houses in the High street; the Guild Hall, where Charles I. was welcomed by the burgesses in the course of his daring western march in 1644 to intercept E.ssex ; the market day, when the quiet street« are filled with the country farmers, and re-echo with the cheerful Devonshire tones until the evening, when by each devious and hilly road, return the belated visitor, after a jovial la 48 Tin; NfosT I{i:vi;hi;m» .Iniix Mkfm.ky, I). I). iliniicr at the " onliimry," the day not having hevw cMitinly passud in total alwtint'nce, hut wlio.si- .safely is well ensured by the steady progress of the " ohl luaro," ambling along the well-known road, the reins hanging loose on her neck, and th(! driver usually fast asleep. What a change to New Hrunswick, as it was in llS4'") I This, only those can measure who know our Province as it then was. For one coming from the old-fashioned life of Devonshire, and the cultivated society of Coleridges and Bullers, there was a wide chasm to pass in order to understand the state of affairs of those days. Till' li('\'. Ilciirv r>ii(l(l MoiTJs. of l>air(lsvilK', X'ictoriu, Comity, X. 1>.. writes as follows: My grandfather, Hev. Ilichard Hudd, was rector of Rnan Lani- shorne, in Cornwall, in tlie same rural deanery with Truro (that of Powder), and was intimate with iiishop Medley when he was at Truro. I enclose some rcmiuiscences of him .sent by my uncle, Kev. Theodore liudd. Vicar of E. Derehanj, Norfolk. My mother scuds the foilowiim' note: Rev. S. T. Trist, Vicar of Vcryan Trist, was, at that time, llural Dean, and he persuaded Mr. Medley to write a paper on Episcopacy. This was read at the meeting of the Chapter, and was so excellent that it was printed by re(iuest, and Mr. Trist playfully said : "If you ever are made a liishop, remember it was my doing." KominisceiKH's by Kev. Tlicodoi'c lliuhl : When I was at school at Truro, I had a class in Mr. Medley's Sunday School. One Sunday there was a total eclipse of the .iun, probably 1;upporter.s of Mr. Medley, and so the living passed to nundier three on the lisst^ and Mr. Medley returned to St. John's Cinipel of Ease at Truro,, much to the gratification of his congregation, where he renuiined till he removed to St, Thomas, Exeter. While at St. Joluis, Truro, Mr. ]\redley held a class of Sunday School Teachers in his drawing room every Sunday njorning at nine o'clock, explaining the Collect for the day, and giving us aii extemporaneous prayer. The monument erected the other side of the street to the memory of the Brothers Lardner, explorers of North Africa, fell . A., vicar of lloiiton, (iroat Varmonth. Another of his lordshi[)'s sons who entered Holy Orders, hnt dietl some three years au'o, was the Rev. Canon Charles S. Medley, M. A., well known in Xew Brunswick for manv vear.s us the esteemed rector of Sussex and Stndholm, and secretary of the J)iocesan Synod. I hO TiiK Most IJkvkukm) John Mkdlky, D. D. His t'litiirc liiy-li attiiiiimi'iits show tlio IVisli()|t iiuist liavo <'()iitiinu'(l u diliuviit slii(K'iit. lie came into note as an ac- <'(»iMiilislie(l scholar at a marked period — when the greatest minds of the present eentnry were l)eu;inninii; to employ their powers in a movement which was to exercise such u vast inllni lice in the I'litiire work of tin; An_!j::lican Communion. Witii these great men, Di". Medley was in many ways a eo- Avorker. Ife was tlie intimate friend of Jolm Kehle. In the preliice to the translation of the iromilics of St. Chrysostom, it is said : '• For tlu' translation, thi' editors are indehtcd to the I\ev. John Medley, M. A., of Wadham Col- lege, Viear of St. Thomas, in the city of Exeter, and also to Kev. II. K. (\)rnish, late fcllot^ of Kxeter College. The indices arc almost entirely the result of Mr. Misdley's valu- able assistance." On the 4th day of May, 1845, Rev. John Medley, the first Bisliop <»f Fredericton, was consecrated at the Chapel of Laml)eth Palace, London. A i»ul)lie meeting was held at Exeter on the 13th May, to present the liishop with a testimonial on tlie eve of his de- parture for his Diocese. The meeting was largely attended. A local paper of that day states : " We have seldom seen a more respectable or influential assemblage on any public •occasion. Among those present were all the clergy of the city and its neighbourhood, jind a number of country gentle- men. On the platform were displayed the valuable gifts presented for the use of the C/athedral." The Lord Bishop of Exeter was in the chair. Among the addresses was one from the Right Kev. Bishop Coleridge, who spoke as follows : My Lord Bishop, — It is a subject to me of peculiar gratification that I have been selected to present to your Lordship, in the pres- ence of our revered Diocesan, and of this numerous assembly of your friends — and in their names — a parting token of esteem and -^ 1). PllKSKNTATION AND FaKKWKI-L AiH»UKSSKS. il must Inivo . as iiii ivc- lijiloy tlu'ir \K'h a vast -)inmuniou. ways a od- iiiliort of St. ; editors are ailhaiu Cul- , iiiul also to lle_o-o. The edii'v's valu- \lcy, the fivst^ It' "(niai)el of 18th May, to !ve of his de- rely attended. ,eldom seen a u any iniblie clergy of the )untry gentlc- I valuable gUH liiur. Among loy Coleridge, liar gratification lip, iu the prea- 1,U9 assembly of Ln of esteem and -■i*; '•'M regard. Olhor intMlcs mij,'li( have lu-i'ii clioson for the oxpivssioii of our fi'i'liiiirs, l)iit there la iioiir, I am assured, iiiori' in iinisuii with your own tiuiu that, ■so wholly f. 1"). express the hope, tliat the pccuiiiary ('oiitril)uliun wliitii tliey now «)flt'r for your acccptiinco, will he an eiicoiiraj^fment to you to go forth the more eheert'iilly, on your hif,'h anil holy niisnion, and prove a nueleus, around whieii the future coutriluitions of the colony will ahundantly ]i,f»f!ier, and he receive(l hy you as a mark, however in- adei|Uate, of the veiy j^reat and atfeetiouate respe(;t in whieii you are held among us, and of the " ' ' interi'st, with whieii, tlntugh absent in the llesh, yet present ..le spirit, we shall wateh your movements, "joying," in the worus of the apostle of the gentiles — "and heholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ." I will not tresjiass, my lord, further on your feclin;rs; hut as one who has trodden, with whatever step, tlu^ same field of labour bt^fore you, and has largely tasted, through (lod's un- merited mercy, of the consolations, which, amid ditiiculties, priva- tions, and (hmgers, are ever springing up to gladden the path of ministerial duty, I may claim the especial privileg« — with a full heart, and in much hope — to commend you and yours, to the Father of mercies, and God of all consolation, in and through Christ Jesus our liord. — ^[The Right I{ev. Prelate then placed a, cheque for I'l.oOO in the hand *' the Lord IJishop of Exeter and resumed his seat.] The Lord Bishop of JCxete . arose, and addressed the Lord Bishop of Fredcricton nearly as follows : Li spite of the apprehen- sion that I may weaken the etlect of that most touching address which you have just heard, I cannot permit myself to be made the channel of conveying to you this interesting testiuKJuial, without expressing my own special sentiments on this occasion. In you I have had one of the most valuable and exemplary of my clergy. To me, therefore, and to my Diocese — to this city especially — this day, though it is a day of thankfulness, is not one of unmixed gratification. We regret that you are about to leave us ; but we are thankful that you are called to a larger and nobler Held of labour; and we humbly hope that the (Jod who has called you to it, will give you strength and grace to work for Him there, as you have worked for Him here. And let me express one sentiment — the only thing, as it appears to me, wanting, in what has been said so well by my right rev. brother on my left — let me express one senti- n i!) ^ f I h Ili:n,v 111- Till.; Lmku I>isiii»i'. :1 they now ^'(»u to go i\ii(l prove olony will owcvor iu- ,vl>icli you uh. thou^'h lati'li yoiii* m mv suroly shall we find it return, in blessings upon ourselves. I will now take the liberty of stating to you, what is the actual position of the Diocese of New Brunswick; and in doing so, I shall pass no censure on any. 1 must, however, remind those who hear me, that the state of thinirs there is totallv di.ssimilar from anything that we find in Knirjaud The government, from whatever cause — for I know not, and will not stay to incpiire — are acting, in tJie colonies, rather upon the numerical princij)Ic— giving assistance to various denominations of Christians, but scarcely recognising the Church as an established church, and only allowing her to taki' her own position, as she may be able by her own exertions to attain it. Whether this is rir^ht (U- wrong, 1 will not stop t.) discuss. It is sufiicieiit that the fact is so, and we should lie very foolish indeed, if we diil not consider it in all IN ,i 1 ^i 1 ! ftl III I* 56 TllK MotiT JiEVEKKNI) ffollN MeDLEY, D. D. its bearintrH and eH'ect.s, Ix'fore considoriiiff what we ou"rht to do for the colonies, with a view to the relief of their s|)iritual destitution. Its disadvantaji''s of course are obvious, and I need not, therefore, !irishes arc in such a the right •cad of the IS necessary me, I may lllow which gladdened the heart of my right rev. friend, Bif»hop Coleridge, in his own Diocese of Barhadoes — when the clergy of New Jinuiswiek shall be doubled — tre])led they ought to be at once, to secure even an ap|»roach to ertieient pastoral superintendence in that important si)here of labour. Bishop Coleridge, allow me tii, in the name of the Diocese of New Brunswick, as well as in my own, for that most touching and atiectionate appeal which yon have made on our behalf and lor tlie warnniess and kindness wiiich yon have shown towards me, on tMs, and on n)any other occasions. That kind- ness will not be i\ .gotten by me, and I shall always rejoice to recollect the time, when I met you in this place, with one, whom but lately 1 was accustomed to look up to, as my spiritual father in Christ, and from your hand receive this valuable testimony of affection and res])eet. One word more as to the wants of the Colony of New Brunswick — and first we want Men — we want men who will go forth to minister as the servants of the living God — we don't want the refuse of England for the Diocese of New Brunswick — we don't want men to be sent out there because they can't l)e employed at home — we want the best blood of ]']ngland, in order to show what JOngland can do. Tlierefore — if you send out clergy- men from this country to gladden my heart — send out men who have a due appreciation of tlie work in which they are to engage — men with missionary hearts, and missionary spirits — men who are anxious for their own eternal salvation, and are therefore desirous to communicate the blessing of salvation to others — send not men to me whom the Jii>hop of K.xeter would refuse — let no lather place their children in the Church, in the belief 'hat anything will do for a distant land. Such men as these we do not want ; but we want holy men of God — men of earnestness and pious zeal — of reffectiou, of consideration, of judgment — better men if possible than you iiave need of at home. At the same time, allow me to observe, if you do send men out to New Brunswick, let them be earnestly attached to the comnuinion to which they belong — men anxious to carry out all the injunctions of the Church, and ready to yield due obedience to her rulers — let them be men possessed, in every respect, of the spirit of the gosp<'l Then shall I hail their approach with joy — shall receive them with brotherly affection, 10 i' !l 58 TiiK ^fosT Keveuexd John ^Fedley, T>. T). and my only delight shall be to minister to them by every means in my power. We mnst have men. It is iniposi^ible that a population, comprehending at jjresent 150,000 souls, and constantly increasing by emigration, can be rightly ministered to without a great increase of labourers — I had hoped to have taken <> persons from England with me — alas! only one, at present a ompanies me — I had hoped that there was more of the missionary spirit — 1 will only appeal to you, and through you to those who shall hear my words, though they do not listen to my voice, to recollect how great is the reward laid up for such as possess the missionary spirit and the pastor's heart, and who think it a joy and an honour to embark in their master's cause. I will only remind you that though absent in the body we may still be present in the spirit ; that in that Cathedral which we shall build, the same strains will be sung as we have been wont to listen to here, with so much delight — that those who worship there will use the same liturgy — will have the same ("iiurch to embrace them — the same Spirit to animate them, and the same God to love, to bless, and to reward them. I have now to thank you, my lord, for all that kindness which you have shown nie during my stay in your lordship's Diocese; for, at your hands, I have never received anything but kindness, which I know I have too little merited. I thank also, all those wlio, with the utmost zeal and aft'ection, and Christian feeling, have contributed on this occasion. I have received many testimonies, on this occasion, of a very pleas- ing character ; children have contributed to this blessed work, and have thought it an honour and a comfort to be permitted to do so. I am surrounded by many memorials, which will come before me often hereafter ; and whenever the Holy Sacrament shall be administered in tli(.' Cathedral Church of Fredericton, I shall bear before me, and have engraven in my heart, the names of those who, with so much Christian zeal, have contributed towards the erection and decoration of the building. I shall feel that, though far distant, nothing really separates us, and that, as I am one with you, in that true Cbristian affection, which, 1 hope, nothing in this world can shake, so I trust I shall be one with you hereafter, in another and a better world. In taking leave of those kind friends who are with me here to-day, I cannot but recollect that hunum life is short, and uncertain, and ! If Killed in a Carriage Accident. 59 that, chequered as my life has been, with sickness and with sorrow, I may he taking leave of you for the last time. But whether it be so or not — whether I ever re-visit the shores of England or not — I shall never forget this day — I shall remember it with thankfulness to God — and shall pray to Him for a blessing on your lordship's labours — for a blessing on the laity and clergy here present — and I shall never cease to hope that your prayers may accompany me on my voyage to a distant land, and that when I arrive there, I may still have the happiness of knowing, that I continue to enjoy the prayers of those of whom I now take leave, with so much affection and respect, blessing you in the name of the Lord. Before proceeding to sjteiik of Bishop Medley's iirrivul in Xew Brunswick, a few words may he added to wliat lias already been related regarding the circninstances under wliieli lie was ai)jtointed first liishop of the new Diocese.' The years immediately preceding the Bishop's a|»point- ment to the 8ee of Frederieton were marked by unusual ; children, lie was still suffering physically from the eftects of the terrible accident, destined to leave a permanent nuirk on his form and features, and above all, there was the sad bereavenuuit sustained in the traii;ic death of a mother so greatly revered and so tenderly loved. Yet in the tiice of what would have cruslied one with less faith and courage the Bishop bravely came out to Xew Brunswick, loyally identifviuij^ himself with his Diocese from the verv first, and formiui; the mental resolve vears afterwards reaffirmed in the }iresence of a vast asseml)ly in the mother laud, '" the Till-: Ah('Iii;isih)I' of ('ANTFiunruY's Lkttkh. (51 so munly s well (litiou n\K)U young ottects murk le sad lier su :ice of lurase llovally X, and luoil in '' the I.onl do so to me, and more also it' aiiglit but «leatli i)art tliee and me." The Arelil»islio[i"s k-tter just referred to Is as follows : Addincton Hkai), Choydon, (Moher ^\st, 1844. Revkkfnp Sh!, — It has been detorniinod to se]>arate the Pro- vince of Now liruii.-wick from tlie IJishoprie of Nova Scotia, of which it now forms part, and to erect it into an independent Bis-lioprio. It is most desirable that this important station shoidd be fdled by a clergyman well qnalified by learning and ability, by temper and jndgment, by piety and soundness of doctrine, to discharge its arduous duties. I have been informed by competent judges th;it you possess these ((ualifications in no ordinary degree, and their report has been fully confirmed by the answer of the Bishop of Exeter to my int to .I.iiin Mi:i>li;y, I). D. wjis fitted to take a iiroiiiiiuMit part, to wliat met liiiii at t'Vt'iT liaiid ill the new Diocesi', imist have l)eeii u;i'eat in- deed. At tlie time of the Bishop's arrival there was not one Church in the Dioeese which, at the present (hiy, w()iUulpit. In most instances, throutj,-hont the Diocese, the holy com- munion was celebrated ([uarterly. As we mentioned hefore, the ii;ood uVrchdeacon ('oster was (loini> all he could in the way of im[irovements; l»nt there was a hitter and strong' feel i n i; au'a in st what were termed lunorafams. Amonii' these were classed, at tln' time referi'ed to, more fre(pient celebra- tions, the ottertory, the prayer for the Church-militant, and the disuse of the black ii;own. Church music was little understood or attended to. In some instances objections were made to chanting the (lanticles. The so-called h^'mns in use consisted of a very slim selection from the "metrical version of the Psalms, by Tate k. IJrady." All this must have been deeply telt by the Bisho[), with his love for earnest, reverent services, and fretpient communion ; with his excel- lent taste in C'hurch music and architecture, and his earnest wish and longing to have everything of the best and the most fitting in the house of (Jod. At the present day, we can scarcely understaml the sharp line of separation existing, say, forty years ago, between that section of the Church with whicli the Bishop was in syni[tathy, and that represented l)y the Evangelical school. The blessed change, whicli has since come over every candid, thoughtful miiul, was, at the time we speak of, wholly Fi:Ki,iN(ifi OF DisTRisT Maxifkstki>. 05 waiitinu;. Tt scoiiumI to ho snpposod that roul vital relit^ioii coiihl not exist ill comiectioii with Iliijfh (Miiirch views. The }>riiioi[iles which riileroposed alteraticjn was called the " entering wedge," " the step hy step system." As an illustration of this feeling, one incident may he mentioned. The Bishoji had laid the foundation stone of liis Cathedral. On his first visit to England, warm friends liad given him generous aid. At the time of his return, one of the clearest-headed statesmen was (Jovernor of the Province. Afterwards he was Governor General of Canada. lie was a personal friend of the Bishop, a man of deep learning, devoutly attentive to his religious duties, and well ac(|Uaiiited with all the controversies and movements which, at tlie time, were exciting such interest in the Church. AVhen he was told of the IJishop's return, and tlie success of his mission in behalf of the Cathedral, with a characteristic shrug of his shoulders, he said : Timco Danaos et dona ferentes ! Tf thus it was in the case of a sound and ai»parently un[>re- judieed mind, can we wonder at the feeling exhibited, and often strongly exjjressed, by those less capable of forming a correct judgmout ? We shall see, by-and-bye, how all this, K 66 Tin; .\I(»sT Kkvkhi;m> .Ioiin Mkdi.kv, |). I>. ^1 i ! i t i wliicli, with " tlu> cart' of all tlii' cliin'clu's,'' iimst have Iuhmi liai'" StoNI'). 67 to see her iu the du.st." New Brunswick is one of the first colonies in which the foinuhition stone has heen actually laid : an event the more remarkable, when we reflect, that no such work has been begun since th.c Morinan (.'oii([iie.st, that is for the last seven hun- dred years; a work in which the goodness of God is manifestly made known towards u.-<. As many persons are interested in the success of this undertaking, the following account may not be unacceptable: On Wednesday, the loth of October, 1845, pursuant to a notice signed by the Lord Bishop, a procession was formed at the I'rovince Hall, a short time bcf )re three o'clock iu the afternoon, and the whole body proceeded to the ground in the following order: The Jiand of the SOrd Regiment of Foot. The Otficei"s of the Regiment. His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor in Military Uniform. The Mend)ers of the Legislative Council. His Honor the Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls. Mr. Justice Carter, Mr. .Justice Parker. Meud)ers of the House of Assoud)ly and Members of the Bar. The Lortl Bishop, bearing his Pastoral Staff. The Archdeacon, the Bishop's Chaplain, And nineteen other Clergy in their Robes. Inhabitants of Fredericton and other parts <»f the Province. A large uuiltitude accompanied the procession on either side, and when it reached the ground every place was occupied, the number of spectators being pri>bai)ly between two and three thou.suid. The Bishop, presenting His lOxccUency with a silver trowel (the gift of ^Ir. Spahnn, of Fredericton), re(piesteeing Wiio has ever e.xistetl, and will ever exist, and ' Whose service is perfect freedom ; ' and as English men we must feel grateful, that it ha^5 |)leased Him to put it into the hearts of our fellow-countrymen at home to assist our slender resources in such an undertaking. "Till this hour, and for tjiore than forty years, we may consider that we have been wanderei*s in the wilderness, though not, as I trust, without the Ark being with us in our wanderings, which is hence- forth to find a habitation and a resting place. " It is pleasing also to reilect that — as in the erection of the first 70 TiiK Most Uevmuknd John Medley, 1). J). teinplo, and in the more memorable fouiidatioii of the (yhristiaii Church — tlie period chosen for our solemn dedication is one of universal peace. Our country, in the full career of her hi<,di and honourable destiny, respe;'ted among the nations of the world for her piety and for her charity, as she has been in the day of trial, with tiie blessing of Tlod, in lier martial achievements. " It has been said that the sun never rises nor sets ui)on English- men ; and wherever it shines upon them, whether in the temperate or the torrid zone, by sea or by land, may tiiey never forget the band that has hitherto conducted them through perils ; or, that they arc engaged in the service of Him who has promised to those who faithfidly serve Him, to be with and sustain tluMu always, and to build His temple in their hearts. " It has I)een my lot to visit many regions where Englishmen have lived and died, far remote from the sepulchres of their country ; and from the sense of desolation to whieli the impression has often given rise, it is to me an especial consolation to witness in the latter ]tart of my life, the growing expansion in the east and in the west of our ancient iuid venej'able Church, destined, as I believe, by the Providence wiiich watches over us, and sanctifies our labours, to sustain her part in the spread of the gospel, the herald of ' peace on earth, and good will towards men.' "The occasion may not inappropriately suggest to our minds the words of the Prophet : " ' Behold, 1 lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure foundation. "•Judgment also will 1 lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet.'" — Ina. .fxiiii. 16, 17. The Lord Bishop then spoke to the following eflect : "*SVr Wilft'am Colehrookt , and Gentlemen : " It aftords me the highest gratification to hear froai your Excel- lency sentiments to which every Christian heart must respond, and to Hnd my.xelf, on this eventful day, surrounded by the judges and law Tcers of the Province, by members of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, and by men high in station in the Province,. Ill il L\VINlu'(l i(,r their tiilents, who liavc, with a unanimity \V(, -thyof the occasion, come forwani to support this great nnder- taking. The building a Cathedral in this I'rovince may in s(;me sense he calle.l a national work : tor whatever rellects the genius, the piety, and the glory of England, adds lustre to the nation from which the original idea is deriveil. It is in many other respects important; not only as a national tyjH' of the unity of the ('hurch, but as a consecration to CJtxl on the part of man of all these gifts which God has b;'en pleased to vouchsafe to him. For when do we glorify God so much as when we consider nothing to be properly our own, when we look upon all as His, lent to us for our use, but to be given back to llim, the great and glorious Givei-, and em- ployed in His piH'uliar worship and service. Thus whatever our gifts be, whether they be gold and silvir, whether they be wood or stone, whether they be skill in carving, force and ehxjuence in utterance, sweetness in nuisic, taste in (lecuratit)n, all are well used and employed in the material expression of our inward thaidis and ]>raise, of oui- love and devotion to His glorious Name. "A Cathedral Church is also the common home of all ; for as it is the mother of all the churches in the Diocese, so every one has a right to resort to it without payment, witiiout that t'xclusive pro- perty in seats, alike forbidden in scripture, and unsanctioned by the custom of the purest ages of the Church. And I joyfully anticij)ate the day, whether I live to see it or no, wluMi the full iin|)i)rtance of this great principle \yill be felt, that all men are sinfid creatures, desirous to abase themselves in (rod's sight, and that, therefore, none should be excluded for want of money, and that there should be no distinction, but between those who serve the people and those who are served by them. And possibly many who do not yet enjoy the full blessing and privileges of our Church may yet feel inclined occasiomdly to ent(>r a building so founded and built up. "I am well aware that to the foundation of a Cathedral in this Province some persons may object that the money might be better expended than in what api)ears to them to be a lavish and wasteful I'xpenditiue, and needless dis]»lay of ornament on the house of God. J for line, fearlessly appeal to the laity of this country, and plainly t|!!! 72 TiiK Most Rkvkuem) John Medley, D. I). ask tliciii, wlicflicr the foundation of a Catliodral is not acconipaiiiod by a siniultaneuiis inovcincnt on the part of the ( luirch, to extend and improve licr niinsion.s, and to diHiise the ghid tidinj^s of ilie gospel to tlie remotest corners of the Provinee, and wliether there be not an anxiety on tlie part of the founders of the Cathedral to ])romote the welfare of the poorest Church, and of the most unedu- cated and needy settlers? " liut let us join issue with such objectors on the footing of scripture; let us ask them, whether they recollect that on a single building, ninety feet long by thirty wide, every |)art of which was i)uilt by express direction from the Almighty, vouchsafed in writing, no loss a sum than three or four millions of our money was expended ? " And if under any (lisj)cnsation whatever, Almighty (iod would never have sanctioned anytiiing morally wrong, why should we object to what has the direct sanction of the Old Testament, and is no where forbidden in the New? And when this so much praised plainness is carried out into the houses of the objectors themselves, when, in proportion to their increased means, men cease to orna- ment and 1111 with splendid furniture their own 'ceiled houses,' it will be time to let Cod's house lie waste, and to strip it of the ornaments which a grateful heart may bestow upon it. Such parts, however, of every such building are ))rol)ai)ly better bestowed as gifts than taken from the general fund appropriatcil for the fabric. '• Having disposed, as it seems to me, of this objection, it remains that I endeavour to impress upon this large assembly the duty of united and zealous co-operation. This Cathedral Church will best be built by our adopting the excellent Cornish motto, ' One and Ik- the lirst built in tliu Colonies. Xoiie as yet had been erected Ity tiie C'lnir<'h in tlic I'liittMl States. Xotliiui:; t'otild, uiider nil the (Mreiiin- staiiees, have carried such a i>rq)e<'t into etlect at that time, save the l>ish()[)"s mienualled zeal and detei-niination. The required expeiidittire was laru:e. The sum sid»scril)ed by the j»eo[)le ill Fredericton was only a very small proportion. It (lid not tjrow to he a poimlar movement. The feelings aroused by the addresses and ajipeals of the Bishoji were not lasting-, e.\ce[»tini^ with the few, A leadini!; non-con- formist, looking at the prog-fess of the work when rising slowly from the foundation, was heard to say : " So we went towards Rome." CIIAPTEK Vm. Ht. Anxk's Chapel — Layino Koinkatkin Stonk CKATION uF Chapel — Brsiiop's Shuamx. •Conse- nt' X the meaiiwliile the Bishop built the heiiiitit'iil Chnrcli ^ then known as St, Anna's Cha])!'!, in the iiiqicr part ol FlH'd iTicton. ()n the ■](H\\ May, 1S4(I, the t'uiindation stone \\a- laid l»y tlie lion. .loliii S. Saunders, who hatl jU'eseiited the hind t'oi" the site. Thei-e was a lai'ii'e asseinhly present, inehidini^ His Excellency Sir William ('oleln-ooke and the principal inhabi- tants of the city. Mr. Sa Midei's addi'essed the iiu'etin^' in tlif tbllowini!; words : Much as I t'eei gratified by your lordship's kindness in reciuost- ing me to assist in laying the Ibuudation stouc of your lordship's Chapel of St. Aune, I can assure you it aliurds me a far deeper feel- ing of salisfaction to have had it in tny power to remove the difh- culty you exj)erienced in obtaining a lot, by presenting you with the ground on which it is to be erected, and to have aided in the accom- plishment of so desirahle an object. The extension of Church accommodation thus alfordcd will he an invaluable benifit to the increasing [jopulation of this part of the city, and as we are assured that the sittings are to bo free, it must, to every pious mind, be a cause of devout thankfulness to the Almighty, to know ti at the poor of our connnunity will n( longer be excluded from the right of attt'ndiiig the services of the Church ami of partaking of all its holy ordinances. The name of St. Anne, by which the jilace was designated when the present site of Fredericton was an Indian encampment, and the earliest settlers first erected their rude huts, and prepared to clear their way into the dense forests which surrounded them, cannot fail to give rise to recollections of deep interest at a time when we are (75) li ; r' . ! 7 nuide a most inipressivi' fc'idy, and conchuUMl i>\ thankiuL;' those present for their coiiiitcnaiicu to his iindertakiii!;'. This CMiurch, tlioug'li of eoini)arativcdy small dimeusioiis, is of stone, with a ii'ahle for tliree hells, and is jterfect in its Avay. The cost of tlii^ erection came, it was said, laruvly from the Uishop's ', *vate means. It was afterwards made over to the j»aro(dnal anthorities as the I'arish (^Imreh, thus loavinsi' the Cathedral solely under tin- Uishop's conrrol. Here, till the eomi>letion of his Cathedral, the IJishop had islio[i preached from Zeehariah xi, 7: "And I will feed the tioek of slau^'hter, O poor of the tlock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; ami I \'cd the flock," In the course of a most im[»ressive sermon the Bishop evidently alludes to some prevalent objections. " If," he i I 1 ii! II ! ('0N8K(HATI(>N OF St. AnXK's ('|IAI'I:I, I t H;iys, " tluTo 1)1' IK) lu't'c'ssarv coiini'iitioii Itt'twot'ii oxtonuil Ix'iiutv and spiiitnal ivliirioii, is tliore nwy closi-r fomioction l)et\vc('ii spifitiiiil i'i'liu,i()M aiitl cxtcnial (K'tonnily ? . Till' i)(»iiit tof coMsiiK'nitioii is, wlu'tluT tin" i;i\iiiii- to lioly tliiiiLCs and to lioly places the lionoiif that hcOoiiics to them, is not more likely to pronioti' a relii^ions frame of mind than tlu' withholdiiiii' sndi lionour. 'I'hat thei'e is danifer in ex- ternal forms thert- is no donht ; there is daiiois()n. Holiness is not ensured hy the ohservaneo of exter- nal I'ites, hut is it ensured hy their ni'iflect ? Are tiiey who despise the Church ot' (Jod, and lay out all their suh- stunce in the deeorations ot their own houses, of neeessity the most holy? We all admit tliat we are in imminent daui^er of suhstitutinti,' outwai'd ads for inward piety, anrslil|»|»c(l, wlion our inoaunoss rot'use.s to otK-i- lliiii llic best we liavi', flioiiLrli tlio verv In'Ht is mnvortliv of His Maicstv. For, wlu'ii tlio Most Trilisli undetiled, and to ui)hol(l in very poor measure 'the staff' of IJeauty and the staff of Bands,' as sot forth in the Hook of Common Trayer. " Of the buildinu' in which we are now assembled for the first time, it liocomes me to say no more than this — that it is a very simple, huml)lo, and unworthy effort to ij;'lority God, and to give access to His worship to all who choose to avail themselves of His ordinances, especially the poor. And as in the building of it, it is my duty not to look for human praise, so it is e(iually incumbent on me to give no Consecration of St. Anxk's Ciiatfl. lu'i'(l to the rasli uikI i^roiiiidlcrtH roiisiuvs of liiosc who say 'Our \\[iH arc our own, wo arc they tliat ouifht to spoak, who is Lord over iih?' To tlic erection of this biiiMint;' Hcaroelv aiiv one haw been asketl to eonti'ihuti'. ^'our com- trihutions ol" a laru'cr kiiwl nw reserved lor a hieo[>lo about sixty times, besides the ordinary sei-inons of the year. All praise be to (nxl ! " We iind this as('ri[ition ap|>ende(l at the close of each year. From tl V IJishop's report to the Society for the Pro})a- ijation of the (i!osi>el are takt'n the followini!' notes of the visitation tour of 1(S4(! : On June i'jtli, I left Fredericton at an early hour, and reached St. Andrews (about seventy-five miles) in the evening. I remained in the neighbourhooil for a few weeks (being kindly received by Dr. Alley) in order to visit the neighbouring j)arislies and missions. Whilst there I consecrated the little chapel at Chamcook, three miles from the town, which has been built by the exertions of the missionary, the snl)scriptions of the iidial)itants and others, and the liberal aid of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, wiio reside on the spot, and take a lively interest in all that concerns the Church iii that neighbourhood. The building is of stone, and t)ie seats are all free. The holy communion was admirustered, as is my invariable ci lom on such occasions. The chapel is beautifidly situated on a piece of ground beneath a high wooded hill, overlooking one of the numerous creeks with which that part of the country abounds. The people were very orderly and attentive. Service is performed ! i 84 TiiK .NFosT Ukverknd John .\rEi»i,KY, D. D. once every fiirulay, in the morning, and at a more distant station in the afternoon. July l^tl), I left St. Andrews for St. Stephen in the steamboat which plies up the River St. Croix, and the next day I preached, administered the holy coninninion to (I think) between fifty and sixty persons, and confirmed one, a confirmation having been held there the preceding year. In the afternoon I ])reached again at St. James, seven milet distant, and visited a sick person. The next Sunday, the 2Gth, I preached at St. David's church in the morning, and late in the afternoon at St. Patrick's, which is fifteen miles distant, part of the way through an unusually bad road. Cicnerally speaking, the roads in the Province are better than the English country cross- roads, and some of them arc ccjual to any turnpike roads in England. Both St. Pavid's and St. Patrick's churches are beautifully situated on hills, the former overlooking a wooded island, sur- rounded by the Rivers St. Croix and Didueguash ; the latter on a high wooded knoll, with a most picturesque prospect. The people at St, Patrick were very desirous of having a missionary to them- selves, and they require it as n)uch as any persons in the Province. Their settlement is nearly twenty miles from any town, and is large and increasing. They were not prepared to do much for the support of a clergyman, so that I was compelled to depart without accom- })lishing the object of my visitation to them. As, however, they attended the church in great nund)ers, some having come twelve miles, I hope that matters may be arranged. The whole of this mission, including six churches, and being more than thirty miles in length, is at nresent under the care of one missionary, Dr. S.Thomson. Since his return from England, himself and his curate, the Rev. il. Tippet, undertake to serve five (•hurches every Sunday, each taking three full services. St. Patrick's has only been served once a month. The Dissenters in tliis mission are very numerous, and nwing to its contiguity to the United States borders, and the multitude of confiicting sects, the difficulty of keeping steady congregations is very great. Added to which, in the remote country districts, it is difiicult to sustain a good Sunday XOTKS OF A \'lSITAT10N Tulll. 8I> School, and tlu> orclinnrv religious tcai'liinj^ in the Province i:* lamentably deficient. There is al.so a great want of good l)ook;.;. Wliil!?t I was staying at St. Andrews, I attended a treat annually given to the Sunday School children connected with the Church, of ■whom about one hundred were present. It was conducted much after the English manner (except that none of the parents were present), and seemed to give the greatest satisfaction. During my visit tn this place, 1 had the gratification of receiving a letter from a genllemau in England, reminding me that about thirty years ago, I had taught him anil others in a Sunday School, and acknowledging the obliga- tion he felt for such instruction. I need hardly say that I had entirely forgotten the circumstance. F only mention it, to show liow ready we should all be to do the smallest act of love to our fellow-Christians, and how certain we may be that " the seed cast upon the waters," shall not be surt'ered to lie wholly waste. On Monday, July "iTth, I left St. Patrick for Pennfield, a parish in charge of the Kev. Samuel Thomson, an old missionary of tho Society, and co'ifirmeil twenty-five persons, one of them an old man of seventy, who had once befi)re presented himself for confirmation, but had been prevented from receiving it by an accident. I pro- ceeded on my journey that night, and the next day confirmed fifteen young persons at Mus(|uasli, an old mission revived. I al>o •administered the holy c(.minunion. When I first arrived in liie Province I found tiie church in this parish de-serted, and no missionary visits paid there. The settlement is large and fiourishing. I am happy to say that good has arisen from the revival of the mission. The Kev. Thomas Hobertson, ordained by me, having l)een educated in Windsor College, Nova Scotia, was very kindly received by the people. A])preciating his activity and diligence, they speedily commenced and completed a parsonage house: and two additional churches, one withii, three ■miles of St. John, and one in .".n opposite direction, several miles distant, at a settlement called Dipper Harbour, have been com- menced, and the former is nearly ready fir consecration. The people have also liberally subscribed toward his maintenance. He receives only £25 a year from the Society, the rest is maile uj) by the I 1 f'' ! 1^; i ' ■ ■In! 8G The Must Kevkuend Juhn Medley, J). 1). people and the Cluirch Society of the Province. Thus a district of twenty-two miles in length is brought within the teaching and privileges of the Church of England. FVoni Mus(iuash I j)rocecded to St. John, where I was met by f'everal of the clergy, who accompanied me the next day to Carle- ton, the mission of the Kev. F. Coster, where I held an evening confirmation for the convenience of the poorer classes, baptized after the .second lesson two adults, confirmed fi)rty-six persons, and received into our communion a convert from the Cluurh of Rome, who was recommended to me as a sincere and intelligent j)erson. I can safely .^ay that no efforts were made to pro-selytize, and that a considerable sacrifice on her part was made in joining our branch of the Church Catholic. She appeared fully to understand the l)oints on which we agree with the Church of Home, as well a» those on which we ditfer, and as far as ] could discover, showed no unchristian bitterness of feeling. The next day 1 returned to Fredericton, and again, on August 4th, I set out on my visitation of the north and eastern part of the IVovince. Having travelled thirty-eight miles, chiefly through the wootls, I reached Boiestown, where 1 was met by the Kev. S. Bacon and the Rev. J. Hudson, the travelling missionary of a large district, in length ninety miles. There being no church in the l)Uice, I held an evening service in the school-house, and preached. The next day we set out at seven for Ludlow, fourteen miles, where I consecrated a burial ground ; and, as the heat of the day was very great, was obliged to ride in my robes in a common wagon to the place where c(tnfirination was to t)e held. This was nothing more than an open barn, where, however, a congregation had assembled, and l)efore a rough table thirteen persons, several of them of mature age, knelt down with great apj)arent devotion to receive the solemn blessing of the Church of Cod. 1 addresscil them afterwards at some length, and took occasion to point out to them the advantages of a more settled and orderly place of worship. Their poverty has hitherto been their hindrance to the execution of ray wish. They presented me with an address signed by, I think, one hundred and thirteen persons, couched in earnest, aHlctionate 9> I XuTKs (»F A Visitation Tui u. 87 * SI language, expressive of their sense of tlie value of Church ordi- nances. At present, however, Mr. Hudson is only able to devote to them one Sunday in a month. No place, I confess, struck vw as more lonely than this, or more needing the care of (»ne who woild rather leave the ninety and nine than lose one stray sheep in the wilderness. From this place, we journeyed on thirty miles to IJlackvillc, and reached it at half-past five, and soou had a full congrotration in a very neat little church, I there confirmed twcuty-niuc young persons ; addressed them on the usual topics; replied to an address presented to me, and consecrated (he hurial ground. After service, we repaired to the inn, where I had some conversation with the mem- bers of the flock. We then proceeded fifteen miles further, and needed no cradle to rock us to sleep. Next morning, at eleven, we had service in an unfinished church, furnished with a spacious chancel, and an open roof, liy tiie exer- tions of Mr. Hudson, and the liberality of his friends and neigh- bours. The church was (juite full, though the morning was stormy, a large party having come to meet me from Miramichi. I preached to them from Acts ii. 42. I did not hold a coniinnation, as Mr. Hudson wished that his church should first be completed. In the afternoon, in company with some esteemed members of Mr. Bacon's flock, wo reached Miramichi. Having received, on Saturday, a visit from the C'hurch corporation, on Sunday I confirmed eighty-one persons in St. Paul's church, and addressed them from the pulpit, on various topics connected with their growth in grace. The congregation was very full and attentive. In the evening I preached again to an overflowing congregation (among whom were many dissenters) on the ti'xt : " If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of Ciod." The next day Mr. Bacon accompanied me to Jiathurst, forty- seven mile*. The day following I confirmed thirty-two persons, and addressed them especially on the practical duties of a holy life. After church, a gentleman of the Scotch Kirk, luimed Ferguson, very politely offered me the use of his carriage, and accompanied me in it all around the beautiful harbour of Bathurst, pointing out i \ ] HH TiiK Most Kkn kukm* -Iohn Mi:im,i;v, D. I>. the most agreeable views. He also showed me his farm, whicli is one ol' the hest in this part of the country. On the same day 1 received an addns.s i'rom the vestry, whieii was couched in kind and respectful terms. . The next day we drove in company with the newly appointed missionary, Mr. Dishrow, to New liandon, an interesting- scfttlement of North-country Irish, many of tliem strongly attached to the Church. The little huilding was crowded to excess, though it was I tl the harvest season. I confirmed sixteen, and admiuistcrcti the Lord's supper to fifty, including ourselves. T was much struck with the simplicity and earnestness of these people; and their devotion at the communion was remarkable. They expressed an earnest v ish to see nu' soon again. The Mcxt day, Thursday, we set out for Dalhousie, the most northerly part of my tour, distant fifty-four miles. Thither wo were conveyed by the kindness of Mr. J. Cunard and otlier gentle- men (as indeed, all the way from Hoiestowu), free of expense. The road led through s(!veral Hue settlements (many of them French), along the bank of the Hay of Chaleur, a magnificent sheet of water, one hundred and twenty miles long, by from twenty to thirty miles wide, with the mountainous coast of ( Jaspc and Bona- venturc in Lower Canada on the other side. The weather was fine, and the whole ride; most exhilarating ; the road, moreover, one of th(! best in the Province. Duliiousie, from its distance, had nut been visited by any Bishop, except on one previous occasion by the Bishop of (Quebec, anil had scarcely ever been visited by a cler^'y- man of our t-hurch. There were formerly many members of our communion there, most of whom, however, have left us, and have joined the Presbyterians, who are the prevailing body. The few remaining Churchmen received me conlially, and we were hospit- ably entertained at ine house of ^^r. Barbaric, one of the mendjers liir the County. Th(> next day I went to see Campbellton, a flourishing village, near to which is a church glebe; and went on eight miles further to view the enchanting scenery with which this neighbourhood abounds. The Kestigouche, which flows into the interior one lumdred and fifty miles, is, at its mouth, three ndles XoTKS OF A VlSlTATlUX TolU. 89 wide, and for twenty miles has a width of from three to five miles, with hills of from one thousand to one thousand two hundred feet, wooded to the very top, risint; from its hanks. The farniers here are of industrious and active hahits, many of them IIii,di!anders. In the evening, after travelling forty-eight miles, wo had a service in tiie court house, there heing no church, and I conlirmed six persons anil administered the Lord's supper to ten, one; of whom had had no opportuinty of receiving it from a clergyman of our Church for seventeen years. Nothing hut necessity would, of course, induce me to perform this most holy rite in such places ; but we nuist hope that he who ro(iuireth " mercy, and not sacrifice,'* will accept what was the only available means lor comforting and .sustaining the hearts oi' his destitute ancrval)le, also, that where some good impressions remain, tlu mind, irritated by a sense of neglect, easily resign.s it.self to the objections which arc commonly nuide by different parties against our Church. It is felt not to be a reality ; it lose.-? all power over the minds of nicii ; it lives only in written documents, and persons who are themselves conscious of not living up to their knowledge of duty, attempt to justify themselves in their neglect by retaliating on the ('hurch, and by broadly asserting that her services arc inconsistent or delusive. Thus, when the missionary goes into the wilderness expecting to find himself received with open arms, and the Church welcomed as their mother and their guide, he fiiuls a rapid under-current of sus- picion, jealousy and division — a feeling that the people arc to be placed under some hateful, undefinable restraint which they have never known, and would be glad to shake off. Simplicity, unhap- pily, is not the characteristic of our North American mind ; every man's wits arc keen and trenchant, ami this increases the difficulties of the spiritual labourer; not to speak of that awful eifect of our interminable divisions, the lurking doubt that steals through numy a mind, that as all cannot be equally true, all may be equally false. One circumstance has often struck me in passing through the country, as a mournful evidence of its spiritual destitution. One finds separate and lonely graves .scattered about on farms, or by the roadside, without any mark of Christian, or even common sepulture. Tfie comnuinion of saints is not found even in our last resting j)lacc ; nor is there any visible sign that " the spirit of a man goeth upward, and the spirit of a beast goeth downward to the earth." .Men and beasts are mingled together; our brethren are conunittcd to the earth without any token of Christian fellowship or a future resurrection. O that God would give our English churchmen grace, instead of " biting and devouring one another," 1 XoTJiSf Ui A Vl.Sl'l'ATluN T«JLU. 91 to figlit against the coniinon foe of all ; to remi'inber how vast a fiohl is open to their exertions, and that there is still room to oceiipy it; that He would ;,'ivc us graee to hunihle ourselves before Iliin with weeping and mourning over wealth unseasonably wasted and talents thrown away ; that He may yet have merey upon U8, mul save us! But I I t..st return to my sphere of duty. From Dalhousie we returned to Balhurst, where I i)re«ehed once on the Sunday, and in eonjunetion with Mr. IJacon administered the Imly communion. Mr. Bacon achlressed the congregation in the evening. The next morning we left liathurst at an early hour, and reached Chatham at two, where I spent tive hours in endeavouring to com- l)ose .>iome ditil'rences between some nuMnber.s of the tlock. The next day we set out for Bale des Vents, ii remote country settlement on the coast, where I confirmed twenty-three persons, who were very devout in their behaviour. This is on the whole, I think, one (if the most church-like edifices in the country ; the Bishop of Nova Scotia having already mentioned it with approbation, it is not neces- sary for me to say more than that, though plain in its exterior, and of wood, the internal arrangements are good, and the effect reverent and devotional; and this seemed to me the natural result on the minds of the people. 1 observed also that means were taken to prevent the entrance of dogs, which are most commonly brought with their masters, and which are a profane and intolerable nuisance in our country churches. Having ri'turned once more to Chatham, we set out for Kiehi- l)ucto, thirty six miles. On my way thither I was nut l)y Mr. Desbrisay, who kindly took me into his carriage and drove me the rest of the way. A few miles from this place we were met by His Honor, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, the High Sheriff, the Kev.iMr. J)e Wolfe, the clcrgynjan, and siveral other gentlemen, who escorted us into Kichibucto. Most comfortable apartments were provided for us at the truly English inn, without any expense to ourselves. Soon after my arrival, I attended a Wednesday evening service, and preached. Th<; next day I confirmed nine young people, and addressed them and the whole congregation at ill IWn^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // V ^ <; %° % Qr 1.0 I.I «" IIIIIM |50 •a IM iLO III 2.0 IM 2.2 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 ■* 6" ► V] <^ /a '^A e. VI o /a 7 M Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 &? :%^ ^s v\ 92 Till-; Must Ukvkkend John Medley, D. I). 1 1 «oiue leiigtli. An aged and afflicted female came to timnk me with tears in lier eyes. In the evening we met several members of the Church at the Speaker's house. The next day we drove before breakfast to the hospitable abode of Messrs. Chilton and Holderness, whose kindness and respectful attention I shall not easily forget. The yards of the vessels at their wharf were hung with flags as we rowed to the shore. Mr. Holder- ness accompanied me to Welford with Mr. Desbrisay, Mr. Bacon and Mr. I)e Wolfe. Wo were warndy and hospitably received by Mr. Ford, one of the principal residents ; and at the little church we found an attentive congregation, and I contirmed thirteen persons. They were earnest to have a resident clergy n)an, being twenty-three miles from Ilichibucto, and having service only every alternate Sunday. They promised to contribute liberally to his mainten- ance, and I undertook to bring their case before the Church Society. The next day, Mr. Bacon having returned to take his duty, Mr. Chilton kindly drove me part of the way to Shediac, and 1 was met on the road by Dr. Jarvis, the Society's missionary at Shediac. With liim I spent the two following days. On Sunday I confirmed thirty-two at Shediac church, and eight at Cocaigne in the after- noon, returning after service. I was gratified, the next day, with the inspection of the school in connection with the Madras Board on Dr. Bell's system. The orderly behaviour of the children, and their knowledge both of scripture and the prayer book, reflecte"' the highest credit on their teachers, and was very encouraging. I scarcely put a question which they could not answer. On Monday I proceeded, in company with Mr. Black, the So- ciety's missionary at Dorchester and Sackville, to his residence at the latter place, and having arranged the times of confirmation on my return, I went on with the Rev. Mr. Townshenu, of Amherst, Nova Scotia, to Westinorland, a very important parish, of which Mr. Townshend had the charge until I nuide it a separate mission, as the Society has been informed. I found a very crowded congre- gation at the church, administered the rite of confirmation to nine (the smallness of the nun)ber being accounted for by the fact of there being no regular missionary in charge since Mr. Arnold'.s iJ' Notes of a Visitation Toik. m depnrture), and Imptizod three adult?. A very .sensible and well written addre.«.« having been ])re.sented to me, we adjourned to the hou.se of Mr. Buckerfield an Englissh gentleman, who, wit!i several others in the parish, is very anxious for the welfare of the Church. We then proceeded to view the glebe ai.d glebe-house lately erected, though not yet complete, and had much conversation with Mr, Ettcr, a liberal benefactor to the Church in that neighbourhood. All seeaied most anxious to do their utrao.st towards the redemption of the glebe and towards securing the .services of a resident pastor. In this ])arish are two churches, one at Baie Verte, twelve miles distant from that at Westmorland, with a considerable population. The whole Parish of Botsford is contiguous, being without church or clergyman, so that the Church people are sadly destitute of the means of grace. A missionary here is indispensai)le, and two would find ample employment. Having visited Bay Verte and arranged with the j)eople some matters relative to the finishing of their church, I returned to Mr. Black's at Sackville. The next day I confirmed nine in the morning, and fifteen in the afternoon at Dorchester, addressing the congregations at both places, and replying to addresses presented to me. In the afternoon we had a very full and attentive congrega- tion, with delightful congregational singing, led by the clergyman, who acted as organist. I dined and slept at the hospitable mansion of the Hon. E. B, Chandler. The next day, Dr. Jarvis and the Rev. W. Seovil, who had come to meet me from Norton (upwards of seventy miles), accompanied me to the Bend of Petitcodiac, a place of great resort for persons connected with the lumber trade. The only place in the village suitable for public worship was a chapel open to ('hristiaus of all denominations, whither we went ; and I administered confirmation to three persons of mature age, and preached afterwards. After service we talked over the practicability of building a church. A site was ofteretl, and it was reported that, if a clergyman could be procured, the church would soon follow. Finally the sum of £o1 was subscribed towards a clergyman's maintenance. This place, which is likely to be the centre of mercantile resort, is in 94 The Most Reverend John Medley, D. D. : i Dr. Jarvis' mission, though it is fifteen miles from his residence. A missionary stationed liere would he of great use, and with two assistants, Dr. Jarvis writes me word, "there would he work for us all " in the six parishes, of which his mission is composed. Having left the Bend, and having a Sunday to spare, I determined on a missionary expedition into the new county of Alhert, in which there never has been any clergyman of our Church resident. It is a large and flourishing district, possessing large tracts of what is called intervale land, or as we should say in England, low meadow land. These tracts, when in the neighbourhood of water, yield almost inexhaustible crops. We set off on Saturday morning, and made our way through twenty-five miles of chiefly bad road to Hillsborough, whore we put up. Our inquiries were not very en- couraging, for we could meet with no Church people ; and on asking where we could hold service, we were told that there were two meetings, and "we might suit ourselves with either of them." Having arranged for a service at Hillsborough the next day, we arrived about three o'clock in the afternoon at Hopewell, where we found that the person to whom we had been recommended was not strictly a Churchman, and lived eight miles further. The only person who could give us any information was a Baptist preacher, who most obligingly ofl'ered to do all he could, showed us where we could put up our horses, and assisted me and Mr. Scovil in taking them out of the carriage, remarking that our Lord had said : " He that is greatest among you, let him be your servant." These worthy people then ottered us refreshment, and procured us horses (our own being too fatigued to go further) for the rest of the journey. Our host, to whom we had been recommended, was out when we arrived, but on his return he welcomed us heartily, and sent out a man on horseback to announce my coming, and my errand. Next morning (Sunday), though the notice was so short, the wliole country was in motion, some on horseback, some in wagons, many on foot. Having robed at a cottage hard by, we proceeded to a chapel, where three hundred people had assembled, scarcely any of whom had ever seen a Bishop, nor had ever heard the Church Service. They behaved with great decorum, and we sang the Old Notes ok a ^'ISlTATIo^• Tour. :»:> Hundrcdtli Ps^nliu. I preached from tlie text: "Whose (an is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor." I never had a more attentive auditory. A tew very zealous Churehinen were there, who, aided by others not Churchmen, subscribed £i}0 towards a mis- sionary, who would no doubt find an ojjening for his labours, and inigiit do extensive good. We returned to our friend's house, who gave us .^ome dinner, fed our horses, and wished us (lod speed on our way. In the afternoon we just escaped in the rear of a most terrific thunder storm, and I held service again, where I feel sure the sound of our liturgy was heard for the first time. I preached from, " Behold I He cometh with clouds," etc. Though the evening was wet, it was necessary that wo should get into the high road again that night; so we again returnetl twenty-five miles, and having travelled forty in all, were very glad to retire to rest. The next day wc proceeded on a smooth and easy road to Sussex Vale, the residence of the Kev. II. N. Arnold, one of the Society's missionaries, ^tr. Arnold accompanied us the following morning to a place called English Settlement, where a church is building, in which, though unfinished, I held .service, and was plea.sed to find several of my countrymen from Plymouth, Taunton and the West of England. They rejoiced to hear of the prospect of a missionary among them, and one of them zealously undertook to be responsible for the completion of the little church, and said the clergyman should never want a hon)e whilst he lived. This worthy man also expressed his intention of giving land for glebe. Having been kindly welcomed ami hospitably entertained by these settlers in the wilderness, we i)roceeded on our way to Grand Lake, the mission of the Rev. A. Wood. Our road was very bad and very tedious, and we were from half-past three till near ten accomplishing a journey of twenty-three or twenty-foar miles, the last part of it in the dark. Heartily glad were we, after number- less turnings, to find ourselves within sight of the lake. This is a noble sheet of water, thirty miles long, and in one place nine miles wide, in most three or four. Mr. Wood attends to a district about thirty miles in length, chiefly on the shores of the lake. :, ! ir fi i U(] Tin; Most IvKVKUKNb John Mkih.ky, D. I). The next day we visited Young's ('ove, where a new church is in tlie course of erection, and called on some worthy members of the Church. The day following I crossed the lake in Mr. Wood's boat, in com- pany with himself and Mr, Scovil, and we proceeded thirteen mile.s i'urther in Mr. Karlo's wagon to Newcastle, where Major Yeaman, a liberal contributor to the Church, received us hospitably. The next morning I held service in an upper room in his house — the new cliurch, which has been chiefly built by him, being unfinished and full of shavings. About sixty assembled for prayer and hearing- the word, an opportunity seldom, alas I granted. Along this side of the lake there are settlers for forty miles, and .some, though not many, members of our Church. There is also u parsonage, and there are two churches, but no clergymen. All I could undertake for the present wa.s that Mr. Wood and Mr. Stirling, two of the Society's missionaries, should each visit once a quarter, giving them a .service once in six weeks. Alas! how meagre and unsatisfactory a performance of duty; yet it was all the case admitted of. The lake is often dangerous to cross, which renders the difficulty greater than it otherwise would be, and the roads are very bad. On Sunday, September 6th, I held service at Mr. Wood's lower church. The congregation was larger than the Church would hold, and I confirmed thirty-five and addressed them. In the after- noon I crossed the lake and held .service at Canning, on the other side, when I preached from Romans, 7th chapter, the latter part. Havijig slept at a comfortable inn, about two miles above the church, I left it for Maugerville, where I found my family waiting to accompany me to Fredericton.and reached my own home, through divine mercy, in good health, witliou^ any accideiit or serious ill- ness, having travelled nine hundred 'ind thirty-nine miles, ajid iix all since January Ist, 1846, two thousand five hundred and fifty- seven miles, for which all praise be to God. Those who read the foregoing account will, no doubt, be struck with the small number of young people confirmed in each place. This nuiy be accounted for, in part, by the prevailing custom that each single parish should present its own flock to the Uishop. J Notes of a Visitation Tolr. 07 llruck Uace. that shop. Though the social cliaracter of the ordinance is thereby diminished, its devotional ette(!t is increased. I do not recollect to have seen a single instance of that levity, which is so common in J^nglish churches, where vast numbers are brought together from the sur- rounding parishes. With us the young people come with their parents, and sit with them, the congregation taking a deep interest in the holy rite ; and when service is ended, they return (piietly to their homes. This appears to me to compensate abundantly for the want of numbers. Still, it must be confessed that one reason of the small number of young persons who are confirmed is the preva- lence of other bodies of Christians on the oa.stern shore of New Brunswick, i)articularly of Koman Catholics and Presbyterians ; although whei-ever an active, useful clergyman is placed, our Church not only holds her ground, but more than holds her ground, and I think we may reckon on a steady increase in such places. But the Society will judge of the destitution that prevails, when I tell them that after filling up twelve vacancies I could find im- mediate and full employment for twenty additional clergymen with- out diminishing the labours of any one at present in Holy Orders. Unhappily I have at present neither the means nor the men ; but it will easily be seen that when one clergyman attempts to discharge the duties of three, four and even six parishes, it must be done im- perfectly and unsatisfactorily ; schools cannot be superintended, the sick and the whole cannot be properly visited ; and after hurrying from place to place on the Lord's day, the result is exhaustion of mind and body, without a due ett'ect on the minds of the flock. One of the great ditticulties we have to contend with is that of bringing home to the mass of professed members of our communion the duty of exerting themselves for the increase of Missions. A few give liberally to all good objects, and these few give again and again ; but there arc numbers, and these not the least wealthy, who seem entirely blind to their own responsibility, and indiflerent to everything but making money and enjoying the good things of this life. Such is not the case (I am bound to admit) among Dissenters. and Roman Catholics; and from all I can learn they do far more towards the maintenance of their ministers than we do; I.I I mi 9H TiiK Most I{kvi:ki;m) John Mkdi.kv, D. I). nnd had tlu-y boon as supine ns the nienihcrs of the Church of Eng- land, many of them must, long before this, have become extinct. The Hame feeling induces many persons to put their luuncs to a subscription list, for the niuintenance of a clergyman, which they have either not the means or not the inclination to act upon ; and it is notorious, that no subscriptions are worse paid than those which are promised to the clergy. Some system niust, i think, be devised, by which the clergy may be saved the difficulties under which they lalxHir from this source, wherever they depend on the volun- tary contributioii of their parishioners. Among instances of a better i'eeling I am happy to notice Maugerville, where the people raised ,t.'200 towards the rebuilding of the parsonage house, besides nearly .C400 raised in Fredericton on the same occasion ; and Wood- stock, where more than ,i;200 has been contributed this last year for various Churcli pur{>oses, the effect of which is that there are now live services on the Sunday in different parts of the Parish, the Rec- tor and his Curate each travelling from twenty -five to thirty miles. To arrive at a sound conclusion respecting the whole effect of our Church in the Province is a very difficult matter, but I am in great hopes that we are advancing rather than going backwards. Still I confess our state morally and spiritually seems to me to resemble the church of Laodicea much more than that of Smyrna and Phila- delphia : " The deceitfidness of riches and the lusts of other things enter in and choke the Word," and many, if they could have their heart's wish, would have a new preacher every month, who should .send them all away satisfied with themselves. It is our place, how- ever, to labour to be what we advise others to be, to see in their faults only a type of our own, and to trust that when God has brought us to confess our sins, "He will be faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." In conclusion, I must thank God for the kind and cordial recep- tion I met with in my visitation tour from all classes of persons, both within and without the Church ; and will add my earnest prayers, in which I trust every member of the Society will join, that I and all my fellow-labourers may be found more diligent and faithful, and may sec the fruit of our toil. October 29th, 184(5. J. Fredericton. Heport to S. I' (; __r,v.., a hicks oftu,, „„„,„ i„ , '^".^0. ■""1 took no noli™ „C,|,o ''» '""I tl,e ,v„n„os, f, ";,■-'" '" '"-^ '^-■b- Lome. The o visit will 1,0, when r»ot ,„v 1 ; '"■''"l'l'"'stl«irtofnn. ^'^"-/"'■""ythatoondbooft r' •■'^'''""'"» '".V own "'•■'■o It may not l,e o„t ofol"!", '• '" ^''"IS^""<1" "rote at the time of hi ° . ? '° """^■««'hat the IJi»ho„ Brnnswiek. "' "^ "' "» to tlie elimate of 5 " Ueyoncl all (ineatio,, » i than that of |.;„„,„,,, "' ''" «^'.'». "it is a finer elim.,f ^"l -itlie,. the h':,„/ ■:;'.:""";-".>■ I">t'«.- ai^l .', " 1" England. r i "^ '" ''■^'"S "» thev ivonl i *-vi". feeli,,, oVo-ol,ut, Z^TT "^ ^"^ ""''"- -1 • ,•;-«• Oui. .mshine in wint , ijT "" 'I """"«' ""k-w ,' »«;Iw,th England; the bril ^t ' '" •' ""^•" '" <>- -"- «o the snowv laiKfeeape. " ^"" f '"ng a eheerfm look ■ ■ ■ Uo roads of general (!)9) SS if * *'i Hii ttf : 1 I Ai ■!i ( :! I 100 The Most Kkverknd John Medlky, D. D. coniniuiiicatioii from town to town arc very ^ood ; in tlic iinsottlcMl place's thoy are wliat roads in woods and bye-})laoe8 in Kn<^land are, very bam;y, I). I). >! f wonpoiiH he turned ngiiinst oiirselvcH. We should take our tone of doctrini! and practice, not from low interoHtcd writerH, hut, next to the pure fountain of Scripture, from the manly ('xpositions of the nuiistcr-Hpirits of the iMiglish (.'hurch. There must \w ahoiit our- selves that genuine heartinesH, that hone.st si' )ll('ity which no man can mistake, and which will persinide more . rcihly than the most elegant diction, the most impressive delivery. . . It nuiy sound strange in your ears, yet I feel it necessary to say it, he not ashamed to he rcdl men ; to state distinctly, though with sdhriety and respect for others, your acknowledged convictions, iiml to set your seal to what you hclic^ve to he true; and let meiuhu inftonhi do its worst. No man, indeed, gains much, even in the opinion of the world, from a cowardly shrinking from the cross, which the profession and practices of thi^ gospel impose. Though he may n()t he attacked with j)ul)li<' and open slander, ho will he met with the wink of con- temptuous reproach, as one \s>." known to he sailing in the same boat, only to be n little more sly. Kemcmber that if public characters are public property, much more should public accusers be public chahicters, or rather real charaeteiv. Shun, therefore, as a moral contaminalion, the ignominy of anonymous censure; nay, it might be better generally to av(tid the risk of anonymous defence. For you may sometimes wound when you only mean to uphold. But to return to our own practical duties. The first to which I desire especially to call your attention, is that of publi(! prayer. I have observed with regret that the churches in this Diocese are seldom open (biring the week for prayer. Now, without wishing to press upon you duties which you might feel unecjual to perform, it appears to me that there are few i)laces in tlic Diocese (none where any number of jiarishioners reside) in which prayers on the Litany days at least, and in many cases oftener, might not conveniently and most profitably be nuide. The state of the Church and of the world denmnds more frequent intercession. The very life of the Church hangs upon it. Our people require it, and would in many instances be refreshed and Extracts fuom riUMAUY ('iiaiu;i;. lo:; U'C to ,it lero l\ny lind )ur xiul i comforted hy it. Tlio objection tlmt few woiiM lUtoiid is mot at ouvv by the I'tict tliat our Lord's promise is i:iveii not to tlie many but to the t( u' : '.iial tin- uil-sei-inix prescnee of (Jod should l»e dur jj;reat iudueemenl and reward: and thsit the prayers of two or three would not continue without a blessiujj. Not to say tluit othei-s would probably by degrees be found to achl to the "little Hock;" and, if I must name a more huMiilialin^ reason, that we are almost the oidy body of (Jliristians in the Province whose churches are shut up from one Lord's day t) another, r^et me hope that those who iuive for some time past continued this good practice will soon be no IoMi;cr tlie exceptions, but that the rule will generally be observed among us. No idle distinctions of party can l»e a reason for the omission of prayer and intercession. A custom enjoined in Scripture, sanctioned by our Saviour, followed by Ills apostles, aiul for which ample provision is made l)y our Church, riMpiires no recommendation fnnn nic, the most unworthy of its servants. " Preach the word," is the eternal command ; and what must be done in obeditMice to God ougiit to be-' said of us, "I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, but thou art rich : fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." AhisI who can look on all that is passing around us, on tlii' unknown future, and on the fearful alternative, without fear and trembling? "O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years: in wrath remember mercy." I have now brought before you such thoughts on the duties of a Christian jjastor as have appeared to me to be both necessary and profitable at this time. And though I um sensible how unworthy they are of the great sul)je('t, how imide([uate even to express my own deep and growing convictions, I feel assured, and I trust that you also ai'e persuaded, that such a course is fiir preferable to en- gaging in the mazes of interminable dispute. I am sick at heart of J ii I 1 I : 106 Thk Most Reverend John Medley, D. D. controversy on trifles; and on great points your minds as well as mine are, I hope, made up. I see that those who delight to agitate and inflame the public n\ind on disputed questions, neither grow in grace, nor beneHt their fellow-creatures, and only hinder the good which others attempt to do. If there are any who aflect to believe tliat I am not sincerely labouring to do the work of the Church of England in this Province, but that I have other designs in the back-ground, they are welcome to their opinion. I have accepted an office which nothing but a desire to work for the Church of England would have induced me to acce])t, and which, if it were not from the same paramount considerations of duty and affectitm, I would not retain one hour. IJut if what is done does not move men to take a more lil)ei*al and charitable view, nothing that is said will effect it. We shall soon stand before another tribunal, where it will be impossible any longer to conceal names, motives, and actions. To you, my reverend brethren, 1 may speak in another manner. I claim your indulgence both on tli'_' present occasion and on all others, for inadvertencies and negligences, from wliich the most diligent and persevering are not wholly exempt. The same indulgence I am ])repared to extend to others: but this must not be mistaken for a corrupt allowance of sin, a blind indifference to clerical misconduct. Such instances it is my bounden duty not to overlook : it is due to my office, to your own respectability, it is necessary for the main- tenance of the Church in its integrity, that discipline should be enforced. A cinii-ch whose pastors preach what they do not en- deavour to practice, and who records on paper what she does not aim to perform, is a pretended truth, and a real lie: rejected by God, and despised by men. In the great duty of maintaining the doctrines, and ui)holding the discipline of the Prayer Book, we shall all, I hope, be united : and if our union in these vital nuxtters be sincere, the differences which in so wide a range of thought must 0(^cur, will be of lesser moment. Let us learn to act together : mutually to confer, nuitually to instruct and comfort each other. Though additions have been }nade to our number, we are even now a .small, and for the work we have to perform, an insuflicient body. But our actions are not the less keenly watched, and carefully noted down. It becomes us h i' * Extracts from Primary Ciiaroe. 107 therefore to be tolerant on niattei's of speculative oi)inion ; and in action to be prompt, compact, and united. Our influence then will be felt: and even our opinions cannot safely be disretrarded. Especially lot us seek to win the affections, as well as to conciliate the respect of our lay brethren. They are ef|ually with oureelves, nieml)ers of Christ's body, though not placed in the same ixiculiar relation to our common Head, and are at all times most valuable co-operators in every work of Christian charity. To some of tlunn no thanks that we can pay are too great for the services they have already rendered to the Churcli, for the cheerfulness with which they have been given, with a happy mixture of discretion and of zeal. May a far larger number imitate their good example : and if I am not permitted to see it, may some wf)rthier Bishop be gladdened with the sight of a numerous, exemplary, and united clergy, earnestly labouring with unwearied zeal to promote the temporal and spiritual well-being of flocks who more than recompense their pious toil by an aflectionate respect, a heavenly conversation and a faith that " worketh by love." The forcgoiiiif k'Mii'theiiod extracts from tlio ITishop's primary cliart;'e will ho read and valued for theii- intrinsic worth. They are uiven hero to show the sort of g-iiidanee he sought to extend to the clerii'v in the early days of his episco[»ate. From that sound Catholic teaciiini;- H will he seen he never varied. Four of the Bishop's charires (1 858-1802) were published in 18Go, l»y the Kev. K, C. Wooleomhe, IJalliol College, Oxford, with interesting notes and an acoonnt of the Cathe- dral, Frederieton. A number of copies wore sent the Bislio[> for the use of his cK'ruy and friends in the Diocese. These he never distributed, assigning as a reason that he con- sidered the preface too landatorv. The remarks of ^^r. Woolcomhe, from which the Bishop's natural humility shrank, wore those : I was anxious to bring, if possible, into wider circulation, in the cheapest form, the weighty teaching, at once so primitive, and so I 1 V ' i ii '" ., ,, 108 The Most Tvkvkrend John ^Iedley, D. T). peculiarly suited to our own needs, of a Bishop, who even iiinong the many admirable men who are guiding and governing the Church in our colonies holds a foremost place. It would be unbecoming in me to praise these Charges; but it would be, I Indieve, most unnecessary also. There is a manly vigour, a firm grasp of the whole body of Truth, a courage and yet a gentleness in stating it, above all a deep, holy earnestness in every word, which is singularly winning, wonderfully refreshing. I remember well how in troublous times, when the Church at home was suffering the loss of some of her noblest sons, our spirits were cheered once and again by the consecration of true-hearted men to tiie posts of chiefest danger and difficulty in the Church's warfare ; at present we are again in the midst of controversies, and I would fain call the attention of my younger brethren in the min- istry, and of Candida* "s for holy orders, to the brave and bold, but still more to the loving, fervent words, of one who is indeed a Father in God. Bishop Medley, of Fredericton, very remarkably cond)ines the gifts of a real theologian and a devoted pastor with practical skill in architecture and music, in a way which we supposed belonged only to the prelates of a far distant age of the Church ; but, liesides, he is a noble self-sacrificing leader, where difficulties are great, and the fellow-soldiei-s are few. May young hearts be kindled by such an example, and may we who are older take fresh courage, when we trace the work of such a standard-bearer in our battles. It was at the first visitation of the clergy, in 1847, that the Diocese was sub-divided into seven deaneries. Seven rural cleans were chosen by the clergy, and their election was con- firmed by tlie Bishop. Instructions for the guidance of the deans were given by the liishop. At each triennial visita- tion, to the present day, tlie like election and confirmation has taken place. The instructions then given and recorded in the Annals of the ])iocose are still in force. This arrange- ment has been fouiul of benefit in many ways, and has been the means of material assistance to the Bishop in the attairs of the Diocese. )k Visit to Encsland. 100 I Ml le III i- le .1- \\\ Id Oil the 17tli Mari'li, 1H4H, the IMshop, aecoiiipiiniod l)y liis t'aiuily, left for Kiiii:;laii(l. He remained in Kiii>:land till September 2nd, endeavouring to procure funds for bin Cathedral, candidates for lioly orders, funds for a triivelling missionary, and books for the Cathedral library, lie suc- ceeded partially in all these objects. Two thousand pounds were subscribed for the Cathedral, the S. 1*. C. K. also voted £1,000: iioO a vear for five vears were i^vantcd for a travel- ling missionary, and Ji-WO a year additional for missionary efforts l)y the S, !'.(;. The University of ( )xford gave 4.100 for the Cathedi'al library; and benevolent individuals gave the Anglo-Catholic Library, and Lil)rary of the Fathers, making in all about six hundred volumes. The Bishop also procured a small organ for St. Anne's Chapel. In a letter on his leaving Kngland, addressed to tlic secretary of the S. 1*. G., the Uishop says: . . . Were our Church become reprobate, or a castaway, the blessed fruits of the spirit woulil not abound, love and joy would not utter their glad voices throughout our Iwrdors ; we should act be enhirged everywhere, and be t'^.e heralds of mercy to the utter- most parts of the earth. I am not blind to the sad, sad tokens of our unfruitfulness, our backslidings, or national guilt, but the greatest sin of all is despair of the mercy of God. Oh, let English churchmen pray tor an increase of this true spirit among all sincere persons, though they he of diiicrent views ; let them give uj) hard thoughts of each other and all will yet he well ; let them not be so anxious to pull down what is ei'roneous, as to build up what is true. Love, victorious love, will win the day at last. . . . After a three years' absence, I see more earnestness and reverence in the f^nglish Churcli than when I left for America, and I do not see that those wlio have gone out from us have improved their position or their usefulness. ...... I shall return to my Diocese benefitted in luany ways; pei-sonally cheered by sympathy amidst severe and unexpected trials, and assisted by men and means. w il> m s '■'■i> 110 Till'; Most Rkvkukxi) John Mi:i)I,ky, I). I). On liis ivtiini to the Diocese, the Bishop proceeded at once on a long visitiitiou tour. The second visitation of the clergy was held at Fredericton on the Festival of St. Barnahas, IHoO. At the close of tlie proceedings, on the morning after the deliverv of the charge, the following address was [>resented to the 15islio[): Wo, the clergy of your Diocese, feel that we oii<,dit not to return to our several homes without having first tendered to your Lonlship our grateful ackuowledgcnient of the paternal kindness which has marked all your intercourse with, and proceediags towards us, during this visitation. Having seen with admiration your unwearied labours for the promotion of the general interest of the Church throughout the Diocese, we rejoice in believing that, by the blessing of the Almighty, they have been productive of valuable fruit, and that in a time of considerable trouble and ditticulty, we have been making progress in the right direction. We shall return home cheered and animated for our holy work by the solemn services in which we have been engaged together, and shall endeavour to turn to profit the wise counsel we have received ; and your Lordship may rest assured that no difference of opinion which may exist among us will be allowed to prevent us from co-operating faithfully and earnestly, one and all, with him who is set over us in the Lord, and with each other, for extending the knowledge of divine truth and the i)ractice of righteousness among the people. On behalf of the clergy of the Diocese of Fredericton. George Costeu, Archdeacon. To this address the Bishop made the following reply : The affectionate and cordial address which you have presented to me, signed by youi"self on behalf of the clergy, I receive, I need not say, with pleasure and gratitude. I rejoice to find that my imperfect endeavoure have been so far successful as to be appreciated by you ; for though, next to my own salvation, the welfare of this Diocese is nearest my heart, I know 1^"K ni.no..'. Kkp,v to thh CL.U.V. ni that I can only b,. useful when I work uIM. over you in the sj.irit of Jove and Tn ^""' "' '^■''" "'^ l'''''^^^^ '"ore nnportanee, by soleuni uctr of nf 'v ""' ""^ ^^'^'"^ ''^ -^' ourselves and our lav brethren to u- . '■"^'"" «>"""i.nion between ior the readiness n Ideh t^ W e "i; 7 T" ""' "— ^ ^''-'^^ «« •^tran.e.., but as bretiu'e u d ' 7 ' " ^"^-^-•"'"^,^ "S not journey after a o,,d|^ ,„,t „ ' '" ''''"'g'ng us forward on our woS^itdlX^C::;''''"-^^ ^^^^'^ - ^^^ -^ '--^ if any ^-^I>ot-God.ab,ei: ;::;-;-; -/-^;7 have been, b ^ ^^•^'0 "• any point differ fron. e / .^'"I ^''^'"^' ^^^^'''-^'^ then,, «an- tin.e fully eonseiou t tTo'u r f',' "' '""'^'^' '-'"^'' "^ ^he to be, rather than what I T^ '''' "''^''"^^ "^ ^^''-^ I ought John Frederwton & II -1 "l \ , ! t > t if ! u i ■ L !■% r. CIIAPTKU XI. The Work of tiii: I)rocE.sAN Cihrch Society — Notes FROM AnXALS of THE DiOCESE — CONSECRATION OF THE Cathedral. fE ImvG ulrcadv noticed that, in tlio ori^anizod mis- sionary work of the ]>ioceso, nndertaken by the Diocesan Ohnrch Society, u hir,!.■; tlctiiils reifanliiiu;' tlio initials on tin- tower jiier : Wlicii tlie ISisliop was huilding tiu> Cathednil, and had coniiilctod the nave and aisles, the I'nndrt were at so low an eMt that he called the hnildini,' eonimUtee together, to see if any means eonld he taken fur gettinLT in iinmiised snhserlptions or eulleetini,' nntrc nimiey. He had hinisell' ;,fiven largely, ann came bnt once a month), and a letter in an unknown hand. Prayer was turiu'd into thanksgiving, for when opened, it contained a che(pie for jLoOO aterling, with these words : " To the glory of God, ami for the cona- ])letion of Frederieton Cathedral, F. S. >[." The Jiishop felt this dir(!ct interposition of Almighty God .so deeply, that he was always loth to speak i>f it : it seemed too sacred for ordinary mention. He had the initials " F. S. M." out on the next stone laid in the «outli-west pier of the tower arch, and the anonymons gift was so abundantly blessed that means flowed in as recinired, the church was coni])leted, all debt wiped out, and in addition to all the valu- able |)roperty of the Cathedral, plate, library, altar hangings, etc., etc., the Bishop left a handsome cash balance to his successor. What an encouragement is this to nuxke, as God prospei-s u.s, offerings to Him for His Church and her services! The Cathedral wa.s consecrated on the 81st August, 18")3. The following account, taken from the New ^'ork Church- tnan of that date, is from tlie pen of the late Dr. ITaio^ht, of Trinity church. New York, who was present at the service : 4 i 3-^^\ 118 The Most Reverend John Medley, J). J). I !l ' i For several days previously, the clergy of the Diocese, aiul several from the neighbouring Provinces and from the United States, had been assembling at Fredericton, so that on the morning of the con- secration there were many gathered round the eminent prelate, whom God had placed over this extensive Diocese, and whose labours have been so zealous and successful. Of his lordship's clergy, all, with a very few exceptions, were in attendance to cheer him with their presence, to aid him by their prayers, and to assist in rendering the service in some snuvU measure worthy of the greatness and solemnity of the occasion. From abroad, the Right Rev. the Bishops of Quebec and Toronto, the Right Rev. Bishop Southgate, of the American Church, with several Presbyters from Nova Bcotia, Canada and the United States, came,, animated, as their words and deeds testified, by a spirit of true Catholic love, rejoicing in the prosperity of their brethren, and anx- ious to mingle their ])rayers and })raises with those of their fellow- members of Christ's Mystical Body on this high festival. Early in the morning the Royal standard and other national flags were unfiii-led from the windovTS of the tower, and the sweet- toned bells rang out a merry peal. The apprehensions of unjileasant weatlier, with whicli the clouds and mist had agitated many breasts,^ were soon happily removed ; and, long before the hour appointed foi the commencement of the service, the spacious nave and aisles were crowded to their utmost capacity. At eleven o'clock the pro- cession formed at the Province Hall, and moved in order to the Cathedral. A number of boys bearing appropriate banners pre- ceded and flanked it. The members of the legislature present, the officers of the Tdth, the members ot the bench and bar, the wardens and vestrymen of the parish, the master workmen, the mayor of the city, with other inhabitants and strangers, were followed by sixty- one of the clergy in surplices, the architect, Frank Wills, Esq., the Archdeacon, and the foui Bishops in their episcopal robes. On reaching the Cat'.edral grounds the bishops and clergy commenced, chanting the 121st Psabn to the fifth tone. In the paper referred to, a minute (lesc'rii)tioii is ifiven of the service, and the names are subjoined of those wlio took part in it, and it is added : ^^ d Consecration of tiii: Cathedral. no Thus dosed a service wliich, in point of interest, solemnity and importance, has rarely been equalled. Notwithstanding the vast assemblage, which crowded every part of the building, the utmost decorum prevailed. The spirit of the occasion was evidently felt by all. The edifice itself, which was thus solenuily consecrated to the eervice of the Triune God, now demands our attention. It is situated at the eastern end of Fredorlcton, within a short ('istance of the bank of the river St. John, and is the tii-st object that strikes the eye as you aj)pn)ach the city from that (]uarter. A more desirable and beautiful site cannot be conceived. The style of the archi- tecture is that generally denominated second pointt'd, or decorated, with a determination rather towards the Hainboyant, than the geo- metrical, in the great eastern and western windows. The ground plan is cruciform with central tower and spire. The nave, including the aisles, is eighty-four by sixty-two feet, and is divided into five bays, the porch being projected from the second bay on the south side, from the west end. West of the chief doorway, in the west end, which is of small dimensions after the manner of ancient English churches, is a porch, or triple arcade, fianked by massive buttresses, and surmounted by a cornice on which is inscribed the following legend : Deo et Ecdcsiic A. D. 1849. Over the inside of this doorway, between its apex and the sill of the west window, in richly illuminated letters on a scroll, are in- scribed the following legentls : I have waited for Thy salvation, O Lord. The Lord of Hosts is with us. O pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise. • ........•*» The exterior of the Cathedral is striking, both from the cruciform nature of the j)lan, and from tl)e numerous bold and massive but- tresses, and the pinnacles and crosses surnjounting the gables and ; ji ii ; 120 The Most Jxeverknd John Medley, D. D. spires. The extreme length of the building is one hundred and fifty-nine feet; breadth aeross transept, seventy feet; height of nave and ehoir roof, sixty-two feet ; height of eross on we.st gable, seventy-one feet; height of cross on transepts, fifty -four feet; height of aisle walls, twenty feet; height of clerestory, forty-three feet; height of tower to base of spire, eighty-five feet; to apex of cross Hurnionnting the sj)ire, one hundred and seventy-eight feet. The building is entirely of stone excei)ting the spire. The stone of the body walls is from the immediate neighbourhood ; the weatherings of the buttresses, string-courses, cornices, etc., are from the Bay of Fundy ; all the dressings of the doorways and windows are of Caen stone, executed in England. It a})pears to stand the climate of New Brunswick admirably, and by its beautiful texture and light cream colour, forms an agreeable contrast to the more gloomy-toned masonry around it. We ought to have mentioned before that the piei*s and arches supporting the clerestory wall, and also those sup- porting the nuissive tower, are all of cut stone. The spire, as well as the ro()f, is covered with metal. There is an admirable chime of eight bells in the tower, the tenor bell weighing two thousand eight hundred pounds, key E fiat. They were cast by the cele- brated firm of Messrs. Warner, London. The colkH'tiou at the otfertorv, moniini;' and eveniiio;, finiouiited to 81,820.25, wliieh was, however, insnfHeieiit to pay tlic (l')l)t romainiiig on the church.' This, with so much else oonnectod Avith the holy services of the clay, caused great joy and tiiankfnlness to the Bishop. The following notice in the Churchman is from the pen of the eminent clergyman from the city of Xcw York, before referred to : On the following day, Thursday, the Bishop held his Triennial Visitation in the Cathedral. All the parochial clergy of the Diocese were present in the chancel, in surplices. After Morning Prayer 'Of this debt the Bishop personally assumed a large amount, which was afterwards paid in a way subsequently to be noticed. U\ }at Address to Visitini; Bishops and ('i,i;rgy. 1.1 the Bislioj) proceeded to deliver hU Charge, after having received and coniirnied tlie nominations of the several llural Deans. We have not sj)ace to give an analysis of this masterly production, nor is it necessary, as it will soon he published. It was marked by his lordship's usual perspicuity, eloquence and strength — his deep Catholic feeling, and his lofty views of the res|)onsil)ilities and duties of the Church of Christ, and of all its memhers, and especially of those " who boar the vessels of the Lord." His closing words were most solenni and touching. Every heart was melted, and we retired from the sanctuary, feeling that we had indeed heard words of wis- dom and power not soon to be forgotten. After the nioniini; service on Friday, the bishops and oleri^y assemblod in tlii' library, wlien the following" achlress Avas presented to the visitinu' bisho[»s and clerg'y by the Bishop of Frederic'ton in the nanie an. The Arclidcucon then caniu forwiird und presented the t'ollowiiiti; address to the Bishop of the Diocese : To the Right Reverend John, Lord Bishop of Frederidon : May it Please Youu Lokdship, — Your clergy cannot permit this, their fii-st meeting in the permanent Cathedral of the Diocese, to separate without ottering your lordship their most heartfelt con- gratulations on the completion of this great work, which they pray may long continue to afi'ord your lordship, personally, all the satis- faction that you have anticipated from it, and to the worshij)ping people over whom you preside, all the religious advantages you have hoped and prayed for. It is needless to assure your lordship that your clergy highly appreciate the excellent charges you have delivered to them on difierent occasions, and especially at this present Visitation. Their unanimous vote to request its publication is sufficient evidence of their feelings on that subject. Your clergy would beg further to thank your lordship, and through your lordship the other munificent contributors, for the inestimable gift of the Cathedral Library, a collection of books of such varied literature as cannot fail to supply, to a considerable ex- tent, the deficiency of their own generally limited collections. Deeply sensible of the solemn truth, of which your loi'dship so feelingly reminded them in your excellent address, that, probably, they shall all never again meet in this world, they would conclude XoTEs FROM Annals of tiik Diocese. 123 with their most fervent prayer thiit God may long continue your lordship's presidency over this extensive Diocese, and bless it with increasing happiness to youi-self and the flock over which the Holy Ghost has made you ovei-seer. Ill tlie Annals of the Diocese the Bishoi) makes this brief entr}' : 1853, August 31. — The Cathedral, the corner stone of which was laid October, 1845, was consecrated this day. All praise be to God, who has enabled me, amidst many difficulties and much op- position, to finish it. May the Lord pardon all that is amiss, and make it His iioly dwelling place for evermore. Amen. Towards the close of the 3'ear, as it a]t])eare(l that the Bisho[) wonld sntfer a heavy pecuniary loss in the (cathe- dral (lel)t, for which he was personally responsible, tlie Kev. C. C. IJartholonii'W, Mr. llatherley, and other friends, raised most nobly 41,000 sterlint;- for its li(|uidation. This paid £400 sterling due on tlie hells and £000 of other debt, leav- ing still a balance against the Bishop of £500, afterwards reduced by a benefaction of £100 from Mr. Kooke, and smaller sums from other friends, for which the liishop ten- ders his grateful thaid. I). On the occasion of his curly visits throusi'hoiit the Diocese, the Bisho}) liJid remarked, that tliere was uothinetition ol" what had previously been said. Once during the season of Lent, in the city of St. John, the Bishop vith a softness and clearness of utterance, which reached the ear of the most distant in very crowded assem- blies. One filling a high position in social life, who had for many years been an attendant at the Cathedral, said that she received the greatest spiritual strength l)y the deeply impressive manner in which the Bishop pronounced the benediction. In imparting infornuition in private, the Bishop had the kindest manner. He was readv to listen with attention to the opinions of others, and then he would give his own, void of all assumption. Upon any difficult passage in holy I The Bishop's TEArniNc and Example. 127 •eat •cud in iin- lieh em- for mt ply the -Ml, gcripture hfs ex['lanati()nH wore often tbuiul clearer and more satisfactory than those inii>arte(I hy vahied commentaries. What was said of the hite liishop of Wincliester, very fully ai»i)lies to the first liislioj) of Fredericton : He was a man of groat learning, and liad read very widely, and yet it would not bo very easy to find any one so exceedingly modest and gentle in putting forth his learning to others. It would not be easy to match him, in that sweetness of humility, which, even when he was talking to others who had no pretensions to share his very wide ac(juaintance with the writings of the early church, caused him to be so simple and so gentle in the assertion of his opinions, so ready to listen to what any one else had to say, so singularly deferential in his manner, and so encouraging to those younger than himself It was a vast advantaijje to students in divinity to liave recourse to such an instructor, guide, a)id example. When at home in Fredericton, the Bishop had, once u week, a class for instruction. To candidates for holy orders he ever afibrded kindly help. Many were indehted to him for the gifts of valuable works, and others received substantial assistance when it was needed. In the case of the younger clergy stationed in Fredericton, tiie Bishop was ready to go with them to visit the sick and sutlering, and in other cases of difficulty. All through his life, till the later period when physical strength began to fail, he was ever ready with his wise and kindly ministrations to the sick and dying, and no teni[)oral Avant brought to his notice was left unrelieved. When his mind was ytreoccupied with weighty cares and difficulties, the Bishop was, at tiines in these earlier years, abrupt and hasty, especially in his intercourse with those wanting in zeal and love for the Church. If, in this way, offence was given, it soon wore away, and in many instances ended in enduring friendship. Under a manner at times repelling, there was found true sterling worth — the sincere 128 TiiK Must J{i;\ kuk.nd .John Mi;i»li;v, J). I). good lioart. Ah tlie 15ipih()[»'s toucliliii; jiiid cliiinictcM' were more tullv uiKlcrstood, iieoido tMt ho was wortliv of tlio t'ulli'st trust and coididi'iict". What we are s|i('akiii_ij:; ol' may he ilhistrated hy one marked instance. Aniouii' the opponents (if tlie ITishop in the earlier years of his episcopate was a h'adiiii; niemher ot tlie har and the h'i;'islatnre. lie afterwards tilled tlu' hi^'hest Jndieial post in the Siipnnne Court itf Canada. When this gentleman had learned to loiow more of the JJishop and of his work, he came forward manfnlly, and, to his honour, at a meetiuii' eoiineeted with tlu' work of thi' t-hureh, said that he desired to express his rei^rel puhliely for the line of action he had })reviously taken. " I have discovered," he said, " that your lordship was riu:ht and \ was wroni::."' In (Miureh music the Hishoii took great delight. His proticiency and good taste are generully known and highly upjjreciated. The reader will see this point well set forth in a valued letter written hy ('olonel Maunsell, which appears farther on. A Diocesan IFymnal had hcen compiU'd in IH.Jo hy the Bisho]), with the assistance ot a committee of his clergy. This was a great improvement on the old metrical version of the I*salter hy Tate iS: Bradv. Soon this hymnal was found too meagre, and, at the recommendation of the Bishop, Hymns Ancient and Modern was very generally adojtted. In nothing was there a greater imi)rovement gradually brought ahout in the churches in the Diocese than in all that relates to pul»lic praise in the services of dlod's house. In the Bishop's lengthened and frecpient journeys, l)efore the existence of railways, he came in contact with all sorts of })eople. They iuvariahly treated him witli the greatest respect. He would, however, often tell of many most amus- ing incidents, and of jokes, sometimes at his own expense; for, with all his seriousness, he had a keen sense of the ludic- Markk!> Ciiaracteuistics. V2d the II of 1(1 ird. y lail ■*e. ro ts ist 8- roiis, and ii pocnliar (U-lii^lit in luiytliiiii^ (Hiaint or odd. Tliis Vein oi'liuiiiour made liiiii clianniiii^ in soeial lil'c, when siir- rouiuU'd Ity liis iVn'iids, and the eares of liisoll'ice hiiely saved from outward show and expensive livini;-, was added to the fluids \'<\' the poor or for the heneiit of the Chureh. In this, as .so numy other ways, he set u ltri!j;ht and needed exanijtk'. Nor was there at Bisho[»seote any want ot liospitalit\ ! kind, eheerful <:;reetini;; and nuuks of lii<;-li culture and good taste were evident there. The words of Tennyson, of one of the great among men, might he ajiidied to Bishop Medley in his .^.s a n.ark not only of" bad taste, b..t of a .er^ unscrupull "nnd. Ihe t. n.e w. con.e whe.. one g.-ai.. of .val charitv iill be iHorc valued than all the cleve.-, bitter thh.gs written or'spo ... and .t IS one sad effect of writi.ig to please the lower class of ..i ' nnd to h..,nou.- the cap..ice of the hou.-, that such writers app t be enfrely reckless as to what they say. or whon, they wou..d. In our household ar,-a..ge...;..ts. h. o,.; d.-eJs, in ll.e social lesti- vUies. .. shall eschew the extremes of extravaga... and ...ea... e . and look upo.. al thu.gs, great and sn.all, as given us that we n.ay discharge the -- tun.ties of enjoy.ng real beauty in ihi. beautiful world a K pleasu.-es which a.-e co..d,.cive to their physical 'and 'n.o'.-al health and ;Mtellect..al g.-owth, and which leave ..o sting bel.i..d Thus wh.le we ca.-efully guard the sacre.l app.-eci^te 0. u ! t:ous, and gene.-ally useful to the woi-ld. As illustrati„o. the Hisl.op's clovotedness to his work, a,..l ^il.so tlio sn„i.lclunuely way in wl.ich ho wont i,. an.l o„t fimon^- h.s peoples a tow extracts are now i^ivon from the very interesting suinniury of a rocont coniirnu.tion tour .11 134 The Most Reverknd John Medley, D. D. which he read before the anniversary meeting of the Church Society, February lltli, 1858 : I left Fredericton on St. Barnabas' day, June 11, for St. Andrews. On Sunday, the 14th, I confirmed twenty-nine and preached morn- ing and evening. The congregations on both occasions were large and attentive. Dr. Alley, who has held the rectory between thirty and forty years, is still able, by the blessing of God, to perform three full services on Sunday, one of then) at a village three miles distant, a duty which very few at his advanced age could perform. June IGth, I proceeded with Dr. Alley to St. Stephen, and on the 17th confirmed eleven. It was a great satisfaction to me on this occasion to be assisted by the llighi Rev. Dr. Burgess, Bishop of Maine, who very kindly preached to us, and gave us a most earnest and instructive discourse, useful alike to young and old, which I enjoyed exceedingly. He was accompanied by his valued friend and presbyter. Rev. G. W. Durell, of Calais, who has been of signal benefit to this Diocese. The church at St. Stephen has been greatly improved by the addition of a new chancel, an excellent organ, a better arrangement of the pulj)it and desk, a new communion table and chair (carved, I believe, by Mr. Durell's own hands), and by being painted throughout. The singing also was much improved. For many of these additions to the church, and for much of its life and spirit, we r\re indebted to the zealous liberality of a young layman, whose modesty might ])erhaps be pained if I mentioned his name, but whose kindness will not be forgotten by his blessed Master. June 18th, I proceeded to St. Davids; confirmed nine, and ])reache(l. There was a large and attentive congregation, though the day was wet. The church, as a whole, is one of the best of our country churches, and reflects great credit on the zeal of its pastor, Rev. J. S. Thomson. June 19, ^[r. Thomson drove me to St. Patrick, distant thirteen miles. It was a wet and fatiguing day. I confirmed seven persons there, and preached. Mr. Carson extended to us his usual kind hosi)itality. On the 20th I went to Campobello, to a house where hospitality always makes a welcome, and on Sunday, 21st, confirmed five and Extracts ruoM a Confirmation Tour. 185 liirteen arsons kind ptality and preached twice in St. Ann's Chapel, hitely built by the exertions of Hon. Captain Robinson, aided by the S. P. C. K., the D. C. S., the parishioners, and a few friends. The Kev. J. S. Williams assisted nie and accompanied me in walks to visit some sick and suffering members of the congregation and some young and old persons. On Saturday, the 27th, I left in the packet, accompanied by Dr. Alley, and with some difficulty and not a few curious adventures or misadventures, we reached the parsonage at Grand ^lanan after dark, very niuch disposed to retire to rest. The next day (Sunday) I confirmed four and baptized an adult, and preached again in the afternoon. Mr. Carey, at my request, rode five miles to take his usual afternoon service, but all his flock had come up the same five miles to hear the Bishop, so that his labour was lost. The congre- gation was very attentive, and I saw with pleasure many old familiar faces and heard them join heartily in the prayers, and some of them still more heartily in the singing. Mr. Craig, who seems to be elected church warden for life, was at his post as usual. The next day I went to Seal Cove and held services there and preached. Thence over a very rough road t(j Southern Head, where I baptized Mrs. McCaughlau and three infants, and confirmed Mr. and Mrs. ^IcCaughlan. As they reside on Gannet Rock, eight miles from shore, and perfectly inaccessible for three-fourths of the year, my visit was timed very seasonably. I have since sent them a little present of books, as they have a great deal of time for reading. Sunday, July r)ih, I confirmed thirty-nine at St. George, a verv considerable numViti, considering that there is also a Roman Catholic, a Baptist, and I believe a Presbyterian_congreL'ation there. There is a good Sunday school and an excellent day school in the place. In the afternoon we went to Pennfield, where I confirmed twelve. The congregation was crowded. It is not too much to say of this mission, that I never visit it without fresh evidence of the zeal aud usefulness of its pastor, and I never leave it without being strengthened and refreshed. On Tuesday we drove to Lepreaux, and thence thirteen miles, happily accom})anied by a guide — for otherwise in crossing the tide- harbour, we should probably have got a good wetting, or worse — I! 13(> TllH ^^()ST IvKVERKXl) JoHX ^^^:DLKY, D. D. and readied Lepreaux light-hoiuse in the evening. Here Mr. Thomas hospitably received us, and the next day I confirmed ten, baptized a child, administered the Lord's Supper, and preached in the little cliurcli at Dipper Harbour, three miles distant. At Mus'|uasli the next day I confirmed six, preached and administered the Lord's Supper. The church at Musquash has been much im- proved, and a chancel has been built. The congregation are re- markable for their excellent way of responding, the two church wardens and their families setting them a good example in this respect. The singing also is hearty and general. On Friday, July 17th, I went up to Hampton in the steamer, and on Sunday confirmed thirty-seven in the Parish Church, and addressed a congregation so crowded that sixty or seventy persons could not find seat room. In the afternoon I proceeded to Norton, where I confirmed eighteen and preached. The singing was excel- lent, and staying to practice with the choir the time passed rapidly away. I did not return till eight o'clock. On Monday, 20th, Mr. DeVeber drove me to his parsonage at Upham. Mr. Walker accompanied us, and at his request I turned aside from the road to visit and confirm a blind woman, aged eighty-four, in her own house. She appeared very devout ami very thankful for my '-isit. On Tuesday we went to Quaco, distant twelve miles, but f jm the extremely hilly nature of the road, one hill being nearly t.iree miles long and another two miles long, it appears much further. The mission of Quaco for a long time was in a very d(nibtful state, and the people were very apathetic. By perseverance, however, progress has been made ; the building pur- chased from the Methodists has been gradually converted into something like a church ; it is floored and ceiled, and has rough benches. The congregation are very steady, and though the day was very unfavourable more than one hundred ^vere assembled. I con- firmed eight. On the 23rd we drove to Londonderry, a settlement eighteen miles distant, among the hills which are crossed on the new road to Albert County from St. John. The little chapel was now consecrated by the name of St. Paul. It was crowded to its utmost capacity by a most attentive body of worshippers and hearers, |e was By pur- into tough was con- ineut the was lo its Irers, Extracts from a Confirmation Toir. 137 who drank in every word, though I spoke for nearly an hdur; and I am sure I felt as happy as they appeared to he. 8oine eurious proofs were related to nie of the readiness of some of these rough soldiers of the Cross, to defend the Bishop, not only hy word of •^louth, but if neeessary by more powerful weapons. On the 2")th, 1 confirmed nine at the little handet of South Stream, and on Sun- day I confirmed eighteen at the Upliam Parish Church, and preached morning and evening. Among the numerous congrega- tion in the morning was an aged woman of eighty, who forty years since was an inmate of His Excellency General Smythc's family, and who, though living in the bush, had remained steadfast in tlu' communion of the Church. She had walked three miles to church this summer, and now the missionary went ten miles to fetch her, and brought her back full of a trcnd)ling joy, to receive the rite of confirmation. This is one of the most laborious missions in the Province ; too much so indeed for any one man, or I may say for any one horse, but it is well served and the fruits are apparent. And though this mission always gives me a laborious round of work, yet I never leave it without comfort and satisfaction. Mr. DeVeber kindly drove me to Springfield on 22nd July, and though by miscalculation I arrived a day before my time, yet the people cheerfully left their work and came to the church in considerable numbers; twenty-four were confirmed. ..... September 22nd I Ic^'t Fredericton with Rev. J. B. iNFedley for Prince William, where I confirmed seventeen, and the next day forty-two at ^lagundy, among the rest an aged man of eighty- nine, with his two children, daughters-in-law and five grandchildren. The present rector has been most kindly received, and is inde- fatigably engaged in the good work. His accession to our little band lays us under a second obligation to St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, of which my dear and valued friend, Bishoj) Coleridge, was the first warden. From Prince William we proceeded to Woodstock, where, on Sunday, the 27th, I confirmed thirty-five, and administered the Lord's Supper, assisted by Mr. Street and my son, and I preached again in the evening. In this thriving aiid populous neighbourhood there is quite work enough for a third clergyman. liili fl 138 The Most Revkrend John Medley, I). 1). The clergy who have hitherto assisted Mr. Street, though very kiinUy treated by himself and his parishioners, are not ambitious to end their days as curates of Woodstock, l)eing very hardly worked and very poorly paid. The parishioners presented their rector with a new wagon the morning after my arrival. October the 2-lth I visited Kingston, and on the following day confirmed in the church at the Reach (the Parish Church being under rei)airs) one hundred and seven persons, being the largest number ever j)resonted to me for confirmation at any one place in the Diocese. I am still more gratified to find that this confirmation has added largely to the communicants, one hundred and thirty-five, all parishioners having communicated on Christmas Day, at King- ston, when the Parish Church was re-opened for divine .service, having been almost rebuilt. It is much improved by a central passage, a small chancel, and by the removal of two most unsightly desks ; and the whole expense being, I believe, more than £900, is met without any apjjlication for aid to the Diocesan Church Society, th(jugh I am afraid an undue proportion will fall on the rectoi'. Kingston is an instance of what indefatigable parochial visiting will do to keep together a flock long united to the Church by loyal and hereditary afiection. May its worthy rector long be spared to carry on the work which his father and grandfather so happily began. On the 27th October I returned to Fredericton, having, by the blessing of God, travelled twelve hundred and fifty-five miles, con- firmed eight hundred and ninety-six persons, and having had abundant evidence that our Church is, on the whole, at least, hold- ing her ground, laying her foundations deeper, and that whilst her clergy can claim no exemption from the infirmities and imperfec- tions common to their brethren, they are, as a body, striving to do their duty in the responsible office to which God has called them. The mission of our Church in this Pi'ovince appears to me to be a most important one, both as regards the laity and the clergy. We have to prove ourselves the worthy successors of those noble and consistent men who sacrificed all their worldly prospects to what they believed to be their duty to their king and country, and iii 1 Extracts from Annals of the Diocese. 130 I brought with them an invariably strong attachment to the British Constitution in Church and 8tate. We liave to prove ourselves the worthy descendants of those still nobler spirits who bequeathed to us the Reformation, whose CiTorts guaranteed to us freedom from persecution, from doctrinal corrup- tion, and from the Roman yoke, and whose judgment and sagacity, aided by the assistance of wisdom from above, designed to reject only the evil and to retain pnly the good. We have to prove ourselves worthy of the Church which num- bers among its members a Ridley, a I^ighton, a Hooker, a Taylor, a Pearson, a Kerr, a Wilberforcc, and u Howard. We have to prove ourselves worthy of a Ciiurch which rejoices in the circula- tion of the Scriptures, because it acknowledges the Bible as its rule of faith ; which clings to the decisions of j)rimitive antiquity as the surest bulwark against ancient and modern heresy; which has nothing to fear but everything to hope for from the progress of science and the spread of learning, and which desires nothing bet- ter than that its doctrines should be known, examined and sifted. Some idea of the course of events (lnriii(! representatives of tliu hiity, in some respect supi»lied the i)hice of a Syno(L In nearly all thi^ otiier Canadian Dioceses they had their Dio- cesan Synods, in coimection with which the lionie missions were maintained. At the time referred to, Fredericton and Nova Scotia alone stood aloof from the synodical system which had been ad<)[ttcd elsewhere in the Dominion ot Canada. In his chart^e to the cleri:;y, delivered in 1850, the Bishop ftlhides to this subject. "Our Church," he says, "though amply sup[»licd with standards of doctrine, is ill-furnished Avith discipline, and this is sometimes exercised in an infor- mal manner. . . . The power left in the Bishop's hands to enforce discipline is encumbered with many legal ditH- culties. . . . The establishment of a code of Church laws would be one use of a Synod legally constituted." When we look back to that time, it seems strange an. As chairman at all meetings, he Ill Tm; Most Ki;vi:iu:n'i> .Iuhn Mi:i»i,i:y, I). I). lirosidcd with miitoriii iiiipai-tiulitv n\u\ \Kit\cui\\ Aiiioti^ till' luviiiL'ii sitlriidiiii; till- iiU!L't'ui";s of tlu' Sviiod liuvc t^ciier- ally 1)0011 iiicliidcd tlio foivmost iiu-ii in tlio Provinoe. Tlioy limy liiivc hold docidodopiniourt, ditlofiiin in soiiio cihcs from thoHo of tho i5ishoi>, and itorluiits from u nuijoi'ity of the monihors of tho Synod; Imt in no oiu' instiinoo has thore l)oon party strife, or a party voto in the Synod of the Diocoso ot Frodoricton. In this rospoct a strikinsj; conti-a is prosontod in some of tlio other Diocosos of Canada. Thore von will fnid a marked line, a doeiarty fooling wa?, uianifosted in tho elec- tion of the first doloicatos to the Provincial Svno(h The Synod itself was impartially represontod. For the most part, however, the delegates wore ready to act in concord. (3n their admission to tho Provincial Synod, together with the delegates from Nova Scotia, nniny of whom were of a like type, the state of things thore underwent a change. Dangers, which had boon previously anticipated, were no longer droade(h A prominent member of the Synod, as the pro- ceedings went on, and questions of importance were dis- cussed, was heard to say: "We greatly rejoice in the presence ot your people from the Maritime Provinces; you are the very salt of the earth." Till; r»i.-iioi' CiiosKN Mi:tk(H'()i,it,\n. 14;') clec- The most licord. with Ijilike [liTcrs, pro- (lis- II the you Of iiioro importjuK'o still was the presetice of ".lie Mishop of FiT(U'ri('ti»ii in the iippor house. His wise roiuisel, his (loop h'tiniiiiu; ainl tiicoloi^icjil attaimiuMits, wore of the y:rcate.st valiio. Later «»ii additional strciiiith was addiMl to that hody l»y tlic attendance of the jiisliop Coad/iufor of Frederieton, with his hii^ht scholarship ami hi^h iiitclli'c- tual eulture. In the Annals tlu- Uishop wrote with ri'u'ard to the tirst attendance at the I'l-ovincial Synod: " The delei;-ates were received with i^rt'at enthusiasm." He alludes to the pres- ence! of the 15ishoi» of Lichlield (Dr. Selwvn), and his address at a s^reat missionarv meetini:;. It is added : " Oetoher .Srd, the iiishop o| Lichlield, with his chaplain and si'cretary, arrived at Frederieton, havin<;- travelled from Xehraska, one thousand five huiulred miles, to show 1ms friendship. He preached twice in the Cathedral, and dwelt most earnestly on tin; missionary work, especially on the life and lahours of IMslioj* Tatteson, of Melanesia. Great numhcrs attended. . . . lie left us, much to our sorrow, on ^^onday, the 5th, to attend the (Jeiieral Conveu- tion in Xew ^'ork." ('\»onthe resi^-nation of irishoji Oxeiiden, the l>ishoi» of Fret.'-rieton w.s clu^sen to till the ollice of Metropolitan. At first the Bishop's }»osition was somewhat unsatisfact(^i'y, hut not from any itersonal ohjection. it was claimed, that in l>oint of law, the otKce pei'taiuc(l to the See of Montreal. The suhject was discussed at lenji;th in the Synoil, without any animosity, and the (juestion was finally settled in favour of an I'lection on the part of tlu' House otlJishops. A canon was jiassed to that effect. I>y all [»arties, the manner in which the duties of the Metropolitan were i)erformed l»y liishop ^fedley met with full ap[»roval. The tii'st meetins'- of the l*rovincial Svnod, under the Bisho}) of Frederieton as Metroi>olitan, Avas held at Montreal, K 140 The Must Keveuexp John Mei>ley, 1). ]). I ! J! 8c[ttoiul)er 8tli, 1H80. The Metropolitan, in liis address to the Synod, alhides to his election as the choice of the Ijishops. He then speaks of the [)Osition of the Church in the colonies as wholly set free from the ties which were loiii; supposed to connect us with the State in Eui^hmtl. Tliis frcc(h)ni rc<|uircd u'rcat caution. " Our wisdom," he said, " lies in maUinijj a broad distinction between wliat may be fairly rcii:arded as thiufj^s ..itcrable, and of no vital con- se(|uence, arisiui.'; either out of necessary jjolitical changes or the usall>(( smipcr, '/nix/ nhiijiit^^ (jiKul (i/i (iiin)lljus, may be safely applied."' The Metropolitan urn'cd the need of deeper learning on the part (^i'the cleruy, esjiecially with reference to the works of the primitive fatliers, and the records of Church history. lie then alhides to the pro[iosal before the legislature, which was subsequently carried, to legalize the marriage of a man Avith his deceased wife's sister. "I trust," the Bishop added, "that it will l)e deemed desirable by this Synod to express in a canon what has previously been exjiressed by resolution, and to guanl, as far as possible, our clergy and our laity from partici[)atiug in marriages contrary to the spirit of the (gospel, contrary to the mind of the Church in its purest ages, and contrary to the Judgment of the Jie- formed Church of Kngland.^ " And now to bring this address to a close, we pray that the same spirit of brotherly love and forbearance which characterized the last session nuiy be shown on the present occasion. Let the awful words of the inspired apostle never ^The advice of the Metropolitan was acted upon by the Synod. % Presentation or a Ci{(i/ii;it. U7 \\o{\ to kmI l»y :y and |t() tliu vli in ly that Iwhich 1 never be absent from otn* minds, that the ' Hre' of (Jod's searohinir Juds^niont shall ' trv every man's work of what sort it is.' No man amon^'st us can devolve on tlu' colleetive body the responsibility which (iod has imposed on himsclt'ahmc, and no man, therefore, shonld forijet that if he build ' the wixxl, hay and stuhblc" of faithless counsels and unworthy actions on the icreat foundation of (Jod's Church, the last tire will l)oth try and consume it; the scheme which he deenuMl most snecessful shall perish in the sight ot all men, ev^'U as the leaves and trees of the forest are eau^'iit up in the blazini;' whirlwind, and theii- [ilace is fouiul no more." Immediately after the ^rst (hiy's session of the I'rovineial Synod, the I'roloeutor — the Veneralde (leorn'e Whittaker, Areluk^acoii of York — in the i)i'esenee of a laru'i' number of elerical and lay delen'ates, and in thcii- lielialf, preseiUed the Metro[iolitan with a very costly and most heautiful crozier, or Metroi)()litan's staff, aeeompanied with the fol- lowing: aose(l iiK'asnrc with refLToiicc to unity anioiin' tiu' various Cliristian bodies. Ho points out tJic uscIcssik'ss of any at- tciiiiit to force the subji'ct of union on any of tiic ivliii'ious bodies wliicli surrouiul us, and that w c iiiust not suriTiider any truths coiniiiittcd to our trust wliicii scrvi' as a conncct- iiiir link with the [trimitivc ai>vs of the Church, ih' then proceeds : We have all the elements of strength in our Church if we wisely use them — an ancient foundation, primitive usage, brilliant ex- amples, sanctified learning, cajjacity for jirogrcss, inissionary zeal, a providential awakening from sloth and iiiditlerence, a wonderful eagerness for the right interpretation of Scripture, an unipieiich- able thirst for knowledge, we may stretch out our branches to the sea and our boughs unto the river, and make our Church known, respected, beloved, progressive, wherever our language is spoken or our empire bears sway. The- Bisjn>|i then alludes to the recent consecration of Dr. Sullivan as tlu' second Hishop of Alu'oiiia, the Missionary I)iocese of the Canadian Church, and he uruvs iii()st sti'oiii>;ly continued and u'eiierous support, not only in the missionary work, but in niakiiiii" a provision for the eii(lo\\iiieiit of the hioeese. lie s[ieaks of the iniLiiity prosjiects opeliiuii' up ill the <«;rent l)ioceses in the West, and of one of the liisjiops tiicrc, once a pupil and thou a teacher in his Sunday seliool in Kiiii'laiid more than t'orty years a_i:"o. The r>isiio[i concludes in the followiiiLC words: What brotherly greetings we have ever met with from our dear sister Church in the United States is well known to us all. No 152 The Most Iikverexd John Medley, I). I). differences in civil government can ever part us. We lAoug to the 8anio linoi.-e, we are iieirs of the same promises, we cherish the same truths, wv. maintain tlie same Church government. We are numbered witli them in faith, in worship, and in love. We joy in their presence among us, and in the words of truth and soberness that flow from their lips, and our hope is to be numbered with them in joy everlasting. lint bear in mind that we are on our trial ; keen eyes are watch- ing our success or failure. " Canaiia expects every man to do his duty." At tlic nu'ctiiio- of the J'roviiicial Syivod, in 1880, the Metropolitan inado a l)nef address, ivfei'riiio- chietly to mat- ters of a ])ractical diaracter. At tlie close of tho'i)rocoo(l- iiii^s he .i^ave utterance to tlie followino- words, his last words to the Provincial Hynod : I earnestly pray that both in what we have done, and even in what we have left undone, a higher wisdom than our own may have guided our deliberations, and that God may pardon whatever has been done amiss. The Bishop was nnal.le to attend the nieetino- in 1889. Actin.i; in his jdace, at the opening- of the Synod, the Jiisliop of Montreal said: ''He was sure thev jIiI rei-Tetted the absence of the Most Reverend the Metropolitan, and still more the cause of his absence." m CHAPTER XIV. ExTRAns FROM Ti[E T>isiioi''fi Triexxial Cmarces to Nrs Clkhcy, 1i) w\ lit 154 Till-; MtisT Ukvkuknd .Iuiin Mkdlky, D. D. religion ill the oartli, and to proparo the way for the IiK-aniation ; and thf coiKhict of that pooplc, their apostasy, niid their puiiish- ineiit,as ilhistnitioiis of (Joil's (U-aiiiigs botli with eiiiirehi's and with imliviikial.s in Chl•i^stiall times. A second ohject in the selection of lessons was to fix in the minds of the worshippers the chief truths of the Christian religion in due order, whether hy prophecy, as during Advent and lOpiphany, and on Whitsunday; or by type, as on (lood Friday, Easter Sunday, and Trinity Suiulay ; or l»y his- tory, as in the lessons in Holy Week. Further, it is j)r(tvided that the Old Testament should he read once, and the New Testament three times in the daily course throughout the year. All will agree in the wisdom of these general principles, and in the value of the continual instruction thus given to the people at large. The chief thing to he regretted is, that both clergy and laity have so little availed themselves of the inestimable privilege ; the Bil)le being to the great mass of (»ur congregations, a sealed book from Sunday to Sunday, and the priest teaching his fiock hy daily example, that the church is the only place where, during the week, prayer is never wont to be made; and this while we vainly boast of an open Bible and an incomparable Iviturgy. If we loved either the one or the other as we think we do, we should undoubtedly nnike nuuh more frecpient use of both. In towns especially, there can be no sufHcient reason why this should not be done. Now the very fact of a selection of passages from the Bible, proves that we consider the Church authorized to consider some portions of the Bible as more instructive to a mixed congregation than others. And even those who cling the most closely to the divine authority of every syllabic can hardly refuse to admit that there are chapters which we would not willingly hear publicly read ; and that there are others, mere lists of names ^ I do not refer to the two genealogies of our Lord, the public reading of which is defensible on other grounds), which could serve no good purpose in being publicly recited. But if there be a selection at all, the Church has clearly a right to improve upon that selection, unless it can be shown to he in- capable of amenduieut. The need of improvement rests, I believe, TllK HlSHOP's TkIKNNIAL C'llAIUiK. 155 oil the followiuf^ grounds: Some Icsnons are rend, especially in the daily st-rvice, which it is desirable to omit; not merely chapters, but whole Hooks of Scrij)ture, arc in the present Lectionary for no valid reason omitted. Among these is especially to be noted tho Book of Revelation, which in its obscurest parts is no more obscure than some of the prophetical books, and can be no darker to us than their own proj)hecies were to the Jews. The selection of chapters to be read on Saints' Days is, on many occasions most unsuitable, there being no apparent reason why the chai)lers selected should be read rather than any other. Certain of the chapters selected from the Apocry|>l)a arc unwisely chosen; and lastly, the lessons are (in many instances) too long, and break in on the unity of a history, or a j)arable, or an exhortation, by various other matti'rs which fail to leave a distinct impri'ssion on the mind. I feel comi)elled t(t admit the reasonableness of many if not all these objections, whilst at the same time one cannot help making the following (I think) not un- important observations I The liible is remarkable not only in the Old Testament but in theNew, ft)r its distinct mention and its plain condemnation of sins, the very name of which is painful. The spirit of the age leads men to hush up all such matters, biit to act in secret the vile things which it is afraid to speak of, and to bear condemned. As in this respect the JJible and the world are clearly at variance, nothing can be more dangerous to public morality than to refuse to road what the sacred writer has evidently recorded for the general good, ami which will be in all probaltiiity unhi-eded in private, when the lesson is considered unfit for jtublic reading. A clergyman who would close the book or substitute another chapter, when the chastity of .loseph is recorded for instruction, if he would be consistent must cease to read the first chapter of the Epistle ft) the lumians; and where are we to stop? I should regard this clos- ing of the Serijjtures as trifling with the Word of (Jod, a kind oi' Protestant concealment of which a Uomanist might be ashamed. A remark may also be made on the Apocryphal lessons. Admitting that there are a few parts of the Apocryphal Books which many will gladly see removed from the Lectionary, a very large j)ortion of the rest contains lessons of the deepest wisdom ; and on conij)aring the id 156 TiiK Must lii:vi;in;.\i) .Ioiin Mi:i»i,i;y, I). 1). ■ Apocrypha with the Bcjoks of the New Testament, it is very remark- able that the .sacrccl writers often make direct (|U()tations from the Apocrypha; or it seems that the description or exhortation j^iven l)y the New TeHtament writer was first sketched out l)y the ancient Jewish authors. For instance, the conclusion of the elevontli chap- ter of the lOpistle to the Komans is taken from the Book of Wisdom ; the description of the heavenly city in the twenty-Hrst chapter of the IJnvelation, from the thirteenth chapter of the Book of Tobit; and the very striking account of " the multituth,' that no man can number, clothed in wiiilc robes, with palms in their hands," is adapted iVom the sec()nd Book of Ksdras. The lesson in St. James' Kpistle, against (iotl tempting ns to evil, is taken from the fifteenth of Ecdesiasticus ; and the "one day with the Lord is as a thousand years," the being "swift to hear," the " weeping with those that weep," the "revealing of mysteries to the meek," from the same Book, be- sides many turns of thought, and parts of sentences, which reai)pear in the New Testament ; and I make no (juestion, that had the second chapter of the Book of Wisdom been found in the Prophet Isaiah, it would have been considered as ])erfect a ])rophecy of the conduct of the Jews towards our blessed Lord, as the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah is justly considered at present. It may therefore be a question whether the new Leciionary will not be found to have removed too much, rather than too little of those venerable books, which, though they never formed part of the Canon of Scripture, were higldy esteemed by the Jews, and largely quoted and adopted by the writers of the New Testament. In the new Lectionary, the change in the Sunday lessons is not so great as at first sight might be sup- posed, especially from Advent Sunday to Trinity Sunday ; and the general principles to which I have before adverted are still strictly observed. After Trinity Sunday the greatest change in the lessons occurs. But we have obviously a great gain in the insertion of les- sons from the Book of Revelation, the Book of Job, and the Books of Chronicles, hitherto kept almost out of sight in public reading. It may be an objection, and a reasonable one, that soine of the les- sons will be found too short. It seems to me, that if the object were to shorten the time of the .services, that object would have ThK J>ISIlol'',S ThIKNM.M, Cll.\K(iK. 167 been much more profitably attained by abridging the umit number of State i)niyers by whicli our Prayer JJook is burdened, or by a fresh arrniigement of the services, or by shortening tlie sermon, than by lessening the nuiidier of verses of Holy Scripture which arc read. If thi; Lord's I'rayer is repeated rather too frecjuently, much more unnecessary is the continual repetition of State I'rayers, one of which would be anijdy sufficient for a single service, but which now o<'cur four or live times on a single mr)rning. And considering the very few oj)j)(jrlunities which the |)oor, and indeed many others who are not pcior, have of reading or hearing the Word of (lod, I think they will much miss their accustomed portion of the Sacred Word. I'robably in other particulars too little time has been given to the sid>ject, and the Church at large has been less consulted than is desirable. However, if the bill becomes law, I fear we shall have no choice but to submit, as the new Lectionary will be inserted in all new Prayer Books, and it will soon become impossible to procure the old. I should advise the clergy diligently to study the new Lectionary on its first ap])earance, carefully to ob.serve when a discretion is given them of choosing new lessons, and when it is withheld, and to be very particular in reading, that tluiy begin and end with the right verses, as in the new selection the lesson often begins in the middle or end of one chapter and ends in the middle of another. If this is not read very carefully, the sense of the les- son will be lost. This is the first of the changes made; I cannot say it is the last that will be aUemjiU'd in our Prayer liook, and the ])rospect before us is a very serious one. Wo .see too plainly that all changes must pass through the ordeal of assemblies consisting in some part of unbelievers, and in great part of men hostile or indirterent to our services ; and that a great number of legislators dei'er rather to what is popular than what is right; and that we are supposed to accept as much or as little, as they in their collective wisdom think proper to leave us. If this yoke is to be made yet more heavy, and their little fingers are to be thicker than our fathers' loins; if the voice of the Church is not to be heard, and the very foundations of the faith are to be tampered with, sui)scrip- tion to the Formularies and Articles of the Church will become a :!l Irf 158 Tin: Must UKVintKNn John >rKi)i,i;Y, D. I). matter for virv .xcrious consideration with every man who 1i:m hitherto helieved in the connection of the Church of Enj;huul with the past, and in her «uccc»sion not only of holy ordcr-s, but of holy doctrine. " SufKcient, however, unto the day is the evil thereof;" uhen the trouble c(,in(s we must pray for Divine lij^dit to x'C the right coursi; to lake, and for couragi' to take it. I may now call your attention to another i'(jinilly important mat- ter, the proposed revision i>f our ]*^iglish translation of the iJihie. I suppo.se few persons who have long read and loved their ird)le — as I trust we all havi; — and have made it the subject of their daily study, can think without serious misgivings of the necessity for iv- vision, and of tlu; prnbable or p(issil>le conse<|uences of revi-iiou. Our English translation is a household god (so to speak) among us. Its idiomatic felicity of expression, its true ring of sterling Saxon Englisii, its charming rhythm, its memories which recall our youthful lessons, ami suggest our holiest prayers, and linger on our lips as the last words we utter to those dearest to us when we bitl farewell to earth, have given it a standing in our minds which ap- proaches the idolatry of the letter. We forget that these are not the very words which our Lord and the inspired authors uttered. They are only an attempt, in all good faith, but an imperfect attemi)t, to reproduce their glory in a foreign — and to the original writer — a barbarian tongue. God has indeed signally blessed that attempt, but lie has not been pleased to exempt the authors of our translation from the infirmities to which all men are lial)le. The Holy Spirit (I doubt not) bles.>ed and assisted our Iranslators as we may sui)[)ose he l)lessed the authors of the Septuagint translation of the Old Testament ; but he no more made our translators uood Greek scholars than he gave to the Alexandrian Jews good Hebrew manuscripts. And as our blessed Lord and His A^iostlcs read, and used, and (pioted frotn a translation which, when compared with the Hebrew, is extremely imperfect, and yet it would be absurd to -op- pose that this translation was intend •' - lude all further improvement; so we have done wcl' m many respects) faithful translation; but t' lirK' ^„„, len amendment is clearly practicable, and if ^ iciUn x pi .ive duty. It is not Tin: UlSllnp's TltlllNMAI, ClIAltiii:. loit ! ni)t erctl. ■rt'oot : ill til I hut t' our The u^ we ;\tion I irocH llVL'W ll, uiul 1th the II r thor liocts) hs not generally recollected, or perlmps j^eneriilly known, tliiil the prtsont translation is the tit'th, not the first, of such attempts in the Kni:li>h tongue; and if we owe niiich to the idiomatic version of Tyndale, in some places we have deparled from his renderiiiir, to the injury rather than the improvei'ieiit of tlu^ sense. He this as it may, let it be remenihered that the history of English translations is a history of attempts to do well and to do lu'tter, rather than one sudden and permanent efllirt. It is a history which rather points the way to future improvenii'nt than hars the road l>y an ahsulntely perfect success. The very fact that our translators adopted alternative renderings, some of which are in the margin anISI1U1''S TUIENNIAI. ('ii.\R(;k. IGl in the same tongue. Both Greek, Syriac and Hebrew being dead languages to the Latin race, the Versio Itahi was made, the origin of which is lost in antiquity; and it *>eem.s uncertain whether it was made in Ronu or in tlio African provinces, as the first converts at Rome probably spoke ( ireek. Be this as it may, that version, tliough widely dispersed, popularly used, and considered l)y St. Augustine as the best, was not the only Latin version. There were, it would appear, several others, which have long since j)j)osi'd to it, so little did that eminent man understand the advantages which would tlow to all posterity from having recourse to the fountain head of all sacred learning, the Hebrew verity. Strange indeed it seems to us, 162 The Most Tvkvkkknk Jdiix Miulky, D. I). that whilst he must Imve known tho advantage of reading St. Paul's thoughts in the language in which the Apostle wrote them, he should not have applied the same test to the writings of Moses and the Pro))hots. We see, therefore, from this hasty and imjwrfect glance at tlie history of translations, that we have no cause to be alarmed at an improved English version. We are not now (as St. Jerome) proposing an entire new translation from the Hebrew ; that has already been done. Nor is there any desire for an entirely new translation of any part of the ]iii)le. The only purpose of the revisors is to correct those errors which all scholars nuist admit to be nunurous and important; in the words of that able scholar, Canon Lightfoot, " to sulistitute an amended for a faulty text ; to remove artificial distinctions which do not exist in the Greek ; to restore real distinctions existing in the original, which were over- looked by our translators; to correct errors of grammar and errors of lexicography; to revise the treatment of jjroper names and technical terms; and to remove a few ambiguous or faulty expres- sions, besides inaccuracies of editorship in the Knglish. All this may be done without altering the character of the version ; and if tho language of our English Bible is not the language of the age in which our translators lived, but in its grand simplicity stands out in contrast with the ornate and often affected diction of the litera- ture of that time," (as we may see by comparing our Bible with the sermons of Bishop Andrews and Dr. Donne), '* we may well believe that if a better model was possible in the seventeenth century, it is quite as possible in the iiiiictccnth." So much I have deemed it right to say, to allay needless alarm in the minds of any of yourselves or of your flocks, as to the future of our English version. Still I am bound to admit, that the pro- ject has been taken up with more haste, and pressed with less consideration for the feelings and interests of JCnglisii-speaking people living out of Englaiul, than was desirable. Whether it l)e that all real scholarship is supposed to be centred in men nurtured in the English Universities, or that as the present translation was made by English divines, it is thought the duty of the world at large to accept without reluctance or hesitation, the decisions of Till-: I>isiioi'"s Tkikxxial CiiAUtiK. It;.} Puul's 3111, he ios and perfect a to be (as St. v; that Mitiroly ' of the ihnit to sc'hohir, ext; to eek ; to ;'c over- (1 errors les and expres- AU this ndifthe > age ill viids out e Htera- kvith the believe uy, it is ii? alarm |e future jtlie pro- it h less peaking l)e that lured in lion was |,orld at -ions of English scholars; or whatever be the real cause, it is certain in my opinion, that the excellent bishops and divines who originated this nioveiiient, have been somewhat inattentive to the circumstances and feelings of the times. It is im|)ossible to overrate (he difi'er- rence between the days of James the First, when our translation was made, and of (^ueen Victoria. In the first instance, great power was centred in the royal will, great power was exercised by the bishops; all the scholarship of KiigliMid was united in a few minds easily directed to a common end ; the England of those days was bounded by the circumferenee of the little island, and the rest of the world was occupied for the most part by the Koman Com- nuinion, to whom our tongue was as foreign as our religion. How is it now? The tongue of tlio islands is spread abroad through the whole earth, but their p()litieal institutions have (in vast regions) ceased to hold their sw.iy, and the inHuence of Engl'ind is moral, rather than politically dominant and exclusive. I have made no allusion, as you must have perceived in this address, to some of the controversies of the day, of which, if a man docs not know already enough, he must be both blind and deaf. In their legal aspects, 1 do not feel sure that they a})ply to us at all ; und in other ways we are not much ati'ected by them, our danger at present lying in another direction ; and I do not feel inclined to take up stones to cast at brethren, who, whatever may be their errors of judgment, are remarkable examples of self-sacritice and continual devotion to their holy work, and from whom many who rail at them might learn much if they would. Whoever reads the past history of our Church with candour, must see that excessive carelessness rather than excessive ritualism, has been the i)revailing error, and that a hundred instances of slovenly irreverence have been passed over without notice, whilst a vast outcry is made against a single extreme in an opposite direc- tion. Inasmuch then as the ditticulty has ever been even to bring men up to the plain, positive, ujuleniable directions of the I'rayer Book, I deem it wholly superfluous to speak at length on ritualism. Kitual of some kind we must have, for no asseml)le» of limmuni- cants, how jireat wo Id he our i^uin I how valuable their ai^si.stance I During the same period, seven priests and four deacons have been ordained, and there is plainly an increasing desire that churches should be made more worthy of the service of God, and the sacra- ments administered with more reverence and devotion. One instance deserves special mention. In rebuilding the Cliurcli of St. PanlV, Portland, the j)arishioners have given at the offertory Si*,07''5, besides §3,400 on the day when the church was consecrated, and S-l.-SOO given by them.selves and various friends towards the memorial windows in the church. No ba/.aars have been held to procure this sum. All has been offered to (Jod. In luy last cdntirmation tour I was everywhere encouraged by signs of increasing spiritual life and activity; and the manner in which churchmen tiirougiiout the Dioce.se have res])onded to the fresh calls made upon them by the Church Society, under the direction of the Scliele woidd shrink from the dan- ger of public exjio.-ure in the Church. And now, dear brethren, l)efore I dismiss you, bear with nie, if a.s britflv as the subject admits, I venture to give you some fatherly ! t i, I: i'i I'll I 168 Tin; Must liKVEUiixu Juiix Mkdlkv, D. I). advicr, which in my jii(l,i;iiiont is protitablo for your soul's health. Many of you have luet often in visitation. We have seen our brethren, one hy one, called to tlu* dread presence of our God, and the account of their lii'e's Iai)ours on earth summed u|) and closed for ever. We have a little longer to remain, but the lines of oui' haiidbreadlh are visibly shorten i iij^' ; the thinijs that arc seen will soon be the shadows that are past, and the thinj^s that are not seen the lijrhts of the eternal world. Once more, then, I pvess upon you I'rogrc-*^. Progress in your spiritual life. Not only be more eariu>st 'u prayer and more; iVe(iuent in prayer, !)ut let the stamp on your character be that of heaveidy intercour.se. As the face of Moses slionc! with a heavenly radiance, when he came down from the mount, so let it be si'cu that you have drawn nij,di to God by the increasinir reverence, humility, sincerity and sim|»licity of your char- acter, and by that tender devotion in sacred things, which it is impo.i)ing the mouths of the profane and di.ssolute, and building up, not destroying, the foundations of the Faith for all. Progress In your aajulrements of learning, for the Gospel's sake. That you may know what the difficulties of the times are, and may be able to encounter them nianfuHv and solidlv; that vou mav iraiii some new learning every year; giving attendance to reading, to meditation, till the Lord come; remembering that you cannot be innocently ignorant of what a layman need not know ; and that if your office binds you to explain the Scripture to othei^s, your duty is to master its sen.se, and to search it as for hid treasure, i\ot to be continually repeating truths of an elementary character. The liisnoi-'s Turi:xNi.\i- ('iiau(ik. 109 niav uam ProrjreM hi your PurifihrH. That in tlio midst of all tlit- irrtli;.'i(»ii which alxaiiuls, many may 1h' .si'cii cliiij^iiij^ to your .-idi', ami with you, fearing not to hclievc tlu; faith and practice it; that your chiircheis may be more frequently, and in town j)arishe.s, daily o|)cn for prayer: the sacraments more fre<|ueiitly and more reverently administered, and your people not slumlicring in the prejudices of the past; not longiiiir for the shadows that have Till-: Most linvKiiENit .Juux Mri»i,i:v, I). 1). I I Once more, I exhort Vdii to unity and charity. I (h) not mean that yon, more tlian any other body or men, can lu' ahsohitcly nnited in jiidi;ment on every point; l)nt a ^'ood (h'al n'ay i)e done to promote tiiis end by those who strive for nnity, and who do not fiictiously separate from their l)rcthrcn, or secretly cai)a' a^'ainst them. "Tlie same .»*pirit," intt) which (;is the Aposth^ says) "we were all i)aptize(l," is freely jfiven to us all. We have the same Scriptures, the same Creeds; we were horn within the same Church, and have declared that the whole Prayer ]J(jok we use is agreeable to the Word of God. If we were thorouj^dily taught by the Blessed Spirit of (Jod, then' is no doubt that we should nil bo, as the deni- zens of heaven are, in all thinjzs one. lint -is by the imperfection of our nature this cannot be at present, at least let us believe the best we can of each other; and not only practice the usual c(»urtesies of life, but use no terms which imply that other cler;,'y neither believe nor understand the (Jospel, neitlu'r pray for, nor are taught by the Spirit of (!od. In the free discussion of our Synod, we shall have nuicli need of charity. There will be of necessity, as there was in the first Council, " much disputing," but there neeil be no breach of unity. And let us learu wisdom from other cjuarters, to keep our discussions to ourselves, and not expose our weaknes.s to the outside world. We are weak enough already ; we do not need to excite . contemptuous pity of others, by taking the whole com- nuinity into confession. Whenever we have mastered the principles and adopted the jjraclice of the thirteenth chapter of St. Paul's First Kpistlc to the Corinthians, we shall be a strong Church ; stroi g in our unsellish anil forbearing love; strong in our untiring and spiritual devotion. It has plea.t' ri'V neither >v ari' tauglit lod, we sliall ity, as there need he no (luarters, to weakness to (h) not need whole eoni- le prin(;i|)les Paul's First ; stroi f5 in lutiring and [six years to to bless His ik you, and |ii my jour- the blessed Ihat " bonds lul respect, land unjust ispieions entertnined of me, I liav*-, I Impe, outlived many of them, and I wish tiieir authors no worse than a wider j,'rus|) ot truth and a less contracted vision. I have also much reason to rejoice that I cannot recall a sinyle act of discourtesy and unkind- ness from the members of any other religious body. On the con- trary, I thankfully acknowlcdj^e from some, who do not belou); to our communion, acts of sympathy and kindness, and general respect to my oltiee from many more; and if a nearer, dearer tellowship is hardly to be expicted on earth, may we at last meet where a true underslandmi: will l)e given us ot the points on wliicli we have ditlered, and there will be "no roimi left among us either for error in religion, or for viciousness in life." The llisiiop addressed his elerny as follows in his cliat^^e delivered at the Cathedral in ls77: I must ask your indulgence for too hiirriedlv setting before you some topics of counsel and encouragement, having had little leisure for writing, amidst the perplexity and distraction which the late terrible calamity has brought upon us.' Some portion of the work in which I have been engaged, on behalf of the Church, has been as follows: In the year 1874, I contirmed one hundred and eighty-tive persons, ordained live priests and two deacons, consecrated two churches and one burial ground, and travelled three thousand four hundred and fifty-eight miles. Many visits were made to ditlerent parts of the Diocese ; and in f^eptember, in company with the clerical and lay delegates chosen by our Synod, I attended, for the first time, the Provincial Synod of the several Dioceses of Canada. Wi; were received with the greatest cordiality; and I have reason to believe that our presence was considered of advantage to our Canadian brethren. I ought not to omit that at the Provincial Synod, we were all cheered by the presence and animating words of my dear and honoured brother, the IJishop of Lichlield, who, after the Synod, travelled one thousand five hundred miles in order to fulfil a ' Tlie calainitoiis tire in St. John. Jil ■if 172 TiiK Most lii:\ i:ui:m> .loiix Mkdlkv, \K I). if! pniiiiisc that lie Wdiild visit Krcclcrictoii ; and on the 4tli of October prciiclH'd twici' ill our Catlit'dral, and addressed our Sunday scholars wilii such good eUeet, that of tiieir own accord, they proposed to contribute to tin e(hicati who communicate un the same day, or on the next Sunday, has largely increased ; in many parishes nearly all conununicating, in others the great nuijor- ity ; though I have still to deplore the existence of backward parishes, in which those who nuide promises failed to fulfil their engagements, and appeared to be totally ignorant of the spiritual loss they sustained. I'arents are, I fear, greatly responsible for this neglect of dnty, and seem to be much hindered by a foolish notion, to which the ("hurch gives no sanction, that it is improper to have their children confirmed before they are fifteen or sixteen years of age, Hy their delay it often happens, that this duty is postponed till the yonng people an; easily h'd away by wrong im- pressions; become independent and most difHcult to be convinced ; and are led to believe that they can receive no benefit from the ordinance, uidess they can declare themselves converted, not after the manner of the Bible, but after the manner of human invention. Having been taken suddenly unwell before the close of this visitation, 1 was thankful to avail myself of the services of ray valued friend and brother, the Bishop of Maine, who promptly and most kindly confirmed in several country missions for ine. In the year 1876, I visited the North Shore and other parts of the Diocese, and confirmed four hundred and three persons, ordained four priests and three deacons, consecrated two churches and two burial grounds, and travelled three thousand two hundred and sixty-one miles. ; ;. I TiiK l>is]iui'"s Tuii;.\NiAi, CiiAiuii:. 178 ^\ ronif iiu- 1 Knrly in the Mimnn>r I iiiul tlio great sHtififaction of receiving into our Clhureh, llirotigli the kind assistanee of Rev. L. A. Iloyt, the \vh<'h> cnlony ol' I)a''i.-h eniijjrants, two hnn(lre(t in number ; and of o^(hlinin^^ after due exaininatioii, one of their nnniiter, who liad been a sehool-teaeher, the Kev. N. M. Hansen. As Mr. Hansen Hpoaks i)oth Danish and Knglish, and reae for that pnrp(»se, as assistance is nuich needed. Her lloyal High- ness, the Princess of Wales, has kindly sent a donation of twenty )(innds sterling. This year was to me a sorrowful otie, being marked by the death of three old and valued friends. The first, my dear fellow-worker in the Vineyard, four years my senior, Bishop of the Diocese of Newfoundland. Few bishops have presided over a harder field of labour, or have worked more faithfully or successfully in it. He left fifty-two clergy, where he found oidy twelve; u college endowed with £7,500 ; two orphaiuiges ; a clergy widows' fund ; churches doubled in number; and a (yathe'l 178 TiiK Most Reverend John ^^EDLEY, D. D. Generous _<;-itt8 luid kind s\'iiii»atliv heljied to allay, in .some (U'lToe, the more immediate wants of the sntt'ereiM. The nnuu' years which have since elapsed, with all the eneruy and determination so laru;ely displayed, hfive tailed to make i!:ood many an irre})aral)le loss. As always in seasons of tronhle and distress, the Bishop was ready with substantial aid, warmest sympathy, and fatherly connsel. Soon after the i'u'c he |>rea(;hed in the stricken city, at St. John's church. His text was taken from St. Luke xiii. 2, 8 : "And Jesus answering said unto them. Suppose ye that these (lalilicans were sinners above all the Galiheans, be- cause they suffered such things? F tell you nay: luit, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish": What are the lessons, my brethren, which God intends us to leai .' from the great and unexpected calamity which has befallen us? The text implies that all such evils are i)erniitte(l by God, but it shows a clear distinction between the Providence of God and the agency of num. . . . Even wlieu a special punishment was foretold by the prophets of old, for some special national sin, the righteous suffered with ihe wicked. Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel went into captivity, and lost all they possessed, together with the guilty Israelites, who had neglected and mocked at their predictions. TIius, the chief caution of the passage is a warning against self-righteousness; and we are re- minded that our duty lies in doing all in our power to mitigate the evil under which others are suffering without attcn ;)ting to penetrate into the counsels of the Almighty, or to i)ronounce judg- ment, individually, on our fellow-creatures. . . . Our first lesson is one of deep humility. "We brought nothing into the world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out." Even if we admit that we cannot carry our possessions with us, we feel confident of being able to bequeath them. But God steps in and shows us, that not even this is always permitted. When the sense of possession is strongest; when tiie j)roduce of our labour in our silver and gold is nndtiplied; when our houses are enriched T). Calamitous Fire in St. Johx. 170 y, m some rcr3. The he eueruy id to make seasons of substantial Soon after St. John's xiii. 2, 3: )8e ye that lilivans, he- nav : but. ntcnd^ U8 to has befalk'ii 1 by God, but God and the lishuit'ut was tional sin, the and lost all lad neglected liintion of the Id we are re- 1- to mitigate |itten ;)ting to nounce judg- We brought Inothing out." lis with us, we ( Jod steps in When the >ur labour in are enriched ■i with costly ornaments; when banks are laden with our accumula- tions; when private citizens and corporations spend as if there were no end to riches, and the world lay at their feet ; when men ciy " peace and safety," then " sudden destruction cometh upon tlieni " and there is no escajje. All is levelled to the ground What a terrible reflection comes home to us, that we shall have to give a strict account of all these riches which are gone, and which we are not now permitted to enjoy! A humble submission to the will of God will do much to mitigate the loss and soften the blow. There is much suflering, but the great hope remains. If we face this great sorrow manfully and resolutely, God may yet raise our city from the dust. Industry and perseverance will do nuich to restore our walls, but humility will do more; it will j)romote our moral and religious improvement; it will teach us lessons of good, which communities in general are too slow to learn Now is the time for jilainer living and higher thinking; for con- tiacting no debts we cannot in reason hope to pay. 1 ill Christians come to understand that debts ill-contracted and undiscliarged are ill-disguised robbery, they have not learned the elements of the religion they profess. Their prayere, their alms, their comnuuiion, are of no value in the sight of God. ...... But to our comfort under this calamity, we may remend)er that punishment is always intended by (.Jod as a remedy. The sinful heart of man requires to be taught by pain. Unchecked prosperity corrupts and enfeebles the mind, as surely as a constantly hot cli- mate enervates the body. Sin needs to be burned out, and grace to be burned into the sou' and we arc braced and invigorated l>y chastisement. .......... Think of the readiness with which you have been assisted from all quarters; the spirit of Christian charity which has been called forth ; the union of many hearts and hands in untiring and unselfish labour ; the eager desire to benefit without hope of return ; the hitnpy forgetfulness of rivalries, all folded together in the embrace of a universal charity, and you will see that, probably, more zeal and .substantial good luay result, than if the evil had never been permitted. Ph 1 1 I { III 180 The Most Reverend John Medley, 1). D. Oh ! the blessing of heavenly contentment in every station in which God has placed us; the blessing of inij)arting to the honest poor, what is in our power to give ; of not hastening to be rich. Of being able to lie down in peace and safety ! Soon I shall have nothing but a shroud, my coverlet will be a narrow bed of earth ; therefore, oh my God, make me satisfied with the portion Thou allottest me ; give me a calm and thankful heart ; religious and reasonable desires, honesty, prudence and simplicity ; a guileless soul ; a (piiet, trusting spirit, tliat I may find all I need, desire and hope for, in Thee ! I- fi CIIAl'TKK XV. Intercourse with the Church in the United States — Extracts from Sermons — Xotes from the Annals. 'HE Diocese of Fredericton {uljoiiis that of Maine, Ignited States. Between tlie bishops and elerifv ot tlic sister Dioceses tlie warmest and most brotherly intcrconrsc lias always existed. These fraternal relati<»ns began in the days of the saintly Eishon Hnrgess, the tirst Bishop of Maine, for whom the Bishop of Fredericton enter- tained the highest regard. Tt was the cnstom of Bishoji Burgess, when he made his annual visitation to the eastern part of his Diocese, to pass over to the I>ritish Provinces, where he made the acipiaint- ance of many of the P^nglish clergy. Beferring to one of these visits, the Bishop of F'redericton penned the following communication : I had the liappines.s of a short visit from my osteenjed friend and brother in pastoral work, in June, bS6o. I need say little on the personal i)leasure we derived from that too brief sojourn with us. His conver-sation, always instructive and charming, was onliv(>ned by racy anecdotes, and touches of genuine humour, which added to its cheerfulness without detracting from the solid sense which characterized all he said. To this was added a modesty and un- ati'ected sim|)licity, which sat well on one whose learning and ability were unbounded. He kindly delivered an address at the anniver- sary of our Diocesan Church Society. In the simplest ^tylc, without any etlbrt or desire to win applause ; in weighty and wcU-chosen words, he urged upon us the duty of missionary work, and rebuked the unfaithfulness and coldness of heart with whii-h such etlbrts were often met, and the excuses made for withholding what was justlv due. (if ili 182 TiiK Most Revkrexd John Medley, D. D. 1 i! H I may add that the Bi(*hop spoke with the ease and fluoney of a j)rac'tised ext('tnp()raiK'on.s speaker: his sentences were uttered with 118 much deliberation as it' he had been readin;^ from a manuscript. Long will that brief visit be remembered, and great has been the sorrow of many among us, that we shall never on earth listen to his voice again.' Tlie rcijanl and iitt'ectioii expressed for the iirst Bisliop of Maine were fully extended to his successor, IJishop Neely. The liishop of Frederieton was ])reseiit, and took a promi- nent i>art in the services at the consecration of the Cathedral at ]*ort]an-reatly advanced by the services of the cler«jy from both J^ioceses without rei!;ard to the boundary. Bishoj) >redley, on several occasions, visited Xew York, and other principal cities in the Tnited States, at the tri- ennial meetini2;s of the (leneral Convention. It is (juite .safe to say that no I'relate from abroad was more ct)r(lially welcomed by the representatives of the American (/hurch. This is, jierhaps, the more remarkable, as, from his mannei', habits, and early traiiuni;', there was a stroni;^ contrast be- tween the l>ishop of Frederieton and his brother liisliops and leadintj; churchmen in the United States. ITis marked abilities, his plain, but impressive, sermons and ad(h'esses, his earnest teachiuiij in accordance with the doctrines of the Church, were highly a}>prcciated. American churchmen are very practical. They will not endure cant or jiedaiitry. Among them, too, is wholly wanting that intolerance wdnch so often, in former years, was arrayed in opposition to the Bishop in his own Diocese. They have, indeed, many varied bodies of professing Christians, of whom little is known in Canada. But they are free from that folly which ' Memoir of Bishop Burgess, page 35(5. ?]XTKACTS FROM SeRMONS. 188 watches for tlie errors of l{onu', under u cross on the iiUar, op 11 snri)Hce(l choir. The principles and teachint!; of tlio I'isliop were in accord with those which, in years past, have hecn set forth in those Dioceses in Anierii-a wiiich iiave nnuU' the i(reatest advance. Ainonsjj the hiity that re[>resent the Church in their conveti- tions will he found men well versed in the teachini:: of piinii- tive times. Many such, hy tlieir very study, havi' hc^'U led from various relii2;ious bodies into tlie communion ot the Church. As early as the year IHol, the IVisiiop of Fredericton visited the City of lioston. At that time it was " the day ot small thinii's" with the Church of the Advcit. Those who ori<;inated the movement connected with the estahlish- iiii:; of that church had to contend with many difhculties and much op[)osition. ]\hiny of its supporters were far from heinuj in favour with the ruliiii;; powers in the Diocese. The years that iiave passed have wrought a wonderful change. At the present day there is no church or parish in the Diocese of Afassachusetts strone false. "It i.s God that justitieth, who is he that condemneth "i* " The Father had accepted his sacrifice, had acknowleducd his merit, and had placed in his hands as nuin, and as mediator, the kingdom of heaven and earth. This enal)les us to understand, why our Lord's ascension into glory is descrihetl as the reward ot his suHer- ings. " lie hund)led himself unto death, even the death of the cro.xs, therefore, also, hath (iod highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name," and this was done, "to the glory of God the Father." We are not to infer, that it was not done to the glory of God the Son al.-;o ; for our Saviour says, " all things that the Father hatli are mine;" he re(|uire.s that "all men should honour the Son even as they honour the Father;" and they honour the Father with worship and adoration as the supreme (Jod. Nay, St. John assures us, that Christ is "the true God," and St. Paul, that he is "God above all, l)lessed for evermore," and that he is "before all things, and that by him all things were made." But inasmuch as the Father, as Father, has a glory which the Son, as Son, has not; and as the Son, as man, is glorified and exalted by his Father, as God, therefore the exaltJition of the risen body of Christ, is "to the glory of God the Father," who sent him into tlie world. For even the Son, as man, is to be "subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all." II. Our Lord's ascension was the way to hi^ glory, as King and Judge of all mankind ; it is thus that the Apostle describes him as "sitting at the Father's right hand, far above all principality ami power." He was seen by St. Stej)hen standing, which is the posture of a combatant ; but is commonly described as sitting, which is the posture of a judge. In the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Apostle speaks of him as reigning; and the Psalmist says, "the Lord is nil ■ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) A 4L^- &>/ V f/j fA ^ 1.0 I.I 1.25 '^« IM 112.5 «^^ IIIIM c IIM 1: m 1 2.2 12.0 U III 1.6 v^ ^1 o^ c^. ^? ^^. /y ^^ / / OpM m Photographic Sciences Corporation # n>^ H i\ 4^ V 4v > %^ c^^ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 ?n? A 186 The M ST Reverend John Medley, T>. D. i 1 ' !!■ King, he sitteth between the cherubiins," that is, on the seat of covenanted mercy ; for the cheriibims, in the Jewish temple, spread out their wings over tlie ark, and the mercy seat, the great emblems of our reden)ption. All things in nature, providence and grace are subject to His will, are cojitrolled by His power, are directed by His wisdom, are sustained by His love. Innumerable worlds, innumerable creatures in each world, gifted with various j)owers of life and intelligence, are all cared for by Him at the same instant. His mind compre- hends, at a glance, the almost infinite jiroportions of the univei-se; and He is, virtually, and by control, present at once, in every part of it. The angels continually behold Him, "binding the sweet influences of Pleiades," and " clothing the grass of the field," " guid- ing Arcturus and his sons," and hearing the cry of the wild beast in the desert, and of the wailing infant at its birth, controlling the dark designs of the blaspheming legions of hell, and breathing, comfort in the heart of the penitent, and giving strength to the walk of the believer. Yet the eternal Son sits on the throne of Heaven, clothed in human form, never forgetful of Bethlehem, of Mount Olivet, or of C'alvary. Each separate saint in glory, each several ))ilgrim on earth. He knows by name. Their history, their difficulties, their fears, their sorrows, and their joys, are all His own. Oh, thought too great for utterance, too mighty almosi for hunnin contemplation ! HI. But, further, our Lord's ascension into glory prepared the way for His intercession. The intercessory part of our Lord's priestly office is one of the most important parts of His mediatorial work. And it behoves us to have clear and distinct conceptions of it, as far as the Scrij)tures reveal it to us. He is represented, in the symbolic language of the Revelation, standing "as a lamb that had been slain," for His glorified body still bears the marks of His ])assion, and has an intercessory virtue in its very presence. For it", on earth, virtue went out from His body before He was glorified and healed all who had need of healing, much more do fresh springs of grnee, and strength, and compassion, and pardon, issue from His body in heaven, of which His Church mystically forms a part. Extracts from Sermons. 187 When we reflect that we thus present our prayers and offerings through " the Lamb that was slain," ti the Father, how joyfully do the Psalmist's words ring out in our ears, " Cast thy burden on the Lord Mnd he shall sustain thee;" ''When my father and my mother forsake me, the Lord taketh me up ; " " Though an host of men were set against me, yet shall not my heart be afraid;" " Thou hast ascended up on high, and hast received gifts for men !" We desire no better Intercessor — we ask for no more effectual l)leader of our cause, than the great sacrifice for the sins of the world. He who laid down his own life to save ours, can want no stimulus from others to relieve and pity us. No name in earth or in heaven can compare with His in tenderness; no name in earth or in heaven can vie with His in wisdom ; no name in earth or in heaven can comi)ete with His in power. There was indeed one on earth whom he honoured above all her sex, by condescending to call her by the sacred name of Mother. But whence came this endearing, this most wondrous name? Was it not from His origi- nal love? Was He not, as the Eternal Word, the fountain of all her purest thoughts and holiest joys? And if she were both " highly favoured," and " full of grace," was not that very grace God's undeserved goodness to His servant? How, then, can we for one moment imagine that this most worthy creature, who owes everything to her Creator's love, should be necessary to infuse fresh sympathy and affection into the heart of the Creator himself? We might, with more reason, ask the dewdrop, that trembles on the little leaf, to swell the multitudinous sea, or bestow its plenteousness on the assembled clouds of heaven. Nay, let all the angels and saints in glory condiine together, and let there be added thereto all the grace that dwells in the inhabitants of the countless stai-s of the firmament, and all is but as a single drop of g()odness, flowing out of the vast encircling tide of Christ's unmeasured, unexhausted, everlasting love. So that the words " Put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man," apply universally, and have no cxceptiDii, even in the mother of our Lord and God, "blessed" and honoured though she be, "above all women," throughout all generations. We do ( li ill ; I I tV^ flp' : m m f '* 188 The Must 1\evkrexd John Medlev, I). 1). not detract frori her dignity, we rather preserve it, when we say. " There is but one Mediator between God and men ; " one Inter- cessor, " the man Christ Jesus." But, if Christ ever live to intercede, should not we also ever live to pray? Here, then, lies the practical use of daily public prayer. It is the gathering together of the faithful, to remind each other of ('hrist's intercession, to desire to reap the benefit of it, to enjoy the assurance of it. It may be said that this can be done at home as well as at church. But the same argument may be applied to the observance of the Lord's day. It may be said, " I can read the Bible at home as well as the clergyman can read it to me." Now, as far as reading the letters and syllables of the Bible, this is very true; but it is rarely found that those who absent themselves from church on the Lord's day spend their time in reading the Bible. Even so I question whether those who say that they do not require the prayers of the Church to remind them of Christ's intercession, spend their time in prayer at home. The truth is, they do not think common prayer of im|)ortance enough to lay themselves out for it, by using all practicable leisure times for its performance. If they felt that it was a blessing to their own souls, they would use it whenever their lawful business permitted. He who feels prayer to be a blessing, has something within him which renders it as impos- sible wholly to abstain from it as to abstain altogether from bodily food. There are times when food is not desired ; but, in a healthy state, we cannot live without it. In like manner the soul wants daily food. This food is prayer ; private prayer ; social, or family prayer ; public, or connnoii prayer. So far from either of these duties clashing, they assist each other. They keep up the life of God in the soul of man. They remind us of a daily, hourly walk with God, and of the benefit of His presence, and watchful care over us. They begin the work of heavenly praise on earth. They put some check (alas! how faint and ineffectual a check) on the vortex of Mammon and dissipatiini of heart which surrounds us. They prepare the soul to take wing and fly away. Suppose we were to be seized with a stroke of paralysis, or of any sudden disease, where could we be found with so much comfort as on our III 1 1 i. ■ Extracts from Sermons. 189 kneea in public prayer? "We might be suddenly smitten .so iis never to recover our speech or hearing. Would not the very strength and purity of prayer lend wings to our enfeebled body, so that it might be said of us, though speechless, or incapable of hear- ing the word, " Behold, he prayeth." ' IV. Christ's ascension was the means of procuring God's greatest gift to the Christian Church, the presence and indwelling of the Holy Ghost. Though the Holy Spirit was given to the saints in old time — for they spake by His inspiration, and all good things come from Him — yet we read that " the Holy Ghost was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified." Not only ilid the Holy Ghost descend on the Apostles at the day of Pentecost in a manner never known before, but his gifts were bestowed on ail faithful Christians in greater fulness and abundance than on the Church after Christ's ascension. Great saints there were before the coming of Christ ; but fewer, 1 suppose, than after His coming. And though the standard of perfection was higher, the mimber of those who approached it was greater. Few good men under the Old Testament disi)ensatiop. seemed to have equalled Noah, Abraham, Job, or Daniel ; but I imagine that St. Paul excelled them all, not only in the abundance, but in the perfection of his gifts. What does the world owe, under God, to that one man ? The greater part of the Christianity of Europe and America dates its commencement, in all probability, from the labours and writings of St. Paul. How precious a fruit was this of Christ's ascension ! What joy must have run through the courts of heaven when the angels proclaimed that the relentless persecutor of the feeble Church in Judea was arrested, converted, baptized, and, by temporal blind- ness, had become the spiritual light of the world ! But what angel in gh»ry could have foreseen the whole illustrious result? Thus does the conquering king " ride meekly on," borne on the wings of righteousness and truth, while of successive generations of His willing captives the inspired poet sings, " with joy and gladness ' How blessed is the recollection that t)ie siiniinons to return tbiuitl your loved pastor on liis knees, in act to bless you, and to pray for a blessing I Yo'i will remember that the words are now printed, as they were preached. It lllll i! li! i;1 'iliiilllllli 190 The Most Reverend John Medley, D. D. shall they be brought, and shall enter into the king's palace ; in- stead of thy fathers thou shalt have children whom thou iiiayest make princes in all lands." "The redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Sion, and sorro'.v and sighing shall flee away." Finally, Christ's ascension is the proper proof of His present humanity, and the great pledge that He will return. Hence His Second Advent is called a "presence," a "manifestation," "an appearance," as of a body existing locally, and reail}' to come amongst us again. Two facts are undeniable. First, that the time of His return must be nearer than when the promise was given ; and, secondly, that the state of the world, in its main features, grows continually more and more like the time when we are taught to look for His coming. The witness of the Gospel is more gener- ally proclaimed. Knowledge is more widely spread. The means of salvation are placed within the reach of a large part of the world. Yet dark and troubled are the waters and the skies. A general agitation pervades every branch of the Church Catholic. Men sigh for unity, but cannot find it, or seek it in error. The love of the world grows more and more intense in the hearts of Belief in any distinct system of truth grows weaker, and men. multitudes realize nothing, believe nothing, love nothing, fear nothing. ^Mammon is the measure of everything, and frequently takes the place of right and wrong. Concession is considered the standard of wisdom, and every truth revealed in the Bible is wil- lingly surrendered in turn to conciliate the good will of mankind. Parental authority is becoming the exception, not the rule. Gov- ernments are weak, and exist in many countries because nothing better or stronger can take their place. These are tokens that the " Lord draweth nigh;" and, though to prelu)rt, tlecisiive, hitter struggle more, and lo I heaven opens, and Christ, "with all His shining train," surrounds us, and we pjiss out of this gloomy valley into the calm and peaceful region of Eternal Day. Amen. Ill October, 18,>}, the Bishop visited Xew ^'orl^ lie preuehed before the Houses of (^mveiitiou uiid at the ordi- nsitioii of the liishops of Xorth mid South Caroliiiii. Thirty l)ishops were present. The sermon was printed at the reipiest of the House of lJisho[)s. The text was taken from '2 Timothy i. (5, 7. The followini^ are extracts from this sermon : We are apt to dwell so frequently on St. Paul's noble champion- ship of justification by faith, that we forget the manifold graces which dwelt in this wonderful man. Yet it is good to point out each trait of nobleness ; his burning love, his surprising wisdom, his unexampled tenderness, his ready self-sacrifice, his accuracy in the choice of words, his masterly arrangement of his subject, his judicious commendation, his no less weighty censures, his indiffer- ence to stripes, to imprisonment, and to death. Thus viewing his character on every side, let us exclaim with reverence and humility, " what hath Clod wrought ! " It seems to have been one part of St. Paul's peculiar trial, that he stood nearly alone, when he most required support. He entered the proud imperial city of Home, a forlorn and aged man ; in chains and needing sympathy ; weak in body, worn with toil ; borne down by clamorous injustice. . . . The trial was for life or death, and the judge was Nero. The spirit of fear seized some, the spirit of worldliness infected others. . . . Now one fancies that one sees through the veil of that fatherly kindness with which St. Paul addresses Timothy, an apprehension that this good and holy man might be a little timorous and yielding. He bids him to re- member his ordination vows and graces. It is no disparagement to Timothy to suppose he might be less firm and courageous than St. Paul. Who is not ? Perhaps we are not so courageous as Timothy. >. o\ heaven lis us, aiul iful region n'l TIo the ordi- Tliii-ty (I at the ken from from this chainpion- )\d graces point out 'isdoni, his acy in the ibject, his is indifTer- lewing his humility, trial, that [g entered in chains 1 ; borne for lite or some, the icies that ,vhich St. and holy im to re- ement to than St. Timothy. KXTUACT.S I'UO.M iSKH.MoNS. 193 All moral and religious qualities are the gift of God. Whether it be courage, love or wisdom, all is grace. From the corrupt foun- tain of the nnUiral heart no good thing flows. " lie prevents us, that we may have a good will." He works in us, when we have that will: pardoning, sanctifying, preserving grace, all is His; for His is the kingdom, the power and the glory. If this be so in the case of ordinary Christians, how much more forcibly nuist it apply to those who are appointed to teach others; to feed, to j)remoiiish the Lord's family, to seek out Christ's sheep out of this naughty world, to nurse, to govern and guide the Church. Every qualifica- tion of which they stand in need, is to be found out of themselves ; it is to be sought as His gift. His special gift, who alone can (jualify them for their work, and make them successful in it. The Apostle plainly declares that there is a special gift granted to faithful and believing clergymen at their ordination, and to be e.\pected by them in answer to prayer. The grand qualification named by the Apostle is equally needed — a loving, tender, aflcctionate spirit. What is more wonderful in the character of our Lord than the union of hatred of sin with love for the sinner? Now we find Him, with stern severity, scourging the inerchandizers out of the Temple, denouncing the Scribes as whited sepulchres, " looking round about on them with anger — grieved for the hardness of their hearts" — even saying to St. Peter, "get thee behind me, ?atan, for thou art an offence unto me," and again we hear Him sweetly inviting weary sinners to their rest, drying the tears of the weeping penitent, praying f )r His murderers, and own- ing the repentant thief as His companion in Paradise. . . . Courage without love is harsh and forbidding. It loves to wound, rather than to hoal. It speaks not only severely, but unkindly. It sees all the evil in men, and acknowledges none of the good. It is bold in denunciation of sin, but makes no allow- ance for the infirmities of the sinner. It might be a want of love that made St. Peter's boldness degenerate into cowardice. Therefore seek to unite boldness and affection. Sternly oppose sin ; firmly uphold the si)irit of the cross ; but seek to win souls also. Learn to ; )1 ! I 1U4 Tin-; Most I{kverexi> Juiix Meulkv, D. D. mm 11 tlistiiiguisli between the ignorant and the vicions ; the ill-instnicted and the obstinate sinner. An unqnanehable love for the immortal soul, " like a lively llaiiie and burninj^ torch, will force its way up- wards, and securely carry you through all."' And now, my dear and honoured brethren, whom I am jM-rmitted to address on this most solemn occasion, what can I, a feeble, sinful brother, say to you worthy of the dignity of the subject, worthy of the occasion which has called us together? My heart is full ; full of eymptithy and aH'ection for you all ; for you especially, brethren, who are this day to receive this most awful, this most blessed gift. Oh! that the prayers here oflered in godly unity and concord, may descend on both brancihes of the Anglican Church, in rich and abundant blessing ! May the mass of ignorance, heathenism and crime which surrounds us, fall before the victorious banner of the Cross! May the blessed truths recovered at our Refornnition penetrate every bosom, and reach other shores ! May our Liturgy, preserved through many fiery trials, form a link for connnuniou with churches of the East and Northern Europe! . . . May we become less bitter, suspicious and irritable; less vainglorious in our speech and action, esteeming the praise of men less, and the praise of God more. And as for you, this day, to be called to the arduous work of the episcopate, may a double portion of the gifts mentioned in the text be poured upon you ! j\[ay you be men of high unflinching courage ! JSever may you betray the interests of the Church you have sworn to defend ! Never may you court popularity by the surrender of the truths entrusted to you ! May unquenchable love for the souls for whom Christ died urge you on continually, nerve you with patience for the conflict, and bless you with increasing success! May a crucified Saviour be both your hope and pattern, the subject of your discourses, your " worship, and the lifter up of your heads," the joy of your hearts, and your exceeding great reward ! As life wears silently away, as the hands now laid upon you grow feeble, and the tongues that now cheer you to your high course lie silent in the 'Thomas i Kempls. ^'iii! I). NoTKS I'KO.M TIIK AnNALS. 1!K 1-iiistnic'ted c immortal its way uj)- • • ii permitlctl (cble, sinful , worthy of ['nil; full of y, brethren, les.sed gift. 1(1 concord, ch, ill rich heathenism s banner of Reformation ur Liturgy, communion May ^\■e •ious in our 1 the praise vork of the in the text g courage ! liive sworn nder of the IH' souls for 1 patience 1! May a ict of your ," the joy life wears e, and the lent in the tond), may other eyes behold you with undinunlshed energy, and increasing love and wisdom, pressing firmly on ; and may our arms be permitted to embrace you in the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Josus Christ I Amen and Amen. T)iiriii,u: his stay in Xcw York, tho nislio|> was hospitalily entertained hy the Ki'v. Dr. Ilai^Li, at whose house lie stayed, llv attended daily at the Chapel of the Seniiimry, and otiee addressed the studi-nts. Ife was admitted to u place in the lIouHe of l>isho[)s and in the liowcr House at the sittiny;s of the convention, and received every jiossilde mark of kindness. lie was also present at the solonn de- position of IJisliop Ives, of Xorth C-arolina, for leaving- his post of duty and ahandoninti; us to join the(Miurch of Rome. Under date October 10th, 1H77, the IJishop reconls in the AniuUs of the Diocese some facts connected with a later visit : The Bishop, with Canon Medley, left Fredericton for Boston to attend the Convention of the American Church. They were most hospitably received by Mr. and Mrs. Rice, and the Bishop found a hearty welcome from the House of Bishops, and clerical and lay deputies. Fifty bishops were in session. It was a remarkably harmonious session. The Bishop met many old friends. He was present and took part in the service at the institution of the Rev. I. Allen, at the Church of the Messiah. Rev. Dr. Dix, of Trinity church, New York, preached an admiral)le sermon. On Wednesday, the 17th October, after bidding farewell to tho House of Bishops, the Bishop, with the Rev. Canon Medley, jjro- ceeded to Portland, Me. They were hospitably entertained by Bishop Neely, and on St. Luke's Day, the Bishop assisted in the service of the consecration of St. Luke's Cathedral, Canon Medley intoning the prayers with the Rev. Dr. Hodges, of Baltimore. Nine bishops and upwards of fifty clergy were present. The debt of $35,000 on the Cathedral had been entirely paid off this year. It was a joyful day. I\ Ul I ! CIIAl'TKK XVI. SkHMONS PHEArilEl) IN 7!\(iLAND — LaMDKTU CoN! lENCE El'ISCUl'AL lilNti — AdUHESS AM> Ivlll'l-Y — XoKCS FROM THE Annai.s. |g«|UKVr()rSLV to the IMsliop's upiMMntniont to the irii ^^^ ^^ Frodorictoii, or about that tiiiio, a voluiue of his sermons was piihlishiMl in Kni^^lanch This hook has boon very ii;^' no rally circulated in the DioccHOr Those who hav(! road it cannot I'ail to ai>j»reciati' its value The Sunday after his consecration, the IJishoj) preached at Exeter Cathedral. The subject of !.''« sermon is " Alone, yet not alone." The sermon itself is worthy of permanent record, and the followini^ portions will be read with deep interest, especially the reference to the u^reut work he had undertaken in comiection with his episcojial office. The text was Psalm cxxxix. 0, 10: No .sentiinont sccnis more profouiully true, or more deeply affect- iiig, tlian that which was uttered l)y the great Pascal — "I shall die alone." This loneliness, which is peculiarly felt iti the hour of death, when all human help is worthless, and even human sympathy is weak, is, in fact, a part, and a most important part, of man's moral nature. We are horn into the world alone — we live in many respects alone — we love in some degree alone — we rejoice and sorrow often alone. But live as we may, we nnist die alone. Wiiatever station we may have occuj)ied in society, by whatever ties we may have been surrounded, by whatever joys or sorrows encompassed, whatever of hunuvn sympathy may have been minis- tered to us, in that hour we nuist break off all, and, single-handed, surrender ourselves to the grasp of our last enemy. But this sentiment of the great Pascal is applicable to many other states of human life, and is also connected with another great (196) 1 SkH.MiiNS ritllACIIHli IN KNiILAND. ll>7 truth, which I desiigu to dwell i!])()ii at tliii^ time in conncftion with the passage now before us. F<»r the loneliness of man was foreseen from the first, and provided for. '* It h not go(»d that the man .should 1)0 alone," .^aid the (.'reator. The form of expressidii, xIimiM he. (done, if it he well considered, involves, as all words of God iiiii-it involve, great mysteries of our nature, lint if considi-reil without reference to any other truth, the loneliness of man would he most jippalling to our minds, and would lead us to despair. For the thought of dying alone may well shake the stoutest heart. . . . What I design, then, to show at this time is, the fact of man's being a creature made in some sense