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 THE CHURCH SOCIETY 
 
 IN NEWFOUNDLAND; 
 
 SUBMITTED TO THE MEMJiEliS 
 
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 The UiiKliop ot the l>ioi-r«c. 
 
 " lliou ahalt not mwih tho tuouih uf the Ox, tb«t tr«»dclli a'ti tlig 
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$T. JOHN'S, 
 
 January, 1854. 
 
 Mt Fkiexds and BRExnRE:* : — 
 
 The subjoiuodlottcr to Mr. CoUctt,* of ITarhor nufTet, 
 written by mo in February 18.50, has been made by His Ex- 
 Ctllcncy the Governor a ground for withhokling his support, 
 and promised subscription, from the Church Society; and 
 for writing on the system of the Society to Her Majcvsty's 
 Secretary of State for the Colonies. Some influential and 
 long-tried friends of the Society have followed His Excellency 
 in withholding, on similar grounds, th(>ir subscription and 
 support. It seems therefore due to His Excellency, Cwhosc 
 intended liberality I gratefully acknowledge,) aiid to the 
 Church generally in this Diocese, that I should justify mv- 
 self in M-riting, as l did, to Mr. ColUtt ; and she'w the real 
 meaning and purpose of that letter, which has been much 
 misunderstood by His Excellency, and our other friends. 
 The tin)e and occasion of His Exccdlency's refusal and of his 
 wnting on the subject to the Secretary of State, will suf- 
 ficiently appear from the St.Uements drawn up by the Arch- 
 deacon, at my desire, and from the subjoined lettersf between 
 His Excellency and myself. It is iiecessar) to publish thi^ 
 correspondence in order to shew that His Excellency's objec- 
 tion to the Church Society is grounded chiefly on my letter 
 to Mr. Collett, and to make it appear why 1 havr not long 
 ago informed him on this and other matters connected with 
 the Church and Church. Society. I have now, it will be seen, 
 as.vured His Excellency that it 'is uot the sysh-m of the Church 
 Society to " i)ermit a Clergyman to put Ins price npon the or- 
 dinances of the Church and the ministratious he dispenses 
 among his people," which is the grievance oompl lined of; and 
 that such was not the jjurpose of my conintuniratiojj to Mr. 
 Collett ; and I have subsetpji mly Mibniitted to jlis Excel- 
 lency, in evidence of the«e as«.erti()ii' , some It ttc rs v liidi I 
 fo^-warded to the clergy, together x\ ifh the .Addre.ss of fiov- 
 ernor Su- John Harvev at the annirersarv of our Church 
 Society in IHIO. I think that tlje repiibliration cf thr^c 
 dpcuments cannot beotherwisc than ;!cct:ilab!( and useful at ibis 
 tiipc. J 
 
 * Afiffndis Ko. 1. r Ai.i.«u.iu No. 2 I Arpindix .S'o. J. 
 
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 '•The n.;im question," it is said in }Iis Exccll. nry's (lo'«- 
 patch to the Secretary of Strte, "the main nurstion ro'>t9 
 upon tho Bi4iop\ letter to M •. CoUett." \Vh,-t the rrnin 
 f|uestion U,h not their distinctly stated; but I gather from His 
 l-xceleney s eomrnunieation to the Committee, throiurh tho 
 Archdeacon, tliat it is.^vhether the system permits a cler'crvman 
 to put his price upon the ordinances of the Church and the 
 ministrations he dispenses among his people. 
 
 The only passage in my letter to Mv. Collctt, which can 
 be made to bear at all upon this question, is as follows • 
 
 " Mr White is quite right then in saying that I have di- 
 rected him to require from every head of a family to whom 
 CioD has given health and strength to labor in his oallinL' at 
 least a quintal of fish," [value at that time ten shillings, for 
 » year s services]. I am sure you will not say that it is' too 
 much for a Clergyman to expect to be paid (by such person) 
 m ncknowledgmcnt of the bounty of Con in providing him 
 and his family with the means of grace." This passa^rc 
 w 'cJ'^ ["i']'^ coupled with a preceding one in the same Icttcn-. 
 IMr. ^^ hue, with every other clergyman in the Diocese, 
 has recm-ed strict injunctions from me to give the ministrations 
 oi the Church as freely and cheerfully to the poor as to th(i 
 rich ; to those who can pay nothing as to those who can and 
 do pay the largest sums." 
 
 Now, I would remark, in the first place, that if this letter 
 could bear the interpretation put upon it, still, as there is no 
 veleunee m it to the Church Society, the fault, whatever that 
 IS, should be charged solely upon mo. 
 
 JJut 1 venture to ask where is any trace, in the pas- 
 «agcs quoted, or in the whole letter, of" permitting a Chrsy- 
 man to put his price upon the ordinances of tlie ('hureh and 
 th(i ministrations he dispenses among his people." It might 
 as Adrly be said that when th.; Tithe Commutation Act 
 rcquucd A, or 1>. to pay me, as the Rector of an Enqlish 
 [ i.nsh, ten shillings a year on the produce of his field the 
 • vMcm war; one wli... h permitted me to put my price on' the 
 oid.nnnccs of the Cliurcli, &c. ; whereas, on tlic contrary it 
 prevented mo. And si,,!, n;,s a^s,„(dly one object of the 
 lystrm upon wl„(h I acted in directing Sir. White to reouire 
 the (lUintnl of fi.h from the head of the family: inasmuch as 
 for tl at payment he was to give all the ordinances of the 
 Chuxh to each and all the m( n,hcrs of the family, and wa$ 
 not to put his pricf upnn nny. 'J he syst. m to which I allude 
 wiifi ll at recommended by Covcrncr Sir John Harvey as 
 
Patron of \ht Church Society, ndoptcd bythe committee, and 
 enjoined by mc upon thcClergyinlheycar 1815 ; and oueolject 
 of that system, I cau safely say, was to prevent the too prevalent 
 " No DoHar, no Baptism " practice ; (which, with some rea- 
 son, might be designated " seUing the Sacraments ; ") and to 
 substitute a small annual contribution from the liead of each 
 family, to entitle him and his to claim at the handsof his clergy- 
 man all the offices of the Church. •* Rtquiruig," I quote tho 
 Governor's words, " requiring from every adult member, — 
 »s an act of conscientious duty towards (ion their Saviour, 
 and their fellow Chi'istians, as an evidence alike ot their ])ub- 
 lic recognition of, and their firm attachment to, the Church 
 with which they profess themselves to be in communion, — 
 Bome trilling a/imial contribution to be paid with the samo 
 undeviating punctuality as any other acknowledged Church 
 duo, to such person or persons as may be appointed by tho 
 Hishop to receive it." In forwarding this address to tho 
 clergy, I observed — " all nuist be received directly from 
 lieads of families or individuals, who, of course, will be en- 
 titled, for their payments, severally and coUectivelv, to tho 
 ministrations of the cl-igyman and 'the Church." And again : 
 " uU other collections for,;or payments to the clergyman, must, 
 at the close of this year, altogether cease." 
 
 But it may be argued that tlie system, as recommended by 
 Sir John Jlarvey and adopted by the conunittee, and published 
 by me, does not require a clergyman to withhold the ordinan- 
 ces of theChurch even from persons refusing to make their an- 
 nual contribution. 'I'his is readily grantid, and is imli d the 
 very fact I contend for, and am concerned to ]nn\x\ ^ ■' the 
 Church Society have the benefit of this assertion or conces ion. 
 True, the iystem does not re(iuire it ; but neither does my 
 letter to Mr. CoUett require it. 1 have, however, little or no 
 hesitation in declaring that I consider any Missionary Clergv- 
 man in this Diocese fully juMitied, and that 1 am prepared'to 
 justify him, in withholding the ordinances of the Church fi um 
 any person, the head of a family, who being able, refuses, when 
 he is duly required, to make 'that sm.dl annual conlribution, 
 as an act of conscientious duty," &e., &c. Still, no Clejgymau 
 is required by the system of tho Church Soeietv, or by me. 
 to withhold them ; much less is he permitted, aii ! tluit is the 
 alleged grievance, to put his price up^n them. 
 
 Before entering directly upon the (jucstion of a Cler- 
 gyman's justification under such circumstances, I may be 
 permitted to ask upon what grounds do profess-, 1 mem"brr» 
 
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 ) of the Churcli of England in this Colony deuiund the ordi- 
 nuncos of the Church Aotn the Clergy ? ^It is surely a ul 
 handed proceeding lor persons, high or lo^v, to demand orfi- 
 pect services from the Clergy for which they refuse to make 
 anv just acknowledgment, or' any acknowledgment, but that 
 o proe.sn,g then>selves for the occasion members of the 
 Churcli, when the day before they might have been of ano- 
 
 vell T!!rT' ^^r- ""' ^"^'"'•^■^ membership its duties as 
 ^vell as Its rights; ami is any duty of Church membership 
 more sacred and obligatory tjian that of contributing to the 
 «up,.oi 01 the (:hurch and Clergy i Saith not the Gospel so? 
 ,, il^e labourer is worthy of his hire," (.St. Luke, 10. 7.) and 
 cutlrc:!;;^''[i:St^^ --^^°^' ^^- - ^^^^treadeth 
 
 These remarks lead directly to the first ground of a Mis- 
 •.lonar.vClergyinan.sjustification in withholding the ordinaiicea 
 of the Church from such persons as refuse the renuir.^1 ac- 
 knowledgmen . It ,s that of Koly Scripture. " Mine answer 
 to tluin that do examine me is this. Have we not power to 
 cat and to drink / . . . Have we not power to for- 
 
 Ixai working ? ^V ho goeth a warfare any time at his own 
 charg.s ^ who planteth a vineyard and cateth not of the fruit 
 hereoi or who fcedeth a flock and eateth not of the milk of 
 he Hock .' (1 Cor. 9 4-7.) It is very true that the Apos- 
 t c.nild say of himself personally, - I have used," (that is 
 at Connth) none of these things," none of those powers 
 given to bun, and generally to those who preach the 
 Cusp, 1 J5,it It IS no less certain that the Apostle " robbed 
 other Churches, taking wages of them, that he might serve 
 these Corinthians. ' (2. Cor. 11.8.) And in this respect at 
 least we have hitlierto been sufficiently like the Apostle. But 
 can any person i-retend to doubt which system was to con^ 
 tiiiue er whieli (hd continue in the Church { The Apostle 
 nmselipuls tliat out of question by adding "Even so, hath 
 the J,erd rrdaincd that they which preach the Gospel, should 
 live ol the Gospeh- (I . Cor. <) U.j I contend therefore 
 hat upon Seiipfura! grounds every Missionary has power to 
 lor n in- M.ukmg, li he may not eat of the IVuit of the vineyard 
 and the milk ot the fleck ; or, in eth.r words, is justified in 
 Avithhohlii.^rthe ordinanetb of the Church from those who re- 
 fuse ^) make the requiii d aeknowledgnunt. 
 
 C.i.) 'J he secc.iidyioiiiKlof j^J^tiiic•ali';nis the C^'onstitution of 
 bur nntural Chui.h; the Church of England, in and of 
 M-lucJi our Clergy m thi. Colony are miiiibt( is. 'Ihat consti- 
 tution dots not «liow yrokikcd or real members of the 
 
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 Church to tloiiuiud services of the Clergy except as parishioiH 
 era ; and th<>y demand tlicm as parishioners on tlie ground 
 that the Clergyman is paid by the pari>h. I allude especially 
 to the saci-ament s and pastoral vi.Mts, for for other services fees 
 and offerings ma>t bo paid even by the parishioners. There- 
 fore as Miai^trrs of the Church "of Enghmd we are justified 
 in withlioldiiig the ordinances of theChurch where the dueand 
 re(|uired acknowledgment is refused.* 
 
 (3.) The third ground of justification is the duty which 
 every Missionary in this Colony owes to charitabk- members 
 bftlie Church at home, and the \'enerable Society forthe 
 Propagation of the Go.-pel in Foreign Parts. It la pretty 
 generally known that the Missionary Chrgy in this colony 
 ■were funiieily suppoitedalmostentirely, and are still in great- 
 estpult,by the free bounty of the Chuich, orrather of Church 
 pcojde, rich and poor, at home, administeretl by the ^'enera- 
 ble Society. And 1 contend that every Clergynuln is rather 
 justified in requiring payment for his services from the peo- 
 ple among whom or to whom he ministers or dispenses them 
 than in taking it from those on whom he has no claimj and 
 who subscribe and give on the supposition that they who re- 
 ceive and profit by his services, are not able to make due and 
 sufficient remuneration. As Missionaries therefore of the So- 
 ciety we are justified in demanding fi-om all who are able to 
 make it, the required acknowledgement. 
 
 (4.) Every Missionary is justified by the concern ho 
 bught to feel for the many in this Colony still destitute of, or 
 imperfectly supplied with, religious privileges and means of 
 grace; inasmuch as he knows that it is by reducing the Vene- 
 rable Society's expenditure in the older Missions that new 
 Missions must be establish d. 
 
 (6.) The last ground ti justification I shall now refer to it 
 the system reconnueiuled by Sir John Harvey, and adopted 
 by the Committee of our Cluuch Society in 1840. I have 
 already shewn that the Clergy are not permitted by that sys- 
 tem to put their price upon the ordinances of the Church : 
 
 • JVb/f.— Great ia tlio differoncu in this respect, as in most oiuori 
 between thla Colony and the otiier Colony in thiswid:' Diocese. Ber- 
 inuda is divided into niuo parislioa. Tliere are five Uectora, each ori- 
 ginully provided with n. glelju of fifty aorca— and not only is each Hector 
 jjiiid a certain fixed sum directly from the Treasury, butev«ry parish ii 
 asBossod by its Vestry to raise nnother addit until .sura, which being 
 fixed at the appointment ot every Ireab Incumbent cannot afterwards be 
 diminished, though it may be iucreused. Hence, ns the wholo Parish 
 18 assessed, the rgbts of Parishioners are secund to all the inhiibi 
 
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 luithcrurc they n(|uifcd to withhold the ollicoof tlit Clairch; 
 but that thiy wouhl bo ju-tifioil in doing so, I mean, from 
 those wlu) refuse to make the annual contribution, must, I 
 tliink.be elear to any person who impartially examines the 
 doeunirnts ])ublishc'd at. that time under the "sanction of the 
 Committee. Tiu; wish and intention of the Venerable Socie- 
 ty to extend its bounty to aud over niiiny destitutt^ ])laees in 
 this Island had been made known through me to the Church 
 fcJr)cicty and its aniiableand benevolent Patron ; and it was to 
 meet 'his wish and intention, and thus to assist in relieving the 
 fipu-itual destitution, so gre;it and so greatly eompluincd of, 
 particularly on the ^\"e>le^u Shore, that" the system was 
 adojited by the Committee (a large majority being tluin and 
 always Laymen), which it was my pleasing "duty to comnuuii- 
 cate to the Clergy. And acting on this systen"i 1 contend, an 
 beiore, that,t!iough not reemired to withhold, we are fully jus- 
 tified in Avithholding the ordinances of the Church ironi those 
 who refuse to make the recjuired aeknowledgnu nt. 
 
 And now w ith all humility and deference. 1 venture to saj 
 " Let the system be tested by the results jc has actuallv jiro- 
 duced," But let it be observed, first, that it has no sliding, 
 or at leastnoaseending scale. It was hoped indeed, but not re- 
 quired, that" the small annual i)ayments Avould be aided bv 
 the contributions of tlie more wealthy members of the Churcii 
 in this Island." Aud in this hope,! bless God, we have hi- 
 therto not been disappointed. Secondly, that the powei was 
 not vested in the Clergy arbitrarily to" determine either the 
 ability of tlic contributor or the amount of the contribution. 
 The Committee took at least one of these, the amount of con- 
 tribution, altogether out of our hands; and with regard to 
 the other it was plainly declared that "the Churclies will be 
 closed against none, and the poor and destitute will ever bo 
 ministered to cheerfully without cost or charge," And 1 feel 
 persuaded that no Clergyman would act in this matter solely 
 on his own judgment and responsibility : I mean in any 
 doubtful case. If then this system be a highhanded usurpa- 
 tion, kt it be charged on those who rccomniemled and adopt- 
 ed it ui 1845. But for its results, imperfectly as it has been 
 carried out, it may suffice to point to that shore whose spiri- 
 tual destitution in IHio called it into action. On that shore, 
 I niean from Cape Race to Cape Kay, a distance including the 
 circuit of the Bays of probably 1,000 miles, with a scatter- 
 ed population of 7000 church" members— on all that shore, 
 in 1845 were only two Clergymen of our Church, (one Piiest 
 
aiul ono Doacoii.) hUppni t.'d ;,lmost ciitiicly fjy the Society 
 for the I'ropaoration ol'l!u> (Josp,l; and tlircc consocratcd Imt 
 unfiiiishid Churtlio.s, with thrci,- othurs in progress. Within 
 the same limits there are now nine (.'liurches, finished and 
 consecrated, and four or five otliers in protji-css ; and nine 
 Cler<,'yinen of ourChureh, (five lMe>(s and fom Dcacon.s) 
 allorchiincd and appointed by myself, all (with one exception) 
 Missionaries of the Venerable Society, but all in great mea- 
 sure assisted by the contributions of the people. 
 
 And how has the \'enerable Society been enabled to ex- 
 tend and multiply these blcssinn;>i and' mercies to this before 
 neglec ted and desolate shore ! IJy acting thci-e, and else- 
 where, u])nnits Kesolution adopted in 1816, so far at least as 
 to send all it> Missionaries since that date, with salaries i edu- 
 ced to a sum not exceeding £100, (while several receive 
 oven less. J depending upon the contributions of the people to 
 make up the deficiency. 'i'hough therefore it is true that 
 liberality of the Society exenii)ts "the Clergy from entire de- 
 pendence on the people for their support, it is no less 
 true, and no less deserving of notice, that the people are not 
 exempted, and that it is not the intention of the Society to 
 exempt them from contributing (o tlie support of their Mis- 
 sionaries. For what follows in the Fiesolution ? •' Such fro- 
 duced] suv\ to be coulviued on condition oj lohat is t educed by 
 ilie Socielij bcivg made vp bij the people" .And what is tlie 
 chief end and aim of these reductions and of requiring tlie 
 stated contributions of the people .' " What is saved L the 
 Society to bo expended in the maintenance of additional 
 Clergy:** 
 
 Is it not obvious, that by any pc..sons or person refusing to 
 contribute pro lanlo the bounty of the Society- is intercepted 
 and its Ixneficent designs frustrated .' The bounty of the 
 Society is intended to flow in life-giving streams to every part 
 of the Colony; what is saved by the Society, in this or thai 
 mission, to be expended in the maintenance of additional 
 CUrgy. How can these benevolent designs be accomplished 
 if the required contribution be refused or withheld.' * 
 
 And here I may remark that in order to call forth and 
 ensure these contributions, I have been advised by the Soci- 
 ety to remove a missionary from any district M-here the people 
 do not contribute what is required to make up the salary, or, 
 at least, half the [reduced] amount of what is paid by 'the 
 
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Society. ]]ul, with this advice, I have Ix-rn rn;i>(r;iiii(*(l (.} 
 ■ay I cannot comply. For what wotihl be the cruel coiiSCr 
 qucnces in many, and, it luav be feared, most missions ? The 
 majority, who willin<rly contribute to thcnr power, and iu some 
 instances beyond their power, would be i)uuished for the con- 
 tumacy orcovetouMiess of the minority : and what is thoutjht so 
 cruel and luijustifiable in respect of a dw, would be inflicted 
 wholesale on a community or coufrregation, the laii,'(> majorltv 
 ofwhom have proved their esteem of their Church and Clergy- 
 man, by their willing eontri])utions ; in other words, to do a 
 huh right I must do a grtat wrong. And so far from curb- 
 ing these naughty ones of their will, their verv aim and de- 
 8ire in some instances would be nrratified, and one of them 
 would reign as Priest and King, t cannot, therefore, to avoid 
 trouble and unpopularity, consent to such grievous wrong to 
 the loving and dutiful, and such an injury to all parties ; not 
 least to those who least regard it, who would purposely and 
 perversely excommunicate themselves. Let it lie remembered 
 that the fixing of the tax, (if that is the name to be applied 
 tothereqinrcd contribution to the Church and Clergy,) was the 
 act of the (;ommittee of the Church Society, and is not to be 
 charged upon myself and the Clergv ; nnlt-ss, indeed, it be a 
 crime to have reduced, as in many instances we have done 
 our noble to nine i)ence, and our nine pence to nothing. For 
 this is, in truth, the only way in which we are, or hav"e been, 
 tax fixers. Coll. etors of the con(ri])ulions of the people avc 
 are not asliamed to be, whether for ourselves or the Church, 
 (or if any one choose so to call us, tax collectors) though it is, 
 in truth, of all our duties, the most onerous and repulsive' 
 and in consequence, it may be feared, too frecpiently neglected' 
 or imperfectly performed. Such tax collectors, howev(>r, are' 
 the Rectors and Vicars in England ; such were Apostles and 
 Apostohc men. 
 
 . ^t j^iy* Perhaps, be asked, Do the Clergv in England feel 
 justihed in withboldnig the offices of the Church from those 
 persons who do not pay their commutations ? Assuredly not. 
 But wherefore ? Because the Eaw provides a R(>medv, and 
 enables every Clergyman 1o collect these, with his other 
 Church dues. And even in the United States, where a per- 
 son has mined a Congn-gjition, or what is there called a I'ar- 
 ish, (nid he has no claim upon the services of a Clergj-man 
 unni he has done so,) the Law eniddes the Church Commit- 
 tee to recover from such person the amount of his stijmlated 
 . 1 ..1 jsjmr,. oi iitc ?Jini:?tti, unci uihcr onurci» 
 
purposes. There is no such remedy in this Colony. Anil 
 n such a state of things, until other professions V m shew 
 that they arc prepared to give their labor and servicPto 
 those who demand it, without fee or n-eomp- nee. Tt -en s 
 ^ her hard nu-asure to charo^e us with selling\he sacrament 
 
 no acknowledgnK-nt, or what and wlu-u they pLasc. or u d r 
 conditu^ns and-lunitations to which no Cle.-gynum, zee "ivl ' 
 assistance from the Church Society, can consent. ■■- 
 
 In conclusion, let me present but one instance of the 
 results of this one-sided Voluntaryism, which, If it does not 
 
 Sdr 4:; W T' T^. ^'""'■"«^" ^^^"^^" consi.ieration for ho 
 
 tn the summer of 1H48 I visit, ., for the first time, tlie coast 
 of Labrador. And here, I would be permitted to ask what 
 ^la.m at tnat time had the people of tha! coast to thes... vJe of 
 a Clergyman/ \nd if they could advance no claim ihen it is 
 difhcult to see how the fact of a Clergyman resid ng um n« 
 them, gives them any claim now - I mean wit out 
 he required acknowledgment. At the place wl'ere h ' 
 landed, were four considerable fishing establishmerts ,nd 
 •withm ten or twelve miles on either sirie other I e fi:i i L 
 rooms, a wealthy merchant's house, and several p a"; tcTs d 
 settlers n, comfortable, circumstances. All of th.- 1 t er c s' I 
 believe without excc-ption. entreated me to placea CK-rg m^n 
 ^among them ; and one of them assur.nl ire ho would liA f^ 
 year (which I was led to bc-lieve he could well aHorlf tow^d's 
 i.8 maintenance. Several others made large pron is s Ic 
 ^otJarger than their means, which are genera |y good' a 
 poare.rto justify Putting these promises and' al., anc s 
 ogeher, and be ng" deeply concerned f.n- their d it ,e 
 state. I ^npl.ed without delay to the Venerable Soc-iety 'n- 
 .treat.ng t^ieir aid and informing them that if tlu'V woul.l , la eo 
 J Clergyman on that part of .f.e si...,.., (for a diJrlet da o. 
 seven y miles ,n e.vt< nt,) with a s.darv ,.f XTo „,.i- uinun tl, , 
 inhabitants and merchants could, and I believ ', ^ '',, " 
 tribute an equa amount through the (.'luuvh Sori., \V , 
 probably a small overplus towar.ls tlu- expons. of \i. tttio 
 1 he Venerable Socn-ty, I hardlv need my, ,u^miptlv a 1 I ." 
 terally respon.led to ,ny appeal;,.,,,,! th,. .i.'x s,.„nm -r I v. id 
 
 hi^^T t "rl' ^"/f ^^•'""' '""^ ""• -tislaeti.m ofVo ."1 
 m m the Clmrch Sh.pan exeell,„t voungn.an to !„• th- first 
 Alissiona.y ol our Church on the (oa^t ,.f Labrador fe . 
 
lUHJucd in his M 
 
 "i'MJion M-i(li 1: 
 kiiulh 
 
 l^M(.)l ;i v./iwlt. 
 
 Iuovi(le( 
 
 ,'fnrriilly made t] 
 
 d lodr 
 
 and ( 
 
 nciuls. 
 
 year, 
 () 
 
 tut o(t' i 
 
 in- i( 
 
 "IS" «"d maidt 
 
 (Iriu, 
 
 I'li'i! all 
 
 CMllfUi' 
 
 extent ii 
 
 ic'ir required coiifril 
 
 ^"■r.mcv, and (1 
 
 ''\v(vcr, iiinst 
 
 le 
 
 >^onuMn,tanc<-sw!deIuhev had 
 
 ;p expect ; and an Kndisl 
 
 pOOT) 
 
 iitions, tliounJi not to tl 
 
 iiishnient in tl 
 
 iiiHTeh:,iif,\vho 1 
 
 pioniLscd, or led 
 
 me 
 
 intention of 
 these 
 
 1*- "','>Id)onrliood, h'herall 
 contrd)ufinrr )] 
 
 iii'^ a hijliin;,' e.stali 
 
 le s-anic amount 
 
 y gave £':?(). M-itl 
 
 Vear o 
 
 cj.Tums(anccsmyyo,uigAic.nd 
 
 yearly. 
 
 f I8.>1 
 
 1 an 
 
 :ei- 
 
 I'ud 
 
 and 
 
 niad 
 
 Tor the l)enefit of his M 
 i-eturneddirct to his M 
 
 ciety had I 
 
 t" a chan 
 
 ^•'•nt to I'hirrhnid i^ tl 
 
 1S,1()II fl 
 
 Ik; 
 
 less 
 
 eailv 
 
 In I 
 
 in Ins condition, not 1 
 '" ':'/; '" own cnnd-rt. Ifc 
 ^villi wife and 
 
 '"" I'lasailino. v,.,^el 
 
 repre 
 .■;'>nie 
 
 ■^entati 
 and 
 
 '!'''" '"-"'i!' ;• induced 
 
 f nieanwldh; the \ 
 
 '\t my r; 
 
 tin rable Sr 
 
 ' "J'th<,. prosp^.cts of the M 
 
 It : the Society for 1 
 
 ^vith the buildings of a lis! 
 
 at my di^posa'l f, 
 
 roinotin-v d 
 
 luur'- 
 
 luc'st and favourable 
 •^■'^ion, to purrhasi 
 
 ( 
 
 ''•^ tlinstian Knowlcd 
 
 /■stal)li,shment up 
 
 ion 
 
 01- tins and the other M 
 ■ived other liberal 
 
 fo put X.>00 
 
 '»^on the Lai 
 
 n-a- 
 
 llor • an.l I ,■< civcd otiu-r 1 1 , V ' '!-'"!'^ on the I.ahra 
 
 ^"•I'vidnals ; t!u, lar'4 o ,1 , 1 '•"' l^'""''''"' ^'•""' Vnv^U 
 turn ch;.,:..- .1 v., "UV^ ."'^'■" '" f'lo trn- nirl, „ '.-I.,.;.. 
 
 ti.in 
 
 t''i:iii(y, throuo-h the I 
 
 pint ofChri^ 
 
 ..K,np„„„:,,;, ,£:■■;;,„! !:Sn;:';:"^-':^-- ..nv..,.ly n„,l 
 
 fl 
 
 iirnivhod 
 
 ivpan-i 
 
 d a 
 
 School 
 
 as 
 
 1 fitted up for'-il 
 
 mgs so purchaM'd 
 
 iir.scjua 
 
 Chiircl 
 
 :i f<'inp..iary fhnrch, to be 1 
 
 >v;! i innnc- 
 'n*' ! anoiher Avas 
 
 ''•'iiionts thirty mil 
 
 les were cnnui 
 
 es a 
 
 tl, 
 
 lelin 
 
 fo enable the ( Icr 
 
 I>'"t ;and ah 
 
 ~'ic( (I in thu t 
 
 K.'reaiter 
 
 n-ed as a 
 
 yji 
 
 boat 
 
 iiKnts andtishiu'.],! 
 land, on the faith of tl 
 
 yman to visit d 
 
 ; " ""^ lanjiot tile vn 
 K o(l:--and,more than all.'tl 
 
 ue,;— all from fluid 
 
 vo principal sct- 
 ■■^ciU round fro!n 
 
 HMtt( ivd scf. 
 
 -^ provided in Ii 
 
 ]'romis(,I contributions I 
 
 •-^TVircs of 
 oil. a salary 
 a^'lo agent or 
 tci 
 
 an ;ircomplishcd r.nd 
 or allow 
 
 lotuneand labour, tl 
 
 >L'in<nnad(> 
 
 10 pravi 
 
 ;niee iu)t v 
 
 in il 
 
 '"i'';iiy ('krgv 
 
 merchant's clrrk. ^N'id 
 
 But 
 
 lance I'owevov, h,.|j,.,j ] 
 
 ^vhat is his ( 
 
 arnt. 
 
 'o that \if 
 ' MK'li mcan^ and nniin- 
 
 a re 
 
 :■• and 
 uian, 
 pcct- 
 
 or was jearninpr to I 
 
 > content 
 
 no ( 
 
 ^l"Pcndonce bu.^ u 0^1 I ," ."''^'^-.'''1^1 jq-. i^.o had 
 
 ot coiu'se, his £7') , 
 
 Jj'jt "pon I hj., voluntary sysfcu,^ 
 
 I'd.leNHuety ; but flu.. I 
 C'ntrd.ution 1 
 ver, we 1 
 
 continued 1 
 mi ( 
 
 x'r annum, (.uid i 
 
 II 
 
 rco^ ivcs. 
 
 !n,'.'li,l 
 
 omore) from tho Vvno- 
 
 'oi;i £;.>() f.) £10 
 
 .' ni' rchant 1 
 
 "i> reduced 1 
 
 '•'venori.rlif (ocomjdain,! 
 
 P: i; aiuuiui, (of which I 
 
 iDWe- 
 
 '"tar(^ very thankful fori 
 
 '"""''I large and llbeni •,: ! \ "" »«'rytnanivlulf, 
 
 '^'I X.5a.v,ir. n.n ; '"':^:y''"'^ tl... planter who 
 
 lis 
 
 ^"'"y. ',"it, m fact, I b.i 
 
 luau for !•, 
 
 »'•, refu,v>.-i tocoiKrIbul 
 
 An 
 
 o anythiug, pli.jul 
 
 P'ov.ng him f 
 
 "^•Ve, o/remh d with the cQ 
 
 pro- 
 Ill!,' in a- 
 
 01' 
 
 rgy- 
 <'iJcoiiraging jxmsohs to 
 
'•-'nt, li')\\( vcr, !iic>.;t 
 ce, niul (lu« pcoj)!,- 
 ^, thoii-]i not to tllr 
 >ionii.s,-(], or lc.(l UK- 
 lias a fi.s!iiii<r (>s{ab- 
 ;<ave X';2(). with an 
 ' ycaily. riulcM- 
 f f<^' Kii.'<1;iik1 m tho 
 <'«nii!iti()ij, not lc<;s 
 "wu oonii'.rf. If,, 
 
 '■-^(-•1 Wilh Wif,. ;ui(l 
 
 f!'C' \'c'ii(r;iLlo .So- 
 lent ami i'avoiirablc 
 ^'''Joii, tu ])ui-c!ia«o 
 '^l:il)!i>Iuncnt upon 
 o"ll■c]^r^ put ,£--,00 
 ii>^on tin. J.ahra- 
 lon.s from privatt- 
 "'■•piiit ot'Chi-is- 
 ly. in-ivatdy and 
 ;lia<('il \v;n lijimc- 
 ^••' ; anoiher ^vas 
 fcaiter n-cd as a 
 two principal H>t- 
 t H-nt round from 
 flic scitti red sct- 
 !"'"vi(k'(l ill Knj,'- 
 i"iis iH'iiisr njiulr 
 'jlliopravrrsaiiil 
 '■iiy Ul(rf,'yinan. 
 t ^^r a r(>p(?ct- 
 iicaiis and main- 
 ly' to b.i'outfiif. 
 I it In", iflu. hill 
 I •' llo icTv ivc.-», 
 fivun tho \'cnc- 
 ln> fi'diiced luR 
 'oCwIiicli ]\i,\\o- 
 ^'tli.'iiilvfiiirorhis 
 niitir who pro- 
 '-'. I'IiMdiii!,'ina- 
 li llu- CltTgy- 
 P poisons to 
 
 13 
 
 drink 
 diau I) 
 
 jii 
 
 liid I 
 
 ious_ 
 
 ack. The hrad of 
 
 SevLia 
 
 tabliihinrut of fl; 
 
 ii 
 
 arc 
 
 am 
 
 I I 
 
 al otliers wholly or partially 
 iipi)lvin;i IIous;-; (tlio only cs- 
 
 i)ioiits 
 
 kind in tlit; .Mi 
 
 lave been lor many years, it {■, s dd 
 
 AVllO 
 
 iiavui!^ yiven one donation f 
 
 \xrv 
 
 1 
 
 ■IVJ 
 
 or a M'ho(d 
 
 rof 
 
 o -> 
 
 isr-j to tiili'itain 
 
 quo.tiou of anmul support,—" It u-ould b.-," he .s,dd 
 
 a kind of rci 
 lias I 
 
 It 
 
 man ai>u 
 
 must not he omitd'd t'.iat t 
 
 )i en rc-isti'd bv the CI 
 
 lii- y-entle 
 
 tic 
 
 1 
 
 and cxaetaig from hi,, suboidinat 
 
 ergyiuaa, lu peiforndu! 
 
 a coiiM'qucnco of tlie-o dofalcati^)t| 
 the last t 
 
 fs, Avork on the Sabbath 
 
 >, I 
 
 1 ave contributed for 
 
 of the Clviiis 
 
 wo years a very (.•onsiderabie part of the otiier half 
 
 sa^- tliat thls'CJ 
 
 gyuun s .salary Iroiu my own fund v. Will auv 
 
 ^V'llkf(n■,alul witldiol 
 
 ergyiuan wouhl u,,t b.; jiilllied in f;>rb 
 
 person 
 
 iuUy 
 him 
 
 uidei valiK' them and iiim.'' S 
 
 my si_rviee:> fruui, thc-e wlio so 
 
 earing to 
 shame- 
 
 then depart." 15ut vtav- -uitb 
 
 ome will perhaps ;,av, " Let 
 
 in oii", aee. ami not in ae- 
 
 cordauee udtli ihe Church-d' England, to witidiold d 
 cesot tlic Church Irom tlu-'se 1 
 
 le onhiiaii- 
 
 wi 
 
 11 
 
 you take away th 
 
 •w covcuni-. or contentious i 
 
 ose sers'u 
 
 \U 
 
 ucn 
 
 es alloLTi 
 
 luost devoted, faithful and lil^eral^mcnd 
 Churcdi iu this Di 
 
 both tl 
 
 ocese can boj .t of 
 
 in'r irom some of the 
 'els which the 
 
 )etrino and c.xamph' fi\Mn l 
 
 na\', \\t 
 
 !1 
 
 Vou ri'mo\e 
 
 men: wdl you put out iJic li-lit 
 
 toy: naughty, unh ippy 
 
 What is the 
 th 
 
 remia 
 
 Ivt 
 
 len 
 
 lb 
 
 I'ili.'V, 
 
 ^'lulling hi a dark pi 
 
 lee 
 
 that thi^, and this oniv 
 
 >r II, 1- ti 
 
 IS the right, and safe, and cil'eetuai, 1 .. .. .- ,,..,, 
 one ; tin. ami this only can bring ih^ full benelit and 
 
 vaiuire." [ (pi 
 
 tl 
 
 pon the peo])le thcmscK 
 
 V 
 
 ■npf-ura 
 
 hb's.in: 
 
 dult 
 
 worils of tnu lor 
 
 ajaui 
 
 meml)er, as an act ol cou,-eiei 
 
 iu(r I atron, •• lu rtquiro tVom ivcrv 
 
 Cioi, their Saviour, 
 deuce alike of their 
 
 t < 
 
 ui 
 
 d tl 
 
 leu- Kllu\v-C:hristi 
 
 itious univ I ) wards 
 
 ur- 
 
 attacdnuent to, the Clui 
 
 ptil)hc recogiiiiion of, antl their 1 
 
 , iis an cvi- 
 
 irm 
 
 selves to be in c iiamiini on. so 
 
 lea wiin wldch ihcy pnd'esw tl 
 
 to be paid with the saim.. undcviitin', 
 ickuoMledged Churciidue, to such 
 
 ae trilling unmutl coat 
 
 u-m- 
 
 ninition, 
 
 be appointed by the Jhhop to r 
 iluijd,lobeadmiiuste.e,ll,y I lis Lor<l"iiip;'aud*^o 1^; nir'li "^ 
 
 pauetudtty asauyotlier 
 pcivsoii or persons as mav 
 t alioa of 
 
 •' eeive it ; for tlu; ci 
 
 in aid offl 
 
 salaries for M 
 
 leereetion of C'huie 
 
 ^s^r-nar^es auv 
 
 1» 
 
 luols, and to proviih 
 
 most needed." Auaiu J, would b.' 
 
 !ie.s and Scl 
 IVacluTs, wherevei" t 
 
 uul 1 
 
 lave recjuircd a(;thiag more, I d 
 
 ley urc 
 '•niuttiil t.) -ay I reipiln 
 
 o m.t rc(xaire^ aiul Uuvu 
 
 Jij>t re(piiiv.l, a!iy (.'Icrgymaa to witTHum the onlcj 
 
 iiaiiCt> of the CUurcU 'iroin 
 
 8 cr ordi- 
 
 uiy i>wsoULi profl.'i>!;ijf the 
 
 111" 
 
Jiiit, any Clorirynian loin, ,;. Pt<i milled aiuidonol per- 
 
 lund, and the Conniuitee of ih.. Chur.-h w , • /''"/,"*'•"« 
 
 I remain, Friends anclBrethren, 
 
 Your servant, for Jesus' sake, 
 EDWAUD NEWFOUNDLANI^: 
 
 i 
 
 I 
 
fuse their annual 
 id I might on en- 
 L'danddonoiper- 
 ordinanceb of the 
 laving done so ; 
 t am satisfied ihe 
 or require, 
 tore confidence; 
 i^lergy as the re- 
 linistrator of the 
 ^oci(^ty through 
 , and for whose 
 the Church id 
 
 sake, 
 3UNDLANIJ; 
 
 Appendix no. i. 
 
 [copy.] St. John's, NEWForNDLAi^o, 
 
 c Feb. 2Gth, 1850. 
 
 orR: — 
 
 Your letter dated bee ^Gth, 1849, has remained till this 
 time unanswered because t have heard of no opportunity of 
 communicating with you. 
 
 I thank you for Nvriting to me, and t hope my reply will be 
 .atisfaetory. Mr. \V ute (and every other elelgyman in the 
 Diocese) has received strict injunctions from me td ffive the 
 mmistrations of the Church as freely and cheerfully to the 
 poor as to the rich ; to those who can pay nothing as to those 
 who can and do pay the largest sums. 
 
 If, therefore, Mr. White had refused the rites of the (Jhurch 
 to any persons, who neither hare, nor had when applied to. 
 any mean,, he would not be carrying out mv views or instruc- 
 tions 1 oor as the Clergy are, and will be, I fear, in this 
 country, they will not 1 am satisfied, press upon persons in 
 ime Ot difhciilty who have sliown that they know their duty 
 to God and his Church by paying their dues and offerings 
 (as a sacred obligation) when able. ° 
 
 But the case you refer to is very different. I go upon vout 
 own statement Here is a head of a family (with, I presume 
 a wife and chikl) able and willing to pay^to his Chuich ancl 
 Clergy SIX shillings, but not willing (surely you would hardly 
 say not able) to give a quintal offish. You acknowledgfc that 
 lus earnings may amount to thirty pounds a year, and Vet you 
 >vill not admit tliat he can pay to his Clergy not a tithe, nor a 
 twentieth, nor a iortieth, or fiftieth, but a sixtieth part- a 
 sixUeth part of lus gains. Now, will you excuse me if I say 
 that 1 have the best means of knowing that he and every man 
 who earns so much can pay that amount, and more ; because 
 I e H.b e tells me that he can, and I am sure you will admit, 
 tha authority will not deceive me. Why do vou not say that 
 such ami such a man cannot afford to rest ontlie Sabbath day'' 
 Arc not idl the days on which he rests lost to him and his 
 family.' No, bccaW ' i/ou believe that God can make hia 
 rest, or whalevet he doe, or rtfruiu, Jrom doing, in obt- 
 dunce to Ih, Ihvxne Hard and mil, pivfitable : his re.t .^. 
 
 
I am, Sir, 
 
 Your servant, 
 
 For Josus' sake, 
 EDWAKD NEWrOl.NDLAND. 
 
 rSigned) 
 
■ntl rc'iLucljuu 
 
 APPENDIX No. 2. 
 
 St. John's, Dec. 1 0th, 185,5. 
 (Saturday) 
 Sir : — I vcturnccl to St. .Tohn's lato on "Wednesday, and 
 
 •was not till vestcrdav that I had 1 
 
 it 
 
 t'lsure to peruse the corres- 
 
 < !Hv that ])w^<cd, during my absence, between Your 
 
 Excel 1 
 
 ency, and the Co- ruttee of the Church S 
 
 ociety. 
 
 pudial 
 
 ur I'l.xiiellenoy will believe that it is most painful 
 
 to re- 
 
 in any respect, the proceedings of kind and generous 
 
 friends, whom I would lav d 
 
 own 
 
 my life to serve. But I 
 
 I 
 
 mustnot shrink from iny diify because it is painful, and I feci 
 
 ey to express niy deep regret 
 even- rause, into 
 
 en 
 
 that it is due to Your Kxcell . _ 
 
 that tho Committee were betrayed, by what 
 
 niguage so liasty and unbecoming, and so dct 
 
 Your Excelhnicy's liigh jiosit 
 
 ion am 
 
 1 ofli 
 I. 
 
 ee 
 
 satisfaction that the Conunitt 
 
 far as possible, their error, by offeriii" t'^ withd 
 
 ee Were <(("sirous o 
 
 lol 
 f re 
 
 ogatory to 
 jserve A\itli 
 
 pairing, as 
 raw any de- 
 
 not tl 
 
 leir in- 
 
 rogatory exjiression, and by declaring that it was 
 
 tcntion to shew the smallest di^respect to Vour Excellency, 
 cither in your personal character, or as Iler Majesty's Re- 
 prcsonlafive, 
 
 _ I hardly need assure Your Excellency tliat I have no de- 
 sire to prtdnng the discussion of a subject so full of j)ain and 
 trouble. Hut 1 must respectfully beg leave to disclaim the 
 inter])rttatIon put U))on my letter to Mr. C^oUett by Your 
 Excellency, an(l to controvert the assertion that the system of 
 the Church Sdcic^ty, or any system to which 1 have been a 
 party, " jjermits a Cleigyrnan to put his price upon the or- 
 dinances of the Church, and the ministration he dispenses 
 among his ]ieopIe." I trust my letter will bear a diH'erent or 
 rather a contrary interpr* tation. And in defence of a most 
 exemplary Clergyman, I would venture to express a hope 
 that the Ueport of Messrs. Kobinson aiuHToylcs will satisfy 
 Your Excellency that >rr.Collctt'seharges against Mr. White, 
 are unjust and untenable. For :\Ir. 'Collett's charact(>r and 
 conduct I am content to refer Your Excellency to his own Ict- 
 tei- published at ])agc <o\cn of Mr. White's pamphlet. I could 
 wish, however, that your Excellency had known Mr. Collctt 
 as long .md as well as I have. 
 
hav , sufforcd m ymu- Excellency's estinntion throu-h Mr 
 CoIIett's or otlior charges, which I h.->vo had nq opponunitv 
 ofcontradjchn^ or explaining ; and partly to th s cause I 
 Z^^^ Your Excellency's refusal to c'ountenanco o- co- 
 Hon nf Z- \^ 'Society which has done so much for the promo- 
 ton of objects vhich Your Excellency so justly and St 
 
 vers"^;"T^^^ "» your Addresi atlr list Ad- 
 
 versary. If I might venture in al humility to adonf fK« 
 
 1 should bo judged of you or of man's judgment" I Zt 
 could not be insensible to the scandal and ro.drwhirh mn!f 
 accrue .o the Church in this Colony through You E^eeE' 
 cy s separation from our Society, nor can I refrahi from e^ 
 pressing my deep sorrow, it an; ^vant of discre on on I 
 part, or on the part of any of my brethn-n or Ss b.Tb. -"^ 
 mstrumennal in bringing 'about-such a cakmity. ' "' ^'"^ 
 I have the honor to be. 
 ijir. 
 Your Excellency's 
 
 Obedient and faithful servant 
 (Signed) E. NEWFOUNDLAND. 
 
 «is ExceUency Kee B. Hamilton, Esq., &c &c 
 
 Government Hous 
 
 SE. 
 
 My Lord ; — 
 
 1 0th December, 1853. 
 I have received Your Lordshin's l^tfor ^r 4i • i , •, 
 no hasten .„a.™reyou .l,/l ifad an,id,», Stu'l^^fouli' ^^ 
 
 .•^^80 to offer the expression of my symnitllv vX K V ^""^r \ 
 
 ah p that, feeling Slat. adhereZi^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 point of higher obligation than a.lhcrence to kin 1 .n J J 
 
tivi 
 
 19 
 
 (3) On my part, I have felt it my duty to transmit th« 
 Resolution and Correspondence to Her Majesty's Sec etary 
 of btate lor the Colomes, with a request that His Grace won d 
 be leased to bring the matter under the consideration of Te 
 Pi^pagation Society I will transcribe a few words" dated 
 fhe otiri ifr r^ ^'^'''f' '' ^f'' ^^•^«^' -hich will shew 
 
 is sdKnt''^' Th' ^'- "^"^^^ «fthis month and 
 
 own nt- o^ ^P"^^t^« Ki«hop'3 
 
 own kttti to Mr Collett ; the Propajration Society will give 
 
 Its duections m the matter ; and I shall thus be sUred he 
 ?i?rLtdlp""^^^^"^^ ^^^' of making any obserations to 
 
 muftiav'd«<-\'lT''S^°"?y separation from the Society, I 
 must say that although quiet is important, the maintenance 
 truth and common sense is still more importrt and f 
 conceive that I should be compromising bothfwere I a' pre- 
 sen , rejoin persons whose official misconduct has jist com- 
 pelled me to renounce their Society. At the san e tim^ 
 .hould the decision of the Propagation Society be such as' 
 
 So ett I^m"'"^^ P^'™^^"^^ return to the loci 
 
 cociety, 1 will most gladly do so. 
 
 I have the honor to be, 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 Your Lordship's most obedient 
 
 /o- , humble Servant, 
 
 nv T J «• ^^^'J?"^^^) KER B. HAMILTOX 
 
 Ihe Lord Bishop of Newfoundland. ^ii-iu.^ . 
 
 St. John's, Dec. 12rh 1853. 
 Sir:--I have the honor to acknowledge Your Excellencv's 
 
 YoTFr r "^^^»^""J''y 1'^"^ ^'-- lUtlfinstant, and to Sk 
 Your Lxcdlency for such a prompt reply to my letter of that 
 
 S.fl 1 ''''"•'"'■'■'/'■''• " toaddrcss to the Propagation 
 
 ^t^L ^ V E- T ^''«\4U^ ««'•'«« have iHcn raised by Your 
 i!iKceijencv to which ni" "'" *-" ■* •' • •• - 
 
 ^K 
 
 / 
 
 que 
 y Ousor-ati^s should ue dircctt'd. 
 
i? 
 
 SO 
 
 « 
 
 n 
 
 
 your D<.:^piitch fo tJ 
 
 !ic S 
 
 ocrc 
 
 'Ps (HvnlfttertoMr.ColI 
 
 JJi 
 
 iun not informed. If' ti 
 
 'fai'V of Stiite) " re^t 
 
 's rciiuulved (in 
 
 ii|)oii tht 
 
 ott," but what that question 
 
 ■o question be whether a ('] 
 
 IS 
 
 I 
 
 erfi^vnian 
 
 in ^ 
 
 "111- Excellen 
 
 nances of tlie Cliufch 
 
 tl 
 
 '^"nnifteo,) J look in vain f 
 
 cy s communication to tl 
 
 10 only copy I have of mv ' 
 
 pnblishcd 
 
 lor any trfice of m.ch permission 
 
 in a 
 
 ">y letter to Mr. Collctt 
 
 of KngJand in Newfou 
 
 Pnmphlet called " T,id 
 
 10 
 
 in 
 viz., that 
 
 ccjlency that neither th 
 any sy.stcm to ^a hich I 
 Buch permission. 
 
 ndland," and I 1 
 
 SVSt( 
 
 ications of the C'Jiurcl 
 'inve assured Your Ex- 
 
 m of the Church Society 
 
 am, or havo^been a partv 
 
 As V 
 
 nor 
 
 ■, gives any 
 
 Her Majesty's 8 
 
 our Kxcidlency has thou-^l 
 
 It it i-i^dit to transmit to 
 
 re-; 
 cell 
 
 'Tlr'^'?f'-'f''^.'^'^"Py."otonlv-oftl 
 
 pondence but of the Eesol'ut 
 
 cncy to tlie (. 
 
 ion 
 
 ic cor- 
 
 a fa\or in requesting Y 
 
 ommitjee, I hope I am 
 
 s returned ])y I'our Ex- 
 
 Grn 
 
 not askincf to 
 
 -• ^ copv of mvletter'of^i'T"?'^: U.^.uhmh also to'']! 
 ddross lU. r .1'',',"^ .^'^""'■'^y^ ^^^^^^ "r to allow 
 
 ce a CO I 
 
 o i>reat 
 
 13 
 
 to address ilfis f 
 oti 
 
 urwi.cp than ri<,dit and 
 been SO far adviso'd ;uul 
 0-} 'i'luit the C 
 
 i-acc myself. Eo 
 
 rea 
 
 r It cannot, I think. 1 
 
 me 
 
 colli 
 
 ^onablo that His Grace 1 
 
 )0 
 
 , ii.ivina; 
 
 nlted, should be further inio'rmrd 
 
 as 
 
 «ny 
 
 niak 
 
 possibi 
 
 e, tJicir error, by 
 
 ommittec were dc^sirous of 
 
 and all expressions off 
 
 immediately off( 
 
 rej)aninn', a.- 
 
 fa 
 
 cnsive to Your Ex 
 
 ■ring to withdraw 
 
 K,:^"r!:p!;:i*j:'i^."^>\-«pi-arsinti 
 
 resolution of the 15th "uh 
 Excellency; (j>.) That 
 
 not, I believ 
 as soon as I had 
 
 ceiiency, and 
 oretiuned letter and 
 
 copied by 
 seen thc'corr 
 
 our 
 
 sto^,?^:i:^x:,— :--^t--""^^ 
 
 1 nnl 
 
 !;c so hasty 
 
 posit u!a an( 
 
 1} 
 
 } 
 
 upon trie ordiii 
 
 '^coming, and so derogatory Y^^-^.p' "" T'^ 
 -nd office ; and. (3.^ Thl/l K.?"!' ^ !^'"'i7 ^ ''!«' 
 
 lO'.yvtoin of the Church S 
 ■'avc bcena party, per 
 
 (3.) That I by n 
 
 oociet' 
 
 iin 
 
 init.s a Clrrgv 
 
 m<>ans allow that 
 , or any system to w hich I 
 
 can only .s.iv tl 
 
 i;it nnl: 
 
 I 
 
 eellcncy's letter" to the (' 
 tile least idea ofti 
 
 cf s of the Church, csi 
 
 ■;^'ymau to put his pri 
 
 ;cc 
 
 iCl.l 
 
 ^11 I 
 
 )s eaii^f 
 
 o co-operate v. id, the Cj .(v^.] 
 
 I sa\ 
 
 '•'•■'"•- ^'^nhrDtiinlto., i 1 
 
 (on_ Frid;,y la^.f) Y 
 
 Mir "Ex- 
 ad not 
 
 Exvi'llrncy had h. ( n h^l 
 Jilcs with di>^.t 
 
 your confide }ico i 
 on C 
 
 Had if been otI 
 
 I'll- 1 and dislil 
 
 to \icw my pn)cee(i 
 
 ■1, 'if Your ExTcilonr 
 I Society. 'lli;i( Y 
 
 d 
 
 in' 
 
 uid pi 
 
 ■y's 
 
 our 
 
 inci- 
 
 rom 
 
 ,!mam consequence to withdra^v 
 
 "If find look elsewhere 1 
 
 iuicu rantters. F had too niucl 
 
 lirrwi<--c, 
 
 • ».' J'iM.) 
 
 . I venture to think tl 
 
 or information 
 reason to know and fed 
 
 I.S c.n-klnot luH-Q a:-;,n 
 
 'jon. 
 
 lis unh:>|)py uiis- 
 
IS remained fin 
 * rests upon the 
 lat question is, I 
 :'r a CJeni^viiinu 
 
 of tlio Church 
 luication to tlie 
 'i permission in 
 Ictt, viz., (hat 
 
 of tlio C'liurch 
 iit'd Your Ex- 
 h Society nor 
 I'fy, givey any 
 
 to transmit to 
 nly of tlie cor- 
 
 hy Your Ex- 
 king too n-rcnt 
 lit also to His 
 r to allow me 
 ", I think, 1)0 
 'I'acc, liaving 
 ther informed 
 Jairiuir, as far 
 
 to Avitlidran- 
 :;cileney, and 
 led letter and 
 lied by Vour 
 1 tJie corrts- 
 e Commiiteo 
 ';.,'.,'e so hasty 
 111 "ley's higii 
 ns allow thnt 
 
 u to MJlich I 
 
 it his ])rioo 
 
 ) Vour'Ex- 
 
 ■, i iiad not 
 
 I'JxTcilcney's 
 That Your 
 and princi- 
 
 to -witiidraw 
 
 information 
 
 :>\v and feci. 
 
 hrtppy mis- 
 
 fl 
 
 In repenting (n« shove) my disapproral of the J^esolutioin 
 forsvar'ied to ^ our E xci licncy by the Conjuiiitcc, I i eMu-ctfuUv 
 beg not to ho understood to endorse the vci-v^tr.^ng ter'n^ Your 
 Exc-tdlcncy has applied to them, or to bring m tiic i.,( njbcrs of 
 the Committee guilty of all the faults and uffenc-es Your Ex- 
 cellency sees m their conduct. I hope I may be permitted 
 stUl to regard them not only as kind and generous friend? 
 but as upright and honorable men. That Vour Excelltncv 
 may at no distant period be enabled to restore to thtrn your 
 kmdncss and confidence, is the wish and prayer of 
 
 riir, 
 Your Excellency's 
 
 Faithful and obedient servai c, 
 
 ,,. ^, ^(^'^'S""!) E.NEWFOUNDLAND. 
 
 Ills Excellency the Covcrnor. 
 
 P. S. I regret that ibis letter, written yesterday, was not. 
 (through an untoreseeu hindrance,) finished soou'enou-h to 
 beloruarded as I intended and desired. I am sorry to in- 
 trude upon lour Excellency while occupied with the English 
 
 Government TIousk, 
 MvLord:- 13th December. 1853. 
 
 shiM!'''r';/^''^ h'"l'''' ? ^^k"«^^l«^ge the receipt of Your Lord- 
 t'Uip s, letter of this day's date. 
 
 ^^:\ Y^r^t^'-'%, I addressed a Despatch to the Secretary 
 pt- btate, forwarding Vour Lordship's letter to me of the lOth 
 
 will '^ ' 1 r"-' "'r'''!'","'^' ''"' ''^"^ ic'solution previously sent 
 ^Ml speak for themselves; and ifanv point n-mains, it can 
 only be that lour Lordship should state to the Propagation 
 Society the sense in which you desire your letter to Mr. Col- 
 lett to be read. 
 
 th-I-f r ' '"',?S-1T'^"''-^ -^'"'"f ^^'^'f^-^'-'P'^ I'tnnis.ion to state 
 uiat i am stil of the opinion that any further observations on 
 my part to Your Lordship are, at ].reseut, "unnecessary ;" 
 anfl that I cannot consent to prolong the discussion. 
 I have the honor to he, 
 My Lord, 
 Your IiOrd>liip'smost obedient, 
 hunibh> servant, 
 
 •n. T . T,- f ®'^".'i^ . KEK B. HAMILTON. 
 
 I he [.ord Bishop of Nrwfnnndhnd. 
 
APPRNDFXNo. 3. 
 
 i 
 
 IS 
 
 ;ed 
 
 St. JOHN'S, 15th September, 1846. 
 Rbv. and Dear Sir;-_ 
 
 I have received from the Secretirv of ,»,o c • 
 Propagation of the (]fosnol the foHnYJ t. ?'''''^^*>' ^O'" ^h 
 by the Society at a latrmeelinV. li°'"'"^ Resolution, adopte< 
 
 o ■ 
 
 toi;^c5:.So'x;^^^'L*^r..„^':^ ^^Ir ^-- ^^« Society 
 '-t. to a sun. not ex^;;.;d n^ £%,f ^^.^r}; ^^'««-na'T then on id 
 on condition of what i. reduced bv .tp^'"T 'P ^^ continued 
 by 1.0 people. What islayod Uv it I'"'*'' *'''"« '""d* "P 
 on the maintenance of addltiona r.rlv "r.^ '" ^« ^■^P«"d«^ 
 P'e.ge it.,r to the present ^^^^^^..^ZrH^^SlJO^ 
 
 ^n the first instan/e at h" Anniv "^ ' W ^°T^^"'^'^^-1 >' 
 Society, but as circumstancps rnn '^^ ^Meeting ol our Church 
 time in E„gla„.],, and I sh^l Tr'" '"^ ^'''''''''^ ^"^ ^ «hort 
 ftom attencHpg at tJ.e A^r" ,.^7']?"^'"";' ^« Prechuled 
 to for^vard it to you ^vithout 're^j,^ijr%^^"?ht '^ right 
 
 -J^^t^!?;:-;;;^;?^^^^^ your «oc. ana 
 
 inL' thn r-l ^K .-.. .. ;VV-" ■ J^-^ advantages otjn ;,.;... .in- 
 
 O'vii monihois, were f„|r. .,, ;• '7 ',"'■ Mntn'.,-:o.,, o. iiei 
 
 »q..«t you ..,,,i„ ,„ J,,, "the Z.'- ^T""""y- ' «™M 
 to Hi. Kxclln.cy, 3,;™;t; rv"LlL^°"'' '■°"8-S"'i°" 
 
23 
 
 "tU-rs promise, given of contributio,? JcorJi'.it 1 " .'."°'' 
 
 delay. On ,l,o tZf, ho, ev Tf nvc'Tn?' "f"t™"^ ""'' 
 the ,,!„„ proposed has'bcern^^.diSftvoSv ° >v """ 
 
 sr . f t ^:L"S: Tl''^ tr '"'^ r' ""--'"5; 
 
 thi» eoun„y in any o hor"v.w AnToTrr'''^?"'''""'"' '" 
 have he™ on, sef.led. and^ve^ ■o^^.^i^trvt"'"^''' 
 Minister without cost or char-e sun. I v if .r- "f^^}^^' "^ a 
 English and Church-peo^Ctlcy 'wi^l VIV^^'^"''"'^ T 
 valu. of Chkisx's Holy Gospel /rcrcheS us a^.'d CW '^" 
 Jilesscd gacraments administered tr. „c j ' ^"Risi 's 
 
 tfc-xt none but lawfully ord" ned Mini. ' '"""^ '^'^ understand 
 Berviccsforthegloyof G^Tr.nS.frr^' P"'^""" *^'^«« 
 therefor . we >vo^uld ^liow our L^ruiltdf to r°^ '"'' f "'^ ' ""^^ 
 Society, and our sense ofZo^^lll'^^'X^r »"^ ^^s good 
 joyed, by not merely providing for oulwl I' ''^ ^°"«^ "»" 
 but by lending some' Listanc?to those more d^SI.T"''^' 
 rejoice to think that by the plan maTcA^nZ T'^'^"^^' ^e 
 such small contribution"^ ^« a Vennn)er week fo^..^^' '"'^ ^^ 
 of a family, we may not onlv ,irnviril f f ^^"^^ member 
 
 necossary^f^r ou^sU^' hcahira7c^^fofr'"r^^"^\*!^'^ »'^'"g'^ 
 us. but may furnish the « oTsenS n^ f^l^'Sr^'P '"^""^ 
 Missionaries elsewhere- „crhans tTn^ ^ ^^I^nistera and 
 settlements in distan 4d uncurvated Tanr?^"^ '"'^^^"^ 
 -0 without Churches or '§£r.'!^^Xf ^ 
 
 ^S^lTKtn^fc^-S 
 ro^Z^t^r^i^y^^ Society befbre the 
 
 Gi]i:Md!)1h:tXirtoSi3n^^^ r-^ '^ ^-^(-^-j^ 
 
* 
 
 
 ifTi 
 
 «u<hc'u.n( tiiiif to ].rocnro cimA 
 theywilloaMly do) in Eii-h,, ,' 
 
 {'-•) 'i'liat th 
 
 !o\-ni(nt aiul a niaintcnancp (as 
 
 .q'iaii,'! or ('Isewlh:! 
 
 r(<,nilar coiitiihutions by 
 
 ^' pooplo ,,,nv 1,1. ],r„,ml 
 
 duty and luvc.vsii 
 
 (Ici"- 
 
 It to tl 
 
 ^^•h 
 
 ivcs, and all may luul 
 
 Ih' practice of 
 
 (■r'^t;uid the 
 
 ^tand already : biif it h 
 cvplaincd liithcrfo. 
 
 {o.} TiKit! 
 
 "'' :""»''' 't i^ Iioprd; do well undcr- 
 '■^ not been Hifhcicntly and trcncrally 
 
 gi'ncra 
 
 tiie erect 
 
 y coll 
 
 ccticn^ now made, wlmt 
 
 1 
 
 >'in or repairs of Cluu-c 
 
 I- provided as f 
 
 Alt 
 
 of the Ci 
 
 1- as possible ; and tl 
 
 lies and Parsonage-l 
 
 over is wanting in 
 
 ,,,., II V ■•■•.'•■' I'^'-'-^xJie ; anu tlie threat 
 
 KMises may 
 greater j)art of the 
 
 Attl 
 
 L'rgy and their ministrat 
 
 to tl 
 
 ic end of these tl 
 
 ions. 
 
 lie suj)port 
 
 considered yoliint 
 
 ire 
 
 beclobX'd 
 
 try 
 
 T 
 
 c years the payments can hardly be 
 "n>an,that though the f'h„rch 'will 
 
 ministered to elu (>rfull 
 can hardly expect the 
 
 :unst none, and the poor and desf 
 
 nK>( hurch, who do not make tl 
 biitions I« this demand unn-aso 
 
 y. without cost or el 
 
 Msits ol a Clergyman or the offices of 
 
 tnte will ever be 
 ■"iig'', yet others 
 
 uir due and 
 
 to S 
 
 unreasonable or irrel 
 
 recjuired contrl- 
 
 Z'^1^"!..;";"':^:-''^-^^ of other Churci 
 
 pays the Apostle ? 
 th 
 
 it !.' 
 
 i'Vvn so hiith the I. 
 
 igious, contrary 
 les ? Wha't 
 
 Ll!';^.^-^^•'■-H«i"-^"..r:v;t^;;i;,l^;; 
 
 And thoufjh it will be hard ami 
 
 payment for services wliid 
 
 painful to ap|)ear t 
 
 pel. 
 
 o exact 
 
 were possiblo, "wiihout 
 
 will not forget that much of 
 tli" contributions of tl 
 world, who deiive no 1 
 the most painful altcrnativ( 
 
 money and without 
 
 lose, man 
 '<'nefit from v 
 
 -'."" "'"'!'! ^"''"">: '-^''Klin-, if it 
 price," yet you 
 
 Voni 
 lis 
 
 your present salary is drasvut,. 
 y of them the poor of tl 
 
 I 
 
 (uir nnmstry. Which is 
 
 source-tl.at of Apostles and Apostoli 
 might not be charg..able." ]fowfal-tl 
 
 ran see but one otl 
 
 ler re- 
 
 the 
 
 credit or benetit of your 
 
 t: men, "that they 
 lat enurs(< would be t'o'v 
 
 mine, 'rhat (ion 
 
 conirregation, they must det 
 
 tl 
 
 may i)rosper His work 
 
 log.ory of llisnaui'caml edifi 
 
 in your hands i 
 
 er- 
 or 
 
 prayer of 
 
 •ation of Ills people, is th 
 
 l)ear Brother, 
 
 Your nfrectionato friend. 
 
 And 
 
 ^orvanf in Cm hist, 
 
 To the Ilevd. 
 
 EDWARD .M:\VI'(JI;M)LAM 
 
2.J 
 
 Ad 
 
 ■ilic 1(1 Inw i)|iv vdilii ,^ XI- , . I '•, » . 
 
 Hakv.v, the ]>„n.: of Ih^'SoiJJ : J:"'''""^'^' ^^'^ J""- 
 
 "'H:. 
 
 Mj Lord nhkop and Iteiercnd Gcnthmen 
 Ladies and Genllfmen : 
 
 I prcsrrit myself at tl 
 
 coiifril)Ufin< 
 
 lis nic(^t 
 
 ifc'st 
 '11 
 
 1)1 
 
 111.' 
 
 Ih 
 
 y mito in aid of its ol 
 
 (^ doop ItUoiTVst which 1 f.H''l ill tl 
 
 in,tr,^as well for the purpose of 
 *" '' " ' "f publicly maii- 
 
 t)('c(s a'- 
 
 K' luriod aj)pcars to inc to 1 
 
 uir MU'cc's,^. 
 
 oral Chnrcl 
 
 ;ivc arrived Mheu the s 
 
 come 
 
 '>r\\ar( 
 
 1 (on.-rreputions planted in the Col 
 
 sev 
 
 I wi'd 
 
 that 
 
 thief .'•ni)!)nrt, I 
 
 ' z<'al and 
 
 vfiicrahleinstilntio,,, to which thoy 
 
 onies ought to 
 unanimity to endeavor to relieve 
 
 nected with the e.\t 
 
 ' ''"""1 ;^ portion, at Ieast,'of tl 
 
 owe their 
 
 ori^nn and 
 
 lire fostered hy its bounty. 'I'hal tl 
 
 , . 10 expenses eou- 
 
 on.sive and inereasing establishments which 
 
 tic occasional or ])eriodicul contril 
 
 tl 
 
 small nunibi r of tl 
 
 f'lal) is a fact which 1 .,, 
 
 tb(! ineffectual results of fl 
 
 us ca 
 
 nnot be done through 
 
 lutions of a eoniparativ«>iv 
 Hii more M calihy members (however lib- 
 ■as re. cived the fullest confi 
 
 liose, as It were, desult 
 
 inialion in 
 
 durnrra Ion- cnrse nf " " \"'\" "^■'^■. "t-^>"tory eHorts, 
 
 would ap|)ear to b 
 
 of 
 imjxjid is 
 
 met tmg (h,. impending 
 
 imposed upon us now tod 
 
 Accordii'gly, the ncc(.'ssity 
 
 Island 
 
 Is I, 
 
 ii tact a 
 dl 
 
 crisis, rfor that suel 
 
 (visc the means 
 
 >* e< 1 tain as that th 
 
 lu-actieable towa"rds rel 
 
 pKily increasing,) by d.n'iig what 
 
 1 a crisis docs 
 population of this 
 
 may be found 
 
 remote r 
 
 '-'ving our fellow-flnuThinen in tl 
 
 tl 
 
 P'^t'-oniie Island from the sad cond 
 
 le 
 
 th 
 
 H y are at pres( nt placed 
 
 ition ill which 
 
 n^nembering that the " 
 
 osewlioa.e ready to peri.h" for lack of 
 
 111 "thorM'ords.the all 
 
 piritual food 
 
 ry of 
 
 "Hu, for ■>ebools.;u.d for Teat hers. 1 
 
 ••otuig petition for Churches, for CI 
 
 of our CAccllent Bishop d 
 I)rogress through tin Col 
 
 'J'l 
 
 i'ii\ 
 
 las resounded in the ears 
 ^^^^n^ the greater pa.L of his lute 
 
 le means 
 
 of meeting tliese just and 
 
 ought to be supplied, and r p.od 
 
 of thosr 
 
 who h.lieve that tl 
 
 n^t- 1 mean without any imniodcratclemaml 
 
 reasonable demands 
 pioclaim myself of tiie number 
 y are sum-ptible of 1 
 
 pressure upon any, (>vcn tl 
 
 »eing easily 
 or any undue 
 
 10 very poorest individual of 
 
 our 
 
 y rcfjniring from every adult 
 
 iiirregation — amlthisbvmerel 
 •i.ember, as nn act of conVicnti 
 Saviour, and their f.IIn.v ri •.•"' ""'"' '""'.''"^ "^'OD iiicir 
 
 .1,.,. ;;."" "'•"^!'""»v-Christinns. as an evidenm ali^c of 
 
 ...v.. in,uu. rcgoguH.on of. and their iirm ultachmcnt to. the 
 
26 
 
 Chu.ch with ^vhich thoy profess thems.lve, to be in com, 
 mmuon, some tnfl.n.c; annual contribution, to be p.xi I with tL 
 
 by tre ni^h\ ;''''^' ^•"''■''.'" '"• '"^^''^''"^ '^^ '"'-^y '>^' appoints! 
 by the M shop to receive it, for the ereation of a "/u«d" t 
 
 fnr Af- • • "■'^'""'' '^"'^ ■'^'-liools, and to provide salaries 
 
 need' d^" A^Kr] '"'. ''?'"'"^^^ ^^''^''•*^^'^'»- ^'^ 'y "-V be n : 
 butions hoZj i'.™'-'' ^"•^"^•"^•''J that s.ieh annual eontri- 
 fonm]^:i 7 '"]i-'" "' '"""""*' ^i"' '^( punctually paid, be 
 no 1 ?^ *"' ' ? '^"^'^ '^'"^ ""'^^''' «l^i'^^t« to Nvlucl/it is pro! 
 
 rZr u-^.h "'; ^""'''1^' *'^"^^ '^y the contributions of the 
 
 win bo T;'^ "';'"^?''. ^^ '^« ^'^'^"-^'^ '" this Island. Thus 
 Zd which i' f«""'Iat,on of that independence of e.Urnal 
 ChurTh '. 1 «i;P^«'^to me so essential that the Colonia- 
 
 i2efer«n(/ Gentlemen, Ladies and Gentlemen ;— 
 
 frni^r''-*'''''' i^'-' l^fs hesitation in advancing these su.-estions 
 
 c3icdr;^hh^r"^" '^^ ''"""■'"^' ^'"^'^^"•y are'far rn 
 TsFrcsC .Vn-"^''"'""' entertained by our excellent and 
 wm I nnf^ • ^'fT'' ""'' '^"^ •'^^'^•J^^'t. by whom thoy 
 arluln^sXh"'l''^'"'^'"'^;^^ "J^"" >'«"'• considerafion by 
 of^tru 1^ nr ll'^''"T ""' ''"y ^^'" ^'^' ^'""^ tl.« foundation 
 prevail ' '''''^°'" ^"^ °^ "" knowledge, cannot but 
 
 October !5, 1845, 
 
 St. JOHN'S, October 28, 1845. 
 Reverend AND DRAit Sm- — 
 
 will, .1,0 slHocI ", Jr " of r'-V Vr"''" •'";•,'"«'•">" 
 
27 
 
 ) ha in coiij 
 paid with the 
 ickunwlcdged 
 he appointed 
 a "fund'' f,, 
 )licd in aid of 
 ovide salaries 
 may bo njiost 
 ntiual contri- 
 talli/ paid, he 
 icli it is pro- 
 he continued 
 itions of tho 
 iland. 'J'hus 
 ! of external 
 the Colonia' 
 acquire and 
 
 i sugj»cstions 
 are far from 
 xcelhnt and 
 whom they 
 deration hy 
 foundation 
 cannot but 
 
 18, !845. 
 
 |>ort of tho 
 rh Society, 
 h, tof^ethcr 
 fiovornor. 
 riis Exrel- 
 oth an nd- 
 hat I iiave 
 :matic Mid 
 
 follection, to ho continued and ext,>nded year l)v 
 the support ol tho Church in this Cnlonv, iWni ujl 
 
 general 
 
 year, for 
 lier members, 
 
 Th,. ne.'osslty. T am persuaded, is ap))arr,.t to, and ackii-m-- 
 cdK<'d hv.aa ri,qht-mnu!ed members of our n„mmunion.both 
 lay aud eh^gy ; and is most truly ruid touchin-ly, ihou.-h by 
 
 1 
 
 "nnu'ans fully andade,ji„tely, expressed in Hi.'Kxcell-ncv^ 
 .peeeh 1 .. Socely for the Prop:,.^ation ..f (]u> (iospd,'..,, 
 ^vhuh the Lhurch m tins Colony h,,. hitlurt-. den-nded f .• 
 «upport, is uo_ longer able to ..Moiid ami increase its bountr 
 I., us as our mcieaH,,- ^-ants d.mand : and it is cmsidored 
 moreover to bo equally the ,l„(y and iulerest of th.> (•[■.ureh' 
 111 any Christian country .etilcd an<l e.-vili.ed, to support 
 tlu'ir own estabh.lun,.nt,with only such extraneous aid as anv 
 H.u-andt(r,-.porary emergency may seem to in. tifv i.nd iv"- 
 /iwiie. •>l';'(lutyHasplainandimperative(n-b.repossibl,,a, 
 ai.y duty o m,son or religio.i ea.i be ; « ihr," (,:.,t Jo nudt, mIt 
 ■.uthoni.esj ' evenso h.th the ],on;-,rdained th,,t thev wh el\ 
 luench the Cospel .honld live of tlu' Cospel." fl Cor n 
 M.] And, ' Let him that is taught in tb.e Word co nmn jc i. 
 -^!> -^^^ ^hat t..M, in all good thing., [(iai. v To 
 
 whuh exhortatum the Aposth- inMn..dia?eiv adds, (o shew o , 
 mteres as wel ,. ,lu,y, '• Me not deceived :' Cod i" 
 mocked ;ior whaU.cver a n.an suw.th that shall ho also 
 leap [Cal. V, .J And many, wo knov.. .v, the like 
 .Nh.ntatu,ns and p. ..uses of God'« holy and uuchangeubl. 
 
 It only remains, .':, reA^o, to consider tho possibility of sup- 
 
 That the moans arc sudieient cannot ho ,1 .ubfed when w, 
 
 ; :;,\;"7,^"^'"f' ^n-'j-V't- tU. nu.ehamiize and o l * 
 M(.llhof theeout.try ,s„t,h„l„nds of Churchn».n. Neither 
 IS here any ju.t reason to.loubt their will an.l lilu-ralitv. A) 
 thtU IS wantod-or what is ehiefly nanted-is a pro er m, 
 tffcc ive madunery. For this th J Church looks to h r C 'le 
 ay;. they must declare, thev must carrv if into operation Ju , 
 J- in Kngland the Clergy J, dare and nuuntain ^mII' ^,7; 
 the ahes.and cnUect or receive them omo u-venr ; so hi 
 country the Missionaries must perform a .inu'lar di tyl., d tr 
 
 »w\, 10 meirliod anrl Savioui' also 
 
 ,«.'!''''i'l''''f !'■':"• 'J"^"' oHhisei'.cular letter in to submit to 
 J«u a i^duu, whicn, aitcr much dciibcrulioii, hu« beeu iUlowcU 
 
am apnov.abytheCo.nmittooof ,ho Church S.v.Vty, an.l 
 wh .h [ drsuryou to j„u i„ o,u-ratio>. h, your Mission (wih 
 .urh .uocl.hcatunus -s your ,.xp..,i,„,, ,„,y ;„ ) durin-Mh « 
 
 uvM I. 11. I n.uy nnrive 1r.„n your mission, a ,on rilu.tion 
 M^.gl.you,toth^^ 
 
 ontul. ntly hop.a that hon> ofhc-.s nuuh larfr.. sun.s u-ijl b. 
 
 <n li- Iroasur.T ,.t tlu'Chuich Soridy. 
 
 Inth.d,.po.alor,l,,,un.Isso cr.^Ur.l, i. :< pn.-ouMl. in 
 
 11 I > Mr am.u:.! c-uXnluuions to hissup.H.rt, a.:r, i , sup. 
 
 ■ t ^Uo' 'V '"";•'^"'"^•'^ "'^ ^'"''-'^ I.V.lu .Pn,. cation 
 
 ^'..K. It sho,„.a ,l,a w.thin rh.u« voars that So. i.ty may 
 
 Imlu!^ tho Bishops; ami >,t tlu> an.ou ,t so dr.lucl.'a be 
 
 im. IcMoa '" ' '"■^' '^•^"" ^'''' l'« directly couconud au.l 
 
 In the iiext pla.v, or conjointly with this naju.tmcnt of tho 
 
 ion ^''''->""'; ^,.>'":"»'., it is ini.MHlca to Mna new Mi.s- 
 
 rrnM-lr'TV'^'''^''"''"'' l!^'^'''"»^" "♦■ tl"^ ..Huistralions of 
 u C u Hiand her n.cuns of (i,-aco, .specially on the W c«- 
 li rn ami Nontlu-rn coasts, 
 
 I( '!""'t l'«' rr.ncmbcr.a that thcSocictv for the Propa-;,- 
 ;-•; HM-osml has .a,..ay, in mw.o instances, rc.h cl I 
 1 li.cs s salary to £m), ana it seems ju.t that the in- 
 
 c.]. alto that ot then- luetlnen in the same ministry. 
 
 I H' only «or].ll.v aavantaKo or pr< lern.ent to he eoncedea 
 y ne or any ahove others must Inneerorvvar.l aiise from iVes. 
 
 iC on . '^V'''*;""-'' ''"'>'• ^'^r^'^'i-'K -f lu.n that the 
 
 tl ,;' a t ^'- ^^" r^^ '"' """^^■''•^' »'-'' '^'^ I'orotoforts to 
 .muulana receivo the cuM.miary fees. All oilu r collee- 
 
 tills Mar. •iltogtthcr cciiso. 
 
Soi'irty, aiiil 
 i-^sioii (with 
 
 ) (lining' tlic 
 
 hat, by the 
 ontributioii 
 at the rato 
 
 •ni each and 
 
 lU'lllhtailCC^! 
 
 unU'd, it ii» 
 urns will bi? 
 rrwith God 
 
 alt'Vcr your 
 nit'd (o lUL', 
 
 icnficd, in 
 ,()](> aiiiotiiit 
 aiid i.) sup- 
 'n>;»."<atioii 
 xpc'iu'Ht ti) 
 ix'ioty may 
 salary, in- 
 bdtictcd Lp 
 ct'lK'ctioiis. 
 ccnuil unci 
 
 iiicnt of tlio 
 
 I tu w Mis- 
 
 strilitns of 
 
 the W is- 
 
 (• ]'ropa<»;i- 
 <, reduced 
 liat tlio in- 
 hl be niavlt« 
 
 conceded 
 ' fjnin i\'vx, 
 b(>d ill thi» 
 II that tht; 
 of his g'jr- 
 (toforc, to 
 i( r collfi;- 
 hv closo of 
 
 29 
 
 The fund will he further applicable towards the erection of 
 
 uw Churches and 1 arsonage-hot.ses, and any extensive 
 
 ..■pau.oralterut.onsniade necessary byaccident or Unavoidable 
 
 i\o part of the colh-etion will arise from pew-rents or as- 
 
 oi iM.hvulu;,]. who, ofc.urse, will be entitled, for their pay- 
 imnts, severally and coUerlively, to the ministrations of the 
 Clergy.nan -1 C'hureh The only further pavment required 
 1 ne,.essary in this behal from the ConKrej^ation. will be for 
 l.<'n(n,ary repairs (u... biding, of course, painting) of their 
 .. i' ;•"'"' ^"■'•^"'f nieidental expenses, as tL salary 
 
 .he U.rk or . Sexton, the liivs, lights, bread and wine for 
 the loly Saeram.M.t.&e., whi.h in England are provided for 
 by C.hun:h-ratcs ; and may in this country easily b,; met 
 by quarterly collections in the Churches or by general assess- 
 
 A Schedule has been prepared, and is herewith sent, which 
 .t iH hop.dwdl be found useful in making and recording 
 your collection : wh:ch should be kept in duplicate, that om. 
 ropy may be forwarded yearly, or as oiteu as maybe r.viuircd. 
 o me for in.p,.ct,ou. Y<,u will, no doubt, s/e the advan- 
 t.ig<', il not mctssity, of associatingwith yourself some of your 
 influent.al and respectable friends and ncMghbors in putting 
 
 1 us plan in operation, and making it intelligible and accept 
 able to the p<-ople. \ou „,ay exp..ct ."specially to benefit by 
 th.« advice and assistance of the Merchants and i'lanter/. 
 Your Churchwardens of course will be associated with you 
 in these as m all oth.r pn.cee.lings which concern the 
 peace and prosp.-rity of our Zion ; but you will remember 
 
 l.at web,olctoyou,and require it ofyouasa sacred duty, 
 
 dir<.ct and superintend, and make the n-port and return of 
 tlie cnl!ection. 
 
 It is intended further that this annual payment should in- 
 eiujle the amount formerly subscribed to the School Society 
 ^oliat in future tho.e only who s.^nd children to the Schools' 
 will be rcpured to pay directly to .he support of the master. 
 
 1 he Scbo.d room, however, should, like the Church, be keiit 
 in repair by the people, and provision mad(. for necessary 
 fuel. Ihe Schoolmasters will, of course, expect to receive, 
 tiiroug), t}„. J«,up<-nntcndant, the «ame amount as, on an aver- 
 age o| lormer years, th'y have receiv(>d. 
 
 The comfort and advantage of being asked for contribution! 
 by on? parly only, and he their Clorgvmau, wUl, it i^bslicrcd, 
 
II 
 
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 1 1 
 
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 h'Jf ^"^.f ^"^y^'^^l^'^'l by all, and their payments nui.t b. 
 targe and liberal in proportion. ^^^ nui. t ot 
 
 ChurZ"" ^y>w only to entreat you for Christ's and ih. 
 Chmch s sake to use your endeavours, with pravrrsfoi Go '', 
 .help and b essing to render this plan as ^^ncrnl and cF ct 
 |Teas possible. You cannot feel more strongly han I -; 
 that a very laborious and irksome service will bo s,„ .wl 1 
 
 todutiesalreadvsufficicntlyonerousard i iequi^^;^^^^ 
 .t be as indeed It i., forthe honor of God an hL Chiml 
 and the maintenance of Scriptural truth and Apos clh: o 1 i' 
 m this country, I confidently expect vou will not shr nk ro n 
 perfornnng or attempting it. Gnuitude inuecd tod nob 
 Nociety-which, wlien we devoted ourselves to the e v f 
 God ui this country, came forward to supply us with I in", 
 necessary and convenic-nt for this present 1 if., and h"n 
 oouraged and supported us in all our Iriuls and priva on - 
 grat. ude_ forsuch benefits will constrain us to be Ulic'Jn and 
 •ol<-denying in ihis emergency. *"i»'-ni aixi 
 
 As far as possible. I am prepared to share witli vou ail ihe 
 nnpoptdanty or other pain which mav at first attic t t ' 
 new and unexpected demand; =md a's vou will .n-oumlV. 
 npphcafonupon the sacred principled' yonv dul^Z^^l 
 God and his _ people, so you will warn and adn>u ish yo ur 
 flocks that u IS then- duhi eheerfullv to alK,w tl,e anpl ■ t . 
 and answer the call • and .hat, lbr-,he neglect oA ',' ' 
 .urely as of any otlier, they wiUbrin; on then^Mlv i j'l 
 rme displeasure, witli all it. inevitable consequences- v^. 1 
 on the other hand, God himself lias .aid by Hi 1'. ' 
 
 'Prove me now herewith (i. e.. witli tithes Ld off. n„.^;; J 
 1 will not open you the whulows of Heaven, and pour%-.u 
 
 I remain, 
 
 Reverend and dear Sir, 
 Yoar affectionate Brother and Servant, 
 
 EDWAUD NEWFOUNDLAND. 
 
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