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X x' V ■s. -~ > < CO N '"S •<^ JAMES CAMI'l'.KLL ^i SU.N, iS75- I 6 KINQ STREET WEST, TORONTO. ™ PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK AM) ALMANAC 1 Ok Till-; ■sill DOMINION OF CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND. ' Edited by Knv. JAMKS CAM KRON, Cha i swoR th. TO. lORONTO : JAMKS CAMPliKLL .V SON, PREl'ACE. ^)^c^ The year 1875 is expected to he a memorable year in the history of Pres- byterianism in the Dominion of Canada, 'liiis year, as is now fully expccleil, will witness a union of the (our rre>ltylc-rian Churches of Hritish North Ame- rica, and will thus constitute a new and important era in their history. The occasion seems a favourable one forbej^innin}^ the pulilication of a Presbyterian Year Hook for the Uominif^n of Canada, lo be continued henceforward from year to year. The Year Hook is intended to i)e a handy book of reference on all impor- tant matters connected with the Presbyierian Churches of Hritish \orth Ame- rica; a means, further, of spreading information amonj; Presbyterian people, as to the history, work and prospects of Presbytcri.uiiMn in this lan Agustine, bishop of Hippo, born. Then shall the land enjoy her Sabbaths. Lev. xxi. 34. Sun Rises. , Sun Sets. 4 48 7 24 4 49 7 23 4 51 7 21 4 52 7 20 4 53 7 19 4 54 7 18 4 55 7 16 Moon Sets. 56 57 58 59 01 5 02 S 03 5 04 5 OS 5 06! 5 07 I 1856, Sir Jno. Ross died. :688, John Bunyan died, aged 60 08 i 09 II 12 '^i '4! 15 16 17 19 20 21 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 e 6 6 6 6 15 13 12 II 09 08 06 05 '->5 02 00 59 57 55 54 52 50 49 47 45 44 42 40 I 39'' 7 59 8 25 847 9 06 9 24 9 42 10 02 10 24 10 50 11 23 A.M. o 03 54 1 54 3 02 RISES. 7 40 8 00 8 20 8 41 9 03 9 30 10 04 10 46 11 42 A. M. o 49 2 05 3 23 SETS. 7 09 !'i SEPTEMBER— 1875. y^OON'S J^HASES. D II M First Quarter 7 4 20 b Full Moon 15 7 24 M D H Last Quarter 22 ' 'in'S*''^ Ne~,v Moon 29 7 3 V jR/^ I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 o I 2 27 28 29 30 REMARKABLE EVENTS. W Th F S s M Tu W Th F S s 1847, Insurrection at Lucca, Italy. 1870, Nap. III. surrendered to King of Prussia. 1658, Oliver Cromwell died. 1870, Republic proclaimed in Paris. (Lev. XXV. a. Then shall the land keep a Sabbath unto the Lord. 1774, (5th) First U.S. Congress met in Phila, 1854, Allies sailed for Crimea. i860, Garibaldi entered Naples. 1855, (8th) Fall of Sebastopol. 1813, Battle of Lake Erie. 1513, Battle of Flodden field. The land enjoyed her Sabbaths. « chro. xxxvi. 21. M : Tu W| Th F S s (12th) First day of Jewish year 5635. '735» R- Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools born. 1759, (13th) Quebec taken. Gen. Wolfe fell vict's. i827,(i5th)R; Pollock, author of Courseof Time, d'd 1792, First Parliament U. C met at Niagara. 1791, First Pres. celebration of L'd's Sup. in Mont'l. Keep Mv Sabs, and take hold of Mv Govt. isa. ivi. 4. 20 M 21 Tu 22 W 23 Th 24 F 25 S 26 s 1870, The Pope's temporal power ended. 1792, Abolition of Royalty in France. 1825, Foundation of Knox's Monument, Glasgow. 1815, Rev. J. Bethune died in Glengarry. 1690, First meeting of Synod of Ulster, in Belfast. 1870, Siege of Paris commenced. Keep the Sabbath Oav. Deut. v. 15. M Tu W Th 1540, Society of Jesuits founded by Paul III. 1808, Opening of Theological Seminary, Andover. 1870, Capitulation of Strasburgh. Michaelmas Day. X770> George Whitefield died. Sun Rises. 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 56 s un 1 Sets. 6 37 6 35 6 33 6 31 6 29 6 27 6 25 6 22 6 20 6 18 6 16 Mo Sets 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 01 5 59 5 57 S 55 5 53 14 12 II 10 08 06 04 02 7 : I 7 ^ 2 8{ 3 8 : 4 8i 5 9 ■ 6 9 5 /.j 10 : '"m< II : V A. W 10 -: II I i 1^ 3 •: ^1! USE! m 6 2 15 64 16 7 c 17 7 3 18 8c 19 84 20 9 : 21 10 4 22 II j 23 A. M 24 OCTOBER— 1875. D M .22 I t .29 7 ; JAoon's Phases. D H M .-- . , 7 »a JS tiiMtii»i, 14 5 57 K New Moon,. D if M Mrst Quarttr 7 10 48 m Last Quarter, mu " - - - " D If M .31 8 56M •a8 II 55 H Sun Sets. 637 7 : 635 7 ' 6 33 8c 631 8 : 6 29 8i 6 27 9 1 625 9 i 6 22 10 : 6 20 II 3 6 18 A. N 6 16 L 6 14 6 12 6 II 6 lo 6 08 6 06 6 04 6 02 6 01 5 59 5 57 5 55 5 53 5 51 5 50 5 49 5 48 5 46 5 44 REMARKABLE EVENTS. Sun Rises. Sim Sets. rss: r I 1794, First entry in .Session Records of Ni.ngara. o I 1S73, Kv.ingclical Alli.incc met at New York. S Is 17 LAWFUL TO HEAL ON THE SABBATH DAY ? Malt. xii. 10. M : i860, Union of Pres. Ch. of N. S. and Free Ch. Tu r536, (4th) First English I'ible printed at Zurich. VV 1747, David Uramard died. I Th 179a. St. Gabriftl St. Church, Montreal, opened. i r ' '871, Great fire at Chicago. S 1S64, (10th) Intercolonial Conference at Quebec. S JTISUWFUL TO DO WELL ON THE SAB. DAYS. Matt. xii. 12. 5 57 Tu I W t8o8, (loth) Hugh Miller born. 1658, Savoy Confession of Faith published 1492, America discovered by Columbus. 1 h| i8r2, (i.sth) Rattle of Queenstown. ^ F i 1866, (14th) Great fire in Quebec. il S i I i 3 f RISE.' 6 2 6 4 10 S I 1555. Ridley and Latimer burnt at Oxford. -/_ M ' [Matt xii. 5 iZir _; THE^PRIESTS IPROFANE_THE SABBATH AND ARE BLAMELESS. IVl t8o3, (17th) Second Pres. of Md. constituted. ■*• U ,873, Rev. Dr. Candlish died, aged 67. W ,816, Henry Kirk White died. *■ n 1872, Dr. Merle D'Aubigne died, aged 78. -T 1871, Dr. Roderick Murchison died. O 1641, Irish rebellion and massacre. _j£SjJSjvctus burnt at Geneva. SET? 2J|> * ". 900. Alfred the Great died. ^^ i U i 5 -^ ^1 '^'°' ^^^'^ occupied by the Prussians. 6 C l 4 34 M Last Quarter D H « 19 7 2C 27 6 5- « 13 4 1 2 M New Moon . . REMARKABLE EVENTS, , Sun Kises. Sun Sets. Moor Sets I M 1 1609, Sir Matthew Hale born. 635 4 52 63 2 Tu 1770, Cruden, framerof Concordance, d'd, aged 69. 6 37 4 51 7 1 3 1 W ' 1650, King Wm. III. born. 1740, Toplady born. 6 38 4 49 8 I 4:Th 1704, London Missionary Society formed. 6 39 4 48 9 ' 5 it 1605, Gunpowder Plot. 6 41 4 46 10 : 6 S 1 i860, Abraham Lincoln elected President of U. S. 6 42 4 45 II 3 7 S ! The Son of Man is Lord also of the Sab. Luke vi. 5. 6 43 6 45 4 43 4 42 A. M 8 M 1674, Milton died. 4 9 Tu 1691, Declaration of Wm. IIL in favor of Presb'ns. 6 46 4 41 I 3 10 W 1483, Martin Luther born. 6 47 4 40 3 I II Th 1813, Battle of Chrysler's farm. Martinmas. 6 49 4 39 RISE: 12 F 1615, Richard Baxter born. 6 50 438 3 i 13 14 S s 1618, Synod of Dort convened. fMark xvi. 7. The first day of the week they came to the Sepulchre. 651 6 52 6 54 4 37 4 36 4 35 4 : 5 1 . 15 M i73S> John Howie, author of Scots Worthies, born. 6 1 16 Tu 1847, Partition of Poland by Rus., Prus., and Aus. 655 4 34 7 : 17 W 1558, Queen Mary died. Queen Elizabeth's day. 6 57 4 34 8 ; 18 Th 1794, (i6th) Dr. Wetherspoon died. 6 58 4 33 10 1 • 19 F 1839, John Williams died at Erromanga. 6 59 4 33 II I 20 21 S s 1863, Lord Elgin died. [John XX 19. THE F'ST DAY OF THE WEEK JESUS CAME ANOSTOOD IN THE MIDST. 7 01 7 02 7 03 4 32 4 31 4 30 A. M : , f3| 22 M 1638, General Assembly met at Glasgow. ' -i -23 Tu 1872, Sir John Bowring died. 7 05 4 30 2 M 24 W 1572, John Knox died, aged 67. 7 06 4 29 3-1 25 Th 1857, Sir Henry Havelock died. 7 07 4 28 4 ; J 26 F »73i« Wm. Cowper born. 1748, Isaac Watts died. 7 08 4 27 SET: i ^1 28 S s 1846, Wreck of steamer Atlantic [John XX. 26. AND AFTER EIGHT DAYS CAME JESUS AND STOOD IN THE MIDST 7 09 7 10 7 II 4 27 4 27 4 26 3) 4: 29 M I 1847. Massacre of Missionaries by Oregon Indians. 5i 30 Tu 1862, Sheridan Knowles d'd. St. Andrew's Day. 7 12 4 26 6. DECE MBER— 1875. D H M| .19 7 « ,37 6 2- yWooNo Phases. Sun Sets. Moot Sets ^irxf Quiirtfr. .Full Mor• Lords of 'vJon^rcL xtioii. ■ S ' 161 1, (5th) Authorized version of Eng. Bib' : issiieil. _ [Ai-ts XX 7 S The f'st oav of the week when the oiscip's came together. ^'^ 1837, Rebellion broke out in C.iiuida. 1 U 1642, Mary Queen of Scots born. W 1691, Richard Baxter died in London. 1608, John Milton born. 18O8, Dr. Krummacher died at Potsdam. .Sun Risfb .Sun Sets. Th F S s 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 1839, Seven ministers in Presb'y of Strathbogic sus. Upon the f-st oay of the wk let evy one lav iiv him in store ' 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 7 20 7 20 7 21 7 22 1 '-3 7 ^^- M 1 ,868, Dr. Cook, Belfast, died, aged 80. I Tu| 1861, Prince Albert died. [died, j W I 1545, (14th) Coun. of Trent op'd. 1799, Washington j Th' 1714. Rev. G. Whitefield b. 185.3, Dr. Wardlaw d , r 1792. Eirst Lower Canada Parliament met. | , S iSi 3, (19th) Battle of Niagara. LS j vvas in the Spirit on the Lord's oay. Rev. i. lo. ■^'1 f 1817, Rev. John Newton died. Til' ^i '73fi. First attempt at steam navigation. W ,811, Archbi.shop of Canterbury born. Th 1856, Hugh Miller died. r 1870, Rev. Albert Barnes died, aged 70. o ; Christ.m.^.s Day. SI _ fHffb tv , - JHJRE REMAINETH THEHEF8BE A SAB. TO THE PEOPLE OF COO. ,. ^ » 10.9, Rev. r)r. .Mason died. ^ U 1859, Lord Macaulay died. W : ,So9, William E. Gladstone bora. 24 26 i 27 28 j 29' 30 Th F 1837, Steamer Caroline burnt. 1384, John Wickliffe died. 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 / 7 7 7 7 33 7 33 32 53 33 33 .3J 4 25! 4 24' 4 24; 4 24' 4 24 4 241 4 24' 4 23,' 4 23 I 4 23; 4 24 I 4 24 4 25 j 425. 4 25 4 26 , 4 26 4 27! 4 27 4 28' 4 28 4 29 29 4 24 4 24; 4 24 4 24 1 30 3' 32 33 Moon Sets. 7 10 8 16 9 23 10 32 1 1 41 A. M. o 51 2 03 3 2 1 4 43 RISES. 3 54 4 59 6 jy 7 42 9 01 10 14 11 2$ A. M. 33 1 39 2 43 3 50 4 56 6 00 SE'IS. 4 03 5 03 6 07 7 15 8 23 I'UKSBYTKRIA.N VfcAR BOOK. )1 1" rRKSnVTKR[AMi;M IN r.RITISH NORTH AMKRK firit I lowiii lived Cann waii The Huguenots were the first Presbyterians that entered Canada, called /.a jVou7r//r I'vaticc. There remain to-chTy very few traces of exiNtence. The I'rcshyterinnism that now exists is of Irish and Scotch oi It entered Mrilish America from different directions, at divers tim(;s, ai varied circmnstances. There were, however, four chief centres whence a. like s|)rin}.^s in our fore>t> primeval, tiie l'resl>yterian stream> that are noj the eve of imiting into one };reat river, to {gladden and bless large portion our I)oniiiT>un. JAMKS Mc<;KKf;OR. I. ft lacks yet eleven years of biintj one century since the I\ev. M(i Smith, (.'ock, and (irahame, ministers of ilu- r.mgher Synod, organi/u Truro, the first I'resbyiery of liritish North America. That very year, i the Rev. Jamd McChegor, ^enl out by the Anli-I!urgher Synod, arrive Halifax, sat, it would seem, with the new Probytery, and pushed on tn destination, Pictou, then consisting of one or two houses. After eight y of hard work, Mr. Mc(jregor wa^ joini-d by two ministers of his own coii: nion, who, along with him, constituted in Robert Marshall's barn, in 1794. Associate Presbytery of Nova Scotia. For twenty-three years the two I* A l)yterics stood apart, but at length in 181 7 they met. on common ground, Ro^)e after much consultation an save four ministers of the Reformed Presbyteiinn Church. GEOROK IIKNKN-. reqiic Ti thiiB' ownc< few 01 unbru preM} other Churc Some Midlti reoelv 2. Four years before tlie liurghcr brethren, David Smith and Dn- prMCt Cock, landed in Halifax, and >ix years after the taking of Quebec, the I f'lcorge Henry, military chaplain at the time of the Conquest, organize 17^)5, a Presbyterian congregation in the city of Quebec. " That fortress cliff that keeps of Cana Ceth JOHN HLTIItTNE. 3. Seven years before Mr. Henry's death (1793) there arrived in Car.:| the i\ev. Jonx l^r: riiUNP;, a native < f the Island of Sky. Soon aftf. * or lination he had been ai)])ointed to tie charge of a congregation of Sc Highlanders in .South Carolina. During the American War he was appoi; Jir I'RKSBYTERFAN VEAR lUioK. lit M AMKRIi itnxvl Canada, few traces of 1 and Scolc'Ii t meeting on iht; 17th Septend)er of that year. In 1S08 airired the Kev. William Smart, ami comi'ienced latiours in lirockville in 181^, carrving to-day tlie 'lononrable distinction of having fo.nied in 1S17 the firft J'.iMc'Society in ("an • la, in iSlS the lirst .Missionary Society, and in 1S20 tht first keligious Tract ociety. • KOIll.kl MCDOWAI.I.. '^4. I'l^t five years nfter tin- formation of the Presbytery at ]\TontreaI the Rev. ommon "ground, Rdfert McDowall entered \Ve>iern Canada by uay of Niagara from Albany ; rst colonial uni'! t>tU$^is story we can give in his own words, in a iniper given by him at its va Scotia save reflMe-i to the I'rcsbyiery of Kingston in 1S39. 1 ^ n" ' tl o "f'"' '"'"' I'rot('>f;tiit sutt.ltTs of I'lipi.T C.TiKila ucn; ,\nii'tirun l.ovalists, wlio jdinod lokc a^,aMi uie \. tj,|(j,,y;il Aimv cliiriii- thf Itovulcti.iiiu-y War. .M;iiiy nt 1I1..111 ii:ul li'veil, uiiilf in tlioir )yterian churclu ,,ijH^,,',,iiiry, (|i'.;titiitL' of ;_'msi»oI <>iHliii;iiii'i's, ami wiiilu in tin; voyul siTviec tlicy injoycfl 'ova Scotia and loif.or no i;o>iiol priviloirfs. Ailor the I'onchi.^ion of Mio war tlicy settled liere in a vast Uiwiwlci'n wllilLrii«.'--s, whore tliey lived several \ears in ;.:rfat |>ri\ation, and \\it!iont a prMtBicr of tlir '.'o«'r <'anada to the (lasses of the tiefornied Dutch Church in the City of Alhany, nniu' ( orcrnni/p ^**^ "' '^''" ^"^'^, I ^^""^ ^cnt 1)V that Churcii on a .Mission in the year 17!»S to hoth Prov- nqucsi, orgdiii/X' ^^ j received a call from the c.in.,'re.;ations which I nr^'anized in the townships of 5nHsttc-wn, Frederiekshu'%;, and .\dolpiisti>wn, and settled anionu' them. Di these town- le key." 'MP" to;.'ef her with ftichinond ;ind ('amden, I spent most ftf my time, I also occa^iipiially vears to minist'' JWe'lt I easterly '.»S miles down the river St. Lawrence, till ahout the yeyr 1-ill, when '. ' , , ' IjB| received in that cxtremitv of inv labors a minister from a Missionarv Societ\' in Knjj- ll|) on the snou 1 1^(1 ,„.^,s,„ne the llev. Mr.'Smart, late of Rrockvillc.) I also travr lied once a year Ie6 we>t to Toronto and Now Market till about the year 1S1!1, when a secodinsr minister the United States settled in that distant part of the Lord's vineyard. The whole dis- 01 my labors wa •JS'i miles. In this exi.ent of country tliere were then three niinis- _ if the Churcli of Knu'laud, two Luther in iinrl four H;iptisl, minister-, be-ides several f*|ho'list i>re;ichors laborin;;- anion;; the inh.'iliil ui' v My observation- nt -evcral town- ht|^ where t\w inh.'ibitauts have loii„' enjoved tlie labors of any of our luinisters, iiave im- ■fd on my mind the belief tli.it h.id there be n at th it cai-iy period, a ,-;i!Hc'ent supply inistors of our church, we should have ;,'rt?.itlyontmuubijreil any other denomination ; ery probably our country would have escaped the pre-ent troubles, lived In comparative I and the uovernmeiit kept from ;.4-reat exjiense, (alludiii;,' *o the troubles cunnected the rebellion in Isi.'i".) iany of these iieople had lou'j; lived in their native country, aftorwiird in the army, 1 tlie early settlement of this cuuntry without the preached y:ospel, con.seipieiitly but became /rr*'. 'I ians of Nova Se Smith and D? dral church of Li le Rev. Mr. Spr.i :ircunistances \\\i c arrived in Ca- ky. !^oon afte; gregation of Sc ar he was appoi; '*l / : .M. 'Ill i'r 20 PRESliYTKklAN YKAK I!OOK. i 'l I li I few of them were incloctrin.".tc',i in tlio fuTida'Mciital trutli'* of llie f;osiKl whicti were t fore greatly opiinsed : but i»y i)reicliiiii; them ekiiily mid distinctly, aiirl liy iiiihlishlii- conrses on justification and Uod's s()vurei<;nity in nature and !,M-;'.ee, tiiose doetriiies ' lieconie more poiuihir, and liave liecn cordially recii-.ed by sonie w lio were inimical to t' Not a few Kuro))eans wlio in the Fatiierland went to the II of God and took sweet coinisel witli the vreat coiitinyalion, have emigrated into avast : which required years to cl(>ar away, and to iircjiare tlu^ soil lor the necessary pr due' and also to nialxc roads, riiacijuaiiited with tliis Ivind of labor and often def'urient i.- necessary funds t > sujijioi't their families, and to compensate others to ))erfortn the i, they loni; eontinned to be unable to sujiport the ;;ds]iel and to remunerate v'""d s. masters for instructing.' their cliildren. They sometimes continued mourning,' liki captive Jews, " How shall we sinj; the fiord's sont;- in a sti-an;,'e land," till at last the;, into ubvcrsi\ the (lospel of Jesus Christ, entcrin,;: a!non'„' them, with much craftiness, disseniinatinji' pernicious errors, which soon sjireail throuyh the surroinidimr country. 1 have, how. noticed one encouragement to cultivate such moral and sjiii'itual wastes, that the de dant.s of Presbyterian ixircms, broui,'ht nji without '.gospel ordinanci's and . ccmina:ly i ferent aliout tliem, would soini^times .viieu they were lirou.;ht to them by a I'resbyti minister, waken to an apparent veneration for them as the reli;^ion of their father which means tlicy were more easily broualit under the inlluence of the .ufospel. Then now ton ministers of th'' (Jhureh. of Scotland, and seven other Presbyterian mini- within the 2><'2 miles in which 1 labored 40 years a'^'o The extension of new settlcn has uncovered the moral desolations. These arc now so numerous in comparison witi number of ministers tliat some of them have Presbyterian prcachinu' not ofleiier than or 1 wice a year. New settlement'^ liave ^enerallv the rious to me, abundantly supplied all my wants. hand is not shortened. They who by faith put their trust in Him, shall not lack any, thing. ROBEBl' McDOWALL. I'rodericks'/urgh, January 18, 1839. FIRST SYNOP. In rSiS, the year aftci- the union in Nova Rcntia, fonv mini.^ter:-, ch of tlie .\ssociate Chm-cii in Scotland, met together ns n Pre'-bytery, with hope of nniting nil the Presbyterians of the Province into one clnirch. attempt failcl, a^ the minister-s in connection with the P'.stablislied Cliu' Scotland rcfuscfl to join the " Presbytery of the Canadas." The foil" year this Presbytery, wliose very namt foreshadowed events distant more '' ilfacenturv, met in Glen'^arv and foru'-ed itself into "The United Svr I'pper Canada," with one Pre,;hytery in ti;*^. Lower Province and Lhiee 1 Viyteries (Cornwall, Perth, Xiagarn), in tlie Unncr Province. SFfoNTi s\Ni»n. In iSy there met in Kingston the second Canadian Synod, attended i' teen ministers and four elders. The Synod divided the church into ■ Presbyteries, vi/., the Presbytery of (Quebec, six minislcrs; Clengarry. ministers ; IJathirrst, four ministers ; and York (Toronto) five ministers. . W $ I'RKSHYTliRIAN YKAR HOOK. 2. :"os]tcl whicli were t!. '' , ami liy ])iit)lishiii;' e, tliosL' (luc'triiiL's ' i> wcrt' inimical to ti rlaiid wtiit ti) tile }| li;^ rated iiitu a va>t i V uwo^sitry \)V dint (1 often (iefieieiit >>] ■ ti) ])i'rfnrni tlie );, ninnerate unod sc od ninurninL,' litic d." till at laVt the;. VuVfi it ; and their 5(1 declared itsell to lie in connection with the Church of Scotland. The )winii:, M.A. Rfa-. a. Matiiikson, [>.I). - Ui V. loii.N MAriiAR, D.D. \ri:h. l'()NM.i.i.,M.A. ]. (RIIKSIIANK, DA). \Vm. kiNiofi,, M.A. Ai.EX. (iAI.K, iM.A. Kkv Ri V -RiA- - Ri V iS^,8.--Rk"'. joiix Cook, D.I). 1S39. -RiA'. i{oMfc:Ri McCiM., D.T). 1S40. — RiA'. II. L'r<,>i iiARr, D.I). 1541. "RiA\ Ja.mks Gkor(;k, D.D. 1542. Rkv. IIi.nrv Mssov, M.A. 1543. -Rkv. John ('ijcsroN. 1544. RiA-. 'MakkV. Stark, M.A. tnij,'- 11 ; and tlieir 1 ■ , . • ■ 1 ,,,.. 1 ^ 1 r c a.\. it \ • c m. Tliis la.'k of k N,;Let u^ here, in passnitj, give a shf>il sketch of (Jiie of the I'resbytenes of eiitinients >nbver,-.i\ his Sy>i'>'l •'^"' ^^^ '^'^^^' ''^ f'''^"^ the pen of llio Rev. Wm. Reid, M.A., himself iiess, ilisseniinatin<; ntrv. 1 Iiave, liuW' vastes, that the dc- lis ■•uid . ecniinurly i them hy a I'rcsbyti i;4ion of their father the so^pel. Then- Pro-ihyterian niini^ lion of new settkii; in comparison witl. u\; nfit oftener than rod popniation, and 1.^' n^ lar as they 11 o ha- inclined the ti- lildernesN to gather toaccmplish the 11 ■s. A la.rger supph conic with ajjostoli- this country the - 'liandise high priced debt, and could do 's oil and I'dl t!ie Prr ilied all my wants. I, shall not lack any. iJU' McDOWALL. our mmister-, c^ Presbytery, wit; to one church. Established CIup las." The folio ;nts distant more ' The United Syn'' "ince and Lhiee f 'ince. >yiiod, attended bv he church into ' lers; (ilengavry. five ministers. T I Syi me of the pioneers of Presbyteriani^m in the Presbytery he describes : *• In Is.'tt the I'rcshyterv of Kiuiistoii wa.-i formed, emhiacin,' the Midland and N'ow- Districts, or the (.crritor\- now torni'"" the (Jountus of Kriintenac, part of Ijceds, ligioii, Lennox, I'rincc Kds\ard, lla^tings, N'ortliiunhciland, Durham and \'ictoria. he ministers who at lir.st formed tlie l'r..sliytery of Kinu^ton were, tlie l{e\, .John lar, .MA., of St. Androw'.s ('liurch, Kingston: Rc\. -lames Ketcluuu. of Hclleville; Rev. liew Millar, of Cobourg and C'olhorue, and the Rev. John .M. Ro;;c.r, .M.A. , of I'cter- tlie two last uientionc(t having been inducted in tlio bc'inninL:' of November, IbJJo- hiul previou.sly been ordained. It may be mentioned as showing tht; necet^sities of the arising from the scarcity of ministers ami the great distances which sejjaratcd them euch otlicr, that Ml'. .Millar in lifted hiiU'olj, one Week, and the next, inducted his ler, Mr. Roger, at I'etcrboro'. .Mr. .Millar was not spared to labour long in his Master's |ce on earth, having been drowned while travelling on the ice in the Bay of (^uiiite, rd.s the clo.se of v.inter in the year 18:! t. lie was ?aieceeded by the Rev. Tlioma-s Alex- Ir, .-o that in Is:;.') wo timl the Presbytery of King.'ston consisting of four ministers: prs. Machar, Ketehum, Roger and .Vlexander. These increased by the addition of the U .McDowall, of Fredericksburg, Rev. Arch'd. C'olf|uhoun, of oionabee and l)umnier, ^Rcv. Ileiirydordon, of itan.uio(|ue. .Mr. CoKpihoun had previously laboured for some in the bower Province, and .Mr. (fordon li.al been pre\' ously settled at Whitchurch Newmarket, in the Presbytery of Toronto. .Afterwards were added, Rev. .lai.ies ers, of l)cinorcstville, who is now in the United States, and Rev. .lames Douglas, of Ui. who died a few years ago at an aihaiicd a^^e. !>efore these brethren were added to 'resViytery. tber two had been ordained, the R' \. Roliert Neil! (now Dr. Neill), of lour, and Rev. William Rcid, M..\., of Crafton and Colborne. They were ordained in jary, 1^40. l?efore L^U, when the disruption in (.'anada took ]ilace, the Rev. .V, Miiime Provinces, resulting in the formation again .two Synods. In 1832 three minist.is, Messrs. Robertson, Proudfoot and Christie, com- l^sioned to Canada by the *' United Associate Synod of Scotland" arrived, laid die foundation of the '" United Picsbyierian Church " in Canada, waich united in 1861 with the '"Free Church Synotl" to form the Canada jfesbyterian Church, which church, grown to the dimen.sions of a (leneral isembly, is now negotiating union with the Syncjd that retained il.'^ connec- |n in 1S41 with the Established Church of Scotland. But w ) can des|Uhe the day of small things, when the seven eyes of the kd which run to and fro through the whole earth rejoicingly regards it? m' < 22 I'KKSliVTKRIAN YEAR HOOK. I , (Zech. iv. 10). The little springs bubblini; unseen by the great world, an| rising to the surface here and there in the back woorls, have become brool; and the bnxjks have l)ecome riv(.-rs. After several unions and only one sep; ration the I'resbyterianism of the Doniiiuon, with a checjuered history ni little over three quarters of a century, consists to-day, as we enter (1875) t last (|uarter of ihat century, of only /TcV brandies, (kept a])art for 30 years • the great question that tore asunder the mother churcli in Scotland) ; for t: subcbvision of these two churches into four churches, which is the numi negotiating for union, is really -a i^voi^r,!/^/tic(il, ncjt an ccclrsiastical subdivisii : the result of distance, and nut of logical or theological cf)ntroversy. The f( lowing is the Basis on which these churches ecclesiastically divided into t\v and geographically subdivided into other two, |)r<)p(»>e to become the Pre,4> terian Church in (Janada, discarding designati(jns and controversies that ■ beyond that simple, ample name. I'KKAMHLK lu HASIS. The Presbyterian Church of C^anada in connection with the Church Scotland, the Canada Presbyterian Church, the Church of the Maritii. Provinces in connection witli the Church (jf Scotland, and the Presbyteri Church of the Lower Provinces, holding the same doctrine, government, n discipline, believing that it would be for the glory of God, and the advaui ment of the cause of Christ, that they should unite and thus form one Pre>l terian C-hurch in the Dominion, iiidiqiendent of all other Churches in jurisdiction, and umler authority to ( luist alone, the head of His Church, a; h.ead over all things to the Church, agree to unite on the following Pasis, be subscribed by the Moderators (jf the respective Churches in their name n; on their behalf. 1 J AS IS. 1. The ."■'c;"ii)tures of the Old and New Testaments, being the Word Goil, are the only infallible rule of faith and manners. 2. The Westminster Confession of J*\ith shall form the suiiorilin; standard of this Church ; the Larger and Shorter Catechisms shall be adop; by the Churcli, and appointed to be used for the instruction of the people : it being distinctly understood that nothing contained in the aforesaid Conf^^^ sion or Catechisms, regarding the ]X)wer and duty of the Civil Magistrate, sh be held to sanction any principles or views inconsistent with full liberty conscience in matters of religit)n. 3. Tlie government and worship of this Church shall be in accordant with the recognized principles nnd practice of Presbyterian Churches, as Ir. dt)wn generallv in the " l<"orm of Presbyterian ("hurch Government," and " The' Directory for the Public Worship of God." STATISTICS, The following tnble shows t,he numerical strength of these four Pre--! terian churches in the Canadas, Ntjva Scotia and New Brunswick by the ceib of three decennial periods: — 1852^ Presbyterians. The Canadas (Ont. & Que, Nova Scotia New Brunswick Total. 237,683 1801. 346,991 88,755 36,73L 472,477 1871. 401, («' 10 j'.-^ 38.; 543>^v i great world, arr e Ijecome brook mcl only one .se[i; uered history of e enter (1875) t; irt for 30 years ( Scotland) ; for t; ch is the numi istkal subdivisi( : rcjversy. The f(. divided into iw ecome the Presb itroversies that i ilh the Church of the ISIaritii; the Preshyteri. t, government, n , and the advaiu form one Prc>l er Churches in )r His Church, a; following liasis, i in their name a: )eing the Won! m the subonliii; lis shall be adop: 1 of the peoi)le : ' -iforesaid Conft; I'll Magistrate, sli;-. with full liberty be in accordan. I Churches, as Ir. vernment," and PRESBYIERIAN YEAR BOOK. i;3 Numerical strengtli of Pr'»>hyterianism as compared with the other Icad- reli-nous denominalions in the Dominion according Ut the census -^f tSji ; plists 237,453 1 Episcopal (Ch. of Eiig.) 494.049 )n;'n><'ation.ilists 21,829 Methodists 5"7i'^9l itholic (Roman) 1,492,049 Presbyterians 5Kv946 i*. Numerical suength of the four Presbyterian churches when unilc 1 as '^niiarcd with the two Methodist churches already united, and ihc other de- liominations given above :— Catb'Hcs (Roman) 1,492,429; Kpiscoiial (Ch. of Eng.) . . . 494,049 Presbvlcriaiis (deducting | Methodists (Wesleyan and ao.noo as not at present New Connexion) 410,979 entering the union) 523.946 j \: l'"iom tlie above it would appear lliat after the uni(jn the " Presbyterian liircli in Canada" shall stand first in numerical strength among the l'rote>- 1t denominations of the Dominion ; but after all, its strength in figures is not fell more than one-third of ihi Roman Catholic Church. Numerical strength of these four Prebbyterian churchcb as comi)ared with ' 543v\; SSi. m • / i ; M 1 1 ! i '1 1 II i '(Ehe €annl)ii IJrcsfaijtcviiin Church. ' 1 ill 1 1 It The General Assenil)ly will meet at Moiilual. and in Erskine Church, at 7;; o'clock, on 2n(l Tuesday of June, 1875, MODKRATORS OF THK GENERAL ASSKMBIA'. ii-jo. The Rev. M. Willis, D. 1)., 1 1872. The Rev. \Vm. Fraser, Hon LL. I).. Toronto, Out. ; head, Out. 1871. The Rev fohn Scott, I.ondon, ' 1873. The Rev. \Vm. Reid, M. .- Out. roronto. Out. OFFrCERS OF ITII': (iFNERAL ASSFMBLV. 1874-5 The Rkv. THOMAS McTHFRSON, Moderator " " WILFIAM RFII), M.A " " WILLIAM FRASER. yoint Clerks of AssenilU HOARDS AND COMMriTEES. SUBUiCTS. CONVKNERS. POST OKFICK Home Missions Rev. W, Cochrane, ^L A Hrantford. Foreiijn Missions " Knox College Hoard " Senate " " Examinci. " Monf-eal College Hoard . . " Senate " " '• Examiners. . . " State of Religion " Sabbath Observance *' vSabbath Schools " Widows' and Orphans' Fund. Prof. McLaren Tonmto. Dr. I'roudfoot London. Principal Caven Toronto. J. M. King, ALA Toronto. l)r. R. F. Ihuns Montrea'. Princ"'->al McVicar " R. M." Thornton, H.A.... T. Wardrope Guelph. W. T. McMullen Woodstock. J. Thompson Sarnia. Messrs. W. Alexander and T. W Taylor, Joijit Cofivencrs. . .Toronto. Aged and Infirm Minsr's FundRev. J. McTavish Woodstock. French Evangelization '* Principal McVicar Montreal. Huxton Finance " J. Scott London. Home and Foreign Record. ... " D. 11. Fletcher Hamilton, Finance Hon. J. McMurrich Toronto. Statistics Rev. R. Torrance Guelph. Manitoba College Hoard Mr. A. G. Hanantyne Winnipeg. t I'RESHYTKRIAN YEAR BOOK. 25 airch. le Cluuch, at 7: MliLV. ni. Fiaser, lion Vm. Reid, M. .: iLV. f Assem/li POST OFFICK . Hrantfoid. . Toronto. . London. , Toi-onto. Toronto. .Montreal, . .Guelph. . .Woodstock. . . Sarnia. . Toronto. . Woodstock. , . Montreal. . London. .Hamilton, . Toronto. .Guelph. . Winnipeg. L .SYNOD OF MONTREAL. Synod CUrh, Rkv. A. YOUNG, Vallcyfield.. Meets at Ottawa, in Hank .St. Church, on 1st Tuesday of May, 1875. I. l'Ri;.SBYTKRY OF MONTREAL. MINISTERS. ^Lrcii. lIender^.on,.\. M. Williiini Taylor, d. D. . .'Vphn Irvine "ibcrt r. JJiirns, n. u. u':^ Watson, A. M 1849. , liam, Scott 1S53. MgUiani Forloni,^ 1853. les McCoiiechy 1854. jxaiider \'oung 1857. in Mackie '859. C()N('.rp:(;ations. POST OFFICi:S. ORl). iSio. . .St. Andrews St. Andrews, Q. 1S31 . . Kr>kine Ch. Montreal Montreal, (^. 1846 . . Mille Isles Mille Isles, (^) 1847 . . Free Ch., Cote St. Mont'l . . Montreal, Q. Huntingdon «fe Athlestane. .Huntington, (J. Xew Carlisle, liiic New Carlisle, (J. Henry's Ch., Lachute. . . . Lachute, (). Leeds Kinnear'sMills(J. St. Louis and Yalleyfield . . \'alley(ield, Q. First Church, Lachute. ... Lachute, (^). n McKay 1859. . Richmond RichmonrI, (^, thanicl I'aterson 1859 . . Martintov.n & Williams'n . . Martinto\.-n, O. D. II. McVicar, ll.d. . . 1859. . I'res. College, Montreal. . . .Montreal, C^. William Ross i860. . Kirkhill, Lochiel Kirkhill, O. niel I'aterson, a.m . . . i860. . St. Andrews St, Andrew's, (}. es I lanran 1861 .. St. Sylvester St. Sylvester, (J. arles M. McKeracherl86l .. English River Ci; Ilowick . . Howick, Q. colni McKenzie 1862. . Inverness Inverness, Q. John Mcl)t)nalfl 1864. . Winslow Stornaway, (J. p. Coussirat, a.m., u.n. 1864. . Pres. College, Montreal .... Montreal, (^). Jfohn Jones, a.m 1865. Chalmers' Ch., Montreal. .Montreal, (^. Alexandria Alexandria, Ont. Rockburn and Gore Rockburn, Q. I'resbyterian College Montreal, Q. Vankleek Hill Vankleek Hill, O Knox Church, Montreal . . . .Moiitreal, Q. Farnham Centre Farnham Cen. , (^ Danville Danville, Q. Lingwick Gould, Q. , J „^_..Ste. Therese, lKic, c\:c....St. Therese, (J. John Scrimger, A. M .... 1873. .St. [os. St Ch., Montreal. .Montreal, Q. W K«nnelh McDonald 1866. VHlham A. Johnstone. .. 1867. Join Campljell, A. M . . . . 1868 . William Grant 1869 . R. W. Tliornton, K. A. ... 1871 . [872. 1872. 1872. 1872., I3./J). , , Cote des Neiues. • Coted'Neiges, (2. .Calvin Church, LaGuerre. . St. Anicet, Q. . Montreal. ^i(^ AJcrarlaiie. . . . '«An McAlister, h.a ■lenry .Sinckdr .... 'anies Hally Ohn Scrimger, A. M _'jiines Well wood 1873 , Ojeorge Mackay 1873 . \%^- Black Erskine Ch., Montreal '■1 MissiouariiS. jlines Hume 1844. .Kennebec Road Kennebec R'd, Q Thomas Fenwick 1861 . . Metis . Metis, Q. yacancies. — Indian Lands; Chalmer's Ch., (^uel)ec ; Erskine Ch. Mon. I'lart) ; Hampden ; Lancaster ; Roxburgh & Finch ; Kenyon. fission Stijiions. — Dalhousie Mills ; NewGlasg(jw; Harrington; Chateau- y basin; Hemmingford .S: Covey Hill ; Rintoul Ch., Riviere du Loup; z^-reth St. Ch. Montreal ; Lake Megantic. JAME.S Watson, P> esbytoy Clerk, III'' IJ 1 i ( I 26 I'RESBYTKRIA.N YKAU HOOK. 2. PRESBYTER V OF BRUCK\ ILLE. MINISTKKS. ORU C0N(;RK(;ATI0NS. POST OFFICi:S. t John Morrison i829-- Waddington^ Madrid Sp. N.'.fS North Gower. < ■ SpfiiccrvilK', ' I William Lochcad 183O.. Without Charge. . . Andrew Melville 1S46.. Without CHiarge. . . David 'I'aylor 1852. Spciicervillc, &,c .sjicncerville! Robert IJiniiic 186' • Cornwall Cornw.Tll, O A. Brown iS64--l'yn and Yonge I,y!i James Douglas . i865'Kemptville ^: Oxford MillsKemptville, O James Hastie 1969. 1'rescott Prescott, O A. J. Traver, M .A 1867 • Br(H:kville l^rockville, O Andrew Rowat 1S71 • Winchester k Marwood.. . . W, Winchester.' A Dj To D, W Jo Jo Andrew Cilendinning. . . . 1873.N0. Augusta & Fairfield. .. No. Augusta, (j Jo, John M. Mcfntyre iS73.0siiat)ruck it ('oli|uhoun . .Dunenburg, O Jai K. D. McLaren, A..M., i',. 1)1873. Merrickville Mcrrickville, <'^ Jd VaccDicies. -No. Gower & (Gloucester ; South Gower & Mountain. ^ A/issio/i .SV(///(';/5.--Xcwboro' & Westport ; Dunl)ar, ' James Hastie, rrcshytery Clerk. p_j 3. PRESBYTER^' OF OTTAWA. Robert Stevenson 1854- Admaston, Douglas, &c.. . . Admaston, O John Crombie, A.M 1S55. Smith's l-'alls Smith's Falls, James Whyte 1S57 . Osgoode Osgoodc,0 William McKenzie 1S58. Almonte Almonte, O John McEwen I'^SQ- Pembroke Pembroke, O ( ieorge liremmer i860. ^IcNab White Lake, ' .^ Joseph White, l^.A 1862. Wakefield Wakefield, () "V^j William Moore iSbo.Bank St. Clnirch, Ottawa. .Ottawa, Out w, James Tait 1S66. Fitzroy and TarboUon Fitzroy Ifr., Tq' fames Garswell 1867 . Carlton Place & Beckw iih . . Carleton Plac — ' "William P,urns 1869. Perth Perth, O H. J, McDiarmid 1 87 1 .Russell & Gloucester Ottawa, O Robert Whillans, r.a. . . . i872.Merivale & Bell s Corner. . .Ottawa, O James Stewart i''^72-, Pakenham I'akenham, O Alexander McLaren 1 873. Bristol Bristol, <^) ^Lark Turnbull ^'^I'S, Mi>sionary to Upiiei ( >!tawa Desjoacliini-. W. Armstrong, ^LA ' . Daly St. Church, Ottawa . .Ottawa, O Vacancicz. — Ramsay ; Knox Church, Ottawa. Mission Stations. — Ashton : Alice eV Petawawa ; Aylwir, ; Aylmer ; B: urst and S. .Sherl)iook ; Clarence and Bearbrooke ; Cumberlaml ; Dalho; c\: N. Sherbrooke ; Hull ; Kinburn ; East Tem[)lcton ; Upper Gattinc.'. Wilberforce. Ja.mks Carswele, Presbytoy Clerk. l\ 4. PRESBYTERY OF KINGSTON. W^illiam Smart 181 1 . .Without Charge CJananoque, f^ James Mcintosh 1828 . . Amherst Is].-.ud Stella, O •^i' J'RF-:SBYTERIA\ YKAK lltx.K. 27 FOST OFFICKS. .Madrid Sp. N . North Gowr: . , Spcnccrvillr, ' i . Speiicerville, ( > .Cornwnll, O . . 1 .yn IsKemptville, O .Pi-escott, O , .Brockvillc, O ,.\V. Winchester.' . . No. Augusta, (J , . J.unenlmrg, O . . Mcrrickville, <' Mountain. 'i'/y Clerk. .Admaston, O . Smith's Falls, ' .Osgoo(le,0 . Ahnonte, O . I'embroke, O .White Lake, '■ , . Wakefield, (^ . . Ottawa, Ont . .Fitzroy Ifr., (J 1 . . Carleton I'lac^ .Perth, O .Ottawa, O . . . Ottawa, O . I'akenhani, O . .Ihi^tol, <^ \va Desjoachini-. . . .Ottawa, O vir, ; Aylmer ; Ba' nberland ; Dalhoi; ; Upper Gattine; ytcry Clerk. MIMSTEK.i. ORU, CONCiREGATlONS. POS 1" tJKllLl.. lenry Gordon '^33- .Without Charge Gananoque, O trick (iray 1846. . Chalmer.s Ch., Kingston. Kingstcjn, O jijiidrew Wilson il^5 1 • • i^rock St. Ch., Kingston. . . Kijig^ton, O fchn Scott •^'^53 • • Xapanee Xajxinee, O TJliomas S. Ch;iinbers. . . . 1855. . Storrington k Pittslnirgh. .Sunhury, O David Widiari i857- • Ma(h)c Madoc, O John McMcchan 1857. . Picton Picton, O D. Beatlie '857. .St. Col. & St. Paul, Ma(h)c Walter CouhK.ird i860. .Ganano(jue Gananoque, (J olm Turnbiill 1862. . Melrose & Fonsdale .... .Vleh'ose, O T< Jdi(»i l^urton 1864. ' " H. Watt 1866. les .M. Boyd 1871. . Gallaher 1871. Leitch 1874, ^dccvny. — Lansdowne. jfifiision .Sfafious. — Mill Haven & Wiltcjn ; Consecon ; Huntingdon; Mill P<^nt ; Wollaston & L'Amable, Carlow <& Mayo, Monteagle c\: Mcl.urc (No. Hastings's Group.) Thomas S. Chambers, Presbytery Clerk. Pelleville Belleville, O Trenton Trenton, O Demorestville I )emorestville, (.) . Glenvale & I f arrowsniith . . ( denvale, O Camden and Sheffield Newburgh, O II. SYNOD OF TORONTO Synod Clerk, Rev. J. GRAY, Orillia. ^[- 1 Meets at Toronto, in Kno.v College, on first Tuesday of May. t,'!!. Roger, M, a 1833 . . Peterljorough Peterborough Ji SomervilleFenclon Falls Wm. Donald kS'jo. .Port Ho]ie Port Hope Wan. McWilHam, m.a. . . 1803. . Bethesda «:i: Alnwick Howmantop. 'ik. Douglas 1867 . . Cobourg Col)ourg In. Mitchell 1869. .Millbrook & Ccntreville. . .MiUbrook A. Mackay, m.a. . . 1870. .Baltimore & Coldsprings. . .Baltimore aniel Clark 1871 . .Faketleld South Douro Reeve 1872. . Halil)urtf)n Haliburton aid Sutherland 1873. . Percy and (.!am)ibellforfl. . . Warkworth Ilodnett 1874- ■ Perrytown & Oakhills .... Perrytown \ieaney. — Norwood & Hastings. Wm. Donald, Pieshytery Clerk. vm N. . Ciananoque, '^' . Stella, O 6. PRESBYTERY OF ONTARIO. IH. Thornton, d.D. ...1833. .Oshawa ^x Kennedy 1835 . . Dumbarlon & Canton . . , Oshawa . J 'unbartoti .^, lir 28 rni'.'^r.v'rKKiAN \k\i< uooi 1 1 iM ,i I I \ M MINISTERS. i):ytc)-v Clerk. ,ondon, Eiitj. oronto. bronto. oronto. Uchmond Hill, bronto. oronto. 'oronto. ) ramp ton. )akville. \orval. Cing. 'oronto. 'oronto. 'few Westminstr .'oronto. aledon. klilton. -askey. •corgetown. "laude. Jcarborough. Ureetsville. Brampton, 'oronto. rVeston. ashel. )rangeville. MINISTERS. oRD, CONr.REG VIIONS. I'OST (tlFlCES, II. Gray York Mills and Kisherville.York Mills. (1. Robb, 13. A oke's Church, Toronto. .Toronto. \icol \ aughan Humber. _ Vacancies. — Mono; Charles Street, Toronto; Chellenbani : Ilay St. Ch., Toronto ; Mount Albert ; Newmarket and Aurora ; Mulniurand Melancthon. R. M().NTE.\TH, Presbytery Clerk. %8. PRESBYTERY OF SIMCOE. m. Eraser i<^34- • i^^- ^Yest Gwiliimbury .... Bond Head T. McLean 1S44. . Knox Church Nevis P.O., llobcrt Rodgers 1850. .CoUingwood Collingwood f^hn Cray, 15. A 1851 . .Orillia Orillia 7iTi. McConnell 1854. .Innistil Lefroy £orge Craw 1 859. .Flos and Medonte Hillsdale [obert Moodie 1863. . Stayner and Sunnidale .... Stayner IS. A. McConnell 1S64. . 1st and 2nd Tecum>eh .... T(,Uenha.7i lobert Knowles 1866. . Alliston, Burn'sCh. & AngusAlliston llungo Fraser 1S67 . . Barrie Barrie j). R. Cameron 1869. . Bradford cS; 2nd w. GwiU'y. Bradford fhomas McKee ......... 1871 . .Carluke and 1st Essa Clover Hill ^obt. Fairbairn 1872. .Esson & Willis' Churches. . Jaratt's tJorner Douglas I'raser, M.A.1873. .Cookstown, Townline, &c. .Cookstown )hn ^Iarple.■^* MoncK-, Bracebridge, &c . . Bracebrirlge / "(7(77 w/t'j-.— Guthrie Church, Shanty Bay ; Penetanguishene. Mission Stations. — Bowmore and Nottawa ; Lake Couchiching Group ; $tephenson and Raymond ; Lake Rousseau Group ; Waubashene, P. Lerou.x, -%c. ; Tay and Medonte ; Minising & Big Bay. ' Supt. of Muskoka Mission, and Corresponding,' Member of Presbytery. RoBT. Moodie, Preshytery Clerk. 9. PRESBYTERY OF OWEN SOUND. Mobcrt Dewar , 1855 . . Lake Shore Annan |ks. Cameron 1859. .Chatsworth Chatsworth A. McDiarmid i8i;9. .Latona L.itona [P. H. McXaughton 1868. .North Kcppel Kcmble miex. McLennan 1869. .Knox Church, Sydenham. .Iloath Head ■^. ]. Mclnnes 1869 . . Thornbury, &c Ciark-^urg ■it>- f^. Whimstcr 1873. . Meaford, &c Meatbra Lrch. Stevenson 1874. . St. Vincent, :^ i '. u .V f nm ' li 30 I'RKSHYTEUIAN YKAR ItooK. MIMSIKKS. OKI). CONGRKGATIoNS, POST OFFICKS, John Poitcuus. 1842 . . Beverly Ki ruwa 11 Samuel Fenton 1843 ■ Al lex, McLean . . . S. C. Fraser M.A . \ V'iltoria, Charlotlevillc ■j Centre it Miller s. Sc, V^ittoria . . 1S43 . . Nairn Strabane . . 1S44. .'I'linnjld Thorokl T T31 I .t>- I ArL:vle Si. Caledonia, t ) ., , , , James Black '8;;.. ] .,{'■ ^ ... , ^ J Caleaonii •' -"-' ( Allan Setllenienl . . . . ) John Laing '^54- • Dumlas Dundas William Craigie 1856. . Knox Church, Tort Dover. Port Dover John (1. Murray 1858. .(Irimsby tS: Mufr Sctll.jmonU irinishy 1). H, Fletcher i8()0. . McNahb St., Hamilloii ..Ilamilron Thomas Wilson 1863. . Siilherlanil St. Caledonia, .('aledonia Alex. Dawson, M.A. . . . iS()3. . Heamsville and Clinton. . . Beamsville Alex. (Jrant, H.A (S64. .Oneida, Indiana cV Cayu.:ja. I )utTcrin (ieorge lUuson 1^1,4. . St. Catharin('.s& I'l. I Jalh'sie.St. Catharine-; John McCall :8')5 . .Central Church, I lamilton. Hamilton J. A. F. McBain fS(><). . Drummondville & Cliip'cwa.Drummondvillc D. 1). McLcod 18(14 . . Anca^tor Village & Barton. Ancaster Ceorge Chrystal 186;). .Silverhill & l.ynedoch . . . .Silvediill William P. WalUer . . . . 1871 . . Ancaster, Fast and West. . Alberton W. II. Rennelsdii, M. A1874. . Knox Church, Hamilton ..Hamilton A. W. Benson l'"lamboro' West Kocklou T. McGuire 1864. .Jarvis and Waljiolc Jarvis S. W. Fisher 1874. . Walerdo\vn& Wellington vSqNelscm Isaac Campbell '^74- • Kilbride Kilbride F(ic/2/u-/L's.—S\mcoc', Duiniville; St. Anne's iS: Wellandport ; Blackhe.. & E.Seneca, Caistor; Binbrook and Salttleel. John Porieous, Presbytery Clerk. II. PRESBYTERY OF PARIS. Thomas Lowry 1833 . . Wellington St., Brantford . . Branllord T. Alexander 1835 . . Mt. Pleasant and Burford . . Mohawk Walter Inglis 1842 . . Stanley Street, Ayr Ayr John McTavish 1844. .Chalmer's Ch., Woodstock. Woodstock John Dunbar 'S53. .Glenmorris (jlenmorris W, T. McMullen 1856. . Knox Ch., Woodstock Woodstock \Vm, Robertson, M.A . . 1859. .Chesterrield Cheslcrlield Wm. Cochrane, M.A ..i859..Zion Church, Brantford ..Brantford i860. . St. George St. (jeorge 1862 . River Street, J'aris l\aris Robert Hume, M.A James Ro>K'rtson . Wm. Caven R. N. Grant 1 86^ . . Tilsonburiih e'v: Culloden . . Tilsonburgh 1865 . . Knox Ch., Ingersoll IngersoU PL McQuarrie 1866. . Drumbo & I'rinceton I )rumbo F. W. Farries 1867 . . Dumfries St, Ch., Paris Paris John M. AuU 1868 . . Ratho and Innerkip Ratho Vacant 1869 . . Norwich and Wyndham . . Norwich Peter Wright 1870. . Erskine Church, Ingersoll. . Ligersoll John Thomson, M. A. . . . 1871 . . Knox Church, Ayr Ayr H. Thomson 1874. • I^^st Oxford Eastwood Mission Station. — Beaccville. Wm. Cochrane, Presbytery Clerk. I'RKSllVrKRlAN \\\K I'.OOK. di POST OFFICES. .Kirkwall Vittoria . Strabnne .Thoiokl . Calcflonli . Dunrlas •.Poll Dover il( iritnsl)y . I lamilron .('alci Ionia IJeamsville 1. 1 )iit"rcrin .'.St. Catharine^ 1. Hamilton X. Diummondvillt ii.Ancaslcr .Silve-hill , . AlbtTton , . Hamilton . Rockloii . . (arvis ■>qNcls(m .Killn-ide Ipoit ; Blackht rcsbytety Clerk. . Bra'allord . Mohawk .Ayr C.Woodstock . (jlenmorris . Woodstock .Cheslcrlield . Brantford , St. (Jeorge . . Paris . Tilsonburgh . . IngersoU , . 1 )rumbo . . Paris . . Ratho .Norwich . . IngersoU . . Ayr . . ICastwood 'n'sh'/i'jy Clerk. [2. pki:.^p.vTKRv OF ciLncLni. CONCRKPrAilONS. TOST ()K^'lC^•.S. Melville Church Fergus I'irst (Jhurch, I'',raino>a. . . .' iiirlph Union Church ( iall Clinlmer's Churcli (luelph . lS4(), . I'"ir>i Congri'gatio'i liurlpli I .1S49. . Knox . Krin . Chur en MINISTP^RS. ORI>. George Sniellie I'^.V'- m. I'.arrie, D.D tS43. 1(1, .ml Hentlcy 1S44. h"tn.\s Wardro|H' i>^45' oliLTt Torrance . . W'm. S. Hall ames \. Thoin^oii 'l^iHs Mi(Mleini>^ ''"iS''- .Chalmer's Church Bkniel Amlcrsoii ''"^S?- Ml). McDonald I.S59. yljm. Millicaii 1.S59. X. McK.ay iSoo. ,caiit rS62. oni.i'- Thompson ... iS'),^. )rge .McLennan. ..... ''^•f)4. n Daviilson !)()■). ..1.,!, ( riu";i;) I'.iiii Flora Rothsay and Palinerston . . KotliNay Knox Church Flora St. John Ch., Garafiaxa . .(larafra\a DulT's Church .Morrislon Knox Church Acton (den, 1 1 Ian and I fnliih . . . . . .(Ilenallan Knox Church, .M nio I larriston Alma and Cunmock Alma OS Lilllc 1 )'Vi. . N.assagaweya iV Camp'ville.Xas^agaweya ward Reeve 1S6S. . Fden .Mill-; i!t Rock wood . . Rockwoud es V. Dickie . rS72. . St. Andrew's Churcii Ponald 1872. .Arthur Arthur D. .McFennnn 1S72. .S. [..ulhcr & Lit. Toronto. . Luther I'aCiiii i.s, — Knox Church, (iait ; Fveiton it Mimosa; Flmira & llawkes ■fi^le ; \Ve.-.t Puslinch ; North Fulher ; ( halmer's (Jh., Winterbourne ; Cots WM Zion (.duirch. RoiiKRT Torrance, Presbytery C'rrk. ■m 13. PRFSBYTFRV OF DURHAM. P^rick Croig 1854 . . Normanby "Wflliam Hla'in 1854 - Carrick aiirl Clifford n .McMillan 1S57. .Mount Forest ibt. C. .Mofiatt 1857 . . Walkertou lliam Park 1859 . . Durham Charles Cameron 1861 . . Rocky Saugeen, «!v:c .... iCteniel Duir 1864. . North & West Brant . . . tin Morrison 1866. . Proton gh Cro/.ier 1869 . . I'-gremont ■^m. Mathcson 1872. . North Arthur ii^ '"'"'• — Hanover ..\: Bentinck McKcvacher, Orel. Miss., P. Arthur's Landing. D. J. Casswell, Oii'. Silver Islet. W. Kay, Ord. .Miss., Sault St. Marie. 14. PRESBVTFRY OF BRUCE. W. Graham 1S45 . . Pine River Ambcrlcy "s^n Fraser 1845. .Knf)x's Cluurh, Kincardine. Kiiica:;line 'drew Tolmie 1853 . . Southampt'n ^: W. Arron . . S.uigecn iican Cameron 1854. . Lucknow & S. Kinloss .... Lucknow Anderson 1854. . Tiverton 1 iverton . Orchardviilc .Clifford . Mount Fore , Walkerton . Durham . Priceville .Malcolm . Cerlarville , llolstein .Arthur I Sfi I'KKSnVTKRIAN YKAR HOOK. k' MINrSTKRS. OKI). (()N(;RF,('.ATI()NS. I'KS'lOKKICt John Stewart '^55 • .Clialnu'i'^ <'li., KiiicarilincKiiicanliiio I ).ivi(l Wanlroiie I S55 . . 'I'ccswatcr 'i'ci'>.\vatcr I'c'tcr l!uiiii' 1S56. .('iilrnss TL-c^walcr John Strailh 1857. . Paisley Knox Church , . . I'aislcy A'lani 1'". Mc(Ju 'on 1S58. . Iluron Diiij^wall A. (i. Forbes 1862. . Kin loss iS: Hervie Kinloss Duncan Davidson 1S72. . Lanj^sido 1 lolyrood Wni. Ferguson '^73 • (jlaininis Glanimis 1'ijiinit J.J. A, Proudfoot, D. D 1848. . ]''irst Prcsby. Ch. London. London Lachlan Mcl'licr.-.on .... 1S49. . Williams Williams John Scott 1850. . St. Andrew's Cli., London. London John Rcnnie 1^37 • Carlisle & Ailsa Craig . . . . Ail.sa Craig George C'uthbertson .... 1857. .St. Thomas St. Thonia> John McRobie 1857 . . Petrolia Petrolia John Milloy 1859. . Argyle Churcii, Aldl)oro' . .Crinan Robert Scott i860. . North and South Plympton.Camlachie Neil McKinnon 1 861 . . Belmont and Yarmouth .... Belmont .Moore Birkhall . Westminster Wilton ( irovi .Thaniesford Thamesford . Mosa Kilmartin .St. A:.dre\v'.s Cli., .^arma . .Sarnia . Fingai Fingal Neil McT'tiarmid j868. . W.illaceto\\n iS. Duff's Ch . . Wallacetoui: Atex. Burr 1869. . Point Edward T'oint Edwai John A. McDonald .... 1S69. .Dorchester Dorchester John .\braham 1872 , . Watford Watford J. R. Hay 1^7 v .Delaware Delawaic D. F. Sage 1873. .Park Hill & McGilliviay . . T'ark Hill Guslavus Mumo 1S7;,. .Embro F^mbro Robt. Scobic 1873 . . Str.ithrov Str.ithroy Alex. McNaughlon .... 1873. Nnith and South .-\di?!3idt. Adelaide r -KM .r-_ \ Guthrie^ Ch. k look"- > , • |, Munro i'S74- • , ,-1 ,- j .■ Ling\\oori Vacnncicz. — Flnglish Settlement, Proof J.inc; Lucan & Bidduloh : Clia!:: Ch., Dunwich ; Wardsville ; Port lUirwell & \'ienna ; Napier ; Alviii- Euphemia, and Brooke ; New Glasgow ; Kintyre ; West Williams. George Cutii«ert.son, rrc.hytcrv Chi-k. Peter McDermid 1861 . George Simp.son 1862 . L. Cameron 1S62 . Arch. Stewart 1S62. John Thompson 1866. (ieoige Sutherland 1866. J. c.Kincanliiio .'IY'(>,\v;itcr .'I'lT-WatcT . I'.ii.lcy . Dingwall . Kiiiloss . 1 Idlyrood (ilaiumis ; C-ciUral lir: li. flhani r. O. "ucsday of May . . Lol)() . . Ingcrsoll . . Slialliburn . . I''oic4 n. I-oiidon . .Williams )n. London . . Ailsa Crai^ . . St. 'I'homas . .Petrolia . . C'rinan )n.Camlachie . . Relmont ..Birkhnll . . Wilton (iidvi . . 'rhaniesford . . Kdmartin . . Sarnia . .Fingal . . Wnllacetoui . . I'oint EduMi . . I 'orchestei . . Watford . . DelawaiT ..Park Hill . . Embro Stiathroy t. Adelaide .• 1 ,uig\\onn iddulnh : L'lial;: Vapicr ; Alvii!- Williams. rcs!'yhri' Chi-k. I'krsilV I I KIAN VF. \K IlOdK. 88 ir,. I'kl-SHVTKKN Ol SJKAI KOk[). MINIsrKK>. OKU. I wN(,K|.(; \| 1, pNs, I't >S 1' oFFK'K.S. )m;is .M.\ci>licr-iMi . . iS^f*. Kno.x C.'IiumIi, .Stralfuhi . Sir.it fnid inid .Mian 1^.>S. . North Ka-ilidpc .Slr.itf.)r(l H> Hoyd '^47 WcllcsUy (.'rossliill ex. A. Drumnmiid . . . . 1S4- , .ShakspL-areand II;un|Kt('ad.SliaksjK'art' lid (iordcjn 'S4')- Harrington !larringi.>n |bfH ll.unilloii 1S58. Kullartoii and Avonbank . . .Nb)tIifr\\oll XMi Hall lSt)u. . XisMxiri. .\orlk and .'-'( ulli.'riioindak' K. Hi>^Io|> 1S62 . . Avon C, DounieiV ( 'ai Igfi il.\\onton iHit KcIl\^i*-^^ 1^^.? KIma Ccn X: W. Monckton. Ncwry in J'indlay 1S67. . Middnlph ( Ir.inton W. Mitchell, .M.A. . iS6<>. .Knox C'hnKh, .Mitilicll. . . ..Mitchell . ,, ,r,-y S Hum's ( 'h.. Mil\('rton, ) ., , » ^ / and N. .\lorningt"ii . . \ idg.ir Crolfv, .M.A . , iSfiS. , .\lillbank. .Nb)rningloi .Millbank I \V. Mell. .M A ... iSoS. ..\b)lc^\v()rth and Lisiowcll. .Ia>to\vtll ller Scott lcS72. . Hibbcrt Cromarty iMc-Mpint' St. Mary"> St. Mary's \^\i ii Hi-it's, - iliim'- tdi.. I'". Zorra. iS: .McKay's. 'I'axistock. JOHN l''()i IIKRINCMAM. /Ws/>\itry (f rk. ll'ood/itim /\(.>. 17. I'RESHV'lKm OF (•IIA'HI.A.M. bilc'v Cliiiiii|uy iSv. Si. Anne's. 111.. I.'. S. ...St. Amu 's Kni' kakcc. lll.,l.S |e\. W. Waddell 1S47 ,. I laruicli Kondeau jgusMcColl lS.;S. Adelaide St.. (diatliam. . . .Chatham illi;un King 1 1^5' Buxton Hiixton lilli.Tin Walker ^^Sl- . Wellington St., C'^hathnin. .Chatham H'-; Maclauglil.Mi .... 185.^. . J'ir.,l Scoteh Cli.. (Jhicjgo.C. (4oS\\ .Mad.s.) liam l-'orrest 1857 . .Tiltuny Ea>t Valetia rchibald C"urrie 1800. . Ridgetouii lV Kilmarnotk . . Ridgetown )bert H. Warden .... 1866. .Hothwell Hothwdl .M. -Milligan. I'.. A. . . .1868. .Scotch I'resby. Ch., 1 )elroll. I )<'troit, .Mich jolni beckct 1 868. .Thamcsville, t.\:c 'J'hamrsville, ilv:c. Tohii Gray 1S70. . Windsor Winfl^or yamuel Jones 1^53- • Knox Church, Bmssels. . . . Bru.ssel> rii 1 1 i| ■IH t I I '',1 V ' If' i I III 34 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. MIMSTKKS. ORD. Matthew liarr 1854. George Hrown 1856. Alex. Grant 1856. Finlay McCuaig) i860. John Ferguson 1S65 . 1 lenry Gracey . . , 1865 . Robert Leask 1865 . Stephen Voung 1866. Arch. MeI.ean 1S66. James Pritchard 1 868. Mark ban])y 1873. Ale.x. V. Hartley 1873. Farancii's.- -Kgmond\\\\e ; I Bethany ; Stephen c^ I lay. CONGRKOATIONS. POST Ori'iCh. .McKillop & Tuckersmitli . .Seaforth , Wroxeter iS: Fordwich .... Wroxcter . Ashtiehl Kintail .WilUs' Chiu'ch, Clhilon. . . .Clinton . Meiv'leC. ljrussclsi\:\V,ill'n. Brussels .Thames Road c^ Kirkton . .Far(|uhar .St. Helen's &E. Kmloss ..S'.. Helen's . Manchester & Hullet Auburn . i;lyth & lielgrave Blyth . Wingham ^: iJhievale . . . . Winghani . l>ayticld X: Berne Varna . Uungannon, i.\:c Carlow )ufrs Ch., McKillop ; Craiibrook iSc Ei Akch. McLkan, Prcsoyloy Citrk. Bam 19. PRESBVTERV OF MAxNITOBA -WITH SYNODICAL TOWE; John Black 1851 Alex. Matheson i860 Alex. Frazer 1861 James Robertson 1869 Geo. Bryce, .M.A 187 1 Edwaril Vincent 1S72 S. Donaldson, B..\ 1872 , Kildonan Kildonan Portage la Prairie, iS:c .... Portage la Pi.i Little Britain, ike l^ow. Fort (i: Knox Ch., Winnipeg ....Winnipeg Manitoba College Fort Garry Prince Albert Mission .... Springfield, !kc Springfield Varaucics. — Prince Aloert Mission ; Headingly ; Knox Church, Winni| ^'alestine, &c ; ivockwood, Sic. A. Frazer, Pn-sbytcry Clerk. \ ' . M PRKSBVTF.RIAN CHURCH OF CANADA. 35 POST Ori'iCLii 1 . . Seaforth . .Wroxeler . . Kintail . .Clinton .'n. Brussels . . Farquhar . .St. Helen's . . Auburn . . Blylh . . Wint^hani . . Varna . .Carlow 'ranljrook liill, Isaac phull, John |ck, A .... ifell, D.T ., Ircll, Ja.s ., , !i, William . . 7 QvUm. Wiliam ..11 ChMhlwrs, TS.... t ChBliciuv, C 17 fflaystai, G 10 »sirat, D .... 1 .V h branc, \V H >har(l, W . . . . 4 :ie, Wm 10 . (J .19 . 1 . 7 .13 . 3 Craw, G Cn.ll. UM t'roi.v, .J E CrDss, Archibald . Crozier, H Currie, Arch . . . (Jurrie, Peter ... Ciithbertsuu, Geo Dauby, M Davidson, D.. .. Davidson, .1 Daw.son, A Dewar, Robt . . Dick, .Janii's Dickie, .1 F Donald, Will am. Donaldson, S . . . - Dtmtflas, .1 Drun)moiid, A A . Duff, D Dunbar, .John. . . Duncan, Peter. . ., J''ad!0, John Edmondson, J P. . Ewin^, .John . . . . Ewing, R Fairbairn, R Fenton. S [•'eiiwick, T Per^usf)!), Jnlm.. P'ertfuson, W .. . . Fishur, S W Fletcher, D H . . . . Forbes, AG Forlonir, W Forrest, W Eraser, J B Fra-se*-, John . , . . Eraser, M Fra.'^er, R D Eraser, S C '•'raser, William .. Frazer, A. Gallahcr, J Glcndinninp, A .. Goldsmith, T .. .. Ooodwillie, J M . . Gordon, Daniel . . Gran.'v. H Grajiiini, Wm (;rant, A Cirant, Alex Grant, R N Grant, W Gray, John Gray, John (Jrav, I'atrick . . . . Gray, Robt Grcj-;.', Wm Griitf, P Haiyh.G I k; r, l:i 17 ]J ir. Is; 14 Pi 10 !> 7 \i r, 1!) 2 m Pi 11 r, 7 4 8 10 1 18 14 10 10 14 1 17 14 S 8 10 s i:» 4 la 12 ic 18 14 10 18 11 1 8 18 1 Hall, Robt I'l Hallv J 1 Hamiltnii, itobt ..1(J Hancock W 10 Han ran, J 1 Hartley, AG IS Hastie, J 2 Hay, J R in Henderson. A . . . . 1 llislop, J AK ....10 Hodnett, W 5 Hume, J 1 Hume, Robt 11 Inplis, Walter .. .11 Irvine. John 1 Jamieson, R 7 .FeiU)in!,fs, .) 7 Johnston, W A ..1 Jones, S 18 Kay, W 14 Kennedy. A!i\ . . Lo;:ic, John 18 Lowry, T 11 Marpies, J 8 Alathcson. A 15) Matheson, W . . . .V.\ Meikle, W 7 Middlemiss, .(as ..12 Millicun, W 12 Milligan, G 17 Jlilloy, John ir> Mitchell, J W .. ..18 Mitchell, W r. Moffatt, RC. Monteath, R.. Moore, W.. .. Morrison, J .. .Morrison, J 2 Munro, G 15 ' uiu'O, John . . . .If) Murray, John G..10 Murray, J L. . . . Mus}:i'ave, J' MacAlister. J M .Moi'kay, .John . . Maekie,.rohn .. .Maclauj;hlaii. .) Maclean, AKx . V.\ LS <; k; I 1 I 17 10 McAlpine, .1 IH McHain, J AE.. ..10 McKcracher, (v. ... 1 McKoraclier D . .LJ McCall,John ....10 McCIunif, .John McColi. Animus. . .McCdnt'chv, .las Mc<,'onnell", W .. AlcComiell, .1 A I iVlcCuai^', E .... I jMcDermid, P .. McDiarniid, A . . j McDiarniid, il .1 i McDonald, A D ; McDonald, D . . McDonald, J.... McDonald, .1 A McDonald, K .. McEucu, John McEarlane, J McFaul, Alex .. Mc'iuire, T McLuics, 1) J . . Mcintosh. D .M .Meliit.r,li, .la.> . . Mclntvre, J JI .. McKa,'. ,Alex .. McKay, Geo. . . . iMcliav, G L McKay, W A.. Mciic'c, T McKenzie, M . . . McKeiizic, Win , McKera her, i» .Mclviimoii, Niil McLaren, A McLaren, ED.. McLaren, \\ .. . . .McLean, Arch. . . .McLean, J .McLennan, A . . . .McJ.ieiman, D D. McLemiaii, (i . . . -McLeod, D D ... -Mc.Mechan, .J . . . McMillan. I) ... .Me.Millati. John. McMullen, W T . McNahb, J McNau;,diton, ,\ . McNaiip^blon, D. McPherson, L.. . McPherson, T. . . McQuarrie, H.. . -Mc^Hieen, A V .. . Vlcl{<'bie, .loliii . .Mc'I'avisli, .IoIki . ■• c Vicar, D II .. . .McWilliim, W.. . I'antoii, E Park, Wm Paterson, D Patcrson. John . Patersfiii, N Peattie, W . (') .17 . 1 . 8 . 8 Is , 1,-. .10 . !) I J >> !l2 . 1 . U , f> S 1 14 .is . 8 II 12 ,12 10 , 4 ,].^ i;; 1! <; 15 !» \r, 10 II 14 . (i .1.^. . 1 r, . 1 . VI m M(i!' I. : 'lit' I ' I I 36 Cettiirrew, Rolit.. 7 I'orteoiis, Jnhn . .10 Friiiylc. Jas 7 I'ntchani, J 18 Proudioot, .1 .... If) Roeve. E V2 Keevo, W .'> Rcid, Win 7 lU;iinic', J 1.'. Renwick, li 10 Rennelsoii, VV iI..10 Robfrtsdii.Jas. . . .11 Robertson, Win . .11 Hobb, .) (; 7 HudiitTs. R . ... S Roger, J M . . . . .'•. Ro-ier. W .M Ross, Jolm IS Ross. W I Rowat, A '2 Saj^^c, I ) F 1.') Seobl.'. U 1.-. Scott, Join I 15 Scott., Jobn 1 Scott. J K C. Scott, P hi Scott, Roiit lo Scoll, W I Scrinipfor, .J I Siinjison, (i .... . Sinclair, 11 1 Stewart, Arcb.. . . 1.'. Stewnrt, DonaM . , i! Sinelli.. Old li Sniitb, J hn (j Smith,. r W 5 Smith, T W St<;ven.'!on, A .... 9 Stevenson, H ....;? Stewart, .I.-\s. . .. .. :5 Stewart, John ., ..14 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR pr>OK. Straith, John .. ..14 Sutherhuul, I).. . . .'> Sutberlanii, G.. ..l.'i Sutherland, W K..1') Tait, J 3 Tavlor, Wm 1 Thorn Jas G Thoniiison, J .. . .l.'i Tiiomson. J 11 Thom.son, J A.. ..12 Thornton, R H ..6 Thornton, H .^^ ..1 Tolinis, And 14 Topp, Alex 7 Torrance, !{oht ..12 Traver, A J 2 Tiirnbull, J 4 TurnbuU, M li Ure, Robt 18 Waddell, A W .... 17 Walker, Wni .. ..17 Walker, W I' .10 Wallace, R 7 Wavdeii. P H .. ..17 WardroiM . L> . .14 Wardrop<\ 'ihu, . .12 Watson, Jas 1 Watt. J P. 4 WcUuood, J 1 Wbill.'ins, H :>, Whiniat Donald-oi'. Jas Duff, Jo:in Dunlop. J J Fayette, J S \ F Fletcher. C Fotherin rham, J Gordon, il Grant, G Hav, Wm Iniili- , Wm Kennedy, A Lawrcnc.'e, G Loche;'.!, WM Lowrv, M McKay, !{ H McKcnjcio. I) Melville. A Milne. A Robertson .1 Scott, John Stuart, W /'rvbaf. ')<'!■:< ,r Mig-f. Andcrs(jn. J.rhM Parkie, J I' Bcthunc, .loiin Brimlettc. T Brnce, V> Br van t. Jas Burnett, J R S Cameron, J Carsweli, lames Chesnut, J W Christie. W M Cochrane, J Currie, Hector Currie, Ihiiifh Currie, N Dowsby, A Elliott, Jost'i'li Ferjfu.son, Janus Gindlay, A Fothcringhaiii, i (Jilruy, Allen Gemlev, JaniLs Gunn.'R F Johnson, D C Lei.shman, Jnlin Lvmaii, B Martin, W M Munro, J .M McDiarmid, N McGi-or, II Mcl\cciHiii', 1, Mclvulclion. J .MrKellar, H .McLeod. V .1 Mcbennan, 1) H .Mcl'horson, II il McRae, Ale.x Mc Robbie, GO Pvichardson, W Scott, J B Sinclair, Ga^in SomervilK , .l^ii! Stewart, Jaiiu^ Thomson, T Tliynne. R Torrance, E F Vrqiihart,, Edw \ inccnt, E Wat;, R Wrirlil. W Vounu, W C DEATHS. Ministers who dieil during occlcsia.stical year ending June 2nd, 1874. NAME. CONGREGATIO.N. PRESPYTERY. DATE OF DE.\ 1 Peter Cllnssford. . VaughanifcAlhion. Toronto agtli Aug., iS;; 2 James Harris. . . .Without Charge. .Toronto 5th Sept., 1S7; 3 b. G. McKay Port Elgin ...... Bruce 2 rst Sept. , 18; No I Jas. Barron, A.M. Without Charge. . Kingston 26th Sept., iS; STATISTICS. The Statistical Report of the Canada Presbyterian Church may be > prised under four heads : — The Fieed in which the Church works ; the poiiRERs therein ; their Sustextatiox ; the Resl:ets of their labour. I. Theh'iEED. It extends over the country that lies between Meti- the St. Lawrence and New Westminster on the Pacific, and thus compr the Provinces of Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia. Inl vast district the Canada Presln'tcrian Church held during 1S73-4, ' Regular Charges (being an increase of 17 over preceding year) ; 79 vacanc and 86 Mission Stations, being an increase of il over preceding year. T PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 37 Christie, W M t'uclir;i;io, .1 Carrie, Hector Currie, Iliiprh Curric, N Dowsby, A Elliott, Josejili ForKU.son,.)unii . Gimllay, A Fotheriiiprliain. I (lilray, Allen Gemlev, Jaiuc.> Gutiii, R F .loliiisoii, D C LeishiTian, .U<\m liVniaii, B Martin, W M Miinrn, J .M McDiannid, N WoC-euor. 11 MeKcchirn', li MelvuU'lidii. .1 MrKollnr, H Jlcl.eod. 1" .) Mel-onnaii, l> H Mfl'hersoi), 11 H MrRao, Alex .McRohhie, G (i Rieiianlsoii, W S>:ott, J B Sinclair, Ga^in SomervilK , .'"ii! Stewart, Jaiii'.'- Tiiomson, T Thynne. R 'lorraiu'e, E F Trquliart, Edw \ inoeiit, E Watt. R W riplil. W Yoium, W C June 2ncl, 1874. DATK OF di:a' . .29111 Aug., iS;; . .5th Sept., 1 8;: , .2isl Sept., 18; .26th .Sept., iS; 'luuxh may bo r irch works ; tlir ■ of their labour. ;.s between Met;- , and thus comprj 1 Columbia. In: duriui; 1S73-4, year) ; 79 vacancy ^ceding year. I' re thus in all 815 regularly recognized centres o{ Christian work, (having con- tctfd with thent 28,260 families and 50,702 communicants) whence the seed being .scattered over the field). II. The Labourers. They consist of 329 Pastors, being an increase of ver preceding year; 33 Probationers, 116 Missionaries, (ordained, student, ti-vhist), 1,987 Elders, 3,091 Deacons or Managers, and 4,094 Sabbath hool Teachers. The workers thus consist of (i) a band of 478 educated trained men who devote their whole time to gospel ministrations ; (2) a feund of 9,172 men and women, part only of whose time is given to ruling, or to finance, or to instruction of the young. "'"' III. Si'STENTATlON. For the support of settled Pastors there has been tributed during the year $237,901.25, an increaNe over last year of $15,- .Si, giving ''^'^ average stipend of over $700 to each pastor. IV. Kksults. These it is difficult to weigh or number. The following lults are however on the surface. There have been added to the church by bap- 4,703, by profession of faith orcertilicate 5,847. In Sabbath Schools35,020 e been under instruction, and 9,269 in Bible Classes. The gospel has been ached to 141,190 hearers, the sacrament of the Supjier dispensed to 50,702 W^municants. Twenty-one new manses have been erected, and 28 churches, Wbilea tcital of $619,359.30 has been collected and expended in carrying on, at IjH^e and abroad, the Lord's work. It should be remarked that the difference " ween some of the figures given above and the ligures in the appended Sum- ry is ov\ing to our including in the above remarktj some reports that came late for the Statistical Tables. SUMMARY OF STATISTICS. Takik \.— Average Jor year ending jist A/nrr/i, 1S74. .;| The following is the average contribution of each Family and each com- lillnicant tliroughout the Church to the enterprises in which she is cnj^aged : l(pr Si:i.?' ! Promised $8.23 per family, niil $4.66 per Connnunicani. ' ' ■ !'aid S.33 " 4.71 Exjieiidctiia Church or Manso 5.71 " 3.23 " Other Congregat'n'l Con! ri'ns. 3.21 " 1.81 ** Av. Con. fur Cong'l Purposes. 17.12 ** q.69 *' College I'u.ul...' 43 '' .24 " Honi;^ Mission Fund 62 ** .35 *' ^rei;!i Mi^>ion Fund 31 " .18 " r. &C. A..^ In. .Min'>.'Fund .13 " .07 " •uiblyFuii.l 10 " .06 *• ?^reiich F,\;in:\li/ation 14 ** .08 ** JSai'lakee .Mis-^ion 07 " .04 ** [old for Schemes of Chtu'di 1.07 " i.ii *' lf--ge BuiKiings 1.02 " 58 " 21 levolent .Objects S7 " .41 " Iverage for all Purposes.... 20.99 " marly 11.90 " / r 1 iii.i ■; ,. Mr ' 1' ' ■'■! I'h '11- / '' !, o "■> r* S '-5 S S - - ^ i 3.- = o = t?< O " P O -I -J fr 00 •»Jf W Ci li to •^ to '-' '-' 4^ ai 00 OC W Ministers. No. of Vacancies, OSM 0--I I— ' i-i l-J M ' Mission StntiDUs. M *• VI O 03 *. «. Mii. .*■■«.'■ to I 1' I ■^i ^j C5 g? -' p » to F 0~I ~ - O f I a I-' v> to 10 :0 M C5 O ^ Is'. -1 t-" tl QD t<; ►-' ^t *» :D _0_ai y5_lO_i:_ C: -o go *^ to H- ill iO I— » ©_C; » O O a> » Si c. M to to -1 *» I-" yi (X (X C5 No. of Families. No. of Donnnunicants. Certificate, Examination. > a. era "^ 5' 5' Us O I*- C5 :0 •^1 00 CC O to I Diminution by Death, I l!ftl)<>\;il. y ■• o I O 4- 'C » CO ^ *. «, ^J ~J iO 00 ^ l-i to «• to to O t-1 to O ClnUlren. Adults. M "-■ 4^ oc o -I ?: to ivi 00 :c o S'-- OS OC W ~J 00 -J -J 1 ce P-' m oc rf* iSabbath Scliuol. !S «D I 00 -J ^9 to lO to O Oi I— ' lO to w o; -I *- MVk Iji. 00 to »-' »^ vl .^ t^ ' pi -I QC hO CO OC *» OC I I Bible Class. >o. ot i-,kiors. So Pi ■s. X C ^ I •^ oo-i n to *» CO to c: w O Cn c *- No. of other Oflf.-bearers. QC c<: tO-I to 'O ^i cr CO CC CO *» 10 oc_ I-' if» M to to to to CO i*» O to C'< *k c O O ^-1 tC -J : Sab. School Teachers s P I yi ! or I to to lO l-i CO tc •— -I CO en ^i .y CO 84»- i-- Jk *• it^ I-* to 4». to >»k c: c: *k O to o S5 to V O >— to OC -O - 1 o O C-' ^1 o ot to cic I a ". r. r. ro - 1 ~ ft roiigr(.'u:ational. I ^c ok " 3 ~ ^ I 3. ■ -f. S,.lil,;ith School. I'- 5', No. of sitthv^s iu each C. T'ld Cony:rpsr.'i*i')n biiiM Chmvli or MaiiM' ilurinfj: the yourV I 51 1-' o 00 -I O 05 O 4o p 2 t» 2 o =s ;r 3 3 3 ?i" ^ E; 3 ^ «■ a -* ?■ S 8» . 3 . — iT Oi '.T 4^ t— » C'l to t;i to Cl 03 IX tV IO'» .1 ii &■- >-' gM V" 4' T. to to O Vi I O CS C". to >-' ■ o w P o 4 I-" -I •^J I— oo CO oo OO *o 00 yl -i 4» CO 4- CO (/- i-i CO 'O 03 M ^t. ^1 *• C 'Yj to -J*' 10 CO §00 *» - I w. I— *. *» tc o >-i 10) li to C/ i 1 4« O li CO i-- 1-1 00 - 1 o c c. to «> to CO C-. O 00 ^^ ^i-• to -o to 4». •jn » ~ 4» 'Y.l to Vi -I r» 4> C: O College Fund. M- 1-^ 1 c-. l-i to (-' yi CO --1 oco i to 1—1 yi to 4* go to 4^ 4» to a --I K-l O -J to 4- _©J0 1-^ • to io . O 4» • CO CO ' to o • 05 yi • » Ci 4» CO Widows and Orpha: Aged Mmisters' I •--7 to c: yi -1 to c; / .-n CO to 00 I c "■* yi ^1 *. y _ to to to o p 1C(- As.scmbly Fund, 4; O • 1 CO o y -■is; o o 1 Q yi i-i 1-1 • CO C 00 to OCA yi (y, . -1 -1 4. J. '• ■ 4- -O i-i 4». .^ ■ to CO y> or • French Kv.ingclizat IO h-i 4> 00 to M CO 4>.4>. • C-. y< 4- 4>. • a cc yi o «> ; OCO tCCJ • i-i 1 c tr. o . 4. yi y. *. o Kankakee Mi-ssion. IO 'X I V' l-o^ 4> to yi to s 05 I to I It 1 O ' Is5 cc 0\ to 4^ CO O or tocn _0CJO y < ' VI © O 00 •^i to coo l-l-^ yi c C'l 4^ 4» to .-, c; 05 C-. CO ".> to to C3 to -I © M --I o -I tO^C. 4^_P_ t— 1 to t'l OC ic *- .i- .-> ~. '/.• y '." ci li U -I C -I to V to y h-i c. M 1 1 V ■ 41. •_■ It. - I J >•-' V -^1 ii r^ It v. to ti -J ' yi CO to yi "^ ' Sabbath School C-; butions for Mis^j College Building Fi l.'cnevolent Object- utherwi.-^e siiceilii Re Re R0 Hi m P.I ( (3« M( CIS( i8 Ba; OB Go Gil Bi Al t— 1 ~^ CO yi CO CO CO to c ., •-•> 1 1 -I en • I ''•• to to « i-J wU •"I C*. or. to ~. or .fc. CO y T. ^ 1^ o Gc r-i 1— . ■ w I to ,. i.-' Vt yt • Total Coiitrilnitici ■ (.!ongrc^ationill i po.ses, Schemes > • (Jh. (t JkMi't Otii 's there aMan! V s o C4 a O ■«) I'RKSHYTKKIAN YKAR 1U)()K. 39 COLI.KGES OF THK CANADA PRESHVrKRIAN CHURCH. tipentl i)aid by fin grejfatioiis alone. iiiiomit expended fji. Cliiiivh or iMunsi'il iiiy the ytar. KU other Contribiiti IK it otherwise rciK College Fund. Home Mission Fun Foreiarn Mission Fiu Widows and Orpliii; Aged Ministers' i Assembly Fund. Frencli F',vanncliz;Ui Kankakee Mission. Sabbath School t'-; butions for Missi Oolle^'i' Uuilding Fi l.'cuevoloiit ObJLT; utherwise siieiiti Tiital Cfmtributioi (lim^rr^ationiil 1 jioses, Schemes ' (Jh. Hi JJen't 01)j 1. — KNOX COLLKGK, TORONTO. ©pens on the first Wednesday of October, and closes on ihe first Wednesday ,; ' of Ajiril. >; Principal,— The Rev. William Caven, BOARD OK EXAMINKRS. Rev. J. M. King, M.A., Convener. ;. R. Dewar, J. McCall, K. Torrance, J. Breckenridge, W. Donald, T. Wurdrope, and the I'njfessors and Lcctiuers uf the College. STAKl' Ol- INSTRUCH)RS. Trincipal Caven, I'rofessor of Exegetics and Biblical Criticism. \. William Crecjg, M.A., IMofes.sDr of Apulogclics and Church History. William McLaren, Professoi- of Systematic Theology, Dr. I'roudfoot, Lecturer in Homilelics, iS:c. rew is taught by Frof. Hirschfeldcr, in University College. Piiif. T- ^V- Taverner, Teacher of Elocution, P. Straith, M.A., and A. JNL Hamillon, ^L.^., Classical Tutors. LASSES — FIRST YKAR — A'XiXrn'fs, Princiital ( aven ; Jiihlical Criticism, cipal Caven ; Apo/oi^etics, Prcjfessor Cregg ; Church History, Profes.sor ■g ; Systematic Theolot^y, Professor McLaien. .SECOND YKAR. — Excgetics, Principal Caven ; Church History, Professor !gg ; Systematic Theoloi^y, Professor McLaren ; Homilctics, &'c., Dr. Proutl- THIRD YKAR. — Exegetics, Principal Caven ; Systematic Theology, Professor McLaren ; Homilctics, ^2^v., Dr. Proud foot. Suidents of the First Year are recpiired to prepare a Homily ; ot the Second Year, a Lecture ; and of the Third Yeur, a Sermon, a Critical Exer- cise, and a Latin Thesis. sCHOLARSIIll'S AND BURSARIKS. The following Scholarshi))s and Bursaries were offered foi the Session 18^4 75.— For Students of I'irst Year in Theology. Bayne Scholarship, $50 tor proficiency in Hebrew : Examination on Entering Theology, lies Scholarship, (L) $40 for Systematic Tlieology : Closing Examination. Idie Scholarship, $40 for Exegetics, Closing Ivxamination. ies ** (H.) $40 for Church History, Closin^^r Kxaminaiion. nbar " $40 for Apologetics, '" " " Ton •' $40 for Biblical Criticism, " " Students oj Second ) 'car. Alexander Scholarship, (L) $50, C^eneral Proficiency in the Classes, Closing Examination, nar Scholarship, $40, Church History, Closing Examination. ^i'''''> " $50, .Systematic Theology, Closing Examination. -.«exander " (H.) %-.o. Exegetics, Closing E.xamination. Is there aMiin'^i ,, nAMur-^' ■ li r '. . 11 1 ■ ■ 1 1 MM / '! 40 I'RKSBYTKRIAN YEAR BOOK. Students of lliird Year. Fisher Scholarship, (I.) $6o, Systematic Theology, Closing Examination. Fisher Scholarship, (II.) $6o, Exegetics, Closing Examination. Central Ch. " $6o, Essay on the Nature of Regeneration ; lo given in not later than the 31st of October. Students of Second and 1 hird Years. Lindsay Scholarship, $40, Homiletics, &c. , Closing Examination. Esson Scholarship, (I.) $60, iiiblical Church History, ('losing Examina; Esson Scholarship, (II.) $40, Biblical Church History, Closing Examina: Students of First, Second and Third Years. Clark Prize, (Lange's Commentary), New Test. Greek, Closing Examinai (ialbraith I'rize. (L>ange"s Commentary), iJeijrew, Closing I'^xamin.iliun. Triiiceof Wale^ Prize, $60 for two years. Essay — " Is man free in Con. sion ?" : open to island 2nd year's Students. Essay to be given in later than 31st October. His Excellency the Earl of Dufferin has generously signified his inten; of giving a silver medal and a bronze medal annually, (hiring his stay C.iiiada, to be awarded as may seem best to the Senate. The denartmen the College in which, and the conditions under which these metlals shali olTered to competition, will be announced at the opening of each Session. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OFFERKD BY BOARD (li EXAMINERS. To cncuur.iifo Stiideiits to tiikr ;i Uiiivur.iity CVnuiie, a liniited miiubur of Sclmlai is offered lor e('rMin;titioii to Uiuleri;iaduiittsof the Uiiiver.sity of Toronto, who are 1 eiitin^j tlieir stui llie value of -•. .*;'iO, to Stu(ll■llt^1 ciitcrini,'- on the seeond year of their eourso : two m' tli'' vahic of Sii' ,S.iO, to Student-, entvrinu- on the third year : and (ii;c uf the value I'f .■i-'r)0, to Student.- 1 iiij; on their fourth year. Tlie examination will take plaeo in Knox Coilege, and on tiie fullowiji^'- .subjects :- KOll KTfUKXT.S OF THB V\\\^X YKAIl. Iluiner. IJlad, I'.. I. XfiKiphoii, .\naliasis, B. I., ehaps. vii. viii. i\. \ Kuelid, I 11. III. Aluebni, first four Rulea atul Simple Eipia- tlons. \ irK-il, .iineid, B. II. Cicero for liu' Manilian Law. En^^lish Grainitiar and Composition. Outlines of Kn^li.sh History. Outlines of Aneient and Modern Gcof(ra)ihy. rOR HTlDKNtS OF TUK SK.CHVU YK\K. .Xeiiophon, .Vnahasis, B. '> IJoiner, Iliufi, W VI. Kuelid, B. I., II., III., .in ' jV. Algebra, Ouailnitic Equations. hi\y, B. ' , eliaji. i. to xxv. Hniaee, Odes, B. III. orthojrraithieal, t'.tyiuoloyieal, and Rhetori- cal Forms of the Ijigli.sh Lani^uaj^e. (i'owler's Kn;,xlish l,aug^uaj 1 iillowiii^'' subjects :- jk the third ybak. ippics, I., II. ii's) : or. Kleiiieiit- panitive I'l(ysi()lu;,'y. the MidiUe Age.s, ch- liii. IV. ti^ili.sh into Latin V' ilker's Kdifion.) PREPARATORY COUK.SE, KNOX COLLEGE. Classical Tuition is provided in Knox College for .such Students as are We to take a full University Course. Students availing themselves of this tuition are recjuired to give three rs' attendance on certain classes, (as indicated below) in University College, to pass the terminal examinations in these classes. ENTRANCE EXA.MLNATION. Entrants on the Preparatory Course, Knox College, will be examined on ft>llowing subjects :— atin : Grammar ; and Cx'sar de Bello Gallico, Book I. Gi^k : Grammar; and Xenophon, Anabasis, B. I., chap. i. to v. JS^lis'i : Gf''\:;raphy ; Grammar; History of England; Arithmetic; Euclid, irst book : Algeb.-a, first four Rules. V.B. -ll is absolutely necessary that Students applying for admission 1 pass a fair examination on the above subjects. Students desirous of entering the Second Year of the Literary Course be required to pass an examination in the following subjects, in addition l^lthose prescribed for entrants on the First Year : — // .■ Virgil, B. II., Sallust's Jugurthine War, chap. i. to xlii. 'ek : Iliad, B. I, Xenophon, Anabasis, B. I., chap. vi. to x. '/uinatics : Euclid, Books I., II., III., and Algebra, to Simple Equations, jKjpinclusive). Mtglish : Composition, Orthographical. Etymological, and Rhetorical Forms lif the Lani;uage, (Fowler's English Literature, Parts III., IV., VII.) 4 y.B. The Senate of Knox College and the Board of Examiners are of ojfciun that the Preparatory Course should not be shorter than //vw Sessions, unless in case- of very exceptional attainments on the part of those entering. A Teally creditable examination, therefore, on the above subjects, must he ptBsed bell.. ^ any candidate can get the standing of a Second year Student on fir$t ajjpearing. IT. —PRESBYTERIAN COILECK, MONTREAL. Opens on the first Wednesday of October, and closes on ihe first Tuesday of A})ril Princii'AL.— The Rev. D. H. McVicnr. LL.D. IK THE FOI. K*H YBAR ':i owers. I l-hook of Moral P' 'f ilojry. n. 7 "^ik < f Zoolojfv. BOARD OF EXA;>1INEKS. Rev. J. M. Gibson, M.A., Chairman. Rev. R. F. Burms, D.D., K< . Pi in. MacVicar, LL.D., '• .[. Watson, A.^L, • I rof. Campbell, M.A. I. Crombie, M.A., •' l';of. Coussiral, I!.!)., M.A., '■ \V. Moore, .\. J. Traver, ALA.. Rev. R. .\L Th.unt^m. H.A. Ill < 'I 42 PRESBYTKRIAN YEAR BOOK. ; n! SENATE. Rev. I'rincipal McVicur, LL.D., Chainnan. Rev. J. M. (jibson, M.A., Secretary. Rev. Prof. Camjibell, M.A., Rev. J. Watson, A.M., Prof. Coussirat, B. I)., M.A., " D. Paterson, A.M., W Taylor, D.U., ' Hon. Justice 'J'orrance, R. F. Burns, D.D., Principal Dawson, LL.D. I bon i8: STAFF. Rev. D. H. Mc Vicar, LL.D., Princii)al, and Professor of Sytematic Tlit. and Ilomilelics. Rev. John Cami)l)cl], M.A., Professor of Church History and flomilelics Rev. 1). Cou-sirat, li.D., M.A., Professor of Sacred Criticism, &c. (Lect. Tfi in French). \jj^ Rev. John Scrimger, Lecturer ni Old and New Testament Fxegcsis. b^ Rev. A. DeSola, LL.D., Professor of Oriental Languages, (in McGill Coll Jm Mr. J. Andrews, Lecturer in F^locution. ^ Vjf S. P. Robins, AI.A., Lecturer and Instructor in the Theory and Practicl: S^ Music. I; c^,: Mr. W. J. Dey, M.A., and Mr. John Allan, B.A., Classical and Mathci ' Ao cal Tutors Rev. J. Wellwood, I,ibrarian. MEDAL.S, SCHOLAR^inPS, CERTIFICATES OF HONOUR, &C. The following distinctions and rewards are open to competition ir theological course : — To Students Entcnuf^ Ihc Firat Year. The John Redpath Scholarship of Fifty dollars. For General Profu in all the subjects of the entrance examination. 7^0 Students of the First Year, L A Scholarship of the value of One riundred Jollars. For General: ficiency in all the subjects (pass and honour) of the Sessional Examinalii: the First Year. IL A Scholarship of the value of Sexenty dollars. For General Profici in all the subjects (pass and honour) of the .Sessional Examination of the 1 year. III. A Scholarship of the value of Fifty dollars. For General Profic; in all the subjects (pass and honour) of the Sessional Examination of the 1 Year. 7(' Students of the Second Year. I. A Scholarship of the value of On.; Hundred dollars. For General 1 ciency in all the subjects \pass and honour) of the Sessional Examinati' : the Second Year. II. A Scholarship of the value of Seventy dollars. For General Profici'. in all the subjects (pass and honour) of the Sessional Examination of Second Year. III. A Scholarship of the value of Fifty dollars. For Geneial Profic in all the subjects (]iass and honour) of the Sessional Examination oi Second Ycnf. of' Pd exa B6 M. K. ele U i nan. m, A.M., on, A.M., Toirance, 'son, LL.D. Sytematic Tht.i '. and Tlomilctics. icism, &c. (Leci. t Exegesis. , (in McGill Coll.- leory and Practi. ical and Matlic! ONOUR, &c. o competition ii. I Dr General Profu s. For General' ional Examinatit: :)r General Profic: :mination of the 1 • General Profic: imination of the 1 For General P' onal Kxaminatiu: r General Profici'. Examination of r General Profu. Examination oi PRESBYTKRIAN YEAR BOOK. 4 3 To Students of the Third \ear. A Gold Medal. For General Proficiency in all the subjects (pass and jour) of the Sessional Examination of the Third Vear. ;i. A .Silver Medal. For General Proficiency in all the subjects (pass and lour) of the Sessional Examination of the Third Vear. III. — MANITOBA COLLEGK, VVINNH'KG. The classes in Manitoba College were begun on the loih of November, \%1\, by the Kov. George Biyce, M.A., a graduate of and examiner in the *^iversity of Toronto, and at the time of his appointment assistant in Chai- rs' Church, Quebec. The Rev. John Black had for two years previous Jn maintaining classes in classics, and Mr. D. B. Whimster, sent out by the le Mission Committee, had given instruction in English and mathematics. Rev. John Black took during the first year several classes in Greek and jm. A master also gave instructibn in commercial subjects. The College m with seven students, and during the first session this number rose to jnteen. During the summer of 1 872 arrangements had been made between the lod of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in connection with the Church iSciilland and the Assembly for joint action in college and missionary work. jilcordingly, this session began with the Rev. Thomas Hart, M. A., a graduate Queen's College, Kingston, and favourably known in Central Canada as icipal of the Perth Grammar School, in charge of classics and French. A mieicial teacher was also employed. There were during this session 24 lents on the roll, at varicjus stages of advancement. A strict and full Imination was held at the end of each of the three terms. : BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. A. G. Bannatyne, Chairman ; 1). Sinclair, I). McArthur, Rev. John Black, Hon. William Eraser, John Sutherland, M.P. P., Hon, D. A, Smith, M.P., G. McMicken, John F. Bain, Rev. S. iJonaldson, Rev. A. Matheson, K» McKenzie, Hon. D. Gunn, Rev. Thomas Hart, Rev. Professor Bryce. |; STAFF OF INSTRUCTORS. Rev. Ge ge Bryce, M.A., Professor of Science and Literature. .:.^, Rev. Thomas Hart, M.A., Professor of Classics and French. ;? Mr. D. D. Frazer, (Knox and University Colleges), resident tutor and etemcntary teacher. Steward, J. Villiers. i^ MEDALS, BURSARIES AND PRIZES. The prizes, &c, awarded last year were distributed at the pul)lic opening IRH the 5th of January. No bursary or prize is awarded except when a certain indard of merit is reached. The bursaries are in money, the prizes in books. \^ following are the donors, amounts and recipients :— *. Form, Gordon Bursary, (Joseph McKay, Esq., Montreal), \V. i;lack..$40 " Prize, (Manitoba College, A. Sutherland 10 Form, Bursary, (Manitoba College), W. Laurie 20 '^ " Prize, (Manitoba College), W. R. Sutherland 10 % Form, Prize, (P. Peebles, Esq., Quebec), S. Poison 10 Extra Prize, (Manitoba College), R. Laurie 10 Reading, J. McBeth 5 •e Reading, R. McBeth 2 '1 I i 1 t ' > , «>< <; 44 PRKSBYTERIAN YKAK B(X)K . I I n r The Senate has, in this connection, to mention that theCiovenior-rici. has expies.fd his intention of giviii}; annually to the College, during his >t ("anaila, a silver medal. The Senate has agreed to award that medal 1 1 best student of the highest form w Ikj reaches a reciuisite standanl, ami expressed to l^ord Lnilferin ilsapineciation of his thoughtfulness and gencro I HO.MK MISSK^N WORK. Home Missions are to the Churcli what the nursery is to the orchard. '. the work of Ht^nu' Missions to create new congregat inns, and to foster them .strength, till they i)ecome self-sustaining. Its Home Missions is fherefoa " Scheme " of a rising or falling church. I'hereare five fields loudly claii: help at present . I. The I'rovinci-, ok (^I'KHF.c V^ery interesting Wd; gl of .Simcoe. Three new churches are being erected. J. Lakk Si !■: Rkc.ion — This is a mining country, ami its population of a very lui.xed acter. Appointments liave been made for two years or more to id) .S.n; Marie, (/>) Silver Islet, (c) I'rince .Arthur's Landing. 4. Maniiuha ! Province the Canada Presbyterian Church, and the Presbyterian Cluii connection with the Church of Scotland, have forestalled the coming I by labouring now in unison. This immense North-west, into which new lers are crowding from all parts of the Dominion, will tax the ener^v liberality of the Church to its utmost for a generation or two to conu ; present matters in Manitoba stand thus : Siistfntatwn of Miuisiry. — a. Winnipeg, self-sustaining, raises ; /'. Palotiue, tScc, promises $325 for tirst year. t. Ikunside and Port;i Prairie, promi>.e> $400 for first year. i/. High liluff. Poplar Poini probably, only $200 promised yet. i: Headingly anti Boyne, prolxibly; • $150 each. /. Little Hiitain, &c., almost certain of $300, but on ac. of the famine can do not' ing just now. ^, Springfield and Sunnysidi. lainly $150. Building Churches during the Kv^r —Knox Churchhasbeen again.enla Little Britain, Church erected ; Rockwood, Church erected. Being Eri(tt-d nmv' Springfield Church; Burnside Church. Decided oil to be Ere, ted - Swww^i^x^K^. Church; Palestine Church; i I'hurch. 5. British Colu.mbia— When the Pacific Railway is built, ^ - Home Mission field will open up to the west of the Rocky Mountains, i at present, as the Rev. Mr. famieson remarks, there is " little or no i tunity f'". interesting results." The agents in the Home department of the Church's work are as folln^^ (l). Ministers and Licentiates, 10; (2). Probationers, 45; (3). 'I luo! , Students employed during the Summer months, 64; (4). Student Calcchi (5.) Lay c:atechists. 6.— Total, 151. The following table exhibits Home Mission work in the two-fold > ments of assisting, l. Weak Stations ; 2. Supplementing Weak Congrej; i PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. horiovcninr-rierr ;l', Uuriiiy his st,; a UkiI hkmIiU 1 1 f ^taiulaul, ami ilnc'bs and gencro-' to the (irchanl. : uid ti) foster them sions is therefori: tieUls loudly clai:; y iIUcl•estiIl^ «(■: il 'rhculoi;ical 1 as a sort ol Mis.-ii CMS of the I'resb;. 3. LakI' Svri )f a very mixed more to iii) Sat. MANI luHA- I: resbyterian Cluii ed the cominj,' I , into which new ill tax the encri;v or two to conu taining, raise:^ i,^ juside anfl Porta )»' ff, I'oplar Point Boyne, prolwbly; $300, but on ac. d and Sunnysidc. las been aj^ain.enla:. L'cted. e Church. estine Church ; ■ way is built, a icky Mountains, th| s " little or no f:| swork areasfollfiV' ., 45 ; (3). 'n>oo!' . Student Caiechi-. | in the two-fold ik] ig Weak Conyrei;.',- ! I- c 3 / *i r. ci ■*- ^: r i — c 'O 00 -"I Ol V* 1^ tc rs H- rs?^?^l a s ■J o. 9) ta H n •A Missiun KicldH. Wi-'4k«:ia(X>-'i-'0gi-i>-'?3i^Mife-'0t KM- W •-' t« • ) *» J «-• <-> to >-■ QO ro WW * ' Aiil Kuiiiiirc'ii. ^Sl-' w • w- 10 • 19 (iHt'lii' Nrf-< ^^ \^ >-* W to -ITr — ri ^i i-i V • i-i - I C. or (/; 'I .- ■ w •— * ::■ -I V" 05 w •-• >; tn II hC) if. f 'c i« -z ■ •-■ v ;■: --• ■.; 5j • en a, fr. j 4» ■». m • i o 5 ►- - •-■' o S V ii •.•! t" • o to © w --■' o Vt o *- o o — i-'ico •-• to to HJ >— i-i ; : IS O li © - I 11 -C r* t* W • 14 vi 4- W "-■ O M •— ►- - 1 •.'•••<» V. cc o o" • c. 01 ^1 O « «.■' o ♦ No, of I'rouchi/^;; Slatimi-. Avrnijfu Attciulaiici'. Families (onncctcd witli tho Mi->if>ti Field. I-* (-ifc-ll^t-4 Mi4 W>COt-'*-^»-^W K It- • -.pit C^I 4. ►"• 10 M -I • Ci tO"^ W W 14 II ■»» o- • O *» -' -• Cdmiiiimii'aiitH. >-' !-• to 1-t -J w -4lO © 1-t :j w «? ■ 1^ to to w *.| ",i 1 1 *-* C ' ^ © O O © O • tn Attendance !it iiible Class and S. School. M M II »j ►J Hj ►_" CO I-" |.'j to o to O: c :c i-. to ho ti to 00 tp "^ a 4k r. ►- 00 to ►- / 14 to W >: *» to -> .;•'/ o«c;4»c:tCi*>.m©tcM to tiwi—** §• ■ *? C © ~1 V © O © C Q © W tn Q V' C;i O ■ ©©©tlC©©©©©©©©©*©©©^ to- f> .— ^ »t -^ I •- It *. >- .«• tJi OC 'C tc - 1 © © ti -I C! © © © V. c. 'jy tc 4>- « *. too ><» It Ui o i->'^>-'(xai4i»i-' 4» to«» C" « w o til en w Ok rfk ^o 4k g©0-^©C500^ioqc c © to © © © © -1 © o o 8: : .V _P o 5^8g 15 to to to Q N tar. Amoijnt jpt r Siil)li:ith pro- mised hv Stations. Amount i)aid by Stations for Supplies during year. Amount paid for RuiUlinpr. O ►r X •f. O V. > C ; ; -I toot "^4^. tt • 05 to 00 I-" Oo-'i 4». ^J 1-' ©. «> • ' • ©©©tnti ©• ©©©•^IfViOOen© • • • o©oo©- ©• ©©©m©o©©o©n Home Mission Cirant per Sabbath for the year. • >-' cs to toe: M • t; .tk vi ei >-. o H-i • v- It X -I ^i rx, 01 - 4>- 4k © c © Vl © ■ W C.T © © © o © • W 'T'.VMI-'i-i© C5 C7> • © 4k -^ © fi Ci t1 l-l >-• to • a 4k © --I © t; to 0> » V> OD • © -^ © © i;i © tn © -.1 &>• ©©t.T©©©©CC©Ol Amount received from H M. Committee during the year. j :'."' I'RKSRYTERIAN YKAK. BOuK. M ' O C«-q Os^n -fi (rfj M "" O O 1^"^ Cs^J^ ^ U) to m SO to _w JO CjJ -^I M N) -f* « '^ N) to OJ to C»J VTOJ tyi — OJ (.» OJ to •- C/5 Congregntions. CI line h OS. Manse. ^J On 8_ O 1^ t^ 4a. OJ 00 00 so O VO 4i. to o to 00 (-n 00 4i 00 VO (>0 o o 8 to 0^ o ■ •>4 o 8: 8: 8: 8 to O 8 o oc<« o 8 to -J to « "^ "" to " jJ — OCtOOJ'^ "" ""O wvO Q j O ^J -^ l Oj ^ to O O C'Ui^O w '-i'O'^i »■ _JT>^ tOi-4^»">-tO OJ«-<«-tOi-«.^OJtOON OJ ON4» l-n O trfJ •" C/:*^i O to ^J O C>J CC^ O to 4^ OJ +» " 004* 0^4* - Cs O 00 OC^J 4* VO Q - ^j O Debt on CImrch Property. ; ; Families connected ■ with Congregation. ; Communicants. to Ln 41. vO OJ OJ OJ "" Oi tJ OJ '->J to C.>J « O^C/J 4» CCO» O 1-1 4» <->J <-n C\4^ 'Ji CCC..J 00 "H CX4^ ^J n. vyi 4^ O O O 0<-'i'-"0 OiJ-iO»(jt<-nO O 0000 Average Attend- ance. (0 M tOMMM tO«MtO-W 4^ wvOOOn^-l ZC O -t^ to O OOj C^'0 C^ O ^J to 0^4»■ oi to O 4». c Cs O ON(^ u\^-ivD Q^J ocio to Ui(.n0^0 004^04^000'JiOO>toO<^i OQQuiOOQ<^->O>-QQQ4>-O«n0O<2 O000000CnOI0 0O0^-"0'-'JOO0x Amount of Salaiy contributed by- Congregation during the year. M (jj -^.T to to to w 4* (.w p— Uj '.>J 01 ^ I OJ ^4 'Ji ^ Oi to O O^Q tovD Q tOt^tO^T4^»^ O to >-0 Ui Ui BOOO'^JQOOQQQQOQ-co^-'Sr _ _0_0 O to Q_0 00000000 000 '^' - Total Supplement received from li. M. Com. durir.L; the year. 00 c On On to O 8^F Arrears of Stipend due by Congre- ' gallon. to VO On to4» • §=; ; 88- OOUi to 00 «vj — OCVO •I "-J oc — Ui OO-ri 00 w ;. - « to -tf* U> \0 4- o^ ui to \C to 4^ « OOVO c u> to <^ut 4^ 00 7" O u\4^ to ut «»J •' Amount contribut- ed to the science; of the Church! during the year.! rRF.SBVTERIAN YKAR IinOK. 47 f. total receipts for ITome Missions for the year 1773-4, are as follows : From Pn;sliytcries of the Church $20,581 27 Knox ( 'olloyc Missionary Society 2,385 22 Montreal " " " 1,09947 Mi>sion Stations in Manitoba 445 00 [aking the >iim of $24,430 9O as ay;ainst $21,242 90 fur 1872 73. In tliis connection it may \)c alUnvcl to quote here the wonls in which the blur of (/';i/«/'f /V(\7m'/(Vw// )'((/;• J-lfi'k concludes his review of the Home BSsion work of the Free Church of Scotland , " The Home Mis-,i()n is our of the moit important schemes of the Free buif h. Tlie late Mr. Ilandysidc, who watched over it with an anxious licitiulc. and who wa^ ever ready to encourage a faithful worker, rei^arded is // niaiidy owin<; to lier Home |is>ion ; and every year, throuj^h the same agency, is she adding to the num- Froni this it is not ditTicult to see that her succcs as a Church, and the ccossof all her schemes, depend upon the [in '>i)erily of l>r Home Mission, in High iis agency she goes to the careless, and arouses ihem . she ioUows lapsed, and raises them up." FOREIGN MISSIONS. uring the year. I In tl'.is department of Christian work it is as yet the day of small things Ith iVi^ Cana'la Presbyterian Church. Its .Missions embrace, as their tield (jf X)ur, the Saskatchewan, China and India, S.vsKATcilKWAN' — This is a .Mission totheCree Indians, having its centre Prince Albert, which at 'the beginning of the .Mission was some 400 miles est of the nearest white settlement ; but the " whites " are [lUshing westwards, le red man as usual retiring before them, so that tlie Indian camping grounds re now 200 miles further west than at the beginning of the Mission, while prince .Albert is fast becoming a regular settlement of w^hite people. Now lat .Mr. Xisbet is dead, it is with melancholy interest we reatl this description If his work from his own pen . *' The Church is well filled every .Sabbath. We have fortnightly Sabbath jrvice in the house of one of the settlers six miles west of this, and an occa ponal service in another's seven miles east, and in each of these sections a )rtnif:htly prayer meeting is held. In the Church a Sabbath school. Hible plass, and weekly lecture are maintained. The comn. union was held Novem oer 30th, when deivii names were added to the roll. Five of those received I'ere memlicrs of our Church in Ontario and Manitoba, five were connected kith the Episcopal Church in this country, and one was received on examina- tion. There are 44 names on the Ciommunion Roll. There have been 21 xaptisms since Septemlier, 1S72. Of those baptized, three were adult Indians SIX were Indian ehildren. There have been two marriages during the ime period, one of which was that of an Indian couple." I i mil: ,\>: ■,M !' 1 I ! ! / '' \ \'V 48 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR HOOK. Formosa — This Island, with ;', population of 2,500,000, lying in \\ China Sea, bL'tween 22 and 25 dei^. north latitude is ai» )Ul 245 mile-, ion^; a;. 100 miles wide at its broadest part, being tliu^ somewhat about the m^^ Scotland. It is not unlike Scotland in its scenery. A ridge of snow coverej mor.ntains, the highest summit of which is 12.000 feet (nearly thrice the hv'.'^A of Ben Nevis), intersects the Island from north to south ; the declivities c\o[\vy\ with trees and p:i-,ture grounds, watered by mountain streams running duu to the sea. looked so beautiful in the eyes of the P<)rtugue>e that they calif] the island " Formosa," or the beautiful island. The productions of t island are, wheat, millet, maize, sugar-cane, oranges, pine-apple, guavr. cocoa-nuts, areca-nuts, i)eacli>:'s, apricots, figs, grapes pomegranates, chestiir melons, and vegetables of various kinds are also grown in larj^e quantities, addition to rice, camphor, salt, sulpher, maize, fruits, timber and other pr duce are exported from the island. The Dutch became masters of the island in 1632, from which liowev; they were expelled by the famous pirate Coxinna. wliose followers held t;, country until its present masters, the Cliinesc. obtained possession. Mere t^ Kev. Mr. McKay, the Missionary of th'* Canada Presbyterian Church, is iv labouring. Dr. Kraser. a son of the Rev. Mr. Fraser. one of the Assenil' Clerks, joins Mr. .McKay this year as Medical Missionary. To show 1: nature and results of the work thus far. we subjoin a few sentence- from n: of Mr. McKay's letters : It is now about a yt-ar-iiiu'L' I ailiuittcd fl%-o into omnni'inioM on ])rofes>f faifli,./ I rcjoict' "'1 hiiinjr alik' so stat.o tlinl ilioy have laithtully folhnvt'd the l.nnl .Fosns, uinl \< lessly tt'^,,o..d to tlic trutl) unto this il;ty. The only ninu I l)roupht fnnu tlie soiitli <■ mouiorated tiie dyliicr love r)f .Testis w th us a year ajfo, Siiicpthnt tinu'hehas been erne luurdored nutJ bet' -adod in the woods ; lii.s he;ulIf':^sho'l\ is yonderliy f he windinar pat.li,b. his .soid is in the liia:lie'*t heavens with the Lord of (Jlory. Last Saliii:ith we observed !• Lord'.s Sir|i|i('r at <.'o-lio-khin, whore tlif first chapel was creeled. Tiure I ailinitted f. old and ihriiu yonnic n^<'ti, who iiavest ^adfastly followed the Lord sineo they fiist heard ■ nospel. The five v.ho were admitted last yf-ar were present, so ihnf exactly twelve iia con\ei'ts sat around the table of the Lord. In a quit retired spot, away frVn., the di.s|i. of heathenism and the inqiii-'arcrs present, wc; a preeioiis eonimtmion. I believe the Master was with us. I neverenjuyed a sweeterc munion in Atneriea, Seotlat'd, or my dear native land. Se\eral m the hearers seci:, moved, and all appeared serious and thoui^htful durins the services. If any heart v touched, if any soul was awakened, to.Iehovah alone he the everlasting! praise and plor, India -Two young women. Misses Roger and Fairweather have be. dosignatc'ii to India (where they now are), and appointed to labour under tb control and care of tlie Board of Missions of the F'resbytorian Church in t' United States, as the Canada Presbyterian Church has no missions of its ov in that country. RECEIPTS. Balance from last year $ 5 1 :;o 56 Receipts during year 12084 44 r.\YMK:,is. $17325^ British Columbia, balance $ 148 00 On account of Saskatchewan Mission 4395 55 •' China 1806 31 India, Misses Fairweather and Rodgers 1886 54 Expenses of the Committee 137 35 Proportion of General Expenses 200 00 " Salary of Agent 280 00 Balance on hand 8431 25 1 $17235 cc] PRESBYTERIAN YEAR ROOK. 49 pnift'^ision 'if fait Ii, at L- Lnril .IpsllS, ;(inl li'? t fmiii tlie soiitl) ' tiiiu'liehas been orue y flit' wiudinaf pat.li,b iii.ith we i")l)HorvcrI :•■ 'I'liire I ailinitted i lire tlicy first lieard (■>;a('l!y twelve na awriy fr:ir.) flie dinp. Iifiircrs prc'^eiit, wei •oDJnyed a sweeten: III' the liearers sccni' ices. If anj- heart w. iii^ praise and glor. weather have bee io labour tinder tb, •ian Church in thj missions of its o>v Thr Four following Churches stand here compared as to their position in regard to P'oreign Missions : NAME. t/5 k> in V C , '/} n V c *-• a irl T ■r. ^r 10 *-t rt b-l feH <. -^ 4, rt C o U Presbyterian Clnirch of the Lower Provinces 2 . . 6 iRefoniiefl Dutch Church, U. S . . . [United Presbyterian Church, U. S ,72 •23 13 12 iCanad a Presbyterian Churc h ._ 3[ KANKAKEE MISSION. 630 1423 655 56 Foarteen ytars ago the Rev. C. Chiniquy abandoned the Church of Rome, md along with him there went his corr^regation in St. Ann's and neighbour- loud. This village, situated in the County of Kankakee in Illinois, U.S., contains jiopulation of 400 or 500, c'lielly Frencl Canadians. Wlien they first sttled there they were Konian CaJioIics, but v the great majority of them Protestants, belonging to four Churches — l'.i-isc()])alian, Papti.:t Owth very ill) American Presbyterian with 64 flimilies and 133 members, and Mr. 'liiniquy's with 162 families and 358 members. During the last three and -half years 33 new names were added to tlie roll, of whom 24 were converts rom Rome. There is a school connected with the Mission, with an average [itlendance of 85, in which the shorte*- Catechism is repeated and the Bible Jaily read. The following table shows the receipts and expenditure for over three fears :— RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURE. ■"rom Ontario $2651 91 Debt on Ch. when burn'd . .$ioS8 27 " Quebec S06 10 New Bldg. mat . .$2870 51 ) " Nova Scotia, .. 270 31 " St. Anne 1 189 on Simdry other expenses 130 00 $8939 14 Total $,054 57 Balance due loi 5 43 $9954 57 It has been arranged that M.. Chiniquy is to devote him>elf to F^'vangclistic vork among his countrymen in the Province of Quebec, for winch lie is so (- itiT^ ; -?. f."tv<'faff* r~'fii--t^t'(!^yfiffr'. 'nil I ] 1,1'':: ,i"'v 50 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. ft; eminently fitted, lecivin;^ his congregation to be supplie'l by a French pnstr r when, it is exjiected, a union may be formed between it and the Americ:_i Pres1)ytenan Congregation, the united congregation to find its connection w{^ the sister church in the United States. STATE OF RELIGION. To the questions sent down to Sessions in regard to the State of Relig; in the congregations of the General Assembly, replies were returned by i:. Sessions, the largest nup">ber that ever reported. From a conjunct view, the reports these facts are inferred by the Committee : That, in the contfrej^'ation.s from wliioh returns have Ijeen received, there has beer, most cases a consideralile increase in ilie nieiiibershi]) ; that family worsliip is j^enen ol)servetl by Iieads of families tliat are members of tlie Cliurch ; that in almost every f !^rei,'ation there is a congre-fational |irayer meetintc, and that in some there are di>f meeting's for ])rayer, conducted by Elders or other members of the Church, in whicli . siderable interest lias been manifested ; that the con|,aet,'ations, with few excejitions, L, a Sabbath schonl or schools, in wbicli many of the i^lders, as well lus other members of Cburcli, enij^af^e in the instrnction of the yoanu, and that the schools are, in some dc:: although not so fully as they shoidd be, snstained by tlie synijiatby and aid of the coi.- gations ; that in tlie cimpreyalions tlureisa gTdwiii}^ lil.><;rality in the sujiport of Gi Mi ordinances ainomr themselves, and that in many cases a more liberal sujiport is j^dvt; the schemes of the L'hurcli ; tliat the Sabbath is on the whole well observed, althouj;lu plaints come from vari(jus ((iiarters of temiitutions to disre<:fard the holy day which ;irt readily yielded to ; that intemperance is on the decrease. l)ut that, in many connnu'i:; the drinkinjtc usa;,'es of the day are still exertiny: a most baneful influence ; tha*^. i'l i,. conj,'re^'ations there is a^'rowiujjf interest in the cause of Christ, as well as a more re. attendance on i'ul)lic ordinances ; and that, amon;,'- yount;' men and young women, tlit: a greater readiness to improve the opjiortunities allorded them for liible Class 'iistrii ■ wliile a goodly munber of them have joined themselves to the Lord in a perpetual covt that shall not Jie forgotton. FRENCH EVANGELI?:ATI0N. In this Mission consideral)le progress is being made towards ra native ministers whose liome is the Province of Quebec, and whose tong the French. Misaol Paradis has been licensed to preach the Gospel, is labouring in New Brunswick. There are several students in course of trn for the ministry, whose spheres of labour where thus assigned last sumnic; I. Calvin Amaron stationed at Aylmer ; 2. Telesphore Bronilletu, Riviere du Loup ; 3. Chailes Brouillette, at Lancaster ; 4. A. B. Croiu in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia ; 5. M. F. Bondreau, in the luniln. region of the Upper Gatincau, in connection with the Miss. Soc. of the .V ireal Presbyterian Col. ; 6. Charles Chavez, in the Sixes portage on tin- ' tineau; 7. Ci. M(-u>>eau, colporteur in connection with the Bible Sor:. 8. E. D. Pelletier, is teaching at St. Anne's, Kankakee. The statement of accounts is as follows : — INCO.ME. ExrExniruRE. To balance $ 675 88 Sundries $ 33c Receipts 3002 92 Board 4-'> Salary of Prof. Coussn-at . . l6a" $367879 H. Mission Work 661 $304: Diilance due ' '" y a French pn^t ; ami the Anieric i I its connection w ? he State of Religi V^ ere returned by i a conjunct view ,, ived, there has beer, ily worship is gencn. at in almost every c sumo tlicre arc ilis^f ■ Church, in wliich c th few cxcoi>lions, L IS other nienibi;rs of dIs are, in some dv:: y and aid of tlie con: 11 the support of d oral support is j^avc; 3 lioly day wiiicli an t, iu'many conmui'i:: inHucnce ; that in i,. IS well as a more re: d voung women, tlit. I- liible Class Mistru,- d in a perijetual covt na'le towards ra . and whose tong. each the Gospel.: its in course of tra igned last summc: sphore Bronillelic 4. A. B. Crom 2au, in the lumbe; ,Iiss. Soc. of the >: s portage on the' th the Bible Socic ENnrruRE. $35^ 42^ Coussirat . . i6oc ^ ork ^61 $3041 \ due ^''" PRKSBYTERIAN YKAR KOOK. 61 HOME AND FOREIGN RECORD. At the beginning of the year the circulation of the Rcrord was about S.ooo ; it is now over 12,600, showing an actual increase over the former ve' - of 4,600 or nearly 66 per cent. RECEIPTS. RXPENDITl'RE. "ance from last year $9 75 Printing $1277 3I ivcceived during the year 305 1 53 Paper li 25 00 Postage and distribution. . . 391 00 $3061 r.S General expenses 55 St> Salary of Agent 200 00 Balance on hand 12 18 SABBATH SCHOOLS. $3061 28 Sabbath Schools are reported as increasing in number and efficiency. Conferences (congregational, sessional, or l*resbyteriai) are recommended, and tlie following topics suggested as subjects of consideration. 1. The relation of the Salibath School to the Church. 2. The special relation of Christian parents to the Sabbath School. Tlie (jualiiication of Sabbath School teachers. The character and tluties of Sabbath School teachers. How all Christians may co-operate in Sabbath School work. 1 )ef'>cts in Sabbath School management. 7. W.at are the re(|uisile to a proper instruction and government of Sabbath Schools. 8. How best to interest the Sabbath Schools in missions, so as to secure their ai'l in the furlheranc of tliem. 9. The music of Sabl. '1 Schools, lo. The importance of u rinal teaching, and of f.he .Shorter Catechism ,s a lc.\td)ook. I. Are pic-nics, soirees, &c., conducive to the great end contemplated y the Sabbath School. 12. Practical suggestions as to the best methods of teaching, 13. The iionour and dignity of the Sabbath School work. 14. The same Icsson for all the classes in the school. 15. Teachers' meetings for the study of the lesson. 16. The place and purpose of the Sabbath School. AGED AND INFIRM MINISTER'S FUND. There were in June la.^l 13 annuitants on this fund, cunsi>ting of minis- uho had become old or infirm in the service of the Church, each receiv- ing; from $100 (the lowest annuity), to $400 (the highest annuity). RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURES. Bal. at beginning of year. . $1,651,97 Annuities to Mini>ter> jiiiiil $2,496 Proportion foi- Printing and 4- 5- t Receipts during year from rongregations, donations. , *^ 2,349 06 interest 2^0 00 f>7 General Expenses. Proportion fm Salary .\i:ent )f 00 00 Balance 1 , 504 36 $4,281 03 N . \>. — Amount invested , $4,281 Co . 4,000 o^ i I !!■' : '''( 5^ PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND. Widows' and families on fund, 26 ; last year there were 23. STATE OF THE FUNIJ. Municipal Debentures at par $50400 00 Mortgages 25284 92 Cash 1404 64 $77089 56 RECEIPTS, Balance from last year. . . $887 lO Collections and Donations 3528 01 Mmisters' Rates 1575 00 Intexest 4400 00 Investments falling due and paid 5844 49 EXI'ENDITURES. Annuities paid $3796 oc Rates unpaid 4 rJ2 (j4in4 ' Reformed Church (Dutch).. ()!)14;) 43099 1207720 United Prcsbytei ian 43:5 776 74833 7S39wU(J0 49086 8(J3-J',i:; ■ Canatla Presbyterian 32!) 720; 50702 2S200 5«47 5.580 34257 61935',' ' From a comparison of the above figures, the following important po are seen : — I. That, while in the Reformed Church the number of mini- exceeds the number of congregations (which implies that some of the cor. gations have two or more pastors), in the other two churches compared. number of congregaliuns is double that of the pastors, which implies over'. of pastors. 2. That Infant Baptism is falling into disuse in the Refor Church, for we find, that with 200 ministers more than the Canada Fi^ terian Church, it has baptized, of infants, 208 less than its Canadian >: 3. That the Canada Presbyterian Church stands lowest of the three in f of contributions, giving only one-half of what the Reformed Church give- ml PRESHYTKRIAN YEAR BOOK, 63 23- URES, »r Aged istcrs. . ral ex- lary of $3796 ooj 04 23 8452 64 $16234 6c MPARED. anada Presbytcri ;tales that are v: o o ;d o CO ■i a o 27641 G41C4 12O77'20 i 4<)0H6, 8t58-i'.':: . . . . ; m oi_^i\m^ /ing important po 2 number of mini- it some of the cor. lurciies compared, hich implies ovcrv suse in tlie Refor; n the Canada T"- an its Canadian si^ t of the three in f med Church givc^ THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CANADA, IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Lisi of Moderators front 1S44 1844.— Rev. folm Cook, D.D 1845. — Rev. \Vm. J'.cll, M.A. 1859. — Rev. John McMurchy. i860.— Rev. A. Malliicson, D.D. 1861.— Rev. \Vm. liain, D.D. 1862.— Very Rev. W. Leitch, D.D, 1863. — Kev. Jno. Camiibell, M.A. 1S64.- -Rev. Archibald Walker. 1865. — Rev. G. Thompson, M.A. 1866. — Very Rev. W. .'^nodgrass,!). D 1867, — Rev. K, Macleiman, M.A, 1868.— Rev. R. Dobie. 1869. — Rev. John Jenkins, D.D. 1870. — Rev. Solomon Mylne. 1871. — Rev. D. Morrison. 1872.- Rev. John Hogg, D.D. 1873. — Rev. James Patterson. jX^5__Kev. 'i. Romanes, LL.D. 1847. — Rev. Walter Roach. 184S. — Rev. John Harclay, D.D. 1849.— Rev. fa;^- C. Muir, D.D. 1850. -Rev. J. M. Smith, M.A. lS5l.-Rev. Robert Neill, D.D. 1852. — Rev. John McMorine, D.D. 1S53. — Rev. Alexander Spence, I). D. j^-^. — Kov. J. Williamson, LL.D. ,j555._Rev. Alex. McKid. 1X56.— Rev. Alexander Mann, M.A. lS;7. — Rev. Ceorge Macdonnell. 1838.— Rev. George Bell, LL.D. OFFICERS OF THE SYNOD : Rev. JOHN RANNH:, M.A., Moderator. Rev. J. IL MACKLRKAS, M.A., Clerk. JAMES CROH., Es(^, General Agent. BOARDS AND COMMITTEES : SUBJECTS. CONVENERS, &C. TOST-OFFICES. Fntcigu Missions 'I'hos. G. Smith Kingst(jn Temporalities' Fund Sir 1 high Allan, Chairman Montreal Queen's College Board Wm. Lehind, Sec.-Tres Kingston Queen's College Senate Very Rev. W. Snodgrass, D.D, .Kingston Examination (if Students. . . . Rev. J, Hogg, D. D Ciuelph Ab)rrin College, Gov'r> Rev, John Cook, D.D. . Quebec Clni>tian Life and Work . . . .Rev, D, Morrison Owen Sound Sabl)ath OI)servance Rev. Jas. C. Smith Hamilton Juvenile India Mission G. M. McDonnell, 1>,A Kingston Widows' & Orphans' Fund. . .Rev. R. Campbell, M.A Montreal French Mission Rev. John Jenkins, D.D Montreal Presbyterian Editorial Co. . . . Rev, G. 1 .ang Montreal Finance Rev. K. Mcl.ennan Peterboro' Statistics James Croil, Es(i Montreal General Sustentation Rev. John [enkins, 1). D Montreal Manitoba Mission Rev. D. J , Macdonnell, D. 1) . , Toronto Mission to Lumbermen Rev. D. M. Gordon, P.D Ottawa Styles .A 12 Oct., 1S53. .Sherljnjoke Sherbrooke, Q Duncan Anderson, iM.A.. . .26 Dec, 1854. . Point Levi Levis, (^) James McCaul, I). A 24 Aui;., 1864. .Three Rivers . . . .Tluee Rivers, Q Henry Edmison, .\L.'\ .... 18 Oct., 1866. . Mcll)our"ic Melbourne, Q Vacancy. — Valcartier. Mission Stations. — Windsor, Brompton Gore, Licentiates. — James Douglas, B A ; George Weir, M.A. ; Alex. N. McQuarrie, B.A. Rev. I^uncan Anderson, Presbytery Clerk. 2. PRE.SBY'IERY OF MONTREAL. Meets at Montreal on the fust Tuesday of l''ebruary, May, August and Nov, James C. Muir, D.D 29 Apr. 1836. .(Georgetown . . .N. Georgetown, (/ William Snnpson 16 Mar. 1840. . Lachine Lachine, Q John McDonald 28 June 1854 . .Bccchridge . . . .St. Renii, Q James Patterson 8 Sep. 1858. . llemniingford. . Ilemmingford, 1 Donald Ross 20 July 1859 . . Dundee 1 )undee Centre. < R. Campbell, M.A 10 Apr. 1862. . Montreal Montreal, Q [St. Gabriel's. John Jenkins, D.D 27 June 1865. .St. Paul's . . . .Montreal, Q Donald Ross, B.D 3 Oct. 1865 .. j ^^^^^^ ^ j Gushing, Q James B. Muir, M.A 31 May 1865. .Huntingdon . . . T. S. Lochead, M.A 11 Sep. 1866. . \ ^'f" ,^"'^ \ Kelso, Q •' ' ^ ( Atlielstane ) ' ^ Charles A. Doudiet 23 Aug. 1869. .Montreal Point St. Charle^ [St. Matthew's Charles A. Tanner 27 Oct. 1869 . . Montreal [St. John's Gavm Lang 28 Nov. 1870 . . Montreal Montreal, Q [St. Andrew's William M. Black 7 Mar. 1871 . . Montreal Montreal, Q [St. Mark's D. W. Morrison, B.A .... 4 iVLar. 1874. .Ormstown . . . .Ormstown Vacancies. — Russeltown; Beauharnois ; Laprairie; St. Louis de Gonzague: St. Eustache. Mission Stations. — Augmentation of Grenville ; Montreal, East End Mi- sion; Montreal, Victoria Mission. Retired Ministers.— Thom^i?, Eraser, Montreal. 14 June, 1844 ; Hugli Niven, Herdman's Corners, 17 Feb., 1857. William C. Clark, Ph. D. (Manitoba), Charles G. Glass, M.A., Ord. Mi'- Robert Laing, B. A., Assistant St. Paul's Church, Montreal. Rev. James Patterson, Presln'tery Clerk. October, p. o. , Quebec vSherbrooke, Q Levis, () Three Rivers, n .Melbourne, <» .A. ; Alex. N. '/i'ly Clerk. \ugust and Nov, !". Ocorgetcwn, Q machine, Q ,t. Remi, Q lemmingford, i;-" )uiKlee Centre. ' Montreal, Q Montreal, Q Pushing, Q Kelso, Q Point St. Charle- Montreal, Q Montreal, Q Ormstown ouisdeGonzagut: ;al, East End Mi- me, 1844 ; Hug'i M.A., Ord. Afis. real. 'sliyleiy Clerk. rRESnVTERlAN YEAR BOOK. r,5 3. PRESBYTERY OF GLENGARY. leets at Cornwa'l on the first Wednesday in February, May, Aug. and Nov. MINISTERS. Al'POINTEl). CONGREGATIONS. W O. [". Macpherson, M.A ... .28 Dec. 1836. . Lancaster . . . .Lancaster, O hn Davidson Sept. 1844. . \Viliiamsbur^;i . Willianisburgh () jlcr Watson, B. A 4 Sept. 1856. . \Viiiiainst(»\vn . . Willianistoun, () '^I'eovge I'orteous 22 Aug. i860. . Matilda Dixon's C'or., (.) lames S. Mullan 31 Dec. 1861 . . O.^nabruck .... WOcjdlands, O l.amonl, D.D 22 Feb. 1S65 . . Finch Xewington, O ohii S. Burnet I July 1868. . Martintown .... Martintown, O McXish, B.D., LL.D. .25 Nov. 1868. .Cornwall Cornwall, O Jeil Brodie Lochiel Vacancies. — Cote St. George; Dalhousie Mills; Indian Lands »S: Roxboro'. Mission Stations. — Alexandria, East Ilawkesbury, Alexander Jamieson, B.A. Probationer. William Ferguson, M.A., Catechist. Rev. John S. Burnet, Clerk. 4. PRESBYTERY OF PERTH. leets at P.^rth and Carleton Place on the second Tuesday of January, May and September. 1841 . . Pakenham .... Pakenham, O 1845 .Perth Perth, O 1850. . Smith's Falls. . .Smith's Falls, O 1862 . . Lanark Lanark, O 1862. .Beckwilli Franktown, O ^Qcr \ Middleville ) ,,. , ,, .,, 1866. . 1 c T^ n • i Middlevdle oc Dalhousie ' ex. Mann, M.A 16 Feb. William Bain, D.D 29 Oct. Solomon Mylne 16 Oct. tiimcs Wilson, M.A il June lyalter Ross, M.A 15 Oct. If illiam Cochrane 18 Sept. lii. McCillivray, B.A 16 July John Bennett 29 June 1^ Campbell, M.A 26 Oct. 1867. 1869. 1871. Brockville . . Ramsay \ Macnab (!\: I I lorton . . . Brockville, O . Almonte I Renfrew, O I'acancies. — Kitley ; Lombardy & Oliver's Ferry Jl/ission Stations. — Darling ; Palmerston ; Lavant. Rev. Wm. Bain, D.D,, Presbstcry Clerk. .j 5. PRESBYTERY OF OTTAWA. teets at Ottawa on the first Tuesday before the second Wednesday of January, May and September. lonias Scott 12 Jan. i S44 . . Plantaganel .... Curran, O William T. Canning 10 Oct. 1859. .Oxford Oxford Mills, O. J. McLean, B.A 11 Feb. if 63 . . Arnprior Arnprior, O lias Mullan 18 Sept. 1S67. . Spencerville.. . . Spencerville, O. p. M. Gordon, B. D 17 Dec. 1867 . . Ottawa Ottawa, O. ames Frasei'. B.A 13 Jan. 1S70. . Lilchtield Bryson, Q. oscjili Ciandier 31 Dec. 1^72 .Coulonge Fori, (.'oulonge, Q i •>\ *i ,l::-: 'I 1 'f''] } li,' •■' ' I'RKSnYTKRIAN YEAR HOOK. MINISTKRS. AIT'OINTKD. C(JN(;KK(;ATI0NS. P. O. Alex, Campbell, 15. A 9 Oct. 1873. . Westmeath Beachburgh, John Fairlie 24 Feb, 1874 . . 1 /Oiii^nial and [llawkeslnuyL'Orignal, Frederick Home 12 May, 1874. . Puick Ingham and [Cumberland Ijuckingham, 1 Mountain c\: } Ileckston Alex. H, Cameron 12 Nov. 1874.. i ,. /- t Alex. Smith 23 June 1874. .Chelsea Chelsea, Q Vacancies : — Ilunlley ; Ross; Richmond. Mission Stations : — Lochaber, Clarence, ("antley. Retired Alinistcrs : — Alex. Spence, D.I)., Elgin, Scotland, 27 July, 184' James Sinclair, Huntley, 24 Oct., 1853; T. Scott, ('urrn, O, 12 Jan., i^. Ordained Missionary : — Hugh J. llorthwick, .M.A., 19 Feb., 1862. Rev. Jamks Fkaser, B.A., Presbytoy Clerk. e Cttm ttith 1 Kti ■wis, hiiBe Ok 6. PRESBYTERY OF KINGSTON. Meets at Belleville on the first Wednesday (jf May and August, and at K ston on the first Wednesday of February and November. Robert Neill, D. D 29 Jan. J. Williamson LL.D 25 Feb. Alexander Buchan 12 Nov. J. B. Mowat, M.A 2 May J. H. Mackenas, M.A 20 Sej). G. D. Ferguson, B. A 16 May 1840. .Seymour Burnl)rae, O 1845. . (Queen's CoUegeKingston, O 1856. . Stirling Stirling 1850. .(Queen's CollegeKingston, O 1853. .(J>ueen's CollegeKingston, O 1855. .()ueen's CollegeKingston, () W. Snodgrass, D.I) 4 Nov. 1856. .Queen's CollegeKingston, O Thos. G. Smith i Oct. 1862 . . Kingston Kingston, O M. W. McLean, M.A 15 Aug. 1866. . Belleville Belleville, O. James M. Gray 4 Aug. 1869. .Roslindii'fhurrvvRoslin, O Vacancies. Wolfe Island ; Pittsburg. Mission Stations. — Portsmoutli ; Rawdon ; Seymour West. Rev. M. W. McLean, M.A., Presbytery Clerk. 7. PRESBYTERY OF TORONTO. Meets at Toronto on the third Tuesday of January, April, July and Octob. John Brown 30 Aug. 1854 . . Newmarket. . . . Newmarket, James Bain 10 Oct. 1854. . Scarboro' Woburn, O W. E. McKay, B. A 29 Oct. 1856. .Orangeville Orangeville, James Carmichael 2 Oct. i860. . King Laskey, O Walter R. Ross 6 Feb. 1861 . . Pickering Pickering, O A. Maclennan, B.A 2 July 1862. .ScotttScUxbridgeUxbridge, D. Macdonald, M.A 1 1 Jan. 1865 . . Purple Hill c\: E. feU«t |ae8T. . Mxlt avidW iUiam rch. Ci Alli9te toesCl' Vnca xtsat P. %i bert bert W. lesHJ urles Itiafft 'Hoi William Aitken I Nov. 1865 A. Macdonald, B.A 31 J'l". 1866 [NottawasagaCreemore, . Vaughan Maple, O .Nottawasaga. . .Collingwood, D. J. Macdonnell, B.D 20 Nov. 1866. .Toronto Toronto, O Adam Spenser 4 Aug, 1868. . Darlington Bowman ville, Donald Strachan 8 Sept. 1868 . . Erin Hillsburgh, David P. Niven, B.A i Mar. 1870. . Georgina Sutton, O ncciM •s\ 'A el I'RESRYTERIAN YEAR HOOK. 1'. O. ieachburgh, /Orignal, Juckingham, lleckston Chelsea, Q MINISTERS. APrOINTED. CONGREGATIONS. P. O. Im Clclaml 2 Aug. 1854. .W. (iwillinihury [and luni>lil. IJiadford, O 15. Mullan 23 July 1862. . Fergus Fergus ; O Fiaser, B.A 21 Sept. 1865. . Wliithy Wliilhy, O Macaulay 3 Oct. 1866. . C'aledoiuVMuno.Mono Mills ,|lnFcii;us()n,r..A 22 April 1868. .Osproy Maple Valley Carmi^hacl, M. A 10 Nov. 1870 . Markhani Markhain, O aith lIulcliLion 16 Feb. 1S71 . . Mulmur Koscmont, O. Mission Stations: — New Lowell, (jravenh;ii>t ; Wasliago. gj^ired Ministers: — Samuel I'orter, Bradford, 29 A[)ril, 1846; Alex, d, 27 July, 1S4 :wia,^.MoiR), 4 Aug., 1840; James .Stuart, Toronto, 22 Aug., 1849; O, 12 Jan., i\hn|ferclay, I ).!>., Dec., 1842. QMaincd Minister without ii charge. -\^\\\\-\\\\ .McKee, J^A. I Kkv. Wai.ikr k. Ross, Presbytery Clerk. I 8. PRESBYTERY OF VICTORIA. eettit Lindsay on the first Tuesday of February, May, August and Nov. mesjr. I'aul 5 June 1S50. . Dummer Warsaw, O . M«fleiinan, M. A 8 Mar. 1853. . Peterljoro' I'eterboro', O avid Watson, M. A 30 Aug. 1853 . .Tliorah Beaverton, O 'illiam White 24 June 1857 . . Clark Newtonville, O rch. Currie, .M. A 23 Oct. 186 £ . . Brock Sonya, O AUi^er Murray 9 Oct. 1867 . . Lindsay Lindsay, O V Feb., 1862. sbytoy Clerk, 5ust, and at K v ember. Burnbrae, O elvingston, O Stirling J Kingston, O s Kingston, O ^Kingston, O L'Kingston, O .Kingston, O . Belleville, U. vRoslin, O ex. He Kay, M. A 11 Dec. 1867 . . Eldon Woodvillc, O oaes Clcland 25 Feb. 1874. . Port Hope Port Hope, O Yifcancy : — Balsover &. Kirkfiekl. Rev. J. Allister Murray, Presbytery Clerk. 9. PRESBYTERY OF HAMILTON. ^'est. esbytery Clerk. »ts ftt Hamilton and Guelph alternately, on the third W^ednesday of April, August and December. P. 9}rm 29 Sep. 1852 . . Clifton Clifton, O 'bert Dobie 7 Oct. 1853.. Milton Milton, O belt Burnet 26 Oct. 1853. .Hamilton, St. [ Andrew's.. Hamilton, O Tuly and Octol). W, Livingstone 19 May 1858 . . Simcoe Sirncoe, O \j ovL-M (1^^ Herald 30 June 1858. .Dundas Dimdas, O ■ WoW O ":^« ^'*?'"P^^" 25 Aug. 1858 . . Niagara Niagara, O woourn, '^ ^ i^iaiil Masson 25 .Sept. 1858. .Gait Gait, O n Hogg, D.X:) 30 June 1859 . . Guelph Guelph, O iliam .Stewart 26 Dec. i860. .Hornby Hornby, O A^fYcomans, B.A 22 Sept. 1869. . Wcjolwich Winterhourne, O W.|Waits 1 2 June, 1873. .Ncls'n>S;Water'nWaterdown, O lesC. Smith, M.A 21 July 1864. .Hamilton, [St. Paul's. .. Hamilton, O Vacancies .-—Rich wood & Showers' Cor ; Ancaster ; Salttleet & liitdjrook. Musion Stations : — Dover, Lyndoch and Windham Centre. ^ircd Ministers :~W\\\v\xa. Johnson, M.A., Hamilton, 15 Nov., 1852; tM^er Forbes, Waterdown, 5 Jan., 1859. ined Missionary. — Robert G. McLaren, Flamboro', 14 Aug., 1862. . Orangeville . Laskey, O .Pickering, O ;eUxbridge, jaCreemore, .Maple, O .CoUingwood, .Toronto, O . Bowmanvillo, . Hillsburgh, .Sutton, O Rev. Robert Burnet, Presbytery Clerk. 6.S I'RKSBYTKRIAN YKAR IICX^K. V', ;, lo. PRESBYTERV OF LONDON. Meets at London on llie first Wednesday of January, I^Liy and Septeirj MINISTKKS. AI'POINTKrJ. CONGREGATIONS. P. 0. Hamilton Gibson 13 Nov. 1850. . Bayfield (S:\'arnaBayfield, James (Jordon, .\LA 28 Sept. 1854.. N. Dorchester.. Crumlin, Jas. Sieveright, B.A 30 July 1857. .(Joderich Godericii, John Ranuie, M. A 15 Sept. 1859. .Chatham Chatham, David Camelon 12 Dec. 1859. .London London, Hugh Cameron 8 Oct. 1802. .Kipi)en Kii)peii, O J. S. Eakin, B.A iiAug. i869..1'ark Hill ParkHill.d R. Chambers, J}, A 5 J"ly 1870. .East Williams. .Nairn, O <*» Wm. T. Wilkins, B. A . . . . 1 1 April 1873 . . Stratford Stratford, Jjj J. B. Taylor 23 July 1873. .Lucknow Luck now, dnwo, J. J. Cameron 3 Sept. 1874. . N. Easthope . . Shakespoai. "*•" Vacancies. — Southwold ; East Oxford , Glencoe and Dunwich minster. Mission Stations : — Aldborough, Port Alljert, Zorra. Retired Minister. — William Barr, London, 28 Sept., 1849, Rkv. Jamf.s Gordon, M. A., J'resliylery Cla II. PRESBYTERY OF SAUGEEN. Meets at Owen Sound and Paisley alternately on the second Tue> January, May and September, at 5 p.m. D. Morrison, M, A 22 Oct. i85i..Owen Sound Owen Sc: [and Derby . . CJeorge Bell, LL. D 30 May 1844 . . Walkerton Walkertoii ' John Gordon, B.A 21 Feb. 1865 . . Paisley Paisley, 1 i)onald Fraser, ALA 14 Aug. 1867. .Priceville Priceville, 1 W. M. Anderson, M. A. . . .20 July 1869. .Kincardine . . . .Kiiicardiiu, E. B. Rodgers 19 Oct. 1870. .Leith & JohnsonLeith, O M. M. McNeill 14 Aug. 1873. .Mount Forest. .Mount Fo;- Vacancy. — Saugeen. Mission Station. — Proton. Rev. Duncan Morrison, M.A., Presbytery Cl-r'' m :m'&n^^^^^ ^t^^-- ins il I'RliSHYTKRIAN YEAR JKioK, 59 N. May and SepUn.j loNs, r. 0. 'arnaliayficld, ster..Crumlin, . . . .Goderich, , . . .Chatham, . . . .l^ondon, O Kippen, U Park Hill, 01 ,nis. .Nairn, O Slralford, , Lvicknow, (J I pe . .Sliakosjun't' and Dunwich ; ■ra. pt., 1849, Presbytery Ciei, fe:EN. the second TucH p.m. Owen Sc: iiu:ticaf> list- -PRF.SliV'n.RIAN Cni'R( H CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. IN CONNECTION WITH rhc figures followinjf the names denote the Presbyteries to which they belong]. ound lerby . L .. a^. . . . II . . Wm.. n . . . . ,n..'...Walkerto.i!^»^'^l;f,i; Paisley, bie, Rob.:rt., J Priceville, udiet,€h.is. ne . . . . Kincardine. ohnsonLeith, O brest . . Mount Fo: Doiiglas, James . . i F-;ikiii, Joseph . . . . 10 Kdmison, Henry. . i F:iirlie, Jmi 5 Ft:r;;iison, ( i I). . . , 6 FcryiiMiii, Jcilm . . 7 Fi:r>;uson, W .... < Forbes, .\lcx .... ij Fraser, DoiiaUl , , 1 1 Fniscr, J 7 Fraser, jaincs.. .. 5 Fraser, 'I'liom.is . . 2 i''r;'ser, J F cx) dandier, Joseph.. 5 ( iibson, U 10 (■.la^S, C Cr '.' ('•onion, 1). M. . . . 5 Cioriloii, James . . 10 Ciordon, John ....11 ( Iray, James M . . 6 ll.irt, I'hos 00 Herald, James. . . . o Ho-;,', John 'j Hiiiebeson, S .... 7 J.imieson, A\cx . . 3 Jenkins, Jolui .... 2 Johnson, Wm .... 9 Laing, Robt 2 Lamont, Hn.tjh .. 3 I-ang, Ciavin 2 f.euis, Ale.K. . . l.inds.iy, Peter Livingstone, M \V Livingston, P S Lochead, J S . , Macaiihiy, D . , Macaulay. Kvan. . Macdonnell, I) J.. Macbay, Wm K.. Mi'clsay, Alex Ah:Kee, Wm .... ALu.'kerr.is, J H . . .NLiclemian, Ale\. . Macleiman, K . . . . Ma. lean, I> J .... ALiclean, M Wj .. Mann, Alex i\Li'~son, Wm .... M( (.'aul, James . . McUon.ilil, I) .... ^h.■|)o^ald, A .... McDonald, John . . McFwan, |as . , . . McC.iUivray, D .. McLaren, R O .. McNeil, MM.... McNish, N Nh:l'herson, T McCJuarrie, A N.. Morrison, I) .... M orison, D W .. Mowat, J 1! I\Lillan, Jas M.... Mnllan, James S. . Mnllan, hLlias .... IShiir, James i> , . Muir, James C .. Murray, Jas .'\.. . . .M ylne, Solomon . . Neill, Koht 6 Niveii, Hugh .... z Niven, Davitl .... 7 3 8 7 ,} lu I 2 2 4 7 7 10 2 5 9 6 5 Patterson, Jas Paul, James T. F'orter, Sanniel Porteous, ( leo . Rannie, John . Ros, Waller . Ross, W R ... Scott, Thoiiuis. Sieveright, J Simpson, Wm . SiiK lair, James Smith, James < .Sncxlgrass, W . Spence, Alex . Spencer, A 7 Stewart, Wm .... q .Strachan, 1) 7 Stuart, James .... 7 Sym, Frnl P .... 9 Tanner, Ch.is .... 2 Tamier, John E .. 2 Tawse, Johti .... 7 Taylor, I I! 10 Waits, E W 9 W.itson, David .. 8 Watson, Peter 3 Weir, (1 I White, William .. 8 Wilkins, W T . . . . 10 Williamson, J 6 Wilson, James.. . . 4 Yeomans, ( j 9 DEATHS. Mifljistcrs who died during ecclesiastical year ending June 3nd, 1874. ^ \ME. CONCiRKGATIOX. PRESHYTKRY. DATE OF DEATH. ^j Francis Xlcol Ord. Missionary London 30th Oct, 1873. ^., Presbytery dciyfj^i^^^^ Bell North Easthopu .. . .Lond ^- 'q."i ■' ' ■»*•> do PRESBYTERIAN YKAR BOoK. Chairs, Profcasors. Divinity The Principal, i'l iniarius Proft Oriental LanguajTcs, ilililical Criticism and Clfiurch History Rev. join) 15. Mowat, M. A. MatluMnaticsaml Natural Philosopliy... Ptcv. fames VVilljamNon, LL.I Classical literature Rev. John 1 1. Mackerras, M. A Ciiemistry and Natural History Nathan l-', Hupuis, M.A.,1''.1> History and English Literature Kev. (leorge D. Ferguson, 1)..\ Logic, Metaphysics and Ktliics John Wat.-ion, M.A. Lkc'I'i kKK.- -J/('(/t';-;/ I.aui^ua}:;cs — Kev. G. D. Ferguson, IJ.A. Ki\^htrar — Professor Mowat. Examiner for IMatriciilatioii in Medicine. — Samuel Woods, Esq., \ Convocation. — .l/iv/z/'iVj- Trustees, Prt)fessors, Lecturers, \ Graduates. President- 'K\\^ Principal. ^'irrtA/zj -Professor Mowat, OliSKRVAToUY. — Board -V\\Ki Principal, Professor Williamson, .Y gan, I'^sq. Direetor — Prof. Williamson. Observer- -V\()[. Dupuis. Sl ■ Professor Mowat. 'J'nii LlliKARY. — Curators—The Principal, Professors Mowat ar kevias. Secretary — Prof. Mowat. J.i/'rarian--Vvof. Dupuis. C/i,. i/ig jUnsenm— The Professor of Natural History. yiDiitor — John Cc I, — SI HJKCTS AM) HOURS OF STUDY IN ARTS. Hours. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday KIIHT YKAK. " " Greek. Creek. Greek. Greek 10 Mathematics. Miitheiuatics. AlnthoniaticH. Mu(he;iiatics. Mathi: Lain Latin. Latiii Latin. 12 iMiy. Laiiyuaj,'c. Eng. Lan<'np.),'e. Euit. Language. Mathematics. Matliematics. Matiieniaties. Logic. Logic. 10 Cla.s.sic.s. Classics. C'iasi ;s. Classics. Clas>iv 11 French. Eiig. Literatuie. Kvc' ii. Freiieh. Eiig. L 12 Ciiemistry. Chemistry. Chemistry. Chemistry. Chcnih TUniD YK.\R. 9 IJotaiiy. and Zoology. German. Freiic 10 Metai>hysics. Mcta])hysics. Metaiihysics. Metaiili\'.--ics. Mutai 11 Nat. Pliilosopliy. Nat. I'h'ilosophy. Nat. I'hilosophy, Nat. Philosophy. .Aiet;i: 12 Classics. Classics. Clasv. FOURTH YKAR. 9 German. German. German. Geology, Geol : 10 History. History. History. History. Histnr 11 Ethics! Ethics. Etlrics. Ethics. N. I'l : 12 Nat. Plulosophy. Classics. Nat. Philosophy. Classics Claasi. n. — SUBJECTS AND TIGURS O,' STUDY IN THKOLCY. 1. DiviNrrY. Hours — g-ro a.m., and .-^^ p.m. Lectures on Systematic Thology, the Pastoral Office, and Honv".|^ w''!) ,>relertions and examinations on llill's Lectures on Divinity, B:| Analogy, Prdey' . Evidences, and Greek Testament for Doctrinal Exe.j Students have opportunities of conducting devotional exercises, pra pulpit elocution, and performing missionary work. PRKSBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 61 "r.i/i'^wors. I'limarius Proft \Ii)\vat, M.A. 'illiani^on, LI,. I Muckenas, M.A puis, M.A., F.I3 ». l"'crgUMjii, ]!. .\ M.A. FLij^uson, B.A. el Woods, Esq., \ Lecturers, \ 'rofessor Mowat, or Willinnison, ,\' 'rof. Dupuis. St ■ fessors Mowat ;ir f. Dupuis. C'/i,, "finiitor — ^John CJ IN ARTS, r-sday. Friday ^ek. Greik theiuatics. Mathi: in Lutiii. 4. Laiiyuage. ric. Lop:ic. ssica. Cla.^Mi- iirh. Ell- L niistry. Chcni> man. Frciic aiihv^ics. Mutai . Philu.sophy. .Mcta ssics. Clab.« . 'ln?y. tory. lies. '.s-^ics. Pint Year. 2— ilKBRKW, CIlALbRR, SVRIAO AND ARABIC. Suond Year, to 11 A.M. ke's IIiItcw Grammar. His I III . .\XXIIl. ^>"l'lll< THytsl.ii'uua into Ucbrew. 4 .'■> P..M. Ocsenlus' llibrt^v Clramina-. Tliu Mi's^.f/ ami ^"^^'cond Years. HI. aii.l Tlmrs., 3-4 !>.M. 3.— BIBllC.VL CRITICISM. I Mil II Kpi^tlt.'.s to CorintiiiiuiH, in Greek. AnfiM' i;ii)lc Handbook. La^ure.'. Third Yeary II 12 A.M. *!t'soiiiii''' lltliri'vv (iranimar IN. I X.\X; .Itr. V!1I..\. Traii^laiions iiit . Ikhrcw. KIkk'"* Clialdtf .Manual. Kzra IV ; Daniel II III. UlikinaiiirM.SyriacOrainmar. Syriac .Niw 'rcstaini'iit. Stewart > Araliic (Jranmiar. Arabic Old TcNtaiiK'nt. Third Year. Thus. Wed. and Friday, 12- 1. Act.'< uf Apostli's ill (Jruck. Tnillopi' III) Ai'ts. Antrn.s' IlilWo Handbook. Lt'c'tiiro. First and Second Years. Mon. and Tluir.s. ,3 4 p.m. Killen's .\iiticnt Cluirch. Lectures. HI. DEORF.F.S.- CtlURCU IIISTOIIV. Third Year. Mon. and Thiirs,, 12 1. Wiiarev's Cluircb Ili^t^ry. Ili.'^tory of tbeCluirch of Scotland Lectures. -/. Degree of Masler ( M.A. ) This Degree cannot lie taken until after two years from ' the date of tdualiou a^ Bachelor. The candidate must compose a satisfactory Thesis siine ^abject lauglit in the FacuUy or closely bearing on one of the De- grii.ienls. Intimation of the subject must be given to the Secretary of the n,:ie oa or before I2lh Mar'h, and the Thesis must be in his hands on or bcfd ■ 8lh A\)ril, together with a certilicate of moral character and of age lilliich nust be at least twenty one years. Graduates of other Colleges are admitted ad enndeiii gradiitn (B.A. or M.A.) on producing satisfactory proof of rank and character. The Degree of Doctor of Laws (LL. D.) is honorary, and is awarded fur JUerury, soientitic, or professional distinction. 2. — Degree of Bachelor of Divinity ( D. D.) To obtain this Degree three-fourths of the mark.-, allotted to each of the ,. Ipollouing subjects must be gained at the Final E.xaminations :— ■■^ I. I relections of the Tlurd Session. 2. (ireek — Acts of the Apostles. 3. Wharey's Church History and History of the Church of Scotland. 4. Angus' Bible Handbook, Ch. IV, Rules of Interpretation. 5. Hebrew— Psalm I-XXV ; Chaldee -Daniel II HI. 6. Paley's Evidences. 7. Butler's Analogy. 8. Hill's Lectures (Evidences excepted.) Alumni of former years or of other Colleges may compete for the Degree. n their case the subjects of Examination are 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 of the above St ; Hebrew, Exodus I-XXI, and P.salms I-XLI ; Chaldee, Daniel, II, 11. ^ All candidates must be Bachelors of Arts. The Degree of Doctor of Divinity (D.D.), is honorary, and is given for terary, scientific, or professional distinction. ■Htatta iKiS'**K^^22S"»..iii.'j 1 i! ' 62 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 11 IV. SCIIOI.AKSini'S. With the exceptions noted below , sciiolarships are awarded ir Matrl, Illation J'Aaminalion.s of the years with which they are respective nected. The years of the course in which they are tenable are indie. the last column but one. {fntei KACn.l'Y OK ARTS^ trHW arei The No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 I) 10 11 ]2 J3 14 15 10 NAME. BY WHOM AND WHEN FOINDKD. Mowat c |Cainpbell d jWatkiiis*,' iLeitch Memorial (1) ;S'. Paul's Churcli JAllan illardy Mumorial iSynod (1) St. Andrew iHoiiry (;ias,s Meiiional Kiiiy;.stoii Synod (2) Aberdeen Cataraiiui / Synod (;j) jllUbscl (J Late Jolni Mowat, Ks(|., Kingston. .ISGl ffon. Alexander ('aiii|)l)ell, Klny.stonl80'.i| John \\atlsiract of Aoount, i87J-y4. Receipts. Balance from last year $ Interest on $38500 Corporation Stock City of Montreal for half year at 3^ per cent Interest on $1 5000, do. at 3 per cent " $236000, City Del)entures at 3 per cent •Dividend City P>ank on $35500 at 3 ])er cent " Merchants' Bank on $48590 at 4 per cent Interest on Harbour Bonds, $88500 at 3^ per cent •' " " $1000 at 3^ per cent Bank account for half year $38500 City Stock as above $1500 " " ** $236000 Debentures " Dividend City Bank " at 3|^ per cent. 9 1347-^ D Dividend Merchants' Bank, as above, 4 per cent Interest on wSorel Mortgage, i year to 22n{] July, '73 .... " St. Matthew's Church, 2 years to iilh Dec, '73 .. " Harbour Bonds, ;is above 2 One Harbour Bond, matured , . . . ic Interest St. Andrew's Church Mortgage " on Mr. Craig's legacy, $100, for one year Twenty copies of Church Agent's Report sold Interest on Bank account for half year Balance due the Treasurer Dc temporalities' bokkt)— Investments. Bar. Cost. 462 shares Merchants' Bank $ 46200 00 $ 47921 10 per cent. ]xaid on 239 new shares 2390 00 4780 355 shares City Bank Stock 35500 00 40250 Harbour Bonds for 88500 00 91 218 Montreal Corporation Bond.^ 236000 00 215024 City of Montreal In.^cribed Stock 3>^500 00 4139'. " '* " " 1500000 15«)S4 Mortgages 1900 00 1900 Uninvested 100 00 ico %y- 50 ! 00 \ 52 ^ 34 ' Si ' 09 : 17 r 00 C 00 to<| retj vers indu tmn $464090 00 $4582/^1 43 Montreal, 1st May, 1874. JAMES CROIL, Tk- GENERAL SUSTENTATION FUND. As the Temporalities' Fund cannot provide for all the minister- Synod, the General Sustentation Fund was formed to meet the case 0! not reached by the former funtl. The number of ministers on this fui. July vf Hi forty. PRES15YTERIAN YEAR BOOK. Abstract of Accoitut for the year ending 31st Decanbcr, 1873. -J^: Receipts. Mr^^fv^nl for ^ Be qo— To Balance from last year $ 23 54 Montiealloi ^^^^ Be 30- Q3,,g,egaiional Contrib., as per det. statemt. 4.06 90 65 .$ • • • ; „ TW ^i — To Hulance from last half year 67 94 c^^'- ' '■ ■ Concregational Contrib., as per det. statemt 3910 30 $4130 44 1- ;r cent 1;. 1- cent 2V cent 3978 33 II 1873- Total for the year $8108 77 Contra. lYz per cent. 1: ;ent uly, '73 • • Dec, '73 \{ e year id ... . Tulv I— By l^^'f' ^'1"''^^ dividend to 39 ministers, at the rale ■' ' of 100 each $3843 5° jixjienses of management- Secretary's salary 200 00 Proportion of Office Rent 12 50 Print'g, $1.75 ; Postages, 2.50 ; Stat'nry, $2.25 6 50 21 — By paid equal dividend to 37 Ministers, at the rate of $100 each 3609 67 Expenses— Secretary's salary 200 00 Proportion of Office Rent .... I2 50 Printing in Synod Minutes I4 85 Printing, Postages, Stationery, &c l6 00 Balance to carry to next half year . , ^25 31 4062 50 $3i. tents. Cost. $47921 50 J 3 4780 00 ^ 3 40250 52 f D 9I218 34 215024 81 4139' 09 i5«'54 17 1900 00 ICO 00 CHRISTIAN LIFE AND WORK. 3978 33 $8108 77 $4582'fi 43 i:S CROIL. Tr: FUND. all the minister- ) meet the case <>: inisters on this fc The following questions (we give them slightly abridged) were sent down to congregations to which the answers (abridged also) here appended were retained by 51 Kirl; Sessions. Question I.— The spiritual condition of the peoph (a) Wh:it proportion of whose on- venion there is good evidence? (b) What fruits of tliis change are visible? (c) What indieations of revived interest in reliy:ion ? Ans'vcrf. -A goodly number of those reporting -nboiil one-third — speak in very hopeful of the spiritual condition of their people, and in some instances speak definitely a.-, to Opinion of tiie number that are safe. One-half, one-thin;, one-fourth, one-lifth have ; named as the proportion in this condition ; aiul others, while declining to speak deli- as to their number, bear testimony to a growing' spiritual life in their Congregations, en in increasing numbers that wait upon the ordinances, that attend the prayer meetings, •r themselves for Christian work. KcdioHS \, -The Sacraments: — (a) How often is the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in>ed, each year, in your Church? (b) What proportion of your congregation, al)Ove :ecn years of age, have not participated in the Sacrament of ihe Lord's Supper ? What e reasons given by those who are in that poiition for so refraining? (c) What may be ■ths number of the uiibaptized, over two years old, in yourcongregntion ? What are the cliief ^waBoii-- uliy this Sacrament is not sought by the parents of these children ? or why, if sought, isBftptisin refused? fcki'VJ"<'<'ty'i: - As to the frequency with which the Sacrament of the Lord's .Supper is cnsed it would appear from these returns that three of tlie reporting Congregations rve it once a year, thirty-one twice, five three times, and six four times a year. One or timate their intention — that is, of those who have been in the habit of observing tlii^ iiioe only once or twice in the year —of doing so hereafter more frequently. ♦ * • '-'1 r 1- III I' i 1 t\ ' I ' C,G PRESBY'l ERIAN YEAR BOOK. It would appear from these sheets that fully one-half of the adult population of the Chur -that is, those over eighteen years of age— stand aloof from this holy ordinance, and ar' living unpledged to a Christian life. The proportions range from one-twelfth to three-fouri; of those of ripe years that are living in this state, and though the returns as a wiiole are n so definite on this point as could be desired, yet the Committee believe that they are not! * from the truth when they say that fully one-half of the adult population of our Church dec!:- j entering into its Communion or taking Christian ground! Among the causes assigned : p this deplorable state of things are the love of the present world— the dislike of being un;-! the obligations involved -the high style of fencing the tables, common in some places, a: .' he air of mystery and awe which has been thrown around the ordinance — the inconsistenc- of some of those who have made a profession of their faith and the feeling that it is bet:- not to vow, than to vow and fail to perform— and above all — " unfitness" a sense of unwonr. ness restrains. This last is by far the most frequent excuse that is offered for neglecting \\- comm.ind of our Lord : 'J'/its do hi remembrance of vte. Questions III.— Ordinary and Week Day Sekvicus : — What proportion of your c«- people may be set down as regular in their attendance on the services on the Lord's D:; (a") In the case of those who do not attend, or are very irregular in their attendance, w-.. chiefly hinders ? (b) What proportion attend the prayer meeting? and (c) what the wt day services, such as Thanksgiving and Sacramental occasions ? Answers ~ Only 2y of the Congregations reporting condescend to name the propor.::j attending the regular service. The average is a little over seven-twelfths. Then with regar:? the prayer meeting during the week, the almost universal complaint is that the attendance ; : down at one-tenth by several —is most discouraging. Nothing very definite can be gath-:. from these sheets in regard to the meetings for prayer. The main fact which strikes the C mittee in this connection is the small attendance of our people on the regular Sabbath sen. While seven-twelfths is about the ascertained average of those reporting, some put tlowr,: attendance much lower. Question IV. — Bibi.k Classes and SabbAth Schools :— Would you state, ina gent: way, the condition of your Hible Class and Sabbath Schools? Ans7iiers-It would seem from these 51 sheets that 30 of the reporting Ministers si:; intend the Sabbath Schools themselves, even though there may be a Lay Superintem:-: and take an active part in their management, in some instances leaching a class, and th,i: , have services in the Church steadily for the children. It would seem, moreover, that nc: i all the children capable of attending avail tlieniselves of the instruction olTereil ir Sabbath School. Questum V— Church Work : Do you find any lack of willing and intelligent pt: to perform the duties of Elders, Man.agers, or Trustees, Sabbath School Teachers, Collec; ■ Members of the Choir, &c., &c. ? (a) What proportion of your people are doing any kir. Church Work ? • b) Are there any persons in your Congregation fitted to conduct Evangi . work, t* whom au '.ority might safely, and with advantage, be given to carry on such » under your supervision ? (c) Is there any room for Church extension, or Home Mission en' in connection vrith our own Church, in your Congregation? Answers— X few of the returns to this question are of the most cheering descri[ revealing much life and much of the presence of the Master ; but for the most part the of a very painful kind. With the exception of 11 all speak of great difficulty in ge; willing and intelligent persons to discharge the duties stated, and the proportion of pt doing any kind of Church work is noticed only by 7. That proportion r.inges from onefc ^ to one-twentieth. There are ii places reported open for Church extension or Home Miv effort, but only five persons competent to engage in evangelistic work. On no subject . the returns so meagre and unsatisfactory as on this, and from them the Committee feel !'4 many of the Congregations nuist be suffering from a lack of organization, and some Mini;:'' must be left almost alone in their work. QuestionVl. — The Moral Condition of the People:— What special sins pr ' in your Congregation ? (a) Any efforts m.tde last year to check the evils of Intempera: if so, what success ? (b) Any cases of discipline last year, or calling for discipline last ye Answer — The moral condition of the people is represented as on the whole fair, perh; as fair as any other section of the Church. ()nly thirteen cases of discipline are repor^ although there were cases which called for private remonstrance or admonition besides tt;j thirteen. Worldlincss, intemperance, irreverence. Sabbath profanation — the same sir.> short which the Committee noted last year in the returns brought before them — are mtnW' again this year, as marring the Church and preying upon its life. Special efforts have !<^ put forth during the past year by seventeen Ministers to stay the evils ot intemperance. a revived interest seems to have been awakened in the subject by a large section of 4 Church. tion of the Chur. ordinance, and a:; Ifth to three-founr as a whole are n hat they are not )■ [ our Church decl;:' causes assigned ! ■ islike of being u»v in some places, ar.l —the inconsistenc'l ing that it is bef.-' ' a sense of unwor,\ d for neglecting f roportion of yourcv on the I.ord's D:. leir attendance, w.- vi (c) what the wt name the proponii i. Then with regar:j It the attendance- ::?; :finite can be ?^p'% which strikes the L • egular Sabbath sen-, ig, some put dowr.i you state, in a g^nf^ jrting Ministers si;:' a Lay SuperintenKi ^ng a class, and ttoi:^« moreover, that m^; ructiuu (-Tiered and intelli^'ent pt- ilTeachers, Collec;- f are doing any kir [to conduct Evangi: . to carry on such • or Home Mission en- It cheering descrir I the most part the) ! at difficulty m gf ■! - proportion of p« J I ranges from onefc .1 Insion or Home Mi>'^ Irk. On no subject - le Committee feeltj ion, and some Mim>4 Lt special sins pw I evils of Intemperar.^ for discipline last ye^ I the who'e fair, per^' iiscipline are repor.| ;monition besides U.1 ition-the s^me sirj Ire them-are mentK^ l,ecial efforts have . ' I 70 Rev. (< (( << Rev. 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HOME MISSIONS. 7ft 3 ft 0 1- M , -si a ■>J vi oj 01 CO ) vj vj ti 0> NVJ (*)_ c r Sr. h) U) U) 00 OMJl S CC4» Ul Ul 01 vHO e^ (0 >- O — O Wl 1^ *-'* 5 fi' c c s p f^fif'I'hcre are two leading departments of work under the lioaid It i)rn- vioBs, pMty Onei" Luncnhurtj The secdud department of its work consists 111 providiiiij ])rea(:hin^, cale- chttical instructi'iii, and so far as practical)Ie, cluirch orj^aiii/atioii and the admiii'istration of divine ordinances to smaller or lart^er ^'roups of worship- pers all over the land who may not l)e so numerous or so su|)plicd with pecuniary resources, as to he able to support a pastor. Such bands :ue to i)e foimdin all these Provinces, and in the greater number of all the counties* of Nov* Scotia, New Mrunswick, and the Islands of Cape Hretoii and Prince Edmfrd Island. To supply these statedly for four, live, or si.\ months, is the arM^ work of the Theological Students, when sent forth as a Catechist, To imamcr to lliem for shctrler terms, is also one part of the work of the Proba- iiauk, and of the ordained minister loo, who, as tjpixirl unity offers, is aattori/ed by the Presbytery employing him, to administer IJaptism and the Loiii's Supper, ■ CAIKCIIISIS, I, Adam (Uinn, Piclou i'resbytcry. 3 .Thomas Murray, Halifax 3. J^. (1. Russell, in accordance with the laws of the Church. I'KK.VCIIKRS, t C. Mclntyre, < t OLn .*» CO < vjoju) 000 " OVI > oo O " M Ul Ul Ol M O Ul W Ul ?=< Received, year ending 1st June, 1 874. i-rEl^iditure " " FlTNDfS $2576 19 . 2791 73 tn liture over receipts $215 54 ice in Treasurer's hand, 2nd June, 1S73 542 73 M VJ M 01 ^ M V4 UJ 4' \0 V4 ^ UJ 4^ U) OOvl I y VI ►■ VI 00 M 05 Ul 4>- n KJ .«< K n M CJ *. Ul Ul 00 H IS w 0\ «-» t V) " Ice m 19 in Fund, 1st June, 1874 $327 FOREIGN MISSIONS, he Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces has a mission fiDAD and another in the Nkvv IIehkii)i;s. "RINIDAD. — Two misHonaries, Messrs. Morion and (liant, are stationed ^s the most important island in the West Indies next to Jamaica. Mr. a has been six years at work and Mi. Grant three, with ihe following IS according to last report : 76 I'KKSBYTKRIAN YKAR K()(^K. II ' I, / • ':.':i Tui'lve Schools with 323 Asiatics iind 145 Creoles, in all 468 loci.': ;i Chiistian education under the superinlendence of the Missionarie--. 2nil. A band of nine native teachers engai;ed in teaching;, and of those are evaiigeli.riiiLj, as well as leaching the children of their fe countrymen. 3rtl. The public awakened, I lis Worship the Mayor of San Fen presiding at a iniblic examination of the C'oidie School in that town, expressing the thanks of the (lovernnient ami community for public!. conferred. 4th. A Church of the l-ord U'sus formed and tlourishing, (distinct the <.'hurch at lere, which is made up chielly of British people ami Cu with 23 members who were nearly all. three yi-ars ago in a stale of heatlic: 'These liave been indiviilually instructed and imji.essed, and in respon their own ap|)lication, examined, trained and receiveil. I'"arther, they- been bapti/.ed, persecuted, confirmed i\i\\ settled. 5th. A house of worship has been l.-uilL sjiecially for the use of Asi, linished dedicateil and occu|iied every Lord's day by a congregation v;; from 20 to ioo, and by Sabbath School and liiblc Classes. 6th. A Hook of iiynms, (a small collection, hula conimencemeii been published, and is in daily use by Hindcjos of all sects. 7th. School houses have been built by jiroprietors of Kstates, and S per amnnn paid for the su])port of teachers, chictly by the jiroprietorsof ' /.as!ly. A third missionary has been located, and his entire su: jn-ovided by projirietors interested in the piritual and general welfare 1: Coolies on their I'lstates. .-/;/./ I.iistlv . The ai)pointment of a native evangelist." Nkw Hi:1!K11)1',s. -This grou]> of Islands number about 30 w population of 100,000. The mission assticiated for ever with the name Ceddie, has been ii^xistence for a full quarter of a centm-y. There art missionaries in the4iPd. (l) Rev. J;^s. I). Murray, lie is the succe- Dr. Cieddie on Aneileum. The following statistics have been furnisliir Mr. Murray : — *' The [topulaiion of Aneiteum is estimated at 1500. 'I'here arc churches and lift y live scliools on the island. Church mend)ers 600. whole population attend cliurch and school. All above infancy can ■ None have ever professedly gone back to heathenism, although you occ ally obserAC a man who paints his face and lets his hair grow after the hi. fashitMi, thus declaring thai there is still among these people some 1 propensities of their forefathers. All wear l-airopean clothing. At .A there is a school for the education of teachers, attende(i by from So '. teachers and thei'- wives, and the more atlvanceil young men and women, live within 3 miles of the mission station. At certain seasons, tin, •." K^ that distance attend. The .school is kej)l four months in the yc. '-' January to May. The subjects taught are reading, writing, ariti.in. gcograpliy, English and singing. At Anelcauhat there is a similar iiiMif. to be re-opened, we hope, this year. The books jirinled in the native laii;;- are the New Testament, Tsalms, Genesis, Kxodus, six chapters of Daniel, Book of Jonah, a catechism, hymn book of 50 hymns, ageogra[)hy, a Sen:' history, abridgement of part first of Pilgrims Progress, .several primers v yearly almanac. Last year missionaries were sent out as follows : .• Kuluna, 2 to .Aniwa. 5 \v> Kwamera, 4 to Port Resolution, 3 couples ami l-RKSHYTKRIAN VKAK Hook. 77 s, in all 468 recti -lissioiKiiicN. 11 Icachint;, and Idrcn of their ft. lyor of San Flmi.: )ol in thai town, nity for |ml)lie I. fishiuL;, (distinct • I people anil C'r a state of heathc: :1, and in respon- l'"arlher, they or the use of Am, congregation v:r es. X commencemeir cts. of Estates, and $: le proprietors of ' mt,! his entire su; ijeneral welfare 1; ■list." ber about 30 v • with the name Lury. There art 1 le is the succe- ive been furnislir ^00. There air h memliers 600. ove infancy can illhough you occ: grow after the tu ; i-toople some > clothing. At A:: tleci by from 80 ! men and women, seasons, thu 'i bcvi ths in the yt. "-i , writing, arituir^ is a similar insliti:'! 1 in the native lans;- :hapters of Daniel, geograiihy, a Sen;' several ]iriiner5 '.: out as follows : • ion, 3 couplt"^ aiiii Igic man to Efate, and 3 si.igle men to I'aromanga. We geiieially supply a It > crew of 5 or 6 men to llio /)in's/»i>/:;. About 20 Aneiteuniese teacher> their wives have been assisting the missionaries on the neighbouring nd- for several years i)ast and 5 or 6 unmarried men are out as assistants. ptaledly parties iVom K) to 20 men have gone to Tanita anil other inlands the purpose of erecting ov repairing the houses of ihe missionaries." (2). Kev. |. W. McKeu/.ie. lie is settled in the Island of l'"ate. " The oeople,'" Nays the report, "aie nominally < "hristiaiw., and with few exceptions aUend ixit'ii Church and School. Two |)lastered ('hurcht.- have been erected since Mr. ]\lcKcn/-ie's .settlement, and the fence around one of them i-^ made of piece's of w'oil once venerated as gods. Mr. .Mt Ken/ie is gaining rapidly a knowlfih'e of the languagi' and he is labouring faithfully in his work. Population^ J70: Church members, 77. ( I). Kcv. W'mi. Annand. lie is settled at liirik, some four miles (rinn Mr. M :Kcii/ie. Ihe \ew Hebrides, have in all, including other churclus at worlv. '- nn'ssions extending over lo islands, 43 preacliing stations, 3(kxi cbtircli g"iug people, 726 comnnmicants. So sclioi)ls, 2000 scholars, 94 trained ^eaclifis, and two tiaining institutions at whith N\KNF,RS. . J, F. Campbell . . , Alex. Mf-Lean. . . Thos. Duncan. . . , J, F. Campbell. . J. J. Bremner. . . . . R. McCunn D. McRae , James Anderson. . R. J. Cameron. . . A. W. llerdman roST oFFici:- .Halifax. .Belfast, r. E. I. Charlottetown, i\. . I lalifax. . Halifax, .River John, N. S, .St. John, N. B. Newcastle, N. li, .St. John, X. B. .Piclou, N. S. L— PRESBYTERY OF PICTOU CHARlJI':. MINlS'l'F.RS. I'OST Ol'FICl- 1 New Glasgow Geo. Coull New Glasgow, >' 2 M'^Lellan's Mountain. . . Wm. Stewart McLennan's M., ^ 3 Slellarton & WestvillcChas. Dunn Stellarton, N.S, 4 Sahsprings Wm. McMillan, Clerk Saltsprings, N. > 5 Roger's 11 ill & Cape JohnJ. W. Eraser Roger's Hill, N.^ 6 Pictou. . A. W. llerdman , Pictou, N.S. 7 Earltown&W.P..R.JohnJas. McCoU Earltown, N.S. 8 River John Robert McC'unn River John, N.S. 9 Pugwash . . . .J. M. Sutherland Pugwash, N.S. lo Wallace Wallace, N. S. Vacancies — West Branch E. R ; Gairloch N.S. ; Barney's R. &Loc!. II.— PRESBYTERY OF HALIFAX. 1 St. Matthew's, Halifax.. G. M. Grant, M. A Halifax, N. S. 2 St. Andrew's, do . .John Campbell Do. 3 Richmond, Nort'i West Arm and Gofulwood . .James Fraser Campbell ... Do 4 Truro, &c John McMillan, B.D., C'/tr/'. Truro, N.S. 5 Muscjuodoboit, &c David Neish Muscjuodoboit, N Vacancies — St. John'«, Newfoundland; Spring Hill. 2 3 4 1 < 2 ] 3' 4 ■ SI I ( 2 3 AL km. Bro Cm Oan Cop m I NO PROVINc Iciator. - • Moder- Co., N.S. Clerk, I'OST OFFicr.s, Tali fax, U'lfast, P. E. I. !]uirlultcto\vn, P.. lalifax. lalifax, Uver John, N. S, ;i. John, N. P.. vicwcaslle, N. 1!, U. John, N. P). 'icioii, N. S. T i'OSr OFFICl - New Glasgow, N- McLennan's M.,N Slellarlon, N.S, SallspriniT.s, N. > Roger's 11 ill, N.^ Piclou, N.S. I'larltown, N.S. Kiver John, N.S, Pugwash, N.S. Wallace, N.S. irney's R. & Loch;. Halifax, N. S. Do. Do .Truro, N.S. Musciuodoboit, N il. PRESBYTERIAN YEAR B(10K. III.— PRESBYTERY OF RKSTICOUCIIK CHARGE. MINISTERS. 79 I'OST OFFICES jamiibelton Wm. Murr.iy Campliehoii, N. B. Jat hurst .... ^^- <'"ll'i'"''lh l!a:luusl, N. P. few KiciHU(Mi>l Jfjl^" Wells Now Richmond, (). F(.((7«n'— Dalhous-e. IV.-i'RPSPYTERY OF ST. JOHN. J John M. Brooke, I). D Fredrlckton, N. B. 1 Frederictcn j ^(^.v. s. 1 1? Iky Uo Do 2 St. [ol'.ii, St, Andrew's. . Roht J. Cameron St. Johr, Do 3 Ifasliwar.k and Stanley. . Wm. Fugo Na.shwa: k, 1 )o 4 "W'ii-ttick i\: i\orlham])t(mWm. P. Begg, . . Woodstock, Do ^ yiuiifhhS—Si. John N.Si, Sveuhens ; St. Andrew's. v.— PRESBYTERY OF MIRAMK HI. I Chntham Wm. M. Wihion Chatham, N. B a Newcastle James Anderson Newca;-tte, 1 )o 3 Tabusintac ) r^^^^ Robertson Tabusir.taL, Do 4 Burnt Ciiu;v!i \ -^ 5 Blai'k Riv. 1.V Red B:iiik.SanMiel Rus.seli 15!ack River, Do \T. -PRESBYTERY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. lavloltetowfi . . Thomas Duncan , Chai lotietown, P. E. L I JChavlol ■'a JBelf,\.st Alex. McLean Belfast, 1 )o 3 Georgetown &. Cardigan. Petor Melville Georgetown. Do l,r,inch-s-^[ Peter's & Brackley P.; De Sn!)le ; Orwell Head. ALPHABETICAL LIST-CHURCH OF SCOTLAND IN NOVA SCOTIA. NKV, BRUN.SWICK AND ADJOINING PKOVINCKS. ; I'l'ie 'igtires followinjj; the n.iincs denote tlie Presbyteries tc whicli tliey belonc;). lei.'-iiii, Jas 5 ly:, \Vn- P 4 )k, Jiii.M .... 4 neriiii, ]{ .) .. .. 4 Dunn, Cha.s 1 i Melville, Peter .. (i ■ Neisli, Diivid 2 Fopfo, William.. .. 4 MeColl, .fa^ 1 liober'stm, .John., .'i Eraser, J W 1 ' MeCunn, Kobt., .. 1 Hussell. Samuel .. .'■ Gallin.ith, P 3' MeLean, Alex . . .. 6 ; Stewart, \Vm .... 1 mibell, J.isF,. -J Grant, G M 2; MeMillan, Wm.. .. 1 Sutherland, J M.. ttl)bell, .Jno... 2 I, (!eor;;e .... 1 ttcun, Tho.s.... (i Ilalley, S 4i McMillan, Jolni .. 2; W(ll>, Jno :i Ilerdman, A W .. 1 ! Murray, Wm .... 3 | Wih^on, WniM ..., r, I I FOREIGN MISSION. Two Misionaries are employed in the Foreign Miss'on field. Mr. Good- ll, in .>pite of failing health, has stood at his post in the Island of Santo, one the New Hebrides group. Mr. Robertson is stationed on Erromnnga. Iss Phillipina Johns, who has resigned a good position as a teacher in Halifax, jdevote herself to Foreign Mission work, has been appointed to labour in wle education in India uiuler the direction of the missionaries of the Church I bcutland. ■I j1 li ! I I. I 'I . / 'i I I I s'Uiiij r nil! r so I'RESRYTERIAN YEAR liOOK. DEATHS. Ministers who died during ecclesiastical year ending June 26th., 1874. NAME. (:on(;re(;ation. presbyjery. date of Df Peter Kay St. An'lrew's (St. J.). St. John's, N,B.,29lh Dec, i- SABBATH SCHOOLS. Chitrcii. tc ^ < 42.S .322 170 120' 178 114 ISO l.W 170 125 ...i CO 213:1.'')0, 200 100 ...jlOO ...|120! 1101 94, 240 180, S.-iOi-SOO' 1,5.') 100' 1141 80 1 60. 40 s- i — jj a cc it, -►^ c i) ei <• ;^ V. J (- 01 .2 .c r. rt aj H !-*■ 2 ;<4(»4 8 105 t 88 ll ... 108 11 00 00 20 H. & F. M is.sions 1 Syiiod 's. | Yes. Alissidiis. ; " : " Sdi.oxp.i^iF.M.; " 1 4i 4' 0' loi 2| 11 11 [, 1 0' 07 100 None. Synod '.•<. 40 100 8105 70 Scli.exp.iScMis.s. Ijibrary. Sell. exii.O'iF.M. IJook.s. Books. I " I None. Sch'l expenses . 'Synod's. I None. I Yes. I K iNonc. Seh.exp.&F.M. Seh.ex]) &Miss. Lil)rarv iV Miss. \ Yos. |Ocly None. Qtrly. I None. 1700 950 480 180 704 000 r>M ; 400 200 2.'iO 190 300 500 350 800 Union Soliools. t Ineludin}^ amount raised by .luvenile Missionary Association, &c. I Tliis School lias liad a separate ortjanization for only a few weeks. § Including;' amount raised hy S. S (Concert for school expenses. II liducation of Orjihan Girl in India. HOME MISSION. The work of the Home Mission is, almost exclusively, the suppleme of weak congregations. In this department very praiseworthy progres been made in the direction of getting congregations to " stand on their feet." Five years ago, the sum of ;i^i3o8 wa> drawn from ihc Colonial ' mittee of the Mother Church in Scotland to aid weak congregations , thi» ^180 was found sufficient. Very little has been done in the way of Church extension. " We ha' the field," such is the statement of the Report, " the same number of min: and missionaries that we had five years ago. Two things lie in the \v.v church extension, and they are thus stated by the Board ; I. "A glance at the records of our Church within the last few years^v show that we have not had so much difficulty in getting ministers to come the field, as in keeping them. There has scarcely been a year in which have not had a number sent out from Scotland. But as reg',,'">ly '= the- men have come, a corresponding number has departed. If od'sJ Yes. I one. nod's. I None. 1 Yes. ! " Konc. [one. nod's. 1 Yf;s. jOc'ly N . " stand on thei DIED DURING LAST YEAR. name. CONr,REG.\TION. the Colonial ' Altt. Clarke, D. D AmhersL . . . . imregations ; thi«: |nsion. "Wehav lie number of mm- ln"s lie in the wavj DATE OF DEATH. .March 13th, 1874. Ithe last few years «•] ministers to come -n a year in whichj as reg-.^-.-y '= the! If th.is ha^ t-= mt^ Jti*. y\ ]■ Hi .*! i / 1 ; 1 1 i 1! fiijSitova 0f s-omc of the iHtj^bytcvintt tfomjitiiatioii! of the gominiou of fita«art;u ONTARIO. f?l ST. ANDRKWS, KINC'.STON. The first minister of lltu l're^.hyteri;ui Church at Kingston was t lit i John Barclay, wlio was sent fnmi Scotland in accordance with an applico from the congregali(ju in 1821. He carried un his ministerial labour^ 1 great success for five years, when ( lod in His inscrutaijie hut wise der; removed him by death. On an application l)eing again made to the cli: of Scotland, Dr. Machar (then Mr. Machar) was sent out in 1827. lit- , himself to his work with great devotednos and diligence, ami carrietl during the entire period of his pastorate with great success. I have :. some of the old members of the congregation say that Mr. Barclay, the; pastor was a man admiraljly fittetl for plantings while Mr. ISIachar ■ specially qualified (ov 7(sions. He was present at my ordination in 1840, and remained with me a few day.i. I \vell remember to this day some of the wise counsels which his exi)erience, both as a Christian and a minister, so well fitted him to 'Mve. The last time I saw him was at a communion at I)emare.stville. He was scarcely able to walk or stand, or even to sit, but he reclined in a sort I if couch during the service, and addressed the communicants with great imprcsMveness and tenderness. He died soon after, in 1S41. be[.i.f;ville. The Rev. James Ketchan came out from Scotland, and was settled in Belleville in 1832. He was for several years clerk of the Pre-sbytery of King- lion. He was a devoted and faitliful minister, of a retiring and gentle dis- TOsition, but affectionate and genial. The Presbytery very often met at Belleville, and Mr. Ketchan snared no trouble to make all comfortable. He Upeni to Scotland in 1843, and did not return to Canada. He was called to ^minister of the Free Church at Mordington, in Berwickshire, where he Ed a (ew years ago. In 1S44 a sejxiration took place, the first minister of the new ccngrega- tiiOn, John Street, being tht Rev. W. Cregg, M.A., afterwards of Cooke's Qiuich, Toronto, and now of Knox College. He was succeeded by Rev. Mr. Whyte, who afterwards went to Ireland. After him was the Rev. W. litLaren, afterwards called to Ottawa, and now Professor of Systematic Xlieoluj^fy in Knox College. The present pastor is the Rev. John Burton, formerly of Prescoti. The ministers in the old Church have been in succes- sion, Rev. Dr. George, afterwards of Queen's College, and subsecpiently of S||ratford, where he died a few years ago, Rev. Mr. McP^wen, Rev. Mr. Walker, Rev. Mr. Smith, now of Hamilton, and the present pastor, Rev. Mr. McLean. COBOURG. The Rev. Matthew Miller, vho has been already mentioned, was the &st minister of Cobourg, with wnirh Colborne was at first visited. Mr, Miller was one of the first missionaries sent out by the Glasgow Colonial Society a man of ability and energy from whose labours much was anticipated. premature death was deeply regretted. After his removal, the Rev. T. xander, now of Mount Pleasant, near Brantford, was called by the congre- ion of Cobourg. He preached frequently at ( Jrafton and Colborne, till these ces were supplied with the means of grace. After Mr. Alexander'.^ iignation the Rev. D. McLeod, formerly of Gourock, Scotland, was called discharged the duties of the pastoral office for several years. On hi^ gning and returning to Scotland, the Rev. John Laing, formerly of rboro, and now of Dunda.s, was called by the congregation. He was ceded by Mr. Douglas the present pastor. 34 PRKSUYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. s..; ^ I I'l ami I I'ETERBORO'. The country around Peterhoro was settled about the year 1826, chiefly 1 v emigrants from Ireland. But Ijcfore this, several Presbyterians from Scotlar. had settled here and there in the district. The Kev. John M. was settled at Peterhoro' in November 1S33. J lis Held was lart^e new, and his labours for many years were very arduous. He preached a: Cavan, and afterwards in the towiishij) of Smith, and took a general oversigh | of the extensive country to the north and west of Peterboro. In 1844 th: greater part of the congregation adhered to Mr. Roger, but several did no These after a time were organized as a congregation, occui)ying the churc: while Mr. Roger's congregation built a fme, commodious church in the low, There Mr. Roger continues to minister to a large and attached congregatior having for upwards of forty years enjoyed the respect and affection not onlyc his own people, but also of the community at large. Of the congregatic: occupying the old church the Rev. J. Douglas, the Rev. D. J. McDonnell, B. L minister St. Andrew's Church, Toronto, and the Rev. K. McLenna: the present incumbent, have been successively ministers. It may be stated in conclusion that while in 1835 there were /our minisl- within the bountls of the Presbytery of Kingston, there are now within the ^ai. || bounds no fewer [.han /or/ v-Jcu/r, vi/. : in the Presbyteries of Kingston a: J, Cobourg of the Canada Presbyterian Church 33, and the Presbyteries of Kings; • and Victoriaof the Presbyterian Church of Canada in connection withthe Chur:: of Scotland li. These members do not include professors and ministt.- without charge, nor vacant congregations and mission stations. / '' (i ll ( VI i r J " I ST. ANDREW S CHURCH, TORONTO. A number of persons who had been connected with the Church of S." land had settled in York. Some of tlioe, aided and encouraged by merr... of the Legislative Assembly who had to attend the Session in York, unite;: forming another congregation, that of St. Andrew' , Church, about the ye: 1830. At the first meeting of ])arties interested in the matter, Mr. IliR;- now Sir Francis Hincks, was in the chair, and Mr. W. Lyon McKtm: afterwards well known in connection with the history of Canada, was Sec tary. The Church (St. Andrew's Church) was opened for public worshi: Tune, 1 83 1. The first Minister was the Rev. W. Rintoul, M.A.,agrad.: of the University of Edinburgh, and previously minister of a Presbytt.' '^ congregation at Maryport, in England. After a few years, Mr. Rintoul signed the pastoral charge of the congregation, and after a short time, <'■ ing which he was engaged in missionary work in various places, was seti.t:i at Streetsville. Subsequently he was Professor of Hebrew in Knox Colle^ii and for a few years before his death, was minister of St. Gabriel Street Churc: ; Montreal. He'died in the year 185 1. Pie was a faithful evangelical ministeii whose name should be rerorded as one of the honoured pioneers of the Pr^r byterian Church in Canada. He was succeeded in St. Andrew's Church;! the Rev. W. T. Leach, M. A., who afterwards removed to York Mills, £ir.| subsequently joined the Episcopal Church, and now occupies the imports: positions of Archdeacon of Montreal, and Vice- Principal of McGill Collegl The Rev. John Barclay, now Di. Barclay, succeeded him in St. Andretff Church, and was m turn succeeded by the Rev. D. J. McDonnell, B.!' the present pastor. PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. P5 ar 1826, chiefly by | ans from Scotland John M. Kuirer Id was lar^L- an- ile preached x. a general over.^ii;^ loro. In 1844 ih- )Ul several n in York, unite:: irch, about the ye: matter, Mr. Hir.;- V. Lyon McKem- Canada, was Sec; or public worsh:; il, M.A., agrad-'l :r of a rresbytt-.-j ars, Mr. Rintoul ; - a short time, ''■ s places, was setuKi ;w in Knox Collegij iabriel Street Churttj evangelical ministeil pioneers of the PkI Andrevir's Church :f to York Mills, arj -upies the impoita"- 1 of McGill CoUej: dm in St. Andre*! J. McDonnell, B.r BAY STREET CHURCH, TOKONIO. In I S37 there were two Presbyterian Churches in Toronto. First, that in charge of the late Rev. Mr. Harris, who had belonged to the denomination known as the United Synod of Upper Canada, which, with very few exceji- tions became merged in the Church of Scotland, but at the time referred to, stixxl alone. The second was St. Andrew's Church, having as minister the Krv Mr. Leach, now Archdeacon of Montreal. About the end of that year I few persons desired to be connected with the " Missionary l'rc>l)ylery of the Canadas," in connection with the United Secession Church in Scotland. They received a few Sabbath's supply now and then, and held their nrectings in a cari)enter's shop, in 1S38 they rented a church belonging to the Baptists, situated in Stanley Street. In .040 they rented first, and ultimately ))urchaseci the Church belonging to the Episcopal Methodists, In 1847, on the union of the United Secession and Relief Churches in Scotland, the congregation came luiKlcrthe name of " United Presbyterian." In 1848 the present Church was lerccttd and dedicated to the worship of God on the last Sabbath of the irear. The Rev. John Jennings, D.l)., filled the pastorate during the whole [period, commencing in Dec, 1838, till the 12th of March last, when he re- Isi'med, in the utmost harmony with the congregation, owing to ill health, and kiiielly to bronchial affection which affected his power of public sjicaking. At the (late of writing (Nov. 26th) no one has been chosen as successor. There %re now twelve places of worship connected with the Presbyterian Church i;: the city. I KNOX CHURCH, TORONTO. I The congiegation. known as that of Knox Church, may be regarded as the oldest Presbyterian congregaticm in Toronto, having been established in the vear 1820. For some years before that date the Presbyterians in what W'Li> then Little York had occasional visits of ministers and supplies of preaching. The Rev. W. Jenkins, originally from Scotland, and who came fruin the United States to Canada in 1817, and settled at Richmond Hill, jave what assi;-;tance he could in gathering the Presbyterians together and fo'ining them into a congregatifin. In 1820 the Rev. Jame. Harris who but lately passed away from the midst of us, arrived, and at the request of the ^resbyterians in York settled amongst them, and immediately began to )rganize a congregation. A place of worship was built, the land having been generously given by Mr. Jesse Ketchuni. The church was erected in 1821, md in 1822 certain rules and regulations vi^ere drawn up as a constitution for the new congregation, wdiich remained in force till 1 857 when some changes vhich were considered beneficial and necessary were effected. In the year I1844 the Presbyterian Church of Canada, in connection with the Church of iScotland was divided into two jjarts, one still retaining the old name and Iremaining in close fellowship with the Church of Scotland. A large number [of the members of St. Andrew's Church sympathizing with the Free Church, [and feeling it their duty to bear testimony to her principles, separated from Ithe church with which they had been connected. This was formally resolved lupon, at a meeting held on the 13th July, 1844. The chair was occupied by Usaac Buchanan, Esq., now the Hon. Isaac Buchanan, and among the: e jpresent may be mentioned the names of Messrs. Shaw J. McMurrich, (now 80 l-KKSBYTF.RIAN VKAR HOUK. the Hon. John McMurricli), (joorge Brown (now the lion. (). Brown), C. M. Smith, George Leslie, James Leask, John Kisl.; ved by death, k; revered by allfij irs took place, lb ut effect to the Rev 1, of Cilasgow. 1: the Rev. A. Tu[: rly (jf Elgin. Ti.. on the i6th St]' mple accomodatic am, deacons' roorr.| ). At the prescr: its spacious acco: ity-four elders, n:.- hers, the congrec^ nd to none in t!".:] ;ent membership t financial year \n\ Ay own work, an. of the Church, thej rds the erection >■ ase in the membei- ace, and 215 at the ,., of the ministry of the Rev. f. Harris, in 1S44 to 750 the present num- r is very marked, especially when we bear in mind lliat not a few have been isioined for the purpose of connecting themselves with the more newly funned bongregations. NOVA SCOl'lA. IKUKo. Tn 1760 or 61, suV»>e(ii nt to tlie expulsion of the Fren '1, the fir>t settlers aiTived in Truro. These were originally from Londondeiry, Irelanil, but latterly from New Hampshire, U. S. Kif'lit (lays after their arrival they selected a s])ot for the erection of a •incluary. In 17O3 there were about 60 families in and around Trur(.i. In rtiswer t(j an api'lication to the Associate Presbytery of Glasgow, Scotland, the Kcv. Mr. Kinloch was sent out — received a call — declined it -returned to Scotland, and settled in Paisley. 'J'liis was the first Presbyterian call ever r'ycn in Nova Scotia. In 1 767 the Rev. Daniel Cock, of Cartsdyke, on the l\ le. was appointed to visit Truro. This appointment he was unable fc) fulfil until I7''<>. in the lall of which year Mr. Cock arrived in Truro. Af IT labouring a year he was called to the pastoral charge of the congrega- ticjiiiii 1770, ill which year (Sept. i) the first Session was elected, — stipend /, 60 U>i two yoar.>, /"70 next two, and /"So thereafter, ^ cash and j^ produce. \h. C>ck was for various reasons not settled till 1772. On the 2n(l of Aug., 'J7,S(), the lir>l Presbytery was constituted at Truro, seven additional ministers Javing arrived from Scotland. iS(v/t77<«/' Messrs. Cock, Graham, Mc(iregor, niilli and (jihnore. Ministers, and John Johnston and John liarnhill. Elders. !n 1708 Mr. Cock (jbtained a colleague and successor in the person of the ,ev. John Waddel, A.M. Mr. Waddel was born at the Kirk of Sliotts, idicd at (ilasgow College, where he i)assed A.M. —received his Theological ining under Dr. Lawson, of Selkirk, was licensed, and shortly after, (in 97) ordained an Evangelist, designated to Nova Scotia, and arrived in I'ruio on Nov. 5tli, same year, to the charge of which congregation he was called and settled Nov. 16, 179S. He was a man of a commanding presence, tali, erect and well proportioned, bald, and with powdered head he formed thi /•(■(?// /^/fV?/ of a man. In Nov., 1828, he was struck with j)aialysis, yet itill continued to labor till by a fall from his carriage in 18,^6 he was entirely 'i>al)lc(!, and in November following demitted his charge. < )n the 13th Nov., 842, he passed peacefully away, and was laid in the grave by his brethren of e Presbytery. After his death two calls were mtjderated, but both being [successful, a third was given to Mr. \Vm. McCulloch — the present ])astor iS_:;S, and the ordinali(jn took place on the 14th Feb., 1839. The Church itiioil then a mile from the village, for the accommodation of what was called 'u- bower Village and Old Uan:s, now Clifton. Alxuit 21 years ago the ilapidated condition of the church, together with the growing po|)ukilion and ants of Truro proper, led to the erection of a new church in the village ipahlc of seating 600 persons. After a few years, being found insufficient, a arge addition was made to it. To-(lay (1S74) il is found so inaderpiale that |allhough two new congregations with settled pastors have been erected out of lie ori^^dnai charge, the Presbytery has sanctioned the erection of a third new oni^M-egatiou, which erection it is expected will take effect thi-. year — 1S74. lu> congregation has the honor of establishing the Bible Society of Nova m< bsi IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) 1.0 lis |5o "^^ imiaE I.I I '^ m ^4 1.6 IL25 II 1.4 Photographic Sciences Corooration 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. MSSO (716) 872-4503 \ V <^ ■1>^ # <^ ^1> <> «^ '^ a? ..^MW'JlliMitiffiiii iiriBnti-iBiiii-mmint 83 I'RKSKY'iERIAN YEAR BOOK, I : ■ i- ■ 'iid.'' Ill I! I .' %] Scotia, under Mr. Waddel in i8io, also the Bible Class and Monthly Mission. ary Concert of Prayer in Nova Scotia, at least in the Presbyterian Chuah At the settlement of Mr. MoCulloch the Communion Roll numbered 178; <■ is now 490, notwithstanding the erection of two new Congregations. The centenary of the Congregation was celebrated in 1870, in which yt. 120 were added to the Church, 27 on the Centenary morning. In a Pa^ton;:! extending from 1838 to 1 874, there were 845 baptisms, 595 deaths, and 4c: marriages. In 105 years the Congregation has had only three Pastors, ar this promises to be a fact for some years to come. Large and flourishir Sabl)ath morning and weekly prayer meetings and Bible classes, and Sabl.r Schools are in successful operation, and doing a great work for the future of •' Congregation. CHALMERS' CHURCH, HALIFAX, N. S. This Church, situated in the centre of the city, was erected in 1848 and was first opened for public worship on the last Sabbath of October, 1S4 by Rev. Alexander Forrester, D. D. The congregation was organized in iS; under Rev. Ralph Robb, who subsequently removed to Hamilton, Onta- It was the " Free Church" in Halifax. Dr. Forrester ministered with ; tingiiished ability to the congregation till 1855 when he accepted the posit j ot Superintendent of Education for Nova Scotia and Principal of the NorrJ School, '^he next Pastor was Rev. John Hunter, who continued his lal in the church for four years, and retired on account of ill health. He m succeeded by Rev William Maxwell, now of Pictou, who also retired or.;. count of ill health, after a ministry of five years. Rev. Edward Annand ■■. the next Pastor, and his ministry was crowned with much success, but itc:| tinned only two years. The growth of Presbyterianism in the city necessitsi the formation of new charges. In 1862, a section of the congregation forf: St. John's Church in the north end of the city, — now a large congrega; •. In 1872 another section of Chalmers' congregation moved to the South E:' of the city, and in conjunction with a section of Poplar Grove Church, forr.: a strong congregation known as " Fort Massey Church," now under thep: toral charge of Rev. James K. Smith, late of Gait, Ontario. The last migr; tion from Chalmers' Church included more than half the membership r.- moro than two-thirds the wealth. Rev. Mr. Annand accepted a call tc Presbyterian Church in Boston. He was succeeded in Chalmers' Church Rev. Charles B. Pitblado, under whose ministry the congregation is rais:. more money for the support of the Gospel, and doing more work than e before. The following are the Presbyterian Churches of Halifax according to thej age : St. Matthew's, St. Andrew's, Poplar Grove, Chalmers', St. John Richmond, and t ort Massey. The first and the last named are the stronge- ] NEW FOUNDLAND. ST. John's. The first Presbyterian Church in St. John's, Newfoundland, in connectiorj with the Church of Scotland, was opened on December 23rd, 1842. The Kev.l Donald A. Eraser was chosen as minister. He died after a pastorate of only! three years The Church was supplied by ministers from Scotland and Nov:! Scotia till 1849, when the Rev. Francis Nicol became minister. In that yean v f" PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. y 89 nd Monthly Mission- i^resV)ytt:rian ChurLh »11 numbered 178; r jrefjations. 1870, in which yev ling. In a Pa>lor;:: 595 deaths, and if:. ly three Pastors, ar arge and flouri>hi: classes, and Sabb?. k for the future of •'• cession took place of the portion of the congregation holding Free Church Inriples, who built Free St. Andrew's Church, which was opened in 1850. e first minister was the Rev. A. S. Muir, who was succeeded in 1852 by Ktv. M. Harvey, who has been pt tor till the present date. The Rev. F. Nicol removed to Canada and was succeeded l)y the Rev. nald M'Hac, who was minister for twelve years, and in 1871 accepted a to aClu rch in Nova Scotia. lie was succeeded by the Rev. I). McUou- 9 who resigned his charge in 1S74, in consequence of ill health. The Irch is at present without a minister. HARRDUR r.RACE. s. IS erected in 1848 ith of October, 1S4. k^as organized in 184 > Hamilton, Ontr ministered with accepted the posit ncipal of the Norr. continued his lab- ill health. He t. ho also retired on:; Edward Annand v. :h success, but it c: ^ the city necessity:', congregation fore; a large congrega; •. ed to the South Er. rove Church, forr.:.i| " now under thepi^^l irio. The last mig'. the membership a: iccepted a call tc Chalmers' Church'; jngregation is rais: more work than cl ax according to thc;| lalmers', St. John- led are the stronge- ndland, in connectiorl jrd, 1842. TheKev. r a pastorate of onlyj 1 Scotland and Novi mister. In that year S The Free Church at Harbour Ciracc was opened in 1857. The Alpander Ross accepted a call, and has been minister till the present date. \ev. f a|jcr$ 0tt gre^bjjteriM Sapicsi. I.— KNOX COLLEGE.— ITS ORIGIN AND PROGRESS. [The seat of this Theological Institution will hereafter be in the west part capital of Ontario, at the upper end of Spadina Avenue, and not far the University College. The building is of *vhite brick and cut stone ; Ityle of architecture is Gothic. The form of the building reseml)les the E. '\\\^ facade fronting the Avenue is 230 feet long, and the wing.-: run 150 feet. Over the main entrance a massive tower rises to the height of I'eet, tastefully and substantially finished, with cut stone ornamentations. [College contains a large hall and four commodious lecture rooms, with for the Professors, Secretary, Senate and Visitors. The Library and turn are in keeping with the general elegance and good arrangement of building. Every convenience has also been provided for boarding a large tx of students. The entire cost will not be under $100,000, a large It, but already almost i)rovided by the liberality of the people. •"or the last nineteen years the work of the College has been carried on juilding near the centre of the city, which was |)urcha.sed ami fitted up Jhe purpcse in 1855. It was formerly known as " Elm^ley Villa," and [in the time of Lord Elgin the vice-regal residence. Of late years, how- this place has been regarded as not worthy of the increased wealth of the kmination, and unequal to the requirements of the College, so that it will pft for the more imposing building just erected. Tracing back this history, emember the grateful feelings with which in 1855 the College was moveil " Elmsley Villa" from a more humble rented house on Front Street, ^h now forms part of the Queen's Hotel. And we go further back still, call the first classes held in an upper room on James Street, in the house le of the Professors. Immediately after the disruption in 1 844, a temporary arrangement was Pe under the Rev. Dr. King, afterwards of Halifax, and the Rev. H. Esson, 5t. Gabriel Street Church, Montreal, to give in^tructi(His to young men ^ous of entering the Christian Ministry. Fourteen were that year enrolled. '^45' ihe Rev. Dr. Burns, of Paisley, Scotland, was appointed Professor 90 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR m)OK. ;iti ■■I-- ir-' • II I' of Divinity, and Mr. Esson of Lilerature and Pliilc)so])iiy, in the Colleger wa.". to be established. Tr. lUinis held this appointment only for a ihorf l)Ut several years afterward was called to the chair of Church History, w- he licld at tlie time of his death. In 1846, an Academy was exlabllsh. connection with the Collei^e, u> give preparatory trainint,', under the c^: Rev. Alex. Gale, of Hamilton, and Kev. Thos. Wii^htman. This air. ment only continued for a few years, when the change of the Nai: University from a sectarian to a non-denominational basis rendered it um sary, and Knox College became a purely Divinity school. In 1847, Michael Willi;;, D. D., from ( ilasgow, began to conduct the Tlieol dei)artment, and contiinied with eminent ability and success in that \V(jr twenty-three years. Valuable assistance from time to lime was render-: Rev. K. McCorkle, of St. Ninian's, Scotland, Rev. Mr. Rintoul, Rev. W.L and Rev. Ralph Ro1)l). Op the death of f'rofessor Ksson, his place wa- by Rev. G 1' Voung, who did excellent service for eleven years, d acceptance of a chair in the University College, Rev. \V. Cavan, of St. M was called to the vacant chair, which he idls efficiently, and he is now I'r; of the College. Dr. Willis having retired in 1870, Rev. 1). Inglis, D.D of Brooklyn Heights, N.^ ., occupied the chair of Systematic 'i'heoloj one year, and was succeeded in 1873 by Rev. W. McLaren, of Ottawa. W (iregg was appointed in the previous year to the chair of Apukc These two last mentioned gentlemen, with the Princii)al, constitute the [:J faculty. Valuable assistance has been at various times rendered by Kt. I'roudfoot, of London, Dr. Topp, of Toronto, and Mr. Ure, of Goden. lecturers in special departments. At the Union of the Churches in 1861, the Hall of the United hi terian Church was merged in Knox (lollege. It was established in K^;| the City of London, and was efficiently conducted by the Rev. Dr. Pit assisted for a short time by Rev. Alex. McKen/ie, In i860 the I: removed to 'I'oronto, and after the death of Dr. Proudfoot, in that year,"' under the care of Rev. Dr. John Taylor,now of P>usby, in Scotland, w! tinued to render excellent service until the Union, when, to the regret he returned to his native land. Thus grew Knox College. In the coiuse of thirty years, the sni.i: of fourteen, with two teachers, meeting in the upper room of a private dv has become a College, with over one hundred students, under three Prok possessed of an extensive and valuable Library ; and occupying a buildii appearance, comfort, and convenience, second to none of its kind on thi tinent. During its short career, three hundred and eighty-nine names have entered as matriculants. vSome of these did not finish their studies, othe^^ some during their course and some after oidination ; others still, have; to foreign lands and are there labouring as ministers of the gospel ; I- present, about one hundred and sixty are engaged in the active service ": Canada Presbyterian Church. So that to-day, about half of the niiiiiMtt: that Church have been trained in Knox College. Now thoroughly ec[uipped, and under the guidance of able, earnc->: devout Profess )rs, with every facility for prosecuting their other stiidir University College, with which Knox College is affiliated ; with flouii-'- societies of a missionary, scientific and literary character, this institution, u: the blessing of God, promises in the future to accomplish still greater rcs in furnishing able ministers of the New Testament. St) ll m I'RESBYTKRIAN YKAR KOOK. 91 leii, to the regret U% II._SUSTENTATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY. iThere aa* five ways in wliich men emj-iloytxl in the Christian ministry, find sustenance while employed i their Master's work. vv«)RKIN(J WirH HIS OWN HANDS. 'I"he ninister may provide sustenance for himself by combininj; with linistcrial work some secular calHiit;. It was thus Paul sustained himself in Corinth. Against this way i'aul, while following it for exceptional IS entered his earner' protest (i Cor. ix.) as being against the Z/;,'/^/ of L '(v. 7) ; as being agriiii>t the A/:.' of Moses, (v. 8) ; as being against the 'k> of //''«<''•''' a"'' ./'"''■ ''''''"''"^''' (^- '') ! ''^^ being against the use and )f all reli-n'ons, (v. 13) ; and a> being against the exprss comtfutud oi owr (v. 14). The experience of the church has shown clearly that this mode honouring to religion, and injurious to the church and its pastors. KOBIilNC; Ol'HKR CHURCHKS. The minister, while at work in one congregation, may be sustained by junties of other congregations who share no portion of his services. IMS often thus enabled, by the liberality of such churches as that of Ionia, to labour where tlie people were unable or unwilling to sustain him. this principle missionpries to the heathen are sustained. This way is IS a temporary arrangement, but it is wrong and injurious to minister and when adopted as a permanent mode even in the poorest heathen egation. STATE KNDOWMKNTS. . The minister may be paid by the State. It is not fitting to touch here fficult and delicate question of the relation of Church and State ; nor is lessary to give any opinion as to whether it is always, everywhere, and , the duty of the church to refuse government money. It is enough lhir< Dominion men are generally agreed that in the past, state endow- have been hurtful to the church, and that in the present it would not be 'or a Christian church, in British America, to throw on the government lentation, total or partial, of its pastors. Enough on this point the ; of i)r. Buchanan, the Convener since the death of Dr. Chalmers, in of the Siistentation Committee of the Free Church of Scotland, made in eech last year before his General Assembly : — 'For my part I greatly prefer this noble annual revenue for the support Gospel, coming in as it docs from the coimtless and continuous free-will gs of the church's own members, rather than to have it provided by the tic and once for all contributions, whether of a whole community (State ments) or of half-a-dozen millionaries. I frankly confess I was once of Der mind I can now look at it from more sides than one. I have ail a pretty full experience of both systems, antl I have come to a clear oucUisive judgment in favour of the one with which Christ's Church and which he evidently meant to be i)ermanent when, by His Holy t He guiiledjan apostle to say, "Lei him that, is taught in the word unicate to him that teacheth in all good things." CONGREGATION ALIS^r, . The minister may be paid by his own congregation. This mode is ittcd by reason, by Scripture, and by the practice of many congregations of rimitive church. It is nearer, indeed, the right mode than any of the ! W 92 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. I'll' '•'^! Mi modes above stated ; but it is not the mode with which the church of Q ought to rest contented. It is liable when earned out fully, to • objections : i. It leaves poor congregations without pastors if they art able to sup])ort them. 2. It supjjresses the corporate spirit, so beautify healthy in a church, by which each member has a care of the whole and the body a care of each member. 3. It developes a selfish spirit, < to that rebuked by Paul in its manifestation round the Lord's table in Co " For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper ; and r-i hungry and another is drunken." I Cor, xi. 21. Under the operat;*? this mode we see, in the same church, and doing the same work, ^ ministers in dangerous affluence while others are in al)ject poverty, run. ^ necessary for churches on this continent the advice of Paul, " Wliercfo ^ brethren when ye come together to eat (to divide the revenues of ihu t: ^ tarry one for another." 4. It lowers the independence of Pastors. ; \ church as a whole may suffer from the tyranny of the magistrate, is tht | danger that individual pastors may suffer from the tyranny of the "; \ m altitude" that is found journeying, since the days of the desert, with Israel ? When the stipend comes direct from the hands of his congi>i Jierc is often no break- water in money affairs between the floods of uf men and the servant of Jehovah, over whose head the billows often go til indeed, they cannot overwhelm him. PRKSBVTERIANISM. 5. The minister may be paid by the church. The word church;, here in the Presbyterian sense, collectively, like the word nation, as m; all the adherents, communicants, office-bearers and congregations thaii by their representatives in one common Synod or General Assembly. .\\ the servants of the nation are paid by the nation out of national k::i\ according to this mode, the ministers of the church being in the servic:; church, under law to the church, should be paid by the church church funds. The difficulties in the way of this mode are : i. it might encourage idleness on the part of the pastor who is paid ri proportion to his own exertions but in proportion to the exertions of other That it might encourage stinginess on the part of congregations who.->e :; would be paid whether they did or did not give. 3. That in the Ur temper of Presbyterianism at present the scheme would bo found imprac:;i The force of these objections largely disappear in the face of thesd following : — I. The sustentation of pastors by the church in general wJ rule under the law of Moses. 2. It is an instinct of the Christian dii best life thus to scatter abroad, as we see from the spirit manifested afi; outpouring of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, " They soli possessions and goods and parted them to all, as every man had n:^ 3. The principle of the whole caring for each part runs like a golden through the web of primitive Christianity. " The active brotherly lov- each church," says Ncander, writing of early Christianity, '* was not cor.: to its own immediate circle ; it extended even to the wants of the churc distant lands." 4. This principle is implied in Presbyterianism acconlir.; which each minister belongs to the whole church, and the whole churt therefore to be held responsible for his teaching, his character, his worl; therefore, surely for his maintenance. To maintain the opposite is to aba: Presbyterianism as far as finances are concerned and take the fii^t PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 93 is Congregat'onalism. 5. This principle has been successful wherever it fairly tried in living churches all over the world under two forms : of now a few words. SUPPLEMENTARY FUND. [The principle of the whole church being responsible for the decent Itenance of nil its pastors exists in a modified shape in most Presbyterian Ichcs under the form of a supplementary fund, sucli as is found in the Prcsl)yttMmn Church of Scotland, and all the Presbyterian churches in la fiut of whicli fund poor congregations receive help as a matter of fv ' The same principle exists in the fullest nroportion and most advanced ppnient it has yet received in Christendom (though not yet perfect) in the litation fund of the Free Church of Scotland, out of which each congregation res an equal share as a mattter of ri'^ht, on the belief that when each [egation does its best, the rich and the poor, there will always be bread rh and to spare in the Father's house for all His servants. SUSTENTATION FUND. ['0 understand what are the leading features in a scheme of finance to which js of all Protestant non-endowed churches are now directed as contain- le probable solution of one of the great questions of the day, let us hear ' leading principles as laid down by Dr. Thos. Chalmers, its illustrious ier, before the Convocation that met in Edinburgh in the month of Novem- \2, to prepare for the impending disruption of the Scottish Established :h. laying hi» financial scheme before the meeting, he expressed great con- kce in its success, and then went on to say : — I** The arithmetic on which, under God, I found the confidence I feel, is Itold. It is not because I count on a multitude of great things. These [be either more frequent or more numerous than I shall attempt to specify. [l do count on a multitude of little things. It is not on the strength of sums that I proceed, it is on the strength and accumulation of littles. I |iot looking for much that is remarkable in the way either of noble efforts le sacrifices ; nor yet is it on the impulse of strong but momentary tig that I at all reckon. It is on the assiduities of habit and principle, as a very common and every day exertion in each district of our land U secure if begun, and such as the general influence of custom alone might ce to perpetuate. Such is the character — the plain, unimaginative char- r— of the premises with which I am now dealing ; and the conclusion I from them, what I call my minimum result, because the very least to ph I aspire is a hundred thousand pounds in the year. " After a full exposition of the grounds on which his confidence rested, he ^med up the principle of his scheme as follows : — Firstly, then, the money raised in any given locality ought not to be re- ired for the expenses of that locality. All the means raised throughout all localities should be remitted to a large central fund, whence a distribution |t should be made of the requisite sums or salaries for the ministers of all ^parishes. The benefits of such an arrangement are manifold and inesti- )le. It becomes an operation of infinitely greater delicacy and good taste \- \\- f ; •'" 94 I'RESBYTERIAN YRAR HOOK. ^ • i' I. ■ > I u: ^!il1,-v I II '!' >ii A ",:t when the offerings called for, in any given nei.giibourhood, are for theiii. and personal behoof of their own cleri^ynian. lie could do nothing to t\. or stimulate such a process. liut hi> deacons anil even himself might, wi- the violation of decorum, bestow upon it their full countenance and ac when seen in its true character, as ])art of a general scheme for the hip. triotic object of supporting a ministry of the gospel throughout the wh'v Scotland. ** Si'cofu//y, And what gives a still more disinterested character to scheme is the noble resolution announced at the memorable meeting he!-' the West Kirk f'of Edinburgh), in the month of August, 1841, wIicil! town ministers — the ministers of the most opulent parishes, and wlicnc- largest contritnitions will be made to the general fund — agree to share; share alike with the ministers of the poorest [)arishes in Scotland. This of eijual division auKjng the clergy will give rise to the operation of pure. high principle both in the rich and in the poorer parishes. The liberal: the former will be stimulated, not by the near and narrow consideratioi support for their own minister, but by the great and soul-expanding con- ation that they are helping out a provision for the gospel in the most de.v localities of the land. And the efforts and sacrifices of the latter will be.! ulated by the honourable ambition of raising their contributions as neartc] dividend as possible." " But ///m//j', you will observ ; that on this system of the equal div right and beautiful as it is, yet did our hnancial operations stop here. proceed no farther, then the clergy in different parts of our establish: with nominally the same means, might yet fare very unequally." Afi. plaining how this inequality would necessarily arise under ^ch an am; ment, owing to the great differences in the cost of living, house rent, r.v! in towns, as compared with the same charges in remote and niral pr;:.j he went on to say. "It is for this reason that our iinancial system not to stop at the lowest point to which I have yet carried up my explan;.; of it. There is one step more . . . After that the organization had :- set up in each parish for behoof of the general fund, or, in other words,; that an association has been formed and ])ut into regular workir,' order the raising and the remitting of its quarterly or yearly proceeds to what i be called the great central treasury of the Church, there can be no object;^ nay, it were most desirable that a distinct supplementary effort should 1 made in each parish for the express purpose of eking out and extending - allowance of its own minister." The best commentary on the plan of '' Sustentation " proposed by I^ Chalmers is first, the history of this fund for thirty-one years, during wr. I time it has held quietly on its triumphant way, though there were in the ' adversity as well as prosperity, and in the Church nearly a complete change j leaders ; and, second, the speech of Dr. Buchanan in presenting his repi last May. ITS HISTORY, Here is the History of the Fund in a nut shell, wherein is given an ( hibit of the Sustentation Fund since the Disruption, showing — (i.) T: amount contributed each year ; (2. ) The number of ministers participat; in the Fund; (3.) The amount of dividend paid each year; and (4.) T number of ministers who drew a full year's dividend : — I PRKSHYTERIAN YEAR BOuK. 95 urhood, are for tliec^ ould do nothing ^^ ^,;. ^cn himself might, vp countenance and ai. 1 scheme for the hijr throughout the \vhu;.| terested character to imorabJe meeting ht! ugust, 1841, whcrcii: )arishc.s, and whence und~agree to share; s in Scotland. This he operation of pure. :rishes. The liberal: larrow consideratio: soul-expanding con- spel in the most dev of the latter will he : ntributions as neartcj n of the equal div: .; ierations stop here,, ts of our establishn.: r unequally," After under ^ch an am; living, house rent,:,.] lote and niral pr hnancial system irried up my explan;:^ e organization had k|j| or, in other words, ;: rnlar worVin^ order proceeds to what : re can be no object lentary effort .should! out and extending - on " proposed by f-j ne years, during wr. I there were in the k ly a complete change | 1 presenting his repcj i^herein is given an »n, showing — (i.) i] ministers participatij ch year ; and (4.) TJ an (I Tl ■ — ■ AmouiitContributed No of Ministers Amount N'o. of Ministers I 1 to tho j.articiii.atin^^in the of Ulvidentl wlio drew full SustenUilioii Fund. Fund Ciicii year. paid each year. equal Dividend. 44 ^68,704 14 8 583 £ios 470 1 » 77,630 12 627 122 557 46 82,0Si 17 4 672 122 580 e* 83,117 '^ 'o 673 1 20 590 8S,'J90 9 5 684 128 506 io 87,n5 3 4 705 123 623 i 89,704 3 6 720 123 680 ;i 91,527 8 8 73^ 123 668 \2 90,794 10 5 745 122 675 3 90,885 8 759 I21 691 4 y4.<'35 10 6 765 I 19 () 696 5 1 103.553 17 3 786 1 32 700 56 108.972 12 5 790 140 712 57 108,638 4 5 811 138 700 58 . 108,920 7 825 1 38 703 110,141 II 8 827 138 713 60 109,259 17 II 846 135 723 bi 112,093 5 859 1 38 73' 62 112,616 6 5 872 137 724 63 114,: 2 19 9 885 137 722 S4 ii5,/04 19 6 894 1 38 715 65 i 119,450 3 II 903 144 710 6t) ' 120,296 II 5 902 143 741 pi 121,725 6 3 917 144 7^0 68 131,312 10 5 923 150 00 728 D9 132,125 16 7 942 1 50 740 70 131,262 19 I 947 150 757 71 137,034 14 6 948 1 50 775 72 137.677 15 5 957 150 778 73 136,322 19 10 969 150 783 ITS PHILOSOPIIY. The opening paragraphs of Dr. Buchanan's recent .speech, which is the portion we can quote, arc valuable specially, not only because it a.sserts »nc]ualified confidence as to its general features in this plan of finance, Wause he indicates the true cause of its prosperity : — "Moderator, this, which I now lay on the table of the General Assembly, thirty-first annual report of the Committee on the Sustentation Fund. le course of the lengthened period our Church has passed through many sg vicissitudes. Thrown as she was, by the Disruption of 1843, into a Ition altogether new, and compelled in consequence, to deal with questions to adjust herself to a state of things of which she had no previous expe- :e, it is no wonder that serious differences should have at times arisen bngst us — differences grave enough to have more than once greatly agitated i 'r i:[ I I ■ 'Kii' 96 rKKSBYTERIAN YEAR l((X)K. ') .''I," '■/: ''i us all, and to have tlireatciieil the Churcli itself with dangers of a truly pai^. kind. From these coiiIHcIn of opinion the Suslentation Fund has by no trie: heen ahogethcr free. Views at entire variance with one another, asto' principles and methods of its distribution, have l)een occasionally discu-, anbyterian College, Montreal, in the laliin lournal. I. " The IMiaraoh of the Exodus idcntiticd in the myth Ldo'nis . 2. "The Birth place of ancient Religions and CiviIi/atioi\s." The Coplic element in languages of the Indo-Kuropean family. 4. *' The Tiie .Shepherd Kings of Egyjjt. liy the Hon. A. Mollis, the ie late of some difficult passages of Scripture. 15y the Rev. Alexander in "The more priests the more crime," " The Terceiilcnary fthe 'Reformation." By J. W. Dawson, LL.D., Principal of the [iill College, Montreal, *' Primitive Man and Revelation ;" an ess before the Evangelical Alliance, New York. By Rev. Robert ray, Halifax, N. S., "Religion in the British Provinces of North [erica ;" an address before the Evangelical Alliance, New York. By Rev. ies Cameron, Chatsworth, in " British and Foreign I-lvangelical Review ;" frcsbytcrianism in British North America." 2. BOOKS OK GENERAL SUBJECTS. By Mr. James Croil, an elder of the Presbyterian Church, and euitor-of \Mo)tlital J'Tisbyterian ih&XQ Q.XC the following works :--i. " Dundas ;" 'a tch of Canadian History. 2. " Historical and Statistical Report of the sbylerian Church of Canada, in connection with the Church of Scotland." [Mr. Duncan Campbell, an elder of one ol the Presbyterian cluiiches in lifax, "Nova Scotia ;" in its historical, meichanlile, and industrial relations. Rev. George Grant, Halifax, " Ocean to Ocean." By the Rev. William Jl, L.L.D., "Intellect, Emotions and Moral nature. " By the Rev. Mr. rvey, St. John's, Newfoundland, a volume of "Essays." Ill, BOOKS OF BIOGRAPHY, SERMONS AND THEOLOGY. As is the case in almost every Christian country a very large proportion the literature of Canada is theological ; for notwithstanding tlie attempts of le literary men to cry down theology and doctrine, it is found that the )ught and literature of all Christian nations always gravitate towards the Hues connected with man's relation to the spiritual and the eternal. I. BIOGRAPHY. In this department, these following are the issues : — " Memoir of the Rev. McGregor ;" by the Rev. George Paterson. "Memoir of Messrs. latheson and Johnston ;" by the same author. " Life of Dr. Bayne ;" by the fev. Mr. Smellie. "Life and Times of the Rev. R. Burns, D.D.;" by his >iMhe Rev. F. T. Burns, D.D. "Life of Dr. Matheson ;" by James rcil, Esq. ♦'Memorials of the Rev. John Machar, D.D.;" by members of "1 family. — ? ! ■ -, \ I 98 PKKSBYTERIAN YKAR BOOK. ■,(''!|'i .'■,1 \ \\ 11 ,' I ,1 I ' \y'\ i 2. SERMONS. Without takiny into account sini^lc sermons nr lectures, pul)lislie ;" by ministers of the Canada Presbyterian Church, 2 \ "Sermons;" by the late Kev. Mark Y. Stark, A.M. " Sermons;" In Kev. A. Melville. ''Sermons;"' by the late l\ev. James (Jeorj^e, li "Sermons;" by the Kev. Mr. Cochrane, A.M.; " I'ulpil l)i>courNCN Dr. Willis; " Discourses and F,xp«)sifii)ns of Scripture," by I'rofe.isor \ 3. TIII'.nl.oilY — SI'KCUI.AI l\ l'„ I'K.XLTICAI. AM) DKVOTIUNAI . "On the Trinity ;" by the Kev. Gcor^^e I'aterson. " 'I'he Wisdim the King ;" by the Kev. James Uennet, "On Maptisin ;" by the Kev. W SommervilK'. "Church (Government;" by the late Kev. C. C. Sir " '['he Dynasty of the House o( Daviil;" by the late Rev. James Dm " Hook of Prayer for l-'amily Worship ; by Professor W, Cre[,'j,' ; " Ik. Converts to the worship of the («od of Israel. " " Sernu)ns and Devolio desijjned chiclly f(ir the use o( Sailors ; " Aid to .Sacramental C!ommuni by the late Kev. (leorije Macdonnell. IV. WKKKI.V A.NI) Muni III. V I'KICSS. In the interest of the Presbyterian Churches there are published i Dominion, three weeklies, none of which, however, are official. In II; N.S., there is the Prcxhylcr'uni Wiliitss, first i>siied 27 years ago, puM, by James Harnes, Ks(|., edited (irst by the Kev. 1 )r. I'orrcsler, and edited for eighteen years by the Kev. Kobert Murray. In St. John's, .\ ! there is the Presbyterian Advocate published in connection with the / 7<'/(^';7//''/ and edited by Mr. William Mlder. And in Toronto there i- British American Prcii/ytcrian, published by the Presbyteri;in Publi-h Company and edited by C. H. Kobinsoii, Kscj. There are four montlil: -. published as the official organs of their respective Churches. ///(• A'cdn the Church of Scotland \\\ the Maritime Provinces is edited by the Kev. \' G. Pender. It has a circulation of 2000. The Record of 'he rresbyUr:. Church of the Limhr Pro7'inces is edited by the Kev. K.oi)t Murray. '. circulation is over 5,000. llie Peeord of the Preshyteriait Church Canada in connection with the Church of Scotland, is edited by James C Esq. Its circulation is 8,500. The Record of the Canada Pres/ylcr Church is edited by the Kev. Wm. Keiil. Its circulation is over 12,0 Arrangements are made to start in January of this year a Presbyterian pa; in Prince Edward Island. From the figures given above as to the circulation of the monthlies, a die figures in our possession as to the circulation of the weeklies, w hicli do not give because not authorized, it W(}uld appear that upwards of 34,00 are subscribers, in the Dominion, to Presbyterian papers. IV. IIOiME MISSION WOKK OF THE PKESBYTERIAN CHURCl IN CANADA. Presbyterianism is about to enter on a new chapter of its history. Church extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the United Stnt' frontier to the northern bounds of civilization, presents not only a large an I \ PRKSBYTF.RIAN VKAK BOOK. 99 • lectures, i)ul)lislie(i lal licre, llii; U>\\ (ieorj;e, I),j I'ulpil l)i^cou^^<.^,' f." liy I'rofe.vsor Vn. . I) DiAoriuNAI . )ii. " 'I'he Wisdnir, in ;" by the Rev. W Kev. C. C. Sir, .' Rev. J;inies I)iii. W. (-vv^^; "Heai •niioiis and Devolid raiiienlul C^omimiiii i less. TO are published i;;,] re (jfficial. In I In! 27 years ago, puM;- |)r. l'"orresler, and 111 St. John's, .\! ection with the / :\ 1 Toronto there \< 're>l)yterian i'ubli'h are four niontlil:>.| ches. 7'//i' A'lYorl lited by the Rev, V] 'y-elieme>i lie undertaken in the way of inis>ion>. to the distant |ion> the work at home nui.>.t .still claim a phue etpial if not superior to s-.cin llif atfections, ;>rayersanpel mdinance-. over this wide ti'rritory will tax resources of the ( luircli both in men and means. We \\\\\A follow our Ssl)yterian settlers from Scotland, and Ireland, as well as our own children, ken they g<> to cut out their own honies in the uidnoken forest, or to turn the prairie into fertile farms. We nui--t evanj,'eli/e lar^e tracts of old settled Urv where religion is at so low an ebb that tliepeo|)le are unwilling to sup- ;urdinauccs. We nuisi proclaim Christ among immigiants who speak otiier Tins fpiin (lerm.uiy, and Norway, and Sweilen, and Ireland. We nnrsi eavour to reach our Roman t'alholic fellowi-ili/.ens of both l'"rench and (iiij^iii: uliile the red men of the forest and |)iairie, as they giadually fr,;iu l)efore us, must not be overlooked, nor the adventurous spirits who It the (iUtposls of civilization among ihem. The past reads us an instructive lesson, as surely as the apathy of the rches fifty years ago has produced many evils and much iireligion, and the Burs of devoted men have accom[)lishe(l nuich good in our land, so will the lire be, what the energy or remissness of the present generation makes it. Home Mission work of rrcsbyU-rianism has some peculiarities which kt not be overlooked in the efibrts which the uni' 'd Church will mo-t eer- ily make in the wide field open befoie her. The object (jf Home Mi-sions I) to jireacli the C!os))eI in new and neglected districts ; (2) to orgai(i*e rches ; (3) to aid weak localities in supporting (lospel ordinances. In thi» we nnist distinguish missionary from properly pastoral otierati' 's. Our sbyteriani>ni in its conception is aoviding for i wants chuiches already gathered and honu)geneous. lv\pericnce however shows our Kvangelistie arm is weak, and that in order to establish churches in localities, and among peopL' having diverse religions convictions, or none 1, measures unknown to th'j parent churches must be adopir ' Many bes are iiut in a state sufficiently advanced to c, '1 a minister, and yet a lor nuist he .settled without a call if any permanei.l good is to be done. an ordained minister sent into a mission district would retiuire to open a iber of small stations, preaching in each as often as ])ossible, but superin- ling all, and availing himself of such assistance as Christian men in the Bial l(jcalities can give by maintaining public worship and Sabbath Schools sn he is not present. This is in effect the itinerant system with local ichers, which has been so eminently successful in Methodism. Presby- ms are slow to adojn such an innovation, having on the one hand a prejudice in.st lay preaching, and on the other, a backwardness to assume the office of ^lic teacher. Then, although a most laudable spirit has been manifested by ients,and they are generally ready for mission work, hitherto it has appeared possible to revent their settlement, immediately after license, in some vacant jregation. . Thus tlie n-nrk oflenti ;'s begun bystudents with line i)romise away or struggles for uiy years v. great feebleness for want of unor- led missionary are. '1 ■ gre.it nee -f the Church is a class of men who lot wish to be ettled as ^ istors, but »< prepared to labor in organising Un|j;athering. These shoui nclude ord ined ministers having all the rigiils pastors, and .suident and lay atechists, all of whom could be removed from 'T/,>^ 100 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. It • I ': Trv'V ^;!-.''^ place to place (without the interference of the people) as mlf^ht be seen to. expedient. For the support of srch labourers a large increase would required in the contributions of the (."hurch. For \vant of this, many secti.J of the country have had to be al^andoned by Presbyterianisni, and are n^ occupied by other denominations which can avail themselves of tlie servicc-J worthy men whom Presbylerianism rejects. ICven to-day, though there bj marked improvement in this respect, Presbylerianism is in the wane in no: few places. Our prospects at present are good, if the Church will only rise the emergency. God is putting 't into the heart of many to enter the Clu>' . ministry, and everywhere there arc places open for our entering in. Ndtb- is needed l)ut to make suitable arrangements for the maintenance of nii>- aries, in localities where pastoral settlements are as yi impraclicible ; an the United Church will strengthen the Evangelistic arm, by establi^! Mission Districts where organized congregations cannot exist, will api ordained missionaries for limited terms of service where calls cannot be ci, tained, and liberally supplement where sufficient means cannot be raised or. spot, so that young me': cf ability, l)oth mental and physical, can gi> labour, we ';hnll see an advance in our Home Mission work, which will glac the heart of every well-wisher to Scriptural Presbylerianism. -•••- g^tuHUp 0{ tk ^resibsiterian ^mm% ■ ■ ': '!. •ii •., The following anecdotes and incidents of men to whom Canada ; much as the pioneers of its Presbylerianism, are extracted from their lives tained in such books as " Memoirs cf the Rev. James McGregor 1).. " Memorials of the Rev. T- Machar, D.D. " " Life and Times of Rev. Re-- Burns, D.D." " Memoir of the Rev. M. Y. Stark, M.A." books that o:, to be in every Presbyterian household in our Dominion, as interesting i instructive records of patient continuance in well-doing. A SABBATH SCHOOL BEFORE R AIRES. Among the first settlers in Pictou was one named James Davidson, r ; was instrumental in doing much good. He gathered the young for relig; instruction on the Sabbath day, at Lyon's Brook. This was the first Sabti School in tlie County of Pictou, and I think I may safely say in the Provirj and was established some time before Raikes commenced that movenicJ which has rendered these institutions everywhere a part of the machinen'| the Christian Church. BIBLE READINGS IN THE BU.-^H. The Scottish settlers (this refers to Nova Scotia), were not unmindful c the lessons of their native land. They were accustomed to assemble on tli Sabbath day for religious worship. Robert Marshal, holding what the Iligl landers call "a reading" in English, and Colin Douglass in Givlic. '!i exercises at these meetings consisted of prayer and praise, and especially, ; their name indicated, reading tlie Scriptures and religious works. Marsh; was a man of great theological information, and good gifts. Douglass had iv the same gifts, but he was one of ihe few among the Highlanders who could rcj iJ PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 101 as might be seen to J irge increase would mt of this, many secti-] >yteriani.sm, and are n. nselves of the service] o-tlay, though there iJ 1 is in the wane in no;] : Cliurch will only rise' my to enter the Chi i ir entering in. Noth: niaintenam-e of miss; "t imi;)racueible ; an tic arm, by establiJ nnot exist, will api re calls cannot be ti, IS cannot be raised or 1 physical, can go Aork, which willglaui mism. ^imxtm. to whom Canada ^\ ted from their lives:. ne.s^ McGregor D.if d Times of Kev, Kc':-' r.A.'" books that oj. lion, as interesting i iAIKES. i James Davidson, r the young for relig: is was the first Sak; -'ly say in the Provir.J eiiced that movenicf irt of the machinen ' were not unmindful ol led to assemble on the olding what the High- uglass in Ga>Iic. '!'he fiise, aud especially, as ^ious works. Marshal ifts. Douglass had not landers who could read old lerably well. But there were scarcely any books in Grelic. and as the ' jo'le among the Iliijhlanders understood no English, they were under great idvanta^es. The t)ooks in English were also few. Even those that the afries people had brought out with them had been mostly consumed by the ' in Prince Edward Island. The few they possessed were well used. An [>rfect copy of *' Boston's Fourfold State " did good service. An old bit lisadvant? )umfri( lice in now living, at the age of eighty-eight, dates back some of his earliest elimous impressions to the reading of it, and feels such a veneration for the -rfork as to regard it as next to the Bible, the best ever produced. Of these mieetims we cannot help thinking, that they realized the divine word : " Then Mhev th^t feared the Lord spake often one to another, and the Lunl hearkened d heard ii, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them t feared the Lord> and that thought upon His name." THE GOSPEL STANDARD UNFURLED. The Squire gave orders to lay slabs and planks in his barn for seats to e conf^regation ; and before eleven o'clock next morning T saw the people thering to hear the gospel from the lips of a stranger, and a stranger who t few of its consolations in his own soul, and had but litte hope of communi- ting them to his hearers. None came by land, except certain families who ed a few miles to the right and left of Squire Patterson's. Those who came m the south side of the harbour, and from the rivers, had to come in boats canoe-: ; and I doubt not but all the craft in Pictou available at the time s in requisition. It was truly a novel sight to me, to see so many boats and noes carrying people to sermon. There were only five or six boats, but any canoes, containing from one to seven or eight persons. The congrega- ,on, however, was not large ; for numbers cou'd nut get ready their craft, the lOlice was so short. I observed that the conduct of some of tliem coming from e shore to the barn was as if they had never heard of a Saiibalh ; I hearil U(l laughing and talking, and singing and whistling, even bi^fore they reached le shore. They behaved, however, with decency so long as I continued to iReak, and some of them were evidently much affected. I endeavoured to t'xplain to them in the forenoon, in English, "This is a faithful saying, and rorthy of all accei)tation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners ;" nd in tlie afternoon, in Gitdic, " The Son of Man is come to seek and to save •'.hich is lost." The first words which I heard after i)ronouncing the [blessing, were from a gentlomian of the army calling to his companions, " Come, fcoine, let us go to the grog-shop ! " but, instead of going with him, they came towards me, to bid me welcome to the settlement ; and he came himself at I last. SPEAK KINDLY TO THE BOYS. On Mr. McGregor's way back from Trurf) in company with Thoma-. iFrascr, the elder, at the lower part of the Middle River he met four boys. He tasked Fraser, " What boys are those?" " Oh, they are some of your coiigre- Igation, and Iwd boys they are," was the re[)ly. "Oh, that's because they Ihave had no minister to teach them, but they will do better after this." He then spoke to them, asking each his name, and enquiring regarding their res- pective families, and telling them to come and hear him preach next Sabbath, ind pay attention to what he said, and he was sure that they would hereafter >e good boys. He talked to them in this kind way till he completely m i; 'I 'I I '• :;:i, '/'■:' ■ 'I It;: I H PRESBYTERIAN YEAR won their hearts, and they were all eagemesss to hear him preach. T!-. preaching took place under the shade of a large elm tree, and they listen- with intense interest. He at that time gained a place in their affections whic- he never lost. One of those boys, who related the circumstance, was Jo'-- Douglass, so well known throughout the church as deacon Douglass A PRESBYTER IN DIFFICULTIES. The Presbytery of Hamilton extended from Lake Ontario to Amhe burgh. For a short time Mr. Stark had but few fellow lal)ourers within rcac: Soon after his .settlement at Ancaster and Dundas, the late Rev. Alex. Ga. was settled at Hamilton, Mr. Stark conducting the services at his inducti- The Rev. Mr. Stewart, then minister of the congregplion at Gait, \M appointed to take part in the induction services at Hamilton. But, as learn from one of his letters to Mr. Stark, he had to excuse himself from duty, on the ground that it was out of his power to reach Hamilton. He w not able to walk, and he could not get a horse at Gait or in the neiglibouih for love or money. As for a public co/iveyancc from Gait to Hamilton, tl,: would appear to have been nothing of the kind at the time. A CHRISTIAN CHAMPION. ■ IJcside the bed where the parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt and pain, by turns dismayed. The reverend champion stood." Mr. Machar, in common with other ministers, pf..-sed through many experiences during this afflictive season. He was called to attend during b of cholera the sick and dying at all hours of the night, as well as thee-i being often aroused from sleep to minister at a dying bed, and he re shrank from promptly obeying every call. He was himself delivered fron fear of contagion, and often went to the .sick, when near relatives were i. to venture into the infected atmosphere, going fearlessly even into the Avret .-. abodes where foul air and want of cleanliness were most likely to b; : ciintagion. The calm possession of the mental faculties and consciousne?- ajjproaching death, which he thankfully noticed as a striking features of chok: made him more especially anxious to visit those dying of that disease. ;: speak to them the words of eternal life. He willingly went, also, to sympaiL with the bereaved families, m cases where it was difficult to procure assistar: for laying out the corpse, and he aiid his beadle were sometimes tlie or. persons, beside the newly made widow or widower, or the childless fother, : follow the coffin to the grave. One aged man, decent and respectable in \ appearance, had just arrived from Scotland on his way further west, with 1 daughter, his only child, when she was seized with cholera and died. I: came in Scottish fashion to " the minister" who, deeply sympathising \vi: him, made arrangements for the funeral, when he accom])anied the sorrowir, father to lay his child's remains in a stranger's grave. The desolate old mr. departed the next day, bowed down by the l)ereavement, but still grateful f the kindness and sympathy he had received. Such demands upon Mr. Machar time and sympathy were incessant during that trying season. THE WAY HOME. The first missionary sent out, the Rev, Matthew Miller, who was a yoiir; man of much energy and zeal, and whose arrival had been hailed with jiv was, however, prematurely called away before he had been two years in h new field of labour. He had been settled at Cobourg, and in 1833, ^^''* Mach; 1^"' PRKVilYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 103 much pleasant intercourse with hiiu, recognising in him a steady growth liety ; but the spring of 1834 was saddened by his sudden death, under erv affecting circumstances. In Fel)ruary, 1873 he had travelled from lobourg to Ramsay, a distance of nearly two hundred miles, with his own r^e and cutter. The sleighing was good as he tiavelled downward, but on , return a thaw had set in, and the snow was rapidly disappearing. He rrived at Mr. Macliar's house in Kingston about noon on Friday, an(/ eniained only for luncheon. His mind seemed much occupied in contem- lating some ]K)rtions of the Gospel of St. John, of which he delighted to jeak and it was remarked after his depai ture how much he was growing in is'sp'iritual-mindcdness. He was feeling undecided whether to travel home r the ice, (thefrnzen waters of the lake,) or by land. The ice was beginning I be insecure, and the roads were in many places bare, so that sleighing by »d was tedious tind difllcult, an(i he had to be home on Saturday, in order to jicli on the Sabbath. Just before leaving, he said with a shrug, •* I am lid about that ice, I shall go by land. " But as he was starting he was met .1 person who had travelled by the ice and told him it was safe. This iTormation caused him to change his plan and he accfirdingly took the route the Bay of (^)uinte by the ice. He remained all night in Fredericksburg, ^tli the Rev. Mr. McDowall, a venerable mi^si^)nary poineer in Canada. Mr. tcDowall gave Mr. Miller a chart for his guidance when he started on his fiy home next morning, hoping for a prosperous journey But a violent jnnderstorm set in, accompanied by torrents of rain, a most unusual occurrence [that season, and Mr. Miller seemed to have lost his way, and to have been iking for the shore, when his h(jrse and cutter broke through the ice and bnl down in ten feet of water. When found, his watch was standing at 9 |M., the moment at which the accident must have happened. A severe [(St set in the same afternoon, and on Sunday some boys, .skating near the 3t, observed the shaft of the cutter protruding from the ice, and discovered lifeless form of Mr. Miller lying underneath, with his horse beside him. jie sad event was a cause of profound grief to his own congregation, to his plhren in the ministry, and indeed to the whole church in Canada. 4' gtt pmff»:»am. Your fathers where are they ? And the prophets do they live forever ? Rev. Peter Glassford, Vaughan and Albion, Ont., died Aug. 29th 1873. Jr. Glassford was born and educated in the city of Glasgow. After being ensed as a preacher of the Relief Church, and after fulfdling appointments Jth in Scotland and England, he was duly ordained in Alnwick (county of )rthumberland) on the loth (jf October 1838. From that town he was islated. in four or five years afterwards, to the village of Leitholm, in the mty of Berwick, where he laboured for other ten yea.s or so. In ihc imer of 1854 he came to Canada, and on the 3rd of July the following year was inducted into the charge of Vaughan and Albion. In that charge he |rformed the various duties of the ministry with not a little vigour, and with pifest acceptance anil success, till after a few week's illness he was called ace on the 29th of August 1873, aged 70 years. The Presbytery ot •il :ll : (■.'■■■ ■ "jBf^'' i^.Ml' . S' 104 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK Toronto, with which Mr. Glassford was connected, put on his record his death, the following testimony regarding him : " His many est; qualities, his earnestness in preaching the everlasting gospel, his assidui pastor, his faithfulness in the discharge of every duty, not to menti general and amiable spirit and temper in the more private relations ( secured from him high respect and warm affection on the part of a knew him." It may be added that he left a widow aiid five children to his loss. Rev. JAS. HARRIS, Toronto, Ont. — Died Sept. 5th, 1873 Harris, a native of Ireland, and a Licentiate of the Secession Presby Monaghan, arrived in Canada 1820, and chose, (by the advice of the Rev Smart of Brockville) York (Toronto) as his field of labour. There that time only two settled congregations in York, an Episcopal Church Dr. Strachan, and a Methodist congregation ; and only two Presb ministers west of Kingston. The Rev. Robert McDowall of Emestow the Rev. William Jenkins. Mr. Harris was ordained as pastor of the c gation on the loth of July 1823, and on the 14th of that month dispens sacrament of the Lord's supper to 28 communicants. In 1844 Mr. resigned his pastoral charge ; but up till his death, on the 14th of Septt 1873, in the eightieth year of his age, exactly fifty years, to a day, frc first communion, he continued to labor in the ministry as occasion offered take a deep interest in the Presbyterian Church, of which he was an ho: and useful pioneer. , Rev. D. G. McKAY, M.A., Port Elgin, Ont. — Died, SepiJ 1873. — Mr. McKay was bom at Thurso, in the North of Scotland, i:| With his parents he came to Canada in 1855, and settling with his ! family in Kingston taught school in that neighbourhood. He I'l Queen's College and graduated in arts. For three years he was maste: • Grammar School at Sterling, west of Kingston. His theological stil pursued at Princelown, N. J., United States. He was licensed i Presbytery of New Brunswick, U. S., but in 1872 was received a licens the Canada Presbyterian Church. He received a call to the congrega.; Latona, Presbytery of Owen Sound, which he declined. On the i; August 1873 he was ordained, and inducted into the pastoral charge of Elgin (in the Presbytery of Bruce,) a small town situated on the shoreof Huron. He was however, only a few weeks in charge of this congrej when after bathing in the lake he caught a severe cold which issi fever and hemorrhage of the lungs. His illness continued only for four His death at his young age and so close on his settlement as minister, a' many years of diligent and toilso" " preparation, and happening so sudi deeply affected his people and me community at large. The Rev Mulligan, of Detroit, preached his funeral sermon. Rkv. JAMES BARRuN, M.A., Gananoque, Ont.— Died, 26, 1873. — Mr. Barron was born in Glasgow, but his early days were near Waterdwon, Ont., where his parents had settled. He studied University of Toronto and graduated with honours, being the first man year, winning, after keen competition, the Prince of Wales' prize ai gold medal in Metaphysics and Ethics. His theological studies he finis Glasgow. On his return to Glasgow he received a call to Gananoque he was settled in 1869 ; but after two years ' pastoral work he found tl )OK PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 105 :ted, put on his record] im : " His many estj ing gospel, his assidui;» y duty, not to meniij lore private relations cl ;tion on the part of alf w and five children to ; )iED Sept. 5th, 1873.J the Secession PresbyJ )y the advice of the Rev ' d of labour. There w-j an Episcopal Church and only two Presbyj IcDowall of Emestovt ined as pastor of the 0= of that month dispenjcj cants. In 1844 Mr. 1, on the 14th of SepteJ y years, to a day, frc| stry as occasion offered/ )f which he was an hoj , Ont.— Died, Sep' North of Scotland, i id settling with his ' ghbourhood. He i e years he was maste His theological st.. He was licensed 2 was received a licen^-l 1 call to the congrega:;:( declined. On the i;i the pastoral charge o;| situated on the shoreofJ charge of this congregi evere cold which issq ontinued only for four 1 ttlement as minister, M and happening so sudd^ at large. The Rev. 1. OQUE, Ont.— Died, ii it his early days were i settled. He studied a!! s, being the first man oil ce of Wales' prize ancl )logical studies he finishe[ a call to Gananoque oral work he found thall »wastwo heavy for him, labouring, as hethen,was, under thedisease, which tely carried him to his grave. He therefore resigned his charge and retired jion work in M'.^koka, where he hoped to recover under the influence of its [ir and bracing summer weather. In this, however, he was disappointed, for Lgase consumption — continued to gain ground in spite of a trip to Scot- ill the end came, or rather the beginning, when, on the 26th of September, 1 29th year of his age, he entered, after much suffering meekly borne, mto of his Lord. lEV. JOHN L0C;AN MURDOCH, M. A., Windsor, N.S.— Died, Ri), 1^73- — (Abridged from Synodical obituary.) — The name of this brother is closely connected with the history of the Presbyterian in Nova Scotia. His labours in the Ministry extended over half a ' with results glorifying to God, and encouraging to those who are I to the work of the ministry. His field of labour was at first very including more than half of the County of Hants. Within the rhich first constituted his congregations, there now four or five Tations, all of which may be said toowe their existence, under ^lo his pastoral labors. Mr. Murdoch was bom in Truro, but he was very young his parents removed to Pictou. Here beived the principal part of his education for the ministry under the McCuUoch, and his co-labourers. After licensure, he, along with his ^Students, Messrs. McLean and Patterson, under the advice of theii ^or, repaired to the Mother Country, where, through the powerful |ce of Rev. Dr. Mitchell and others, deeply interested in the prosperity 3u Academy, they were introduced to the Senatus of Glasgow University, ter the usual examination, received severally the diploma of A.M., date Feb. 15, 1825. On his return to Nova Scotia Mr. Murdoch was lUed, ordained and inducted into the pastoral charge of Windsor or Western Hants, including Newport, Kempt, Ardoise Hill and St. Croix, as Windsor. In Church Courts he ever proved himself a deeply led member, and very earnestly sought to forward the outward business I House of the Lord. To his sagacious counsels and personal influence furch is largely indebted for the formation of the domestic mission, now ; the Home Mission, which has done so much to enlarge and strengthen her The good hand of the Lord sustained and directed him until he had Sgh reached his 74th year, and the 5cth of his ministry. lEV. DAVID ROY, D.D., East River, Pictou, N. S.— Died, Aug. 1873. — (Abridged from Synodical obituary.) — Dr. Roy was born in sll, Perthshire, Scotland, in the yep'- 1791. At mature age he made of the ministry as his profession, slaving completed creditably his te course, he attended the Divinity Hall in 1S16, and was licensed to preach 20, about the time of the Union which firmed the United Secession ||h. He was induced to emigrate to Nova Scotia in 1830, and after a ionths of highly acceptable probation, received a unanimous call from the regation of East River, vacant by the death of Rev. Dr. McGregor, ag accepted of the call he was ordained in 1831, and continued to labor He same field with great zeal, fidelity and efficiency, until within a jrears of his decease. Notwithstanding the formation of new charges and around, which of necessity diminished the numbers and resources parent congregation, it continued, under his fostering are, greatly to ( ' I ■ ,Mmmmmmmimm w m 106 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. a'., •;<;■ ' ■ i '!:;:!■ li: r Wi m M'O I prosper. About 8 years ago the degree of Doctor of Divinity was con:s on him by the College of Austin, Texas, U. S. ; on the reconunenflT, its Principal, and with the cordial consent of intimate friends and co-pri.'>i \- His aptitude for business early won for liini the honorable post of I'rc^h clerk, the duties of which he performed for many years, Mith singula: and much advantage to the Church, in what was then the largest Prci? within its bounds. In Synod he was also for a long jjeriod Clerk Committee of Bills and Overtures. About two years bef(jre his decease Roy had a slight paralytic stroke, from which he never fully rallied, ar; gradual withdrawal from all public business was the natural precursor of dissolution which tuok place August 5, 1873. His memory will be Ion; fondly cherished not only by his brethren in the ministry, and by mcml; the congregation over which he presided with great accejjtance for en' years, but by his associates in the cause of Common School Edueatior Temperance, which received his efficient and unflinching support, righteous shall be held in everlasting remembrance." Rev. ANDREW KING, S.T.P., D.I).— Died Fkb. 24x11, iS- (Al)ridged from Synodical obituary.) — Dr. King was bom at Gla. Scotl.and, January ayih, 1793. Educated for the ministry, he spent the! years of his manhood, as was customary with Students at College and IL teaching. Ordained to the ministry he was hrst inducted in the quii.' parish of Torphichen, April 27, 1830. Mis faithful performance of pil duty, and the earnest tone of his pulpit services were duly appreciated flock, so that after nearly six years amongst them, it was to their great -rij that he removed to Glasgow, on his appointment to the newly erected :A of St. Stephen, into which he was inducted Eebruary 9th, 1836. Hep;.^ around him there, a large and attached congregation, to whose interests he devoted himself for eleven years, with much zeal and fideli; took an active share in all the stirring events which ushered in the 5 disruption, and in the general and local arrangements consequent on t:. mation of the ^"ree Church. Subsecjuently he was sent to Ameri.: deputation work and shortly after his return to Scotland was appointed j of Theology in the newly formed College at Halifax, N. S., an office th which he was eminently qualified by the direction and extent of his pre 1 studies, and by the precision and force wherewith he conveyed his meani:. other minds. He entered on his ]Mofessoriate in 1848, and continued in active and full discharge of its duties for about twenty-one years. Wher. Union between the Presbyterian Church, N. S., and the Free Church, N drew on, Mr. King took a very active and leading part in the negotiat and contributed very materially to its hapi)y consummation. Struggling bad health and growing infirmities, he was reluctantly compelled to resig: active work in 1871. He returned to his native land, residing for a tir Edinburgh, thonce removing to Helensburg, where he died Feb. 24th, \\ Rev. JAMES FRASER, A. M.-Died February 24111, iS;. (Abridged from Synodical obituaries.) — The subject of this notice was bo Fodderty, Rosshire, Educated at Aberdeen, he took the degree of M.A 1824. He studied Theology, partly at the same University and partly u: Dr. Chalmers in Edinburgh. In the year 1835 he came to Cape Breton the auspices of a Ladies Association in Edinburgh, which took a decjrinlc in the spiritual interests of the Highlanders who had emigrated to that i>ij c i. of Divinity was cor.'i )n the rcconuncrKla;;- i friends and co-prosU-j norable post of Picvlr years, with sinf^ular len the largest VvQy long i:)eriod Clerk i^; irs before his deccastj ever fully rallied, an] J natural ]5rccursor of memory will be lonj iiistry, and by mcml; ^at acceptance for ou 3n School Education j flinching support. i> 'lED Fi:b. 24TH, iS-, was bom at GlaJ inistry, he spent the( nts at College and lIi iducted in the quic il performance ol pi re duly appreciated '::] it was to their great r::; ) the newly erected i^j •y 9th, 1836. Hep'l ration, to whose • nich zeal and fideli.; h ushered in the :?..": its consequent on t: I was sent to Ameriuj tland was appointed H N. S., an office tfc, nd extent of his prri d conveyed his meanirj 548, and continued ir.l ty-one years. Wher the Free Church, NJ part in the negotiatl imation. Strugglingf ly compelled to rcsigrl nd, residing for a tir.' he died Feb. 24tii, i:j iBRUARY 24TH, iS' of this notice was bon: ok the degree of M..^ iversity and partly line to Cape Breton. t\ vhich took a dec,/ in:;' emigrated to thai i> PRKSBVI'KRIAN YF.AR HOOK. 107 labouring for a year as a Missionary through the many destitute "ic'ius he became pastor of the congregation of Boulardeiie. His niis- 4;' labours and toils did not cease then. The labourers being then very ii; I'the people numerous and widely scattered from the Strait of Canseau 1 „;islmrgto Cape North, the ministers sent out by the Ladies' Association, I he late Kev. Messrs. Farquharson, McLean, and Mr. John Stuart, now ;', (ilasgow, spent a greater part of their time in visiting the destitute t1Uie^ outside the bounds of their respective congregations. The state of [country at that time, the almost entire want of roads and l)ridges, &.C., ike, rendered these missionary journeys most arduous and trying ; and Mr. ev took h\> full share of them. An excellent constitution enabled him to c such toil> apparently without injury, for more than 30 year>. During jfa^l few years, however, his strength began to fail rapidly. Still he con- i\ his pasliiial labours, on Sabbath and week days among his own people, ntliin a few months of his death. His piety was decided and deep, but Iclicerfiil. Whatever his trials, bodily or mental might be, and they were ly IK) complaint was ever heard from his lips. His gentlemanly bearing, i/ disposition, and loving sympathy, made him a favourite with all who TiikRkv!). FRyVNCIS NlCOj,, London, Onp. Dikd Oct. 3orH., -(Synodical obituary). — i'lie Rev. Francis Nicol was a man of high &ady attainments, of most ainial)le disposition, and fine literary taste. Mr. l)revii)Us to the severe illness with which he was overtaken, and under at length he sunk, took a lively interest in all the Schemes of the :Ii, and laboured most assiduously to ])romote these Schemes. The labour, he so cheerfully undertook as Convener of tlie Committee appointed by Jynod to prepare a I lymn Hook for the use of the Church, and also with ew to the erection of a church in London, is well worthy of being held in embiance by this Synod. [The L.vi'K Rev. WHJJAM ULLL, North Easthope, Ont.— Died 17TH, 1873. — (Synodical obituary). — The Rev. William Hell, M.A., of th J^asthope, though seldom taking any very prominent part in the pro- intjs'of the Synod, was long a faithful Minister of the Church, and was Jy esteemed amongst his own people and in the neighbourhood in which esided. Punctual in the discharge of the duties tlevolving on him as a —sound and evangelical as a preacher -prudent in his general conduct [genial in all his intercourse with the brethren, his death lias caused much deep regret. The Late Rev. W[LLIAM MACLFNNAN, r/OuicNAi, & Hawkes- |IY.— Died Dec. Siti, 1873.— (Synodical obituary). -The Rev. William clennan, M.A., of L'Orignal and Hawkesbury, has been removed in early having been engaged but a few years in the work of the Ministry. His trior natural talents, his great proficiency in his preparatory studies, his piety and the untiring assiduity with which he discharged the duties of Ministerial office, gave much ]:)romise of success in the work to which he devoteil himself, and which he loved so well. But it pleased the ^Llster remove him in the midst of his labours. Mr. Maciennau was greatly )ved not only by his own people, but by all who enjoyt 1 iii.> acquaintance. The Rev, PETER KEAV, N.S.— Died Sept 29TH, iS73.-(Synod- [obituary). — TheRev. Peter Keay has been a minister of the Church of Scf)t- in the Maritime Provinces for nearly twenty years. In the several ]daccs ':\ ; ».-v '' ^ i' '■'<:■ ■ ,1 I- •!( 1 ■:l.-' '- ''. 108 PRESBYTEBIAIf YEAR BOOK. in which he has laboured, he has, by his zeal and diligence, and un exertions, gained, in a more than ordinary measure, the affection of the committed to his care ; and the grief which was so strikingly shown v was suddenly and unexpectedly removed from them, proved most conv: to all the high esteem in which he was held. Mr. Keay was a ripe sc: sound theologian, an earnest preacher, and by his Christian work and : sation, he adorned the Gospel which it was his delight to set forth to the to whom he ministered. For some years past he discharged the dm Clerk of Synod, and, by his careful attention to business, his accurac invariable courtesy, he deserved and obtained the highest approbation. Dr. CLARKE, Amherst, N.S. — Died March 13111, 1874 Clarke, of Amherst, N.S., was one of the pioneers of the Refoniied terian Church in the Lower Provinces. He was bom near Kilren, in 1795. Ss^t out to America by the Synod of the Reformed Chu' arrived in St. John in 1827. At that date there was no Reformed Pres Chuch edifice in all the land : now there are fifteen, in whose erection Dr, was mainly instrumental. In 1856, Mr. Clarke received the degree of D. the Pittsburg University. His sight failed as old age came : but still, r as ever, he continued as long as strength remained to serve his Maste: memory is held dear not only among the " Covenanters," but among tl Presbyterian Churches. He died March 13th, 1874, aged 79 years. Servants of God, well done ! ! Rest from your loved employ. The Battle fought, the Victory won, Enter your Master's joy. Soldiers of Christ, well done ! I Praise be your best employ, And while eternal ages run, Rest in the Saviour's joy. Within the bounds of the United States we meet with six distinct of Presbyterianism. We meet there (i) Dutch Presbyterianism, from Hii which came in as early as 1623 having its seat chiefly in New Yori English Presbyterianism, which at a late period came in with the Pu having its home in New England. (3.) German Presbyterianism, frc "Fatherland," which took root in Pennsylvania and Northern Virginia French Presbyterianism, identical with what is better known as the chiK the Hugenots, which chose the sunny South for its country. (5.) S: Presbyterianism, after the manner of John Knox, which, however, was rathe of entering America, being too busy at home with the conflict that ended i: downfall of the Stuart dynasty ; and (6. ) Irish Presbyterianism, which, n a remarkable fact, has asserted a controlling influence in moulding to it; type the other forms of the Presbyterianism since the days of Francii kenzie, down till this last union of old school and new. The first Presbytery, that of Philadelphia, consisting of seven mini.; was organized in 1 705 ; the first Synod, composed of four Presbyten; 1717 ; and the first General Assembly in 1789, having for its Moderator, PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 109 i the same who as a Ixjy at night on the steps of the Court I louse, in jpliiii, (hupped the lantern he held for the use of Whitfield, as the 'truth flashed into his own soul. ...e United States, North and South, for ecclesiastically they are still lere are at present eight Presbyterian Churches at one in all essen- of faith, worked and governed and kept apart simply by the traditions jast or on such questions as whether hymns should be sung in the of God. [E PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. js Church is composed of the New School and Old School Assem- ^hich in 1870 united into one body, to be known henceforth by the iesignation. Its fifth General Assembly met last year in the city of lis, Missouri, on the 2ist day of May, when the Reverend Sivmuel J. of the Presbytery of Pittsburgh, was chr en Moderator for the year, ie " Narrative of the State of religion" presented to the Assembly by derator, Mr. Wilson. A document of importance, as showing as a in the heart of the church, we make a few extracts : fOnly eight short years have passed since, in this same goodly city of lis, our beloved Church represented by two General Assemblies. What ks those years brought ! [The two Assemblies of 1 866 are now one. The lamentable division of [three years has been healed — so healed that neither scar nor seam can cerned in the expanding, peaceful, hopeful, thoroughly one Church of REVIVALS. large proportion of the Presbyteries report revivals of religion ; some as "powerful" and " protracted," or " Pentecostal," not only quick- strengthening, sanctifying the people of God, but gathering a multitude met' souls into the Church of Christ. e work of grace in this city, for example, is defined as of almost un- iled power ; healing sectional strifes and divisions ; promoting heaven- ;harity ; reaching the poor, the intemperate, the debased, and enrolling lousand names in the army of our God. n the other hand, from some quarters comes the cry of lamentation over t and barrenness. Nevertheless this sweeping survey reveals a year of iant benediction ; a Church edified and advanced ; the Lord having to the Church, daily, the saved — tens of thousands redeemed. SABRATH DESECRATION bequently alluded to. The power of worldliness to mislead, and long ^eys on business in our ever-enlarging country made excuses for Sunday " as almost unavoidable, lead us once again to proclaim, *' Remember ibbath day, to keep it holy." FAiMILY RELIGION sorted as in some sections of the Church very largely neglected ; though other Presbyteries, we learn of a more consistent and hopeful estimate of family altar. We note, also, among VISITATION BY RULING ELDERS, ccordance with their high office, and tlie teaching of God's word, is specially ftrted to the Assembly. In oiae Presbytery in Pennsylvania, a revival of 110 I'RKSBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. \ .\ religion is traced directly to the use of this scriptural instri;mentality, visitation from house to house, with words of prayer, encourageniLi. ccnuisel. 'ri'K FRKK I'lAV SYSTKM is declared to be successful, whenever fairly tested, in increasing In, attendance on the sanctuary, and the revenue ol the congregation. TIk dance on the means of grace, in the Church at large, i.s reported as a i., . increase on the past. j This church, the largest Presbyterian organization in the world, c of 35 Synods, 174 Presbyteries, having in its service 4,5burg. Pa., by the union of the Associate and As- ite kct'ormcd. The two prominent features of tliis Church are : — TluU ill lier woiship she 's confined to the Inspired Psalmody of the Tcbtamt'iit ; and 2nd. Tiiat she excludes from her communion all who are ibers uf ptilitical or benevoIePc associations which iinjio.-,e an oath of se- ^. The sixteenth General Assembly of this Church met at Monmoulb, .May 27tli, 1874, when the Rev. J. (i. Brown, 1). 1)., was elected Mod- for. The Assembly has under Us jurisdiction 8 .Synods, 56 Presbyteries, jMini.iters, 776 congregations, 74,833 communicants, and received as crm- futions during the year, $863,293. It owns 5 Theological Seminaries, hav- 56 students in attendance. Its Foreign Missions constitute one of the interesting and successful departments of its work, having 37 Mission- in .active service. We give the report of the Mi.ision to the land of the Iruahs. EGYPT. Though one of t'le latest, tnis is one of the most important mis-ions. It iCDmnKMiced at Cairo, in 1855, by Rev. 'I'honias McCague, and has gradu- extendcd until now it b.as 9 regular stations and a large number of out- lon>. ll has 6 foreign anil 2 native ordained ministers, I foreign and I na- |licenliate, 54 teachers, and a total of 78 laborers. It has 6 fully organized jrclies, with 508 communicants, and an average attendance of 650 j)ersons |he Sabbath. It had an increase of 83 to its communion roll during the year, — 79 by profession and 4 by certificate, — and there were also 70 ^i.sins. The decrease of membershij) was 16, viz. : 13 by removal, 2 by ^h, and i by suspension. 'i'his nii.ssion has well organized schools in each mission, besides more or ; com])lete ones in the various stations. In the regular schools there are scholars; in the Academy or Institute at Osiout, 85 and in the iheologi- Icla.ss, 6. Most of this class will, ere long, be qualified to enter fully ujion work of the ministry among the hundreds of thousands of their country- In this mission, the people have been especially taught the duty of con- ating to the support of the gospel, and to promote the cause of Christ. Hng the year, the sum of $2, 952 in gold was given by the natives them- 'e.s, being an average, in some of the churches, of over $20 per member, — that, when not more than one-third of the entire membership of the rches receive $150 a year, and many of them not $100. There is every prospect that an incorporating union will he formed, ere t, between the Church (U. P.) and the Associate Reformed Synod of the Ith, as iliey are in substantial unity in their principles, faith, and usage in pvoiship of God. 1 "fl 112 PRKSHYTKRIAN YEAR BOOK. r 'A I ' »rli , r- ; IV.— REFORMED I'RKSRYTERIAN CHURCH. This Cluircli is the same as the "Covenanters" or *' Cameroi Scotland. Wiicn in 17S8 a union was formed between the Retorni enanters) Churcli and the A»ociale (Seeeders) Chureh, in the Unite two iMinisters of the Reformed Cliureh refused to go into the union. a Reformed Presbytery was eonstituted, and ten years thereafter a hut in 1S33 a diviiion took place and there are in consequence t\\ formed Churches at present in the United States. 1. T/h- General Syuod of th: Reformed Prcshyterian Churchy is a bodyconsistinj^of three ministers for each live members of each rresbytei minutes of last meeting; do not seem to have been printed ; but the Cli kindly, sent usthelistofministers, l6mnumber, andollierinterestinyinfu but has given no information as to such details as we make room for other Presbyterian churches. 2. '/'//(' Synod of the Reformed Presbvterian Church, met in Phil; the 27th, day of May 1874, when the Rev. John Gilbraith was moderator. In connection with this Synod there are 105 congregat ministers, and 9,726 communicants,whose contributions for all purpose the past yearamounteil to $200,099.26. This Church is carrying an in mission in Syria. When their first "communion," in the mountain Antioch, where the disciple were first called Christians, was dispeib Report tells us that, " The house was full to repletion. Around thed. windows crowded a strangely promiscuous assembly. Fierce and mountaineers were theie, armed with guns and swords, and some wii: trained for hunting, perched on their arms. All looked on in silent; &c." The Synod adjourned to meet in Coultersville, Illinois, on the \ day after the fourth 'Fuesday of iNIay, 1S75, at 2 o'clock, r.M. v.— CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH This church originated in the revival of religion that occurred inK;: in 1801-3, when the Cumberland Presbytery of that State license: laymen, without the usual training, for which, and other irregularitle Presbytery was censured by the Genejsal Assembly, when it withdrew, at became the germ of a large denomination, which, however, is now negc; for union with the parent church. The last General Assembly met in ij field, Missouri, on the 21st May, 1874. In connection with the As- there are 25 Synods, 106 Presbyteries, 11 73 ministers, 2116 congreg; 95,123 communicants contributing last year $377,800. VI.—THE REFORMED CHURCH (DUTCH). Reference has been made already to this church as being the first up Presbyterian ordinances in New York. Its General Synod was organi 1794, under which there are this year four particular Synods, 34 CI (Presbyteries) 489 churches, 520 ministers, 69,149 communicants with tributions amounting to $931,256. It met last in Poughkeepsie, ontl day of June, 1874. The foreign mission work of this church is truly remarkable consii its size, and well worth/ the attention of the "Presbyterian Church in Car which, after the contemplated union of next June, will be about equal ii i. e. in ministry and communicants, to this Reformed Church. At 72 ce JOOK. rRESBYTKRIA.N YEAR BOOK. 113 UAN CHURCH. inters" or " Cameronb: between the Ketornu' Church, in the Unitdi o go into the union. 1 ten years thereafter a : re in consequence U\< it yterian Church, is a dc'J iber^of each Presbytery \ printed ; l)Ut the Cltr 1(1 other interesting inforq IS we make room for ftj Church, met in Phila. John Gilbraith was •re are 105 congregatiJ butionsfor all purposes! hurch is carrying an imi on," in the mountairJ 'hristians, was dispenxj letion. Around thedf isemoly. Fierce and 5words, and some wiij looked on in silent ville, Illinois, on the o'clock, P.M. IIAN CHURCH ion that occurred in K;:j of that State license and other irregularit;:| y, when it withdrew, ar however, is now ncgc:| ral Assembly met in > :)nnection with the As- nisters, 21 16 congrcgjJ 800. :H (DUTCH). rch as being the first l| iitral Synod was organi;| ticular Synods, 34 CL .9 communicants with n Poughkeepsie, on thil uly remarkable consiGi jyterian Church in CarJ will be about equal ir. led Church. At 72 ced r [lurch in China, India, and Japan, emjjloyes at present 13 missionaries, .ji^tant missionaries, 5 native ministers, 38 Catechists, 29 Uiljle-readers, 42 liers 22 colporteurs, 2 academies, 47 day schools and 3 dis| n^aries with where in 1873, 12,282 patients were treated. It is to be iiopcd that one of the union will be to give the Canadian church ambition, wisdom, and liberality to stand at least on a level with the Reformed (Dutch) .'of ihe United States. This church is negotiating for union with the sbyterian Church of the United States." VII.— REFORMED CHURCH ((JERMAN). The missionaries of this church came from the classes of Amsterdam. In it became an independent Synod. It has a theological school at ershurgh which is widely known beyond the liounds of the denomination. port of the last General^Synod having failed to reach us we give in our I summary the report of the pr ' , and conMibutions. preceding year, as to congregations. Iters VIII.— ASSOCIATE REFORMED (SOUTH). Jit is I nly the political feeling, arising out of the civil war, that keeps this :h sc irate from the United Presbyterian Church, both churches being of lind )ii Psalmody, ThisSyi.od metal Hopewell, Maury Co., Tennessee, Ith September, 1874, and their minutes (without statistical tables) have to hand as we go to press. It has been decided to take up I'^gypt in unction with the United Presbytery Church of the United States as amission Its next meeting is at Due \Vest, S. C, on the Thursday before the sabbath of September, 1875. IMARV OF STATISTICS OF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES IN UNITED STATES FOR YEAR ENDING MAY, 1874. Chl'rches. Bsbyterian, Northern,. Do. Southern.. ted Presbyterian formed Presbyterian., niberland do. feformed (Dutch) tformed (German)* . . . Bsociate Reformed* . . . Total. tr. O c 35 II 8 I 25 4 84 [/J 0) c C o U ir. i '.B "I" 174 57 56 9 106 34 29 10 475 4946 4597 i5«5 869 77^^ 595 105 95 2116 1 1 73 j 489 520 1290 476 2l4 11521 116 8441 r. *-* i/j *4 c rt ri Z^ 5 c 5 H^ fl U U $ 495634 9120792 93903 107142S 74'^33 863934 9726 200099 95123 377800 69149 931256 12S771 69970 12000 rt* /• . 979139 $126352 /'; The statistics for these two churches are gtven for 1873, as the requisite inntion for 1874 did not reach us before going to press. ft; !! •'":?.[ ' ■ 14, A 114 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. '.—GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 1. The Established Church ok Scotland issues a handsome voluj of 496 pages, bound in cloth, descriptive of its work in the various deparlnien of education, missions, &c. Its report on "Christian Life and Work" fuller and more thorough than any we have seen. There are only nine que tions asked. Four relate to statistics, and five to morals and religion. W give the substance of this latter class; (i) State causes of alienation hr. Church of Christ ; (2) Is it possible to prevent waste of effort, by co-opcratir, with other denominations in reaching the godlesi i* (3) Suggestions as to Iv congregations can be made to take a deeper interest in Christ's cause. \< Suggestions as to young men's meetings. (5) Give an accourit of any religiu movement that has come under your notice. One of the answers to cjuestif 3 is somewhat in the direction of our Presbyterian Year Book. "To ] ' pare annually in a popular form a Report embracing the principal points in i Reports to the General .Assembly. The Committee, further, lias prepared a form of certificate for adhcm; as well as communicants. It is not simply a certificate of dbjuncion, whic: too often is its effect, but of tmnsferencr, a portion of such document beir,' retained by the minister to be sent by post ahead t)f the party to his new paste:. and the other portion given to the party to be delivered by his own hand. * 2. The Frke Church oi-' Scotland, of all the Presbyterian boca issues the largest Blue Book containing about 1,000 pages. This contair; full report of the principal speeches delivered before the Assenibly and :; reports of all the Committees. The revenue of the Church, from all sources, amounteil last year to $1 555,000, which as an annual income would represent a capital of $65,000,03: It is believed that next year e.vi.h minister will receive $1,000 a year from tl:- Sustentation Fuml. From t.e Report of the Colonial Committee we mak-. one extract possessing considerable interest to the Presbyterians of Canada k I view of the immense demand to be made on them for men and money in the opening up of the North-West. " We are sending thousands of our people I o that country, — we iiave many preachers of the gospel here in Scotland— ought we not to do our utmost t' provide, out of our abundance of ministerial supply, for their destitution ? Ir. addition to the cost of passage and outfit of ministers for Canada, the Com mittee have during the past year granted ;^"loo in aid of church extension in tlu' territory of Manitoba, into which so many emigrants are flocking, and which is manifestly destined to be the future abode of a great community." 3. The United Preshyterian Church still retains its pre-eminence, as a missionary church. Its members a\ full communion number 184,033, and its congregational income last yea'- amounted to $1,222,205, being an average ot $1985 from each congregation. This church is beginning to take a deeper interest Canadian work to judge from then words following from minute of Mission Board : — "The Committee agreed, in reference to the claims of the English-speak- ing colonies, to bring the matter under the attention of the Synod and tl * These certificates (for communicants and adherents in any proportion desired) can '* had from Messrs. Blackwood & Soms, 4.5 George .Street, Edinburgh, at 3s. (75c.) for a boo); of 100 forms. PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. IIB AND. les a handsome voluinl he various deparlmer;. n Life and Work ' . ;re are only nine quel lis and religion. \\'|| ses of alienation fri:/ effort, by co-operati; Su{i[gestions as to h in Christ's cause, i; iccount of any religi- [le answers to que^li ear Book. "To jr Eiprincipi.! points in i :ertificate for adkenr e of dbjiincion, whi;:] such document \k\- ,3arty to his new pas;:: [ by his own hand. * le Presbyterian b(K:: aL;os. This contaii:; he Assembly and :: mted last year to $: lapilal of $65,000,00; 1,000 a year from ti-^v Committee we mak:*^^' byterians of Canada ;:. nen and money in tht luntry, — we have many] It to do our utmost t their destitution ? I'.] for Canada, the Com Ichurch extension in tlu] •e flocking, and whid ;ommunity." g^. :ains its pre-eminence ' lumber 184,033, andit- 15, licing an average 0! "take a deeper interes; im minute of Mission of the Englisli-speak- If the Synod and tl [roportion desirei.l) 'jau '"»• }, at 3s. (75c.) for a book jh with the view of obtaining in the Hrst place, by means of an annual ction a separate fund for the promotion of Christian work in the :;aid lies in accordance with tlie instructions of Synod repeatedly given during It years." Frksbytkrian Church in England, is known througliout the world Mission to China inaugurated by Rev. W. C. Hums. That Mission \ue'^ to prosper, employing 1 1 missionaries, 4 medical missionaries, and iitive Evangelists, with a membership of 2o22. Under the Covenership Donald Fraser, formerly of Montreal, the effort to establish a Susten- Fund on tlie plan of the Free Church has been successful. " The hopes _j,ined," the report says, " have been fully realized, s(j that we have been fo pay an equal dividend for the first year of ;i^i5o, ($750) the aimed at id to all entitled to receive it, reserving a balance in the Treasurer's hand |I50-" Presbytkrian Church in Ireland has a Presbytery in India, two Inaries in China, ^wAfive to the Jews in Europe and Syria. The contri- is to all purposes average $6.22, and the average salary to ministers is The Cieneral Assembly is not representative. Every minister has a the Assembly, which makes, including elders, its possible membership [of which number there were present at last meeting 446 ministers and Iders. Resides the five Presbyterian churches given above there are in Great p.nd Ireland the following smaller churches. (6) Reformed Presbyterian representing the progressive element of the co7)enaHtini^ body. (7) led Presbyterians in Scotland, adhering rigidly to all the Covenanting Ionics, and ordinances, and statutes of the past. (8) Synod of United 1 Scceders. (9) Presbvterian Church in England in connection with of Scotland. (10) Eastern Roformed Presbyterian Synod (Ireland), [.efovmed Presbyterian Synod of Ireland. (12) United Presbyterian of Ireland. (13) Secession Synod of Ireland. (14) Welsh Presbyterian II.-THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE. |t is very desirable that the Presbyterians in Canada should have a better itance with the Presl'jyterian Churches of theContinent of Europe. In- :herefore of attempting the whole field which is very wide, we purpose :ar to give all the space at our dis[)osal to three of tliese Churches, hop- t in after years the " Year Book" will be able to overtake the rest of iin the same manner. -THE REFORMED CHURCH IN THE NETHERLANDS. [owhere d' : the seed of the Reformation in the sixtenth century find a coni^t'uia' <,k^\\ than in the Netherlands. That seed became a great tree. fi unharmed the brunt of Spanish steel and Spanish fire, and though at S.ooo men and women peri:died for truth's sake at the stake and on the Id. Holland came out of the 80 years war a vigorous State whdc Spain pvas maimed for ever. The Dutch Reformed Church adopted the Heid- Catechism as its creed, Presbyterianism. as its system of government. C'lporated the five articles of the Synod of Dort (1618, 1619) as part of its V For nearly two centuries after the Synod of Dort the Reformed was a stronghold of orthodoxy, honoured by the labours of such men ' i';.M':l' 116 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK, t . ;i ,11 I:') . :lf .i':;,!, ') ■ ' ill I !| as Voetius, Cocceius, Witsius, Vitringa, and the Shultenses, but ration came in with the beginning of this century, and the battle between fui!: irason, which is known every where, is at this moment very close and ke Holland. The Reformed Church was the established Church of the U Provinces of the Netherlands, but in 1795, the union of Church and Slatt dissolved, and all religions are now free. The Reformed Church is governed by ministers, elders, and deacon;, there is a Synod held annually at the Hague. To this Church belong the Walloon, or French Protestant Church, twenty-three in number, an English and Scotch Presbyterian Churches constituent members ot tht formed Church in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Flushing ancl Mitldleburg, n the services are performed in English. There are in the Netherlands 1,333 Reformed Churches, 1,594 niinii with 2,010,846 of a membership. 'I'hree theological halls form faculti: the three national Universities of Utrecht, Leyden, and Groningen, har staff of eleven Professors, with recognized professors of theology at Aa dam and Deventer. In 1834, the Rationalistic party had carried matters so far, that ano dox party, a sort of a Old light body, seceded from the National Churci set up the Christian Reformed Church, which holds by the old confession,! fair honest sense, which cannot be said of the National Church. TIki Church, however, contains still within its bounds the largest and mores ential portion of the strictly orthodox party, who are labouring (by assert;:^] male members a more direct part in the choice of ministers and eldersjpc ally to purify the Church from rationalistic error. It is on this gi'a'a contest is now being fought. 2. The Presbyterian Church of Hungary owes its orig:.'j:! Waldensian Church, which it strongly resembles. Peter Waldo, who;;.; faith from the Waldensian church, after translating the Scriptures into he- was driven by persecution from France, and thereupon took refuge i;: mountains of Bohemia, whence he proclaimed the gospel by book anii Within one century, there were 80,000 believers in Hungary alone. Bu' church has had to pass through a baptism of fire. Forming part 01 Austrian Empire, which bound itself by Concordat to do the bidding « Pope, Hungary was well nigh crushed. The Government, at the instig: of the Jesuits, destroyed their printing presses, and their Bibles, silence: faithful pastors, closed up their schools, and banished their leading Under the leadership of Kossuth, Hungaiy, however, rose in 184S, demanded a popular Constitution. That effort failed by the intervenii' Russia. But vvhen Austria felt on its throat the grip of Prussia, it tir kind face on Hungary, at whose mercy it now lay, and gave it pi:- independence (mainly the Constitution of 1848), though it still remains ; the Austrian crown. Now that great grain country, very much resem: our Western Prairies, is advancing with rapid strides to wealth and : ence in Central Europe. It has built 4,000 miles of railway, 6,000 raii: telegraph ; it has got trial by jury ; its press is free ; education is withi: reach of the poorest child ; in the pulpits Christ is preached ; Hung; students are found in Edinburgh and Princeton, pursuing their sta Vienna is regarded by many as a city of the past ; Pesth, the capit Hungary, is the great Austrian city of the future. As to its church orga; tion, this is the report of an American writer : PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 117 Two milKons of Reformed, or Presbyterian, Calvinists, and one million iLutheran CaWinists, control the nation. The church organization of those \t named is the most completely Presbyterian of any in Europe, except It of the .Scotch. It is thoroughly democratic and representative ; so much lindeed, that the church session, the presbytery, or the general assembly,, ch elects two joint moderators to preside over its meetings — one a minister, other an elder, or, as they style him, a "curator." The only marked uliarity i^ the office of superintendent ; a sort of general evangelist, or i-bishop. 1. The Waldensian CHimcH is without any doubt a remnant of the Italian church, as it was before the corruptions of Popery destroyed that l)le church, "whose faith was spoken of throughout t e whol« world." len the sea retires, it leaves little pools far up among the rocks, where its rgin stood when the tide was full. .So when true Christianity retired from plains of Italy, leaving them dry and parched, like the sea sands at ebb- there remained sheltered by the Alps little pools of that sea that will again cover the face of Italy and the world. The Waldenses. therefore, not Protestant. They say they never came out/rom Rome, inasmuch as ^y were never in Rome. That their Church Government is essentially Pres- terian, is acknowledged by Pastor, J. P. Mills, of Turin, in his recent " Life leral Beckwith," When writing of the wish of the good General to roduce into the church he loved so much, a modified Episcopacy, his bgrapher says, " For more than twenty years he had imposed silence on (education and his Anglican habits, to make himself as much a Vaudois a Presbyterian as possible." It affords a touching proof of the attach- it of the Waldenses to their ancient faith, that even their love to their best end, General Beckwith, did not betray them into innovations on the v^orship government bequeathed to them by their ancestors. The Waldensian Church has only fifteen regular charges in the valleys ; they have some forty missions throughout Italy, conducted by upwards of enty ordained ministers, the smaller or rural ones being in charge of lay igelists. The torpid existence of this church since the Reformation is ' changed into one of active, aggressive work, as it descends into Italy ^h its ancient banner, having on it the motto, " Sit Lux," "Let there be bht." 1. Victoria. — In the colony of Victoria the Presbyterian church foini.s le ////;■(/ largest religious body, numbering 120,000 or one-sixth of tho po[)uIa- pn. This church comprehends with only three exceptions every Pro>byterian inister ill the colony. Its minimum stipend is $1,500. A theological hall lis been instituted with five professors. 2. Queensland. — This church, suffering like all the Au.-,tralasian lurches for want of ministers, has resolved to erect a theological hall, fur fhich a liberal gentleman has handed to the convener of the scheme "a bag ^ntaining 500 sovereigns." 3. New Zealand. — "Our church," says one of the Presbyterian isters, " occupies a prominent place in the social history of the colony. In ■ directions there is a movement betokening religious activity." i;.'|:' I', :l, 118 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR HOOK. 4. New Hebrides. — The i2iaissionariesfrom the Presbyterian clis of Nova Scotia, New Zealand, and Australia have united into the *' ,]/. Synod of the New I/chridt's,'^ and the Synod which covers 8 Islands me; year in Aneityum, for business. Summary of statistics of the Presbyterian church of Australasia. Name. Ministers. Charges. Victoria 135 150 New South Wales 63 70 Queensland 18 30 New Zealand 38 50 Otago, N. Z 36 40 Tasmania ll 13 South Australia 12 14 Synod of New Hebrides 12 12 Unconnected with any Colonial Ch 5 5 330 384 A *' Confederation" means an alliance of independent States for prom and protecting objects of common interests. Such a union of Presln-:; Churches is a very old itlea, being in fact the logical consequence 01 Presbyterian co-relation of church courts. If it is not a human but ad; arrangement that all the Synods of a country should meet in one fc Assem])ly, where is the reason for stopping short of bringing these ikt Assemblies into an assembly more general still, which might be cal?;! G£cumenical Council, with this rule of course in operation, that the hipii court the more general and weaker becomes its authority ? The effort to secure such a court is not at present made by enthtirj and inexperienced youth, but by men like President McCosh who hp.ve^ weighed their hopes and their fears before setting their hand to the work, is impossible for us to express in better language than the following whid Dr. McCosh's reasons for this movement : — 1st. It would exhibi;. before the world the stibstantial unity, quite cot tent with minor diversities, of the one great family of Presbyterian Church 2nd. It would greatly tend to hold up and strengthen weak and strugj: Churches, by showing that they are members of a large body. The Protesj Church of the Continent of Europe, for example, feel the great neec sympathy and support from Churches more favorably situated. 3rd. It would en. Me Churches, which are not inclined to organic un; to manifest their belief in the unity of the Church and to fraternize withth whom they love, while still they hold to their distinctive testimony. 4th. Each Presbyterian Church would become acquainted with the stitution and work of sister Churches ; and their interest in each other woi be proportionately increased. Some might in this way be led to see in or churches excellencies which they would choose to adopt. 5th. The Churches may thus be led to combine in behalf of the tru'ih,! against prevalent errors ; as, for instance, to defend the obligations of: Sabbath, to resist the insidious efforts of the T^ipacy, especially in the matter education, and to withstand Infidelity in its various forms. PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 119 6th. Without interfering with the free action of the Churches, thJH juncil might distribute judiciously the evangelical work in the gicat field Lhich is the world ;" allocating a sphere to each, discouraging the planting two con"^regations where one might serve, or the establishment of two [isiions at one place, while hundreds of other places have none. In this way i resources of the Church would be husbanded, and her energies concentrated great enterprizes. 7th. It would demonstrate to the Christian world these great facts in the forking of the Presbyterian system : That, by its reasonable polity, it consists hth every form of civil government ; that, l^y the simplicity of its usages, it is lauted to all the varying conditions of the Church upon the earth ; and that, its equal distance from license and arrogance, it is best prepared to cognize, the kindship of all l)elievers. 8. It would manifest the proportions and power of the Presbyterian lurches, and thus offer effectual resistance to the exclusive pretensions of Prelacy td Ritualism in all their forms. 9. From such a Council, hallowed and quickened by the Redeemer's esence, there miglit jnoceed, as from a heart, new impulses of spiritual life, iii'nng every member of the Church into closer fellowship with his Divine taster, into deeper affection for his ])rethren for his Master's sake, and into fore entire consecration of all his powers to the Master's Work. Shouldjit be found jiossible to gather into a General Council, though it ere only once in four years, the wisest and holiest mon of those Presbyterian iuiches, at which we have just glanced in the preceding pages, there is no Bubt that under the guidance of the I loly Spirit their collective experience on Ime general questions, might be gathered into decisions and actions that would Icercise a mighty influence on the world. Pfejsiiattsi itt ^n&m. We have always had two valuable sources of information in regard to [issions in India ; I. The Reports of the Missionary Societies, which give perally a very truthful picture of the work, with its lights and shades. 2. le testimony of such men as Lord Lawrence, Sir Donald McLeod, and Sir irtle Frere. But there is new evidence come into court. We refer (3) to recent Blue Book of the Indian Government, which devotes a section to |ie Mission work and Missionaries of India in their social and educational fepects. According to this official document the Protestant Missions of India, Ju/mah and Ceylon, are carried on by 35 missionaiy societies, which employ d6 foreign missionaries, occupying 522 principal stations, and 2,500 subordi- ite stations. The Report bears valuable testimony on these points : I. The unity that Prevails among the different denominations. During twenty years they have leW five conferences ; and at the la^.'. 121 missionaries met belonging to 20 lifferent societies. 2. The missionaries have done inqiortant work in collecting native litera- ire. They have issued during ten years from 25 mission presses, 3,410 new rorks in 30 languages. 3. They have done much to promote education in their vernacular schools ad Training Colleges. 4. They have exercised a mosr beneficial influence on the community in Raising its moral tone. h f JM '1 ' ''I M,,>' ':!i i.i.'- 120 PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. i Wr ' .11 5. They have gathered into their churches a quarter of a million of ni Christian converts, who fonn a leavding element in the mass of heatheil 6. They have destroyed the power of idolatry over the rising generaj so that the leasts are deserted. This report closes forever the mouths of those who say that mission! India are a failure ; on the contrary their success is great beyond human| culation. ^ttiver^ltto of tfte gamlwtan. The four Universities following are public institutions. The Presbytel Church in Canada is, however, deei)Iv interested in their efficiency, not from the influence they ought to exert over the educated youth of the Domini but from the place Miey already occupy, and shall occupy to a great degreq time to come, in affording <....ndidates for the ministry education in previous to entering the various Theological Seminaries. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, TORONTO. Visitor : His Excellency the Hon. John Crawford, C.B., Lieuten Governor of Ontario. President : Rev. John McCaul, LL.D. Professors, &c. *Rev. John McCaul, LL.D., Professor of Classical Literature^ Logic,» Rhdoric ; *\\. H. Croft, D.C.L., Professor of Chemistry and Experiim^ Philosophy ; * George Buckland, Esq., Professor of Theory and Practice of ■.}{■ culture ; *J. B. Cherriman, M.A., Professor of Natural Philosophy; *k: Wilson, LL.D., Professor of History and English Littrature ; *E. J. t man. Ph. D., LL.D., Professor of Mineralogy ^ Geology; *G. T. Kingsi M.A., Professor of Meteorology^ and Director of the Magnetical ObservaW. *H. A. Nicholson, M.D., D.'Sc, M.A., Ph. D., Professor of Natural Hbkv\ *Rev. G. P.Young, M.A., Professor of Metaphysics ^ Ethics; *J. Louda M.A., Mathetnatical Tutor and Dean ; J. M. Hirschfelder, Esq., Lecturers Oriental Literature ; W. H. Vandersmissen, M.A., Lecturer on Gernm Emile Pernet, Esq., Lecturer on French; W. Oldright, M.A., M.D.,Z< turer on Ltalian and Spanish ; W. D. Pearman, M.A,, Classical Tutor. Bursar: DAVID BUCIIAN, Esq. Acting Registrar : W. H. VANDERSMISSEN, M.A. Printer, Bookseller, and Stationer : H. ROWSELL. *Members of the College Council. UNIVERSITY OF McGILL COLLEGE, MONTREAL. officers of instruction. Professors. John William Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S.— Principal ; Logan, Profess of Geology and Professor of Natural History. — East Wing McG Colloje. Ven. Archdeacon Leach, D.C.L., LL.D— Vice-Principal, Dean of the Fad of Arts and Molson Professor of English Literature. ^Lachine Road, PRESBYTERIAN YEAR BOOK. 121 MONTREAL. Aspinwall Howe, LL.D. — Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and [Natural Philosophy. — 405 Sherbrooke Street, East. J. C. Abbott, D.C.L. — Dean of the Faculty of Law and Professor of [commercial Law. — 916 Sherbrooke Street. \V, Campbell, M.A., M.D. — Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and I Professor of Surgery. — 707 Sherbrooke Street. Sutherland, M.D. — Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Medicine. — SI9 Dorchester Street. E. Scott, M.D. — Professor of Anatomy. — 43 Beaver Hall Terrace. Wright, M.D. — Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy. — 21 .fiance Street. P. Howard, M.D. — Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medi- cine ._i^7 Union Avenue. DeSola, LL.D. — Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Literature. — '^ McGill College Avenue. filliam Badgeley, D.C.L. — Professor of Public and Criminal Law. — McCiill College Avenue. JLafrenaye, D.C.L. — Professor of Legal History. — 91 Upper Street, lUrbain. iflamme, D.C.L. — Professor of the Law of Real Estate. — I Cornwall lace. F. A. Markgraf, M.A. — Professor of German Language and Litera- ire.— 348 Dorchester Street. IcCallum, M.D. — Professor of Midwifery and Diseases of Women and !;hiklrcn. — 784 Craig Street. Jer Johnson, LL. D. — Professor of Mathematics, and Redpath Professor if Natural Philosophy. — 4 Place St. Sophie, McGill College Avenue. curiae Cornish, LL.D. — Professor of Classical Literature. — 147 Metcalf ^street. Darey, M. A., B.C.L. — Professor of French Language and Literature. -39 McGill College Avenue. fCraik, M.D. — Professor of Chemistry. — 2 Phillips Square. Carter, Q.C., B.C.L. — Associate Professor of Criminal Law. — 31 ^i^ach'eux Street. *"en\vick, M.D. — Professor of Clinical Surgery and Medical Jurispru- lence.— 24 Beaver Hall Terrace -M. Drake, M.D. — Professor of the Institutes of Medicine. — ^19 Beaver [Hall Terrace. Trenholme, M.A., B.C.L. — Professoi of Roman Law. — 32 Radegonde I Street, Wurtele, B.C.L. — Associate Professor of Commercial Law. — 406 [St. Antoine Street. H Kerr, D.C. i>. — Professor of International Law. — 387 Sherbrooke. e Doutre, D.C.L. — Professor of Civil Procedure. -37 Mackay Street. F.Armstrong, M.A., C.E., F.G.S. — Professor of Civil Engineering [and Applied Mechanics. P. Girdwood, M.D. — Professor of Practical Chemistry. — 28 Beaver ; Hall Terrace. Clark Murray, LL.D. — Professor of Logic, and John Frothingham [Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy. — 21 Lome Avenue. [Rainville, Associate Professor of Real Estate Law. — 31 Notre Dame Street. ii r 4'h' fi _! ! !i ■I -~-^ 'MH^^ 'i 1 ^ n^ |.j",ii;ip!^v: i:r ''" \'2 I'RKSBYTERIAN YKAR HOOK. (ieorge Ross, M.A., M.D. — Professor of Clinical Medicine. -i D'Armes Hill, liernard I. Harrin<,'ton, B.A., I'h. D. — Professor of Assaying and and Lecturer on Chemistry. --23 lieaver Hall Terrace. Lecturers. John S. Archibald, B. A., B.C. L. — Lecturer in Criminal Law.- D'Armes. Thomas G. Roddick, M.D. — Demonstrator of Anatomy. — 557 D( Street. C. H. McLeod, Bachelor of Applied Science, Superintendent of '. loLjical Observatory. — College Building. Christo])hL'r A. (jcoffrion, B.C.L. — Lecturer in Roman Law. — II7S; Edmond Lareau, B.C.L. — Lecturer in Legal History. — 21 St. Hypolite. John Andrew — Instructor in Elocution. — 19 Courville Street. Frederick S. Barnium — Instructor in Gymnastics. — 7 Torrance Terrac J:)ALH0USIE college and university, HALIFAX, Board of Governors. — Hon. Sir William Young, Knight, Q tice of Nova Scotia, Chairman : Hon. Ch.ules Tupj^er, C. B., M. D., Hon. J. W. Ritchie, Judge of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia ; Mur Shannon, Q. C. ; Rev. George .M. Grant, M. A. ; James F. Aver; M. D.x Charles Robson, Esq. ; Alexander Forrest, Esq., M. D. ; Rev, Hill, M. A. ; George Thomson, Esq., Sec Mary and TrcasiDcr. Sp:nati<: of the UNn'ERsny. — Very Rev. James Ross, D. Ii, cipal ; Rev. William Lyall, LL. U. ; Charles Macdonald, M. A., Sai Senate ; fohn Johnson, M. A. ; George Lawson, Ph. D., LL. D, ! DeMill, M. A. ; William J. Almon, M. 1)., /'resident of the Faculty-;. cine; Alexander P. Reid, M. D., Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Faculty of Arts. — Very Rev. Principal Ross,' D. D., Proji Ethics atid Political Economy ; Rev. William Lyall, LL.D., /"nys Logic and Metaphysics ; Charles Macdonald, M. A., Professor of Math fohn Johnson, M. A., Professo} of Classics ; Cieorge Lawson, Ph. I), i Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy ; James DeMill, M. A., Prcj. History and Rhetoric ; James Liechti, Esq. , 7}etor in Modern Lan^u UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK, FREDERICTO! F^stablished by Provincial Charter as the College of New Bruns\i 1800. Founded and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1828, under tb of King's College, Fredericton, with the style and privileges of a IJii' Reorganized by an amended Charter in i860, and denominated " Tlii VERsiTY of New Brunswick." Corporation and Members of Senate, William Brydone Jack, A.M., D.C.L., President. The Hon. John Simcoe Saunders, the Hon. John Robertson, the David Wark, the Hon. A. M'L. Seely, Boyle Travers, Esq., M.D., ^ .^■liorton, .\.l^.. M.Tt.. K/ekicl M'Leod, LL.B., Archibald Harrison,) PRESBYTERIAN YKAR BOOK 12; , Superintendent of y RSITY, HALIFAX, CK, FREDERICTOl Re 'istrar and Treasttnr, Edward H. Wilmot, Esquire, A.M. ACADKMICAL Faculty. — President of the University, William Brydonc bk A. M>> H-^'L. Professor of Mathematics, Natural l'hiluM)phy, and tronumy, William Brydone Jack, A.M., U.C.L. Professor of Chemistry i Natural Science, Loring W. Bailey, A.M. Professor of English Language 1 Literature, and Mental and Moral Philosophy. Thomas Harrison, LL. D. jfcssor of Classical Literature and History, George Eulas Foster, A. B. iiiic Professor !"; 1872-3, George Roberts, Ph. D. Professor of French rieua<'e and Literature, Francis Philibert Rivet. Instructor in German itiuace, George P. H. Hildebrand. Examiner in Civil Law, Frederick Barker, A.M., D.C.L. Examiners for Degrees, the Rev. Charles (i. Btt-r Pi'' D., the Rev. Charles Lee, Ph. I)., the Rev. John M. Brooke, I). the Rev. Charles Spurden, D.D. Librarian, Francis Philibert Rivet, I In the face of the efforts made persistently, and too successfully, to entice into _)i>li Scliools, the young ladies of Presbyterian families, it is of great impor- [ce that Ladies' Colleges should be raised in connection with the denomina We welcome the IJrantford Young Lailies' College ; and also such Col es as that of St. Hyacinthe, though it is not denominational. BRANTFORD YOUNG LADIES' COLLEGE, BRANTFORD, ONTARIO. Faculty of Instruction. — President: Rev. William Cochrane, M. A. ; :icipal : Dr. William Clarke ; Lady Principal : Mrs. Munro, (late of Ilam- ^n) ; with a full staff of competent (iovernesses ; Lecturer on Rhetoric le Leltves and Elocution : Professor A. Melville Bell ; Master in Drawing Painting: Henry Martin, Esq., Member of the Cana^ct'[Eastern Block]. Lieut. -Col. H. C. Fletcher, Secretary; H Cot- ton, Chief Clerk; J. Kidd, J. D. Burrows, Clerks; G. Smith, Messenger. Privy Council, Minister of Public Works — Hon. Alex. Mc- Ken^iv. Minister of Justice — Hon . T. Foumier. Minister of .Marine & Fisheries— Hon. .■ J. Smith. Minister of Agriculture & Statistics— Hi de St. Just. Minister of Finance — Hon R. J. Cartw Minister of the Interior— Hon. David i Secretary of State— Hon. R. W. Scott. Minister of Customs — Hon. Isaac Hurpe Postmaster General — Hon. D. A. Macdt Receiver General — Hon. Thomas Coffin Minister of Inland Revenue — Hon. F. frion. Minister of Militia and Defence — Hon. ; Vail. President of the Privy Council— Hon. Huntington. OOK. of Great Britain and Irelanil 'alacc, May 24, 1819; succej William IV. : was crowned CSS. Prince Albert, who di* j DJ jyal Highness, Edward, JIVCHSS RoVAL OK EngLAxI i^hiiess Frederick William, iJ ilaughters. iUis, born Nov. 9, 1841;; , born Dec. i, 1844; i>siiei; Crnest- Albert, born June i, :toria-Alexandra-01ga^Mafy i, 1869. 843; married to His Roy.-ir- )ne .son and five daughters. [NBURGH, burn Aug. 6, ,i^^ Duchess Maric-Ale.\anUro»- irn October 15, 1874. y 25, 1846; married to Hi>; f Schleswig-Holstein-Sondcri hterH. irch 18, 1848; married M; n May i, 1850. -n April 7, 1853. •n Aprd 14, 1857. S OF STATE. t. Hon. B. Disraeli. 3rd Cairns. iii^e of Richmond, irl of \1almesbury. irl of Derby, arquis of Sali.sbury. rl of Carnarvon. Gathorne Hardy. ■ R. A. Cross. Ward Hunt. Stafford Northcote. rd John Manners. ADA. .WA. ustice— Hon. T. Foumier. larine & Fisheries— Hon. A[| sericulture & Statistics— Hai| St. inance — Hon R. J. Cartwr.i he Interior— Hon. David State -Hon. R. W. Scott, ustoms — Hon. Isaac Burpee eneral— Hon. D. A. M.icdc: leral — Hon. Thomas Coffin, nland Revenue — Hon. F. [ilitia and Defence— Hon. A\ the Privy Council— Hon. Lj on. PRESBYTERIAN YK.\R HOOK. 125 TABLE OF STAMP DUTIES. every promissory note, draft, or bill of exchange, not more than $25, i cent ; over t^e. 2 cents ; over «5o to :?roo, ^ cents. ' gvcry promissory note, draft, or bill of exch.iiigo, executed singly, for the first $100, ht» ■ fo'' evory addition il #100, or fraci'oirof a !jtoo, ; . ents. every dr-i't or bill of exchange executed in duplicate, for the first ?ioo, 2 cents; for , ^jjitional i'loo, or fr.iction thereof, 2 cents. 1 every ilr ift o"" ^'" of exchange executed in more than two parts, for each part for the $100 t cent ; for every additional :$ioo, or fraction thereof, i cent. he ilu'li';'* '" '"^ P-'''^' ^y stamps affixed to each jiromissory note, draft, or bill of exchange : the ivjr^iiii affixing such stamp shall, at the time of airixing the s.imi", write or stamp eon the ilate at which it is affixed, and each stamp shall be hchl />>'i>i/tt /iicir to have I affixed at the date stamped or written thereon, and, if no date be so stamped or written teon such adhesive stamp shall be of no avail. tn.^l't V for neglecting to affix stamps, or for wilfully writing or stamping a false date ton, iioo. he tiovcrnor in Council may direct stamped paper to be prepared for the purpose ■■ Act. postal r>uide. principal OjSUccrs of ttti' Post Office Depart utiitt. Postmaster-Genet al, Hon. D. A. Ronald. Money Order branches -Peter L. Sueur, Cliiet Superintendent. fast OifU'' lnspi'tt(}r.t. — John Dewe, Chief Inspector, Ottawa Station, Ont. ; Arthur Kig:ite, Halif.ix Station, N.S. ; John Mc.Mill.an, St. John Station. N.H. ; W. G. Shep- 1, Quebec Stati m, (J. ; Ed. F. King, Montreal St.ition, (). : R. W. Barker, King.ston 11. Unt. ; .M. Sweoinam, Toronto Station, Ont. ; (•. E. Griffin, London Station, Ont. ; s. P. French, Ottawa Station, Ont. ; Robert Wallace, British Columbia. LETTER RATES. kKTTER RATES, ETC. ta«(irfrt.— Letters pcsted in Canada addressed to any place within the Dominion (includ- rManitob.i, British Columbia and Prince Edward Isl.md) pass, if prepaid, for 1 cents per ., but if posted unpaid such letters are charged 5 cents per ^ oz. Letters mailed at any for delivery by or from that same office, are charged 1 cent each, and must be prepaid, srwise they are sent to the Dead Letter Office. 'ezufoivid/ivui.—Post^i^c on letters 6 cents per % oz. Newspapers 2 cents each. Pre- lent necessary. ?r-;«/K. "] BOOK POST. A Book Packet may toiit.iiii any number of separate Ijooks, publications, works ofl tare and art, maps or prmts, photojjraph'j, ila^ucrrDis pes, when wM on glas^orinf containing ijla^s ; any (niaiitity of paper, vot/i ftuis or both sii/fx. The rate on Hook Packets between any place in Canada, and to Newfoundlanc| cent per ounce. BOOK I'UST KATKS. WEIGHT. Not exceeding i oz 1 to 2 oz 2 to 4 (1/ 4 to 8 oz 8 to 12 oz r2 oz. to I lb liy Canadian Pkt. 3 cents. 4 " 6 12 18 24 <> By Cunard Pkt. 4 cents. 6 " 8 " tr, " 24 " 3» " To Francil Canadian StJ 4 cents,. 4 8 i6 24 33 and so on, increasing one rate for every 4 oz. NKWSI'Al'KK I'OST. On newspap'^rs published in the DomiiiiDU the postage is, if paid quarterly in adn either by the publisher or by the party to whom it is delivered ; Once per week .... Twice " 'J'hree times a week Daily . 5 cents. ,10 " ■15 " •30 If not paid in ailvance, i cent each. The commuted rate ajiplies not only to paper;; culaiini; within the Dominion, but also to subscribers in the United Kiiiijilom, U ■ i:!3, and Newfoundland. All papers must be pro i)ai(l before leaving Canada, if not la commuted rate, i cent each, but all transient papers, /. e. papers not from the pubLa, nuist be pre paid 2 cents each by postage stamps. Exchange jjapers pass /n'e between publishers in Canada, and also to and from these the United .States and Newfoundland. Papers from Kngland via the United States are charged 2 cents each on delivery. 1 Canadian mails /rtv. Postage on papers from the United States to regidar sul)scribers in Canada, i Transient United States papers, 2 cents. (It has be.-n decided by the Postmaster Gen* of Hritain that the initials of the sender of a newspaper on its cover is not forbidden by postal laws.) MONKY ORDERS ON THE IJNITEU KINCDO.M. The Money Order Offices throughout the Dominion also draw upon all the Mo Order Offices in England, Irei.T.id a!id Scothmd, and the Channel Islands, for any sumu ;Cio sterling, and grsnt as many Orders (or £to sterling each as may be needed to m.ikt the amomit to be remitted. The terms are as under : On Orders up to ii2 .... .... .... $0 25 over £2 and up to £5.. .... .... .... .... 050 over £5 " £7.. .... .... .... 075 over £7 " £10.. .... ... I 00 MONEY ORDERS IN CANADA. All the Money Order Post Offices in Canada are authorized to draw Money Order each other for any sum up to ijiuo, and for as many Orders of $100 each as the Appli( may require, upon the following terms, viz.: In Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Islan On Orders up to §10 .... .... .... scents. 20 ... .... .... TO " 40 .... .... .... .... 20 " 60 30 " 80 40 " 100 .... .... 50 " i< (I Over lio and up to " 20 " 40 " 60 •* 80 OK. cs, publications, works of 1 when not on glass or in (J ncnt (to the cxi:hision of i«J pi lilted, or plain, or any nia n. a, and to Newfonndianu unard Pkt. cents. P.y rml'. iVitli.r -w. rrilK ii.VlTIS.M ; iLs Jfoilc mill SnliJ.rfs. I5y .sain.' Author. I'r firo in ii'i'' 1'"^ ■ ('loth ..... S TK.VCIIIXUS FOR THK PltKSKNT DAY. liy Rev: I. .MitU' D".\ul>i;.;n('. .... ToVKHN'MKN'r OK THE KINGDOM OK OIIRIST. Ry ,j. .M, I'ortcou.s. ...... )F JoliX K.NOX. Rv Dr. McCric. Centoiiary f.litioii. tElOX OK LAW. Rvtlic Duk.- of Ar<,'yl.'. h\\\\ Kdition. IS DAUWIXI.SM ? ■ \\\ Dr. Chatlrs ll()ili,'r, Rnn.-ctcn. lA.MMKRS.MITH IMIOTKSTAXT DISCUS^UON ; Retwecn Cumiiiiiig and Daiuid Krcnch, E.s(j., on tlie Dillcn nccs ^^vi^\\ I'rotcstantisin and Ropery. roU'SSKKTCilKS. Rv I. S. Spencer, D.D., New York. - If NATIIIIK I X ITS KOL'RKOLD STATK. Rv H.-v. T. Rnston \i\{ AXD h'K.MAiXS OK RKV. R. 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Bai)tisinal Heiristors and (Joniuuinion Din 75c. each. Marriage Certificates in honk from, .Wc. , T.jc, and .Sl.Oo. Sermon J Paper in various sizes and qualities. Water Colours. Drawing' Paper and Arti.^ts' in great variety. Sheet Wax for wax floA'er.s. Commercial Stationery, kc, &c. |ES BflIN & SON, BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS, 46 KING ST. EAST. \ li' ''-' !!;;■'! N O R D HE I M E R (icneral Agents in the Dominion for tlie CHICKERING and STEINWAY PIANOS, Which are ailniittcil in the ( )K1 World and tlic New to he the host Instruniciitsr THE DUNHAM PIANO, Wliich is unsurpassed for durabdity and keeping; its evenness and remaining ii THE HAINES PIANO, Wliich, for a Mei.inni Piano, is the most dcsiratile in the market. r t '; 1 %\m ■U UPRIGHT AND COTTAGE PIANCb COLLARD & COLLAR!), London. KIRKMAN & SONS, I. ALPIIONSK. BLONDKL, Paris. ORGANS. Now that Instrumental Music is so generally in use in Presbyterian S, Sc! 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TOROF RD or London. Particular attention given to the Manufacture of CCOITNT BOOKS Of the very best material and workmanship. BOOKBINDING AND PAPER RULING In all their Branches, executed in the best manner, and with despatch. COB. OF SFAUKS AND ELGIN STREETS, * ill I jir!!: M :.,!j| *;:::?' r ■•1:: li"-! ':•■; ''' PORTRAITS Of all kinds and sizes, from Carte de Visite to Life S PLAIN AND COLOURE /;/ Oil and Water Colors, OR FINISHED IN CRAYO^ By the best staff of Artists in Canada. Medals awarded at the Great Exhibition, LONDON, 18( Medals Awarded at the Great Exhibition, PARIS, 186' "♦—♦^ NOTMAisr & frase: PHOTOGRAPHERS TO THE QUEEN, jp, /J.! and 4.J King Street Eas TORONTO. AND AT MONTREAL AND HALIFAX. ITS e Visite to Life Size NEW BOCK DEPOT. . Drysdale & Co., 232 JAMES STREET, MONTREAL. LOUREI Colors, CRAYON in Canada. .on, LONDON, m\ ition, PARIS, 186! 'EASE! IE QUEEN, Street East, iioks, Magazines, Sabbath School Requisites, AT THE I-OWEST PRICES. 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