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IN MEMORIAM 
 
 li|Tderich mnm |ohiT 
 
 rijstoche, 
 
 i^rch&«<tcon of St« 3ofin. 
 
 " What though he standeth at no earthly altar, 
 Yet in white raiment on the golden floor, 
 Where lo%-e is perfect, and no step can falter. 
 He serveth as a priest forever more." 
 
 .ST. JOHN, N. R. 
 
 J. & A. McMii.i,AN, 98 Prince \Vm. Strket. 
 
 1899. 
 
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 TO 
 
 THE RIGHT REV. H. T. KINGDON, D. D. 
 
 LORD BISHOP OV FREDERICTON, 
 
 ARCHDKACON BRIGSTOCKE'S DIOCESAN AND FRIEND, 
 
 THIS MfvMORIAIv 
 
 IS RKSPECTFULIyV DEDICATED. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 This Memorial of one whose life and ministry have 
 left a deep impress upon our city, has been written 
 by request, and as a labour of love. 
 
 But little material, and that of a very frajj^mentary 
 nature, has been left to which reference could be 
 made. The chief authorities are, therefore, the lov- 
 ing recollections of living friends and co-workers. 
 
 The size of the book precludes any adequate 
 account of Archdea( on Brigstocke's ministries in his 
 parish and elsewhe . The jjrincipal object has been 
 to present a life picture of him in his youth and early 
 manhood, and to give a brief outline of his work 
 amongst us. The suggestion was marie by a lady 
 member of Trinity congregation. Thanks are due to 
 friends who have assisted in the work, especially to 
 the Young Men's A.s.sociation and the Young Women's 
 Guild of Trinity Church, who have shewn nmch 
 interest in its publication. 
 
 Fr.vncks Ki,i/..\bivTh Murr.w. 
 
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PART I. 
 
 ANCKSTORS— I'ARKN'TS-KARI.Y I.IFK— EARI,Y 
 
 MINISTRY. 
 
 Hetween the mysteries of Uife and Death 
 Thou standest, lovitig, tjuiding, not exphiinitiR. 
 
 r — //, H. Shnve. 
 
 rRKDKRICK HKRVKY JoHX HrIGSTOCKK, 
 Archdeacon of vSt. John, was. by descent 
 on his father's side, a Welshman. He num- 
 bered among his ancestors twelve Welsh 
 "princes" or chiefs, one of whom, Cadogan 
 Grab, while heroically resisting the English 
 invasion, took by assault Cardigan Castle, 
 A. D. 1 135. ( Transactions of Royal Historical 
 Society, Vol. Ill, page 161. ) 
 
 The Archdeacon's mother, a daughter of 
 the Rev. Richard Whish, rector of North - 
 wold, Norfolk, came from an equally ancient 
 Norman family. It is said that a Whish, 
 or de la Wyche as it was then written, com- 
 manded the fleet which brought William 
 the Conqueror to England. One ancestor 
 was canonized by the Pope in the 13th 
 century, and another was burnt as a martyr 
 A. D. 1440. (^Historians of England, lol. Ill, 
 page 702.) 
 
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 Archdeacon Brigstocke combined in his 
 character some of the leading traits of both 
 ancestral races. He had the enthnsiasni tlia* 
 braves opposition, the deep feeling, the earn- 
 est devotion of the Celt, and at the same 
 time, the dignified self-possession, the stern 
 decision, and the power and love of rule 
 which characterize the Ivnglish-Norman. 
 
 His grandfather and father were clergymen 
 of the Church of Ivngland. The former — the 
 Rev. Thomas Brigstocke — was vicar of Llaw- 
 hadden, where a monument was erected to his 
 memory ; the latter — also the Rev. Thomas 
 Brigstocke — was priest in charge at Walwyn's 
 Castle, a small village among the hills of 
 Pembrokeshire, in the diocese of St. David's. 
 He was also incumbent of vSt. Katherine's 
 Church, Milford Haven, built about one hun- 
 dred years ago by the great Lord Nelson, to 
 whose memory a stone is erected inside the 
 church. St. Katherine's is picturesquely situ- 
 ated on a high cliff overlooking the harbour. 
 
 The Rev. Thomas Brigstocke had a large 
 family — five daughters and six sons, only one 
 of whom died in infancy. Of these. Arch- 
 deacon Brigstocke was the youngest. He 
 
was born in the village of Wahvyn's Castle, 
 May iS, 1.S41. 
 
 When he was three years old his father 
 moved to Castle Hall, a beautiful country seat, 
 
 rented from Col. G , who lived abroad. 
 
 Many years were spent in this delightful 
 home — happy years often looked !)ack upon 
 with regretful pleasure. The family circle 
 was very large, including, as it did, the 
 children's grandmother, Mrs. Whisli, and hei- 
 two daughters. Many also were the vi.sitors 
 at Ca.stle Hall, from neighbouring fan. ''.es, 
 from Ki:gl I id, even from India. Aunts, 
 unt'.s, cousins came long distances to visit 
 the stately old lady who lived to her ninety- 
 sixth year. 
 
 It was an almost ideal life for the young 
 people. Their education was carried on by 
 their father or under his supervision.''- They 
 had their games and their gardens, their pet 
 animals, their boat.s — for the estate extended 
 
 *One of the sisters (3Iiss Caroline Brij^stocke) 
 writes: "Fred was always eiitluisiastio, but very 
 thorough and a great favourite. Old friends often 
 write to nie looking back on him as a ' bright, 
 lovable bo v.' " 
 
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 on one side to the shore of an arm of Milford 
 Haven, which ran up some distance inland. 
 Across this water the family were terried to 
 St. Katherine's. Twice every Sunday, in 
 sunshine or rain, they attended church. The 
 grandmother, Mrs. Whish, drove round by 
 the bridge, but the others had a long walk to 
 the ferry. When Frederick was quite young 
 he was carried to church, when the lanes 
 were wet, by the vicar's trusty servant and 
 factotum, John Pawlet, for attendance at 
 church and the observance of the Lord's day 
 were most strictly insisted upon at Castle 
 Hall. Ordinary occupations and amusements 
 were completely laid aside, and yet Sunday 
 was no day of gloom in this large and happy 
 family; on the contrary it came to them as a 
 da}' of restful peace between the rush and 
 work of the busy weeks. The young people 
 from Castle Hall formed the church choir at 
 St. Katherine's, Caroline playing the organ, 
 while Frederick .sang bass, and Decimus, his 
 next older brother, took the tenor. It was, 
 of course, in St. Katherine's that young 
 Frederick was confirmed by the Bishop of St. 
 David's, Dr. Thirlwall, whose earnest address 
 
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 made an impression on the enthusiastic lad 
 which was never forgotten. 
 
 In 1856 Col. G returned to Castle 
 
 Hall. The Brigstockes moved into Milford, 
 and the family circle began to diminish. A 
 sister and then a brother were removed by 
 death. Frederick's oldest brother, Claudius, 
 after graduating at Oxford, had been ordained, 
 and was now a curate in London. Decinuis 
 was still at Oxford, and Frederick was prepar- 
 ing to go there also when he was attacked by 
 vsmall-pox. It was a severe case of that 
 terrible malady. His mother was ill at the 
 same time, but not of the same disease. 
 Anxiety for her son told upon her ; she sank 
 gradually. No good-bye could be said. She 
 died without again seeing her youngest-born. 
 This was probably the first great trial-period 
 of his life. The physical suffering was intense, 
 but the depression of grief and loneliness was 
 even harder to bear. During his long hours 
 and days of isolation, deep thoughts of life 
 and life's work were roused. In after years 
 he told an invalid whom he was trying to 
 encourage and help, that it was then he made 
 a solemn vow, that with the help of God he 
 
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 would through life do all he could to soothe 
 and comfort the sick and .sorrowful.* He 
 recovered but .slowly, and bore the traces of 
 the malady through life. 
 
 He was not quite nineteen, when in 1859 
 he began his college life, that critical period 
 of a young man's career. He entered Pem- 
 broke College, Oxford, but obtaining an 
 "exhibition" i^A'hich gave him $200 a year 
 for five years) at Jesus College, he removed 
 thither. Jesus College, founded by Queen 
 Elizabeth, might be called a Welsh College. 
 In the 17th century it produced twelve Welsh 
 Bi.shops, and at the present time three out of 
 the four Welsh Sees are filled by ex-.scholars. 
 In this Welsh atmosphere the young under- 
 graduate from Pembrokeshire must have soon 
 felt at home. 
 
 But little record remains of his college life, 
 though doubtless it was a time of rapid 
 mental growth and development. When he 
 entered in 1859 the noise of the Tractarian 
 conflict had died away, but the resultant 
 
 *\Vell wa.s the vow kept, for his visits and atten- 
 tions to the sick were among the most prized recol- 
 lections of his pari.shioners. 
 
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 remained — a higher idea of the church and 
 her minivStry, a deeper view of the efficacy of 
 the sacraments, an increasing attention to the 
 ornate rendering of the services of the prayer 
 book. Into this atmosphere young Brigstocke 
 came from a home pen/aded by the evangehcal 
 tone of thought. His disposition rendered 
 him pecuHarly sensitive to outside influences, 
 so he almost unconsciously imbibed and as- 
 similated the ideas surrounding him, but 
 without losing touch with his early implanted 
 principles. It was this blending of the past 
 with the present that made him in after life 
 soundly progressive. It gave him an element 
 of usefulness and power, for it enabled him 
 to understand the ideas of persons holding 
 different views from his own and widened his 
 outlook over the current of modern theology. 
 It was also during his residence at Oxford 
 that the famous Essays and Revieivs were pub- 
 lished (i860) indicating the rivSe of another 
 school of thought, the leaders of which were 
 gradually coming into notice. One day 
 Benjamin Jowett, the future master of Balliol, 
 being pointed out as a celebrity, young Brig- 
 stocke, accustomed to the stalwart proportions 
 
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 of his own family,* looked with surprise at 
 the little figure of one of the intellectual 
 giants of the day. 
 
 One incident of his college life, which 
 greatly influenced his future, was his intro- 
 duction to the Rev. Dr. Payne Smith, who 
 was then sub-librarian of the famous Bodleian 
 library, which, since the i8th century, had 
 been in special connection with Jesus College. 
 When young Brigstocke left Milford for 
 
 Oxford, Miss H , a former resident of 
 
 Prince Edward Island, Canada, gave him a 
 letter of introduction to Dr. Payne Smith, the 
 future Dean of Canterbury. The acquaint- 
 ance soon ripened into warm friendship. The 
 young man generall}^ spent Sunday evening 
 with the family, and the older man, whenever 
 in after years opportunity occurred, never 
 failed to further the interests of his young 
 friend. Miss Brigstocke writes of this period: 
 
 " I find that I know verv little of niv dear brother's 
 life at Oxford, except that he work.ed very steadily, 
 and that he and his elder brother were always great 
 
 * His brother Deciiniis, who was then at college 
 with him, was six feet four inches in height, and very 
 handsome. 
 
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 friends and companions. In vacation-times he slipped 
 into home life and work as if he had never left it. . . 
 When my sister Augusta married, it was he who 
 decorated the house, and entered into every little 
 detail for the occasion, getting the young cousins 
 staying with us to help him. So you see how much 
 he belonged to us and to the home. That and his 
 own studies occupied him, though, of course, he met 
 mjny of the young men of the time, among them the 
 Rev. S. Stone, the author of "The Church's One 
 Foundation," always a favourite hymn of dear Fred. 
 [Letter of Miss Caroline Brigstocke, May i, 1899.] 
 
 Frederick Brigstocke graduated in 1862, and 
 his stay at Oxford was now drawing to a close. 
 He had wished to prolong his residence and 
 to equip himself more thoroughly for his life's 
 work by engaging a tutor and reading for 
 honours, but his father who had sent three 
 sons to Oxford, and had educated two as 
 medical men, could not meet his views. 
 
 Frederick, therefore, left college and went 
 up to London. It was his first sight of the 
 metropolis ; he stayed with his eldest brother 
 Claudius, and visited the great Exhibition 
 with much interest. About this time he also 
 took a trip to Denmark to see a married sister 
 who resided there. He often recalled with 
 
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 pleasure the novel experience of being in a 
 foreign country for the first time. Then 
 returning to England he paid several visits to 
 relatives, and in June, 1864, he was ordained 
 by Bishop Sumner, of Winchester, to the cur- 
 acy of Chobham Surrey, a title having been 
 given him by the Rev. S. Jerram, the vicar. 
 We have no expression of the inner feelings 
 of the young clergyman on his entrance into 
 the sacred ministry of the church. We only 
 know that it was a quiet ordination, not in 
 the cathedral, but in the private chapel of 
 Farnham Castle, There were but fifty candi- 
 dates. The young men were lodged in the 
 neighbouring village, but were entertained at 
 dinner every night at the palace with almost 
 regal hospitality, for Bishop Sumner was one 
 of the " Prince Prelates" of the Church, and 
 the beautiful palace and park, with its groves of 
 oaks and herds of deer, were quite celebrated. 
 The Rev. Frederick Brigstocke was twenty- 
 three years of age w'hen he began his work as 
 curate at Chobham, taking priest's orders the 
 next year. He remained two years, the vicar 
 parting from him very reluctantly, "For he 
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 he left he married Miss Sparkes of Crewkerne, 
 Somersetshire, through whose kindness much 
 of the information contained in these pages 
 has been obtained. 
 
 In this same j-ear ( 1866) Dr. Payne Smith 
 was made Regius Professor of Divinity at 
 Oxford, Canon of Christ Church, and Rector 
 of E^wehiie. He at once asked Mr, Brigstocke 
 to be his curate, as the Regius Professor had 
 to be a resident at Oxford, and therefore 
 absent from the parish at least six months in 
 the year. Mr. Brigstocke gl:\dly accepted the 
 offer, and moved with his bride to Ewelme, 
 where he remained five years, until 1871. 
 
 The first two years were spent in an alms- 
 house, as he himself often said with a smile. 
 It was a beautiful building attached to the 
 church, like a cloi.ster. Twelve old men 
 (bedesmen) and their wives lived on the 
 lower floor, the upper rooms being reserved 
 for the governor's family. By the kindness 
 of Sir Henry Acland (the Regius Professor of 
 Medicine at the University) these rooms were 
 allotted to the young curate and his wife. 
 There they remained two years, until they 
 moved to " Ewelme Old Mansion," where the 
 
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 rest of their stay at Evvelme was spent, and 
 where two children, Frances and Frederick, 
 were born. Here the curate indulged his 
 taste for gardening — for the garden was very 
 pretty and quite extensive, with a trout brook 
 running through it, in which the fish often 
 leaped and sparkled in the sunlight. These 
 first five years of early ministry were, doubt- 
 less, happy years. His kind friend, the Regius 
 Professor of Divinity, did not hamper his 
 curate's plans, which were probably somewhat 
 different from his own, and once, when an 
 interfering person attempted a remonstrance, 
 the broad-minded Payne Smith silenced him 
 by the cb iracteristic remark, "A man must 
 do his own work in his own way." 
 
 In 1 87 1 Payne Smith became Dean of 
 Canterbury, and the people of Kwelme, lest 
 they should lose their popular young curate, 
 sent up a largely signed petition to Gladstone, 
 the prime minister, requesting him that in 
 case the Regius Professorship were separated 
 from the living of Pywelme, as had been 
 suggested some years before, he would bestow 
 the living on the Rev. F. H. J. Brigstocke. 
 To their great disappointment, although the 
 
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 living was separated, it was given to a Cam- 
 bridge man. As Mr. Brigstocke could not 
 find a curacy in the diocese of Canterbury, he 
 decided upon giving a favourable answer to 
 Mr. Wright, vicar of St. John the Baptist, 
 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who had offered him, 
 without any .solicitation on his part, the 
 po.sition of curate in charge of that parish, 
 whither he and his young family accordingly 
 mov^ed. It seemed to them as if the>- were 
 taking a long journey, as if the new home 
 were very distant from all familiar surround- 
 ings. None could foresee that in two more 
 short years a longer journey would be under- 
 taken far away acro.ss the ocean, and the 
 scene of ministry be tran.sferred to the Do- 
 minion of Canada. 
 
 Church life in Newcastle was at a .some- 
 what low ebb when Mr. Brig.stocke went 
 there, and the first feeling aroused by the 
 new curate in charge was a.stonishment at his 
 energy, his inten.se earnestness, his power of 
 work. Kvery day in the week was an almost 
 cea.sele.ss round of duties, beginning by at- 
 tendance at church at 11.30 to perform mar- 
 riages. From January to December, i<S72, 
 
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 twelve months, he married five hundred and 
 forty-nine couple — the parish having a popula- 
 tion of ten thousand. The best view of this 
 period can be obtained from his parish diary. 
 The following extracts contain the record of 
 a week's work: 
 
 Simiiay, Jciu. 2Sth. — Opened Girls' Sutiday School 
 at 9.45. Had two marriages. Mayor and corporation 
 attended morning service. Collection made for church 
 expenses, ^'iH 5s. 4d., about I91. Preached on Wor- 
 ship in the mornin{^. On the Innnortality of the vSoul 
 in the evening. Weather fine ; good congregation. 
 
 J\fotiiia\\ ^gth. — Had an interview with vScripture 
 Reader. Attended at the church 1 1.30, one marriage. 
 
 Called on Mrs. M in the afternoon to ask her to 
 
 be a lady vi.sitor at the Girls' Infant vSchool. She 
 
 consented to attend. Asked if Dr. M would be a 
 
 subscriber. Vi.sited Girls' School ; closed it. 
 
 Tuesday, 30th. — Attended at the church. Had one 
 marriage, one baptism, one churching. In the after- 
 noon called on H . At 7 p. m., held a Sunday 
 
 School Teachers' meeting, 14 pre.sent. Gave le.s,son 
 for Sunday following. 
 
 Wednesday, Jan. 31st. — Gave a Scripture lesson to 
 girls at 9.15 a. m. Closed Boys' School 4 p. m. Mas- 
 ter taken ill with small-pox. Bible class at 7 p. m. in 
 the vestry. Choir practice at 8. 
 
 Thursday, Feb. ist. — The first day of the month. 
 May I live unto God more nearly this month than 
 
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 last. Attended at church ir.30. Two baptisms, one 
 churching. Visited C. and Infant vSchool. Bible 
 class for young men at 7.30 ; four more came. May 
 the lyord bless and prosper this effort. 
 
 Friday, Feb. 2nd. — In study all the morning ; too 
 tired to do much. In the evening, Mis.sion service at 7. 
 Address of the Rev. M. Wolkenberg. It was well 
 attended. 
 
 Saturday,' Feb. 3rd. — In study. Atten-.';°d at church, 
 four marriages. Went out a little in tiie afternoon. 
 In study all the evening. 
 
 Sunday, Feb. 4th. — This was a lovely day, happy 
 and enjoyable. Opened the Sunday School at 9.45. 
 Attended at the church at 10. Preached on Original 
 Sin from the le.sson of the day. Holy Connnunion 
 after morning service, in which I was assisted by the 
 Rev. M. Wolkenberg, missionary agent for the Jews' 
 Society. In the afternoon, at 3 p. m., a special ser- 
 vice was held for Jews. Sermon by the Rev. M. 
 Wolkenberg. About forty Jews were present. Mr. 
 Wolkenberg read prayers for me in the evening. Con- 
 gregation good and attentive. May the blessing of 
 the Lord rest upon these services, Mr. Wolkenberg 
 and his I^ay attendant took supper with us afterwards. 
 
 Monday, Feb. jM. — Attended at church 11.30. 
 Three marriages. In the afternoon visited the Girls' 
 School. Closed the Boys' School. At eight attended 
 a council meeting of the Church Institute. 
 
 And so fx .ill day to day, from week to 
 week, from m.onth to month, did hi.s work in 
 
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 his Newcastle parish ^o on. The result soon 
 became a])parent. The hitherto almost empty 
 church was gradually filled by an attentive 
 conj^regation* The vSunday School also im- 
 proved rapidly. When Mr. Brigstocke first 
 took charge of the parish there were in the 
 vSunday School forty boys taught by a day- 
 .school master, and one class of girls under a 
 lady teacher. Soon the school was filled to 
 overflowing, and when Mr. Brigstocke left for 
 Canada teachers and .scholars presented him 
 with an address beautifully engros.sed, which 
 he prized highly. He kept it hung up in his 
 study, saying that it was often an " in.spir- 
 ation " to him. He much regretted its lo.ss 
 in the fire of 1877. 
 
 In addition to his regular work, Mr. 
 Brigstocke, in turn with another clergyman, 
 preached once a fortnight in the open air in 
 the lower part of the city, " for," he .said, "if 
 people will not come to church, the church nuist 
 go to the people." All did not take this view 
 of the matter. One of the parishioners, a 
 butcher, said one morning to Mrs. Brigstocke 
 as she was making some purchases, "The 
 parson is not looking well, ma'am, and he 
 
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 can't expect to be well as lon^ as he spends 
 his health and strength ])reaching to them 
 down there. He can't do them any good any 
 more than he could to this," bringing his fist 
 down on his table with a thump that made 
 Mrs. Hrigstocke start. 
 
 The most striking event of Mr. Brigstocke's 
 .short mini.stry in Newca.stle was the holding 
 of a " Mi.ssion " in the city. Of this work he 
 has left an interesting report in the form of a 
 letter. It is given here .slightly abl)reviated : 
 
 My Dkar 
 
 With a heart full of the mo.st devout thaukfulne.s.s I 
 should .say I ever felt do I take up luy peu to give you 
 some accouut of our Special Missiou Services. . . . 
 After long, careful aud prayerful preparatiou the 
 services opened on Svuiday evening, when the Bishop 
 of Durham was the preacher. The church was filled 
 with an attentive congregation, gathered, of course, 
 from all parts of the town. . . . The preacher on 
 Monday evening was Archdeacon Prest. ... At 
 the clo.se of the sermon a hymn was sung, during 
 which an opportunity was given to any one to leave 
 the church, but all were earnestly invited to remain 
 for the meeting which was to follow. And here I 
 would explain that after every service a meeting was 
 held, when, by further prayer, further singing of 
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 it is sought to water the seed sown on or in the heart, 
 but especially to invite those persons whose hearts 
 have been moved to come to us as the ministers of 
 reconciliation for spiritual counsel and advice. On 
 Monday this after-meeting was held in the church, 
 and nearly all the congregation stayed. I returned to 
 the desk and briefly addressed the people as earnestly 
 as I could, next I offered an extempore prayer, then a 
 hynni wa.s sung without the org?n, then a l)rother 
 clergyman prayed, and took my place while I and my 
 friend. Archdeacon Prest, went to the vestries to 
 receive any who might come to us. We did not 
 expect in vain. Several came to us in the deepest 
 anxiety, some for further instruction, some for com- 
 fort. The.se sea.sons of private conference are mo.st 
 responsible. I'or, humanly .speaking, on what may 
 thenM)e .said does the cri.sis of the .soul's hi.story 
 depend.'^ But we prayed earnestly that^we [might be 
 taught and guided in this anxious work, and I believe 
 we were. It was 10 p. m. before I reached hon.e. 
 
 Tuesday^ evening Mr. Burnet was the preacher. 
 The ^^congregation wa.s not so large, as there was 
 another^ gathering of church people in the town that 
 evening. The after-meeting was, this evening, held 
 in our National School room, which is capable of hold- 
 ing 2CX) or yx;. H'e .should have held it there on 
 Monday, but we did not know whether people would 
 stay or not, and .so we kept them in church. landing 
 that .so many did remain there, I invited them, nay, 
 pressed them, to go to the meeting after the service. 
 
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 They did so, though the school-ro^ni was sotne little 
 distance from the church, throuj^h dirty and crowded 
 streets. The room was nearly full. Archdeacon Prest 
 came again to help me, and many other clergymen. 
 My address was on ist John, i, 7. Then followed a 
 hymn " Ju.>>[ as lam." Others offered prayer ; more 
 hymns were sung. We made use t>f the clas.s-rooms to 
 receive inquirers. 
 
 On Wednesday I held a meeting at 3 p. m., when I 
 gave an address for mothers. The meeting was well 
 attended by mothers and others, but only women. I 
 addressed them on their exceedingly responsible posi- 
 tion as mothers in the Church of Christ. In the 
 evening the [sermon was preached by Mr. Scott. At 
 its close we adjourned to the school-room for the 
 after-meeting. IMy address then was on Lnke xv, 10. 
 I pointed out how anxiously our work was watched 
 by the angels of heaven, how the whole si)iritual 
 wo'-ld was beckoning us on. Next Mr. Scott prayed, 
 and this I mention, because anything more magnifi- 
 cent as a prayer I never heard. Not only was it 
 earnest and applicable to the special occasion, but 
 altogether most exalted. I cannot describe it. Other 
 prayers were offered and hymns sung before the 
 proceedings closed. 
 
 Thursday the sermon was preached by Mr. .Addison. 
 The after-meeting was well attended. Many clergy- 
 men came to help me. Archdeacon Pre.st again, and 
 Mr. Martin, the new vicar of Newca.stle. My address 
 was on Prayer. I brought the subject before the 
 
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 people, urging itseiecessity and its blessedness, and I 
 pleaded earnestly with those before me to begin and 
 pray then, saying that in the prayer that would fol- 
 low there would be a silent pause in order that then 
 and there they might lift their hearts to God. I took 
 the next prayer myself, making the silent pause as I 
 had announced. ! brought the .silence to a close with 
 the petition " Let thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open 
 to the prayers of thy humble .servants through Jesus 
 Christ." The meeting lasted some time longer, and 
 another address was given. 
 
 On Friday, at 3 p. m.. I held a devotional meeting 
 for communicants. By this time I was feeling very 
 exhau.sted. The strain on all my jjowers, phy.sical, 
 mental and .spiritual, had been very great. After, 
 however, an hour's re.st, I felt refreshed and ready to 
 welcome here to tea Mr. Martin, the preacher for the 
 evening, Archdeacon Prest, and my friend and neigh- 
 bour, Mr. Sang. The congregation was very large. 
 This was, no doubt, from tlie curio.sity many felt to 
 hear the new vicar, ]Mr. Martin, for he had not yet 
 preached in his own church. His text was Matthew 
 xxii, 2-3. It was certainly a powerful .sermon. The 
 after-meeting was the fullest we had had. Not onh- 
 were there persons of all sorts, but many clergy and 
 di.ssenting niini.sters. Of all the meetings this was 
 felt to be the most solemn. I knew it to be the last, 
 but I only told this to a few of my friends. Our 
 efforts were, therefore, proportionably more earnest. 
 My address was on the necessity of l)eing always 
 
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i^ady for Christ. The prayers offered up were most 
 solemn. It was now nearly ten o'clock, and once 
 more i asked them all to kneel down and pray in 
 silence. Not a sound was to be heard in that crowded 
 room, at least to human ears, thou^^'h I know that 
 many a prayer was then beinj^ lifted up and being 
 heard by our Heavenly Father. I broke the .silence 
 by pronouncing^ the benediction. 
 
 Saturday came and I was the preacher, and took as 
 my text Luke xvi, 23. Thouj^h the bu.sie.st day of the 
 week the congrejjation was j^ood, but smaller than on 
 the previous night. I announced that there would be 
 no after-meeting, and I al.so prepared the congregation 
 for the manner I purposed closing the service, know- 
 ing how very thankful many were for the great 
 privilege of attending the .services. I felt that they 
 would gladly give expression to their feelings before 
 leaving the House of Prayer. After the clo.sing hymn, 
 which was that sweet one, "Abide with Me," I 
 requested the congregation to open their prayer- 
 books at the end of the connnunion .service, to stand 
 up, and to repeat that .sp'endid hymn of prai.se, the 
 Gloria in Excelsis. I believe it was never repeated 
 with more fervour and rapture. When it ended the 
 organist immediately, as I had prepared him, began 
 the Old Hundred, and we all .sang " Praise Ciod from 
 whom all bles.sings Flow," etc. A .short prayer and 
 the ble.s.sing concluded the .service. 
 
 Thus did this great work come to an end. It began, 
 it continued, it ended in (lod, antl great was the 
 
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 blessing He was pleased to give. The success sur- 
 prised many. It did not surprise nie. I jiever doubted 
 myself. I dared not do so. The Lord has said " A.sk 
 and it shall be given you." We asked, and the Lord 
 gave. That is the whole hi.story of the movement. 
 And now that all is over, I feel that my work has 
 much increased. The awakening mu.st be kept alive. 
 May I have grace and strength to do it, and surely 
 I, even I, shall be permitted to look on some as my 
 crown of rejoicing at the last day. 
 
 I remain yours, etc., etc., 
 
 l'\ H. J. Bric.stockk. 
 Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
 
 It was ill the midst of all the busy work 
 which followed the success of the " Mis.sion " 
 that the first intimation came of a call to 
 another and distant scene of labour. 
 
 Mrs. Brigstocke tells us how suddeiih', how 
 unexpectedly, it all happened. " It was early 
 in May, 1H73, that one morning at breakfast 
 my husband received a letter from the Dean 
 of Canterbury, in which he vSaid that the Rev. 
 Maurice Swabey, who had recently come from 
 Canada to reside in luigland, had written to 
 him asking him if he knew of a clergyman 
 who would fill the position of rector in a large 
 parish church in St. John, New Brunswick. 
 
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 The dean went on to say that he had given 
 my husband's name-'' to Mr. Swabey, as he (the 
 dean ) knew how uncertain was the tenure of 
 the curacy in charge of St. John the Baptist, 
 but he advised Mr. Brigstocke not to tln"nk too 
 much about the matter, as Mr. Swabey (hav- 
 ing previously consulted Dean Close, Bishop 
 Anderson, formerly of Rupert's Land, and 
 Canon Clayton) had already .sent .several 
 
 * The following is a copy of the leUer wriUen by 
 
 the dean to Mr. Swabey: 
 
 May 9th, iSyv 
 I)i:.\R SiR,--I have been in I,ot"^ ' at Convocation, and 
 though I received your letter before going, yet it left nie no 
 time to answer it. I have thought over yottr letter and should 
 be very glad to recommend to yo\ir consideratioti the Reverend 
 Frederick H. J. lirigstocke, now curate of .St. Johns, Newcastle. 
 He was my c\irate in Kwelme, Oxfordshire, for five years, antl I 
 have the highest opinion of his earnest convictions of religion, 
 his so\ind sense and practical energy. I have been waiting for a 
 chance of offering him one of the city benefices here, but none 
 at present has offered itself. You would hear all about him from 
 Archdeacon Pre.st (the. rectory, Oates^^.ad), one whom you 
 would fidly triist, and who would speak about his work at 
 Newca.stle. Hrigstocke is a very good preacher, and a man who 
 would win geiieral confidence. He is a M. A. of Jesus College, 
 Oxford. I knew him and watched him during his Oxford 
 career as undergraduate, and upon my appointment to the 
 rectory, I knew of no one I liked .so well to take charge of 
 the {terish for me. Vour.s ver>' truly, 
 
 R. Paynk Smith. 
 
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 names to St. John. The dean, at the same 
 time, enclosed Mr. Swabey's letter to put 
 him in communication with my husband, and 
 several letters passed between them. We 
 thought that the appointment was to be made 
 immediately, and as some time passed without 
 our hearing anything further, I never gave 
 the matter another thought. I was much 
 surprised, therefore, when spending the after- 
 noon with some friends at the little village of 
 Ryton, to hear my husband say that his 
 name had been sent out as candidate "for a 
 parish in Canada. I thought it extraordinary 
 that he should mention a circumstance so 
 unlikely to have any result. In June my hus- 
 band went to the South of England. Before 
 leaving he said, ' If any letters come about 
 that parish in Canada, send them on to me.' 
 During his stay from home he was, for a few 
 days, the guest of the Dean of Canterbury. 
 Nothing further had been heard by the dean 
 about St. John, so we considered the matter 
 dropped. In July we bought a new carpet, 
 and a seamstress was engaged to make it. The 
 night before she came we had all gone up 
 stairs, except my husband, when the door-bell 
 
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 rang. Concluding he was wanted to see a 
 vsick person, he went to the door himself, and 
 a boy handed in a telegram. Coming to my 
 room with it open in his hand, he exclaimed, 
 ' A telegram from America! ' ' Unanimously 
 elected rector! ' To say that I was amazed 
 would but feebly depict my feelings. Sleep 
 that night was out of the question ; we talked 
 over our plans. Finally my husband decided 
 to write to Mr. Wright, the vicar, and ask 
 him what his decision would probably be when 
 his leave of absence had expired, for on 
 account of failing health, Mr. Wright had 
 received two years leave of absence with the 
 option of resuming charge of the living at 
 the end of that time (December, 1873). Mr. 
 Brig.stocke knew that should he (Mr. Wright) 
 resign instead of resuming charge, the con- 
 sensus of opinion was that the vicar of St. 
 Nicholas, the patron, would present the living 
 to my husband. Mr. Wright's reply was that 
 he had made no plans, ' and was quite unde- 
 cided as to his intentions.' Mr. Brigstocke 
 also wrote to his father, who answered, that 
 though he grieved that his only son, then in 
 England, should contemplate quitting the 
 
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 country, yet if he was, in six months time, to 
 be unsettled and to have to look about for 
 preferment, he should raise no objection to 
 his accepting this offer. Of course the cor- 
 respondence with Mr. Swabey was renewed, 
 and an appointment made for an interview 
 at York, to learn more particulars as to the 
 church, the country and the climate. Mr. 
 Swabey 's accounts were very glowing, and 
 his .son, whom we also saw, in .speaking of 
 St. John, said, ' It is a long' way better than 
 York.' So we concluded it must be a favoured 
 spot, as we thought York a paradi.se in com- 
 parison with Newca.stie." 
 
 In less than a fortnight after the cabled 
 message came the following letter from Mr. 
 Beverley Robinson and Mr. John Sears, 
 Church Wardens of Trinity Church: 
 
 St. John, N. B., 22nd July, ICS73. 
 
 Rkvkrknd and Dkar Sir: 
 
 Mr. vSwabey having sent us the letters to him from 
 the Dean of Canterbury and of Archdeacon Prest 
 recommending you in very strong terms for the 
 rector of Trinity Church in this city, as well as your 
 letter to him stating that " you would wait the 
 decision of the people 4)ef ore taking any other steps," 
 
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 we laid the same before the parish meeting, held last 
 evening, called especially for the purpose of electing 
 a pastor, together with the names of several other 
 clergymen. 
 
 We have now the pleasure of informing you that 
 you were unanimously elected* by the meeting to be 
 our future rector at a salary of |2,ooo per annum, 
 the same as was allowed to our late rector, as well as 
 his predecessor, the late Dr. Gray. Your expenses 
 from Newcastle to yoxir arrival here will be paid by 
 the vestry, and, if requisite, money for the purpose 
 will be remitted to you. 
 
 We will be glad to learn at as early a day as 
 
 po.ssible how .soon we may have the pleasure of 
 
 welcoming you among.st us, and, in addition to a 
 
 letter by mail, will be glad to receive from you a brief 
 
 telegram stating the time of your proposed departure 
 
 from England, the cost of which we will repay to 
 
 you. 
 
 We subscribe ourselves, 
 
 Yours very faithfully, 
 
 B. Robinson, ] 
 
 John Skar.s, 
 
 Church Wardens. 
 
 The Rev. F. H. J. Brigstocke, St. John's Vicarage, 
 Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
 
 To this letter Mi. Brigstocke replied after a 
 week of careful and, no doubt, prayerful 
 consideration. 
 
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 Aug. 6th, 1873. 
 To Messrs. B. Robinson and J. Sears: 
 
 Dkar Sirs — I have duly received your letter of 
 July 22nd. • 
 
 I return you my best thanks, and through you the 
 parishioners of Holy Trinity for the honour you have 
 done me in electing me to be your future rector. 
 
 I accept the appointment with pleasure, and having 
 long since consecrated all my powers to the service of 
 my lyord, and ready to lay them out in that portion 
 of His vineyard for which you have chosen me, and 
 to which I believe He has called me. 
 
 I thank the vestry for kindly undertaking to pay 
 my expenses to St. John, for, having a family to 
 bring numbering five, I must confess it would have 
 been a serious difficulty in my way had the expenses 
 fallen on me. 
 
 I sent a telegram to you August 5tli stating that I 
 hope to leave Liverpool on September 6th by steamer 
 direct for St. John, and that I should be glad to have 
 money sent her^ for removal. It is possible I may 
 not get away so soon, as I have to arran;<e for the 
 work here. Should a house be vacant in an eligible 
 situation, and not too high rent, may I trouble you to 
 take it for me, with the option of quitting it in twelve 
 months if we did not like it. 
 
 I was given to understand by Mr. Swabey that in 
 all probability the vestry would pay the stipend of a 
 
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 curate. On this matter I observe you say nothing, so 
 I presume nothing has been settled on the point. 
 Believe me to remain, 
 
 Yours very faithfully, 
 
 F. H. J. Brigstockk. 
 
 The decision was made There were hasty 
 preparations for departure. A large meeting 
 was held and a purse, a handsome silver 
 inkstand, and an address (from the Sunday 
 School) which has already been mentioned, 
 were presented to Mr. Brigstocke as a recog- 
 nition of his services and a mark of esteem. 
 Many kind friends assembled at the station to 
 say "good-bye," and on September 6th the 
 family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Brigstocke, 
 Fred, Frances, and a baby boy, Robert Whish, 
 born in Newcastle, accompanied by an English 
 nurse, sailed from Liverpool for Canada in 
 the " Ne.storian." * They landed in Halifax 
 September the 20th. The Rev. George Hill 
 called immediately, and at his request Mr. 
 Brigstocke preached in St. Paul's the next 
 day. Early on Tuesday, 23rd, he and his 
 
 *They had a rough, stormy passage, but Mr. 
 Brigstocke held two services on Sunday, preaching 
 both morning and evening. 
 
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 family left by train for St. John. At Hamp- 
 ton the two church wardens, Mr, Robinson 
 and Mr. Sears, with four other gentlemen 
 from Trinity Church, met him, and late in 
 the evening he reached the field of his future 
 life-work — St. John, 
 
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PART II. 
 
 HIS MI-H AM) WORK IN ST. JOHN'. 
 
 Thf old order clmuj^tth, yicldiiiK plaef to new, 
 And (iod fulfils Himself in many ways. 
 
 — TrnuviDii. 
 
 1873 1H74. 
 
 JHHK St. John to which Mr. Brigstocke 
 I came twenty-five years ago was not the 
 St. John of to-day. Some rej^ret the Past 
 with its pleasant memories, while they forget 
 its deficiencies; others rejoice in the Present 
 while they point to its signs of prosperity and 
 progress as indications of hope for the future. 
 One thing, however, is certain, the Hand of 
 Change, has been at work among us, .some- 
 times gently and imperceptibly, .sometimes 
 v>^ith a suddeness that is startling. So it has 
 been, .so it will be, in the world. So it has 
 been, .so it must be, in the Church if .she is to 
 adopt her.self, as she ever has done, to the 
 manifold and ever-varying needs of her child- 
 ren. Therefore it was, that when the new 
 rector commenced his work an electric thrill 
 of fresh life was felt in the old Church, and 
 intimations of change .soon began to be 
 
 observed. He preached his first .sermon in 
 
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 St. John on Sunday, September 28th. An 
 account of that Sunday appeared the next 
 day in the Daily Telegraph, of which the 
 following is a synopsis: 
 
 SERMON IN TRINITY ON SUNDAY, 
 SEPTEMBER 28, 1873. 
 
 Every pew in Trinity was occupied at the Sunday 
 morning's ser\'ice, a considerable number of those 
 present being members of the congregations of other 
 churches. There could be no mistaking the fact that 
 many had come to hear the new rector, and they 
 were not disappointed. As the sound of the bell 
 ceased, and that of the organ commenced, the Rev. 
 Dr. Coster and the Rev. F. H. J. Brigstocke entered 
 the chancel, the former going to the reading desk 
 and the latter to the usual place within thecal tar rail. 
 The choir sang the hymn : 
 
 " Welcome, sweet day of rest." 
 
 The morning service was read by Dr. Coster, and 
 Goss' Te Deum, in F, was beautifull}- rendered by 
 the choir. The Rev. F. H. J. Brigstocke read the 
 ante-communion service. The hymn 
 
 " Far from the world, O I«ord, I flee," 
 was sung. The new rector +hen took his place in the 
 pulpit, and preached from i Peter ii, 5 : 
 
 " An holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable 
 to God by Jesus Ohrist." 
 
 The semion ,vas one pointing to the duty of every 
 Christian to show by his whole life that he recognized 
 
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 his duty to God as set forth in the Gospel. The 
 Apostle gave, in the words of the text, a comprehen- 
 sive idea of what the Christian's life should be in all 
 its duties and privileges. Under the new dispensation 
 the Levitical priesthood, which had been confined to 
 one tribe of the children of Israel, was abolished, yet 
 there remained a priesthood, not set apart to lead in 
 the rights and .sacrifices of the Jewish dispensation, but 
 to make spiritual. sacri aces. " An hoh- priesthood " 
 is expressive of the Church of Christ, in which every 
 Christian should be a priest with his whole life 
 dedicated to the service of God. It was through the 
 sacrifice of the redemption that this priesthood 
 became established, the old priesthood abolished, and 
 all who would do so, permitted to embrace and enjoy 
 the honour, dignity and privilege of being a king 
 and priest to Gcd. How suggestive was the text of 
 our nearness to God and consecration to His service, 
 and yet how few live as if they realized the dignity of 
 their sacred calling. As every Christian is a priest, 
 so must there be a sacrifice offered up. No offering 
 we can make can be f. sin-offering, for Christ alone is 
 a sacrifice for sin, yet though we are not called on to 
 make expiatory sacrifices we can make a surrender of 
 ourselves to God. To do thia demands the greatest 
 struggle and gives the greatest victory. There may 
 be +hose who think a surrender cannot be made, and 
 leave to him who makes it that perfect freedom 
 which is possessed by the Christian. Freedom, how- 
 ever, does not consist in doing as we please, but in 
 
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 doing that which our hearts and consciences, properly 
 directed, approve. When we do wrong our hearts 
 urotest against it, and we feel that we have been the 
 slaves of passion, and desire to be free. We are free 
 when, by surrendering to God. we become markers of 
 our affections and appetites, for where the spirit of the 
 Lord is there is liberty, and the heart, eyes and all we 
 have delight in His .ser\-ice. ♦ 
 
 Another sacrifice — one that does not connnand our 
 attention as it .should — is that of praise. When we 
 remember that it is the .sacrifice that never ends it 
 should be the fruit of our lives. The .sacrifice of 
 prayer is another that is too often neglected. It 
 should ascend as incen.se from the altars of our hearts 
 to heaven. As incense cannot ascend without fire, so 
 prayer cajinot reach heaven without the fire of the 
 vSpirit of God in the heart. We should throw our 
 hearts more into prayer. 
 
 We .should see that our dignity as priests is main- 
 tained by our being con.stantly engaged in spiritual 
 .sacrifice. It is not merely that our acts are to l)e 
 .sacrifices, but our whole life and thoughts .should be a 
 constant offering to God. Neither need we go any- 
 where to find offerings. They are .scattered in our 
 path in profusion. They are to be found in business, 
 in domestic employment, and in our very recreations. 
 When we look upon the l)eauties of nature the sight 
 raises our hearts in devotion to God, and we make the 
 .sacrifice due Him. Our work, however .secular in 
 character, mav be made a .sacrifice, and our cro.s.ses, if 
 
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 borne patiently and in accordance with divine will, 
 become sacrifices also. If our recreations raise and 
 do not degrade us, they may be made sacrifices. We 
 have great encouragement to make these sacrifices 
 and live this life when we know how acceptable it is 
 to God. Though we cannot make a sin-offering, how 
 great is the privilege of doing something acceptable 
 to God. It should be our constant aim to realize our 
 duties as Christians, and to make our lives a constant 
 strain of love and gratitude to Him who died for our 
 sins and rose for our justification. 
 
 THE EVENING vSKRVICE. 
 
 The church was literally crowded at the service 
 last evejiing, some persons being obliged to go away, 
 no sittings being obtainable. The regular cluyits. a 
 psalm, the anthem, "Hear me, O Lord," and the 
 hymn, "Abide with tne," were sung, the anthem. 
 -«vith a .solo by Miss Sturdee, being particularly well 
 rendered. Rev. Islr. Brigstocke read the u.sual even- 
 ing service, and preached from Genesis vii, i : 
 "Come tlioti and all tliy house iiitu Ihtr ark." 
 
 The faith of Noah during the one hundred and 
 twenty years which elapsed from the time he was 
 warned by a dream of the flood until the connnand 
 of the text was given, was presented by the preacher 
 as an example to be imitated at the j^re.sent day by 
 the many who question, or only half believe, the pro- 
 nii.ses of the .'Scriptures. The flood was compared to 
 the punisliment which awaits the wicked hereafter, and 
 
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 the ark to the redemption, of which all may avail 
 themselves if they will. 
 
 The sermon was a plain and practical one, impres- 
 sing on the minds of the congregation the reality of 
 the "eternal fire that will burn but not consume," 
 and pointing to the only way of escape. 
 
 Mr. Brigstocke has made a favourable impression on 
 the congregation of Trinity. He is entirely free from 
 anything like mannerism, reads well, and enunciates 
 with distinctness. In preaching he is earnest and 
 impressive, using words that convey his meaning, 
 and avoiding rhetorical flourish. His voice is a bass 
 and his delivery deliberate, without being slow. We 
 trust that a long and useful career in his present 
 important charge lies before him. 
 
 Four week.s after his arrival in St. John 
 
 Mr. Brigstocke was (with the tisual .services) 
 
 inducted lector of Trinity Church October 22, 
 
 A. D. 1873, in obedience to the mandate of the 
 
 lyord Bishop of the diocese, the Right Rev. 
 
 John Medley, d. d., dated the loth day of 
 
 October, A. D. 1873, and at the first meeting 
 
 of the ve.stry at which Mr. Brigstocke presided 
 
 as rector, the following resolution, moved by 
 
 Mr. Church Warden Sears, and seconded by 
 
 Dr. Botsford, was unanimously adopted: 
 
 Resolved, That the wardens and vestry of Trinity 
 parish on meeting the Rev. F. H. J. Brigstocke, their 
 
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 rector, as chairman of the board, desire, on behalf of 
 themselves and the parishioners, to express their 
 heartfelt thanks to Almighty God that he has been 
 pleased to give the rector and his family a safe voy- 
 age to his destination, and has enabled him to enter 
 upon the sacred and responsible duties to which he 
 has been called by the unanimous voice of the 
 parishioners, hoping he may long be spared to exercise 
 his ministerial functions in the spiritual work of 
 bringing souls to Christ, and that the sphere of his 
 usefulness may widen year after year in building up 
 the Church in this parish in its most holy faith; and 
 they further desire to express an earnest hope that in 
 their new home the rector, his partner, and family 
 may always feel that they are in the ' ' house of their 
 friends," and be cheered with warm hearts and 
 willing hands to support them in their separation from 
 home and friends in England. 
 
 Mr. Brigstocke was at this time thirty-two 
 years old, full of mental and bodily vigour. 
 He had been educated at Oxford, the world 
 centre of intellectual life; he had acted for 
 five years as curate to the Dean of Canter- 
 bury, one of the ablest men of the day. 
 For two years more he had been curate 
 in charge of Newcastle-on-Tyne. He was 
 thus well fitted to assume the duties and 
 independent position of rector of a large 
 
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 parish, a position in which his thoughtful eye 
 could discern the ' ' promise and potency ' ' of 
 great usefulness. His work was before him, 
 that of changing the ' ' old order ' ' and intro- 
 ducing "the new." But such a work, 
 however necessary and important for the 
 welfare of Trinity Church, was not to be 
 accomplished without some difficulty and 
 friction. Parishioners could not be expected 
 to remain quiescent when changes were sug- 
 gested which to SO''-' :-;eemed "dangerous," 
 to many quite "l -^ssary." Not even 
 the most progressi\'e could foresee that in a 
 few years Daily sc'^vi- s ', ( ^ iy and frequent 
 Celebrations of the Holy Conununion, vested 
 choirs, and the use of the surplice in the 
 pulpit would become almost universal. 
 
 It must also be confessed that the young 
 rector was sometimes impatient of opposition; 
 that his manner, always so gentle and con- 
 siderate in a sick room, was often (in his 
 consciousness of power) brusque and stern in 
 his dealings with his fellow-men. But in the 
 end his perseverance, his good judgment in 
 •ielding when necessary, and, above all, the 
 confidence his integrity inspired overcame 
 
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 opposition. He celebrated the first Karly 
 Communion in Trinity Church on Christmas 
 Day, and preached in his surpHce that same 
 morning. 
 
 What his feelings were during these trou- 
 blous times he tells us (after a lapse of twenty- 
 five years) in a letter to his congregation: 
 
 It was no easy matter to take up the thread of 
 work which had been carried on in the parish in one 
 uniform manner, and that too by men some of whom 
 were of marked ablHty and power. The movement 
 j^oing on at that time in England for the revival of 
 the spiritual life, and the better ordering of the 
 services of the Church, and which had come to be 
 largely approved by Churchmen of dififering views, 
 was not unnaturally regarded here with suspicion, 
 and the changes which were deemed advisable, if 
 not necessary, were looked upon rather as dangerous 
 
 innovations thasi imjirovements Having, 
 
 however, never had any sj-mpathy with extremes in 
 the Church, nor any other ambition than to be known 
 as a faithful minister of the Church of England as a true 
 branch of Chri.st's Holy Catholic Church, I made it 
 my endeavour then, as well as ever since, to carry out 
 my ministrations as the Church directs. . . Many 
 changes have been made to bring up the services to 
 the standard of the Prayer-Book, and to meet, as far 
 as possible, the necessities of the age. An institution 
 which can stand no change, and refuses to be adapted 
 
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 to growing wants, will not long survive as one of 
 practical utility [Trinity Church Maga- 
 zine, November, 1898.] 
 
 The discussions and difficulties of those 
 early years in St. John are now almost for- 
 gotten, and Archdeacon Brigstocke, in his very 
 last report to the Diocesan Synod ( 1 898 ) , writes 
 with evident satisfaction : ' ' All has gone on 
 in the past year with complete harmony, with 
 unflagging interest, and with much hearty 
 co-operation. This is, I feel, a good deal to 
 say, and could not have been said in former 
 years. That ubiqiiitotts person, the aggrieved 
 parishioner, seems to have left us; at any 
 rate we do not hear from him, and we therefore 
 hope he no longer exists." 
 
 But, besides his pari.sh difficul^es, Mr. Brig- 
 stocke' s first year in St. John was destined to 
 be one of great domestic affliction. 
 
 In February he received the news of his fath- 
 er's, death. He says in his diary: "February 
 5th, Friday. To-day I received the sad news 
 of the death of my dear father. . . . He 
 had reached his 8oth year, and certainly has 
 had a laborious life. He has gained his rest. 
 He sets us a noble example of Christian 
 
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 integrity, industry and faithfulness. May we 
 all have grace to follow him as he followed 
 Christ, and with him be partakers of Christ's 
 heavenly kingdom." 
 
 In the summer a far heavier trial came. 
 On June nth little Frances was attacked by 
 that terrible disease — diphtheria. After an 
 illness of .six days she died in her father's 
 arms. He .says: " How great a trial to lo.se 
 this tender lamb, one of our choicest treasures. 
 But .she was only lent, and now we give her 
 back. L/Ovely in life, .she looks perfect in 
 death, the cold beauty of the grave. All 
 our friends have shown great .sympathy and 
 kindness." 
 
 Little Frances was buried on the 19th, 
 and that same evening Freddy was taken ill 
 of the .same disease. Kind friends immediately 
 took the baby out of the house. All that 
 medical .skill could do was of no avail. He 
 lingered for ten days, and on June 30 "his 
 sweet, innocent spirit fled to the heavenly 
 mansions. ' ' 
 
 The bereaved father tells us: " The funeral 
 took place at 5 p. m. It wa.s fixed at that 
 hour at the request of the clerg}-, who were 
 
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 present now in St. John irom all parts of the 
 diocese attending the session of the Synod. 
 As a mark of their sympathy they adjourned 
 the Synod and all attended the funeral. P'our 
 of the clergy acted as bearers, Canon Medley, 
 Rev. Messrs. Dowling, Partridge and Almon. 
 After the service we proc^ded to the Rural 
 Cemetery. There now lie our two darlings 
 side by side * in sure and certain hope of a 
 blessed re>uirrection.' " 
 
 1875-1876, 
 
 When Mr. Brigstocke first accepted the 
 appointment of rector of Trinity Church he 
 had mentioned the subject of a curate. Now 
 that he had been eighteen months in the 
 parish he felt still more .strongly the import- 
 ance of having an a.ssistant to enable him to 
 increase and extend his parish work. Arrange- 
 ments were therefore made for a curate, and 
 in March, 1875, the Rev. Sidney Nobbs 
 arrived in St. John, having been selected by 
 the rector on the recommendation of friends 
 in England. There was a certain interest 
 attached to his name, his father having been 
 
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 for many years the pastor of the Pitcaini 
 Islanders.* 
 
 Mr. Brigstocke, having now the assistance 
 of a curate, was able to turn his attention 
 to Church work of a general nature. He had 
 been connected witr a Church Institute in 
 Newcastle, and the benefit and usefulness of 
 such a centre of Church work in St. John 
 seemed to him evident. He accordingly invited 
 a number of leading Churchmen to meet to 
 consider the advantage of a Church of Eng- 
 land InsLitute in the city. After consultation 
 and careful deliberation the establishment of 
 such an organization was decided upon, and a 
 committee was appointed to get up a Con.sti- 
 tution and By-Laws, the object of the insti- 
 tution being to unite Churchmen in promoting, 
 
 1 . The advancement of religion in accordance 
 with the principles of the Church of England. 
 
 2. The encouragement of kindly intercourse. 
 
 3. The diffusion of general knowledge. 4. The 
 provision of innocent recreation and amuse- 
 ment. The constitution was adopted at a 
 
 * Mr. Nobbs remained in St. John two years, and 
 then returned to England. 
 D 
 
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 I': 
 
 meeting held on January 25tli, and a read- 
 ing-room and library were formally opened 
 on May 23rd. Thus was launched a work in 
 which Mr. Brigstocke took the deepest inter- 
 est, foreseeing what an important centre of 
 Church work it might become. He was 
 elected the first president, and continued to 
 be re-elected during his life-time. He pre- 
 sided at the council meetings, he contributed 
 largely to the funds, wrote the annual report, 
 and in every way endeavoured to promote its 
 interests. When the reading-room and library 
 were .swept away in the great fire of 1S77, he, 
 nowise di.scouraged, opened a temporary read- 
 ing-room, and in the following .spring the 
 Institute returned to its old quarters on 
 Princess .street. At first there was a touch 
 of party feeling in connection with the 
 organi/ition, but when The Rock, and The 
 Church 'Times, The Record and 'The Guardian 
 lay peaceably beside each other on the read- 
 ing-room table there was no further difficulty. 
 It was in this year, 1876, that Mr. Brig- 
 stocke was appointed by the Bishop of the 
 Diocese an Honorary Canon and Tru.stee of 
 Chri.st Church Cathedral, Fredericton. 
 
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 1877-1882. 
 
 The nieinory of the year 1S77, so deeply im- 
 pressed on the minds of St. John citizens, is 
 written in fiery characters on the records of 
 Trinity Church. On the fateful afternoon of 
 the 20th of June, Canon Brig.stocke was 
 attending the funeral of a parishioner in the 
 Rural Cemetery. At the close of the service 
 the news of a great fire in the city reached 
 him, and when he returned to his home in 
 Queen vSquare the flames were moving rapidly 
 like a wall of fire towards the back of the 
 house. Mrs. Brigstocke had already .sent the 
 children,* with their nurse, to a friend's 
 hou.se in the upper part of the town. Valuable 
 papers were then hastily gathered in a box, 
 
 which a kind medical friend. Dr. , 
 
 removed in his carriage to a place of .safety. 
 Some young parishioners entered the library 
 by the window and threw the books into the 
 street, where willing hands gathered them 
 and carried them, with other valuables, into 
 the Square. There, however, the heat soon 
 
 * Another little boy had been added to the family. 
 He was born March, 1875, and \va.s baptized Hervey 
 Charles. 
 
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 became so great that it kindled a bonfire, in 
 which everything was lost. So little did 
 Canon Brigstocke realize the full extent of 
 the conflagration that during all the confusion 
 and hurry he was perplexed with the idea of 
 finding time to prepare the address for the 
 evening ser\'ice in Trinity. Suddenly a mes- 
 senger rushed up to tell him that the church 
 was on fire, but the rector scarcely believed 
 it initil, ha.stening back, he .saw church and 
 .school-hou.se wrapped in one vast .sheet of 
 flame.* 
 
 Such calamities, while they depress .some, 
 only serve to call out the reserve force of 
 energy and endurance which others possess. 
 Canon Brig.stocke, although his church, his 
 Sunday .school-house, his parish, his home 
 had been swept away, never allowed hiuLself 
 to shew despondency, however deeply he must 
 have felt his loss. He had a word of comfort 
 
 *Tlie historic "Royal Arni.s," which had been 
 brouij^ht from Boston by the Loyalists, was saved 
 by the late Francis Hrindley Hazen, Ksq., bein^ the 
 only thing carried out of the church except the two 
 kneeling stools used at the holy table. The commu- 
 nion plate was in a fire-proof safe. 
 
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 and encouragement for all. Arrangements 
 were at once made for the services of the 
 Trinity congregation, to be held in the dif- 
 ferent city churches, and as soon as the 
 Madras School was rebuilt Church .services 
 were held there. 
 
 The rector, in the ' ' History of Trinity 
 Church," which he compiled and edited in 
 memory of the centenary of Trinity Church, 
 1 89 1, has given us an account of the fire and 
 of the rebuilding of the Church and Sunday 
 School house, but he does not tell us of the 
 unwearied, faithful, persevering work which 
 he contributed to the undertaking. He was 
 chairman of the building committee, and he 
 brought his practical judgment, his sound 
 common sense, his exact bufiiness qualities to 
 bear upon the work. Every detail came 
 under his personal supervision. It might 
 almost be said that by day and by night he 
 gave the building his careful, thoughtful, 
 prayerful attention. It is true he had no 
 more experience in such work than the 
 St. John men who formed the committee, 
 but his eye had been accustomed to rest upon 
 the beautiful churches and colleges in Oxford 
 
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 and elsewhere in England. The mind had 
 thus unconsciously acquired a perception • of 
 what was fitting and correct in church archi- 
 tecture, so it was greatly due to his influence 
 that the new Trinity Church arose a building 
 worthy of the great purpose for which it was 
 erected — the worship of Almighty God. 
 
 Then again the long hours of intercourse 
 and deliberation with the building committee, 
 who were among the leading men of our city, 
 brought the Rector into closer contact with 
 the mind and inner feelings of tho.se with 
 v.'hom he was working. He learned to adapt 
 him.self to others ; they began to understand 
 him. Old England's sons do not always at the 
 first glance comprehend their colonial brethren 
 no^ th«=ir modes qf action. We, in the colonies, 
 do not always appreciate the influence which 
 a different training gives to our brethren from 
 the centre of our empire. It often requires 
 the Hand of Circumstances to unfasten the 
 veil that hangs between us and to reveal 
 us to each other — .scions of one noble stock. 
 From this time onward Canon Brigstocke 
 became gradually very clo.sely interwoven 
 with St. John life, and many benevolent. 
 
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 literary and social organizations ( besides those 
 of his own parish ) claimed him as an active 
 and valuable member.* 
 
 At last, after many difficulties had been 
 overcome, the plans of Mr. \V. T. Thomas, 
 architect, of Montreal, were selected, and on 
 May 19th, 1879, the corner-.stone of the 
 church was laid by the Lord Bishop of 
 the Diocese, who was then Metropolitan of 
 Canada, The construction went on rapidly. 
 By February ist, 1880, the school-house was 
 opened for worship, the rector noting with 
 satisfaction: "The congregation by this time 
 was fairly gathered together. It filled the 
 large room, which had seating capacity for 
 five hundred." 
 
 Canon Brigstocke's interest and zeal were 
 shared by his congregation. Many handsome 
 offerings were made for the new church. The 
 East window, the West window, indeed all 
 the windows were given either in loving 
 memory of friends who had worshi])ped in 
 the church, or in honour of our noble loyalist 
 forefathers whose exam])le of self-.sacrifice for 
 
 *The numerous resolutions of these societies at 
 his death are j^jiveti in the A])i)en(lix. 
 
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 the sake of principle Canon Brigstocke loved 
 to hold before the eyes of the men of to-day. 
 Besides the windows, other memorial gifts 
 were numerous — the handsome stone pulpit, 
 the beautiful font, the brass eagle lectern, the 
 holy table (the wood tiling on which it stands 
 being given by the rector himself), the sedilia, 
 also the organ and chime of bells, which were 
 put in a little later in 1882. Nor must the 
 needle work done by the ladies for the new 
 church be omitted. The sanctuary carpet 
 was worked at Canon Brigstocke' s special 
 request by fifty ladies under Mrs. Brigstocke' s 
 direction, and a new set of altar linen was 
 exquisitely embroidered. 
 
 At length the day came to which Canon 
 Brigstocke and his parish had looked forward 
 with so much eagerness. On Thursday, 
 December 9th, iJ^So, Trinity Church was con- 
 secrated by the Bishop of the Diocese, the 
 Bishop of Nova Scotia being present. It was 
 a most solemn and impressive service. The 
 choir was composed of most of the choirs of 
 the city churches. The attendance of clergy 
 was large, and the church was filled to its 
 utmost capacity by an attentive and devout 
 
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 congregation. The Bishop of Nova Scotia 
 preached an eloquent sermon on ' ' Give unto 
 the Lord the honour due unto His Name." 
 There were many communicants. After the 
 service the bishops, the clergy, and the congre- 
 gation partook of a sumptuous luncheon in 
 the large upper room of Trinity school-house. 
 In the evening there was another crowded 
 service, at which Canon Partridge (now Dean 
 Partridge) was the preacher. "And thus," 
 to use Canon Brigstocke's own words, "this 
 memorable day came to a close. The waste 
 places were again restored, and a handsome 
 church and school-house once more occupied 
 the sacred site. May thej' remain to the glory 
 of God and the service of the Church of Christ 
 ' imtil He come.' " 
 
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 VISIT TO ENGLAND (1882). 
 
 Nine years had passed since the arrival of 
 Canon Brigstocke in St. John — years of much 
 change — years of joy and sorrow, of trial and 
 success, and now he prepared to take a well 
 earned holiday in revisiting his relatives and 
 friends in England. He obtained leave of 
 absence from the Bishop for three months, 
 during which time the Rev. W. A. Holbrook, 
 of Boston, was placed in charge of the parish. 
 The rector was accompanied by Mrs. Brig- 
 stocke and their three little boys.* Before 
 leaving he was presented with a purse of 
 $530, t which was " a valuable and seasonable 
 gift, but especially gratifying as testifying 
 the affectionate esteem of my congregation." 
 Several letters in Trinity Magazine give an 
 interesting account of this, his first revisit to 
 his native land. On the voyage home he 
 held, as was his wont, two services on board 
 
 *The youngest boy, George Augustus Selwyn, was 
 born in September, 1879. 
 
 t This purse was accompanied by a list of the 
 donors. In London, Canon Brigstocke selected an 
 appropriate little souvenir for each donor, and pre- 
 sented it on his return. 
 
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 the steamer. Landing at Liverpool, they pro- 
 ceeded at once to Chester. "The day after 
 we arrived was the Feast of St. James, when 
 we had the great privilege of attending both 
 morning and evening services in the Cathedral. 
 It was a special joy to have the opportunity of 
 offering up our tribute of worship to Almighty 
 God after the great mercies so richly vouch- 
 safed to us." From Chester they went to 
 Clifton, where "they had the pleasure of 
 being welcomed by many dear relatives and 
 friends." The church of St. Mary Redcllffe, 
 Bristol, Canon Brigstocke describes as the 
 most beautiful parish church in England. 
 " It was with special interCvSt that I wor- 
 shipped in this church, for one of my uncles, 
 the Rev. Prebendary Whish, was for many 
 years vicar of the parish." Then there was 
 a flying visit to Oxford. " Besides the plea- 
 sure of visiting old places, and rejoicing that 
 they looked exactly the same, I was much 
 intervisted in seeing the College erected to the 
 memory of the Church's great poet, John Keble. 
 It is a noble pile." Thence he went to his 
 old home in Milford. There all was changed. 
 ' ' The faces of most whom I met were new 
 
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 and strange; a few old friends remained, and 
 from them a warm welcome was received." 
 After a short visit to Crewkerne, Mrs. Brig- 
 stocke's former home, the family proceeded to 
 London, where the rest of the holiday was 
 spent. Canon Brigstocke describes in the 
 Mairazine their visit to the Houses of Parlia- 
 ment, the Bank of England, and many other 
 places of interest, especially Westminster Ab- 
 bey and St. Paul'-s, "where I had the great 
 privilege of hearing Dr. Liddon, one of the 
 Canons of the Cathedral, and one of the most 
 eminent and powerful of living preachers. 
 The congregation was enormous. It was a 
 sight never to be forgotten to see the vast 
 multitude hanging on the lips of that messen- 
 ger of God." Of course this visit to England 
 did not close without a trip to Canterbury, 
 ' ' where we were the guests of our much 
 valued friends, the Dean and Mrs, Payne 
 Smith, and much enjoyed our stay in their hos- 
 pitable, but quaintly built home, the Deanery. ' ' 
 Nothing special marked the return voyage, but 
 on landing at Rimouski, Canon Brigstocke re- 
 fused to take the "special" Sunday train. 
 He held a quiet service in his rooms during 
 
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 the day, and left on Monday, October 9th, for 
 St. John, where he. and his family were warmly 
 welcomed back. 
 
 Canon Brigstocke returned to his work with 
 fresh zest and vigour, J^ut instead of following 
 him year by year, as has hitherto been done 
 in this Memorial, it seems that a better view 
 could now be given of the various activities 
 of his life if we were to mention them under 
 different heads, the work lying nearest his 
 heart — parochial work — coming first. 
 
 PAROCHIAL WORK. 
 
 Whatever may be said on this subject will 
 seem feeble and inadequate to those who, for 
 many years, have sat under Archdeacon Brig- 
 stocke's* ministry in Trinity Church. We 
 may speak of the punctuality; of the dignity 
 with which the services were conducted f — 
 without haste, yet without wearying slowness; 
 of the rector's pointed, practical sermons — ser- 
 mons which were sometimes composed hastily, 
 
 * The office of Archdeacon was revived in the Dio- 
 cese in 1H93, and Canon Brigstocke was then made 
 Archdeacon of St. John. 
 
 t A surpliced choir was introduced iSgcj. 
 
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 but which sank deeply into hearts and mem- 
 ories from the earnestness and emphasis with 
 which they were delivered. The deep tones 
 of his voice, as he pleaded with " My people." 
 " My dear people," can never be forgotten. 
 All this may be .said, and yet how little can 
 we de.scribe, or realize, what the vSunday .ser- 
 vices were to tho.se who attended them year 
 after year. 
 
 There were also many ' ' .special services ' ' 
 in Trinity Church, which were marked by 
 great .solemnity and beauty. The Archdeacon 
 always arranged beforehand the minutest pro- 
 ce.s.sional and ritual detail, .so that every- 
 thing might pa.ss off smoothly. There was a 
 noble .service on the i8th of May, 1883, the 
 centenary of the landing of the Loyalists ; 
 another at the Queen's Jubilee, 1887, and one 
 on Christmas day, 1891, the centenary of the 
 opening of Trinity Church, 1791 ; and also an 
 united .service was held June 13th, 1895, to 
 commemorate our Dioce.san Jubilee. But the 
 most remarkable of the.se special .services was 
 on the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, June 20th, 
 1897. I'he church was decorated with ban- 
 ners and flags. The service was choral, aiA 
 
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 a lar>?e orchestra of strinj^ and wind instru- 
 ments made the music thrillingly effective. 
 As regards the week-day services, the Arch- 
 deacon began " Daily Prayer" during the first 
 year of his ministry in St. John. In Advent, 
 Lent and Holy Week there were additional 
 services, at which appropriate addresses were 
 made, and a " Devotional Meeting" was held 
 on the last Friday of each month. The Holy 
 Communion was celebrated every Sunday, and 
 latterly on Saints and other Holy days. The 
 Archdeacon constantly urged attendance on 
 this means of grace, but he discountenanced, 
 and strongly disapproved of what is called a 
 " non-connnunicating attendance." 
 
 The following paragraphs touching on his 
 work are from an early parish diary, 1874: 
 
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 February i. Good congregation morning and even- 
 ing. Holy Connnunion — 146 communicants; largest 
 number since I have been here. How much cause 
 have I for thankfulness for the way in which it has 
 pleased God to bless my humble efforts. May they 
 promote His Glory. ^ca> iraaa 8o^a. 
 
 February 21. ... At 7.30 held a " Devotional 
 Meeting" in the school-room. My address was on 
 the Sacraments as introductory to the Holy Com- 
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 munioii. May God give His blessing to this effort 
 for. the furtherance of His truth. 
 
 June 8. Began Daily Prayer at 5 p. ni. , and was 
 much gratified to see so many present. May God 
 bless this means of grace to each one there who waits 
 upon Him. 
 
 The Archdeacon was very attentive to that 
 other branch of parochial work — visits to the 
 sick and sorrowful.^ Many feel that they can 
 not express half they owe to his sympathy 
 and kindness. The gra.sp of his strong hand, 
 the sound of his voice .seemed to in.spire fresh 
 vStrength, even without the kind, helpful words 
 he knew so well how to .speak. At the sick- 
 bed his prayers, .sometimes extemporary, were 
 always .short, and the few words that he spoke 
 were .soothing and encouraging. His strong 
 will often manifested it.self , in\'alids receiving, 
 at his request or from his hand, nourishment 
 v»'hich 510 one el.se could induce them to take. 
 Sometimes he would sit by a bed of suffering 
 engaged in .silent prayer until a calming influ- 
 
 * One mourner whom he had comforted said shortly 
 after his death: "Paradi.se seems nea' .t to me now 
 that he is there." 
 
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 ence quieted the restlessness of pain.* It is 
 possible that his personal magnetism as^ierted 
 itself more strongly in the case of women than 
 of men, for it has been justly remarked that 
 few ever took less trouble to please and influ- 
 ence women, but that few did it more easily. 
 One of his parochial works was a Ladies' 
 Bible Class, held for an hour every Wednesday 
 afternoon during the winter. It began in the 
 autumn of 1876, and soon became very popu- 
 lar, many ladies from other congregations com- 
 ing to it regularly. The average attendance 
 was about seventy-five: upon his "Book," 
 however, over three hundred persons have 
 registered their names as belonging for a 
 longer or shorter period to the "Class." It 
 opened with prayer ; then there was an ex- 
 pository address upon a portion of one of the 
 books of the Bible, selected for the winter. 
 The address often included historical and 
 scientific illustrations and explanations, and 
 always closed with some practical lesson. 
 
 For this "Bible Class" the Archdeacon 
 prepared carefully, as he was too nuich in 
 
 * Occasionally in the early years of his St. John life 
 he watched all night with persons dangerously ill. 
 
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 touch with the age not to recognize the in- 
 crea.sing intelligence and influence of women. 
 His views on the subject were very plainh^ 
 given in a sermon preached in Trinity Church 
 February 14, 18S6, on " Christian Women " : 
 
 ' ' No one can <loul)t that a great change is going on 
 in the position and power of women. No one can fail 
 to see their rising energy and influence in the civilized 
 world, nor doubt that the highest interests of society 
 will very largely depend on the womanhood of the 
 future. . . . There is, then, I submit, no .subject 
 in the present day which calls for more anxious con- 
 sideration than that of 'Christian Womanhood,' nor 
 one which claims more serious attention from the 
 Christian preacher. . . Whether or not, there 
 
 are restrictions in several directions on women which 
 ought to be removed is certainly matter for grave 
 con.sideration. I, for one, am bold to declare my own 
 conviction, that the material and spiritual intere.sts of 
 the world would be va.stly improved were women 
 placed on an equal f(K)ting with men in the election 
 of tho.se who manage the affairs of our country or our 
 church." — Clobt\ Ft'hniaiy /g, /SS6. 
 
 He advocated the same views on the floor 
 of the Dioce.san Synod, 
 
 The members of the Bible Cla.ss, among 
 whom were .some of the leading women of 
 St. John, expre.ssed from time to time their 
 
 
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 appreciation of his instruction by various 
 Christmas or Easter gifts,* and a handsome 
 brass cross is about to be presented by them 
 to Trinity Church as a memorial to him. 
 
 Archdeacon Brigstocke also, considered his 
 ministrations to prisoners as part of his paro- 
 chial work, the jail being situated in his parish. 
 He visited it every Friday afternoon. Four 
 ladies from the Charitable and Missionary 
 Aid Committee of the Church of England 
 Institute accompanied him to assist in the 
 responses and singing. All the prisoners who 
 wished to attend were gathered in the large 
 hall. Prayer-books were distributed. The 
 Archdeacon, in his surplice, read a shortened 
 evening service, a hynui was sung, and an 
 address given, which was always marked by 
 its solemn earnestness and its suitableness to 
 the condition of those before him. 
 
 SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK. 
 
 This is the next branch of his work that 
 claims our attention. The * rchdeacon's own 
 
 
 * A silver pitcher, a sealskin waistcoat and collar, a 
 chair for the Bible Class room, another for his stmly, 
 a silk cassock, were among the many tokens of their 
 regard. 
 
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 estimate of the paramount importance of the 
 Sunday School was frequently and emphati- 
 cally expressed, and the warmest personal 
 interest unceasingly manifested. He himself 
 chose the teachers and officers of Trinity 
 Sunday School; he selected the courses of 
 lessons; he controlled, directed, encouraged 
 the missionary work of the school, organizing 
 guilds for scholars of different ages, " Day- 
 break Workers' Union" for younger girls, 
 " Guild of Nazareth" for younger boys, that 
 all might be led to feel that the^- had an indi- 
 vidual work to do in the Church of Christ. 
 He gave the encouragement of his presence to 
 all gatherings of the school for whatever pur- 
 pose. At the regularly Sunday sessions he 
 was habitually present to conduct the opening 
 services, often addressing the school on sub- 
 jects of interest, and occasionally himself 
 in.structing a class. Picnics, the library, 
 practices — all had his interest and personal 
 attention. He, with the curate's assistance, 
 conducted the monthly children's services 
 held in the church, and gave instruction by 
 address or catechising. The Christmas and 
 Easter services, the Whitsunday anniversary 
 

 service, were attended to with most affec- 
 tionate interest. At the fortnightly Teachers' 
 meeting instruction was given on the lesson 
 to be taught, matters connected with the 
 school discussed and settled, and subjects of 
 general interest to the Church often touched 
 on. "Thus scholars and teachers could not 
 fail to perceive that the highest interests of 
 the school were near and dear to the rector's 
 heart." * 
 
 Besides taking this deep interest in all that 
 concerned his own school, the Archdeacon 
 gave great support to ' * The Sunday School 
 Teachers' Association ' ' for the Deanery of 
 St. John. This was founded in March, 1873, 
 six months before he arrived in St. John. 
 When he joined it he sugge.sted some altera- 
 tions in the constitution, and inspired it with 
 fresh vigour. He did all he could to promote 
 the objects of the Association, reading several 
 valuable papers before its bi-monthly meet- 
 ings, one of which was published in the /'^njii^- 
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 of the Sunday School Institute, London, with 
 which the St. John Association had affiliated. 
 He encouraged teachers to go through the 
 examinations which were held in connection 
 with the Sunday School Institute. He in- 
 structed classes preparing for examination, 
 and it was, no doubt, chiefly owing to his 
 careful training that all our candidates pa.ssed 
 creditably at tli^ very first examination held 
 in Trinity school-house. May 1881. Honours 
 were taken by several teachers, and one gained 
 a prize. He also gave much attention to the 
 annual united Sunday School services arranged 
 by the Association for Ascension day ; he 
 assisted in selecting the hymns and drawing 
 up the programme, and was present as often 
 as possible, at the preliminary practices, where 
 his presence was alwa\s in.spiriting. 
 
 The days of Intercession fbr Sunday Schools 
 were most carefully observed, and his is .still 
 a living influence in the minds of those who 
 heard his earnest exhortations on these occa- 
 sions.* He was president of the A.s.sociation 
 
 * A resolution from this Sunday School Association 
 will be found in the Appendix. 
 
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 from 1888 to 1 89 1, and then, owing to pressure 
 of work, was reluctantly allowed to resign. 
 His presence at the Diocesan Sunday School 
 conferences must also be noted. He always 
 urged his teachers to attend the meetings, and 
 took great interest in them himself. He was 
 chairman at the Conference in Sussex last 
 year (1898), and in that po.sition he acted 
 with his usual promptness and decision, but 
 also with much good-humoured cheerfulness. 
 
 CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE. 
 
 Mention has already been made of this 
 organization, and of the deep interest the 
 Archdeacon took in it. A short sketch, 
 therefore, of the various work accomplished 
 by it during the past twenty-three years will 
 appropriately take a place in this Memorial, 
 for the Archdeacon was not only the presiding 
 genius of the institution, but the soul and 
 centre of its work. It is interesting to note 
 in his annual reports how bravely, how per.se- 
 veringly, year by year, he encountered finan- 
 cial and other difficulties, and how hopefully 
 he anticipated the future. The Institute was 
 founded in 1876, and in 1879 the lady mem- 
 
 
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 bers were formed into an Association, of 
 which he was president, thus uniting the two 
 branches. Much good work has been done 
 by both. The Ordhiary Members (gentlemen) 
 have attended to the financial business of the 
 Institute; have provided the magazines and 
 newspapers for the reading-room; have super- 
 vised all books presented to the library. Since 
 1883 they have kept up an afternoon Sunday 
 service at the General Public Hospital, several 
 of their number in succession having been 
 appointed lay readers. In former years many 
 able lecture courses were arranged. These 
 have been discontinued, as there are so many 
 parochial "entertainments." In 1887 ^^e 
 Institute made preparations for the reception 
 of a large party of emigrants sent to St. John 
 by the Church Emigration Society. Places 
 were found for those who wished to remain; 
 free passes were procured for the rest. The 
 Associate Members (ladies) have visited and 
 vSent flowers to the Hospital every week, and 
 especially at Christmas and Easter; they have 
 assisted in the jail serv'^ice, have packed an- 
 nually boxes of Christmas presents for poor 
 parishes, and have added about one hundred 
 
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 new books yearly to the library, raising money 
 for these purposes by an Easter sale of fancy 
 work. In 1883 they collected $500, and 
 rented and furnished a "Girls' Friendly 
 Home ' ' for the operatives at the new cotton 
 factory, Courtenay Bay. It gave a good 
 home to the girls as long as they needed it, 
 and then it was let as a respectable boarding 
 house. A "Girls' Friendly Society " is also 
 affiliated with the Institute, the president 
 holding the anniversary services and preach- 
 ing the sermon. In 1888, at the Archdeacon's 
 requCvSt, the Institute ladies provided a hand- 
 some luncheon for the clergy of the diocese 
 assembled in St. John. It was so thoroughly 
 appreciated that it was repeated at the sessions 
 of 1890 and 1892. In all this ladies' work, 
 the president showed a lively interest : he 
 took the chair at their annual and at many 
 of their committee meetings, and under his 
 guidance the Church ladies of St. John ob- 
 tained not a little training in business habits. 
 The anniversary services were another feature 
 of the Institute on which the pre.sident be- 
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 of a hi^h order; in fact, the first choral service 
 in St. John was in St. Paul's Church, at an 
 anniversary .service of the In.stitute, held on 
 October 21st, 1880, the organi.^it and boys 
 coming from Halifax for the occasion. The 
 great benefit of this Institute to the Church 
 in St. John, the Archdeacon summed up thus: 
 " When it began to work there was no com- 
 mon meeting place for the members of our 
 Church, nor common centre for work. Each 
 congregation worked and lived in i.solation. 
 . At that time there was no reading- 
 room, where news in general, and of the 
 Church in particular, could be obtained. 
 There was no library, for the public library 
 was founded many years after the In.stitute. 
 No organization existed among Church people 
 for doing, in any joint manner, mi.s.sionary or 
 charitable work. . . . The.se were felt to 
 be great wants. Without equipment to .sup- 
 ply them, our Church could hardly take the 
 place she ought to occupy. ... By 
 means of the Institute the.se things have all 
 been supplied in increasing power. . 
 The In.stitute .set out in 1876 with the object 
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 great purpose has been largely attained." 
 
 SYNODICAL WORK. 
 
 With the Archdeacon's instinctive energy, 
 and with the increasing power which its use 
 gave to him, he was, as might be supposed, 
 an influential man in the Diocesan, the Pro- 
 vincial, and the General Synods. 
 
 In the Diocesan Synod he was an active 
 member on nearly every important committee. 
 In the debates, also, he showed especial inter- 
 est, watching them closely, and taking in 
 them an eager part. He, however, .seldom 
 .spoke at the beginning of a debate; he waited 
 until the majority had expre.s.sed their opin- 
 ions, and then, gathering up a general view 
 of the subject, he brought it clearly and 
 plainly before the Synod. This sunnning up 
 of the various points debated was done in a 
 .somewhat judicial style, and was always 
 listened to with great attention. He took 
 his .seat in the Dioce.san Synod in 1873, and 
 attended every session until 1898 inclusive. 
 At the .ses.sion of 1888 he pre.sided, as Eccle- 
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 who was then in England attending the Lam- 
 beth Conference. It was at this session that 
 the ladies of the Chnrch of England Institute, 
 at the Archdeacon's reciuest, gave the clerical 
 and lay delegates a luncheon on two successive 
 days, when " Archdeacon Brigstocke's geni- 
 ality and kind courtesy" were remarked by 
 all. He was again Ecclesiastical Connuissary 
 for Bishop Kingdon in 1S97, but at that time 
 the Synod .ses.sion was deferred until the 
 Bi.shop's return in the autumn. The.se .ses- 
 sions of the Diocesan Synod were regularly 
 reported in Trinity Mairazinc, and the rector's 
 opinion given on the subjects discu.s.sed. The 
 chief of the.se during his twenty-five years' 
 attendance were: The Mis.sion Chapel Contro- 
 versy ; The Amalgamation of the Diocesan 
 Church ( Home Mission ) Society with the 
 Synod. The.se topics were purely diocesan. 
 The more general subjects were: The Con- 
 solidation of the Church in Canada; The Im- 
 portance of Religious In.struction in Public 
 Education; Church Unity; and latterly, The 
 Sunday School. 
 
 The difficulty between St. Paul's Pari.sh 
 and the Mi.ssion Chapel came up in the Synod 
 
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 in 1S82, and a committee reported in 1883 
 "That in a properly constituted parish, of 
 which Canon DeVeber is the duly appointed 
 rector, a proprietary chapel has been erected 
 without the consent of, and in opposition to 
 the protest of the rector, and that a clergy- 
 man has been licensed to officiate therein," — 
 Trinity Magazine, August /S8j. Archdeacon 
 Brigstocke held decided views on the parochial 
 rights of a rector; therefore, he strongly op- 
 posed the erection of this chapel. The affair 
 was debated at every session of the Synod. 
 In 1886 it was referred to the Pro\*incial 
 Synod, when the Archdeacon made an earnest, 
 warm-hearted speech. The Provincial Synod 
 declined to interfere. At length, after this 
 burning question had been discussed in the 
 Diocesan Synod for .seven years, it was settled 
 by an amicable arrangement. A bill was 
 drawn up to be presented to the legislature, 
 providing for the incorporation of the Trustees 
 of the Mission Church, thus enabling them to 
 hold, as a corporation under the provisions of 
 the enactment, the property connected with the 
 Church The bill was agreed to in the Synod 
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 expressed their thankfulness for the satisfac- 
 tory settlement of this long standing difficulty. 
 After this arrangement the rector of Trinity 
 Church and the priest-in-charge at the Mission 
 Chapel were on cordial terms, and occasionally 
 exchanged pulpits, but the Archdeacon's con- 
 scientious adherence to the rector of St, Paul's 
 side of the question diminished for a time his 
 popularity amonp the clergy who sympathized 
 with the cause of the Mission Chapel; as years 
 passed on, however, he regained his position 
 in that regard. 
 
 The amalgamation of the Diocesan Church 
 (Home Mission) vSociety was first suggested 
 at the Synod of 1886. With many others, 
 the Archdeacon deemed it very necessary for 
 the efficient working of the diocese; he hoped 
 ' ' it would be accomplished without any un- 
 necessary delay," but it was not until 1896 
 that the final steps were taken, and that the 
 old Society, which had fulfilled its sixty-two 
 years' mission, was merged in the Synod. 
 
 These two subjects were purely diocesan, 
 the general ones — Consolidation of the Cana- 
 dian Church, Religious Instruction in Public 
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 the Diocesan, Provincial and General Synods, 
 and were advocated by the Archdeacon at all 
 these gatherings. He was elected a delegate 
 to the Provincial Synod at Montreal the first ' 
 year of his St. John life, and afterwards was 
 elected delegate and attended every triennial 
 and special meeting except the last held in 
 1898, while he was in England. He took 
 part in the debates — his deep voice command- 
 ing the attention of the Synod; he also did 
 much quiet work on connnittees. At the 
 session in Montreal (1883) he was interested 
 and took part in the formation of ' ' The 
 Domestic and Foreign Missioi ary Society of 
 the Church of England in Canada." That 
 .same year he had, as he says, " the privilege 
 of being one of the chosen representatives 
 from the Church in Canada to the American 
 Church, asseml)led in convention at Pliiladel- 
 phia." He acted at that time_as chaplain to the 
 Metropolitan ( Bi.shop Medley), and as.sisted 
 in the services at the consecration of a Mis- 
 sionary Bishop. 
 
 In 1889 the subject of the Consolidation of 
 the Church in Canada was brought forward 
 
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 by Mr. Jenkins, of Petrolia, in one of the 
 ablest speeches ever made by a layman on 
 the floor of the Provincial Synod. The reso- 
 lution was immediately seconded by the Arch- 
 deacon in a most enthusiastic speech, and 
 carried. The result was a conference in 
 Winnipeg in 1890, and another in Toronto 
 in 1893, ^vhen the General Synod was formed. 
 "No event," says the Archdeacon, "has 
 occurred of like importance in the history of 
 the Church of England in Canada." 
 
 At the session of the Provincial Synod ( 1895) 
 the Archdeacori. being chairman of the com- 
 mittee on Rc/ii^ious Instruction in Public luiu- 
 cation, presented the report, and moved for its 
 adoption in a plain, clear, forcible speech. At 
 this session he was appointed by the Dean of 
 Montreal Deputy Prolocutor, to preside in his 
 (the Dean's) absence over the lyower House. 
 
 In 1896 Archdeacon Brigstocke attended 
 the .session of the General vSynod held in 
 Winnipeg. This and the Diocesan Synod of 
 1897 were the last regular Synod meetings 
 that he attended. There was a .special meet- 
 ing of the Provincial Synod in Montreal in 
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 The estimation in which he was held in the 
 Upper House may be judged by the fact that 
 in several successive ballots he received a 
 majority of votes, but in the Lower House 
 "the lot fell" on Dr. Thornloe, and he was 
 finally elected to the vacant see. 
 
 This sketch g-ives but a slight idea of the 
 Synod work done by the Archdeacon. Some 
 of the subjects in which he was especially 
 interested have been named, but there were 
 many others which came under his considera- 
 tion. Tlie use of the Revised Version. Mar- 
 ria.,e laws and the Divorce question, may be 
 mentioned; and in the Diocesan Synod he 
 !-ji.sted in the codification of the Provincial 
 enactments relating to the Church, and also 
 in the preparation of the body of Canons 
 called for in connection with the luiion of the 
 Church Society and the Synod. 
 
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 KDUCATIONAI. WORK. 
 
 Notwithstanding the various duties con- 
 nected with his parish and vSynod work. 
 Archdeacon Brig.stocke found time to devote 
 attention to the important subjects of liduca- 
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 more than a list of the different Educational 
 Institutions with which he was connected. 
 He was an active member of the Madras 
 School Board, and every Monday he visited 
 the Central School, which was in Trinity 
 parish, and g^ave a Scripture lesson. He was 
 one of the Governors of the Wigg^ins Male 
 Orphan Asylum: also one of the Directors of 
 the Protestant Orphan Asylum. He took a 
 great interest in King's College, Wind.sor, of 
 which he was for many years a governor; he 
 attended the Kncoenias, and was chiefly in- 
 .strumental in the adoption of that college by 
 the Diof^esan Synod of Fredericton as its theo- 
 logical college. In 1S89 the degree of D. D. 
 was conferred upon him. 
 
 Regretting the want of Church education 
 for girls, he was glad to assist in establishing 
 "The Church School for Girls" at Wind.sor, 
 under the .sanction and authority of the Synods 
 of Nova vScotia and PVedericton. He was for 
 a few years one of the trustees, and was gen- 
 erally present at the clo.sing examinations. 
 It was opened January i.st, 1891, and bids 
 fair to be a permanent and prosperous insti- 
 tution. 
 
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 In this paragraph on education, the Arch- 
 deacon's interest in " Bands of Mercy" must 
 not be omitted. He was one of the vice- 
 presidents of the Society for the Prevention 
 of Cruelty to Animals, and when, in connec- 
 tion with it. Bands of Mercy were formed, in 
 order to train children in habits of kindness, 
 a large band was organized in his parish, 
 a nandsome banner was purchased, and a 
 prominent part was taken by Trinity Band 
 in the large, popular ' ' anniversaries ' ' whicli 
 were held for several successive years in the 
 Mechanics' Institute by all the city bands. 
 
 The consideration Archdeacon Brigstocke 
 gave to the subject of Religious Instruction 
 in National liducation has been touched uihju. 
 He was quite aware of the difficnlties wliich 
 surround the question, but in public and in 
 private he continually maintained its supreme 
 importance. 
 
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 MISSIONARY WORK. 
 
 " It augurs well for the life of the Church 
 when she takes a warm interest in the mission 
 field." So wrote Archdeacon Brigstocke on 
 the formation of 771^ Domestic and Foreij^u 
 
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 Missionary Society of the Church of England 
 in Canada. Of course, missions in the diocese 
 claimed his first regard, for in this broad Cana- 
 da of ours, especially in the poorer dioceses, 
 there are many sparsely settled districts whose 
 wants need great, though not exclusive, atten- 
 tion. He was on the Board of the Diocesan 
 Church (Home Mission) Society, and pressed 
 its claims urgently upon his congregation. 
 In the earlier Trinity Magazines contributions 
 are not classified, but from 1887 to 1898 we 
 find that upwards of $1 1,000 were contributed 
 by Trinity Church to missions in the diocese. 
 For Foreign and Domestic ( General Canadian 
 and Indian) Missions, the donations, 'n the 
 same .space of time, amounted to abcait $7,000. 
 The Archdeacon was a member of this Board 
 ( Foreign and Dome.stic Mi.ssions) also, and 
 often surprised his co-workers in Upper Cana- 
 da by taking long journeys to attend their 
 executive meetings. 
 
 All missionaries received from him a hearty 
 welcome. Mr. Wilson, the friend of the 
 Indian, the founder of the Shingwauk and 
 Wawanosh homes for Indian children, vi.sited 
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 times, bringing with him, on one occasion, 
 two dear little Indian boys, who sang hymns 
 in the Sunday School to the great delight of 
 the children who for many years had sup- 
 ported two pupils at the ' ' Homes. ' ' This 
 visit of the Indian boys took place a few days 
 before the great fire of 1877. The party 
 returned from Halifax the very day of the 
 fire, and saw it from the Carleton heights. 
 The next spring the following letter was re- 
 ceived from the boys of the Shingwauk Home, 
 enclosing $8. 15: 
 
 Dkar Sir: 
 
 We have had collection durinj< Lent to help to 
 rebuild the Triiiitv Church in St. John, which was 
 burnt down last Minnner. There were forty-seven of 
 us, and we all voted whether to send it to St. John or 
 to the Indians at (iarden River, or to India, and all 
 the boys watited it to be .sent to St. John. We are 
 very thankful to you people for helpinj< .so much for 
 our Homes. ^V'e are taught if any wants to follow 
 the Saviour to deny himself, .so I think some of the 
 ])oys have been trying to tlo it. So now must con- 
 clude my writing with my best wish to you. 
 
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 Several lady mi.ssionaries have made vi.sits 
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 Miss Ling, in the interests of work in India, 
 and within the last year Miss Bird, of the 
 C. M. S. in Persia. On these occasions the 
 Archdeacon was always present, and made an 
 earnest address. The ladies of Trinity, under 
 the direction of Mrs. Brigstocke, held an 
 annual missionary sale, the proceeds of which 
 (between $400 and $500) were divided be- 
 tween Home Mi.ssions and the Algoma Mis- 
 sion. This was always commented upon at 
 the Ladies' Bible Class by the rector with 
 words of appreciation and approval. 
 
 The British and Foreign Bible Society might 
 be included in Archdeacon Brigstocke' s mis- 
 sionary work. He followed his father's lead 
 in advocating it warmly, lioth on the platform 
 and from the pulpit, and his congregation did 
 their part in the contributions. 
 
 1884-1899. 
 
 During Archdeacon Brig.stocke's rector- 
 ship he employed, in succession, four curates, 
 whom he thus notices in Trinity Magazine^ 
 Christmas, 1898: 
 
 I have been much indebted for the assistance ren- 
 dered by my curates, whom, throuj^h your kindness, 
 I have been enabled to have. In 1875 I was assisted 
 
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 by the Rev. S. H. Nobbs, who resij^ned, and went to 
 England in May, 1877. Owinf< to the disorganiwition 
 of the parish by the great fire, I worked alone till 
 October, 1884, since which time I have been succes- 
 sively helped by the Rev. J. Walters, from October, 
 1884, to October, 1885; by the Rev. A. J. Gollmer 
 from November, 1885, to September, 1890, and by 
 my present valued assistant. Rev. W. Katough, who 
 entered upon his work December, 1890. By the help 
 thus afforded me, I have not only been able to con- 
 tinue my work, but to extend it for the good of the 
 Church. I am especially indebted to Mr. Katough * 
 for the interest he has taken in the young people of 
 the congregation, which resulted in the fonnation of 
 our Young Men's A.s.sociation and Guild of Na-zareth. 
 
 These two la.st a.s.sociation.s, with a branch 
 of the St. Andrew's Brotherhood, and the 
 Young Women's Guild, complete the li.st 
 already given of the organizations working 
 in the Archdeacon's parish. 
 
 Before turning to another .subject, mention 
 must be made of a sad domestic affliction 
 
 * Mr. Katough, after the rector's death, took up 
 the work of the parish alone. It was too much for 
 one never very strong, and he only survived his rector 
 about three months. Owing to this tragic coinci- 
 dence, Mr. Katough 's likeness has been placed, by 
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 which aj^ain shadowed the rector and Mrs. 
 Brigstocke's home. Their two youngest boys 
 (Hervey and Selwyn) died of scarlet fever 
 within a few days of each other — Selwyn o»i 
 January 23, and Hervey on January 27, 1889. 
 In a letter to his congregation, the rector, 
 after thanking them for their .sympathy, 
 says: "We have indeed been called to pa.ss 
 through the waters of much tribulation by 
 our Heavenly Father having taken from us 
 for a .sea.son two very precious children, but 
 we have a good hope that the Great Shepherd 
 has taken them into His clo.ser embrace, and 
 that they are now in the rest of Paradise." 
 After pa.ssing through this great .sorrow, 
 the Archdeacoii, as .soon as the .spring opened, 
 .sent Mrs. Brig.stocke and their .son Robert to 
 England for rest and change. He himself, 
 after attending the Diocesan Synod, took also 
 a short holiday by .setting off on what he 
 called a " fi.shing tour," with three friend.s — 
 
 Dr. H and his .son, and Mr. M. K . 
 
 They left for the South-We.st Branch of the 
 Miramichi, July 8th. 1889. His diary gives 
 us an idea of his thorough enjoyment. It 
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 down the river, which was windinjj^ and very 
 beautiful;" the landiuj; to pitch their tents; 
 "the eveninj^ office," said under the silent 
 stars — "the office" bein^ an evening hymn, 
 the Lord's prayer, and the priestly ])enedic- 
 tion ; then the sleep ' ' on the soft spruce 
 boughs, with the mosquito net skilfully ar- 
 ranged;" the being awakened at 4 a. m. "by 
 the singing of the birds, the woods resounding 
 with their song, which was like a Hynni of 
 Praise;" then the Ivnglishnian's bath in the 
 river, while he admired "the exquisite light 
 thrown on the woods by the rising sun; " the 
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 toes and coffee;" the tramp through the 
 woods to the fishing ground; the pleasure of 
 "hooking a salmon myself." It was all 
 delightful. At the clo.se of one day he writes: 
 "So ended a day of enjoyment — of calm, un- 
 broken delight, for which we .say, with all our 
 hearts, Deo j^ratias. ' ' Then on Sunday they 
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 acceptable to Him to whom we offered it." 
 He preached on Isaiah Hii, 3, and the con- 
 gregation consisted of the three friends, and 
 the six men who poled their canoes. In ten 
 days he returned to St. John, "having much 
 enjoyed a thorough change — the. sweet calm 
 of the country, and the rest from ordinary 
 work." 
 
 In September, 1890, the next holiday tour 
 was taken, — to British Columbia, in company 
 with two of his parishioners, Mr. and Mrs. 
 
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 Railroad through Winnipeg to \^ancouver, 
 staying one Sunday at Winnipeg, where Arch- 
 deacon Brigstocke preached twice, and in the 
 afternoon attended a Sunday School meeting 
 to make the acquaintance of the ' ' great phil- 
 anthropist. Dr. Barnardo," who gave an ad- 
 dress upon his work. He had, at that time, 
 under his care, 3,500 children, for whom he 
 had to provide. From Winnipeg the}^ went 
 to Banff, where another Sunday was spent. 
 As, however. Archdeacon Brigstocke gave a 
 graphic account of this trip in the Magazine, it 
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 vacation trips — he never omitted clerical duty. 
 We find him preaching every Sunday — in the 
 Winnipeg churches, in the hotel at Banff, 
 in the Cathedral at Victoria, on board the 
 ocean steamers. The other observation is— 
 his intense appreciation and love of beautiful 
 scenery. He rises at dawn, lest he should 
 lose the ' ' views of surpassing grandeur and 
 exquisite beauty which surround us." He 
 describes the light growing stronger, the 
 mountains becoming every moment more im- 
 posing. "Now here, now there, we saw 
 some towering height rearing its head into 
 the sky. Some of the tops were bare and 
 rugged, some w^ere covered with snow. Pre- 
 sently the sun rose higher and higher; the 
 scenery became more exquisite, sublime, mag- 
 nificent, until the mountain peaks were all 
 aglow with crimson hues." After reaching 
 Vancouver, and spending there three clays 
 enveloped in fog from the Pacific Ocean, they 
 crossed to Victoria (on Vancouver Island), 
 the capital of British Columbia. Archdeacon 
 Brigstocke preached twice in the Cathedral; 
 he speaks of the kind hospitality of the bishop 
 of the diocese (Dr. Hills), and mentions the 
 
 
 
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 large number of Chinese in Victoria, their 
 industry and usefuhiess. The party now 
 separated, the Archdeacon returning alone 
 to Winnipeg, thence by way of Lake Superior 
 to Sault Ste. Marie, ' ' where I found Mrs. 
 Brigstocke, and spent two days at the Shing- 
 wauk Home, enjoying the hospitality of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Wilson. I had now an opportunity 
 of visiting the Homes for the Indian boys and 
 girls, of which I was glad to avail myself. 
 Then bidding our friends good-bj^e we took 
 the train to Ottawa, where we visited the 
 Parliament buildings, thence to Montreal and 
 to St. John, which, through a kind and watch- 
 ful Providence, we reached in safety, after a 
 journey of over .seven thousand miles, without 
 any kind of accident." 
 
 The ChrivStmas of 1891 was marked by a 
 grand Choral service, held at 4 p. m., to com- 
 memorate the opening of Trinity Church in 
 1 79 1. All the City Clergy, the Mayor and 
 Corporation, the leading men of the cit}^ and 
 a large congregation were present. The rec- 
 tor preached a loyal sermon on ' ' Remember 
 the days of old: consider the years of many 
 generations." Brass memorials to the former 
 
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 rectors were placed under the West window, 
 and a brass memorial to the L,oyalist founders 
 of the Church near the entrance to the chancel. 
 Medals also were given to the Sunday School 
 children, iind with this appropriate memorial 
 ser\'ice the second century of Trinity Church 
 life was ushered in. 
 
 It was also in 1891 that the Young Men's 
 Association was formed, the Young Women's 
 Guild having been initiated the 3'ear before. 
 Since then both societies have been most 
 helpful in the parish, standing ready at any 
 time to take such parish or Church work as 
 may be needed. Mr. Eatough was the presi- 
 dent of the young men, and to the Guild the 
 rector devoted an evening once a fortnight, 
 giving instruction on the prayer-book. The 
 rector and his curate were generally present 
 at the united social gatherings of the young 
 people, and took part also in the musical and 
 literary entertainments. 
 
 In 1892 the dioce-se was called upon to 
 mourn the loss of the venerable Metropolitan, 
 Dr. Medley. He was in his 88th year, and 
 had been Bishop of Fredericton forty-three 
 years. Archdeacon Brigstocke says : ' ' His 
 
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 health and strength allowed him to preside 
 for a short time at the last session of the 
 Synod in July, and to attend the anniversary 
 service of the Diocesan Church Society, held 
 in our Church July 7th, when he pronounced 
 the Benediction. It was our privilege to be 
 with him one hour before his death, and to 
 say, while kneeling at his bedside, the Nunc 
 Dimittis. It was a peaceful ending after a 
 long conflict — a calm sunset after a long day 
 of toil and labour." He was succeeded by 
 the Bishop Coadjutor, Dr. Kingdon. Four 
 years afterwards, when the altar tomb to the 
 late Metropolitan's memory was unveiled in 
 the Cathedral at Fredericton, Bishop Kingdon 
 selected Archdeacon Brigstocke to make the 
 address. It was afterwards published, with a 
 photogravure of the beautiful cenotaph. 
 
 In 1893, on his way as delegate to the Con- 
 ference at Toronto, where the bishops, and 
 clerical and lay delegates, were to meet for 
 the purpose of forming a General Synod, 
 Archdeacon Brigstocke took his son Robert 
 to visit the Great Exhibition at Chicago. 
 His quick e3^es could take in much at a 
 glance; but even his energy was taxed by the 
 
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 effort of examining that ' ' vast assemblage of 
 the works of man and the products of the 
 earth." He much admired the beauty of the 
 buildings themselves and their dazzling white- 
 ness. He and his son visited the various 
 Exhibits, the Electrical building, with its new 
 discoveries, being the most wonderful. Lover 
 as he was of flo vers, he probably expected too 
 much from the Horticultural show, and was 
 somewhat disappointed. He says, however, 
 ' ' It is as impossible to tell all as it was to 
 see all. In its manifoldness, its vastness, its 
 magnificence, the Exhibition is a mirror of 
 the world's life. We learn to know some- 
 thing more of it as it is there spread out 
 before us, and find fresh cause tc adore and 
 magnify Him who is the Author oi all " 
 
 Busy as was Archdeacon Brigstocke's life, 
 much as he was attached to his church and 
 congregation, novel and interesting as were 
 the scenes his journey ings brought before 
 him, yet a large share of the warm affection of 
 his heart was reserved for the relations, the 
 friends, the interevSts of the land of his birth.* 
 
 * The writer of this Memorial was standing beside 
 him one day on the top of the Bunker Hiirmonmnent 
 
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 He first revisited England, as we have seen, 
 in 1882. Twelve years afterwards, when, in 
 1894, ^^^^ ^^^d change were needed, he sought 
 them by another visit to the motherland. He 
 started in August for a two months' vacation, 
 and his thoughts, as he leaves our shores, are 
 characteristic. ' ' I did not see the reced- 
 ing headlands passing out of sf^ht, and find 
 my. self on the deck of a steamer far away 
 from church and congregation, without many 
 thoughts rising in my heart. The question, 
 * What doest thou here ? ' had to be answered, 
 for work and not pleasure-.seeking is the will 
 of our God. As we read, however, of a ' rest 
 awhile,' enforced even on the first preachers 
 of the Go.spel, that they might be the better 
 fitted for their work, so I ventured to think 
 that the work committed to my care would 
 
 ( Bo-ston ) . Out of each of the four windows a beauti- 
 ful view lay before us. On the South the great city, 
 with its spires and domes; on the Ea.st the Atlantic; 
 on the North and West, Boston's beautiful suburbs, 
 with green fields and hills in the distance, and moun- 
 tains beyond. " Which view do you like best?" was 
 asked. "That one," pointing to the window out of 
 which only the sparkling blue ocean could be seen; 
 " it looks towards England.^' 
 
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 be done all the better by the cessation of its 
 pursuit for a season." The account o/ this 
 trip formed the subject of a lecture called 
 " Notes of a Summer Tour." It was given 
 by request at an entertainment of the Young 
 Men's Association and the Guild. }ie des- 
 cribes the picturesque village of Hampton-in- 
 Arden, where, immediately after landing in 
 England, he was the guest of a friend who 
 had been vicar there for thirty years, the 
 venerable church being sev^n hundred and 
 sixty-four years old. He tells the young 
 people of visits to Kenilwo: A\ and Warwick 
 Castles (which were in the neighbourhood), 
 and to Coventry, and writes of their historical 
 asvsociations. He visited friends and relations 
 in Malvern, Cheltenham, Sidmouth, Crew- 
 kerne, and speaks of the different interesting 
 objects to be seen in these places. He evi- 
 dently enjoyed it all. " It was a great plea- 
 sure to visit old scenes after the lapse of many 
 years, and to find them as beautiful as ever. 
 . The trees had grown more beautiful; 
 the gardens were all ablaze with bright and 
 lovely flowers, and the people were all astir." 
 He describes some of the old churches in 
 
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 lyondon — St. Helen's, St. Bride's, and others, 
 and the colleges of Cambridge; but he dwells 
 longest on Dr. Barnardo's College Homes for 
 Girls at Ilford, where a thou.sand girls can be 
 accommodated in fifty homes, holding twenty 
 each. .The girls, after being trained, are 
 sent out to Canada. His next move was to 
 the continent to visit his oldest brother, the 
 Rev. Claudius Buchanan Brigstocke.* The 
 route was through Holland and up the Rhine 
 to Cologne. The magnificent Cathedral is 
 graphically described, adding: " I^ is a won- 
 derful tribute of the highest Art and Skill to 
 Religion." Then up the Rhine; at first, the 
 weather was cloud}-, and he feared the scenery 
 would not come up to his expectations; but 
 as Bonn was reached the sun shone out, and 
 the beautiful winding riv^er, the hills clothed 
 with vineyards, the old feudal castles were all 
 that his imagination had pictured. Landing at 
 Mayence, he proceeded to Homburg, where his 
 brother, who was the English chaplain at this 
 famous watering place, met him at the station. 
 The brothers spent a week together, and. of 
 
 * His brother had visited the Archdeacon in 1885, 
 and had spent several weeks in St. John. 
 
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 course, Archdeacon Brigstocke preached on 
 Sunday. Thence proceeding to Paris, he saw 
 all that could be seen of that gay city in forty- 
 eight hours, and a great deal that was. Then 
 to London and to Canterbury, " the centre of 
 Anglican Christianity," where he was the 
 guest of his friend, the dean. The last event 
 of his tour was the Church Congress at Exeter. 
 He took part in the impressive opening ser- 
 vice; he heard many of the papers. There 
 was a great crowd to hear those on ' ' The 
 Higher Criticism," by Driver, Leathes, and 
 the Bi.shop of Gibraltar. In these he was 
 disappointed ; ' ' they were all very mild and 
 commonplace." Those on Religious Instruc- 
 tion in Church and Board Schools he found 
 most interesting, especially a noble speech 
 by the then Bishop of London, Dr. Temple. 
 "As characteristic of the present day, there 
 were me»-«:ings for women members of the 
 Congress, Mrs. Creighton, wife of the Bishop 
 of Peterborough, and Lady Laura Ridding 
 taking a prominent part. They discussed 
 women's work. ... I have no doubt 
 many good things were .said which will bear 
 good fruit." While at Exeter he attended a 
 
 

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 special service at vSt. Thomas for the " purpose 
 of iinveiHiig a window and a tablet to the 
 memory of our late beloved Bishop Medley," 
 the former vicar of St. Thomas. The window 
 represents the Presentation of our Lord in the 
 Temple; the tablet bears a suitable inscription. 
 Archdeacon l^rigstocke's holiday was now 
 drawing to a clo.se. It has been dwelt upon at 
 .some length, becau.se it was probably one of 
 the happie.st and mo.st enjoyable periods of his 
 life. He .spent a little while in farewell visits 
 to friends, and on October rSth he sailed for 
 Canada. Two days after his arrival he was 
 given a mo.st hearty "Welcome Home" in 
 the .school-hou.se by the Young People s As.so- 
 ciation and Guild, and by the congregation. 
 Three addres.ses of welcome were read — from 
 the Ve.stry and Congregation, from the Sun- 
 day School, from the Young People. The 
 rector was quite taken by surprise, but most 
 heartily appreciated the kind greeting.^ 
 
 * Want of j^ace forbid.s the detail.s of Archdeacon 
 Brig.stocice's various .shorter trips to New York and 
 Boston. On one of the.se occasions he was introduced, 
 after a morning service at Trinity Church, to Phillips 
 Brooks, and was received, as were all Englishmen, 
 
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 The four years that succeeded this second 
 visit to KiiRland were the last, and probably 
 the busiest^ years of Arclideacon Brigstocke's 
 life; but notwithstanding; his parocliial, his 
 synodical, his educational, and his missionary 
 work, he still had ' a heart at leisure from itself 
 to soothe and sympathi/.e," and many a kind 
 note was written to absent friends in trouble-'^ 
 and to those who were keeping sad anniver- 
 saries in memory of the loved and lost. How 
 comforting such letters were those only who 
 received them can tell. Clo.se akin to his 
 
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 most cordially. '.l another thvi he attended the 
 third meeting of the American Church Congress, 
 held in Bo.ston in 1776. 
 
 * A few lines from one such note may be quoted : 
 My Dear 
 
 AmoiiK one's many friends whom one wishes to rememhcr, 
 especially at the approaching season of Christmas, I will not, 
 indeed, forget yon, nor omit to send yon a letter to assure you 
 of mj' sincere interest in your welfare, and to express my best 
 wishes for you. We know that a happy Christinas does not 
 depend on outward circumstances, so I trust, and pray, that the 
 .season will bring you much blessing. It will, of course, pre.ss 
 on your attention, with great vividness, all you have gone 
 through since this time last year, and the changes you have 
 suffered; but, my dear friend, you well know the same loving 
 Hand is over, and with you, and the .same Presence guides and 
 cheers. "What I dc thou knowest not now, but thou shalt 
 know hereafter. " 
 
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 sympathy was his quiet generosity, which 
 only became gradually known. He was, as 
 might be supposed, very systematic and pro- 
 portionate in his alms giving. On being 
 asked late one autumn for a contribution to 
 a certain object, he said his supply in that 
 direction was exhausted, but that at the be- 
 ginning of the year he would assist, and he 
 kept his promise. He also often did thought- 
 ful acts of kindness, which occasionall}' came 
 to light. One morning, entering the study 
 of the rector of one of our smaller parishes, 
 after some desultory conversation, Archdeacon 
 Brigstocke inquired: "How long is it, Mr, 
 
 , may I ask, since you have given yourself 
 
 a holiday ? " " About five or six years ' ' was 
 the answer. ' ' I thought it was a long time. 
 Now, if you will take your wife and enjoy a 
 few weeks' rest, Eatough and I will arrange 
 
 for your duty." Mr. was touched, not 
 
 only by the kindness of the offer, but by the 
 thoughtfulness shown for others in the midst 
 of so much care and work of his own. The 
 amount of that work may be gauged by the 
 fact that he was asked to attend ten committee 
 meetings in one day. He got to eight. At 
 
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 these meetings he often expressed his opinions 
 most decidedly; but, as one who had worked 
 with him on various committees recently re- 
 marked, "Archdeacon Brigstocke was a verj- 
 determined man. I never, however, knew any 
 one who, on having reasons sufficiently cogent 
 presented, would yield so willingly, so plea- 
 santly, to an adverse opinion." 
 
 Hitherto only the graver and more .serious 
 aspects of his character have been dwelt upon 
 in this Memorial, but we mu.st not forget that 
 he had naturally a buoyant temperament and 
 a cheerful, social dispo.sition, which showed 
 whenever the pressure of work and responsi- 
 bility lifted. He liked society, and at dinners, 
 wedding breakfa.sts, and other ".society func- 
 tions," his plea.sant manner, his keen .sen.se 
 of humour, his easy flow of conversation, and 
 the suggestion of power and energy, which 
 could not be quite concealed, made him a 
 very agreeable guest. 
 
 As a host he was especially happy and suc- 
 cessful, both in his own rectory* and in 
 Tnnity .school-house. 
 
 * In the autumn of 1S95, the parish, by the will of 
 the I'lte Mr., Charles Merritt, came into pos.se.s.sion 
 
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 There were meetings of associations and of 
 guilds ; meetings at choir anniversaries and 
 at teachers' festivals, and he was the dignified, 
 but, at the same time, the bright, anmiated 
 centre of them all. 
 i: Outside of his parochial engagements, he 
 belonged to a large Reading Club in St. John, 
 and, although he could attend but seldom, he 
 was always warmly welcomed when he came 
 once a year to take his turn in reading. 
 
 The young men of the Neptune Rowing 
 Club have also pleasant recollections of his 
 kind words. He was fond of the water,* and 
 
 of a handsome house, which was renovate:! and placed 
 at Archdeacon Brigstocke's disposal as a rectory. He 
 much enjoyed this comfortable residence. One room 
 was transformed into an ideal study. It was lined 
 with books ; there was a large sunny bow window, 
 with one or two flowering plants ; there was a hand- 
 some desk of ample propo'-tions and a multiplicity of 
 drawers ; add to this a cabinet organ, comfortable 
 chairs, and an open fire-place, above which hung 
 photographs of friends, of relations, and of some 
 living celebrities in our Church. 
 
 * Archdeacon Brigstocke and his family spent the 
 summer months of three successive years at Lakeside, 
 on the Kennebeccasis, in a country house belonging 
 
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 often encouraged the members by his presence, 
 and occasionally by a donation. 
 
 And so the four busy years, from August, 
 1894, to August, 1898, passed quickly away. 
 As soon as the Diocesan Synod of 1898 ad- 
 journed in July, Archdeacon Brigstocke left 
 St. John to meet Mrs. Brigstocke, who had 
 been spending some time in England. He 
 went by way of Quebec, where, after receiving 
 kind hospitality from Mrs. Dunn at Bishops- 
 thorpe (the Bishop being absent), he embarked 
 on the " Laurentian" for Liverpool. It must 
 be interesting to the congregation of Trinity, 
 though it will not surprise them, to learn 
 what a large share of their rector's heart and 
 thoughts belonged to them. He writes in his 
 diary, July 24th, Straits of Belleisle : "This 
 day had its own especial interests on several 
 accounts. First, I thought much of my dear 
 flock, now far away, and was with them in 
 thought and prayer as they assembled together 
 at 8 a. m., at II, at 7. I had purposely not 
 
 to a friend. There the Archdeacon thoroujj[hly en- 
 joyed the sununer, lie and his boys taking daily rows 
 among the islands of the beautiful river, and friends 
 were often invited from town to share their pleasures. 
 
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 yet mov^ed my watch to the time on board, so 
 that I might, without difficulty, think of those 
 at home at the different hours. Second, The 
 Lord's day always brings its own hallowed 
 associations. . . . Third, By request of 
 the captain I took charge of the service. I 
 
 got Miss to act as organist, and, by 
 
 choOvsing well-known hymns, the singing was 
 very hearty." This other entry in his diary 
 during the voyage shows how ready he always 
 was for his Master's service: "In the after- 
 noon I wandered into the forecastle, when I 
 was accosted by a young man, who expressed 
 a wish that I would come among them in the 
 evening and give them a 'little talk.' This 
 request, which I, of course, readily and cheer- 
 fully as.sented to, led naturally to a very inter- 
 esting conversation. I found myself in the 
 presence of a Christian young man of earnest 
 piety, who, with one or two others, met to- 
 gether every evening after their work was 
 done, for reading their Bibles and singing 
 hymns, and did what they could to influence 
 their companions in work. It was a light 
 shining in a dark place, and I could not help 
 taking it as a beautiful illu.stration of the ful- 
 
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 filment of the words : ' I pray not that Thou 
 shouldest take them out of the world, but that 
 Thou keep them from the evil.' I went at 
 the appointed hour, and found nearly the 
 whole company of ' cattle men ' assembled 
 together ready for me. My subject of address 
 was the Parable of The Lost Sheep. They 
 showed their appreciation of my coming 
 amongst "them by their great attention, and 
 hearty vote of thanks. I may add that the 
 young man was a member of a Y. M. C. A. in 
 Berlin, Ontario, and was working his way 
 over to Kidderminster, England, where his 
 parents were living." 
 
 Immediately on landing. Archdeacon Brig- 
 stocke went down to Ironville, Derbyshire, 
 where his nephevv', the Rev. F. Hooper, is 
 the vicar. The vicarage is described in the 
 Magazine as one of the typical homes of the 
 country clergy, situated in a most picturesque 
 district, not far from the .seats of many of- the 
 leading nobility. He and his relatives at 
 the vicarage * made .several excursions in the 
 
 * Miss Caroline Brigstocke writes of this time : " It 
 is a great comfort to think of his visit last year. He 
 endeared hiujself more than ever, and to the large 
 
 
 
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 neighbourhood to Welbeck Abbey, the resi- 
 dence of the Duke of Portland; to Chatsworth, 
 the seat of the Duke of Devonshire ; and in 
 other directions. Then there was a choir 
 excursion to Blackpool, on the sea-side, which 
 Archdeacon Brigstocke enjoyed, although "it 
 was the longest day I have had," for they 
 started at 5 in the morning, reached the sea- 
 side at 10 by rail, returning home two hours 
 after midnight.* 
 
 group of nieces and nephews he was so loving and so 
 loved. The young people feel their loss very much, 
 ' Uncle Fred ' had become so much to them." — Letter. 
 April /S, /Spg. 
 
 * Those who remember Archdeacon Brigstocke's 
 visit to us last summer will regret to hear of his sud- 
 den death on the 3rd of March, from an attack of 
 congestion of the lungs. Little did any of his friends 
 dream of his being called away to his eternal rest 
 when they saw him then. While staying with his 
 nephew, the vicar of Ironville, he preached twice at 
 the Parish Church, addressed the Sunday Schools, 
 and accompanied the choir boys to Blackpool. The 
 vicar spent part of his time last year in Canada at 
 St. John, New Brun.swick, where the late Archdeacon 
 had a fine church, and was greatly beloved. He had 
 just completed his twenty-five years there as rector 
 of Trinity Church, St. John, N. B. The Canadian 
 
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 He left Ironville and went next to Clifton 
 to visit friends. While there he was hastily 
 summoned by telegraph to Homburg, where 
 his brother, the Rev. C. B. Brig.stocke, had 
 been taken seriously ill. He hurried over to 
 Germany, and made immediate arrangements 
 for the invalid's removal to I^ondon. The 
 Duchess of Rutland, who had been for many 
 years a member of Mr. Brigstocke's summer 
 congregation, telegraphed to her own phy- 
 sician to meet the party, and kindly placed 
 her house (Cambridge Gate, Regent's Park) 
 at the disposal of the clergyman and his 
 friends. From London, Mr. Brigstocke was 
 moved to a house in the country. He only 
 lived five months, dying February 4th, 1899. 
 This circuni.stance saddened the last part of 
 Archdeacon Brigstocke's vi.sit, and instead 
 of returning, as was his wont, from a holiday 
 tour full of life and spirits, it was remarked 
 that his face had a sorrowful expression, and 
 that after a long da^^'s work he complained 
 oftener of weariness and fatigue. It i.<; prob- 
 
 Church has lost an able administrator and wise guide 
 by the lamented death of the Venerable F. H. J. Brig- 
 stocke, D. D. — fronville Parish Magazine, ApHl^ i8gg. 
 
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 able also, from what he said on his return, 
 that he was giving anxious thought to the 
 controversies that were agitating the Church 
 at home, and that he was longing for a satis- 
 factory solution of many of the ecclesiastical 
 problems of the day. However, he resumed 
 all his duties, parochial and otherwise, '-^^ al- 
 though he remarked to a friend that he felt 
 as if he ought, and must drop some of his 
 outside work. 
 
 Christmas, with its hallowed associations 
 and memories, came once again. It was the 
 twenty-fifth Christmas Archdeacon Brigstocke 
 had spent in St. John, and it was called his 
 ' ' Silver Jubilee. ' ' The Vestry , Church War- 
 dens, and some friends united in presenting 
 him with the following address and a hand- 
 some silver coffee vService : 
 
 To the Venerable Archdeacon Brigstocke, Rector of 
 Trinity Church, Pansh of St. John. 
 
 Dear Sir : Twenty -five years having elapsed since 
 you took charge of this parish, we, the undersigned, 
 now serving, and having served with you in the man- 
 agement of the temporahties of Trinity Church, beg 
 
 * One pf his offices has not yet been mentioned. 
 In 1889 he was appointed Rural Dean of the Deanery 
 of St. John. 
 
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 to testify to the wise and efficient manner in which 
 you have acted as a member of the Vestry and its pre- 
 siding officer, thereby rendering the business we have 
 been called to transact, a pleasure, as well as a duty. 
 
 As members of your congregation, we do, with much 
 gratification, bear witness to your zealous, able, and 
 loving care over us, as our rector, and to the harmony 
 that has prevailed in the parish during your pastorate. 
 
 As a slight token of our appreciation of the great 
 and good work you have done, we ask your accept- 
 ance of the accompanying gift, on the attainment of 
 what we venture to call your Silver Jubilee as our rec- 
 tor, and that you may long be spared to continue your 
 valuable services to the Church is our earnest hope. 
 
 Wishing you and Mrs. Bngstocke a very happy 
 Christmas and New Year, 
 
 We are, yours faithfully, 
 J. H. McAviTY, 
 
 C. P. ClvARKE, 
 
 Church Wardens. 
 
 Thomas Patton, 
 H. H. Harvey, 
 
 C, E. I4. JARVIS, 
 L. A. CURREY, 
 
 F. G. KnowIvTon, 
 
 
 CHAS. E. SCAM.vIEIyI«, 
 J. M. TAYI.OR, 
 
 AivFRED Porter, 
 R. H. ArnoIvD, 
 W. S. Fisher, 
 H. H. Pickett, 
 
 C. F. KiNNEAR, 1 
 
 Edward Sears, Mayor, "f Ex- Vestrymen. 
 
 Simeon Jones, J 
 
 H. La\vr.\nce Sturdee, Vestry Clerk. 
 
 S.t. John, N. B., December 24th, 1898. 
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 The Young Women's Guild also sent to the 
 Rectory on Christmas eve two beautiful three- 
 branched silver candelabra, accompanied by 
 this note : 
 
 Trinity Church Young Womp:n'.s Guii,d, 
 St. John, December 24th, 189.8. 
 
 Dear J\rr. Archdeacon and Mrs. Bri_i^slocke: 
 
 We, the President, Vice-President, vSecretary-Trea- 
 surer, and members of the Young Women's Guild, 
 have much pleasure in askinjr you to accept this slijjjht 
 token of our affection, and trustinj^ that this, your 
 twenty-fifth Christmas with us, may be filled with 
 every happiness, and that you may be spared to us 
 many, many more. 
 
 We remain, yours affectionately, 
 
 On*behalf of the Guild, 
 
 Annik E. Tingkv, President. 
 Annik C. Scammkij., Vice-President. 
 I.SABEiy H. jARviS, Secretary-Treasurer. 
 
 Archdeacon Brigstocke greatly enjoyed his 
 last Christmas amongst us. Many things 
 combined to make it a happy day. His .son 
 Robert had come from Kingston to spend a 
 week with his parents. ' ' The weather was 
 bright and beautiful ; all the five .services in 
 Trinity were well attended ; the decorations 
 were tasteful and appropriate ; the music well 
 
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 rendered ; and to crown all, it was the Lord's 
 day, which gave additional solemnity and 
 sacredness to the festival." 
 
 At the close of the year 1898 he reviewed, 
 
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 in a letter to his congregation, his twenty-five 
 years' work in St. John. The letter, after >: 
 short introduction, begins: "I must, as is 
 my bounden duty, first acknowledge, with 
 deep gratitude, the loving kindness and good- 
 ness of my Lord and Master, in having en- 
 trusted me with so important and influential a 
 position in His Church, and in having, through 
 the.se many years, permitted me to carry on 
 His work, uninterruptedly, with, I trust, His 
 approval and your general acceptance." He 
 concludes this, his last parochial message to 
 his people, thus : 
 
 I return my hearty thanks to one and all for the 
 kind consideration and help I have received at your 
 hands, and to which I largely attribute any success 
 that has attended my labours. 
 
 I would like to say much more, for my heart is full, 
 when I think of what* remains to be done, and of the 
 comparatively few who are (' "oted to the service of 
 Christ, and show forth the essential feature of the 
 Christian life — self-sacrifice. A\1iat further time re- 
 mains to me to be with you, I .shall endeavour, in 
 
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 season and out of season, to make full proof of my 
 ministry, that I may present you faultless before the 
 Throne of God. 
 
 I now commend you to God, and to the word of 
 His jjjrace, which is able ^o build you up, and to j^ive 
 you an inheritance among all them which are sanc- 
 tified, and subscribe myself, 
 
 Your affectionate Triend and Pastor, 
 
 Frkdkrick II. J. Rricstockk. 
 
PART III. 
 
 • I.AST SKRVONS— IM.NKSS— DKATH. 
 
 "Servant of God, well done; 
 
 Rest from thy loved employ, 
 
 The battle fought, the victory won, 
 
 Enter thy Master's joy." 
 
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 The lyoyali.st Bell.s of Trinity Church rang 
 out the old year ( 1 898 ) , and rang in the new 
 year (1899); but none .surini.sed the great 
 change, the great .sorrow the new year would 
 bring to the congregation of Trinity Church; 
 and yet, before a fortnight had pa.s.sed, a 
 .shadow .seemed to fall acro.ss the pathway. 
 Several deaths occurred in quick succession, 
 and on Sunday evening, January 15th, a .ser- 
 mon was preached by the rector on Death — 
 a .sermon .solemn and startling — delivered with 
 more than Archdeacon Brig.stocke's usual 
 earnestness. Several borrowed it to read, 
 and, by unanimous request, it is here given : 
 
 Trinity Church, Jumxary 15th, 1899. 
 
 DEATH. 
 "The sting of death is sin."— i Corinthians xv, 56. 
 The tolling of our Church Bell, announcing a .ser- 
 vice for the burial of the dead, has been heard lately 
 with unwonted frequency. The messenger of death 
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 lias T)een often anionj^ us, calliii}^ us with more than 
 usual emphasis to remember that our life here h but 
 a vapour — a wreath of smoke — which appeareth for a 
 little while, and then vanisheth away. And not only 
 here, but all the world over, the loss of life has lately 
 been j^reat. The raj^ing storm has claimed its victims; 
 the railway accident — as we call it — has hurried many 
 away, so that the great procession of souls entering 
 the world 1:)e3-ond the grave has been, from a variety 
 of causes, more than usually large, and calls attention 
 to the solemn fact that this is not our rest — that we 
 have here no Continuing City. 
 
 It, the'-efore, seems appropriate that we should 
 inake the subject of death one of special con.sidera- 
 tion; and I know no better jjlace nor time fordoing 
 so than in the I,ord's house, and in the evening of the 
 Lord's day. 
 
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 On death itself. Bishop Butler said long ago what 
 is true still: "We know not at all what death is in 
 itself, but only some of its effects." Of death itself — 
 ot what it is to feel the separation of soul and body — 
 of what it is to enter into an entirely new and different 
 condition of existence — we aie profoiuidly ignorant. 
 Those who have most frequently watched it closely, 
 and under a variety of forms, are just as ignorant of 
 the nature of the change as those who have heard and 
 seen nothing. Even those who have been restored to 
 lifv. have told us nothing. Holy Scripture does not 
 break the silence that hangs over the mystery. All 
 
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 we know is, that sometime, and somewhere, and 
 somewhow, we must each, we must all die. It is 
 this ignorance concerning death which largely con- 
 stitutes its mystery '■ nd surrounds it with terrible 
 solemnity. 
 
 II. 
 
 Treating of its effects, we say that it is a solemn 
 thing to die, because we know that death does not end 
 our life. We are not forgetful, in saying this, that 
 there are those who — to escape, as they think, certain 
 problems — propound the theories of conditional im- 
 mortality or annihilationism; but such ideas, however 
 ingeniously wprked out, will never satisfy the human 
 heart, however they niay tend to lull to sleep the 
 human conscience. Throughout Holy Scripture noth- 
 ing is clearer than the fact that death does not end 
 our life. Of Enoch we read that he walked with God, 
 and was not, for God took him. And of him it is said 
 that this was the reward of his piety. We point to 
 the wicked Balaam — a stranger to all revealed truth — 
 who could not refrain from exclaiming: " Let me die 
 the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like 
 his!" I'^or he believed that there was a life beyond 
 the grave — of either happiness or woe. Listen to Job 
 saying: "I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that 
 He shall .stand at the latter day upon the earth, and 
 that at a future day in his flesh he would .see God." 
 Our ble.s.sed Lord certified to the continued life of 
 Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, though they had long 
 .since passed -away from earth. Did not. indeed, all the 
 
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 Patriarchs in faith — not having received the promises, 
 but seen them afar off — look for a city which hath 
 foundations, whose Maker and Builder is God? We 
 may be sure that Moses and Eleazar did not bury the 
 body of Aaron as those who had no hope. They 
 looked for the resurrection of the dead and the life 
 and the world to come. Death is often viewed as a 
 mere blank, a negative state — a life ended, and cut 
 short, as we think, unfortunately for all concerned. 
 " We stand," writes one, " on the shore of the mighty 
 ocean of death — that ocean which parts us from the 
 unknown land beyond; we can hear only its far off 
 waves, as they beat against the rocks of destiny with 
 a monotonous sadness, in which the sighs of all past 
 generations of mankind, that have been engulfed 
 beneath its water, might seem to join." That is not 
 the view of Christian faith. The veil is uplifted on 
 this point, and the Revelation is clear and plain. The 
 Revelation is: "I would not have you ignorant con- 
 cerning them which are asleep, that }e sorrow not as 
 others which have no hope. For if we believe that 
 Jesus died, and rose again, even so them also which 
 sleep in Jesus will God bring with him." Korever 
 with the hon\ is the hope of Christian Faith. Or 
 again, we I'ead: "To depart and be with God, which 
 is far better." Here surely is continuous life. Or 
 again, "They shall hunger no more, neither thirst 
 any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor 
 any heat, for the Lamb which is in the midst of the 
 Throne shall feed them and shall lead them unto 
 
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 living fountains of waters, and God shall wipe away 
 all tears from their eyes," There is, then, no occa- 
 sion to stand on the shore of the ocean of death, and 
 to listen to the monotonous sounds of the sighs of 
 mankind. We may hear — if we have ears to hear — 
 of the sweet welcome, of rapturous delight, of the 
 song of victory, as the liberated spirit has safely 
 crossed the flood, and entered the rest that reniaineth 
 for the people of God. It is the Revelation of all this 
 blessedness which throws a flood of light across the 
 darkness of ♦the chamber of death, and gives hope 
 while life is passing away, and tears are fast filling 
 
 the eyes. 
 
 III. 
 
 Death produces the greatest changes. We are all 
 here subject to changes of every kind. The whole 
 world is subject to changes. As da}' succeeds the 
 night; as night again passes into the golden dawn; 
 as the seasons follow on in regular rotation, so all 
 is changing. This system of chanj.e is one of the 
 features of life ; but no change is so great as that 
 which death effects. When death enters our home, 
 and takes away the husband, or wife; the father, or 
 mother; the .son, or daughter, how great, how start- 
 ling the change ! At once are we enveloped in a 
 cloud of sorrow and mourning, when before there was 
 joy and gladness. At once there is often distress and 
 poverty, when before there was sufficiency, if not 
 wealth. At once is the joy of the heart blotted out, 
 the motive fpr work gone, the home de.solate, the 
 
 
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 world cold and cheerless, and the journey of life 
 dreary and sad. Death makes changes which are 
 never repaired here. Death fills the brightest eyes 
 with tears, and rends the heart that was heretofore 
 full of joy. A traveller relates that when .standinjf 
 once on the hills which circle Florence, and gazing 
 with admiration on the beauties of that fairest city of 
 the middle ages, a lad be.side him, looking on the 
 same scene, exclaimed: "This remains always beau- 
 tiful!" He thought no change could ever mar that 
 beautifid sight. He knew not as yet that change was 
 an inexorable law of this mortal pilgrimage. The 
 fairest scene of earth can not la.st. Death is the 
 crown of all changes. It is entering upon another 
 condition of life, altogether untried and imknown. 
 Well may it strike us all with terrible solemnity to 
 hear that it is appointed unto men once to die, and 
 to know that we are approaching that hour when we 
 shall stand face to face with the realities of the Unseen 
 and Eternal. 
 
 IV. 
 
 It is noteworthy that our bles.sed Lord, who came 
 to testify of the truth, .should preserve an almost total 
 silence on this subject. Of death, as a .stage through 
 which we have to ])ass. He .says nothing; but He is 
 full of the purpo.se of Life, and the nece.s.sity of ful- 
 filling it. This appears in His teachings throughout. 
 He says: "I am come that ye might have life, and 
 that ye might have it more abundantly;" "Seek ye 
 first the Kingtloiu of God, and all these things shall 
 
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 be added unto you; " " Labour not for the meat which 
 perisheth, but for the meat which endureth unto ever- 
 lastinj^ Hfe, which the Son of Man shall give mito 
 you." His Parables of responsil)ility — such as the 
 Pounds and Talents — are to the same effect, and so 
 are His Para1)les of Judgment. His view of life — if 
 we may so express ourselves — was not bounded by 
 death, but contemplated in its vast reality, stretching 
 out through all eternity. To His mind death was 
 only a point of transition, which could always be 
 safely i)a.ssed, and about which no one need trouble 
 themselves, provided they* lived up the required 
 standard of holiness. Our Lord does not nut death 
 before us as a subject for habitual •contemplation. 
 His eye looked through it, as through a casement, 
 to what lay on the other side. To His mind, death 
 was not a haunting shadow — the awful and imminent 
 presence that is incessantly to oppress the -souls of 
 believers. Xo, it was the striking of the hour in the 
 day of human life, but it was not the last hour. It 
 was a great hour — a critical hour : it was the hour 
 of deliverance, and of entering upon a life of eternal 
 bles.sedness. 
 
 .V. 
 
 Such was our Great Exemplar, but we — stained 
 with sin, and knowing its awful doom — can not but 
 tremble at the notion of dying, and we shrink from 
 the dying hour. The doubt will haunt us to the last 
 as to our fitness for Heaven, and whether or not we 
 have been in our life here trained for the Lord's 
 
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 service in the Kingdom made perfect. What makes 
 death terrible? What xnakes death awful and solemn 
 is the fact of sin — "The sting of death is sin." Pre- 
 paration for death is the pardon of sin. We naturally 
 dread the approach of death from fear that we are 
 unfit to stand in the presence of a Holy God, who 
 requireth truth in the inward parts, and will by no 
 means clear the guilty. Nothing will avail an}' one 
 here but a saving interest in the precious blood of 
 Christ. He is the Lamb of God which taketh away 
 the sin of the world. He has opened a fountain for 
 sin and all uncleanness, and says: " Thoujdi your sins 
 be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though 
 they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." In 
 Christ crucified, we have the assurance of an atone- 
 ment mac^e for sin, and we are taught that by faith 
 in His P? cioufv Blood we obtain the remission of sins, 
 and all 3ther benefits of His Passion. "As Moses 
 lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the 
 Son of Man be Jifted up, that whosoever believeth in 
 Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." 
 To be free from the fear of death, l)e sure of the 
 pardon of your sins. Be reconciled to God through 
 the death of His Son, and death will have lost its 
 terrors. Fight daily against sin. Resist temptation 
 and sin will not have dominion over you. You will 
 be able to take up the triumphant crj- of the Apostle, 
 and say: "Thanks be unto God, who giveth us the 
 victory through •u'- I,ord Jesus Christ." 
 
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 VI. 
 
 We can do more than this. Much of tlie terror of 
 death is removed by cultivating a spirit of content- 
 ment and resignation to the orderings of Divine Pro- 
 vidence. The fact is that, in a degree, we are dying 
 day by day, and hour by hour. For most of us a 
 great part of Hfe is dead and gone. Think how much 
 has passed out of your life that was its very heart and 
 centre. Think of the links of affection that have 
 been severed by the passage of years and vicissitudes 
 of life. Think of the change of taste, of interest, and 
 employments. In the lapse of time we leave nmch 
 behind us, and are .shorn of powers, of faculties, of 
 gifts, which once adorned the life. The conscious- 
 ness of failing powers, of losing our grasp of the life 
 that now is, often engenders bitterness, discoittent, 
 indifference. What is wanted is humility — a spirit oi 
 submission to our Heavenly Father, who orders our 
 life. Grasp not vainly at what mu.st leave, and is 
 leaving 3'ou, "as the grass withereth and the flower 
 fades." Learn to die ))y surrendering to God every 
 treasure He has lent you. and then, -when the hour 
 of death shall have come, you will be ready to say, 
 " Father, into Thy hands I commend my .spirit." 
 
 VII. 
 
 Learn to die by a life of habitual communion with 
 the Father and the Son by the Holy Spirit. It is 
 thought by many a waste of time, or a needle.3s exer- 
 cise, to be mi\ch in prayer and meditation. Worldly 
 
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 en^ajjfenients are pressing ; worldly business is en- 
 grossing, and for the time it is thought that they 
 should h.T'e our attention. But now is the time, be 
 it remembered, to learn what I may call the manner of 
 heaven. What we want is to be free from the power 
 of worldly attractions, to be weaned from worldly 
 ideals and worldly tastes, and to set our affections 
 on things aliove. No better way is known, or exists, 
 than by now cultivating a spirit of communion with 
 God — in private and in public, in the ordinary acts of 
 worship, and especially in the Holy Communion. In 
 the morning, noon and night, give yourself to God, 
 and while in the world you will not be of it. Be it 
 your constant aim to walk now with God; make Him 
 now your Refuge and Strength, that wlien the closing 
 eye«nd the failing strength tells you that the hour 
 of your departure has come, you may say: " I will lay 
 me down in peace and take my rest, for it is Thou, 
 Lord, only that makest me to dwell in safety." 
 
 The Suiida}' on which this sermon was 
 preached was succeeded by three weeks of 
 snowy, cold weather. There were sick peo- 
 ple to be visited, funerals to be attended, 
 meetings of various kinds to be held. Arch- 
 deacon Brigstocke, who never spared himself, 
 took cold while attending to his various duties. 
 On Sunday, February 5th, he was very hoarse, 
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 indomitable energ}' against the fatal illness 
 which was fastening upon him. On Sunday, 
 February 12th, he was celebrant at the eight 
 o'clock conununion service, looking pale and 
 exhausted. At the eleven o'clock service he 
 preached the following sermon on '* Blind 
 BartiniEeus," the motto being "Make use of 
 opportunity " : 
 
 "Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. " — St. Iviike xviii, ;,7. 
 We shall, I presume, know these words as those 
 which awakened hope in the poor blind Bartinueus, 
 who sat by the road side begj^ing on the day Jesus 
 visited the City of Jericho. Rartinueus had, no doubt, 
 spent many a weary long day by the same road side, 
 and through the alms given to him, in reply to his 
 appeal for help, he had dragged out a painful exist- 
 ence. But now his hope for better things revived. 
 He heard the tramp of the crowd: it was an unusual 
 sound, so he incjuired the cause. He asked what it 
 meant? and they told him, in reply, that "Jesus of 
 Nazareth passeth by." By this time, for it was the 
 last year of our Lord's ministry, the fame of Jesus had 
 spread far and wide, and luul penetrated every nook 
 and corner of the Holy Land. .-^s the multitudes, 
 who had been healed in large numljers, returning 
 to their homes, had told of the power, and love, 
 and mercy of Jesus of Nazareth, His name, with 
 many, must have been a household world for pity, 
 
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 compassion, sympathy and jKJwer. The fame of 
 mij^hty deeds Jesus had wrouj^ht in Capernamn, 
 Bethsaida, and throughout Galilee, had travelled 
 northwards, and made many anxious to see and hear 
 Him. Thus it was with poor blind Bartimieus, and no 
 sooner did he hear the joyfid news that Jesus of 
 Nazareth passeth by than he knew that his oppor- 
 tunity had come at last. He at once seized it, and 
 placing his case before the ])ity and power of Jesus, 
 for he cried out: "Jesus, thou Son of David, have 
 mercy on me." His hopes were abundantly fulfilled; 
 his cry to Jesus brought the help he wanted; his .sight 
 was restored, and he at once joined the throng of 
 Jesus' followers with a heart full of gratitude and 
 prai.se, • . 
 
 We know that each miracle of our Lord, of which 
 we have a record, is not only full of spiritual instruc- 
 tion, but of instruction as varied in its applications 
 as are the miracles them.selves. Each one has, of 
 course, much in common Avith every other. Each 
 one presents our Lord full of sympathy, love and com- 
 passion for human misery, trial and want. Each one 
 represents the pain and suffering incidental to this 
 life of ours; but each one has al.so, according to its 
 own characteristics, its own special les.son not found 
 in any other. 
 
 In looking at the miracle before us — restoring the 
 sight of Bartiniseus — what do we find one, at least, of 
 its special features to be ? It teaches us pre-eminently 
 the supreme importance of using our opportunities. 
 
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 That, at least, was what BartinuL'Us did, and by so 
 doinj^ ol)tained the very blessiiijjf he desired. And he 
 was undaunted in the matter. There were those 
 around him who hej^j^ed him to desist, but he wouhl 
 not. He knew that this was his first chance: he felt 
 that he might not have another; that even this was 
 (juickly escaping him, so he cried out the more : 
 " Thou Son of David have mercy upon me." He had 
 a great opportunity afforded him: he made full use of 
 it, and he was greatly blessed. 
 
 Just now I must needs think that our ])o.sition is 
 spiritually — that is, in relation to the things of God 
 and of Christ — very similar. We are to-day standing 
 upon the threshold of the sacred and holy season of 
 Lent, when, in an especial manner, spiritual ojjpor- 
 tunities are made to abound, spiritual blessings are 
 more abundantly offered — a season respecting which 
 many may ask. What is it all about? and our reply is, 
 "Jesus of Nazareth passeth by." 
 
 Come, now, let us reason together upon this matter 
 of the season of Lent being a special opportunity for 
 receiving a special blessing. We shall all readily 
 admit that in all spheres of work special opportunities 
 are essential to progress and success. Is this not 
 decided by the ordinance of the four seasons— spring, 
 summer, autumn and winter ? 
 
 Is not the special feature of each season the con- 
 dition of the earth's fertility? And is it not of 
 supreme importance that the work of each be done 
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 time be omitted or delayed the seed would not fruc- 
 tify. The summer's heat, j^iven to warm and nourish 
 the tender blade, would wither and burn up the seed 
 then sown. • 
 
 Does not the Royal Preacher teach us that ' ' To 
 every thinj^ there is a season, and a time to every 
 purpose inider Heaven" (Ivccles. iii, i ). Recoj^nizing 
 this principle in Nature, and its advantaj^e in all 
 spheres of work, the Church hath thouj^ht good to 
 appoint seasons for awakeninj^ and refreshment, that 
 the increase of true religion may be promoted. The 
 Lenten .season is, of all others, we may say, the more 
 important, from the fuller opportunity which its dura- 
 tion of forty days allows for in.struction, for meditation, 
 and for prayer. We are well aware that there are 
 those who affect to be superior to all sucli provisions 
 for the advancement of the .spiritual life, and look 
 upon them not only with cold indifference, but with 
 .something like .scorn and derision. They would fain 
 silence the voice of the Church by their denunciation 
 and rebuke. But the de.sire of the i)enitent is too 
 urgent to be silenced, and the opportunity of ble,s.sing 
 too near to be thrown away. The apiK)iiitment of 
 Lent rests on a wisdom more than human, and is for 
 a .spiritual and not temporal purpose. Whether it be 
 used or abused, it remains what it has always been — 
 a rich opportunity for .seeking Divine grace and bles.s- 
 ing. It must not be .set a.side in an off-hand manner, 
 as though it were no more than a convenient arrange- 
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 ordained system of spiritual ministries by whicli the 
 Holy Ghost quickens the conscience, and trains the 
 members of Christ's Church in holiness. Such seasons 
 have been the discipline of prophets, nnd the school 
 of the saints who have been permitted bt live wonder- 
 fully near to God. Jesus Christ, our adorable Head, 
 has sanctified such a season by submittinj< Himself to 
 a fast of forty days ere He encountered the j^reat 
 enemy of souls. Our Lenten fast, and retirement 
 from the world, is what the life in the desert was to 
 Mo.ses, to lilijah, and St. J*aul. Lookinjif yet deeper 
 into the opportunity afforded by Lent for the increase 
 of religion, let us note that its chief subjects are sin 
 and repentance, faith and holiness. It may not be a 
 welcome task or occupation to give much attention to 
 sin, to consider its workings and its consequences; 
 but will any say that there is not much reason for 
 doing so. Look out on the world, and see how sin is 
 poisoning all life, and carrying its victims headlong 
 to a destruction which words can only faintly describe. 
 The daily record of the world's life, with its daily 
 horrors, supplies the details. Look on the Church, 
 and alas! alas! her life is marred and stained with 
 sin. I am no pessimist; I full}- acknowledge that the 
 things we see, and the words, we hear, are far more 
 blessed than those seen and heard in days of old; but 
 w-hen account is taken of the inconsistency which is 
 so great a stumbling block to unbelievers; of the 
 apathy and indifference to spiritual things; of the 
 selfishness that abounds; of public worship neglected; 
 
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 of unfrequented sacraments; of Diocesan, Domestic 
 and* Foreign Missions left without support, or re- 
 garded as so much useless labour, we may well ask, 
 where is there faith in the Crucified? where is faith 
 in Him who, when He says "Follow me," says fur- 
 ther, " Except a man take up his cross daily, and 
 follow me, he cannot be my disciple." Then there 
 is Repentance, so niuoh misunderstood, and so little 
 thought of, and yet a condition of mind and heart 
 absolutely necessary for salvation — there is no escap- 
 ing the consequences of sia without it — and Holiness, 
 without which no man shall see the Lord. 
 
 Are there not many who, as yet, know little or 
 nothing of tho.se spiritual truths which make one wise 
 unto .salvation? Can I, as one set over you in the 
 Lord, as a watchman on the walls of the Spiritual 
 Zion, .see the enemy coming in like a flood, and not 
 raise up a .standard against him ? Can i know of 
 many who, by their neglect of their Lord, and of the 
 ways of religion, are living in innninent danger of 
 losing their .souls' .salvation, without warning them 
 with all earnestness to flee from the wrath to come ? 
 Arf we waiting for some .seasonable time in which to 
 give these great subjects our prayerful consideration? 
 That time is with us! The opportunity is at hand! 
 The season of Lent, with its hallowed associations, 
 gives us what we want — a -^^'stinct period in which to 
 make some special efi'ort on behalf of our religious 
 life. Would it not be a distinct gain if, for that 
 period, you would really seek first the kingdom of 
 
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 God and His righteousness; if you allowed nothing 
 to interfere with your attendance on the services pro- 
 vided for your use; if you made ever}- engagement to 
 depend on the call of Religion? Say not that such 
 manner of life is a yoke of bondage; it is, I grant, a 
 yoke— the yoke of Christ, which is the only perfect 
 freedom. 
 
 Opportunities, remember, which are neglected do 
 not return. I know you will hear clamorous voices 
 raising their shouts of ridicule against conforming to 
 the Church's ordinance; but do not forget that Jesus of 
 Nazareth passeth by. The meaning of opportunity is 
 that spiritual blessings are at hand to be received and 
 enjoyed by those who faithfully use them. ^* 
 
 Religious life consists, to a great extent, in a suc- 
 cession of fresh beginnings. Vroiu time to time we 
 all want spiritual awakening. For that, opportunity 
 is aiTorded by the LeiUen season, as also for a fresh 
 start, and a fresh eiTort. Had Bartinueus lo.st his 
 opportunity he would have remaiiled blind to his 
 death. And who shall say what we shall lose if, 
 having opportunity to draw nearer to God, we allow 
 it to go unimproved. 
 
 May these few counsels lead all to consider their 
 ways, and to draw near to God by repcntatice and 
 faith in the ho. A Jesus Christ. 
 
 This was hi.s 1510th sermon: it was the la.st 
 serinon he was to preach, and tho.se who heard 
 it will long remember the inipre.ssive tones 
 with which, notwithstanding his illness, it 
 
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 was delivered. In the afternoon he went to 
 the Sunday School, and there read a long and 
 interesting letter from the rector of a country 
 parish about his work. During the reading 
 he placed his hand several times on his chest, 
 as if in pain; but when the letter was finished 
 he made a beautiful, earnest, almost pathetic 
 address to the school, referring to the ap- 
 proaching . Lenten season (it was Quinqua- 
 gesima Sunday), and continuing the morning 
 suggestions, he urged the young people to 
 make u.se of the opportunities afforded by the 
 season to do good and to get good. He re- 
 minded them of the swiftness with which 
 these opportunities were passing. He drew 
 a vivid picture of the destitution of some of 
 our poorer country parishes, and clo.sed by 
 speaking of the duty of self-denial for the 
 .sake of others. His voice was much clearer 
 than during the previous week, and to a 
 friend, who asked him how he was, he made 
 the characteristic reply: " I do not feel well, 
 but my voice is all right, and that is the most 
 important thing to me. ' ' He returned to the 
 rectory and lay back languidly in an arm-chair 
 in front of the fire, but when the bells rang* 
 
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 for evening service he roused himself, took a 
 cup of tea. and crossed the street to church. 
 There, vvliile reading prayers, he was inter- 
 rupted several times by a deep, hollow cough. 
 The Rev. John deSoyres, rector of St. Mark's 
 parish, preached according to previous ar- 
 rangement. A restless night of suffering 
 followed, and the medical man, who was sent 
 for as earlN- as possible the next morning, 
 pronounced the illness pneumonia. There 
 were, of course, many inquiries at the rectory, 
 'nd many offers of assistance. Two of the 
 .embers of the Young Men's Association, in 
 succession, sat uj) with him at night. Fever 
 made him wakeful, and his mind wandered 
 back to the early days of the rebuilding of 
 Trinity Church. He spoke to his young 
 friends of the consecration, and recalled many 
 incider.ts of that, to him, most interesting 
 and memorable day. As soon as his serious 
 illness was known in Fredericton, the Bishop 
 kindly came down to see him. and to take his 
 duty in Trinity, and from His I^ordship's 
 hands Archdeacon Brigstocke received Holy 
 Communion on Sunday, February 19th, at 10 
 in the morning. He felt deeply this atten- 
 
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 tion and kindness on the part of his Diocesan, 
 and referred to it several times with warm 
 expressions of gratitude. 
 
 The second week's ilhiess pavSsed without 
 much change. At his own suggestion a 
 trained nurse was procured to take the night 
 duty; during the da}- Mrs. Brigstocke was 
 constantl}' beside him, for he seemed restless 
 and uneasy the moment she was out of sight. 
 This week another physician was called in, 
 in consultation; but the medical opinion still 
 was "a serious illness, but not dangerous," 
 and the bulletins on the hall door of the 
 rectory were not alarming. On Sunday, 26th 
 Februar}-, he received the Holy Communion 
 from Mr. Katough, and in the afternoon the 
 choir bny« were taken into the study of the 
 rectory to sing, at the Archdeacon's request, 
 some of his favourite hynuis, Mrs. Eatough 
 playing the organ. The hymns chosen were: 
 
 " Thy way, not mine, O Lord, 
 However dark it be." 
 
 Then the well-known 
 
 "Oh, Paradise! oh, Paradise! 
 Who doth not crave for rest." 
 
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 And— 
 
 "There is a blessed home 
 Beyond this land of woe." 
 And one or two others. They were about to 
 sing an evening hymn when the rector sent 
 down to thank them, and to say that the boys' 
 voices began to sound "tired"— they had 
 better go home and rest before the evening 
 service. 
 
 When the third week's ilhiess began the 
 rector appeared to be much the same, though 
 there was but little sign of improvement. He 
 spoke occasionally of his recovery, and of the 
 tour which he and Mrs. Brigstocke ought to 
 take, "for, after all this, we shall need a 
 change." On Thursday night. March 2nd, 
 he did not sleep well; but on Friday morning 
 he made, for an invalid, a good breakfast. 
 The medical men paid their usual 10 o'clock 
 visit, and Mrs. Brigstocke sat down in the 
 room to write a note, when, looking up. she 
 saw a change in the Archdeacon's face which 
 alarmed her. She hurried to his side, and 
 sent to recall the doctors, who had but just 
 left the house. As .soon as the invalid saw 
 them, he anked faintly, "Am I going?" The 
 
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 medical men were too busy with remedies 
 and restoratives to answer at once. "Am I 
 going?" he repeated. "Your pulse is verj- 
 low, and the medicines will not act," was the 
 reply. "God — have — mercy," and before 
 Archdeacon Brigstocke could fini.sh the sen- 
 tence he had, indeed, gone from us and our 
 dark world to the Glory of his Master's 
 Presence in Paradise — 
 
 ' ' Where lo\al hearts and 
 Stand ever in the light. 
 All ra])ture through ant^ Ll'rough 
 In God's most holy sigut. ' 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
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 FUNERAL SERVICES. 
 
 The tolling cf the bell of Trinity Church 
 
 sent the sad news qiiickl}' through the city. 
 
 causing universal surprise and sorrow. The 
 
 bell of the Cathedral in Fredericton was also 
 
 tolled for an hour. All that was possible was 
 
 done to testify the deep regret at the loss 
 
 which had been sustained. The medical men 
 
 said that Archdeacon Brigstocke's death was 
 
 due to thrombosis, or heart clot, and that his 
 
 case rCvSembled that of Lord Herschell.^- On 
 
 the Sunday following Archdeacon Brigstocke's 
 
 death, the Lord Bishop of the Diocese took 
 
 both services in Trinity Church, and preached 
 
 twice. In the morning he paid the following 
 
 noble tribute to the late rector: 
 
 I cannot trust myself to speak as I could wish, and 
 it ma}- be there is the less need in this beautiful 
 church — a glorious monument, in one way, to the 
 worth of him who cared for its erection. I cannot 
 trust myself to speak of that which occupies all our 
 minds at this time. Your rector was one who had 
 the full confidence of the bishops with whom he was 
 
 * At the banquet tendered to Lord Herschell in 
 St. John last autumn. Archdeacon Brigstocke sat at 
 his right hand and said grace. It is somewhat singu- 
 lar that a few months afterwards both should have 
 died of the same disease in the same week. Lord 
 Herschell died' March 3rd, the Archdeacon March 5th. 
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 associated; and not only so, 1)ut of all the bishops of 
 this ecclesiastical province; for, when the house of 
 bishops had to nominate two clergymen for a high 
 office, his was the only name which, in four or five 
 ballots, received a majority of votes. 
 
 You know better than I how devoted, untiring, 
 unselfish and sympathetic he was as a parish priest, 
 how careful, earnest and true in his preaching; this 
 was because of his unfeigned and real piety, and his 
 loving devotion to the work of his Master. 
 
 As a citizen he was interested and active in pro- 
 moting all that tended to the well-being of the com- 
 munity; and whenever called to the front he exhil)ited 
 very able executive powers. 
 
 Tender-hearted and loyal in all his sympathies ; 
 stern aiul unswerving in all matters where truth, 
 honesty and justice were concerned; in council care- 
 ful, considerate, and painstaking; prompt, strenuous, 
 and resolute .1 action ; a most excellent organi/er, 
 persevering and determined at first, afterwards ur- 
 ceasing in attention to detail and continuance of en- 
 couragement; it will take many 'to attempt to do the 
 work of so many-sided a man. 
 
 To you I need not, for myself I dare not, speak of 
 him as a friend exhibiting loyalty and afTection always 
 to l)e depended upon. My lo.ss is great; yes, brethren, 
 even greater than yours. ]\Iay God of His mercy 
 comfort his family, for none el.se can. 
 
 Ivarly on Monday niorniiig, March Sth, .six 
 of Archdeacon Brij^.stocke'.s brother clergy 
 carried the coffin from the rectory to Trinitj' 
 Chtirch and laid it in the chancel, and there, 
 in the church he loved .so well, his congrega- 
 tion took the last long, loving, lingering fare- 
 well of the calm strong face, from which 
 
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 every trace of sorrow, suffering and anxiety 
 had vanished, leaving it looking younger than 
 it had done for years. Archdeacon Brigstocke 
 was robed in his cassock, his surplice, and 
 white stole, and beautiful flowers and floral 
 emblems were heaped up round the coffin and 
 on the floor of the chancel. 
 
 At 7.30 the Holy Communion was cele- 
 brated by His Lordship Bishop Kingdon, as- 
 sisted by Rev. Mr. Eatough. vSeveral of the 
 clerg}- communicated, as well as Mrs. Brig- 
 stocke and Mr. Robert Brigstocke. Holy 
 Communion was again celebrated at 8.30 by 
 His Lordship, assisted 1»y Rev. Mr. Eatough 
 and Rev. Mr. Spike. A large number of the 
 parishioners were present, and over one hun- 
 dred communicated. 
 
 The regular funeral service was held at the Church 
 at 2 o'clock. Long before that hour an immense 
 concourse of people gathered, and sought admission 
 to the sacred edifice. Seats had been reserved for the 
 visiting clergymen, the officers of the Church and 
 Sabbath School, and the various societies and organi- 
 zations with which the deceased clergyman was con- 
 nected. When these were seated, tlie members of the 
 congregation and the general public were admitted, 
 and soon the Church was crowded, many standing in 
 the aisles. Among those present were a large number 
 of ladies and children who had known the Venerable 
 Archdeacon in life, and were anxious to show their 
 respect to his memory. Many were unable to gain 
 admittance, ayd remained outside to join in the 
 
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 funeral procession as it wended its way to the ceme- 
 tery. At 2 o'clock the vniited choirs of Trinity, 
 St. Paul's, and the Mission Church entered from the 
 vestry, followed by the procession of clergy. Among 
 the latter were His Ivordship Bishop Kingdon, Very 
 Rev. Dean Partridge, Venerable Archdeacon Neales, 
 Canon DeVeber, Revs. J. M. Davenport, J. deSoyres, 
 A. G. H. Dicker, Allan Daniel, R. Mathers, h. Hoyt, 
 P. Owen-Jones, W. O. Raymond, \V. H. Sampson, 
 Joseph Smith, H. Montgomery, O. S. Newnham, 
 R. P. McKim, Scovil Neales. 
 
 As the Bishop, Clergy and Choir entered the Church 
 the organist played j^art of the aria from the Messiah, 
 " I know that my Redeemer liveth." As they passed 
 up the centre aisle to the chancel. Venerable Arch- 
 deacon Neales read then sentences, fi.iishing as the 
 choir reached the chancel. The special psalms for 
 the order of the Burial of the Dead were chanted by 
 the choir, and the hymn, "The Saints of God, their 
 conflict past," was sung 1)y the choir. The lesson was 
 read by Very Rev. Dean Partridge, and the singing 
 followed of the beautiful funeral hymn, "On the 
 Resurrection Morning." The Bishop read the prayers 
 and pronovmced the ])enediction, and then the vast 
 congregation, with tear dimmed eyes, watched the 
 coffin that enclosed the earthly remains of their 
 beloved rector l)eing borne from the Church to the 
 grave at I'ernhill. 
 
 The funeral procession, on leaving the church, was 
 made up as follows: 
 
 St. George's Society, with Ranner. 
 
 Trinity Yoinig Men's Association. 
 
 Hrotherhood of St. Andrew. 
 
 Men's Bible Class. 
 
 Giiild of Nazareth. 
 
 Sunday .School IJoys. 
 
 Clergy. 
 
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 Choir. 
 
 Medical Attendants. 
 
 Barouche containing I'lowers. 
 
 Clergfj- and Medical Attendants. 
 
 HEARSK. 
 
 Mourners. 
 
 Church Wardens and Vestry 'rdni . Church. 
 
 Kx-Vestrynien of Trinity. 
 
 Vestries of other Churches. 
 
 Council of Church of England Institute. 
 
 Madras Hoard. 
 
 Clergy of Other Denominations. 
 
 Protestant Orphan Asylum Directors. 
 
 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 
 
 Boys of the Wiggins Male Orphan Institution. 
 
 Public. 
 
 The pall-bearers we. 3 Very Rev. Dean Partridge, 
 Venerable Archdeacon Neale.s, Rev. Canon Roberts, 
 Rev. L. A. Hoyt, Rev. W. L. McKiel, and Rev. C. P. 
 Hanington. 
 
 The procession started from the Cliarlotte street 
 entrance of Trinity Church and proceeded along the 
 south side of King Square to ' vSidney street, and 
 thence along Waterloo street to the corner of Rich- 
 mond, where the procession halted, and coaches were 
 taken for the place of intennent in P'ernhill. 
 
 Mrs. Brigstocke attended the service at Trinity 
 Church and drove to the grave. Her coach was im- 
 mediately behind the hearse. Her .son and Rev. W. 
 Eatough walked together before the vestry of Trinity 
 Church. 
 
 At the grave the service was conducted by His 
 Lordship Bishop Kingdon. The choir of Trinity was 
 present and sang the hymn " Brief Life is Here Our 
 Portion." The service was mo.st impressive, and was 
 attended by a very large number. — Cilobe, Monday, 
 March 8. 
 
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 MEMORIAL RKSOLUTlONvS. 
 
 CIIIKCII WARDKNS AM) VlvSTKY Ol" TRINITY ClUKCH. 
 
 At a iiiet'tinj^' of the Church Wardens and Vestry- 
 men of Trinity Church, held on vSaturday eveninjjj, 
 the following resohition, moved by C. 1'. Chirke, was 
 unanimously ad<)])ted: 
 
 Called on sddik-iily to inonni the ikTith of our rector, wt-, the 
 corporation of Trinity Church, in the I'arish of St. John, desire 
 to i)lace on record onr deep .sense of the lo.s.s the parish has 
 snstained in the une.\pected demise of the Venerahle Arch- 
 deacon UriKstocke, d. d., who liad heen its rector for over a 
 (piarter of a cetitury. 
 
 With a hi^^h and lofty conception of the dnties of his sacred 
 callinjj, he, during; his ministry aniongs' ns, devoted himself 
 faithfully and nnstintinfrly to his important work, keeping al- 
 ways in view as his great aim the jj'ory of his Master. 
 
 t)f indefatigable energy, with broad enlightened mind and 
 ripe scholarly attainments, he i)erformed all his multifarious 
 parochial duties with \inremitting regularity up to the time of 
 his illness, and he ever had at heart the true interests of Trinity 
 Church and of its congregation. 
 
 In the management of the temporalities of the Church, and 
 as cliaiinian of the Vestrj', he proved himself a careful adminis- 
 trator, and of rare Imsiness ability; (nialities which stood out 
 pre-eminently during the rebuilding of the Church after the 
 great fire of 1877. 
 
 His consist'-nt. manly piety, mature judgment and force of 
 character, won for him ecclesiastical honours and tlie highest 
 esteem of the community, and also placed him in the foreniost 
 rank in the councils of the Church, both in this Diocese and 
 the Dominion. 
 
 YOUNG MKN'S ASSOCIATION OK TRINITY CHURCH. 
 
 H'heieas. It has pleased almighty Ood, in His inscrutable 
 wisdom, to lake to Himself o>ir much beloved Honorary Presi- 
 dent, the Venerable Archdeacon IJrig.stocke, d. d., Rector of 
 this Parish; 
 
 Tlu'tcfotc Resolved, That this As.sociation hereby places on 
 record its deep sense of the very great loss it has sustained by 
 the death of its Honorary I'lesident, he always having been 
 ready, by his kind assistance and direction, to further its work 
 a. id jjrogre.ss in every way; and 
 
 Further Resoh'eii, That a copy of the above resolution be sent 
 to Mrs. Brigstocke by the vSecretary. 
 
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 TRINITY CIH'RCH \nVSC. WOMKN'rt CU'IM). 
 
 At a special iiu-etinj^ of the Council of Trinity 
 Church Youn^ Women's Guild, held in the Parish 
 Rooms, Wednesday eveninjij, March Mth, the follow- 
 'u\^ resolution was adopted: 
 
 'ii'iYas, It has pleased Almiglity (lo<l totiike to Himself our 
 . Aed Warden, the Venerable Archdeacon Hrigstocke, n. i>., 
 Rector of this Parish: therefore 
 
 Ki'solvrd, That this Ciuild place on record the deep l»)ss it has 
 sustained by the death of its Warden, he having!; always been 
 ready, by his kind direction, instrnrlion and a-^sistance, to the 
 end that we nii^ht labour to^tther for the "Advancetuent of 
 (iod's Rlory and the pood of Mis Church": and we would res- 
 pectfuHx tender to Mr^ llri^slocke and Mr. Robert llri^stocke 
 our deepest sympathy in their sad bereavement: and further 
 
 Krsiilvfd. That a copy of the above resolution be sent to Mrs. 
 Hrigstocke by the Secretary. 
 
 Annii; K. TiN(;i;v, Is.xiu.i, H. J.vkvis, 
 
 J'rrsidriit. Sd i rltu y. 
 
 TKIXITV niURCH SINDAV .SCIlOOl,. 
 
 M a special meetin},( of the officers and teachers of 
 1 "unday School of Trinity Church, St. John. New 
 X.. .-iwick, held in the school-hou.se, Tuesday eveninJ,^ 
 April iSth, 1899, the followinjj^ resoltition was adopted. 
 
 T/nit U'liciras, It has been the will of Almif^hty (iod to call 
 from the Church on liarth into His Heavenly Rest, our revered 
 and beloved Pa.stor, the Venerable Archdeacon Brigstocke, i>. d., 
 Rector of this Parish, we, the officers and teachers of Trinity 
 Cluirch Sunday School, desire to express, and place on record, 
 our deep .sense of the serious less we have su.stained by his 
 removal. 
 
 During the twenty-five years of Archdeacoti Urigstocke's 
 rectorship the Sunday School has experienced his zealous, con- 
 .stant and affectionate interest. .Ml matters connected with the 
 school were under his direct supervision, and its yatheriuf^s of 
 every description were dignified bj* his presence. 
 
 At the regular Sunday .sessions he was (unless out of the 
 city) invariably present, .sometimes himself taking i)art in the 
 instructions given, while at the children's services, held month- 
 ly, either by an address or by catechisijig, he. to use his own 
 words, personally " P'ed the lambs of the flock," winning, by 
 his devoted and untiring ministrations, their reverent love. 
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 Teachers' meetings, held every fortnight, and always coii- 
 dticted by the rector, were felt to be valuable opi)ortiitiities of 
 iii'^tniction and encouragement. 
 
 Tims in oiir Sunday School, the death of Archdeacon Urig- 
 stocke causes a blank not soon to be filled; but, "beinjj dead, 
 he yet speaketh," and we feel that his influence will lonjj re- 
 main a livinji power to animate the work of the school. 
 
 Thi,s resohition was beautifully en^ros.sed atul bouud 
 in morocco. It was siirjifd by twcuty-uine officers 
 and teachers of Trinity Stuiday School. 
 
 CHl'RCH OK KX(iU.VXI) SI NDAV SCHOOL T1-;aCHKRS' 
 
 ASSOCIATION. 
 
 At the rej^ular bi-monthly meeting of the Church 
 of Kn^land Sunday School Teachers' Association, 
 held at St. Luke's Church Sunday vSchool Room on 
 Tuesday eveninjf, nth A])ril, iSgg, the enclo.sed reso- 
 lution, moved by ^Nli.ss J. R. IJarlow, seconded by ]Mr. 
 C, F. Kinnear, was carried by the standinj^ vote of 
 th& .\s.soeiation: 
 
 A'rso/ird, That the members of the Church of Kngland Sun- 
 ''. School Teachers' .\ssociation in the Deanery of St. Jolin 
 ■rd the deep sense of the loss which the Association has 
 sustained in the decea.se of the late Venerable .\rchdeacon Hrig- 
 stocke, for twenty-five years one of its most faithfid and active 
 workers. Deeply interested as he was in all jjood W{)rks, the 
 religious e»lucation of the young ever held in his thought and 
 effort a foremost place. The members of the Association owe 
 miich ♦() his ri])e scholarship mature judgment, and tireless 
 industry which were always jilaced freely and gladly at their 
 dis])osal. Those who were prisileged to attend his Scripture 
 clas.ses in connection with the Teachers" I%xaniinations will not 
 soon forget his masterliness as a teacher, nor will his associates 
 on the K.vecntive Committee forget his invaluable aid as a coun- 
 sellor. To his infliience is due nuich of the good accomi)lished 
 by the .Association since its formation: an<l the earnest promo- 
 tion of the work will be the most fitting mctliod of showing our 
 appreciation of the earnest efforts which characterized his 
 labours in this connection throughout liis niini.stry in this 
 Deanery. 
 
 /if it Fhi Ifii'i Ursolrrd. That a copy of this resolution be for- 
 wanled to Mrs. Hrigstocke, with assurances of our heartfelt 
 synijiathy with her in her great bereavement. 
 
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 COXFKRENCK OF THK SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF 
 THE diocesf: OI" FKKDFIRICTON. 
 
 At the conference of Svinday School Teachers, held 
 at r'rederictoii. May i 6th and ijlh, 1S99, the folUnvinj^ 
 resolution was inianimously adopted and carried by 9 
 standinj^ vote : 
 
 A'i-si>/:iuf. 'I'liat the SiiiKiay School Teacliers of the Diocese 
 of Froderictou, now assembled iti their annual conference under 
 the direction of the >Uandinij Committee of the Synod on Sunday 
 Schools, cannot separate witliout placinjr on record their deep 
 sense of the loss s\istained throu^jh the death of the Venerable 
 Archdeacon Hritistocke, Rector of Trinity Church. St. John. 
 
 H(U a year has passed since the late Archdeacon IJrijistocke 
 took an active part in the last Diocesan Sunday School Teachers' 
 Conference, held at Sussex in May. i>;9>i, and filled the position 
 of its chairnum. Then, as always, he showed his warm interest 
 in Sunday Sclu)ol wiirk. A (puirter of a century before his 
 cominji had been marked by a renewed interest in Sunday 
 School work, but the first Sinulay Sch')ol .\ssociatiou in the 
 province was not formed until 1^7,;. For several years he filled 
 most acceptably the position of its president. His IJible Classes, 
 carried on without iuterrui)tion from the time he assumed the 
 rectorship of Trinity Church, were always attended with the 
 deepest interest. 
 
 He was always forward in advcjcatinj; the claims of the 
 Church of F'nj^land Sunday School Institute, and very largely 
 throujjh his instrumentality many of the Sunday School teachers 
 of the diocese have passed the necessary examination, and ob- 
 tained the certificate of i)roficiency signed by the Archbishojis 
 of Canterbury and York, issiied under the auspices of the Insti- 
 tute. The Sunday School of his own i)arish was always fore- 
 most in his thoughts, aiul in its work his great administrative 
 talent aiul ability foinid a constant expression. Always ready 
 at the call of duty, promi)t to recognize and embrace any oppor- 
 tunity of advancing his Master's cau.se, and showing in his life 
 and character the model of an earnest Christian minister, the 
 late Archdeacon Hrigstocke will long be remembered, not only 
 by those who had the privilege of serving in the Sunday .School 
 under his immediate direction, btit by Suiulay School teachers 
 throughout the diocese, and by all those who were brotight into 
 contact with him in the Church's work. 
 
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 DKAXERY OF ST. JOHN. 
 
 The clergy of the Deanery of St. John, in special chapter 
 assembled, on the sudden death of the Venerable Archdeacon 
 Brig.stocke, n. n., desire to place on record their high apprecia- 
 tion of his character, work and influence. 
 
 Though numerous and full expressions of sorrow, e.steein 
 and affection from various organizations, both parochial and 
 civil, have already been published since his death, a s])ecial 
 word from the clergy of his own Deanery cannot be deemed 
 suiJerfluous. 
 
 Time is the supreme test of worth. Cordial relationshijjs 
 with the Archdeacon for many years in both Deanery and 
 Diocesan affairs, enable his clerical brethren to emi)hatically 
 endorse, in the first place, the apjireciative testimony of his own 
 congregation. For a long time past they have recognized and 
 admired his lofty concej)tion of the duties of his sacred calling, 
 his consistent manly piety, his indefatigable energy and unre- 
 mitting regularity in all work he undertook ; they have long 
 valued his mature judgment and force of character, which, no 
 doubt, won for him ecclesiastical honours and a place in the 
 forenuist ranks of the Councils of the Church, both in his own 
 Diocese and the Provincial and (leneral .Synods of the Dominion 
 of Canada : and tliey have now no hesitation in asserting, as 
 their own settled convictiou, that his admirable iiualiticatious 
 would, at no distant date (had he been spared to the Church), 
 have ensured his elevation to the highest order of the ministry. 
 
 As Kural Dean, his brethren ever found him assiduous in the 
 di.scharge of his dp* !«.,>. ..u 'vrellenl organizer: an able, con- 
 siderate and imp.'irtial chairman ; a wise counsellor, well 
 e(iuipi)e<l with sanctified common sense; a tuiin unswerving 
 in courageous allegiance to his own conscientious convictions, 
 while kindly tolerant of those from whom he difTered, ;ind also 
 an active coadjutor; ready to second every wise i)ro])osition and 
 endeavour which had for their aim the glory of (iod and the 
 salvati<m and sanctification of souls. 
 
 Much more eoiild. of course, be added concerning a ministry 
 so useful and laborious, extending over a (piarter of a cejitnry 
 Mi this city alone, but enough has perhai)s been said to delineate 
 its pr s.iiineiit characteristics. There is, however, one feature of 
 the late Archdeacons work which his brethren would like, in 
 conchision, to exhibit in high relief, because it reveals so clearly 
 that tender heart of a loving pastor which made his name so 
 famous and Iwloved in his own city. As a sympathetic com- 
 forter in times of sickness and bereavement, truly "his jiraise 
 is in all the churches." 
 
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 His brethren deeply feel and laiyeiit his loss, not only for 
 themselves, hut for his parish and the Church at large in Canada. 
 In the peaceful face of the "dead in Christ, " we perhaps 
 catch a glimpse of that calm delight of the Paradise of dod. 
 where the souls of the faithful departed rejit sweetly from the 
 toils of their pilgrimage till the day of resurrection. 
 
 The earne.st prayer of his affectionate brethren of the 
 clergy is that "The I-'ather of mercies and Ciod of all comfort." 
 who lielped him so often to console the mourner, may solace 
 and cheer his widow in this her hour of deepest desolation, and 
 grant her some foretaste of that "Light, Refreshment and 
 I'eace " which he now enjoys. 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 W. H. DeVeber. Henn,- M. Spike. 
 
 deorge Schofield. Joseph .Smith. 
 
 W. I<en. McKiel. 
 
 W. B.Armstrong, Rector of Petersville. 
 
 I<eo. A. Hoyt, M. A., Rector of Simonds. 
 
 John M. Davenport, Church of St. John Haptist, St. John. 
 
 \\'ilHam (). Raymond, Rector of St. Mary's, .St. John. 
 
 Jt)hn (le .Soyres, Rector of St. John's, St. John. 
 
 A. ('.. Hamilton Dicker. Rector of St. Paul's, St. John. 
 
 W. H. Sampson, Rector of St. Ceorge's, Carleton. 
 
 P. Owen-Jones. D.-ivenport School. 
 
 A. D. Dewdney, Rector of St. James, St. John. 
 
 John Parkinson. Rector of St. Jude's. Carleton. 
 
 R. P. McKim, Rector of .St. l.uke's, ,St. John. 
 
 Frederick I-'. I-'lewelling, Curate of St. I.nke's, St. John. 
 
 Richard Mathers, Wiggins Male Orphan Institution. 
 
 \\illiam Ivatough. Curate of Trinity Church, .St. John. 
 
 This address was beautifully engrossed and bound 
 in morocco. 
 
 I-'RKDKRICTON DKANKRY SINDAY SCHOOl, 
 TKACHERS' ASSOCIATION. 
 
 Vv"e, the members of the I-'redericton Deanery of the Sutiday 
 School Teachers' Association, desire hereby to pl.'ice on record 
 our sense of the grievous loss sustained by the Clmrch in the 
 death of the X'enerable .\rchdeacon Itrigstocke. .-M'ter more 
 than si.\ and twenty years of most devoted and successful work 
 among tis. both as Rector of his most important parish and .-is ;i 
 trtisted an<l honoured leader in the councils of the whole C;iu:i- 
 dian Church, he has been suddenly called by his Divine .Master 
 to rest from his earthlv labours while still in the very summit 
 
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 of his powers and usefulyess. We recall with jTratitudc his 
 valuable services to the vSunday School work of the Diocese, and 
 his calm judgment, and his wise and forcilde words at our 
 Diocesan Sunday School Conferences, at which he has several 
 times jiresided. 
 
 We desire to ex])ress our heartfelt sympathy with Mrs. Rrip- 
 stockc and Mr. Robert Ilrigslocke in this time of their deep 
 sorrow, and our earnest prayer is that oiir Heavenly I'ather may 
 supi)ort and comfort them. 
 
 ,Sij;ned on behalf of the Deanery of Fredericton Sunday 
 .School 'I'eachcrs' A.ssociation, 
 
 ('.. (*.()onRii)(;i: Koiikkts, 
 
 Hi;kiii;rt !<". K. Wii.\i-lkv, 
 
 Srrrr/di y. 
 Kredericton, N. H., March i;,th, 1^99. 
 
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 Committee. 
 
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 TRINITY CHIRCH, DORCIIE.STKR, WESTM()RI.,AND. 
 
 The Rector, Church Wardens and Ve.stry of Trinity 
 
 Church, Dorchester, a.s.senibled for the purpose on 
 
 March 6th, 1899, resolved as follows: 
 
 II 'Ik'i ras. It hath i)leased Alniijjhty (lod, \\\ his inscrutable 
 wisdom, to call hence from his work in the Church on I-'arth, 
 the Venerable Archdeacon Hrigstocke, whil.st as yet he was in 
 the strenjfth of his years, and the abundance of his labours; 
 therefore 
 
 h't'Si>l;i'(i, That this Corporation do place on record tlieir 
 sense of the very .ureal loss that the Cimrch in (ieneral. and 
 the Diocese of I'redericton in particular, has su.stained bj- his 
 removal from among us ; and be it furthev 
 
 Kcsoh'cd, That a copy of this resolution be forwanled to the 
 fu'uily of the late Archdeacon, toj;ether with tin e.\i)ression of 
 the sympathy of this Corporation with them in their affliction. 
 
 ST. Jl^DE'S CHURCH, CARI.RTON. 
 
 Il'liriras. It has i)leased Almighty (iod, in His infinite wis- 
 dom, to call to Himself the Venerable 1'. H. J. Hrig.stocke, i). i)., 
 Archdeacon of St. John, from the midst of a strong, useful 
 Christian life " here in earth " ; and, also, 
 
 ir/irrras. He was well known and held in profound love and 
 respect in this parish and congregation by us all ; therefore 
 
 AV'.vo/r ■(■(/, That we, the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry, 
 the Corporation of St. Jiule's Carleton, in vestry assembled, do 
 
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 l)lricf on tlie rt-cords of the said parish our v.cry deep sense of 
 the loss sustained ')y tlie Chnrch in this Diocese, by the City 
 of Saint John, by the I'arisli of Trinity, and not least of all by 
 ourselves and this parish which we represent, hy the removal 
 into Paradise of so devoted a i)riest, so excellent a citi/en, so 
 loyal a friend and gentleman as Archdeacon Hrigstocke ; and 
 further, we offer our deepest atid sincerest sympathy to his 
 widow and son in their great sorrow and bereavement, with the 
 earnest j)niyer that they " be comforteil of ( lod " ; also 
 
 h'i'siilTi'd. That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 
 Mrs. Hrigstocke forthwith, signed by the Rector, Church War- 
 dens and Vestry Clerk. 
 
 JoIl.N r.AKKINSOX, h'rrlill. 
 
 S. I<. IJkitt.mn. ) 
 Chas. Costkr. I 
 OSCAR Rixci, I'rsti Y CIrik. 
 
 .St. Jude's. Carleton. March i,;th, 1^99. 
 
 Cliiinli U'linlrn.^ 
 
 THE DEANERY OI' ST. ANDREWS. 
 
 The followiiij^- resolution was passed at a meetiti}.( 
 of the Deanery of vSt. An(lre\iS, hehl in vSt. Stephen 
 on April 25th, 1S99 : ^ 
 
 7b A/is. nriiislockf. St.Jolin. \. />'. 
 
 Ri'solTi'd, That the members of the Deanery of St. Andrews, 
 now in session in Christ's Church Rectory. St. Stephen, desire 
 to convey to you their heartfelt condolence in your deep afflic- 
 tion, caused by the death of your late lamented husband, the 
 Venerable Archdeacon Hrigstocke. 
 
 His loss will be felt, not only very severely in his own 
 Church, "Trinity," which is a standing moinnnent to his mem- 
 ory : in our own Diocese and Synod, of which he was one of the 
 foremost members ; but also in the Provincial and (ieneral 
 Synods of the Dominion of Canada. In rll these positions he 
 has left a blank which catniot be easily filled. 
 
 We can assure you, dear madam, that it is our earnest i)rayer 
 that otir Uord Jesus Christ Himself, and Cod. even our I'ather, 
 which hiith loved us, and given us everlasting consolation, may 
 comfort your heart in your great trouble, and pour into it a 
 soothing calm, which will enable you to say, "Thy will be done." 
 
 •signed on behalf of the members of the Deanery. 
 
 Ranai.I) E. S.mitu. /'■</« Kuial. 
 

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 DIOCKSAN SYNOD OI* FREDKRICTOX. 
 
 At the annual convention of the Diocesan Synod 
 of Fredericton, 1899, the followinj^ resohition, moved 
 1)y the Very Reverend Dean Partridj^e, seconded by 
 Mr. (ieorj^e Schofield, was carried unanimously b}* a 
 standing vote : 
 
 Tliat this Synod desires to place on record its deej) sense of 
 tlie loss sustained !)>■ this Diocese, and the whole Canadian 
 Church, by the death of the late Venerable Frederick H. J. 
 IJrijfstocke, n. d.. Archdeacon of St. John. 
 
 Mr. HriK'^tocke came to this Diocese a younj.;. but not untried 
 man in 1^7,1, to assume the charjie of a conjrrefiatioii — that of 
 TrinitN Church, St. John— in many respects the most important 
 in the Diocese. There he si)ent the rest of his life and ministry. 
 His serene and judicial mind ; his steadfast cleaving; to the ri}j;ht 
 irrespective of con.secn'fnces ; his calm direction of business 
 affairs ; his accurate and jMinctual ])erformance of all his minis- 
 terial antl parochial duties ; his powers of ori(anization ; his 
 cautious and well balanced and moderate churchmaiishiii : his 
 fearless and incisive preaching": ; and, above all, his (piietly con- 
 sisteJit Christian life, combined to make hi'u "a workman that 
 needeth not to be asjiamed." 
 
 The jieninne sorrow felt for his loss, not only by his attached 
 parisliioners, but by the whole community in which he hatl for 
 twenty-five years lived and laboured, is the best evidence of the 
 love and e.steem in which he was held. 
 
 In this Synod, as well as in the larger councils of the Church 
 in Canada, his presence will be much missed. His practical 
 and well-informed judjjment was of the greatest benefit in the 
 many (inestions which constantly need wi.se judgment, while 
 his steadfast and solid character; his stronjif and convincing 
 reasoning; his evident sincerity, and his firmness in maintain- 
 ing what he felt to be right, although lie might stand alone, 
 gave him a power in debate which might well be envieil by 
 those who might possess more brilliant gifts. 
 
 t>ur grief at what might be cleemed his premature removal 
 
 is tempered by the thought that the Master whom he sought to 
 
 .serve and love, has taken home his faithful .servant to enter into 
 
 the jov of his I,onl. 
 
 O. S. Xi;wNii.\.M, 
 
 Sr(r('/(irj 0/ Synod. 
 
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 THE CHURCH OF KN<".I<AN1) INSTITTTK. 
 
 A't'sohfif, The members of the Church of Ktiglaiul lustittile, 
 having suffered the h)ss of their rre^ideiit by the death of tlie 
 Rev. F. H. J, Hrigstocke, D. d.. Arclideacoti of St. John, who 
 lias.sed away on I-'riday, March sth, iSc^j, desire to place ujxiii 
 record an expression f)f their deep a])preciation of his faithful 
 and self-denyinji lahou'-s on their behalf ever since the forma- 
 tion of the Institute, which was founded in coiise<iuenoe of an 
 invitation issued by himself in January, 1S76. Throujjh the 
 long i)eriod of nearly twenty-five years he filled the office of 
 President with indefatigable zeal, remarkable tact, and rare 
 administrative ability, never s]>aring himself trouble or labour 
 that he might pr< -mote the objects and advance the be.st inter- 
 ests of the Institute, which was so dear to him. 
 
 The members desire also to express their sincere sympathy 
 
 with Mrs. Hrigstocke and Mr. K()l)ert lirigstocke in their sad 
 
 bereavement. 
 
 I". A. KiNXKAU, Siri,'/a;r. 
 
 vSt. John, N. H., March i6th, iSi^y, 
 
 THE I.ADIlvS' ASSOCIATION OI" Till-; CHrKCH Ol' f:NO- 
 I.ANI) INSTITrTI-:. 
 
 Kt'sohrd , We, fhe Committee of Management of the I,adies' 
 Association of the Church of I^ngland Institute, desire to place 
 on record our deep appreciation of the loss sustaine<! by the 
 As.sociation in the removal by dealli oi our beloved and vener- 
 ated Presiilent. 
 
 We would further desire to record our deep sen.se of gratitude 
 for the benefit derived from the guidance of one who.se aims 
 were always the highest. 
 
 We also desire to exjiress our tenderest sympathy with Mrs. 
 Hrigstocke, the bereaved widow of our much lamented Presi- 
 dent. 
 
 Mrs. (.',. A. Schofield, Miss Murray, 
 
 Mrs. R. V. .Starr, . Mrs. Charles Holden, 
 
 Mrs. Thomas Walker, Mrs. I,. A. Currev, 
 
 Mrs. C. I". Smith, Mrs. !•. \\. Ilarker, 
 
 Miss H. y\. Peters, Miss 1". Symoiid.s. 
 
 ST. (IKOROKS SOCIHTV. 
 
 The St. George's Society met at their rooms at 1.30 
 
 o'clock. IVIr. W. M. Jarvis, President, in the chair. 
 
 The following resohition. moved by Mr. J. I). Ila/.eii, 
 
 and seconded bv Mr. G. vSi(hiev Smith, each with a 
 
 brief address expressive of their own regret at the 
 
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 154 
 
 death of the Venerable Archdeacon, was carried 
 unanimously : 
 
 ll'hnras. The ineinhers cjf St. Cieorge's Sociely of the City of 
 St. John have heard with feeliiifjs of very deep and sincere re- 
 gret the sad news of the death of the Venerable Archdeacon 
 F-'rederick H. J. Uri^jstocke, Rector of Trinity Church of tliis city 
 for more than a cjuarter of a century, and for tliirteen years a 
 member of St. (leor^:e's Society, (hiriii).; three of whicli he most 
 acceptably filled the office of Chaplain : therefore 
 
 Rrsolvi'ii, That the .Society phices on record its sense of the 
 f^reat loss sustained by the death of one who, from the time of 
 joining the Society, was one of its most active and valued mem- 
 bers, who showed his deep interest in its welfare by beiiifj 
 always i)resent at its meetings, whether of a business or a social 
 nature, and whose sound common .sense, b\isiness ability, and 
 l)atriotic desire to advance its best interests, and to accomi)lish 
 the objects for which it was formed, were of inestimable value 
 to it ; a parish priest most assiduous in the discharge of his 
 duties, a sound and impressive preacher, a churchman of strong 
 convictions and steadfast purpose, yet tolerant of the opinions 
 of others, a man of great executive ability and a good citizen 
 in every res])ect, he obtained soon after his arrival in .St. John 
 the good will and respect of the members of the comnumity in 
 which he lived, and held it in an increasing degree tnitil he was 
 cut off when ai)i)arently in the enjoyment of the ftdl health and 
 vigour of his splendid manhood ; and 
 
 Fni tlirr h'rsalTrd, That a copy of this re.solution, with an ex- 
 l)ression of the sincere sympathy of ,St. (ieorge's Society, be 
 forwarded to Mrs. IJrigstocke. 
 
 THK nROTHKRHDOI) OF ST. ANDREW IX CANADA. 
 
 TRINITY CIHRCH CH.vrTKK. 
 
 ll'/iiii'as, This Cliapter has heard with sincere regret of the 
 death of its esteemed Honorary Director, the Neiierable Arch- 
 deacon Hrig.stocke ; 
 
 A'rso/Ti'd. Tliat the Chapter liereby places on record its strong 
 feeling of the very severe loss it has sn.stained in the removal of 
 its head. Kver ready, as he was, by his wise counsel and kindly 
 <lirection to further its work, the Chapter, while humbly bowing 
 to the Divine will, feels that its loss is almost irreparable : and 
 further 
 
 A'rso/rrd. That a copy of the above resolution be sent to 
 Mrs. Urigstocke by the secretary. 
 
 \V. K. W'iCT.MOKi:, Sitir/ai V. 
 
 St. John, N. H., March 20th, 1S99. 
 
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 GIRLS' FRIKXUI.Y SOCIIiTY. 
 
 A/y Ih'ui Ml s. Ill iiistdi kr. 
 
 At a ineetiiig of the C.irls' Friendly Sncitty, last eveiiiiifj. 
 whicli was well atti-iided, hotli iiifiiil'ers and associate members 
 asked that I should convey to \-ou their sympathy. There were 
 unniistakahle sijjns of sincere sorrow, and even some who have 
 seemed thonjihtless made me feel stire that they had valued the 
 earnest, kindly atlmonition of him who has heen taken to his. 
 eternal rest. I let the girls select their own closing hymn, 
 which was ".Safe in the Arms of Jesns," which they sang with 
 feeling. 
 
 With very tender regards and renewed symi)athy, 
 I am. lovingly yours, 
 
 I Signed I Mary k. Walkkr. 
 
 156 Princess .Street. March nth, is<^^(y. 
 
 C.OVKRNORS OK KIXC.S COLUKGK. 
 
 The Hoard of C.overnors of King's College, Windsor, have 
 heard with i)rofound regret, and with a sense of deeply-pained 
 surpri.se, of the siulden death of their long-time colleague, the 
 Venerable }•". II. J. lirigstocke. Archdeacon of St. John. 
 
 Dr. Hrigstocke was .always welcomed to the Councils of the 
 Hoard, where his sturdy common sense, free expression of his 
 opinions, and frank criticisms of proposed alterations of exist- 
 ijig rules, and of new methods for the further development of 
 the College, secured careful consideration of them before they 
 could be ado])ted. 
 
 The other menibers of the Hoard not only rejoiced in the 
 great importance of the i)osition that Dr. Hrigstocke held as 
 Rector of Trinity Church, St. John, atul the added dignity which 
 accrued to him wlien he was apjjointed to the honorable office of 
 Archileacon, but th y respected and honored him as a Juan, 
 association with whom was the means of dee])ening friendship. 
 
 It is a grief to the Hoar<l to think that they will in the future 
 be dei)rived of his co-operation, and that his familiar iiresence 
 will be missed at their nieetings. 
 
 The Hoard of Ciovernors tender their heartfelt sympathy to 
 Mrs. Hrigstocke in her bereavement, anil direct that a copy of 
 this minute be sent to lier by the Secretary. 
 
 The foregoing is a true coi)y of a minute adojited by the 
 (Governors of Kings College, Windsor, at their last meeting. 
 (Signed) R.J. Wii.sox, .Vvvv/ii/ v. 
 
 Halifax. X. .'>.. 16th March. 1S99. 
 
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 WIC.C.INS ORPHAN ASVMM. 
 
 At a special incetinj^ of the Board t)f (ioveniors of 
 the WiKKi"!^ Male Orphan Institution, it was ordered 
 that the foHowin;^' minute he entered on the records : 
 
 'Vhv ( ■oviinnis of llif WiKfiii"^ M;ik- ()ii)li;in Iiistitntioii 
 I;inK'iit the (katli of tin- WiiLTalilr Arohdciicini Itiij^stockf, mid 
 art- painftilly aware liow j^'t'al a loss i-iistus to llic institutioti. 
 II is tlir loss of oiif \vl)o liori', tlnoiii;hoiit a Iftiii of twriity- 
 thrcf years' servict- at this l>oar(l, a liiuli stnsf of tlic trust whicli 
 lie had assutncd, and whose piuictiial and earnest co-operation 
 with his fellow-governors ever Nhowed that he was actuated by 
 it. Theie remain to the (.jovernors the ineinory and e.\;inii)le of 
 an associate rarely absent from board meetings, warmly intent 
 upon the well-beiny of the institntion, anil wlio, in the sn|)erin- 
 tendence of its educational work, as in all else, strove to make 
 the institution frnitfnl of the j^ood intended by the fonndir. 
 
 MADRAS SCIKXd,. 
 
 Il'lii-iras. Since the la>t meetinij; of this Itoanl a vacancy has 
 been cansed by the death of the X'eiierable Archdeacon Hri^- 
 slocke. who. for upwards of twenty years, as Rector of Trinity 
 Chnrcli. was one of the ofiicial members of this lioard ; this 
 Hoard desires to record its expression of the t;reat loss it has 
 sustained by the death of one who look such a sjiecial interest 
 in the work of the Hoard, and such a prominent part in its 
 cmilrt)!. 
 
 Though the duties and work directly incident to a ])()sition 
 .so important as tliat of Rector of TrinitN Chnrcli. St. John, are 
 necessarily such as to make iarj^e dr;ifts niKin the time and 
 the eiiertries of the person holdinfi it, the late Archdeacon of 
 SI. John was alwa_\s ready and willinjf to assume any new cares 
 or responsibilities which seemed neces.sary for the iinproveinent 
 of the .schools under the Hoard's maiiatjement or for the ad- 
 vancement of the Kenera! objects of the Hoard, and in the dis- 
 charge of these duties he never failed in evincing the good 
 judgment and activity which characterized all his undertakings, 
 and. with rare excei)tion, carried them to a successful terniina- 
 tion. 
 
 This Hoard desires to convey to Mrs. Hrigstocke an assuraifce 
 from its members of their deep sympathy with her in her severe 
 loss. — [Extract from Minutes of the Madras Hoard. 
 
 H. Uawranck Stirdkk, 
 
 Srcfflarv, elc. 
 
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 PROTESTANT ORPHAN ASYIA'M- 
 
 To the Wido'w of the late \'enet able Auhdeai mi Ih if^stocke, D. D. 
 
 Df.ak Madam— At a meetinjj of the Hoard of Directors of 
 the Protestant (Orphan Asyhiin. held iinmediately after the 
 death of yo\ir late lamented husband, a committee was a])- 
 l)()intcd, consistinjj of the Rev. Ceorfje Bruce, D. i).. Rev. John 
 deSoyres, m. a., and Mr. K. I.. Whittaker, to prepare a letter to 
 be forwarded to you. e.vpressiufj the hinh esteem in which your 
 late husband was held, and .sympathy with you in your trying 
 bereavement ; it was further 
 
 Ki'so{vcd, That the members attend the funeral in a body. 
 
 In accordance with the first of the foregoing resolutions, we, 
 the undersigned, do hereby respectfully convey to you and your 
 son. on behalf of the Hoard, an expression of (jur i)rofound and 
 heartfelt sympathy with yoti in your sore and une.xpecteil be- 
 reavement. Your late husband was one of the most hi>{hly 
 valued members of the Hoard, sincere and \inchanj;inn; in his 
 interest in the Institution, faithful and untiring in the fulfil- 
 ment of every oblif;ation and the performance of every duty 
 devolviu).; on him. wise in counsel and warm in his sympathy 
 with the children in whose interest he always tnanifested a 
 thouffhtful and affectionate interest, we feel that his ileath is 
 a great loss to the Institution, and to each of us in our connec- 
 tion with it. We pray that the l-'ather of Mercies may graciously 
 fulfil to you His peculiar promise of comfort and sui>port in this, 
 the hour of your loneliness and sorrow. 
 
 Signed on behalf uf the Hoard. C. Hkick, 
 
 J. dkSoykks, 
 
 K. ly. WUITTAKKK. 
 
 lyAUIKS' ASSOCIATION OF THK PROTESTANT ORPHAN 
 
 ASVIyUM. 
 
 At the rej^ular monthly ineetinj.j of the Laches' 
 
 A.ssociatioii of the Protestant Orphan Asyhini, hehl 
 
 April 6th, the followinj^ re.sohition was passed : 
 
 That the Secretary convey to Mrs. Hrigstocke the heartfelt 
 sympathy of this committee in her sad bereavement, and they 
 also deei)ly regret the great loss to this institution of so vahiable 
 an office-bearer. 
 
 (Signed) Fax.vy :j. MacL,arkx, Secretary. 
 Mrs. Oeo. Mclyeod, Mrs. Prescott, Mrs. Tuck, 
 
 Mrs. I). Mcl.ellan, Mrs. John Huriiee, Mrs. Chas. John.ston, 
 Mrs. James ly. Dunn, Mrs. T. A. Rankine. Mrs. O. Pngsley, 
 Mrs. Kaye, , Mrs. Starr, Mrs. R. Thomson, 
 
 Miss Murrav, Ladies' Committee. 
 
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 voiNc. mi-:ns ciikistian association. 
 
 I)i:.\R .Mks, Ukicstockk,— At tlie iiitttiiiK "f tlie Mfiritinie 
 Cotiuiiittii- of the Y<Miii>i Mtn's Cliristian Assoiintioti, luld in 
 'rniro. Nova Srolia, March ,;ist,thc' lollctwiiin initiiiti' was ])assi'(l 
 and oidtivd to hi- placed on the niinnlis of tlte coinniitlff, and 
 a c-oiiy sent to yon and yonr family ; 
 
 At its first nuetiiiK siiue the lamented death of tin X'liieralile 
 Archdeai'on IlriKstoeke. d. d,, the Maritime Committee of the 
 VoiMiK Men's Clirislian Association, on motion, resolved that 
 their sincere coiidolemi' be olTered to Mr^.. Hrin^tocke anil 
 famil\ in their sore heiiaveinent. They remember with urati- 
 tnde the lordial terms in which he opened the Parish Mouse of 
 Trinity Church to their recent coinention, and the warm man- 
 ner in which he welcomi'd tiiiin tin ri\ by i)roxv, white i)erson- 
 all\- i)rostr;ited through illness. The committee desire to ex- 
 ))re^s the hope that the keenness of the heavy trial caused by 
 l)i> siid(l( n tenii)\al may be softened to the bereaved b\ the 
 knowledge that the Christian life manifeste<l by the Archdeacon 
 in his relation to his fellow workers in the Master's vineyard, 
 will be held in the lastint; and lovitijr remembi nice of those 
 who \\eic brought in contact with it. 
 
 I can only join in sincere .symiiathy with the committee in 
 this exiiression. and trust that the (iod of all comfort nia\- vjive 
 you ijreat comfort in the lonely hours. 
 With Christian sympathy and liojie. 
 
 Faithfully yours, 
 
 1"k.\/.i.k Ci. M.\usii.\i.i.. 
 
 SOCIKTV 1-OR PRKVKNTIOX <)l-' CKfKI.TYTo ANIMAI.S. 
 
 R'lWtilriul. That the members "f the Ivxecutive Committee of 
 the New Itninswiik Society for the I'reveiitioii of Cruelty to 
 Animals ret-ord exjjressiou of their dee]) .sorrow at the uiiex- 
 pectid death, on the 5th inst., of the Venerable Archileacon 
 llrigstocke, I), i)., one of the founders of the Society, and a Vice- 
 I'resident since its organization. Rcjfular in attendance at the 
 meetinjfs, ever ready to act upon any sub-committee to which 
 he might be apiiointed, cheerfully i)erforming every duty which 
 was assigned to him, a prudent adviser and a wise counsellor, 
 Archdeacon Urigstocke justly filled a high i)lace in the esteem 
 of this committee, and fairly earned the respect and admiration 
 of his fellow-members, while his interest in, and care for tlie 
 dumti creatures, exhibited his great kindness of heart and his 
 sincere desire to alleviate sufTering. 
 
 That the members of the committee further express their 
 
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 appredntioii of the Rrent ser\'ic«?s reiiderfcl to this coninuinity 
 (liiritiK his lotij? rcsidt-iice here hy the Inte Archdencoti, throiimh 
 his faithful devotion to the interests committed to his chnr^e ns 
 rector of Trinity Chnrch, hy his zeal and earnestness as a min- 
 ister of the Ciospel, and by )iis conscientious iierformance of the 
 duties of citizenship, all of which tended to the highest welfare 
 of the people among whom he lived. That there be sent to the 
 family assurance of the ileep sympathy of the committee with 
 them in their bereavement, and of the hope that the Almighty 
 Father will sustain them in this hour of sufTering. 
 
 KCI.KCTIC RKADIN(i CIA'B. 
 
 Dear Mrs. Hrki.stockk— I am instructed by the Kclectic 
 Reading Club to convey to yon the syjni)athy of the members 
 in your great sorrow, as expressed in the following resolution 
 passed at the last regular meeting of the Kclectic Reading Club, 
 held on March z.sth, 1S99 : 
 
 That this meeting desires to give expression to the sorrow 
 which has come upon this Society on the death of the Venerable 
 Archdeacon Brig.stocke, n. n., whose kindly interest had been 
 deeply valued by all the members, and whose steadfast example 
 in the community will long be cherished in our memories. 
 Helieve me, yours sincerely, 
 
 (Signed) A(iNK.s I,. Carr, 
 
 Sfcrelaty 0/ liclectic Keading Clnh. 
 
 NEPTUNE ROVVINd CM'B. 
 
 At a meeting? of the Connnittee of Management of 
 the Neptune Rowing Chih, the following resolution 
 was passed : 
 
 Resolved, That the members of the Committee of Manage- 
 ment of the Neptune Rowing Club (I.imited) record expression 
 of their deep sorrow at the death of the Venerable Arclideacon 
 Brigstocke, d. d., first Vice-President of this Club. 
 
 Cheerful in rendering his a.ssistancc in various ways, and 
 ever ready to promote the welfare of the Club, Archdeacon 
 \ )cke held a high place in the esteem of this committee, 
 
 and won the respect of his fellow tnembers. 
 
 Af'd that the Secretary send to Mrs. Brigstocke a copy of this 
 reso' ion. 
 
 (Signed) Rowland Frith, Secretary. 
 
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 ' 
 
 The Rev. Wili-iam KAToroH was horn in 1861. He came ont 
 to Canada in May, 1SS9; was ordained Deacon on Whitsunday 
 in the same year, and came ..o Sussex as Curate of the Rev. 
 Canon Medley. After the death of the latter, Mr. Eatough took 
 charge of the Parish of I'etitcodiac until Advent, 1S90, when he 
 accepted the Curacy of Trinity Church, St. John, where he ditd 
 Ma-, .^th, 1899, much beloved and greatly regretted.