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JOURNAL 
 
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 THE PEOVmcIAL SYNOD 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN IIUPERTO LAND. 
 
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 in tlie Year of our I^>r«l IMTT*. 
 
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SERMOX 
 
 PREAOHKl) BKFORE THK PROVFNriAL SYNOD OF 
 
 KUPERT'8 LAND, 
 
 BY THE JIT. IlEV. II. B. WllIPrEE, D.I), 
 
 BISHOP OF MFNXESOTA. 
 
 WINXIPEG, AUaCST .',th, fsr>. 
 
 TITUS III., S, 9. 
 
 "Thifi /.s <( fa'Uhfal my'ing, and them thimj)^ Drill thai thou njjirrii 
 fiomtdutly, tkat they Luhlch have helieved in Go'l might hectirefid to 
 nMlntain (food works. Them things are projitahle unto men. Ihd 
 avoid foolhh queAtions, and genealogies, and' contentions, and Mrii> 
 ings about the law ; for they are unproftahU and vainy 
 
 These are the words of the greatest of Apostles. They Were 
 written to his brother in the apostleship when he Was sent to take 
 the charge of the church in Crete. The field was more than hard and 
 <lifficult. It seemed hopeless. The people of Crete were sunk in 
 slmmeless sensualism. It had eaten out their manhood. 
 
 Their own teachers said, " the Cretans afe always liars, evil beasts, 
 slow bellies." The Holy Ghost affirmed that this description Was true! 
 We cannot conceive of a deeper degradation — a ration of liars, a society 
 of evil beasts, a sensual, besotted race of slow bellies — a whole people 
 notorious for fraud, treachery and gluttony. It was in such a field 
 the Apostle had established the Church of God. These liars were to 
 become the children of Him whose name is "The Truth." These evil 
 ])easts were to be changed into the sheep of the Saviour's fold. Out of 
 these slow bellies were to flow rivers of living water. Men would say 
 that this was impossible. The Cretans had tried many religions and 
 
 
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they hacl failed. The stream could not rise higher than its fountain. 
 All human religions begin with humanity. They seek through human 
 efforts, human gifts, and human sacrifices to propitiate the favor of 
 God. They teach man to redeem himself. They have always failed — 
 they always will fail, Man has no merit to claim God's love. He has 
 no means to buy it. He has no way to earn it. 
 
 The religion which the Apostles preached wa rom God. Its fii-st 
 message was, " God so loved the world that He ga » j His only begotten 
 Son, that whosoever believeth in Him miffht not ])erish but have ever- 
 lasting life. The God who made man can redeem hiui. He who creat- 
 ed can create anew. The Cretans were not nnxiked with impossible 
 hopes. They were not told of a perfect man and bidden go and copy 
 his perfect exami)le. They had heard of Socrates and Plato, but this 
 had not saved them. 
 
 The Gospel was to them the good news of Gml, because it offered 
 to them a real helper. It was the story of a real Saviour. It met 
 them at the point of their deepest necessity. It offered them from 
 God pardon for the past and help for the future. 
 
 The eternal Son of God, who was with God and who was God, be- 
 came the son of man. He took our human nature and united it to His 
 Divine nature. As truly as this body and i-;oul make up one man, so 
 tnily were there the human and the divine nature ii\ the one j)erson of 
 Jesus Christ. He created our humanity anew by His indwelling God- 
 head. He r'^deemed it on tiie Cross. He conquered death. He 
 ascended i: l^eaven and became the One Mediator betw<ien God and 
 man. The v jspel told men of a real King and of a real Kingdom of 
 God which had come to eaiiih with the coming of its King. It offered 
 to all men citizenship in that kingdom. It took men out of the old 
 family of sin and death, and gave them from Christ a new nature and 
 adopted them as children of God. It saved men, not by works of 
 righteousness which they had done, but " according to His mercy by 
 the washing of regeneration and the renewal of the Holy Ghost." 
 Men were made the children of God by the same power by which He 
 became the son of man. They were engrafted into Jesus Christ by the 
 Holy Ghost. 
 
 The new life which came to men from the risen Saviour was no 
 dreamy thing. It was not a mere hope that they had escaped the 
 penalty of their sins. It saved men from their sins. It was not a 
 philosophy. It was not a doctrine. It was a new life. They began 
 that life with the marks of the old bondage upon them. Often they 
 would cry out, who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? 
 but believing faith taught them to say, " thanks be to God who giveth 
 us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 
 
 Such as was the beginning of that new life, such was all the after 
 history. Their safety was in a life of hearty believing work. Their 
 danger was lest they should turn aside from the realities of holy 
 
living to human speculations, human traditions, human strivings about 
 the law, which were unprofitaV»le and vain. 
 
 My beloved brother in the ai)ostle8hip has invited me to speak to 
 you to-day. It is a great pleasure to meet so many of our own kinsmen 
 in the Lord. You come Irom widely separated fields, each bearing his 
 own burden of cares and trials, to confer together concerning the inter- 
 terests of the kingdom of God. I turn asirle from those questions of 
 ritual and doctrine, upon which it is most fitting you should receive 
 instruction from your own spiritual fathers, to speak as a brother to a 
 b?*other of Christian work. I have no theory and no argument about 
 (christian obligation. I take my stand beside humanity, and I claim it 
 needs a h»:lper. The moment that 1 fee^ my need as a sinful and dying 
 man, and learn that there is a God, I must reach out my hands for help. 
 It is treason to humanity, it is treason to God, to reject the Gospel. 
 Science cannot help me. It unlocks many secrets, it solves many 
 mysteries ; but before these wants of my living self it is dumb. It 
 does not touch that deepe.st question of all questions, who am I ? where 
 am I going ? Physical science shows me that there is a provision for 
 every other living thing in the universe, but it leaves man an orphan. 
 Every generous impulse of my nature cries out against this pitiless 
 creeil. This thinking, loving, fearing, sinning self carries within me 
 the knowledge that such as 1 shall live forever. Human guesses as to 
 the past or future do not help me. My whole soul cries out for a Christ 
 and Saviour. The Gospel satisfies every longing of my heart. It offers 
 me pardon for the blotted record of the ])ast. It tells me of an 
 Almighty Friend who loves me, who feels for me, and who will help 
 me. It receives me into a new brotherhood. It teaches me to look up 
 through Christ and say " Our Father." The Gospel unlocks the myste- 
 ries around my path. In every flower which God clothes with beauty, 
 in every bird which God feeds with His bounty, I hear him say, " will 
 He not care for you, oh ye of little faith ?" As sin separates man from 
 God, and when the tie which binds man to God is broken all other ties 
 will snap asunder, so when we come back to Him the love from heaven 
 makes the whole world of kin. Accept two facts that this is a world 
 of sin, and sorrow, and death, and that there is a Saviour, and duty is 
 settled once for all and forever. If you gi-asp the hand of Christ for 
 yourself, you will reach out the other hand to help some one else. You 
 cannot from the heart say Our Father and not look around to find 
 your brother to lead him to that Lamb of God who taketh away the 
 sins of the world. This world is a world of wanderers away from 
 home, and heaven, and God. We are called to save them. I cannot 
 tell you what to say or what to do, but I do tell you that the Lord's 
 secret is that if we give God the will. He will find for us the way. 
 
 Brethren, yours is a missionary Church. It has been sent of God 
 to reclaim and save these heathen races which are sunk in heathen sin, 
 and to lay broad and deep a noble Christian civilization. There is 
 
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 everything to excito in you a holy enthusiaani in Cln-istian work. In 
 Manit;)ba and Saskatehowan you an; feeling the first wave of that in- 
 coming population whieh will make your country swarm with millions 
 t)f aouTs. To you, as to us in the united States, God is sending the 
 people of every tongue and clime and kin to he fuHe<l into a new race. 
 Our Anglo-Saxon race has been chosen of (lod to receive into itself 
 these divers peoples, and to give to them its customs and tra<liti(ms and 
 laws. When you remember that since the (/hristian era there have been 
 few such marked comminglings of races, we must ask why has our Eng- 
 lish-speaking race been called in the Providence of God to this mission ^ 
 I believe it is because the Church of the Anglo-Saxon is a pure branch 
 of the one Catholic and Apostolic Church. She carries in her hands an 
 open Bible. She holds up as the conditiim of ( -hristian fellowship, the 
 old Catholic creeds. She has a simple Scriptural service in a language 
 understood by the people. She teaches salvation alone l>y faith in Jesus 
 (Christ. I believe tnat God designs her to lead in that great work which 
 is to be done in the eventide of the world. I see in the sharp conflict 
 between truth and error on every hand that God calls her to take the fore 
 front in his work. In the longings for unity among all who love Christ, 
 I see that under God she may be the healer of division and strife. As 
 members of that pure branch of the Church of Christ, we are called to 
 «lo God's work. The first requisite for that work is faith, faith in God. 
 Not the faith of the head, but the faith of a forgiven heart. The faith 
 which has found r«st and peace and safety at the foot of the Cro.ss. 
 The faith which bsUeves God, which accepts every means of grace, 
 which takes God at his word, and which does God's work in his appoint- 
 ed way. This brings me to consider the means we are to U3e : — 
 
 I. The ministry is of Christ, No less authority can declare the 
 terms of salvation, receive men into His Church, and dispense the sa- 
 craments of a Kingdom of which Christ is the King. This office is from 
 God. It must come to men either immediately by a call from Heaven, 
 as in the case of Moses and the prophets, or else the authority must be 
 derived mediately through a chosen line who have been authorized to 
 commit it unto faithful men also. The Church has received her ministry 
 by a lineage of duly commissioned men. No lapse of ages can weaken 
 it; no time can change it. Men die, but the officed lives, and it will live 
 according to His promise until He who gave it shall come to receive it 
 as the judge of the quick and the dead. Nothing will so surely ship- 
 wreck the minister of Christ as low views of his office. If he regard 
 himself merely as the friend and companion of his people, as a Chrif - 
 tian scholar who for a price writes pleasant homilies upon holy things, 
 his ministry will be a pitiable failure. If pastor and people have no 
 higher thoughts than that our work is to baptize their children, unite 
 their young in marriage, and bury their dead with decency, because 
 these are institutions and ceremonials of a Christian state, then a scourge 
 of serpents wjuld not ba sharp enough to drive such worldly traffickers 
 
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 death. We are sent to save tiiem. 
 
 2. The message must be Christ's message. There are no new 
 themes for tlie Clu'istian ministry. There never will 1)C a congregatiim 
 which is not made up of sinful men, and our message nmst be of the 
 love of Jesus. It is no hard message. I know of nothing which so 
 warms the heart and unlooses the tongue as the story of the love of 
 Jesus. There is only one danger, lest we give up God's certainty for 
 man's sj)eculation ; lest we overlade the CVoss with the philosophies of 
 man. What we need is the love, the deep, burning love of a forgiven 
 lieait. There is a language c f the heart which will speak out in the 
 words and in the life. Not less true is it, that it is necessary to hold up 
 clearly, fearlessly and unshrinkingly the obligation of Holy Sacraments. 
 Many a j>astor shrinks back from presenting these because of sad strifes 
 of Christians about these mysteries. It may pass the comprehension of 
 man how the grace of God is vouchsafed to the child or to the penitent 
 in Holy Baptism, or how believing souls feed upoi Christ in the Supper 
 of the Lord. We have reached the end of human reason when we near 
 the voice of God. These were never doubtful (juestions in the early 
 Church. They were too near the cross to doubt. Tlieyknew too well 
 tlie mystery of redeeming love. They believed with all their hearts on 
 the Son of God. They took his words without cavil. They had the 
 faith of little cliildren. They believed God ; were safe in the everlast- 
 ing arms. In preaching Christ ; in dispensing His Holy Sacraments ; 
 in drawing men out of sin to a holier life, we must always remember 
 the mission and the office of the Holy Ghost. 
 
 We may awaken human sensibilities, we may appeal to human 
 reason ; but the only power l)y which men are changed into Christians 
 is by the Holy Ghost. The means we are to use are the means which 
 God has provided. It is the story of Christ crucified ; it is the teach- 
 ing of Chi-ist's lessons ; it is the exajnple of Christ's life ; it is the use 
 of tUn-ist's means of grace ; it is the fashi(ming of sinful hearts by the 
 Holy Ghost into the likeness of' Christ. What the whole Church needs 
 to-da}^ is a consecration of all we have and are and can be unto Christ. 
 We need a new baptism of the Holy Ghost ; we need to be able to say, 
 " the love of Christ con.straineth us." Then thei*e would be earnestness 
 in the preaching, and solemnity in the hearing of the Gospel. We 
 inustdrav/ nearer unto Christ. We must in His love love all whom He 
 loves. We must believe that God has put us in trust as officers of His 
 Kingdom. We nuist feel that when we visit the sick; when we go 
 filter the wandering ; when we preach the G<jspel ; when we minister 
 the facraments, we are "ambassadors for God," we are "ministers of 
 Christ," we are stewards of the "mysttries of the Gospel." The way to 
 magnify our otHce is not by "iscussions about priestly prerogative. It 
 i.s not by argumerits about apostolic succession. It is by the deep learn- 
 ing of one who hungers after souls and longs to lead wanderers to God. 
 
The ministry must icacli iJie, faith. ThoHO are dayH of Hliifbjig anchor- 
 ages. ThoiisaiuKs do not know what tlioy beliovo or what they dlsbe- 
 liove. 
 
 The Churcli is Ood's trustee to teach the faith, " The Church of 
 the living Qod is the pillar and the ground of the truth." The faith Im 
 not the dogma of any sect or {mrty. It is not the lesson of any human 
 teacher, ft was preached in every Eastern city before a line of Holy 
 Gospels was written. It is that faith which was once delivered unit) 
 the saints. It is crystalized in the old Catholic creeds. No man has 
 the right to write a faith for his brother. You know that to describe 
 the nature and the attributes of Almighty God, to declare in His name 
 His will, if it is not strictly, accurately true, is the most awful impiety. 
 The moment you articulate the faith into an elaborate confession which 
 enters the domain of hutaan opinion, you compel men to divide into 
 rival churches. The cause of much of the schism in the body of Chrint 
 is this desire to make our human opinions a test of fellowship in the 
 body of Christ. It is not the things which it \a necessary to believe 
 unto salvation which divide the Church of God. There are few religi- 
 ous bodies in Manitoba which could not hold their distinctive views an 
 private opinions without any separation in the Church of God. There 
 are thousands the world over who feel this, and strong cries and [)rayerH 
 are going up to God to hasten the time when that Divine prayer shall 
 1)6 answered, " that they all may be one." It is here that our beloved 
 Church has a high vantage ground. It is a grand old historic Church. 
 It is a tree of the Lord's planting whose seed is in itself. It is a pure 
 branch of the one vine. Its sacred line of holy priesthood haa i*un on 
 unbroken. It is to-day the broadest Church in Christendom. It only 
 asks as a condition of fellowship, Dost thou believe all the articles of 
 the Christian faith as contained in the apostles' creed. It takes of men 
 a solemn oath of fealty. It dispenses in Christ's name His Holy Sacra- 
 ments. It does not define what Gorl has not defined. It holds up the 
 great truth of salvation alone by faith in Jesus Christ, and in the broad- 
 est charity recognizes the validity of the baptism of all who have been 
 baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost Why 
 may not we believe that the day will come when, by the love shed abroad 
 by the Holy Ghost, all who love Christ may be one in Him. 
 
 These are no days for timid counsels or for doubting faith. We 
 must plant ourselves on the old creeds which were held before the 
 Church was divided. There can be no breadth of doctrine which will 
 include truth and falsehood ; bnt there may be breadth of administra- 
 tion which binds in one all who hold and believe the Catholic &ith. 
 We must tell men of our King and His kingdom ; we must take men 
 in a walk about Sion to show them her bulwarks. By the faith, by 
 the love, and by the work of apo«?tles we must show to them that ours 
 is the Church of the Apostles ; speak no word which will grate harshly 
 on the ears of those who love Christ; do no deed which savors of 
 
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 mnkv a way. 
 
 To yoiir inraiit ('liiiirli is roiiiinitUMl i\w work of la^in;^ tno 
 t'oiindations of mcIiooIm, IioniuUiIm, cliurolK'N and Iiounoh of iiicroy. In 
 tlii'si' n«'w HcMh a Idslioji's lifr is on«' of «l<f( irrd Iiojhs. He niii.st lay 
 tli<' foundation in faith, and l>niid witii prayci-N and tcaiK It may l>c 
 that he is only «'lioHon of (lod t** lay tl»»' conn'i' ♦.tonr ; l»iit(»od will 
 find anotlu'r to <M>ni)»l('t4> it. Tlicr*' is no faili iv in work for(iod. 
 Was it a failure when t-lie j;o<kI Bish(»)i of QnelK-e came here throuj(h 
 pathless forest>i to visit a few seatt-<'rer| niissio))s in the wiklerness ^ 
 Was the lifd' «»f ;^ood lVisho|) Anderson a failure, when tliroULdi Iojjj:; 
 vears he <lid an apostle's work in tliew» noithern solitudes ? VVas it a 
 failure wluiii the. <lyii*}^ Indian j^ave his son, Henry Hudd, to (io«l, 
 wliose name has n«'rved many to ileeds of faith { \Vas it a failure 
 when you sent Mel )onald to preaeh < Christ on the Yne«s river, in the 
 wilderness of the ait tic circle t Then; is nc hraneli of the Church that 
 lia,^ had greater rewards for heroic faith. 
 
 Brethren uf the laity, as the grave grows neiirer there may come 
 ti) your heart a longing to do something which cannot die. The only 
 work which lives for et/crnity is work for Gixl. There are some of you 
 whose names are e<mnecte<l with the history of this land. You may 
 do for it what other noble hearts did for England, and foimd work for 
 (hmI whi(;h will live for ever. 
 
 Theix' is another work which is very dear to my own heart: 1 
 mean work for the Red men. 1 know all that any man can tell me of 
 the darkness of heathenism. 1 know how pitiably helj)les8 these wild 
 races are before the advancing waves of civilization. I admit that it 
 may be the will of ti<Kl that they sliaJ' pass away from the fa<-e of the 
 earth ; — but J also know that ( ■hrist died for them, ami that He com- 
 mands us to carry to them the messages i>f the Gosjk*!. 
 
 In the earliei- yeara of your missionaiy work, the st'lf-iut.ti'e.st of 
 the Hudson Bay ( -V)mpany made the white man the protector and 
 friend of the Indian. There was little for the Indian to fear from the 
 isijlated trarler in furs. To a certain extent they were the patrons of 
 missions. All this is changed. The new life which is sending to you, 
 by tens of thousands, an increasing population, will crowd the Indian 
 until it becomes a choice of deaths. Unleiw j^ou give the Indian a 
 home for the wigwam, implements of husbandry t(.>r the tihase, ami 
 schools and churches for his heathen dances and grand medicine; unless 
 you give him something to live for, there may come to you, as there 
 has oi'tkiu come tt> us, a time when the wail of massacre shall be heaid 
 throughout your desolated country. The pri>blem is youns to solve — 
 and it can only lie solve«l by the lessons of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 
 There are no pictures among these Indians an dark a.s that drawn by 
 the pen of divine inspiration in the first chapter of Romans. They are 
 not as degraded as the people of Crete. The past ought to be the 
 
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10 
 
 prophecy of the future. No work has brought tt» you greater rc'ward.s 
 than work for the Red men. None of your populatiori have l)een more 
 loyal to the English Crown. 
 
 You look in vain for one solitary instance, when the Indian has 
 been the first to violate plighted faith. You have never made an effort 
 for this poor i-ace which has been unrewarded. The story of your 
 early missions reads like that of the deeds of faith in the early C?hureh. 
 It was this story which touched my heart to ])lead for our wretche<l 
 heathen. You will do no work which will be dearer unto Christ. N<» 
 songs are sweeter to Him than the clionis of voices which day by day 
 goes up to heaven in the musical language of theCree and theOgibwa}-. 
 If we reach that land which is afar off, we shall meet ficm the Moose, 
 the Saskatchewan and Yucan, many who shall sing that song which no 
 man can leara but ^hey who are redeemed from among men. 
 
 Brethren, if there ever was a body of Christians who ought to hv 
 carefiil to maintain good works, it is this Synod. I pray you in Christ's 
 name leave unto others those questions which vex the C^'hurch with 
 contentions and strifes. Be content to preach Christ and work in his 
 Church. Sj)eak to men plainly, in His wor<ls, of the conditions oY 
 salvation. Hold up, as the ensign over you in every l>attle with false- 
 hood and en'or, the dear old creeds. Set forth in His name His Divine 
 Sacraments. Do not attempt to define what Cod has not defined. 
 Do not attempt to lay Imre to human eyes what G<m1 has not revealed. 
 Introduce no customs which will make youi-s a household divided against 
 itself. Work and pray ; hoj>e on and hope ever. You who now go 
 forth bearing precious seed and weeping, shall come again, bringing 
 your sheaves with you. 
 
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 JOURNAL 
 
 OF 
 
 THE PROVINCIAL SYNOD 
 
 OF 
 
 iChe (thurch of Englanb in Rupert s Lanb. 
 
 TUESDAY, AUGUST Sliix 
 
 At 11 Ji.m. Divine Service was held in the Catliedral, when the. 
 Litany was i-ead by the V^cn. Archdeacon 0>wley ; after which the 
 Sacmment of the Loitl's Supper was administered by the Bishops of 
 llupert's Land, Moosonee and Saskatchewan. 
 
 lnn«ediat;e]y after the service Was conchided, the Synod was opened 
 Ly thci following Addre.ss from the Bishop of Rupeit's Land : 
 
 ADDRESa 
 
 Right Ri'veiv.itd Bn'thirn^ Revei'eml BretkiW)*, and. Birthnf of the 
 Iji'dy : 
 
 We meet together, I trust with an earnest seeking after the liglii 
 and texifching of tlie Holy Spirit, to detennine the form of our future 
 Organization. 
 
 Tlie arrangements which I was able to make in EInglaud for the 
 division of the Diocese, and which received in 1873 the sanction of the 
 Synod of the undivided Diocese, have been happily caj-ried into effect. 
 
 The four Dioceses are in existence under their respective Bishops,. 
 ( )ne of these Bishopa, the Bishop of Athabasca, for whose convenience, 
 indeed, the present time of our meeting was chosen, has found it out of 
 his power to be with us t-o-day; but he has communicated his views, 
 and would be, I believe, most fully a consenting party to the Draft of 
 a, Constitution which has been made by the other Bishops. The late 
 introduction of Clergy into the new Dioceses has made it inconvenient 
 for the Clergy of those Dioceses to leave them at present, and conse- 
 <|uently two of the Dioceses arc not represented on tnis occasion in the 
 House of DelegaUis,, 
 
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 There were powei-s given to the Bishojis by vvhieli th<>y might 
 lmv<; supplied Delegations, but they i)referre(l not to do ho. The Rf- 
 pn^sentatives of tlie Diocese of Rupert's Land, will have therefore to 
 study the more carefully what may be for the interests of the whoK' 
 Province. 
 
 1 j)urpose making a few remarks on some of the (juestions that 
 may come before us ; but I must be undei-stood as not in any wa\ 
 s[>eaking for the House of Bishops, but simply as expressing ni}- own 
 views. 
 
 In drawing up a Constitution it will be advisable t(» ''onfirm the 
 action of the Synod of Rupert's Laud in IH7.'» in forming an Ei'clesias- 
 tical Province for ourselves. 
 
 The Report of the Lambeth Conference <»f Anglican Bisho])s sug- 
 gested that where a Provincial Synod does not exist it should be formed 
 through the voluntary association of Dioceses for united legislation an<l 
 common action ; that the particular mode of effecting this in each casr 
 nmst be determined by those who are concerned ; and that the action 
 should have the concurrent assent of His Grace the Archbishop of Can- 
 terbury, to whom the Bishops that are extra-Provincial have taken 
 the oath of canonical obedience. 
 
 The case with us is very simple. The Dioceses have been all 
 formed out of the Diocese of Rupert's Land under a Cant)n recognizing 
 an Ecclesiastical Province, and the Archbishop of (Canterbury has liim- 
 self been mainly instrumental in bringing the efibrt to a successful 
 issue. I have, however, oTbtained from His Grace his express consent 
 that the Synod of the four Western Dioceses of North America should 
 take in hand the question of the formation of themselves into a separate 
 Province, and his assurance that he will give to what 1 may forward 
 to him from this Synod the fullest consideration. 
 
 I think, looking at the vast extent of this land, it may l>e ques- 
 tioned whether it will ever be desirable for the Western Dioceses to be 
 incorporated in one Provincial system with either the Eastern or British 
 Columbia, though we may have sometime a(\)uncil or Assembly for the 
 wliole Dominion. If the progi"ess of the country should make intercourse 
 iiiore easy and lessen differences of condition, it will on the other hand 
 vastly increase population and multii)ly local subjects for deliberation. In 
 the American Church there is a wide-spread desire for Provincial organ- 
 izations. And in the Roman Catholic Church in Canada the old Ecclesi- 
 astical Province of Quebec, which included most of the country, has 
 heen divided into three Provinces, of which one has its Mt^tropolitical 
 See at St. Boniface, close to us. At present our ci'-cumstances are so 
 exceptional, the interests of our Dioceses are so bound up with each 
 other, politically as well as religiously, and above all it is so absolutely 
 necessary that that great Society, on which throughout this huge coin»- 
 try we at present mainly depend, should have the fullest confidence — 
 a confidence amounting to a certaintv — that anv Provincial a(;titm will 
 
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 |ictioii we have taken. On the other hand, it may be thought that 
 
 linion with Canada would beget greater sympathy with our work and 
 
 )ring out greater help. We know the efforts of otlier l)odies in C'anada 
 
 )n behalf of their inembei-s liere, and we long for the Church 'in 
 
 Janada showing a like interest in our country. But it would b(' 
 
 ifRtrange if the Church in C^anada, that has receiverl antl still receives so 
 
 piiuch from England, should see in the fact of our separate organization 
 
 fany reason for withholding or diminishing any help it can give. The 
 
 pact is, that at present I tear we cannot look tx»r nmch pmctical aid 
 
 ifi-om Canada, and it will be wiser for us to consider how we can most 
 
 ^strengthen our own lite. On this I wouhl place befbi'e you a few words 
 
 Ifrom a letter that 1 lately received from Bishop Anderson, whosf 
 
 Ithought and best wishes are at this juncture most anxiously given 
 
 :0to us : • . 
 
 f " Your many points of difference indeed from Canada would con- 
 
 I stitute the necessity and i*eason for the formation of yourselves into a 
 
 I stiparate Provincial Synod. Our C!hurch in Canada would always have 
 
 ieiu»ugh to do in the way of self-ex j)ansion within hei"self, and can never 
 
 Igiv'^e sufficient attention to the development of the wants of the Church 
 
 l| in Manitoba and Rupert's Land. Far better to have in Manitolia a 
 
 % centre of fresh growth and life, which shall stretch fx)rth her bmnches 
 
 f to the Northern Sea and her boughs to the Rivei*s. The action will be 
 
 f h^'althier and more rapid. There will be more of self-confidence and 
 
 I energetic effort." 
 
 % In settling the Constitution, a most important j>oiiit is the i-epre- 
 
 si sentation and voting of the Dioceses in the House of Delegates. It 
 |a| must l>e borne in mind that the object of the Provincial Synod is not to 
 ™ legislate for local matters, but for questions affecting the whole Province. 
 ':} The vast distances of our Dioceses introduce a gieat difficulty in our 
 :■ obtaining the expression of their mind, and though particularly from 
 ■I the desire of the Church Missionary Society to have from tune to time 
 : Missionary Conferences, it will l)e practicable for repi-esentatives to 
 meet ; yet those from the farther Dioceses must necessarily l)e very few, 
 and yet those Dioceses are equally interested in the Legislation. At the 
 same time it seems very undesirable to reduce the representation of all 
 tlie Dioceses to one or two representatives. The only way for at once 
 scicuring sufficient ve])resentation of the nearer Dioceses, and giving due 
 weight to the more distant, seems to be the ademption of voting by Dio- 
 ceses, if required, as is allowed in the Ceneral (\>nvention of the 
 American Church. 
 
 Further, in view of the vastness of this country, there must be 
 some j>reparation for the contingency of Dioceses not being rej)resente«l 
 at some meeting of the Provincial Synod. This has bjen provided for 
 in the Province of South Africa by making the acts of such a Synod 
 only ])rovisional till sanctioned by the Diocesan Synods. 
 
14 
 
 Another most irajK)i*tant aiui difficult question that will come bel'oiv 
 Us is that of the appointment of Bishops. There is scarcely any ques- 
 tion on which there is more diveraity of opinion and, I may add, hesi- 
 tancy. We have to face the question at once fully. In most other eases 
 Provincial Synods have arisen from tlie confederation of existing Dio- 
 (;eses that had ah'eady had provision made for the election ot tlieir 
 Bishops, and they liave had simply to provide for tlie division of Dio- 
 ceses, or the conditions under which a Missionary Organization should 
 pass into a l)i(K;esan. Even when Dioceses are large, circumstances 
 have attended election by the Diocesan Synod causing much giief, and 
 creating in the minds of many the gravest doubt as to its propriety. 
 Still, I confess I do not see my way, in the case of a large Diocese with 
 self-su))porting congregations, to a j)referable course?. But our Dioceses 
 are yet simply Missionary Organizations practically, audit is quite un- 
 usual in such cases to have that method of election. In the case of the 
 Bishopric of lluj)ert's Land, we have to be [)eculiarly careful, because the 
 trusteeship of the endowment is not in our own hands, and though I have 
 reason to believe that ultimately there may be no objection to the Dio- 
 cesan Synod having the a{)pointment we must see that the arrange- 
 ment we conclude for the appointment will be such as will approve it- 
 self to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Leith Trustees, and that 
 will stand scrutiny if further powers (I mean from the Parliament ol 
 Great Britain) should be found necessary. I do not con eal my feeling 
 that I should be glad of an arrangement that would defer for sometime 
 the final settlement of the Patronage, and yet leave it for the time in 
 safe and conscientious hands. In a few years the mind of the Chureh 
 may be more made up on the best solution of the difficulty. There 
 will, too, be this further advantage, that in that case the settlement of 
 the appointmant of the Metropolitan will also be deferred till the Dio- 
 ceses are larger and the whole subject has Ixjen more fully considered. 
 Let me then commend this question to the solemn consideration of the 
 House of Delegates. I am sure all must feel that the Bishopric is not 
 to be treated simply as a prize. The work of the Church must under 
 (xod be greatly dependent on the Bishop for many a day. I need not 
 say that in wishing the Patronage for a time to be with the Archbishop 
 of Canterbury, I have no sympathy with seeking a Bishop elsewhere if 
 the suitable man were already in the country. I have already quit<!! 
 sufficiently shown this. More than that I dare ventum to say that if 
 such a man clearly stood out he would be quite as likely to be appointed 
 in this way as in any other. 
 
 A short Canon of Discipline lias been proposed. This is a niost 
 necessary measure ; and though the Canon is brief, it is hoped that it iin 
 sufficient for meeting any case. The offences mentioned are leas numer- 
 ous than in many such Canons, b'lt it was thought better to avoid vague 
 terms, such as frivolous conduct, to which any meaning might be at- 
 tached, and which might open the way to petty and vexatious chai^ei* 
 where there was no real criminality. 
 
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 The di-aftofa Constitution that has been prepnied by the House of 
 Ishops is unusually brief. It leaves much to be tilled u]) by the I)i«>- 
 esan Synods, but the Bishops thought tliat this was what was most 
 luited to our present stage. 
 
 I would only further express the hope that the preparation of this 
 raft may serve the purpose for which it w^a.% intended — guiding and 
 xpediting business. 
 
 And now in ooneluding 1 would (^uote another extract from my 
 )redecessor's letter, knowing that with luany in this country Lis mem- 
 :)ry is still fresh and fragi'ant, and that no one's good wishijs and inteiest 
 ill be more ap[>reciated. 
 
 " It is with no little pleasure and gratitude to God that I commence 
 
 [a few lines which may, 1 hope, reach you before the meeting of your 
 
 Provincial Synod, May the fulness of the Spirit be with you in all 
 
 your deliberations, that they may be for the promotion of (Jrod's glory 
 
 "^and the good and welfare of immoiiial souis ! 
 
 " It will be a little over the quarter of a century since I tirst reached 
 the Red River when you meet t(jgether — not (piite the six-and-twent>' 
 years. How wonderful that j^ou should now be able to convene the 
 fi three from Moose, the Saskatchewan, and Athabasca, and with them 
 I hold united counsel and conference regarding the a<lvance of the Re- 
 |f deemer's Kingdom in the vast temtory ! How interesting if Bisho)> 
 f Whipple is able to be with you and to cast in a few brotherly words in 
 I his own loving and stirring style ! I can only look (m from a distance 
 and pray, and endeavor to be with you in spirit. Too grateful 1 can- 
 not be to Almighty God for having spared me and permitted me to 
 behold in the flesh and hear of so mighty a stride in what was as the 
 wilderness, and which now in so many parts begins to bud and blossom. 
 What a change in the half century ! How great a change in the quai- 
 ter of a centuiy ! How mighty a one in your own ten years ! Surely 
 the Lord hath done great things, whereof we rejoice." 
 
 I now declare the Synod opened. The House of Clerical an«l La;y' 
 Delegates will proceed to organize and elect a Prolocutoi". 
 
 € 
 
 At the suggestion of one of the members of the House of Dele- 
 gates, the Bishop of Rupert's Land named the Venerable Abraham 
 ( 'owley. Archdeacon of C'umberland, as Chairman of the House till the 
 election of a Prolocutor. 
 
 The Bishops then left the Lower House. 
 
 Canon Grisdale moved, and the Rev. W. C. Pinkham seconde«l, the 
 eli'cticm of Archdeacon Cowley as Prolocutor. 
 
 He was unanimously elected. 
 
 The Prolocutor, attended by the mover and secomler, proceeded to 
 
1ft 
 
 the House of Bishops and announced his appointment, which wa* 
 received with great satisfaction. 
 
 The Hon. Chief Justice Wood moved, and Rev. H. (teor<,'e second- 
 ed, the ehiction of Rev. Canon Giisdale as Secretarv, 
 
 Canon (Irisdale was unanimously elected. 
 
 When the roll was called the following niejubers ansM ered to their tl 
 names : 
 
 Clevii'iil DeIr<j(if('H for the Diocese of I{ni>erf'f< Lit ml — Venerable 
 Ai'chdeacon ( -owley, Rev. C^anon O'Meara, Rev. W. ('. Pinkham, Rev. 
 H. George, Rev. l)i-. ( Uarke, Rev. R. Young, Rev. T. T^. Wils(m, Rev. S. 
 Prit»;hard. 
 
 Iaii/ DcM'fjatrs for the Dhx'.e.m of Rupert's Load — Hon. (Uiief Jus- 
 tice Wood, Hon. Colin Inkster, President of the Executive Council of 
 Manitoba; Hon. J. N(>rquay, Provincial Secretary; Hon. E. H. 0. (J. ^^ 
 Hay, S. L. Bedson, Esq., Captain W. Kennedy, and H. R. O'Rielly, Es<|. 
 
 C/ericul Dehyoff for the, Dioee.se of Athahasen — Rev. Canon Gris- 
 dale. 
 
 Liiy Delej/atc for the Diocese tpf Athohascn — W. G. Fonseca, Esq. 
 
 The following Message was received from the House of Bishops : 
 
 " The House of Bishops submit the accompanying J)raft of a ])ro- 
 posed (yonstituti(m for the consideration of th«.' House of Delegates." 
 
 On the motion of Chief Justice Wood, the Draft of a Constitution 
 us having been already in the hands of the members, was accej)ted as 
 read. 
 
 The Chief Justice moved, and the Rev. Dr. Clarke seconded, that 
 this House resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole on the said 
 
 Message. 
 
 The Hon. the i Ihief Justice was calle<i to the chair. 
 
 The House in (.imimittee then considered the clauses of the propos- 
 ed Draft of the C'onstitution seriatim up to the end of Section V., when 
 [nogress was reported a.s follows, the Prolocutoi- being in the chair: 
 
 " The Committee of the Whole House to whcnn was referred the 
 Message of the House of Bishops containing the proposed Draft of a 
 ( Constitution of the Church of England in Rupert's Land for the (jonsid- 
 eration and action of this House, beg leave to report, that they have 
 examined the said Constitution up to the end of Section V., and havt; 
 made certain amendments thereto, and recommend the same to the 
 favorable consideration of theHouse of Delegates. All which is respect- 
 fully submitteii. 
 
 (Signed) "E. B. Wood, Chairman." 
 
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 i'he following weiv the projjosed amendments: 
 
 i). "Of the Province" was added to the end of Section IV 
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 Constitution 
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 ^h). The blank in Section IV., (Manse 4, was filled uj) by the 
 I, " one-third of the <-Mergy of eacli Diocese and an e<iual number of 
 ) ilrtiy Representatives tht reof," and the whole of the clause referring 
 iht vote by Dioceses was struck out. 
 
 }cj. In Section IV^, (Ma use 7, the /ords, "dating from the year of 
 ord 1S7'')" weie in.s<M'ted after the words "every fourth year." 
 d). Section IV., Clause 8, wa« amended as follows: "And thi^ 
 oifcutor so chosen shall have power to appoint a Deputy, being a 
 mber of this House, to a<;t for him in case of sickness or unavoidable 
 Mice, in default of which the House may choose such Deputy itself. 
 e |F*n)hK;utor shall have a casting vote in case of a tie, and shall have 
 3 ipme rights in delmte a.*- any other member." 
 
 ^e). Section V. was am^^nded by the insertion of these words after 
 3 itrord " Diocese" in the tii-st sentence : "until otherwise altered by 
 3 Synod theivof, sul>j(!ct no the provisions of the second section here- 
 ;'* and the word "severally" after "shall be." 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Clarke moved, and Mr. Fonseca seconded, That this 
 )aae adopt the first five SL^ctions as amended in (."ommittee. 
 
 i^his was agreed to, and the Prolocutor ami Secretary carried the 
 
 iSi^ed clauses to the House of Bishops. 
 
 |- 
 
 The House of Delegates then again i-esolved itself into Committee 
 tfee Whole — Chief Justice Wood in the Chair — and resumed conside- 
 )ieaa of the remainder of the Draft. 
 
 ahe Prolocutor having announced a Message from the House of 
 slfOps, took the Chair, when the following Message was read : 
 
 1, The House of Bishops agree to the amendment of Section 1\.> 
 au|e 1, to add at the end of the sentence " of the Province." 
 
 2- The House of Bishops do not concur in the amendment of Sec- 
 til IV., Clause 4, and refer it back to the House of Delegates for fur- 
 ar consideration. 
 
 $. The House of Bishoi)s agree to the amendment of Section IV., 
 lUse 7, to a<id " at the end of every fourth year," " dating from the 
 ar of our Loi-d 1875." 
 
 ^. The House of Bishops agree substantially to the amendment 
 Ifection IV., Clause 8, but would i>ropose that the Clause read as 
 ii#/s: 
 
 llie House of Delegates shall be presided over by their Prolocu- 
 r, |o be chosen viva voce on motion of any member of that House. 
 3 liiiall have the same rigbts in debate as any other member, but shall 
 
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 airman. 
 
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 ho m; 
 
 only v<tto in case of a tic ; and he sliall have power to ajjpoint a l^^mL] 
 ty, being a member of tlie House, to act for him in case of sieknes, 
 unavoidable absence ; and in default of his uiaking such apjuMntii ^?iA nutn 
 
 noved 
 
 tile House may choose sucli Deimty itself 
 
 5. The House of Bishops a<^ree to the amendment of Section V Di W Inp 
 worded as f(>ll()\vs: ^k I'l'^ifw' 
 
 " Until altered a,s laid down in the said Constitution in acconlfM* ^^^\^^\ 
 with the provisions of the Provii'<'ial Synod." ^w*'* '" '*^ 
 
 The House of Bishoj)s agree to insert the word " severally WF^'* '*^' * 
 
 proposed. SaImv..*! 
 
 T» T> » T r» • 1 i ^jiSiuoveci 
 
 11. Ruperts Land, President. 0M»roloei 
 
 Tlu^ House went again into Committee. ^^g ' ^t 
 
 When the (.■ommittee repoi-ted progress, the wht)le of tlie *^^*^'tafc- ,i 
 
 luid been gone through with the following result : ^^m ' ' 
 
 ((>). In Section VI., "twelve" was substituted for "twenty." ^Tlie Pi 
 (h). In Section VIII., the last sentence M^as amended to siiHfcduu'iii 
 
 thus : ^^ 
 
 " A Bishop of either the Clun-ch of Enirland in the Ecclesia>;,#\"^,^' 
 
 Province of Canada, or of the Protestant Epis(roi)al Church in^^ 
 
 United States of America." %vhief 
 
 ((•). In Section IX. " twelve" was substituted for " twenty." ov^' reco: 
 (il ). Section XII., C/lavise 2, was amended to read thus : n 
 
 " The trial of any Priest or Deacon shall take place in • 
 
 Diocese according to a Canon to be framed by the Provincial Sv 
 
 ]>rovided . . . on giving notice of appeal to his Bishop with! 
 
 davs of the conviction." 
 
 (e). In Section XIII. the words after " the House of Deleg; 
 
 were all struck out. 
 
 An an 
 
 ly son 
 kno' 
 e thei 
 bliow 
 
 When the Proloc^utor had taken the Chair, the Rev. Dr. VU 
 moved, and C*an(m O'Meara seconded, and it was resolved that the (| 
 last sections of the (constitution as amended in Committee be ado! 
 by this House. 
 
 The House then adjourned. 
 
 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4. 
 
 Divine Service was held in St. John's Cathedral, when the Bij 
 of Minnesota preached, and several of his Clergy assisted in the 
 vice. 
 
 The Synod re-assembled at Bishop's Court, the Ven. A. C'oaJ 
 Prolocutor, in the chair. 
 
 [Move* 
 Dioce 
 order 
 
 ^ey nu 
 
 tetmn 
 
 sha 
 jleiica 
 
 Iber. 
 
 mi on 
 a ms 
 
 iThe 1 
 )ps oi 
 
 [The 
 id fro 
 
19 
 
 appoint a \)u 
 ise of sick lies j, 
 iieh api)(>intii / 
 
 of Section V 
 
 ion in accord 
 
 lie inimite.s of tlie fonnoi iDC'ctin*' havini' boon i'i'a<l, won^ con- 
 
 cl. 
 
 luunbor of clcrj^y from Minnesota Ix'in^ present in the liall, it 
 
 oved by Canon O'Mcara, seconderl hy Rev, J)r. Clarke, that Ri'v. 
 
 Whipple, chaplain to the Bishop of Minnesota, Rev. J, S. Ki<li»ey, 
 
 Professor of Systematic Divinity in Soabury Hall, Rev. E. Liver- 
 
 J)eun of (Convocation, Rector of St. Peter's, Rev. F. R. Millspaujjjh, 
 
 r of St, Panl's, Brainord, aiul the Rev, G, St(»wart, Rector of Sank 
 
 " severalh ilWBc, V»c invited to take seats on the floor of this House. Carried. 
 
 T, . , -Moved l>y Rev. Mr. Pinkham, se(!onded by H. O'Reilly, Escj., that 
 
 ), President. e^,.olocutor. Rev. (Janon Grisdale, Chief Justice Wood, Captain 
 
 eHiedy and the mover and seconfler, be a committee to confer with 
 
 X' i.1 ep» embers of the U])i)er House on draftinir an address of welcome t«» 
 
 ie 01 the sect »>. i , .„ ' ',. ,, i>.. x- »*• i. /< • i 
 
 e Uishop and ( -lergy OT the Jhocese ot Minnesota. Carried, 
 
 r " twenty," The Prolocutor and Secretary went to the Upp " House with the 
 mended tt> soUKlmrnts <>f the eiuht last Sections. 
 
 the Ecclesia^ The Synml then resumed the discussion of the proposed Constitu- 
 kl Church i,>iof theSyiKMl. 
 
 Chief Justice Woo'l moved, secondefl by Mr. 'ROcilly, that the 
 " twenty. ofi$L' reconsider the 4th Clause of Section IV. of the proposed Consti- 
 1 thus : i^i^ 
 
 ke place in 
 
 ~ ]An animated discussion ttM)k jdace on this motion, it being conten- 
 
 ly some that there would be nt> use in debating the ([uestion until 
 
 s known what the views of the Upper House were on the Clause 
 
 e them. The House went into committee, in which, after debatt^ 
 
 bllowinir resolution \vas submitte<l : — 
 
 Provincial Sv 
 Bisliop withii^ 
 
 )use of Dele^r: 
 
 i Rev. Dr. Cl^ 
 ved that the t| 
 mittee be adul 
 
 , when the Bi-; 
 jisted in the 
 
 Ven. A. C(4 
 
 [Moved by R^v. Dr. Clarke, seconded by Rev. Canon O'Meai'a, that 
 
 Diocesan Synexl shall be represented by not more than seven of 
 
 order, to be elected by their respective Synods in such manner 
 
 iey may appoiii '; ; provided always, so soon and after any of the 
 
 kesan Synods shall numl)er more than twenty-one clergymen, said 
 
 shall be entitled to be represented in the Provincial S3mod by 
 
 3leiical and one lay delegate for every three clergymen over that 
 
 j[ber. The clerical and lay delegates shall oixiinaiily vote collective- 
 
 ^ut on the call of any two delegates, the voting shall be by orders, 
 
 a majority of each order shall be necessary to affirm the proposi- 
 
 |The House resumiMl, and asked for a conference with the House of 
 )ps on the j)roposed amendment to Clause 4, Section IV. 
 
 [The conference was aKke<l for accordingly, and i iiessage was rti- 
 jd from the House of Bishops acceding to the request. 
 
20 
 
 A committtH' composed of Rev. Mr. Pinkhniii, Rev. Dr. Cli'She H< 
 Rev. Canon O'Moara, C'hief Justice Wood, Mr. Hay and Mr. OlWlirolocu 
 was then appointed to liold the conference. lii of Oi 
 
 The foHowing nieHsage was sent down by the Up|it'r House : 
 
 The House of Bishops agi'ee to the anieniUnent of Section V'.. 
 stituting "twelve for "twenty." 
 
 Agree to the amendment of Section VHI., changing " TheOhun 
 Canada or the United States" for " Tlie ChurchOf England iniiiri 
 Ecclesiastical Province of (^anada, or of the Protestant Episcopal ( li 
 in the United States of An\erica." 
 
 Agree to the amendment of Section IX., substituting '*twelv« 
 " twenty." 
 
 Do not concur in the amendment of Clause 2, Section XU. 
 
 The Bishops desire to say that they perfectly agree with the | 
 ciple of tlie proposed amendment, but that in the present circumsta.. 
 of several of the Dioceses, they tliink it impracticable. 
 
 The Bishops agree to the amendment of Section XlJl., stri 
 out the words " and until it lias been referred to the Diocesan S\\iJ^RAYKi' 
 and approved by a two-third majority of them." 
 
 conm 
 
 The connuittee of conference went to the Upi)er House an«l 
 Synod rose. 
 
 After the conference between the two Houses, the Lower H 
 resumed its sitting, and on motion of Chief Justice Wood, se<jond('i 
 E. H. G. G. Hay, Esq., the following was substituted for Clause 
 Section IV, : 
 
 The clerical and lav delegates shall consist of not more than s(S 
 of each order, to be elected by each Diocesan Synod, in such mannel 
 it may appoint. The clerical and lay delegates shall ordinarily 
 collectively, and if the proposition shall be canied in the riegati\ ^ 
 shall be conclusive, but if in the affirmative on the call of any twocfe 
 gates, the vote shall be retaken by orders, when a majority of eacli 
 der shall be necessary to affirm the proposition, and if the proposi 
 is carried in the negative it shall be conclusive, but if in the affirnia 
 any two delegates, each from a different Diocese, may then deman 
 vote by Dioceses, when if the proposition is carried in the negatiN 
 shall be conclusive — the vote of each Diocese being determined by 
 majority of the delegates of that Diocese, and in case of equality iri 
 votes of the delegates in any Diocese, such Diocese shall not be couii' 
 
 The Rev. Canon Grisdale moved, and the Rev. Canon CM 
 seconded, That the following gentlemen form a Committee in ac 
 dance with Section IV., Clause 10, of this Constitution : Hon. (1 
 Justice Wood, Hon. J. Norquay, Hon. Colin Inkster, Rev. W. C. Pi 
 ham. Rev. S. Pritchard, Rev. R. Young. 
 
 AH^Morn 
 
 ice i'p( 
 
 lYKR . 
 
 ,ng ah 
 
 Most 
 
 lorn o 
 
 [n gem 
 
 Irly f( 
 
 uhhj, 
 
 U tim< 
 
 and 
 
 the 
 
 ire of 
 
21 
 
 Rev. Dr. Cli^flie Rov. Dr. (Maike moved, arul Aklorman Fonseca H^comled, That 
 and Mr. O'lillfcolocutor a]>|M>int a (Joininittt'O to draft a Code of Proceediii^n and 
 of Order for this House. 
 
 of Section V. 
 
 •«i" 
 
 >jier HouHe : iflie Proloeutor named the following; The Revs, (,'anon O'Moara, 
 ~\ Pinkhani and Dr. (Harke, the Hon. (Hiief Justice Wood, Hon. .1. 
 ay. 
 
 iijjf " TheC.'hiiii itJx! Draft of the ( 'on.stitution as amended by the two Htuises 
 >f Englaiid inMitl. 
 
 ' -<1 . opa I ipi^^ Prolo(rutor, aftei- announcing to the House of Bishops that tiu' 
 
 i.' ui. 1 Wllitution had i»aHS('(l, reiieived the foHowini; Message : 
 utmtr twelvt ml * . o b 
 
 lie Prayers at present in use known as — 
 
 ction XII. JT^^' t*i'ayer for the (iovernor-General and Lieutenant-Governor ; 
 
 ree with the i i^'^ Prayer for the Legislature of the Dominion or Province ; and 
 
 sent circumstii "f^^^" P^'^-y^'" ft>i" a meeting of Provincial or Diocesan Synod — 
 
 le. e Jpeconmientled for use in this Ecclesiastical Province, 
 
 on Xlll., stri 
 
 e Diocesan SvV l^iiAYKU for the iUrvernov-Geiieral and the Lieutenaitf-Govfrnin: 
 
 AiMoi'nlnii Piujjt'r, after the Collect for the Queen in the Com- 
 er House an»l Iff^'^nion Service ; but If there he no put of the Coinuiiunion Ser- 
 *fiee read, before the " General Thanksgiving" Prayer. 
 
 the Lower \\-^^ Evening Prayer, after the Prayer for tJie Royal Family. 
 
 Vood, .se<j()nd»i |jli()RD of all power and mercy, we beseech Thee to assist witliTiiy 
 1 for Clause jS the Governor-General of this Dominion, and the 
 
 niant-Governor of this Province. Cause them, we ^TerritwieH*"^ 
 Thee, to walk before Thee and the people com- 
 1 to their chaige in truth and righteousness ; and enable them 
 their delegated power to Thy glory, to the public good, and to the 
 llicement of their own salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 t more than si 
 in sucli mannt 
 
 I ordinarily 
 n the negativ 
 
 II of any two 
 ijority of eac 
 if the proposi 
 in the afHrniii 
 y then demai 
 in the negati^ 
 jtermined by 
 of equality iri 
 11 not be couii' 
 
 CJanon O'M 
 timittee in ac 
 ion : Hon. C'l 
 lev. W. C. Pi! 
 
 yer/o/* the Legislature of the Dominion or Province, to be read, 
 dnriny their session, before the "General Thanksgiving" in M<trii- 
 jiing and Evenivy Prayer. 
 
 osT Gracious God, we humbly beseech Thee, as for the Unite<l 
 om of Great Britain and Ireland, and Her Majesty's other Domin- 
 n general, so es[)ecially for this Promnce; and par- . . 
 rly for the Lieutenant-Governor, the Council and J!Zm'i'>r- tunn-ni 
 vbly, under our most religious and gracious Queen, and //««*«««/ /'«/■ 
 s time assembled ; that Thou wouldst be pleased to 
 
 and prosper all their consultations to the advancement of Thy 
 [ the good of Thy (Church, the safety, honor and ^^^^^^.^ .^^^^ 
 ,re of our Sovereign, and this Province; that all 
 
0») 
 
 tilings may U' Mt» onU»n«<l and Nettled by tlu'ir endeavors Mpon tlic 
 and HureHt fiMindationn, that peace and liappineHN, truth an<l jii> 
 religion and piety, may be eHtaV)li.s]ked among uh for all genenifij 
 These an<l all other necessaries for tlmm, for us, and Thy whole ('In* 
 we humbly beg in the name and mediation of Jesus Christ, our y| 
 blessed Lord and Saviour. Amvn. 
 
 A Phavku for a }h'('i}n(j of ProvincUd i)V D'hku'soh Si/hoJ. 
 
 Almkshty and F]vKHLAHTrN(j (Jj)i), who hast jnomised, tin 
 Thy Son Jesus (Christ, to be with Thy Church to the end of i 
 
 the W(>rld; we beseech Tlu»e to be present with theSyniwl ni<,r«tf. 
 of this PriKjiiH'd now (ahoitt to he) asseml)led in Thy 
 name. Vouchsafe of Thy great mercy so to dire<^t, govern, and sniil 
 them in their imjuH'tant work by Thy Holy Spirit, that, througii] 
 blessing upon their deliberations, tlie Gospel of C'hrist may be faitli 
 preached and olK>yed, and the order and diseiplino of Thy Cli 
 maintained and handed down unimpaired to tho.se who shall conir 
 us. (Irant this, we beseech Thee, thnmgh the merits and mediati( 
 Jesus Christ oui* Saviour. Am^m. )l 
 
 On motit).! of the Rev. W. C. Pinkham, seconded by Captain 
 nedy, it was 
 
 Resohx'd, That the Upper H(mse are hereby respectfully recpii 
 to communicate through the Metropolitan with the Bishop of Bi 
 (volumbia, inviting his Diocese to take such action as may lead t 
 union with the Ec(^lesiastical Province of Ruj)ei't's Land. 
 
 Move«l by Rev. R. Young, secondiMl by Rev. S. Pritchard, and 
 
 Rcnolrcd, That the seci*etaries be directe<l to i)repare, as sod; 
 j>ossible, a corrected copy of the proceedings of the Provincial S}| 
 including the sermon of the Right Reverend the Bishop of Minnej 
 and to have 500 copies of the same published in [)ampnlet form tj 
 (.'inudated under the direction of the Right Reverend the Metropof 
 
 The two Houses then assembled together, and through the Ml 
 ))olitan presented the following address of welcome to the Bislif 
 Minnesota : 
 
 We, the Bishops and C^lerical and Lay Delegates of the Provil 
 Synod of the Province of Rupert's Land, in Synod assembled, (1| 
 most heartily to welcome you in our midst, and express our deepi| 
 of your cn'eat kindness in coming to us from such a distance to be 
 US at this important epoch in our Church's history. We heartily ti 
 you for the words which you kindly addressed to us to-day in the 
 thedral, and we should feel under deep obligation to you if you v 
 leave the sermon with us for publication. We would also wish tlir 
 y(»u to otfer a cordial welcome to the Clergy of your Diocese who 
 
 jii 
 
2.3 
 
 flVol'S upon tile 
 
 trutli and ju^ 
 or all gentMati 
 Thy wiiolc ( 'lii^ 
 iM (Mirlst, our 
 
 (atiitMl you. We trust tliat your stay anionfjst us may Iw l)I«'ss('«l 
 (I to tlu! stirrin;^ up of incrouse<l iutorost in tin- work of tin- 
 li. We heartily appii'ciato the deep interest you have taken in 
 jifare of the Indian races, and we rejoice in the sucress of youi 
 
 o 
 
 lofmnif. 
 
 fO'sim ^11 noil. 
 
 )>roniised, tin 
 nd of 
 yiKwl />,•„ 
 
 Thy 
 overn, and 8aii^ 
 
 tliat, througli 
 it may be faitli^l 
 ne ..f Thy Oli, 
 'ho shall come 
 s and mediatid 
 
 n their hehalf We unite in earnest prayer t«» Almighty (JsmI 
 .•il^Be may he pleasiul long to spare you in health and stn-ngth for your 
 bant work. 
 
 *he Bishop replied in a few earnest and appropriate words, thank- 
 |em fttr their well wishes and wishing them success in the future. 
 
 \\\v M(!tropolitan then closed the session of tlie Syuinl in the fol- 
 terms : 
 
 Hnrirnii Jin'tlnrti, Ri'vcrend lirethren, and litrthicn of tin- 
 
 e have now l)rought this first session of the Provincial Synod of 
 's Land to a (tlose. I congratulate you very heartily on tlui ex- 
 spirit with which the various propositions before the Synod have 
 eated. 1 have now to declare, 1st. That the Constitution as 
 1 bv Captain l|W^'^ ^^^^ \*vvi\ passe<l (Vide Appendix) ; 2nd. That the Synod re- 
 ^IpiMids for use three prayers, for the Governor-General, for Pavlia- 
 
 ,«. „ nCaiid for the Synod, already in use, for future use in this Provinet;. 
 
 ipectfully recpi. f . ,. ,, '^r, t. , t iv/r . vx 
 
 Bishoii of Bi '^ (Signed) R. Rui'EKTs Land, Metropolitan. 
 
 aM may lead t i| 
 tand. 
 
 Pritchai-d, and 
 
 )repare, as sonj 
 Provincial S^p 
 shop of Minnei 
 impnlet form 
 1 the Metropo'j 
 
 ;hrough the Ml 
 ) to the Bislil 
 
 i of the Provil 
 i assembled, 
 ress our deep ^ 
 tlistance to be 
 We heartily tl| 
 s to-day in theS 
 ) you if you v.| 
 I also wish thiij 
 ■ Diocese who i 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 THE CONSTITUTION 
 
 )ecial 
 rovide 
 I term 
 
 in <>t t 
 
 his d 
 
 [of'T 
 
 OK THE 
 
 C'HURCH OF ENGLAND IN IIUPEKTS LA} 
 
 limits (»f which are defined in the Canon of the Synod of Rii) 
 Land of 1 873, and the Bishops of which are respectively — 
 
 elega 
 
 III. 
 here 
 liis E 
 .'ing t 
 nd wi 
 nothe 
 lynod 
 1. — The four Dioceses of the Church of England in the Pruv *Jifljiiis 
 of Manitoba and the North-west Territories of Canada, known sv 
 Dioceses of Rui)ert's Land, Moosonee, Saskatchewan, and Athabasa Ml 
 
 1 (!•] 
 m Enj. 
 Rape if ti Lund — The Right Rev. Robert Maohhay, DD., LL 
 
 Moosonee — The Right Rev. John Horden, D.D. 
 
 i^askatchewan — The Right Rev. John McLean, D.D., D.C.L. 
 
 Athahaf^m—^ha Right Rev. W. C. Bompas, D.D., 
 
 do form an Ecclesiastical Province, t« be called the Province of 
 pert's Land, and to be under the Presidency of a Metropolitan-^ 
 (irace the Archbishop of Canterbury being Primate. 
 
 II. — ^The ( 'hurch o\' this Ecclesiastical Province receives the 
 trine, Sacraments and Discipline of Christ, as the same is containcil : > C*^ 
 commanded in Holy Scripture, according as the Church of Engfe **^o^'^! 
 has received and set fi)roh the same in its standards of Faith and ^^^ . 
 trine; and it receives the Book of Common Prayer, and of Ordt^^'*^"^^^ 
 of Bishops, Priests and Deacons, to be used according to the form tl 
 in prescribed, in Public Prayer and Administration of the Sacrani I 
 and other holy ottices; and it accepts the English version of the 
 Scriptures as a}>])ointed to be read in churches; and further it disc 
 far itself the right of altering any of the aforesaid standards of \ 
 and Doctrine. 
 
 Provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the Chun 
 this Province from accepting any alterations in the version of M^*^'^'! 
 Bible, or the Formulaiiesof the Church which may be adopted bv i*^i *^'^y 
 (•hurch of England, or from recommending for use in this Province, ^i y"^*l 
 prayer or form of prayer, drawn up by the House of Bishops, for ^|jV 
 

 HIT'S LA} 
 
 il in the Pr()\ 
 ia<ia, known jv 
 and Atliabasc'i 
 Synod of Ru) 
 i3tiv«ily — 
 
 lUY, D.D., LL 
 n.D., D.C.L. 
 
 le Province of 
 Metropolitan- 
 
 receives the 
 le is contained 
 Church of En^'^.; 
 of Faith and I 
 r, and of On). 
 ; to the form t! 
 of the Sacrani 
 rsion of the i 
 further it disci 
 tandards of F 
 
 ^ent the Chun 
 he version nl 
 )e adopted bv 
 this Province 
 Bishops, for 
 
 fecial object not provided for in tlie Book of C't^nnjion Prayer ; and 
 
 povided ftirtl:"v that it sluill l»e in the power of theBislioj) of any diocese 
 
 porniit, when lie thinks it neee.ssary in missionary work, tiie abi'idy- 
 
 |«,M)f the services, and to draw up a special service for any emergency 
 
 his diocese, conforming;" as nearly ascircmnstanccs will allow to section 
 
 [of "The Act of Uniformity Amendment Act, 1H7'2." 
 
 ^ III.— -The Provincial find Diocesan Synods, which shall be constituted 
 p hereinafter (hsclared, shall be the Legislative Bodies of the Church of 
 jliis Ecclesiastical Province^ ; the fune'tion of the Provincial Synod 
 cing to <ieal with tpiestions of coujmon interest to the whole Province, 
 jid with those which affect the connnunion of the dioceses with one 
 Jiother and with the rest of the ('hurch, whilst that of the Diocesan 
 Synod shall be to dis)»ose of matters of local interest and to manage the 
 'fairs of the diocese. 
 
 IV. — ThK PlKJVlNCTAL SyNOD. 
 
 j^ (I.) The Provincial Synod shall consist of the Bishops of the Church 
 
 tf England ha\ing sees within the Province of Rupert's Land, and of 
 clegates chosen from the clergy and from the laity of the Province. 
 
 ^ (2.) The Bishoj)s shall deliberate in one House, and the delegakis 
 
 Trom the ehvrgy and laity in another, and each House shall hold its 
 
 jBittings either in ])ul)lic or in private at its own discretion, and either 
 
 ^louse may at any time request a conference on any subject with the 
 
 'k)ther, and such conference shall take place as directed by the Metro- 
 
 ))o]itan. 
 
 (3.) Before ])r()ceeding to business the two Houses shall assemble 
 together, when the Synod shall be formally opened by the Metropolitan, 
 |;and they shall also so assemble at the chjse of tlie sessitjn to hear the 
 official notification of the acts of the synod. 
 
 (4.) The clerical and lay delegates shall consist of not more than seven 
 <.»f each order, to be elected by each Diocesan Synod in such manner as 
 it ma^'^ appoint. The clerical and lay delegates shall ordinarily vote 
 collectively, and if the proposition be carried in the negative it shall 
 l)e conclusive ; but if in the afhrmative, on the call of any two dele- 
 gates the vote shall be re-taken by orders when a majority of each order 
 shall be necessaiy to affinii the proposition ; and if the proposition is 
 carried in the negative, it shall be comdusive ; but if in the affirmative 
 any two delegates, each from a diflerent diocese, may then demand a 
 vf>te by dioceses, when, if the ])roposition is carried in the negative, 
 it shall be con(;hisive — the vote of each diocese being determined by 
 k the naajority of the delegates of that diocese ; and in case of equality in 
 
 4 
 
26 
 
 tlie votes of the delegates in any diocese, such diocese sliall not l. 
 counted. 
 
 (5.) Unless three Bishftps of theProvince at least are present at tli( 
 meeting of the Provincial Synod, and unless three dioceses at least 
 are represented in the House of Delegates, all acts of that meeting shall 
 he provisional, and shall have no force in any diocese, unless and until 
 they shall be accepted by the Diocesan Synod of that diocese. 
 
 (6.) No proposition shall be considered as sanctioned by the Prd- 
 vincial Synod, unless it has received the separate sanction of both Houses 
 which shall be declared by the President of the House of Bishops in 
 writing. 
 
 (7.) The Synod shall meet on the second Wednesday in August everv 
 
 fourth year, dating from the year of our Lord 1875 ; but in case of 
 
 *)f uigency the Metropolitan may call a special meeting at any time 
 
 In calling such special meeting he shall state the object, and no other 
 
 business shall be transacted at the meeting. 
 
 (8.) TheHouse of Delegates shall be presided over by their Prolocutor, 
 to be chosen vivd voce on motion of any member of that House. He 
 shall have the same rights in debate as any other member, but shall onlv 
 vote in case of a tie ; and he shall have power to appoint a deput} . 
 being a member of the House, to act for him in case of sickness or una- 
 voidable absence ; and in default of his making such appointment, the 
 House may choose such deputy itself 
 
 (0.) Each House shall appoint a Secretaiy orSeci'etaries, who shal I 
 keep regular accounts of all proceedings in their oavu House, shall record 
 them in books provided for the purpose, shall preserve memorials and 
 other documents under the directionof the President and Prolocutor, 
 shall attest all public acts of the Synod,and deliver over all records and 
 documents to their successors. 
 
 (10.) The expenses of the Synodshall be provided for, and its finan- 
 cial concerns managed, by a Committee of the House of Delegates 
 aftcf a manner to be a})proved by both Houses. 
 
 (11.) Each House shall establish its own order of proceedings and 
 rules of order, and may publish such of its [)rocee(liiigs as it sees tit. 
 
 V. — Diocesan Synods. 
 
 The present Constitution of the Diocese of Rupert's Laud shall re- 
 main in force for that diocese until altered, as laid doAVii in the said 
 
 :^ 
 
27 
 
 shall not l.( 
 
 present at tli( 
 loceses at least 
 t meeting shall 
 mless and until 
 iocese. 
 
 ed by the Pi(»- 
 
 of both Houses 
 
 of Bisho])s ii) 
 
 n August everv 
 
 but in case ot 
 
 at any tiuK 
 
 t, and no othei 
 
 peir Prolocutor. 
 b House. He 
 •, but shall only 
 >int a deputy, 
 ickness or una- 
 pointment, th( 
 
 'ies, wlio shall 
 se, shall record 
 menioriaLs and 
 id Prolocutor, 
 ill records and 
 
 and its finan- 
 of Delegates 
 
 ceedings and 
 it sees lit. 
 
 and shall re- 
 in the sai<l 
 
 Constitution, in accordance with the provisions of the Provincial Synod. 
 The Synods of the three new Dioceses of Moosonee, Saskatchewan, 
 mid Athabasca, shall severally be called together by their respective 
 Bfehops as soon as j)ossible, and each shall frame such a constitution for 
 itielf as the circumstances of the diocese may permit or require, regard 
 being had to the general statement of the functions of Diocesan Synods 
 laid down in this Constitution in Section No. 3, The Synod shall 
 Consist of the Bishop, such of the clergy of the diocese as may be 
 
 §ithin reach, and such representation of tlie laity as the Bisho}) and 
 ergy find to be jjraeticable. 
 % 
 
 VI. — Appointment of Bishops. 
 
 In case of a vacancy in the E])iscopate in either of the Dioceses of 
 ^U})ert's Land or Saskatchewan, the .selection of the new Bishop shall 
 5st with the Archbishop of Canterbury, unless and until there shall 
 
 at least twelve clergymen in the diocese who are supporte<l either by 
 idowment or by their congregations, in which case the Bishop shall 
 
 elected by the Diocesan Synod, subject to the election being con- 
 rmed by the House of Bisho})S. 
 
 In the case of the Dioceses of Moosonee and Athabasca, as long as 
 le Bishops are supported by the Church Missionary Society, the 
 jlection of the new Bishops shall rest with that Society. 
 
 VII. — Appointment of the Metropolitan. 
 
 The present Bishop of Rupert's Lalnd is hereby appointed Metro- 
 ifolitan, and the Diocese of Rupert's Land is hereby constituted the 
 lletropolitical See during the t-enure of office of the present Bishop, 
 §nd as long as the Bishops of Rupert's Land shall be appointed by the 
 pTchbishop of Canterbury, provided that the question of the appoint- 
 ipaent of the Metropolitan and Metropolitical See shall be subject to 
 fevision by the Provincial Synod, as soon as the Diocese of Rupert's 
 
 'ijand obtains the right of electing its Bishop, 
 
 if 
 
 VIII. — Consecration of Bishops. 
 
 The consecration of the Bishops for this Ecclesiastical Province 
 may take place in England, should His Grace the Archbishop of Can- 
 terbury be pleased so to arrange. In the event of its being necessary 
 o consecrate within the Province, it shall be allowable for the Metro- 
 olitan to call in, if necessary, as one of the three Consecrating Prelates, 
 Bishop of either the Church of England in the Ecclesiastical Province 
 f Canada, or of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States 
 America. 
 
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 IX. — SunmvrsioNs of Diockses. 
 
 Tlie Provincial Synod may subdivide any of tlie existing dioces( | 
 when it shall appear necessary, provided tliat the Bishop of the dioccs. 
 consents. The Bishop .shall choose which portion of the diviilc' 
 diocese he shall retain, and the ap]>ointnient of a Bishop for the otln 
 portion shall rest with the Archbisho]> of CJanterbiny, unless there aii 
 within the limits of the said portion at least twelve (Clergymen wlii 
 are supjiorted either by endowment or by their congregations, in whicl 
 ca.se a Synod shall be called together c(>nsisting of the clergy of tli. 
 said ]iortion and delegates elected by the parishes within its bound 
 accordino- to the rules of the diocese before its subdivision, and the said 
 Synod shall elect a Bishop in such manner as the constitution of tin 
 undivided diocese may direct. The Bishop of the undivided diocesi 
 shall call together and ])reside over the said meeting of Synod. 
 
 X. Ass [STAN T B [SH( ►PS. 
 
 In the event of application being made by any of the Bisho|)s fm 
 the api)ointment of an assistant Bisho}) on the ground of age or infirmity 
 having rendered him iiicajiable of fully performing the duties of hi> 
 office, the Provincial Synod shall decide upon the application, and in 
 the event of its being granted the assistant shall be appciinted by tin 
 same rule and under the same conditions as those laid doN^'u for tlu 
 ap})ointment of Diocesan Bi.shops, and on the vacancy of the See tli ■ 
 assistant Bishoj) shall have the riglit of succession as J)iocesan Bisho]; 
 provided that in the case of the Diocese of Rupert's Land, so long as 
 it continues to be the Metropolitical See, the assistant Bishoj), ii 
 allowed as aforesaid by the Provincial Synod, shall be elec^ted by tin 
 House of Bi.sho])s of this Province, and shall have no right of succession 
 ou the vacancy of the See. Every assistant Bishoj) shall have a seat in 
 the House of Bishoi>s, but he shall only be entitled to a vote in th^ 
 absence of the Bishoj) of the diocese. 
 
 XI. — FrxcTroNS of the Metropolitan. 
 
 The Functions of the Metroj)olitan of the C/hurch of this Provinci 
 arc : — 
 
 1st. — To convoke and j)reside over the meetings of the Provincial 
 Synod. 
 
 2nd. — To convoke and jireside over the House of Bishoj)s when it 
 meets as a Court for the trial of a cause or for hearing an aj)j)eal. 
 
 In tlic absence of the Metrojiolitan the senior Bishoji j)resent .shall 
 j)reside over the meetings of the Provincial Synod and House ot 
 Bishoj »s. 
 
20 
 
 xi sting fliocesi 
 
 >1) of the tlioccs, 
 
 of the divider 
 
 >1) for tlie otlii 
 
 jnleHs tliei-e aii 
 
 Clergymen wlii 
 
 atioiis, in whiol 
 
 L' cloigy of til. 
 
 liin its bound 
 
 >n, and the s.iiii 
 
 ititution of til. 
 
 idivided diocex. 
 
 Synod. 
 
 XII. — Canon of Discij'I.ink. 
 
 (1.) Any Bishop, Priest or D(^a(M)n of this Kcrlsiustieal Piovincc 
 ly lie tried for the following offences : — 
 
 the Bisliops foi 
 ageoriniirmitv 
 le duties of hi 
 )Ii('ation, and in 
 •pointed by tin 
 id down for tin 
 ^ of the See tli,' 
 )ioeesan Bishoj , 
 jRnd, so lono- as 
 ant Bishoj)^, if 
 ; elected by the 
 lit of succession 
 I have a seat in 
 :o a vote in the 
 
 tliis P 
 
 rovincc 
 
 the Provincial 
 
 ishops when it 
 I appeal. 
 
 ) i)resent sliall 
 iiid House of 
 
 (f/.) Crime or Inunorality. 
 
 (6.) Heresy or False Doctrine. 
 
 {<•.) Wilful violation of the Constitution, Canons and Regulations 
 tiie Provincial Synod oi' of the Synod of the Diocese in which he 
 BDlds office. 
 
 i (2.) Tlie trial of any Piiest or Deacon shall take ])lace in each 
 <|ioet'se according to a Canon to be framed by the Synod of that diocese, 
 provided thati n case of Heresy or False Doctrine tlie accused Clergy- 
 i&an may a])[)eal on conviction to the House of Bishops, pr<.vided 
 Botice of ap})eal be given to the Bishop within thirty days of the 
 ^nviction. 
 
 t(3.) Any charge against a Bishop nnist be presented to th'j JVL- 
 opolitan, or if the chaige is against the Metr( »politan it must be 
 Resented to the Senior Bislioj) in writing, signed by not fener than 
 l^o clergymen and four lay communicants, of at least the age of 
 j^enty-four yeai's, of the diocese of the accused Bishop, The Metro- 
 ||olitan or the Senior Bishop, as the case may be, shall then take 
 ;eps to satisfy himself whether there is sufficient ground for proceeding 
 j'ainst tlie accused, and if he should conclude that such grounds exist 
 le shall send a copy of the charge to the accused Bishop. If the 
 litter admits tlie charge to be true the Metropolitan or Senior Bishop 
 all })ronounce sentence as provided by this constitution. If he denies 
 be charge, the Metropolitan or Senior Bishop shall send copies of the 
 iharge and re[)ly to the Bishops of the Province and summon them to 
 ||neet fL>r the tiial of the case. The accused Bishop shall then be 
 Sknnmoned to stand his trial at the time and place appointed. If 
 Mie charge should be for Heresy or False Doctrine, the accused Bishop 
 Hball have power to a])])eal from the decision of the House of Bishops 
 po the Archl)ishop of Canterbuiy, wliose decision shall be final, provided 
 Mhat notice of the said a}) peal shall be given to the Metropolitan or the 
 lenior Bishop within ten days of the deliveiy of the sentence. 
 
 (4.) Any charge against a Bishop, Priest, or Deacon nuist be 
 H'esented to the pioper authority within two years after the commission 
 of the alleged ofi'ence, and not afterwards, provided that whenever 
 
 tuch charge shall be brought in respect of an offence for which a 
 onviction shall have been obtained in any court of connnon law such 
 ,^ hargc may l)e brought against the person convicted at any time 
 
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 within six calemlai' months after such conviction, although more tlm 
 two yeai's .shall have elapsed since the commission of the offence. 
 
 (5.) The sentences to he pronounced on ctmviction of any Bisho; 
 Priest, or Deacon, of having committed any of the foregoing otfenct 
 shall ha : — 
 
 (n.) For Crime or Immorality — Admonition, Suspension or Depri 
 vation, according to the gravity of the offence. 
 
 (b.) For Heresy or False Doctrine — If the jx'rson convicted shal 
 retract his error in writing, addressed, in the case of a clergyman, ti 
 his Bishop, and in the case of a Bishop to the Metropolitan or Senim 
 Bisho}), within thirty days from the date of hiss conviction, or in tli 
 cmsa of an appeal, within thirty days of his receiving notice of tli 
 confirmation of the conviction, the only sentence shall be that of fori n; 
 admonition in writing ; if he fails to retract within the above period 
 lie shall be suspended ah (rfficio et beiiejicio for twelve nionths, and if m; 
 the end of that period he still fails to retract, sentence of depri vati( mi 
 of his ofiice shall be passed upon him. 
 
 (c.) For wilful violation of the Constitution, Canons and Regula- 
 tions of the Provincial Synod, or of the Synod of the Diocese in whi<li 
 he hol<ls ofHce — For the lii'st offence, admonition ; for subse(|ueiit 
 otfences, admonition or suspension for a period not exceeding threi 
 months. 
 
 (d.) The foregoing sentences shall be j)ronounced by the Bishop in 
 the case of a clergyman, and by the Metropolitan or Senior Bishop in 
 the caseof a Bishop. 
 
 XIII. — No change in tli is Constitution shall take place, until affinnctl 
 l>y a two-thirds majority of the House of Bishops, and a two-thirds 
 majority of each ordf - of the House of Delegates. 
 
OH/^rh more tlia 
 e offence. 
 
 of any Bish(i| 
 •e«roing offenci 
 
 nsioii oi- Depii 
 
 convicted shal 
 I clergyman, ti 
 litan or Sen it n 
 ction, or in tJi 
 g notice of tli^ 
 e that of fonjiii 
 i above period 
 (mths, and if ai 
 of depri vatic Ml 
 
 lis and Regula- 
 
 'iocese in whicli 
 
 for subsequent 
 
 xceeding three 
 
 y the Bishop in 
 E^nior Bishop in 
 
 \ until affinne.1 
 id a two-thirds 
 
 8t. John's (tollege, fRanitoba. 
 
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 Chitnccllor nub (Utliirbcn. 
 
 E RIGHT HKVKllENl) 11. MACHRAY, D.l)., J.L.I)., Fellow of Siilney College, 
 Cambri«lge; Bishop of Rui>»rt'a Land, ui«(i iviuuu^ulitan of liupert's Laud. 
 
 ^hc Couiuril. 
 
 lie Rt. Rev. .T. McLkan, D.T). DX'.L., 
 
 1,^, Bishop of Saskatchewan. 
 *!p»c lit. Rev. J. HoKimx, IXn., Bishop of 
 
 Moosonee. . 
 The Rt. Rev. W. V. Bompas, D.D., Bishop 
 
 <tt' Athabasca. 
 T^e Ven. A. (Jowley, Archdeacon of V,m\\- 
 
 1 )erland. 
 
 The Hon. the Chief Jastice of Manito])»., 
 
 The Ion. Dr. BiiU), M.P.P. 
 
 The Hon. C. Inkstek, President of Execu- 
 tive Council. 
 
 MoLYNKUx St. John, Esq. 
 
 I'he Rev. Canon Ckisuale. 
 
 The Rev. (!anon OMeara. 
 
 The iion. J. Norquay, M.P.P., Provincial 
 Secretary. 
 
 \l.hc "Theological College. 
 
 Professor of Sffntf.niatir Theo/oifi/ — The Rev. C^anou Crisilale. 
 P)'u/t'.ivjr of Eccl^'xUtdicnl //i.stor//— The Bishop of Rupert's Land. 
 ProfcsHor of Ext'iifl'icnl T/ieuloiji/ — 1'he Rev. Canon (j'Meara. 
 LiHiir*'!' In MiLsk -'J'he Rev. Walter Beck. 
 
 %\n College School. 
 
 Head Maxtcr—TXia Bishop of Rupert's Land. 
 
 le Rev. Canon ({risdple. 
 
 10 Rev. Canon O'Meara, M.A., and Gold 
 S*. Medallist of the Cniversity of Toronto 
 (late Head Master of Brantford Gram- 
 mar School). 
 
 Tbe Rev. W. Beck, Precentor of St. John's 
 Cathedral, and Diocesan Inspector of 
 Choirs. 
 
 Mons. Gauvin. 
 
 Bi. Bourne, Esq., M.A., Licentiate of the 
 Art of Engineerinj.', Trinity College, 
 Dublin, and J'rovincial Land Surveyor. 
 
 %• Matheson, Esq. 
 
 Ttdors. 
 
 R. Bourne, Esq., M.A. 
 S. Matheson, Esq. 
 
 SuiH'.niiUndents of the Meteorolo(jical 
 OftnemUorif. 
 
 Bishop of Rupert's Land. 
 
 R. Bourne, Esq., M.A., A.I.L. 
 
 Firxt AtMiMant Obnervcr — R. Machray, Esq. 
 4 ■ t , /,; \ (Janon O'Meara, 
 
 B. McKenzie, Es<i. 
 Bumar —The Bishop of Rupei-t's Land. 
 Deal) — The Rev. Canon O'Meara. 
 Senior Steward — The Rev. (Janon Grisdale. 
 Junior Steward — R. Machray, Esq. 
 
 There are two Terms in the year for the College School, each consisting of 20 weeks, 
 ic Midsummer Term begins on the 15th Januiiry. The Christmai^ Term on the 1st 
 igust. 
 
 Every Boarder has to provide Bedding, Towels, Clothes Bag, and India-rubber 
 i^er-slioes. 
 
 Every article of Clothing should be marked in full with the owner's name. 
 
 Laundry and Seamstress work is afforded when required, at cost price. 
 
 Notice of the withdrawal of a Boarder shoidd be given at least two months before 
 ie cud of Term, as the next boy on the List for Admission may be in the Interior. 
 
THE <'OLLi:»K f'llAIMJEH PER TERM ARE: 
 
 Fee for Tuition in English, Clussios, 
 Matlioniaties, inclinling Survi'y- 
 ing and Mathematical Drawing, 
 French, an<l Vocal Music . . . .8I-.'»0 
 
 Instrnniental Music (Harnioniuni) .. o.OO 
 
 ■K * 
 
 School Lihrary . . . . ..SO. 
 
 lioanling for Itoys umlcr 1(5 , . T.'tJ 
 FioanliniT for .*>«tuilt'nt.s over 10 . . 8.1.1 
 I )inner for I )ay Scholars if practical ile H'2.( 
 (.'athedral 
 
 Any sums due to tlic ("olk'go may lie i>aitl to the account of the iJiaho)* of I'upcit 
 Land; Merchants Bank, Winnipeg; or to eitlur tlie Senior Steward, the llev. ('iiin 
 Urisdale, or to the Junior Steward, I'. Machray, Vm[. 
 
 It Mas ordered at a College .Nli^eting, M.iy 11, 18()7, th.it the l>iILs for I'.oard ai 
 C'cdlege Charges l)e sent in one month after the commcnceuunt of Term, when payiiiu 
 should at once be made. 
 
 Apjdication for admission has to he made to the Warden of the C(»llege the Bislii 
 of liupert's Land. 
 
 No boy can in futun; be admitted as a Pupil of the Colhige School, unless he ca 
 pass an Examination in the Second lieadcr, or as a r>o,irder under tiie age of 8 years; aii 
 no l)oy over the age of 1") can be aluiitted as a Boarder in tiie College School, except » 
 the nomination of the Church Missionary Soriety to one of tlieir Schuiarsliips, or in oth- 
 .special circumstances to be approved by the Warden. 
 
 I!. lll'I'KKTS L.\M), Cii.\Nri;i,i,o!;. 
 
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