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A BRIEP HEFOHT

MADK TO THK

RIGHT REV. B. B. SMITH, D.D.,

PKEPIDINO ni^HOP <IK THK IMSOTKPTANT Kl'l^COI' A L CHUIICH IN TIIK
UNITED STATES,

LEWIS P. W. BALCH, D.D.,

LATK SEMOIt CATION OK CHRlt^l' CHUI'.IH <'ATnKDRAr,, >rONTUEAt., CANADA, AND
LATK SKCllETARY OF THE !»VM)U OK TUB DlOCKtJE.

TOGETHElt WITH COPIES OK

THE DEAM, CANONS, CLERGY AND LAITY

CATHEDRAL, AND DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

PRINTED BY JUIIN LUVELL, ST. .VICHOLAS STREET.

1871.

CONTENTS.

L Beport to Bishop Smith, of Kentucky.

M.. Address from one hundred and seventy-three Laymen of theT)ity
of Montreal, to Rev. Dr. Balch. Presented February 14, 1871,
oa the occasion of his leaving the Diocese.

m.. leply of the Rev. Dr. Balch.

IT- Jtddresg to the Rev. Dr. Balch, on the occasion of the liquidation
of the Cathedral debt. Signed by the Rector and Dean of Mon-
tareal, the Wardens of the Cathedral, and one hundred members of
the Cathedral congregation. Presented June, 1867.

T. Jtd(&:e39, signed by 125 Churchmen, and approved by the Dean and
€a,non3 Anderson, Bancroft and Bond. Presented January 25,
1869.

Tl. Aid&WB, signed by the Rural Dean of Iberville, and eighteen Cler-
gymen, Pastors, Incumbents and Missionaries of the Deaneries of
Iberville and Bedford. January, 1871.

TiDL Eeply of the Rev. Dr. Balch.

VEIL ILfttter from His Worship the Mayor of the City of Montreal.

EL Ifttter from the Very Reverend John Bethune, D.D , Deaa and
Rector of Montreal.

REPORT

TO THE

RIGHT REVEREND B. B. SMITH, D.D.,

XISBOP OF KENIUfKV, AM> PKESIDINO WISHOP OF TUB PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL
CHt'nCH IN THK UNITKt) STATK8,

RiiiiiT Reverend and Dear Sir,

After the consecration of the late Bishop Wainwright, the
House of Bishops elected me, in 1853, to succeed Bishop
Wainwright in the office of Secretary of the House of
Bishops. By successive re-elections I held the office until
186G.

In that year, after repeated written request, as well as by
personal solicitation, the late Bishop Fulford, Lord Bishop of
Montreal and Metropolitan of Canada, prevailed on me to
accejit the appointment of Assistant Minister of the Cathedral,
tendered by the Very Rev. John Bethune, D.D., Dean of
Montreal, and. at the same time, the Bishop tendered me
the appointments of Canon of the Cathedral and Domestic
Chaplain.

I was contented with the post of Rector of St. Michael's
Church, Bristol. R.I., and did not wish to leave my country.
But the late Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, and other American
Bishops, considering that this was the first time a Clergyman
ordained by the Amei-ican Episcopate had been invited by the
Ecclesiastical authorities of the Church of England in the
Colonies, to enter her jurisdiction, and knowing from Bishop
Fulford's speech at the General Convention in the United
States, in October, 1865, how much he had at heart the removal
of all disabilities to a practical union of the two branches of the
Church on this continent, and that the late Duke of New-
castle had procured the passage of Imperial and Provincial
Acts of Parliament to facilitate the same, advised me to

resign the Rectorship at Bristol, ami accept the post of
Assistant Minister and Canon of tiie Cathedral, Montreal,
which I did, June 1, 1860.

I. found the Cathedral encuml»ercd with debt. The part
which I took in its liquidation can best be learned from the
Address, signed by the Rector, Wardens and Members of the
Cathedral congregation, printed herewith, page 12.

I will not trouble you with a detail of duties discharged
in the Cathedral, and in the Diocese, but will barely refer
to one of them.

The Incorporated Ciiurch Society of the Diocese, charged
with the care and maintenance of its Missions, unanimously
elected me Secretary in 1867.

Subsequently, when the Church Society was merged into
the Incorporated Synod of the Diocese, I was again unani-
mously elected Secretary of the same, and held the office,
discharging the duties pertaining to both, until June, 1870.
And at that time the Treasurer reported the Diocese out of
debt and a small balance in the treasury.

At the meeting of the Executive Committee, held August
12, 1868. letters were read from the Dean and Wardens of
the Cathedral, stating that, in their opinion, the duties of
Secretary were incompatible with those of the Cathedral, I
therefore resigned the office of Secretary. But Bishop Fulford
himself wrote, and the Committee adopted a resolution,
requesting me to hold the office until November following.
Before November that wise and faithful Bishop died. By
Iftw, I could not be released from the duties of the office
until June, 1870.

In November, 1869. I sent my resignation to the Dean,
which was declined. In December following, I convened
the Wardens of the Cathedral, ex-Wardens, Chancellor
of the Diocese and a distinguished member of the Synod,
and submitted to them my reasons for wishing to be released
from connection with this diocese. Those reasons were over-

rviled. But after tlie Synod of Juno, 1870, ihose same
gentlemen acknowledged the force of the reasons previously
assigned in December, and reluctantly withdrew their oppo-
sition to my resignation. The venerahlo Dean finally gave
his consent and accepted my resignation, and expressed senti-
ments of regret, which bound me to him more closely than
ever , Bishop Oxendon promptly gave a letter dimissory to the
Bishop of Maryland, in whose Diocese I have since accepted
the Rectorship of the Church of the Ascension, Baltimore. *
In conserjuence of previous official relations to the House
of Bishops of the United States, and from the peculiar cir-
cumstances under which I became Canon of Christ Church
Cathedral, in the Mctropolitical Diocese of Montreal, I was
placed in a position where, without assuming any represen-
tative character, unworthy or unfaitliful conduct on my part
would have reflected discredit on that Venerable and Right
Reverend House, which, for so man}' years, honoured me
with its confidence ; therefore, it is due to you. Right Reverend
and dear Sir, and it is only respectful to the House of which
you are now the President, to make this brief report, " as
to my manner of life," since I left the jurisdiction of the
Church in the United States, up to the time of my return
to the same. And for this purpose 1 beg to submit for your
inspection, and that of the Bishops, Clergy and Laity of the
Church, who feel any interest in the matter, the documents
herewith printed.

I am. Right Reverend and dear Sir,
With great respect,

Your friend and servant,

LEWIS P. W. BALCH.
Montreal, February, 1871.

* A now Church heavily encnimliered with debt, iuid its (iroperty
threatened with alienation. The brave little band of Cliiirchnien who have
thing to it in its dark days, made such an appeal, that I felt bound,
depending on God's blessing, to tri/ and save the Parish from extinction,
and to enlarge and render permanent its usefulness.

II.
TO THE KEVEIIEND LEWIS P. W. ]]ALCII,D.I).

Reverend and Dear Sir, — Your resignation of tlio
office of Senior Canon and Assistant Minister in Christ
CImrcli Cathedral of tiiis city, and your intended departure
from Canada, causes deep regret, and lead us to approach you
respectfully and to express jHiblicly our feelings of regard
for yourself and family, as well as our own appreciation of
your action in coming among us, of your life and labour
here, and of our sorrow thtit any thing should have occurred
to induce you to leave us.

That the unity of the great Christian Brotherhood knows
r.o political boundaries has been excnii)lified by your minis-
terial labours in Canada ; your presence has been a bright
and pleasing evidence of that link of union between the
Christian Church of your native land and of our own, and,

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while making your presence doubly welcome, will add to
our sorrow at your departure.

During the four years and a half of your ministry in
Canada you have striven, and we believe successfully, to
advance the cause of Ilim whom you serve so zealously, and
so well ; your labours as a pastor, as well as in the cause of
^lissions and of education, have been so constant, so arduous
and so able, that wo cannot fail to bear testimony to them,
nor can wc ignore the spirit of self-sacrifice and duty which
you have exhibited in your care for, and conduct towards
others ; the sick, the taint, the needy, will feel the loss of
your sympathy and aid ; the strong and the zealous, the
want of your counsel and encouragement. These charac-
teristics have distinguished you as a brave soldier of Christ
and chivalrous gentleman.

Our sorrow at your approaching departure is softened by
the hope that the Church in your native land will profit
by our irreparable loss, and will know how to mark her
appreciation of a servant who has so nobly fulfilled his

mission, and that Cliristian utiity will be strcn^lhenod and
ccjTientcd by your alternate labours between two friendly
poojiles, holding the same great princ'ii»lcs of ft\ith ami free-
dom, and learning from one Divine Master, lessons of peace
and goodwill.

To ^Irs. Balch and to your family, who have endeared
themselves to us all, by their blameless lives, and their abvni-
dant social and Christian virtues, we desire to express our
deep sentiments of affectionate regard.

In parting from you all we can only say : Farewell, may
Ciod bless you.

Montreal, February 14tli, ]87].

^i^ned bv the Chancellor of the Diocese, the Wardens of
the Cathedral, and one hundred and seventy- three Laymen,
besides those who signed the Testimonial.

111.

RKl'LY.

(Jkntlemkn", — I gratefully accept the Address which you
have this day presented, and I thank you for the generous
gift which accompanies it.

The Address and Testimonial arc numerously signed by
well-known names representing the Cathedral congregation,
and I observe, also, that I have been honoured by the
signatures cf some of my fellow-citizens belonging to other
churches beside the Church of England, as well as by those of
esteemed friends residing in distant parts of the Diocese.

It adds to the ]ileasure with which I receive such an Ad-
dress, to believe that it will be appreciated by the Venerable
and Right Reverend House of Bishops of the United States,
of which Iluusc I was Secretary for manv years ; and that
your sentiments in that Address will gratify many of the
Clergy and Laity of the Republic.

At the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the United States, held at Philadelphia, October,
186/), the late Bishop Fulford was an honoured guest. He

preached the sermon at the opening of the Convention, and
was treated with all the hosf itality due his personal excellence
and his official dignity.

In his speech to the House of Bishops, as may be seen by
reference to the published journal, he recited with evident
pleasure the successful efforts of the late Duke of Newcastle
in the Imperial Parliament and his own in Canada, to remove
all disabilities to the transfer of Clergymen from the States
to Canada.

, It was at that time that he first pressed me to remove with
my family to Montreal, and it was a gratifying mark of con-
fidence, that one so wise, after much personal intimacy, should
choose me to inaugurate his cherished plan for the closer union
of the sister churches.

The noble Society for the Propagation of the Gospel foster-
ed the Church in the thirteen colonies. After they achieved
independence, liberal gifts of Englishmen, and diligent labour
in the States by English Clergymen, proved to the world that
Mother and Daughter were still one.

Most humbly shall I tliank God if the little that He has per-
mitted mr^ to do in Canada during the last four and a half vcars,
shall, by His blessing, strengthen the union and sympathy
between the sister churches on this continent, and prepare
the way for its ultimate completion by some better instrument
than myself.

I will not trouble j^ou Aviih further details on this suliject
now — at a future time I may publish some observations on the
Missions, Canon Law, and Synodical Action of the Diocese of
Montreal ; but your address soars far above and far beyond
the concerns of any individual person, and lays hold on the
best interests of all men. The work of Missions is one of those
subjects. Missions are the life of the Church, the salvation
of the world, and the practical bringing in of the Kingdom of
Peace and Love. Christian education or the symmetrical
and healthy development of God's spiritual and intellectual
gifts to man is another. .

The unity of the Church is another, and as a logical result
from these, one which fronts as now, and always presses with
intense reality and power, viz., amicable relations between
" two friendly peoples holding the same great principles of
faith and freedom, and learning from one Divine Master
lessons of peace and good will."

Xo thoughtful man can look at the vast extent and future
dcstmy of British North America, and that of the Republic
alongside of her, without deep solicitude. A man who can
speak flippantly or think lightly of either commits a crime
against humanity. Twice during the last five years angry
feelings have been excited, and warlike preparations threat-
ened the peaceful relations of the two countries.

But good tidings have just been borne to us from across the
waters. The ruler of the British Empire has stepped forward
with the dignity of a Queen and the grace of a woman, and
won for herself the love and admiration of both nations, by
inaugurating measures intended to avert war, by removing all
cause for irritation and conflict.

That her Majest}^ Avill be met in a correspondingly wise and
fonciliatory spirit by the gallant soldier at the head of the
American Government, no man can doubt.

But every upright and loyal citizen in British North Amer-
ica and the United States has a direct personal interest and
duty in these international questions.

Your individual and united efforts, gentlemen, in your res-
pective spheres, must greatly promote peace, because you
have affirmed as your own that grand sentiment, " The unity
of the great Christian Brotherhood knows no political bound-
aries," a sentiment worthy of being engraved on steel, better
still, it is worthy of being engraved on the living heart of
man's belief.

Again permit me to thank you for tlie Address and
Testimonial.

Your kind allusion to my wife and family moves deeply a
husband and a father's heart. Be assured, my friends, that

•we shall return to our native land your debtors for life. The
<loor of our future homo is always oj en to our Canadian
friends, whilst at our family altar we shall ever pray may God
reward you for all your kindness.

Your friend and servant,

^ LEWI^ P. W. BALCH.

Montreal, Feb.- 14, 1871.

lY.
TO THE REY. LEWIS P. W. BALCII, D.D.,

CANON OF CnitlST CIILKCII CATllKDUAL, MONTREAL.

Rev. and Very Dear Sir, — We, the undersigned mem-
bers of the congregation of Christ Cliurch Cathedral, beg
your acceptance of the accompanying Jilpergne, as a token
of our appreciation of your valuable advice, assistance and
liberal contribution towards relieving the Church of a debt
of 6' 12,567 that crippled its usefulness and disheai-tened its
best friends ; such would, in our opinion, still have remained
had it not been for your timely and successful exertions.

That the debt is now provided for Ave most gratefully
acknowledge to be owing to the earnest appeal made by you
from our pulpit, and which was after^vards liberally and
cordially supported by yourself and others.

Wishing you, Mrs. Balch, and family every temporal and
spiritual blessing, '

We are. Rev. and very dear Sir,

Your faithful friends,

IMontreal, June 18, 1807.

Signed by the Very Reverend the Dean and Rector, the
Wardens, and one hundred members of the Cathedral Con-
gregation.

V.
TO THE REV. CANON BALCII, D.D.,

CHRIST CHUKCH CATHEDRAL, MONTRKAr+

Rev. and Dear Sir, — We, the undersigned mem-
bers of the Cathedral congregation, avail ourselves of the
season of the " New Year " to offer to yon the present
address of respect, coupled with our best wishes for the
spiritual and temporal welfare of yourself and family.

It is now almost tliroc years since you left a high position in
the- Sister Church of the United States of America to come
among us as Minister of the Gospel at the earnest solicita-
tion of a large and influential portion of the congregation
(acting with the c- urrence of our late beloved Metropo-
htan, under the sa. )n of the very Rev. the Dean of Mon-
treal.)

During this time we have felt the advantages of your ear-
nest and judicious labours in the cause of our Divine Master,
in your able and eloquent ministrations in the Church, in the
visitation of the sick, in the care of the poor, and in the
material aid rendered to us in the management of the tempo-
ral affairs of the Cathedral.

We have noticed the zeal with which you are now striving
to place our Church Missions on a permanent and efBcient
basis, as well as to establish a thorough and inexpensive
system of female education in connexion with the Church,
and we feel that we should fail in our duty to the cause of
religion, to yourself, and to ourselves, were we to omit now
to encourage you in your noble efforts by the expression of
our earnest wishes for your success, the tender of our aid,
and chiefly in our prayers to God that He may bless your
efforts with success, and may spare you to us as a spiritual
guide and wise master laborer.

Montreal, .January 2-5, 1869.

Signed by the Dean, Canons Anderson, Bancroft and Bond,
and one hundred and twenty-five Churchmen.

VI.
TO THE REV. LEWIS P. W. BALCH, D.D.,

Rev. and Dear Sir, — We, the undersigned Clergy of the
Deaneries of Bedford and Iberville, having heard of your
resignation of the position of Senior Canon of Christ Churck
Cathedral, and your early departure from among us, feel
that we cannot permit you to leave the Diocese without
expressing our high appreciation of the zeal you have dis-
played in the cause of Missions. Your addresses at the
meetings in our Parishes have been attended with the most
beneficial results, and called forth on the part of our people
a more earnest consideration of that important work in our
Church.

We cannot forget that to you we are mainly indebted for
the inauguration of the Scripture system of weekly offerings,

iid that whatever success attended its adoption is owing,
under the blessing of God, to your earnest, eloquent and
moving appeals. We trust that these results of your labours,
and many others which might be mentioned, will cheer and
encourage you in that new field of labour to which the Prori-
dence of Almighty God has called you.

Praying that His blessing may at all times attend and
follow you, we beg leave to subscribe ourselves as your
sincere friends and well-wishers.
(Signed,)

M. TowNSEND, M.A., Rector of Clarenceville, and
Hon. Canon.

E. Du Vernet, M.A., Assistant Minister of Clarence-
ville, Rural Dean and Hon. Canon.

David Lindsay, M.A., Incumbent of Waterloo.

H. F. Darnell, Rector of St. Johns.

Robert Lindsay, M.A., Incumbent of Knowlton.

William Jones, Incumbent of Granby.

Jambs Jones, Granby.

J. C. Davidson, Incumbent of Cowansville,

II. MoNTtiOMERiE, llector of Pliillipsburgh.
Thomas Godden, M.A., Incumbent of Milton.
C. Bell, Incumbent of Potton.
L. C. Wlrtele, M.A., Incumbent of Upton.
N. J. EvAXS, B.A., Incumbent of Christieville.
E. J. Sutton, M.A., Incumbent of Edwardstown.
E. Fulton, M.A., Incumbent of Ilavelock and Franklin.
B. P. Lewis, M.A., Principal of Sabrevois College.
E. Roy, Sabrevois College.
W. H. Nye, B.A., Boscobel.
R. D. Mills, B.A., Assistant Minister, Knowlton.
January 10, 1871.

To this the Reverend Dr. Balcii sent the following
reply :

VII.

Beloved Brethren, — The Address which you have done
me the honour to present, is gratefully accepted.

To be commended by those whom we respect and love, is
one of the highest earthly rewards, and the only drawback
to its full enjoyment is the depressing consciousness we feel,
because our conceptions of that discharge of duty which has
elicited commendation, are so different from those which our
kind friends entertain.

I can never forget your affectionate hospitality, and that
of your parishioners, when, as Secretary of the Church
Society and of the Synod, in 1867, and in 1868, 1 visited
the Deaneries of Iberville and Bedford, and I also retain a
lively recollection of your active sympathy and ready help
in the blessed cause of Missions, without which no effort of
mine could have accomplished the good results to which you
refer.

The first signature to the Address is that of the late
venerable Rector of Clarenceville — after a long life of faith
and good works he has departed in the assured hope of a
resurrection to eternal life.

1«J

Let us remember that the places which know us now shaH
poon know us no more forever ; and let us bo faithful, for tlic
Master will come (luickly, and bring Ilis reward with Ilim.

God bless each and all of you, dear Brethren, and that
His Holy Spirit may bring your labours to good effect in your
respective parishes is the fervent prayer of
Your friend and brother,

LEWIS P. W. BALCH.
January 10, 1871.

VIII.

Many most welcome and acceptable private lei ters havo
been received both from the City and the Country.

I publish, with the consent of their authors, two letters
•which may be regarded as of an official character :

Mayor's Office, City Hall,

Montreal, Feb. 15, 1871.
My dear Doctor Balcii,

It was my intention to have joined the dep. cation who
waited upon you yesterday with an address and p-esentation
upon the occasion of your leaving, but a public engagement
in connection with my official duties prevented me.

I cannot see you this morning, and I therefore adopt tliL^i
mode of conveying to you my deep regret that yon should havo
permitted the contemptible small annoyances which I know
you had to meet occasionally, to induce you to leave us. In
my position as Cfiief Magistrate I have large opportunity of
learning the sentiments of the people, and I can assure

9 now shall
ful, for the
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j<M«i ii&«y all feel that they are about to suffer a great
hm m your departure. Now that you really Jiave decided
mfim leaving ua, let me assure you that you carry along with
j^m tie most sincere wishes of the best people here, and my
•wwmjtS'Dryour future happiness and peace, and that in this com-
wmmj there never was an Episcopal Clergyman more largely
Idifii^fttl and esteemed.

Believe me, ray dear Sir,

Most respectfully yours,

WILLIAM WORKMAN,

Mat/or.

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Montreal, March 15, 1871.
Mt ekblir Doctor Balcii,

I (eaQiiot part with you without expressing, once more, on
line OTe of your departure, my extreme regret on this occa-
&m. I have always been entirely satisfied with the manner
ana wMdu you have discharged your duties as Assistant Minister
m It&ie Cathedral. I have always found you, moreover, to be
a li^y valued friend whom I could always consult with
pofiaett confidence and reliance on the value of your counsel.
May G<id bless and prosper you in your new and important
■ ofi labour.

Faithfully yours ever,

JOHN BETHUNE,

Hector and Dean of Montreal.