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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 22t 1 2 3 4 5 6 A /v^^s VIVE LE SANG DE JESUS' \ QuelqiueB ffcuillCB t>c vnvm^it 6c Vic \^: ■ Adorateurs du Precieux Sang, Amis de J^sus, venez les recueillir. ^ s^^^^ v ^^v^^ M ^w v !^^ !/^ RMWVWWM Syn C3 w o mahdnal umu«y CANADA • • •• I • • • • ( t a«« COS • , •. • •• •.#•• • I Ad ^ VIVE LE SANG DE J^SUS ! ^ttclqncB fcttillcs^ de VBvbvc 6e me Tm§^'^ Adorateurs du Pricieux Sang, Amis de Jjsus, vansz las raeyalllir. — 1 — mmmtmmm. iWM mm^ VIVE LE SANO DE J^SUS I ^i^^^Skf^S^^ii^^^S^^^i^^^^iSkf^ Cinq Pr6cieuses Feuilles — DB UARBRE DE VIE — OFFERTES A — J^os Confreres^ Bienfaiteurs et Amis n o ■ o C C c o o' 1)0° OThNaidb „ ° ^ C (, o O f a o n Or " Au milieu de la place publique et tur les deux bords dn ileuve ^tait I'arbre de vie oui porte douze foie, donnant tous les mois du fruit ; et les feuilles de Varhre servent d nn' dr§ la santd omx nations. Apocalypse : XXII, 2. La sainte Eglise — ce ciel de la terre — a aussi son arbre de vie : c'est la divine charity ; ses fruits *i •• t. " VIV£ LE SANO Dl j£SUS ! ^^^ mis )ord8 inant 2. LUSSi ruits i%' «4^ lont les di verses vertus chr^tienneSi et ses feuilles les pieuses pratiques de la religion La s^ve do cet arbre, c'est le Sang infiDiment f^cond de Celui qui adit: "Jesuisla... vie"; le soleil qui le^ rechauffe, c'est le briilant amour du Dieu qui ** a tant f im^ le monde qu'il lui a donn^ son Fils unique." PREMlfiRE FEUILLE Sa propridtd est d'etre sou verainement m^decinale : elle fortifie les faibles, gu^rit lea malades, et inocule insensi- blement la vie dans les &mes mortes ^ la gr&ce. L'OFtUANnE DU FHJ^CISUr S^NG, lo. En tons temps, en toutes circonata aces et pour toutes sortes de hesoins. P^re Eternel, je vous offre les m^rites du Tr^s Pr^ieux Sang de J^sus-Christ, en expiation de mes p^ch^s et pour tous les besoins de la sain. > Eglise. (00. joun d*ind* chaqtie f ols Ind . pl^niere une fois chaque foU — 3 — VIVB LE SANG DE J&3US ! ^ft^^a^^ft?^^6^^6t>^^^-^fi^^^-^fe:Ri^^6i^^ti>^^(S^^ " L'offrande du Pr^cieux Sang, dit Lancicius, est tr^s agitable k Dieu. parce quelle le glorifie de la mani^re la plus excellente et la plus sublime." Ge pieux autour ne craint pas d'affirmer que "Tof • frande du Sang de J^sus-Christ est d'une efiica- cit^ infinie. Elle demande, ou plutdt. dans un cer- tain sens, elle exige, dit-il, la remission des p4ch^s commie ant^riearement ; elle est une garantie contre le p^ch^ k venir ; elle rend grd<;e pour tou- tes les benedictions g^n^rales et particulieres ; elle obtient I'assistance divine et soolage les vi vants, e j; .tr^ass^." • • » • » • • » • t » » Sainte Madeleine de Pazzi, dans une r^v^la- tion, re9ut I'ordre d'offrir le Sang de J^sus-Christ pour d^sarmer le bras de Dieu lev^ sur les p^heurs. Conf orm^ment k cette instruction venue du ciel, el^e prit la ooutume d'offrir, jusqu'k cin- quante fois le jour, le Sang de J^sus Christ pour les yivants et pour les morts. Cette &me s^raphi- ^>I^^^^^Sk:$^^^^^^^^>^'^^(^^^^^^^^:^^^9k^^^f^^^^tfk:flf^ — 4 — VIVE LE SANQ DE jtfSUS ! >» les cin- DOur phi- que le faisait avec une si grande ferveur qu'en plusieurs circonstances, elle obtint la conversion d'une multitude de p^cheurs, ainsi que Dieu le lui montra en yision. Un jour, qu'elle ^tait en extase, elle s'^cria : " Toutes les fois qu'une cr^a^ ture offre le Sang par lequel elle a 4t6 rachet^e, elle offre un don d'un prix infini que rien ne peat compenser." Offrande du Precieux Sang de Jisus, ^Jo. En Amende Honorable O P^re Eternel, k chaque battement de mon coeur jusqu'k mon dernier soupir, je vous offre, par I'interm^diaire du coeur de Marie, le Sang adora- ble de votre divin Fils ; je vous I'offre autant de fois qu'il s'immole k vot' ' souveraine Majesty, pour lui faire reparation ut amende honorable et •MIMiMM ■IRHMa wtmmm** J-'^ VIVE LE SANG Dl J^SUS 1 ^^fH^^^^Si^ pour satisfaire k votre justice divine ; je vous foffre pour expier mea p^ch^s et les outrages sans nombre dont je me suis rendu coupable envers Vauguste Trinity. Daignez me pardonner mB f antes innombrables et les noyor toutes, pour jamais, dans la piscine salutaire du Sang de J ^sus- Christ. » Je vous oflfre encore ce Sang adorable, et tou- iours par le coeur tr^s saint et immacul^ de Mane, en reparation de tons les crimes commis par les p^cheurs qui ont crucifix J6sus et par ceux qui sont encore sur la terre. Je vous 1 off re, entm, pour racheter toutes les peines que doivent subir, k cause de leurs p^ch^s. les Ames qui g^missent dans les flammee du purgatoire. et pour satis- faire, au nom de chacune d'ellts. k toutes les exigences de votre rigoureuse justice. Ainsi 8oit-iL + i, ,.. ■f VIVE LE SANG DE jfiSUS ! L'OKrRANDB DU PrJ^.CIEUX SaNO DE JfiSUS, So. Comihe muvre de charity envers Dieu. Marie, mfere du Sauvear, daiprnez oflfrir le" Sang tres Pr6cieux de voire divin File au P^ro Eternel, pour empecher, au moin8,un p^ch^ mor- tel durant cette nuit "Si toua les soirs, avant de prendre notre repo9, dit le P. Faber, nous conjurions la tr^s sainte Vierge d'offrir k Dieu le Pri^cieux Sang de Bon cher Fiis pour empecher une faute mortelle dans Tune des parties du raonde pendant la nuit ; et si, tons les matins, nous renouvelions cette pri^re pour la dur^e du jout, pouvonsj nous dou- ter qu'une telle offranie faite par ces mains b^nieane nous obtienne la gr&ce demand^e ?— Ohacun de nous pr^viendrait done ainsi, toui les ans, un grand nombre de p^oh^s. - *r tki-tm VIVE LE SANG DE J^SUS ! "Supposons maintenant que mille d'entre nous conaentent k faire cette offrande pendant vingt ana— quoi de plus facile—sans parler dei m6ntes que nous pourcions acqu^rir, nous aurions emp^ch^ plus de quatorze millions de p^ck^s mor- tels. Quelle gloire nous procurerions ainsi k notre Don J^fius ! quelle jouissance et quelle f^licit^ nous nous assurerions k nous-m^mes ! " Disons done de tout coeur, matin et soir : O Marie, mere du Sauveur, daignez offrir le Sang tr^s Pr^cieux de votre divin Fils pour empecher ne f at ce qu'un aeul p^ch^ mortel cctte nuit {ou ce jour). DEUXIJBME FEUILLE Sa propri^t^ est de rendre dignes d'une ^ternelle r6compenae tons les actes que le chr^titu nroduit en ^tat de graci. * . — 8 — VIVE LE SANG DE J^SUS ! Oblation Quotidienne a Dieu Mon Dieu, je rous offre le Prdcieux Sang de mon bien-aim^ R^dempteur et, dans ce Sang d'une valeur iufinie, toutes les penseee, paroled," actions, souffrances, d^sirs et Sections de cette journde ; je vous les ofFre pour votre amour, pour accomplir votre sainte volont^, en esprit de peni- tence pour mes fautes, et en union avec tout ce qu'a fait et souffert Notre Seigneur durant sa vie mortelle. Je m'unis k toutes les bonnes oeuvres qui se feront dans Tunivers entier ; je desire y prendre part, ainsi qu'a tons ies saints sacrifices qui seront c^l^br^s aujourd'hui par toute la terre. Je voudrais, durant toute cette journee et toute ma vie, vous aimer et vous servir parfaitement ; je renonce de toute mon kme k tout p^ch6, et je pr^f^re mille fois la mort au malheur de voua offenser m§me vdniellenient. Je vous proteste d'avance que je d^savoue toute tentation et toute distraction dans mes pri^res. Chaque fois qu'il — 9 — VIVE LE SANG DE J^SUS ! se pr^sentera pour moi une occasion int^rieure ou ext^rieure de p^ch^, j'ai I'intention de la fair imm^diatement et de renouveler mes engaj^e- inents de fidelity envera vous, mon Dieu et mon Sauveur. Par la vertu de votrc Pr^cieux Sang, o J^sus. et par I'intercession de votre M^re Imma- cul^e, gardez moi, aujourd'hui, sans tache et toute k vous, et faites que toutes mes actions soient accomF^ies d'une maniere digne de Celui a qui je les offre. A chaque heure du jour, je desire renouveler cette priere et cette offrande : accep- tez I'une et Taut re, 6 mon Dieu, b^nissez-les, ren- dez-les efficaces pour votre gloire et mon salut. Ainsi soit-il. S M. B. r I — 10 VIVE LE SANG DE J^SUS ! ^fi^:^a^ if ■I TROISIfiME FEUILLE - Sa propri^t^ eat de se poser sur tout ce que le chr^tien vivant de la vie surnaturelle produit, et de changer en or pour acheter le ciel tout ce qu'elle touche. Convention avec J^sus et Marie, d'une merveilleuse efficacitd. Mo^^ doux J^sus, et vous, Marie, ma bonne M6re, agr^ez, j'e vous en conjure, par le Prix sacr^ de ma redemption, le pacte que je desire conclure avec vous en ce jour. Chaque fois que je respirerai pendant cette annee, ]e me propose de faire, avec toute I'affec- tion dont je suis capable, autant de millions d'ac- tes d amour en vers vous qu'il y a d'^toiles au fir- mament, d atdmes dans I'air, de grains de sable dans I'oc^an, d^ parcelles dans la terre, de feuil- les, de fleurs et de fruits sur les arbrea, de gout- VIVE LE SANO DE jtsVH ! tes deau dans les fleuvea et dans la mer ; autant quil y a eu et qu'il y aura de pens^es, de paro- les et d'actions pr.daites par les hommes Vront 6t6. qni sont et qui seront sur la terre. Ces actes d'amour, je desire les ioindre k tous ri'l^.T* °°*' ^^ '* 1"' ^°"« seront ad«s- ses depuia le commencement du monde jusqu'A la fin. et k tous ceux que feront, pendant I'^ternit^ tous le. anges et tous les sainte du paradis. lea^ m,?lVti"^ ^'7T- ^^ '*' "Douveler et de d^?r.^t I? ^'^ ind^finiment chaque fois que, durantoetteftnn^e,je r^p^terai I'une ou I'autre desoraisonsjaculatoiressuivantes: Mon J^sus mrs^ncorde ! . . . San^ de «sus, eoulez surtou-' de Marie,soye2 mon salut et eelui de toutes les Ames rachet^es par le Sang de votre Fils. Que J6.US wit k jamais Wn, et remerci/pon; — 12 — VIVE LE SANG DE J^SUS ! ,i$$^-^^i<:^ic: ^f^^^^^^^JJ^ sri'ir'*" •" <"■' "• "»" ■" «»«. * t «„ti?f ^*'*® avec Jdsuset Marie, disent plusieurs auteurs, est merveilleusement propre 4 nl^ S meTnr 'o •''"P* <^" f/sor.^ de m"ri?: mr de IVw Q«'«onq««. en effet, le premier jour de Ian (ou plus souvent) aura concu et exprim<51e d^sir de faire k chaque pas Tchraue respiration, k chaque parole. aStanrd'aotes d'a mour quil y a d'^toiles au firmament ete celu? li. sans aucun doute, acquerra autant de deSs de glcre qu .1 aura voulu r^ellement produire d acte8 d amour; prfsque k chaque acte d'amonr correspond un degri de m^rites, eti chaque Jegr,5 d. mentes, un degrd de gloire pour I'Z! ser ?^ll!l ^erveilleux secret, qui permet d'amas- 1 TterX '• ''""P' '•" "•''°'-» *»« -^rit-" pour ^^^^k ^k^k<^< ^^^==^^^2}i2^S^k>^^Sk^^^^ -13 — i . VIVl LE SAKQ DE JjfiSUS ! ^s^^£;^^^^ii^ (JUATRlfiME FEUILLE \r.iu^£^?P^i^^ *** s'exerce que sur les dmes qui sont k la vfi il if V^ -f/^u* ^V'«^' del'^ternit^ : elle augmente la vie de la chants chez les mourants qui la possijdent, et la ressuscit* dantceux qui I'ont perdue. » i- « L'Offrande des Gardes d'Honneur du » Pr^cieux-Sang, (d 4tre renouveUe matin et soir. ) Fknce Eternel, je m'cnis k toutes les messes qui se c6l6brent et se c^lebreronfc pendant ce jour (oit cette nuit), sur tous les autels du monde entier et je vous offre le Sang de la Victime sans tache qui /ous y est mystiquement immol^e, aux diver- ses fins de la Garde d'Honneur, particuli^rement pour les agonisants d© ce jour (ou de cette nuit.) Accordez-leur la grdce insigne de la perseve- rance finale. Ainsi soit-il. iO joun dHodulgtoceff t A 1% VIVE Lt SAKG DE J^SUS ! CINQUlfiME FEdlLLE Sa propri^tfj est celle de Taimant sur le fer • telle est sa purgatoire, elle brise ses chaines de feu et lui ouvreTe del £«t li que, ravie et reconnaissante, elle savoure les frufi fAnT'' f ^ ""Ir^* ^, ^^ ?"i *« ^^^^^ Jesus' aibre 8U « lequel sont grtff^s tous lea ^lus. * . La Ml^DIATION EN FAVEUR DEs AmES } DU JPUHGATOIRE .^''^^^^^'^''^^^^^gg^ra.un jour k un saint rehgieux de a approprier les mdrites de son Sang et de les offrir k son P^re pour les Ames du Pur- gatoire, afin dacquitter ainsi toutes leurs dettes ' .oi«V """"^ *'"S?^^® *^^'"«' *3^^2 Pi*ie des ames •aintes qui souffrent au milieu des flammes du purgatoire ; je rous demande cette gr&ce par les mantes de voire Sang precieux : de%e Sang que vous av€ z vers^ k la cir-oncision, au jardin des ohves, k la flagellation; de ce Sang qui Jailli? — 16 — ^■f . VIVE LE SANG DE jfisUS ! 80U8 la couronne d'^pinee, qui coula pendant que ^uT ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ®^ lorsque vous y Mtea atta- che ; de ce Sang pr^cieux que vous avez vers^ pendant les troia heures de votre cruelle agonie aur la croix, et de celui qui sortit, apr^s votre mort, de rotre divin coeur perc^ de la lance ; de ce Sang pr^cieux, enfin, qu., tous les jours, est r^pandu sur nos autels et qui devient notre breu- vage k la saints communion. Ainsi soit-il. < (Extrait de divers auteurs.) Que la S^ve divine qui nourrit ces pr^cieusea feuilles les rende souverainement effioaces k tou- tes les Ames qui s'en serviront avec pi^t6. Ainsi soit-il. Imprimatur t L Z , Ev. DE St-Hyacinthe. — 16 — -*? mses tou- me and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. Then, after stating that imperative duty leaves ! I Ml I I I. ( I 22 him no alternative, he proceeds to plead with Christians, that they adorn their profession, and walk worthy of the vocation wherewith they are called ; and appeals to those still unconverted, that they at once become reconciled to God. He exhorts his people to liberality in support of the societies in which he had roused their interest, and commends to them especially the cause of temperance, in which he had been the pioneer. Since the parting charge of Paul to the Ephesian Elders, I doubt if a more tender and faithful farewell has been given. After his dismission from this church, Mr Christmas rested from pastoral work for a time during which he visited New Orleans, as Agent for the American Bible Society, and spent some time V c ,^"\^^''-' ^^ *^^ ^^^il^ ^f his friend, Mr. S. .; TTi'i^ !.''/ ^here he preached for the famous Hillside Church." In October, 1829, he was installed pastor of the Bowery Presbyterian Church m New York, and began his ministry with the greatest acceptance and success, taking rank at once among the most attra<5tive preachers of that city iiut his health again proved unequal to the task and he died suddenly, March 14th, 1830, just five months after settlement, when not quite twenty- seven years old. His wife and both his children had died within a few months previous, so that the entire family were called away within a single year: "They were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided." So lived, and labored, and died, the first pastor 23 of this church-a man of rare beauty and nobility of character. Doubtless he had his faults • but after a careful perusal of all that I can find relating to him, I have not been able to discover what they were. We may think he erred in wearing out his strength too soon, and going down to an untimely grave ; but not all men are made to work alike Some trees grow slowly and live long-others bear fruit early, and die young; and so it is with men. We do well to cherish his name ; and to do it honor • would it not be well if we should honor ourselves by founding some memorial worthy of his work ?— not by the erection of a costly monument or tablet but by establishing a school, or mission chapel or society for Christian work-in short, something which should illustrate his character, and perpetuate his influence, as well as keep alive his name. * After the loss of such a leader, it is not sur- prising that some time passed before his place was filled. The minds of the people again reverted to the man of their first choice ; and at the annual meeting of that year, December 25, 1828, they again unanimously called Mr. Sanford in the same terms as on the two former occasions. It was now fondly hoped that he w ould accept ; but again they were ereatlr^fl''?:i^!*'^'l'°'^^'^°**"**^"*'"*^«S«^^^^ ^ become E^f * r ? '""^ "***" °' Fmnce,and almost decided to devote himself to the work in that country. Disappointed in this plan, one argnment which induced him to come to Montreal was, the hope that he B^ m ttr *'.f ''""'' P'P'^^""^ °^ *^» ^'^-'°-- " ^ould seem^ therefore, as if some special effort in connection with the French C^^ian work, would be particularly appropriate, as a tribute to hi. 24 disappointed, for, although he left Brooklyn about that time, It was to become pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, where three years afterward he died. The church remained a l»dU that they recovered sufficiently from the douWe sorrow of bereavement and defeat, to call another man. ' This time their choice fell upon Mr. Geo. W Perkins * a recent graduate of New Haven, where under the instruction of Dr. Taylor, he had learned a somewhat different system of Theology from that wluch Christmas had been taught at Princeton He had already spent a few months among the people as supply and by his ability and boldness had won their high esteem. Like his predecessor he was ordained and installed by the Presbytery of New York, May 30, 1830, and it seems that some of the same ministers assisted in this service, as in the previous one, six years before. The name of Dr tox appears upon the church records of that time' and ,t IS believed that Dr. Patton was also present! although no sketch of the order of service has been preserved. Mr. Perkins remained in office a little more than nine years, until June, 1839, when he, too wa« compelled by serious ill health, greatly L the / 25 regret of both himself and his people, to retire from the field. This vigorous climate proved too stimu- lating to his intensely nervous temperament ; and exaggerated ideas of his duty, and his powers of endurance, led him to tax his frame beyond its strength. In one of his letters from Montreal he said : " I am diminishing my sleep, taking now but six hours, and thinking of coming gradually down to Hve." In the cold mornings of our Canadian winter he would rise long before light, mount his horse, take a canter along the bleak mountain's side, and return to his work in the study before the morning dawned. Pew men could bear such exposure, and it is no marvel that his health should fail, indeed it seems the only wonder that he should have endured so long. It was quite characteristic of his independent and energetic mind, that he should seek to conquer the climate, instead'of yield- ing to it; but even his iron purpose was not equal to the task, and he found at last, that though the spirit might be willing, yet the flesh was weak. His was a faithful and a fruitful pastorate. A very different man from Mr. Christmas— he was by that very contrast, the better fitted to succeed him, and to carry on the work which had been so well com- menced. He had a strong, well balanced mind, and beneath it lay a granite foundation of firm principle and sound common sense. Perhaps his chief characteristics were a sturdy understanding, an intense conscientiousness, and an unflinching de v o- D 26 tion to what he deemed the right. He saw clearlv he fe t deeply, and he spoke boldly. He had mZh I- he old Puritan sense of duty, and reSgion spJlTe J not, of the Mosaic code. He was not beautiful m taste but he was earnest, practical and logical and fearkss and true. His discourses werXt elegant, but they were always sensible andXible and sometimes they were in the best sense e^n' n the clearness of their statements, the strength of their arguments, and the power of their appeal The difficulties which he met were unlike those which had opposed his predecessor. In spite ^• pr^udice and misunderstanding, Mr.'christma had a1=/h=i:;;3rzs;ph^^^ some cases had united with the chur^^h. 'C the steady increase of the Protestant population the tme had now aj-rived for founding churches of the tended todeplete,andforatime, weaken the Amert ^congregation. In the first six years TmI e^t Krl TT''^' ''" ^^"'^^'a"* Cheches were (Church of Sco«.„d).n/"o"'e^ " ^ °^'' '" "^'i S*- f"''' ^ -J,, am v,o,» otreci (Free Ftesbytfrton) In 1834. ■ s ; i i iw clearly, ad much of ti spoke to thou shalt beautiful, 1* aesthetic d logical, were not 1 forcible, eloquent, rength of >peals. ike those spite of tmas had no other 3ople of inations, Presby- iir own, ;, and in In the ion, the s of the essarily Ameri- of Mr. i were f them ; Erekine 3t. Pauls' 4. 27 drew from him some of his attendants, and well loved friends. This process was a trying test to the young and zealous pastor. There was danger that in this growth of enterprises, there should spring up a feeling of rivalry and competition, hostile to the loving spirit of the gospel. The people, too, might become discontented at their losses, and be disposed to blame the minister for what he. could not help, and the pastor might be soured in mind, or disheartened in his work. It is high praise to say of Mr. Perkins, that he bore himself with manly courage, and kindness through this trying time, and ever showed a Christian temper toward those who were around. He always cherished a catholic and liberal spirit, and was instru- mental in diminishing the exclusiveness which had hitherto prevailed. His church in spite of losses and removals continued to increase. In connection with his ministry there were two hundred and sixty-three (263) additions to the church, an annual average of nearly thirty ; a ratio only surpassed in Mr. Christmas' time, and which has probably never been equalled since. The records show a remarkable evenness and steadiness of church growth, which speak volumes for the pastor's faithfulness and skill. Some events which occurred during his ministry deserve special note. One of these was the first appearance of the cholera in Montreal, in 1832, when it struck terror to all hearts, and produced fearful ravages among the people. The emergency revealed the sterling courage of the man. As soon as the 1,1 1 ' 111 I 28 ttno:x;^tnrr ''- ^''~« -^ treatment, a:;d iheZ^^^CulV '*^ ''"^^ Sick and dvine- Po e^-ve mmself to the care of the -%I.t die ;:t J;j^„;;7^f 1. and feu that ,1 until the plague had apentft^ w""!"! '" ^'' was completely past. ' """^ the danger but infamous Cm^^ ">« ^^ "^ the celebrated, to be a converted nun «,n:i 1 '^°'"^" ^^^^ssed "awful disclosures" V"^"'"'^ ^hat she termed Romish institutions otLtoHl'V""''''^ '» *« eagerly believed and r.,V ? . '. , '"eports were and several edSonT of hT . ^^ """"^ ^'^'^^' Perkins, however with i? "^"^ were sold. Mr gated the affal^^d bt "'""' ''"'"''"> «-«««: ^ imposter, tidier !r' "^'"^''"^^ *'"'* ^''e ^as belief HaWng rta^hed th-"""'^ """"^'"^ "^ course, made ittao,^^!*'"' '=°"/"«ion, he of prints as a defender ^f the Tjf " *^ P"""" l^er slanderous attacks tr th'tt' "f ''^''"^' many quarters terriblv n,: '"" *« ^a« « All manner of ZSS ^^"'T*^^ ^''^ abused. hewasa^usfdoftirr/T ""''^'^ "Po^Wni; cause, and called aZft ™^[ *"-*'^ ^^"^-^a.^ was the more honorawrf! "',?''«"'««• His course always been ouloken 'T V""' ''''' ^« ''ad church. But he W?- V^P'"''*"'" *° the Eomish all other things and i"! ^ '"" '"" ^'^^ "'"^^ cause in their defel/e S' '^^T ''" ""Po^-'ar eiense. He was also here in the -* — .^.j;:^ 29 exciting scenes of the rebellion of 1837, and amonR his etters » is a description of the battle-field at St Eusbu;hc a-s it appeared the day after the fight; while still strewn with the wounded and dead. Throughout an eventful and difficult career he proved himself, on all occasions, an able and faithful minister, and a true and noble man. At last, how- ever, his health broke beneath the strain, and though persuaded by his people, once to delay the resignation which he tendered, and to seek restor- ation m rest and travel, he found but slight relief and was dismissed, with his system so reduced' that some time elapsed before he was again able to preach or to perform any mental work. In 1841 he was settled at Meriden, Conn where he labored for thirteen years with his ac^ customed vigor and success. While here, his feelings of generosity, and his love of justice, led him to engage heartily in the anti-slavery cause, then in Its early anu unpopular stage. He became one of Its most prominent and earnest leaders in the State and drew down upon himself much wrath and scorn Throughout nearly the whole of his life at Meriden, while greatly beloved by his own flock he was one of the most unpopular men in the State.' To be called an Abolitionist then, was to receive the foulest stigma, and to have one's name cast out as evil, but he gloried in the title, and fought for • December 14. 1837. 30 the truth in such a way as to make himself respected, if not loved. In 1854 he became the first pastor of the First Congregational Church of Chicago, which had then been recently established upon distinctive anti- slavery principles, and which found in him a fitting leader. In that congenial and important field he preached for nearly three years, with great enjoy- ment and success. The church grew rapidly in size and strength beneath his labors, and has ever since ranked among the largest and most useful congre- gations of that city. He died, after a brief illness, November 13th, 1856, and a memorial tablet for him was placed in the church edifice which had been built during his pastorate ; but the spiritual house which he had helped in Chicago and elsewhere, to rear, is his best and most enduring monument. While men do honor to the sterling qualities which he possessed, his name will not cease to be remem- bered with afiection and respect. Rev. Caleb Strong, * the next pastor of the church, was upon the ground before Mr. Perkins was dismissed, having been secured by him as a supply, while he went in a vain search for heeHh. When it was known that Mr. Perkins could not return, the people naturally selected as his successor the man who had so acceptably filled his place ; and • Bom at Northampton, Mass., Jan. 31, 1816. Graduated at Tale College, 1835, at New Haven Theological School, 1838. Ordained at Oxford, Mass., Oct., 1838. Installed at Montreal, Sept. 1839. Died at Montreal, Jan. 4, 1847. 31 one week after accepting' tlieir former pa^^tor's resignation, they extended to him a hearty and unanimous call. It was characteristic of the man, that, notwith- standing his thorough acquaintance with the people and the field, he should take several weeks to decide upon his course ; and, before giving a final answer, should carefully guard one or two minor points not mentioned in the call. The Society cheerfully met his wishes in these matters ; whereupon he signi- fied his full consent, and was installed pastor by the Presbytery, Sabbath, September 29th, 1839, having previously been ordained by a Congregational consociation in Massachusetts. At this service Dr. Patton, the early and constant friend of the church, presided, and gave the charge to the pastor ; Dr. Hatfield preached the sermon, and Mr. McLane addressed the people. A peculiarly tender interest attaches to the memory of Mr. Strong, from the fact that he is the only pastor of this church who has died in office. But there are other valid reasons why his name should be held in fresh and lasting honor. He was pre-eminently a man to be beloved. Less brilliant than Mr. Christmas, and less bold than Mr. Perkins, he was most amiable in spirit, and most pleasing and gentle in manner. One who knew him well says of him : " He was a remarkably attractive man, partly from an unusually peaceful and winning presence, and partly from a great frankness and sweetness of temper.*' 32 He, perhaps, had few verv »tvi].\r. • . « Wter. This however wl'L^-t^ O:.^ any 4 hei rof e5i"t Ttlr^ *" «ank to mediocrity and dullnes ThT^ ^/'^"'. Governor Strong If M. Jhu ^ J^Xlr.! honored in politic! a.d religious 111.?'^ defended from an .neient .ntZue'^t^:: interest in Npw t^^««.i j ^ ii^nest m historic custom in those days, at the American Church. At 33 that time he was in ordinary health and spirits, receiving and returning the congratulations of the season, and afterward calling upon the families of some ministerial friends. In the afternoon he felt unwell and lay down upon his couch, from which he never rose. His case was not thought critical till Sabbath morning, January 3rd, when his disease suddenly assumed an alarming and intensely painful form, and he lingered in great agony until two o'clock on Monday morning, when he gently fell asleep. During the terrible suffering he was calm and conscious almost to the end, anxious to be relieved, yet willing to abide the Master's will. In reply to a friend who expressed his sorrow at finding him worse, he answered : " Why not say better?" When approached with some enquiries as to his state of mind, he said : I hold principles and truths that perfectly sustain me." He spoke very humbly of his ministry, and expressed an earnest hope that his death might prove of saving benefit to some whom his preaching had not reached. When asked by Dr. Wilkes, '' Is the Master kind to you, my brother, in this hour of distress?" He answered : " Yes, more kind to me than to you." His last audible words were " What to choose I wot not" — evidently referring to the Apostle's words : " What I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better." His funeral was attended by clergymen of all the Protestant denominations, while in the long procession walked E 84 . r; jIwI' '■ All^n' ''""'"' ''^"" «"■""" Catholic, by l.i« Wend Dr W-r ^'T ""^*' "" ''"^ "«««*<»' J uis irieiid, Dr. Wilkes, who also preached a in„r„ complete m-morial discourse, the next slhT. afternoon, in the American' Church A Lk,' beautiful in its own simplicity and its fit„*ett' he unassuming nature of the man, was placed bes.de the pilpit where he preached „„d at thJ bnildnig of the present house, wm removed to t e position whence it now looks out upon us Id w Jh no word of eulogy for him, speaks the very ill Dear friends, let us listen to the voice that comes to us to-day, not from that tablet Tred t the memory of Strong, alone, but from the ™ of Christmas and of Perkins, too, « for beinfde^l they yet speak!" Eecall their lives and TLrs so brief, but so eventful in their acting, and sTr^cT m their results. Not often does a tngre "atfon secure such a succession of such pastors, s^gTftedin themselves and so well fitted to Lir p ace' Se^^ n talfT:/ "r^ •=°^- almost'exactly th lirst half of the existence of the church. It is pleasant to look back upon these peaceful prosperous days. Throughout thft period n'osTr S xue people bad never become 35 that discontented and diHinissed their pastor, and tlie pastor had never deserted his people for a more attractive or remunerative field. The hand of Providence alone had cut the cords that bound those ])astors to the church. In loving, grateful recog- nition of their work, and in strong and comforting assurance of their glorified estate, we apply to all of them to-day the text from which the funeral discourse of one of them was preached, and say : " Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord ; from henceforth, yea saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them." Of the three remaining pastors of the church it is not meet that I should speak in lengthened terms to-day. Concerning the two who have gone to other fields of labor, I am almost equally restrained from utterance on this occasion, by the presence of the one, and the absence of the other. They were personally known to many of this congregation, and are remembered by them, and there is no need that any one should tell you aught regarding them. The time for writing the full, impartial record of this period — its painful portions, in the troubles which led to the withdrawal of the late pastor, as well as its pleasant features — will sometime come, but has not yet arrived. Meanwhile the materials for it should be carefully collected and laid by for future use. Facts, like timber, should be well seasoned before they are wrought into permanent form. Rev. John McLeod was installed pastor in November, 1847, and relieved from his charge, 36 .'"as also for so.S uTZl^f ''''"'''''"'' ^"'^ w that city. In both nZ ^'"'^^^^'' congregation* ^my, useful and helved rr*'°"^ ''^ '"'^ ''««» His pastorate wasSli?" "'"' '^^^• changes in both thlLre . f ''""' '""P"^*^"' At tis recommendation 1 ^""^^ "^ ^°'*iP- -ted at its Annua, MeelLVr"*'/''^ ''^^«*' substitute for Watt'« fTJ^' ^"'""^^r, 1847, to Psalmist, wh cf " tin f 'I* ^^■"'°«' *e Chu eh -vice of ;l:Z^t; tt t i' ^'- ^" *»« "Pon the first Sabbath of tv' ^Perseded, Hymn Book Thelt ! ^'''''' ^^ *•>« Church -'>ieh had hitherLb rnTeTt f*-^ "' *^ '=''"-'•' ""g pork, wa« in 1860 fitted ,m '^ ' '*^"' '"' ^''^■ congenial to the place and ♦? ''"'"P"''^ "">'« Jeeame indeed AZ'oT;,:;:; h'"™^" held henceforth the m„„ • P'^^^®'^- Here was -"any years one of th7f""' ^'""'*'' «<"'<""' for tions of the city and !, T"'^ """"^'-'^^ «««*"- Sabbath even S meetinrf ' 7"^'^ '^^^ f-o«« Many persons who wS;? ""'=^ ^"-^ P^''^-- were accustomed to aTteS ?^ '" "*'' *'''"^*«« «Peak of them i wt '! '''"'"''' ''""^ ««" improvement had been m„ J T'"''- ^"^ *»>*« remaining on the b! ' *^ ''»'^" ^^^^ «till _^^^^Jhehouse, amounting fo |3,200 • Tie South-Wertern Pro,b,teriaa. 37 next received attention, and the Society records state that by a special and united effort it was entirely removed. After Mr. McLeod's dismissal, because of con- tinued and serious ill-health, in 1857, Rev. James B. Bonar was in the following July installed pastor, and closed his labors in February, 1869, having filled the longest pastorate in the history of the church. He is now happily settled over an im- portant Congregational Church* in Connecticut. During his ministry, in 1863, Rev. E. P. Hammond held a series of meetings in the church, and a larger number of persons made a profession of reli- gion than in any previous year. About this time it began to be felt that a new church edifice, in a more convenient and quiet locality, was needed by the congregation ; and in February, 1864, a committee was appointed and authorized to purchase the present site, and to pro- ceed to the erection of a new house. The Lafayette Avenue Church, of Brooklyn, was selected as the model of the building. The work was pushed steadily forward, and upon June 24th, 1866, the completed sanctuary was opened for worship, and dedicated to the Triune God. Sermons were preached on the occasion by President Fisher, of Hamilton College; Rev. T. R. Smith, D.D., of New York City, and Rev. Dr. Cuyler, of Brooklyn. The old property was sold for business pur- poses, and the house, hallowed by almost forty • The ist., New Milford. 38 years of service, and which h«ri k tome of its own congregatioJ J"" r"* °"'^ *« ering place and JtJlT't^e ottl ''""' ^f '" down. Many of .},-> „ij '*-'^' ^^^ P" led regret, and l^e'oht:\2TrlT '' T'' tome elsewhere Tn ^u • * ^^ "^"^^ at -le of the OH building tVttr' f^^^" ^''^ new, the -ngregatio„'n:et^ ^n^^' w" "' ^^ - the W, „rthe Ko^al S^hooirBel^iS t-^e iird"a:;:2rr, - -- a ehant;: while unsettle'^a'rdLtui S:'"''1' '''"'" ^"^^ " that they gathered , '^'' *« People, nor strange house, so thaUt ee Jr?^'* ''"^'^ *" '^^ n«w for its use sit wThl ™* '"^ '"«« ^» and >-oungost .0 one of ts otdTsffi '""^ °"^ "' ''^ has ever manifested towardTtVfirT. "'''"''''■'' ^' fatherly reo-ard It ^I ^ ,^ ^^'' ^^^a'^^al. and that pLilgtd 4XLd e' *°'"""'"'^ "^' vent his being .i.^ u^ltt tLe ''''''""*^ P^^" -de a Profelio 'oTttiXi:fir r'T'' '•*^^™ them was another who became^-*''- "^""""S G. fooke of BulTalo whoT ! '"""'*^"' ^«^- ?• the chnrch and woruTt te . "' ^"^ '^'^^'^ «»• first of the New York S ate P ; ''T'"'' ^^P'-^"- and afterward of a regime^ n th Tf ''^ ''"''"™' i« now a zealous and su^ssful t " ^""-'''"^ city where he lives MTr!lt T'™"^ ^" ^^^ we shall hear from him „fK '' '"'^ *''-^»^' and memories of the m,t W II "''" ^'"■'^' '""^ ^e are closed ^ ' ^^°'^ *''^«« ^-hilee services his sl:Z:t "^Tlr, ^—^^-^ a„d aided in fy our second pastor, Mr. Perkins, and ^.■:ani^«».,«',i^i ;•,;•.«!■■ J ^ [ 41 preached for many years in Connecticut, where he died not long since. David Dobie went out from this church to graduate at Middlebury and New Haven, and labored successively at Huntingdon, in this Province, in an enterprise planted by this church, afterward at Plattsburg, N. Y., and died, just as he was to enter the pastorate, at St. Alban's, Vermont. Rev. J. T. Dickinson, another of Mr. Perkins' young men, was for a time a pastor in the States, then a missionary to China, and is still living, re- tired from the ministry, in Connecticut. The youngest ministerial son of the church is Rev. Wm. Addy, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Marietta, Ohio, who has come from his distant Western/home, to share in the reminiscences and rejoicings of to-day. Through these laborers sent forth, the church has touched almost every department of Christian work. In home and foreign fields— from the Pul- pit, the Professor's chair, and the Instructor's desk ; through the prison cells and courts, and upon the high places of the bloody field— she has lifted up, by them, her voice to speak the word of truth. " Blessed are they that sow beside all waters," and our church seems entitled to share in that benedic- tion. This is good and honorable fruit; would that we had much more of it to show. Alas ! that so many years have passed since any of these clusters have been borne upon our vine ! Where are those who will follow in these ranks ? Let the church 42 the n.i„i«ter. and Srof bTd "'" ^'*" *•« • for aHrXTniTa'^ar r^ -«•- work of PoreiKD Mi J„l . l^berahty. In the from the firat. ^A^ "ta f ^ '''" '"*«^««'«d quainted with thtT • T^^'' ^"^« «>ine ac- -.i who coi?;tei:::r,v r/ ^* '*^ '"•'^^«°'>' -ork. How „.uch ha" been Svef tTv ^ *" "^ cannot now be a«ertained buHL K, " '^"'" ">ate of M. annual average of 81 007^ f. "" "'"- time, would not be too sfeat il ? ' ^"^ *^ ^"«« much higher, amou^^Ta ^ , ' : 1 P"""* '* " quite, «2,600. In the Homf M "^"'•'y' °'' this City and Prov nee tZ .f TT^ ^"^^ of active part. As eaS" !; ilf "^K ^"^ b»«e an of its own formation ft rstaKu;.T.'\*''"'*« ^^-^^ Sunday School of th «!•!??'* ^^^ ''™* Mission at theLighbtCL:ra; 'tteVr^ •'^^ "-'*«' little while after one at f h? ^'■'''''" ^"^ a ^^wn, in the Tanrriet Vmar^tr' V""' have ever since hp^r. • VV*^®' ^^ese schools portion of trti^e w\"et i"''/"' " ^"'^^ Protestant ii.structi;n wLh the -.lu ^ ""'""^ °^ districts have enioved Ow- . '''^° "^ *^°«« they have never"Se lajr^ft to' T'"''''' rat.ve,y hun.ble, they have dl ^'iuf T^^ -tinned until the sp^rci^rlrSeir 43 ceased. A school for colored children, and one in the St. Lawrence Suburbs, were among these ef- forts. In 1864 an enterprise was commenced by some of its members near Ohaboillez Square in what was at that time one of the most neglected sections of the city. An experienced missionary was employed to conduct the work, a flourishing Sunday School was formed, a branch of the church was organized, and the ordinances administered at the mission building. The old accommodations soon proved too small, and, in 1870, the present commodious and substantial stone chapel, in Inspec- tor Street, was erected, at an expense of more than $12,000. A congregation, respectable in size and appearance, now worship statedly within its walls and all the^rvices usual to an independent church are m successful operation. The religious destitution of the surrounding country attracted the attention of our fathers, and enhstod their hearty efforts at an early day. In 1827, an organization, called the Canada Education and, Home Missionary Society, was formed, mainly or wholly, by persons connected with this congrega- tion, though some of them belonged to other de- nominations not represented in the city at that time. The object of this Society was declared by its constitution to be the promulgation of the gospel m Canada, and in accomplishing this end, it sought to educate pious young men for the ministry, to assist feeble congregations, and to send the preach- ing of the truth to the destitute in both Provincea [' u Th. Y "^"^ ^°^ *'"'* " ^'>™*«'» Collegiate and Theological Institution might be founded.and some ■ rivfr:^ '" *'' "°""' ^'^ '»'"^«- I-triction was Society for some years, by Eev. J. Smith, of Kings- ton and several hundred volumes of bo^ks, givL by nends .n England among whom were E^wllnd Hill, Pye Smith, and other famous men, were this :-t "\'" *;- '"''*'''^ ^'"--' *-nsfe'rrrd^ this city, where the work was, for a while oon^ formed the germ out of which the present liWavy of the Congregational College of British North America grew. The Evangelistic work of the Society was prosecuted with vigor and success P^esVterians of the dissenting bodies, Bapt stTand Congregationahsts, were all assisted by it • heir Smnl'"" tJ^^A-rican Home ksi;':^ frm Lr R f" '"^'"««"« ^«^« obtained both trom Great Britain and the States. Many of the churches, smce grown prosperous and strong, ot hei planting to its fostering care, and many of n this Province were brought to Canada through Its agency. <=> The French-Canadian Missionary Society for work among our Roman Catholic countrymen,' was ChS : A"1*'"^ """'' '" '""^ oW AmericT Church, and has always reckoned its ministers and members among its heartiest supporters. AH reli- gious and charitable institutions have looked to 45 this church for encouragement and aid, and they have never looked in vain. Our influence has also been pronounced and steady in favor of morality. We have always stood for temperance, and the civil rights of all men before the laws. In ecclesiastical matters we have been less bound by precedent and rule than many of our neighbors, and in many respects they have approved our course by following in our steps. Other results, which this church has secured, might easily be named, but enough has been told to indicate something of its spirit and success. There is sufficient to make us grateful and humble in the retrospect. For God's abounding and unfailing goodness, we give thanks; for the weakness and remissness of our fathers and our- selves, we make penitent confession, and seek for- giveness at the throne of -grace. These fifty years have been crowded with wonderful events in the history of Church and State. The world has greatly changed since this Society held its first meeting at the tavern in St. Paul Street. The field which now surrounds it is widely difierent from that on which our fathers looked. Then Montreal was a quaint and quiet town, of something more than 20,000 souls, which had but recently thrown down its walls, and began to spread beyond their narrow bounds. Its few confined streets then crept along the river brink, and all these upper plains, on which we meet, were farmer's fields, and the slopes above covered by the unbroken forest. Our noble river ^^ IT-. 46 was then unspanned by bridge «nrl ;* Montreal contains over 1 OS nnn factories and warehouse, liif^lelHCi ''''' grounds, and her residences aL T^\ '°'^^'' along the higher level ^^ f .""''"" 'f^""! mountain sides -h!' "''^^'^''^^ ^r up the volume, hasteen dtbl dTn' Sf rf""^^"^ '" earr,i„, capacity, and nowlt'l^e otThT i "1 situation, possessinfal f """''• ^^''""f"' ^^ consta^tlVTncS/fn "^^f ' "'"'"'^ S^^'''' ""d ductive enterprC L : «"""'«r<=ial and pro- to a high pSn^rgt chi:rs t''"^^"^ world. Its reliVmna ^ ^^ *^^ Western 47 « creased five-fold, the churches have become ten times as numerous and strong. The bands of preju- dice and caste have been relaxed. All men are free to worship God according to their principles and tastes, and all hold equal rights before the law. The field around us is promising and large; we have abundant scope for effort, and of that which prophesies the best results. This church holds a high and hopeful place to- day. The time of its infancy and feebleness is past, and the season of its vigor and full maturity has come. It has borne the trials of obloquy, and adversity, and strife ; now it must meet the harder tests of popularity and prosperity. With a fine and well-placed property — with its debt, under the inspiration of this Jubilee occa- sion, more than fully met— with the favor of the conmunity at large, and in the enjoyment of mani- fest tokens of the Divine presence— let us, dear brethren, not be dazzled or exalted by our present good position. In these solemn, sacred scenes, while the touch of vanished hands seems laid upon us, and the sound of voices that are still, whisper in our ears, grateful for the past, and trustful for the com- ing years, let us rear our monument of praise, and go rejoicing on our way. " Therefore, seeing that we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author fliTifl finislioT' nf /Mi». f«ifV »> *