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Lorsqua la doeumant ast trap grand pour Atra raproduH an un aaul clieh*. il ast film* A partir da I'angia aupAriaur gaueha, da gaucfwA droita. at da haut mn bas. an pranant la nombra d'imagas nAeassaira. Las diagrammas suivants iliustrant la mAthoda.V ^ --». i MICROCOPY RESOWTION TfST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) *>*♦• A A /^PPLED IN/HOg Inc S^ 1653 East Main Street S'^t Rochester, New York 14609 USA (7 1 6> 482 - 0300 - Phone (718) 288 -5989 -Fox A -■> ..;+«*'^ '\.rt\l(^X {WESTERN SECTION.) N Church IN Capa. f^t^^'rJ^\r'"^' *^® ^°°^« Misgion Fund ff « r? lection) has been in an unsatisfactory stete The first year after th^ union the CommitteTrepJtt' Wi a debt of $9,126, and ever since it has b^Tn Snt out and dreading deficits. Why? B^ause thT Sl^! Sr^iSS.^-'^ «.. Home M^r''cjs^'si*j2 te^S'?*"'^® work entrusted to the Coniriiifc. within thlV'""? ®*'Pt *^ ^**«^"*' and includesan Within the Frovinces of Quebec, Ontario. ManitoSL Bntifih Columbia and the North -wStTfrrSorii? The Missionariesof the Committee, in thLe provinces: conduct services in uven laniruaies at l 0S7 nlS^!? ^ith an average Sabbath attendS 'ofsJ '??» ^^^ nected with these stations are 11,356 families ??L" Jingle persons, not connected with these famUes;^ Prom S!^«« iJ- ■ **'® y*'*'''^ P®<*P'« of ti»« ChurcL * rom these mssions are to come our new cim^rZ«i S^iT '!?^.**'« ^^^^^on^^ revenueTo mafS the^ShS fS ?K ^"t^rprises of the Church Ha^^y in^ nWM ^ *^** **** *'®'" ^"'^«'' f«" of healthy rS^, '^'ci^^^i::z^^i ^^TLr^exF"^ • the ftttUML "**'*" a: ^ ® ^ope of '■■ » ^»i *jp' The HeootcL-^The H. M. work hw told power- tally on the growth of the Church since the Union. In 1876 there were in the Western Section, 435 self- gnpporting congregations, 86 augmented congrega- tions and 169 missions; now there are 550 self-sup- porting, 152 augmented and 344 missions, t. e. a gain, in the respective classes, of 26, 76 and 103 per ci«i The Committee hastens started 356 mi«8iong m JO years (nearly 18 a year) on the road to become selff, supporting congregations ; many of them have alr«My reached their destination, and it is hoped the re- mainder will Bot &11 among thieves. > ' Work Caimdt Bemain Stationary.— The work cannot continue stationary ; ours is a growing coun- try, Mid christian work must keep pace with settle- ment N6 other Church has extended its work so widely, in the West, as our own, and no one has been more successful. Some argue that there is no need of such wide extension since people have tiieir Bibles. Those wUp reason in this way have never visited the 'frontier, nor have they seen the baneful effects of neglect. A neglected Bible is a feeble religious force. And it is noticeable that those who would leave the frontier settlers to their Bibles are careful that tiiey and their femiliesshaU have a preached gospel. Goiw sistencyi Where are the MiBBions.— These Home Mis- sions are in the wilds of Ontario atnd Quebec as weU as on the pntiries and in the iaountains of the west The fiirmer and rancher, the miner and '^«*^*»**5{» the lumberman and fisherman are connected with fhem : and we are endeavoring to teach these people •ad their children to fear God and keep His com-r mandments. And could the Church see the progress made and the good done, and witness the gratitude of the people, there would be ample compensati^ for her sacrifices, A glance at the more important dis- tricts may be of interest Quebec.— In Qnetjeo th»work coiuists In nursing feeble settlements of Presbyterians and others that are being gradually squeezed out of existence by thel persistent pressure of the Roman Catholic Chittch, Neglect in early days cost the Church dearly, let n« Btrengthen the things that remain. Nor are we lead- ing a forlorn hope. Look at these figures for the Preftbyteries of Montreal and Quebec. At the Union 3,638 families, now 5,111 ; communicants, then 6,606, now 11,372, i.«., in those 19 years a gain of 40 p.C. m families and 72 p. c. in communicants. Here is hope. At present there are 44 Mission Stations, with 647 families and 874 coinmunicaAts in this province; and if cared for they must form a valuable breakwater against the inroads of the Roman Catholic Church. If it is worth trying to evangelize French Canadians, surely it is worth trying to keep our own people from becoming Roman Catholics, as they have done in the past by the thousand. Ontario.— The principal mission fields in thi« province are in the Ottawa Valley, in the rear of King- ston and in the Muskoka and Algpma districts. No bet- ter piece of H. M. work was ever done than that by the Presbyteries of Ottawa and Lanark and Renfrew. Since the Union the families increased 95 p.c. and the. communicants 162 p. c. For schemes, these Pres- byteries gave f 3,999 in 1876, and $18,440 in 1894 ; and for all purposes $54,674 in the former year, and $134,121 in the latter. Allowance is made for the congregations thAt belpnged to the Brobkyille Pres* bytery in 1876. If the work in the rear of Kin^sUm has not been equally successful, the character of the country and the policy of starving missions in winter are largely responsible. Even bears look gaunt, and feel weak after the sleep of winter. \ ■, t. iMUskoka is supposed to be a region of rock, lake id forest, and hence better suited for the axe, the d and the gun than the mower or reaper, and yet ittlers have cleared the forest and created homes fo» ■ ■ ' • ^ ■■•.;■ ^■ Si > themBelTCHi and their fiioiiUes ; uid under the eAclent snperintendency of Mr. Findlay, onr Church has made aarprteing progress. In 1875 we had only 8 missions with 16 stations, and in 1894, 36 missions with 105 stations; and this after 8 missions had become con- gregations. .^otna was almost wholly under the care of Knox - College Missionary Society in 1875, so new «nd un- oinganised was our work there. In these 19 y<^ars, pur 8 insignificant missions have grown into 3 congrega- tions, an^ 31 missions with 107 stations; and the Presbytely reports 1,211 families, 401 single persons and ), 384 communicants. The construction of rail- , w'ays through these distribtir is to aid materially in tiieir deTelopment ^ We8|»ni OBnacto.— The country between lAke BuperiM and the Pacific Ocean may be taken together; iSiere the growth has been steady aiid satis&ctory. Bettlenient has been slow but quite fost enough to tax the resources of the cplnmittee. The work is Catholic in spirit, Icelanders and Bcandinayiaas, Ger- mans and Hungarians being oared for and Celts and SKKohs not oyerlooked. The Church would be strengthened and enriched by a generous infiision of , Uood firom Northern Europe. Welit of Lake Superior we had 2 congregations in 1875 and 81 in 1894. The niissions increasedvfrom 14 to 166, and the preaching stations, in both, fraghto irork is as, Oer- Its and aid be ision of , uperior 4. The Baching Union, creased) than 30 ^ 76 and irea for InlOTfr-^- ercent. tout 12} to contribute annQaUy at least $260.60 to support a niissionary elsewhere. ... Work begun in an- other village, people indifferent, 'some hostile ; in three years church, costing $3,000 built, and people contribute $800.00 a yearj for salary. . . ". Last \8pring a missionary sent w a new farming district^ ir from market and railways, found about 150 fiun- iHes without any missionary. In the^utumn a mem^ bet of Presbyteiy dispensed ordinances, and 38 children were baptized and 43 admitted to the full communion of the Church. . .". Mission started in aYural district, three stations, people long neglec- tMl, Lord's supper observed at one point, 22 present, who at one time had been communicants in Scotland or Eastern Canada in the Presbyterian Church, and yet no oue felt he could accept the genenUi invitation - of the pastor — the past held them back— «n4 the or- dinance Vas celebrated by the missionary and his wife. . . . Mining and ranching locality visited; people found farming 3500 feet above sea level, with wheat, oats and barley ripening. With a notice of a couple of hours, seats erected in a poplar grove and an audiuiceof over 40 gathered. They begged for a 8abbath%ervice, and pleaded for good offices in get- ting a scbi^l for their chiId|gL,, The government interviewee! t a school house Mril built next spring, an4 school started. . What about ine service ?, . . , A camp visited; «Do you keep the Lord's Day here? " "8hure an' we would if we only knew what day it was ; but na^ther prayst nor parson comes here and We get iawstl I have not heard a sermon for 13 years. An' shure an' the Father of us all will make allow- . ance for felloes like us." We triast He mayy but will He make allowance for us if we neglect them ? Instanoes.— Tour through mining district when several villages and camps visited. Village No. 1—^ Population 760*; 1 church (Presbyterian) ; 15 saloons, open night and day, every day in the week ; base play-house, gambling hells and other stations on the road to perdition. Not one-third of the jpt^ple attend I •■.■ U "• ■■•'^; Ohorch. No. 2— -fopnlation 2S5; no chnrcb, no iw- Tlce; one attempted, attendance on first oocasion 3, next I; service discontinued. Manager of l^earEstate G&y ask^d for site for a church, he replied, « Yot can- ndt serve God and mammon ; we tee here to serve mammon, and what is the use of humbugging about a church." Service to be started there in spring. Ntf- 3— Population 1100; 3 churches; never more thaQ one-tenth of population in church at the same time ; 18 drinking places, gambling saloons and still viler resorts. ' No. 4-^Populatipn 2,200 ; 1. church (Presbyterian>, 14 saloons^ with fouler dens.^o. 5— Reached on Sabbath eveniib^g ; horse-racing tWit day, with drinking, gambling and darker deeds att^ant on sttch exhibitions. In such localities, populMion largely from mining dfstdpts to the south. Capi miners, trade largely American, abotlt 36 p. c. Oani dian. In all these places superior Christian men anL women met, the very salt of society; shall >e not^ make it easier for them and others to live honest, sober and clean live? amidst such uncongenial sur- . ronndings ? And shall we not extend a hand to raise the fallen ? The mineral wealth of British Columbia is attracting capital and population, let us not stay our hand. _B9guIt8.-~The eff^t of Christian work on the West has been most marked. Everywhere east of the Rockiea, the Sabbath is as well kept as in Ontario. Life and property are respected in all the land ; while the population increasedblSS p.c. between 1881 and 1891, the actuiiil number 4>f convictions in Manitoba decreased. If farther west the conditions are not so satisfactory, the Churches are largely to blame. The moral condition is however rapidly changing for th^ better. \ The llisBionaries doing thier work.— The Mis- sionaries serving the Church are not only iaithful and conscientibu^ in the discharge of duty, but able ministers of the New Testament in every sense— they ■cb, AO MN oocMion 3, Eteal Estate «Yoiicwi- rd to serve l^iig about in spring. rk on the east of the in Ontario, md; while 1 1881 and Manitoba IS are not to blame, anging for ■ . . \ -The Mis- utbfuland , but able mse — they are hot the cnlls of moife critical tastes. Of the 85 ministers in the large Missionary Presbyteries of Min- nedosa, Regjna, Calgary and Karoloops, 38 are gradu- ates in Arts or Theology. That they are acceptable preachers we know by the heavy drain made on us by American congregations. And eten Lindsay, Toronto and other centres of light and leading 'do not hesitate to recruit their ranks ^om our staff; And one^can scarcely wonder that call$ are Accepted when he knows how missionaries are paid. 8aIarie8,—The salary now—it used to be higher, in name — of an ordained, unmarried missionary, in the Synod of Manitoba and. the North-west is $700 and of a married missionary $7S0 imd a manse. Of this amount, part is promised by the people and part by the H. M. 0. If the people can pav their shares well ; if not, the missionary stands to'losd. In the " past, the missionfiry could depend on the port of the '^ salary promised by the H. M. C. > it would appear now that this is as uncertain as the rest— i€ is all muskeg no sure footing. Let me give a fe^ instances. The salary of a catechist was |600, And one of them with a family paid houso rent; kept a horse and supported a family on*$445, another on $440, and another $36? XOne minister paid hbuse rent and supported a family im $705^another-$468, another $607, anbther $542, another $570, another $572, and another $420. The restujf th6 salary lost. Shall the Ghnrch not make the burden lighter for these missionaries ? i An Unmarried missionary, an M.A., who took first- class honors in the exit Examination of the Free \Church df Scotland in 1 89.3^ got : last year $296, iind fet no onelieard him complain. BTe preached r«cenily^ Jn one of tbe Winnipeg Chikches and, by request,^' kave a short ^connt of % field and work. So pleased Jere the peo^ with t^e man\and his work, that of tlkeir own accowi ^eyjjr^ptljA voted assistance tot r^ovjng debt fi«pi the cbnroh.^ r^.ji^ - .*. il-V .*A« ^fc « • uessities-of Last year about Amotuit . asks tuf **'qrri| for $78,000 to -> this work. bimilitbo*foriLou^*u»„p . -.^^„. „i^«, $71,000 was given, but $10,000 of it was in response to a special appeal in April; This appeal cannot be repeated. If the money is not forthcoming, mission- aries must lose part of their salary and extension must stop. And if we fall behind settlement, can we catch up later? No. What will Manitoba itself do? AH It can; but with 3 bushels of wheat selling for $1.00 there is not much money in the crop for the farmer. To succeed, our giving must be general and generous. How to get it— Let the people get the facts from the pulpit, many do no$ read circulars. Let all' give in proportion to their ability; let wealthier members give special contributions. Let Young People's Societies and C. E. Societies help. BeaaonB.—Is there any investment of mission money that can show more gratifying results than . that spent for home woyk ? Is there an y i nvestment that promises larger, surer or speedier returns for the future ? Does not patriotism demand that we Cana- dianisia the foreigner, and help to make and keep our land Christian, from ocean to ocean? Are parents with children in the West prepared to leave ^hem to blighting and blastihg forces ? Are not our young people Jealous'for the good name of their native land? Are we not all our brother's keeper ? If souls are lost shall our skirts be spotless if we hdld back? When the facts are known the Church may be ex- pected to meet thekieed. The love of Christ con- strains His people. Additional copies of this leaflet can be had on application to the Rev Dr. Warden, Montreal. 9y iiiBtruction of the H. M. Committee, Jf „ , J. BDBEBT80N. Wtemras, 1L4H., /an., 1896. •■*;iSr i ^'^i^iaSf