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Charges, pp. 24, 25. In the same impressive language he addresses his clergy in another place—‘My brethren—a pastor who does not pray, who does not love prayer, does not belong to that Church which “prays without ceasing;” he is a dry and barren tree, which cumbers the Lord’s ground; he is the enemy, and not the father of his people; he is a stranger, who has usurped the pastor’s place, and to whom the salvation of the flock is indifferent. Wherefore, my brethren, be faithful to prayer, and your functions will be more useful, your people more holy, your labours will prove much sweeter, and the Church’s evils will diminish.’ Disc. Synod.