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OF THE DIOCESAN CHURCH SOCIETY HELD IN THE CHURCH HALL, IN FREDERICTON, ON THURSDAY, OCTOHER 7TH, 1897. THE DEANERY OF ST. JOHN. By Rev. VV. O. Raymond. The Deanery of Saint John, properly speaking comprises the County of Saint John only, but the late Bishop Medley having allowed the clergymen in charge of VVestfield and Petersville to attend t. e meetings of this Deanery as more convenient for them than those of their own Deanery of Kingston, these two parishes have been commonly regarded as a part of the Deanery of Saint John. The statistical returns printed in the last annual report oi the D. C. S. give, for the Deanery 2,547 communicants, 407 bap- tisms and 247 confirmed ; the numbers being in each case about one-third of the totals for the Diocese. The number of clergy- men resident in the Deanery is also about one-third the entire number in the Diocese and includes 15 rectors or incumbents, 3 curates, 4 clergymen who have lately retired from the charge of parishes and 2 engaged in educational work, 25 clergymen in all. The amount of money raised for various church purposes as shown by the return just referred to is $42,370, or about one- half the sum raised by the Diocese as a whole. It will be seen that the Deanery of Saint John while territorially the small- 2 t'St of the seven, is easily the first as regards church population, number of resident clergy, nunibet of coninuinicants and Sunday Scho(jl children, and in the amount of money raised and expend- ed for the promotion of church work. Bearing in mind, there- fore, the important place the Deanery holds in relation to the |)iocose at large and the \ery many features of interest that clust- er round the history of the older parishes, the writer of this paper hopes to be excused if he should be found slightly to exceed the limits into which the writers of some of the other papers may have compressed the story of their respective deaneries. Parish of Saint John. Prior to the landing of the loyal- ists in 1783 the number of English speaking inhabitants at the mouth of the Saint John river i)robably did not exceed one hun- dred souls.* There was in addition a small garrison at Fort Frederick, on the Carleton side of the harbour, and during the American Revolution a larger garrison at Fort Howe, but there is no record of a clergyman doing dut\ as chai)lain at either post. The first clergyman of the (Jhurch of l-^ngland to visit Saint John was the Rev. Thomas Wood, S. 1'. (1. missionary at Anna- polis. He arrived at the harbour of Saint John July i, 1769, and the next day, Sunday, " performed divine service and preached there in English in the forenoon and in Indian in the afternoon to 13 Indian men and women." After service he told them to sing an anthem, "which they performed very harmoniously." An Indian girl was then baptized. In the evening many of the Acadians being present, Mr. Wood held service in French, the Indians again attending, many of them being more familiar with this language than with the iMiglish. The services of that first Sunday were uni(iue : nearly 130 years have passed since then but no clergyman at Saint John has ever again held three services in three languages on the same day. Mr. Wood baptized four iMiglish children on the occasion of his visit. Before anything was done to establish a permanent mission, the outbreak of the American revolution threw everything into confusion, and nothing further was attempted until the [)eace of 17H3. In thi year some 10,000 Loyalists from the old colonies arrived at St. fohn, of whom af)OUt one half established themselves \' *The first permanent oettlement wsh niwlf abont the year 1762 by the bro'hers James ami Richard KitnondH at Portland Point. With them wrre associated in 1764 William Hazen, James White and others. A flshinK Hlation was estahliHhed and quite an extensive trade carried on with the Indians a d white settlers livinv on the river and also wlih the Kiirrison stationed at Fort Frederick and later at Fort Howe. The company also dyked " the (freat marsh " and enifrtjyed extensively in lime biiriiinjir. 8 nt the mouth of the river, the remainder ascending the river and settling at various points as far north as Woodstock. ^Vilh these unfortunate exiles, or shortly after, came a number of the S. I*. (1. Missionaries who had been forced to abandon their old parishes in the United States, among thtm there came John Hi-ardsley from the banks of the Hudson, John Sayre from ("onnecticut, Samuel (!ooke from New Jersey, (leorge Bisset from Rhode Island, and Mather liyles from Boston. Rev. John Deardsley, who arrived with the .^,000 Loyalists who landed at St. John on the memorable i8th day of .May, was the first of these to officiate in this Province. To the honor of the Loyalists, l)e it said, the first framed hou.se finished at St. John was a [)lace of worship * The Spring after their arrival an attempt was made to build a church at the south-west corner of what is now the Old Burying (iround, and here ^'r. Beardsley was fretjuently to be seen with his coat off and bro. 1-axe in hand, with a party of volunteers, working away at the fi. ne : but alas, their ))ious intentions were doomt-d to disappointnv lit, for a disastrous fire on the i8th June, 1784. destroyed their timber along with a number of log hou.ses ju-^t conijileted, and the |)roject was for the time abandoned. Mr. IJeardsley went to Maugi-rville, and in September, 1785, Rev. Samuel Cooke succeedeci him at St. John. The little building on (lermain street used as a church was in si/.e 36 x j8 feet, and by the addition of galleries it served the purpo'-e of a church until the erection of Trinit) church in 1791, but Mr. Cooke regarded the usage of this building (in which also law courts and meetings of the city cour.eil wt've held ) as merely a temporary arrangement until the people's circumstances should enable them to l)uild a " pro[)er church,' such as should l)e "a credit and ornament to the place." Mr. Cooke remained but nine months at .St. John, in which time he baptized 75 persons and added many to the number of communicants. He was suc- ceeded by the Rev. Cleorge Bisset who endeared himself to his parishioners, and his death in .March, 1788, was greatly deplored. The corner stone of Trinity was laid by Bishop Charles Inglis on the 20th August, 1788. The building was opened for Divine Service on Christmas I)ay, 1791, and consecrated the next year. More than three years before its consecration the name of "Trinity " was applied to the church in an Act of the legislaturet * It stood on the rost side of Germain street, between Duke and (jaeen streets, on lot No. 121, now owned by Mr. John McMillan. t Although this was primarily a local A^t, it con'oined a clause incorporating; the Rectors Church Wardens and Veatries of the Church of Kiiifland in Ihe several parishes in the Province. passed in 1789 creating the ecclesiastical parish of Saint John, the limits of which were identical with those of the city. It is of course impos^ible in such a paper as this to consider in detail the history of Trinity (Jhurch, and that of the parish of St. John. In the present Trinity Cnurch eight memorial brasses upon the panels at the west end bear the names of the rectors who have been in charge of the church during the first century of its history vi/ : — Rev. (leorge Hisset, M. A., 1786-88, Rev. Mather Byles, I). I)., 1 788-1814, Rev. Robert Willis, 1). I)., 1818-25, Rev. B. (i. (Iray, 1). I)., 1825-40, Rev. J. W. I). (;ray, 1). I)., 1840 68, Rev. James J. Hill, M. A., 1868 73, Rev. F. H. J. Brigstockc, I). I)., 1873 to date. It may surprise many persons to learn that down to the year 1847 'ht' rector of Trinity Church was paid in part by the S. P. (I. The Church Society of the Archdeaconry of New Brunswick was organized in 1836-7 but at that time neither the rector of Trinity Church (the elder Dr. dray) nor his parishoners looked with favor upon the movement. It was not until the year after Bishop Medley's arrival that the parish entered cordially into the working of the Society, sent delegates to its meetings, and gave as its first contribution the sum of over $1400. Much might be said did time permit regarding the alterations and improvements made in old Trinity Church under its several rectors, the interest that was displayed in the introduction of the Madras system of education, the establishment of Sunday Schools, the improvement in church music, etc.. until there occurred the calamitous destruction of church and school house in the di.sastrous conflagration of 1877, only to rise from its ashes under the vigorous leadership of its present Rector stronger and more beautiful than ever. In the new Trinity Church a handsome memorial brass tab- let bears this inscription :- - "The first Church erected «>n this site was built by the Loyalists. The corner stone was laid on Aiijjust 10, 1788, by the Right Reverend Charles Inglis, D. D., Bishop of Nova Scotia, and was opened for divine worship Christmas day, 1 79 1, Rev. Mather Byles, D. D., Rector. * Tbow who d«iilre tall information will And it in the " Hiatory of Trinity Church, 1701-1891 " compiled and edited by the Yen. Arohdracon Brigstooke, D. D., pnbliehed by J. k A. H)MUkm, St. John, N. B. " M The situ consists of two Ints on (Icrmain Street, one of which was given 1»y Cleneral Cofilin ani one by John Cochran, Ks<|., and two lots on Ch trioitc Street, which were given liy Thtmas Whitlock, Ksq. It was destroyed l)y fire June 20, 1877. The present Church was l)ogiin in t879 when its ct)rner stone was laid by the Most Reverend John Mtdlt;y, D. I)., Lord Hishoj) of Fredericlon and Metr<»p"litan «( ('miadrt, on M.ntiay, May 19, 1X79. It was consecrated Dccendn-r 9, 1880, Kev. Canon Brig^tocke, M. A., keclor. The territory iiu'luded in the original parish of Saint John in the course of time lias been subdivided into six parislies and a few words will be said of each in its turn. Trinity Church has now about 400 communicants, a large and well organized Sunday School, and in many ways exercises a powerful influence upon the church life of the city and of the I )iocese at large. Parish of Carleton That [)art of the original parish of S.iint John to the west of the harbor was incorporated as a separ- ate parish in the year 1825, with Rev. Frederick Coster as its first Rector. Services at Carleton were at first held in private houses, and two hou.ses are still standing in which Rev. (leorge Hisset, Rev. Mather Hyles, Rev. Richard Clarke (of (ragetown ), and various lay readers held services, or taught and catechised the children. A building on King street was fitted up as a |)lace of worshi}) about 1798, and called St. John's Chapel. Rev. Dr. Willis held regular services hereon Sunday afternoons until 1819, when his assistant, Rev. Abraham NVood, took up his residence in ('arleton. By his efforts a church was begun the next year on a site granted by the .Mayor and Corporation of St. John ; this church, the pres- ent St. (ieorge's (Jiurch, was lirst used for service in September, 1 82 1, but was not consecrated till July 23, 1826. In 1823 Rev. Mr. Wood exchanged with the Rev. F. Coster and went to (irand Lake. Mr. ('oster remained in charge of the parish until his death in 1866, a long rectorate of 43 years. His widow is still living. Mr. Coster cstal>lished the Nladras School in ('arleton about the time of his arrival : it is still in existence and doing good work. At the time of the formation of the (Jhurch Societ) in 1836 37, Rev. Mf. Coster was elected secre- tary, a position he held for twelve years. The parish of Carleton sent in 1837 as its lay delegates, (leorge F. S. Barton and (ieorge I). Robinson, but they were the only delegates from the Deanery, nor did Carleton, or any other parish in the Deanery, again send delegates until Bishop Medley succeeded in 1845 in removing some of the prejudices that prevailed, and thenceforth all the parishes, with more or less heartiness, supported the Society. 6 Among the earlier grants of tlu' Society was one of ^25 in aid of the addition of galleries to St. (leorge's Church. Mr. C!oster was succeeded l)y the Rev. William Walker, who resigned in 1871 and was succeeded l»y the Rev. T. E. l)owlin}>;. '{'he latter was 13 years in charge, during whii h period he accom- plished much valuable work, not only in Carleton, but at Fairville in the adjoining parish of Lancaster. ^tr. Howling served on leading committees of tiie I). ('. S. and Synod, but he will be be>t remembered for his untiring devotion to the interests of the S. 1*. ('. K. liook I)e|)ository. Rev. LeH. ^^'. Fowler came in 1884, and during his two years' sojourn St. Oeorge's rectory was built and Fairville became an in- dependent Mission. Rev. O. (1. 1 )obbs was chosen Rector in 1887, and remained about three years in charge. He was succeeded on June 25, i8i)0, by the present incumbent, the Rev. W. H. Sampson. St. George's Church has now 220 communicants, a Sunday School numbering 200 scholars, a good choir and pipe organ (the latter the only one in Carleton >; the services are well attended and the congregation devout, earnest and reverent. Parish -aint James. — Shortly after the arrival of Bishop MedL< i . 1845, a memorial was presented to hrni by a number of prominent and influential churchmen stating that since the erection of St. John's Chapel on Carleton Street in 1824, the population of the parish .had more than doubled and that ad- ditional accommodation, especially for the poor, was imperatively recjuired. In the opinion of the memorialists the best practical remedy was the division of the parish of Saint John into three or more parishes each under a rector of its own. The Bishop in his reply said " I do not know that I ever saw a memorial with the manner or matter of which I more heartily agreed than that which you have been pleased to send me. It is founded, as I conceive, on the true principle of church extension — in fact on the self same principle which has given a Bishop to New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. I think, however, that it is only due to the rector of the parish that he should be apprized of yonr memorial to me, and invited to co-operate in the work of church extension." This was the beginning of a movement which a few years later resulted in the formation of the parishes of Saint James and Saint Mark. Rev. Dr. Gray was quite conscious that for some years Trinity Church had failed to supply all the accommodation re- (|uired by the church peoplt*, particularly those living in the southern part of the city ; accortlingly, on the 15th May, 184H, a comniittee was appointed with his approval to choose a site for a new church in " Lower Cove." 'I'he site selected was on Main Street (now Broad Street). It cost ^400 and upon it the firsi St. Janies church was built and consecrated by Bishop .Medley, October 22, 1851. At the next session o\' the legislature an act was passed by which all that part of Saint John south of (Jueen street was made a new parish. The Rev. John Armstrong was the first clergyman in charge of St. James church, but shortly after the formation of the parish he retired in favor of his son the Rev. William Armstrong. 'I'he latter was rector for nearly 30 years. He was always a warm friend of the Diocesan Church Society. A local committee was formed in the parish in 1852 with the late Henry W. Frith as secretary, and during Mr. Armstrong's rectorate the contributions averaged nearly $200 per annum. It was mainly through his efforts that the first St. James church, after its destruction in the great fire of 1877, was replaced by the present handsome stone edifice, and thus was one of the first of the many places of worship destroyed rebuilt. Rev. G. O. Troop succeeded Mr. Armstrong in 1882 and under his ministry the church grew in influence and power. Mr. Troop was succeeded in 1887 by the Rev. C. J. Janies and he in 1894 by the Rev. A. D. Dewdney. St. James has now 250 communicants, a Sunday School with 26 teachers and 230 scholars, hearty services and large congre- gations. Parish of Saint Mark. — The city of Saint John began to grow rapidly about the year 1817, and Trinity Church soon proved insufficient to accommodate all who desired to attend. Sun- day evening services were held by the Rector of Trinity in the Madras School Room on the north side of King Square, but these additional services proved inadequate to meet the wants of the community, and as a consecjuence it was decidtd in 1822 to build another church. A committee was appointed to look out a site. The City Council offered to grant one at the corner of the Old Burying Ground, opposite the Court House, and this was at first accepted, but not being generally ' pproved by these interested it was afterwards decided to accept the offer of the late Chief Jus- tice Chipman of the site at the head of Wellington Row, where St. John's Church and school house now stand. The property was conveyed to the Corporation of Trinity Church in due form by "a certain indenture, dated the 19th day of May, 1823." The , at this sad time, wm equally fearleas and devoted. 12 A full account of the history of St. Luke's church, under Mr. Harrison and his successors, is contained in the Rev. L. (i. Stevens' " Review of the first half-century's history of St. Luke's • hurch," published by J. & A. McMillan in 1889. Rev. William Harrison retired in 1875, having been nearly forty years Rector. In the course of this period he had as curates Rev. W. Harrison Tilley, 1867-71, and Rev. W. B. Armstrong, 1871-75- Rev, ¥. H. Almon was elected to succeed Mr. Harrison, May 27, 1H75, and the very next day thtre occurred the destructive "Portland fire" in which St. Luke's (Church and 80 dwelling houses and shops were burned and 163 families turned out of . C. S. increased from $55 to $310 per annum. Rev. L. A. Hoyt took charge of the parish in July, 1893. Among the new features of the work under his control may be mentioned the establishment of a station at Red Head where a church is now building. Although an old established mission few are more laborious than the parish of Simonds. Parish of Saint Martins. Down to the time of Bishop Medley's arrival, the parish had only an occasional visit from some of the clergy of the neighboring parishes, although as early as 1825 a leading resident of St. Martins had offered to build a church if they were provided with a resident clergyman. Bishop Medley, accompanied by Rev. Dr. Cray, visited " the village of Quaco " in 1845 ^?^^^ ^^e design of establishing a new mission. He preached there on the occasion and baptized 5 children. Shortly after the Rev. Thomas McC.hee* took c"harge of St. Martins in conjunction with the parishes of Upham and Hammond. Two years later he removed to Sussex and was succeeded by Rev. W. H. I)e\'eber. The church at St. Martins received two grants from the I). C. S. towards its completion, but it progressed slowly, and at the expiration of ten years Bishop Medley wrote of it in the following terms : " The mission of Quaco for a long time was in a very doubtful state and the people were very apathetic. By perseverance, however, progress has been made ; the building purchased from the Methodists has been gradually converted into something like a church ; it is y.. * Rev. Thomas McOhee was ordairi'd priest by IHishop Medley at his first ordination service held in St. Paul's Church, Grand Manan, Aufnist 10, 1846. 17 floored, ceiled, and has rough benches, and I hope by my next visit to be called on to con, cerate it. The congregation is very steady and though the day was unfavorable more than loo assembled. I confirmed 8. When 1 visited the place 12 years ago (1845) in company with Rev. Dr. Gray I was compelled to hold service in a Baptist Meeting-house which they kindly offered for the purpose." When the Rev. W. H. DeVeber was elected Rector of St. Paul's in i860 he was succeeded by Rev. S. J. Hanford, who for 15 years kept the church alive there in spite of many discourage- ments. In his report to the D. C. S. in 1875 Mr. Hanford dwelt on the growing importance of St. Martins and urged the appointment of a resident clergyman. The Board of Home Missions considered the project favorably and in October, 1876, Rev. J. R. Campbell took charge of the parish together with Tynemouth Creek in the Parish of Simonds. By Mr. Camp- bell's efforts the church at St. Martins was provided with a bell, organ and proper furniture, and on May 30, 1877, it was conse- crated by the name of Holy Trinity. On the same day 44 candi- dates were confirmed. The year following a parsonage was built. When Rev. J. Lockward succeeded Mr. Campbell in April, 1882, he was able to say "Thanks to the earnest work of my predecessor, I found a parish in a high degree of church equip- ment." The spire of Holy Trinity was shattered by lightning in 1883. In 1887 Rev. R. W. Brown had charge of the parish. Rev. F. F. Sherman succeeded in 1889 and was followed by Rev. W. LeB. McKiel in 1891. The present Rector, Rev. A. A. Slipper took charge in 1894. The parish returns 90 communicants and has a Sunday School with nearly 100 enrolled scholars. Parish of Lancaster. Until the year 1877 this parish included what is now the Parish of Musquash. Its parish church was St. Ann's, Musquash, where also the first Rector, Rev. Thomas W. Robertson and his successors resided. After the formation of the Parish of Musquash, St. John's Church, Mana- wagonish was regarded as the Lancaster parish church. This church was built by Rev. Mr. Robertson in 1846 with some assistance supplied by the D. C. S. It was taken down by Rev. J. C. Titcombe's direction about ten years since, greatly to the regret of some of the older parishioners. Services were held in different parts of Lancaster in early times by Rev. Dr. Willis, Rev. Abraham Wood, Rev. Frederick 18 U Coster and Others, and the S. P. (i. had a school master and catechist there in 1826, Mr. Ira Mosher. St, James Church at Pisarinco was built about the same time as the church at Manawagonish, and services were regularly held there by Mr. Robertson and his successors, the Rev. (leo. Hedell and Rev. W. S Covert. When Bishop Medley visited risarinco in 1857 for confirmation, he had a congregation of nine persons, four of whom were confirmed, and he not unnaturally reported the outlook at l*isarinco as not very encouraging. Nevertheless good work was done there for more than twenty years by the Rev. H. M. Spike, who retained the charge of St. James ("hurch up to 1S94 when it was transferred to the Rector of Lancaster. The average congregation at St. John's Church, Manawa- gonish, in 1855, was reported to be 80 and that at Pisarinco 40. Bishop Medley held a confirmation at Manawagonish in 1857 and baptized three adults, one of whom, an old man of 70 years, was baptized, coniirmed and communicated the same day. The growing importance of the eastern part of the parish led to an arrangement whereby a mission station was established in 1873 by the Rev. T. E. Dowling at the rising village of Fairville and another at Souiii Bay. A large Sunday School was started at Fairville by Mr. Dowling with the zealous assistance of Mr. Hurd Peters who superintended it for some years : another was started at South Bay. Regular Sunday services were held at Fairville and in 1878 Rev. J. W. Millidge held services at South Bay three Sundays in the month. In 1880 there were returned 70 communicants at Fairville and 150 S. S. children with 16 teachers. The construction of the ( hurch of the Good Shepherd was begun just before the great St. John fire. It was not sufficientl}' finished to be used for divine service till 1884. At this time Rev, Mr. Fowler, the Rector of Carleton, urged the appointment of a Missionary for Fairville. The jiroposal was favorably regarded and in October, 1885, Rev. J. C. Titcombe took charge. The Church of the Good Shepherd was consecrated June 11, 1890, A rectory was built about the same time by Mr. I'itcombe's efforts. The Rev, R. W. Hudgell took charge of the parish in 1893, but only remained a short time and in April 1894, the present incumbent, Rev. W. LeB. McKiel entered on his duties which were henceforth to include the charge of St. James Church, Pis- arinco, as being in the Parish of Lancaster. 19 Parish of Musquash. As already stated this parish formed a part of Lancaster until 1877, when the Act passed by the Legislature had the curious effect of plainng both the Lan- caster parish church and its Rector in another parish. Services at Muscjuash were held occasionally by the St. John clergy in early days. In 1821, Re\. K. Willis stated the con- gregations there had increased considerablx and that services were held once in 8 weeks by the Rev. Abraham Wood. Mr. Robert Robertson was S. P. (1. school master and catechist in 1827. Bishop John Inglis consecrated the parish church of St Ann's on Septeml)er 17, 1 835, and confirmed 13 candidates. The parish was then under the missionary care of Rev. Frederick Coster. The Hishop describes the church as " a neat and well fmished building, erected by the exertions of a small, but zealous congregation." During the next ten years the Church was greatly neglected, but shortly after the arrival of Bishop Medley, in 1845, ^^^ Rev. Thomas W. Robertson took charge of the Parish, as its first Rector, and the result of his efforts was thus described by the Bishop the year following : — *' When 1 first arrived in this Province, I found the Church in this Parish deserted and no missionary visits paid there. The settlement is large and flourishing. I am happy to say that good has arisen from the revival of the mission. The Rev. Thomas Robertson, ordained by me, having been educated in \Vindsor College, Nova Scotia, was very kindly received by the people. Appreciating his activity and diligence, they" speedily commenced and completed a parsonage house and two additional churches, one within three miles of St. John (on the Manawagonish Road) and one in the opposite direction, several miles distant, at a settlement called Dipper Harbour.'" A third church was built about the same time at Pisarinco, in addition to those mentioned by the Bishop. The D. C. S. appears to have taken a deep interest in the revival of this Mission, for out of their then small income, they gave ;^5o yearly towards the missionary's stipend, together with p^55 towards the parsonage, jC^o to the church at Dipper Har- bour, j^^o to that at Manawagonish and ;^io to that at Pisarinco. In token of their gratitude to the Society, Mr. Robertson sent in a list of 122 subscribers to the D. C. S. Although the amounts opposite their names were very small in many cases, yet the length of the list shows that general interest in the Society was felt and this interest has been remarkably well sustained as 30 seen in the long list that has appeared year after year from this parish in the Society's printed reports. Shortly before his death in 1854, Mr. Robertson reported that his church was well filled and that several persons walked 7 miles in order to be present. The death of the first Rector at the early age of 38 years was an event greatly deplored by the people. There is now at St. Ann's church, Musquash, a hand- some mural tablet with the following inscription : — Stncvnl TO THE MEMORV OF Rev. Thomas W. R^obei^tson, FIRST RECTOR OF THIS PARISH, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH l8th, 1854. IN THE 39th YEAR OF HIS AdE. " T/ie memory of the just is blessed'^ Nine years unwearied labours endeared him to his Parishoners, by whom this tablet is erected. The next clergyman at Musquash was the Rev. George Bedell. During his rectorate a chancel was added to the church. When Bishop Medley visited the parish in 1857, he wrote of it " The congregation are remarkable for their excellent way of responding, the two church wardens and their families setting a good example in this respect, the singing also is healthy and general." The parish became vacant in 1859, but the church was kept open, largely by the efforts of Henry Garbutt, Esq., who acted as l^y Reader. Services at this time were also held occasionally by the Rev. John Armstrong, until the arrival of the Rev. W. S. Covert, in March 1861. Mr. Covert removed to Grand Manan after 1 1 years service at Musquash and was succeeded by the Rev. A. M. Spike, who was rector 22 years, retiring on account of his advancing age, in 1895. During his rectorate the com- municants in the parish increased from 45 to 123, and the amount raised by the people for the clergyman's stipend was nearly doubled. 21 The present Rector, the Rev. Alfred Bareham, took charge in 1896, and his incumbency has already been marked by the erection of a church at Mace's Bay, in which the people have shown commendable zeal. Parish of Westfield. As early as the year 1797, this parish, in conjunction with its neighbour, Greenwich, appealed to the Bishop of Nova Scotia for a clergyman. At that time Mr. Elias Scovil, not then in Holy Orders, read prayers and sermons alternately at Greenwich and Westfield and "reclaimed sundry that were going astray after Methodist and New Light teachers." A church was already in course of construction at Westfield. Rev. Robert Morris* took charge of the Mission in 1801 and re- mained there for about five years. There was then a long inter- val in which the paiish was without a resident clergyman It was visited from time to time by Rev. Elias Scovil, Rev. Abraham Wood, Rev. Frederick Coster and others, but a great deal ot credit is due to Colonel Nase, who acted as Lay Reader and thereby kept together a very considerable congregation ami years. During Mr. \\ oodmati's rcctoratc, St. James' (!hurih, m-ar WestlkUl Sialion, (ircrt(.-. C S., became a self-sustaining parish. Parish of Petersville. This parish was incorporated in 1838 and named after the .Speaker of the House of Assembly, the Hon. Harry Peters, of (lagetown, a zealous churchman. It is said that Mr. Peters, as a l,ay Reader, held fiervice in a house near the site of the Parish Church, but the first clergyman to otirtciate in the parish was the Rev. Samuel I). Clarke, of (lagetown. The first church was built at Coote Hill, now generally called Head Line. Bishop John Inglis visited Coote Hill in 1830, when there was little more than a bridle path from Gagetown. At the time of his second visit in 1835, the frame of a church was erected, but the building was so incomplete that he was obliged to confirm the 28 candidates in the open air. These candidates were prepared by the Rev. Geo. S. jarvis, missionary at Hampstead, who at that time held a monthly service there. On the occasion of his third visit in 1840, the Bishop consecrated the church by the name of St. Peters. Bishop Medley visited the Parish in November, 1845, ^^ pave the way tor a resident missionary, ard the next year Rev. Joseph Bartholomew was sent there. A local committee of the D. C. S. was formed and the Society soon after voted j£6o a year t6wards the missionary's stipend snd made a grant towards the enlargement of the church. In the year 1851, a new cluirch was hi-gun, at what was call- ed i)ou};las Xalicy, (now Wclsford station,) mainly hy the efforts of |)r. Robert Bayard. Towards the conipletion of this ehurrh, the 1 ). C'. S., made several grants. I'his ihurch was provided with a chancel ant! free seats. Uishop Medley, in one of his ad- dresses speaks admiringly of its situation. In 1 1^55, Mr. IJartholoinew retired, having in the course of his nine years ministry, as he .says, bapti/.ed 350 persons, married 60 couples, and conducted 80 funerals. He was succeeded by the ke\ (1 ('.Wiggins, who was compelled at the end of two years to retire on account of ill health. In 1H59, ] tradition may refer to Rev. Richard Clarke, since the parish register at Oatretown has the following entry in his handwrltinur, uuuerdate May 2*2, 1786: " Baptized at Beaver Harbor, SMley's Cove, Sally, yc D»'f of Shadrooh and Lydia Stevens." ■26 Proceeding' to St. Andrews the record says, in the (juaint language of that day, that Mr. Cooke read prayers and preached " to a very decent and respectable congregation, and performed 50 baptisms." He then crossed the liay to Digdeguash, where he baptized 10 more. Returning to St. Andrews he baptized 12 more, the number of baptisms in all being 79. In 1784 New Brunswick was set apart as a separate IVovince. Hitherto it had been regarded as the county of Sunbury in the Province of Nova Scotia. The population of the Province at this time, in 1785, was about 12,000. At that time the population of Charlotte Co. could not have been more than 2,000 or 3,000. The county of Charlotte in i 785 was divided into seven parishes, viz: St. Andrews, St. Stephen, St. David, St. Patrick, St. George, Pennfield (or Penn's-field) and VVest Isles. The purish of West Isles contained all the Islands in Passamacjuoddy Bay including Grand Manan and Campobello. Charlotte County was made one of the seven Deaneries of the Dioc'ese of Fredericton soon after the appointment of Bishop Medley to the See, this was in 1847. The first Dean Rural was the Rev. Dr. Alley, Rector of St. Andrews. The mother parish of the Deanery, and after which the Deanery is called, is St. Andrews, The mother parish, because the first setded clergyman was stationed there. And the parish was the first missionary centre of the Deanery : the first Rector of St. Andrews travelling from time to time in every direction, laying the foundations of the Church, preaching to the scattered settlers, baptizing their children'^ marrying their young men and maidens and burying their dead. At one time, it is recorded that he visited a lonely house, " and baptized the ancient matron of the family of 82 years, her son of sixty years, two grandsons, and seven great grandchildren." As it would be impossible, in the few minutes allotted to me to go fully into the very many interesting particulars of the work of the Church in this Deanery, which would easily fill a large volume, I purpose first, to take each of the parishes in turn and to give a brief summary of the Church's history, and then to say a few words in conclusion of her present condition and needs. Parish of St. Andrews. It would seem that the first service held here by a clergyman of the Church was by the Rev. Dr. Cooke, Nov. 16th, 1785. It is a curious incident that on this first visit he found " Pagans " in St. Andrews, and that he was entertained by a " Pagan." His host, one of the Churchmen of the town being, Mr. Robert Pagan. Before the coming of Dr. Cooke, the civil magistrate had conducted service and acted as lay-reader. 27 Jht; first settled clergyman was the Kev. Samuel Andrews, who <:ame to St. Andrews from W'allingford, Conn., in 1786. He was a graduate of Yale College in 1760. Mr. Andrews did missionary work in different parts of the <-ounty as far as he was able, in fact the whole county was his mission, and in these first years of the Church's work the members of the vestry were chosen from the different parishes of the county. The names of the members of the first vestry have been preserved. The parish was organized Aug. 2nd, 1786. Thomas Wyer and Jos. Garnett, Wardens: \'estry, John Hall, Maurice Salts, John Dunn, James Pendlebury, John Bentley, Nehemiah Marks. 'I'he succession of clergy in the parish has been as follows : — viz : Rev. Samuel Andrews, D. I)., 1786 to 1818, 32 years ; Rev. Jerome Alley, 1). [)., 1818 to 1859, 41 years; Rev. Canon Ketchum, D. I)., from 1859 to present time, 38 years. The pre- sent Rector, Rev. Canon Ketchum was for many years Secretary of the D. C. S. Dr. Alley was one of the founders of the 1). C. S., being present at the first meeting to organize, on Sept. 8th, 1836. At the second meeting, on Feb. 9th, 1837, Thomas Wyer and Jacob Allen were present as Delegates from the parish of St. i\ndrews. xAt this meeting, in 1837, application was made from St. Andrews for aid towards building a chapel at Waweig, and aid towards missionary visits to the parish of St. Patrick, and the Islands in Passamaquoddy Bay. Tn the first published list of subscribers, St. Andrews gave ;^27/i3/6 to the funds of the society. In 1841 a grant of ^20 was made towards a chapel at Chamcook. The churches built in the parish of St. Andrews have been ; First in 1788, a church was opened for service, in size 52 x 40 feet, built at a cost of ^495. The present church, All Saints, was consecrated on the 31st of October, 1867. St. John the Baptist Chapel at Chamcook was consecrated July i6th, 1846. The number of communicants reported in the parish in 1791 was 32, the number last year was 216. This parish has given liberally to the funds of the 0. C. S., the amount given last year being $220.75. Parish of St. Stephen. The town of St. Stephen was prin- cipally settled in the first place by the coming in 1 784 of a band of Loyalists, and disbanded soldiers, 104 in number, with their families, under the leadership of Captain Nehemiah Marks. Ser- vices were held here from time to time by the Rev. Dr. Andrews of St. Andrews. Soon after the coming of the Loyalists a Log School House was built, and services were held in this building. 28 ( 9 I [\'' It is probable that the first service was held about the year 1786 or 1787. The first services were in the house of Captain Marks. In 1802 a Church Corporation was elected for the management of the affairs of the Church, the names, though not of interest to this meeting, are worth preserving. Wardens : Peter Cristy and Joseph Porter. Vestrymen : Elisha S. Andrews, William Andrews, William Grant, Robinson Crocker, Peter McDiarmid, Peter McCallum, and Abner Hill. Land was purchased in 1805 on King Street as a site for a church and school. This church was opened for service by Dr. Andrews on Wednesday Jan. 4th, 1809, and the letter written by Dr. Andrews arranging for the holding of this service is still in exist- ence. This church was named Christ Church. In 181 1 the Rev. Richard Clarke was appointed first Rector of this parish. He came here from Gagetown. His death took place in 1824, he having been Rector for 13 years. Mr. Clarke seems to have held services in the parishes surrounding St. Stephen. The next Rector was Rev. Skeffington Thomson, L. L. D. He came out from Ireland to New Brunswick in 1821 as assistant to Mr. Clarke, and succeeded to the Rectorship at his death. Dr. Thom- son died in 1865 having been in charge of the parish for 41 years. Dr. Thomson was one of the founders of the I). C. S., having been present at the first meeting. He continued one of its warm sup- porttrs until his death. At the second meeting of the Society Nehemiah Marks and Robert Watson were present as delegates from the parish of St. Stephen. Dr. Thomson did a large amount of missionary work in the parishes surrounding St. Stephen. He organized regular services in the parishes of St. David, St. Patrick and St. James. The following is the list of clergymen in the parish of St. Stephen: Rev. Richard Clarke, 181 1 to 1824, 13 years; Rev. Skeffington Thomson, 1824 to 1865, 41 years; Rev. Edward Medley, 1865 to 1872, 7 years; Rev. Joseph Ruston, 1872 to 1883, ' ' years ; Rev. Theodore E. Dowling 1884 to 1888, 4 years ; Rev. O. S. Newnham, 1888 to present time, 9 years. From time to time the following Curates have served in this parish : Rev. Noah Disbrow, Rev. W. H. Tippet, Rev. Thomas W, Street, Rev. Henry Pollard, Rev. George H. Sterling, Rev. James H. Saturley, Rev. Stanley Bo)d, Rev. Charles B. Kenrick, Rev. C. T. Easton. The following churches have been built in this parish : First, Christ Church, King Street, opened in 1809, burned in 181 6. Second, Christ Church on the present site built in 18 18, con- secrated by the Bishop of Nova Scotia in 1826, burned in 1863. 29 The land for this church was deeded by Mr. Robert Pagan of St. Andrews. Third, Christ Church the present building, consecrated Sept. 29th, 1864, by the Bishop of Fredericton. Fourth, St. Jude's Chapel at Upper Mills, built 1832, consecrated 1835 by the Bishop of Nova Scotia, burned in 1880. Not rebuilt, most of the population having moved away. Fifth, St. Peter's Chapel, Milltown, built in 1834, consecrated in 1835 by the Bishop of Nova Scotia, burned in 187 1. Sixth, a small School Chapel at Milltown, built on the site of the church in 1890. Not consecrated. The communicants reported in this parish are as follows, — viz: In i860, 90; in 1865, 36. (Note: — There was some trouble in the parish about this time which resulted in the division of the parish). In 1873, 54; in 1895, 114; in 1897, 136. The parish of St. George. Before the appointment of a settled clergyman in this parish, services were held at intervals by the Rev. Dr. Alley of St. Andrews. The first Rector was the Rev. Samuel Thomson, M. A. He came from Ireland to New Bruns- wick in 1822. He was a brother of Dr. Thomson of St. Stephen. Mr. Thomson was present at the second meeting of the D. C. S. John Messenitz and Patrick Clinch of this parish were members of the first Executive Committee of the D. C. S. Mr. Thomson's mission consisted of the parishes of St. George, Pennfield and St. Patrick. On account of ill health he resigned in 1848, and died in 1 86 1. He was succeeded by Rev, John McGivern in 1848, who was Rector for 19 years, dying in 1867. Rev. John McGivern was succeeded by Rev. Ranald E. Smith, M. A., who has been in charge since 1867, or 30 years. Only one church has been built in the parish of St. George, and is still standing, having been lately restored, viz : St. Mark's Church, consecrated by the Bishop of N. S., on July 6th, 1826. The communicants recorded in the Parish of St. George in 1873 were 121, and in 1896, 127. The parish of Pennfield. This parish has had no separate resident clergyman but is served by the clergyman of St. George. Christ Church is the parish church of Pennfield. It was con- secrated by the Bishop of Nova Scotia on Sept. 5th, 1835. The parish of St. David. The first recorded services were held here by Rev. Dr. Thomson, in 1825, though it is possible that Rev. Dr. Clarke did missionary work in this parish. The following is the succession of clergy : Rev. Skefiington Thomson, 1825 to 1850, 25 years ; Rev. John Sedgfield Thomson, 30 1850 to 1871, 21 years; Rev. David Nickerson, 1871 to 1874. 3 years; Rev. H. S. Wainwright, 1874 to 1876, 2 years. In 1877 Rev. J. Rushtoii, of St. Stephen, held services. Rev. J. \V. Millidge, 1879 to present time, 18 years. In the parish of St. David the following churches have been built: First, St. David' 5 Church, Oak Bay, con.secrated by the Bishop of Nova Scotia Sept. ist, 1835. Second, St. David's Church, Oak Bay, consecrated by the Bishopof Fredericton Sept. loth, 1856, des- troyed by fire Sept. 1883. Third, St, David's Church, Bay Road, consecrated August 6th, 1886. Fourth, Church of the Ascension, Tower Hill, consecrated August 7th, 1889. The parish of St. Patrick. The first record of services held in this parish is in 1785, when the Rev. Samuel Cooke visited Digdeguash. Clergymen from St. John also held services here at the mills, but no regular work seems to have been undertaken until 1840, when the Rev. Skefifington Thomson established regular monthly services. In the parish of St. Patrick the following churches have been built : First, Christ Church, at what is now Dyers, or Elmsville, not consecrated; destroyed by fire Christmas day 1857. Second, Christ Church on the same site, consecrated June 3rd, 1863. Third, (Church of the Transfiguration, Digdeguash, consecrated November ist, 1889. The parish of St. James. The first services were probably held in 1825 by Rev. Skeffington Thomson who lived near. The Churches built have been : First, St. Thomas' Church. Little is known about the building of this church. It was des- troyed by fire in 1873. Second, St. Thomas' Church, conse- crated October 20th, 1878. Third, Church of the Annunciation, a small church built at Beaconsfield, not yet consecrated. The succession of clergymen in St. Patrick and St. James is the same as St. David, they having been served by the clergymen of that parish, excepting that in 1877 the clergyman of Trinity, St. Stephen, held services in St. James. The first available record of communicants is in i860, when in St. David and St. Patrick the number is reported as 71. In 1871 i ere were 57. In 1896, 59. It is right to say in connection with the communicants in this mission that there has been a constant emigration to the United States and to other places. There was recorded by the last census a decrease of 990 Cljurch peoole in the county. he amount required from this mission by the I). C. S. is $410.00, the Society giving $290. 31 The parish of Campobello. The Island of Campobello was visited by the Rev. Dr. Cooke in November 1785. He held service and administered the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. 'I'his seems to have been the first service held by a clergyman of the Church of England in the county of Charlotte. Dr. Alley, Rector of St. Andrews, made periodical missionary visits to (ampobello. Subsequently, and until the appointment of the Rev. J. S. VVilliams as first Rector, services were held by Rev. >[essrs. Bartholomew, McGhee, R. Ketchum, Yewin and R. Simonds. The following is the list of Rectors : Rev. J. S. Williams, 1855 to 1872, 17 years ; Rev. C. M. Sills, 1874 to X876, 2 years : Rev. F. B. Crozier, 1876 to 1877, i year; Rev. C. P. Wilson, 1877 to 1882, 4 years ; Rev. H. H. Neales, 1882 to 1886, 4 years ; Rev. n. V. Gwilym, 1886 to 1887, i year; Rev. F. Pember, 1887 to 1890, 3 years ; Rev. W. H. Street, 1891 to present time, 6 years. The Parish Church of St. Ann was consecrated by Bishop Medley on Sept. i8th, 1855. Before a clergyman was regularly stationed in Campobello, or placed in charge, services were held by David Owen, M. A., a fellow of Trinity College Cambridge. Mr. Owen lived on the Island from 1789 to 1829. He was nephew of one of the original grantees of this island. The late Metropolitan, the Right Rev. Bishop Medley, was married in St. Ann's Church, Campobello. The communicants in i860 were 30, in 1867, 37, in 1896, 58. Parish of Grand Manan. In 1820 Dr. Alley of St. Andrews visited the Island and held services. During this visit he baptized 37 adults and 122 children. The population was then about 500. A church was built at Grand Harbour in 1823, but before this there had been another church. In 1832 the Rev. John Dunn was appointed in charge of the parish. Mr. Dunn was present at the first meeting of the D. C. S. In 1896 the communicants were reported as 47. A church was built at North Head in 1884. The church at Grand Harbour, St. Paul's, has the distinction of being the oldest stone church in the Diocese. The list of clergy : Rev. [ohn Dunn, 1832 ; Rev. James Neales, 1844: Rev. G. T. Carey, 1*848 : Rev. W. S. Covert, 1872. Parish of Trinity, St. Stephen. In 1870 the parish of Trinity, St. Stephen, was set apart from the parish of St. Stephen by act of the Legislature. Trinity Church was consecrated on Nov. 5th, 187 1. The following is the list of clergy : Rev. F'oster Almon 187 1 to i875> 4 years; Rev. L. G. Stevens, 1875 to 1878, 3 years; Rev. 32 W. M. Groton, 1878 to 1881, 3 years; Rev. Henry DeBlois, 1881 to 1882, I year; Rev. E. C. Saunders, 1882 to 1885, 3 years ; Rev. H. W. Winkley, 1885 to 1888, 3 years ; Rev. W. W. Campbell, 1888 to 1890, 2 years ; Rev. R. L. Sloggett, 1890 to 1893, 3 years ; Rev. J. T. Bryan, 1893 to 1896, 3 years; Rev. F. Robertson, 1896. At the present time the Deanery of St. Andrews is divided into 16 parishes in which 8 clergymen are working, compared with one in 1797, of these there are 2 in the parish of St. Andrews, i in the parishes of St. Stephen and Dufferin, i in the parishes of St. David, St. Patrick and St. James, i in St. George and Pennfield, I in Campobello, i in Grand Manan, i in 'I'rinity, St. Stephen. None in West Isles, Dumbarton, St. Croix, Clarendon, Lepreau, excepting perhaps on occasional visits. The population of the county in 1824 was 9,267 ; in 1834 was 15,852; in 1840 was 18,173; in 1891 was 23,752. The Church population, according to the last census returns, is 4,578, about one-fifth of the total population. The number of communicants returned in 1896 was 682, or about i in 6 of the Church population. The number of Sunday School scholars re- turned in 1896 was 678, which gives about the same proportion as communicants. The parishes of St. David, St. Patrick, St. James, Campobello, Grand Manan, St. George and Pennfield, received in aid from the Society last year $1,030.00, and contributed $1,661.25. And what shall we say of needs? A travelling missionary is sadly needed to work in the neglected parts of the Deanery. The town of Milltown needs the services of a clergyman. And last, but not least, there is need of an increase of spiritual life in the members of the Church. There is need of a more devoted earnestness on the part of clergy and laity, and a more unbounded faith in the Church and her Divine Lord, and in His promises. When we realize that the work is not ours, but His^ and that His presence is ever with us, then shall we be ready to spend and be spent for Him. 33 DEANERY OF SHEDIAC. Rev. J. Roy Campbell, B.D., Rural Dean. The Rural Deanery of Shediac consists of the Counties of Albert and Westmoreland, together with the two parishes of Wellington and Dundas in the County of Kent, and a small corner of Kings County, which is attached to the mission of Petitcodiac, The deanery, though territorially extensive, is one of the smallest in point of number of parishes and missions in which there are resident clergy, whilst at the same time it has the special interest of having been the scene of Church ministrations earlier than any other part of the Province of New Brunswick. There is every reason to believe that the large garrison at Fort Cumberland had their own chaplain, and that the chaplHin, down to the year 1767, was the Rev. John Eagleson. Mr. Eagleson was an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland, who, until the date mentioned, had ministered in the County of Cumberland in that capacity ; but about that time, having become convinced that the order, the discipline, and the doctrines of the Church of England came nearest of all the Reformed Churches to the prim- itive model, he was in that year recommended to the Venerable the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, by Governor Francklin and Chief Justice Belcher, as a missionary, and to the Bishop of London as a fit and proper person to be ordained to the ministry of the Church. On the presentation of Mr. Eagleson by the S. P. G. to the Mission of Cumberland County, which then embraced the present Counties of Westmor- land and Albert, Mr. Eagleson, having arrived at Halifax in June, 1768, proceeded early in the following month to the scene of his future labours, one year earlier, that is, than marked the first missionary tour of the Rev. Thomas Wood among the settle- ments on the St. John River, which took place in July, 1769. From traditions gathered from trustworthy descendants of resi- dents at that time living u the neighborhood, we learn that Mr. Eagleson resided in a large stone house on the glebe, which even at that early date was surrounded by its garden and orchard. The house was about one mile distant from Fort Beausejour, to which place of safety Mr. Eagleson had more than once to retire by reason of the raids made on the English inhabitants by the 34 Acadians, wlio abounded in that neighborhood long after tlie deportation in 1 755, and who found a secure retreat in the densely wooded forests in the neighborhood. Although the mission was established in 17G8, the Parish Church of «t. Mark was not built till 1794. From 1768 to 1781 Mr. Eagleson held sei vices in his own house, and in a .school- room at Fort Lawrenceon the site of which the Church of St. Alban now fitly stands. But it was in the mess-room of the foit (Cumbeiland) at Westmoreland Point that the largest congrega- tions assembled, this part being in those early day.s the most important centre of population. We shall have occasion later on to again refer to Mr. Eagleson ; but in the meanwhile, we think that the interesting point is established that the first '.ettled ministrations of the Church in New Brunswick were held in the Parish of St. Mark, in the County of Westmoreland (then forming a part of the County of Cumberland) and Rural Deanery of Shediac. An interesting circumstance in connection with St. Mark's is tbat the bell that has from the first summoned the children of the CI "Mch to worship, bears the following inscription, " Ad honorem Dei, Fecit T. M. Gros, Rochefort, 1734 ;" and it has three fleur de lis cast in it. All the surroundings indicate that this inter- esting ornament was, previous to the Acadian deportation in 1755, in use in the French chapel at Beasuejour, and is an inter- esting confirmation of the early date of this " ancient Mission." We have already said that the deanery is territorially large, but when all the parishes and missions are filled there are but seven in the deanery — that is to say, in the mi.ssions of Albert County and Petitcodiac, and the pari.shes of Dorchester, Moncton, Sackville, Shediac and Westmoreland. But as the mission of the County of Albert has been vacant for ten years, and the Church's ground has been in consequence all but lost, our present comple- ment of clergy in the Deanery is only six. And so, if we of this Rural Deanery claim the unique position of having had the settled ministrations of the Church earliest, we have also the sad distinction of being the only Deanery that has a whole county within its limits that has no settled ministra- tions of the Church. This is a bar sinister on the fair escutcheon of the Church. It is not to our honor that either the men or the means should be wanting, to wipe out this blot — not that I would have ay think that the D. C. S. forgot that there was such a county as Albert ; on the contrary, from as early as 1847 — fifty years .igo, and the year that followed the one (1846) that marked Lishop Medley's first missionary tour in Albert — the 35 Society constantly made grants towards the building of cliurches, the supplying of books, and the stipend of a missionary. There are three cliurches in the county — St. John at Hope- well Hill, St. Peter at New Ireland, and St. Stephen at Harvey. The two former have necessarily suifered much from disuse, whilst that at Harvey is a hopeless ruin. All these churches were largely built by the aid of the Society. There is also a parsonage at Riverside — everything but the living voice. Why, in view of all these facts, successive able and earnest missionaries have failed to establish one flourishing mission in a whole county seems passing strange and very surprising. Hut frequent and long-continued interregna will certainly destroy even a promising mission. For our own part, we never did think, even when most promising, that this mission was in a position to come under the ordinary Rules and Regulations of the Board of Home Missions ; and still less is it now. The disgrace of a priestless county should be wiped out ere the Society is finally merged into the Synod ; but in my opinion tliis can only be done by the Church sending a clergyman who will be bold to declare the doctrine of the Church — zealous, but prudent, and able to endure hardness, unfettered, at all events, by serious family cares, the Board of Home Missions freeing him from all monetary anxiety by supplying him with his whole stipend, whilst he makes full return of all subscriptions, offertories and collections. Our long-continued neglect has made this always arduous and ditficult field still more arduous, but under the conditions which we now suggest, were the present writer a (juarter of a century younger, he would ask for no better field in which to win his spurs. I may add that at Hillsborough an unconsecrated building stands which common report describes as " the Church of England," but as yet no deed of the property has been given to the Church, and a sum of money for the benefit of the church in Albert County, amounting to between three and four hundred dollars, lies in the Savings Bank in that place in the names of three trustees. The missionaries who have successively laboured in the mission of Albert County since the year 1848 are the Rev. C. P. Bliss, who remained in charge until 1853, when he was followed by the Rev. Rodney Drake Palmer; he in turn was followed, in June, 1857, by the Rev. H. B, Nichols, who remained till July, 1862, when he went as a missionary to the heathen in India, under the S. P. G. After an all too-long interregnum of seven- teen years, the Rev. George I^ove re-opened the mission in Sep- 86 tember, 1878, and remained until 1881, when, after a further vacancy of about three years, he was followed, in March, 1884, by the Rev. A. J. Cresswell, the present faithful and laborious rector of Springfield. Mr. Cresswell remained in charge till October, 1886, 'since which time — eleven years ago — there has l)een no settled missionary in the county. In addition to the labours of those regularly-appointed missionaries, the Rev. W. N. Boyer, the Rev. Canon Medley, the Rev. C. Willis, the Rev. E. S. W, Pentreath and the Rev. John H. Talbot did what they could by way of occasional services, particularly the latter, who worked in the mission for about six months. The census of 1881 showed 446 souls in the county claiming the Church ; that of 1891 showed only 262, a loss of 182 in that decade, and we know not how many since. The incoming missionary will have special need of faith in God, patience in his soul, and much sympathy and encouragement from the Diocese. The Mission of Petitcodiac is of considerable extent, but has only a few Church families in it. It embraces Salisbury, Petit- codiac, Pollet River and Havelock. There are four churches and a parsonage in the Mission. This scattered district lies between tne parishes of Sussex and Moncton, and the earliest references we have are to irregular ministrations of the Rev. C. P. Bliss of Sussex, the Rev. W. N. Bover of Moncton, and the Rev. Canon Medley, of blessed memory. In 1871 the Rev. Cuthbert Willis, who was a good soldier of Jesus Christ, took charge of the Mission. The churches at Petitcodiac, Pollet River and Salisbury, as well as the rectory at Petitcodiac, were built during this faithful man's incumbency. In 1890, his health failing, Mr. Willis resigned, i.nd was followed by the Rev. W. Eatough, who again in turn wab succeeded, in 1892, by the present missionary, the Rev. C. H. Fullerton. The continued exodus of the Church population from the Mission is well calculated to try the soul of the missionary ; but Mr. Fuller- ton does what he can, and there is no higher praise in the Gospel. First in alphabetical order comes Dorchester. From the earliest mention of this patish, down to the year 1878, it formed a joint mission with that of Sackville, and in that year it became self-supporting. The earliest trace of the presence of a Church clergyman in this parish I have from the lips of a very old man, who told me in the year 1887 (he being then in his ninety-eighth year), that when he was " a lump of a boy, about five, he was baptized by the Rev. John Millidge, about 1795." The Digest of the Records 87 the med ;ame n in me that |iby ords of the S. P. G. show, curiously enough, that that very year Bishop Inglis ordained Mr. Millidge, and sent him into these parts as a missionary. And as a passing illustration of the absence of brother clergy in those early days, I may remark that, on January 3, 1797, Mr. Millidge was married by a layman, William Allan, Esq., a Commissioner under the Marriage Act. Mr. Millidge did missionary work in Cumberland County and in Westmorland County, which then embraced the County of Albert, from 1796 to 1801, when he removed to Granville, N. S. The first church in the joint Mission of Sackville and Dor- chester, St. Ann's, at Westcock, was built in 1817, and fo it all the church people repaired for divine service until 1840, when the church of the Holy Trinity, Dorchester, was built. From the time that Mr. Millidge retirf-d in 1797, till 1817, the few church souls were cared for by Missionaries from Amherst and Westmorland. But from 1817 onward the Mission was con- stantly supplied. The Rev. John Burnyeat officiated from 1817 till 1820 ; the Rev. Christopher Milner from 1820 till 1836 ; the Rev. John Black from 1836 till 1847 ; the Rev. T. N. De Wolfe from 1847 till 1860, when he was succeeded by the present be- loved rector of Fredericton, the Rev. G. G. Roberts, who remained till 1873, and was succeeded by the Rev. D. Nickerson, who in turn yielded in 1875 to the Rev. John D. H. Browne, and he again was succeeded l:)y the Rev. Richard Simonds, the first rector of the self-supporting parish of Dorchester. He was succeeded in 1882 by the present incumbent, the Rev. J, Roy Campbell. Although by reason of failing health the Rev. Richard Simonds In 1881 resigned the parish of Dorchester, and has not since assumed any settled charge, and notwithstanding his com- pletion of fifty years in the priesthood, few men have proved more abundant in labours, and none more modest and retiring. Of two other names in the foregoing list it behoves to make some further mention — the Rev. Christopher Milner and the Rev. John Black. Mr. Milner is described in the Digest of the Records as "a noted pioneer missionary and church builder. When he saw the people backward he would take up his axe, fell the trees for the building, and shame them into activity." Many most interesting details of this laborious missionary's long ministerial career have been preserved, and had we space we would fain record some of the more characteristic. Mr. Milner died in Sackville in 1877, in the ninety-first year of his age, and if • I' t I' i : 38 about the sixtieth of his ministry, full of labours and full of years. The Rev. John Black, who followed Mr. Milner, was a man of much taste and refinement, and an accomplished musician, who did nmch for the promotion of sacred song in those early days. Mr. R'ack removed afterwards to Kingsclear in 1847. During the earlier years of the Church Society the parishes { t Sackville and Dorchester were no mean contributors to its iiinds; and the lay delegates, the Hon. E. A. Botsford and the Hon. E. B. Chandler, were amongst the society's warmest friends and piomoters. The fact is worth i-ecording that the single parish of Dorchester, since becoming self-supporting, has con- tributed no less a sum than $5, 000 to the funds of the society. The parisli of Moncton (now the present prosperous city of Moncton) was called in 1H4G " the village at the bend," but has giown through nipuy vicissitudes to be a stronghold of the Church. The tirst visit ever made by any clergyman of the Church to this neighl)ourhood was that of Mr. Eagleson in the .summer of 1774, and after a considerable interval of time occa- sional missionary visits were made by the Rev. John Millidge, the Rev. Samuel E. Arnold, and the Rev. John Black ; and later still by the Rev. George S. Jarvis, rector of Shediac. The first resident clergyman in Moncton was the Rev. William N. Boyer, who also beijueathed part of his library to the deaneiy. He was tV)llowed in 1872 by the Rev. "William Walker, during whose unfortunate incumbency in 1873 the parish church was destroyed by incendiarism, and the distressed congregation had further to contend with the Cummingsite schism caused at that disastrous period in their history. Mr. Walker was followed in 1874 by the Rev. E. S. W. Pentreath (now Archdeacon Pentreath) by whom in the follow ing year the church was rebuilt. He laboured with much prudence and success until he removed to Winnipeg, and was succeeded in 1883 by the Rev. Arthur Hoadley, whose earnest piety promised an era of great prosperity to the parish, but ill health supervening he was forced to resign his cure and was followed in 1886 by the Rev. John H. Talbot, under whom the parish steadily improved until his removal to Oshawa in 1891, when he was succeeded by the present energetic incumb- ent, the Rev. E. B. Hooper, under whom the parish promises to go forward by leaps and bounds. The parishioners are at present enlarging aud improving the church at a cost of about |3,000. Til 1895 this parish enjoyed the distinction of receiving the Synod and Diocesan Chnrch Society. 39 From the year 1846, when hiy deputy the Hon. Daniel Hanington, and the Kev. Dr. Jarvis, invoked the society's aid for this "new and poor" mission, until it became self-sustaining, Moncton was a constant recipient of large grants for church bviilding, for the maintenance of a missionary, and for books for the parochial aiid Sundaj^-school libraries, and I do not fear but that the prosperous churchmen of the city of Moncton will con- tinue to support the Board of Home Missions that succoured their fathers in the davs of " the village of the bend." We have largely anticipated our reference to the parish of 8ackville in the account of the joint Mission of Sackville and Dorchester. When mentioning the name of the Rev. T. X. DeWolfe it might then have been added that the church of St. Paul, ill Lower Sackville, was erected during Ids incumbency in the year 185(5. This church is interesting infismuch as even to the details of the seats, the whole fabric follows a model which IJishop Medley caused a skilled workman who had wrought on the cathedral to make, in order that it might serve as a pattern for parish chuiches in the diocese. On the retirement in 1(S7S of the liev. John D. H. Browne from the charge of the joint mission, the Kev. K. J. Uniacke became the first rectoi" in the single parish of Sackville. After about a year came the llev. C. P. Mulvaney ; his was a short and disastrous cai-eer. He in turn was followed by the Rev. Cecil V. W^iggins, who became rector in 1879, and still continues fearlessly to uplift the banner of the Church in a parish that has its own peculiar difficulties. By a recent arrangement the rector of Sackville has assumed, with the assistance of a lay reader, the care of the joint Mission of Bay Verte, in the parish of West- morland, and Tidnish, which is in the parish of Amherst, in the Diocese of Nova Scotia. Bay Verte has long enjoyed th^ fostering care of tlie Society. As far back as 1840 a grant was made towards building a church, and the following years show that grants towards church building, parsonage, and for books, were of freijuent occurrence. But, though so nurtured, Chuich life has never been very vigorous in this section, although more success is hoped for in the effort that is now being made. The building of a new church at Bay Verte is being agitated, if it is not already begun, and at Tidnish a neat and sufidcient church has been erected, land is furnished with a bell and other ornaments, mainly through the instrumen- tality of the late H. G. C. Ketchum, Esq., who died in 189G, and who, by his last will and testament, has proved himself one of the most munificent benefactors of the Diocesan Church Society. 40 The Parish of Shediac has also its own special interest. The first Anglican clergyman who visited it was the Rev. John Millidge. The church of St. Martin-in-the-Wood was begun in 1821 by the Rev. Christopher Milner, and was opened in 1823. The clergy who have successively ministered in the Parish of Shediac are as follows : The Rev. Samuel Edwin Arnold 1828-31. The Rev. John Black 1832-36. The Rev. George Seymour Jarvis, D.D 1836-80. . The Rev. H. H. Barber 1881-85. The Rev. F. W. Vroom (now Professor of Divinity at King's College, Windsor). . 1885-89. The Rev. C. E. McKenzie 1889-93. And the Rev, A. F. B. Burt, who was elected in 1893, and who continues to be the incumbent. As elsewhere stated, the Parishes of Wellington and Dundas are credited to this field, but, as a matter of fact, of late years the church in Buctouche, in the former parish, is served by Richibucto, and the church in Cocaigne, Parish of Dundas — once a rich and flourishing centre of Church life and work — has, by reason of removal of business interests, almost ceased to exist. In connection with the work of the church in this district, the name of the Rev, Alfred H. Weeks ought to be held in remem- brance. Mr. Weeks was curate chiefly at Cocaigne and Buctouche from 1848 to 1872. He was a most faithful and retiring priest during life, and in his death a grateful and generous benefactor of the Society, T'.e parish church of St, Andrew at Point du Chene calls for brief notice. It was built at the time of the introduction of the works of the Intercolonial Railway at that place in the early sixties. Its first rector was the Rev. J, P. Sheraton — the present Principal of W^ ^liflFe College, Toronto — who took charge in 1867. He was followed by the Rev. W. B. Armstrong in 1870, A vacancy of about three years then occurred, during which time the Rev, Mr. Pentreath gave occasional services. In 1876 the Rev, Stanley Boyd become the third rector, and on the 13th September in that year the church of St. Andrew wtis consecrated by Bishop Medley, and it was on that occasion that the present writer first enjoyed the privilege of meeting our revered late Metropolitan. The fourth rector was the Rev. O. 8. Newuham, the present rector of St. Stephen, and tde highly valued Secretary of the Synod. Mr. Newnham's rectorate extended from 1878 to 41 1881, and he was followed by the Rev. W. B. Armatrong, who remalDed till 1S84. Since that time the services of the rector of Shediac have been found sufiicient for the needs of the people. With further reference to the Rev. George Seymour Jarvis, D. D., we may here say that he was a sound and learned divine, well versed in Canon Law, and particularly in its bearing on the parochial clergy. He was very tenacious of what he deemed to be his canonical rights. During the early part of his long incumbency of forty-tuur years, he was abundant in labours as a parish priest, and diligent to inquire as a rural dean, an oflSce that he held from the division of the Diocese in 1847 into Rural Deaneries until his death. He was succeeded in this otiice by the Rev. R. Simonds, and on his resignation of the Parish of Dor- ch-^ster the suffrages of the clergy fell to the Rev. J. Roy Camp- l 'l the present rural dean. r rom the foundation of the Society this parish always took much interest in its welfare, and in turn received many benefits. Frequent grants for churches and parochial and Sunday-school libraries are recorded in the earliest reports of the Society. The Church of St. Martin in the Wood was built by the Rev. Christopher Milner, largely asvsis ted by William Hanington, Esq. This pioneer settler, who was the father of the Hon. Daniel Hanington, the first lay deputy of the parish to the Society, died in 1838. He was the ancestcu* of a large and wideily*pread family, whose pardonable pride it is to claim that no one of the • name has ever swerved from the Church. The circumstance that the Bray Library and parochial lending and Sunday-school libraries wen- introduced at an early date, and were also highly valued iL •' ' • tantly used, caused the people of this parish to be unc( 'L ?".y veil informed in all matters affecting the Church. Of the £; r ;!i of Westmoreland we have already incidentally spoken as being one primal scene of Anglican church work in the Province of New Brunswick. We have already seen that ua» doub^edly the very P'-'^t missionary work in these parts was done by the Rev. John Eagleson in 1768. This missionary's fourteen years' labours were no sinecure. Early in the course of his work he was harassed by the Acadians, who raided his home, and by the reh^l Americans, who took him prisoner in November, 1776, Carrie-' it-.n> to Massachusetts, from whence he escaped, at the peril of his »'.. R'"tt'i a captivity of sixteen months, only to find on his return all his effects stolen or destroyed. An attempt to recapture him was made in 1781, but he fled in the winter of that year, through the snow and the woods, to Halifax. 42 li Mr. Eagleson was followed by the Rev. Edward C. Willoughby, who laV)oured in 1793-4, and during whose incumbency the first church of St. Mark was built. Mr. WilloughV)y was succeeded in 1795 by the Rev. John Millidge, and he again was followed by the Rev. John Burnyeat, who in 1817 was instituted as the rector of Sackville. He was followed in 1820 by the Rev. Chris- topher Milner, who, although, lik(^ Mr. Burnyeat, he was properly the rector of Sackville, yet, b}' reason of his abundant and far- reaching labours, was wont to be described as " the missionary of the whole district from Sussex Vale to Halifax," but principally ill the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland. Writing to the S. P. G. in 1820, Mr. Burnyeat much laments that " the ancient mission" at Ct.nberland Fort— the present parish of Westmoreland — is deca3 j d its church ruinous. But the very following year (1821 j h( eers the Society with the news that Mr. Milner had rebuilt tlie church at the fort, and that the inhabitants were waiting anxiously onee more for the blessing of a resident minister. So from Amherst to Shediac, and the parts beyond, we find Mr. Milner everywhere at work. Within a few years, however, as was to be expected, as pop- ulation, and consequently facilities for travelling, increased, we find a more frequent recurrence of clerical names in this neigh- l)Ourhood, some of whom became men of note in the history of the Church. From about 1822 till about 1825 the Rev. John W. D. Gray laboured at Amherst and Fort Cumberland. From 1829 to 18.'i0 the Rev. George 8. Jarvis worked in Amherst and Westmoreland. From 1830 to 1833 we find the Rev. Richard B. Wiggins at work, and from 1834 and onwards, occasionally, the Rev. George Townsend otiiciated. From 1846 to 1847, the Rev. Robert Arnold ; from 1847 to 1850, the Rev. Richard Simonds ; from 1851 to 1852, the Rev. Charles Lee; and from 1852 to the present time, forty-five years, the Rev. D. M. Bliss has constantly tended, and still continues to care for the flock. In 1882 the parish church of St. Mark was rebuilt for the third time, and last year (1890) a parish ball was erected, and the people are still mindefl to support what, in the dialect of some of the humbler, though no less sincerely attached, members of the church, they call the " Dioshian Society." Such, in conclusion, is a brief account of the Deanery of Shediac. Settled, as the counties of Westmoreland and Albert originally were, first by the Acadians, who, for example, num- bered 13,676 at the last census in the county, and who in the parish of Dorchester outnumber the English inhabitants, and after the Acadians, by settlers chiefly from New England, the 43 north of Ireland, and Methodist famihes from about Yorkshire, the Church of England is in a great minority. Albert County is largely consecrated to the Baptist body. At Memramcook the Roman Catholics have their extensive educational establish- ments at St. Joseph's, whilst at Sackville the Maritime Methodists, with the University of Mount Allison, all but possess the land. Apart from our long-continued neglect of Albert County, the general tendency to urban emigration from our rural districts has much depleted our Church population, as may be witnessed in the Petitcodiac, Westcock and Cocaigne Missions. But whilst we are comparatively few in number, the Church people of this deanery are deeply attached to the church of their fathers, and are strong in the conviction tiiat, in the Providence of God, the Church of England is yet .set for the healing of divisions among Christian peoples, on the sure foundation of evangelical truth and apostolical order. A TABLK showing the names, dates of erection, and the builders of all the churches and chapels of the Church of England in the Deanery of Shediac, compiled by the Rev. J. Roy Campbell : Parish Church or Chapel. ■ Name of Church. §« u By Whom Built. Albert Co.— New L-eland Harvey St. Peter. St. Stephen. St. John. Holy Trinity. St. George. Burned . Chancel rebuilt. Nave rebuilt. Enlarged . St. Andrew. St. Paul. St. Peter. St. John. St. Andrew. St. Anne. St. Stephen. St. Paul. St. Martin in the Wood. St. Alban. St. Lawrence. St. Mark, 1st. 2nd. 3rd. St. Luke. 18.50 1851 1859 1840 18r.2 1873 1874 1877 1897 1870 18H8 1879 1887 18B4 1817 1843 1856 1823 1843 1865 1794 1821 1882 1848 Rev. C. P. Bliss. Rev. C. P. Bliss. Hopewell Hill Rev. H. B. Nichols, Westmoreland Co.— Dorchester Rev. John Black. Moncton Rev. W. N. Boyer. Petitcodiac R«v. E. S. W. Pentreath. Rev. E. 8. W. Pentreath. Rev. E B. Hooper. Rev. Cuthbert Willis. Havelock CKings Co , ). . . Pollet River Salishurv Rev. C. P. Bliss and Local Com. Rev. Cuthbert Willis. Rev. Cuthbert Willis. Pt. Du Cheue Interested Laymen . Sackville i Parish) ....... 2nd We.stcock Rev. John Burnyeat. Rev. John Black Lower Sackville Shediac (Parish) Dundas (Kent Co.) Co- 1 caigne I W>Hlngton (Buctouche) . Westmoreland (Parish) . . (1 it It tt BayVerte Rev. T. N. De Wolfe. tRev. C. Milner and William \ Hanington, Esq. Rev. D. Jarvis. Rev. A. W. Weeks. Rev. Edward C. Willoughby. Rebuilt by Rev. 0. Milner. Rebuilt by Rev. D. M. BUss. Rev.a.TrtwDsend & Local Com. 44 DEANERY OF KINGSTON. By Rev. C. P. Hanington, Rural Dean. M It is with reference to the work of the Church past, present and future in the deanery of Kingston that I am about to address you. First let me bring before you briefly the history of the Church's work in that deanery. The first recorded fact, as far as I can ascertain in this connection, is as follows: In the summer of the year 1769 the Rev. Thomas Wood, the S. P. G. missionary at Annapolis, visited the settlements on the St. John river. This was only six years after what we now call New Brunswick came into the undisputed possession of Great Britain ; at that time our pro- vince formed a part of Nova Scotia, the separation of the two taking place in 1784. The Rev. Mr. Wood, after landing at St. John, proceeded up the river and, as we learn from the lately published " Digest of S. P. G. Records," he stopped at Gagetown, where he baptized two children — Joseph and Mary Kenderick — who were "twins born in an open canoe on the rver, two leagues from any house." This seems to have been Um first oflBcial act of any clergyman of our Church in Kingston deanery. The English speaking population resident within the limits of the deanery at thi?. time must have been extremely small, probably less than 200 people, scattered along the banks of the river in Kings and Queens Counties. The American revolution, however, eflfected a great change. Thousands of Loyalists emigrated from the United States in 1783 and settled along the St. John river ana its tributaries. One body is said to have landed on the low-lying meadows near the river Jemseg, and the locality pleased them much until the spring freshets came, when in terror they fled to the higher lands and thenceforth sought more secure dwelling places. In 1784 the Church people at Kingston resolved to organize a parish corporation, and a meeting was accordingly held on the 10th day of May in that year for the purpose. One of the wardens elected was Mr. David Pickett, grandfather of the Rev. D. W. Pickett, until recently rector of Greenwich. This event makes Kingston the oldest Church parish in the deanery, 45 and is sufficient to explain why our deanery bears the name which it does. As yet, however, there was no clergyman resident in the deajiery, although the Rev. John Beardsley officiated occasionally at Kingston, and had made some preparation for building himself a house there when he was appointed to Maugerville in conse- quence of the death of Rev. John Sayre, first rector at that place. Then for a time Mr. Frederick Dibblee, afterwards first rector of Woodstock, but not then in Holy Orders, act«d as lay reader. For its first resident clergyman Kingston was indebted to the S. P. G., ready tJien, as it always has been, and still is, to look after the spiritual welfare of Church members in the colonies and to follow them with her aid in their wanderings. In the month of May, 1786, three clergymen, all of them formerly employed as missionaries of the S. P. G. in the old Trinity Church, Kingston. Erected A. D. 1789. colonies of America, arrived in St. John ; these were the Rev. James Scovil, late of Waterbury, Conn.; the Rev. Richard Clarke, of New Milford, Conn.; and the Rev. Samuel Andrews, of Wallingford, Conn. The latter was sent to Saint Andipws, but the two former came to Kingston deanery, Mr. Scovil to the parish of Kingston and Mr. Clarke to Gagetown ; so that as regards the work of resident clergymen these two parishes date f "f ■ 46 from the same year. But both Mr. Scovil and Mr. Clarke were required to labor over a very much larger area than is included in the parishes of Kingston and Gagetown to-day. The ecclesi- astical parish of Kingston at that time included the present parishes of Hampton, Norton, Springfield, Westfield and Green- wich, or, at least, Mr. Scovil worked over all this area, travelling from place to place with Kingston as his centre, doing what he could to l>uild up and strengthen the Church, but working evidently under great disadvantages. In 1788 he settled his family in a house which he built at his own expense. At that time there were '220 families in his mission, but only thirty communicants. In the year 1789 the parishitmers of Kingston began building a Church, which was "dedicated" by their rector on the r)th day of November in the same year " to the service of Almighty God by the name of Trinity Church." This was the first Church built in the deaner}^ It is standing and in a good state of preservation to-day, older by nearly a quarter of a century than any other Church edifice in the diocese. Rev. James Scovil died in 1808, and was succeeded by his son, Rev. Elias Scovil, who, in turn, was succeeded by his son. Rev. William E. Scovil, It is noteworthv that father, son and grandson occupied successively the position of rector in the same parish. For one hundred and thirty years the three Scovils were in the ministry, and for ninety years they ofticiated at Kingston. Next to Kingston historically comes Gagetown. As we have already seen, the Rev. Richard Clarke began work there in 1786, the same year in which the Rev. James Scovil began work in Kingston. He also had an immense territory to work over, for his mission included Hampstead, Wiekham, Waterborough, and the rest of the Grand Lake region. In 1790 he built at Gagetown a Church and school. He held services very frequently on Long Island, which was considered convenient for both the parishes of Wiekham and Hampstead. A church was subse- quently built there,* which was subsequently moved to the Wiekham mainland and is to-da}- not in existence. Mr, Clarke was rector of Gagetown for twenty-five years, at the expiration of wliich he removed to St. Stephen and was succeeded by his son, the Rev, Samuel R. Clarke. What seems to have led to his resignation was a terrible affliction that befell him on the 13th of March, 1811, when his rectory caught fire * On Fepteniber 13. 1835, Bishop Inglis held service In the Church on Long Island, which he Kays " is uDfnrtunately situated, as neither clergyman nor congresration can meet there at any time without inconvenience. The access Is often difficult and sometimes impossible. The site was ch( sen because It was central ; but a central island, or any spot without a neighborhood, is unsuitable for a Church." 47 s were ;luded scclesi- resent Green- veiling bat he orking le5 his it that thirty ingston y their 'to the ' This ng and quarter diocese. his son, m, Kev. son and he same ils were ingston. As we there in ;an work 3rk over, :)orough, built at equently both the as subse- to the years, at and was lat seems hat befell ught fire Long Island, onfifresratlon difficult and ut a central and his oldest daughter, a niece and a grandson perished in the Hames. Next in order comes the parish of Sussex. It was at first occasionally visited by the Rev. James Scovil and other clergy- men. Mr. Oliver Arnold, who came to Sussex about the year 1788 to take charge of a school for the Indians, established there by the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians,* was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Nova Scotia in May, 1790, at Halifax, and ordained priest in June of the year following, as aj)pears by the records at Halifax, and it is iendaiy of Nt. Thomas' Church, Ex ter. At the base of the window is the in- scription, " A tribute of affection from the Bishnp, to the Rev. Samuel Bhcoh, for 47 5 ears the beloved pastor of this parish. Entered into rest February 16th, 1869. esu Mercy." Mr. Bacon was an uncle of the first wife of Bishop Medley. 64 ,f ' Meanwhile the commercial prosperity of Miramichi has very much decHned. The old time ship-building industry has entirely ceased, as also the trade in sailing vessels, with which, in the open season, the port was once often filled. The lumber export, now carried on in ocean steamers, has for many years been attended with much less certain financial gain. These circum- stances have been adverse to the increase in numbers and wealth of our congregations. Quite recently, however, the establishment of wood pulp mills has brought some Church families to the community. The members of the Church in the parish of Chatham are about 400, of whom about 100 are communicants. The yearly baptisms are from fifteen to twenty, marriages from about two to five, and burials from four to ten. Confirmations are from twenty-five to thirty-five in each two years. Since the year 1882 the parish has been self-supporting and has in addition contributed annually to the General Purposes of the Diocesan Church Society, in whose work it has always taken a becoming interest and sent able and zealous laymen to represent it in the Society's meetings. The principle of self-support has been successfully developed since the old time when, notwith- standing the greater local ability of the Church people, Mr. Bacon received the greater part of his stipend from the S. P. G., and it was with constant difficulty that the balance of $200 or $300 required to maintain the services was raised by means of pew rents and subscriptions. In those days the Sunday oflFerings were miserably small, and the principle of *' honoring the Lord " in substance as an act of worship was generally lost sight of. Upon the death of Mr. Bacon, the grant of the S. P. G. ceased, and it became necessary that more should be contributed by the parish. With the abolition of pew rents and subscription list, the Sunday offertory has now, for seventeen years, been the source of voluntary parochial support, and it has gradually devel- oped until it now averages about -f 22 per Sunday. By this means local expenses are provided for, amounting to about $1,100 or $1,200 annually, besides special contributions for domestic and foreign missions and other objects. The Mission of Hardwicke, or Baie des Vents, comprehends the civil parishes of Hardwicke and Glenelg, on the south shore of the Miramichi River. The church of St. John the Evangelist, in the parish of Hardwicke, is twenty-two mile» from Chatham, and is the oldesc church, next to St. Paul's, within the Deanery. As already stated, the first service was held in this church on September 28, 1828. It was consecrated by Bishop John Inglis •i 65 in 1836, and wa8 a few years later enlarged, furnished with a chancel, three bells, and other improvements, which were the subject of high praise from the Bishop who saw the church again in 1843 and consecrated the burial ground. Speaking of the church on this occasion the Bishop said in his journal, " This building has been remodelled and enlar^^ d at much exj)ense by Mr. Hudson, and is more perfect, in its kind, than any church in the Diocese ; indeed it would be thought a beautiful append- age to a palace. Everything about it is in perfect keeping : it is alike furnished, ornamented and finished with excellent taste ; and it is truly surprising to find so perfect a building in so I'imote a place. It is impossible not to regret that it is not in a place of more frequent resort, that it might stimulate others to copy such a pattern. It is very prettily placed on the margin of a fine bay. . . . All the windows of the Bale des Vents Church have painted glass. The plastered walls present a perfect imitation of stone, with which the open seats and desk and pulpit correspond. Scrolls on the walls contain well- selected portions of Scripture ; and on each of the fifteen panels I'i the front of the gallery the arms of some See are emblazoned. F mgings, service books and plate are in similar style, and the whole floor is matted." In his notes the Bishop also mentions that Mr. Hudson expected to present 100 candidates for confir- mation in his whole mission, but was greatly disappointed that violent storms both at Blackville and Bale des Vents prevented the majority from getting to Church. Mr. Hudson continued his labours from Ludlow to Escuminac until March, 1856, when the Rev. C. F. Street was appointed to the charge of Blackville and Nelson. From that time he laboured in Newcastle and Hardwicke until his death at New- castle in the spring of 1871. He was succeeded by the Rev. G. H. Sterling, who had been his assistant from October, 1870. Mr. Sterling removed to Maugerville in 1873, and was succeeded in the autumn of that year by the Rev. W. S. Neales, who resigned in 1874, and was succeeded by the Rev. A. Prime, who was followed in 1877 by the Rev. H. H. Barber. In 1879 the Mission of Hardwicke was separated from New- castle and placed in charge of Rev. E. P. Flewelling. He removed to the Mission of Dalhousie and Campbellton in 1882, and was succeeded at Hardwicke by the Rev. W. J. Wilkinson, B. D.,* the present incumbent. Since Mr. Wilkinson began his work in * Rev. Samuel Bacon's daughter, and only child, became the wife of Hon. Judge Wilkinson of Bushville, Chatham, and their son, Rev. W. J. Wilkinson, is now laboring in what was, prior to the year 1889, a part of his grandfather's mission. !f'l 66 11: m pi :'r this mission a new rectory has been built, and also the new- church of St. James the Great at " the Village," seven miles from the rectory. This church was consecrated by Bishop Medley in the summer of 1890. The old parish church of St. John the Evangelist has also been thoroughly repaired and improved, and altogether the church property in the mission is now in excellent condition. Occasional services are held at Escuminac, fifteen miles eastward from the rectory, where there are one or two Church families, but no church building. The mission extends about twenty miles along the southern shore of the Baie des Vents, and contains about fifty families of Church people, engaged in farming and fishing, and for the most part of limited means. In summer there is tri-weekly communication by steamer with Chatham. In this mission, where in the early days of Mr. Bacon's ministry there was no church building, and only occa- sional services, there are now two churches, a rectory, and a resident clergyman, with two, three and four services every Sun- day, and for the most part daily services in the parish church. Through many years of iri egular and inadequate spiritual care, the people, with few exc options, remained attached to the Church of their fathers. A noteworthy feature in the congregations to-day at Baie des Vents is the large attendance of men. The mission of Newcastle and Nelson comprehends the locality on the north side of the Miramichi River opposite the parish of Chatham, and a part of the civil parish of Nelson immediately west of the village of Nelson on the i^outh side of the river. The Church families in the parish of Newcastle are, with the excep- tion of two or three in Douglastown, located in or around the town of Newcastle. Here, as early as the year 1828, there was a movement towards building a small church. The earliest mention we have of the services of the Church of England being held in Newcastle is that, already referred to, when the Rev. Samuel Clarke of Gagetown officiated in the Court House in 1818. Here, also, Mr. Bacon of Chatham, after his arrival in 1822, held services from time to time. After the erection of St. Paul's Church, half-way between Newi astle and Chatham, the people of Newcastle assembled there, more or less, for public worship. But when the Rev. James Hudson was appointed in 1839 travelling missionary on the Miramichi, he held services in Newcastle, nd through his untiring eflforts the beautiful church of St. Andrew was built and consecrated by Bisho'^ Medley on St. James' Day, 1850. 67 Until the year 1856 Newcastle remained in connection with Derby, Nelson, Blackville, Ludlow, and Baie des Vents, but in that year Rev. C. F. Street took charge of Derby, Nelson and Black^alle, and Mr. Hudson continued his work in Newcastle and Baie des Vents until his death in 1871. The names of the succeeding rectors have been given in our account of Baie des Vents, which continued in connection with Newcastle until 1879. Mr. Barber, the last rector of the united mission, was succeeded at Newcastle by the Rev. J. H. S. Sweet in 1882 ; and in 1888 a part of the civil parish of Nelson was added to Newcastle. In September, 1890, a new church, St. Mark's, was consecrated in the parish of Nelson, by Bishop Kin^don, and services have since been regularly held there. Mr. Sweet resigned on account of ill health in 182 5, and was succeeded in October of that year by the Rev. P. G. Snow, the present incumbent. The church people in this mission reside within a radius of five or six miles of their several churches. The congregations are small, but the support of the church is comparatively liberal through the ofifertory, and with the aid of a small endowment, the mission is almost self- supporting. And here, where less than fifty years ago there was no church building, or resident clergyman, there are now two churches, one of them the well-known church of St. Andrew — the last of Father Hudson's iiotable labours in church building ; also a handsome Sunday-school house, and a comfortable rectory and glebe. The Church families number about thirty-nine in Newcastle, and eleven in Nelson. Proceeding from the town of Newcastle about nine miles up the South-west Miramichi river, we come to the rectory of St. Peter's, Derby, and are in the Mission of Derby and Black- ville. This mission extends along the river about thirty miles, and previous to 1856 was part of Mr. Bacon's, and afterwards of Mr. Hudson's extensive missionary field. There was no church building within the mission previous to 1843, when th/ough the exertions of Mr. Hudson, Trinity Church, Blackville, was com- pleted, and consecrated by Bishop John Inglis. The Bishop wrote in his journal that the " little church would be considered an ornament to any hamlet '^r village in England." He also referred to the " immense area " of Mr. Hudson's missionary field. Some of the candidates for confirmation were '* forty miles distant from the church." Some v ere prevented from coming so far by the prevailing rain storm, but " some did travel fifteen miles through the rain." " A congregation of sixtj were assembled, of whom nineteen were confirmed." 68 m: r I Mr. Hudson's next work in church building was the church of St. Peter's, Derby, which was consecrated by Bishop Medley on September 12th, 1847. The burial ground attached to St. Peter's was consecrated by Bishop Medley three years after- wards, July 22nd, 1850. Mr. Hudson laboured single handed in his extensive mission, extending from Escuminac to Ludlow, until March, \^^)Q, when the Rev. C. F Street took charge of Derby and Blackville, the General Committee of the Diocesan Church Society having, in February of that year, made its first grant to a Missionary not receiving any aid from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. Mr. Street removed to Bathurst in July, 1857, and was succeeded by the Rev. William Cruden, who continued in charge until 1877, when he went to Nev» Zealand. St. Peter's rectory was completed and occupied by Mr. Cruden about the year 187l. He was succeeded by the Rev. A. F. Hiltz, who laboured faithfully for eleven years, until compelled by ill health to resign in 1888. He was succeeded by the Rev. R. W. Hudgell, who removed to take charge of the parish of Victoria, at St. John, in 1891. During Mr. Hudgell's incumbency St. Agnes' chapel, at Grey Rapids, five miles east of the village of Blackville, was built and used for divine service for the first time, in November, 1890. It has not yet been com- pleted or consecrated. Mr. Hudgell, in 1890, reported twenty- six Church families, and 145 baptized members in the parish of Derby ; and thirtj-eiglit Church families, and 236 baptized members in Blackville. There were twenty-six communicants in the two parishes at Easter, 1889, and fifty-three at Easter, 1890. The whole mission contributed $330 towards the clergy- man's stipend, and there was an endowment of $600 bringing in $36 per annum. Mr. Hudgell was succeeded in January, 1892, by the Rev. C. O'Dell Baylee, the present incumbent, who now reports fifty-seven Church families in the mission, who are con- tributing $345 to the maintenance of the services. For many years previous to 1887 (on the 9th of July in which year the church of St. James the Great, in Ludlow, was consecrated by Bishop Medley), the Church people in Ludlow and Blissfield had been almost without the services of the Church. 1825 Mr. Bacon wrote to the S. P. G. that "the inhabitants Ludlow are numerous ; they are very destitute, indeed, of In at religious instruction, but anxious to have some spiritual guide." He could only " visit these people once in the year, or twice at the farthest." It appears that the Rev. Walter Price "^'^ was one * Rev. Walter Price lived at first upon the Nashwaak River, where he had an extensive land grant. He was elected In 180;J a member of the House of Assembly for York County. :ii 69 mm of the earliest missionaries who visited the Miramichi river districts, and a Mr. Walter Price, who a few years ago was licensed as a lay reader at Ludlow, is a great grandson of the early missionary just named. From 1839, until his death in 1871, the Rev. Jas. Hudson did what he could to provide for the spiritual wants of the Church people of Ludlow and Bliss- field, while caring also for those in Northesk, Newcastle, Hard- wicke and Glenelg. After his death, however, missionary visits to Ludlow and Blissfield were few and far between, until through the efforts of Bishop Kingdon the mission was revived, the church of St. James the Great erected at Ludlow, and the services of the Church began again to be regularly held among the remnant of Church families in a district w-here in 1846 Bishop Medley, when on his first tour through the northern part of his diocese, held service and celebrated the Holy Com- munion in a barn. Since the erection of the church at Ludlow, which is a becoming memoiial of the great missionary who so long and faithfully cared for the souls there, the mission of Ludlow and Blissfield has been transferred to the deanery of Fredeiicton, and has been served by the Rev. H. Montgomery, rector of Kingsclear, York Co. On May 24th, 1892, St. Andrev/s Church, at Doaktown, was consecrated by Bishop Kingdon, and much is hoped for in regard to the growth of the Church in this import- ant village on the Canada Eastern Railway. On September 1st, 1895, St. John the Evangelist's Church at Lower Ludlow was consecrated by Bishop Kingdon, the site of the building being very near the spot where Mr. Hudson, fifty years ago, desired to build a church, and for which he applied to the Diocesan Church Society for a grant of ,£15. This is the third church consecrated within the Mission of Ludlow and Blissfield within eight years. Here, then, within the district comprehending the parishes of Derby, Blackville, Blissfield and Ludlow, where there was no church building previous to 1843, there are five churches in which regular services are held. It is much to be wished that, before long, a resident clergyman may be stationed at Blackville, or at some centre within the Mission of Ludlow and Blissfield. We will speak next of the Mission of Richibucto and King- ston, which lies along the coast of Kent County from Kouchi- bouguac to Buctouche, a distance of about thirty miles. We have already mentioned that as early as 1817 Madras schools were established at Buctouche and Kouchibouguac, whose masters I' 70 acted as lay readers on Sundays. Rev. John Burnyeat, travelling missionary, visited Buctouche and Richibucto in June, 1820. He wrote that at Buctouche he had " a numerous congregation, the younger members of which, he feared, had scarcely heard a prayer in public before." Of Richibucto he wrote that " no minister of the gospel had ever been stationed there." A few years previously the Rev. B. G. Gray touched at the place on his passage from Bay Chaleur to Halifax, and baptized a number of children. Mr. Burnyeat held service in a large barn fitted up for the occasion. He baptized thirteen children at Kouchibou- guac, where the school-master, Mr. Truro*, " acted as their minister on Sundays." In 1822 Mr. Bnrnyeat, as Ecclesiastical Commissary for New Brunswick, visited Buctouche, where, he says, " the inhabitants are growing in numbers^ but it cannot be added they are growing in grace." Concerning Richibucto, he regretted that " in a place where 410 souls reside and 600 seamen visit in summer the sound of the church-going bell is never heard. . . . Little more is wanted than a ' house of prayer ' and a servant of the Most High to officiate at the altar to render Richibucto an agreeable place of residence. The people were making efforts to build a church, and had subscribed for that purpose £308 lOs. In 1823 the Rev. Robt. Willis visited Richibucto and Buc- touche, and wrote that, at the former place, " sufficient ground for a church, parsonage and a graveyard had been obtained in a very eligiV)le situation." In 1825 Mr. Bacon visited Richibucto, and wrote that, *• owing to a disagreement, the frame of the church had been tlisposed of for other purposes." It was resolved to make another attempt, and the plans of a church were drawn by a Mr. Layton, and in 1829 Mr. Bacon reported the project for building the church was likely to succeed through the efforts of John W. Weldon, Esq., M. P. P. There were then thirty-two families belonging to the Church in Richibucto and Carleton parishes. Sir Howard Douglas, the Lieutenant Governor, had donated in 1827 the sum of ^£50, which was expended in pur- chasing " a frame " for the church, which in 1829 "had been on the spot nearly two years." There was at this time a good Madras school, taught by Thos. Wood. It was not until 1836 that the Rev. Henry J. Jarvis was stationed as a resident mis- *Anthoi^ R. Tniro was a man rather famous among the early teachers In this Province, He removed from Kouohibouguac to Sussex Vale, and from thence came to St. John in l88a, where, as master of the Madras, or National, school he had (•harge of SOO boys, and made quite a reputation for himself as a teacher. Mrs. Truro taught the girls' Madras school. i 71 sionary at Richibucto, and in 1839 Archdeacon Coster could only report that " in the new mission of Richibucto and Weldford two parish churches were in progress, both struggling with diffi- culties, there being few persons of property attached to the Church." About the year 1843 the Rev. T. N. DeWolfe took charge of the new mission, and in that year Bishop John Inglis consecrated St. Mary's church and burial ground at Richibucto and St. Paul's church and burial ground at Weldford. The Bishop endeavored to proceed from Richibucto to Weldford on the Richibucto River in a canoe with Indian guides, but, a strong wind prevailing, the canoe was abandoned, and the journey made in a waggon. Owing to the roughness of the road, it was one o'clock in the day before the Bishop and Mr. DeWolfe arrived at the church, where the congregation had waited from 1 1 o'clock. Twenty-three persons were confirmed, and Mr. Bacon and Mr. Hudson assisted in the services. " On our return," wrote the Bishop, " we had twelve miles of wretched road to travel after dark, and part of it through a deep wood full of stumps, roots and stones. We were thankful to borrow a tin lantern, which Mr. DeWolfe could venture to open in the wood where there was no wind. We thus accomplished our object without harm, crossing a long ferry just before midnight, and were at our lodg- ing when the clock struck twelve, having been busily occupied for seventeen hours, in weather painfully hot. Though painfully tried, I was thankful to have escaped injury through the hardest day's work I have had during the summer." The Rev. T. N. DeWolfe was succeeded in the year 1848 by the Rev. John Black, and about the same time Rev. D. I. Wetmore became missionary at Weldford, residing at Richibucto. Mr. Black was succeeded in 1849 by the Rev. James Neales, who, in 1858, at Bishop Medley's request, exchanged parishes with the Rev. N. A. Coster, of Gagetown. Mr. Coster continued his work at Richibucto until his death in February, 1879. In the year 1872 a new Sunday-school room was erected near the rectory and licensed for the holding of Church services in addition to those held in the parish church, at the other end of the town. Since Mr. Coster's death there have been frequent changes in the rectorship, which have not conduced to the progress of the Church, while the commercial prosperity of the place has greatly declined. Since 1879 the following clergymen have been in charge, viz.: the Rev. J. N. Jones, 1879 to 1880; Rev. F. H. Almon, 1881 to 1885; Rev. W. L. Currie, 1886 to 1887; Rev. D. V. Gwilym, 1887 to 1889 ; Rev. H. Hackenley, 1891 to 1895; 72 Ri' .% and Rev. H. A. Meek, the present rector, who l)egan his work in the fall of 1898. The Rev. Geo. H. Somerville was in charge for a short time during the vacancy between 1889 and 1891, and the Rev. J. C. Cox for two months in 1896. In September, 1884 a new Church at Kingston was consecrated by Bishop Kingdon. During the past fifteen or more years occasional services have been held by the rectors of Richibucto and Kingston at Buctouche, distant twenty miles, and formerly served together with Cocagne by the rector and curate of Shediac, and called the mission of Wellington and Dundas from the names of the civil parishes. As some account may be given by the rural dean of Shediac of misvsion work in this field, we will not here speak more particularly of the labours of Rev. A. H. Weeks, sometime curate of Shediac, or of the history of the Church's life in this locality, where as we have noted the earliest North Shore missionaries found Church people in considerable numbers. In the Mission of Richibucto and Kingston, including Buc- touche, there are now about seventy-two Church families. The Wheten Trust Endowment is worth $120 per annum towards maintaining the services, and the Board of Diocesan Missions makes a small grant to the mission. Within the past two years the parish church at Richibucto has been renovated, and re- furnished with free and open seats, the old rectory sold, and a new and commodious one purchased, very near the church. Referring now to the Mission of Weldford, we note that the Rev. D. I. Wetmore, who began his work there in the year 1848, was followed by the Rev. J. P. Sheraton, about the year 1863. Mr. Sheraton laboured for the first year and nine months as Lay Reader. In 1865 he reported to the D. C. S. that he *' had one church, and six stations, from three to eighteen miles distant from his place of residence. Mr. Sheraton, at the desire of the Bishop, made missionary visits to Weldford after his removal to Shediac. He was followed in 1876 by the Rev. W. B. Armstrong, prior to whose arrival the mission had been without a visit from a clergyman for four years. Mr. Armstrong, from 1876 to 1880, had charge of the united parishes of Weldford and Kingston, and during that period resided at Richibucto, rendering assist- ance there to the aged rector, the Rev. N. A. Coster, until his death in 1879. In 1880, Kingston having been again united with Richibucto, Mr. Armstrong removed to what was called then, Weldford Station, but now called Harcourt, after the name of the parish 73 in which it is situated. Within the next two years a new church was built, to take the place of the old St. Paul's, at Bass River. In 1882 Mr. Armstrong removed to Point du Chene, and in the spring of 1884 the Rev, Henry HoUoway took charge of the mission. In July of the same year the new church of St. Paul's, together with an enlargement of the burial ground, was conse- crated by Bishop Medley, and on November 15th, following, St. Matthew's church, Harcourt Station, was opened by Bishop Kingdon and licensed for public worship. Mr. Holloway also built a new house close by St. Matthew's church. The house and the church were built, and the lot of land on which they stand, containing about fifty acres, was purchased at his own expense. Unfortunately, Mr. Holloway was obliged by ill health to resign and return to England in 1887. Before leaving he handed over in trust to the Bishop of the diocese the munificent gift of the church, land and rectory at Harcourt for the use and benefit of the Church. After a vacancy of three months in the mission, Mr. Holloway was succeeded in 1887 by the Rev. E. B. Hooper, who continued in charge until 1891, when he removed to Moncton. In 1890 Mr. Hooper reported, services held "at twelve stations, in addition to the regular Sunday services held in the two churches." He was succeeded by the Rev. C.T. Easton, who soon after removed to Prince William and Dumfrias, and was followed at Weldford by the Rev. A. A. Slipper, who in 1894 removed to St. Martins. In 1895 the Rev. Geo. L.Freebern, the present incumbent, took charge of the missions. He visits about eighty Church families, at all distances up to twenty-two miles from the rectory, holds regular Sunday services in St. Matthew's church, at Harcourt, and St. Paul's church, W^eldford, fourteen miles distant, and week day services at about nine stations. The people are required to contribute .$275 towards the support of the clergyman. Contributions to this object vary from fifty cents, payable in produce, to twenty dollars per annum, averaging $2.30. The mission is financially poor, but notwith- standing all adverse circumstances, the spiritual needs of the people are much better cared for than in years when they enjoyed greater worldly prosperity. This is true of the whole missionary district comprised in Weldford, Richibucto, Kingston, and Buc- touche, in which, less than seventy years ago, there was not a single church building, and no resident clergyman, where now there are six chuiches. The fostering care of the Diocesan Church Society has here, as elsewhere, done very much to sustain the Church's life, and it is to be hoped that those who remain in % ' w. 1 .■ 74 If her embrace after all the changes and chances of the past, will uphold her hands by the liberality of their support. I proceed now to speak of the missions in the most northerly part of th > deanery of Chatham. The mis«iion of Bathurst now comprehends the whole of Gloucester County, but for many years included also the County of Restigouche. The earliest mention of an attempt at missionary work in Gloucester, of which we are aware, is that of the proposed visit already referred to of Rev. B. G. Gray to the Baie des Chaleurs in 1814. The Rev, Robt, Willis, Ecclesiastical Commissary for New Brunswick, in his report, dated February, 1823, wrote that St. Peters (the old name of Bathurst), on the Bay of Chaleur, near the line of divisif-n between this province and Lower Canada, is forty miles from Miramichi. There was a nominal road through the woods, but the communication was generally made by water. At St. Peters the people were making exertions to build a church. On April 27th, 1825, the Rev. Geo. Best, Commissary, wrote : " A church is building at St. Peters, on the Nepisiguit river, Baie des Chaleur, in the parish of Glenelg, aided in a material degree by those of a different persuasion, which argues strongly in favour of the general feeling towards the Church, but they are destitute of a clergyman. The settlements of New Bandon and Innishannon lie on the Baie des Chaleurs; they are entirely peopled by Irish Protestants who are repre- sented, in spite of the disadvantages under which they have laboured, to be an industrious and exemplary set of people. They now number 174 persons, all, except in one instance, related to each other. They have no Protestant place of worship, but the people assemble themselves together every Sabbath and read the Church service in the morning, and hold a sort of Methodist meeting in the evening. They have been visited once by a Rev. Mr. Suddard from Gaspe,* in Canada, who baptized some of their children and administered the sacrament. They meant to apply for a clergyman." In the same year that Mr. Best wrote thus, Rev. Mr. Bacon reported the Church at Nepisi- guit as " enclosed." In 1826 the Rev. Alexander Carnegie Somerville was sent to Bathurst as resident missionary, and in 1 830 Mr. A. Tait was employed there as schoolmaster by the S. P. G. Mr. Somerville was a brother of Rev, Dr. Somerville, President of Kings College, Fredericton, and one of the founders of the Diocesan Church Society. * The Rev. John Suddard was stationed at Gaspe from 1819 to 1828. .1 75 If jy lie ch Lieutenant-Governor Sir Howard Douglas visited Bathurst on August 19, 1825, in a sailing vessel called the " Chebucto." Next day he examined the school, then established only one year, and gave a donation to the same. He also visited the English church, admiring its picturesque situation, and presented the churchwardens with a donation. His Exv^ellency was presented with an address, which was read by Hugh Peters, Esq., one paragraph of which was as follows : " We present to your Ex- cellency in this quarter of your government a sober, industrious, and loyal class of settlers, struggling with the difficulties of a country yet in a wilderness state, and striving to settle and im- prove it with as much diligence as our means will possibly admit. Bishop John Inglis consecrated on August 9, 1836, St. George's church, which, although enclosed in 1825, was not pewed until 1834. Rev. Mr. Somerville continued in charge of Bathurst until 1843 when, because of failing health, he resigned and re- turned to the mother land. In 1836 William End and Richard Carman were present as lay deputies from Bathurst at the first meeting of the Diocesan Church Society, when .£20 was granted to the church at New Bandon, which was completed in August, 1841. This church, with its burial ground, was consecrated by Bishop Inglis in August, 1843. In the Bishop's journal of this visit it isjrecorded that "nearly 150 persons were crowded into the little building which they regard with affectionate pride .... forty-five were confirmed." The Bishop in his journal describes the drive with Mr. Somerville back to Bathurst over a road so bad in some places that they had to drive on the sea shore, being sometimes in danger from the tide. He refers also to the beauti- ful scenery and fertile lands. The next day 150 persons were present and seventeen confirmed at Bathurst in St. George's church. The Bishop addressed the people " partly in reference to the service in which they were engaged, and partly on the peculiar circumstances of the Church in this place, which call for more than ordinary steadfastness and union." Rev. Mr. Somerville was succeeded in 1844 by Rev. Mr. Russell, who, in his report for that year to the D. C. S., spoke of serving Dalhousie where "the greatest requisite is a church." Mr. Russell was a graduate of King's College, Fredericton, and was ordained at Dartmouth, N. S., on Trinity Sunday, June 2, 1844. In 1846 he removed to Queensbury. In this year Bishop Medley made his first visit to Bathurst in company with Mr. Bacon of Chatham. A highly interesting account of this visit is to be found in the Bishop's journal, pp. 87, 88, and 89 of Dr. Ketchum's life of the Bishop. 76 m The Rev, Noah Disbrow succeeded Mr. Russell about the year 1846, and his missionary field included the counties of Gloucester and Restigouche. He labored in this vast field for nearly ten years and was suijceeded by the Rev. C. F. Street who was ordained to the priesthood on Trinity Sunday, 1857, and began his work on July 1 2th in that year. In his first report to the D. C. S. he said: " There are but two churches in the mission, besides the one nearly completed at Dalhousie. The church at Bathurst is in such a state that it mnst soon be replaced by a new one. At Salmon Beach a church is much needed." There were at that time about sixty eight Church families in and around Bathurst, about twenty-six at Salmon Beach and about eighty-four in New Bandon. In 1858, Bishop, Medley confirmed eighty-seven persons in the mission, three of whom had travelled forty miles to be present. The Bishop made his first visit to Shippegan and Caraquet in I8tj. and con- firmed twenty-two at the former place. Among the contribu- tors to the D. C. S. in Shippegan for this year was " one of Lord Nelson's seamen at the battle of the Nile." The Rev. Mr. Street removed to Prince William in 1862 and was succeeded in October, 1864 by the Rev. Mr. McKiel, who continued his labours until the autumn of 1874 when he removed to Douglas and Bright. In 1871 the building of a new church in Bathurst was talked of, and in 1873 the undertaking was begun and was progressing slowly when Mr. McKiel resigned in 1874. He was succeeded by the Rev. R. Mathers, who after about eight months removed to St. John and became warden of the Wiggins Male Orphan Institution in that City. Mr. Mathers was succeeded in 1876 by the Rev. W. H. Street who reported to the D. C. S. in 1878 that "the descendants of Churchmen at Salmon Beach and New Bandon had largely gone over to the Methodists. The new parish church at Bathurst had been stationary for some years, owing to a difference of opinion as regards the site, and nearly $2,000 was required to com- plete it." The new church was consecrated on September 27th, 1883, by Bishop Medley, and in October, 1885, Mr. Street removed to Campobello. He was succeeded by liev. G. J. D. Peters in June, 1886, during whose incumbency a new church, which is not yet completed or consecrated, was begi:n at Teta- gouche, seven miles from Bathurst, and also one at New Bandon, sixteen miles from Bathurst. In the former, Church services have been held, but at New Bandon the services are still held in the old church. The new church is more than one-half completed. 77 Rev. Mr. Peters resigned in 1890, and after a vacancy in the rectorship of several months, the Rev. C. Lutz took charge for a short time. He was follow od by the Rev. R. Simonds as priest in charge in 1892 ')3. In the latter year the Rev. A. J. Reid became rector but within a year resigned and was followed by the Rev. D. Richards in 1894. After a brief incumbency followed by several months of vacancy, the Rev. Thomas W. Street, the present incumbent took charge of the parish August 16th, 1895. It will be seen from the foregoing account of the Church in Gloucester Co. that within the past seventy years three churches have been built and two of them re built. This vast field, during the whole of this period, has been so inadecjuately supplied with missionaries that many have wandered from the Church's fold in consequence. The j>resent rector, even with the assistance of a curate, feels tlie impossibility of doing the missionary work of a whcjle county effectually, and it is to be hoped that means will soon be provided for the settlement of a resident clergyman at New Band(m who could take charge of the eastern end of the mission and minister to tho o who, through all the years have remained faithful to the Church of their fathers, as well as to others who, having left her fold, might yet return to her embrace. The rector of St. George's, Bathurst, could then give his whole time and attention to the spiritual care of the Church people in and around Bathurst and Tetagouche, which would be a sufficient charge for one man. In the parish of Bathurst there are now sixty families professing to belong to the Church, forty being in and around Bathurst, seven at Tetagouche and thirteen at Salmon Beach. In t\\v parish of New Bandon there are twenty-five families calling themselves Church people, and six families in Caraquet, Tracadie and Ship- pegan. The whole mission is now contributing $490 to the Diocesan Church Society towards the stipend of the rector, and the Society grants $150 towards the stipend of the curate, the Rev. Mr. Aiton, recently ordained to the diaconate. "We pass on now to speak of the most northerly missions of the Deanery of Chatham, viz., Dalhousie and Addington, which lie on the southern bank of the Restigouche River and extend east and west about thirty or forty miles. As we have already said, this district of Restigouche County was for several years visited occasionally by the missionary stationed at Bathurst. In 1846 Bishop Medley, when on his first visitation tour through the Diocese, went to Dalhousie and Campbellton in company 78 with the Rev. Mr. Disbrow, missionary at Bathurst. In his notes of this visitation tour the Bishop wrote that " Dalhousie, from its distance, had not been visited by any Bishop except on one previous occasion by the Bishop of Quebec, and had scarcely ever been visited by a clergyman of our Church. There were formerly many members of our communion there, most of whom, however, have left us and have joined th'^ Presbyterians, who are the prevailing l)ody." The day following his visit to Dal- housie the Bishop "went to see Campbellton, a flourishing village, near to which is a Church glebe ; and went on eight miles farther to view the enchanting scenery with which the neighbourhood abounds." After the Bishop's return to Dalhousie in the evening, service was held in the Court House, and six persons confirmed. The next day the parishioners gave the Bishop a guarantee that £50 a year, for two years certain, would be given towards the support of a clergyman in case the Bishop could send them one immediately, which his Ijordship intended to do, had not " the illness of the esteemed and laboiious missionary at Portland (St. John), the Rev. W. Hariison, demanded the assistance of the young clergyman on whose services I had reckoned." It was not until 1870, when the Rev. J. H. Saturley, from 8t. Augustine's College, England, went to Dalhousie as the first resident missionary, that Restigouche County was separated from the mission of Bathurst and New Bandon in Gloucester County. Until that date occasional visits were made to Restigouche by the missionary at Bathurst, and once in 1850 the Rev. Mr. Ketchum, the present rector of St. Andrews, as travelling mis- sionary of the Diocesan Church Society, visited Restigouche and *' held Divine service at Dalhousie, Campbellton, and in a back settlement, and visited the members of the Church." " It is earnestly to be hoped," Mr. Ketchum wrote to the Society, "that the wishes of the people will be complied with, and a settled missionary be soon stationed in that most important section of the country." In 1859 a grant of £20 was made by the Diocesan Church Society towards a church at Dalhousie, but owing to the conditions upon which it was made not apparently having been fulfilled, there was some delay in the payment. It was not until twelve years afterwards, or in 1871, that the Rev. Mr. Saturley reported the church at Dalhousie almost ready for use, although in 1858 Rev. Mr. Street of Bathurst had report*id it as nearly finished. Mr. Saturley removed to Douglas and Bright in 1871, and was succeeded at Dalhousie by the Rev. P. H. Brown, who resigned in 1874, and was followed in 1875 by the 79 Rev. F. B. Crozier, who removed soon after, and was fol lowed in August, 1877, by the Rev. J. H. S. Sweet, who eontinud in charge of the whole Mission of Restigouche until 1882, when he removed to Newcastle. During Mr. Sweet's incumbency a new rectory was built at Dalhousie, and Christ Church, Camp- bellton, was erected and was consecrated by Bishop Medley on September 5th, 1880. Mr. Sweet was succeeded in 1882 by the Rev. E. P. Flewelling, who continued the work at various centres throughout the county. In 1885 he reported a greatly increased number of services at the " outposts," especially in the " Meta- pedia district" beyond Campbellton, and urged upon the Diocesan Church Society the need of a resident clergyman at Campbell- town. Mr. Flewelling, having removed to Brandon, in the North West, was succeeded in 1886 by the Rev. C. D. Brown. In 1888 Mr. Brown reported "seventy persohs present at a week-day service at Dawsonville and twenty-one communicants, and similar encouraging signs of interest in the Church services at other outposts. If a church could be built at Dawsonville the people could assemble there from the various points not far distant." He hoped the Society could soon place an extra man in the mission. Mr. Brown resigned in 1891 to take up work in the Diocese of Iowa. Mr. Brown was succeeded at Dalhousie in August, 1891, by the Rev. James Simonds, and about the same time the Rev. H. Beers took charge of the Mission of Addington, comprehending Campbellton, Dawsonville, and the whole Metapedia district. Within a year Mr. Beers resigned, and soon afterwards Mr. Simonds removed to South Carolina. He was succeeded in 1893 by the Rev. H. B. Morris, the present incumbent. Owing to the changed conditions of trade, removals by death, etc., the Church population of Dalhousie in recent years has not increased, but rather fallen off, until now the clergyman's work is very small. There are only twenty-five Church families, and all are in or near Dalhousie. The total Church population is 130. The annual contributions to the general purposes of the Diocesan Church Society during the past six years show that about forty or forty-five dollars have been contributed to these purposes in each year, in addition to what is now required for the clergyman's stipend and local expenses. In the new mission of Addington the field is wider and more work is needed than one missionary can accomplish effectually. The Rev. P. G. Snow took charge of the mission in October, 1894, and in his report to the D. C. S. for the year ending 80 Hi ?'?!■ m June 30, 1895, stated that steps were taken soon after his arrival to build a church at Dawsonville, and ^he church was opened for divine service on the first Sunday after Trinity. 1895. More than $250 was also contributed towards a fund for a new rectory at Campbellton. In the autumn of 1895 Mr. Snow removed to Newcastle, and was succeeded, in the following spring, by the Rev. James Spencer, the present incumbent. In July, 1896, Mr. Spencer reported the new church at Dawsonvilie finished and used for service every alternate Sunday. Services were also held at several other centres. Campbellton is now a town of 3,000 inhabitants, of whom the majority are Roman Catholics and Presbyterians, with some Methodists and Baptists. TVie Church people are not strong in numbers, but there is room for growth and development, which is going on. A new rectory at Car^Tpbellton has been completed at a cost of $1,200. Mr. Spencer visits about seventy-five families outside of Campbellton, his mission stations being : Tide Head, five miles from the rectory; Flatlands, ten miles; Mann's Mountain, sixteen miles; Dawsonv' ^e, tiineteen miles; Upsalquitch, twenty- five miles ; Glencoe, ten miles ; Glenlivet, twelve miles. The mission contributes $505 annually to the D. C. S. for rector's stipend; for extra parochial, diocesan and other objects, $50 ; for new rectory in 1896-97, $1,100. The offerings at Church services were $265 during past year; $26.65 was given to the poor, and the Sunday-school contributions were $18. The out- stitions from Campbellton have raised $100 towards stinend of rector. Here, then, in Restigouche Co., however much e must deplore the loss to the Church of many of her members, because her missionaries were not in the field at an earlier date, and that more of them have not been available in recent years, we have to thank God for His blessing upon the efforts of those who have faithfully laboured in His vineyard Fifty years ago, on the occasion of Bishop Medley's first visitation toui% he, in his *' notes," deeply deplored the spiritual destitution of this locality, which he always esteemed so full of natural beauty of scenery, and referred pathetically to the lonely graves in the fields, or by the Wc^yside, of those who had lived and died and were buried without the Church's ordinances. Sin je then three churches have been built and consecrated, and two rectories erected, and for several years past there have been two resident clergymen, where once there were only occasional missionary visits. However much we may wish that more might have been done at an earlier date to lengthen the cords and strengthen the 81 stakes of our Zion, here, as elsewhere within our diocese, we are bound to thank God for His blessings upon the mission work of the Church in the past and to takd courage for the future. The venerable Church Society, which has been the instrument under God of establishing, continuing and extending this mis- sionary work in the deanery of Chatham and in the other deaneries, now presents, at this the last Anniversary Meeting, through the medium of these historical addresses, the inspiring record of the events which have marked the progress of its noble work. Let us hope and pray, and faithfu:!^ believe, that by the instrumentality of the Diocesan Synod, to which the Society's trusts are about to be transferred, the Church's work in the future will be attended with as great and manifold blessings as have been vouchsafed to the Society in the past, and that our Zion will go on and prosper in this diocese, until by her more and more abounding provision for the spiritual needs of iren, she shall become a wonder and a praise in our land. 82 THE DEANERY OF WOODSTOCK. By the Ven. Archdeacon Neales, Rural Dean. This deanery is one of great length, lying along the Ht. John river on either side for a distance of nearly two hundred miles from the province of Quebec downwards, and having for its western limit the border line of the United States. At present it includes the three counties of Madawaska, Victoria and Carle- ton, together with seven civil parishes of York. Its area is about 6.^00 square miles. It originally consisted of four civil parishes hut is now divided up into thirty-one. The history of the Church in this deanery from its earliest beginnings up to the present, has been one of continuous exten- sion and growth — keeping pace with the settlement of the country. The very earliest trace of the Church's work being done here is contained in the record of a missionary tour made in 1789 by the Rev. John Beardsley, rector of Maugerville, during the months of July and August. This tour extended up the river St. John as far as Woodstock, and on the trip Mr. Beardsley Vjaptized one hundred and twelve persons, married two couples, held services and performed other duties of his ministry. In 1791 Rev. I>ederick Dibblee who had been acting as lay reader at Woodstock for two or three years, and preparing him- self for the ministry, was ordained by the Right Rev. Charles Inglis first Bishop of Nova Scotia, and given the spiritual charge of this immense district. His appointment was " to all the settlers living on the St. John river above St. Marys and Kingsclear," and at that early time the work of ministering to the spiritual needs of the scattered settlements was very labor- ious, and in the winter often impossible. One of the first things that marked this period was the building of a church at Woodstock, on a spot near where now stands the parish church. This first church was an humble little wooden building, with no pretensions to architectural beauty, or even for the comfort of the worship- pers—with neither pews nor stove for some years. Towards its completion the House of Assembly made a grant of £150. Mr. Dibblee as a missionary of the S. P. G., received a small 83 income from that Society, and made to it regular annual reports of his work. These reports, and those contained in the parish registers and in his own private diary, form a most interesting story of early missionary life and labours, and tell of struggles and hardships cheerfully shared with his flock by this faithful servant of God. On May 17, 1826, he passed to 'his well-earned rest, after a faithful ministry of thii ty-five years. About this time the parishes of Prince William and Dum- fries were set off as a separate mission, under tlie care of the Rev. A. D, Parker, and in course of time became one of the most prosperous of the Church's missions. Woodstock being without a regularly appointed missionary for two years after the death of Mr. Dibblee, visits were made to it in turn by the Rev. James Somerville, L. L. D., who presided over the college of New Brunswick, at Fredericton. by the Rev. Alexander C. Somerville, Archdeacon Best, the Rev. George McCawley, D. D., head master of the grammar school, P'rederic- tor., and by the Rev. A. D. Parker, of Prince William. In October, 1828, the Rev. George Cowell,* formerly a military chaplain, and afterwards head master of the collegiate school at Fredericton, became rector of Woodstock, but remained only one year. After a vacancy of a few months he was succeeded by the Rev. S. D. Lee Street, who continued as rector for forty years. Mr. Street graduated from King's College, Fredericton, in 1828, and in the next year, having been oidained deacon by the Right Rev. John Inglis, D. D., Bishop of Nova Scotia, was sent by him to take charge of the parish of Woodstock, and its outlying settle- ments, which meant all the district north of Prince William. Mr. Street possessed the qualities of vigour and determination, with physical strength and kindness of heart, and unswerving loyalty to the teaching of the Church, and these he manifested for the long period of forty years during which he continued to labour faithfully in his Divine Master's cause. During Mr. Street's early years, as he travr'Hed over his vast mission with untiring zeal, he held services in private houses, and sometimes in barns — for the houses were of small size as a rule, and there was as yet only one church, the parish church at Woodstock, in the whole mission. The travelling in summer had to be done either by canoe along the river, or on horseback along bridle- paths, for there were at first but a few miles of highway roads ; *The Rev George Cowe'l was a graduate of the University of Cambridge, where he took the degree of Maf, ; r of Arts. He became head master of the C" >ilegiat« School at Fredericton, December 12, \8'i9, on the appointment of Rev. George McCawley to a professorship In the College, and resigned his cure at Woodstock. 84 and in the winter by horse and pung, and often on snow-shoes, when the snow-drifts were deep. As the country became more settled it became necessary to build churches in places wnere regular congregations were to be found. In 1841 a lot of land in Wakefield was given by Charles Emery as a site for a church. Towards the erection of this church liberal grants were made by the Society for the Propaga- tion of the Gospel, the Society for Promoting Christian Knowl- edge, and the Diocesan Church Society, for as yet the people were unable to contribute largely for the purpose. The church was consecrated by the Right Rev. John Medley on October 9th, 1854. In 1881 Bishop Medley consecrated a new church on the same spot under the old name of St. Peter's, which was built almost entirely by the gifts and labour of the members of the Church in the parish, and this " latter house " is in every way superioi' to its predecessor. In 1845, on the occasion of the earliest visit of Bishop Medley to the northern part of the deanery, he consecrated Holy Trinity Church, Andover, which is now replaced, though on a more convenient site, by another of larger proportions and greater ecclesiastical beauty. Owing to the growth of the mission during the period of Mr. Street's incumbency it became necessary to divide it, and accordingly, in the year 1845, the whole northern part, above the parish of Wakefield, embracing an area of 4,000 square miles, was set olF as a separate mission. This was given in charge of the Rev. J. Sedgefield Thomson, then employed as travelling missionary. He made his headquarters at Andover. In 1846 Mr. Thomson was succeeded by Rev. John McGivern, who remained at Andover for three years. In 1851 the parish of Canterbury was set off from the mission of Woodstock as a separate mission under the charge of the Rev. Thomas Hartin, who labored faith- fully for more than twenty-five years, spending and being spent for the Church's sake. Mr. Hartin not only gave the land on which the churches and the rectory were built, but spent largely of his own means in the building of the churches. Owing to the growth of the work in the mission of Woodstock, it became necessary that an assistant should be appointed for Mr. Street, and accordingly in 1846, the Rev. S. J. Hanford, just ordained, became his curate, a position wliich he held for three years, until he succeeded Mr. McGivern as missionary of Andover. During the last twenty-five years of Mr. Street's life he had a succession of ten curatea in the following order : 85 •. , S. J. Hanfoid, E. A. Warneford, J. S. Williams, H. B. Nichols, E. S. Woodman, W. S. Covert, G. S. Rogers, R. C. Nelson, Joseph Dinzey and Thomas Neales, four of whom are still in this diocese, three in other fields of labour, and three have pas- sed to their rest out of the midst of faithful labour, Mr. Nichols in the mission of Burmah, Mr. Nelson in Trinidad, and Mr. Woodman in this Diocese as rector of Westfield. Mv. Hanford continued to labour as missionary of Andover for ten years — much beloved as the ever welcome pastor and friend of all in the whole mission, and in 1859 removing to Upham was succeeded by the Rev. W. H. Street, who in his turn spent ten years of hard and earnest work in this vast and arduous mission. During the rectorship of Rev. S. D. Lee Street, the town of Woodstock sprang up about three miles above the parish church, and grew so rapidly that it be'^ame necessary to erect a church there. This was done on the spot where St. Luke's now stands, the land having been generously given by Richard Smith, Esq.* In 1868 the parish of Richmond was set apart ecclesiastically as a mission and placed in charge of the Rev. Joseph Dinzey, then curate of Woodstock. This, however, left in Mr. Street's care still the three civil parishes of Woodstock, Wakefield and Northampton. In the year 1870, the Rev. W. H. Street resigned the mission of Andover to become rector of Richmond in succession to Mr. Dinzey, and the Rev. L. A. Hoyt was appointed to Andover — his mission including a vast and rapidly growing district. As i ■ * In this connection the following extract from the Journal of Bishop John Inglis in 1885 is of interest : " Saturday, August 15.— A very delightful day. We visited the new church, whose outside is handsomely fluished. It is very creditable to the place, and stands on a beautiful and commanding site. There was much diflBculty in deciding upon the situation, and the diflioulty was greater because it was at th'st intended to take down the old church, which was naturally and justly dear to tlie first settlers. The Archdeacon wisely suggested the propriety of preserving the old church and moving the ~itf of the new to a distance of three r/iiles, where a village is rapidly rising. This p' V jcouciled all differences, and the undertaking, thouj^h no easy one for the raombeif oi* the Church, has been entered into with very commendable zeal and liberality. It will cost more than £800, and the benefaction of €50 from the Society is the only extrinsic assistance they have received. We had an afternoon service '»- ,'.i^ oi' hurch The burial ground was consecrated, and I preached a sermon in i-^- pnc :» that ceremony to a funeral which was blended with it. More than 150 i irsons crowded the Httle building; and I was glad after the service to suggest some improvements of thig edifice which will increase its accommodation and make it mora sightly. " Smdoy, August 10.— The weather was unfavourable, but the old church was crowc i at eleven, when it was consecrated and named Christ Church. I preached upon \e occasion. Before the service was finished the rain fell heavily, I had cbnnftnted to ofdciate in the new church in the afternoon, although no windows were yet in it It was prepared for the occasion, and a temporary pulpit, altar and seats were skilfully arranged by the builder, jaither. therefore, we drove three miles through the rain, and 1 was surprised to find ^ persons assembled. The pulpit was under the open window of the chancel, bnt I was driven from it by th'3 rain in the naidst of my sermon. Ten persons whose deportment was most exemplary were confirmed." 86 Mr. Hoyt went about his work he saw as time went on, the same necessity and utility of the division of the large field in his charge, as Mr. Street had seen with regard to the original field of which the mission of Andover had been a part. It was neces- sary that new missions should be set off as soon as possible so that all new settlements which were then rapidly being made should have the fullest possible ministration of the Church. It was largely due to his foresight and energy that in a very few years the once unwieldly mission of Andover was divided up so as to form six missions instead of one — each with its own clergyman. In 1873 the parishes of Wilmot, Wicklow and 8imonds became the mission of Wicklow, and were placed in the charge of the Rev. W, R. Almond of St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, England. He worked well and faithfully for the few months that he was there, but owing to ill health, gave up his work and returned to England. The mission has ever since been in the charge of the Rev. J. E. Flewelling. In 1876 the new settle- ment of Danes in Druramond parish, called New Denmark, became practically a new mission — the Danes as a body giving in their adherence to our Church, and their teacher, Mr. N. M. Hansen receiving ordination at the hands of Bishop Medley and becoming their chosen pastor. This mission is now in charge of Rev. C. E. Maimann. In 1879 the large civil parish of Aberdeen was set off as a new mission, under the charge of the Rev. Arthur Hoadley, of St. Augustine's college. Unfortunately, Mr. Hoadley's health gave way before the rigour of the climate, and he was compelled to give up the work, and Aberdeen has never since been a separate mission. In 1882 Grand Falls and Madawaska were formed into a separate mission, under the care of the Rev. Henry Jones; and in 1889 another mission was formed, including all the district of new settlements along the Tobique River, and comprising the parishes of Gordon and Lome. The Rev. J. R. Hopkins has been in chaige of this interesting mission since its inception. Thus has the work been going on steadily from the beginning of establishing new missions as centres of Church life and work, each with its own missionaiy to minister to the souls within his appointed sphere of labour. The moving spirit in the earlier work of sulxlivision being the late Rev. S. D. Lee Street, and in the later work the Rev. L. A. Hoyt ; to each is due great credit for faithful labour, perseverance and wisdom in this matter. They )thor men have entered their labours. 87 Besides these two, and others whose names have been already mentioned, there are not a few who have had their share in the work of the Church in this Deanery. Some of them are doing good work to-day in other fields, and not a few have passed to their rest in Paradise. In Queensbury the Rev. H. W. Tippet passed many years in performing faithfully the duties of I'.is min- istry. In Prince William, the names of P. W, Loosemore, C. F. Street, E. A. W. Hanington, LeB. W. Fowler, appear in succes- sion as its rectors, leaving a record of well-sustained fidelity in the work of Christ and His Church. In Richmond, the late lamented Henry H. Neales was succeeded by F. W. Vroom, now the able Professor of Divinity in Kings College, Windsor, who was followed in the parish by E. J. P. B. Williams, who in turn has been succeeded by A. W. Teed, now in charge. In 1894, the Rev. Scovil Neales removed from Queensbury and Southamp- ton to succeed Rev. L. A. Hoyt at Andover, and after more than three years of abundant and successful labour there, has lately been appointed to the rectorship of Sussex, to build up the old waste places of that most important parish. Other names are still to be mentioned, who have done longer or shorter service in the Deanery, such as Rev. Messrs. Shannon, Eastman, Armstrong, Richards, and Party, in the Mission of Madawaska and Grand Falls ; Messrs. Morris and Hooper in Andover ; Messrs. Towers, Titcombe, and Warneford, in Canter- bury; Mr. Lowndes, in Prince William ; and Messrs. Wiggins and Murray, curates for a time in Woodstock ; thus greatly has the number of labourers multiplied in this field of the Church's work during the last quarter of a century or more. The history of the Church in this deanery in its growth and development is one most interesting to study, showing how it has kept pace with the growth in population and material prosperity, proving itself to be alive to its highest calling as a missionary Church. A glance at the present condition of things, as compared with that of sixty years ago, when the Diocesan Church Society was founded, affords abundant reason for thank- fulness and encouragement. In the first place, though the population has grown from 8,000 in 1836 to about 35,000, the membership of the Church has increased in a much larger pro- portion. 'Jhat which was one mission, under the charge of one missionary, f lie Rev. S. D. Lee Street, has now become ten, each iu t liarge of its own pastor. Where there were only two conse- crated churches, one in Woodstock and another in Prince William, 88 m there are now twenty-eight scattered over the deanery, and most of them models of architectural skill and beautiful in form and appearance. As another evidence of the growth of the Church, we turn to consider the amounts contributed to its support. At the time of Mr. Street's death, in 1870, the Mission of Woodstock contributed only about $500, but is now giving not less than $1,500. Woodstock at that time was receiving $700 through the Diocesan Church Society, but now receives no grant whatever. At the time when Mr. Hoyt went to take charge of Andover, the utmost that that mission seemed able to contribute towards the missionary's support was $200, while now the same district, divided up into its several missions, contributes about $1,500. The communicants' roll now reaches about 800 in the whole deanery. All these facts represent a very encouraging growth, and show how the Church has been endeavoring to follow up in true missionary spirit the advance- ment of the country, and to be ready at hand to afford its minis- trations to all who need them. And there are everywhere many tokens of increased zeal, liberality and reverence for holy things, which are an indication of the faith which inspires the members of the Church in her life of daily growth. And at this point of time, when the Diocesan Church Society is, after more than sixty years of noble M'ork as a separate body, to merge its future life of increased usefulness, as we believe, in the Synod of the Diocese, it is a fruitful theme of study how large a share the Society itself has borne in bringing about the above encouraging results. There never was a time when there was not a close and living connection between the Society and the deanery. At the first organized meeting of the D. C. S., on February 9th, 1837, Wood- stock was represented by the Rev. S. D. Lee Street, and Richard Ketchum and John Bedell, lay representatives, and from that time to this the clergy and the lay representatives of the several missions, as they were formed, have given attendance at the Society's annual meetings. The members of the Church through- out the whole deanery have as a body ever felt a lively interest in the Society's work, and have been regular contributors to its funds. On the other hand the missions in the deanery have been receiving from the funds of the Society most liberaj grants for the support of the Church's work in their midst, by which that work has been aided and fostered during all the past. IS' 8d During the time that there was hut one mission in the deanery nortli of Prince William it was receiving through our Diocesan Church Society a grant of $500, which was continued to Woodstock up to the year 1870. In that year the amount received by the Mission of Andover from the D. C. S. was $520. The same district, as now divided up into its several missions, receives from the D. C. S. grants amounting to $1,660 towards the support of its four missions, vv^hile the grants to the deanery, as a whole, amount to $2,795. These figures show very plainly that the Society has been helping in no meagre and stinted manner the Church's missions in this part of the Diocese, and it re(|uires no long reflection to understand how immense the debt is which the deanery owes to the Society for its long and loving fostering care, without which we should have indeed a very different tale to tell of the history and condition of the Church from that which we are now able to present. SERMON BY THE VERY REVEREND FRANCIS PARTRIDGE, D. D., Dean op Fredekicton. PhEAOHED IX THE CaTHEDHAL, AT FuEDEKICTON, OCTOBER 5, 1897, AT A SeHVICE held IX CoMMEMOKATIOX OP THE SiXTY-FIRST AXXIVEUSAUY OP THE FoKMATlOX OF THE DlOCBSAX ChURCH Society op New Brunswick, •' I have put off my coat, how shall I put it on T " Song of Solomon, v. 3. The primai-y application of the text is that of the Bride, the Church of Christ, making answer to her beloved, the Bridegroom, when called unexpectedly after retiring to rest. The lovely and deeply spiritual allegory, called the Song of Songs, has been universally, until recent times, interpreted as representing the varying conditions of the Church in the world. At one time fully alive to the joys and delights of the sweet companion- ship of the love of her Lord, ready to dare all and suffer all for 90 His dear sake ; at another, lukewarm, supine, cold and careless, ready to excuse herself for inaction, unresponsive to Hiw^inoving appeals for her warmest love and service. This inspired and inspiring song shows her again leturning to her allegiance, and finally restored to the fullness of surrender and devotion. In the passage before us we have the Master coming to seek His Church. In the outpouring of tenderest affection He calls her in most endearing terms. She that had surpassed language in describing her very abandon of love, now hesitates to arise. She has put otit' her dress ; how can she put it on 1 She has washed her feet for the night ; how can she defile them by crossing the floors 'I And when, at last, she would admit Him, He is gone. But it is her love that is indolent, not His. It is she that has been sleeping ^^and is full of excuses, not He, And He forgets and forgives ! Without pressing every detail of zeal or of inaction in this heaveuly^poem into a fulfilment at some particular crisis in the history of the Church, it is__^evident^that the whole presents a vivid picture of her chequered career. Starting in the white light of His presence, enkindled by Pentecost, set ablaze by the fires of persecution, she bowed the world at the foot of the cross. Spoiled by prosperity, she loses her first Ic/e; grows cold, inactive. Torn by internal dissensions, and consumed by personal ambi- tions, she scarce recognizes her beloved when He calls. "I have put off my coat, how shall I put it on ? " Then, rising again, thrilled by His magic touch, she arrays herself in her beautiful garments and glows once more under His smile, till the earth anon resounds with the music of the gospel and whole lands are won to her embrace. Trace the course of the Church on earth ; follow her from centuiy to century ; stand with her in the amphitheatre ; worship with her in^^the catacombs ; be seated with her upon the world's thrones ; wander m her company through trackless forests, and sink exhausted with her upon the torrid sands of the desert. Watch her in the haunts of kings, and in the gruesome lazar house ; view her in the classic pagan- ism of media!val Rome, and in the wigwam of the hard-won savage: till you see her at last in her missionary career of the present day, when, as never before, she strives to complete the triuniphs of the cross. Do this, and say whether, while she has never been separated from her Beloved, and has never consciously abandoned the Faith, there have not been many days when the half-hearted hesitation of the Shulamite has been exemplified in 91 the Church's history, and the vacillating cry has gone forth over the fields of darkness : " I have put off my coat, how shall I put it on?" But say also whether, like the bride in this immortal song, the Church has not returned to her first love, and clasped in the embrace of her dear Lord she is not now glowing with the warmth of renewed affection, and on fire with zeal for the satis- fying of the travail of His soul 1 The occasion on which we are met is one of unique and solemn interest. There is no sadness about it. It is the joining of hands too long severed. It is the wedding of love and self-sacrifice. While yet this Province of New Brunswick formed part of a larger diocese, presided over by a Bishop whose fatherly and most efficient visitations could only take place at long intervals ; formed at his suggestion, guided by his wise advice, and begun by Churchmen who were as cautious as they were zealous, the Church Society of the Archdeaconry of New Brunswick had its origin. The reports of the early proceedings can hardly be perused by any one who has a due appreciation of what has been accomplished by the Society without admiration of its founders and devout thankfulness to Almighty God. The firm and clear statements of the Bishop's wishes ; the persuasive and loyal utterances of the Archdeacon ; the evident desire and earnest effort of the fathers of the movement to preserve the dignity and well-understood principles of the Church, at the same time that they maintained the just rights of all her mem- bers, fill us now with feelings of the deepest respect and grati- tude. The addresses made and the sermons preached in behalf of the Society and its objects are the work of men of culture and ability, as well as of soundness in the faith. The variety of its designs, the broad basis of its constitution, the careful justice with which its grants were made, the fervour with which, from the first, it was supported, gave the Church Society a hold upon the regard of the members of the Church which developed and grew stronger with succeeding years. And if, at the begin- ning, there was on part of some a drawing back, a shrinking, that was almost tiniuih, from joining in the new venture; if the voice of the Br de v is heard crying, "I have put off my coat of pristine energ; . be w shall I put it on 1 " the magnificent courage and determination of the Society put to shame the fears of the few, and launched her on her tide of progress and success. Thus churches were built and assisted, libraries formed and sustained, Sunday-schools supported, Bibles and Prayer books 1 » •3' '^*^, IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) /. V 1.0 1.25 12.2 2.0 ■tt ^ ^ ^W ,1 '/ Riotographic Sciences Corporation s V -5^ ^. •^ <> ;\ 23 WIST MAIN iTRHT WItSTIR.N.Y. 14SM (716)t72-4S03 '^ 92 circulated, books for schools printed, and other works of piety and charity carried on, without which the Church in many parts would have languished and died. And, above all, there was furnished a bond of union, and of fraternal deliberation on the affairs of the Church, which proved, under God's blessing;, the foundation of the work of these later days, when the Church's assemblies have the right of legislation as well as of discussion. Our hearts go back with deepest interest to these first few years of the Society's life. Bound together by ties of fraternal affection, men of varying shades of personal opinion, but of unshaken attachment to the Church of their forefathers, stead- fastly and quietly pursued the course they had marked out. The names of Archdeacon George and of Frederick Coster, Christopher Milner, James and Alexander Somerville, William W. Walker, G. 8. Jarvis, S. D. Lee Street, Abraham Wood, William and Elias Scovil, among the clergy ; of Neville and Robert Parker, Ward Chipman, A. E. Botsford, W. H. Robinson, J. A. Street, D. Hanington, C. P. Wetmore, among the laity ; together with others of whom time and space forbids the mention, deserve to be enshrined in the hearts of us their successors as men whose plans were wisely conceived and perseveringly and faithfully executed, and who are worthy of honour for all time. Nor can it be forgotten that two of the oldest and most valued members of the Society are living among us still — Sir John C. Allen, now alas! no longer in health and strength; and Rev. Canon Ketchum, who was for forty-four years its energetic and faithful secretary, and who is, happily, present at this service. Then came the long-desired Bishop, from whose advent so much was hoped and feared. Under the power of his strong will, undaunted consistency, and indefatigable labours, the Diocese sprang forward to its mission with renewed vigour. Taking the reins of government firmly in his hands, he gradually won the confidence of all, and conciliated those who at first opposed him. From the day when he first presided over its councils, August 17, 1845 — the important parish of St. John giving in its adhesion to the Society at that time, and consider- able alteration being made in the constitution — to the day of his death, Bishop Medley showed his interest in the Society's work by his constant attendance at its meetings, and by most liberal contributions to its funds. Always ready to accept the well- conceived suggestions of his colleagues on its committees, and to consent to what might be promising or useful in its improvement, he yet preserved a large share of its management, and brought 93 to bear his valuable experience on every proposed change. The scope of the Society cc/itinuing much the same, methods of drawing forth the sympathy and assistance of the parishes were adopted, the active co-operation of the memlwrs of the Church increasingly engaged, the system of a fixed amount to be paid by the people into a central fund — conditional upon which the grants were made — was perfected. The amounts contributed by the Church steadily if slowly increased, until it was possible to show at the jubilee of the Bishop's arrival that the annual aver- age of contributions was five times as much as it was when the Society was establislied ; that 1 JO churches had l)een consecrated ; and that no less a sum than .^602,523 had been contributed to the funds of the Society, in fifty years, for its missionary work alone ; that in fifty )'ears 23,552 persons had been confirmed ; and that whereas in 1872, or twenty-five years since, the com- municants were only six per cent of baptized meml)ers of the Church, at the present time about 20 per cent, are communicants. When the Society was formed, it was in faith and confidence. Archdeacon Coster, in his address, speaks of the principles by which it was to be guided, and the united support which it would need. Dr. Somerville, in the sermon preiiched at its first meeting, strives to set forth its advantages, and, believing that it will mark an "era in our Colonial Church," in pathetic tonef< exhorts the assembled fathers to unity in love. The apostolic rule, '* nothing without the Bishop," so firmly insisted on in its inception, has been maintained throughout its career; and we who look back on ils sixty years of service are able to trace the hand of God in its history, and to perceive how well the anticipation of its noble-hearted and faithful founders has been realized. All over the vast field which the diocese presents, how has the work of the Church l)een built up by the sympathy and support of the Diocesan Church Society ! In how many districts, which would otherwise have remained without the ministrations of religion, have churches sprung up of chaste and elegant proportions, embodying in their very construction the teachings of our holy faith ! How many dying beds have been cheered and consoled by the message of the gospel, and the provision of food for the awful journey, at the hands of the ambassador for God, sent and maintained by the Society's help ! With what admirable and unswerving impartiality have its grants always been made, asking only devotion to Christ and His Church from tho.se who received them ! In what » variety I its assistance been given, includi ways img 94 t>j' p r i the young, the learned and the ignorant, the whole and the 8ick, within the range of its beneficent ministrations ! Could but the eyes of those who, in dependence on God's blessing, sent it on its mission of usefulness, be opened for a moment now to the view of what it has accomplished, how would they rejoice with us to-day and exclaim, " What hath God wrought 1 " It is no longer, "I have put oft' my coat, how shall I put it on?" but rather, " My Beloved is mine, and I am His." But if all this be so, wherein lies the necessity for change ? Why destroy an institution which is not only of proved merit, but also an oV)ject of fond affection 1 The answer is, that it is not destroyed. Some years since, after the formation of the Diwiesan Synod, clothed with all necessary powers for the self-government of the Church, it began to appear to many minds that a concentration of the Church's work would be beneficial, and that if in any way the objects of the Church Society could be interwoven with those of the Synod, so that the source of the legislation of the diocese should also be the source of its financial administration, a very great gain would be effected. The Synod might legislate, but it was unable to grant a sin^'le dollar to the accomplishment of its designs: while the Church Society, which raised and controlled the funds, could originate no scheme and provide no machinery for their effective supervision and use. Thus there were two bodies, having the same essential aims, but acting independently of each other, between which there might at any time be friction, and necessitating double expense of time and labour in their management. The idea of the amalgamation slowly, but surely, grew. Every step taken was calmly and delil)erately considered. Several years passed between the expression of the desirability of such a change and its accomplishment, and before it actually took place the Church in New Brunswick found itself to be the only branch of the Church of England having two "administrative bodies. Thus that portion of the Colonial Church, which was the first to form a Diocesan Church Society, is the last to merge it in its Synod. But in due course, after the fullest discussion, the most careful elaboration of details, with the heartiest unanimity and the good will of all concerned, the necessary civil legislation has been obtained. And to-night we celebrate, for the last time, in a special service of divine worship, the gather- ing, in that form, of the Diocesan Church Society. Henceforth its work is to be carried on under the Synod of the diocese. Still the Bishop is its recognized head. Still its objects are to be 96 diligently and perseveringly pursued. I'nder another name, which nevertholeHH has become familiar in our ears as household words, it will continue to uphold the banner of the cross, to ■assist the labours of our people, to supplement from its funds the systematic and liberal offerings of the parishes, and to fulfil with increased eff tiveness the ends with which our fathers of «ixty years ago estaolished it. And if at this interesting moment it should seem to some that it is something like the cry of the bride : " I have put off my coat, how shall I put it on ?" — as though there was a desert- ing of old ideals and methods, or even of ancient zeal and love; let them be assured that under God's blessing the work will not be hindered, but advanced; not diminished, hut increased ; not laid aside, but renewed; not despised, but held in more abundant honour. The old Church Society, with its sweet memories of love and helpfulness, its remembrances of business meetings, of Anniversary services, of companionship with those now enjoying the rest and peace of Paradise, of its own accord gives up its in- dependence, and merges its work in that of the greater body. When inaugurated, its professed object was the glory of God through the support and spread of His Church. To this it was devoted during its long career. For this it now suri'enders its Autonomy, and places its hand in that of the Church herself. It is not a funeral, but a marr*jige ; not an interment, but a resurrection. And as the Society was begun witl. prayer and faith, by worship in the sacred house of God and with the set- ting forth of God's holy word, so now in the same spirit would the sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty "lay her trophies At His feet, and crown Him Ijord of all." " I have put off my coat, how shall I put it '>n 1 " Shall our dear Lord and Master call us now to renewed >/ork, under new conditions, with fresh zeal, with more vigorous atitivity, with greater wealth of affection, and shall we utter the cry of one who has divested herself of her garments and lain down to rest? Dear brothers, is not the call to victory ] look forth upon the land which owns us its sons, and see ^hat is the position of our dear Church. Is she occupying the place that is due to her divine origin, her unbroken history, her Apostolic claims l Standing as she does on the " impregnable rock " of Holy Scriptare, the channel of divine graceand truth for her children — grace, the being of God transferred to the human soul, and truth, the bjing of God translated into human Action — grace the niotive power, truth its inward and outward •:.. • I 96 I' 5' luanifeste Jon: have our prayers and our alms borne forward hor standard into the van of human progress? Are we satisfied with the advance her banners have made in our hands 1 Is there nothing more for us to do ? liisten ! His voice is summoning us f How it thrills us with its deep-toned power : " Arise my love, my fair one, and come away." And is our voice, at this crisis in our life, that of the Bride sunk in sleep, unwilling to oome forth — '.aving put off the bridal garments, and reluctant to assume them ; having washed the feet for rest, and slow to defile them again I O, is there not much land yet to be occupied ? Are there not many wants to be supplied, many soulsyet to be won to the allegiance of our Beloved 1 Can we turn a deaf ear to Hi» voice of strength ? Is it not the case that the Church of England has put on her bridal array, is hearing and following the call of the Master as never before in her varied experience ? Was there ever a time when her sons lielieved in her more firmly, or were prepared more resolutely to maintain her faith 1 Is she not the only branch of the ancient Tree to preserve inviolate the original creed and hand on the primitive tradition, to bring to the light of day the life-giving Word, and to safeguard the unmutilated Sacraments 1 Has it not been hers alone to entrust her children with a worship which is the heritage of the layman as of the priest, rising to the thrctie of God in the tongue " understanded of the people 1 " Is it not her privilege to combine the closesf adhesion to the unchanging faith with the largest share to individual opinion, and, while claiming no vague, and therefore dangerous, infallibility, to gather the allegiance of her members around central and fundamental dogmas, which all the strife of centuries has not prevailed to alter, and all the seductions of world, flesh and devil combined have never wrenched from her grasp ! It is this unshifting base of belief, this unvarying body of truth, inherited from our fathers, and held in trust for our children, which it is our privilege to hold and proclaim ! Dearer to us than our heart's blood, more sacred than life, or success in aught else! And as surely as the sun shines at mid-day, and the planets revolve in their unvarying orbits, shall this pufe and scriptural faith, these Christ-ordained sacraments, this apostolic ministry unbroken in our hands, this holy and inspiring worship, ultimately re-clasp in their embrace those who have marred the purity or broken the unity of the Church of Christ ! 97 With these convictionH, brothers, it were needless to impress upon you the duty of continuing your interest unabated in the progress and development of your Church. Banish the thoughts of garments put off, and leap forward to the struggle against sin, sorrow and death. We need but three things to make us the very foremost defenders of the faith of Christ crucified. We want more real unity. We have uniformity enough. We need the laying aside of minor differences and the forgetting of party watchwords, sinking thes'!) out of sight in the depth of our sense of the atoning blood so freely shed for all ; and, while practising our lawful liberty, keeping close to the authorized standards, and losing preference in principle. We want more enthtAsiasm — first, more out-pouring of the Holy Spirit of God, and then stronger belief in our own position. Hi thods and destiny. We need greater adaptability, more power of expression, less exclusiveness and stiffness, and more sociability. Shall I say that we need, also, more liberality in giving, that the growing needs of the Church may be promptly anticipated and met ? Having these we shall present a united front to our great spiritual foe. Put off your sleepiness and inactivity, and put on your beautiful garments ; put off the excuses of indolence, and put on the whole armour of God ; put off miserly unwillingness to maintain His work, and put on " charity which is the bond of perfectness." So shall the body of Christ, joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, go forth conquering and to conquer : fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners: till the whole world is " bound with golden chains about the feet of God ! " . k i ■ 1