The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-26 00:00:00

chief pastors, while we humbly implore
of the Church Universal
arduous duties, and long

to sustainyon in the

discharge of the same.
We beg also to give affectionate expression to our un-
-fled sympathy with•you in the trial of natural feelings
ffections which must attend the departure—perhaps
f•- 11 a 1 1 associate-- ntry and

for ever—from a. .ie loca. __dons of cow.
friends and home. Our hearts desire and prayer for ,
is, that, while forsaking all these for Christ's sake and the
Gospel's, you may find them according to the promise re-
placed tenfold in the associations spiritual and temporal,
to be found in your new sphere of exalted action, and so

we heartily bid you God speed,
The names appended to the address
the Rev. Principal Howson,

having been read by

The LORD Brswor of SYDNEY, in returning thanks for
the honour which he felt had been conferred, said :—The
occasion is doubtless a very uncommon one. That two of
the clergy of this archdeaconry and of this borough, who
were connected by many ties—by affection, by common
interests, and common labours—should have been simul-

taneously called to the office of the episcopate in our
colonies, is an event of very unusual occurrence. I am
aware that much of the interest felt in us at this time
must be attributed to this remarkable coincidence, and
much more to the kindly feeling which has ever charac-
terised the clergy of this town rbut I should be ungrateful
to God and to you, my brethren, if I did not thankfully
acknowledge that I do feel, deeply feel, that a great honor
and a great benefit have been conferred upon us this day.
The esteem of the wise and the good has in every age
been regarded as one of the highest rewards which man
can receive, and fitly so, for the wise do not lightly repose

their confidence, nor do the good commonly misplace their
regard. I do, therefore, feel that to have received an ad-
dress of this kind from a body of men such as the Liver-
pool clergy, is an honour greater than any which it is in
the power of the mere men of this world to bestow. Had
the regard, which is now expressed, been sought by us, it
had not been given. It has been freely tendered, and has
been given, not because we have done more than others,
for we have done less than many, and have not done more
than the youngest curate of your body may.hope to achieve,
but it has been given because we have, to the best of our
ability, endeavoured to do the will of God in seeking the
highest good of our fellow-men. That after a residence of
nearly twenty years amongst you I have been permitted
to receive so unanimous an expression of your good will,
I do regard as a very high honour, and venture to rejoice
that I have lived to attain it. I thank you further, my
brethren, for the benefits you have eonferred upon me, by
strengthening my hands, and by the encouragement I
shall hereafter derive from the proceedings of this day.
The good opinion of my brethren is one of my best cre-
dentials. If I have obtained a good report amongst you,
I may hope to be cordially welcomed by those to whom I
go. If eighty clergymen, of different shades of opinion,
have agreed to this address, some guarantee is afforded to.
my future clergy that I may be received by them with
confidence, as one who will endeavour to behave himself
wisely and kindly in his oversight of the Church of Christ.
This address is, therefore, a boon conferred upon me and
upon them. I, for my part, shall endeavour that what
you have so kindly said of me may continue to be verified,
while they will have learned before my arrival that I have
been regarded by those who knew me best as one in whom
they 'might confide. lam thankful, also, for this address
on still higher grounds. I trust I may look upon it as a
pledge that your interest in myself and my dear brother
will not cease with this occasion, but that we may be long
and frequently remembered by you in your prayers. It
will be an unspeakable comfort and an unfailing source of
strength to-know that our brethren pray for us ; that in
our distant dioceses the word of God may have free course
ataa;aaa as it is an you, and that we, the
ambassadors of Christ, may speak our message of reconci-
liation with fidelity and love. May the prayers you offer
up forus return in a rich blessing to yourown souls. May
the Holy Spirit be abundantly poured out upon all, guiding,
comforting, and establishing all. I thank you; my bre-
thren, also, for the store of pleasant and profitable recol-
lections which you have permitted us to lay up for a future
day. Very precious to me were those tokens of love and
regard which my beloved flock, and my friends, clerical
and lay, poured in upon us when we left the busy life of
Edge-hill for the quiet of a country parish. Scarcely had
they been arranged in our pleasant home, when the call
came by which they were to be removed to a distant and
very different sphere; And now; in the higher and more
responsibleduties'of that sphere, the remembrance of this
day, and of the affection and regard of my brethren the
clergy, will, tbelieve, often animate and encourage me.
How much is there in that list of names to instruct and
aid me in my future labour ! What lessons of sound
judgment, of admirable temper, of true benevolence and
manliness of character,' may I not derive from that vener-
ble name the foremost of that goodly band. In the
popular assembly, in the mixed committee, in the private
consultation, if I am only enabled In follow the course
which that name suggests, I need not fear that I shall be
betrayed into a failure of temper, an indiscreetness of ex-
pression, or an error of judgment. And could I add to
these qualities the qui4 apprehension of whatever is
practicable, the earnest desire to do whatever tends to the
benefit of this great community, and the untiring zeal
with which. that desire is. carried out which marks the
character of the co-rector of this town ; and yet more,
could I venture to hope that I 'might combine with these
that comprehensive knowledge of the Word of God—that
eloquent and powerful application of the divine message,
that fearlessness in the defence of evangelical and pro-
testant truth which distinguishes above all his fellows my
beloved friend, the third upon this roll, I might then hope
that Sydney would possess a bishop and Australia a me-
tropolitan, such as.the present greatness and future desti-
nies of that young world require. But this cannot be.
I can only endeavour to follow in their steps, establish and
support the institutions they have maintained, and
amongst others one such as this within whose walls we
are assembled, so ably and successfully presided over by
its principa.ancl my friend. I may at least endeavour to
practise in another hemisphere the lessons of wisdom,
faithfulness, and zeal which I have had the opportunity
of studying amongst the clergy of this town. May God
give me grace to be faithful to my trust. May the prayers
offered up for us be heard and answered. May you fay
brethren never have cause to be ashamed of the confidence
you have reposed in us. I trust that, as I purpose to sail
from this port, other opportunities may be given to me of
saying farewell to many of my brethren. Yet such cannot
be long afforded us. How many of those dear to me, who
welcomed me on my first coming to this place, have passed
away. From Ever ton, from St. Augustine's, from St.
Bride's, and now from Chester, have those been removed
whose piety and eloquence, whose learning and usefulness
so often encouraged and aided us 'in our endeavours
to do our heavenly Father's will. The memory of them
alone remains a very precious possession, and soon the
time must arrive when we also shall be called away
Dear brethren, when that time comes, may the like faith
and hope and joy fill our hearts which sustained and con=
forted theirs. May we feel that the Saviour who sepa-
rated us from each other for a season, will soon unite us
for ever.

The LORD BreHop of MAURITIUS also returned thanks,
and called attention to the spiritual condition of his
diocese, which for a long time had been very much neg-
lected, and in which even the members of our own church
were destitute of the means of grace: L► one part of it,
for many years, there had been no marriages nor baptisms
performed, except by the captains of ships. There were
no fewer than 60,000 emancipated slaves whom we had
released, indeed, from the galley fetters of slavery, but to
whom we had not imparted the light or the truth of the
Gospel. These unfortunate men and women were willing
to show their gratitude for any eftbrt that might be made
for them, and the priests of the Church of Rome had not
failed to acquire !an influence over them. The exigencies
of labour there since the slaves had been emancipated,
required the introduction of upwards 100,000 immigrants
from India; yet no steps -were taken while these were
being conveyed across the ocean to open their eyes to the
truths of the Gospel; and even those who bad been taught
Christianity in India were allowed to relapse into heathen-
ism, and lately there had been a pagan procession in
the island, which was attended by ten thousand persons,
and at which the most barbarous rites were eel. braced,

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