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 DIOCESE OF FREDERICTON. 
 
 giocesan Chuvtii f ocicty; 
 
 OCCASIONAL PAPER. 
 
 3bTo. ITT". 
 
 PRESENT NEEDS OF THE DIOCESE. 
 
 flll^f''^' ^''''^ ""* *''^ '^^^^ «^ our Diocese with feelincrs of thank- 
 IP fulness to Almighty God for many past mercies, for much 
 honest and faithful work being done from week to week in 
 both old and new Missions ; and yet we cannot blind our eyes to 
 the fact that tliere are several Missions now lying vacant and 
 much ground still unoccupied in our Home Mission Field. ' 
 
 VACANT MISSIONS. 
 
 And First we find that at the present time tliere are nine fields 
 of labourwithout the services of a Missionary Priest ; some of 
 them havmg enjoyed the spiritual privileges of the Church for 
 many years, and some having been set off as new pastures for onlv 
 a few years. The names of these vacant Missions are : Aberdeen, 
 Albert Cambridge, Canterbury, Douglas, Grand Falls, Madawaska 
 1 oint du Chene and Waterford. 
 
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 ALrERT and Madawaska, as Missions of the Church com- 
 prise, as is -onerally known, two whole Counties. In the former 
 the work IS by no means new, ],ut no settled Missionary has stayed 
 there niucli longer than a year at a time for more than twenty 
 years ; so that if the Church Society grants aid to Albert, it may 
 almost clann the establishment of a New Mission. Madawaska 
 however, is a County where the members of the Cliurch are very 
 ew, and the prospects of an increase necessarily small, the popu- 
 ation bemg chiefly French. Are we not to care for the few souls 
 because they are few v it seems indeed that these two Counties 
 cry to us as loudly as any part of our Mission Field for the help 
 which ought to be given. 
 
 II. 
 
 Next Cambiiidge and Douglas are two of our oldest 
 Missions, but neither of them very strong in point of numbers or 
 in respect of the wealth of their Church members. Cambhidge 
 however, through the generosity of the late Samuel Scovil, has 
 an endowment for one of its Churches, and it is hoped will be 
 able before long to relieve the Church Society of any further 
 errant. At present the Grant is only $100 to this Mission. 
 
 III. 
 
 Douglas may be said to be in a far weaker condition than it 
 was twenty years ago, the best and strongest part of it having been 
 set otf under another name-viz.. Bright. This old Mission then 
 seems to need all the sympathy and help that the Church Society 
 can give it. -^ 
 
 IV. 
 
 Grand Falls, formerly a portion of the Mission of Andover 
 would seem from its position to form a good centre for Missionary 
 operations ; but for some years it will require the fostering care of 
 the Church Society. 
 
 V. 
 
 n 1 7^/? Canterbury, perhaps less generally known than any 
 held of abour in the Diocese, perhaps also less tempting to anv 
 aspirmg labourer, ought not to bl left to dwindle or pe& It S 
 now been nearly twelve months vacant. 
 
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 VI. 
 
 Ai»KKDEKN and Watekfokd, beiu- new Misnions set off from 
 older ones, occupy the same kind of position in respect of help 
 trom D. C. 8. In both amissions there is need of innne.liate hard 
 work, witli tlie bright prospect of good and speedy results. JJut 
 both sorely need the helping hand of our Society. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Lastly, Point du Ciikne. It is hoped that before very Ion- 
 such arrangements will be made as will enable this Mission to 
 receive the services of the Church. 
 
 HOW TO FILL THEM. 
 
 From this classitication and description of the Missions now 
 vacant, we pass to consider what amount of our Funds would be 
 rerjuux3d to keep these Missions open ; and the answer is not hard 
 to timi-!tr.J,oUO. This seems a large sum of monev, but all of the 
 Missions now spoken of come under the head of the First Object 
 of our Constitution, being either new or poor Missions. Tliese 
 should have the Jirst claim upon our funds, if we would carry out 
 the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the Church Socletv • 
 and It must not be forgotten that, althou-h the rule of the S P u' 
 IS this, that " every Mission receiving aid through that Societv 
 s^hould become self-sustaining in nine years," in many cases, lik^e 
 Albei-t, Canterbury and Douglas, as well as Cambridge, circum- 
 stances have wrought a change for the worse ; and in point of ' 
 extent of area, as also in point of the number of Church members i 
 such .Al.ssions are less able to help themselves than they were i 
 twenty-hve or thirty years ago. How th :. .an the necessary funds ' 
 be realized v in other words, how can th. Church people in the 
 Diocese of Fredericton keep these vacant Missions open by 
 supplying the needful !^3,o00 V 
 
 T. J-^l ^^T ^^^''=*^«"' ^^^"^'^^ ''^^•^" now in receipt of Grants from 
 D. C. b. will be expected to undertake lo per cent, pro rata on 
 last years assessment, as an addition to what has been hitherto 
 required of them. This in some cases may press hardly, where 
 great effort has to be made in struggling places to make up tlie 
 presen Assessment ; but in no case will it exceed $75, which is 
 alter all a small sum when divided among a whole (.oncr,v.,tinn or 
 
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 been entirely liquidated, and that the ]i a I Mi t,t lif, '•'' 
 th(! workof another vearfi-P,. <■,.„„, "" "' Jviissions will begin 
 
 a«d it is earnestK- hone, L '^P' '''■■'™"«'Siug encumbrance ; 
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 at the ,lis,,„sal of the C,,^ ^^""""'' '° '^'''•''=<' "'« '"-"Is placed 
 
 fssued by order of the Executive Committee, 
 
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 7««<?, 1882 
 
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