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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. rrata o 3elure. 1 A 32X 1 2 3 1 To the Congregation of the Church of Our Lord, Victoria, B. C. D£AK BkETIIREN AND FlUKNDS : Without fonually calling you together, hut in vie*v of your unfailing kindness and consideration, I have presumed on your assent to a step which I feel to l)e proper to my advancing years. I thank my (iod, who has been so merciful to me all my life long, in that while naturally more subject to ailments, necessitating ;.'ecaution, I am neither decrepit nor b\irdened with sensible failure, mentally or physically. At the same time, at 12, I deem it oidy right to economise, so far as in me lies, what strength I have, by calling in assistance in the discharge of my own proper share in the work of the ministry over you. I trust and believe that I am not without the Divine guidance in taking this step, A clergyman of our chui'ch in the East, well nurtured in protestant principles amid liturgical surroundings, having funned the desire of coming to our province, has, through the introduction of Bishop Cssher, offered himself for work in my jurisdiction, the result being that he has accepted a six months' engagetnent as my curate and personal assistant, to join mo, Clod willing, about the beginning of the year, I ovve to you, no less than to my age, most dear friends, this contril)utive increase to our ministerial strenifth. It would have been, howe^-er, presumptuous and ungrateful on my part, had I, in thia arrangement, contemplated any atldition to your already heavy burdens. I rely simply on the allowance which I now receive from you. coupled with perhaps some added attention on your part, or rather I should say, seeing how much of the burden is wont to rest on a few, some awakened attention on the part of each one, to enable your wardens punctually to supjjly the same, for my discharge of this obligation. My <lear wife, M-ho for so many years has l)een iny faithful fellow worker and true help meet, is more than willing to conform her domestic arrangements to our diminished resources, my daughters also most cordially concurring. As my need of supplementary assistance cannot be expected to diminish with time, it is my hope and purpose, should my assistant find favour in your >ight, ami himself be so disposed, to retain his services so h)ng as, together with my beloved colleague, Dr. iieid. wh(»se co-operation during these past four years, through your liljerality, has been to me most hel[)ful and refreshing, it may please (Jod that I shall continue in tliis ministry. Meanwhile I venture to hope for your further consent at some conveuit>'.t time after the arrival of my assistant, to my taking a recess from active duty for a suitable period, hoping after such recess to resume my work as (iod shall give me strength. Permit uie then, dearest friends, to bespeak on behalf of this brother, and on behalf of his wife, like-minded with hiuiself, that kindness and graciousness of welcome which I myself have found so marked in all our mutual relations. / / In conclusion, CliristiMi\ brethren and friends, witnesses for u fiiitli iuid worsliip pure and undefilcd, snifer tluj word of oxliortatjon from one who must soon give account ol the way in wiiich he lias led the L<n-d's Hock, whether in the way of heresy and schism, or in the way of the unity of the faith according to the word of trutli in the (lospel, uncorrnpted by art or human device. Consider well, I beseech you, why yi)u are ri'f.)rmed episcopalians. Examine your fo\indat:ons, and make sure that you are buildino- on a rock, .\ltliough your friend.ship is very precious to me, and lias more than made amends for wrongs which, even ap:irt fn)m tliis sjlace, are not worthy to be named along with the name of Christ, who has made sutfeiing and reproach a blessing and a joy rather than a complaint to all who witness for J lim, yet let us all rciueuibor, as in his sight, that our testimony is worse than vain if it rest only on a personal fonndaticiu. If our eml be not the truth of the Gospel, threatened with overthrow by the traditions of men, we have no right to exist, neither can we stand longer tluiTi the fluctuating elements on which we lean. Stand fast, therefiirc, in the faith, considering your true, your only end, Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day. and for ever. Tut the world under your feet. J3eware of those who arrcjaate dominion over the bo.ly of Christ to glorify themselves. The blessing of God be upon you. My earnest prayer for yon all is that you may be not only a congregation of faithful worshippers, witnessing for your children as well us for yourselves, bat also a refuge for others, especially for our liturgical brethren, strangers from Knglaud or elsewhere, for whom you should ever have a warm ami hearty welcome, as for those who desire to worship God, undisturbed by pretensions and practices through which, in every land, so many are iieiiig led away from the faith, the Protestant faith ; that faith for which so many shed their blood ; that faith wluch is Christ our only Head and • Lord,' and King, and His word our oidy law ; to whom alone be glory and d uniuion for ever ami ever. Amen. Your Servant and brother in Him, Nov. 25th. iS'JO. /^ ' ( -^■''v^^ 223550