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The oijject of that "Letter" was to arouse attention to the religious necessities of a largo and rapidly growing population, in a new section a the Dominion; and to jiroposc some zeal- ous and united course of action by which the wants of the people may be supplied, and the growth of the Church be made contemporaneous with the growth of the countr}'. Tliore is some reason to hope tiuit the " Letter" may yet prove as "bread cast upon the waters." It evidently touched a responsive chord throughout the Church. At our dill'erent Synods, held s'.ortly after tho issue of tho "Letter," the sulycctof a Missionary Bishop for Algoma was introduced. In each case a resolution was passed, approving of the project, and apjiointing a Committee to confer with other commit- tees in making preliminary enquiries and arrangements. Without any formal meeting of these Committee.,, the subject was thrown by tho Houso of Bishops on a .special meeting of tho Provincial Synod ; and without either any clearly defined plan of action, or any guaranteed fund for its support, the Algoma District was constituted b}' thatSj'nod a Missionary Diocese, for which a Bi.shop was eventually, with somo difflculty, elected. No eltbrt has .since been made to rahso an endow- ment for the Bishopric; with singular inconsistency, the Provincial Synod left undetermined the bounds of tho diocese, tho amount of in- come for tho Bishop, the modo of its payment, and a dozen other ques- tions which were intimately connected with tho practical organization of tho scheme; after long deliboi-ation, tho, clergyman elected to tho oirico of Bishop, has seen lit to decline tho responsibility and honor; and here wo are to-day, not only without a Missionary Diocese, without a Missionary Bishop, and witliout even the shadow of a fund for the support of such a movement, but practically farther otii from tho object sought than wo were b'^fore tho special meeting of the Provincial Synod, with less sympathy and interest, and with more division and alienation among the members of tho Church in general. Such a fact is certainly not very creditable to us. It nTakcs one blush to think of all tho apatliy, and discord, and vaciHation, and complica- cations, whicli have characterized this very simple ]iroposal. Tiiat a movememt so obviously necessary, so imperatively called fir, so auspiciously begun, and so eminently calculated to evoke gonorous en- thusiasm, should so signallj'' fail in even its preliminary stages, is sug- gestive of either very bad managomont, or very deticient zed. Thero can bo no question that a gross blunder has been made somewhere; ero can be no doubt that better arrangements must be made in the '/Id* UYS y^Ti^y movement. Tho n'ard of tho action anco I have no other object in view than tho efficiency of the CI 3, and tho moral improvement of tho ornntrv r ' %.' _ •>" ^^ ^"^ <^»"i-t'h, and forgotten. Ti^c^' 1^ dt k e sli tler'of' thjf ""1?^^ 'l"''"^ and energy wo can command may be req^ulrecl to meef h \ S? last summer, and al«o at tho Clerical meetinr^ of tC. n P"^ "^ by A\ Inch all tho preliminary inquirv should bo made and . <^.!; necessary information should be collected • and bv vhi^h 1 ^ pared, and carefully digested scheme should be ai^an" I bo h fo S" ing an endowment, and for carrying on the future woHfoft^eM^.i'n" The report and recommendations of thisCommittee,-^^; pre 'en ted T"; it was under.stoocl that a gront of £050 s?erli g S c"n nnd" bv the Propagation Society on condition that within tlu-eo year^ le C'ln^d Jn Church should raise £4000, tho assumption was. tL the first S would and should bo in this direction. ^ ^^'^^'^ Such a course scorned very direct and simple. It would have r^vn vented hasty legislation; it would have secured a liberSldowmr.t i^ri:; ^^^:k 11;: -x:^n!;:';S.s;t'"£S gravest inconvenionces have arisen. The instructions of the Diocesan bynodsworo (iisrogarded; the functions of the Committoos appointed by those Synods wore {.ignored; tho proposal to raise an endowment was thwarted and thereby the grant from tho Propagation Society en- dangorod; and, in short, tho whole thing has boon so complicated and 80 mismanago.l as to injure an enterprise which promised the hapiM-ost been b;:?"n "" ' ''''''"'^'^ "''"" '"''''° ^''"'""'^ ^'^ which !t had I believe m-o all deeply mourn over this result. There is not ono amono-st us who did not desire the success of the Al-oma Mission and who was not prepared both to give and labor to ensure this success JUKI however .nueh some may have regretted the precipitate action of the Provincial Synod, all were anxious that an arrangement arrive S with so much difficulty should be honore.l and snsTained. It is now useless to complain; it would bo criminal to censure and reproacjT What has been done was done with the best motive. If we have cre(lit upon tlie Church, iind that we should thus sacrifice our claim to confidenco and respect. Is thero a proper reason for this suggestion ? Arc the fact^ of tho caso as they arc here represented? Most certainlv not. In years lon^r mico past. It was held by the Bishop, and by tli"e Syn-d of the T.n-onto Uioceso,— as well as by competent and disinterested observers not con- nected with the Synod at all,— that thero m\s a prima facie irvoxwd— tint there was an imperative need for missionary exertion throughout he whole of the Algoma District. As I have previously shown, tho late bishop of loronto was intensely anxious for the establislnnont of a Missionary Bishopric at Sault «to. Marie. In a Pastoral letter, dated Jaiiunry 1 .ih, 1854, his Lordship makes special rcforenco to the snb- ject ami tliua discnsscn the question of wavs and means for the supnort of the Bishopric: l'l"^'it Snl?"/-'^'*'"'! l" *''« ^'«''"I"-ip of St. Mary, though not plnccd uith tho other thr. Sees U IS not to bo forjrotton, an.l n,ay bo endowd a.s follows: First, we have tho iXr. hT r"'" ",'V°"'^ ^'l'!''" ''- ^"""•'''' '•^'''^■''' t''""S'^ "f verv small amount will nevertheless yield something, and will increase. Second, we have ti,e ho no of 8omo e.xces8 oyer the fifty thonsand pounds, a portion of which, and su h a Ll percentage on the whole nrnount, as the Synod may seem fit to diduct, may l,oth be to S t "''f ./•\':'>ll'^^;^'d in tho Diocese. We have reason to look for special giS Sr^l in F • "'7^''°"^ tie great Church Societies and other liberal and pfous H Xi%i ,"'''r'''^'T?. '^ '' •^'^■^'•''"* f'-""* t»>« other Sees in this: that U°n- Shn n " ''^'"th^'^r Indians, for whose benefit it is more particularly intended care In ? '1'"}' ^Z ''?,^'^^'-'Y"' ^'°^ *''««« throe sources bo in.sulticient, let thcrn be carefully vested and allowed to accumulate til!, from accruing interest and occasLal ofFcT.ngs, tho endowment shall be secnred. In the meantime the See may be placed natefv''^Intb','.^"l\°PV' Toronto and London, as more adjacent, to 'vis t^^'e.^ ?he aiurcb 2 W^? r ^"^' ^'^''"P"^^ ^'""Id ^'^ placed on a permanent basis, and the Chuich of Western Canada would not only find friends on all sides readv to assist ^:7^:^i^^zii^ ^'- -""^ '^--" -^ «p-*-'« «^ ^-'p ^ntertr^s This is language sufficiently expressive of the wish of tho Bishon and of the practicability of hi.s scheme. At a later period, he renewed Ills appeal in a manner which proved no diminution of interest or zeal on 1)18 part, although the desire po fondly cherished remained un^rrati- hed. When addressing tho Synod in 1862, his Lordship again snoke if anything more emphatically than in his Pastoral of 1854^ ^ ' Till) Synod is uwarc that when in London in 1850 ho had called the attention of . n-f f"''-I' «"."'.«f'''»-|' 'o "'" vast extent of the IJioeeRo of Toronto, and Miggested a ) >. for itH division into four separnte dioceseH. After many delavs and much trou- nl. „ A'r"^' """-n ''"? ''■" J'"'"*'"' '"-' '""' ^'^^ ««ti8factiou to behold three of thcHO die ^n« ^1 V,-r"' .'"TS^" ""^ Ontario) fully cstabliHh.d ; hut the fourth See, or the pro. posed Uishopno of hte. Mane, was still in abeyance, and yet • • • he still 7n,'wl nw'l" ''^''^^''^ f''«* i' «'""'<• l-^'come the sent of a Bishop of the Church of Kng- n r ,T"' ' ."• -"'*i''^ "."*■ "^" *° *''^'' '*« ftfcomplishnxnt. He ought, in.lecd, to 1.1 1 .r "."i''"'"-''!.'" •'•■'vmg been in some degree instrun.ent.il, through God's Denignant Irovidence, in establishing three out of tiie four dioceses proposed in 1800 ZZLli" .••etft'D''^ I* yearning desire to do sometliing for Ste. Marie before his departure, and it was <'m which prompted him to touch upon tlu^ subjrct. It was ♦,^H,*i'n' ' ' ? ■ '?"'''• ^'-''T'' '" """' " ^'"■e^' "«>'' ""'' '"• '^I'li'ed fur tlu. religious f ?. .f "'ll ^''V''^"""" "f ^'^'"'■tl' Western Canada. The r.gion, of which it was « Hl,i^ r,y ^ "?'".'''' "''""'* i'K'.xhaustnblc f r the most extensive agricultural Ln , f 1 / ""» "","'"^' establishm. nts without number, especially in copper ami Hnmn n 'Vi"' :i"'*'">. ""K''* *" """^ l-e prolitably erected along the banksof Lakes iluion and bupenor, and the adjacent islands."' Is it nocossai-y to refer to the reports which have hooii iirosoiilcd, ana to the resolutions which have imnscd, at (iilloreut iiicetii.Ks of both the J rovincial Synod and tlic Synod, of the Toronto Dioco>c ? Do thcv not all s].eak the same langiia^re? Do they not all proclaim tlio sainc. neea/ J)o they not all propo.so the .same su])ply 'j- Ami is it to be, supposed that for more than twenty years the Church has been under a delusion? that the Eishop was mistaken? that the Svnods were de- ceived f and that after all, the Indian iriijcs, and the "white settlers 01 Ali^oma, were better otf than their bi-elhren in otiier ])laces, and had no claim for special exertion on their behalf? The Ihouf^ht is inadmis- Mt>lo. AH the evidence wo can collect justilies the action which was taken or proposed ; and ii twenty years a-o the Eishoi. of Toronto thou^rht It advisable to cstabii.sh a Missionary Bishopric at Sault Sto. Mane, Iho neces.sity has not been reduced diirino- that period, and tho 'r?" n' '^ '-^ greater than it has ever been before. Iho District ofAlgoma is now more settled, and more accurately understood, than it Las heretofore been. We liave tho evidence of private i/arrativcs, and of oflicial documents, to guide us in our judg- ment; and do t,^ ^^^^ ^^^ speak of a great, of a growing, and of "a needj district ? Tho first volume of the Census of 1871 is now before nie , and imperfect as it may be in .some particulars, it contains a mass ot tlio most valuable information, for those who will give themselves O7ro-''«n'. ^"^ '"''-'l' '^- .^^c''"i-di"f,' to tlii.s, Algoma has not less than -<0Uo,b02 acres of territory. A large portion of this is admirably suited for agricultural ])ursuits, whilst a still greater proportion abounds m mineral ore of different kinds. In 18G1 the population of Algomawas 4,916; whereas in 1871 it had risen to 7,018' In reality the increase had been greater than was thus represented ; and with tho addition which has since been made, wo may, at a very moderate esti- mate put down tho present population at near 10,000 The increase 18 still going on.jDcrhaps more rapidly than during tho ten years which elapsed between 1861 and 1871 ; and the prospect of an increase was certainly never more encouraging than now. According to the latest returns, puolished in the Globe, and other newspapers, the mines are becoming increasingly productive, and are likely to attract a larger number of laborers. The commencement of works in connection with the Canada Pacifac Railway, must ere long give an impetus to emigra- tion which will tell powerfully on the future of the district. At Prince Arthur 8 Landing, at Sault Ste. Marie, and at other convenient points, R I thoro is a^vomuii activity in l.uil.lin- I.omsoh, and in C!u-rvin-on fnulo- urn w.othoi. ovuot my opinion bo rocoivoa'as l.nso.l u,^ "^a /t ai probability or dcnoiinml as tbo .Iroa.n of an ontimsias , I am s ilM?, cl.ne,lt,e.tb.nlc that dnspiio all its .irawbaok., Ali,^,ma s du.ti o I to bocomo a populous, a flourishin,;., and a pon-errurdistri,.t in tbo J)o Tho HtatlstiVs of roli^Mon, as furnishcl in tho Consus, aro cuallv i H (r.u ;?.;. '"' "' ' ;" '?•><") ..opo.,od as tbo ,.opula.ion; Ino J Z J JDO aro put down a. Roman Calbolics, ab mt 1()2() as bob, u^in-r (o tho Clu rob ot Kni. and, r,S;j Motbodists 227 Pmsbytonans, and fn mil ti n i« i i nf in V l"'"!"?'"'^''^"^'" of P''«'lbssod Koma., Catholics aro n?., ; M " "'"'" ""^";:"^""t^ "<■ Manitoulin, and West Altroma, many of tlu-so persons aro ^Mll to bo vo' ^;"t^-'T'-iso ? Do not tbo mombors of our own Church roqu.ro spiritual ovorsi,i,M.t and instruction ? A.-o not ibc poor Ucdudod boathon to bo educated and civilized? Shall no , r. v I b' nado tor the spiritual necessities of tho people who n.av vet nowd . „v tho shores of ,ho Goo.-nian Jiay, on tho banks of Lake Suj.erior, a. on ual y ban by tlu. appointment ol'a Missiona.-y l!isbon, with an adern.ato wiio will bo devoted and zealous i.i their work ? _ Jt does appear to mo, that this is our truest poliey, that this is our imperative duty. _ Tbo Roman Catholics are aliv'o to^t u impo tlnce of a B.shop .vs.dent in their midst. The MethrKlists and Presl y or a . a?o oaci s riv.n^r for o,-ganization and pro^-rcss throu-hout tho district And why may not wo omulato their zeal ? why may not wo oUow t oir oxamplo ? why may not wo seek by bold and united c»b.-t to re iVo tho dream of years and to mako our Church oventuallv co-ovfen ivo with the disr.ct? Whatever i-easons may havo influenced the mind of Bishop bfachanm desiring tho establishment of a Missionary Bi 1 op -ic or whatever .motives may havo prevn'-.d with tho Provincial 4nod in Docemoor last in setting apart Algom.., .,, a Missionary Diocese I main tain e.Kist now with double force ; and it is simply impo!S^h™tvo' rZ'cUn; r'' l«^^f^"^«» ^'^ on-.orpriso,^vftbou't unfa tl ',.1,^ to tho Church, and without a criminal indifference to tho spiritual necessities of a vast district of our country. ^ When these reasons arc combined, they will form a sufficient .n-ound ZtZ'^T'^'^'^^-f''^'^''''''''''? ^ havo mentioned, and for pl^S that tho Algoma Bishopric may bo speedily and successfully estiblishcd With this assumption, the second point raised requires to bodiscussed' Iv irh''T tho project to tho decision and contVol of tho Provrdal Synod, by whom another bishop may be elected, and by whom the Ihei would bo obvious advantages in such a course. When this mov/ S:nod:"JTT '^''''' "^"' '^''''^''' ''-'' t^ "-to, if P0.S8 bio alTthe' Sjmods of the Province in one great missionary enterprise, independent ?r^ilt nU-'^^T """'"^^^ ^ ''''' ^^'^'"•'^^•3^ ^''^'<^^^^ Missions ; and wS ^^i^nnH "•?• "'^ ^'^Jf "^ '"*« " ^^«^«'g» Mission, Worthy of our charac- ter and position.. anut were not all our churches interested in the conversion of the Indians, and iu the cstabiisiiment of the Church in a new territory ? ]\Ii^lit not ail bo willinj,' to contribute tor tho HU|)port of ii Missionary Diocese based upon this principle, and having' in view this object? Would it not bo iH.ssi- ble by a j.roper svHtcm of organization and ctlbrt to raise an endowment tund suiliciently larno to meet ali the requirements of the Mission? and as the fund became en!ar<,aHl, and the chiims upon it of tho fir.4 Mis- sionary See were ]-educcd, by independent Uiocesan coiitribnlions, could It not bo mado available for tho commencement and support of another similar JJishopric, in some other equally nocessi(ous part of tho ])(>min- lon ? May not tho Provincial Synod, having elected a bishop, and do- tined tho terms and bouiuhs of his labors, ai)point a General Missionary Comrnittco or Board, composed of clerical and lay representatives from each uiocose, with the bishops at its head, and with an efficient secretary to carry out its instructions, to cooperate with (he Missionary Bislio]) in his arduous toil, to provide tho means for carrying; on the work, and to keep alive and burning with ever increasing'bri'ghtness, the flame of missionary zeal throughout the Chinch ? and could not the movement thus inaugurated expand, and consolidate, and at(rnc(, luKil i(sinffi,once was felt in every part of tho Dominion, until its seed bee me rooted in distant lands, iind until our Canadian Church could claim lionoiablo association with the mother and sister Churches of Great Britain and the United States, us a great Missionary Church ? Such indeed was the scheme which the writer at any rate had re- volved, which was perhaps imperfectly sketched in tho -" Letter " on Missionary Bishops," and in tho "Address" on " The Algoma Mis- sion," and which, Avith ])rofound deference, I am still bold to maintain IS practicable in all its details, and demanded ot us by tho necessities of the Church and the times. ]f the Tiovincial Synod "in December had acted upon this principle, and ap])lied itself to tho development of such an enterprise as this, 1 am persuaded the results would have been very different to-day from those -.ve arc called upon to contemplate. Wo should have witnessed an outburst of missionary enthusiasm which the Church in Canada has not yet experienced, and which would have sup- plied in a very short time an endowment fund adequate to all the de- mands ; and we should have a diocese duly defined, and a bishop ready to enter upon his self-sacrificing work, rather than tho miserable abor- tion which has struck sorrow into the hearts of a multitude of earnest Church-people, and which has done much to retard tho missionary movement so happily begun. '•" , . In placo of tliiH, liowovor, tho Provincial Hyiutt] appiinMilIy tonic tho moMt iiinited view of tlio Hiilijcct ii|)oii wliich it was (•.■Oiod lo li'i,'iMiato, uikI iiuido none, or Imt tho nio.st uiiHiitiMtactory urrati;,'oriioiit.s liir tlio future coruliit't of lliiH|rivat \vor!<. It intortnally sot apart tlio Al.i,'om!i l>ist>'i(!t as :i MiHsionary Dioocso,— witlioiit, liowovor, haviti'f tirst oh- taiiiod, acoorditii,' to its own ('anoii-<, tho ooiioiirronco of tho Toronto diocoso, to wh'K'ii tho district pritn.'irily l)clot),L,'od;— hut it noither dotor- niincd liio hoi.'.ds of tlio diocoso, nor indicated when or how tho work of (ho diocost) HJiull ho bo',Min and carried on. it oicctcd a .Mi■i^iol)ary ]lisiiop for AI,i,'oina; Imt it nt^illi m- -))ocirK>d tho -nhiry ho sliocld ro- ccivo nor nuido tho Mniailcst iirovisioii ior tho pasinent nf tho iioc, -sary cxponsoM in workini,' fh(! .MisHJon, — althoii!j;h its own (.'anon expressly HtipuiatOM, that "tho IIoii-o Bishops of shall ho satislicd that adcipiato provision has hocn niado for liio support of a Missioiinry Mishop," Those wore hlols in the leijislation of tho Provincial Synod. It Hoeniod indeed, that that Synod was anxiuiis only to launch this mission- aryship; and having,' appointed a captain, was cuntent to Icavo him without provisions for tho voyai;o, or without a cri'W to man tho vo-sol ; and can wo wonder tliat under Mich circuinstancs it foundered bolbro it ,u;ot out to sea? This furnishes a strontr presumption anainst leavini^ tho matter unconditionally at tho disposal of tho Provincial S\-n(;d. -Another similar hhnnli'r may bo made. It is doiditfid wiitilhor tho Jlotropolitan will summon another special moelini;; of tho Provincial Synod. Should ho not do this, lUo question must ho deferred for at least another ymv ; and even should ho do this,— unless tho Synod meets at once— tho election cannot lalce phieo in time for tho i.ishop to enter imon his work during' tho ensuiiVLC summer. There is yet iiothin^;jj which borders upon the " adcquido provision" for tho support of a Missiomiry Bishop, M-liich will satisfy the House ol' Bishops ; and what is worse, there is nor a sini^do olfort made or sui,'f;estcd tow;M eSt o?o;?;Tl^'',' ^^''^' ^^« '^^«'-«"t<^ dollars, whilst otl.ei- dioceses in tlufp '"^''^ hundred, or a thousand y «Poalcing, should l" iSowf ."t cn^l V r ^'l'^!^'^^^'^'"' comparative- Tho disproportion is too glS^ .nd f s Lo T' '^'^■'^°/»^"dred dollars, hostile criticism, which mtv olfi'nn . ^-^.^''''c to provoke an amount of probability that 'tho «d ol^^V/^t ?dl c 1 1 ''''t •'''"^"^'^- ^« ^''^^^ '^ erously come forward in its "nnoit ? ''Tr.'^'? enterprise, and gen- ;"8- 01' the Provincial Sp/od villTe held h, '■'''•'' '''' '•^""^''^^' '"««t- to complete tho or-ani/ation of n ^'"''^ ^'^ ^^''^^^ ^ Eishoi), and during'the en.uini^-^imnlo, A i' ' nv "'V"^" "r""' I-ictica/^or O..0CS will be so 'far lul ed or t t SSt o? 'T '. "'' ^^"^" I''-^'-'^' ^^"^^^^^ "uu'h unanimity and enfhnsi-.sm > ^ • ' ''"'' ^''^^ ^^'o may with so i>u.(len from the LonI * r "'^'■''' '"^*' *''« ai-i'ani,^emcmt as a ifure lilce tha^w ^'ha^ Sv T"" '''' l-f i^ilUy of anJlher J^^ctull.y.ec.nro. under th^bi";^^;;^;:':^,^-'^^ 1'--' -^ as will ^ yoss / it so,-if thci-0 be any a ;.™c • ' , ''' '""' ^'^^''''"^ rational ground on whicii .u u-" . „ v " ' -"■ ^ ''"' ""' "'' «^on any Jy all moans, let us 1^ V tl^ n-i ^rT h"^' ■" "''''"' " ^•^^'^'^-^ho^ ;V'iod, and let us by antic at nnn i 1"" '^'''^" ' "^' ^^'« ^^rovincia h<^«rty and «-eneralTu i^^ C i??v°''' *^ that Synod an evidence of ^« any dan^gor of a St ion of t^^s?""""' '^^"1^?" ""''^'-^^ ^ !»eet.ngof the last ProviS S>4od a k of"n'l'"'\r^'"^"'^^ ^'^° isiaction, juid damao-o whicl l,nV • ^'''^ vacillation, and dissat- f that i« sacred, anrfor'LtmrtioVo^ in 'the nan.o of bo so dear,_lct some other plaiL: ,?":/';' ^'',"1"" ^ ^^''^^ ^^'^ J^^ld to Kssue can be attained. ^ ^ '"'''"•^^^^ '^>' ^^'^'i^'h a satisfactory ^^^^^:t£^Ji^^^^^ n,deed, question- mentioned would notproveevent nl vfi ' ^''"/,^^'-^, alternative I have of this plan would ren^it tL w fthi ' T! ^T^^'.' /'"^ "^^"P^^«'^ diocese, to be disposed of at i s ext e 1 , f ".f ^'"^.^ f the Toronto st.ggest, and as its own aanoi^ mnv^!' '/ 1^' ,""''"'' ''''"^"^ "^ay eont.s^pp,,.,„,, .,,^ ^^Jirto/Si^Z^r' ' "^"^ of It as belonging to his dioVo.r nn lu Lordship makes mention pal jurisdiction. " \Vitl thTs n sum i;^'' S'^n^^"' '''^^''^ ^^ ^^'^ ^Pi'^co- and performed his ep co a JunSn t,' ' ^'"'7 ^'^^^'^^ ^^^ ^^^ti'lct, successor in office has rC ^""^*.'0"« there as a duty and a right. His the Toronto diW ll'^isCTt- Alio """ "^^ ^he Vnod of tjon and assurance. It has votrri m. '"^ ™^' '^'^^ ^ «ame convic- the Church in the district it has ^Tl Tf "^ y'""' ^'''' ^"staining the full power of speal ino-\n^ has admitted t.. its deliberations, with the distiJJct; it has^.^cS'^' ,Cs"&'hTs?^^ '7 clelegatesfroS Church in the district- and it hTi! the state and progress of tho differences which live'some m's unhan " ''^ "P°" to adjudicate upon doubtedly constitute both a nm-al md^Sl/. ''"'"• ^^''' things W any part of the country vhich is to all Ttlff'^'T" ' ""'"^ '^^^'^'^ ^o y /men ,s to all intents and purposes included 11 bo et Avi thill tins limits of an "organized diocese— according to the i-pii-it and phraseology of the first Hcction of the Canon on Missionary Bishops, as enacted ut the Provincial Synod in December— that district is Algoma. The claim is fhns clearly indisputable; and so the next point to observed is, that this right of ])ossossion and Jurisdiction has never y been surrendered by the Toronto diocese. Without the concurrence of the S.iiod of that diocese, expressed by formal resolutions, the Algoma district cannot be seperatod from it, and formed into a Missionary Sec, •either by the decision of the House of Bishops, or by the votes of the Trovinrial Synod. This will be apparent by reference to the two Canons of the Provincial Synod, which affect the question at issue, and by which wo are bound in the matter. In the 9th Canon, it is provided that the House of Bishops shall have the power of subdividing existing dioceses, or of forming a ncwdiocese out of portions of existing diocese's which may bo contiguous, Kith the concurrence or vpon the application of the ."Si/nod or Synods of the diocese or dioceses affected ; and it shall be the duty of such Synod or Synods to consider icitho'ut delai/ any proposal for the r^'bdirrswn of a diocese vhirh may emanate frc->n. the House of JJishops. 'I'l ■ ■■ ' > fiiiis Canon are certainly exp'res ' -c and emphatic enough ^ ■ l!'t^ j)()ssil)ility of misap])rehe' n as to the concurrent pfv'or ofihe Synod in any contemplated division of its diocese. But tiKs _c\ en i.s made more certain by the Tth clause of the Canon on Missionary Bishops, and which passed both Houses of the Provincial Synod only after long di>cassion, and ap])arently as an amicable com- promise. According to this clause " any diocese of the Province may, if It desires iv) to do, separate and set apart any portion of ,U territory as a district suitable for the establishment therein of 'a Missi nary Bishopric ; and such territory .so set :rpart may become a Missionary Diocese and a Bishop bo appointed thereto in accordance with the foregoing Canon." We cannot mistake this language ; we cannot resist this" decision. In each Canon there is an obvious and very ]M-o].er attempt to jruard the rights of the Diocesan Synods; and any infraction of tho,se 'rights, or any violation of the Canon so emphatically worded, must be deplored as likely to result in an unpleasant collision between the Provincial Synod, with the House of Bishops at its head, and the Diocesan Synod.s, whoso prerogatives have been set at nought. The (juestion, then, is forced U])on us. whether the Toronto dioceso and Synod have received the consideration which is their duo, and for which the Canons provide, in the organization of Algoma as a iMLssion- ary Diocese ? Has their " concurrence " been requested, according to the terms of the 9th Cation? or, has the Synod, of its own accord, Vor- mally "separated and set apart," by resolution, the Algoma District, '< for the establi.shment therein of a Missionary Bishopric," as stipulated form the 11th Canon? It does not appear to me that tho Toronto byno'i has done any such thing; and that, therefore, tho action of tho Provincial Synod in constituting Algoma a Diocese, and in electing a Bishop thereto, was, at least, premature. The subject has undoubtedly tindergono discussion in tho Toronto Diocoso ; atid in tho Synod, in- deed, It has called forth at different times several important resolutions. But there is notiiing which answers to tho terms of the two Canons I have quoted, and which if wo are to act legally, must form our basis and guide. The principal, if not tho only, resolutions of tho Toronto Synod, iiennng upon this subject, were passed at the sessions of 18G8, 1871, and i • i 12 , att.n(i„n to tho subject at s ni^rsess in^ Tn r-^'"'" '\' '"''''' '""''^^^^ ai>a.t tbv .„3- clotinitivo actio;. byll.^gl-llVl^J;:;;^ 'Jj^-i'^-^^^ ^^^^ -^ tion ^^ovalt r Kcv^t'?' Cnrtw ^"1!,^-^"^^' i""tho next vcsolu- tho Synod of -1871. It i-ifo^; to t o'S;.' '"^ ''''•"^'^^' ^y ^'- 1^«". '-^t the vast incroaso of I^puSSnUoyJd^ (^;;?S:r ''^ ^^'•'■''«^^' ^"^ federation, and Iho admission i lot 1 .. >':^"''J" ^''"•''I'qi'ont on Con- Manitoba, and otho. i p H^^ "^ ^'•'^'■^'' (Columbia, Cburch to snpplvove X .? nf Ir n ' .•^^■^'^"^•»'^«s the duty of tho ejiucatio„,an.iid^;s:L^;;;^^ ^ ;^S'"?ra:st^^ direction of a Gc4 r^A? ssiSo^/r"'"" e.fecti vcly carried on under the than l>y cacli S(mv rn' ;D'^ ;" . • '^l?'^"'"*^!' h' the Provincial Synod Bisbops, and electin^a SLor.l M "^1 of appointin," '""'' "«^'°'-"i''do a report. Provincial Synod, 'of ZX^b^ jttored the A goma District to the See of Aliroma, Iiis ij nshi, 'nnn^ ^'" "'^"^ ^'^'-'^'ippoi-t of the proposed from thoProp^^a ionSc^^Sv r,"'1 r' "'"^* "*' ''' «•'■='»* of 'i^OSO by the Eev. A[rrSvTnrsecondedb tT^^ ;y>s afterwards submitted the immediate and imperative ncc^^ v of'!;' Ir ^'''''^^'' ^'^^laring Algoma,andappointir/a Cot^Seffn '!>^^*^'*^"''^'7 '^'■^''"pHc in Committees ap ,!>inted bylhe oT "s -rn^ds th u the hZ'^'^^'^'^f . "'^^^ rangemontmi-Wit be mndf> nn,i . '^.> "'lus, that the best possdjje nr- Honorable Chief JusHo .^ ^^'' "^'^'f "'"^«'' '-^^tion secure,!. The Venerable Archdea o Slm^^^^^^ resolution, seconded by the Society for the pTop ^iro^ P,"«>'""-^ A'.'antof tho Dioces^o to raise itsq.I^^^'oa „ ,t ulS ^rAooi' fi'f :^'"-.tho Toronto resolutions was the Distrio of A ff . ?, " ^""^ '" "Either of these 13 occuiTcd to the Synod that any auempt miirlit bo mudo to oloct a Miwbion- ixry JiiHliop, without lir«t of ail inuicing '-adoquiito proviHion " lor his 6Ui)port, according to tho requirements of the Canon ; and certainly the promoters of tho movement never lor a moment supposed that a si)ecial meeting of the Provincial Synod would he so quickly summoned to do- cido the whole question, without waiting, or even asking fbr tho reijort or the opinion of tho Committees tho Synods had appointed. Jlad there been such an anticipation, tho Synod might have been more ex|)licit and doterminato in its resolution, especially in view of the schenie to bo ])roposed by tho ilev. Dr. Lett lor a general division of tlio Uiocoso. And oven as It is, had tho arrangement of the Provincial Synod been consumniatcd,-had the Eishopiic been actuallv formed, and the Bishop elect have accepted the responsibilities of his wliice,— it is not too much to siippose that tho Toronto Synod, with tho concurrence of its IJishop wouldhavc passed a retrospective resolution, continning tho arran'4- mont, 111 so lar as it was immediatolyiuid directly concerned, in ordcAo remove the possibility of legal dilliculty, and for tho greater oncourage- moi.t and support of tho Pishop and his missionaries. Wo cannot, however, bo indilleront to the fact, that tho subject is now prcsouted in an entirely new shape. There is no Missionary' Pishopric. Iho veiy lirst requisites for such a Pishopric are wanting. It tho ir ivincial Synod were summoned to meet to-morrow for tho piiriwso of c ectiiig a Pisiiop, its lirst duty would bo to request tho " concurrence " o_t the Diocoseallectod in the proposetl division. Without this, it would simply violate Its own laws; and any division or election, which mi..-ht bo made would not, and coald not be binding. In putting tho questlTon in this form, 1 am am not raising a quibble ; -I am not stating a more imaginary dithculty. My only aim is to interpret correctly tho law, as thai, luw has been enacted by the Provincial Synod, and to suggest tho a( visabihty under all circumstances of a rigid adherence to the law llie terms of the Canoiis are as explicit as they can well be made ■ and any invasion or infraction of them-oxcopt for the most special reason under the most pressing emei-oncy, to bo covered by subsequent Ic-Js- lation,— can only result in disorder and mischief. ° Accouling to this interpretation, then, tlie Al-oma District still forms an integral part of the I oronto Diocese. Tho clergymen of that Diocese are the missionai-ics there ; the Mission fund of that Diocese is ies])on- siblo for grants to carry on tho missions there ; the Bishop of that Diocese has announced his intention to make a Confirmation tour there during tho approaching summer. AH thisimplieslhe rightof i)0>session and control ; and tho Synod of the Toronto i)i<)cese will very naturally and properly exercise a jealous regard over its own rights and power Ah a matter of course, this question must be discussed at the ucct session of that Synod. It is not possible to avoid it. Whotlnu- it come up m the shape of a request from the House of Bishops for a .livision according to the 9th Canon ; or in the form of a resolution from some' ot its own members for a separation, according to tho 11th Canon • or tlirough an n])plication for an annual giant in support of a Missionary Bishopric 111 Algoma, according to an informal i)roposal of the Bishops or any other authority, it must bo introduced, and it will have to uihler- go discussion. A ny aUompt to prevent this will fail. We may as well try to cheek the swelling tide, or to lay an embargo on human 'lhou"-ht as lorostall a free expression of opinion upon a matter which is attemled with (ri*!ivi> ('(iniuli/. .ti.i.i ...,,1 ,..1.:..I. .1 .■ _ ,. ,i , ., . . oron ,a-ave comj)lieation, and whieli the act! to Synod, has forced upon it. on ot othc!'.-;, outside the O 14 And when tho subject is thus introduced, what course should be pur- sued .'' what decision sheuld be arrived at ? It is easier to ask than ta answer this question; an 1 in nil i write, I am wishful rather to su^rffest inquiry than to dictate action. It will bo unfortunate for tho Clmrch It tiie majority of the Synod should cjo there unfamiliar with tho question at issue, and unprepared to record upon it an intellisront vote. A consti- tutional principle is involved ; tho progress of the Church is very much at stake- There is no doubt that a wi.-se decision will bo formed- and tho probability of this will be all tho .greater if, in the meantime wo candidly consider all the bearings of the subject. As it appears to 'me there are two courses ojjen before tho Toronto Synod, one of which it must adopt. It may citlier act in accordance witli the 7th clause of tho Canon on Missionary Bishops, and by its own act separate and set apart the Algoma District as "suitable for tho establishment therein of a Missionary Bishopric;" and then memorialize the Provincial Synod to proceed forthwith to the election of a Missionary Bishop for such dio- cose, conformally with its own Canon ; or, it may retain possession of the district, and for tho more eflectivo performance of missionary work therein, separate it from the other parts of tho Diocese, and elect a butlragan or Missionary Bishop, according to its own Canons and By- Laws. The distinction liotweeii the two plans of action thus submitted IS this, that the firrit remits the matter entirely to the Provincial Synod and henceforward the Toronto Diocese will have no direct interest and' responsibility in tho iMissionary Bishopric of Aliroma; where^is the second jn-eserves in the Toronto Synod the power of independent action, and will impose upon it tho burden of providing an "adequate support." It is almost difficult, at iirst sight, to say which would be the prefera- ble plan. If; as 1 have already shown, we can only be assured of united and hearty co-operation throughout all the Churches comprised within our Lcclesiastical Province, then there can be no question that the first proposal will be tho most acceptable, and that without any hesitation we should onfido tho subject to the Provincial Synod. But there seem to be serious doubts about tho pro])riety of such an arrangement The experience of the last two sessions of tho Provincial Synod is not very reassuring. There is danger of delay; there is danger of disunion • there IS danger of another break down; and while fully alive to tho magnitude of the work, and to the difficulty of its accomjilishment I am inclined, with others, to tho opinion, that tho least of two evils w'ill be, for the Synod of tho Toronto Diocese to form an independent Mis. sionary Diocese, to elect the Bishop according to its own Canons, to provide the necessary funds by endowment and grant, and to maico the regulations by which the work shall be carried on. The Synod has an unquestionable right and power to do this. It may by Its own vote separate any portion of its territory from ihe rest, and form it into an exclusive Missionary See, or independent Diocese, as has been done in the Diocese of Eupert's Land, and as Dr. Lett has proposed in his scheme for a threefold division ; or tho Bishop even may request the appointment of a Suffragan for any particular portion of his diocese, with or without the right of succossi'on to the office and title of Bishop of I'oronto, on the demise of tho present occupant of tho See. In either case th( ?ynod would proceed to an election accordin"- to tho rules which have >cn already ])rovided, and whi.di may at the time be laid down. The c.cct: .n could take place at the annual "meeting of tho Synod, or at a special ses; ion convened for that purpo.-e. Both , 16 the clerical and lay delogutoH from the District which is thus to bo placed under especual episcopal supervision, would huvo a vo ce and vote m oloct.ng the man who should have authority ovc- Ihemh the Lord; and both for expedition, and convenience/and cfSncv i? wodd really seem that this nmy be the easiest solution of our iffic .ity and the course most likely to result in the immediate extcusio^^ vnd permanent establishment of the Church. ^xicumou ana la proposing such an arrangement, it would be well also to consider whether the hmits of this Missionary Diocese might not be adva ti 'o ously extended and whether it , ould not prove^onduci^o t^u Itho interests involved if Mu,.k-oka were added' to Algoma 1 p-esent Muskoka belongs to the Diocese of Toronto, eau;^i!y witrAgona' A^h.lst Its need of missionary exertion is no less urgent and bi'uS / As a new district of country, it is rapidly opening up; and vhetho or no , It ,s destined to realize the flattering promises of tl e Govern^^^^^ in inaugurating its Free Land Grant poHcy. or the still Lirs',",^in. hopes excted by emigration agents, Muskoka is u, oiSlv an n • Zu-r ^;;^^"fVvith a growing population, an,l with .i.-c sino: facilities f^Dr trade, and for missions. It covers an area of 3 -iOG 8S7 acres of land a large portion of which is vahiable fbr i ts \n S hor;!?''' 'T^ '' I'l^"''^ ^r^^-'^'^'*^ ^'^^^ «g'-i«'^ltural pursuit.s T 8( '] there was the .small population of 320, whereas this had incrcaid in 18d, according to the Census Returns, to G,919. The religious olenont ^s fairly repre. onted ; and our own Church notably among the diScn denominatious. There are lloman Catholics, Methodists, iVefb y ch'u" and other rel.gious bodies, returning in the whole little more S 4000 members, Avhilst the membership of the Church of Encrlaud a Kone amounts to over 2000, Here is the llegining of a great woi Uro is the nucleus of a most successful Mission? Why, then may no thl u!l Missions of Algoma and Muskoka be joined togW r as ofie £sW^^^ supported from one fund, and subject to one°control? The dis nco be.ween the two distnctsis not insurmountable, while the adva t^"^^^^^ of d rect cpi.scopal supervision would be great. It is not an arra l?o ment which should be made permanent, a. each distric^i s fii • on^y large to form an independent See, and indue time two bisho s'n list cupy he territory between them. But as preliminary o tfj the roposal I have made is not without its points of recomme.ulatio •' ad Avhether the arrangement be left with the Toronto, or to the iCin n Synod I rcspectftily submit that the union I have sug.^ted is o unworthy of consideration. ^^^'^^'-^ is not I am ccmpcllcd to touch again on the question of money. Our m-inci pal dithculty ics there ; and yet I cannot for the life of iS^see tharthc ro need be any difficulty at all. It will undoubtedly require a -u-o amount of money to begin, and to carry on this entlrpSo efficient f and It IS undeniably certain that the whole, or, at any rate a 1?^;!^' portion of the required sum might have be^n i.nseT by this time^ if v"e' had gone about the thing in the right way. The que^stion of endow ment has been too lightly thought Sf all the way through I. /not mcomprehensible that not a single word was said about this ma ei a tll'Tr"^ t'''^ y ;"^^ '^ '' ""' lamentable to think that the whole C '^' ^ I'^^rf *^ ^f.'.' ^^^'^^ ^"'^'^""* ^ ^^^"^ '^^^^'i"'^' l^^^n started ? ^ancy a Sjnod elcc ing a Missionary Bishop without the "provision" of a suvile cent much less "an adequate provision "-for caiTyini o, his work. And fancy tho whole Church b irning with zeal on th^^subjec^ IS If II IG williii^r to coiitriLutc, and waiting to bo solicited; and yet no official jippoiil boini,' made, and a voiiintaiy etl'ort being discouraged ! This has been and this is our position at the present moment. Ifa subscrii> tion had lieon commenced at each Synod, especially after the passing of the resolution declaring the necessity of a Missionary Bishopric and ftttor the announcement of the generous oMer made by the Propagation .Souoty; or if the Committees appointed by the .Synods had been con- vened together (o organize a plan for a general subscription, and tho arrangement had been vigorously carried out, as it was intended I am conhdent I lat both rich and poor, that both young and old alike, would have joined m tho contribution, and that tho result would, even by this tunc have surpassed our highest expectations. Tliero were cases in which to my own knowiodgo sums vaiying irom fivk hundred to ono liundrcd, to hfty, to twenty, to ten, and even to five dollars were oUcred unsolicited, if the work were earnestly begun. For some extraordinary reason, tho movement tending towards an endowment was suspended • many of tho foregoing promises were withdrawn, because there was ovidenliy no hearty cooperation and no properly organized system • and positively we find ourselves to-dav in no better 'condition —with no more funds, with. no suier plan, and with no brigluer prosi'ecls,— than wo had t\v ' ve months ago. On every gi'ound thi« is to be deplored : and by whomsoever the future arrangements may be made, the first imperative duty iDvv is, to utilize the short space left us belore tho meeting of tho Synods in Juno to coinmence the necessary endowment. An Endowment, I still maintain, is an absolute necessity. Tho work cannot bo carried on cliectively without it. It may be wise tor each Synod to pledge itself to contribute an annual grant towards tho support of tho Mission, so long as it may be needed; '"but if tho amount required can bo secured without that, it will bo better for both tho bynods and tho xMission. The £950 so kindly oflerod by the Propao-a- tory Society, were made contingent on the raising of £4000 in Canada to bo invested as a permanent endowment; and if we refuse tlie con- dition, do we not virtually decline the otter to which it was annexed ? It has seemod to me that really iho common impression was that a 1 ^ve had to do was to raise a salary for tho Bishop, amountinj.' to about $2000, and that this could bo more conveniently done by assess- ment upon the Synods, than by an appeal for voluntary offerings throughout tho Church. 1 must be pardoned for pronouncing this a grand delusion— a fatal mistake. As I have shown in some of my iormcr letters, tho salary of the Bishop forms only ono item and that by no moans tho most important item, in tho general expense. There are the salaries of the missionaries to bo provided for; and there arc tho funds to bo hup])lied for building churchi and schools, and for pro- curing Bibles, and Prayer Books, and Hymn Books, and Catechisms, and for keeping m active and efficient operation all the working ma- chinery of tho Mission. It cannot bo expected that tho Bishop) can provide these out of his 82000 per year. It is not to bo supposed that ac first, at least, the Churches in the Diocese will bo able tvithout ex- traneous aid to meet all the demands which may thus bo made, and which must be responded to by somebody. It surely is not intended that the Bishop shall desert his diocese, and neglect his proper work of organizing and teaching, that ho might visit England, or even tho dif- ferent parts of Canada, as a sort of episcopal boi^gar, to raise funds for lumselt and his missionaries. All this should 'be done for him by tho 17 rosponsiblo committee, that his mind might bo unembarrassed, and that ho might bo frco to fulfil his apostolic commission in iho spirit of liis Master, and of tho first groat Missionary Bishops of the Church. O, it will never do to attempt an establishment of this Missionary Bishopric upon terms which must inevitably result in depression and failure. It is supremely desirable to enforce that part of the Canon which requires that " adequate provision" shall bo made belore a Missionary Bishop can be appointed. At present, there is no such " adequate provision ;" thoro is in fact no provision at all ! It would bo a mockery to talk of another election upon such terms ; it would be trifling with any clergy- man to ask him to undertake the responsibilities, and to submit to the sacrifices insepai'ablo from the office of a Missionary Bishop, with such a slender and visionary guarantee of su^jport. No such folly is perpe- trated in the missionary movements of tho Church at Homo, or of the Church in tho United States, or indeed of any Missionary Society in existence; and surely wo shall not so far stultify ourselves, and frus- trate our own groat design, as to neglect the very lirst olementa of busi- ness prudence and religious order. Tho question naay, indeed, bo asked, what in this case do we mean by " an adequate provision " ? and really it is not a diflicult question (o answer. Thoro is no desire that our Bishop should receive a '• princely income," and live in a gorgeous palace, and bo "clothed in fine linen, and fare sumptuously everyday " ; and that his missionaries should bo made gentlomon of independent means, if not of landed estates, with less work, and larger incomes, than tho, majorit;y of tho hard working clergy of our present parishes and missions. Nothing so preposterous has ever entered the heads of anj' ot the promoters of this scheme ; and nothing so impracticable would over bo entertained by any bishop or missionary. Wo have not yet outlived the days of apostolic simplicity and zeal ; and if 1 am not very much mistaken there are men amongst us in Canada who are not unwilling to follow tho example of tho devot- ed young Selwyn, and his equally devoted companion and friend, Still, in England, and givo up houses, and lands, and friends, and homo, for tho sake of Christ, and at tho call of His Churcli. But wo are not insensible to the fact that tho wants of nature must bo supplied, in even the most devoted and zealous ; and that in carrying on successfully missionary work, in a new country and among a poor population — many of whom are Indians and heathen, — largo resources will bo inevitably needed. It is not simply tho expense of living that we have to take into account ; wo must look at the expense of travelling in so wide a district, often by special conveyance and with selected guides; we must think of tho gratuities which have to bo given as a passport to Indian confidence and sympathj'-, and of the relief which has to bo afforded in food, in clothes and in homos ; and wo must duly estimate the working expenses of such a mission in salaries, in buildings, and in books, &c. When we have done this, the conviction will be pretty firmly settled in our minds, that " an adequate provision " means something more than $2000 for tho payment of a Bishop's salary ; and that little loss than $10,000 will sulflco fordoing tho work as it should bo done, with honor to tho Church, and with advantage to the District in which tho Bishopric is established. I have before stated my own impression, that at least $100,000 should be raised as an endowment. It was thought by some that my figures were e xtravagant,and that I had proposed an amount that was unattain- 18 i? ■ able. Thoso figures liavo been open to coiTcction ; I have even struelc otV half the aiim, in doforonco to those wliose foars liavo controlled their judgments. Yet I am bound to declare, that with all the ailditional information I have rocoivcd, 1 do not tiiink that my tir.st esliniato was unreasonable, or one single dollar above the mark. Wo cannot presume upon giving the Bishop a less salary thiui §;},()00, to include his travell- ing, and other official oxpcnsos. A salary of $800 per year will be found limited enough for a missionary, witii a wife, and possibly young children ; and if only 10 such were employed, there would bo an annual claim of $8,000. Is it likelv that iho working apparatus of tho Mission — tho building of churches and schools, etc.,— will bo less, for tho first few years, than $4,000 per year? Iloro, (hen, apart from all other things, wo have a total sum of 815,000, which must bo annually raised and paid, if this great project is to succeed as wo wish it, and as it should and might do. Tho interest of 8100,000, at G per cent , supposing tho money to bo invested in Dominion Stock, or in County Debentures, would yield us only S6000. Where then is tho balance of ^9000 to come from? It must be provided ; and how? May not tho Missions in tho Diocose itself contribute at tho rate of 84000 per year? May not our present Synods guarantee an annual collection in each parish throughout tho Province', and which, without assessnig any Synod with any particular amount, may yield on an av virago, say 83000 ? And is not likely that the voluntary contributions of friends at a distance- in England and other places, who may be interested in our work, as reported in our 2Jissionary Chronicle or /I'ccmZ— will amount to another 81000 or 82000 per year? The entire aniount supposed to bo necesjary would thus bo forthcoming ; and freo from all encumberance and em- barrassment, about tho ways and moans for supporting themselves, and for prosecuting their work, both tho Bishop and his missionaries would have time and courage to labor, in season and out of season, for tlio education and christianization of tho people committed to their care. Now can any lower estimate bo formed, with a due regard to tho efficiency of the Mission ? It is possible that other minds may conceive a different plan of action, and present a more economical table of costs. If it can bo done, wo should, by all means, have tho advantage of such light. There is nothing lost by candid and full discussion. It is in- indeed by tho contact of mind with mind that truth is eliminated, and that difficulties are overcome. I should bo rejoiced to see tho way open for a less demand upon tho Church than I have supposed necessary. But at present I cannot imagine how it is to be done,— on tho basis, at least, on which my reasoning and assumptions rest. Tho cry of econo- my may easily be raised; and no doubt numbers of seU'-indulgent christians, who know nothing of sacrifice and toil for tho Church, will be ready enough to propose lower stipends for the bishop and his mis- sionaries, and a smaller expenditure in tho general working of tho mis- sion. Wo must, however, consider efficiency rather than economy ; and we must provide for actual wants, for certain demands, rather than wait for contingencies to arise, and then meet them by any shifting policy which may seem adapted to tho emergency, and which, in tho long run,— like tho system of accommodation bills at a bank,— will be both more troublesome and expensive. If I understand the move- ment aright, our object is to establish a Mission which will reflect credit upon the Church, and confer lasting benefit upon tho district within which its influence will bo diffused. On any other principle tho -t 19 i wholo thing would bo n, liiipjo i-cvolting sliiiin. We Imd botler not inovo finoihor step,— better not desire even a re.suscitntion of the nil but dead and buried oiiterpriKc,— tlian call into existence u niiserablo deformity, which can only excite pity, and which can never pcrfoi-in the functions of life. This must ijo tlio case, if we still go upon the plan a])i)arently ado])ted at the Provincial Synod. J3ut if, on the other liund, we are to have a healthy, vigorous, and successful Mission, which it will bo a i)rido to conteniplale, and which shall soon bo made a praise in the M-hole earth, wo must lay down broad principles, and wo must aspire to great things; and whether I am right or wrong, I must still avow a most profimnd and delibei'ato conviction that wo cannot, and ought not to attoni])t to do this, without an income of from fifteen TO TWENTY TiiocsAND i)or,LAU.s A YEAR. To thoso who thiiilv ditt'eroiitly, I can only say at present— "Show cause ; produce your estimates; givo us your facts and figures; and wo can then reason and judge." Bat is it possible, with all the other demands which are pressing upon the Church, to raise at once such an immense sum as 8100.000? Most a_ssurcdly,in my judgment.it is; and that without any verv great difficulty either. The precise method by which the monej' should be rai-scd, must bo determined by the Committee already in existence, or by any other Committee which may hereafter bo appointed. But that the whole amount may bo raised by a proper organization, and by an ordinary amount of business energy and christian zeal, I can no more doubt than lean despair of tho ultimate establishment of the Church throughout thisvast Continent. It is doubtless a special work, and must be so taken up by every member of tho Church. We shall commit a grcvious mistake if we place it upon a level with tho common, every day movoments in which our parishes and tho public are asked to unite. There is a dis- tinctness and a speciality about it,which mark it out as deserving more than ordinary consideration and support ; and there is no reason why appeals on behalf of this, and why contributions in favor of this, should not bo made indopnndently of every other object which may claim our sym])athy and co-operation. It is, 'indeed, j^artly in its special charac- ter that its importance lies. In the Church, as in tho State, occasions sometimes arise in which an unusual effort must I'O made, in which an extraordinary manifestation of generosity and energy is required, in order that great principles may be maintained, or that sublime results may be achieved, and that thus tho Church may advance with the country and tho ago, and retain, if not increase its power, as the witness and defender of tho truth, and as tho teacher and evangelizer of man- kind. And all such special enterprises must be begun, all such extra- ordinary work must bo carried on, without tho suspension of any ordin- ary effort, or tho withdrawal of any single contribution which may be necessary for supporting the existing institutions of the Church. This is precisely tho position in which the Algoma Mission does, or should stand. It is a new enterprise, to meet tho wants of a new country; it it is intended to open up before tho Church a new era of missionary zeal, and to bring back upon tho Church in its reflex influences new and richer blessings than have heretofore been enjoyed ; it demands for its success the union of all our heads, tho energy of all our hands, the generosity of all our hearts ; and in thus coming up to tho help of tho Lord against tho mighty, and offering of our own free will, of all tho substance that. God has given us, wo are to r 'ect no other duty, with- hold no other effort. This must bo distint _om, over and i.i )7e, all ^Jf 20 olso that wo have given anddono; and in this it.s val.u, and acconta- nilify will in part consist; ^ On this principle, I can concoivo no insimnountaUo difllculty and I can Hoo no intolcniljio l.iinlon, i„ misini; wilhin twolvo months an en- dowmontloi- Aigoinuof Ohy. nij.\nnKi> Tiiousanh JJollaus. If tho worlc bo loft solely to tl.o Toronto Synod, it will becorno so mucli more onerous for that body. In that caie the other Synods nuiv Avithold their active cooperation, and the area over which an appeal ctn bo made will be proportionately limited. It may, however, boassumed that with this arrano;emcnt the entire burden of responsibility will not be loft upon tho Toronto Diocese. Surely the other dioceses will extend aholpini,' hand; each bishop would no doubt permit an application to be made m his diocese; and is there a sini,do clergyman who would refuse to make an aDpeal from his pulpit, and to become tho medium through which the contributions of his (lode may bo forwarded to tho managing Committee? But should the arrangement ori<,qnally proposed bo carried out— which is most likely,— and tho responsibility and duty bo loft to tho rrovinciul Synod, then all question of ditllculty must vanish, nnd as Iho whole Church will bo accessible to tho appeal so every individual member may bo expected to contribute. It needs but u very simple process to raise the whole amount May it not bo done by personal suuscrii-tionh ; by a special offertory in each Church ; and by tho use, for a given time, of collectino boxes and CARDS in each Sunday School? We start with, say ^.-i 000 as a grant from tho Propagation Society. Another gift from En/dand has beon made, to the amount of £501), towa-ds the erection of a Bishop's liouse. It IS certain that by proper application being made other Soci- tios in England will follow tho example of the Propagation Society and that other private persons may emulate tho zeal of tho anonymousdon- or of tho £500; and that thus, the $5,000 may soon be augmented into $20,000. Will any body pretend that tho whole of our Church popu- lation in Canada is unable or unwilling (o raise the balance renuired whatever may bo the amount ? In tho five dioceses forming our Eeclesi- asticftl Province, in Ontario and Quebec, there aro, acccn-din"- to tho Census returns of 1871 s.ay in round numbers, 400.000 members of tho Church of England. How many names of Sunday School children wo have on our roll, I am not able to ascertain accurately ; but at a very low estimate we may count upon say, 500,000. If, then, an average contri- bution were made of 25 cents per member, we shoald have at one stroke 8100,000; and if again an average subscription were given of 5 cents per scholar, there would bo an addition of $25,000 ; or, reducing' it to 2 cents per .scholar, it would furnish 810,000. And aro wo to be t^old that such a scheme is impracticable— that such sums are unattainable ? I cannot myself believe it ; on tho contrary, I believe that thi^, and more than this, can l)e realized within a year, if wo enter upon the work with an earnest spirit, and a determined will. Aro there not a few amon<'st us Avho v ^uld give each their |500 ? Are there not others who wouk^ eivo their fc 10, or $300, or $400 ? more still who would give their $100 or $50, or ,^20, or $10, or $5 ? and more again who would pay their $l' or 50 or 25 cents ? And thereby, at a very moderate calculation, mi'o-ht wo notcount upon $80,000, or $90,000 ? In each Sunday School a few Collecting Boxes, or Mite Chests could be distributed • whilst it is cer- tain that many families would gladly avail themselves of them At least 5000 of these might bo employed; and supposing their receipts I 81 • when opened, nvorngod only from $1 to «2— which nccoidin.' to my own oxpcnonco, and to the ovidunco of the MiHsion Hoard in the United Stiitos, 18 a voryjow oslimato indeed,— wo whould have a clear income alone ot nearly » 10,000. It. this way more than $100,000 would Lo raised; and iii a monetary point of view, the Mission would be nlaccd upon a hrm and sure iiasis. Thoro is nothing visionary in such calculationn ; thoro is nothiuL' im- probable in such results. A feeling of indiirerenco, or a spirit of unbe- lief, may suggest dilH.ulties, and atlect a sneer ; and as we have often seen in the history of great enterprises, both commercial and naigious, the Iriio principle and the right ].lan may have to work their way through prejudice and opposition, until their uufpiostioned practicability and success claim and receive universal homage. 1 do not doubt for a moment tliat by the application of right means, and with the hearty cooperation of those who are interested in the scheme, all I have fore- shadowed may be attained; and if we do not attempt something of this sort, then I. am persuaded we shall miss a glorious opportunity for demonstrating the generosity and energy of the Church, and shall retard for years a work which is demanded at once, and which more than anytliing else will extend the influence and enhance the reputation of the Church. ^ But how is it to bo done ? There is after all, a great distinction between assertion and proof; we want something tangible and real in preference to that Avhich IS only conjectural or visionary. I am not afraid to oxi)lain the method by which I think the whole thing may be accomp- lished. If other minds can suggest a more simple and effective plan, so much the better for the cause we have in hand. In my jud/'ment wo should go back to one of the first points I have mentioned, and summon a meeting of the General Committee appointed by the Synods We could then act without authority, and in a perfectly constitutional manner. By that Jommittee a report should be prepared for the Synods and an appeal issued to the Church. Under the instructions of the Committee, and with the special sanction of each Bishop, the Secrtearv should place himself in communication with every Diocesan Committee and with every clergyman in every parish. On one given Sunday, the subject should bo explained and enforced in every Church and School throughout the Province, when a special offertory should be made, and when voluntary subscriptions should, be solicited. In connection with this, promissory notes may bo distributed to those who choose to avail themselves of them; and envelopes marked " Algoma Mission " should bo circulated widely, so that persons at any time they wish may enclose a contribution, whether large or small, whether with or without a name at the ordiiiary service and offertory of the i-arish to which they be ong The Collecting Boxes, all properly numbered and regis- tered, should be distributed at the same time to those who desire them and who will use, and return them within a specified time. In some cases, special personal applications may be made for subscriptions • in some parishes meetings may be held, or sermons may be preached, by the Secretary or other suitable deputations ; and in all cases ample in- formation should bo furnished, and a regular monthly statement should be presented, of the progress of the work, and of the amounts obtained that the interest may be kept alive, and that public generosity may bo cnlargoa. * o j j This is not a complicated arrangement; it is simplicity itself. In its '" \ founi^rc ? Jinvo wo ovo. knwwn a Clnu'c'li or^nuiizftiion hiiccc not by UM'tcci J> 1, 1 ' '" ''!•"' '"/'' '•^'li^'iows truth v Is it Huvo tl" y not n !t ?\. n^^^^ '""■/' ^'>' '^''^"^••"' <'""tnl^"tion ? hosts of c^o cct \v 1, I 'r ''";"."' '^''■'"""■^' l*"^^"^- "'^^ti-'M^ spirit? 1 rr.otnn o • /! •"'?^'^","'b' «tir np tho nmMomny such method" -doZknt of ^^ '^ the poor? Ami «re we nlovo character to fblioH c ±m,^?L ' ^ ''!'" '^ ^' -'^ derogatory to our OU8 than Ave are ? n 1 ran "n "f •..? "'. •'" '''""''' ^^""* "^°''° '^«*'''- nnd ' l^ccon.o a prai.e groat object, we llaVmornol ; ^ ""^' ^•^^'^^^ «" «"« shall attiin k briUhntEue os^ AT^^"^ *" ""^ ^"""^'^ '" ''^^''^"^^'^ ^'"^ ^^c ever m'oJLt.\ l """'^^s. No more cncouniginjr opportunity was cho"r!nn poctTw'r:. A"l";^ir l'",""'"'^ T"'^ ^^"^ "^"^^ ' "« -"« this Ailofna imf M^s ;,c; Mi t '" y ':;;.u\'r ri^ "^'rr'"" ^^''."^ c p es,— -wo shill ho f,.i.Ki-!o 7 , .''''" ^° recreant to our prn- to the ca 1 am las ono , "* """^ '^"*^;' '^ ^^'" ^''» "^^ ^'^^PO"'' l>ea tily miirhtv Th« ;nL """' ''"'"^ ^" ^^'"^ '"^^P «^" the Lord a-.inst the sensible to oin- obli^t^ion ? ""^^''^"'^'f"' ftj: «"'• '"^rcies? Are we in- we caro noth U foffh^ i • Ar '"^'"«^"^'nt to our destiny? Do sities of earth 5^ Do u ^''"""7^ ^^^^ven ? Do we despise the neccs- shun tt exl pie ofl'r 'S'^' n'*'? '''' ''' pur forefatLrs ? Do we ing crime shalUta^n our soui^ T , Y T'l^^'J ,^' "" ^"'''^ ''^^^'t- lives. Weare,o?unn ndft ;Vt) '":''- "J'!;:^ 7 deeds shall deform our we are unworthy of the men wr V X<^ 7 '"'"''^^ ''''^' "P"" "■^' equal to the wo^cwhi^nj^;;.;;; f!^: %tt:'''':i.T,T''''^- talent, there is faith there isdo.^'. \i • ^calth, there is in our midst whVh Vn,f ^ do..,i on, l!,ero is zea^, there is courage may pkro WTd in u7 "^''.r '"^P'"^g"^blo to any foe. and whfeh now that th J «of r ^'""f ^''" '""**' transcendent results. It is now that the set time has come for the developement of our rOHouroos, ami for tli. inaiiiriiration of nIiuII whoi loiiv 1 I) ... 't now oiitoi'iH'be, which it,s impress upon ow history nnd upon tho world; and ly voices within, and hy appcls iVom u, hoiit,— when by lio worlunKs of tho Spirit, an.l hy tho opcnin/^'H of i'rovidoM(H -whon by tho corniniind of Uod. and hy tlio ontreats- of precious hoiiN wlHMi hy tho inspiritinij example of the Church' ii other lands and hv tl.o mysterious and ovorwhclmiiig Hucritico o( ChriHt,- wo a're Hum- moned to immediate action, impeliod onward in tho pathof duty— O is there one am'm/,'rtt us who does not feel tho onkindliu-r (lumo oflovo • livme, and who is not ready to make some sacrifice, to irivo .sorno money, to perform Homo service, hy which the Church may ho hon- ours 11, its r.'isionary career, and i)y which the Uodeomor may see ol tho travail ot his soul, and he .satislieil'/ W.ih this view, I have wriiion this aj.peal. It is hut an imperiuct contiMbution to a ^Horioiis cause. If 1 have dropped i.ny un-'iumled word, or royoaled any improper spirit, 1 must ask to ho IbiMriven; aM