CIHM Microfiche Series (IMonographs) ICIMH Collection de microfiches (monographies) Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian da microraproductions historiquas Technical and Bibliographic Notes / Notes techniques et hibliographiques The Institute has attempted to obtain the best original copy available for filming. Features of this copy which may be bibliographically unique, which may alter any of the images in the reproduction, or which may significantly change the usual method of filming are checked below. El Coloured covers / Couverture de couleur □ Covers damaged / Couverture endommagde □ Covers restored and/or laminated / Couverture restaur^ et/ou pelliculde Cover title missing / Le ti*re de couverture manque I Coloured maps / Cartes gdographiques en couleur Q Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black) / Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) a Coloured plates and/or illustrations / Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur □ Bound with other material / Reli^ avec d'autres documents Only edition available / Seule Edition disponible Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion along interior margin / La reliure serr^e peut causer de I'ombre ou de la distorsion le long de la marge int^rieure. Blank leaves added during restorations may appear within the text. Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming / Use peut que certaines pages blanches ajout^es lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte, mais, lorsque cela 6tait possible, ces pages n'ont pas 6\6 f ilm^es. Additional comments / Commentaires suppl^mentaires: D D D D L'Institut a mterofilmA le meilleur exemplaire qu'il lui a 6\6 possible de se procurer. Les details de cet exem- plaire qui sont peut-dtre unk^ues du point de vue bibli- ographiique, qui peuvent modifier una Image reproduite, ou qui peuvent exig6. une niK>difk»tion dans la m^tho- de nomfuile de filmage sont Indiqu^s ci-dessous. I I Cotoured pages/ Pages de couleur I I Pages damaged / Pages endommagtes D Pages restored and/or laminated / Pages restaurtes et/ou peliicul^es r~T] Pages discoloured, stained or foxed / OCJ Pages dteolortes, tachet^es ou piques I I Pages detached / Pages d^tach^es [^ Showthrough/ Transparence I I Quality of print varies / D D D Quality indgale de I'impression Includes supplementary material / Comprend du materiel 'jp ^."^entaire Pages wholly or oartiaiiv o;-:.-:„ed by enaXa slips, tissues, etc., have beei > -o- med > ensure the best possible image / Le; r - s' totalement ou partiellementobscurciesp -^ ^nfeuilletd'errata, une pelure, etc., ont 6t6 film^es k nouveau de iagon h obtenir la meilieure image possible. Opposing pages with varying colouration or discoiourations are filmed twice to ensure the best possible image / Les pages s'opposant ayant des colorations variables ou des decolorations sont i\\m6es deux fois afin d'obtenir la meilieure image possible. This K*m is f ilnwd at th* rtduetion ratio chackad batow / lOx 14x U« IVH inaiif 18x ■■•sou >. 22x 26x 30x I I 12x 16x 20x 24x 28x 32x Th« copy filmed h«r« has b««n r»produe«d thanks to tha ganarosity of: J.J. Talaan Raglonal Collection, D.B. Moldon Library, Unlvorslty of Vestern Ontario Tha imagas appaaring haro ara tha bast quality possibia eonsidaring tha condition and lagibility of tha original copy and in Ittaping with tha filming contract spocif ications. Original copios in printod paper covara ara fllmad beginning with tho front covar and ending on the last page with a printed or illustrated impres* sion, or the back cover when appropriate. All other original copies are filmed beginning on the first page with a printed or illustrated impres- sion, and ending on the last page with a printed or illustrated impression. The last recorded frame on eech microfiche shall contain the symbol — ^ (meaning "CON- T1NUE0"). or the symbol ▼ (meaning "END"), whichever applies. L'sxemplaire filmA fut reproduit grice k la g*n*rosit4 de: J.J. Talaan Roglonal Colloctlon, O.B. Moldon Library, Uhlvorslty of Nestern Ontario Les imsges suivantes ont At* reproduites svec la plus grand soin. compta tenu de la condition at de la nettet* de I'exempiaira film*, at an eonformit4 avac las conditions du contrat da fllmage. Lee exemplaires originaux dont Is couvertura an papier eat ImprimAe sent filmis an commancant par le premier plat at an tarminant toit par la darniAre page qui comporta una amprainta d'impression ou d'illustration, soit par le second plat, salon le caa. Tous las autres axamplairas originaux sent filmto an commanpant par la premiere page qui comporte une cmpreinte d'impreasion ou d'illustration at en terminant par la derniire pege qui comporte une telle empreinte. Un des symboles tuivants apparaltra sur la darniire image de cheque microfiche, salon le cas: le symbole — »• signifie "A SUIVRE", le symbols ▼ signifie "FIN". Maps, pistes, charts, etc.. may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, as many frames as required. The following diegrsms illustrste the method: Las cartes, plvnrhes, tableaux, etc.. peuver.t itra filmts k das taux da reduction diffirents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour Atre reproduit en un seul clichi. ii est film* i partir de I'sngia supArieur gauche, da gauche * droits, at de haut Tt bas. an prenant le nombre d'imeges n*csssaire. Les diegrammas suivants illustrent la m4thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICROCOPY RBOIUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1.0 I.I Ik |M US u ■tlftU 2^ 3.2 I3j6 1 4.0 III^H ill 2.2 il.8 1.25 1.4 A APPLIED HVMGE Inc ^5^ 1653 Eost Main Street S'.f Rochester, New York U609 USA ^S (716) 482 -0300 -Phone ^^ (716) 288 - 5989 - Fax f ■ t H^atdotic Sermon BY RBqUEST, FOR THB BBNEPIT OF t iHbonument funb ev ftev. W. T. HILL "ECTOR ST^^toHNJTHEjVANOEUST ChorCH LONDON, ONT. PUBLLI8HED BY ^mpertal ©rfeer of tbe Bauflbtera of tbe Bmpltc. Isaiah^ xxxviii.: i6. **So -Kilt Thou recover met and make me to live," IF there is any one duty which is thoroughly Biblical and Christian, it is the duty of a loyal submission on the part of the subject to the Sovereign Head of the Nation. As regards our attitude towards God and towards the Lord's anointed, the Bible gives us no uncertain sound; if it says "Fear God," it also says " Honor the King." Even the Son of Man Himself, though "King of Kings and Lord of Lords," was the worthiest of subjects, and ever inculcated the spirit of loyal devotion to the utter exclusion of a rebellious hostility. " Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things which are God's." Accordingly, you will notice that what the Master taught by precept an'* example, the same His blessed apostles imbibeo in their own life and echoed in their teaching. After the ascension had taken Him out of their sight, their very life might be, and was, in jeopardy at the hands of the ruling power; the furious blast of persecution might belch forth from the rearal chair, but nevertheless their faith and trust in the Supreme Governor, I. whom Icings retgn, led them to entertain, as a matter of conscience, that loyal submission and obedience, as far as it was lawful and right, to him who earned the sceptre and wore the crown. Loy. alty, my brethren, was no easy matter in the days of primitive Christianity, when men chafed under the Roman yoke; but in these days, and especially within our own realms, it is just the opposite. It is far harder to be the disloyal subjects of such a noble-hearted King as we have : fellow comrades as we are, of an empire where the ruthless hand of no despot rules us with a rod of iron, where there runs not that unbounded licentiousness so prevalent in other countries, but where liberty is the lot of all-liberty, civil and religious-the bridle only being used where the peace of the land and the common interests demand it. Loyalty! What a sweet word to us. In it we have borne our part. It has blazed forth from the hearths of our Canadian homes and the altars of our churches during the past two or more years, in a manner unprecedented in 3 the anna' of Dominion life. It has swept* like the wind of heaven, throug:h the len^h and breadth of every colony and dependency of the British empire with a power that has made itself felt, not only at the metropolis of imperial grovemment and in the hearU of her island home, but with a power also which has aroused with a magnetising: influence and opened, with unbounded surprise, the eyes of every nation on the face of the earth. A people's devotion has done all this, and it is this loyalty which, on this special day, is breathing: in the hearts of us all here; swelling as it does the migrhty roll in to-d:y*s services througrhout the leng^th and breadth of the great diocese of this Dominion, where all with one great voice exclaim, "God Save the King I" Differing as we do -n social standing, in politi- cal thought and in disposition, yet all is forgot- ten ; we hear only one united voice, the vox populi. Disloyalty finds no place; we stand together shoulder to shoulder, a united empire, loyal to our King. Brethren, we meet together to-day to manifest thiv pint by an expression of our national I I gratitude to Almighty God for Hh late merotes* vouchiiafed unto uh; to ascribe unto God the honor due unto His name; and here let me first of all say, never has a nation experienced the truth of these w- rds more than we have : "Man proposes, but «cd disposes." No sooner are the doors shu; a the street and the iughters of music are brought low ; no soo .: ' .lave we put on the garments of mourning *nd wept at the tomb of our beloved Queen and Mother ; no sooner have we dried up our tears, as she would have us, in the joy over the accession of her royal son ; no sooner has the first blush of national enthusiasm burst, rising higher and higher to its meridian splendor, as its hope drew nearer and nearer to its fulfillment in the coronation of the King, than hearts which beat with joy "ibrate wit' a sudden throb ; for the garment ol mirth w lave the spirit of heavi- ness. Over tie empire, far and wide, day vanishes into lij^ht ; preparations made for the comii > event oase, and in their silence the handiworks of the craftsmen add to a nation's grief and tell us that all our doings are seem- ingly nothing worth. Amidst the congratula- 5 tions of the wide universe, we were about to crown our King: in the fervor of jubilation, when suddenly the crown is lost sight of in the cross and the nation's coronation is the Divine visita- tion. Instead of flocking: to the Royal throne we wend our way to the Royal bed, and instead of the loyalty of a nation's shout of praise, we have that of a nation bent low upon its knees in earnest supplication that God would save our Kingr, and God has heard our prayer and spared our King. On August 9th a gladsome people witnessed at last the solemn and unrivalled installation, when the noble Edward was invested with the regalia of his fathers and wore the imperial crown ; loved by his own— yea, loved more than ever. And with all this in memory we come to-day to the throne of grace to oflfer, what only can be expected and what is accept- able, our gratitude to God for our great national mercy— deliverance to our King. •♦ Bless Father, him Thou gavest Back to the loyal land ; O! Saviour, him Thou savest. Still cover with Thy hand ; O! Spirit, who dost strengthen, Be his to guard and guide, Now as the shadows lengthen, And at the eventide." Oh I What shall we render unto the Lord for all the benefits that He hath done unto us? Give, my brethren, to the eternal King what you give to your earthly one. Give Him the love of a loyal and obedient heart; keep His law. Kneel as a people at the footstool of His throne, and yours shall be that glorious corona- tion unknown on earth and possible only in eternity— ♦♦Kings and priests for ever and ever." Oh! be this great thanksgiving, That with one voice we raise, Wrought into holier living Through all our after-days. m