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COMMITTEE v jOMMPI Tf.il ir I WILLliM »» "^l IH^ JOHNC SMtTHtJ.W- OSB^^v^N i:MA»LLS CUSMINO>s\ J ^^mK»:^ MEDAL COMMEMORATIVE OF THE LAYIN'3 OF THE CORNER STONE. . ji^«f«»i. to I II J II |iii>>#pnp«pi»i»'a^w.-ja.-; J' ».».; .w* "..■u«i:^^()5ij|>,'*.if^ij5«w.' MANUAL OF CALVARY CHURCH AND REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1884. MONTRKAI, : WITWBM" l-RINTINO HOU8B. 8T. JAMK8 188S. STBEET, }SS5 yy/ ?^ CONTENTS. ^ PAOB. Office Bearirs, 1885 4 Pbkface • . - 6 Pastor's Ihtboduotion 7 Notices 9 Pews and Sittings- Rules 10 Record in Corner Stone u Subsequent History of the Church - - . - 16 Pastors of the Church 27 Deacons 28 List of Members in Ordeb of Admission - - 29 " " IN Alphabetical Order - - - 36 Constitution 43 Articles of Faith 44 Trust Deed 45 Regulations Attached to Trust Dsed - - - 50 RExiULATioNS Subsequently Adopted - - - 53 Covenant 55 Report of Deacons fob 1884 53 *• " Treasurer - . - " - . . -60 '* •' Sunday-School gi " *• Ladies' Missionary Association - - 63 *• " Foreign Missionary Society ■ • 65 *» *• Young Men's Literary Society - - 66 •* " Dorcas Society 67 " ** Missionary Needles 69 " " Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor 70 •* " Fellowship Fund 71 SUBSCRIBLUS to THE MaNUAL 71 OFFICE-BEARERS OF THE CHURCH. 1885. ^SBtor : REV. EDWARD M. HILL, M.A. Resides at No. 924 Dorchester Street. (JDI&urfb (JDItrk : Charles Gushing, B.C.L. jgcacotis : ROBERTSONJMaCAC LAY. John Rit(!htk. Charlkh Cuhhino. Petbb W. Wood. Rkv. John McKillican. Laurent E. Rivard. J. Rkdpath Dougall. George W. Jones. Boart of Qtrustees : Robert W. McLachlan, Chairman. Peter W. Wood, Treasurer. T. B. Macaulay, Secretary, R. Allan Short. Benjamin Lamb. George McGarry. Charles Gushing. John Ritchie, Hon. Superintendent. J. R. Dougall, Superintendent. R. W. McLachlan, Secreirry. William T. Gunn, Treasurer. President:— Kky. E. M. Hill, M.A. Vice-Presidents : — George W. Jones and Thos. J. Weir. Secretory .-—Thomas Y. Foster. ti'' ■i'^- Jabies' Slissioitnin '^Issocinlioit : Preaident :—MiBH DouoALL. Secretary -Treaturer .— Mk8. R. W. McLachlan. /)»>ec : Chairman ,— R. W. McLachlan. 5eiton : John Hampton. Lives in the Church basement. 6 PREFACE. Calvary Church, as will be seen from the history herein published, is an outgp'owth of Zion Church. First, a Mission Sunday-School, then a Mission Church, and then an independent Church. Soon the first decade of its independent li'^e will be com])leted. This manual is printed to preserve the record of our origin and eaily history before the original documents are scattered. It is hoped the study of these pages will awaken among our members gratitude to God for the patience and wise guidance He has shown to us. It is hoped this record of our precedents and rules will be studied carefully, that our corporate actions may be consistent and harmonious. It is hoi)ed that the interest in the various bran'.hes of our Church work will become more general, and not so much left for the few. It is hoped that God will contxziue to prosper us in the future, and bless ui as He has in the past. PASTOR'S INTRODUCTION, ;. Loyalty is stimulated by the study of national history, then why should not the study of the constitution and history of Calvary Church stimulate a loyalty to it among its members. It has been a history of success and growth. If heroes do not appear en its pages, it is because moral heroism does not usually find its record on the printed page. But our short history is full of unwritten records of heroism in private life, — heart struggles against appetite, against selfishness, against tenii>er, strug- gles for the mastery of self, which are harder and more protracted than for the taking of a city. Of heroes in private life, God keeps the record. We have a past that should bind us more closely together, and draw us nearer to God. Let me call attention to a few duties that are often overlooked. Some are neglecting the LonVs Table, as if it were a slight thing. The invitation come» from our Lord Himself, not from the Pastor. No mem- ber of the Church should slight that invitation without good excuse. The mid-week Prayer Meeting should be as carefully planned for as the Sabbath service. Out of the one hundred and sixty-eight hours of each week very few are spent in worship. The Christian life needs the stimulus of a gathering for prayer between Sunday and Sunday. It is worth while to make some sacrifice to be present, and we owe it to our brethren. I earnestly urge Christians to bring their infant children to the Church for Baptmii. The Sunday following the Lord's Supper we observe as Baptism Sunday. Like the public confession of Christ before men, this will be a formal consecration of their children to the Lord in His earthly Temple, like the act of saintly Hannah of old ; then let the consecration be renewed in private each day. « SMoWe-^i^JtetiSSsiSSBfi' 8 1 Wo would bo stronger and more independent ChristianH if we were more faithful in Bifde Study. Preaching do«M not Mipply the place of individual study. If God*8 Word is our guide, we must know it well. We should read it ourselves, and teach it to our children. Parents by reading the Bible will do more to teach the habit to the children than the Sunday-School can. Familff Worship has an untold influence on family religion. The father or mother should daily gather the household together to read and pray with them in their presence. This custom has he>vn\ bleutied through- mit the history of the Christian Church, and will be j. channel of blessing for the years to come. Many a man has been converted after leaving home by the memory of the prayers he heard from lips of father or mother at the family altar. And for parents themselves, it is the daily adding of coals to keep alive the eternal fire on the home altar. Finally, I vurge a careful study and frequent reading of our covenant, which will be a practical reminder of the Christian's duty to his church. Calvary Church is our covenant church home ; while we are members and adherents of it, let us be loyal to it. ^ «.- f •S .>-■ 9 NOTICES. 1. Public Services on the Lord's Day, 11 a.m. and 7 pm. 2. Sunday School and Bible Class, 3 p.m. 3. Weekly Prayer Meeting, Wednesday at 8 p.m. The Wednesday- following the first Lord's Day of each month devoted to Missions. 4. Lord's Supper on the first Lord's Day of each month. In March^ June, September and December after the evening service. .5. Monthly Chiuch Meeting at the close of the Prayer Meeting pre- ceding the first Sunday in each month. 6. Baptism Sunday — Christian parents are urged to present their infant children for Baptii^m in the Church on the second Sunday of the month. 7. All seats are free, but pews or sittings will be allotted for con- venience to those desiring them for permanent occupation. Application should be made to the Trustees at the close of the Wednesday evening^ Prayer Meeting. 8. Interview with the Pastor — Any one wishing private religious con- versation is urged to call *ipon the Pastor at his own residence, or if unable to do so, to invite him to call upon them. Word may be sent to the Church, or by jwst to his residence. 9. Membership. — Thode wishing to make public confession of Christ by uniting with the Church, or to present letters from sister Churches^ should notify the Pastor or one of the Deacons of such desire. 10. The sick, whether of the Church or Congregation, are expected to send for the Pastor or one of the Deacons, as they have no other method of bocoming at once acquainted with cases of sicknes-s or affliction. 11. Acquaintance with the Deacons is desirable. It should be sought and cultivated. It will be their pleasure at all times to impart comfort and counsel. 12. Persons who change their residence should notify the Pastor immediately. 13. It is the duty of Members of the Church on leaving the city, to take with them a letter from the Church, and present it to some sister Chm-ch upon arriving at their destination. 10 EULES FOR THE ALLOTMENT OF PEWS A.ND SITTINGS. 1. The pews and sittint^s are not rented, but free. 2. For mutual convenience it is desirable that families should continually occupy the same pews, where their Bibles and Hymn-Books and Subscription Bags may be found. 3. With a view to this, the trustees will allot any number of sittings required which have not already been allotted to others. 4. In this arrangement, it must be understood that families will have precedence of individuals. While, therefore, the trustees will always endeavor to meet the wishes of the latter, where families require a whole pew it may be necessary to ask individuals to exchange their sittings for others. 5. As far as possible, strangers will be placed in pews not regularly occupied, but after the commencement of Worship all vacant seats may be used for this purpose. 6. Families having pews allotted to them with more sittings than are regularly occupied will, it is hoped, consent to single sittings in their pews being allotte tho Hame, and amurog them of it» •' readinHHit to receive such Church to its hearty co-operation and affection- " ate regard." This reaolution was seconded by Mr. Baylis, and carried unanimously. The Declaration of Faith and Order of the Church having been described, was held to be satisfactory. The formal organization of Calvary Church as an independ, ent Congregational Cliurch, took place on the 26th January- 1877, the Rev. A. J. Bray in the chair, when the names of the 36 persons who dcsir^'d to be formed into the Church were read out, and such as were present came together and held up their hands in answer to their names. The Declaration of Agreement under which Calvary Church was to be formed and the Articles of Faith were also read. The Church was then declared duly formed by the Rev. Dr. Wilkes. The Rev. Prof. Fenwick offered prayer. The past officers of the branch Church were declared to be the officers of Calvary Church until further action of the Church. The Revs. Dr. Wilkes and Prof. Fenwick were recognized as joint Pastors of the Church. The Rev. Mr. Williams welcomed the new Church into the fellowship of Christian Churches, and the Rev. Dr. Wilkes pro- nounced the benediction. Diaconate. On the 7th February, 1877, the diaconate was constituted and declared to consist of eight persons, two of whom should retire each year, but be eligible for re-election, with power to elect its own Chairman, and the Church Secretary and Treasurer to be elected by the Church from its number. The firet Deacons were : Messrs. John Ritchie, John C. Smith, Joseph H. McFarlane, Charles Cushing, John Redpath. > f -\ 19 > Dougall, J. Wm. Osborn, Robert W. McLochlan and Ro>)ert S. Weir. During a part of April, Miss Geldanl and Miss Mudie con- ducted evangelistic services in the Church daily, with much acceptance. Up to the month of May the church membership was 42, and the average Sunday congregation 75. In October the Rev. Messrs. Stevenson and Uray declined to take part in the proposed opening of the Church, for the reason that, in their opinion, the cit^ was overchurched, and they did not wish to take the responsibility of recommending the work to any minister who might apply to them for infor- mation. On the 28th November, Mr. McLachlan announced that two or three members had secured the cost of an annual silver medal, to bo granted by the Church to the Congregational Col- lege as a prize to the student, in the graduating year, most proficient in Church History.) |The gift was sanctioned by unanimous vote. The Rev. J. Lawson Forster was on the 12th December, 1877, engaged for two months. During the year, a Young Men's Association, a Band of Hope, and a Ladies' Missionary Society were formed, also a Pastoral Aid Committee, and in November a social organization 20 was formetl for the purpose of utilizing the cliurch buihiing for purposes of social enjoyment, mutual improvement and good works, under the name of " Calvary Union." Th^ Sunday-School, whose hour of meeting was changed on entering the now building from the morning to the afternoon, became greaUy reduced in nuiubers, dropping from 250 to about 20 officers and teachers and 70 scholars. In October, the numbers commenced to increase, the year ending with a total attendaice of 114 officers, teachers and scholars, there being 125 scholars on the roll. A collection in aid of an organ realized $54.28, the balance having been obtained by private subscriptions ; a handsome Smith organ was purchased. Mr. Ritchie, for many years Superintendent of the Sunday- School, resigned in April to undertake work among the sailors, and Mr. George Hague was elected, Mr. Ritchie being appointed Honorary Superintendent. On tlie 11th Siptembcr the scholars met at the house of Mrs. Toller to bid good-bye to Miss Hampton, a former scholar who was about to leave as a missionary for Labrador. The missionary collections during the year were $63.02. The School continued to support the Missionary at T^a^'^an- core, India, whose successful labors had for years proved most interesting. The Church receipts for the year were $1,075. Disbursements apart from interest were $1,069. Fellowship Fund $20.57. The debt on the Church property amounted on the 31st October to $13,000. 1878. On the 23rd January the Church voted to call the Rev. J. Lawson Forster to the pastorate, with an annual stipend of $1,500. At a Congregational Council, called at the instance of Calvary Church and held at the residence of the Rev. Dr. Wilkes on 21 6 the 18th of February, thera were present : the Kev. Henry Wilkes, D.D., Rev. A. J. Bray, Pastor of Zion Church ; the Rev. J. F. Stevenson and Mr. Theodore Lyman of Emmanuel Church ; the Rev. Professor Fcuwick and Mr. Richards of the Eastern Church ; the Rev. Archibald Duff of Sherbrooke; the Rev. William Williams, the Rev. J. L. Forster, both of Montreal ; and Messrs. J. C. Smith, R. W. McLaohlan and Chas. Cushing, the last three being members of Calvary Church. After due examination of the iltness of the Rev. J. L. Forster for the pastorate, a committee was named to make arrangements for the installation services. A Report dated the 8th of May prepared for the Congrega- tional Union gives the following statistics : — Under pastoral care, 250 ; ordinary attendance on the Lord's Day, 1 30 ; number of male members, 22 ; number of female members, 40. Officers and teachers of Sunday-School, 16 ; scholars, 140. Amount raised for Church purposes, $2,000. The Church was admitted into the Congregational Union on the 1st of May. Messrs. Peter W.Wood pnd Robertson Macaulay were elected to the diaconate on the 29th of May, vice Messrs. McFarlane and Osborne left the city. On the 30th October the Church resolved : — Ist, That there be a missiorary collectitn at the monthly meeting which 18 devoted to the subject of miosions. 2nd. That all applicants for Church membership on profession i .11 be visited by two visitors, and that the deacons shall take cognizance of the report of auch visitors l)efore the name comes before the Church, after which the s»me shall stand before the Church for a mtmth before the candidate is received. 3rd. That when a member i^ ab ent from the city for a year without communication with the Church, the ^ame shall be dropped after a month's notice. 4th. That any member absentinjif himself for six months from communion shall be visited, and if satisfactory reason be not given the name shall be dropped from the roll after a mouth's notice. 22 1879. On the 2nd of April the Trust Deed (on page 45) and the F.ules and Regulations to be appended to it, were adopted, a copy of them may be seen on page 50. At the same meeting it was resolved that all elections of deacons should be by ballot, without nomination . The Rev. Mr. Forster, Pastor of the Church, exchanged pulpits lor three months, beginning about the middle of July, with the Rev, Thomas Hall, Pastor of the Congregational Church at St. John's, Newfoundland. A union Thanksgiving Service of the Congregations of St. Bartholomew's Reformed Episcopal Church and Calvary Church was held in Calvary Church on the 11th December, the sermon being preached by Bishop Ussher. w 1880. Mr. Seneca Page Rowell was elected to the 4iaconate in the place of Mr. John C. Smith, left the ci*"-^'' Rev. E. P. Hammond conducted . rvices in the Church occasionally during May, with very great acceptance. Admitted during the year : on profession, 25 ; by letter, 11 ; on Christian reputation, 12 ; total, 48 ; dropped, 1 ; gain, 47. Sunday-School roll, 26 officers and teachers ; 230 scholars ; average attendance, 20 officers and teachers; 153 scholars. Missionary money, $117 ; Christmas collection, about $100. Eighteen scholars united with the Church. Mr. Alexander W. Richardson, a member of the Church, became a student for the ministry. 1881. A Collection, largely through the pastor, for the Building Fund, realized $1,800. Evangjlistic services were held every evening from 1st to 6th April by various pastors. ' liiiil r I i'l i Jii'ifiTittfi'frii'illllllMtf il'iif.'lti • " 4 .-^>■ ^ m 23 Admissions to the Church during the year, on prof esion 1 6 ; by letter, 4 ; total, 20. Dismissed by letter, 1 ; removed by excommunicntion, 1 ; removed by death, 3 ; total, 5. Increase, 15 ; total number on the Roll, 174. Sunday-School, total roll, teachers and scholars, 295 ; average attendance, 191. Collections, $143 ; Christmas collections, about $100. Evangelistic meetings for two weeks in October under the Rev. Mr. McKay. Total Church debt, $9,743. ^ 1882. Mr. Weir, Organist since the opening of the Church, resigned in March to accept a similar position in Erskine Church. Rev. Mr. Forster left for trip to England in June — various supplies. Mr. Forster's resignation tendered and accepted Nov. 1, 1882. Farewell meeting Nov. 16, 1882, at which an album with a number of photographs was presented and the following Resolution was also unanimously adopted ; "The Deacons and memljers of Calvary Church, Montreal, commend *' to the Markham Square Church, in Chelsea, England, the Reverend *' Jo8ev)h Lawson Forster, LL.B., who has been the pastor of Calvary *' Church five years, that is, ever since it became independent, under ** whose care it has prospered greatly and multiplied many times. *' As a preacher able to interest alike the educated and the simple they ** have po need to vouch for him, but it is fitting that they shonld bear *' testi' .ony to his loving kindness and uniformity of temrier which have ^' knit together and to himself men of many min'^ and maae his departvure *• a source of deep regret to every individual in the congregatith January, 1877. P, admitted on profesHion ; L, by letter ; R, by ChriHtian reputation. D, dead ; L, diiniiased by letter ; W, withdrew ; K, erased. Names of members excommunicated do not appear. "" Ritchie, John Ritchie, Mrs. John (Margaret) Ritchie, Miss Margaret Cushing, Charles Dougall, John Redpath Osborn, Joseph William Scantlion, Mrs. Frances Jane Scott Hampton, Miss Amelia Smith . Richardson, Samuel Richardson, Mrs. Samuel (Delia) Richardson, Miss Martha Elizabeth Gurd, Joseph Landers Toller, Mrs. Isabella Agnes Philips, John Philips. Mrs. John (Elizabeth) Parker, Thomas Parker, Mrs. Thomas (Mary) Jaques, Miss C ertrude Jioues, Miss Mary Todd, Mrs. Maria Bridget Brinton, Mrs. Sarah Weir, William Park Weir, Mrp. William P. (Helen) Weir, Robert Stanley . McLachlan, Mrs. Robert W. (Elizabeth) .. Radford, Miss Emily Wight, James Wi^ht, Mrs James (Margaret) Smith, John Calender Smith, Mrs. John C. (Elizabeth) Osborn, Mrs. J. William (Maria Breeman.). Johnston, Mrs. Catherine Shanks, James Black, William Admitted. Closed. ..0.. ..0.. ..0.. .0.. .0.. .0.. 3877 L ..0.. 1881 L .0.. • • • • « • ...0.. 1881 D ..0.. ..o... ..0.. ..0.. • • • • • • . 0.. • • • • • • ..0... « • • • # * ..o.. 1877 W ..0.. 1877 W ..o.. 1878 L ..0.. 1878 L .0.. 1885 E .0.. ..0.. issow . 0.. ..0.. 1884 L ..0.. .0... 1876 W ...o.. 1876 W ..0.. 1876 W ...0.. . 1882 W .. 0... 1882 L ..0.. 1877 E ..0.. 1884 E ..0.. 1877 E ..0.. 1877 E s& Admitted. McFarlane, Joaeph Hann» • . . O . . AndeiHim, Mins Alice . .0. . Mackie, Mrs. Mary . . O . . Black, Mrs. William O.. Wight, Mrs. Jane ..O.. Sm^th, MIhh Margaret . . . . McGarrv, Mrs. George (Naomi) ..O.. Smith, Misfl Jesaie . . O . . Han'.pton, John ..O.. Hajuptun, Mrs. John (Clara) . . O . . Hampton, MiH8 Alice ..O.. HaMipton, Mi«« Alma ..O.. ^ieul>erger, MrH. Elizabeth ..O.. Dempsey, Miss Sarah ..O.. Reid, Mrs ..O.. McGregor, Rev. Duncan . . O . . Brooks, Rev. Charles . . O . . Anderson, Rev. George . .0 . . Anderson, Mrs. George , . . O . . Kershaw, Thomas . . O . . McGregor, Archibald F ..O.. Finlay, Malcolm . . O . . Radford, Francis William . .0 . . Radford, Mrs. Francis W. (Barbara Ann), . .0 . . Leslie, Miss Frai es Robina . . O . . McLachlan, Robert Wallace . . O... McFarlane, Mrs. Joseph (Margaret) . . O . . Dougall, MIhs Janet Elizabeth . . O . . Barlow, William John .. O . . Todd, Miss Elizabeth O. . Anderson, George . .0. . Weir, William Alexander ..O.. Sorley, Mrs, James Stewart (Mary Hamilton) .... . .0. . Barlow, Mrs. William (Emma Bennett) 1877 L Wilson, Mrs. Anne " P Wilson, Miss Jane *• P Smithers, Miss Mary " P Currie, William " P Currie, Mrs. William (Alexina) .:p " P Costigan, Alexander T 1878P Williams, Charles John " P Stark, Cranson Andrew *' L Stark, Mrs. Cranson A. (Elizabeth) •• L Lamb, Benjamin ** P Lamb, Mrs. Benjamin (Elizabeth) '* P (lonneotiuD CloseO. 1877 L 1877 L 1876 L. 1877 E ^882* • • L. i877 E. 1877 E. 1877 W 1877 W 1876 W 1876 W 1877 E 1877 W 1877 W 1874 I* 1874 L 1877 L • • • • 1882 E 1877 • ' • • • L • • • • • • • 1885 • • e; 1882 W 1883 E 188» E- 1883 E 1880 W 1883 L » ' ■p 31 Admitted Lamb, McDuff 1878 P Lamb, Mrs. McDuff (Fanny) •' p Shea, MisH Sarah " R Wood. Peter Wentworth " L Wd, Mrs. Peter W. ^ Margaret) ** L Fletcher, Miss Mary '• L Macaulay, Robertson •* L Macaulay, Mrs. Kobertson (Barbara M.) '* L Smith, (ieorge Henry *♦ P Smith, Mrs. (Jeorge H. (Joan Rose) * * P Whytock, William " P — Jilacaulay, Thomas Bassett " P Mathews, Wellington *• P Mathews, Mrs. Wellington (Jane) . . » ** P Lebourveau, Mrs. Stedman A. (Mary Jane) " P Mathews, Miss Priscilla •• P Mathews, Miss Maud , *' P Gunn, Mrs. Annie Elizabvth *' L Williams, Mrs. Charles J. (Janet Mary) ** R Rowell, Seneca Page ** L McKillop, Miss Margery ** L Richardson, Rev. Alexander White " P Rodden, Richard John • ' L Rodden, Mrs. Richard J. (Catherine) " L Bach, Mrs, Elizabeth " L Sabine, Mrs. Susannah " L Sabine, Miss Susan '* L Sabine, Miss Mary Anne , . " L Wilkes, John Aston ** L Wilkes, Mrs. John A. (Susanna) " L Forster, Mrs. J. Lawson (Eleanor Elizabeth) '* R Forster, Rev. Joseph Lawson ** R Macaulay, Mrs. Thomas B. (Henrietta M. L.)... '* R Forster, Miss Catherine Jane ** R Richardson, James Outerson *' P Woodley, Charles Edward " P Woodley , Mrs. Charles E. (Letitia) " P Welch, William 1879 R Welch, Mrs. William (Agnes) ** R Dunbar, Mrs. Thomas " R Smillie, Mrs. Jane * • R Jones, George William ** R Rowell, Mrs. Seneca Page (Helen) '* P Sinclair, Mrs. Catherine •* P Tester, Thomas •♦ L Oonneetion OIOWKI . 1885 W 1885 W 1878 D • • i882* • • • • 1882 E 1882 W • • • • • 1886 £ i879'i> 1878* i> • • • » isai • • L 1884 L • • • • a 1884 • • L 1881 I> 1883 L 1883 L 1881 D 1883 L 1884 W 1884 W 1884 W 188.5 L 1885 L 1882 W 1882 W 1881 E 1885 L 1885 B 32 TeHt«r, MrH. Thomas (Diana) Short, Richard Allan KichurdHon, MIhh CliriHtiAna Jane MatluiWH, Wellington Liidgate Mathews, Pimest Maurice Mathews, Keppel Wight, Robert Rodden, Miss Clara Sophia Rodden, Mins Ida Amelia Wright, MiwH Jietsey Wright, Miss Martha Woodley, Henry W(K)dlev, Mrs. Henry (Mary) Eneas, Mrs. Leonora Elizabeth Sorley, .1 amos Stewart l)unlc»p, Mirts Martha Roger Papps, William Papns, Miss Sarah Maile, Miss Kate Solandt, Andrew , Carver, Miss Edith Rutherford, Miss Victoria , Lebourveau, Stedman Avery Macaulay, Norman R«id Cushing, Mrs. Charles (Lily Margaret) Forster, Charles Frederick Forster, Miss Esther Evelyn Howard, Mrs. Matilda Wt ir, Thomas James Nej«, Mrs. Elizabeth ............ Mc-eser, Frederick William Andrew. Moeser, Mrs. Frederick (Caroline Wilhelmine). Love, John Blair Love, Mrs. John B. (Elizabeth) Westcott, Mrs. Ann Westcott, Miss Elizabeth Lesley Mason, Thomas Anthony John Mason, Mrs. Thomas A. J. (Elizabeth Grant). Mason, Miss Mary Freeman, Mrs. George Freeman, Miss Fanny Collett, Mrs. Samuel (Elizabeth Wesley) Houston, Mrs. James (Catherine) EUicott, Miss Margaret Elizabeth Ellicott, Miss Mary Hawkins > • • • Admitted. ConnMtiou CloHfld. 1879 L 1880 E (i R L P i 4i it 885 E it P 1885 E «( P 18A') E t4 P 1885 L it P P P P P P i< II ti It 11 l< P P 11 1880 P 1882 L li P P R R P <( << » • ({ L • • • • > • * (( P P P R R P P P P t . (( {{ (< i> (( It «. • • • • • • (( L L L P K (t «i Sd Admitted. McDonald, Mrs 1884 P Dougall, Frederick Euj^ene •' P Cairnie, Miss laabella •• L Baker, Miss Minnie " L Wright, Miss Margaret 1885 P Wight, Miss Isabella " P Lamb, Miss Ada , " P Edwards, Charles ♦♦ L Watt, Mias Henriette Wilson " L Ledden, William Taylor •* R Ledden, Mrs. William T. (Barbara) " R Little, Mi^s Margaret " P Boyd, Miss Sarah Elizabeth " P Boyd, Miss Margaret Isabella " p Boyd, Mrs. William (Ellen Maria) " R Connection Closed. ■Sb •■-•»-« tt?*->r«^*.* •.-*, ■ 36 LIST OF MEMBERS CONNECTED WITH CALVARY CHURCH, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. (Ministers and Deacons in Capitals.) Admitted. ANnERBON, Rrv. George ) < . . . 1874 R Anderson, Mrs. j " ^ Anderson, Miss Alice 1875 P» Anderson, (xeorge 1876 P Arnold, Mrs. Annie Eliza 1881 P Arthur, Miss Elizabeth Fleming. l^ii^-P Bach, Mrs, Elizabeth 1878 L Baker, Miss Minnie 1884 L Barclay, Mrs. Adria Mary 1881 P Barlow, William John ) 1876 O Barlow, Mrs. Emma Bennett ) 1877 L Barnard, Percy 1884 P Black, William ) "^^P^ Black, M rs. ) " P Boyd, William ... ) 1884 P Boyd, Mrs. William \ (Ellen Maria) 1885 R Boyd, Miss Sarah Elizabeth 18a5 P Boyd, Miss M. Margaret Isabella. *' P Brinton, Mrs. Sarah 1874 Brooks, Rev. Charles 1873 R Cairnie, Miss Isabella 1884 L Cameron, James Smith ( 1881 R Canieri)n, Mrs. Hannah ) " R Campbell, Mrs. Jane 1881 P Carver, Miss Edith 1880P Costigan, Alexander T 1878 P Cnrrie, William ) 1877 P Currie, Mrs. Alexina ) " P CusHiNG, Charles ) 1874 Gushing, Mr"?, Lily Margaret ) ". 1880 P Connection Closed. 1876 W .. W 1877 L 1877 W 1884 L 1877 W *' W 1877 W 1882 D 1883 E 1880 W 1885 E " E W m r 3 % 37 ,1, Admitted. ■'■■f> Dempsey, Miss Sarah ,. . 1876 P Dixon, Samuel ) 1884 L Dixon, Mrs. Mary ) " L Dixon, Miss Afin^es " L Dixon, Miss Ada 1884 P DouGALL, John Redpath 1874 O Dougall, Miss Janet Elizabeth 187ti O Dougall, George Matile .. 1884 L .Dougall, Frederick Eugene 1884 P Dunbar, Mrs 1879 K Dunlop, Miss Martha Roger 1880 P jSdwards. Charles 1885 L Ellicott, Miss Margaret Elizabeth 1880 P Ellicott, Miss- Mary Hawkins " P Eneas, Mrs, Leonora Elizabeth 1879 P Ilneas, Hubert 1880 P Eneas, Aubrey '* P 4- Parley, Alfred Charles ) , 1881 L Farley, Mrs. Elizabeth f " L Fenwick, Rev. Kenneth Mackenzie 1883 L Fitzpatrick, Miss Mary 1882 L Fletcher, Miss Mary 1878 L Foote, Alfred George 1880 L FoRSTER, Rev. Joseph Lawson ) 1878 R Forster, Mrs. Eleanor Elizabeth )..... . . * ' Rt Forster, Miss Catherine Jane *' R Forster, Miss Esther 1880 P Forster, Charles " P Foster, Miss Mary Isabella 1884 P Foster, Thomas Yates " P Eraser, Rev. John ( 1883R Eraser, Mrs. Ruth M. f " R Freeman, Mrs. George... 1880 L Freeman, Miss Fanny <.... '* P Gamble, Mrs. Annie Eliza I88IP Gooder, Charlis L 1884 L Grace, John James (.... 188J P Grace, Mrs. Mary Jane « " P Grose, Mrs Henrietta 1880 R Gunn, Mrs. Annie Elizabeth . 1878 L Gunn, Williasfa Thomas 1880 P Gunn, Miss Mitrgaret " P Gurd, Joseph Landers > 1874 O Gurd, Mrs. Ida Jane ) 1881 P Connection Closed. 1877 W • * ■ • • • • • • • • • • 1881' E 1882 L • • • • • • i885 W • • • a 1883 • • E t( E 1885 E .•»'•■ • • 1884 W " W i( W <( w (t w • • 1885 E 1885 L • • • » « • 188.5 E 1878 D • • • • m 1882 D 38 1^ Hall, Mrs ••• Hampton, John ) Hampton, Mrs. Clara )...•. Hampton, Miss Amelia Smith Hampton, Miss Alice Hampton, Mies Alma Hampton, Singivetta • • Harries, Thomas \ Harries, Mrs. Sarah Ann ) Heath,. John , I " * Heath, Mrs. Eleaner Elizabeth ) Hill, Rkv. Edward Mun80N,M.A. Hood, Robert George Hood, William Albert Houston, James ) Houston, Mrs. Cath<^rine f Howard, Mrs. Matilda Ives, Herbert Ives, Mrs. Sarah Louisa Jaques, Miss Gertude Jaques, Miss Mary Johnston, Mrs Catherine, Jones, Mrs. 1 )inah Jones, Gkorge William. Kershaw, Thomas . King, Ernest Mark Lamb, Benjamin \ Lamb, Mrs. Elizabeth f Lamb, McDuff 1 Lamb, Mrs. Fanny ) Lamb, Andrew Lamb, Miss Ada Lebourveau, Stedman Avery ) Lebourveau, Mrs. Mary Jane f Ledden, William Taylor ) Ledden, Mrs. Barbara ) Leslie, Miss Frances Robina . . Little, Miss Margaret Love, John Blair 1 Love. Mrs. Elizabeth ) Admitted. 1882 P 1876 R " R 1874 1876 P •' PO 1880 P 1880 L ♦' L " L •• L 1883 L 1881 P " P 1881 P 1880 P 1880 P 1884 L " L 1874 O " O 1875 P 1880 L 1879 R 1875 R 1881 R 1878 P .. p " P " P 1884P 1885 P 1880 L 1878 P 1885 R " R 1876 PO 1885 P 1880 R " R Connection Olosed. • * ^if* 1885 E 1885 L 1885 E 1878 L " L 1884 E 1877 W 1885 L 1885 W 1885 W • • • « I r L L E V L 39 Maile, MiHs Kate Malcolm, Finlay , , Marriott, Arthur Mason, ThomaH Anthony John ) Mason, Mrs. Elizabeth Grant ) Mason, Mi^s Mary Mason, Horace Edwin Cooper Mathews, Wellington ) . . . . Mathews, Mrs. Jane ) , Mathews, M iss Priscilla Mathews, Wellington Ludgate . . , Mathews, Kep{)el , Mathews, Ernest Maurice Mathews, Miss Maud Mitchell, Mrs. Mary , Moewer, Frederick William Andrew ) , Moeser, Mrs. Caroline Wilhelmine ) Moeser, Henrietta . . MacaULAY, KOBERTSON ) Macaulay, Mrs. Barbara Maria ) Macaulay, Thomas Bassett ) . - Macaulay, Mrs. Henrietta Maria Louisiana ) ... Macaulay, Norman Reid , Mackie, Mrs. Mary , McAIpine, James ) , McAlpine, Mrs. Margaret McArthur ) McClellan, William Whitney 1 McClellan, Mrs. Susan Maria ) McClellan, Miss Lizzie Alice , McClellan, John McDonald, Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Lindsay.. McDonald, Mrs McFarlane, Joseph Hanna |^ McFarlane, Mrs. Margaret ) Mc( tarry , George ) , McGarry , Mrs. Naomi ( McGregor, Rev. Archibald F , M cGrkgob, Rkv. Duncan McKiLLicAN, Rkv John ) McKillican, Mrs. Miranda Louisa ) McKillican, Miss Anna Maria McKillop, Miss Margery McLachlan, Robert Wallace ) McLachlan, Mrs. Elizabeth ) Admittod. 1880 L 1873 L 1884 P 1880 R '' R 1884 P 1878 P " P (( p 1879 P .. p .. p 1878 P 1880 R 1880 R it Lt 1884 P 1878 L '* L u p (i TO 1880 P 1875 L 1881 P " P 1882 L " L *' L 1884 P 1884 P " P 1875 L 1876 R 1882 P 1876 PO 1873 L 1872 R 18>3 K 1884 L " L 1878 L 1876 P O 1874 () O Connection CIomH. 1873 W 1884 L 1885 E 1879 D 1885 1885 E 18-5 E 1885 D 1876 L U83 E " E 1885 W 1877 L " L 1873 W 1877 W 1885 L T"-, .K nWJPH I IM. 40 Admittod. Ness, Mrs. Elizabeth.,. 1880 R Neuberger, Mrs. Elizabeth 1876 P O O«born, Joseph William ) 1874 Osbom, MrH. Maria Breeman j " h Papps, William 1880 P Papps, Mi88 Sarah .... " P Parker, Thomas ) 1874 Parker. Mrs. Mary j . Philips, John ) 1874 Phillips Mrs. Elizabeth f " O Phillips, Andrew 1880 P Powell, Rev. Frederick ) 1882 R Powell, Mrs. i " R Radford, Francis William ) 1874 R Radford, Mrs. Barbara Ann j" " R Radford, Misri Emily 1874P Reid, Mrs 1873R Richardson, Saiimel ) 1874 O Richardson, Mrs. Delia j " O Richardson, Miss Martha Elizabeth ' * O Ricliardson, .Tanies Outerson ) 1 878 P Richardson, Mrs. Alberta Lucinda ) 1884 P Richardson, Rev. Alexander White 1878 P Richardson, Miss Christian Jane " R Richardson, Miss Isabella 1880 P Ritchie, John ) . 1874 O Ritchie, Mrs. Margaret ) '* O Ritchie, Miss Margaret *' O RivARD, Laurknt Edouard ) 1882 L Rivard, Mrs. Philomfene .... } " L Rivard, Miss Emilie " L Rivard, Alfred Eli " L Rivard, Henry 1884 L Robinson, Mrs. Christina 1881 L Rodden, Richard John ) 1878 L Rodden, Mrs. Catherine ) *' L Rodden, Miss Clara Sophia 1879 P Rodden, Miss Ida Amelia. " P RowKLL, Sknkca Page ) 1877 L Rowell, Mrs. Helen f 1879P Rutherford, Miss Victoria 1880 P Connectioa CiOMKl. 1877 «< I* 1877 W " W 1874 L " L. «. W 1877 W 1881 D 1884 L 41 Admitted. Sabine, Mfh. Susanna 1878 l Sabine, Miss Susan •' L Sabine, Miss Mary Ann ♦« L Scantlon, Mrs. Frances Jane Scott 1874 O Shanks, James 1875 p Shea, Miss Sarah 1878 K Short, Richard Allan " R Sinclair, Mrs. Catherine 1877 P Skinner, Rev. George 1881 L Smillie, Mrs. Jane 1879 R Smith, John Calender ) 1875 O Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth ) " () Smith, Miss Margaret 1876 P O Smith, Miss Jessie " PO Smith, James Livjng8tx>ne 1881 P Smith, George Henry ) 1878 P Suiith, Mrs. Joan Rose j' *« P Smithers, Miss Mftry 1877 P Soehns, Hermann ) 1884 p Soehns, Mrs. ( «• p Solandt, Andrew 1880 R Sorley, James Stewart i 1871) P Sorley, Mrs. Mary Hamilton ) 1876 P O Stark, Cranson Andrew ) 1878 L Stark, Mrs. Elizabeth ( " L Stark, Miss Jennie 1880 P Steinbom, Mrs. Elizabeth " L Strickland, Richard Philip ) 1884 R Strickland, Mrs. Fanny ) '• R Tester, Thomas ., 1878 L Tester, Mrs. Diana <« r Thompson, Mrs. Dinah ... 1880 P Thompson, James Brettle " L Thompson, John . 1881 P Thompson, Mrs. Margaret " p Thompson, Albert Martin ,'.. 1884 P Thomson, Alexander ( 1881 L Thomson, Mrs. Matilda ) " L Todd, Mrs. Maria Bridget *. 1874 Todd, Miss Elizabeth 1876 P Toller, Mrs. Isabella Afirnes .' . I874 Q Watt, Miss Henrietta Wilson ^ 1885 L Connection: Clo«eti. 1881 I> 1883 L. (« U 1881 h. 1877 W 1878 D • • « • 1883 L 1885 I> 1882 W t( L ii Ia i884 1> 1882 E Ii E 1883 E 1885 L 1885 L « • • • , 1883 ■ • • • L. • « • • 1885 • • • 1885 K i885 R 1885 • • • • • • i885* • • 1882 E, » ^m 42 Weir, William Park ). Weir, Mrs. Helen ) "WiiiR, RoBKRT Stanley Weir, William Alexander Weir, Thomas Jag.. Welch, William ) '.*.'.. Welch, Mrs. Agnes ) Westcott, Mrs. Ann Westcott, MiMs Elizabeth Lesley. Whyttock, William Wiffht, James ) Wight, Mrn. Margaret \ Wight, Mrs. Jane Wight, Robert Wight, Miss Isabella Wilkes, John Aston ) Wilkes, Mrs. Susanna ) Wilkes, MissCybella Williams, Charles John ( Williams, Mrs. Janet Mary ) Wilson, Mrs. Anne Wilson, M iss Jane Wood, Pkter Wkntworth ) , Wood, Mrs. Margaret ( Woodley, Charles Edward ) Woodley, Mrs. Letitia ) Woodley, Henry ) , Woodley, Mrs. Mary ( Wright, Miss Betsy Wright, Miss Martha Wright, Archibald Wright, Miss Margaret Connection Close< ^-*f4-<<^ J jP?. 43 CONSTITUTION. Article 1. The Church shall be called Calvary Church. Article 2. While for distinction's sake this Church is called Calvary Church, it claims to be first of ail a Church of Christ, and a Church of Christ is hereby declared to be a body of professed believers in Christ associated for Christian worship, the mutual edification of its members, and the advancement of the cause of Jesus Christ, Article 3. This Church claims and exercises tlie right of self-government, recognizes no authority but that of Christ outside of its own membership ; but at the same time, it accepts as a privilege and a duty that fellowship with other Churches which finds expression in welcoming their members to the Lord's Table, in the interchange of dismission and recommendation, and in rendering, by fitting methods, mutual care, reproof, advice and helpfulness. Article 4. The officers of this Church shall be a Pastor or Pastors, and Deacons, with such other officers and committees as the Church may from time to time appoint. Article 5. The ordinances of the Church are Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Article 6. A Church meeting shall be held every month as directed by the Church. Article 7. The accounts of the Church shall be closed on the 3Lst of December, and the Annual Meeting shall be held as soon thereafter as possible — having been duly announced at public worship on two preceding Sundays. Article 8. The discipline of the Church arises out of the mutual care of the members, and may take the form of reproof, of suspension or withdrawal of fellowship, the decision of the Church in all cases and matters being final. 44 Article 9. While the members of the Church acknowledge no authority to impose a creed on them, and while they have no disposition or right to impose a creed on others, they never- theless believe that there are certain articles in which all believer* are agreed, and hereby declare their general assent to the follow- ing articles of Faith : Articles of Faith. A. The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God, and the only rule of Faith and practice. B. There is one only living and true God revealed as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the Creator and Preserver of all things, whose purposes and providence extend to all events, and who exercises a righteous government over all his creatures. C. The human race is in a sinful state. T). The Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, has taken our nature, and by his obedience unto death has put away sin by the sacrifice of himself, dying the just for the unjust to bring us to God and opening the way of salvation to all men, and through faith in His name wliosoever will may be saved. E. The Holy Spirit has been poured out on all flesh, con- vinces of sin, and takes of the things of Christ and shows them unto men, so that they may believe and be saved from their sins. F. There is a day appointed in whicii God shall judge the world in righteousness by Jesus Christ whom he hath ordain- ed ; the wicked shall go away into everlasting punishment, and the righteous into life eternal. Article 10. These rules and articles shall not be altered except by a two-thirds vote of the members present at an annual meeting, such alterations having been proposed in writing not less than three months beforehand. m 45 '^^^ THE TRUST DEED. ^n ^l^t§ S**V' ^^^^ ^®"^^* *^^ ^P"^ ^" ^^^^' >'«»>■ of our Lord, one thousaiul eight hundred and seventh-nine. JJefore the undersigned Public Notary, duly conimisaioned and sworn in and for the heretofore Province of Lower Cunatla, now the Province of (Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, residtftg in the City of Montreal, in the said Province. Perhonally appeared, ('harles (Pushing, of the said City of Montreal, Esquire, Notary Public, a Bachelor who acknow- ledged and confessed to have bargained, .sold, assignee], trans- ferred and ma^"€- 'i4»)ti&£l&.> ■^ •■*. 60 ^9t€i^txi ^e^ulaitortg adopted by the members of Calvary Church to be appended to the Trust Deed. The members of Calvary Church, Congregational, in Montreal, do hereby adopt the following Regulations to be appended to the Trust Deed of the lot of ground and Church premises known as Calvary Church. I. Alt, TH08E are members of this Church, and those only, whose names are duly entered upon the Church Roll, the Books of the Church being in all case primd facte evidence of membership. Every member is entitled to attend and vote at all meetings of the Church, and all matters and things pertain- ing to the Church shall be regulated by the members, who shall determine who shall be received into membership, and also when and for what cause any names shall be erased from the Charch Roll ; but no name shall be erased until after one month's notice. II. Deacons shall be elected by the members from among themselves. A member to be elected a Deacon must receive a majority of all the votes cast. III. No ONE shall be eligible to or shall hold the Pastoral Office who does not hold and maintain the following doctrines or principles of religion, or who upholds or maintains any doctrines subversive of or contrary to them. Article A. The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments arethe Word of God and the supreme rule of Faith and Practice. Article B. Tliere is only one living and true God, revealed jis the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Creator and Pre- server of all things, whose purposes and Providence extend to all events, and who exercises a righteous government over all His creatures. Article C. The human race is in a sinful state. Article I). The Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, has taken our nature and become obedient unto death, having appeared once to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself, m # 61 f. dying, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to Grotl, thereby opening the way of Salvation to all men, so that through faith in His name whosoever will may be saved. Article E. The Holy Spirit has been pwured out upon all flesh, convinces of sin, and takes of the things of Christ and shows them unto men, so that they may believe and be saved ; and it is only by His regenerating and sanctifying grace that we can be titted for and introduced into the Kingdom of C^ist. IV. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the Pastoral Oflice, the Deacons shall, without delay, call a meeting of the mem- bers of the Church, to take such steps as to them may seem good to obtain a Pastor, but no pastor shall be elected without a two-third vote of all the members of the Church, who at such time shall be resident in the City of Montreal or neigh- borhood. V. An Annual Meeting of the members of the Church shall be held in the month of January of each year, or as soon thereafter as possible, to be called by public notice at or during Divine Service, on the two Lord's Days immediately pre- ceding, at which meeting seven Trustees shall be elected for the ensuing year, or until tlieir successors are elected, four of them to form a quorum, who shall have power to fill vacancies in their own number. The said Trustees shall be, and are hereby empowered to hold all property belonging to the Church and more especially a lot of land and premises on Guy Street, in the City of Montreal, known as Calvary Church, in trust for, and to the religious use and purposes of the said Church ; and shall administer its financial affairs subject to such Rules of C)rder as may be determined upon froui time to time by the Church ; and the said Trustees shall prepare and present at each annual meeting, or at any other time if requiretl, a full and detailed statement of the financial or other affairs of the Trust ; and further, the 8aied from the roll 6 Total 9 Making a gain for the year of twenty-five. The total number received into the Church since its organization in 1876 is 251, of whom .189 remain. Of noteworthy events during the year now past not recorded in the various reports the following may be cited : — 1st. The adoption of a tri-monthly evening Communion Service. 2nd. The monthly church business meeting was fixed for the Wednesday evening preceding the first Sunday of each month after a prayer-meeting of from thirty to forty-five minutes. 3rd. A Sunday-School Committee, composed of the Pastor and Deacons with the Superintendent, Officers, and Teachers of the School, was appointed to report to the Church annually. f 59 4 4th. It was enacted that the names of members absent for aix consecutive months from the Communion Service without cause satisfactory to the Board of Deacons should be stricken from the roll. 5th. The adoption of a covenant to be assented to by those uniting with the Church. 6th. Action to have the opening and closing services of the Congregational College changed from Wednesday evening. 7th. Confirmation of the principle that the Wednesday «veni'jg prayer meeting cannot be given up without a vote of the ^ /hurch at a regular business meeting. c*!*. Mr. Horace E. C. Mason, recommended by the Church as a Student for the ministry ; and a letter of commendation to the church at Caledon issued to the Rev. Alexander W. Richard- son, spiritually bom in Calvary Church. And we mourn the loss of Mr. James L. Smith, removed by death after long and faithful service, more especially in con- nection with the Young Men's Association. The year has been marked by unity of spirit among the officers of the Church, the rapid advance in usefulness and active work of many who are taking up the burdens of the Church, and the growth among the young people of both sexes of a s])iritual sentiment and Christian enterprise which are a constant source of joy to the brethren and of hope for the future, and which are being continually fired by the untiring and selfdenying labors and zeal of our increasingly popular and beloved pastor. Respectfully submitted, * C. CUSHINQ, Church CUrk. # 60 TREASURER'S STATEMENT. Calvary Church, in account with P. W. Wuou, Trkasurkh, Jan., 1885. Dr. To Cash paid Pastor's Stipend $1,200 00 *' Pulpit SuddIv 30 00 «« « « »« M t( *ulpit Supply. Interest on $8,000 , Gas Account Fuel J. EUicott Taxes and Sundries Repairs Sabbath-school Expenses J ^uiurance • • • . . • 80 96 84 81 48 00 40 63 104 74 59 75 6 60 « ^ Cr. By Cash Collections January $ 93 17 February 102 57 March ., 139 06 i( (4 <« (I (• (f <« (I «( U t( (i (( (t tt i( «« t« April. May . June July August . . . . September , October . , . November December , Arrears to Date Sabbath-School Collections . " Picnic Loans Fellowship Fund . . . . Sale of Hymn Books. Balance due Treasurer , 1,230 00 480 00 425 29 $2,135 29 $334 80 122 25 102 18 234 62 459 05 70 28 111 25 110 83 292 36 110 62 246 92 212 76 111 55 681 75 30 00 11 75 1,767 96 41 75 120 00 27 47 6 30 153 77 171 81 $2,135 29 61 REPORT OF CALVARY SUNDAY-SCHOOL FOR 1884. Honorary Superintendent.... Mr. J OHS RiTcniK. Sui>erintendent " J. R«I)Path Docjall. Secretary ♦• R. W. McLachi AN. Treasurer. *• T. B. Macaulai. Librarian " G. Harkikh. A»ai8tant Librarians | ^- ^ auhikh. TKACHKR8. Jtibh Class Rev. E. M. Hill. Infant Class Mrs. R. W. McLachlan. Boys ' Classes. Gh-h ' Classes. Miss Borden. Miss E. Cochrane. " M. H. Wkir. '• M. Wright. Mr. W. Gunn. •• Ohborn. •* C. Gushing. " Thomson. " A. Eneas. *' Gunn. Miss C. Richardsoj'. *• Linton. " Cochrane. " Richardson. Mr. T. B. Maoaulay. ♦♦ Hughes. " G. Doug all. In presenting their annual rei>ort for 1884, the officers and teachers of Calvary Sunday -School have to note a regular attendance and greater in- terest on the part of the scholars during the year. There are at present six officers, nineteen teachers and two hundred and thirty scholars on the roll. The average attendance has been twenty-two officers and teachers and one hundred and forty-four scholars. The highest was two hundred and five and the lowest ninety. Sunday-School papers are regularly given every month to the scholars and the Sunday-School Times weekly to the teachers. Many of the scholars return their papers when they have read them, and these papers are sent to the more destitute schools in the country, where they do much gmxl. The annual pic-nic was this year held June 21«t, at Isle Bouchard, some twenty miles down the river. As the weather was very fine the day proved an enjoyable one, and the scholars returned refreshed and invigor- ated. These pic-nics have usually proved expensive luxuries, but the com- <« 62 mittee that carried out the arrangements had a balance of eleven dollars and seventy-five cents after defraying all expenses, which sum was handed to the treasurer of the Church During last winter the teachers gave the scholars tickets for the entertainment ^iven by the Missionary Needles, which entertainment they enjoyed to the full. Owing to the many meetings during the year the teachers have only met twice. At these meetings changes for the benefit of the school were dis- cussed. One hundred and thirty-five dollars has been raised by Sunday collec* tions for missions ; of this seventeen dollars and eighty-seven cents collected in the Bible class has been sent towards the support of our missionary in China. Sixty dollars was sent to our native pastor in Southern India and thirty dollars handed to the Church treasurer to help in the defrayment of tho expenses of the Sunday School. The balance, twenty-seven dollars, will be voted to some missionary object by the scholars at their annual meeting. Several interesting letters have been received from the native mis- sionaries we support in India and China, which show that our contri- bu tions are helping those who are doing good work for the Master. Since the renovation of the library it has been much more highly appre- ciated by the older scholars, and the weekly circulation is much greater, than last year. But further improvements are rejr8()n8 con- tributed to the luudH. This is a very much larger niunher than ever before, and indicates an increasing interest in foreign missionary work on the part of the congregation. The missionary sermon preached by oar Pastor at tlie beginning of the year was heartily responded to, and a considerable sum was received from fiersons who had previously done nothing towards the work of the society. The chief 8tipix)rt, however, still cornea from the monthly subscribers, who furnished nearly two-thirds of the contributions of the year. We have again paid seventy-five dollars to the American Board for its work in Japan. This amount has been devoted towards the supjxirt of Professor Ichihara, of the Kioto Training School, from whom we have received a letter giving details with regard to his work. We have also had two letters from Rev. D. W. Learned, of the same place. At the beginning of the year, the Treasurer was instructed to make arrangements with the London Missionary Society for the 8Up{K)rt of a native missionaiy in connecti(m with it in Madagascar, if the funds would warrant our doing so. We have been able to remit one year's salary of $75 for this native missionary also, but we have not yet had time to get details regarding the man and his work. From this brief summary it will be seen that we have great cause for thankfulness, and in looking forward into the new year can only hojw that God will bless the society yet more, not only to the heathen to whom we send the money, but also to the church at home, by stimulating its spiritual life and enlarging the sympathies of its members. T. B. Macaulay, Treat urett CALVARY CHURCH FOREION MISSIONARY SOCIETY. RECKIVKD. On hand 1st January, 1884 $ 24 37 Contributions 106 95 Collections at meetings a 18 77 Interest on bank accuunt ^ two years) , 4 97 $156 06 '^ PAID. A. B. C. F. M. Japan $75 00 Do. Prof. Ichihara's Portrait 1 00 London M. S. Madagascar «, • 75 00 , 1151 00 On hand, in bank , . . . , 4, |4 06 T. B. Macaulay, Treamrer. • "ti ■• E X^. '« m m #. :#• 66 i CALVARY CHURCH YOUNG MEN'S LITERARY SOCIETY. Annual Report 1884-5. < Our Society has been very suocessful during the past year, as is shown by the increased attendance and also the interest u^nifested in its pro- ceedings. Our membershii) has increased considerably, and there are now alwut 40 active inenil>er8 on our roll and new members are constantly coming in to join us. Much of our success is due to the untiring efforts of our Presi- dent, Rev. Mr. Hill, who has put new life and vigor into the society. Our officers at praient are : President, Rev. Mr. Hill: Ist. Vice-Presi- dent, Mr. Ct. W. Jones ; 2nd. Vice-President, Mr. T. J. Weir ; Secretary- Treasurer, Mr T. Y. Foster, and Couimittee composed of Messrs. W. T. Gunn, Percy Barnard, Aubrey G. Eneas, Alex. Murphy and R. G. Hood. During the past year twenty-two meetings have been held, with an average attendance of twenty, two of them being public, one in March and the other on the 20th October, both of which were very siiccessful. Two socials aloo were held, one on April 21st, and the other on December 20th, which were well patronized. With regard to the literary work done, wo Iiave had four debates, three of these were on political subjects. Several evenings have been spent in the study of individual poets and one in comparing the respective merits of five of our great poets. One evening also was devoted to readings from Shakespeare's Julius Csesar, in whicti all the members took part. We have had several instructive and interesting essays and a great number of readings. Our recitations, too, have been good, though not so numerous as we could have wished. Altogether, we have had a good deal of profitable enjoyment, and have learned some things that will be useful to us. The practice which we have had has proved beneficial to us, and we feel that our meetings have done considerable good as the means of bringing in strangers among us and in bringing the young m«a of the Church more together than they would other\yise have been, and we look forward, hoping that with the experience gained we will ba able to do more and better work than in the past. Thos. Y. FoaTER, Secretary. January Slst, 1885. «7 THE CALVARY CHURCH DORCAS SOCIETY. Annual Report. Directress Mrs. Harries. Secretary ** Barclay. Amstant Secretary •' McLachlan. Visitors " Lamb and Mrs. Wkir The meetings of the Dorcas Society were commenced for the year o October 20th and have been held weekly until the holiday season. From time to time the visitors have reported families and individuals in want of clothing. Thene ca*es have been attended to and the Society feels am[>ly repaid oy the gratitude expressed by those receiving benefits. In all twenty-five perscms have been helped. Six dollars was sent to the wife of a Congregational minister, whose circumstances were straitened owing to illness in the family; a very grateful reply has been received. The attendance of members has not been very large, only averaging six, ten being the highest number present and three the lowest. The Society has been much encouraged in its work by frequent visits from the Pastor, who invariably has spoken words of cheer to the workers. While feeling that more might have been accomplished, we are glad that by the efforts of the Calvary Church Dorcas Society some have been assisted and encouraged in the battle of life. Respectfully submitted, Elizabeth McLaohlan, Assistant Secretary. January 2l8t, 188.5. 4*v ^i ■§' 68 REPORT OF THE MISSIONARY NEEDLES FOR 1884. We have held weekly meetings during the year, except in thd months of July and August, at which the attendance has run from eigh^in twenty- four. The first six months of the year were occuiiied in working up a web of flannel for the children of the I^abrador minsion. By the first of Juna we had ready a box of warm clothing, new and cast off, quite a number of books, kftidly given by Mrs. Wilkes, and a collection of Sunday-Sch(H)l Si" papers and pictures. We felt very proud when Miss Hampton told us it was the best case she had ever seen sent to Labrador. After the holidays, work was begun for a bazaar, which was held on the 23rd December. We made, including sale (;f tickets, $()5.(]0 ; the exjienses were ^.60, leaving a balance of $00,00. Of thw amount forty dollars has been sent to the American Board for the support of our two mi88i(»n girls in India, and two dollars toward the Morning Star mission to pay the running expenses of our twenty s-hares. We voted five dollars towards the Church Building Fund, and the remainder will go to renew the subscription to the Mission Da,u»prinff^ and provide material for the winter woi'k. We are sorry that more has not been done in the study of missions. Last year seventy-five copies of the Mission Daysprina, were circulated among the Needles and in the Sunday School. Miss Hampton told us at one meeting about the Labrador mission, and showed us specimens of birds' eggs, skins of animals, model of a Labrador sled, and several letters from the children. Letters have since been received from the Mis- sionary and School Teacher. Mr. McCalhun, at another mfeting, gave us an account of his sister's work in Conistantinoule, and Mr. Hill, has at differ- ent times told us of other mission fields. We have held only one open meeting at which Mrs. Williams gave us a most interesting speech about India. We intend this year to devote the first meeting of every month to the study of missions, and hope by the end of this year to know, if nothing else, at least something about India, where our own mission pupils are. We wrote them a letter and sent them Christmas cards, but have not yet received any reply. We also intend this year to supply a needy Sunday school with papers, and Mr. McKillican has given ua one at Black Point, Restigouche Co., New Brunswick. He says na has given us that one be- cause ne is sure we can g(!!t news of the school and its progress. Anothp little bit of home mission work we have undertaken is to visit by turiM with Miss Wright the children's waid of the Hospital, and carry to the little sufferers ourselves, papers, pictures and fruit. The screen to which friends contributed at the bazaar nas been presented, and one of the nurses has requested that the name of the givers be printed for it. # We hope that our little share of the Master's work may he done in the spirit that will make it acceptable to Him who sent the first missionaries, "into all the world to preach the Gospel to everJ^creature,*yi Respectfully subnmted, Henrietta Moeser, Secretary, ■tiijgif^, e» REPORT OF THE CALVARY CHURCH YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR FOR 1884. This is our first annual roport, as the Society wm organized a year ago. The object* of our Society are:— Ist. To promote an earnest Christian life among its members. 2nd. To promote intelligence in the faith they hold. 3rd. To lead them into usefulness in the Church. 4th. To increase their mutual ac(iuaintance. And it seems that during the past vear we have accomplished something m every (me of those departments. We have had, beside social gatherings, twenty-one meetings, thirttjen members having acted as chairmen. The at- tendance has averaged lietween twenty five and thirty, nmning from four in midsummer to abotk; forty -five at our last meeting. Wo have now on our membership roll forty-four names, all of them active members. The meet- ings have been characterized by earnest seeking to promote the objects of the Society, and have accomplished a great deal for the spiritual welfare of the young people of the Church. Our officers at present are:- Presi- dent, Rev. E. M. Hill ; Vice-Presidents, Mr. T. B. Macaulay and Mrs. McLachlan ; the Secretary and six committees for the various kinds of work. The interest and attendance at our meetings have increased very much since the summer holidays, and it is ho|Kxi they will go on improving. We hone to do more this year than last, and we desire the prayers and help of the members of the Church. W. T. GUNN, Std'eUury. .'fcsi^fcSSpiSks^Bifi ' 70 i. ! m REPORT OF CALVARY CHURCH liUILDING FUND FOR 1884. In preflenting the annual statement of the Building Fund, your com- mitte»i have to report progress during 1884, When, early in 1883, we entered upon the work, the total indebtedness of the Church was nine thousand four hundred dollars ; consisting of a mortgage (4 eight thousand dollars and fourteen hundred dollars of a floating debt. jLast year the floating debt was paid and thi:i year we have paid sixteen hundred dollars towards the reduction of the mortgage, leav- ing the nett debt of the church six thousand four hundred dollars ; wo hold three shares of Burland Lithographic Stock, valued at three hundred and forty-five dollars, which, when deducted from the mortgage, leaves us little over six thousand dollars to provide for. There are still a number of subscripti(ms unpaid, amounting to three hundred and fifty dollars for 1883, and six hundred and eighty dollars for 1884. Of this we do not expect to got more than five or six hundred dollars. If all who are interested in the welfare of our church would help— sub- scribers by sending in their contributions promntly and others by sending in subscriptions as thev are prosuered— we shall Htx>n l)e able to thank the (jriver of All Cj(K>d for the removal of one of the barriers to our more extended missionary efforts. The whole nevertheless respectfully submitted. On behalf of the committee, R. W. McLachlan, Treasurer of the Building Fund of Calvary Church. Calvary Church Building Fukd in account with R. W. McLachlan, Treasuukr. Dr. Balance from 1883 $405 00 Subscriptions received for 1 883 130 00 •♦ " "1884 797 00 " paid in advance 245 00 Interest ..., 63 00 • — - I $1640 00 Cr. sa=a Paid towards reduction of mortgage . . $1600 00 Interest allowed on subscriptions paid in advance. . . 40 00 $1640 00 71 r D a- a a e f- d d e e r 1 Calvaby Church Fellowkhip Fund in account with P. W. Wood, Tkkahuhkh, Januaby, 1885. Dr. Balance due Treasurer f 5 46 DiHburHements , 20 41 Balance on hand . , .*..!!'. 27 47 Collec ions January . . . February . , March . . . . , A|»ril May June July August . . . Septtimber. UctobtT . . Noveml)er. Decern Ijtir . Or. $53 34 50 25 r> 21 6 27 3 30 24 75 40 38 4 5G 4 3 67 81 $03 34 LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE " MANUAL." Andrews. H. Cochrane Andrews, Mrs. Barlow, W. J. Barlow, Mrs. Barnard, Percy Bell, Thomas Bell, Mrs. Boyd, Miss Elizabeth Boyd, Miss M. Boyd, William Bradford, Miss Annie Brinton, Mrs. Campbell, P. Campbell, Mrsv Cushing, Charles Cushing, Mrs, Dixon, Samuel Dixon, Mrs. Dix(m, Miss Agnes Dougall, John Redpath Dougall, Miss Dougall, F. E. EUicott, Miss Mary Ellicott, Miss Margaret Eneas, Mrs. L. E., M. D. Eneas, Aubrey Filer, Miss S. M. Foster, Thomas Y. •."ir. List, of Sulitcrihert to the ** Manned " (continued). \ •s»* *!?'( F??|!t^, Mifls M. F^^K)r» Rev. AFbhn Fraser, Mr«. Gurtji, WiUiani T. Gurd, Joseph L. Haniptoii, Miss Harnos, Thomas Harriee, Mrs, Harrifj», Augustus Harries, Frank Hill, Rev. E. M., M.A. Hood, Wm. Hix>d, Mrs. Hooert G. Hood, Wm. Albert Huglies, W. Ives, Herbert Ay Jdnes, Geofge W, Jones, Mrs. J. ' laiinb, Benjamin Lamb, Mrs. Lebourveau, S. A. Iiebourvpau, Mrs. Lt»ddon,-W. T. Little, MisH Margaret ''Love, John B, Lr)v<^,yMra. MaiiCaulay, Robertson Maciwlay,. Mrs. ^ . MucjiUl'i^, T. B ^jl^ Macaulay-, Mrs. T. B. *w-«<4.^cGarry, (Jl!{orgtt McCiarryVffitrs. .McLachlan.'R. W. McLachlan,-Mr8. McKillican,*.H^ev. John McKillican, Mrs. t JVIcKillican, Miss "- McKillop, Mis.^ Margery ;>,Mathows. Wellington "' Matluiws, Mis. »•• ^.JMathews. Miss Maud . • * "^^ « ' • ' Weir, W.' Alexander •^ I Westcott,. Mr. J Westcott, JSfr'A. , « ] Wight, Mr.s.' 3^* ""al* Wight. Miss Isaliella r Wilkes, MissiCy bella Wood, i\ W( 4 ^ . Wood, AY^IlliafnA. Wood, Mrs. W. 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