There are times and circumstances in the life of nations, as in the life of individuals, which naturally claim our attention, and demand our serious and solemn consideration. Such a time is the present. God, in His providence, has privileged you and me to witness the bi-centenary of one of the greatest events of modern times - the Revolution of 1688 and if we carefully study the circumstances connected with that' event, we cannot fail to learn some very important lessons, that may in some measure serve to guide us through the storm that seems gathering in the distance, and which threatens the peace, prosperity, and welfare of the mighty empire of which we form an integral part.

Empires rise and fall nations have their periods of growth and decay. Men and monarchs alike perform their parts in this great drama of life, disappear, and are soon forgotten; but he, whose life and times it is my privilege to pourtray this evening, has left behind him the impress of his mighty mind upon the British Constitution, and given to posterity a name that, while Protestantism exists, can never die.

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