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5 1 / ' / WS EVRY VOL. XVI, NO. 40.1 PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, -- AND GENERAL ADVERTISER. sss-- res 1873. WHOLE N ; @oipdinturio Hhserter POLITICAL; AGRICULTURAL, AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, , 18 PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, THURSDAY MORNING, BAIRD & PARSONS. TERMS.--$1 per annum, if paid in ad- vance ; if not $1.50 will be charged. No subscription taken for less than six months ; and no are h » 5 RATES OF ADRVETISING, discontinued until all arrcars uent insertions, per line. Oards, under 6 lines, per annum...... Letters containing money, when ad- dressed to this Office, pre-baid and regestor- od, will be at our risk. Adverti: ts measured by Nonpareil and ar a ig to the space they ac- cording to the space they occupy. Advertisments received for publication, 'without specific instructons, willbe inserted until fordid and charged aiccodingly. No advertisment wiil be taken uutil paid for. A liberal discount allowed to, Merchants and others who. advertise by the year or half-year. B&F" These terms will in all cases be strictly adhered to. JOB DEPARTMENT. "Pha Heads, Blank Forms, Circulars, Business Cards. Ball than any other Establishment in this County } Arties from a distance ge'ting handbills, &e. , printed an have them doue to take heine with them, J. BAIRD. 1 H. PARRONS. Professional Carvs. Dr. Brathwaite, PORT P DR. WARE, ORONER for the County of Ontario, / Physician, Surgeon and Acocoucheur, Prince Albert Drs. Martin & DeGrassi, LINDSAY. DRS. JONES & MALLORY, PrRrsioass, Surgeons and Accoucheurs, PORT PERRY. Office--over Allison's Drug Store, Qucen-st R. JUNKS, M,D., COR o A. E. MALLORY, Co. 0, M.D, C.M Drs. McGILL & RAE, Pais NS, Surgeons, &c., ke, Office and Residences, King street, Oshawa. WM. GILL, M. D. FRANCIS RAK, M, B. WM. F, McBRIEN, M.D, M.R.C.S., Guy's HOFPITAL LONDON, ENGLAND. THE EYE R,O.H L, + Oshawa. . J. E. FAREWELL, LLB, COUTNY CROWN ATTORNEY FOR ONTARIO, . BArmisTER, Attorney, Solicitor, and No- tary Public. Orrice lately occupied by S. H. Cochrane, £s1., Brock street, Whitby. LYMAN ENGLISH, L. L. B,, OLICITOR in Chancery, Attorney, A") Conveyancer, &c., Oshawa. Office--Simcoe treet, opposite the post office. _ G. YOUNG SMITH, LL, B, BARRISTER, Attorney-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancery, and Insolvency, 'Notary Pub lic, &¢., &c Office--~MoMillan's Block, Brock Street, Whit- by Ontario. CAMERON & MACDONELL, BAiEisTkRs and Attorneys at Law, Solicitors County Council Ontario. Offices: Court House. MC. CAMERON. 1 H. J. MACDONELL, . A. HURD, TTORNEY at Law, and Solicitor in Chan- cery, Port Perry. Officein the Royal Arcade, Port Perry. JAMES LAMON, A TRORNEY at Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Conveyancer, &c.--Land Agent, &c., xbridge. Office over Armstrong's Hote! , Main street, Uxbridge. JOHN BILLINGS, ARRISTER, Attorney at Law, Solicitor lets, Hand Bills, Posters, Programmes, Bill BI eceii Books, Checks, Books, Cards, &e.. of every tyle and color, executed promptly and at lower rates Part Prery, September 18, 1879, A GOOD PROVIDER ALWAYS LOOKS OUT AHEAD FOR ARTICLES. WANT TO SEE WHERE HE CAN GET THE BEST AND CHEAPEST, AND AS W.T PARRISH Has always, and Intends to have the name of Selling Goods in his line CHEAPER THAN CAN BE GOT AT ANY OTHER PLACE !! HE MAY i 3 Parties will do well to call and sce the largest stock of Stoves to be seen ia the County, con- sisting in part aa follows ; QOOKING STOVES, No. 9, Columbian, 5 hole, BOX STOVES, No, 9, Western Home, 0, 10, No, 8. Western Home, Black Giant, No, 9, No, 9, Huron 36, Black Glant, Na. 9; No, 9, St, Clair, 30, Black Giant, o. 10; No, '8, St, Clair, l25, Plack Giant, No, 10, No. 9, Panama, 1, Black Giant, 0, 9, No. #, Queen. 18, Black Gia No, 9, No. 8 Queen, » Forester, No, 19, No. 9, Conquest, Ironsid No, No, '8, Conquest. Peerless, # 7 TR Nor 9, ' PARLOR COOK STOVE. COAL STOVES. bh v or wood, | Pear], American best, No. 8, or wood, | Fireside, Burners, No. 9, y6 hol¢, |Ruttan Heaters. Lively Times, &e,, &c. Sole Manufacturer of Boulton's Hot Air Drum, also Round Elbows, Special attention paid to Job Woik and Putting up Stoves. 9 N. B. Parties wishing Bavetroughing will do well to give me a call. W. T. PARRISH. : Harnden, LP Surgical and Mechanioal Dentist. r Of Twelve Years Expgrience, Oc over Mr. Gordon's Store, QUEEN STREET, PORT PERRY | RESIDENCE-- PRINCE ALBERT. January 8, 1873. l W. M. WILLCOX, LICENSED UCTIONEKI AUCTIONEER, FOR THE COUNTY OF ONTARIO. AND TOWNRHIPs OF MARIPOSA & CARTWRIGHT, Bist to thank his many friends and the public generaily for the liberal patronage bestowed upon him during the past four years. Having now given up the business of Bailiff, [ intend, in future, to devote my whole time to the business of Auctioneer, Collecting, &c, It will be my endeavor, by prompt and careful attention to business, to give full satisfaction to all who may favor me with their Scles or Col- lecting. . , Bills draughted and Blank Notes furnished free of charge. Also Bill Stamps always on hand. Arrangements can be made for sales &ec,, at the Opserver Office Prince Albert, and at the Standard Office, Port Perry. W. M. WILLCOX, Prince Albert, Sept. 18th 1872. Lda = OF THE DIVISION COURTS FOR THE Oounty of Ontario, FOR THE YEAR 1873, 1D in Chancery, Notary Public, C. . A: Office eT the Hoss Stee. Port Perry. J. W. BURNHAM, LERK of the Third Division Court. Office in Bigelow'sBlock, Port Perry. Office hours rom ten a.m. to 3 p. m. ' C.D. WATID: argeonDentist,Ccr.MainkBrock 8t., Uxbridge "A LL Dental opera- - tions performed 'with the utmost _glkill care, warranted to Rive tion or no , and at prices whic defy competi Alsodealer in all kinds of Jewelry, Fa ns aks 35 Juwsiry, Pansy $i, os.--H. P. Griggs, Port Hope; Rev. 2%. by; Jos. Gould, Esq, Use Nd ¢, Dec. 17, 1868. So-1y C. N. VARS JDRACTICAL Dentist, Oshawa, Ont.-- Dental Rooms directly e Sateance Simcoe street, third door north of the Ontario Bank. eerste eters. BR, RICHARDSON, | ISSUEROF riage Licensos ! Pol 2 ni utmost at being gis SEIZE IZ IE IDIE 252 =|1215|5 SISSY 5 = |Z |e ER EEE rie A 8X No. 1| 2 14 1] 1] 1] 2| 2| 11112 No. 2| 3| 3 2| 3 2 3 No. 3 17, 2|19/26128] |15 4115 | Neo. 4 18 3|20f [29] [16 5/16 0. 5 19) 4121] |30f (17 6[17 No. 6] 120) 22 18 18 No. 7 21 23 19 19 Z. BURNHAM, : Junge. opposite the post | - their Sales fn our hand ; tin Sey rs fs also agent or al kindy of Ag-| Whitby, Jan. Int, 1873. Marriage T.icenses (BY AUTHORITY.) TSIEDat Port Perry. Office, the Seugog J HENRY CHARLES November 11th, 1869. ' & Sv h hotels Royal Canadian fotel, PORT PERRY. The Subscriber having leased the above Hotel as fitted up in a style in keeping with the rapidly increasing business and prosperty ot the Village and neighborhood, and with direct re- foots to the comfort and convenience of the public. ! Strict attention paid to the Table and the Bar. Comfortable Stables and attentive Hostlers. Neither labor nor expense will be spared in «making the Royal Canadian Hotel worthy of ublic patronage. ? e HENRY FOY. Port Perry, June 16, 1869. ee "REVERE HOUSE." MANCHESTER B PLANK,.... PROPRIETOR. AVING purchased the above hotel, and has furnished the Bar with the choicest liquors and cigars. Every attention paid to guests.-- Stages to and from Whitby call daily. ~ Carefu] ostlers always in attendance. 8 DAFOE HOUSE Urrca 00D accommodations. Careful attention to the requirements of travelers and guests. The barsupplied with the best wines, liquors and cigars Good stabling. J. DAFOE, Proprietor. Centre Hotel, SAINTFIELD, J. JENNINGS, Proprietor. Albion Hctel, WHITBY. A. MASON, PRroPRIETOR. This Hotel has undergone a thorough renova- tion and been fitted np with a view to the com- fort and convenience of the traveling public.-- Every attention will be paid to the table and bar, while obliging and attentive hostlers will have charge of the stables. ~ 'Whitby, 20th June. 1870. 25 ieee i en THE ONTARIO FARMERS' Mutual Insurance Company es Company is now fully organized and is prepared to accept risks on Farm Buildings and their contents, country School Houses and Churches. Those wishing to insure and thereby support a Home Insurance Company have now an opportunity of doing so either by applying to the Head Office, or to any of the local Agents of the Company. Our rates will be found as low as those of any responsibleMutual Insurance Company in Canada. Head Office--The old Registry Office Build- ings Breck Street, Whitby. L: FAIRBANKS, Jr,, Secretary WESTERN ASSURANCE COMP'Y TORONTO, OC. W. 27-1y INCORPORATED 1851. Capital = - $400,000 Presiden HON. JOHN McMURRICH Vice-Pr C. MAGRATH, Esq. Secretar SRNARD HALDAN, Esq. MES PRINGLE, GENERAL AGENT. CHAS. THORN, V.§., VEER of the Veterinary Institute, Chica~ go, 111. Gold Medalist for the best exam- nation on Horse Practice. Author of a First Pig Essay on Shoeing. Graduated Sept. 18, Dr. Thorn begs to announce that he has taken up his residence at Port Perry. and is now pre- pared to treat all cases entrusted to his care in the most skillful and scientific manaer. All or- ders left at the Medical Hall of Messrs. Allison & Pettet, will receive prompt attention: ¥3" The Veterinary Stables may be found on Lilly street, opposite Cossitt's Factory. Port Perry July 27, 1871 -30 HENRY GRIST, PATENT SOLICITOR AND DRAUGHTSMAN, OTTAWA, CANADA, other departients of the Government. Copy- ts and he ration of Trade Marks nid 8 ured. Drawings, Specifi nd TL Documents 1 pare ba: al necessary to secure od its of Invention prepared oa receipt of th Yodel of the vention, y pt of the Wm. Gordon, &e., &e., OR the Townships of Brock, Usbrides, Scott, Thora, Mara, Rama, Mariposa and Eldon. E-iios eing e el to mu my relyupon utmost al lon ng ven are i WM. GORDON, Sunderland P. 0., Brock. Transacts business with the Patent Office and | G Licensed Auctioneer, Valuator, : NOTHING LIKE Leather! HE Subscriber having removed the whole o : his business to His New Premises! Built for the purpose, IN PORT PERRY Now presents to the Public the largest and best stock of Harness, Saddles. WHIPS, TRUNKS, VALISES; And everything in bis line, ever offered to the publicin the North Riding of Ontario. ¥3" He is determined to Sell as Cheap as any other House in the Trade. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED ! Tanking his customers for the liberal support accorded him during the past eighteen years, he will do his utmost to merit a continuance of the e. sam JOHN ROLPH. Port Perry, June 18, 1873. 17 (PORT PERRY LIVERY STABLES, 2 C. M' KENZIE, PROPRIETOR. ------ THE Subscriber having now fully equipped his new and extensive Livery Stables with a complete supply ot superior Horses and Carriages is prepared to furnish first class Livery Rigs ON MODERATE TERMS, C. McKENZIE. Port Perry, Aug. 6, 1873. 34 Lightning CONDUCTORS! HE Subscriber before setting out on his Spring Business tour would embrace the present opportunity of returning his most sin- cere thanks to ns numerous patrons for their liberal patronage during the past three years in which be has carried on the Lightning Rod Business Tle feels much pleasure in stating that of the many hundreds of buildings on which he has put his: Rods there is not one instance in which they have railed to prove perfect protectors (against the dreadful effects of the lizhtning | stroke. While neighboring buidlings have been struck, the property destroyed, and precious | lives sacrificed, the ny which I have rod- ed have been as safe in the thunder storm as in the calm. Let me say however that it is not enough that bui'dings be roded vnless it is don2 on | scientific principles it will rerve no goud purpose. To secure the advantages of these most valuab'e protectors they must be properly pat up, and thie oan only be done by experienced hands. | would now gay 10 the public in general that [ am now prepared to enter vpon another season's tour through this and the neighboring cannlies ; that my business facilities have been largely increased which together with my thorough experience will enable me sull more promptly and efficiently to meet tne orders of all who favor me with their patronage. My motto shall till be good work and the lowes! possible remuneratives prices. All orders punctoa'ly attende | to. W. H. LEATCH, Prince Albert, May let, 1873. CAM FOR LUMBER THE OSHAWA CABINET CO'Y \ TILL PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE IN Cas for the following sizes of LUMBER! Delivered at their yard In Oshawa. [SQUARE EDGE PREFERRED. |] Oak or Asm, 1 in., 13, 2 in., any width, BurrernuT, 1 in., any width, Rock Eum, 1} in., I] in., any width. Common WATER ELM, 1in., any 'width. Baeswoob, 1 in., any width. ." in., 5, 8, 10 or 16 in. wide. " 1% in., 12, 14, 17, 18, 20, or 21 in. wide. Ping, 1in., 1}, 2 in, 12, 14, or 16 feet long MarLg, Bec, and Birch : in., 13 in., 1} in.. 13 in., 1 § in. i iw 3) in. 5in., Plank. 23x23, Square Scantling. W. II. GIBBS. President. Oshawa, Feb. 5 1873. 8 THOS, H. WALSHE. ICENSED Auctioneer for the Town- ships of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in orthOntario; Mariposa, etc., in the Connty of Victoria. Residence--Cannington, Brock. Or- dersleft at this office, or at his residence will be punctually attended to. Debts collectedin Can-. Tato, Auctioneer. JOHN McDONALD, MARBLE DEALER, NEWCASTLE, ONT. ONUME Tomb-Tables, Head-Stones 5 ho reat Yai lets y ai 1 every deseription of arble Wark, s e for ' at short pe, Also Peterhead and Aberdeen ranite. Le : 05 Parties.will find il to their advan- tage to withhold their orders umil called on b . 2 J. o. WILLIAMSON, : Agent. Satisfaction guaranteed, and all work, war- ranted. January 10, 1872. 3.re MONEY (PRIVATE FUNDS,) Toloan on good Farms, at 8 per centinterest LYMAN ENGLISH, 'Bayrister, &6., 'Oshawa | November 21, 1866 > therwise, and prompt remittances | temember-- WALSUE, the North One FUNERAL SERMON UPON THE ~ LATE THOMAS GANTON, "OF REACH; : PREACHED RY THE REV, R, 8. FORNERI, BA. Iv THR CHURCH OF ST. AGNES, GREENBANK, Upon the 9th day of September, 18173. ------ Pass i 12--%"To teach us the number as that we may apply our hearts CHRISTIAN FRiENDs:--My roason for preaching to you a sermon upon this sorrgwful occasion is not simply that I wish to pay due respect to the memory of a man who was most highly esteemed and valued by my- self and by the large circle of his acquaintances and friends, one whose death is the cause of such general and heartfelt sorrow, but rather because the late Thomas Ganton was in the best and highest sense, a good and true min; a man of eminent moral worth, a man whose manner of life and converse among his fellowmen may well, in many respeéts, furnish us who sur- vive with lessons which itwill be very profitable for us to learn and prac- tico, dwelling as we do in the midst of a careless generation; a genera- tion who are, for the most part, less pious, less steadfast in right ways and right principles, less sober- minded, dutiful and benevolent than their fathers have been. y The text I have selected will fur- nish me with a key-note as it were, for the several points of Christiap duty and conduct, which I desire to present for your imitation, illustra. ted and enforced from the lifo of him who now reaps the reward of his well doing in the land of happy souls, where, with all the departed in the true faith of Christ's holy name, he awaits the perfect con- summation of his bliss, at the day of Resurrection, both in body and soul, in the eternal and everlasting glory of Heaven. Before entering upon the main subject of our discourse let us say a few words explanatory of our text and of the Psalm to which it belongs If we look in our Bibles, we find written over this 90th Psalm the fol lowing title: "A prayer of Moses, the man of God." It is the most ancient ard general opinion that this Psalm was composed by Moses, the Jewish Lawgiver, at one of the most sorrowful periods of his life, when after the murmuring of the Israel- ites on the occasion of the report of the spies, God pronounced this terri- ble sentence: " Your earcasses shall fall in this wilderness, and all that were numbered of you according to your whole mnumber.....shall not come into the land concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein," Moses besought God for a revocation of this just judgment which excluded is people from all hope beyond thirty or forty years of life, and condemned them to pass these in a terrible desert, IIe fell upon his face for forty days and forty nights, and besought God to spare the pa- tion, but in vain. He would not hearken unto him: "God is not a man that he should repent." Dismissed, then, turned away from the throne of grace, so to speak, what course did Moses take ?--Does he give up all for lost? No! my friends, although he was unablo by entreaty to change the mind of God, who had said in his wrath that they should not enter into the land of promise, ho implored in their be- half wisdom to make a proper use of the chastisoment. * Thou hast sworn it, O! Almighty God!" Moses seems to say, "and the oath |can never be recalled, thou hast sworn that none of those who came out of Egypt shall enter into that land, the object of all our hopes aud prayers; Thou hast sworn that die we must after having lingered out for forty years, a miserable exist ence in this wilderness, a habitation of wild beasts and fiery serpents. Well, let it be so. It is the Lord, let Him do what seemeth good unto Him. Let us die since it is Thy sovereign will; but at least make us ible of our ; teach us to live as becomes persons who ave to die so soon--L ord, so teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." Such, my Christian friends, is a general idea of the end which our text has-in view, and we see how highly applicable sucha prayer is to the condition of those whose life was now reduced to the shortest standard. Happy were those Is- raelites who by the grace of God to realized the fewness of their days according to the principles of true and heavenly wisdom. But who were the Israelites, but types of us Christians who are alive upon the earth at this day? And what was their journey through the wilderness, but a striking picture of the pilgrimage of Christians through this troubleseme world unto the land of vverlasting rest? "All things happened unto the Israelites" (saith Scripture) for examples, and wero written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world is come." Yea, the very span of forty years allotted to this people are well fitted to show forth to us the measure of tho days of our life which is reduced to a hands breadth. For if we take away from the three scoro ana ten years of a man's life, the period of childhood and early youth, which is passed in preparation for the real duties of life, and remove also the burden- some days of old age, thero remains to man aterm of not more than forty years in which he is strong to labor aud bring forth the fruit of strength. Forty years is the utmost extent of time (even if a man lives out, all his days in health and strength) in which he can do much for God, for his followmen, or for himselt. In view then of this solemn truth concerning the vanity of human ex- istence--we® can casily and quict- ly enumerate all the days of the years of our mortal life, so soon passoth 1t away and we dre gone-- no more appropriate prayer could enter into our month than that which the words of the text furnish. "So - teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." Happy ae thoze Christians who have grace so to live that they may realize the design of this excellent petition ! But now let us look into the text, and ask what more particularly is the meaning of the expression "numbering our days." Its mean- ing is simply as follows--to be so fully sensible of the vanity, the un- certainity, the fewness of the days of our life hero upon earth, that we may spend no portion of the alotted time in idleness or sloth, or waste it in frivolous or unprofitable pursuits ; it is to be so thoroughly. imbued with the value of time that we may strive with heart and soul and mind and strength to fulfil the end for which we were sent into the world, and do all the good we can in our day and generation; it is to be so impressed with the speedy flight of the days of our mortal lifo and the awful account which we must all give of the deeds done in the body, that we* seek not so much to labo# for the meat which perishes as for that which endurcth unto everlast- ihg life,that we order all our conduct with reference to a future life, that, in short,we make it our business dur- ing the few days of our pilgrimage, to "do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God," so that we may, in due time, enter into that rest which remaineth for the toil- worn people of God ; where wisdom shall verily be justified of her child- ren, Such my brethren, is the con- duct of those who learn "So to num- ber their days that they apply their hearts unto wisdom." Let us now proceed to illustrate the several points which we have just montioned, from the life and practice of the excellent servant of God whose departure has furnished us with the occasion of this dis- course. I have said that those who fulfil the design of the text and wisely "number their days," are persons who are. so sensible of the fewness ot man's days that they spend no por- tion in wdleness or sloth, or waste them in frivolous or profitless pur- suits. It might have been supposed that the Bible in ineulcating supreme love to God, on the part of man, and the cultivation of heavenly affec. tions and desires, and proclaiming the vanity of human life and the nearness of eternity and the terrors of the judgment to come, would sanction or at least furnish excuses for indolence and negligence with regard to earthly pursuits and duties ; but, when 'we come to ex- amine the Word of God we find that just the contrary is tho case. Many are the directions which it contains for the faithful and industrious dis charge of all our worldly duties.-- We are not only enjoined to be "not slothful in business," but to do "whatever our hand findeth to do," with "all our might ;" and St Paul's sentence concerning those Thessa- Ionian Christiuns who were busy- Wl that they regulated their conduct bodies, working not at all," was this, that "if any would not work neither should he eat," and he sub- joins the exhortdtion, delivered with authority in the name of the Lord Jesus, that "with quietness they and this has been ding to the work and eat their own bread" |was will of God from the beginning, for "six days" saith He, *shalt thou labor and do all mapner of work." That the late Thomas Ganton ful- filled his duty in the different posi- tions which, by God's providence, he occupied during his life, the testi- mony of all who have known him from his youth up, would, I am sure, unanimously declare, and though no ono should opéirhis lips to bear witness fo this faet, the results and fruits of his labor would speak for themselves. For, like many, perhaps of those whom I am addressing, the deceased made his own start in life. When he left his father's roof to seek his own fortune in the world, he had nothing to rely upon save the bless- ing of God, together with his own honest and courageous heart and willing hands. These, however, were an abundantly sufficient por- tion for one who had learnt to "num- ber his days" and « apply his heart unto wisdom." Whatsoever work his hand found to do, were it ever 50 humble, he applied himself to with steady, patient, faithtul indus- try, so that in a fow years, he had accumulated sufficient means to be- gin farming on his own account.-- When he removed with his then small family to the property upon which he ended his days he was by NO means a poor man--without maney or stock. "Not indeed that the land was at the time we speak of, in an arable condition. It was on the contrary a forest of iroes, as indeed were all the now smiling and fruitful fields in the neighborhood then-- about twenty-five years ago. But the toils}and privations of a bush farm did not daunt him, "What- soever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might" was the inspir- ed motto upon which he acted, so that he in due time subdued the stubborn land and made it produc- tive of the kindly fruits of earth,-- Continuing his patient industry even to the day upon which ho lay down upon the bed of death, he gradually added to his possessions, as well as maintained in comfort, and gener- ously helped along his children, so that he leaves behind him an ample provision for his widow, and por- tions for his numerous family, Now what I wish to call your attention to here is this--that wisely to number our davs is in the first place, so to value time as con- scientiously to improve each moment--each "shining hour"--that this is the will of God concerning your earthly state, that with steadiness, quietness and diligence you do the work of your scveral callings ; that there- by alone can you look for or count on the blessings of the Lord, "In the city and in the field; in the fruit of thy body, the fruit of thy ground, the fruit of thy cattle, and of the flocks of thy sheep ; in thy bas- ket and in thy store; in thy coming in and in thy going out," But in the second place : To " number our days" aright and so fulfil the idea of the text, we must so realize the importance of this short life, and the end for which we have been sent into the world, that we must strive to do all the good we can in our day and generation. "No man liveth to himself," saith the Apostle Paul, and from this un- doubted truth flow all the dutics of benevo- lence which mei owe one another ; to feed the hungry, to supply the necessities of the sick and needy, the widow and orphan with kind and neighborly solicitude, are, I need not tell you, some ot the simple duties which belong to us as members of the hu- man family. All allow them to be duties, although all are not as ready as 'they ought to be to perform them ; and yet these obliga tions are more generally performed than those still higher ones of supporting the work and ministrations of the Church, and the preaching of that blessed Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, which tor eighteen hun- dred years has brought so many blessings to the Christian world and furnished it with such high aims and glorious hopes, Yet how is this great duty neglected or how niggardly performed! Most men forget that it is the Lord who hath given them all things richly to enjoy, and look upon all that they are and all which they have as strictly their own; derived in a great meas- ure from their own 'exertions, and to be used entirely according to their will and pleasure, They forget the Christian view of the sub- ject, which teaches us to regard every advan- tage we may enjoy, or blessing we may possess, as a gift, freely given to us sinners for Christ's sake, given for the whole, or for a part only of this life, given in trust fo us as stewards of God, to be well employed in the interests of religion, or charity, and to he accounted for hereafter, whep Christ shall appear in glory. But he who is no longer benevolence which nature and religion lays upon mankind. He had so learned to "num. trie wisdom, that Lie did not trust in uncer- tain riches, or imagine that a man's life man's life consists in the abundance of things among us did not forget the duties of ber his days" according to the compution of consists in the abpndance of things which | ho possesses, Rather do his actions bear|d8y witness to the conviction of his heart that a whieh be distributes ; in the abundance of hearing, and that expressed go implies that he fulfilled every duty that Tongs to Christian that higher Christian The Church of St. Paul in Uxbridge owed much, 20 years ago, while it was in building, edifice, also, in which we are assembled to perform mournful duties, is much indgbted to his liberality, both for its exection and | for the support of its services. r he lent it his faithfal services as Churchwarden, In a word he was as diligent in fulfilling his duty to his Church as he was in his secular pursuits. He gave liberally, he gave regul- arly, he gave ungrudgingly to it, while even occasional appeals from other bodies were responded to with cheerful alacrity and generosity. And yet he was none the poor er on earth for all that he thus gave, while towards God he was much richer, laying up for himself that treasure in heaven which he will eternally enjoy. Learn this, then, my Ceristian friends, in the 2nd place from the point which we have just been considering, that to :* number your days" according to the meaning of, the text, is to value time chiefly for the opportunity it affords you of doing good and being useful in the world, remembering that your chief care should be about the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Crist, the blessed hopes and promises of which all desire to realize in the world to come--considering it only your reasonable duty to contribute according to youp means, regularly, liberally and. without grudging Yor the support of the ministra~ late excellent friend be your pattern in this respect. Reflect that while he scattered, he yet increased, and that what he sowed in this life he now reaps in the next, and "go and do thou likewise," « Freely ye have received, freely give," But a third thing is implied in the proper enumeration of our days, and that is the fulfilment of another Apnstolic injunction, "to provide things honest in the sight of all men." Although God is so high above all the carth, yet he does npt disdain to make tho smallest concern of men his care, But leta man be ever so hardworking, steady and persevering ; let him be ever so tender- hearted and free in giving, yet heswill find no faver in the sight of the Most High, un- less to his other good qualities He adds this onc also, that he is © true and just in all his dealings." "For what doth the Lord re- quire of thee," saith the prophet, "but to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with | thy God." Yet many men in their haste ta get rich, neglect this great requirement and fall into tricky, dishonest, overreaching practices, not considering the saying of the wise king . "an inheritance may be. gotten together hastily at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed." Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but' righteous ness delivereth from death"--not remem- | bering the proverb continually in the mouths of men that " honesty is the best policy," which is true even of this life, but how much more so when spoken with reference to the life to come, where all lying, and and they who have been guilty of such practices, shall be put to open shame before men and angels and made to suffer the pains of eternal torment. But he whose life we are reviewing, used no base arts to advance his worldly interests. His conscience was never stained with the crime of covetousness or dishonesty or trea-- chery. Whatever possessions he acquired were his bydownright honest laber, and by fair and open dealing. He had a soul above that petty meanness by which men take ad- vantage of and defraud one another, barter their eternal life for a few dollars or a little land. He had "numbered his days" too well to spend any of them in the devices of wickedness. He knew that honesty and in- tegrity were true wisdom and he applied his heart to the performance thereof so that at the close of his career he could standup be- fore the face of all men andjchallenge them in the same words with which Samuel <f old appealed to the children of Israel, and received the same reply to his challedge, + Behold here I am, witness against me be- fore the Lord, whose ox have I taken? or whose land have'{ taken ? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed? or ot whose hand have 1 received any bribe? And they said, 'Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.' Such a man was Thomas Ganton, one wha rightly « numbered his days" in this respect also: by following " the wisdom of the just," follow. declared to have filled up completely the idea of the text, and " so numbered his and institutions of our blessed religion.-- to his liberality and active aid. This Hitle ~ towards the deceased the last' tions of religion. Let the practice of our ° trickery and dishonesty shall be exposed, - whose uprightness it will be our wisdom to But fourthly, and last; v1.8 mancsanotbe ;