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George's dny, April ^Urd, 18U9, the nu'inbers of tiie St. Georges Society of 01taw;i, imcl the Sons of Knglnnd, attended Divine service in St Andrew's ('hnrch when the anniversary sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Herridge, |)a8tor of St. An- drew's Chnrch, and one of the chaplains of St. Giun-ge's Society. Rev. Dr. Herridge took for his text Psalm (i0.12 : " (tluottrtlt (6ocl m i^haU do VaUHntly." Your presence here this evening may be taken hs an evidence that you recognize in religion a factor of national greatness. 1 would fain believe that it means even more than this. It may be good to acknowledge in any way the power of God, and to discern the presence of an invisible Ruler behind earth's shifting affairs. But Christian philo. sophy teaches us to wor«hip not some far-otf Being who is separate from the world, but a Father whose life is to be illustrated in some measure in His children, and whose praise is to be sung by the devotion of grateful and obedi- ent hearts. It is not simply that He is an important element in human events, but that He is the source ot all strength, the fountain of all purity, the guide to all perfection. The problems of statecraft are e-hical. So far from finding a solution in the dictates of selfishness or the caprice of expediency, they are to be dealt with only in the light of those principles of truth which are immut- able as Him who made the earth and the heavens, and formed man in His image. Amid the tyrannies of base passion, the outcries of popular tumult, the blindness of ignorance, the inflation of pride, the lust of self-aggran- disement, a great voice speaks as it did to Isi-ael : "See that thou make all things after the pattern that was shown thee in the Mount 1" Your presence here is a further evidence that you re- cognize in Christianity itself something greater than any modes in which it finds manifestation. 1 pray for the unity of the church of Jesus Christ, but I see no reason to desire - . - I I its unilorinity. As long as uicn arc dilVcit'iit, they will be siii'c lo illiistratt' in (liit«'rtMil ways tlx-ir rflij^ious iiistiiicts. Till' mischict' dofs not arise rnmi the fact that there are various rorins of ritual and doetriiie, hut that lhe,\ have hi'eii so often ma (e the i)reti'Xl for intolerent hi^otry. if you can sLoj) men thinkin;^: for Lhemstdves, if you can eon- tent their spirits with a dull routine of ceremonial, if you run sueeeed in encasing the new wine of the kingdom of heaven in the old hottles of severe forjiialism or elTetc suj)- erslition, then yoii may behold the s|HM'tacle of a chutch at rest in mummified rigidity, but the life forever gone. Let us welcome every sign t)f earnest individual thought on the great (|uestions of religion, let us not be afi'aid of tlitferences in creed and church government; but as Christians, nay, as intelligent men, let us learn to keep the ututy of the Spirit in tlu' bond of peace. A large number of the members of St. George's Society are meud)ers also of the Church of England. If that is the oidy ti'ue church, you undergo the risk of contamination, anil are guilty of, at least, a venial fault in coming here tliis evening. But I think I am justified in assuming that your consciences do not upbraid you. Some of us are Presbyter- ians, but I hope we are (."hristians too, and It is in the name of the common Lord and Master of us all that we welcome you here to-day. The Church of England is one to which any man may be proud to l)el()ng. JHer I'ecord, for the most part, is that of allegiance to truth, and faithfidness to duty. More than once has sh(> checked the irreligious forces which threaten- ed to overthrow the national bulwark ; and I shouhl regard any attempt at her disestablislnnent in the old land as a great calamity. At the same time, while a State Church, if she is loyal to her mission, may do a great deal, it is impos- sible for her to do everything. No one but a bigot will deny that there is some good in English Nonconformity, that it has served to illustrate the value of some truths whicli have been ignored or foi-gotten, and has often prov- ed a stiinidus to the established chiu'ch herself in illustrat- ing the principles of genuine Christianity. No government has power to dictate to any free people how they shall wor- ship God, nor the right to visit them with any disabilities Avhatever their mode of doing so. If dissent is exposed, as it is sometimes is, to the perils of fanaticism and vulgarity, an established church has also constant need to guard against machine-like habit, against formal repose, against airs of Pharisaic intolerance. England is passing through what must be regarded, in ft k nifiny ways, .IS a iclij^ious ciisis It Iims hccii (Hic of tlic ^loi'it's of the ('liiirch of l")njn i)i her iii<'mln'islii|), slic lias Ix'cti hroad cnoiigli (o cinldiicc a j^rcal variety of l)i'li('f and (i|tiiii(>i). It would l)i> a iiiis- chicvoiis tliiiiK if slic iiididj^cd now in t he thankless task of innlnal reci iniiii.it ion. Tlicrt' oii^lit to In- st ill room wit liin her boi'tU'is for lli^li ('lunch .ind L:>w Church, for the utmost. dc'vclopiiK nt of ritual coiisislcnt with common scnsi', and !'or the fullest ilhistvation of the evaiiK»'li<">l spirit. Nor must it he supposed tli.il the two movements exclude e.uh other, (iivcn the tiin^ feivour of .-i disciple of J(!.sus. .ind what matters it, after all, whether he alVects Church millinery or seems indiiferent to it: whether he ch.uits his i»rayers or speaks them: whether he prefers candies or electiic light? Let him take his choice. i)ut w li.itever it is. let him not identify leli^•ion with his jiarti- cul.ii mode of worship nor look with darkeniujn' frown ujioii thos,' who dilfer from him .as thoufj;h they could scai'cely he Christians at all. it may appear for a time as if truth was prolitcd hy the triumph of this or that jiarty : but its jiei'- maiicnt welfare is secured only hy the self-respect inj^: yet harmonious action of them all. I do not know how it seems to you, hut, if I may he permitted to speak on tlie question, it seems to me that the ])rohleins now vexing the Chur(;h of England will not he solved hy tedious controversy noi' hitter invective, lint hy that wise and leverent thought which discerns beneath every form of worship the s])irit which alone gives strength to Christ ianity. and indicates the true mode of Church exjiaiision. If tlu' signs of th(> times teach us anything they te.ich us this at li^ast, that the hour is past foi' narrow bigot i-y, for proud intolei-ance, for medi.i'val incpiisit ion ; that while we ought to have a reason for the faith that is in us, we ought also to respect the faiths of otheis; thatever> true disci|)hM)f .fesns Christ though he may diifer from ns ever so widely, Is to be wel- comed as a friend, and treated as a brother. We have ahmidant reason to rejoice in the glorious in- heritance of the l']ngli>hman. The faults of .John Hull are the faults (>f a strong, bold, and self-ieliant character. His Virtues are the outgrowth of long centuries filled with the records of heroic valoi', of patient indu-try. of growing in- telligence, of social and jiolitical achievement. As a mat- ter of fact, theie are inatiy Englands. There is the England of conmierce which hums like a busy hive (if bees, which sends its products to the remotest jiarts of the world, and veceives in turn from ahnost every quarter. There is the B ■ ■■pa ^t 9 ,■««■ % Kn^land of literature, from Chaucer down to the lUustrlous band whose naii)(>s j^race the annals of Queen Vi(!toria, be- ({ueathiuK t<> nil who love hi^h thought and line liiiaKlna* tion, a domain of wealth far more vnluahle tl>an gold. There is the England celebrated in song and story, the England of Cressy and Agincourt, of Balaklava and Water- loo. the Kiitfland of fire and sword, nf)taltog<(ther attractive at times to look upon, mirjgling right with wrong ii\ her bloody strifes, yet never wanting in the reckless courage which goes so far to make a man. But there is another Kngland, the greatest of them all. The England whose glory shines through every cloud which nas darkened her horizon, the w ves o\ whose benign influence have laved the shores of far-olf realms, is the England of the martyrs, the philanthropists, the heralds of the truth, " Who have kept to their faith uinseduoed by the prize which the world holds on high. Who have dared for a good cause to suffer, resist, fight, if need be, to die." It is the England of the men who fear God and work righteousness ; the England of quiet homes and open Bibles and sanctuaries of praise and prayer ; the PJngland where unselRsh spirits have filing themselves into the con- flict for civil and religious liberty; the England where saints and h(>roes have toiled to make life broader and more beautiful, and to stir up those grand enthusiasms w'hich turn this earth into a province of the Kingdom of Heaven: Yes. through God we shall do valiantly. I know there are proj)hets of evil who tell us t'lat Britain has now reach- ed the extnine limit of her renown, and that henceforth, like the great nations of anticjuity, she nnist gradiially settle into decay. But when was it that the handwriting of doom appeared iipon the palace wall announcing the overthroAv of the most splendid of the ancient monarchies? Was it not when the cup of her iniquity was full, and the proud, licentious revellers, exulting in a fool's paradise, had bid defiance alike to the laws of Nature and the laws of God? No civilization can long endure when it harbours the demons of vice and selfishness. If patriotism be nothing more than a mere tribal prejvidice fostered by diplomatic trickery and the car-age of battle, it is scarcely worth preserving at all. Fhit Christian patriotism, while it throbs with the dear lov^ of Fatherland, and is stirred to its profoundest depths by the memory of her achievement, looks well to the broader mission entrusted to its care, and 1 1 I I I I I 1 out of its reverence for home and country, finds a start- ing point for bencflcient Hyujpathies which embrace the world. Let us be thankful that amid all the the progress of Queen Victoria's Reign, its conspicious glory is •♦f a dis. tinctly moral character. It has witnessed the moat vigor. ou8 attempts to improve the ctmdition of the poor,^ and to root out those hideous vices which sap the foundations of national greatness . Its wise economic reforms, and its immense strides in matters of education have done more than we can conceive to elevate the general standard of life. It is the birthtime of those s|)len did missionary enterprises which are full of the heroism of noble faith and patient effort to bring Into the dark places of the earth the light of Christ's glori- ius Gospel. It is true, indeed, that we have not yet reach- ed the ideal of a Christian people fearing God and working righteousness ; that we are startled at times by the revela- tions of crime in high places; that "the bittercry of outcast London " has not quite died away into silence St George has yet to kill the dragon of vice and intemperence and material greed, and the sword of the spirit can never be sheathed until the victory is won. If we ignore the secret of the best triumphs of the past, if we grow careless of jus- tice and of truth, if mammon usurp the throne of Jehovah, then, perhaps, the time will come when the sceptre shall have passed away from England, and the renown of former days shall linger only as a haunting testimony to the completeness of the national overthrow. Yes, we have our perils as well as our opportimities. "Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we f«)rget, lest we forget I " But while we are Englishmen, I hope we are first of all Canadians. It is natural that we should cherish an affec- tionate regard even for the soil of the mother country. "Oh, to be in England now that April's there," to wander among the hills of Cumberland or through the 1-iake Dis- trict, or across the downs of Devon, or to be carried on the tide of thronging life in the world's great metropnlis. It is natural that we should recall with a thrill of pride the chivalrous annals with which the sons of Britain have marked the page of history. For though it is but a little island, wrapped in the mists of the northern seas, the girdle of its empire goes round the globe. The Anglo-Saxon has always proved himself fit for transmigration.and well qual- ified to display under far-off skies the characteristics which he has been taught at home. liritain keeps pci'iietual youth through the vitahty which she h.is iiifuscd into ln'i' wide-spread dominions, and the -aiiie strong pulse oi' pat- riotic sentiment singes tln()uu:li tiiem all. Noi- let it he thought that sentiment counts for nothing. Untlernealli what may seem at times (fonflictiiig interests, it forms a. gohh'u chain of unity. It bids us remember the stirring events of the past, it bids us discern what is noi)lest in th(! j)resent, it bids us anticipate the still moi-e glorious possibilities of the future. NNC stand to djiy with tens of niillions of our fellow-subjeits in India, in vVustralia, in Afric;i,,in .scattered islands of tie' sea, luider the protection of the .same broad flag, rejoicing in th<' sau)e rights and liberties, and it w uld be strange, indeed, if we did not catch the con agion of an Imperial sj)irit which goes deep«M' than any question of comm<'ice or politics, and binds us into a federation of loyal and devoted hearts. As I'higlishmen in Canada wi- have reason to be proud of our share in such a lich inheiitance. (Jreat in its extent and in its varied resources, it is not easy to overrate it.s destiny if it is tilled by an honest, intelligen< and (!od-fear- ing populati«ni. We are not vexed with the" jjroblems oc- easion<'d by the congested life of some older countries. We are not haiulicappcd by many mistakes, nor fettered by iron precedent. The material before us is plastic, and our hands may mould it into aim st any shapr' we will. Thei'e should be no i)lace amongst us for social ])rejudice or politi- cal greed or i«'ligious bigotiy. ^' e enjoy in this land a practical self-government, and yet we art' iu)t divorced from the stinnilating associatio's which belong to liritish sid)- jects, throughout the world. We are part of a vast lOmpiri', and at the sauje time we are ab'e to realize the most attrac- tive features of intelligeni democracy. Wc have no State Church, and we are far I ettei- without one. p]ach is alike in the eye oi' the law. and each nnist stand or fall u^ion its marits. The only rivalry th it can b;» defende I is a rivalry in zeal and practical (>tt"ectiven' .ss Ecclesiastical assump- tion may be tolerated elsewhere, but it is cfintiary to our genius as a peoi)le, and any strut of fa'se pride amongsst us will only be laughed at and des|)ised. It will be our re- I)roach if we cannot di-tinguish between statesmanship and the petty intrigue of some s(»lHsh jiartisan ; if we can- not live together as Catholic and Protestant, French and Knglish, without discerning how nmch smaller Jire the things upon which we