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[PRICE ONE SHILLING.] M so m ai in ai C si' of m pc D ki fil D m th pa sp ar wl lo. CI Ci A CHARGE, &c., &c. I My Reverend Brethren, I feel deeply, more deeply than I can express, the solemn position which I occupy when in the discharge of my duty as a chief minister in the Church of God, I am called to counsel you upon subjects of the deepest interest and of vital importance. I would therefore seek an interest in your prayers, that the Great Head of the Church may be with me by His Spirit on this trying occa- sion, and may enable me to discharge this duty to tlie glory of His name and to the good of His Church. When addressing you for the first time as your Diocesan, my mind naturally reverts to my predecessor in the Episco- pal ofiice — to him who, for so many years, presided over the Diocese of Toronto before its division. We who have long known him, and have learned to entertain for him a strong filial affection, must rejoice that, though this part of the Diocese has been removed from under his wise and energetic government, he still continues in the full enjoyment of his mental and bodily powers, to preside over that portion of the Diocese of Toronto which still remains under his Episco- pal jurisdiction. We trust and pray that he may be long spared to discharge the duties of his ofiice with the energy and firmness which have always characterized him, and that when his appointed time here is spent, and the silver cord is loosed, he may be found prepared, through the merits of Christ, to partake, with all the redeemed of God, of that Crown of Righteousness which the Lord the righteous judge will bestow upon all them that love hia appearing. Nor can ■wo fail, at this our first meeting, to call to mind with much sadness of heart, tlie severe loss with which it has pleased God to visit us by the removal from among us of one who had taken a lively interest in the erection of this Diocese, and who had strenuously laboured to bring about this event. The late Dr. Evans, who had been a faitli- ful missionary in this country for over 30 years, was just spared to see his long cherished hope of an increase of tho Episcopate in Upper Canada realized, when it pleased the Great Head of the Church to call him from the trials and the warfare of the Church Militant here below to a parti- cipation in the joya of the Church Triumphant above. While we who were privileged to enjoy his acquaintance, and to partake of Communion with a Christian Brother of such sincere and unaffected piety, and of such enlarged experience in the things of God, must ever mourn his loss, still, we submit, without repining, to the dispensation which has deprived us of the presence of one we so much loved, being assured that he who crdereth all things in the Church cannot err, and that to our dear Brother to depart and be with Christ was far better than to remain with the tried and tempted children of men here below. To us who were his cotemporaries or his seniors, his removal cannot fail to suggest a striking warning to work while it is called to-day, for the night cometh when no man can work. His widow and his orphans are amongst us, and I feel assured that those who knew, and so highly valued our departed brother, need not to be reminded of the duty which rests upon them to watch over, with paternal solicitude, those objects of his fondest earthly love, and above all, continually to bear them upon their hearts at a throne of grace, that the Father of the fatherless, and the friend of the widow may be their God and guide, their sun and their shield, that he may give them grace here and glory hereafter, for Christ's sake. I have deferred calling you together, my Reverend Bre- thren, until I should have had the opportunity of becoming 5 personally acquainted with every section of the country, and might thus bo in possession of such information as would assist us in devising plans for the welfare of our Church, and for the propagation of the Gospel in the Diocese. I had known something of the state and spiritual neces- sities of the country before I entered upon tlio duties of the Episcopate, and a personal acquaintance with the remote parts of the Diocese has confirmed in me the conviction, that unless great and strenuous elforts are made to send missionaries into those parts of the Diocese which have been so long neglected, the members of our communion, who arc now numerous in the country, will shortly be necessitated to attach themselves and their families to some other christian body, and thus become lost to our Church fov ever. It cannot be expected that men situated as many of our peo- ple are, in places where they cannot enjoy the religious privileges to which they have been accustomed at home, should from year to year retain their attachment to the Church of their fathers, and refuse to unite themselves with those in their neighbourhood who exhibit a zeal for religion, and a desire to benefit the souls of men. At first, perhaps, the religious meetings in their neighbourhood, to which they arc warmly invited, are attended reluctantly, but, in a little time, their minds become affected with what they con- tinually hear and behold, and they are led to regard first with coldness, and in the end wit-. , "ejudice, the Church to which, on their arrival in the cou itry, they were devotedly attached. This process has for years been going on in various pans of the Diocese. I trust that, Avith the Divine blessing upon our labours, we may be enabled in some degree to stop the progress of the evil. Bul in order to accomplish this, greater efforts than have ever yet been made, must be put forth by us and by the Church at large. I gladly avail myself of this opportunity of our first meet- ing together, to set before you, my Reverend Brethren, my G views concerning tlic condition of the Diocese, and of our duty to ni;ike every eftort to meet and counteract the evil Avliicli has long prevailed amongst uh. I .should hope that I may, before wo separate, bo enabled to ascertain the opin- ions of the Clergy upon the same subjects, many of whom, by their long experience, and by their intimate knowledge of the country, are well (lualified to advise as to the best mode of proceeding under our jiresent circumstances. I do not then desire merely to express my own views and opin- ions on the present occasion, but to take counsel with you, my Brethren in the Ministry, and to avail myself of the knowledge and experience which I know many of you pos- sess. Let us lift up our hearts to the (Jiver of every good and perfect gift, that He may be present with us by His Spirit, so that all our deliberations may bo begun, continued and ended in His name and to His praise, j Another reason why I have greatly defei-red this meeting is, not only that we may by mutual advice assist each other, but that wc can, by taking sweet counsel together concern- ing the truth of God, stir each other up to more faith in Christ, more devotedness to His service, and more love for the souls of men. As we shall be together for the greater part of this week, I should hope, that not only the public business of the Church will engage our attention, but that we shall be enabled to redeem some portions of the time Avhich might otherwise bo lost, and to devote them to reli- gious exercises — to the reading of God's word, to prayer for the Divine blessing upon ourselves and those committed to our care, and to such Christian communion as may pro- mote our growth in graco and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Before entering upon the more immediate consideration of the circumstances of our own portion of the Church, I would briefly glance at the condition of the world at the present time. The signs of the times must always be a subject of the deepest interest to the Christian man. Wo j .V. « A J >" f i. » - 4 i bchol.l that portion of tl.o earth which has from the earliest 'Jap of Christianity enjoyed tlio blessings of civilization "n «». In order to meet, in some degree, the spiritual wants of tlie Diocese, it will be necessary that tlio members of tho Church sliould strenuously exert themselves, and liberally con- tribute of their substance "us the Lord has prospered them." Our Church Society, which is now incorporated and capable of holding and administering the funds contributed by tho people for religious purposes, furnishes the most suitable channel through which tlic religious offerings of the people may be poured into the treasury of the Lord. By its con- stitution it is open to all the members of our Church, The contribution of £1 5s. per annum qualifies tho donor to be elected a member of the Corporation, and all the business of the Society is transacted at open meetings, where every incorporated member is entitled to be present, and to take part in all the proceedings. The peculiar organization of tho Society renders it emi- nently fitted to keep tho wants of the Diocese before the minds of our people, and to remind them from time to time of their duty towards their fellow men and fellow Christians. The four quarterly sermons to be preached in every Church and station in the Diocese furnish opportunities to the Clergy to bring before their congregations in the most unexceptionable way, and to press upon them their duty to give of their substance to promote the cause of God in the land. And the Annual Meeting of each Parochial Associ- ation, enables the advocates of the Society to stir up the minds of the people by setting before them the progress which tho Society has made, and the necessity which still exists for exertion on the part of the members of the Church. Heretofore the collections made for our Society, with the exception -^ one, have been devoted to the mission- nry cause. This being the most urgent want felt in all parts of the Diocese. But we hope that ere long the Society will be placed in a position to take up some, if not all, of the other excellent objects proposed in its constitution. I would, Ihorcfyrc, press upon the Clergy the necessity of 12 supporting the Church Society of the Diocese, by every means in their power ; upon it, in a very great degree, under God, depends the success of our efforts for tlic propagation of the Gospel amongst the people, and the supply of addi- tional missionaries to labour in those parts of the Diocc.ie where the people arc as yet unable to support their own Clergymen. AVere we required only to meet and provide for the natural increase of the population in the older settlements of the Diocese, I think this might be effected through the efforts of the Church Society. But inasmuch as large numbers of the adult emigrants are yearly introduced into the Diocese from Groat Britain and Ireland, it has become an imperative duty to apply to religious societies at home to assist us in providing the ?neans of grace for their poor fellow countrymen who yearly come amongst us. The Society for the Propagatio]i of the Gospel has granted £400 sterling per annum for the support of missionaries in that new tract of country which lies at the northern and western extremity of the Diocese. This grant is only for three years, but we hope that when the real state of the country is known to that benevolent society, which has, for so many years, liberally contributed to the Avants of Canada, the grant will not only be cxiendcd. but enlarged. By the kind liberality of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, I have been enabled to assist in the completion of 15 Churches in the Diocese, and a second grant of £300, which I have just received from the same venerable body, places it in my power to render assistance to several new Churches which are being erected in remote parts of the Diocese. The Service Books and Prayer Books granted by the same Society have been most gratefully received. The Colonial Church and School Society has also contributed towards the supply of our necessities, and I desire to express my deep sense of the valuable assistance which I have received from that excellent Society. The Mission to the Fugitive Slaves iu Canada, which is conducted under the «> 13 ► '" < auspices of this Society, carries on its operations Avithin the limits of this Diocese, and every well wisher of our race will rejoice to learn, that enlightened and well directed efTorts are made to bring the knowledge of salvation to this down- trodden people. So long as slavery is upheld by the laws of the neighbour- ing republic, so long will the degraded and enslaved African, who hears of Canada as a land of freedom and a refuge from cruelty and oppression, seek to escape from a country in which the first rights of manhood arc denied him, and to reach these shores, where, sheltered beneath the ihig under which no slave can live, he may carry himself erect as an immortal being, and experience the protection of those laws which recognize no difference between man and man, but extend to all whom God has created in his own image, the privileges which belong alike to all the heirs of immortality. Having now set before you, my Reverend Brethren, such statistical statements as I conceive to be necessary at the present time, and having briefly glanced at some other sul)- jects of interest, I will proceed, humbly invoking the Divine blessing, to direct your attention to some questions of a purely spiritual character, the consideration of Avhich may be profitable to us all. And, first, with reference to the high and holy office which has been committed to us. This office is thus described in the exhortation of the Bishop to such as are admitted to the higher order of the Ministry in our Church, in which Ave find the following solemn words, *' And now again we exhort you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you have in remembrance into how high a dignity, and to how weighty an office and charge ye are called, that is to say, to be Messengers, Watchmen, and Stewards of the Lord : to teach and to premonish, to feed and provide for the Lord's family, to seek for Christ's sheep that arc di^ipersed abroad, and for His children who arc in the midst of this naughty world, that they may be saved through Christ for ever. ' Here we have 14 in most impressive -words the sacred office of a Christian Minister fully described. It diflers, most essentially, from the oificc of the Priesthood nmlor the Mosaic dispensation, and should never be confounded Avith it. Under the law, Aaron and his descendants were ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices for the people, these things -were a figure for the time then present. But this oflice has ceased for ever imder the Christian dispensation. Aaron, in all that ho did, was a type of our Great High Priest, and all the sacrifices which he offered looked forward to, and were terminated in, that one great sacrifice which Christ, as our surety and representative, oflered up to God. The Apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Hebrews, clearly teaches that the " Priesthood being changed, there is of necessity made a change of the Law." That Christ, our Great High Priest, hath an unchangeable Priesthood — that is, a Priesthood which passeth ;iot from one to another — that by one offering of Himself oifce oflcred, lie has for ever perfected them that arc sanctified — that therefore there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin," and that, having entered within the Ho- liest of all, even Heaven itself, Christ, our representative, is there, ever ready to fulfil His Priestly office for his peo- ple — to present His own blood in their behalf, and to make continual and prevalent intercession for them. The great sin of the Roman Apostacy is, that it interferes with, and encroaches upon, the oflice of Him " who abidcth a Priest for ever ;" that it dishonours the Priesthood and sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ, intruding sinful and falli- ble men into a participation of the former, and placing the latter on a level with those sacrifices of the law which needed daily to be repeated, and which could never take away sin. And that instead of inviting and encouraging men to come with boldness to a throne of Grace, through our Great High Priest who is passed into the Heavens, it interposes men of like passions with others, between the sinner and the Sa- viour, and makes the Priest, instead of a Messenger, Watch > '^ 4 1 . 4 15 » "^ « T . 4 man and Steward of the Lord, a judicial dispenser of abso- lution and salvation to lifs follow sinners. llencc have arisen many of the unscriptural doctrines of the Church of Rome. Because of this false assumption on the part of the Priesthood, auricular confession and priestly absolution have been intro♦• V ' 4 Other men acquaintcil with him. lie that can tell men what God has done for his own soul, is the likeliest to bring their souls to God ; hardly can he speak to tho heart who speaks not from it ; again, how can a frozen hearted preacher warm his hearers' hearts, and enkindle them with the love of God? But ho whom the love of Christ constrains, his lively recom- mendations of Christ, and speeches of love, shall sweetly constrain others to love him. Above all loves, it is most true of this, that none can speak sensible of it, but those that have felt it." There is a great danger, my Ecvcrcnd Brethren, that from constant habit of speaking and preach- ing upon divine subjects, our own personal religion may bo neglected, that wo may be tempted to rest satisfied with what has been well called, "a professional piety." Often the minister who appears warm and energetic in the pulpit is cold and formal in his private devotions. This should be guarded against, we should endeavour to maintain communion with God, in Ihe reading of His word, in meditation upon it and in prayer, that so we may speak out of the abundance of the heart, when we undertake to fulfil the office of Mes- sengers of Christ. The words of Archbishop Leighton, upon this point also, are most valuable : " Upright, meek, humble, and heavenly minds, then, must tho Ambassadors of this great Kiig have, and so obtain His intimacy ; mounting upon those w-:ngs of prayer and meditation, and having the eye of faith upwards. Thus shall they learn more of His choicest mysteries in one hour, than by many days poring upon casuists, school-men and such like. This ought to be done, I confess, but above all the other must not be omitted. Their chief study should be that of their commission, the Holy Scriptures; the way to speak skilfully from God is often to hear him speak." But we are also Watchmen, and in the discharge of this duty we are to be faithful, placing before men their danger, their ruined and lost state by nature, and warning them to flee from the Avrath to come. We are to use great plainness of speech, testifying to all c 18 "repentance towards God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ ;" setting before all alike that " if any man have not the spirit of Christ he is none of his," that, "unless a man be born again he cannot sec the kingdom of fJod." These truths niithfully declared, will not be acceptable to the natural man, but Ave arc bound to perform the part of faith- ful watchmen, whctlier the people will hear, or whether they will forbear, our warning must therefore be given with no uncertain sound, we must " declare all the counsel of God," that "wo may be pure from the blood of all men." This office of Watchmen we arc to perform with all love, with an earnest desire for the salvation of souls, in ''meekness in- structing them whicli oppose themselves, if God peradventure will grant them repentance to the acknowledgment of the truth." As Stewards, it is rc(iuired that a man be found faithful, St. Paul (in 1 Cor. IV., 12,) says, " Let a man so account of us as Ministers of Christ and Stewards of the Mysteries of God." As we have been allowed of God to be put in trust with the Gospel, it becomes us f\iithfully to dis- pense it ; like the great Apostle of the Gentiles, we arc to keep back nothing that is profitable to the people. llo could not surely be regarded as a faithful Steward of the Mysteries of God, who would deliberately suppress any part of Divine truth committed to him. Following the example of our blessed Lord and His Apostles, the faithful Steward of Christ will endeavour, that every thing which God has revealed in his Holy Word for the instruction of men, shall in due measure be presented to them. Thus only can he " fulfil the ministry which he has received of the Lord Jesus to testify the Gospel of the grace of God." ' Amongst the many means of grace which God has appoin- ted in the Church, and in the diligent use of which we are to fulfil the duties of Messengers, Watchmen, and Stewards of the Lord, the preaching of the word stands pre-eminent. The pulpit is the Minister's great battle-field.. There he conquers, or is overcome. And, here, I would address myself >•• •V • > ' t > .». r A. • 10 more partioulinly to my young brethren. It is of the utmost importance that you ahouhl give all diligcnco to prepare yourselves lor the efficient discharge of tliis most important part of your ministerial duty. The exhortations of St. Paul to Timothy, concerning his ministry at Ephosus, show us what a prominent place ho assigns to the preaching of the word ; in the 4th chap, of the Ist Epistle to Timothy he thus Avrites: "Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhor- tation to doctrine, neglect not the gift tiiat is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery, meditate on these things, give thyself wholly to them, that thy profiting may appear to all, take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine ; continue in them, for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee;" and again: " study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth;" and again, in this most solemn address which we find towards the close of the 2nd Epistle: "I charge thee, therefore, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, Avho shall judge the quick and the dead at his appear- ing, and his kingdom, preach the word, be instant in season, and out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine." From these, amongst many similar passages from the writings of the Apostles, we learn what a high value he set upon the ordinance of preaching. Ho evidently recognised it as God's ordinary means for the con- version of sinners, and the edification of saints. It has been well said by an able writer of our day: '' Of all the methods of diffusing religion, preaching is the most efficient. It is to preaching Christianity owes its origin, its continuance, and its progress." Our blessed Lord in his last interview with his disciples, thus delivered to them their commission : " Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature he that believeth and is baptised shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned." And we read, that in com- pliance with this command, " They went forth and preached 20 rwhcre, tho Lord working with theim, and confirming the W«pi Wilk ^igns following." Preack!'""*, then, must bo regarded by true Christian minister as the primary instrument, in the Divine economy, for the gathering in of Christ's sheep, th.it arc dispersed abroad, and for the edification of his children who aro in the midst of this naughty world. Hooker has thus described this ordinance : " So worthy a part of Divine service we should greatly wrong, if we did not esteem preaching as tho blessed ordinance of God, sermons as keys to the Kingdom of Heaven, as wings to the soul, as spurs to the good affections of men, unto the sound and healthy as food, as physic unto diseased minds." It becomes the minister of Christ, then, to spare no labour to fit and prepare himself for the efficient discharge of this duty. It is indeed a solemn, nay a most awful position, which tlic ambassador of Christ occupies when he stands before the people to deliver to them a message from his Lord, upon tho reception or rejection of which their eternni 'lestiny depends. Placed in such a position, how careful should he be to speak as the oracles of God, not to waste the precious moments which he spends in the pulpit upon a vain display of fine speaking, or fine writing, or upon the discussion of subjects of mere wordly interest, or upon foolish and unlearned questions which gender strife, and which are after the traditions of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. I shall now offc- a few remarks as to tho manner and matter of our Sermons,not with the hope that I shall be able to add any thin"' to what has already been written, upon subjects which have exercised the minds, and engaged the pens, uf some of the most pious and devoted men in every age of our Church since the Reformation, but that these things may be more solemnly impressed \ipon our souls. As to the manner of preaching, much differr- .no of opinion prevails. There are some who think that zv f-a-; read to the people are not calculated to produce an^, r, -in^ or lasting effect upon the hearers. That, howev • ,',o-'..,1 .Kry may be ns to their doctrine, how- ,. A A ^ 21 ever accurate in their stylo ami composition, t\n(l liowovor well and logically arranged, they fail to reach the heart, and to affect the consciences of the great mass of the people. Thoy argno that it requires all the appliances of the eyo, voice, end a'-tion to arrest and retain the attontioii of men, mIio, for lliL most part, are unaccustomed to fix their t1iou;:;li^. ^ $ n* ires; these and such 'ount ndci' ) but ul to Go.1, you would never ol,au-e the heart of one sinner, nor .ring hnn into the favour of (}o,l, nor lit liini for the joys of Heaven, without tIusL]cssed(;ospel which in coimniUed to your hands.' Our bk>ssed Lord dechircd, '' us Moses lifted up the serpent in tlie wihlcrness, even so must thr Son of Man be hlt.Ml up, that whosoever bclicveth in llini should not perish but have everlasting life," and again, " I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto me." For the conversion of sin- ners, for the e.lilication of Saints, for enforcing holiness of life upon tlie people of God, and for preparing them for tliat eternity to which we are all hastening, wo should know no- thing but Jesus Christ and Him crucified, all our discourses should so centre in Ilim, that the minds of our hearers should be continually directed to Ilim. Archbishop Seeker, speaking of the i^illing away of members of the Church' to dissent, thus warned his Clergy, "We have in fact lost many of our people to sectaries, by not preaching in a manner sufficiently evangelical, and shall neither recover them from the extravagancies into which they have run ; nor keep more from going over to them but by returning to the right way." And Bishop Ilorne remarks, "Many well- meaning Christians of this time thirst after the doctrine of the (Jospcl, and think that they have heard nothing unless they have heard of salvation by Jesus Christ, which^is wliat we properly call the Gospel. And if they do not hear it in the discourses from our pulpits, where they expect to hear it, they are UMupted to wander in search of it to other places of worship." If therefore we desire to retain our people, and to save souls, wc shall bo diligent in preaching Christ in all His fulness, and in all His power to save. The loss of the people to sectaries, spoken of by these eminent Prelates as the eflectof defective preaching in our pulpits, though deeply to be deplored, is not the greatest evil to be apprehended, precious souls are thus sacrificed, and another Gospel is preached, which is yet not another but a perversion of the Gospel of Christ. D 26 Another subject wliicli T esteem of paramount impor- tance, anJ upon which T desire to occupy your attention for a few minutes, is, the true nature and character of the Churcli. In the XIX. Article, it is thus described, " The visible Church of Christ, is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacra- ments be duly niiiiistcrcd according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same, as the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch have erred ; so also the Church of Rome hath erred, not only in their living and manner of ceremonies, but also in the matters of faith. By the use of the term "visible church," it is plainly implied, that while there ever has been, and ever will be, a church on earth visible to mortal eyes, yet that there is, also, a mystical and spiritual body of Christ, the members of which cannot be discernable by man. This is " the general assembly and Church of the first-born which arc written or enrolled in Heaven;" the true circumcision "which worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no con- fidence in the liosh." The holy Catholic Church in which we profess our belief in the creeds. The visible Church has been compared by our blessed Lord to a net cast into the sea Avhich gathered of every kind both bad and good ; to a field in which both tares and wheat grow together until the harvest ; to a vine some of whose branches are unfruitful, and fit only to bo burned, while some bring forth fruit and arc purged of God, that they may bring forth more fruit. In setting this subject before you, I would adopt the words of the learned and judicious llookcr : " The Church of Christ which we properly term his body mystical, can be but one ; neither can that one be sensibly discerned by any man, inasmuch as the parts thereof are some in Heaven already with Christ, (albeit their natural persons bo visible,) we do not discern under this property, whereby they are truly and infallibly of that body, only our minds by intellectual conceit are able to apprehend, that such a real body there is, a body collective, J, * A ¥'U i J, J^ * «H 4 27 because it containeth a large multitude ; a body mystical, because the mys-tery of t'leir conjunction is lemovcd altogether from sense. Whatsoever we read in Scripture concerning the endless love and saving mercy which God shewetli towards His Church, tlie only proper subject thereof is this Church. Concerning this ilock it is, that our Lord and Saviour hiith promised: "I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck tlicm out of my hands." They who are of this society have such marks and notes of distinction from all others, as are not objects unto our sense ; only unto God Avho secth their hearts and understandeth all their secret cogitations, unto Ilim they are clear and manifest. All men knew Nathaniel to be an Israelite. But our Saviour piercing deeper giveth further testimony of Ilim than men could have done, with certainty, as he did, " Behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile." If wo profess, as Peter did, that we love the Lord, and pro- fess it in the hearing of men, charity is prone to believe all things, and therefore charitable men arc likely to think we do so, as long as they sec no proof to the contrary. But that our love is sound and sincere, that it comcth from a pure heart and a good conscience, and a faith unfeigned, who can pronounce, saving only the Searcher of all men's hearts, who alone intuitively doth know in this kind who are Ilis ?" This able writer and eminent divine, also puts this question : " Is it then possible that the selfsame men should belong both to the synagogue of Satan, and to the Church of Jesus Christ ?" and answers thus : " Unto that (Jhurch which is his mystical body, not possible ; because that body consisteth of none but only true Israelites, true sons of Abraham, true servants and saints of God. Ilowbeit of the visible body and Church of Jesus Christ, those may be, and oftenti.no3 are, in respect of the main parts of their outward profession, who in regard to their inward disposition of mind, yea, of external conversa- tion, yea, even of some parts of their very profession, are most worthily both hateful in the sight of God himself, and ^ 28 in the oycs of the sounder part of the visible Church iviost execrable." And T most fully agree with the same writer, that, " For lack of diligent observing the difference first between the Church of God mystical and visible, then between the visible sound, and corrupted, sometimes more, sometimes less, the oversights are neither few nor light that have been committed." Great practical evil must ever follow from the application of the promises and privileges intended for the members of the Spiritual Church, and addressed in God's word to them alone, to men, who are merely Christians by profession, who only pert-in to the outward and visible Church, and who are evidently without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of the true Israel, and strangers from the covenantor promise," — men who are far from God, and to Avhom pertain not the gracious promises and privileges of the Gospel, but the dreadful denunciations of God's wrath and displeasure against these who continue in sin, and who obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The minister who, while many members of his congregation are thus going down the broad road to eternal destruction unconverted, unrenewed, unjustified and unsanctified, loads them to imagine that no change of heart is necessary in them, but that they have only to attend to the religious observances of the Church into which they have I)een admitted by baptism, to cultivate a fair and respectable appearance before men, and that all will be well at the last, should ponder well the word of the Lord by the prophet Ezekiel, "because, even because they have seduced my people saying, peace, and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar ! Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall. Then shall be an overflowing shower, and ye, great hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind shall rend it." The most established believer, the most pious and devoted servant of Christ, when he looks into his own heart r *r 4 ^ ' 29 ^f4 * I * and faithfully compares his life Avith the holy and spiritual laAv of God, when he finds that the llesh, with its corruptions and lusts, daily war against his soul ; when he is constrained to cry out with the Apostle, " wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death," is often tempted to doubt whether he has been made partaker of converting and sanctifying grace, and even Avhcn lie rejoices, to rejoice with trembling, llow mucli more, then, shall the minister of Christ stand in doubt of the spiritual state of his people when he looks upon his congregation and beholds amongst them many who evidence by their lives that the spirit of Christ is not in them, that ihuy are not " the Epistles of Christ known and read of all men;" that they have not overcome the world, but that the world daily overcomes them ; that they are walking, not after the spirit, but after the llesh, and setting their aftections, not on things above, but on things of this world. Surely, in such a case, it becomes the watchman of the Lord to raise his voice and to testify to those who are thus dead in trespasses and in sins, that, " unless they repent, they shall assuredly perish ;" that though they may belong to the visible Church, if they arc not made partakers of the sanctify- ing influence of the Holy Ghost, they shall never sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of God. The unscriptural mode of addressing mixed congre- gations of professing Christians as alike partakers of the grace of Christ, will act as an opiate to the consciences of the people, and can only have the effect of rendering more profound the spiritual sleep in which so many of them lie. My Reverend Brethren, I would earnestly press this sub- ject on your most serious and prayerful attention, error here will prove fatal to your real usefulness as Ministers of Christ. Nothing worthy of our high calling is eflccteu unless sinners are converted and brought to Christ for salvation. For this we should study, for this avc should labour, and above all, for this we should pray without ceasing. For it is by the 30 Almighty power of God's Spirit ulonc tl.at tlio Gospel is made a savor of life unto life in those who hoar it. I shall now offer a few remarks upon the Articles and l A'4 85 ministry to which you have been consccratc.L Weak as wo are in ourselves, and not sufliciont for these things, wo have tho Divine assurance that if we wait on the Lor.l he will renew our strength; that His grace will bo sufilcicnt for us and that II..S strength is made perfect in the weakness of those wlm labour for Iliui. lielying, then, on the promise of Ilim who cannot lie, and leaning on tho Almighty arm of our reconciled God and Father, let us persevere to sow the good seed of the word, even in tho dark and cloudy day trusting that the Lord will water it with His blessin.', and m duo tunc cause it to bring forth fruit to the praise and°g|ory of His name. In the country where many of y.„. will be cdled to labour, you will find much to try your fai'th and patience ; you will be called to bear many privations and to endure much fatigue and hardship; but I trust you will be enabled to take all these things joyfully, for the love of Christ your Lord, and through zeal for the salvation of immortal souls Let the consideration that you are the ambassadors of Christ— that you aro commissioned by the King of Kings to proclaim a full and free pardon to rebellious m°an, be ever uppermost in your thoughts. This will sustain you in all trials, and will constrain you unreservedly to devote your- selves to the work of the ministry to which you are called. You will have many difficulties to contend with, some from the open opposition of the enemies of the Gospel, many from the corruption which still remains in your own flesh, but tho greater difficulties, and those which will try you most and longest, will arise from the coldness, the dcadness, and the utter indifference to spiritual things, of those to whom you will be called to minister. Prayer is tho Christian's resource under such difficulties. The Holy Spirit alone can subdue tho unruly wills and affections of sinful men. He alone can break up the fallow ground of the human heart, and prepare It for the reception of the good seed. Oh, for more of the Spirit of Prayer amongst us ! The praying minister is the powerful minister. As the face of Moses shone when ho was 3G to, you up, and to g,vo you an inheritance araon. all them *ch are sancffied/' study to shew yourselvo, "approved Aat you n,ay be faithful, humble, zealous and doS fo^jers and servants of Christ, and that, ,vl,eu He th„ APPENDIX. I* ■Note A., page 9. The folhwing Report of a Committtec on Indian Missions was adopted at the last meeting o/ the Synod of the Diocese : The Committee appointed at the last annual meeting of the Synod on the subject of Indian Missions beg leave to report : That as the conversion and civilization of the Gentiles were a subject of primary consideration with the Christian Church rom the first, so should the long neglected aborigines of this and be regarded by our Reformed Church with a like solici- tude and care for their evangelization and enlightenment It is only wi.h.n the last twenty-five years that the Govern- ment of this Province has extended any assistance towards'so desirable an object as the Christian education of some of the Indian tribes and it is with regret that your Committee have learned that the Missionaries employed by the Government were notified from the Indian Department thnt after the expi- ration of the current year, they were to expect no further aid Irorn this source. Under these circumstances your Committee are encouraged to hope that by a timely representation to some of our Church Societies at home of the peculiar position in which some of the Indmn Missions are about to be placed, they may be induced to take them up, and so secure the ministrations of the Church enjoyed by them for some years. The Committee are happy to state, that some of these Mi.s- sions liave from an early period been favoured with the foster- ing care and generous support of a company in England, which renders them comparatively independent of any government The Indian tribes at present under the charge of Missionaries of the Church your Committee desire to notice seriatim, hs well sources whence these have been hitherto maintained. as 38 . The S.x Nations Indians on the Grand River are under 1 paternal care of the New England Co..pany, w id no a so Zf ,,""'" '"■ ^"^--— --' Sc'hoohnast b dren are taught, (,n addition to the branches o a con. n „ E ghsh education), the boys, agricultural and useful ar " and i^IdEtrk!^'""'"^' '"''^"^' ^"^ ^'"--' clescripfo^:; Though a large majority of these Indians have embraced Clr,st,an,t and become members of the Church of EnZ I yet a considerable proportion, chiefly of the Cayuga t°ribe ' have for many years rejected the Gospel Tb,. 1.^ , altogether in vain : from time to time it pleases Gnd ,1 « |he hearts of some of them to attend H.s\^" f ^ ely expressed a wish to have a school established amon " th m. A greater number of Schoolmasters, and two addSa M.ss.onar,es are much needed among the Six Nations The ot hramford to the Government for sale, have removed to a new settlement on the south side of the Grand River, and can no longer, wuhout travelling far too great a distance, ssemb " village L ttle ,1 any th.ng can for the present be expected from he New England Company towards the erect on of ' new church, they (however willing to afford assistance) hav„! been lately at much expense in putting up new build "fof j:h:=::;;:;^^r-iri;ir ^rj-::i-:r^-----'---:o:riS II. The Muncey and Oneida Indians on the Thames have been under Christian instruction for a number of yea^s Tl L Missionary who has been labouring among the 'orme'r tr^ e for a quarter of a century, found them pagans upon is fir' v.s.t. since which period it has pleased Ahnighty God o cl hem from darkness to the acknowledgment of ' aWn. trl a U IS in the finished work of redeeming love in a%ruc fied Saviour. Many of the latter tribe, who caine into this Zfnlt * 4^ ^ k4 89 U U % %,4 about eighteen years ago from the United Slates, have attaclied themselves to the Church of Enghmd. The Catechist and Schoohnaster of tlie Munceys lias been in receipt of a salary of £50 per annum from the Chnrch Society of the Diocese of Toronto for the last few years. The Catechist and School- master of the Oneidas is paid a salary of £oO sterlincr by the Colonial Church and School Society since his appointment. A small salary to interpreters for the above tribes has been granted also by the Church Society of Toronto, at the rate of £12, 10s. currency each, for the last few years. in. The Ojibwas of Walpole Island have been in charge of a Missionary for a number of years, whose salary was paid part y by the Indian Department, and partly by the Society for the I ropagation of the Jospel in Foreign Parts. He has also received notice that his salary is to be discontinued after the present year. The Schoolmaster stationed in this Mission has also been allowed a salary from the funds of the Church Society of Toronto. There are two Sunday services, and also one week-day service, regularly ; the congregation at each very good. There is also an excellent Sunday school. The day school is well attended, the number of scholars on the list being sixty.five, and the average daily in attendance throughout the year being thirty-five. Many of the pupils are able to read in the New Testament, some to write very well, others can work sums expertly in the elementary rules of arithmetic, and two or three are acquainted with the general outlines of geo- grapliy ; and most of them, by means of instruction through the week and on Sundays, are more or less acquainted with the elementary truths of Christianity. IV. The Ojibwas of Owen Sound Have been in the enjoy- ment of Christian instruction for some time, through one of your Missionaries, who is not in receipt of any remuneration whatever for his Indian services. The only assistence afforded tins band of Indians is a small allowance by the Church Society of the Diocese of Toronto to their Schoolmaster and Interpreter- this, we learn, will be discontinued. In addition to the above bands of Indians, there are other ribes wuhin the bounds of the Diocese, to whom the ministra- tions of our Church have never been extended. 40 The Committee would respectfully submit the following suggest.ons. with the view of sustaining and extending h? m.n.s rat,.ns o the Church among the Indians o, Munc ey One.da, Walpole Island, and Owen Sound, which Mission are now about to be deprived of all Government aid • rol er!n".r" V'"" " "° P"'^''^' "' °^^"""'"^ -y adequate rel.ef m tlus Province towards the sustentation and efficiency of these Missions, your Committee are of opinion that if a representation of the peculiar position in which these interest- ing Missions are about to be placed were made by his Lordship the Bishop to some of our Church Societies in England, whose great object it is to send Missionaries to the Pagan, that the same would be attended with the most satisfactory results. All which is respectfully submitted, RICHARD FLOOD, C'huh-man. ^ JVote B.,pafjc 10. Tl follomlnr, Utter and those referred to in the next two notes were written, hy the Missionaries to the Indians, to the Seere- tarjj oj the Church Soeiet>, in answer to a Circular addressed to them by direction of the Bishoj). Rrv. AND Dear Sir, BRANTFORi>, June Uth, 1859. We beg to acknowledge your circular of the 16th May last requesting us to furnish a statistical account of the Indians' under our charge ; as we labour together among the same people, Ave consider that it will be most satisfactory to make a joint report. The number of the Six Nations Indians residino- at tho Grand River is about 3400. It is generally stated °that the Jndians are rapidly diminishing in numbers m their diffeipnt settlements, but such is not the case with respect to the Six Nations, who, on the contrary, are gradually on the increase ; and we have every reason to believe that such will be the general result wherever the Indians are protected in the undis- turbed possession of their lands. They profess Christianitv for the most part, although a large majority of the Cayugas, > '^ 41 ■ numlHTino- about o(K), togotl,er u-itli a few Onondaga., are still pagan. ° Tlic Chmiian ,,„,,ion of t!i. Six Nations Indians an- princi- paiJy meu.bers and adherents of tlie Church of England, an.l even those who are pagans are friendly to that Church, and almost always unite themselves to u whenever thev e , many yea s furn.shed the means of religious and secular edu- cation and at present employs among them two clergvm.n. an.I several catech.sts, besides seven schoolmasters. Th.-re ■. ' repeated appl.cations for more schools, and two additional clergymen are much needed. The number of communicams m connecfon wuh the Church of England is about «^50, and of children attending the above schools 263. There is a ireat difficulty tn securing regular attendance at the day scho s ! bu at the New England Company's Institution, vhe e tj dul ren arc boarded and educated, their progress i le.r n. much more satisfactory. Four of the school teachers at pre^e n employed are Indians who have been educated at this Insiitu- tion, and anotner through the liberality of the same Society, is pursuitjg his studies with a view to entering the ministry Weslevan'M II r" """' ^"^^'''^"^ ^^'^'-^"^'^ missions the We leyan Methodists support a missionary and one school- master among these people. A few years ago the Indians were induced to give up their iarmsand improvements on the north side of the riv r and remove to another settlement on the south side, in consenn'en e of which they, stand in need of a new Church, as the ol 1 o e wh.ch was the first Episcopal Church erected in lCi' Canada, ,s at too great a distance to be used bv them f public worship As the New England Company, io whom ho Indians have been hitherto chiefly indebted for u. means of .mproveinent. has incurred a large expense in buildin. a new Ins itut.on and extending its operations among them, i^s funds will not admit of its contributing to this new object and it ver, desirable that for this purpose funds should le obtained from some other source. The country adjacent to the Indian reserve being now m the occupation of white settlers, the Six Nations are deprived of 42 the means of subsistence by hunting, fishing, &c., and unlike many other tribes, are turning their attention very much to agr.cuiture They are mostly settled upon separate lots of land, and although labouring under the hardships ahvavs at- tending a new settlement, many of them have made large nnprovements, and raise considerable grain ; and although the characteristic improvidence of the Indian is very visible amon^ them, yet there is a great improvement in this respect. Manv erect comfortable houses and good barns, and take better care 01 their cattle during winter than formerly. A too easy access to places wh.re arderU spirits are sold 1ms been a hindrance to the improvement of the Six Nations, and some have been much addicted to drinking; but, as a body, they are far from being more given to excess than the u>.te population, and of late years evince great aversion, and i.e- quently are active in opposition to intemperance in the settle- ment. ■^^mc We remain, Rev. and dear Sir, Your obedient servants. The Rev. J. W, Marsh, IngenoU, C. W. AB'M NELLES. A. ELLIOT. •' * i-* My Dear Sir, Mfe a, page 10. Walpole Island Mission, 27th May, 1859. I received your kind letter, informing me that it was the intention of his Loidship the Bishop to bring the state of the Indians in this Diocese before such Societies as his Lordship will think likely to assist us in our work amongst the Indians and that it is desirable that I should furnish a statistical return of the Indians under my charge, with an account of their state, their prospects and their wants. In acordance with the' Bishop's request. I send you the following narrative-thankful that the Lord has put it into the heart of our Bishop to make k k 43 M- M i an efTort on behalf of the poor Indians, now that the Govern- ment has withdrawn from us its aid. The Mission on Walpole Island has b een in CNistcnce 18 years— having been opened in 1811. I was appointed to the Mission by the late Lord Metcalfe, on the 17th Juno, 1845, and ng a period of nearly ssionaries preceded me, but these. uri have thus been connected with it d fourteen years. Two M owing to certain untoward circumstances, met with no success in converting the natives. In the summer of 1815 the Walpole Islanders were immersed in the degradation of barbarism. They worshipped and offered sacrifices to evil spirits, practised witchcraft, were polygamists. The waubannoo, the pa-ran dance, the tricks of tlie conjuror, were in full swino-. With the exception of a few small patches of Indian corn, tilled very imperfectly, they paid no attention to the cultivation of the soil. They had no oxen, no cows. The hoe was the only farming implement they possessed. For food they depended mainly on hunting. They were exceedingly lazy and apa- thetic, and betook themselves to the chase only when impelled by hunger or some other necessitv, and after obtainincr the wished for venison, they would return to their wigwams? and as long as the supply lasted would enjoy themselves after their fashion, in feasting, in dancing, and in drinking the fire-water. They had no thought of the morrow, and cared for nothin-r but present enjoyment. They were indolent and most aver^se to labour, and might have been seen at any hour of the day stretched out on the grass, sleeping off-the effects of a drunken debauch. They verified to the letter the old Indian motto, » It IS better to walk than to run, it is better to stand than to walk, It IS better to sit than to stand, it is better to lie than to sit." It would indeed be difficult to conceive of a more dissipated, poor, miserable set of beings than those Islanders were in 1845 I will never forget the feeling of despondency which came over me during the first few months of my residence on the Island. Their reformation seemed impossible, and no small decree of faith was necessary to enable me to believe that any im°prove- ment could take place amongst so degraded and superstitious a people. But what seemed impossible to man was possible to God. 44 At first the Indians were remarkably shy, audit was only after a long course of uniform kindness that I succeeded in ga.n.nn: their attention. During the fust year I luid no con.rre- gation ; the Church bell, of course, was rung, and regular ho^urs for service were appointed, but only now and then an Indian would venture into Church. At length, in J.lv, J810, two were baptised These I call the first fruits of Wdpole Island. They arc st.ll l;ving-both hold fast their p-ofession, and one of them, named Thomas Buckwheat, has been of great service to me in bringing over to Christianity his brethren of the tribe Up to the present time I have received into the Church 350 Indians. Ihe Avhole number of communicants is 50 The Sunday congregations are excellent, and it is delightful to Witness their quiet and becoming d-portment during Divine Service The change in the condition of these Indians is obviously very great. Formerly Sunday in their eves was no better than any other day, and from my ow.i door fhave often seen them on that holy day, fishing, or plougliing, planting corn, or having a horse race, or perhaps, what was still worse Sitting in groups by the river side enjoying a pagan jollifica- tion. Now all this, lam happy to saj-, is changed. There has, indeed, been no sudden rush of success, the improvement in their condition has been slow and gradual, and. on that account, likely to be lasting. The Sunday is honoured and kept us a Christian Sabbatli. Many of them dress neatly, and come to Church in a quiet, orderly manner, and many of them, I have reason to believe, understand, appreciate, and are in- fluenced by the saving doctrines of the Gospel. Pacranism however, has still many votaries on the Island, but these per- sons have been influenced indirectly by the good examples of the Christians around them ; they are now more orderly, more industrious, and less dissipated than before, and are likely at no distant day to be won over to the profession and the bless- ings of Christianity. The Indians have made considerable advances in the social scale. They have a decided aptitude for the mechanical trades. Many of them are rough carpenters and blacksmiths, and some of them are competent to build a house, or execute the interior or pannelled work in a manner which would do credit to a professional tradesman. 45 * . Their progress in lemporal iiiatlors lins ])ceii in;irk>.'i| iuul decided. No baiul of Indians in Cnnada Wc;7. ) The number of acres on tiic Tshmd, cleared, amount to y,W,). and the produce raised there by the Indians, in (lie last year (1857) was as follows : — Wheat (bushels) 1,517 Corn " 0,:J88 Oats " 547 Beans " 418 Peas (bushels) 377 Potatoes " 3,965 Buckwheat " 74 Hay (tons) 294 They have no regular village, but live more or less scattered on their several clearings. They have 4 frame and 94 log liouses, while 41 families still live in wigwams. They have, besides, 28 barns, of which arc frame buildings, the ren^ain- der being constructed of logs. Tiieir live stock, to the raising of which they pay considerable attention, consists of Cows 75 Young Horses 150 Yokes of Oxen 41 Pigs 514 Young Cattle 132 Sheep H Horses 179 Their farming implements arc the same as those in use among the whites, and comprise Harrows Fanning Mills > Thrashing Machines Sets of Carpenter's Tools.. Sets of Blacksmith's Tools 20 7 1 9 1 Waggons 9 Carts 3 Sleighs 46 Sets of Harness 56 Ploughs 48 The frame barns were erected entirely at the cost of the owners, and during the last year four good log houses have been completed with but small assistance from the Indian Department. The whole of the work was done by the Indians. There are at present on the Island, — + Memb Me til ors of the CJiurch of E odists , 46 ngland R Ph oinati Ciitliolics ffaii.s The above statist! 2.'30 hi 523 .,,;;. '.'-.statistics are taicen from tlic published Report of tlio Commissioners who visited il,;« \iu. • • , f"" °' I8.-,7. ' ""^ Mission in the summer of Mitol-!''\'""r '," '"""^' °""^'' M'^^^ions, I am not only a lh>Mun Schoolmaster. Interpreter, and. not u. renu ently a a as,..M„„,, ,, ,.„ ,,,,,, ,,,^.^ .^^^^ to make ^n^ J ; na,?',;"'' "' T^' '"'^' ^'"^"-J^^-^' '•'- ^-'" fo and I "' '"""' ""^ '^''^"'^ '^"'•'■"ff '"y residence here u d U ,0 nere attacked by it died. Undfr the blessi go,' a Kind 1 rovidenre Jk- fin-ti.,,.. " vaccination. nTIi ;; u'""'^'" "'" "'''^'''' '^ ''-^^'y iriv u-ife CI ^ ''W'of the natives were vaccinated by ".d ,;. n ; ?'"' r"=""' ^'°"j"'"-^' '^^^"'^■■-'- ^^i-> old conversf ,; ; ea^ K ' T ' ' ^'""' "°""""^^ °^ ''' ''"^ "°- I encourao7 t lem ;il ;':," "' '''• "^'"'"^"'^ '''^-' ^ This power of. " >ntervention of an interpreter. and oft^n in 1 :i;,r "f ^^ ^'" ^'-'y«^''- Chippawa, and list^^in;:; Z^c^^^^T t^^r ^^"f"^^ '^^^'" has not been lost fori. ^^'y labour in this respect -... or... ::i^ur.:r3 Jet- V''™'" •'■--" measure, ha, been educated by .uy elf il! ,, ,' '" " ^'™' "ig, and several of bis „u„il. L , ""'''''Sl"s <« leach- Many „f .be yeu.h ,ea7: yt urNe:?"""' "'T'- -"- bcau.if„„y_,„„, „e„.Lsbip\:;:; e'a::;;::; vri' r; 47 230 5:) 10 523 Indians; some are also able to cast accounts with expenncss and accuracy, a few also are acquuinled with iho general out- lines of geography, and are pretty well posted up in the moun- tains, lakes, and large rivers in the grand divisions of the earth's surface. And all of them, from the instructions given them during the day school, and especially at Sunday school, are more or less acquainted with the fundamental truths of Christianity. The Indians, from the age of 2.") and upwards, are unable to read, and yet many of them who have joined the Church are familiar with different portions of the I'rayer Boole, and make the responses devoutly and intelligently. Their knowledge of it was acquired in this way : while giving instruction to the young converts, I encouraged them to commit to memory portions of tlie Liturgy, and this they were enabled to do by my reading them over and over again to them. By this me- thod they became acquainted with the Confession, the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, the Ten Commandments, with the Psalms in metre and Hymns. My plan was to read the Psalms or Hymns over line by line, verse by verse, and never to [)ass on to a second verse until the first had been thoroughly mastered. The constant reading of the same lines, dozens of times over at a sitting, was often very irksome ; but my labour was re- paid by the slow and sure proficiency of my pupils, and in witnessing their delight when they had mastered another psalm or liymn. They would say " Now this is beautiful. Now this is ours for ever. When in cluuch, or when alone, or when in sickntss, we can think of these lines and become wise and happy." Amongst the Psalms, the 23rd and 51st are especial favour- ites with our Indians. They are also very fond of the Morn- ing and Evening Hymn. The Prayer Book in use here is the translation made by Dr. O'Meuru. The Indians and the Church at large owe a debt of gratitude to him for his able and faithful translation of the Liturgy and New Testament, both of which are used here, and are highly valued. It would have pleased the Doctor, and I am sure it would liave been some slight recompense to him for his labour of love, to have heard our Indians exclaim, when I read to thenj some psalm 48 or Iiymn for llu- firsi tiiiif, " Flow sweet tliat is! How very coml'ortiiinr ! How imicli like (Jod !" Tlie Doctor juiiil us u visit two or tlivou ycar.-s apo, ami pleached to InrLfo ami atten- tive congregations. He is u great favourite liere, and poes by the imme of the " Uhyawi)eclieiiIini!slieiiaul)amood ;" in Enylisli, "The great Indian spcaiver," or, still more liter- ally, " Ho Avlio speaks Indian tliorouglily." I am thankful that a fresh efl'ort is about to bo made on be- half of this people, and I shall await the result of his Lord- ship's appeal to the Societies in England with no little anx- iety. The Indians are still poor ; their annuity is the smallest, I am told, received by any Chippawa band in the country, for if equally divided amongst them it would not much exceed one dollar per head. The sick and the needy amongst them natu- rally look to the Missionary for uid, but what can he do if he be in semi-poverty himself? I have spent on Walpolo Island the flower of my days, and I never dreamt tliat after devoting my best energies to the welfare of its inhabitants, that the imperial grant could possibly be withdrawn from me. I came here under the impression that the support promised me would bo continued to the end — at least so long as I continued a Missionary amongst the Indians. It appears that I have been mistaken. Nchertheless, I still keep up courage, and cling to the hope that my long cherished id( a will be realized— to live and die an Indian Missionary. Yours faithfully, ANDREW JAMIESON. To the Rev. J. Walker Marsh, A.M., Sec. Ch. Soc. Diocese of Huron, Ingersoll, C. W. Note B,, paije 10. Delaware, May 26, 1859. My Dear Sir, — In reply to your late circular expressive of the desire of the Lord Bishop, that I should furnish you with some details in reference to the Indians embraced within my cliargc, it may prove interesting to his Lordship to be made i| 49 How very ■ jmid us H iiiid iillt'ii- nd poc's by loud ;" in more liter- adc on bo- f his Lord- liltie imx- siniill(.'!st, ountry, for ■xceed one •litMU nutu- lii! do if ho io\e Islnnil r devoting , that the 3. I came me would Dntinued a Iiave been id cling' to d — io live ESON. V. 5, 1859. iressive of you with p'^ithin my , acf|Uftinted with some particulars connected with my Mission amongst them, &c. Shortly after my arrival in tliis Province in the year 1833, I discovered tlic Muncey tribe of Indians, exceeding two hun- dred, at that time all I'a^rans, residing on the river Thames, about ten miles distiint from the village of Delaware, whom I could then only reach by an Indian trail, or intricate palliway through the forest. Now as tlu! while settlors in the townshij):^ of Delaware and Caradoc under my ministry did not exceed one hundred families, I was induced to devote u portion of my time, that of every oi'ier week, to those long neglected al)origines. Since that period this entire band of Indians have not only renounced paganism, and embraced the Christian faith as professed by our Reformed Church, but many of them have continued " to walk worthy of their high calling and profession," adorning the doctrine of Christ their Saviour by a holy life and blame- less conversation. This labour of love, I would remark, under a deep sense of responsibility, was undertaken without any remuneration or most distant prospect of it. T ii , mission house built, in the year 1835, in the vilhiL' Delaware, and rafted down the river to their village, in order to enable me to reside among them occasionally with the view of arresting their attention to the all saving truths of the Gospel, as set fortli in the fulness, freeness and completeness of the redemption which is by faith in Christ only. It was not until some years afterwards that a small allow- ance was made me at the instance of Sir Geo. Arthur, Lieut. Governor, who having learned that some success attended my labours, expressed a desire to learn more particulars in detail in reference to my Mission to the Indians, which I communi- cated to him ; and the same, he was pleased to say, afli rded him much satisfaction and pleasure. I consider the Munceys, both mentally and physically, a very superior race compared with other tribes of Indians. They are industrious and sober, with very few exceptions, and i can assure you that my spirit has been often cheered and comforted by v.iuicssing the Christian consistency and up- rightness of conduct in many of the poor Munceys. a I 50 They are not like other tribes in receipt of land payments from the Government, as they came into this Province from the United States during the American war as the free and independent allies of Great Britain, and have since been resid- ing on a Chippa\,-ay reserve by sufferance. Had their fathers applied for lands after the close of the war, there can be little doubt but their request would have been granted. Their staple as to living, principally consists of corn, besides which they raise some wheat, oats, and potatoes, sufficient for their families. They are also in possession of a considerable num- ber of cattle, and are generally more comfortable in their cir- cumstances than the tribes which are in receipt of money yearly for lands surrendered to the Crown. The Oneidas came into this Province also about eighteen years since from the State of New York, U. S., and purchased lands a few miles distant from the Munceys, on the river Thames, with the money which they received for the sale of their lands to the United States Government. Soon after their arrival in Canada I learned from conversation with some of them that they originally belonged to the Episcopal Church of the U. S., but that after a large portion of their tribe had sold out and left many years before this period for Green Bay, in Illinois, U. S., this party was left without a spiritual instructor, and in consequence thereof many of them joined the Methodists. This was precisely their religious position when they came to this country, with the exception of six families which were and still remain pagans. Some of their chiefs, who still valued the services of our Church, and were confirmed by tlie Bishop of New York, expressed a wish that I should extend my ministrations to tliem, with which request I gladly complied. Those in con- nexion with our Church built a comfortable school-house at their own expense, which also answers the purpose of a tem- porary church, that can accommodate over one hundred wor- shippers. The average attendance ranges about seventy. This tribe musters about 450, 150 of whom profess attachment to our Church. Among them are some excellent farmers, together with some mechanics. William Doxtater, the head chief of the Church party, raises a large quantity of grain 51 every year, of which he sells from two to three hundred bushels. There are many others equally industrious. Many, however, in this tribe are poor through their own indolence ; and I regret to say that there are some of the young men, especially, who are intemperate in their habits. It has been my experience to record the hopeful deaths of many in these tribes, who have departed this life in the sure and certain hope of a happy resurrection unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Captain Snake, the head chief, and first fruits to Christ among the Munceys, was a striking instance of the power of sovereign grace from the commencement of his Christian career to the last hour of his earthly course ; as were also the Hawks, the Halfmoons, the Logans, with many like minded, over whom I could rejoice as those who have exchanged an earthly for an heavenly inheritance. As salaries must be provided for Indian Missionaries after the current year in consequence of the withdrawal of Govern- ment assistance, I hope that some of our Missionary Societies in our Fatherland will come to the rescue of the poor Indians, and continue to them the ministrations of our Church Avhich they have so long enjoyed. It would be desirable, also, that some small fund should be created for the purpose of purchasing cotton-yarn, &;c., in or- der that the Indian girls at our schools might be instructed in needle-work, under t!i2 instruction of our schoolmasters' wives. I am about making an expeiiment on a small scale at my Oneida school, through the kind superintendence of Mrs. Potts, by supplying them with some materials fo; needle-work. I remain, yours faithfully, RICHARD FLOOD. To the Rev. J. W. Marsh, M.A., &c., iVc, &C. Note E.,page 10. The name of the Diocese — " Huron" — was adopted at the suggestion of the Hon. G. J. Goodhue, as the new Diocese comprised the hunting ground of the Hurons, whose council fires had for ages lighted up all parts of these western forests.