ARRIVAL OF THE REV THOMAS BINNEY IN ENGLAD.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 243, 17 February 1860, Page 4

ARRIVAL OF THE REV THOMAS BINNEY IN ENGLAD.

[From the Argus,]'January-l}j~issfr),. . ....,.? Private letters have beeiiredeiy^ii pet, the Salsette, from the Rev. "• Thomas Binbeyi an-. Bouncing his sate arrival m 'Londoni. ;On! Tuesday evening, November %', &-soitee\t6bk place at the London Tavern, to which was attended by nearly I^o6^aaie3-an* gentlemen. Samuel Mx>rley> !>Esq.y presided;* and the platform was: crowded.-witfe minister* and laymen. The chairman Mr* Binney upon his improved heaUJii r ,alsd:t general appearance, having returned in< -fetter jceiidUiDntban he had been for 10. years., .Jn r the course; of a long and animated .speech, in : repjj?r, }/hi.\\ Biuney stated, that if he- had, beea J^v yqiiri^er. man, he should have been induced ,tpl remain, in Australia where there was a great Jvork'to' ba; done, and which any Iman fJmigbt it* ati honor by Providence td be permitted tbdo^ After expressing his thanks for the. address pre^ seuted by the chairman, Mr. BinneyiJresumedhis seat amid loud and-1 general cheering,l hfc' speech having occupiednearly two hours. The cordial and enthusiastic Reeling- maflifpsted1 ,in the restoration to health of I^.B^i^ttipttgbL; his visit to AustraUa.w^'mosf^y^^an^ sincere, and will probab,ly,in|uce otbej sei»jne.nt> and over-tasked pubHc,-.character, toifliait oifr< shores. -•■ *"; v:' Ci >■■*■:;■ ;r /^'•'-'^ On November 15, the Key. Thomas'-Bipney; was invited to a breakfast at th^CongiregfirtiorialiJ Library, Blomfield-streel;, h&vas jnet (by* a large number of ministers: and gentlejnen. in* terested in the operations:; of the iGoloniakMisv sionary Society. The Rev. T.VJames, the ,80* cretary, read an address of'^eJcoin^;to;Mfc:. Binney, who replied, and then gave an |ttccount| of his visic,to Australia. ' The large, was of a private character*;.: In^he.Qysiiing of the same day, the,.GoogregatiODalsßoards of London ministers met to receivean<J weldota^ Mr. Binney, who, in reply, -address^ %heni 'at| length, giving such details oF^is'Jo^jFrieys.m:;' Australia as were-most;likely %^tere^,hi# clerical audience. • ■.;:fr:<>r: -ttc. v';':« &.■>';> '<£> \: The first sermon preached! bysMr.':Binney: after his return wasffounderd r upon; the text; " The general assembly and^hurchof 'the'^rsf' born.'" (Hebrews xii. 23.) "- The felfowing;' k' taken from a report in a London paper ;?r o.?;:-.v( "On the morning ofMßunday.'.Oetpber^lQ,^ Mr. Binney once more presented himself 'to hispeople in the familiar pulpit of Weigh-hbuse;1 Chapel. The appearance of his..orOwdea';co^-: gregation seemed to overcome him.; ''Sejb'roke' the silence of the scene with the ; wordp,::' :i God: bless you all.' He then : read. PsaUn cyii., in which the Psalmist exhorteth the redeemed, inpraising God, to observe-his manifold provi; dence over travellers, over captives;-over sick; mea, over seamen, and in divers;varieties of' life ; and then made a few^remar&s^n'TeqjognK tion of the kind providence of God igvlbnngiDg. him safely home. Mr. Binney stated in.illus-; trating the manner in which God is often ~-\ fiisown interpreter,' even in this life, that after, leaving the colony he passed the "^rreck of the1 Admella, to which a' larganumber^o? i pas'seiigers were clinging for a week, and were^educjd; to 2o before relief came., .fOn that'^-very. daytwelvemonth (said Mr Binney) on ''sW struck, I and Mrs. B. were passengers in ttat very ship.' Then, in passing up. the Reif Sea,1 he saw the reef on whicVthe, ( 3!^ in prosecuting a voyage which; h&,bad^.conimQßV ced in her. ■As we steamed .out-.-Melbourne' harbor,' continued Mr. :- Binney, *we saw^iying 1 there in all her beauty, like: a picture, 'thait; splended vessel, the Roy^l Charter,; ,Su%^a"s her repute as jhe fas^es| jMp.in J% wprja^ithat everybody coming home (for,' parerithetioisedthe speaker, 'they, all call England home> i.even if they were borne in th^'Colony)-endeavored-to come by her; and I myself.;rema|kjedtovrlv should like to do so, jan^^^djhaVe'rdOp©^: if we had not ; prev^qslyjdecided tojo^perV. land. But it^wasi.nW^Jps^?^?^^ll °^' mine that I did and^ >purposjß;*^BS'lvdid 4 | <ftridnow here I am alive, and yonder is tbatgallaiitship clashed to.pieces,^ and:- het^eiglit ofnie|ifly: 500 souls enguifed^ust ,at :(MFe^ t f";^^_ journey, and wi)hmsigli|"^j^e^ The audience was d^eplV-a^ecled ;%i Jgeie i^ ; , marks, which wereoondadedubyia^deTAttt'^' knowledgementiof theKDivine goodneas'jiQ pr-O- i tecting from numberless- MpMtal'&n^i^UW^^1 tely reunitmg'pastbr-aiid^peopler^lJe^e was continued by ihQ''^.'^.Go^^^^. i^^: l\ At the close/ of theLdis<»iKße^ Baid:— ;■ . ']'\::'';i;Vl'' I'^~' !{;~]''?r* i:jJ^^!?1 «'.l.conclude this meditfttion ty «tjing» tbsij

tb.o words were suggested to me by the thought that so many wb,om I have known, privately andpablip^^^Blandandin,thisjcity^ have passed away during my absence. I suppose it is naturaliair men 3my age'not to, look jnucb, but toipot baclc, and around; I got tbi iteJnthly file^fnevs---whica,l always read M^BQoir J- ,?$! -$* '. did, as I ttsuaily dtfV as if b$ j^l"^* .%\ w®nt *° $$ obituary first, to see who of my contera^rarios had fallen. And I fieWf any!nionjin'took ujl the list but I Saw some name or names of men either in the ministry, or in literatute,- or in the world—mostly in the Church—or the names of some of my Bwn -private circle. b Several hare fallen whom I have long known ia the ministry -r-Dri^towell, Robert, Ehilis JDri Henderson, i)r ? .Morisgn, ani^ngell James*; All more or less bad; Jived and labored well, the last the greateßtf'pf all, ta labor, jJeyotion,, and, fajth; \y^feou^griaatgeniu?yand^on^erful originality, for many, jeajs tie was,, the inosi 1 faithful. Angeli Raines was;'the,'.most Mt^, to Ws trust; and to i&egifts Jtfiat' God had; given ]him, of any rnanl (BVer ]|netiir. His consciebtiotisness, his of; responsibility {Si f: tfie gifts en-; trust€id rtd himi his 'Constant life-long ' iim'ustrjr and;devotednessi? bfe simple aim at usefulness^ the edification of the church, ands the conversion of men, were marked and beautiful characteristics of bur friend,. And so Dr. Morison and Dr. Henderson^in their particular spheres of literary or public labor^ were patterns toi their bretherri; and they #ere mien,distinguished also ;for their demotion to Qod^,,the strength:pf jtheir principles : springing ftpm .inward life. .1 ppuld: not but think, .as :I came hijack and touched this my natiyis latid, of how many had fallen. I have not mentioned all. Many others Had. fallen who had worthily occupied positions in the Church of God j many in our own denomination whom we humbly hope and believe—yea, believe with confidence and rejoicing—that they have entered into the communion which is the beginning of the great assembly and churchy of the first-born. And in our own congregation and church, one and another haye1 fallen. I look around, here, there, yonder, and faces are absent. I don't say dead. No; we. hope and believe they are more alive now than ever they were, in, the world of life, where all is life; where eyejy one ia filled full of the life of God —perfect. Let us give thanks jfor the happy dead—the noly dead! •' I beard a voice' from heavep, saying, Write.' 'jLet it stand out to all time as one of the true sayings, of Gdd, ' Write, Blessed; a*e the dead that die In the Lori ; ftrey rest from, their labor* arid enter into \ the joy of the p6tf? , $4y wf be fQllpwers of those who"''^^^©^^^^, and patience are now inheriting |M|roimsesi M .Amen, and. amen!'*