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CIHM/ICMH
Collection de
microfiches.

Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques

Technical and Bibliographic Notes/Notes techniques et bibliographiques

The Institute has attempted to obtain the best
original copy available for filming. Features of this
copy which may be bibliogrephically unique,
which may alter any of the images in the
reproduction, or which may significantly change
the usual method of filming, are checlced below.

Coloured covers/
Couverture de couleur

|~~~[ Covers damaged/

Couverture endommagde

Covers restored and/or laminated/
Couverture restaurie et/ou pelliculde

Cover title missing/

Le titre de couverture manque

Coloured maps/

Cartes gtographiques en couleur

Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/
Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bieue ou noire)

Coloured pletes and/or illustrations/
Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur

Bound with other material/
ReliA avec d'autres documents

Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion
along interior margin/

La reliure serr^e peut causer de I'ombre ou de la
distortion le long de la merge int6rleure

Blank leaves added during restoration may
appear within the text. Whenever possible, these
have been omitted from filming/
II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajouttes
lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte,
meis, lorsque cela 6tait possible, ces pages n'ont
pas ^ti fllmies.

Additionel comments:/
Commentaires supplAmentaires;

L'Institut a microfilm^ le mellleur exemplaire
qu'il lui a 6t6 possible de se procurer. Les ddtails
de cet exemplaire qui sent peut-Atre uniques du
point de vue bibliographlque, qui peuvent modifier
une image reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger une
modification dans la mithode normale de filmage
sont indiqu6s ci-dessous.

I I Coloured pages/

Pages de couleur

Pages damaged/
Pages endommag6es

Pages restored and/oi

Pages restaur6es et/ou pellicul6es

Pages discoloured, stained or foxe(
Pages dicolor^es, tacheties ou piqu^es

Pages detached/
Pages d6tach6es

Showthrough/
Transparence

Quality of prir

Qualit^ inigale de I'impression

Includes supplementary materii
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Only edition available/
Seule Edition disponible

I I Pages damaged/

I I Pages restored and/or laminated/

rT] Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/

I I Pages detached/

I I Showthrough/

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I I Includes supplementary material/

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slips, tissues, etc., have been refilmed to
ensure the best possible image/
Les pages totalement ou partiellement
obscurcies r>ar un feuillet d'arrata. une pelure.
etc., ont 4t6 filmAes A nouveau de fapon A
obtenir la melileure image possible.

This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/

Ce document est film* au taux de reduction indiqu* ci-dessous.

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Tha copy filmad here has bean raproducad thanks
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Library Division

Provincial Archives of British Columbia

Tha imagas appaaring hara ara tha bast quality
possibia considaring tha condition and lagibility
of tha original copy and in kaaping with tha
filming contract spacifications.

Original copias in printed paper covers are filmed
beginning with the front cover and ending on
the la^t page with a printed or illustrated impres-
sion, or the back cover when appropriate. All
other original copies are filmed beginning on the
first page with a printed or illustrated impres-
sion, and ending on the last page with a printed
or illustrated impression.

The last recorded frame on each microfiche
shall contain the symbol — •> (meaning "CON-
TINUED"), or the symbol V (meaning "END"),
whichever applies.

Maps, plates, charts, etc.. may be filmed at
different reduction ratios. Those too large to be
entirely included in one exposure are filmed
beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to
right and top to bottom, as many frames cs
required. The following diagrams illustrate the
method:

L'exemplaira film6 fut reproduit grAce A la
gAnArosit* da:

Library Division

Provincial Archives of British Columbia

Les images suivantas ont AtA raproduitas avac le
plus grand soin. compta tenu de la condition at
da la nattet* da I'axemplaira film«, et en
conformity avac las conditions du contrat de
filmaga.

Les exemplairas originaux dont la couverture en
papier est imprimie sont film6s en commen^ant
par la premier plat et en terminant soit par la
derniAre page qui comporte une empreinte
d'impression ou d'illustration, soit par le second
plat, salon le cas. Tous Iss autres exemplairas
originaux sont filmAs en commen^ant par la
premiere page qui comporte une empreinte
d'impression ou d'illustration et en terminant par
la dernidre page qui comporte une telle
empreinte.

Un des symboles suivants apparaitra sur la
dernidre image de cheque microfiche, selon le
cas: le symbole -^- signifie "A SUIVRE", le
symbole V signifie "FIN".

Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre
film^s d des taux de reduction diff^rents.
Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre
reproduit en un seul clich6, il est film6 A partir
de I'angle sup«rieur gauche, de gauche d droite,
et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre
d'images ndcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants
illustrent la mdthode.

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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^^

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