The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-29 00:00:00

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REVEREND AND DEAR SIR,—We, the members of St. John's
congregation, cannot allow the opportunity presented by your
admission to the high and holy order of Priest of the Church of
England, to pass, without testifying in some manner mi. Mal,

and for you as a Minister of Jesus CiiiisCancBl a"
e mysteries of God.
Though your connexion with us, as curate, has been short,
yet it has been long enough to assure us of yaur zeal for 'V
Master's glory, and your fervent desire to wirf

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tn- His
Ivation of all men," through
:—for this, we glorify God on

faith fn His

your behalf

In presenting you with this Communion Service, we humbly
desire you to accept it as a small, but sincere proof of our re-
spect for you personaly, and our gratitude for your unwearied
diligenceand ministerial exertions amongst_ the ilock. during
the past eventful year; and we trust, that the God of all grace
may enable you to abound yet more and more in your work and
labour of love, and cause you to rejoice in the day of Christ,
that you have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

We pray God to enrich you, by His Holy Spirit, with every
good and perfect gift, to grant you unction and utterance, and
holy humility; to guide-you with His counsel, and cause His
light to shine upon your way; that so, in your going in and
out amongst us, you may be blessed in your own soul, and
made a blessing to multitudes of others.
With our warmest wishes for the welfare of your dear Wife
and babe, we beg to subscribe ourselves,
Your grateful and affectionate friends.

MY DEAR FRIENDS,--I hardly needed this additional testi-
monial to convince, me of the affection and regard entertained
for me by the congregation of St. John's; and whilst I feel
myself unworthy of the least of all the many—the very many
kindnesses which from time to time I have received from you,
I do trust that I feel deeply thankful to Almighty God that He
has been pleased in H 4 disposing wisdom to cast my lot
amongst a people so ready to bear with and to overlook my

manyy-faultsi and failings.
The inscription gratifies me much, for it serves to remind
me of that which I desire never to forget—the position which
I have held and which I still hold among you—your curate—
and as such, permit me to appropriate the prayer of Solomon,
"And now, Lord, lam but a little child. I know not how to
go out or come in. And thy servant is in the midst of thy peo-
ple which thou hast chosen. Give therefore thy servant an
understanding heart to discern between Food and bad."
The time at which you have thus manifested your kindness
leads me to reflect upon the year that is past,—the year during
which it has been my privilege to minister " the office of a
deacon in the Church of God,"—and although in the reflection
I see much to humble, yet blessed be God, I have much to en-
courage me, for I have reason to believe that He has been
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pleased to bless my feeble instrumentality, so that "my labour
has not been in vain in the Lord."
Follow up then my dear friends, this your valuable gift by
your still more valuable prayers, that at all times, in all places,
whether visiting the house of sorrow or the house of joy, I may
be enabled to speak faithfully, earnestly. and affectionately as
a messenger of peace from the Lord of Hosts, the mighty God
of Jacob, so that many poor wanderers may be brought home
to Jesus, many weak ones strengthened, many sorrowing ones
comforted,—thus adding glory to our Saviour, lustre to His
diadem, peace to their own souls, and endless bliss throughout
an endless eternity.
business,—and
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saved.
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Ai, W, WOL,SELAY, i