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Jiftiu at'seklp Tribaue
Address of Chief Justice Chase al
the Ladies Centenary Meeting Of the N. Il
Church atst Paul's N Y.


the Ladies Centenary Meeting Of the N. Il |
Church stst Psul's N. Y
When the immense thrcng had !
assembled, and the opening ser.
vices were commenced. Bishop
Ames said 1T affords me pleas
ure to introduce TO the audience
the IL N. s. Il. Chase, ChictI
Justice of tho Supreme Court Of
the United States, who will preside
during the meeting this evening
The Chief Justice on rising to
address the audience, wac received
with great enthusiasm, and after
somo Introductory remarks, pro
cceded to say:
The Church whose centennial
year we are celebrating now was
rocked in the storms of the Rcvolu.
ton 1t was itsclfa great asserter
OF human lib,rty. 1t asserted the
right to proclaim the gospel among
men, no matter what ,cclesiastic
ism might stand in the way. Its
fourd,r-.himse fa Jealous adherent
OF the Church Of England-was
led, through the providence OF
God, to assert his independence oi
all earthly domination, and to look
only TO God while he founded a
Church in the New World.
THE RELATION or THE NJ. E. CHURCH
TO THE COUNTRY.
$50, too, our country, loyal t.
ihe core, earnestly desiring to
maintain its allegiance to the Brit
ish crown, was forced to sever the
bonds of that allegiance; and oh !
how unwillingly the patriotic men
Of that age found themselves
obliged TO take their places among
tho nations of the earth ! Contem.
porancously the great Church and
the great nation were founded
(Applause.) And so they have
lived together, the Church multi.
plying her adherents. increasing
everywhere her works, building
her temples in every part Of the
land, and gathering everywhere
the lost and forsaken into the folds
of Christ, seeking to do good in
the spirit of love, until to day she
spreads her borders throughout
the vast extent Of the republic. 1t
is nytural that in such a growth
there should be some divisions,
some alterations, some otlshoots ;
but may we not hope that, as the
causes of division pass one by one
away, at length all the brethren
who have been divided may stand
together in one faith, owning one
Lord, and loving each other with
one heart ? (Renewed applause }
A hundred years ago And now
we are at an end of this hundred
years. The Church which at the
beginning, was rocked by the storms
of the Revolution. The last days
of the century, even moro than
the first days Of the centu.y, hav,
been agitated by sto. ms anc
tempest and in these last bay,
what a mission there has beer
for this American Methodist Epis
, copal Church to perform !
have had, as you know, som'
: part to bare in this trying crici
myself; and how often | hav
thanked God that the Methods
Church throughout all the loya
n land knew ony one sentimoD
|: that of devotion to God
and, under God, to our country
(Applause.) But, my friends, ]
am glad to stand before you to
night and say how we have Leaned
upon you-how wo have leaned
upon your bishop Show we hav,
leaned upon your ministers-hov
we have leaned upon your giea
! people; and we have recognized
among the bravest of the brave thu
. men who have gone from tn,
Church to the battlefield, belicvin,
that If it was their duty to sacrific,
life for God, it was no less theil
duty, if need be, to sacrifice life fol
! their country. (Applause.) AnC
so we have passed through thin
!. storm, and we are emerging from
: it under the guidance of the sam
principle OF love and justice whicl
y was the dew by which the carl
!, Church was nourished.
.. Some think there are grea
: dangers around us. So there are
We exist every moment midst O
great dangers ; but for the super
intending providence of God whicl
I preserves all the elements in thei
. respective functions, We could nc
ex st for a single hour. We ar
always in great danger, bu. we ar
in no greater danger now than W
have been at many times before
aud / feel perfectly contide It that b
who was with us when the wave
ran highest and the winds sweT
most fiersely, when the storm wa
at the very loudest, will direct u
through these waves which sti
n heave their surges upon the shor'
" But they are not the waves Of tn
N tempest; they are the waves of th
a storm. (Cheers.)
"But what is the principl
which led to the foundation of til
Church take it that it was Low
to man and love to God precisel
10 the reverse Of the old pagan prir
D. ciple, which was selfshness All
u hate (; and as that separated pee
pies and nations, so this new prir