WESLEYAN CHURCH.

Colonist, Volume XXVI, Issue 3923, 9 July 1883, Page 3

WESLEYAN CHURCH.

;'... : !.; ■ - ■:'; ''■ ' j., £ , . MIMOBIAL SEBVICE FOB TME BEY. THOMAS c v <- <". ,'•*■; „v; .■»•;•■. BTJDDIiE.' •■ ■ :v-*l -1 ' mbfning'theSe was a large con- ; , I gregation at the Wesleyan Church, in>-, Hardy Street; when' the Rev: William; Lee,, conducted;the'ab6ye named serviced "! ;•. , ; , ■ Tlie'rev^ gentleman took for his text the ; wor( J g _£" A. good minister of Jesus Chris),". : (Ist Epistlei"-of■-Timothy r 4th chapter, land part of 6th verse.) Ever since Christ gave his commission to the Apostles the 46rld:had, »never been left witbput.good ministers) Even:. iini th& d&ystbfHne prophets, as in th£case ,'Sf Elistia and Elijah, as one was translated t6* Heaven, another received the inspiration of ;th* departing one's spirit, and assumed;the badge of office. God would doubtless continue • to.give the s w,orld, good jniflisters until!the world was wbnliolr Qnri|t; |jThe lateflhomas 'Ruddle: conUtltwly^fee 1 delsignatediSjn Uhe i language of the text, "i good minijster of, Jesus Christ," In a good minister they should not look for uniformity of eloquence,: thqiight, power, literary attainmentsCneither should they expect a minister to^he ;unaffected by the surroundings of his every jday • life, nor one who could deal with thebeaiuti-*fal~-imagery; "the strong" arguments, jthe •thrfliingmarra|iives, ■■• or the,, impassioned put*btirsls of! kocMerice' which; hel finds in ;the '••Holy "Scriptures witho'ufri Tieing influenced thereby. In a good minister they. ccjuld look | for .deep, personal piety, earnestess, landlysl-ral^hy, Scriptural k„ ow M<»>. j-nA. Upirituai'usefulness. Those who kne*lum best SveWfuUya'ware of the deep personal piety of • the late Mr fuddle, who was a most earnest minister of the Gospel., ;In,fact, Mr Buddie was heter "sVwell pleased or experienced i creator Joy than when he. was pointing sinners »to Jesusv When he (Mr Lee) was; a colleague with Mr Buddie in Canterbury* be saw;much •of-Mr-.Buddle'3 kindly Sympathy; , :? The hotoes „ .of the poor andsaffiieted were never neglected iby hitn\ .<and jnost kindlyi mehtioa of shis i\ rivmpathy-wastinadelby thoseiih ttials and « difficalties, >regaroVtd kribwleflgfcoffieb late a Mr i appearedi ■•? i<to v *)»:a headcssand, -the ordinary ministers around himiLo Jul »L»Ji«olo-

gical^iutof^is^elr^oes yrbie mysfVataable SxS'StttiHisitel^ it sfias iJeeii'said^ c6oldlplace Jesus s more-,clearly before a congregation . thaa ; Mj; Buddie, who; gave, due ; prominence to the doctrines of Christianity, indeed the /great burdeti of'his preaching wag Christ and 16fe*/t6;iiian. {TISe (Mr %cc) ha^, no doubtmany.impressiont hid been:left by Mr,Buddl«'s ; three 'years;service in Nelson. Mr^Buddle's, Bpiritual üßefulqess.-was. great. He gave enlarged and 'broad^ viewg. 0? the Christian life to those around him, and he inspired a higher love for the Divine chatacter ; and the Divine.'arrangements;} A* a:pastor Mr Buddie, s was, eminently useful, 'and ! they could fairly say of him that he was 'f a ( good minister of Jesus Christ* The preadher then gavea'-sketch of Mr-Buddle'slife/froiin which we learned:—, ■■'■••■''-■ ..'■. ■ ;:•..-■, ■: - ■■; i Mr Buddie was born in the city, of Durham in 1812. Hii parents belonged to the Church of England. At the" age of seventeen he attached himielf to the Wesleyan Church, 'and: while in his teens began to labor as a local preacher; At the Conference at : Sheffield, in 1835 .ha offered- himself for t^e .ministry, s was received as , a prbbationer, and as such he labored at Davehtry; Huntingdon, and Peterborough. At the Centenary Conference held in Liverpool in ,1839, Mr Buddle;;Was: ordained as a minister, the ministers who took part in the ordination service being the Keys Tjhepphilus Lessey,; Dr Newton, Df Bunting,' Dr Hannah; and ThoLaai Jackson. Immediately after his ordination Mr- Buddie was. married to tbe esteemed Christian lady, who; had been .his yaluatsle. he[p-meet in ,all| his labors, and who .survives him. In \ that yeor| «1839^ at: was resolved to' reinforce missionaries ■;: in this part' ■>of j the world, and Mr Buddie,, on being asked, agreed to' come to New Zealand as a. missionary. In September, of that year, Mr and; Mrs Buddie sailed from Bristol in the missionary schooner Triton, and having as their fellow passengers the Key J. and 'Mrs Skevington, Eev H. H. and Mrs Turtony. and the Revs Buttle,,Aldred, and Smalea. The Triton was oniy 130 tons, and the royage occupied nearly n|ne months; Mr and Mrs Buddie arriving 'at Hbkianga in May, 1840. |He laboured; with great success among the natives. Afterwards he was removed to Auckland to take charge of a training institution for native teachers, and many pleasing results of his labors in that work remain at the present day. In 1855 he attended,; with the Eev J. WMtely, : the first Australian' Conference held in Sydney, and was then appointed Chairman of the Auckland district. In 1863, Mr Buddie was elected as Presideit of the Australian Conference held at Hobart : Town. After laboring at Onehunga, Marukau, and .Auckland, in I&6G ha was removed to Christchurcb. and was chairman of tbat district, which extended over one hundred mile?* -It was there Mr Lee was a colleague wi* ■•■. Mr Buddie, and says Mr Lee, no inteudent could have been kinder and more considerate towards his colleagues than was Mr Buddie. From Christchufch he; was removed to Wellington in 1870, and 'after wards to Nelson, and while here' he wa3 elected as President of the first New Zealand Conference, which was held at Christchurch in 1874. On leaving Nelson Mr Buddie was appointed Principal and Theological Tutor of the institution at Three Kings for training young men for the ministry, from which position he retired in 1881. In April, 1882, he became a supernumerary,; but still fulfilling his duties as General Secretary to the Home Mission, and continuing, as time and opportunity; afforded, to preach that Gospel which had been his theme .forinearly half a century. Mr Buddie had often desired to.die" in harness,.and his wish was literally gratified. His last sermon was" preached on Sunday, June 17th, in the morning, at Onehunga, his text being the third verse of' the third,chapter, first epistle of John,'» And every ..man that hath this: hope in; him purifieth himself, even as he is pui'e.' Those who heard him state that he was more 'than trdinarily r impressive on tbat ' ocpasion. Owing;tonot getting an omnibus in the afternoon for Auckland he had to cpnie by train, arriving at the Newmarket station at 1 little past six o'clock. Finding he was late1 and being anxibus to punctually meet his engagement to, preach at the Grafton road Chapel, Auckland, at half-past six, lie walked -sharply up Carlton Gore Hill. The exertion proved tod much, and he was seized "on the road with a fainting fit, being found' there by some of the church goers Sitting on the roadside. He was removed to his home; and appeared to recover from the attack, aa on the following Tuesday he was again about, At intervals, however, he complained of pains in tbe chest, but he'appeared to tbink himself that it was merely. the result of indigestion": He was anxious to have preached on Sunday June 24th, ia, Pitt street Church, but, was unable;to do so? Ofl that night he took .a cold sweat with pain in the chest,: but on Monday; gbt ibetter, and -;wenta about the grounds of his house.; Part.-of ,the,diiy Mr' Buddie was epgaged infwriting out the Home^ Missibn'repqi't (which1 is left unfiuished)^ and. in'the evening tbok his tea as usual; being. q;uite: cheerful. * In ; conrerisation; ■ ■ with ,his sons;. Messrs/ Thomas and Charles Buddie,' who .were; ,witH / .him,,.he referred to the BluejEibbon^AriDy', and said ; he watJo halve' given an' address'lo the" womefi''fni the. afternoon had hebeen able to have attended.' Shortly;, after 4jea; about;half past six,'be 1 couplained. that he. felt somewhat similarly attacked""as "oh' ther"previous"iiigH't'. \ The 1 remedies administered seemed to afford relief. About half past nine another seizure 'took? place,.!' Speech soo%faoedjbim; s.all|that he <- wai-'h'eafd'to utte vr as his»B^na were--gathered to his bedside was "My boys." Notwithv standing allthat medical Sfd could iaccomplish i'he',';breatEed^. bis. lasfc,about .one o'clock on Tuesday, morningj June 27th, and thus passed j away" man,"whpse works do follow ■ him.',,'.;!,'.,-■. pV ;i ■;,-.'a>i, .-st. : ■•'■•'■ "**Mr Lbb! exhorted, his.,hearers to fellow in the footsteps'of those the sainted dead ; who have passe 1 away... Appropriate hymns were sung.duringi the service, and a,t .the .close, of; thor''se-rmon .lirs!' Spdoner Very effectively, plaYed itie' "• tead' March in Saul." ' ; ,: