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Un das symbolas suivanta appataittra aur la darnMr«lmaga if cliaqua microfieha. aalon la cas: lasymbdla »»> algnlfia "A SUIVRE", la symbols y algnifia "FIN". it toba Id tftto IS »tlia l.aa cartaa, planchaa, talilaaux, ato.. pauvant Atra flimAs A daa taux da rAductlon difflAranta. Loraqua la document aat trop grand pour Atra raproduit.an un saul cllchA, II ast fllmA A partir df I'angia aupArlaur gaucha, da gauclia A droita. at da haut mn baa, an pranant la nombra d'Imagas oAcassaira. Las diag^mmaa sulvanta - illuatrant la mAtlKNia. • 1 ••*. %, * 2 3 ' * 6 maocorx wwuition w cha^ (ANSI onci ISO TEST CHART Ho, 2) 1.0 \r " 32 Itt 13^ 14.0 1.25 iU 1^ I IIIIIS 1.8 1.6 1 ♦ *i /APPLIED IN/HGE Inc 1653 East Mam Street . Rochetter, New York - 14609 UJSA (716) 482 - 0300 - PtKMie (716) 288 - 5989 - Fak ■'r ■/ • n Jv ^ PASTORAL LETTER TO f ■.•«^' nV s ■i^ fABISHJONElaPOF ST. JOHN'b, ^tUNENBTIRG. • '3 'I ."•-•■».•.■ • . •^:■-_ A. ^'i hX f ., / Ww. GoMip, Fiviter , 36 GrasTiUo Sjbi^et, ■■ • * • ' HALIFAX, N. S. /• .'■i~.-s,^^:.ir-v---- i8o0. '#»• 6 V ^ ^y t W f^ J: t « 4 J- 1 , tl I. t • .'•"'- ^'-^. 1 fc • * > < 9M ■ * r 4 ''^<* ^ • 1 ,::-S( ► Tl \: • • P • * nn w . ^ • . no t r »' * ^ 1 • lift i • » %>. ■■M: J' f4 A: • PASTORAL TO THK PABISmONERS OF ST. JOHN'S, tUNElWJRO .♦■■■■• ..•■;-■■■ My Dkar Brethrxn, - ^ At the oommenoement of a new year, I feel & sfcronrde- «ire to address a few words to you, in such a manner, as'that they may be pwj^t to your minds, longer than either a ver- l»al communicdM^ or an exhortation from the Pulpit I do «o, therefore, inl printed form, hoping that you may read It more than once, and perhaps take it up after I am irone It inay bo in the recollection of some of you. that I adopted a ' similar phm about twelve years ago ; when I add a pastoral letter, to the people of my charge. '^ Many who read "8 «f mine. What euangw have I witnessed among you during that qdarter of a we, lere. -y.'. 'm: > Miitaiy ! What Tioi«itad€e of oload and mmshiiM, of joy and aorrow, of prosperity And adTersity. How many timfli have I beon oalledto comfort those that irere oast down, " and to weep with those tl^ wept. ' ' Few, indeed, are the houaes, ' that have not in thai^Ume been " houaos of mourning ;" tp most of them the yiilw of death have been oft repeatod. How many of those, near and dear to you, have I at- tended on beds of sickness and natn ; and finally committed to the " narrow house appointea for all the living." Over nearly Five Hundred persons have I read that most solemti and touching of all Servicesi; the Burial Office of our Church. Hiose graves have inddl^d tiie old and the young — tho woalc and the strone. What 'floods of tears »have been Rhod over all these. Ana many alas ! have there been, over whom tho ocean wave has closed, amid the whirlwmd and the storm ; whom their Mends have mourned with long continued sighs and tears. Manv, likewise, of our young men have breathed their last in &r ^stant Iwds, and now jsleep in " the Isles of the Sen. " So great have been the changes among us, that I am now raiiniBtering, almost to a new generation, many of whom were unborn, when my voice was ^t lieard in your Church. Whole families indeed have parsed away since iheii I Nor has the Shepherd escaped, whilo the nook has thus been smitten. Th&t has bc&Uen him. whi<^ cometh in turn to all' He has been called to eat the bread and drink the waters of affliction ; and you have mingled your jtears with his. During his sojourn among you, the Lord hasi deprived him of boUilis revered parents, of a higUy valued sister, a (lear and cmly brother, and two beloved on^ who were "bone 4)f his bone and flesh of hi» flesh." 'f Even i^, Father, for iso it seemed good in Thy sight" . ■ •♦ Not IcBt," are ihey, we trust, '♦ but gone before."^-^ • I hope wo m^ alt have grace to say from our hearts,, " not my will but Thine be done. " I hope our various afflictions may have been sanctified to pur good, loosening ova hold upon cardii and causing our aflfeotions to mount onliigh. ;. . . To thun us tor heayen, isassuredly the mercifol dosign of aU God's dispensations oil earth. And hmnbly to second that deop, and lead you to Him,: who has the keys of that:lieayeiily Kmgdom, and present you ; faultless before God throui^ the blood of Jesus, i " " M^ /*T''V •n asl yo <1« ta1 th «f iU be all A ar « yc or fa ar ill in th th P' es cc ra in if] in in in d^ t£ ai Si T r^ :\- • *f M^ rvs «nd of my miniBtrj. And now, dear Brothron, permit mo to ask yon how fiur is thitt end answered in the cam of each of you 't Have you oome, aa poor, miserable sinners, under a tle^p sense of your unwJ^hmuss, to " the Lamb of Qod that ta^oth away the sins of the world," seeking pardon andpcaro throi^h His blood alone ? Mindful that " you have no powet of yourselves to help yourselves," that your hearts arc " do- oeitful above all things and desperately wicked," that in yotii dwelleth naturally " no good tiling," and that we musk all fat ** renewed in the spirit of our minds ;" have you sought, and aro you daily seeking, the influence of the Holy Spirit T And have you the testimony of that Spirit with yours, thai you are the children of Ood ? And are the fruit« of that Spirit (Ool. v.) to be scon in your lives and conversations V Aro you mindful that *' here we have no continuing city," and are you anxiously " seeking one to come." And is it your daily endeavour to 'Vlivc the life that you tiow live in the flosh, by faith ill the Son of God T' Does your religion mingle with, and leaven your dtuly business ? Oon it be seen in your fam* . ilies, in your dealings with each other — in your words, and in your actions ? Thus affording practical, living evidence, that ye aro Christ's? ' "^ And are you diligent and fervent in the exercise <»f all the duties of your most holy faith ? Are you mindful of your Saviour !s solemn charge, " Enter into thy closet and shut thy door and pray to thy Father in secret," resorting to private prayer and communion with God, as at once your mg^ est privilege, and the most powerful means of strength and comfort to your souls ? Have you responded to my oft repeated exhortation, to raisiQ the domestic attar in your dwellings, and ofiferthe morn- ing and evening sacrifice of Family Prayer? And are you in the habit regularly and devoutly, of seeking in the Sacra- ment of th6 Lord's supper^ the "strengthening and refresh- ing" influence of Divine grace, to animate your &ith, and increase your love and <|uioken your obe^llBce to Him whose ^ dying love is there commemorated ? Ana finally, nottoex*^ tend these queries further, is tbo Bible duly prized by. you 1 and DAILY read, as that which is able to moke you wise untoN Salvation ; as that which alone can cheer, 'direct, and console you in '* the house of your pilgrimage ?" Y '%: Tf minv of TOtt *t^ do evil aud : luam to-da w»U.'* ->-: :■ •./;^ '..• -^■^."' ■■:.'- '^: '.•:'; ^'■'\- WoukL that I could - efieeinally Krouso the ungodly and the careless aniongfppi, to seek the Lonl while yet Ho may bo found, a God of mercy and loving kindnoiRs ; to call upon liim while yet He is jioar to hearken. Would that every num. woman and child among you could now be brought, at onoe, this very day, " while it is called to day j" to give your Jioartfl and lives to that Saviour who gave himself for you I Brethren, I can truly say, " my heart's desire and prayer to God for you nil, is" tliat pu ttiay be saved. But you well know that without your own effi)rts this desire cannot he accom** plishod. " Every one of uf must give «n account of himself vtoGod." ■.■■•■■"■ . .■■■■.••^- ■■.;■■■'■:' ■.•' Therefore each must " work out his own salvation," in *f<»n of godli- ness without its power," in the name of " Churchmen, ' or *• Christians," while your hearts and lives are at variance with the Spirit of Christ. It often weighs down the heart of yoiir Pastor, wheiiiii reflects hoiT many, on the one hand, are treading with feurol boldness the paths of open sin, bkisr ^>heraing that 1^ Name bywhich wo are called, breaking the Sabbath, *\ Ibra&ing the house of the Lord," and in other respects ta^ng Satan as their maater. And how many on ^le other h^^ seem to rest in the mere outside of religion,. •, thm^ ofihese things." Remember that " favour is doeoitful, and beauty is vain, hut a woman that feareththe Lord, she shall '^'iSre you in the married statij ? DwoU together accord- ing to knowledge. Help one another in the narrow way that le^eth to life? Pray for each other; Itead over frequenay those solemn words of the Church, in which your vows were mutuallf pledged for life. And read, too, in the word of God, Eph. V. 22. 33 ; Col. in. 18, 19, which bear upon the duties of your rehitionship. So,^when that rude hand . that snai^ ^ earthly ties, shall put you asujader, it nuiy not be without a good hope of meetirig agan, far ^bove this vale 4f tears. ■ i « m. But has that hand ahfe^dy done its work / Then re- member for your comfort, the " God of the fetherless and the widow"' ' '■■" •■■"^'' :^ ■■•'■•^■. ■■.•■ ■ V, » - .'; ■ Are' you masters or mistrfitees ? Forget not, that you tlBO have a Miater in heaven. Forget not that your servants have souls to save, for which you are so far a«countoble. asto give them good advice and instruction. Deprive them not of Sabbath pnvUeges,, valuable to all, but doubly so t» "the manwtvimt and tbfe maid servant." Lnpose no Y^*^/P«? them bnt such as is absolutely and essentially needful} and»wA OS eauld not have hem done on the premous day. Are you servants r Be feitiiful, lonest, lalwnous, »8- peotfol, charte, humble in thought, word atd deed. Not togthat WU IE W "' ■■ W .'■.' . 0' ii :'''r -a ■■•V T .,-■■«] :'''--.t .■•:■■■.; < ■ ';.■.'■■■■,< .■ ■■■1 . ; :'iv ■^M ^■■:-.- ■'■9- ■ Chumh «f wbioh we «i» member.. ,«r^'%™l^Jn ^"v'^S.'^Lf^ oS I tS Hve and die in her Worn. ^f?*^ **S.le^e ■^<**rt *» "hur^h can save !>»» JO""?*" *L?^ 'flii*r Bnt, in her Utargy. in "%». • She nowhere J««»«^, '|||L^SJVe evorvfting wi can , her OT^nancea, m her d<>«tn«p«J^".;™W"L:.t comer ■.WreU,Wp«e^to.»me.o|J;^^^ -^inir^'^.:%rdn^ •-^^ir t^r ,^r%t.wr\™ ConP*- ^^Aonld appear on the List of Jhe l)u«e»a Chnrd. b«- ■ ^i^ ^ Broth«i I heartily wiAyon •ll™n*W ™.r. M«v nrosDeritr and hapriness attend yon «»* J^ ; JaUbewah y^ "^T ^^ "^ y«« «id keep yon , ►•«( 10 /«y Ac Lord lift tap tLe »t of Hw oountemmt* up6n ;^ ^ '^ •nd give jou pww now aiilfor ever." This is the ' ' .I- ■ prayer, of ^iendand Pastor, ' . ^ ^■^-^,^'^SXi^. JAS. C. COCHRAN. fl'- John's RrsoA^, Januaiy Ist, 185jp. ; ; ;^» <^ <>"'fe^^on«tant ere With hlc8sinKs cronrnnPh op'nin/f voir. 1I.V scanty span dorti still prolong Aud wakes anew mine Annual aong. How many prccions sonls are fled, To the vast regions of the dead, ' Since to this day the changing san, ' Through his.lasi yearly period run f Wc yet survive, but who can say, .';i*V''."*°«'' '••''' y«"''<>«'»nonth. Ordar, I shall retain this vital breath, " Thus far at least in league with death !*• That breath is thine. Eternal God»: TIs Thine to fix my soul's abode ; It holds its life from Thee ah>ne. 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