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T si Tl w M di er be ri| ra m This item ia filmed at tha reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document eat film* au taux da rMuction indiquA ci-daaaous. 10X 14X 18X 22X 26X 30X TO ALL THE LAITY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAKIX IX THE PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK. BY THE RIGHT REV. • JOHN, BISHOP OF FREDMICTON. rnujsnED BY request of the clergy. SAINT JOHN. N. B. TRIMED A:)P THE "DESPATCH" PRINTING OFFICE, IWILLIAM U. WKIOHT, PROPBIKTOft] 1862. Sl Olj! H c> 2 DIOCESE OF FREIjEBICTON. THK DVTT OF ALI> CLAaHKS OV CHCRCitMEN TO CONTRIBliTK TO AH ENUOWMRNT FUND FOR THK UIOCEilC i* A CHARGE DELIVERED TO THE CLERGY, Ai:SEMBLED IN THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH, SEPTEMBER 3, 1802. AND RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THEM, AND TO AIX THE I.AITY OP THK CHURCH OP ENGLAND IN THK I'ROVINCE OP NEW BRUNSWICK, I BY THE RIGHT UFA'. JOHN, BISHOP OP FREDERICTON. rUBLISnKD BY RGQt'KHT OP THK CLERGY. Revd. axd Df^vr Brethren,— It lias been my usual course, when I have add 1'cs.sod you on occasions similar to the prc- .sent, to dwell chiefly, if not exclusively, on our ministerial duties. We meet together very seldom as a body : we rarely or never meet with- out having lost some of our members by death, or by removal from the diocese, and my thoughts are naturally turned to" the great questions' which so deeply concern us all, as ministers and ".stewards of the mysteries of God." For I could wish that no one of our little band of brethren ever left this Cathedral Church at a A'^i.sitation, without having his better feelings streuirthened by some good counsel from his bishop. This has over been my intention, how- ever imperfectly I may have discharged the duty. If tlien, at the present moment, I depart from my usual course, neither you, nor our lay brethren will, I suppose, think it is from any less weighty sense of our ministerial engagements, b\it I)ecause, when any important matter is on hand which concerns the whole Church in the province, it seems necessary, if any impression is to be made on others, to confine oneself to obi^ervations on that one topic, as, in our dis- coar.ses from the pulpit, it is l>etter to have one sulyect >v;ell in hand and thoroughly treated. The subject which I proi)ose now to consider, and to ask you to bring before all the laity in your respective missions and parishes, is the I endowment of the Church in this province by grants, donations, legacies, or subscriptions, with a view to our eventual release of the So- ciety for the Propagation of the Gospel from its f]i:ivi table and clcomo.synaiy assistance, so that people listened to my plain ond unvarnished tale of what God has wrought among us, and by their great willingness "out of their deep po- verty," to pour in the riches of their liberality. I do not disguise from myself, and I will not disguise from you, the diffioulties which sur- round the question of endowment. Wo all know the tenacity with which men cling to any gift which they have long received. We know, or can guess, the suffering of the Clergy, espe- cially of those with large families, if suddenly deprived of whfit is to them the best security they have that they shall be able to provide for themselves the necessaries of life. We i'rec^-" admit that, in many of our missions, the people iVre far from being wealthy, are labouring hard for their own sustenance, and though they have the increase of the field, it does not come to them in the shape of money. AVo know and feel in everj' part of the eomnmnity, the di.sas- trous effects of the fratricidal, unnatural, and most unhappy war, now canying on in the United States ; and we can see no et^d to our suffering, so long as it continues. Still, after all these admissions and. allowan- ces, the question comes home to us with a direct force which we mu.st not attempt to evade, — shall we, or shall we not, endeavor to attain to that standing, which Roman Catholics, which Presbyterians, which the members of the Free Kirk of Scotland, and others, have attained to, of being independent of external aid for the maintenance of our clergy ? Ar^ we not one of the wealthiest bodies in the province in pro- portion to our numbers ? Are not 42,000 Church- people (supposing the Census to be coiTCCt) able to do something considerable for them- selves ? Will not our undoubtedly wealthy lay- men, even granting them'to be not numerous, blush to find, that they are indebted to the English poor for their own spiritual good ? And is there no practical way by which the clergy, casting aside (as an intolemble nuisance) all questions of party or precedence, shall so throw themselves into this work, as to convince the laity, that it is their duty to begin the work, that the maintenance of the Church even in its l)rescnt state, is impossible without it, and that if we .suffer the Church to drop away from us by our wilful neglect, we shall become, by the just judgment of God, one of the most degraded and pitiful communities of Christians, with a few timid, evei-changing, starveling clergy to ininLster to us, but without the life and power hQnest, independent, and vigorous progross. 1 1 must enter more carefully into tlie de- ls of the subject, i. When we sijcak of endowments, we are n^t subject to the imputation of enriching our- selves. We hayo not even in distant view the the whole cd, which 1 to every pc try village, blessing tu parsimony and spiritu not always ciple was t enriched bj to dedicate poral and brethren, a petuity, wl be all prop( own famil} which led t hind him I for the ben to show hi stowed upo occasionallj discharge o bear some for the rigl be demand( show how t Churchmer First, sor that is to St amount ov from busin inherited oi of land whi result of th( ance. The intere.st. I should bea But that a is clear on i Can any ment, forge not that pa out to a spi God, and tl ourselves t dealt with involve a pi loss of our Society for I as a real, tl Can we law ment, when 'income evei profits of o' tenanceof t es, and yet I for ? Does fences of I] "hasten to le most aegraaed l as a real, thoi varnished talu g us, and by heir deep po- leir liberality. and I will not IS which sur- snt. Wo all n cling to any 1. Wo know, Clergy, espe- ), if suddenly best security to provide for ). Wo fre^'^' na, the people ibouring hard igh they have not come to iVe know and ity, the disas- nnatural, and ig on in the e^d to our • and allowan- s with a direct »tto evade, — 9r to attain to holies, which s of the Free e attained to, 1 aid for the Q we not one )viuce in pi-o- i.OOOChurch- i> be coiTCct) le for them- jr wealthy lay- it numerous, cbted to the dgood? And the clergy, nuisance) all •ihall so throw convince the in the work, lih even in its it it, and that away from us 3come, by the iiost degraded ^tians, with a ng clergy to fo and power rous progress. into the dc- lents, we are riching our- iiiit view the the whole parochial system of England is found- ed, which has brought the blessings of religion to every poor man's door in every remote coun- try village, and is only prevented from being a blessing to the whole land by the niggardly parsimony of those who inherit the temporal and spiritual blessings of their ancestors, but do not always inherit their liberality. The prin- ciple was this, that every man whom God hath enriched by inheritance, or by traffic, is bound to dedicate a portion of his riches to the tem- poral and spiritual wants of his ni(»ro needy brethren, and to lay up for their bciiotit in per- petuity, what cannot, by the laws of the gosi)el. be all properly expended on himself and on his own family. It was this high sense of duty which led the old Calais merchant to leave be- hind him bags of gold marked " Calais Sand," for the benefit of the parish in which ho lived, to show his sense of the benefit God had be- stowed upon him. A mere dole of a few pounds occasionally to some poor person, is no eli'ectual discharge of this great duty. The gift should bear some proportion to the sum received, and for the right use of which a strict account will be demanded hereafter. And I now pr^/ccetTto "show how this is applicable to various classes of Churchmen in this province. First, .some of our mcnil)ers are Capitalists, that is to say, they have siuns more or less in amount over and above their annual income from business, which capital sums arc either inherited or arise from grants from the Crown of land which has become valuable, or are the result of their own .«kill, industrj*, and pei-sever- ance. These ciipital sums are invested and bear interest. Now I am far from saying that such should bear the whole burden of endowment. But that a cons' derable shai-e belongs to them, is clear on the first principles of Christianity. Can any man who believes in the New Testa- ment, forget the parable of the talents ? Does not that parable show the necessity of putting out to a spiritual use whatever we receive from God, and the certainty that merely holding it for ourselves without imparting to others, will be dealt with as an abuse, and so dealt with as to involve a punishment far more severe than the loss of our earthly goods ? And has not the Society for the Propagation of the (rospel sened as a real, though temporary endowment to us ? Can we lawfully continue to receive that endow- ment, when we are fully able, ont of the annual 'income even of our capital, over i^nd above the profits of our business, to provide ii)r the main- tenance of the ministry in t>uriM||iefhre parish- es, and yet leave our children suffitlsntly provided for? Does any of us forget tho^ tenible sen- tences of Holy Writ pronouncedl on those who " hasten to be rich" by all possiMe means, who your property is a warning to you, that :ih "riches nmko to themselves wings and fly away, ' ' you should lay up some of them, ' ' wIhtw no thief approacheth. where no lyoth corrn)»t- eth," and not hoard simply for your own l>ene- fit, or think n\\ you have invested absolutely your own, without regai-d to the great giver of all, whether capital, or increase. N(n* can professional men, or persons holdirH; official situations, whose incomes depend on their own talents and industry, and who are nctf capitalists, be held e.xenijjt from a fair contri- bution to an Endowment Fund. Their inconu?.-, it bivtrue, are pi-ectnnous ; so would be their sub|Pri])tion, paid only on condition that their professional income exceeded what is necessary for the support of themselves and their familicH in the station to which it has pleased God to call them, and that it did not entrench on the ordinary claims of charity. It must Ijc renieux- berod, that in New Bnniswick, therc are very few in.stitutions of an eleemosynaiy kind. Then- are no hospitals, no dispensaries, no institutions! for the relief of the deaf, the blind, the lanu;, the consumptive, no schools to clothe the poor, no blanket, soup and coal charities for their re- lief. The Lunati(5 Asylum is suj)porteil at the public expense, and s<) is the Tjcprosy House at Tracadie. All these and many other like bene- volent institutions are a continual drain on tlio pui-ses of professional men in Kngland. iU'w the high rate of wages, and the independence of the lal)ouring classes render some of them less net-essary. Our Church Society supjilics wants which are distributed into many di^erent channels in England, with corros])onding daiujs on the purse. Surely those professional men, or men in official positions, will not seriously maintain their entire exemption from contribut- ing to a fund, the object of which is to assist themselves and their families, and the familiefi of their poorer brethren with spiritual help, though they may not Ik) able to cohtribnte sf> largely as the caiiitalist. The same remarks apply to the agriculturist, who suffers less from the effects of the war than his brethren, and has just been blesseil with a most plentiful harvest. And the mechanic, it must be rememliored, by the very high rate of wages in the province, being, in fact, in more inde]>endent cimini- stances than the ordinary clergyman, ought not to refuse his aid to a fund which will help to make provLsion for the spiritual wants of hi* children. I feel assured that if the mcchanio^4 resident in this country could have attended some of the missionary meetings at which I have been |)resent in Ijondon, if they could havf? seen the face of the London ptwr, w.lstcd by hart! laljour. and ]>inchcd by suflcring and want, |sFciegraae^p^n^)al7Thougincmiw to usY| being, in fact, in more independent circuni- .tir.i).()'j;i, in 1854, ,£1«)5,()00, in ISiil, 4-174,712. Ami thoUjith in conscHjucnce (>f tlie war in the linltuil States it has fallen off, the failure we Juay hope is only temporary, and if peace were restored, connneree would return to its usual i-1iannel ; and wu have every reason to hope, tliat if a right settlement were made of the great <|uestions involved, that our prosperity would be •'vcn greater than before. It is perfectly true that the means of C'huivhmen are not to be measured by the whole wealtli of the province, inasmuch' as the Census sliows that we are far outnumbered by otlnn* religious Itodies, and Many of our scattered settlei-s are poor. Ktill it must be admitted that the Church of England Jias had her full share in the growing prosperity ttf the province, and with that growth we are liound to see that our thank-offerings to God iiicreu.sc in like manner. And if I am rightly informed, and I speak on reliable authority, oue-half of the capital of the province, if we <'X(!ei)t the wages of labour, is in the hands of members of the Church of England. But there are two points to which I wish especially to direct your attention. Can we deny that the members of the Chm"ch of England in thi.s province, tho' not the most mimemus, arc aniong the mo.st wealthy, and yet arc we not receiving a larger fhari! of help fmm England than any other body ? I do not i)retend to possess accunite infonnation on the help, permanent or occasion- al, which others nuty obtain from abroad, but I have every .reason to l)clieve that the l?oman Catholics i-eceive little or none, the Baptists very little, and the Presbyterians no considerable >iuni. We still receive full £4000 a year, taking into account the pensions to missionaries and widows of missionaries, and the grants to Divinity StJidents. And yet it cannot be said rhat our missionaries are overpaid. I Ixslieve that many of them receive less than ministers of other pei"suasions. What sufficient reason then can be assigned for our backwardness to do ;i duty, which our Christian brethren on all hhIch of us, Boman Catholic and Protestant, have willingly discharged? Am I overstating the matter when I say that the .scandal and reproach to us is very great, and that it .should lie by common consent removed ? Further, I must remind you that the Society for the }*ropa- pation of the (iospel findw new fields of labour in all parts of the world o])ened, fields ready for the .sower, in some instances " white unto the harvest," and that in con.se this province, sc:inty aid can be afforded to missions among the heathen. Now if we were soliciting its bounty for the first time, the " hou-sehold of faith " would no doubt i)resent the most urgent claim on its liberality ; but having already enjoyed that aid in full measiire for so many years, it liecomes us mast;:rR, and help for the poor, and a. thousand other blessings to tho parish? Yet this was working for posterity, and yet there is abund- ance of work to bo done by tho present genera- tion in every parish, notwithstanding the en- dowment. The rector of a countrj' parish in Somersetshire lately informed me, that within tlirce years, the sum of £50,000 had been ex- pended in his rural Deanery in the repairs and re-building of the material fabrics alone ; and this is independent of schools, schoolmasters, asylums for tho deaf, tho blind, the lunatic, the c()nsumi)tive, hospitals for the sick, almshouses for the poor, Christmas and other gifts, and poor rates. So that no age finds more claims upon it than our own. But plausible as this argument appears to some to be, when sifted, it nniy be seen to be a string of falliicics. First, instead of our con- tributing accoitling to our ability, we have con- tributed not one half, not one fifth part of what we ought to have done, and far less than the other religious bodies have done. I have heard that some Churchmen have even boasted of its l)eing a fine thing to belong to the Church of England, because they were not called on to do half as much as dissenters. Again, so far from maintaining the Church in \U present state of efficiency, which would be very creditable to us if wo had done it, we have without scruple as- sisted ourselves by taking the alms of p'^or do- mestics and labourers in England to spare our own piK^kets, whilst our merchants in past years have made enormous profits by their ventures in ships and lumbering operations, and trade of all descriptions : and when thousands have come into their purses, they have been lauded, because they gave £10, or £20, or £50, or £100 to the Church, when £1000 would have been the scriptural proportion. Further, from leaving posterity nothing to do, we leave posterity a considerable burden, even after the very mode- rate sum is rai.sed for Endowment which is pro- posed. If the Society now give £40(X) sterling, a-year, and that sum, after allowing for pen- sions and scholarships, only just enables the clergy to live, and barely to live, and the capi- tal necessary to produce that sum would be nearly £70,000 sterling, what great boon are we conferring on posterity by raising the sum of £20,000 or even of £40,000 currency ? If we raise nothing, and the Society gives us up, as it may justly do, we shall .simply leave no Church for posterity to endow, and having re- ceived all the benefit, we may well fear lest we be sulyect ,tc. It is only bound by express compact for lil'c in the cjvse of a very few clergymen whose numbers are diminishing every year, and who in i\\o course of nature cannot expect to live many years. It is, as T have already said, a, purely voluntary institution, dependent on the annual contributions of (Miurcbnicn in Hngland. and should these contributions cease, its power U* help us would be gone. What may bo called the endowments of thr^ Society are legacies left for specific objects, which cannot, under any circumstances, be transferror! to us. How unwise, to say the least, is it for us to rely wholly on this .'Huirce. and not endea- vour to ky up in store for a day when all oiir energies will be taxed, and heavily ta.vcd, to help ourselves ? One other objection T shall notice. *' Wc are too poor. The times are very hard. It will h*: time to do this at another .''eason. when v/e, find the Society can help ns no longer." If. however, as has l)cen just shewn, the Society has already withdrawn aid to the extent of nearly £1000. and no grant lately made can l)c depend- ed on for more than two years and a-half or three years, the time for action lias already come. Trade is indeed not in a flourishing state, lint, a beginning may Ijc made even in unprosperou.s times. The instances which the Scripture givf-s of liberality were those of persons whose circum- stances Avore often of the poorest kind. — far poorer than our own. And in this provinc*? several of the most costly buildings erected for Divine worf< at our own door. It is indeed most painful to consider the con- sequences of the withdrawal of the Society's aid in the present state of apathy which prevails among Churchmen in » the Province. Imper- ceptibly, but most ccrtiiinly, our work would mcltiiNvay before our eyes, and, ere wo were llinft n wintylr' itmt!iii<.n Itl «rl.i#ili .-.jK^If.! i:it many come IVora Miltjoct >roll in hund ami thosoughly treated. The subject which I propose now to counidcr, and to ask you to bring boforo all the laity in yonr raiiiMotiv* miMiQjiM aad p«rMh«h i».A^ ttndowmont of tho Church in this prbvinco by' grants, donations, legacies, or subscriptions, with a view to our eventual release of the 80- ' cicty for the Propagation of the Oospol from its cliuritablo and cluomosynary assistance, so that wo may stand before the world as Qvory high* minded honest person must wish us t« stand, (IS a Church sustained by the willing oftbrts of th" people who receive tho benefit uf spiritual help. Till wo do this. We must all feel ourselves in n constrained, doubtful, and unsatisfactory po- sition. The Society for the Propagation of the (rospol, thotjgh legally incorpomted, is a purely voluntary institution. No power on earth, legal or otlierwiso, can compel the people of Kngland to contribute to its funds ; nor could l*]iigli«li Churchmen Im) forced to contribute to funds expended on tho North American colo- nics, if they were unitoil in a determination to withhold their contributions. So that though the Society wisely, as woU as justly, desires and intends to keep fiiith with each missionary, as liir us its engagements were pledged to him in- dividually, it has made no permanent engage- ment with the Church as a body in this province. Nor is it for the most part an endowed corpo- ration, administcriii!,' funds which the piety of other ages bequeathed to it. The bulk of its property, (if you so term it) is only an annual income, urining out of collections made by the ckirgy in their several parishes, or by sub.«crip- tioiiij voluntarily tendered, and liable to be at ji?iy moment withilravvu ; and its payments to the lul^sionarios are always made largely in ad- viiHcc of what it expects to receive, and which never comes in in cash, imtil nearly the dose of the current year, during which the mis.sionavios liavc been all ])unctually paid. Aguiii) if our lay brethren had boon present with me at uieetings held in behalf of the Soci- ety during this yoar, and had seen the very poor piioplo who coiitrilnitod to its support, and had witnessed, as I did, the evident signs of want ;u>d sutFeving, wliich showed them^'elvos on thiiir ficc.-i, and bad riU'ijllected the far higher amount of wages which our labourers luid mechanics roceive, and the abundance 0^ tlui fruit.s of the earth wliiiih rewards, and the independence which crown?! tlioir labours, I am fiire they would have I'olt, as 1 did; an exceeding sense of slianie at being indohted to any su'jh poor peo- ple for the sm;tl]cst as.•^istan(:•e, and tl)(;y would have IVih this slianic as I du\) grer.tly heighten- ed by the exeoediiig joy with v.liivh these poor wi (icgraae and pitiful communitic^f Christinns, with a H'W timid, ovorchangiiig, starveling clergy to ininistor to us, but without tho lifb and jiower « leave the Church of England, or grow up in practical heathenism and infidelity. And is this asking a great thing? 2. When we ask for endowments, wc do not ask for worldly rank or pre-eminence, we are not lording it over others, or establishing any pre- cedent hnitfnl to the laity,|jvo ask for what Almighty God In his wisdom and by his holy word, imperatively ci^oined on his ancient jjco- ple, and, by implication, enjoins upon us. . The Scripture makes a wise and necessary dLstinction between voluntary offerings and en- dowments, or JissesMucnts. He who ' ' knew what was in man," because He made man, framed the wise procq>ts of the Mosaic law dn the principle, that' men are easily moved to contribute liberally to any novel or exciting proposal, such as tho erection of a new place of worship, but thoy are .slow to contribute annually to objects of permanent intei-est after the excite- ment is past. The building and a^lorning of the Tabernacle, Moses, who act^ed in all thing.s ac- cording to tho " pattern showed him in the mount," left to voluntAiy contributions', and they were al)undant for the purpose. But the wdaries of the priests he made an annual rent charge on property, and tlu; .sums neeessarj' for the repair of the Tonjple, wore, in like manner, in after ages, collectud by assessment on the heads of tamllios. Now why should we imagine ourselves wiser than Almighty God in respect to the mode in which our service for the Sanc- tuary may be bo'^t ."ocurcd fur tho benefit of all classes amongst Ji<5? Tlie primitive Church abounde^J in voluntar}' gifts. Diit thoy wore made inalienable, and liecurcd fi-cquontly by law. On thir? principle as~a real, thougmemporary endowment to us Can we lawfully continue to receive that endow- ment, when we are fully able, out of the annual 'income even of our capital, over ^nd above the profits of our business, to provide ibr the nmin- tenurioe of the mlnbriay in;ottfVHi|fttv« parish- es, and yet leave our children 8ufii(^tly provided for? Does any of us forget tho^ terrible sen- tences of Holy Writ pronouncei) pn those' who " hasten to be rich" by all possibfo means, who trust in uncertain riches, that they ''pierce themselves through with itany sorrows," and that " it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man," tru.sting in riches, ' ' to enter into the Kingdom of God ?' ' Dare wo forget that the skill and industry which earned these riches, the fortunate circumstances which brought them into our possession, are all God's gifts to us, which, in our turn, we are bid to dispense with an unsparing hand ? Or if our property has become larger by the in- creased value of our inheritance, or of Crown Grants, such inheritors would seem peculiarly called on to be liberal to an Endowment Fund. Otherwise, may they not justly bo entitled " cumbcrera of the gix>und ?" Surely the Crown did not bestow its grants, that the land might be all locked up for the benefit of a few, but that it migl^t redound to tho good of the many. Such is the duty devolving on rill who hold grants from the Crown. Suppo.** again some may reply, "my capital is entirely invested in my business, and such is now the precarious tenuiHj of business-transactions, that I cannot tell whether I shall not lose some, it may be a large portion ot that capital this very year, or the next year, especially looking to the poshible coirtiimance of a disastrous and desolating war, in the neighboring States." It is true, that these ciixjumstances are all to be fairly and fully taken into coasid oration, in estimating the amount which 3'ou should give. But they do not release you entirely from the duty. In or- dinary years of business, if your transactions have been prudently conducted, your receipts have far .exceeded the .sum which would be ob- tained by investment in public securities. No do\d)t, as your business has increased and be- come profitable, you have surrounded yourself with most of the comforts, and many of the supei-fluities of life. Your houses are well fur- nished, your farms well stocked, you live in comparative abundance, and you depend, even in the transactions of business, on the blessing of God. Why should you risk the withdrawal of that blc.s.sing, so necessary to you at all times, and especially in these dangerous days, by with- holding, whatii just and prudent liberality would make you to give, without injury to any party? TI18 very insecurity of the tenure of being, in fact, in more indciiendent cin-uui- stances than the ordinary clergyman, ought not to refuse his aid to a fund which will liclp to make provision for the spiritual wants of hiii children. I feel assured that if tlio nic(;hanic.>( resident in this country eould have attendeU « some of the missionary meetings at which I have Ijcen present in London, if they could hav(» seen the fuco of the London poor, witstctl by han] lalj«)ur, and pinched by suflft-ing and want, eagerly listening to the account of missionary work, and ready with a prompt libendity to con- tribute to the uttermoHt of their power, tlu-y would have blushed, as I did, that the hanl-won earnings of these jxwr artiznns should be sent out to support tho sons and daughters of New Brunswick. And no snudl proportion <^' tho amounts given to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel is made up of .such little sums. But I now proceijd to set before you tho reasons which should prevail with tho laity to make u groat effort to make our Church a sclf-sustuinin.t; Church. It is riglit that wc should kno>v how long thft Society for the Propagation of the ijiospel has supiK)rtcd us, and what sums it has laid out upon tho province, in order that Clnn-chm(;ti may see the enormous extent to which tlu y have profited by its lilierality. The first missicmary, the Revd. Samuel An- drews, was sent in the year 1 7K'). The Society has therefore assistc>d us, more or less, for 77 years. The following list has Ikxju handed to me by the Secretary, of the Society's paynu'nts up to 1801 — at intervals chiefly often years; 1705, grant to the Province, £ .'»()() stg. J80r., '• * . •* .V.HI •• ISIT), ( • u (; 2,140 .( l.sii;-), (; Ik ;i,8s.') u l8;{;-». u •■ I>,7')7 •■ 184.5, - i . » • 4,:',()2 '• bSiVj, *• . • 4, SMI •• I8.W, •• c 4,.!);;i •• 1801, u u 4.172 b • On a survey of this list of payment*! yon will s«^ how enormous is the increase in its gifts. lOvon, .supposing {which is i)robably far from b(!ing correct) that the angmentation ever- ten yuary only began at tho tenth year, and was not con- tinually augmenting from the first year of t\w new decennial periled, the whole >tim granted would not fall far .short of i;2tMM)(W). And if we .suppose (as stjcnis likely) that tho inei-ea-o was made gradually during the intervals of tlic decennial period, the sum granted in aid would exceed £200,000. Now, consider how, during the whole time that the Society has been in- creasing its gifts to meet the calls for more mis- sions, the province has sto.idily advanced ia wealth and ])rosperity. In 1827 its nivenua had reached £40,825, in IS^O, £70,5'J8, iu i.^45, ,70^". 1 .7 C Ill llll.U.'llll IIJI tliu Mm'cr, ill mumio iriMtuiicus '' white unto the harvest," and thiit in coiis(^|uciiC'c of thu hirj^c MiiiiM ^niiitcd to thiH province, HCtinty aid cun In; nfTnrded to iiiisMionM atnonji; the heathen. Nov; if wo wero soliciting its lK)unty for the lirst time, the " household of faith " would no douht )tresont the most urgent claim on its lllH'rality ; but having already enjoyed that aid in full measure for so numy years, it Ixn'omes us to yiehl to t1io necessities of our less favoured brtithron, and to make a sacriflco that they may receive help in their turn. And T take it to be flu unquestionable truth, that we shall value the Church more In i>roportion as wo support it inun" libcially. For where and by whom is the Church most valued? Is it in places where no contributions are made, where the laity having eviry thing done for thcui, are called on for no active support ? Just the reverse, nicre every rose!it condition. And why should wo spare ])i).sterity the duty of contribution? Their turn will come as well as our own, and if we endow the Church now, wo leave nothing for our suc- cessors to do. who may be better able than we are to do it. Admitting 1'onan instant, tlyit this argument is plaiisiide. I boldly assert that it is a glorious thing to work for posterity without considera- ti(jii for the future. Whom does posterity ho- nour ? Whose name has descended with credit froiii gcnoralioii to generation, but the name oi'tlie men, who regardless of their own profit, and seeking only the glory of Grod, and the good of thttir fellow-Christians, have endowed the (Mnn-ch of England in tlie .small scattered villa- ges in that higlily- favored country, with lands which perpotiKiliy ensure the roHideneo of a pas- tor, whicli a'-'-i>;t ia providing .schools and school as it may juutly do, wc shall simply leave no Church for posterity to endow, and having re- ceived all the boiietit, wo niuy well fear le^t wo be Huhject toAho awful reproof of the uiigel towards thoM who were ntiuiss in doing their duty, *' Curse yo Meroz, sjiid the angel of the LortI, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, b(;cause tluy muw not to the help of the Lonl." Their strength was to sit still, and let others work. What is the literature of Kngland, what is the trinislatiun of the Scriptures, what is the eon.stitution of our Church as we tind it, but an inestimable boon, ccmferred upon us by the la- bour, and learning, and ])atienee and suflering of others, in which we have l)orno no share ? And are wo to cry out against working for po.s- terity? Shame upon the indolence and covet- ousnes.s which clings to such a fallacy. But I notice another objection. ' " If we give to this Endowment Fund, .«ays one, wo shall render the clergy independent of us. They will Ixj our ma.stcr.s, they will bo arbitrary, violent, and ca- pricious, and pcrluips they will bring in Popery at last." It is perfectly a>stoni.>ct of seeing such a race of t<- i.ehor.=^ will be to lower jn-fMluce a single instance, in which official accu- .sati(»n has been made, that an irupiiry hvM not bi^cn speedily iastituted, and n single instance in which legal proof of guilt han Iwen OMttiblio'h- od, that speedy justice has not Ijcen done. Niiy more, when any turpitude has been morally certain, Bpeedy justice, us far as it lay in my reach, has been done in every ease, though opportunity has been given for rcpenttUKH), and for change of conduct in certain cased; and where is the clergyman or layman that should be denied the opportunity of recovering himself out of the snare of tho devil, and amending his ways? Are wo so merciless, that wo would have condemned St. Peter tt> everlasting ruin, because he denied his 3Iaster three times, and that with oaths and imprecations? Or are we so foolish as to imagine, or to pretend to believe, that it is in the Churcl^of England only, that aiscs of ni(»ral guilt aniong ministers sometimes occur ? All I assm-e you is, that I have endeavored, in the fear of (Jod, and without favt)ur to snjy man, to do the diocese justice, and I have sheltered no offender, when I thought his crime demanded instant punishment, and his case did not allow of tender and prudent commiseration. But never I hoi)e shall it be said (fr me that I be- came j)ublic prosecutor, witness, juryman, and judge at the same time : and that the clergy could never rely on me as their protector and their friend. But if 1 may speak plainly with- out offence, if the same measure which .some would mete out to us, were meted out with e(jual zeal and severity to all laymen without distinction, (and the New Testanientnlays down the suine standard of holiness for all Christians be they teachers or not) I much question whether tlii're are not some lay brethren aniong us who would g() out "convicted by their own consci- ences," !Uid would lind themselves unable to cast the iirst stone at us. ^Ve lay claim to no ex- emption from the faults of a common sinful nature. We are like others, jjoor sinners, whose hope lies in the mercy of (lod through the .sacri- fice of Christ our Lord. But we do not think it just, wise, or charitable, that the faults of in- dividuals, for which, in most cases, they have been severely punished, should be visited on the whole body, or that it is a reasonable argument against an Endowment Fund, that some clergy- men have abused the good gifts of the Church, and have Ijrought scandal on their .'^acred calling. We might just as well denounce the whole col- lege of the Apostles, beciuisc one of their small number was a traitor. I proceed to notice another objc^cticni. " It is necdle.ss to contribute to an KndownK.'ut Fund l>u'jause the ►Society will never witlulrav." its aid. " TtTTTi'ings tliar many < Kine iroai distant quarters and appeal U> us fru' help. It Is/noither just nor generous to contribute t/> dist4uit claim.s, when we neglect a duty that lies at our own door. It is indeed most painful to consider the con- seqiionees of tho withdrawal of the Society's aid in the pr' : t state of apathy which prevails among Crurehinen in* the Province. Im|K;p- ceptibly, but most certjiinly, our work woiiM molt away Ix^foro our eyes, and, cro we were aware of it, wc should find our missions de- serted, oiu" Chuivhes shut up and decaying, our Sunday Schools broken up, our (!hiiroli Stjciety ill support*.'d, our work and labor of lovf coming to nought, and this diocese, instead of counting its 50 clergy, would not as.«mc, efficiently nmintain. I entertain no doubt tnat a sum similar to that .subscribed in Nova Scotia, could be raised in this imivinee, if Churchmen wer<' convinced of the necessity of the ea.se, and cho»( to i)ut forth all their strength. The money is in their jMissession if they would only part with ir, and a better investment fi)r the good of their children, and their children's children, could not be diivised. .\nd though tho times are hard, and business is dull, do people live a.s if thf-y were j)oor ? T must admit my grievous disappointment tit the manner in which this important subject has been met by the wealthier niembers of our com- munion. Difficulties have Ik^cu raised, doubts suggested, the q^uestion of i>atronage has been thi-own in to give an air of j)erplcxity to the. business;* of talk there has been plenty, but there never has been in any of tho meetings which I have attended, from fir.st to last, a thor- ough, hearty, unflinching determination to f«i^'. . the difficulty and to ovenjome it. And while *I onuu lUiiro reitiiiul our hiy-brothrcn, tliat tho fi"'^!'- tion of piitroimffc doo,^ not rest wifh mo. but with tho ('rowii, Tlie Crown claims it, [ prcsiimo, bnoaus-o whnt- eVLT l'iinJo\^in'iit exists in tiie slinpc of Glebos, ootni .s from that source. In no .sinj,'Io iiistanco has so muoh iks iin ullpsiition fx-cn mailu. that tlic roprcsont.ativc of thci (h'own lia.s iibusdil Ills patronasrc, niu" in tiny instiinoo save om>, Inivo any of tiie laity offered to ondow a Itvtuv. ami in tir^s solitary instance (that of tho liitu S. ,Si'ovil, llsfj.), the endowment is prospcutive, not immediately available. .\s far n< 1 am conuerand, no opposition wi-s offered to the bill proposed to be brousht in on thisstil>- jcet two yours u(ro, thoinjh no one si.-enitxl to thinli ii win-tii his while to attend ti» it. Jint I should hope, f. r the credit (d' Xew I!nni.-v.ick, tliat some measure los crude, and less ilevoid ol't!ie simidest elements of soui 'i ceelesiastiea! le^-islatioii, miKht, be prepared, when ;o many member.^ of our Church arc couueutcd with thu profession of tiie law. / those who had littln to frivc oiVmicl counsel in iihiuulimiv, thoKowho hiul onoiiL'h and to i<|)mT, • with tow rxn^ptions, staycul at home and took no part in oni* |ii'octn'din.i{s. This winnot Im? ionji in this provin
r,s(le to keep up a decent «pi)earance Hnd live out of debt ; but if the source on which they cliiofly depend bo taken away, and no effort Ik! made t(» supply its place, no body of men can Ih) expected to face starvation. Such of tliem us viin miv'rate will lojive us for mon^ generous clime.s where the (,'hurch is believed in, where the ministry is really valued, anil the laliourer is deemed worthy of liis reward. And as the country missions become vacant by death or removal, they will not be filled up, because no one will consent to incur expenses which he can- not njeet. No accusation of covetousness can Ui sustained ajcl. When they hiivu helievud thu word, lie liapti/uiithein uh hu Ui\n licen eonunnnded, and Ihey iiro tlironi^h hi.'^ avency ad- mitted into (lie fellownhii) of the (.'hnrih id'Chrint, with nil itrt iiriviluve.s mid its Joyy. Then thu Chnrch of Christ in there! and there in the word «d"(Jod! and liioro, the eoniinunion of the saints, the praetieu of Kodline->M, and (he hopi! of heaven ; all thron^h the voniiiiK of that oiienimi under hirfeuinnii.xrtion from hiri Lord, rioun, risen Dome hou:)u of prnyor, beautiful, more or Icsh, in holineRx ; and (^.'liriHtian wornliip, Chrintian inxtruution, Oiriittian inarria»e. Christian burial, have their appropriate place and Heenery. Who .ihall tell the value of that per-ional pence and riirhteousnodH, of that Hocial harmony and kindness, of that intellectual culture and development, und far above all, of that eternal joy and glory, which are to Imve (heir dourecH there, afl generation follow!) Kcncration ? Vou may puri^uo tlic."o rorinlts aa they de- scend from the barbarian father? first converted to the Oo.Hpol, and ho all along through iykcs of growing civili- zation and improvement, into the unknown future. You may trace them an they apread from a single spot till their influence has been felt throughout whole lands and continenti). You may imagine them, as they attend and form thu destiny of the man, from the first IcHsons and impulses of hi.^ childhood, nay, from the time when he wa.s brought nn infant, like the infant Jesus, into the temple, to receive the itn iiH liu \ti\n iiixli IiIh avtiiicy iiJ- iiri'h ot'Clii'ixt, tvitli hull thu Cliiircli ut' I ot'dod! mill thoro, riK'tii'oof (ruillinciH, I the voiiiiiiK of that I in Luril. >Soon,riHci4 )or IcriH, in liniiiieKH; Mtriiutioii, Ciiriiitiaii h'ttppropriatniiliico iue of that puri^onal ucial huriiiuiiy uiid e and dovolopincnt, >y and glury, wliiuh Kcnoratton folluw.4 ! rofiilts aa tiiey do- wt converted to the J9 of KrowinKcivili- 1) unknown future. I from a sinslo spot UKhout whole lands ^heni.aa thoy attend I'om the first lefsons from the time when ifant Jesus, into the which the spiritual f nil this proj^rcss. end ? lisappcnr from any ly would the bless- I? The voice of the ibstitute; for all cx- lined huruld is not ay teacher of evari- I will to speak. In ■ public prayer and but thoy too expire kI, altOKOthor unvi- ; even the custom of Soon, the house of ceay, a melancholy ual organization or irsons arc left, who ilisuscd. The rising ochised, untrained; vatioii of suiilri, and to this cud that it niiiy bo licltl in Just honor, wc ('iiiliriii)u withliioiir view iliuduly both of Ihiisu who bear it and of thosu anioiiK^t whoui it i^ exorcised, livery thinu in be cxitltod, overy thini; iiiii bo dcKriiilt'c!. liy cui'toiii.'- nodes of speech, and wiiys of thinkiiiK Ml t'iirlstiiins nui.'lo cntcrtainnicnt and honorablu niaintciiancu for His naiiic's sake, and for the bIcssiiiKs which from lliin they brlnx. IlistlrsI nicsscuKcrs were actreditcd through signs which no niun could behold witlmnt rever- ence. They healed the sick: they spcdto with new tongues; they took np serpents, unliarmod! thoy cant out devils. Wlicn luiraenlous tokens cciwcd, ntluTs were granted. In the ages of persecution, men who hud confessed (Mirist or miglit be called to confess lliin, in the face of death, had the same renown which ever nttends Iho valiant soldier of earth or heaven. Foremost in danger, they wore also most eminent in the esteem of all believers. Still later in the history c»f thoC'liurch, tiiey preserved their elevatitm by the almost exclusive possession of letters and liigh knowledge. Not merely also from cor- rupt ambition in the priestliood, but from tiie devout and wise purpose of rulers, to providcfor the per()efiiity of religious institutions in their lands, u piirposo aided by the n^itual accumulation of ages,itrcsulted that largo endowments were sometimes in the linnds of the clergy, and that their order was thus surrnundcd with some worldly influenoo and attraction. >So, through means of the most various character, it has jdeased the Provi- dence of Uod to protect the ministry of His Church from contempt, even in tho eyes of those whoso thoughts might not rise beyond that which is external and earthly. Tho wisest aro not insensible to the power of such asso- ciations 0.4 soem appropriate to worth, dignity or sanc- tity; and cannot desire to see those whose oflico is revered, iiersonally occupying the lust and lowest place in the social scale; and minds less mature receive often their strongest impressions from tho clothing in which religion is presented to their view, whether it bo course or refined, austere or graceful. None of us who wished to recommend a cause to general acceptance would con- sent to give it tho aspect of poverty, neglect and scorn. This would not be less contrary to all practical judg- ment than to the feelings of tho heart. Covetousness or indifTcrtinco will thwart any end, and justly ; for, why should wu expect that others will much regard that which we value so little im willingly to kcci> it famished and all but helpless? A church or temple, poorly built, cheaply furnished and negligently sustained, tells either the indigence or the irreligion «>f the worshippers. A clergy or a clergy- man, faithful in the discharge of tho sacred ofrice,Vnd left to anything like want, is a living proof of a people without substance, or without heart, or without Chris- tianity. As a matter of feeling, who that loves the Lord could consent that His messengers snould not receive ample hospitality ? A:^ a matter of faith, who could ex- pect a blessing while ho should withhold this respect towards those whose eommissitm they bear? Af a mat- ter of interest, who cciild cstiinatc tlic work of ii laborer. abundantly evident; and no one Question)) it, nnlc iiinn as made liini not utnii cut iiut at ease was lamented by his parishioners hh Ioii<: 11.4 it ini|)uscd no liurdcn on tiiomselvcs. Wealth is nci - ther more nor less perilous to a cleigymnii than In to oiliers; tor if it bring to him any peiiuliar tMuptiition to sloth, it may also be lielicved, from Iho motives whih he has obeyed and the vows which helms assumed, tlini he may the more feel himself constrained to be a good stewiir'l, and a cheerful giver, ready to distribute, irlinl to coinmunieate. Hut that degree of competrnoo which leaves him free to labor with an undivided mind, ami provides him with all necessary aid, is simply what every ono who loves his neighbor as himself would gladly make the general lot of Christian ministers. I'lidcr this '.onviction, in tho old time, whole nations separated for tho local clergy a certain proportion of nil tiie fruits of the land, and gavo them suitable dwelliii,')> . KIsewlicrc, indiviiiuals, liaving large possessions, or el-e communities uniting their efforts, appropricMng liotiuK endownients, that the public worship of God might bo sustained from generation to generation, tilobos, pi^r sonages, parochial funds, have l>cen mudo even in our own land, the portion of those who, us to worldly sources of gain, may bcHuid, like the Levites, to havo no iiihc- rituncc in Israel. But the deiiondeneo of tho ministry , is now, and amongst ourselves, almost entirely «>n iIim froo contributions of their poopio, or of those who iiy missionary aid, supply the deficiency left through tlic inability of rising or decayed or permanently small con - grcgations. In favored portions of tho land, among*!, the wealthy, and in compact ooinraunities, populous but. not too populous, tho provision is adeciuato. It is puin ~ fully inadequate, in nil tho less peopled and less'opu lent regions. It weighs most unequally on those from whoso contributions it proceeds. It brings manifold ills in its train; the uncertainty of support, the capricious subscription, tho straitened household, the danger to pastoral independence and fidelity, tho frcriuent rcmov - al, tho inetiuality of iilaccs in tho house of God, tK« tendency to cxcludo the itoor, tho Indirect means of col - lecting funds, through appeals to tho love of amnscmcnt or to mcro humanity or good-nature rather than to duty. All these do not meet in a single instance; they are tho separate evils of different arrangements; and it is far easier to lament them than to suggest a faultless method. But tho bcsir antidote to all such evils most be in a generous, Christiiin conception of dnty to the mi- nistry, as to the groat iastitution of tho Lord for )irr serving, propagating and making cffectn*] the word, and the means, of human salvation. If it W(5re certain that tho continuance of the mini-- try, and with it, of the sacraments, tho Church, and »H the blessings and tho hopes of the Gospel, on any spot where a man and his fbmily would dwell for generations, did absolutely depend on tho amount which that niKii should give from his income, his labor or his estuf • , i-r its maintenance, what proportion would that willing to offer? Is there any limit? AVould iin> . who believes in a life to come give up iiis rcli/i r Jill' as iiccosHury on thin tt»|)ir. If I liav»( Ihvii Hilent on iiiuiiy HubjurtM ot'hiu;!) Hpiiitital intert'Mt you ^lill not Hii|)|)«)r(o me mWfW^wut to thcni, or think thut I unil(!rvti)uo what is nioMt vital, csMsntiul, and proHtuhlo. Hut time i\(wiH not porniit ino to dwell upon thoni in thin ndilroMi, and T luivo not loHt Hight «>P tlioni in my udnio- tiitions to you fi-oni tho pulpit thin nioniinp. I trurtt that you will nil; concur with uw in nsin;? your utmost undouvours to brinj: tho whoh; suh- }w,t Itvl'oi-o your parishionorn thron^'hout tho firovince, and to convince them of thoir duty. And I shall bo propurod to second your cffortH In tho adthusxes which I shall deliver, if it please (lod to spare my life and strength, in the course of the next summer. For tho present T content myself with hund)ly and heartily imploriuK ^jod's grace and benediotion upon you all, laity as well as (ilergy, in this as well as in all other works of piety and charity. . NoTK.— Tho Juy nffisr tlu; Chnrico wiih tjniivcreil. tlio cli>rit.v mot in tliu Ciitlicdrnl hilirury, aiiil thu nun of SvV'M ha« bucii sulHoribod hy tliiity-four ot'llioir miiiilior fjwiirdu tho Kndiiwiiinnt FuikI in tho «ii()irc!t prosjiers or decays. If tluiy lack know- l.>J«o. the<^liurch wiilks in ilarkncis. If they aro de- oijvod. tlie blind arc, led but by the l)lind, and know not wliither t.hcy sro. If the ministry be a corrupt, sellish. Hiubitious, or doijradcdclajjs of worldly men. the forms cf ralision must nceessaiily become the means of wieked- ui^-s. On the otherhimd. improvement iuid rcfunnalion have ofton begun outside of their order, Uut tiever could o-ivanco far without eiiHstin-.T them on its side. For workmen every causH muit have; and tlnjso aro the Tioriwinen, designated, authorized, bound and (rained to t!t9 cause and body uhlio prayer NOidHl miMK may llncrer u litllv while, bat tliuy too uxpiro Whrrc U tho hamlet or nuitrhlHirhoud, alloKothor luivi- ultod by II miiilDtor, thai lonir rotninit ovon the ouiitom of MMumhllnir on tho liurdV day? 8onn, the houno uf liriiyor ix iluHolnto, nnd flilln Into tiMny, n invliineholy memorial. There 1/ no verleHiustlenl oriranUntion or Cttllowithtp; but o few iiunttorvil r>ornon« aro left, who onec mot at n snrrainent lonir xineo dixiiHoil, Tho rtninR Konerntion are all unbaptixed, nneatcchisod, iintruinod; the Hiindiiy 8uhool was closed for want of tuitehors, almost OM xoon on tho pastor departed. Puoplo Mioken and expire with no mention of ('hri«t ; nnd men booome acvuMtomed to bury thoir dead, Nilent and prayorloMS, without a word of thu resurrection. UiblcM, unoxpound- ed. und soon unread, riow old on shelvori and in olonets ; ami nro but behold ils relies of the pant. The Kiinday rest riurvivoH Innif after tho sanctity of the SnhbaUi ; but at Icntrth this also yields. Kducatlon, literature, eom- moree, doincstiu industry, philanthropy, tho adminis- tration of justice, tho institutions uf civil liberty, Klide into tho shadow of heathenism, which apiiropriates what it may of the inllucnce of Christinnity. nnd Koeson in its own dovelopmcnt. as from tho bexinniiiR. boeoin- ing oven mori! nnd moro brutal, xross and Kodloss. The startling truth has been mo'i. tlian omo demonstrated in the history of the worlii, t'.i (t society can exist, and individuals can Jive nnd die, without religious belief, wiu'ship or customs. In what moral (condition, tlie Siimc history relates with a shudder. Uut it is not ton much to say that all this change would bo wroiiirht in any l^hristian country or community as a simple consc- (|uencR of the total extinction of the labors of (.'hrit'tian ministers. >:i « ' * in « 1(1 iti « iK III liut rathci than it should be wrought, who would not be tempted to wish that an cartlutuaku iniKht cuKulph his city, that tlie ocean inijrht subvcriroljus native land, or that his posterity niisiht become extinct in tho person of his firstborn infant? Tnless tho l,ord should have IMirposes of mercy beyond, ivho could desire that the end of all tliinjrs should not be close at handV How little would (Remain to those from whom all had depart- ed, which is bound u|> with tho continuance of the (lospcl amongst men! The Cjospcl came with the min- istry; is i)roclaimod, upheld and propawted throuifh the ministry ; and with tlio niiinistry would ito away and be heard no more. This is no o.vasRcratinff picture of the imagination, but a most sober and oloar deduction from all expcrionee, Ends without moans arc not the order of Providence; and this ministry, under divine appointment anil by an almost univers-al recoftnilion, is tho express means for brinf,'in:^ divine truth to the hearts of mankind, and dispensing the li!u3sin;^s of Christian worshi[> and fellowsliip. The more vast are those !)less- Inifs, the inoro precious is this a','i.mcy ; nnd it is in the full li^ht of its nocessiity, and its power for Kood, that we are to estimate our iluty and that of our brethren of the laity, in maiatainin); its uP.iuiency, its purity, and its Tionor. In striving that tho miniritry m.ay be cfTcctual to tho (rrowth of the kingdom of Christ ou earth and to the sal- > will to «|)uak. I r pulilio pruyor but llitty toottxpirn u(i, altoKothur uiivi- « ovoii the omttom of Honn, the huuNO uf Icvny, M inoliinoholy vi\\ nririiniiiation or )rHon« aro loft, who (liHiiHcil. Tho riitlnir tcvhJKod, untrniiiod; ' want of tuiiohcrK, tud. I'uniilo Mioki-n It ; and men booonio unt and prayorloHS, UlblcH, tinoxpitnnd- ulvori and in oloneti'; piuitn oxiHt, nnd tilt reliKioii-< bvliuf, Drill i-ondilion, tiiu r. Utit it i!« not too uuld bo wruii^rht in y lis a ,siin|ili! coiisc- labors of (.'hrivtiiiii * ♦ « 111 iKht, who would not alcu ini^rlit cnKuliih Ttru^iii' niitivu land, xtiniit in the pur.'t lov»« tho Lord oould oonient that IIIh maMienieniAnuld not reeeive ample hiMidtality 1 An u mntler of faith, who could ex- pect a Mt'iMinR while ho nhoiild withhold thiM rpHpoet toward* thoKo whiMv eomnilMion they boar? A* u mut- ter ul'inloroiit, who ei-iild oHiimnto (h« woric ofa laborer, ill truinvd, ill Mupporlcd, di**hoiirti>tiod nnd dintroKHcd, ut tho Hiimo value with that of one who Iiuh all tho edu- cation, the rofouroeo, the meanM and the comfort which give «ltill, eflieieiiey and alacrity ? Lot UN liniter a litllu at thix coniirlvnilion. A father who hai4 a Hon in the minixtry, a Hon who Iuih a father thorc, will have nodlHll'ulty in dccidinx on tho kind nnd mcaHuro of provinion which ithouldbe nindc, if it be poHHiblo, for IhoHc who labur in the word nnd doctrine. Hut there prevailn, in tho niindn of houio pernonii, an iinprcHHion tliat the jiurity of un order, with which they have no pernonnl connection, and to whicli they kIvc no children of tlicirn, Ih liont iruarded by holding that order on the vorno of penury. Wo niiKht poHHildy concur with Iheni were there no choice except between thin and Die punipH iindteinptutionH of luxurioun woulth. Hut an be- tween a kindly and moderate or evciiiionerouHproviHion and that which in ntinted, pinchintr and precarioup, the choice of no reasonable and riirht-lienrtcd Chri.^ttan can waver. Where (iod, in his Providence, iiniiOHCs the bur- den of want, it may be welcomed, like any other atUic- tion, bcoauHc itcoinus from Him; and throuRb liiHirrace it may become a bleH:i!nir. ]Jut it ' ' not for any ChriHtian deliberately to winh it and pbm it for any of bin fellow- men; andnntHurely for thoNo whom it must deprive of many aidn for tho porformnnco of tho most imixirtant and the holie.''t work on earth, (iod hits ordained that " they who preauh the Ooiipel whouldUvo of the fioapel." It is no longer a queHtion whether tho office could be ndeiiuatoly cxeroi.scd by men oarninK their bread in the •several cnllinits of secular life. ThatiiucHtion indecided by divine appointment. There may bo many excep- tions; but the rule infixed, that the laborer is worthy of his hire, and should receive it from those for whom he labors, ko sorm as they, in suflicient niinibers, ac- knowledge the obliwitions of Cliristiunity. Till then, ho has the samo claim on thoMO who send him forth as their niissioimry. He is worthy of his hire; and that hire kIiouM not be the nieitnest, if you wi-h him to be a strontf and diliKcnt laborer. At the IiDiul of every parish, all Christian people de- sire a wise, II well instructed and pious teacher; a sfood preacher; a respected and rispcctablo inuii, cxerci.-inK some beneficial intluoncc tlirou;jrhoiit the eoniiuwiiiry, and attracting to the ways of pence through the example of ,1 well ordered and uiuiablo Christian household. Kducatioii, hooks, channels of information, and leisure for study, are indispensable to tho forinution of su -h a man, and such an influence and attraction are wonder- fully aided by that culture which is hardly to be attain- ed amidst the strujctflcs of severe penury. All this \s Hvrvimr, pr<>(>it»iMinir Hud aiakinv (H'tiii«| li,, «( r>l and IhP v w^m, •-■f b nun vulrHlion. It ,1 mtTt ' tli*i the eonlinuance it the minf- try, and wM i rht 'uifriimcnts, the Ohanh, anil iiri thu bit iiffx ... (h« h" "* of ll>'> (ioiipel, on any ^v' where a !!:!tt>i »*s ^'^ ftu^ty w«««i dwell for veneratiuR*. did ah«o)ut<-lt ' r*A >n Iht .ouut wbIrK thai nmi nhould ffivc ii - Iwonto, lu^xir or 'lU (Mtute, for ItH maintonanci, lutt prtrf» n i< <>ul. m awn I>^ willinv to offer? Ih there any (iwiil.' " 4 tny o' who btdiovPH in a life to come vive »i< t r^lMioii, •' hiniHolf nnd hilt ehildron. rather than ti iM»an> pftr iiunortho whole of hi* poHHcuHlonN ? N " iM m<>i ui.y man of wealth connent at nneo to cut off ho much of lin aecumulatlonHOH miiflit be demand* d? Would h«* ant prefer to die ho much the leH.4 ufHuont, and die with tl n hope of thu OoHpol, rather than ho much tho muru ufK i- ent, and without that hope? Would not the poort-l man cunnont to Hucriflco adny'n labor in every wvfk, rather than all which he nnd bin hounchold owe to It o existence of tho I'hriHtian reliirion all nrnund them ur.d for them; the ministry, tho Church, tho Lord's dii>, Siindiiy Schools, education, baptism, holy matrimony, devout burial, misHions, nlmsirivinir, fvllow. life eternal in a dream, rich npd poor alike ouuht to .««ll nil they have, to forsake all that thoy have, rather Ihur lose thu pearl of «rrcat price; and if that they may l>« saved, they must call on tho name of tho liord, we mu-. Htill link, "how shall they call on IHiu whom they liuvr- not believed? and how shall they believe on llini (if whom tlicy have not heard ? and how shall they hear without a preacher?" And, in closintr, let u!< yet add with the apostle, " liow ehiiU they preach except they be cent?" Authority , conimi.ssion, traiiiintr, order, precede and accompan; a truly and permanently efficient diHchiirKO of the prt-nl. office of an ambassador of Christ. Without these, u-' sumblies may bo (fathered to listen to an unordiiiiud Hpeakcr, and perhaps to bow to his oloiu\ Kcncriition to (feneration, men, sober, jrrave, tcmperatf. sound in speech and in faith, viKilnnt, blameless, provctt and then set ap.art by an holy ordinance, were to be the teachers of His Clmrch, the preachers of Hi.s Oospel, tln! pastors of His flock, the spiritual sruidiS of His peur'b-. While such a clii.«s, with such a character, remains and is counted worthy of honor and support of every kiml, His work must prosper, because He Kavc it to tut li hands to be by them fulfilled. In proportion a«a(icb n ministry t