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"^ "Ihc Cfrhaptcr f ouse, fonbon, (Dnt., June 21st, 1880. To the Clergy of the Diocese of Hziron : Reverend and Dear Brethren,— At th* recent session of Synod the following resolution was passed: » ...wi« " Moved by His Honor Judge Kingsmiil, Seconded by His Honbr Judge McMahon, Resolved~Y\y^l the Synod would respectfully recommend that the charge delivered by the Lord Bishop be read from the pulpit in every church in the Diocese, on some Sunday appointed by the Bishop, and that His Lordship be requested to issue a pastoral to that effect. In compliance with the above, I have, therefore, to request you to read my Synod Address, in extenso (the tabular statement at the end excepted), to your people from the pulpit, in place of a sermon on Sunday, July iith, i88o_the regular day for making the collection for the Widows' and Orphans' Fund of the Diocese- or where the mission is extensive, on the next succeeding Sunday on which service is held, so that the Address may be read in everv church and station in the Diocese. Commending you and your people to the grace of God and to every good word and work, ' Ever believe me. Your affectionate brother and Bishop. • I. HURON. N.B.—This pastoral to be ■ read on the Sunday afifiomte. previous to reading the charge. ir- -i ADDRESS iolution nd that 111 pit in by the :oral to 3st you at the srmon, ig the cese — lunday every i, and ON. ointe . His Lordship the Bishop of Huron, TO THE SYNOD. JUNE. 1880. Beloved Brki hren : — , ''^'■'T'^'-'.,'"-* ""'" >■""' -"^"'l P^'-'^L'-' IVom Co.l our Failitr and fn.ni the I <,nl Jesus Christ. Most thankful do I feel that in the gracioius providence of Cod we are once more permitted to meet here in peace and in prosperity You wdl readil)- understand me when I say that this privilege of greeting you once agam in Synod assembled, in the name of our common I,ord and Master, greatly tends to quicken my sense of mterest towards )ou all, my brethren in the faith of Christ and in the ministry of His Gospel. May every one of us fully realize the power and inHuence of the Holy Ghost, whose presence amon.^ us we have invoked, and may that self-same spirit teach and enable us rightly to discharge our duties, as loyal members of this legislative body ; may all our efforts and labors be in unison with the mind of Him AVho gave Himself for us, and Who left us an example tliat we should follow His steps : thus shall we bring forth the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glorv and praise of God. ' ' EPISCOPAT, ACTS, ETC., ETC. As usual, a detailed statement of these will be printed in the Journal of the Synod. The more important of them may be summed lip thus :— ■ 1. Ordained 7 Deacons. 2. " 9 Presbyters. 3. Confirmed 1776 Persons. 4. Baptized 3 Adults. Consecrated 9 Churches. " 2 Churchyards. Opened 2 Churches. Preached 131 Sermons. . Delivered 144 Addresses. 10. Attended 49 Meetings. 11. Administered the Holy Communion .4 times. 5- 6. 7- 8. 9- OliliUAKY. The mournful duty devolves upon me to record the demise of five of our clerical brethren since we. last met in Synod, vi/.: the Revs, Canon Bettridge, F.Mack, F. (J. Elliott, Canon (Irassett and J.Smythe. 1 am sure I am only expressing the feelings of the members of this Synod, when J say that we deeply sympathize with the bereaved families of these our brethren, and that tliey have our prayers that the Cod of all comfort and grace may sustain them in their afflictions. •'Blessed are the dead, which die in the Lord ; even so, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors." It is also my sad duty to record the death of one of the oldest and most faithful lay members of our body, Mr. John Heard, of Woodstock. For many years he was a member of the Provincial as well as of our Diocesan Synod, and as Lay-Secretary of our Synod we have all learned to esteem and love him. He was a man of good common sense, deep convictions of duty, of unblemished integrity, devoted to the best interests of the Church, ever ready for active work in his Master's cause. His humble, steadfast trust in his Saviour, and love for Him were the power and grace of his Christian life. These gave tone and energy to his devotion. He his passed into rest, leaving a pure name and a pious example. No secondary praise is due to the memory of John Beard, whose useful life is an example to our lay brethren. ),AV SECRhTARV. In accordance with the Constitution, I have appointed Mr. C. F. Complin to act, ad wtcriw, as Lay Secretary. Mr. Complin kindly complied with my request, and is, I am confident, capable of prov- ing a most efficient officer. EDUCATIONAL. I do not think it pos.sible that any intelligent Churchman can at this period fail to realize the valuable assistance our Church must derive from the possession of first-class educational institutions, in which our younger members will not only be instructed in all that is essential to a liberal and solid education, but also in the Protestant and Evangelical principles of our Reformed Church, which have exercised such a widely beneficent influence upon the Mother Country, and upon her vast Colonial possessions. In the words of one of our English prelates : — " If we are to have the position God " has given us, then we must live up to the position, and bring forth " fruits worthy of it, and we must work that out in all the different "departments in which it can be worked out. For instance, we " have a right to look to the Church of England as being the leader " of thought in these difficult times. We have great advantages " with regard to the great cjuestions that are stirring men's minds. " We have in the Church of England a higher order of education " on the whole than any church in the world has ; and we have a " more highly educated ministry, and a highly educated laity. Then, " I may say, that the Church of luigland ought to take part, and a " leading part, in the matter to which I have just referred — *' Education." t' > Ilie different Christian Denominations are especially alive in this matter, and ministers and people alike are mak- ing remarkable efforts to build and endow higher educa- tional institutions for the benefit of their respective bodies Jn this they are wise ; for beyond question, such institutions will do much to strengthen and perpetuate their various religious systems. This is a part of our duty to our beloved Church in tins AVestern Canadian Diocese which demands our most earnest and practical consideration. I acknowledge— and you will bear me witness— that it has ever been an object dear to my heart, that in this Diocese, where in txod s good providence, my lot has been cast, the highest advantages m respect of sound Christian education should be extended as far as possible to all within its limits. And, certainly, even in respect o what has been already achieved, I cannot but feel that God's blessing has been and is with us, and that the institutions which we even at the present time possess, have been, and are, a i^reat strength to our Cliurch, and an incalculable benefit, not onlv to our own Diocese, but to many far I)eyond its borders. HURON COi.hKC.E. _ At this present time, not less than fifty of our working Clercv m ihis Diocese have received their theological training in Huron College ; men to whose faithfulness, as able ministers of the New lestament, 1 rejoice to bear here my public testimony, and I f-el most thankful to know that they are diligent, successful, and accept- able Pastors to the flocks se\erally committed to their charge • while others, who have also been trained in our Theological College, have been called to occupy prominent positions in other Dioce-4. WKSTERN UNIVERSITY. But in addition to what lias already H)een effected in the uast most o you are familiar with the fact, that not only the Colle ^e Staff and Alumni of Huron College, but very many members °of our Church in this Diocese, are looking forward for the speedy estab Sishment of our Western University. When I publicly endorsed tlie University scheme, I well knew the grave difficulties which we should have to con end with in bringing it to a successful issue ; but feeling the necessitv and m.portance of the work, I felt confident that Cod wouW be wH and that He would awaken the sympathy and co-operation oHs S':;nd'et.^nT '''' '" '"' Motherland, to help^ us in this Sir Nothwithstanding the great commercial depression so extensivelv prevalent during die past few ye.irs, f feel thankful that I Tm enabled to report to you that the result of our efforts up to this pre ent time proves to demonstration that (Jod, even our^wn God ?s o v" "g and blessing tlic undertaking. We can set up our l'',bene/.er also, and say with Samuel of old : " Hitherto hath the Lord helped us." The sums already subscribed both here and in Isngland amount to no less than $60,000 ! — no small amount to begin with (and that within so short a working period) — besides the promises of many English friends to subscribe for a period of not less than five years towards the maintenance c)f the professorial Staff, by which time we trust to secure endowments both for Scholarships and for the per- manent support of the Professors of the University. 'I'oCrod alone we desire to give all the praise and glory. JMy own purpose, I do not hesitate to say, is fixed and clear. " Having set my hand to the plough, I shall not look back." (lod helping me, I will leave nothing undone to bring to as speedy a comjiletion as possible a work which I believe hereafter will be universally recognized as one of incalculable benefit to our Church and country. If we may judge the future by the past — being already in possession of a charter with all the University powers — I do not see why in a very few years from this our Western University should not be in o])eration, with such a .Staff of Professors from our British Universities as would inspire universal confidence and command every resjjert. lilSHDl' ALIORU. My Right Reverend friend and brother, Dr. Alford, late Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong, fully .sympathizing with us in all our eftbrts to advance higher Christian education and the extension of the Redeemer's Kingdom, has in the most generous and disinterested spirit, kindly tendered to me his brotherly assistance in all that con- cerns the well-being and progress of the work of Christ in our Diocese. Need I say how gladly and gratefully I avail myself of his valuable assistance ? Conscious as I have been in the past of the need of just such assistance as Bishop Alford is so generously willing and able to supply, I cannot but recognize at this particular juncture of time the gracious and loving hand of our Heavenly Father in this, as in all the blessings which He has vouchsafed to us during my somewhat arduous Episcopate. I have, therefore, ap- pointed Bishop Alford my Commissary, and licensed him as one of the Canons of our Huron Cathedral, which positions he has been pleased to accept without any charge whatsoever upon our Diocesan funds. He is one who will thoroughly identify himself with us in every good word and work, and commend himself to us as an experienced Christian scholar, as well as a faithful Bishop of our beloved Church, whose only motive in coming amongst us is to help forward the work of Christ in that portion of the Lord's Vineyard where he feels he can best employ the varied talents with which .God has endowed him. I feci sure you will accord to him a warm and brotherly welcome to the Diocese, and do all in your power, as clergy and people — more especially during my absence — to make him feel at home during his sojourn in our midf;t, whether of long or short duration. While Bishop Alford is amongst us, I shall, with greater satisfaction to myself, be able to devote a portion of my time to secure from friends on both sides of the Atlantic the necessary means to complete the work of our University. DigCKSAN MISSIONARY AGKNT. In compliance with resolution XVIIl., passed at the last session of Synod, the Standing Committee appointed the Rev. W. V. Campbell, Missionary Agent. During the short period that he has been engaged in this work, I am thankful to be able to say, that he has not only faithfully, diligently, and with acceptability attended to the duties of his office, but he has, under God, been most suc- cessful in his efforts to awaken a deeper interest in our Diocesan and I'^oreign Mission cause. His report shows fully and satisfactorily the extent of his labors, $i.c. I am thoroughly convinced that the Synod and Standing Committee, in adopting such an agency, have taken a step in the right direction. Mr. Campbell is eminently fitted for this work ; his heart is in it, and the success which has thus far attended his efforts is, I trust, an earnest and pledge of grearer things yet to come. DIOCESAN INCOME. * It is with gratitude to God, and with unspeakable pleasure, that 1 am able to give you the cheering news, that our income this year exceeds that of every jireceding one since the formation of this Diocese. The income has reached this year the sum of $13,300.25, being an increase of $1,490.79 over that of last year. Need I say tliat to God, and to Him alone, is due all the praise and all the glory, Who so graciouslv inclined His people to devise liberal things, and Who causes us to uiph over every obstacle and perplexing difficulty, MISSION tTNl) The receipt from voluntary contributions, directly available for missionary purposes, shows an increase of $1626.79 as compared with last year. In view of this increase, I recommended to the Stand- ing Committee to carry out ai once, for the past year, the provision made in Canon XXIX., viz.: that "a Priest over five years' standing should in their discretion receive at least $800 per annum, if the funds of the Synod will admit of it." With this recommendation, I am glad to say, the Committee unhestitatingly complied. And here I would say, beloved brethren of the clergy and laity, that I can see no difficulty in securing to every Missionary Clergyman a stipend of not less than $r, 000 per annum, if you will only put forth unitedly your 6 El''^"'[;'"r^r'''''''r'^ f'^'V '""'■''^^^ "^^ income of our Mission ies"-ahle end '' ""'^ ^""- ""^'^^ ^'^^^ *° ''^'"« '-^bnut this IMOLKSAN UOkk. Nearly ten years have now elapsed sinc:e, in the providence ot God I was called to the charge and oversight of this hmcese mv sL'-" ''^i^"'-^'^";^'.^''^^^ y»^' •'^•"H'W expect from me an ac 'o t of my stewardship durmg that period ; and how can I do this ettc an by furmslnny you witii a more detailed and full state men of the past and present co.ulition of our i )iocese. ^'^^'^'"'.nt ot First and above all, we desire to acknowledge with tlianlcfulness the goodness of our God, Whose blessing upon our uni^d e^o- and labors has enabled us to c:arry forward aid onward tie work o ^?'Bl^h^;'&;'^"''^^-^ 'y '">' ---^ -^ ^-^-"-t VeSie^! and that of our Church members m general, a statistical statement 01 the present condition of the Diocese, as compared witld'a furnished by the printed returns in 187,, the year in v ic I assumed the charge of the Diocese. m «nicn 1 „ . , '871. 18S0. rarishes nu Churches ,'^,^ '°£> Parsonages ^^^ Mission Stations 2- Number of Clergy "."."..'.." 92 ,20 SVNODKAK RKCTORIES. ' 77.'^/rr Parishes formerly dependent upon Mission Fund aid have been constituted Synodical Rectories. This comparison gives au/,.rn'asc- of 15 Parishes .■ 74 Churches; 37Pa>-so„ag>-s: 16 Missum Stations; 18 C/erQmen, Li or add- tional localities supplied ivith the ministratious of the Church. . I'he number of Clerg)- employed in parochial work has been increased by ih, notwithstanding that we have had to deplore the loss of 18 by death ; and we have at the present time ii Clerev- men on the Superannuation List, who, but for the aid they receive from our surplus Commutation Fund, would be left without any provision to meet their wants in their declining years. During mv Episcopate I have ordained 53 Deacons and 53 Presbvters. I have received from other Dioceses 41 Clergymen, and 43' have left the Diocese, in which number are included the Bishops of x\lcroma and "1 aid k IINANCIAI, I'UbrilON. our mV!';?""'''' '"!f T •'' ^'''r^">' '-'"'^""wyinK. The income of our Diocese is partly derived from the interest of cx-rtain invested imds, and partly from voluntary contributions. The returns from rn.f Zr '°"'''' ''"'^T?'' 'f'^'"'>' "'•"" '^"^ ^^'•'-' "'''"' "•'^"'li these s hi Zr '"''r^'"^'^ '^^■■^''" '^''^"^•'"« ^'"'"'"ittee and its respon- sible othcers. I he receii)ts from voluntary sources are not controllable m the same way by legislation, but depend upon the personal and active interest of the Clergy and Laity being subject a so to fluctuation on account of the weather, crops, prices '•o'n- mercia prosperity and many other contingencies whirh inHuence the general prosperity of the country from year to year. nnHV.."''rf*''",'''""'"'''^'""!r''^''''^^'"''""- ''^"^ c^" forth our humble froi nf V .'r"""'/'' our Heavenly Father, that both our income from invested unds and also the voluntary contributions from the members of tlie Churcli siiow a decided /.cmrse ONer previou Turning first to our voluntary Diocesan income, we find the comparison as follows : ^. ""^71. uSSo. *'o.o22.9i. $13,300.25. Giving thus an increase of $3,277.34. There can be no doubt, had the country enjoyed general prosperity during the whole of this period, the increase would have been much larger than it is. During 1872 and iS73-years of greai inosperity in the country— the Dio cesan income steadily grew to a larger amount than ever before, the increase m 1873 l^eing $3,194.29 over that of 1871. My revered predecessor on several occasions felt constrained to draw the attention of the Synod to the unsatisfactory .tate of the hilguage ' " ' " ''^"^'''''^ '^'' ''^>"°^' •" '^'' <''"°^^'"g " .Zl 'T/ '° ^''f ">"' "'" ^iissionary Fund is not in a satisfactory « flfi" . r " "f cessarj' at my last ordination to warn the gentlemen ^-ho were ordained, that in consequence of the state of " n?,/)Jri?"- \ ' \ T^'^r' r'"''*-^ ^'^^'^ ^"y '•"l^PO'-t from the Church Society, and that they should enter upon their missions at ordain until our Mission Fund is in such a state that I shall feel ^^ myself warranted m holding out to Mi.ssionaries some certain prospect of remuneration from the funds of the Society " As soon as I took charge of the Diocese and ascertained tlie unsatisfactory condition of our Diocesan funds, I felt constrained to sue an appeal to the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese, urging upon hem the necessity for immediate action to place our funds unoH better basis, m the following words : ^ " I take thi. op-i^ortiinity of further addressing you on a subject ha 1 feel sure you w,ll consider with me to l)e of vital i.nportance to the very life and progress of the Church in this vast Diocese For some tm.e past we have all felt that the income of the Church -SnZZtfr'' to maintain, as it ought, even the exSg Mis onary staff ; much less are we able-owing to the /^eavy debt " want of thS r H?"^"'" 'r'"' '^' •"^^^'-'''"^ demands and - LnPrnH ^^^'^'^l^'^'y S^omug Diocesc, The salaries of the Clergy " fnH L ^' '""^ °^ '^'^ Missionary staff in particular, are so small, ^ and m many instances so irregularly paid and unreliable, that there IS just cause for uneasmess on this head also. While the expense of hving has argely increased in every way, it is much to be deplored that the income of the Cl.rgy has not been increLd commensurate with their position, want's, and demands upon t1 em J he claims upon the Widows' and Orphans' Fund have 'increased to such an extent that unless some speedy measures are taken to augment the same, there will be a very sad prospect for the widows and orphans of our Clergy. mI ,„ind ha b en nuch exercised how to remedy this state of things, and what measure and plans ought to be adopted to meet the emergencies before us. " .,nH?n.rr^ ^ff ^ ''^"- f'u'''*"' '^^^"'" ^'"''''''y '^ to be replenished ^^ and increased, by which the machinery of the Church Society can ^^ ue set into active and successful operation, we must adopt a more " eniTT ^ f ;^''"-king than is at present in use, by which to enlist the prayerful, active interest and co-operation of every ^^ individual member of the Church, and not rest satisfied until all. young and old, have been secured as regular (luarterly or annua NoIeXrTiSy^r^"^'''''' ""'''''''' ^''''''^" ^ ^/^/. Pastoral, This appeal was met, I am thankful to say, with a liberal frTxS?; t^ r^^'i '''' '^"^^^ ^^^"" above, viz., an increai u.ri y P ""^ $3,194.29- But, notwithstanding this increase, M e found ourselves going every year more deeply into debt. Even lnl^r7"^\v ^^ ^'"'^' ^^^ "'°'' prosperous year since the exist- ence of the Diocese-we closed the books with a debt against our Mission Inind of $3,852.53, which caused the late Secretfry of ?he Church Society to wind up the Annual Report (1873) with the following remarks upon the state of the Mission Fund • -" The ^^ Committee regret being obliged to report a deficiency in the amoun received lor this, the most important branch of the " TnJrZ ?r^'r^ ''''^ '^'^ P''^^'""^ y^^^' the deficiency ^^ is over 3^500 ; while the comparative expenditure of the same " ISrl sho^vs.an excess of nearly $3,000. The Committee are, ^^ therefore, again comi)elled to bring before the Society the nece.s- ^^sity of greater exertions being made to place the Mission Fund in ^ a bejter position otherwise the scale of grants made from this l-unu must be reduced." (Vi,/^ Church Society Report, 1873 ) ! I And but for the fact that the " Surijlus Commutation " money was ultmiately thiown again into its legitimate channel, the Mission Fund, for the benefit of tlie Missionary Clergy, wc would by this tmie have been hopelessly in debt, if not in a bankrupt condition ; many missionary parishes would have been deprived of the minis- trations of the Church, which are now in the enjoyment of faithful Pastors, and the stipend of the Missionary Clergy— then inade(iuate for their support— would indeed have had to suffer a further reduc- tion, or many of the missions to be closed. Thank God, from such a calamity we have been saved ; and Cod, even our own God, has blessed us and prospered our handiwork upon us. For although this country since 1873 has passed through a period of unparalleled commercial depression, it is our privileged task, with gratitude to God, to record the steady growth and prosperity of our Diocesan . rk, as illustrated by the facts and figures which 1 have already u .ntioned, showing an increase in the number of Clergy ; the extension of the Church's ministrations into many new fields ; the erection of a large number of beautiful and costly churches and parsonages; the annually increasing contribu- tions in aid of Foreign Missions ; the growth of many mission fields into self-sustaining parishes ; and, best of all, since 1874, we have not only kept our expenditure within the limits of our annual income, but have been able to wipe out the greater portion of that heavy debt, which had been incurred during previous years. To show the progress the Church in this Diocese has made dur- ing my administration, I have caused tables to be prepared, giving the details of the voluntary Diocesan income during the last eighteen years (these tables will be found in the Appendix), which show an aggregate increase in \'oluntary contributions of $34,547.51. for the period during which, in providence of (]od, I have been at the head of this Diocese. While deeply conscious that we could and ought to have done more in this way to extend the Redeemer's Kingdom, I yet cannot consider this steady and liberal support of our Diocesan work, during a i)rotracted period of financial stringency, otherwise than as a sign of active life amongst us, and a great cause of thank- fulness to the Head of the Church, Who has so graciously inclined His people thus to show their sympathy with His cause. Nor am I insensible, beloved brethren of the clergy and laity, how much your hearty and zealous co-operation has accomplished in bringing about so cheering a result. INVESTED FUNDS. The total cash capital of the Synod Trust and _ 1871 was $522,465.60. The capital has sii._. .„.„..^ increased, partly owing, of course, to the sale of lands which had m Diocesan Funds since been largely !!.?1 ^"'' '"'">' years totally unproductive, and this year 1 find it has reached the sum of $665,898.57, being an increase^of $i43"43! of Trusf Vur^P' f °'f ' -^ ''^'' '^'^} '" ^^^'^ ^"^"""^ ''^'•e '"Eluded various n/ent^Frndt thirh TT'?' '^^ Episcopal, Rectorial, and Endow nent Kinds), which are by law limited to their specific obiects and herefore are not available for any other purpose.? We In ve I am hankful to say, the strongest and most incomestible evkience of tl e judicious manner m whicli our funds have been administered as well as c^ the prosperity of our Diocese, in the fact thrt theSes In connection with this fact, I have great pleasure in beirina mv 'r:^\VT:rr ^^^ f ^'^"^>' ^^ ---elLt secretary- S. tS H?. 1 ' r ^'^ "."^'""S energy, zeal and devoted c4ility in the discharge of his arduous duties have not a little contribu ed o ratifying result. secure such a n WIDOWS" AND ORPHANS' FUND. Wido"s'?nd Ornf '°" l^ ?' Episcopate, the condition of the vvidoMs andOrphan-s'Pund wastomea source of great anxietv In tSe'p.S'^', "'T T l^f '•'"^ °"'y ^'ght pensioners upon the Snd.' In the Pastoral, which 1 then felt it my duty to issue I made " ^ urgent appeal , n its behalf which I have already quot'ed Trl ce IrK H "r^^^^^^f^"-™ ?e Synod that the capital of this fimd^ as nS . ;-Z ; \ ^ importance of this augmented capitaJ will be the more eviden when we consider how the daims upon this fund have ar'e r.'"''"''''"^^ •^'°" 'T ^° >-^^^- ^^' ^^e present t^me k' .^wil' vs are receiving assistance from this fund,and it is truly gratifying to learn m^d h:fr1evt.fT"""^tn^^'"^^°^ Canon In hf l^'T '" ^ k ' '-^^^^'^^ing to the provisions of the Canon, but have also been able to add $1200 to ^he capital for in vestment, making a total invested capital of $55,279.75 Tsncerel v rus that the object to which this fund is devoVed IV till command CI u ch'fr'?"-:,""^ "^'^'"''^ ^"W^*^^^ °f ^" the members of our C er'v we TY"' ^7^ 'I ""^ ^f '''"t' ^^^en, for the comfort of our S:fr wi^."^^;^:^ ^° "^^^^ '-g- P----^ ^^ the wants of SUSTENTATION KUND. of SvIh' ulil ^ r'"''- J^!?-' M^.romment and influential member fLlA' ''' ''^ '^'^"^^^ '" this Diocese, and one who always took a deep interest in promoting the welfare of the Church. This suggestion met with the hearty approval and active support of nu ^ ^ I I I as e dear late Bishop, wlio spoke of the estabhshment of this fund, as ^ a work, the value of which cannot be over-estimated, and the benehcia lettect ot which upon tlie Church will be felt tor all time " to come. 1 rejoice to say, that this fund has now reached the amount of *49.ii7-9f^,/ill of which has been most judiciously invested ; and the interest is applied from jear to year towards the support of our Missionary Clergy. The value of such a reliable and permanent source of income for missionary purpt)ses must be evident to all and most gladly would 1 see it vei)- largely increased for the benefit* of our faithful and self-denying Missionaries. .SIANOIXC COMMirTKK. This detailed statement of our financial i)n)speritv bears the best testimoKy to the faithful and judicious manner in which our I)ioce.san attairs have been managed by the "Standing Committee" of the Diocese, both before and since the late Church Societv was by Act u "c*" ^'?^'"<='''^' Legislature " united to and incorporated with " the bynod under its present title of '• The Incorporated Synod of the Uiocese of Huron," a ste]) by means of which all our congrega- tions are now enabled, through their duly elected representatives, to share in the government and management of our Diocesan aflairs. So much, indeed, under God, does our prosperity as a Diocese depend upon the Standing Committee, elected annually by ballot at the meeting of Synod, that I do not hesitate to say, that the Synod merely exercises a due precaution in selecting for so responsible a position only those of its members who are not T.o. I am with you alwaN", even unto the end of the world ; - and again, " Xo weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn ; " and again, " If God be for us, who can be against us ? '' T2 Wy, therefore, implicitly trust for a continuance of every needed blessing troni the (Jreat Head of the Church, the entire glory of which we would still ascribe to Him, with whom alone is all counsel and sound wisdom and understanding and strength. Hut while thus thankfully acknowledging the goodness of God Jn prospering our work in the past, yet I must here express my con- viction that all our efforts yet made are inexpressably feeble, when compared with the object of winning souls for Christ, and with the means jiossessed by our people. The members of the Church have to be awakened to a more enlarged view of the blessed privilege of extending the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Clirist. The prophetic direction to the Uuirch IS :— '• Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch lorth the curtains of thy habitations ; spare not, lengthen thy cords and strengthen thy stakes." There is no time to be lost ; our own lives are swiftly passing away. ihe season of unparalleled advantage which we now enjoy IS likewise rapidly passing away. Let, therefore, every true follower ot Christ adopt the spirit of the 'Master's declaration :— " I must ^^work the works of Him that sent me while it is dav, the night Cometh when no man can work." , PRAYER. Need 1 say u, this Christian assembly that prayer k our 'n-eat resource and strength in the prosecution of the trust reposed in us. 1 he Lord Jesus Christ Himself taught us to say continually, " Thy Kingdom come." He Himself commands us to pray to the Lord of the harvest to " send forth laborers into the harvest," and the encouragements to prayer are very great, of which we have many illustrationF in God's Word ; " The effectual fervent praver of a righteous man availeth much." Oh that my voice might reach the most distant Christian people to pour forth their unceasing suppli- cation to Him who heareth and answereth prayers for the outpouring of His Spirit on them and on the Church throughout the world At this time, while we are assembled to legislate how best to advance the kingdom of our Lord, let us resolve that we will fervently and constantly pray for His great blessing. To the end of life let us pray on m faith ; with unwearied jjerseverance let us pray till the Spirit of God be poured upon us in the plenitude of His richest grace. Thus praying to God in downright earnest, we shall yet "^ee all that we desire accomplished, and God, even our own God, shall bless us and prosper the work of our hands, yea, prosper our handiwork upon us." 14 Comparative Statement ol' Diocesan Voluntary Years, being from the year ending May IS, C 1 .$ $12 15 TiviAi.. J« 42 'I $5887 .i5 I 3' 13 M' I , »i88 51 ■ -M96 81 I :i57.t .jj I . I 7302 17 3527 69 6.i55 46 r tSo2 6r 3859 76 f'3.50 o.j ,V.i82 It, 4601 72 4804 45 S77-'S5 47 Collections & Contributions, lor the last Eighteen 1863, to the year- ending Mai-ch 31, 1880. Mar. ji, 1872. .Mar. 31, 1873. -Mar. ji, 1874. Mar. ; 1 , '375'. Mar. u, 1876. Mar. 31, 1877. Mar. 31, 1878. Mar. {1, : '879'. -Mar. 31, 1R80. I 'WilM.. iV)So J4 $ 7'56 57 $ 65 !K 49 $ 5849 53 $ 5"74 1 1 $ 5460 96 ;$ 5404 37 '$ 5146 81 $ 6175 71 $5j8ih'89 2202 83 2045 89 2174 83 2284 97 20116 17 1957 22 1985 62 1898 34 J 1 23 92 18679 79 a 079 oj 1002 99 836 37 761 76 1071 63 '039 05 1259 44 1 968 07 1319 C14 9337 38 8,3 7J '431 7' 1462 69 ".59 34 1290 4(5 1206 97 1324 59 1345 43 1296 94 ! 1 1336 86 27y 00 287 51J 347 00 ' .59.1 00 490 00 637 (X) 557 00 688 00 792 00 4660 50 59' 45 483 £8 5n42 92 .... 275 69 233 43 -■74 04 .18 59 176 75 151 57 02 38 1 i22 45 ;4> >i 334 64 77 30 ii5 05 92 32 468 66 6 26 14 QO 1490 19 - '53 59 317 02 118 21 289 92 707 30 821 32 597 17 811 29 5'J3 57 650 54 668 74 569 65 noo 75 542 17 477 13 483 42 402 90 544 80 5" 15 10 586 78 55 J 68 472 52 380 40 499 5f 305 66 339 99 284 45 413 46 3^56 47 577 ''9 543 43 640 84 707 12 815 59 479 77 487 80 460 IJ9 -^y^ 14 3^52 S7 1062 31 1032 87 1213 67 1208 13 1143 20 1191 48 1240 15 1040 42 '4'5 97 . >"548 20 483 59 565 34 1 365 (JO 579 19 654 03 655 91 \]0 IT 582 7, 394 22 311; .K. 851 82] 942 14 982 59 762 35 946 35 881 33 945 01 935 4' ""7 59 •''^64 59 J239 88 3294 08 3206 30 .3079 74 3219 39 3050 62 3243 78 35.59 61 3648 59 ■•U341 ii 497 68 57S 13 623 95 504 89 510 57 +97 25 554 12 543 6 1 621 31 4.131 71 •192 33 1276 tS'; Q90 32 852 97 900 22 1 140 61 960 16 S87 55 J 1 1 2 09 9! 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