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Several months ago, when the scheme of rebuilding our Sunday School was first mooted, among the proposals for raising contributions was one for a Htde book, to be written by members of our Congregation, which might hope to find kindly welcome and friendly criticism from its circle of readers. At the same time it was felt that some record of the work done during the year 1888-9, and details of the new parochial machinery in working or in prospect, would be a great boon to the members of the Congregation, who, in default of the information usually furnished by a Parish Magazine, are dependent upon Church Notices and the reports of casual conversation. Our little book offers, therefore, two sections of material. It contains a complete record of parochial events during the past year, and some account of all agencies and societies organized in connection with the Church. In the second part will be found some original contributions. (3) 'feN CONTENTS. ■Jl «^ Introduction, Parish Offices, Etc Church Services Sunday School Ladies' Society of Church Workers Young Men's Association, St. Mark's Boys' Association The Church Choir Parish Events, 18889 Offertories for the Poor. Baptisms, Marriages, Funerals St. Mary's Parish, Report of D. C. S. Meeting, Plans for the new Sunday School, Subscriptions, ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS. Notes of an Ocean Voyage. By S. E. A (With Illustrations.) The Effect of True Poetry. ByJ. R. B., Our Country. ByM. M. deS., Recollections of the Stone Church. By T. W. D., A Brief Dictionary of Canadian Expressions. Collected by an Enquiring Englishman PAGE. 3 7-8 8 9 10-12 12-13 14 15 1&-17 18-19 19 20 21-25 26-27 27 29-33 34 35-36 37-38 39-40 (6) PARISH OFFICERS. Clergs : Rev. JOHN deSOYRES, M.A. Rev. W. O. RAYMOND, B.A. (Rector-designate of St. Mary's Parinh.) ^ ^ [\ Ci)nrti) tPardene: T. W. DANIEL. J. R. RUEL. G. F. SMITH, W. M. JARVIS, W. K. CRAWFORD. W. H. MERRITT, W. H. B. SADLEIR, R. B. EMERSON, beetrj} : C. H. FAIRWEATHER, E. G. KAYE, C. MASTERS, J. C. HATHEWAY, A. P. TIPPET, J. R. ARMSTRONG. beetrg €Urk: FRANK O. ALLISON. (Drganist: Miss MACLAUCHLAN. (7) COMMITEES. iTinancc. — G. F. Smith, C. Masters, C. H. Fairweather, W. H. Merritt, E. G. Kaye. iiJnilbing.— J. R. Armstrong, W. K. Crawford, W. M. Jarvis, E. G. Kaye, R. B. Emerson. tunb.— W. M. Jarvis, E. G. Kaye, J. R. Armstrong. Qunban Scljool.— Rector and Church Wardens, J. R. Armstrong, G. F. Smith, W. H. Merritt, W. K. Ciawford, W. M. Jarvis, W. H. B. Sadleir. [*** Messrs. J. R. Ruel, W. M. Jarvis, and J. R. Armstrong to act as Sub-Committee with the representatives of the Ladies' Asso- ciation, Mrs. Daniel, Mrs. G. F. Smith, Mrs. Keator.] €l)nrcl) iHusic — The Rector, Mrs. J. R. Armstrong, Miss Maclauchlan, C. Masters, F. H. J. Ruel, T. W. Daniel, G. C. Coster, G. L. Robinson, G. A. Kimball. (jlljaritablc Edief.— The Rector, W. K. Crawford, W. II B. Sadleir, Rev. W. O. Raymond, A. P. Tippett, R. B. Emerson. 9t. illara'6 €l)urcl). — T. W. Daniel, A. P. Tippett, W. M. Jarvis. J^me aniJ Sittinge. —J. R. Ruel, C. Masters, W. H. Merritt, W. M. Jarvis, Dr. J. C. Hatheway. Qlubitora.— Geo. F. Smith, R. B. Emerson. » * * i CHURCH SERVICES. 0unba2. — Morning Service at 1 1. Evening Service at 7. Holy Communion on first Sunday in the month, after Morn- ing Service, and on great Festivals. Children's Service on the last Sunday in the month at 3.15. Ulcdncsbag. — Evening Service at 5. Bible Class on Wednesday afternoons at 4.15. [Special Services in Advent and Lent.] (8) SUNDAY SCHOOL. » * * X Superintendent: The Rector. • Treasurer . T. W. Daniel. Secretary : W. J. Wilson. Teachers: Mrs. T. W. Daniel. Mrs . G. F. Fisher, Miss Frost, *' G. Murray, Miss J. Barlow, ^ << r vard, " G. F. Smith, i( Sadleir, <( hunter, " de Soyres, (( Cowan, ii Matthews, " Perky, i( Hanington, « M click. " Howe, <( Clarke, Pupils: Number enrolled. Boys, 75; Girls, 97, ... Total, 172. *^* The Sunday School meets in the afternoon at 3 o'clock. Teachers' Class on Friday afternoons at 4.30. The Sunday School for some time had laboured under con- siderable disadvantages. The accommodation was, confessedly inadequate, and since the resignation of Mr. C. F. Kinnear, there was no actual superintendent. In spite of this, the teachers worked with zeal and method, and the Sunday School, as a whole, was in an efficient state But it was the general feeling that a great effort was still need- ful to raise the work of the school to the standard worthy of our Parish, The first need is for a Superintendent, and this post is still held by the Rector temporarily, with the assistance of Mr. Daniel, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Murray. It may still be hoped, before long, that someone may be found willing to fill this most responsible post: and, in the mean time, that all the teachers, especially those in charge of the junior classes, will avail them- selves of all the means of instruction and examination within their reach. It is proposed to hold an annual examination in June, when certificates will be granted to those pupils who attain a satisfactory standard of merit. (9) LADIES' SOCIETY OF CHURCH WORKERS. I In response to an invitation given by the Rector, on Sunday, November nth, 1888, for a meeting of all interested in Church work, a number of ladies met in the School Room on Tuesday, November 13th. At that meeting it was decided to change the old "Sewing Society " into a larger and more extensive one, taking for its name " The Ladies' Society of Church Workers." It was also agreed to have a President, several Vice-Presi- dents, and a Committee of Management ; and that these Office bearers should meet the First, Friday of each month for the tran- saction of any business in connection with the ladies part of Church work. Several Sub-committees were also formed; namely, a Plain Needle-work Committee; a Fancy-work Com- mittee; a Musical and Literary Committee; and a Refection Committee. It was decided that there should be an annual fee of 25 cents from each member of the Society. The most important need at present for united Church work is the Enlargement and Improvement of the School House, and it was unanimously decided to hold a Sale for that purpose early in June. The old Sewing Society worked well and faithfully for that object, as is proved by the fact that they were able to place $2,300 in the Saving's Bank, the proceeds of various Sales and Entertainments. The Church workers are anxious to make the Sale in June a very remunerative one, the enlargement of the School House being a necessity, ard they take this means of asking the hearty co-operation of the ' idles and young girls of the congregation. Those who can not attend the weekly Friday night meetings for sewing (where all are welcome), can do some piece or pieces of work at home, and in this way help very materially in making the Sale a success. Any further information will be gladly given by members of the committee of management, or any of the Sub -Com- mittees. (10) Ladies' Society of Church Workers. 11 ^ V The office bearers and various committees for the present year, 1889, are — President: Mrs. G. M. Armstrong. Vice- Presidents. Lady Tilley, Mrs. W. K. Crawford, " R. E. Puddington, " H. D. McLeod, " W. F. Butt, Secretary- Treasurer Committee of Management. Mrs. G. E. Keator, Mrs. G. L. Robinson, Mrs. deSoyres, « T. W. Daniel. " C. H. Fairweather, " J. F. Robertson, " E. L. Perkins. Miss Lawrence. " J. S. McGivern, " George Murray, Miss J. R. Barlow, " Fotherby, " Patton, " Handford. " J. R. Armstrong, " G. F. Fisher, " W. W. Turnbull, " G. F. Smith, " R. Patchell, " H. Merritt, Musical and Literary Committee. Mrs. J. R. Armstrong. Mrs. W. Carter, " R. Jardine, " A. Morrisey, " S. Alward, Miss Maclauchlan, " C. A. Macdonald, " Matthews. Plain Needle Work Committee. Mrs. W. K. Crawford, Mrs. Wm. Thomas, » Lawton, " G.L.Robinson, «« R. Patchell, The Misses Patton. Fancy Work Committee. Mrs. H. D. McLeod, " Horace King, " J. F. Robertson, " F. Burpee, " G. F. Fisher, " J. S. McGivern, ' C. H. Fairweather, " R. E. Puddington, " J. E. Golding, Mrs. G. DeForest, " H. Wardroper, " Geo. Murray, Miss B. Thomas, " Secord. " E. McAvity, " L. Lawrence, " McGivern, The Misses Ketchum, 12 Ladies' Society of Church Workers. Refection Committee. Mrs. G. F. Smith, ^ Mrs. C. Masters, G. E. Keator, E. L. Perkins. F. Sancton, T.W.Daniel, ' T. B. Hanington, G. Kimball, John Cowan, W. F. Butt, T. Estey, Emerson. YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION op ST. JOHN'S CHURCH. G. A. Kimball, . . , ^ .^ C A «-,«„ • •••*•• Prestde7it. *— A. Kmnear, jr., . i/- r. Stanley Olive • • • • yue-Presideyit. ^^<:retary- Treasurer. Committee. ^- ^ ^^"'■^'y- J. E. Secord. A. Adams, v r \^ F. O. Allison, p w ^">'"' F- M. Morrisey, R. J. Armstrong. ^,^^'1,%, ^^ Murray. G. H. Clarice, J-^- K ,,, ^^ ^ ^^^^^ F.W.Daniel. H Ki^^'''^'' ^ • «• J- Ruel. G.H. Flood, ChT^wh a- Sancton, E. H. Flood H R ^"'^1 ' ^- ^- ^^^«'-^'' J.E.Golding. CM. . S RB.Scovil, P. Hanington C. Macdonald, A. Thorne. A. D. W.^Ho^ard, \Tu\ "' ™^>'' \\T u 1 • ^- Manks, T TJlIm W.H„„,p,.e,. H.H.Magee, ^: ^it^,, G. H. McKay, \ ^ ton. Yo.No Men's Association op St. John's Church. 13 acX workers V ^'™'"« ''"'"'' "P°" ""= '«=>-•» "fall in .he Cub, oXnTl;,^^: ^""^ '°'^ "^^"^"'^ ''-^'h dared i a : rr::'rs*%'"'='".''r °' "-^ ^-«« "- -■ acknowledge adequa.el thHelf LcrM '^ " '" '™P°'^^''''= '° several of our ^ n.eV': SX^Sd^dt'. ^"^^^ plete a work which in noinf r.f h . ^"'^nt and day to com- admira-ion of all :^: ZZ'o'TcI::^. ™"'''"^"^^'' "^ *^ J. deS. #^ ST. MARK'S BOYS' ASSOCIATION. \ I SENIOR DIVISION. President The Rector. Captain, Harry Armstrong. Vice- Captain, ...... Ernest Ruel. Secretary, Harold Waterbury. Committee. ¥. Keator, G. Beverley, F. Addy, F. Hunter, W. Knodell, D. Murray, E. Manning, J. McKean. JUNIORS. Captain C. Manning. Vice -Captain Harold Allison. Secretary D. Waterbury, The Boys' Association was founded soon after the Rector's arrival in the Parish. Its object was to bring together our boys, not only for the purpose of healthy exercise and recreation, but also for united effort in other and more serious directions. The first event was an excursion to Westfield on the 26th of May, when some athletic sports took place, and certain of the hardier ones ventured on a bathe in the river. Then followed a very successful cricket season, eight matches being won and only two lost. This brilliant result was mainly due to the good batting and bowling of Armstrong, E. Ruel, McKean, Murray, and H. Waterbury, while on more than one occasion F. Keator and G. Beverly displayed excellent form. CRICKET CLUB — Matches Played in 1888. Date. Opponent. Result. June 2 Leinster Street School, Won by 7 runs. 9 Junior Grammar School, Won by 4 runs. ^3 St. Paul's Sunday School, ... Won by 16 runs. 29 Grammar School, Won by 19 runs. 30 Leinster Street School, Won by 21 runs. July 2 St. Paul's S- School (return);... Lost by 9 wickets. 7 St. Stephen's Sunday School, Won by 5 runs. Aug. 25 Rothesay Junior Cricket Club, Won by 44 runs. Junior Athletic Club Lost by an innings and 108 runs. 30 Rothesay Junior C. C. (return), Won by 13 runs. Result : Won 8 ; Lost 2. V V (14) i THE CHURCH CHOIR. Mr. W. A. Lordly, " C. Masters, " G. L. Robinson. Among the branches of our Church work which have shown most gratifying improvement is that of Church Music. The Rector, soon after his appointment, was asked by the Vestry to appoint a committee to deal with the improvement of Church Music, and the following ladies and gentlemen consented to act upon it : Mrs. J. R. Armstrong, Mr. G. C. Coster, Miss Maclauchlan, " W. M.Jarvis, Mr. T. W. Daniel, " F. H. Ruel, [The President of the Y. M. Association also, ex-officio\ It was decided somewhat to reduce, for a time, the amount of concerted music, appointing the first Siiiday of the month for a full service with anthem. The result has been a gradual but decided improvement in the efficiency of the choir, and still greater excellence is in prospect. Many valuable recruits have joined our ranks ; and too much praise cannot be given to Miss Maclauchlan, whose untiring zeal, both in Church and at practice, has in a great measure contributed to the result. In view of the fact that nearly all the places in the choir seats are now occupied, it behooves our probationers to be most regular in attendance, and to avail them- selves on all occasions of the extra practices organized by Miss Maclauchlan. Both on Christmas Day, and Easter, the choir gave excellent renderings of the anthems ?nd services selected, and we cannot but be thankful that in this most important aid towards the praise of God in our Church, such progress ha . .en obtained. (15) PARISH EVENTS (1888-9). 1888. April 4 8. May 13- 27. June 10. July 2. 8. Aug. 12. 19. Sept. 9- 24. Oct. 14. Nov. II. ^5- Dec. 9- 2$. 1889. Eet). 17. Mar. 12. . Induction of new Rector. Sermon by Canon Brigstocke. Reading-in of new Rector. Special Service for men only. Address by the Rector. (Trinity Sunday.; Anniversary of Sunday Schools of St. Mark's Parish. Address to men by Rev. L. G. Stevens. Special Missionary Service. Sermon by Canon Brigstocke. Address to men by Rev. C. J. James. Address to men by Ca^on Brigstocke. Church Parade of Artillery Brigade. Address to men by Rev. O. G. Dobbs. Confirmation. Address to men by Rev. Allan Daniel. Address to men by Rev. J. M. Davenport. Thanksgiving Day. Sermon by Rev. W. O. Ray- mond. Sermon by the Metropolitan. Ch^iistmas Day. Special Oflfertory for poor. ($148.29.) Sermon on behalf of D. C. S. Rural Deanery Meeting and Service. [Offertory for Incapacitated Clergy Fund.] Present : Rev. G. A- Schofield, R. D.; Canon DeVeber, Revs. A. J. Gollmer, R. Simonds, W. Greer, H. M. Spike, A. J. Reid, R. W. Browne, O. G. Dobbs, W. O. Ray- mond. N (16) «J Parish Events. 17 3cke. ctor. Is of mon April I. Public Meeting to consider proposed division of Parish. 22. Easter Vestry. The annual elections were duly held on Easter Monday. There was not so large an at- tendance as was the case last year, but the congre- gation was well represented. The result of the elections will be found under the head of " Parish Officers." Among topics raised at the meeting was the question of the new Sunday School, and a motion approving the plans adopted by the Com- mittee was unanimously carried. Another motion, empowering the Vestry to convey the lands and buildings of St. Mary's district to the new Cor- poration was likewise carried. May 5. Presentation of Captain's Badge of S. M. B. A. to Harry Armstrong. ^ ay- 29.) V for .A- J- A. ay- OFFERTORIES FOR THE POOR. The following report of receipts and disbursements has been made by Mr. W. K. Crawford, the Treasurer of the Alms Fund: ST. JOHN'S (STONE) CHURCH RELIKF FUND. PARISH OF ST. MARKS. ,888. Frotn March isi, i8SS, to Mar,. //, i88g. Mar. I. Cash on hand, 5. Good F'riday, Collection for Jews, April I. Easter, Collection, a. m., for Poor, May 6. Collection, a. m., for Poor, 20. Whit Sunday, Collection, a. m., for Poor, June 3. Collection, a. m., for Poor, July I. " " " " Aug. 5. " " " " Sept. 2. " " " " Oct. 7. " Nov. 6. " " " " \ 15. Thanksgiving Day, Collection, a. m., for Poor, Dec. 2. Sunday, Collection, a. m., for Poor, 25. Christmas, " " " 1889. Jan. 6. Sunday, " " " Feb. 3. " " " " Donations to February 28, 1889, I50 61 20 66 74 68 20 19 20 78 19 63 13 17 15 65 12 04 10 46 34 44 15 22 20 09 148 29 16 II 23 07 39 56 1888. Disbursements to March ist. 1889. March. To Poor, 149 25 April. Poor and Jews, 60 28 May. Poor, 37 95 June. It 39 55 July. II 17 50 August. II 21 00 September. 11 39 25 October. II 15 47 November. II 48 48 December. 1. 39 40 1889. January. u 62 48 February. II 90 07 Man I . Cash on hand, 33 97 $554 65 - 1 554 65 (18) Baptisms, Marria(;i:s, Etc. lU ;en J: \ \ \65 J 65 A scheme for the reorganization of our methods of charitable relief has been pre[)ared, and has received the sanction of the Vestry. In brief, it will embody the principle that all extraordi- nary relief, (that is, in cases not regularly provided for at the monthly meetings,) help is to be given only in the form of orders upon stores for food, signed by the Rector and Treasurer, and only after personal investigation at the applicant's house has been made. Charitable aid, in all cases, will be given through the lady visitors, and not 1.. the Rector's or Treasurer's houses. The district visitors meet the Rector and Treasurer on the Tues- day immediately following the first Sunday in the month, when monthly pensions are paid, and applications are considered. Members of the Committee and District Visitors. The Rector. Mr. W. K. Crawford, (Treasurer.) Mrs. deSoyres, Mrs. J. R. Armstrong, Mrs. J. McGivern, " Daniel, Miss Thomas, " G. L. Robinson, " Kaye, Mrs. G. Murray, Miss J. R. Barlow. " A. B. Wetmore, [Visitors in St. Mary's Parish : Mrs. Lawton, Miss Ruel,] A very considerable debt of gratitude is owing to the Treas- urer, for unfailing patience in testing the many claims made to him, and careful management of the funds at disposal. Saptietne in 1888-9. — Twenty-two infants; three adults. marriages. — May 7, 1888, George E. Day and Clarissa Dodge. June 13, 1888, Silas Alward and S. E. Turnbull. July 25, 1888, R. T. Leavitt and Julia Reading. Aug. 21, 1888, D. M. Manks and Agnes Puddinton. Jan. 15, 1 889, Walter O.Purdy and Bertha May Mills. Feb, 1 2, 1 889, E. C. DaCosta and Helen C. Raymond. Apl. 30, 1889, A. C. Puddington and M. A. Ketchum. .f nnerals. — Eighteen. C"'^* These are exclusive of Baptisms, Marriages, and Funerals solemnized in the district of .St. Mary's, for which see the following report.] CONFIRMATION. On September 24th the Metropolitan of Canada confirmed twenty-one candidates in St. John's Church. All of whom received the Holy Communion at a special administration the next morning. 1 1 RKPORT OF THE TIISTRICT OF ST. MARY'S. [FurnUhtii ty Rkv. W. O. Raymunu, Mitmt*^ *•• chart*, and Ktitof'VnifmHt.] 1888-9 1887-8 134 133 53 52 148 166 34 17 55 69 37 5 17 16 42 63 I3r no 188 169 27 26 • I458 57 I445 09 . 365 87 264 33 W. 0. R Statistical Report. Public Services on Sundays, Week Days, ... Sermons preached by myself, " " bretliren, ... baptisms (including 3 adults), Confirmed, Marriages, Burials, Communicants, ... Average attendance of Scholars, ... Nut"' "r of S S. Teachers, Con, .^utiod ler Envelopes, " " loose collections. [Mr. Raymond adds to these statistics some comments which the narrow limits of this report, unfortunately, do not enable us to reproduce. And his report suffers, not unnaturally, from one serious omission, that of a tit tribute to his own work in a most difficult and responsible sphere. The circumstances which led to the proposal to constitute St. Mary's as a sepa- rate parish have been already made known. The present Rec- ctor, acting in full agreemenJ with the advice of his venerable predecessor, felt that not only could there be a great gain in practical working, but that a piece of substantial justice would be done; firsdy, to the congregation which had already attained virtual independence; and secondly, to a brother minister whose name stood in deserved repute for efficient and untiring labour in Church and Parish. It is well known that besides fulfilling all demands in his own district, M;, Raymond has been for some time tlie manager of the Sunday ». aool Union, and has recently taken up the advocacy of the White ".'v. movement. It is believed that the proposed ;/r on, Kntiertaken after ripe consideration, and with the unani >io:.!s ppcoval of l.r n congre- gations, will promote the spiritual uuvanti,,jc of our Ciiurch.] (20) I - 1 I PUBLIC MEETING ON BEHALF OF THE DIOCESAN CHURCH SOCIETY. [ [As various causes, prevputed a j,'ood attendance at this meeting, it has been thoughf idvi.ible to furnish a fuller report of tlie principal speeches tiuui couitl be given by the daily papers, so that tiie facts and arguments adduced might be brought before the whole con- gregation.! The meeting was held in the Parish School Room on Thurs- day, February 28, 1889. After the meeting had been opened by prayer, the Rector briefly opened the proceedings, and called upon the Rev. D. V. Gwilym, who in very eloquent terms pleaded *.he necessity of securing for the Diocese the efficient supply of " consecrated men and consecrated means." He was followed by Canon Neales, Rector ^f Woodstock, who gave an exhaustive and interesting account of his own Rural Deanery. After des- cribing its area, population, and general features, he urged that there should be at least seven more clergymen placed within this area, and in order that this work be effectively carried on, a re- arrangement should be made, by which five new missions could be set apart, thus making use of the rapidly changing circum- stances of the country both as regards its settlement and means of travel, and occupying the ground as soon as possible. The County of Madawaska, for instance, now in charge of one clergy- man, ought to be divided, and the centres of the two missions v.ould be respectively Grand Falls and Edmunslon. There -bould be a clergyman stadoned fourteen miles up the Tobique. /mother clergyman should have charge of the Mission of Aber- deen, to be formed out of the civil parishes of Wakefield, and many circumstances more which might be mentioned go to prove how necessary it is for the Church to put forth special efforts towards the fostering of its Home Missions. The first resolution, affirming the great need for further efforts in the Diocese, was then carried unanimously. The second reso- lution, expressing confidence in the Diocesan Ch'.jrrh c.^.„:g*., was moved by the Rev. J. H. Talbot in a very exctilentspeedi' (21) •H 22 Public Meeting, Diocesan Church Society. (which we regret not having been able to obtain), and seconded by Mr. George A. Schofield, who pointed out many things that ' should encourage us to renewed effort on behalf of the Missionary work of the Church. He explained that in 1870, when the S. P. G. first made their grant to the Diocese, and the Board of Home Missions was established, the grant from that Society was $14,000, or 70 per cent, of the total sum ($20,208) then distributed by the D. C. S. ; whereas, now it is only $4,500, out of a total of $30,000, or about 15 per cent. At that time there were 52 Clergy, now there are 79. After a reference to the growth of the work in those 20 years, and shewing that the necessities of the Diocese had led to the appointment of a permanent Committee to make known to Churchmen all the work that required help, t^ , speaker t-.cn took up the financial statement of the D. C. S. in order that it might clearly appear how inadequate its present resources were to supply the present needs. The. amount required for the current year, including the deficit of 1888, is about $31,000 From 45 aided missions $17,200 is promised. " 25 self-sustaining missions,.. 5,800 was expected. " S. P. G.,.. 4,563 " D. C. S., interest, etc., 2,525 $30,088 This would leave a deficiency of. $ 912 But the self-sustaining missions have fallen about i.ooo below the estimate, so that we shall be short this year $ 1,912 or thereabout even of what is required to carry on the present work. The self-sustaining parishes in St. John and Portland had been asked for $3,050, and had so far only paid $2,327. There are 5,980 Church people in those parishes, and an average of one cent a week for each would give $3,110. Out of the 5,980 only 418 give anything to the D. C. S. In the Parish of St. Mark the speaker estimated that there are at least 1,500 Church people. (The census shows : Prince Ward, 1,069 Wellington 940 King's, 607 2,616 but only parts of Wellington and King's are included.) Public Meeting, Diocesan Church Society. 23 There are only 64 Subscribers to the D. C. S., and there is not one under $1. $500 had been expected but only $343 had been paid so far (that is, outside of donations to Widows' and Orphans' Fund). There are 26 more Clergy needed in the Diocese to provide all the services required, and it will take $14,300 to pay their stipends. There are 46,700 Church people in the Diocese, an average of one cent a week from each, in addition to present contributions would produce $24,284 — out of 46,700 less than 4,000 give to the D. C. S. The speaker then referred to an impression that had got abroad that the D. C. S. was a party society, and stated em- phatically that since 1870, when the Board of Home Missions was established, there had not been one single grant made on party lines, or a single discussion about grants in which members of the Board had been divided by party spirit. Mr. Schofield also reminded the meeting that they had always been represented on the Board, as for many years Rev. Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Daniel, and Mr. Jarvis had been among its members. In concluding, the speaker urged that all should unite in the effort to provide services for our fellow Churchmen who earnesdy ask us to help them ; that we should endeavour to get every one to subscribe, not despising the smallest contributions ; and that we should nut allow diversity of thought or method to end in strife and division, which is so great a hindrance to the work of winning souls for Christ. Mr. W. M. Jarvis moved the third Resolution, as follows : " That it is the duty of this I'arish to aid the work of Home Missions in the Diocese at large." More than twenty-five years ago, at the call of the late Rector, he had attended and spoken at a similar meeting. He was a young man then, and new to the work, and he had advocated it on general principles, forgetting that while the congregation had been always liberal, and the duty of giving to religious purposes was admitted, there were peculiar circumstances in connection with the parish which had checked the full tide of its liberality towards the Church Society, which should be fairly discussed. Then the Church of England had but recently been agitated by the attempt to crush the evangelical school of thought. The 24 Public Meeting, Diocesan Church Society. famous Gorhatn judgment, in 1850, alone saved its exclusion from the mother church ; and in New Brunswick this parish, always distmctively evangelical, had had its trials too in the mistaken efforts made to call the same school of thought in question here. Such struggles could not but leave traces behind, and the recollection of them unquestionably still influenced many leading and influential churchmen in the parish. But they should recollect that diversities of opinion had always existed, and that such con- tests had but served to show the catholicity and breadth of the Church of England, a church, a congregation, in the truest sense, wide enough to contain all, low, high, or broad, who loved our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. And the Home Mission work of the Diocese was conducted on such principles. For the Diocesan Church Society was nothing but an organization for carrying Home Mission work on. And that work was really the preaching of the gospel to the scattered members of the Church in newly settled districts of the Province, who themselves did all they could to help. The particular school of thought was not considered, but rather the wants of their brethren in these rural districts, who, without help, must be altogether without the ministrations which were here so much valued and so regularly enjoyed. The settled parish was a valuable factor in Church work — a help both to the Rector and to the people, if its theory and prin- ciples were recognized, and as far as practicable carried out; but Its machinery could not be entirely adapted to the new setriers in country districts. They, however, did what they could, and it was a rule with the Board af Home Missions that grants could be made only where the people in the mission had organized to a sufficient extent to contribute themselves a fair share of what was required to supply the ministrations asked. The cause was certainly /r/;«a facie a good one, and seemed to deserve support, but he knew objections would suggest them- selves and he wished to consider them fairly. Perhaps they had heard of slovenliness in some aided mission or of what appeared to be an excessive ritual or ceremonial intro- duced by the missionary in another. Such cases would always occur. In this world everything was mixed with imperfection. The missionaries were but human— ordinary flesh and blood. ..LiiiJ Public Meeting, Diocesan Church Society, 25 He thought that a great deal of harm was done in some quarters by too highly exalting the office and not looking to the man. The result was that quite too much was expected, and when disap- pointment came, contributions were refused altogether. Such instances were, however, very exceptional. In by far the greater number of cases real earnest work was being done. We should look rather to this. We should think of such work as that which the Bishop Coadjutor had been instrumental in carrying on at Ludlow, or that of the Rev. Mr. Hoyt on the Tobique and the Upper St. John. Mistakes might be made, but the workers should be respected and helped for their works' sake. The resolution was seconded by Mr. C. H. Fairweather, and carried uxPnimously. The -Tieeting was then closed by prayer and the benediction. THE NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL BUILDING. The need for some enlargement of our present Sunday School has been long felt, and the zeal of the ladies of the congregation had succeeded in amassing a considerable sum of money for the purpose. No serious steps, however, were taken until last year, when several meetings were held to consider plans drawn up by Mr. J, McKean. Some difference of opinion as to the extent of the enlargement, and the amount of funds to be depended on post- poned any final discussion till the present year, when an influential joint committee, representing the Vestry and the newly formed Ladies' Association, decided unanimously in favour of a scheme originally advocated by Mr. W. M. Jarvis. It was also decided to commenee operations without delay. Particulars of the pro- posed scheme will be gathered from the following memorandum, kindly communicated by Mr. Jarvis : " In providing extended Sunday School accommodation in connection with St. John's Church, it is proposed, first, to erect an entirely new build- ing fronting on Sewell Street, and next, to utilize the present Sunday School Building on Carleton Street as the main entrance to the large hall and class room in the new building in rear. "Sewell Street being at this point considerably lower than Carleton Street, there will be ample room for the class rooms below the principal hall, the floor of which will be on the level of the Carleton Street en- trance. "This hall, which will form the principal Sunday School room, will be about seventy-three feet in length by forty-six feet in width, and will be lighted by windows on each side and at the north end. As it will form the upper story of the new building it will be unbroken by pillars or any other obstructions. It will have an entrance also by an outside stairway from Sewell Street. " Reached by an easy stairway from the Carleton Street entrance, and on the second story from Sewell Street, will be large Infant and Bible Class rooms about twenty-eight by thirty-six and twenty by thirty- six feet, and a third room available as a storeroom ; while the basement on Sewell Street will furnish space for the storage of fuel, as well as for the furnaces, should it be determined to heat the whole Church by hot water oi steam from this point. (20) . :. •' r 11 '^ The New Sunday School Building. 27 4% " Eventually a residence for the sfexton may be erected on the vacant lot to the westward of this building and in rear of the Church, " Besides furnishing an entrance to the Sunday School and class rooms in the new building, the present school house will give space for a large room to be used for the ladies sewing circle, the young men's society, and meetings connected with the Church, and also for a smaller one to be fitted as a kitchen. Other rooms for the use of the Rector and for a vestry room, in which will be built a vault for containing the Church Records can also be provided. " The present estimate for th work contemplated is about |8,5oo, towards which sum the ladies of the congregation have already secured upwards of |2,5oo. The remainder will be provided by the congrega- tion as the funds are required. " VV. M. J." [*** The amount referred to was, by vote of the Ladies' As- sociation, transferred to the charge of the Vestry. To this has been subsequently added a further sum of $50, the proceeds of a bazaar held at the house of Mr. G. A. Knodell, by the aid of Miss Jennie Knodell, and the Misses Louise, Gertrude, and Edith Skinner, and Miss McKean. This sum was reserved for a special object, by request of the donors, and was received on behalf of the Vestry at the Sunday School, by Mr. F. O. Allison. A con- cert organized by Mrs. J. R. Armstrong took place in Trinity School Room, by kind permission of Canon Brigstocke, and was well attended.] FROM LIVERPOOL TO RIMOUSKI GOOD SHIP "PARISIAN." To thoroughly enjoy the ocean life you must be well ; then your spirits become as buoyant as the waves. The roll of the ship is a delight, and walking about the deck seems altogether too tame to mean exercise. Why, you fairly dance along ! You cannot help it! But when a fear of mal de mer hovers over the timid traveller, when even the odor of the oil on the engines painfully impresses his quickened sense of smell, then he seems almost as misei Me as when he really suc- cumbs to all the distress of that most uncomfortable infliction which Mark Twain not inaptly calls " the Oh, My ! " We only know of it from graphic description, for we have been most fortunate in our sea experience. Our first dinner on board the good ship is taken while she is still lying in the Mersey; 2.\\\A^ boutonnilre ioXA^di in each napkin (29) Jf 30 From Liverpool to Rimouski. seems a delicate reminder that we will soon be where flowers are not. Our opposite neighbor is so pleasant and amusing we instinctively feel that he will add much to the brightness of our voyage. On his left is a young man with dark eyes, and some- what bilious complexion, who already grows melancholy over the prospects of the sea-sickness he feels sure is ahead of him. He has never crossed the Atlantic, but he is positive he cannot escape the terrible bug-bear, because his father, his grandfather, and numerous other relatives have "nearly died" with it. We do our best to cheer him, but in vain, so we turn to him who sits on the right of our promising neighbour, a timid, nervous-looking young fellow, coming out as assistant to a lady who brings motherless little ones to find homes in the New World. This, too, is his first bit of ocean travel, and when he tells us with a sigh that he is " very fearful," we feel that the common malady is almost sure to claim him for its own, and we are not at all surprised when his place at table knows him no more, until there are signs of ap- proaching land ; in fact our cheery friend opposite has to hold his own, unsupported on either side, for several days. In our inex- perience we fancied that an ocean voyage would give an e.xccllent chance for some solid and systematic reading, but we know nothing then of the bewitching dolce far niente with which the ship life abounds. Just to lie back in one's steamer-chair and gaze at the sky, or dreamily to watch the crested waves, seems pleas- ure enough, and after a while even thinking is too much ex- ertion. To any one with weary brain or tired nerves the rest must be inexpressibly sweet. No cares, no anxieties, no re- , sponsibilities. Then there are the morning and afternoon walks to be taken, with a nap after lunch. Really one has no time for reading. And, if one is devoted to ring-toss, quoits, or any other ship game, here is still another way in which time 'passes with great ease. u From Liverpool to Rimouski. 81 A man from Yorkshire gives us some food for amusement because of his ardour at Skittles, in consequence of which exer- tion he finds it necessary to take sundry naps pub- licly in the Music Saloon, when he becomes even more amusing. Our good Captain is certainly "a host in him- self"; he tries to combine pleasure with instruction, and gives us astronomical object lessons on deck, quite on the Kindergarten prin- ciple. He seizes any young man who happens to be near and makes him do duty for the earth, the Captain himself representing the sun, and some one else being called upon to personate the moon. The Cap- tain is very serious over all this, but the little group of passen- gers gathered around see much that is mirth-provoking in the way the earth is compelled to turn about as if on its axis, and if the earth does not feel par- ticularly good-natured about it vi^^^P^P^^^^^^^^^ the effect is excedingly funny. '^^ " What a fine teacher for his chil- dren the Captain must make, if his short visits at home allow him any time, poor man ! When we have been out from land six days there is a cry of ice-bergs, and we hurry on deck, every available glass seized to assist the vision. At first we can see nothing, but after a moment of steady gazing in one direction through the glass at our dis- posal, a strange, misty shape can be discerned away off on the horizon, where the sea and sky seem to meet. In an hour or two 32 1 From Iiverpool to Rimouski. fZin^H i u P ''°'' '"^"S^'^ ^« °"^ that we may all see t distinctly, and he .s as good as his word. In a few hours we approach so near to one of these strange, mysterious form that oneyoun^man is quite sure he could "strike it with a nennv " he IS deceived, however, for we must be several hudred yards Its shape The ghnt of the sun on its frosted crest and the d eds'of tt ^^ ''"' T '° "'■ ^"^''-"^^' y^«' there are hun- dreds of them resting on the top of our beautiful berg. •' Well ust watch hem a moment " he calls to us again. Aifd then^S e great flock and fly away. It seems almost cruel to disturb But after a while even the excitement over icebergs calms tself a htde, and we who have the concert to look aftef for the following evening must busy ourselves over that. It s ifficult P ed but rr? V ^'^ ""^'^ ^^^°°" '^ --'y always occu sounH, tl '^'P "° °"" '^ ^^^y ^"tical, the old songs There V'toThT/'^H' ^^7^"— - made for mistake^ we ren^e ' ber 1^ .r '' '''°"' *^'' ""^^ entertainment when we remember that the morrow will mean a parting from some Zm^TTf'' ^'^ '"^'"^^ "P °^ -hat'has sfemed a lUt worW by Itself, shut out from everything save the common hv terests of narrowed limits. The captain says he hopes toTand us at Rimouski by the noon of to-morrow. whL those who go on to Quebec and Montreal will have a day or two longer of Ae sh n wt .h "r T' "' '''' '°"^^^^ ^^^^--bles in thf dining room wuh those of the performers, who are prepared to read of rec^ whde the singers, to be near the piano, remain above in th r^ust aloon, wuh the distinct understanding that they shall in J as tht"e'b:neatr ^^ ''''''''-' ''' ^"^"^ ^°-he beneltrf in.?f^<. m"" °^'t^^ «:;eningis unquestionably the Captain's render- ng of Nancy Lee." which calls forth vociferous applause and oud cries of encore, but our good sailor has quietly sTpped Lwa o his post on the bridge. Then comes a little impLmp^pee h from an orator on board, calling to mind the perils' throughTwct From Liverpool to Rimouski. 33 we have been brought to so near our haven, and commending the brave man to whose skill, as well as to whose eenial kindness, we are so much indebted. Three hearty cheers and " a tiger " show that these sentiments find an echo in each breast, and the audience breaks forth in "He's a Jolly Good Fellow" before our little entertamment is brought to a close with " God Save the Queen." The evening promenade on deck is interrupted to-night, for we find up there an awning of sails and flags, lit up with a lantern or two. and a jovial Scotchman has produced a violin from some- where on which he performs a sort of jig, with quite enough of a tunc to It for the Virginia Reel. How we swing about! It is quite unhke any dancing on shore, and infinitely more enjoyable This IS a htde treat for which we are wholly indebted to our good Captain, ^ In the morning we are up betimes, but not so soon as many 01 our fellow passengers, who are on deck inhaling the delicious odors from the land, for we are on the broad bosom of the Saint Lawrence now. and the wind comes to us laden with the scent of pines. No more mal de mer / The unfortunate sufferers who have never left their berths since last we saw land have a look of deep content on their weary faces, and our bilious neighbor, to whom we forbade the use of his pipe, is smoking once more, and appears serenely happy. . Truly the land looks very fair to us after a week of nothing but water to gaze upon; but we are not altogether happy when Rimiouski comes in sight near noon and we see the tender putting off from shore, for we know this means farewell to our good fellow passengers, who have become more like friends than mere acquaintances in our one week of companionship. They give us a rousing cheer as we move off, to which the little party for Rimouski responds to the best of its ability; but no thought of happy home coming can quite take away from the regret with which we gaze, as long as we can see her. at the. good ship that has borne us so safely across the great ocean. • S. E. A. THE EFFECT OF TRUE POETRY. To the making of verses, should one even assay, Since the world is quite stocked with poems to-day (And though life may appear but hard prose to num'bers Een for such, if they knew it. true poesie slumbers, And needs but awakening, in order to prove That life's poetry blossoms mid patience and l.ve.) Then let it be mine to endeavour to raise A metrical si^n post set up to the praise Of a Shakespeare, a Milton, a Cowper so true, And all the great poets in memory's view : Great ones of the past, with those now in sight, Whose verses are varied as the minds they delight Smce they bring to the sufferer the scent of the fieid To the stayers-at-home the wealth travelling may yield- The lonely are cheer-d through their magical spell, ' While the mind by their aid in past eras may dwell ; E'en the weary, refreshment may find in a verse. If its words be but restful, sympathetic and terse. Some poems there are which can never grow old. To these this would point, since they true life unfold • They traverse a field both of history, and thought, For the needs of all nations with treasures are fraught Breathing hope for the sad ones, for penitents too They have thoughts for the glad, for the brave and the true • They speak of creation, and tell of the day When the Saviour Himself shall the universe sway. Though tracing them back to the far distant ages-^ Long ere Homer was known, or most of earth's sages — E'en io-day those who love them rejoice in their truth, For their source is perennial. Both old age and youth Find in them a response tr each call of the heart. Thus these marvellous poems true joy will impart. While this world doth remain, and on heaven's bright shore Their sweetest refrain shall resound o'er and over. To the glory of .iim, our Redeemer and King Whose praises on earth in the Psalter we sing. (34) J. R. B. t OUR COUNTRY. B. We are a nation, and we boast A country fair and free : Our fathers placed the landmarks here, When first they crossed the sea. With willing hands and honest hearts. Their purpose to fulfil, To make the fields they tilled their own, They worked with iron will. They came from Severn's flowery meads, From many a highland home ; And Erin saw, with sorrowing heart. Her children hither roam. And oft the blackened ocean ships Came struggling up the tide, And left their living cargoes here Along St. Lawrence side. 'Mid summer heat and winter snows Through many a weary year. The well-directed woodman's axe Laid hills and valleys bare. How oft the wild beast missed the haunts He never missed before ; How oft the wild bird left her nest, And never found it more ! # Returning spring new life infused. Where forests fled the plain ; And autumn, year by year, looked forth On widening fields of grain. 'Twas by their sweat and not by blood. They won our virgin soil ; And we shall still revere their names — Brave pioneers of toil. (35) HP'-' Our Country. We have no sins of pirate bands, To ciieck our hopes with fears ; What honest toil procures for man Will stand the test of years. For Norman blood invigorate, Still courses through the veins Of those whose fathers' chivalry Reclaimed Canadian plains. The plough has turned the warpath up, The wigwam's hearth is cold ; And culture decks with flowers and fruit The hunting grounds of old. Two generations of a race Alike are known to fame, As history and tradition span The stream wWch bears their name. The first reclaims the wilderness And portions out the soil ; The last relinquishes the lands Won by ancestral toil. Our first have done their duty well And left a heritage ; O may the last lie far beyond A long and glorious age. We are a nation, and we boast A country fair and free ; Our fathers placed the landmark here When first they crossed the sea. M. M. DE S. I ^^ Jk MEMOS. CONCERNING ST. JOHN'S CHURCH. V < .^^ Jk I: 1. — It was built in 1824. 2. — Opened for service September nth, 1825. when Arch- deacon Best, Rector of Fredericton, preached the sermon. 3. — Same year, Rev. Benjamin G. Gray of St. George's Church. Halifax, was appointed Rector of St. John in place of Rev. Robert Willis, who was appointed Rector of St. Paul's, Halifax, vacant by the elevation of Dr. John Inglis to the Bishopric of Nova Scotia, which at that time included New Brunswick in its Diocese. Dr. Inglis was the third Bishop of Nova Scotia. 4. — St. John's Church was consecrated by Bishop Inglis on Sunday, July 6th, 1826, when Rev. B. G. Gray was Rector of St. John, and his son, Rev. J. W. D. Gray, assistant. 5. — In 1840, Rev. B. G. Gray resigned his position as Rector, and Rev. J. W. D. Gray appointed as his successor. 6.— In December. 1852, the present parish of St. Mark was legally set off from the parish of " St. John," under Rev. J. W. D. Gray, Rector, and the Rev. George Mortimer Armstrong of the Diocese of Montreal, appointed Rector of the new parish of St. Mark, the presentation being by Lieut.-Governor Manners- Sutton as representative of the Crown. Institution by the Bishop of Fredericton, and induction by the church wardens of St. Mark. 7. — On the 2nd May, 1853, St. John's Church was made the parish church of St. Mark, when the first general meeting of pew owners was held and the following gentlemen were elected as first wardens and vestry of the new parish : Church Wardens. DeVeber, Charles Ward. Vestrymen. W. H. Adams, J. R. Ruel, S. L. Lugrin, Robt. Armstrong, W. D. W. Hubbard, W. L. Avery. John McAvity, (37) L. H. W. F. Smith, Thos. M. Smith, V/. J. Lawrericc, T. W. Daniel, 38 Memos. Concerning St. John's Church. weai dffi!nf ""'''^ ^'''°'" ''""'""« "^^ ^■'^"'^d i- >854. under g^at d,fficul.y. ow,ng ,o the terrible visimdon by cholL "h« died":%*:htch:.;cMsT,oh!?'/"'''^= ^^ '^'■"'— ■"> i^amel, J. R. Rud, and W. D. W. Hubbard. T. W. D. ^1 D. A BRIEF GLOSSARY OF CANADIAN EXPRESSIONS. Collected by an Enquiring Englishman. [Many of the foHowing .ight b. n.ore p^peHy described a, " Americanisms." and thu. „e«, no definition.] Chip in — To take a share. Hurry up — Be quick ! Dump — To deposit any material in a place. [Qui/e a distance— -\ iHave you walked any? I Meaning obvious.] Uhave walked some. J Around-[H^ is around somewhere. J A very comprehensive term, meaning " m the neighbourhood, within call." A big me horse- A somewhat obscure description, perhaps findmg an analogy m " Liberal-Conservative." Slump— To crush through ice or frozen earth. Grit— A Liberal politician. Variety— Dealer in general goods. To Bounce-{ov, " to give someone the bounce.") To get rid of John'r^^'^''°'^''' '"'"''*"'" bounced."] Heading in St.* To Skip-To depart unexpectedly and rapidly. [Chiefly used by those who leave their country for their country's A Crank— A man of one idea. ^X^&" '" '''"'^"'' °' '"'""^'^- ^'■>^ ^°°^^ ''^''' "A (89) 40 A Brief Glossary of Canadian Expressions. Disgruntled— Term of local theology. "The most disgruntled church on the circuit is that of Penobsquis." — 5?