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 Ih ,,:„-,■;_,.,,■ St. John, Address of Rpv. WO. liayraond, 
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 'I'hc Deanery of Saint John, properly si)eaking comprises the 
 County of Saint 'lohn only", but the late Bishop Medley having 
 allowed the clergynn^n in 'charge of W'estfield and Petersville to 
 attend the meetings of this Deanery as more convenient for them 
 than those of their own Deanery of Kingston, these two parishes 
 have been commonly regarded as a part of the Deanery of Saint 
 
 lohn. 
 
 The statistical returns printed in the last annual r-.-port or 
 the D. C. S. give, for the Deanery 2,547 communicants, 407 baj)- 
 tisnis and 247 connrmed : the numbers being in each case about 
 one-third of the totals for the Diocese. The number of clergy- 
 men resident in the Deanery is also about one-third the entire 
 number in the Diocese and includes 15 rectors or incumbents, 3 
 curates, 4 clergymen who have lately retired from the charge of 
 parishes and 2 engaged in educational work, 25 clergymen in all. 
 The amount of money raised for. various church purposes as 
 shown by the return just referred to is $42,370, or about one- 
 half the sum raised by the Diocese as a whole. It will be 
 seen that the Deanery of Saint John while territorially the small- 
 
 
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 est of the seven, is easily the first as regards church population, 
 number of resident clergy, number of communicants and Sunday 
 School children, and in the amount of money raised and expend- 
 ed for the promotion of church work, liearing in mind, there- 
 fore, the important place the Deanery holds in relation to the 
 Diocese at large and the very many features of interest that clust- 
 er round the history of the older parishes, the writer of this paper 
 hopes to be excused if he should be found slightly to exceed the 
 limits into which the writers of some of the other papers may have 
 compressed the story of their respective deaneries. 
 
 Parish of Saint John. Prior to the landing of the loyal- 
 ists in 1783 the number of English speaking inhabitants at the 
 mouth of the Saint John river })robably did not exceed one hun- 
 dred souls.* 'i'here was in addition a small garrison at Fort 
 Frederick, vu the Carleton side of the harbour, and during the 
 American Revjlution a larger garrison at Fort Howe, but there 
 is no record of a clergyman doing duty as chaplain at either post. 
 
 The first clergyman of the Church of England to visit Saint 
 John was the Rev. Thomas Wood, S. 1*. (1. missionary at Anna- 
 polis. He arrived at the harbour of Saint John July i, 1769, and 
 the next day, Sunday, "performed divine service and preached 
 there in English in the forenoon and in Indian in the afternoon 
 to 13 Indian men and women." After service he told them to 
 sing an anthem, "which they performed very harmoniously." An 
 Indian girl was then baptized. In the evening many of the 
 Acadians being present, Mr. Wood held service in French, the 
 Indians again attending, many of them being more familiar with 
 this language than with the English. The services of that first 
 Sunday were unique: nearly 130 years have passed since then 
 but no clergyman at Saint John has ever agai , held three services 
 in three languages on the same day. Mr. ^Vood baptized four 
 English children on the occasion of his visit. 
 
 Before anything was done to establish a permanent mission, 
 the outbreak of the American revolution threw everything into 
 confusion, and nothing further was attempted until the peace of 
 
 In this year some 10,000 Loyalists from the old colonies 
 arrived at St. John, of whom about one half established themselves 
 
 'The first permatient settlement was madp about the year 1762 by the hro'hers James 
 and Richard Sinionds at Portland Point. With them were assoeiated in 1764 William 
 Hazen, James White and others. A flshinif station was established and quite an extensive 
 trade e'arried on with the Indians a d white settlers liviiiij on the river and also with the 
 ff^rrison stationed at Fort Frederick and later at Fort Howe. The company also dyked 
 " the \iveat marsh" and enj^aged extensively in lime burning. 
 
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at the- mouth of the river, the remainder ascending the river and 
 S( ttlinp at various jioints as far north as AVoodstock. 
 
 With these unfortunate exiles, or shortly after, came a number 
 of the S. P. (i. Missionaries who had been forced to abandon 
 their old parishes in the United States, among them there came 
 lohn Beardsley from the banks of the Hudson, John Sayre from 
 (■(Minecticut, Samuel Cooke from New jersey, (leorge Ihsset from 
 Rhode Island, and Mather Byles from Boston. 
 
 Rev. John Beardsle)', who arrived with the 3,000 Loyalists 
 who landed at St. John on the memorable i8ih day of May, was.; 
 the tirst of these to officiate in this Province. To the honor of 
 the Loyalists, be it said, the first framed house finished at St. John 
 was a place of wor?ihip.* 
 
 The Spring after their arrival an attempt was made to build 
 a church at the" south-west corner of what is now the Old Burying 
 ('.round, and here Mr. Beardsley was frequently to be seen with 
 his coat off and broad-axe in hand, with a party of volimteer^, 
 working away at the frame : but alas, their pious intentions were 
 doomed to disappointment, for a disaslrcjus fire on the 18th June, 
 1784, destroyed their timber along with a number of log houses 
 just completed, and the project was for the time abandoned. 
 
 Mr. Beardsley went to NLiugerville, and in September, 1785, 
 Rev. Samuel Cooke succeeded him at St. John. 
 
 The little building on C.ermain street used as a church was 
 in si/e 36 x 28 feet° and by the addition of galleries it served the 
 purpose of a church until the erection of Trinity church in 1791, 
 but Mr. Cooke regarded the usage of this building (in which also 
 law courts and meetings of the city council were held ) as merely 
 a temporary arrangement uiuil the people's circumstances should 
 enable them to build a '• proj)er church," such as should be ''a 
 credit and ornament to the [)lace." Mr. Cooke remained but 
 nine months at St. John, in which time he baptized 75 persons 
 and added many to the number of communicants. He was suc- 
 ceeded b\- the Rev. George Bisset who endeared himself to his 
 parishioners, and his death in March, 1788, was greatly deplored. 
 The corner stone of Trinity was laid l)y I^ishop Charles 
 Inglis on the 20th August, 1788. 'I'he building was opened foi 
 Divine Service on Christmas Day, 1791, and consecrated the next 
 year. More than three \ears before its consecration the name of 
 "Trinity " was ajjplied to the church in an Act of the legislaturet 
 
 ■ It stood oil the fast side of Geiinain street, between Duke and i^ueen streets, 011 lot 
 No. 121, now owned by Mr. John .McMilliin. 
 
 +Althongh this was primarily a loc.nl At, it oon'ained aclaui*e incorporatinu' the Rectors 
 Church Wardens and Vestries of the Chunh of Knirliind in ihe several parishes in the 
 Province. 
 
])ass(j(l in ijSi) creating the ecclesiastical |)arish of Saint John, 
 tilt- limits of which were identical with those of the city. 
 
 It is of course iln|)os^il>le in such a paper as this to consider 
 in detail the history of Trinity ('hurch, and that of the [»arish of 
 St. John.* 
 
 In the present Trinit} ("lunch eight memorial brasses u[)on 
 the i)anels at the west vni] hear the names of the rectors who 
 have been in charge of the church during the first century of its 
 histor)' vi/ : — 
 
 Rev. (leorge IJisset, M. .\., 17.S6-8.S, 
 
 Rev. Mather Hvles, I). I )., 17.SS 1.S14, 
 
 Rev. Robert Willis, D. D., iS 18-25,. 
 
 Rev. n. (;. Cray, 1 ). I ).. 1825 40. 
 
 Kev. J. W. 1). (hav. I ). D., 1840 08, 
 
 Rev. James j. Hill'. M. A., 1S68 73, 
 
 Rev. V. H. j. Ih-igstocke, I). 1)., 1873 to ilate. 
 
 It may surprise man\- persons to learn that down to the year 
 1847 ^^^^ rector of Trinit)' Church was [)aid in part by the S. P. (1. 
 
 The Church Society of the Arcluleaconr\' of New Brunswick 
 was organized in 1836-7 but at that time neither the rector of 
 Trinity Church (the elder Dr. Cira\) nor his |)arishoners looked, 
 with favor upon the movement. It was not until the year after 
 Hishoip Medle) 's arrival that the parish entered cordially into the 
 working of the Society, sent delegates to its meetings, and gave 
 as its first contri')ution the sum of over $1400. 
 
 Much might be said did time permit regarding the alterations 
 and improvements made in old Trinity Church under its several 
 rectors, the interest that was displayed in the introduction of the 
 Nfadras system of education, the establishment of Sunday Schools, 
 the improvement in church music, etc.. until there occurred 
 the calamitous destruction of church and school house in the 
 disastrous conflagration of 1877, only to rise from its ashes under 
 t!^e vigorous leadership of its |)resent Rector stronger and more 
 beautiful than ever. 
 
 In the new Trinity Church a handsome memorial i)rass tab- 
 let bears this inscri{)tion : - 
 
 "The first Church erected nn this site was built by the Lnynlisls. The 
 corner stone was laid on Aujrust 10, 1788, by the Right Reverend Charles 
 Inglis, D. D., Bishop of Nova Scotia, and was opened for divine worship 
 Christmas day, 1791, Rev. Mather Byles, D. D., Rector. 
 
 
 Those who desire full information will find it in the "History of Trinity Church, 
 17!)l-18S)l," compiled and edited by the Ven. Archdeacon Brigstocke, D. D., published by 
 J. & A. McMillan, St. John, N. B. 
 
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 Tlif site consists of iwo lilts (in rii-rmaiii Strt'it, one of wliicli was ^ivon 
 liy (iencral Collin an I one l)y John Codiran, IOs(|., and two lots on Chirlotte 
 Street, which were given liy Thomas W'hitlock, Ks(|. It was destroyed liy tire 
 \m\i: 20, 1S77. 
 
 The present Churcii was iicL^un in 1870 when its coriur stone was laid by 
 the Most Reverend John Mtdley, D. H., Lord 15 sho|) of l'"rederic'.)n and 
 Metropi'iitan of Canada, 0:1 M. iiday, May in, 1S79. It was consecrated 
 Decenilier 9, 18S0, Rev. Canon Hrit^'tocke, M. A., Rec'.or. 
 
 Tlic tcrrilor)' iiKludcd in tlic i)ri>;iiial [);irisli of SaiiU John in 
 the- ('(Hirse of time iias hceii suljdividcd into six parishes and a 
 few Words will he said of each in its turn. 
 
 Trinitv (]luireh has now alxnit 400 coninuniicants, a large 
 and Well organized Sun(la\' School, and in many wa)s exercises a 
 powerful influence upon the cluircli life of the city and of the 
 I )iocese at large. 
 
 Parish of Carloton '! hat [)art of the original parish of° 
 Saint Jolm to the west of the liarhor was in(;orj)orated as a sei)ar- 
 ate pari>h in the \ear 1S25, with Ke\. Frederick Coster as its 
 first Rector. 
 
 SeiA'ices at ("arleton were at first held in jirivate houses, and 
 two houses arc- st'll standing in whieh Rev. ( ieorge liisset, Rev. 
 Mather l^yles. Rev. Richard ("Luke (of ( Jagetown ), and various 
 lay readers held services, or taught and catechised the children. 
 \ l)iiilding on King street was fitted up as a place of worship 
 about i79cS, and calletl St. Jijhn's ( hapel. Rev. Dr. Willis held 
 regular services here on Sunday afterncxjns until i-Sig, when his 
 assistant. Rev. .Xbraham Wood, took u]) his residence in ('arleton. 
 1)V his efforts a church was hegiui the next year on a site granted 
 by the Mayor and Corporation of St.' John: this church, the pres- 
 ent St. (leorge's (Zhurch, was first used tor service in Sijptember, 
 [S21, but was not consecrated till Jul\ j,^. 1.S26. 
 
 In i>S23 Rev. Mr. Wood exchanged with the Rev. !•". ( ,'oster 
 iuul went to (Irand Lake. Mr. Coster remained in charge of the 
 parish until his death in 1866, a long rectorate of 43 years. His 
 widow is still living. .Mr. Coster established the Madras School 
 in (."arleton about the time of his arrival ; it is still in existence 
 and doing good work. At the time of the formation of the 
 Church Society in 1836 37, Re\'. .Mr. ( 'oster was elected secre- 
 tary, a i)osition he held for twelve years. The [xirish of ('arleton 
 sent in 1837 as its lay delegates, (Ieorge I"'. S. JJerton and (Ieorge 
 1). Robinson, but they were the only delegates from the Deanery, 
 nor did Carleton, or an\- other parish in the Deanery, again send 
 <lelegates until Bishoj) Medley succeeded in 1845 in removing 
 jsome of the prejudices that prevailed, and thenceforth all the 
 parishes, with more or less heartiness, su[)ported the Society. 
 
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 Ainoni:; the earlier <;rants of the Society was one of ^,'25 in 
 aid (jf the addition of galleries U) St. (ieorge's ("hurch. 
 
 Mr. ('oster was succeeded l)y the Kev. William W^alker, who 
 resigned in 1S71 and was succeeded 1)\ the Rev. T. K. Dowling. 
 'I'he latter was 13 \ears in charge, during which period he accom- 
 plished nuich valuable work, not only in (!arleton, hut at Fairville 
 in the adjijining parish ol' Lancaster. Mr. howling served on 
 leading committees of tiie I). (\ S. and S\nod, but he will he best 
 remembered for his untiring devotion to the interests of the S. !'. 
 (". K. IJook I )epository. 
 
 Kev. Lel5. W. Fowler came in 1 884, an^^arJfS '^^f^^^'^' >^3IJ>' 
 sojourn St. (Ieorge's rectory was built and Fairville became an in- 
 dependent Mission. 
 
 Rev. O. ( i. 1 )obl)s was chosen Rector in 1887, and remained 
 about three \ears in charge. He was succee'led on June 25, 1890, 
 by the present incumbent, the Rev. W. II. Sampson. o 
 
 St. (.Ieorge's Church has now 220 communicants, a Sunday 
 School numbering 200 scholars, a good choir and ])i[)e organ (the 
 latter the only one in ('arletoni ; the services are well attended and 
 the congregation devout, earnest and reverent. 
 
 Parish of Saint James. — Shortly after the arrival of 
 Hishop .Medley in 1845, a memorial was presented to hmi by a 
 immber of prominent and inlluential churchmen stating that since 
 the erection of St. John's Chapi;l on Carleton Street in 1824, the 
 population of the i)arish had more than doubled and diat ad- 
 ditional ac('ommodation, es[)ecially for the poor, was im[)eratively 
 refjuired. In the 0])inion of the memorialists the best practical 
 remedy was the division of the parish of Saint John into t.hree or 
 more parishes each under a rector of its own. The l^ishop in his 
 reply said " I do not know that I ever saw a memorial with the 
 manner or matter of which 1 more heartily agreed than that which 
 you have been pleased to send me. It is founded, as I conceive, 
 on the true principle of church extension — in fact on the self 
 same princi[)le which has given a Bishop to New Brunswick, 
 Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. I think, however, that it is only 
 due to the ret:tor of the parish that he should be ai)pri/ed of your 
 memorial to me, and invited to co-operate in the work of church 
 extension." 
 
 This was the beginning of a movement which a few years 
 later resulted in the formation of the parishes of Saint James and 
 Saint Mark. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Gray was (}uite conscious that for some years 
 Trinity Church had failed to supply all the accommodation re- 
 
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 (|uire(l by ihc churcli people, |)articiilarl\' those living in the 
 southern |)art.of the city : accordingly, on the 15th May, 1S4S, a 
 coinniittce was ap|)ointed with his approval to choose a site for a 
 new church in " Lower (.'ove." The site selected was 011 Main 
 Sireet (now IJroad Street). It cost J^,-\oo and upon it the first 
 St. James church was built and (-onsecrated by IJishop Medle\', 
 October 22, 185 i. At the next session oi' the legislature an act 
 was [Kissed by which all that part (^f Saint John south of ( juceii 
 street was made a new j)arish. 
 
 'l"he Rev. John Armstrong was the first clergyman in charge 
 of St. James c^hiuvh, but shcjrtly after the formation of the parish 
 he retfred in favor df his son tjhe Km'. William .Viqpstrong. The' 
 latter was rector for nearlv 30 \ears. He was always a warm 
 friend of the I )iocesan ( "hurch Society. A local conmiittee was 
 formed in the parish in i<S52 with the late Henry W. i-'rith as 
 secretary, and during .Mr. .Xrmstrong's rct'torate the contributions 
 averaged nearly .$300 [ler annum. It was mainly through his 
 efforts that the first St. James church, after its destruction in the 
 great fire of 1H77, was rephux-d by the present handsome stone 
 edifice, and thus was one (jf the first of the many plac:es of worship 
 destroyed rebuilt. 
 
 Rev. G. O. 'J'roop succeeded Mr. Armstrong in 1883 and 
 under his ministry the church grew in influence and jjower. Mr. 
 '{"rooj) was succeeded in 1887 by the Rev. ('. J. James and he in 
 1894 by the Rev. A. I ). Dewdu' y. 
 
 St. James has now 250 comnnmicants, a Sunday School with 
 26 teachers and 230 scholars, hearty services and large congre- 
 gations. 
 
 Parish of Saint Mark. — The city of Saint John began 
 to grow rapidly about the year 181 7, and Trinity Church soon 
 proved insufficient to accommodate all who desired to att-nd. Sun- 
 day evening services were held b)' the Rector of Trinity in the 
 Madras School Room on the north side of King Square, but 
 these additional services proved inadecjuate to meet the wants of 
 the communitv and as a conse(iuenct; it was decidtd in 1822 to 
 build another church. A committee wns appointed to look out a 
 site. The City Council offered to grant one at the corner of the 
 Old Burying (iround, opposite the Court House, and this was at 
 first a(x:epted, but not being generally apjjroved by those interested 
 it was afterwards de(Mded to accept the offer of the late Chief Jus- 
 tice ('hi[)man of the site at the head of Wellington Row, where 
 St. John's C'hurch and school house now stand. The pro[)erty was 
 conveyed to the Cor[)oration of Trinity Church in due form by 
 "a certain indenture, dated the 19th day of May, 1823." The 
 
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 built of stone, it has ever siiKe been ])0|)ularly known as "the 
 Stone Church." 
 
 The i)riginal contract [)rice was J^.t,^)Oo, and on completion 
 the pews of the church wert' sold for ^^3,271. The church was 
 opened t'or divine ser\ ice Sei)tenil)er 1 1, 1S25, by the Kev. (leor<;e 
 Best, Ar("hdeacon of New IJnmswick, who preached a sermon from 
 die words " I'eace be within tliy walls."' 
 
 St. John's Church remainetl in charge of the Rector of Trin- 
 it\ until tile arrival of the Rev. (leorge M. .\rmstrong in 1 )ecem- 
 l)er, i(S5 2, when ste|)s ut/re taken for the formation of a new parish. 
 Accordinglv, b\- an .\ct of the' Legislature I'^ssed in 1S53, that 
 |>art of the parish of Saint lohii north of L . mi street was con- 
 sticutetl the t'c<'lesiastical parish of Saint Mark. Messrs. L. H. 
 l)e\'el)er and Charles Ward weP' the fu'st church wartlens, and 
 among the \estryni. n were j. IL Ruel, I'. W. Paniel. A\'. H. 
 .\dams, John McA\ir\- and J. W. i.awreiict'. 
 
 It is needless to speak in detail of tin- devoted labors of the 
 first rector, the Rew (1. M. .\rmstrong. during the 35 years of his 
 rectorate. 15} his efforts the chapel of St. Mars's on Waterloo 
 Street and llie first school houses ^n St. John's and St. .Nfary's 
 were built. He was also laigely instrumental in founding the 
 Proti'Stant Orphanage, the Old l.atlies' Home and other benevol- 
 ent iiisiitutiiJiis. Throughout his ministry Mr. Armstrong I'lung 
 most coiiscienti(;usl\- and tenaciously to "evangelical |)rinciples." 
 IJut it is worth) of note that ;it the time an attemjit was made to 
 establish a " Reformed i-'.piscopal Church" in St. John, and to 
 cause a stampede of die " Low ("hurch Tarty" in that direction, 
 Mr. .Vrmslrong opiiosed the movement ver\- strongly and his in- 
 fluence undoubtedls' did ver\ nui(~h to [irevent iis assuming large 
 |)roportionN in the c(jnmumit\. 
 
 l)uring the 'ong ].)eriod of his ministr\- My. Armstrong had 
 as curates or assistants die Ri\erends M. Svval)ey, C. R. Matthew, 
 S. H. Kellogg, |. f'rederic ( arr, b)>eph Smith, Henry Overy, [. 
 Williams, I-'.' H. .\lmon. R. J. Cniacke, O. S. Xewnliam. W. 6. 
 Raymond. ( ). C. 1 )obbs. and W. H. Sampson. 
 
 'I'he presiMit rector of the i)arish, the Rev. J. deSoyres, M. A , 
 began his work on l-'.aster Day, 1S88. .Among the features that 
 have marked his vigorous rei torate are the incorporation of the 
 i'arishofSf. Mary in 1S89, the erection in 1892 of a new and 
 beautiful stone school house, and the ".Mission" held by the 
 Rev. W. Ha\ .Vitken in 1895. 
 
 'J'he |iarish has a communicant roll of 350, a large Simday 
 School, and an efficient parochial organization: from time to time 
 it makes generous contributions to extra-parochial objects. 
 
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 Parish of Victoria. -This parish was formed hy the di\- 
 ision of the old parish of Carleton in the )ear 1857. The 
 Kev. John Armstrong, lather of the late Rev. (li-orge Armstrong, 
 was the first clergyman in charge. 
 
 'I'lie parish church of St. jutle was en cted soon after the n- 
 corporation of the j)arish, hut was not consecrated until Mav .', 
 I S6 1 . 
 
 In the year 1.S5S the p;irisli made a contribution of .$21 to 
 the 1). ('. .S., and th(_' church wardens. Messrs. |ose[)h Whipple- 
 and James .Stackhouse, reported that the [)arishi()ners being "deep- 
 ly sensible of the great l)enefn which our beloved Churi h has 
 derived from the exertions of tin' 1 ). ( ". S., and anxious to advance 
 the designs of the Society, have formed a local committee." Owing 
 however to the \ arish being aiderl by a grant from the Colonial 
 and Coi tinental Church Societv, the connection with the D. C. S. 
 was discontimied soon afte". but was re\i\ed under Mr. '"arntlK r 
 in iSjS. 
 
 Kev. M. Suabey succeeded i\e\'. John .\rmslrong as Rector 
 in 1.S66, anil ri'mained in cliarge luitil 1 87 ;;,* when Rev. 1). 15. 
 rariither came. There were at tliis time 40 c(Miinuinicaiits in the 
 [larish. and 120 (hiNh'en in the Suivhn- School. 
 
 In 1886 Re\-. J. ( ). Cris[) came as curate, ani succeeded Mr. 
 I'arnther as rector next war. 1 .argely through his efforts and per- 
 sonal generosity St. Jude's church was greatl impriAcd and made 
 one of the most beautiful wooden churches in the I )ioc(.s(.'. Mr. 
 Crisp was a \ery generous supporter of the D. C. S. lb- was suc- 
 ceedc'd in 1 8c; i by the Rev. R. W. Hudgell. Sunda\' morning, 
 I'ebruary 5, 189^^. the beautiful little St. lude's churcli was com 
 pletely d(.'Slroyc(l !)\- I'lre, and >horth.' after Mr. Hudgell remo\ed 
 to I'airville. Altera vacancy ol 15 months, during which ser\ ices 
 were held in the school house by some (jf thi' St. John clerg\-, 
 Rev. W. H. Barnes was appointed Rector, and under his energetic 
 leadership a new church was ereiied, and completed in i8()C) b\ 
 tin- i)resent Rector. Re\\ '. .\1. \\':'h\-combe. 
 
 Parish of Saint Mary. Church work in the district 
 which now forms the Parish of Saint Mary was be^un by the 
 Rev. (leo. Armstrong shortly after his arrival at St. John in 1853. 
 Starting with a Sunday School established in the old Orange Mall 
 on Brussels Street bv Mr. ,\rmstrong and his co-workers Messrs. 
 'I". W. Daniel and S. 1). Herton, the nucleus of a large congre- 
 
 • Kev. .Miiurice Swabey is now llio incunilifiil of St. Tlionias, Kveter. the <h\irch of 
 wliich liishop Medley was the Itector at the time of hisappoiiitiiient ax liishnp ol Ki-eder- 
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 gation was got together and for their accommodation St. Mary's 
 Church was built in i860, additions to which were made in i<S77. 
 A large school house was also built in 1866, which was burned Nov. 
 28, 1 88 1, but has since been replaced by a mo.e substantial and 
 conunodious building erected at a cost of over $4,000. 
 
 The parish of Saint Mary, comprising parts of ihe adjoining 
 parishes of Saint Mark and Saint Faul, was constituted, under he 
 provisions of the church act, in 1889, and the Rev. \\' O. Ray- 
 mond, who had been already for five years curate in charge, was 
 chosen as rector. Since the formation of the new i)ansh the 
 church, which was much out of repair, has been restored and im- 
 proved both internally and externally at a cost of more than 
 $3,000. During the period, now nearly 14 years, in which the 
 present re(-tor has been in charge of St. Mary's, the baj)tisms have- 
 averaged annually 52, the burials 43, the number confirmed 16, 
 the marriages 17, There are now 200 communicants in the 
 parish, and in the Sunday School 30 teachers and 300 scholars. 
 
 Parish of Portland - -In 1825 this parish (then including 
 Simonds) with a total population of more than 3000 souls, was 
 without a single place of worship of any description. What was 
 afterwards known as the Town of Portland was then but a rising 
 village. Services were hekl in the year 1827 by Dr. Lk'njamin 
 (iray and his son Rev. J. W. I). Gray, in private houses, but the 
 next year a movement was set on foot by the Hon. Charles 
 Simonds and others for the erection of a church near Fort Howe. 
 This church was built at the corner of Simonds and High Streets 
 and was called Clrace Church. The following notice fixes the 
 date of its opening : — 
 
 NOTICE. 
 
 "The Sunday evening; services hilhcrlo held at Mr. WaterburyV, Parailise 
 Row, and Mrs. Mcrriu's, Indiantown, are to be transferred to the mw chinch 
 which will he openetl Sunday August 16, 1829, at six o'clock in ^he evening.'' 
 
 A Sunday School organized in 1833 with 3 teachers and six 
 
 .scholars rapidly increased, and at the expiration of 12 months 
 
 there were 14 teachers and 211 scholars. Grace Church was 
 
 "consecrated by Bishop John Inglis, September 15, 1835: the 
 
 seats were all free. 
 
 Rev. Gilbert L. Wiggins in 1833 was appointed rector of 
 Portland. He was ordained at Quebec in 18 19 and has the dis- 
 tinction of being the first natm:-f\>}-H clergyman of the Church of 
 England in New Brunswick. Greatly to the regret of his parish- 
 ioners he was compelled on account of ill health to retire at the 
 
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 close of the year 1S36. Rev. William Harrison, who succeeded 
 to the rectorate, was also a native of the province. He was ad- 
 mitted to the Diaconate by the Bishop of Barbadoes and ordained 
 priest by the Right Rev. John Inglis. On his arrival Mr. Harri- 
 son found Grace Church ijuite too small for its growing congre- 
 gation and it was decided to build a larger church as speedily as 
 possible. The new church (old St. I>uke's) was opened by Arch- 
 deacon ('oster Dec. 23, 1838. He thus describes it in his rc[)ort 
 to the S. P. G.— 
 
 " The new church, though erected wholly by voluntary con- 
 tributions, is a spacious building 75 x 50 feet and cost more 
 than ^"2000. It owes its existence mainly to the zeal and 
 exertions of Hon. Charles .Simonds, a resident in the parish and 
 a bountiful contributor to tlie work. Chief Justice Chi[)man and 
 other churchmen in the City of St. John gave it very liberal 
 assistance." 
 
 The church was C(jnsecrated November i, 1840, and on the 
 evening of the same day the Bishop (confirmed 44 candidates, 
 among them the late Hon. Sir Leonard Tilley. 
 
 \Vhen the Church Society was formed Hon. Charles Simonds 
 became one of its first "life members," and soon after a vice-pres- 
 ident. Portland received grants of books from the Society, but 
 it was not until 1846 ihat the Parish caiue heartily to the su[)port 
 of the Soi'iety with a contribution of about $426.00. It can 
 scarcely be said tnat this Parish has of late given a very enthus- 
 iastic support to the missionar\- work of the diocese, but it is ho[)ed 
 that so large and im{)ortant a i)arish will not long be behind the 
 others. After Grace Church was taken down in 1841, St. Luke's 
 Sunday School met for 13 years in the Madras school house on 
 the Black Spring Road. 
 
 In 1854, in order to provide additional accommodation for 
 the growing congregation, the church was enlarged and a base- 
 ment finished for the use of the Sunday School. 'I'his year was 
 a verv sad one for both Portland and St. John : no less than 1500 
 [)eo{)le died in a few weeks of Asiatic cholera. I'he e[)i(lcmic was 
 especially fatal at Indiantown, where at one time there were not 
 more than a dozen persons in residence out of a po{)ulati()n of 
 300, in consecjuence of deaths and desertions. Mr. Harrison's 
 conduct at this time was admirable. Kntirely forgetful of self, he 
 stood bravely at the post of duty, calmly ministering to the sick 
 and dying, and burying the dead.* 
 
 *The oondupt of Revs. G. M. Armstrontr, William Arinstronjr, Canon Scovil, and othe;8 
 of the St. John ('lerg^, al this sad time, was eiiually fearless and de\oted. 
 
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 A full account of the histon- of St. Luke's church, undcr 
 Mr. Harrison and his successors, is contained in the Rev. L. (;. 
 .Stevens" " Review of the first half-c:entur\'s histor\- of St. Luke's 
 church," published by j. \' A. McMillan in 1889. 
 
 Rev. W'illiatn Harrison retired in 1875, having been near]\ 
 forty years Rector. In the course of this period he had as curatt's 
 Rev. \\". Harrison i'illev, 1867 71. and Re\-. W. 15. Armstrong. 
 1871-75. 
 
 Rev. \\ H. Allien waselei .ed to succeed Mr. Harrison, Ma\- 
 2j, J 875, and the ver\- next day ihtrc occurred the destructive 
 ''Portland fire" in which Si. Luke's Church and 80 dwellint: 
 nouses and shops wc^rc burned and 163 families turned out of 
 doors. 
 
 The basement onl\- ot' llic present St. Luke's had been com- 
 pleted when in 1878 Mr. Almon resigned ni;iinl\- on accouru of 
 the opposiii(jn to his proposal that all seats in the new church 
 should be free. He was succeeded by the Rev. L. (1. Stevens 
 under whom the church was completed and opened for services 
 .August 29, 1880. Later an excellent pipe organ and handsome 
 stained glass windows were pro\ided. In 1893 Mr. Stevens was 
 succeeded by Re\ . I'^. W. Sibbald. The present Rector, Rev. R. 
 r. i\IcKim took charge in i8(j;. 
 
 The Sunday ScJHx;! of St. Luki^'s with it> _:;5 teacher^ and 
 400 scholars is '"-e largest in the I )i()(\ se. The parish has now 
 a great variety u\ organizations for church work and the rector is 
 ably assisted in his arduous labors by tlie Re\. \\ W . Racon. 
 
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 Parish of Saint Paul. Tliis parish luuil the year 1850 
 formed pau of Portland, although --St. i'aul's district." so called 
 had a church of its own as vi\v\y as 1842. which came to pass in 
 this way. 
 
 After the erection of St. Luke's Church the parish corpor 
 ation presented a petition to the i^ishop of Xova Scotia for per 
 mission to removi' Crace Chun h. 'I'his being granted "little 
 (irace Church, ■ as it was called, was taken down, removed to 
 Wall Street and re-erected almost solely at the expense of Chiet 
 justice Chipman. It was named St. Raul's Chapel, but was com- 
 monly termed "the N'alley ('hur( h." It was (jpened for Sunday 
 afternoon services July 24, 1842. on which occasion evening 
 prayer was read by the Rev. Canon Harrison and an impressive 
 sermon preached by Rev. Dr. ( ;ray from Psalm xxvii, 4, 5. 
 Afternoon services continued to be held by Canon Harrison until 
 the year 1850 when the Rev. W. H. Shore, a native of Frederic- 
 ton, took charge. The \'allev Ctuin-h in this vcar connected it- 
 
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 self with the Diocesan Church Society by organi/inij; a local com'- 
 mittcc and sending a contribution of $46, the hrst of a series of 
 annual contributions by which this church has since then added 
 upwards of $22,000 to the luiuls of the 1). (\ S., r. noble record 
 indeed ! Important changes were made in St. Paul's (Church 
 upon Mr Shore's arrival. A chancel was addi'a, the basement 
 hnished and an organ provided. 'I'he greater part of the expense 
 was again borne by Chief justice Chipman. 'I'hisgood friend of the 
 ( hurch had previoustv given the site of the church with several lots 
 adjoining, the whole estimated to be worth ,^,'2000, on condition 
 that all the sittings in the gallery should be free and the other 
 pews ncjt sold but leased. St. Paul's Sunday School was l)egun 
 by Mr. Shore. In i<S52 the Rev. Charles Lee, another native of 
 Fredericton, succeeded Mr. Shore who retired on account of fail 
 inu health. I'our vears later that part of Portland east of Mill 
 Street and a line drawn north iherefrom was in(-orporated as the 
 Parish of Saint l\iul. 
 
 In the Near 1859 Canon Lee was a])|)ointed Rector ot l'"red- 
 ericton, and was succeeiled at St. Paul's by the Rev. W. H. De 
 Veber. The [)aribh in the year 1.S65 relinquished the grant made 
 by the S. P. Ci. towards the Rector's stijiend. 
 
 The i)ixsent St. Paul's school house was begun in 1866, and 
 completed in 1 868. at a cost of over $3,000. l vow December, 
 1868, when the old \alley Church was taken down, until August 
 16, 1871. when the new church was consecrate'd, services were 
 held in the school house. L'[) to the May hth, 1869, no sub- 
 scriptions had Iteeii solicited towards the new church, and it was 
 decided at a ])arish meeting on this date that thicre should be an 
 offertory on the hrst Suialay in June as the first contribution for 
 the building hind. In response to the Rector's ap[)eal, a sum 
 amounting to ;.h;iut $5,000 was received. .V large number of the 
 clergy of the Diocese were i)resent at the consecration of the 
 new church, .\bout the vear 1871 the Rector of St. Paul's, at the 
 stiggestion of his vestr)', discarded the bla(-k gown, and this was 
 regarded in Saint John at that time as (]uite a serious inno- 
 vation. St. Paul's (Church, however, was very conservative as re- 
 gards the introdue'tion of Sunday evcnin^a; services, which were not 
 the rule there until a few years ago. In recent years Canon De 
 N'eber had as his curates at St. Paul's Revs. 1''. S. Sill, C. 15. Ken- 
 rick, A. j. Reid, C S. C.. Lut/ and P. F. Cooley. Of these Mr. 
 Sill proved a j)articularly valuable worki-r in the parish and dean- 
 ery : and Mr. Reid left his memorial in the little Mission Chapel 
 of St. Hariiabas at Sand Point, erected largely through his efforts. 
 
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 In the year 1894 Canon DeVeher retired from the rectorate, 
 and the Rev. A. (1. Hamilton Dicker was elected his successor. 
 
 St. Paul's Church has nearly 300 communicants, a large Sun- 
 day School with morning and afternoon sessions, and a variety of 
 parochial organizations, all doing good work. 
 
 Mission Church of Saint John the Baptist. Phis 
 church was built in 1891 mainl)' hy the liberality of Miss Hazen 
 who gave $10,000 for the purpose. It was opened the next year 
 with the Rev. J. M. Davenport, M. A., Priest in charge, and he has 
 retained the position down to the present time with the exception 
 of an interval in 1892 93 when tiie Rev. Pelham Williams, 1). D., 
 was in charge. The congregation of the Mission Chapel and the 
 priest in charge have from the first given a very generous support 
 to the D. C. S., and the work of a leading member of the congre- 
 gation as sei-relary of the i^oard of Home Missions for the past 
 25 years is too well known and too highly valued to require 
 special mention. 
 
 Through the efforts and largely through the liberality of the 
 Rev. J. M. Davenport there was recently established the Daven- 
 ])ort School tor bo)s, of which the Rev. P. Owen Jones is head 
 master. 
 
 St. John Ikiptisi Chun h has about 250 communicants, a 
 Sundo}' S( h()(^l and a xaricty of church organizations. 
 
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 Parish of Simonds. This i)arish like other rural parts of 
 the Deanery was at first dependent upon the St. John clergy for 
 occasional services. It was visited from time to time by Rev. 
 Dr. Willis, Rev. H. C. Cray, Rev. |. W. D. (Iray and Rev. T. 
 Coster. A school conducted by a school master paid by the S. 
 V. C. was established near ])Ia<k River in 1825 and about the 
 same time some attention was paid to the coloured people at 
 Willow ( hove. 
 
 A church was begun at Loch Lomond but at the time of 
 ]}isho|) Inglis" visit in 1836 was not sufficiently finished to be 
 consec-rated. The Bisho[) at that time confirmed 41 candidates. 
 He was much touched by the appeal made to him by the settlers 
 to have some provision made for their spiritual needs. "The 
 poor peo[)le,"' he says, "gathered round me, entreating and im- 
 ploring me to make some provision for their si)iritual instruction 
 in accordance with the faith of their fathers. Thev are numerous, 
 but scattered over a wide space and with little means of inter- 
 course as their roads are scarcely passable. This evil however 
 dimishes every year as something is yearly done for the improve- 
 
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 nu'iit of the roads. "^ I encouraged them to steadfastness in their 
 faith and [)romised to do all that was in my power for them."' 
 'I'he IJishop commended their situation to the kindly interest of 
 Kt.w Canon Harrison, who seems to have projxjsed to his vestry 
 the omission of a Sunday morning service each month at the 
 parish church in order to visit Lech Lomond. In response the 
 ve-^try pass<'d the following resolution : — 
 
 " Kr-so'Tef, That us the I). strict of Loch Lomnnd still forms part of the 
 I'arish ol [Viriland, the Wardens and \'eslry I'tiVr no ohjeclion to the Rev. 
 Mr. Harrison performing Divine ^ervice there on one SaMulh morning in 
 each month." 
 
 IJishop Inglis on the occasion of his next visit in i (S40, (con- 
 secrated All Saints Church at Loch Lomond and also St. John's 
 Chapel on tlie roacl to St. Martins, 'i'he I ). C. S. made a grant 
 of ^^24 ro o in aid of the Loch Lomond Church. 
 
 The civil parish of SiiriOnds was established by pct of the 
 k-Lislature in I'S^^t;. 
 
 Soon after Bishop .Medley's arri\al in the Diocese he visited 
 "the churclKs of Ui:)per and Lower Loch Lomond" in company 
 v.ith Pr. (ira)', in order to arrange for the sending to them a resi- 
 dent missionary. 'I'he next year, 1846, the Rev. j. W. Disbrow 
 took charge of the parish where he remained until 1H58. 'I'he 
 l)arish local committee reported to the D. C. S. their great satis- 
 faction that, aided by the * . nt\' of the S(;(iel\-, the\' were now al)le 
 to enjoy fretpient services on the Lord's Day and to have a resi- 
 dent clergyman among them. 
 
 In i<S5r and the two years following tb.e D. C. S. made 
 grants amounting to $200 towards the completion of St. 'i'homas 
 Church at iJlack River, which church was consecrated January 
 25, 1854. At this time the or<linary congregations were 80 to 
 100 at Black River, 40 at Loch Lomond and 20 at (hiaco R(jad : 
 ('onmumicants in all 36. ?>isho{) Medley in 1857 confu-med at 
 Black River 3 xoung women and 10 young men which he terms 
 "a very unusual proportion."" 
 
 Rev. (ieorge Schofield succeeded Mr. DisbrovV in i860 and 
 continued in charge of the parish 32 years during which time he 
 otiiciated at 1055 l)a[)tisms, 265 marr-igus, and 345 burials. He 
 ministered to the chuniies at Loch .>omond and Black River, 
 and to the congregations at Coldbrook, (iarnefts, Upper and 
 Lower Colden Grove, besides oicasional services at Willow 
 ("trove, Drury's Cove and Mispec. He was also for fifteen years 
 ( haplain at the penitentiary and the Alms House. 
 
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 A Sunday School was established by Mr. Schofield at Hlack 
 RivLT in i<S6o. In 1S67 services were begun at (lolden drove. 
 In 1S70 Sunday afternoon services were held with ('anon 
 i )eA'el)er's assistance at Druiy's Cove where a .Sunday School was 
 opened by Mr. H. W. l-'rith. 
 
 In 1S73 a station was establisiicd at Moosepath (now C(j!d- 
 brook) and here .Mr. (1. Herbert Lee acted as Lay Reader for 
 niore than 1 2 \ears. .\ Sunday School was also begun and i)re- 
 parations made as early as 1873 '<^'' ^^^^ erection of a church. 
 The project was however dela\ed by a variet}' of circumstanc:es 
 for several )-ears, and finall)- the St. John fire brought everything 
 to a staiul. 
 
 In i<S<S7 a Sunday School was begun at (lolden (irove 1)\' 
 -Mr. (Jhurchill. During the period, of Re\. Mr. Schofield's rec- 
 torate the contributions of the i)arish to the 1). ('. S. increased 
 from $55 to $310 per annum. 
 
 Re\. L. A. Ho\t took charge of the parish in July, 1893. 
 Among the new features of tlie work lunler his control may be 
 mentioned the establishment of a .station at Red Head where a 
 chiuxh is now building. 
 
 Although an old established mission few are more laborious 
 than the jjarisii of Simonds. 
 
 lilil 
 
 h 
 
 Parish of Saint Martins. Down to the time of Bishop 
 Medley's arri\al, the i)arish had only an occasional \isit from 
 some of the clergy of the neighboring parishes, although as early 
 as 1825 a leading resident of St. Martins had offered to build a 
 church if the}' were |)ro\ided with a resident clergyman. 
 
 Hishop .Medley, accomjjanied bv Rev. Dr. (Iray, visited 
 "the village of ( juaco "' in 1845 ^^''^b the design of establishing a 
 new mission. He i)reached there on the occasion and baptized 
 5 children. Shortly after the Rev. Thomas Mc^dhee* took 
 charge of St. Martins in conjunction with the parishes of Upham 
 and Hammontl. Two years later he removed to Sussex and was 
 succeeded by Rev. W. H. De\'eber. The church at St. Martins 
 recei\ed two grants from the D. ('. S. towards its completion, but 
 it [)rogressed sIowl\-, and at the expiration of ten years Bishop 
 Medley wrote of it in the following terms: "The mission of 
 <,)uaco for a long time was in a \ery doubtful state and the pet^jle 
 were very apathetic. By perseverani-e, however, progress has 
 been made ; the building purchased from the Methodists has 
 been gradually converted into something like a church ; it is 
 
 Rev. Thomas McOliee was ordaiiKd priest by Pishop Medley at his first ordination 
 service held in St. I'aul's Churcli, Grand Manan, August 10, 184.5. 
 
17 
 
 field al lUack 
 
 oklen diovL'. 
 
 witli Canon 
 
 ly School was 
 
 h 'now Cold- 
 y Readfr for 
 gun and pre- 
 jf a church, 
 ircumstanccs 
 It everything 
 
 .-n (irove b)' 
 
 hotield'.s rec- 
 
 S. increased 
 
 July, 1893. 
 trol may 'je 
 lead where a 
 
 )vc laborious 
 
 le of Bishop 
 1 visit from 
 ugh as early 
 1 to build a 
 in. 
 
 Iray, visited 
 itabjishing a 
 nd baptized 
 Ihee * took 
 s of Uphani 
 sex and was 
 St. Martins 
 pletion, but 
 ;ars Bishop 
 mission of 
 1 the people 
 irogress has 
 hodists has 
 urch ; it is 
 
 first ordination 
 
 floored, ceiled, and has rough benches, and I hope by my next 
 visit to be called on to consecrate it. The congregation is ver) 
 steady and though the day was unfavorable more than 100 
 assembled. I conHrmed 8, When I visited the place 12 years 
 ago (1845) in company with Rev. Dr. Gray I was compelled to 
 hold service in a Baptist Meeting-house which they kindly offered 
 for the purpose.'' 
 
 When the Rev. W. H. DeN'eber was elected Rector of St. 
 Paul's in 1860 he was succeeded by Rev. S. J. Hanford, who for 
 15 years kei)t the church alive there in spite of many discourage- 
 ments. In his rei)ort to the D. C S. in 1875 Mr. Hanford 
 dwlt on the growing importance of St. Martins and urged the 
 appointment of a resident clergyman. The Board of Home 
 Missions considered the project favorably and in October, 1876, 
 Rev. J. R. Campbell took charge of the i)arish together with 
 'I'ynemouth Creek in tlie Parish of Simonds. P>y Mr. Camj)- 
 bell's efforts the church at St. Martins was provided with a bell, 
 organ and i)r()per furniture, and on May 30, 1877, it was conse- 
 crated bv the name of Holy Trinity. On the .same day 44 candi- 
 dates were confirmed. 'l"he year following a i)arsonage was 
 
 built. 
 
 When Rev. J. I-ockward suc<veded Mr. Campbell in April, 
 1882, he was able to say "Thanks to the earnest work of my 
 |)redecessor, 1 founil a parish in a high degree of church eciuij)- 
 ment." The s[)ire of Holy Trinity was shattered by lightning 
 
 in 1883. 
 
 In 1887 Rev. R. W. Brown had charge of the parish. Rev. 
 F. F. Sherman succeeded in 1889 and was followed by Rev. ^\■. 
 LeB. McKiel in 1891. The present Rector, Rev. A. A. Slipper 
 took charge in 1894. The parish returns 90 communicants and 
 has a Sunday School with nearly .oo enrolled scholars. 
 
 Parish of Lancaster. Until the year 18 
 
 / / 
 
 this j)arish 
 included what is now the Parish of Musijuash. Its parish church 
 was St. Ann's, Mus'juash, where also the first Rector, Rev. 
 Thomas W. Robertson and his successors resided. After the 
 formation of the Parish of Mus(]uash, St. John's Church, Mana- 
 wagonish was regarded as the Lancaster parish church. This 
 church was built" by R.i'V. Mr. Robertson in 1846 with some 
 assistance supplied by the D. C. S. It was taken down by Rev. 
 |. C. Titcombe's direction aiwut ten years since, greatly to the 
 regret of 'iome of the older parishioners. 
 
 Services were held in different parts of Lancaster in earl)- 
 times by Rev. Dr. Willis, Rev. Abraham Wood, Rev. l"'rederick 
 
18 
 
 ( 'osttT and otluTs. and ihc S. P. (i, had a school master and 
 catL-ihist tlu'iv in iS^o, Mr. Ira Mosher. 
 
 St. James Church at Pisarinco was huili about the same 
 time as the ( hurch at Manawagonish, and services were re^ularl) 
 JK'ld there hv Mr. Robertson and his successors, the Rev. (leo. 
 lledell and Rev. W. S. Covert, \\hen P.ishoj) Medley visited 
 J'isarinco in 1.S57 for conhrmation, he had a (M)ngregation of ///>/<' 
 persons, four ot whciiu were conl'irmed, and he not unnaturally 
 reported the outlook at IMsarinco as not very encouraging. 
 Nevertheless good work was done there for uKjre than twenty 
 years b\' the Rev. H. NC S[)ike, who retained the charge of .*^t. 
 lames Church u[) to I'S(j4 when it was transferred to the Rector 
 of Lancaster. 
 
 'l"he average congregation at St. John's Cliur(~h, Manawa- 
 gonish, in 1855, was reported t.) be <So and that at Pisarinco 40. 
 IJishop Medle\- luld a conllrmaticjn at Manawagonish in 1857 
 and baptized three adults, one of whom, an old man of 70 years, 
 was l)a|)ti/.ed. conHrmed and conununicated the sami; day. 
 
 The growing importance of the eastern part of the parish led 
 to an arrangement whereby a mission station was estal)lished in 
 1S73 by the Rev. 'P. 1''.. Howling at the rising village of Fairville 
 and another at South I)a\-, A large Sunday School was started 
 at I'airville by Mr. |)o\\ling with the zealous assistance of Mr. 
 Murd i'eters who su[>erintended it for some years : another was 
 started at South l>a\-. 
 
 Regular Sunda\ services were held at l''air\ille and in \S-^ 
 Re\'. j. W. Millidge held services at South Bay three Sunda\s in 
 the month. In iS.So there were returned 70 c(jnimunicants at 
 I'airville and 150 S. S. chiUhvn with 16 teachers. 
 
 'Phe construction of the (hurch of the (lood Shej)herd was 
 begun just I)efore the great St. John fire. It was not sufficientl)' 
 finished to be used fi)r divine serA'ice till i8(S4. At this time Rev. 
 Mr. l'\)wler, the Rector cjf Carleton, urged the a[)pointment of a 
 Missionary for i"air\ille. Phe pro])osal was favorably regarded 
 and in October. 18S5. Rev. J. C. Titcombe took charge. 'I"he 
 Church of the (iood Shepherd was consecrated June ir, 1890. 
 A rectory was built about the same time by Mr. 'Pitcombe's 
 efforts. 
 
 'I'he Rev, R. W. Hudgcll took charge of the parish in 1893, 
 but only remained a short time and in Ai)ril 1894, the present 
 incumbent, Rev. W. LeB. McKiel entered on his duties which 
 Were henceforth to include the charge of St. James Church, Pis- 
 arinco, as being in the Parish (tf Lancaster. 
 
'I master nn^] 
 
 '"Ut tile same 
 \yere re^iiIaiK 
 
 K' Rev. dco'. 
 »lc(lle}- visited 
 -•gat ion of /////,• 
 "t unnaturally 
 
 L'ncouragin^. 
 
 than twenty 
 <' 'large of St. 
 lo the Rector 
 
 ii<'h, Manawa- 
 I'isarinco 40. 
 nish in 1857 
 '1 of 70 years, 
 u; (In)-. 
 
 the [)arish led 
 established in 
 ^0 of I'airville 
 •1 was started 
 stance of Mr. 
 : anotlier was 
 
 - and in 1878 
 -L' Sundays in 
 niunicants at 
 
 shepherd was 
 )t sufficienth' 
 iiis time Rev. 
 iiitment of a 
 'ily regartied 
 'large. 'I'he 
 <i II, 1890. 
 Titconibe's 
 
 ish in 1893, 
 the present 
 uties which 
 ^'hurch, Pis- 
 
 W) 
 
 Parish of Musquash. .\s already stated this par:>h 
 formed a ])art of Lancaster until 1 S77, when tiie .\ct passed Uy 
 the legislature had the curious effect of placing hoth the Lan- 
 caster parish church and its Hector in another parish. 
 
 Services at Mus(|uash were held occasionally l)\' the St. 
 "J(jhn clergy in early days, in i8ji.Re\-. R. Willis stated the con- 
 gregations there iiad increased considerahly and that services 
 Were held once in 8 weeks 1)\- the Rev. Abraham Wood. Mr. 
 Robert Robertson was S. l'.(i. school master and catechist in 
 1827. 
 
 IJishop John Inglis consecrated the [)arish cliurch of St 
 Ann's on Sc-pteniber 17. l''^35, and confirmed 1 3 candidates. 
 The parish was then under the missionary care oi' Rev. l-'rederick 
 ("oster. i'he Rishop describes the 1 hurch as "a neat and well 
 finished building, erected 1)\ the exertions ot' a small, but zealous 
 congregation."' 
 
 l)uring the next ten \ears the ('lunch wa> greall\- neglected, 
 but shortl}- .ifler the arrixal of Bishop Medley, in 1845, the Rev. 
 Thomas W. Roberiscjn took ( harge of the Parish, as its tir-;t 
 Rector, and thi; result of hi^, (.(Torts was thus described b\ the 
 JJishop the year following : — 
 ^ '"When I first arrived in this I'rovinre, 1 I'ound the ("hurch 
 
 in this Parish deserted and no missionar)' visits [)ai(l there. The 
 settlement is large and flcjurishing. 1 am happv to say that good 
 has arisen from the re\ival of the- mission. The Re\'. Thomas 
 Roijertsfjn, ordained b) me, having been t.:ducated in Windsor 
 College, Nova Scotia, was \ery kindl)- recei\ed b\ the people. 
 Appreciating his activity and diligence, the\ speedil}- commenced 
 ancl com])leteil a parsonage house and two additi(jnal ciiurches, 
 one within three miles of St. John (on the Manawagonish Road) 
 and one in the oppositt-' direction, several miles distant, at a 
 settlement called I)ip[)er Harbour.'' .\ third church was built 
 about the same tin)e at Pisarinco, in addition to those me-ntioiied 
 by the Bisho[>. 
 
 The I). (\ S. appears to have taken a deep interest in the 
 revival of this Mission, for f)ut of their then small income, they 
 gave X5° yearl)' towards the missionar\''s sti[)end. together with 
 ^/,55 towards the parsonage, ^{.30 to the church at i)ip])er Har- 
 bour, ^,30 to that at Manawagonish and ^, 10 to that at Pisarinco. 
 In token of their gratitude to the Society, Mr. Robertson sent in 
 a list of 122 subscribers to the D. ('. S. Although the 
 amounts opposite their name> were \ery small in many cases, yet 
 the length ot the list shows that general interest in the Society 
 \va.s felt and this interest has been remarkablv well sustained as 
 
20 
 
 SLcn in the lon^' list that has aj)pcan'(l yea; afti-r year from this 
 parish in the Society's printed rejjorts. 
 
 Shortly before his ileath in 1.S54, Mr. Robertson rei)orted 
 tiiai his chiireh was well filled and that several persons walked 
 7 miles in order to he present. 'I'he death of the first Rector at 
 the early age of 38 years was an event greatly dej^lored hy the 
 peoj)le. There is now at St. Ann's church, Mus(|uash, a hand 
 some mural tablet with the following inscription : — 
 
 ^ucvcd 
 
 To THK MK.MOKV 
 
 1 
 
 el 
 
 si 
 
 or 
 
 Rey. Thomas W. R^obertson, 
 
 I Ik-^'l' KIilCIOK or IIII^ I'ARISH, 
 
 WHO l)i,l'.AKIi:i) THIS I.IKi: 
 
 MARCH l8th, 1854. 
 
 IN IHK 3c;th \EAU OK HIS AOK. 
 
 " The incntdry cf f/ic just is blessed.'' 
 
 Nine years unwe.-ried labours endeared him 
 
 to his I'lU-islioners, by whom this 
 
 tablet is erected. 
 
 1 
 i 
 
 ^i! 
 
 I 
 
 tl 
 
 The next clergyman at Muscpiash was the Rev. George 
 liedell. During his n-ctorate a chancel was added to the church. 
 
 ^Vhen Hishop Mtdley visited the parish in 1857, he wrote 
 (jf it " The t:ongregation are remarkable for their excellent way 
 of responding, the two church wardens and their families setting 
 a good exam|)le in this respect, the singing also is healthy and 
 general." 
 
 The parish became vacant in 1859, but the church was kept 
 oj)en, largely l)y the efforts of Henry Garbutt, Es([., who acted as 
 Lay Reader. Services at this time were also held occasionally by 
 the Rev. John Armstrong, until the arrival of the Rev. W. S. 
 Covert, in March 1861, Mr. Covert removed to CJrand Manan 
 after II years service at Muscpiash and was succeeded by the 
 Rev. H. M. .Spike, who was rector 22 years, retiring on account 
 of his advancing age, in 1895. inuring his rectorate the com- 
 municants in the parish increased from 45 to 1 23, and the amount 
 raised by the peoi)ie for the clergyman's stipend was nearly 
 doubled. 
 
year from this 
 
 I'tsoii reported 
 )er.soii.s walked 
 
 first Kector at 
 ui)lored hy the 
 
 Hash, a hand 
 
 'N. 
 
 11 m 
 
 H.ev. George 
 o the church. 
 57. he wrote 
 'X' "el lent way 
 milies setting 
 healthy and 
 
 rch was kept 
 vho acted as 
 ■asionally by 
 
 Rev. \y. S. 
 and Manan 
 ;ded by the 
 
 on account 
 :e the com- 
 
 the amount 
 
 was nearly 
 
 'I'he present Rector, the Re\. Alfred IJareham, took eh irge 
 in ]Hi)(), and his in(:uml>en<y has already been marked l)\ the 
 erection of a church at Maces liay, in which the people have 
 shown commendable /eal. 
 
 Parish of Westfield. As early as the )ear iji;;, tlii^ 
 parish, in conjunction with its neighbour, (Ireenwich, a[)peaK'(l ti> 
 the 15isho|) of Nova .Scotia for a clergyman. At that lime Mr. 
 Elias S(()vil, not then in Hol\ Orders, read praNcrs and sermnns 
 alternately at (Ireenwich and Westfield and "reclaimed sundr) 
 that were going astray after Methodist and New Light teachers." 
 A church was already in course of construi'tion at Westfield. 
 Rev, Robert Morris* tt)ok charge of tlu' Mission Soi and n 
 
 mained there for about five years. There was . ■<: inter- 
 
 val in which the i)aiish was without a resident i^yni..n ll 
 was visited from timet(j time by Rev. Elias .Scovil, Rev. Abraham 
 Wood, Rev. Frederick Coster and others, but a great deal m 
 credit is due to ("olonel Nase, who acted as F^ay Reader and 
 .lereby kept together a \ery considerable congregation amidst all 
 discouragements. 
 
 The i)arish church does not ai)pear to have been fmi^hcd 
 until the year 1S19 and in the meantime services were held in 
 private houses and sometimes in a large barn that belonged t(i 
 General Coffm, who lived at "■ Alwinglcjii .MaiKjr," near the nmuili 
 of the Nerepis. 
 
 In the year 1S22, Rev. Gilbert L. Wiggins t took charge of 
 the Mission and remained there ten years when he was ap[)ointed 
 to the Parish of Portland. 
 
 After a vacancy of three years during which the parish wa.s 
 frec[uentl\- vi^ited by the Rev. [''rederick Coster, the Rev. Christo- 
 pher Miltier arrived in 1836 and remained in charge until i<S5»j. 
 He was an energetic and vigorous clergyman and his prowess 
 with the axe and the oar is yet remembered b\ the okler inhabi- 
 tants of this Mission. He was one of the founders oiThe ]).('. S. 
 \\'estiield sent as its Lay Delegates in 1S37, Cai)t.J. l'. Coffin, 
 R. N., and James Brittain, Es(|., the latter was a member of the 
 first Executive Committee. 
 
 Rev. E. S. Woodman, was Rector of the Parish from i860 
 to 1879, Mr. Milner having retire<l on account of ad\ancing 
 
 For the story of .\lr. Morris' rninaiitic life soe "The Hrs' fiftv years of thu Churcli 
 of EiikI-iiiiI in N' \v Hrniiswick,"' hv (i. Ihrln-rt I.to. patje 10."). 
 
 t Rev. CiiUiert. Wiyfriiis wan (i brother .>f S'l'pht'ii W gj,'iiiH, who l)e(|Meathefl the imiiii 
 flc'fiit, sum of .SSO,()(i() for the erection ainl endoMnent ot the Wij^tfius .MaleOrphm .\.s- 
 syl'ini, at St .John. Hi» eldest i-isti-r married .John M. Wilniot, and their .son K. I>. 
 Wilmot, \va.-i I.,ieut -Governor of the Province. Two other sisters married respectively 
 Rev. Alfred Gilpin and Rev. Joseph Wrijjht. 
 
•)•> 
 
 Near.-i. I)uring Mr. Woodman's rectoratc, St. James' Churcli. 
 iK'ar Wcstlicld Station, (rrectcd and enclosed in 1H56), was con, 
 pleted. It was consecrated August 1, 1863. Mr. W'oodmaii 
 l)uilt the new ]>arish church of St. Peters which was consecrated 
 July .'S, 1866. 
 
 In iS<So, the Rev. A. \'. Wiggins became Rector of Wes! 
 held and threw himself most energt'ticall}' into the; work of hi^ 
 mission. The fn-st year's labor saw as its fruit 55 l)a[)tisms, in 
 cli. ling 7 adults. 22 added to the roll of communicants, the erec 
 tion of a parsonage and $1737 raised for various church pur[)0ses. 
 Vnfortunatel)- the body was too frail for the earnest spirit that 
 dwelt within, and failing health necessitated the relinciuishing o; 
 a work that |)romised so much for the church. After the death 
 of Mr. Wiggins, Re\" R. Simonds took temporar\' charge until 
 the arrival of Rev. Wm. (Ireer, who was Rector from 1887 ti^ 
 1890. He was succeeded by the present incumbent, theRe\. 
 H. T. Parlee, who had previously serwd as curate in the parish. 
 L'nder Mr. Parlee, Wcstfield, which in 1872 received a grant o: 
 $500 from the 1 >. ( '. S., became a self-sustaining ])arish. 
 
 Parish of Petersville. 
 
 'i'his parish was incorporated in 
 of the House of Assembh. 
 
 1838 and named after the Speaker 
 
 the Hon. Harr\- i'eters, of(iagetown, a zealous churchman. Pi 
 
 i> >aid that Mr, Pi'ters, as a Pay Reader, held service in a houst 
 
 near the site of the Parish Church, but the first clergyman to 
 
 officiate in the parish was the Rev. Samuel D. Clarke, of 
 
 Oagetown. 
 
 The fn-st church was built at Coote Hill, now g-^>nerally called 
 Head Line. Bishop John Inglis \isited (Joote ^lill in 1830. 
 when there was little more than a bridle path from (iagetown. 
 At the time of his second visit in 1835, the frame of a church 
 was erected, but the building was so incomplete that he was 
 obliged to confirm the 28 c-andidates in the open air. Thest 
 candidates were prepared by the Rev. (ieo. S. Jarvis, missionarv 
 at Hampstead, who at that time held a monthly service there. 
 On the occasion of his third visit in 1840, the Bishop consecrated 
 the church by the name of St. Peters. 
 
 Bishop Medley visited the Parish in November, 1845, to 
 |>ave the way tor a resident missionary, and the next year Rev. 
 Joseph Bartholomew was sent there. A local committee of tin 
 I.). C. S. was formed and the Society soon after voted ^60 a yeai 
 towards the missionary's stipend snd made a grant towards tin 
 Ciilargement of the church. 
 
•_>:! 
 
 James' Churcli. 
 1856), was colli 
 Mr. Wood ma 11 
 was consecrated 
 
 Rector of West 
 the work of hi^ 
 55 l)a[)tisms, in 
 icants, the erec 
 'hurch purposes, 
 mest spirit that 
 reHn(|uishing o; 
 After the deat'i 
 ry charge untii 
 ■ from 1887 ti. 
 I bent, the Ke\. 
 e in the parish. 
 ived a grant o: 
 parish. 
 
 incorporated ii 
 e of Assam bl\. 
 •hurch man. I; 
 vice in a hous. 
 It clergyman te 
 I). Clarke, oi 
 
 r-nerally called 
 ^lill in 1830, 
 om Oagetown. 
 le of a church 
 e that he was 
 _'n air. Thesi 
 vis, missionar\ 
 service there, 
 op consecrated 
 
 liber, 1845, f" 
 next year Rev. 
 nmittee of tht 
 ed ^60 a year 
 it towards tin 
 
 kichey presided o\"er the 
 St. Luke's, Welsford, was 
 
 In the _\ear 1851. a new church was begun, at what was call- 
 ed Dou'das \'allc\, (now Welsford station,) mainly by the efforts 
 (jf 1 )r. Robert Bayard. Towards the com|)letion (jf this church, 
 the 1). ('. S., made several grants. This church was provided 
 with a chancel and free seats. iJishop Medle}, in one of his 'id- 
 dres^ics speaks admiringly of its situation. 
 
 In 18^5, Mr. Bartholomew retired, ha\ing in the course of 
 liis nine years mini.^try, as he sa)s, bai)ti/ed 350 [ler^ons. married 
 60 Cduples, and conductc-d 80 funerals. 
 
 He was succeeded by the Re\ ( l ('.Wiggins, who was 
 compelled at the end of two vears to r-etire on account of ill 
 health. 
 
 In 1859, l<.e\ . John Armstrong, grandfather of the present 
 Rector of Petersville, took u]) his aboile there for a brief period, 
 after which Re\ . !•>. S. Woodman had charge of Petersville, along 
 wi'di (Ireenwicli and Westfn.'ld. 
 
 In 1862-64. Rev. 'i'heophilu> 
 Parish and, duiing his incumbency, 
 consecrated. 
 
 Again for a few years the church was dependent u[)on the 
 kindness of the neighbouring clergymen. Rev. .Mr. Woodman, 
 of \\'estliel(l, and Rev. D. W. Pickett, of C.reenwich. 
 
 Rev, ('. R. Matthew, arrived in October, 1867, and labored 
 zealously for fne years. He hekl some services in the Parish of 
 Clarendon. Charlotte County, reaching the settlers there by 
 saddle. His ministry left as one of its fruits, a new church, 
 built in 1870 at Heatl Line, to re[)lace the old St. I'eter's parish 
 chun h. It cost about $3,200 and was consecrated June 19, 
 1872. Mr. Matthew was succeeded b\- the Rev. Lames P. Sheraton, 
 now principal of \\\vcli ffe ( 'ollege, Toronto. Mr. Sheraton re- 
 mained l)ut a \iar and was succi-eded 1 \ Rev. Josejih Smith, in 
 .\ngust, 1874. A parsonag' was built at Welsford about this 
 time. During Mr. Smith's seven years incumbency the largest 
 single conlirmation class was presented, coiuprising 43 candidates. 
 
 Rev. 1''. Towers was in charge from i88i to 1884. and was 
 succeeded, after a short iiUerval, bv Rev. W. H. Street, who re- 
 mained five )ears. 
 
 'I'he present incumbent, Rev. W. 15. Armstrong, came to the 
 parish in August, 1891. Last year services were held in com- 
 memoration of tli(; Jubilee of the parish. 
 
 Conclusion. U'e have thus briefly reviewed the story of 
 the founding, the growth and develo{)ment of the ('hurch of 
 England in the 15 i)arishes and missions grouped together in the 
 
r -'^w^ 
 
 i : 
 
 24 
 
 Deanery of St John, and althouirh the l^icts stated in each 
 instance furnish but the barest outlines of parish history the ex- 
 tent of ground to be covered has ah-eady caused this paper to be 
 extenidea ooyond the hmits fixed for it in the mind of the writer 
 at the outset To have further condensed the facts related would 
 but have resulted ma dry and wearisome epitome, and to have 
 omitted any considerable portion of them would have rendered 
 the sketch too imperfect to possess any permanent xalue. 
 
 To-day there is laid ui)on our Deanery of St. John a very 
 serious and solemn responsibility. The Deanery contains the 
 commercial metropolis of the Province. Ten of its fifteen parish- 
 es receive no grant from the D. C. S. : most of them have long 
 s nee been self-sustainmg. If the.e be the "willing mind" on 
 he i>art of the lay members of the Church in these parishes to con- 
 ribute according to their ability to the cause of Home Missions 
 there ,s not the slightest fear that the uork of the Church in the 
 1 ocese will flag ; rather it will be sustained and enlargcxl. 
 Surel) the members ot the Church within the borders of the 
 J )eanery of St. John, out of the abundance of their own -.cliuious 
 privileges and the material comforts wherewith Cod h, - .lessed 
 them, will be led to remember St. Paul's wo. Js, " \^e . d^-ht to 
 support the «'m/', and to remember the words of the Lord h .us 
 how He said, ''It is more blessed to givc> than to rcc-eive^ 
 
 if 
 
 \j\ tiit 
 
25 
 
 stated in each 
 history, the ex- 
 his paper to be 
 d of the writer 
 s related would 
 i, and to have 
 have rendered 
 ; \alue. 
 
 . John, a very 
 y contains the 
 1 fifteen parish- 
 em have long 
 ling mind" on 
 arishes to con- 
 onie Missions, 
 ['hurch in the 
 md enlarged, 
 orders of the 
 own -.cligious 
 )d h. - )lessed 
 '' Ve wdght to 
 e Lord J< sus, 
 ■eceive."' 
 
 THE CHURCH IN THE DEANERY OF 
 ST. ANDREWS. 
 
 ]W Rev. O. S. Xewnhanf. 
 
 It will he difficult, in the time to which this paper is limited, to 
 give a full account of the history of the church in the 1 )eanerv of 
 St. Andrews. All that can be attem{)ted is to present some few 
 facts and statistics, and c\cn these mu^t be condensed to the 
 smallest possible space. 
 
 The 1 )eanery of St. Andrews comprises the county of Charlotte, 
 which includes the towns of St. Andrews, St. Ste))hen and Mill- 
 town, with the Islands of (jrand .\Ianan, Campobello, Deer Island 
 and Indian Island, and a number of smaller islands scattered in 
 the l)eautiful Passamacjuoddy Bay. 
 
 The Deanery is divided at present into sixteen [)arishes, viz : — 
 
 St. Andrews, (Irand Manan, 
 
 St. Stei)hen, St. Croix, 
 
 St. Ceorge, Clarendon, 
 
 Penn field, Lepreau, 
 
 St. David, West Isles, 
 
 St. I^atrick, Dumbarton, 
 
 St. James, Trinity, St. Stephesi, 
 
 Campobello, Dufferin, 
 
 The first record of ('hurch of England Services in the County of 
 Charlotte is in 1785. 'I'hese were held by the Rever^Mid Samuel 
 Cooke, one of the first of the Loyalist Clerg\- who came from the 
 United States. He arrivetl in St. John on Sept. 2nd, 1785. In 
 November 1785 he seems to have made a missionary journey to 
 ("harlotte Co., visiting Campobello, St. Andrews, and Digdeguash. 
 At Campobello he read prayers and preached to the i)eoiile 
 He also baptized a woman, 40 years of age, and 7 children. This 
 seems to have been the first lime that service was held by a clergy- 
 man of the Church of England in the county of Charlotte, which 
 is the present De;mery of St. .Andrews, though there is a tradi- 
 tion that Mr. Cooke landed at Heaver Harbour* on the journey 
 and held services. 
 
 "Thin tradition may rtfcr to Rev. Uiohanl Clartie, .since tht' parish register at (Jajfetown 
 hii8 the fol'ortin^r eniry in his h.inilwiitiiiy, umlerdate May U'i, 17s(i: " Baptized at Heaver 
 Harbor, Seeley'B Cove', Sally, ye Dar of .Shadrach and F.ydia Stevens." 
 
26 
 
 ?roceL-din,L(to St. Andrt-w.s the record says, in the ([uaint languai^r 
 of that daw that Mr. Cooke read prave'rsand preached "to a ver) 
 decent and respectal)!e congregation, and performed 50 bai)tisms." 
 He then crossed the Hay to Digdeguash, where he baptized ic 
 more. Returning to St. Andrews he bai)ti/ed 12 more, thi 
 number of baptisms in all being 70. 
 
 In 1784 New brunswick was set apart as a sei)arate I'rovincf. 
 Hitherto it had been regarded a> the county of Sunbury in th< 
 l'r(jvince of Xova Scotia. The pojjulation of the Province at thi> 
 time, in 17H5, wa.s about 12,000. At that time the po[)ulation ot 
 (.'buirlotte Co. could not ha\e been more than 2,000 or 3,000. 
 
 The coiuit)' of Charhjtte in 1 7S5 was divided into seven ])arishes. 
 vi/: St. Andrews, St. Stephen, St. David, St. Patrick, St. Ceorge. 
 Penn field (or Penn's-field) and West Isles. The j>arish of West 
 Isles contained all the Inlands in Passamatjuoddy Hay including 
 (Irand Manan and Cam[)obello. 
 
 Charlotte Count)' was made one of tiie seven ])eaneries of tin 
 l)io("ese of Fredericton soon after the appoititment of Bishop 
 Medley to the See, this was in i<S47. The first 1 )ean Rural wa> 
 the Rev. 1 )r. Alley, Rector of St. Andrews. 
 
 The mother [)arish of the Deanery, and after whi' h the 1 )eaner\ 
 is called, is St. Andrews. The mother [)arish, because the first 
 settled clergN'man was stationed there. And the j)arish was the 
 first missionary centre of the Deaner\- : the first Rector of St. 
 Andrew.^ tra\elling from time to time in e\i'r\- direction, laying the 
 foundations of the Church, preaching to the scattered settlers, 
 baptizing their children, marrying their young men and maidens and 
 burying their dead. At one time, it is recorded that he visited a 
 lonely house, "and baptized the ancient matron of the family of 
 82 years, her son of sixt)' sears, two grandsons, and seven great 
 grandchildren.'" 
 
 As it would be impossible, in the few minutes allotted to me to 
 go fully into the very many interesting particulars of the work of the 
 Church in this Deanery, which would easily fill a large volume, I 
 purpose first, to take each of the [)arishes in turn and to give a 
 l)rief summary of the Chuich's history, and then to say a few words 
 in conclusion of her present condition and needs. 
 
 Parish of St. Andrews. Tt would seem that the first service 
 held here by a clergyman of the Church was by the Rev. Dr. Cooke, 
 Nov. 16th, 1785. It is a curious incident that on this first visit 
 he found " Pagans " in St. Andrews, and that he was entertained 
 by a " I'agan." His host, one of the Churchmen of the town 
 being, Mr. Robert Pagan. Before the coming of Dr. Cooke, the 
 civil magistrite had coiulucted service and acted as lay-reader. 
 
 
•21 
 
 luainl langung. 
 lied " to a vcr\ 
 
 50 baptisms.' 
 he baptized ic 
 
 12 more, thi 
 
 uatf Province. 
 vini)ury in th< 
 'rovince at thi> 
 - population ot 
 3 or 3,000. 
 seven parishes, 
 -■k, St. (leorge. 
 varish of West 
 Bay including 
 
 eani-ries of the 
 ent of Bishoi) 
 ean Rural \va> 
 
 h the l)eancr\ 
 a use the first 
 parish was the 
 Rector of St. 
 ion, laying the 
 tered settlers, 
 d maidens and 
 at he visited a 
 the fa mil)- of 
 id seven great 
 
 )tted to me to 
 le work of the 
 fge volume, I 
 and to give a 
 y a few words 
 
 le first service 
 V. l)r. Cooke, 
 his first visit 
 •s entertained 
 of the town 
 '. Cooke, the 
 iv-reader. 
 
 r'lc first settled clergyman was the Rev. Samuel Andrews, who 
 came to St. .\ndrews from Walliiigford, Conn., in 1786. He was 
 a graduate of N'ale ( ollege in i 7O0. Mr. Andrews did missionarv 
 work ill different parts of the count) as far as he was able, in fact 
 tlie whole count\- was his mission, and in these first years of the 
 ('luirch's work the members of the vestry were rhosen from the 
 different i)ari>.hes of the couiitv. The names of the members ot 
 the first vestry have been [^reserved. 'I'he parish was organized 
 Aug. 2nd, 17S6. Thomas Wyer and Jos. Carnett, Wardens: 
 N'estry, John Hall, Maurice Salts, John Dunn, James f'endlebury, 
 Jf»hn Bentle)-, Nehemiah Marks. 
 
 The succession of clergy in the parish has been as fiillows : - 
 \i/. : Rev. Samuel Andrews, I). 1)., 17S6 to i<Si8, 32 years ; Rev. 
 Jerome xAlley, P. I).. icSiS to 1859, 41 years: Rev. Canon 
 Ketdium, 1). I)., from 1859 to j)resent time. 38 years. The pri'- 
 sent Rector, Rev. Canon Retchum was tor manv vears Secrelarv 
 of the 1). C. S. 
 
 IV. .Alley was one of thi' founders of the 1 ). C. S., being present 
 at the first meeting to organize, on Se[)t. 8th, 1836. At the second 
 meeting, on I'eb. 9th, 1837, 'I'homas Wver and Jacob Allen were 
 present as Delegates from the parish of St. .\ndrews. 
 
 At this meeting, in 1837, application was made from St. Andrews 
 for aid towards building a chapel at Waweig. and aid towards 
 missionary visits to the parish of St. Patrick, and the' Islands in 
 l'assama(|Uoddy Bay. 
 
 In the first published list of subscribers, St. Andrews gave 
 J_,2- 136 to the funds of the society. In 1841 a grant of ;^^20 
 was made tovvards a chapt.'l at Chamcook. 
 
 'Die churches huiit in the |)arish of St. Andrews have been : 
 First in 1788, a church was opened for service, in size 52 x 40 feet, 
 built at a cost of ^495- ^'he present church. All Saints, was 
 consecrated on the 31st of October, 1867. St. John the Baptist 
 ( "hapel at (Chamcook was consecrated July i6th, 1846. The 
 number of communicants reported in the ])arish in 1791 was 32, 
 the number last year was 216. This parish has given liberall)' to 
 the funds of the I). C. S., the amount given last year being $220.75. 
 
 Parish of St. Stephen. The town of St. Stephen was {)rin- 
 < ipally settled in the first place by the coming in 1784 of a band 
 of Loyalists, and disbanded soldiers, 104 in number, with their 
 families, under the leadership of Captain Nehemiah Marks. Ser- 
 vices were held here from time to time by the Rev. Dr. Andrews 
 of St. Andrews. Soon after the coming of the Loyalists a Log 
 School House was built, and services were held in this building. 
 
2S 
 
 It is i)rolxiblc that the first service was held about the year 1786 
 or 1787. The lirst services were in the house of Captain Marks. 
 In 1802 a ('hurch (, 'corporation was elected for the management of 
 the affairs of the (Jiuirc^h, the names, though not of interest to this 
 meeting, are worth preser\'ing. Wardens : I'eter Cristy and Joseph 
 Porter. X'estrymen: I'^lishaS. Andrews, \\'iniam Andrews, \Villiam 
 (Irant, Robinson (jocker, Peter .McDiarmid, I'eter Mc(.'allum, 
 and Abner Hill. 
 
 Land was j)urchased in 1805 on King Street as a site for a 
 church and school. 'I'his church was oj)ened for service by Dr. 
 Andrews on Wednesday Jan. 4th, 1 8oy, and the letter written b\ I )r. 
 Andrews arranging for the holding of this scr\ice is still in exist- 
 ence. This church was named Christ Church. 
 
 In 18 [I the Rev. Richard Clarke was a[)pointed first Rector of 
 this parish. He came here from Oagutown. His death took place 
 in 1824, he having been Rector for 13 years. Mr. Clarke seems U) 
 have held services in the parishes surrounding St. Stephen. Thu 
 next Rector was Rev. Skeffington Thomson, I.. L. I). He came 
 out from Ireland to New Brunswick in 1821 as assistant to .Mr. 
 Clarke, and succeeded to the,Rectorshi[) at his death. Dr. Thom- 
 son died in 1865 having been in charge of the parish for 41 years. 
 Dr. 'J'homson was one of the founders of the 1). C. S., having been 
 present at the first meeting. He continued one of its warm su[)- 
 porttrs until his death. At the second meeting of the Society 
 Nehemiah Marks and Robert Watson were present as delegates 
 from the parish of St. Ste])hen. Dr. Thomson did a large amount 
 of missionary work in the parishes surrounding St. Stephen. He 
 organized regular services in the parishes of St. David, St. Patrick 
 and St. James. 
 
 'I'he following is the list of clerg}men in the parish of St. 
 Stephen: Rev. Richard Clarke, 1811 to 1824, 13 years; Rev. 
 Skeffington Thomson, 1824 to 1865, 41 years; Rev. Edward 
 Medley, 1865 to 1872, 7 years; Rev. Joseph Ruston, 1872 to 
 1883, 1 1 years ; Rev. Theodore K. Dowling 1884 to 1888, 4 years ; 
 Rev. O. S. Newnham, 1888 to present time, 9 years. 
 
 From time to time the following Curates have served in this 
 parish: Rev. Noah Disbrow, Rev. W. H. 'I'i[)pet, Rev. Thomas 
 VV. Street, Rev. Henry Pollard, Rev. (ieorge H. Sterling, Rev. 
 James H. Saturley, Rev. Stanley Bo)d, Rev. (Charles B. Kenrick, 
 Rev. C. 'I\ Easton. 
 
 The following churches have been built in this parish : First, 
 Christ Church, King Street, opened in 1809, burned in 18 16. 
 Second, Christ Church on the present site built in 1818, con- 
 secrated by the Bishop of Nova Scotia in 1826, burned in 1863. 
 
 1 J ii: 
 
r^m^'ii 
 
 the year 1786 
 iptain Marks, 
 lanngement of 
 iterest to this 
 ty and Joseph 
 Ircws, William 
 ■r Mc('allum, 
 
 is a site for a 
 ervice by Dr. 
 written I)\ Dr. 
 1 still in exist- 
 
 irst Rector of 
 
 ih took place 
 
 irke seems to 
 
 ephen. 'I"he 
 
 ). He came 
 
 iistant to Mr. 
 
 Dr. Thom- 
 
 I for 41 years. 
 
 , having been 
 
 ts warm sup- 
 
 the Society 
 
 as delegates 
 
 arge amount 
 
 ephen. He 
 
 , St. Patri(-k 
 
 >arish of .St. 
 years ; Rev. 
 ev. Edward 
 on, 1 87 2 to 
 iS8, 4 years ; 
 
 rved in this 
 ev. Thomas 
 ^rling, Rev, 
 B. Ken rick, 
 
 rish : First, 
 jd in 18 1 6. 
 1818, con- 
 ed in 1 863. 
 
 © 
 
 29 
 
 ""I'he land for this church was deeded by Mr. Robert Pagan of St. 
 Andrews. 'I'hird, Christ (Jhurch the ])resent building, consecrated 
 Sei)t. 29th, 1864, by the Bishop of Fredericton. Fourth, St. Jude's 
 Chapel at Uj)per Mills, built 1832, consecrated 1835 by the Bishop of 
 Nova Scotia, burned in 1880. Not rebuilt, most of the i)opulation 
 having moved away. F''ifth, St. Peter's ('hapel, Milltown, built in 
 [834, consecrated in 1835 by the Bishop of Nova Scotia, burned 
 m 187:. Sixth, a small School ('hapel at Milltown, built on the 
 site of i'.~" church in 1890. Not consecrated. 
 
 'I'he CO nmunicants reported in this parish are as follows, —vi/: 
 In i860, (o; in 1865, 36. (Note: — 'J'here was some trouble in 
 the parish about this time which resulted in the division of the 
 parish). In 1873, 54; in 1895, 114; in 1897, 136. 
 
 The parish of St. George. Befoie the aj)[)ointment of a 
 settled clergyman in this parish, services were held at intervals by 
 the Rev. Dr. Alley of St. Andrews. The lirst Rector was the Rev. 
 Samuel Thomson, M. A. He came from Ireland to New Bruns- 
 wick in 1822. He was a brother of Dr. Thomson of St. Stephen. 
 Mt. Thomson was jjresent at the second meeting of the I). C. S. 
 John Messenit/ and Patrick Clinch of this parish were members 
 of the first I'^xecutive Committee >)f the D. C. S. Mr. Thomson's 
 mission consisted of the [)arishes of .St. (ieorge. Pennficld and St. 
 Patrick. On account of ill health he resigned in 1848, and died 
 in i86r. He was succeeded by Re\". Jolin Mcdiverii in 1848, 
 who was Rec^tor for 19 years, dying in 1867. Rev. John Mc(iivern 
 was succeeded by Rev Ranald M Smith, M. A., who has been in 
 charge since 1867, or 30 years. 
 
 Only one church has Ijcen built in the [>arish of St. Ceorge, 
 and is still standing, having been lately restored, vi/ : St. Mark's 
 Church, consecrated by the l)isho[) of N. S., on July 6th, 1826. 
 The communicants recorded in the Parish of St. (leorge in 1873 
 were 121, and in 1896, 127. 
 
 The parish of Pennfield. This parish has had no se{)arate 
 resident clergyman but is scr\ed b) the clergyman of St. (ieorge. 
 Christ Church is the parish < hurch of Pennlield. It was con- 
 secrated by the liishop of Nova Scotia on Sc[)t. 5th, 1835. 
 
 The parish of St. David. The first recorded services were 
 held here by Rev. Dr. Thomson, in 1825, though it is [)ossible that 
 Rev. Dr. Clarke did mission: ; work in this parish. 
 
 The following is the succ -in of clergy : Rev. Skeffington 
 Thomson, 1825 to 1850, 25 years . Re\". John Sedgfield 'i'homson, 
 
:50 
 
 iS5ol() 1871, 21 years; Rev. David Nickcrson, J871 to 1874,^^ 
 years; Rev. H. S. W'ainwright, 187410 1876, 2 years. In 1877 
 Rev. j. Kusht(jn, of St. Stephen, held services. Rev. J. W . 
 Millidge, 1879 to present time, i8)ears. 
 
 In iht; parish of St. David the following churches have been 
 huilt: First, St. David's Church, Oak liay, consecrated by the Bishop 
 of Nova Scotia Se[)t. ist. i8^:;5. Second, St. David's Church, Oak 
 iJay, consecrated I)y the IJishopof Fredericton SejU. loth, 1856, des- 
 troyed by Wxv Sept. 1883. Third, St. David's Ciuirch, I5ay Road, 
 consecrated August 6th, 1886. l-'ourth, Church of the Ascension, 
 Tower Hill, conse(Tated August 7th. i 881). 
 
 The parish of St. Patrick. The fust record of services held 
 in this parish is in 1785, when the Rev. Samuel ('ooke visited 
 Digdeguash. ( 'Ierg)'men from St. John also held services here at 
 the mills, but no regular work seems to have l)een undertaken 
 until 1840, when the Rev. Skeftington Thomson established regular 
 monthly services. 
 
 In the parish of St. Patrick the folUnving churches have been 
 built : I'irst, Christ Church, at what is now Dyers, or Elmsville, 
 not consecrated: destroyed by fire Christmas day 1857. Second, 
 ( 'hrist Church on the same site, consecrated June 3rd, 1863. 
 Third, ('hurch of the Transfiguration, Digdeguash, consecrated 
 \(jvembt>'- 1st, 1889. 
 
 ' i. 
 
 The parish of St. James. I'he first services were probabK 
 held in 1825 by Rev. Sketilington Thomson who lived near. 
 
 'I'he ('hurches built have been : I'irst, St. Thomas' Church. 
 Little is known about the building of this church. It was des- 
 troyed by fire in 1873. Second, St. Thomas' Church, conse- 
 crated October 20th, 1878. I'hird, Church of the Annunciation, 
 a small church built at Beaconsfield, not yet consecrated. 
 
 The successi(;n of clergymen in St. Patrick and St. James 
 is the same as St. David, they having l)een served by the clergymen 
 of that parish, excepting that in 1877 the clergyman of Trinity, St. 
 Stephen, held services in St. Janu,'S. 
 
 I he first available record of communicants is in i860, when in 
 St. Da\id and St. Patrick the number is reported as 71. In 187 \ 
 there were 57. In 1896, 59. It is right to say in connection 
 with the communicants in this mission that there has been a 
 constant emigration to the United States and to other places. 
 There was recorded by the last census a decrease of 990 Church 
 l)eople in the county. 
 
 The amount required from this mission by the D. C S. is 
 $410.00, the Society giving $290. 
 
31 
 
 71 to 1874, ;, 
 
 cars. In 1.S77 
 
 Rev. ). \\'. 
 
 ics ha\c \)vvn 
 by the nishoj) 
 > (Church, Oak 
 oth, US56, (les- 
 :li, JJa}' Road, 
 he Ascension, 
 
 f services held 
 [J()f)ke visited 
 ;rvices here al 
 11 undertaken 
 •Hshed regular 
 
 es have been 
 or Elmsville, 
 57. Second, 
 e 3rd, 1863. 
 , consecrated 
 
 The parish of Campobello. 
 
 VMS visited bv the Rev. Dr. (.'ouke in Xovei.iber i 7S5 
 
 iNland of ( 'anipobello 
 He Ivld 
 service and administered the Sacrament of Holy l)ai)tism. Tiiis 
 Seems to ha\e been the' first service held by a cler^Nman cf the 
 Church ol l'^nLi,land in the county ofCharlolte. Dr. .\1K\, Rt < tor 
 of St. Andrews, made [K'riodieal mi>^.ionar\' \isiis to ( 'ampobello. 
 Subse([uentl\-, and until the a|)i)oinlment of the Rrv. J. S. Willi. mis 
 as first Rector, servi(H;s were held by Rev. Nfessrs. ISartholomew, 
 Mc( ihee, R. Ketclium, \ ewin and R. Sinujuds. 
 
 The following is the list of Rectors : Rev. I. S. Williams. 1S55 
 to 1872, 17 years : Rev. ( M. Sills, 1S-4 to 1S76, 2 years: Rev. 
 y. H. Cro/ier. 1876 to 1877, i \ear : Rev. ( ". V. Wilson, 1877 to 
 1882, 4 \ears ; Rev. H. H. Xeales, 1883 to 1886, 4 years ; Rev. 
 D. \. (".wi'ym, 1886 to 1887, i year; Rev. I'" Pember, 1887 to 
 i8go, 3 )ears : Re\-. W. W. Street, 1S91 to l)re^ent time, 6 years. 
 
 I'he I'arish Church of St. Ann was consecrated by Bisho[) 
 Medle) on Sept. 18th, 1855. IJefore a clergyman was regularly 
 stationed in Cam])obello, or placed in charge, services were held 
 by David Owen, M. .V.. a fellow of 'Trinity College Cambridge. 
 Mr. Owen lived on the Island from 1789 to 1821;. He was 
 nephew of one of the original grantee's of this island. The late 
 Metropolitan, the Right R«.-v. IJishop Medley, was married in St. 
 Ann's (Jhurch, Cami)obello. The coimmuiicants in i860 were 
 30, in 1867, 37, in \>^i)(), ',>',. 
 
 vere probabh 
 d near, 
 lias' Church. 
 It was des- 
 urch, coiise- 
 Lununciation, 
 ated. 
 
 id St. James 
 he clergymen 
 )f Trinity, St. 
 
 B60, when in 
 'I. In 187 r 
 11 connection 
 
 has been a 
 Dther places. 
 
 990 Chur( h 
 
 1 ). C S. is 
 
 Parish of Grand Manan. In 1820 Dr. Alley oi' St. .Vndreus 
 visited the Island and held services. During this vi^it hebapii/ed 
 37 adults and 122 children. The po[)u]ation was then about 500. 
 A church w:is built at (iraiid Harbour in 1823, but before this 
 there had lieeii another church. In 1832 the Rev. John Dunn 
 was appointed in charge of the parish. Mr. Dunn was present at 
 the first meetinuof the D. C. S. In 1 8i)C) the communicants were 
 reported as 47. A church was built at North Head in '"84. 
 
 The church at (Irand Harbour, St. Paul's, has the distinction of 
 being the oldest stone church in the Diocese. 
 
 The list of clergy : Rev. |ohn Dunn, 1832 ; Rev. James N\ales, 
 1844 : Rev. 0. T. Cany, 1848 : Rev. W . S. Covert, 1872. 
 
 01 
 
 Parish of Trinity, St. Stephen. In 1870 the parish 
 Trinity, St. Stephen, was set apart from the parish of St. Stephen 
 by act of the Legislature. Trinity Church was consecrated on 
 Nov. 5th, 1871. 
 
 The following is the list of clergy : Rev. l'"oster .Mmon 1871 to 
 1875, 4 years; Rev. C. (r. Stevens, 1875 to 1878, 3 years: Rev. 
 
 ;»& 
 
\% 
 
 ,K 
 
 32 
 
 \\ . M. (Iroton, iSj.Stcj 1881, 3 years; Rev. Ilcnry DelJlois, iHSi 
 to i(S82, I year ; Rev. E. C. Saunders, 1882 to 1885, 3 years ; Re\ 
 H. W. Winkley, 1885 to 1888, 3 years ; Rev. W. W. Campbell, i88s 
 to 1890, 2 years ; Rev. R. L. Slo^'gett, 1890 to 1893, 3 years ; Rev. 
 J. T. r)r)ati, 1893 lo 1896, 3 years; Rev. F. Robertson, 1896. 
 
 At the j)resent lime the Deanery of St. Andrews is divided into 
 16 i)arishes in which 8 clergymen are working, compared with 
 one in 1 797, of these there are 2 in the parish of St. Andrews, 1 
 in the parishes of St. Stephen and Dufferin, i in the parishes of St. 
 Havid, St. Patrick and St. James, i in St. (leorge and Pennfield, 
 I in Campobello, 1 in (Irand Manan, i in Trinity, St. Ste^jhen. 
 None in West Isles, Dumbarton, St. Croix, Clarendon, Lepreau, 
 excepting perhaps on occasional visits. 
 
 '['he i)0[)ulation of the county in 1824 was 9,267 ; in 1834 was 
 15,852; in 1840 was 18,173; in 1891 was 23,752. 
 
 The Church |)opulation, according to the last census returns, is 
 4,578, about one-fiftii of the total i)Oi)ulation. The number of 
 communicants returned in 1896 was 682, or about i in 6 of the 
 Church population. Tlie number of Sunday School scholars re 
 turned in 1896 was 678, which gives about the same proportion as 
 conuiiunicants. 
 
 The jiarishes of St. David, St. Patrick, St. James, Campobello. 
 Grand Slanan, St. (leorge and Pennfield, received in aid from thr 
 Society last year $1,030.00, and (-ontributed $1,661.25. 
 
 Afid what shall we sa\' oi' needs? A travelling missionary is sadl\ 
 needed to work in the neglected parts of the Deanery. The town 
 of Milltown needs the servi(>es of a clergyman. And last, but not 
 least, there is need of an increase of s])iritual life in the members ol 
 the Church. There is need of a more devoted earnestness on the 
 part of clergy and laity, and a more unbounded faith in the 
 Church and her Divine Dord, and in His promises. 
 
 When we realize that the work is not ours, but ///s, and that 
 I//s presence is ever with us, then shall we be read\- to s{)end and 
 l)e spent for Him. 
 
 
y DcIJlois, 18S1 
 5, 3 years ; Rev. 
 Campbell, uS.SS 
 ^ 3 years ; Rev. 
 LTtson, 1896. 
 
 i is divided iiitn 
 compared with 
 St. Andrews, 1 
 
 e parishes of St. 
 and Pennfield. 
 
 ty, St. Ste[)hen. 
 
 ndon, Lepreaii, 
 
 ^ ; in 1834 wa^ 
 
 nsus returns, i-. 
 riie number ol 
 ut I in 6 of thr 
 ool scholars re 
 e proportion a> 
 
 s, Campobello. 
 in aid from tlu 
 1.25. 
 
 sionary is sadly 
 !ry. The town 
 id last, but noi 
 he members ol 
 lestness on the 
 d faith in th( 
 
 His, and that 
 !*• to spend and 
 
 3:3 
 
 DEANERY OF SHEDIAC. 
 
 Rev. J. Hoy QxmvnEi^L, B. D., Kuual Dkan, 
 
 The Rural Deanery of Shodiae consists of the Counties of 
 Albert and Westmoreland, together with the two parishes of 
 Wellington and Dundas in the County of Kent, and a small 
 corner of Kings County, winch is attached to tlie mission of 
 Pet itcodiac. 
 
 The deanery, though territorially extensive, is one of the 
 smallest in point of number of parishes and missions in which 
 there are resident clergy, whilst at the same time it has the 
 special interest oi having been the scene of Church ministrations 
 eailier than any other part of the Pro\ ince of New Brunswick. 
 There is every i-eason U, believe that the large garrison at Fort 
 Cumberland iiad their own chaplain, and that the chaplain, down 
 to the year 17(57, was the ]{ev. John Eagleson. Mr. Eagleson 
 was an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland, who, until 
 the date mentioned, had minist(M'ed in the County of Cumberland 
 in that capacity ; but about that tinu', having become convinced 
 that the order, the discipline, and the doctrines of tlie Church of 
 England came nearest of all the Reformed Churches to the prim- 
 iti^■e model, he was in that year reciuiimended to the Veneral)le 
 the Society for the Propagation of the (Josj)el in Foreign Parts, 
 by Governor Francklin and Chief Justice Belcher, as a missionary, 
 and to the Bishop of London as a fit and proper person to be 
 ordained to the ministiyt)f the Church. C)n the presentation of 
 Mr. Eagleson b}' the S. P. (i. to the Mission of Cuml)erland 
 County, which then embraced the present Counties of Westmor- 
 land and Albert, Mr. Eagleson, having ariived at Halifax in 
 June, 17G8, proceeded early in the following month to the scene 
 of his future labours, one year earlier, that is, than marked the 
 first missionary tour of the liev. Thomas Wood among the .settle- 
 ments on the St. John Riv(?i-, which took place in July, 1769. 
 From traditions gathered from trustworthy descendants of resi- 
 dentsat that time living in the neighborhood, we learn that Mr. 
 Eagleson resided in a large stone house on the glelje, which even 
 at that early date was surrounded by its garden and orchard. 
 The house was about one mile distant from Fort Beausejour, to 
 which place of safety Mr. Eagleson had more than once to retire 
 by reason of tlie raids made on the English inhabitants by the 
 
:u 
 
 Ai'juliiins, who alKtiiiidcd in tluit ncij^'liborliood loii^ at'tcr il, 
 (Icportat ion in 17")"), uiid \\liof<Hnid a secure retreat in the deiixcl 
 \voo(hMl forests in the riei,i,dil)()rhoc»d. 
 
 AUh()ii<,di (lie missioti was estahlished in 1708, tlie Pari» 
 Church of St. Mark was not hiiilt till 17*.'4. From 17(iS to 17> 
 Mt. Kayleson held services in his own h(»iise, arul in a scIkhi 
 I'ooni at l*'ort Lawienee on tiie site of which the ChiU'ch of S 
 Alban now htly stands. lUit it was in the mess-room of thefm 
 (Cumherland) at Westmoreland P(jint that the larj^est o(»ni,'rey.. 
 tions asseinl)le(l, this jiart heinj,' in those early days the inn- 
 important i-etitic of pojudation. We shall have occasion laii 
 on to aj;ain refer to Mi'. Ila^deson : l)Ut in the meanwhile, m 
 think that the interestiiii,' point is established that tlie first settle 
 ministrations of the C'hurch in New IJriinswii-k wei-e held in ll 
 Parish of St. Mark, in the County of Westmoreland (then foiinitiu 
 part of the County of Cumherland) and Huial I )eanery of Shedia 
 An interesting circurnstancH in connection with St. Mark's is tli;, 
 the hell that has from the first sunnn<»ned the children of il 
 Church to wotshiji, hears the following; inscri[)tion, " Ad iK^noni 
 Dei, Fecit T. JM. (Jros, Jiochefort, 17.>f ;" and it has three tier 
 de lis cast in it. All the suiroundin;j;s indicate that this intc 
 estini,' ornament was, previous to the Acadian deportation : 
 17")"), ill us(^ in the French chapel at l)easuei()ur, an(] is an inli 
 estiny; confirmation of the early date of this "ancient Mission 
 
 We iiave already said that tlie deanery is tei-riloi'iaily lav- 
 hut when all the jtarishes and missions are tilled there are ir 
 seven in ihe deanery that is to say, in the missions of AH" 
 County and Petitcodiac, and the parishes of Dorchester, Monctn' 
 Sackville, Shediac and Westmoreland. lUit as the mission of l: 
 County of Alhert has been vacant for ten years, and tlie Ciuutl 
 ground has been in con.secjuence all but lost, our present com]' 
 ment of clergy in the Deanery is only six. 
 
 And so, if we of this l\ural Deaneiy claim the uni((ue positi. 
 of having had the settled ministrations of the Church earlit- 
 we have also the sad distinction of being the only Deanery tli 
 has a whole county within its limits that has no settled niinisii 
 tions of the Church. This is a bar sinister on the fair escutchri 
 of the Church. It is not to our honor that either the men 
 the means should be wanting to wipe out this blot — not that 
 would have a :y think that the I). C. S. forgot that there w 
 such a county as Albert ; on the cont»':try, from as early as 1> 
 — fifty years ;:go, and the year tliat followed the one (IM 
 that marked Llshop Medley's first missionary tour in Albert- t 
 
.).) 
 
 (I loiiji after i! 
 L'Ht in th«' (len»i 
 
 17()S, the Pari- 
 •om 17())^ to 1 7> 
 
 and in a scIkh 
 :\w Cluirch of S 
 •i-rooni of the fm 
 largest con^ivi; 
 y (lay.>< the iiin 
 ve ()Ct;asiot» hui 
 le meanwhile, m 
 at the liist set I It 
 
 were held in tl 
 1(1 (then toi'Uiiir. 
 eanery of Shediii 
 St. l^ia^k's is tli; 
 lie children of ll 
 L)n, " Ad honoiii 
 
 it has three tlci 
 te that this intr 
 111 deportation 
 r, an(l is an inti 
 ancient Mission 
 tei'iiloriaily hwj. 
 lied tliere are h 
 Missions of AH" 
 ■Chester, Monetn 
 
 the mission of i: 
 , and the Chui< 1 
 ir present coui]' 
 
 he uni(iue posit i' 
 Church earlii- 
 jnly Deanery th 
 
 o settled ministi 
 :,he fair escutcht" 
 
 either the men 
 blot — not that 
 ij;ot that there \\ 
 m as early as 1 >- 
 'd the one (l^^l 
 3ur in Albert- t 
 
 Society constantly made yrants toward^ the l)iiilditiij of ehurclies. 
 the supplying' of books, and the stipend of a niissioniiry. 
 
 'J'here aic three chin'ches in the county -St. John at Hope- 
 well Hill, St. ]*eter at New Ireland, and St. Steph<'n at Harvey. 
 The two former have necessai'ily suH'ered miieli firtm disuse, whilst 
 that at Harvey is a hopeh-ss min. .Ml these churches were 
 larju'ely built l>y the aid of the Society. There is also a parsonage 
 at liiverside - everything' but the living; voice. 
 
 Why, in \ iew of all these facts, successiv<' able and earnest 
 missionaries have failed to establish one tlouiishiiiif mission in a 
 whole county seems jtassiny strange and scry surprising;. |>ut 
 freipient and Ion;; continued interreu;na will certainly destroy 
 even a proiiiisin.i,' mission, For our o\mi part, we ne\er did think, 
 even when most promising, that this mission was in a position 
 to come under the ordinary Hules and IJeyulatioiis of the lloMtd 
 of Home Missions: and still less is it now. The disijracc^ of a 
 priestless county should l>e wiped out ere the Society is Hnally 
 merged into the Synod : but in my opinion this can only be done 
 by the (.'hurcli sendin;,' a cler^'yinan who will })e l)old to declare 
 the doctrine of the Church /ealous, but prudent, and able to 
 endure hardness, unfettered, at all e\ents, by serious family care^. 
 the F>oard of H(Miie Missions freeing him from all mon<'tarT 
 anxiety by supj>lyin^ him with his whole stipend, whilst he makes 
 full return of all subscriptions, offertoiies and collections. Our 
 lon^'-continued neijlect has made this always arduous and ditiicult 
 field still more arduous, but ur\der th»^ conditions which we now 
 sugi^est, were the ])resenl writer a (juarter of a century younger, 
 he would ask for no better field in which to win his spurs. I 
 may add that at Hillsbcd'ough an unconseciated building stand* 
 which common report describes as " the Church of England, 
 but as yet no dvi'd of the pioperty has been giv(>n to the Church, 
 and a sum of money foi' the IxMietit of the church in Albert 
 County. auKumting to between three and four hundred dollars, 
 lies in the Savings JJank in that place in the names of three 
 trustees. 
 
 The missionat ies who have successively laboured in the mission 
 of Albert (Aninty since the year 1S48 are the Rev. C. P. Bliss, 
 who remained in chaige until ISo.'i, ulien he was followed by 
 the Rev. Jiodney Drake Palmei' : he in turn was followed, in 
 June, 1857, by the Rev. H. B. Nichols, who remained till July, 
 18G2, when he went as a missionary to the heathen in India, 
 under the S. P. Cr. After an all too-long interregnum of seven- 
 teen years, the Rev. George f/ove re-opened the mission in >Sep- 
 
3G 
 
 ) ! 
 
 tember, 1S7S, and remained until 1881, when, after a furtht 
 vacancy of about three yeais, he was followed, in March, 18S; 
 by the Rev. A. J. Cresswell, the present faithful and laborioi, 
 rector of Springfield. Mr. Cresswell lemained in charge ti 
 October, 1886, since which time — eleven years ago — there lia 
 been no settled missionary in the county. In addition to tl. 
 labours of those regularly-appointed missionaries, the Rev. \V. > 
 Boyer, the Rev. Canon Medley, the Rev. C. Willis, the Rev. J 
 S. W. Pentreath and the Rev. John H. Talbot did what tlu 
 could by way of occasional services, particularly the latter, wli 
 worked in the mission tor about six months. The census i 
 1881 showed 440 souls in the county claiming the Church ; tlm 
 of 1891 showed only '2G2, a loss of 182 in that decade, and w 
 know not how many since. The incoming missionary will h;i\ 
 special need of faith in (Jod, patience in his soul, and mm! 
 sympathy and encouirtgement from the Dio se. 
 
 Tiie Mission of Petitcodiac is of consideral)le extent, but ini 
 only a few Church families in it. It embraces Salisbury, Peti* 
 codiac, PoUet Ri\er and Havelock. There are four churclii 
 and a parsonage in the Mission. This scattered district lii 
 between tne parishes of Sussex and Moncton, and the earlic^ 
 references we have are to irregular ministrations of the lic^ 
 C. P. Bliss of Sussex, the liev. W. N. Boyer of Moncton, jui 
 the Rev. Canon Medlej', of blessed memory. 
 
 In 1871 the Rev. Cuthhert Willis, who was a j^ood soldier < 
 Jesus Christ, took charge of the Mission. The churches a 
 Petitcodiac, Pollet River and Salisbury, as well as the rector 
 at Petitcodiac, were built during this faithful man's incumbenc) 
 In 1890, his health failing, Mr. Willis resigned, and was followc 
 by the Rev. W, Eatough, who again in turn was succeeded, i 
 1892, by the present missionary, the Rev. C. H. Fullerton. Th 
 continu(>d exodus of the Church population from the Mission ; 
 well calculated to try the soul of the missionary; but Mr. Fullt! 
 ton does what he can, and there is no higher praise in the Gospt 
 
 First in alphabetical order comes Dorchester. From tli 
 earliest mention of this parish, down to the year 1878, it forme 
 a joint mission with that of Sackville, and in that year it becain 
 self-supporting. 
 
 The earliest trace of the presence of a Chuich clergynian ii 
 this parish I have from the lips of a very old man, who told n 
 in the year 1887 (he being then in his ninety-eighth year), (ha 
 when he was " a lump of a boy, about five, he was baptized \>] 
 the Rev. John Millidge, about 1795." The Digest of the Record 
 
 \\^\I\ 
 
after a furtlii 
 in March, ISS; 
 ful and laborioi, 
 d in charge ti 
 
 ago — there lis 
 [ addition to tl 
 , the Rev. W. > 
 illis, the Rev. J. 
 »t did what th( 
 ' the latter, %vli 
 The census > 
 lie Church ; tlm 
 
 decade, and \\ 
 lionary will hiu 
 soul, and muc; 
 
 ! extent, but Iwi 
 Salisbury, Peti* 
 e four churclii 
 ■red district li< 
 and the eai-lic- 
 [)ns of the ]\v\ 
 Moncton, un 
 
 , <'ood .soldier < 
 
 le churciies a 
 
 as the rector 
 
 m's incunibeno 
 
 d was follows 
 
 i,s succeeded, i 
 
 ^^ullerton. Th 
 
 1 the Mission i 
 
 but Mr. Fullt! 
 
 e in the Gosjk 
 
 er. From tli 
 
 1878, it forme 
 
 year it becaiii' 
 
 clergynian ii 
 [i, who told ll: 
 )ith year), tlia 
 
 as baptized li; 
 
 )f the Recoi (1 
 
 37 
 
 of the S. P. G. show, curiously enough, that that very year Bishop 
 Inglis ordained Mr. Millidge, and sent him into these parts as a 
 missionary. And as a passing illustration of the absence of 
 brother clergy in those eai'ly days, T may remark that, on January 
 3, 1797, Mr. Millidge was marrird by a layman, William Allan, 
 Esq., a Commissioner under the Marriage Act. 
 
 Mr. Millidge did missionary work in Cumberland County 
 and in Westmorland County, which then embraced the County 
 of Albert, from 1795 to 1801, when he removed to Granville, 
 N. S. 
 
 The first church in the joint Mission of 8ackville and Dor- 
 chester, St. Ann's, at Westcock, was built in 1817, and to it all 
 the church people repaired for divine service until 1840, when 
 the church of the Holy Trinity, Dorchester, was built. Fioin 
 the timiM hat Mr. Millidge retiVcd in 1797, till 1817, the few 
 churth souls were cared foi- by Missionaries from Amherst and 
 Westmorland. But from 1817 onw;ird the Mission was con- 
 stantly supplied. The Bev. John Buinycat oti'uiated from IS 17 
 till 1820 ; the Bev. Christopher Milner fi-om 1820 till iSoG : the 
 Rev. John Black from hS'i; till 1S47 ; the Rev. T. ^^ DeWolfe 
 from 1847 till 1800, when he was succeeded by the present, be- 
 loved rector of Frederic^ton, the Bev. G. (i. Boberts, who 
 remained till 1^73, and was succeeded hy the Bev. D. Niekerscjii, 
 who in turn yielded in 187.") to the Rev. John 1). 11. Biowiie, 
 and he again was succeeded by the Bev. liiehard Simoiids, tlu; 
 first i-ector of .^^'^> self sup})ortitig parish of Dorchester H(^ was 
 succeeded in 1882 by the present incumbent, the Rev. J. Boy 
 Cam[)beL. 
 
 Although by reason of failing heaUh the Bev. Bichard 
 Simonds in 1881 resigned the parish of Dorchestei', and has not 
 since assumed any settletl charge, and notwithstanding his com- 
 pletion of fifty yeaj's in the piiesthood, few men have pioved 
 moie abundant in labours, and nooe inoic modest and retii'ing. 
 
 Of two othe!' names in the foieg >ing list it behoves to make 
 some further mentiorr- the Rev. Christopher Milner and the 
 Rev. John Black. Mr. ^lilner is described in the Digest of the 
 Records as "a noted pioneer nn'ssionary and church builder. 
 When he saw the people backwaid he would take up his axe, 
 fell the trees for the building, and shame them into activity." 
 Many most interesting details of this laborious missionary's long 
 ministerial career have been preserved, and had we space we 
 would fain record some of the more characteristic. Mr. Milrier 
 died in Sackville in 1877, in the ninety-fiist year of his age, and 
 
I 
 
 38 
 
 al)Out the sixtieth of his ministry, full of labours and full (it 
 years. 
 
 The l{ev. John ]ila(;k, who followed Mr. IMilner, was a man 
 of much taste and refinement, and an accomplished musician, 
 who did much for the pi'omotion of sacied song in those eailv 
 days. Mr. Ulack removed afterwards to Kinysclear in 1847. 
 
 During the earlier years of the Church .Society the parish"- 
 of Sackville and ])orchester were no mean conti'ibutors to it- 
 funds ; and the Uiy delegates, the Hon. E. A. Botsford and tin 
 lion. E. P». Chandler, weie amongst the society's warmest friend> 
 and promoters. The fact is worth recording that the singlt 
 •[wuish of Dorcliestei'. siiu-e l)econung self-sujiporting, has con 
 tiihuti'd r-: less a sum than 8-">."0U to the funds of the society. 
 
 TIk' parish of Moncton (now the piesent prospeious city ot 
 Moncton) was called in ISK; "llie \illage at tlie bend,"' Ijut ha- 
 grown thrcnigh many \ icissitudcs to l)e a stronghold of the 
 Chui'ch. Tln! tirsi \isit ever made by any clergyman of tin 
 ( 'hurch to this neighbourhotxl was that of JNlr. Eagleson in tin 
 summer of 1774, and after a considerable inteival of time occa 
 -clonal missionary visits were made by the llev. John JNlillidgi', 
 the lv('\-. Samuel E. Arnold, and the IJev. .John IMack ; and later 
 siill l>y the Ivev. <!eni'ge S. .Iar\is, rector of Shediac. The first 
 resident clergyman in Moncton was the IJev. William N. Boyei. 
 who also becjueathed part of Ids library to the deanery. Hewa- 
 followed in l87lJ by the Ww. AVilliam \Valk<'r, during \vhoM' 
 unfortunate incuml)ency in 1873 the ])arish church was destroyci 
 liy incendiarism, and the distressed congregation had further tn 
 <-ontend with the ('umniingsite schism caused at that disastrous 
 period in their histoi-y. Mr. Walker was followed in 1874 l)v 
 the licv. E. S. W. Pentreath (now Archdeacon Pentreath) bv 
 wliom in the follow ingvt^ai' the cluirch was rebuilt. He laboured 
 w ith much prudence and success until ho removed to Winnipeg, 
 and was succeeded in 1 88.S by the Pvev. Arthur Hoadley, whosr 
 earnest piety promised an era of great prosperity to the parish, 
 but ill health supervening he was forced to resign his cure ami 
 was followed in 18SG by the Rev. John H. Tall)ot, under whom 
 the parish steadily improved until his removal to Oshawa in 
 1>*91, when he was succeeded by the present energetic incumb 
 ent, the Rev. E. R. Hooper, under whom the parish promises to gn 
 forward by leaps and bounds. The parishioners are at present 
 enlarging aud improving the church at a cost of about !5>3,OOti. 
 In 1895 this parish enjoyed the distinctioji of receiving tin 
 Sj-nod and Diocesan Church Society. 
 
 H 
 
 fc 
 
 M 
 
 b1 
 
 tl 
 
 tl 
 
 tii 
 
 thl 
 
 i li, 
 
Si? 
 
 39 
 
 irs and full ot 
 
 er, was a man 
 shed musician, 
 in those eailv 
 ■ar in 1847. 
 y the parisli"^ 
 I'ihutors to it^ 
 >tsfor(l and tin 
 'armest friend^ 
 lat the singli 
 •tin.i,', has con 
 f tlie societ}'. 
 ^perous city nt 
 M'ud," but ha- 
 i.i^liold of the 
 ;uynian of tin 
 >a,i;leson in tht 
 I of time occa 
 lolm IMillid-v, 
 ack ; and hiti i 
 iac. The fiiM 
 iani N. Boyei. 
 ery. He wa- 
 luring' whosr 
 was (lestroycM 
 ad furtlier tn 
 lat disastrous 
 Id in 1874 l)v 
 \uitieath) 1»\ 
 He laboured 
 to Winnipe,-:, 
 )adley, vvhoM 
 o the parish, 
 his cure and 
 under whom 
 Oshawa in 
 ;etic incumh 
 •romises to <io 
 V at preseni 
 )out 63,00(1. 
 eceiving tin 
 
 From the veai' 1^40, when lav dei)utv the Hon. Daniel 
 Hanin^^'ton, and tin; l\ev. i)r. .larvis, invoked the society's aid 
 for this "new and poor" mission, until it I.ecame self-sustainin<f, 
 Moncton was a constant recipient of large grants f jr church 
 building, for the maintenance of a missionary, ami i')i" books for 
 the paiochial and Sunday-vchool libraries, and f do no^ fear but 
 that the prosperous chun-luuen of the city of 31oncton will con- 
 tinue to .support the l»oard of Home Missions that succoured 
 their fathers in the days of " the village of the bend."' 
 
 ^^'e have largely anti(ipat<'d our refei'eiice to the pai'isli of 
 Sack\"ille in the account ot tlie joint Mission of tSackville and 
 Dorchestt'r. AN'lien mentioning the name of tiie Uev. T. N. 
 De^N'olt'e it might then ]iav»^ been added that the chiitch of St. 
 Paul, in Lower Sark\il!e. was I'rccted (buying his incumbency in 
 the year Is")!). This chuicli is interesting inasmuch as even to 
 the details of tlii' scats, the whole fabric follows a model which 
 Bishop Ab'dlcy caused a skilled workman who had wrought on 
 the cailicilial to make, in order that it might serve as a pattern 
 for parish chuicln's in the (^liocesc. 
 
 On the retirement in |S7S of the lb'\. John I ). 11. Ib'owne 
 from the charge (»f the joint mission, the l!e\. |[. .1. Tniacke 
 became the first lector in the single parisji of Sack\ille. After 
 about a ycai came l]\f \lvv. C V. .Mu'ivancN'; h.s was a shoi't 
 and disastrous career. lie in tuiii was followed by the l\e\. 
 Cecil ]''. W'ig'^ins, who b.'caine rectoi' in 1 •'^71). ami still contirnu's 
 fearlessly to uplift the baruierof the (luirch in a parish that has 
 its own peculiar (Htficulties. I>ya recent arraiii^'cment the rector 
 of 8ack\ille has assumed, with the assistance of a lay leader, tim 
 care of the joint Mission of I5av Verte, in the j^arish oi West- 
 morland, and 'ridnisji. which is in the jiarish of Amhei'st, in the 
 Diocese of Nova Scotia. 
 
 l>ay N'eite has long enjoyed the fostering care of the Societv. 
 As far back as 1S40 a grant was made lowai'ds building a churcli. 
 and tiie following yeai's show that grants towards chinch liuilding, 
 parsonage, and for books, were of freipient occurience. IJut, 
 though si) nurtured, Church life has ne\er heen \ery vigorous in 
 this section, although more success is hoped for in the eti'ort that 
 is now being made. The building of a new cliurcii at l>ay A'eite 
 is being agitated, if it is not already begiui, and at Tidnish a 
 net ami sutlicient church has been erected, and is furnished 
 with a bell and other ornaments, nuiinly through the instiumen- 
 tality of the late H. (4. C. Ketcluun, Es«|., who died in 1890, 
 and who. by his last will and testament, lias proved himself one of 
 thf iuost nninilicent benefactors of the Diocesan Church Society. 
 
40 
 
 'Ih'; I';ui -.h of .S}j<;'iiHc ha- al-o it.H o%vn special interest. Ti.- 
 fif'J. Aniilicfiii <:Uii£y!hiiiTi who visited it wa.s the Rev. Job;; 
 MillifJj.^';. The f;hiirch of .St. .Martin-in-the-W(xxl was begun ir. 
 \H2\ \)y th'r ll':v. <'Aiv\'-X>)\>)i<-v Miinf-r. and w%s opened in If^'J : 
 The cli-v'^y vvfio have suecessiv*;! y ministered in the Parish • 
 Shedia'; !i.fe a^i follows : 
 
 'I he llev. Saif.ii.l Kdwin Arnold \H'2f<-U. 
 
 'I !,.• l:..v. John lila.-k ll><32-.'}6. 
 
 Tin; Itfv. ('»i<)vj>: Sf'Vffioiir Jarvis, D.D. . . . 1836-80, 
 
 '11,.: l^.-v. II 11. P>i.rl..-r 18^<l-8.5. 
 
 The |{i'v. I''. W . \'roorii (rH>w Professor of 
 
 hivinily at Kiri^/'s ('olh*ge. Windsor). . 188.5-89. 
 
 TIm- I{cv. C.' K. M(K<n/i<- 188t)-93. 
 
 And the l'<'V. A. I''. 11. liiirr, who was elected 
 
 in l."^'.*."'), and who (MHititnies to he the 
 
 inciinihf'nt. 
 
 As clscsvlifrc stat.'d, the I'arislies of \\'e]lington and Dunda- 
 iin- (Tcdid'd lo this Held, hut, as a matter of fact, of late yeur- 
 Ihr chiiic-h in lhll•t(M^(•h(^ in the fornHT {)arish, is served li\ 
 iJichihiictd, iuid the chiiicli in (^ocai^ne. Parish of Dundas — ono 
 a rich ;ind iloiitisjiiiiu ct-nt re of Chiirch life and work — has, h\ 
 rr.isini of ri'iiiu\al of liiisint'ss interests, almost .'eased to exist. 
 !ti connrclioii with the vvoiU of the church in this district, th' 
 naiiif uf the IN-v. Alfred II. Weeks ought to he held in renuiii 
 hrancc. .Mr. \\ rcks was curate chielly at Cocaigne and Puctouclii 
 from IS IS |<) |S7l!. lie was a most faithful and retiring priest 
 duiing life, and in his dt>ath a grateful and generous benefactor 
 of I he Societ y. 
 
 The p.irish church of St. Andrew at Point du Chene calls fm 
 iiiief nolii-e. It was built at the tinu' of the introduction of tin 
 works of the Intercolonial Railway at that place in the eaily 
 sixties. Its tiist I'ector was th(> Kev. J. P. Sheraton — the preseii- 
 I'rincipal of \\ yclitVe C\)Ilege, Toronto--who took charge in 18(i7 
 He WHS followed by the Kev. \V. H. Armstrong in 1870. A 
 vui-ancy of about thn>e years then occurred, during which tiiii-^ 
 the H»>v. Mr. Pentreath gave occasional services. In 1876 th-^ 
 l\«'v. Stanlt>y l>(»yd beeonu^ the third rector, and on the 13ti 
 St'ptembei' in that year the church of St. Andrew was consecrate; 
 by r.ishop Medley, and it was on that occa'^ion that the presen: 
 writer first enjoyed the privilege of meeting our revered lat' 
 Metropolitan. The fourth rector was the Rev. O. S. Newnhaiu 
 the present rector of St. Stephen, and the highly valued Secretary 
 of the Synod. Mr. Newnham's rectorate extended from 1878 t 
 
■^ritt' 
 
 41 
 
 iutf;rest. T;.- 
 the Rev. Jo;.;. 
 fJ was F>egun :;. 
 'I'^ned in lf<i'.:; 
 
 the Parish >■• 
 
 ]MiM-31. 
 
 1^36-80. 
 1 881-85. 
 
 1S85-H9. 
 188'J-93. 
 
 >n anrj Dunrl;h 
 t, of late veai- 
 is .served liv 
 -)un(Ja,s — on,', 
 koik — has, l.\ 
 cased to exi-i 
 is district, tli' 
 K'ld in renuiii 
 md Buetoiichf 
 retiring pries' 
 >iis benefactor 
 
 'liene calls fui 
 luetion of the 
 
 in the earh 
 — the prescn 
 arge in 18«!7 
 in 1870. ,\ 
 t? which tirn^ 
 
 In 1876 thr 
 on the 13r; 
 s consecrate: 
 t the p res en: 
 revered hit' 
 . Newnharu. 
 ed Secretary 
 rom 1878 r 
 
 1881, auu he was followed by the Rev. W. B. Armstrong, who 
 remained till 1^84. Since that time the services of the rector 
 of Shediac have been found sufficient for the needs of the people. 
 
 With further reference to the Rev. (leorge Seymour Jarvis, 
 D. D., we may here say that he was a sound and learned divine, 
 well versed in Canon Lhav, and particularly in its bearing on 
 the parochial clergy. He was very tenacious of what he deemed 
 to be his canonical liglits. During the early part of his long 
 incumbency of forty-four years, he was abundant in labours as a 
 parish ]triest, and diligent to in(|uire as a rural dean, an ottice 
 that he held from the division of the J)iocese in 184 7 into Rural 
 Deaneries until his death. He was succeede<l in this otHce by the 
 Rev. R. Simonds, and on liis resignation of the Parish of Dor- 
 chester the suflVages of the clergy f*'ll to the Rev. J. Rcjy Camp- 
 bell, the present rural dean. 
 
 From the foundation of the Society this parish always took 
 much inteiest in its welfare, and in turn received many benefits. 
 rre(]uent grants for churches and paiochial and Sunday-school 
 libraries arc recorded in tlie earliest reports of the Societ}'. 
 
 The Church of St. Mai-tin in the Wood was built by the 
 Rev. Christopher ^lilner, largely assisted by William Hanington, 
 Es(j. This pioneer settler, who was the father of the Hon. Daniel 
 Hanington, the first lay deputy of the parish t^o the Society, died 
 in li'^oS. He was the ancest(u- of a lai'g(! and wi(ly.ly-«;pread 
 family, whose pardonal)le pride it is to claim that no one of the 
 name has ever swerved from the Church. The circumstance that 
 the Bray Lil)i'ary anfl parochial lending and Sunday-school 
 libraries were introduced at an early date, and were also high'y 
 valued and constantly used, caused the people of this p.Misli lo 
 be unconmionly well informed in all matters affecting the Chui'ch. 
 
 Of tile Parish of Westmoreland we have already incidentally 
 spoken as being the primal scene of Anglican church work in the 
 Province of New Brunswick. We have already seen that un» 
 doubtedl}' the very first njissicmary woik in these parts was done 
 by the Rev. John Eagleson in 17G8. Thi.s missionary ',s fourteen 
 years' lal)ours were no sinecure. Early in the course of his work 
 he was harassed b\' the Acadians, who raided his home, and by 
 the rebel Americans, who took him prisoner in November, 1776, 
 carried him to Massachusetts, from whence he escaped, at the peril 
 of his life, after a captivity of sixteen months, only to find on 
 his return all his effects stolen or destroyed. An attempt to 
 recapture him was made in 1781, but he fled in the winter of 
 that year, through the snow and the woods, to Halifax. 
 
■■ I i, 
 'I' ^ 
 
 42 
 
 Mr. Eaglcsun was fuUowed hy tlic Kev. J^dv ard C. Willoughhy, 
 who lahoured in l7!)3-4, and during whose incumbency the tiist 
 church of St. Mark was l)uilt. Mr. Willoughhy was succee(h>(l 
 in 1795 hy tiu* Rev. .lohn Millidge, and he again Mas followed 
 l»v the Ke\-. .lohn lUiiiiycat, who in ISIT was instituted as the 
 rector of Sack\ille. lie was followed iij 1S20 by the Jiev. Chris 
 topher jMilner, who, although, like ^Mr. Burnyeat, he was properly 
 the rector of Saik\ ille, yt-t, \>y leason of his abundant and fai 
 reaching laboui's, was wont to he descril)ed as '' the missionary 
 (»f the whole district fioni Sussex \'ale to Halifax, " but principally 
 in the Counties of Cumljirland JUid Westmoreland. 
 
 Writing to the S. P. (;. in l.Sl'O, Mr. IJurnyeat much laments 
 that *• the ancient mission " at Cumberland Fort-— the present 
 jiarish of Westmoreland is decayed, aufl its church ruinous. 
 lUit tlie \ery following yeai {]X'2l) lit,' (;he<'rs the Society with 
 the news that Mr. ]\lilner had rebuilt the church at the foit, 
 and that the inhabitants were waiting anxi(/usly once more for 
 the blessing of a resident minister. So from Amherst to Shediac, 
 and th(> pai'ts ijcyond, we litul Mr. .Milner eNerj-^whe'e at work. 
 
 Wilhin a few j.''-'is, howe\ei-, as was to he expected, as pop- 
 ulation, and consequently facilities for travelling, increased, we 
 find a more frctpient I'ccin rence of clerical names in this neigh- 
 bourhood, somt! of whom l»c(,'ame men <jf note in the history of 
 the Church. Fi'om about 1S2l> till aiK)Ut lSL>.5the Ixev. .lohn 
 AV. 1). <>ray laiiouicd at Amliei'st and lAji't Cumberland. From 
 i'^2U to 1S-")U the ivcv. (icorge S. .Jaixis woi'ked in Amherst and 
 \\'estmoreland. From is;50 to l^'o'A we lind the Ww. F»ichai-d 
 I' Wiggins at work, and from 1('^3-1- aiid onwards, occasionally, 
 \. (ieorge Townsend otliciatcd. From lc<4(> to Ii"'17, the 
 I. . Robert Arnold ; from is 17 to I SoO, the Rev. Richfud 
 Sinj(mds ; from iSol to 1s."jl', the Rev. Charles Lee: and from 
 IS52 to the ])resent time, forty-five years, the Rev. J). ]\I. Jiliss 
 has constantly tended, and still continues to care for the flock. 
 In liSH'i the parish church of St. ^lark was rebuilt for tiie thiid 
 time, and last year (IMH)) a paiish hall wa.s erected, and tlu^ 
 }>eople are still minded to sup.port what, in the dialect of some of 
 the humbler, though no less sincerely attached, meml)ers of the 
 chui'ch, they call the " J.)ioshian Society.'" 
 
 Such, in conclusion, is a brief account of the Deaneiy of 
 Shediac. Settled, as th(> counties of Westmoreland and Alb(M-t 
 originally were, first by the Acadians, who, for example, num- 
 bered 13,G7G at the last census in the county, and who in the 
 parish of Dorchester outnumber the Engli.sh inhabitants, and 
 after the Acadians, by settler.s chiefly from New England, the 
 
 Ul- 
 
^'. Wil lough },v. 
 ency the first 
 vas .succeeded 
 
 ^as followed 
 tituted as tJic 
 tf Hev. Chiis 
 
 was proper] \ 
 ant and far 
 e niix.sionaiN 
 "t principallv 
 
 Hioh laments 
 
 the present 
 '■t;}i ruinous. 
 "Society with 
 at the foit, 
 lee more t'ui- 
 ^ to iShediaf. 
 i e at work. 
 fed, as po])- 
 creased, we 
 
 this nei^i^h 
 ' iiistorj' ()t- 
 
 l^ev. .John 
 'ifi. From 
 iniierst and 
 V. IJichai'd 
 x-asionally, 
 ' l'"^17, the 
 • liichfii'd 
 
 and from 
 '• M. PAiss 
 
 tlio Hock. 
 
 tlie thiid 
 , and the 
 >f some of 
 ers of the 
 
 ■anei y of 
 (1 AU)ei't 
 >Jh, num- 
 10 in the 
 nts, and 
 and, the 
 
 4 a 
 
 nortli of Ireland, and Methodist famihes fiom about ^'orkshire. 
 the Chui'ch of l'inf,dan(l is in a ijieat minority. Albert County 
 is laiirely consecrated to the IJaptist body. At Menn-anicook 
 the IJoman Catholics ha\f tiieir extensive educational estal)lish 
 ments at St..loseph"s. whilsi at Sack\"illo the Maiitinie Methodists, 
 with the Cniversity of Mount Allison, all but possess the land. 
 Apart fi(jm our long continued neglect of Albert County, the 
 general tendt in-y to urlmn emigration I'lom niir i'ur;d (Usti'icts 
 has murli depleted our Cliureh populaticMi, ;is may ))e witnessed 
 in the Petitcodiai-, Westcock and Cocaigne Missions. 
 
 J*ut wjiilst we are compaiativelv few in numl)ei', tli" Church 
 people of this deanery are deeply attached to the church of their 
 fatluMs, ntid ai-e strong in the conviction that, in the Pi'ovidence 
 of God, the Cluuv-h of Kiiiiland is yet set f( • the healing of 
 divisions among Christian jx'oplcs, on the sure foundation of 
 evangelical truth and ajiostolical onjei-. 
 
 A TABLi: 
 
 sho^\ill^■ (Ik' name'-, dates of eieetion, and the builders of all the 
 churt'hes and cliMjieJs of tin' Church of j-'iiirland iii the Hfanery 
 of Shediac, c(aii[)ile(i Ijy tlu- Ke\'. .1 . lioy Campbi'll : 
 
 Parish Citi'bcii mi 
 
 C'HAPKL. 
 
 ""AilxTt Co.— ~" 
 
 New 111 'land ;... 
 
 Harvey 
 
 Hopinvoll Hill 
 
 WestmurelandCo.— 
 
 Dorcliester 
 
 Moncton . . 
 
 i 
 
 Petitfodiiic 
 
 Havelm.'k (.Kings Co.)... 
 
 PolJ.'t River 
 
 Salisljiirv 
 
 Pt. ])ii Clieiie 
 
 Sncl<vlilH (Parish) 
 
 8nd Westi'Ofk 
 
 Lower Su<-kville 
 
 Shediac (Parish) St. 
 
 Dundas (Kent Co.) (Jn- 1 
 
 oaiKne l' 
 
 Wellington (Biu.touche). '■ 
 Westmoreland (Pai-isli) • • ' 
 
 Bay Verte I 
 
 >iinii^ (if ( 'liurcli. r^'= 
 
 Bv Whom Riiilt. 
 
 St. Peter. 
 
 St. Stephen. 
 
 St . Jdliri. 
 
 }h>ly Trinity. 
 
 St . ( leortre'. 
 
 Ihirned. 
 
 (')uiuccl rt'liiiilt. 
 
 Nave rei)iiilt . 
 
 pjilarged. 
 St. Andrew. 
 St. Paul. 
 St. Peter. 
 St. John. 
 SI Andrew. 
 
 St Anne. 
 
 St. I»tephen. 
 
 St. Paul. 
 
 Martin in the Wood. 
 
 St. Alban. 
 
 St. Lawrenn>. 
 St. Mark, 1st. 
 
 2nd. 
 
 3rd. 
 St. iiUke. 
 
 !l8,-)0!riev. ('. ]'. Rliss. 
 IV")! Rev. C. P. Bliss. 
 l.S.V,l Rev. H. H. Niehol.- 
 
 1P4I) 
 1S.VJ 
 isr3 
 
 isri 
 w. 
 i8!i; 
 
 wv 
 
 1SH7 
 IS(i4 
 1817 
 ISIS 
 18.5(1 
 TS->;? 
 
 I IN.'! 
 llP(i5 
 
 irtM 
 
 IWl 
 
 1882 
 
 1 184:1 
 
 Rev. John Blaolv. 
 Rev. W. N. Boyr. 
 
 Rev. E. S W. Pentreath. 
 
 Kev. E. W. Pentreath. 
 
 Rev. K ■ Hoi>i)er. 
 
 Itev. Ciithliert Willis. 
 
 Rev. 0. P. Bliss and Local Com. 
 
 Rev. Cuthliert Willis. 
 
 Rev. Cntldiert Willis. 
 
 Interested La3'men. 
 Rev. .John Bi'irnyeat. 
 Rev. Jnhn B'ack 
 Rev T. N DeWollV. 
 
 ( Rev. V. Milner and William 
 
 I Ilaniiigtun, Esq. 
 
 Rev. I> Jarvis. 
 
 Rev. AW. Weeks. 
 Rev. Edward C. Willoughhy. 
 Rehuilt hy Rev. C. Milner. 
 Rebuilt by Rev. I). M. Bliss. 
 Rev.G.Townsend it Local Com. 
 
44 
 
 DEANERY OF KINGSTON. 
 
 By Rev. C. P. Hanington, Rural Dean. 
 
 m 
 
 -fci.' 
 
 It is with reference to the work of the Church past, present 
 and futuie in the deanery of Kingston that I am about to 
 address you. First let me l)ring before you briefly the history 
 of the Cinirch's work in that deanery. 
 
 The first recorded fact, as far as I can ascertain in this 
 connection, is as follows; In tiie summer of the year 17G9 the 
 Rev. Thomas Wood, the S. P. G. missionary at Annapolis, 
 visited the settlements on the 8t. John river. Tliis was only 
 six years after what we now call New Brunswick came into the 
 undisputed possession of Oreat Britain ; at that time our pro- 
 vince foinied a [tart of N"o\a Scotia, the separation of the two 
 taking place in 17S4. Tlie Rev. j\li-. Wood, after landing a( 
 St. John, pi'oceeded up the river and, as we learn from the 
 lately published "Digest of S. P. G. Records," he stopped at 
 Gagetown, where he baptized two children — Jf>seph and Mary 
 Kenderick — who were "twins born in an open canoe on the 
 river, two leagues from any house." This seems to have been 
 the first olHcial act of any clergyman of our Church in Kingston 
 deanery. 
 
 The English speaking population resident witliin the limits 
 of the deanery at this time must have been extremely small, 
 probabl)^ less than '200 people, scattered along the V)anks of the 
 river in Kings and Queens Counties. The American revolrtion, 
 however, effected a great change. Thousands t)f Loyalists 
 emigrated from the United States in 178o ■-\im 'settled along the 
 St. John river and its tributaries. One body is said to have 
 landed on the low-lying meadows near the river Jemseg, and the 
 locality pleased them much until the spring freshets came, wlien 
 in terror they fled to the higher lands and thenceforth sought 
 more secure dwelling places. 
 
 In 1784 the Church people at Kingston resolved to organize 
 a parish corporation, and a meeting was accordingly held on the 
 10th day of May in that year for the purpose. One of the 
 wardens elected was Mr. David Pickett, grandfather of the 
 Rev. D. W. Pickett, until recently rector of Greenwich. This 
 event makes Kingston the oldest Church parish in the deanery, 
 
V. 
 
 3ast, present 
 am about t(t 
 y the history 
 
 rtain in this 
 ear 1769 the 
 Annapolis, 
 lis was onh- 
 ame into thr 
 line our pro- 
 of the two 
 landing at 
 ^'n from the 
 ■ stopper] at 
 >h and Mary 
 iinoe on the 
 L) have been 
 in Kingston 
 
 n the h'luits 
 mely small, 
 )anks of the 
 revolrtion, 
 t Lovalists 
 d along the 
 id to have 
 eg, and tlje 
 same, wlien 
 rth sought 
 
 :o organize 
 leld on the 
 >ne of the 
 er of the 
 ich. This 
 3 deanery, 
 
 ar ' '■ sufficient to explain why our deanery btars the name 
 T .c does. 
 
 , yet, however, there was no elergyman lesident in the 
 fiery, although the liev. John Heaidsiey officiated occasionally 
 t Kingston, and had made some preparation for building himself 
 a house there when he was ap})ointed t(» Maugei-ville in conse- 
 quence of tiie death of Hev. John Sayre, first rector at that 
 place. Then for a time Mr. Fioderick l)ibble(>, afterwaj-ds first 
 rector of Woodstock, but not then in Holy Orders, acted as lay 
 reader. 
 
 F'or its first resident clergyman Kingston was indebted to 
 the S. P. (j., ready then, as it always has been, and still is, to 
 look after the spii-itual wt-ltaie of (,'luii'ch members in the 
 colonies anfl to follow them with her aid in their wanderings. 
 
 In the month of May, ITf^G, three clergymen, all of them 
 formerly em})loyed as missionaries of tlie S. P. G. in the old 
 
 
 Trinity Church, King' ^n. Ereeled A. D. 1789. 
 
 colonies of America, arrived in !St. John ; these were the Rev. 
 James Scovil, late of Waterbury, Conn.; the Rev. Richard 
 Clarke, of New Milford, Conn.; and the Rev. Samuel Andrews, 
 of Wallingford, Coini. The latter was .sent to Saint AndfUws, 
 but the two former came to Kingston deanery, Mr. Scovil to the 
 parish of Kingston and Mr. Clarke to (Jagetown ; so that as 
 regards the work of resident clergymen these two parishes date 
 
k; 
 
 from i\w .sunu' yv.ir. iJiit Imth Mr. S((i\il uinl Mr. Chiike wen- 
 required t(j lalxir over a \t'ry nuicli larj,'er area tliaii is included 
 in tlie pari.shes of Kiii^'sion and < iauetow n to-day. The eccleni- 
 astical parish of Kiii.yston at that time iiuluded tlie present 
 parislies of llami)toii. Noiton, Sprin,i,diel(i, Westlield and Cireen- 
 uich, or, at k-ast, Mr. Seovil uorlsed over all this area, tiavelling 
 from place to place with Kin.yston as his centre, doing what he 
 could to build up and strengthen the Church, but working 
 evidently undei' gicat disads antages. In ITSS lie settle(T his 
 family in a house which he built at his own expense. At tluit 
 timt> there were L'l'O families in his mission, but only thirty 
 communicants. In the year 17.SU the parishioners of Kingston 
 began building a Church, which was '-dedicated" by their 
 rector on the oth day of November in the same year "to the 
 .service of Almighty (•<h\ by ihe name (jf Trinity Church." This 
 was the first Church built in the deanery. It is standing and 
 in a good stat(! of prt-('r\ation today, older by nearly a ([uarter 
 of a century than any other Cliurcii edifice in the diocese. 
 ]{i'X. .lames Scovil die<l in \^()X, and was sui-ceeded by his son, 
 l\ev. FJias Scovil, who. in turn-, was succeeded l)y his son, Jlev. 
 William !"]. Sco\i!. It is noteworthy that father, sou and 
 grands(tn occupied successi\elv tin- position of rector in the same 
 parish. For one hundred and thirty years tiu! three Scovils were 
 in the ministry, and for ninety years they olhciated at Kingston. 
 
 Next to Kingston historically comes (Ia(;ktown. As we 
 liavo already .seen, the Hev. liichard Clarke began work there in 
 I 7^!(), the same year in which the Eev. James Scovil began work 
 in Kingston. He also had an immense territory to woj'k over, 
 for his mission included Hampstead, Wickham, Waterbormjgli, 
 a?id the rest of tlie Grand Lake i-egion. In 1790 he built at 
 (;lagetown a Church and school. He lield .services ^"ery f reciuently 
 on Long Island, which was considered convenient for both the 
 parishes of Wickham and Hampstead. A church was sub.se- 
 (]uently built there,* which was subsequently moved to the 
 Wickliam maiidand and is to-dav not in existence. 
 
 Mr. Clarke was i-ector of Gagetown for twenty-five years, at 
 the expiration of which he l■emo^ed to St. Ste})hen and was 
 succeeded by his son, the Rev. Samuel IL Clarke. What .seems 
 to have led to lii.s resignation was a teriible affliction that Ix^fell 
 liim on the l.Sth of March, 1811, when his rectory caught fire 
 
 * On Feptember 13, 188.'i, Bishop Inplis lield service in the Church on Long Island, 
 which he says "is unfortunately situated, as n^'ither clergyman nor congregation 
 can meet there at any time witliout iiicimvenience. The access is often difficult and 
 sometimes impossiV>le. Tl»e site was ch( sen because it was central ; Ibut a central 
 island, or any .spot without a neighborhood, is unsuitable for a Church." 
 
-17 
 
 1(1 
 li- 
 lt 
 
 hikI his oldest (Ijiiiylitcr. a nicer ami a v'tiiii<Noii prrishrd in iln- 
 rifitncs. 
 
 Next in (»r(l(>i- coincs (he |.;iiis|| df Sisskx. Tt wms at tir^t 
 »K'casi(ir,ally \isiti'(l hy the l{rv. .lanirs S<-..\il and (.tlirr t-lcruy- 
 nu'ii. All'. Olivei- Arnold, who (iiiiic to Sussex ahoiit the vear 
 17S.S to take eluirge of a school for the Indians, estahlislicd there 
 l)y the Society for rro}»a<,'at ini;- tln' (u.sj.el anion,!,' tlie Indians.* 
 Avas ordained (leacon hy the l'.islio|. of Nova Scotia in May, IT'.'U, 
 at Halifax, and orflained j»riest in .lime of the year follo\vin<:-, as 
 appears hy the records at Halifax, and it is (|uite certain he 
 niiiiisterpd to the {x'ople (.f Sussex, altliouuh he had not heen 
 ai>i)ointe(l ji missionary, hut ordy " lircnscd to )ierforin the otlicc 
 of a deacon (and sul)se(|iiently of a juicsi) in tho I'rovince of 
 New I^)runsuick." In the yeai- IT'JL', when the Ihshoii of Nova 
 Scotia was inakini^ an (q»iscoj>al visitation of New I'.runswick, he 
 receiver! a petition from the |ieo))le of Sussex \'alc, prayin;j; tliat 
 y\r. Arnold, lately ordained hy jiiin, niiL:lif he reconunendcd to 
 the S. V. (jl. as their missionarv. 'The |!is|iopat once complied 
 with their i'e(pi(>st, and Mr. Arnold was accordiiiLily appointed. 
 While at Sussex Uishop Inulis examineil .Mr. .Ai iiohhs scliool, and 
 in his letter to the S. V. (!. says that the Indian children 
 i('])eated the catecliisiii \fry Ihieiitlv. and iiy tlieii' readinj;' and 
 writin^f gave good pi'oofs of the care that had heen taken of their 
 instruction. 
 
 Tn 179;") a schoolroom for the Indians, in whi<'h white 
 childreti weic also taught, and which went Ity the dignitled name 
 of "'J'he (^)llege,'" was l)uilt hy the ell'orts of the Hon. (Jeorge 
 Leonard, who two years hefore had gi\en the Church '200 acres 
 of land for a glehe. This college piohahly ser\»'d the purpose of 
 a Church foi' s(>ine years, as the tirst jiarish Chui'ch does not 
 appear to have he-'ii finished until the year 1 .'^Oo. The mission 
 of Sussex included a \-erv wide area, for the rector worked in 
 Hampton, Norton, Studholm, .lohn^ton, Ilavelock, Cardw^l, 
 Wateiford and Hammond. 'J'he laruer part of this huge distinct 
 was cared for hy the rectors of Sussex up to the time that the 
 late Canon AFi'dley took (;harge. The old jiarish Church stood 
 at Sus.sex Cornei-, and was consecrated in ISi'ti liy l)ishop .John 
 Inglis, the third iJishop of Nova Scotia. Hev. Oliver Arnold 
 died in 18:34 and was succeeded hy his son, Kev. Horatio Nelson 
 Arnold. 
 
 At the heginning of the present century the whole deanery 
 of Kingston was l)eing sei ved hy this triu'nviratc, Hev James 
 Seovil, Eev. Kichard Clarke and Hev. Olive. Arnold each being 
 
 * This Society had no connection with the S. P. G. 
 
48 
 
 ill charj^'c, roughly Kpcakiii^, of a tl«ii<l '>f its aroa. Hut from this 
 timt' these three missions he;,'an to l)e sulnlivided. In IHOl the 
 ]>arishes of Westfield and (Ireenwieh (the former now included 
 in St. John deanery) weie ^.lated in eliar<>;e of Rev. Robert 
 ^'orris, who worked "there for five years. After his departuie 
 the.se parishes were witliout a resident (•le.;;yinaTi for sixt(!en 
 vearH. At the end of that period they were in IHl'I' j»lace(f in 
 charf,'e of Rev. (Jill)ert Wigj,'ins (a hrotlur of the founder of tlie 
 Wigf,'ins Orphan Asylum), wiio worked there for ten years, and 
 was ,succee<led by the Rev. Cvjiristophei- Milner. 
 
 Next in <trder eomfw> Ha.mpton. In 1^*10 the Church pm)ple 
 in Hampton, toi,'ether with those in Lower Norton, and .some 
 fi-om the Pai-ish of Kinj,'ston (which then extended as far as 
 liami)ton Villa^je), took in hand the huihling of a Church. In 
 this Church, which stood on the site of the present parish Church 
 of Hampton, Rev. Elias Scovil held s(!rvice for several years ; 
 the Norton and Kingston people, living on the opjiosite side of 
 the rivei', also attenduig. Hev. Mr. Scovil ^•eporte(^ of the 
 Church peoj)le in Hampton, at that time, tiiat " they had done 
 more in proportion to their means for the promotion of public 
 worship than any paiisli in the piovince." In ISl'.) Rev. James 
 Cookson was appcjinted S. J*. (J. luissionary at Hamj)ton, and 
 the jidjoining parishes of Norton, l'})hatn and Rothesay were 
 included in his missicm. 
 
 A curious fact with reference to the Church at F\ingston and 
 Hampton at that periofl is that the corporations of these parishes 
 owned the three principal ferries ju the Keimebecasis River, 
 viz.: Hampton ferry, the ferry at Perry's Point and that at 
 (jiondola Point. Thest^ feri'ies were made over to them in 1821} 
 l>y the goveiiuuent, the inc(»me to be for the benefit of the 
 Church in both parishes. lUit this property gave the Church a 
 great deal of trouble, tin- only ])!'otitable ferry being the one at 
 Hampton, and in ISo-i the government, being ask(>d to do .so, 
 revoked their grant, and so the proper^^y passed out of the 
 Church's hands. The parish Church at Hami)ton, though built 
 in 1810, was not consecratefl until 182(1. In 1829 Mr. Cookson 
 resigned and returned to England, where he died in 1857. He 
 was succeeded by the Rev. William W. Walker, who was rector 
 of Hampton from 1830 to 1883. He died in 1889, having been 
 «ixty-two years in the ministiy, of which he was rector of 
 Hampton fifty years. 
 
 Next in order come the Grand Lake parishes, Cambridge, 
 AVaterbohouc.h, CA\NiN(i and Chipman. These parishes hitherto 
 worked from Gagetown were in 1820 placed in charge of the 
 
 fosmm 
 
Hew Heiny Haydcn, who only rcniaiiici tlu'iv a yrar, when h<' 
 removed to Nova Scotia, lie was t'ollow.'d in ]X2:i hy the Rev. 
 Abraham Wood, who had jireviousiy Wren a eiirate of Trinity 
 Church, St. John. Mr. Woo.J continued therefor nearly fortv 
 years, resigning' in iSlii', hut hviiijr until IS?!*, at which time 
 he had been over sixty years in the niinistrv. 
 
 Jn the year IS-lL' a fmther subdivision of the deanerv took 
 place. Spkin(;fikl[) and Nokton wei-e placed under the cliarge 
 of the l{ev. Wm. Scovil. Some years previously ehurches had 
 been huilt in both of these parishes. Tjie parish Church at 
 Norton, begun in 1.S1 1, is standing and in an ex 'lient state of 
 preservation, having lately been restored by the zealous ellbrts 
 of Mr. Isaac Raymond and others. Next to Trinity Churcii, 
 Kingston, it is the (.Idest Church edifice in the diocese. It was 
 not consecrated until the visit of llishop John Inglis in IS-JC), in 
 which year the parish chuiches of Sussex and Hampton were 
 also consecrated. In 1S4.S Rev. R. J), '^almer was in chartre of 
 Springfield, Rev. W. Scovil working in Norton alone, so that 
 the separation of these parishes dates fr(;ni that vear. Rev. 
 Mr. Scovil was succeeded in ISHl l)y Kev. Iv A. Warneford, 
 who remained forty-four years in charge of the parish, resigning 
 only two years ago. 
 
 The parish of Tpjiam l)ecame a s(>parate nn"ssion in 1S46 
 when the Rev. Thos. Mc(Jliee took chaige of it in conjunction 
 with St. Martins in the<leanery of St. John. He was transferred 
 to Sussex in 1S4^> and was succeeded by Hev. W. H. DeN'eber, 
 now Canon DeVeber. In iStlO Mr. I)e\'ei)er l)ecame rector of 
 St. Paul's, in St. John, and was succeeded at Uphara by the 
 Rev. S. J. Hanford, who has but lately ictired after more than 
 thirty-five yeais of faithful service. 
 
 Havelock, with Salisbury, was separated fiom Sussex in 
 1?^G9, and was placed in charge of Kev. Cuthbert Willis, who 
 was ordained deacon in St. Paul's Church, Havelock, on tlie day 
 erf the historic Saxby gale, October, o, 18G9. '{"he present 
 rector has thought it expedient to attiliate himself with the 
 Shediae deanery, a large part of his work l)eijig in the county 
 of Westmorland. 
 
 Rothesay became a parish in the year 1870, tlie Rev. S. B. 
 Kellogg being its first rector. He was succeeded in 1S72 by 
 the Rev. PVancis Partridge, now dean of the Cathedral. 
 
 Waterfokd was separated from Sussex in 1874 and placed 
 in charge of the Rev. J. H. Talbot, afterwards rector of Spring- 
 field, and later of ^loncton. 
 
n 
 
 n 
 
 50 
 
 I 
 
 Johnston became a separate mission in 1SS4, when the 
 writer of this paper was placed in charge ; it is therefore the 
 youngest parish of the deanery. Work had l)een cairied <m in 
 it, however, by the rectors of adjacent parishes for many years 
 back and the D. C. H. before IS^o gave a grant towards build- 
 ing its parish church. Bishop Medley visited the parish in 
 184^5, holding service in the church which was, however, still 
 unfinished. This was not [iishop Medley's first visit to Kingston 
 deanery, however, for the previous autumn lie had consecrated, 
 October 'M, St. James' Church, on the Long Ueach, in the 
 Parish of Kingston, and, November 2, the Church of the Ascen- 
 sion, at Lower Norton. 
 
 Having thus briefly brought before you th" main facts in 
 connection with the founding of the Church in Kingston deanery, 
 let me next deal for a moment in statistics, which will in some 
 measure help to show tiie position of the Church in that deanery 
 at the present time. Assuming that the deanery extends over 
 the whole of Kings and (.i)ueens counties, the jxipulation of the 
 deanery at present, according to the census of 1891, is about 
 35,000. The population of 1S81, according to the census taken, 
 was about ."^IJ.OOO. So tliat in ten veais there has been a 
 decrease in po})ulatioii to the e,\t(Mit of more than 4,000 souls. 
 Some people doubt that there has actually been this large 
 decrease, but that there has l)een some decn'ase is certain, for in 
 spite of the fact that very few Church members have left the 
 fold of th(* Church, and that from the excess of birth rate over 
 death rate theri^ ought to be a steady giowth of population 
 instead of a diminution, the Church has ap[)aj'ently declined in 
 total membership. In 1881, for example, seven parishes in 
 Kingston deanery reported a total of 'J,95li Church members, 
 and ten or twelve years later the same paiishes report 2, 1 "2.3 
 members, an apparent decrease of X'M). It may be observed in 
 passing tiiat 1 am not at all confident that these figures are to be 
 thoroughly relied on, for the clergy diflPer in their opinion as to 
 what constitutes a Church member ; some including nominal 
 Chuichmen, of whom theje are always to be found not a few, 
 others excluding them. I>ut while the Chui'ch membership lias 
 apparently cU'creased during these ten years (mainly through 
 ••migration), there remains one cheering sign of progress ; these 
 same seven f)arishes, to which 1 ha\e just referred, report 560 
 communicants in 1881, and ten or twelve years after 704, an 
 increase of I'io. That is to say in spite of a large decrease of 
 population, and as a natural conseciuence of Church people, there 
 has gone on a steady increase in the number of communicants. 
 
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 It is plain, then, that when studying the statistical returns 
 from our deaner}', this deciease of populatio!! ought always to he 
 taken into consideration, for, otherwise, wrong conelusiotis will 
 1)6 arrived at. Figures may seem to asseit that the Church is 
 at a standstill in the deaneiy, whilst the contrary, as 1 have 
 many reasons for l>elie\ing, is the case. Toiling away faithfullv 
 and persistently year aftc^r yeai-, the c(»untr\' clergy are cheered 
 by many evident fiuits of their labours, hut, at the same time, 
 they are over and over again almost disheartened when they see 
 some of their i)est parishioners moving to other places, to the 
 United States, to the Canadian Northwest, and, T suj)pose, ne.\t 
 it will he to the Klondyke. l)Ut at least they feel that tlie\ai'e 
 huilding up the Church throughout .Vmerica, and where ont^ sows 
 another (perhaps thousands of miles away) is reaping. There 
 are to-day in the deanery somewhere about 4.500 Church mem 
 bers. Of these more than 1,."}00 are conmiunicants. In 1S81 
 a))out 1,230 communicants were repealled ; so that, as I have 
 said, in spite of a large dei-rease in pojiiilatioii, there has been a 
 steady increase in the communicants roll. 1 think that this 
 speaks of good work being done, and of spiritual progress. There 
 are to-day in active woik in the deanery twi'b.e <;lergymen, having 
 the oversight of some nineteen paiishes. There are also li\ing 
 in the deanery two of the cleigy on the superannuated list. 
 
 As in this address i am i-xpected t(» bring before you the 
 histoiy of Kingston Deanery, with special icference t(» the l>. 
 C. S., I must now speak for a few moments upon the relationshi]i 
 between our dei ery and that Society. It has been very close, 
 very svm{)athethic, and very lienelicial from the \ery first, and 
 our position could not be what it is if it had not been for tluit 
 Society's fostering cai'e. The fiist missiotiaiies were of course 
 supported by the S. V. (J., but when their direet grants ceased. 
 grants from the D. C. S. were made to their successors, and no 
 parish in the deanery, in which ;ctive Church work has been 
 going on, can be named which the D. C. S. has not at diU'erent 
 times ixiven assistance to. Ihit such grants have alwavs l»een 
 made with discreticm : the object of the Society ha\ing been to 
 induce each parish to do all that it could for itself, and to become 
 by degrees self-supporting and independent. The following 
 parishes, each of which was voted a grant in ISTO, are now on 
 the self-supporting list : Hampton. Kingston, Sussex, Kothesay 
 and Norton, the last named yiarish entering this list only two 
 years ago. Besides this, all the other parishes are i-eceiving a 
 much smaller grant to-day than they ri^'eived some years ago, 
 and as the stipends of the clergy ivmiiin about the same, are 
 
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 therefore giving with increased liberality. To make a compari- 
 sson ; in 1«70 the D. C. S. paid towards the support of the Church 
 in the deanery .175,321), and voted besides to Rothesay 8200 and 
 to Canning $200, making a total vote of 8'), 7 29. To-day, with 
 two new parishes, Waterford and Johnston, the total D. C. S, 
 grant to the deanery is $2,153, a decreas; of more than 83,000, 
 which means that our parishes are contributing to-day at least 
 $3,000 more annually tovvards the support of the Church than 
 they were contributing in 1870. This is, T think, a sign of 
 spiiitual progress. But, besides giving grants towards the support 
 of the clergy, the D. C. S. has given grants for other purpo.ses 
 from the very first. Up to 1845 it assisted in the building of 
 churches in the parishes of Johnston, Canning, Studholm, Green- 
 wich, Kingston, Upluun, (Jagetown and Norton, and probably 
 many of the churches built or restored since have received like 
 grants. Grants have also been made towards the building of 
 rectories. When it is taken into consideration how poot a very 
 large proportion of our people are in the diiferent parishes it will 
 be felt that much good work which has been done would have 
 been left entirely undone if the I). C. S. had not been ready 
 with its aid when aid was so much needed. 
 
 As to the future of the Church in the deanery, I will not 
 have time to say much, nor will my conjectures be of any great 
 value. There are some civil parishes in the deane?}' in which 
 to-day little woi-k, if any, is being done by thn Church. T ought 
 in this paper to call attention to them. There is, first of all, 
 Jfam/istcdd, which used to be in eaily days a Church centre. 
 Then there are yy?v/n,w?/'tV/' and Wx-khtint. In these three parish(>s 
 there can be but few Churchmen, but it would seem that, if only 
 few in numb(>r, they ought not to be forgotten and neglected. 
 Gur ho|)e is that emigration from the deanery is about at a stand- 
 still, and that the tide may soon turn, and that the next census 
 may find an increase of population rathei' than a decrease, and 
 that our villages may develop into towns, and that in our rural 
 parishes more pro.speious times may at live. Many changes have 
 taken place in the deanery in the past. The })uilding of the 
 T. C. K., about 1857, for instance, almost reversed the position 
 of parishes in the scale of importance, for Kingston, Gagetown 
 and Cambi'idge hold now sei'(»nd place as c()mj)ared with the 
 railway })arishes, especially Sussex, Hampton and Rothesay. 
 What anovhei- century may bring forth, who can know? But 
 we trust that the Church in our deanery may never be found 
 wanting in wi'Jtloni, spirituality and perseverance, and that, what- 
 ever may betide, she may prosper. 
 
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 THE DEANERY OF FREDERICTON. 
 
 By The Rev. Canon Eobekts, M. A., IUhal Dean. 
 
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 When asked by the Bisliop a short time ago to become 
 responsible for a brief synoi)sis of the work of the Diocesan 
 Cliurch Society in the Deanery of Fredericton durin;:jf the 60 
 years of its existence, I undertook tlie duty under tlie impres- 
 sion that I knew a great deal about that deanery, at least iov 
 the 41 years since I first becam(> a member of it ; and secondly 
 that it would be easy to find al)undant records of its I'.ariirr 
 history. 
 
 Nothing reveals more promptly the vagueness and inaccuracy 
 of one's knowledge of a subject than the attempt to put it down 
 in black and white for the information of other people ; and 
 nothing brings out more clearly the impeifections of ordinary 
 parocliial reports than the efibrt to compile from them a coricct 
 statement of the relative condition of a parish (jr mission at 
 different periods of its history. I have now made both these 
 discoveries. 
 
 Tlie Deanery of Fredericton, accoi'ding to tlie D. C S. 
 Reports, consists of the parishes or missions, of l)urton, Canning, 
 Douglas and Bright, Fu'derictori, Kingsel(>ar, Maugerville, N(nv 
 Maryland, St. Mary«, and Stanley ; but connected with it and 
 worked by its cleigy are also the mission of Ludlow and Bliss- 
 field, under the Rev. li. MontgoiiK^'v, of Kirigsclear, and the 
 liiission of (iladstone and Hlissville, under the Rev. H. K. 
 Dibblee, of Jiurton. Tt is oljviousl}- impossible, within fifteen 
 minutes, to give even the bai-est outline t;f 'iO years work in 
 each and all of these. 
 
 We may find it intei-esting, however, first to recall at least 
 the nanit'S of some of the cleigy who have been connecttMl during 
 that period with these several ytaiishes. They will awaken 
 memories in the minds of many of us present at this meeting 
 which would be well worthy of record if time pcMinitted. 
 
 We begin, naturally, with Frefjericton, and here with the 
 honoured founder of this D. C. Society, Aichdeacon Coster. His 
 incumbency began in \f<'l\) and continued till his death in l.*<5!t. 
 
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 Much faithful work no doubt he did for the whole archdeaconry 
 of Fredcricton durin,«< those 30 years, but the one act of his life 
 which must ever in our eyes shed over his name and memory a 
 brii^hter lustre than aui^ht else that he accomplished, was the 
 formation of that admirable socu'ty whose last anniversary meet 
 ing as a separate ami inilependent organization of the Church we 
 are now holdin,<<. On the <Sth and Dth of Sept, lf<'SQ, seventeen 
 clergymen of his archdeaconry assem!)led at Fredericton at his 
 sununons, formed the Chuich Society, to embrace all the objects 
 of the Societies in Eni^land for the "Propagation of the (lospel,' 
 and for " Promoting Chtistian Knowledge,"' drew up and adopted 
 its constitution, appointed its next meeting for the 9th of Feb., 
 1S37, and forwaided a report of their proceedings to Bishop 
 Inglis, of Nova Scotia, whose wise foresight had suggested tlie 
 momentous undertaking. The beautiful addresses delivered by 
 Archdeacon Coster in connection with this im])ortant movement 
 recall him vividly to my mind as I knew him in my boyhood, 
 and saw him cijnstanlly at church at Sunda3'-school, at examin- 
 ations of the collegiate school, and at his own home. His 
 handsome face, his courtly and impressive manner, his deep, 
 soft, sonorous voice, still lingei- in my memory, and T doubt not 
 there are some here to-night who have not yet forgotten the 
 solemnity of his leading in the burial service, and the tone of 
 triumphant awe with which he uttered the words " O death 
 where is thv sting! () grave where is thy victoi'V ! ' 
 
 There is no time for personal reminiscences, but I cannot 
 leave unnamed two who ably assisted him in the cure of souls in 
 Fredericton. The first was the Pvev. J. M. Stirling, whom 1 
 remember rather vaguelv, and who in 1S4;J took chariie of 
 Maugei-ville and Huiton. The second, the llev. Canon Ketchum, 
 is one to whom this society owes a deep debt of gratitude for 44 
 yeais of faithful service as its secretary, one whom all we older 
 clergy regard with warm atfection, and all the younger ones 
 among us look up to with sincere res})ect. We all rejoice to 
 have him still among us, with his natural force, both physical 
 and mental, to all appearances scarce abated by his fourscore 
 years. For fouiteen years from 1^4.") he discharged his duties 
 as curate of Fredericton, and missionary to New Maryland, with 
 .such diligence* and earnestness that his health was seriously im- 
 paired, and with such success that at the Archdeacon's death, in 
 h^ 59, he was offered the rectorship of Fredericton, though his 
 other very recent appointment to the parish of St. Andrews 
 prevented his accepting it. 
 
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 But I must hasten on. From 185!) to 1^7:} the Rev. Charles 
 lise was the loved and honoured rector of this parish, and most 
 of you know well the ahility and diligence which he displayed, 
 and the faithful work he did, and his zeal on behalf of this 
 society during the 14 years of his incumbency, which ended in 
 the sad calamity of his drowning, when he was in the midst of 
 his strength and energy and promise. Since then, for foui' and 
 twenty years, the rectorship of Fiedeiicton has been held by one 
 for whom I can say no more than this, that he is constantly 
 wishing that he were more worthy of the position and better 
 fitted to discharge its duties, and is constantly praying and 
 striving to become so. T might ventui'e also to add on his l)ehalf 
 that for a great many j^ears he has done his utmost to increase 
 the contributions to this society. Thus, in this parish, during 
 nearly 70 years, i. e. since 1S2S, there have l)een but two 
 changes in the incumbency. Hut there have been more changes 
 in many other ways than the brief time at my disposal allows 
 me even to glance at. At the time of the formation of the 
 D. C. S., Fredericton was a sort of missionary centre for the 
 surrounding country. Here resided the Rev. Dr. Jacob, Prin- 
 cipal of King's College, who acted also as missionary to St. Marys 
 and the Nashwaak. Of this polished gentleman and schohir T 
 could recall many interesting reminiscences did time permit, as 
 T was for years under his tuition. Here also resided the Uev. 
 Dr. J. Somerville, as Divinity Professor at King's College, who 
 acted also as missionary to Douglas, t^ueensbury, and the ad 
 joining parishes. From this centre als(j were seived the parisli(!s 
 of Kingsclear and New ^Maryland. At the present time New 
 Ma^-yland alone retains its old connection. In iS.'iG the old 
 pan •> church, a large wooden building, solidly l)uilt in the eailv 
 N. B. style of architecture, stood a little nearer to the river than 
 tile present cathedral. How vividi}' I remeuilx'r its appear'^ce, 
 both exteinal and inteinal ! For me a thousand pleasant meui- 
 ories cluster about that sanctuary, so long ago replaced by one 
 in everyway moi-e worthy of its sacred })urpose. Its small, plain 
 altar, and great three-decker pulpit, both at the west end of the 
 church, its broad galleries, especially that occu))ied by the organ 
 and choir at the east end, with red curtains -dl aci'oss it. strung 
 on a long brass rod so that they could be drawn close at an\ 
 time and completely conceal the singers whenever they desired, 
 for whatever reason, to secure the complete ))rivacy of their 
 devotions ; its boxed-in pews, comfortably cushioned in a variety 
 of styles and colours : all these things seem to me now grievous 
 
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 defects and gross anomalies. And yet I loved the old church, 
 because T loved and reverenced those who ministered within it ; 
 ber^ause there I woishipped in my boyhood, there I was prepared 
 for contirmation and received that apostolic ordinance, there I 
 made my first communion, there I formed and ottered before God 
 my purpose of life-long service in the ministry of His Church. 
 
 Jiut 1 must hark back to my more immediate subject. 1 
 need scarcely remind you of the event which, more than any 
 other in its history, attected the welfare and growth of the 
 i). C. S. and of the Church everywhere among us, T mean of 
 course the arrival, in ISb"), of the liight Hev. Dr. John Medley 
 as Jjishop of this diocese. To attempt even to touch upon the 
 outlines of his noble woik in the deanery of Fredericton alone 
 would (juite exhaust the very few minutes still left at my 
 dispos<\l. The visible monuments of his love for ° his Divine 
 ■Master, of his zeal on behalf of the Church committed to his 
 rule and guidance, of his energy and perseverance, of his noble- 
 hearted generosity, of his ex(|uisite taste and judgment, these 
 aic befoi'e us every day in that architectural gem, the parish 
 Church of Fredericton, and in that noble and beautiful Cathedral 
 in which we have all been worshipping together during the 
 present week. lUit his chief monument is in our hearts, and in 
 the blessed fruits of righteousness which shall be borne afresh, 
 we trust, age after age, from the good seed his words, his work 
 and his example have sown far and wide amcmg us. 
 
 There is no time to speak, however briefly, of the excellent 
 woik done, after the Bishops arrival, in connection with the 
 Cathedral and in the neigboihood of the Mills below town, by 
 the Revs. J. 1>. and C. S. Medley, and the Rev. John Pearson. 
 The record of it is in many minds and hearts among us ; but the 
 past of several paiishes of the deanery has not yet been even 
 alluded to, and the presenf, if not the future, of them all must 
 claim at least a modicum of our attention. 
 
 Of Stanley and St. .Marys, we can only note that, after Dr. 
 Jacob's more active work began to cease, they were both served 
 together by the Hev. W. Jatt'reyfrom 18.'30 until the Hev. W. O. 
 Raymond was appointed to Stanley in 1878. Of Rev. Mr. 
 .JaflVey's untiring work it would be difficult to speak too warmly. 
 In these parishes he constantly served seven or eight churches 
 and stations, and indeed, as we find from the Report of 1863, 
 no less than twelve places received his ministrations during that 
 year, and some of them were sixty-five miles apart. Whether 
 among these or in addition to these, I do not know, he minis- 
 

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 tered to the large district about Newcastle, on the Grarid Lake, 
 known as the Parish of Canning, during nine years, up to I860, 
 with constantly increasing congregations. He built Trinity 
 Church in Lower St. Marys, and the very handsome church of 
 St. Alary, now the parish church, vvith a commodious church hall 
 near by. Of the past history of tlu^ parishes of Maugerville and 
 Burton there is only time to note that Maugerville is the oldest 
 mission in the deanery, if not in the Province, dating back to 
 1783, ten years before the f<»rmation of a corporation in the 
 Parish of Fredericton. Here the liev. ]{aper Miltier served till 
 1843, after whom came Revs. J. M. Stirling, Dr. Wiggins, H. 
 Pollard, G. H. Sterling, K. Simonds, and H. Iv Dibblee. Rev. 
 Mr. Dibblee is now rector of Burton, with Blissville and Glad- 
 stone, and Rev. Mr, Colston is rector of Maugerville, with the 
 Mission of Canning, on («rand Lake. 
 
 Douglas alone remains to be referred to, and because it is, , 
 it were, my first love, the parish to which 1 was sent as a young 
 deacon forty-one years ago, the parish in which I spent the first 
 four happy years of my ministry, and in which T found and left 
 many affectionate friends, some of whom are true friends even 
 to the present day, therefore I feel it hard to be compelled to 
 dismiss its past fiourishing condition and its present saddening 
 spiritual destitution with but a few hasty words. We have noted 
 of this parish that it was served till IS 13 by the Rev. J. Som- 
 erville from Fredericton. In IS 14 the Rev. .1. Dunn took charge, 
 and from that time till it was left vacant, about a year ago, it 
 has had no less than eleven different pastors. Thus, n)ost hastily 
 and imperfectly, have I touched upon the past of all the missions 
 of the deanery. How can 1 deal with the ])resent and the future 
 of them all in the few moments that are left me 1 tt is only fair 
 to myself to say that I spent many hours in hunting up and 
 tabulating statistics with a view to a comparison of the past and 
 present of these missions. T have them here to show that T made 
 an honest effort towards that end. J>ut I have not used them, 
 because I found the eai'liest ones so few and so uncertain that a 
 comparison founded upon them would have been not only odious 
 (which all comparisons are said to be), but also inconclusive and 
 mi.^leading. 
 
 I close therefore with a f(!W thankful words as to the present 
 condition of the Deanery, and a few hopeful ones as to its future. 
 
 As Rural Dean of Fredericton I have indeed cause for thank- 
 fulness that I have been called by my brethren to this honour- 
 first, because we are a band of l)rothers, an absolutely united 
 
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 deanery ; and secondly, because in every parish and mission of 
 the deanery true and faithful work is being done. 
 
 As to the first, T think that my friend the Dean of Frederic- 
 ton, who attends our meetings, to our great pleasure and profit, 
 when he can, will bear testimony to our cordial and affectionate 
 harmony of feelings, and unanimity of thought and action on all 
 (juestions affecting the welfare of the Church. 
 
 As to the second, 1 do not except evtm my own parish from 
 the statement that true and faithful woi'k is being done in every 
 mission that is occupied ; because, whatever my own short- 
 comings, I have the happiness of knowing that the Bishop, the 
 Dean, and the Sub- Dean, are constantly putting forth untiring 
 energies and powers of the highest order for the spiritual 
 advancement of all tin; Church people of Fredericton. 
 
 In the parish of Kingsclear that faithful work has been 
 shown, during the 14 years of the incumbency of the present 
 rector, not only by the large sums raised and the many improve- 
 ments made in the churches and the lectory, but especially by 
 the increase in the number of communicants from 50 to 90, or 
 nearly one-half the church population of the ^ irish. 
 
 But the good work of this able missionary has found a larger 
 scope in the mission of Ludlow and Blissfield, which during the 
 last ten years has been placed under his care. Here three beau- 
 tiful churches have been built — complete and free from debt, 
 2.'56 baptized (27 of them at one service), 141 confirmed, and the 
 communicants increased from eight to fifty-two. 
 
 Similar evidences' or promises of growth are seen in the 
 parish of Stanley, to which Tay Creek, properly a part of 
 Douglas, has been united for many years past. Stanley has a 
 beautiful parish church and comfortable rectory, built by the 
 efforts of the Rev. W. O. Raymond. During the incumbency of 
 the present rector, Rev. A. B. Murray, a beautiful church has 
 been erected at Tay Creek by the almost unaided efforts and 
 self-denying liberality of the people of that settlement, in place 
 of the old church built there nearly 40 years ago. 
 
 The parish of St. Marys shows also the fruits of the diligent 
 and faithful work being done there. The old church on the 
 Nashwaak, built 73 years ago, has been substantially restored 
 and added to ; St. Marys parish church has been painted and 
 otherwise adorned ; a mission chapel has been built at Marysville 
 and the foundation laid there of a permanent church of brick, 
 and $700 secured towards its erection. In this parish three 
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 In the mission of Canning, conne.-te,! will, Jlau-^rville th,.,-,. 
 are also signs of reviving lif,. and interest "'^'•■'™e. thfie 
 
 offering, the grand woH-'hS,!; rnrh;^;,r,lf ;','%;'",, t;;; 
 
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 terest in the church has heen stcadi ^ in" e ' ^ T , ll: 
 There are more than ,X0 l,ap,i.«J ,„e,nf„,,,, „f t|„.°Ch ,r ch t i 
 services are largely attended ; a class is l„.i„„ nrepa e f r'c 
 hrmation; a s,te has been se«,re,l for the ere, ' i„„^f V " i'.^' , 
 at the Junction, to l,e known as ,l„. Jul,i,e,. Memorial Cue! 
 and the work is to 1„. ,,„sl,ed forwar.l vi,.„r„usly next yea ■' 
 ^ure y the very nam. of this growing place, a.s wel ■", its C^ 
 liarative nearness to «,, gives it a daim'on the interest ad, 
 of the people ot Fredericton. * 
 
 With all these signs of life and gnnvth in the Church woric 
 of our deanery we have abundant cause for thankful confi.len ce 
 m our Divme Master's overruling care and lovir^g help. Seek 
 
 RnK i'' rt; ''^^^^'"'^^' ''" ^'"^^^"^^^ ^"^' inspiration of His 
 Holy Spmt, that we may do Hi,s work with evir growin-^ /.al 
 .nd love; and then, with perfect faith and trust, we maylelve 
 the future in His hands. ^ 
 
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 DEANERY OF CHATHAM. 
 
 History of thk EfsTAULisiiMENT, Gkowth am> Extknsiox of 
 Chuik'ii of En(;lani) Missions w ithin the Kukal Deanp:i{Y 
 OF Chatham fkom the yeah 1S14 to the present time, 
 A. I). 1897. A PAPER roNTAiNiNo the surstance of an 
 address dkliveuki), in part, before the sixty-first 
 Anniversary Mkktin(. of the Diocesan Church Society, 
 IN THE Church Hall, Frkdericton, N. B., on Thursday, 
 EVENING, October 7th, 18'.)7. 
 
 By the Bev. Canon P'orsyth, Kural Dean. 
 
 Tn the year 1S14 the Bev. Benj. G. Gray, of Halifax, N. S., 
 at the recjuest of Dr. Joliii IngUs, " undertook the laborious task 
 of visiting the settlements in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the 
 hope of reiic)nng the I Jay of Cluileui." Such, however, were the 
 (liliiculties of travelling that Mr. Gray, on his first attempt, got 
 only as far as Shediac. He hoped, he said, " that in the winter 
 his whole object might be a^comi)lishod, when travelling on the 
 ice is attended with less difficulty."' In the year 1817 we learn 
 that 3[adras schools were organized at Buctoucho and Kouchi- 
 bouguac by masters trained at the Central Madras Institution 
 ill Halifax, N. S. These masters taught the Church catechism 
 in their schools aiul acted as lay readers on Sundays. 
 
 In the summer of 1818 the Bev. Samuel Clarke, missionary 
 at Gagetown, Queens Co., N. B., visited Miramichi and held 
 service in the Court House, Newcastle, where he had " a large 
 and respectable congregation." He baptized twenty infants, 
 and " had the weather been more favourable he should have 
 extended his visit to the different settlements on the river." 
 At this time Major ( ieneral Smyth, the Lieutenant Governor of 
 the Province, urged the importance of placing a resident mission- 
 ary at Mii-amichi, and the Society for the Propagation of the 
 (xospel " felt much pleasure in acceding to the wishes of the 
 ' Goveinor," it being understood that "a considerable portion of 
 the missionary's time may be devoted to visiting the adjoining 
 districts." 
 
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 In 1820 the Rev. .Julm Uuttiyrat, trsivelling missionary, 
 spent seven weeks at Miraniii-lii, his " unusually long" stay 
 being caused, as he says, hy the fact that " no opportunity of 
 leaving has offered of late." " Many chiNhen have hecn brought 
 to nie for the sacrament of l>aptisin. I have administered the 
 Holy Communion and performeil other clerical duties."' The 
 people had "subscribed towards a cliurcli forty-eight pounds, and 
 400 tons of pine timber \;dued at liftct-ii or' sixteen shillings per 
 ton." There was " a ditl'ereiice of sentiment " as to wlu'ther the 
 church should be built at Chatham or Newcastle. In this 
 matter it appears tiiat a com]»romise was brought about, an<l on 
 September 23rd, 1823, the Kev. Samuel liacon, who had been 
 .sent out from England by the S. P. C in 1821 as tiie first 
 resident mi.ssioiuiry at Miramichi,* laid "the first stone " of St. 
 Paul's Church "on an eminence '" ai)ove Ciiatham and a little 
 more than half way to Newcastle. ( )n this occasion there was 
 "a lai-ge assemblage of people," and Mr. IJacon delivered an 
 address on " Tiie Advantages of Church Communion." St. 
 Paul's Ciuirch, the first erected within the dearierv of Chatham, 
 was used for divine service for the flist time t)n Christmas day, 
 1825, having narrowly escaped being burned in the great 
 Miramichi fire — on ()ctol)er 7th in that year. A grave-stone in 
 the churchyard records the perishing of a Jackson family while 
 seeking safety from the fire in a brook a short distance from the 
 church. 
 
 In the year 1818 Mr. John Smith, who for many years was 
 Parish Clerk at St. Paul's, and received a salary for leading in 
 the responses, opened a Madras school at Chatham. It was 
 siiortly afterwards removed to the vicinity of tlie Court House 
 at Newcastle, X40 having been subscribed for a new scho(;l-hoU8e. 
 In 1825 Mr. Bacon spoke of this school as ilourishing, with fifty 
 scholars in attendance, and of another ha\ing been established 
 in Chatham, " near the church,"' by Mr. Davenport Walker, with 
 thirty-three pupils. 
 
 In this year Mr. Bacon wrote to the S. P. G. that lie was 
 " busily engage<l preparing candidates for confirmation," and in 
 the following year Bishop John Inglis visited Miramichi foi- the 
 first time and consecrated St. Paul's Churcl and church-yard on 
 
 ♦One of the disadvantages of Rev. Mr. Hacons isolated situation was tliat iii)on 
 his inan'iage he was obliged to avail liiini-elf ot the services I'f a magistrate one of 
 those especially conunissioned for eolenuiizing marriages). See the following from 
 an old newspaper : 
 
 Married.— At Miramichi on the 18th ult. (Dec. 18, 18-A'), by Ale.vauder David.son. 
 Esq., the Rev. Samuel Bacon to Eliza H., second daughter of El)enezer Cutler, Esq., 
 of Annapolis, N. ti. 
 
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 OctoVuT 1st. This churcli is still in fi thorf)u;,'h state of preser- 
 vation. Its interior furnishiii;,' lias been altered several tinie.s ; 
 jtail of its original furniture was a pulpit of great height standing 
 in front of the altar rail, and having a "sounding hoard," sur- 
 mounted by a gilded ruitie, which is still preserved in the vestry. 
 
 In Sej>teiid)ei', IS2S, the first ser\ ice was held in a new chuivh 
 at Uaie des N'cnts, twenty-two miles from Chatham, where the 
 river Mii-amichi widens into the l»aie des Veil' About this 
 time Mr. Ilaeoii had the assistance of I'ev. Archi.»ald (»ray, who 
 also taught the («raminar School at Chatham. The two mission- 
 aries weie able to hold sometimes four service!- on Sundays, 
 besides catechiziiig the children. After Mr. (Jray had left, Hev, 
 .lames Iluflson arrived at Miramichi from Nova Scotia Dec. 19th, 
 IS.'M. Concerning him Mr. I'acon wrote : " He appears to be 
 an amiable and pious young man, and likely to prove an ornament 
 ttjliis j)rofession."' Mi'. Hudson was oidained pi'iest in St. Paul's 
 Church, Chatham, by lUsliop John Inglis iii the sunnner of ISiJO, 
 and was appointed in IS.'i'J travelling missionary on the IMira- 
 iiiiclii, having his headiiuarters at ]>aie des Vents, in the parish 
 (if llardwicke, his missionary field extending ho\n Kscuminac on 
 the east loO miles up the Miramichi river, including the jiarishes 
 of Newcastle, JJerb}', Nelson, I'lackville, Ulissfield and Ludlow, 
 westward to St. Marys in York County. Previous to Mr. Hud- 
 sons arrival, ^Nlr. l*>acon had made occasional visits to Dathurst 
 and l{ichii)ucto. (Jn one occasion, when he was going up the 
 Miramichi in a canoe paddled by Indians, a woman called out 
 from the shore, " Are you the man that baptizes chikh'en ?" and 
 was gratified to learn that this was one of the objects of the 
 missionary's journey. 
 
 In the year IS.'U! the building of St. Maiy's Chapel of Ease 
 in the town of Chatham was begun, and it was consecrated by 
 lUshop John Inglis on August 13, I84.'i. For some time pre- 
 \iously services had been held <»n Sunday afternoons, for the 
 convenience of persons in the town and below it who were distant 
 from the parish church, in the old Madras schoolroom, which 
 stood on a lot, now unoccupied, adjoining Ullock's livery stable on 
 Duke street, Chatham. Mr. Bacon died in 1869, after a ministry 
 of forty-seven years in Chatham*. He was .succeeded as rector 
 l)y the Kev. W. S. Neales, who had been for several years master 
 
 * The Diocese of Frederieton was divided by Bishop Jledley in the year 1847 into 
 s^iven Rural Dt-aneries, and Mr. Bacon was one of tlie seven ci-^rKymen chosen by 
 the clergy, and confirmed by the Bishop in the office of Bural Dean, a position he 
 continued to hold until his death in 1869. The Bishop issued instructions to the 
 Uural Deans as to their duties, and at every triennial visitation afterwards con- 
 finned the election of each clergyman chosen for the office. 
 
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 of tilt' (Inimiiiar school and turutf of the imiisli. Mr. Neah's 
 iTsi<,mt'(l, oil account of ill-licultli, in tin- spring; ">f lf<7."{. Soino 
 months later, his hcaltli havin;,' lu'cn partially restored, he took 
 charji^e of the ^iission of Newcastle and llaie des Vents, l)iit 
 within a year was ohli^'ed, throiiuji physical weakness, to ijive 
 up work in this Diocese. Foi' sixteen years afterwards he pur- 
 sued a successful inini.stry in California, whti-c lie died in ISDI. 
 Mr. Neales was succeeded in .luly, I'^T.i. hy the present incuni- 
 l)ent, the Kev. Canon Forsyth, who was ordained to the diaconate 
 hy IJishop .Medley in Chiist Church Cathedral on Trinity Sundav. 
 1S7."), advanced to the priestli«io<l in TrinitN Church, Sussex, oji 
 Sunday, March 1st, 1>7I, and instituted to the rectory of 
 St. Pauls, Chatham, on the followini; Sundav. 
 
 In the year ISTO a new Sunday school house costinif S1,H00, 
 was completed at St. Mary's chapel. In 1x7.") a vacant lot at 
 tiie east of St. Marys chapel was jiuichased for a site for a new 
 rectory, the cost of the lot Iteini;- s(jo(). 'J'h,. old ston<* rectory 
 and ,i,debe, situated a mile ahove Chatham, was sold, and the pi-o- 
 C(U'ds, 81,02"), devoted to the erection of the new rectory, the 
 cost of which was S4,20U. The huildin;,' was completed and 
 occupied in the fall of |S77. In l('^7'.t the Uacon Memorial 
 School-room, erected (iurin<; the incumbency (tf Kev. W. S. Neales, 
 was converted into a chancel,* the choir remov«'(l from the old 
 west end gallery, and a new oi'iran |)i'ocured, the expenditure 
 beinjj^ about $1,700. Iri ISSI the nave of St. Marys cha|)el was 
 furnished with free and unai)propriated seats, at a cost, includin«;' 
 other furnishings, of ."iroOO. 
 
 In 1891 St. Pauls church was repaired and lefurnished, the 
 old pews being converted intt) free and open seats, the roof re- 
 shingled, and tiie interior reiiainted and jirovided with ecclesi- 
 astical hangings, I'i.'c. The cost was Si)\)0. In 1S!)*2 a new- 
 furnace was placed in St. Mary's chapel, at an expense of S3 -25 ; 
 and in 1895 the interior (jf the chapel was remodelled, and five 
 memorial windows provided, the whole cost being 84,400. In 
 1896 a new roof was placed on St. ]Mary's, at an expense of 
 8780 ; and efforts are now being made to proceed with the com- 
 pletion of the whole work of restoration, at an estiniat(>d cost of 
 81,700, at the earliest possible date. 
 
 * The east window in the Bacon Memorial chancel was formerly the east window 
 in St. Andrew Chapel, built hv Bishop Medley, at Exwick. in England, when he was 
 Prei.endury of St. Thomas' Church, Ex ler. At the hase of the window is the in- 
 scription, " A tribute of aflfection fri.m the Bishnp. to the Rev. Samuel BHCon, for 47 
 years the Ix-lovetl pastor of this parish. Entered into lest Fel)ruary 16th, 1869. 
 Jesu Mercy." Mr. Bacon wa.s an uncle of the first wife of Bishop Medley. 
 
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 M«>ajiwhil(' the commercial prosperity of Miramichi has very 
 much declined. The old time ship-huiklin;^ industry has entirely 
 ceased, as also the trade in sailing,' vessels, with which, in the 
 (►pen season, the port was once often filled. The lumber export, 
 n(tw carried on in ocean steamers, has for many years been 
 attended with much less certain financial j^ain. These circuui- 
 stances have been adverst; to the increase in luimbers and wealth 
 of our conj^rej^ations. (.^uite recently, however, the establishment 
 of wood i)ulp mills has brought some Church families to the 
 conmiunity. The members of the Church in the parish of 
 Chatham are about 4UU, of whom aljout 100 are communicants. 
 The yearlv bai)tisms are fronj fifteen to * —entx^ marriages from 
 about two to five, and burials from f< ..< ten. Confirmations 
 are from twenty-five to thiity-five in each two years. 
 
 Since the yeai" 1SS2 the parish has been self-supporting and 
 has in addition contributed annually to the (Jeneral Purposes of 
 the Dioeesan Church Society, in whose work it has always taken 
 a becoming interest and sent able and zealous laymen to represent 
 it in the Society's meetings. The principle of self-support has 
 l)eeM successfully developed sinc(! the old time when, notwith- 
 standing till' greater local ability of the Church people, Mr. 
 jiacon received the greater part of his stipend from the S. P. (!., 
 and it was with constant dilliculty that the balaiuu^ of S'200 or 
 .'{00 re(|uiied to maintain the services was raised by means of 
 |)ew rents and subscriptions. In those days the Sunday oit'erings 
 were luiseri-biy small, and the jiiinciple of "honoring the Lord" 
 in suliitaiice as an act of worship was generally lost sigh<" (»f. 
 L'pon tl;e death of Mr. Ilacon, the grant of the S. P. (51. ceased, 
 and it became necessary that more should be contributed bv the 
 j»arish. With the aiiolition of pew rents and sul)sci'i]ttion list, 
 the Sunday ofi'ertory has now, fur seventeen years, been the 
 source of voluntarN parochial suppoi-t, and it has gradually devel- 
 oped until it now averages about 822 per Sunday. J »y this means 
 local <'xpenses arc; provided foi', amounting to about si, 100 or 
 •81,200 annually, besides special contributions for domestic and 
 foreign missions and other objects. 
 
 The ^Nli.ssion of llaidwicke, or liaie des Vents, comprehends 
 the civil parishes of llaidwicke and Cleneig, on the south shore 
 of the Miramichi Hiver. The church of St. .John the Evangelist, 
 in the parish of Ilardwicke, is twenty-two miles from Chatham, 
 and is the eldest church, next to St. Paul's, within the Deanery. 
 .Vs already stated, the first service was held in this church on 
 Sept^'mlwr 28, 182.S. Tt was consecrated by Bishop John Inglis 
 
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 in 183G, and was a few yeai's later enlai-pfeci, fui-nislied with a 
 chancel, three bells, and utlicr iinin'ovrments, which were the; 
 subject of high })raise from tlie lUsho]) \v\u) saw the church again 
 in 1843 and consecrated the hurial grtdind. S[)eaking of the 
 church on this occasion the lUsliop said in his journal, "This 
 building has been remodelled and enlai'ged at much expense by 
 Mr. Hudson, and is more perfect, in its kind, than any ciiurch 
 in the Diocese ; indeed it would be tliought a beautiful append- 
 age to a palace. Everything about it is in perfect keeping : it 
 is alike furnished, ornamented and finished with excellent taste ; 
 and it is truly surprising to Hiid so perfect a building in so 
 remote a place. It is imitossible not to regret that it is not in a 
 place of more freijuent resort, that it might stimidate others to 
 copy such a pattern. It is very prettily jilaced on the margin of 
 
 a tine bay Ml the windows of the I'.aie des Vents 
 
 Church have }»ainted glass. The [)laster»"d walls present a 
 perfect imitation of stone, with which the open seats .md desk 
 and pulpit corres|)ond. Scrolls on the walls contain well- 
 selected porticms of Scripture ; and on each of tlu' fifteen panels 
 in the front of the gallery the arms of some See are eml)laz(m('d. 
 Hangings, service i)Ooks and plate are in siuular style, and the 
 whole floor is matted." In his notes the lUshop also mentions 
 that Mr. Hudson expected to iiresent 100 candidates for confir- 
 mation in his whole mission, but w;is greatly disappointed that 
 violent storms both at lUackville and T.aie des Vents prevented 
 the nuijority from getting to C'hureli. 
 
 Mr. Hudson contiiuied his labours fr<.m Ludlow to Escuminac 
 until March, ISoG, when the Pvev. C. E. Stieet was appointed 
 to the charge of Blackville and Nelson. From that time he 
 laV)oured in Newcastle and llardwieke until his death at New- 
 castle in the spring of 1S71. He was suceeeiled by the liev.jJ. 
 H. Sterling, who had been his assistant from October, 1870. 
 Mr. Sterling renu.ved to Maugerville in 1^73, and was succeeded 
 in the autunm of that year by the Kev. W. S. Neales, who 
 resigned in 1874, and was succeeil(>d by the Ib-v. A. I'lime, who 
 was'^followed in 1877 by the llev. H. 1l. 15arber. 
 
 In 1871) the Mission of Hai'dwieke was separated from New- 
 castle and placed in charge of H(>v. Iv P. i' l.>welling. He removed 
 to the Mission of Dalhousie and Campbellti)n in 188-.>, atid was 
 succeeded at Hardwicke by the Ifev. W. J. Wilkinson, V>. \h* 
 the present incumbent. Since Mr. Wilkinson began his work in 
 
 ♦ P..V Mnnnifl Hftcon's (iaiieliter, and only child, became the wife of Hon. JmlRe 
 WilJiSson of u ^S^cSaM^•^ their son. Rev W. J Wilkinson,. s now 
 laboring in what was. prior to the year 1839, a part of h.s grandfather's mission. 
 
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 tliis mission a iiwvv rectory has ])een built, and also the new 
 church of St. .lames the Great at "the Village,' seven miles 
 from the le. tory. This ehureh was eonsecrated by Jiishop Medley 
 in the summei- of ISDO. The old parish chui-ch of St. John the 
 Evangelist has also been tiu)r()U<;hly repaireil and im})roved, and 
 altoLjether the ehureh property in the mission is now in excellent 
 condition. Occasional services are held .at Escuminac, fifteen 
 miles eastward fioiii the rectory, wheie there are one or two 
 Chui'ch families, but no church buildinj.,'. The mission extend.s 
 about twenty mih's alon;^ the southern shore of the Bale de.s 
 Vents, and contains about fifty families of Church p.eople, enf^aged 
 in fai'ming and fishing, and for the most part of limited means. 
 In summer there is triweekly ct)mmunicati(»n by steanu*r with 
 Chatham. In this mission, where in the early days of Ml'. 
 Bacon's ministry thei-e was no church building, and only occa- 
 sional services, there are now two chuiches, a rectory, and a 
 resident i-lergyir.aii, with two, thice anfl four services every Sun- 
 day', and for the most pait daily services in the parish church. 
 Thi'ough man}' ycnirs of ii regulai' and inadecjuate spiiitual care, 
 the i)eople, with few exceptions, remained attached to the Chui'ch 
 of theii- fatheis. A noteworthy featuie in tho congiegations 
 to-day at I'aie des Vents is the laige attendance of m»'n. 
 
 The mission of Newcastle and Nelson comprehends the locality 
 on the north sifle of the Miramichi Kiver opposite the parish of 
 Chatham, and a part of the civil parish of Nels()n innnediately 
 west of the village of Nelson on the south side of the river. The 
 Chuich families iii the j)ai-ish of Newcastle are, with the excep- 
 tion of two ()!• three in Doiiglastown, located in or around the 
 town of Newcastle. Here, as eai'ly as the year IS'J'^, there was 
 a movement towards building a small church. The earliest 
 mention we ha\e of the serxi'-es of tlu' Church of England beinu 
 held in Newcastle is that, already r(>feired to, when the Uev. 
 Samuel Clarke of (Jagetown ofliciated in the Court House in 
 ISIS. Mere, also. Mi-. J '.aeon of Chatham, after his ariival in 
 1S2l', held services from time to time. After the election of 
 St. Pauls Churc-h, half-way between Newcastle and Chatham, 
 the people of Newcastle a,ssembled thei-e, mori> or less, for puolic 
 worship. But when the Uev. James Hudson was ap{>ointed in 
 ]H'M) travelling missionary on liie Miramichi, he held .services in 
 Newcastle, and thntugh his untiring ellbrts the beautiful church 
 of St. Andr«;w was built and consecrated by Jiishop Medley on 
 St. James' Dav, 1850. 
 
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 Until the year iSHi; Xcwcastlc reniiiiiicd in coiuifction with 
 Derby, Nelson, Hliukville, Lu(ll(»\\, and llaic des \'ents, hut in 
 that year Kev. C. F. Street took cliar^'e of Deihy, Nelson and 
 iilackville, and ]Mr. Jludsou continued his work in Newcastle 
 and Bale des Vents until his death in 1^71. The names of the 
 succeedin*; i-ectors havi^ heeii ijjiven iti our account of IJaie di's 
 Vents, which continued in connection with Newcastle until 1S79. 
 Mr. Barber, the last rector of the unite(l mission, was succeeded 
 at Newcastle by the Kev. J. 11. S. Sweet in IMSl' ; and in 1SS8 
 a part of the ci\ il parish of N<'lson was added t<» Newcastle. In 
 September, iSiK), a new church, St. Mark's, was consecrated in 
 the parish of Nelson, by llishop Kin<,'(lon, and services have since 
 been regidarly held there. Mr. Sweet iesi<;ned on acct)unt of ill 
 health in iSi)."), and was succeeded in < )ct(jbei' of that year by 
 the liev. P. (i. Snow, the pnvsfnit imiinibent. Th<' church people 
 in this mission reside within a radius of live or six miles of their 
 several churches. The con j^nvgat ions are small, l)ut the support 
 of the church i.s comparati\ely liberal through th(> offertory, {<nd 
 with the aid of a small endowmcMit, the mission is alnKjst self- 
 supporting. And here, wlitnc less than fifty years ago there was 
 no church building, or resident clergyman, there aie now two 
 churches, one of them the well-known church of Si. Andrew — 
 the last of Father Hudson's notable labours in churcii building ; 
 also a handsome Sundav school house, and a comfoi'tabh^ rectory 
 and glebe. The Church families numb(>r about thirty nine in 
 Newcastle, and eleven in Nelson. 
 
 Proceeding from the t<»wn of Newcastle about nine miles uj' 
 the South-west ^lirannchi river, we conu; to the rectory <jf 
 St. Peter's, Derby, and ai'e in the Mission of Deiby and Black- 
 \ille. This mission extends along the river about thirty miles, 
 and previous to iJ^;")!) was pait of Mr. Bacon's, and afterwaids of 
 Mr. Hudson's e.\tensi\e missionary field. There was no church 
 building within the mission previous to 1S|;',, when through the 
 exertions of Mr. Hudson, 'i'rinity Church, iJlackville, was com- 
 pleted, and consecrated by P.ishop John Inglis. The IHshoj) 
 wrote in his journal that the " little church would be considered 
 an ornament to any hamlet or village in Flngland." He also 
 referred to the "immense aica ' of Mr. Hudson's missionary 
 field. Some of the candidates for confirmation were '• foi-ty 
 miles distant from the church. ' Some were pre^ented from 
 coming so far by the prevailing rain storm, but " soine did travel 
 fifteen miles thiough the rain." " A congregation of si.xty were 
 assembled, of whom nineteen w«ire confirmed."' 
 
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 Mr. Hudson's next work in church building was the church 
 of St. Peter's, Derby, which was consecrated by Bishop Medley 
 on September 12th, 1847. The burial ground attached to 
 St. Peters was consecrated by Bishop Medley three years after- 
 wards, July '22ni], ISoO. Mr. Hudson laboured single handed 
 in his extensive mission, extending from Escuniinac to Ludlow, 
 until ^larch, 1S.")(), when the Pvev. C. F Street took charge of 
 l)eil)v and IMackville, the Cieneral Committee of the Diocesan 
 Church Society having, in February of that year, made its first 
 grant to a Missioiuiry not receiving any aid from the Society for 
 the Propagation of the (lospel. Mr. Street removed to Bathurst 
 in July, 1><57, and was succeeded by tlie Rev. William Cruden, 
 who continiu'd in charge until 1877, when he went to New 
 Zealand. St. Peters rectory was completed and occupied by 
 INIr. Cruden about the year 1871. He was succeeded by the 
 Bev. A. F. Hiltz, who laboured faithfully for eleven years, until 
 comjiellcd by ill health to resign in 18S8. He was succeeded by 
 the Bcv. B. W. Hudgell, who removed to take charge of the 
 parish of Victoria, at St. John, in 1891. During Mi'. Hudgell's 
 incumbency St. Agnes' chapel, at (Jrey Bapids, five miles east of 
 the \illage of Blackvillo, was built and used for divine service 
 for the first time, in NovemV)er, I8<J0. It has not yet brjen com- 
 pleted or consecrat(>d. Mi'. Hudg(>n, in 1890, reported twenty- 
 six Church families, and 14") baptized members in the parish of 
 I)erby ; and thirty-eight Church families, and 2'.)C) baptized 
 membei's in l>Ia(!kvill<'. There wci'e twenty-six communicants 
 in the two parishes ;it l']astei', 188<), and fifty-thr(!e at Faster, 
 1890. The whole mission c(»ntribnted i?3;50 towards the clergy- 
 man's stipend, and there was an endowment of •'irGOO bringing in 
 >>lii] pvr annum. Mr. Hudgell was succeeded in January, 1892, 
 by the Rev. C. O'Dell Baylee, the present incumbent, who now 
 reports fifty-se\en Church families in the mission, who are con- 
 ti'ibuting i^'M.'") to the maintenance of the services. 
 
 For many years previous to 1887 (im the 9th of July in 
 which year the church of St. James the Creat, in Tiudlow, was 
 consecrated by P)ishop Medley), the Church peoj)le in Ludlow 
 and IMissfield had been almost without the services of the Church. 
 In 1825 Mr. liacon wrote to the S. P. (i. that "the itihabitants 
 at Jjudlow are numerous ; then' are very destitute, indeed, of 
 religious instruction, but anxious to hav so'no spiritual guide." 
 He could only "visit these pe(»})le once i; the year, or twice at 
 the farthest." It appears that the Bev. Walter Price* was one 
 
 * Rev. Walter Priee lived at Urst upon tlie Nii-shwaak River, where he had an 
 extensive land grant. He was elected in 1802 a member of the House of Assembly 
 for York County. 
 
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 of the earliest missictiianes who visited the Miraini<-hi river 
 districts, and a Mr. Walter Price, who a few veaivs a^o was 
 licensed as a lay reader at Ludlow, is a gieat i,'i'<iiidson of the 
 early missionary just named. From ls:51t, until his death in 
 1^71, the Rev. Jas. Hudson did wliat he could to provide for 
 the spiritual wants of the Church i>eoplt' of Ludlow juul liliss- 
 field, while caring also for those in Nortiicsk, Newcastle, Hard- 
 wicke and Glenelg. After his death, however, missionaiy visits 
 to Ludlow and iJlissfield were few and far between, until through 
 the efforts of l>ishop Kingdon the mission was revived, the 
 church of !St. .James the (Ireat ei-ected at Ludlow, and the 
 services of the Church l^egan again to be regnlaily held among 
 the remnant of Church families in a district where in L'^+6 
 Bishop Medley, when <m his first tour through the noithern 
 part of his diocese, held ser\ ice and celebrated the Holy Com- 
 munion in a barn. 
 
 Since the erection of the church at Ludlow, which is a 
 becoming memorial of the great missionary who so long and 
 faithfully cared for the souls there, the mission of Ludlow and 
 Blisstield has been transferivd to the deanei y of Fi'cdcM icton, 
 and has been .served by the l\ev. H, Montgomery, rector of 
 Kingsclear, York Co. On May 2 4th, ISD'J, St. Andrews Church, 
 at l)oaktown, was consecrated by jjishop King<lon, and nmch is 
 hoped for in regai'd to the growth of the Church in this import- 
 ant village on tlie Canada Eastern Hallway. 
 
 On September 1st, iSi)."), St. John the Evangelist's Church 
 at Lower Ludlow was conseci-ated by Bishoj) Kingdon, the site 
 of the building being very near the spot wher(^ Mr. Hudson, fifty 
 yeai's ago, desired to build a church, and for which he applied 
 to the Diocesan Chui-ch Socit^ty for a giant of £1;"). This is the 
 third church consecrated within the Mission of Tiudlow and 
 Blissfield within eight years. Hei-e, then, within the district 
 comprehending th(^ parishes oi" l)erl)y, lilackvilK', IMissfield and 
 Ludlow, where there was no church building previous to 1S43, 
 there are five churches in whicli regular services are held. It is 
 much to be wished that, before long, a resident clergyman may 
 be stationed at |jlack\ ille, ov at some centri' w ithin the Mission 
 of Ludlow and Blissfield. 
 
 We will speak next of the Mission of Hichibucto and King- 
 ston, which lies along the coast of Kent County from Kouchi- 
 bouguac to Buctouche, a distance of about thirty miles. We 
 have already mentioned that as early as 1^17 Maflras schools 
 were established at Buctouche and Kouchibougua«', whose masters 
 

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 acted as lay readers on Sundays. lU'v, John Burnyeat, tiavellinj^ 
 niissionaiv, visit«'d JUu-toiielic and Kichibuoto in June, 1S20. 
 He wrote that at Huctouche he had " a numerous conf,'regation, 
 tlie younger niein))ers of whicli, he feared, had scarcely heard a 
 prayer in jiuhlic before." Of Kichibucto he wrote that "no 
 minister of the j^'ospcl had ever been stationed there." A few- 
 years i»reviousIy the ]{ev. I>. (i. (Jray touched at the place on 
 his passa^'e from liay Chaleur to Halifax, and baptized a number 
 of children. Mr. Burnyeat held seivice in a larf,'e !)arn fitted up 
 for the occasion. Jle baptized tiiirteen children at Kouchibou- 
 <,'uac, where the school-niaster, Mr. Tiuro*, "acted as theii- 
 minister on Sundays.'" In 1S-J2 ^li'. iJni-nyeat, as Ecclesiastical 
 Commissary for New Brunswick, visited Buctouche, whvre, he 
 says, " I he iidiabitants are growing in numbers, but it cannot 
 be added they are growinij; in grace." Concei'ning Bichibucto, 
 he regretted that "in a plac<' whei'e 410 souls reside and (500 
 seamen \isit in suimner the sound of the church-going bell is 
 never heard. . Little more is wantecl than a ' house of 
 
 prayer ' and a servant of the ^iost High to othciate at the altar 
 to rendei' Kichibucto an agreeai)le place of residence. The people 
 were making elVoits to Ijuild a church, and had sul)scribed for 
 that pui'[)ose t.'WS ! Us. 
 
 In ISl'o th" |{ev. iJobt. Willis visited Ixichibucto and Buc- 
 touche, and wrote that, at the former place, " sutHcient ground 
 for a church, parsonage and a graveyard had been oi)tained in a 
 very eligible situation." In iSiM Me. r>acon visited Bichibucto, 
 and wiote that, " owing to a disagreement, the frame of the 
 church had l)een di.sposed of for <»ther purposes." It was resolved 
 to make anothei- attemj)t, and the piaiis of a church wei-e drawn 
 l)ya.Mr. l.iayton, and in 1S"J9 ^Ii'. P.acon re])orted the project 
 for building the church was likely to succeed through the efforts 
 of John \\'. Wc^ldon, I'jS(|., iM. J^ P. There weic then thirty-two 
 families beU)nging to the Church '\\\ Bichibucto and Carleton 
 l>arishes. Sir Howaid Douglas, the Lieutenant (Jovernor, liad 
 donated in X'^'ll the sum of £r)0, which was expended in })ur- 
 chasing " a fiame " for the t-huich, which in IH'JO "had been 
 on the spot nearly two years." There was at this time a jrood 
 Madras school, taught by Thos. ^^'ood. Tt was not until 1836 
 that the Rev. Henry J. .larvis was stationed as a resident niis- 
 
 ♦Anthoiiy R. Tniro was a man rather famous amone tlie early teaclie 
 PrDvince. He n'lixivcd from Koiu-liiliou^uac to Susse.x \ ale, and fi'om thei 
 
 hers in this 
 
 .iiice came 
 
 to St. John in 18Sa, where, us master of the MadrBH, or National, school he had 
 iharge of ."idO lio}\s, and made (jiiite a re])Utation for himself as a teacher. Mrs. 
 Truro taught the girls' Madras school. 
 
I 
 
 sionaryat Richilnuto. and in 1830 Arclidcacun Co.ster i-ould oniv 
 report that " in tin; new mission of l{icliil)iict() and \V«'ldfnr(l 
 two })arish eliiirrlicN were in proun'ss, both stni,i,';^'Iin<]f witli ditli- 
 cultics, tlu'H' bt'iii},' tV'vv jxMSdiis of propfrtv attavlicd to the 
 Church." About the year IMIM the Itrv, f. \. iJeWolfe took 
 charjj of fL ' nisw mission, and in that ycai Uisjiop Jolm Tn<,dis 
 consecrated St. Mary's church and buiial yround at iJichibucto 
 and St. Paul's church and burial ^^round at Weldfoid. The 
 Bisliop endeavoivd to f)roceed from lliciiibucto to Wfldford on 
 the HichihucLo Jlivcr in a canoe with Indian guides, l)iit, a strong 
 wind prevailing, the canoe was al)andon<'d, and the journey uuide 
 in a waggon. Owing to the roughness of the road, it svas one 
 o'clock in the day l)eft)i'e the Hishop and Mi'. DeW'olfc arrived 
 at the church, where the congregation had waited from 1 1 o'clock. 
 Twenty-three persons were cotitiruu'd, and Mr. fJacon arul Mr. 
 Hudson assisted in the services. "On our return," wrote the 
 Bisho|), " we had twelve miles of wretched road to ti'avel after 
 dark, and i)art of it through a deep wood full of stumjjs, loots 
 and stones. We weie thankful to borrow a tin lantern, vvhicli 
 Mr. I )e Wolfe could venture to o[ien in the wood where there 
 was no wind. We thus aci'omplished our object without harm, 
 crossing a long ferry just before midnight, and were at our lodg- 
 ing when the clock struck twelve, having been busil}' occupied 
 for seventeen hours, in weather painfully hot. Though painfull}' 
 tried, I was thankful to have escaped injuiy through the hardest 
 day's work I base had during the sunmiej-.' 
 
 The Rev. T. N. DeWolfe was succeeded in the year 1848 by 
 tlie Rev. .T<»hn I'dack, and about the same time ]^'\'. 1>. 1. 
 Wetmore becanu' missionary at Weldford, residing at Uichibucto. 
 Mr. Black was succeeded in 1>'49 by the Rev. .lames Xeales, 
 who, in 1858, at Bisho)) Medley's retpiest, exclianged parishes 
 witii the Rev. N. A. Costei-, of (lagetctw ii. Mr. I'oster continued 
 his work at Richibucto until his death in Feln-uary, 1879. In 
 the year 1872 a new Sunday-school room was erected near the 
 rectory <ind licen.sed for the holding of ("hurch services in addition 
 to those held in the parish chuich, at the otlu'r end of the town. 
 Since Mi-. Coster's death there have been fie»pient changes in 
 the rectorshij), whicii have not conduced to the progi-ess of the 
 Church, while the con)mercial i)rosperity of the place; has greatly 
 declined. Since 1879 tiie following clergymen have been in 
 charge, viz.: the Rev. J. N. Jones, 1879 to 1880; Rev. F. H. 
 Almon, 1881 to 1885; Rev. W. B. Currie, 1886 to 1887; Rev. 
 D. V. Gwilym, 1887 to 1889 ; Rev. M. JIackenley, 1891 to 1895; 
 
and llev. H. A. Meek, the present rector, who be^an his work 
 in the fall of 1S'.>6. The Hew (Jeo, H. Somerville was in charge 
 for a short time during the vacancy between lHf<9 and 18D1, and 
 the Kev. J. C. Cox for two months in 1<'^9(). In September, 
 ISS4 a new Church at Kingston was consecrated by Bishop 
 Kingdon. 
 
 During the past fifteen or more years occasional services 
 have liec.i held ))y the rectors of Uichibucto and Kingston at 
 Ductouche, distant twenty miles, and formerly served together 
 with Cocagne by the rector and curate of Shediac, and called 
 the mission of Wellington and l>undas from the names of the 
 civil parishes. As some account may be given by the rural 
 (h'an of Shediac of mission work in this field, we will not here 
 sp<'ak more particulnrly of the labours of Kev. A. H. Weeks, 
 sometime cuiatc of Shediac, or (jf the history of the Church's life 
 in this locality, where as we have noted the earliest North Shore 
 missionaries found Church jieople in considerable numbers. 
 
 In the Mission of Uichibucto and Kingston, including Buc- 
 touclie, there arc; now about seventy-two Church families. The 
 Whetcn 'i'rnst Endowment is wortli 81 "JO per annum towards 
 maintaining' the ser\ices, and the Jjoard of Diocesan Missions 
 makes a small grant to the mission. Within the past two years 
 the })arish church at Uichibucto has been rencnated, nnd rc- 
 fuinislud with fic** and open seats, the old rectory sold, and a 
 new and conmiotlious one purchased, very near the church. 
 
 Befeii'ing now to the Mission of ^^'eldford, we note that the 
 Rev. |). T. Wet more, who began his work there in the year 18 IS, 
 was followed by tlu' Kev. J. P. Sheraton, about the yeai' iSOy. 
 Ml'. Slu'raton laboured for the first yeai- and nine months as Lay 
 Keader. In ING") he rej)orted to the D. C. S. that he " had one 
 church, and six stations, from three to eighteen miles distant 
 from his i>lace of icsidence. Mr. Sheraton, at the desire of the 
 Bishop, made missionary visits to ^^'eldford after his removal to 
 Shediac. He was follow<'d in 1870 by the Kev. W. B. Armstrong, 
 prior U) whose arrival the mission had been without a visit from 
 a cleigyman for" four y(>ars. ]Mr. Armstrong, from 187G to 1880, 
 had charge of the united parishes of Weldford and Kingston, 
 and during that periotl resided at Kichibucto, rendering assist- 
 ance there to the aged rector, the Kev. N. A. Coster, until his 
 death in 1879. 
 
 In 1880, Kingston having been again united with Kichibucto, 
 Mr. Armstrong removed to what was called then, Weldford 
 Station, but now called Harcourt, after the name of the parish 
 
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 in M-hich it is situated. Within tlu; next two y<'{irs a new church 
 was built, to take the place of th.' olfl St. Paul's, at liass River. 
 In 1H8'J Mr. Armstrong removed to Point du Chene, and in the 
 .spring of 1H84 the Rev. Pleniy H<.llo\vjiy took chargo of the 
 mission. In July of the same year the new ciiuirh <jf St. Paul's, 
 together with an enlargement of the burial giound, was conse- 
 crated by Bishop Medley, and on November ir)th, following, 
 St. Matthew's vihurch, Haicourt Station, was t)j)ened by Rishop 
 Kingdon and licensed for public worship. ^\\. Holloway also 
 built a new house close by St. Mutthcw's church. The house and 
 the church were builr, and the lot of lanil on which thev stand, 
 containing about fifty acres, was })urchased at his own ex)»ense. 
 Unfortunately, Mr. Holloway was obliged by ill health to resign 
 and return to England in |ss7. Piefore leaving he handed over 
 in trust to the l^>ishop of the diocese the muniticent gift of the 
 church, land and rectory at Harcouit tor the ust; and benefit of 
 the Church. After a vacancy' of three months in the mission, 
 Mr. Holloway was succeeded in ISS7 by the ]{ev. E. R. Hooper, 
 who continued in charge until iSiM, when he removed to 
 Ab)ncton. In 181*0 Mi. Hooper repoited. ser\ ices held ''at 
 twelve stations, in addition to the rt^gular Sunday services held 
 in the two churches." He was succeeded hy tlie llev. C. T. Easton, 
 who soon after removed to Prince AN'illiam and Dumfiivs, and 
 was followed at Wei 'lord by the Rev. A. A. Slipper, who in 
 1894 removed to St. Martins. In 189r) the l{ev.(Jeo. L. Freebern, 
 the present incumbent, took charge of the missions. He visits 
 about eighty Church families, at all distances up to twenty-two 
 miles from the rectory, holds regular Sunday services in St. 
 Matthew's ciiurch, at Harcouit, and St. Pauls church, Weldford, 
 fourteen miles distant, and week day ser\ ices at abcjut nine 
 stations. The ])eople are recjuired to contribute •"?2V") towards 
 the support of the clergyman. Contriluitions to this object vary 
 from fifty cents, payable in jn'odiice, U> twenty dollars per annum, 
 averaging .f^'J. 30. The mission is financial!}' poor, but notwith- 
 standing all adverse circumstances, ih? spiritual needs of the 
 people are much bettei- cared for than in years when they enjoyed 
 greater worldlv prosperity. This is true of the whole missionary 
 district comprised in Weldford, Richibucto, Kingston, and Ruc- 
 tou«;he, in which, less th"n seventy years ago, there was not a 
 single church building, and no resident clergyman, where now 
 there are six churches. The fostering care of tlie Hiocesan 
 Church Society has here, as elsewhere, done very much to sustain 
 the Church's life, and it is to be hoped that those who remain in 
 
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 hei' einbnicf iiftcr all tlu* tlianj^cs and cliancos of the past, will 
 iipholci lier iiands by the lihcrality of their support. 
 
 T procepfl now to speak of the nnssii>ns in th(! most northerly 
 part of th«^ deanery of Chatham. The mission of liathurst now 
 comprehends the whole of (Iloiicestei County, hut foi- many 
 ars included also the County of Kesti,t;ou(!he. 
 
 The earliest mention of an attempt at missionaiy work in 
 (Jloucester, of which we are aware, is that of the propo.sed visit 
 alieady i-eferred to of Hev. \\. (I. (Jray to the IJaie des Chaleuis 
 in 1S14. The Hev. Uoht. Willis, Mcelesiastieal Commissary for 
 New ]>iunswirk, in his repoit, dated Fehiuary, \f^'2'.i, wrote that 
 St. Peters (the old name of liathurst), on the Bay of Cluileur, 
 neai- the line of divisic-n between tiiis province and Lower 
 Canada, is foity miles fiom Miramichi. There was a nominal 
 load thi'ou^di the woods, hut the communication was generally 
 made hy water. At St. Peters the j)eo[)le were making exertions 
 to build a church. On April L'Tth, iJ^lT), the l?ev. (Jeo. liest, 
 Commissary, wrote : "• A church is building at St. Peters, on the 
 Nepisiguit fiver, P>aie des Chaleur, in the parish of Glenelg, aided 
 in a juaterial degree by thosi; of a diflerent ))ersuasion, which 
 Higucs strongly in favour of the general feeling towards the 
 Church, but they nre destitute of a clergyman. The settlements 
 of New liandon and Innishannon lie on the Uaie des Chaleurs; 
 (hey aie entirely peopled by Irish Protestants who are repre- 
 sented, in spite of the disadvantages under which they have 
 laboured, to be an industrious and exemplary set of people. 
 They now number 174 persons, all, except in one instance, 
 I'elated to each other. They have no Protestant place of worship, 
 but the people assemble themselves together every Sabbath and 
 read the Chuich service in the morning, and hold a sort of 
 Methodist meeting in the evening. They have been visited once 
 by a liev. Mr. Suddard from Caspt'",* in Canada, who baptized 
 some of their diildren and administered the sacrament. They 
 meant to apply for a clergy num." In the same year that Mr. 
 Rest wrote thus, Kev. Mi-. IJacon reported the Church at Nepisi- 
 guit as " enclosed." 
 
 In ISLT) the Rev. Alexander Carnegie Somerville was sent 
 to Bathurst as resident iiiissi(»nary, and in 1S30 Mr. A. Tait was 
 employed (here as schdolmaster by the S. P. (J. Mr. Somerville 
 was a l)rother of Hev. Dr. Somerville, President of Kings College, 
 Frederictnn, and one of the foundei-s of the Diocesan Church 
 Socit'tv. 
 
 ♦ The Kfv. John Suddard was stationed at Jaspefroni 1H19 to 1H*3. 
 
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 I 
 
( •) 
 
 Lu'utt'iumt ({<i\ciiiur Sir Jluuanl 1)mui,'I;is \isitc(l I'.alliurst 
 oil Aujiust I'.i, lsi>r), in ii sailiiiiT vcssfl luIU'.I tin- '' Clicbucto." 
 Next (lay lie cxainiiicd tlw scIk.oI. tluii c^tahlislicd only one vcar, 
 uiul yavr a (loiiatiuri to tilt' sanir. |1,. also visited the Hri<,disli 
 ehurcli, a(liiiiriM«,' its |iict iirest;uf situation, and presented the 
 eluirehw alliens with a donation. His Ivxcfiiencv was presented 
 with an address, whidi was ri-ad l>v Hauli P»>ters, Ksij., one 
 paraycaph of whit-li was as follows : • W.- present to vour Ex- 
 celleney in this «|uarter of your irovcriiuii'iit a solier, industrious, 
 and loyal ••lass of sett h'ts, stru^i^din;; with the ditliculties of a 
 country yet in a uilderness state, and striving' to settle and im- 
 prove it with as iniieli dili<,'eiice as oui means will possibly admit. 
 
 l»isho|i .lojin Tn^dis consrcraled on Aiii^Mist !', I ">.'{<), St. (ieor<»e's 
 church, wliieh, althouL;li enclosrd in Isii'."), was not pewed until 
 lS."{4. Hev. Mr. Somervillc coiilinued in rliar;^*' of Uathurst 
 until lSi;> wli.-n, Iteeause of failing lii'altli, he iesi<|ned and r'e- 
 turiH'd to the moiliet land. In iN-ltl William Knd and Hicluird 
 Carman wcic present as lay deput ies from I'athurst at the first 
 meetinji; of the hiocesan Cliiinli Societx'. when £•_'<) was j^ranted 
 to the church at New r>andi»ii, which was completrd in August, 
 1<^41. This chuicli, with its l)urial ground, was consecrated liy 
 liishop ]nu;lis in Auii;ust, IS|;>. In the l>isho|i's journid of this 
 visit it isjrecorded that "nearly 1 •")() pei'^ons were crowded into 
 the little huildin;,' which they regard with alVectionate pride. . . . 
 forty-live were continued." The Itishop in his journal describes 
 thedrixe with Mr. Somerville hack to r>atliiirsl over a road so 
 had in sctme places that they had to tlriscon the <ra shore, heinu 
 sometimes in dan^ei from the tide. lie refers also to tlie heauti 
 ful scenery and fertile lands. The next day IHt* persons wei'e 
 pre.sent and .se\enteen ••ontirined at Uathurst in St. (Jeorge's 
 ♦•luirch. The JJishop addressed the people "jiartly in refenmce 
 to the service in which they were en^ai^ed, an<l partly on the 
 peculiar circumstances of the Church in this place, w hi(;h call for 
 more than ordinary steadfastness and union." 
 
 Hev. Mr. Somer\ ille was succeeiled in 1S|| hy Hev. Mr. 
 Hussell, who, in his rep(»rt for that year to the I >. C. S., spoke 
 of serving Dalhonsie where "the Lfieatest re(|uisite is a church." 
 Mr. Hussell was a <;radiiatH of Kind's Collei,'e, Fiedericton, and 
 was ordained at Dartmouth, N. S., on Trinity Sunday. June 2, 
 1H14. Tn ISH) he removed to Queensl)ury. In this year Bishop 
 Aledley made his first visit to Uathurst in c«)mpany with Mr. 
 IJucon of Chatham. .\ hi^dily interestinii; account of this visit is 
 to he found in the j'.ishop's Journal, pp. S7, ."^f^, and Xi^ of Dr. 
 Ketchum s life of the I'.ishop. 
 
"G 
 
 The Ut'v. Noah |)i.sl)row succeeded Mr. llussell al)Out the 
 year 1S4(: and his missionary field inehided the counties of 
 (ihnu-ester and Jiesti^'ouehe. lie hd)ored in this vast field for 
 nearly ten years and was su.-eeeded hy the Uev. C. F. Street 
 who was oidained to the iiriesthood on Trinity Sunday, l^')?, 
 
 iiy, 
 III his first 
 
 and l)e;^'an his woik on July 1 L'th in that year. 
 rei)oit t<t the D. C. S. he said: "There are but two churches in 
 the mission, besides the one nearly completed at Dalhousie. The 
 churc h at I'athurst is in such a state that it ninst soon Ix; 
 replaced Wy a new one. At Salmon I'each a chui'ch is much 
 needed." 'J'liere weic at that time about sixty eijjfht Cliurcli 
 families in and around liathuist, about twenty-six at Salmon 
 Beach and about ei,<,'hty-f'our in New IJandon. In iHoS, liishoj) 
 Medley confirmed ci<,dity-scyen persons in the mission, tliree of 
 whom had traxcllcd forty miles to l)e juesent. The Jiishoj» made 
 his first visit to Shiii]iej;an and Caracjuet in IHGl and eon- 
 firrwed twenty-two at the former i)lace. Among the contribu- 
 tors to the J). C S. in Shippegan for this year \vas " one of Lord 
 Kelsons seamen at the battle of the Nile." 
 
 Ilie K»>y. .Mr. 'Street removed to Prince William in 1S62 
 and was succeeded in October, 1804 by the Kev. Mr. McKiel, 
 who continued his labouis until the autumn of 1S74 when he 
 renioxed to houglas and r>iight. In 1S71 the building of a new 
 church in JJathurst was talked of, and in 1S73 the undeitaking 
 was lii'gun and \\as [trogressing slowly when Mr. McKiel resigned 
 in b'^T 1. He was succeeded by the Kev. R. Mathers, who after 
 abo\it eight months remov«'d to St. John and became ward^^n 
 of the Wiggins Mali' Oi}>lian Institution in that City. Mr. 
 Mathers was succeeded in iH'Ji) by the ]{ev. W. H. Street who 
 reported to the L). C. S. in ISTS that "the descendants of 
 Churchmen at Salmon IJeach and New IJandon had largely gone 
 over to the iNIethodists. The new parish church at Jiathurst had 
 been statioiuiry for some years, owing to a difierence )i opinion 
 as regards the site, and nearly $2,000 was re((uired to com- 
 plete it."' The new church was consecrated on September 27th, 
 1S,S3, by Bisho}) ^Medley, and in October, 1885, Mr. Street 
 remov(d to Campobello. He was succeeded by Rev. G. J. 1). 
 Peters in June, 188G, during whose incumbency a new church, 
 which is not yet completed or consecrated, was begun at Teta- 
 gouche, seven miles from JJathurst, and also one at New Bandon, 
 sixteen miles from Bathurst. In the former, Chui'ch services 
 have been held, but at New Bandon tlie services are still held in 
 the old church. The new church is mor*^ tlian one-half completed. 
 
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 Kev. Mr. Peters ix-sifrne,! i„ | s!t(j, aiid after a vaciiiicy iti the 
 rectorslii). of seveml moiitlis, tin- l!ev. C. Lutz took eliai>;<' f<.r a 
 short time. He was followed hy the I lev. II. Simoiuls us priest 
 in ehar<,'e ill 1S9l>-!);J. I,, the fatter year the llev. A. .J. Ileid 
 became reetor hut within a year resi-^ncd and wjis t'ollnwed 
 by the J{ev. 1). liiehards in l"s!»l. After a hrief ineiimbency 
 followed by several months of vacancy, tlM> Kev. Thomas W . 
 Street, tlie present incumbent took chari^e of the paiish Au;;ust 
 16th, iSiJ.-). 
 
 It will 1)(! seen from the for<'ii,oin<,' account of the riiurch in 
 (Gloucester Co. that within the past seventy years thr<'e churches 
 have been built and two of (hem re built. This vast field, 
 during the whole of this period, has been so iiiade«|uately 
 supplied with missionaries that many have wandered from the 
 Church's fold in conseipuMice. 'J'he jircseiit rectoi, even with 
 the assistance of a curate, feels the impossibility of doinj;; the 
 missioriaiv work of a whole count\- eirectuallv, and it is to lie 
 hoped that means will soon be provided foi' the settlement of a 
 resident clei'^vman at New I'.andon who could take charLfe of 
 the eastern end of the missinn and minister to th(jse who, 
 tln'(»u;.,di all the years have remained t'aitliful to the Chun h of 
 theii" fathers, as well as to others who, haviiiif left hei fold, 
 mi<,dit yet retuin to hei- cmbiacc. The lector of St. (!eer«;(''s, 
 Batliui'st, could then <;ive his w hole time and attention to the 
 spiritual care of the Chui'ch jieople iii and around Uathuist and 
 Tetagouche, which \\(»u]d Im- a sutlicicnt cliar<j;e foi- one man. In 
 the palish of I5athurst there are now sixty families professing; to 
 belonj,' to the Church, fort\' being in and around iJatliurst, seven 
 at Tetagouche and thirteen at Salmon I'.each. In the paiish of 
 N(nv I'andon there are twenty-five families calling themsehcs 
 Church })eople, and six families in ( "aratjuet, Tracadie and Ship- 
 pegan. The whole mission is now contributing Sl!tO t'> the 
 Diocesan Church Society towards the stipend of the rector, and 
 the Society grants >•■ MO tow aids th(> stipend of the curate, the 
 Rev. Mr. Aiton, recently ordained to the diaoonate. 
 
 We puss on now to speak of the most noitherly missions of 
 the Deanery of Chatham, viz., halhousie ami .Vdflington, which 
 lie on the southern bank of the jlesligouche lliver and extend 
 east and west about thirty or forty miles. As we have alieady 
 said, this distiict of IJestigouche County was for several years 
 visited occasionally l)y the mi.ssionaiy stationed at liathurst. In 
 1«46 Fjishop Medley, when oti his first visitation tour through 
 the Diocese, went to Dalhousie and Campl)ellton in coi ipany 
 
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 with tlir ]\v\. Mr. I)isl)io\v, inissionury at iJathurst. Tn his 
 iioU's of tliis visitation tour the lUshop wrote that " Dalhousie, 
 from its (Ustauoe, h--i,(i not Ifecn visited hy any iJishop except on 
 one })i'evi()iis occasion l)y the Uisliop of t^)uehec, and had scarcel}' 
 <nei' l)een visited hy a cleri,'ynian of cm C'hurcli. Tliere were 
 fornieiK many mendxu's of our comnuinion th«'r(% most of whom, 
 liowevei-, have l«^ft us and have joined the Preshyterians, who 
 ar«> the picvailinj^- l)ody."' The day foUowin-,' hi. visit to Dal- 
 housie thf l>islioj) "went to see C'ampl)ellton, a lloui'ishinu; viHa<^<-, 
 near to which is a Chuivh jflebe ; an<l went on ei,i,'ht miles farther 
 to \U'\v the encliantinji sceneiy with which the nei«<l)l)ourliood 
 al)oiinds. " After the T.isliops return t<j I)alhousie in the evening', 
 service was held in the Cour't J louse, and six persons confirmed. 
 'I'he next day the j-arishiouers f,Mve the IJishop a p;ua!anteo that 
 .£50 a vear, for two year: e(>itain, would he <i;iven towaids the 
 support of a clergyman in cjist; the IWshop could send them one 
 immediately, which his Loi'dshij) intended to do, had not " tlie 
 illness of the esteemed and lahorious mis>ionaiy at Poi'tland (St. 
 John), the |{e\. W. Ilanison, demanded ti;e assistance of tht; 
 30un;.( cler;4ymaM on whose sei\ ices I had reckoned. " 
 
 It was not until 1>'70, when the Kew .). I (. Saturley, from 
 Si. Augustine s C'ollene, lMii,darid. went to I )alhousie as the first 
 residep.l missionary, ihat i>estii,'(»uclie County was separat<'(l fi-om 
 th<" n\ission of IJathuist and New Uaiulon in (ilouc<- .tei- County. 
 I'ntil that date occasional \isits were made to H^^sti^ouclle bv 
 the missiimj'ry at Itathurst, atid once in 1S50 the IJev. Mi'. 
 i\etehum, thepi'esent lectoi' of St. Aiulrews, as travellinjj; jmIs- 
 sionary of the l)iocesan Church Society, visiteci H('sti_t,'ouche and 
 "held hivine service at halhousie, (.'amplxHton, and in a hack 
 settlement, an<l \isited the nu'mhers of the Church." "It is 
 eai'nestlyto he ho|te(i,"" .Mr. Ketdmuj wrote to the Society, "that 
 the wishes of the peo}>le will he complied with, and a settled 
 ini.-sionary he soon stationed in that most important section of 
 the country." Tn 1 ST)!) a <,'rant of £l'0 was made hy the Diojesan . 
 L'hiirch Society t(twards a church at Dalhousie, \.M, o\'/\Kif to the 
 conditions upon which it was made not ap|)ai'ently havinj^ heen 
 fulfilled, theie was some delay in the jiayment. It wr.s not until 
 (wel\e years afterwards, or in INTI, that th(> Rev. Mr. Saturley 
 reported the ehuich at Dalhousie almost ready for use, altiioufih 
 in IS.")S l{ev. Mr. Street of Hathurst had reported it us 
 nearly fhiishf .Mr. Saturley removed to D<»u,!,'las and Uri^ht 
 
 in 1^71, and was succeeded at Dalhousie hy the Hev. P. H. 
 Jirown, who resi<,'ned in iN74, and was followed in I.S7r) hy the 
 
Rev, F. li. C'lo/UT, who icniovcd soon iiftcr, and was t'ol 
 lowed in August, I.S77, l)y(li(' llfv. .1. JI. S. Sweet, win. continud 
 in eharjj;e of the whole Mission of J{estij,'ouehe luilil 1 NM', when 
 he removed to \eweastle. During .Mr. Sweet s incunil>eney a 
 rjew rectory was built at Dalhousie, and Chiist Chureli. C'aui{)- 
 bellton, was ei-ected and was consecrated by iJisho}) Medley on 
 Sei>teniber "(th, ISSO. Mr. SwiM-t was succeeded in lSS-_> by the 
 Kev. E. P. Flewelling, who continued the work at \aiious centres 
 throughout the county. In ISS.") he rejx.ited a greatly increased 
 nuinbei of sei-\ ices at the " out|tosts, ' es|>e(iall\ in the "' Mtita- 
 pedia district' beyond Canipbelltttii, and urged upon the hiocesan 
 Chui'ch Society the lu'cd of a resident clergyman at C'ampbell- 
 town. .Mr. I'Mewelling, having removed to Brandon, in the 
 Noith West, was succeeded in ISSC, by the iJev.C. I ). I'lrown. 
 Tn ISSS Mr. l5rown rejiorted " seventy persons present at a 
 week-(Jay service at haw.sonville atid twenty-one communicants, 
 and similar eni-ouraging signs of interest in the (Miurch s«M'vices 
 at othei' outposts. If a church could ce built at 1 )aw,sonvill(^ 
 the people could assemble there from the \ai'ious points n(»t far 
 distant.' lie hoped the Society could soon phu'i* an extra man 
 in the mission. Mr. Urou n resigned in 1 SIM to take u[) work 
 in the I )iocese of Iowa. .Mr. '»rown was succeeded at |)alliousie 
 in August, IS'.il, by the l{e\. .lames Siniotuls, and aliout the 
 same time the l{ev. II. Meers took charge of the .Mission of 
 Addington, comprehending Camjibellton. hawsonville, .and tiie 
 whole MetajM'dia (hstrict. Within a year Mr. Ileers resigm-d. 
 and soon afterwards Mr. Sinionds leiin.xed to South Carolina. 
 He was succeeded in |S'.».") by the Ke\ . 11. I'. .Motris, the presei\t 
 incumbent. 
 
 Owing to the changed eonditimis of trade, removals by death, 
 etc., the Chuivh population of I )alliousie in recent yeais ha; not 
 increa.se<l, but lather fallen olV, until no.> Hi.- t iergyman s woi-k 
 is very small. There arc oidy tweiilv five Church families, and 
 all ".re in or near hallmusie. 'j'he total ('hurch population is 
 l.'iO. The annual contributions to the gen.rai purpo.s»'s of the 
 Dioc(\san Church Sctciet \ during the past si.\ years show that 
 about foity or forty live dollars lia\t' been contributed to thesi 
 purposes in each scar, in addition to what is now retpiinHl fo|- 
 the clergyman's stipend and local expenses. 
 
 In the new nnssion of ,\di|ington tin- tiel-' is widci and more 
 work is needed than one missionary can ac( .iniplish cjlect iiallv . 
 T'he Rev. 1'. (!. Snow took charge of the mission in < >ctober, 
 ISD-l, aTid in his report to the |). C. S. for the year ending 
 
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 .June .'{(), 189'), stated that step.s were taken soan after his 
 arrival to l)uild a tluirch at Dawsonville, and tlie dmrcli was 
 o[)ene«l for divine service on the first Sunday after Trinity, 189'). 
 More than ."^-''O was also contiii)uted towards a fund for a new 
 rectoiy at Canij)l)eIlton. In the autuinti of 1S',>5 Mi-. Snow 
 removed to Newcastle, and was succeeded, in the folhtwin"; 
 spiin^', hv the Hew .lanu .■; Sj)encer, the present incuinl)ent. 
 
 In .Inly, I89(), Mr. Spencer n^ported the new church at 
 l)awsiiii\ ille finisjied and used for service every alternate Sunday. 
 Seiviccs were also held at several other centn's. Canii)l)ellton 
 is now a town of ."{,000 inhabitants, of whom the majoiity are 
 ]{oman C atholics and Preshyterians, with some Methodists and 
 iJaptists. The C'huich jicojtjc are not stronjf in numlM'rs, hut 
 there is room for j^i'owth and development, which is ^'oin^ on. 
 A new i('ctt)ry at ('am]>l>ellton has heen <'omj»leted at a cost of 
 )i?l,l.'00. Mr. Spencer \isits alxnit seventy-live fauiilies outside 
 of Caniphellton, his mission stations heini; : Tide Head, Hv(? 
 miles fi(»m the rectory; Flat lands, leji miles; Matui's Mountain, 
 si.xteen miles; |)awson\ille, iiiiieteet) miles ; I'psaltpiitih, twt'iity- 
 five miles; CJlencoe, ten miles: (llenlixct, tweixe miles, 'i'he 
 missittn contrihutes .""^nO") anmially to the j). C S. for rector's 
 stipend; f(»i' extra pai'ochia!, dincesan and other ohjects, .'?,")() ; for 
 new rectory in 18<)(; il7, si. 1 00. The (.Ih-rin^s at Church 
 ser\ ices were S"_M;.") during jiast yeai' ; ■■?'_'(').();■■) was j^iven to th«' 
 poor, iiiid the Sunday school contributions were>^IS. Tht" out- 
 stations fi'om Camplx'llton have i-aised !? 1 00 towards stipend of 
 rei't<tr. Here, then, in IJest i;fouche Co., howevei nmch we must 
 de|)lore the loss to the Church of many of her members, l)ecause 
 her missionaries wer<' not in the held at an eai'lier date, atid 
 that more of them have not been available in recent y«*ars, w(» 
 jiave to thank (lo(| f(»r His idessini^ upon theetlbi-ts of those who 
 have faithfully laboiiied in His xineyaid Fifty veais ai,'(», 
 on the occasion of Mishop Medleys lirst visitation toin-, he, in 
 his " iKites," deeply deplored the spiritual destitution of this 
 Ktcality, which he always esteeme<| so full of natui'al la'auty of 
 scenery, and i-efeiied |)athet ically to the lonely ;,'raves in the 
 fields, or by the wayside, of those who had lived and di<'d and 
 were buri<'d without the Clunch's <»r(linanc«'s. Since then three 
 ehui'ches have been- i)uill and corist'crated, and two rectories 
 erecte<l, ind for several years past there have been two resident 
 cler^fvmen, where once there were oidy occasional missiorriiy 
 visits. However nmch we may wish that more mi<,'ht have Iwf^n 
 iloni' at an .'arlier date to lengthen (he cords and streiijfthen the 
 
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 stakes of our Zion, liorc, as rlscwlicn' within our diocese, we are 
 bound to thank (iod for His hlessini,'s upon the mission work of 
 the Church in tlie past and to take courage for the; future. 
 
 The venerahh^ Chunli S«K'iety, which Iwis bt'en tlie instrument 
 under God of estahlishini?, continuing and extending this mis- 
 sionary work in the deanery of Chatham and in the other 
 deaneries, now presents, at this the last Anniversary Meeting, 
 through the medium of these historical addresses, the inspiring 
 record of the events which havemaiked the progress of its noble 
 work. Let us hope and pray, and faithfully believe, that l>y the 
 instrumentality of the Diocesan Synod, to which the Society's 
 trusts are aljout to Im; transferred, the Church's work in the 
 future will be attended with as great and manifold blessings as 
 have been vouciisafed to the Society in the past, and that our 
 Zion will go on and prosper in this diocese, until by her more 
 and more abounding provision for the spiritual needs of men, she 
 shall become a wonder and a praise in our 'and. 
 
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 THE DEANERY OF WOODSTOCK. 
 
 By tmk V'k\. Akciidbacon Neales, Ruhal Dean. 
 
 This deanery is one of great length, lying along the St. John 
 river t>n either aide for a distance of nearly two hundred miles 
 from the province of Queli»c downwards, and having for its 
 western limit the border lin® of the United States. At present 
 it includes the three counties of Madawaska, Victoria and Carle- 
 ton, together with seven civil parishes of York. Its area is 
 al)out 6,500 s<iuare miJes, It originally consisted of four civil 
 parishes l)ut is now di led up into thirty-one. 
 
 The history of the Cnurch in this deanery from its earliest 
 beginnings »]> to the present, has been one of continuous exten- 
 sion j»!»d growth ~-keej>ing pace with the settlement of the 
 country. The very earliest trace of the Church's work being 
 (lone here is contained in the record of a missionary tour made 
 in 17S*.> by the |{ev. John Heardsley, rector of Maugerville, 
 (luring the months of .July and August. This tour extended up 
 the river St. .lohn as far as Woodstock, and on the trip Mr. 
 Heardsley liaptizcd one hundred and twelve persons, married two 
 couples, held services and performed >ther duties of his ministry. 
 In 171)1 Kev. Kredeiick Dibblee who had been acting as lay 
 reader at Woodstock for two or three years, and preparing him- 
 self for the ministry, was ordained by the Right Rev. Charles 
 Inglis, first Bishop of Nova Scotia, and given the spiritual 
 charge of this innnense district. His appointment was " to all 
 the settlers living (»n the St. John river al)ove St. Marys and 
 Kingsclear," and at that early time the work of ministering 
 to the spiritual needs of the scattered settlements was very labor- 
 ious, and in the winter often impossible. One of the first things 
 that marked this period was the building of a church at Woodstock, 
 on a spot near where now stands the parish church. This first 
 church was an humble little wot)den building, with no pretensions 
 to architectural beauty, or even for the comfort of the worship- 
 pers- with neither pews nor stove for some years. Towards 
 its completion the House of Assembly made a grant of £150. 
 Mr. Dibblee as a missionary of the S. P. CJ., received a small 
 
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 income from that Society, and made to it re;,'ular annual reports 
 of his work. These reports, and those contained in the parish 
 registers and in his own private liary, form a most interesting 
 story of early missionary life and labours, and tell of struggles 
 and hardships cheerfully shared with his Hock by this faithful 
 servant of God. On May 17, l(S26, he passed to'his well-earned 
 rest, after a faithful ministry of tl iity-ftve years. 
 
 About this time the parishes u Prince William and Dum- 
 fries were set off as a separate n.ission, undei- the care of the 
 Rev. A. D Parker, and in court-e of time became one of tlie 
 most prosperous of the Church's missions. 
 
 Woodstock being without a regularly appointed missionary 
 for two years after the death of Mr. I)ibblee, visits were made to 
 it in turn by the Rev. James Someix ille, !>. L. 1)., who presided 
 over the college of New Brunswick, at Fre(ieiicton. by the Rev. 
 Alexander C. Somerville, Archdeacon Best, the Rev. George 
 McCawley, 1). D., head master of the grammar school, Frederic- 
 ton, and by the Rev. A. D. Parker, of Prince William. In 
 October, 1S2^*, the Rev. George Cowell,* formerly a militaiy 
 chaplain, and afterwards head mast(;r of the collegiate school at 
 Fredericton, became rector of Woodstofk, but remained only one 
 year. After a vacancy of a few months he was succeeded by the 
 Rev. S. D. Lee Street, who continued as rector for forty 3'ears. 
 Mr. Street giaduated from King's College, Fredericton, in 1S2S, 
 and in the next 3'ear, having l)een oidained deacon by the Right 
 Rev. John Tnglis, I). I)., P>ishop of Nova Scotia, was sent by him to 
 take charge of the parish of Woodstock, and its outlying settle- 
 ments, which meant all the district north of Prince William. 
 Mr. Street possessed the qualities of vigour and determination, 
 with physical stiength and kinchiess of heart, mid unswerving 
 loyalty to the teaching of the Chuich, and these he manifested 
 for the long period of forty years during which he continued to 
 labour faithfully in his Divine Master's cause. During Mr. 
 Street's early years, as he travelled over his vast missicm with 
 untiring zeal, he held services in private houses, and sometimes 
 in barns — for the houses were of small size as a rule, and there 
 was as yet only one church, the paiish chuich at Woodstock, in 
 the whole mission. The travelling in sunnner had to be done 
 either by canoe along the river, or on horsj'back along bridle- 
 paths, for there were at first but a few miles of highway roads ; 
 
 ♦ The Rev. iieorge ( H»\vell was a Kraduate of the University of Cambrldjce, where 
 he took the dejcree of Master of Arts. He became head iiiaater of the (JoUefflata 
 Schrral at B'redericton, l>ecember 12, 1»». on tht- appointment of Rev. George 
 McCawley to a professorship in the ColleKe, and resigned his cure at Woodstock. 
 
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 and in the winter l>y horse and punj^, and often on snow-shoes, 
 when the snow-drifts were deep. As the country became more 
 settled it l)ecaine necessary to huild chuiches in places wliere 
 regular congregations were to be found. 
 
 In 1H41 a lot of land in Wakefield was given by Charles 
 Emery as a site for a church. Towards the erection of this 
 churcli liberal grants weie made by the Society for the Propaga- 
 tion of the (fospel, the Soci«^ty for l*romoting Christian Knowl- 
 edge, and the Diocesan Church Society, for as yet the people 
 were unable to contribute largely for the purpose. The church 
 was consecrated by the Right Uev. John Medley on October 
 9th, IHol. In 1H(S1 fJishop Medley consecrated a new churcli 
 on the same spot und(;r the old name of St. Peter's, which was built 
 almost entirely by the gifts and labour of the members of the 
 ('hurch in the parish, and this " latter house " is in every way 
 superior to its pi-edecessor. 
 
 In 1^45, on the occasion of the earliest visit of liishop Me(iley 
 to the northern part of the deanery, he consei-rated Holy Trinity 
 Church, Andover, which is now replaced, though on a more 
 convenient site, by another of larger proportions and greater 
 ecclesiastical beauty. 
 
 Owing to the growth of the mission during the j)(>riod of 
 Mr. Streets incumbency it became necessary to divide it, and 
 accordingly, in the year 1^4.'), the whole northern pait, above 
 the parish of Wakefield, <'mbracing an area of 4,000 square miles, 
 was set off as a separate mission. This was given in charge of 
 t\\o Kev. ,1. SedgeHeld Thomson, then employed as travelling 
 missionary. He made his headcjuarters at Andover. InlH4(> Mr. 
 Thomson was succeeded by Kev. John Mc( J ivern, who remained 
 at Andover for three years. In IHol the parish of Canterbury 
 was .set off from the mission of Woodstock as a separate missicm 
 under the cliaig(^ of the l^ev. Thomas Hartiii, who labonMl faith- 
 fully for more than twenty-five years, spending and being spent 
 for the Church's sake. Mr. Hartin not only gave the land on 
 which the churclKis and the rectory were built, but spent largely 
 of his own means in the building of the churches. 
 
 < )wing to the growth of the work in the mission of Woodstock, 
 it became necessary that an assistatit should be appointed for 
 Mr, Street, and acconHngly in 184(5, the Uev. S, ,J. Hanford, 
 just ordained, became his curate, a position which he held for 
 tliiee year.s, until he succeeded Mr. McCJivern as missionary of 
 Andover. During the last twenty-five years of Mr. Street's life 
 he had a succession of ten curates in the following order : 
 
S. J. Hanfonl, E. A. Wurncfoid, J. S. Willijims, H. H. Nichols, 
 E. S. Woodman, W. S. Cov^'it, C. S, |{(.^r,.rs. 1{. (!. Nelson, 
 Joseph Din/ev and Thomas Neales, four of whom arc still in 
 this dioeene, three in other fields of laliour, and thiee have pas- 
 sed to tlieir rest out of the midst of faitiiful labour, Mr. Nichols 
 in the mission of llurmah, Mi\ Nelson in Trinidad, and Mi-. 
 Woodnuin in this Hiocesc jis icctor of Wcsthcld. Mr. Hanford 
 contiitued to laljoui' as missionary of Andovei for ten years — 
 much beloved as the e\er uelcon'ie pastor and friend of all in the 
 whole mission, and in lsr>',) rcmo inir to L'pham was succeeded 
 by the Ile\. W. 11. Street, who ii, his turn spent ten years of 
 luird and earnest work in this vast and ardut»us mission. I>uiin«^ 
 tiie rectcjrship of Hev. S. I ). {..ce Strci't, the town of Woodstock 
 spranj; up about three miles above the parish church, and <;n(W 
 so rapidly that it Ix'came necessary to erect a church thei'e. 
 This was done on the spot where St. I^uke s now stands, the land 
 havin;; been ifenerousjy -^ix en l)y Kichard Smith, Est|.* In iSliS 
 the parish of IJichmond was set aj)art ecclesiastically as a missictn 
 and placed in charife of the Kev. ,h).se|)h l>iii/ey, then cuiate of 
 Woodstock. This, howescr, left in .Mr. Streets cai'e still the 
 three ci\il parishes of Woodstock, \\ aketield and Northampt(»ii 
 In the year 1S7(J, the Ke\. W. II. Sticet resit,aied the mission 
 of Andover to become reitor of Hichmond in siicci'ssion to Mr. 
 I)in/.ey, and the Ke\. L. .\. Ilnyt was apjtointed to .\nilo\er 
 his mission inciudiii;;' a \ast and rapidly yrowini; district. .\s 
 
 * III tliis eoniifction the following extract from the Journal of UiKliop John Iii);lis 
 in IHItr) is of intcri'st : 
 
 " Sdluntd!/, Aiifjiixt /'. A very di-liglitfiil day. We visited tlin new ohuroh, 
 whose outside is handsomely linislieil. It is very creditaVile to the [ilace. and staiid.s 
 ona heaiuifiil and c'lmmaiidinjr site. There was much dinienltv in decidjuf; upon 
 the situation, and the dilllt ulty was greater liecaiise it was nr ilrst InteiHled to talce 
 down the old churoli. which was natuinlly and justly dear to the firsi .seUleis. The 
 Archdeacon wisely suKgested tlie pinfjriety of pieservii'),' the old church and iiu>ving 
 the site of tlie new to a dislani'i' of three miles, where a village i.s rapidly ri.sing. 
 Tills nlan n-eoneiled all difierenees, and the undertakintr. though no easy one lor the 
 nieniliers of the Ctiurch, has lieen entered into with very cruiimendalile /.eal and 
 liherality. It will cost more than IS. m, ami the l>eiiefacti(UMif t'.M) from the Society 
 is the onlv extrinsic assistance I hey have rectMved. We had an afternoon service 
 in tlieoUl church Tin hunal ground was coii.secrated. and I preached a isernion in 
 reference to that eereiiiony to a funeral which was hl.inled with It. More ilian \M 
 persons crowded the little I. iiilding: audi was glad after the servioe to suggest some 
 improvements of this ediliee which will increase its uccoinniodafion and mal<e it 
 more sightly. 
 
 "Siinday, Aitf/iist /i.. — The weather was tinfavourahle, hut the old church was 
 crowded at eleven, when it was consecrated and named Chiist Church. I preached 
 upon the oci-asion. liefore the service was tlnished the rain f«'ll heavily I hatt 
 consented to otilciate in the n. w i-hurch in the afternoon, alt hough no windows were 
 yet in it It was prepaied for the occasion, and a temporary pulpit, altar and seats 
 were skilfully arranged I'y the liuihh-r. Hither, ilierefore. we drove thive miles 
 through the rain, and 1 was surprised to find ii()() jiersons assenihled. The pulpit 
 was under the open window of tlie chancel, but I was driven from ithy the rain in 
 tiie mulst of my sermon. T'li persons whose deportmt^nt was mostexemplary were 
 conllmied." 
 
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 Mr. Hoyt went about his work he saw as time went on, the 
 same necessity and utility of the division of the large field in his 
 charge, as Mr. Street had seen with regard to the original field 
 of which the mission of Andover had been a part. It was neces- 
 sary that new missions should he set off as soon as possible so that 
 all new settlements which were then rapidly being made should 
 ha\e the fullest possible ministrati(m of the Church. It was 
 largely due to his foresight and energy that in a very few years 
 the once unwieldly mission of Andover was divided up so as to 
 form six missions instead of one— each with its own clergyman. 
 In 1^73 the parishes of Wilmot, Wicklow and Simonds becai;ie 
 the mission of Wicklow, and w<'re [)laced in the charge of the 
 Ue\. W, K. Almond of St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, 
 England. He worked well and faithfully for the few months 
 that he was there, but owing to ill health, gave up his work and 
 returned to England. Tht; mission has evei- since been in the 
 charge of the Kev. .1. E. Flewdling. In 1S7G the new .settle- 
 ment of Danes in i)rummond parish, called New Denmark, 
 became practically a tlew mission— the Danes as a body giving 
 in tlieir .idlierence to our Church, and thf-ir teacher, Mr. N. JNI. 
 Hansen receiving ordination at the hands of IJishop Medley and 
 IxH'oming tlieir chosen pastor. This mission is now in charge of 
 llev. C. K Maiiiiann. 
 
 In 1S7'.) the large civil parish of Aberdeen wan set off as a 
 new mission, under the charge of the Rev. Arthur Hoadley, of 
 St. Augustine's college. Unfortunately, ^Ir. lloadley's health 
 gave way before the ligoui- of the climate, and he was compelled 
 to give up the work, and Aberdeen has never since been a 
 separate mission. In ISS2 Urand Falls and Madawaska wen- 
 formed into a separate mission, under the care of the Kev. Henry 
 Jones; and in ll^Ni) another mission was formed, including all 
 the district of new settlements along the Tobique River, and 
 comprising the parishes of (Gordon and Lome. The Rev, J. R. 
 Hoj)kins has been in charge of this interesting mission since its 
 ineeptioii. Thus has the work been going on steadily from the 
 begirjiing ot establishing new niissions as centres of Church life 
 and work, each with its own missionary to minister to the souls 
 within his appointed sphei-e of labour. The moving spirit in the 
 earlier work of sub-division being the late Rev. S. I). Lee Street, 
 and in the later woik the Rev. L. A. Hoyt ; to each is due great 
 credit for faithful labour, perseverance and wisdom in this 
 matter. They have laboured and other men have entered into 
 their labours. 
 
 
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 Besides these two, and others w hose names have been already 
 mentioned, there are n(»t a few who have ha<l their share in the 
 work of the Church in this Ueanery. Some of them are doin^' 
 j,'ood work to-day in otlier fields, and not a few iiave passed to 
 their rest in Paradise, In (^ueenshury the Uev. II. W. Tippet 
 passed many years in performing' faithfully the (hjties of his min- 
 istry. In Prin(;e William, the names oi l\ \\. Loosemore, C. V. 
 Street, K. A. W. Hanin;.cton, LeIJ. \V. lM)wJei', appear in sucoes 
 sion as its rectors, leavinj,' a record of well sustained tidelity in 
 the work of Christ and His Church. In Richmond, the late 
 lamented lletu-y 11. Neales was succeeded hv V. \V. Vroom, now 
 the able Profess(»r of ]>i\inity in Kind's Coile;,'e, Wnidsor, who 
 was followed in the parish hy Iv J. P. 15. Williams, who in tniii 
 has been succeeded by A. W. Teed, now in char;,'e. In I><1)^, 
 the ]{ev. Scovil Neales removed from (.>|ueensbury and Southamp- 
 ton to succee(l Kev. I.. A. lloyt at Ando\er, and aftei- more 
 than three years of abundant and suci-esstiil labour there, has 
 lately been appointed to the rectorship of Sussex, t(j build up 
 the old waste place that most important parish. 
 
 Other names are still l(» be mentioned, who ha\e done lotrj^er- 
 or shorter servit'c in the deanery, such as Ib-v. Messrs. Shaniioir, 
 Kastman, Ar-mstr-oii;^, Kich.irds, and Par-ry, in the Mission of 
 Madawaska and (Jr-aird Falls; Messrs. Moiri^ and Hooper- in 
 Andover ; Messi-s. Tower-s, Titcombe, aiMl Warru-foi'l, in Carrti'r- 
 bury : Mr. I.,owndes, in Prince William ; and Messrs. \\'i;,'i,Mns 
 and Mur-ra}', curates for' a time in \N oodstock ; thus i^r-eatly has 
 the number of labourers multiplied in this (rtild of the Church's 
 work during the last (juarter i>f a century or- more. 
 
 The histor-y of the Church in this dearrcry in its j^nowth ar)<l 
 developnretit is one most inter(vst inj,' to study, shouinj; how it 
 has kept pace with the <fr<)Wlh in population and material 
 pr'osper'ity, pi'ovinj^ itself to be alive to its lii<,'hest calling as a 
 missionary Chur'ch. A ;,'lance at the presmt condition of thirrgs, 
 as compar-ed with that of sixty years a^fo, when the l>iocesan 
 Chur'ch Societv was founded, ailor'ds abundant r'cason for' thank- 
 fulness aiul encourajfement. Tn the first i»lace, thoui^'h the 
 population lias j^r'own fi-om S,000 in \^'M) to about .'ir),UU(), the 
 membership of the Church has irrci-eased in a much lai'ifer' pro- 
 portion. That which was one mission, under the <'har'j,'e of one 
 missionary, the Ue\. S. I). JiCe Street, has now bei-ome ten, each 
 in charge of its own pastor. When' there wert' only two conse- 
 crated churches, one in Woodstock and another in Prince William, 
 
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 then' are now twenty-ei<,'ht scattered over the deanery, and most 
 uf tlieiii models of aiehitectural skill and beautiful in form and 
 appearance. 
 
 As another evidence of the <,'rowth of the Church, we turn 
 to consider the amounts contributed to its support. At the 
 time of Mr. Street's death, in 1H70, tluf Mission of WiMwIstock 
 (;ontril)Uted only about JfoOO, but is now ^'ivin<{ not less 
 than !*1,500. Woodstock at that time was receivin<,' !?700 
 tliroujjh tlu^ Diocesan Church Society, but now receives no 
 ^'rant whatever. At thcs time when Mr. Iloyt went to take 
 charge of Andover, the utmost that that mission seemtnl able 
 to conti'ibutc towards the missionary's support was )$l*00, while 
 now the same district, di\i<led up into its several missions^, 
 (•ontril)Utes al)out Sl,r)0(). Tlu; connnunicants' roll now nMisKes 
 about '^00 in the whole deanery. Ail these facts rejuiewnt a 
 very encouraj^iiif,' j,'rowth, and show how the Church has been 
 endeavoring,' to follow uj* in tru(^ missionary spirit tlH> advance- 
 ment of the country, and to be ready at hand <k) allbrd its minis- 
 trations to all who need them. And theicilre everywhei*' niany 
 tokens <»f increased zeal, lil)erality and reverence for holy thinj^s, 
 which are an indication of the faith which inspires tht^ meniberK 
 of the Church in her life of daily «^i'()wth. And at this j)oint of 
 time, when the i>iocesan Church Society is, after moie than si.xty 
 years of noble W(jrk as a sepaivite body, to n)er^e its futun; lif(? 
 of increased usefuln«'ss, as we believe, in the Synod of the I)ioc(!se, 
 it is a fruitful theme of study how lai'j^'e a share the Society itself 
 has b(»rne in biin/^in^ about the alK)V(> encouraging results. 
 There never was a time when thert; was not a clo.se and living 
 conn«'ction between the Society and tin; deanery. At the first 
 oi<faniy.ed meeting of the 1). C. S., on Kebruaiy !lth, 1NM7, Wood- 
 stock was represented by the Rev. S. I). FiCe Stre(it, and Kichard 
 ivetchum and John liedell, lay repr<;sentatives, and from that 
 time to this {he clergy an] the lay representatives of the several 
 missions, as they weie ronned, have given attendance at the 
 Society s annual meetings. The members of the Church through- 
 out the whole deanery have as a body ever felt a lively interest 
 in the Society's work, and hav«; been regular contributors to its 
 funds. On the other hand the missions in the deanery have 
 been receiving from the f'umls of the Soci<>ty most libeiuj grants 
 for the support of the Church's work in their midst, by which 
 that work has been aided and fost^^red during all the past. 
 
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 (IfjiiHTV north «»? I'lincc Williaui it wiiw i.-cciv injr tlirough our 
 hioci'sun Clwrcli Society u .^laiit of $:>()[), wliiili was (•(»ntinu«!d 
 l<) VV'oiKiMock ni> U> ilif year isTO in that year the amount 
 rt'c«uv«»l hy the Mission ni Andover from the I). ('. S. was 
 iSftSl). The same district, as no\N thvided up into its several 
 mlHsions, receives fi(.m the I ). C, S, ;;iants amoiintin;,' to 
 $I,()«)0 towards the su[»|»ort of its four missions, while the^'rants 
 to the deanery, as a whoN', amount to .ii^L',?!)."). These (i^ureH 
 show very plainly that the Society has U'en helping,' in no ineagn- 
 and stinted manner the Church's missions in this part of tlie 
 hiocese, and it re(|iiires no lon;» relleciion to understand how 
 imnuMise the deht is which the deanery owes to the Society for 
 its lon^ and lovi?i^' fostering' caie, without which we slioidd 
 lia\e ijideed a very dillerent tale to l('ll of tiie history and 
 condition of the Church from that whii-li we are n<»w al)|e to 
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 His dear sake ; at another, lukewarm, supine, cold and careless, 
 ready to excuse herselMor inaction, unresponsive to His moving 
 appeals*for her warmest love and service. This inspired and 
 inspiringj^song shows her again returning to her allegiance, and 
 finally restored to the fullness of surrender and devotion. In 
 the passage before us we have the Master coming to seek His 
 Church. In the outpouring of tenderest affection He calls her 
 in most endearing terms. She that had surpassed language in 
 describing her very abando7i of love, now hesitates to arise. 
 .She has put off her dress ; how can she put it on ? She has 
 washed her feet for the night ; how can she defile them by 
 crossing the Hoors '? And when, at last, she would admit Him, 
 He is gone. 
 
 But it is her love that is indolent, not His. It is she that 
 has l)een sleeping and is full of excuses, not He. And He 
 forgets and forgives ! 
 
 Without pressing eveiy detail of zeal or of inaction in this 
 heavenly poem into a fulfilment at some particular crisis in the 
 history of the Church, it is evident that the whole presents a 
 vivid picture of her chequered career. Starting in the white 
 light of His presence, enkindled by Pentecost, set ablaze by the 
 fires of persecution, she bowed the world at the foot of the cross. 
 Spoiled by prosperity, she loses her first love; grows cold, inactive. 
 Torn l)y internal dissensions, and consumed by personal ambi- 
 tions, she scarce recognizes her beloved when He calls. "I have 
 put off my coat, how shall T put it on ?" Then, rising again, 
 thrilled ))y His magic touch, she arrays herself in her beautiful 
 garments and glows once more uiidcM- His smile, till the earth 
 anon resounds with the nmsic of the gospel and whole lands are 
 won to her embrace. Trace the course of the Church on earth ; 
 follow her from century to century ; stand with her in the 
 amphitheatre ; worship with her in the catacombs ; be seated 
 with her upon the world's thrones ; wander in her company 
 through trackless f<»rests, and sink exhausted with her upon the 
 torrid sands of the desert. Watch hei- in the haunts of kings, 
 and in the gruesome iazai- house ; view her in the classic pagan- 
 ism of medi.eval Home, and in the wi<;wam of the hard-won 
 savage; till you see hei- at last in her missionary career of the 
 present day, when, as never before, she strives to complete the 
 triumphs of the cross. Do this, and say whether, while she lias 
 never been s(!pa.i'ate(l from her I»elo\ed, and has never consciously 
 abandoned tlu^ Kaith, there; have not been many days when the 
 half-hearted hesitation of the Simlamite has been exemplified in 
 
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 the Church's history, and the vacillating cry lias gone forth over 
 the fields of darkness : " I have put off my coat, how shall I put 
 it on?" 
 
 But say also whether, like the bride in this immortal song, 
 the Church has not returnetl to her first love, and clasped in the 
 embrace of her dear Lord she is not now silowinsr with the 
 warmth of renewed affection, and on fire with zeal for the satis- 
 fying of the travail of His soul 'I 
 
 The occasion on which we are met is one of uni(iue and solemn 
 interest, There is no sadness about it. It is the joining of 
 
 hands too long severed. 
 
 It is the wedding of love and self-sacrifice. 
 
 While yet this Province of New Brunswick formed part 
 of a larger diocese, presided over by a Bishop whose fatherly 
 and most efficient visitations could only take place at long 
 intervals ; formed at his suggestion, guided by his wise advice, 
 and begun by Churchmen who were as cautious as they were 
 zealous, the Church 8ociety of the Archdeaconry of New 
 Brunswick had its origin. The reports of the early proceedings 
 can hardly be perused by any one who has a due appreciation of 
 what has been accomplished l)y the Society without admiration 
 of its founders and devout thankfulness to Almighty God. The 
 firm and clear statements of the Bishop's wishes ; the persuasive 
 and loyal utterances of the Archdeacon ; the evident desire and 
 earnest eflbrt of the fathers of the muvement to preserve the 
 dignity and well-undt^rstood principles of the Church, at the 
 same time that tlu;y maintained the just rights of all her mem- 
 bers, fill us now with feelings of the deepest respect and grati- 
 tude. The addresses made and the sermons preached in Vjehalf 
 of the Society and its objects are the work of men of culture 
 and ability, as well as of soundness in the faith. The variety, 
 of its designs, the broad basis of its constitution, the careful 
 justice with which its grants were made, the fervour with which, 
 from the first, it was supported, gave the Church Society a hold 
 upon the regard of the members of the Church which developed 
 and grew stronger with succeeding years. And if, at the begin- 
 ning, there was on part of some a drawing back, a shrinking, 
 th^t was almost timidity, from joining in the new venture ; if 
 the voice of the Bride was heard crying, " I have put off my 
 coat of pristine energy, how shall I put it on?" the magnificent 
 courage and determination of the Society put to shame the fears 
 of the few, and launched her on her tide of progress and success. 
 Thus churches were built and assisted, libraries formed and 
 sustained, Sunday-schools supported. Bibles and Prayer books 
 
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 circulated, books for schools printed, and other works of piety 
 and charity carried on, without which the Church in many parts 
 would have languished and died. And, above all, there was 
 furnished a bond of union, and of fraternal deliberation on the 
 aflFairs of the Church, which proved, under God's blessing, the 
 foundation of the work of these later days, when the Church's 
 assemblies have the right of legislation as well as of discussion. 
 
 Our hearts go back with deepest interest to these first few 
 years of the Society's life. Bound together by ties of fraternal 
 affection, men of varying shades of personal opinion, but of 
 unshaken attachment to the Church of their forefathers, stead- 
 fastly and quietly pursued the course they had marked out. The 
 names of Archdeacon George and of Frederick Coster, Christopher 
 Milner, James and Alexander Somerville, William W. Walker, 
 G. S. Jarvis, S. D. Lc? Street, Abraham Wood, William and 
 Elias Scovil, among the clergy ; of Neville and Robert Parker, 
 Ward Chipman, A. E. Botsford, W. H. Robinson, J. A. Street, 
 D. Hanington, C. P. Wetmore, among the laity ; together with 
 others of whom time and space forbids the mention, deserve to 
 be enshrined in the hearts of us their successors as men whose 
 plans were wisely conceived and perseveringly and faithfully 
 executed, and who are worthy of honour for all time. Nor can 
 it be forgotten that two of the oldest and most valued members 
 of the Society are living among us still — Sir John C. Allen, now 
 alas! no longer in health and strength; and Rev. Canon Ketchum, 
 who was for forty-four years its energetic and faithful secretary, 
 and who is, happily, present at this service. 
 
 Then came the long-desired Bishop, from whose advent so 
 much was hoped and feared. Under the power of his strong 
 will, undaunted consistency, and indefatigable labours, the 
 Diocese sprang forward to its mission with renewed vigour. 
 Taking the reins of government firmly in his hands, he gradually 
 won the confidence of all, and conciliated those who at first 
 opposed him. From the day when he first presided over its 
 councils, August 17, 1845 — the important parish of St. John 
 giving in its adhesion to the Society at that time, and consider- 
 able alteration being made in the constitution — to the day of his 
 death. Bishop Medley showed his interest in the Society's work 
 by his constant attendance at its meetings, and by most liberal 
 contributions to its funds. Always ready to accept the well- 
 conceived suggestions of his colleagues on its committees, and to 
 consent to what might be promising or useful in its improvement, 
 he yet preserved a large share of its management, and brought 
 
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 to bear his valuable experience on every proposed change. The 
 scope of the Society continuing much the same, methods of 
 drawing forth the sympathy and assistance of the parishes were 
 adopted, the active co-operation of the meml)ers of the Church 
 increasingly engaged, the system of a fixed amount to be paid l)y 
 the people into a central fund — conditional upon which the 
 grants were made — was perfected. The amounts contributed by 
 the Church steadily if slowly increased, until it was possible to 
 show at the jubilee of the Bishop's arrival that the annual aver- 
 age of contributions was five times as much as it was wlien the 
 tSdciety was established ; that 1 20 churches had been con.^:ecrated ; 
 and that no less a sum than $002,523 had been contributed to 
 the funds of the Society, in fifty years, for its missionary work 
 alone ; that in fifty years 2.'i,r).~)2 persons hid been confirmed ; 
 and that whereas in 1H72, or twenty-five ;y .;s since, the com- 
 municants were only six i)er cent of oaptizA^i members of the 
 Church, at the present time about 20 per cent, are communicants. 
 
 When the Society was formed, it was in faith and confidence. 
 Archdeacon Coster, in his address, speaks of the principles by 
 which it was to be guided, and the united support which it 
 would need. Dr. Somerville, in the sermon preached at its first 
 meeting, strives to set forth its advantages, and, Ijelieving that 
 it will mark an "era in our Colonial Church," in pathetic tones 
 exhorts the assembled fathers to unity in love. 
 
 The apostolic rule, " nothing without the Jlishop,'' so firmly 
 insisted on in its inception, has been maintained throughout its 
 career; and we who look back on its sixty years of service are 
 able to trace the hand of (rod in its history, and to perceive how 
 well the anticipation of its noble-hearted and faithful founders 
 has been realized. All ovei- the vast field which the diocese 
 presents, how has the work of the Church been built up by the 
 sympathy and support of the Diocesan Church Society I In how 
 many districts, which would otherwise have remained without 
 the ministrations of religion, have churches sprung up of chaste 
 and elegant proportions, embodying in their very construction 
 the teachings of our holy faith I How many dying beds have 
 been cheered and consoled by the message of the gospel, and the 
 provision of food for the awful journey, at the hands of the 
 ambassador for Ciod, sent and maintained by tlu; Society's help ! 
 With what admirable and unswerving impartiality have its 
 grants always l^een made, asking only devotion to Christ and 
 His Church from those who received them I In what a variety 
 of ways has its assistance been given, including both the old and 
 
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 the young, the learned and the ignorant, the whole and the sick, 
 within the range of its beneficent ministrations ! Could but the 
 eyes of those who, in dependence on God's blessing, sent it on its 
 mission of usefulness, be opened for a moment now to the view 
 of what it has accomplished, how would thoy rejoice with us 
 to-day and exclaim, " What hath God wrought ? " It is no 
 longer, "T have put off my coat, how shall I put it on?" but 
 rather, " My Beloved is mine, and I am His." 
 
 But if all this be so, wherein lies the necessity for change ? 
 Why destroy an institution which is not only of proved merit, 
 but also an object of fond affection 1 
 
 The answer is, that it is not destroyed. 
 
 Some years since, after the formation of the Diocesan Syno«.i, 
 clothed with all necessary powers for the self-government of the 
 Church, it began to appear to many minds that a concentration 
 of the Church's work would be beneficial, and that if in any way 
 the objects of the Church Society could be interwoven with those 
 of the Synod, so that the source of the legislation of the diocese 
 should also be the source of its financial administration, a very 
 great gain would be effected. The Synod might legislate, but it 
 was unable to grant a single dollar to the accomplishment of its 
 designs: while the Church Society, which raised and controlled 
 the funds, could originate no scheme and provide no machinery 
 for their effective supervision and use. Thus there were two 
 bodies, having the same essential aims, but acting independently 
 of each other, between which there might at any time be friction, 
 and necessitating double expense of time and labour in their 
 management. The idea of the amalgamation slowly, but surely, 
 grew. Every step taken was calmly and deliberately considered. 
 Several years passed between the expression of the desirability 
 of such a change and its accomplishment, and before it actually 
 took place the Church in New Brunswick found itself to be the 
 only branch of the Church of England having two administrative 
 bodies. Thus that portion of the Colonial Church, which was 
 the first to form a Diocesan Church Society, is the last to merge 
 it in its Synod. But in due course, after the fullest discussion, 
 the most careful elaboration of details, with the heartiest 
 unanimity and the good will of all concerned, the necessary civil 
 legislation has been obtained. And to-night we celebrate, for 
 the last time, in a special service of divine worship, the gather- 
 ing, in that form, of the Diocesan Church Society. Henceforth 
 its work is to be carried on under the Synod of the diocese. 
 Still the Bishop is its recognized head. Still its objects are to be 
 
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 diligently and perseveriiigly pursued. Under another nanoe, 
 which nevertheless has become familiar in our ears as household 
 words, it will continue to uphold the banner of the cross, to 
 assist the labours of our {)eople, to supplement from its funds 
 the systematic and liberal oxTei-ings of the parishes, and to fulfil 
 with increased effectiveness the ends with which our fathers of 
 sixty years ago established it. 
 
 And if at this interesting moment it should seem to some 
 that it is something like the cry of the bride : " T have put off 
 my coat, how shall I put it on?"— as though there was a desert- 
 ing of old ideals and methods, or even of ancient zeal and love; 
 let them l)e assured that under God's blessing the work will not 
 be hindered, but advanced; not diminished, but increased ; not 
 laid aside, but renewed; not despised, but held in more abundant 
 honour. The old Church Society, with its sweet memories of 
 love and helpfulness, its remembrances of business meetings, of 
 anniversary services, of companionship with those now enjoying 
 the rest and peace of Paradise, of its own accord gives up its in- 
 
 dependence, and merges its work in that of the 
 
 greater 
 
 body. 
 
 When inaugurated, its professed oV)ject was the glory of God 
 through the support and spread of His Church. To this it was 
 devoted during its long career. For this it now surrenders its 
 autonomy, and places its hand in that of the Church herself. 
 It is not a funeral, but a marriage ; not an interment, but a 
 resurrection. And as the Society was begun with prayer and 
 faith, by worship in the sacred house of God and with the set- 
 ting forth of God's holy word, so now in the same spirit would 
 the sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty "lay her trophies 
 at His feet, and crown Him Lord of all." 
 
 "I have put off my coat, how shall I put it on V Shall our 
 dear Lord and Master call us now to renewed work, under new 
 conditions, with fresh zeal, with more vigorous activity, with 
 greater wealth of affection, and shall we utter the cry of one who 
 has divested herself of her garments and lain down to rest 1 
 
 Dear brothers, is not the call to victory ? 
 
 look forth upon the land which owns us its sons, and see 
 what is the position of our dear Church. Is she occupying the 
 place that is due to her divine origin, her unbroken history, her 
 apostolic claims ? Standing as slie does on the " impregnable 
 rock " of Holy Scripture, the channel of divine graceand truth 
 for her children— (/mci?, the being of God transferred to the 
 human soul, and truth, the being of God translated into human 
 action— grace the motive power, truth its inward and outward 
 
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 manifestation : have our prayers and our alms borne forward lier 
 standard into the van of human progress? Are we satisfied with 
 the advance her banners have made in our hands ? Is there 
 nothing more for us to do ? Listen ! His voice is summoning us ! 
 How it thrills us with its deep-toned power: "Arise my love, 
 my fair one, and come away." And is our voice, at this crisis in 
 our life, that of the Bride sunk in sleep, unwilling to come forth 
 — having put off the bridal garments, and reluctant to assume 
 them ; having washed the feet for rest, and slow t<j defile them 
 again ? 
 
 O, is there not much land yet to be occupied ? Are there not 
 many wants to be supplied, many soulsyet to be won to the 
 allegiance of our Beloved 'i Can we turn a deaf ear to His 
 voice of strength 1 
 
 Is it not the case that the Church of England has put on her 
 bridal array, is hearing and following the call of the Master as 
 never before in her varied experience 1 Was there ever a time 
 when her sons believed in her moie firmly, or were prepared 
 more resolutely to maintain her faith 1 Is she not the only 
 branch of the ancient Tree to preserve inviolate the original 
 creed and hand on the primitive tradition, to bring to the light 
 of day the life-giving Word, and to safeguard the unmutilated 
 Sacraments 1 Has it not been hers alone to entrust her children 
 with a worship which is the heritage of the layman as of the 
 priest, rising to the throne of God in the tongue " understanded 
 of the people 1 " Is it not her privilege to combine the closesf 
 adhesion to the unchanging faith with the largest share to 
 individual opinion, and, while claiming no vague, and therefore 
 dangerous, infallibility, to gather the allegiance of her members 
 around central and fundamental dogmas, which all the strife of 
 centuries has not prevailed to alter, and all the seductions of 
 world, flesh and devil combined have never wrenched from her 
 grasp ! 
 
 It is this unshifting base of belief, this unvarying body of 
 truth, inherited from our fathers, and held in trust for our 
 children, which it is our privilege to hold and proclaim ! Dearer 
 to us than our heart's blood, more sacred than life, or success in 
 aught else ! And as surely as the sun shines at mid-day, and 
 the planets revolve in their unvarying orbits, shall this pure and 
 scriptural faith, these Christ-ordained sacraments, this apostolic 
 ministry unbroken in our hands, this holy and inspiring worship, 
 ultimately re-clasp in their embrace those who have marred the 
 purity or broken the unity of the Church of Christ ! 
 
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 With these convictions, brothers, it were needless to impress 
 upon you the duty of continuing your interest unabated in the 
 progress and development of your Church. Banish the thoughts 
 of garments put off, and leap forward to the struggle against sin, 
 sorrow and death. We need but three things to make us the 
 very foremost defenders of the faith of Christ crucified. 
 
 We wtint more real unity. We have uniformity enough. We 
 need the laying aside of minor differences and the forgetting of 
 party watchwords, sinking these out of sight in the depth of our 
 sense of the atoning blood so freely shed for all ; and, while 
 practising our lawful liberty, keeping close to the authorized 
 standards, and losing preference in principle. 
 
 We want more enthusiasm — first, more out-pouring of the 
 Holy Spirit of God, and then stronger belief in our own position, 
 methods and destiny. 
 
 We need greater adaptability, more power of expression, less 
 exclusiveness and stiffness, and more sociability. Shall I say 
 that we need, also, more liberality in giving, that the growing 
 needs of the Church may be promptly anticipated and met ? 
 
 Having these we shall present a united front to our great 
 spiritual foe. Put off your sleepiness and inactivity, and put on 
 your beautiful garments ; put off the excuses of indolence, and 
 put on the whole armour of God ; pui off miserly unwillingness 
 to maintain His work, and put on " charity which is the bond of 
 perfectness." 
 
 So shall the body of Christ, joined together and compacted 
 by that which every joint supplieth, go forth conquering and to 
 conquer : fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an 
 army with banners: till the whole world is " bound with golden 
 chains about the feet of God ! "