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 "^nb tfrtj iba mabe b €obmmt Wort Ifet lorb." 
 
 A SERMON 
 
 BY THB 
 
 Venerable Archdeacon Dixon, B.A., 
 
 RECTOR OF GUELPH AND EXAMINING CHAPLAIN 
 
 PRKiCHBD IN 
 
 Christ Church Cathedral, Hamilton, 
 
 SEPTEMBER 7th, 1883, 
 
 AT THE SERVICES IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARIES 
 OF THE ORDINATION OF THE 
 
 Right Rev'd THOMAS BROCK FULLER. D.C.L. & D.D. 
 BISHOP OF NIAGARA, 
 
 AND THB 
 
 VENERABLE ARCHDEACON McMURRAY, D.C.L. & D.D. 
 RECTOR OF NIAGARA. 
 
 TORONTO: 
 
 PRINTEn AT nnUTKtnTJ rUIJOnttU AK] nitinnB 
 
 1884. 
 
USEFUL LIVES. 
 
 " And wo bcseooh yon, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are 
 over you in the Lord, and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love for their 
 work's sakb."— I THBB8Ai,0NiANg, 5th Chapter, lath and 18th verses. 
 
 WHEN any of the pleasing or Bolemn events of life occur in a 
 united family, the thoughts of its various members, as 
 wfll as loving friends, are directed towards them, scan- 
 ning them with deep interest, their hearts thrilling with sympathy. 
 And to-day, brethren, we commemorate an important incident in 
 the annals of this peaceful united Diocese,— an epoch, I may 
 justly call it, even in the history of the Canadian Church. For 
 to-day we have assembled in this beautiful house of God to cele- 
 brate the fiftieth anniversary of the ordination to the ministry of 
 Christ of our venerated Diocesan, and also of one whose life from 
 boyhood has been interwoven with his, not alone by the bands 
 of a brotherly affection, but by the still stronger ties of a unity 
 of purpose, in advancing tho glory of God an' the good of His 
 Church, For half a century these two clergymei. ■■r.ve been identified 
 with the growth and development of the Anglican Church in Western 
 Canada, for both had seen several birthdays before the clergy in the 
 whole of Ontario numbered more than five, and at the time of their 
 ordination there were less than forty within its bounds. 
 
 To-day, then, we meet to celebrate with praise and thanksgiving 
 and Holy Communion, the completion of so long a period of constant 
 ministerial work, while our hearts glow with fervid aspirations to the 
 Throne of grace, that the benefit of their wise counsel and judicious 
 guidance may be spared to the Diocese for a few years more, and that 
 their latter days may be as happy and peaceful as their whole lives 
 have been useful, in the highest and holiest sense of the expression. 
 
 The words of the text declare in emphatic language the duty of 
 the laity towards those who exercise spiritual rule over them. A 
 deeo-lovinfir svmnathv in Anininorl with a n^^^^,. A^t — ^.„ 
 
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 lawful authority. For in yielding the respect due to them, God is 
 
 
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 honoured, for they are Hie ministers, and invested with His divine 
 oommis8ion,-a oommisBion which, though conferred by human in- 
 strumentahty, is not derived from human authority; for through it 
 the clergy are bound to Christ by the many stranded golden chain 
 of the Apostolic lineage, and while faithfully proclaiming the truth in 
 His name, have thiB Hulemn sanction : " He that heareth you, heareth 
 me, and he that despiseth you, despiseth me, and he that despiseth 
 me, despiseth Him that sent me." And hence it is, the Apostle en- 
 joins the laity to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work's 
 T!\. But as the great divine, Isaac Barrow, says in reference to the 
 text, the persons primarily intended are the Bishops as the chief 
 guides ; secondarily, the Presbyters who receive their authority 
 through the Bishops, and are bound in faithful allegiance to them 
 with the laity." And even so, we of the inferior orders unite with 
 our lay brethren to-day in manifesting our reverent affection for him 
 who IS set over us as our chief pastor, and klso for that other digni- 
 tary of the Church, his friend and companion for more than half a 
 century, and who has also exceedingly strong claims on the Canadian 
 Church to honour him for his work's sake. 
 
 In the brief space allotted to a sermon, I can only glance at a 
 few salient points in the life history of these two distinguished soldiers 
 of Christ, with whom, for more than a quarter of a century, I have 
 had the privilege of an intimate friendship. 
 
 It is now sixty years since these two were at school together 
 under the instruction of one of the ablest and most successful school' 
 masters Canada ever saw,-the late Bishop Strachan,-and who an- 
 ticipated in many respects the great Dr. Arnold's mode of treating 
 his pupils. Both Thomas Brook Puller and William McMurray 
 were of Irish origin, the former being descended on the mother's 
 Bide from Archbishop Loftus, one of the founders of Trinity Col- 
 lege, Dublin/"^ whUe on the father's side he is a lineal 
 descendant of the Church historian, "Worthy Master Fuller," 
 as he was styled in his day. Bom in the garrison at King- 
 Bton, where his father, Major FnUer, of the 41 st Regiment, was 
 
 .^J^V* 'J^ *'"'°""? *''* »"'"°«"' o' ArohWBhop Loftus that the dte of Trinity CoUege was 
 seowed, and he spared no pains In advancing its interests. As a mark of the value Dl««d™,T^ 
 services he was appointed first Provost Being one of the Lords jli^ of r™,i^firw« 
 throngh hU influence the CoUege was saved from destruction during the stomyC^o^ of L^ 
 BebeUion of Tyrone as its income had ceased. At one time the Profefsors wereTm^sUn a stS^ 
 metX a r;.n°n^ the Archbishop got for them « shillings a week, under the head of "Bnt^- 
 ment for a Canoneer," no civil grants being obtainable. When Bishop Puller visited DuMTa 
 
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 quartered, the gallant Sir Isaac Brook, after whom ho wan named 
 was hiB godfather. After passing through all the branches of the 
 Grammar School course at Hamilton, and then " Little York " Mr 
 Fuller went to the Divinity School at Chambly, L.C.. which had attained 
 much celebrity, under the fostering care of the venerated Bishop 
 Stewart. Havmg completed the prescribed course of Divinity, on the 
 8th of September, A.D. 1888. he was ordained to the Diaconate, and 
 subsequently laboured as curate in the parish church of Montreal. 
 It was at a very sad and awful time he officiated there. The plague 
 fiend was abroad~the cholera was decimating the people-a deep 
 gloom hung over the city ; and for many weary weeks the young 
 clergyman was unceasingly employed amid the fearful scenes of the 
 city pest houses, in visiting the sick, consoling the dying, and burying 
 the dead m their hurriedly made graves. It was indeed a baptism of 
 fire,-a tremendous strain on his mental and physical faculties, a 
 terrible initiation to thu most heart-searching duties of the ministry 
 From Montreal he removed to Chatham as Missionary ; where 
 alone, for four years, the counties of Lambton and Kent were his field 
 of labour. When he entered upon this duty the spiritual destitution 
 was lamentable, but taking Chatham as the centre, this zealous young 
 Missionary established several stations throughout the counties, which 
 have since grown into vigorous, self-supporting parishes. But at 
 this period the Church throughout Canada was at a very low ebb 
 There were only forty clergymen, widely scattered over all the Upper 
 Provmce, so that personal communication was rare, and the existence 
 of many known to the others only by printed reports. They were 
 without combmatioc among themselves, while the laity were few in- 
 deed who could ... a reason for the hope that was in them, and 
 scarcely any could oe found who had a faint sense of responsibility 
 with regard to the duty of supporting the Church, by giving as God 
 had prospered them. Even for the four counties of the Newcastle Dis- 
 tnct, in which, m a single year, eight thousand English immigrants 
 had settled, there was only one clergyman, who was stationed at 
 Peterborough. From the Ottawa to Lake Huron there were only 
 three Missionaries, where there was work for over a hundred and to 
 meet the demands of the Province there were three candidates for 
 Holy Orders! Fmrther. the "Society for the Propagation of the 
 Gospel at this critical juncture announced a necessary reduction 
 through the cessation of the Imperial Parliamentary grant in the 
 salaries they had hitherto paid, and hinted at a still further with- 
 umwal of support. With respect to the lack of candidates for orders 
 
 
 
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 ralH^i ""'" "^'r""^'"^ '^"^ '^'"«'' ^"««« »"'' W«Oi" College, 
 
 avat wh « r^P'^ ^ "**r °^''""*'^' ^"» »- y^' "'«y were of fo 
 ^a.l. while re Imnce for the .upport of the Church on the ClergJ 
 Be«erve8 Beemed as falJaciou. and remote ^ 
 
 to heart^nM"' v*^."""' *f "^ ^^''' ''"^'"'^^'^ ""P^"* °' '^ff^i" more 
 
 Stat; . Tp '"' •*°°"^'°«"«>-V' i° June. 1886. a pamphlet on " The 
 State and ProBpects of the Church in Canada." 
 
 nr«»,!!" * "'"'* '«™arkable production, not only for the broad com- 
 prehenBive grasp he took of the que»tion« involved, but also for the 
 
 lil r;"7 r^'^^' ^''^'"''^ '° »"'" '^^^temenis. Read by the 
 hght of to-day .t .« a series of prophecies. In tru.npet-like tones he 
 d clared that the State support of the Episcopate might any momen 
 
 tZ\ ""'?.'''''' ."" '''''''' *" '^'"^ the Church^hopefu'lirZked 
 ame i"J ^,r"7 "^^^^^^ ^' ^ «'^*'- ol«W wo'uld m'eet t^e 
 InTetn -n h f" ^"^?'"^°*« «' ^^e Churc^ would be secularised. 
 And even so hia foreeastmgs were literally fulfilled The £8.000 stc 
 a year g.ven by the Imperial Government to Bishop Stewart was 
 
 Tnl r fr.r'."'^'^*''- ^heClergy Reserves wereseculLrd 
 
 p : fu *^n ^^""^ ''^P^"^^ ''°°^ *^*"«*« College in 1849. 
 Th« -ilJ^K ' " *° !r' '*""'** *^' ^*'"''''*' ''^'^ >*« fancied security. 
 
 months afterwards, Bishop Mountain convened the Upper Canada 
 Clergy m Toronto. Archdeacon Strachan preached a sermon that 
 moved the hearts of all who loved their Church, pointing out Tdange 
 hat encompassed it. even as Mr. Fuller had done before, and bringfng 
 forward a remedy for its perils. That remedy was the ;stablisS 
 of Diocesan Synods in which the laity should be fully represeSed 
 
 fai tlZTvT'- T''^'"''' '^"^^^'^ *^« same'linerarthos e 
 laid down by Mr. Fuller in his pamphlet, where he says - 
 
 a .Jo '! '*,"?* *^^ P*'* °' * ""''^ "*"' *° P'o^i^e Jn time against 
 a storm? And do not we see. that this is an age abounding wUh 
 B torms. and that, in a storm, the government would be to us no pTa e 
 
 be pledged, yet that government may be obliged to yield to the increas- 
 ing power of the radical faction ; that it may itself be over turned, or 
 that this country may be separated from the mother country?''^ In 
 case any one of these calamities should occur, (none of which are so 
 improbable m an age like this, that a wise man would think it over- 
 pjrndenUoguard^ga^^^ how could the clergy support 
 
 (b) The pamphlet wm ptrtiuh^SlhTF^irbefore the rebellion of im. 
 
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USEFUL LIVES. 
 
 por for them, xt they were thus thrown upon them, when thel 
 
 unac r '7 "r"*' '' *^* '"'**«"• '''*^'°« ever before been ent rely 
 unaccustomed to bear even the sl.ghtest weight ? I think not ; or e^ 
 
 human nature « very different from what 1 imagine it to be; very 
 
 different from what it showed itself to '-o. when, at the American 
 
 Revolution the Protestant Episcopal Church met with a oTramUv 
 
 similar to that which 1 have supposed it possible may happen to our 
 
 Sh"h she had'''" '"°';'^^ *'; '"^•«°'^°^ governlntT^sLce 
 which she had ever considered of great service to her, as it doubtless 
 
 was. cou d avail her nothing in such an evil hour. She found hi 
 
 her peop^ enervated by foreign aid. were not fitted for be^ng the 
 
 burden thus suddenly thrown upon them; that she had scare anv 
 
 strength wihn herself, and that it would have been far better IZ 
 
 she provided for the evil hour when it was yet at a distance. But the 
 
 3uL\Ttr"V'^?.*°°J^*\ ^""^ "°'« *^- twenty years sh 
 fT«r Jr"" *^' ^^'''' ^'' improvidence had unfitted her 
 
 for sustaming, and to supply with ministers those churches that had 
 by it. been deprived of their ministers." ' 
 
 And again Mr. Fuller says : 
 
 ..hn.r"/"'' °^""*''' "^^ ^^'^""'^y ''*"»*«<*•• 'f there is any prob- 
 ability of our support from the government being cut off, by any of 
 the sudden changes of the times; if there is any probabi itv of on, 
 endowments being wrested from the church, in casfof a el/atZ 
 from the mother country, which all must acknowledge fo be th^Bs 
 by no means impossible, when we look to the state of affairs eUher 
 here or at home ; if. in the case of any such event, our parishe are 
 unprepared for supporting the ministrations of religion, fs U wise L 
 us to fold our arms in indifference, hoping that 'to-mon^ow wiU be as 
 this day and much more abundant ?' 
 
 o.u'a " *^'!' *^'?^' *" ^"^""^ '°' *°^ *h« ^0 o°e can deny, Ire we 
 
 wi 1 meet 1 7\ ""'T '"^'' '^^""^^ ' " "^"^"^^ ^^^'^' »°der God, 
 T. 7 \r . ' ^"'^ "'"°"' ^""^ difficulties. No change will effect 
 
 from OUT panshes, frequently to meet in general council; nothings, 
 /m« theadoptton of a code of laws, embraced in a ne. consTuu^n can 
 
 ai^ne .ave m .uoir nanaa wiiat can supply our wants. Before we can 
 
 
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 avail ourselves of it. we must allow them to have some voice in its 
 
 ro'STff TI* ?^' ''. ^"^"° "**""• '^^^* *^'« «^^°«« ^"1. under 
 i^od, effect the desired purpose, is no mere vain imagination. Ex- 
 
 penence is acknowledged on all sides to outweigh the most subtle 
 arguments; and experience will tell us that the very measures here 
 proposed have effected the very end desired, under similar, or even much 
 worse curcumstances. No one can deny this, who is acquainted with 
 the history of the church in the United States. Her situation at the 
 time of the revolution was far worse than ours now is. In the words 
 uTv. .^^' historians: 'a few years nearly overthrew the work, 
 which had been slowly carried forward by the exertions of a century 
 and a half and had not Omnipotence interposed, the ruin would have 
 been complete.' " 
 
 Having then pointed out the marvellous growth of the American 
 cburch, he continues : 
 
 f -Jf f^ " be inquired what were the chief means used, I reply, the 
 faithful preaching of God's word ; unity of purpose and action ; the 
 adoption of canons suitable for the state of the country, and binding 
 upon all ; and the active assistance of their laity. The conventions 
 provided for by their com titution have been the instrvments, under 
 Wod, by which this wonderful change has been effected." 
 
 These were the ideas the Venerable Archdeacon Strachan took 
 
 up and still further developed, and the first fruits of his agitation of 
 
 the subject was the founding of the Church Society in 1842, which 
 
 was a great step in preparing the church to cope with her difficulties 
 
 caused by the alienation of her property some years later; but he 
 
 never rested until, in 1863, he presided over the first Colonial Synod 
 
 of the Enghsh Church ever held, but, as the late Revd. Saltern Givens 
 
 stated, m a letter written in 1877 : " Bishop Puller has the honour of 
 
 havmg first suggested Synodical action. Great must have been his 
 
 satisfaction in witnessing its adoption and the benefits it has con- 
 
 ferred upon the Colonial Church." Yes ; the grain of mustard seed 
 
 planted by him m 1836 has grown and developed and spread, so that 
 
 the system of Synods then suggested was adopted in Canada, in 
 
 Australia, m Africa, and aU the other English Colonies, and, last 
 
 of all, m the Insh Church, when sacrilegiously despoiled of her 
 
 property. 
 
 From the quotation I have given it wiU be seen that our Bishop 
 at that very early period of his ministry, reahzed what is now uni- 
 versally admitted, save by the Methodist body and Eomanists, the 
 
 absolute necessity of the laitv tnlrm« «or* J»s *^- ° — J- --m 't. -' 
 
 ^ o i-'-fv ju «ac wjixuuB Willi ine uiergy. 
 
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 and this also at a time when he stood almost alone, and when the 
 leaders of the Canadian Church were hostile to the idea. And in this 
 connection I may mention as a farther instance of his wise forecast, 
 that in the old " Christ's Church " of this parish, and almost on the 
 very spot where I now stand, in the year 1862. at Dr. Bethune's Archi- 
 diaconal visitation, Mr. Fuller in a sermon, advocated in vigorous lan- 
 guage what at that time was regarded as almost revolutionary, the 
 employment of lay-readers to assist the clergy, under license from 
 tne ijishop. It was eleven years afterwards that the idea was taken up 
 m JLngland, and it is now generally adopted by all the Colonial 
 Dioceses, even as it ha^ ' ^en accepted and highly approved by our own 
 i:'rovincial Synod. Anu .nowing his views on these subjects, from the 
 confidential intimacy with him I have enjoyed for many years, I can 
 boldly assert that there was nothing of a levelling democratic char- 
 acter about them. He ever held that giving the laity a place in the 
 work and councils of the Church would lead them as he had observed 
 in the States, and lately in visiting Ireland, to study Her distinctive 
 principles. Her Apostolic order, as well as Her Evangelic truths He 
 fully accepted the views spoken long before, by a great English lay- 
 man-" When the sense of the unseen world is faint and dim, when 
 the true spirituality of the Sacraments which the priest administers 
 18 forgotten, when the conception of his office is lowered, when his 
 actual standing in the apostolic line is depreciated or unknown - 
 then the priesthood itself may entertain a jealousy of laymen, and a 
 fear that if any religious offices be ostensibly assigned them, the con- 
 sequence will be on the part of the people in general, an entire forget- 
 fulness of the distinctive character of the clergy. But this jealousy 
 of which our own country has had some experience, becomes needless 
 and unmeaning, and in practice it rapidly decreases, when the priestly 
 office IS seen in its historical connection with our Saviour through the 
 persons of the Apostles and in its actual stewardship of the Holv 
 Sacraments." •' 
 
 And hence also, amid the toils of his busy life, he published, for 
 the instruction of the laity, several excellent tracts on Christian doc- 
 trine and practise, which still retain their practical value and popu- 
 lanty, in the face of the myriad publications on kindred subjects 
 which have since issued from the press. 
 
 Surely, then, brethren, considering these things, all present will 
 
 heartily unite with me in apnlvina tho v^nv^a r^t +v,„ *„„* *„ ^., 
 
 ated Diocesan, and " honour him exceeding highly for his work's sake." 
 
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 fhen appointed Eector of Thorold. in 1840. he established con- 
 gregations at several points on the line of the Welland Canal, while 
 
 "th« Pr^^l S"'.' ?'.r' *^' main-spring of the district branch of 
 
 he Chxirch Society." and his hospitable mansion was the centre of 
 
 al_l church work, and where his less experienced brethren always inet 
 
 with kind counsel and good, cheering words in their trials and diffi. 
 
 th in onoT I ; ^; ^'" ?°'°^^ ^^ P'«^«"*«^ *^« P^^i«^ » gift of 
 
 »,«„ ^^T'r? ^^^^' ^' '''''* *° ^*- ^^^'•g^'^' Toronto, he found that 
 heavy habilities. combined with commercial depression, had seriously 
 embarrassed the parochial finances, but he soon, by his eminent ad- 
 mimstrative abilities, backed by zealous lay helpers, placed that 
 church m a prosperous condition, and in possession of one of the 
 most perfect specimens of a parsonage in Canada. 
 
 In 1869 he was appointed Archdeacon of Niagara by Bishop 
 Strachan. as a mark of appreciation of his zeal, energy, and manifold 
 ^bours on behalf of the Church; hie jurisdiction exLding over the 
 old Niagara District and the Toronto Diocese east of the city; and in 
 
 it« «; Jp' V T"" ^""'''^ '^ ^^*«"* ^»« ««* *P»'*' ^' wis elected 
 ts fi"t Bishop by more than two-thirds of the clergy and nineteen- 
 twentieths of the lay vote. "uieteen 
 
 Thus then, brethren, have I brought before you a few of the 
 promment mcidents of a busy life. The manner In whfch he has 
 exercised his episcopal functions is well known to you all. The ranid 
 
 aTrl ^''"T-'^"' *'^ P^*^^ ^^'^ harmony that have cha 
 acterised It. are sufficient illustrations of the wisdom of the choice 
 
 Sarch"l876. ' *'' ''"°' "''°>^ ""^^ ''''''' ^ *^« 17th of 
 At the time of the division, and for years after, the parent Diocese 
 was grievously disturbed by the wretched cont oversies That we e 
 forced upon It; while our condition in the . w Diocese reminded m 
 of a scene I once witnessed while sailing with a number of Indians 
 among the myriads of islands that stud the coast of the Georgian 3"; ' 
 for several miles from the mainland. While the large Hudson's 
 
 by great exertions, luduoed them to firm In " r.w^,?if °'/*"°*°8' ''^^ '° "-emedy them. he. 
 Vice-President. HeBeouredtheTreBenT^Hnn f "^^f """"i' Asaocia'ion." of which he became 
 
 was won by one of hi, nSbourr He aUo ool"''«^''- -"''^'' '"' '"'" """^ °''°'^'"' '"""' '"^''' 
 aoter. which was published iTim ^hroZ hT« ^fft^" 7.'«'*«'^*»-'' »' -» very useful char- 
 
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USEFUL LIVES. 
 
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 uZmT' '" r^'f,^ ^' '''''' '"'"^'^ *° "«* "PO'^ glaBS. the water 
 unruffled save by the flashing paddles of the IncSans.we iccaLna Iv 
 got a gu^p, i„ the distance of the ocean-like lake ou side the Zli 
 and saw great waves rolling, and heard the surf break nrwrthnn 
 derous roar on the precipitous rocks. - ^ *'"'°' 
 
 life W ^ ^»*^'u *'"' ""^ ^''*^"°' *° «^^« * ^rief outline of one whose 
 
 n tt o7brl T "*"r"^ ""' *'^ ^'^^^P'^ fr°- their bylod 
 m ties of brotherly regard and affection, and who also has bL «n 
 
 S^::i'T\T^^''''''^' ^'«*°^^«^ the Canadian Churh^^^^^^^ 
 Samuel of old William McMurray was dedicated to God's ser^ce when 
 
 bor^ ' Tr ^*'''^"r^ °''^^ '^"^"^^-- Ireland Xere he was 
 bom. and he and our Bishop were schoolmates for manv viru 
 
 Having completed his Divinity studies before he was o age to be or 
 
 darned he was appointed by Sir John Colborne. then L euten^t Gov" 
 
 n n^'T'i''"^'*' *° "**'"^^ "^--'^ P-t« among hetdtns' 
 on the north shores of Lakes Huron and Superior, the first chnr.h 
 missionary ever sent from Canada to the great North-West Sir S 
 could give him no information as to the country or how he was to tt 
 there, but referred him to the Surveyor-General tL f, !• ^ 
 . examined all the maps at his disposal but Sher^^^^^^^^ 
 beyond an island in Lake Huron. However, nothing daunted he ^It 
 out for the terra incognita, and succeeded, after exactly a ^cnth^ 
 
 Zt' '^ rt"' ^'"" ^*- ^^"«' ^^^°^ *»« ^-^^ the centre of his 
 work establishing several stations on the shores of the two lake 
 
 After a year's successful labour, he returned to Canada for orXation' 
 
 the 11th August. 1833. his friend. Mr. Fuller, being present ^.1 
 returned to his rough mission field, where his lal^rrong Z ^M 
 
 Jrtl r«,r""''.""' ^""«^«' ''""-g ^ residence orslxyel^ 
 c^owdedwithromanticandpi^ incident.- Thence he removed 
 
 (d)Ia the year 1790 Lord Dorchester was Oovemor-General of^ci:;;;^ T" 
 
 h.B staff was a young Irish gentleman named Johnstone. I relal ^ „ ^etr'^t " 
 Johnstone of American history. With several other gentlemen he wast^^^^^^^^ 
 huntmg expedition bound for the Great Lakna Af ft,- ™' °® ^^ mduoed to jom a 
 
 or Prince, named Wau.be,eelc. :htt:;tl-suj^er^^^^^^^ 
 
 Superior, and lived in barbaric splendour at a pLe calS La Point U ^"^^ 
 
 was kept burning continually the safety of thow I • ' ^^'^ * ^»<'"*<* ^^ 
 
 became so strongly attached to her that h^ « """"'J ana talent, and Mr. Johnstone 
 
 marry her, and seufed at the SaultSMariVeS^^^ '" "'''' »° 
 
 hospitalityinalmostroyal ...e. His trdau^tl^wr iX^X^?; t^^^^^^^ 
 and one was married to M. .. ..oolcraft, the author of many wor£ T^U^Jl^T^^^l 
 oth.. .o «r. Mc^unay. iu.. Jameson, the authoress. Captain Back, ^i.^^,^^ 
 
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 USEFUL LIVES. 
 
 to Ancaster, and in 1867 he was transferred to the Eectory of Niagara 
 and on the formation of the new Diocese he was appointed Arch- 
 deacon, in 1876. 
 
 During his ministry he was selected, by Bishop Strachan for three 
 very important missions. First, when Trinity College was struggling 
 mto existence, and its very life was imperilled through lack of funds, 
 Mr McMurray was appointed to appeal for assistance to the Church 
 m tuo United States. He was received with enthusiasm everywhere. 
 It was the first appeal ever made to the daughter Church by a branch 
 of the mother Church, and a large sum was given in response, 
 sufficient to avert the threatened calamity. To show the high esteem 
 of the American clergy for their Canadian brother, Trinity College, 
 Hartford, conferred on him the honorary degree of M.A., and Columbia 
 College, D.D. Further, as a memorial of the many friends he had 
 made on his tour, a beautiful stained window was placed by them in 
 his church at Duridas. i 
 
 His second mission was of vital importance to the whole Canadian 
 Church. It was in 1854, when it became apparent that Parliament 
 had determined to secularise the Clergy Keserves. There was no hope 
 of saving them, and it was Dr. McMurray's mission to do what was 
 possible in the interests of the Church. By great exertion the import- 
 ant comaiutation clause was carried through the Lower House.^'> The 
 bai had still to pass through the Legislative Council, and a large 
 majority had determined to reject it altogether. The Home Govern- 
 ment was a broken reed to lean upon, and the wisest and most thought- 
 ful churchmen saw, that if rejected, infinitely worse terms would be 
 forced upon the Church. For nine months the Dr. remained in 
 Quebec, the seat of Government, straining every faculty on behalf of 
 his cause, and at length was successful in getting a majority to accept 
 the bill. And hence, through his marvellous tact and persuasive 
 eloquence the Church in Ontario is in possession of a fund which has 
 proved to be of incalculable benefit, and especially in our own Diocese. 
 His action was highly approved by the Bishop, while Trinity College, 
 
 and other traveUers gave intetasting 'accounts of this remarkable family. Mrs McMurray 
 entered with enthusiasm into her husband's work, and before he mastered the language she 
 accompanied him on his mission tours, translating the prayers, sermons, &o., to his rude 
 oongregations, and teaching them to sing and chant. She also estabUshed a school or 
 fcdian girls, and was very successful in initiating them into the habits of civilised life 
 Her graceful hospitalities, and kind, sympathetic courtesy of manner, endeared her to a 
 veiy wide iirole of devoted friends. She died a few years since at Niagara. 
 
 (e) The Church was deeply indepted t» the late Hon. J. H. Cameron and tha Hon. Wm nayie» 
 for ihBirmoKiinpiiitauiiiwrvicuii in securing this measure. ' ' 
 
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 Toronto, conferred on him the degree of D.O.L., and he was also ap- 
 pointed a Member of Council. 
 
 In 1864, he was selected to visit England, on behalf of the still 
 struggling University. He was most cordially received by the Arch- 
 bishops and Bishops, the two Universities, and by many statesmen 
 of historic fame. Every where his genip,l manners, and dignified 
 courtesy won for him devoted friends. By request, he preached in 
 St. Paul's Cathedral,— a compliment never paid before to a colonial 
 clergyman. For twelve months he laboured with briUiant success 
 obtaining a large sum of money, which, aided greatly in tiding the 
 College over its difficulties. In his parish work he has been as suc- 
 cessful as m his public missions, and the church in Niagara, in its 
 finished condition and beautiful adornments, and the spacious rectory 
 and surrounding grounds, are monuments of the zeal that could pro- 
 duce such grand results, under unfavourable circumstances. And 
 thus, dear brethren, have I given a brief sketch of the leading features 
 in two lives, interwoven for all time with Canadian Chm-ch history 
 Time will not permit me to dwell on the routine of their duty as faith- 
 ful parish priests. The never ending, still beginning instruction of 
 then: flocks in all that a Christian ought to know and believe to his 
 soul's health. The half-century of thoughtful and assiduous attention 
 to all who were in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adver- 
 sity,— their interest in and fostering care of every parish, work of 
 charity and piety. Until the day of "the restitution of aU things " 
 the number and measure of these and similar works of Christian love 
 the fruits of the Holy Spirit, must remain unspoken. Neither can I 
 do more than allude to the manifold virtues and unostentatious chari- 
 ties of her who, through nearly the whole of the Bishop's ministerial 
 life, has been his true helpmate, comforter, and adviser, and who has 
 won for herself, by the practical exercise of the rich endowments of 
 Christian graces with which God has blessed her, the loving respect 
 and admiration of all who know her ;— one of whom it may be well 
 
 " Thy works, and alms, and all thy good endeavor 
 Sta^ not behind, nor in the grave are trod, 
 But as Faith pointed with her golden rod 
 Will follow thee to joy and bliss forever." (f). 
 
 Like a traveller who has passed through a land of lofty hUls and 
 fertile valleys, and who, turning back from some point of vantage to 
 
 (f) At an early period of his ministry the Bishon was marri«d *« n^th«- -"--t 
 daughter of the late «an.uei Street, Esq., of Clark-hill, near the FaUs of Niag'ara. * hTS 
 three daughters and five sons living. ^ ^^dm 
 
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 survey the scenes through which he has journeyed, beholds only the 
 high promontories and bold outlines of the towering hills,— so has it 
 been with me in taking a retrospective view of the half century of 
 work accomplished by the two veterans of the Cross, whom to-day we 
 have assembled to honour by celebrating their "golden wedding" in 
 the ministry of Christ, and who have been living actors in the great 
 crisis of our Church's destinies— the grand turning points in her his- 
 tory, on which, to all human appearance, depended the advance and 
 prosperity of the whole body. 
 
 New generations of clergy and laity are growing up around us, 
 and I trust and pray that this commemorative service will wHte in- 
 delibly in their hearts the memories of the days of old, and the noble 
 works that were wroughtin them by ourfathers in the ministry of Christ, 
 that so they may "honour them exceeding highly for their work's sake.'' 
 And as for them, let us all pray that they^may be spared for a few 
 years more, to see the Church they love so well prosper still further 
 than it has yet done— lengthening its cords and strengthening its 
 stakes, widening its bounds and daily increasing in strength and 
 vigour. May it be light with them at eventide, and may the- ever 
 be surrounded by 
 
 " That, which si'.ould accompany old age, 
 As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends." 
 
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