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SYNOD, Message from the Upper House, marked D 45 Concurrence in do 45 Message from the Upper House, marked E 46 Concurrence in do 46 Messages from the Upper House, marked G and K 46 Messages from the Upper House, marked L and M .' . . 47 Hour of Prorogation fixed , 47 Message marked (» remitted to the Upfjer House for explanation 48 Speakers limited to five minutes each 48 Concurrence in Message marked M 48 Report of the Committee on the Educational Work of the Church adopted. . 48 Concurrence in Message marked K 48 Message from the Upper House marked N 49 Concurrence in Message marked G 49 Concurrence in Message marked L 49 Resolution to appoint Delegates to General Convention 49 Notice of Motion 49 Resolution as to Missionary Episcopate 50 Resolution as to Forms of Services for special occasions 51 Votes of Thanks to Churchwomen of roronto, and to Toronto W. A 51 Message from the Upper House marked 51 Delegates from Lower House to General Convention 52 Resolution requesting the House of Bishops to issue a Pastoral 52 Resolution as to Lord's Day observance 52 Resolution for appointment of Standing Committee on Statistics 53 Resolution as to remuneration of servants at Trinity College" 53 Votes of Thanks 53 Messages from Upper House marked P and Q 54 Resolution commending the Brotherhood of St. Andrew 54 Resolution as to the Printing of the Journal of Proceedings 54 Resolution as to establishment of a Dominion Reformatory for first offenders 55 Close of Proceedings of the Lower House 55 THE UPPEJ^ HOUSE. Bishops present during the Session 56 Synod assembled in Joint Session 56 Schedule of Acts of Synod 57 Synod Prorogued •; ,. 58 1| CONTENTS. Vll ■■,\ ' ■■ APPENDICES. (A) — Solemn Declaration 59 Fundamental Principles 60 Basis of Constitution . 60 (B) — Circular Letter Convening the General Synod. .' 63 (C) — Sermon preached at the Opening Service 64 (D) — Report of Committee on Credentials of Delegates 71 Clerical Delegates by Provinces and Dioceses 71 Lay Delegates by Provinces and Diocest s 72 (E) — Provisional Constitution 75 Permanent Order of Proceedings as adopted by Both Houses 79 Provisional Order of Proceedings of the Lower pi:use 80 Provisional Rules of Order for the Lower Hou',e 8j (F) — Report of Committee on Expenses 85 Expenses of Delegates by Dioceses ... 85 Number of Clergy in, and Assessment of, each Diocese . 85 (G) — Rep)ort of Finance Committee ; 87 (H) — Pastoral Letter of the House of Bishops 88 (I) — Circular Letter of Promulgation 95 Index 97 vm FIRST vSRSSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. GENERAL SYNOD. OrriOB BfcARERS. J -1.'/. -, PRESIDENT OP THE SYNOD: His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Riij^ert's Land, MetropoHtan of Rupert's Land, and Primate of All Canada Residence — Hishop's Court, Winnipeg, Man. SECRETARV OK THE UPPER HOUSE : The Rev. John Pearson, D.C.L. RtsideHce—TnniVf Square, Toronto, Ont. PROLOCUTOR OK THE KOWER HOUSE! The Very Reverend James Carmichael, M.A.. D.C L., Dean of Montreal. Kesid*nce-^i. Georee's Rectory, Montreal, Que. ASSESSORS TO THE PROLOCUTOR : The Honorable Mr. Justice Hanington. D.C.L Residetut — Dorrhester, N.B. Mr L. H. Davidson, D.C.L . Q.C. ^M/V^ff*— Montreal, Que. CLERICAL SECRETARY OK THE LOWER HOUSE : The Reverend Canon Spencer. Residence — Kingston, Ont. LAY SECRETARY OF THE LOWER HOUSE: Mr. J. A. Worrell. M.A., Q.C. Residence — Toronto, Ont. TREASURER OF THE SYNOD: Mr. N. W. Hoyles, B.A..Q.C. Residence— Toromo, Ont. AUDITORS OF THE SYNOD: Mr, A. H. Campbell. Residence— Toronto, Ont. His Honor Judge McDonald. M.A. Residewe—Brociiyitte, Ont, STANDING COMMin'KKS OF THE vSYNOD. IX )litan of Rupert's in of Montreal. STANDING COMMITTEES OP THE SYNOD. N.B. — The several Standing t.'ommittees have power to add to their nurnber any members of the Synod whose presence it may bo thought would be helpful in the Committee's deliberations. — See pp. 47 and 49. ON CONSTITDTION, ORDER OP PROCEEDINGS. AND RULES 01 ORDER. EASTERN DIVISION, Very Rev. Dean Norman. Rev. Dr. I>an>i[try. Mr. Justice Hanington. Mr. Charles Jenkins. Mr. Chancellor Bethune. D.. L. H. Davidson. Judge Senkler. Mr. Justice Ritchie. Mr. Chancellor Walkem. Dr. R. W. Heneker. Mr. J. A. Worrell. The Bishop of Fredericton, Conveuer. The Bishop of Algoma. The Bishop of Niagara. The Bishop of Quebec. The Bishop of Toronto. Ven. Archdeacon Brigstocke. Ven. Archdeacon Marsh. Ven. Archdeacon Evans. Ven. Archdeacon Dixon. Ven. Archdeacon Smith. Rev. Canon Spencer. WESTERN DIVISION. His Grace the Archbishop of Rupert's Land, Coiweiier The Bishop of Athabasca. The Bishop of Columbia Rev. Rural Dean Septimus Jones. Revr H. G. Fiennes-CIinton. Very Rev. Dean Grisdale. ON DOCTRINE, WORSHIP, AND DISCIPLINE. Mr, John Machray. Mr. W. Myers Grey. Mr. A. F. Eden. , Mr. James Mackay. EASTERN DIVISION. The Bishop of Toronto, Convener. The Bishop of Fredericton. The Bishop of Huron. The Bishop of Niagara. The Bishop of Nova Scotia. The Bishop of Quebec. His Grace the Archbishop of Ontario. Very Rev. Dean Carmichael. Rev. Canon Partridge. Rev. Canon Spencer. Rev. Canon Thorneloe. Rev. Canon DuMoulin. Mr. Charles Jenkins. WESTERN DIVISION. His Grace the Archbishop of Rupert's Land, Convtnur. The Bishop of Columbia. The Bishop of New Westminster. ON THE MISSIONARY WORK OF THE CHURCH The Bishop of Qu'Apptlle. Rev. Canon Pentreath. EASTERN DIVISION. The Bishop of Nova Scotia, Convener. The Bishop of Algoina. The Bishop of Huron. The Bishop of Niagara. The Bishop of Quebec. Mr. C. N. Vroom. Dr. L. H. Davidson. Judge Senkler. Mr. H. J. Cundall. Mr. R. Vashon Rogers. Mr, N. W. Hoyles. Rev. Rural Dean Llwyd. Rev Canon Neales. Very Rev. D'.an Innes. Rev. Principal Miller. Rev. Canon Mills. Ven. Archdeacon Kaulbach. Ven. Archdeacon Bedford- Jones. Rev Canon Thorneloe. Ven. Archdeacon Roe. Ven. Archdeacon Allen. Rev. Dr. Langtry. FIRST SESSION OF GENFRAI. SYNOD. WESTERN DIVISION. Rev. Canon O'Meara, Convener. The Bishop of Athabasca. The Bishop of Caledonia The Bishop of Movjsonee. The Bishop of New Westminster. The Bishop of Qu'Appelle. The Bishcp of Saskatchewan & Calgary. The Bishop of Mackenzie River. The Bishop of Selkirk. Rev. W. A. Burman. Ven. Archdeacon Fortin. Ven. Archdeacon Mackay. Rev. Dr. Cooper. Mr. W. Myers Grey. Mr. J. H. Brock. ON THE EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE CHURCH. EASTERN DIVISION. The Bishop of Toronto, Convener The Bishop of Fredericton. Rev. J. de Soy res. Rev. Principal Miller. Ven. Archdeacon Lindsay. Rev. E. M. Bland. Rev. Canon Partridge. Ven. Archdeacon Lauder. *Very Rev. Dean Norman. Rev. Canon Body. Rev, Dr. Langtry. Mr. Richard Bayly. Dr. Alexander Johnson. Dr. H, Y. Hind. — Judge Wilkison, Dr. R. W. Heneker. . Hon. G. W. Allan WESTERN DIVISION. The Archbishop of Rupert's Land, Convener. The Bishop of Columbia. The Bishop of Qu'Appelle. The Bishop of Saskatchewan & Calgary. Rev. Canon O'Meara. ON INTER-DIOCESAN AND PROV Mr. John Machray. Dr. Praeger. Mr. James Mackay. NCIAL RELATIONS IN RESPECT OF BENEFICIARY FUNDS. EASTERN DIVISION. The The The The The Rev Ven Rev Ven Rev Bishop of Quebec, Convener. Bishop of Algoma. Bishop of Fredericton. Bishop of Huron. Bishop of Montreal. Canon Davis. Archdeacon Evans. , Canon Sutherland. Archdeacon Weston-Jones. Rural Dean Bogert, Rev. Canon DuMoulin. Dr. Bridgland. Mr. Geo. A. Schofield. Judge Ermatinger. Major E. L. Bond. Mr. John Hoodless. Mr. H. J. Cundall. Judge McDonald. Hon. Henrv Aylmer Mr. A. H. Campbell. WESTERN DIVISION. Mr. J. H. Brock, Convener. The Bishop of Athabasca. Ven. Archdeacon Mackay. Rev. Rural Dean Septimus Jones. Rev. G. W. Taylor. 1 Mr. Sheriff Inkster. Mr. John Machray. Mr. "W. Myers Grey. Hon. S. H. Blake. Mr. T. E. Birbeck. ON THE TRANSFER OF CLERGY FROM ONE DIOCESE TO ANOTHER. EASTERN DIVISION. The Archbishop of Ontario, Convener. The Bishop of Montreal. The bishop of Nova Scotia. Rev. Rural Dean Llwyd. Rev. J. de Soyres. Ven. Archdeacon Marsh. Ven. Arthdeacon Evans. Rev Canon Sutherland. Ven, .'Vrchdeacon Roe. Ven. Archdeacon Allen. STANDING COMMITl'EES OF THE SYNOD. XI WESTERN DIVISION. Rev. Canon Pentreath, Conro.ne.r. The Bishop of Columbia. The Bishop of New Westminster The Bishop of Saskatchewan and [Calgary. Rev. J. P. Sargent. ON THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CANDIDATES FOR HOLY ORDERS. EASTERN DIVISION. The Bishop of-Montreal, Convener. The Bishop of Fredericton. The Bishop of Niagara. The Bishop of Nova Scotia. Ven. Archdeacon Brigstocke. Rev. Principal Miller. Very Rev. Dean Carmichael. Ven. Archdeacon Dixon. Rev. Canon Partridge. Ven. Archdeacon Lauder. Ven. Archdeacon Bediord- Jones. Ven. ArchdeacoiY Roe. Rev. Canon Body. Rev. Dr. Latigtry Mr. Richard Bayly. Mr. Chancellor Bethune. Dr. R. W. Heneker. WESTERN DIVISION The Archbishop of Rupert's Land The Bishop of Columbia. The Bishop of New Westminster. Very Rov. Dean Grisdale, Convener. Rev. H. G. Fiennes-Clinton. Rev. Dr. Cooper. The Bishop of Algoma. Mr. Justice Hanington. Mr. Matthew Wilson. Mr. Chancellor Bethune. Dr. I . H. Davidson. Judge Senkler ON AN APPELLATE TRIBUNAL. EASTERN DIVISION. His Grace the Archbishop of Ontario, Convener. Mr. Justice Ritchie. Judge McDonald. Mr. Chancellor Walkem. Mr. James Dunbar. Mr. J. A. Worrell, Mr. N. W. Hoyles. WESTERN DIVISION. Very Rev. Dean Grisdale, Convener. The Bishop of Saskatchewan & Calgary | Mr. Justice McLeod. ON FINANCE. Mr. Geo. A. Schofield. Mr. Matthew Wilson. Dr. L. H. Davidson. Mr. John Hoodless. Dr. Praeger. Mr. A. F Eden. EASTERN DIVISION. Hon. G. W. Allan, Convener. Mr. J. G. Foster. Mr. R. Vashon Rogers. Dr. R. W. Heneker Mr. Archdale Wilson. WESTERN DIVISION. Mr. W Myers Grey. Mr. H. S. Crotty. ON STATISTICS. EASTERN DIVISION. The Bishop of Niagara, Convener. The Bishop of Toronto. The Bishop of Quebec. The Bishop of Nova Scotja. Ven. Archdeacon Weston-Jones. Rev Canon Neales. Rev. ("anon Davis. Dr. Alexander Johnson. iudge Wilkison. )r. Bridgland. Xll FIRST SESSION OF GFNFRAL SYNOD. WESTERN DIVISION. The Bishop of New Westminster, Convener. DELEGATION TO THE GENERAL CONVENTION OP THE AMERICAN CHURCH. Most Reverend His Grace the Lord Primate. Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Algoma. Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Qu'AppeJle. Very Reverend the Prolocutor of the Lower House. Very Reverend the Dean of Rupert's Land. The Honorable G. W. Allan, D.C.L. Mr. W. My«rs Grey. SUBSTITUTES. The Venerable Archdeacon Lauder, D.C.L. The Venerable Archdeacon Fortin. Mr. Matthew Wilson, Q.C. Mr. J. H. Brock. STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE LOWER HOUSE. A Rev. Canon Pentreath. Rev. Canon DuMouHn. Dr. L. H. Davidson. ON EXPENSES. Mr. A. H. Campbell, Chairman. I Dr. Praeger. I Mr. N. W. Hoyles. ON PRINTING. I Mr. Matthew Wilson.- Mr. J. A. Worrell. GENERAL SYNOD OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DOMINION OF CANADA. JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST SESSION Held in Toronto, Septennber, 1893. FIRST DAY. Wednesday, September 13, 1893. SERVICE IN ST. ALBAN S CATHEDRAL. Pursuant to the summons of the Metropolitan of Canada (Ap- pendix B) the opening service of the Synod was held in the Choir of St. Alban's Cathedral on Wednesday, the 13th day of Septem- ber, 1893. The Bishops robed in the Library in the south Choir Aisle, and the Clergy in the south Aisle of the Crypt, whence they proceeded to the west door to meet the Choir. The procession entered in the following order : — Choir Clergy Archdeacons Deans Bishops Metropolitans, the processional hymn being "The Church's One Foundation." FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. Morning Prayer to the Third Collect was sung by the Reverend Canon Cay ley, Precentor of the Cathedral, the Lessons being read by the Very Reverend the Deans of Montreal and Huron, Holy Communion was celebrated, the Most Reverend the Bishop of Ontario, Metropolitan of Canada, being Celebrant, the Bishop of New Westminster, Gospeller, and the Bishop of Frederic- ton, Epistoler. The sermon (Appendix C) was preached by the Most Reverend the Bishop of Rupert's Land, from the text — Deuter- onomy, Chapter xxxi, verse 6, and again verse 7: "Be strong and of a good courage." BUSINESS SESSION. At 3 o'clock the Delegates from the Clergy and Laity of the several Dioceses assembled in tlie Convocation Hall of Trinity University. Shortly thereafter the following Metropolitans and Bishops entered the hall : — The Metropolitans of Canada and Rupert's Land, the Bishops of Toronto, New Westminster, Fredericton, Algoma, Huron, Athabasca, Niagara, Saskatchewan and Calgary, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Qu'Appelle, and Columbia. The Metropolitan of Canada, having taken the chair, deliver- ed the following address : — " Right Reverend Fathers, Reverend Brethren, and Brethren ' of the Laity, — In opening this General Synod of the Church of ' England in this Dominion, it scarcely needs any words of mine ' to impress you with the sense of the momentous importance of ' our meeting, or of the gratitude to Almighty God that we ' should feel in that He has put it into our hearts to consolidate ' the Canadian Church from ocean to ocean into one organic unity. * As the oldest missionary of the Church in this assembly, my first ' thoughts are those of thankfulness for God's mercy in permitting * me to see this effort to consolidate the Canadian Church. When * I commenced my work exactly forty-four years ago as a mission- ' ary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, on the ' banks of the Ottawa River, there was no diocese of the Church ' of England west of the diocese of Toronto except the ' diocese of Rupert's Land, which was then being organized ; and ' eastward there were but three dioceses, Nova Scotia, Frederic- .■M FIRST DAY. ton, and Quebec, within the limits of the present Dominion of Canada. To-day we meet to unite, if possible, 19 or 20 dioceses into one organic whole. Surely we may well exclaim, ' God hath done great things for us whereof we are glad.' Let us therefore at the very outset invoke the aid of that blessed Spirit without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy, to give us wise and understanding hearts for this work. It will require true Christian statesmanship to guide us aright, and not one of us is so wise as not to need all his wisdom in steering the Church into a haven of peace and security. In the work in which we are engaged we have one advantage in the unanimity which prevails on the great principle that underlies all our efforts. I mean the earnest longing for unity of organization. We have already unity of spirit, thank God. But what is want- ed now, and this assembly attests it, is unification of all our dioceses in such wise as will enable the Church of Canada to speak with one mind and one mouth. Having no precedent to guide me in our order of proceedings, but having taken coun- sel with my brother Metropolitan and other Bishops, I purpose to call upon the Very Reverend Dean Grisdale to act as Presi- dent of this House until it has been organized and a President permanently elected. A committee on credentials of members should then be appointed, and such certificates of the election of members as I have received shall be placed in the hands of the committee. When both Houses have been fully organized a joint committee will be necessary for the consideration of the constitution of the General Synod on the basis of the Winnipeg scheme, and with due regard to the amendments proposed by Diocesan and Provincial Synods, I, therefore, now ask the Very Reverend Dean Grisdale to take the chair as a provisional President. ' ' Dr. Iv. H. Davidson, Q.C., then asked leave to move a reso- lution respecting the constitution of the Synod. A question of order having been raised by the Bishop of Nova Scotia, it was decided by the Metropolitan presiding that the proposed motion was out of order ; whereupon the Bishops retired from the Hall. After the retirement of the Bishops, it was moved by Dr. L<. H. Davidson, Q.C., and seconded by Professor Alex. Johnson, LL.D., That the Very Rev. Dean Grisdale should act as temporary chair- man of tht> meeting of Clerical and Lay Delegates. v.l 4 KIKST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. This motion having been put and carried unanimously, Dean Grisdale took the chair, and on motion of Dr. h. H. Davidson, seconded by Mr. Matthew Wilson, Q.C., Mr. J. A. Worrell, Q.C., was appointed Secretary of the meeting. It having been resolved, on motion of the Hon. Mr. Justice Hanington, seconded by Mr. Chancellor Wilkem, Q.C., D.C.L., that the Chairman should nominate a Committee to examine the credentials of the Delegates, the Chairman nominated the following Committee : The Very Rev. the Dean of Montreal, the Hon. Mr. Justice Haning- ton, the Yen. ArchcUiacon Brigstocke, His Honor Judge McDonald. The Committee on Credentials having presented their Report (Appendix D), it was resolved, on motion of the Very Rev. the Dean of Montreal, .seconded by the Hon. Mr. Justice Hanington, that the Report of the Committee on Credentials be received and adopted. The roll having been called by the Secretary, the following Delegates answered to their names : — Clerical Delegates : — Rev. Canon Partridge, Yen. Archdeacon Smith, Yen. Archdeacon Kaulbacli, Yen. Archdeacon Weston Jones, Yery Rev. Dean Norman, Yen. Archdeacon Roe, Rev. Canon Thornloe, Rev. Pro- vost Body, Rev. Dr. John Langtry, Y^en. Ai'chdeacon Allen, Rev. Canon DuMoulin, Yen. Archdeacon Brigstocke, Rev. J. DeSoyres, Rev. Canon Neales, Yery Rev. Dean Carmichael, Yen. Archdeacon Lindsay. Yen. Archdeacon Evans, Rev. Canon Mills, Yery Rev. Dean Imies, Rev. Canon Davis, Rev. Principal Miller, Yen. Aixhdeacon Lauder, Yen. Archdeacon Bedford-Jones, Rev. Rural Dean Bogert, Rev. Canon Spencer, Yen. Archdeacon Dixon, Rev. E. M. Bland, Rev. Canon Sutherland, Rev. Rural Dean Llvi^yd, Y^ery Rev. Dean Grisdale, Rev. Canon O'Meara, Rev. Canon Pentreath, Yen. Archdeacon Kortin, Yen. Archdeacon McKay, Rev. A. W. F. Cooper, Rev. W. A. Barman, Rev. J. P. Sargent, Rev. G. W. Taylor, and Rev. H. G. Fiennes-CIinton. Lay Delegates : — Hon. Mr. Justice Ritchie, Dr. R. W. Heneker, Hon. Henry Aylmer, Hon. G. W. Allan, Mr. A. H. Campbell, Mr. J. A. Worrell, Mr. N. W. Hoyles, Hon. Mr. Justice Hanington, Mr. Chancellor Bethune, Dr. L. H. Davidson, Dr. Alex. Johnson, Major E. L. Bond, Mr. Charles Jenkins, Mr. Richard Bayly, Mr. Matthew Wilson, His Honor Judge Ermatinger, Mr. Chancellor Walkem, His Honor Judge Macdonald, His Honor Judge Wilkison, Mr. R. Yashon Rogers, His Honor Judge Senkler, Mr. Archdale Wilson, Dr. Bridgland, Mr. J. H. Brock, Mr. Sheriff Inkster, Mr. H. S. Crotty, Mr. A. F. Eden, Mr. John Machray, Mr. T. E. Birbeck, Dr. E. A. Praeger, and Mr. W. Myers Grey. FIRST DAY. After prayers had been offered by the Chairman, it was moved by the Rev. Dr. Langtry, and seconded by Mr. J. A. Worrell Q.C., That the Clerical and Lay Delegates assemhled for the purpose of forming a General Synod of the Church of England in Canada respedt- fnlly suhmit that it is most desirable that their Lordships the Bishops should be present at this meeting until the Synod has been duly consti- tuted, and it has been determined whether or not the Synod is to be composed of two Houses ; and that their Lordships be respecStfuUy re- quested to assemble in a joint meeting with the Clerical and Lay Dele- gates for the purpose of properly constituting and organizing the General Synod, as such constitution and organization cannot, it is urged with all respedt, be legally effected in the absence of their Lordships. This motion was carried unanimously. On motion of the Rev. Canon O'Meara, seconded by the Rev. W. A. Burman, the Chairman of the meeting and the mover and seconder of the resolution were appointed as a deputation to pre- sent the same to the Right Reverend the Bishops, who, it was understood, were assembled in a meeting in the I^ibrary of the College. The Deputation having reported that their Lordships would shortly send a reply, the meeting remained in session until 6.IO p.m., when the following communication was received : — ' ' That the Bishops gladly accept the suggestion of a confer- " ence between the Clerical and Lay Delegates and themselves, " md appoint the hour at 10.30 to-morrow. "J. T. ONTARIO." It was then moved by Dr. Walkem, Q.C., and seconded by Mr. N. W. Hoyles, Q.C., and resolved, That this meeting adjourn until Thursday morning at 10.30 o'clock. The Chairman then pronounced the benediction. Confirmed. JOHN GRISDALK, Chairman. p-1 6 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. SECOND DAY. Trinity College, Toronto, ) September 14th, 1893. j The meeting of the Clerical and Lay Delegates was resumed at 10.30 a.m. this morning, the Very Reverend Dean Grisdale in the chair. After prayers had been offered by the Chairman, the minutes of yesterday's meeting were read and confirmed. The following Delegates who were not present yesterday answered to their names : Huron Diocese — Ven. Archdeacon Marsh. Mackenzie River Diocese — Rev. Septimus Jones. Quebec Diocese — Mr. James Dunbar. Niagara Diocese — Mr. John Hoodless. Their Lordships the Bishops having entered the room, the joint meeting which had been arranged to take place was then pro- ceeded with, and this meeting closed. Approved. JOHN GRISDALE, Chairman. Trinity College, Toronto, ) Sept. 14th, 1893. j JOINT MEETING. At the joint meeting the following Bishops were present : PROVINCE OF CANADA, The The The The The The The The Most Reverend the Metropolitan Right Reverend the Lord Bishop Right Reverend the Lord Bishop Right Reverend the Lord Bishop Right Reverend the Lord Bishop Right Reverend the Lord Bishop Right Reverend the Lord Bishop Right Reverend the Lord Bishop PROVINCE OF RUPERT'S of Canada, of Toronto, of Fredericton, of Algoma, of Huron, of Niagara, of Nova Scotia, of Quebec. I,AND. The The The Calgary, The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Qu' Appelle Most Reverend the Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Athabasca, Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Saskatchewan and SECOND DAY. 7 INDEPENDENT DIOCESES. The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of New Westminster. The meeting was opened with prayer by the MetropoHtan of Canada, who presided. It was moved by the Lord Bishop of Saskatchewan and Cal- gary, seconded by Dr. L. H. Davidson, Q.C., That the Bishops and Clerical and Lay Delegates now assembled form themselves into a Conmiittee of the Whole, the Metropolitan in the chair, for the pnrpose of receiving and adopting such resolutions as will tend to the formation of a Constitution for the General Synod. — Carried. It was moved by the Ven. Archdeacon Brigstocke, and seconded by Mr. Matthew Wilson, Q.C., That Mr. J. A. Worrell, Q.C., do a(5t as Secretary of the meeting. — Carried. It was then moved by the Lord Bishop of Toronto, seconded by the Rev. John Langtry, D.C.L., That the 'bllowing be a Joint Committee of this Body to draft a resolution soUinnly declaring the position of this Body as empowered by the Diocesan Synods, and assembled u\ pursuance of the adtion of the Winnipeg Conference : — The Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, the Bishop of New Westminster, the Bishop of Toronto, the Very Rev. Dean Innes, the Very Rev. Dean Carmichael, the Very Rev. Dean Grisdale, the Ven. Archdeacon Roe, the Ven. Archdeacon Brigstocke, the Ven. Archdeacon Lauder, the Ven. Archdeacon McKay, the Rev. Canon Partridge, the Rev. Canon Pentreath, the Rev. Rural Doan Llwyd, the Rev. Dr. Langtry, the Rev. E. M. Bland, the Hon. Mr. Justice Ritchie, the Hon. Mr. Justice Hanington, His Honor Judge Senkler, Mr. Chancellor Bethune, Mr. Chancellor Walkem, Mr. Chancellor Heneker, L. H. Davidson, Q.C, J. A. Worrell, Q.C., Matthew Wilson, Q.C., Mr. H. S. Crotty, Mr. W. M. Grey, Mr. Charles Jenkins. This motion having been put and carried unanimously, the meeting adjourned until 4 o'clock to receive the report of the Committee. At 4 p.m. the meeting re-assembled, the Metropolitan of Can- ada in the chair. The Lord Bishop of Columbia was present in addition to the prelates present at the meeting in the morning. The Metropolitan of Rupert's Land read the following Report of the Special Committee, stating that the three Declarations con- tained in the report were unanimously agreed to by the Committee as the fundamental basis on which the General Synod shall be formed. M 8 KIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. Report of the Special Commiitee on Constituting and Organizing the Synod. The Committee beg to report as follows : That having considered the action of the Piovincial Synods of Canada and Rupert's L,and, and of the several Dioceses, your Committee are of opinion that the position of this body now is that it is prepared to declare itself a General Synod upon the following basis, subject to any amendments which may be made and assented to at this Session. SOLEMN declaration. We, the Bishops of the Holy Catholic Church in full com- munion with the Church of England, together with the Delegates from the Clergy and L,aity now assembled in the first General Synod of the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada, hereby make the following solemn declaration: — We desire the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada to continue an integral portion of the great Anglican Communion composed of Churches which — united under One Divine Head in the fellowship of the One Catholic and Apostolic Church, holding the One Faith revealed in Holy Writ, and defined in the Creeds as maintained by the undivided Primitive Church in the first four (Ecumenical Councils, receiving the same Canonical vScriptures of the Old and New Testaments as containing all things necessary to salvation — teach the same Word of God, partake of the same divinely ordained Sacraments through the Ministry of the same Apostolic Orders, and worship One God and Father, through the same Lord Jesus Christ, by the same Holy and Divine Spirit, who is given to those that believe to guide them into all truth. And we are determined by the help of God to hold and maintain the Doctrine and Sacraments of Christ, together with the Order and Government of The Church as the Lord hath commanded in His Holy Word, and as the Church of England hath received and set forth the same in the Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England ; together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said SKCOND DAY. in Churches ; and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons ; and in the Thirty- nine Articles of Rehgion ; and to transmit the same unimpaired to our posterity. CONSTITUTION. 1 . There shall be a General Synod consisting of the Bishops of the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada and of Dele- gates chosen from the Clergy and tlie I^aity. Tlie Delegates shall be chosen by the several Diocesan Synods according to such rules as they may adopt, or in a Diocese which has no Synodical organization may be appointed by the Bishop. The representation shall be as follows : — Dioceses having fewer than twenty-five licensed Clergymen, one Delegate from each Order; Dioceses having twenty-five and fewer than fifty licensed Clergymen, two of each Order; Dioceses having fifty and fewer than one hundred, three of each Order ; Dioceses having one hundred licensed Clergymen and upwards, four of each Ord r. 2. The Synod shall consist of two Houses ; the Bishops con- stituting the Upper, and the Clergy and Laity together the lyower House. The Clergy and Laity shall vote by Orders if required. 3. The President of the General Synod, who shall be styled the Primate, shall be elected by the House of Bishops from among the Metropolitans or Bishops of Dioceses not in any Ecclesiastical Province. The Primate shall hold office for life, or so long as he is Bishop of any Diocese of the General Synod ; nevertheless, he may re- sign at any time, 4. The General Synod shall have the 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 Canons or resolutions of a coercive character, or involving penalties or disabilities, shall be operative in any Ecclesiastical Province, or in any Diocese not included in an Ecclesiastical Province, until ac- cepted by the Synod of such Province or Diocese, and that the jurisdiction of the General Synod shall not withdraw from the lO FIRST SRi5vSION OF GENRKAI. SYNOD. Provincial Synod the right of passing upon any object falling within its jurisdiction at the time of the formation of the General Synod. 5. The following, or such like objects, may be suggested as properly coming within the jurisdiction of the General Synod : (a) Matters of doctrine, worship, and discipline. {d) All agencies employed in the carrying on of the general work of the Church. (c) The general missionary and educational work of the Church. (d) The adju;,tment, with consent of the Dioceses, of the re- lations between Dioceses in respect to Clergy Widows and Or- phans' and Superannuation Funds. ((?) Regulations affecting the transfer of Clergy from one Dio- cese to another. (/) Education and training of Candidates for Holy Orders. (£■) Constitution and powers of an Appellate Tribunal. {/i) The erection, division, or re-arrangement of Provinces, with the consent of any existing Provinces affected ; but the erec- tion, division, or re-arrangement of Dioceses, and the appoint- ment and consecration of Bishops, within a Province, shall be dealt with by the Synod of that Province. 6. That nothing in the foregoing scheme or in the Constitu- tion to be framed thereunder shall affect any Canons or enact- ments of any Provincial or Diocesan Synods in force at the time of the adoption of this Constitution. 7. For the expenses of the Synod, including the necessary travelling expenses of the members, there shall be an annual as- sessment of the Dioceses, proportioned to their representation, exempting those which are entitled to send only one representa- tive of each Order, 8. The words "Ecclesiastical Province" heretofore used shall mean any group of Dioceses under the jurisdiction of a Provincial Synod. We declare that the General Synod when formed does not in- tend to, and shall not, take away from or interfere with any SECOND DAY. II rights, powers, or jurisdiction of any Diocesan Synod within its own territorial limits as now held or exercised by such Diocesan Synod. We declare that the constitution of a General Synod involves no change in the existing system of Provincial Synods, but the retention or abolition of the Provncial Synods is left to be dealt with according to the requirements of the various Provinces as to such Provinces and the Dioceses therein may seem proper. All of which is respectfully submitted. R. RUPERT'S LAND, Ckaifman. September 14th, 1893. It was then moved by the Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, and seconded by Dr. L. H. Davidson, Q.C., That the report of the Special Comtnittee appointed hy this meeting to draft a rosohition solemnly declaring the position of this body be, and the same is hereby adopted, and we, the F shops of the Church of Eng- land in the Dominion of Canada, together with the Clerical and Lay Delegates present, do hereby declare that we do now constitute a General Synod of the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada in accord- ance with the said report. This resolution was adopted unanimously, and immediately thereafter the Doxology was sung, all present rising. It was moved by Dr. Walkem, and seconded by Dean Gris- dale, That the report of the Special Committee on Constitution and Or- ganization of the General Synod, and the resolution adopting the same, be printed forthwith and distributed among the members of the Synod, and that the following be a Committee on Printing : — Dr. L. H. David- son, Q.C., Mr. Matthew Wilson, Q.C., Mr. J. A. Worrell, Q.C. The Synod then adjourned until Friday morning at 10.30, the Benediction having been pronounced by the Chairman. Confirmed. J. T. ONTARIO, Chairman. 12 I^IRST SESSION OF GENERAL, SYNOD. THIRD DAY. Trinity College, Toronto, September 15th, 1893. I After Divine Service in the Chapel, the Synod re-assen^bled in the Convocation Hall at 10.30 a.m., pursuant to adjournment, the Metropolitan of Canada in the chair, and all the Bishops present yesterday being in their seats. The minutes of yesterday's meeting were read and approved. It was moved by His Honor Judge Macdonald, and seconded by the Rev. Canon DuMoulin, and resolved, That the members of the General Synod regret very much that the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Montreal should have been unable, owing to his recent severe illness, to attend this meeting, and are much pleased ihat His Lordship is now in a fair way to the recovery of his wonted health. It was moved by the Rev. Canon Pentreath, and seconded by the Dean of Montreal, and resolved, Tliat whereas the union of the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada has been happily consummated ; And whereas the said union has caused great joy in many hearts; Therefore be it resolved, that the Cieneral Synod in devout thankful- ness to Almighty God sets ap;<.rt an evening for a solemn Service of Thanlvsgiving, and I'espetitfully requests the Lord Bishop of Toronto, in consultation with the other Bishops, to take order for a Service of Thanks- giving in such form as he deems expedient. It was then moved by the Rev. the Provostof Trinity College, seconded by Dr. Walkem, « That a Committee on Procedure be appointed to report the order in which the various parts of the Report of the Special Connnittee, adopted yesterday, should be brought before the Synod, and to report immediately, said Committee to be appointed by the Chairman. It was moved in amendment by Dr. Davidson, Q.C., seconded by the Rev. Dr. Langtry, That we now proceed to consider clause by clause the Solemn Declara- tion and Constitution reported yesterday, subjed^ to the amendments by this Synod during the present session, exclusive of the two Declarations at the end of such Report which were agreed to be finally accepted as the basis of such Constitution. The Provost having, with the consent of the Synod, withdrawn his resolution, the resolution of Dr. Davidson was put to the meet- ing as a substantive motion. THIRD DAY. 13 111 amendment thereto the MetropoHtan of Rupert's lyand moved, seconded by Mr. Richard Bayly, That the two Declarations at the end of the Report of the Special Committee he accepted hy this Synod. The amendment was carried unanimously. The Metropolitan of Rupert's Land then moved, seconded by Dr. Walkem, That the first clause of the " Solemn Declaration " he accepted. It was moved in amendment by Professor Johnson, seconded by the Rev. J. H. DeSoyres, That in the first paragraph of the Declaration, the words " The Bish- ops of the Holy Catholic Church in full communion with the Church of England " he removed, and the following suhstituted, " The Bishops of the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada." It was then moved by the Bishop of Niagara, seconded by the Rev. Provost Body, That the words " now assembled " be removed from their position after the word " Laity " and inserted aftei- the words " Church of Eng- land " in the first line. It was then moved by the Bishop of Nova Scotia, seconded by the Bishop of Toronto, That the words, " We, the Bishops, together with the Delegates from the Clergy and Laity of the Church of England in the Dominion of Can- ada, now assembled in the First General Synod, hereby make the follow- ing solemn declaration " be the first clause of the " Solemn Declaration." At this point, by the consent of the Synod, the Rev. Dr. Langtry was allowed to move, seconded by the Bishop of Qu'Appelle, That the Order of Proceedings and Rules of Ox'der of the Lower House of the Provincial Synod of Canada be adopted pro tempore et pro tanto as the Order of Proceedings and Rules of Order of this Synod. This motion having been put to the House was carried unani- mously. In accordance with the Rules of Order so adopted, the Chair- man ruled that the motion before the Synod was that of the Metro- politan of Rupert's Land for the acceptance of the first clause of the "Solemn Declaration," and that the only two amendments in order were those of Dr. Johnson and the Bishop of Niagara. Dr. Job*- son having withdrawn his resolution, that of the Bishop of Niagara was put to the Synod and lost on a division. 14 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. The Bishop of Nova Scotia having again moved his amend- ment as above set out, it was carried on a division. It was next moved by the Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, seconded by Dr. Walkem, That the remainder of the " Solemn Declaration " be adopted. It was moved in amendment by Dr. Johnson, seconded by Judge Ermatinger, in amendment to the second clause. That in the second paragraph of the " Solemri Declaration," after the word "integral" the words '• great Anglican Communion, composed of Churches which " be omitted, and the words " Church of England " be substituted. It was then moved by the Bishop of Nova Scotia, seconded by Canon O'Meara, in amendment. That the first clause be amended to read as follows : — " We desire the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada to continue a.n integral part of the Holy Catholic Church in full communion with the Church of England throughout the world, the Church of Ireland, the Episcopal Church of Scotland, the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and all other portionsof the said Holy Catholic Church with which these are, or any part of their.- is, in communion —Churches which," etc. On the amendment of the Bishop of Nova Scotia being put, it was declared lost. It was then moved by the Bishop of Tororito, seconded by the Bishop of Athabasca, That in the second clause for " the great Anglican Communion " read "the Holy Catholic Church in full comuumion with the Church of England throughout the world." The amendment of the Bishop of Toronto was carried on a division. It was then moved by the Bishop of Fredericton, seconded by the Ven. Archdeacon Roe, and adopted, That instead of the words "first four" the word "undisputed" be adopted, so that the words read " The undisputed (Ecumenical Councils." It was moved by the Bishop of Quebec, seconded by the Rev. Septimus Jones, and resolved. That after the words "under One Divine Head" there be inserted the words " our Lord Jesus Christ." It was then moved by Mr. Myers Grey, seconded by Rev. H. G. Fiennes-Clinton, THIRD DAY. 15 That the word " Holy" be inserted between "One " and "Catholic" in the third line of the second paraj^raph. This motion was carried on a division. It was then moved by the Bishop of New Westminster, sec- onded by the Bishop of Huron, That in the seventli line from the end be inserted before the word '•Christ " these words, " our Lord and Saviour Jesus." This motion was adopted. It was moved by the Bishop of Athabasca, seconded by the Bishop of Saskatchewan and Calgary, and adopted, That the " Solemn Declaration " begin with the words, " In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen," as a Title. It was moved by the Bishop of New Westminster, seconded by Dr. L. H. Davidson, Q.C., and resolved. To substitute in the fourth line of the " Solemn Declaration," the word "declare" for the word "desire," and to drop the word '- to " and to change " continue " to " continues," etc. On motion of the Bishop of Fredericton, seconded by Mr. Justice Hanington, it was resolved, That the " Solemn Declaration '' witn the various amendments made thereto at this session of the Synod be refeiTcd to the Print- ing Connnittee to draw up the Declaration as amended and Lu have the same printed for distribution among the members, said Declaration so amended to come up for consideration at to-morrow morning's session of the Synod. It being i o'clock, the S^^nod adjourned until 3 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION. On re-assembling at 3 p.m., the Metropolitan of Rupert's Land moved, seconded by Dr. Walkem, the adoption of the first section of the first clause of the Constitution as contained in the Report of the Special Committee. By leave of the Synod, the mover and seconder of the reso- lution were allowed to withdraw their motion, and to move in lieu thereof, that the first section of the first clause of the Constitution read as follows: — "The General Synod shall consist of the Bishops of the Church of luif^land in the Dominion of Canada and of Delegates chosen from the Clergy and the Laity." This motion was adopted unanimously. i6 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAI, SYNOD. It was then moved by the Rev. Provost Body, seconded by Dr. R. W. Heneker, That to section i B of the Constitution the following be added : " Such Delegates to be in all cases resident in the Diocese from which " they are elecfted or appointed." It was moved in amendment by the Bishop of Algoma, seconded ')y the Bishop of Saskatchewan and Calgary, That until circumstances permit of its being otherwise ordered by the General Synod, the Bis:hops of Moosonee, Selkirk, Caledonia, Mac- kenzie River, and Athabasca, and such other Dioceses as niav be formed out of them, be permitted to eledt or appoint non-resident Delegates to the General S\nod, provided only that the said Delegates be resident within the bounds of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land or the Civil Province of British Columbia respedtively. Af^^r some discussion the two resohitions were, by leave of the Synod, withdrawn, and the following substituted resolution was moved by the Bishop of Algoma, seconded by the Provost, That to section i B of the Constitution the following be added : " Such Delegates to be in all cases resident in the Diocese from which they are elected or appointed, provided that until circumstances permit of its being otherwise ordered by the General Synod, the Bishop of the Dioceses of Moosonee, Selkirk, Mackenzie River, Athabasca, Caledonia, and such other Dioceses as may be formed out of them, be permitted to elect or appoint non-resident Delegates to the General Synod ; provided only that the said Delegates be resident within the bounds of the Eccle- siastical Province of Rupert's Land or the Civil Province of British Co- lumbia res})ectively. Provided further that until i8g6 these Dioceses may elecit their Delegates from any Dioceses whatever." The substituted resolution was put and carried on a division. It was moved by Mr. Bland, seconded by Mr. Hoodless, That when this meeting adjourns this afternoon, it stands adjourned until 8 o'clock this evening. — Carried. It was then moved by Archdeacon Brigstocke, seconded by Canon O'Meara, That the meeting of the General Synod commence to-morrow at lo a.m., and that the Service be held at Q.30 a.m. — Carried. It was then moved by Mr. Matthew Wilson, Q,C., seconded by the Dean of Montreal as follows : — That a Joint Committee be appointed by the Metropolitan to con- sider and report to this Synod, or to both Houses (if separated), the dif- ferent subjects upon which it is desirable to appoint Committees of this Synod in the nature ot permanent Committees, and to suggest names of members to act upon such Committees, and that said Committees be I'equested to report as soon as pradticable after the Constitution of this Synod shall have been settled. — Carried. THIRD DAY. 17 The Bishop of Toronto announced that in pursuance of the resokition adopted at this morning's session of the vSynod, he had arranged for a Thanksgiving Service to be held in St. James' Cathedral on Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock, it having been found impossible to arrange a service for any evening at a later hour. The Synod adjourned at 5 o'clock until 8 o'clock this even- ing, in order to enable members to attend a Special Convocation of Trinity University held for the purpose of conferring the Honorary Degree of D.C.L. on certain members of the Synod. EVENING SESSION. On the Synod reassembling at 8 p.m., the Metropolitan of Canada in the chair, It was moved by L. H. Davidson, Q.C. (in the absence of the Metropolitan of Rupert" s Land), and seconded by Matthew Wilson, Q.C, That clause i, section C, of the Constitution be adopted. It was moved in amendment hy Judge Emiatinger, seconded by Mr. Charles Jenkins, That the clause as to representation be amended as follows : That ;ill the words alter " one hundred " in the last line be struck out, and the followinf? words substitutoid therefor: "And fewer than 150 licensed " clergymen, five delegates ot each order ; and those ha\ing 150 licensed " clergymen and over, six delegates of each order. A vote by Dioceses may •' hi; (.ailed for." It was moved by Mr. Bayly, Q.C, and .seconded by Mr. N. W. Hoyles, Q.C, in amendment. That clause No. iC of the Constitution be amended by striking out all the words after " one liundred " in the fourth line, and by inserting the iiijlowing : •' And fewer than 150, four of each order; Dioceses having " 150, and fewer than 200, five of each order ; and Dioceses having zoo " licensed clergymen and upwards, six of each order." Both amendments having been put and lost on a division, the original resolution adopting the clau.se (iC) was carried. The Metropolitan of Rupert's Land then moved, seconded by Mr. L. H. Davidson, Q.C, that clause 2 of the Constitution be adopted. In amendment it was moved by Judge Emiatinger, seconded by Charles Jenkins, Esq., s| tit i8 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. If. That clause 2 be amended by the addition of the following words ; '• Provided that both Houses shall meet for a joint deliberation whenever " demanded by a majority of either House." In amendment to the amendment, it was moved by the Rev. Dr. Langtry, seconded by the Rev. E. M. Bland, That the following be inserted after " Lower House " in clause 2 : *' The Bishops and the Clerical and Lay Delegates constituting the " Synod shall sit together for the discussion and determination of all " questions that may be submitted for their consideration. Provided al- " ways that, at the request of two or more of the Bishops, their Lord- " ships shall withdraw to their own Chamber for further discussion and " vote upon any question under discussion." At 10.10 p.m. the debate was adjourned on motion- of the Very Rev. the Dean of Montreal, and, after the Chairman had pronounced the Benediction, the Synod adjourned until Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Confirmed. J. T. ONTARIO. FOURTH DAY. Trinity College, Toronto, ) Saturday, September i6th, 1893. j After Divine Service in the Chapel of Trinity College, the Synod re-assembled in the Convocation Hall, the Metropolitan of Canada in the chair, and the Bishops present at Thursday's meet- ing in their seats. After prayer by the Chairman the minutes of yesterday's pro- ceedings were read and confirmed. His Lordship the Metropolitan of Canada, in accordance w^ith the motion adopted at yesterday's session, appointed the following Committee on Permanent Committees : — The lyord Bishop of Toronto, The Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia, The Very Reverend Dean Grisdale, The Venerable Archdeacon Brigstocke, Dr. R. T. Walkem, Q.C., Dr. L. H. Davidson, Q.C., Mr. Charles Jenkins. The Printing Committee then submitted the ' ' Solemn De- claration ' ' as amended bj-^ the several resolutions adopted at the session of the Synod held on the 15th instant. FOURTH DAY. 19 words ; henever le Rev. ause 2 : ting the )n of all /ided al- ir Lord- sion and of the lan had aturday RIO. 93-1 ge, the ilitan of s meet- y's pro- ice with )llowing ;mn De- a at the Notices of Motion. The following fifteen notices of motion were given : — 1. Moved by Strachan Bethune, seconded by J. A. Worrell, Th?.t all that portion of the Constitution adopted by this Synod which, defines the powers of the General Synod be printed in the Appen- dix to the Journal of this Synod immediately after the Solemn Decla- ration, 2. Moved by Strachan Bethune, seconded by L. H. David- son, That the accompanying drafts of Constitution, Permanent Order of Proceedings, Proceedings of the Lower House, and Rules of Order be considered clause by clause on Monday, September i8th. 3. Moved by Dr. Johnson, That at the beginning of the second paragraph of the Solemn Decla- ration, after the words "We declare the Church of England in the Do- minion of Canada," insert the words " to be a Branch of the Church of England, in living connection and full communion with it and " 4. Moved by Rev. Dr. Langtry, That this Synod when convened for business shall only be prorogued by a resolution carried in the usual way. 5. Moved by Rev. Dr. Langtry, That a Committee be appointed to report to this session of this Synod on the reorganization of the missionary and aggressive work of the Church. 6. Rev. Dr. Langtry will move — That their Lordships be requested to appoint a Committee to rear- range and enrich the Burial Service so as to adapt it for use under the altered conditions of modern interment. 7. Rev. Dr. Langtry will move — That their Lordships the Bishops be requested to select authorized suitable opening sentences of Scripture for use on Christmas, Easter, Ascension, Whit-Sunday, and on other festal occasions. 8. Rev. Dr. Langtry will move — That a representative Committee be appointed to prepare and report a draft Hymn Book for the consideration of this Synod at its next session, with a view to the adoption of the same as the Hymn Book of the whole Church in Canada. 9. Rev. Dr. Langtry will move — ' That a Committee be appointed to draft and siibmit for the conside- ration of this Synod a Canon of Discipline for all orders of men in this Church, in order to secure uniformity of procedure in all cases carried to the appellate tribunal of this Synod. J K: r 20 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. 10. Mr. Worrell will move — That on the motion to adopt the Constitution as a whole there be in- serted as a sub-section of clause i : " All Delegates must be communi- cants, and their credentials must state them to be such." 11. Moved by Canon Pentreath, Whereas in the opinion of the Synod the extension of the Missionary Episcopate in Canada would greatly promote the growtli and activity of the Church ; and whereas the Synod is impressed by the necessity for the immediate extension of the Episcopate, . Be it therefore Resolved, That this Synod, relying on the ^eal and affection of the children of the Church, invites the various Sunday Schools in Canada to devote their Lenten offerings to the support of one or more Missionary Bishops here- after to be appointed. The Synod recommends that the offerings be sent immediately after Easter through the Treasurers of the different Dioceses to the Treasurer of the D. and F. Mission Board, to be held in trust for the above object, and the Bishops are respectfully requested to bring this invitation before the Sunday Schools in their Dioceses in such a way as they may think proper. Further Resolved, That a joint committee be appointed to have the oversight of this plan, and to carry its provisions into effect. The Synod expresses its opinion that, for the present, the sum of $2,000 a year, with an annual sum of $400 for travelling expenses, would be a sufficient income for a Missionary Bishop ; and on this basis it instructs the committee to ar- range constitutionally and canonically for the appointment of one or more Missionary Bishops, according to the provisions already existing for such appointments, provided the offerings of the children are sufficient for the purpose. 12. Moved by Archdale Wilson, seconded by the Rev. Canon Davis, That the following clause be added to the Declaration of this Synod : " In particular, we uphold the ancient doctrine of our Church, that the Queen is rightly possessed of the chief government or supremacy over all persons within her dominions, in all causes, whether ecclesiastical or civil, raid we desire that such supremacy shall continue unimpaired." 13. Moved by A. H. Campbell, That clause two of the Solemn Declaration be amended to read as follows We declare the Church of England, in the Dominion of Canada, in full communion with the Church of England throughout the world, continues an integral portion of the Holy Catholic Church com- posed of Churches and ' 14. Moved by Rev. W. A. Burman, seconded by Ven. Arch- deacon Fortin, That the General Synod be respedtfully requested to appoint a Com- mittee on Indian Work. ■I 1 i FOURTH DAY. 21 15. Moved by the Most Rev. the Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, That this Synod respe(5tfiilly requests the General Synod to ctppoint a Committee to prepare for the next General Synod forms of service for special occasions, e.g.. Thanksgiving for Harvest, Intercession for Mis- sions, Consecration of Churches, etc., etc. Joint Secretary. The Secretary having requested the Synod to appoint a Joint Secretary, it was moved by R. T. Walkeni, Q..C, and seconded by Archdeacon Allen, and resolved, That Dr. Davidson, Q.C., be requested to ai5l as Joint Secretary of this Synod with the present Secretary. Constitution. On resuming the debate on Dr. Langtry's motion to amend the first clause of the second section of the Constitution, the Metro- politan of Rupert's Land (with the leave of the Dean of Montreal who had the floor) stated to the Synod on behalf of the House of Bishops that their Lordships had uilanimously and irrevocably come to the decision that the position of the Bishops in the Catholic Church and the necessity of maintaining the independence of the Order required that they must sit separately, and that it must be left to themselves to say in what cases they will sit with the House of Delegates. In consequence of this statement, the motions of Dr. Langtry and Judge Ermatinger were, with consent of the Synod, withdrawn. Whereupon it was moved by the Dean of Montreal, seconded by the Provost of Trinity College, That the following be added to the first paragraph of section 2 of the Constitution : — "The two Houses shall sit separately except by the con- sent of both Houses." This motion having been carried, the first paragraph of the second clause was adopted as so amended. The Metropolitan of Rupert's Land having moved, seconded by Dr. Walkem, Q.C., that the second paragraph of clause 2 be adopted, it was moved in amendment by Dr. Johnson, seconded by Archdeacon Roe, That the following words be prefixed to the second clause in article z : "in the Lov/er House." 22 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. This motion having been put and lost, the original motion was adopted. It was then moved by Dr. Davidson, Q.C., seconded by J. A. Worrrell, Q.C., and resolved, That the following be added as a third paragraph to clause 2: — "That when both Houses sit together each House shall vote separatel}'." It was then moved by the Rev. H. G. Fiennes-Clinton, and seconded by Mr. W. Myers Grey, That after the words " vote by Orders if required " the following words be added, " and at the request of all the Delegates from any three Dio- ceses a vote by Dioceses shall be taken, each Diocese in any such vote to count as a unit." In amendment to this motion, it was moved by Dean Grisdale, seconded by Archdeacon Smith, That after the words "The Clergy and Laity shall vote by orders if re- quired," the following words be inserted, " and if the proposition be carried in the negative it shall be conclusive ; but if in the affirmative any six dele- gates (two from each of three different Dioceses) may then demand a vote by Dioceses, when if the proposition be carried in the negative it shall be conclusive — the vote of each Diocese being determined by the majority of the delegates of that Diocese ; and in case of equality in the votes of the delegates from any Diocese, such Diocese shall not be counted." At one o'clock the Synod adjourned. Afteknoon Skssion. After re-assembling at two p.m., the amendment proposed by Dean Grisdale was put and carried on a division. The Metropolitan of Rupert's Land moved, seconded by Dr. Walkem, Q.C., That the first paragraph of clause 3 be adopted. In amendment it was moved by Judge Ermatinger, seconded by the Bishop of Nova Scotia, That the word " Archbishop " be substituted for " Primate." Mr. J. A. Worrell, Q.C., moved, seconded by the Bishop of Toronto, That the paragraph be amended by striking out the words " who shall be styled the Primate." Mr. Worrell's motion having by consent of the Synod been withdrawn, it was moved by the Bishop of Toronto and seconded by J. A. Worrell, (^.C, iJm ■I 1 ■ i'-i FOURTH DAY. 23 on was yJ.A. clause 11 vote n, and ig words ee Dio- vote to risdale, ers if re- 3 carried six dele- in and a ;^ative it 1 by the y in the not be >osed by by Dr. econded ishop of 3s '• who od been leconded That the following words be inserted in clause 3 alter the word " Primate" : " Of all Canada and Metropolitan of his own Province and Archbishop of the See over which he presides." By leave of the Synod Judge Ermatinger withdrew his mo- tion in favour of that of the Bishop of Toronto, which was put and carried on a division, forty-three members voting for and twenty against it. The first paragraph of clause 3 was then adopted as amended. The second paragraph of clause 3 was adopted on motion of the Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, seconded by Dr. Walkem, Q.C. The Metropolitan of Rupert's Land next moved the adoption of clause 4, seconded by Dr. Walkem, Q.C. In amendment the Venerable Archdeacon Brigstocke moved, seconded by the Rev. Canon Thornloe. That clause 4 read as follows : — 4. The General Synod shall have the 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 Canons or resolutions of a coercive charaiiter, or involving penalties or disabilities, shall be opera- tive in any Diocese until accepted by the Synod of such Diocese, and that the jurisdiction of the General Synod shall not withdraw from any Provincial or Diocesan Synod the right of passing upon any subjedt; fall- ing within its jurisdicttion at the time of the formation of the General Synod. On being put to the Synod this amendment was lost on a division, 19 members voting for it and 47 against it. Clause 4 having been amended by substituting " a " for "the" before the words " Provincial Synod," and "subject" for "object," was then adopted as so amended. On motion of Mr. Matthew Wilson, Q.C, seconded by Dr. Walkem, Q.C, clause 5 was amended by substituting the words ' ' are declared to be " for the words ' ' may be suggested as proper- ly coming ' ' in the first line thereof On motion of the Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, seconded by Dr. Walkem, to adopt section a of clause 5, it was moved in amendment by the Provost of Trinity College, seconded by N. W. Hoyles, Q.C, That after the word " discipline " there be added " provided that any Canon dealing with such matters, on being passed by the General Synod, shall be sent down for consideration to the Provincial Synods, or to the 24 PIRST SKSSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. Syjiods of the Dioceses not included in any Eccleastical Province, prior to the confirtnation of such C'auon hy the General Synod." It having l)een pointed out that this proposition, if adopted, should stand as a separate clause instead of" an amendment to .sec- tion a, it was withdrawn on the understanding that the mover should be entitled to re-introduce it at the proj^er time. Sections a, b, and c were then adopted on motion of the Metro- politan of Rupert's Land, seconded by Dr. Walkem, Q.C. Section d was then amended so as to read : "The adjustment with the consent of the Dioceses or of the Province (in tiic case of the Province of Rupert's Land) of the relations between Dioceses in respect of the Clergy Widows and Orphans' and Superannua- tion Funds." On motion of the Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, seconded by Dr. Walkem, Q.C, .section d, as so amended, and sections .ii 28 I^IRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. Constitution. The Provost of Trinity College then moved, seconded by Dr. Walkem, That the following be added as a new section of the Constitution : " Every Canon passed by the General Synod dealing with matters of doctrine, worship, and discipline shall be formally made known to the Provincial Synods prior to the confirmation of such Canons by the General Synod." At twelve o'clock the Synod adjourned until two p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION. On re-assembling it was moved by His Honor Judge Mac- donald, and seconded by J. A. Worrell, Q.C., That all the words after " Constitution " in the motion be struck out and the following substituted : "All Canoub dealing with matters of doc- trine, worship, and discipline shall require to be passed at two successive meetings of the General Synod before coming into force." The amendment was adopted. Report on Standing Committees. The rules of order having been suspended, the Bishop of To- ronto introduced the report of the Committee on Permanent Com.- mittees, and moved, seconded by Dr. h. H. Davidson, Q.C., that the same be adopted. It was moved in amendment by the Rev. Canon Thornloe, and seconded by the Rev. Canon Davis, That the report be received and the consideration thereof deferred until to-morrow. The amendment was carried. The following is the Report : The Committee beg to report that in their opinion the different sub- jects upon which it is desirable to appoint Com mi I tees of this Synod in the nature of permanent Committees are the following : I. Constitution, Order of Proceedings, and Rules of Order. Doctrine, Worship, and Discipline. Missionary Work of the Church. On thf Educational Work of the Church. Inter-Diocesan and Provincial Relations in respect to Beneficiary 2. 3- 4- 5- Funds 6. 7- 8. Transfer of Clergy from one Diocese to another. Education and Training of Candidates for Holy Orders. Appellate Tribunal, g. Finance. And they would suggest the following names for Committees on the said several subjects : FIFTH DAY. 29 Constitution, Order of Proceedings, Rules of Order, etc. — Algoma, the Bishop ; Athabasca, the Bishop, Mr. John Machray ; Columbia, the Bishop, Mr. W. Myers Gray ; Fredericton, the Bishop (convener), Ven. Archdeacon Brigstocke, Mr. Justice Hanington ; Huron, Ven. Arch- deacon Marsh, Mr. Charles Jenkins; Mackenzie River, Rev. Septimus Jones; Moosonee, Mr. A. F. Eden; Montreal, Ven. Archdeacon Evans, Mr. Strachan Bethune, Dr. L. H. Davidson ; New Westminster, Rev. H. G. Fiennes-Clinton ; Niagara, the Bishop, Ven. Arahdeacon Dixon, Judge Senkler ; Nova Scotia, Ven. Archdeacon Smith, Mr. Justice Ritchie ; Ontario, Rev. Canon Spencer, Dr. R. T. Walkem ; Quebec, the Bishop, Very Rev. Dean Norman, Dr. R, W. Heneker ; Rupert's Land, the Bis- hop (convener). Very Rev. Dean Grisdale ; Saskatchewan and Calgary, Mr. Jas. Mackay ; Toronto, the Bishop, Rev. Dr. Langtry, Mr. J. A. Worrell. On Doctrine, Worship, and Discipline. — Columbia, the Bishop ; Fred- ericton, the Bishop ; Huron, the Bishop, Mr. Charles Jenkins ; Montreal, Very Rev. Dean Carmi:hael; New Westminster, the Bishop; Niagara, the Bishop; Nova Scotia, the Bishop, Rev. Canon Partridge; Ontario, the Bishop, Rev. Canon Spencer ; (Ju'Appelle, the Bishop ; Quebec, the Bishop, Rev. Canon Thorneloe ; Rupert's Land, the Bishop (convener), Rev. Canon Pentreath ; Toronto, the Bishop (convener), Rev. Canon DuMouHn. On the Missionary Work of the Church — Algoma, the Bishop, Very Rev. Dean Llwyd ; Athabasca, the Bishop, Rev. W. A. Burman ; Cale- donia, the Bishop; Columbia, Dr. Pradger ; h redericton. Rev. Canon Neales, Mr. C. N. Vroom ; Huron, the Bishop, Very Rev. Dean Innes ; Moosonee, the Bishop, Ven. Archdeacon Fortin ; Montreal, Rev. Canon Mil's, Dr. Davidson; New Westminster, the Bishop: Niagara, the Bishop, Judge Senkler; Nova Scotia, the Bishop (convener), Ven. Arch- deacon Kaulbach, Mr. H. T. Cundell ; Ontario, Ven. Archdeacon Jones, Mr. R. V. Rogers ; Qu'Appelle, the Bishop ; Quebec, the Bishop, Rev. Canon Thornloe, Ven. Archdeacon i^oe, D.D. ; Rupert's Land, Rev. Canon O'Meara (convener), Mr. J. H. Brock; Saskatchewan, the Bishop, Ven. Archdeacon Mackay ; Calgary, Rev. Dr. Cooper ; Toronto, Ven. Archdeacon Allen, Mr. A. H. Campbell; Mackenzie River, the Bishop; Selkirk, the Bishop. On the Educational Work of the Church. — Athabasca, Mr. John Machray ; Columbia, the Bishop ; Fredericton, the Bishop, Rev. J. de Soyres ; Huron, Rev. Principal Miller, Mr. Richard Bayley ; Montreal, Ven. Archdeacon Lindsay, Dr. Alexander Johnson ; New Westminster, Mr. W. M. Gray ; Niagara, Rev. E. M. Bland ; Nova Scotia, Rev. Canon Partridge, Dr. H. Y. Hind; Ontario, Ven. Archdeacon Lauder, Judge Wilkison ; Qu'Appelle, the Bishop ; Quebec, Very Rev. Dean Norman, Dr. R. W. Heneker ; Rupert's Land, the Bishop (convener). Rev. Canon O'Meara ; Saskatchewan, Mr. James Mackay ; Toronto, the Bishop (con- vener). Rev. Canon Body, Hon. G. W. Allan. On Inter-Diocesan and Provincial Relations in Respect to Benefi- ciary Funds. — Algoma, the Bishop, Dr. Bridgland ; Athabasca, the Bis- iiop, Mr. John Machray ; Columbia, Rev. G. W. Taylor ; Fredericton, Mr. Geo. A. Schofield ; Huron, the Bishop, Rev. Canon Davis, Judge Ermatinger ; Montreal, the Bishop, Ven. Archdeacon Evans, Major Bond; New Westminster, Rev. H. G. Fiennes-Clinton ; Mackenzie River, Rev. «•' H 11 i 30 FIRST SESSION OF GKNERAI. SYNOD. S. Jones, Hon. S. H. Blake ; Niagara, Rev. Canon Sntherland, Mr. John Hoodless ; Nova Scotia, Ven. Archdeacon Weston-Jones, Mr. H. J. Cun- dell ; Ontario, Rev. Rural Dean Bogert, Judge McDonald ; Qu'Appelle, Mr. T. E. Birbeck ; Quebec, the Bishop (convener), Hon. H. Ayhnor ; Rupert's Land, Mr. Sheriff Inkster, Mr. J. H. Brock (convener) ; Saskat- chewan, Ven. Archdeacon Mackay ; Toronto, Rev. Canon DuMoulin, Mr. N. W. Hoyles. On ?2ducation and Training of Candidates for Holy Orders. — Columbia, the Bishop ; Fredericton, the Bishop, Ven. Archdeacon Brig- stocke ; Huron, Rev. Principal Miller, Mr. Richard Bayley ; Montreal, the Bishop (convener). Very Rev. Dean Carniichael, Chancellor Bethune ; New Westminster, the Bishop ; Niagara, the Bishop, Ven. Archdeacon Dixon ; Nova Scotia, the Bishop, Rev. Canon Partridge ; Ontario, Ven. Archdeacon Lauder, Ven. Archdeacon Bedford-Jones ; Quebec, Ven. Archdeacon Roe, Dr. Heneker ; Rupert's Land, the Bishop, Very Rev. Dean Grisdale ; Toronto, Rev. Canon Body (convener), Rev. Dr. Lang- ti'y ; Calgary, Rev. Dr. Cooper. On an Appellate Tribunal. — Algoma, the Bishop ; Fredericton, Mr. Justice Hanington ; Huron, Mr. Matthew Wilson; Montreal, Mr. Strachan Bethune, Dr. Davidson; Niagara, Judge Senkler ; Nova Scotia, Mr. Justice Ritchie ; Ontaiuo, the Bishop (convener). Judge McDonald, Dr. R. T. Walkem ; Quebec, Mr. James Dunbar, Q.C. ; Rupert's Land, Very Rev. Dean Grisdale (convener) ; Saskatchewan, the Bishop ; Cal- garry, Mr. Justice MacLeod ; Toronto, Mr. J, A. Worrell, Mr. N.W. Hoyles. On Finance. — Columbia, Dr. Praeger ; Fredericton, Mr. George A. Schofield ; Huron, Mr. Matthew Wilson ; Moosonee, Mr. A. F. Eden ; Montreal, Dr. L. H. Davidson ; New Westminster, Mr. W. M. Grey ; Niagara, Mr. John Hoodless ; Nova Scotia, Mr. J. G. Foster ; Ontario, Mr. R. V. Rogers ; Quebec, Dr. Heneker ; Rupert's Land, Mr. H. S. Crotty ; Toronto, Hon. G. W. Allan (convener). On Transfer of Clergy from one Diocese to another. — Algoma, Rev. Rural Dean Llwyd ; Columbia, the Bishop ; Fredericton, Rev. J, de Soyres ; Huron, Ven. Archdeacon Marsh; Montreal, the Bishop, Ven. Archdeacon Evans ; New Westminster, the Bishop ; Niagara, Rev. Canon Sutherland ; Nova Scotia, the Bishop ; Ontario, the Bishop (con- vener) ; Qu'Appelle, Rev. J. P. Sargent ; Quebec, Ven. Archdeacon Roe ; Rupert's Land, Rev. Canon Pentreath (convener) ; Saskatchewan, the Bishop ; Toronto, Ven. Archdeacon Allen. Your Committee would recommend that each Committee be divided into two sections, Eastern and Western, the latter embracing the Dio- ceses in the Province of Rupert's Land and in British Columbia t and he Eastern the Province of Canada ; which Committee': would deliberate separately and communicate their proceedings the one to the other. Constitution. The Metropolitan of Rupert's Land then moved, seconded by Dr. Walkem, Q.C. That the part of the report of the Special Committee on Constituting and Organizing the Synod, styled "The Constitution," be .dopted as amended. Carried unanimously. FIPTK DAY. 31 The Three Declarations. The Provost of Trinity College then moved, seconded by J. A. Worrell, Q.C., That the "Solemn Declaration" in substance assented to by the Synod be remitted to the House of Bishops for such revision and amend- ment as may make it more clearly and accurately express the sense thereof, and that after the same has been concurred in V)y the Lower House, it together with the two declarations adopted by this Synod be subscribed by all the members of both Houses in a book to be deposited among the official documents of the General Synod, and that the same be formally kept on record as Appendix " A " in the Journal of the General Synod. — Carried. Thanksgiving Service. On the suggestion of the Bishop of New. Westminster it was determined That as a part of the Thanksgiving Service a Celebration of the Holy Communion should take place in the College Chapel to-morrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. At this point their Lordships the-Bishops retired to their own chamber, the Metropolitan of Canada having first called upon the Very Reverend Dean Grisdale to take the chair of the Lower House. Confirmed. ^ R. RUPERTS LAND, Primate. Proceedings of the Lo^^ er House. The Synod having resolved itself into two Houses, the Very Reverend Dean Grisdale took the chair of the Lower House "in accordance with the appointment of the Metropolitan of Canada. It was then moved by the Ver>' Reverend Dean Grisdale, seconded by the Reverend the Provost of Trinity College, and re- solved. That the Very Reverend Dean Carmichael be the permanent Presid- ing Officer of the Lower House. The Presiding Officer was then conducted to the Upper House by the mover and seconderof the resolution for his appoint- ment. On his return it was moved by the Very Reverend Dean Nor- man, seconded by His Honor Judge Macdonald, That the Reverend Canon Spencer be Honorary Clerical Secretary of the Lower House. — Carried, h nil i: l!l i.i '11 '■■ ■' 1 - ' > ..1 -'-f- , J. V . m 32 FIRST SESSION OP GENERAL SYNOD. Moved by Dr. L. H. Davidson, Q.C., seconded by the Reverend E.M. Bland, That Mr. J. A. Worrell, ^).C., be appointed Honorary Lay Secretary of the Lower House. — CarnecL The Presiding Officer nominated the Very Reverend Dean Grisdale to act as his deputy whenever he may be absent from the House. Moved bi^ His donor J'ldge Macdonald, seconded by Mr. J. M.. Brock, That Mr. A. H. Campbell be Treasurer of the Synod. Mr. Campbell, having declined to accept the office, moved, seconded by Mr. T. E. Birbeck, That .Mr. N. W. Hoyles, Q.C., be Treasurer. — Carried. The Venerable Archdeacon Brigs tocke moved, seconded by Mr. J. H. Brock, That Mr. A. H. Campbell and His Honor Judge Mac^lonald be Auditors. — Curried. It being 4 o'clock p.m., it was moved by Dr. ly. H. David- sou, Q.C., seconded by Mr. J. A. Worrell, Q.C., That the Synod do now adjourn to, St. James's School House, to pro- ceed from there in a body to attend the Thanksgiving Service in St. James's Cathedral, and that thereafter the Synod do stand adjojirned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock.- Carried. At the Thanksgiving service Evensong was sung by the Reverend Canon Ca\ley, the First Lesson (Isaiah Ix.) was read by the Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia, the Second Lesson (Philippians iv.) by the Lord Bishop of Huron, and the .sermon was preached from the text, Ephesians iii. 20, 21, by the Lord Bishop of New Westminster. The offertory was devoted to the expenses of the Synod. Confirmed. J. CARMICHAEL, Prohcutcr. SIXTH DAY. 33 SIXTH DAY. Trinity College, Toronto, \ Tuesday, Sept. 19th, T893. > The Holy Communion was celebrated in the College Chapel at 9:30 a.m., the Celebrant being the Mo.st Reverend the Metro- politan of Canada. Proceedings of the Lower House. On the Lower House re-assembling in the Convocation Hall, at 10 a.m., the chair was taken by the Very Reverend Dean Car- michael, who offered the opening prayer. The minutes of the meeting of the Lower House, held yes- terday afternoon after the Bishops had withdrawn, were read and confirmed. On the rules of order being suspended, the rules of order of the Lower House of the Provincial Synod of Canada were adopted pro tempore et pro tanto as the Order of Proceedings and Rules of Order of the Lower House. The Presiding Officer appointed as his Assessors the Hon. Mr. Justice Hanington and Dr. L. H. Davidson, Q.C. The Presiding Officer appointed as the Special Committee on Expenses, under the resolution adopted yesterday, the following gentlemen : Rev. Canon Pentreath, Mr. A. H. Campbell, Rev. Canon DuMoulin, Dr. Praeger, and Mr. N. W. Hoyles. The Secretary of the Upper House reported the desire of their Lordships to have an hour appointed in which the two Houses might meet in joint session as they wished to make an announce- ment to the Lower House. It was thereupon moved by Dr. Davidson, Q.C, seconded .by the Ven. Archdeacon Brigstocke, That the House of Bishops be received immediately. — Carried. Notice of Motion. The following notice of motion was handed in by Mr. Charles Jenkins : That the Upper House be respectfully recjuested to consider the ad- visability of issuing a pastoral to the AngHcan Coniniunion in the Domin- ion of Canada at this important epoch in the history of the Church in Canada, the Lower House being of the opinion that the setting forth to ! ! i'f il i \ -If 34 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. J i :; i 1 the membership of the Church by the House of Bishops the great import- ance oF this movement, and the ihities and responsibihties of the members tlaat it emphasizes, is a matter of the highest practical importance. Joint Session. At this point their Lordships of the Upper House entered the Lower House, and the MetropoHtan of Rupert's Land took the chair as President oi" the Synod, By direction of the President, the Secretary of tlie Upper House read the following messages from that House : — MESSAGE FROM THE UPPER HOUSE, NO. I. The President of the General Synod begs to inform the Pro- locutor that under the Constitution, on the motion of the Most Reverend the Metropolitan of Canada, the Most Reverend the Lord Bishop of Rupert's Land M^as unanimously elected the Primate. MESSAGE FROM THE UPPER HOUSE, NO. 2. The PrCvSident of the General Synod begs to communicate to the Prolocutor of the Lower House the following message received from His Excellency the Governor- General : " The Governor-General has received with sincere thanks the " message from the General Synod of the Church of England in Canada "conveying the cordial and gratifying greetings, which are much appre- " ciated by himself and Lady Aberdeen, and they beg to reciprocate to " the assembled Bishops the thoughtful good wishes which have thus " been expressed." (Signed) "Aberdeen." MESSAGE FROM THE UPPER HOUSE, NO. 3. The President of the General Synod begs to inform the Pro- locutor that, the Lower House concurring, this Synod directs that the Metropolitan of each Province now in existence, or as hereaftei created, shall be designated Archbishop of his See as well as Metropolitan of his Province. The minutes of the joint session held yesterday were then read and confirmed. Report on Standing Committees. It was then moved by the Lord Bishop of Toronto, seconded by Mr. Chancellor Walkem, Q.C., That the report of the Conunittee on Permanent Committees be adopted. SIXTH DAY. 35 Moved in amendment by Mr. A. H. Campbell, seconded by the Lord Bishop of Fredericton, That each Committee be considered separately. — Carried. The names of the Committee on the Con.stitution, Order of Proceedings, and Rules of Order were then read and adopted with- out change. Tlie names of the Committee on Doctrine, Worship, and Dis- cipline were also read and adopted without change. On the names of the Committee on the Missionar>' Work of the Church being read. It was moved by the Lord Bishop of Toronto, seconded by Dr. Walkem, Q.C., That the names of Mr. W. Myers Grey and Mr. N. W. Hoyles be substituted for those of Dr. Praeger and Mr. A. H. Campbell, and that the name of Rev. Principal Miller be added to the Committee. — Carried. The names of the Committee on the Educational Work of the Church being read, It was moved by Mr. Clias. Jenkins, seconded by the Ven. Archdeacon Bedford- Jones, That the name of Dr. Praeger be substituted for that of Mr. W. Myers Grey, and that the Lord Bishop of Saskatchewan and Calgary and the Rev. Dr. Langtry be added to the Committee. — Carried. The names of the Committee on Inter- Diocesan and Provin- cial Relations in respect to Beneficiary Funds being read, the names of Mr. A. H. Campbell and Mr. Myers Grey were substituted for those of Mr. N. W. Hoyles and the Rev. H. G. Fiennes-Chnton. The names of the Committee on the Transfer of Clergy from one Diocese to another were adopted without change. The name of the Rev. H. G. Fiennes-Cliiito) was added to the Committee on Education and Training of Candidates for Holy Orders. The names of the Committee on an Appellate Tribunal were adopted without change. The name of Mr. Archdale Wilson was added to the Commit- tee on Finance. It was then moved by the Lord Bishop of Toronto, seconded by Mr. Chancellor Walkem, and resolved. That the Report of the Committee on the Permanent Committees be adopted as amended. i'i 36 FIRST SESSION OK GENERAL SYNOD. m w^ This closed the joint session and their Lordships the Bishops then withdrew to the Upper House. Proceedings oi' the Lower House. The Presiding Officer of the Lower House having resumed the chair, It was moved by His Honor Judge Macdonald, seconded by the Rev. H. M. Bland, That this House do concur in Message No. 3 from the Upper House in the terms in which ,tlie same has been comnmnicated. — Carried. A message to this effect was thereupon sent to the Upper House. Consideration oe Motions. It was moved by Dr. L. H. Davidson, Q.C., seconded by Mr. Richard Bay ley, Q.C., That the Constitution, Permanent Order of Proceedings, and Rules of Order, as drawn up and amended by Mr. Chancellor Bethune, be now considered clause by clause. — Curried. Permanent Order of Proceedings for Both Houses. Beginning with the Permanent Order of Proceedings for both Houses, It was moved by Dr. L. H. Davidson, seconded by Mr. R. Bay ley, That section i be adopted. Moved in amendment by Rev. Provost Body, seconded by the Rev. E. M. Bland, That the words " his Deputy" be omitted and the following be sub- stituted : — " In the event of his inability to act, by the Metropolitan next senior by consecration." Moved in amendment to the amendment by the Rev. Principal Miller, seconded by the Rev. Canon Davis, That for "deputy" be read "legal substitute." — Lost. Rev. Provost Body's amendment was then put and carried. It was moved by Rev. Canon Thornloe, seconded by Ven. Archdeacon Dixon, That the words "and the Clergy in their gowns, cassocks, and hoods " be omitted, and the words " and Clergy attired in their proper robes" be inserted after the word " Bishops " in the third line. — Carried. SIXTH DAY. 37 Moved by the Rev. Canon Sutherland, seconded by Judge Macdonald, That the words " in procession " in line four be omitted. — Lost. Upon motion of Dr. Davidson, seconded by Mr. R. Bayley, section i, as far as the word "administered," was then adopted. Moved by Ven. Archdeacon Bedford- Jones, seconded by Ven. Archdeacon Brigstocke, That the words "The Litany shall be said by the junior Bishop" be omitted. — Carried. The remainder of the section was then put and carried, and the whole section adopted as amended. Moved by Dr. Davidson, seconded by Mr. R. Bayley, That sedHon 2 be adopted. Moved in amendment by Rev. Canon DuMoulin. seconded by the Rev. Provost Body, That after the word " deliberation," in clause 2, the following be added, " the Bishops being habited in Convocation robes and the Clergy in gowns and hoods." — Carried. Moved by His Honor Judge Ermatinger, seconded by the Rev. Provost Body, 2, be changed to That semble."- as- the word "re-assemble," in clause Carried. Section 2 was then adopted in the folloM^ing form : — "At an appointed hour after Divine service the members of the Synod shiill assemble at the place of deliberation, the Bishops being habited in Convocation robes, and the Clergy m gowns and hoods, where the Presi- dent, after he has taken his seat, shall inform the Lower House with re- gard to their place of meeting, and dire(5t them to eledt their Prolocutor." Moved by Dr. Davidson, seconded by Mr. R. Bayley, That section 3 be adopted. — Carried. Sections 4 and 5 were also adopted without amendment. On the motion to adopt section 6, it was moved in amend- ment by the Rev. Provost Body, seconded by the Ven. Archdeacon Bedford- Jones, That " 9 " be changed to '.' 9:30." — Carried. Thereupon section 6, as amended, was adopted. On the motion to adopt section 7, it was moved in amend- ment by Dr. R. T. Walkem, seconded by the Ven. Archdeacon Bedford-Jones, ii •|i* 3 38 FIRST SESSION OF GKNKRAI, SYNOD. That in section 7 of Permanent Order of Proceeding's the words " re- serving all nnfinishcd business to the next Session and proroguing the Synod " be omitted. Moved in amendment by the Rev. Dr. Langtry, seconded l>y His Honor Judge Ermatinger. That clause 7 be struck out and the following substituted for it : "This Synod, when assembled for business, shall be prorogued by the Primate or President of the Upper House, after a resolution fixing the time of prorogation has been adopted or concurred in by this House; and the President, with the consent of the Upper House, shall issue a schedule declaring the state in which each matter of business stands which has been brought before the Upper House, and shall pronnilgate the same to the Lower House, and shall then at the hour agreed upon prorogue the Synod." While this amendment was under discu.ssion, the hour of i o'clock arrived, and the House adjourned till 2 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION. The House re-assembled at 2 p.m. The discussion of the amendments proposed to section 7 of the Permanent Order of Proceedings was resumed, and Dr. Lang- try's amendment being put was carried. On the motion to adopt Section 8, it was resolved to change the word ' ' his "to " the Lower, ' ' and to omit all the words after " House." The section was then adopted as amended. It was then moved by Dr. Davidson, seconded by Mr. R. Bayley, That the Permanent Order of Proceedings as amended be adopted. Moved in amendment by His Honor Judge Ermatinger, seconded by the Rev. Provost Body, That the words " at the place of deliberation " be omitted fi-om the first line of clause i. — Carried. The motion of Dr. Davidson was then put and carried. Constitution, etc.' It was moved by Judge Macdonald, seconded by the Rev. Provost Body, That the Constitution, as printed on pages 6, 7 and 8 of the Orders o f the Day, with the exception of clause 5*, together with the Order of •Numbered 6 in Appendix E. SIXTH DAY. 39 Proceedings of the Lower House, on page q, and the Rules of Order, on pages 3, 4, 5 and 6, ill as amended by Mr. Strachan Hethune, Q.C., (Appen- dix E) in manuscript, be adopted provisionally by this House, subject to amendiiieut at the next Session by a majority vote ; that the same be comnumieated to the Upper House for rheir consideration and concur- rence provisionallv ; and tiiat the same be referred t«i the Standing Com- mittee which has been appointed on the Constitution, with power to such Committee to refer the same to a sui)-C()nunittee, which sub-committee may include members of this Synod who are not members of the Commit- tee on the Constitution ; said Committee to report tlie same, with such amendments as may be deemed advisable, at the next Sessicm of this Synod; and that the Upper House be asked to concur in this resolution. MESSAGE FROM THE UPPER HOUSE, NO. 4. The President of the Upper House begs to inform the Very Reverend the Prolocutor that the following amended " Declara- tion " has been adopted. (See Appendix A.) MESSAGE PROM THE UPPER HOUSE, NO. 5. The President of the Upper House informs the Very Rev. the Prolocutor that the following resolution has been adopted : — Resolved, That (the Lower House concurring) the Archbishops and Bishops, so soon as they are put in possession of certified copies, shall promulge and publish in their Cathedral Churches and Synods the Consti- tution and Acts of this General Synod, so that tliey may be on record on the Journal of each Diocesan Synod ; and that it be an instruction to the Committee on the Constitution and Canons to prepare a Canon provid ing a form for the pronmlgation of the A<5f s of this General Synod. It was moved by the Rev. Provost Body, seconded by the Ven. Archdeacon Bedford- Jones, That the House do concur in Message No. 4 from the Upper House Moved in amendment by Mr. Archdale Wilson, seconded by Rev. Canon Davis, That the following clause be added to the Declaration of this Synod: " In particular, we uphold the ancient do(5trine of our Church that the Queen is rightly possessed of the chief government or supremacy over all persons within her dominions, in all causes whether ecclesiastical or civil, and we desire that such supremacy shall continue unimpaired." After some discussion the amendment was withdrawn by con- sent of the House, the Prolocutor having explained that the 37th Article of P^eligion adopted by the Declaration contains the actual statement embodied in Mr. Archdale Wilson's resolution. The Rev. Provost Body's resolution was then carried unani- mously. I ;■ 4- "■)'■■ m '-i-» • 40 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. It was moved by Dr. R. T. Walkem, seconded by the Ven. Archdeacon lyauder, That this House concur in Message Number 5 of the House of Bishops and the resolution of the House of Bishops therein referred to. — Carried. Messages of concurrence in Messages Nos. 4 and 5 were sent to the Upper House. Constitution, etc. The resolution of Judge Macdonald, relating to the Constitu- tion, etc., was then put and carried. — (See Appendix F. Nos. I, HI, and IV.) It was moved by Dr. Davidson, Q.C., seconded by Mr. R. Bay ley, Q.C., That the following be section 6 of the Constitution :— " 6. The Synod shall meet on the second Wednesday in September in every fifth year, or oftener, at the discretion of the Primate, or on the requisition of any two Bishops, or of the Bishop and half of the Delegates of each order in any Diocese. And the place of meeting shall be the City of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario." Moved in amendment by the Very Rev. Dean Innes, seconded by the Ven. Archdeacon Fortin, That the future Sessionr, of the General Synod be held on the first Wednesday of September. — Lost. The section was then adopted as far as and including the word ' ' September. ' ' Mjved by His Honor Judge Ermatinger, seconded by Mr. Charles Jenkins, That the .vord "fifth " in the second line be changed to '* third." Moved by Mr. R. Bayley, Q.C., seconded by the Very Rev. Dean Innes, That the first part of setftion 6 be amended as follows : — " The Synod shall meet on the second Wednesday in September, i8g6," — Carried. Moved by Mr. R. Bayley, seconded by His Honor Judge Ermatinger, That after the words " September, 1896," the following words be added to the first clause of section 6 : — •' And on the oocond Wednesdav in September in every third year thereafter," and that the words " in every fifth year " be struck out. SIXTH DAY. 41 ^m it MESSAGE FROM THE UPPER HOUSE, NO, 6. The President of the Upper House begs to inform the Very Rev. the Prolocutor that the following resolution has been adopted : — That (the Lower House concurring) without determining at once at what interval this General Synod shall regularly meet, be it resolved that the next meeting be held at Winnipeg in September, i8g6. MESSAGE FROM THE UPPER HOUSE, NO. 7. The President of the Upper House begs to inform the Very Rev. the Prolocutor that the following resolution has been adopted : — Resolved (the Lower House concurring) that the following be adopted and published : — " We desire hereby to make it known that we adopt and set forth as forming a basis for negotiation with any of the bodies of our separated Christian brethren, with a view to union, the following Articles agreed upon by the Lambeth Conference held in London in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight, viz : — " I. The Holy Scriptures of the Old artd New Testaments as 'con- taining all things necessary to salvation,'' and as being the rule and ultiuiate standard of faith. " 2. The Apostles' Ci'eed, as the Baptismal Symbol ; and the Nicene Creed, as the sufficient statement of the Christian faith. " 3. The two Sacraments ordained by Christ Himself — Baptism and the Supper of the Lord— ministered with unfailing use of Christ's Words of Institution, and of the Elements ordained by Him. "4. The Historic Episcopate, locally adapted in the methods of its adniiuistration to thj varying needs of the nations and peoples called of God iuto the Unity of His Church," Moved by the Rev. Canon Thornloe, seconded by His Honor Judge Ermatinger, That this House do now concur in Message No. 6 fi'om the House of Bishops. — Carried. Moved by His Honor Judge Macdonald, seconded b; the V^ery Rev, Dean Norman, That this House do concur in Message No. 7 from the Upper House. — Carried. Constitution, etc. Moved by the Ven. Archdeacon Weston- Jones, seconded by the Rev. Provost Body, That Sedtion No. 6 be submitted, togetl.er with the rest of the Con- stitution, to the Standing Committee on the Constitution. ?i i'* H If 42 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. Mr. R. Bayley withdrew his amendment by consent of the House. The resolution of Archdeacon Weston -Jones was then adopted. Committee on Expenses. The Rev. Canon Pentreath presented and x'ead the Report of the Special Committee on Expenses, and thereupon moved, seconded by Dr. Praeger, That the Report of the Committee on Expenses (Appendix F) be adopted, subjedl to any necessary correclions to be made by the Commit- tee. — Carried. On motion of the Hon. Mr. Justice Hanington, the Rules of Order were suspended ; whereupon it was moved by the Hon. Mr. Justice Hanington, seconded by Mr. J. A. Worrell, Q.C., That the Committee on Expenses, now reported, be a Standing Com- mittee under the resohition passed yesterdaj' as to payment of the ex- penses of the members of this Syn^d. — Carried. Unfinished Business. Moved by Dr. ly. H. Davidson, Q. C, seconded by Mr. J. A. Worrell, Q.C., That all that portion of the Constitution adopted by this Synod which defines the powers of the General Synod be printed in the Appen- dix to the Journal of this Synod immediately after the Solemn Declara- tion.— CarnVt/. (See Appendix A.) Moved by the Rev. Dr. Langtry, seconded by Mr. Chancellor Walkem, Q.C., That the question of the better organization of the missionary and aggressive work of the Church be referred to the Standing Committee on Missionary Work with a request to I'eport thereon as soon as possible. — Carried. Burial Sekvice. Moved by the Rev. Dr. I^angtry, seconded by the Rev. Rural Dean Jones, That their Lordships be requested to appoint a Committee to re- arrange and enrich the Burial Service so as to adapt it for use under the altered conditions of modern interment. MESSAGE FROM THE UPPER HOUSE, NO. 8. The President of the Upper House begs to acquaint the Pro- locutor of the Lower House that the Upper House have concurred in the Permanent Order of Proceedings sent up by the Lower SIXTH DAY. 43 Rural House, with the amendments following, in which they ask the concurrence of the Lower House, In clause i omit the words "in procession," and insert after "Cathedral," "or other Church appointed by the Primate." In clause 2, substitute "their" for " Conv^ocation." In clause 3, omit " by the Chairman." In clauses 4, 5 and 6, no change. In clause 7 {a) substitute "agreed upon by both Houses" for "adopted and concurred in by this House." (d) insert the word " prorogue " in last line. In clause 8, no change. Burial Service. Moved by Rev. Provost Body, seconded by Dr. Walkem, Q.C., That the motion of the Rev. Dr. Langtry respecfting the Burial Ser- vice be deferred until the next Session of the Synod. MESSAGE FROM THE UPPER HOUSE, NO. 9. The President of the Upper House begs to inform the Very Rev. the Prolocutor that the followii ^ resolution has been adopt- ed, in which the concurrence of the L', The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia, The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Quebec, The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Qu'Appelle, The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Colunibia. The result of the deliberations of the Upper House is seen in the Messages sent to the Lower House. JOINT Session. At the hour agreed upon by both Houses for proroguing the Synod, both Houses met in Joint Session in the Convocation Hall of Trinity University, where His Grace the President read the fol- lowing Schedule of the work accomplished by the Synod : — THE UPPER HOUSE. 57 Schedule of Acts of Synod. 1. The Solemn Declaration, Fundamental Principles, and Basis of Constitution. 2. The Permanent Order of Proceedings. 3. The Provisional Articles of Constitution, Order of Proceedings of the Lower House, and Rules of Order. 4. Telegraphic message of welcome to His Excellency the Gov- ernor-General. 5. Designntion of each Metropolitan as Arrhbishop of his See. 6. Appointment of Standing Committees : (i) On Constitution, Order of Proceedings, and Rules of Order. (2) On Dodtrine, Worship, and Discipline. (3) On the Missionary Work of the Church. (4) On the Educational Work of the Church. (5) On Inter- Diocesan and Provincial Relations in respedl of Beneficiary Funds. (6) On the transfer of Clergy from one Diocese to an- other. (7) On the Education and Training of Candidates for Holy Orders. (8) On an Appellate Tribunal. (9) On Finance. 7. Resolution on the promulging of the Constitution and A<5ls of Synod in the various Dioceses. }?. Resolution providing that no change be considered or made in the Basis of Constitution except on certain conditions. 9. Resolution appointing next meeting of Synod. 10. Resolution affirming the Lambeth Conditions of Re-union. n. Resolution on religious teaching in schools. 12. Resolution allowing Standing Committees to add to their number. Ill i i k i' ' ■ ■■! 1^ 58 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. 13. Resolution of thanks to the Primate for his sermon with re- quest for publication. 14. Resolution for the appointment of a Delegation to the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. 1 5 . Various votes of thanks. R. Rupert's Land. The Doxology was then sung, His Grace the President pro- nounced the Benedidtion, and the Synod was prorogued to meet at Winnipeg, in September, 1896. IS I > II li . Kife@M^Mi SOLEMN DECLARATION. GENERAL SYNOD. 59 V |; I) ;i \ FIRST SESSION. APPENDICES. (A) SOLEMN DECLARATION. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. We, the Bishops, together with the Delegates from the Clergy and Laity of the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada, now assembled in the first General Synod, hereby make the follow- ing Solemn Declaration : — We declare this Church to be, and desire that it shall continue, in full communion with the Church of -England throughout the world, as an integral portion of the One Body of Christ composed of Churches which, united under the One Divine Head and in the fellowship of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, hold the One Faith revealed in Holy Writ, and defined in the Creeds as maintained by the undivided Primitive Church in the undisputed (Ecumenical Councils ; receive the same Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as containing all things necessary to salvation ; teach the same Word of God ; partake of the same Divinely ordained Sacraments, through the ministry of the same Apostolic Orders, and worship One God and Father through the same Lord Jesus Christ, by the same Holy and Divine Spirit Who is given to them that believe to guide them into all truth. And we are determined by the help of God to hold and main- tain the Doctrine, Sacraments, and Discipline of Christ as the Lord hath commanded in His Holy Word, and as the Church of England hath received and set forth the same in ' ' The Book of Common " Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites "and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the "Church of England; together with the Psalter or Psalms of " David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches ; and "the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating "of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons ; ' ' and in the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion; and to transmit the same unimpaired to our posterity. IS; If 6o FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. We declare that the General Synod when formed does not in- tend to, and shall not, take away from or interfere with any rights, powers, or jurisdiction of any Diocesan Synod within its own terri- torial limits as now held or exercised b>- such Diocesan Synod. We declare that the constitution of a General Synod involves no change in the existing system of Provincial Synods, but the retention or abolition of the Provincial Synods is left to be dealt with according to the requirements of the various Provinces as to such Provinces and the Dioceses therein may seem proper. BASIS OF CONSTITUTION. 1 . {a) The General Synod shall consist of the Bishops of the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada and of Delegates chosen from the Clergy and the Laity. {d) The Delegates sha'il be chosen by the several Diocesan Synods according to such rules as they may adopt, or, in a Diocese which has no Sy nodical organization, may be appointed by the Bishop, such Delegates to be in all cases resident in the Diocese from which they are elected or appointed ; provided that, until cir- cumstances permit of its being otherwise ordered by the General Synod, the Bishops of the Dioceses of Moosonee, Selkirk, Macken- zie River, Athabasca, and Caledonia, and such other Dioceses as may be formed out of them, be permitted to elect or appoint non- resident Delegates to the General Synod, provided only that the said Delegates be resident within the bounds of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land or the Civil Province of British Colum- bia respectively. Provided further that until 1896 these Dioceses may elect their Delegates from any Dioceses whatever. (c) The representation shall be as follows : — Dioceses having fewer than twenty-five licensed Clergymen, one Delegate from each order; Dioceses having twenty-five and fewer than fifty licensed Clergymen, two of each order ; Dioceses having fifty and fewer than one hundred, three of each order ; Dioceses having one hundred licensed Clergymen and upwards, four of each order. 2. (a) The Synod shall consist of two Houses ; the Bishops constituting the IJpper, and the Clergy and Laity together the Lower House. The two Houses shall sit separately except by the consent of both Houses. {6) The Clergy and Laity shall vote by orders if required ; and if the proposition be carried in the negative it shall be conclu- sive ; but if in the affirmative any six Delegates (two from each of three different Dioceses) may then demand a vote by Dioceses, BASIS OF CONSTITUTION. 6i lot in- rights, 11 terri- ocl. ivolves )Ut the e dealt s as to , of the ilegates )iocesan Diocese by the Diocese intil cir- General Vlackeii- ceses as lit non- that the siastical Colum- 3ioceses having ite from an fifty fty and ving one der. Bishops ther the cept by equired ; i conclu- 1 each of Dioceses, v;hen, if the proposition be carried in the negative, it shall be con- clusive, the vote of each Diocese being determined by the majorit}' of the Delegates of that Diocese. And in case of equality in the votes of the Delegates from any Diocese, such Diocese shall not be counted. {c) When both Houses sit together, each House shall vote separately. 3. (a) The President of the General Synod (who shall be styled the Primate of All Canada, and Metropolitan of his own Province, and Archbishop of the See over which he presides,) shall be elected by the House of Bishops from among the Metro- politans or Bishops of Dioceses not in any Ecclesiastical Province. {d) The Primate shall hold office for life, or so long as he is Bishop of any Diocese of the General S3'nod ; nevertheless he may resign at any time. 4. The General Synod shall have the 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 Canons or resolutions of a coercive character, or involving penalties or disabilities, shall be operative in any Ecclesiastical Province, or in any Diocese not included in an Ecclesiastical Province, until ac- cepted by the Synod of such Province or Diocese, and that the jurisdiction of the General Synod shall not withdraw from a Pro- vincial Synod the right of passing upon any subject falling within its jurisdiction at the time of the formation of the General Synod. 5. The following, or such like objects, are declared to be within the jurisdiction of the General Synod : (a) Matters of doctrine, worship, and discipline. {d) All agencies employed in the carrying on of the general work of the Church. {c) The general missionary and educational work of the Church. (d) The adjustment, with consent of the Dioceses, or of the Province (in the case of the Province of Rupert's Land), of the relations between Dioceses in respect of Clergy Widows and Orphans' and Superannuation Funds. {e) Regulations affecting the transfer of Clergy from one Dio- cese to another. (/) Education and training of Candidates for Holy Orders, {£■) Constitution and powers of an Appellate Tribunal. (//) The erection, division, or re-arrangement of Provinces, with the consent of any existing Provinces affected ; but the erection, division, or re-arrangement of Dioceses, n \ '■ ^ ' 1 J 1 1 i;n i Hi I ■:;j 62 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. and the appointment and consecration of Bishops, with- in a Province, shall be dealt with by the Synod of that Province, 6. Nothing in this Constitution shall affect any Canons or enactments of any Provincial or Diocesan Synods now in force. 7. For the expenses of the Synod, including the necessary travelling expenses of the members, there shall be an annual as- sessment of the Dioceses proportionate to the number of licensed Clergymen in them (Dioceses having less than ten Clergymen being exempt) ; provided, however, that the expenses of any member of the Synod not attending during the whole Session of the Synod shall be paid pro fata, and such proportionate part thereof as his attendance bears to the whole time the Synod is in Session ; and that a Standing Committee be appointed who shall fix and determine the amount at any time to be ptiid hereunder ; such Committee, however, to have a discretionary power to allow a greater proportion in case of absence from illness or any other good cause arising during the sitting of the Synod. 8. All Canons dealing with matters of doctrine, worship, and discipline shall require to be passed at two successive meetings of the General Synod before coming into force. 9. The words "Ecclesiastical Province" shall mean any group of Dioceses under the jurisdiction of a Provincial Synod. Given in the City of Toronto in the month of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and ninety - three. [N.B — No change in the Basis of Constitution rhall be consid- ered unless a majority of each order is present, and no change shall take place unless unanimously adopted by both Houses or until affirmed by a two-thirds majority of the Upper House and a two- thirds majority of each order of the House of Delegates, and in the latter case it shall stand over for oonfirmation till the next meeting of Synod, when it must be affirmed by similar majorities. — See pp. 46 and 49.] SUMMONS TO GENERAL SYNOD. 63 (B) SUMMONS BY THE METROPOLITAN OF CANADA. Kingston, Canada, April i8th, 1893. In accordance with the Scheme for the Consolidation of the Church of England in Canada, I hereby convene a General Synod to meet for the first time in the City of Toronto on the Second Wednesday in September, 1893. The Constitution of the Synod is as follows : " There shall be a General Synod consisting of the Bishops of the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada and the Diocese of New- foundland, and of delegates chosen from the (Mergy and the Laity. "The delegates shall be chosen by the several Dioceson Synods ac- cording to such rules as they may adopt ; or, in a Diocese which has no Synodical organization, may be appointed by the Bishop. The represen- tation shall be as follows: — Dioceses having fewer than twenty-five licensed Clergymen, one delegate from each order i Dioceses having twenty-five and fewer than fifty licensed Clergymen, two of each order ; Dioceses having fifty and fewer than one hundred, three of each other ; Dioceses having one hundred licensed Clergymen and upwards, four of each order." The session will commence with a Celebration of Holy Com- munion and a Sermon at St. Alban's Cathedral at 10:30 a.m. The Synod will meet for despatch of business in the Convo- cation Hall of Trinity University at 3 p.m. 1 am your faithful brother in Christ, J. T. ONTARIO, Metropolitan. \\ 64 FIRST SBSSION OP GENERAL SYNOD. (C) SERMON PREACHED AT THE OPENING SERVICE BY THE METROPOLITAN OF RUPERT'S LAND. " Be strong and of a good courage." — Deut. xxxi., v. 6 ; and again v. 7. We meet with this call in several places of Holy Scripture. It was with these words that David addressed Solomon, when he was laying on him the great duty of building a magnificent temple to the Lord. In the text they meet us as the words of a great leader at an anxious crisis for his people. Moses had for years led the children of Israel in their eventful march through the wilder- ness. At length the long promised land in all its natural wealth was before them. But it was God's will that the trusted and ex- perienced leader should not enter on the promised inheritance. Anxiety was natural. God's chosen people had met with many dangers in their march. They might well anticipate still greater in the certain confli(5l before them. Their fathers, where were they ? Their graves were in the wilderness. Yet this was the critical time, when Moses, the friend of God, who had so enjoyed the ear of God, was to be taken from their head. Well might hearts flinch and fail. But that great leader had himself no mis- givings. Only let there be trust in the Lord. "The Lord will provide." This was the watchword he handed on to his succes- sor, Joshua : "Be strong and of a good courage." We, dear brethren, are at a crisis in the history of our beloved Church in this land. But it is not a crisis that should be filling us with anxious forebodiugs. There is no cause for our pidluring in our minds coming troubles. On the contrar>', we may well see before us a future of grand possibilities. But if we are to do our part well in the future, if we are to rise to its opportunities, we must throw our heart into what we do. W^e must ' ' be strong and of a good courage. ' ' It does not matter what we have iti hand ; half the battle is in the spirit, the resolution, with which the work is undertaken. Difi&culties often prove fanciful. When the heart is thrown into anything, the prosecution of the work is pregnant with the suggestion of methods and means. Anticipated obstacles will quite likely disappear. There are, I believe, various questionings as to the business, position, and uses of a General Synod. Some perhaps are anxious for a Court that can give decisions on matters of dodlrine, worship, and discipline. Others, on the contrary, are apprehensive of too much legislation with the General, Provincial, and Diocesan ■V^v:^..-/»U^*-ii.^'-3 SERMON AT OPENING SERVICE. 65 Synods. I think most of us in the West are neither wishful for such legislation, nor apprehensive of too much of it. We certainly do not insist on the retention of our Provincial Synod with any view of encouraging it. Indeed we expe(5l this Synod to he a check on any a<5lion of the General Synod, which may be unac- ceptable to our people, or for which they may not be prepared. We are looking forward to a General Synod simply for united pradlical work through the systematizing, unifying, and consoH- dating of the work of the Church in its various departments, for the provision of any necessary additional services so that there may be, if possible, a uniformity of use throughout the Dominion, and for giving expression to the mind of the Church on social, moral, and religious questions as may be needed. And we believe each of the Synods in its own place can materially second and advance this common work. When we consider the experience of the Presbyterian Church, whether in Scotland or Canada, with its annual General Assem- bly, its half-yearly Synods, and its frequent meetings of Presby- teries, I think we may well feel that there must be something wanting, not in the system but in the men, if we do not find the meetings of all our Synods both interesting and profitable. And is there not with the working of our present various governing bodies both a need and a place for a general Synod ? First of all, what a grand field of work is before a United Church, as a Hving Missionary Church, in this growing Dominion ! We inherit the great traditions of the old Province of Canada. Our Bishops have before them the devotion of a Stuart, of a Mountain, of a Strachan, of a Fulford, of a Medley. Our whole Church has the memory of a host of devoted presbj^ters, the pioneers in days of extreme hardness — a hardness which the settlers of our time, not having in youth the same simple habits and hardening discip- Hne, would not submit to. What devotion to duty, simplicity of life, and hearty sympathy with their people marked and endear- ed those early laborers in the backwoods and new settlements of their day ! and they still call us to emulate them. For the pioneer work is not over even in old Canada. There is much ground still to be occupied — many who report themselves as members of our Church not yet reached — many Missions, still weak and strug- gling, requiring aid. But while these should call out sympathy and help, is there not a view to create enthusiasm in the vast field opening out in the new lands of the North- West and West ? We may well feel pride in the material progress of old Canada and in- finitely more in the moral and religious condition of its hardy, healthy, industrious population. Yet old Canada seems but like I i i ■ r - ! i- t i k. Z i y if 1 *>. 66 FIRST vSKSSION OK GP^NKKAI. SYNOD. a fringe along the great lakes and the St. Lawrence. How vast in comparison the dimensions of the younger Province ! Granted that far more than the half is forages — jierhaps forever — hopeless in the way of .iettlement. Still what a massive block of land remains, most of which is suitable for raising grain or stock ? 900 miles along the vSouth to the West — several hundred miles towards the North. The Church in this Province has also its history illustrat. ed by lives of great devotion. Cochran, Cowley, and Horden each gave to the work some 40 years or more of loving untiring service, and there have been results, alike in the early days of isolation and in the past few years of settlement, that may well cheer us. Four of the present Dioceses includf the greater part of the tract I spoke of. In my own Diocese the Church has now a picture of what the others will soon be. Only some 14 years have passed since there was not a mile of railway in Manitoba, and now we have in the southern half of that province practically five parallel lines of railway. The thin population, that has come in, is not scattered as in old Canada over a fringe of backwoods but over the whole of the part of the Province that has received settlement. There are now 80 clergy in the Diocese of Rupert's Land and most of these are in missions needing help. The Diocese of Sodor and Man has 220 square miles. These missions are commonly larger. Some of them have about 400 square miles. The growing popu- lation calls for more centres with services and the division of the mission. Hence when a mission might be expected to be ap- proaching the ability of self-support, it has to be divided, and then a double call comes on our Mission Funds. Thus putting aside altogether advancing settlement with new fields of work, our older missions will through sub-division be for a long time imposing new duties on the Church. Then I have not touched on the ever- growing work of the Dioceses of British Columbia — so long faith- fully and devotedly served by Bishop Hills. Surely all this mission field will have its needs much more clearly recognized and more adequately met, if the whole Church has them kept before it and is made to feel its responsibility. Then there are the Indian Missions. A very large sum is expended yearly on them by the C. M. S. of England. That So- ciety, in view of other calls from heathen lands, thinks that the Church in Canada should rise to the duty, or shall I rather say the privilege, of gradually taking up those missions. May I venture to say that not a little of our success, as a United Church, will depend on how we accept this obligation and on the Divine blessing ever accompanying real sacrifice for the Gospel of Christ. Many yeans — more than 40, I believe — have SERMON AT OPENING SERVICE. 67 passed, since the Methodist body of Canada voluntarily assumed the Indian Missions established by the English Wesleyan Mission- ary Society. No doubt the financial responsibility before us would l)e vastly greater, but the Society only proposes today the burden very gradually on us, and our Church should he nuich more able to bear it. But if we are heartily and unselfishly to take up, as a United Church, the mission duties and opportunities before us, there will l-)e need, while placing all our trust in the Lord of the Harvest, to say to ourselves " Be strong and of a good courage." Time will onl>' allow me just to touch on one other gain that we may hope for from this union. Is there not a large class of duties of unspeakable importance lying upon us as citizens as well as Churchmen ? Would it not be well for us to be able to speak with decision, with power, on great questions touching the moral and religious interests of the people ? Take, for example, the educational question. How necessary it is in this age of indiffer- entism to bear witness to the supreme importance of definite religious instru(5lion ! How important for the nation, as well as the Church, that we should strengthen and extend institutions carrying with them religious influences ! How car. we exjiecft the fruit of a religious manhood, if the seed is not sown in youth ? Obadiah feared the Lord from his youth, and he feared Him greatly. The difficulties in the way are great, and not the least of them is that from political and financial reasons many of our laity do not realize how momentous are the interests at stake, and for the pre- sent will not give sympathy and support. Well, dear friends, we are taking a great step to-day towards strength for every duty in the union we are seeking. But what is this union ? It is not a bringing together of estranged and separated brethren, but of those who have come from one house- hold - the Mother Church of England and Ireland — and have been all along of one mind. It is in short a union not for harmony, but for strength. But the union we seek to-day is far from exhausting the union we should pray and labor for. In the most solemn service of our Church, when our hearts are drawn to the Throne of Grace by the sore trial of bereavement, we beseech God that it may please Him of His gracious goodness shortly to accomplish the number of His elect and to hasten His Kingdom. But it cannot but seem hard to many hearts to pray that prayer with a belief in its early answer, when they cast their eyes over our divided Christianity, and remember our Lord's prayer for the progress and success of His Church. His prayer for all that should believe in Him through the testimony of His people was that they all may .1 - « K , I ■ 68 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD, be one — that the world may believe that the Father had sent Him. It would seem then that while the Church is busy promoting mis- sions, despatching missionaries, and making proselytes, the very condition is still wanting which our Lord regarded as the pre- cursor of belief and the acceptance of His divine mission, and how often is the fact of disunion practically a pointed objection to the acceptance of the truth by unbelievers. The union our Lord prayed for is evidently a union of mind, affection, aim, effort, that can never be the outcome of any mere inter-communion of divided bodies or of their separated members. Such an inter- communion may have the sympathy of great hearts and the sup- port of sentimental theorists ; but, of little value at the best, it would certainly be practically nullified by the meannesses and underhand intrigues of others for sectional ends. No ! The union our Lord prayed for is a union manifested to the world bj- the union of hand as well as heart — by the daily life of brotherhood as well as by effusive speech. It. would seem that never till we are all again in one undivided Catholic Church can we expect the heathen in the lanes of our Christian towns as well as the idolatrous heathen to say to each other, with admiring and touched observation, as the heathen did in primitive times, ' ' See how these Christians love one another. ' ' Now many things show a growing desire and preparation for unity. Perhaps this may be a blessing on the Churches for all the mission love they are exhibiting. I have often thought that the heartburnings and divisions after the Reformation were largely traceable to the selfish thoughts of the Church for its own edifica- tion, whilst the heathen were ignored. How rapidly in the last 30 years have opinions changed to a large extent in the bodies outside of us on the importance at least of those matters whicn ma'nly influenced their English predecessors in leaving the Na- tional Church. The other day a prominent member of the Pre:>- byterian Church wrote, "The hedges, which separate the de- nominations, are traditional theories and practices, bui ^hey are no longer realities to thinking men and women." We in our Church are not called upon for a change of opinion, so much as a change of attitude — the exchanging of the bitter spirit of controversy for tlie endearing, attracting sympathy of brot^ ?rly love. It has been said, "It will take love as well as truth to heal our schisms." Dear Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, lately ventured on these touching words of loving advice to his Diocesan Council, " as, " he said, " it was even-.ide with their old Bishop." "It is time to pray as we never prayed before that they, who have been baptized into Christ, shall join hands together under the banner of the old SERMON AT OPENING SERVICE. 69 Him. : mis- very : pre- l how the Lord effort, ion of inter- e sup- would irhand r Lord )fhaud 1 as by ^ain in in the then to as the ns love primitive creeds to bring men to Christ and His Church. I krow that man)' look on this as the distempered vision of an enthusiast s heart. It is not. It was a thought very near the heart of our Divine Master that night, when He ludde the prayer of oblation for Himself for the sacrifice of the Cross. I do not ask any of you to lay plans or to depart a hair's breadlii from loyal obedience to the voice of the Church. But I do ask that you shall all pray day by day for that spirit of charity, the greatest of all gifts, which will love all that Christ loves, and speak no word and do no act which will widen our sad divisions." But it may be well to notice that our Lord was not content with praying for unity. He ^)rayed also for the spiritual condition, from which alone it can come, "Sanctify them with Thy Truth ; ' ' and He illustrated the meaning of this by His own wondrous example, "For their sakes I sanctify Myself. ' ' Yes, for those yet disobedient and rebellious ; " while we were yet sinners Christ died for us." Yet He receiv- ed such as His friends, and so as Bishop Lightfoot has rendered the passage, Ayid^w ifiaozop : "I hallow, consecrate, dedicate Myself — offer Myself heart and soul as a pure sacrificial offering on this altar of friendship. ' ' And what a vivid light His life from the Cradle of Bethlehem to the Cross of Calvary casts on these words, ' ' For their sakes I sanctify myself. ' ' So He praj^s that we may be as He was, sanctified by the Father. As St. Paul said to the Corinthians in view of the same self-sacrifice, ' ' Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. ' ' I know not. Right Reverend Fathers, Reverend Brethren, and Brethren of the Laity, how I can more fitly close this address in favor of unity than by calling on each of us to pray and labor that we may personally, for the sake of those for whom Christ died, be sanctified through the truth, or more literally in the truth. Without in the least limiting the width of this expression, I would say that this points us pre-eminently to the prayerful study and application of the Holy Scnijtures through which alone we have the Revela- tion of Him, Who is ihe Truth, and through which we must especially seek for the guidance and instruction of the Spirit and Teacher of Truth. And what must be the root — the foundation of this Sanctifica- tioii ? Surely a self-consecration. There must first of all be the full surrender of our own will to God. With Jesus we must say, " Lo I come to do Thy will, O God." This self-surrender is a necessary condition of any real and acceptable service — is, indeed, the spring of all service. Like vSt. Paul we must write ourselves as the ser- vants—that is ihe on'j}.n! — the slaves of Jesus Christ, having ■ » 1 \ t ! 73MiaKffisa^s^.5.? .ISSS^SnMSMi^Mf 70 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. u no will of our own apart from His will, before we can have a right to look upon ourselves as sanctified, separated by the Father. And from what alone can this self-surrender spring ? Only from the heartfelt acceptance for our own souls of God's will as revealed in the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. And what should be the manifest fruits of this sanctification in the Truth ? A consecration for service for Christ — a growth in holiness through the presence of the Spirit, seen in the repression of all that is sinful and the cultivation of all Christian graces — in the being conformed to the holy will of God — and, dear friends, not least in the denying of ourselves for the sake of others. This denying o:' ourselves will not only be exhibited in a resolute struggle wit'i all that would impede our service, but a sinking of our own cherished preferences and tastes for the unity and growth of Christ's Kingdom and His Church. What an example of this sanctified, consecrated spirit we have in the great Apostle of the Gentiles! He assured the Corinthians that he did not study merely what was lawful. He considered also what was ex- pedient. This was his advice : " Give no occasion of stumbling to the Church of God, even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of the many, tnat they may be saved. " " Be ye imitators of me, even as i also am of hrist." Gladly, if time would allow, would I close these remarks with some of the wise and healing words with which the Arch- bishop of Canterbury concluded the Lincoln judgment. Beloved triends, may God give us this spirit and draw all our hearts together. We shall thus experience the blessedness and the power of unity ourselves ; and as far as we advance unity in our own body, we so far make unity lovely in the view o.'' the whole Church of God. If this is to be our aim there will often be need to say to our hearts : "Be strong and c ' a good courage. ' ' But, if we labor for this as well as pray, we know the Lord will provide and bless. The strength and the courage for the day of need will not be wanting. CI^ERICAL DEI.KGATKS. 71 (D.) REPORT 01^ COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS. The Committee on Credentials beg to report the following ai'> Delegates, duly certified as appointed to represent the various Dioceses as follows : CLERICAL DELEGATES. ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF CANADA. the DIOCESE OF NOVA SCOTIA. Rev. Canon Partridge, D.D Halifax. Veri. Archdeacon Smith, D.D Sydney. Van. Archdeacon Kaulbach, M.A Truro. Van. Archdeacon Weston Jones , Windsor. DIOCESE OF QUEBEC. Very Rev. Dean Norman, D.D. '. Quebec. Van. Archdeacon Roe, D.D. ... Lennoxville. Rev. Car on Thorneloe, M.A Sherbrooke. DIOCESE OF TORONTO. Rev. Provost Body. M.A., D.C.L Toronto. Rev. John I^angtry, M.A., D.C.L Toronto. Van. Archdeacon Allen, M.A. Millbrook. Rev. Canon DuMoulin, M.A., D.C.L. . Toronto. DIOCESE OF FREDERICTON. Ven. Archdeacon Brigstocke. D.D St. John. Rev. J. DeSoyres, M.A St. John. Rev. Canon Neales, M.A. Woodstock. DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. Vary Rev. Dean Carmichael, D.C.L Montreal. Ven. Archdeacon Lindsay, M.A .... Waterloo. Ven. Archdeacon Evans, M.A Montreal. Rev. Canon Mills, B.D . Montreal. DIOCESE OF HURON Very Rev. Dean Innes, M.A. London. Rev. Canon Davis, M.A London. Rev. Principal Miller, M.A London. Ven. Archdeacon Marsh, M.A London, DIOCESE OF ONTARIO. Van. Archdeacon Lauder, D.C.L Ottawa. Van. Archdeacon Bedford-Jones, LL.D Brock ville. Rev. Rural Dean Bogert, M. A . , . Ottawa. Rev. Canon Spencer Kingston. li ttfuiMiiiiiiidii 72 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. DIOCESE OF NIAGARA. Ven. Archdeacon Dixon, B. A Guelph. Rev. E. M. Bland Hamilton. Rev. Canon Sutherland, MA Hamilton. DIOCESE OF ALGOMA. Rev. Rural Dean Llwyd Huntsville. ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF RUPERT'S LAND. DIOCESE OF RUPERT'S LAND. Very Rev. Dean Grisdale, D.D Winnipeg. Rev. Canon O'Meara, M. A Winnipeg. Rev. Canon Pentreath Winnipeg. DIOCESE OF^ MOOSONEE. Ven. Archdeacon Fortin Winnipeg. DIOCESE OF SASKATCHEWAN AND CALGARY. Ven. Acheacon Mackay, D.D ' Prince Albert. Rev. A. W. F. Cooper, D.D Calgary. DIOCESE OF ATHABASCA. Rev. W A. Burman St. Paul's. DIOCESE OF MACKENZIE RIVER. Rev. Rural Dean Septimus Jones, MA Toronto. DIOCESE OF QU'APPELLE. Rev. J. P. Sargent Fort Qu'Appelle. INDEPENDENT DIOCESES. DIOCESE OF COLUMBIA. Rev. G. W. Taylor Viftoria. DIOCESE OF NEW WESTMINSTER. Rev. H. G. Fiennes-Clinton, M.A Vancouver. Dr. LAY DELEGATES. ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF CANADA. DICCESE OF NOVA SCOTIA. Mr. H. Y. Hind. D.C.L Windsor. Mr. H J. CundaU Charlottetown. Hon. Mr. justice Ritchie Halifax. Mr. J. G. Foster.. ..Dartmouth. DIOCESE OF QUEBEC. Mr. R. W. Heneker, D.C.L Sherbrooke. Mr. James Dunbar, Q.C yuebec. Hon. Henry Aylmer Richmond. '(% yu Mr. Mr, J^^Ik^TJ?^' tAY DELEGATES. DIOCESE OF TORONTO. Hon. G. W. Allan. D.C.L Toronto. Mr. A. H. Campbell Toronto. Mr. J. A. Worrell, B.C. L., Q.C Toronto. Mr. N W. Hoyles. B.A., Q.C Toronto. DIOCESE OF FREDERICTON. Hon. Mr. Justice Hanington, D.C.L , Dorchester. Mr. Geo. A. Schofield St. John. Mr. C. N. Vroom St. Stephen. DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. Mr. Chancellor Bethune, D.C.L., Q.C Montreal. Mr. L. H. Davidson, D.C.L, Q.C Montreal. Professor Alex. Johnson, LL.D Montreal. Major E. L. Bond Montreal. DIOCESE OF HURON. Mr. Charles Jenkins , Petrolea. Mr. Richard Bayly, Q.C London. Mr. Matthew Wilson, Q.C Chatham. His Honor Judge Ermatinger . . . . St. Thomas. DIOCESE OF ONTARIO. Mr. Chancellor Walkem, D.C.L., Q.C Kingston. His Honor Judge McDonald, M. A Brockville. His Honor Judge Wilkison Napanee. Mr. R. Vashon Rogers, M.A., Q.C • Kingston. DIOCESE OF NIAGARA. His Honor Judge Senkler St. Catharines. Mr. John Hooclless Hamilton. Mr. Archdale Wilson Hamilton. DIOCESE OF ALGOMA. Or. Bridgland Bracebridge. ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF RUPERT'S LAND. DIOCESE OF RUPERT'S LAND. Mr. J. H. Brock Winnipeg. Mr. Sheriff C. Inkster . Winnipeg. Mr. H. S. Crotty Winnipeg. DIOCESE OF MOO.SONEE. Mr. .\. F. Eden Winnipeg. DIOCESK OF SASKATCHEWAN AND ^ \LGARY. •Mr. James Mackay Prince Albert. Hon. Mr. Justice Macleod, CM. G Macleod. DiOCESE OF ATHABASCA. Mr. John Machray Winnipeg. DIOCESE OF s^U'AFPELLE. Mr. T. E Birbeck Moosejaw. 73 mm 74 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. INDEPENDENT DIOCESES. DIOCESE OF COLUMBIA. Dr. E. A. Praeger Nanaimo. DIOCESE OF NEW WESTMINSTEK. Mr. W. Myers Grey Vancouver. And we further report that the Delegates above named from the Dioceses of Moosonee and Mackenzie River respe(5lively are lion -residents of those Dioceses. Respe(5lfully submitted, JAS. CARMICHAEL, Toronto Synod Hall, Chairman. 13th Sept. 1893. '^^7i'S'jlo£iw.liiTi,'fA'i:^pl.''r,"'.\'V CONSTITUTION. 75 (E.) I.— PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION. 1. The General vSynod shall consist of the Bishops of the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada, and of the Dele- gates chosen from the Clergy and Laity of said Church. 2. The Synod shall consist of iwo Houses ; the Bishops con- stituting the Upper, and the Clergy and Laity together the Lower House. And when both Houses sit together, each House shall vote separately. And each House shall hold its sittings in public or in private, at its own discretion. 3. The Clergy and Laity shall vote by orders if required. And if the proposition be carried in the negative, it shall be con- clusive ; but if in the a^rmative, any six Delegates (two from each of three different Dioceses) may then demand a vote by Dio- ceses, when, if the proposition be carried in the negative, it shall be conclusive ; the vote of each Diocese being determined by a majority of the Delegates of that Diocese. And in case of equality in the votes of the Delegates from any Diocese, such Diocese shall not be counted. 4. The Clerical avid Lay Delegates shall be chosen by the several Diocesan Synods, according to such rules as they may adopt. And, in a Diocese which has not any Synodical organiza- tion, they may be appointed by the Bishop of such Diocese. 5. The representation by Clerical and Lay Delegates shall be as follows : Dioceses having fewer than twenty-five licensed Clergymen, shall be represented by one Delegate from each order, and Dioceses having twenty-five and fewer than fifty licensed Clerymen, by two Delegates of each order, and Dioceses having fifty and fewer than one hundred licensed Clergymen, by three of each order, and Dioceses having one hundred licensed Clergymen and upwards, by four of each order. And the Delegates shall be in all cases resident in the Diocese from which they are eledled or appointed ; provided that until circumstance permit of its being otherwise ordered by the General Synod, the Bishops of the Dioceses of Moosonee, Selkirk, Mackenzie River, Athabasca, and Caledonia, and such other Dioceses as may be formed out of them, be permit- ted to eledl or appoint non-resident Delegates to the General Synod, provided only that the said Delegates be resident within . the bounds of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land or the Civil Province of British Columbia respedlively. Provided further that until 1896 these Dioceses may eledt their Delegates from any Dioceses whatever. « • I I i' r 1: 76 FIRvST SKSSION OP GENERAL SYNOD. I 6. The Synod shall meet on the second Wednesday in Sep- ttmber [in every fifth year, or oftener, at the discretion of the Primate, or on the requisition of any two Bishops, or of the Bishop and half of the Delegates of each order in any Diocese. And the place of meeting shall l)e the city of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario.]* 7. A quorum of the Synod shall consist of not less than a majority of the Bishops, and not less than a majority of the mem- bers of each order, of the Lower House. 8. The President of the Synod, who shall he styled the Primate of All Canada and Metropolitan of his own Province and Archbishop of the See over which he presides, shall ]je elected by the House of Bishops from among the Metropolitans, or Bishops of Dioceses not in any E'^clesiastical Province. He shall hold office for life, or so long as h^ is Bishop of any Diocese within the juris- diction of the General Synod. He may, nevertheless, resign st any time ; in which case it shall be competent to the House of Bishops to elect another in his stead. 9. The Primate shall be the President of the Upper House. And, in case of the absence of the Primate, the Bishops shall elect one of their own number to preside. 10. The Lower House shall be presided over by their Prolo- cutor, who shall be elected riva voce by that House, and shall con- tinue in office until the next meeting of the Synod. 1 1 . Bach House shall appoint a Secretary or Secretaries, who shall keep regular accounts of all proceedings in their own House, and record them in books to be kept for that purpose, preserve memorials and other documents under the direction of the Presi- dent and Prolocutor, attest all public acts of the Synod, and deliv- er over all records and documents to their successors. And two or more copies of the printed Journal of each Session, w'th a statement attached to each, mentioning the number of pages and certifying the same to be a true copy of the original meetings and proceedings of which it is the printed copy, signed by the Prolocu- tor and the two Secretaries of the Lower House, shall be kept of record by the Secretaries. 12. All Canons of Synod shall be fairly transcribed in a book to be kept for that purpose, immediately after they are passed, and be attested by the Primate or other presiding Bishop, the Prolocu- tor, and the Secretaries of both Houses. 13. The expenses of the Synod, including tlie necessary travel- ling expenses of the members, shall be provided for by an annual assessment of the several Dioceses represented in the Synod, pro- *See p. 41. who ouse, eserve Presi- deliv- tV.'O til a es and s and olocu- pt of CONSTITUTION. 77 portioned to the number of licensed Clergymen in them ; Dioceses naving less than te;i Clergymen being exempt. Provided, how- ever, that the expenses of any member of the vSynod not attending during the whole session of the Synod shall only be paid p}o rata, and such proportionate part thereof as his attendance bears to the whole time the Synod is in session. And that a Standing Committee be appointed who shall fix and determine the amount at any time to be paid hereunder ; such committee, however, to have a dis- cretionary power to allow a greater proportion, in case of absence from illness or other good cause arising during the sitting of the Synod. And such assessment shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Synod, to be elerted annually by the Lower House, who shall manage and adminisi :r the same. 14. Each House shall establish its own order of proceedings and rules of order, and may publish such of its proceedings as it may deem advisable. 15. The Upper House may propose to the Lower House any business they may desire to have treated of or decided. And it shall be incumbent on the Lower House to take up and dispose of such business immediately after the subject under consideration shall have been disposed of for the time being. Provided always, that it shall be the duty of the Prolocutor to read the message to the House immediately on its receipt, and the House may, by its \'ote without discussion, decide on proceeding to its consideration at once, 16. The Upper House may direct the Lower House to appoint a committee to report to the Upper House on any subject on which they may desire the judgment of the Lower House, or to appoint their portion of a joint committee, or may summon the Lower House to a conference, 17. Messages from the Upper House shall be delivered by an officer of the Upper House to the Prolocutor, who shall communi- cate them to the Lower House, 18. The Lower House may present to the Upper House any matter which they conceive to be a grievance or to require amend- ment, even when the> have no proposition to make on the same ; and the Upper House shall thereupon place it in oriler tor consid- eration, with the view of providing a remedy ; and shall, before the conclusion of the session, declare to the Lower Hou.se the result. 19. The Prolocutor .shall have the right of admission person- ally or by committee to the ITpptr House, to communicate the desire or decisions of his House ; and in such case he shall ascer- tain by message when he or the committee can cx)nveniently be received in the Upper House, and act accordingly. ^ < ^ i^ !■ 78 FIRST SESSION OF GRNRKAI^ SYNOD 20. It shall be competent to the Lower House to request a joint committee or conference on any special object, beyond those submitted to it by the Upper House, or to propose for discussion an>' specific measure ; to which request an answer shall be given ; but it shall be at the option of the Upper House to accede to their request or not. 21. When either House shall desire a conference with the other, or a Joint Committee, the reason for either shall be agreed to by the House desiring it, and communicated in writing to the other ; the Prolocutor personally or by committee in either case proceeding to the Upper House, either to deliver or to receive such reasons. 22. When either House shall have come to a decision upon any subject in which the other House is concerned, it shall com- municate its decision to the other. 23. If the Lower House should not concur in a decision of the Upper House, they shall, in stating their non-concurrence, state their reason ; and may either propose an amendment, or re- quest the Upper House to suggest an amendment to meet their reason or request a conference. 24. If the Upper House should not concur in a resolution or decision of the Lower House, they may, in stating their non-con- currence, either state their reasons or not ; and may either propose an amendment, or request the Lower House to prepare an amend- ment, or appoint a conference, to which the Lower House shall always give attention. 25. The conference may be either by deputation from both Houses, or by deputation from the Lower House, or by open con- ference, as the Upper House may think fit ; and the place shall be appointed bj' the President. 26. No proposition shall be considered as sanctioned by the Synod, until it has received the separate sanction of both Houses, which shall be declared by the President in writing. 27. Committees, whether of either House, or of the two Houses, may hold their meetings either during recesses in the Session, or during the prorogation of the Synod. 28. Eacii meeting of the Synod shall be preceded, or com- menced by Morning Prayer and a Sermon, if so ordered by the Primate or other presiding Bishop, and on the first day of such meeting the Holy Communion shaL be administered. 29. The business of each day shall be commenced 1)y prayer for the Divine guidance and blessing, according to a form author- ized by the House of Bishops. PERMANENT ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS. 79 30. The election of the Clerical and Lay Delegates shall be certified under the hand and seal of the Bishop of the Diocese which they represent, or, in the absence of the Bishop, the Chair- man of the Synod, and such certificate shall be final and conclu- .si\'c, which certificate shall be forwarded by the vSecretaries of the Diocesan Synod to the vSecretaries of the Lower House of the Gen- eral vSynod, within fourteen days after the said election. And, in case any of the said Delegates mentioned in such certificate shall be unable to attend, a certificate signed by the Bishop, or in his a])sence by the Secretaries of the Diocesan Synod, that (A.B.) being a Clerical or Lay Delegate from the Diocese is unable to attend, and that (CD.) is authorized by vote of the Synod of that Diocese to fill his place as Delegate, shall be final and conclusive, whether presented before or during the Session of the General Synod. 31. No alteration of the Constitution or Canons shall come into operation, until it has been confirmed at a second session of the General Synod. IL PERMANENT ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS AS ADOPTED BY BOTH HOUSES. 1. The General Synod shall meet (notice being previously given by the Primate or, in the event of his inability to act, by the Metropolitan next senior by consecration, of the time and place of meeting), the Bishops and Clergy attired in their proper robes, and shall proceed to the Cathedral or other Church appointed by the Primate for Divine service, on which occasion the Holy Commun- ion shall always be administered. The Preacher shall be appoint- ed b}' the Primate, and special prayer shall be made for the Synod. The collection shall be applied to the current expenses of the Synod, unless otherwise ordered by the Primate. 2. At an appointed hour after Divine service, the members of the Synod shall assemble at the place of deliberation, the Bishops being habited in their robes and the Clergy in gowns and hoods, where the President, after he has taken his seat, shall inform the Lower House with regard to their place of meeting, and direct them to elect their Prolocutor. 3. When the Prolocutor has been elected, he shall be con- ducted to the Upper House, accompanied at discretion b}'' any members of the Lower House, and his election announced to the President. 4. The President shall then state to him the business which the Upj)er House desire to engage the attention of the Lower II 'll'i' I I IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) 1.0 ^m iiiiM ^" IM IIIII2.2 I.I m ■ 40 12.0 .8 Photographic Sciences Corpordtion y / o ^ / i/i \hr 1.25 1.4 1.6 -^ 6" — ► V «■ ^^ \ \ % ^ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY 14580 (716) 872-4503 &p '&>. J Ji 80 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. House, Specifying, when necessary, the order in which they desire it to be taken up. 5. On his return, the Prolocutor shall first nominate his own dei:)Uty (hi case of his absence) and then introduce to the House the business on which the Upper House desire them to engage themselves. 6. On every day of meeting after the first, the Synod shall meet at 9:30 a.m., and shall proceed at once, before any business is announced, to Morning Prayers, at the Cathedral, or other appointed place, and after Prayers proceed to business. 7. lids Synod, when assembled for business, shall be pro- rogued by the Primate or President of the Upper House, after a resolution fixing the time of prorogation has been agreed upon by bcth Houses ; and the President, with the consent of the Upper House, shall issue a schedule declaring the state in which each matter of business stands which has been brought before the Upper House, ana shall promulgate the same to the Lower House, and AiaW then at the hour agreed upon prorogue the Synod. 8. The Prolocutor, on receiving the schedule of prorogation, shall, at the first opportunity, communicate it to the Lower House. HL— PROVISIONAL ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE LOWER HOUSE. 1 . On the first day of meeting, after Prayer, the Clerical and Lay Secretaries shall call the roll of their respective orders. 2. A quorum being present, the Prolocutor shall then be elected by the Lower House, and on his return from the Upper House, two Secretaries shall be eledled, one Clerical and one Lay, by the Clergy and Laity respedlively. The Lower House shall then proceed to the elecftion oi a Treasurer and two Auditors, who shall hold these offices until their successors shall be appointed, and in case of a vacanc}- occurring in any of said offices by death or otherwise, when the Lower Houst! is not in session, such vacanc}' shall be filled by the Prolocutor, and the per.son so appointed shall hold office until his successor is duly ele(5led by the Lower House. 3. After this, the daily Order of Business shall be as follows: (i) Reading, corre(5ling, and approving the Minutes of previous meeting. (2) Appointing Committees. (3) Presenting, reading, and referring Memorials or Petitions. y desire tiis own ; House engage od shall business or other [ be pro- e, after a [ upon by le Upper liich each the Upper ouse, and orogation, /er House. IGS OF erical and rs. then be Uie XTpper i one Lay, louse shall litor-D, who appointed, ;s by death ision, such person so aed by tlie as follows: Mitmtes of emorials ov PROVISIONAL RULES OF ORDER. 8i (4) Presenting Reports of Committees, of Treasurer or Auditors. (5) Giving Notices of Motion. (6) Taking up Unfinished Business. (7) Consideration of Motions. (8) Orders of the Day. (9) Before the final adjournmentof the Synod, reading, correcting, and approving the Minutes of the last day's proceedings. IV.— PROVISIONAL RULES OF ORDER FOR THE LOWER HOUSE. 1 . The Lower HoUvSe shall meet on the day and at the hour and place appointed by the Primate or President, and unless other- wise ordered by the House, on each succeeding day at ten o'clock ; and the mid-day adjournment shall be from one o'clock to half- past two p.m. ; and the business, except the work t)f the Commit- tees, shall conclude at six p.m., at which hour the House shall proceed to the Cathedral for Evensong. When the Prolocutor has taken the Chair, every member shall remain uncovered. 2. The Prolocutor shall preserve order and decorum, and shall have power to appoint Assessors to aid him in so doing, and he shall decide all quevStions of order, subje(5l to an appeal to the House, to be decided without debate ; and when called upon to decide a point of order, he shall state the rule applicable to the case, without argument or comment. 3. As soon as conveniently may be after the calling of the Rolls and eledlion of Officers the following Standing Committees shall be appointed : (i) On the State of the Church. (2) On Amendments to the Constitution. (3) On Canons. (4) On Rules of Order. (5) On Elections. (6) On Expenses. (7) On Memorials of Deceased Members. (8) On Unfinished Business and Printing. Such Standing Committees shall be appointed upon the re- commendation of a Nominating Committee to consist of one Cleri- cal and one Lay Delegate from each Diocese, named by the Pro- locutor ; and any matter having any relation to the work of any of such Standing Committees may, upon its coming before the [ I \>\ ^ j 83 PIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. ii 1 1 ' ri I I House, be referred without debate to the proper Committee for consideration and report. 4. When any member wishes to speak, he shall rise and address the chair. 5. When two or more members rise at the same time, the Prolocutor shall name the party first to speak. 6. A member called to order while speaking shall sit down, unless permitted to explain. 7. No motion or amendment shall be considered as before the House, unless seconded and reduced to writing, 8. No member, save the mover of a resolution, who, as mover, is entitled to reply, shall speak more than once, except by the permission of the House. 9. A member may rise to explain, if permitted by the Chair. ID. No original motion, except motions of course, shall be received without notice, except by permission of the House. 11. When a resolution has been moved and seconded, any member may require the previous question to be put, whether the motion so made shall be put or not, and that question shall be de- cided without debate. 12. When a motion has been read to the House by the Prolo- cutor, it cannot be withdrawn without the consent of the House. 13. When a question is under consideration, no other motion shall be received, except to adjourn, to lay it on the table, to con- sider it clause by clause, to postpone it to a certain time, to post- pone it indefinitely, to refer it to a Committee, to amend it, or to divide upon it, and motions for any of these purposes shall have precedence in the order named. No more than one amendment to 3 proposed amendment of a question shall be in order. 14. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order. 15. Motions to adjourn or to lay on the table shall be decided without debate. 16. A motion to suspend a Rule of Order shall take prece- dence of all other motions, and shall be decided without debate ; and no Rule of Order shall be suspended, except upon the vote of two-thirds of the members present. 17. A member, if not interrupting a speaker, may require any motion in discussion to be read for his information, at any time during the debate. 18. When amendments are made to any motion, the amend- ment and the original motion shall be put in order the reverse of that in which they were brought forward. 19. When a question is finally put by the Prolocutor, either an original motion or an amendment, no further debate shall be PROVISIONAL RULES OF ORDER. 83 illowed ; the Prolocutor first declaring that the question is finally *put. 20. When the Prolocutor is putting a question, no member shall rise from his seat ; and every member present, when a ques- tion is put, shall be required to vote on the same, unless excused by the House. 21 . In voting, those who vote in the afl5rmative shall first rise, and then those who vote in the negative ; and in case of an equality of votes the question shall be decided by the casting vote of the Prolocutor, who may also vote on the motion. 22. When required by two Clerical and two Lay Delegates, the vote of the House upon any question may be taken by orders voting separately ; and in that cavSe a majority of both orders shall be necessary to an affirmative vote. 23. On a division, the names of those who vote for or against a question shall be recorded in the minutes, if required by three members. 24. A question being once determined shall not again be drawn into discussion in the same Session, without the unanimous consent of the House. 25. Committees shall not be appointed without notice, except- ing Standing Committees, Committees of the Prolocutor to the Upper House, and Committees of course, such as those which follow upon the adoption of a resolution which requires a Committee. 26. When a separate Committee of this House has been named, whose function is deliberative, the Prolocutor shall direct what number of its members do form a quorum, unless the quorum is fixed by the resolution under which the Committee is appointed. 27. When a Committee is appointed, the mover of the resolu- tion asking for the Committee shall be the Chairman of the Com- mittee, or when a resolution is referred to a Committee, the mover of the resolution shall be Chairman, unless the Committee has already been organized. 28. Reports of Committees shall be in writing, signed by the Chairman, and shall be received in course, but a motion may be made for re-committal. 29. Motions with reference to Reports from Committees shall take precedence of other motions on the paper. 30. Whenever it shall happen that members appointed on Committees are not re-elected to the Synod, the Prolocutor may appoint others from the same diocese or dioceses to fill their place ; and in order thereto a copy of the certified lists of Clerical and Lay Delegates sent to the Secretaries shall be sent by them to the Pro- locutor within ten days after they shall have received the same. ■t \i .■ II i I \m 1 s t I I ^' I i I 84 FIRST SESSION OP GENERAL SYNOD. 31. It shall be the duty of the Secretaries to arrange a list of all business, and all notices of motion sent to them by members to be brought before the Synod, according to the order in which they are received ; and under the direction of the Primate, to cause a printed copy of the same to be sent to every member of the Synod twenty-one days before its meeting ; which business and notices shall stand first on the order of the day. 32. The Standing Committee on unfinished business and printing shall arrange for each day the order of precedence of the several motions, of which notice has been given, and have them printed. 33. In any unprovided case resort shall be had to the Rules of Order of the House of Commons in Canada for guidance. 34. No Canon originating in the Lower House shall be enacted, unless the same has been transmitted by the Secretaries of the Lower House to the members of the Synod at least three weeks before the meeting of the Synod, or unless the same has been left over as unfinished business, and printed in the Journal of the previous session. RBPORT OF COMMITTEB ON BXPRNSES. 85 (F) REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON EXPENSES. The Committee appointed to procure the amount of the travelling expenses of the Bishops and Delegates, and to suggest ways and means of raising the same, beg leave to report as follows : The expenses of the Delegates are as follows : — Columbia $238 50 Westminster 225 05 New Rupert's Land $426 45 Calgary 45 00 Qu'Appelle 94 00 Saskatchewan 105 go Athabasca 142 40 Moosonee 144 80 Mackenzie River Nil. 463 55 in Nova Scotia $176 00 Fredericton 105 00 Quebec i 105 60 Montreal 200 00 Ontario go 00 Toronto Nil. Niagara 21 60 Huron 52 00 Algoma 9 50 958 55 759 70 Travelling Expenses of Clerical and Lay Delegates $2181 80 Travelling Expenses of Bishops attending Synod 5g8 05 *277g 85 We find from the Bishops that there are 1,062 Clergymen in the Dominion in Dioceses having over ten Clergymen. The amount required per head is $2.56. The number of Clergy and assessment of Dioceses is here- with given : — DIOCESE. Huron Rupert's Land. . . . New Westminster. Niagara Fredericton Toronto Nova Scotia Quebec Algoma NO. OF CLERGY. ASSESSMENT 145 «37i 20 80 204 80 20 51 20 67 171 52 75 ig2 00 178 455 68 109 279 04 65 166 40 20 51 20 \ m i I 1 1 '. ■.1 ' ""* 1 i- p - -- T'-f 86 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAL SYNOD. DIOCESE. NO. OF CLERGY. ASSESSMENT. Columbia 24 $ 6i 44 Ontario 130 331 80 Qu'Appelle if) 40 g(^ Montreal 103 263 68 Calgary 14 35 84 Saskatchewan 16 40 96 Your Committee recommend that the Diocesan Treasurers be requested to send the amounts assessed against their Dioceses to the Treasurer of General Synod within one month from Sept. 20th, who shall at once send to the Diocesan Treasurers the pro- portion to which each Diocese is entitled. A. H. CAMPBELL, Chaitman. mm REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE. 87 REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Committee on Finance beg to report : That they met at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, the 20th day of September, and duly organized, the Hon. G. W. Allan in the chair ; That they appointed Mr. R. V. Rogers Secretary for the Eastern Division, consisting of the Dioceses in the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, and Mr, A. F. Eden Secretary for the West- ern Division, consisting of the Dioceses in the Ecclesiastical Pro- vince of Rupert's Land and the Civil Province of British Columbia ; That they had before them the report of the Committee on Expenses of the Delegates to the General Synod, and they recom- mend that the Secretaries he authorized to communicate with the Secretaries of each Diocesan Synod in their respedlive Divisions (or in cases where there is no Synod with the Bishop of the Diocese), and request them to furnish a certified return of the ex- penses of each Delegate, and the number of days he actually attended the sittings of the Synod. The Committee further recommend : That so soon as a return can be obtained from the Secretary of the General Synod, showing the total cost of printing and any other incidental expenses, the same, together with the travelling expenses of the Delegates proper to be allowed, be apportioned among the respective Dioceses on the basis already recommended by the Committee on Expenses and adopted by the Synod ; and That the Finance Committee be authorized to notify the Treasurer of each Diocese of the amount so apportioned to each Diocese, and request them to remit the said amounts within one month of the date of such notification, to the Treasurer of the General Synod, who shall at once send to the Diocesan Treasurers the amount to which each Diocese is entitled for the travelling expenses of its delegates. All which is respectfully submitted. G. W. AEEAN, Ckatrman. :il ili I I I I 88 FIRST SESSION OF GKNBRAI, SYNOD. (H) The Clergy will kindly a?i7iounce this letter to their congrega- tions thus : — / am desired by the Bishop of the Diocese^ a£ling in unison with the Bishops of the Clmtch of Ens-land in the Dominion of Canada, in General Synod, to read to you the follo7i>i?ig Pastoral letter, to which they have attached their signatures : PASTORAL LETTER. TO BE READ IN THE CHURCHES BY DIRECTION OF THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN CANADA. To the Faith fid in Christ fesus. Members of the Church of E^ig land in Canada, Greeting : CONSOLIDATION. Your Chief Pastors hasten to make you partakers of their joy in the Consolidation of our Church, now happily completed. Hitherto some of our Dioceses have had the opportunity of adling together in their Ecclesiastical Provinces of Canada and Rupert's Land. Others outside these two provinces have been standing alone, unable, by reason of their isolation, to receive or to impart that additional life and strength and energy which are found in union. Now, from East to West -from the Atlantic to the Pacific — all are united in the General Synod, which, through the good hand of our God upon us, has been constituted with the hearty good will of all. In it and through it, all our Dioceses are so bound together that they can ' ' take sweet counsel together ' ' and speak with one voice. Some thirty 5'ears ago the Civil Provinces of our country, so feeble in their isolation, were consolidated under the one Govern- ment of the Dominion of Canada. The results of that union are familiar to us all. They foreshadow the advantages which we may look for from the union of all our Dioceses under the General Synod. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. The life and rights and powers of our Dioceses will be just what they have been hitherto, except that a deeper meaning and fresh energy will be infused into them. For it is distindlly laid down as a fundamental principle that, " The General Synod shall not take away from, or interfere with, any rights, powers, or jurisdidlion of any Diocesan Synod within its own territorial limits, as now held or exercised by such Synod." PASTORAL LKTTER. 89 Another fundamental principle is that the General Synod brings with it no change in the existing system of Provincial Synods. The retention or the abolition of the Provincial Synods is left to each Province and the Dioceses therein. SOLEMN DECLARATION. The first act of the General Synod was to .set forth the position of the Church of England in Canada, in the one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church ; the foundations of her faith, her worship, and her di.scipline, and her determination to maintain and transmit the same unimpaired. We repeat this Solemn Declaration to you to- day, and desire you to store it up in your hearts and minds : — In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen. We, the Bishops, together with the Delegates from the Clergy and Laity of the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada, now assembled in the first General Synod, hereby make the blowing Solemn Declaration : We delare this Church to be, and desire that it shall continue, in full communion with the Church of PyUgland throughout the world, as an integral portion of the One Body of Christ composed of Churches which, united under the One Divine Head and in the fellowship of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, hold the One Faith revealed in Holy Writ, and defined in the Creeds as maintained by the undivided primitive Church in the undisputed Oecumenical Councils ; receive the same Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as containing all things necessary to salvation; teach the same Word of God; partake of the same Divinely ordained Sacraments, through the ministry of the same Apostolic Orders, and worship One God and Father through the same Lord Jesus Chri.st, by the same Holy and Divine Spirit Who is given to them that believe to guide them into all truth. And we are determined by the help of God to hold and maintain the Doctrine, Sacraments, and Discipline of Christ as the Lord hath counnanded in His Holy Word, and as the Church of England hath received and set forth the same in ' ' The Book of Common " Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites " and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church "of England; together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, " pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches; and the " Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of "Bishops, Priests, and Deacons;" and in the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion; and to transmit the same unimpaired to our posterity. V. if i! qo FIRST SESSION OP GKNRRAL SYNOD. DEFINITE TEACHING. The way to maintain and hand on the Gospel ot the Kingdom of God, is to teach its tniths fully, definitely, clearly. All classes, educated and uneducated alike, have suffered in the past and are suffering still, Ixicause there is a lack of definiteness, accuracy, and depth in the teaching afforded to them. The lessons of the Catechism and the Prayer Book are not vague and misty. They are clear and positive, like the facts with which they are concerned. Let all, both Clergy and Laity, see to it that these lessons are no mere sound of words. The History of the Church of God in all its dispensations, and especially in the Christian era, ought to be familiar. The firet planting, the growth, and the continuity through the centuries, of England's branch of the Holy Catholic Church should be presented in frequent lectures everywhere. REUGIOUS EDUCATION. "■i It is a great encouragement to be assured that there are indi- cations of growing dissatisfaction in the community with the ab- sence of religious instruction from our public .schools. The General Synod has put on record its judgment that ' ' Re- ligious teaching in our public schools is absolutely necessary in order to fulfil the true purpose of education and to conserve the highest interests of the nation at large." We urge all who are willing to be guided by us to use their influence to bring the edu- cation and training of the young into a true and close connection with the religion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Until this is effected, parents, sponsors, and pastors should be unceasing and persistent in their efforts to teach the young all that a Christian ought to know and believe to his soul's health. Sunday Schools, Bible Classes, Lectures, and Public Cate- chizing in our churches may be made effective means of imparting religious instruction. Nothing, however, can be accomplished in any of these ways, either by the clergy or their lay-helpers, with- out intelUgent, painstaking, systematic, and persistent efforts. The period of preparation for Confirmation is of inestimable value. The serious thoughts to which our young people are open, in anticipation of their Confirmation and admission to Holy Com- munion, and their desire to learn what their position and privileges and duties as Christians are, afford to their parents and clergy an opportunity which is singular in its advantages. Instruction, however, is not everything. The training of mind, heart, and soul, the formation of sounu religious habits, the establishment of spiritual character in every one of our young !9«" PASTORAL LETTBR. 91 people, these demand the combined unceasing influence of home life and school life, of parents, pastors, and teachers, of kindly lessons and worthy examples. It is not right that any part of the child's life should be separate from religion, its influence and its lessons. We repeat it, so long as there continues in the schools of our country the grievous severance of education from religion, parents, pastors, and sponsors must put forth special efforts in every way open to them, so that their children may be virtuously brought up to lead a godly and a Christian life. CANDIDATES FOR HOLY ORDERS. Next to the religious training and instruction of the young is the selection and the education of suitable men for the work of the ministry. Our universities and theological schools are doing excellent work, notwithstanding the hindrances which beset them, through inadequate endowments and insufficient support. One fact, however, which will call forth at once your sym- pathy and your co-operation, weighs heavily on our hearts. Very few of the sons of our wealthier families offer themselves for the sacred ministry. They are drawn away by the bright prospects of wealth and advancement afforded by the secular enterprises which abound in our young and growing country. But this is not all. They are repelled from the highest and noblest vocation in life by the unworthy views of the Christian ministry, which are frequently expressed in their hearing, even in Christian homes. Some shrink from the indignities to which not a few of our clergy are subjected by reason of their poverty. You are certainly able to help us in this matter. We call upon you, then, most earnestly and affectionately to see to it that your children never hear in your homes anything which can lead them to think lightly or unworthily of the calling of a minister of Jesus Christ. AN UNWORLDLY CHURCH AND CLERGY. Take care, too, that you are doing all in your power to pro- vide a maintenance, not for your own clergyman only, but for all the ministers of the Church in your Diocese and in the mission field. It were well for you and your children to understand that " An unworldly church, an unworldly clergy, means not a poor church, a poverty stricken clergy. A poor, unprovided, dep' n- 92 FIRST SESSION OF GENERAI. SYNOD. dent clergy is scarcely a'ule to be an unworldly one, and accord- ingly cannot betoken an unworldly laity, A laity which breaks the bread of its ministers into smaller and smaller fragments, and has none of the divine power to multiply, works no miracle and has no honor. ' ' ' ' Unworldiness is not emptiness of garners, but the right and noble use of garners filled by God. An unworldly clergy is not a clergy without a world, but one which knows the world, and uses and teaches man how to use the world for God, until it brings at l£lst the whole world home to God. ' ' MISSIONARY WORK. The Church exists for the purpose of bringing all men into union with God, through Jesus Christ, and teaching them to know and love and serve Him with their whole being. The more closely and completely she is one in every land, the greater will be her power and efficiency to accomplish this far-reaching object of her existence. Accordiup-ly we look for extended and more effective mission- ary effort as one of the brightest and best results of the Consoli- dation of the Church of England in Canada. The field, which the General Synod opens up for direct and premising labor, is bright and hopeful beyond the reach of man's imaginings. It stretches across this great continent from shore to shore. Millions in the near future will plant their homes over its plains. The I^ord, Who died for all, hath laid it on us in His Church that these homes should, from their first establishment, be Christian. Beyond the Pacific Ocean there are millions of heathen who have been brought by rapid steamships within our reach. They are accessible to us, and our Church can now act upon them and among them with combined force and energy. Besides these, there is a multitude of heathen Indians in the North-West of this Dominion, who have yet to be brought into the congregation of Christ's flock. There is also a large company of Christian Indians, whose spiritual training has already been undertaken by our Church. We do affectionately ask you all to realize your opportunities and to rise up and meet them — not by one effort — but by persis- tent loving efforts from day to day, offering freely your sons and your daughters and your gifts of wealth for your Church's work. It revSts upon us all together, and upon each one individually, to do all that in us lies, so that ' ' Christ may see of the travail of His soul and be satisfied. ' ' nm, PASTORAL LETTER. ORGANIC UNION. 93 Many Christian bodies, separated from us, are working by our side, some in advance of us, both in the foreign field and in the Dominion. We yearn for union with them. The General Synod has set forth the position which the Church of England occupies in her desire to recover and restore, among all Christian bodies, that organic unity which Christ prayed might ever distinguish His Church. The language adopted by the General vSynod is as follows : We desire hereby to make it known that we adopt and set forth, as forming a basis for negotiation with any bodies of our separated Christian brethren, with a view to union, the following articles agreed upon by the Lambeth Conference, held in London in the year of our Lord, 1888, viz : (a) The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as " containing all things necessary to salvation," and as being the rule and ultimate standard of faith. {d) The Apostles' Creed as the Baptismal Symbol, and the Nicene Creed as the sufl&cient statement of the Christian faith. (c) The two Sacraments ordained by Christ Himself, Bap- tism and the Supper of the Lord, ministered with unfaihng use of Christ's words of In.stitution and of the elements ordained by Him. (d) The Historic Episcopate, locally adapted in the methods of its administration to the varying needs of the nations and peo- ples called of God into the Unity of H'S Church. THE lord's day. Foremost among the blessings of our heritage, as Churchmen, is our Sunday. As a day of rest, of worship, and of religious teaching, it has been generally observed and fairly appreciated among us. Of late years, however, a growing laxity, which threatens to impair its sacred character, has been observed. This tendency cannot be too strenuously withstood. The " Lord's Day ' ' has brought priceless blessings to England and her colonies. We exhort you, brethren, to guard with a jealous eye and re- solved spirit those precious privileges of rest, of worship, and of religious instruction, which all invasions of the Sunday are certain to diminish. The larger obligations laid upon us at this time in the wider field opened by the Consolidation of our Church are bound up with our joy. We invite you to share the joy — which is yours as much as ours — and we bid you face with a good courage and firm ■ . i 1 1 . 1 i • [ 1 ' 1 > ■ t ■.' ■ ; •i 5 • ■ - 1 ■ ' : ; i - :■! : J 1 ll-> ,s ' 1 r '^ ■'J 1 ll : i ' , ■ 1 1 ; « ■ ' i 1 ' 1 1 • : 1- ■. ■ . t M ■ « ' i 1 K' ' T "l 1 'i 1 ' 1 94 FIRST SESSION OP GENERAL SYNOD. resolve the claims of our new position, co-extensive with the Dominion of Canada. Brethren, we commend you to God and the word of His grace, which is able to build you up. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. R. RUPERT'S LAND, J. T. ONTARIO, W. B. MONTREAL, ARTHUR TORONTO, A. W. NEW WESTMINSTER, H. T. FREDERICTON, E. ALGOMA, MAURICE S. HURON, RICHARD ATHABASCA, CHARLES NIAGARA, CYPRIAN SASKATCHEWAN AND CALGARY, F. NOVA SCOTIA, A. H. QUEBEC, W. J. QU'APPELLEN. W. W. COLUMBIA. September, A.D. 1893. IP LETTER OF PROMULGATION. 95 (I) IN THE NAME OF GOD. AMEN. To all the Metropolitan and other Bishops, to all Priests and Deacons, and to all the Faithful in Cht ist throughout the ivotldwho are in commwiion with the See of Canterbury , Greeting : Whereas, a General Synod of the Church of England in Canada was duly summoned by the Most Reverend the Bishop of Ontario, Metropolitan of Canada, which Synod met in the City of Toronto, in St. Alban's Cathedral, on September 13th in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and ninety-three, there being pre- sent the Most Reverend the Metropolitan of Canada, the Most Reverend the Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, the Right Reverend the Bishops of Toronto, New We.stminster, Fredericton, Algoma, Huron, Athabasca, Niagara, Saskatchewan and Calgary, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Columbia, and Qu'Appelle, together with delegates frcm the clergy and laity from their several dioceses, and also clerical and lay delegates representing the Dioceses of Montreal, Moosonee, and Mackenzie River, the Bisjiops of which were unable to be present ; it seems good and necessary that the fact should be made known, together with the declaration of Faith upon which the Synod bavSes its organization. It is, therefore, by these presents made known unto all men that the Consolidation of the Church throughout British North America was consunmiated, and the following Solemn Declaration unanimously adopted by the said General Synod for its guidance in its deliberations upon all matters aifecting the honour of God and the welfare of His Church : — Solemn Declaration. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. We, the Bishops, together with the Delegate ■ >m the Clergy and Laity of the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada, now assembled in the first General Synod, hereby make the fol- lowing Solemn Declaration : We declare this Church to be, and desire that it shall continue, in full communion with the Church of England throughout the world, as an integral portion of the One Body of Christ composed of Churches which, united under the One Divine Head and in the fellowship of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, hold the One Faith revealed in Holy Writ, and defined in the Creeds ; ' 'h I \ :i.i *: ' 1 96 FIRST SESSION OP GENERAI. SYNOD. maintained by the undivided Primitive Church in the undisputed (Ecumenical Councils ; receive the same Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as containing all things neces- sary to salvation ; teach the same Word of God ; partake of the same Divinely ordained Sacraments, through the ministry of the same Apostolic Orders, and worship One God and Father througli the same Lord Jesus Christ, by the same Holy and Divine Spirit Who is given to them that believe to guide them into all truth . And we are determined by the help of God to hold and maintain the Doctrine, Sacraments, and Discipline of Christ as the Lord hath commanded in His Holy Word, and as the Church of Eng- land hath received and set forth the same in " The Book of Com- ' * mon Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other " Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the ' ' Church of England ; together with the Psalter or P.salms of " David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches ; and "the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating "of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons;" and in the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion ; and to transmit the same unimpaired to our posterity. It is further made known to all men that in accordance with section three of the Basis of Constitution adopted, the following resolutions were passed by the Upper House of the General Synod : — ''Resolved, That the Most Reverend the Metro- politan of Rupert's Land be elected Primate ; " and ''Resolved, the Lower House concurring, That this Synod directs that the Metropolitan of each Province now in existence, or hereafter created, shall be designated Archbishop of his See as well as Metropolitan of his Province. ' ' The concurrence of the Lower House in the next preceding resolution was duly signified in a message from the Very Reverend the Prolocutor to the Most Reverend the Primate. In witness of all which, We, the Archbishop of Rupert's Land, and Primate of All Canada, have affixed our signature this ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and ninety-three. R. RUPERT'S LAND. js neces- :e of the :y of the • through ne Spirit ill truth, maintain the Lord h of Eng- c of Com- and other use of the Psalms of ches ; and .usecrating thirty-nine red to our Page 23 23 24 27 29 29 29 29 30 33 40 48 55 63 63 70 74 75 «9. 95. ERRATA. line 24,/i3r jurisdidltion ;v'a 38, 40, 42, /or Bayley read Bayly. line 16, a/terDcan Grisdale /;/>vnRESs by the Metropolitan of Canada 2 A i'PEi,LATE Tribunal, Standing Committee on 30, 33, xi Akchbishoi', Every Metropolitan to be designated 26, 34, 36 President of the General Synod to be styled 23, 61 Promulgation of Title of 96 Assessment of Dioceses for Expenses 85 Assessors to the Prolocutor. ... - .... 81, 33 ArniTORS, Eledion of : 32 Basis of Constitution. (See Constitution, Basis of). Bishops meet in Joint Session with the Delegates 2. 5, 6, 12, 18, 25, ^3, 34, 56 decide to sit as a separate House 21 present at the several meetings 2, 6, 7. 12, 18, 25, 56 withdraw to their ow,n chamber 3. 31. 36 issue a Pastoral Letter 33. 52, 88 Hkuthkrhoou ok St. ,\ni)ri;\v, Resolution commending the 49. 54 BtRiAL Service. Resolution respeding the ig, 42 43 •t. ■■ I Candipates for Holy Orders, Standing Committee on 30. 35, xi Chairman. Dean Grisdale appointed 3. 31 CiiuRCHWOMEN OF TORONTO. Votc of Thanks to the. 51 Clergymen in each Diocese Number of 85 Clerical Delegates by Provinces and Dioceses 71 present during Session 4, 6 Clerical Secretary of the Lower House, Eledion of 31 Committees, Sessional 4, 5, 7, 16. 18 Standing, of the General Synod 29, 35, 44, 53, ix of the Lower House ". 33. 54. xii Constitution, Basis of .... 9, 15, 30, 46, 60 .\rticle I amended and adopted 15,16,17 2 3 4 5 6 17. 21. 22 ■ 23 . . 23 23, 24 • 24 " 7 adopted, reconsidered, and adopted as amended 24. 26 8 (9) adopted as amended 25 New Article (8) proposed, amended and adopted. 28 To be printed in Appendix (A) 42 Date to l)e affixed to 45 Conditions of considering and making any change in. 46, 47, 48. 49 r I * I — ifj-t:-: i t : - 1 j : 98 INDEX. Constitution, Order of I^roceeoings, and Rules of Oroer, Committee on 29, 35, i\ Constitution, Provisional 38, .\o, 49, 75 Article 5 (6) considered 40 ■ referred to Committee on Constitution . , ... 41 Declaration, Solemn (See Solemn' Declaration). Declarations as to Diocesan and Provincial Synods 10, 11, 13, 60 To be styled " Fundamental Principles." 40 Declarations, The Three, Agreed to unanimously by Committee 7 To appear in Appendix (.\) 31, 59, 60 Delegates to General Synod. 7^. 7-2 pr&sent during Session 4, Delec.atkjn to General Convention of American Church. 49, 51, 5J, 54, xii Deputv to Prolocutor appointed 32 Diocesan SvNons, Declaration as to rights of 7, 10, 13, 46, 60 Doctrine, Worship, and Discipline, Committee on 29, 35, ix Educationai, Work of the Church, Committee on .zi). 35. > Kep . t of Committee 46, 48 Education and Training ok Candidates for Holy Orders, Committee on 3°. 35. x' Evening Session provided for and held 16, 17 Expenses of Bishops and Delegates, Committee on 27, 33, xii Report of Committee 42, 85 Made a Standing Committee 42 Expenses of Bishops coUedtively 8*5 of Delegates by Dioceses 85 Finance, Committee on 30, 35, xi Chairman and Secretaries of 87 Report of Committee ... 45. 87 Forms of Prayer for special occasions, Resolution respeding 21, 51 Fundamental Principles, The two short Declarations to be styled. ... 46, 60 Set forth in Bishops' Pastoral 88 General Convention of American Church Delegation to . 49. 51, 52, 54, xii General Synod formally Constituted 11 Next meeting of 4i> 58 Governor-General, Message of welcome to 25, 27 Reply of 34 Hour of Prorogation agreed upon , Hours of Divine Service and of Meeting provided for. 47 . 16, 80, 81 }5. 1^ ^9. 75 (h) INDKX. 99 iNiiiAN Work. Motion for Committee on 20, 51 Inter-Diocesan and Provincial Relations in rkspkct ok BENtFicARV Funds, Committee on 2y. 35, 44, x JMiN'T Meetings of Bisliops and Delegates 2, 5, 6 Joint Sessions of Svnod 12, 18, 25, 33, 34, 56 Journal of the General Synod, i^esolution as to printing of . 54 I vMiiETH Conditions of Re-union adopted and set forth 41. 03 1,AV Delegates by Provinces and Dioceses 72 present during Sessioi^ 4, 6 Lav Secretary of the Lower House, Eledtion of 32 I .ord's Day Qbservance 27, 52, 93 i.nv.TiR House organized 31 Proceedings of the, 31. 33. Jt>. 44 Close of Proceedings of the. .... 55 Order of Proceedings of the 80 Rules of Order for the 81 !-? I ? 35. XI 16. 17 33. Xll 42. 85 . . . 42 ■ • • «5 85 35. xi 87 •45. 87 21, 51 46 60 88 54 , xii , , II 41 . 58 25 . 27 • 34 ■ 47 , 80, 81 Message from the Bishops accepting suggestion of a Conference 5 MmsA'^iKs vr jm the Upper House. 34, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 54 1. Announcing the election of the Primate 34 2. Communicating the Reply of the Governor-General 34 3. Direding Metropolitans to be designated Archbishops of their respedive Sees . ... . 34 Concurred in by Lower House 36 4. Communicating the amended Solemn Declaration 39 Concurred in by Lower House 39 5. Direfling Adls of Synod to be promulged 39 Concurred in by Lower House 40 6. Fixing time and place of the next meeting of Synod 41 Concurred in by Lower House . 41 7. Adopting the Lambeth Conditions of Re-union 41 Concurred in by Lower House 41 8. Adopting Permanent Order of Proceedings with amendments . 42 Concurred in by Lower House 44 9 Providing for meeting of Committees 43 Concurred in by Lower House 43 D. Affixing date to Basis of Constitution . . . 45 Concurred in by Lower House. 45 E. Adopting as headings "Fundamental Principles " and "Basis of Constitution " 46 Concurred in by Lower House 46 m h .) > * ■ A 3, 7 '- li. i '. ^■- fc 1 ' '\ * V 1 1 ■' i, X - i ■I 1 \ t lOO INDEX. M G. EnadlinR conditions of considering and making changes in " liasis of Constitution " 46 Proposed amendment , 47 Remitted to the Upper House for explanation 4H Received back amended, and concurred in by Lower Mouse . ^tj K. Affirminc: the necessity of religious teaching in public schools. 4!) Concurred in by Lower House 48 L. Allowing Standing Committees to add to their number 47 Concurred in by Lower House , 4(> M. Requesting the Primate to allow his sermon to be printed \~ Concurred in by Lower House 4.S N. Concurring in the pro\ .ional adoption of Constitution, etc. . . 40 O. Concurring in appointment of Delegation to General Conven- tion of the American Church 51 P. Not concurring in resolution as to Missionary Episcopate. . . . 5^ Q. Appointing Delegates to General Convention 51 Minutes corredled 44 Mi.ssiONARY Episcopatk, Resolution of the Lower Hoifse on the 20, 50 Message from the Upper House respeding the. ... ^4 Missionary Work ok the Church, Committee on 29, 35, 44, i.\ Resolution respecting the 19. 42 Montreal, Bishop of, Resolution of regret at absence of 12 Notices of Motion : Fourth Day ... uj Fifth Day 20 Sixth Day jj Seventh Day .... 44, ly Office Bearers ok the General Synod viii Officers eleded or appointed 31. 32. 33, J4 Order of Proceedings for both Houses, Permanent 36, 42, 43, 79 Of the Lower House, Provisional 38, 40, 49, 80 Temporary 13, jj Order, Question of, decided j Order, Rules of, Provisional. . • 38, 40. 49, 81 Temporary , 13, 33 Pastoral of the House of Bishops 33. 5'-!, '^8 Permanent Order of Proceedings for both Houses 36, 42, 43, 79 Sedion i amended and adopted 36, 37 " 2 37 3, 4, and 5 adopted ... 37 6 amended and adopted 37 w INDEX. lOi Sedion 7 struck out and new Sedion substituted 37. 38 8 amended and adopted 38 " I again amended . . 38 The whole adopted as amended 38 Amendments by the Upper House, . ... 43 Concurred in by the Lower House 44 F'RKACHKR at Opening Service . 2 at Thanks>,'iving Service . 32 Pkkss of Toronto, Vote of thanks to the. 53 pRiMATK OK All Canada, Election of 34 President of Synod to be styled 22, 23 Promulgation of title of 96 I'kinting. Committee on 11, 54, xii Pkison Reform, Resolution respeding 55 Pkoceeuings of the Lower House 31, 33, 36. 44, 55 Prolocutor, Eledlion of 31 Vote of thanks to the 54 Promulgation of the Solemn Declaration 89, 95 of the titles of Primate and Archbishop 96 1'rorogation of Synod 47. 58 Order respeding the . . . , 38, 80 PuoviNCiAL Syno' ,, Declaration as to system of 7, 11, 13, 4^1, 60 Provisional Constitution (See Constitution, Provisional). Kkligious Teaching in Public Schools 26. 46, 48 Reports of Committees 8, 28, 48, 71. 85, 87 On Credentials of Delegates 4, 71 On Constituting the Synod 7, 11, 8 On Educational Work ot the Church 46, 48 On Expenses 42. 85 On Finance 45, 87 On Standing Committees 35- 28 Ukhresentative for Delegate, Motion to substitute 27, 51 Re-union, Lambeth conditions of 41, 93 Rule of Order, Special, as to five minute speeches 48 Rules of Order, Provisional 38, 40, 49, 81 Temporary 13. 33 Schedule of Acts of Synod 57 Secretaries appointed 4, 7, 21, 31, 32 Vote of thanks to the 53 Sermon at Opening Service 2, 47, 48, G4 ■I-; i 'I ;* Mi ^t!;^ ) ;i i^i r. ■ i : I ■!■;! ,1 i! li I02 INDEX. Skssions, Afternoon 2. 7. 15, 22, 28, Evening Joint 6, 12, 18, 25. Of the r.o\ver House 31, 33, Solemn DECLARAXtoN Considered Reportwl by Printing Committee Remitted to -the Upper House Adopted by both Houses Promulgation of , St. Albans Cathedral, Opening Service in Vote of thank') to Chapter of Standing Committees, Members of 28, 35, 44, 47. Eastern and Western Divisions of Committee on Report of Committee on ...... 25, 34, Subjedts for .... St. Andrew, Brotherhood of. Resolution commending Statistics, Committee on 44, St. James's Cathedral, Thanksgiving Service in Vote of thanks to Redtor, Organist and Choir of. Summons to General Synod Sunday Observance 27, Synods, Relations of General, Provincial, and Diocesan 10, 11, 38, 44 ..17 if''- 44 8, 50 13. i> . . IS • • .<' . . 30 89. 95 . . . 1 ...53 49. ix 30, i.\ 16, ih' 35. ■^^'' 28, 57 47. 54 53. xi 17- 32 • • . 5.1 I. 6', 52. 93 13. 60 Thanksgiving Services 12, 17, 31, 32, 3j Transfer of Clergy from one Diocese to another. Committee on . 30, 35, .k Treasurer, Eledion of 32 Trinity (Jollkgf,, Remuneration to Servants of 53 Vote of thanks to Provost and authorities of 53 Toronto, Lord Bishop of. Vote of thanks to the ' 5.3 Upper Hoiise, The. . 5' Votes of Thanks 47, 48, 51, Woman's Auxiliary of Toronto, Vote of thanks to the 26, ^i . 32. ii '. 35. \ . • • • i^ . • • • 53 53 • • • • • 53 CoijvKCT /or use on the Festival of St. John thk Baptist, A.D. 1897, by order of the Upper House of the General Synod of the Church of England in Canada. O GOD, the high and mighty Ruler of the universe, who hast made of one blood all nations to dwell on the face of the whole earth ; We render unto Thee most hearty thanks for the discovery as at this time of the Continent of America, entreating Thy blessing upon the homes of all the peoples for whom Thou hast of Thy bounteous goodness provided ; through Jesus Christ our L,ord. Amen. 5' s. 51. ..J 26. SI