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the tenure of his oflice hrst as curate-in-charge for seven and Rector for SIX years— could only be referred to. Sullice it to say, among other things, that it ^^us largely owing to him under Divine Providence, assisted by a band of noble and earnest laymen, that the Church was safely piloted through those troublous times re- lerred to in the sermon : and, when ho left S. Mat- thew s, he left it an independent Parish, with more than p K? , ""^'^"^ communicants, large Sunday Schools and iiibie Classes, a daily service, an endowment sufficient to secure its continuance as a free Church for ever and a llectory built. Quebec, November. 1892. Pv. H. C. *' SERMON. Phil. 1, 3, 5, 6, 11. V. " / tlianlc my God upon all my remembrance qfyou, for yourfellotO' ship in furtherance of tlie Gospel from the first day until novo; being confident of this very thing that He which began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ. I need not say, my Brethren, how happy I am to be able to share with you in this day's festival. It is a marked day and to be remembered forever in the life of this conjrregation ; a day when a great achievement has been completed, when after long years of patient effort, of large hearted generosity on the part of some, and of steady self-denying gifts on the part of others, you are at length able to offer this noble and beautiful building to the most High God, the Holy Blessed and aiorious Trinity, for His worship and ser- vice forever. In the ages to come, when we who are here shall have long since passed away, this Church will remain a monument to the everlasting honour of those brave and faithful souls who planned and carried out an un- dertaking of such magnitude. How happily, too, the day for the dedication has been chosen ! All Saints.—a festival peculiarly valued by the founder of this congregation, =* and peculiarly • Bishop Mountain required his clergy, in cases where they could not observe all the minor festivals, never to fail in observing All Saints' Day. boand up with its present life,=Jf will henceforth be sacred in this parish to a twofold commemoration,— first of the vast array of the Blessed Dead at rest in the Paradise of Qod, among whom are many who owe their souls to the religious training imparted on this spot— and more specially of those devout men who gave their thoughts and their time and their money to the building of this Holy House. And as in that distant future All Saints' Day returns m Its yearly round, your children's children will look back,— just as we now look back over the ages to the builders of those splendid temples which are the glory ofour fatherland.-will look back to this day with grate- ful love ; will look round these walls and up to" this roof, and through these windows, and onward to this altar,— and will thank Qod for the good deed you have done, and which remains to the Church a possession for ever. But there is something else besides joy and cono-rat- ulation on such a day as this; there is a graver lide, there is responsibility also ; there is the great future of work and progress. And I would invite you. Brethren, to spend a few minutes with me now, in considering the responsibility upon its present congregation which the possession of so noble a Church with all its inspir- ing traditions, and the ordering of its services and the organization of its parish work, must involve. And first let me lay down one great principal on which we may safely build. There are two dangers assailing the life of every Christian congregation, both carefully to be avoided, —the danger of a se/fish Congregationalism ; and the • Oa AH Saiats' Day, 1886, the Rev. Lennox W. Williams was ordained pneat m St. Matthew's. Tlio Sermon was by Dr. Roe, and was printed. « \ 18 danger of sinking and forgetting, in care for one's own soul the all' important relation which each one of us bears to the congregational life. " 1. For there is such a thing as congregational life. Every Christian congregation is a corporation, not a mere chance gathering together of so many individu- als;— a corporation, with a corporate life and character which it transmits from generation to generation. Just as in the natural order, not the State alone is a corporation with a corporate life and responsibility, but also within that State,— under and in subordin- ation to that great supreme corporation,— every Prov- ince, every City, every Village has its own corporate life,— as our Lord recognizes and enforces when he says : •' O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thy house is left unto thee desolate ; " *' Woe unto the, Chorazin ; woe un- to thee Bethsaida ;" and " thou Capernaum which art exalted unto heaven shalt be thrust down to hell." Yes and every family, too, (and perhaps this is the best and closest analogy, the Church, every Church, St. Paul expressely tells us, is the family of God ;) every family has a family life and character, in a true sense, apart from the life and character of the individu- als who make it up,— a life and character which it hands on and for which it is judged and rewarded or punished,— advanced in honor and power, or destroy- ed, as we see going on before our eyes every day. And just so it is with the Christian congregation. A Christian congregation is a Christian Church with all the duties and responsibilities of a Christian Church ; and everything that is said about the Church ill the Bible, the promises and the warnings, all belong to it. P V 14 Just as it is a sound Church principle that every Diocese is an independent Church, — a miniature but a true Kingdom of God, — and that every Bishop is an in- dependent Prince, as the Psahnist foretold, "Instead of thy fathers thou shalt have children whom thoumayest make Princes in all lands," — an independent Prince ruling over his own principality, — " Ye shall sit upon twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel," — notwithstanding that the Holy Church throughout all the world is one undivided body, — so is a Christian congregation, presided over by one Pastor, a true Chris- tian Church, — with a certain independence and person- ality, — with a tiue Church life, for the care of which it is responsible, and which it hands down in succession from generation to generation. 2. And to change that corporate character and life, once fully formed, is very difficult, — to change it for the better, if once it be allowed to degenerate, is all but impossible. Is it not so, brethren ? Look around you and consider. The congregation is a large family, — look at the families you have known, and see how the family characteristics, — the family type and moral character, are handed on from generation to generation unchanged. Apart from and in addition to the character and life of the individual members there is the family personality, — a certain stamp, a certain distinguishing colour, or odour, — we speak of 'the odour of sanctity,' — which attaches it- self to the man or woman as part of the family, and which they insensibly hand on. The mean and unworthy qualities which mark some families,— hirdness, selfishness;— or again, indolence, luxury, self-indulgence ; — want of natural affection, dis- honour to parents, — untrustworthiness ; — how sadly 15 and surely are these transmitted ! And the noble and generous qualities,^thank God ! none the less surely, —honour, truth, modesty, generosity,— is it not true', matter of universal experience, that you can trace these two types of character in families from generation to generation ? The proverbs of all nations bear witness to it. What a sad tale does our own homely proverb " What is bred in the bone, " tell ! And Noblesse oblige, what an incentive,— what a world of encouragement does it not include ? Andjust as families degenerate, so may and so do churches. What a mournful picture is presented by the decay of /a;»//iW,— families once in high positions of wealth, res- ponsibility and honour, of which they proved them- .selves unworthy and from which they fell ! And what noble and inspiring thing to see in other families the assured principles of permanence— truth and honour, mutual affection, public spirit, a sense of responsibility! You can in your own personal knowledge, it may be, trace that family life backwards and forwards for 'two,' or three, or four generations ;— you see it with all those principles of permanence ruling throughout in its family life ; and you feel a joyous confidence that it will be lasting. And this,— this general law, which rules everywhere in God's Providential Government over the affairs of men.— finds its fulfilment also in the Church of Christ. Tarn your thoughts upon the congregations you have known and pass them in review before your mind one by one, and must you not recognize this as true ? Must you not recognize that there are these great radical dif- ferences,— this healthful development and progress of religious life, and these heart-breaking hopeless°decay8 16 in Christian con2rre,:rations ? Some con-re-ations,- the very thought of them is m^^^,/,_al ways to be relied upon always to be found pn the ri^ht side,-full of he pfulness and kindly sympathy for all good works both within and outside their own borders, and with a warm intelligent interest in the Church's ^T '^ire in distant lands. Others.-selfishly absorbed in pi -dino. for their own congregational needs and comforts- perhaps luxuries, and looking coldly and grudgingly on claims from abroad for " fellowship in futherance of tho Gospel of Christ." To say nothing of congregations censorious, disloyal, suspicious.-congreffations, divided and rent asunder by faction.-congregations whose life- blood is poisoned by social je^lousies,-none of which we may hope are to be found within measureable dis- tance of this loyal and united Diocese. 3. And when we bring this view of congregational life and responsibility to the test of the loord of God, will not the least examination show that it is entirely borne ""n rt '°f "^^^ • One fact is enough.-the fact that all St. Pauls letters with one exception are addressed to Chnrches not to individuals,-and that in those let- ters the iaults he reproves, he charges not upon the in- dividuals but upon the Church ;-the congregation it is that he holds responsible. The good works which he commends, the healthful progress in love and faith which he praises,— he credits to the Church --the congregation is praised for it aIl,-not the individual. But all this comes out with overwhelming vividness and force m quite a different place of Holy Scripture -m the Seven Epistles of Our Lord to the seven Church^ es of Asia in ihe openingof theBookof the Revelation. There you have seven neighbouring Churches.-con- gregation8,-each with its own distinctive character - ■ r '■r 17 each praised, or blamed, as a Church ;— the commenda- tion of the most varied character given to the Church, to the Society, to the congregation in its corporate capac- ity ;— the censure again widely varied,— from blame comparatively mild, mingled with praise, to unmixed censure of the extremest severity,— but all addressed to the Church, to the congregation, which is held respon- sible for the spiritual condition of the whole. Glance at the characterization of each:— The first,— " Thou hast left thy first love ; remember from whence thou art fallen and repent, or I will come to thee and remove thy candlestick out of its place."— The 2nd,— " I know thy poverty, but thou art rich ; fear not ; hi thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life."— The 3rd,— "Thou holdest My Name ; but I have a few things against thee ; repent or else I will come unto thee quickly."— The 4th,— Pure praise—" I know thy works, and thy love, and faith, and service and pa- tience ; and that thy last works are more than the first."— The 5th,— unmixed censure—" Thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead ; I have found no works of thine perfect before my God."— The 6th, — the highest commendation- ' I know thy works that thou didst keep My word, and didst not deny My name. Because thou didst ko.>p My word I will' also keep thee from the hour of trial."— The 7th,— absolute condemnation—'- Because thou art naither cold nor hot but lukewarm, I will spui^ thee out of My mouth." 4. And now, my Brethren, shall I venture to apply the touch-stone of this great principle to St. Matthew's, the Church and congregation we all love so well ? Can we trust ourselves to weigh the matter f lirly, to judge impartially in a case so entirely our own? Yes, I think we can, if we remember two things, —first, 2 18 that the present congregational life of any Church is not due for the main part to what those who now form the congregation have done, but to the labours and lives of those who have gone before ; and, secondly, that the congregational life and conscience may be sound and healthy on the whole, while the private life and conscience of any one who is now a member may be most miserably defective,— may be a blot and a hindrance— a menace and a source of danger to the whole body. A humble minded Christian may form a true judgment and render a true verdict in deciding that the congregational life is healthy while in his own inmost heart of hearts before Goc^ he may disclaim any personal share in the congregation's victories and tri- umphs. And so, while I would have you all join with one heart and one soul in thankful acknowledgment of what this your congregation is doing and has done, I would counsel you to be far from taking praise for the same to yourselves individually. What a Christian congregation is at any time is an inheritance,— handed down to it, in most cases, from a long succession of men and women who have passed away to God. So our Lord teaches :— '« Other men laboured and ye are entered into their labours." My Brethren, in the congregational life of St. Mat- thew's, we who are outside recognize that you have a very precious inheritance, a great trust and responsibil- ity. An inheritance to be handed on improved, we hope, developed, enriched ever more and more " with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God." We trace,- 1 for one do, —most of what is most precious in the past and in the present of this Church to the faith and heroism of those l^oly men ^nd women— not now with us,— but who 19 • having served their generation by the will of God in this place are surely to be remembered in this day's festival. The life of this congregation, like that of many in our young country, is short and easily traced out. I am one of the very few living who may claim in the words of my text to have known it almost " from the first day until now." To the love and zeal of Bishop George Mountain, exclusively, this parish owes its existence. Happily we possess an authentic account of those beginnings :— '• He had a monthly ser- vice on Sunday, in French," writes his son Armine, " at the Burying-Ground, for the benefit of Jersey and Guernsey people. The Sunday Evening Services at that place were however his chief delight. He began in the end of 1822 with a large room in the Sexton's house. This room very soon became too small for the congregation, and the whole house was then thrown into one. In 1827-8 the windows were arched, a cu- pola was built, in which a bell was placed, and the interior was fitted with open benches, and decently furnished, so that it had a sufficiently ecclesiastical appearance. His sermons here always consisted of plain and familiar expositions of Scripture, delivered without a book, and there was scarcely ever standing room in the chapel. The service and singing were most hearty, and he so loved to preach the Gospel to the poor that often on Sunday nights, when he came home nearly worn out in body, he would say ' his soul had been refreshed.' I shall never forget his sorrow," Mr. Mountain adds, " when he saw the place he loved so well destroyed by fire on the 28th June, 1845." ^ * Memoir of Bishop G. J. Mountain, by the Rev. A. W. Mountain. Quebec, 1866, page 100, 20 Such wore tho beginnings:— it sprang out of the heart, and was nurtured l)y all tho best powers of a true saint. I suppose there was scarcely ever such a ministry as that of Uishop George Mountain,— a ministry in which tho pastor was so entirely absorbed in his work day and night, so much of it spent in the houses of the poor, by the bedsides of tho sick and dying,— a minis- try so characterized by hoaveiily-mindednoss, humili- ty, the very fire of love, carrying the cross in his heart every day and hour,— and which evoked from his people so entire a reverence, trust and love. "The people of Quebec in those days," I was told by an aged member now with God, " so loved Archdeacon Mountain, that they would have paved tho streets under his feet with gold if it would have done him any good." No wonder that such a ministry left so indelible a stamp upon this so peculiarly his own con- gregation ! Tho chapel burnt down in 1845 was replaced by a plain stone church in 1840. Sunday evening services only were held down to the end of 1852, exactly thirty years, when a Sunday morning service was pro- vided at his own expense by Mr. Armine Mountain, then his father's curate. Two years lator— after five years of the most devoted service here— Mr. Mountain removed to St. Michael's, when St, Matthew's w^as made a separate charge, and I became its first Incum- bent. Bishop Mountain however reserved to himself the right to preach in St. Matthew's every alternate Sunday evening when he was in town, and continued to do so down to the year 1858. I had thus the privi- lege of listening for Ibur years to those expoulory ser- mons of his. And what wonderful sermons they were ! t il ■ t I V r And what a sij^ht it was to sco the whole congregation hanging upon his lips and eagerly drinking in his words ! Thirteen years later,— now exactly twenty-five yenrs ago,— I resigned the charge into the hands of Charles Hamilton. My sense of the value of his ministry I have often expros,sed/i<= Under him this noble church was built, and the work of the parish, which makes it a praise in the whole Church, organized. As to the labours of Bishop Ilamiltoii's su(^cessors, in their pre- sence I say nothing. 5. A few words, in conclusion, from my own per- sonal knowledge of the work done by St. Matthew's in " furtherance of the Gospel from the first day until now." The text w^hich I have chosen exactly expresses what I myself think and feel, and I am sure I am not misinterpreting your thoughts, brethren, when I add, —which we all think and feel about the past and fa^ ture of St. Matthew's. Looking back over the past history of the Philippian Church, St. Paul sees the whole of it to be matter of thankfulness. Surely that is how we must all feel to-day in looking back over the past history of this church. ♦ Extract from a sormoa preachcl by Arclideacon Roe at tho onlitia- t.on hold by the Lord Bishop of Quebec at St. Matthew's Church on All Hainta' Day, 18S6, page 13 : "The whole history of this parish, how animating to the heart of its pastors, how comforting to every true Christian heart! Two families shine out, who may well be commemorated on All Saints' Day. Bishop George Mountain, Armine Mountain, George Hamilton, as already gathered to the hamts of Gou, we may name. And another, though still with us, yet, as Ills work on this spot is closed, we may also venture to name, as one whose m.nistrj-of recouciliation has surely borne tho stamp of true sanctity, whose example must remain a tower of strength to his successors for ever- ourown beloved Charles Hamilton." '-See also JanuKE MEMomof Chuhch • SOCIKTT, 1892, p. 16. The grouarl of his thankfulness ho declares to bo their folUnrship. the joiat shar. they had always had, —'from th« drtf day until now,' in the fuilherance of the Gospel. Thut vv * have the same grounu of thank- fulness in abundant measure I shall show. Looking on to the future, he sees in store for them an e\'(3r progressive development and growth of the noble 'work',— the noble character and temper which G-od had begun in them,— a growth never to cease until it became perfect at the day of the Lord Jesus. These without question are our hopes and prayers also for the future of this church and parish. " I thank my God for your fellowship in furtherance of the Gospel from the first day until now." The fellowship of this Church and congregation in the i\L herance of the Gospel from the first day until now,— it would be a long story to sot this forth in its fulness. i. There is, first, the conspicuous part which St. Matthew's has taken directly and indirectly in the general organization of the finances of the Diocese, an organization truly wonderful.* There is next the good example the congregation has always shown in cheerfully contributing its money, when asked, for all the varied enterprises of Christian benevolence in the Diocese and elsewhere. It is no small thing that when our reverend clergy have been compelled to take upon themselves for Christ's sake that most burdensome of all tasks, soli- citing money from door to door, from office to office, for providing the i -truments of their warfare,— churches, schools, cli^r^-^ Jv.:ise-, colleges for training • Full details of this remanvab;'.- cvTatiiiation ma; oe found in the Ju- BiLKE Memoir of the Chobch Society, lc>92. i 23 i the clor-y, thoy well know i.'iat they will moet with no rough imp itiont ropiilsj from the congregation of St. Matthew's— no cold shoulder from its clergy. The liberal and loving spirit shown by this congregation in sending their money away to help the work of the church not only in th.i Diocese but outside, has both r.mutod ai blessing upon the congregation itself, by iiurf-iring unselfish habits and principles in their own souls, -and also helped towards evoking the same spirit everywhere. ii. But this.-though it is what St. Paul is especiallv reierring to in ray text, -the encouragement alForded him by the money contributions sent again and again from Philippi to help his work,— is after all the least part of what this church has done towards the further- ance of the Gospel. Three things of the first importance I will mention m which the religious life and example of St. Mat- thew's has been of marked value to the church. (1) The first is, the Worship of God. The o-reatest practical evil in the Church of England at the°bigin- mng of this century was the decay of public worship; and there is no reform to be compared in. value to the restoration of worship to its proper place in the con- science and lives of our people. The bright example St. Matthew's has shown in making worship the first thing in the Christian life by giving back to the people the Daily Service, now thirty, two years ago, -by restoring the Holy Eucharist to Its place as the pr .per distinctive service of the Lord's Day,— and by making all the services congrega- tional,— attractive bv their dirrnitr nnri Kaa,,f,r ^^ulu tree Irom meretricious ornaments, and absolutely loyal to the prayer book,-has been of unspeakable value to 24 the Diocese and to the church. It has helped to raise the conceptions of our people everywhere on the sub- ject of worship to a better standard ; and it has helped to show how such a great practical reform as this may be effected with the hearty good will of the whole con- gregation. (2) I place next, the loyal support which St. Mat- thew's has always from the first day until now, given ^^'ith unswerving fidelity to the Church's legitimate rulers and to the Church's legitimate principles. There was a time when the rulers of the Church in this city might have said with St. Paul-what the saintly Bishop, your founder, did say again and again, — " We are troubled on every side, -distressed,— cast down,— pressed out of measure above strength ; with- out are fightings, within are fears."' There was a time, -my younger hearers know little or nothing of it, though there are still many amon- the older men who can enter into what I say,— there came a time of fierce persecution in this city,— a per- secution ol principles, and of men with a view to root out sound principles,— a persecution which it would be difficult to make the younger members of the church now even understand, so wicked and senseless was It, and so completely did it defeat itself and come to naught. Think what it must have been to wring from the gentle and saintly Bishop Mountain such an appeal as this,~an appeal made in print, to his own people in his own Cathedral city, (I cull a sentence or two from a book of more than seventy pages :— ) "Suffer me^to speak one poor" word of the present i^ishop of this Diocese. I have gone in and out before this people,-my own people in Quebec,-for n t I ^ 1 II. n k forty-one years. For forty-one years I have Watch- ed and prayed and worked for them.-without ceasing watched and prayed and worked. • I am old and grey-headed and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day. Behold here I am, witness against me before the Lord.' I challenge the world to show that I have been unfaithful to the true interests of the Church of England or swerved from the procla- mation of Christ crucified." And again,—" You, then, in this Diocese, who love the Reformed Church of England, know I beseech you who are vour friends. They are not your friends who sound an alarm in this Diocese. The interests of our Anglican Protestantism m this Diocese, I am bold to say, are much safer in my hands and in the hands of those who support me, than m the hands of men who would bring our fidelity into question. For my own fidelity, of course, is brou"ht into question."^ ° Judge from these words of deeply wounded feelino- wrung from the very heart of the aged Bishop, what the times were. The steadfastness of St. Matthew's in those days of trial,— its thorough loyalty to its Bishop,-the quiet- ness and peace and goodness which reigned within the congregation,— the calm good sense with which its members withstood the efforts ceaselessly made to alarm them, with false cries of Romanizing innova- tions,— all this was a tower of strength to the whole Diocese, and helped largely to make it come forth, as it did, out of a storm of such violence, not only not in- jured but immensely strengthened. To the laity this • CoNsiDBiiATioNS Relative to certain luterruptions of the Peace of tiie 2^ was hrgely due. Never, surely, were there a body of laity so loyal, so true, so intelligent as were the laity of St. Matthew's in those old formative days, when the links which bound them and their pastors together were forged in the very fire. (3) The storm passed over, and we were left some years m peace. Yet one more trial came,_one last desperate eifort,-falling like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky,_by which the loyalty of St. Matthew's and Its smcere adherence to sound principles wore put to perhaps a still severer test. Our saintly founder, Bishop Mountain, died on the 6th January, 1863. On the very day on which he was buried a formal proposal was ^nade to the rector elect --bt. Matthew's being still technicall v a chapel of ease within the parish, -to endow the chapel with a lam-e sum of money,-enough to free the congregation for ever from the burden of its own maintenance,-on con- dition thit the selection and appointment of the cler-y- man should be made over in perpetuitv to the same extreme party in the Church. How was this received ? The congregation came to- gether to consider the matter. No clergyman was present, the laity asking to be left to themselves. The Church was crowded. Henry Pratten was in the chair. George Irvine moved the resolution. The temptino. offer was calmly considered; its advantages and the se"- nous consequences of its rejection fully and fairly set torth ; and then by a unanimous vote it was deliber- ately rejected. When one remembers that the great " body of the congregation were then of the workinn- class, the noble heroism of this rejection of so great a sura Ox money will be understood. It would be ungrateful to forget how much St. Mat- ' I ^ 4 ' I "> ' I ^ 2^ the w's was indebted at this time of trial in the matter of securing its status as an independent congregation to the wisdom, firmness, and sense of justice of one w^ho must be much in our loving memories on this day,— our late beloved Bishop Williams * It is not easy to say what the result would have been if this attempt to gain possession of St. Matthew's had been successful. Certainly, the religious history of the Diocese must have been widely different. And we may safely say that the faithfulness to principle on the part of St. Matthew's at that crisis was one of the most important services ever rendered in this Diocese to the true furtherance of the Gospel. This was the last attempt to disturb us. " The over- flowing scourge passed over." The fires of fanaticism burnt themselves out. And a blessed peace ensued which has made the Diocese of Quebec a sort of Paradise amid the divisions and vexations of party warfare which have so greviously marred the fur- therance of the Gospel in other fields. This blessed " Peace of God " I trace largely to St. Matthew's,-to the wisdom and Christian temper then displayed by its clergy and its laity,-to their generous kindness and forbearance towards those who had "despitefully used then and persecuted them "—to their absolute freedom from party spirit, and to the genumeness of their loyalty to the Church of England. •Bishop Williams, then newly consecrated, refused, notwithstanding the utmost pressure brought to bear upon him, to induct the Rector-elect until he Synod had been called and pronounced upon the question of dividing tJe K"t Jo' r "f °" ''''' ''•'"' ''''' '^"'^ ^''''"^ -^ C'^"^" 'l-'^'ine t'a...h.{ Quebec, and erecting St. Matthew's and all the other Church- es w.thm the parish into independent Chapelries. These Chapelries were raised to the status of Rectories by an amendment to the Canon passed in My brethren of St. Matthew's, this is your peculiar f?lory. This is pre-eraiuently the " jrood work " which aod be-an on this spot seventy >ears ago. under liishop Mountain's wonderful preaching and more wonderful life,-the good work of building up here a congregation of loyal English Churchmen, -faithful helpful, true.hearted.-planting in their hearts true' principles, which should be the antidote to the disloyal and disintegrating principles which tried with such energy and persistency to dominate this Diocese -a congregation whose spirit and temper and -'ood example should be the best instrument for the fur- therance of the Gospel. And He who began this good work in that humble room seventy years ago, and has nourished it ever since ;-He who has kept the congregation. His chosen instrument for the doing of His work, so far throu^-h so many trials, and made it what it is to-day —He surely will perfect that same good work amon^ you until the day of Jesus Christ. This is your inheritance. Brethren, this is the rrreat trust He has committed to you,-a life, a congregational lite, character, traditions, inestimablv sacred and pre- cious. Will you let it degenerate? God forbid! But remember that the only way you can preserve and trans- mit it safely, is, by every one of you individuals cul- tivatmg as the first and most necessary and best' fruit of your congregational life,-the fruit it gives to you and which you must be ever giving back unsullied to it,-personal holiness.-entire personal consecration to the love and service of Jesus Christ. The true saints of God alone, All Saints' Day surely teaches us this, do further His gospel upon earth and will reign with Him in Heaven. APPENDIX. It is proposed to place on record here the main facts m the history of St. Matthew's Church as matters of interest to those who shall come after. THE SITE. The Burial Ground, part of which forms the site of the Church, was made over by letters patent from the Crown dated 19th August, 1823. to the Rector and Church- Wardens of the Protestant Parish of Quebec the Mmister and Trustees of the Church of Scotland' and the Military Chaplain, and to their successors, as a Protestant Burying Ground for ever. The building then on the ground, (the first St Matthew's Chapel) used by the Church of England for public worship, was secured to that body. In 1868, the Legislature of the Province of Quebec granted to the authorities of St. Matthew's Chapel the right of appropriating so much of the ground as mi-ht be needful for the enlargement of the building. ° THE FIRST BEGINNINGS. The Jlrst beginninove. and $2.00^' one third of the Quebec Chapelry Endowment Fund which It was presumed was St. Matthew's share, would make up a Fund of |6,000, the income of which it was hought would be sufficient, with what the congreC tion could contribute, to maintain a clergyman f^r the exclusive service of the Chapel. This scheme was carried out successfully for three years. At the death of Bishop Mountain' a pedal effort be,n^ called for, the subscriptions of the remX 32 ing two years were much more than made up in as many months. When the Trust Deed was created in 1867, the Fund, without reckoninj^ anything from the Quebec Chapelry Endowment Fund, amounted to $5,300. This fund was made over in trust to the Bishop of Quebec and his suc(?e5'sors on the condition that the Chapel should remain free for ever, and that the appointment of the Incumbent should be vested in the Bishop. These two great principles which lie at the root of the life of St. Matthew's were also secured by the Canon of the Synod of the Diocese of Quebec enacted in 1863, which was carried through , against great opposition, mainly by the efforts of the congregation of St. Mat- thew's. THE DAILY SERVICE. On the 13th August, IStJO, the Chapel was opened for Daily Service. The service was said, however, once a day only, at 7 A.M., in summer, and 5 P.M., in winter. This service was, at that time, the only Daily Service in the Diocese. (#) CHANGES in THE SERVICE. In the year 1867 Hymns Ancient and Modern were introduced. Down to that time an Anthem had been sung after the third collect on Sunday eveniuo-s. (•) This was notlhe;?r6/! daily service in Quebec. For some years a daily service had been nniiutained in All Saints' Chapel. "In 1819, the cholera • reappeared at Quebec, and the Bishop thought it a fitting time to establish a daily early morning service." (Bishop Mountain's .Memoir, page 268.) This service continued down to the removal of the Bishop and his' family to Bardfield in the spring of 1853, ■ S3 THE I>ARSONAC)B. St. MattbeWs Pabsonaqe wa, bmlt i„ 1865.6, and ImTt T *.^?.^'""'»" »f 'ho latter year. The original m^nlv h .';^ " """' " ^'"" "f """'^y contributed mamly by gentlemen of the Civil Service, who had then on tb^e point of removing to Ottawa. On Mr Roe res.gn.ng h>s charge in Janaary, 1868, Mr. Hamilton h,s successor, having a house of his own, Uishop Wil-' W rented the Parsonage and resided 'in it tm his reane^f Jl "'*' '"''*"'^''' '>>' ^'- Hamilton's request, to the payment of the considerable debt which emamed upon the house. From this source, thrS bt was gradually paid off, until in 15^,. it. toge her w th <^ •he ground rent upon the land, was finally exiinguisled EESION.ITION OF MR. KOE. In the autumn of 1866, Mr. Roe, at the ureent lor the academical year 1866-07 the work of the Rev Principal Nicolls, who had been obliged tempora^rv to take charge of the School. •omporarily The experience Mr. Roe gained during that year of he urgent necessity of taking advantage" of thJo^en ings for Church expansion then oHeriiig i„ the Town- ships, led to his withdrawing, the following year, from hts'elf'f f •• '*'"''°"'^ «"°='^«'" and de;o«„" Welf to work m the Townships. He resigned St Matthew s m January, 1808, and was succeeded by the M RorT "?r"°~' ""»■ -J""""- *« veir of work! *\ P ""t'''/*"""""^'''*'^ '"l^-"" ">«' entire work of the Parish of St. Matthew's. H. R. 34 Mil. HAMILTUiN's INCUMBENCY, 1868 TO 1885. No roligious services could have been more simple and appropriate than those held in the two humble edifices which ibr forty-five years stood on the site of St. xMatthew's Church. They were from the first dis- tino-uished by the spirited heartiness and the earnest audible tones with which the congregation entered into them. Not a few from distant parts of the city were atiracled to Ihem by the warmth of devotion kindled in their own souls by the heartiness of the cong-regation. The Daily Morning and Evening Prayer and the celebration of the Holy Eu9harist on Sundays and on all Festivals developed spiritual life in many. Gradually and steadily has the spiritual life been quickened and strengthened by the persistent use of the means intrusted to the Church. And as the Church's outward fabric changed, and grew in size and beauty, so under a wise and sober guidance, the services within its walls have gradually been increased in number, and invested with a fitting brightness and dignity. THE CHURCH EDIFICE AS IT NOW STANDS. The building as it now stands was commenced in 1870, by the erection of the Chancel and Transepts, at a cost of about $11,000, and formed an enlargement of the old Chapel. This was opened for Divine Service on 18th December, 1870, and the Surpliced Choir was then introduced. In 1875, the old portion of the Church was pulled down, and the Nave, South Aisle, Clergy and Choir Vestries erected, which, with a new organ by "Vf arren, of Montreal, cost $26,500. The Architect of the Build^ 9 85 ins was W. T. Thomas, of Montreal. The new Church was opened for Divine Service, with a Special Service 01 Dedication on loth December, 1875. Daring, the building of the Nave, Soutli Aisle and rZ T'l ^^»ff^«^ation worshipped in the Military Chapel (Trinity Church), which was kindly placed at their disposal by the Dominion Government. In 1877, the Chancel and Transepts were improved and decorated, the cost bein- defrayed by the thank- ottering of a member of the Congregation f. ^^ K^ ^^jnevom Parish Organisations, many date irom about this period. The Young Women's GuHd entered upon its career 01 usefulness in the year 18^. The Association of Lay-Helpers was formed in 1871 lUe St. Matthew's Depository of Church Literature was founded by the Rev. Charles Hamilton, and the Jate Rev. George Hamilton, and was transferred by deed of gift to Trustees (for the Congregation.) by the Rey^ Charles Hamilton, on his resigning the parish in ioo5. Since 1883 the Church has boen open daily to wor- shippers for meditation and prayer, from 7.30 a. m till after evening prayer. By virtue of a Canon of Synod passed in 1875 the Chapel of St. Matthew became the Church of St' Matthew, and the district attached to it was styled the* Parish of St. Matthew. Changes having been made in the Church Tempor- ahties Act and the Canon of Synod, by which the \ estries of Free Churches became enabled to hold Prop, erty. the Endowment Funds, the Parsonage, and the Parish Room, were in 1882 transferred by the Bishop to the Custody of the Rector and Church- Wardens 86 THE FINAXCES'. Although at times severely tried, the fiiianeial strength of the Congregation has so far kept pace with the onward movement in other departments. While a yearly comparison is not possible, owing to the loss of many of the records in the disastrous lire of 1881, some points of interest may be noted. The Envelope System was introduced in the year 1884, and owing to the good results experienced, the Congregation in the year following were enabled to guarantee the stipend of a Curate at the rate of $600 per annum (since increased to |i750). The Church-Wardens' Report for 1857 shows the Revenue for all purposes, ordinary as well as special, to have been $525.57, while that for Easter 1892,' shows : Revenue for Ordinary Purposes, $4,116.48"! for the Poor, $355.50 ; for special objects outside of the' Congregation, $1,693.81.— Total $6,165.79. In 1882, the tower and spire were built, thus com- plating the Church according to the original plans— this addition cost $7,350. Mr. Hamilton's incumbency extended over a period of more than seventeen years, at the close of which he was called to the highest office in the Church's minis- try, and was consecrated Bishop of Nia^-ara on 1st May, 1885. ° The Rev.F. J. B. Allnatt. D.D., became his successor, but held the post for two years only. In 1887 he was appointed Professor of Pastoral Theology in Bishop's College, Lennoxville. He in turn was succeeded by the Rev. Lennox W. Williams, M.A., Oxon ; the present Rector of the parish' who had acted as Curate under the two precedinri- Jlectors, ^ 87 In 18M8, a peal of eight hells, from Iho foundrv of Me8.r8 T. Warner & Sons. London, Eimland, wasplac od in the tower, which, includiiio. necessary alterations m the bell rin-ers' eharaber, and a spiral .(airway to reach ,t. cost |2,800. The peal of hells was dedi.ated <> Gods Service, in a Npeeial Form of Service on the 14th November, 188S. It is probably the only peal of bells in Canada, if not in America, which arercnilarlv ru,i =»«= Norris Godard i ^^'''^• Henry J. Pratten i iq