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Diocese of Fredericton. 
 1845. 1895 
 
 Mt (gantafid0 ®a^. 
 
 June 1 1, 1895. 
 
 THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 OF THE INTHRONIZATION OF THE 
 
 jRig^f :^everend }oIin JRcdley 
 
 First Bishop of Fredericton. 
 
 PAPERS 
 
 Read at Fredericton, June 10, 189J. 
 
 SAINT JOHN. N. B. 
 Ellis, Robertson & Co. — "Globe" Press. 
 , 1895. 
 

The Endowment of the See 
 of Fredericton 
 
 AND SOME OF THE RESULTS. 
 
 By Kkvkueni) CAXOX KETCHUM, D.D. 
 
 y'^yi^l HEN in years to come some one f.hall write the history 
 III of the Canadian Church, the year 1845 and the event we 
 ^"^y^ are now met to celebrate will be a marked period in that 
 history. A chapter of deep intei'est will be allotted to the Diocese 
 of Fredericton. Mention will be made of the Endowment of the 
 See, and extended notice will be given regarding the character, life, 
 and work of Joiix Medley — a name honored and venerated — the 
 first Bishop of Fredericton, the late Metropolitan of Canada. 
 
 Whence came it about that the Church in this Diocese 
 partook of benefits so great? The provision for the income of the 
 Bishop required a large sum of money. Members of the Church in 
 New Brunswick had no claim to such a munificent gift. All the 
 donors knew of us was that we were in sore need of what the 
 Episcopate only could impart. 
 
 We go back in thought to a few years previous to the event 
 we commemorate to-day. We mark a wonderful movement in the 
 Church of England — that great Catholic Revival which has so 
 widely extended throughout the Anglican communion. In years 
 before the time to which we allude, by the work and teaching of 
 holy men of God in divers ways, the decaying and dying spiritual 
 life in the Church had been partially revived. The memories of 
 such men we do well to honor. We do not well to overlook or 
 depreciate their work. But there was one grand gospel truth 
 which seemed to have been lost sight of — that relating to the 
 visible Church and Kingdom of God, that Body incorporate^ so 
 closely united to, so dear to the Great Head above, through which 
 to the end of days He would make known to all nations His great 
 salvation. It was with this in view and upon this foundation that 
 
The Endowment of the See of Frederictoti. 
 
 '.-,• 
 
 those who originated the movement to which we refer began and 
 continued their work. For His sake they were very jealous for the 
 Lord God of HostB. So many had forsaken His covenant and 
 neglected His altars. In this Catholic Revival there was a yearning 
 as strong for Evangelical Truth as for Apostolic Order. None ever 
 strove more earnestly or more successfully to deepen spiritual life 
 than did the leaders of this Catholic Revival. Hence came the 
 blessing from above. Hence the extension of this work throughout 
 the Church of Christ. We share to-day^ we have shared since the 
 year 1845, those who come after us will continue to share in the 
 fruits of that movement. It was thence came the design so fully 
 carried into effect for the endowment of the Colonial Episcopjite. 
 The See of Fredericton was, I believe, the second for which provi- 
 sion was made. A portion of the Fund was required from this 
 Province. To this object many generous offerings were made. Still 
 there was a deficiency. It was generously overlooked, and the full 
 amount supplied by contributions in England. It brought joy and 
 hope to many a longing heart when we were told that all obstacles 
 were removed to the consecration of a Bishop for the Diocese of 
 Fredericton. 
 
 We come now to something more precious, more enduring than 
 the most liberal pecuniary endowment. One, intimately associated 
 with the leader of that movement of which we have spoken, was 
 chosen as the first Bishop of Fredericton. In his deep learning, 
 his sincere piety, his unworldliness in his zeal for the Church of God, 
 in his own person, he was a good representative of the Catholic 
 revival. He readily gave up all that lay before him in so many ways 
 attractive to one of his character and high attainments. He made 
 this his own country, and here he dwelt as among his own people. 
 Opposition and mistrust awaited him. There was much of hardship, 
 and there were in those days weary journeys. Of this he was never 
 heard to complain. We do injustice to his memory if we claim 
 perfection in his work. He admitted mistakes and that he had 
 learned much in later years. Fifty years ago the Bishop found 
 among the Clergy of the Diocese men eminent for their learning and 
 devotion to their Master's cause, whose teaching accorded with 
 His own ; and among the laity many of influence and culture, who 
 readily came to his support. 
 
Paper by Reverend Canon Ketchum^ D. D. 
 
 Residents of Fredericton! Sit down to-day and reckon up the 
 benefits you have received and are receiving now from what I have 
 spoken of. It will take some time and it will be an extended list. 
 You will probably put down first of all the (Jatkedral^ the bright 
 ornament of your lovely City, a bright ornament in the Canadian 
 Church. Connected therewith you note the daily prayers and the 
 frequent Eucharists in that Holy House. Then you may make a 
 record of what you know yourselves of sorrow soothed and spiritual 
 grace imparted to the suffering, needing Children of God. And 
 then you may add the continuance of so many of these through our 
 present Bishop — our Father in God — one so fully devoted to our 
 Common Master's service. You will be told directly of the amount 
 received for (>ur mission work by way of endowment through the 
 Diocesan Church Society during the past fifty years. I speak now 
 that I do know when I say that for all this we are largely indebted 
 to the good judgment and example of our late Bishop. He loved 
 the Society. Its name, so soon to be clean put out, loill remain, as 
 in a great degree, his memorial. Under his guidance and impartial 
 rule, party spirit and party strife shrank back. Those who differed 
 from him in modes of thought were among the most generous in 
 support of the aims of the Society. The true Catholic spirit, gained 
 through the meetings and work of the Society in past years, forms 
 to-diiy, in the hearts and lives of many, the best of all endowments 
 for the Church in this Diocese. Nor must we fail to notice the work 
 80 ably and so zealously taken up by your Lordship as one of the 
 most important results from the event we commemorate now. Your 
 predecessor laboured, you have entered into his labours with many 
 advantages thereby. But you have been called to encounter diffi- 
 culties as great as any by which he was beset. I venture to speak 
 as one of the oldest of your Clergy. I am pretty confident that I 
 speak the mind of those at least who, with myself, have learned from 
 the teachings and example of your predecessor, when I say that the 
 loving reverence, affection, regard and dutiful obedience we felt for 
 and rendered so cheerfully to him, we have transferred as readily 
 to you. 
 
 Will you pardon a personal allusion to one so unworthy as 
 myself. 
 
The Endowment of the See of Fredericton, 
 
 Fifty years ago this afternoon I stood upon the wharf. A little 
 way off, upon the deck of the sleanier as it drew near the landing, 
 I saw, for the first time, the first Bishop of Fredericton. I saw him 
 greeted by the foremost in the Church and State. On the following 
 morning, the Festival of St. Barnabas, from the College Pew in the 
 Parish Church — pro Cathedral — I saw a procession enter the 
 Church, consisting of a number of Clergy, with the Venerable 
 Archdeacon Coster at their head, and the highest government 
 officials resident in Fredericton, followed by the Bishop and his 
 chaplain. The text was taken from the Epistle for the day 
 (Acts xi., 24). It was extempore, and was not reported. In the 
 afternoon of the same day I was presented to the Bishop as a 
 divinity student, and directed to prepare for examination for Holy 
 Orders on the following St. Matthew's Day. I was the first Deacoti 
 he ordained. For fourteen years I was associated with him almost 
 daily, when he was not absent from Fredericton. To the time of 
 his last illness I had been honored by his friendship and kind regard. 
 Of all the blessings I have received from my Heavenly P^ather, I 
 count that among the greatest which I gained from his teaching and 
 example. Perhaps the greatest of all, I learned from him to go on 
 in the daily study of the Word of God in its original language. 
 If, in my extended period of service, now drawing to a close, which 
 each year grows more .attractive and yet more exacting, I have done 
 aught of value in my Blessed Master's work in the Diocese, very 
 much is due, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to the example 
 and teaching of the Bishop of Fredericton. 
 
A little 
 
 Iniiding, 
 
 saw him 
 
 Following 
 
 jw in the 
 
 ■nter the 
 
 ''enerable 
 
 k'ernment 
 
 nnd his 
 
 the day 
 
 In the 
 
 liop as a 
 
 for Holy 
 
 t Deacon 
 
 in almost 
 
 e time of 
 
 d regard. 
 
 Father, I 
 
 hing and 
 
 to go on 
 
 anguage. 
 
 3e, which 
 
 ave done 
 
 ese, very 
 
 example 
 
 Papf.u on tmk Contributions to the Funds of thi: 
 DiocKSAN Chuhcii Socikty from 1845 TO 1895. 
 
 Bv IIEXHY MOXTUOMEKY, M. A. 
 Kkctou ok Kinoscijoak. 
 
 IN a charge delivered in St. Paul's Church, Portland, St. John, 
 on June 30th, 1874, by the late Bishop Medley, he says: 
 "When I arrived in New Brunswick, I found the Church 
 Society in full operation, with about eighteen Parishes united 
 and subscribing to it. Its income, as near as I can discover, was 
 about $1,000 yearly." The first year of his Episcopate saw the 
 income more than doubled, and it had so continued to increase that 
 in 1874, when he delivered the charge above referred to, the income 
 from subscriptions and collections was six times the amount it was 
 when he first came to the Diocese. In the same charge he speaks of 
 the Society in the following terms: "I deem it one of the most 
 pleasing features of this handmaid of the Church that, like the 
 venerable institution which gave it birth, it is so tolerant and so 
 liberal in its mode of action. It does not demand any peculiar 
 views other than the broad, comprehensive basis of the Church of 
 England. It has neither shibboleth to pronounce, nor an inner code 
 of laws to frame and execute. The Committee neither sit upon the 
 man's views nor reject him if, in some points, he differs from them- 
 selves. The only questions are these: Are you lawfully ordained 
 and duly licensed by the authority we all agree to acknowledge? 
 And have you agreed to accept the formularies of the Church of 
 England as your standard? This is the basis on which the Society 
 has acted since its foundation, and I trust it may never be narrower." 
 Such, in brief, is the late revered Bishop's description of the basis 
 of the Diocesan Church Society. 
 
 Before entering upon the statistical returns of the contributions 
 to the funds of the Society for the past fifty years, it may at least be 
 interesting to some of yoa to know a little more of the history of 
 the Society and its objects. On the eighth day of September, in the 
 year 1836, upon the recommendation of Bishojj Inglis, who was then 
 ^ishop of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, a small band of Clergy, 
 
 (7) 
 
8 
 
 Contributions to the Funih of the D. C. S. 
 
 H 
 
 seventeen in number, under the Presidency of the late Venerable 
 Archdeacon Coster, met together in this City, for the purpose of 
 forming a Church Society to assist in the furtherance of the work 
 of the Church in this Province. After careful consideration of every 
 detail, the Church Society of the Archdeaconry of New Brunswick 
 was duly organized, and was the first Home Missionary Society 
 organized in a British Colony. It had and still has for its design 
 the co-operation of the laity with the Bishop and Clergy in helping 
 forward the work of the Church in the missionary fields in New 
 Brunswick. Upon the arrival of the first Bishop of the Diocese of 
 Fredericton, the name of the Society was changed. Henceforward 
 it was to be known as the Diocesan Church Society of New 
 Brunswick. 
 
 Its Constitution provides that any person contributing an 
 annual sura, however small, is to be considered a member ; only 
 those, however, who contribute the sum of one dollar a year and are 
 of age are entitled to a vote^ 
 
 The objects of the Society are: 
 
 1. Missionary visits to places where there is no settled Clergyman, and 
 aid to new and poor Missions. 
 The establishment of Divinity Scliolarships ; and assistance, when 
 necessary, to those who may be under preparation for the Ministry, 
 especially sons of Clergymen. 
 
 Aid to Sunday and other Schools in which Church principles are 
 taught, and the training and encouraging of School Masters and 
 Catechists. 
 
 The supply of such Books and Tracts as are on the Catalogue of the 
 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and none other. 
 
 Aid to building and enlarging of Churches and Chapels. 
 
 Aid to building of Parsonage Houses. 
 
 The creation of a fund towards malting provision for such Clergymen 
 
 as may be incapacitated by age or infirmity. 
 The creation of a fund for the Widows and Orplians of the Clergy. 
 
 Aid to the Endowment Fund in particular Parishes. 
 
 2. 
 
 3. 
 
 4. 
 
 0. 
 7. 
 
 8. 
 
 9. 
 
 10. 
 
 The formation of a fund for receiving money or securities as special 
 trusts. 
 
 11. The creation of a fund to assist in the education of the Children of 
 
 the Clergy. 
 
 12. The establishment of Missions to Seamen, and other Missionary work. 
 
Venerable 
 urpose of 
 
 tlie work 
 1 of every 
 (runswick 
 f Society 
 ts design 
 [1 helping 
 3 in New 
 )ioce8e of 
 leforward 
 
 of New 
 
 uting an 
 •er ; only 
 r and are 
 
 yman, and 
 
 ice, wlien 
 ; Ministry, 
 
 ciples are 
 asters and 
 
 fue of tlie 
 ler. 
 
 Clergymen 
 Clergy. 
 
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 bildren of 
 ary worlc. 
 
 I 
 
statistical Peturu of Contributions to the Diocesan CI 
 
 YKAH. 
 
 (ii:.M:uAL 
 
 I'Liirosics. 
 
 Widows and W. 
 
 and O. 
 
 Incapacit'd 
 
 Inc. Clergy ' ^J 
 
 Voluntary. 
 
 Keriuireil. 
 
 Orphans. S 
 • • • * 
 
 pecial. 
 
 • • • 
 
 Clergy. 
 
 Special. | 1 
 
 1845 
 
 $3,710 
 
 
 
 
 
 184G 
 
 3,G79 
 
 
 §46 
 
 • ■ • 
 
 
 
 
 . . • 
 
 ^ 
 
 1847 
 
 4,602 
 
 
 163 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 
 
 . . . 
 
 
 1848 
 
 4,324 
 
 
 .... 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1849 
 
 4,818 
 
 
 57 
 
 • . • 
 
 
 
 
 . . • 
 
 
 1850 
 
 3,778 
 
 
 222 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 
 
 • • • 
 
 • 
 
 1851 
 
 3,933 
 
 
 171 
 
 ■ . • 
 
 
 
 
 . . • 
 
 
 1852 
 
 4,135 
 
 • 
 
 108 
 
 • • f 
 
 
 • • 
 
 • • ■ 
 
 
 1853 
 
 4,536 
 
 
 118 
 
 • • • 
 
 $11 
 
 . • • 
 
 
 1854 
 
 4,521 
 
 
 142 
 
 • • • 
 
 5 
 
 • • • 
 
 * 1 
 
 1855 
 
 4,705 
 
 
 105 
 
 • • • 
 
 11 
 
 • ■ • 
 
 1 
 . 1 
 
 185G 
 
 5,154 
 
 
 64 
 
 • • • 
 
 18 
 
 ■ • • 
 
 
 1857 
 
 5,862 
 
 "ii,"3V6 
 
 3 
 
 • • • 
 
 .... 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 1858 
 
 6,176 
 
 1,317 
 
 36 
 
 • • • 
 
 6 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 1S5I»-18G0 
 
 4,!)94 
 
 1,140 
 
 20 
 
 • • • 
 
 .... 
 
 . • • 
 
 
 18G0-18G1 
 
 5,271 
 
 704 
 
 • • • * I 
 
 • ■ • 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 18G1.18G2 
 
 5,221 
 
 632 
 
 • • • • I 
 
 • • • 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 . . . 
 
 
 1862-1 8G3 
 
 5,263 
 
 1,388 
 
 4 
 
 . • . 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 • . ■ 
 
 
 18G3-18G4 
 
 5,572 
 
 1,631 
 
 24 
 
 • • • 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 • ■ • 
 
 
 18G4-18G5 
 
 5,265 
 
 1,467 
 
 30 
 
 • • t 
 
 • • 
 
 
 . • . 
 
 
 18G5-186G 
 
 6,624 
 
 1,217 
 
 • ■ • • 
 
 • • • 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 . • • 
 
 
 18GG-1867 
 
 5,939 
 
 1,242 
 
 46 
 
 • • • 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 • . . 
 
 
 18G7-18G8 
 
 5,301 
 
 1,307 
 
 327 
 
 ■ • ■ 
 
 4 
 
 ) 
 
 . . • 
 
 . 
 
 18G8-18G9 
 
 5,645 
 
 1,717 
 
 40 
 
 . . • 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 . • • 
 
 . 
 
 18G9-1870 
 
 7,314 
 
 3,654 
 
 20 
 
 • • • 
 
 1 • • 
 
 
 • • 
 
 
 1870-1871 
 
 7,142 
 
 5,307 
 
 60 
 
 • • • 
 
 ■ • • 
 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 1871-1S72 
 
 7,337 
 
 7,720 
 
 86 
 
 • ■ • 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 » • • 
 
 
 1872-1873 
 
 7,154 
 
 8,400 
 
 31 
 
 • • • 
 
 • - • 
 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 1873-1874 
 
 7,644 
 
 7,438 
 
 258 
 
 • • • 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 • < • 
 
 
 1874-1 S75 
 
 7,511 
 
 7,699 
 
 236 
 
 • ■ • 
 
 
 
 . • • 
 
 
 1875-187G 
 
 7,123 
 
 7,311 
 
 217 
 
 » • • 
 
 » • a 
 
 
 ■ ■ • 
 
 
 187G-1877 
 
 7,082 
 
 11,958 
 
 196 
 
 , , 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 1877-1878 
 
 6,125 
 
 12,058 
 
 112 
 
 > • • • 
 
 • « • 
 
 
 • « • 
 
 
 1878-1879 
 
 6,640 
 
 13,180 
 
 188 
 
 ■ • • ■ 
 
 12 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 1879-1880 
 
 5,695 
 
 13,736 
 
 308 
 
 $162 
 
 10 
 
 ■ • • 
 
 
 1880-1881 
 
 7,115 
 
 14,134 
 
 166 
 
 3 
 
 • • • • 
 
 • . • 
 
 
 1881-1882 
 
 6,214 
 
 11 '..85 
 
 217 
 
 233 
 
 • • • • 
 
 • • • 
 
 
 1882-1883 
 
 6,260 
 
 11,948 
 
 165 
 
 34 
 
 146 
 
 • ■ • 
 
 
 1883-1884 
 
 7,038 
 
 11,636 
 
 208 
 
 • • • • 
 
 • • • • 
 
 $1,40 
 
 i 
 
 1884-1885 
 
 6,555 
 
 12,203 
 
 213 
 
 39 
 
 225 
 
 1,08 
 
 8 
 
 1885-1886 
 
 3,944 
 
 13,005 
 
 281 
 
 
 120 
 
 1,436 
 
 1886-1887 
 
 5,956 
 
 11,923 
 
 340 
 
 ' 500 
 
 304 
 
 864 
 
 1887-1888 
 
 5,944 
 
 13,593 
 
 281 
 
 500 
 
 1,060 
 
 .... 
 
 1888-1889 
 
 5,263 
 
 14,823 
 
 253 
 
 107 
 
 458 
 
 284 
 
 1889-1890 
 
 3,629 
 
 14,952 
 
 276 
 
 217 
 
 350 
 
 1,296 
 
 1890-1891 
 
 5,199 
 
 15,38. 
 
 190 
 
 100 
 
 212 
 
 161 
 
 1891-1892 
 
 4,707 
 
 12,623 
 
 217 
 
 • • • • 
 
 348 
 
 315 
 
 1892 1893 
 
 5,055 
 
 13,704 
 
 166 
 
 t t • • 
 
 152 
 
 234 
 
 1893-1894 
 
 4,622 
 
 12,414 
 
 244 : 
 
 5,400 
 
 270 
 
 157 
 
 1894-1895 
 
 3,998 
 $280,294 
 
 13,016 
 $310,779 
 
 175 
 
 • • • • 
 
 125 
 $3,845 
 
 • • • • 
 
 Totals for 
 Fifty Years. 
 
 $6,830 I, 
 
 3,295 
 
 $7,236 
 
 
 Total Contrib 
 
 utions towart 
 
 Is all Funds o 
 
 f the D 
 
 . C. S., 
 
 $626 
 
 
 Contributions 
 
 for Missiona 
 
 ry Work of tli 
 
 e D. C. 
 
 S. 
 
 for 
 
 pas 
 
 t Fifty 
 
 Years 
 
 Total for Missi( 
 
;o the Diocesan Church Society Funds during the past Fifty Years. 
 
 icapacit'd 
 
 Inc. Clergy 
 
 Kducatioii 
 of Children 
 
 Divinity 
 
 Sunday 
 
 Deficiency 
 
 S. School 
 
 TOTALS. 
 
 VPA 1? 
 
 Clergy. 
 
 Special. 
 
 of Clergy. 
 
 Scholarahit 
 
 > Schools. 
 
 Fund. 
 
 . a • 
 
 Boxes. 
 • » t » 
 
 
 X rj.zix\. 
 
 • • • • 
 
 
 • . • . 
 
 .... 
 
 $3,710 
 
 1845 
 
 « • • • 
 
 .... 
 
 1 
 
 .... 
 
 a • • • 
 
 . . . 
 
 • . a . 
 
 3,725 
 
 1846 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 $10 
 
 . . . • 
 
 .... 
 
 a a . . 
 
 4,775 
 
 1847 
 
 .... 
 
 ■ . • • 
 
 : .... 
 
 • a a . 
 
 a . • * 
 
 .... 
 
 * • ■ • 
 
 4,324 
 
 1848 
 
 .... 
 
 . . • • 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 $6 
 
 
 .... 
 
 4,881 
 
 1849 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 I ""'4 
 
 26 
 
 .... 
 
 a a . 
 
 4,030 
 
 1850 
 
 .... 
 
 ■ . « • 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 .... 
 
 4,108 
 
 1851 
 
 
 • . a • 
 
 .... 
 
 i . . • * 
 
 2 
 
 .... 
 
 a a • . 
 
 4,245 
 
 1852 
 
 *11 
 
 .... 
 
 a . . • 
 
 .... 
 
 1 
 
 
 • • • • 
 
 4,060 
 
 1853 
 
 5 
 
 .... 
 
 • . . . 
 
 
 » • . • 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 4,668 
 
 1854 
 
 11 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 
 4 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 4,825 
 
 1855 
 
 18 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 
 2 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 5,238 
 
 1856 
 
 .... 
 
 • . • . 
 
 .... 
 
 "18 
 
 1 
 
 .... 
 
 • • . . 
 
 7,200 
 
 1857 
 
 () 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 8 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 7,543 
 
 1858 
 
 • • « • 
 
 .... 
 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 • a • . 
 
 .... 
 
 6,154 
 
 1859-1860 
 
 • • • • 
 
 .... 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 • • • ■ 
 
 . a . . 
 
 5,983 
 
 1860-1861 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 8 
 
 
 .... 
 
 ... 
 
 5,861 
 
 1861-1862 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 .... .... 
 
 .... 
 
 . a a . 
 
 6,655 
 
 1862-1863 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 .«•• 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 7,227 
 
 1863-1864 
 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 1 
 
 .... 
 
 ... 
 
 6,702 
 
 1864-1865 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 7,841 
 
 1865-1866 
 
 .... 
 
 
 .... 
 
 • . . . 
 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 7,227 
 
 1866-1867 
 
 2 
 
 .... 
 
 .... ... 
 
 .... 
 
 $1,113 
 
 . 
 
 8,050 
 
 1867-1868 
 
 ■ • • • 
 
 • . . . 
 
 
 
 
 .... 
 
 
 7,402 
 
 1868-1869 
 
 * • • • 
 
 
 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 10,888 
 
 1869-1870 
 
 
 .... 
 
 .... .... 
 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 12,509 
 
 1870-1871 
 
 • • • • 
 
 * . . • 
 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 15,143 
 
 1871-1872 
 
 .... 
 
 ■ • • . 
 
 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 15,585 
 
 1872-1873 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 1 17 
 
 
 .... 
 
 ... 
 
 15,357 
 
 1873-1874 
 
 .... 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 15,446 
 
 1874-1875 
 
 1 
 
 .... 
 
 1 
 
 
 . 
 
 .... 
 
 14,651 
 
 1875-1876 
 
 
 .... 
 
 
 .... 1 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 19,236 
 
 1876-1877 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 .... 
 
 . . . 
 
 18,295 
 
 1877-1878 
 
 ■"i^ 1 
 
 • • • . 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 20,020 
 
 1878-1879 
 
 10 
 
 .... 
 
 .... 
 
 
 
 
 202 
 
 .... 
 
 20,113 
 
 1879-1880 
 
 .... 
 
 . • • • 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1,894 
 
 $677 
 
 23,989 
 
 1880-1881 
 
 .... 
 
 * . ■ a 
 
 .... 
 
 
 
 1,838 
 
 769 
 
 21,256 
 
 1881-1882 
 
 146 
 
 1 
 
 • • . a 
 
 ... a 
 
 
 
 959 
 
 847 
 
 20,359 
 
 1882-18S3 
 
 i 
 
 $1,401 i 
 
 .... 
 
 
 
 • a • * 
 
 716 
 
 20,999 
 
 1883-1884 
 
 225 
 
 1,088 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 a . a a 
 
 490 
 
 20,813 
 
 1884-1885 
 
 120 i 
 
 1,436 ! 
 
 ! 
 
 
 
 • • • . 
 
 315 
 
 22,101 
 
 1885-1886 
 
 304 
 
 864 
 
 .... ' 
 
 
 
 a a « a 
 
 185 
 
 20,072 
 
 1886-1887 
 
 1,060 
 
 t • . . 
 
 .... 
 
 
 
 . . a • 
 
 156 
 
 21,534 
 
 1887-1888 
 
 458 
 
 284 1 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 a • . a 
 
 158 
 
 21,346 
 
 1888-1889 
 
 350 
 
 1,296 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 "33 
 
 * a . • 
 
 77 
 
 20,830 
 
 1889-1890 
 
 212 
 
 161 1 
 
 .... 
 
 
 
 a . « . 
 
 156 
 
 21,399 
 
 1890-1891 
 
 348 
 
 315 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 . • • • 
 
 84 
 
 18,294 
 
 1891-1892 
 
 152 
 
 234 
 
 .... 
 
 
 
 • a • • 
 
 164 
 
 19,475 
 
 1892-1893 
 
 270 
 
 157 
 
 * . • • 
 
 
 
 . • • • 
 
 182 
 
 21,289 
 
 1893-1894 
 
 125 
 
 .... 
 
 $225 
 
 $225 
 
 i 
 
 .... 
 
 
 . • • • 
 
 468 
 $5,444 
 
 18,007 
 
 1894-1895 
 
 5,845 ; 
 
 ! 
 
 $7,236 
 
 $73 
 
 $79 
 
 $6,006 
 
 $626,106 
 
 Totals for 
 Fifty Years. 
 
 . s., 
 
 iHCI26,106. 
 
 
 
 
 for past 
 
 Fifty Years, viz. : Voluntary and Requi 
 Deficiency Fund, 
 
 red Contril 
 
 )utions, 
 
 $591,073 
 0,000 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 Sunday Scl 
 
 lool Boxes, 
 
 • 
 
 • 
 
 5.44 
 
 1 
 
 Total for Missionary Purposes in the Diocese for Fifty Years, 
 
 $602,523 
 
! f 
 
Paper by Reverend nenry Montgomery^ M. A. 9 
 
 Each object has its own special fund, excepting those provided 
 for under the rules which govern the general purposes fund. It is 
 the province of this papor to bring before you the several amounts 
 contributed annually to these various funds during the past fifty 
 years, apart from the various bequests that have been made from 
 time to time. The contributions to the funds of the Society are 
 made up from three sources, viz.: Voluntary Subscriptions from 
 self-supporting Parishes; Required Contributions from aided Par- 
 ishes or Missions, and the yearly offering of the Sunday-School 
 Children. From these three sources the total sum contributed 
 during the fifty years past amounts to $626,J06, or an average yearly 
 contribution of 112,400. In 1845 the contribution to the Society 
 was $3,710; in 1895, up to the first of this month, the total 
 contributions for all purposes amounted to about $18,000. Thus 
 shewing an increase of $15,000 over and above that of 1845. 
 
 The financial progress of the Society may readily be seen from 
 a comparative statement of the contributions for each decade of the 
 fifty years. 
 
 During the first ten years, the annual average was $4,313 
 
 During the second ten years it was 6,344 
 
 During the third ten years it was 11,544 
 
 During the fourth ten years it was 19,973 
 
 During the fifth or last ten years it was 20,434 
 
 It will thus be seen that there has been a steady increase in 
 contributions to the Society's funds. It is true that the yearly con- 
 tributions are subject to fluctuation — some years more and some 
 years less — but this is owing chiefly to the fact that occasionally a 
 Parish becomes self-supporting, and, consequently, the required 
 contribution from that Parish drops out, or it may be that in some 
 years there are more Parishes vacant, and that too for a longer time 
 than in other years. In such years and under such conditions the 
 total sum reported from contributions would be very much less than 
 if all the Parishes were filled. 
 
 The principal fund of the Society, known as the General 
 Purposes Fund or, a still better name, the Home Mission Fund, 
 provides for the fulfilment of the first object of the Society, viz. : 
 Missionary visits to neglected places, and aid to new and poor 
 Missions. The total contributions to this fund for the past fifty 
 years amounts to $602,523, an annual average of about $12,050. 
 
10 Contributions to the Funds of the D. C. S. 
 
 In 1845 the total contributions to the Society for that year were 
 given to this fund, and amounted to $3,710. The contributions 
 to this fund reported by the Treasurer of the Society for this year 
 up to June Ist were about $17,000, an increase of nearly $14,000 over 
 the amount given fifty years ago. lo the other special funds of 
 the Society there Las been contributed during the fifty years past, 
 apart from bequests made during that time, the sum of $23,583, viz. : 
 
 To the Widows and Orphans Fund, $6,830 
 
 Widows and Orphans Special Fund, 5,295 
 
 Incapacitated Clergy Fund, 3,845 
 
 Incapacitated Clergy Special Fund, 7,236 
 
 Education of Children of Clergy Fund, 225 
 
 Divinity Scholarship Fund, 73 
 
 Sunday and other Schools, 79 
 
 Each of these funds, with the exception of Sunday and other 
 Schools, have endowments which yield a good yearly income, as 
 you have already learned from another paper. 
 
 These facts and figures, which I have endeavored to carefully 
 put before you, may not, I trust, be without deep interest and con- 
 cern to you especially who are members of the Church; 
 
 Yours is the Church ; yours the Diocesan Church Society. 
 You have been, at least many of you, its benefactors. You, too, 
 have been blessed in return. Fpr to the cheerful giver the blessing 
 is promised. Through the agency of this noble handmaid of the 
 Church, and by your contributions, your brethren in this, our own 
 Province, have been greatly assisted. Churches and Parsonages have 
 been built, the ministrations of the Church provided, and the worship 
 of your fathers maintained. Through the agency also of this Society 
 is provided a financial system which, year by year, appeals to you in 
 the Saviour's words, " It is more blessed to give than to receive," 
 and such an appeal, though it may seem an old old story, ought, 
 year by year, to touch your heart and purse yet more and more 
 deeply. For it is God's work and for God's Church the appeal is 
 made, that she may go forth on her God-given mission untrammelled 
 and unhindered in • er work until her faith, her services, and her 
 sacraments shall be the glorious and constant privilege of all her 
 children in this Diocese. 
 
Paper by Heverend Henry Montgomery, M. A. 
 
 11 
 
 You who have contributed to the funds of this Society are none 
 the poorer to-day for what you have given, and the Day of Judgment 
 alone will reveal what good your gifts have been the means of doing. 
 For in that day not one kind work or deed or gift, however small, 
 if said or done in God's rame, will be forgotten. 
 
 Yours is the work and the power to give. God's is the glory. 
 Let us but be faithful, loyal and consistent in the work and duty 
 which is at hand, and shew, by undeniable proofs, that the Churchmen 
 and Churchwomen of this Diocese are not indifferent to the success 
 of their endeavors, but that we love with all our heart and soul the 
 Church of our forefathers, and are prepared to do our part in 
 supporting and extending it. In the words of one of the founders 
 of this Society, the late Venerable Archdeacon Coster " We, like 
 those of his day, have put our hands in earneet to the holy work of 
 this Society, and I trust you all feel with me that in so doing we have 
 given a pledge to our Church and our country that we carry it on, 
 and from that work we cannot recede without dishonour." 
 
Diocesan Funds. 
 
 ! ! I Their Administration since the Year 1837. 
 
 By GEORGE A. SCHOFIELD, Esquike. 
 
 THE phases of development through which the work has passed 
 are, speaking roughly, four : 
 
 1. The period when the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 
 practically maintained all the work. This period ended at 1837 (the present 
 Diocese of Fredericton being then an Archdeaconry of Nova Scotia). 
 
 2. The period in which the Society for the Propagatio i of the Gospel 
 and the Church Society made separate grants to the missionaries, not 
 conditional upon any payment from the people. This period ended December 
 31, 1865. (See page 32, Report 18C5.) 
 
 3. The period in which the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel made 
 the Diocese a grant of a block sum, and the Church Society paid the whole of 
 the grants to the Missions, but not conditional upon any payment from the 
 people : This period ended in June, 1871. 
 
 4. The period during which all grants were made by the Diocesan 
 Church Society to the Missions conditional upon a fixed payment by the people 
 (the grant from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel being made to 
 the Diocese as before). This has been the plan from July, 1871, to the 
 present time. It is not meant that payments were not made by the people 
 before July, 1871, but no amount was required. There is no record of what 
 was paid. In most cases, it is feared, the amounts were small and not paid 
 with any regularity. 
 
 As the time at my disposal is short, I will not take np any of 
 it with an account of the first period, as it touched so very slightly 
 any financial work in the Diocese. 
 
 The second period is interesting, as in it the present Diocesan 
 Church Society came into existence, with practically the same 
 constitution as we have to-day, although several important changes 
 have been made in the method of administration of Us funds, 
 especially in the twenty-four years included in the fourth period 
 mentioned. 
 (12) 
 
Paper by George A. Schojield, Esquire. 
 
 18 
 
 ■; 
 
 I 
 
 In 1836 the Bishop of Nova Scotia, who had jurisdiction in 
 the Province of New Brunswick till the formation of the Diocese 
 of Fredericton in 1845, proposed a plan for the formation of a 
 Church Society in each of the Archdeaconries, "to embrace all the 
 objects of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the 
 Society for Prom jting Christian Knowledge." The Bishop desired 
 that "Committees should be formed in each Parish or Mission in 
 his Archdeaconry," and he suggested that the first missionary 
 efforts should be confined "to defraying the actual expenses of visits 
 from neighboring missionaries to destitute settlements, and, if the 
 means could be found, the employment of a visiting missionary." 
 
 In order to carry out this proposal the Venerable Archdeacon 
 Coster summoned a meeting of the clergy of his Archdeaconry at 
 Fredericton, September 8th, 1836. At this meeting there were 
 present seventeen clergy of the Archdeaconry, and one clergyman 
 of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, Reverend 
 Hugh Fraser. It is pleasant to note how early in the history of 
 missionary work of the Church in this Province that brotherly 
 intercourse with the Church in the United States began, now that 
 we can look back on so many years in which that fellowship has 
 been maintained, and look forward with confidence to its unbroken 
 continuance through the work of years to come. 
 
 On September 10, 1836, the Constitution of the Church Society 
 of the Archdeaconry of New Brunswick was adopted. As this 
 paper deals only with the administration of funds, it will be sufficient 
 to note that the annual payment of any sura was the only qualifi- 
 cation for membership, a qualification which remains unchanged to 
 this day. There was to be a standing committee (called afterwards 
 the executive committee) elected from the life members or sub- 
 scribers of at least £1 to the funds of the Society. 
 
 The first meeting of the Society was held in Fredericton on 
 February 9, 1837, when twenty clergy and seventeen laymen were 
 present. At this meeting of the Society it was resolved that one- 
 half of the funds then at the disposal of the Society be applied " to 
 supplying missionary visits to remote and destitute districts." 
 
 This is the first record of a grant of money raised within the 
 Diocese of Fredericton and it appears to have amounted to £200. 
 
14 iJiocesan Funds. 
 
 I am sure I shall be excused for noting here that the first name 
 on the first list of subscribers is John C. Allen, our present Vice- 
 President, the Honorable Sir John C. Allen, Chief Justice of the 
 Province. 
 
 It is not possible in the time at my disposal to follow out the 
 work of the Society down to 1845, full of interest as it is. It must 
 suffice to say that the good work was carried on with increasing 
 vigor year after year. The moneys granted in aid of building 
 churches, in purchase of books and tracts, in aiding Sunday Schools, 
 and the grants for expense of missionary visits being, as a rule, 
 voted en bloc to the Executive Committee, by whom they were 
 apportioned. 
 
 The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel during this 
 period paid the stipends of several travelling missionaries, the 
 Church Society paying their travelling expenses. 
 
 In 1842 there were in this Province twenty-eight clergy, two 
 only being aided by the Diocesan Church Society. 
 
 We now come to the year 1845, ever to be remembered as the 
 year of the establishment of the See of Fredericton, the fiftieth 
 anniversary of which we are now met to commemorate. 
 
 In the report of the Society for 1846, appears for the first time 
 the name of the Right Reverend John, Lord Bishop of Fredericton, 
 President. In that year the members of our Church residing in 
 Saint John, who had not hitherto joined the Society, came in, and 
 the Church of the Diocese was united in the support of the Diocesan 
 Church Society of New Brunswick. 
 
 The constitution of the new society was practically the same as 
 it had been from the first, and its funds were administered in the 
 same way and on the same basis as before, down to and including 
 1870, (except that the grants to missionaries during most of this 
 time were made by the General Committee upon the report and 
 recommendation of a special committee appointed on the first day 
 of each annual meeting.) 
 
 The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, ever generous 
 in its aid, paid most of the clergy, who drew directly upon that 
 Society for the whole or the greater part of their stipends, the 
 people contributing something in their several parishes, and the 
 
Paper by George A. Scho fields Esquire. 
 
 16 
 
 %rst name 
 lent Vice- 
 36 of the 
 
 V out the 
 It must 
 nereasing 
 building 
 J Schools, 
 <ts a rule, 
 hey were 
 
 iring this 
 aries, the 
 
 ergy, two 
 
 ed as the 
 le fiftieth 
 
 first time 
 
 edericton, 
 
 siding in 
 
 ae in, and 
 
 Diocesan 
 
 e same ag 
 ;d in the 
 including 
 3t of this 
 port and 
 J first day 
 
 generous 
 pon that 
 ends, the 
 and the 
 
 Diocesan Church Society making such further grants from year to 
 year as the funds at their t^'sposal permitted. It will be borne in 
 mind that the General Committee was ahoays a thoroughly repre- 
 sentative body, being composed of the Bishop, all the clergy, and 
 two lay delegates from the local committee of each Parish or 
 Mission, all being subscribers to the Society. 
 
 In 1865 the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel discon- 
 tinued the plan of making payments direct to the missionaries, and 
 in 1866 for the first time made to the Diocese a grant of a block sum, 
 then £2,860 (p. 13 Kep. 1866). Upon this grant was charged the 
 stipends of certain of the clergy with whom the Society for the 
 Propagation of the Gospel had made engagements for life. 
 
 In July, 1871, the Society adopted the plan of making the 
 yearly grants to Parishes or Missions, not to the clergyman ; each 
 grant being conditional upon a certain payment by the people to the 
 Society, the Society paying the whole stipend. A committee, then 
 and for some years called the Schedule Committee (now the Board 
 of Home Missions), was established to ascertain as far as possible 
 the ability of the several Missions to contribute, and also to submit 
 to each annual meeting of the General Committee a list of grants 
 and conditions recommended for the ensuing year. 
 
 This Committee was first appointed in 1871, and has been con- 
 tinued ever since. It is most important to notice here the points in 
 this system of making grants : 
 
 1. Every member of the Church in the Diocese who con- 
 tributes any sum, however small, has the right to vote in the election 
 of representatives to the General Committee. 
 
 2. Every layman in the Diocese, being a subscriber, is qualified 
 to be elected a member of the General Committee, and all the clergy 
 who are subscribers are members of the General Committee. 
 
 3. Every grant made is approved by the General Committee. 
 
 4. The administration of these grants from one meeting of the 
 General Committee to another is vested in the Board of Home 
 Missions, which is elected annually by the General Committee, and 
 is subject to regulations made by the General Committee; 
 
16 
 
 Diocesan Funds. 
 
 ■l.il. 
 
 5. The Board consists of the Bishop, the Archdeacons, the 
 Secretary and Treasurer of ilie Society, five clerical and seven lay 
 members of the Society, being subscribers of four dollars, and one 
 representative elected by each Deanery. 
 
 6. The grants are made to Parishes or Missions without the 
 least reference to the clergyman in charge, all of whom are or may 
 be elected by the parishioners. 
 
 It would be impossible to devise a broader or fairer system of 
 administering funds than we have here. Every subscriber has a 
 voice in the affairs of the Society, either personally or through his 
 chosen representatives. No others surely can claim that right. 
 
 The fact that each grant is made to the parish or mission and 
 not to the clergyman precludes any suspicion of unfair dealing. 
 The writer of this ])aper, who has been on the Board of Home 
 Missions from its foundation, can testify to the fact that no grant 
 has ever been made or even discussed on any grounds except that 
 of the ability of the Parish or Mission to contribute ; and it is a fact 
 beyond dispute and well known to all members of the Society that 
 men of all schools of thought have been elected members of the 
 Board, and that never in the history of the Society has there been 
 such a thing as canvassing for a ticket to elect particular men or 
 exclude others, or any such like methods so dishonorable in such a 
 body engaged in such a work. 
 
 That such facts as these can be stated without any fear of 
 successful contradiction ought to establish the Society in the fullest 
 confidence of every man in our Diocese who wishes well to our 
 Church. 
 
 Mistakes no doubt have been made; of misunderstanding and 
 misrepresentation w^e each have to bear a share in all our work. No 
 man ever bore a larger share of that than the first Bishop of the 
 Diocese, the first President of this Society. 
 
 Whoever, now or hereafter, occupies that high position will 
 most likely have to bear a good share of the same burden, and those 
 who work among the rank and file need not hope to fare better than 
 their leaders. 
 
 But what of all this? The work we are striving to help is a 
 high and noble one, the means we use are just and honorable, the 
 past record is one of which we may justly be proud. 
 
Paper by Oeorr/e A. Scho field, Esquire. 
 
 17 
 
 aeons, the 
 
 seven lay 
 
 s, and one 
 
 itbout the 
 re or may 
 
 system of 
 iber has a 
 irough his 
 •ight. 
 
 lission and 
 ir dealinsr. 
 
 of Home 
 b no grant 
 Kcept that 
 it is a fact 
 )ciety that 
 ers of the 
 there been 
 ar men or 
 
 in such a 
 
 My friends of the laity, to whom as a layman I would especially 
 appeal, let us ever remember the text that our first Bishop, the 
 first President of this Society, so frequently quoted, "In quietness 
 and in confidence shall be your strength." 
 
 Stand by the old Society, so dear to him through all his life, 
 which for over fifty years has helped the Church in the Diocese, and 
 which has on its roll the names of the truest friends of the Church, 
 now gone to their rent. 
 
 Rally round the Bishop whom God has placed over us, and with 
 God's blessing the work shall prosper in our hands to His glory and 
 the welfare of His Holy Church in the Diocese of Fredericton. 
 
 ly fear of 
 the fullest 
 bU to our 
 
 iding and 
 i^ork. No 
 op of the 
 
 lition will 
 and those 
 etter than 
 
 help is a 
 arable, the 
 
I 
 
 Memorandum of Funds and Pkoi'kuty hkld in connection 
 
 WITH THE Diocese of Fuedeiucton. 
 
 June, 1895. 
 
 Papku uy W. M. JAUVIS, Es(iuiUK, 
 Chaiuman Finance Committkk, Diocksan Cjiuucii Society. 
 
 I. — Widows and Oupi'axs Fund. 
 
 This Fund was put upon its present footing in 1871, wlien Rules and 
 Regulations were adopted (Diocesan Cluirolj Society's ;](Jtli Report, page ;J0). 
 
 The Capital Reserve was tlien !?5,:]8l) ;U 
 
 In 1881 the Capital Reserve was *14,400 00 
 
 In 1891 the Capital Reserve was 25,000 00 
 
 The Capital Reserve is now !?;}0,800 00 
 
 The present income is estimated as follows : 
 
 1. Interest on Reserve, $30,800 at 4 per cent., !jil,2;W 00 
 
 2. Premiums and Collections, say, 020 00 
 
 »1.S52 00 
 
 This Fund provides pensions for the widows and orphans of such of the 
 clergy as may connect themselves with it, by payment of the annual premium 
 required and sending in a yearly collection. 
 
 The Fund provides only annuities, terminable upon the death or re-marriage 
 j of the widow, or upon the youngest child of the deceased clergyman attaining 
 
 I the age of eighteen, and not for capital payments in any case. 
 
 t The surplus income is each year added to the capital reserve, which thus 
 
 I represents an accumulation of income available should the income become at 
 
 ( any futiu'e time insufficient to provide for the annuities chargeable. 
 
 I About one-half only of the clergy avail themselves of the benefits of 
 
 connection with this Fund. 
 
 I ; 
 
 ; II. — Special Widows and Orphans Fund. 
 
 This Fund originated with a donation of $500, made in 1887 (Diocesan 
 Church Society's 52nd Report, pages 84, 85). 
 
 It provides for the payment of one specified amount to the widow or orphans 
 of any deceased clergyman (not having sufficient private means) immediately 
 after his death. Such payment to be made from the capital of the Fund. 
 
 The capital is now $4,788.81, yielding at 4 per cent, interest an income of 
 $191.55, which is added to the capital at the close of the year. 
 
 (18) 
 
Piqyer by W. M. Jarvin, Esquire. 
 
 19 
 
 NECTION 
 
 ETY. 
 
 tliiles and 
 age ;]()). 
 
 I 00 
 I 00 
 
 *1,2;}2 00 
 020 00 
 
 »l.So2 00 
 
 ch of the 
 premiuni 
 
 -inarnage 
 attaining 
 
 liioh thus 
 »ecome at 
 
 nefits of 
 
 III. — Incapacitatki) Clicugy Fund. 
 
 Tlie provision for the incapacitated clergy and for the education of the 
 children of the clergy was formerly includeil under one head. The capital 
 In 1871 amounted to aljout !!i;J,400. 
 
 The Incapacitated Clergy Fund became a separate object of the Diocesan 
 Church Society in 1874 (;]()th Iteport, i)age oO); when !?:5,000 wa. transferred 
 from the former Fund to this special account. 
 
 In 1881 the capital of the Fund was ^.'j.OOO. 
 
 In 188;] the Incapacitated Clergy Special Fund was originated in aid of 
 the original Fund. 
 
 This Special Fund, with a supplementary amount from tlie General 
 Purposes Fund of the Diocesan Church Society, has been transferred to the 
 Incapacitated Clergy Fund. 
 
 The present capital of tlie Fund is as follows: 
 
 Accumulated Capital, *25,.'j00 00 
 
 Mrs. li. C. Gordon, Trust Fund, (one-lialf held on this acct.) 1,700 00 
 
 $27,200 00 
 
 In addition to which there will be very soon available from 
 
 the bequest of the Kev. A. II. Weeks, say, ;5,000 00 
 
 Total, *30,800 00 
 
 The income of the Incapacitated Clergy Fund will be; 
 
 !B29,100 at 4 per cent., $1,104 00 
 
 $1,700 at per cent., 102 00 
 
 $1,266 00 
 
 The Fund is available for pensions to incapacitated clergymen of the 
 Diocese, not exceeding $400 yearly in any one case, and will therefore provide 
 for tliree pensions of $400 each. 
 
 Diocesan 
 
 orphans 
 lediately 
 nd. 
 
 come of 
 
 IV. — Educatiox of the Children of the Clergy Fjxd. 
 
 This Fund, which was formerly included under the general head from 
 which the Incapacitated Clergy Fund bad been set off in 1874, became a 
 separate object of the Diocesan Church Society in 1879 (44th Rep., pp. 69, 70). 
 
 The capital of the Fund was then $1,425 79 
 
 The present capital of the Fund is 3,000 00 
 
 The income of this Fund is available to assist in the education of children 
 of clergymen of the Diocese of Fredericton. 
 
I 
 
 20 
 
 Memorandum of Funds and Property. 
 
 V. — Divinity Scholarships Fund, D.C.S. 
 
 The formation of this Fund was one of the earlier objects of the Diocesan 
 Church Societj'. The Scholarships were at first limited to King's College, 
 Fredericton. 
 
 Rules and Regulations for the Fund were adopted in 1878. (Diocesan 
 Church Society's 43rd Report, page 51). 
 
 The capital of the Fund was then $1, 100 
 
 The present capital of the Fund is 2,900 
 
 The income of this Fund ($11(5) is available for Divinity Scholarship grants. 
 
 VI. — The Bishop Medley Divinity Scholarships Fund. 
 
 This Fund has been held by the Diocesan Synod since 188G. 
 The capital of the Fund is now $4,850. 
 
 The annual income available for Divinity Scholarships grants is $220. 
 There is also an accumulation of income amounting to $203.71 in con- 
 nection with this Fund. 
 
 VII. — S. p. C. K. Depository. 
 
 For an advance of $800 made to the Depository the Diocesan Church 
 Society receives 5 per cent, interest. 
 
 !li 
 
 VIII. — Outfit Grants to Missionaries. 
 
 These grants at present amount to $875, repayable to the Diocesan Church 
 Society, but without interest. 
 
 :ii 
 
 IX. — Trusts for Parishes. 
 
 The following Trusts are held by the Diocesan Church Society for the 
 Parishes specified : 
 
 ft. 
 h. 
 c. 
 
 a. 
 
 e. 
 /. 
 
 Cambridge, Scovil Trust, property St. John, value say $5,000, Income $200 
 Derby, St. Peter's Church, $600; Interest, 4 percent.; Income, $24 
 
 Prince William, West Trust, ... 400; 
 Richibucto, Wheten Trust, .... 2,000; 
 
 St. George and Pennfield, 1,600; 
 
 Westfield, 2,200; 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 6 
 
 16 
 120 
 
 04 
 132 
 
 Gagetown, Rev. J. Neales' Trust, in reversion only, $2,920. 
 
 When the debenture, held for Richibucto and Westfield mature, the 
 interest must fall to the rate then current. 
 
Paper by W. M. Jarvis, Esquire. 
 
 21 
 
 le Diocesan 
 f's College, 
 
 (Diocesan 
 
 00 
 00 
 
 ) grants. 
 
 'UND. 
 
 $226. 
 
 71 in con- 
 
 n Church 
 
 m Church 
 
 y for the 
 
 ome $200 
 luie, $24 
 • 16 
 
 120 
 ' 64 
 
 132 
 
 iUre, the 
 
 X. — Gexeral Purposes Trust. 
 
 The following Trust Funds or Properties are held by the Diocesan Church 
 Society, the income being available for the general purposes of the Society: 
 
 a. Chipman Trust, $40,000 00 
 
 /;. Miss D. B. Hazen Trust, 12,500 00 
 
 c. Charles Merritt Trust, 3,900 00 
 
 lI. Mrs. R. C. Gordon Trust (one-half), 1,700 00 
 
 -. Robert Robinson Memorial Trust, 2,000 00 
 
 /. Glebe Lands, being amounts held on account of 
 the following civil parishes, the income going 
 at present to the Diocesan Church Society : 
 
 Blissfiold, $232 90 
 
 Perth, 133 51 
 
 Saumarez, 499 53 
 
 Botsford, 62 20 
 
 Stanley, 50 00 
 
 $978 14 
 Less Hopewell, Albert Co., deficit, 199 35 
 
 778 79 
 
 fj. James T. Hanford Trust, in reversion only, 
 $1,200. 
 
 In addition to these Trusts, the balance of the 
 General Purposes Funds amounts to 8,890 87 
 
 General Purposes Total, $69,769 66 
 
 The General Purposes balance of $8,890.87 consists largely, if not 
 altogether, of legacies, either given with the intention that the income only 
 shall be used (see D. C. S. 53rd Report, 1888, page 137 [b] etc.) or received by 
 the Diocesan Church Society while the following Resolution of the General 
 Committee was in force: 
 
 "That all bequests made to the Society be funded, as heretofore, and the 
 interest only applied to the general or special purposes for which tliey are 
 bequeathed." (Diocesan Church Society's 59th Report, 1894, page 32.) 
 
 In making up this statement, debentures paying upwards of 4 per cent, 
 interest are put at the par or face value only. If valued at the present selling 
 rate, the estimated capital, but not the income, would, where such debentures 
 are included among the investments, be slightly increased. 
 
 The total funds in 1871 may be estimated at $ "^OOO.OO (see 30th Report, 
 pages 52). 
 
 The Chipman Trust Fund was then in reversion only. 
 

 22 
 
 Memorandum of Funds and Property. 
 
 m 
 
 m 
 
 The following is an estimate of the Funds in 1S81 (see 4Gth Keport, pages 
 88-08, etc.): 
 
 Widows and Orphans Funds, $14,400 00 
 
 Incapacitated Clergy Fund, r),(500 00 
 
 Education of the Children of the Clergy Fund, . . . 1,500 00 
 
 Divinity Scholarships Fund, " 1,200 00 
 
 Glebe Lands, 460 25 
 
 S.P.C.K. Depository advance, 800 00 
 
 Trusts for Parishes, 7,000 00 
 
 General Purposes (Chipnian Trust included), 05,005 00 
 
 Total, $07,564 25 
 
 The total funds in 1S05 are estimated at $160,38S.47, as per the schedule 
 attached. 
 
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 I 
 
 
 .; h 
 
 Schedule of Funds and Propeutv, Diocese of Fredericton, 
 
 As Estimated, Juke, 1895. 
 
 1. 
 
 2. 
 
 3. 
 
 4. 
 5. 
 0. 
 
 7. 
 8. 
 0. 
 
 10. 
 
 Capital 
 Invested. 
 
 Capital 
 ou Income 
 Balances. 
 
 Estimated 
 Income. 
 
 $1,850 00 
 101 55 
 1,260 00 
 120 00 
 110 00 
 220 00 
 40 00 
 
 550 00 
 
 (Jas, 
 
 Widows and Orphans Fund, $30,800 00 $210 40 
 
 Special Widows and Orphans Fund, 4,788 81 
 
 Incapacitated Clergy Fund, 30,800 00 
 
 Education of the Children of Clergy Fund, 3,000 00 103 05 
 
 Divinity Scholarships Fund, D.C.S., .... 2,000 00 185 84 
 
 Bishop Medley Divinity Scholarships Fund, 4,850 00 263 71 
 
 S.P.C.K. Depository advance, 800 00 
 
 Outfit Grants to Missionaries, 875 00 
 
 Trusts for Parishes, 11,800 00 
 
 Trusts for Parishes, in reversion, $2,020 
 General Purposes: 
 
 Chipman Trust, 40,000 00 
 
 Miss D. B. Hazen Trust, 12,500 00 
 
 Charles Merritt Trust, 3,000 00 
 
 Mrs. R. C. Gordon Trust (one-half), . . 1,700 00 
 
 Robert Robinson Memorial Trust, .... 2,000 00 
 
 Glebe Lands, 778 70 
 
 Balance of General Purposes Funds, . . 8,800 87 
 
 T. Hanford Trust, in reversion, $1,200) 
 
 Total, $100,383 47 $772 00 $7,804 07 
 
 2,120 
 
 37 
 
 600 00 
 
 214 00 
 
 102 
 
 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 31 
 
 12 
 
 355 
 
 03 
 
11,850 00 
 
 ini 55 
 
 1,260 00 
 
 120 00 
 
 110 00 
 
 220 00 
 
 40 00 
 
 556 00 
 
 >,126 37 
 
 600 00 
 
 214 00 
 
 102 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 31 12 
 
 355 63 
 
 ,8(14 67 
 
 The Cathedral. 
 
 By The Vkiiy Revkkend F. PARTRIDGE, D.D., Dean. 
 
 I HAVE been asked to put together a few words to-night, and 
 do so very briefly, about our Cathedral, and the part it has 
 played in the life and development of the past fifty years. 
 Let us hear in the Bishop's own words the purpose he had in 
 so resolutely persisting in this work : 
 
 " It has been ray aim to raise the general standard of reverential 
 feeling and holy self-denying action in the service of God (with the 
 secondary and subordinate purpose of encouraging useful arts and 
 sciences) by building a new Cathedral. . The Norman structure was 
 as superior to the Saxon as was the stone building of the Saxon to 
 the building of wattles or rough slabs of wood which preceded it ; 
 and later erections reduced even the early Norman to comparative 
 insignificance. Remembering, then, a thousand glorious temples of 
 ray native land, which rejoice the hearts of the poor who flock to 
 them, of the Priests who rainister in them ; and conscious of the 
 singleness of my own intentions, I commit these humble efforts to 
 time, to posterity, and to God." (From his first charge, 1847.) 
 
 Great, but, as the event shewed, not insuperable diflSculties 
 arose. It was time, energy, and money wasted ; it was too large ; 
 it would never be finished ; it was beyond the means and the desires 
 of the present generation ; it was in the wrong place, and should 
 have been built in St. John -, all these varying excuses were made by 
 those who did not wish to contribute. A good deal of deliberation 
 and anxious thought was taken by the Bishop before he finally 
 settled on Fredericton. But it was the seat of government and of 
 the College; the most central place in the Province; there was a 
 beautifully situated site offered to him with the good will of nineteen 
 twentieths of the comraunity ; there were then a suflicient number 
 of church people to fill it, and Fredericton was fixed on as his See 
 City by Her Majesty's Letters Patent. St. John might in the future 
 become the home of a Cathedral for a new Diocese. And he built 
 his Cathedral in Fredericton. Some time afterw."rd8 he character- 
 istically says : " I do not repent of it." Much money was raised in 
 
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24 The Cathedral. 
 
 li 
 
 England, a good deal was subscribed in Fredericton. At a single 
 meeting held on June 23rd, 1845, only twelve days after his arrival, 
 £3,000 was subscribed : and in his first charge he warmly thanks 
 "those benefactors who have generously supported me in this good 
 work, from whom I am unhappily separated in Church fellowship, 
 who from a general regard to religion, and an honest pride in the 
 place of their birth, or their adoption, have tendered to me liberal 
 offers of assistance, and have most honorably fulfilled their engage- 
 ments." Again and again the work was suspended from lack of 
 funds; often at the last moment, unknown friends sent him money; 
 until at last the iinishing touches were put on, and the Cathedral 
 opened in 1853. Such was the confidence reposed in the Bishop 
 by those connected with its erection that, as he told the writer 
 when once talking over the difficulties of the foundation and of the 
 climate which had been experienced, the builder said to him at the 
 opening : " My Lord, if you were to announce your intention of 
 putting up another Cathedral in the middle of that river, I should 
 say it would be done." 
 
 But we are to ask ourselves what has been the influence of the 
 Cathedral in our retrospect of fifty years. It does not require very 
 much thought to answer that question. 
 
 In the first place, the Cathedral has undoubtedly been the 
 pioneer of some other Cathedrals, and of many Parish Churches, 
 both in Canada and the United States. Comparing it with English 
 Cathedrals, it is small ; and there are many Parish Churches there 
 its superiors. But as a colonial Cathedral it was one of the very 
 first, if not the first, built of stone, of any pretensions to architectural 
 beauty ; and it may be questioned whether it has not, to a certain 
 extent, leavened the style of church buildings other than Anglican. 
 
 Next, it has maintained the daily service of the Church almost 
 continuously since its completion. None but those who have been 
 in the habit of frequenting the morning and evening service know 
 what a blessing of calm and peace there is in it. It is certainly the 
 norm of the English Church. Every clergyman is bound to say the 
 services, either privately or openly, unless hindered by sickness or 
 some other urgent cause. And the Cathedral services have been a 
 reminder to the Diocese, at least of the standard at which all should 
 aim, even though for the present they should bo unable to reach it. 
 
 
 _ 
 
Paper by the Dean. 
 
 25 
 
 In the Cathedral again were most often heard those expositions 
 of the divine word for which the peculiar bent of the Bishop's mind 
 so truly fitted him. The stream of his eloquence flowed forth some 
 times in passages of j)oetic beauty ; again in terse, keen, epigram- 
 matic antithesis. His intimate acquaintance with the original 
 tongues; his simple, immovable faith in God ; his daily consecration 
 of himself to his Master's service; his enjoyment of the fresh 
 beauties always unveiling themselves to the prayerful student of the 
 Bible, made him an expositor with few superiors. And here, within 
 the walls he loved so well, were the congregations of various bodies 
 who came to hear him, spiritually edified and refreshed. 
 
 In the Cathedral, the music of the Church has been exemplified, 
 with fluctuations, as regards material and finish it is true, but always 
 with care, and the musician's intuiti<ve touch. How many, many 
 hours have been devoted to the i^ractice and performance of those 
 old compositions of the great masters of church music in which the 
 English Church is so rich. Tallis, and Blow, and Croft, and 
 Purcell, with many others, have contributed to train the young 
 clergy in correct taste, and to uplift the souls of generations of 
 worshippers. Thus a love of church music and a knowledge of its 
 proper performance has been diffused throughout the Diocese. The 
 efforts of village choirs have been almost unconsciously quickened, 
 and a higher standard, both of aspiration and execution, has been, 
 by the influence of the Cathedral, brought about. 
 
 The Cathedral, in a very re^l sense, has been the saviour of 
 Fredericton. Around it, as much as round the governmental 
 buildings, the affections of the people centred, when it was proposed 
 to remove the seat of the legislature. All was threatened. All should 
 be preserved. 
 
 In the Cathedral the chaste and simple ordmation services have 
 been, with most suitable accessories, carried out. The ordinary 
 worshipper learns more of the theory and practice of the Church 
 from an ordination than in almost any other way^ 
 
 In the Cathedral, more often than anywhere else, have been held 
 those gatherings of the Clergy, at Synod and at other Jmes, which 
 tend to make us all feel the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. 
 Men can hardly think evil of each other when they are worshipping 
 together. They can hardly go out from the Holy Communion and 
 
26 The Cathedral. 
 
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 wing bitter words to cut and wound, or dip their pens in gall. Who 
 of the older clergy do not remember the inspiring services, which 
 were ever the Bishop's great delight, in which he took so genuine a 
 part, and on which occasions he rejoiced to give some young man 
 the opportunity of preaching, while he and the other fathers humbly 
 listened. Few men would have done it, but he said: "If the 
 younger men have the ability^ yet have no opportunity, they cannot 
 make their way." Yes ; one remembers such services well, when 
 the clergy, long and laboriously learning the blessings of unity, 
 gathered round their Bishop and learnt its saintly lessons from his 
 life. 
 
 All this, and much more, has the Cathedral been to the Diocese. 
 It is idle to speculate what tcotild have been without it. But for it 
 the Church may be supremely grateful. 
 
 What the Cathedral may be in the future, under the guidance 
 of our Bishop who now rules it, time alone can shew. Many prayers 
 and many plans are offering and maturing. Its newly formed 
 chapter hope much, and will labour unitedly to strengthen their 
 Bishop's hands, and to stand by his side with loyalty and affection. 
 As we loved and revered our first Bishop, so will we love and 
 support our second. The affection we had for the one will in no 
 wise diminish the regard we have for the other; 
 
 One thing we know. While the Cathedral stands, it will be 
 a memorial to the children of the generations to come, of the 
 faith, loving persistence, and self-sacrifice of the first Bishop of 
 Fredericton. 
 
CONFIRMATION STATISTICS. 
 
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 IN 1858 Bishop Medley wrote in his account of his tour, printed 
 in the Report of the Diocesan Church Society for that year: 
 " A few remarks may close this summary of my tour. It seems 
 proper to observe that there is probably no Diocese in a British 
 Colony where it is more necessary to do our duty patiently, without 
 expecting great results, than in New Brunswick. 
 
 You will see that I am obliged to travel three miles for every 
 person I confirm, and I often travel a hundred and confirm perhaps 
 but ten or fifteen. I don't complain of the labour — far from it — 
 but I must say the result is small. Yet I know not that you can fairly 
 lay it to my account that it is so." 
 
 The following are the Statistics referred to at the meeting : 
 
 Nitmher of Persons 
 
 Date. Confiumations. Confirmed. 
 
 1845 25 795 ) 
 
 1840 22 433 > 1267 
 
 1847 3 39) 
 
 1848 13 364 ) 
 
 1849 28 488 > 041 
 
 1850 6 89) 
 
 1851 24 619 ) 
 
 1852 13 169 [ 882 
 
 1853 7 94) 
 
 1 854 30 688 ) 
 
 1855 18 273 > 1019 
 
 1856 3 58) 
 
 1857 34 849 ) 
 
 1858 , 23 330 > 1215 
 
 1859 4 36) 
 
 1860 36 811 ) 
 
 1861 25 331 > 1161 
 
 1862 2 19) 
 
 1863 38 781 ) 
 
 1864 25 349 > 1 156 
 
 1865 1 26) 
 
 1866 39 715 ) 
 
 1867 27 343 > 1077 
 
 1868 2 19) 
 
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28 Confirmation Statistics. 
 
 1869 42 741 ) 
 
 1870 3» 307 [1104 
 
 1871 7 80) 
 
 1872 42 788 1 
 
 1873 24 323 [ 121>1 
 
 1874 8 180 ) 
 
 t 
 
 Total for thirty years, 11,203. 
 Yearly average, 373,5. 
 
 •• • Date. Pehsoxs Coxkiumki). 
 
 J ; 1875 005 ) 
 
 1870 511 [ 1743 
 
 1877 327 ) 
 
 ' 1878 308 ) 
 
 1870 030 [ 1460 
 
 1880 462 ) 
 
 1881 710 i 
 
 1882 537 [ 1725 
 
 1883 478) 
 
 1884 1000 ) 
 
 1885 837 [ 2508 
 
 1886 665 ) 
 
 1887 407 ) 
 
 1888 450 > 1731 
 
 1880 y 805 ) 
 
 1800 452 ) 
 
 1891 580 > 1040 
 
 1802 005 ) 
 
 1803 080 I 1 „„^ 
 
 1804 657 r"'^ * 
 
 Total for twenty years, 12,240. 
 Yearly average, 012.5. 
 
 Statistics op Communicants. 
 
 1854 nearly 2000. . 
 
 1872 2982, or per cent, of Church Merahers, 
 
 1882 5323, or 11 percent. " " 
 
 1892 0528, or 15 per cent. " " 
 
 189? 7284, or 17 per cent. " 
 
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