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I .UJ^ " ■-"■."W TENTH REPORT or THE \Jk PROCEEDINGS t, « OF THE 8i£Q)Q)ll®^S[? CHURCH SOCIETY or WISW IB»V»31fX<8X« »« f K SAINT JOHN, N. B. PniNTED BY WILLIAM L. AVERY, PRINCE WILLIAM STREET. 1840. ./ I J ' Hit El TheV* The The ti 'Ws Tl •• 4 -H OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. PATRON. II» Excellency Sir WILLIAM M. G. COLEBROOKE, K. H., Lieutenant Governor and Cotninander'in Chief. PRESIDENT. . ^ The Right Reverend JOHN, Lord Biihop of Fredericton VICE PRESIDENTS. The Venerable and Rev. GEORGE COSTER, Archdeacon of New Brunswick. The Honourable WARD CHIPMAM, Chief Justice of New Brunswick. The Honourable NEVILLE PARKER, Master of the Rolls. The Honourable WILLIAM BLACK, President of the Legislative Council. The Honourable GEORGE SHORE. The Honourable WILLIAM H. ROBINSON. The Honourable JOSEPH CUNARD. The Honourable JOHN S. SAUNDERS. The Honourable A. EDWIN BOTSFORD. The Ilononrable EDWARD B. CHANDLER. The Honourable C. J. PETERS, Her Majesty's Attorney General The Honourable THOMAS WYER. The Honourable W. F. W. OWEN, R. N. The Honourable HUGH JOHNSTON The Honourable THOMAS H. PETERS. The Honourable J. W. WELDON. Speaker of the Assembly. The Honourable Mr. Justice PARKER. The Honourable Mr. Justice STREET. WILLIAM SCOVIL. Esquire. TREASURER. ' WILLIAM J. BEDELL, Esquire, Fredericton. SECRETARIES. Reverend FREDERICK COSTER, Carleton. Reverend I. W. D. GRAY, St. John. •BCEETARY TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Reverend E. J. W. ROBERTS, Kingsclear. EXECUTIVE COMMIITEE. JOHN C. ALLEN, Esquire, • • • Fredericton. GEORGE BOTSFORD. Esquire, - - Fredericton. JAMES W. CHANDLER, Esquire, • • St. Andrews. GEORGE J. DIBBLEE, Esquire, - - Fredericton, ROBERT F HAZEN, Esquire, i- St. John. WILLIAM H. ODELL, Esquire, • Fredericton, WILLIAM PYWELL, Eaqnire, • • Kingston. JAMES ROBB, Esquire, M. D. • - Fredericton. JOHN M. ROBINSON, Esquire, • St. John. JOHN A. STREET, Ew]uire, • - • Miramichi. BENJAMIN WOLHAUPTER, Esquire, • Fredericton. WILLIAM WRIGHT, Esquire. St. John. •• ♦ ' ■ I CONSTITUTION OP THE SOCIETY. I. The Society ahall be called Thb Diocksan Chvrcii Society -of New Brunswick. II. No consfitution, by-law, rule or regulation of the Society, nor any abrogation repeal, change or alteration of ihe same, shall be of any force or effect until it shall have been sanctioned and confirmed by the Bishop of, or administeriog, the Diocese for the time being, by writing under his hand. III. The payment at any one time of a sum not less than Ten Pounds, shall con- stitute a Life Member ; and the payment annually of any sum, however small, shall constitute the person paying the same a Member of the Society. \ IV. The Society shall have n Prpsident, who shall be the Lord Bishop of the Diocese; two or more Vice Presidents, of whom the Archdeacon shall be the first ; one or more Treasurers ; one or more Secretaries ; two Auditors of Accounts, and an Executive Committee of twelve Lay Members of the Society, being Life Members of the Society , ov Subscribers of at least One Pound to the funds of the Society, who, with -Ik- exception of the President and Vice Presidents, shall be annually elected at 'he Anniversary Meeting. , M The Officers of the Society and the Clergy of the Diocese shall be «z officio members of the Committee : five to be a quorum, and three of the five Laymen. VI. The Society shall embrace the following objects and none other, viz: 1. Missionary Visits to place:; where there IS no settled Clergyman. 2. The establishment of Divinity Scholarships at King's College, Frederic- ton ; and assistance where necessary to those who may be under preparation for the Ministry, especially Sons of Clergymen. 3. Aid to Sunday and other Schools in which Church principles are taught, and the training and encouraging of Schoolmasters and Catechisls. 4. The supply of Books and Tracts, in strict conformity with the principles of the Established Church. 5. Aid to the building and enlarging of Churches and Chapels. 6. Aid to the building of Parsonage Houses. 7. The erection of a fund towards the augmentation of the stipends of pour Clergymen — towards making a provision for those who mny be incapncitnled by age or infirmity — and fur the widows and orphans ol the Clergy — and towards the education of tlie children of poor Clergymen. VII. The Society will employ no CltTgymanon Missionary services, without tlio IJishn|>/M license uud appointment, and will submit its choice uf Diriiiity iScliolurs to his Lordship s approbation. vi VIII. The Society will cirnulate no Booke which are not in the c8talo|iie of the Society for promoting Chriitian Knowledge, except lueh aa the Biahop ahall approve. IZ. It ahall be competent to any member of the Societv to limit hie aubaoription to any one or more of the objeota above recited, which he may be moat anzioua to promote. z: TheMembera of the Society in each Miaaion, or in each pariah of each NiaaioD, at the diacretioa of theMiaaionary, ahall conatitute a Local Committee. XI. It ahall be competent to eaoh Committee to recommend any of the above recited objecia to tlie apecial conaideration of the General Committee, in the appropriation of the fiinJa of the Society. ZII. The Soeietr ahall hold ita Anniveraary Meeting at Fredericton and St. John altemately; at the latter place on the Thuraday aAer the third Tueaday in January, and at the former place on the Thuraday aAer the aecond Tuesday in February in each year. ZIII. The Committee of each Pariah or Miaaion ahall hold an Annual Meeting, on aeme convenient day, previona to the Anniveraar^ Meeting, when the rerommendaticn to thp ueneral Committee of apecial objects ahall be determined on. XIV. Each Local Committee ahall be empowered to depute two of ita Lay Mem* ben, to be elected on the Annual Meeting of the Committue, to aasist the Miaaionar^ in aubmitting the recommendationa of the Committee to the conaideration of the General Committee. ZV. For this purpose the Hinionariea and the Lay Deputiea shall meet in General Committee on the two days, or more if need be, previoua to the Anai' ▼eraaiy Meeting, to make the annual appropriation of the fiinda of the Society. XVI. The Executive Committee ahall meet either at Fredericton or St. John, on the firat Wednesday in January, on the day after the Annual Meeting, on the first Wednesday in March, on the first Wednesday in June, and on the Wed> neaday after the first Tuesday in Octobe/. XVII. The Clergv are requested to preach annually two Sermons in their respective Churches, with a Collection on each occasion for the General Purposea of the Socief^. XVIII. No Article of Uie Constitution of this Society ahall be rescinded, altered, or amended, except with the concurrence of two thirds of the Members present at a General Meeting: and notice of any motion shall be given at the General Meeting previous to the one at which such motion is to be made. i f. SERMON, |)reacl)eb in €i)riet*0 CCbnrcl), ^rcbcrictoii, On Snndar, 8th Februarf, 1846 1 BF.ING THE DAY B£FORE THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING OF THE f^OCIETV, BY THE REV. I. W. D. GRAY, A. M., RECTOR OF TRINITY CHURCH, ST. JOHN. a. 4 VwA-v^ wiaAaaA^^*^ Fublished at the request of the Society. M 4 1 La of «v« •ha Tail «ni, I plisbi ten t some were ?rl They failh, ctffn whicl ffranc Lord- Al iude iospii in th( Ob «*Be the I the Who What dra> and cold most perso or th< of wd us. ofhei nature iwi > / AMOS Vin 11-18. ** B«hold th* dajra com«« Mitb the Lord Qod, thftt T will Mod • IkmiB* i« lh« Land, not ■ Aunino of broad, nor a thlrat (br wator, bat of boaring tba worda of tho Lord: and thoy ahall wandor ftom ata to laa, and fironi tho north ov«N to tho Aaat, tbeyaball run to and fto to aoeh tho word of tho Lord, and ahall not fiml it" This Prophet flourished about eight centuries before the Christian era, and the prediction in the text is supposed to have had its accom* plishment, either in the troubles that preceded the captivity of the ten tribes, or the spiritual destitution that followed that event. For some time beforehand their Prophets wera few, but aAerwards they were fewer still, and their privileges more contracted. A mixed population, partly Jewish and partly Heathen, occupied the country. The former soon became incorporated with these idolatrous strangers. They retained indeed in externals some memorials of their ancient faith, but they lived far removed from roligious ordinances and means of ^race,experienrin^ in all its aggravated misery, the spiritual famine which the text describes, a famine, not of bread or of water— the frand essentials of animal life — but of hearing Uie word of the ord — the more essential verities which sustain the life of the eoul. Allow me to call your attention for a few moments to the magni- iude ofthit evil. And here we may first ask, how does the pen of inspiration teach us to estimate it? How is it presented to our view in the prophecy before us? Observe the very mode in which the announcement of it is given, ** Behold the days come saith the Lord, that I will send a famine in the Land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the word of the Lord." " A famine of bread and a thirst for water V* Who can describe the aggravated miseries of such a visitation? What language can depict it, when the essentials of life are with* drawn, when the emaciated frame sinks under protracted deprivation, and the parched tongue and feverish lips covet in vain the drop of cold water ? To paint the horrors of such a calamity one of the most forcible images contained in Scripture is employed ; it is the personification of death, sitting on the ** pale horse'* with " hades** or the grave following in the train, to receive the wretched victims of wont and despair. But mark the terms of .the prophecy before us. '* I will send not a famine of bread nor a thirst for teater^ but of hearing the word of the Lord,** an evil far more dreadful in its nature, and awful in its consequences. It seems highly probable i Vlll that what we ordinarily term a famine foimed part of the calamities that visited the people of Israel, at the very time to which the prophecy points, that " the famine of bread and the thirst for water" came too, but this evil was so insignificant in comparison of the other, that the Omniscient author of the dispensation treats this part of it as nothing. " I will send, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water ;" 1 do not pause to describe these calamities ; you may feel them, and deem them great, but they are not worthy to be named in comparison of that spiriiual destitution which your souls will then experiepce. Turn to the effects of this visitation as the next verse describes them. '■'' They shall wander from sea to sea, from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord and shall not find it.'' These afflicted persons had once possessed the means of grace ; they had had scriptures and prophets, and ordi* nances, but they undervalued them, and God in judgment took them away. Then they were sensible of their worth. Much as they had slighted these privileges when they had them, they severely felt the deprivation when they had lost them. In their prosperity they thought they could do without religion, but in the day of trouble they found their need of it. They had imagined at one time that worldly wisdom or vain superstitions would suffice them; they found in the season of trial, their sad mistake. A time came when human policy and human strength were vain, when " the fhir and the young fainted for thirst."* A time came when they travelled far and near to find God's messengers, but their search was vain. A time came, when they found that the calves of Bethel and the idols of Beershebat could spread no shield above their heads, and learnt, in the school of sad experience, that it is indeed an evil and a bitter thing to forsake, and by consefjuence, to be without tije presence and protection of the Lord. So far the pen of inspiration, and the history of ancient Israel attesc the magnitude of this evil. But are the effects of spiritu.il destitution less calamitous under the better covenant of Christ ? Are thoy diminished by lime or locality ? or does not observation still teach us to sum them up in the dark category of sin, misery, and death ? Were we to regard man merely as a social being ; were we to look at his conduct, simply as it bears upon the interests of civil society^ we should find ample reason to deplore, and if possible to remove this spiritual destitution ; for certain it is, that nothing tends more to cherish a spirit of anarchy and confusion, than the ignorance of God and His Laws, Even among nations unvislted by the light of the Gospel, nations whose glory had gained its meridian ere yet the light of evangelical truth had shed its radiance upon the world', it was found necessary to inculcate a respect for imaginary deities in V. i:t. tv. 14. 1 t IX order to maintain a due submission to authority. In such coses superstition was the substitute, the feeble, the inadequate, nevertheless the substitute fur religion. But amongst men who have been taught, with the earliest dawn of reason to despise such superstition, what is to subdue their passions, to restrain their impetuosity, and to regulate their actions, if the majesty of God and the sanctity of His laws are unknown ? If, however, the present interests of society were alone concerned, the whole subject might be consigned over to the statesman, who might be entrusted with a commission to uphold religion as an engine of government, to devise ways and means for its support, in order to maintain the laws ; and this is in truth the only view of the subject which some persons are disposed to cherish. A far more serious reflection is that the spiritual destitution of which I am speaking leads to open andjlagrant sin against God. Who can doubt, for example, that it is the parent of the most awful profaneness f Profaneness is to be found, to a certain extent, in all communities, but it is only to be found in proportion to the spiritual ignorance that prevails in them. Where the Gospel is generally received it hides its head ; but where *' the word of the Lord" is unknown, it glories in publicity, and revels in the face of the sun. Another sin which grows out of spiritual ignorance, is the profanation of the Sabbath. Where no stated public services are attended on the Sabbath, the observation of it as a day of rest and devotion, soon falls into disuse. It is soon treated just as other days are, or if indeed any distinction is made between them, it consists in the substitution of idleness and carnal pleasure for the ordinary business of the week. Some possibly of the seniors who have spent the morning of their days in other lands, and who from childhood may have been trained to pay respect to the day of rest, may long retain these barly impressions, may cherish even to the last their reverence for an Institution as old as Creation itself, and as sacred as the sanction of God, and the example of the Son of God, and the constant practice of the Church of Goo can render it. But when they have gone down to the tomb, who is to resuscitate the ferling ? When they are gathered to their fathers, what is to impart, or what to cherish the sacred flame in the breasts of their descendants, if neither the word of God, nor the ordinances of His house, nor the voice of His ministers be recognised amongst them > • And here suffer me to remind you of the positive misery which those persons must experience, who from early recollections, or from reading their l3ible, or from any other source, have learned to value the truth and ordinances of God, and in whose minds an ardent thirst for the possession of them has been, by any means, excited, — the positive misery they must endure in passing the residue of their days where no cheering sound of tho Gospel message is heard, where no minister of Christ is nt hand to point out the way of sal- vation, or administer the blosscl ordinances of religion, — the pttsitivo jniscrv they must rt-alize, in jr<^ing on from week to week with nothing to cheer the dull monotony of life ; the six days, days of toil and hardship ; the Sabbath a blank or worse than a blank, a desecrated institution ! Surely, the ills of life are sufficiently numerous to weigh down the heart, amidst all the aids and advantages which are enjoyed in the most spiritually- blessed community ; but what must they be where christian fellowship and christian ordinances are unknown ? Still, I admit, that all these considerations would be of small account, that the call npon our sympathy and exertions would be comparatively insignificant, if no^ttr« eviis were to result from this spiritual destitution, if all the ills that spring from it were to terminate Tivith our travels here, if they were to sink into eternal oblivion when once the cold grave has covered our mortal remains. But we cannot, in our estimate of their amount, stop at this point. No. There are considerations of a far more serious character which here force themselves upon our minds. In leaving men in this state of spiritual (destitution, we leave them to become the prey of some one or other of the nameless forms of delusion, which ignorance or blind enthu* fiiasm may tempt others to propagate, and which are in many instances utterly subsersive of the fundamental principles of truth ; or else we leave them to grow up in a state of infidelity, without an acquaintance with, or even respect for the revelation which God's Eternal Son has brought to us. Such was, to a great extent, the actual condition of many of the British Colonies in America, at the time when the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel began its iabouro in that country. The inquiry into their spiritual condition shewed, as a late writer upon the subject remarks, that " England had been indeed peopling the New World with Colonies of Heathens.*'* How indeed could it be otherwise ? **■ Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of Goo," and if no adequate means are employed to disseminate the truths of that word amongst a rising population, what is to be expected but that they must become, and that with fearful rapidity, the disciples of infidelity, or the victims of wild delusion f Then comes the solemn question, how will this spiritual destitution afiect the interests of eternity 7 What are to be its results, when all connexions with earth are at an end, when the joys and sorrows of this precarious scene are closed, when the soul has entered upon a world of Infinity 1 Can we doubt, that if it be, as we have seen it is, the parent of vice, of delusion, and of infidelity, it is also the parent of eternal ruin ? In the present condition of man, it is, as a general rule, essential to his soul's felicity that he should hear, that he should understand, and receive the words of the Lord. They are in fact under ordi- nary circumstances as essential to the life of his soul, as the material bread and water are to the sustenance of his bodily frame. Had he lived in paradise, in a state of primeval innocence, under the smiles of an approving Goo, they would have been needful to comfort his * Wilberforce's Hist. American Church, p. 93» 4 Boul ; but now that he has lost the holy image of his Maker, and become enveloped in moral and spiritual darkness, they are needful for its salvation. And hence the solemn commission by a departing Saviour to His ministers, to " go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature." It is not m^ intention to assert that none can be saved who expe* rience the spiritual destitution of which I am speaking. Far from it. There are many no doubt, who live removed from orainances, scrip* tures, and ministers, who nevertheless belong to Christ, and live to an glory ; and all who are thus unhappily situated are less responsible than ourselves. They will have less to answer for than we shall, if we despise the overtures of Christ, if amidst the light and blessings of His Gospel, *' we receive his grace in vain." Yet we know who has said with solemn emphasis — ^* My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge."* We know that they who live " without God, and without Christ," and such is the general state of those who are removed from the ordinary means of grace, do also live without hope.t Their ignorance may palliate, but cannot excuse their guilt. They may be beaten with few stripes instead of many, still it is punish- ment, not approval, that awaits them. It is the awful sentence of rejection, and not the joyful summons to a kingdom of glory that they are to hear when the trumpet sounds. Unhappy men I To live for threescore years and ten amidst the pollutions and sorrows of a fallen world, and then pass to a scene where sorrow never ends, where hope never gleams I Much has been said of late respecting the prospect of a famine in the British nation. No small anxiety has been evinced upon the subject, both in the mother country and in her colonies. Our rulers have deemed it necessary to make a national question of it, to call in the aid of science to ascertain the extent of the impending evil, and to devise means, as far as human agency can do so, to lessen the amount of it when it arrives. All this is right. It is just what christian rulers ought to do ; for the calamity is no doubt a great one, and often the precursor of others, no less disastrous than itself. But while this evil, even in prospect appears so formidable, it is worthy of consideration whether we have not a far greater one already in existence among us, oue which has a more powerful claim upon our christian sympathies, the identical evil of which the Prophet speaks — ^* a famine of hearing the word of the Lord." Surely it is a question which should be deeply interesting to our minds. Whether this evil — so great in itself— so awful in its results — is to be found among our- selves? Have we such a calamity resting upon our land? Does any thing that bears even a remote resemblance to the spiritual des- titution referred to in the text, find a place in the country we inhabit ? Is it a matter of fact, that in a Province professedly Christian, a Colony of the most enlightened nation upon earth, there is, even * Hosea iv. 6, t Ephetians ii. 13. XII among persons claiming membership in the National Church of England, *' a famme of hearing the word of the Lobd?*' Without any Impeachment of the zeal or exertions of those whose office renders it imperative upon them to declare that word, we are con- strained to confess that the case is so ; and more than this, that it cannot be otherwise than it is, until, alive to the fact itself and impressed with a sense of the evil it involves, we rise to the emer- gency, and in the strength of united and christian energy, resolve that it shall be so no longer. Consider for a moment the facts of the case. We have a Province embracing an area of from twenty-six to thirty thousand square miles. And this extent of country is divided into twenty-seven Missions. This, if all the Missions were of equal extent, if the unequal distri- bution of the inhabitants did not necessarily limit some within, and extend others beyond the twenty-seventh part of the whole, would give to each Mission an area of one thousand square miles. But as the case stands it assigns to some of the Missions probably three times that extent of country. Now in England exclusively of Wales, the country embraces fif\y-one thousand square miles, and this is divided into somewhat less than eleven thousand parishes, which gives an extent of less than five square miles to each. Thus the extent of our Missions compared with Parishes in the Mother Country is as one thousand to five, or as two hundred to one. Again. The population of our Province according to the census of 1840, is rather more than one hundred and fifly-six thousand. Without at present entering into the question how many or how few of these may professedly belong to our communion, I would simply remark that to minister to the spiritual necessities of this population, we have about thirty-five Missionaries. Taking therefore the thirty- .fifth part of this population, it would give each Missionary rather less than four thousand five hundred souls as his particular char^^. Now in England and Wales the population is twelve millions, and the number of clergymen nearly sixteen thousand. This, if we proceed upon the same process as before, would give about seven hundred and fifty to each clergyman. The disproportion therefore is as four thousand five hundred to seven hundred and fifty, or about six to one. Again — it is worthy of remark, that in such a country as England where Parishes are limited in extent, and every part of them perfectly accessible, it may be practicable for an active clergyman to minister to the spiritual wants of a thousand souls. But widely different are the cit'cumstances of what is termed a Mission in this country, with various remote settlements, which, sometimes from the inclemency of the climate, and at all times from their geographical position and the unimproved state of the country, are scarcely acces- sible at all. It is impossible, in the nature of things, without further provision, ihat "the word of the Lobd" and the means of grace, can becflbciuully extended to these Missions. There arc probably in every country Mission some of the outposts N r^ -\ / ., XIII N r^ _\ / which a Missionary cannot britg within the range of stated services, which J cannot visit once a month, or once in three months, or perhaps at all. Such settlements could be pointed out in the County of St. John where for years the inhabitants, respectable both in number and in character, have been imploring that *'the word of the Lord'* might be spoken to them by an authorized clergyman, but without success. One of these 1 could name, whore forty families, all originally belonging to our Church, reside ; and another, where the inhabitants are more numerous, and about half of them belonging to the Church of England. But it is needless to refer to different Counties, Parishes, or Districts. The description is applicable to the whole Province, and there is not probably a clergyman present who could not add a list of proofs to the melancholy truth I am stating. If from the state of the Country Missions, we pass to that of our Totons, few as yet in number, but steadily increasing, what do we find it to be ? Are they effectually supplied with Churches, Schools, and Teachers ? Is there not to be found in them a supernumerary popu* lation — some professedly churchmen, others professedly nothing at all, who are unaccommodated with sittings in our Churches i A very slight acquaintance with their condition must convince us that such is the case. It is indeed a fact as deplorable as it is incontrovertible that with our present provision for the spiritual wants of our popula- tion, the poor have little or nothing to do. They are virtually excluded from our places of worship. They have not even the privilege, which St. James deemed so small, of sitting down at the footstool of their wealthier neighbours.* Be the present accommodation for the rich what it may, and let it be as wide and as ample as you please, I would not see it contracted ; we want, in each of our towns, a Free Chapel where the poor, whose souls are immortal and as precious as our own, may have the '* word of the Lobd" declared to them, " without money and without price." A circumstance too which deserves especial attention is the fact that the spiritual destitution of which I am speaking is a rapidly increasing evil. It is a calamity which does increase and must increase, unless our efforts arrest its progress. It is a difficult thing under the most favourable auspices for christian instruction to keep pace with population. It is felt to be so, not merely at the circumfer- ence, but at the very centre of our nation's energies. In England there are Societies for supplying additional clergymen ; in England there are Church-building Societies, and numbers of Sacred Edifices have been reared from time to time by the munificence of private individuals. Still in that country, generally, and more especially in its manufacturing districts, population has outstripped by a vast amount, the provision for church accommodation and instruction. It is a well attested fact, and yet a fearful one to think upon, that in the very metropolis of England itself, there are half a million of * Jamea ii. 3. xiv tools who have absolutely no provision made for them in places of worship, whether within or beyond the Establishment Now though the population of our Province is small at present, it is an increasing population ; it is like every other population, which \» not retarded by some extraordinary check, liable, not simply to increase, but to do so, with an increasing ratio ; and in our case, not merely by what may be termed its natural growth, but also by the tide of emigration which is ever setting towards our shores. Look not then at our Province in its present aspect, but look at the prospect before us, and consider what its spiritual destitution must subsequently be, if a timely provision be not made to arrest its progress. If at this moment, we behold in our land a spiritual famine, m its incipient state, what will it be here* after when the inhabitants are increased an hundred fold, when our forests have yielded to the efforts of the husbandman, and what is now a wilderness has become the abode of an active and enterprising population ? It is true then that spiritual destitution exists among us, and that its naturiil tendency is to increase with fearful rapidity. But if so, what is the remedy that can meet the emei^ncy of the case, and how far are we responsible for applying it ? The first of these inquiries is easily answered ; for if the evil we deplore be ** spiritual fkmine," the remedy is beyond a doubt ** spiritual food." If the souls of our fellow-sinners are fiimishing for want of " the word of the Lord," what they require is to have that word supplied to them. In other terms they must have " the Gospel of Jesus Chnst, the glorious Gospel of the blessed God," in all its freeness, in all its simplicity, in all its blessedness, its rich provisions, its gracious promises, its holy pre- cepts declared, explained, and enforced upon them. TAts will meet the case of famishing sinners. Nothing else will. We may civilize men by other means, but we cannot make them re1igious>-we cannot make them holy or happy, but by the power of Grospel truth. This is the remedy upon which heaven has stamped its seal, and no other is genuine or effectual. It is God^s unadulterated troth. His divinely communicated truth, as we find it recorded in His written word, that affords the true specific, and of others we must say in the words of the patriarch Job, they are " all physicians of no value." Now this it is that raises so high in the scale of importance the meant and agencies employed for conveying this antidote to those who are destitute of it, for sending the Missionary to preach to them Christ crucified, for giving them the inspired scriptures, the standard of etemat truth, for planting Sunday Schools amongst them in which the principles of those Scriptures are inculcated, ami providing them with the saenMttents and other ordinances of Christ's religiotty the emblems of holiness and pardon, the firesh springs of comfmrt and support provided by a gracious Gas, for their refreshment on their way to heaven. But how are these several agencies to be put into effectual ope- ration f How are they to be brought to bear upon the spiritual d( tl k ii tl b P \ i Xf \ destitution around us ? Only, it would seem, by a comb'ined effort on the part of men who feel for the spiritual destitution of others, who know the value of christian privileges themselves, and under th; impulse of that sacred feeling which the religion of Christ impans, that holy sympathy with which His love inspires the heart of the believer, are willing to consecrate their means and energies to thi» paramount object. It is admitted on all hands that union when cordial and permanent adds strength to every cause ; that even to a bad one, it gives an impetus which it is difficult to withstand. Far more then, in a good one, if men can only combine upon true principles with really christian motives, with openness and candour, with godly sim- plicity and sincerity, to advance the honour of Christ, may we hope that the effort will receive the sanction of heaven, and be crowned with success. It is with these impressions, which I am sura are in accordance with the feelings of those around me, that I undertake the office of recommending to your support the Diocesan Church Society of this Province^ a Society, the professed objects of which are identical with those I have just enumerated. These objects, if I rightly apprehend them, however diveirsified in character, are one in their ultimate aim ; they are so many ladii converging to a single point, and that point the diffusion throughout our land of the knowiedjg;e of the glory of God. And who is there present that does not wish and pray that this design may be fully and faithfully carried into effect .' in other words that this Society may be the honoured instrument in the hands of 6oD, of scattering widely the Gospel seed upon the uncultivated soil around us, of carrying the message of life to the poor man^s dwelling in the forest as well as in the city, thus causing the " wilderness to sing for joy, the desert to blossom as the rose," the dark corners of our land to catch the blessed radiance of truth, and succeeding generations to walk in its light when we are gathered to our Fathers ? If there be one subject which more than others should attract the thoughts and awaken the interest of the believer's heart, it is the expansion of that circle which masks at present the boundaries of Christian truth ; it is the gradual butsure progression of that heavenly light, whose every ray is the conductor of health and happiness to the soul. We read of wonderful changes which our planet is sup* posed to have undergone. Men of science tell us of successive revolutions on its surface, presenting adaptations to different classes of animated beings ; each step in the progress, preparing it for a higher order than the former one. But whether these deductions are true or false, sustained or unsustained by the evidences appealed to, one thing is certain, that none of these revolutions, nor all of them put together, are comparable in importance to that moral renovation which is destined, under the influence of Christian truth, to overspread the habitations of men, that spiritual blessedness which will every where be felt, when "judgment shall dwell in the wilderness and righteousnesi remain in the fruitful field, and the work of righteovs- XVI ncss shall bo peaco, and the oflfect of righteousness quietness and assurance forever." And suffer me In closing my remarks, to say, that there is no man brought up within the range of Christian privileges, upon whom a very solemn responsibility does not rest to promote the progress of this moral and spiritual revolution, as far as his influence can extend. It is an obligation which attaches Itself to us all, whether Clergymen or Laymen, affluent or indigent, in high or In humble station, for there is no man who has himself been taught of Goo, let his rank or means, or attainments be what they may, who cannot do something to spread around him " the knowledge of the unsearchable riches of Christ." Let us then combine with humble but sincere desire to advance an object which looks to the present amelioration and future blessedness of our fellow men. Let us deem it a privilege to unite together for the holy purpose of giving them a share In our Christian privileges. Let us feel it incumbent upon us so to employ the sacred deposit of Gospel truth, that the occupants of our rising Colony may become " a people fearing Goo and working righteousness ;" that whether *' the famine of bread or the thirst for water" shall visit us or not, t'lere shall at least be an end to " the famine of hearing the word of the Lord." Then may we hope, that ** In watering others, our own souls may be watered likewise ;" and we shall have the holy satisfac- tion of feeling that in our narrow span of probation here, we are doing something to promote the arrival of that happy day, when ** it shall not be necessary for a man to say to his neighbour, know the Lord, for all shall know Him, from the least to the greatest."* — Amen. ^ * Heb. viii. 11. \i>H\f> REPORT, ETC. February 9, (the Monday immediately succeeding the firit Tuesday in February) being the day appointed for the Annual Meeting of the " Church Society of the Archdeaconry of New Brunswick," on the preceding Saturday the Clergy and Lay Deputies assembled in General Committee in the National School House ; the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Fre- derictoHi President of the Society, in the Chair. Missionaries and Lay Deputies attended from the following Committees : James Keteham and John Dibblee.Eaqn. Hon. Col. WyerandJ.W.Cbandler.Eiq. David Pickett and W. Pyewell, Eeqre. Mr. Barberie and Mr. Earle. Mr. Simondi. Dr. Earle. Dr. Robb and G. C. Cotter, Eiq. Hon. C. Simondi and J. Allen, Eiq. Hon. A. E. Bottford and Hazen Botafbrd, Hon. E. B. Chandler. tEaq. Col. Miles and C. L. Hatheway, Esq. Nath. Hubbard and Chas. Clowes, Esqn. Robert F. Hazen and W. Wright, Esqrs. Hon. Mr. Just. Street and B.WeIhanBter, C. Lee and J. Maclaaeblan, Biqn. *^' Capt. Cheyne and J. MUiidge, Esq. R. James and E. Wigaa, Esqrs. R. Watson and J. H. Wfaitloek, Esqrs^ Thos. Jones and W. Davidson, Esqts. Mr. Buckerfield. Woodstock, Rev 8. D. L. Street, Saint Andreivs, « Dr. Alley, Chatham, mmittee consider that the most essential benoAts have already been derived from the Church Society originally formed and they trust now firmly established in this Province. Hitherto ably supported by the united efforts of the Clergy and Laity, under the auspices of the Venerable Bishop of Nova Scotia, they look forward to its increasing prosperity under the immediate superintendence of our present highly respected and in* defiitigable Diocesan ; and it is moreover the opinion of this Com- mittee that it will eventually become (with the Divine blessing) the most important Institution for the furtherance of the Colonial Church that has yet been established in British North America, and conse- quently deserving the warmest support of every individual who has the interest of the Church really at heart. Resolved, That the thanks of this Meeting be communicated to the Church Society, for the liberal grant of Books made by them towards the formation of a Lending Library for the use of this Mission. Resolved, That the Rev. the Rector be requested to apply at the next general Annual- Meeting for Books suitable for a Lending Library. GLENELG. The Rev. James Hudson reports, that at the Annual Meeting of -^ N I ^ ,-' '• whSh th« people have promiMd the land, the fram^, and boarda. Mr. Hudaon also requeata the uaual aupply of Booka and Tracta to the Viaiting Miiaionary , for sale and distribution. RICHIBUCTO. The Rev. T. N. Dewolfe reporta a collection of £10 1«. Uid. in that Parish for the Society, and sends a list of the contributions. He did not call upon the people last year for any contributions, as they were then engaged in a costly undertaking, adding a Tower to their Church. For a similar reason he abatains this year from calling upon the Pariah of Weldford, it being necessary to raise a considera- ble sum there for the completion of St. PauPs Church. He retuma thanks for the Booka granted last year, which he hopea will be pro- ductive of great benefit in bia Mission. KINGSTON. The Rev. W. E. Scovil reports, that at the meeting of this Local Committee resolutions were passed expressive of their grateAil sense of the substantial benefits which the Society has conferred on the Parish — by grants for Books, which have diffused much sound religious instruction — by aid to the Sunday School — and particularly by the asaiatance afibrded to the New Church on the Long Reach, which was last Autumn solemnly dedicated to the worship of Almighty God. They do not limit their contributions to any particular object, knowing that it will be faithfully applied for the good of the Church and the cause of true religion. David Pickett and W. Pyewell, Esquires, are named as their Lay Deputies to the General Committee. Their conlribution amounts to ;f 14 18«. 3d. NORTON. The Rector of this Parish (Rev. W. Scovil) reports, in behalf of its Committee, that a Chapel of Ease has been erected in the lower part of the Parish capable of containing 200 persons, and in which the sitting are all free. The frame of the building was raised on the 1st of May, and on Sunday, November 2d, the Chapel was conse- crated by the Lord Bishop of Fredericton, by the name of the Church of the Ascension. With the exception of £20 currency firom the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the whole expense of the erection has been provided by individual subscription, chiefly within the Parish. The contribution which otherwise they would 32 have remitted to the Society, they have applied towards liquidfting the debt of the Church, trusting that their motive for so doing will be approved by the Society, in whose work they take an undiminished interest — rejoicing in its continued success, and cordially assenting to the proposed alteration in its Constitution. They have appointed a Delegate to the .General Committee. SPRINGFIELD. The Local Committee of this Parish thank the Society for last yearns grant to their Parochial Library, to which they hope for further assistance. They htve reason to believe that their contribu- tion to the Society will be much increased from last year ; but cannot yet state the precise amount. In the event of the proposed alteration in the Constitution of the Society being adopted, they trust there will be no diminution of the appropriations for Books. HAMPTON. The Rev. W. W. Walker reports, that he has not been so successful as he could wish in collecting for the Society, but he has done what he could. For the valuable Books from time to time added to the Lending Library of this Parish the Committee return thanks, and hope to share in the appropriations which the Society may make in future to the same useful object. The people being now engaged in the erection of an additional Church, the estimated expense of which will be about »£400, solicit the aid of the Society to the work, to which their own contributions, though liberal, are insufficient. Their Lay Deputy to the General Committee is Dr. Earle. CARLETON. The Local Comii^ittee of this Parish recommend to the special consideration of the General Committee, in the appropriation of the Funds of the Society, the importation and circulation of as large a number of Books and Tracts as the Funds of the Society will admit, comprising both the Publications of the Society for Promoting Chris* tian Knowledge, and such others not on the catalogue of that Society as the Bishop shall approve. They also return thanks for the grant of Books made to them last year by the Executive Committee, and express a hope that they may be permitted to share in the distributioq of the present year. XKeir Lay Deputies are Dr. Robb and Mr. C. G. Coster. t. I N 2a PORTLAND. The Local Committee of this Parish have much pleasure in reporting that the sum of £Sb has been collected for the benefit of the Diocesan Church Society during the past year. They also express their grateful acknowledgments for the liberal grants of Books made last year to their Parish. The Hon. Charles Simonds and Jacob Allen, Esquire, have been appointed their Lay Delegates to the General Committee. SHEDIAC. The Rev. Dr. Jarvis, Rector of this Parish, and Daniel Hanington, Esquire, the Lay Deputy of its Local Committee, have addressed a letter to the General Committee, in which they state they have been commissioned to solicit a large grant in aid of the erection of a Parish Church at the Village of the Bend in the Parish of Moncton. They describe that Village as increasing rapidly in population, and the Church Congregation as numbering about 100, most of them educated in other communions. They contemplate the erection of a building 60 feet long, not including the Chancel, and capable of accommodating 200 persons. A handsome subscription has been raised. SACKVILLE. In the name of the Local Committee of this Parish, the Rev. J. Black thanks the Society for the last yearns liberal supply of Books and Tracts. The Books have been chiefly applied in forming a Lend- ing Library. A portion of the Testaments, Prayer Books, and Tracts have been used in the Sunday School ; and the rest of them either sold or distributed. The Committee solicit a further grant for the Lending Library. The amount of their contribution this year is ^£18. DORCHESTER. The Rev. John Black also reports the formation of a Local Comit- tee in the Parish of Dorchester, of which the contribution amounts to £6 lis. 6d. They are desirous of Books, and have appointed the Hon. E. B. Chandler their Lay Deputy. MAUGERVILLE AND BURTON. The Rev. J. M. Stirling reports that he has formed a Local Com- mittee of the Society in each of his Parishes of Maugerville and Burton, and has made in each of them a collection for the Society ; 24 I I n that in Maugerville amountiDg to £11 Gs. 2d. ; that in Burton to £17 58. 10(2. The labour of collecting has fallen upon himself, and from the state of the weather and the roads he has had to traverse, it has not been light. He hopes that this offering from two Parishes in which upwards of two hundred pounds were actually raised last year for the Parsonage House, will entitle them to some consideration in the distribution of the Society's bounty. The Local Committee of the Parish forward the following Resolutions : Resolved, That the subscribers to the Church Society now present, together with such persons as may before the next General Meeting contribute to its funds, do constitute a Local Committee of the Church Society in thk Parish. Resolved, That this Committee regret that the late call upon the Parishioners for rebuilding the Parsonage, will prevent them from contributing as largely as they could desire to the furtherance of the laudable objects contemplated by the Church Society. Resolved, That this Committee venture to take the present oppor* tunity to express their satisfaction at the accession of the extensive and important Parish of St. John to the Society, conscious that such an accession must greatly increase the usefulness of the Institution, and add to the unity of the Church in this Province. Resolved, That a Committee be now appointed to prepare and pre* sent a petition to the Church Society , soliciting aid towards furnishing the Parsonage House, and that Thomas Odber Miles, Esquire, and C. L. Hatheway, Esquire, do constitute the said Com^nittee. Resolved, That Thomas Odber Miles, Esquire, and C. L. Hathe> way. Esquire, be appointed Lay Deputies from this Parish to represent its interests in the approaching Meeting of the General Committee at Fredericton, and that they be requested to solicit a grant of Books towards the formation of a Lending Library in this Parish. The Rev. J. M. Stirling also transmits the following Resolutions from the Burton Committee. Resolved, That the subscribers to the Church Society now present, together whith such persons as may before the next General Meeting contribute to its funds, do constitute a Local Committee of the said Society in this Parish. Resolved, That the small contribution made by this Committee to the General Fund arises not from any disinclination to join heartily with their fellow Churchmen in carrying out the excellent objects contemplated by the Society, but from many of them having already i ^ 25 .. contributed to the best of their ability in assisting to rebuild the Par- sonage House at Maugerville. Resolved, That the destruction of the Parsonage in the neighbour- ing Parish leads them to express an earnest hope that the notice of motion made at the General Meeting last year by J. A. Street, Esquire, will not be forgotten this year, but that when the motion is brought ^ forward it will receive the cordial assent of the Society ; since they are assured that no measure, by the blessing of God, will tend more effectually to the rapid advancement of the true interests of the Church among us than the providing of comfortable residences for tho Missionaries in the difierent sections of the Province. Besolved, That in the opinion of this Committee, it would be most desirable that Lending Libraries should be established as soon as possible in every Mission, as they are convinced that much of the prejudice existing against the Church arises from ignorance of her history, constitution, and services. Resolved, That a respectful application be made to the Executive Comniittee for a Lending Library for the Parish of Burton. Resolved that Nathaniel Hubbard, Esquire, and Charles Clowes, Esquire, be the Lay Deputies to the General Committee at the next Meeting. SAINT JOHN. At the Annual Meeting of the Saint John Local Committee, held at the National School House on Thursday, I5th January, 1846, the Rector of the Parish in the Chair — the Secretary of the Local Com* mittee submits a statement of the proceedings of the Committee, whereupon Resolved, That the statement now read by the Secretary of the Committee be received, and a copy of it be transmitted to the Secre* tary of the Society for insertion in the general report, together with a copy of such resolutions as may be passed at the present meeting. Resolved, That Robert F. Hazen and William Wright, Esquires, be appointed Lay Deputies, to assist the Rector of the Parish in repre- senting this Committee at the next Anniversary Meeting of the So- ciety, to be held at Fredericton in the month of Febmary next. Resolved, That the Treasurer of this Committee be directed to remit to the General Treasurer of the Society the sum of £355 113. being the amount collected in this Parish for the purposes of the Society; Resolved, That it be a recommendation of the Saint John Local 26 Committee to the Oeneral Society, to appoint a Depository in this City for the sale of Books imported by the General Society. Resolved, That it be a recommendation of this Committee to thv. General Society, to make appropriations in aid of the Missions re- cently established in the Parishes of Saint Martins, Lancaster, and Simonds. Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to ascertain the number of persons belonging to the Church of England in the several Parishes of this County ; especially the out settlements, and to obtain such other information, in regard to their spiritual wants, as may aid this Committee in making its recommendations of appropriation to the General Committee ; and that the following gentlemen comprise the said Committee : Dr. Botsford, G. D. Robinson, James Peters, Junior, and Robert Duncan Wilmot, Esquires. Extraafrom the Minutes. G£0. WHEELER, Sec'y to the St. John Local Com. The Secretary of the Saint John Local Committee of the Church Society, begs to submit the following statement of the proceedings of the Committee from the tima of its first formation up to the present period. On 17th December last, pursuant to notice given in the Churches, and also published in the newspapers, a meeting of the subscribers to the Funds of the Church Society was held at the National School House, the Rector of the Parish in the Chair ; when, on motion of the Chief Justice, it was resolved that a Local Committee of the Church Society be now formed for this Parish, in accordance with the Rules and Constitution of the Society. Other resolutions were also passed, by which the Rector of tho Parish was constituted the Chairman of the Local Comnrittee, George Wheeler, Esquire, was appointed Secretary, and Samuel J. Scovil, Esquire, Treasurer ; and a Committee of ten Gentlemen, with power to add to their number, was named to solicit subscriptions in the Parish. It was further resolved, that the Annual Meeting of the Local Committee should be held at the National School House, on Monday, 26th January instant, of which due notice was ordered to be given. Shortly afler the above Meeting was held, it was ascertained that, hy a standing rule of the Society, no report of any Local Committee could be introduced into the General Annual Report of the Society, unless handed in to the Executive Committee by the 20th January ; and it was therefore deemed expedient, that another meeting of the Committee should be called to consider the propriety of altering the lime appointed for its Annual Meeting to an earlier day. Accordim/ly on Slst December last the Committee assembled, (( the this 27 pursuant to notiee, at the Vestry of Trinity Church ; and it was then ordered, that the Annual Meeting should talce place at the Female National School House, on Thursday the 15th January instant, at 7 o^clock in the evening ; instead of on the day previously appointed. Since the last Meeting, the gentlemen appointed to solicit subscrip- tions having made their returns, the following results are exhibited. The whole number of Members of the Society, resident in this Parish, including those who became Members prior to the formation of this Committee, is 204 ; of whom fourteen, having each made pay- ment at one time of a sum not less than £10, are constituted Members for Life. The total amount of Donations and Subscriptions for 1845-46 is £355 11«. 3d., the whole of which has been collected, and is now in the hands of the Treasurer of the Local Committee, ready to be re« mitted to the General Treasurer of the Society whenever this Com- mittee shall direct. Of the above sum collected the amount of Donations is £119 10«., and of Subscriptions for the year £236 Is. 3d., with the following Special Limitations, viz : To Missionary Visits, ... " Divinity Scholarships, " Building and Enlarging of Churches, " Schools in which Church principles ) are taught, ) " Books and Tracts, • . • Leaving the Balance collected for General Purposes Total £355 11 3 Subjoined is an alphabetical list of the Members of the Society resident in this Parish, with the amounts of their respective Donations and Subscriptions for the present year. Respectfully submitted to the Local Committee. GEO. WHEELER, Secretary. I5th January, 1846. FREDERICTON. At the Annual Meeting of this Local Committee the following Re- solutions were passed. 1. That this Meeting has heard with the liveliest satisfaction of their fellow Churchmen in Saint John having united themselves in so cordial a manner to the Church Society, and of their having contributed so liberally to its designs ; and desires to be considered as heartily con- curring in each of the recommendations of that Local Committee to the General Meeting. 2. That this Committee recommends the Depository already opened at Fredericton to be continued, and supplied as liberally as possible £51 18 2 10 2 5 9 6 5 10 *urposes 0—68 3 9 - 287 7 6 28 -with the Publications of the Society for Promoting Christian Know* ledge, and also with such other works as the Bishop may approve, for sale. 3. That this Committee continues to regard the formation and in> crease of Parochial Lending Libraries as one of the most important operations of the Society ; and trusts that the Clergy will still be enabled to supply the poorer members of their several congregations with Bibles, Prayer Books, and Tracts, on terms adapted to their means. 4. That the Hon. Mr. Justice Street, and B. Wolhaupter, Esquire, be the Lay Deputies of this Committee to the General Committee. NEW MARYLAND. The Executive Committee has received with much pleasure a conv munication from the Rev. W. Ketchum, stating that in the little Set' tlement of New Maryland in the Parish of Fredericton, the sum of £6 lis. 9d. has been raised for the Society, and giving a list of the contributors to the same. They doubt not but that the Society will gladly comply with their request by granting Books for the increase of the Lending Library , of which the foundation was laid last year, and which is very much used by the people of that Settlement — as ir .1 as with the request of Mr. Ketchum himself to be enabled to dispose among them a few cheap Bibles, Testaments, and Prayer Books. KINGSCLEAR. The Rev. E. J. W. Roberts announces a contribution to the Society of i£16 1 Is 2d^. from this Parish, and states that it is designed to build a Church at the upper part of the Parish, capable of affording free seats to about 100 persons. A suitable site has been oilbred, and pecuniary subscriptions have been '.'rridy obtained to the amount uf £SOi besides promises of gratuitous labour. The Local Committee request a grant in aid of this important object. Mr. Roberts unites v'ith the Conmiittee in their request the more earnestly because he conceives that there is a fair opening for» the Church in that qjuarter, which must be used now — or perhaps never ; as other parties are en- deavouring to establish themselves there. It is designed that the proposed Cbucch shall be opened for Divine Service, every Lord's Day. Another object contemplated in this Parish the building of a Par- sonage House — which will not easily be effected. The Local Com- in Know- approve, n and in- important 11 itill be regations lir means. Esquire, oittee. e a conv itlle Set- ) sum of Bt of the iety will increase ist year, lent—- as labled to L Prayer Society gned to fibrding "ed, and lount of nmittee i unites siuse he quarter, are en- bat the Lord's a Par- Com- 29 mittee has resolved not td ask any aid from the Church Society to this object ; but how ever commendable their reason for this determination, Mr. Roberts trusts the Society will not permit so heavy a burden to fall in all its weight upon so small a number of Churchmen. The Committee at their Annual Meeting passed sundry resolutions, and named Charles Lee, and J. A. Maclauchlan, Esquires, their Lay Delegatus. SUSSEX. The Rev. H. N. Arnold remits a collection amounting to jE12 15«., wishing that it were more. The contributions are all for general purposes, the Committee having the fullest confidence that the Exe- cutive Committee wish to dispose of the funds entrusted to them to the best advantage, in their endeavours to promote the general interebts of the Church. They desire to be remembered in the distribution of Books, as they wish to lay the foundation of a Lending Library in the Parish of Studholm. v GAGETOWN. The Secretary of this Local Committee (Mr. Millidge) reports an increased list of subscribers for the present year, which this Com- mittee unhesitatingly attribute to the Library Bodes received from this Society. The Parochial Lending Library is more and more appre- ciated ; and they look forward to the time when all the Church members will have recourse to it for improvement both in Church principles and general information. The amount of their contribution is iff 18 7«. 6d. SAINT STEPHENS. At its Annual Meeting this Committee passed several Resolutions, the first expressive of gratitude to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and readiness to assist in its benevolent wovk to the extent of their power ; the second, of rejoicing at the arrival of a resident Bishop, from whose energetic, pious, and intelligent government they anticipate great advantages ; the third, of their continued approbation of the Church Society ; and desire to contribute to its support and ex- tension. They request Tracts for distribution, and a few of the Society's Books, including Prayer Books, on sale or return. They name R. Watson and J. H. Whitlock, Esquires, their Lay Delegates to the General Committee. Their contribution is «^5 6$. \\ 90 PRINCE WILLIAM AND DUMFRIES. By the hand of the Rev. J. Disbrovr this Committee remit the turn of ;C18 8«. 9^d. They acknowledge With gratitude the grant of Books made to these Parishes last year, which has proved extremely useAil as well as acceptable. The Books having been very much used, they request a further grant— and have named as their Lay Delegates to the General Committee, Thomas Jones and W. David- son, Esquires. Referring to the foregoing abstract, the Executive Committee observe that aid to the building and enlarging of a Church is solicited by the Committees of Ludlow, Hampton, Shediae, (for one at the Bend,) and Kingsclcar; and aid to the building of a Parsonage House by those of Glenelg, Maugerville, and Kingsclear : while nearly till the Committees request a grant of Books, particularly for the foundation or augmentation of Parochial Libraries* E. J. W. ROBERTS, See'y^ Executive Com. Read the Accounts of W. h Bedell, Esquire, the Treasurer, made up to the present tinte. Read the Accounts of the sale and distribution of the Books, im- !ported by the Society* Resolved, on motion of the Hon. A. E. Botsford, that a Committee tie appointed to audit the Aoeounts of the Treasurer, and report there- •en to the General Meeting on Monday next ; and that the Hon. A. E. Botsford, Hon< C. Siroonds, R< F. Hazen, and B. Wolhaupter, Esquires, be the Committee. Resolved, on motion of W. J. Bedell, Esquire, that the sum of £150 transferred by order of the last General Meeting from the Mis- sionary Visits Fund to the General Fudd by way of Loan, be retrans- ferred to the Missionary Visits Ftind. The following Resolutions of Appropriation were then passed-^the alterations proposed to be made in the Constitution having been first read. Resolved, That so much as, with the addition of the Subscriptions limited tc that object, will make up the sum of Three hundred pounds be added to the Missionary Visits Fund. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding Four hundred and fiAy pounds be placed at the disposal uf the Executive Committee for ** Mis- sionary Visits to neglected places/'' the same to be taken from the 81 Missionary Visits Fund ; or in the event of the proposed alterations in the Constitution being carried into efiect, for " Missionary Visits to places where there is no settled Clergyman." Resolved, That the sum of Five hundred pounds be placed at the disposal of the Executive Committee for the " Supply of Books and Tracts in strict conformity with the principles of the Established Church ;" Two hundred pounds value thereof for distribution, and the residue for sale ; and that it be an instruction to the Committee to comply, as near as may be, with tho recommendations of the Local Committees. Resolved, That the sum of Two hundred pounds be placed at the disposal of the Executive Committee for " Aid to the building and enlarging of Churches and Chapels," and that it be an instruction to the Committee to comply, as near as may be, with the recommendations of the Local Committees ; or in the event of the proposed alterations in the Constitution being carried into effect, for " Aid to the building and enlarging of Churches and Chapels and building of Parsonage houses." Resolved, in the event of the proposed alterations in the Constitution being carried into eflfect, that the sum of One hundred pounds be placed at the disposal of the Executive Committee for the " Creation of a Fund towards the augmentation of the stipends of poor Clergymen— towards making provision for those who may be incapacitated by age or infirmity — and for the widows and orphans of the Clergy — and towards the education of the children of poor Clergymen." Resolved, That the Lord Bishop be requested to make an applica- tion to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge for the Church Society to be allowed to purchase Books at Members prices. Ordered, That a commission of five per cent be allowed to E. B. Peters, Esquire, on the Books sold by him. Adjourned. , ! , 33 I i ANNIVERSARY MEETING. Frederirton^ February 9/A, 1846. PRESENT. His Ezeellency Sir William M. G. Colbbbooxe, Lieutenant Go* vernor, dec., Patron of iho Society. The Right Rev. John, Lord Bishop of Fredcricton, Preiident of the Society. The Yen. the Archdeacon, V. 1^. The Flon. Thonnas Wyer, V. P. The Hon. the Chief Justice, V. P. " ** E. B. Chandler, V. P. " " Master of the Rolls, y.P. " " William Black, V. P. u tt Thomas Baillie,V. P. A. E. Botsford« T. P. t« u (I u t( tt tt tt it tl tl tt tt II " the Speaker, V. P. It " Mr. Justice Parker, V. P. It *• Mr. Justice Street, V. P. The Rev. W. E. Scovil, It « J. M. Stirling, tt " W. Scovil, It " R. King, tt " Thomas McGhee, tl »• E. J. W. Roberts, it " W. Q. Ketchum, tt " W. H. Tippet. The Rev. Jerome Alley, D. D. Samuel Bacon, I. W. D. Gray, Frederic Coster, N. A. Coster, S. D. L. Street, W. Harrison, J. W. Disbrow, On motion of the Hon. Chief Justice, The Lord Bishop was requested to take the Chair. His Lordship opened the business with Prayer, and then addressed the Meeting. Bead the Minutes of the General Committee. Read the Report of the Committee appointed to Audit the Accounts of the Treasurer, as follow : The Committee of Audit, appointed by the General Committee of the Church Society on Saturday the 7th instant, to examine and re- port upon the Accounts of the Society for the past year, have had under their consideration the Accounts of the Treasurer, Secretary, and of E. B. Peters, Esquire, in charge of the Depository at Saint John ; which are made up as follows : — No. 1. Is a statement of the Funds set apart for Missionary Visits, amounting, with interest, to • • • - ^£696 6 5 The Treasurer charges amount transferred to credit of General Fund, . • . jSlSO Paid Rev. J. S. Thomson's expenses 1S45, 30 4 " Rev. J. Hudson's »♦ 1845, 21 18 7—202 2 7 Balance due the Society on this Fund, • ^494 3 10 m. It Go* of the ^ S3 No. 2. U an abstract shewing the amount accumulated for tlie founding Divinity Scholanhips in King's College, jC87 17 4 No. 3. Is the Account Current of the Treasurer, amounting to ;e]461 3 Which includes a balance due the Society, February 1, 1845,of .... £297 19 3 Also, sum transferred from the Missionary Fund by resolution of the General Annual Meeting, in February 1645, • 150 Amount received for Bodes sold by E. B. Peters, Esquire, • . • • 36 18 6 Ditto ditto Books sold by the Secretary, 25 2 6 Ditto from S. A. Akerley for Books, • 2 15 10 Drawback on Duties, ;e7 2 3 Less Duties for 1845, 3 0—4 2 3 Amount Books sold by the Treasurer, • 50 10 9 The balance of 883 11 is made up of subscriptions, and a collection in Christ's Church, Fredericton, 9th February, 1845. He chaii^s Paid for Bill of Exchange, £800 sterliog, for Books, ..... £266 13 4 Paid for printing 9th Report, • 18 15 ** Grants to Churches, Gagetown, 15 " " " Upham, 30 « «« " Johnston, 15 « " «' Tobique, 10 Postages, 1 8—455 10 Balance due Society on General Fund, • ;£995 10 3 No. 4. Is a continuation of the Treasurer's Account Current amounting to £1184 1 1 Madeupofbidanceofpreviousaccount, £995 10 3 Subscriptions, - • • • 188 10 10 He charges Paid expenses of the Secretary, - £6 10 I^ " Postages of the Rev. Mr. Roberts, 6 3— 6 16 4^ Balance duo Society in Treasurer's hands, Feb.7,1846, ^1 177 4 Sji No. 5. Is a statement of Books received and disposed of by the Treasurer, from February 1, 1845, of • • ^108 18 2 He charges Amount of Books sold by him, and carried to credit of General Fund, • • • jf50 10 9 Amount distributed to Local Conmittees, 18 1 — 68 11 9 Amount of Books in Treasurer's hands, • £4fi 6 5 c >l It t( No. 6. Is the Secretary*! statement of Books supplied to the Local Committees, together with those sent to the Treasurer at Fredericton, and those placed in the Depository in Saint John, under the charge of G. B. Peters, Esquire, amounting to the sum of • £394 5 10 This statement is made up as follows : Books sent to the Local Committees, £126 6 4} " to Treasurer, •• 108 17 4 sold by the Secretary at Carleton, 25 2 6 " by E. B. Peters, Saint John, 30 18 8 Grants supplied by him, • • 19 13 7^ Books on hand in Depository at St. John, to February 1, 1846, . . . 82 5 10 No. 7. Is a detailed account of Books sold at Saint John, for the Church Society, by E. B. Peters, Esquire, from September 1st, 1845, to February 2d, 1846, amounting to - • . je36 18 8 This account has attached to it the voucher of the Treasurer, that the said amount has been paid to him. No. 8. Is an account of Books supplied by £. B. Peters, Esquire, to diiTerent Parishes, under the grants made by the Church Society, from Sept. 1st, 1845, to Feb. 2d, 1846, amounting to £19 13 7^ No. 9. Contains a detailed statement of the Books now in the De- pository at Saint John, in charge of E. B.Peters, Esquire, amounting to dSSa 5 4 By the foregoing Accounts it would appear that Books with the advance put upon them by the Executive Committee, were imported last year to the amount of Disposed of as follows : Distributed to Local Committees, Sold, On hand at Fredericton, " Saint John, AUtraet shewing amount of dispoaahle Funds for the present year^ and the Appropriations made by the General Committee on Saturday f the 1th instant. Amount in Treasurer's hands, exclusive of the Missionary Visits, say .... Add Books on hand, .... Appropriations : For Missionary Visits, • - ^450 " Purchase of Books, • ■ 500 •* Aid to Churches &c. • 200 Fund for reliefofClergymen,Widow8&c. 100 0—1250 Balance to meet the Appropriations made last year, but which remain unpaid, - • . . £49 16 9^ The Accounts exhibited to the Committee are correct and sa- tisfactory. £387 3 2 £163 13 112 11 11 40 6 5 82 5 4-398 16 8 fund secured for jeil77 4 8i 122 11 9 s. 35 The Committee suggest the propriety of having the Accounts of the Society made up to the first day of January in each year, and referred with all necessary vouchers to the Auditors to be appointed, so that their report may be submitted to the General Committee and to the Society at their Annual Meetings in February. Respectfully submitted. February 9, 1846. OHARLRS SIMONDS. ROBERT P. HAZBN.r A. K. BOTHPORD. ' B. WOLHAUPTBR. On motion of the Venerable the Archdeacon, Resolved, That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Gentlemen composing the Committee for the .satisfactory manner in which they have performed the duty committed to them. His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor moved the following Resolution : Resolved, That the alterations in the Constitution of the Society agreed to by the Lord Bishop and the Committee of Conference, sub* mitted to the E.\ecutive Committee, and approved at the Special Ge« neral Meeting at Saint John, be adopted by this Meeting : and that the Constitution so altered be the Constitution of the Society. His Honor the Chief Justice having seconded this motion, it waid determined at the suggestion of the Honor the Speaker, to take th4 sense of the Meeting on each Article proposed to be altered separately. Resolved that Art. 1 be altered thus : The Society shall be called the Diocesan Church Society of New Brunswick. Resolved that Art. 2 be omitted. Resolved that Art. 3 be altered thus : No constitution, by-law, rule or regulation of the Society, nor any abrogation, repeal, change or alteration of the same, shall be of any force or efTect, until it shall have been sanctioned or confirmed by the Bishop of, or administering, the Diocese for the time being, by writing under his hand. Resolved that Art. 4 be not altered. Resolved that in Art. 6 the words " One Treasurer, one Secretary, one Assistant Secretary," be altered to " One or more Treasurers one or more Secretaries, and two Auditors of Accounts.'^ Resolved that Art. 7 be altered thus : The Society shall embrace the following objects, and none other, viz. : 1. Missionary Visits to places where there is no settled Clergyman. 2. The establishment of Divinity Scholarships at King's College, Fredericton, and assistance where necessary to those who may be under preparation for the Ministry, especially sons of Clergymen. i !i f 3. Aid to Sunday and other School?, in which Church principles are taught* 9f)d the training and encour^iog of Schoolmasters andCatechists. 4. The supply of Books and Tracts in strict conformity with the principles of the Estahlished Church. 5. Aid to the building and enlarging of Churches and Chapels. 6. Aid to the building of Parsonage Houses. 7. The creation of a fund towards the augmentation of the stipends of poor Clergymen — inwards making a provision for those who may be incapacitated by age or infirmity, and for the widows and orphans of the Clergy — and towards the education of the children of poor Clergymen. Resolved that Art. 13 be altered thus : The Society shall hold its Anniversary Meeting at Fredericton and Saint John alternately ; at the latter place on the Thursday after the third Tuesday in Januar}', and at the former place on the Thursday after the second Tuesday in February in each year. flesolved that the following Articles be added : The Executive Committee sliall meet either at Fredericton or Saint John on the first Wednesday iq January, on the day after the Annual Meeting, on the first Wednesday in March, on the first Wed- nesday in June, and on the Wednesday aJfter the first Tuesday in October. The Clergy are requested to prea(ch annually two Sermons in their respective Churches, with a collection on each occasion for the ge- neral purposes of the Society, No one article of the Constitution of the Society shall be rescinded, altered or amended, except with tho concurrence of two thirds of the members present at a General Meeting ; and notice of any motion shall be given at the General Meeting pi^evious to the one at which such motion is to be made. The Hon. Mr. Justice Parker ga,ve notice that at the next General Meeiing he should move tbsit the following words be added to Art. 7, Sec. 1, viz. : Aid to new and foot Missions. The Hon. the Master of the ?l,olls also gave notice that at the next General Meeting he should propose the following alterations in the Constitution, viz. : That the I«ay Members of the Executive Committee do consist qf twenty four instead of twelve ; and That the Ofiicers of the Society be members of the General Conimittf;e. On motion of the Hon. the Master of the £ol!s, Besolyed, Thiit th?, nitf ^ Anniversary Mteting b« held at Saint John. 37 lare liats. I the \. On motion of the Venerable the Archdeacon, Resolved, Thdt thib Meeting desireis to estpress its satisfaction at the continued prosperity of the sister Societiedof Nova Scotia, Toronto, Quebec, and Nevrfotindland. On motioa of the Hon. Mr. Justice Street, Resolved, That this Society caAnot forget that it owes its origin to the Venerable Arehde&con Coster, who first proposed its institution to the Churchnien of this Province, to whom tie submitted a Constitution prepared by hloiself tbt its formisitibn ; and that if was tlirough his exertions that it was established, and that it has been under his fostering superintendence that it had beeft since kept up, and has arrived at its present flourishing conditio^ : that the grateful thanks of the Society be now therefore given to him for such his exertions, and for the strong interest he has always shewn in every thing that could promote its prosperity while he continued to preside over it. On motion of the Hon. the Chief Justice, Resolved, That the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Rev. I. W. D. Gray for his excellent Sermon preached in Christ*s Church yesterday on behalf of the Society, and that he be requested to favor the Society with a copy of the same, in order to its being printed in the Report. Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be given to William J. Bedell, Esquire, for his past services, and that he be re-elected the Treasurer of the Society. Resolved, That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Rev. F. Coster for his past services, and that he be re-elected tlie Secretary of the Society. Resolved, That the Rev. I. W. D. Gray be elected an additional Secretary of the Society. Resolved, That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Rev. E. J. W. Roberts for his past services, and that he be re-elected the Se< cretary of the Executive Committee. Resolved, That the Hon. A. E. Botsford, and Robert F. Hazen, Esquire, be elected the two Auditors of Accounts. The following Gentlemen were elected Members of the Executive Committee : John C. Allen, Esquire, Fredericton. George Botsford, Esquire, Fredericton. James W. Chandler, Esquire, Saint Andrews. George J. Dibblee, Esquire, Fredericton. Robert F. Hazon, Esquire, Saint John. 38 William H. Odell, Esquire, Fredericton. William Pyewell, |2squire, Kingston. James Robb, Esquire, Fredericton. John M. Robinson, Esquire, Saint John. John A. Street, Esquire, Miramichi. Benjamin Wolhaupter, Esquire, Fredericton. William Wright, Esquirf), Saint John. On motion of the Hon. the Chief Justice, the Lord Bishop was re- quested to leave the Chair, and His Excellency the Lieutenant Go* vernor to take the same. Resolved, That the thanks of the Meeting be respectfully offered to His Lordship for his able conduct in the Chair. Adjourned. F. COSTER, SecV. \ r- 39 Jo- ed EXTBACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. March 27, 1845. The Treasurer laid before the Committee the Bills of Exchange ordered for the purchase of Books, and the Secretary a list of Books to be imported from the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, which was agreed to with alterations. Read a Letter from the Rev. W. Scovil, requesting that some of Gresley*s and Paget's Works might be supplied to him as part of the grant to his Committee : Resolved, that an application be made to the Bishop for his approval of the circulation of such Books, in terms of Art. 9 of the Constitution ; and that £50 sterling be placed at the dis> posal of His Lordship for the purchase of them, in the event of his approving of their being circulated. Grants of Books were made to the following Committees : Sackville, £9; Hampton, ;£6; Maryland, £2; Restigouche, i£l 15s* July 23, 1845. Resolved, That on the arrival of the Books from England the grants to the Local Committees be first supplied, in conformity with the requisitions of the Clergy ; and that the residue be sent for sale — one half to Fredericton, and the other half to Saint John, in terms of the Resolution No. 2 of the last General Meeting. Read a Letter from the Rev. H. N. Arnold ; thereupon Resolved that the sum of £15 be granted for the Church in the English Settle- ment, Parish of Johnston, Queen's County ; the same to be paid on a certificate that the Church is fit for Divine Service. Books to the value of £7 were granted to the Westmorland Com- mittee. July 24. The Lord Bishop submitted to the consideration of the meeting the alterations proposed to be made in the Constitution of the Society by himself and the Committee appointed at the last General Meeting to confer with His Lordship on the subject of the Constitution and Ope- rations of the Society. February 6, 1846. The Archdeacon presented a draft of the Report to be submitted to the General Meeting by the Executive Committee, which was read and approved of, and ordered to be presented. 40 The Treasurer submitted his Accounts ; and the Secretary, and Secretary of the Executive Committee their accounts of expenses — the former amounting to £6 lOs. l^d., the latter to 6s. 3d. ; which were ordered to be paid. 1 SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING, Saint Johttt Augutt 17, 1845. THE LORD BISHOP IN THE GHAIR. Resolved 1. That the Meeting of the Church Society under the Prendency aftd superintendence of the first Bishop of the Province, is an event which every Churchman should regard with feelings of great satisfaction, and thankfulness to God. 2. That the accession of the important Parish of Saint John to the Diocesan £f the n the to be idre- o the >r his Y. No. I. Th€ 'Dreasurer^a Accounts. The Chareh Society of New Broniwick in Account with W. J. Bodell, Treaiurer. N,. ;: .^ y Itau Ck. 1H45. 1845. Paid for a Bill of Exchange, Feb. 1. By balance due per atatement £300aterlii«, • £366 13 4 rendered, £297 19 3 " printing 9th Report, to Amount received from W.L. Avery, . 18 15 Portland, . - 14 3 " Granti to Churchea: Saint Andrews, • 15 15 Gagetown, Uphan, 15 Grand Manan, • 4 7 6 ao » Woodstock, • 54 3 6 Johnston, 15 Dumfries &PrinceW. 13 8 7 Tobique, W Rev. J. M. Stirling, -10 Poitme, - . 1 t) Col. Christ's Choreb, Freder' icton. Offertory, 9th Feb. 18 9 Restigouche, • 3 Hon. A. E. Botsford, 16 6 6 Saint Stephens, • 15 19 2 Kinnclear, - 5 5 Fredericton, • 27 15 5 S. A. Akerley for Books from the Secretary, • - 2 15 10 Kingsfon> • - 14 18 3 Rev. S. BMon, 1846, 20 2 8 Hampton, I9fb, 7 JaintJohn. 1846, 355 11 3 8h«cRae, " 5 SackviUe, " 11 Richibueto, " 10 1 2^ Kingselear, " 15 11 2^ Dorchester, " 6 16 6 Transferred firom the Mis*' 'n- ary Fond for Books, 150^ Received from Sussex and Studholm, 1846, 12 5 Hampton. 1845, 2 Westmorland, " 10 Carietou, 1846. 10 2 9 Secretary, bal. due by him,1845, 5 3 Drawback on Duties, £7 2 3 Lass paid duties^ 1846, 3 0-4 2 3 Books sold by E. B. Peterr, 36 IS S *' the Secretary, ^ 2 6 Subscrip. St. Andrews, 1840, 21 10 Woodstock, " 45 St. Stephens, " 25 5 Dumfries & Prince WnJi." 12 14 8 Portland, " 85 7 7 ' Hampton, " 11 Sprinafleld, " 7 12 Books sold by Treasurer, 50 10 9 - ^ _ £1451 3 To amount brought forward, 455 10 i £455 10 Balance due General Fund, £993 10 3 42 The Church Society of the Archdeaconry or New Brunawick in Account Current with the Treasurer. 1846. Feb. 7. To paid Secretary his account expenses, •' £6 10 1|| Do. Postages for Rer. Mr. Roberts, G 3 Balance, 1177 4 8i £1184 1 1 Feb. 7. By Balance broug C>. 184G. Feb. 6. By balance per account rendered. • £995 10 3 7. Contribution, J. A. Street, Esq. Miramicbi, 2 Gagetown, 1846. 18 7 6 FrederictoD, " 142 6 Maryland " 6 11 9 PerRer. Mr. Hndson, 19 11 1 £1184 1 1 htdown, £1177 4«. 8id. No. II. Abstract of Funds set apart for Missionary Visits. 1845. Feb. 1. Balance due as per Abstract rendered, £66& 4 10 1846. Feb. 2. Accumulated Interest to date, 37 1 7 :f696 6 5 Less. Transferred to Credit of the General Fund, ^150 Paid Rev. J. S. Thompson, his expenses for 1844, 30 4 Paid Rev. James Hudson, his expenses to Ist Aug. 1845, 21 18 7 202 2 7 Due the Society on this Fund, £494 3 10 JVb. III. Abstract of Funds for Divinity Scholarships. 1845. Feb. 1. Amount due this Fund at date, i£35 14 6 1846. Feb. 3. Accumulated Interest to date. 2 2 10 Due the Society on this Fund, rf37 17 4 No. IV. Schedule of Appropriations made by the Executive Committee. 1838 £ a d March 6, Studvillo, 10 Completing a Chapel, Building a Church, New Bandon, 20 Jacksontown, 20 Building a Church, Norton, 10 Enlarging the Church, New Maryland 20 Building a Chapel, Aug. 13, Kingston, Books, Springfield, The same, St. Stephen's, Sussex Vale, The same, The same. Fredericton, The same, Dundas & W. 5 The same, Brunswick & S. 3 The same, St, Andrews, 4 The same, ; Jl M 43 Oct. 9, Waterborough, £8 Books, Woodstock, 8 The same. Grand Manan, 5 The same, Fredericton, 2 The same, Westfield, 5 The same, Greenwich, 5 The same. St. George'a, 5 The same, 1839 St. Andrew's, 2 The same. March 3, Greenwich, 32 5 Rebuilding the Church, Kingsclear, 32 5 Building a Church, Jacksontown, 10 The same, Norton, 10 Q 10 Enlarging the Church, Building a Church, Richibucto, Weldford, 10 The same. Kingston, 5 10 Enlarging the Church, June 22, Chatham, 4 Books, St, Patrick's, 3 The same. Kiagwlear, 2 The same, Woodstock, 2 The same, ^ Woodstock, 7 The same. Kingston, 3 The same. Springfield, 3 The same. Sussex, 5 The same. Butternut Ridge, 4 The same. Hampton, 3 The same. Norton, 3 The same. Gondola Point, 3 "The same. Westfield, 4 The same, Greenwich, 4 The same, Gagetown, 4 The same. Grand Lake, 5 The same, 1839 Sackville, 4 The same. Juna 32, Shediae, 4 The same, Chatham, 5 The same. Richibucto, 3 The same. Weldford, 3 The same, Campo Bello, 3 The same. St. Andrews, 5 The same, St. Stephen's, Prince William ^D. 4 The same, 5 The same. Fredericton, 2 The same. Portland, 2 () The same. 1840 Carleton, 2 The same, May 16, Greenwich, 7 15 Rebuilding the Church, Kingsclear, 17 15 Building a Church, Norton, 5 Enlar^ng the Church, Studvillo, 5 Building a Church, Grand Manan, 25 Rebuilding the Church, CC 25 Ditto, Dundas, 20 Buildins a Church, Ditto, (t 20 St. Patrick'ii, 20 The same. ti 20 Ditto, S. W. Miramichi, 20 The same. It 20 Ditto, Carleton, 15 Enlarging the Church, Bay de Verte, 10 Building a Church, Prayer Books and Testa- Fredericton, &c. 3 14 4 Woodstock, &.C, 3 14 4 The same, [ments. 44 1840 May 16, 1841 March 13 Aug. IS, 1842 July 6, Sept. 27, Priuca William, die. 8t. Andrawa, die. St. Stephen'a, Ac. Chatham, Ac. Waatfield, d:c. Kingaton, &c. Kampton, Ae. Suaaex, Ac. Waterborough, &o. RIehihuoto, Ae. GageloMrn, Ste. C«rl«toi>, Parthknd, Grand ManaA, Skcktill«, Shediao, CarletoB, Loeh Loitaond, Glenelg, Chamooek, Fredericton, Ac. Wooditoek, Ac. Tobique, Ac. Kingaton, Ac. Hamptoii, Ac. Suaaex, Ae. Gagetcrvht^, Ae. Grand Lake, Weatfietd, Ac. Carleton, Portland, St. Andrew'a, Ac. St. Stepheh'a, Ac. Grand JHanan, Chatham, Ac. Miramichi Rirer, Bathurat, tihediac, Sackville, Chamcook, New Bandon, Glenelg, Kingston, Tooique, RiV«r d« Chute, JMkiotaToWn, SMOnd Weirteock, I^ritkee Willihtn, Nolaon, AiKdovtfr, Bay Vertex Chatham, Carletmij Fredertettin, Gageti6Wh', G««(dbnPoinf, Gtatitl Uke, Greenwich, £3 14 3 14 3 14 3 14 3 14 3 14 3 14 3 14 3 14 a IS 9 2 is 9 a is 9 2 8 2 8 2 U 6 2 8 10 24 10 16 20 7 9 10 4 S 2 10 9 9 lU 5 3 5 2 2 2 6 7 10 2 S 8 10 4 S 2 u 4 5 4 S 20 20 15 20 25 20 5 16 13 4 16 13 4 16 13 4 5 fl 3 6 5 10 5 5 4 8 3 Prayer Book* * Tostamenlv, The lame, The same. The same, The same, The Bane, The Mme, The aame. The same. The same. The same. The samej The aame. The same. The same, The same. Enlarging the Church, Completing the Church, Enlarginjg (he Church, Buildings Chapel, Books, The sane. The same, The same, The aame. The same. The same, The same, Thesmtte, The same. The same. The same, The same. The same. The same. The same. The same. The same. The sanke, Finivhing the Church, Finishing the Church, Enlarging the Church, Building Chureh L. Reach, Building the Church, Building the Church, Finishing the Church, Building the Church, Building a Chapol, Building the. Church, Books, The same. The same. The same. The same, The same. The same. The same, The asnie, The same, lentil, 45 1842 Sept. 37. 1-^ 1843 Feb. 8, March 13 y Not. 1, tach, Dee 1, 1844 Feb. 12, Hnmpton, Kingston, Kingiclear, Nerepii, Norton, Prince William, Springfield, St. Stephen'* Sunez, St. Andrew'e, Saekville, St. Patriok'e, Shediae, Woodatoek, Weatfield, Cocaigne, Richmond, Tobique, River de Chnte, Prince William, Ditto. Nelaon, Johnaton, Canning, Fredtricton, Chatham, Kincaton. St. Andrew's* Saekville, St. Stephen'*, Woodatoek, Kingsclear, Springfield, Norton, Gagetown, Prince William & D Doucla«, Portland, Hiehibuoto & W. Shediae, Carleton, Tobique, Minunichi River, Hampton, Klngaton, Gasetown, Tooique, River de Chute, Nelaon, Fredericton, Woodstock, Kingston, St. Andrew's, St. Stephen's, Chatham, Richibactn, Carleton, Gagetown, Prince William Hampton, £6 6 6 3 3 3 8 6 6 a 6 5 4 3 6 3 20 10 15 3 6 8 3 6 8 10 8 6 8 15 15 10 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 3 20 15 10 20 15 10 10 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 15 Books, The same, The same. The same, The same, The same. The same. The same, The same, The same. The same. The same, The same, The same, The same, Finishing the Church, Enlarging the Church, Finishing the Church, Building a Church, Building a Church, Finishing the Church, Building a Church, Building a Church, Building % Chuich, Books, The same. The same. The aamo, , The sam.e, ' The same. The same. The same. The same, The aame. The same, The same, The same, The same, The same, The same, The Mnne, The same. The same, The same, Finishitif the Church, Enlarging the Chiuchf Finishing the Church, Finishing the Church, Finishing the Church, Books, The same, The same, The same, The same, The same. The same. The same, The same. The same. The same. 46 ► 1844 Springfield, P«b. 13, Sbediao, Stanley, Weldfoid, Tobique, Miramiehi River* March 11 Sankville, Glenels, Kingaawii Maryland, Ufikain, Prince Williami ^ 1845 Neleon. Feb Wood*(ock> Fredericton, Chatham, KidMaton, St. Andrew'*, St. Stephen's, Portland, Cfagetown, Prince William, Carleton, Kin|ioIear, Springfield, Stanley, Grand MAnan, Glenelg, Shediae, Stndholm, Suaaex, Ludlow, Blaekville, Nelaon, Tobique, Miramiehi River, March S7 Sackvilie, Hampton, Marjriand, Restigouche, . July 23, Westmorland, Johnston, (Signed) February, 14, 1845. £6 3 15 3 15 3 7 7 8 4 3 3 10 10 35 30 6 13 15 10 10 9 9 8 8 8 7 6 4 3 3 3 3 10 1 15 1 15 1 1 10 7 10 7 10 9 6 2 1 15 7 15 same, same, same, same, same, same, same, Books, The The The The The The The The The same, Building a Chnreh, Finishing a Church, Finishing a Church, Finishing a Church, Finishing » Church, Books, The same# The same, The same, The same. The same, The same, The same. The same, The same< The same, The same, The same* The same. The same. The same. The same. The same. The same, The same, The same, The same. The same, The same, The same. The same. The same. The same, Building a Churcb, FREDERICK COSTER, SecrctakY. I I 47 RETURNS TO BIIEW THE OPERATIONS OP THE GHURCH lOGIETY FlOM ITS COM- MENCEMENT IN 1(»7 TO 1849. Account of the number of Churehea Built and Enlarged from 1838 to 1845 inclunve^to which the Church Society have made Oranta. COUNTY. No. of Churohei. PARISH. Carleton, 3 Jacksontown ; Tobique ; River de Chute. York, 3 New Maryland; Kingsclear; Magundj;. Sunbury, Queen*!, 2 Johnston; Canning. King's, 4 Studviile ; Greenwich ; Kingston'rUpham.. Saint John, 1 Loch Lomond. Westmorland, 3 Cocaign ; Bay de Verte ; Second' Wiestcock. Kent, 2 Richibucto; Weldford. Northumberland, 2 S. W. Miramichi; Nelson. Gloucester, 1 New Bandon. Charlotte, 3 St. Patrick's ; Chamcook ; Grand Manan. 24 JVeto Churches Built, Queen's, 1 Gagetown. King**, 2 Norton; Kingston. Saint John, 1 Carleton. Northumberland, 1 Glenelg. 5 Churches Enlarged. ^^■■■■B TOTAIi. Churches Built, Churches Enlarged, 24 5 29 Account of the number of GrtuUt of Bookt made hjf the Sodetp in theee Yetret*eUh their Vahu. 188&, 16 Grant!, Value £73 1889, 28 it It 100 1848, 18 t( w 67 7 7 184], 19 •i tl 104 1643, 35 II M 123 1843, 80 II t* 101 1844, 21 i< II 180 10 U4&, 26 " 179 Onuitfl, U 124 6 ;e811 2 7 Statement of the Balaneee in favour of the Society at the doee of 1846. General Fund, .... £176 16 4 Miasionarv Visita Fund • • • 644 8 10 Divinity Scholarship Fund, • • 87 17 4 Booica on hand, • • • • 123 11 9 ^ ^ '^ £980 9 3 Exclusive of any contribution! subsequent to the General Meeting of 1846. I Soetelf in 7 LIST OF COIVTBIBUTOR8 TO THE ^1 DIOCESAN CHURCH SOCIETY NEW BRUNSWICK. OF Lift ncmbcn, ■y tin ptymtnt of not leH tlua Tra Ponad* wttnr on* tim« ^ThoM rauli«4 with 4. >lw Annual BuMcrllMfi. «. in 9 3 x\ Meeting BAILLIE, Hod. THOMAS. V. P. BOTSFOKD, Hon. Mr. Juitiee, V. P. (A. 8.) CHIFNAN, Hon. Chief Justice, V. P. (A. S.) COLEBROOKE, Sir WILLIAM G. B., K. H., Lieutenint Qovomor and Comoaander in Chief, Patron. (A. S.) COSTER, Ven. Arohdeaeon, V. P. (A. 8.) FREDERICTON. The Right Rev. JOHN, Lord Biihop of, Pretident. (A. 5.) GILBERT GEORGE G.,lBiquire. HARVEY, Major Generai Sir JOHN, K. C. B. A K. C. H., late Lieut*' nant Governor and Commander in Chief. MACLAUCHLAN, JAMES A.. Ewjuire. OWEN, Capt W. F. W., R. N. V. P. PARKER, Hon. NEVILLE, Matter of the Rolli, V . P. (A. 8.) PARKER, Hon. Mr. Joitice. V. P. (A. 8.) PETERS, Hon. C. J., Attorney General, V. P. PETERS, JAMES, Junior, Ewinire. {A. 8.) PETERS. Dr. GEORGE P. (A. 8.) RATCHFORD, E. D. W.. Esquire. ROBINSON, Hon. F. P.. V. P. ROBINSON. Hon. W. H., V. P. ROBINSON, Col. JOHN SAUNDERS, Hoa. JOHN S. V. P. SCOVIL, WILLIAM, Esquire, V. P. 8C0VIL, Rev. WILLIAM (A. 8.) SCOVIL, SAMUEL, Esquire. (A. 8.) SCOVIL, W. H., Esquire, (A. 8.) SHORE, Hon. GEORGE, V. P. (A. SIMONDS, Hon. C, V. P. (A. S.) SMITH, HENRY BOWYER, Esquire SMITH, Master GEORGE SIDNEY. WETMORE, JUSTUS, Esquire. (A. WHEELER, GEORGE, Esquire. (A. S.) WIGGINS, STEPHEN, Esquire. (A. S.) WIGGINS, FREDERICK A. Esquire. (A. 8.) (A. 8.) S.) . (A. 8.) (A. 8.) 8.) SubscripUoHt for 184ff. SAINT JOHN. Adams. William H. £1 A Friend, (donation) 5 A Friend to the Church, (don.) 6 Akerley, John J. 10 Ansley, John 10 A Protestant Episcopalian, (don.) 5 ATeiy,W. L. 1 Bentfejr, Min 3 1> Bajard, Dr. Robert Bayard, Dr. William Bayard, Robertson Bedell, Miss Besnard, Peter Bette, Charles P. Botsfbrd, Dr. Botaford, Mrs. LeBaron Boyd, Dr. (donation) £1 1 1 5 1 7 6 S 10 10 50 Boylo, Dr. (dotiation> £1 Blatcb, George 1 Card, Henry 2 Carmichael, J. E. (donation) 5 Chipman, Hon. Chief Juatice 10 Chipman, Mri. 1 Chipman, Mrs. Ward 1 Chnbb, Henry 1 Chubb, H. J. 10 Crane, Jamea R. 1 U Crane, Thomaa P. 10 Crear, John 5 Crookihank, R. W. & Crozier, Thomas 10 Cadhp, John I DaniM, Thomas (donatios) 5 Davidson, J. E 5 DeVeber»L.H. 5 DaVebar, Richard 9, 10 DeVeber, Nelson 6 DeWolfe, Dr. 10 Disbrow, Noab 5 Dole, Mark 5 Dowling, Mrs. ] Dnnham, William |0 Dibblee, Fyler 5 Fairweather^ Edwin 1 Fairweather, A. J. 5 Fairweather, Thomas 1 5 Fairweather, Samuel 1 Fairweather, Joeeph 4 Fairweather, Mrs. Joseph 10 Fairweather, Miss Julia E. 5 Fairweather. George E, 5 Foster, Stephen K. 10 Fox, George 5 Frith, Freoeriek Gardner, Charles M. 1 6 Gilbert, Geaige G. (donation) 10 GilKf,Johii Gordon, Thomas R. Gray,Rev.I. W.D. Green, Daniel Hallett, Samuel Hardenbrook, John Hathaway, W. H. Hatheway,J. Hazen, Charles Hazen, Robert F. Holmes, Galbraitb S. Horsfall, James Howard, James Hubbard, W. D. W. Hughson, William Huyghue, Samuel Irish, J. W. M. JarriSr Edward L. Johnston, Hugh (donation) Johnston, Charles Jordan, Daniel Kerr, John 1 3 5 1 10 2 5 1 3 10 6 6 I 1 5 10 10 2 5 1 6 S Ketcbum, Edwin £1 Kinnear, Boyd B. Kollock, Mils 1 Lawrence, Joseph W. I Lawton, W. G. 1 Lugrin, 9. L. Marter, Thomas P. Mamribanks, Thomaa 1 M'Grath, John 1 Melick, Ch. :» Fisher, Mn. I 3 Fisher, Henry Jun. 2 6 Fisher, Gabnel 5 Fisher, Susannah 1 3 Fisher, Sophia 13 Fisher, Rebecca 1 Fletcher, Edward 2 6 Friend, A 1 10 Graham, William 5 Graham, Mn. 2 6 Graham, Mary 1 3 Graham, Margaret 2 6 Huncastle, Joseph 5 Lindsay, James 2 6 Lindsay, Mn. 1 3 M'Knight, Samuel 2 6 M'Knight, William 5 M'Knight, John 2 6 M'Knight, Rachael 1 3 M'Knight, Mrs. 1 3 M'Knight, James 2 6 M'Gahy,John 5 Secee, Captain 10 Whittdier, Joseph 2 6 Whittaker, Martha 1 3 Collected at the Ofiertcry, at the Church, on Sunday, Jan.4, 1846, 18 8 Amount paid to Rev.E. J. W. Roberts in 1845, 1 10 £6 11 9 PORTLAND. A Layman £10 Allan, Jacob 10 Andrews, Joseph 2 6 Andrews, Mn. 2 6 Aktrley, J. 5 Akerley, Mrs. 2 6 Brolvn, J. 8. 5 vX £0 10 1 10 1 5 15 1 10 5 5 7 6 1 iriit 25 10 9 5 15 ei86 18 1 I 3 2 6 5 1 3 1 3 1 2 6 1 10 5 2 6 1 3 2 6 5 2 6 1 3 2 6 5 2 6 1 3 1 3 2 6 5 10 2 6 1 3 the M6» 18 8 r^ 1 10 £6 11 ~9 £10 1 2 6 2 6 5 2 6 6 53 ^x X Brown, Mn. Brown, Min C. J. Briggi, Jamea Brigga, Mn. Briggi, Jamea J un. Brigga. Henry Brigga, George Brigga, William Brigga, John Brigga, Robert Brigga, Richard Brigga, Miaa Brigga, Ellen Brigga, Capt. J. M. Banuly, Air. Bardaly, Mrs. Bardsly, Miaa Boyle, Mra. Cunard, Robert Caaaidy, John Oanaid, Misa Cunard, Tbomaa Cunard, Mra. T. Cunard, Mary Clark, Jamea Clark, Mra. Ja«. Clark, Margaret Clark, John Cunard, Ann Cunard, Jane CarviU, Jacob Carrill, Mra. Drury, Mra. Drury, Mr. Drury, Miaa Druiy, John Drury, Edward Drury, W. C. Drury, George Downey, Mr. Downey, Mra. Downey, Miaa Downey, E. A. Downey, Martha E. Dalton, Samuel Dalton, Henry Edwarda, A. [donation] Edwarda, Mra. [donation] Eagles, Edward Eagles, George Eagles, Mra. George Eagles, Miaa Eagles, Elizabeth Fnend, A Friend, A Fairweather, Thomaa F. Fisher, Michael Flewelling, Jamea Fleftelling, Mrs. Jamea Goddard,John Harrison, Rev. William £0 2 1 1 10 5 5 5 I 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 16 5 5 5 5 5 10 5 2 2 2 5 5 2 10 2 10 2 1 2 6 2 5 5 2 6 10 2 10 10 10 2 10 Harriaon, Mrs. £1 Harrison, Miss 10 Harrison, Master John 10 Harrison, Mias JaUa 10 Hyliard, Tbomaa 10 Hyliard, Mrs. 10 Harding, Doctor William 1 Humphreya, Chariea Humphreya, mn. 5 2 6 Hawa, Mra 1 U Hawa, Misa 5 Johnaton, David 5 Johnaton, Mn^ David 2 6 Jonea, Mr. 5 1 Jonea, Mrs. 2 6 1 Johnston, David 2 6 f Ketchum, Miss Sarah 5 Knight, William 5 Knight, Mn. 5 Knight, B. 7 6 Kilpatrick, Mr. 7 6 Lawton, William 1 Langan, Thomas F. 5 Leonard. Mr. 10 Leonard, Mn. 7 6 Leonard, Master 2 6 Merritt, Israel 1 M'Mackin, Mn. 5 M'Leiin, Jamea 2 6 M'Lean, Mn. 2 6 M'Calmus, Mr. 3 6 Moore, Mr«. 2 6 M'Intosh, John C. 7 6 M'Intosb, Mrs. 2 6 Miles, Thomaa 5 Miiea, Mn. 5 Miles, Miss 2 6 Miles, Sarah 2 6 Milea, C. 2 6 Milea, Thomas Jun. 2 6 M'Givern, R. P. IS Nicholson, Thomaa L. 1 Pidgeon, Jacob 3 Payne, J. P. 10 Payne, Mn. 10 Payne, Robert 10 Payne, Isabel 5 Penaligon, Mrs. 2 6 Pidgeon, William 5 Q,uenton, Mr. 10 Reynolds, Samuel 10 Reynolda, William 10 Reynolda, Mrs. Samuel 2 6 Reynolds, Miss Charlotte 2 6 Revnolds, Mn. William A. 2 6 Robertaon, Robert 2 6 Robertaon, Mn. R. 2 6 Robertson, John 10 Robertson, Mn. J. 10 RoaB,Mn. 1 Ruddock, Francis 1 u i i Ruddock, Joseph £1 Ruddock, Mra. Francis 5 Ruddock, Miss Jans Ruddock, Thomas 5 10 Ruddock, John 10 Ruddock, Noble 5 Simonds, Hon. Charles 10 Stevens, John 0. 2 6 Stevens, Mrs. John 2 6 Smith, Francis 5 Shanks, Mr. 1 3 Schoalfs, Mr. 2 Snider, Georce 1 Shaw, William H. 2 Sweet, Mr. 2 6 Sweet, Mrs. 1 3 Sweet, John 1 3 Travis, James 1 Travis, Barnes 5 Tapley, David 5 Tapley, Mrs. 5 Travis, George 5 Travis, Mrs. J. 10 Travis, Julia Ann & Travis, Hugh 10 Travis, Mrs. B. 5 Travis, Julia 5 Tobin, John G. 10 Tobin, Samuel R. r> Veith, Miss 5 Veith, Caroline 2 6 Waterberry, C. J. 10 Waterberry, Mrs. Charles 3 £85 7 "7 WOODSTOCK. Allan. John T. £0 5 Allan, Eliza 5 Akerley, Henry 5 Akeriey, J. H. 2 6 Atwater, William 2 6 Atkinson, William 4 6 Atkinson, Mrs. Wm. 4 6 Bedell, Mrs. 5 Bedell, Ann 5 Bedell, John 10 Bedell. Mrs. John 5 Bedell, G. A. 5 Bedell. Mrs. 6. A. 5 Bedell, Waller 5 BtdeinPanlM. 5 Beardsley, Horace II. Barker, Robert 10 5 Baird, William T. 5 Bull. Mrs. 5 Bull, Mrs. Abner 5 Bull. Mrs. Charles 2 6 Bull, Mrs. George 5 Bustin, Mrs. 2 6 Balloch, John 10 Balloch, Mrs. John Buxton. John Carman, A. 8. Carman, Mrs. A. S. Clopper, Fanny Clements, Mrs. Clements, Miss Margaret Clements, Emma , Cunliffe, Mrs.E. A. Cunlifie, Caroline Connoll, Mrs. Connell, Charles H. Connell, Joseph Connell, George Cazalett, Lieut. G. II., 33d 1 Carville, Isaac Close. Miss Theodosia Cleary, George W. Cloary, Miss Sarah Ann Cleary, M. A. E. CluflT, Thomas Sen. CluflT, Thomas Dibblee, John Dibblee, Mrs. John Dibblee, Frederick L. Dibblee, Hamilton Dibblee, Miss Nancy Dibblee, William Dibblee, Richard Dibblee, Mrs. Richard Dibblee, David Lewis Dibblee, Henry E. Dibblee, William F. Dibblee, Mrs. Wm. F. Draper, Isaac Draper, James Nelson Draper, James Doyle, Mn., Emery, Charles Emery, Mrs. Charles Emery, Thomas Emery, Margaret Fisher, L. P. Furnass, Mrs. Garden, H. M. G. Garden, Mrs. H. M. G. Garden, A. N. Griffith. Benjamin P. Griffith. Mrs. B. P. Griffith, Mary Gray, William Griern, John Grovesnor, Mrs. Grover, Mrs. Groves, Maria Grover, James Hanford, Rev. S. Jones Hay Robert Hifiman, George Harper, Mrs. Harper, Robert £0 10 9 6 3 6 5 10 2 6 5 2 6 5 3 5 2 6 5 5 M 6 2 6 5 1 3 1 3 5 10 5 5 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 5 5 5 2 6 2 6 2 5 2 6 2 6 2 6 5 10 5 5 5 5 2 6 2 6 4 6 5 2 6 5 5 10 15 5 » 5 2 6 ""^ 55 £0 10 2 6 8 6 5 10 2 6 5 2 6 5 3 5 2 6 6 5 .1 5 2 6 5 1 3 1 3 5 10 5 5 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 5 5 5 2 6 2 6 2 5 2 6 2 6 2 6 5 10 5 5 5 5 2 6 2 6 4 6 5 2 6 5 5 10 15 5 6 5 2 6 ■^ Harper, Mim Susan Hasen, William Hamilton, Major Hamilton, Archibald Jones, Henry Ketohum, Mrs. Ketchuro, Ralph Ketchum, James Ketchum, Mrs. James Ketchum, Miss E. D. Ketchum, Charles Keiley, Michael H. Kergan, William LongstaflF, Robinson Morehouse, Mrs. Melvin, W illiam Mclntyre, Patrick Molntyre, Mrs. Patrick Melntyre, Miss Jane Mclntyre, James Molntyre, Katharine McKee, John McKee, Mrs. John McCoy, James McCann, Mrs. James McKinley, William Marven, Miss Margaret E. Newcomb, William R. Nelson, Robert Nelson, Mrs. Robert Oliver, Elisabeth O'Hern, Jeremiah Perley, Mn. Charles Perlejb Louisa Jane Peabody, Charles P#>abody, Mrs. Charles risabody, Francis Peab«dy, Celia Raymond, Charles Raymond, Mrs. Charles Raymond, Charles W. Raymond, Miss Mary Ann Robertson, Mrs. James Robertson, Miss Isabella Street, Rev. S. D. Lee Street, Mrs. S D. Lee Street, Thomas Wyer Street, Miss Sarah Louisa Segee, James S. Segee, Mrs. James S. Sproul, Matilda SprottI, James Smith, William D. Smith, Mrs William D. Smith, Miss Christiana Smith, Miss Emily Smith, Miss Fanny Smith, Mrs. Smith, Miss Georgiana £0 2 6 1 3 2 6 5 1 7 11 15 15 7 2 5 5 5 10 6 5 5 2 1 1 3 3 2 5 2 I 5 2 2 2 2 10 2 5 3 1 1 6 1 2 1 5 5 10 5 2 2 5 2 2 5 2 6 2 2 2 5 5 2 Sisson, Humphrey £u Strong, Thomas Strong, Absalom Strong, Thomas Alexander Tupp r,J. R. Upuam, Mrs. James Upham, William Upham, Mrs. William Upham, Geurce B. Upham, Mrs. Thomas Wetmore, A. K. Smedes Wetmore, Mrs. A. K. S. Wetmore, Charles J. P. Wetmore, Miss Elizabeth Wetmore, Robeit G. Wetmore, James P. Wetmore, Henry George Winslow, J. F. W. 1 Winslow, Francis Winslow, John C. Wilmot, William T. 1 Williams, G. T. DetaehmeiaS3d Regiment. Stewart, Sergeant John Popplewell, Corporal James Law, Corporal James Ho L son. Private Philip 2 G 2 4 2 3 2 3 4 10 t> 6 5 5 2 S 5 1 1 1 1 6 3 3 3 3 1 3 6 Edwards, " George Green, <* John Brooksbank,** Samuel Lyons, " Charles Jackson, ** Stephen Perkins, ** John Harrison, •* Samuel Aitkin, ** Robert Buck, '• John Bell, •' Thomas Simpson, ** William Amount collected in St. Lake's Church, 14th December, 1845, after Sermon preached by the Lord Bishop of Frederieton, 6 6 Amount of Books void, 18 9^ 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 ? 3 .1 3 3 3 3 Total, £50 SAINT STEPHEN'S. Andrews, Isabella Abbot, Samuel Abbot, Susan Abbot, T. B. Abbot, J. M. Atherton, Mrs. Chipman, Z. Eastman, Henry Francis, John Grimmer, John Hansoomb, Mr. Hutchinson, James £0 10 5 2 10 5 5 2 6 10 6 3 10 5 10 LindMy, Mrs. Robert Lindtay, Aleiander T. Lindtay, George R. Lindaay, George Lindray, Mrs. George Lindeay, Andrew Lindtay, Ninian Lore, John Mark*, Nehemiah M'Adam, John Oviatt, J H. Pingree, F. Af . Kngree, Miu Price, Alfred Porter, William Porter, James Porter, Mrs. Rose, D. A. Rose, W. T. Springate, Edward Thomson, Elisha Thomson, George T. Thomson, Rer. Dr. Thomson, Mrs. Dr. Tippet, Rev. H. W. Tippet, Mrs. Tippet, Henry J. Tippet, Vivian Upton, David Veazy, Thomas Watson, Robert Watson, Beverley R. Whetlock.J. H. Whetlock, Julia Whetlock, J. U. Junior, Waddill, James Wellock, G. Watson, William Weston, Dr. Collectod in Church, Total, CHATHAM. Allison, A. B. Allison, Mrs. Bacon, Rev. Samoel Breheaat, T. S. Canard, Hon. Joseph Carman, Henry D. C. Carman, William Coulson, Mrs. Craigan, John Ded)risay, Theophilus Fish, Hiram Fenaty, James Friend, A Hawbolt, Charles ' Uaddow, Mrs. 56 £0 10 Hoekin, Richard 5 *0 Joseph, Mrs. 6 Johnson, Mrs. J. M. 5 Johnson, J. M. Senior, S 6 Johnson, James 5 Johnson, J. M. Junior, 10 Jermain, John 5 Johnson, Robert 15 Leston, Alboro 6 Layton, Mrs. Gregory 5 U Manttn, Mrs. 5 Martindale, Mrs. 9 6MaItby,Mrs. S 6 Peters, T.H. 3 Peters, Jane 10 Peters, Caroline M. 5 Pereival, John 10 Pervival, Catherine C Pereival, Bridget 10 p«roival, John Junior, 5 Pereival, Elizabeth 10 Pereival, Thomas 1 Pereival, Robert 10 Pereival, Joseph 10 Parker, John 5 Parker, Miss 2 6 Parker, Mrs. G. 8 6 Peabody, Mrs. 5 Rnssell, Mrs. Archibald 2 6 Robinson, Richard, 1 10 Smith, Henry 10 Sargent, Moses M. 10 Samoel, J. J. 5 U Samnel, William E. 5 Street, John A. 2 6 S«arl, Michael 8 6 Samuel, Susan 5 Smith, George 3 3;Sifflonds, Charles 4 5 6 Samuel James Stapleton, Barthotemew Stapleton, Mary Ann Vondy, Thomas Wright, John Wright, Mrs. Wricht, Henry Wallace, Mrs. 'Total, £34 5 £0 10 10 1 3 1 5 15 10 8 S 1 5 5 £0 6 15 10 10 10 5 5 1 5 3 3 3 6 1 3 5 5 5 5 8 3 1 1 1 1 6 5 6 5 5 4 5 5 S 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 8 3 15 15 5 5 3 6 6 4 e 6 6 6 3 6 8 6 9 £sgt fi m SAINT ANDREW'S. Alley, Rev. Jerome € Bristow, Charles Campbell, G. F. Conway, Mr. Chandler, J. W. OOimmock, C W. Dougherty, Mrs. R. O^Frye, Henry £1 5 5 8 5 8 10 6 6 \ ■^- U( , ■'! £0 6 15 10 10 10 6 5 1 3 6 8 3 S 6 6 6 1 3 4 5 5 5 B S 6 S 6 1 6 1 6 1 1 6 5 6 3 5 5 4 6 5 8 5 5 S 8 3 H 6 5 5 6 5 8 6 8 9 15 15 5 6 5 3» 3 1* ra. £1 it 5 5 8 6 1 5 9 6 10 ^ ^ Gove, Dr. "•^▼e, Harry teh, Wellington, h, Harris Junior, k^b^idock, Jacob Jones, Thomas Johnston, Henry Jarves, William Jarves, Robert Lowdon, Mrs. Mahood, Mr. MoAlavy, Henry McCurdy, Samuel Melony, William Parkinson, John Etreet, J. W. Street, G. O. Smith, Peter Shuson, James Sticknoy, G. F. Turner, Thomas Turner, Mrs. Wilson, John Wilson, Thomas Wilson, John, 2d Wiggins, Rev. R. B. Wyer, Hon. Thomas Wyer, Thomas Junior, Church Collection, Books sold, Bliss, Charles Total, GAGETOWN. Allingham, Thomas Babbit, Benjamin Bonnell, W. F. Bulvea, James A. Brakinridge, Mary Clarke, Samuel Colling, John Corbet, Samuel Coster, Rev. N. A. Coster, Allen Coster, Fanny Crosbie, Thomas Currie, George DeVeber, N. H. Dingee, Lewis Dingee, Sarah Ann Garvin, Margaret Gaunce, John Ciilchrist, Henry- Glass, James Laws, Michael Lister, John Macartney, Andrew McMuIkin, James Miller, Samuel R. £0 10 2 5 5 10 2 5 10 5 6 5 5 2 5 1 1 10 5 5 10 5 1 10 5 10 1 5 5 2 1 7 5 £21 12 £0 2 2 5 2 2 5 5 2 2 2 2 8 10 2 2 2 2 2 2 it .2 2 2 2 57 Miilidge, John J. 6 MuUins, Joseph L. Peters, Harry Peters, William Tyng Peters, De Blois Scovil, Samuel Simpson, Gerard Sinnott, Margaret Sinnott, Henry Smith, Daniel Smith, Charles Smith, Mrs. Hannah . Thompson, Daniel C. 6 Tilley, Thomas Tilley, James Tilley, Augusta Tilley, Frances Travis, John Vail, Nathaniel Vail, Elias Wetmore, T. R. Wetmore, Miss Wetmore, Harriet M. Whitney, Cephas Watson, Jonathan Yeomans, Mrs. Total, SACKVILLE Allison, Joseph, Esquire, Atkinson, E. Barrett, N. P. Beal, Mrs. Real, William Black, S. Esquire, Black, Rev. J. Black, Mrs. Black, Master W. A. Black, Master G. L. W. BotBford, Hon. Judge Botsford, Hon. E. Botsford, Mrs. Boultenhouse, J. Boultenhouse, Be^^a , , Boultenhouse, VS.'ter t'dward 2 J 11 Crane, Hon. T^ilHam Q Crane, Mri» Crane, Bnss 6 Evena iaaac J. 6Ev(d8, James •^ _- rmon Rosborough, John Rosborough, George Rosborough, William Rosborouffh, James RiiEh, Andrew Scott, Nathanitil Scott, John 60 £0 2 U 3 6 S 6 1 3 1 3 5 U 5 5 1 3 1 10 5 6 9 6 1 3 7 5 2 6 2 6 1 2i 2 6 9 6 5 2 6 2 2 6 2 6 2 6 1 2 6 2 6 2 6 1 3 1 3 10 5 1 3 5 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 7 6 5 1 3 5 2 6 West, Mrs. Prayer Books sold Total, £0 10 8 8 £13 3 3i GLENELG. A Catholic, £0 A Church-going Man, A Friend, A Widow, Christiana, CD. Hebrews liii. 16, " It is more blessed to give than to receive," 1 N. R. O. P. a St. Luke xvi. 9, St. Matthew vi. 19, 20, 1 St. John iii. 17, T. J. O. U. Two Children, Offertory on Easter Day 9 4 4 8 3 7 1 4 5 4 5 4 5 3 15 on St. Peter's Day, 1 11 Total, 6 7 U 6 6 6 7 £6 9 81 S. WEST MIRAMICHI. Ludlow, Blackville, Nelson, Cash for Books sold, ToUl, £2 7 1 10 S 11 3 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 1 1 2 6 11 11 £13 Hi SUSSEX AND STUDHOLM. Arnold, Rev. H. N. Arnold, Mrs. H. N. Arnold, O. R. Burgess, Richard DeForest, James DeForest, Hiram Foshay, Isaac Ilallett, John Jeffries, John Ketchum, Samuel M'Intyre, Neil Parlee, Henry Pearson, Thomas Pearson, James Reeve, James Richardson, Joseph Smith, William Seely, Linus Sheck, Daniel Secord, James Sharp, Samuel Sharp, Robert Sharp, Robert S. Twynam, E. W. Wifkins, Robert £1 5 2 2 5 5 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 5 5 5 5 5 10 5 5 5 10 10 6 6 6 V 4 61 £0 10 8 6 £13 3 31 £0 9 6 4 4 7 2 U 2 6 7 6 tUlD 1 1 6 4 5 4 7 5 4 5 3 15 17. 1 11 74 £6 9 8i CHI. £2 7 3 1 10 34 2 11 6 6 11 11 £13 114 [>HOLM. £10 5 2 6 2 6 5 5 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 6 5 5 5 5 5 10 e 5 5 5 10 10 A ^ CollMtod in Stadholm, £0 15 Collected in Sussex after Ser mon by Rev. W. Walker, Books sold, 16 6 Total, WESTMORLAND, 1844. Allison, George A. £0 5 Alliiuii, Mrs. Cieorgo A. 2 Allen, John G.- 5 ^ Buckerfittlil, VViMiam Henry 5 U Buckerfti'ld, Mrs. 2 U Bucket field, Frances A. 1 3 Buckerfidd, Mi- Oulton, Mrs. C. Siddall, Ralph siiddall, Mrs. 8iddall, Stophen Toby. John Woodman. John Woodman, Mrs. Woodman, Miss Woodman, Miss E. Woodman, John D. Woodman, J. F. Woodman, E. Septimus Woodman, Alexander £0 1 5 8 9 6 6 5 8 6 8 6 3 6 6 6 6 8 6 5 5 5 8 6 1 3 1 3 Total, HAMPTON. Crawford, Miss Dodge, Rulof Dodge, Charles Dixon, Caroline Dixon, James Duffy, John Darragh, W. H. Fairweather, John Fairweather, Charles Fairweather, Angelina Fairweather, Elizabeth Grassie, Thomas Hoyt, Isaac K. Hoyt, Edwin Haflett, Oliver Kirk, Miss Keator, Mrs. Keator, George Matthew, Mrs. R. S. Prince, Miles Prince, John Prince, Harry Reid, Miss Smith, Ebenezer Siraonds, Mrs. Sherwood, Charles Walker, Rev. W. W- Walker, Mrs. Walker, Miss Walker, Margaret Walker, Thomas Books sold. Church Collection, Total, £0 5 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 £10 13 9 6 2 6 2 6 1 3 2 6 2 6 5 2 6 5 5 2 6 2 6 1 3 2 6 2 6 5 2 6 10 5 7 6 2 5 6 £lol9'~3" 09 CARLETON BritUiin, J. M. Cotter, Rav. F. Cook, J. Craft, W. Donhnm, J. O. Dunham, W. C. Drake, W. Drake, P. Hnrtt, J. II. Hillit, 8. Hiiiitoii, R. V. Johiiaton, N Jarvif, G. R. Littlehale, J. C Lee. G. NoBP, H. Nice, H. Strange, H. StraiiMfl. J- Stackhoiiie, J. Staekhonae, J. Jun. Stackhoiiae, R. ThenI, T. Wetmore, J. Wetmorc, J. Jim. Wetmore, 8. P. Whipple, J. B. Wlieeler, Mrs. Wheeler, Miu Wheeler, Mias Mary WeUa, J. W. £0 1 5 C 6 6 5 ft 5 S 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 10 5 5 5 5 3 10 5 5 1 STANLEY. Allen, J. B. Best, Mary Biden. M. Clarkaon, William ClarksoD, James Graham, R. Genner. William Humble, George Humble, W. Irvin, Thomas James, R. James, Mrs. Plant, J. Peltou, Mrs. Pelton, Mary Pringle, W. Robins, E. Stuart, Rev. A. Salmon. W. B. Shewbridge, H. Turnbull, D. Wigan, L. Wigan, E. Wright. Capt. Wangh, R. Total, £0 5 2 H 2 2 5 5 2 2 5 10 10 2 5 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 10 7 £10 2 9 £7 14 ! SPRINGFIELD. ^ Biirk, James Farmer, Wiliinm Orcennlnde, Willian . Kctcliiim. Charles ^jKetchnni, Hannah jjl Marvin, Mrs. Iji Marvin, Jannett HJMurvin, (jiriice |!i Marvin, Henry » ^Marvin. Joxiult 11 Mnrvin, Charles I' .Mnrvin, Grnco B. •JiMiuvin. Betfey (J. "iM'Donold, VV. C. 0|M'Donnl<• been in tha PriiH, ihit Co: "ibution firom Grand Manan of £^ V u . hai< been received. t • 5