ens them!-If these be our sentiments, my brethren, let us, in these moments, imitate the grateful feeling of the disciple. Let us, too, raise here three tabernacles in our bosoms: three altars, on which we may place the offerings of our gratitude, and to which, whatever may be the aspect of future days, we may return to feel again the lofty sentiments of this.

Let the first be raised to our Faith; to that faith" in which our fathers trusted " and were holpen; which is able to overcome the world ;" and in the might of which, men and nations are secure of immortal triumph.

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Let the next be raised to our Country; to that country which so long has stood the landmark of the human race, and a gainst which" the winds and the waves "have beat in vain. Let our praise ascend to the statesmen who have guided her councils;-to the warriors who have

wielded her arms;-and to that majestic People, who, for so many years, have borne everything, that they might preserve the liberty which their fathers bequeathed them: And, though one saddening reflec tion must dim the splendour of the day, though the Father of his People can no longer hear the voice of their praise, let not our gratitude yield to misfortune, but let the blessings of his assembled people fall this day upon his gray head, and precede the rewards of a greater world.

Let the last be raised, my brethren, to Those who have Fallen in this mighty contest; to the memory of the young and the brave who have purchased, with their blood, the freedom of their country, and of mankind.While the bones of that impious host, that defied the living God, lie scattered over every foreign land, and whiten, unheeded, in the winds of winter, let their ashes be gathered with pious care,

let their monuments rise among every people whom they have saved, and their names dignify the annals of their country for ever. Over the hallowed page which records their valour, and their fall, let the aged of our people, in every future year, pour the tears

that are due to the memories of the departed brave; and thence let the young of our latest generations learn, what are the energies of British Freedom, and what the genuine path of British Glory.

And Thou, "O God of our Fathers; "Thou, who hast been their refuge in eve66 ry former generation, and who around us "hast spread thine everlasting arms, "do Thou in mercy accept this our humble "sa"crifice of praise and of thanksgiving!" It is "thy judgments that are now in the "world," but, for the mighty end, "all the inhabitants thereof may learn righteousness.”—May thy paternal "Will be

"that

" done!

may thy Kingdom come," and end the miseries of a guilty world! From the throne of thy mercy may peace at last descend upon all the habitations of men and may they, while they raise their wondering eyes to Heaven, behold there the face of "thy beloved Son; "-and may they bless Thee," and hear Him!"

SERMON XXIII.

ON THE THANKSGIVING FOR PEACE, JAN. 18. 1816.

PROVERBS, Xix. 21.

"There are many devices in man's heart: "nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

WHEN, nearly sixteen years ago, we were

assembled within these walls to humble ourselves before the God of Nature, and to supplicate his protection upon our councils and our arms, it was from these words I first addressed you.

It was a moment of darkness and of danger; and, amid the clouds which then overshadowed us, when "men's "hearts were failing them from fear, and