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The Presbytery of Toronto, as now constituted, enibraecH the Counties of York, Peel, Cardwell with the exception of the Township of Adjala, the Townships of Trafalgar and Esquesing in the Counties of Halton, Muhnur in the County of Simcoe, and Melancthon in the County of Grey. The two latter were added to its bountls some years a,L;o at tlie request of the Pres- bytery of Simcoe. The addition whicli was designed to jtroniote the more efficient workinj^ of an important ami somewhat neglected mission held , and which has probably had tiiis result, has given t(j the Presbytery, as a glance at a majj of Ontario will shew, a very irregular shape. It is to be observed, that no considerable section of this territory was originally settled by a ]>opulation predominantly or even largely Presby- terian, — whether coming directly from Scotland, Ireland, or from older settled portions of Canada; with the exception of the township of Scarborough, and the larger portion of the Presbyterian population in this township was connected with the Church of Scotland branch and remained in this connec- tion after the division in 1844. On the other hand, some large districts numbered at the first only a few Presbyterian families among the settlers by whom they were occui)i('d. A reference to the minutes and statistics of the Presbyterian Church of Canada will shew that this branch of the now United Chui-cli was very weak within tiie limits of the Presbytery at the time of its formation, and for some time continued to be so. At first, it had but one settled pastor within its bounds, the Rev. Mr. Kintoul of Streetsville, and even four years after the disruption, there were but four such. There was a vigorous, but not numerically strong cause in the city of Toronto ; while in the country districts, there was not one congregation which, in comparison with some congregations then existing or soon after- wards formed in the western peninsula, could be regarded as strong in numbers. Things were not much, if, indeed, any belter, in those early days with the United Presbyterian branch. The number of organizations was smaller, more of them in proportion were enjoying the benefits of a stated ministry. On the whole, it will be seen that the prospects of Pres- byterianism within the area of the Presbytery, so far as it was represented by these bodies, were not encouraging between 1844 and 1854, and, with the difficulty that existed in getting suitable ministers, the work of sustaining and advancing it in the circumstances stated above, was an ex- ceedingly arduous one. In estimating its growth within the limits of the Presbytery during the period to be reviewed, viz : that between 18G2 and 1875; it must still farther be kept in mind that at the commencement of this period there were almost no new tracts of country to be occupied with settlers ; the territory was already for the most part an old settled and well cultivated one ; and, accordingly, as the census returns shew, the population has not made any great increase within the bounds ; in some districts, if the returns are not inaccurate, it has actually diminished. In addition, it is to be noted, that there are no large and growing towns within the bounds of this Presbytery, such as are found in many parts of Ontario. On the other 3 hand it embraces in Toronto, the largest ami wealthiest city of the Pro- vince; and though the increase of Toronto in population has not in the period been proportionately greater than that of some of the other cities of the Province — in point of fact between lb()l and 1871, the rate of its increase was considerably less than that of Hamilton, London and Ottawa — still in the Tlieological Institution with its Professors and Students, which has its seat here, the Presbytery has ])ossessed an undeniable and an important auxiliarj"- in promoting tlio interests of Presbyterianism not only in the city but in the remotest country districts which it embraces. These considerations need to be taken into account before the proper value can be attached to the iletails which follow. These have respect to the condition of Presbyterianism within the bounds of the Presbytery and in connection with our own branch of the Church in the years 1862 and and 187o — that is, over a period of thirttfcn years. It would have been more appropriate to have selected 1861, the year of our happy imion, as the iirst term of the series ; but urdbrtunately no detailed statistics were p\ib- lished Ijy either of the churches that year. The statistics for 1862 are comparatively full. Only/<)?(f pastoral charges seem to have failed to give leturns that year, and the two or three mission stations which then existed are in the same category. These four pastoral charges all report in 1863 and to prevent a too favourable view being taken of the advancement made, the returns for that year have been inserted, an asterisk in the accompanying tables marking tliose congregations from the others. Like- wise a membership of 140 has been allowed for the mission stations, one, it is believed, fully representative of their strength. Coming to the other term of the series, the defects in the returns as they were put into the hands of your Comnnttce have, by correspondence with ministers, been made good in every case but one. The only alternative available, in order to give something like completeness to the returns and to make the compari- son of the two periods a really just and fair one, was to insert in the case of this congregation (Claude and Chinguacousy), from which no returns could be obtained, the report of membership, contributions, etc. for 1874. In this way your Committee has been able to draw up two tables which are annexed to this report, and which, it is believed, will greatly interest not only the ministers of the Presbytery but the great body of its member- shi]). Table I. contains, («,) the names of the pastoral charges and mission stations in 18()2 and 1875, those being inserted in red ink, which have l)een formed since the former date ; ih) the names of the pastors, at both dates ; the late and the present jiastor, where s> change has taken place, being similarbj distinguished ; (c) the membership, or rather, the number ol" communicants, of each congregation at the respective dates ; (d) the number under instruction in Sabbath schools and Bible classes the salaries paid in each congregation in 1862 and in 1875, with per member in each and at both dates, Tablb: II. contains a statement of the contributions of each gallon and Mission Station at the dates already specified, (o) To the College Fund, (b) To the Home Mission Fund, (c) To the Foreign Mission Fund, ((/) To all the Schemes of the Church, including in addition to those already named, the Synod or Assembly Fund, the Aged Ministers' and Ministers' Widows' Fund, with the French Evangelisation Funds, and (e) to all purposes, Congregational and General, with the rate per member in the two latter cases. In this second table, the congregations of the Presbytery are arranged in the order of their rate of contribution to the schemes of the General Assembly. and (e) the rate Congre- It is diflTicult to summarise the results which are brought out by these tables, and l)y the statistical returns generally. The attempt to do so, may be made under the following general heads. I. Churches. — In 18(i2, as far as can be seen, there were 30 Churches, or places of worship in connection with the denomination, within the bounds (jf the Presbytery, many of them small incapacity and without much pretension either to architectural grace or to durability. There are now 54 ; the more recently erected of which are generally tasteful and solid structures. These 51 churches are reported to furnisli accommodation to 15,857 wor.'hippers. There are still at least (5 places where public ordinances are ailmiiiistered by our Missionaries, where no place of worship has been erected. At two of them, McMillan's Corners, in tlie Queensville Group; and Honeywood, in the Mulmur Section, steps are being taken to have Churches erected during the present summer. It is dillicult to esti- mate with accuracy the money value of this property. From an examina- tion of the latest returns on this point and making allowance for tiie churches sitice built, the property cannot represent a value much less than {^400,0(10. II. Ministers. — In 18G2, there were 21 pastoral charges within the present limits of the Presliytery, some of them very weak : 4 were vacant at the date of the report for the year. There are now 28, with several Mission Stations, almost, if not altogether, ripe lor settlement. There were on the Roll of the Presbytery at the former date 17 Pastors ; there are on it at this date 26 ; 6 only of the 17 being now found among the 20, viz. : the Ministers of Kao.x Church, Toronto, of Richmondhill and Thornhill, of Brampton and Derry West, of Union and Norval, of Caledon, and of King. Of the remaining eleven, one now occupies a Professor's chair, two are on the list of infirm Ministers, the rest have either died, or are labour- ing in other parts, one in England, and one in the United States. These Ministers are assisted by 200 Elders, while 508 teachers give religious instruction to the youth of our Church in the Sabbatli School. The reported attendance on Sabbath School and Bible Class instruction was in 1802, 2,274 ; in 1875, 5,450. III. Manses. — There are 11 Manses or residences for Pastors within the bounds of the Presliytery, according to the last returns. In addition 2 have houses rented by the congregation for their use. These Manses are all situated outside the city. The smallnesa of the salary ^'iven to many of the Ministers of country charges, as well as the ditficulty of getting a suitable house to rent, convenient to the church, at any price, makes the Manse almost indispensable to the country Minister. It is hoped that each year will see an addition to the number, until all are provided. The statistical tables of 1862 contain no returns under this head, so that no comparison is possible. IV. Stipends. — Having stated the facts as to the Ministry and the Manse-accomrnodation within the Presbytery ; this report may now present the results of the comparison of the statistics of the two periods in regard to Stipends. These will be found to be of a very gratifying kind. The state of things is given below, first for the city charges, then fur the country charges, and last for the whole Presbytery. " Rate per Membership. Member tor Salary. Fi.8toral Charges Total amount paid for Salary. Average Stipend of each Minister. b ® b .1862. .1875. 5.... §5,100 $1,020 1,300 $3.92 8. . $16,100 $2,012 2,849 $5.65 «..isr.2. Q ..1S7;V, ..1(], >> n,fi72 S 420 2,00S S3.S2 .20. . !i?i;),'.M;'.> iiiriiuiiii,^' sii|i...s tins 2,000 S^.i7 o >> ^ ^...1802. in CL .18 (.>. .21. 811,072. .s:)0,(iliO .>! r)7o :;,.".r.s. .,S1,()7:J '0,^0'J. «j.42 It thus .ajipiMrs tliut tlic avr in, :.,'(■ Saliiiy in tin- city lins iill Imi doubled ; in the couutry illia-; Ihhmi iui'icnsfd liy (12 per cent, and iutlic Mlinlc Pres- l)Vtery Ly 8s iicr cent: while the rate of uiviu,:,' [pci uicnihcr or coniuiunicant, tor this'dhjcct, has luhannd liy IkIwclmi l.'> and rio ]icr cent., tlu' still hi-hcr ])crci'nta,L,'f nf incna-c in iivcia,L(c sdary, hi-in^' due to tht' increased niiMuhcrshiii of I lie conj^icualions ot the Trc'liytery. csiiiLially in the city. It'llu! (lucsiiiiii is asked, Wiu'tlier the increasi! 8!S ])er cent, in the avoraj^'O, salary of the .Ministers in the winde rreshyterv in i:) years, does more than represent the increased e.\peii-es of I'vin-- in th.it ]ieriod ? a our Coin- mittee believe it il<ie- : and that the])osition (d tlu' Minister in this respect, while not all thai mi-ht be de~ii'ed, is a considerably ini]iroved one at the later ]»eriod. It must I e leinemlu red liiat this is due in ]«art to tlie excel- lent sujiplenu'iitary sy.-tem now in operatinn ami Avhich couhl scarcely be wiid to have been initiated at tin- runner date. It' Ave comiiaiv the average above stated with that reaidied tlirou;^hout the whole Church, it Avill be I'tiund to l>e consitU'ialiiy ahead orthat,bolii in res]iect to Salary of Minister and rati! of .^iviu'..; per inemlier, .is '^\\vu in last Statistical I'eport to the (ieiu'ral Assembly. The averae;e Salary was ,^7("), a^'ainst 81.(17:5 in this I'resbyterv, and liie avera.i^e rate ])er member !?4.71 ai^ainst .Sr).42 in this Presbytery. Only one ^Finister reports arrears of Salary, to the amount of 8;Jt>.20. Sui'ely tlii.'' iiidebledne>s miyht be wiped out, Avithout much dillicultv. V. Mi;.\iiu;hsiiii', iU{ XiMi'.Ki; oi' CoM.MrxiCANTs.^lf will be readily admitted that in comiii;^' to this item, we ap]»roach that which more than anythin^u' else will indicate the real .i^rowth, lU'the ab.seiice (df,'rowtli, of our Cllurcli tUuin[:j tlie]ieriod referred to. Tlu' increasinywealth of the coni- munitv niav multiply < huirhesand manses, and I'emunerate, if not liberally, yet more adequately, the ministers of the (iospid; but if a larger number do not wait on the minisliy, and are not moved to make jier.sonal ]irofession of faith in U'iirist, th • ( "huivli miisi lie In Id to be stationary or retrorjre.s- sive. It is (heeiiii.;' then, to ha\e to report a lar^e increase in the number of commuuiiaiils within the area covered by the Pre.sbytery of Toronto. As in the former case, we ^ive the li.mires first for the city, then for the country ; ('0 llei^ular charges only ; (/«) J{e,milar charges, including Mis- sion Stations, and last for the wholi; Presbytery. City of T(iront< (a) Regular Charges. Clmr^-es 'I'ntal nmnlior (if Av(>ni:;'e luniibcr tn t'ounuuiiioiiiil.s. t';iili i uiiyiT^atiuli. bS(iJ 187.) S Increase 1S(;2 Ki lS7o 20 Increase 1,300 2,84!) '260 356 l,o4y or Mil per iciit. in 13 years, or 1* pur cent. ]ier uiiuuni. 2,008 129 2,(iyO 134 ^22 or ao per cent, in 13 years, or 2, 4-13 per cent, per annum. fh) Regular Charges, in- cludiiit{ Mission Stations. . . . 1802 1875 20 •28 2,^08 3,114 no 111 Increase 00(5 or 41 per cent, in 13 years, or over y |). c. pcrnnnuiii. Whole Preshytery, in- < 1802 25 a.oOft 140 eluding Mission stations... ^ 1875 .•}({ r),963 Km Increase 2,4")5 nnnrl) 70 p.r r. nt. In V:, yenis, or ;■>, ii 111 pur cent, per iianuni. Tliis Ptiiteniont would be inconi]>lct»', as shewing' the relative position of our Church at the two periods, without some comparison of the iucicase here indicated with the increase of the ^'eiieral population within the same area. We have no means of ascertaining thi.s i'or the entire period. The nearest approach we can make to it is the period c.vtendinu from 1801 to 1871. According to the Cen.siis return.«, we have the following result.s : I'lipiilation. Country districts of the) 18(U 107,148 Preshytery of Toronto. \ 1871 110,444 City of Toronto . The whole Presbyterial Territory Increase 1801 1871 Increase 1861 1871 Increase 3,296, n 1-.') per cent in lOycirs, or vHlO per cent, per annum. 44,821 56,092 11,271, or 25 per cent, in 10 years, tr •2J cent, per annum. per 151,969 166,536 14,507, or f) per cent, in In years, or scrircely 1 per cent, per annum. Thus while the general population in the Country Districts has been increasing at the rate of 3-10 per cent annually, the membership in full communion of the Canada Presbyterian Church has been increasing within the same area at 3 per cent. ; while the general population in the City of Toronto has been increasing at the rate of 2^ per cent per annum, thai of the membership of the Caiuida Presbyterian Cnurch in it has been increas- ing at the rate of 9 per cent. ; and while the population in the whole area, city and country, has been increasing at the rate of scarcely 1 per cent per annum,,the membership of the Church in the same area, has been increasing at the rate of over 5 per cent, per annum. This gratifying increase is very generally distributed over the Presbytery. It is, as has been brought out by the figures already submitted, much the largest, both absolutely and relatively, in the city. Of the country congre- gations, Scarborough, Richmondhill and Oakville have made tlie largest numerical increase in the 13 years now closed. Seven congregations report a smaller number of commimicants in 1875, than in 1862. In at least two of the cases, this may be traced to the formation of new congregations in the neighborhood ; and in others, it may be due to changes in the popula- tion, if not to its actual diminution. Whatever the explanation, it is a circumstance which the Presbytery would do well to ponder. Much of the increase in country districts is due to the opening up of Mission Stations, and the organization of congregations in parts of tne Presbytery, especially ".rcely I in tlie Xowinaikot and MulnuTr Districts, wlior.' our Clmrch wiw ixUnont unknown 13 veixM a;,'o. It would bo dilUcult to inlor, with much confidencf as to the conclusion frou) the ti^'urcs nowsul>niitto(l, what the amount ot" the lJO]juhilionailheiin;4to our church is. Ifweallow 11 persons for every communi- cant, tiiis would give to (lurhranch o'tin^ Presbyterian (.'hurch an adheriu;,' jtopuhition ol' ITjhMt) out of l(i0,3;J0. The; number of families repnrteil as iM'lonyin;,' to the Presl)ytery in the returns of 1875, is '2,Hiy,i. Takinj,' 5 as the avtrai,'e numlier of tlie family, a common basis of calculation in sudi cases, and the result would be an adhering iK)puIatijn of 14,-10.'). The uuniber of persons, not easily embraced in any ecclesiastical return, who within till! area of the Presbytery of Toronto, receive their chief religious instruction ami inlluence from the Canada Presbyterian Church, is prol)ably larger than ei'lier of the numlujrs given abiive would make it. VI. CoNTi(niLTl()N,i to Schemes of the church and for all purposes.— Xo j)art of the results brought out by the comparison of 1W()2 and It^T.'j gives indication of greater ailvancenieut than iliat exhibited in Table II. It is imitossible to bring out fully b}' means of any summary the general advancement which has been made in giving for the sujjport of the (iospel and the extension of its knowledge and inlluence in our own and other lands. The attention of the Presl)ytery, however, is called to the following IJurticulars. llumo .MissiiiiH. KiiDX t'i)lle;i(!. Fort!i;,'ii Missaioiin. \ 18(52 §:}:}2 8(; .§1,105 so S2-Jj 35 $1,518 80 (a) Contributions for / 1875 $3,008 37 i5i,935 03 Increase of §2.075 51 $829 23 $1293 45 (b) Contributions for i ,^..,^ all the Seliomes of ' .^n- theC. Assemblv.. / '^'^' or Soo per cent. or 73 (jcr cent. or 574 per cuiit. !?2,108 10 or (lOo. per couununicant. $8,810 20 or §1.47 per Increase §6,71110 or 313 per cent. In U years. The rate of contribution per member for these schemes ranges from $3.27 in Gould Street, $2.1i in Charle.'S Street, and 32.54 in Knox Church, Toronto, to .25c. and. 23c. in others. The increase, however, is very general, and while there were but two congregations which were giving over ^l per member for these schemes in 1862 (Gould Street & Knox Church, Toronto), there are now 13; only one congregation is giving for these schemes at a lower rate per niendjer than in 1862. One, York Mills and Fisherville, is giving for them at a rate twelve-fold that of the earlier period. (c) Contributions for all ( 18G2 purposes in } 1875 .«I22,485 00 $G(J,290 00 rate per member, .$6.40. rate per member, $11.11. Increase $43,805 00 or 194 per cent, in 13 years. Comparing the rates of contribution per member within the Presbytery, lirst for the Schemes of the General Assembly, second for all purposes, with those reached in the whole Church as stated in the last report presented to the General Assembly, it will be found that the rate for the former in the whole Church was $1.11 per member, as against $1,47 in this Presbytery, and the rate for the latter was $11.90, as against $11.11 in this Presbytery, The rate attained for the former object, so intimately connected with the general interests of the body— nearly one- third higher than that reached ill till' T'liiircli at larj;;o- i-< II iiiatti'v on wliicli tlic riv^liytorv may fairly coii^raUiIutf ilscit', c-ipoi'iiilly in view of tln' liut, tlial iu country i'iiii;,'r('^ii- lioiH are, j,'enerally Hpeakiii;,', niuni-rically weak, milyono of tlieiii havin;^ a menil»i'r>lii|» in lull idiinnuiiinn nl' over 'JiMt. 'I'lic IdwiI' rate utiaineil lur all i)ur|iiiM"s, ii .■^llllil■il•^lly cxiilained l>y llie ciiiuni^aiire tliat tlieie lias been Init li til e ell u re hi III ill I in^' or liiiuidalin^' dI' (lel»t,wiiliin the i'le.-iliyti'ry Tor the last year; without insisiniLj on tlie ia(i,tliat in the j,'eiieral retniiis jiresenteil to tlH'As-eiiihly, the wlmlc amount e\|ienile(l on ('hurch,or .Manse-liuihliii;^' seeiiiH to lie soiiicliine-i iiiciu'led in the i'e|i'iil lor a >in,i^le vrar, while the actual raisin;,' ol' the money is ilisti iliuti'il over several, it may be iuterestin^j; to see how the rate of ;;iviu,L; in the i'resliytery of Toronto comiiares with that olitainin^j in one of the Pre^liyterieso!' Scotlaml. A very lull talile is now hefure us nt the nienilier^hiii anil eontiiljutinns ol tiie .Metroiiolitan I'resliytery of Kilinlnirxl', in eonneeliiin with the United Presbyterian Chui'ch. The nienibershi|) is •di't^'di')'^ ; the contiilnitions for all purposes i'i;5,M)^, bein;,' at the rate i'l l;!s 1 [il, or a litth; over 8S as against !j<l 1.1 1 in this Pre.-bytery. Wliili! the results, wliit'li your Comniillee ha- tlie honor to submit, are so far of a veiy ;,'ratifyin;,' eharactur, it does not forget tliat these do not themselves con.-tiiule the highe>t object for which the ( 'liiirch of Christ exists. It has been in.-liluted, not sini[)ly to r.iise nmney in the name <jf religion, or to increase a nominal niembeiship, but to jirouiote the siiiiitual life of its members, ami to adil to the number of ti'ue believers. Vour Committee is of opinion, however, that the increase in membershii) and in liberality, herein reported, may be taken as alfoi'ding satisfactory evideiici* of a considerable measure of relinimis life among our people, and cuuld not have been obtaim;d without it. It would respectfully impre.-^s on the Presbytery the enuvictioii \\hich it entertains, that the degr'n- nf outward istrength which has been reached. can, in tin circumstances mwliicli Presby- teriani.sm e.vists witliin its itoiinds, only be >ii>taiued, and made the basi^i for further advaie'emeiit, by zealously and jiravcrfully maintaining the religious life which exists ; or bi-tter still, by securing lor it through laitli in Christ and the operation of lli.^ opirit, increaseil ])urity ami warmth. Without this, a iiroportiijii of the more wealthy and lashiouable members of our Church will drop away into communions, in wliieh their worldly aspirations will be more fully gratified , while not a k-w of all classes may be induced by the more deninnsiralive, if imt deepei', religious life of some other bodies of Chri-stians existing along side of them, to leave the Chtirch of their fathers. On the whole, it is not a fact to be stated with regret, that nothing but a good measure of that life which the Siiirit of God originates and .sustains, can preserve I'or our Pre.sbyterianism in this country its present in'oportioii of numbers and wealth. It is rather a matter to ho thankful for, that however some churches may hope to in- crease from the growth of wealth and the tastes which wealth brings with it, the Presbyterian Church, while not fearing either wealth or culture, can only hope to maintain and extend itself in this land, through the maintain- ance in its membership of intelligent piiety. Thus while "the things that remain" an' hapjiily among ns "not ready to die," we may stiil hear the voice of the Head of the Church saying to us as to the Church of Sardis, " Bo watchful and strengthen them ;" or as to another of the Churches of Asia, '* Hold fast that ^^hich thou hast ; that no man take thy Crown." All of -which is respectfully submitted. JOHN M. KING, Convener. 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