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Additional comments:/ Commentaires suppl^mentaires: L'Institut a microfilm^ le meilleur exemplaire qu'il lui a 6ti possible de se procurer. Les details de cet exemplaire qui sont peut-&tre uniques du point de vue bibliographique, qui p9 "i'. ' " " '•'^ n" 4 'mtm iW »V r< ri*f:,.i*9f**»* ie^vff ¥f ■WJ^I5W5«5^>^^ t 4 « • • • • « 4 • r • * -■ t * •• • • V « • • « • THE BENEFICIAL INFLUENCE OP A WKLL KEGULATED NATIONALITY: XI Zl. 3MC ^VJ DBMVEBED BEFORt THS t. I^tikeips ^0tiet8, OF MO^'TREAL. ON ST. ANDREW'S- DAY, NOV. 30lb, 1857. IN SAINT GABRIEL GTUEET SCOTCH CHURCH, BY THH REV. AlEMDEB P. KEMP. Chaplain. MONTREAL: PRINTED BY JOHN C. BECKET, AT HIS STEAM-PPESS PRINTL'VG ESTABLISHMENT, 38, GREAT ST. JAMES STREET. 1857. ! I / THE BENEFICIAL INFLUENCE 0» A WELL REGULATED NATIONALITY: 3M:o»r. P?alm cxxvi. 3.--" The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad." We are met this day, by the blessing of God, to hold our Nulionai festival, to unite our hearts together with joy and gladness at the remembrance of the past, .•iid to say, " The Lord hath done gre^it tilings for us, whereof we are glad." This day it is or*'-' privilege to live over again in spirit the days of our happy youth, to realise all that is good and great in the history of our time-honored Nation, to stimu- late within us feelings of ardent patriotism, and to give ex- pression to our brotherly loVe, by extending sympathy and substantial kindness to our countrymen in distress. The objects of the St. Andrew's Society must be regarded by every leal-hearted Scotchman as worthy of the highest praise, and as in harmony- with the best and noblest prin ciples of our nature. Wr endeavor to extend a friendly hand to the immigrant, to welcome him to this large, free and magnificent country. We seek to aid those who, by the dispensations of Providence, have been brought into poverty and distress. In these things we seek besides to illustrate and adorn the common brotherhood which knits us to those of our own land, kindred and tongue. It can not be said of Scotchmen that they have ever been indiffer ent to th wants or the sorrows of their countrymen. None of us, 1 believe, can hear the Doric familiar language of our native home, speaking the words of distress or telling the tale of suffering, without leeling the liveliest sympathy with the sufferer. He would not be worthy of the fair fame of his n itive land, who could look on a countryman in rags, or careworn with honest poverty, and not seek to minister m\\i a loving hand to his wants. We foel the honor of our nation involved in any dishonor or misfortune that overtakes her sons. Thank God, it is not a characteristic of Scotchnen to wear rags, or willingly and without a death struggle to beg for alms. When we tind a fellow-countryman in dis- tress, we may be certain that this is either from the adversi- ties of Providence, in which case he merits our sympathy and aid ; or, it is from the direct effects of vice, in which ttase he merits our rebuke and Christian endeavors to bring him back to the paths of honor and virtue. These things our Society professes to do^ aefn erroneouily lucribed lo Hugh Miller. It i.s known in thid country as " Miller on Macaulay.' ^ 12 faith, so long will she be honorable among the nations ; and will have the high honor of sending forth intelligent and hardy sons to subdue new and unexplored regions of the earth, and to plant among the Nations of the future the seeds of learning, of true religion, and of a manly national char- acter. In conclusion, let me invite you to open your hearts this day to kindly sympathies with the misfortunes and suf- ferings of your countrymen. You will, I am sure, show by your liberal contributions, that you will not permit the hun- gry to want bread — the naked clothing — or the outcast a Home. You will not, I trust, turn a deaf ear to the entrea- ties of the widow and the fatherless, but, -inimated with the noblest National feelings, your gifts this day for the benevo- lent purposes of this Society, will redound to the honor of your country, and be commensurate witii the urgent neces sities of the times.