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DIOCESAN CHURCH SOCIETY.

REPORT FOR 1897.

PART II.

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THE PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH IN THE

SEVEN RURAL DEANERIES OF THE

DIOCESE OF FREDERICTON.

15E1NG THE ADDRES.SES DELIVERED AT THE LAST ANNIVERSARY
MEETING OF THE DIOCESAN CHURCH SOCIETY HELD IN
THE CHURCH HALL, IN FREDERICTON, ON THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 7TH, 1 897.

THE DEANERY OF ST. JOHN.

Bv Rev. VV, O. Raymond.

The Deanery of Saint John, properly speaking comprises the
County of Saint John only, but the late Bishop Medley having
allowed the clergymen in charge of Westfield and Petersville to
attend the meetings of this Deanery as more convenient for them
than those of their own Deanery of Kingston, these two parishes
have been commonly regarded as a part of the Deanery of Saint
John.

The statistical returns printed in the last annual report 01
the D. C. S. give, for the Deanery 2,547 communicants, 407 bap-
tisms and 247 confirmed ; the numbers being in each case about
one-third of the totals for the Diocese. The number of clergy-
men resident in the Deanery is also about one-third the entire
number in the Diocese and includes 15 rectors or incumbents, 3
curates, 4 clergymen who have lately retired from the charge of
parishes and 2 engaged in educational work, 25 clergymen in all.
The amount of money raised for various church purposes as
shown by the return just referred to is $42,370, or about one-
half the sum raised by the Diocese as a whole. It will be
seen that the Deanery of Saint John while territorially the small-

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est of the seven, is easily the first as regards church population,
number of resident clergy, number of communicants and Sunday
School children, and in the amount of money raised and expend-
ed for the promotion of church work. Bearing in mind, there-
fore, the important place the Deanery holds in relation to the
Diocese at large and the very many features of interest that clust-
er round the history of the older parishes, the writer of this paper
hopes to be excused if he should be found slightly to exceed the
limits into which the writers of some of the other papers may have
compressed the story of their respective deaneries.

Parish of Saint John. Prior to the landing of the loyal-
ists in 1783 the number of English speaking inhabitants at the
mouth of the Saint John river probably did not exceed one hun-
dred souls.* There was in addition a small garrison at Fort
Frederick, on the Carleton side of the harbour, and during the
American Revolution a larger garrison at Fort Howe, but there
is no record of a clergyman doing duty as chaplain at either post.

The first clergyman of the Church of England to visit Saint
John was the Rev. Thomas Wood, S. P. (J. missionary at Anna-
polis. He arrived at the harbour of Saint John July t, 1769, and
the next day, Sunday, *' performed divine service and preached
there in English in the forenoon and in Indian in the afternoon
to 13 Indian men and women." After service he told them to
sing an anthem, " which they performed very harmoniously." An
Indian girl was then baptized. In the evening many of the
Acadians being present, Mr. Wood held service in French, the
Indians again attending, many of them being more familiar with
this language than with the English. The services of that first
Sunday were unique: nearly 130 years have passed since then
but no clergyman at Saint John has ever again held three services
in three languages on the same day. Mr. Wood baptized four
English children on the occasion of his visit.

Before anything was done to establish a permanent mission,
the outbreak of the American revolution threw everything into
confusion, and nothing further was attempted until the peace of

1783-

In this year some 10,000 Loyalists from the old colonies

arrived at St. John, of whom about one half established themselves

"The first permanent settlement was madr aViout the year 1762 by the bro'hers James
and Richard Sinionds at Portland Point. With them wf re associated in 1764 William
Hazen, James White and others. A flshinir station was established and quite an extensive
trade carried on with the Indians a d white fettlers livinif on the river ard also with the
fjcorrison stationed at Fort Frederick and later at Fort How e. The company also dyked
" the great marsh " and engaged extensively in lime burning.

at the mouth of the river, the remainder ascending the river and
settling at various points as far north as Woodstock.

With these unfortunate exiles, or shortly after, came a number
of the S. P. G. Missionaries who had been forced to abandon
their old parishes in the United States, among them there came
John Beardsley from the banks of the Hudson, John Sayre from
Connecticut, Samuel Cooke from New Jersey, George Bisset from
Rhode Island, and Mather Byles from Boston.

Rev. John Beardsley, who arrived with the 3,000 Loyalists
who landed at St. John on the memorable i8th day of May, was
the first of these to officiate in this Province. To the honor of
the Loyalists, be it said, the first framed house finished at St. John
was a place of worship.*

The Spring after their arrival an attempt was made to build
a church at the south-west corner of what is now the Old Burying
Ground, and here Mr. Beardsley was frequently to be seen with
his coat off and broad-axe in hand, with a party of volunteers,
working away at the frame : but alas, their pious intentions were
doomed to disappointment, for a disastrous fire on the 18th June,
1784, destroyed their timber along with a number of log houses
just completed, and the project was for the time abandoned.

Mr. Beardsley went to Maugerville, and in September, 1785,
Rev. Samuel Cooke succeeded him at St. John.

The little building on Germain street used as a church was
in si/e 36 x 28 feet, and by the addition of galleries it served the
purpose of a church until the erection of Trinity church in 179T,
but Mr. Cooke regarded the usage of this building (in which also
law courts and meetings of the city council were held ) as merely
a temporary arrangement until the people's circumstances should
enable them to build a "proper church," such as should be "a
credit and ornament to the place." Mr. Cooke remained but
nine months at St. John, in which time he bapti/ed 75 persons
and added many to the number of communicants. He was suc-
ceeded by the Rev. George Bisset who endeared himself to his
parishioners, and his death in March, 1788, was greatly deplored.

The corner stone of Trinity was laid by Bishop Charles
Inglis on the 20th August, 1788. The building was opened for
Divine Service on Christmas Day, 1791, and consecrated the next
year. More than three years before its consecration the name of
" Trinity " was applied to the church in an Act of the legislaturet

" It stood on the rut side of Oermain street, between Dake and Queen street*, on lot
No. 121, now owned by Mr. John McMillan.

tAlthough this was primarily a local A'^t, it con< ained a clause incorporatintr the Rector s
Church Wardens and Vestries of the Church of England in the several parishes in the
Province.

passed in 1789 creating the ecclesiastical parish of Saint John,
the limits of which were identical with those of the city.

It is of course impossible in such a paper as this to consider
in detail the history of Trinity Church, and that of the parish of
St. John.*

In the present Trinity Church eight memorial brasses upon
the panels at the west end bear the names of the rectors who
have been in charge of the churcrh during the first century of its
history viz : —

Rev. George Bisset, M. A., 1786-88,

Rev. Mather Byles, D. I)., 1788-1814,

Rev. Robert Willis, 1). I)., 1818-25,

Rev. B. G. Gray, I). I)., 1825-40,

Rev. J. W. 1). Gray, 1). D., 1840-68,

Rev. James J. Hill, M. A., 1868-73,

Rev. F. H. J. Brigstocke, 1). !>., 1873 to date.

It may surprise many persons to learn that down to the year
1847 the rector of Trinity Church was paid in part by the S. P. G.

The Church Society of the Archdeaconry of New Brunswick
was organized in 1836-7 but at that time neither the rector of
Trinity Church (the elder Dr. Gray) nor his parishoners looked
with favor upon the movement. It was not until the year after
Bishop Medley's arrival that the parish entered cordially into the
working of the Society, sent delegates to its meetings, and gave
as its first contribution the sum of over $1400.

Much might be said did time permit regarding the alterations
and improvements made in old Trinity Church under its several
rectors, the interest that was displayed in the introduction of the
Madras system of education, the establishment of Sunday Schools,
the improvement in church music, etc.. until there occurred
the calamitous destruction of church and school house in the
disastrous conflagration of 1877, only to rise from its ashes under
the vigorous leadership of its present Rector stronger and more
beautiful than ever.

In the new Trinity Church a handsome memorial brass tab-
let bears this inscription :-—

" The first Church erected on this site was built by the Lo) alisls. The
corner stone was laid on August 10, 1788, by the Right Reverend Charles
Inglis, D. D., Bishop of Nova Scotia, and was opened for divine worship
Christinas day, 1791, Rev. Mather Byles, D. D., Rector.

*TboM who derire toll infortnfttion will find it in the "Histoiy of Trinitr Oharch»
1791-1801," compiled and edited by the Yen. Arohdracon Brigitooke, D. D., published by
J. k A. McMillan. St John. N. B.

The site consists of two tuts on (lermain Street, one of which was given
by General Coffin and one byjahn Cochran, Esq., and two lots on Charloue
Street, which were given by Thomas Whitlock, Ksq, It was destroyed by fire
June 20, 1877.

The present Church was begun in 1879 when its corner stone was laid by
the Most Reverend John Medley, D. U., Lord Kishop of Kredericton and
Metropolitan of Canada, on Monday, May 19, 1879. It was consecrated
December 9, 1880, Rev. Canon Brigstocke, M. A., Rector.

The territory included in the original parish of Saint John in
the course of time has been subdivided into six parishes and a
few words will be said of each in its turn.

Trinity Church has now about 400 communicants, a large
and well organized Sunday School, and in many ways exercises a
powerful influence upon the church life of the city and of the
I )tocese at large.

Parish of Carleton. That part of the original parish of
Saint John to the west of the harbor was incorporated as a separ-
ate parish in the year 1825, with Rev. Frederick Coster as its
first Rector.

Services at Carleton were at first held in private houses, and
two houses are still standing in which Rev. Cieorge Bisset, Rev.
Mather Hyles, Rev. Richard Clarke (of ( lagetown ), and various
lay readers held services, or taught and catechised the children
A building on King street was fitted up as a place of worship
about 1798, and called St. John's Chapel. Rev. Dr. Willis held
regular services hereon Sunday afternoons until 181 9, when his
assistant. Rev. Abraham Wood, took up '; i^ residence in Carleton.
By his efforts a church was begun the ne^t year on a site granted
by the Mayor and Corporation of St. John; this church, the pres-
ent St. (Jeorge's ("hurch, was first used for service in September,
1821, but was not consecrated till July 23, 1826.

In 1823 Rev. Mr. Wood exchanged with the Rev. F. Coster
and went to (Irand Lake. Mr. Coster remained in charge of the
parish until his death in 1866, a long rectorate of 43 years. His
widow is still living. Mr. Coster established the Madras School
in Carleton about the time of his arrival : it is still in existence
and doing good work. At the time of the formation of the
Church Society in 1836 37, Rev. Mr. Coster was elected secre-
tary, a position he held for twelve years. The parish of Carleton
sent in 1837 as its lay delegates, George F. S. Berton and George
D. Robinson, but they were the only delegates from the Deanery,
nor did Carleton, or any other parish in the D«^anery, again send
delegates until Bishop Medley succeeded in 1845 *" removing
some of the prejudices that prevailed, and thenceforth all the
parishes, with more or less heartiness, supported the Society.

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Among the earlier grants of the Society was one of ^25 in
aid of the addition of galleries to St. George's Church.

Mr. Coster was succeeded by the Rev. William Walker, who
resigned in 1871 and was succeeded by the Rev. T. E. Dowling.
The latter was 13 years in charge, during which period he accom-
plished much valuable work, not only in Carleton, but at Fairville
in the adjoining parish of Lancaster. Mr. Dowling served on
leading committees of the I). C. S. and Synod, but he will be best
remembered for his untiring devotion to the interests of the S. I*.
C. K. Book Depository.

Rev. LeB. VV^ Fowler came in 1884, and during his two years'
sojourn St. George's rectory was built and Fairville became an in-
dependent Mission.

Rev. O. G. Dobbs was chosen Rector in 1887, and remained
about three years in charge. He was succeeded on June 25, 1890,
by the present incumbent, the Rev. W. H. Sampson.

St. George's Church has now 220 communicants, a Sunday
School numbering 200 scholars, a good choir and pipe organ (the
latter the only one in Carleton ' ; the services are well attended and
the congregation devout, earnest and reverent. ,

Parish of Saint James. — Shortly after the arrival of
Bishop Medley in 1845, a memorial was presented to hmi by a
number of prominent and influential churchmen stating that since
the erection of St. John's Chapel on Carleton Street in 1824, the
population of the parish had more than doubled and that ad-
ditional accommodation, especially for the poor, was imperatively
required. In the opinion of the memorialists the best practical
remedy was the division of the parish of Saint John into three or
more parishes each under a rector of its own. The Bishop in his
reply said ** I do not know that I ever saw a memorial with the
manner or matter of which I more heartily agreed than that which
you have been pleased to send me. It is founded, as I conceive,
on the true principle of church extension — in fact on the self
same principle which has given a Bishop to New Brunswick,
Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. I think, however, that it is only
due to the rector of the parish that he should be apprized of yonr
memorial to me, and invited to co-operate in the work of church
extension."

This was the beginning of a movement which a few years
later resulted in the formation of the parishes of Saint James and
Saint Mark.

Rev. Dr. Gray was quite conscious that for some years
Trinity Church had failed to supply all the accommodation re-

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quired by the church people, particularly those living in the
southern part of the city ; accordingly, on the 1 5th May, 1 848, a
committee was appointed with his ai)proval to chpose a site for a
new church in *' Lower Cove." The site selected was on Main
Street (now Broad Street). It cost ;^4oo and upon it the first
St. James church was built and consecrated by Bishop Medley,
October 22, 185 1. At the next session of the legislature an act
was passed by which all that part of Saint John south of Queen
street was made a new parish.

The Rev. John Armstrong was the first clergyman in charge
of St. James church, but shortly after the formation of the parish
he retired in favor of his son the Rev. William Armstrong. The
latter was rector for nearly 30 years. He was always a warm
friend of the Diocesan Church Society. A local committee was
formed in the parish in 1852 with the late Henry W. Frith as
secretary, and during Mr. Armstrong's rectorate the contributions
averaged nearly $200 per annum. It was mainly through his
efforts that the first St. James church, after its destruction in the
great fire of 1877, was replaced by the present handsome stone
edifice, and thus was one of the first of the many places of worship
destroyed rebuilt.

Rev. G. O. Troop succeeded Mr. Armstrong in 1882 and
under his ministry the church grew in influence and power, Mr.
Troop was succeeded in 1887 by the Rev. C. J. James and he in
1894 by the Rev. A. D. Dewdney.

St. James has now 250 communicants, a Sunday School with
26 teachers and 230 scholars, hearty services and large congre-
gations.

Parish of Saint Mark. — The city of Saint John began
to grow rapidly about the year 1817, and Trinity Church soon
proved insufficient to accommodate all who desired to attend. Sun-
day evening services were held by the Rector of Trinity in the
Madras School Room on the north side of King Square, but
these additional services proved inadequate to meet the wants of
the community, and as a consequence it was decidtd in 1822 to
build another church. A committee was appointed to look out a
site. The City Council offered to grant one at the corner of the
Old Burying Ground, opposite the Court House, and this was at
first accepted, but not being generally approved by those interested
it was afterwards decided to accept the offer of the late Chief Jus-
tice Chipman of the site at the head of Wellington Row, where
St. John's Church and school house now stand. The property was
conveyed to the Corporation of Trinity Church in due form by
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church was built the next year, antl being the first place of worship
built of stone, it has ever since been popularly known as *' the
Stone Church."

The original contract price was ^3,900, and on completion
the pews of the church were sold for ^^3,271. The church was
opened for divine service September 1 1, 1825, by the Rev. (leorge
Best, Archdeacon of New Brunswick, who preached a sermon from
the words " Peace be within thy walls."

St. John's Church remained in charge of the Rector of Trin-
ity until the arrival of the Rev. (leorge M. Armstrong in Decem-
ber, 1852, when steps were taken for the formation of a new parish.
Accordingly, by an Act of the Legislature passed in 1853, that
part of the parish of Saint John north of Union street was con-
stituted the ecclesiastical parish of Saint Mark. Messrs. L. H.
DeVeber and Charles Ward were the first church wardens, and
among the vestrymen were J. R. Ruel, T. VV. Daniel, VV. H.
Adams, John McAvity and J. W. Liwrence.

It is needless to speak in detail of the devoted labors of the
first rector, the Rev. G. M. Armstrong, during the 35 years of his
rectorate. By his efforts the chapel of St. Mary's on Waterloo
Street and the first school houses of St. John's and St. Mary's
were built. He was also largely instrumental in founding the
Protestant Orphanage, the Old ladies' Home and other benevol-
ent institutions. Throughout his ministry Mr. Armstrong clung
most conscientiously and tenaciously to "evangelical principles."
But it is worthy of note that at the time an attempt was made to
establish a " Reformed Episcopal Church " in St. John, and to
cause a stampede of the " Low Church Party " in that direction,
Mr. Armstrong opposed the movement very strongly and his in-
fluence undoubtedly did very much to prevent its assuming large
proportions in the community.

During the long period of his ministry Mr. Armstrong had
as curates or assistants the Reverends M. Swabey, C. R. Matthew,
S. B. Kellogg, J. Frederic Carr, Joseph Smith, Henry Overy, J.
Williams, F. H. Almon, R. J. Uniacke, O. S. Newnham, W. O.
Raymond, O. G. Dobbs, and W. H. Sampson.

The present rector of the parish, the Rev. J. de Soy res, M. A.,
began his work on Easter Day, 1888. Among the features that
have marked his vigorous rectorate are the incorporation of the
Parish of St. Mary in 1889, the erection in 1892 of a new and
beautiful stone school house, and the " Mission " held by the
Rev. W. Hay Aitken in 1895.

The parish has a communicant roll of 350, a large Sunday
School, andfan efficient parochial organization : from time to time
it makes generous contributions to extra-parochial objects.

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Parlsh of Victoria. This parish was tormed by the div-
ision of the old parish of C'arleton in the year 1857. The
Rev. John Armstrong, father of the late Rev. (leorge Armstrong,
was the first clergyman in charge.

The parish church of St. judc was ertcted soon after the in-
corporation of the parish, but was not con.secrated until May 8,
1861.

In thf year 1858 the parish made a contribution of $21 to
the I). (". .S., and th«' church wartlens, Messrs. Joseph Whipple
and James .Stackhousc, reported that the parishioners being "deep-
ly sensible of the great benefit which our beloved ( urch has
derived from the exertions of the D. ('. S., and anxious to advance
tlie designs of the Society, have formed a local comn)ittee." Owing
however to the | arish being aided by a grant from the Colonial
and Continental Church Society, the connection with the D. C. S.
was discontinued soon after, but was revived umL r .Mr, I'arnther
in 1878.

Rev. M. Swabey succeeded Rev. John Armstrong as Rectof
in i866, and remained in charge imtil 1873,* when Rev. I). B.
Parnther came. There were at this time 40 communicants in the
parish, and 120 children in the Sunday School.

In 1886 Rev. J. (). Crisp came as <urate, and succeeded Mr.
l^irnther as rector next year. Largely through his efforts and per-
sonal generosity St, Jude's church was greatlv improved and made
one of the most beautiful wooden churches in the Diocese, Mr.
Crisp was a very generous supporter of the I>. C. S. He was suc-
ceeded in 1891 by the Rev. R, \V. Hudgell, Sunday morning,
February 5, 1893, the beautiful little St. Jude's church was com-
pletely destroyed by fire, and shortly after .Mr, Hudgell removed
to Fairville. Altera vacancy of 15 months, during which services
were held in the school house by some of the St, John clergy,
Rev, W. H, Barnes was appointed Rector, and under his energetic
leadership a new church was erected, and completed in 1896 by
the present Rector, Rev. J, M, Withycombe,

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Parish of Saint Mary. Church work in the district
which now forms the Parish of Saint Mary was begun by the
Rev. Geo, Armstrong shortly after his arrival at St. John in 1852.
Starting with a Sunday School established in the old Orange Hall
on Brussels Street by Mr, Armstrong and his co-workers Messrs,
T. W. Daniel and S, D, Berton, the nucleus of a large congre-

* Rev, Maurice Swabey ie now the incanibent of St, ThomaB, Eieter, the church of
which Bishop Medley wm the Rector at the time o( his appointment m Bishop ol Freder-
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gation was got together and for their accommodation St. Mary's
Church was built in i860, additions to which were made in 1877.
A large school house was also built in 1866, which was burned Nov.
28, 1881, but has since been replaced by a more substantial and
conunodious building erected at a cost of over $4,000.

The parish of Saint Mary, comprising parts of the adjoining
parishes of Saint Mark and Saint Paul, was constituted, under the
provisions of the church act, in 1889, and the Rev. W. O. Ray-
mond, who had been already for five years curate in charge, was
chosen as rector. Since the formation of the new parish the
church, which was much out of repair, has been restored and im-
proved both internally and externally at a cost of more than
$3,000. During the period, now nearly 14 years, in which the
present rector has been in charge of St. Mary's, the baptisms have
averaged annually 52, the burials 43, the number confirmed 16,
the marriages 17. There are now 200 communicants in the
parish, and in the Sunday School 30 teachers and 300 scholars.

Parish of Portland — In 1825 this parish (then including
Simonds) with a total population of more than 3000 souls, was
without a single place of worship of any description. What was
afterwards known as the Town of Portland was then but a rising
village. Services were held in the year 1827 by Dr. Benjamin
Gray and his son Rev. J. W. D. Gray, in private houses, but the
next year a movement was set on foot by the Hon. Charles
Simonds and others for the erection of a church near Fort Howe.
This church was built at the corner of Simonds and High Streets
and was called Grace Church. The following notice fixes the
date of its opening : —

NOTICE.

"The Sunday evening services hitherto held at Mr. Waterbury'is, Paradise
Row, and Mrs. Merritt's, Indiantown, are to l)e transferred to the new church
which will be opened Sunday August 16, 1829, at six o'clock in the evening."

A Sunday School organized in 1 833 with 3 teachers and six
scholars rapidly increased, and at the expiration of 12 months
there were 14 teachers and 211 scholars. Grace Church was
consecrated by Bishop John Inglis, September 15, 1835: the
seats were all free.

Rev. Gilbert L. Wiggins in 1833 was appointed rector of
Portland. He was ordained at Quebec in 1819 and has the dis-
tinction of being the first native-born clergyman of the Church of
England in New Brunswick. Greatly to the regret of his parish-
ioners he was compelled on account of ill health to retire at the

close of the year 1836. Rev. William Harrison, who succeeded
to the rectorate, was also a native of the province. He was ad-
mitted to the Diaconate by the Bishop of Barbadoes and ordained
priest by the Right Rev. John Inglis. On his arrival Mr. Harri-
son found Grace Church quite too small for its growing congre-
gation and it was decided to build a larger church as speedily as
possible. The new church (old St. Luke's) was opened by Arch-
deacon Coster Dec. 23, 1838. He thus describes it in his report
to the S. P. G.—

" The new church, though erected wholly by voluntary con-
tributions, is a spacious building 75 x 50 feet and cost more
than ;^2ooo. It owes its existence mainly to the zeal and
exertions of Hon. Charles Simonds, a resident in the parish and
a bountiful contributor to the work. Chief Justice Chipman and
other churchmen in the City of St. John gave it very liberal
assistance."

The church was consecrated November i, 1840, and on the
evening of the same day the Bishop confirmed 44 candidates,
among them the late Hon. Sir Leonard Tilley.

When the Church Society was formed Hon. Charles Simonds
became one of its first " life members," and soon after a vice-pres-
ident. Portland received grants of books from the Socieiy, but
it was not until 1846 that the Parish came heartily to the support
of the Society with a contribution of about $426.00. It can
scarcely be said that this Parish has of late given a very enthus-
iastic support to the missionary work of the diocese, but it is hoped
that so large and important a parish will not long be behind the
others. After Grace Church was taken down in 1841, St. Luke's
Sunday School met for 13 years in the Madras school house on
the Black Spring Road.

In 1854, in order to provide additional accommodation for
the growing congregation, the church was enlarged and a base-
ment finished for the use of the Sunday School. This year was
a very sad one for both Portland and St. John : no less than 1 500
people died in a few weeks of Asiatic cholera. The epidemic was
especially fatal at Indiantown, v>here at one time there were not
more than a dozen persons in residence out of a population of
300, in consequence of deaths and desertions. Mr. Harrison's
conduct at this time was admirable. Entirely forgetful of self, he
stood bravely at the post of duty, calmly ministering to the sick
and dying, and burying the dead.*

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*The conduct of Revs. O. M. Armstrong, William Aimttrong, Canon Fccvil, and others
of the St. John clergy, at this rad time, nab equally feaiUw and devoted.

A full account of the history of St. Luke's church, under
Mr. Harrison and his successors, is contained in the Rev. L. (i.
Stevens' " Review of the first half-century's history of St. Luke's
church," published by J. & A. McMillan in 1889.

Rev. William Harrison retired in 1875, having been nearly
forty years Rector. In the course of this period he had as curates
Rev. VV. Harrison Tilley, 1867-71, and Rev. W. B. Armstrong,
1871-75.

Rev. F. H. Almon was elected to succeed Mr. Harrison, May
27* 1875, and the very next day there occurred the destructive
" Portland fire " in which St. Luke's (.hurch and 80 dwelling
houses and shops were burned and 163 families turned out of
doors.

The basement only of the present St. Luke's had been com-
pleted when in 1878 Mr. Almon resigned, mainly on account of
the opposition to his proposal that all seats in the new church
should be free. He was succeeded by the Rev. L. G. Stevens
under whom the church was completed and opened for services
August 29, 1880. Later an excellent pipe organ and handsome
stained glass windows were provided. In 1893 Mr. Stevens was
succeeded by Rev. E. W. Sibbald. The present Rector, Rev. R.
P. McKim took charge in 1895.

The Sunday School of St. Luke's with its 35 teachers and
400 scholars is the largest in the Diocese. The parish has now
a great variety of organizations for church work and the rector is
ably assisted in his arduous labors by the Rev. F. W. Bacon.

Parish of Saint Paul. This parish until the year 1856
formed pait of Portland, although "St. Paul's district," so called
had a church of its own as early as 1842, which came to pass in
this way.

After the erection of St. Luke's Church the parish corpor
ation presented a |)etition to the Bishop of Nova* Scotia for per
mission to remove Grace Church. This being granted "little
Grace Church," as it was called, was taken down, removed to
Wall Street and re-erected almost solely at the expense of Chief
Justice Chipman. It was named St. Paul's Chapel, but was com-
monly termed "the Valley Church." It was opened for Sunday
afternoon services July 24, 1842, on which occasion evening
prayer was read by the Rev. Canon Harrison and an impressive
sermon preached by Rev. Dr. Gray from Psalm xxvii, 4, 5.
Afternoon services continued to be held by Canon Harrison until
the year 1850 when the Rev. W. H. Shore, a native of Frederic-
ton, took charge. The Valley Church in this year connected it-

self with the Diocesan Church Society by organizing a local com-
mittee and sending a contribution of $46, the first of a series of
annual contributions by which this church has since then added
upwards of $22,000 to the funds of the D. C S., a noble record
indeed 1 Important changes were made in St. Paul's ('hurch
upon Mr. Shore's arrival. A chancel was added, the basement
finished and an organ provided. The greater part of the expense
was again borne by Chief Justice Chipman. This good friend of the
Church had previously given the site of the church with several lots
adjoining, the whole estimated to he worth ;^20oo, on condition
that all the sittings in the gallery should be free and the other
pews not sold but leased. St. Paul's Sunday School was begun
by Mr. Shore. In 1852 the Rev. Charles Lee, another native of
Fredericton, succeeded Mr. Shore who retired on account of fail-
ing health. Four years later that part of Portland east of Mill
.Street and a line drawn north therefrom was incorporated as the
Parish of Saint Paul.

In the year 1859 Canon Lee was appointed Rector of Fred-
ericton, and was succeeded at St. Paul's by the Rev. W. H. De
Veber. The parish in the year 1865 relinquished the grant made
by the S. P. (i. towards the Rector's stipend.

The present St. Paul's school house was begun in 1866, and
completed in 1868, at a cost of over $3,000. From December,
1868, wht3n the old Valley Church was taken down, until August
16, 1 87 1, when the new church was consecrated, services were
held in the school iiouse. Up to the May 6th, 1869, no sub-
scriptions had been solicited towards the new church, and it was
decided at a parish meeting on this date that there should be an
offertory on the first Sunday in June as the first contribution for
the building fund. In response to the Rector's appeal, a sum
amounting to about $5,000 was received. A large number of the
clergy of the Diocese were present at the consecration of the
new church. About the year 1871 the Rector of St. Paul's, at the
suggestion of his vestry, discarded the black gown, and this was
regarded in Saint John at that time as quite a serious inno-
vation. St. Paul's Church, however, was very conservative as re-
gards the introduction of Sunday evening services, which were not
the rule there until a few years ago. In recent years Canon De
Veber had as his curates at St. Paul's Revs. F. S. Sill, C. B. Ken-
rick, A. J. Reid, C. S. G. Lutz and B. F. Cooley. Of these Mr.
Sill proved a particularly valuable worker in the parish and dean-
ery ; and Mr. Reid left his memorial in the little Mission Chapql
of St. Barnabas at Sand Point, erected largely through his efforts.

In the year 1894 Canon DeVeber retired from the rectorate,
and the Rev. A. G. Hamilton Dicker was elected his successor.

St. Paul's Church has nearly 300 communicants, a large Sun-
day School with morning and afternoon sessions, and a variety of
parochial organizations, all doing good work.

Mission Church of Saint John the Baptist. This
church was built in 1891 mainly by the liberality of Miss Hazen
who gave $10,000 for the purpose. It was opened the next year
with the Rev. J. M. Davenport, M. A., Priest in charge, and he has
retained the position down to the present time with the exception
of an interval in 1892-93 when the Rev. Pelham Williams, D. D.,
was in charge. The congregation of the Mission Chapel and the
priest in charge have from the first given a very generous support
to the D. C. S., and the work of a leading member of the congre-
gation as secretary of the Board of Home Missions for the past
25 years is too. well known and too highly valued to require
special mention.

Through the efforts and largely through the liberality of the
Rev. J. M. Davenport there was recently established the Daven-
port School for bo)s, of which the Rev. P. Owen Jones is head
master.

St. John Baptist Church has about 250 communicants, a
Sunday School and a variety of church organizations.

Parish of Simonds. This parfsh like other rural parts of
the Deanery was at first dependent upon the St. John clergy for
occasional services. It was visited from time to time by Rev.
Dr. Willis, Rev. B. G. Gray, Rev. J. W. D. Gray and Rev. F.
Coster. A school conducted by a school master paid by the S.
P. G. was established near Black River in 1825 and about the
same time some attention was paid to the coloured people at
Willow Grove.

A church was begun at Loch Lomond but at the time of
Bishop Inglis' visit in 1836 was not sufficiently finished to be
consecrated. The Bisliop at that time confirmed 41 candidates.
He was much touched by the appeal made to him by the settlers
to have some provision made for their spiritual needs. *' The
poor people," he says, "gathered round me, entreating and im-
ploring me to make some provision for their spiritual instruction
in accordance with the faith of their fathers. They are numerous,
but scattered over a wide space and with little means of inter-
course as their roads are scarcely passable. This evil however
dimishes every year as something is yearly done for the improve-

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ment of the roads." I encouraged them to steadfastness in their
faith and promised to do all that was in my power for them."
The Bishop commended their situation to the kindly interest of
Rev. Canon Harrison, who seems to have proposed to his vestry
the omission of a Sunday morning service each month at the
parish church in order to visit Loch Lomond. In response the
vestry passed the following resolution : —

'• Reso'vef, That as «he District of Loch Lomond stsll forms part of the
Parish of Portland, the Wardens and Veslry offer no objection to the Rev.
Mr. Harrison performing Divine !*ervice there on one Sabbath morning in
each month."

Bishop Inglis on the occasion of his next visit in 1840, con-
secrated All Saints Church at Loch Lomond and also St. John's
Chapel on the road to St. Martins. The I). C. S. made a grant
of ;^24/io/o in aid of the Loch Lomond Church.

The civil parish of Simonds was established by act of the
legislature in 1839.

Soon after Bishop Medley's arrival in the Diocese he visited
"the churches of Upper and Lower Loch Lomond" in company
with Dr. Gray, in order to arrange for the sending to them a resi-
dent missionary. The next year, 1846, the Rev. J. W. Disbrow
took charge of the parish where he remained until 1858. The
parish local committee reported to the D. C. S. their great satis-
faction that, aided by the bounty of the society, they were now able
to enjoy frequent services on the Lord's Day and to have a resi-
dent clergyman among them.

In 1 85 1 and the two years following the D. C. S. made
grants amounting to $200 towards the completion of St. Thomas
Church at Black River, which church was consecrated January
25, 1854. At this time the ordinary congregations were 80 to
100 at l^lack River, 40 at Loch Lomond and 20 at Quaco Road :
Communicants in all 36. Bishop Medley in 1857 confirmed at
Black River 3 young women and 10 young men which he terms
"a very unusual proportion."

Rev. GeorgeiSchofield succeeded Mr. Disbrow in i860 and
continued in charge of the parish 32 years during which time he
officiated at 1055 baptisms, 265 marriages, and 345 burials. He
ministered to the churches at Loch Lomond and Black River,
and to the congregations at Coldbrook, Garnetts, Upper and
Lower Golden Grove, besides occasional services at Willow
Grove, Drury's Cove and Mispec. He was also for fifteen years
chaplain at the penitentiary and the Alms House.

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A Sunday School was established by Mr. Schofield at Black
River in i860. In 1867 services were begun at Clolden Grove.
In 1&70 Sunday afternoon services were held with Canon
DeVeber's assistance at Drury's Cove where a Sunday School was
opened by Mr. H. W. Frith.

In 1873 ^ station was established at Moosepath 'now Cold-
brook) and here Mr. G. Herbert Lee acted as Lay Reader for
more than 12 years. A Sunday School was also begun and pre-
parations made as early as 1873 for the erection of a church.
The project was however delayed by a variety of circumstances
for several years, and finally the St. John fire brought everything
to a stand.

In 1887 a Sunday School was begun at Golden (irove by
Mr. Churchill. During the period of Rev. Mr. Schofield's rec-
torate the contributions of the parish to the I). C. S. increased
from $55 to $310 per annum.

Rev. L. A. Hoyt took charge of the parish in July, 1893.
Among the new features of the work under his control may be
mentioned the establishment of a station at Red Head where a
church is now building.

Although an old established mission few are more laborious
than the parish of Simonds.

Parish of Saint Martins. Down to the time of Bishop
Medley's arrival, the parish had only an occasional visit from
some of the clergy of the neighboring parishes, although as early
as 1825 a leading resident of St. Martins had offered to build a
church if they were provided with a resident clergyman.

Bishop Medley, accompanied by Rev. Dr. Gray, visited
" the village of Quaco " in 1 845 with the design of establishing a
new mission. He preached there- on the occasion and baptized
5 children. Shortly after the Rev. Thomas McGliee* took
charge of St. Martins in conjunction with the parishes of Upham
and Hammond. Two years later he removed to Sussex and was
succeeded by Rev. W. H. DeVeber. The church at St. Martins
received two grants from the D. C. S. towards its completion, but
it progressed slowly, and at the expiration of ten years Bishop
Medley wrote of it in the following terms : '* The mission of
Quaco for a long time was in a very doubtful state and the people
were very apathetic. By perseverance, however, progress has
been made ; the building purchased from the Methodists has
been gradually converted into something like a church ; it is

* Rev. Thomas MoGhee was ordained priest by Bishop Medley at his first ordination
service held in St. Paul's Church, Grand Manan, August 10, 1845.

floored, ceiled, and has rough benches, and I hope by my next
visit to be called on to consecrate it. The congregation is very
steady and though the day was unfavorable more than loo
assembled. I confirmed 8. When 1 visited the place 12 years
ago (1845) in company with Rev. Dr. Gray I was compelled to
hold service in a Baptist Meeting-house which they kindly offered
for the purpose."

When the Rev. W. H. DeVeber was elected Rector of St.
Paul's in i860 he was succeeded by Rev. S. J. Hanford, who for
15 years kept the church alive there in spite of many discourage-
ments. In his report to the D. C. S. in 1875 xMr. Hanford
dwelt on the growing importance of St. Martins and urged the
appointment of a resident clergyman. The Board of Home
Missions considered the project favorably and in October, 1876,
Rev. J. R. Campbell took charge of the parish together with
Tynemouth Creek in the Parish of Simonds. By Mr. Camp-
bell's efforts the church at St. Martins was provided with a bell,
organ and proper furniture, and on May 30, 1877, it was conse-
crated by the name of Holy Trinity. On the same day 44 candi-
dates were confirmed. The year following a parsonage was
built.

When Rev. J. Lockward succeeded Mr. Campbell in April,
1882, he was able to say "Thanks to the earnest work of my
predecessor, I found a parish in a high degree of church equip-
ment." The spire of Holy Trinity was shattered by lightning
in 1883.

In 1887 Rev. R. W. Brown had charge of the parish. Rev.
F. F. Sherman succeeded in 1889 and was followed by Rev. W.
LeB. McKiel in 1891. The present Rector, Rev. A. A. Slipper
took charge in 1894. The parish returns 90 communicants and
has a Sunday School with nearly 100 enrolled scholars.

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Parish of Lancaster. Until the year 1877 this parish
included what is now the Parish of Musquash. Its parish church
was St. Ann's, Musquash, where also the first Rector, Rev.
Thomas W. Robertson and his successors resided. After the
formation of the Parish of Musquash, St. John's Church, Mana-
wagonish was regarded as the Lancaster parish church. This
church was built by Rev. Mr. Robertson in 1846 with some
assistance supplied by the I). C. S. It was taken down by Rev.
J. C. Titcombe's direction about ten years since, greatly to the
regret of some of the older parishioners.

Services were held in different parts of I^ncaster in early
times by Rev. Dr. Willis, Rev. Abraham Wood, Rev. Frederick

S. P. (;, had
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a school master and

Coster and others, and the
catechist there in 1826, Mr.

St. James Church at Pisarinco was built about the same
time as the church at Manawagonish, and services were regularly
held there by Mr. Robertson and his successors, the Rev. Geo.
Bedell and Rev. W. S. Covert. When Bishop Medley visited
Pisarinco in 1857 for confirmation, he had a congregation of nine
persons, four of whom were confirmed, and he not unnaturally
reported the .outlook at Pisarinco as not very encouraging.
Nevertheless good work was done there for more than twenty
years by the Rev. H. M. Spike, who retained the charge of St.
James Church up to 1 894 when it was transferred to the Rector
of Lancaster.

The average congregation at St. John's Church, Manawa-
gonish, in 1855, ^'^'' reported to be 80 and that at Pisarinco 40.
Bishop Medley held a confirmation at Manawagonish in 1857
and baptized three adults, one of whom, an old man of 70 years,
was baptized, confirmed and communicated the same day.

The growing importance of the eastern part of the parish led
to an arrangement whereby a mission station was established in
1873 by the Rev. T. E. Dowling at the rising village of Fairville
and another at South Bay. A large Sunday School was started
at Fairville by Mr. Dowling with the zealous assistance of Mr.
Hurd Peters who superintended it for some years : another was
started at South Bay.

Regular Sunday services were held at Fairville and in 1878
Rev. J. W. Millidge held services at South Bay three Sundays in
the month. In 1880 there were returned 70 communicants at
Fairville and 150 S. S. children with 16 teachers.

The construction of the ( 'hurch of the Good Shepherd was
begun just before the great St. John fire. It was not sufficiently
finished to be used for divine service till 1884. At this time Rev.
Mr. Fowler, the Rector of Carleton, urged the appointment of a
Missionary for Fairville. The proposal was favorably regarded
and in October, 1885, Rev. J. C. Titcombe took charge. The
Church of the Good Shepherd was consecrated June 11, 1890.
A rectory was built about the same time by Mr. Titcombe's
eflForts.

The Rev, R. W. Hudgell took charge of the parish in 1893,
but only remained a short time and in April 1894, the present
incumbent. Rev. VV. LeB. McKiel entered on his duties which
were henceforth to include the charge of St. James Church, Pis-
arinco, as being in the Parish of I^ncaster.

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Parish of Musquash. As already stated this parish
formed a part of Lancaster until 1877, when the Act passed by
the Legislature had the curious effect of placing both the Lan-
caster parish church and its Rector in another parish.

Services at Musquash were held occasionally by the St.
John clergy in early days. In 1821, Rt>\ R. Willis stated the con-
gregations there had increased considerably and that services
were held once in 8 weeks by the Rev. Abraham Wood. Mr.
Robert Robertson was S. P. (}. school master and catechist in
1827.

Bishop John Inglis consecrated the parish church of St
Ann's on September 17, I835, ^"^ confirmed 13 candidates.
The parish was then under the missionary care of Rev. Frederick
Coster. The Bishop describes the church as " a neat and well
finished building, erected by the exertions of a small, but zealous
congregation."

During the next ten years the Church was greatly neglected,
but shortly after the arrival of Bishop Medley, in 1845, ^^^ J^<^v.
Thomas W. Robertson took charge of the Parish, as its first
Rector, and the result of his efforts was thus described by the
Bishop the year following : —

" When I first arrived in this Province, I found the Church
in this Parish deserted and no missionary visits paid the^e. The
settlement is large and flourishing. I am happy to say that good
has arisen from the revival of the mission. The Rev. Thomas
Robertson, ordained by me, having been educated in Windsor
College, Nova Scotia, was very kindly received by the people.
Appreciating his activity and diligence, they speedily commenced
and completed a parsonage house and two additional churches,
one within three miles of St. John (on the Manawagc.ush Road)
and one in the opposite direction, several miles distant, at a
settlement called Dipper Harbour." A third church was built
about the same time at Pisarinco, in addition to those mentioned
by the Bishop.

The D. C. S. appears to have taken a deep interest in the
revival of this Mission, for out of their then small income, they
gave ;^5o yearly towards the missionary's stipend, together with
jCsS towards the parsonage, j£$o to the church at Dipper Har-
bour, ^^30 to- that at Maiuwagonish and ;^io to that at Pisarinco.
In token of their gratitude to the Society, Mr. Robertson sent in
a list of 122 subscribers to the D. C. S. Although the
amounts opposite their names were very small in mariy cases, yet
the length of the list shows that general interest in the Society
was felt and this interest has been rem.arkatly well sustained as

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seen in the long list that has appeared year after year from this
|)arish in the Society's printed reports.

Shortly before his death in 1854, Mr. Robertson reported
that his church was well filled and that several persons walked
7 miles in order to be present. The death of the first Rector at
the early age of 38 years was an event greatly deplored by the
people. There is now at St. Ann's church, Musquash, a hand-
some mural tablet with the following inscription ; —

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TO THE MEMORY
OF

Rey. Thomas W. I^obertson,

FIRST RECTOR OF THIS PARISH,

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

MARCH l8th, 1854.

IN THE 39th YEAR OF HIS A(iE.

" The memory of the just is blessed'^

Nine years unwearied labours endears d him

to his Parishoners, by whom this

tablet is erected.

The next clergyman at Musquash was the Rev. George
Bedell. During his rectorate a chancel was added to the church.

When Bishop Medley visited the parish in 1857, he wrote
of it " The congregation are remarkable for their excellent way
of responding, the two church wardens and their families setting
a good example in this respect, the singing also is healthy and
general."

The parish became vacant in 1859, but the church was kept
open, largely by the efforts of Henry Garbutt, Esq., who acted as
Lay Reader. Services at this time were also held occasionally by
the Rev. John Armstrong, until the arrival of the Rev. W. S.
Covert, in March 1861. Mr. Covert removed to Grand Manan
after 1 1 years service at Musquash and was succeeded by the
Rev. H. M. Spike, who was rector 22 years, retiring on account
of his advancing age, in 1895. During his rectorate the com-
municants in the parish increased from 45 to 123, and the amount
raised by the people for the clergyman's stipend was nearly
doubled.

The present Rector, the Rev. Alfred Uareham, took charge
in 1896, and his incumbency has already been marked by the
erection of a church at Mace's Bay, in which the people have
shown commendable zeal.

Parish of Westfield. As early as the year 1797, this
parish, in conjunction with its neighbour, (Jreenwich, appealed to
the Bishop of Nova Scotia for a clergyman. At that time Mr.
Elias Scovil, not then in Holy Orders, read prayers and sermons
alternately at Greenwich and Westfield and "reclaimed sundry
that were going astray after Methodist and New Light teachers."
A church was already in course of construction at Westfield.
Rev, Robert Morris* took charge of the Mission in 1801 and re-
mained there for about five years. There was then a long inter-
val in which the parish was without a resident clergyman It
was visited from time to time by Rev. Elias Scovil, Rev. Abraham
Wood, Rev, Frederick Coster and others, but a great deal ot
credit is due to 'Colonel Nase, who acted as Lay Reader and
thereby kept together a very considerable congregation amidst all
discouragements.

The parish church does not appear to have been finished
until the year 18 1 9 and in the meantime services were held in
private houses and sometimes in a large barn that belonged to
General Cofifin, who lived at " Alwington Manor," near the mouth
of the Nerepis.

In the year 1822, Rev. Gilbert L. Wiggins t took charge of
the Mission and remained there ten years when he was appointed
to the Parish of Portland.

After a vacancy of three years during which the parish was
frequently vi^ited by the Rev. Frederick Coster, the Rev. Christo-
pher Milner arrived in 1836 and remained in charge until 1859.
He was an energetic and vigorous clergyman and his prowess
with the axe and the oar is yet remembered by the older inhabi-
tants of this Mission. He was one of the founders of the D. C. S,
Westfield sent as its Lay Delegates in 183';, Capt. J. T. Coffin,
R. N., and James Brittain, Esq., the latter was a member of the
first Executive Committee.

Rev, E. S. Woodman, was Rector of the Parish from i860
to 1879, Mr. Milner having retired on account of advancing

* For the story of Mr. Morris' romantic life fee " The first flfty years of the Chureh
of England in New Brunswioli," bv O. Herbert Lee, page 106.

tRev. Gilbert WiuKins was a brother of Stephen W ggins, who hequeafcbed the muni
flcent sum of $80,000 for the erection and endo < ment ot the Wiggins Male Orphxn As-
ylum, at St. John. His eldest r-ist-r married John M. Wilmot, and their son K. D.
wilmot, wa'4 Lieut-Governor of the Province. Two other sisters married respectively
Rev. Alfred Gilpin and Kev. Joseph Wright.

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years. During Mr. Woodman's rectorate, St. James' Churih,
near WestfieUl Station, (erected and enclosed in 1856), was crm-
pleted. It was consecrated August i, 1863. Mr. Woodman
built the new parish church of St. Peters which was consocated
July 28, 1866.

In 1880, the Rev. A. V. Wiggins became Rector of West-
field and threw himself most energetically into the work of his
mission. The first year's labor saw as its fruit 55 baptisms, in>
eluding 7 adults, 22 added to the roll of communicant.s, the erec-
tion of a parsonage and $1737 raised for various church purposes.
Unfortunately the body was too frail for the earnest spirit that
dwelt within, and failing health necessitated the relinquishing of
a work that promi.sed so much for the church. After the death
of Mr, Wiggins, Rev R. Simonds took temporary charge until
the arrival of Rev. Wm. Greer, who was Rector from 1887 to
1890. He was succeeded by the present incumbent, the Rev.
H. T. Parlee, who had previously served as curate in the parish.
Under Mr. Parlee, Westfield, which in 1872 received a grant of
$500 from the I). C. S., became a self-sustaining parish.

Parish of Petersville. This parish was incorporated in
1838 and named after the Speaker of the House of Assembly,
the Hon. Harry Peters, of Gagetown, a zealous churchman. It
is said that Mr. Peters, as a Lay Reader, held service in a house
near the site of the Parish Church, but the first clergyman to
officiate in the parish was the Rev. Samuel D. Clarke, of
Gagetown.

The first church was built at Coote Hill, now generally called
Head Line. Bishop John Inglis visited Coote Hill in 1830,
when there was little more than a bridle path from Gagetown.
At the time of his second visit in 1835, the frame of a church
was erected, but the building was so incomplete that he was
obliged to confirm the 28 candidates in the open air. These
candidates were prepared by the Rev. Geo. S. Jarvis, missionary
at Hampstead, who at that time held a monthly service there.
On the occasion of his third visit in 1840, the Bishop consecrated
the church by the name of St. Peters.

Bishop Medley visited the P'arish in November, 1845, to
pave the way tor a resident missionary, and the next year Rev.
Joseph Bartholomew was sent there, A local committee of the
D. C. S. was formed and the Society soon after voted j£6o a year
t6wards the missionary's stipend snd made a grant towards the
enlargemetit of the church.

In the year 1S51, a .< w cliurrh was bc'Kun, at what was call-
c'll Douglas Will^y, (now \VcUf(»r(l station,) mainly by the efforts
of Dr. Robert Hayard. I'owards the (wmpletion of this ehurrh,
the D. ('. S., made several grants. This c hun h was provided
with a chancel aiul free seats. IJishop Medley, in one of his ad-
dresst's speaks admiringly of its situation.

In 1S55, Mr. Bartholomew retired, having in the course of
his nine years ministry, as he says, baptized 350 persons, married
60 couples, and conducted 80 funerals.

He was succeeded by the Kev (1 ('. Wiggins, who was
compelled at the end of two years to retire on account of ill
health.

In 1859, Rev. John Armstrong, grandfather of the present
Rector of I'etersville, took up his al)ode there for a brief period,
after which Rev. IC. S. Woodman had charge of I'etersville, along
with Greenwich and Westfield.

In 1862-64, Rev. 'I'heophilus Rjchey presided over the
Parish and, during his incumbency, St. Luke's, Welsford, was
consecrated.

Again for a few years the church was dependent upon the
kindness of the neighbouring clergymen. Rev. Mr. Woodman,
of Westfield, and Rev. 1). W. Pickett, of Cireenwich.

Rev. C. R. Matthew, arrived in October, 1867, and labored
zealously for five years. He held some services in the Parish of
Clarendon, Charlotte County, reaching the settlers there by
saddle. His ministry left as one of its fruits, a new church,
built in 1870 at Head Line, to replace the old St. Peter's parish
church. It cost about $3,200 and was consecrated June 19,
1872. Mr. Matthew was succeeded by the Rev. James P. Sheraton,
now principal of Wycliffe College, Toronto. Mr. Sheraton re-
mained but a year and was succeeded by Rev. Joseph Smith, in
Angust, 1874. A parsonage was built at Welsford about this
time. During Mr. Smith's seven years incumbency the largest
single confirmation class was presented, comprising 43 candidates.

Rev. F. Towers was in charge from 1881 to 1884, and was
succeeded, after a short interval, by Rev. W. H. Street, who re-
mained five years.

The present incumbent, Rev. W. B. Armstrong, came to the
parish in August, 1891. Last year services were held in com-
memoration of the Jubilee of the parish.

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Conclusion. — We have thus briefly reviewed the story of
the founding, the growth and development of the Church of
England in the 15 parishes and missions grouped together in the

Deanery of St. John, and although the facts stated in each
instance furnish but the barest outUnes of parish history, the ex-
tent of ground to be covered has already caused this paper to be
extended beyond the limits fixed for it in the mind of the writer
at the outset. To have further condensed the facts related would
but have resulted in a dry and wearisome epitome, and to have
omitted any considerable portion of them would have rendered
the sketch too imperfect to possess any permanent value.

To-day there is laid upon our Deanery of St. John, a very
serious and solemn responsibility. 'J'he Deanery contains the
commercial metropolis of the Province. Ten of its fifteen parish-
es receive no grant from the D. C. S. ; most of them have long
since been self-sustaining. If there be the " willing mind" on
the part of the lay members of the Church in these parishes to con-
tribute according to their ability to the cause of Home Missions,
there is not the slightest fear that the work of the Church in the
Diocese will flag ; rather- it will be sustained and enlarged.
Surely the members of the Church within the borders of the
Deanery of St. John, out of the abundance of their own religious
privileges and the material comforts wherewith God has blessed
them, will be led to remember St. Paul's words, " Ye ought to
support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus,
how He said, " It is more blessed to give than to receive."

THE CHURCH IN THE DEANERY OF
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By Rev. O. S. Newnham.

It will be difficult, in the time to which this paper is limited, to
give a full account of the history of the church in the Deanery of
St. Andrews. All that can be attempted is to present some few
facts and statistics, and even these must be condensed to the
smallest possible space.

The 1 )eanery of St. Andrews comprises the county of Charlotte,
which includes the towns of St. Andrews, St. Stephen and Mill-
town, with the Islands of Grand Manan, Campobello, Deer Island
and Indian Island, and a number of smaller islands scattered in
the beautiful Passamaquoddy Bay.

The Deanery is divided at present into sixteen parishes, viz : —

St. Andrews,
St. Stephen,
St. George,
Pen n field,
St. David,
St. Patrick,
St. Jum2s,
Campobello,

Grand Manan,
St. Croix,
Clarendon,
Lepreau,
West Isles,
Dumbarton,
Trinity, St, Stephen,
Dufferin,

The first record of Church of England Services in the County of
Charlotte is in 1785. These were held by the Reverend Sanmel
Cooke, one of the first of the Loyalist Clergy who came from the
United States. He arrived in St. John on Sept. 2nd, 1785. In
November 1785 he seems to have made a missionary journey to
Charlotte Co., visiting Campobello, St. Andrews, and Digdeguash.
At Campobello he read prjiyers and preached to the people
He also baptized a woman, 40 years of age, and 7 children. • This
seems to have been the first time that service was held by a clergy-
man of the Church of England in the county of Charlotte, which
is the present Deanery of St. Andrews, though there is a tradi-
tion that Mr. Cooke landed at Beaver Harbour* on the journey
and held services. J/

*lhii« tradition may refer to'Rev. Richard Clarke, since the parish register at Ga^retown
has the fol ow ing entry in his handwritinir, under date May 2'2, 1786 : " Baptized at Beaver
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Proceeding to St. Andrews the record says, in the quaint language
of that day, that Mr. Cooke read prayers and preached '* to a very
decent and respectable congregation, and performed 50 baptisms."
He then crossed the Bay to Digdeguash, where he baptized 10
more. Returning to St. Andrews he baptized 12 more, the
number of baptisms in all being 79.

In 1784 New Brunswick was set apart as a separate Province.
Hitherto it had been regarded as the county of Sunbury in the
Province of Nova Scotia. The population of the Province at this
time, in 1785, was about 12,000. At that time the population of
Charlotte Co. could not have been more than 2,000 or 3,000.

The county of Charlotte in 1 785 was divided into seven parishes,
viz: St. Andrews, St. Stephen, St. David, St. Patrick, St. George,
Penn field (or Penn's-field) and West Isles. The parish of West
Isles contained all the Islands in Passamaquoddy Bay including
Grand Manan and Campobello.

Charlotte County was made one of the seven Deaneries of the
Diocese of Fredericton soon after the appointment of Bishop
Medley to the See, this was in 1847. ^^e first Dean Rural was
the Rev. Dr. Alley, Rector of St. Andrews.

The mother parish of the Deanery, and after which the Deanery
is called, is St. Andrews. The mother parish, because the first
settled clergyman was stationed there. And the parish was the
first missionary centre of the Deanery : the first Rector of St.
Andrews travelling from time to time in every direction, laying the
foundations of the Church, preaching to the scattered settlers,
baptizing their children, marrying their young men and maidens and
burying their dead. At one time, it is recorded that he visited a
lonely house, *' and baptized the ancient matron of the family of
82 years, her son of sixty years, two grandsons, and seven great
grandchildren."

As it would be impossible, in the few minutes allotted to me to
go fully into the very many interesting particulars of the work of the
Church in this Deanery, which would easily fill a large volume, I
purpose first, to take each of the parishes in turn and to give a
brief summary of the Church's history, and then to say a few words
in conclusion of her present condition and needs.

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Parish of St. Andrews. It would seem that the first service
held here by a clergyman of the Church was by the Rev. Dr. Cooke,
Nov. 16th, 1785. It is a curious incident that on this first visit
he found "Pagans" in St. Andrews, and that he was entertained
by a " Pagan." His host, one of the Churchmen of the town
being, Mr. Robert Pagan. Before the coming of Dr. Cooke, the
civil magistrate had conducted service and acted as lay-reader.

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I'he first settled clergyman was the Rev. Samuel Andrews, who
came to St. Andrews from Wallingford, Conn., in 1786. He was
a graduate of Yale College in 1760. Mr, Andrews did missionary
work in different parts of the county as far as he was able, in fact
the whole county was his mission, and in these first years of the
Church's work the members of the ''estry were chost;n from the
different parishes of the county. The names of the members of
the first vestry have been preserved. The parish was organized
Aug. 2nd, 1786. Thomas Wyer and Jos. Garnett, Wardens-
•Vestry, John Hall, Maurice Salts, John Dunn, James Pendlebury,
John Bentley, Nehemiah Marks.

The succession of clergy in the parish has been as follows : —
viz : Rev. Samuel Andrews, D. I)., 1786 to 1818, 32 years ; Rev.
Jerome Alley, I). I)., 1818 to 1859, 41 years; Rev. Canon
Ketchum, D. I)., from 1859 to present time, 38 years. The pre-
sent Rector, Rev. Canon Ketchum was for many years Secretary
of the D. C. S.

Dr. Alley was one of the founders of the D. C. S., being present
at the first meeting to organize, on Sept. 8th, 1836. At the second
meeting, on Feb. 9th, 1837, Thomas Wyer and Jjicob Allen were
present as Delegates from the parish of St, Andrews.

At this meeting, in*i837, application was made from St. Andrews
for aid towards building a chapel at Waweig, and aid towards
missionary visits to the parish of St. Patrick, and the Islands in
Passamaquoddy Bay.

In the first published list of subscribers, St. Andrews gave
;^27/i3/6 to the funds of the society. In 1841 a grant of ^20
was made towards a chapel at Chamcook.

The churches built in the parish of St. Andrews have been ;
First in 1788, a church was opened for service, in size 52 x 40 feet,
built at a cost of ;^495. The present church. All Saints, was
con.secrated on the 31st of October, 1867, St, John the Baptist
Chapel at Chamcook was consecrated July i6th, 1846. The
number of communicants reported in the parish in 1791 was 32,
the number last year was 216. This parish has given liberally to
the funds of the D. C. S., the amount given last year being $220.75.

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Parish of St. Stephen. The town of St. Stephen was prin-
cipally settled in the first place by the coming in 1 784 of a band
of Loyalists, and disbanded soldiers, 104 in number, with their
families, under the leadership of Captain Nehemiah Marks. Ser-
vices were held here from time to time by the Rev. Dr. Andrews
of St. Andrews. Soon after the coming of the Loyalists a Log
School House was built, and services were held in this building.

It is probable that the first service was held about the year 1786
or 1787. The first services were in the house of Captain Marks.
In 1802 a Church Corporation was elected for the management of
the affairs of the Church, the names, though not of interest to this
meeting, are worth preserving. Wardens : Peter Cristy and Joseph
Porter. Vestrymen : Elisha S. Andrews, William Andrews, VVilliam
Grant, Robinson Crocker, Peter McDiarmid, Peter McCallum,
and Abner Hill.

Land was purchased in 1805 on King Street as a site for a
church and school. This church was opened for service by Dr.
Andrews on Wednesday Jan. 4th, 1 809, and the letter written by 1 )r.
Andrews arranging for the holding of this service is still in exist-
ence. This church was named Christ Church.

In 181 1 the Rev. Richard Clarke was appointed first Rector of
this parish. He came here from Gagetown. His death took place
in 1824, he having been Rector for 13 years. Mr. Clarke seems to
have held services lYi the parishes surroi.iiding St. Stephen. The
next Rector was Rev. Skeffington Thomson, L. L. D. He came
out from Ireland to New Brunswick in 182 1 as assistant to Mr.
Clarke, and succeeded to the Rectorship at his death. Dr. Thom-
son died in 1865 having been in charge of th^ parish for 41 years.
Dr. Thomson was one of the founders of the D. C. S., having been
present at the first meeting. He continued one of its warm sup-
porttrs until his death. At the second meeting of the Society
Nehemiah Marks and Robert Watson were present as delegates
from the parish of St. Stephen. Dr. Thomson did a large amount
of missionary work in the parishes surrounding St. Stephen. He
organized regular services in the parishes of St. David, St. Patrick
and St. James.

The following is the list of clergymen in the parish of St.
Stephen: Rev. Richard Clarke, 181 1 to 1824, 13 years; Rev.
Skeffington Thomson, 1824 to 1865, 41 years; Rev. Edward
Medley, 1865 to 1872, 7 years; Rev. Joseph Ruston, 1872 to
1883, 1 1 years ; Rev. Theodore E. Dowling 1884 to 1888, 4 years ;
Rev. O. S. Newnham, 1888 to present time, 9 years.

From time to time the following Curates have served in this
parish : Rev. Noah Disbrow, Rev. W. H. Tippet, Rev. Thomas
W. Street, Rev. Henry Pollard, Rev. George H. Sterling, Rev.
Tames H. Saturley, Rev. Stanley Bo)d, Rev. Charles B. Kenrick,
Rev. C. T. Easton.

The following churches have been built in this parish : First,
Christ Church, King Street, opened in 1809, burned in 1816.
Second, Christ Church on the present site built in 18 18, con-
secrated by the Bishop of Nova Scotia in 1826, burned in 1863.

The land for this church was deeded by Mr. Robert Pagan of St.
Andrews. Third, Christ Church the present building, consecrated
Sept. 29th, 1864, by the Bishop of Fredericton. Fourth, St. Jude's
Chapel at Upper Mills, built 1832, consecrated 1835 bytheBishopof
Nova Scotia, burned in 1880. Not rebuilt, most of the population
having moved away. Fifth, St. Peter's Chapel, Milltown, built in
1834, consecrated in 1835 by the Bishop of Nova Scotia, burned
m 1 87 1. Sixth, a small School Chapel at Milltown, built on the
site of the church in 1890. Not consecrated.

The communicants reported in this parish are as follows, — viz:
In i860, 90; in 1865, 36. (Note: — There was some trouble in
the parish about this time which resulted in the division of the
parish). In 1873, 54; in 1895, 114; in 1897, 136.

The parish of St. George. Before the appointment of a
settled clergyman in this parish, services were held at intervals by
the Rev. Dr. Alley of St. Andrews. The first Rector was the Rev.
Samuel Thomson, M. A. He came from Ireland to New Bruns-
wick in 1822. He was a brother of Dr. Thomson of St. Stephen.
Mr. Thomson was present at the second meeting of the I). C. S.
John Messenitz and Patrick Clinch of this parish were members
of the first Executive Committee of the I). C. S. Mr. Thomson's
mission consisted of the parishes of St. George, Pennfield and St.
Patrick. On account of ill health he resigned in 1848, and died
in 1 86 1. He was succeeded by Rev. John McGivern in 1848,
who was Rector for 19 years, dying in 1867. Rev. John McGivern
was succeeded by Rev. Ranald E. Smith, M. A., who has been in
charge since 1867, or 30 years.

Only one church has been built in the parish of St. (ieorge,
and is still standing, having been lately restored, viz : St. Mark's
Church, consecrated by the Bishop of N. S., on July 6th, 1826.
The communicants recorded in the Parish of St. George in 1873
were 121, and in 1896, 127.

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The parish of Pennfield. This parish has had no separate
resident clergyman but is served by the clergyman of St. George.
Christ Church is the parish church of Pennfield. It was con-
secrated by the Bishop of Nova Scotia on Sept. 5th, 1835.

The parish of St. David. The first recorded services were
held here by Rev. Dr. Thomson, in 1825, though it is possible that
Rev. Dr. Clarke did missionary work in this parish.

The following is the succession o^" clergy : Rev. Skeffington
Thomson, 1825 to ^850, 25 years ; Rev. John Sedgfield Thomson,

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1850 to 1871, 21 years; Rev. David Nickerson, 1871 to 1874, 3
years; Rev. H. S. Wainwright, 187410 1876, 2 years. In 1877
Rev. J. Rushton, of St. otephen, held services. Rev. J. ^V.
Millidge, 1879 ^o present time, 18 years.

In the parish of St. David the following churches have been
built: First, St. David's Church, Oak IJay, consecrated by the Bishop
of Nova Scotia Sept. ist, 1835. Second, St. David's Church, Oak
Bay, consecrated by the Bishopof Fredericton Sept. 10th, 1856, des-
troyed by fire Sept. 1883. Third, St. David's Church, Bay Road,
consecrated August 6th, 1886. Fourth, Church of the Ascension,
Tower Hill, consecrated August 7th, 1889.

The parish of St. Patrick. The first record of services held
in this parish is in 1785, when the Rev. Samuel Cooke visited
Digdeguash. Cle: 'ymen from St. John also held services here at
the mills, but no regular work seems to have been undertaken
until 1840, when the Rev. Skeflfington Thomson established regular
monthly services.

In the parish of St. Patrick the following churches have been
built : First, Christ Church, at what is now Dyers, or Elmsville,
not consecrated; destroyed by fire Christmas day 1857. Second,
f'hrist Church on the same site, consecrated June 3rd, 1863.
Third, (Church of the Transfiguration, Digdeguash, consecrated
November ist, 1889.

The parish of St. James. The first services were probably
held in 1825 by Rev. Skeflfington Thomson who lived near.

The Churches built have been : First, St. Thomas' Church.
Little is known about the building of this church. It was des-
troyed by fire in 1873. Second, St. Thomas' Church, conse-
crated October 20th, 1878. Third, Church of the Annunciation,
a small church built at Beaconsfield, not yet consecrated.

The succession of clergymen in St. Patrick and St. James
is the same as St. David, they having been served by the clergymen
of that parish, excepting that in 1877 the clergyman of Trinity, St.
Stephen, held services in St. James.

The first available record of communicants is in i860, when in
St. David and St. Patrick the number is reported as ; i. In 187 1
there were 57. In 1896, 59. It is right to say m connection
with the communicants in this mission that there has been a
constant emigration '.o the United States and to other places.
There was recorded by the last census a decrease of 990 Church
people in the county.

The amount required from this mission by the D. C. S. is
$410.00, the Society giving $290.

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The parish of Campobello. The Island of Campobello
was visited by the Rev. Dr. Cooke in November 1785. He held
service and administered the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. This
seems to have been the first service held by a clergyman of the
Church of England in the county of Charlotte. Dr. Alley, Rc< tor
of St. Andrews, made periodical missionary visits to Campobello.
Subsequently, and until the appointment of the Rev. J. S. Williams
as first Rector, services were held by Rev. Messrs. Bartholomew,
McGhee, R. Ketchum, Yewin and R. Simonds.

The following is the list of Rectors : Rev. J. S. Williams, 1855
to 1872, 17 years ; Rev. C. M. Sills, 1874 to 1876, 2 years ; Rev.
F. B. Crozier, 1876 to 1877, i year; Rev. C. P. Wilson, 1877 to
1882, 4 years; Rev. H. H. Neales, 1882 to 1886, 4 years ; Rev.
D. V. Gwilym, 1886 to 1887, i year; Rev. F. Pember, 1887 to
1890, 3 years ; Rev. W. H. Street, 1891 to present time, 6 years.

The Parish Church of St. Ann was consecrated by Bishop
Medley on Sept. i8th, 1855. Before a clergyman was regularly
stationed in Campobello, or placed in charge, services were held
by David Owen, M. A., a fellow of Trinity College Cambridge.
Mr. Owen lived on the Island from 1789 to 1829. He was
nephew of one of the original grantees of this island. The late
Metropolitan, the Right Rev. Bishop Medley, was married in St.
Ann's Church, Campobello. The communicants in i860 were
30, in 1867, 37, in 1896, 58.

Parish of Grand Manan. In 1820 Dr. Alley of St. Andrews
visited the Island and held services. During this visit he baptized
37 adults and 122 children. The population was then about 500.
A church was built at Grand Harbour in 1823, but before this
there had been another church. In 1832 the Rev. John Dunn
was appointed in charge of the parish. Mr. Dunn was present at
the first meeting of the D. C. S. In 1896 the communicants were
reported as 47. A church was built at North Head in 1884.

The church at Grand Harbour, St. Paul's, has the distinction of
being the oldest stone church in the Diocese.

The list of clergy : Rev. John Dunn, 1832 ; Rev. James Neales,
1844; Rev. G. T. Carey, 1848; Rev. W. S. Covert, 1872.

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Parish of Trinity, St. Stephen. In 1870 the parirh of
Trinity, St. Stephen, was set apart from the parish of St. Stephen
by act of the Legislature. Trinity Church was consecrated on
Nov. 5th, 187 1.

The following is the list of clergy : Rev. Foster Almon 187 1 to
1875, 4 years; Rev. L. G. Stevens, 1875 to 1878, 3 years; Rev.

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W. M. (Iroton, 1878 to 1881, 3 years; Rev. Henry Defelois, 1881
to 1882, I year; Rev. E. C. Saunders, 1882 to 1885, 3 years ; Rev.
H. W. Winklcy, 1885 to 1888, 3 years ; Rev. W. VV. Campbell, i888
to 1890, 2 years ; Rev. R. L. Sloggett, 1890 to 1893, 3 years ; Rev.
J. T. Bryan, 1893 to 1896, 3 years; Rev. F. Robertson, 1896.

At the present time the Deanery of St. Andrews is divided into
16 parishes in which 8 clergymen are working, compared with
one in 1797, of these there are 2 in the parish of St. Andrews, i
in the parishes of St. Stephen and Dufferin, i in the parishes of St.
David, St. Patrick and St. James, i in St. George and Pennfield,
I in Campobello, i in (irand Manan, i in Trinity, St. Stephen.
None in West Isles, Dumbarton, St. Croix, Clarendon, Lepreau,
excepting perhaps on occasional visits.

The population of the county in 1824 was 9,267 ; in 1834 was
15,852; in 1840 was 18,173; '" ^^9^ was 23,752.

The Church population, according to the last census returns, is
4,578, about one-fifth of the total population. The number of
communicants returned in 1896 was 682, or about 1 in 6 of the
Church population. The number of Sunday School scholars re-
turned in 1896 was 678, which gives about the same proportion as
communicants.

The parishes of St. I )avid, St. Patrick, St. James, Campobello,
Grand Manan, St. George and Pennfield, received in aid from the
Society last year $1,030.00, and contributed $1,661.25.

And what shall we say of needs? A travelling missionary is sadly
needed to work in the neglected parts of the Deanery. The town
of Milltown needs the services of a clergyman. And last, but not
least, there is need of an increase of spiritual life in the members of
the Church. There is need of a more devoted earnestness on the
part of clergy and laity, and a more unbounded faith in the
Church and her Divine Lord, and in His promises.

When we realize that the work is not ours, but His, and that
His presence is ever with us, then shall we be ready to spend and
be spent for Him.

DEAMERY OF 8HEDIAC.

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The Rural Deanery of Shediac consists of the Counties of
Albert and Westmoreland, together with the two parishes of
Wellington and Dundas in the County of Kent, and a small
corner of Kings County, which is attached to the mission of
Petitcodiac.

The deanery, though territorially extensive, is one of the
smallest in point of number of parishes and missions in which
there are i*esident clergy, whilst at the same time it has the
special interest of having been the scene of Church ministrations
earlier than any other part of the Province of New Brunswick.
Thei-e is every reason to lielieve that the large garrison at Fort
Cumlierland had their own chaplain, and that the chaplnin, down
to the year 1767, was the Rev. John Eagleson. Mr. Eagleson
was an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland, who, until
the date mentioned, had ministered in the County of Cumberland
in that capacity ; but about that time, having become convinced
that the order, the discipline, and the doctrines of the Church of
England came nearest of all the Reformed Churches to the prim-
itive model, he was in that year recommended to the Venerable
the Society for the Propi^tion of the Gospel in Foreign Parts,
by Governor Franoklin and Chief Justice Belcher, as a missionary,
and to the Bishop of London as a fit and proper person to be
ordained to the ministry of the Church. On the presentation of
Mr. Eagleson by the S. P. G. to the Mission of Cuml)erland
County, which then embraced the present Counties of Westmor-
land and Albert, Mr. Eagleson, having arrived at Halifax in
June, 1768, proceeded early in the following month to the scene
of his future labours, one year earlier, that is, than marked the
first missionary tour of the Rev. Thomas Wood among the settle-
ments on the St. John River, which took place in July, 1769.
From traditions gathered from trustworthy descendants of resi-
dents at that time living in the neigh Iwrhood, we learn that Mr.
Eagleson resided in a large stone house on the glebe, which even
at that early date was surrounded by its garden and orchard.
The house was about one mile distant from Fort Beausejour, to
which place of safety Mr. Eagleson had more than once to retire
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AcadianH, who abounded in that neighborhood long after the
deportation in 1755, and who found a secure retreat in the densely
wooded foreHts in the neighborhood.

Although the mission was established in 1768, the PariHh
Church of St. Mark was not built till 1794. From 1768 to 1781
Mr. Eagleson held services in his own house, and in a school-
room at Fort Ijawrence — on tlie site of which the Church of St.
Alban now fitly stands. But it was in the mess-room of the fort
(Cumberland) at Westmoreland Point that the largest congrega-
tions assembled, this part being in those early days the most
important centre of population. We shall have occasion later
on to again refer to Mr. Eagleson ; but in the meanwhile, we
think that the interesting point is established that tne first settled
ministrations of the Church in New Brunswick were held in the
Parish of St. Mark, in the County of Westmoreland (then forming a
part of the County of Cumberland) and Rural Deanery of Shediac.
An interesting circumstance in connection with St. Mark's is that
the l)ell that has from the first summoned the children of the
Church to worship, bears the following inscription, " Ad honorem
Dei, Fecit T. M. Gros, Rochefort, 1734 ;" and it has three fleur
de lis cast in it. All the surroundinj^s indicate that this inter-
esting ornament was, previous to the Acadian deportation in
1755, in use in the French chapel at Beasuejour, and is an inter-
esting confirmation of the early date of this " ancient Mission."

We have already said that the deanery is territorially large,
but when all the parishes and missions are filled there are but
seven in the deanery — that is to say, in the missions of Albert
County and Petitcodiac, and the parishes of Dorchester, Moncton,
Sackville, Shediac and Westmoreland. But as the mission of the
County of Albert has been vacant for ten years, and the Church's
ground has been in consequence all but lost, our present comple-
ment of clergy in the Deanery is only six.

And so, if we of this Rural Deanery claim the unique position
of having had the settled ministrations of the Church earliest,
we have also the sad distinction of being the only Deanery that
has a whole county within its limits that has no settled ministra-
tions of the Church. This is a bar sinister on the fair escutcheon
of the Church. It is not to our honor that either the men or
the means should be wanting to wipe out this blot — not that I
would have a iy think that the D. C. S. forgot that there was
such a county as Albert ; on the contrary, from as early as 1847
— fifty years Mgo, and the year that followed the one (1846)
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the supplying of books, and the stipend of a missionary.

There are three churches in the county — St. John at Hope-
well Hill, St. Peter at New Ireland, and St. Stephen at Harvey.
The two former have necessarily suffered much from disuse, whilst
that at Harvey is a hopeless ruin. All these churches were
largely built by the aid of the Society. There is also a parsonage
at Riverside — everything but the living voice.

Why, in view of all these facts, successive able and earnest
missionaries have failed to establish one flourishing mission in a
whole county seems passing strange and very surprising. But
frequent and long-continued interregna will certainly destroy
even a promising mission. For our own part, we never did think,
even when most promising, that this mission was in a position
to come under the ordinary Rules and Regulations of the Board
of Home Missions ; and still less is it now. The disgrace of a
priestless county should be wiped out ere the Society is finally
merged into the Synod ; but in my opinion this can only be done
by the Church sending a clergyman who will be bold to declare
the doctrine of the Church — zealous, but prudent, and able to
endure hardness, unfettered, at all events, by serious family cares,
the Board of Home Missions freeing him from all monetary
anxiety by supplying him with his whole stipend, whilst he makes
full return of all subscriptions, offertories and collections. Our
long-continued neglect has made this always arduous and difficult
field still more arduous, but under the conditions which we now
suggest, were the present writer a quarter of a century younger,
he would ask for no better field in which to win his spurs. T
may add that at Hillsborough an unconsecrated building stands
which common report describes as *' the Church of England,"
but as yet no deed of the property has been given to the Church,
and a sum of money for the benefit of the church in Albert
County, amounting to between three and four hundred dollars,
lies in the Savings Bank in that place in the names of three
trustees.

The missionaries who have successively laboured in the mission
of Albert County since the year 1848 are the Rev. C. P. Bliss,
who remained in charge until 1853, when he was followed by
the Rev. Rodney Drake Palmer ; he in turn was followed, in
June, 1857, by the Rev. H. B. Nichols, who remained till July,
1862, when he went as a missionary to the heathen in India,
under the S. P. G. After an all too-long interregnum of seven-
teen years, the Rev. George Ix)ve re-opened the mission in Sep-

tember, 1878, and remained until 1881, when, after a further
vacancy of a)H>ut three yeara, he was followed, in March, 1884,
by the Hev. A. J. Creaswell, the present faithful and laboriouH
rector of Hpringfteld. Mr. Cremwell remained in charge till
October, 1886, Hince which time — eleven yearn ago — there haH
been no nettled miHsionary in the county. In addition to the
labours of those regularly-appointed minsionaries, the Hev. W. N.
Boyer, the Rev. Canon Medley, the Rev. C. Willis, the Kev. £.
S. W. Pentreath and the Rev. John H. Talbot did what they
could by way of occasional services, particularly the latter, who
worked in the mission for about six months. The censui of
1881 showed 446 souls in the county claiming the Church ; Ihftt
of 1891 showed only 262, a loss of 182 in that decade, and we
know not how many since. The incoming missionury will have
special need of faith in God, patience in his soul, and much
sympathy and encouragement from the Diocese.

The Mission of Petitcodiac is of considerable extent, but has
only a few Church families in H. It embraces Salisbury, Petit-
codiac, Pollet Hiver and Havdock. There are four churches
and a parsonage in the Mission. This scattered district lies
between tne parishes of Sussex and Moncton, and the earliest
references wo have are to irregular ministrations of the Rev.
C. P. Bliss of Sussex, the Rev. W. N. Boyer of Moncton, and
the Rev. Canon Medley, of blessed memory.

!• 1871 the Rev. Cuthbert Willis, who was a good soldier of
JoMM Christ, took toharge of the Mission. The churches at
Biftitoodiac, Pollet River and Salisbury, as well as the rectory
at Petitcodiac, were built during, this faithful man's incumbency.
Itt 1890, his health failing, Mr. Willis resigned, and was followed
by the Rev. W. Eatough, who again in turn was succeeded, in
1 892, by the present missionary, the Rev. C, H. Fullerton. The
continued exodus of the Church population from the Mission is
well calculated to try t-he soul of the missionary ; but Mr. Fuller-
ton does what he can, and there is no higher praise in the Gospel.

First in alphabetical order comes Dorchester. From the
earlirat mention of this paiish, down to the year 1878, it formed
a joint mission with that of Sackville, and in that year it became
self-supporting.

The earliest trace of the presence of a Church clergyman in
this parish I have from the lips of a very old man, who told me
in the year 1887 (he being then in his ninety-eighth year), that
when he was " a lump of a boy, about five, he was batptized by
the Revr. John Millidge, about 1 795." The Digest of the Records

of the H. P. G. fihow, curiously enough, that that vpry year Kinhop
IngliH ordained Mr. Millidge, and sent him into these partH aft a
miKHi' >nary. And as a passing illustration of the absence of
brother clergy in those early days, I may remark that, on January
3, 1797, Mr. Millidge was married by a layman, William Allan,
Esq., a Commissioner under the Marriage Act.

Mr. Millidge did missionary work in Cuml. 'and County
and in Westmorland County, which then embruceu .. - County
of Albert, from 1795 to 1801, when he removed to «. .runville,
N. S.

The first church in the joint Mission of Sackville and Dor-
chester, St. Ann's, at Westcock, was built in 1817, and fo it all
the church people repaired for divine service until 1840, when
the church of the Holy Trinity, Dorchester, was built. From
the time that Mr. Millidge retired in 1797, till 1817, the few
church souls were cared for by Missionaries from Amherst and
Westmorland. But from 1817 onward the Mission was con-
stantly supplied. The Rev. John Burnyeat officiated from 1817
till 1820 ; the Rev. Christopher Milner from 1820 till 1836 ; the
Rev. John Black from 1836 till 1847 ; the Rev. T. N. De Wolfe
from 1847 till 1860, when he was succeeded by the present be-
loved rector of Fredericton, the Rev. O. G. Roberts, who
remained till 1873, and was succeeded by the Rev. D. Nickerson,
who in turn yielded in 1875 to the Rev. John D. H. Browne,
and he again was succeeded V>y the Rev. Richard Simoiids, the
first rector of the self-supporting parish of Dorchester. He was
succeeded in 1882 by the present incumbent, the Rev. J. Roy
Campl>ell.

Although by reason of failing health the Rev. Richard
Simonds in 1881 resigned the parish of Dorchester, and has not
since assumed any settled charge, and notwithstanding his com-
pletion of fifty years in the priesthood, few n»en have proved
more abundant in labours, and none more modest and retiring.

Of two other names in the foregoing list it behoves to make
some further mention — the Rev. Christopher Milner and the
Rev. John Black. Mr. Milner is descril)ed in the Digest of the
Records as "a noted pioneer missionary and church builder.
When he saw the people backward he would take up his axe,
fell the trees for the building, and shame them into activity."
Many most interesting details of this laborious missionary's long
ministerial career have been preserved, and had we space we
would fain record some of the more characteristic. Mr. Milner
died iu Sackville in 1877, in the ninety-first year of his age, and

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alx)ut the sixtieth of his ministry, full of labours and full of
years.

The Rev. John Black, who followed Mr. Milner, was a man
of much taste and refinement, and an accomplished musician,
who did much for the promotion of sacred song in those early
days. Mr. Black removed afterwards to Kingsclear in 1847.

During the earlier years of the Church Society the parishes
of Sackville and Dorchester were no mean contributors to its
funds ; and the lay delegates, the Hon. E. A. Botsford and the
Hon. E. B. Chandler, were amongst the society's warmest friends
and promoters. The fact is worth recording that the single
parish of Dorchester, since becoming self-supporting, has con-
tributed no less a sum than $5,000 to the funds of the society.

Ine parish of Moncton (now the present prosperous city of
Moncton) was called in 1846 •* the village at the bend," but has
grown through many vicissitudes to be a stronghold of the
Church. The first visit ever made by any clergyman of the
Church to this neighbourhood was that of Mr. Eagleson in the
summer of 1774, and after a considerable interval of time occa-
sional missionary visits were made by the Rev. John Millidge,
the Rev. Samuel E. Arnold, and the Rev. John Black ; and later
still by the Rev. George S. Jarvis, rector of Shediac. The first
resident clergyman in Moncton was the Rev. William N. Boyer,
who also bequeathed part of his library to the deanery. He was
followed in 1872 by the Rev. William Walker, during whose
unfortunate incumbency in 1873 the parish church was destroyed
by incendiarism, and the distressed congregation had further to
contend with the Cummingsite schism caused at that disastrous
period in their history. Mr. Walker was followed in 1874 by
the Rev. E. S. W. Pentreath (now Archdeacon Pfentreath) by
whom in the following year the church was rebuilt. He laboured
with much prudence and success until he removed to Winnipeg,
and was succeeded in 1883 by the Rev. Arthur Hoadley, whose
earnest piety promised an era of great prosperity to the parish,
but ill health supervening he was forced to resign his cure and
was followed in 1886 by the Rev. John H. Talbot, under whom
the parish steadily improved until his reraoval to Oshawa in
1691, when he was succeeded by the present energetic incumb-
ent, the Rev. E. B. Hooper, under whom the parish promises to go
forward by leaps and bounds. The parishioners are at present
enlarging aud improving the church at a coat of about $3,000.
In 1895 this parish enjoyed the distinction of receiving the
Synod and Diocesan Church Society.

From the year 1846, when lay deputy the Hon. Daniel
Hanington, and the Rev. Dr. Jarvis, invoked the society's aid
for this " new and poor " mission, until it became self-sustaining,
Moncton was a constant recipient of large grants for church
building, for the maintenance of a missionary, and for books for
the parochial and Sunday-School libraries, and I do not fear but
that the prosperous churchmen of the city of Moncton will con-
tinue to support the Board of Home Missions that succoured
their fathers in the days of *• the village of the bend."

We have largely anticipated our reference to the parish of
Sackville in the account of the joint Mission of Sackville and
Dorchester. When mentioning the name of the Rev. T. N.
DeWolfe it might then have been added that the church of St.
Paul, in Lower Sackville, was erected during his incuml)ency in
the year 1856. This church is interesting inasmuch as even to
the details of the seats, the whole fabric follows a model which
Bishop Medley caused a skilled workman who had wrought on
the cathedral to make, in order that it might serve as a pattern
for parish churches in the diocese.

On the retirement in 1878 of the Rev. John D. H. Browne
from the charge of the joint mission, the Rev. R. J. Uniacke
became the first rectoi' in the single parish of Sackville. After
about a year came the Rev. C. P. Mulvaney ; his was a short
and disastrous career. He in turn was followed by the Rev.
Cecil F. Wiggins, who became rector in 1879, and still continues
fearlessly to uplift the banner of the Church in a parish that has
its own peculiar difficulties. By a recent arrangement the rector
of Sackville has assumed, with the assistance of a lay reader, the
care of the joint Mission of Bay Verte, in the parish of West-
morland, and Tidnish, which is in the parish of Amherst, in the
Diocese of Nova Scotia.

Bay Verte has long enjoyed thp fostering care of the Society.
As far back as 1840 a grant was made towards building a church,
and the following years show that grants towards church building,
parsonage, and for books, were of frequent occurrence. But,
though so nurtured. Church life has never been very vigorous in
this section, although more success is hoped for in the effort that
is now being made. The building of a new church at Bay Verte
is being agitated, if it is not already begun, and at Tidnish a
neat and sufficient church has been erected, and is furnished
with a bell and other ornaments, mainly through the instrumen-
tality of the late H. Q. C. Ketchum, Esq., who died in 1896,
and who, by his last will and testament, has proved himself one of
the most munificent benefactors of the Diocesan Church Society.

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The Parish of Shediac has also its own special interest. The
first Anglican clergyman who visited it was the Rev. John
Millidge. The church of St. Martin-in-the-Wood was begun in
1821 by the Rev. Christopher Milner, and was opened in 1823.
The clergy who have successively ministered in the Parish of
Shediac are as follows :

The Rev. Samuel Edwin Arnold 1828-31.

The Rev. John Black 1832-36.

The Rev. George Seymour Jarvis, D.D 1836-80.

The Rev. H. H. Barber 1881-85.

The Rev. F. W. Vroom (now Professor of

Divinity at King's College, Windsor). . 1885-89.

The Rev. C. E. McKenzie 1889-93.

And the Rev. A. F. B, Burt, who was elected
. in 1893, and who continues to be the

incumbent.

As elsewhere stated, the Parishes of Wellington and Dundas
are credited to this field, but, as a matter of fact, of late years
the church in Buctouche, in the former parish, is served by
Richibucto, and the church in Cocaigne, Parish of Dundas — once
a rich and flourishing centre of Church life and work — has, by
reason of removal of business interests, almost ceased to exist.
In connection with the work of the church in this district, the
name of the Rev. Alfred H. Weeks ought to be held in remem-
brance. Mr. Weeks was curate chiefly at Cocaigne and Buctouche
from 1848 to 1872. He was a most faithful und retiring priest
during life, and in his death a grateful and generous benefactor
of the Society.

The parish church of St. Andrew at Point du Chene calls for
brief notice. It was built at the time of the introduction of the
works of the Intercolonial Railway at that place in the early
sixties. Its first rector was the Rev. J. P. Sheraton — the present
Principal of WycliflFe College, Toronto — who took charge in 1867.
He was followed by the Rev. W. B. Armstrong in 1870. A
vacancy of about three years then occurred, during which time
the Rev. Mr. Pentreath gave oocastonal services. In 1876 the
Rev. Stanley Boyd become the third rector, and on the 13tb
September in that year the church of St. Andre''/ was consecrated
by Bishop Medley, and it wan on tiMt ooeMion thai the present
writer ftrst enjoyed the prmlege of > meeting our revered late
Metrop<^itan. The fourth ro eter wa l>be IUt. O. S. Newnham,
the pi^esent rector oi 6t; St^jheo' Midi die highly valued Secretary
of the Synod. Mr. N%w«hMB'« reetorat»oxt«ndMl from 1878 to

1881, and he was followed by the Rev. W. B. Armstrong, who
remained till 1^84. Since that time the services of the rector
of Shediac have been found sufficient for the needs of the people.

With further reference to the Rev. George Seymour Jarvis,
D. D., we may here say that he was a sound and learned divine,
well versed in Canon Law, and particularly in its bearing on
the parochial clergy. He was very tenacious of what he deemed
to be his canonical rights. During the early part of his long
incumbency of forty-t'uur years, he was abundant in labours as a
parish priest, and diligent to inquire as a rural dean, an office
that he held from the division of the Diocese in 1847 into Rural
Deanenes until his death. He was succeeded in this office by the
Rev. R. Simonds, and on his resignation of the Parish of Dor-
chester the suffrages of the clergy fell to the Rev. J. Roy Camp-
bell, the present rural dean.

From the foundation of the Society this parish always took
much interest in its welfare, and in turn received many benefits.
Frequent grants for churches and parochial and Sunday-school
libraries are recorded in the earliest reports of the Society.

The Church of St. Martin in the Wood was built by the
Rev. Christopher Milnei', largely assisted by William Hanington,
Esq. This pioneer settler, who was the father of the Hon. Daniel
Hanington, the first lay deputy of the parish to the Society, di«^d
in 1838. He was the ancesttu* of a large and widely-spread
family, whose pardonable pride it is to claim that no one of the
name has ever swerved from the Church. The circumstance that
the Bray Library and parochial lending and Sunday-school
libraries were introduced at an early date, and were also highly
valued and constantly used, caused the people of this parish to
be uncommonly well informed in all matters affecting the Church.

Of the Parish of Westmoreland we have already incidentally
spoken as being the primal scene of Anglican church work in the
Province of New Brunswick. We have already seen that ua»
doubtedly the very first missionary work in these parts was done
by the Rev. John Eagleson in 1768, This missionary's fourteen
years' labours were no sinecure. Early in the course of his work
he was harassed by the Acadians, who raided his home, and by
the rebel Americans, who took him prisoner in Novemljer, 1776,
carried him to Massachusetts, from whence he escaped, at the peril
of his life, after a captivity of sixteen months, only to find on
his return all his effects stolen or destroyed. An attempt to
recapture him was made in 1781, but he fled in the winter of
that year« through the. bdow and the woods, to Halifax.

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Mr. EagleHOn was followed by the Rev. Edward C. Willoughby,
who laboured in 1793-4, and during whose incumbency the first
church of St. Mark was built. Mr. Willoughby was succeeded
in 1795 by the Rev. John Millidge, and he again was followed
by the Rev. John Burnyeat, who in 1817 was instituted as the
rector of Sackville. He was followed in 1820 by the Rev. Chris-
topher Miluer, who, although, like Mr. Burnyeat, he was properly
the rector of Sackville, yet, by reason of his abundant and far-
reaching labours, was wont to be described as *' the missionary
of the whole district from Sussex Vale to Halifax," but principally
in the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland.

Writing to the S. P. G. in 1820, Mr. Burnyeat much laments
that " the ancient mission " at Cumberland Fort — the present
parish of Westmoreland — is decayed, and its church ruinous.
But the very following year (1821^ he cheers the Society with
the news that Mr. Milner had rebuilt the church at the fort,
and that the inhabitants were waiting anxiously once more for
the blessing of a resident minister. So from Amherst to Shediac,
and the parts beyond, we find Mr. Milner everywhere at work.

Within a few years, however, as was to be expected, as pop-
ulation, and consequently facilities for travelling, increased, we
find a more frequent recurrence of clerical names in this neigh-
bourhood, some of whom became men of note in the history of
the Church. From about 1822 till about 1825 the Rev. John
W. D. Gray laboured at Amherst and Fort Cumberland. From
18-iy to 1830 the Rev. George S. Jarvis worked in Amherst and
Westmoreland. From 1830 to 1833 we find the Rev. Richard
B. Wiggins at work, and from 1834 and onwards, occasionally,
the Rev. George Townsend officiated. From 1846 to 1847, the
Rev. Robert Arnold ; from 1847 to 1850, the Rev. Richard
Simonds ; from 1851 to 1852, the Rev. Charles Lee; and from
1852 to the present time, forty-five years, the Rev. D. M. Bliss
has constantly tended, and still continues to care for the fiock.
In 1882 the parish church of St. Mark was rebuilt for the third
time, and last year (1896) a parish ball was erected, and the
people are still minded to support what, in the dialect of some of
the humbler,* though no less sincerely attached, members of the
church, .they call the " Dioshian Society."

Such, in conclusion, is a brief account of the Deanery of
Shediac. Settled, as the counties of Westmoreland and Albert
originally were, first by the Acadians, who, for example, num-
bered 13,676 at the last census in the county, and who in the
parish of Dorchester outnumber the English inhabitants, and
after the Acadians, by settlers chiefly from New England, the

north of Ireland, and Methodist families from alx)ut Yorkshire,
the Church of England is in a great minority. Albert County
is largely consecrated to the Baptist body. At Memramcook
the Roman Catholics have their extensive educational establish-
ments at St. Joseph's, whilst at Sackville the Maritime Methodists,
with the University of Mount Allison, all but possess the land.
Apart from our long-continued neglect of Albert County, the
general tendency to urban emigration from out rural districts
has much depleted our Church population, as may be witnessed
in the Petitcodiac, Westcock and Cocaigne Missions.

But whilst we are comparatively few in number, the Church
people of this deanery are deeply attached to the church of their
fathers, and are strong in the conviction that, in the Providence
of God, the Church of England is yet set for the healing of
divisions among Christian peoples, on the sure foundation of
evangelical truth and apostolical order.

A TABLE

showing the names, dates of erection, and the builders of all the
churches and chapels of the Church of England in the Deanery
of Shediac, compiled by the Rev. J. Roy Campbell :

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Paribb Cbttrch or
Cbapkl.

Name of Church.

By Whom Built.

Albert Co.—

New Ireland

Harvey

St. Peter.

St. Stephen.

St. John.

Holy Trinity.
St. Cteorse.

Burned.

Chancel rebuilt.

Nave rebuilt.

Enlarged.
St. Andrew.

St. Paul.

St. Peter.

St. John.
St. Andrew.

St. Anne.
St. Stephen.

St. Paul.

St. Martin in the Wood.

St. Alban.

St. Lawrence.
St. Mark, 1st.
8nd.
8rd.
St. Lake.

imo

1861
1869

1840
18r<2
1N78
1874
1877
1887
1870
18A8
1879
1887
18M
1817
I84H
1866

1828

1848

1P66
1794
18K1
18R8
1848

Rev. C. P. Uiss.
Rev. C. P. Bliss.

Hopewell Hill

Rev. H. B. Nichols.

Westmoreland Co.—
Dorchester

Rev. John Black.

Moncton

Rev. W. N. Boyer.

Petitcodiac

Rev. E. S. W. Pentreath.
Kev. E. S. W. Pentreath.
Rev. E B. Hooper.
Rev. Cuthbert Willis.

Havelock (Kings Co.). . .

PolletRiver

Salisbury

Rev. C. P. Bliss and Local Com.
Rev. Chithbert Willis.
Rev. Chithbert Willis.

Pt. Du Chene

Interested Laymen .

Sackville (Parish)

2nd Westcock

Rev. John Bumyeat.
Rev. John Black

Lower Sackville

Shediac (Parish)

DuBdas (Kent Co.) Co- \

oaigne f

WeUlngton (Buctonche) .
WestnooreUuid (Parish) . .

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BayVerte

Rev. T. N. DeWolfe.
\ Rev. C. Milner and William
) Hanington, Esq.

Rev. D. Jarris.

Rev. A. W. Weeks.
Rev. Edward C. WiUoughby.
Rebuilt by Rev. C. MUner.
Rebuilt by Rev. D. M. Bliss.
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DEANERY OF KINGSTON,

By Rev. C. P. Hanington, Rural Dsan.

It is with reference to the work of the Church past, present
and future in the deanery of Kingston that I am about to
address you. First let me bring before you briefly the history
of the Church's work in that deanery.

The first recorded fact, as far as I can ascertain in this
connection, is as follows: In the summer of the year 1769 the
Rev. Thomas Wood, the S. P. G. missionary at Annapolis,
visited the settlements on the St. John river. This was only
six years after what we now call New Brunswick came into the
undisputed possession of Great Britain ; at that time our pro-
vince formed a part of Nova Scotia, the separation of the two
taking place in 1784. The Rev. Mr. Wood, after landing at
St. John, proceeded up the river and, as we learn from the
lately published '* Digest of S. P. G. Records," he stopped at
Gagetown, where he baptized two children — Joseph and Mary
Kenderick — who were "twins born in an open canoe on the
river, two leagues from any house." This seems to have been
the first ofiicial act of any clergyman of our Church in Kingston
deanery.

The English speaking population resident within the limits
of the deanery at this time must have been extremely small,
probably less than 200 people, scattered along the banks of the
river in Kings and Queens Counties. The American revolution,
however, eflFected a great change. Thousands of Loyalists
emigrated from the United States in 1783 and settled along the
St. John river and its tributaries. One body is said to h^ve
landed on the low-lying meadows near the river Jemseg, and the
locality pleased them much until the spring freshets came, when
in terror they fled to the higher lands and thenceforth sought
more secure dwelling places.

In 1784 the Church people at Kingston resolved to oi'ganize
a paf ifljh corporation, and a meeting wjw <M;cordingIy h^l^.^pq, the.
lOthrdf^y of May in thfit year for the purpose. One of the
wardens elected was Mr. David Pickett, grandfather of. the:
Rev. D. W. Pickett, until recently rector of Greenwich. This
event makes Kioj^ton the oldest Church |Mtriih in ^9 deanery,

and is sufficient to explain why our deanery bears the name
which it does.

As yet, however, there was no clergyman resident in the
deaiiery, although the Bev. John Beardsley officiated occasionally
at Kingston, and had made some preparation for building himself
a house there when he was appointed to Maugerville in conse-
quence of the death of Rev. John Say re, first rector at that
place. Thon for a time Mr. Frederick Dibblee, afterwards first
rector of Woodstock, but not then in Holy Orders, act«d as lay
reader.

For its first resident clergyman Kingston was indebted to
the S. P. G., ready then, as it always has been,, and still is, to
look after the spiritual welfare of Church members in the
colonies and to follow them with her aid in their wanderings.

In the month of May, 1786, three clergymen, all of them
formerly employed as missionaries of the S. P. G. in the old

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Trinity Church, Kingston. Erec'.ed A. D. 1789.

colonies of America, arrived in St. John ; these were the ilev.
James Scovil, late of Waterbury, Conn.; the Rev. Richard
Clarke, of New Milford, Conn.; and the Rev. Samuel Andrews,
of Wallingford, Conn. The latter was sent to Saint Andi^ws,
but the two former came to Kingston deanery, Mr. Scovil to the
parish of Kingston and Mr. Clarke to Gagetown ; so that as
regards the work of resident clergymen these two parisfhes date

from the same year. But both Mr. Scovil and Mr. Clarke were
required to labor over a very much larger area than is included
in the parishes of Kingston and Gagetown to-day. The ecclesi-
astical palish of Kingston at that time included the present
parishes of Hampton, Norton, Springfield, Westfield and Green-
wich, or, at least, Mr. Scovil worked over all this area, travelling
from place to place with Kingston as his centre, doing what he
could to build up and strengthen the Church, but working
evidently under great disadvantages. In 1788 he settlea his
family in a house which he built at his own expense. At that
time there were 220 families in his mission, but only thirty
communicants. In the year 1 789 the parishioners of Kingston
began building a Church, which was "dedicated" by their
rector on the 5th day of November in the same year " to the
service of Almighty God by the name of Trinity Church." This
was the first Church built in the deanery. It is standing and
in a good state of preservation to-day, older by nearly a quarter
of a century than any other Church edifice in the diocese.
Rev. James Scovil died in 1808, and was succeeded by his son.
Rev. Elias Scovil, who, in turn, was succeeded by his son. Rev.
William E. Scovil. It is noteworthy that father, son and
grandson occupied successively the position of rector in the same
parish. For one hundred and thirty years the three Scovils were
in the ministry, and for ninety years they officiated at Kingston.

Next to Kingston historically comes Gagetown. As we
have already seen, the Rev. Richard Clarke began work there in
1 786, the same year in which the Rev. James Scovil began work
in Kingston. He also had an immense territory to work over,
for his mission included Hampstead, Wickham, Waterborough,
and the rest of the Grand Lake region. In 1790 he built at
Gagetown a Church and school. He held services very frequently
on Long Island, which was considered convenient for both the
parishes of Wickham and Hampstead. A church was subse-
quently built there,* which was subsequently moved to the
Wickham mainland and is to-day not in existence.

Mr. Clarke was rector of Gagetown for twenty-five years, at
the expiration of which he removed to St. Stephen and was
succeeded by his son, the Rev. Samuel R. Clarke. What seems
to have led to his resignation was a terriWe affliction that befell
him on the 13th of March, 1811, v.hen hiy rectory caught fire

* On September 1 8, 1885, Biibop IngUs hbld service in the C9iurch on Long Lriand,
which he fays "is unfortunately situated, as nfither clergyman nor connetration
can meet there at any time without inctjnvenience. - The accew is often difficult and
sometimes impossible. The site was chosen because it was central ; but a central
ialand, or any spot without a neighbwhood. is unsuitable for a Church."

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and hit* oldest dau^uter, a niece and a grandson perishe<] in the
flames.

Next in order comes the parish of Sussex. It was at first
occasionally visit«d by the Rev. James Scovil and other cU'rgy-
men. Mr. Oliver Arnold, who carae to Sussex alH>ut the year
1788 to take charge of a school for the Tndians, established there
by the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians,*
was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Nova Scotia in May, 1790,
at Halifax, and ordained priest in June of the year following, as
appears by the records at Halifax, and it is (juite certain he
ministered to the people of Sussex, although he had not l>een
appointed a missionary, but only "licensed to perform the office
of a deacon (and subsequently of a priest) in the Province of
New Brunswick." In the year 1792, when the Bishop of Nova
Scotia was making an episcopal visitation of New Brunswick, he
receive.^ a petition from the people of Sussex Vale, praying that
Mr. Arnold, lately ordained by him, might be recommended to
the S. P. G. as their missionary. The Bishop at once complied
with their request, and Mr. Arnold was accordingly appointed.
While at Sussex Bishop Inglis examine<l Mr. Arnold's school, and
in his letter to the S. P. G. says that the Indian children
repeated the catechism very fluently, and by their reading and
writing gave good proofs of the care that had been taken of their
instruction.

In 1795 a school-room for the Indians, in which white
children were also taught, and which went by the dignified name
of "The College," was built by the efforts of the Hon. George
Leonard, who two years before had given the Church 200 acres
of land for a glebe. This college probably served the purpose of
a Church for some years, as the first parish Church does not
appear to have lieen finished until the year 1805. The mission
of Sussex included a very wide area, for the rector worked in
Hampton, Norton, Studholm, Johnston, Havelock, CardMnll,
Waterford and Hammond. The larger part of this huge distnct
was cared for by the rectors, of Sussex up to the time that the
late Canon Medley took charge. The old parish Church stood
at Sussex Comer, and was consecrated in 1826 by Bishop John
Inglis, the third Bishop of Nova Scotia. Rev. Oliver Arnold
died in 1 834 and was succeeded by his son, Rev. Horatio Nelson
Arnold.

At the beginning of the present century the whole deanery
of Kingston was being sei ved by this triumvirate. Rev, James
Scovil, Rev. Richard Clarke and Rev. Oliver Arnold each being

* This Society had no connection with the S. P. O.

in charge, roughly speaking, of a third of its area. But from thin
time these thrt'e misuions began to be Hul)-divided. In 1801 the
pariHhes of Westfield and Greenwich (the former now included
in St. John deanery) were placed in charge of Rev. Robert
Norris, who worked there for five years. After his departure
these parishes were without a resident clergyman for sixteen
years. At the end of that period they were in 1822 placed in
charge of Rev. Gilljert Wiggins (a brother of the founder of the
Wiggins Orphan Asylum), who worked there for ten years^ and
was succeeded by the Rev. Christopher Milner.

Next in crrder comes Hampton. In 1810 the Church people
in Hampton, together with those in Ix)wer Norton, and some
t'rom the Parish of Kingston (which then extended as far as
Hampton Village), took in hand the building of a Church. In
this Church, which stood on the site of the present parish Church
of Hampton, Rev. Elias Scovil held service for several years ;
the Norton and Kingston people, living on the opposite side of
the river, also attending. Rev. Mr. Scovil reported of the
Church people in Hampton, at that time, that " they had done
more in proportion to their means for the promotion of public
worship than any parish in the province." In 1819 Rev. James
Cookson was appointed S. P. G. missionary at Hampton, and
the adjoining parishes of Norton, Upham and Rothesay w^ere
included in his mission.

A curious fact with reference to the Church at Kingston and
Hampton at that period is thiijt the corporations of these parishes
owned the three principal ferries on the Kennebecasis River,
viz.: Hampton ferry, the ferry at Perry's Point and that at
Gondola Point. These ferries were made over to them in 1823
by the government, the income to be for the benefit of the
Church in both parishes. But this property gave the Church a
great deal of trouble, the only profitable ferry being the one at
Hampton, and in 1854 the government, being asked to do so,
revoked their grant, and so the proper+y passed out of the
Church's hands. The parish Church at Hampton, though built
in 1810, was not consecrated until 1826. In 1829 Mr. Cookson
resigned and returned to England, where he died in 1857. He
was succeeded by the Rev. William W. Walker, who was rector
of Hamptcm from 183C to 1883. He died in 1889, having been
sixty-two years in the ministry, of which he was rector of
Hampton fifty years.

Next in order come the Grand Lake parishes, Cambridge,
Waterborough, Canning and Chipman. These parishes hitherto
worked from Gagetown wero in 1820 placed in charge of the

Rev. Henry Hayden, who only remaine<l there a year, when he
removed to Nova Scotia. He was followed in 1H23 hy the Rev.
Abraham Wood, who had previously been a curate of Trinity
Church, St. John. Mr. Wood continued there for nearly forty
years, resigning in l.H()2, hut living until lM7i', at which time
lie had l>een over si.xty years in the ministry.

In the year 1842 a further subdivision of the deanery t(X)k
place. Sprinc;field and Nokt«)N were placed under the charge
of the Uev. Wm. Scovil. Some years previously churches had
been built in both of these parishes. The parish Church at
Norton, begun in 181 1, is standing and in an excellent state of
preservation, having lately lieen restored by the zealous efforts
of Mr. Isaac Raymond and others. Next to Trinity Church,
Kingston, it is the oldest Church edifice in the diocese. It was
not consecrated until the visit of Bishop John Tnglis in 1826, in
which year the parish churches of Sussex an<J Hampton were
also consecrated. In 1848 Rev. R. D. Palmer was in charge of
Springfield, Rev. W. Scovil working in Norton alone, so that
the separation of these parishes riates from that year. Rev,
Mr. Scovil was succeeded in 1801 by Rev. E. A. Warneford,
who remained forty-four years in charge of the parish, resigning
only two years ago.

The parish of Upham became a separate, mission in 1846
when the Rev. Thos. McGhee took charge of it in conjunction
with St. Martins in the deanery of St. John. He was transferred
to Sussex in 1848 and was succeeded by Rev. W. H. DeVeber,
now Canon DeVeber. In 1860 Mr. DeVeber became rector of
St. Paul's, in St. John, and was succeeded at Upham by the
Rev. S. J. Hanford, who has but lately retired after more than
thirty-five years of faithful service.

Havelook, with Salisbury, was .separated from Sussex in
1869, and was placed in charge of Rev. Cuthbert Willis, who
was ordained deacon in St. Paul's Church, Havelock, on the day
(rf the historic Saxby gale, October, 5, 1869. The present
rector has thought it expedient to affiliate himself with the
Shediac deanery, a large part of his work being in the county
of Westmorland.

Rothesay became a parish in the year 1870, the Rev. S. B.
Kellogg being its first rector. He was succeeded in 1872 by
the Rev. Francis Partridge, now dean of the Cathedral.

Waterford was separated from Sussex in 1874 and placed
in charge of the Rev. J. H. Talbot, afterwards rector of Spring-
field, and later of Moncton.

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Johnston liecamo a Hepamto nnasion in IHH4, when the
writer of thih paper waH placed in charge ; it is therefore the
youngest parish of tlie deanery. Work had Iwen carried on in
it, however, hy the rectors of adjacent parishes for many years
back and the D. C. 8. before 1845 gave a grant towards build-
ing its parish church. Bishop Medley visited the parish in
184t), holding service in the church which wan, however, still
unfinished. This was not Bishop Medley's first visit to Kingston
deanery, however, for the previous autumn he had consecrated,
October 31, St. James* Church, on the Long Reach, in the
Parish of Kingston, anl, November 2, the Church of the Ascen-
sion, at Ijower Norton.

Having thus briefly brought before you the main facts in
connection with the founding of the Church in Kingston deanery,
let me next deal for a moment in statistics, which will in some
measure help to show the position of the Church in that deanery
at the present time. Assuming that the deanery extends over
the whole of Kings and Queens counties, the population of the
deanery at present, according to the census of 1891, is about
35,000. The population of 1881, according to the census taken,
was about 39,000. So that in ten years there has been a
decrease in population to the extent of more than 4,000 souls.
Some people doubt that there has actually been this large
decrease, but that there has been some decrease is certain, for in
spjite of the fact that very few Church members have left the
fold of the Church, and that from the excess of birth rate over
death rate there ought to be a steady growth of population
instead of a diminution, the Church has appai-ently declined in
total membership. In 1881, for "example, seven parishes in
Kingston deanery reported a total of 2,953 Church members,
and ten or twelve years later the same parishes report 2,123
members, an apparent decrease of 830. It may be observed in
pas.siug that I am not at all confident that these figures are to be
thoroughly relied on, for the clergy diflFer in their opinion as to
what constitutes a Church member; some including nominal
Churchmen, of whom there are always to be found not a few,
others excluding them. But while the Church membership has
apparently decreased during these ten years (mainly through
emigration), there remains one cheering sign of progress ; these
same seven parishes, to which I have just referred, report 569
communicants in 1881, and ten or twelve years aft«r 704, an
increase of 135. That is to say in spite of a large decrease of
population, and as a natural consequence of Church people, there
has gone on a steady increase in the number of communicants.

It in plain, then, thiit when studying the HtntiHticul returnH
fr<»m oni dennery, this decrejwe of populatinn ought alwayH to l>e
taken into consideration, for, othorwise, wrong tonchinions will
lie arrived at. Figures may seem to ansert that thi' Church is
at a HtandHtill in the deanery, whilst the contrary, as I have
many reasons for believing, is the case. Toiling away faithfully
and persistently year after year, the c«»untry clergy are cheered
hy many evident fruits of their labours, hut, at the same time,
they are over and over again almost disheartened wlien they see
some of their liest parishioners moving to other places, to the
United yttttes, to the Canadian Northwest, and. I suppose, next
it will fje to the Klondyke. But at least they feel that they are
i)uilding up the Church throughout America, and where one sows
another (perhaps thousands of miles away) is reaping. There
are to-day in the deanery somewhere alniut 4,500 Church mem-
bers. Of these more than 1,300 are communicants. In 1881
about 1,230 communicants were reported ; so that, as I have
Maid, in spite of u large decrease in population, there has l)een a
steady increase in the communicants' roll. T think that this
speaks of good work being done, and of spiritual progress. There
are to-day in active work in the deanery twelve clergymen, having
the oversight of some nineteen parishes. There are also living
in the deanery two of the clergy on the superannuated list.

As in this address I am expected to bring before you the
history of Kingston Deanery, with special reference to the D.
C. S., I must now speak for a few moments upon the relationship
between our deanery and that Society. It has been very close,
very svmpathethic, and very l)eneficial from the very first, and
our position could not \ye what it is if it had not been for that
Society's fostering care. The fii-st missionaries were of course
supported by the S. P. G., but when their direct grants ceased,
grunts from the D. C. 8. were made to their successors, and no
parish in the deanery, in which active Church work has been
going (m, can be named which the D. C. S. has not at different
times given assistance to. But such grants have always been
made with discretion : the object of the Society having been to
induce each parish to do all that it could for itself, and to become
by degrees self-supporting and independent. The following
parishes, each of which was voted a grant in 1870, are now on
the self-supporting list : Hampton, Kingston, Sussex, Rothesay
and Norton, the last named parish entering this list only two
years ago. Besides this, all the other parishes are receiving a
much smaller «grant to-day than they received some years ago,
and as the stipends of the clergy remain aliout the same, are

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therefore giving with increased liberality. To make a compari-
son ; in 1870 the D. C. S. paid towards the support of the Church
in the deanery $5,329, and voted besides to Rothesay $200 and
to Canning $200, making a total vote of $5,729. To-day, with
two new parishes, Waterford and Johnston, the total D. C. 8.
grant to the deanery is $2,153, a decrease of more than $3,000,
which means that our parishes are contributing to-day at least
$3,000 more annually towards the support of the Church than
they were contributing in 1870. This is, I think, a sign of
spiritual progress. But, besides giving grants towards the support
of the clergy, the D. C. S. has given grants for other purposes
from the very first. Up to 1 845 it assisted in the building of
churches in the parishes of Johnston, Canning, Studholm, Green-
wich, Kingston, Upham, Gagetown and Norton, and probably
many of the churches built or restored since have received like
grants. Grants have also been made towards the building of
rectories. When it is taken into consideration how poor a very
large proportion of our people are in the different parishes it will
be felt that much good work which has been done would have
been left entirely undone if the D. C. S. had not been ready
with its aid when aid was so much needed.

As to the future of the Church in the deanery, I will not
have time to say much, nor will my conjectures be of any great
value. There are some civil parishes in the deanery in which
to-day little work, if any, is being done by the Church. I ought
in this paper to call attention to them. There is, first of all,
Hampstead^ which used to be in early days a Church centre.
Then there are Brunswick and Wickham. In these three parishes
there can be but few Churchmen, but it would seem that, if only
few in number, they ought not to be forgotten and neglected.
Our hope is that emigration from the deanery is about at a stand-
still, and that the tide may soon turn, and that the next census
may find an increase of population rather than a decrease, and
that our villages may develop into towns, and that in our rural
parishes more prosperous times may ai rive. Many changes have
taken place in the deanery in the past. The building of the
I. C. 11., about 1857, for instance, almost reversed the position
of parishes in the scale of importance, for Kingston, Gagetown
and Cambridge hold now second place as compared with the
railway parishes, especially Sussex, Hampton and Rothesay.
What another century may bring forth, who can know 1 But
we trust that the Church in our deanery may never be found
wanting in wisdom, spirituality and perseverance, and that, what-
ever may betide, she may prosper.

THE DEANERY OF FREDERICTON.

By The Rev. Canon Roberts, M. A., Rural Dean.

Wxien asked by the Bishop a short time ago to become
responsible for a brief synopsis of the work of the Diocesan
Church Society in the Deanery of Fredericton during the 60
years of its existence, I undertook the duty under the impres-
sion that I knew a great deal about that deanery, at least for
the 41 years since I first became a member of it ; and secondly
that it would be easy to find abundant records of its earlier
history.

Nothing reveals more promptly the vagueness and inaccuracy
of one's knowledge of a subject than the attempt to put it down
in black and white for the information of other people ; and
nothing brings out more clearly the imperfections of ordinary
parochial reports than the effort to compile from them a correct
statement of the relative condition of a paiish or mission at
diflFerent periods of its history. I have now made both these
discoveries.

The Deanery of Fredericton, according to the D. C. 8.
Reports, consists of the parishes or missions, of Burton, Canning,
Douglas and Bright, Fredericton, Kingsclear, Maugerville, New
Maryland, St. Marys, and Stanley ; but connected with it and
worked by its clergy are also the mission of Ludlow and Bliss-
field, under the Rev. H. Montgomery, of Kingsclear, and the
mission of Gladstone and Blissville, under the Rev. H. E.
-Dibblee, of Burton. It is obviously impossible, within fifteen
minutes, to give even the barest outline of 60 years work in
each and all of these.

We may find it interesting, however, first to recall at least
the names of some of the clergy who have been connected during
that period with these several parishes. They will awaken
memories in the minds of many of us present at this meeting
which would be well worthy of record if time permitted.

We begin, naturally, with Fredericton, and here with the
honoured founder of this D. C. Society, Archdeacon Coster. His
incumbency began in 1829 and continued till his death in 1859.

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Much faithful work no doubt he did for the whole archdeaconry
of Fredericton during those 30 years, but the one act of his life
which must ever in our eyes shed over his name and memory a
brighter lustre than aught else that he accomplished, was the
formation of that admirable society whose last anniversary meet-
ing as a separate and independent organization of the Church we
are now holding. On the 8th and 9th of Sept, 1836, seventeen
clergymen of his archdeaconry assembled at Fredericton at his
summons, formed the Church Society, to embrace all the objects
of the Societies in England for the •' Propagation of the Gospel,"
and for ** Promoting Christian Knowledge," drew up and adopted
its constitution, appointed its next meeting for the 9th of Feb.,
1837, and forwarded a report of their proceedings to Bishop
Inglis, of Nova Scotia, whose wise foresight had suggested the
momentous undertaking. The beautiful addresses delivered by
Archdeacon Coster in connection with this important movement
recall him vividly to my mind as I knew him in my boyhood,
and saw him constantly at church, at Sunday-school, at examin-
ations of the collegiate school, and at his own home. His
handsome face, his courtly and impressive manner, his deep,
soft, sonorous voice, still linger in my memory, and I doubt not
there are some here to-night who have not yet forgotten the
solemnity of his reading in the burial service, and the tone of
triumphant awe with which he uttered the words " O death
where is thy sting ! O grave where is thy victory ! "

There is no time for personal reminiscences, but I cannot
leave unnamed two who ably assisted him in the cure of souls in
Fredericton. The first wais the Rev. J. M. Stirling, whom I
remember rather vaguely, and who in 1843 took charge of
Maugerville and Burton. The second, the Rev. Canon Ketchuin,
is one to whom this society owes a deep debt of gratitude for 44
years of faithful service as its secretary, one whom all we older
clergy regard with warm affection, and all the younger ones
among us look up to with sincere respect. We all rejoice to
have him still among us, with his natural force, both physical
and mental, to all appearances scarce abated by his fourscore
years. For fourteen years from 1845 he discharged his duties
as curate of Fredericton, and missionary to New Maryland, with
such diligence and earnestness that his health was seriously im-
paired, and with such success that at the Archdeacon's death, in
1859, he was offered the rectorship of Fredericton, though his
other very recent appointment to the parish of St. Andrews
prevented his accepting it.

But I must hasten on. From 1859 to 1873 the Rev. Charle%
I^ee was the loved and honoured rector of this parish, and most
of you know well the ability and diligence which he displayed,
and the faithful work he did, and his zeal on behalf of this
society during the 14 years of his incumbency, which ended in
the sad calamity of his drowning, when he was in the midst of
his strength and energy and promise. Since then, for four and
twenty years, the rectorship of Fredericton has been held by one
for whom I can say no more than this, that he is constantly
wishing that he were more worthy of the position and better
fitted to discharge its duties, and is constantly praying and
striving to become so. I might venture also to add on his behalf
that for a great many years he has done his utmost to increase
the contributions to this society. Thus, in this parish, during
nearly 70 years, i. e. since 1828, there have been but two
changes in the incumbency. But there have been more changes
u many other ways than the brief time at my disposal allows
:n< even to glance at. At the time of the formation of the
D. C. S., Fredericton was a sort of missionary centre for the
surrounding country. Here resided the Rev. Dr. Jacob, Piin-
cipal of King's College, who acted also as missionary to St. Marys
and the Nashwaak. Of this polished gentleman and scholar I
could recall many interesting reminiscences did time permit, as
I was for years under his tuition. Here also resided the Rev.
Dr. J. Somerville, as Divinity Professor at King's College, who
acted also as missionary to Douglas, Queensbury, and the ad-
joining parishes. From this centre also were served the parishes
of Kingsclear and New Maryland. At the present time New
Maryland alone retains its old connection. In 1836 the old
parish church, a large wooden building, solidly built in the early
N. B. style of architecture, stood a little nearer to the river than
the present cathedral. How vividly I remember its appearance,
both external and internal ! For roe a thousand pleasant mem-
ories cluster about that sanctuary, so long ago replaced by one
in everyway more worthy of its sacred purpose. Its small, plain
altar, and great three-decker pulpit, both at the west end of the
church, its broad galleries, especially that occupied by the organ
and choir at the east end, with red curtains all across it, strung
on a long brass rod so that they could be drawn close at any
time and completely conceal the singers whenever they desired,
for whatever reason, to secure the complete privacy of their
devotions ; its boxed-in pewe, comfortably cushioned in a variety
of styles and colours ; all these things seem to me now grievous

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defects and gross anomalies. And yet I loved the old church,
because I loved and reverenced those who ministered within it ;
because there I worshipped in my boyhood, there I was prepared
for confirmation and received that apostolic ordinance, there I
made my first communion,* there I formed and offered before God
my purpose of life-long service in the ministry of His Church.

But I must hark back to my more immediate subject. I
need scarcely remind you of the event which, more than any
other in its history, affected the welfare and growth of the
D. C. S. and of the Church everywhere among us, I mean of
course the arrival, in 1845, of the Right Rev. Dr. John Medley
as Bishop of this diocese. To attempt even to touch upon the
outlines of his noble work in the deanery of Fredericton alone
would quite exhaust the very few minutes still left at my
disposal. The visible monuments of his love for his Divine
Master, of his zeal on behalf of the Church committed to his
rule and guidance, of his energy and perseverance, of his noble-
hearted generosity, of his exquisite taste and judgment, these
are before us every day in that architectural gem, the parish
Church of Fredericton, and in that noble and beautiful Cathedral
in which we have all been worshipping together during the
present week. But his chief monument is in our hearts, and in
the blessed fruits of righteousness which shall be borne afresh,
we trust, age after age, from the good seed his words, his work
and his example have sown far and wide among us.

There is no time to speak, however briefly, of the excellent
work doHo, after the Bishop's arrival, in connection with the
Cathedral and in the neigbot hood of the Mills below town, by
the Revs. J. B. and C. S. Medley, and the Rev. John Pearson.
The record of it is in many minds and hearts among us ; but the
pciat of several parishes of the deanery has not yet been even
alluded to, and the present, if not the future, of them all must
claim at least a modicum of our attention.

Of Stanley and St. Marys, we can only note that, aft«r Dr.
Jacob's more active work began to cease, they were both served
together by the Rev. W. Jaffreyfrom 1850 until the Rev. W. O.
Raymond was appointed to Stanley in 1878. Of Rev. Mr.
Jaffrey's untiring work it would be difficult to speak too warmly.
In these parishes he constantly served seven or eight churches
and stations, and indeed, as we find from the Report of 1863,
no less than twelve places received his ministrations during that
year, and some of them were sixty-five miles apart. Whether
among these or in addition to these, I do not know, he minis-

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tered to the large district about Newcastle, on the Grand Lake,
known as the Parish of Canning, during nine years, up to 1863,
with constantly increasing congregations. He built Trinity
Church in Ix)wer St. Marys, and the very handsome church of
St. Mary, now the parish church, with a commodious church hall
near by. Of the past history of the parishes of Maugerville and
Burton there is only time to note that Maugerville is the oldest
mission in the deanery, if not in the Province, dating back to
1783, ten years before the formation of a corporation in the
Parish of Fredericton. Here the Rev. Raper Milner served till
1843, after whom came Revs. J. M. Stirling, Dr. Wiggins, H.
Pollard, G. H. Sterling, R. Simonds, and H. E. Dibblee. Rev.
Mr. Dibblee is now rector of Burton, with Blissville and Glad-
stone, and Rev. Mr. Colston is rector of Maugerville, with the
Mission of Canning, on Grand Lake.

Douglas alone remains to be referred to, and because it is, as
it were, my first love, the parish to which I was sent as a young
deacon forty-one years ago, the parish in which I spent the first
four happy years of ray ministry, and in which I found and left
many affectionate friends, some of whom are true friends even
to the present day, therefore I feel it hard to be compelled to
dismiss its past flourishing condition and its present saddening
spiritual destitution with but a few hasty words. We have noted
of this parish that it was served till 1843 by the Tlev. J. Som-
erville from Fredericton. In 1844 the Rev. J. Dunn took charge,
and from that time till it was left vacant, about a year ago, it
has had no less than eleven different pastors. Thus, most hastily
aild imperfectly, have I touched upon the past of all the missions
of the deanery. How can I deal with the present and the future
of them all in the few moments that are left me 1 It is only fair
to myself to say that I spent many hours in hunting up and
tabulating statistics with a view to a comparison of the past and
present of these missions. I have them here to show that I made
an honest effort towards that end. But I have not used them,
because I found the earliest ones so few and so uncertain that a
comparison founded upon them would have been not only odious
(which all comparisons are said to be), but also inconclusive and
misleading.

I close therefore with a few thankful words as to the present
condition of the Deanery, and a few hopeful ones as to its future.

As Rural Dean of Fredericton I have indeed cause for thank-
fulness that I have been called by my brethren to this honour —
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deanery ; and secondly, because in every parish and mission of
the deanery true and faithful work is being done.

As to the first, I think that my friend the Dean of Frederic-
ton, who attends our meetings, to our great pleasure and profit,
when he can, will bear testimony to our cordial and a£Eectionate
harmony of feelings, and unanimity of thought and action on all
questions affecting the welfare of the Church.

As to the second, I do not except even my own parish from
the statement that true and faithful work is being done in every
mission that is occupied ; because, whatever my own short-
comings, I have the happiness of knowing that the Bishop, the
Dean, and the Sub- Dean, are constantly putting forth untiring
energies and powers of the highest order for the spiritual
advancement of all the Church people of Fredericton.

In the parish of Kingsclear that faithful work has been
shown, during the 14 years of the incumbency of the present
rector, not only by the large sums raised and the many improve-
ments made in the churches and the rectory, but especially by
the increase in the number of communicants from 50 to 90, or
nearly one-half the church population of the parish.

fiut the good work of this able missionary has found a larger
scope in the mission of Ludlow and Blissfield, which during the
last ten years has been placed under his care. Here three beau-
tiful churches have been built — complete and free from debt,
236 baptized (27 of them at one service), 141 confirmed, and the
communicants incre&ed from eight to fifty-two.

Similar evidences or promises of growth are seen in the
parish of Stanley, to which Tay Creek, properly a part of
Douglas, has been united for many years past. Stanley has a
beautiful parish church and comfortable rectory, built by the
efforts of the Rev. W. O. Raymond. During the incumbency of
the present rector, Rev. A. B. Murray, a beautiful church has
been erected at Tay Creek by the almost unaided efforts and
self-denying liberality of the people of that settlement, in place
of the old church built there nearly 40 years ago.

The parish of St. Marys shows also the fruits of the diligent
and faithful work being done there. The old church on the
Nashwaak, built 73 years ago, has been substantially restored
and added to ; St. Marys parish church has been painted and
otherwise adorned; a mission chapel has been built at Marysville
and the foundation laid there of a permanent church of brick,
and $700 secured towards its erection. In this parish three
Sunday-schools are at work — instead of one, four churches served

where there were but two, and the Holy Eucharist is celebrated
twice every Sunday.

In the mission of Canning, connected with Maugerville, there
are also signs of reviving life and interest.

Last, but not least, I appeal especially to the Church people
of Fredericton to aid with their prayers, their efforts and their
offerings, the rra- /ork being done by ''"* Rev. H. E. Dibblee
in Frederict. Jun- n and the surrouu ug country. The first
Church of England service was held ♦^here in 1894, and the in-
terest in the church has been steadily increasing ever since.
There are more than 80 baptized members of the Church ; the
services are largely attended ; a class is being prepared for con-
firmation ; a site has been secured for the ereclion of a church-
at the Junction, to be known as the Jubilee Memorial Church,
and the work is to be pushed forward vigorously nest year.
Surely the very name of this growing place, as well as its com-
parative nearness to us, gives it a claim on the interest and help
of the people of Fredericton.

With all these signs of life and growth in the Church work
of our deanery, we have abundant cause for thankful confidence
in our Divine Master's overruling care and loving help. Seek
we, therefore, diligently, the guidance and inspiration of His
Holy Spirit, that we may do His work with ever growing zeal
and love ; and then, with perfect faith and trust, we may leave
the future in His hands.

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DEANERY OF CHATHAM.

History of thb Establishment, Growth and Extension of
Church of England Missions within the Rural Deanery
OF Chatham from the year 1814 to the present time,
a. d. 1897. a paper containing the substance of an
address delivered, in part, before the sixty-first
Anniversary Meeting of the Diocesan Church Society,
IN the Church Hall, Fredericton, N. B., on Tiiurslay,
evening, October 7th, 181)7.

By the Rev. Canon Forsyth, Rural Dean.

In the year 1814 the Rev. Benj. G. Gray, of Halifax, N. S.,
at the request of Dr. John Inglis, " undertook the laborious task
of visiting the settlements in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the
hope of reaching the Bay of Chaleur." Such, however, were the
difficulties of travelling that Mr. Gray, on his first attempt, got
only as far as Shediac. He hoped, he said, " that in the winter
his whole object might be accomplished, when travelling on the
ice is attended with less difficulty." In the year 1817 we learn
that Madras schools were organized at Buctouche and Kouchi-
bouguac by masters trained at the Central Madras Institution
in Halifax, N. S. These masters taught the Church catechism
in their schools and acted as lay readers on Sundays.

In the summer of 1818 the Rev. Samuel Clarke, missionary
at Gagetown, Queens Co., N. B., visited Miramichi and held
service in the Court House, Newcastle, where he had " a large
and respectable congregation." He baptized twenty infants,
and "had the weather been more favourable he should have
extended his visit to the different settlements on the river."
At this time Major General Smyth, the Lieutenant Gbvemor of
the Province, urged the importance of placing a resident mission-
ary at Miramichi, and the Society for the Propagation of the
G^pel '*felt much pleasure m acceding to the wishes of the
Governor," it being understood that " a considerable portion of
the missionary's time may be devoted to visiting the adjoining
districts."

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In 1820 the Rev. John Burnyeat, travelling missionary,
H[)ent seven weeks at Miramichi, his " unusually long " stay
being caused, as he says, by the fact that " no opportunity of
leaving has offered of late." " Many children have been brought
to me for the sacrament of baptism. I have administered the
Holy Communion and performed other clerical duties." The
people had " subscribed towards a church forty-eight pounds, and
400 t^ns of pine timber valued at fifteen or sixteen shillings per
ton." Thei*e was " a difference of sentiment " as to whether the
church should be built at Chatham or Newcastle. in this
matter it appears that a compromise was brought about, and on
September 23rd, 1823, the Rev. Samuel Bacon, who had been
sent out from England by the 8. P. G. in 1821 as the first
resident missionary at Miramichi,* laid " the first stone " of St.
Paul's Church " on an eminence " above Chatham and a little
more than half way to Newcastle. On this occasion there was
"a large assemblage of people," and Mr. Bacon delivered an
address on "The Advantages of Church Communion." St.
Paul's Church, the first erected within the deanery of Chatham,
was used for divine service for the first time on Christmas day,
1825, having narroM'ly escaped being burned in the great
Miramichi f\re — on October 7th in that year. A grave-stone in
the churchyard records the perishing of a Jackson family while
seeking safety from the fire in a brook a short distance from the
church.

In the year 1818 Mr. John Smith, who for many years was
Parish Clerk at St. Paul's, and received a salary for leading in
the responses, opened a Madras school at Chatham. It was
shortly afterwards removed to the vicinity of the Court House
at Newcastle, .£40 having been subscribed for a new school-house.
In 1825 Mr. Bacon spoke of this school as flourishing, with fifty
scholars in attendance, and of another having been established
in Chatham, " near the church," by Mr. Davenport Walker, with
thirty-three pupils.

In this year Mr. Bacon wrote to the S. P. G. that he was
" busily engaged preparing candidates for confirmation," and in
the following year Bishop John Inglis visited Miramichi for the
.first time and consecrated St. Paul's Church and church-yard on

* One of the disadvantases of Rev. Mr. Bacon's isolated situation was tliat upon
hts marriage be was obliged to avail hlm>elf of the servioesff a magistrate (one of
ttaooe especially commiauoned toe solemnizing marriages). See the following from
•n old newspaper :

MARRno.— At Miramichi on the 18th ult. (Dec. 18, 18SB^, by Alexander Davidson,
Esq., the Rev. Samuel Bacon to EUsa H., second daughter of £benezer Cutler, Esq.,
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October Ut. This church is Hlill in a thorough state of preser-
vation. Its interior furnishing has been altered several times ;
part of its original furniture was a pulpit of great height standing
in front of the altar rail, and having a " sounding board," sur-
mounted by a gilded mitre, which is still preserved in the vestry.

In September, 1828, the first service was held in a new church
at Baie des Agents, twenty-two miles from Chatham, where the
river Miramichi widens into the Baie des Vents. About this
time Mr. Bacon had the assistance of Rev. Archil)ald Gray, who
also taught the Grammar School at Chatham. The two mission-
aries were able to hold sometimes four services on Sundays,
besides catechizing the children. After Mr. Gray had left. Rev.
James Hudson arrived at Miramichi from Nova Scotia Dec. 19th,
1834. Concerning him Mr. Bacon wrote : " He appears to be
an amiable and pious young man, and likely to prove an ornai^'^ut
to his profession." Mr. Hudson was ordained priest in St. ^ . il's
Church, Chatham, by Bishop John Inglis in the summer of 1836,
and was appointed in 1839 travelling missionary on the Mira-
michi, having his headquarters at Baie des Vents, in the parish
of Hardwicke, his missionary field extending from Escuminac on
the east 1 50 miles up the Miramichi river, including the parishes
of Newcastle, Derby, Nelson, Blackville, Blissfield and Ludlow,
westward to St. Marys in York County. Previous to Mr. Hud-
son's arrival, Mr. Bacon had made occasional visits to Bathurst
and Richibucto. On one occasion, when he was going up the
Miramichi in a canoe paddled by Indians, a woman called out
from the shore, " Are you the man that bartizes children ?" and
was gratified to learn that this was one of the objects of the
missionary's journey.

In the year 1836 the building of St. Mary's Chapel of Ease
in the town of Chatham was begun, and it was consecrated by
Bishop John Inglis on August 13, 1843. For some time pre-
viously services had been held on Sunday afternoons, for the
convenience of persons in the town and below it who were distant
from the parish church, in the old Madras school-room, which
stood on a lot, now unoccupied, adjoining Ullock's livery stable on
Duke street, Chatham. Mr. Bacon died in 1869, after a ministry
of forty-seven years in Chatham*. He was succeeded as rector
by the Rev. W. S. Neales, who had been for several years master

* The Diocera of Frcdericton was divided by B^hop Medley In the year 1847 into
seven Kuntl Dvaneries, and Mr. Bacon was one of the seven clergymen chosen by
the clenty, and confirmed by the Bishop In the office of Rural Dean, a poeiUon he
continued to hold until his death in 1809. The Bishop issued instructions to the
Rural Deans as to tl^ir duties, and at evenr triennial visitation afterwards con-
firmed the election of each clergyman chosen for the office.

of the Grammar school and curate of the parish. Mr. Neales
resigned, on account of ill-health, in the spring of 1873. Some
months later, his health having been partially restored, he took
charge of the Mission of Newcastle and Baie des Vents, but
within a year was obliged, through physical weakness, to give
up work in this Diocese. For sixteen years afterwards he pur-
sued a successful ministry in California, where he died in 1891.
Mr. Neales was succeeded in July, 1873, by the present incum-
bent, the Rev. Canon Forsyth, who was ordained to the diaconate
by Bishop Medley in Christ Church Cathedral on Trinity Sunday,
1873, advanced to the priesthood in Trinity Church, Sussex, on
Sunday, March Ist, 1874, and instituted to the rectory of
St. Paul's, Chatham, on the foUowirig Sunday.

In the year 1876 a new Sunday-school house costing .$1,800,
was completed at St. Mary's chapel. In 1875 a vacant lot at
the east of St. Mary's cliapel was purchased for a site for a new
rectory, the coat of the lot being $600. The old stone rectory
and glebe, situated a mile above Chatham, was sold, and the pro-
ceeds, $1,625, devoted to the erection of the new rectory, the
cost of which was »f4,200. The building was completed and
occupied in the fall of 1877. In 1879 the Bacon Memorial
School-room, erected during the incumbency of Rev. W. S. Neales,
M'as converted into a chancel,* the choir removed from the old
west end gallery, and a new organ procured, the expenditure
being about $1,700. In 1881 the nave of St. Mary's chapel was
furnished with free and unappropriated seats, at a cost, including
other furnishings, of $500.

In 1891 St. Paul's church was repaired and refurnished, the
old pews being converted into free and open seats, the roof re-
shingled, and the interior repainted and provided with ecclesi-
astical hangings, «kc. The cost was $590. In 1892 a new
furnace was placed in St. Mary's chapel, at an expense of $325 ;
and in 1895 the interior of the chapel was remodelled, and five
memorial windows provided, the whole cost being $4,400. In
1896 a new roof was placed on St. Mary's, at an expense of
$780 ; and efforts are now being made to proceed with the com-
pletion of the whole work of restoration, at an estimated cost of
$1,700, at the earliest possible date.

* The east window in the Bacon Memorial chanoel was formerly the ea«t window
in St. Andrew Chapel, built by Bitihop Medley, at Ex wick. In Enarland, when h<> was
Frei4>ndar7 of Ht. Thomas* Church, Ex ter. At the batw of the window is the in-
scription, " A tribute of affection fmm the Bishop, to the Rev. Samuel Biicon, for 47
5 ears the beloved pastor of this parish. Entered into rest February 16th, 1889.
esu Mercy." Mr. Bacon was an uncle of the first wife of Bishop Medley.

Meanwhile the commercial prosperity of Miramichi has very
much declined. The old time Nhip-huilding industry has entirely
ceaHed, as alHo the trade in sailing veHHels, with which, in the
open season, the port was once often filled. The lumber export,
now carried on in ocean steamers, has for many years been
attended with much less certain financial gain. These circum-
stances have been adverse to the increase in numbers anrl wealth
of our congregations. Quite recently, however, the establishment
of wood pulp mills has brought some Church families to the
community. The members of the Church in the parish of
Chatham are about 400, of whom about 100 are communicants.
The yearly baptisms are from fifteen t(* twenty, marriages from
about two to five, and burials from four to ten. Confirmations
are from twenty-five to thirty-five in each two years. .

Since the year 18H2 the parish has been self-supporting and
has in addition contributed annually to the General Purposes of
the Diocesan Church Society, in whose work it has always taken
a becoming interest and sent able and zealous laymen to represent
it in the SocietyV meetings. The principle of self-support has
been successfully developed since the old time when, notwith-
standing the greater local ability of the Church people, Mr.
Bacon received the greater part of his stipend from the S. P. C!,,
and it was with constant difficulty that the balance of .$200 or
$300 required to maintain the services was raised by means of
pew rents and subscriptions. In those days the Sunday olFerings
were miserably small, and the principle of " honoring the Lord "
in substance as an act of worship was generally lost sight of.
Upon the death of Mr. Bacon, the grant of the S. P. G. ceased,
and it became necessary that more should be contributed by the
parish. With the abolition of pew rents and subscription list,
the Sunday offertory has now, for seventeen years, been the
source of voluntary parochial support, and it has gradually devel-
oped until it now averages about .f 22 per Sunday. By this means
local expenses are provided for, amounting to about $1,100 or
$1,200 annually, besides special contributions for domestic and
foreign missions and other objects.

The Mission of Hardwicke, or Bale des Vents, comprehends
the civil parishes of I^ardwicke and Glenelg, on the south shore
of the Miramichi River. The church of St. John the Evangelist,
in the parish of Hardwicke, is twenty-two miles from Chatham,
and is the oldest church, next to St. Paul's, within the Deanery.
Aa already stated, the first service was held in this church on
September 28, 1828. It was consecrated by Bishop John Inglis

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chancel, three l)ellH, and other iniproveuientis, which were the
subject of high praise from the Bishop who saw the church again
in 1843 and consecrated the burial ground. SjMiakin^ of the
church on this occasion the Jiishop said in his journal, '' This
building has been remodelled and enlarged at much ex|>ense by
Mr. Hudson, and is more perfect, in its kind, than any churcli
in the Diocese ; indeed it would bei thought a lM>autiful ap})end-
age to a palace. Everything about it is in {>erfect keeping : it
is alike furnished, ornamented and finished with excellent taste ;
and it is truly surprising to Hnd s'. perfect a building in so
remote a place. It is impossible not to regret that it is not in a
place of more fre(|uent resort, that it might stin.'iiate others to
copy such a pattern, ft is very prettil} placed n the r vrgin of
a fine bay. . . . All the windows of the Bale (i : V^ents
Church have painted glass. The plastered walls j) esent a
perfect imitation of stone, with which the op'M seats and dc \
and pulpit correspimd. Scrolls (m the w,.:li contain weii-
selected portions of Scripture ; and on each ot the fifteen panels
in the front of the gallery the arms of some See are emblazoned.
Hangings, service books and plate are in similar style, and the
whole floor is matted." In his notes the Bishop also mentions
that Mr. Hudson expected to present 100 candidates for confir-
mation in his whole mission, but was greatly disappointed that
violent storms both at Black ville and Bale des Vents prevented
the majority from getting to Church.

Mr. Hudson continued his labours from Ludlow to Escuminac
until March, 1856, when the Kev. C. F. Street was appointed
to the charge of Blackville and ^^elson. From that time he
laboured in Newcastle and Hardv i'^ke until his death at New-
castle in the spring of 1S71. He was succeeded by the Rev. G.
H. Sterling, who had Deen his assistant from October, 1870.
Mr. Sterling removed to Maugt rville in 1873, and was succeeded
in the autumn of that je^r by the Rev. W. S. Neales, who
resigned in 1874, and was succeeded by the Rev. A. Prime, who
was followed in 1877 by the Rev. H. H. Barber.

In 1879 the Mission of Hardwicke was separated from New-
castle and placed in charge of Rev. E. P. Flewelling. He removed
to the Mission of Dalhousie and Campbellton in 1882, and was
succeeded at Hardwicke by the Rev. W. J. Wilkinson, B. D.,*
the present incumbent. Since Mr. Wilkinson began his work in

* Rev. Samuel Bacon*8 daughter, and only child, became the wife of Hon. Judge
WiUdnaon of BushviUe, C^wam, and their son. Rev. W. J. Wilkinson, is now
laboring in what was, prior to the year 1889, a part of his grandfather's mission.

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this mission a new rectory has been built, and also the new
church of St. James the Great at *' the Village," seven miles
from the rectory. This church was consecrated by Bishop Medley
in the summer of 1890. The old paiish church of St. John the
Evangelist has also been thoroughly lepaired and improved, and
altogether the church property in the mission is now in excellent
condition. Occasional services are held at Escuminac, fifteen
miles eastward from the rectory, where there are one or two
Church families, but no church building. The mission extends
about twenty miles along the southern shore of the Bale des
Vents, and contains about fifty families of Church people, engaged
in farming and fishing, and for the most part of limited means.
In summer there is tri-weekly communication by steamer with
Chatham. In this mission, where in the early days of Mr.
Bacon's ministry there was no church building, and only occa-
sional services, there are now two churches, a rectory, and a
resident clergyman, with two, three and four services eveiy Sun-
day, and for the most part daily services in the parish church.
Through many years of irregular and inadequate spiritual care,
the people, with few exceptions, remained attached to the Church
of their fathers. A noteworthy feature in the congregations
to-day at Baie des Vents is the large attendance of men.

The mission of Newcastle and Nelson comprehends the locality
on the north side of the Miramichi River opposite the parish of
Chatham, and a part of the civil parish of Nelson immediately
west of the village of Nelson on the south side of the river. The
Church families in the parish of Newcastle are, with the excep-
tion of two or three in Douglastown, located in or around the
town of Newcastle. Here, as early as the year 1828, there was
a movement towards building a small church. The earliest
mention we have of the services of the Church of England being
held in Newcastle is that, already referred to, when the Rev.
Samuel Clarke of Gagetown officiated in the Court House in
1818. Here, also, Mr. Bacon of Chatham, after his arrival in
1^22, held services from time to time. After the erection of
St. Paul's Church, half-way between Newcastle and Chatham,
the people of Newcastle assembled there, more or less, for public
worship. But when the Rev. James Hudson was appc'nted in
1839 travelling missionary on the Miramichi, he held services in
Newcastle, and through his untiring efforts the beautiful church
of St. Andrew was built and consecrated by Bishop Medley on
St. James' Day, 1850.

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Until the year 1856 Newcastle remained in connection with
Derby, Nelson, Blackville, Ludlow, and Baie des Vents, but in
that year Rev. C. F. Street took charge of Derby, Nelson and
Blackville, and Mr. Hudson continued his work in Newcastle
and Baie des Vents until his death in 1871. The names of the
succeeding rectors have been given in our account of Baie des
Vents, which continued in connection with Newcastle until 1879.
Mr. Barber, the last rector of the united mission, was succeeded
at Newcastle by the Rev. J. H. S. Sweet in 1882 ; and in 1888
a part of the civil parish of Nelson was added to Newcastle. In
September, 1890, a new church, St. Mark's, was consecrated in
the parish of Nelson, by Bishop Kingdon, and services have since
been regularly held there. Mr. Sweet resigned on account of ill
health in 1895, and was succeeded in October of that year by
the Rev. P. G. Snow, the present incumbent. The church people
in this mission reside within a radius of five or six miles of their
several churches. The congregations are small, but the support
of the church is comparatively liberal through the offertory, and
with the aid of a small endowment, the mission is almost self-
supporting. And here, where less than fifty years ago there was
no church building, or resident clergyman, there are now two
churches, one of them the well-known church of St. Andrew —
the last of Father Hudson's notable labours in church building ;
also a handsome Sunday-school house, and a comfortable rectory
and glebe. The Church families number about thirty-nine in
Newcastle, and eleven in Nelson.

Proceeding from the town of Newcastle about nine miles up
the South-west Miramichi river, we come to the rectory of
St. Peter's, Derby, and are in the Mission of Derby and Black-
ville. This mission extends along the river about thirty miles,
and previous to 1856 was part of Mr. Bacon's, and afterwards of
Mr. Hudson's extensive missionary field. There was no church
building within the mission previous to 1843, when through the
exertions of Mr. Hudson, Trinity Church, Blackville, was com-
pleted, and consecrated by Bishop John Inglis. The Bishop
wrote in his journal that the " little church would be considei-ed
an ornament to any hamlet or village in England." He also
referred to the " immense area " of Mr. Hudson's missionary
field. Some of the candidates for confirmation were " forty
miles distant from the church." Some were prevented from
coming so far by the prevailing rain storm, but " some did travel
fifteen miles through the rain." *' A congregation of sixty were
assembled, of whom nineteen were confirmed."

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Mr. Hudson's next work in church building was the church
of St. Peter's, Derby, which was consecrated by Bishop Medley
on September 12th, 1847. The burial ground attached to
St. Peter's was consecrated by Bishop Medley three years after-
wards, July 22nd, 1850. Mr. Hudson laboured single handed
in his extensive mission, extending from Escuminac to Ludlow,
until March, 1856, when the Rev. C. F Street took charge of
Derby and Blackville, the General Committee of the Diocesan
Church Society having, in February of that year, made its first
grant to a Missionary not receiving any aid from the Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel. Mr. Street removed to Bathurst
in July, 1857, and was succeeded by the Rev. William Cruden,
who continued in charge until 1877, when he went to New
Zealand. St. Peter's rectory was completed and occupied by
Mr. Cruden about the year 1871. He was succeeded by the
Rev. A. F. Hiltz, who laboured faithfully for eleven years, until
compelled by ill health to resign in 1888. He was succeeded by
the Rev. R. W. Hudgell, who removed to take charge of the
parish of Victoria, at St. John, in 1891. During Mr. Hudgell's
incumbency St. Agnes' chapel, at Grey Rapids, five miles east of
the village of Blackville, was built and used for divine service
for the first time, in November, 1890. It has not yet been com-
pleted or consecrated. Mr. Hudgell, in 1890, reported twenty-
six Church families, and 145 baptized members in the parish of
Derby ; and thirty-eight Church families, and 236 baptized
members in Blackville. There were twenty-six communicants
in the two parishes at Easter, 1889, and fifty-three at Easter,
1890. The whole mission contributed $330 towards the clergy-
man's stipend, and there was an endowment of $600 bringing in
$36 per annum. Mr. Hudgell was succeeded in January, 1892,
by the Rev. C. O'Dell Baylee, the present incumbent, who now
reports fifty-seven Church families in the mission, who are con-
tributing $345 to the maintenance of the services.

For many years previous to 1 887 (on the 9th of July in
which year the church of St. James the Great, in Ludlow, was
consecrated by Bishop Medley), the Church people in Ludlow
and Blissfield had been almost without the services of the Church.
In 1825 Mr. Bacon wrote to the S. P. G. that "the inhabitants
at Ludlow are numerous; they are very destitute, indeed, of
religious instruction, but anxious to have some spiritual guide."
He could only ** visit these people once in the year, or twice at
the farthest." It appears that the Rev. Walter Price* was one

* Rev. Walter Price lived at first upon the Nashwaak River, where he had an
extensive land grant. He was elected in 180-^ a member of the House of Assembly
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licensed as a lay reader at Ludlow, is a great grandson of the
early missionary just named. From 1839, until his death in
1871, the Rev. Jas. Hudson did what he could to provide for
the spiritual wants of the Church people of Ludlow and Bliss-
field, while caring also for those in Northesk, Newcastle, Hard-
wicke and Glenelg. After his death, however, missionary visits
to Ludlow and Blissfield were few and far between, until through
the eflForts of Bishop Kingdon the mission was revived, the
church of St. James the Great erected at Ludlow, and the
services of the Church began again to be regularly held among
the remnant of Church families in a district where in 1846
Bishop Medley, when on his first tour through the northern
part of his diocese, held service and celebrated the Holy Com-
munion in a barn.

Since the erection of the church at Ludlow, which is a
becoming memorial of the great missionary who so long and
faithfully cared for the souls there, the mission of Ludlow and
Blissfield has been transferred to the deanery of Fredericton,
and has been served by the Rev. H. Montgomery, rector of
Kingsclear, York Co. On May 24th, 1892, St. Andrews Church,
at Doaktown, was consecrated by Bishop Kingdon, and much is
hoped for in regard to the growth of the Church in this import-
ant village on the Canada Eastern Railway.

On September 1st, 1895, St. John the Evangelist's Church
at Lower Ludlow was consecrated by Bishop Kingdon, the site
of the building being very near the spot where Mr. Hudson, fifty
years ago, desired to build a church, and for which he applied
to the Diocesan Church Society for a grant of £15. This is the
third church consecrated within the Mission of Ludlow and
Blissfield within eight years. Here, then, within the district
comprehending the parishes of Derby, Blackville, Blissfield and
Ludlow, where there was no church building previous to 1843,
there are five churches in which regular services are held. It is
much to be wished that, before long, a resident clergyman may
be stationed at Blackville, or at some centre within the Mission
of Ludlow and Blissfield.

We will speak next of the Mission of Richibucto and King-
ston, which lies along the coast of Kent County from Kouchi-
bouguac to Buctouohe, a distance of about thirty miles. We
have already mentioned that as early as 1817 Madras schools
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acted aa lay readers on Sundays. Rev. John Bumyeat, travelling
missionary, visited Buctouche and Bichibucto in June, 1820.
He wrote that at Buctouche he had " a numerous congregation,
the younger members of which, he feared, had scarcely heard a
prayer in public before." Of Richibucto he wrote that " no
minister of the gospel had ever been stationed there." A few
years previously the Rev. B. G. Gray touched at the place on
his passage from Bay Chaleur to Halifax, and baptized a number
of children. Mr. Burnyeat held service in a large barn fitted up
for the occasion. He baptized thirteen children at Kouchibou-
guac, where the school-master, Mr. Truro*, " acted as their
minister on Sundays." In 1822 Mr. Bnmyeat, as Ecclesiastical
Commissary for New Brunswick, visited Buctouche, where, he
says, " the inhabitants are growing in numbers, but it cannot
be added they are growing in grace." Concerning Richibucto,
he regretted that "in a place where 410 souls reside and 600
seamen visit in summer the sound of the church-going bell is
never heard. . . Little more is wanted than a ' house of

prayer ' and a servant of the Most High to officiate at the altar
to render Richibucto an agreeable place of residence. The people
were making efforts to build a church, and had subscribed for
that purpose .£308 lOs.

In 1823 the Rev. Robt. Willis visited Richibucto and Buc-
touche, and wrote that, at the former place, " sufficient ground
for a church, parsonage and a graveyard had been obtained in a
very eligible situation." In 1825 Mr. Bacon xdsited Richibucto,
and wrote that, " owing to a disagreement, the frame of the
church had been disposed of for other purposes." It was resolved
to make another attempt, and the plans of a church were drawn
by a Mr. Lay ton, and in 1829 Mr. Bacon reported the project
for building the church was likely to succeed through the eflForts
of John W. Weldon, Esq., M. P. P. There were then thirty-two
families belonging to the Church in Richibucto and Carleton
parishes. Sir Howard Douglas, the Lieutenant Governor, had
donated in 1827 the sum of £50, which was expended in pur-
chasing "a frame" for the church, which in 1829 "had been
on the spot nearly two years." There was at this time a good
Madras school, taught by Thos. Wood. It was not until 1836
that the Rev. Henry J. Jarvis was stationed as a resident mis-

*Anthony R. Truro wm a man rather famous among the early teachers in this
Province. He removed from Kouchibouguac to (Sussex vale, and from thence came
to St. John in 18891, where, as master of the Madras, or National, school he had
charge of 600 boys, and made quite a reputation for himself as a teacher. Mis.
Truro taught the giris* Madras school.

sionary at Richibucto, and in 1839 Archdeacon Custer could only
report that " in the new mission of Richibucto and Weldford
two parish churches were in progress, both struggling with diffi-
culties, there being few persons of property attached to the
Church." AViout the year 1843 the Rev. T. N. DeWolfe took
charge of the new mission, and in that year Bishop John Inglis
consecrated St. Mary's church and burial ground at Richibucto
and St. Paul's church and burial ground at Weldford. The
Bishop endeavored to proceed from Richibucto to Weldford on
the Richibucto River in a canoe with Indian guides, but, a strong
wind prevailing, the canoe was abandoned, and the journey made
in a waggon. Owing to the roughness of the road, it was one
o'clock in the day before the Bishop and Mr. DeWolfe arrived
at the church, where the congregation had waited from 1 1 o'clock.
Twenty-three persons were confirmed, and Mr. Bacon and Mr.
Hudson assisted in the services. *' On our return," wrote the
Bishop, " we had twelve miles of wretched road to travel after
dark, and part of it through a deep wood full of stumps, roots
and stones. We were thankful to borrow a tin lantern, which
Mr. DeWolfe could venture to open in the wood where there
was no wind. We thus accomplished our object without harm,
crossing a long ferry just before midnight, and were at our lodg-
ing when the clock struck twelve, having been busily occupied
for seventeen hours, in weather painfully hot. Though painfully
tried, I was thankful to have escaped injury through the hardest
day's work I have had during the summer."

The Rev, T. N. DeWolfe was succeeded in the year 1848 by
tiie Rev. John Black, and about the same time Rev. D. I.
Wetmore became missionary at Weldford, residing at Richibucto.
Mr. Black was succeeded in 1849 by the Rev. James Neales,
who, in 1858, at Bishop Medley's request, exchanged parishes
with the Rev. N. A. Coster, of Gagetown. Mr. Coster continued
his work at Richibucto until his death in February, 1879. In
the year 1872 a new Sunday-school room was erected near the
rectory and licensed for the holding of Church services in addition
to those held in the parish church, at the other end of the town.
Since Mr. Coster's death there have been frequent changes in
the rectorship, which have not conduced to the progress of the
Church,' while the commercial prosperity of the place has greatly
declined. Since 1879 the following clergymen have been in
charge, viz.: the Rev. J. N. Jones, 1879 to 1880; Rev. F. H.
Almon, 1881 to 1885; Rev. W. L. Currie, 1886 to 1887 ; Rev.
D. V. Gwilym, 1887 to 1889 ; Rev. H. Hackenley, 1891 to 1895;

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and Rev. H. A. Meek, the present rector, who l)egan his work
in the fall of 1896. The Rev. Geo. H. Souierville was in charge
for a short time during the vacancy between 1889 and 1891, and
the Rev. J. C. Cox for two months in 1896. In September,
1884 a new Church at Kingston was consecrated by Bishop
Kingdon.

During the past fifteen or more years occasional services
have been helc' by the rectors of Richibucto and Kingston at
Buctouche, distant twenty miles, and formerly served together
with Cocagne by the rector and curate of Shediac, and called
the mission of Wellington and Dundas from the names of the
civil parishes. As some account may be given by the rural
dean of Shediac of mission work in this field, we will not here
speak more particularly of the labours of Rev. A. H. Weeks,
sometime curate of Shediac, or of the history of the Church's life
in this locality, where as we have noted the earliest North Shore
missionaries found Church people in considerable numbers.

In the Mission of Richibucto and Kingston, including Buc-
touche, there are now about seventy-two Church families. The
Wheten Trust Endowment is worth $120 per annum towards
maintaining the services, and the Board of Diocesan Missions
iu«»tes a small grant to the mission. Within the past two years
the parish church at Richibucto has been renovated, and re-
furnished with free and open seats, the old rectory sold, and a
new and commodious one purchased, very near the church.

Referring now to the Mission of Weldford, we not« that the
Rev. D. I. Wetmore, who began his work there in the year 1848,
was followed by the Rev. J. P. Sheraton, about the year 1863.
Mr. Sheraton laboured for the first year and nine months as Lay
Reader. In 1865 he reported to the D. C. S. that he •' had one
church, and six stations, from three to eighteen miles distant
from his place of residence. Mr. Sheraton, at the desire of the
Bishop, made missionary visits to Weldford after his removal to
Shediac. He was followed in 1876 by the Rev. W. B. Armstrong,
prior to whose arrival the mission had been without a visit from
a clergyman for four years. Mr. Armstrong, from 1876 to 1880,
had charge of the united parishes of Weldford and Kingston,
and during that period resided at Richibucto, rendering assist-
ance there to the aged rector, the Rev. N. A. Coster, until his
death in 1879.

In 1880, Kingston having been again united with Richibucto,
Mr. Armstrong removed to what was called then, Weldford
Station, but now called Harcourt, after the name of the parish

in which it is situated. Within the next t'vo years a new cliurch
was built, to take the place of the old So. Paul's, at Bass River.
In 1882 Mr. Armstrong removed to Point du Chene, and in the
spring of 1884 the Rev. Henry Holloway took charge of the
mission. In July of the same year the new church of St. Paul's,
together with an enlargement of the burial ground, was conse-
crated by Bishop Medley, and on November 15th, following,
St. Matthew's church, Harcourt Station, was opened by Bishop
Kingdon and licensed for public worship. Mr. Holloway also
built a new house close by St. Matthew's church. The house and
the church were built, and the lot of land on which they stand,
containing about fifty acres, was purchased at his own expense.
Unfortunately, Mr. Holloway was obliged by ill health to resign
and return to England in 1887. Before leaving he handed over
in trust to the Bishop of the diocese the munificent gift of the
church, land and rectory at Harcourt for the use and benefit of
the Church. After a vacancy of three months in the mission,
Mr. Holloway was succeeded in 1887 by the Rev. E. B. Hooper,
who continued in charge until 1891, when he removed to
Moncton. In 1890 Mr. Hooper reported, services held '* at
twelve stations, in addition to the regular Sunday services held
in the two churches." He was succeeded by the Rev. C.T. Easton,
who soon after removed to Prince William and Dumfries, and
was followed at Weldford by the Rev. A. A. Slipper, who in
1 894 removed to St. Martins. In 1895 the Rev. Geo. L. Freebern,
the present incumbent, took charge of the missions. He visits
about eighty Church families, at all distances up to twenty-two
miles from the rectory, holds regular- Sunday services in St.
Matthew's church, at Harcourt, and St. Paul's church, Weldford,
fourteen miles distant, and week day services at about nine
stations. The people are required to contribute $275 towards
the support of the clergyman. Contributions to this object vary
from fifty cents, payable in produce, to twenty dollars per annum,
averaging $2.30. The mission is financially poor, but notwith-
standing all adverse circumstances, the spiritual needs of the
people are much better cared for than in years when they enjoyed
greater worldly prosperity. This is true of the whole missionary
district comprised in Weldford, Richibucto, Kingston, and Buc-
toucthe, in which, less than seventy years ago, there was not a
single church building, and no resident clergyman, where now
there are six churches. The fostering care of the Diocesan
Church Society has here, as elsewhere, done very much to sustain
the Church's life, and it is to be hoped that those who remain in

her embrace after all the changes and chances of the past, will
uphold her hands by the liberality of their support.

I proceed now to speak of the missions in the most northerly
part of the deanery of Chatham. The mission of Bathurst now
comprehends the whole of Gloucester County, but for many
years included also the County of Restigouche.

The earliest mention of an attempt at missionary work in
Gloucester, of which we are aware, is that of the proposed visit
already referred to of Rev. B. G. Gray to the Bale des Chaleurs
in 1814. The Rev. Robt. Willis, Ecclesiastical Commissary for
New Brunswick, in his report, dated February, 1823, wrote that
St. Peters (the old name of Bathurst), on the Bay of Chaleur,
near the line of division between this province and Ix)wer
Canada, is forty miles from Miramichi. There was a nominal
road through the woods, but the communication was generally
made by water. At St. Peters the people were making exertions
to build a church. On April 27th, 1825, the Rev. Geo. Best,
Commissary, wrote : " A church is building at St. Peters, on the
Nepisiguit river, Baie des Chaleur, in the parish of Glenelg, aided
in a material degree by those of a different persuasion, which
argues strongly in favour of the general feeling towards the
Church, but they are destitute of a clergyman. The settlements
of New Bandon and Innishannon lie on the Baie des Chaleurs;
they are entirely peopled by Irish Protestants who are repre-
sented, in spite of the disadvantages under which they have
laboured, to be an industrious and exemplary set of people.
They now number 174 persons, all, except in one instance^
related to each other. They have no Protestant place of worship,
but the people assemble themselves together every Sabbath and
read the Church service in the morning, and hold a sort of
Methodist meeting in the evening. They have been visited once
by a Rev. Mr. Suddard from Gasp^,^ in Canada, who baptized
some of their children and administered the sacrament. They
meant to apply for a clergyman." In the same year that Mr.
Best wrote thus. Rev. Mr. Bacon reported the Church at Nepisi-
guit as " enclosed."

In 1 826 the Rev. Alexander Carnegie Somerville was sent
to Bathurst as resident missionary, and in 1 830 Mr. A. Tait was
employed there as schoolmaster by the S. P. G. Mr. Somerville
was a brother of Rev. Dr. Somerville, President of Kings College,
Fredericton, and one of the founders of the Diocesan Church
Society.

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Lieutenant-Guveinor Sir Howard Douglas viHited Bathurst
on August 19, 1825, in a sailing vessel called the " Chebucto."
Next day he examined the school, then established only one year,
and gave a donation to the same. He alsn visited the English
church, admiring its picturesque situation, and presenied the
churchwardens with a donation. His Excellency was presented
with an address, which was read by Hugh Peters, Esq., one
paragraph of which was as follows ; " We present to your Ex-
cellency in this quarter of your government a sober, industrious,
and loyal class of settlers, struggling with the ditficulties of a
country yet in a wilderness state, and striving to settle and im-
prove it with as much diligence as our means will {H>ssibly admit.

Bishop John Inglis consecrated on August 9, lH36,St.Get»rge's
church, which, although enclosed in 1825, was not pewed until
1834. Rev. Mr. Somerville continued in charge of Bathurst
until 1843 when, because of failing health, he resigned and re-
turned to the moiher land. In 1836 William End and Richard
Carman were present as lay deputies from Bathurst at the first
meeting of the Diocesan Church Society, when .£20 was granted
to the church at New Bandon, which was completed in August,
1841. This church, with its burial ground, was consecrated by
Bishop Inglis in August, 1843. In the Bisliop's journal of this
visit it iajrecorded that "nearly 150 persons were crowded into
the little building which they regard with affectionate pride ....
forty-five were confirmed." The Bishop in his j urnal describes
the drive with Mr. Somerville back to Bathurst over a road so
bad in some places that they had to drive on the sea shore, being
sometime^ in danger from the tide. He refers also to the beauti-
ful scenery and fertile lands. The nejt day 150 persons were
present and seventeen confirmed at Bathurst in St. George's
church. The Bishop addressed the people " partly in reference
to the service in which they were engaged, and partly on the
peculiar circumstances of the Church in this place, which call for
more than ordinary steadfastness and union."

Rev. Mr. Somerville was succeeded in 1844 by Rev. Mr.
Russell, who, in his report for that year to the D. C. S., spoke
of serving Dalhousie where "the greatest requisite is a church."
Mr. Russell was a graduate of King's College, Fredericton, and
was ordained at Dartmouth, N. S., on Trinity Sunday, June 2,
1844. In 1846 he removed to Queensbury. In this year Bishop
Medley made his first visit to Bathurst in company with Mr.
Bacon of Chatham. A highly interesting account of this visit is
to be found in the Bishop's journal, pp. 87, 88, and 89 of Dr.
Ketchum's life of the Bishop.

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year 1>!46, and his

Dishrow succeeded Mr. HusBell about the
misHionary field included the counties of

GlouceKter and Kesti^ouche. He labored in this vast field for
nearly ten years and was su.jceeded by the Rev. C. F. Street
who was ordained to the priesthood on Trinity Sunday, 1857,
and began his work on July 12th in that year. In his first
report to the D. C. S. he said : '* There are but two churches in
the mission, besides the one nearly completed at Dalhousie. The
church at Bathurnt is in such a state that it mnst soon be
replaced by a nev one. At Salmon Beach a church is much
needed." There were at that time about sixty eight Church
families in and around Bathurst, about twenty-six at Salmon
Beach and about eighty-four in New Bandon. In 1858, Bi.shop
Medley confirmed eighty-seven persons in the mission, three of
whom had travelled forty miles to be present. The Bishop made
his first visit to Shippegan and Caraquet in 1861 and con-
firmed twenty-two at the former place. Among the contribu-
tors to the D. C. S. in Shippegan for this year was " one of Lord
Nelson's seamen at the battle of the Nile."

The Rev. Mr. Street removed to Prince William in 1862
and was succeeded in October, 1864 by the Rev. Mr. McKiel,
who continued his labours until the autumn of 1874 when he
removed to Douglas and Bright. In 1871 the building of a new
church in Bathurst was talked of, and in 1873 the undertaking
was ho gun and was progressing slowly when Mr. McKiel resigned
in 1874. He was succeeded by the Rev. R. Mathers, who after
about eight months removed to St. John and became warden
of the Wiirgins Male Orphan Institution in that City. Mr.
Mathers was succeedec^ in 1876 by the Rev. W. H. Street who
reported to the D. C. S. in 1878 that " the descendants of
Churchmen at Salmon Beach and New Bandon had largely gone
over to the Methodists. The new parish church at Bathurst had
been stationary for some years, owing to a difference of opinion
as regards the site, and nearly $2,000 was required to com-
plete it." The new church was consecrated on September 27th,
1883, by Bishop Medley, and in October, 1885, Mr. Street
removed to Canipobello. He was succeeded by Rev. G. J. D.
Peters in June, 1886, during whose incumbency a new church,
which is not yet completed or consecrated, was begun at Teta-
gouche, seven miles from Bathurst, and also one at New Bandon,
sixteen miles from Bathurst. In the former. Church services
have been held, but at New Bandon the services are still held in
the old church. The new church is more than one-half completed.

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leted.

Rev. Mr. Peters resigned in 1H90, and after a vacancy in the
rectorship of several months, the Rev. C. Lutz tot)k charge for a
short time. He was followed by the Rev. R. Sinionds as priest
in charge in 1H92-93. In the latter year the Rev. A. J. Reid
became rector but within a year resigned and was followed
by the Rev. 1). Richards in 1M94. After a brief incuml)ency
followed by several months of vacancy, the Rev. Thomas \V.
Street, the present incuml)ent took ( ' irge of the parish August
16th, 1895.

It will be seen from the foregoing account of the Church in
Gloucester Co. that within the past seventy years three churches
have been' built and two of them re built. This vast field,
during the whole of this period, has been so inade(|uately
supplied with missionaries that many have wandered from the
Church's fold in consequence. The present rector, even with
the assistance of a curate, feels the impossibilityof doing the
missionary work of a whole county effectually, and it is to be
hoped that means will soon Ix; provided for the settlement of a
resident clergyman at New Bandon who could take charge of
the eastern «nd of the mission and minister to those who,
through all the years have remained faithful to the Church of
their fathers, as well as to others who, having left her fold,
might yet return to her embrace. The rector of »St. George's,
Bathurst, could then give his whole time and attention to the
spiritual care of the Church people in and around Bathurst and
Tetagouche, which would be a sufficient charge for one man. In
the parish of Bathurst there are now sixty families professing to
belong to the Church, forty being in and around Bathurst, seven
at Tetagouche and thiiteen at Salmon Beach. In the parish of
New Bandon there are twenty-five families calling themselves
Church. people, and six families in Caraquet, Tracarlie and Ship-
pegan. The whole mission is now contributing !ft^490 to the
Diocesan Church Society towards the stipend ot the rector, and
the Society grants $150 towards the stipend of the curate, the
Rev. Mr. Aiton, recently ordained to the diaconate.

We pass on now to speak of the most northerly missions of
the Deanery of Chatham, viz., Dalhousie and Addington, which
lie on the southern bank of the Restigouche River and extend
east and west about thirty or forty miles. As we have already
said, this district of Restigouche County was for several years
visited occasionally by the missionary stationed at Bathurst. In
1846 Bishop Medley, when on his first visitation tour through
the Diocese, went to Dalhousie and Campbellton in company

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with the Rev. Mr. Dishrow, iniHMionnry at hathurHt. Tn his
not4*N of thiH visitation tour the HiHhop wrote that *' DalhouNic.
from it>M diHtance, had not l)eon vinited hy any Bishop except on
one prcviouM oucasion hy the Bishop of Queliec, and had Hcarcely
ever lieen visited hy a clergyman «>f our C/hureh. There were
formerly many mendwrs of our conmiiinion tliere, most of whom,
however, have left us and have joined the Preshyterians, wlm
are the prevailing liody." The day following his visit to Dal
housie the Bishop "went to see (^amplM>llton, a flourishing village,
near to which is a Church glelie ; and went on eight miles farther
to view the enchanting scenery with which the n(MghlM)urhou<l
abounds." After the Bishop's n-turn to Dalhousie in the evenin;^,
service was held in the Court Mouse, and six jwrsons c<mflrme(l.
The next day the parishioners gave the Bishop a guarant<;e thai
JJ60 a year, for two years certain, would Ih» given towards the
support of a clergyman in case tlie Bishop could send them one
immediately, which his Ix)rdship intended to do, had not '• the
illness of the esteemeti and laborious missionary at Portland (St.
John), the Rev. W. Harrison, demande<l the assistance of the
young clergyman on whose services I had reckoned."

It was not until 1870, when the Rev. J. H. Saturley, from
St. Augustine's College, England, went to Dalhousie as the first
resident missionary, that Restigouche County was separat^ed from
the mission of Bathurst and New Bandon in Gloucester County.
Until that date occasional visits were made to Restigouche bv
the missionary at Bathurst, and once in 1850 the Rev. Mr.
Ketchum, the present rector of St. Andrews, as travelling mis
sionary of the Diocesan Church Society, visited Restigouche and
" held Divine service at Dalhousie, Campbellton, and in a back
settlement, and visited the members of the Church." " It is
earnestly to be hoped," Mr. Ketchum wrote to the Society, "that
the wishes of the people will Ite complied with, and a settled
missionary be 8(X)n stationed in that most important section of
the country." In 1859 a grant of ,£20 was made by the Diocesan
Church Society towards a church at Dalhousie, but owing to the
conditions upon which it was made not apparently having been
fulfilled, there was some delay in the payment. It was not until
twelve years afterwards, or in 1871, that the Rev. Mr. Saturley
reported the church at Dalhousie almost ready for use, although
in 1858 Rev. Mr. Street of Bathurst had report<»d it as
nearly finished. Mr. Saturley removed to Douglas and Bright
in 1871, and was succeeded at Dalhousie by the Rev. P. H.
Brown, who resigned in 1874, and was followed in 1875 by the

Kev. F. H. Ci'oxier, who rciiioviMl H<M)ri aftor, and wum ful
lowed iu AugUHt, 1877, by th«» l{«v. .1. II. S. Sw«>(>t, who uontinud
in (.'har^M of the whole MiHsion of KeHtigouehe until IHH'2, when
i»o removed to Newoantle. During Mr. Sweet's incinnliency a
new rectory wan built at Dalhousie, and (.MiriHt C/huroh, Camp-
l)ellton, waH erected and wiih consecrated by liishop Medley on
Sept«n>lHir 5th, 18H0. Mr. Sweet wiw wuccewled in 1HM2 by the
Kev. K. P. Flewelling, who continued the work at various centren
throughout the county. In 1 i^Hrt he reported a greatly incn^ased
number of Hervicen at the " outposts, " especially in the '* Meta-
pedia district" lieyond Camplielltoti, and urged upon the Diucesiin
Church Society the need of a resident clergyman at Campbell-
town. Mr. Flewelling, having removed to Hrandon, in the
North West, was succeeded in IHHG by the Kev. C. I). Mrown.
In 1888 Mr. Hrown reported "seventy persons present at a
week-day service at Dawsonville and twenty-one connnunicants,
and similar encouraging signs of interest in the Church services
at other outposts. If a church could be built at Dawsonville
the people could assemble there from the various points not far
distant." He hoped the Society could soon place an extra man
in the mission. Mr. Krown resigned in 181)1 to take up work
in the Diocese of Iowa. Mr. Brown was succeeded at Dalhousio
in August, 1891, by the Kev. James Simonds, and aliout the
same time the Kev. H. Beers took charge of the Mission of
Addington, comprehending Campbellton, Dawsonville, and the
whole Metapedia district. Within a year Mr. Beers resigned,
and soon afterwards Mr. Simonds removed to South Carolina.
He was succeeded in 1893 by the Kev. H. B. Morris, the present
incumbent.

Owing to the changed conditions of trade, removals by death,
etc., the Church population of Dalhousie in recent years has not
increased, but rather fallen off, until now the clergyman's work
is very small. There are only twenty-five Church families, and
all are in or near Dalhousie. The total Church population is
130. The annual contributions to the general purposes of the
Diocesan Church Society during the past six years show that
about forty or forty-five dollars have been contributed to these
purposes in each year, in addition to what is now required for
the clergyman's stipend and local expen.ses.

In the new mission of Addington the field is wider and more
work is needed than one missionary can accomplish effectually.
The Rev. P. G. Snow took charge of the mission in October,
1894, and in his report to the D. C. S. for the year ending

June 30, 1895, stated that steps were taken soon after his
arrival to build a church at Dawsonville, and the church was
opened for divine service on the first Sunday after Trinity, 1895.
More than $250 was also contributed towards a fund for a new
rectory at Campbellton. In the autumn of 1895 Mr. Snow
removed to Newcastle, and was succeeded, in the following
spring, by the Rev. James Spencer, the present incumbent.

In July, 1896, Mr. Spencer reported the new church at
Dawsonville finished and used for service every alternate Sunday.
Services were also held at several other centres. Campbellton
is now a town of 3,000 inhabitants, of whom the majority are
Homan Catholics and Presbyterians, with some Methodists and
Baptists. The Church people are not strong in numbers, but
there is room for growth and development, which is going on.
A new rectory at Campbellton has been completed at a cost of
$1,200. Mr. Spencer vi.sits about seventy-five families outside
of Campbellton, his mis.sion stations being : Tide Head, five
miles from the rectory; Flatlands, ten miles; Mann's Mount«,in,
sixteen miles; Dawsonville, nineteen miles ; Upsalquitch, twenty-
five miles ; Glencoe, ten miles : Glenlivet, twelve miles. The
mission contributes $505 annually to the D. C. S. for rector's
stipend ; for extra parochial, diocesan and other objects, $50 ; for
new rectory in 1896-97, $1,100. The offerings at Church
services were $265 during past year; $26.65 was given to the
poor, and the Sunday-school contributions were $18. The out-
stations from Campbellton have raised $100 towards stipend of
rector. Here, then, in Restigouche Co., however much we must
deplore the loss to the Church of many of her members, because
her missionaries were not irv the field at an earlier date, and
that more of them have not been available in recent years, we
have to thank God for His blessing upon the eflforts of those who
have faithfully laboured in His vineyard Fifty years ago,
on the occasiori of Bishop Medley's first visitation tour, he, in
his " irotes," deeply deplored the spiritual destitution of this
locality, which he always esteemed so full of natural beauty of
scenery, and referred pathetically to the lonely graves in the
fields, or by the waysrde, of those who had lived and died and
were buried without the Church's ordinances. Since then three
churches have been built and consecrated, and two rectories
erected, and for several years past there have been two resident
clergymen, where once there were oirly occasional missionary
visits. However much we may wish that more might have been
done at an earlier date to lengthen the cords and strengthen the

stakes of our Zion, here, as elsewhere within our diocese, we are
bound to thank God for His blessings upon the mission work of
the Church in the past and to take courage for the future.

The venerable Church Society, which has been the instrument
under God of establishing, continuing and extending this mis-
sionary work in the deanery of Chatham anr i the other
deaneries, now presents, at this the last Anniveistiry Meeting,
through the medium of these historical addresctes, the inspiring
record of the events which have marked the progress of its noble
work. Let us hope and pray, and faithfully believe, that by the
instrumentality of the Diocesan Synod, to which the Society's
trusts are about to be transferred, the Church's ^ork in the
future will be attended with as great and manifold blessings as
have been vouchsafed to the Society in the past, and that our
Zion will go on and prosper in this diocese, until by her more
and more abounding provision for the spiritual needs of men, she
shall become a wonder and a praise in our land.

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THE DEANERY OF WOODSTOCK.

By THE Ven, Archdeacon Neales, Rural Dean.

This deanery is one of great length, lying along the St. John
river on either side for a distance of nearly two hundred miles
from the province of Quebec downwards, and having for its
western limit the border line of the United States. At present
it includes the three counties of Madawa^ka, Victoria and Carle-
ton, together with seven civil parishes of York. Its area is
about 6,500 square miles. It originally consisted of four civil
parishes but is now divided up into thirty-one.

The history of the Church in this deanery from its earliest
l)eginning8 up to the present, has been one of continuous exten-
sion ar<i growth — keeping pp:; with the settlement of the
country. The very earliest trace of the Church's work being
done here is contained in the record of a niissiijnary tour made
in 1789 by the Rev. John Beardsley, rector of Maugerville,
during the months of July and August. This tour extended up
the river St. John as far as Woodstock, and om the trip Mr.
Beardsley >)aptized one hundred and twelve persons, married two
couples, held services and performed other duties of his ministry.
In 1791 Rev. Frederick Dibblee wlio had been acting as lay
reader at Woodstock for two or three years, and preparing him-
self for the ministry, was ordained by the Right Rev. Charles
Inglis, first Bishop of Nova Scotia, and given the spiritual
charge of this immense district. His appointment was " to all
the settlers living on the St. John river alwve St. Marys and
Kingsclear," and at that early time the work of ministering
to the spiritual needs of the scattered settlements was very labor-
ious, and in the winter often impossible. One of the first things
that marked this period was the building of a church at Woodstock,
on a spot near where now stands the parish church. This first
church was an humble little wooden building, with no pretensions
to architectural beauty, or even for the comfort of the worship-
pers — with neither pews nor stove for some years. Towards
its completion the House of Assembly made a grant of £150.
Mr. Dibblee as a missionary of the S. P. G., received a small

income from that Society, and made to it regular annual reports
of his work. These reports, and those contained in the parish
registers and in his own private diary, form a most interesting
story of early missionary life and labours, and tell of struggles
and hardships cheerfully shared with his flock by this faithful
servant of God. On May 17, 1826, he passed to'his well earned
rest, after a faithful ministry of thiity-five years.

About this time (he parishes of Prince William and Dum-
fries were set off as a separate mission, under the care of the
Rev. A. D. Parker, and in course of time became one of the
most prosperous of the Church's missions.

Woodstock bting without a regularly appointed missionary
for two years after the death of Mr. Dibblee, visits were made to
it in turn by the Rev. James Somerville, L. L. D., who presided
over the college of New Brunswick, at Fredericton, by the Rev.
Alexander C. Somerville, Archdeacon Best, the Rev. George
McCawley, D. D., head master of the grammar school, Frederic-
ton, and by the Rev. A. D. "Parker, of Prince William. In
October, 1828, the Rev. George Cowell,* formerly a military
chaplain, and afterwards head master of the collegiate school at
Fredericton, became rector of Woodstock, but remained only one
year. After a vacancy of a few months he was succeeded by the
Rev. S. D. Lee Slreet, who continued as ''"ctor for forty years.
Mr. Street graduated from King's College * redoricton, in 1828,
and in the next year, having been oidaine i dearon by the Right
Rev. John Inglis, D. D., Bishop of Nova Scotia, was sent by him to
take charge of the parish of Woodstock, and its outlying settle-
ments, which m^ant all the distru o norbh of Prince William.
Mr. Street possessed the qualities of vigour and determination,
with physical strength and kindness of heart, and unswerving
loyalty to the teaching of the Church, and these he manifested
for the long period of forty years dunng which he continued to
labour faithfully in his Divine Master's cause. During Mr.
Street's eaily years, as he travelled over his va~st mission with
untiring zeal, he held services in private houses, and sometimes
in barns — for the houses were of small size as a rule, and there
was as yet only one charch, the parish church at Woodstock, in
the whole mission. The travelling in summer had to V>e done
either by canoe along the river, or on horseback along bridle-
paths, for there were at first but a few miles of highway roads ;

♦ The Rev. Qeorge Cowell was a graduate of the University of Cambridge, inhere
he toolc the degree of Mastei of Artn. He became head master of the Collegiate
School at Fredericton, December li. 18^, on the appointment of Rev. George
McCawley to a professorship in the OoHege, and resigned his cure at Woodstocli.

and in the winter by horse and pung, and often on snow-shoe^,
when the snow-drifts were deep. As the country became moro
settled it l)ecame necessary to build churches in places where
regular congregations were to be found.

In 1841 a lot of land in Wakefield was given by Charles
Efttery as a site for a church. Towards the erection of this
church liberal grants were made by the Society for the Propaga-
tion of the Gospel, the Society for Promoting Christian Knowl-
edge, and the Diocesan Church Society, for as yet the people
were unable to contribute largely for the purpose. The church
was consecrated by the Right Rev. John Medley on October
9th, 1854. In 1881 Bishop Medley consecrated a new church
on the same spot under the old name of St. Peter's, which was built
almost entirely by the gifts and labour of the members of the
Church in the parish, and this " latter house " is in every way
superior to its predecessor.

In 1845, on the occasion of the earliest visit of Bishop Medley
to the northern part of the deanery, he consecrated Holy Trinity
Churclj Andover, which is now replaced, though on a more
convenien*^ sice, by another of larger proportions and greater
ecclesiastical l^eauty.

Owing to tl**" grow'.,h of the mission during the period of
Mr. Street's incumbency it Vxscame necessary to divide it, and
accordingly, in thr year 1845, the whole northern part, above
the parish of Wakefield, embracing an area of 4,000 square miles,
was set off as a separate mission. This was given in charge of
the Rev. J. Sedgefield Thomson, then employed as travelling
missionary. He made his headquarters at Andover. In 1846 Mr.
Thomson was succeeded by Rev. John McGivern, who remained
at Andover for three years. In 1851 the parish of Canterbury
was set off from the mission of Woodstock as a separate mission
under the cliarge of the Rev. Thomas Hartiii, who labored faith-
fully for more than twenty-five years, spending and being spent
for the Church's sake. Mr. Hartin not only gave the land on
which the churches and the rectory were Viuilt, but spent largely
of his ow n means in the building of the churches.

Owing to the growth of the work in the mission of Woodstock,
it became necessary that an assistant should be appointed for
Mr. Street, and accordingly in 1846, the Rev. S. J. Hanford,
just ordained, became his curate, a position which he held for
three years, until he succeeded Mr. McGivern as missionary of
Andover. During the last twenty-five years of Mr. Street's life
he had a succession of ten curates in the following order :

S. J. Hanfoid, E. A. Warneford, J. S. Williams, H. B. NichoJ>».
E. S. Woodman, W. S. Covert, G. S. Rogers, R. C. Nelson,
Joseph Dinzey and Thomas Neales, four of whom are still in
this diocese, three in other fields of labour, and three have pa.s-
sed to their rest out of the midst of faithful labour, Mr. Nichols
in the mission of Burmah, Mr. Nelson in Trinidad, and Mr.
Woodman in this Diocese as rector of Westiield. Mr. Hanford
continued to labour as missionary of Ando^'er for ten years —
much beloved as the ever welcome pastor and friend of all in the
whole mission, and in 1859 removing to Upham was succeederi
by the Rev. W. H. 8treet, who in his turn spent ten years of
hard and earnest work in this vast and arduous mission. During
the rector-ship of Rev. 8. D. Lee Street, the town »of Woodstock
sprang up about three miles above the parish church, and grew
so rapidly that it became necessary to erect a church there.
This was done on the spot where St. Luke's now stands, the land
having been generously given by Richard Smith, Esq.* In 1868
the parish of Richmond was set apart ecclesiastically as a mission
and placed in charge of the Rev. Joseph Dinzey, then curate of
Woodstock. This, however, left in Mr. Street's care still the
three civil parishes of W^oodstock, Wakefield and Northampton.
In the year 1870, the Rev. W. H. Street resigned the mission
of Andover to become rector of Richmond in succession to Mr.
Dinzey, and the Rev. L. A. Hoyt was appointed to Andover -
his i.nssion including a vast and lupidly growing district. As

* In this connection the following extract from the Journal of Bishop John Inglig
in 1886 is of interest :

" Saturday, August I't.- A. very delightful day. We visited the new church,
whoFe outside is handsomely finished. It is very creditable to the pla<;e, and stands
on a beautiful and commanding site. There was much difficulty m deciding upon
the situation, and the difficulty was greater because it was at Hrst intended to take
down the old church, which was naturally and justly dear to the first settlers. The
Archdeacon wisely suggested the pri)priety of preserving the old church and moving
the sitf of the new to a distance of three miles, where a village is rapidly rising.
This plan reconciled all differeuces, and the undertaking, though no easy one for the
members of the Church, has been entered into with very commendable zeal and
liberality. It will cost more than A'800, and the benefaction of t'50 from the Society
is the only extrinsic assistance they have received. We hafl an afternoon service
in the old church. The buria! ground was consecrated, and 1 preached a sermon in
reference to that ceremony to a funeral which was blended with It. More than 150
persons crowded the little building; and I was glad after the service to suggest some
improvements of this edifice which will Increase its accommodation and make it
more sightly.

^'Sunday, August 16.— The weather was unfavourable, but the old church wan
crowded at eleven, when it was consecrated and named Chri»t <^'hurch. 1 preached
upon the occacion. Before ihe service was finished the rain f*-!! heavily. I had
consented to officiate iu the n^w chi rch in the afternoon, although no windows were
yet in it It was prepared for the occasion, and a temporary piHpit, altar and seats
were skilfully arranged by the builder. Hither, therefore, we drove three miles
through the rain, and 1 was surprised to find 200 persons assembled. The pulpit
was under the open window of the chancel, bnt I was driven tinm it by the rain in
the midst of my sermon. Ten persons whose deportment was most exemplary were
confirmed."

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Mr. Hoyt went about his work he saw as time went on, the
same necessity and utility of the division of the large field in his
charge, as Mr. Street had seen with regard to the original field
of which the mission of Andover had lieen a part. It was neces-
sary that new missions should be set off as soon as possible so that
all new settlements which were then rapidly being made should
have the fullest possible ministration of the Church, It was
largely due to his foresight and energy that in a very few years
the once unwieldly mission of Andover was divided up so as to
form six missions instead of one — each with its own clergyman.
In 1873 the parishes of Wilmot, Wicklow and Simonds became
the mission of Wicklow, and were placed in the charge of the
Rev. W. R. Almond of St. Auj?;ustine's College, Canterbury,
England. He worked well and faithfully for the few months
that he was there, but owing to ill health, gave up his work and
returned to England. The mission has ever siuce been in the
charge of the Rev. J. E. Flewelling. In 1876 the new settle-
ment of Danes in Drummond parish, called New Denmark,
became practically a new mission — the Danes as a body giving
in their adherence to our Church, and their teacher, Mr. N. M.
Hansen receiving ordination at the hands of Bishop Medley and
becoming their chosen pastor. This mission is now in charge of
Rev. C. E. Maimanu.

In 1879 the large civil parish of Aberdeen was set off as a
new mission, under the charge of the Rev. Arthur Hoadley, of
St. Augustine's college. Unfortunately, Mr. Hoadley's health
gave way before the rigour of the climate, and he was compelled
to give up the work, and Aberdeen has never since been a
separate mission. In 1882 Grand Falls and Madawaska were
formed into a separate mission, under the care of the Rev. Henry
Jones; and in 1889 another mission was formed, including all
the district of new settlements along the Tobique River, and
comprising the parishes of Gordon and Lome. The Rev. J. R.
Hopkins has been in charge of this interesting mission since its
inception. Thus has the work bjen going on steadily from the
beginning of i-'.tab!'' hing new missions as centres of Church life
and work, eav i.: with its own missionary to minister to the souls
within his appointed sphere Ci. labour. The moving spirit in the
earlier work oi sub-division being the late Rev. S. D. Lee Street,
and in the later work the Rev. L. A. Hoyt ; to each is due great
credit for faithful labour, perseverance and wisdom in this
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Besides these two, and others whose names have been already
mentioned, there are not a few who have had their share in the
work of the Church in this Deanery. Some of them are doing
good work to-day in other fields, and not a few have passed to
their rest in Paradise. In Queensbury the Rev. H. W. Tippet
passed many years in performing faithfully the duties of his min-
istry. In Prince William, the names of P. W. Ijoosemore, C. F.
Street, E. A. W. Hanington, LeB. W. Fowler, appear in succes-
sion as its rectors, leaving a record of well-sustained fidelity in
the work of Christ and His Church. In Richmond, the late
lamented Henry H. Neales was succeeded by F. W. Vroom, now
the able Professor of Divinity in Kings College, Windsor, who
was followed in the parish by E. J. P. B. Williams, who in turn
has been succeeded by A. W. Teed, now in charge. In 1894,
the Rev. Scovil Neales removed from Queensbury and Southamp-
ton to succeed Rev. L. A. Hoyt at Andover, and after more
than three years of abundant and successl'ul labour there, has
lately been appointed to the rectorship of Sussex, to build up
the old waste places of that most important parish.

Other names are still to be mentioned, who have done longer
or shorter service in the Deanery, such as Rev. Messrs. Shannon,
Eastman, Armstrong, Richards, and Parry, in the Mission of
Madawaska and Grand Falls ; Messrs. Morris and Hooper in
Andover ; Messrs. Towers, Titcombe, and Warneford, in Canter-
bury ; Mr. Lowndes, in Prince William ; and Messrs. Wiggins
and Murray, curates for a time in Woodstock ; thus greatly has
the number of labourers multiplied in this field of the Church's
work during the last quarter of a century or more.

The history of the Church in this deanery in its growth and
development is one most interesting to study, showing how it
has kept pace with the growth in population and material
prosperity, proving itself to be alive to its highest oalling as a
missionary Church. A glance at the present condition of things,
as compared with that of sixty years ago, when the Diocesan
Church Society was founded, aifords abundant reason for thank-
fulness and encouragement. In the first place, though the
population has grown from 8,000 in 1836 to about 35,000, the
membership of the Church has increased in a muc*' larger pro-
portion. That which was one mission, under the charge of one
missionary, the Rev. S. D. Lee Street, has now l>ec()nie ten, each
in charge of its own pastor. Where there were only two conse
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there are now twenty-eight scattered over the deanery, and most
of them models of architectural skill and beautiful in form and
appearance.

As another evidence of the growth of the Church, we turn
to consider the amounts contributed to its support. At the
time of Mr. Street's death, in 1870, the Mission of Woodstock
contributed only about $500, but is no^' giving not less
than $1,500. Woodstock at that time was receiving $700
through the Diocesan Church Society, but now receives no
grant whatever. At the time when Mr. Hoyt went to take
charge of Andover, the utmost that ■ that mission seemed able
to contribute towards the missionary's support was $200, while
now the same district, divided up into its several missions,
contributes about $1,500. The communicants' roll now reaches
about 800 in the whole deanery. All these facts represent a
very encouraging growth, and show how the Church has been
endeavoring to follow up in true missionary spirit the advance-
ment of the country, and to be ready at hand to afford its minis-
trations to all who need them. And there are everywhere many
tokens of increased zeal, liberality and reverence for holy things,
which are an indication of the faith which inspires the members
of the Church in her life of daily growth. And at this point of
time, when the Diocesan Church Society is, after more than sixty
years of noble work as a separate body, to merge its future life
of increased usefulness, as we believe, in the Synod of the Diocese,
it is a fruitful theme of study how large a share the Society itself
has borne in bringing about the above encouraging results.
There never was a time when there was not a close and living
connection between the Society and the deanery. At the first
organized meeting of the D. C. S., on February 9th, 1837, Wood-
stock w»"^'j^ Represented by the Rev. S. D. Lee Street, and Richard
Ketchjpj^A. and John Bedell, lay representatives, and from that
time to this the clergy and the lay representatives of the several
missions, as they were formed, have given attendance at the
Society's annual meetings. The members of the Church through-
out the who1r> deanery have as a body ever felt a lively interest
in the Society s work, and have been regular contributors to its
funds. On the other hand the missions in the deanery have
been receiving from the funds of the Society most libertU grants
for the support of the Church's work in their midst, by which
that work has been aided and fostered during all the past.

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<leanery north of Prince William it was receiving through our
Diocesan Church Society a grant of $500, which was continued
to Woodstock up to the year 1870. In that year the amount
received by the Mission of Andover from the D. C. S. was
$520. The same district, as now divided up into its several
missions, receives from the D. C. S. grants amounting to
$1,660 towards the support of its four missions, while the grants
to the deanery, as a whole, amount to $2,795. These figures
show very plainly that the Society has been helping in no meagre
and stinted manner the Church's missions in this part of the
Diocese, and it requires no long reflection to understand how
immense the debt is which the deanery owes to the Society for
its long and loving fostering care, without which we should
have indeed a very different tale to t«ll of the history and
condition of the Church from that which we are now able to
present.

SERMON

BY THE

VERY REVEREND FRANCIS PARTRIDGE, D. D.,
Dean of Fkedericton.

Pkeached in the Cathedral, at F'kedericton, OcT^Tiy^ 5, 1897,
AT A Service held in Commemoration of the SixV\'-fir8t
Anniversary of the P^ormation of the Diocesan Church
Society of New Brunswick,

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'* I have put off my coat, how shall I put it on T' 8ong of Solomon, v. 8.

The primary application of the text is that of the Bride, the
Church of Christ, making answer to her beloved, the Bridegroom,
when called unexpectedly after retiring to rest. The lovely and
deeply spiritual allegor •, called the Song of Songs, has been
universally, until recent times, interpreted as representing
the varying conditions of the Church in the world. At one
time fully alive to the joys and delights of the sweet companion-
ship of the love of her I^ord, ready to dare all and suffer all for

His dear Kuke ; at another, lukewarm, supine, cold and carelesn,
ready to exouHe herself for inaction, unroHponuive to Hiu moving
appeals for her warmest love and service. Tbiti inspired and
inspiring song shows her again returning t** her allegiance, and
finally restored to the fullness of surrender and devotion. In
the passage before us we have the Master coming to seek Mis
Church. In the outpouring of tenderest affection He calls her
in most endearing tt^rius. She that had surpassed language in
describing her very abandon of love, now hesitates to arise.
She has put oli" her dress ; how can she put it on 1 She has
washed her feet for the night ; how can she defile them by
crossing the doors i And when, at last, she would admit Him,
He is gone.

But it is her love that is indolent, not His. It is she that
has been sleeping and is full of excuses, not He. Ana He
forgets and forgives \ \

Without pressing every detail of zeal or of inaction in this
heavenly poem into a fulfilment at some particular crisis in the
history of the Church, it is evident that the whole presents a
vivid picture of her chequered career. Starting in the white
light of His presence, enkindled by Pentecost, set ablaze by the
fires of p( rsecution, she bowed the world at the foot of the cross.
Spoiled by jjrosperity, she loses her first love; grows cold, inactive,
by internal dissensions, and consumed by personal ambi-

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vions, sh'i scarce recognizes her beloved when He calls. "I have
put off my coat, how shall I put it on 1 " Then, rising again,
thrilled by His magic touch, she arrays herself in her beautiful
garments and glows once more under His smile, till the earth
anon resounds wi(}h the music of the gospel and whole lands are
won to her embrace. Trace the course of the Church on earth ;
follow her from century to century ; st<and with her in the
amphitheatre; worship with her in the catacombs; Ije seated
with her upon the world's thrones ; wander m her company
through trackless forests, and sink exhausted with her upon the
torrid sands of the desert. Watch her in the haunts of kings,
and in the gruesome lazar house ; view her in the classic pagan-
ism of mediajval Rome, and in the wigwam of the hard-won
savage : till you see her at last in her missionary career of the
present day, when, as never before, she strives to complete the
triumphs of the cross. Do this, and say whether, while she has
never l)een separated from her Beloved, and has never consciously
abandoned the Faitli, there have not been many days when the
iialf-hearted hesitation of the Shulamite has been exemplified in

the Church's hintory, and the vacillating cry has gone forth over
the fiekJH of darkness : '* I have put oft" my coat, how shall I put
itcn?"

But say also whether, like the bride in this immortal song,
the Church has not returned to her first love, and clasped in the
embrace of her dear Lord she is not now glowing with the
warmth of renewed afl'ection, and on fire with zeal for the satis-
fying of the travail of His soul ?

The occasion on which we are met is one of uni(|ue and solemn
interest. There is no sadness alM)ut it. It is the joining of
hands too long severed. It is t1 vedding of love and self-sacrifice.

While yet this Provin of New Brunswick formed part
of a larger diocese, preside t )y a Bishop whose fatherly

and most efficient visitati Ui only take place at long

intervals ; formed at his suj^^' ^t-i^'i) guided by his wise advice,
and begun by Churchmen who were as cautious as they were
zealous, the Church Society of the Archdeaconiy of New
Brunswick had its origin. The reports of the early proceedings
can hardly be perused by any one who has a due appreciation of
what has been accomplished by the Society without admiration
of its founders and devout thankfulness to Almighty God. The
firm and clear statements of the Bisht>p's wishes ; the persuasive
and loyal utterances of the Archdeacon ; the evident desiie and
earnest effort of the fathers of the movement to preserve the
dignity and well-understood principles of the Church, at the
same time that they maintained the just rights of all her mem-
bers, fill us now with feelings of the deepest respect and grati-
tude. The addresses made and the sermons preached in behalf
of the Society and its objects are the work of men of culture
and ability, as well as of soundness in the faith. The variety
of its designs, the broad basis of its constitution, the careful
justice with which its grants were made, the fervour with which,
from the first, it was supported, gave the Church Society a hold
upon the regard of the members of the Church which developed
and grew stronger with succeeding years. And if, at the begin-
ning, there was on part of some a drawing back, a shrinking,
that was almost timidity, from joining in the new venture ; if
the voice of the Bride was heard crying, *' I have put off my
coat of pristine energy, how shall I put it on ? " the magnificent
courage and determination of the Society put to shame the fears
of the few, and launched her on her tide of progress and success.
Thus churches were built and assisted, libraries formed and
sustained, Sunday-schools supported, Bibles and Prayer books

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circulated, books for schools printed, and other works of piety
and charity carried on, without which the Church in many parts
would have languished and died. And, above all, there was
furnished a bond of union, and of fraternal deliberation on the
affairs of the Church, which proved, under God's blessing, the
foundation of the work of these later days, when the Church's
assemblies have the right of legislation as well as of discussion.
Our hearts go back with deepest interest to these first few
years of the Society's life. Bound together by ties of fraternal
affection, men of varying shades of personal opinion, but of
unshaken attachment to the Church of their forefathers, stead-
fastly and quietly pursued the course they had marked out. The
names of Archdeacon George and of Frederick Coster, Christopher
Milner, James and Alexander Somerville, William W. Walker,
G. S. Jarvis, S. D. Lee Street, Abraham Wood, William and
Elias Scovil, among the clergy ; of Neville and Robert Parker,
Ward Chipman, A. E. Botsford, W. H. Robinson, J. A. St ^et,
D. Hanington, C. P. Wetmore, among the laity ; together with
others of whom time and space forbids the mention, deserve to
be enshrined in the hearts of us their successors as men whose
plans were wisely conceived and perseveringly and faithfully
executed, and who are worthy of honour for all time. Nor can
it be forgotten that two of the oldest and most valued members
of the Society are living among us still— ^Sir John C. Allen, now
alas! no longer in health and strength; and Rev. Canon Ketchum,
who was for forty-four years its energetic and faithful secretary,
and who is, happily, present at this service.

• Then came the long-desired Bishop, from whose advent so
much was hoped and feared. Under the power of his strong
will, undaunted consistency, and indefatigable labours, the
Diocese sprang forward to its mission with renewed vigour.
Taking the reins of government firmly in his hands, he gradually
won the confidence of all, and conciliated those who at first
opposed him. From the day when he first presided over its
councils, August 17, 1845 — the important parish 6f St. John
giving in its adhesion to the Society at that time, and consider-
able alteration being made in the constitution — to the day of his
death. Bishop Medley showed his interest in the Society's work
by his constant attendance at its meetings, and by most liberal
contributions to its funds. Always ready to accept the well-
conceived suggestions of his colleagues on its committees, and to
consent to what might be promising or useful in its improvement,
he yet preserved a large share of its management, and brought

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to bear his valuable experience on every proposed change. The
scope of the Society continuing much the same, methods of
drawing forth the sympathy and assistance of the parishes were
adopted, the active co-operation of the members of the Church
increasingly engaged, the system of a fixed amount to be paid by
the people into a central fund — conditional upon which the
grants were made — was perfected. The amounts contributed by
the Church steadily if slowly increased, until it was possible to
show at the jubilee of the Bishop's arrival that the annual aver-
age of contributions was five times as much as it was when the
Society was establ'shed ; that 1 20 churches had l>een consecrated ;
and that no less a sum than $602,523 had been contributed to
the funds of the Society, in fifty years, for its missionary work
aloiie ; that in fifty years 23,552 persons had been confirmed ;
and that whereas in 1872, or twenty-five years since, the com-
municants were only six per cent of baptized members of the
Church, at the present time about 20 per cent, are communicants.

When the Society was formed, it was in faith and confidence.
Archdeacon Coster, in his address, speaks of the principles by
which it was to be guided, and the united support which it
would need. Dr. Somerville, in the sermon preached at its first
meeting, strives to set forth its advantages, and, believing that
it will mark an " era in our Colonial Church," in pathetic tones
exhorts the assembled fathers to unity in love.

The apostolic rule, " nothing without the Bishop," so firmly
insisted on in its inception, has been maintained throughout its
career; and we who look back on its sixty years of service are
able to trace the hand of God in its history, and to perceive how
well the anticipation of its noble-hearted and faithful founders
has been realized. All over the vast field which the diocese
presents, how has the work of the Church been built up by the
sympathy and support of the Diocesan Church ^lociety ! In how
many districts, which would otherwise have remained without
the ministrations of religion, have churches sprung up of chaste
and elegant proportions, embodying in their very construction
the teachings of our holy faith ! How many dying beds have
been cheered and consoled by the message of the gospel, and the
provision of food for the awful journey, at the hands of the
ambassador for Gkx], sent and maintained by the Society's help !
With what admirable and unswerving impartiality have its
grants alvrayn been made, asking only devotion to Christ and
His Church from those who received them ! In what a variety
of ways has its assistance been given, including both the old and

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the young, the learned and the ignorant, the whole and the sick,
within the range of its beneficent ministrations ! Could but the
eyes of those who, in dependence on God's blessing, sent !t on its
mission of usefulness, be opened for a moment now to the view
of what it has accomplished, how would they rejoice with us
to-day and exclaim, "What hath God wrought?" It is no
longer, "I have put off my coat, how shall I put it on?" but
rather, " My Beloved is mine, and I am His."

But if all this be so, wherein lies the necessity for change ?
Why destroy an institution which is not only of proved merit,
but also an object of fond affection ?

The answer is, that it is not destroyed.

Some years since, after the formation of the Diocesan Synod,
clothed with all necessary powers for the self-government of the
Church, it began to appear to many minds that a concentration
of the Church's work would be beneficial, and that if in any way
the objects of the Church Society could be interwoven with those
of the Synod, so that the source of the legislation of the diocese
should also be the source of its financial administration, a very
great gain would be effected. The Synod might legislate, but it
was unable to grant a single dollar to the accomplishment of its
designs: while the Church Society, which raised and controlled
the funds, could originate no scheme and provide no machinery
for their effective supervision and use. Thus there were two
bodies, having the same essential aims, but acting independently
of each other, between which there might at any time be friction,
and necessitating double expense of time and labour in their
management. The idea of the amalgamation slowly, but surely,
grew. Every step taken was calmly and deliberately considered.
Several years passed between the expression of the desirability
of such a change and its accomplishment, and before it actually
took place the Church in New Brunswick fou" '^ Itself to be the
only branch of the Church of England having . dministrative
bodies. Thus that portion of the Colonial C... .-ch, which was
the first to form a Diocesan Church Society, is the last to merge
it in its Synod. But in due course, after the fullest discussion,
the most careful elaboration of details, with the heartiest
unanimity and the good will of all concerned, the necessary civil
legislation has been obtained. And to-night we celebrate, for
the last time, in a special service of divine worship, the gather-
ing, in that form, of the Diocesan Church Society. Henceforth
its work is to be carried on under the Synod of the diocese.
Still the Bishop is its recognized head. Still its objects are to be

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diligently and perseveringly pursued. Under another name,
which nevertheless has become familiar in our ears as household
words, it will continue to uphold the banner of the cross, to
assist the labours of our people, to supplement from its funds
the systematic and liberal oflferings of the parishes, and to fulfil
with increased effectiveness the ends with which our fathers of
sixty years ago established it.

And if at this interesting moment it should seem to some
that it is something like the cry of the bride : " I have put off
my coat, how shall I put it on ? " — as though there was a desert-
ing of old ideals and methods, or even of ancient zeal and love;
let them be assured that und6r God's blessing the work will not
be hindered, but advanced; not diminished, hut increased ; not
laid aside, but renewed; not despised, l)ut held in more abundant
honour. The old Church Society, with its sweet memories of
love and helpfulness, its remembrances of business meetings, of
anniversary services, of companionship with those now enjoying
the rest and peace of Paradise, of its own accord gives up its in-
dependence, and merges its work in that of the greater body.
When inaugurated, its professed object was the glory of God
through the support and spread of His Church. To this it was
devoted during its long career. For this it now surrenders its
autonomy, and places its hand in that of the Church herself.
It is not a funeral, but a marriage ; not an interment, but a
resurrection. And as the Society was begun with prayer and
faith, by worship in the sacred house of God and with the set-
ting forth of God's holy word, so now in the same spirit would
the sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty " lay her trophies
at His feet, and crown Him Lord of all."

<* I have put off my coat, how shall I put it on ] " Shall our
dear Lord and Master call us now to renewed work, under new
conditions, with fresh zeal, with more vigorous activity, with
greater wealth of affection, and shall we utter the cry of one who
has divested herself of her garments and lain down to rest ?

Dear brothers, is not the call to victory ?

look forth upon the land which owns us its sons, and see
what is the position of our dear Church. Is she occupying the
place that is due to her divine origin, her unbroken history, her
apostolic claims '{ Standing as she does on the "impregnable
rock " of Holy Scripture, the channel of divine grace&nd truth
for her children — grace, the being of God transferr^ to the
human soul, and truth, the being of God translated into human
action — grace the motive power, truth its inward and outward

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manifestation : have our prayers and our alms borne forward hor
standard into the van of human progress? Are we satisfied with
the advance her banners have made in our hands t Is there
nothing more for us to do ? Listen ! His voice is summoning us !
How it thrills us with its deep-toned power : " Arise my love,
my fair one, and come away." And is our voice, at this crisis in
our life, that of the Bride sunk in sleep, unwilling to come forth
— having put off the bridal garments, and reluctant to assume
them ; having washed the feet for rest, and slow to defile them
again 1

O, is there not much land yet to be occupied ? Are there not
many wants to be supplied, many soulsyet to be won to the
allegiance of our Beloved ? Can we turn a deaf ear to His
voice of strength 1

Is it not the case that the Church of England has put on her
bridal array, is hearing and following the call of the Master as
never before in her varied experience 1 Was there ever a time
when her sons believed in her more firmly, or were priepared
more resolutely to maintain her faith? Is she not the only
branch of the ancient Tree to preserve inviolate the original
creed and hand on the primitive tradition, to bring to the light
of day the life-giving Word, and to safeguard the unmutilat«d
Sacraments ? Has it not been hers alone to entrust her children
with a worship which is the heritage of the layman as of the
priest, rising to the throne of God in the tongue " understanded
of the people ? " Is it not her privilege to combine the ckwesf
adhesion to the unchanging faith with the largest share to
individual opinion, and, while claiming no vague, and therefore
dangerous, infallibility, to gather the allegiance of her members
around central and fundamental dogmas, which all the strife of
centuries has not prevailed to alter, and all the seductions of
world, flesh and devil combined have never wrenched from her
grasp !

It is this unshifting base of belief, this unvarying body of
truth, inherited from our fathers, and held in trust for our
children, which it is our privilege to hold and proclaim ! Dearer
to us than our heart's blood, more sacred than life, or success in
aught else ! And as surely as the sun shines at mid-day, and
the planets revolve in their unvarying orbits, shall this pure and
scriptural faith, these Christ-ordained sacraments, this apostolic
ministry unbroken in our hands, this holy and inspiring worship,
ultimctely re-clasp in their embrace those who have marred the
parity or broken the unity of the Church of Christ !

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With these convictions, brothers, it were needless to impress
upon you the duty of continuing your interest unabated in the
progress and development of your Church. Banish the thoughts
of garments put off, and leap forward to the struggle against sin,
sorrow and death. We need but three things to make us the
very foramost defenders of the faith of Christ crucified.

We want more real unity. We have uniformity enough. We
need the laying aside of minor differences and the forgetting of
party watchwords, sinking these out of sight in the depth of our
sense of the atoning blood so freely shed for all ; and, while
practising our lawful liberty, keeping close to the authorized
standards, and losing preference in principle.

We want more enthusiasm — first, more out-pouring of the
Holy Spirit of God, and then stronger belief in our own position,
methods and destiny.

We need greater (tdaptabUity, more power of expression, less
exclusiveness and stiffiiess, and more sociability. Shall I say
that we need, also, more liberality in giving, that the growing
needs of the Church may be promptly anticipated and met ?

Having these we shall present a united front to our great
spiritual foe. Put off your sleepiness and inactivity, and put on
your beautiful garments ; put off the excuses of indolence, and
put on the whole armour of God ; put off miserly unwillingness
to maintain His work, and put on " charity which is the bond of
perfectness."

So shall the body of Christ, joined together and compacted
by that which every joint supplieth, go forth conquering and to
conquer: fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an
army with banners : till the whole world is " bound with golden
chains about the feet of God ! "

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GENERAL INDEX TO ALL THE
D. C. S. REPORTS.

K. D. 1836 -QT.

NOTK.— The Reports ere referred to by their ninnbers and pegee respectively.
IB order to save epaoe, many principal matters— <. e., such as occur every year
and may be easily found— are purposely omitted.

Report. Page.

Acts ok Assembly —

To incorporate the D. C. 8. (16 Vic, Cap. iv.,

1853), Eighteenth, 9

To amend the above (1859), Twenty-thirtI, App.

To transfer certain Church Lands to the

D.C. 8.(1871) Thirty-ninth, 61

To regulate the sale and leasing of lands held'

by the D. C. 8. (1874), do. 60,62

To consolidate and amend Acts relating to the

Church of England ( 1 885), Fif ty -first, 108

To amalgamate the D. C. 8. with the Diocesan

Synod, Fifty-nim'i?, 120

do. do do .... Sixtieth, 152

Alkxandkr, Rev. F. —

Report on his claim on W. and O. Fund, . . . .Sixtieth, 112

Letter from, ... do. 1 13

Alumon, J. F. —

Bequest from, Thirty-second, 76

AMALOAM ATTON OV D. C. S. AND SyNOD. —

Committee to consider, etc. , Fifty-first, 104

Report, and re-appointment of Committee, . . Fifty-second, 84

Report of Committee, with Apjiendices, do. 127

do. do. do. Fifty-third, 127

Proposed Bill to effect, do. 128

Notice of motion to effect, Fifty-fourth, 87, 89

Clergy to consult Local Committees on ques-
tion of , Fifty-fifth, 107

Report from Parishes on, Fifty-sixth, 102

Report of Committee on, Fifty -eighth, J5

Agreed to by General Committee, Fifty-nitith, 80

Agi-eed to by Anniversary Meeting, Fifty-ninth, 86

II.

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Report. I'aRe.

Am AUiAMATKIN OK I). (!. K. AM» SVNOU — C'oiltilltletl.

Joint Committee to carry «)ut, .... Fifty-ninth, HI

Report of Committee on, ..... Sixtieth, H2

Act for Amal(j^mation approved, . . Sixtieth, Mo, H7

Petition in favor of hill for, Sixty-first, I07

Annivkrmary Mkrtino —

Change of time for holding, Twunty-thinl, 31

Act to remove doubts as to, .... <lo. App.

Provision for meeting elsewhere than at Oed-

ericton and St. John, Fifty-seventh, 97, 9H

Meeting at WtMidstock, Fifty-ninth, H4

Adjournment of, Sixty-second, 78, 92

AhI'KNDIX —

Archdeacon Coster's addi"ew8, .... Second, 11

do. Fourth, 9

A Com|)endium of the Constitution, Bv-Laws,

etc., of the I). C. S., ' Sixteenth, «2

do. do. do. do. Seventeenth, H2

Resolutions of the (;reneral Committee, Nineteenth, H3

Re()ort of Committee on Constitution Twentieth, H8

. Resolutions of the Cleneral Committee, etc.,. .do. 71

Addresses at Anniversary Meeting, Twenty-first, 71

do. do. Twenty-second, 79

do. do. Twenty-third, 83

do. , do. Twenty -fourth, .53

do. do. Twenty -eighth, 78

do. do. Sixty-second, Part ii.

do. do. Twenty-fifth, 33

Address of the Hon. Justice Parker on Endow-
ment Fund, Twenty-sixth, 77

Re^iort on Endowment Fund, do. 85

W. and O. Fund, Re{X)rt and Scheme, Thirty-second, 76

Report of Schedule Committee, Thirty-fourth, 100

By-Laws, W. and O. Fund do. . 101

Pastoral Letter of the Bishop, .... do. 103

Letter from S. P. G. , Thirty -eighth, 1 16

Summary of Statistical Returns for 1875-6, . . Forty-first, 1 19

(Alw in No>i. XLII, XLIII, XLIV, XLV.)

Envelope System, suggestions respecting, .... Forty-fourth, 142

(Aim in each MulMequetit iimnber.)
Sermon by the Right Rev. H. T. Kingdon, D.D.

Bishop Coadjutor of Fredericton, Forty-seventh, 185

AfVBOPRI ATIONS —

Schedule of, Fifth, 13

f Will be. fouiul in ecu'h Report flotrn to the
Thirty-Seventh. )

Archdeacon Coster —

Ex-officio First Vice-President, First, 25

Portrait of, to be inserted in last Re{x>rt, . . . .Sixty-second, 108
(See '* CoiUer, The Veiiei-aftle Atrhtleaeon.^^ J

1 ;

(iKNKKAL INDBX.

III.

Page.

«2

HTi, 87

107

App.

»7, 9H

78,92

11
9

02
62
H3

rt8
71
71
79
83
.53

Part ii.
33

i i
85
7tt
100
101
103
116
119

142

185

25
108

Akmntkumj, Thk Rkv. John —

Death of, ami resolution therwoii,

Akmntkono, Thb Rev. (iROKtiK M. —
Obituary notice of, ... .

Akmntrunu, Thk Rev. William —
Obituary notice of, , . . .

Assets of the 1). C. H., Statement (»r,

do.

Bacon, The Rev. Samiel -

Death of, and resolution thereon,

Bailey, Mihh Euzabeth, Be<|ue8t of —
Authority to give discharge for.

Contest as to,

Amount received on account of,
Finally settled,

Bedbix, W. J. —

Appointed Treasurer Church Society,

do. D. C. S.,

Death of, and resolution thereon,

Beman, Malvina —

Her donation, .....

Beu<, John —

Bequest of,

Bell, Sarah —

Bequest of,

Bell, Euza —

Betjuest of,

Bequests —

George Sears, St. John,

Samuel Scovil, St. John,

John Bell, Shediac, . . i . . .

Sarah Bell, Shediac,

Eliza Bell, Shediac.

Stephen Wiggins, St. John,

Joseph F. Alison, Sackville,

F. W. Hatheway, St. John,

Ann Simonds, St. John

Chief Justice Parker, St. John,

Mrs. Rawleigh, St. John,

James Wheten, Richibucto,

Mrs. Ann Hall, St. John,

Jane Parker, St. John,

Report.

Page.

Thirtieth,

«4

FIfty-Hfth,

do.

Forty-fourth,

Forty fifth.

Thiity-fourth,

Forty-fouith,

71,81

Forty-fifth,

Forty-sixth,

103 -<

Forty-seventh,

94 i

Forty-eighth

108

Third,

Tenth,

Thirty-fii-st,

First, »

3* >

Twenty-sixth,

do.

Twenty-ninth,

Ninth,

19 «

Twe^ty-fir«t,

Twenty-sixth,

do.

Twenty-ninth,

22 ^

Twenty-eighth,

.Thirty-second,

Thirty -Brst,

Thirty-first,

:»

Thirty-second,

Thirty-third,

Thirty-fourth,

Thirty-fifth,

Thirty-ninth,

niNBRAL INDKX.

« i

Report.

BKgi'KMTH- - Conliiini>(l.

Mim D. Brinlev Haxen, 8t. John, Thirty eighth,

(Jhief .Justice (Thipnian, 8t. John, Forty-Hniit,

Mrs. 8arah V. DeWolfo, 8t. John Forty thiiYl,

Hon. John Ainhrose Street, Frerleriuton, . . . . Forty •wx.'ond,

Hon. Beverley RohinHnn, Frederioton, Forty-Kriit,

L. H. DeVeher, 8t. John, Forty-thirrI,

Charles Merritt, 8t. John Forty -thiitl,

John Inch, New Jerusalem, Queens Co., . . . .Forty -fourth,

Benjamin Dowling, Elffin, Albert Co Forty -fifth,

Elizabeth Bailey, St. .Hihn Forty-fifth,

.\nn Thomson, St. John, Fifty-third,

Rev. Edwin <}ilpin, Halifax, Fifty-thinl,

Jane Moore, for I. C. F., Fifty-sixth,

Rev. A. H. Weeks, Sixtieth, I

Rev. James Neules, .... , do.

Walter C. Fairweather, St. John, do.

.Mrs. Alice Vernon, St. John, Sixty-first,

Edward H. Wilmot, Fredericton, do.

Mrs. J. M. Stirline, England, Sixty-second,

Cieo. F. H. Minohin, Fredericton, ..... do.

Henry G. C. Ketchum, Fredericton, ...... do.

Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, St. John, do.

Richard Hocken, Chatham, do.

Kliza CaiT, Fredericton, do.

BKgUESTS —

All to be funded, Thirty-first,

Memorial of, Thirty-second,

* fAlM> in ench Huhmqtteat innnfter down to tlw
Forty-third.)

Detailed statement of, Forty-fourth,

<lo. do. Forty-fifth,

Detailed statement showing limitations of each

Bequest, Extracts from Wills, etc., . . . .Fifty-third,

Resolution as to funding of lost, Fifty-fifth,

Bishop -T-

First announcement of, for NeM- Brunswick, Ninth,

Resolutions respecting, do.

(Ste "Fredericton, Bishop of," "Fred-
ericton, Bishop Coadjutor of," "Maine,
Bishop of," "Nova Scotia, Bishop of.")

Bl.\ck, The Rbv. John —

Death of, Thirty-neventh,

iuss, Thk Rwv. C. p.—

Secretary Executive Committee, Thirteenth,

BoAKD or Hour Missions —

Name substituted for ' ' Schedule Committee, " Fortieth ,

Mr. O. A. Schofield, Secretary, do.

Rules and regulations of, do.

Sections 11, 12 and 13 added, do.

P««*

47
M

I3()

124

12it

109

115

12«»

121

115

113

115

113

112

118

14,

3(t

86
90

ia5

109

12
14, 15

47
M
68
6«)
72
6M
13()
79
81
81
124
12{)
109
114, 115
12l»
121
115
115
llA
113
115
113
112
118

3(1
75

135
109

12
14, 15

(iBNRKAL INDKX.

Report.
B«MRii or HoMK MiHMioNtt — CoHfimied.

RefloliitioDH re(|uiring special returiia to, .... Forty-Hi-Ht,

Vote (*f thanks to, and to Hef;rutary, Forty -Hccontl,

Number of increased, Forty-Hfth,

ImiKirtant reiiort from, Forty-Hixth,

Bishop Coadjutor and Archdea<M>n ntade fx

ojffifio members of, Forty-Mevunth,

A member of, to bo uhosen by each Deanery, Forty-eighth,

MemberH of, so chosen, Forty>ninth,

Directed to revise whole schedule, do.

Members chosen by the Deaneries, Fiftieth,

Insurance returns to be made to, do.

Rules and regulations of, altered, Fiftv-Hocond,

do. do. Fifty-thinl,

Missionary Schedule to be sent annually to

each Deanery, Fifty-third,

Im|mrtant Report of, "Needs of the Diocese,"
" Statistical Re|)ort«," new plan for secur-
ing neceasary contributions, Fifty-third,

Success of new plan, Fifty-fourth,

Alteration in Rules of, Fifty-fifth,

do. do. Fifty-sixth,

(A report of the Boanl tcill be. found in
etu'h nunthe r from the time of its formation. )

BOoy DEP08IT0RIK8 — .

Formed at Frodericton and St. John, . .Eleventh,

Committees apfiointed. Books imported to be

equally divided between, Eleventh,

Regulations for, Fifteenth,

Depository at St. John, appropriation to, . . . .Thirty- ninth,

Committee for, Thirty-ninth,

Report of, Forty-first,

Depository at Moncton, resolution as to Forty •eighth.

Report of St. John Committee, "Branch

Depositories," Fiftieth,

Regulations for Branch Depositories, Fifty -first.

Vote of thanks to Rev. T. £. Dowling, Secre-
tary St. John Depository, Fifty-third,

Removal of from Diocese, do.

Books, Documents, etc., of D. C. S. —

Upon amalgamation to be put in charge of

the Bishop,

BoTSFOBD, The Hon. Judge —

Death of, and resolution thereon,

BoYEB, The Rev, W. N.—

Death of,

Sixty-second,

Twenty-ninth,

Thirty-nintli,

Paffs.

21. .•«►
5«
66
79

tl5
»5
N4
HH
95
97
\Y2
83

1<»3

105

101

27
89

.^9
62
61
99

113
107

92
122

III
35
43

VI.

GENERAL INDEX.

Report. Page.

Sixty-second, Ap|)endix

. Fifty-fourth,

. Sixty-second,

. Forty-third,
. Sixty-first,

Cami'BKLL, Rev. J. Rov —

Address of, on Shediac Deanery,

C.^NTKRBURV, ThK ArCHBISHOP OF —

Retiuest for copies of the Rejwrts of 1). C. S,
for Church House, London,

Oakk, Eliza —

Beijuest of,

Cark, Rev. J. Frederic —

Death of,

Memorial Trust,

Cathedral, The —

Consecration of (August 31st, 1853), ..... .Eighteenth,

Delegates from, to D. C. S., and mode of

election, Forty-first,

Census ok the Province of N. B. (1840), Seventh,

Charlf«s Merritt Trust —

Report on, Forty-fourth,

Children's Mission Boxes Account, Forty-sixth,

Names or Numbers to be published, Forty -eighth,

Chipman, The Hon. Chief Justice —

Death of, ....

Bequest of, and resolution thereon, ....

Widow of, funeral of,

Bequest of, import on, ....

Release for, autiiorized, ....

Payment of, reported, ....

Church Society of the Archdeaconry of ^. B,
(See '* Society," '' Constitutum.")

Churton, The Rev. Canon, of St. Alban's England —

Sixteenth,

do
Forty-first,
Forty-second,
Forty-third,

do.

.Fiftieth,

Visit from,

(JLABK.SON, Jonas —

Map of Diocese prepared by, . . .

do. do.
Trust of,

Clergy —

Meeting of (Sept. 8, 1836), . . .

Names of, present at.

Resolutions of,

Colonial (Imperial Act of 1874),

Stipend Augmentation Fund, Rules of, Sixty-first,

Clergy W. and O. Fund —

{See ** Widows and Orphans.")

Cloppbr, Henry G. —

First Treasurer Church Society, First,

Codification, Etc., of Acts relating to Church of
England —

Bill for, submitted and appi-oved, Forty-eighth,

do. do. Fiftieth,

Act passed, Fifty-first,

. Eighteenth,
.Fifty-ninth,
. Sixty-first,

.First,
. do.
do.
.Forty -fifth.

118

44
lift

122
94

25
5:)
60
65
67

107

3
3

8
69
90

104
107
103

86
118

115

122
94

9
25
5:)

65
67

107

3
3

8
69
90

104
107
103

(tBNKRAL INOKX. Vii.

Beport. Page.

COMMITTBKS —

Quarterly Meetings of, Fifty-Hfth, 106

do. Fifty-»ixtli, loi

Committers, Appointment and Reporth of, kt<*. —
See "Board of Home Missions."
"Book Dei)ositorie8."
"Clergy Widows' and Orphans' Fnnd."
"Constitution."
"Divinity Scholarshijw' Fimd."
"Education of the Children of the Clerpy Fund."
"Endowment Fund."
' ' Executive Committee. "
" Finance Committee. "
"General Committee."
"Glebe Lands."
" Incapacitated Clergy Fund."
"Loan Committee."
" Needs of the Diocese."
"Occasioual Paper Committee."
"Rules and Regulations."
' ' Schedule Committee. "
"Sunday-Schools."
"Widows' and Orplians' Fund, Special."

Compendium, A, of the Rules, Objects, History,

etc., of Church Society and D. C. S., Sixteentli, 62

Constitution ok the Church Society, First, 25

Alterations in, Tenth, 35

Constitution ok the Diot^itsAN Church Society-, . . do. 5
Amendments and Alterations —

Article VI, Sec. 1, addition to, Eleventh, 24

do. IV, altereti, do. 24

do. XIV, amended, Fourteenth, 28

do. VI, Objects Nos. 7 and 8 Sixteenth, 24

do. XVIII, altered, • Twentieth, 31

R«{)ort on Amendments to, Twentieth, 68

Amendments adopted, Twenty-first, 28

Article XII, altered, Twenty-third, 31

do. VIII, Object No. 9, added, ... . .Twenty-seventh, 28

do. VI, No. 3, and VII, No. 1, amended. Thirtieth, 30

do. VIII, Object No. 2, amended, Thirty-second, 31

do. Vm, Object No. 10, added, Thirty-third, 3.'»

do. vm, XIII, Sec. 1, altered, Thirty-fifth, 44

do. vm, new, and other Nos. altered, . .Thirty-sixth, 34

do. VII, added to, do. 34

do. XIV, do. do. 34

do. Ill, and XIII, amended, do. 41

do. IX, Object No. 11, added, Thirty-seventh, 51

do. VII, Sec. 5, added, Thirty-ninth, 54

" Board of Home Missions," substituted for

" Schedule Committee," Fortieth, 53

Vlll.

GENERAL INDEX.

Constitution ok the D. C. S. — Contimml.

Report.

Pag*.

Article XII, Sec. 5, added,

...Forty-first,

do. IX, Object No. 11, abolished,..

. . .Forty-second,

.>3

do. VII, Sec. 3, altered,

. .Forty- fourth,

6»

do. IX, Object No. 7, altered, and No.

added,

do. ^

do. XV, Sec. 2, added,

do.

do. VIII, Sec. 2, altered

..Forty-fifth,

do. IX, Object No. 7, altered, . . . .

do.

do. XIV, Sec. 1, altered,

. . Forty-sixth,

do. VI, Sec. 2, do

do.

do. XII, Sec. 3, do

do.

do. VI, Sec. 2, do

. .Forty-seventh,

do. Vin, Sec. 1, do

do.

j do. VIII, Sec. 2, do

. .Forty-eighth,

Committee appointed to report on, . . . .

do.

107

Article IX, Object No. 12, added,

.Fifty-third,

do. XIII, Sec. 1, altered,

. .Fifty-seventh,

do. XII, Sec. 5, altered,

. .Fifty-ninch,

Coster, The Venerable Archdeacon —

Meeting of Clergy called by,

..First,

Address by,

. . do.

do. . . . .

do.

First Vice-President of Church Society,

.. do.

2tt

1' Address by,

. . Second,

i do.

. .Fourth,

|! Vote of Thanks to

..Tenth,

1 Death of,

. .Twenty-thiwi,

li Resolution thereon,

do.

Portrait of, . . . .

. . Sixty-second,

1, 108

1 Coster, The Rkv. Frederic —

First Secretary of Church Society,

..First,'

First Secretary of D. C. S.,

..Tenth,

Death of, and resolution thereon,

..Thirty-first,

Coster, The Rkv. Charles G., Ph. D. —

Death of,

..Forty -fifth.

Coster, The Rbv. N. A.—

Death of,

. . Forty-fourth

Deaneries —

1 liist of, .... ....

. .Forty -sixth.

} j (Same in every mib«equent number. )

Deficiency Fund —

Subscriptions to,

..Forty-seventh,

112

, Thanks tendered to Mr. S. Schofield, ....

do.

DkVbbbr, L. H. —

Bequest of,

. .Forty-third,

6S 1

IJ
1)1

Di
Dc

65
B5
65
65
65
95
107

»
S

16
26
11
9
37
25
35
10»

37
32

CiENBRAL INDEX.

ix.

DkWolkk, Mrs. Sarah Catherink—

Report.

Page.

■M

Bequest of,

. . . Twenty-seoond,

'■'-'

Report on

do.

Proceedinf^ ordered,

do.

3»

Reaolutions aa to,

do.

About to be realized

...Thirty-ninth,

130

Reiwrt on,

...Forty-third,

'■

Amount received on account of,

. . . Forty-seventh,

•■;

do. do.

. . . Fifty-second,

IU4

" ,. "■

Resolution as to Monument to,

. . . Sixtieth,

Sixty -second, 84, 123

Monument erected to,

DiocBSAN Church Sckjikty of New Brunswick
(See ''Society" "CoHHtUutioH.")

Diocesan Hymn Book —

Publication of,

Diocesan Maoazine —

Committee appointed for establishing a, .
do. for management of, .
Cessation of,

DisBRow, Rev, J. W. —

Death of,

Divinity Scholaiwhips Fund —

Rules and Regulations of, Forty-third,

Committee af^)ointed to augment, Fiftieth,

Appropriation to, from En<u>wment Fund, . .Fifty-first,
Amended Rules and Regulations of Sixtieth,

Divinity School —

Appropriation in aid of.

Divinity Students —
Grant for employing,

Dowung, Benjamin —

Bequest of,

. Twentieth,

.Fiftieth,
.Fifty-first,
. Fifty-second,

.Thirty-third,

Forty-fourth,

Sixty-first,

Forty.fifth,

1<>4

110

loa

90
94

67
61

112
65

Education op the Children of the Cleroy —

Rules and Regulations of,

do.

Funds to aid in the,

Forty fourth.

Appropriation to,

Appeal in behalf of

do.

Sixty -first,

Endowment Fund —

Committee for,

Twenty-fifth,

Resolutions as to,

Twenty-sixth,

Address by Hon. Justice R. Parker,

do.

Resolution as to,

. . . . .Twenty -eighth.

Report on,

do.

Disposal of,

Fifty.first,

87,90

Resolution thereon,

do.

-'i

OENEKAL INDEX.

Keport. Paff«.

• Thirty-sixth, 44

. Thirty -seventh , STi

.Forty-eighth, 101

do. 101

.Forty-fourth, 142

Endowment ok Parishkh and Missions —
Appropriation of Fund, St. Mary's,
do. do. ordered,

Resolutions to encourage,

Grant to the Parish of Maugerville,

ENVKiiOpE Syhtkm —

.Suggestions as to, ....

(Same in all mibH^f/aeitf. autnberM.J

Emtablisued Church —

Retjuest to Clergymen of,

ExKciTTivE Committee —

Special meetings of, how summoned, Thirty-sixth,

Emi>owered to use the Seal of the Society, . . do.
do. ti> apply for legislation to deal

with lands, etc., Thirty-eighth,

Act passed, Thirty-ninth,

Powers of, enlarged by Constitution, do.

Powers of, deputed to Olebe Land Committee, do.

Alteration as to time of meeting, Forty-fourth,

Empowered to deal with Glebe Lands, etc., . .Forty-ninth,

.Third,

34
43

44
59
54
61
69
84

Fairweatuer, Geo. E. —

Appointed Treasurer,

Bond furnished by, ....

Resignation as Treasurer,

Resolution relative to resignation,

Fairweather, Walter C. —

Bequest of,

.Forty-eighth, 69, 77

do. 104

.Sixty-first, 41, 109

do. 109

.Sixtieth, 121

.Fifty-ninth, 85

Fairweather, Chari^s H. —

Resolution relative to decease of.

Finance Committee (See aim " Loan Committee") —

Reports of, Fortieth,

Report of, ..... ...... Foi ty-iirst,

Authorized to set off site for Church, etc.,

Parish of Simonds,

Report of,

To provide safe places, etc., for securities of

59, 60, 61
60

the Society,
Report of,

do.

Abstract of Reports for, 1880-81,

do. do. 1881-82,

do. do. 1882-83,

do. do. 1883-84,

do.

Forty-second,

Forty-third,

do.

Forty-fourth,

do.

Forty-fifth,

Forty-sixth,

do.

103

Forty-seventh,

Forty-eighth,

108

Forty-ninth,

<:kxkkal iroKx.

XI.

34
43

44
59
54
61
6«
84

121

8,'i

|)0, 01

82
59

.Fifty-seventh,
Thirty-sixth,
.Sixty-M«c«»iul,

Keport. Page.

Fi N ANCK Com miitkk — Continmd.

Authorized to take necessary pnK'eerlings uh

to all lands other than Glebe, Forty-ninth,

Abstract of Rei>ort« for 1884-86, . . Fiftieth,

(See of HO No». LI to LXII itichmit-e, )
Authorized to use Seal of Society,

FoKKKJN MiSSIONH —

Collections to be iniuie for,

FoKsvTH, Rev. Canon —

Address on Deanery of Chatham,

Fkasbk, The Rev. Hiiuh, of P. E. Church, U.S.A.—

Present at first meeting of Clergy, First,

Resolution respecting, do.

Fkaheb, Hon. John James, Lieutenant (Governor —

Elected a Vice-President, Fifty-ninth,

Resolution touching decease of, . . Sixty-.second,

FKEPERitrroN, The Rt. Rev. the Bishoi- of —

Made President of the D. C. S. , Tenth,

Presides at first meeting of D. C. S. , do.

Resolutions respecting, do.

Speech by, and minutes of visitation tour, . . . .Twenty-second, App

do. do. do Twenty-third, do.

Pastoral letter of, Thirty-fourth,

Attending Lambeth Conference, 1878, Forty-third,

do. do. do. 1888, Fifty-third.

Portrait of, Fifty-seventh,

Obituary notice of, Sixtieth,

Resolutions touching decease of, Sixty-first,

Fkeuekicton, The Rioht Rev. the Bishop
Coadjutor of —

Ex offi^no Senior Vice-President, D. C. S., . . . .Forty-seventh,

Attending Lambeth Conference, 1888, Fifty-third,

do. do. do. 1897, Sixty-second,

Frith, H. W.—

Appointed Treasurer, Thirty-fourth, 39, 49

Resignation of, and resolution thereon, .... .Forty-fifth, 8<l

Res<nution touching decease of, Fifty-ninth, 85

98
Hi

12*2

App.

17
4<)

103
37

93, 105

tt5

78
77

77
79
81
75

103
94

108
98

General Committee —

Power, to adjourn, etc. Thirty-sixth, 34

Certificates of Lay Delegates to be sent to the

Secretary, Forty-second, 4

Gilpin, The Rev. Alfred, Halifax —

Beqnest of Fifty-third, 125

■■•f

Xll.

GENBRAL INDEX.

Report.

i t

(tLEBk Lands —

At Dalhousie, petition uiul resolution

respecting, ...

< jenerai Resolutions respecting, . . . ,

Report on, referred to Executive

Committee,

Committee appointed, with certain powers.

Report from, —

Conveyances ordered, Kingsclear, Salisbury,

Moncton, do.

do. do. Andover, do.

Committee appointe<l, with enlarged powers. Thirty-ninth,
Acts relating to (See "Acta of AanemUy") .... do.

Resolutions respecting, in Addington, Poke

P««

.Thirty-sixth,

do.
Thirty-seventh,

33
35

.Fortieth,
. Forty-first,
. Forty-second,
.Forty-fifth,

do.
. Forty-sixth,

do.
. Forty-seventh,

mouche and Brunswick, .
Committee, powers of confirmed,

do. do.

Petition from Dalhousie, .....

Report thereon,

Resolutions as to lot at Perth, ....
Resolutions as to payment to Addington,

Payment reported,

Repoi*te as to sale of and payment for tract at

Perth, Forty-seventh,

Resolutions as to, at Perth, Forty -eighth.

Powers as to, granted to Executive Committee, Forty-ninth,
Proceedings as to, at Andover, do.

do. referred to Committee, do.

Committee authorized to institute proceedings

for, .... do.

(See aim Nom. L. , LI. , same. reuoltUum. )

Report of Committee as to, at Hopewell do.

61,62

62
62
63
79
8^
75
71,78
95

74,

95
107
84
94
95

107

Inllopewell, proceedings concerning, Fiftieth, 106, 107, 108

- - 110

119

102
114

do.

In Dumfries, Committee to enquire, etc. ,
Report of Committee, Saumarez, Hopewell,

Alma, Blissfield,

Resolution as to, in Thirty-ninth Report, page

61, amended, Fifty-lirst,

Report of Committee, Perth, Saumarez, Albert, do.
Resolutions respecting, in Queensbury and

Dumfries, Fifty-second,

Report of Committee, Alliert, Oloucester,

Blissfield do.

Report of Committee, Blissfield, Dumfries, . .Fifty-third,

In Parish of Botsford, Fifty-fifth,

Committee on proceeds of sales of, Fifty-sixth

Report of committee, Fifty -seventh,

Dumfries, resolution as to item to be written

off Treasurer's boc^s, Sixty-second,

GiJSBs Lands' Trust —

Report upon, Forty-second,

Statement of funds, .... Forty-fourth,

103

116
139
111
95
117

111

U2
62
63
79
84
75
1,78
96

4, 95
107

I 84
94
95

107
108
110

119

102
114

103

116
139
111
95
117

111

OKNRRAL INDKX.

Report.
CioRDON, Mrs. R. C. —

Donation from, Fifty-first,

Disposal of, ...... do.

Vote of thanks to, .... Fifty-second,

IjiRANTS —

Titles of Churches aided, Fourteenth,

Conditions of making, Seventeenth,

To vacant missions, proviso as to, Forty-eighth,

To other missions, do. do.

Conditions of, as to insurance, .... Fiftieth,

(}radual reduction of, do.

To Divinity Students, do.

Condition as to insurance eliminated, Fifty -second,

do. do. Parsonage houses, . . do.

Okav, The Rrv. B. G., D.D.—

Invited to join Church Society, First,

Letter from, to Archdeacon Coster, do.

Oray, Rkv. J. W. I)., D.D.—

Sermon by, Tenth,

Appointed Secretary Diocesan Church Society, do.

Death of, and resolution thereon, Thirty-third,

(trimmer, G. S., Esq., Q.C—

Death of, and resolution thereon, Fifty-second,

Growth of the Church —

In the Mission of Andover, Forty-eighth,

Fifty years' progress, Fifty-first,

Hall, Mrs. —

Bequest of, Thirty -fifth,

do. Thirty-sixth,

Hasford, Rev. S. Jones —

Donation of Trust, .... Sixtieth,

do do. .... Sixty-second,

Haninoton, Hon. Juimie—

Elected Vice-President, Sixty-second,

Hanington, Rev. C. P. —

Address on Deanery of Kingston, .Sixty-second,

Hansen, Niels M. —

Ordained for Parish of Denmark, Forty-first,

Harrison, The Rev. Canon —

Death of , Forty-fourth,

Hatmeway, Frederick W, —

Bequest of, Thirty-first,

XUi.

Page.

UNi

106

9«(

24
21
98
98
96
117
103
95
95

12
34

37
96

34
34

51
52

122
115

App.

XIV.

UKNRRAL INDEX.

Report.

.Thirty-eighth,

do.
.Thirty-ninth,
.Fortieth,
. Forty-first,

do.
. Forty-sixth,

Hazkn, Mish 1). B.—

DevitM) of,

Will of, contBHted

do.

Report on pixmerty devised, etc..
Authority to Finance Committee,
.Settlement of legal proceedings,

Hakkn, Miss D. B., Trust—

Site for church, etc. , Parish of Simonds, .... Forty-firat,

do. do. » Forty-8e<M>nd,

do. do. defined, do.

Rejjort on, Forty-third,

S{)ecial report on, Forty-sixth,

Report on application of F. B. Hazen as to

costs, do.

Reports on, Forty-seventh,

Mrs. Lordly's claim, ...... do.

Same settled and paid ; . Forty-eighth,

Fawcett claim settled, do.

Land taken bv St. John Bridge Com|iany , . . Forty-ninth,

Mr. Trueman s case, do.

Re(K)rtof FinanceCommittee, revaluation, etc. , Fifty-third,

HiLTZ, Rkv. a. F.~

Res]iecting grant to, from I. C. F. , Fifty-ninth,

do. do. Sixtieth,

dp. do. Sixty -first.

Paere.

47
47
«0
Tii), ttl
flO

76
62

5r>
m

67
90, U>3

lOi

87, 96

147

106

124

101

82,96

HocKKM, Richard —

Bequest of,

Home Missions {Se-e Board of Home Missions).

HiTDSoN, The Rev. James —

Appointed by S. P. G. visiting Missionary on

Miramicni River, Fifth,

Deiith of, and resolution thereon, Thirty-sixth,

. Sixty-second, 1 12

16
47

Incapacitated Clergy Fund —

Resolution respecting, . . . .

Report of Committee on, . . .

Rules of, adopted, . . . ,

Appropriation to,

do. Rev. T. Hartin,

Section 4 of Rules, altered, ....

(irant to Rev. T. Hartin, . . . .

Special Committee appointed to promote, .

Grant from,

Report of Special Committee,
Interest to be allowed to,

..Thirty-seventh, 51
. .Thirty-eighth, 34

. .Thirty-ninth, 60

do. 50*

..Forty-fourth, 78

..Forty-fifth, 72

do. 72

..Forty-eighth, 96

. . do. 98

..Forty-ninth, 108

..Fiftieth, 113

J
J
J

^mR' Ct-.W'

GENRRAL IXDKX.

XV.

ft5
112

15
47

51
34
50^
50*
78
72
72
96
98
108
113

Incapa«.'itatki» Clkwiv FrsD — Gontiuunl.

Appropriation to, from Eiulowtnent Fiiiul,
Keviaen Rule<* and Regulations for, tulopteci,

Resolution as to,

do.

Re{K)rt on assessment of Clei^y for

Bequest of Jane Moore in aicf of,

(irant to Rev. A. H. Weeks,

Report.

. Fifty-Hrst,

do.
Fifty-fourth,
F*»ty-fifth,

do.
Fifty-sixth,
Fifty-eighth,

Forty-ninth,

do.
.Fifty-ninth,

.Forty-fourth,

.Sixty-first,

Incapacitated Clkkoy Spkcial Fund —

Contributions to,

Apiieal for,

Merged in the ordinary I. C. F. ,

Inch, John —

Betpiest of,

iNdLis, Thk Rt. Rbv. John —

Bishop of N. S. , . . . .

(See. ntm Noin Scotia, Hithnp of. )

Invkhtkd Funds —

Loan from, authorized,

Modes olf repaying,

. Opening subscription for,

Resolution respecting,

H|>ecial Committee to report on,

do. reiH>rt of,
Resolution as to,

Invehtmknth —

Committee appointed to report on,

Re))oi-t of, Scheme,

Loan Committee apix)inted,

Order as to distribution of, and interest,
do. to make as funds allow,

Distribution of,

Statement of,

do.

Sfiecial ^nds, interest reduced from 6% to 4%, Sixtieth.

Insurance ok Church and other Buildinos -

Resolution rei][uiring, Fiftieth,

do. modification of, .... Fifty-second,

Jarvis, The Rev. G. S., D.D.—

Death of,

Johnston —

Glebe money invested in D. C. S. ,

JuD<tMENT in St. George's Church vm. Cougle —

I'aKB.

2.3, 91

85, 87

18ft

100

108

100

109

225

Thirty- fourth,

do.

do.
Fifty-second,

do.
Fifty-third,
Fifty-fourth,

Twelfth,
Thirteenth,

do.
Sixteenth,
Twenty-second ,
Thirty-sixth,
Forty-fourth,
Forty.fifth,

.37
41
87
91

i:i3

28
10
21

:{o

'iO

rvi

116

96
95

To be printefl,
Committee to print,

Forty-sixth,

«0

Sixty-second,

114

Thirty- ir.th,
do.

41
52

XVI. (IBNBKAL INDBX.

•

Ketuhum, Hknky 0. C. -

Bequeitt of,

Kktchum, The Rev. W. Q.—

Secretary Executive Committee,

Secretary D. C. S.,

Retirement from Becretaryshiii,

Resolution on, ....

Elected a Vice-President

Baport.
. Sixty -second,

Twelfth,
.Thirteenth,
.Fifty .fifth,

do.

.Twenty-ninth,

Pace.

104

105

Kbtohum, Pktkk —

Bequest of,

KiNopoN, The Riuht Rkv. H. Tullv, D.D.—
Consecrated Bishop Coadjutor of Fredericton

July 10th, 18H1

Sermon by,

. Forty-sixth,
. Forty-seventh,

IKA

I.
Lay Dele<iatkr —

Substitutes authorized,

Forty-sixth,

Lav Readerm —

Resolution respecting,

Lke, The Rev. Cancs —

Death of,

Life Memberh of D. C. S. —

Resolution as to perpetuating names of, Sixty-second,

Loan CoMMrrrBE (See cUho FiiMiwe Committ^.J

.Third,
.Thirty-ninth,

Appointment of.
Report of,

do.
To invest, as funds allow.
Report of,

(lO.

do.

flo. special,

.Thirteenth, 21

do. lU

. Nineteenth, 29

. Twenty-second , 39

.Thirty-fifth, 51

.Thirty-seventh, 55,6t>

.Thirty-eighth, 47

.Thirty-ninth, 60

TVZ

Maine, The Right Rev. the Bishop or —

Address of, at Anniversary Meeting, Twenty-eighth, SO

Medley, The Most Rev. John, D. D. —

Consecrated Bishop of Fredericton, May, 4th,

1845, Forty-sixth, 6

Elected Metropolitan of the Province of

Canada, January 27th, 1879, Forty-fourth, 24

Death of, Fifty eighth, 36, 93

Memorial resolutions respecting, do. 83, 93, 105

Medley, Mrs. —

Letter from, do. 106

GINKRAL INDKX.

104
105

IHTi

65
.9
43

(-'■*•••

21
19
29
39
HI
55,6(>
47
60

Mkdijcy, Thk Rkv. Canon —

Obituary Notice of,

MctiiVKKN, Thk Rkv. John—

Death of, aiul resolution thereon,

Mkhkitt, Charlk^s -

Betiueat from,

Reflolution reH|)ecting,

fSe*-, " Chartr/t Afen-itt Tni>»t."J

MlNCIlIN, (iBO. F. H.,

fie(|ue8t of,

MlHHIONARIES —

Annual Returns by,

Travelling Outfit, advance for,
Maximum stipend of,

Ml(*8IONAHV SOHEDVLK -

Committee to Revise,

do. Report of,

do. do.

Pastoral Letter, as to,

To be remodelled, ....

(See *'Srhedii/e Com miff f f. " )
New method for,

Missions, Parochial and Spkcial-

Orant in aid of, ......

do.

MoNCTON —

Meeting of D. C. S. at,

do.

Monthly Pavmrnt ok Stipends,

MooRB, Jank —

Betiuest of,

Report.

.Fifty-fifth,

.Thirty third,

.Forty-thinl,
Forty-fourth,

.Sixty-»e<jond,

, Nineteenth,
.Forty-ninth,
.Fifty eighth.

.Thirty-tl.ird,
.Thirty-fourth,

do.

do.
.Thirty-fifth,

. Fifty-third,

. Forty-sixth,
.Forty-seventh,
. Forty-eighth,

.Fifty -ninth,
.Sixtieth,

. Sixty-first,
. Fifty -sixth.

Pact*.
99

I3U

113

87
103

34
100
108

S«

6(1
69

84
78

187
109

24
}, 93
1,105

106

Nkalks, The Rev. Jamrh —

Donation of Life Policy to D. C. S., in trust, . .Thirty-fourth, 34

Retiring allowance to, Fiftv-second, 90

Death of, Sixtieth, 40

Memorial resolution res{)ecting, do. 99

Bequest of, do. 120

Nhai.cs, The Vbn. Archdeacon —

Address on the "Deanery of WiKxlstock,". . . .Sixty -second, Apj».

xvm.

OENBKAL INDEX.

Report,
Nrmim ov the UnicietiR-

The Bishop to apix>int deputution, Thirty -fifth,

Executive Conitnittee to arrange for Meetings,

etc. , Forty-eighth,

Meetings to be held on behalf of I). C. 8 Fiftieth,

B. H. M. to take 8te|Ni to make known, Fifty-second,

Report of B. H. M. on stepa taken, Fifty-third,

B. H. M. to ap|K)int Committee on, do.

Xkwnham, Thk fticv. O. 8. —

AddresH on "Deanery of 8t. Andrews," Sixty-se<!ond,

Nova 8«!onA, Thk Ruiht Rkv. tub Bihhoi> ok—

Letter from, sketching plan of Church Hociety, First,

Letter from, do.

President of Church Society, do.

Resolution resfwcting, on division of the 8ee, . . Ninth,

Death of, Fifteenth,

Resolution thereon, do.

Sketch of life of ,• Sixty-first,

lOH

lUA
82

App.

. «
U
ii6
14
9
23

225

Obiti'arv Notickh (in order of time) —

Rev. Elias Scovil,

Bishop John Inglis,

Rev. John M. Stirling,

Hon. Chief Justice Chipn^an, ....

Samuel Scovil

Ven. Archdeacon Coster,

Rev. G. C. Wiggins,

Geo. D. Robinson, ....

Stephen Wi(mn8,

Hon. Judge Botsford,

Rev. Skemngton Thomson,

Hon. J. A. Street, ....

Wm. Wright,

Hon. Chiei Justice Parker,

W. J. Bedell,

Rev. Frederic Coster,

Rev. J. W. D. Gray,

Rev. J. W. Disbrow,

Rev. John McGivem,

Rev. Samuel Bacon,

Hon. Neville Parker,

Rev. S. D. Lee Street,

Rev. James Hudson,

John Wilkinson,

Rev. John Black,

Rev. W. N. Boyer,

Rev. J. H. Saturley,

Rev. H. W. Tippet,

.Fifth, «

Fifteenth, »

do. »

.Sixteenth, », 2n

.Twenty first, 31

Twenty-third, 25, 85

.Twenty-fourth, 1>

do. »

.Twenty-eighth, 32

.Twenty-ninth, 35

.Thirtieth, 34

do. U

do. 34

.Thirty-first, 32

do. 32

.Thirty-third, 37

do. 26

do. 37

.Thirty-fourth, 40

.Thirty-fifth, 47

.Thirty-sixth, 47

do. 47

. Thirty -seventh, 4 1

.Thirty-ninth, 43

do. 32, 43

do. 43

ORNBRAL INDEX.

xix.

<i
U
'2tt
14

»
25
31
ST)

])

3A
34

^,43

OniTlTAHY NOTICKS ( 'oMtitnii'tl,

Rev. William Hc«. ii.

Rev. J. Frederic Carr,

Rev. Abraham Wood,

Rev. N. A. Cosier,

Rev. Canon Harrison,

Mev. Charles (k Coster,

Rev. E. 8. WtHMlman,

Rev. Geo. 8. Jarvis, I). I). ,

Rev. Canon Scovil,

Rev. A. V. Wiggins,

(ieorge 8. Grimmer,

Rev. Canon Medley,

Rev. Canon Walker.

Rev. Geo. M. Armstrong,

Rev. William Armstrong

Rev. Wm. 8. Neales,

Rev. Henry H. Neales,

Rev. Arthur Hoadley,

Rev. Thomas Hartin,

Hon. R. I). Wilmot,

T. W. Daniel,

R. T. Clinch,

R. P. 8tarr,

The Most Rev. John Medley, D. D.,

Rev. J. W. Hickson,

Cliarles H. Fairweather,

Henry W. Frith,

Rev. James Neales,

Rev. A. H. Weeks,

Hon. B. Lester Peters,

Sir Samuel Leonard Tiiley,

Charles W. Weldon,

Edward H. WMlmot, .....
Hon. John James Fmser,

Occasional Paper Committee —

Appointed,

Report of — Pa|)er No. 1 ,

do. do. No. 2,

Resolution as to,

do.

Report of — Paper No. 3,

Resolution as to,

Report of — Paper No. 4,

Paper No. 5, adopted, and resolution,

do. No. 6, authorized

do. No. 7, submitted and adopted,
do. No. 8, to be issued by Committee
- do. No. 0, read and approved.

Rt-port. r«Re.

Forty tirst, 44

Fortythii-d. 44

Fort V fourth, M

do. (II

do. (11

Forty-fifth, 57

do. M

Forty-sixth, tKI

Fiftyfiiut, H3

do. HS

Fifty -second, m

Fifty -fifth, 89

*do. H9

do. H9

do. m

Fifty-sixth, WK 106

do. m, 106

do. 90

do. 105

Fifty -seventh, 90, 1 18

do. 90, 119

do. 90, 121

Fifty-eighth, 36

do. 79

Fifty-ninth, 38, 85

do. 38, 85

Sixtieth, 40, 99

do. 40, 99
do. 40,99,111

Sixty-fii-st, 40, 83, 95

do. 40, 95

do. 40

Sixty-second, 87

Forty-third, m

Forty-fourth, 77

do. 80

do. 81

Forty-fifth, 84

Forty-sixth, 76

do. 78

Forty-seventh, 76

X orty-eighth, 105

Forty-ninth, 93

Fiftieth, 107

do. 108

Fiftv-first, 101

zx.

UENEKAL INDEX.

7.-,
31
42

47
29

Ueport. Page.

PARStlNAOE HoU.SES —

(Grants authorized to aid in building, Fortieth, 54

Parker, The Honorable Chief Justice —

Death of, and resolution thereon, Thirty-fintt,

Bei][ue8t of, Thirty-second,

Resolution respecting, Thirty-third,

Report as to, Thirty-fourth,

Parker, The Hon. Neviixe, Master of The Rolls —
Death of, and remarks of the Lord Bishop

thereon, Thirty-fifth,

Parker, Miss —

Bequest of, Thirty-ninth,

Parker. Mr.s. Neville G. D. —

Donation, St. (ieorge and Pennfield Trust, . .Fifty-first, 101,106, 123

do. do. Fifty-second, 104

Paktridoe, Very Rev. Dean —

Sermon of, on (ilst Anniversary of the D.C.S., Sixty-second,

Patronage —

Resolution resjiecting, ...... Twenty-eighth,

Patron —

His Excellency Major-General Sir Archibald

Campbell, Baronet, G.C.B., .... .First,

His Excellency Major-General Sir John Harvey

K.C.H. and C.B Second,

His Excellency Sir William M. G. Colobrooke,

K.H., ' Sixth,

Pi-esides at and addresses Anniversary

Meeting, Twelfth,

His Excellency Sir Edmund W. Head, Baronet, Thirteenth,
His Excellency the Hen. J. H. T. Manners-

Sutton, Nineteenth,

Presides at Anniversary Meeting, . .Twentieth,

do. Address of, Twenty-second,

do. do. Twenty-fourth

His Excellency the Hon. Arthur H. Gordon, Twenty-seventh,
Presides at and addresses Anniversary Meet'g, do.

do. " do. do. Twenty-eighth,

do. do. do. Thirtieth,

His Excellency Major-General Hastings Doyle, Thirty-second,

Pbrcival, MlsvS —

Donation from, Thirty -.fifth,

Peters, Ji'doe B. Lester —

Death of, Sixtieth, 40, 11 1

Resolution relating to do. 99

PROiaiEss OF the Church in the Seven Deanerie.s —

Addressesat last Anniversary Meeting of D.C.S.Sixty-second, App.

Protest of the Rev. the Rector ok St. Paul,

Portland, ..... Forty-seventh, 64

App.
32

'«

15
3

10
29
79
53
3

OKNEKAL INDEX.

XXI.

QUAKTKRLY MbKTIN(»S OF COMMITTEKS,

Report.
Fifty-sixth,

101

Rawlbiuh, Mrs. —

Bequest of, ...'.. , Thirty-third,

Resohition as tu, do.

Raymond, The Rev. W. O,-

Appointed Secretary, Fifty-fifth,

Address of on " Deanery of St. John," Sixty-second,

Rk-akranokmext op Missions, Fifty-eighth,

Report of Prockedin«4s —

Church Society, for 1836-7, First.

do. 1837-8, Second.

do. 1838-9 Third.

do. 1839-40 Fourth.

do. 1840-1 Fifth.

-do. 1841-2, Sixth.

do. 1842-3, Seventh.

do. 1843-4, Eighth.

do. 1844-5, Ninth.

Diocesan Church Society, 1845-6, Tenth.

do. 1846-7, Eleventh.

do. 1847-8 Twelfth.

do. 1848-9, Thirteenth.

do. 1849-50, Fourteenth.

do. 1850-1, Fifteenth.

do. 1861-2 Sixteenth.

do. 1852-3, Seventeenth.

do. 1853-4, Eighteenth.

do. 1854-5, Nineteenth.

do. 1865-6, Twentieth.

do. 1856-7, Twenty-first.

do. 1857-8, Twenty-second.

do. 1858-9, Twenty-third.

do. 1869, Twenty -fourth.

do. 1869-60, Twenty-fifth.

do. 1860-1, Twenty-sixth.

do. 1861-2, Twenty-seventh.

do. 1862-3, Twenty-eighth.

do. 1863-4, Twenty-ninth.

do. 1864-5, Thirtieth.

do. 1866-6, Thirty-first.

do. 1866-7, Thirty-second.

do. 1867-8, Thirty-third.

do. 1868-9, Thirty-fourth.

do. 1869-70, Thirty-fifth.

do. 1870-1, Thirty-sixth.

do. 1871-2, Thirty-seventh.

do. 1872-3, Thirty-eighth.

26
40

105
Api».

»8

XXll.

GENERAL INDEX.

Report. Page.

Rkpukt ok Prockkdinos — Continued.

Diocesan Church Society, 1873-4, Thirty-ninth.

do. 1874-5, Fortieth.

do. 1875-6, Forty -tiret.

do. 1876-7, Forty-second.

do. 1877-8, Forty -third.

do. 1878-9, Forty -fourth.

do. 1879-80, Forty-fifth.

do. 1880- 1 , Forty -sixth.

do. 1 88 1 -2, Forty -seventh.

do. 1882-3, ...... Forty -eighth.

do. 1883-4, Forty-ninth.

do. 1884-5, Fiftieth.

do. 1885-6, ... ..Fifty-first.

do. 1 886-7, Fifty -second.

do. 1S87-8, Fifty -third.

do. 1888-9, Fifty-fourth.

do. 1889-90, Fifty -fifth.

do. 1 890- 1 , ...... Fifty -sixth.

do. 1 891 -2, Fifty -seventh.

'do. 1892-3, Fifty-eighth.

do. 1893-4, Fifty-ninth.

do. 1894-5, Sixtieth.

do. 1895-6, Sixty-first.

do. 1896-7, Sixty-second.

Rei'orts ok D. C. S., 1836-1889 inclusive placed in

the Church House, London, Fifty-fifth, 89, 93

do. do. do Fifty-sixth, 108

Rki'orts, Additional, set of presented to the

Society by the Secretary, .... Sixtieth, 111

Rksohttions ok the (ieneral and Executive
commiti'erh —

Standing, Twentieth, 71

do. Twenty-first, 83

Note. — Thet«'. and other dinilar resolutions, as pa^tined from time to timf.,
are to be found in nearly every subsequent Report just a/ler the Constitution
and Rides of the Society. For general resolutions see the foUoiring heculs : —

'* Amalgamation of the D. C. S. and Synod."

" Anniversary Meetings."

" Bailey, Miss Elizabeth, Bequest of."

"Bequests.".

"Bishop."

" Board of Home Missions."

" Book Depositories."

"Cathedral, The." ■

"Children's Mission Boxes."

"Clergy."

" Codification of Acts."

"Constitution."

"De Wolfe, Mrs. S. C." ■

(iSNERAL IMDKX.

XXlll.

Report. Page.

Rkholutions — Coiitiii iieif.

"Diocesan Hymn Book."

"Diocesan Magazine." t

' ♦ Divinity Scholarships' Fund. "

"Divinity School."

" Education of the Children of the Clei-gv."^

" Endowment Fund."

" Endowment of Parishes and Missions."

" Executive Clommittee."

' ' Finance Committee. "

' • Foreign Missions. "

" Cieneral Committee. "

"Glebe Lands."

"Grants."

"Hasten, Miss D. B., Trust."

" Incapacitated Clergy Fund."

"Incapacitated Clergy 8|)ecial Fund."

"Invested Funds."

' ' Investments. "

"Insurance."

"Lay Delegates."

" Lay Readers."

" List of Life Members. "

" Loan Committee."

" Missionai'ies."

" Missionary Schedule. "

" Maximum Stipend of Missionaries."

" Missions, Parish and Special."

" Needs of the Diocese."

" Occasional Paper Committee."

"Parsonage Houses."

"Patronage."

"Quarterly Meetings of Committees."

"Returns."

"Richibucto Trust."

" Schedule Committee."

"S. Scovil Trust."

" Society, The Church."

"Society, The Diocesan Church."

" Society for Pi-omoting Christian Knowledge."

" Society for Propagating the Gospel in F. P."

"Special Funds."

"Sunday Schools."

' * Travelling Missionary. "

"Treasurer."

" Vice-Presidents of the Society."

"Widows' and Orphans' Fund, the Clergy."

"Widows' and Orphans' Fund, Sjjecial."

Rkturns —

Of aided churches built and enlarged, Tenth, 47

From Missionaries, abstract of, ..... .Twenty-second, 2tf

From {Mtrishes and missions, abstract of, .... Thirty-seventh, 27

XXIV.

GENERAL INDEX.

Report.
Rbtijrnb — Coiifiniied.

Required from church wardenH uh to glebes,

asseseiinents, etc. , Forty-Hrflt,

Yearly, required from MiMsioiiuries, do.

RicHiBUCTO Trust (James Wheteu for St. Mary's) —

Resolution to receive, Thirty-fourth,

Report of receipts on account of, Thirty-fifth,

do. do. Thirty-sixth,

Roberts, Rev. Canon —

Address of, on " Fredericton Deanery," Sixty-second,

Roberts, Rev. E. J. W. —

Appointed Secretary of Executive Committee

and Assistant Secretary Church Society, Eighth,
do. do. D. C. S., Tenth,

RoBBRi'soN, James F. —

Donation from, to Special W. and O. Fund,. .Fifty-second,
do. do.

Robinson, Beverley —

Bequest of, to W. and O. Fund,

Robinson, George D. —
Death of,

Robinson, Miss Mary B. —

Donation from, to Special W. and O. Fund, . . Fifty-ninth,

Robert Robinson Memorial Trust,
Resolution relative to,

. . . Fifty-eighth,
, Forty-first,
. Twenty-fourth,

Page.

50
50

34
51

App.

Hi
37

84
90

Report of committee on.
Committee to look after,

Rooms —

Society's, at St. John,
do.

Fifty-fifth, 96,113,137
Fifty-sixth, 108

Fifty-seventh, 120
Sixty-second, 1((9

. . . .Fifty-seventh, 97, 115
. . .Fifty-eighth,87,107,110

Rules and Rbhulations of the General Com-
mittee —

Committee appointed to report on, Forty-eighth, 107

iS^ee " Board of Home Missions.'^

" Divinity Scholarships Fund."

" Education of the Children of the Clergy Fund."

"Incapacitated Clergy Fund."

' • Schedule Committee. "

" Widows' and Orphans' Fund, The Clergy."
" Widows' and Orphans' Fund, Special.'^

Saint Clement's, Prince William —

Resolution to i-eceivc trust for (Mrs. West's) . . Fiftieth,

Amount received, Fiftv-first,

Statement as to West Trust, do.

109
164
122

.10
50

U
51

1»
37

84
90

72
9

lOK
120

Krt»

lOi

1(H»
164
122

GENERAL INDEX.

XXV,

Pa>te.

Report.
Saint Geokoe and Pennfield —

Application to have moneys receive<l in trust

for Fifty-first, lUl, 100

Amount received, do. 106, 123

do. do. in full, Fifty-second, 1(»4

8aint Johk —

Proceedings of first local committee at, Tenth,

5 Great fire at, Forty -second.

Resolutions thereanent, do.

Saint Martins, Parish of —

Conveyance of lot to D. C. S., in trust for . . . .Thirty -seventh.

Saint Peter's, Derby —

Amount received, in trust for, ....

Saturlev, The Rev. J. H. —

Death of,

Schedule Committee —

Formation of,

Election of first,

William M. Jarvis, Secretary of,

Scheme and Regulations for,

Vote of thanks to Mr. Jarvis

Adopted into Constitution,

G. A. Schofield, Secretary of, ... .
Rules and Regulations for, adopted.
By-laws of, Section b amended,

do. Sections 6 and c amended Thirty-eighth,

Vote of thanks to Mr. Schofield, do.

25
55

.Forty-fourth, 102

.Thirty-ninth, .S2, 4.^

Thirty-fifth,

do.

do.
.Thirty -sixth,

do.

do.
Thirty-seventli,

35
35
App.
3<t
41
34
3
S8.
47
4<>
43

Powere of increased, . . Thirty-ninth, 'A, 56

Name of, changed to ' ' Board of Home Mis-
sions " {q. v.), Fortieth, 53

Sf'HOFIELD, G. A. —

Appointed Secretary Schedule Committee, . .Thirty-sixth, 3

Appointed Secretary B. H. M., Fortieth, 3

Portrait of to be inserted in last D. C. S.

Report, Sixty-second, lOS

Schofield, Samuel —

Appointed Treasurer, Forty-fifth, 73, 80

Resignation of, and resolution thereon, Forty-sixth, 77

ScoviL, The Rev. Canon—

Death of, Fifty-first, 83

ScoviL, The Rev. Elias —

Death of, and resolution thereon, Fifth, ft

ScoviL, Samuel —

Death and devise in trust of, and resolution

thereon, Twenty-first, 31

. ScoviL, Samuel J. —

Appointed Treasurer, Thirty -first, 30, 3ft

Resignation of, and proceedings thereon, . . . Thirty-fourth, 42, 4ft

XXVI.

UENERAL INDEX.

Report.

Page.

ScoviL, Thk Rkv. Wilmam E.—

Death of, ......

. . Forty-first,

8. ScH>vii. Trust —

Extract from Mill, creating,

..Twenty-first,

3.-^

Death of Mrs. Scovil, beneficiary for life, . .

. . Thirty-ninth,

5»

Report on, ....

..Forty-third,

Settlement with Rector of Cambridge,

. . Forty-sixth,

7">

8{jecial rei^Mrta on, ....

do.

92, 103

Si)ecial grant out of, to. {xirsonage,

Claim of Church Wai-denH of St. James', . .

.Forty-eighth,

do.

109

Re-valuation of, .....

. . Fifty-third,

125

Secret ABV—

Of the Church Society :

Thp Rev. F. Coster,

First,

Of the Diocesan Church Society :

The Rev. F. Coster,

. . Tenth,

The Rev. J. W. D. (> ay

.. do.

The Rev. W. Q. Ketch m

..Thirteenth,

The Rev. W. 0. Raymond, . .

..Fifty-fifth,

10')

SiMONus, Miss Ann —

Becjuest of, and i-esolution thereon,

. Thirty-first, *

Payment of,

..Thirty -fifth,

')!

SiMONDS, Parish of —

Site for Church, etc. , granted, ....

. Forty-second,

Description of, ......

do.

Site for Church, etc. , ...

. . Sixty-second,

107

Smith, G. Sidney —

Appointed A'.»-.Mtor, ...

. Fifty-ninth,

101

Appointed Vice-President, ....

. .Sixty -second,

Smith, W. Emile —

Appointee! Treasurer, ....

. . Sixty-first,

110

StH'iETY, The Church, of the Archdeaconry

New Brunswick —

Bishop of Nova Scotia's plan for, ....

..First,

Resolutions of Clergy, adopting do

. do.

Constitution of, draft of,

.. do.

Letter tr> the Bishop of Nova Scotia,

.. do.

Resolutions of Clergy, ....

.. do.

First meeting of, ....

.. do.

Reply of Bisliop of Nova Scotia revising

proposed constitution, ....

.. do.

Resolutions thereon, . .

. . do.

Address by Archdeacon Coster, . . ...

.. do.

Amendments and additions to the Constitu-

tion of, ....

. . do.

The Constitution of, ado})ted, ....

.. do.

First Patron of,

.. do.

First President of,

. . do.

1 First Vice-President of

..do.

k Other Vice-Presidents of

.. do.

OBNKRAL INDEX.

xxvn.

Heport.

3.-)

103

91»

109

125

37
37
17

105

33
3)

107

101

110

12
13

14
15

24
25
26
26
26
26

SotiKTY, Thk Chitrch — Coilftlllttd.

Other Officers of, First,

First Executive Committee of, do.

First sermon before, . . do.

I)r. B. G. Ciray's letter declining to join, .... do.
Resolutions and pnweedings of, .... do.

Operations of, etc., during 1841, Sixth,

Change of name of, proposed, .... Ninth,

Hpecial general meeting of, authorized, do.

Committee ap|K)inted, . do.

Constitution of, alterations in, Tenth,

Change of name of, ... . do.

Hpecial general meeting of, at St. John, do.

Return of operations of, from 1837 to 1845, . . do.

(See '^SiM'tety, Di^Kenaii Church, of New Hrtintfirirk.'' )

Society, Diocesan Church, of New Brunswick —

Formation of Tenth,

Constitution of, do.

Appointment of Officers of, do.

Life Members in, do.

Vice-Presidents of, nominated, .... Eleventh,

Constitution of, amendments to, ..... do

(See ''ConMitiifioH.'")
Resolutions to apply for Act of I ncor| Miration of, Twelfth,

Abstract of Bill to Incorj)orate, . . Sixteenth,

A com{)endium of Rules, objects, etc., of, ... do

Inctirporation of, report of Committee, Seventeenth,

Act of Incoqjoration grantefl, .... Eighteenth,

Seal of, adopted, do.

R«solutions to apply for Act to alter time of

holding Anniversary Meeting, Twenty-third,

Resolutions consequent on change, do.

Act to amend Act of Incorporation do.

Seal of, may be usetl by Executive Committee, Thirty-sixth,
Amalgamation of with SyncKl, Committee ap-

. Fifty-first,
.Fifty -second,

do.
. Fifty-third,
. Fifty-ninth,

pointed on,

Report of Committee,

Committee to act on repoit,

Re;.ort of Committee with Bill proiKised, . . .
Amalgamation agreed to by the Society, . . .

SOi^IKTV FOR PrOMOTINCJ CHRISTIAN KnOWLKIMJK —

Third jubilee of Thirteenth,

Messrs. J. & A. McMillan, agents for, Thirty-fifth,

Special publications of, recommendtKl, Forty-eighth,

f Forty-ninth,
\ Fiftieth,

Page.

27
28
34
35
4
15
15
15
35
35
40
47

lirants from,

(See a/xoj Fifty-second,

Society for thk Propagation ok thk (tospkl in

FoRKKJN Parts —

Resolution to communicate with, First,

Application to, Second,

Reply of, .. Third,

4
24

19
24
61
24
9
25

.32, aj

App.

104

84, 127

82, 127

80, 86

111

103

114

106, 107

12
9
4

XXVlil. OENRRAL INDBX.

Report.

rage.

Society kor the P. or the (jIohfei., — Oontiumd.

Jubilee of, ....

. . Sixteenth,

Pro|)OHal from, " Block sum,"

..Twenty-ftfth.

28, .31

do. dt».

. . Twenty isixth,

Resolution reHpectinf^,

. .Twenty-seventh, 28

Letter from and motion thereon,

. .Tweiity-ninth,

ResolutinnH as to reductions by,

..Thirtieth,

Z\, 33

f irants of, reduced,

..Thirty-first.

Letter from, asking aid for Forcien Missions, Thirty-third,

.39

do. notifying further remictions, . .

. . Thirty-fourth,

Collections to be made for, ....

. .Thirty-sixth,

Letter from, including terms of grants and

list of missions aided more than ten year8,Thirtv-»eventh,

S{)ecial grant from, owing to 8t. John fire,

. .Forty-third.

Letter fiom, and re[X)rt, ....

do.

.52

do.

. . Forty-fifth,

Messt^e from, by the Bishop Coadjutor, . ,

. .Forty-ninth,

103

Further reduction of grant from, . . ....

Fiftieth,

117

SOMKRVILLE, ThK RkV. JaME8 —

Sermon of,

. . First,

Lamented illness of, ....

..Third,

Special Funds —

Resolution respecting, ^

..Thirty-third,

Investment of,

..Thirty-sixth,

Interest to be allowed to,

..Fiftieth,

113

Interest on reduced from 8% to 4%, ....

. Sixtieth,

.116

Htahstics of the Clekuy, ....

..Seventh,

STATISTICALrRETURNS,

.. Fifty -fomth,

75, 8«

Stibung, Tmi Rev. John M.—

Assistant Secretary Church Society^

.First,

Secretary to Executive Committee

.Third,

Death 01^ ...

. Fifteenth,

Stirling, Mrh. J. M. —

Letter pf ,

.Fifty-ninth,

Bequest'of,

. Sixty-second,

11 -I

Street, The Hon. J. A. —

Death of.. . . . . . ;

.Thirtieth,

.34

Legacy from,

. Forty-second,

Street, The Rev. S. D. Lee —

Death of, and resolution thereon, ....

.Thirty-sixth,

SiiBscEiPTioN Lists —

Resolution as to printing of,

.Forty-eighth,

KMi

Sunday Schools —

Resolution respecting,

. Second,

Committee for interesting, etc. , appointed, .

.Forty-fourth,

Report of,

. Forty-fifth,

do. ....

.Fifty-second,

114

Committee on Object III. appointed,

do.

Orant to,

.Fifty-thiifl,

Report from,

do.

117

Returns from, resolution as to, . .

do.

CKNRHAL INDEX.

XXIX.

rage.

K«port

Sl'NDAY HvmHUJi—ContiHIl*'*/.

Report of Committee for iiitere8tin((, et<!., . . Fifty-third,

•i«

I. -is,

31)

enth,

th,

, 33

th,

Jlith,

4((

103

ii:

rcl.

fh,

-i2

113

■i'l

.116

W-"

m •

-.,'■'

h, "7

.'), K6

*i'

. .

U.-y

»d.

liO

KM)

■

114

■

117

■

Free grantH of books to lie made to,
('hiIdi«n'H Mission Fund,

. .Fifty-fourth,
Sixtieth,

.Nineteenth,
.Fifty third,

.Thirtieth,

f Twenty-fourth,
\ Forty-Beventh,
Sixty-first,
Sixty-Hecond,

.Thirty-ninth,

.Second,
.Third,
. do.
Fourth,

TiKiMsoN, .Miss Ann —

Donation from, ......

Re<|neHt of,

Thomson, Thk Rkv. Hkekfinuton, LL. I). —
Death of,

Tuxky, Thk H(»n. Sir S. L.—

Donation of Life Policy,

Death of,

Be<iuest of,

Tii'pkt, The Rev. H. W.—

Death of,

Tkavellim; Missionary —

Need of, letter to S. P.

Replyof S. P. (i.,

Efforts of S. P. O. to obtain

Urgent need of,

Rev. A. D. CamplwU and Rev. James Hudson

ap|)ointed Fifth,

Retirement of Mr. Campbell and resolution

thereon, do.

Rev. J, S. Thomson ap])ointed, do.

Laboi-8 of Mr. Hudson and Mr. Thomson, ... Seventh,
Urgent need of more Missionaries,
Rev. W. Q. Ketchum. re|K)rt as.
Rev. W. H. Shore, do.

<]rrant for,

Committee to secui-e, etc.,

Resolution respecting,

Appropriation for,

Efforts to obtain,

Rev. J. H. Talbot, rejwrt as, . . .

Grant for, authorized,

Resolutions res[)ecting,

Special fund, to be raised for, ....
do. amount subscribed.

Report of the B. H. M. respecting,
Resolution as to appointment of,

Travellin<j Aokst for the Diooehk,

Tre.\8Vker —

Accounts of, when and how to be made up, . . Twenty-fourth,

Security retjuired from, Forty-fifth,

Special report of, on all the accounts, Forty-sixth,

Salary of, report on, Fifty-second,

Bonds of, resolutions respecting, ..... .Fifty-third,

do. re{)ort on, ...... ..... do.

2H
124

40, S3

113

4, 19

•

do. 7

Fifteenth, 12

Eighteenth 17

Twenty-second, 34

Thirty-second, 31

Thirty- third, 42

Thirty-seventh, 50

Fortieth, 51

Forty-first, 42

Forty-ninth,2 87

Fifty-first, 89

do. 96

Fifty-second, 99

do. 100

Fifty-fifth, 105, 112

Sixty-second, 86

77, 80

105

125

XXX.

<tKNKKAL INDEX.

Report,

First,
Thinl,

Tenth,

Thirty-tinjt,

Thirty-fourth,

Forty-fifth,

Forty-sixth

Sixty-first,

, Foity-fourth.
.Forty-fifth,

TllKASURKR OK TIIK CHTWH 8o«'IKTY—

Henry Q. Clonper, ....

Winmin J. Beclell

'rKKASlTRRR OF THE D. C. 8. —

William J. Bedell,

tSamuel J. Scovil, ....

Henry W. Frith,

Samuel Schofield,

(leorge E. Fairweather,

W. Emile Smith,

TrPSTH HKL» BV TIIK I). C. S. —

statement of,

do.

And me " Merriit Trust."

" Richibucto (St. Mary's) Trust."

"St. Clement's, Prince William, Trust."

" St. (leorge and Pennfield Trust."

"St. Peter's, Derby, Trust."

"S. Scovil Trust."

" Robert Robinson Memorial Trust."

"St. Peter's, Westfield, Trust."

"James T. Hanford Trust."

"Jonas Clarkson Trust."

' ' J. Frederic Carr Trust. "

Union of D. C. S. .\nd Synod Approvkd, Sixtieth,

Vkrnon, Mr.s. Alick, Betiuest of, Sixty-first,

Vice-Prbsidents of the Church Society —
The Venerable Archdeacon Coster,

Ex-ojficio,

William Scovil,

James Eccles,

Ex-offirio,

Captain W. F. W. Owen, R. N.,
The Hon. Neville Parker, Master of the Rolls, Fifth,
Vice-Presidents of the D. C. S. —

Ex-officio, with thone abaiv name<f, . ... Tenth,

Hon. Ward Chipman.

Hon. William Black.

Hon. George Shore.

Hon. William Robinson.

Hon. Joseph Cunard.

Hon. A. E. Botsford.

Hon. E. B. Chandler.

Hon. C. J. Peters.

Hon. Thos. Wver.

Hon. Hugh Johnston.

Hon. Thos. H. Petere.

Hon. J. W. Weldon.

Hon. R. Parker.
. Hon. (xeorge F. Street.

Pmce.

«7

36
42

HO
77

41, no

HA
»U

115

First,

. 26

do.

Second,

do.

Fifth,

URNKRAL INDEX.

XXXI

Pug*-

37
36
42

80
77

41, no

86
JH)

Vl.

V. K~CnHfhned.

115

26
27
27

87
7

7
8

k-Prkwdknts OV thk D

K. A. Wiggins,

The Hon. Churles HimondH,

The Hon. Mr. Justice Botsfoi'd,

The Hon. John 8. HuunderH

H. Bowyer Smith ....

Colonel John Robinson,

Hir S. L. Tilley

The Rev. Wm. Scovil, M. A.,

William M. Jarvis,

His Honor R. D. Wilmot, Lt.-(4overnor,
The Hon. Chief Justice Allen, ....

The Rev. O. M. Armstrong, M. A.,

William Carman,

H. W. Frith (See Frniy-nixth He/tort, fiaqe rn),

«. A. SchoHeld

The Rev. Canon DeVeber, M.A

D.l).

■Sixteenth, 94

. Eighteenth, 9B

. Twenty-tinit, 82

do. 32

do. 82

<lo. 82

.Thirtv-fourth. 4«

.Thirty-sixth, 47

.Forty-fifth, 7ft

do. 7ft

Forty-sixth, 71

Bishop

Forty -seventh, 65

Fifty-third, 93

Fifty-fifth, 10ft

. Fifty-ninth, 72

Sixtieth, 3

.Sixty-second, 89

do. 89

do. 98

The Right Rev. H. T. Kingdon

Coadjutor, tx-offieio, ....

The Rev. Canon Brigstocke, M.A., ....

The Rev. Canon Ketchum, D.D., ....
His Hon. John James Fvaser, Lt.-Hovernot,

The Ven. Arohdwicon Neales, .... ....

His Hon. Judge Hanington, ....

(i. Sidney Smith, ....

Hon. .Tudge Wilkinson, ....

Wkeks, Thk Rkv. A. H.—

Death of, . . ....

Resolution on ....

Bet{ue8t of, ....

West, Franckh E. —

Tnist,

WiiETEN, Jambs —

Trust,

Whitney, (1. W.—

Resignation of as Auditor, and resolution

thereon, Fifty-first,

Widows' and Orphans' Fund, The Cleroy —

Report and scheme for, presented, Thirty -second,

do. do. (Appendix),' do.

do. do. referred to the Clergy, Thirty-third,

do. with By-laws for, Thirty -fourth, 36, 101

Committee appointed to report on, Thirty-fifth, 44

Plan, and Rules and Regulations for, adopted,Thirty-sixth, 36
The Rev. John Pearson, ap{X)inted Secre-
tary of, do. 5J

Resignittion of and resolution thereon, Forty-first, 50

Mr. H. L. Stui-dee appointed Secretary of, do. 59

. Sixtieth,
. do.
. do.

, Fiftieth,
.Fifty -first,

.Thirty-fourth,
.Thirty -fifth,

99
114, 155

109
164

34
5 1

29
76
35

xxxiL

GINMRAL IWDIX.

Report.
W. AND O. FiTND, Tmk Cumiav—ComtiHMvl.

Committee appointed to coniiider pro{HMed

amendments, Forty-Moond,

Other matters referred to same Committee, . .Forty-third,

Alteration in Rule A, Forty-fourth,

do. do. 4, Forty-sovenUi,

do. do. A, do.

do. do. 10, Fifty-first,

Mr. Oeo. E. Fairweather, appointed Secre-
tary of, Fifty-seuond,

Vote of^thanks to Mr. Sturdee, do.

Amendment to Rules of, Fifty-ninth,

Form of application for admission, do.

Widows' and Orphans' Fhnd, Sprcial, Forty-third,

I j rant from, do.

Report on, Forty-fourth,

Report on and resolution thereon, Forty-fifth,

do. do. Fifty-second,

Regulations for administering, do.

Donation to, from Jas. F. Robertson, Fifty-eighth,

Donation to, from Miss M. B. Robinson, Fifty-ninth,

Alteration of rules of, do.

do. .Sixtieth,

WiuuiNs, TiiK Rev. A. V.—

Death of,

Wkuuns, The Rbv. C. O.—

Death of,

WUM4IN8, Stephen —

Death and bequest of, and resolution thereon. Twenty-eighth,
WiuciNHON, John—

Death of, and resolution thereon,
Wilkinson, Hon. Jitdoe —

Elected Vice-President,

WiLMOT, Edward H.—

Bequest of,

WlU», EXTRACTS PROM —

.Fifty-first,
.Twenty-fourth,

.Thirty-sixth,
. Sixty -second,
. Sixty-first,

Of " Hon. Chief Justice Chipman,"
'* Samuel SooTil,"

" Chief Justice Ptorker,"
" Miss Parker," ....
"MissD. B. Haiien,"
" Beverley Robinson,"
"Mrs. De Wolfe,"
Wood, The Rev. Abr.\ham —

Death of,

Woodman, The Rev. E. 8. —

Death of,

Wright, Wiu^iam -

Death of, ......

Woodstock —

Meeting of D. C. S. at,

\ Sixteenth,

• J Fifty-third,

\ Twenty-first,

• I Fifty- third,

do.

do.
— do.

do.
... do.

. Forty-fourth,
.Forty-fifth,
.Thirtieth,
.Fifty-ninth,

FSfl*.

H4
71
70
71
Me

lOS
102
82
100
61
67
7»
79
8ft
8ft
00
90
80
01

115

20
132

35
137
137
137
137
137
138

86,60

M
M
71
70
71

103
102
82
100
61
«7
7»
79
8ft
8ft
90
99
80
91

88
9
32

36
187
137
137
137
187
138

86, «»