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U609 'j"- ^^S I ""6) 482 - 0300 - Phor>e ^S •■6) ;88 - ^989 - Fo. B Cribnte to ... . •ur lamented Qneen ? J^ Ji • / ■■'.I- '^,M ■ ■ ! ' -•^♦^ EXPLANATION. i r\S the Sunday following the death of Her Most ^"^ Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria, the morning service of the American Presbyterian Church was of a memorial character. The Church was simply but most effectively draped with the national colore against a back- ground of black. At the close the congregation stood in reverent silence during the rendering of the " Dead March in Saul." The sermon was preached without any thought of publication, but as many detained by sickness wished to read it, and others desired to have it as a memento of the deeply impressive occasion, I have yielded to the requests to have it printed. T. S. McWlLLIAMS. Montreal, Jan. 29th, 1901. ■ I J Matt. 25:20-21. ot he five talent.. saji„K, l.„r.l. i,,„„ .Iclivere.Kl unt.M.u- fivo taU-m,,: lo, I haveKaincI otlur f.ve tale„„ 1 , «.r.l sauI ..MtohiM,. Well .!„„,. ^,.„, „„, ,.,,,.„„ ^^.^ ^ tl.«u ha>t Uen faithful over a few tlma-s, i .vil sh t ec ..v.r .„a„y things : enter thon in.., the j,,; of thy I-orr' \|(/HEN last weasscml.lcl Irtc. it was „,„Ic ,he h.- ove.l „a.ne a.ul I.cncfice.,t r„Ie cf Her Most Craoio.is Majesty nt.^.„ Victoria; to.iay we con.c toKUhcr ,"" I.e natne and rei«„ <.f His r.„,..ria, Majesty Ki..^ K. ! . \ U. lTo„, tl.e ,nilIio„s of Ikt ,n,.„r>,in^. subjects- -a front the rooU at.d trt.e of all the uorhl-has ^^o,, o for 1 .o.sorroun.1 whis,..r--- The OtK-en is .lead'- v' ;: ^'T:' ''"'"^''' "^ "'^' ^''"^''''^ ^'-^'^-t l.:.„,,ire las X ", r "^"", """'■ ^'" "'">■ •"™"^''-t '. . o7.v d^^^^^ " "'• '"'^ ^'■■•"•'^"""t the civili.ed world Sou „c ""'«''^-f "-. -"^- t<'«^ther with a chill cou- Sn U " d '; '"T'^'T-''^ '■'°"''- -"• ">y riads of miui- wo 1 "" ""^ ""■'■""'"^' ''^•'-'^'^ "•■■» tr. .vifh HKarud super atues or ful..ne praise, hut it is si'.pio truth to say that she h s heen the purest aud greatest tor. Alt ed the Cicat. co.dd for a n.onte.tt he hrouRht into contpar,so„ with h..r. Hut while Kin, Alfred io-K ;Sv'^^: '■' ;!:^ ''?'^-^ ^'-t hi,;; hy ,.,.:; ^^^ of the i„h ceutury. is see,, to he uot o„lv a go^d a, K^ n^uareh. ln,t a ,,...el of pure Clui;tia.Nv.!.,r! hood ru every sphere of that lo,,,. life ou which the ra>sof puLhc observation an* Ikjoi fouiul staiiilfss aiul a-. she was a in(Klel to every home of faithfuhie vs, de\ otlon and love. She was the aflivtionntc mother ol many .hil.lren, whom she ruled and trained ns a mother should, ever teaeliinK tlieni that chari'dcr was of rm.re imi>ortnnoe than rank. Her liiuh example is a rebuke to all those who di ;dain the ciiains of wc.llock. or shrink from the >.ains and resiKjiisibililiesof motlierhoixl. As a widow, she never ceased to honor the memory of her lieloved husband. In fact, a finer example of domestic life in all of its relations coidd hardly have been set. Not oidy was her ix;rst,nal life so pi'ire that no stray breath of blemish ever attaehwl to her name, but she actively exerted her influence and authority to expel immorality from her presence. She demanded clean living amonK those that had entrance to her court. It has not always been so. Kin^s and queens have not always Ixren examples of purity. Royal courts have not always been Edens of simplicity. And the value of her example and innuence upon the morality of the nation and i!ic world has been simply incalculable. It is com- monly said that a British monarch in these davs rn^ns but does not ru/e. We may well !>e thankful for "the degree of truth that there is in that statement, W- are glad that our sovereign's rule is parlian itnrv ■ ,f^T than personal, that this is a constitutional ratliei i an absolute monarchy. And yet within the constitup.onal limits she exerted a guiding and moulding inline..- < -)on the government of her empire. She never hind, democratic trend of the times, but rather eiicour* growing recognition of the people's rights. S have had her personal preferences for certain stau but .she never allowed the.se preferences to influence m public policy. In the performance of her duties she « - incst conscientious. It has been .said that she w.. never sign a .state paper without complete knowledge o. It. She favored the legislation that aimed at the entVw h c?iisc.nei.t of l.cr people ntut the eradication of feiulalisn. and tyranny. She norrowcd over the sufTerinR, of her MiJ.jc-cts aj a mother miRht sorrow over her sons. She hated war. «„d it was largely due to her that peace was not oftener u.ternipted during her long reign. Her ex- pre,s.sedwishwa.,toend her reign with Britain at peace wuh all the world. The saddest thing in connmion V«th her death was that this wish was not gratified The Horrowaof the South African war weighetl heavily upon her great and temler heart. Indeed, it seemed that she grieved away the feehle remnant of strength that time had eft her over the death of her so.is, her soldier Iwys. Her heart had not grown old. Tin.e could not quench her mother-love for every one of her subjects. The world will long .speak of the Victorian Age. as it «pcaksof the ICli^alK-than Age. The Victorian wSl stand «de by s.de with the Kli/abcthan. as the two that have K.ven greatest distinction to Knglan.l's history and litera- ture. The former reign lasted 45 years, and gave Eng- and H history some of its most brilliant pages and Eng- land s literature some of its very proudest names. Queen V .ctonn s reign la.ste to appreciate thedcptha.uM.rcadtl.of the „reat cn.rent of a' .crican opunon. These are so alert to any unki.ul words ol unKencro,,s act, of our „eiKh»x.rs that they will „«t hsten for the Ko«|. They n,a«nify the fact that the mayor of s"uS-^r'w ' »:";"'""'« ""worthily to the en.t.ittcred subjects of Her Majesty who had fou.id a home i„ that cty. refuse.| to half-mast the flag over thccitv hall ; but they ,X"..re the fact that the fla^ floats at half-.nast over the I resident's mansi.m. over the public buil.linKs in most o the A„,ericau cities ( which was never do.^^ Z jCenerally for any foreign rnUr I.fore ). and that in cities res.^!T V "" ""'"' ^'"' -•'«'— o^ "•o..rnin« are said to \>^ „,ore Reneral than in Montreal. I ca.n.ot more fittmuly express America's estimate of Her Majesty editor . I-or the first tune in the annals of the world the whole race Rathcrs in sincere «rief at the death-bed of a n„,ver.s.l friend.- • We are all yonr Ma est7 subjects, wrote the Arbitration Con.mi.ssioner at the Hague. The great wester.. Republic, the great free .se f.governi..g states of her e.npire. Ca..ada the Austraha.. .states, Xew Zealand. I..di;. and the ni..o dependences, a,. hu..dred a...l thirty millio..s of the donrma..t race were bonnd together by the con.mon tie of l.o«,are for the l-.npress-Qnee..." I„ the death of Quee,, v,ctona the people of the United States have lo! rt7 .'""^ V"'^ "■''■ ''"'^ '"^^-^"^ ♦»"-'i^ °"" borders and Trr r'' *""" '''«^*''^'- "-^^^ »»>°'* °f wood a..d fihal love It was not that of their own race a.,d a..g„age had rise., the greatest a..d purest sovereig,. t^u history record.,, though i., that they took a just pride • it was not that wl.e.. our ..ational life was tre...bli..g i„ [ul balance, and whe.. all the ,x,tent n.en of Engla,,d wee our enennes, she stood with in.movable finn.fess fo ,s gratitude ; ..or was .t o.,ly l^ecan.se her life was a., example wh.ch brought purity and do...estic lovalty to every home, whether i.. cottage or palace." The tie was deeper a..d stro..ger than all these; it was the bond M . of a mother's love t)estow«l, and of a dauRhter's love returned. Gratitude should niinRle with our Rrief to-day. While sorrowing that she should have been taken away, we rejoice that she should have been given us, and that she was spared to live and reign so long. We should be thankful that the approach of death was sufliciently foreseen for the necessary adjustments of official matters to l>e made ; we .should al.so Ije thank- ful that the mistaken prayers of many for the prolonga- tion of her life were not answered, when in the very nature of the case it must have meant lingering without cither mental or j)hysical vigor. We should be thankful that the change of sovereigns has come about without any menace to the nations peace, and with so little disturbar .e of the world's business. In the same breath we say, " The Queen is dead, long live the King !" It is reassuring to reflect that His Imperial Majesty is the son of our lamented Sovereii-Mi, and that it is his expressed determination to follow in the footsteps of his noble mother ; not ruling as an absolute or arbitrary sovereign, but reigning as a constitutional monarch. I am sure we all heartily unite in the prayer that the King of kings may so replenish him with grace that he may always incline to do God's will and walk in his way. And nowhere throughout his broad empire will there be more loyal and devoted subjects than in this Dominion. It is but a step from contemplation of the Queen's example, which is worth more than many sennons, to the consideration of our text. Many jxjints of this parable of the Talents had their evident fulfilment in her case. If she was like the person in the parable in having received a large trust from her Lord, she was like him also in so using her trust as to double it — yea, more than double it. The talents of the wicked and the slothful were in God's providence given into the hands of her who had ten talents, verifying the principle that to him that hath shall be given, while from him that hath not shall be taken away even that he hath. ' ' And who will '*.4ti 1 / doubt that from the lips of the Lord, she has heard the approving words, " Well done, good and faithful ser\'ant." Yes, "servant," for while our Sovereign, she humbly, gladly owned herself to l)e Christ's ser\'ant ; and not because she was Queen, but because she was a humble boliever in Mini who is no respecter of persons, we are sure she has entered into the joys of her Lord. The same burial service will be read over her body as over the humblest pea.sant, and tins is proper. There is Init one door for high and low, rich and poor into the heavenly fold, and that door is Jesus Christ. The palace of Egypt's king needed the shel- tering blood as much as the hovel of the poorest peasant ; and the soul of England's great and good Queen required to be clea!i.sed in the blood of Christ. She realized this, and humbly .sought shelter beneatli that bl(X)d. Have you done so? If the greatest and best monarch of the world's greatest empire dired not venture into the hohof holies without tlie atoning blood, if .she needed the wedding garment of Christ's right- eousness in which to go to tlie marriage supper of the Lamb, will j'oie go into the presence of the King of kirigs, trusting to your own morality or good works ? Fools may rush in where angels fe.nr to tread, but those who are wise will go in tlie way of Christ's own teaching. " Thou hast been faithful over a /e:c //liUi^sV Are those the words in which God addresses the rulers of an empire on which the sun never .sets ? Yes, for while great compared with the empires of earth, it is as nothing compared with the Iwundless realms of God. Earth itself is but a tiny ball compared with the sun, and the merest sand grain in this great universe. "Thou hast been faithful "—Yes, /a/////'«/«^.w is the point upon which the award is made. Precisely the same words are sjwken to the man who faithfully employed /,k,^mH»J!l use of unequal endowments is equally rewarded. Man's honor is according to the measure of our success ■ but God s regard wilf be according to the -as- ^f^.^ failhfidness Yes, the Ionian whose sphere is the httle {:rX,e. if she reigns there as a ^-nly woma^o as a womanly queen with the same 'aithfuh.ess that Her Majesty exemplified in her mightier domaui, nay hear the same sweet words of approval and reward as have g ddeTed h" But the tendency is for the one talaU people to fail to realize the (act of their trusteeship. We a e sure that the man with a million is a trustee and n ust give an account to God for the use or abuse of h s Xit but we do not realize that the man with but one doSr must do the same. Wehnow that a g-t r-lro^^^ should be run upon principles ot justice -"^ ^^J" ^ ;^^^^^ f.el it a gre.t shame if tlay over-charge where there is no compttit-on -. but the cabman is slow to realize that it " pre" Lw the same thin, in principle for him to charge :r than his iust and .piitaMe fare ^^^^f^^^^^ c.n When a minister of brilliant gifts and the best cat n ceases labor, we are sure he will be ca led to .ccounl for his unfait;ifulness ; but when the chnrch :; Xrof modest ability is -o timid or too ^^-ch. nt to make use of that modest ability m his Master s S^c^ w -^1^ to realize that his nnfaithfulness wrU •^^st" surely be punished as the unfaithtuliiess of the "°":fwm'mal.e thee ruler over many things." This brings me to the thought that I wanted most ^T^^S.. Observe the reward which the Master ;:^::S What does he propose .,rtl..rvai^vv^ Ins faithfully managed his trust ? Is it, as ur Watson asksf " release from labor and responsibility-a uu re n contrast with the past ? Is it, so to say, retire- ment and a pension ? That would not be absurd, but t wou d be less than the best. Something more could Te^t 1^ done with this man's exercised and .developed „ift,^his foresight, prudence, courage, en erprise. The pa shapes the future, and this servant, havnig served hi appr nticeship. becomes himseli a master, ruler over nmnv thint?- ' ' ' According to Christ, life will be yscd. not reversed. Work will not l.e closed, it will be einanci- uated, the servav.t here beconiins a ruler yond.-r. The fret the disappointment, the disability will be «one, but the'capacitvand the labor will remain: and we shal experience the joy of our I/.nl in perpetual activ.lv and -rrowth. Now this IS very different fioai the idea ot t.ie Future life which has doun:,a:ed Chiistian thou;^ht. Heaven has been spoken of and .un- of as a place oi physical inaction, an en.lless conter.iplation ol (.od. or an endless service of praise. The idea has be.n that w nle we- fuini the Divine will heve in .^n,>f>a!>o>,, w..- sliall fulfd it there in aJoratnvi. lU.sy n,en, who hnd ev.n a summer vacation almost intolerable, have b.en told t! -.a when thevdie thev are to enter a church where m-.^.t and day the ceaseless anlhem swells. Faber exclaims- " K.illicr of Jesus, love's n-u;inl, Wliat ra;)Uire will it b-o, Tr»st.,iU- 1. fore Thy ThrniiL- to \w, Au'l K /.e !\;iil Kaze on Thee." I do not believe that sort of Nirvana would be rapture for all of us: it mi-ht for the Christian mystic, W e used to hear a hvmn about heaven as a place "where congre^ nations ne'er break up and Sabbaths never end. I nmst confess st.ch a prospect had very httle attraction for me as a bov. Schooled in this eschatoloRV of the mystics, I l>elieve many a Christian man has braced lum- se f to face the inevitable and j,'one into eternity with something of the same feeling as the busy man has m go ug to a great social function. What a delicious sur- prise it must be for such men to find that heaven is the continuation of the present life upon a higher level. Tl e gifts which were faithfully laid out and gained a splendid interest will f^nd jo> ful employment above. I '*♦♦-' ^**j'