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PREFATORY NOTE, 
 
 (IIV I III. lllMlur I i|- liiUilN 111 ) 
 
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 ,1 this \<r,nyA ,.f I'n.c.vdillKSor thr Winili|)rK ( ■"llfdTllCt' ^TCW nllt nl 
 
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 the circmii 
 
 ,1 1>\ ni;iii\ 111" the iiicinlicrs, tlia 
 
 t mil (iiilv tlic (iisciissioi 
 
 1 and its results Imt 
 
 UaiUTS which K<1 to tlic (. (.iiifrciicc should he pivsnv^d in a luTiiianc 
 
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 I'ch that th( objiM t lhi.\ wdc iiul \.'< I'ruinntr was oiu 
 
 )f su|m'iiu: iiKHiiciit to till' Intiiic 
 
 ,f th( ('hni(h lliiiiii-lioiit this ,i;nat Continent, and that tiie f,M 
 
 therillL,' to.m'tiuT ol Ihsliops 
 
 t C leri'^ineii and I .a\nieii hoin all part^ 
 
 mill pKinimeii 
 
 (doS(_T riiiMii ami ('oii.^olidation was an i 
 
 .f the Dominion in deliheiatioii (or her 
 
 A'eiit of snili interest and sij;niti(anee as to make an 
 
 oeh in 
 
 Ihe HistoiA (if Colonial (Mniridi orf;ani/ation. 
 
 A resiihitidii \\as aeeordin,t;ly pa^ 
 
 Chairman. In appoint a 
 
 d aiitliori/in^ the Mttropohtan of Knpert's I -and. the 
 Committee to wliieh should he entrusted the duly of i>repariii^; and 
 
 piilihshmi; a 
 
 [ve( ord of the | 
 
 11 1 iceei hm 
 
 if the Conference. His Lordsliij) appointed lor this 
 
 purpose the I'lishoi) ot Toionto las Coiiveii 
 
 Can 
 
 •tr\. D.C 
 
 Dr. 1. Ci. ilodi 
 
 en. the Secretaries of the Conference, the Rev. J. 
 itnce<l literarv skill and willing; 
 
 ins ; and to the eXjier 
 
 ;ilHiur ot the la-^t named l;i 
 
 lit 
 
 leinaii the Committee are indebted for the completeness and 
 
 aci iiracN o 
 
 f the Record now |)resented to the Church. 
 
 The Committee determineii that it was desi 
 
 rahle to iiicoiporate with the hill report of the 
 
 pi'i ici'edin 
 
 iijs a historv of the successive steps taken hy tlie various 
 
 1)V th 
 
 .s Diocesan Synods and by tlie 
 
 'i(>\ini lal .^\ 
 
 S\iiod of Canada towards brinf^iiiK about a union 
 
 jf the Hritish North ,\nierican 
 
 I Inircli. and thev hope that this pamphlet will serve as a compendious Manual of the subject 
 to assist tlu' members of the various Synods who will be called upon to give their judj,'ment 
 upon the projiosed Scheme. 
 
 it is deserving to be borne in niiinl that the Proviiieial Synod of Rupert's Land, emhrac- 
 iu"- six Dioceses, have formally adopted the Scheme of Consolidation in its entirety, ami have 
 
 ameiiilei 
 
 1 their Constitution to conform to it. 
 
 Tlie Committee 
 
 desire to acknowledL'u their obli,!,'ations to the Rev. Dr. Mockridj^e, 
 
 i:dit<ir of The Caihidiiiii Climrli A/<(-j./;;.\ for the Croup <jf the Conference m th 
 
 e I'rontispiece, 
 
 d to Mr. ]. K. i'>r\aiU. of ddu' I'.rxant I'libli-hiiii;- Company, of 
 
 Toronto, fir the lait of St. 
 
 lolin's Colle.ue. W'iimipe, 
 
 .Ma\- /th. i.si)i. 
 
 AKTllCR TORONTO. 
 
 Cliainihiii cf the Joinl Committt-c of the I'ldvunial Sy)i(id of Canada. 
 
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE WINNIPEG CONEERENCE. 
 
 Officers of the Conference. 
 
 Ttu' Must RcvcITIhI knlHlt M.irliny, |).l),, |,|,.|)., 
 Mrlr(i|iiilil;ll) (if llu' I'liiN iiirc of Kll|jilt'N l.,m(l, 
 
 /V('.f/(/(7/A 
 
 The Ri'\. Samiid I'. Mnlhcsdii, li.D., ('anmi ot St. 
 Inline ( 'alludral. \\iiini|n.',n, 
 
 //<>H(>r,iiy ( Vrriui/ S,(>r/tirv. 
 
 l.rn. II. I )a\i(N(m, I'ls.]., (^).('., D.C.i,., lldiKiiars i.as 
 .Sciaclars ol llif SmhkI oI' ilic rrii\iii(i' of ('aiiada, 
 
 I'/ciinnirv /.iiv Si(-ir/(iry. 
 
 Members of the Conference Present. 
 
 Mi.\ir,i;ks (iK iiii: :>\N(iii m iiii'. I'kuxiM i-, n\- i.\\.\ii\. 
 
 I'hc Hisliops of 'I'orDiUo, lltirdii, ami \(i\a Scotia ; Rev. 
 Dr. l'artri(l,HL', of Nova Scotia : \\c\. W . .\. N'ouny, .M..\., 
 of the 1 )ioccsL' of Huron; Rc\. ( '.mon While. .M..\., of 
 the I )ioc(_-sc of ( )iitaiio ; lion, i ». I,. I laninnton, (^).( '., of 
 the Diocese of I'leileiictoii : R. \\ . Ileueker, D.C.I,., ot 
 till- 1 )iocese of (^)tiehec ; .Mr. ('l)arles Jenkins, of the Dio 
 cese of Huron; .\lr. R. T. Walkeni, <J.('., of tili' Diocese 
 of ( )ntario. (lo). 
 
 I'KDNIMlAt, sS'\f)I) oi- t<t;i'l'.Ul's t,.\.Nt). 
 
 This Syiioil represented tlie Diocises of Ru[)ert's Land, 
 .Moosonee, Saskateliewan, (^)u'.\|)peiie, Atliahasca, Mac 
 ken/ie River, and ( 'algary. 'I'lie Synod declared its mem 
 ')ers to lie the 1 )ek\ii;:ites to the ('(inference, with the restric- 
 tion that these members should vote by diuceses and not as 
 inclividuals. The t'ollowing members were [)rcsent : 'I'he .Most 
 Rev. Robert Machray, D.D., I.1..I)., Metroinilitan ; The 
 P>isho[)s of Saskatchewan and (!algary, (^u'Appelle .md Alha- 
 baska ; also \'ery Rev. Dean drisdale, D.D, ; Revs. Canon 
 Ma.theson, P>. D., ("anon O'Meara, M..\., Canon \\. S. Pen- 
 treath, 1>.D., Re\-. W. .\. liiirman, IJ.D., Canon Coomlies, 
 .MA., antl Rev. A. I,. I'ortin ; Messrs. Sheriff Inkster, V. H. 
 .Matthewson, W. R. Mulock, (^).C., Col. Hedson. H.S. Crotty, 
 and W. Ci. l''onse( a ; \ en. .Vrchcleacon C.eorge McKay, li.D., 
 Rev. Canon Idett, li.D., Revs. \\. K .Mathe.son and .\, II. 
 W'rigjit ; \'ei). .\rchdeacon I'hair, Mr. J. \\rigle\, .Mr. |. 
 Taylor, Rev. C. Holmes, Rev. .\. W. Couldinj.;, IS.l)., Mr. 
 T. (lilroy, Mr. \V. J. Melrose, Revs. J. P. Sargent, li.A., 
 W. K. Brown, V. Maker, .'\. Kraiiss, I,. Dawson, and H. H. 
 
 Cartwrighl ; .Messrs. II. |''ishcr, \\ . White, mid |. Sumner, 
 
 Revs. .\. r;. Cowley, j. W . Iiiii,, ;iii(l .\. \\ . \- , C,„,|„.| ; 
 
 .Messrs. W. Pe;irce and J. P. j. |ep:.on, .md Re\. |. j.. 
 Pritchard. 
 
 hi l.Kc.viKs ii'.iiM \\ki(ir> s\N(i|is. 
 
 /•'irdi-rii/iDi. .Mr. ( '. N. \rooiii, of St. Stcjiheii, \.|!. 
 
 {>/ti/'i't: The Rev. C.inoii Thorncloe, .M..\., Sherbmoke. 
 
 Muntical. The \Ciicrable .Nrchdcicon |,in(U,i\, .M..\., 
 Waterloo, and Leo II. D,ui(l-,on, (^».C., D.C.I.., .\loiiire;il. 
 
 Toronto. Rev. Dr. I,;ingtr\, and |. (Icorge Hod-uiN, 
 LL. I )., Toronto. 
 
 Maj^^aiii. The N'encrablc .\rchdeacoii Di\on, 11. .\.. 
 (luelph. ,ind |. |. .Mason. ILiiiiilton. 
 
 //until. The \'ery Reverend D( an iniie^, ,\I..\., ■.\\)i\ 
 W . |. Imla( h, I .ondon. 
 
 :\iU' West III ins /it: The Wiierable .\r( h(lea( (Ul Woods. 
 .M..\., .New Westminster, and Lace\ D. lohiison, Wm 
 COIIVlT, ll.( '. {\ 2). 
 
 Brief Record of the Proceedings of the Conference. 
 
 The ('onlerence on the proposed (dUsolidatioii ol the 
 Church of Laij.,l.iiul in llritish .North .\ineri(,i w.is o],ened 
 in St. John's Collt/ge on {''riday, the 15th of .\ugusi, i,S(;o. 
 The .Metropolitan of Rupert's Land called the meeting to 
 order, read the 12th chapter to the ijth \erse of the ist 
 ( 'orinthians, and offered pra\er. 
 
 On motion of the Hishop of Huron. secondc(j bv tin- 
 l>isho]i of Toronto, the .Metropolitan of Ru|ierl's Land w;is 
 ap[)ointed to preside. 
 
 Rev. Canon .Matheson, ot the Diocese of Rupert's Land, 
 and Dr. I.. H. Davidson, (^).C., of the 1 )ioeese of Montreal, 
 were elected secretaries. 
 
 'The roll of delegates from L^astern CanacJa and that of 
 the Ruperts Land Provincial Synod was called by the 
 Secretaries, those present answering to their n.niies. 
 
 On motion of Dr. Hodgins. sc'.onded bv .Mr. W. ]. 
 Imlach, the .Metropolitan was .uit: ,/ed to appoint a ( 'om- 
 mittee to which should be entrusted the iluty (jf preparing 
 and i)ublishing a record of the proceedings of the Confer- 
 ence. [Noii;. Subse(iuently the Afetropolitan ap])ointed 
 the liish(i[) of 'Toronto (as convener), the Secretaries of the 
 Conference, Rev. Dr. Laiigtryand Dr. Hodgins. as members 
 of this committee.] 
 
 The Metropolitan of Rupert's Land explained the action 
 taken by his Provincial Synod in refereiKx; to represeiitati(jn 
 at this meeting. 
 
THK ANGLICAN CHl'RCH CONSOLIDATION. 
 
 I'hi- l'ii>li(i|i 111 rdiciiiid (as ( 'liainiLui of tln' ( 'ommittuc of 
 ilu' Ss 11(1(1 (il'lhi I'liiv im (.M)r( 'aiiada on llu- sul)jcit nt TniDii) 
 niailoa slatcnunt r\iilaiiiiii^ lln'ailidn liilluTto takrn wliicli 
 had k(l 1(1 lllc callilij; t(ii;rtllLT (if lliis ( ■(iiilfiiiui-. In 
 llu- I'roNincial Synod lit' ( 'anada lIu' sul)j(.'cl (it llic cdiisdlida- 
 ii( ill 111' the ( 'luiicli ill r.ritisli Xiirtli AiiKTica was iiurddiUL'd 
 ,il llic scssidii licldrc l.ist, ill iSSfi. ( iciuial ri'sollitioiis 
 were passi'd, iiuliciliiiL; a dcsiir dii ilu- pari nl' dial I'rdvin 
 cial S\iidd td |iiiiiii(ilc lliis iiiiidii (ir cdiisdlidaiidii tur iIr' 
 aihaiici'incni nl tin' ('litirili in llriiisli Niirth Anicrica. 
 ('('Vtain nu'innriaU \\(.tc |ircsciil(.'d liy llic I )idiTsan SmkkIs 
 Id tlir nui'linu; dl llic I'ldx imial Synoil in iS.S(j. In tlii' 
 iiitciAal the Milijccl iiad cdiiic licl'dit.' the I'mvincial S\iidd 
 III Rupcn's Land in 1SS7. when icsdliiliiins were jiasscd 
 iiidii aliiii; the cariKsl desire nf this rrdviiice td )iidimiie 
 sui'h a Uliiiin. Alter cdrrt-siiiindenee, it was |ird|iiised td 
 hold this ( 'diilerenee lure in Winnipeg nil August 15th, 
 lieeaust' it was understodd the l'rd\ilicial .sMiod would 
 meet here ill that nidiith : and proposinj; tiuil they should 
 send a reiiuest t'(ir the a|)])dintiiieiil df (.lelegates to all the 
 PidCeses 111' the I'.celesiasiical I'mxinces of ( 'anada and the 
 independent Uidceses (if Xewl'iiiiiidlaiid and Uritish ('olum- 
 liia. arrangin.; that this i'rd\iiieial Syimd appninl its dele 
 uates during this sessiiin. i'liai had lieeii done, and 1k' issu'' 
 was the nueling Ivre td da\ . 'I'Ik' dhjeit nt' the ( 'diitereiice 
 was that llie\ might tugether di'vise some scheiiic (if unidii 
 Idr sul'iiiissiiin td all t!ie I lioeesis df llrilish Nurtli America. 
 He c\|ircs>cd the priildundcst cdiniciidii nf c\i.r\ iiK'Hilicr 
 1! he ( hiirch (if iaigland m the scalteri'd diiices(.'s nt' the 
 i;ii iditani e dl ilic ( 'liureh 111 ( 'anada liciiig alile nil all grea' 
 111 I al and reli gin is (juestiiins td gi\"e (me unaniiiidiis. 
 (k' idcd \ lice. When the ( 'hii'iii was separated into 
 I, 1! lie 1 |ir i\in es. with mithing In liind thelii Idgetlicr. there 
 was a jidssiliililv dt' their diil'ting asunder in the course dl 
 tinu', iidt iiieii K' ill miiidr practices, lint in fnndaiiieiilal 
 truth. Xdlhiiig was tn lie UKirc' seriously apprehended. 
 1 lie\ all earnestiv desired th.it the ( 'hurcli in Canada 
 should lie line in doctrine. dUe in truth, and one in charity, 
 ('.moil Matheson. Secret, iry of the l.ouer Housi,' of the 
 rnieince ol Kiipert's Land, read the resolutinn |i,issi,'d li\ 
 lli.it House exprissing s\in|i.iiliy with thi' olijcct of the ( '011- 
 I'ereiicc. and .1 desiic lo jimmoie it. Iiut at the sanu' tiiiR' its 
 opposition lo ihe dissokitioii ol iinninces and almlition 
 of the I'rovincial Synods. 
 
 The Metro|iolitaii of Rupert's Land coik iirred (.■nlirelv in 
 e\erv word spoken hy the Bishop of Toronto. i'lie (lues 
 lion before the meeting was what praelic.tl steps the ( '011- 
 ferelice should a(l\is(.' for this confederation. I'lieN h.iil 
 three sulije(ts to ((insider : 1st, the character or ])ositiiin that 
 they Were til gi\(' to tile (leiu r,il Synod and the steps neces- 
 s,;i-\- to gi\e it this piisilidii ; Jiid, the jidwcrs that were td 
 lie pdssessed li\ this ( ieiu r.il Sviidd ; he thdught it difticiilr to 
 separ.ite the cdiisiduation nf this fnnii tin.' lirst puint ; ^id. 
 the coinposition of the (ieneral .Synod wiioare to m.ike it u ). 
 
 With rcg.ird to the ln>l. the solution of it wo.ild largel\ 
 d(.'lielid 11 1 1011 till' \ ii'W enterlaine(l of the objects of the ( (in 
 tcd(.'rati(in. His dw 11 dpinion was, first, he wmild Iddk Id it f(ir 
 a \(iice from the united ('liiirch on ,ill (|iiestions of interest 
 to the ( 'luirch Tiiid to ( 'hrist's work ; second, he would Kiok 
 tor comnidii .ictioii in all inissioiiar\', (.■dueatidiial, and otluT 
 ( hurcli wdik ; in ilu' third jilace. hcwdiiid hope to get from 
 it an c\c( nti\e IkkL to de.il with all oilier bodies, wlielher 
 ecclesiastical or ii\il. lb' would not limit the pdweis of 
 till' (Ieneral .S\nod in dcil uiih all such (|iieslidiis ; but, ,it 
 |)res(.ait, he wduld wish that llie dclerimiiatiiin nl'thi-'se should 
 not be reniowd Iroiii an\ prosince or indepeiKk'Hl diocese 
 until accept(.'(l In the i'roN ini i.il S\ iumI (ir tlv.' Ssiuid dl sik h 
 di(ices(.'. To those who Would not be satisfied with such a 
 limit, Ik'' wdukl sa\ their llrst gre.it object was unit\' ; tlie\' 
 would seciiio wonderltil a(l\aiitages as a ( 'hiirch sinipb fnim 
 unity ; secdiidly. if they agreed to such limitations ,is he 
 indic,it(.Ml. tliepj would \)c no diftiiiiltv in lorining this 
 ('.eiicr.il Synod. 'Lhe .Metrd])dliian then referrt'd Id the 
 actidii dl the ( 'hurch in .XiistiMlia, reading an accdunl written 
 by the i'rimalc, liishop l'.,irr\, 'i'lie ( Ieneral SnikkI tlicri'. 
 Idrnied.in i.Sjj, Hdw numbered thirteen sees; it met diice 
 in fue \e,irs : b\ a curidus ecclesi.istic.il aiidiiiab. its deter 
 min.iliiiiis had Id be acci'picd b\ the \,iridiis I )iiic(.'saii 
 SmkkIs behire the\ bec.inic law. it was \ (.rv rareb, Imw- 
 excr. that the decisidiis were nut accepted .is a matter (if 
 cdiirse by the \aridus I )idcesan S\ iidds. He ( oncluik'd In 
 s.iying that the \iew lie iinik nf the ('lencr.il SmukI was 
 that it sbduld ha\c power to treat of anything it liked, but at 
 pri'Sciit. al Ic.ist, tlu'rc should be ((.•rt.iin liiiiilalioiis with 
 rcg.ird to wh.it he had ( .illed coerci\e legislation. 
 
 riu' riishiipiil Hiirdii iiio\ed. secunded In' .Mr. \\'rigle\. 
 that .1 coiimiitlec \>v a|ipoiiUe(l to consider a form or draft 
 oi the proposed union, and thai the ( 'onfeivnee adiourn 
 accordingly in oiik'r that this max be done. 
 
 Dr. Davidson, of .Xbintreal, suggested lliat iIkn should 
 lirsi hear the \ lews of the diflenait sections of the 1 )ominioii, 
 and then. Iiaxing (k'li. -11 i'led that union w.is lU'cessarx'. it 
 would \)c right to li,i\e the comiiiitlee the bishop df Hurdii 
 had pr. )pdS(.'d. .Xrchde.icon Wood, of liritish ('ohmibia. 
 .ilso thdlight it a little loo soon to receixe the bishop of 
 Huron's resolution. 
 
 'i'lie bishop of (^)u'.\ppelie mo.ed in amendment, sec- 
 I aided bx the N'eiierable Archdeacon Lindsax', of M()ntri.'al, 
 that the siiiijilest and most el'ticu ions method for the 
 cdiisdlidatidii of the Church in british North .\iiurica 
 would be to ajiialg.im.ite all existing dioceses into one pro- 
 \incc. at least until such tune as the ( 'hurch and the countrx- 
 be( (ime more |)o\xerful. 
 
 The ilisliop of Huron withdrexx' his motion. 
 
 .\Ir. Jenkins then iiioxed the following, .seconded In .Mr. 
 Iiiilach : - 
 
 1. Tliat tills ("onfiTonce is nf ilio .i|.iiii(iii ihal iIktc slnmlil Ik.' a 
 ("luiK'ial .Synod for lliu Chiinli in iiiitisli Nurlli Anioriia liaxing sii|iivniL' 
 
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 aiirc tn ilu- Cluiri'li in litilish Ninth .\iiR-riia. 
 
 2. 'I'liis Confc'iiaici' wmilil ilfliiK' iIil' iliilirs ami iinwi-n nl ilic 
 
 ( itiural .Synml ill llic piiM'iit circiim.staiiccs nf t'anaila. In lie : I'.xclu- 
 
 .-ivc i.nwrrnr.kMJin- V illi iiiatlcrs alkvl ill},' llic aiilli. it il.iliM' .-.laii.i.ir.U "• < '^-^-r^i.l^lll "I' ^lH a-cliru-, rtn|ilnuil in -cncial Clltinli 
 
 nf (Iniiiini- anil \Mii>lii|i. ami the ili^'ipliiu- nl ilif ( 'laiirh ; nviTsiijIil .if Work. 
 
 all aLjcncii'S ciii|ilnyr.l in CluiiLii wmk: cliar^f nf the i;ciiuial iiii',>i a, 5. ( 'h.irn,- ,,\ []^^■ .^cniT.ll llli^^inii wiiik iil' the ( 'iitlirli, 
 
 Willi, of th; rhnivh, iiiHiiiliiiK the rdij,.ioi,s nlucation nf Imlian. : ,,1. in.lin.u tlir rrji-iuns cllliMlion nl" Inili.nix 
 
 iiinlimu iif ailitf-tnicnl and trans'"!-! nf lioiical claiiii- nii ui(|iiw> ami ., ,■ .■ i- 1 .,111 
 
 , , . r , . , , , 1- .Mnlitnii ()! ailjti-ili'icii! ami Iran^lrr nl rU'rnal il.inni 
 
 nr|ili.ui,s. ami sii|nianniiatinn fiiiiils, >.li.'n clcii'viiu'ii 1 h.iiiL;e fmni nm- 
 
 ,lin.-.'M.Mai,n,l,c, in ihrCrneial. Synml, ..avh;'j; all, iejits „n,l , liiin, "" ''"-' «"l"«- 'in.! nrpliaii.' an>l Ml| KTaiiniiallnn liin.K, 
 
 .■.(.i-iiicil unik'r the cnnstitiuii f the iL-spuclivc Synmls coiu-orncil ; wlii'n ijcruyinril ciianLir Irnin nnr liini csr in aimtlnf. 
 
 c-onilitinns nf tian.^fcr nf clci^^y frnm niic dincc.sL' to another ; main- :;. ('nnditinn nf tfanslV-r nl ilrruviniil iVnm niic dioci-.sc 
 
 tenaiii-c nf iinifniiiiiiy nf ihc rcli^iniis teaching; nf the childioii nf the 
 ( hiireh : develii|inieiit of >ysleinalie suppnrt nf clerical education : a 
 cniirl nf linal appeal fmiii Milmrdiiiate liodies ; and f^enerallv, In have 
 nvei'-iehl in all mallets nf eeneral iiiipniiance tn the Chuich in Ihili-h 
 Nnrlh .\iiierii'.i. 
 
 t<i aiintiirr. fe'iiri'seailfd in llir ( 'n.-ni.'r.il S\nnil. 
 
 (). .Maintenance nf tinilnrmitv in ilu' rcliL;iiHis learhinu ^A' 
 tli^- I liildrm nl llir ( 'hiitili. 
 
 7. I •.■\idn|iitiL'nt of sv^ti'inalic Ml|)|inr| nf cleric al edin'a- 
 
 .). The .Synod .-.hall meet Irieiinially fnr the jiresetit, at >iich jilare a> lion. 
 
 may he li\ed iiimii liy the Synod, the hrst meeting to he iml Inter than 
 lSi\\. ilu senior Metropolitan to lie convener. 
 
 Wllik' llle Ciellef.ll .S\nnd wntlld disi liari;e stich dtttles. 
 the l'rn\ inci.il SmuhIs wniihl have a joc.tl spheie nf diilv 
 
 .f. 'I'lie Synnil shall consist nl' two Houses, an Tpperand l.ower. ■ , , • • 1 i- ■ 
 
 •i-i .1- II 1 !• I 1 f 11 ,1 1 ■ 1 r i. ■,■ I ^^I'it a ( illereiu c a-is nl iittestinns such asdiMsinn .md 
 
 1 lie I pper llonse shall lie coiiipo.Mcl ol all the liNlinp^ nl lintidi 1 
 
 Nnith .\iiierica, and shall lie presided nver liy 
 
 In lie elecled liy them. The Lower I louse shall he cnmposed of lliiee 
 clertcal and three lay delegates from e.ich diocese, to he elected hy the 
 .Synods of each diocese; as in the present circumstances of the Church 
 in Canada, the dioceses alone Ciiti give such completeness and v.iriety 
 of representation as is reipiisite. 
 
 5. The present provincial system will he retained lor the specilic 
 dischaige of all duties cuiiiiected with the interest of the Church in the 
 provinces. The ( leneral .Synod, however, to have the |iower of divid- 
 iiig and irealing neu provinces as circumstances may direct, or as may 
 appear desiralile. 
 
 II. The duties and powers of the rrovincial .Synods the I onferiiice 
 would deline to lie : to act for the Church in all matters of civil provin- 
 cial legisl.ition and secular education; to pass canon,, for the Churrli 
 in such provinces in reference to nil (Mictions arising out of the (liiirch 
 temporalities or religion, i list it utimis acts ; duties of ( hurch oliicers, etc. ; 
 to promote such action within the area of any civil province as wmild 
 h.id to imifonn canon laws governing all Church tem|iorality affairs ; 
 
 cre.tlinil nf (hnce'ses ; cnnsecratinn nl liishnps; ('hmchlein 
 |i.ir.ilities ; civ il pnivincial legislalinn ; secular edttc.ttinti ; and 
 ,:;ei'ier.tl jinisdictinn ovl'v all iiuesiinns of a loc.il char.icter. 
 The carr\inj; nut nf this ;4reat work wniilil niily he liringitig 
 the ( 'littrch iiiln harmnnv with the spirit and tneihnds nl' 
 the times, .\nd such action was recpiired tn de'Velnp and 
 lltili/e l.e-r l.itent pnwer : and in the directinti indicati.'d, sn 
 far .IS we were cnneerned. lav the path to ( 'iiiirch e\ten 
 sinn .mil prosperity. 
 
 I )r. h.nidsiin spnke strnngK in t.iMiur nl the nmlinn nl 
 
 the i'li-illnp nl' (^)ll'.\|ipelle. 
 
 I>ean (Irisdale- t'.i\nred the r(.'leiuinn nl the ptovincial 
 s\ stem. 
 
 The litshnp nl iliirnn thnui;hl there would he ^reat and 
 mitiTial oiidtl in the maintenance nf the prnvinci.il system. 
 
 ( )n motinii nl the Re\. ('aiinii 1'.. S. W . rentreath, se' 
 
 lo have Jurisdiction in the consecration of hishops, and creation of new 
 
 dioceses within their limits; and generally, to have such rights and nitldiMl liy the KcV. W . .\. llurman, ;ind supported liv the 
 
 [irivileges as they have hitherto enjoytd, excepting such as may he lii.shnp nf S.i ,kat<'he'W",in ,uiil ( '.ll,o,tr\ , Il W.ts rcsnlved liy .1 
 
 handed nver to tlu' ( ieiicral Synod. jariie IliainrilV ' 
 
 llelnre |)rnceedin,g with the deh.ttalile points of these That in am ,chenu(.f union the Conleience .iltiniis the n.ce-siiy ol 
 
 resnltltions, thi' ( 'nnleli'lice resniwd. on motion ot Kiw . the retention of IVnvinces under n 1 iineral Sumd. 
 
 Dr. Langtry, of ■rnronln. .seconded l.> I »r. Ileneker, of .|.,, ,, „„,(j,,„ h,- Mr. Jenkins, secnnded l,v Mr. Iml.ich, 
 
 (^lichee: - ll^H y^^. |,.„l^j|,,,' miitinn lie t.tketi up cl.ittse li\- cl.itise. the 
 
 Thai this Conference is of opinion that it is expedient to unite tollowlng amendnn.'nt w.is c.irriid, nit nintinn I'll the I'lishnp 
 
 and con„.lidate '.he various liranchcs of the Church of Kngland m ,,{" Saskatchcw.in .ind ( '.ll.^arv, secnndcd liv Mr. W'ri.gley : 
 I!rili,li .North .America. 
 
 That a cnimiiitlie he imw appointeil to dr.ift ,111 outline schiiiic for a 
 
 In .noving his resolutions, Mr. Jenkins s.lid tll.lt the (,,.„,.,al >yiio.l ; that the resolutions introduced l.y Mr. Jenhinshe 
 
 nec(.'ssitv lor a (leneral Svnod in ( aiKula w.ls shown lis- the lelcrred to siu h committee; thai the .\letro|iolitan .iml the Bishop of 
 
 unanimous vote just taken. \m\ now what had tn he dolU' Toronto appoint such committee; and that the Conference adjourn 
 
 „. , , ,,, , ,1, ., ,■ ,1, /■ .,|- ,. ., , ,, ,1, ,,,1, ,. .■ until eleven o'clock to ninrrow to receive its report, 
 
 w.ts to get the sense ot Ihe ( onlerence on inesplieri' ol ' 
 
 action which the (ieneral Svnod and the I'rovincial SmkiiIs, I'he lh'shn|is appointed as the committee: the l'.isl)o]is ol 
 
 ;is now constituted, shmild respccliv r'K ha\i'. .\ gnnd Rtipi rl' Land and T'nrnntn. l\ev. Ur. I .angtry, the 1 )ean 
 
 niaitv matters had to lie dealt with 1 iv the ( 'hmch in ihe ol l\ti|iert's L.nid. Mt. Jenkins. Rev. ( 'anon l';irtridoe. Dr. 
 
 coiiniry as a whole." Stich wdtild lie diieclh in charge ol Ileneker. Re\. ( '.moii ( )'Me.iia, and Mr. \\ rigley. 
 
 the ( ieneral Svnod. Some' ol tlfin were : - 
 
 -7- 
 
r 
 
 TllIC ANCLICAN CIUKCII CflXSOl.l DAIION. 
 
 '\'\\v Vil^\\n\) dl' 'I'oronti) sulimitlrd tlu' n.'|)oil of tlif coiii- 
 milU'L' Miipdiiitcil In draft a scIiimik' of ( 'linrrli iiinsulidalinii, 
 whicli was taken iij) clause liv clause, and was as I'lillows : 
 
 I. 'There shall lie a Cieneral Svnod consistinj; of I he 
 Hi>liii|)s of the Church of l'',nL;land in tlu' |)oniini(in (if 
 ('anada and llu- l)ioccse (il N'l'wlnundland. and el dele- 
 gates <ii(isen from the clerj^'v and the laity. 
 
 Till' delo;;ates shall he chos'Mi by the sexeral hincesan 
 Syiiiids accordinn tn such rules as thev nia\ adupl, or. in a 
 didcesi' which has no svnodical organization, may lie 
 appointed hv the bishop. The representation shall lie as 
 follows: nioceses ha\inL; fewer than 25 licensed cleruy- 
 nu'ii. one delej^ate from each order; diocest's ha\'ini; 25 
 and I'ewcr than 50 licensed cler^vmen, two of each order: 
 having 50 and fewer than 100, three of each order; 
 ilioceses iKivinn 100 licensed cleri,'\-men and upw;n-d, four 
 of e;icli order. 
 
 J. Time and |ilac(.' of meeting,'. The S\nod >h.dl me'ct 
 loi the fir^l lime in tlu- cil\ of Toroiito oji the second 
 \\'eiluesd;iy of Scptenilier, i.Sc) 5, and shall lie con\ene(l li\' 
 the .Metropolit:ui. senior hv consecnuion. 
 
 ,^. The .Svnod sliidl consist of two House-i, the bishops 
 consiitutmL; the L'pper .nid the cleruv and l.iit\ toi;ether 
 the I ower I louse. 
 
 The Ilouse> sh.ill sil sep:u';Uel\', e\ci-|ilini; at :\nv tune b\- 
 the unam'mous consent of bodi ibuiscs. 
 
 4. The riesideiit ol' tlu' ( 'icner.il ."^vnod, who shall be 
 styled the I'rimale, sh:dl be ele<ted by the I louse of liishops 
 Irom amoni; the Metropolitans. 
 
 i'he I'riniate shall hold office for life or so Ioul; ;is be is 
 bishop of any diocese of thedeneral Synod; ne\crthek'ss 
 he may resiLjn :u anv time. 
 
 5. The (leiKTil S\nod shall li.ive power to deal with all 
 m.uters alfectin;j, in an\- wav the interests and well-beiiii; of 
 the ( 'hurch u ithin its jinisdiction. I'rovided iIkU no canons 
 or resolution-^ of a coerciw cluiractcr or inNohiiiL; penalties 
 or disabilities sh;ill be operative in an ecclesiastic;d ])ro\ince 
 in- indejieiident diocese until ;ui'epted by the Svnod of such 
 |)ro\ ince or duicese. 
 
 '1. i'or the (.■xpensos of tlu- Svnod. includiiiii the neces- 
 sarv travellinii' expenses of the members, there shall be an 
 auiiual ;issessinent of the dioci'ses pro|)ortioned to their 
 representatioji, c_'\ein|itinL; thosi' which staid onlv one repre 
 sentative of r.\i\\ order. 
 
 The lollowing. or such like objects, inav be siiuLiciJed as 
 pr.iperlycomin- within the jurisdiction of the (lener.d Svnod: 
 
 II. .Matters of doctrine, worship, and discipline. 
 
 /'. .\ll a^i'iicies employed in the carrying,' on of the 
 ( 'hurch's work. 
 
 (". The missionary and educational work of the Church, 
 
 (/. The adjustment of relations between dioceses in res|)ect 
 to clcrLiy, widows and orphans', ;nid suiier,Hinu;ition fimds. 
 
 (■. Kej^ulations :iffei'ting transfer ol" clergv from one 
 ilioeo: e lo attother. 
 
 /". I'.ducation :uid tr.iimn,Li of c;ni(hd;ites i'or Ibily Orders. 
 
 .j,--. Constitution :nid powers of an appellate Iribimal. 
 
 //. 'I'he erection, division or rearr;uigement of pro\inces: 
 but the erection, division or re;irran;j;enient of dioceses and 
 the appointuieiu and conseiaation of bishops within a pro- 
 vince sh;dl Ik dealt with by the Synod of that [irtnince. 
 
 In answer to .t (|nestion respectiiif^ the first clause, the 
 Itishoj) of Toronto said th;U the I )iocese of Nt.'wfoundl.'ind 
 h.id been in\iled to the ( 'otiference by circulars sent. The 
 reiiort of the ( '(inference would besui)mitted tothat diocese: 
 in the event of its refusiii}; to come into the federation, its 
 name would be struck otU. The chuise w:is ;i(lopte<! on 
 motion of the ISishop of Toronto, seconded b\' De.inCiris- 
 a:\\c. 
 
 The r.isho|i of Huron, in re!j;ard to chuise 2, moved : 
 
 'rinit lluTi- slidiilil lio .It IlmsI six rlcricnl iiiid siv lay ilclc^.ilcs frnm 
 o.K'li Didix's.-in Synod, 10 sociiro dinnily to the ( Ivncrnl Syiio'l :inil t;ivc 
 cxpri'ssioii to ilio v.irioiis views. 
 
 I )ean Innes thought th;it tlu- number proposed would 
 likelv ni;ike the L;eneral body too cumbrous. 
 
 Rev. .\[r. I'entreath f.ivoured tin.' ide;( of h;i\in;^ the dio- 
 ceses ei|u;dly represented, rei,'ardinu thewe;iker dioceses as 
 of e (ual authorilv :ind importance with the sironiier. but lie 
 feared it would be very dil'lieiilt to meet the e\|ienses of six 
 delegates : be therefore suggcstetl tluit there be four of ea<ii 
 orik'r. 
 
 I )r. ibidoins observed that the assessment was to be in 
 pro|)ortion to the number sent, with no assessment for a 
 diocese sendini; only f)ne deleoate. 
 
 The Bishop of Rupert's Land was very much in favour of 
 oi\inu' dioceses th;it h;ive larL;er numbi'rs a i^reater voice in 
 the ( iener.il Svnod. lie hojied the motion would be aj^reed 
 to, eonsideriiiLj; the enormous dist:mces ;ind gre;iter expense 
 of smaller dioceses. 
 
 l\e\. W. .\. \'ounj; se<'onded the .imendment of the 
 liishop of Huron. He thou;_;ht the Svnod would be 
 allo,L;ether too small if the origin;il motion prevailed. 
 
 Rev. .Mr. Dawson pointed out that two from each diocese 
 ot the Province ol Rujiert's Land would onlv }ii\e sixteen. 
 L\'en four would not iiKike tlu' total too l,ir,L;i', for many 
 would not be able to i:;o. 
 
 Rev. Dr. L:mL;tr\' observed that iIk number of di<jcese:s 
 was incri'.isinn and that under the svste-m proposed they 
 w<iiild increase their reiiresent.ition. The total nuniber of 
 members would bi' nearly 100, which woilld be larjie enough 
 to do I'ffective work, and thev would be ;i fairlv representa- 
 tive bodv. 
 
 (':inon 1'arlriif.^e said it had been the tlK'orv and consti- 
 tution of the Church I'rom tlu liej;innino that dioceses were 
 equal. The ( 'oniniittee, he th(nij.;ht, had proposed a wise 
 plan, considering all the circumstances, the vast distances 
 and the many obstack's in the wav of perfect representa- 
 tion, wlu'ii thev :i<lopted the |irincip1e of proportionate 
 reiiresentation. Si oner or later the (leneral ('(invention of 
 
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I K()Ci;i;niN(.s or tmi. uiNMPia; coni-i:ui;nci;, iSijo. 
 
 (li()<csc:s 
 osfd llicy 
 uinlicr ol 
 
 (.prcsciita- 
 
 lid loii^ti- 
 i-^es were 
 sud :i wise 
 
 distances 
 Hprcscnla 
 
 iirlionatc 
 ivciuion "I 
 
 tlie United Slates would adopt the priiif iple of |»r<>;Kirtif)n 
 ate representation : and the Cluirrii here, iti layirii^ a ^^''un'la- 
 tion, should adopt this prin(i|)le at once. 
 
 Canun OWleara siid tiie priiniry ohje't (/a (icneial 
 Synod was to gt.i tlie l>cst tiioiijiht ol' the eolle'tivc ('hiirf h 
 0:1 the ])r()blonis arising from time to lime. It w.is an absfj- 
 lute truism that colleetively better thoufzin <an i»c ^ol from 
 a diocese of .too elergvmen than from one of 10 or 20. 
 The principle of prop )riioiiate re|)resenlati(jn rnii'»t Im; pro- 
 vided for. There could be an arrangement by which no 
 cmon could be |)assed without the <';)n^ent of the )>rf>vin':e 
 alTe^'k'T If t'arther sTfeguanl were needed, it coulrl ht- |iro- 
 \'ided that \-otes should be taken in the Synod by 'lio^'cscs. 
 
 Rev. Dr. I.mgtrv said that was the s])ee<-li \u: had in- 
 tended to make, and he nuite concurred in it. 
 
 Mr. W'alkeni said it w.is also the speech Ik; bad jnlrnfled 
 to m.ike. It was a false sentiment that vv(*u!d reject the 
 great advantage of drawing gootl men from the lar^c f cn- 
 tres. lie held that it would not be wi'-e to rr.-(hicc the 
 representation below what was now re'iuire<l at th<.- Provin- 
 cial Svnods. Dioceses which sent a largi; number of inern- 
 bers would |)a\- the expenses. He hojied the pro|>ortirinate 
 system of rei)resentation would be adhered to. 
 
 Mr. Jenkins suggeste<l that there bi :•. miniiii'iin r(;[)re- 
 sentation of two and a maximum of six. 
 
 Canon O'.Mc.ir.i mo\ed tli.u in the <-lai)sc' of the- re{>ort 
 the word 2 delegates be read instead of 1 : 4 instead </ 2 ; 
 h instead of _:; ; and S instead of .\. 
 
 .Nfr. Jenkins seconded this amendment. 
 
 .Mr. \'room considered the re|iresentation pro)»o-,efi on 
 the motion large enough. 
 
 I'lij iiishop of Xo\".i Scotia said tint they w,it>iit,-rl one 
 (leneral Svnod to which could be i"eferre<i <|iic">tion-i that 
 alTectetl the whole Churcb.and which could not be viti-ifac- 
 torilv dealt with b\ the i'rosinci.d Syiiod>. Thi.-y uanted 
 men of the greales! \\ )ssible intelligence, aixl the fewer the 
 re|)resentati\es the better a small (ieiieral Synod in whici) 
 there was the i|uinte^sen<'e of wisdom and c(jjiiiii,<»(, -^en-ie, 
 as found in the linage of l,o!-<ls. but often totally wanting 
 in the i louse of ComiiMns, 
 
 Mr. Mulock approN'ed of the original resohiiion moved 
 b\- the iiishop of Toronto. So f.ir as the- ( ietlrril Synofi 
 w.is coiicernetl. he would like to see the moit earnest Chris 
 lia;i men from everv chocese sent there to work iinlXhv. 
 interests of the Missionary Chmcli. 
 
 Hon. D. 1,. llaningtoii was not in fnoiir of making' tfw 
 Cicner.il Svnod an unwieldy body. Ii u.is very im|»;>rtant 
 to lia\e all the dioceses represented. 
 
 The I'.isho]) of Saskatchewan and (■.il;;;ir\ iii-ned, 
 seconded by l\e\. W. .\. ISurman : 
 
 That (lioresL's liaviii^ fewer lliaii 25 i^lirnyim-ii sliouM l(,i»e 2 'Icliv 
 jjatos i)f o.ich order ; those having 25 In 50 ck-rgyitK-n, j (Itli-galtr* ; 
 lli()>i(' Iiavinj; 50 to lOO ck'ri;yiiu'ii, 4 delei^.Tlos ; ili<»>>f tuvinj; imu> 
 150 ilerijyi'H'n, 5 delogalcs ; and iIium' liaMiiy 150 tK'fj;yiiicn .ind 
 
 oiIkt^, () dck'yalos each. 
 
 l)ean Innes thought it would bi' belter tcj adhere to the 
 reconmiend.ition of the ('ommitlee. 
 
 (!anon Coombes suggested that there be f)nlv three 
 (lasses ; that dioceses having fewer than littv clergvmen 
 should send two deli'gates of t-ach order: that dioceses 
 having 50 to 100 <lergymen, three delegates; and those 
 having 100 clergymen and upwards, four delegates. 
 
 Mr. Imlach suggested that there beat lirsl an eipial rejire- 
 sontation tVom all the dioceses. 
 
 The llisho]) of Toronto esiim.ited that the scheme origi- 
 nally pro|)osed would give a total of 46 representatives of 
 each order, and that proposed by the bishop of Saskat- 
 chewan, 68 of fach order. 
 
 Dr. Davidson fa\'oure(l the suggestion of .Mr. Imlach. 
 
 The amendu.eiit of the Iiishop of Saskatchewan was ]iut 
 and lost. 
 
 .\n experimental poll \()te was next taken on the amend- 
 ment of the liishoj) of Huron, the number of representa- 
 tives from each diocese being left blank ; it showed t,.\ 
 votes for and 2t, against tlu' amendment. 
 
 On motion of Dean Innes, seconded by Dr. Ilodgins, it 
 was resoh'ed : — 
 
 Th.il llie vole be now laUeii liy diorcse^;, as aj^reed at tlie c|)c,iiint; of 
 till' Confeieiiee. 
 
 This motion was carried by \t, votes to (1. the delegates 
 from the Diocese of Rupert's Land not Mitiug. 
 The \()le b\- dioceses on the ameiidnuaU. 
 
 '•That tlie reiiresenlalion \tv iiiiifonii I'ldiii all diocese-, aad that the 
 numlier of delegates hom each diocese , 
 
 resulted in six votes being ca;-it for and nine against. The 
 dioceses voting for were [■'redericton, .Montreal, Huron. 
 Columbia, (^)ii'.\ppelle .iiid ('.dg.irx : those \-oting against 
 were N'owi S -oiia, (Jtiebec, ( )ntario. Toronto. Xi.igara, 
 Rii|i;.Tt's l.ind, Saskati'hew.in. Moosinc'e. ,iiid .\ih,ib.isca. 
 The .imeiidmelU was .tec ir(lingl\ decl.ired lost, and the 
 original mo, ion w.is decl.ired carried. 
 
 The Iiishop of Xowi S -oti.i mo\a-il, seronded b\ .\rch- 
 deacon I.indsav, that the word •' un.mimous " be omiiiiil 
 t'rom the scoiid par.igr.iph ol" cl.iuse 2. The motion was 
 lost. 
 
 Some disiiission .irose o\ i.r the pruposition to c.ill the 
 |ircsiding ol'li'-er of the ( iener.il S\ nod the " rrim.ite." Re\. 
 W. .\. \'oung preferred tlie title " .\rchbishop." The 
 Iiishop of Toronto replied, pointing out that the title of 
 ■• .Vr.hbishoii " is alw.ivs 1 ic.ili/ed ; thus if the Metroiiolitan 
 of Rupert's band held the ollice. he would be the ' .\rch- 
 bishop of Ruperts Land "; and there was no precedent I'or 
 the use of such a title as " .\rchbishop of ('.ma'' 'he 
 
 .\rclibisho]i id' Canterbury is the " I'rimatc of .\ll _ ": 
 
 the .\rchbisho]) of \'ork is " I'rimate of laigl. ..o ; the 
 .\rihbishop of .\rmagli is "I'rimate of .\ll Ireland"; the 
 .\rchbishop ol' 1 htblin. "' I'rim.tte ol' Ireland." 
 
 The bishop of .\th.ibas(.i moved, secoiuleil b\- Hon. D. 
 
THK ANGLICAN CHl'HCH CONSOI.! DATION. 
 
 I,. llanin;:t.,i,. llul tlic words -styk-d priniiUc" W- struck Rcs<,l\v,l. on molio.i of I )r. Davidson, strondcd by Rev. 
 
 out. Till- inolion was lost. ' >'• l.:in;;try: 
 
 In clause 5 llir' word " independent," before " dioceses," Thai the (•(.idiul iliaiiUs of the Conference be t;iven to ihc Hislu>i) "f 
 
 was struck out. anrl the followinK words were inserted, at Rupert's !. ami .n,l Mctrop.lit.an for his able, cowrteous and kimlly c,m- 
 
 thesum'stion of Dr. Davidson, instead; '• In ai;v illoc.'se <Uu-i as Cliairman. 
 
 ■ , , , ■ 1 • .■ 1 ■ ■• On motion of Rev. i',. S. \V. I'entreatii, seconded i)y 
 
 not included in any cciiesiasticil provnice. * '" uioiion 
 
 On thesuKKestion of Hon. D. I ,. llaninLf.on the word Dean ( Irisdale ; 
 
 "tren.-ral " was inserted b.-lore •• intercut." Ul clause v The Cnnfercee nmlially llmnk. the liishup of Toronto for Ih. 
 
 ,. ., „• I, ,, ,u i.;.i",, ,,(• very L'reat assistance L;iveM by him in furthcriniMhc cause of iMU.ni, anil 
 
 ( )n motion of Mr. Walkem. second l)V the liishop ol >>-'.> s ,. , ^ 
 
 liiw .iv;^i..;finy..' -it tills ( i in fiTcnet'. 
 
 Saskatchewan ;iiid Calvary, it was ai^reed to add the lollow 
 
 in|^ deliiiinj^ cl.iuse ; 
 
 The wiir'li " ecclesi.isijral jirovinre" heretofore used shall iiu.'an any 
 group of (liurestrs under the jurischetion of a I'rovincial Synod. 
 
 'I'he report of the ( 'oininittee was adopted as a whole, on 
 motion of till- li'shop of Toronto, seconded b\' the Risliop 
 u( Saskatchewan ind Tal.^ary. The {'onference passed 
 tills r(_-soliilion iinantmously, risin;j; and siiii^iiiL; (led by the 
 liishop of Huron; "{'raise ( lod I'roni whom all blessii\ns 
 flow." 
 
 Mlsci'.i.i.ANf.ot's i^i:>nt.i'ftf)NS. 
 
 On motion id RiV. Dr. I,anu;lry, seconded by Dr 
 Hodoins : 
 
 The .siet rclari'-s of Ih'- Conferenee uere instrueled lo niaUe ai 
 a]iproxiMi.ili' eslini.-ile of the expenses of tin.' lir^l Syn<id, and lo appur 
 lion tlie aiTio.iuls lo lie contribuled by each diocese, an<l to ask them 
 
 is assistance at this Conferenc 
 On motion <d' Mr. T. Ciilroy, seconded by ("ol. liedson : - 
 
 The liest ,hanUs of the Conference were tendered lo the I'ress of the 
 city for the full reports and attention i,dven lo the proceedin<;s of the 
 Conference. 
 
 On motion of .Mr. j. \Vri;4ley. secondeil by Rev. A. W. 
 ( lottldilii^ ; 
 
 The thanks of tlie Conference were tendered to the Secretaries for 
 their services. 
 
 On motion of Mr. X'room, seconded by Archdeacon 
 Woods : 
 
 The C. I'. K. Co. was thaidu'il for their liberal reduction of fares. 
 The ('onference was then closed with the I'.ettediction. 
 
 The Ki;j,ht Reverend the liishop of ( 'orea, who was on his 
 wav to his distant diocese, was introduced by Rev. \:. S. 
 W. I'entreath, welcomed by the Conference, and invited to 
 
 to take such steps ns they may think lit to provide their share of such a seat on the platform, on motion of the bishop ot Huron. 
 
 expenses. 
 
 Official Record of the Proceedings of the 
 Conference. 
 
 .\t a Conference held at the City of Winniiteg on the 
 and to the liishop of Toronto, certilled by the Secretaries of the , -j), j,,,,! i^ith daVs of the month of .\ugust, in the year 
 Conference and tin- Chairman. 
 
 On motion rif Dean (irisdak', seconded b\- ("anon 
 Coombes : 
 
 TIji- Siecretaiies were in-.truilcd to furnish an oflicial copy of the 
 results of this Conferc'nce to the I'rovincial Synod of Rupert's Land 
 
 of our I.'ifd one thousand eijiht hundred and ninety, com- 
 
 |)osed of delet;ates I'roni "the Provincial Synod of Canada," 
 
 the several dioceses in said i)ro\ince, the i'rovincial Synod 
 
 Th.it tliii I'onference ,iiithori/e the c.imiuiiiee appointed by the ,,(' Ruitert's i.aiiil, and the Diocese of New Westminster, 
 
 ResoKi/d. on motion of the liishop of .Vthabasca 
 seconded bv .Mr. iinlai h ; 
 
 Dviii'Mal Suiod of C.iiiada lo carry into elfect the resolutions of this 
 Confercnee, 
 
 liritish Columbia, the followini; Resolutions were adoptetl: 
 
 I. That this Conk'teiice is of opinion that it is exiiedietit 
 to unite :\nt\ consolidate the \.triotis branches ol ihet'hurch 
 of l-aitiland in liritish North .\merica. 
 
 H. That in an\- scheme of union, the Conferetii-e affirms 
 the' uecessiiv of the retenticjii of Provinces under a 
 ( leneral S\ nod. 
 
 1 1 1. l'ro|)osed basis of union ; 
 
 1. There sh.ill be a Cietieral Ssnod, consisting ol the 
 
 i 
 
 Tin- liishop ol Tor. into moved, secondeil b\' the liishop 
 
 of Nova .Scotia, and it was heartily resolved : 
 
 That the sincere thanks of the eastern Pcleijates be tendered the 
 clergy and peoplr- of Winnipei^ for the e\ceedinj;ly kind reception and 
 hospitable eiilerlaimiicMl received. 
 
 Resolved, on motion of Mr. Imlach, seconded by Arch- 
 deacon Woods ; 
 
 That Ihe itieiiibers of this Conference desire to return thanks to the i i ■ • r 
 
 (■hnrchpeopieof Winnipeg fur the kind hospitality eMended to (hem Itishops of the Church ol i',n-lattu 111 the Dominion ol 
 
 during their slay in Winnipej^. ( 'anada and the 1 )iocese of Newfoundland, and of I lelegates 
 
 Hon. 1). I,. Hatiiiij^ton and Mr. |. |. Mason cordialK' chosen from the clerj^'y and the laity. 
 
 su|)ported the motion. 'I'he i)ele,n;ites shall be chosen by the several Diocesan 
 
 .Mr. I.acey I), Johnson presented an in\iiation from Piisho|i S\ nods accordiivj, to such rules as they may adopt, or. in a 
 
 Sillito, of New Westiiiinster, for those who \isit the Pacific diocese wh.ich has no sytuxlieal organi/ation, mav be 
 
 (!oast to beconu; his ^;iiests, as he would be very hajijiy to appointed by the I'ishoi). The reiiresentation shall be as 
 
 accommod.ili' as many of ihein as possible in his own follows: Dioceses ha\inu; fewei* than 25 licensed clergymen, 
 
 hotiic. The invitation u.is accepted with heart)' thanks. oin- dele;;ate from e.uh order ; dioceses having 25aiullewer 
 
 — 10— 
 
PKOCHIiniNGS or THE WIXNIPFG CONFERENCE, l8gO. 
 
 than 50 licfiiSL'il cl(.'ri;ynicii, two of each order; (liocescs t<> make an a|)|irtixiiiiate estimate of llie expenses of the 
 
 having 50 and lewer tlian 100, tliree of each order: iHocescs '""■'^t Synod and to apportion tlie anioiinl to he contril)uted 
 
 liaving 100 hcensed clergymen and u|)\vard, four of each I'y LMch (hocese, and ask tliein to take such stejis as tliey 
 
 order. may tiiink fit to provide tlieir share ol the said e\|ienscs. 
 
 2. Time and place of meeting. Tiie Synod shall meet ^^e certify the loregoing to he a true extract from the 
 for the first time in the City of 'I'oronto on the second minutes of said Conference, and a true ccjpv of the resolii- 
 Wednesday of Se|)teml)er, 1893, and snail he convened liy 'i"ii'^ ''>' it adojjted at Winnipeg this iSth d.iv (jf .\iigust. 
 the Metropolitan, senior by consecration. i.Sijo. 
 
 3. The Synod shall consist of two Houses, the liishoi)s 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 K. 1 
 
 xii'h.ki s 
 
 constituting the L'p|ier and the clergy and laitv together 
 the Lower House. 
 
 The Houses shall sit separately, excepting at aiiv time hv 
 the unanimous consent of hoth Houses. 
 
 4. 'I'he President vf the (leneral Synod, who shall he 
 styled the I'rimate, shall he elected by the House of |-!isho[)s 
 from among the Metropolitans. 
 
 The I'rimate shall hold office for life or so long as he is 
 Bisho|) of any diocese of the Ccneral Synod; nevertheless 
 he may resign any time. 
 
 5. The (ieneral Synod shall ha\e power to deal with all 
 matters affecting in any way the general interests and well- 
 being of the Church within its jurisdiction, provided that no 
 caiKjns or resolutions of the Ceneral Synod of a coercive 
 character or involving penalties or ecclesiastical disabilities 
 shall be o|)erative in any pro\ince or diocese not inclutled 
 in anv ecclesiastical pro\ince until accepted b\' the S\iiod 
 of such province or ditjcese. 
 
 The following or such like objects ma\- be suggested as 
 |>roperly coming within the jtirisdictioii of the (Ieneral 
 Synod : 
 
 a. Matters of tloctrine, worship, and discipline. 
 
 /'. .Ml ageiK'ies employed in the carrving on of the 
 Churcirs work. 
 
 f. The missionary and educational work of the Church. 
 
 (/. The atljustment of relations between dioceses in 
 respect to wido'.s and orphans of clerg\- and superaniuia- 
 tion funds. 
 
 ('. Regulations of transference of clergy from one diocese 
 to another. 
 /. iMlucation and training of candidates for Holv Orders. 
 
 ,(,'■. Constitution and |)owers of an api)ellate tribunal. 
 
 //. The erection, division or rearrangement of piovinces, 
 hut the erection, chvision or rearrangement of dioceses and 
 the apjiointment and consecration of bishops within a |)ro- 
 \ince shall be dealt with bv the Synod of that province. 
 
 6. l''or the e\|)enses of theS\no(l, including the necessarv 
 travelling ex|)eiises of the members, there shall bean animal 
 assessment of the dioceses proportioned to their representa- 
 tion, excepting those which are entitled to send onlv one 
 re])rcsentative of each order. 
 
 7. The wcjrtls "ecclesiastical |)ro\ince," heretolore usetl. 
 
 ,ANIi, 
 
 Clhiirinati. 
 Samii I. r. .Ma I iii>,(iN, 
 
 1,. 11. I )\\ lOSON. 
 
 Joint Secretaries. 
 
 Proceedings of the Various Synods in the Mat- 
 ter of the Union of the Church of 
 England in General Synod. 
 
 i'un(i',i:i)iN(;s 01 riii-, s^^l)|l oi- iiii; I'ki i\ i.Nct: 01 cwahv. 
 
 (I:.\tyait.< fi o"i Ihc Syiuhi luporl. ) 
 
 MoNi Ri;.\i„ .Monday, Se|)temh.r 16, 1 SXi). 
 
 .Mr. ( 'harles Jenkins, of the 1 )iocese ol Huron, in due 
 course brought u|) his motion on the consolid.ilion of the 
 (!hiirch of I'jigland in iJritish North .\merica, of which he 
 had gi\-en notice. (Seepage \2.) 
 
 .Mr. Jenkins mo\ed the ailoption of his resolution on 
 consolidation, which was seconded b\ the Rev. Canon 
 lirig^tocke, of the 1 )iocese of l''redericton. 
 
 .Mr. R. T. Walkem, of the Diocese of ( )ntario, made a 
 motion in amendment to follow the pri'.iinbje, which was 
 acce|)ted by Mr. Jenkins and Canon llrigstocke. in lieu of 
 the original motitjn, as follows : 
 
 lie it tliereforc rfsolvcd, that a Cdiiimillou lie a|i|inimcil which shall 
 lie authorizfd to invite a Cunference nT ie|iie^eiilalive> fimn all llie 
 iliocescs in British North ,\nieriea to confer with them, anil, if po,- 
 sihle, a^ree with them iipon scime s^eiier-.tl liasi^ upon which such union 
 may be fonueil ; the same to he suliinilteil to the Synod of every dio- 
 cese for their consideration liefore the next meeting of Synod, and to 
 re|iort at the next meeting of Svnod. 
 
 The House consented to the substitution, and the 
 motion, as altered, was then put and carried unanimotislv, 
 with the names of the ( 'ommittec, a^ follows : 
 
 CVtTUd/. The Kex Dr. rarlridi^e. the \ery Kev. Dean Norman, 
 the \'eiy Kev. Dean Carmichael, the Rev. I'rovosi liody, the Kev. 
 Canon Ihii^sloeke, the Kev. W. ,\. Noimi;. llie Kev ('anon White, and 
 the Kev V. .\I. Bland Lay. The lion. I). I,. llaniiiLjIon, Dr K. 
 \V. Ileneker, I lis Honour Judije He.ison, Dr. [ohiison, and .Messrs. 
 ('. S. I larrinnton, ( h.irles Jenkiii>, Iv, T. Walkem, and ( leo. l-dliuti. 
 
 Mr. 
 
 Tfi:si)A\, September 17. 1 SSc). 
 T. Walkem moved the sus|)ension of the liuies 
 
 ( )rder of the House to admit of the followin<! mot 
 
 ion 
 
 shall mean a group of dioceses under the juri.sdiction of a being put. The suspension was granted b\- the House. 
 Provincial Synod, It was then moved by Mr. R. T. Walkem, seconded by 
 
 IV. That the Secretaries of this Conference be instructed the Rev, A. Spencer, of the Diocese of Ontario: — 
 
THE ANT.MCAN CHTKCH CONSnr.IDATION'. 
 
 'Ili^.l tliu cniK-iim-ncc "I ihr Ipprr Il.iii'.c ill the riMjlmion ri'spi'il- Kcsolntiiiii of the l'rci\ iiiiiul Synod (if (';in;i(l:i (Hi tile 
 
 iiiH ihc coiisDlidaiioii i>f tlic ('lunch of I'liigl mil in liiitisli Nmili Miliieit of the liniiin (if the liraiielK.'s of the .\ni;he:ui 
 
 Amuric, l,c a.im.Mcl, tin.l lh:U llicir loidsliips W a4 ,1 1., numinalc (.|,j|,.,.|, j,, ,,,.j,j^|, ;^-„,i|, Auieriea. 
 
 •M mil' (if lliL' iiKMiiliiTS (if llic liipi--r Ihuivf lo arl with tlio coimnUli-c ,■ i n ■ ■ ic i r.l <•! i 
 
 ; ' . , , , . ,. ; DuriiiLT the ses>i(iin)l th" I'nivincial SviuhI (il tile ( hiircli 
 
 (if Ihi. 11..UM.' Ill iMnvint;(iul till-' (il.jcit (il i1k' ri.-M.hiii(,ii. Ciiiii.d. f- ,,,,,, , ,. , 
 
 (if I'Ji.nhind ill ('.inad.i, ludd at Mdiitreal, Septeinlier i i • nj, 
 
 A inessa,:;e ti. llii^ effect was tfaiisiiiitled lo the Lpiier ^^^^^\^ uasuioved l,v ( hailes Jeiikinx seconded liy Rev. 
 
 House livthe I'nilociitor. (..^|,,,„ liri-stockc : 
 
 In Message No. .1 fmni ih- House ol Ihshops. the .,.|,^,, „,,,^.,.^.^,,_ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Svn.M n.c.nn^ (if iSSo. ro.ilmums 
 
 I'residelll informed the I'roK clilor that the L |i|ier House ^-^.^i^^ i^ssd iiulicati\c <.f a cUmic fi iinito and cmsdlidatc llic variou. 
 
 concurs in the resolution oi the l,ov\<.r House respect in;j; |,raiulics of iIk- t'luinh df l.nglaiul in lirilisli Xdrlli .Amciica ; and 
 
 the ai'tiointnient of a coinniiltee lo conler with r(.'presenla- wlicn-as, tin.' I'k-olfsiaslical I'rdvince- of Canada mulrr tlic ixi.-,tin}^ 
 
 tives'froni the diocese., of Ihitish North .\incrica on the •ni;ani/,iti,m of its I'lovincial Synod, Ldng the oldest and laii^eM om- 
 
 ... .,,, 1 ■ , • . 1 . ,1 Milid.iled iioiliiMi 111 iIr' Chuicli of l',nL;lan(l ill l!rili;,h Noilli .ViiiL-iiea. 
 
 sullied ol their union. I he liisliops appoinled on the ,,,,,,••,■ 1 , • ,1 ■ 1 
 
 ■ I ■ would be tlic licsl (|imhlicd to lake the inUial step m this sii|iieniely 
 
 coiniiiitteeaR the llishops ol 'roroillo, Huron, and Nova i,„|„„.,.^,^( ,„,,„^,,. . |,^. ■,^ Hicc-fore rcsoKed, That a committee lie 
 
 Scotia. apiiointcd which shall lie aiUliori;^eil lo invite a conference of repre- 
 
 W l,liNI,sii.\\ , SL'ptellll)(.r 1 S, 1 SS(). sentalives from all the dioceses in British North -America and confer 
 
 , ,, .. .. .1 II ,■ n; 1, ... ,1, with them, and, if possilile, aeiei' with them upon some iiroimd inion 
 
 111 M(.'ssaue No. JS Ironi the House ol l.isliops. the ' 1 , r , ,, , , , ■,, ,, ,, 
 
 which such union may he lormed the same to lie siilimitled lo the 
 
 i'residellt informed the I'lolocul-.r tll.lt the I pper House Synod of every jlioccse for their consideration hefore tiext meelin^ of 
 
 had appointed the llishop ol Toronto < 'hairmall ol the Provincial Synod, and to report. The committee lo consi.st of Kev. 
 
 ('olimiiltee on the union of all the dioceses ol ilrillsll Dr. l'artridi;e. Dean Norman, I'mvost liody. Canon I'.ri^stocke, Dean 
 
 North \llHrica C.irmichael, Canon White, kev. W. .\. N'oiini;, Kov. 1'.. M. liland, 
 
 . ■ c .1 n,.i (■ (1,. 1 ... ,.■ , ., l-..,l .,,,,1 Messrs. ( . S llarnneton. R. \\ . Ilciieker, liidLTe liensoii lion. D. 
 
 .\ suspension ol llie Kiiles ol ()i(lei was ask(.'(l and 's .■ .-, 
 
 , ,, ■ II' '•• llaniiiLiton, Dr. lohiison, .Messrs. C. Feiikins, R. '!'. Walkem, 
 
 ohtaiiied Id admit ol the lollowiiiij, n.'soltition heiiii; put. ■ ,, ' i> ,• 1 1 ," 1 1 ■ /• • ( 
 
 '^ ' and (icortje r.llioti : Dean ( armichael to lie chairman. Lariud 
 
 .Moved li\ .Mr. R. ■]'. Walkeiii, seconded liy .Mr. C. Jen- „iianimouil\\ 
 
 '''"'^ ■ The resolution was sent to the Lpjier House with the 
 
 The conmiillce ap|>oinled in conncclion with the union of the Church rei|uest that a committee of that 1 louse should he a|)p(iint(.'d 
 
 ofl-.nijland in lirilisli North America re(|uesl the House loinslrucl the m ;|(t with that .ippoilited l.y the Lower House. 'I'lie 
 
 Secretaries to conummicalc to the Most Reverend the .Melropoliiaii ol .. ,, , , . 1 .1 i>- 1 .■ 
 
 ,,,,.,. L pper House ( (inciirr(.(l, and nominated the liishoiis ol 
 
 Rupen's Land, as rresulciit ol the I'rovmciai >vnod ol that I'.cclesi- ' , »■ . ■ • 
 
 .. , ,, ., . . , , ,1:11,, .' 1 ,„; ,f ,- „ . , ' oroiito. 11 roil, a IK No\a >cotia as such ( 1 1111 1111 ttee. 
 
 astic.d I roMiice, the steps taken by tins House to olitani a conleieme 
 
 of the re]iresenlatives from ihe several dioceses in ISrilish Xorlh 
 
 America, and the earnest desire of this Provincial Synod to promote 
 
 Ihe loniplete union of the Church throiii;houl lirilisli .America, and 
 
 iiio\e I he adoption of the report, and lh.it the Cpper House lie re(piested 
 
 lo concur in the prater of the same. Carnnl. 
 
 MiMii.^ (It Mi-.i;nN(; ni' 1111; .ku.ni- cummi iii:1';. 
 
 On I Sth Septeinlier, i,SS(), at i J. ,50 p.m., the Joint ( 'om- 
 mitti.-(.' nu-t. 
 
 Present: 'The Lord liisliops of 'Loronto, Huron, and 
 No\a Scotia : Rev. Dean ( '.trmichael. Canons ilriostocke, 
 White, i'artridoe, l'id\(ist Hodv, I'.. .M. island, .Messrs. 
 Walkem, 1 hiiiiiioton, Jenkins, Judge licnson, I )r. Johnson. 
 
 'I'he Ilishop (if Toronto jircsiilcd, and openctl the meet- 
 ing with prayer. 
 
 .Messrs. Richard 'I'. Walkem and Charles Jenkins were 
 appointed Secretaries. 
 
 .Mo\ed liy R. T. Walkem, secoiuled In' ( '. leiikins : — 
 
 ■'hal the Secrelaries do coiniminicale the resohilioii of the I'rovincial 
 S\no(l forthwith lo ihe several Dioccsim Synods in lirilisli Xoiih 
 .\iiierica and to ihe llishops of all the dioceses, and re('|uesl ihein lo 
 take sleps lo a|)point twd (lelej,'ales to alleiid a meelin^; at such time 
 and place as shall lie fixed liy the chairman of this Conimillte, ihe Lord 
 llisho|i o| the Diocese of Toronto, lo consider and frame a scheme for 
 Ihe union ol the Chiircdi in Hiilisli North .America, lo he suhmiued to 
 
 llritish North .\nieriea, and of the minutes of the meeting the synod of every diocese for its adopii.m prior to next meeiiiiK of 
 
 of tlu- Joint Committee appoinled to carry the resolution I'mviucial Syn' d. Cmiin!. 
 
 into ellett. 
 
 \ (lur oliedieiil servants. 
 
 Moved l)v Rev. I'rovosl liody, seconded liy .Mr. J. .\. 
 Woircll: 
 
 That the memorial ol iho Diocese of Toronto on ihe sulijecl of ihe 
 union of the < hurch of I'.nijland in British .North .America he referred 
 for consideration lo the Joint Commiuee already appointed lo deal 
 with that sulijecl. --C(/n7V(r 
 
 The following circuhir was issued liv the Joint ( 'ommittee 
 earlv in the year iSijo. 
 
 '/(' ///c Si'cnla tit's oj t/w 7\ii-ii>iis SyiKnis : 
 
 We have the lionour to Ininsmii for voiir information a 
 copv ol a Resohilion |iassed al the last session of the I'ro- 
 \ inci.il Sviiod of ( 'aiiada, held at .Montreal in Septemher. 
 i.S,S(). on the important sulijecl of the union or consolid.i- 
 tioii (if the various sections of the .Anglican Church in 
 
 Moved liy Rev. I'rovosl llody, seconded liv Hon. I ». I ,. 
 I lanington : 
 
 (Signed) Ch.\1U.K.S JkNKIN.s, | ^^.^^^ SaretaiU-S. '"'"" ''"'' ^'■■''■^•'•nies he instructed lo connnunic.ile the aclion of lliis 
 
 Richard 1. W.M.KK.M, j committee with regard to the proposed conleience lo their loidships 
 
 
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PROCI-FDIXCS OF THE WlSWVt.C, COM I-Rl^NCK, l8rp. 
 
 llu' lii>lHiph III' llic scvonil ilicicL-~i'.s in Urilisli North Aiiiciica, and Id 
 ri.-s|ieciriilly ioi|iKNl their lordships i<i unnnnncu l(j ihi'ir si-vcral Did- 
 fcsan Sviiixls at their nest incL-lin(4 the acticni (if the I'rovincial Synoil.— 
 Cill li( d. 
 
 'Vhv Lord lii>lii)]) of 'rnr;)iiti) liaviiit^ oxprusscd a dusirc 
 lli:it \\\c place and time til' tin- imx-liiiL;- of tlic coiircfciicc 
 slmuld Ik; lived liy the rDinniittce. it was 
 
 Moved i)y Rev. Dean ( 'annicliael, seconded iiv Hon. I ). 
 !.. 1 laniiiiitoii : 
 
 That ihc- placo nf thu c'dnfcrcncc liu the city of Winninct;. -^Carr'ud. 
 
 .\ii(l it was further ino\ed hy Re\. I'rovo>i ilody, seconded 
 by Rev. !•:. M. Bland : 
 Thai theOinffrciu-e lie hrlil in Sciitcnilier, 1S90. Carrivd. 
 
 Moved by Rev. I'rovost Body, seconded hv Rev. I]. .\1. 
 Bland : 
 
 loply I asl,e.l him uhcth.r 1 «as 1,, un,U-i-.tanil ilial the ( ■,in,niitlfL' 
 
 """''' ""' ' a.umieale wilh onr l)i,H■c^es till ii h.ul the vnieliun of 
 
 this .Syn.1.1 at the |ire.-,ent nieetin-. T.. llii^ K-iur im r,|i|y wa> 
 reeeived. .Meanwhile the Dioeesan .S\iuid> i.l Kiipeil- Land and .Sas- 
 kalcheuan, liavint; met, nnaninimi-ly resolved that the (|ne.-,tion was one 
 for the .lelion of the Provincial Synod. .Nothini; further look place till 
 the middle of .March, when I received a letter, M^nied hy Messrs. lenldns 
 and Walkeni as .Secretaries, annonncinj; a Conference in Winnipc- ,,„ 
 .Seplemlier I.Sth. . . 1 .'.n in;^ every desire to promote the pro. 
 
 po-ed Conference, I sui^i^e.sled th.it it should lie called for .\iii;iisl 1511,, 
 when it udiild lie in the power of this .Synod to appoint a eonmiitte<> t.'i 
 confer with the lelej.;ales from various dioceses. I helieve the liishop 
 of .Saskatchewan made a similar .siit;^H.,ii,,n. This cour.se has lieen 
 f"!!"""^-'!- ■ • '• I'f'l'alily it is the ,K..irc of every meinlier of diir 
 Synod that there should be a Ceiieral Synod fir the whole of British 
 North .\nierica, or. at least, fdr the Donunion of C.mada. lo speak fir 
 the whole Church. I desire to express my full adhesion to that view. 
 
 , , . . ... 1 woul.l e.\pre.ss the hope that this inip,,rtant Conference 
 
 That the I.ishop of I ,.ronto and the Secretaries be a sulicommittee may be guideil to what is most for the g.iod of ,iur braiuh of ( hri,,'.. 
 
 Chinch and for the advantage of the Kingdom of Clnist. 
 
 to draft the communication to the several Synods. —Ciirried 
 
 W'ilhoiu fornial resoltitioii it was agreed that after the 
 .'secretaries should have heard from the sexeral dioceses, 
 this committee wotild meet in Montreal ahoiit a vear hence, 
 and that the Lower iL)use should lieaskeil to atithori/e the 
 coniiminieation of our proceedings to the rro\in(aal Synod 
 of Rupert's Land. 
 
 The meeting then adjourned. 
 
 (Signeil) ( 'i!.\Ki.i:> |i.nkins. 
 
 Rich \ki) '!". W'ai.ki.m. ] 
 
 Sccn'tarics. 
 
 Proceedings of the Synod of the Province of 
 
 Rupert's Land on the Consolidation 
 
 of the Church. 
 
 ( /i.\ti(h/i froiii III, Synod I\,poil.) 
 
 In his tiddress to the l'ro\incial .Synod on the 1,5th of 
 .\iigtist, 1S90, the .Metro]iolit.iii said : — 
 
 .\ most important queslion fur onr consideration uill be that of 
 lakiiii; p.irt in the proposed Conference for tlie confederation of the 
 Church, which has been called for the afternoon of I'riilay, .\iit;ust 
 15th. I feel that it is necessary fur me t(,i .say a few wunls on this 
 subject. The I'rovincial Synod of Canaila appointed in I.S.S6 a cum- terelice to he held to-lllorrow. 
 
 mittee to consider, among other things, tlie neces.sary le;;i.slatiun in the 'Lhe Upper 1 louse announced its conciirrelK e ill the lesohl- 
 vario.is di.iceses for bringing about a confederation uf the Chtirch in ,i,,„ of the Lower House, that the whole House o.' Delegates 
 British North .\meric,i. It was also resolved that vour .Metropolitan !/•■... 1 , , --s' 
 r - . . '. lie a( omniitlee to meet the e.istern delegates: .Klclini; a 
 
 provision tliat the xdting, if any, he hy dioceses, so far as 
 
 Stilisei|uently a mess.ige washrotight down from the Hotise 
 of l!isho|)s announcing that their lor(lslii|)s had passed the 
 following resolution. move<l hy the .Metropolitan, seconded 
 hy the liishop of Sask.itihewan and ( algar\- : 
 
 The I'ruvincial Synod of lhe Church of i:ngl,ind in Kiipert's Land, 
 having been informed of the ( onfcaence called l;y lhe Provincial Synod 
 of the Church of l-jiglainl in Canada, Hliicli meets in Wini ipeg 011 
 .\iigust 15th lo cunsiiler and fr.ime a scheme for the union of the 
 Church in llritish North .\merica. desires to express iis sympathy with 
 thisobjecl ami iis anxiet)' to prom. He it .\s the Synoil understands 
 that there is a desire in some cpLuters thai, with the formation of a 
 Ceneral .Synod f.r the whole Church, there should be a dissoIuti,,n of 
 the provinces and i'rovincial Synods, this .Synod desires to e.x]iress to 
 the Conference its conviction of the necessity of Provincial Synods for 
 local wants and feelings, and its opinion that any sc|„nie lor a Cen- 
 eral Synod, lo be satisfactory fur the Province, must reconniieiid I'ro- 
 vincial Synods in subordin.ition to ihe ( ieneral Synod. The Synod 
 appoints as a Connniltee to represent this Synml and its dioceses in the 
 said Conference the Most Rev. the Metropolitan, the Right Kev. the 
 ]iishoi« of (JuWppelle, Athabasca, and Saskalchewan and C.dgary, 
 and asks the Lower I louse to appoint a Cuininitl,e tu act willi iheni. 
 
 This message ha\ing lieen concurred in as to the reiiorl, 
 the Lower House appointed its members as a delegation lo 
 meet the delegates from the eastern I )ioceses at the ('011- 
 
 shouUI be informed uf the ilesire to establisli closer relations with us, 
 but the N'cnerablc Metropolitan of Canada, by an oversight, neglected to 
 do.this. However, the subject was lirought forward in my address lo 
 the I'rovincial Synod in 1887, and a cominiltee was appointed by the 
 Lower House will) the Rev. IMwyn rentreath as the mover or convener. 
 When Mr. Pentreath cominunic.ited with members of the other com- 
 miltee, he found that they ilid nut consider that they h.ul any aulhority 
 to enter on the ((uestion with our coimnitlee. .\ny joint action was 
 thus prevented. Last year the Provincial .Synod of Can.ada appointed 
 another connniltee and further passed a resolution calling a Conference 
 of delegates from all the dioceses of Hrilish North .\ineriea to meet in 
 Winnipeg. . . 'I'he Committee met before the Provincial Synod 
 
 broke up anil obtained leave to inform us of the proposed tMinfcrence. 
 Accordingly the Secretary ■ ■ the Synoil, the Dean of (^),iel)ec, wrote lo 
 me in my capacity of .Metropolitan and President ol this Synod. In 
 
 this Province is conceriu'd. 
 
 On motion of Canon O'.Meara, seconded by Rev. .\. \\ , 
 Cioulding, the Lower House \oted concurrence, amendiii" 
 •»the clause to reatl as follows : - 
 
 '■II, in the event of votes being taken, there is an iindersiandin" 
 ih.il, if the eastern delegates so desire it, such voting be by dioceses." 
 
 .\fter t!u' Conference had concluded its labours, the I'ro 
 \incial Svnod met on .Mondtiy, the iStli of .August. 
 
 The ITiiise of iiishops, by mes.sage, announced its adop- 
 tion of the rejiort of the Conference on tmion, askino (j,^. 
 concurrence of the House of Delegates in this actitjii. 
 
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TMK Axci.ir.w riuKcn roxsounATiox. 
 
 1 
 
 ( 'anon ( )'Mt Jia n)n\ id tin; ((inriiircnic i jf tlir I lon^i' nt' 
 Delegates in thr MK'.ssaj;i.' ri'jijardin;; tlic ri'|iiirl ul' tlir ('nn- 
 \\-rv\u-c. 
 
 I\r\. 1'.. S. W. I'cnlrcath lAiiri'^scil l)i> llianklulnr^s for 
 ihc ilccisii)!! arn'wd al. 
 
 {'anon O'Mcara proiioscd atldini; al the (.'nd of tlu' irpori 
 a siigjicsiioii tliat tlic votinj^ in tlic (icncral Synoil li" i)y 
 dioceses. 
 
 Mr. (iilro\- said this was tin; only just uroinid on wliiih 
 the I'uluti.' |)ro('cc(lini,'s ol' tlir Ssnod could In.' cirricd on. 
 lie (|uolcd. as a|)|>ro|)riatc to tlii' occasion, the concluding 
 \v(ir(U of till' IS.ilni lor ;lic (lav. '■ l'ro>|icr Thou tlu' work 
 of our hands upon us; oh! prosper Thou our handiwork." 
 
 The motion was carried l)v a rising \(ite. 
 
 A niessaLje from tlu.' House of l!i>hop> relaluiL:; to con- 
 stitutional <hani;es proposed in \iew of the projected 
 scheme of Church union was taken up claii>e liy cl.iust.', on 
 motion of Re\-. j. r. S.irgent. seconded 1)\' Mr. Mulock. 
 ()ii motion ot .\lr. Wriniey, si'conded li\- Mr. .Mulock. the 
 i louse went into Committee of the Whole. ( '.mon ()'Meara 
 in tlu' chair. The words "His (Irace the .\i"chliishop of 
 Canterhurv lieinu I'rinuUe" wei'e omitted I'roiii a <'lause 
 containing them, and the words "'riie I'rini.ite he appointed 
 liv the (lenefal Sviiod" ui're adopted instead of thi'm. 
 
 'I'lic llou^e of ISishops |)ropo>ed that the words "the 
 Church ol' I'ji.ukmd " he chauLjed to " Ceiieral Synod " in a 
 parai;raph coiiimencin;^ with: 
 
 '■ l'rn\i(lL'(l that iMlliiii^ lieix'iii cnnlaiiu'il >1kiI1 |>i(.-VL'iit ihc ('Inircli 
 iiflliis I'lovincc fnmi .iccciiling any .ihcralinns in tliu vcr^inn nf tho 
 ItiliK', iir tlio furmiilariL's of l!io Cluircli, wliicli nui) lie ailnpU'il l>y llu' 
 CluMi'li i.'l |-'.ni;l;inil, nr Inr ri.-i'onnnL'nilini; for use in this province any 
 piMycr '11 liinn cif prayer drawn iip liy llie House ol liislidp^, for .my 
 speeial olijecl iiol proviileil for in the I'xiok ol ( 'onnnon I'rayer." 
 
 .\lo\eil 1)\ Ml'. \\ ri,u;li-\', se'^onded 1)\' the Prolocutor, that 
 the words "or the Ceneral Synod" hi.' inserted alter the 
 words "the Church ol' l>iigland." This motion w.is lost 
 al'tiT a li\ely discussion. 
 
 .\lo\eil by Rev. I',. .\. Cowley, seconded hv Re\ . W. .\. 
 liurman, that the report of the Committee of the Whole he 
 adopted, was put and deckired carried. 
 
 The constitutional changes prosided for hv the report 
 were then voted on se[)aratelv 1)\' orders and carried. 
 
 '{'he most important pro\isions, in addition to those men- 
 tioned, were the folhiwing : 
 
 " 'I'lie funelii>n of llie (ieneral Synod shall lie to ileal with all inatlers 
 .Tlfectirif; in a[iy way the general interests and welMisini; of the Chinch 
 within its jurisdiction, provided that no canons or resolutions of .i coer- 
 cive character, or involvini; iienallies or disaliilities, shall he operative 
 in this ei'cle-.iastical province uiuil accepted liy the Provincial Synod ; 
 |)rovided also thai the erection, divsion or re-erection of dioceses anil 
 the appoiiUnient and consocration of bishops within this province shall 
 lie dealt with liy tlie I'rovinci.al .Synod." 
 
 Oil motion of Canon O'.Meara, secom'ed h\ .Mr. 11. S. 
 
 ( 'rotlv, it was resolved : - 
 
 I'h.it whereas the principle of proportionate representation has heen 
 adopited liy the ( Ieneral Conference, and whereas partly with a view to the 
 
 eduction of expenses ihi-. Synod largely pronioled the adoption of this 
 principle, .■irihou^h apparently opposed to the interests of many dioceses 
 of our province: therefore this Synoil is of opinion that the (ieneral 
 Svnod shoulil make provision for a vote liy dioceses when duly called 
 f(ir. 
 
 Proceedings of Various Diocesan Synods in 
 
 Regard to the Consolidation of the Church 
 
 of England in British North America. 
 
 I 111: iiiiicKsi: (If Nii\'.\ s((iri.\. 
 
 ( /:.\/i<ii/.< fifiii III,- Synod /u/>oil.j 
 
 The I'lishop ill his address to the Synod of .\ova Scotia 
 on the Jjtli June, iScjo. said: 
 
 " .Vi'.ythini; thai tends in the desired direction of iIk" corporati union 
 of ihe cluirches is to he heartily welcomed liy us, and, therefore, 1 
 remind you in this coimection of the movement which has lieeii liei;un 
 for lirint;inj; aloui the union of the I'rovinces of the indepeiulent 
 liioceses in Ilritish .North .Vinerica. 
 
 "The ('onmiitlee of this .Synod will present its Report, and I have 
 lieen reipiested liy the Joint Connniltee of the i'rovincial Synod to 
 invite you to appoint two delej^ates to attend a Conference with the 
 Joint Committee, two Deleyales from each of the other dioceses, and 
 such repre^enlalives as may be appointed li\' the I'rovincial Synod of 
 Rupert's Land from the dioceses composini; that Province, to be held 
 in the city of Wiraiipej; on Priday, isih .\iij;ust next, for the inirpose 
 of considering; and franiinj; a scheme to be submitted to the Synod of 
 every diocese for its adoption prior to the next meeting of the I'rovin- 
 cial Synod in iSo2." 
 
 ( )n the 2Sth June the following proceedings took place : 
 The report of Committee on unilication of the Church 
 
 in C.inatki was presented and read by Rev. Rural Dean 
 
 Moore, as follows : — 
 
 The committee appointed at the last session of this .Synod '' to fully 
 consider Ihe relations now existinj; between the various dioceses and 
 the I'rovincial Synod and also the possibility of unitinj; the whole 
 {'liurcli of liritish Xorlh .\merica under one Kcclesiastical |urisdic- 
 lion, and further considering how far the interests of the Church in 
 this diocese may be affected by the objects embr.aced in the resolution 
 of the Provincial Synod on Ihe subject of unilication of the Church, 
 beg leave to report " : 
 
 1. That the idea of unilication of the Provinces and Dioceses in 
 British North .\merica commends itself strongly to the minds of your 
 committee as a sle|) towards bringing about the desire of the iilessed 
 Master " that they all may be one." 
 
 2. Having consulted with the authorities of the other dioceses con- 
 cerned, your committee foresee thai difficulties will arise in the carry- 
 ing out of the grand design of uniting all the dioceses of Canada. 
 
 3. N'oiir commitlee nevertheless deem it highly desirable to appoint 
 two deleg.ilOs to represent this dioiese al the Conference to be held in 
 (he city of Wiimipeg, on I-'riday, the 15th .\ugust, next. 
 
 .Moved by Rev. T. W. Johnston, seconded by Rev. H. 
 delSlois : - 
 
 That the report lie received and adopled. 
 
 ,N[ove(l in amendment by Hon. .\. (I. Jones, seconded 
 by Rev. J. J. Ritchie : 
 
 That the motion to .idopt lie on the table for the present. — Curried. 
 
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PKoci;i;i)i\(;s oi- riii: w'wivr.c. coxii.kknci:, tS 
 
 ()(). 
 
 Rev. H. 
 
 Moved hy Rev. Dr. I'ouiikiii, sccoiulcd liv .Mr, 11. |. 
 CmHhill: 
 
 Thai the if|"irl (pii iiniiJii \)v ri'-cniiniiillcii fur nlli-ialinii. Caniid. 
 
 The rc|)()rt (if the ( 'oiiiinitti'i' on [hv uniliciiiioii of the 
 ('hiirch \v;is aj^ain taken up : the report a> amended li\ the 
 ( 'oiiiniittce lieing read. 
 
 The Re\'. Rural Dean .Moore nio\ed the adoption of the 
 riport, tonether with the resolution. \i/. : 
 
 Tlial llic .'-;yiiiMl I'lccl two n.'picM-nlalivi-> 111 ilic pmiidscil ( 'nnrciciicc 
 al \Viimi|ieg. 
 
 It was <lec ided tiial two dele,LJ,ates and two siilistilutes lie 
 chosen l)V halloi in the inorninj;. It wa,-> al.^o decided that a 
 clerical and lay delegate each should compose the delei^a- 
 til n and, failini; them, the s^lll^tltlltes. It w.is I'lirtlier 
 decided that the expenses ol tlu' delectation lie paid li\' the 
 treasurer from the ftimU ol' the Sviiod. 
 
 ( )n till' hillowin^ day l\e\-. ( '.nion llrin^tocke pri'seiited 
 the report ol the conimitlei/ tn noiniii.ite two dele.nales to 
 the ineetiiiL; of the joint ( 'oinmittee of the I )iocese to con- 
 sider the (|Uestion of amalgamation ol the .\nL;lican Church 
 in ISritish North .\inerica. 'i'liex- iiomin,il(.(l lor the c'eri- 
 This was seconded hy Rev. W . j. .\ncieni. The ie|.ort ral delegates. Right Rev. Ilishop Kingdom, and Re\s. j. .M. 
 
 was received and the resolution unanimoii-.l\ c.irried. 
 
 'I'he \'cn. .\rchdeacor, Smith. D. 1>.. ,md Dr. II. \'. Hind 
 
 were then unanimously elected such Delegates. 
 On the 2nd of July, the following took jjlace : 
 The Lord I'.ishop asked wlulher it was the judgment of 
 
 Da\enport ; j. Rov Camphell, and ( ). S. Newnham as Mih^ 
 >tilutes : for the lay delegates. Sir JdIiii ( '. .\llen. andC. W. 
 W'eldon ; W. .M. |ar\is. and('. \. \roiim as sulislitiiles. 
 The comniitti'c recommended thai these lie ai'ce|ited with- 
 out liallol. .\11 lint Sir |oliii ( '. .\llen, who had not lieeii 
 
 the -Synod that he should go to Winnipeg t.) attend the asked, stated their willingness to go, and the sulistitiites 
 
 Conference relative to ihe unification of the Church in should lie eligilile to go in' the order of their a|ip<iintment. 
 
 Canada; explaining that he was (|iiile ready to do .so, liul The report was acceiited. 
 
 would like it to he understood th.it it could only he al the Messrs. 11. W. jriili. C. 11. laiiwe.ithcr. C. .\. Scho- 
 
 expcnse of the ahandonmeni for this session ol some of the i^.jil, C,. Herliert I .ee, .ind .\. 1'. Tippel. were nominated 
 
 work he had proposed to do in the Diocese. |,y ilu^ chair ,i Cnmmiitee to t.ike such steps as they may 
 
 Several memhers of the Synod expressed themselves as ,ieem suit.ihle for raising a hind t.i defrav the expenses ,if 
 
 thinking it highly ilesirahle that the l!isho|. should attend th,. Delegates to the Conference ,it Winnipeg, 
 the conference. His '.ordship s.iid he would therefore 
 consider it the wish of the Synod thai he should go. 
 
 lUOCIOSK (IK l'RK|ih;RI( TdN. 
 
 nine I. si', (i|- (.iri,ia.r. 
 ( /-.'.i/ni./s /rfw III, Synod /\,/;Tt.) 
 
 In his address in the S\niiil, on the 4lh of |nne, iSijo. 
 
 In a note to the Ivlitor of this Report from Re\. ( 'anon the Hishop said : 
 
 Hrigstocke. Rector of Trinitv Church, St. |ohii, he saiti: .. , , , .- ,, ,., ■ r,, ,. ., ■ . ,i 
 
 I have rccrivi'il Iniiii iIk' < liainuan 111 llio ( (iiiiiiUitfL' apii'iiiitcil liy 
 
 •• .Ml ihal was iloiic in the .Syiiml of this Diin-fsi; (JMCilfrirton) last l'"-' I'rivincial Synml to r.in-i'Ui ihr le.i...iliilily of a union of all the 
 
 year rc,^|iLMain^ llic siilijcct of the consoliil.uiim nf Ihe C'hurrh in liri- dioceses of the Domininn lhi^ imliee l/'.i'.. cireular finni the Ilislmp of 
 
 lish North .\nierica was to pass a re.-ohition for the app-iiiilineiit of 'I'lironto nn the siiliject of the Conferenre at Winnipeg,'. iKileil May 
 
 two delegates to attend the ( onferenee at Winnipeg." ■"• lJ^<)')), This will require some acliim." 
 
 The following is taken from a report in 77ic Kvan^ciical Cn the same ila\' .Xrchdeacon \\<-k- \k:m\ the report on the 
 
 (.'////'/r/'W////, (jf Toronto, of the pioceedings of ihe S\ nod: relations ln'tweeii the- l'ro\inci.iI Synod and tlu' \arious 
 
 •' \ ,-„m,»i,n;,-,ii w, „.n . ,-.,1 r, ii r • , r- ■,, 1- ,1 Dioceses, and g.ue notice of its .uloption at the proper time': 
 
 .V lomiiuinicalion uas leail Irmn the |iijnt ( nunnitlee ol the ' ' i i • 
 
 I'll ivincial .Synod of Canada leiiuestiiig the Synod to I'krt two dele- '"^'1 '''^•' '''''^ '"-' ^votild move the appointment of the Coin- 
 
 ijates to attend a Conference with the Joint Cminuillee, and sueh lllittee re'Commeilded in the s.tme ; and also the llomill.ltion 
 
 representatives as may lie appoinled from other dioeeses, for the of two Dele-ales |.. the Coine'lllion whi( ll is to meet in 
 purpo,ie of coiisiderint; and framing a scheme for the imion of the 
 Church in Hrilish North -Vmerica. to he sulimitted to the Synod of 
 every diocese for its adoption prior to the ne,\t meeting of the Provin- 
 cial , Synod in 1S92." 
 
 Winnipeg, in .\iigust. on the consolidation of the Church. 
 The rr-|)ort is as follow s : 
 
 Re\-. I,eo. .\. Hoyt moved the following resolution, of 
 which he gave notice through a circular ; 
 
 " The cmnmiiiee appointed to rejorl, lirst. upon the relati\ e po^i• 
 lions ol the various Dioces.in .Synods and of the Provincial ,Synod, and 
 secondly, upon the pn^silijljiy nf consolidating thi' whole Church of 
 Ihitish .North .\iiieric,i under one ecclesiastical iuri-diclioii, heg to 
 "That this Synod appoint two delegates, in accordance with the report as follow- : 
 rec|uest of the said joint Commitlee, to consider and fiame a scheme " '■ '^i'"'^' l''^' appoin'meiit of this committee, in June, l.SS.S, a ses- 
 
 for the union of the Church in liritish North .Vmerica, to lie sulunitled sion of the I'lovini ial Synod has lieon held, al which ihe entire suliiecl 
 to Ihe Synod of every diocese for its adoption prior to the next meeting referred to the conmiiitee w.is fully gone into : lir-t, in a very v.iluahle 
 of the Provincial Synod." report piiiited in the Journal of that .Synod, an<l afterwards in a delate 
 
 ol unusual interest. 'I'he deliate resulted in the unanimous adoption 
 
 1 he re.solutlon was se.-onded by Hon, D. I,. Haning- „r , ,.,,„u„i,„ ,|i;,,„ing that it would he for the advantage of the 
 
 toil, and curried, various sections of Ihe Canadian Church to he consolidated into one 
 
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 lltl. ANCt.rCW ( lirUCII ((iNShMDA IKiN. 
 
 luwlv, and llml (lie liiiir was iipiiic fcir ihe aili>| ijun i,l mi-a^iin-. In j;ivf 
 ^iicli iiiiifiialioii cflVcl. mill a|)lHpiMlill^; a ('<iminillri-('>f whirli tin- |)i-aii 
 iif l^Hiclii'i- ami llic < liaiu'i-llur I'f l;isli<i|i"N ("olli-jje nrr nuir'nTS) 
 aiillmri/i'il Id iinilo a ( unfi'iriiic u( ri'prc'Miil.ilivci from all the 
 (liiicosos ill lirilisli Niiilli \iii''ri(a. In dMifir «illi lliciii ami, if |in--iMi-, 
 at;rc(.' willi llifiii iiimii snine t;riUTal lia-i» ii|«)ii wliii li snili iiiiinn may 
 lit' fnriiuil. llif same In In- siiliiiilllnl in |la- Synoil of every ilinrese for 
 llieir cnM-.iiicratinii liefnre llir inxl iiireliiij; of flic I'mvinrlal Sytmd, 
 anil In ir|inrt In tlie luwl nifi'liii^; nf llic I'rovinrial SytH"! 
 
 " Tin; cniicliisions at Hliiili lliis iiii|«irlant ('nfiiriiillci- of iIk rrnvin- 
 rial Syiinil will liaw ariivnl Hill, im ilnulil, lie siilmiilled in lliis 
 Syiinil at ils iH'Nl session. 
 
 "Willi iijjai'l In llic lirst oflhclwo jxiinls referred In your com- 
 niillee, liny are nf llu- n|iininn llial llic |irinci|ile of itje consolidalinn 
 nf all llie dlm-cses nf lirilisli N'niili America inin one orf;,Tni/ed I 'ndy 
 niijjiu In meet willi llie general ajiprnval. 
 
 " The delails nf carryin); mil llie consolidalinn, on the niher liaiid, 
 will re(|iiire llie j;rave>l and Inn^^ careful ctm-ideralion. I he fnll iwini; 
 iiuesliniis miisi \i:- amnii!; llic lirsl lo he -ellUd ; - 
 
 "I. Shall llie e\isMn^' I'.'.'.de^ia-liial I'mvinee- and Provincial 
 Synods be niiilimied under llie new nrijani/alion. or lie nier^jed in it .■' 
 
 '■ 2. II conliniied, wlial shall I e llie relative duties and |in\Mrs of 
 each '.' 
 
 " .;. llnw nfieii. am! wlirii and where »hall llieiieneral Synnd fnr 
 ihr w hole of I'.iiiisli Nnrih America meet .' 
 
 " .(. Wlial aniniml nf npresenlalinn .shall each diore-e ha\e in llic 
 lieiieral Synod, and -..hall all llie dinceses, Imwever imiwirtant nr unini- 
 porlanl, have the same ? 
 
 " The Inllowini,' |in;nl.s iiiii-.t Ovideiilly fnriii veiy inipiirlanl elemenls 
 in ihe -.ellieiiienl nf the fniej;oinj; i|iie^lii)n^ : 
 
 "I. Thj limited luniilier of the nienihers of llie t\i~iiiij; ''anadian 
 f 'luiieh. 
 
 ■' 2. The vaslness ol ilie territory o\er which il is ~|,read. 
 
 ".?• The fjreat expen.se attendint,' ii|ion every nieetini; of hot h the 
 several I'mvincial .SynoiK and the ' ienetal Synod, laUen in connection 
 with the fact thai the Canadian ( linn h is not a weallhy iKidy." 
 
 ( )ii tlu' (iih (if jiiiir it w.is inii\n(l !)y tin; .\ri lulcicon ot" 
 (Jtk'lKM'. sri'(iiuli.-il li\ I If. llelK'ker:- - 
 
 •' That the reporl nf '.he cniivnlid.iiinii nf the ('Imrrh lie adnpted and 
 |Minled." L\vi/,,i'. 
 
 M(i\r(l hy iIk- .\ii 1ii1l-,1('u|| mI' (Jiil'I)c'', SeTonilcd l)V 
 ( ':iiiiiii \ 1111 Ifll.iiiil : 
 
 " Th.i; in annuel In ilu- reniu^t addie-«ed to Ihe Svnod hy the I'ro- 
 \iiici.d >ynnd CnniiiiitUe on cnii,n|ii| ninn of the Church in I'lrili.sh 
 Nnith .\nierii.i, the l.n|,| l;i^|in|i 1,^ re'|iiesti-il \,, nami- two memliers 
 of this Syiincl a,- a I)elei;alion In attend the Cnnfi-imre In I* liehl at 
 W'innipet; in the iiinnth nf .\iii;ii-t neM." Caiiial. 
 
 SiilisiinK'iiily ilu' Lord |li-,li(i|i iKiiiu-d tiic Kr\. CiiKin 
 'riiornclni.' niid Mr. Jnhn Hamilton a^ llic muiiilicrs (if the 
 Delcnatiuii w the Winnijicu ( 'uiilcreii' e on rlitir'li con- 
 .solidation. 
 
 lUiK i:.M-; (ii \iii\iKi.\i. 
 
 ( l-.\li\i,ti fivm Ih, Syiiihi K.f-oit.) 
 
 Ill Ills achlfO'-N to tliu S\no(l on the ijih of Iiiiu', tlic 
 
 lii>hii|i said ; 
 
 "Of special >idijec|s lo he lirniinht in )oiir iinlire at ihis lime, I wil 
 place lir--l ,i resnhilinii passed at the ia>t meeting; of the I'rovinrial 
 .Synod. [Hi,, I^ord^hip here ijunlcd the re.vdiilioiis adopted at the la.sl 
 
 Mssion of Ihe I'rovincial Synod in Montreal last Seplemher, which 
 aiilhori/ed the appoinlineiil of a (■onmiitlee to invite a Conlereiice of 
 repieseiitatives from all the dioceses in lirilisli North America on the 
 siiliject (if the union of the liranches of the .Anglican Clnirches in Ihilish 
 North .America, this commillee to meet in a year's lime, when the 
 secretaries should have heard frnin the several dinieses. His l.ordship 
 llieii conliniied. | Ndii will, ofconrse, in conforinily with the kesolnlioii 
 of the Coinmittee appointed under that resoliilioii, send twii Uelenates 
 to allend the Conference at Winnipeg, to he held on l''riday, ISth 
 .Aut;iisl, at l p.m. (I nhserve l>y a circular hoin the liishopof 'I'oronio, 
 Chairman, lliat the day of meeting; has lieen ch.aiged from Seplemlier 
 to the isih of .AiinMst of this year. I \nii will clmnse men of character 
 and ahilily, lined to promole the desi(;ii in the mind of the I'mvincial 
 Synod, rememlierin^ also the inovemcnt itself was inaii(;uraled at 
 l,.milietli, at the ;^'ieat meelint; of .\iii;licaii liishops and (li(»nilieil clerj^y 
 held ill July, |,S>,S, usually spoUcn of as l'an-.\iit;lic,in. 
 
 'To unite and consolidate the various liranches of the Church ol 
 I'.ntjiand in liriti.-h North .\merica ' is, accordint; In the Kesnlulimi I 
 have just read, the purpose of the ((inference at Winnipeg;. ( )ur 1 )ele- 
 t;ales must he careful that the tree lof vvliiih the Canadian Churches 
 are liranches) has sp:ice and li};hl wherein lo ^rovv, in order that (lo 
 continue tlii' mela|ilior) the hirds nf llie air may come lo Incite in the 
 liranches thereof." 
 
 On iiiolion of |)can ( 'arniii-liael. seconded liy 
 I )a\ idson, it was 
 
 )r. 
 
 " /\'i .>.'/,-■,■,/, iha; llie Rev. 
 
 and Mr. 
 
 he 
 
 ipp. 
 
 II. 
 
 lied 
 
 to represent this Synod al ihe Conference on Church consolidalioii la 
 he held in llie cily of Winnipej; on the Ijlh 'lay of .\ut;usi, i,S(|o, al 2 
 o'clock, and th.it such Kepresenlatives he iiislriuied ihat it is the 
 opinion of ihis Synnd that the iiilere Is oi" the Church would hest lie 
 secured hy the formation of hut one province lo emlirace all the 
 dinceses in llriti>h Nnrtli .\iiieri.a." 
 
 Ni H i;. ' ( 111 the following' ilay the hhinU-- were Idled in with the 
 naiiifs of 1 lean C.irniichael and Dr. 1.. 11. D.ividsoii, with .Xrchdeacoii 
 I,ind>ay and Dr. T. P lUiller as suh-liliiles. 
 
 iddC I'.M-: (If UN TAkKi. 
 
 ( /■'..\li;u/< fioiii llii- Syihhi /up.n/ ) 
 
 in his adihi'ss to tlie Sviiod of (Intario on tlv,- jStli 
 June, the l!isho|i said : 
 
 "1 have reieived ihe followinj; leller from the Lord lti>l.op nf 
 rorniiin, which will lecpuie .ictinn on the pail of the Synod. ' [\ i/., 
 Ihe Circular dated Mav Kllh. I.N>)(>.1 
 
 .\ letter was read iVoin tlie joint Se(retari(.'s of tlie ( 'om- 
 mittee (d' the l'id\iiieial .Synod (jf < 'anada on the union ol 
 the lir.iiiches of llie .\iinlie;,n Church in llritish North 
 .\nHrii a. 
 
 On tile H)th June it vv; s nio\ed 1)\ judi^e .M(d )on.il(l, 
 seconded li\- Rural he.m l.otieks; 
 
 " 1 hat two Delegates, a clergy iiian and a layman, and allernales, he 
 appointed hy this Synnd tn attend a Conference nf l)elej;ates from the 
 Synods of the several dioceses in Ihitij-h Ni rlli .\nierica, with a joint 
 Commillee of llie Provincial Synod of Canada, on the union of ihe 
 liranches of ihe .Anglican Church in lirilisli North .America, and such 
 representatives as may he ap| oinleil liy the I'rnvimial .Symiil of Rupert'.s 
 Land frniii the dioceses composing that Province, lo he held in the 
 city of Winniiieg on l-'riday, ihe !5lh of .August next, at 2 o'clock in 
 ihe aflernonii, fnr llie purpnse of coii-idering and framing a scheme for 
 the union of the Cluirch in Hrilish N'lrth America, to he suhiliilted to 
 
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rK()ti.i;i)iN(;s oi nii w iSNipia; coNi-icKiiNci:. iS()o. 
 
 ,h,. Syn.,,1 nf every IWs,. for its a,lo,„ion prmr to the ,u-xt meeting; , )„ ,),, ,4,1, ,,1 ]um: n„ IVr. „n,n.„.l.t i, ,„ „t ih. Ilish,,,.. 
 
 ..flhr rn.vinrml Syiiixl of i,So2 ; aiM tli;U the kcv. Canon Wliilo and ,1,. „.,,„ ,m ,, , ,, , , ,. 
 
 Mr. K.T.Walkcm. (..(•., I.- the I)..U.Kat..s.,n,ler.l,is Resolution, with "^ "■'""■ ,"' ^''' '"■• ''^'"•^"'•^ ^^^'^ ^"'"'^■'' "' 'I"' 1'^' "' 
 
 li'K^i' II" tlte ("(iiiimitti.'i' ,)n till' iinidii ,,f \\h- ('Imrch in 
 
 I'rilisli \(irth Aiiiniia, lu- li;i\in;^ limi clciicd li\' the 
 Synod as CkTiial ki|ifrstiit,iti\c to the ( 'oiiliiciicc on tliat 
 siilijcci in Wii)ni|)(_'j;. 
 
 'I'lu' follow ill.; fcport (if tile ( 'ominittcr of S\no(| on the 
 
 union (if llic Cliiinii in llriti^li Ndrili Amrni.i imdrr onr 
 ecclesiastical jurisdiction, is dated 'otli May, iSSi;: 
 
 efjati 
 the Kev. Rural Dean liojjart and Mr. R. \ashon Koners, <,).('., as 
 alternates." -Cdtrifii, 
 
 .Moved liy jiidi^c McDonald, seconded In the ( 'li.mcel 
 lor (Dr. 1 lenderson) ; 
 
 "That the lravcllinn expenses of the Delefjatcs from this Synod who 
 shall attend the Confcrenre at Winnipeg shall he paid hy this .Synod 
 nnd that the Clerical Secretary lie and he is herehy aiithori/ed to pay 
 till' same." — Carrird. 
 
 " Noiir Committee was appointed to further consider the cpie^tion of 
 the union of the Chinch in lirilish North .America and the rclalioll^ ,.f 
 the Diocesan and Provincial Synods; and have ^iven careful consider.i- 
 tion to several imporlanl matters comiected with die recomiiuiidnlions 
 of their previous report, they ln't; iheri'rore to in.d<(' the (ollnwiiii,' 
 amended recoi'imcndations : 
 
 " 1. That the ilioceses existing within any Ci\il I'roviuce should have 
 power to ori^anize themselves into an l''.cclesia--lical l'ro\ince. lli.ii in 
 such I''.cclesiaslical I'roviuce a I'rovincial Council, or Synod, should i^c 
 formed liy rcpresenlalion. as may lie af^reed upon, from the -,evcr:d 
 
 lilOCI'.SI'', OI' jfiUONln. 
 
 ( E.xtratls from l/ir Syinul /ufoit. ) 
 
 In Ills address to tlie Synod on the loth of June, liie 
 Bislio|) said : — 
 
 " As Chairman ol the [oint Committee on the union nf the branches 
 
 f .X f-\ 1 r 1- 1 ' T ■ t> • ■ 1 V. , . • ■ , . loMiieo iiy lepreseniai ion. as may lie aL'recd upon, irom tile -.evci 
 
 of (he Church of Kns,dand in Hritish North America, I desire to say >>■ ^ 1 • ,1 o ' 1 .1, .1 !•■ r , ,, • 
 
 .,...,, 1 -riT 1- ,. ■ ■ . , . . Diocesan Synods in the I'lMMiice, and th.it the l;isho|is of the I'roMiice 
 
 that it h.is I.een decided liy this ( ommiltee to mvile the several dioceses . ,, . .1 ,■ ,. r ■ 1, ' • , ,. 
 
 , , ,, ■ ■ , ^. , , , • , , ,. slioiilil constilule the I pper House ol such rrovmcial ( ouiicil or 
 
 of the Trovincial Synod, and the independent dioceses, namely, New- c , 1 ,, . ., 1 ■ r 10 ■ -i,. ■! 
 
 r 1, 1 /■ 1 , ■ x- ,,, . , . , , . Sviiod, and thai the held of such I'rovmcial ( oimcil or SviioiUliduld 
 
 foundland, Columliia, New Westminster, and taledonia, to eect each ,' v n-i ,1 1 , . 1 ,1 o- 1 r.i i. ■' 
 
 ,, I . , r • , 1 ,. . , , . liean Archliishop to he elected liy the I'.ishops of the I'roMiice. I hal, 
 
 two Dek'f^ates loconrerwith the Coimnitteeand such Represen;ativesof , . ,.-ii, 1 , ■ 
 
 , ,. r 1 I, ■ ,• , , . . . w liere necessary, two or uioie ( iMl Irovmces imv lie I'mupi'il to.ieihtr, 
 
 the ilioceses olthe Province of Kuperl s Land as ma\ lie apiiomled hy . , ' 1 • ,, ■ ■ \ ^- , 1 ' , ., r 
 
 ,, ^ 1 r.i . o ■ • ,,,,■', ■,. . ^" •''■' '" '"'■'" ■' I""" I ".vincial Synod under the presidency of an 
 
 thcSynod of that rrovince, at a nieelmi,' to |.e held 111 the ciiv ol \\ m^ , ,,•, , / ■ , , , ■ ■ • 1 • ■,,. 
 
 ., , r . ,.., ,. r .. ' .\rchliisliop as lielore provioed, and that such joint Provincial Synod 
 
 nipeg, on the ISth of August ne\t. I he oli|ecl of this ( onference is lo 1 , 1 1 .1 ,■ r ■ ■ , .1 ', ,• 
 
 ?, ,, , .- , . , should have the power ol framini' iiilernal enactments I.. r llir needs o( 
 
 consider and Iranie a scheme for the union of the Church in Ihitish , , ,, • 
 
 ..,,.,.,, .... llie several Provinces. 
 
 North America, which scheme will be sulimitled to the Synod of every 
 Diocese for its adoption previous to the next meeting of the Provincial 
 Synod in iSgj." 
 
 Tiie honorary l.:iy Secretary read a letter from the Hislio]) 
 of Toronto, Ciiairtnan of the joint Cominitlee of the I'ro- 
 vincial Synod of ('aiiada, on the nnion of the ( 'liurch of 
 I'ln^dand in Hritish \ortii .\ineric.i, d.ited .Ma\- K), iSijo 
 
 " J. 'I'liat such Provincial (ouiicil or Synod shmild inecl regiilarl) 
 once in three )i-ars, and thai special sessions iii.iy lie held as often as 
 llie interest of the Chinch may reipiire. 
 
 " .;. 'I'liat the I'rovincial Synod should have power t<i act forth.' 
 ( hurch in reference to all mailers of Provincial legislation affecling 
 the ( liurc h, and should he charged generally with tlu' o\ersighl of all 
 matters, ediii alional or oiheruise, aliecling llie uell.ire of llie ( 'iuirch 
 in such Province, and that the Synod should ha\e pomr lo enaci 
 
 Moved iiy Rev. S. Jones, seconded liy Kev. J. D. Cayley, Canons for the Church in that Province in relerence to all iiiicsiion 
 (I arising out of the Church or 'remporalities or Ri'Iigious Iiisiiiulions 
 
 .\cls, duties of Church oflicers. etc., etc. Thai llie Ihnise of Pishops 
 in each l''.cclesiastical Province slioulil exercise the s.iine pouers, willi 
 regard lo ilie Djoi-eses uiihin that Pros ince, as are now cercised by ihe 
 
 " A'.'v,)/,-/',/, That ihe Utter as lolhe union of the Cliiirch of laiglaiid 
 in P.rilish Noiih .\inerica be referred lo the special Cominitlee on the 
 union of the Church in Urilish Norih .America." 
 
 Ilouscot Bishops ol the present lOcclesiastical lro\inceof Canail.i. 
 
 " 4. That there sh'iuM be a ( leneral Synod for the ( lunch of liiiiish 
 Norlli .\iiierica, which should meet regularly every live ye.irs, and 
 shoulil correspond in its powers and duties to the Proviiici.il .Suiod, as 
 now coiistiluled. That such (ieiuaal Synod should .done h.i\e llie 
 power of de.iling with mailers afferling ilii- sl.indards o| wiirsliip or 
 liscipline of llie Cliiirc li, and thai such S\ nod should lie pecidiail)' 
 
 On the iJlh ol June it was moved 1)\- the < 'h.incellur of 
 the Diocese, Dr. SiitlliiiL;, secoiidi-d li\ Rev. .\. |. llrouo- 
 hall, and 
 
 " /\,-i,i!;vil, thai llie Rev. Dr. l.angtrv and Dr. J. ( ieorge Ilodgiiis 
 III- Ihe Represeiilalivcs on behalf of this Synod lo ihe < "onfereiiee to 
 
 meel ill Winnipeg on the l^tli of August nexl, on llie union of ihe eliarged wilh ihe oversight of spirilual mailers. Surli ( leiiei.d .-synod 
 
 Church in Mritfsh North America." ^|„,„,,| .,,„, |,,,,.^. ,,,,.„,j,^, „,- ,|,^, ^,j.|,eral mission work of ilie Church. 
 
 On'the t;,th of June it was moved liy the Rev. .\. |. ''"mcslic and foreign. Thai the Piesideni of ihe Ceneral .Synod 
 
 I, I II 1 "1 1 11 11 I .1 " should be Priinale of the Chiircdi ill lirilish .North .\nierica. and should 
 
 liroiioliall, socondedliv Rev. Dr. Laiiofrv, and , , , , , ^ ,,,■,>, 1 • 1 1 
 
 be elei'led by and Irom among ilie Provincial .xrclilusliops ; Inn tli.il 
 
 " h'l'solt'cl. That the commiltee 011 the union of the Church of liri- during the continuance in otlice of any of the existing .Metropolitans, 
 
 tish North .America be reappointed, vi/., the Rev. Canon liodv, M.,A., the senior .Metropolitan in order of consecration should be Presiilent of 
 
 D.C.I.., Convener; the Revs. .A. 1. liroughall, M..\.. 1 oh 11 Carry, the ( leneral Synod. 
 
 D.D., Canon (^lyley, .\1..\., Canon Du.Miiiilin, .M..A., D.C.I,., " The creation of such a ( ieiieral Syiiinl would reipiire a fresh .\ei, 
 
 .Septimus lones, M..\., John Langlry, M..\., D.C.I.., John Pearson ; and the Coininillee do not, therefore, feel it lucessary to furl her discuss 
 
 .Messrs. lion. C. W. Allan, D.C.L., C. R. W. H ggnr, .M..A., (J.C., any (pieslioiis arising oul of the legislalion now exisling as lo the rela- 
 
 A. II. Campbell, J. f!. Ilodgins, .M..A., I.L.D., ClarUson Jones, tions of the Diocesan and Provincial .Synods. 
 
 Richard Snelling, LL.D., n.C, S. C. Wood, LL. 1!., J. .\. Worrell, " Voiir (.'ommittee would hirlher recommend thai a ]ielitioii be pre- 
 
 li.C.L. , (^. C. sented on behalf of this Synoil to the I'rovincial Synod .it its next 
 
 — 17 
 
n 
 
 THK ANOMCAN rHl'KCH CONSOLIDATION. 
 
 V 
 
 i 
 
 iiH'i'liiij;, rt'(|iicsliii^ llic rrnviminl >\iiiril tn fiirllicT (•(iii''iili'i ami l.iUi' 
 nciidii ii|>iiii lliis iiM|inrliiiil (iiifsliuii, .iinl rcsiurlfiiliy siilmiillln^; llif 
 n'roniiiR'nilaliciiis 1)1 this rcpdrl as a basis f.)r siu'li ciinsiilcralinii ami 
 
 ailinll." 
 
 On the i.^tli ()( jniif llif Rtv. I'rnvosi liody ludii^lit up 
 
 Mild re. 1(1 lllU kcpnll (il ll)c ( 'iiinilliltfi' nil till' Ullinll of lllc 
 
 ('hiircli ill llriti-.li Nnrtli Aiiutici iiiiiKt (Mic i'c-rlc;,i;islic.il 
 jiirisdic lioii. :iiid nil iiioiiiiii lA \\u- I'tciMisi, >t'tiiii(U(l liy 
 Mr. I. A. W'ornll. il w;is 
 
 " A',!,'/;;;/, Tlial the l\i|'nil nf ihr < 'cMnniltlvc "U the iiiiiciii <( the 
 Church ill lirilish Nnrlli AiiuTica, iiiuKt i>\)v ucli'siastiral iiiri>iH(liiiii, 
 l>c- a'l(i|>lr<l." 
 
 Movi'd lis- t lie ki'w I'rosdsi Ihiih, si'idiuU-d liy Mr. S. 
 
 ( i. W'und. ;ind 
 
 " /Vjc/rvi/, Thai this Syii'nl iiislrurN iu Deh'tjalrs In the rrnvincial 
 Syniiil ri's|H'Ctfiilly In reiniust thai hmly In ri'ap|ii)ii)| a (■lUiiiiiilU'f 
 c'liviiwcTod to (-[infer with similar ('oimnittees thai iiiaylie n|)|iiMiileil liy 
 the I'rnvini'ial Symids (if Kiipert's Land and Hrilish ("(iliiinhia, and In 
 laUe such further aelinn as may he liest lilted In lirinn ilidut the iniidli df 
 the Cluirch in lirilish Xdiih Aineriea under une ecclesiaslieal jiirisdic- 
 tidii ; and that the attenlinii nf the I'mviniial .'^ynnil he respectfully 
 re(|iiestcd to the recommendation «ith re^jard to siirli uninn contained 
 in the Keiiort of the Cdinmiltee now adopted ; and that the Lord Bishop 
 he rei|iiesied Id ndininale a Comniittee to draft a memorial to the I'ro- 
 vincial Synod Idt this purpose,'' 
 
 (NoTK. Tlii^ was ddiic, and a nu'iiMrial on tlu' siilijcct 
 was sent to [hr rrovinci.il Svimd of ('.iiiad.i. Sic l'ro\iii 
 cial Syntxl Report of rroiwdinj^s. jiagcs ,S_^, 84.) 
 
 j)ioti;sr. (Il \i \i;\k\. 
 
 ( Exti-a,li from tli,- SyiioJ k,l;>yt.) 
 
 Ill his addri'ss to ilu' S\ nod on llu' iilli of Itiiic, iStjO, 
 tiu' Hisho|) said : 
 
 "I h.ive to Miliniii Id \MU the fdlldHiiii- K'lter, and lo ash vdu Id 
 take action in the direction imlirulcd l>) it," ((iicular of ihe Hisliop 
 of Toronto .IS Chairman of ihc jiiint Coinmillee of the Provincial 
 .Synod on Anglican Church CdnsdhihitidPi. d.'.led May I'l. l.Soo.") 
 
 Moved hy Re\. W. |. Ariiiitaj;\'. sc( oiided liy llie Kcv. 
 KolicTt Ker: 
 
 '■'I'lial Ihe \en. Archdeacon Divnn. \\.\.. and \l. \V. !■'. Hurt m 
 he appointed l)ele.nales from this Synod 1.1 aileiid the Conference cm the 
 consolidation of the Church in lirilish Norlh America to lie held in 
 the cily df Winnipei^ iin Ihe I Sih df Au^nsl next, the actual travelling 
 expenses diily being ]iaid liy the Symid." 
 
 It was niovi'd in amcndnu-iu hy llie Rev. Canon Wdriell, 
 M.A., seconded liy the Rev. Rural Dean Mellish: 
 
 "That the hirther consideralidii df the nidlidii he deferreil until 
 tdiniirrdw. " 
 
 ■j'lie aiiiendmeiit was then put to the Synod and carried. 
 
 On the 12th of June Mr. Armitaj^e's inotioii was a,nain 
 hroiiiiht iij). when it was moved in amendment hv tlic Rev. 
 I".. .M. island, seconded liy the Ri'\, Rural Dean l''ortieret, 
 
 "That theeleclidn df Delegates Ici the Conference in Winnipeg he 
 by ballot, on names regularly nominated by this Synod, said ballot to 
 
 be proceeded wilh at once. I'lach memtier to vote for one cleruyman 
 and oiif layman. The ne\t name of each order on the list after elec 
 lion 1(1 be siibslillites. " 
 
 As a ri'siill of (his liallot. the scrutineers reporli'd that llie 
 N'eii. .\rclidea(iin Dixon, Ii,.\.. and Mr. J. J. Mason had 
 lieeii t le( ted, with the Ri'v. Riir.il Deaii himcret and Mr. 
 W. 1'. iiiirton as siilisiitiites. 
 
 niOCKSK fll IIIKON. 
 
 (/;'i//</./. fiioii till Syiio.l /\',/<n/(.) 
 
 Ill his address to the Synod on the 17th of Ittne. 1S90, 
 the I'lisiuip s.iid : 
 
 " < )ne of the great movemeiils of the day, and iiiie iif immense 
 importance for the fiiliire inlliience of our Cluirch. is the proposed con- 
 solidation of all the various dioceses throughout the Dominion of 
 Canada. The object of the movement is that the Church lieinj; thereby 
 united for all s|iiriliial and temporal purposes may (orni a single corpor- 
 ate body, with une ecclesiastical head and with diie common legislative 
 action. 
 
 " In order Id bring alioiil sn desirable and happy a result, which can 
 only be effected by the operation of (lod, great care and (ieliheration 
 miisl of necessity be taken. That such a noble consmnmation will 
 re(|uire the action of time will be admitted by all, and that impedi- 
 ments many and formidable may possibly present ihcmselves can 
 .scarcely be denied, but far and wide there is a deep and growing feel- 
 ing for unity, and therefore as the unity of the body is scriptural, Ihe 
 sddner it is elVected the better for the weal and welfare of the Church. 
 
 " I )ne object sought for by this proposed unification of the Church 
 is the formation, at no distanl dale, of one (Jeneral Synod for the 
 whole Dominion of Canada. Such a body, while in no way interlering 
 with the inviolable rights and admilted freedom of individual dioceses, 
 will yet be of ultimate importance, inasmuch as it is lo be seized with 
 supreme legislative powers fir the future government and well-being of 
 the Church. .\s at present cdiistiiuted, we have, beyond all our 
 parochial bodies which have their rights and powers, our Diocesan 
 Synods meeting annually, and our Triennial Synod of the Province, 
 which, as regards our.selves, is vested with enlarged if not supreme 
 [lowers. 
 
 " The creation, therefore, of another legislative body over and above 
 our present Provincial S nod may not improbably be found a practical 
 impossibility. The reasdnable fear might be entertained that we wnuld 
 be dverlegislated, and in (act have too imicli machinery for the ivork 
 Id be done. 
 
 " In the next |)lacc, the number of Synods would seriously interfere 
 wall gddd allendance, and by their very mulliplicity wnuld become a 
 (inancial burthen which no diocese Wduld be willing to bear. 
 
 "I gather, then, thai the unification of the Church may involve a 
 resetting of our present system of government, with the iio.s.sible aboli- 
 tion of our metroijolitical sy.stem, and the substitution, therefore, of 
 some similar plan, such as has long been in use in the Protestant 
 Lpiscopal Church of the I'nited .States. He this, however, as il may, 
 let us pray that (iod may bring about the unity of our Church, and 
 that we may soon sec a (icneral .Synod df dur wlmle Vi.glican body at 
 which Kepresen'atives from ihe slopes of the Pacinc and the far-off 
 llelds df Athabasca and Mackenzie Kiver may gras|i hands with men 
 whd come from the .-Vtlantic sealioard, or from inland regions waleretl 
 by our giant lakes.'" 
 
 On the i.Sth June the Hisho] stilimitted .1 resolution of 
 the I'rovincial Synod of Canacla on the subject of the 
 union of the several branclie.s of the Anglican Church in 
 
 — :8~ 
 
 « 
 
rRocicicniNcs oi' rui-. \viN.N'iiM:r, ( om icrknti-, rSon. 
 
 If li'il uflrr dec 
 
 lorti'd tliat tlu' 
 J. Miison liiitl 
 icrut and Mr. 
 
 (it Imic, i.Hc^o, 
 
 line <if iiumi'iise 
 111' iiriipiisoil cim- 
 lie Diiniinioii of 
 reh beiiij; thereby 
 11 a sin(;le eorpiir- 
 iiiiiiKin leyislalive 
 
 resiill, wliicli can 
 
 ■ anil (lolilierntion 
 msuninialion will 
 
 and that inipedi- 
 l tluiiiselves can 
 and tjiowinj; feel- 
 
 ■ is scriptural, the 
 e of the Cluircli. 
 nn of the Church 
 ;ral Synod for the 
 no way interlerinj' 
 idividual dioceses, 
 
 to lie seized with 
 and wclllieinjj of 
 ', heyoiid all onr 
 ers, our Diocesan 
 1 of the rrovince, 
 :-d if not su|)reiiie 
 
 dy over and above 
 r found a practical 
 incd that we would 
 inery for the work 
 
 seriously interfere 
 ,• would become a 
 
 to bear, 
 rcli may involve a 
 
 the possible aboli- 
 iition, therefore, of 
 • in the Protestant 
 lowcver, as it may, 
 )f our Ciiurch, and 
 
 ■ \r.L;lican boily at 
 iric an<l the far-off 
 s|i hands with men 
 ml re};ions watered 
 
 a lesolution of 
 
 suhjcrt of the 
 
 flican Church in 
 
 llritislt N'dvth Ainoricit, roiticstiii^; the liishdjis nf all tho 
 didiLsis wilhin stidi tiMTJIoiN to lakr sti-|i,s lo a|i|niiiu iwo 
 di'li'^alcs to altiaid a ( 'onlritiin' m Winnipeg in Aiintist, 
 iS.;o, i(. ronsidcT and iVamc a schcinL- for the uniim ol ihr 
 wliiilc Clitirch ill Ilritish North Aint'ric;i, 
 
 Movid hy Mr. .Maliinw Wilson, sci'ondid l.y .Mr. W. |. 
 Imlach: 
 
 " AVu'/r,;/, That the two Uepreseiitalives, one of each order of this 
 .Synoil (with the addillon of two substitutes), be nan ed to attend at 
 the Conference in Winnipet; pursuant lo the rc(|ucsi of ihe I'roviiicial 
 .Synod, as resolved in Sepiember, iSSfj, and that such representatives 
 be indepi'iiileni of llie I )elen.ales appointed by ihe I'rnvincial .Synod." 
 ( 'iii'riiil. 
 
 Moved liy kiv. Allivd liiown, si.( ondid l.y \^^^^. A. 
 litirt:- 
 
 " A',:u'/i>,\/, That lliis Synoil guarantees the payment of the expenses 
 of its own Delegates, and also ihosf of the Kev, W. A. Voung ami Mr. 
 Charles Jenkins, Delej^ates of llie Provincial Synod, the amount not to 
 exceed $50 each." Civri,-,!. 
 
 Movvd by Mr. John Ran.sford, sucondud hy Mr. ( 'han 
 lollor ( 'ronyii :-- 
 
 " h'esohvJ, 'Ihat the \'ery Rev. the Dean and Mr. Matthew Wilson 
 be named as the Representatives of this Diocese at the Conference in 
 Winnipeg." 
 
 .Moved in aini'iidmnU hvMr. II. Nracklin, sccdndcd l.y 
 Mr. R. Rivers: 
 
 " A'fso/r,;/, Tlial lie name of .Mr. W. |. Iinlacli be sulistituted for 
 that of .Mr. .Matthew Wilson."- -Ciini,<f. 
 
 The ori},nnal motion as amended was then jiiit to the vote 
 and declared carried. 
 
 .Moved hy jiidoe i'ain.ilinoer, secdnded hy .Mr. W. il. 
 i'akins : 
 
 " A'i:<i)/7'>-(t, That .Mr. Matthew Wilson be lay substitute." Cani,i/. 
 .Moved hy Rev. .S. R. Ashury, seeonded hy Rev. Wm. 
 I ).ivis : -- 
 
 " A'i'sohvi/.'VhM Rev. Canon Richardson In- clerical substitute."— 
 Ciinieii. 
 
 Historical Paper on the Subject of Union. 
 
 Prepared by Afr. U\ J. Inihic/i, of London, Ontario, a 
 Member of the Conferenee from (he Diocese of Huron, 
 and one of the early promoters of the L'nioii of the 
 Church in British North .Inierica. 
 
 I'rii.imin.arv NoTK. As early as 1851 the Bishops of 
 iiritish North America met at and frameil a 
 
 declaration of theit \ie\vs on the ])rinciples and polilv of 
 the Church of lingland in this coitntrv in relation id its 
 htttire ^fovernment, ('(jiidition of Church memhership, doc- 
 trinal standards, and various other im|)orlant matters. They 
 did so with the object of iiromdtin}; imitv of action on all 
 ol these subjects. 'I'he tieclaration was sioiied by the then 
 bishops of (Juehee, Toronto, Newfoundland, I'lederieton, 
 and Montreal. 
 
 'i'he first Synod ol the rrovince of Canada, in iSoi. also 
 jiiit torth a brief del hiiatidii nf principles set torlh in cl.itise 
 six of that dcclaralion. One of the objects of the I'roviii 
 cial S\ nod was as Idllows : - 
 
 "To proiniiif the fiirlher consolid.ilion iiml nniiid niiion of ihe 
 whole of the dioi-cses of lirilish North .Ximrica." 
 
 b.iscd iipdn the Idic^dniji, llu' billduin,:; two icsdiiitidns 
 were passed at the rrcAJiicial .Symid nf Can.iiLi incclinj; >.A 
 Sepiember. 1 SSn. In the I.iiwer ilntise it w.is md\rd by 
 .Mr. !•;. llaynes Reed, secondi'd li\ the Re\. \'.. V. (r.iw- 
 ford : 
 
 That the I'pper House be respectfully reipie^led to concur with the 
 Lower House in the appointment of a Special Committee to consider 
 the advisability of procuring Ihe incorporation of the Provincial Synod, 
 and also to consider llu' whole subject of the relalive positions of ihe 
 various dioceses of the lOcclesiastical Province of C.inada with the 
 Provincial Synod, and, if rei|uisite, recominend such legislation as shall 
 so extend the poweisofthe Provincial Synod that it may be enaliled to 
 h't^islale for the Canadian Church as a whole, to briii|; about a uniform 
 method of procedure in all matters perlainiiij,' lo Church ^;overiiiiieiil, 
 a uiiiformily of Canons ami of discipline of the cler(;y and l.iity. .\iid 
 further, to consider .iiid advise what legislation may be necessary in the 
 several dioceses to briiij; about the beneficial result of an entire and 
 nailed Church in the Dominion of Canada ; Ihe Coiiiniillee torepoit 
 at Ihe next meeting; of the Svnod. - Cairici. 
 
 This was cdnctnaxd in by the L'|iper Ildiise. 
 
 The resolution from the Upper House w.ts contained in 
 Message No. 2,^ from the Cpfier IIihisc: "The .Metropoli- 
 tan begs id inlorin lln' I'idlni tilur iIkii the Lpper Ibitise 
 has [lassed the IbllduinL; resdltilinn, and re(|llesls the cdii- 
 currence of the Lower Ildiise therein : 
 
 " /\iiiil;'ij, That the Melropoliian be respeiifidlv reipiesled In cum. 
 municale to the .Metropnlitaii of Rupert's Land the desireof llie ' hiurli 
 ill this Province lo establish closer relations with die Church in the Pro- 
 vince of Rupert's Land, and their readiness in consider and adopt any 
 measure which may promnie the same." 
 
 The tollowino ('nmmittee was ajiiidintcd at this Synod 
 meeting lo ((insider the.se resolution.s ami report to the next 
 I'rovinci.il S\ nod, \i/. : - 
 
 Nova .scolia, Kev. Dr. Pailridi;e, lion. A. I lanniiiLjIon ; (^liiebec. 
 Rev. M. .M. hoihert^ill. I loll. Judj;e Irvine ; I'lironto, Rev. [. Pearson. 
 Mr. .\. IL ('niiipbell ; I'redericlon, Rev. Canon Medley, (.'liief luslice 
 Allen ; Montreal, Rev. (.'anon Knipson, .Mr. Sirachan Hethune, V'.C; 
 Huron, Rev. W . .\. N'lami;, .Mr. K. Haynes Reed; Ontario, Rev. .\. 
 Spencer, .Mr. R. T. Walkem, •,>.('.: Niaj;ara, Rev. Dr. Mo'-Uridge, 
 .Mr. I J. .Mason: with the followiii},' liislwips: Bishop of Toronto, 
 liishop nf 1 liiron, and ( 'oailjiitor-liishop of Lrederictnn. 
 
 The |)romolers of the resdlulion in that Synod considered 
 that to effectually carry out the piiiiiort of these projiosals 
 and aid this (!ommitlee in their work, it iei[uired sdiiie organi- 
 zatidii to uiirk up the details of this gi\'at nidvement. With 
 this end in view the .Vssociation df the' "('anadian Church 
 Union " was formed, and l)\- it circulars were sent t():;ll of the 
 nidcesan Synods urging the cdiisitlcnitidn ol the I'ldviinial 
 .Synod resdliitions. 'I his has been done in nuisi df the 
 dioceses. 
 
 The first action taken upon the pnipdsal of the Canadian 
 
 — 19— 
 
r^ 
 
 ! .fll , 
 
 TIIK ANGLICAN' CHURCH CONSCM.inATlON. 
 
 ]f 
 
 ^ 
 
 Cliurih Liiidii was at llic rr(i\iiuial Synod of RuinTt's 
 Land, held in .\nL;u^t, iScSy, wlu-n the lollowing iL'solution 
 was passctl l)asetl upon tlu' vcM)liitioiis of butli Huusus ol 
 the Synod ot' the Province of Canada at tiie meeting in 
 1 SSC). 
 
 Moved hy the I\e\. I',. S. W. I'enliealii. seconded i)\ Mr. 
 ( '. j. lirydge?. : 
 
 " WliorcMS llic I'lnviiKinl Synnil (if (.'iinncla at ils Mssicin of SfiUciu- 
 ber, i8S6, did pass a ri-sdluliiiii IcMuliiit; tn llic iiiiinii nt tlif vaiimis 
 diin'i'sc's ill iIk- I)iiiiiiiiioii c'f Canada, and did api'Minl a coiiiiiiilUx' nf 
 lud frnni I'ai'li iUucum; in om^iclLT llic uliolc Milijd'i ami rc|iiii't tlincnii : 
 and whereas al the same session the following nic.s>aL;e fnini ihc Il(iu>c 
 of Bishops was received and concurred in hy the Lower IKjusc, 
 Resolved, llial llic Mclmpiliiaii he rcspccldill) ici|uc>.lcd lo loiiiiinini- 
 cale to the Metropolilaii of Kupcn's Land llic desire of ihe Churcli in 
 this I'lovincc 111 cstalilisli clo-er rclalions wiili llic (liuicli in llic I'ro- 
 viiice of Kiipcii's Land, and iheir readiness li. i-onsidcr and adopi any 
 mea^iirc uliieli iiiax' [iroinole ihe same : and whereas there is a t^rowiiii; 
 feelin(^ in the I'r(jvince of Rnperl's Land ihal the time has come to 
 draw loi;ellier the sea.llercd portions of the C'luircli in Canada : there- 
 fore lie il resolved llial the Provincial Synod of Rupert's Land heartily 
 reciprocates llie desire of the Provincial Synod ol Canada to establish 
 closer relations, and while ncH eoinmitting itself to any scheme of 
 union, resolves that a Coininittec lie app.oiiUed who shall meet imnicdi- 
 alely and ariaiii;e to conniiunicate with the Coininittec ap|)oinled by 
 the I'ri vincial Synod of C'anada, and «ilh the liishops of lirilish 
 'Cohnnliia, so as to pro.idc for a C"oiifcrencc lliis fall, if pixsil.le, for 
 the purpose of oiseussini; a basis of union. 1 he Mchojii.litan is 
 rc'(uesicd to convoke a special meeting of .Synod, if by so doing the 
 ca'ise ol union cm be promoted.'' The following Committee was 
 named by the I'ldlociltor, \\/ , the Revs, I!. S. I'entrcatli, T. N. 
 Wilson, J. i'. Sargent, ami .\ 1'.. Crawley; Mc^sis liiydgcs, .\hitliew- 
 soii, l-'i>lier, and Dedson, 
 
 The .Metro[)olitan ol Rupert's Lands .ii the I'loviiieial 
 S\-nod intnidiK ed the ISishop of Lhiron, wiio strongly 
 ad\()caled the iiecessit) of the coiisohdation of liie '. 'htirch. 
 Canon I'. .\. ()'.\le.ira, who was dr-piited li\ the Diocese of 
 'I'oronto to he present ,tt tliis meeting, also advocated tl'.e 
 movement. I'he mover and seconder of the resolution, as 
 well ,is many other meml»er> of the Synod, sjioke strongly 
 in stipport of the movement. 
 
 The Committee a|)pointetl met .ind reported the result of 
 the action of the Trinincial S\nod of Rti]iert's L.ind to the 
 Metropolitan id't'anada and askeil him to .ippoint a Confer- 
 ence on the suliject. It aiterwards appeared that the reso. 
 liilion of tlu' l'ro\incial Synod of Rti|)erl's Land had been 
 passed helore any oflicial notice had been sent b\- the 
 Metro|)olitan of Canada lo the .Metropolitan of Rti|ierl"s 
 Land ; hence no action was taken at that time. 
 
 Nevertheless the .X.ssoci.ition of the ( 'anadian Church 
 Union memoriali/eil the Metropolitan to call a Coiifereni'e 
 of the whole Church of Itritish North .\merica. His replv 
 was lo the effect that, as the .Metropiililan of the I'nnince 
 of Canada, no power was \ested in him to call any Confer- 
 ence' of the whole ('htirch of Hritish North .\merica. 
 
 At a meeting of the l'ro\ inci.il Sviiod of Canada ( 'om- 
 
 ■ mitlr'e in Kingston in Xoviinber, iSSS, the ('anadian 
 
 Church Cnion submitted to the ( 'oinmittec the information 
 
 of the work that the .Association had been enabled to do 
 b\ bringing this iiucstion before all the I )io((.-san Synods. 
 It was urged upon the ( 'oiMiiittee to devise, if])ossible, 
 some means b\- which a ('onf'erence of the whole Church 
 could be coinened at Montreal during the tinu' of the Synod 
 meeting of' the I'roxince of Canada in iS.Sy. 
 
 'I'his ( 'oimnitte'C'. m its report, exjiressed a dotibt as to 
 how f.ir the calling of a ( i>n:c ciice came within their pro- 
 vince, and the pur|iort of the resolution under which the 
 ('ominittee was ;i])pointed. 
 
 The report of this Committee will be found in the min- 
 utes of i'rovincial Svnod of ('anada meeting in iSScj, and 
 in a subse(|uent jiart of this report. 
 
 With a \ ii'w to some decided action on the stibject at 
 the S\nod meeiing <if the l'ro\ince of Cmadtt in wSSc), the 
 Canadian Church L'nion brought the subject before the 
 I'ro\incial Svnod meeting by Mr. Charles Jenkins, of 
 I'etrolia, giving the following notice of motion : 
 
 That whereas, at the Provincial Synod nijeling of i8.S6, resolutions 
 Were passed inilicalive of a ilesire to unite and consolidate the various 
 branches of the Church of iMigland in Hritish North America ; 
 
 .\nil wlicrcas, by the action taken thereon by all the .Synods of tliis 
 I'.cclcsiastical Province, by the Provincial .Synod of Rupert's Land, 
 and other outlying dioceses, in generally approving and ralifying such 
 unilicati.in and consolidation ; 
 
 And whereas, such rction by the various Synods has clearly demon- 
 strated that Ihe time has come for the consideration of measures to 
 gixe such unilication effect : 
 
 .\nd whereas, the Lcclesiastical Province of Canada, under the 
 existing organizaticjii of ils Provincial Synod, and being the oldest and 
 largest consoli<lated portion of the Church of England in lirilish North 
 America, would be the best <pialil"icd to take the initial step in this 
 supremely important matter ; 
 
 He il therefore resolved, that a Coimiiittee be appointed to consider 
 the ailvisabilily of inviting a Conference of repie.seiUatives from all the 
 dioceses within the Dominion of C.inada, and at the same time recom- 
 mend some general basis upon which such union may be formed, the 
 same to be submilteil to the Synod of every diocese for their considera- 
 tion prior lo the meeting of such Conference, and such Coinmittee to 
 report to the present meeting of this .Synod. 
 
 This resolution, moved by Mr. Jenkins,' seconded liy 
 Canon litigstocke, of St. John, N'.l!., was timciided by Mr. 
 R. W. \\ alkem, of Ring;,ton, and agreed to as follows : 
 
 He it therefore resolved that a Coininiltee be appointed which shall 
 be aulhori/ed lo meet a Conference of Ke[iresentatives from all the 
 dioceses in Hritish North .\merica to confer with them, and if possible 
 agree with them, U|ion some general basis upon which such union may 
 be formed, ihc ^amc to be subniilled lo the Synod of every diocese for 
 their lohsideratioii and lo report at the nc\l Provincial .Synod. 
 
 i)i(i('i:si': Ol' iji''.\i'i'ia,i.h:. 
 
 [/\.\lia<li /'ii'iii till- Syiioii k'if'Oil.) 
 
 \n his addrc'ss to the Synod of the i >iocese on the 3rd of 
 June, 1.S90, tile liisliop saiil : 
 
 " I'uo very ini|)ortaiil subjects are lo be brought before us to-day - 
 one deeply affeciing the interests of ihe Chiiieli throughout Hritish 
 North ,\merica, the other relating [lo iiarocliial organization!. In 
 the former case, of course, we can only oll'er siiggeslions, aflcr careful 
 deliberation as to what way sccin lo us most advisable for the whole 
 
i'ROCHi:i)iNT,s oi- Till-; wiNNiiMa; coNi-i;i<i'.NCi;, i.Sqo. 
 
 bcidy of llic Cluircli, t(i lliosc wlio li;\vo llic imwur of nrlion. In the 
 latter c;isc wc shall he framing a C'aiiuii which will lie of the j^reale^t 
 practical impurtaiice in the future workiuL; of the Church in this 
 1 )i(icese. Most deeply ilo I feel the supreme importance of the ( luirch 
 in lirilish North America (I use that term rather than the Dominion of 
 t'anaila, because Newfountlland ceitainly must not he excluded from 
 any such scheme) being welded together in one tangible organisation, 
 so that it could speak in any public mailer of legislation, such as a 
 national education, or laws concerning marriage, with the power and 
 weight that it cannot have under our prescJil system, and also that 
 imp<irtant imdertakings such as imiversities and colleges for the train- 
 ing of candidates for Holy C)r<lers and om' Mission worU amongst out 
 Indian population— works that surely concern our Church as a whole, 
 and should therefore be esteemed the care of the Church as one body - 
 might he carried on with due regard to the nee<ls (jf the whole country, 
 and with a power ai.d eliiciency that united action alone can give, .oul 
 not be left to the power and /eal — or want of power and zeal -in each 
 individual Diocese. We want more thorough co-operation and imited 
 work, the strong places helping the weak, not as a matter of favour, or 
 siuijily because this Diocese or that may have an eloipaent advocate, 
 hut because the Church is one ; and if one member of the boily sulfer, 
 all the members must suffer with it. 
 
 '■ liut the ((ueslion is so fully dealt with in the rcpi,rl of the Commit- 
 tee that will come before you for discussion, thai I will not say more now 
 on the general subject. I must, however, say a few words as to the 
 manner in which it has been pro|)osed that ihe question should be lirst 
 discussed, as it is thought by some an infringement of the rights of our 
 Provincial .Synod. The Provincial .Synod of Kastern Canada, at it. 
 meeting last year, appointed a Committee which it authorized to 
 'invite a Conference of Representatives from all the Dioceses in 
 Urilish North .Vmerica, and to confer with them upon some grouml 
 upon which union may be formed, the same to he submitted to the 
 .Synod of every Diocese for their consideration before ne.xt nreeting of 
 Provincial Synod, and to report.' This Committee, presi<led over by 
 the liishop of Toronto, has issued a circular to all the Dioceses, asking 
 them to send tw i Representatives to a ("onlerence to he held at Win- 
 nipeg in September. It has been very strongly objected, and I think, 
 in fairness, I should tell you that our umch respected Metropolitan 
 holds this view, that our Provincial Synod ought to have been consulted 
 before any such step was taken, and that it is a cpiestion for the 
 deliberation of the Provincial Synod, rather than for the deliberation 
 oflheSyiuxIs of iiulividual dioceses. I certainly do not agree with 
 this view. 
 
 " In the present disjointed state of the Church in P.riti^h North 
 . Vmerica, with two Provinces and four in<lcpenilent Dioceses, and with 
 no supreme authority recognized over all, it was obviously uu)sl difli- 
 cult for any practical initiatory step to be taken in so important a 
 mailer. The course actually adopted seems to be the best that could 
 have been devised as a preliminary measure to obtain the o|iinion of 
 the Church throughout the country. Our Provincial Syiuxl, at its last 
 meeting in 1S87, had passed a resolution expressing ils concurreiue in 
 the desire for the establishment of closer relations with the other parts 
 of the Church in Canada. The Province, now called but surely, 
 under iiresiMit I'iicumslances, somewhat anomalously -the Province of 
 Canada, being, as it claims in the resolution to which I have already 
 referreil, ' the oldest and largest consoliilated portion of the Church of 
 England in Uritish North .-Vmerica,' was obviously ' the best (pialilied 
 to lake the initial slep in this supremely important matter." ..\nd, as 
 (/(7//'(Virf/<)« was all that was at present contemplated, till the UKitler 
 has beeir thoroughly sifted and debate<l, an ajipeal to the sever.il 
 Dioceses seemed the most reasonable course, more especially when we 
 remember that the very existence of the Provinces, as at present con- 
 stituted, is part of tlie (piestion to he discussed. ( lur Provincial 
 organization is no more ignored in such a meeting of Representatives 
 
 from all the 1 lioceses than is the Provincial org.mization of |-:astern 
 'anada Of course nothing coidd he actually done, e\<ept h\ tlie 
 decree of the Provincial Synods, where there aie Pr(jvinces. 
 
 •' liut it seems to me, at least, thai a (|iiesiion of so great impoii- 
 ance should he lirsl thorcjughly discussed in the several Dioccsaji 
 SyjKjds, and then conjtiinlly by RepreseiUatives from all the Dioceses. 
 The Keprtscntatives in the Provin.ial Synod wouhl then meet pre- 
 pared for deliuite action, with ihr kuimledge of the desire and Ihe 
 judgmeni of the whole Church. II ii was lirst discussed in the Pro- 
 vincial Synoil, subseipient discussion in the subordinale Diocesan 
 .Synods would of course be useless. 
 
 •'lam informed that if this Diocese sends Kepre^cnlatives to ihe 
 pro|)osed C(jnference it will certainly he the only Diocese in this Pio- 
 vince that will do so. l-'or my part I do not >hiink fr.im ;he respon- 
 sihilily of this, deeply as I regret that il should be so. nor do I think 
 that our Diocese ought to refuse to seitd Representalive^, if il seems a 
 right course, merely because others do noi. Ii is for you, hovM-ver, to 
 deciile what you lhild^ it right to do under tlie circumstances. I ha\e 
 considered it due to you, and to our much-esteemed .Melrnp.ilitan, lo 
 place before' you the exact sl.ile of the case.'' 
 
 Tliu rollouiiiL,' is ilu- Report of the Ivxc'ciitixc Cumniittcf 
 of tlic Diocese- of (JiiWpiielle on tile Consolidation of liie 
 Churrli in Uritish North .\iiierica : -- 
 
 The attention of the .Synod last year was cdleil lo the suliject of 
 the union of the ('hurch in Urilish Xorlli .Vmerica under cjiie ecclesias- 
 tical jurisdiclion by a Report adopleil by the Synod of the Di.icesc of 
 Toronto, and forwardecl from th.it Synod to the liishoj.s of Canada, 
 with a recpicsl that it might be brought before the various Synods in the 
 Dominion. 
 
 Our Syno 1 pisscil tlie following resoluiion : " Thai this Synoil 
 ap|proves of the consolidation of the Chincli in liriiisii .Ncjrih .Vmerica, 
 ancl expresses its willingness lo consider any well-devised scheme for 
 such union, and refers the cpiestion to the l-!xecutive Cominillee for 
 furlher coiisideralion and to report thereon at next meeting of Synod. ' 
 
 .Since the meeling of our Synod the (|uestion has been before the 
 Provincial Synod of the Church of Ijigland in Canad.i, at its session 
 held in Montreal, Septeniher ll-io, I.S.Scj, and the following imporlanl 
 resolution was passed : — 
 
 " VV'hereisal the Provincial .Synod ineeting of 1SS6 resolutions were 
 passed indicative of a desire to unite and consulidale ihe various 
 branches of ihe < 'hurch of Kngland in llrilish N'orlli Ainctica ; ,\nd 
 whereas the llcclesiastic.d Province of (!anada, under the esisting 
 organization (jf its Provimial .Synod, being the oldest and l.irgest con- 
 solidaleil portion of the Church of haiglaud in liritish North .Vmerica, 
 would he the best (piahlied to take the initial step In this sii|Meniely 
 important mailer ; 
 
 "lie it therefore resolved. That a CiUiiiiiillii' iliall iv aiilhi>ri>,\l Iv 
 iir.'ili- a Ci'ii/,irit,t ,if h'l/'ifMii: ;/nvs from a!i l/i,- /'/,'. rw. /// /liitiJi 
 .\'i>il/i .hiii-iiiii, aiij confer ii'il/i lluiii upon soiiio i;roiinJ ii/^on 7i'/n\/i 
 union may hr fornnd, llic sainr to /v iiihniittid lo 1)h- Synod of iiviy 
 PiO(,\i- for lliiir , onsiiloriition luforo n,:\l //lool/nx if Prorincuil Synod, 
 und to roport." 
 
 .V very sirong Commillee was appointed. 
 
 At a meeling helil last September, the Comniillce lieci.lcil to ask the 
 .Synod of each Diocese lo appoint two delegUes lo allend .1 Conference 
 to he held at Winnipeg in September this year. The subject i^ certain 
 to he ihorouglily disi'iissed at our own Provincial .Synod, which will he 
 held in .Viigiisl, this year; and the subseipient mectia:; cif liiislleiier.il 
 ( oiiference of Representatives from all the I Hoccsrs will be sure, there- 
 fore, to he one of the lery uliuosl impniiaiice. 
 
 Vour Commillee, therefore, consiiler ihat the subject should he well 
 discussed also al this meeling of our Synod, in order that your deleg.iies 
 al ihe Pro\incial Synod and ihosc who are appointeil as Kepresenla- 
 
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THE ANGLICAN CHURCH CONSOLIDATION. 
 
 livL'^ 111 till' CoiifLTonCL" in.iy lie well ncinuiinlccl wilh the iiiiiiil nf tliis 
 Synml. 
 
 It iii.iy lie Useful, ill iiiiler to arrive at a iimie coirect jiuii^nienl (in 
 lliis matter, to .-.tale lirielly what is the present division of tlie country, 
 eivil anil ecclesiastical, ami also to record what otlier religions liodios 
 have done in the matter of division and ori^ani/ation. 
 
 llritish North America is divided, for civil |inr|iiises. into seven I'ro- 
 vinci's and the N'mtli-West Territories, which luriii the Doniiiiion of 
 (anada. and the I'mvince of Newfninidland, which has not yet entered 
 iiiio ihe ( 'onrederation. 
 
 The Koinan ( 'atliiilics have divided tlie country into seven I'rovinces, 
 c iiitainini; twenty .^even Sees. The larf^est Province (Ijneliec) contains 
 •~i\ l'isho|is, the smallest l< Ittawn) contains two. 
 
 The I'resliyteriaiis lia\e live Synods : 
 
 1. Maritime I'rovinces. ;;. 'I'lironto and l\iiii;slon. 
 
 2. Miiiitre.il a 111 ( )ltawa. .^. I lamilton and I.on Ion. 
 
 5. Manitoba and Xorth-Wesl (inchidinj; lir'lish Colnmhia). 
 'I'lie Methodists have nine Conference centres ; 
 
 1. Toronto. 4. Niaf^ara. 7. Manitoba. 
 
 2. London. 5. liay of l^)iiinte. 8. B. Cohiinbia. 
 
 3. Montreal. Ij. (luelpli. 9. Nov. Scotia. 
 
 It is needless to say llial all these bodies, though thus divided for 
 matters of detail in workini;, have a strong central organization. 
 
 The Church of I'.ngland in British North .America has nineteen 
 Dioceses. There are two I'rovinces which contain fifteen of tliese 
 Dioceses, and four Dioceses are still independent, one .N'ewfouiidlaiid 
 
 being outside the Dominion Confederation. 
 
 It m.ay be useful to show how tliese Dioceses arc connected with the 
 civil Provinces. The following table of comparison, with the popula- 
 tion and mimber of clergy in each Diocese and Province, has, there- 
 fore, been com])iled : - 
 
 TAPd 1-: (IF C(1MI'.\KIS(»N. 
 
 1. Province of Canada . 
 
 ^?> 
 
 J)io,csc 
 
 1. <^)ueliec 
 
 2. .Nointreal .... 
 
 3. Ontario 128 
 
 4. Toronto 
 
 5. Niagara . . . 
 
 (1. I Iiiron 
 
 '. .Mgoma 
 
 S. Nova Scotia 
 
 Tolii/ ill 
 
 ■ ('4 I 
 . 100 
 
 'rovinee o( Rupert's 
 Land 
 
 0. l-'rcdericlon 
 
 156 
 
 70 1 
 Ij*) I 
 
 26 
 
 107 I 
 79 
 
 866 
 
 3. Iiiilependenl 
 
 1. Rupert's Land .... 57 | 
 
 2. .\loosonee 7 I 
 
 3. .\thal'asca 5 | 
 
 4. '--askatchewan and | 
 
 Calgary 24 ; 
 
 5. ',)u'.\]ipelle 191 
 
 (1. .Mackenzie River. . . 6 1 
 
 1. I'.rilish Columbia. . . 15 "| 
 
 2. ( aledonia 7 
 
 3. New Westminster . . 1(1) 
 
 IlS 
 
 4. Newfoundland and - 1 
 Hermuda •'/ 
 
 It is obvious that this arrangement is most unsatisfactory. It has 
 been arrived at by accident, as it were, and bears the evident marks of 
 such a haphazard origin. The vast bulk of the population is in one 
 Pro\'nce, while llic olher Province, though with six Dioceses, is still 
 almost entirely missionary, or of a pioneer character, and four Dioceses 
 are still without any union. 
 
 But. far more important, lliere is no means wliereby ihe Church 
 tlirougliout British North .America can act in important matters alfect- 
 ing the interests of the whole as one united body. 
 
 This is undoubtedly a great source of weakness to tlie Church in 
 this country, and most prejudicial to its welfare. 
 
 The defect has been long felt by many people, and of late vears there 
 has been a very widespread feeling that something must be done 
 speedily to remedy it if the Church is to be the jiower in the country 
 that she ought to lie. 
 
 The difliculties in Ihe way of a salisfaciory arrangement are, how- 
 ever, by no means small. 
 
 The simplest and most worknblj melltod would be to amalgamate all 
 the Dioceses of llritish .North .Xmerica into one Province till such 
 time, at le.ast, as the Church in the country becomes more strong. 
 
 The advantages of having only one Province would be ;-- 
 
 I. That legislation mi all important matters relating to Canon Law, 
 etc , would be uniform throughout the Dominion. 
 
 lion 
 
 740.000 
 620,000 
 446,000 
 459,000 
 200,000 
 800, (X)0 
 85,000 
 
 549,000 
 
 I 
 322,000 I 
 
 125.000 1 
 
 10,000 I 
 
 I), 000 I 
 
 C 
 
 40,000 I 
 
 22,000 I 
 
 7,000 J 
 
 Tola! ill 
 rioviiiit' 
 
 Cii'il Proriiuc 
 
 I. 'lueiicc. 
 
 4,221.000 
 
 ]• 2 Ontario 
 
 ( 3. \ova Scotia 
 
 ( 4. Prince Ldward Is.. 
 5. New Brunswick . . 
 
 1^0 filiation 
 1,360,000 
 
 1,990,000 
 
 440,000 
 109,000 
 322,000 
 
 6. Manilolia. 
 
 210,000 ..>-,, ,.- . -r 
 
 ■ 7. North-West Ferri- 
 
 tories 
 
 J 
 
 150,000 8. British Columbia. , 
 
 Xot ill l'>oiiiiiiiou 
 208.000 ■' 9- Newfoundland. . . . 
 ( 10 Bermuda 
 
 125,000 
 
 85,000 
 
 150,000 
 
 193,000 
 15,000 
 
 2. Missions anil institutions of general use to the Church, such .ns 
 
 Industrial Schools for Indians, Colleges, etc, would be regardtti 
 aswiirks in which Ihe whole Church should take an interest, 
 and thus the richer Dioceses and districts would help the poorer 
 as part of one organization, 
 
 3, Moreover, too much organization is as bad as too little ; and there 
 
 does not seem any real need for more than one Synod over the 
 Diocesan Synod. 'I'his would be (piite suflicient for legislation 
 on matters that are loo inijiortant to be left to each Diocese, ami 
 for appeals in the case of disci|)line. 
 ^'pllr ( ommiltee would therefore reconniicnd : — 
 That the most desirable method for the con.solidation of the Church 
 in British .North .America would be the formation of one Pro- 
 vince to embrace all the Dioceses. 
 .\s. however, this plan would be certain to meet with very consider- 
 able opposition, involving as it would the obliteration of one Province 
 already formed, your Committee have thoiigiu it advisable to present 
 an alternative scheme for the consideration of the Synod 
 
 The proposal of the Synod of the Diocese of Toronto is thai — 
 
 1. Kcclesiastical I'rovinces should be formed coterminous wilh the 
 
 civil I'rovince. 
 
 2. A Synod should be formed for the whole Dominion, to meet every 
 
 live years. 
 
 I 't 
 
PROCEKDINCis OI-- TUK VVINNIPKr, COXFICRKXCH, l8qo. 
 
 3. The I'rdvincial Synoils should have power l<< act in rnatten 
 
 f;enerally relating lo the temporalilies of llie t'hiirrfi with the 
 I'rovince. All matters " affect iny the Mandar-i* f,f m.rihip or 
 discipline of the Church " and " the ovtrsighl ii( <i(>iritual 
 matters" lieinf; eserved for the Synod of the wli'.lc Dominion. 
 
 4. The Bishops of earh I'rovince to elect one of their niiniJ*-r who 
 
 should he called Archbishop, and the l'rovin< iai Ar'-hI>i«.ho(» to 
 elect a President of the Dominion Sjnod, wh<» >.honM lie 
 I'rimate. 
 
 Theoretically, if there are to lie three grades of Syn-xK Ifurc^nn, 
 Provincial, and Ceneral-it woidd seem to be right that tht l>rl«ias- 
 lical Provinces should correspond with the civil division!.oflh<.- country ; 
 but, practically, your Committee consider that the romliti'm* of the 
 country are not yet suited to such a division. A glarKn.- at the table 
 that we have drawn out, giving the comparison of tlie I-;<xk-«3>.(iral .inrl 
 Civil Provinces as now existing, will show that the Civil I'roMrvrts of 
 Ontario and Hritish Columbia are the only ones where ihd-rnr would be 
 more than two Dioceses to form an Ivclesiastical I'rmirwrc arcording 
 to the Toronto scheme. This seems fatal to the pro|)«ial. V'nir Com- 
 mittee, however, consider that a modilicatioii of that M.hemc might lie 
 adopted, and that it might be the best arrangement if 'lue I'rovince is 
 not considered practicable. 
 
 They therefore submit the following reconmiendation for the con- 
 sideration of the Synod, as an allernati\e scheme- 
 
 I. That the Church in lirilish North .Vmerica should !« formed into 
 
 four Provinces, viz. : 
 
 1. (^tuebec and Maritime Provinces, indudinj; I>iore«i<; of 
 
 Newfoundland. 
 II. Ontario — coterminous with civil Province, 
 
 III. Rupert's Land, as at present constiiuteil Maiiii/iJ>n and 
 
 Norlh-West Territories. 
 
 IV. British Columbia. 
 
 ^'our Committee would point out that the effect of lliij, division 
 would be as follows with regard 10 number of dioce-es. ))o|<(il.ition. and 
 clergy in each Province : — 
 
 I. Mahhimi-. PmiviNrK (five Die cescs). 
 
 1 h'oiisi- J'ofiiliilioii C/fr^y 
 
 1. (^tuebec 740,fxxj ... 64 
 
 2. Montreal 620,ocx3 |f« 
 
 J. Nova .Scotia 549, 000 u^ 
 
 4. Kredericlon 322,oo(j 79 
 
 5. Newfoundland 2oS,oix) .... 63 
 
 Total 2,439,(xx) 41 j 
 
 II. O.NIAKID Pkovinck ( Five Dioceses). 
 
 1. Ontario 446,(X)o 12S 
 
 2. Toronto 459,000 156 
 
 3. Niagara 2ai,ooo 70 
 
 A- 1 ■iTf" Soo.ooo 136 
 
 5. Algon.a S5,ooo 26 
 
 Total 1,000,000 516 
 
 III. krpKicCs La\|i I'KcviNiK (Six Dioceses). 
 
 Poinilation 210,000 1 iS 
 
 I\'. Hlilllsii CouMiiiA Pkoni.nck (Three Dioceses). 
 
 I'opulalion 150,0150 3,S 
 
 This division retains the iirinciple of tlie civil divisions as far as 
 practicable under present circumstances, and allows of easy further 
 divisions on the same principle when the Church in the country is more 
 developed. 
 
 2. That the other recommendations of the Diocese of Tomnlo be 
 adopted as follows ; 
 
 " I. That in each Kcclesiastical Province a Provincial Coun- 
 cil or Synod should be forme<l (where already not cxisiing) by 
 representation, as may be agreed upon, from the se\eral Dio- 
 cesan Synods in the I'rovince, and that the Bishops of the 
 Province should constitute the Cppei House of such Pnivinci.d 
 f'ouncil or Synod, and that the head of such Provincial Council 
 or Synod should be an .-Vrchbishop, to be electeil by the Bishops 
 of the Province. 
 
 "2. That such Provincial Council or Synod >hciuld nurt 
 regularly once in three years, and ihat special session- nmy lie 
 held as often as the interests of the Chuicli may rr(|uire. 
 
 "3. That the Provincial Synoil should have power to act for 
 the Church in reference lo all matters of F'rovincial legislation 
 affecting the Church, and should be charged generally with the 
 oversight of all matters, educational or otherwise, alTcclicg llu 
 welfare of Ihe Church in such I'nuince-. and that llie Svnod 
 should have power lo eiiact Canon> for the Church in that 
 Provini-e in reference lo all (pie-lions arising oui of ihe (lunch 
 Temporalities or Religious Insiiinlioiis .\cN. duties of ( hiircli 
 oflicers, etc., etc. 
 
 "4. That there should be a Synod for the wlmk' Domini. m, 
 which should meet regularly csery I'ue ve.iis. 'I'll. it such 
 tleneral Synod sh luld have the pnwer of dealing uilli nialhrs 
 alfecling ihe slamlards of worship .>r diM-ipliue of ihe ('liurch. 
 anci that such Synoil should be pi'culiarly charged with iheovei- 
 sighl of spiritual mailers. 
 
 "5. That the President of the Dominion Svnod diould b'a 
 Primate and Nfelropolilan. to be elected by a:id from the Pro- 
 vincial .-Vrilibishops ; bul thai during the conliiui.ince in ullice 
 of any of the then existing Melropoliians, the senior Melropo- 
 lilan in order of consecration shmild be President of ihe 
 Dominion Svnod." 
 
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Tlllv ANOI.ICAN ClirUCIl CONSOl.I PA IION. 
 
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 KiA lo I III. i.\(.K wiNi; (II' iii.i.i:<;aiks -lo i in-: nukcii ok i,N(;i anm comkki.nli; at wiNMri.i;, aucust, iSi/i. 
 
 I. 'Ilir \|ilrii|.nlii,ii) (if Ivii|icrt's Kami 2. Tlu' Hislicip cif \iiv;i ScDtin. 3. Tlic lii^Iinp nf '['(ironlo. 4. The Hisliop of 
 lliii'iii. :;. 'I'll,- |',|,||,,|i of i_lii',\p|vcllc. 6. Till.' I'li^linp of \ili;\liasl;;i. 7. 'I'lu' liMiop of S;\^l<atcliewaii nml Cali^aiy. S, Kov. Canon 
 \Ialll.•^'lll, |).l). .,, \lr I. |. M,r-riii, llniuilioii. 10. K,-v. Dr. I.aii^iiy, 'roionio, 11. \eiv K 'v |)i'aii lniu'>, \I..\., London. 12. Rov. 
 .\. W. Coiddiiiu, ll.I»., M.iidlol.a. I ^ \cn. .\ndiileaoon I)i\oii, I! .\.. (inrlpli. K). Mr. W |. Iiidacli, London. 15. Mr. J. Writ;lfy, Win- 
 nipi-. Id. K. W. l(.MMl',.r, h.C.I,., Slii'r1>ronko, !'.',>. 1;. Mr. \V. K. Mulork, ij C . Winnip-^ iS. kcv. Rural Dean I'cnlroalli, H.D., 
 Winnipeg. i<^. \cn .Nrrlidcicon I'liair. Winnipoj;. 20. Rev. Canon I'arlrid^r, D.D., Halifax, \.S. 21. Kiv. Canon O'Mcara, M..\., 
 Winnipeg. 22. \'cri. Arflidcaron Woods, M..\., N. WVMminster, li.C. 2.?. L. 1! Davidson. D.C.I.., Montroal. 24. J. C. IIoilt;ins, l.l,.D., 
 'I'oronio. 25. Mr. L.-wcy D. Ioliii,on, \an(onvcr. li.C. 211. Mr. K. T. W.dkcMi. >).('., KiiiLjsion. 27. lion. D. I.. I lanninj;t()ii, Dorclieslor, 
 \.l!. 2.S. Rev. Canon Wliilc, MA.. Irocpiois. 20. Mr Clias. [cnUins, I'clrolia. 30. Ri-v. j. W. Tims, lllackfoot Rcsorvo, Calgary. 31. 
 kcv. \V. .\. N oinij.;. I!.D,, ( l.idirirji. 52. Wtv Ri'v. Dean C.risdali', D D., W'lnnipci,'. 3;. Ruv. .\. I'.. Cowley, Sec. C. M. S., Winnipet;. 
 34. Rev. A. I,, l-oriin, Ril l'oriat;r. 35. Rev. \V. A. Ilnrnian, H.D., St. I'.ud > Indian .S(diool. Manitol)a. 36. .'■'—'. Canon Thorneloe, 
 .M..\., Shirliroolie, j'.l,). 37. Mr. C. N. Vroom, Si. Stejihen, N.ii. 38. Rev. .V. W. !•'. Cooper. C.d^;ary. 39. Kev. A. C. Ilolnies, Lesser 
 Slave L.ike, ,\lliali.iska 40. Mr. W. Melrose, .Alhaliask.i. 41. Rev. Canon Co , 'id is. M..\ , Winnipet;. 42. Rev. 1". K. Matheson, Mallle- 
 ford. 43. Rev. .\. II Wrinlit, lori La Come. 44. Mr. I'. II. Malljiwson. Winnipej;. 45. Rev. II. It. Cartwri(;ht, I!. A., (^u'Api)elle. 
 4(). Mr. T. ( iilroy, Winnipeg. ,(7. Mr. \V. While. (^lu'.\ppelle. 4S. Mr. II. S. Crotly, Winnipej;. .jo. Mr. W. C. Konseca, Winnipeg. 
 50 Mr. Jeplison, Saskaliln-wan. 51. Rev. Canon I'lelt, U.D., I'rinee .\lberl 52. .Mr. Sheriff Inksler, Winnipeg. 53- '^ev. J I'. Sargent, 
 H..\., i,iii'.\ppellc', 54. \ en. Arrlidi'acon (1. Maekav, D.D., I'rince .Mherl. S5 Mr. James Taylor, Winnipeg. 56. Col. S. L. Bcdson, Sloney 
 .Mouiilain. 57. Riv. \\ . !■;. lirown, <,iM'A|>pelle. 5S. Rev. I. I'. I'rilohard, Lelhhridge. 
 
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