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 The Right Rev. Maurice S. Baldwin^ 0,0., 
 
 BISHOP OF HURON. 
 
 MrtHE subject of this brief memoir was bom in 
 ^5 Toronto on the 21iit June 1836, and is I ha 
 fourth son of the late John Sprbad Balowxit, aii i 
 first cousin of the late Honorable Bobbbt BAi<T)wnr. 
 He receiyed his early education at the Upper Canada 
 OoUege, and graduated at Trinity Collefre, Toronto. 
 In 1860 he was ordained Deacon, by the late Bishop 
 Gbobtn, and appointed to the Curacy of St. John's 
 Ohurch, St Thomas. In 1862 he entered upon his 
 first independent charge as Incumbent of St. Paul's 
 Ghurch, Port Doyer, and in October 1865 accepted a 
 call to the Incumbency of St. Luke's Ohurch, Montreal. 
 In January 1870, he received the appointment of 
 Assistant Minister at Christ Churefa Cathedral, and in 
 the month of June following was appointed one at its 
 
Canons. On the death of the Very Reyd. Dean 
 Bbthunb, in 1872, Canon Baldwin was unanimoasly 
 elected Rector of the Parish, and was subsequently 
 made Dean of Montreal. In October 1883, he was 
 elected Bishop of Huron, filling the vacancy occa- 
 sioned in that diocese by the resignation of the Bight 
 Revd. Isaac Hbllmitth, D.D., LL.D. 
 The acceptance of this exalted and responsible posi- 
 
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 tion, necessitated the removal of Bishop Baldwin from 
 Montreal, where he had for nearly twenty years exer- 
 cised a powerful influence for good, being in harmony 
 with surroundings which bad largely grown up about 
 him. The universal respect and esteem in which he 
 was held by the community at large, was evidenced 
 by a Fabbwbll Gomflimbntabt Brbakfast, ten- 
 dered to him by representative men from almost every 
 Protestant denomination and religious institution in 
 the city. A committee, composed of the Revd. Dr. 
 Forrs, Revd. Dr. Stbvbnson, the Revd. G. H. Wblls, 
 and the Revd. J. S. Black (Secretary), was organized 
 to carry out the undertaking. 
 
 In response to a circular Issued by the Secretary, 
 over two hundred and fifty guests occupied seats iu 
 the large dining room of the Windsor Hotel, on 
 the morning of the 26th November, the Hon. Jambs 
 
Fbbbxbb presiding. On the ohairmftu*! right sat the 
 Bishop elect and Mrs. Baldwin, the Bishop of Mon- 
 treal, the Hon. Thomas White, M.P., the Bey. Dr. 
 Stevenson and Mrs. Stevenson. On his left sat the 
 Bevd. Dr. Wilkes and Mrs. Wilkes, the Hon. Judge 
 Torrance, the Bey. J. S. Black, Prof. B. P. Howard, 
 M.D., and Mrs. Howard. 
 
 In due course, the Hon. Mr. Fbbbibb called the 
 guests to order with a few preliminary remarks. He 
 alluded to Dban Baldwin's work in connection with 
 the various charitable and religious institutions of 
 Montreal, and said that Providence had greatly 
 honored the Dean by calling him to a wider sphere 
 of usefulness ; that they could now only acquiesce. 
 The Diocese of Huron, he thought, had heretofore been 
 honored with good Bishops, and they all knew what 
 the result ^ould be should the present Bishop's lifl» 
 be spared. As President of the Montreal Bible So- 
 ciety, the speaker said the removal of Dean Baldwin 
 ftom this city would be keenly felt ; but the Society, he 
 was happy to say, had adopted the last suggestion of 
 the Dean, and was extending its work over a greater 
 area than it had hitherto done. 
 
 The Bey. J. S. Blaok, as Secretary of the Breakfast 
 Oommittee, requested permission to r(»ad several letters 
 
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 received that morning, which, in hit opinion, would 
 afford his friend the Dean almost as much pleasure as 
 though the writers had heen personally present to 
 speak for themselyes.-~[Letter8 read.]— Oontinuing, 
 the Revd. Secretary said that as far as his feeble voice 
 could represent the Presbyterians of Montreal, he 
 ioined in expressing the deep sense of loss they were 
 about to sustain by the removal of their f!riend Dean 
 Baldwin from this city. He concluded by thanking 
 those present for the manner in which they had re- 
 sponded to his circular. 
 
 The Bev. Dr. Wilrbs said that though sorry to lose 
 their good friend, they heartily congratulated him on 
 his elevation by the suffrages of his brethren, or rather 
 he might say, by the call of the Lord. He spoke on 
 behalf of the Montreal branch of the Evangelical 
 Alliance, organised to show to all the unity of the 
 people of God— a work in which Dean Baldwin and 
 Bishop Bond always took great interest. They of 
 other denominations had watched the Dean ever since 
 he came amongst them, and had been delighted with 
 his simplicity and purity of conduct, his character so 
 unassuming and so unaffected, with his clear and 
 noble utterances of truth, with all the work by which 
 he served God by serving his fellow men. He had 
 
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•hown a remarkably oatholio ipirlt; he loved the 
 Matter so well that he could not help loying all who 
 loved the Lord Jeiai Ohriit. This wai done with no 
 oondeioeniion, but at a soldier with his comrades in 
 the same army. His reotorate at St. Luke's and at the 
 Oathedral, and his other efforts, had all been an edu- 
 cation for the higher work to which he was now called. 
 He concluded by reading the following minute of the 
 Montreal branch of the Evangelical Alliance :— 
 
 **The members of this branch of the Dominion 
 Evangelical Alliance cannot bid farewell to its 
 Vice-President, the Very Bev. Dean Baldwin, on his 
 elevation to the See of Huron, and consequent depar- 
 ture from the city, without placing on record their 
 high sentiments of his personal and ministerial charac- 
 ter, distinguished by purity, fidelity to principle, and 
 faithfulness in preaching the Gospel of Christ, mani- 
 festly depending on the power of the Holy Spirit, and 
 a broad, generous catholicity of spirit, embracing in 
 its range of influence all who love and serve our 
 Saviour, and further their fraternal appreciation of 
 his * work of faith and labour of love ' in the commu- 
 nity for so many years, including not only his en- 
 lightened and fervent ministry of the word of life, bi^t 
 also his untiring activity in promoting temperance and 
 the progress of those societies and institutions whosi; 
 object is the well-being of man and the glory of Qod. 
 They honor their friend and brother for his work^and 
 esrvice in the Kingdom of the Redeemer, and they 
 
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 pray that in the important sphere of supervision and 
 labour to which he has been called, he may ever 
 breathe the same Catholic spirit, maintain the same 
 grand verities of our holy religion, and receive abun- 
 dant grace and blessing from the Divine Head of the 
 
 Church. »' 
 
 (Signed) Hbi^bt WUiKss, D.D. 
 
 (Signed) J. S. Bi«ack, Secretary* 
 
 Mr. J. M. Smith, on behalf of the Young Men's 
 Christian Association, said that being intimately con- 
 nected with all the Protestant churches, they felt their 
 joys and their sorrows. Dean Baldwin had always done 
 everything that lay in his power for the Association, 
 and his faithful teaching and life had inspired others 
 to work in the vineyard. The very differences between 
 members of the Association led them to greater exer- 
 cise of kindness and charity. They all deeply felt his 
 removal from Montreal, but congratulated him on his 
 entering a new door of usefulness. 
 
 Mr. J. B. DouoAiiii, on behalf of the Dominion 
 Alliance, said that though Dean Baldwin's nineteen 
 years of service in Montreal would have an honor- 
 able place in th« history of the Church of Christ, 
 no memento of him would be so precious as the 
 loving place he had in the hearts of a^, his fellow 
 workers in the temperance cause. He had never 
 
wUlingly refused any request for help, sympathy 
 or counsel, in the temperance cause. Most of them 
 would remember how a firesh impetus was given to 
 that cause by the action taken by the Church of Eng- 
 land ministers, led by Bishop Bond. Dean Baldwin 
 had not been an abstainer on supposed grounds of 
 health) but he saw his work before him, and cast him- 
 self into the breach whether he should live or die. 
 The speaker trusted that the self-sacrifice had not had 
 
 any ill results, and it had certainly been a priceless 
 blessing to many households that had followed his 
 
 example. He hoped he might have a successor who 
 would take up and carry on the good work ! Wher- 
 over the Dean went, they were assured that he would 
 show the same devoted character. 
 
 Hon. Thomas White, M.P., said that the peculiar 
 significance of this gathering was the fact that it indi- 
 cated that the Protestants of the city of Montreal had 
 very much in common. He had not that namby-pamby 
 spirit that thought one denomination as good as 
 another, but in many things they could and should 
 unite. Protestants here were a small minority in any 
 case, and if so split up that they could not unite in 
 any good works, they would become weaker still. As 
 « clergyman, and latterly as a dignitary of theChufch 
 
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 of England, the Dean, while loyal to his own Church, 
 had always taken a position in regard to religious and 
 charitable matters from which they might all learn a 
 lessoD. The news of his elevation to the See of Huron 
 was received throughout the city of Montreal with 
 mingled feelings of regret and congratulation ; they 
 rejoiced that the Diocese of Huron was going to have 
 at its head a man whom all the clergy under him 
 would do well to take as their example, and they were 
 sorry that Montreal was going to lose one that had 
 conferred so great a benefit upon it. They only hoped 
 that he would, in the wider sphere, win as much confi- 
 dence as he had in Montreal, and their prayers would 
 go with both him and Mrs. Baldwin for their future 
 happiness and prosperity in their new sphere of labour. 
 The Bev. Dr. Stbvbnson offered the congratulations 
 of the Congregational body. They were losing a man 
 who had put himself at the head of the great moral 
 movements so characteristic of the age. The narrow 
 line of separation which prevented different churches 
 from uniting for outside work was being broken down. 
 They did not now ask to what church a man belonged, 
 but whether he believed in tempersnce, in doing good 
 to the sick, the poor, the destitute—and Dean Baldwin 
 was foremost in these. He was requested by a lady 
 
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 connected with the Tonng Women's Christian Asioci- 
 ation to say how very earnestly they joined in the sad 
 hut hopeful farewell to the Dean, who had done so 
 much for them. In Dean Baldwin the city was losing 
 one of its hest preachers, and the influence of living 
 speech would always he great. The pulpit would not, 
 as some said, give place to the press. Dean Baldwin 
 was a man \ '^o spoke with ability, with thought, with 
 a flow of clasbical English, and with that power which 
 was at thr root of the best oratory, putting his per- 
 sonality into every word ; but the greatest sermon 
 was that of his life. They had seen the Dean preach- 
 incr as he went about the streets. He was always 
 simple, earnest, faithful, large hearted, genial. While 
 ready to work with all who loved his Lord, he was 
 loyal to the Church of England ; and that was not 
 difficult. The speaker was proud of that grand old 
 historic Church of England, though also proud of the 
 grand old historic Puritanism in England. He prayed 
 for the blessing of God on their friend, and if he were 
 in the Church of England, he would like to be under 
 just such a Bishop. 
 
 Mr. T. J. Claxton spoke of the great benefit they 
 had derived from nearly twenty years' personal inter- 
 course with Dean Baldwin, and of the latter*s cheer- 
 
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 fill response to appeals to help the Young Men^s 
 Ohristian Association, the House of Befudre, the 
 Ladies' Benevolent Institution, the Hospitals, and 
 other good works. As residents of Montreal, they 
 hoped that the mantle of their Elijah would fall on 
 some worthy Elisha. 
 
 The Bey. G. H. Wblls said he brought his personal 
 tribute and also that of the American Presbyterian 
 Ohurch— of which every minister in the city was 
 present. He was there to extend the hand of sym-* 
 pathy, which the Dean on his part had always given. 
 The Dean had always led the onset against evpry evil. 
 In his departure from Mcxitreal he had made his 
 grandest success, by uniting them in that meeting. 
 He hoped that the spirit of unity might characterize 
 them in the future in all good works. 
 
 The Bishop of MoirrBBAii said that in the forty-three 
 years of his Montreal life, they had united on occasions 
 of epidemic diseases, of political agitations, of philan- 
 thropic toil, and on not one occasion was there ever any 
 serious discord ; this without any comiHromise of their 
 principles. He had many times experienced the love 
 of ministers and laymen. One not then present, ( Dr. 
 Potts), was alway s full of tender regard, not to speak 
 of the chairman or of the Bevd. Dr. Wilkes. One of 
 
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 the most touching letters he had ever received was ad- 
 dressed "To the Ohristian Bishop of Montreal, from 
 the Jewish Babbi,** (Dr. DeSola.) Their own church 
 would greatly miss the Dean^s outspoken advice. 
 They would, he trusted, all follow him with their 
 prayers- in his arduous duties. His Lordship went on 
 to speak of Mrs. Baldwin, who had once been a most 
 successful teacher of the Bible Glass and of the Young 
 Women's Christian Association at St George's 
 Ohurch, and who was now such a noble helper to 
 the Dean, and she would continue to be a valuable 
 helper to him. 
 
 The Bishop Elbot, on rising to speak, was received 
 with the greatest enthusiasm. He said,->Mr. Chair- 
 man and Christian friends,— In the well-known fable 
 of the contest between the north wind and the sun, 
 to see which could deprive the traveller of his coat, 
 we have an instance of what is occurring just now. 
 We are told that in that contest the sun gained an 
 easy victory; and so in the contest between the shady 
 scenes of life and what may be called its bright sun- 
 light, it is not difficult to determine which most can 
 undo a man. I would say that in moments when 
 people are conspiring to your praise, jovl feel most un- 
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 met. I have felt undone many a time when 1 had to 
 address thousands, but I never felt more embarrassed 
 than I do now to say the right thing to the many kind 
 friends for all the words of love, of sympathy and of 
 tenderness they have heaped upon me. I think I 
 would mistake the whole object of this gathering— I 
 would utterly misconstrue its intrinsic worth — if I 
 selfishly took to myself the praise that has been uttered 
 t'^-day, and if I did not, on the contrary, understand 
 that the expression of your good feeling, the real 
 motive of bringing you together this morning, has not 
 been the individual man, with his faults and failings, 
 his caprices and his thousand deficiencies, but that it 
 has been to honor the principle which is greater than 
 the man, and to show your adhesion to the grand and 
 blessed truth which surmounts everything human and 
 rests absolutely on the divine. I feel that the lan- 
 guage used to-day in reference to me has been more 
 than tropical; it has been language which does not 
 belong to me, and that all praise is really out of place 
 when bestowed on man. Like a sunset glory when be- 
 stowed on a ruin, it gives an extraneous splendor to 
 that which intrinsically is worthless; praise is meet for 
 the King of Kings, and should be only laid at the feet 
 of Him who is our risen Lord. But I would say a few 
 
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 words upon the subject which is before us. There is 
 one principle which w>? muat ever announce and ever 
 act upon, and I am here to say that Christian unity is 
 indeed a fact; it has not to be created, it has been 
 created already, and it is ours to bring it oat in actual 
 fact in the intercourse of our daily lives. The unity 
 of the Christian faith has been already declared by 
 our Supreme and Infinite Head, and we must place 
 Him first. I deem myself not untrue to the grand old 
 Church of England, but on the contrary most true, 
 when I endeavour to show to every Christian brother 
 the reality of my heartfelt sympathy and oneness with 
 him in his Christian work. I would argue that if by 
 the Holy Spirit I have been bom a child of God, I 
 must be a brother to every man and woman that has 
 been similarly bom of the Spirit ; and the real and 
 logical outcome of this spiritual relationship is that 
 I should demonstrate in my life, my work and my con- 
 duct, its power and activity. There is often a con- 
 fusion between the terms union, unanimity, and uni- 
 formity. As we see the Christian world to-day, it 
 seems impossible that there should be absolute uni- 
 formity; when we come to unanimity, we have to 
 bear this in mind, that as long as we ** see through 
 a glass darkly," it is impossible that there should 
 
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 be absoluto uuanimity in all the thousand things con- 
 nected with our Christian religion. We must wait till 
 the clouds have rolled uway ; we must wait until we 
 get into the pure blessed light of a world far brighter 
 than this before there will be absolute unanimity. 
 But there is that which remains, namely, true Christian 
 unity, which it is false to our religion to deny, and it 
 is oar honor and our privilege to maintain. I look 
 forward to a better and brighter time. The question 
 has been, and now is, How are we to bring our Christian 
 bodies nearer to each other? In the vast planetary 
 system revolving round the sun, if it were asked how 
 the planet Saturn could come nearer the planet Mars, 
 the reply would naturally be that they should come 
 nearer the sun, that they should lessen their circum- 
 ferences, that as they came nearer the sun they came 
 nearer themselves. So with regard to the great Church 
 of Christ, the Protestant body of this community, that 
 just in propGifiion as we come nearer to Christ,, we 
 come nearer to each other. I would say also that there 
 is a unity among us which we cannot ignore— the unity 
 of the spirit. This is evident in the psalmody of the 
 <^urch, whether in the Church of England or in the 
 Methodist church ; we find them singing the same 
 hymns as expressive of their spiritual life and ex* 
 
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 perienoe. Some of these were written by Roman 
 Catholic monksi otheri by members of the Greek 
 church, and others by different members of the church 
 catholic; but we find that they express the deep and 
 vehement love which has characterised the church in 
 all ages. Yes, even the Ohurch of Bome sings our 
 hymns, in some instances, as we find ourselyes singing 
 theirs, and is it not the demonstration of a unity that 
 is not fictitious, but absolutely blessed and real ? With 
 regard to the true old home where I have been for 
 so many years, I here desire to say tfaat no praise 
 belongs to me ; I have only just tried to work with the 
 brethren, and whether it has been in one department 
 or in another, I have invariably met with that kindly 
 sympathy and generous emotion which has cheered me 
 and made me feel that just in proportion as I gave I 
 have received. It is a great underlying principle, that 
 the more selfish we are, the more cold we become, and 
 just as we come out of ourselves, and live beyond our 
 own narrow spheres, we eigoy a brighter light and 
 feel the impulses of a more genuine life. In conclu- 
 sion let me say, that I do from the bottom of my 
 heart thank you for your kindness on the present 
 occasion ; and in speaking a word for her who cannot 
 speak for herself, I would say to the kind friends 
 
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 around rae, that you may have praised me, but I am 
 proud to declare here that I would not be half the man 
 I am if it were not for my good wife. There have 
 been moments in my life when I have been greatly 
 discouraged, and she has been GK>d'8 mouth-piece to 
 cheer me and to encourage me ; she has stood by me 
 in every movement, and I can assure you that what- 
 ever honor you give to me she feels it most keenly and 
 most earnestly herself. Let me say also that I regret the 
 absence this morning of the Bev. Dr. Potts. I wish 
 to add my tribute of respect to the nobleness of his 
 character, the brilliancy of his genius, and the firm 
 stand he has always taken in the defence of right and 
 truth. In regard to my leaving Montreal^ I feel sure 
 that the work I have been engaged in will be taken up 
 by other hands, and with God's blessing will mightily 
 succeed. I wish all the churches of this great and 
 noble city, the sunlight and music of the Saviour's 
 presence, and if I am in the future allowed to re-visit 
 you, I will come as an old fHend, as to those who 
 have done me most good, and with whom my sympa- 
 thies will ever be, and with recollections the happiest 
 of my life. 
 
 Bishop Bond then led the assembly in the Lord's 
 Prayeri and finally pronounced the Benediction. 
 
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 ADDRESSES AND PRESENTATIONS. 
 
 The congregation of Ohrist Church Cathedral, to- 
 gether with his oo-workers in the Diocese of Mon- 
 treal, assembled in the Library of Synod Hall, to 
 present the Bishop elect with their farewell address. 
 Every parish in the city, as well as many parishes 
 throughout the Diocese, were represented. 
 
 Bishop Bond having taken the chair, proceeded to 
 read the first address, which was signed by nearly every 
 clergyman in the Diocese. Accompanying the address 
 was a massive silver tea and coffee set, comprising 
 salver and seven other articles. 
 
 After the preseutation, Bishop Bond said— Mr. 
 Dean, I would ask to be allowed to add a few words to 
 those contained in this address. I have been working 
 with you for many years most harmoniously, and 
 have always found you a conscientious worker for the 
 glory of Christ and Ohrist's Kingdom. You have 
 always seconded my efforts in the Diocese, it having 
 been only necessary for me to point out whatever 
 was deemed advantageous to the Diocese or its 
 work, to have your earnest support and aid. As the 
 
to 
 
 head of the Diocese I am glad to taythat detplte manj 
 natural differenoei, we have ever heen an unbroken 
 elrcle, almost a family, and I am sure eiery member 
 of the Diooeie will feel the break cauied by your de- 
 parture from amongst us. May Qod'i blessing rest on 
 you in your larger sphere. 
 
 In reply, the Dsan said— My Lord, and Beyerend 
 Brethren,— It is with mingled feelings of embarrass- 
 ment and thankfulness that I rise to reply to the ex- 
 tremely kind and brotherly address you have Just pre- 
 sented to me. I say embarrassment, because love for 
 the truth demands that I should enter my humble pro> 
 test against language which, however kind, estimates 
 far too highly my individual worth— my services 
 in the past, or my ability for useftilness in the 
 future. Perchance my individual experience may 
 not be wholly isolated, but such as it is, it leads me to 
 affirm that on all occasions when loving friends are 
 praising us for the discharge of what was only the half 
 of our duties, our troubled conscience is blaming us 
 for the neglect of the other half. Indeed man is not 
 born with any prominence on which to hang a shred 
 of perfect praise, though from no feature of his charac> 
 ter and conduct may we not suspend some well- 
 merited blame. I am extremely thankful for this 
 
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 touching expreiiioii of yonr good will, showing ai it 
 does that daring the eighteen years or more in which 
 I have been going out and coming in among you, 
 preaching the Gospel of Jesus Ohrist, I have gained 
 your oonfldenoei and what is more, your lore. This 
 loye, I knoWi is not based on mere personal feeKngs 
 toward myself, for some of you might hesitate to ap- 
 prove, while others might actually condemn some of 
 my opinions and my conduct, but it is based ou the 
 blessed fact that you recognize in me a humble mem- 
 ber of that glorious body which is the fulness of Him 
 that flUeth all in all. With regard to my elevation to 
 the Episcopate) my best speech will be silence ; for 
 with every desire to fulfill all the duties of my office, 
 and with every confidence in the love and good will of 
 the Diocese over which I am called upon to preside, I 
 yet know the varieties of opinion existing in others 
 and the weakness and failings in myself. I therefore 
 go forth knowing that trials await me, but believing 
 that He who is infinite in wisdom as well as omni- 
 potent in power will supply all my need according to 
 His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Permit me to 
 thank you very sincerely for your kind allusions to 
 Mrs. Baldwin. She too, with myself, will feel the 
 greatness of the wrendi by which we are separated 
 
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 from our friends and work in Montreal , but we desire 
 unitedly to express our deep gratitude for all the love 
 and personal service we have witnessed and ex- 
 perienced. In our prayers none will be more fervent 
 than those which we shall offer up for this beloved 
 city and Diocese, treasuring up as we ever shall 
 the fond recollection of your great kindness. That 
 God in His infinite mercy may bless this Diocese and 
 the honored Bishop who now by the appointment of 
 Giod presides over it, is my earnest prayer ; and for this 
 end I will bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord 
 Jesus Ghrist, and pray that He will grant unto you 
 according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthen- 
 ed with might by His Spirit in the inner man — that 
 Christ may dwell in all your hearts and be exalted in 
 all your lives. 
 
 GoIiOnbiiDtdb, O.M.G. and A.D.G. to HerMigesty. 
 then presented the farewell address from the congre- 
 gation of the Oathedral. He said he had been chosen 
 to read this address as being the veteran of the con- 
 gregation both by reason of his age and his seniority in 
 the congregation. The address expressed the regret 
 of the members at their pastor's departure, their appre- 
 ciation of his zeal and good qualities, and their assur- 
 ance that every member of the Cathedral wished him 
 
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 perfect health and happiness in his elevated sphere of 
 life. It was signed on behalf of the congregation by 
 Messrs. J. Ogilvy and G. Garth, wardens; and by 
 Messrs. G-. Macrae and J. C. Baker, delegates to 
 Synod, and by members of the Select Vestry. The 
 address was accompanied by a complete set of Bishop's 
 robes, a present from the congregation. 
 
 The Dean, who appeared to feel deeply the hearti- 
 ness of the demonstration, and the parting, said :— 
 My dear Christian friends, — There are moments 
 in our lives which are nothing less than tremendous 
 crises, so fraught with great results, so full of deep 
 emotion, that to endeavour to register them in words 
 is an utter failure ; in doing so, we do not describe, 
 we only depreciate them. Such a crisis is experienced 
 when a pastor— so interwoven with the spiritual 
 history of his people that he has become one with 
 them and they with him, their companion in 
 moments of rejoicing, their ministerial consoler when 
 hearts are bowed down with grief— feels himself com- 
 pelled to break the associations of years and depart to 
 labor in new and untried fields. Indeed so great and 
 momentous is the change, that no conscientious 
 Minister of Christ would for one moment entertain 
 the idea unless the circumstances were such as in- 
 
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 disputably proved the special intervention of the will 
 of God. In my case, dear friends, I feel I am not 
 following my own caprice, or even the clearly ex- 
 pressed wish of my loving friends, but the noiseless 
 steps and guiding hand of the great Shepherd and 
 Bishop of our souls. I of my own account am not 
 leaving you, but He has beckoned me away, and I 
 must go whither He Himself leads. Were I now to 
 disobey His call and remain among you, my ministry 
 would become barrei^ my voice inoperative, my life 
 a failure, and this because I would not then be, as 
 throughout the past I have been, in the sacred path- 
 way of His own appointment. During the years now 
 forever gone, my sacred, my joyous work has been by 
 day and night to declare unto you the rich Gospel of 
 the grace of God, but now my duty is to ask you to 
 remember not me, but Him whom I endeavoured to 
 preach— not me, the faulty, stumbling man, but 
 Christ, the wisdom of God and the power of God. 
 May He by faith dwell in your hearts, and be il- 
 lustrated and set forward in your lives. Our lives in 
 comparsion with eternity are but the vapour that 
 passes away, but He remaineth the same, ** for ever 
 changeless and the same for ever.*' My hope, my 
 fervent prayer, is that you may abide in Him and He 
 
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 in you, and then the congregation will live in mighty 
 power— a praise to God, an example to man. I 
 thank you with all my heart for your loving words of 
 sympathy and cheer. My ministry among you has 
 forever ceased. I must now leave it, with all its 
 faults and failings, its manifest imperfections and de- 
 ficiencies, to the mercy of God and the approval of 
 man, thankful if I have been the humble means of 
 leading any to Christ from the paths of death into 
 the rest of God. Permit me also to thank you for the 
 kind way in which you have mentioned Mrs . Baldwin. 
 I am unable to say all she has been to me in my 
 ministerial labours among you, and without appor- 
 tioning the degree of praise that Justly is her due, t 
 may affirm that without her cheerful, kindly help, I 
 could never have done the humble work it has been 
 my privilege to perform. Our prayers always— our 
 presence, if spared, sometimes you shall have, and I 
 can only add that we will always regard it as one of 
 our chiefest Joys again to come among you, and to 
 feel once more the grasp of your firm hands and the 
 sympathy of your loving hearts. 
 
 £Both addresses were handsomely engraved and 
 framed, forming a beautiftd memento of the occasion.] 
 
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 St. Lukb's.— The Bishop of Huron preached a fare- 
 well sermon to his old and first Montreal congregation 
 on the evening of the 23rd November, 1883. At the 
 conclusion of the service, the congregation adjourned 
 to the lecture hall in the basement ot the church, where 
 the Bishpp was presented with an afTectionate address, 
 read by the Incumbent, Bevd. P. Gross. It was 
 signed on behalf of the cod gregation by the wardens, 
 Messrs. J. 0. Sinton and P. Finch^ and by Messrs W. 
 B. Salter and T. Lamb as Delegates to Synod, and was 
 accompanied by a large photograph souvenir of St. 
 Luke's church. 
 
 The Bev. Canon Hbndbbson, Principal of the Mont- 
 real Diocesan Theological College) followed the presen- 
 tation with some very touching remarks. 
 . The Bishop in replying seemed to be somewhat em- 
 barrased, his heart being too full to say more than to 
 offer his heartfelt gratitude for the afTectionate ex-, 
 pressions contained in the address. Although they had 
 to part now, he said he trusted tiiey would all meet 
 again where there was no more parting, and where 
 there were no Bishops except that perfect Bishop of 
 our souls. 
 
 A parting prayer was then offered, and the bene- 
 diction pronounced. 
 
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 IiA.DiBB* Bible Glass. —An elaborate and affection- 
 ate addresB) bearing the signatures of over a hundred 
 ladies, members of the Dean^s Ladies* Bible Glass, was 
 presented to the Bishop and Mrs. Baldwin, by a depu- 
 tation of ladieS) on Christmas Eve. The address was 
 accompanied by a very handsome cabinet parlor organ. 
 The Bishop replied in his accustomed eloquent style, 
 tendering to the ladies the united and affectionate 
 gratitude of Mrs. Baldwin and himself for their kind 
 remembrances, and for their very beautiful Ghristmas 
 present. 
 
 Thb YouHa Men* 8 Gathbdbal Biblb Glass pre- 
 sented the Bishop of Huron with an exquisitely 
 engrossed address, signed on behalf of the members 
 by A. M. Crombie, A. B. Ghaffee, jr., andH. L. Lyman. 
 The address was couched in the most affectionate 
 terms, and was accompanied by a very handsome and 
 useful travelling case. This ceremony took place in 
 the Chapter House of the Cathedral. The Bishop's 
 reply was one of a most touching nature. 
 
 PfiESBNTATioif TO Mbs. BALDWIN. — The members of 
 the Select Vestry of Christ Church Cathedral waited 
 upon Mrs. Baldwin on New Year's Eve and presented 
 her, on behalf of the congregation of the Cathedral, 
 with a handsome silver epergne, as a mark of their 
 

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 high respeot and eiteem. Mrs. Baldwin, to whom the 
 handsome gift was quite a surprisoi expressed herself 
 as extremely grateful fbr this further, mark of aifeo^ 
 tion on the part of the congregation. 
 
 Oatbbdbal Sunday SoHOOik—* The anniyersary fes- 
 tiyal of the children of this school, (to which those of 
 St. Luke's were invited), was held in Queen's HalU 
 on the 22nd Dec. Parents of the children, and others 
 in large numbers, were also present. The children 
 entered in procession* singing " Brightly gleams our 
 Banner.** The Bishop of Huron being of course 
 present, wa9 the recipient of a beantiftil bouquet of 
 flowers from the Cathedral scholars, while the children 
 of St. Jiuke's presented him with a yeiy handsome 
 and useftil.pair of farew^l ^Uppers. The Bishop hay- 
 ing ei^ressed his sincere thanks to the children for 
 their kind and thoughtful remembrances of him, con- 
 tinued by addressing the large assemblage in the hall 
 on the sulitject of Sunday school work. The Beyd. 
 Messrs. Newnham and Gross also addressed the child- 
 ren, who were then amused for some time by a magic 
 lantern^ After some more singing by the children, 
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 THB OONSBOBATION SEBVIOB. 
 
 On the 80th November, 1883, the Very Bey. Dean 
 Baldwin was ooniecrated Biihop of the Diooete of 
 Huron, the ceremony taking place in Ohrist Ohorch 
 Gathedral. The interest which the occasion excited 
 among both clergy and laity of ali denominations in 
 the dty, was evidensed by the crowded state of the 
 body of the chorch and chancel. At eleren o'clock 
 the procession entered from the vestry, in the fol- 
 lowing order :i— 
 
 Students Montreal Diocesan Theological Oollege. 
 
 Clergy cf Montreal Diocese and visiting Olergy. 
 
 Venerable Archdeacons Leach, Lonsdell and Lindsay. 
 
 Clerical Deputation Diocese of Huron :~yery Bevd. 
 Dean Boomer, Canon Innes, J. B. Bichardson (Sec.) 
 
 Lay Bepresentation Christ Church Cathedral i—Messrs. 
 Geo. Macrae, Q.C., and J. G. Biiker. 
 
 Chancellor Diocese of Montreal, Mr. S. Bethune, Q.G. 
 
 Church Advocate, Montreal, Mr. L. H. Davidson, Q.O. 
 
 Chancellor Diocese of Huron, Mr. Y. Oronyn, LL.B. 
 
 Begistrar Diocese of Huron, Mr. E. B. Beed. 
 
 Bevd. Canon DuMoulin, M. A.) Bector St. James Cathe- 
 dral, Toronto,— Pneocfter. 
 
 The Bishop Elect, attended by Bevd. J. A. Newnham, 
 M.A., Chaplain. 
 
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 The Bishop of Toronto, attended by Bevd. Arthur H. 
 Baldwin, M.A., Chaplain. 
 
 The Bishop of Montreal, attended by Yen. Archdeacon 
 Eyans, M.A., and Bevd. Canon Carmiohael, M.A.| 
 Chaplains. 
 
 The Bishop of Quebec, attended by Bevd. C. Hamilton, 
 M.A., Chaplain. 
 
 The Bishop of Ontario (oonsecrator), preceded by Yen. 
 
 Archdeacon Jones, D.D., Chaplain, bearing the 
 
 Pastoral Staff. , 
 
 As the procession entered the church, the choir 
 sang the hundredth psalm, new version ;— 
 
 "With one consent let all th^ earth >* 
 
 The Ante-Communion oiBce was then read by the 
 Bishop of Ontario, the Epistle by the Bishop of Quebec, 
 the Oospel by the Bishop of Montreal. The Nicene 
 Creed having been said by the Bishop of Ontario, 
 hymn 471 was sung :— 
 
 *' Jesus, my Saviour, look on me.'* 
 
 Bev. Canon DuMoulin, Bector of St. James Cathe- 
 dral, Toronto, then preached the following eloquent 
 
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 SERMON: 
 
 *'And he had in hlB right hand, Myen Stan. The 
 mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my 
 right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks : The 
 seven stars are the angels of the seven churches : and 
 the seven oandlesti^s which thou sawest are the seven 
 churches.''— i^evti.} 16 and 20. 
 
 Among the "divers manners by which God revealed 
 Himself to men, in both the Old and New Testaments, 
 none is more frequent, none more impressive than 
 the vision. Through this medium revelations were 
 made to the receiver when in a state of trance or 
 ecstaoy. When his faculties were abstracted from 
 the natural world and all alive a>nd awake to the 
 spiritual, ideas were presented to his imagination, or 
 the future was exhibited to him as it were in 
 distant prospect. 
 
 The visions of Gk>d, preserved for us in Holy 
 Scripture, are sublime and elevating. The natural 
 tendency of things round about us is to depress and 
 draw us downwards. All things gravitate towards 
 the earth. This is a law in other matters than physics. 
 The design of God's revelation, in great part, is to 
 counteract this tendency of our nature and surround- 
 ings, and to help us in soaring above the earth and 
 
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 mere earthlincss. A voioe dear and diyine comes 
 to us from the lacred page, saying, " If ye then be 
 risen with Ohrist, seek those things which are aboye.'* 
 From the visions of Holy Scripture this Toioe speaks 
 more fireqnently, more audibly perhaps than from 
 any other part of the saored volume. The visions of 
 Ood introduce us to heavenly persons and places and 
 things, drawing aside the veil and helping our mortal 
 eyes to behold the world of the unseen and unknown. 
 *' As it is written, eye hath not seen nor ear heard, 
 neither have entered into the heart of man, the things 
 which God hath prepared for them that love Him. 
 But Gk>d hath revealed them unto ua by His Spirit.** 
 And that Sovereign Spirit has chosen to reveal such 
 high and heavenly things chiefly in visions. Thus 
 Ezekiel and Daniel in captivity were uplifted and 
 oomforted by glorious visions of the coming Prince 
 and deliverer of His people ; of the Ancient of Days ; 
 of the Son of Man who stood before Him ; of the do- 
 minion and glory and kingdom given to the Son that 
 all peoples, nations and languages should serve 
 Him.'* 0f the New Testament times, and as a result 
 of the great pentecostal gifts, it was predicted <* Your 
 young men shall see visions.*' In ftdfilment of this 
 prediction the visions of the Xew Testament for 
 
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 oeleatial light and traneparency exceed all others; 
 and according to a divine law by which revelation 
 is made clearer and clearer as it approaches its close, 
 those of the Apocalypse are the clearest of the clear, 
 and the brightest of the bright. Taught by them we 
 see a "door opened in Heaven*' and its Throne and 
 the elders' seats. We look upon the great multitude, 
 white- robed, blood- washed, unnumbered— redeemed 
 from all the earth. We hear the voice of harpers 
 harping with their harps. We listen to the mighty 
 roll of the everlasting song; to the prayers of the 
 martyrs, and to the anthem of those who have come 
 out of great tribulation. Onward, ever onward, we 
 press, led by these great teaehers, till we come in full 
 sight of the end of all things. The great White 
 Throne ; the last judgment ; the Holy Oity ; the new 
 heaven and earth; and all these ineffable realities of 
 the eternal world are unfolded to us in language most 
 sublime; in speech coming across the gulf of time, 
 from that land which is very far off, and deep with 
 the echoes of eternity. 
 
 Of all the Apocalyptic visions here written, this one 
 now before us is doubtless in order of dme and in 
 greatness of subject the very first and foremost. As 
 Jesus Christ is the Sun, the Light, the Glory, the one 
 
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 all absorbing object of Heaven, so the vision of Him 
 must of necessity be greater than all others. As it 
 had been given to the first martyr to stie ** heaven 
 opened to the Son of Man standing on the riglit hand 
 of God/' so here it is granted to the last of the Apos- 
 tles—to " the disciple whom Jesus loved/ * to the man 
 who leaned on his breast and asked Him questions — 
 to see before everything else the Son of Man glorified 
 and exalted, ''a Prince and a Saviour/' clothed with 
 High Priestly robes, girt with a golden girdle, with 
 hair like snow and eyes like flaming fire, with feet 
 like fine brass and voice as many waters ; " and He 
 had in His right hand seven stars, and out of His 
 mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His coun- 
 tenance was as when the sun shine th in his strength.'* 
 Before attempting to seek the meaning of that part 
 of this scene comprehended in my text, let us pause 
 reverently to observe how applicable the entire vision 
 is to the occasion that has to-day called us together. 
 The figure of the glorified Lord, when observed with 
 special reference to its accompaniments, fitly and for- 
 cibly expounds the position of the Christian ministry 
 in its entire subordination to Christ It stands to Him 
 in the same relation as the ring or bracelet upon a 
 man's hand stands to his life and person. It is an or-^ 
 
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 nament with which it has pleased him to decorate him- 
 self. It is not necessary to him. Between it and his 
 being and existence there is literally no comparison 
 whatever. He may wear it or he may cast it aside, 
 as he pleases. If it glitters and sparkles, it serves to 
 attract attention to the wearer, to draw men's eyes to- 
 wards him and fasten their look and their attention 
 upon him ; so far it pleases its proprietor, so far it does 
 its work, so he keeps and wears, he uses and values it. 
 If, on the contrary, there is no scintillation, and the 
 bracelet of stars is nought but a dull, rusty, leaden 
 appendage, catching no eye, setting no attention upon 
 its master and owner, it has evidently failed of its use 
 and he lays it aside and continues to live as though it 
 had never been. Such is the attitude of the Ministry 
 towards Him who founded and commissioned it. It 
 is in all things and in every way subordinate to FTim. 
 His is the gigantic, the overshadowing figure ; and the 
 highest officer in His Church, but as the ring upon His 
 hand, to be kept there so long as it magnifies, adorns 
 and beautifies Him, His person and offices, in the eyes 
 of men, and to be put away as a worthless thing when 
 it fails to rivet the hearts and longing looks of the lost 
 and sinful upon '*the Lamb of God who taketh away 
 the sin of the world.** 
 
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 The seven stars and seven candlesticks of this vision 
 are a declared mystery, and are on that very account 
 in harmony with this whole hook. It it the Apo- 
 calypse of Christ. Yet its deep mysterious character, 
 80 far from driving us from its perusal procures a 
 special blessing upon any one honestly undertaking 
 that study. ** Blessed is he that readeth and they 
 that hear the words of this prophecy.'' The very 
 word ** mystery" carries with it a certain degree of 
 comfort, meaning as it does things revealed of Gk)d, 
 which man by his own searching never could havo . 
 discovered. "This is a great mystery, hut I speak 
 concerning Christ and the Church. *' Here we have both 
 the mystery and its explanation. So likewise in the 
 place before us; it is written, **The mystery of the 
 seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand and 
 the seven golden candlesticks : the seven stars are the 
 angels of the seven churches, and the seven candle- 
 sticks are the seven churches.*' As seven is the num- 
 ber of mystical completeness, and as there were at 
 this time a far greater number of flourishing churches 
 In Asia, it has been held with good reason, that those 
 seven churches were selected as combining qualities 
 and comditious representative of the whole church mi- 
 litant here in earth, and that tec in its several and 
 
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 successive stages to the end of the age. In other 
 words, that the seven churches of Asia supply an his- 
 torioo-prophetic picture of the universal church down 
 to the close of her earthly mission. If this be so, the 
 seven angels of these churches would have a like re- 
 presentative, perpetual, and successive character at- 
 tached to them. Our present and more particular 
 business is to enquire who those angels were; and 
 what in a ministerial sense they represent to us. 
 
 The ground in front of this enquiry may be cleared 
 by noticing two answers that have been given to it. 
 
 1. They have been regarded as the guardian angels of 
 those churches ; that like as every one of Ghrist^s 
 little ones is said to have a guardian angel, so every 
 church has such an angel to watch its affairs and be 
 interested in its concerns. One remark is sufficient to 
 dispose of this view. We cannot regard them as holy 
 angels, because no angel of God could be chargeable 
 with the sins of omission and commission alleged 
 against some of the angels of the Asian churches. 
 
 2. It has been written of them that they were messen- 
 gers sent of the churches to St. John, and that the 
 seven Epistles are his answers to those churches by 
 their hands. The very statement of this opinion con- 
 tains its own refutation, for in such a case the an- 
 
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 Bwers had surely been sent by the messengers and not 
 addressed to those messengers themselves. 
 
 It is plain that another and more satisfactory answer 
 must be found. Such an answer may be approached 
 by examining the symbols under which the angels are 
 presented, namely, so many stars. In the symbolical 
 language of Holy Scripture, and of this particular 
 book, stars represent rulers. The great coming ruler 
 of all nations and of all churches was thus foretold by 
 Balaam :— "A star shall rise out of Jacob, and a sceptre 
 out of Israel.'' His actual birth was signified by a 
 star ; and He assumes this same symbolic title himself 
 saying, ** I am the root and offspring of David, and 
 the bright morning star.'* It is nothing but a close and 
 fair following out of this symbolism to say that the 
 stars of the churches are the rulers, overseers, chief 
 shepherds, and bishops of the churches. 'With such a 
 view, their duties, powers and responsibilities, as in 
 these very epistles implied and acknowledged, do 
 clearly and certainly agree. Each angel is addressed 
 as the representative head 6f his particular church. 
 Their duties are to rule their churches, and to give 
 accounts thereof to the Great Shepherd who walketh 
 in the midst of them. For the condition of their 
 churches they are held responsible ; they are to redress 
 
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 error and abuses in doctrine and discipline ; to try 
 pretending apostles : to watcb over the churches. 
 One angel is praised for hating ** the deeds of the Ni- 
 colatanes*'; another is reproved for allowing in his 
 church " them that hold the doctrine of the Nico- 
 latanes." The angel of Smyrna is commended for 
 holding forth the faith and not denying the great 
 Name, not even in the face of martyrdom ; at the same 
 time he is blamed for having there them that hold the 
 doctrine of Balaam. The angel of Thyatira has this 
 charge brought against him: "Thou sufferest that 
 woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to 
 teach and to seduce my servants.*' The angel of 
 Sardis is warned against mere nominal Christianity 
 in His Church ; and the angel of Laodicea against luke- 
 warmness in his. Praise or blame, admonition or en- 
 couragement, is meted out to each angel according to 
 the condition of his charge before Him who has 
 eyes like flaming fire, and walketh in the midst of the 
 golden candlesticks. Now, such duties and responsi- 
 bilities do undeniably imply corresponding authority 
 and power. Besponsibility can only be commensurate 
 with ability and opportunity. Therefore the dis- 
 closures of the seven epistles clearly show that the pre- 
 siding angels of the Churches were responsible to Christ 
 
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 for the state of those Churches ; that their duties as 
 rulers were to rule, to allow or to prevent, to admit or 
 exclude, as the case required ; and that in the very 
 nature of the case they must have been invested with 
 authority and power to do these things, else the head 
 of the church could not have called them to strict ac- 
 count for neglecting to employ powers which they did 
 not possess. 
 
 When by fair Scriptural deduction we have arrived 
 at the result just* stated : that each angel in the head 
 and ruler of his church, having elders under him, hav- 
 ing power to rule and govern, to send out and recall, 
 and generally to administer affairs, and being respon- 
 sible for the condition of his charge, that result we 
 call " Episcopacy." In the pastoral epistles the same 
 overseers, clothed with the same duties, powers and 
 responsibilities, are ev^n more fully brought before us. 
 Timothy at Ephesus and Titus at Crete are to ordain 
 elders and deacons in every city according to a fixed 
 standard and qualification. To charge some that they 
 teach no other doctrine , to put the brethren in remem- 
 brance of important verities ; to entreat rather than 
 rebuke an elder ; to see that elders ruling well be 
 counted worthy of double honor ; not to receive an ac- 
 cusation against any elder save before a set number 
 
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 of witnesseB, publicly to rebuke them that had sinned ; 
 to transmit the truth to faithful men who should be 
 able to teach others also ; to reprove, rebuke, exhort , 
 to admonish heretics and reject them. In all of which 
 we see the same personal government, with provisions 
 for its perpetuation and transmission. 
 
 All this has been duly and faithfully imported into 
 the several parts of the Book of Common Prayer bear- 
 ing upon this subject. The Eubrics refer difficulties 
 and difference to the decision of the ordinary, and 
 after all such references of particular matters the 
 Preface contains this general settlement : " Foras- 
 much as nothing can be bo plainly set forth, but doubts 
 may arise in the use and practice of the same, to ap- 
 pease all such diversity, if any arise, and for the reso- 
 lution of all doubts concerning the manner how to 
 understand, do and execute the things contained in 
 this book, the parties that so doubt or diversely take 
 anything, shall always resort to the Bishop of the Dio- 
 cese, who by his discretion shall take order for the 
 quieting and appeasing of the same, so that the same 
 order be not contrary to anything contained in this 
 book.'* The self-same spirit pervades the solemn Or^ 
 dinal in which to-day we engage, as you will recogoize 
 fbr yoonelTei when bye-and-bye jou hear the quei- 
 
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 tions that will be demanded of the Bishop elect. In 
 close and consistent keeping with these questions are 
 those in the Ordering of Deacons and Priests : *' Will 
 you honestly obey your ordinary and other chief minis- 
 ters unto whom is committed the charge and govern- 
 ment over you, following with a glad mind and will 
 their godly admonitions, and submitting yourselves 
 to their godly judgments ?" The presence in the Church 
 of this lawful Scriptural authority on the one side, and 
 of this glad and willing recognition of it on the other, 
 are finally secured, in each individual case, by the 
 oath of Canonical obedience taken by every man upon 
 his institution into any benefice or ecclesiastical office. 
 The rank and amazing growth of difficulties during 
 the last quarter of a century, together with the 
 spirit of insubordination that everywhere has formed 
 a part, more or less, of that growth, have not unna- 
 turally called attention to the existence and exercise 
 within the Ghuroh of an influence and authority enter- 
 ing into the very essence of her life and being. All 
 recent legislation in England and elsewhere has pro- 
 ceeded upon the old theory of the Church as embodied 
 in her several standards Just referred to. These 
 weighty wordf , expressive of the idea for which I now 
 oontend| are among the last writing! of the late Arch^ 
 
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 bishop of Oanterbury :— << It ii to be noted that, as 
 ** might be expected, the hundred Bishops assembled 
 *' at Lambeth, representing a great variety of opinions 
 '< and with various prepossessions, agreed that such 
 *' deference to the constituted authority of each 
 *' Diocese was essential to an Episcopal Church, and 
 ** subsequently both Houses of Convocation adopted 
 '* a like resolution.*' According to this acknowledged 
 and most reasonable view of Episcopacy, every 
 ground of variance and quarrel between any 
 clergyman and any man, or set of men, or 
 any standard of the Church, must first become a 
 matter between him and his Bishop ere he can be 
 summoned before any court, before the matter can be 
 submitted to the arbitrament of any other tribunal. 
 It is only by the honest maintenance of this Episcopacy 
 that our Church can successfully work upon the 
 lines of her own constitution. By this ancient 
 Scriptural and wise system of Church government 
 the clergy have constantly and lovingly pressed upon 
 them the duty of a loyal obedience to the acts of 
 uniformity and all other laws regulating Church 
 affairs, while at the same time they may daim and 
 have such liberty in the letter of obedience as thft 
 peculiar circumstancev of their pftrishes seem to re- 
 
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 quire. No better system has ever been devised, as 
 we belieyei for securing the necessary control and the 
 necessary liberty, which are the essentials of govern- 
 ment, and which must be found in the life and 
 working of every homogeneous and influential body 
 of free and intelligent and Christian people . 
 
 The several names, symbols and documents that we 
 have thus reviewed, present in themselves a most im- 
 pressive delineation of the Episcopate, its natural 
 duties, consequent powers and awful responsibilities. 
 ** Stars '' they are called, because for all that is pure, 
 unearthly, celestial, there is nothing in all the uni- 
 verse so excellent and exalted as those heavenly 
 bodies. **One star differeth from another star in 
 glory." " Stars'' are they called, because of their 
 Divine creation and appointment: **Ke made the 
 stars also, and set them in the firmament of Heaven." 
 '*Star8^' they be, yet once more that they may ** give 
 light upon the earth," helping, like those fixed and 
 shining orbs above us, the mariner to steer amid dark 
 and tempest, guiding the wayworn, the benighted 
 traveller, ** alluring the brighter worlds and leading 
 the way,*' and at last winning for themselves the great 
 reward. **They that be wii^ shall shine as the 
 brightness of the firmament, and they that turn many 
 
 
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 unto righteottsnett as the itars for ever and erer.*' 
 
 And "angels/' here at least, are they called, that they 
 may know and remember themselves to be the messen- 
 gers of the churches and th*^ glory of Christ, and that 
 they may ever strive to imitate those high and holy 
 ones who excel in strength, doing his commandments, 
 barkening unto ':he voice of His word, " ministers of 
 His that do His pleasure.'* Behold, ye men and 
 brethren, this is the ideal Bishop of the Seven Epistles , 
 of the pastoral letters, of the Ordinal, of the Preface 
 and BubricSi of the very spirit of our Prayer Book ; 
 an Ideal, too, that has been realized in the Church 
 by noble men, whose names and deeds adorn her 
 history in many an age from Apostolic times down to 
 this present generation. I firmly believe and I 
 venture here humbly to express the belief that for lack 
 of a fair and dur recognition of such an abiding, lawful 
 and reasonable authority inthe Church, the troubles of 
 the last twenty-five years have greatly increased year 
 by year, and the powers of the legislature, and of civil 
 and ecclesiastical law have been too frequently and un- 
 necessarily invoked. When in such a sacred place 
 and upon so sacred an occasion, while all hearts here 
 present are boating in unison, and are swayed by love 
 and peace, w9 recaU the provisions of the inspired 
 
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 epiitlei and of the formularies that we have lo readily 
 assented unto— when we remember that throughout 
 the length and breadth of this great Anglican Ohurch 
 there has been in f very diocese, among every people 
 and beside every clergyman, one man sent, as we 
 believe of God, raised as far as human arrangements 
 could afTcct it, above narrow prejudices, whoso counsels 
 might have been asked, whose godly judgments in all 
 disputes might have been obeyed with a glad will by 
 those who 11 every way had pledged themselves to 
 such a submisson^how are we to account for the per- 
 plexities that have so greatly multiplied themselves 
 as to create scandals and demand fresh law-making 
 and endless law-enforcing ? Alas I all the world over 
 some men in the practical working of the Church 
 have laid aside the theory upon which the Anglican 
 Church government is based, and upon which there- 
 fore it can only be consistently worked. Instead of 
 acknowledging the holy office with which to-day we 
 are mainly concerned, as an energetic and influential 
 office in the Church, and its incumbents as invested 
 with authority and control, men of all orders have, 
 wittingly or unwittingly, striven to empty Episcopacy 
 of its inherent and requisite qualities. They would 
 have it distinguished for entire passivity, for a per* 
 
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 potual policy of non-iutorfcreuce. Tlio Episcopato is 
 to bo colorless, to have no posiilvc opinion, no well de- 
 fined views : is neither to admoi^ish nor reject heretics ; 
 nor to guard sound doctrine or Apostolic order ; nor 
 to interfere when things go wrong in this direction or 
 in that, but is to school itself tj absolute quiescence, 
 suffering all kinds of men to say and to do all kinds of 
 things without remonstrance or reproof. To make 
 any attempt at ruling well, at conserving soundness 
 in the faith and moderation in ceremonial ; to restrain 
 clergy and laity with the wholesome restraints of Bible 
 and Prayer Book, is, in most instances, to incur the 
 imputation of tyranny, oppression and persecution. 
 Thus the widespread opinion of this century would 
 disrobe its Bishops of their natural and necessary 
 powers, clothing them only with the functions of con- 
 firming, ordaining and consecrating. The mind of the 
 century, so far as it is tinctured with such thoughts, 
 cannot lean upon the great pillars of all sound church- 
 manship— Holy Scripture, the Prayer Book and the 
 History of the Ghurch. The Bishops that so many 
 desire would not be like the chief pastors of the 
 Apostolic age, of the Reformation days, or of the most 
 thrilling periods of the Church's conflicts with the 
 world. It wai not fhui that Ambroie did the work of 
 
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 a Bishop, When he flang himself with all his energy 
 and power against the growing Arianism and the 
 reviving Paganism of his day. He was |no passive 
 agent when in the administration of discipline, he con- 
 fronted a blood-stained Emperor at the door of the 
 church, telling him that he could pass the threshold 
 only as a public penitent, or over the dead body of its 
 Bishop and guardian. Nor was it by a quiet observa- 
 tion of the Pelagianism and Manicheeism pf his day 
 that Augustine rolled back their advancing flood; 
 but by the vigor of his controversy, by the fire of his 
 pen, and by all the weight and authority of his of&ce. 
 Furthermore, men, brethren and fathers, I dare to 
 believe and hope that the consolidation of our Church, 
 in this age, into one body both peaceful and powerful, 
 will mainly be aided by a full and hearty recognition 
 on the part of her clergy and laity of the primitive 
 and historical standard of her episcopate. More than 
 by all the acts that parliaments may make, all the 
 canons that synods may pass, all the courts that may 
 enforce them, will her throbbing sores be healed and 
 mollified through the faithful remembrance, by the 
 supreme order in her body, that it is to be "so 
 merciful as not to be remiss, and so to minister 
 discipline that it forget not mevoy/* and by all other 
 
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 estates of men, that order is Heaven's first law; that 
 if law is Divine obedience is next to it ; that ** though 
 He were a Son yet learned He obedience ;'* that 
 angels obey ; that men are required by the Christian 
 religion " to obey them that have the rule over them 
 and who watch for their souls/' 
 
 What so far has been advanced is enough to show 
 that this high and holy office in the Church must of 
 necessity be beset with trials and difficulties, even 
 with dangers and persecutions, whenever it is boldly 
 and faithfully administered. Therefore the vision 
 of my text, as it unfolds the perils and potentialities 
 of the office, does, side by laide with these, afford 
 ground for courage, comfort and confidence, in all 
 those called upon to assume and exercise the same. 
 If the chief pastors are for duty and responsibility 
 likened unto stars and angels, all glory be to God for 
 it, they are in the right hand of Him who walks 
 among the churches. The descriptions of this their 
 position present a marked and instructive variety. 
 In the vision " he had in his right hand seven stars." 
 This is their proper place. In his keeping and defence 
 who makes and calls them, in His right hand, Hii 
 own right hand and holy arm wherewith in all ages 
 He had gotten Himself the victory. In the Epistle to 
 
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 Uphesus ** these things saith he that hcHdeih the seven 
 stars in his right hand/* reminding us of the strong 
 assurance from Jehovah to the Messiah, *' Behold my 
 servant whom I uphold," **Ithe Lord have called 
 thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and 
 will keep thee/' and reminding us again of His own 
 words, "My sheep shall never perish, neither shall 
 any pluck them out of my hand/' While in the 
 Epistle to Sardis the words are changed again, "He 
 that hath the seven spirits of Ood and the seven 
 stars,*' referring most plainly to Christ, not only as 
 the keeper of His servants, but as the giver of the 
 Holy Spirit. So that by the most certain warranty of 
 Holy Scripture, he who is called to this offtce may 
 feel, as he enters upon its duties^ trials and account* 
 abilities (and who can tell them ?— who is efficient for 
 them?) that he will not be left alone. '* Lo I I am 
 with you alwAys.** In his right hand " that hath 
 dashed in pieces the enemy, that bringeth mighty 
 things to pMS," he has the stars ; thexe he holds and 
 ips them safe and secure; and to them He will give 
 oly Ghost for the office and work of a Bishop in the 
 oh of Gk>d committed unto them, so that they may 
 J say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear 
 hat man can do anto me/* and agaioi " God hath 
 
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 not given to us the ipirit of fear, but of power and of 
 love, and of a sound mind.'* 
 
 Such exceeding great and precious promises belong 
 of right to him who will now be consecrated to the 
 highest order in the ministry. After a quarter of a 
 century of life and work in the ranks of that ministry, 
 he gce£ "^cV to assume the oversight of the diocese 
 where i . 3ived Holy Orders and first preached the 
 Word of Life ; and there are hearts here to-day that, 
 " with recollections and deep affection,** go back to the 
 same time and place, praying fervently as they do so 
 that the blessing of the Sfost High may fall without 
 measure upon the third Bishop of Huron. To speak 
 of him here, where he is so well known and loved, 
 ^ ould indeed be superfluous and most contrary to the 
 rule of his life and ministry to preach not of himself 
 but Christ Jesus the Lord. His first sermon as Bector 
 of the Gathedral was preached many years ago from 
 the text, ** Neither count I my life dear unto myself— 
 that I might finish my course with joy, and the 
 ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus to 
 testify the Gk)spel of the grace of God.*' There are 
 those here to-day who heard that sermon, who have 
 ever since observed and enjoyed tbat ministry, and 
 their consciences will gladly testify that it has bpen 
 
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 an earnest, honest struggle to follow out the sacred 
 text. An unflagging zeal, often outstripping his 
 strength, a whole-hearted devotion to duty, a heart as 
 wide and as loving as the Gatholic Church, gifts and 
 powers that God has bestowed on few, a diligent 
 improvement of them, and a spirit of believing prayer 
 and supplication ; a life-long searching and study of 
 the Holy Scriptures in the original tongues ; a perfect 
 absence of all care for filthy lucre ; an affectionate 
 simplicity ; a gentle humility ; a long life and 
 ministry in this city, and before you all so pure, 
 earnest and holy, that it has won the esteem and love 
 of all sorts of churchmen, of all kinds of Christians. 
 —All these things have, by Divine grace, been 
 wrought in him whom Christ this day calls from 
 amongst you to a higher work. To his sorrowing 
 congregation (and well may they deplore their loss) 
 would I say in words great and strong, first wrung from 
 a heavy laden soul, words that we lean upon in every 
 grief and loss, *' The Lord gave and the Lord hath 
 taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord." 
 And to the dearly loved and valued friend of many 
 years, may not a brother's heart, in this swoetly 
 solemn moment, from the depth of its afFections, speak 
 out and say, For all your life and example have been 
 
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 to me, " I thank my God upon every remembrance of 
 you/' and now, on this St. Andrew's Day, go forth 
 in obedience to Christ's own ** Follow mo," go forth 
 with his presence and blessing to do the work of St. 
 Andrew, whoso great glory and happiness it was that 
 he brought his brother to Jesus. This has been the 
 work nearest and dearest to your heart in the fir&t 
 and second orders of the Ministry, and now in its 
 third order, God, the Three in One, mercifully grant 
 that henceforth it may be to you three-fold dear, till 
 you shall "finish your course with joy, and the 
 Ministry which you have thrice received of the Lord 
 Jesus to testify the Gospel of the G-race of God.*' 
 
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 After the sermon, the Bishop of Ontario took his 
 scat in the centre of the chancel, and the Bishop-elect 
 was presented to him by the Bishops of Montreal and 
 Quebec ; the Litany was then sung, after which the 
 record of election was read, and the oath of canonical 
 obedience to the Metropolitan administered by 'the 
 Chancellor of the Diocese of Huron. The prescribed 
 questions having been solemnly answered, the Bishop 
 elect retired (conducted by the Bishops of Montreal 
 and Quebec), and returned clad in his Episcopal robes, 
 kneeling in front of the consecrating Bishop. The 
 
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 choir having sung Atwood*s Veni Creator Spiriius, 
 
 the Bishops oame forward, and each placing a hand 
 
 on the head of the Bishop-elect, the Bishop of Ontario 
 
 said :— 
 
 ** Beceive the Holy Ghost, for the office and work of 
 a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto 
 thee by the imposition of our hands ; in the name of 
 the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, 
 Amen. And remember that thou stir up the Grace of 
 God, which is given thee by the imposition of our 
 hands ; for God has not given us the spirit of fear, but 
 of power and love and soberness.'* 
 
 The Bishop of Ontario then presented him with a 
 copy of the Bible, saying :— 
 
 *< Give heed unto readincr, exhortation and doctrine. 
 Think upon the things contained in this Book. Be 
 diligent in them that the increase coming thereby may 
 be manifest unto all men. Take heed unto thyself and 
 to doctrine, and be diligent in doing them, for by so 
 doing thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear 
 thee. Be to the flock of Christ a shepherd, not a wolf ; 
 feed them, devour them not. Hold up the weak, heal 
 the sick, bind up the broken, bring again the outcast, 
 seek the remiss ; so minister discipline that you forget 
 not mercy ; that when the Chief Shepherd shall appear 
 you may receive the never-failing crown of glory, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord.*' 
 
 During the offertory, which was devoted to the 
 
 Algoma and Northwest missions, the choir rendered 
 
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 Wesley*! anthem, after which the Holy Gommunion 
 was administered, the Bishop of Ontario being the 
 celebrant, the Bishops of Ontario, Quebec, Montreal 
 and Toronto taking part in the administration. In 
 addition to the clergy, a Urge number of the laity 
 partook of the Sacrament, after which the Halleligah 
 Chorus was sung by the choir, and the Benediction 
 pronounced by the Bishop of Ontario. 
 
 Thus was brought to a close one of the most interest- 
 ing, important and impressive religious ceremonies 
 that has eyer taken place in the Church of England 
 in Canada, and one that will live long in the memories 
 of every one present, and more especially of the mem- 
 bers of Christ Church Cathedral, whose affection 
 towards the Bishop of Huron, for so many years their 
 honored rector, was almost unbounded. 
 
 THE LUNCHEON. 
 At three o'clock in the afternoon the Bishop of 
 Huron gave a private luncheon in the Synod Hall, at 
 which were present the Bishops of Montreal, Toronto 
 and Quebec and their chaplains, the Montreal clergy, 
 the Huron delegation^ the members of the Central 
 Board of Missions, the select vestry^ church wardens 
 and former Wardens of the Cathedral, delegates and 
 
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 former delegates of Synod, the Chancellor, Treasurer, 
 Church Advocate and Secretary of the Diocese of 
 Montreal. Among the ladies present were, Mrs. 
 Baldwin, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Boomer, and the 
 wiyes of the Archdeacons, Canons and Bural Deans 
 of the diocese. During luncheon, a number of 
 musical selections were given. The Bishop of Mont- 
 real spoke kindly and feelingly of the event of the 
 day, and asked the people of the Diocese of Huron to 
 be careful and considerate of their new Bishop. The 
 Very Bev. Dean Boomer replied in a fitting manner, 
 and after a few remarks from Mr. A. H. Campbell, of 
 Toronto, the Bishop of Huron addressed a touching 
 farewell to his friends, his feelings preventing him 
 from saying more. The gathering then dispersed 
 with many hand-shakings and good wishes. 
 
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 FAREWELL TO THE DEAN. 
 
 {From Montreal Herald*) 
 
 " Harp of the North that mould' ring long hast hung 
 On the witch-elm that shades St. Fillian's spring) 
 And down the fitful breeze thy numbers flung, 
 Till envious joy did around thee cling, 
 Muffling with verdant ringlet ev'ry string.' 
 
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 *' O, wake once more I How rude so e'er the hand. 
 That ventures o'er thy magic maze to stray ; " 
 
 '* Yet if one heart throb higher at its sway 
 The wizard note has not been touched in vain. 
 Then silent be no more I Enchantress, wake again.' ' 
 
 Thus deftly sang the Wizard of the North, 
 Yet doubtful, tremulous touched the tender lay, 
 Till fitting theme drew bolder metre forth ; 
 Anon of hunting field, or battle fray« 
 Where sword and claymore bright contest the day ; 
 Anon of Highland chief, or gathering clan ; 
 Of James Fitz James, by love oft led astray ; 
 Fair Ellen ; Grceme ; and Douglas neath the ban, 
 Whose prowess thrills the heart of Scotia's man. 
 
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 Enchantress I touch again thy welcome note, 
 
 Pour forth sweet melodies, as zephyrs fIoat| 
 
 That all may join the swelling meed of praise, 
 
 To modest worth, whose thoughts, whose nights and days 
 
 To fellow-man are given. Whose kindling soul 
 
 Sounds in dull ears the GospePs trumpet call ; 
 
 And stems the tide of sin that erst may roll 
 
 Far from the shores that bound fair Montreal. 
 
 Who is this man? Whence springs his origin ? 
 A myth? A gnome? A spirit or a gin ? 
 A phanthasy ? that follows fever's train. 
 And lingers only in distemper* d brain? 
 Not such is he, but man of human mould 
 Whose fluent tongue turns commonplace to gold 
 Whose fervid speech illustrates his vast store 
 Of Bible truth and philosophic lore. 
 
 Born in the West, of pure Canadian birth, 
 
 His Alma Mater pressed Toronto's soil ; 
 
 There grew in knowledge as he grew in worth ; 
 
 Enlarg'd his pliant mind by dint of toil ; 
 
 In youth, in age, still lov'd the lambent flame. 
 
 Was labour hard ? Here Baldwin might be found. 
 
 He sought not ease, nor yet the bubble, fame— 
 For all who mourn, his sympathies abound — 
 Yet strange the doom of contrariety. 
 Like Cincinnatus at the peaceful plough, 
 Unsought his honors fell, fast, full and free, 
 So bears with modest grace what friends endow. 
 
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 Long years have passed since first these lines were 
 
 penn'd ; 
 The likeness strikes ; the portrait we append. 
 '* He was a man to all the country dear, 
 And passing rich, on forty pounds a year.^* 
 Not dearer he to simple Christian folk, 
 Nor more attentive to their soul's first want— 
 The pleading eye, his ready help bespeke" 
 The love of Christ, of Charity the font. 
 
 On Sabbath e'en in deep Cathedral gloom. 
 
 How swellM the tones that told of Christ arisen 1 
 
 Of mercy pure ! The full abundant room 
 
 In ev'ry chamber of the welcome Heav'n I 
 
 How sprang the arm to point the aerial way I 
 
 And emphasize faith hope and charity ; 
 
 The short dark night ; the bright etherial day ; 
 
 The three in one, most Holy Trinity. 
 
 Nor thunder' d loud to scare the doubting soul : 
 
 But gently led to contemplate, where peace ; 
 
 Harmonious joy while endless ages roll ; 
 
 And sin and sorrow, lost in Christ, shall cease. 
 
 So in the world, where giants meet to fight 
 
 The social vices of the agnostic age, 
 
 His voice rang eloquent, for good and right. 
 
 And champion' d manfully his battle gage. 
 
 All men were dear to him, who lov'd the Lord ; 
 
 Nor reck'd he what their creed, their name, their 
 
 style, 
 'Gainst such he sheath'd his trenchant sword. 
 Nor deemed in wrath the Saviour to defile. 
 
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 All honor to the Minister, whose plan 
 Spreads love and peace. All honor to the man. 
 May God prolong his life and usefulness, 
 And give the crown of human hope, Success. 
 
 Faint fall the echoes of the waning strain 
 As memory dwells with oft recurring pain, 
 *' His like on earth we ne'er may see again." 
 Ah, faint and fainter dies the sad refrain. 
 
 Enchantress t Rouse t And trumpet forth the hope 
 Beyond the grave, where sin, nor scoff, nor Hell, 
 May drown our deepest diaphason's scope 
 In Hymns of constant praise. Dear friend, farewell. 
 
 Nov. mht 1888. 
 
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