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(La- o/J'LEKT STIIEET). r %0 THE CLliKGY OK THE DIOCESE OE MOOSONEE, THIS SECOND CHARGE, PUBLISHED AT THEIR REQUEST, IS AFFl^X'TIONATELY AND GRATEFULLY DEDICATED, BY THEIR FAITHFUL FRIEND AND BUOTHKR, JOHN MOOSONEE. r \ A C II A 11 G E. My Rkverend Brethren, When T Inst addrosscd you I expressed a hope that I mi«!ht soon be able to visit North Mooso- nec. This I did ; going from ■NFoose to AVinin'peg, where I had the pleasure of meeting our brethren in the Provincial Synod, of enjoying the hospitality of many diristian friends, and of observing how Chureh matters were being managed there under the new state of things. In that part of the country a constant and increasing immigration brings with it great demands, laden with deep anxieties. How were the multitudes being fed ? Neglected they must not be, lest they should perish in the wilderness, when their blood might be required at the hands of those who could not, or would not, bestir themselves to rise to the exigencies of the case, and prove that they could manage the Church in its expanded as well as in its contracted form. f found that everything would bear the closest scrutiny : our jMetroj^olitan was fully equal to the occasion. Gifted with great learning, which enables him so well to control general and special education, he is not less capable in the management of the 1—2 [ A ("IIAI{(;k. diocesan nHiiirs of one of the inoMt ditHeult Sees in existence. May lie long be preserved to us as our head ; and may lie, ere he lays down his responsi- l)ilities, have the satisfaction of seeing the C'hureh tirmly cstaldished in every part of his charge. Leaving Winnipeg, I went down the Kcd IJiver and through fiake Wimiipeg, to Norway House, in a steamer helonging to the Jlonouraltle Hudson's Bay Company, a passage being generously granted me. 'J'hcnce 1 proceeded by canoe to Oxford House, which is the first station met with in North jMoosonee. There a Wesleyan missionary was residing, wlio had but hitely arrived ; although Uxford House had been occupied as a \\ esh'yan station for many years. Ho received me most kindly, and during tlie few days I was at the place we had much friendly intercourse, and 1 more than once addressed his Indian cono;reoa- tion at an outdoor service. J was glad to find that there was no material difference between the Crec hmguage as spoken in Nortli and South Moosonee, l)ut that 1 could understand and be as well understood at Oxford ][ouse as at Aloose itself. As a permanent station Oxford House lias since been abandoned by the Wesleyans, whose missionaries now^ give it only an occasional visit from Norway House. 1 have tliereforc offered to occupy it, feeling that a mission- ary should be resident there ; but not much progress has yet been made in the negotiations. 1 shall, how- ever, make a renewed attempt if 1 am able to attend our next Provincial Synod at Winnipeg, where, 1 be- lieve, are the headtpiarters of the ^^'esleyan Mission. From Oxford House 1 pursued my way down the A CIIAUliK Sees in s as our vsponsi- C'liurcli ivor and t', in a n*s Bay ;e(l me. J, wliicli )OKonee. lio had ad hcun I's. Ho days I rcoiirsc, njrreoa- id that e Cree osonco, erstood iianent led by it only [ have lission- L'OglX'SS [, liow- attend , 1 be- 5sion. vn the JIaycs lliver to VorU l'\'M'torv, where I was most cordially received by tlie lludsoirs llay ('oinpany's representative, .losepii Forteseue, ivs(|., an old friend, who nearlv thirty vears befon; bad been a member n\' my Moose congregation. He and bis kind wile both did their utmost to inake my i»rob)iiLi,ed stay in North Moosone*! pleasant and protital)le, Mr. and Mrs. Winter, who had just arrived from Kngliind to take u[) their abode at York Factory, and whose s|»eeial guest I was, have b(jen very faithful in the discharge of the duties of their high calling. Making York my headcjuarti'rs, I went through the entin^ district, which is of vast extent. 1 first visited (*liurchill, when; i remained two months, the guest of John S[)encer, l']s([., trader in the Hudson's Bay Coni[)any's service, and of his excellent wife, sister of the iiev. U. IMiair, of the Church jMissionary Society. Mr. Spencei*. Hke Mr. Fortescue, had been a member of my Moose congi'ega- tion in the days of ' Auld lang sync.' Here, in the dreariest of wastes, owini*; in a oreat measure to the kindness nnd attention of my friends, I spent some of the happiest days of my missionary life. Yet they had a deep and heavy shadow ; how could it be other- wise, when 1 l)eheld the deplorable condition of the poor Esquimaux, who form the great majorit} of those who resort there for the purposes of trade. For them nothing had been done ; lhe\- were without God in the world ; and apparently no man cared for their souls. They were fine specimens of the animal man, with their spiritual nature entirely undeveloped. Yet they seemed very anxious for instruction, and, as bands of them came in, I devoted myself to them, during (> A CIIAUGK. th«'. short tiiiu) ol" their stay. Jiiit they rcMjuired con- stant wiitdiin^. No one was ut'roid of their murder- ous i»roi>en.sities, but tliey were knowji to be the most {uh'oit and persistent of thieves; and, although the whole establishment was on the wat(;h, considerable pilfering took place. Poor creatures 1 their ideas of sin in connection with theft are not in the act itself, but in its discovery. They would hail the establish- ment of a Mission amon^ them with the greatest delight ; and I had hoped that long ere this a second ' I'eck' might have had his home at Churchill, under whose care and indefatigable labours, assisted by the missionaries' God, the spiritual desert might become as a garden of the Lord, liut great and unexpected obstacles have arisen ; and, although 1 trust they will be presently removed, they are in the meantime, as they have been for tlie last two or three years, the source of the greatest trial of my life, because I can see no valid rciason for their existence. Bands of C'hipewyans likewise trade at Churchill ; for them something has been done, and many of them can read and write ; but unless the work can be followed up, it must dettay and die. The Rev. J. Lofthouse is a man in every respect well fitted for missionary work among the Esquimaux, V>eing physically strong and possessing great aptitude for the acquisition of languages. During a winter's residence with Mr. Peck, at Whale River, he acquired a sufficient knowledge of Esquimaux to enable him to write a short Esquimaux sermon as one of his ex- amination papers for Orders. He has passed the last three yeais at York Factory, making occasional visits A ClIAUGi;. uired coii- r inurdcr- 3 tlie most liough the nsidorahlo r ideas of act itself, establish- ■ greatest a second ill, under !cl by the >econie as expected they will itime, as Bars, the se I can iands of >r them lem can followed respect u'maux, tptitude ^vinter's cquired him to ^is ex- he last I visits to Churchill for missionary }>urposcs. To learn that he and his good wife are settled there will be the best piece of news I shall have heard for a very long time. While speaking about Churchill, let me not forget to mention the kindness of Christian friends at Ottawa (principally Presbyterians, too) who, at the solicitation of Dr. Bell, of the (Geological Survey of Canada, and the Kev. H. Pollard, a former Exeter schoolfellow of mine, gave the whole of the materials for the con- struction of a Mission House at Churchill ; nor of the Canadian Government, who on Captain Gordon's re- commendation, shii>ped all for Churchill, after it had been taken, free of charge, to Halifax by the railway companies over whose lines it had to pass. Would that many others might be induced to follow so glorious an example, the missionary's work would then be light indeed; all sense of loneliness would vanish ; he would feel surrounded by an army of wellwishers, cheering him onward in his arduous course. Returning to York, I remained there until oi)en water permitted me to set off" into the interior, to Trout Lake, which 1 reached after twenty days of very hard canoe-travelling. 1 was well repaid, for I was received witli every expression of joy by the very large band of Indians there assembled. In worldly matters they were poor indeed, among the poorest 1 have seen in the country ; but some, although babes in Christ, seemed strong in faith. 1 was with them morning, noon, and night, teaching, preparing for baptism, confirmation, and the Lord's Supper, bap- tizing, marrying. I scarcely left one unbaptized. I O A CIIAKGK. held a largo coiiHrmation ; {uid 1 admitted a small nunihor to the Lord's Table. I then travelled back to the sea-coast, to Fort Severn, 200 miles south of York Factory, where I spent a few very profitable days. The Indians there, being more easy of access from York than those of Trout Lake, I found to be more advanced in knowledge, and an exceptionally intelligent body of people. There is a good church at each of these stations. I returned to York by boat, and continued my work there until the annual shij) came, when I em- barked in her, and went to England, after spending a year in North Moosonee. All the Indian work in the York district had been well done, ami a more satisfactory body of Indians than those connected with York is not to be found anywhere ; they are teachable, liberal, kind, and courteous ; and I shall ever retain a pleasant remem- brance of them. English education I found backward ; and being accustomed to such o;ood English at all our stations in the southern part of the diocese, I was much surprised to find both English speaking and learning at so low an ebb. I at once commenced an English school in a room kindly placed at my disposal by ]\Ir. Fortescue. The numljer of scholars was satisfactory, and instruction was given daily ; a good schoolhouse w^as ultimately built, in the erection of which the Hon. Company gave much assistance ; and before I left I had the satisfaction of seeing much real progress made. it must be our aim to cultivate a knowledsje of A ciiAK(;i;. 9 tcci ii small 5t, to Fort y, where I licins there, n those of biowlcdge, pie. There inucd my len I em- spending iiad been f Indians Ijc found ind, and t remem- id beinof nations in surprised g at so h sehool by Mr. sfactory, >olhouse it^h the •efore I >i'ogress dge of English among our people to the greatest possible extent. Changes ;\rc fast coming over large portions of the country, and where there is now l)ut a very small and scattered population there may in a short time be a large one. It' our people speak nothing but the Indian langrunge tl;ev will find themselves at a great disadvantngc when brought into contact with the new comers, who would, J fear, treat them as mere barbarians, whose rights might be entirely dis- regarded. This would not be the case if they found them speaking English as well as themselves. Mr. and Mrs. Winter have been indefatioable in their en- deavours to improve the school ; their reports thereof are satisfactory and deeply interesting. In England I was kept busily occupied in acting as a deputation for the Church iMissionary Society, to which this diocese owes so great a debt ; yet I never neglected an opportunity of benefiting and pleading for Moosonee. Wherever I went, I was most kindly received, nnd was never allowed to depart without being made to feel that the missionary from the ' Great Lone Land ' had won the sympathy of those amongst whom he liad been. Never shall 1 forget what Christian love did for me and my huge diocese ; the impression made on my heart was as dee[) as that which Jerusalem made on that of the Psalmist, and which he speaks of with so much pathos when his home was in a strange and distant land. The sym- pathy expressed was not ephemeral ; it is still alive and bearing fruit. Year by year come brotherly and sisterly letters, expressing continued interest in my work, together with substantial help for its con- 10 A CllAUCii;. tinuaiice and extension. Who would not work under such eiicunistunces, with hands raised and sustained by the prayers and ofierings of faithful friends ! Among the many great and weighty matters in which England has l)een interested, and agitated, of late years, two stand out conspicuous as specially worthy the attention of Churchmen, and therefore of ourselves : the revision of the Scriptures, and the threatened disestablishment of the Enolish Church. On both of these you would wish me to say a few words. I was in England when the Revised New Testament was issued from the press. The greatest imaginable interest was taken therein ; and, on the day of its issue, copies might be seen in the hands of a large number of peo[tle, rich and poor alike ; many of whom, unable to wait until they reached their homes, were reading as they hurried along the street. There could be no doubt of the hold which the Word of God had on the hearts of the people, and the joy they ex- perienced at the completion of a work which had occupied some of England and America's greatest scholars for ten years and a half. As was to be ex- pected, the work was at once submitted to the most severe and elaborate criticism, all Ijcing anxious that if the good old version of the Bible, which had instructed ourselves and our forefathers from the time of James I., were to be superseded, it should be by one in every respect worthy to be its successor. It was assailed vehemently, but as stoutly defended ; and I doubt whether, even yet, an unanimous decision as to its merits has been arrived at. At the Newcastle Cliuroh Conoress, which I attonded, no meetinu' ex- «>i A chaiuh;. 11 work luuler <1 siistaiuecl 'lids ! matters in iJ^ntated, of « ypecitdly Iiert'foro of i, and tlic ill Oliurcii. few words. Testament Imaginable -ly of its >t a large of whom, tnes, were iere eould s of the Hebrew text ex- tant, and those wc have being all of the same family, or recension. The earliest manuscript of which the age is certainly known dates from v.j). 01(5 ; con- sequently they had to do with exactly the same materials and under almost exactly the same circum- stances as their predecessors two centuries and a half before. What they therefore set themselves to do was to improve the existing translation. This occu- l»icd them during fourteen years ; and the result of their labours is now before us. More faithful work was never done. We may occcasionally diti'er from them, and think the old translation of a sentence the better of the two ; but generally speaking we agree with them, and are very thankful for the light they A riiAKGi;. 18 1 vocation i Revised dignitary ' the Old • do with the New scrs have liould l)e from the translator ! I hav»; )\\ Testa- ipts they laces and eviscrs of I ere beino- text ex- le family, vhich the IG ; con- thc same ic eircuni- ,nd a half ^es to do .^his occu- result of iful work ilier from itence the we agree iQ-ht thev i7 *. have given us in oiu study of the Word. This is particularly the case in the J'rophetical Books. Those v/ho do not know Hebrew can have no idea of the ditKculty of giving good translations of much of those books. Let us thank (Jod that our way is made smooth for us, and that we can now look into the minds of the prophetical writers better than our forefathers could do. Two changes in the Psalms 1 would notice, which 1 think worth all the labour bestowed on the whole book. 1 allude first to Ps. Ixviii. 11. The original runs thus : The Prayer-Book translation of this verse is, • y^ic Lord ijavc the fronJ : (/irat //v/,9 t/w ctniijvuiy of fl«' preachers.'' The old Bil)lical version was, ' l^ie Lord (jare the irord : ijreat was the eompauij of those that puhlished it; while the revised translation is, ' The L.ord ip'vcth the worth the women that pnUish the tfdi/o/s <(re a /.v.' The clearness, pim/ then '^ covereth are both giving us he latter, t prove a 't, as he Weeping Old and h which od ; and used sup- able to 'f others liurc'h of ful sub- and, for, remain, as long as she continues faithful to her God. When she ceases to be that, the sooner she loses her pre- eminence the better. She is a great power for good, not only in England, but throughout the world. That professed infidels should cry out against her, • Down with her, down with her, even to the ground !' is not strange ; but that they should obtain assistance from professing Christians, of whatever sect or school of thought, is strange indeed. It is for them most sui- cidal, for in dragging down the Church, instead of buddmg up themselves upon her ruins, they would be utterly crushed by her fall. She is the purest bul- wark of the faith, as a few of the most thoughtful members of other persuasions are most ready to allow, as that best calculated to withstand the assaults of the combined enemies against the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints, and for which St. Jude exhorts us to contend earnestly. This, with the help of Ood, we will do. It greatly gladdened our hearts to see how decidedly England had lately spoken out on this matter, and I think her present convictions will, as time goes on, become deepened and strengthened. This is not merely a momentary feeling, suggested by my wishes, but is the result of close observation. When last in England T visited every part of the country, and wherever I went— north, south, east, or west— the greatest activity was manifest ; the Church seemed fully alive to her re- sponsibilities, and anxious to provide suitable nourish- ment for all her children. Not content with minis- tering to the well-to-do, and those who of their own accord attend her services and partake of her sacra- 16 A ciiAKr.i;. ments, I found lier going into the highways and liedgt's, into tiie courts and hmos of the cities, to seek the wanderers, tlie depr;ived, the a{)parently lost, assuring them of her sympatliy, urging, (compelling them to come into the fold, where they would Itc watched over hy the CJood Shepherd. Yes, her enemies have chosen their time hadly ; had they atta<;ked her in her sleej) they might have prevailed against her, but to make the attack when she is awake and vigorous, doing her hest to discharge her duty, and thereby rapidly growing in the affections of the people, sliowed them but ill able to discern the signs of the times, l^et us do our best in the positions we occupy at the Church's outposts ; let all her sons do their duty, and we sliall not l)e forsaken by our God ; but we sliall hand down our glorious heritao;e to our children and children's children. So shall the Church, which has bestowed such great blessings on us and on the land whence we spring, remain a joy in the earth until the comini»' of the J^ord. The Church in this land is expanding, like the Church at home. Since I last addressed you two new dioceses have been formed in the ecclesiasticnl province of Rupert's Land, which has now no less than six Sees within it. The new ones are (^Hi'Ap- pelle, to which Bishop Anson has been appointed, and Athabascji, over which Bisliop Young has been placed. His diocese forms the southern part of what was formerly the diocese of Athabasca, the northern part being now designated the diocese of JMackenzie River, and to this P>ishop Rompas has clung. Giving up the more inviting southern plains, which A CIIAUUK. 17 iways nnd es, to scH'k mt\y lost, ;ompolliiio' would 1k' Yes, her had thoy prevailed 3 is awak(» her duty, )iis of the the signs sitions we r sons do our God ; ?e to our e Church, n us and oy in the like the you two lesiastienl V no less ? (,)u'Ap- pjDointed, has been ; of what northern [ackenzie s cluno;. IS, which I will, doubtless, ere long contain a large population of whites, to a younger brother, he has himself retired to his nothern solitudes, where he must always be subject to privation and hardship. I have long wished to see Bishop JJompas, whom I hold in great respect, not only as a brother bishop, but as one who, in the discharge of his duties, has without a murmur practised the greatest self-denial, and undergone the greatest hardships. My wish has not been gratified ; distances with us are so great, and the modes of travel in both our dioceses are still so primitive that, except for very important objects, neither of us can think of leaving his particular sphere of work. Neither have I ever seen I^ishop Anson. To go only as far as AVinnipeg 1 must sacrifice very much time, as 1 am still a fortnight's journey from the nearest railway, none yet touching any point of Moosonee. 1 have already dwelt upon the affairs of the northern part of the diocese in the York district; but we shall see presently that the Mission in North - East ]\Ioosonee promises ex])ansion as unexpected as the prospect is gratifying. I will now speak of what more immediately concerns South Moosonee, in its various districts. 1. T/ie A/bant/ A'v^r/c/.— Accompanied by Arch- deacon Vincent, who is in charge of this district, 1 went through the whole of it during the summer 'of 1885. The area is large, and the difticulties of travel, from the numerous rapids and waterfalls in the upper part of the river, are very great indeed. We sustained no accident, and wherever we went were joyfully received by the Indians and residents 2 18 A CllAKGi:. at tlip various stations. Wc were kindly ontcrtaincfl by tlie representatives of the lion. Hudson's Bay ('<»ni|»any, the wliolc of whom received the Sacrament nf tile Lord's Supper at our hands. JNlost of the Indians of Albany are well advanced in (Christian hnowled^'e, and liave among them many communi- cants, 'i'hose of Osnaburgh are very promising, and rec(Mved our instructions with great readiness. I held there a large confirmation ; but the Indians were not ([uite fit for the reception of the Lord's Supjx'r. Osnaburgh being separated by 550 miles of difficult and dangerous travel from Albany, its headquarters, must directly have its own missionary, and 1 trust to be soon in a position to place one there. It wull not be long, I think, before civili- zation will overtake Osnaburgh, the most western station in JMoosonee, and then the shores of the larse and beautiful lake on which it stands will become covered with the homes of a busy multitude, where now silence and solitude reign supreme. The Indians of Martin's Falls, a station which lies midway be- tween Albany and Osnaburgh, are a difticult race to deal with. Thev visit the station but seldom, and they bear a very bad character. Nothing could be exi)ected of them unless a missionary could be located at their trading post. I have secured the services of a suitable man, one who has great in- fluence with Indians, and speaks their language as well as themselves ; he is now at ]\lartin's Falls, where I trust his Mission may be attended with success. At English River, a station Ijetween Mar- tin's Falls and Albany, the Indians are very few in "M < tcrtaincfl oil's Bay aciament it of the Cliristian iommuni- isiiig, and liiicss. I J Indians lie Lord's )50 miles Ibaiiy, its lissionaiy, place one 'ore civili- 5t western f the large ill become Lide, where le Indians idvvay be- Lilt race to dom, and could be could be 2cured the great in- inguage as Jin's Falls, nded with Aveen Mar- cry few in CIIAHGK, 19 number, and are as yet but l)al)es in Clirist. J was, however, able to confirm a number of them. 2. Rti/>ert\s River J)lsti'k't. — This very imi)ortant district has ever been a source of deep anxiety to me ; thirty years ago Bishop Anderson promised the llupert's House Indians that they should have a missionary, but this promise he was unable to redeem, ('onsccjuently the district was always worked from Moose. I felt that this must be the case no longer, and, therefore, hoping soon to get suitable assistance from England, I sent Mr. Nevitt, my only assistant at Moose, t(j take up his permanent residence at Rupert's House at the beginning of last year. There is a church there already, but it is suitable only for summer use ; there is also in course of erection a good mission-house, the principal materials for which I have imported from England. I trust that this Mission, always one of the deepest interest to me, will soon show increased vitality. The district is immense in area, and has in it six stations — Kupert's House, East Main River, i\listasiiiee, A\ aswanepe, Machiskun, and Nitchekwun, ;i. Eiist Ml tin District. — This, consisting of the stations of Great Whale River, Little Whale River, and Fort George, is under the charge of i\lr. Reck, who, after a year's absence in England, has returned to his energetic and untiring labours. He has his home in the northern wilds, cheered by the presence of a most suitable wife, and enlivened by God's gift of their first-born son. Mr. Peck formerly resided at Whale River ; his home is now at Fort George. There a missionary and his family can live in comparative 2—2 'JO A CllAUGK. comt'ort, which tlicy fouM not do at Little Whale lliviT. A good church luid mission-house hiive been erected at Kort Georjrc, ))rincipally through the exertions of Mr. E. Ili•> A CHAKGK. officers to occupy them. Among tliose was a well- educated (Christian gentleman, named Payne. He was visited in his isolated home at T*nncc of Wales's Sound by numbers of the Esquimaux, and was much moved by their deplorable condition, socially and spiritually. He did all that lay in his power for them, and wrote to me offering to labour as a missionary among them. If the Canadian Govern- ment had determined to send a steamer into the Straits every year, there would have been no doubt as to my answer. 1 should have joyfully accepted his services, and have appointed him to the Mission, believino- that I could see the lino;cr of (Jod in the matter. I wrote commending his determination, and sayino; that so long as the observatory station was kept up, I should be only too glad of his help, l)ut that I could not consent to his remaining afterwards, as no steamer would call there with supplies, so that he would starve. In case of the abandonment of the ol)servatory station by the Canadian Govern moat, I proposed that lie should, after ordination, occupy Unoava Bay, where he would be able to influence not only the Esipiimaux along the southern coast of the Straits, but likewise those alonoj the coast of Labrador, thus formino; a connection between the Moravians' Missions and our own on the East ^lain coast. I had not intended this extension, scarcely thinking I'mrava within JMoosonce, situated as it is at the Atlantic end of the Straits, which seems to fall more naturally into the diocese of Newfoundland, ])ut 1 cannot refuse to go in and take possession when God is evidently beckonino- me forward. A CHARGK. 28 a well- le. He Wales's as mur-h Eilly and )wer for 11 r as a Govcrn- into the doubt icceptod Mission, 1 in the ion, and ion was elp, but n'wards, so that t of the ment, I occupy ince not b of the ibrador, ravians' hinkin2f at the ill more , but 1 len Uod Of coNFiRMATioxs WG have had many since I last addressed you. In North i\[oosonee, of course, my first confirmations there were held, and the numljers at the different stations were: York, I:]?; Churchill, 20;^ Trout Lnke, 102; and Severn, ^r^ ; in all, :]U. In South Moosonee, in which I had held mnnv previous confirmations, the number is ;]18. No Es(niimnux have as yet received the rite. I should last summer have visited the stations on the East .Alain const had Mr. Peck been able to go forward to Fort George in the previous autumn, where I should doubtless Iiav(^ had some presented to me. As it was impossible for him to go, I thought it best to defer my visit. Of ORDiXATioxs we have had three ; one at York, where Mr. AVinter received priest's orders. This was the first ordination ever held in North ]\loosonee; and two at Moose, where Mr. Lofthouse received deacon's and priest's orders. Our Divinity class consists of three students, one of whom will, I trust, be called to the ministry in the early part of the sunmier. He has already done o(x„l work at Moose, Fort George, and Whale River. With the Cree and Ojibbeway languages he is thoroughly well acquainted, while of the Es.piimaux he knows sutii- cient to enable him to sustain a conversation, lie is nephew of a former pupil of mine, the A'en. Archdeacon Mackay, a man whose good (pialities were brouoht out conspicuously during the late rel)(>lIion in the Saskatchewan. In providing literature for our people, much has lately been done, works having been pn^pared in Esquimaux, Ojibbeway. and Cree. In the Esquimaux ^^^" 24 A CHARGE. tongue, Mr. Peck has produced a good Service-Rook, with hymns attached ; in Ojibbcway Mr. Sanders has revised and enlarged the version of the Prayer-Book, and has transhitcd the ( Jospel according to St. Matthew, the Acts of the Apostles, and the ' Peep of Day,' while into Cree, Archdeacon Vincent has translated the ' Pil- grim's Progress,' a work well adajited for the Indian mind ; and I have revised our Cree Prayer-Book, which now contains the whole of the services except what are called the State services and the ordinal. I have likewise revised and re-written our Cree Hymn- Book, adding fifty choice hymns selected from the English Church Hymnal. My Cree Grammar, too, is published ; and I trust that it is found useful to all engaged in the study of the language. It will be interesting to know that Archdeacon Mackay is engaged on an adaptation of this work to the Cree, as spoken in the Saskatchewan and jManitoba. The Cree Prayer and Hymn Books I send to S.P.C K., which will doubtless print them for us, as they have done the rest of the works enumerated above, except the ' Peep of Day' and the ' Pilgrim's Progress,' for the printing of which we are indebted to the Peligious Tract Society. It is a source of great joy to us to sec our cathedkal in its present condition. When I last addressed you it was without a chancel, and we wore l)eQ;innino; to feel that an enlaro-emcnt must soon be made. This lias now been done. By adding the chancel, we have gained nearly a hundred seats, and even now there is no unoccupied space when our Indians are all here in the summer. The building is all I could desire. It (;annot, of course, vie with the cathedrals of England ; A CHARGE. 25 ice-Rook, nclers has y^cr-Book, Matthew, ay,' while the ' Pil- le Indian t^er-Book, }s except tlinal. I e Hymn- from the ir, too, is ful to all ; will be ackay is ! Cree, as The Cree v., which done the he ' Peep [■inting of ; Society. THEDKAL ssed you nning to ie. This we have r there is 1 here in sire. It i^ngland ; it was never intended to do so ; yet comparatively it is as good as any of them, and as well adapted for every part of Christian worship. We have not to do with thousands ; a few hundreds are all who can ever enter within its walls, and there all find everything done decently and in order, a bright, happy service, and such as is calculated to draw the hearts of the worshippers towards the God of their salvation. The 24th of May, 1885, is a day which will be long re- membered by all who took part in the dedication service. Then our entire English population, with scarcely an exception, with one heart and mind be- sought a blessing upon our completed work. I would here thank several English friends for the assistance they gave me in supplying the necessary furniture, as well as some beautifully written texts in the English and the Indian languages for the embellishment of the walls. A new church has been erected by the Kev. J. Sanders at Flying Post, and he has nearly completed another at Matawakumma. One is likewise beino- built at JMartin's Falls. The church at Albany greatly needs enlargement, the congreoration having durino- the last few years received a considerable increase. Of FiXANciAL MATTEiis, I wisli I could spcuk morc cheerfully ; not that I have cause for despondency ; very far from it. What grieves me is that we are still so very dependent on that noble Society to which the whole country within the province of Rupert's Land is indebted for the introduction of Christianity and education, the Church Missionary Society. For some years to come, I fear, it cannot be otherwise, 20 A CHAUGK. although 1 am doing my utmost to ease them from some of the burden we lay upon them, and soon, I trust, there will be large results therefrom. We are but a body of poor people, without a single rich per- son in the whole diocese. In its present circumstances, if its population can raise £150 for church purposes, it is the utmost I can look for. Not that the diocese is without sources of wealth, for riches flow plentifully from it ; but they go to enrich other lands. Part, perchance, goes to assist in raising glorious fanes in England, and in supporting church work there. All is spent abroad, except just sufficient for trade ex- penses. The possession, by English churchmen, of property in the Hudson's Bay territory brings with it grave responsibilities, to which I would earnestly beseech the owners to give heed. I continually endeavour to arouse all to a sense of their duty towards the producers of their wealth, but I meet with a poor response. 1 had hopes, too, of assistance from the (^anadian (Jovernment, at least in educational matters; but Sir J. A. jNIacdonald himself told me tliat the Covernment could do nothing for us. Nor does it. The Government does not expend a fiirthing in JMoosonee for any purpose whatever. Why, then, do they levy customs therein ? The ports on Hudson's Bay are in .Moosoiiee, and the C*ustoms collected in those ports amount to a large sum yearly, all of which goes to Canada, Moosonee l)cing excluded from l)enefit. Vet, outside Moosonee it is quite different. Speaking some time since with the Bishop of Rupert's Land, I sjiid, ' There is not an Indian in Moosonee who receives any benefit from the Canadian Government,' to which A CllAKGK. 27 he replied, 'And there is not one in my diocese who does not receive benefit.' The foct is that the Indians in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are in treaty with the (^vernment; in Moosonee they are not, their hinds here not being yet required for settlement. Conse- <(iiently, poor Moosonee only knows that it forms part of the great Dominion by the oppression with which Customs duties are now exacted upon things imported. It was much better for the Church wh^n the Canadian Government had nothing whatever to do with the country. I am glad to say that the Canadian Church is begin- ning to do something for Missions throughout the province, the beginning, I trust, of a day of great things. Last autumn I received from their treasurer, J. J. Mason, Esq., a cheque for $207.55, or £54 Ifis.' which was most acceptable, and for which I feel vci-}' grateful. From Toronto cathedral, also, a speciJl contribution has been received. I find the S.P.C.K. very kind and liberal, refusino- no request I make for aid. They assist me in the support of my Divinity students, in my churcli build- ing, and in the publication of our translations. To them we owe a deep debt of gratitude ; as we do also to the numerous otiier friends whose loving sympathy never fails us, but who pour a perennial stream of gifts into our lap : these are they who arc our true fellow-helpers, and who recognise us as their substi- tutes in the work which God has committed to His Church. Thus have I sketched our position as it has been in the recent past, and as it is now. We have the deepest 28 A CIIAKGE. cause for gratitude. Death has invaded no missionary's home since jNloosonee was formed into a diocese ; not one has been incapacitated in any way ; indeed, disease in any shape seems for us to be almost without existence. We liave been subjected to scarcely any disturbing in- fluence. Oui- brethren in the north have seen their work hindered, their exertionsparalyzed in the rudestmanner; but in our quarter there has l)een perfect peace, which no one has ventured to break, and no one has thought of breaking. ()ur missionary brethren in other dioceses are not allowed to work their districts unmolested ; others come in and endeavour to draw their people aside from the simplicity of their faith, but no one molests us : in the whole diocese there is no resident minister of any denomination, except ourselves. This is a state of things very pleasant to contemplate ; but we must take care that we do not allow it to make us in any way remiss in the discharge of our duties. They are the same, whether we are left to ourselves, or whether we arc in the neighbourhood of those who closely watch our proceedings. But what of the future ? We cannot expect that things will long- remain as they are ; changes will come, and perhaps rapidly ; but I do not anticipate that tlicy will be extensive. The greatest change is expected in North Moosonee ; there the Saskatchewan and Churchill, or Saskatchewan and York Factory Eailway may be already under construction, but I have no belief in it whatever. The construction of the railway may be an easy matter ; not so tlie navigation of the Hud- son's Straits, by which connection is to be made between the llailway Terminus and England. I A CllAKGt;. 29 have passed through the Straits three times myself and I have amuudly heard the report of their passacro' or the hist six-aiid-thirty years, and I do not think then- navigation can be rendered commercialiy re- munerative. Tf I am right, North Moosonee will remam much as it has ever been. The shortness of the summer season will effectually prevent any large agricultural operations. The northern part of South Moosonee is also quite unfit lor agricultural pursuits, except of a very limited character. In the southern parts of South Moosonee there wdl doubtless be settlement now that the railroad so nearly approaches it ; but settlers will look m vain for the rich soil found in the fertile valleys of the Red Eiver, the Saskatchewan, and the Peace River. A railroad to pass by Moose is spoken of ; It would connect the Canada Pacific, in the vicinity of Lake Superior, with the Gulf of St. Lawrence, lime will show whether this idea is seriously enter- tamed The expected change is, however, somewhat unsettling the minds of our young people, who have an Idea that the world approaching will greatly benefit them : this is a great mistake, and they will not be long in discovering it. The influx of whites has never proved advantageous to the Indian, who is thereby deprived of that mode of obtaining his liveli- hood which has been pursued by himself and his fore- fathers for (-ountless generations. He will be forced into a groove for which he has no inclination, and to which It will take generations to accustom him, if he IS not extinguished in the process. Any change will, for a time, interfere with our spiritual work ; but that 'M\ A ClIAKUi;. must not dishcitrten us. We must, witli the help of our (iod, rise to tlic circumstances which surround us, whatever they may be. The captain of ii vessel manages it in foul as well as in fair weather, and tlie higher the sea and the fiercer the wind the better are exhibited the good qualities of his seamanship : it is ex- actly the same with the clergyman of a parish, with the missionary of a station — ditiiculties draw out the man, and in the midst of them he may exhibit l)Owers which he scarcely supposed himself to possess. But, whatever comes, let us ever rememl)er our sacred profession : that we arc ambassadors for C^hrist, whose kingdom is not of this world. Our duty is to watch for souls, as those that must give account ; to watch for those both of the white and black, to seek to influence all for good, to enlist all under the banner of the Lord. And here let me guard you against being content with anything short of bringing your people into perfect oneness with Christ. There is a danger : we speak of the heartiness of our services, of tlic good quality of the singing, of the knowledge displayed by our Confirmation candidates : there may be all this, and I am glad to know that there is all this ; but these are the means only, not the end in view ; there must be nothing short of spiritual union with the Head. The Pharisees were great Church- goers, but they did not thus become one with Christ, and He one with them. The Jews were so anxious about the sanctity of the Sabbath that they desired the bodies of Christ and the malefactors might be removed from the cross before its commencement ; yet they had cried, 'Away with Hiin, away with Him ! ; A CllAIKil:. 31 "•>c.fyH,m,muifyHi„,r • Ye mn,M K must ring out dearly an,] dist ,„• ''" ''-"'"' *he fek, in our ho„.se-tot t' LT [i:'"'.?^ '" must not be vcnecrorl nr ,. • V ^ , "' ^^'^^ ^^^^ ^aii "'"1 .San,.tifieatio„ by^tte 1 i ''?''/"" ''^ ''''"^' -Iv'tioa to tl,e I,un,an rac tl^e t" YZ '"°"-"'" "-■d "ever I,ave been cnac ed ,*T^ ^' "' ^'"'^'■■"•>' fotn.,, and ceremonies tbot, •/ '^""'■'' *'"' ""="■ -W tben „avor,;/ C:;"'. ^f «-> Ilea veil, and we mio-l.f j. i ^ ^^'^ 1^'ingclom of strongly foreshadowed i , the Law T '"'' T" '" born aoain will wn,..! • • '^"^^'^^ ^'^^o arc l'^Ui..r°se:,:l\T'l^,'3* "' *"'"' •• ^"^^ "'^ »•'" ""'. -.mot, suffi th vf'^'^''''' ""^■""'"° ^-^« rM,,- i. 1 '^uiu(x ine yearnino-s of fhoi,. i t'iirist beeomp« fi.,, • *^ tiicir souls. f «*th rin? ^rz T\r' «'^ «^--'' '--n,e new creature., : "^h; old th ^ ' ""'' "'"" »;«'y; '.ohold, thev are heZJno^'t '"" ''"?""' tiie liighest mordiH- • ti r ■""-'"<=<= ''Prinas in th: soul S L' f"'':"'^l'""->loisimbedd:d wliose example is to l.o f ii / ''''^^ "^''"> the one ofHfe. T, jre i: i :i^ J" r ' ".' "" "- -neern.s ''I'e in CJuist, no lii 'lUg er's . , ^ in them that to one s self, no such thouo-ht ns ' A , r , '«.-^w .,,.,,, ill- l;:;tr,t,, Of the human family ; fJr the de- -'«ery, and the enthronement of and the benefit thronement of 1 mi 'I'PPiness ; for the eomforting of all ;iving them h '^^^^uty for ashes, the oil of that mourn, th( joy for Ii2 A CM A KG K. mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; the ahandonnient of everythino' not ac- cording to the mind of Christ, the eultivation of every internal and external Christian virtue. Ours is a noble, the most noble of all callings ; we are fellow-workers with God in the salvation of man • such being the case, what manner of men ou^dit we to be in our lives and conversation ? Our lioht should ever shine before men, Christ should be rdlected in us— Christ labouring for souls, Christ weepino- for «ouls, Christ praying for souls, Christ strengthcnincr and comforting souls ; Christ, instant in season and out of season ; Christ, the watchful Shepherd of His sheep. May those become more and more our at- tributes ; so, by the grace of Cod. shall we and the people committed to our care become more and more the salt of the earth, better and better fitted for transplanting among the trees of righteousness into the heavenly garden of our God. APPENDIX. I. Thk six districts into which the Diocese of Moosonee IS divided, witli population and languages spoken : No. 1. Moose. Moose New Post Abbitibbee Albany . English River Martin's Falls Osuaburgh ) Cat Lake i POP. 550 LANGUAGES. English, Cree. 00 j ^"gli«li. Ojibbeway. 400 No. 2. Albany. English, Cree. English, Ojibbeway. No. 3. Rupeht's River. Rupert's House 3501 East Main River 110 Waswanepe . 135 Mistasinee . 1 20 Machiskun . q2 Nitchekwun . sOj English, Cree. 3 34 APPKXDIX. Fort Geoi'iro No. 4. Ea.st ]Main. Groat Whule River Little Wiiale 11. 700 \ 310 English, Cree. Ungava . ." 400 ) ^^"gli^h, Or(3e, E,s(|uiinaux. No. 5. Matawaki'.m.ma. Matavvalvumma Flvin^^ Post Alutachewun Misonabe Piskc'chakumnie 110\ 120 90 } Engli.sli, Ojihhewav. 250 120/ York Severn Oxford House Trout Lake Cli urchin . No. (J. YouK. 330) 150} English, Cree. 350 ) 350 English, Ojibheway. 350 English, Es(juimaux, Chi- pewyau. In some cases in the above table tlie numbers are but approximately correct, while in others they are <]uite so. IL Customs Duties. The Customs duties collected at Moose, in goods brought by the Annual Ship from 1872to 1886inclusive amount to $152,500-00, or £31,232. I don't know the amount collected at York and Churchill, but allowing it to be one half of what is collected at AIM'KNDIX. 85 Moose— a small o.stimate. I think— it would be i^l.),f;iG ; so that Moosoiieo has paid to the Canadian Govenuucnt in fourteen years £40,848 for Customs duties on imi)orts, while it has not received the valu.^ of one farthincr for anything whatever in return. There is not even a post-ofHce in the diocese. The post-ofKee nearest to Moose is 500 miles distant; and that nearest to York Factory is about tiie same distance away. For our packets, we are entirely dependent on the Hon. Hudson's Bay Company. Throughout the long and dreary winter we get 'iit one communication from the outer world ; about m w- summer we get another, and generally a third con^, ., m October. We in Moosonee only know the Canadian Government by their charges for 'Customs' upon the comforts or nec-essaries which we import from the civilized world. HI. Letteu to the Bishop from his (.'lerc;v. * To the Right llev. the Lord Bishop of Moosonee. * My Lord, ' I have been reciuested, in behalf of the Arch- deacons and Clergy of tin; diocese of .Moosonee, to ex[)ress to your lordship our united and sincere thanks for the very able and excellent Charge delivered by you hist Sunday, in the C^athedral at Moose, and which it was our privilege to hear. ' In order that your lordship's Charge may be pre- served, and also that we may each possess a copy of It, I humbly beg, in behalf of my missionavy 3—2 36 Al'PKNDIX. brethren la1)ourinf,v in this diocese, that your lordship will kindly have it printed. ' We take this opportunity of most sincerely con- gratulating your lordship upon the measure of health and strength which God has vouchsafed unto you, enabling you to labour in this vast diocese, as our head, for so great a number of years ; and also that your lordship's untiring zeal and constant efforts for the welfare of the people of this land have been so abundantly blessed. ' In behalf of the Archdeacons and Clergy of this diocese, I beg to subscribe myself, ' Your lordship's obedient servant, * HY. NEVITT. * Secretary. ' Moose Factory, 'February iith, 1887.' THE END. EllLINO A SONS. PRINTERS, GUILDFOia ^