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J(OT SiHTHTTBST, or NIAGARA. ■.«%>-- \t PaiNTED AT TIIR REQUEST Of THE CHURCHWARDENS J^-MD COJ^JllcUTfON "if*^ ..... -^.ii^ fi;..' or ST. JOHli'^ ELORA. ELORA, C. W.! PRlNTtn AT THE " PACKWOCDSMAS" OyFIfS:, 1852. ■^^5^ T ^^ -% W _?.■?*?* "^l**^!* !%».•■ I 6"^ 6 O ~ \% \' IS^jjj,,..' m A BERxMON, ' jtJD<:>ES, III, 9, 10 & 11. "And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lot-fl, the Lord raised up a deliverer to thechildrenof Israel, who delivered them, Olh«;.r niel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. , ' ? " And the spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war, and the Lord delivered Chushan-rishathaira, king of Mesopotamia into his hand, and his hand prevailed against Chusliaart .7 rishathaim. " And the land had rest forty years. > And Olhniel, the son of iKbnM, died." . ' ; ..•„ .,j|j ,.. • i - . -JJ We profess, in general terlils^ to acknowledge &o^\ as the supreBie disposer of all things, but, it is to be feared, very frequently fail to recognise him as such . in the varied oceuiTenees of life. We are too apt to fix our attention upon the instruments which he ent)-'^^ ploys, and to overlook that almighty power which moves and guides them in aBcdklance with his sove- ' reign will and purposes, ^''l' Distinguished mdividalsj fromi time to time, make their appearance, a-hd take a i>rominent part in the - aflfairs of the world, and we are dazzled by their elo- quence in the senate, or by their success in the battle field. We speak of their brilliant talents, of their patriotism, of their learning, and of their bravery. Every voice is loud in eulogising the statesman, and a gratefal countrjr is ready almost to idolize the con-' ^ queror. But, alas ! hdw often do we overlodfe the fact, that the objects of our esteem and reverence, are but ' the instruments which God has raised up for accomplishing his own purposes in the government of the world. It isqtrite right ihat we should admire genius, and honor bravery ; but in doing so, we tshould «, I THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, xsa remember whence botk are derived, and the pur- poses for which they have been conferred. The high- est possible honor that we can pay the wise, the brave, and the good, is to recognise them as the cho- sen instruments of God, raised up for purposes of mercy towards us. The present occasion is one pecu- liarly suited for meditating upon God's providential government of the world, and of the human agency which he employs in that goveiment. We have been recently called upon to mourn over the loss of Britain's most distinguished son, the illus- trious Wellington. During the past week, the mor- ;. tal remains of that immortal general and statesman, have been consigned to their last resting place, in St. Paul's Cathedral. He has faithfully fulfilled the im- portant duties assigned him by Divine Providence, and has descended to the tomb full of years and ho- nors. In looking back upon his eventful career, while we reverence him, as an unrivalled example of the purest patriotism, and the most consummate bravery, let us also regard him as raised up of God, for conferring inestimable blessings upon our father- land. if we fail to discern the operation of a divine hand in the rise and fall of nations, it is that we forget the solemn declaration of God himself, that he putteth down one and setteth up another. In the history of the Israelites, as recorded in the books of the Old Testament, we have the divine government of the world depicted in the most striking colors and with the most perfect accuracy. We must always remember, that God is same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. The narrative, which we hare in Holy Writ, of Jehovah s A. i 1 i%. THE DUKE OF WELLIXGTOW. 8 4 dealings with his chosen people, under the dispensar tion o£ the law, is also intended to shew that there is a like providential superintendence exercised under the Gospel. I have, therefore, selected for our present considera- tion, a portion of Holy Scripture which gives a vivid description of the achievements of an individual, raised up of God, in order that he might effect the deliverance of Israel, at a most critical period of their history. There are so many points of resemblance between the history contained in our text, and the history of the great man whose loss we now deplore, that we must, on a careful comparison, be constrained to admit, the one as well as the other, to have been alike raised up of God, for the accomplishment of his purposes. Let us then, in the first place, direct our attention to the history of Othniel, and we shall see in his case a striking instance of human agency employed for the accomplishment of the divine pur- poses. nujiiii We must bear in mind, that the Israelites were the^ chosen people of God, selected to become the keep-^ ers of his law, the guardians of his temple and wor- ship, and, as such, to be. nationally^ an instrument of mercy towards all mankind. Notwithstanding their impe^'fections, follies, and sins, or the punishments wi'Ii which they *wevG visited for those sins, they yere the covenant people of God. In their history, we see, indeed, sin and punishment, as cause and ef- fect, ever linked together. But we see also mercy triiimph over judgment, and the Lord Jehovah to be gracious to his ^oople, when they turn to him with humility and true repentance. iMi if/ ■fi ■""%. \ — M' THE DUKK OF WKLLINGTOIf. sss David, in the Book of Psalms, addressing the Deity, has this striking expression, " The wicked are a sword of thine." From this passage we learn that the wicked are frequently employed as instruments of chastisement, by whose agency nations or mdividuals are punished for their rebellion against God. ^"V^*i?? the wicked have thus, unconsciously, effected the Di- vine purposes as instruments of punishment towards others, they are themselves punished for their own wickednesses. When the People of God have drawn AoYruM^on themselves \m displeasure, by their for- cretfulness of him, or by their disobedience of his laws, he permits, for a time, the wicked to act as the instruments of his chastisement. But when the chas- tisement has had its desired effect in humblmgthem, and leading them to true repentance, an instrument of another description is raised up, by which the wicked are themselves punished, and the Lords peo- ple effectually delivered. This we shall see to have been particularly the case in the history we are now about to consider. Before we can perceive the full force of that brief but interesting narrative, contained in our text, we must, for a few moments, direct our attention to the peculiar circumstances of the Israelites when the events themselves occurred. The chUdren of Israel had been, at that time, for several years inhabitants of the land of Canaan and were in possesion of all its most valuable localities, and many of its principal cities. The Lord had ena- bled them to advance that far, bnt had not permitted them to gain entire possession of the country, nor to exterminate its aboriginal inhabitants. This remnaat ^'^'iSii'Mlilfer"" -' mp ^ THR DUKE OF WELLLNOTi^lT. of the idolatrous Canaanites, was left to test the fi- delity of Israel, that it might be seen whether they would obey the Lord theirGod. They remained faith- ful during the life of Joshua, and of those who, with him, had been witnesses of God's miraculous guidance oj their fathers in the wilderness, and of the no less miraculous manner in which they had been put in pos- session of the promised land. But, when a new gen- eration arose, they connected themselves by marriage with the idolatrous inhabitants, and were thus led into evil, and, consequently, drew down upon them- selves the divine displeasure. As a punishment for their iniquities, the Lord permitted the king of Meso- potamia to make war upon them, and he having con- quered them, they became his servants. Their servitude being doubtless of the most rigor- ous kind, and lasting eight years, had effectually hum- bled them, and led them, in true repentance, to return to the Lord God of their fathers. The chastisement having thus effected its object, their prayers were h.^ard, and a deliverer was raised up in the person of Othniel. We are expressly told in our text, that Othniel was raised up of God, in answer to the prayers of his repenting children, in order that he might effect their deliverance. We are told also, in terms equal- ly emphatic and clear, that he acted under the espe- cial guidance of the spirit of the Lord, both as a gen- eral and a judge. When he went out to wai', it was as an instrument in the hands of his divine Master, It was not by his own skill, or the power of his army, that the Mesopotaraian hosts were conquered, but it Was Jehovah himself who delivered them into hk siiSw^*''^' 6 THE DUKE 01- WELMSOTON. hand The Mesopotamians wer& themselves idolaters, but were permitted of God to punish Israel for ite idolatry. Israel having been reclaimed by such m- trinentality, were made in return the instrnmente of executing vengeance upon the Mesopotamia's, who •had been not only thevr cmqiierm-s, but, also, tne Zmies of their God. In this c^e, we have the equi- ty of the divine government displayed in a most striking manner. On the one hand, we are shown the «rr!ng childred of a gracious Father, chastened in mercyfbrought to repentance thereby, and again restored to favor : on the other, we have the blind [rolaters chastened in judgment, and utterly cut off In reading history, whether sacred or profane, if men would but read and reflect, they would see that 8^h hL ever been the case. God chastens his own children in meicy, for their present and everlasting good, but he cUas'Jens the wicked in his anger, and thereby brings them to nothing. There was, doubtless, in Othniel a peculiar fitness for the high office to which he was divinely appomt- S lie wL the son-in-law and nephew of that good man. Caleb, who, on so many occasions, had d>«t>°: Lshed h:i;iself, as a faithful servant of the W God of Israel. We may reasonably suppose, that Othniel would have been influenced for good by the ■^ idvice and example of so estimable an individual. " There is in the last verse of our text something ■ fitrikingly expressive. We are there emphatically tSd tS after the conquest of the Mesopotamians ■ bv Othniel. " the land had rest forty years." Under hfs wise guidance, the Israelites enjoyed peace,_pro8- xiio » lo g, ^ ^ 7^ ;i„,.;„n, ,+lmt Inner Tiariod. — penty, ana nappinup^, viuixx,^ .«« ^ * f t THE DtrKK OF "WTOXIlf OTON. S i I 'm ■ \ Tbe narrative then closes with the announcement, «' And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, died." The>acted historian makes no commfent—tells us nothing df the grief of his admiring countrymen—is silent aa re- lards the pomp and pageantry of his funereal ol^se- quies, those sacred rites by which, in all ages, the liv- ing have found a consolation in do'* ng honor .to* the dead. Human nature, being then the same as nbWj doubtless so distinguished an individual wouid be consigned to the tomb with all due solemnity, amid the tears of mourning Israel. In all these particu- lars, the imagination is left full scope for its exercise, we being told no more than that, " Othniel, tbe Bon of Kenaz, died." ' ^r". ' Having thus reviewed the remarkable events re- corded in our text, we must at once perceive, that Othniel was an instrument in the hands of (*)d, raised up for the especial purpose of freeing the Js- raelites from the thraldom of Mesopotamian^servi- tude. ' . » And is not the sovereign power of God exerQised in the government of the world as much in our ti^ne .as it was in the time of Othniel I Unquestio^ably so The God of Providence, of nature, and of grace, • is eternally the same. That Almighty Power whjch kept the heavenly bodies in their various' ooitifses when Othniel contended with the Mesopotamian hosts, is the same Almighty Power which now, after a lapse of three thousand years, keeps the celestial orbs in their appointed places, causing them topper- form their various revolutions. With equal certain- -n. ty, then, did that Almighty Power, which gave Oth- ^uifiel the victory on the plains of Judea, gave the Vio- 8 THE DUKK OF WELLIKGTOK tory to WelliDgton on the plains of Waterloo. Both were alike instruments raised up of God, for the ac- complishment of his own purposes. Whence, there- fore, is it that we so generally fail to recognise the divine hand in his providential government of the world ? It is, alas ! in this, as in every thing else, that we are naturally inclined to forget Him, in whom we live, and ro jve, and have our being. We honor the creature more than the Creator, who is God over all, blessed for evermore. We short-sighted mortals look only at the human instrument, and perceive not that unseen influence, by which the - Deity regulates the complex affairs of the universe. In thus over- looking the first canse, we act as irrationally as if we were to give credit to the operator, at the electric telegraph, for the effects produced through his instru- mentality, when, in fact, they are produced by an un- ■een power, which darts forth with lightning speed, as the real though mysterious agent. In the Scriptures of unerring truth, we have num- berless illustrations of God's providential government of the world, and learn therefrom, that he invariably acts by human instrumentality. We have the express and emphatic declaration of our text, that the deli- verance of Israel was effected by the divine igency, and through the instrumentality of Othniel. On that head,^there can be no mistake. I would, there- Ibre, in conclusion, notice a few particulars in which the career of the illusrious Wellington, resembled that of Othniel, and thence infer, that he, also^ was raised up of God, iur the deliverance of our nation The Duke of Wellington entered the army at the cowmencement of the first French revolution. This . THE DKHK.OF WKLtlNGtON. revolution was, indeed, but a natural conseq[uenc0 of the national profligacy. At that time, religion and morality were well nigh extinct, both in France and the adjoining states. The lack of piety in the priest- hood, and the unscriptural ceremonies of an erring Church, had made the French people injidels^ and sunk Spain, Portugal and Italy in the most abject su pentition. In the tragical events of what is aptly termed the Reign of Terror, we have a remarkable instance of French infidelity being the instrument of its own punishment. Napoleon wa>s^ himself^ unques- tionably an instrument^ raised up of God, for the chastisement of the other continental states. His conquest of kingdom after kingdom naturally caused much excitement and anxiety m Britain. Nor were those fears groundless. That restless and ambitious individual, elated with success, having erected the im. perial throne on the ruins of the Republic, announced his . intention of invading England. But in this, though he knew it not, he was exceeding his commis- sion, and thereby taking thit fatal step which led to his own punishment. As a nation, our beloved country had doubtless in many things provoked the divine displeasure, but 8tiU there was a vast amount of genuine piety among its people, Likft Judea of old, our fatherland had its divine guardian, and its people were in covenant with God. When that pious monarch, George III., saw the approaching storm, he fled for refuge to the Lord God of Israel. In the National Cathedral, the King, attended by both Houses of Parliament, so- lemly offered np prayers, imploring the divine mercy, ftnd deliverance from the threatened danger. u iumStaett s^^Si s<™™s>wwws>;s~»5i^!i.-'. 10 iIHE DUKB OE WELLINGTON. ^ Their supplications were heard. Nelson struck the first|blow at the invader, and the immortal Welling- ton fwas the chosen instrument by whom his power wa? to be completely annihilated. Napoleon having accomplished the divine purpose, as an instrument of chastisement, was himself pursued from country to country, by England's victorious general, till his usurped power received its death blow on the plains- of Waterloo. We may, perhaps, not inappropriately designate thjre two remarkable men, as Napoleon, the instru- ment of chastisement, and Wellington, the instru- ment of deliverance. In accordance with all the ex- amples which Holy Scripture furnishes, the former was Mtiaself ultimately the victim of chastisement, and the latter full uf years and honors, comes to the grave in peace. The proud, ambitious, and infidel Bonaparte, hav- ing chastised the infidelity of the various nations, by raising himself to the imperial power, was thrown from his eminence, through the agency of W ellington, the Christian general of Christian England. He who had been the scourge and terror of every nation on the continent of Europe, when meditating an inva- sion of Albion's sea-girt isle, was cut short at Water- loo by her victorious armies. Instead of entering Britain as a conqueror, he en* ieredy as a prisoner^ one of her rocky islands in the Soudi Atlantic, and there closed a life of turmoil in well merited captivity. How great the contrast be- tween him and that illustrious man whose loss we now dcDlore. The watchword of Napoleon, was . ^ ^♦-^,.^,, »rinfi Irc^B ot WellingToit. 11 H'U " ^Jo7'y,''—the watchword of Wellington was ** duty^ The one was urged on by a selfish ambition, the other hj k disinterested patriotism. Bonaparte sought his own glory, for, though but of plebeian origin, he grasped an imperial crown. Wellington, a lineal descendant of Saxon Alfred and the Norman Con- queror, was only ambitious in serving his country, and wished for nothing higher than to be one of her loyal citizens, Wellington having been the instrument of God, in delivering his country, was, like Othniel, permitted to see the rest and quiet of peace for nearly forty years. During that long period, his wise counsels have doubtless done much to promote the greatness and prosperity of the country. In all things, he was a pattern of conscientious attention to duty. If he made an appointment, or a promise, he held hinself in duty bound to fulfil it, whatever might be the loss or the inconvenience. As a statesman, he was ever at his post, both in the House of Lords, and also in what- ever ofiSce of the Government he might for the time be engaged. Nor was he less punctual in his attention to his re- ligious duties. Every Sunday mominsr, when in Lon- don, whatever might be the state of Jie weather, or the season of the year, did he walk a distance of half a mile, from Aspley House to the Chapel Royal at St. James, to attend the early morning service, at eight o'clock. When engaged in divine worship, he read distinctly and fervently the responses, and ap- peared to be completely absorbed in the performance of his religious duties. In this illnstrions paan, how much is there, my friends to and r«vcr« imitate. — jit ttK'^ n' -^t -V- . J r; ■• W 12 THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON* Ought w:^ not to reverence a character so noble, so great,, and. so good ?. Ought we not to imitate him,' hj^p^^'king duty oxxr first, our greatest, our only aim ? An^, Or let us not forget to thank God for his good , ness iti having Ta«*^c?^^ such aj^ individual, to be a blessing to our beloved country. , May the Lord Je- hovah, of his infinite niercy raise, up another WeL lington whenever the nation may need his services t •. I nr ,bor> 1 ■ Uimnu'vi^riu -ill a kmnti" ■. --ilf ^*.t•off!■')^q • ^ioil Oii^ "^'i' ^^-. ,Y'ilu ? 4 •31 a.'rf o^ rroiirrsitta aiil ai . liBii to tfici^Jcil) a >^ • • r. _. '^itftmi ti^.ti DOS''': ^r-D'^rt ■ f I « 0:> We are sorry to herir that the health of the Rev. J. W. Marsh i.-i still such as to render him incapable of resuming his (liitie,«* at this place. We, however, beg to inform such of our readers as attend the En