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ea and bod hath her representative pleading in me, Alexan* dria, Maida, Salamanca, V'ittoria, Waterloo, and whalerer other place was made famous by the vatour of our soldierft; the Nile, the Baltic, Trafalgar, and whatever other place was made famous by the stout valour of our sailors, have a repre«enlalive pleading in me;— dilldrt^n who are the orphans of rightful war; whose fathers fell, not in oppressing, but in liberating the world; %vho&c fathers were an honour to our armies. Ibe pride of the li^ht^ the phalanx of the buttle. It js goodly to behold their marshal array, each roan clothed in the wild costume of his native moun- tains ; for they were terrible to the eneraiei of their country, but in peace ihcy were gentle and beloved : they are well spoken of in all the workl for tbcir fear of God, and (heir reverence of his holy word. The children for whom 1 plead are ^f a worthy slock ; whose fathers were ever ready to serve our country well; and when they had no iDoro to give they ^rc their precious lives, Icav- iDf; Iheir little one» to our care ; and if ever chil- dren had a claim upon the care of their country, it i& the orphans of the soldier and sailor who have died in their country's cause; who^ir support 1 do Uwrefore commeud uulo you, not only at thti lime, in the collection i^hich we arc about to make. but bj subscription, and in whatever vray seemeth best to everyone. As everyone liath received ibe gjft, even tto let hiiu mini^tter Uie ^me. &4 stewards of the manifold grace of God, who iM the father of the orphan, the husbaud of the wi- dow, and the friend of the friendless in their ha- bitation. But let me remember, before 1 clo»*, that I am the minister of Christ, and not the advocate of any particular society : and that I am surrounded with many mJnislcrs of the everlasting Gospel, who watch over the flock of Christ both young and old, whom 1 do entreat, and those of them specially who arc constituted and cstablUhed ever local boundaries, to watch over tlie souls of the children, aud to be at chargei» that they be in- itnicted as the children of Christ and the heirs of immortal glory. It 1$ a horrid »in that in a land like ours, 50 well furnished with ministers of re- ligion, and men of godliness, any of the jteopte ahould grow up in ignorance uf the legacy be- queathed unto them by Christ Je«us, or of the offices which God requireth at their hand. There* fore* let all ministers of Christ, and especially the mimatcrfi of the Established Churches, whose opportunities arc great