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I vue n «S' The copy filmed here hes been reproduced thanks to the generosity of: Harold CampbeltVaughan Memorial Libifary Acadia Univenity The images appearing here are the bes^ quality possible considering the condition andilegibility of thjB original copy and in Iteeping with the filming contract specifications. ! Original copies in printed paper coverd are filmed beginnin9''" ^„.,::,^-V or tl(ii Qt. i)8V. Ftfiilfmek BonitnB]], D.D.', 0.6.1.^ LORD BISHOP OF NOVA SCOTIA, „.,. . AT THB OPBHINO OF THB ^M:!i.s: fWENTY -THIRD SESSIQN fi^U Synod of Nova Scotia, ■ I' <4i894> x^., ' %# i»obli«b*d by f|«soiatl^ tn OF ; y T^e fltBeif. Frederick Gourtneij, D.D., D.C.W ^-tj>--^ UORD BISHOP OF NOVA SCOTIA, AT THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY -THIRD SESSION ■OF THE- Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia, •^I894> Published by l^csolutlon of th« Synod. " ST-* • <■•>;'■ - ■ ,;i Mi'' ■I?^ ■""is* 1 HALirAX, N. ■. ;, HOLLO WAY BROa.. PRTT 1894. glLLE^Trr _|.,W ...... v......... s,/..;^':a>4||^44.^^ .^ ^^Vv^ ■H.-^': t x n:^/^ ■'/^' ■:^^: 'f-^r'.' 'H ^ \l' <. I J- , ' ■ ■ - ' ■ "" ■■' '■ ■■■''■ " ' ' ' ■ — ..■ -—- -,• . ^ — - — L— . »— -—.■.■ — .— ■■ ■■, — ,. — ^ , — ■ ■ „• , J ■,. „„ ■ r p " iiMii ' i ' i ■ I - • l i^' iH ■r"*! '• •< .- n*^ ."^/ !,.•-''>. -'■1J«' j.-^'., «.', ^^,mk,., , « A ^*« .;-rv;-..5(^,^.;j.:^:- A ;'?^ ■•^^'3r '#< ""f" ' '• y y xr' -^ ADDRES8. 1^- > T. THK Members of the Diocesan Svnod of Nova Scotia : Dear Brethren,— We have not to travel backwards over very many vears in nr^a. to reach a time when the interest of the Church neonZ of fhf» n; ^'^ was almost wholly absorbed by their ow^naffaiffT^^^^^ hi't'W^^'^"' ^-"^ caused the attentioa of aKresn^^^^^^^^^ Sll^",'"' <"«««« «l>°uuV represent and rcSSTliS «io«gh not to any great eilent; and the attempted realfSn of Metropolitan was decIarXi^k^A^^hbl^^^^ wL^elecI^^? the House of Bishops its President, and Primate of aM Canada K the same session It was declared that all MetroiSlitansin r«"nal should be sty ed Archbishop, by which titleX E Se?en^ Tnhn Travers Lewis, elected to succeed the late S Send jl'" Medley, as Metropolitan of the. Ecclesiasticll Proving of Cana^^^^ has since been known. This action, commonly spoken of ai, " ffc and appreciate the significance of the step Which ha^ been SkPn and then giVe such counsel and support aS^ m^y enSe tlm , S Church to act w sely and efficient forthT h^^ifit f •* ""^®** ?nr f h."rj"'^"°''" ""^^ unrepresented, and effective? to^rovfde for the needs of new settlers, while they are being educated^fn S t.,-] ■■^d. duos' . f' 'Ik0^^i4^^^^ tm-'' , , ^id iV^at' ♦re ;^;;«t^:^^Sd to tbem ^^^^dent upon fftV he »dy Lbe V )ers ^ :, are lb » orm nary rnese Obrwt f tbose AnuftUy icu\ar\y , ttt upo" l\y witn- ebwdly for botjv e Bimp)e lify wf ^^ ttB fe^low- ^voulj^ be tbe natne janhot do. But, tn« 5\ve to tbe . ^cavwe af » I instead oi ne needle to jventb of ovn !'8 individual iiotgenevous; hiel— voDOU^K rave's md we are tree ^«^'^^^?rbt ^oees.into h» JdtbTeforeno* S » 2n 8 »nrecog>^ ' ' li"* . ^ Him and faith in Kmmkl^rjf '^^ '^^ covenaSJ : and mv ^ fA fet me .uid a wilS of c^^unii S"?*"' ^««"'*r)y WinJ pay to the Lord one-tAnt h /»f *ii iu . »S®'' '' ^ wiser to sav '^ J/n dear Son, is. accepted " in C h ^•*"? sacrifice and death of w?i . hlewmge, are communiStfd fn »E. "' '5^®' »"d all other SS.S • Mmistei-s, we may weU gfvrhi^ *if ^^^ u°f *^« P«opirby gSS • sown unto you 8niiini«rfV.- • *? '"« exhortation •-!'• Tf » u * "pen t h i s a iigg o.^ fJQn. "^ wouig acoept anri ..> .a. !-.. "• f .§6ti<»tiy-Hct- J y ^1 ^-,^r %^ & ' ' .t ' • -X y* .yj'.v^ ^^^g#S£S«s o !■' ■> ~ * I. ".r^iT^i^.j: -*"^ kecV , g.ot • tbo atK eop»e • ripUes beuig unW" , to the nd U » m thf or witu than be »e*rd ot \n ordei ,ftm\be he could »: ft »^ft^ tors to be pes were ^i « in tbeu tbere vr«» practicAi>> than BVftve >tbeir vforte- l^b S'u u«e I Poor House. ^ \_^ K- , V r ;1^8ed in hik iSSn ' >•"? ""^"'^ of Canada, con 6- . upon all impoSant nues ioni^fc?n; m""* H'-J^here his opinion her poHcy. c'Jrried SeSlu ; wlS^ -^^^ th.e ablest ajid best chuichmS were^ aS ^"^^ft'^es of Aiiterica, . friends: and in England !?« w ! l« J" ^® V^''''*"^^ «"'ong his cherishing the tenderStAffPonlfT'* "^ 'he man who, while whole heSt to that'SS if StiS;" and"M'''n'""^' liad giWn hi^ ^was. verily, a Fathpr in rLi V. ' **"" "^ Diocese \o which he , att^d hi/funefahi .."iL' Setcitv TyZ\ ^''l^''^^^ 'o be allowed t^ place testified to his worth an lL?L ^'^^ericton, «^rhere the whole hut re-echo M^PZ^^^X^ZZ'^^ ^ ««^"ot^ grave, just heneath tho^ast w ilow oC f hi^"'?. '^^ ^'*"" ^^'^ ope'> • ^ day, and say^ "^' window oi the€athedral, on that solemn " father, in Thy gracious keeping. Leave we now Thy .Servant sleeping " Massachusetts was taken to hi? relt ' A ^ ^^ l'"^^^' ^'^^op of pulpit was matchless-whn oLhf ■ ^ - T" "^^"^^ Power in the ^rvbur of Wesley o7whitSdtt'"< "'"'• -^^ 'Evangelical Maunc , the singular lucidity of pi/* ''^^^ iP"7^"*' '"«'ght «f Henry Mel ville~%ulllyweilLnLnJnH'^ eloauence of eager listenm on W^sTdes of Z ah'T^^^P^'I^^ ^'•0"g« of - torrent speech bore urK)n ite rLhiL^ \"^'''' ^ ^^'^^^^ souls the mdissolub^relationshiiUfoSi !i'"^ '^*'®*'» '^^e message of th6 'Hid held upon tSspfrite Sd ^^i'lCJf''' T^ ^i?^^' ^hich ^ 8;^ame, to the nobility and honnnr™Kr"U''*''" degradation and -• ' the truth, thafr they are in verv d'^S t^^^^ to those ivho realize Lord Almighty. I^t kSoSing tharh« 1?"^' *"^ daughter ^ the * . iys death me^ me in MonTSf Sl^n T*l ^ven sick, the news of sliock of a «t«nning blo^and L w«^ -^f ^ ""'V''^ ^^^^^^ w"h the . Bolemn feeli4 thu^t I f Jnd mysT aT fh« P''°fo»"^«l^ h"^ble and Committee of the DiocSe of M^^^i^ifi h® '^"^' P^ ^^^ Standing a month, and doing the wo?k S SfiS?' «<^"Py'"« his place fe^ ««ci» **e was BO jjSrfectly unique as. f. man. u ^■: -tt i> '' ■#• -• -i,i \ > ■- ■#.. '» 1 I'^r .*«A'»- /^ 9 > ' 'to be rests yb\9 / eseni d, by jmted HID, «9 iiotber nbacV Lb tbat lop tbe )wer ^y "" '^«« months Ler. and? after a few dav? ffl^.?HT^ll"^ away, cheered and sustained by the proSise^^of tfuTf"^^ ^""^^T who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the ?om fSi ^^^"'•^,H"«^°°^" f«^ «**»"ch fidelity to thcSS viJwsS oi Knowing that he possessed the respect and hieh i-eirard nf hi. f!ir:;°'i"^"'' T'^y °/ ^^'^o™ sdught^unsel froShi^S knuw^ 1^ h^ ix 'rp^"^"^«' '^"^ »'- j-» -th usi'irnghoSo:; '*. ■■V "feSaa 1* » >*J' I "^ J^?i i '^ C-T" . K ]r'^'J-fi'\ f-' ■'\ 10 < ^" „ Prince il^^a^*^ • Wo are able to rejoic ^hougb they na »te so \ar ft-ce, ^betiin? n«'^deavonng \« "leed,vvhen, it v^i«- 3eupontbem.yf^,|oma W be^iCe receipt t^vei House K tbe B«Viop of ^^|ecretary-a»^g^cretary of tbe i. Xuld have a CWnc^ ^^^^^^^^ Lay ^^.^^^^ ,894. \etter from ur^*^ Mostbbat-. "^ respecting «• c„,.*,x. respecting it . ^^^^ S^f^rovincial SynoA J^ «^. „n"h« B»''°P.u. l«t m'"""? *; .wl this Di»»!? J,' 6roJi»««l ''* Oiocew o' """.jt ti,, other MS ^^ |,„m «'"'-;. BteI>°C "' Tta »«»<■ ^y (.loog "'J5o0.00 V" *°fS;,M » "<*"""ht Secretary. »»* '"if *« kto i» "'^"^ Uy i ^^ASre.>. I fttn, ^^ourLoraship'H Obedient Serv-^^^ LaySecreta.!/. h assessment of X>ioce8e. Ait _ . _ .-vV *)!. t rd a ad ,be ict,' ib\e and bas htul eeof ously tored office, oetore wisbea aining )urage- •niands a found Lbat be )\\owing r House , 1894. I Synod of ten by the Lay Secre- Joint Com- e 96 of the [ttee of the prepared to Province) i" according to ^„d to a8»«^ Ithat i6,th« , action «**^^ rvant, ,ay Secretary- , aasessment of QUota towards .^needed reUei lo aBk, furtber adaof oui'PW miebt to bftve 'tS Se demand ,ce m tbiB ffis:^^»-*= 11 unsparing work of the Kev. T. S. Cartwright, Rector of Holy Trinity Yarmouth a Missionary Conference was held in that very live town' at which addresses were made on the various aspects of ihe Mission * leld both Domestic and Foreign, and the members of the Conference took counsel with one another, both by open discussion and in private conversation, as to how to make what exists more efficient, and to extend the operations so as to influence for good a large number 11 ')o?Pi''*"''y of the good peopleof Yarmouth is gratefully acknow- ledged here, as it was thankfully partaken of by those who were able to attend. J trust that it may become an understood thing thai on any yenr m which there is no meeting of the Synod there shall be a Missionary Conference. The result, arising from the Conference, that will I should think, be felt by you ail as the most gratifying and hkely to issue in large benefit to the Church, is the surrendering by the Rev. Thomas Crewe Mellor, of the pleasant iindeomparativelv easy and comf9rtable Parish of Dartmouth, to take up the poor and scattered Mission of Halfway Cove, with Cole Harbor and White Head, and to look after the few sheep at Guysboro. Most sincerely do 1 wish him God speed in his new field and trust that he may do good work for the souls of men in that part, where the interests of the Church are at a low ebb. I suggest to the Synod the advisability of appointing a committee, to make the necessary arrangements for the holding of the next Missionary Conference, the selection of the place and time, drawing up the programme, and securing readers of papers and appointed speakors— or else, that all this work shall be assigned to the Board of Home Missions, which would, perhaps, be the better way of manag- ing the business. * I am personally thankful that the Bishop of Algoma was able to be at the Missionary Conference at Yarmouth, where he preached one ot the sermons and also helped by his speeches and counsel to give point and efficacy to the practicjftl side of things ; and also that he could visit two or three of the t^arishes and give addresses on his work. Its greatness and its needs, thereby creating a vivid and personal interest, m the place of what was, in many minds, previously matter of sentiment ; as well as bringing his splendid personality and strong character to bear upon the people, who henceforth will, it is to be hoped, contribute liberally, for the work's sake indeed, but also because they are convinced that the work is under the management ot a wise and far seeing leader, who will look to it that all funds entrusted to him are rightly and judiciously expended. Very urgently do I commend the needs of our own Missionary Diocese to the heartfelt interest, the fervent prayers, and the generous support ot our Church people ; hoping that theil- contributions will sensibly help towards relieving of all anxiety, on behalf of the temporal wants of his clergy, the heart and mind of the Bishop, who, through" the force of his ready sympathy, makes their cares and fears his own. Among the events of 1893 must Be specially noted those which took place on All Saints Day. Never before in the history of the Church in this Province have such things occurred injm p»rt of it, for then at Spnnghill Mines a handsome new Chol^fwas consecrated, a U)ttage Hospital dedicated, and a Parish mMe visited, all which works owe their inception to the vigorous mind, and their successful accomplishnient td the energetic action, unwearied canvassing, and J!?g°P?jy P'gfa'th of t h e R ector, t h e Rev e r e nd WHlkm^harlea Wil ao i v- -iv: / ,i^' . .:Jfc- ' . '■J^S r-!-t^--r :-Tf';ii,y:"p. 1% .^■^A* *"(■■■ I, , ' <^Jfei=t!i:Sr^''»^ ■'t"* H^,: BpringbiU. a^^^'Jcb ^^ intended ^"^l^vemeM aa to suv ^f hw \ / -U'- --— ■ ■ y '^■^'vV^ ^^-^-^i^ ^j ,;t ♦.* i'U r e e ;t le • , ch of \e9 3nt >nd ted ,\led \ in liare ho\e, com* We nd ye sed to Ibis a false t Uttle vte anv wbicn re most nod tbat- \i8 to act General »d of S? ,ive. ."V nub\\c\y important AX N 9. the following Bttbmitted.i permitted to jv a Chaplain- \ think there ' patiento- do * well »9 «'■«"' iere admitted. ,o Parishipnet*. re never v«»ted« rleoce tellame. S 13 - . - PuU,>H.^ Aumherin January, mS-Iu January, ISOSrWhen I becan mv ^;>r '^^ '^TI ^^ S'^etness." and are alienated i.iLi^' n f^**^'' "**' sink down Into godless indifference and irie igion. 3ut it is not as if these three Parishes were all that are / 1 JNn»*'*'"'''^r "*/ "ceding additional clergy and subdivision-they / wh«^- r/'P'if °^ '?*"^: ' ''^"?' T ^h« o*''®' hand, there are plac% where It in be com ing increas ingl y difficult t6 find the means of^ \ V' ^% *^ \ 14. l4! f endeftTO" «> yisiuiUon. <»' „ l«rge'y.„„„e ft"™, ,,,,pckoniviB ■fiiroaWOJ^ivaWe end «f'T„oent "J^Sd oaref««? ',f°w-oiU ilf; l^,rii*;W, *;«*'<.<>*: B n n A i-vs a icb nts tbe evrt\ one [ tbe ent^y lined, fta\ity of t''« of tbe ^vision rlbeiees needed ,e8yno« insisting . Breton, ^ as tbey l\y -wbicb Xbe otner direction, A Colcbes- ou\d, a« ,^. ithby;2f 15 But. Mini) we nrine to the privilege of exercisinc such a faith mii^h^ new oiocese. It is made a sine qua non to obt«inine the consent nf d'clia^s^'sLn riK *f '"?^' «T °' "«* '^ thanVrt/KsanI naiiars, shall be raised for the endowment of the new See ThisV would secure an income for the Bishop of about two thousand doK xiiTdTJ ffv" ""'''""?^ °^ sufRcient^trustworthiness c3d be yund \ielding five per cent mterest. I think we might reasonably ask become "hi'^See ';^f^'\^l'^Chnrch people of the'planrcrwould rp^s^totus'^' ''"''' ''''- '^ ^«^'*«- >- h'ot^'s^tS;: It would be at) unbounded satisfaction to me. if those who can do so would now come forward, and give the monev.bu I an ^lo "an^ gumeot their doing It ; for. I doubt whether tlTey are as vet eon m^ffJvif^ •/".'^' "V'^^ ^^^y ^*^«' that necessity! thev h^k the' motive for instant and generous giving. And therefore I shall fiM back upon a plan which ha« presente.i itself tomv mbd S mi i" TouX fact'tl^/bt^' "•^'il'^ ?*■ ^^«^y"«d i communicaieT J ^ S^i .tvf for Sho P had receiv.-d a letter from the Secretary 5f the /Sfa vear W^Tr^'^^P'^ the Gospel, stating timt the incomlof ^20,3 a } ear derived from the American Coiohial Bishomics FuJid while It would be continued to me so long as I reiSKshon of this Diocese, would almost certainly be diverted eChSe «pm? t e one hTo?lhf f '^- ^r- ^f-*' I ^'^^Z '' '-^V nii'id to offtha^ if I nn u ^ reqnnedsum (i.e. twefity thousand dollai-s; produc- ing an income ot One thou^ind dollars a year, be provided brtU ^ end of five years from the present time, *I will theniSeJ tE sum of ^203, which is just about the other thoimn^d d^ai n^? ?n? nT/p'^""''^-^' the ncomeyind will endeavour to gVt the S^iK lor the Propagation o\ the Gdspel to allocate it to the new Se^ In perpetuity. I do not. at presentrsee my way to promise thi. at' a eai-^ier date than fi ye years hence, but. if the L?oS should be mis in a less time I would do anything within my power short Si t'&s 7fh'I f ^'^'- .^"" T'" ««« ^hat thi^ S car?; w^ h ii h^?v,T i ^ assessment on the parishes included in the new See hn T «h ^f/*P^"' V^ '['^ ^y"^'^ «"^ the income of the Brshon but, I should ^iiope that, by the end of the suggested . eriod tL ITl-fv,'"^^ ^"'J ^^"J^h^ 80 developed, that ^fo Wxiiy i^ed be trL i-t'^^*''* *° '^^, ^^/'"^'•' 'f "«' ^'«« the latter, of tS I Hnn ^.Ak-'^T PI^'P*^' ^^ ** P'^«<'^'c«' '^'"d, looking to the r?al za- sSon ''•'''* '"''^■^* ^'^'^'^ hy the «ynod%t its present tho^nf i?^®'"r"l/*''' '^^ '^ ''^^^ 'hat this does not look towards eivine the Bishon of Nova Scotia less work, for he would W more thaS enough lef to do, could this, and more than this, be at once effected Sri L n" t **i?-^ * ^T^ hurden off his mind and heart" and enabl^' him to make his work more effectual, and to bring himself fni„ coeer relation, not only with the clergy but with the peoXgeier? ally throughout the Diocese. Let me not fail at this point to elnrS my devout hankfulne88 to God for the most deligffl drawlS S geth^of BiBhop and clergy, and my gratitude to them aSfoi theS gSBgwSuB hospitality, unfailing kindgess. hearty c^yp^la ?on and '-->/,*> r.A«M«.. "^ L8 to ' \n .ns , ^* \cb L\eir \e in ; [owe ^ $2ooY . n tHe .ranee id VAftS gained nvougl^ igorous idev tbe t, whose povtenr, iVstotVAe advising tdthe but sonie jrinning' ^% Iv consider use of tVns and good t^ aid: tbe way, ai^d ^'*- Trcbd«aco" :reBnpPO'^^"« .^'organization 17 . • « poBsibifitiM for S tSfthT vn^ ^" "^r*^^?*- ^' coiitainft untold fathers >iSch& of thPn^ffT" °^ 5^'"' ^"^ ^*^««fo'e ^o the objects Qf our aSoSs JoLSni ^''"T''^"' ^.'^^ «h«""d be tfee priperity o^ihrSTch and nf %rt P^'V'"'^"' interest. Ae ?ouAg men, for tLyS be called tn^^^^^^ ^^""^i "P^" '^« Hness h^ promise of th«' Mfo ^u^^ '^® membere eodly ; and " gof- any parish, and therlpwv will V fl!!i ' ? " should be welcomed in . bei the benefit StheKun^f SZvh'^l'''^^%'''t^^ «"«">- thV^yoiln^K&S^^^^^^^ ITS ih^S S r?r ^^^^^ ^s^rsfusl'^shTwl ficulty of coZlir^ting^hes^^ sentence of epiKrammatfc mZJr^T^ ^- ^i P^^ciple in a short that is hid wff S in GfS ' 'in nrH^'^^f fpr deepening the " life " life that is now livS in the fl^h " th^rLl? ^^^ ^'^'e Hving of the new aspects of truth and mShriia f l^^'^"^ tpiearn new truth, upon others ''for the spread of t^e KW^*'''"^^ Jhe Gospel to be*; V men." From the (SSveTons the membf^^"2turn^.^^ homes w th renewed zpal RnH />r.«J»„i^*u ! ™ to their respective work, for notWn^Sse «mn »S hff ®' there to pray and watcli. and Him and ^ ® ''^ '""® '^^^'r sacramentum to . "Speak no slander, no, nor listen to it ^ But lead^ sweet lives in purest chastity • • . . Keep down the base in man," and learn I S A„ 1 ' \\^^^^ thought, and amiable wor.Is > And courtliness, and the desire of faipe, , * , And love of truth, and all that makes a man." Schod forofris-ie^tw^ei; SJxtr^d*^ «>"*'r^P^'«r"*>'°f '^^ t^hurch. may call the normS numLr Th« .«! ^ ^ '^'"''^^'■l ^*°« °°* '^^^^ one those who know anythlSL of wh«f .-.T^**™' "f T^^u''" *•'" "nd««tood by and teaching »rmany. a,5 keoT morL thTi?*^ "' ^}T' '" «"P«rintendinJ of the instrfotion of ^p«p?l»t'm:sra?e'';v'e'rSirred ^^^^^^^ foand necessary to add to the staff T l^rvT ' ,. ' " ** ••»ould be ^ may take place^in tie numW o?schoIarT«nfrr^P**"*^'"« augmentation ' relatively increased. I am told tS„ I' *^** ""Y expenses maynot be to start a simiS-tek J whiS^n^f K !"** w on foot in New Brunswick until the estebUshmS'arwtd^Thich ^'X^M^'l^r^'^'"''. rooted inle hea^rts^f l^^roT thi ^^ 't^Tint' ^^ To -:i*^J ( \ .-iV-* ' - ;/• ;. .* . '.o-rvjc /,,- .' ""TCJ. 1' 18 - , chance of injury would be clone it by the aetting up of a aimiiar aohool. I fear we may lose several pupils from New Brunswick, as it will of course be more convenient to parents residing there to send their dJaughters to a place nearer their homes ; and, the love of change, which ii^uenoea many, will operate to make them trv the nearer school. Still, we mnst feel gratified at seeing our example copied, for ,,',' imitation is the sincerest flattery," and, if they can succeed in giving as good an education, at as reasonable a figure, together with that tone and spirit which pervade everything of ° which Miss Mochin has charge, as we are able to do at Edgehill, and we can keep up our numbers, by attracting to us th^ children ot more of the parents within oijr boarders, w^ shall sincerely " wish them good luck in the name of the Lord." I trust, however, that the intention is abandoned, at least for the present. I have spoken of ''the love of change" by which many parents are infiuepced. I am sorry to have to say that I have noticed this spirit pfovailing to a^large extent, and therefore wish to speak an earnest word to parentr and guardians respecting it. Any one who has had experience in education will be ready to oorreborate the assertion, that ' a real injury is done to children by moving them from one school to another, unlesi there are special reasons which would operate in exceptional instAnces. Any really good school is characterized by a spirit peculiarly its o\yn, and has its special traditions, the operation of which is ggod'; and time is essentially necessary for this spirit to permeate the pupil, and for these traditions to become operative ^n bim. It is out of the question that equal good can result from one or tWo years attendance at a school, to that wnich would undoub edly be received were olbildren sent to us^t an age^ when they would be placed in the lowest form, and continued until they had completed the studies appointed for those in the highest, ^>'hat I would like to see is that which I know of in a boy's school in Massachusetts, where a parent puts down the name of his son as soon as he is born, for entrance when he shall be ten years old, and when once sent the boy is not removed until he enters Yale or Harvard, or whatever other College may be chosen for the completing of<> his education. By this method the child has the best chance of acquiring and assimilating knowledge, grows towards adolescence surrounded oy the best influences, imbibing continually the Spirit of the school and actuated by its good traditions ; while justice is done to the teachers by their having several years in which to study and become famiijiar with the peculiarities ^f individual character, that they may act and teach for the best interests of their scholars. This plan also " causes the children to regbi'd their school with filial affection, land enables them to form friendships both with their schoolfellows abd teache^ which will be of enduring advantage in the vicissitudes of their after life. , The Collegiate School for Boys has been completely revolutionisinl. The building has been renovated and improved, ^e gymnasium enlarged and remodelled, and the grounds have had no small attention bestowed: upon ' them. Better still, the system of farming out the School and allowing the Lessee to make what he could in the wav of profit, has been abolis)ied, a Head master appointed at a specified salary, who is allowed the privilege * of selecting and nominating his Assistants, 'thereby exercising a real authority, whUe being subject himself to that of the Board o^ Governors. ^The Head master and his two Assistants are graduates of Oxford And Cambridge Universities, and thoroug^hly efficient, the instruction is sound and the systen of moral supervision admirable. Sundry evils which had crept into the school in former years have been gradually but e£Rtually eradicated, though constant vi^lj^nce has to be exercised lest these or other kinds of mischief should oom« in ; and the School as a whole is confidently commended to the parents of boys as a wholesome place to which to send ^ their sons for intellectual, moral and religions traininK,''a school second to no ne in aU those advantages which they flHSire for theyr ffhil^r en. " .y- ■.•^j^jf?-'-^'.!/.,* ->i^^'', ,, ;- 1 Y :i'..v;'^'*f ^7»; :*'' '"'-v^t^: * 19 All this Km not been effected without Merious expense, which, tosether with that incurred in the repair and modernising of King's College build- ing, has involved the University in-inost^en^^russing hpanuial difituultiea —80 much so that, on the advice of the Alumt^^^ie IJoard of 'iJovernors have given all the members of the Faculty noticethat their services would not be required after the Rncwnia which has just taken plac^e. Personally, I deeply deplored this action, us I felt its becoming {(uown to the public would seriously imperil the success of an appeal f»r aid, rend«T the Con- dition critical and make the continuance of the College pr<>blemfvtictil, if it did not doom it to extinctioti. It was the intentiim, however, of those who advocated this step and succeeded in jjetfcinjt it taken, to enter vigorously upon the work of retrenchriient by citlier re-engaging some of the Pr >• f^ S-^ 'm At the* meetjag Jield in LondoHv o n .7th M ay l ost,, ia behalf ijf .mt^ numesake, which is threatened with \the withdrawal of a goverom ■■(-•r ¥^ grant of «lnou» benefit upon 8ocK,t> ,« Bpgland by the number of men tiiat it educates, it is absolutely ^eoeiMry that there should be paid to it some revenue from without." . ..«*;^"^'? mutonrfM, these words ajjply to King's College, Windsor, as aptly as> King> College, Xondon. and that " ?e venue *from withoiit" !,k"1*^ supplied by the annual collection* in every parish in the Diocese Mhich this Syn^d has directed shall be made, supplemwted largely by the " fZr~« J^" ''*'*'°"'' "^ ^^°''* *'"*'"8"* "' *•>« «»'*'«f by inheritance or acquiremenA are possessors of more money than their neighbours. ' „„ w *'»«• An^uahmeeting of tli^ Alumni Association which was hold on Wednesday last « statement li^as presented as to a means by which the expenditure ot the College migk for another year be Vought vjithm the income. The chief feature of this w«i an offer of the President and Professor* Butler, Roberts, Vroom and Bober, to contribute ZtA^T °i M^"" «*.^'r'.*°.'' °' ^''^ R*^^'- ^••- B«*"~n to give up tl" paid office of Manager, the duties of which will be assumed, together with thoflo of the Bursar, without salary, by the President Thi; ^nerous and self-denying proposal was gratefully accepted by the AlumSi and subse- quently co.mneiufe.l by the imrd erf jGoverftors. who expressed their hoje ..f";i.r mI!^;!- u""" .««°<""'*"y known it imglit stir up the Church people f the Maritime Provinces, so that we might be able another year toWv to , these self-abnegating men,-"¥Iour zealTiath provoked vonShny '' It sl|«uid be understood by every body that the entire. schem^lilWs a smaU l^lance on the right side for the next year, so tliat by rescinding the reiTo- lution dispensing with the services of the President and Proflwors, and reinstating them in their respective offices, the Board is invblving the ^College in no addition to the existing capital debt. '■ forSeSSi^t^rS^M^ Y" 'f *» ^PPoi."**"? by the Alumni Association S.K^l i'^^n '*«'a'''l of a Pl*n f«r enlarging the representation upon of th« rII^ Governors by securing the election of a Governor from eSch of the Rural peanerice in the Maritime Pri-vinces, by which it is hoped eve^rSlrf«h "'^.Vrif * ^«"*'"« of the College will be manifest^ Lr«.e Church"!!! T#'''^?.°"*»''*„«*'«'"'** *«'**™ being thus secured it arinHv H • P*°^'* a^i«e, they w'ill extend to it that confidence i^hioh It ardently desires to gam, and which it h.pes thoroughly to desefVo ; for ' ctev^h.wr"* «°"T""^ '"*''^ manigemeAt Of itiaflFairsrec^gnS^ clearly that they cannot expect active pecuniary assistaiiK so lone as suspicion as to motives, and mistrust « to*^ method^ allowSf itter rSL ^^''•' •'Tf'^ ^^ r"- .^o"««« «'"d Schools. I iTuld ^ K« n,Z^ M;.l)rotebt and Warning to those who, professing to be members, of a. Church which speaks with no uncertain voice regarding what she be i^ves . tp be the errors of the Church of Rome, nevertheless. e3tp«tf:^l^eir children in their most' impr««ibfe years to association with*' if they are true to their o*i» who are not in communion v for their souls seek to influe perveision and apoatacy. M imparted in childhood has daughter has openly joined ti Ifachers jn Convents and ScbooU who, "'lai^ there is no salvation for those Ijjirch. twist but It-f mere pity •ectioiv 6f what we regard as [•after y«Mr when the teaching naturali(|pBlirand the son br. holidays, would prove strongerthan that which was brought to bear all the tha Aim^.i ^rf t k "- -aL •v-"^*^" * "y^*" ^^^'^ * »*"^ scores ex oouanr^str^ the expense to their oflspring of the io«a of spiritual freedom^ the (^nslaviog '- ^ . y # 21 *. ^S,^' "r ;^ kf' **** "i'"* *'y beliefs nn warranted by Holy Scriptol^ the acceptance of ' %hat 'M'hich )et|d* to" arrogmioy and impiety, is plainly repugi(ant to the Word pf 06d, and oredenoe in blaaphemoun fables ancf dangerous deceits. It is not.too much to say from the standpoint of the Church o{ England that to abandon her communion for that of, the Church of Rome is to exchange the liberty wherewith Christ has mtule tis free for the yoke ofi bondage, the light of Ipith for the darkness ;of error, and the oommund- t ments of Ood for thi continues to hoi awnmed reg^ paratively f^wStj^^ rtheir chiul|'6n^r i^ons of men. As-4ong as the Church of England Mthoritative standards the position she has jdoctrine, though it be only upon a com- leifjwrticulars, so long all her memlwrs who send catioit to Roman Catholic teachers- must be regarded urcH, cruel to their offspring and criminally neglect- esponsl^litivs. And when this conduct is beheld in tnose who I opportunity of inveighing ligainst theerfcrs of Rome, or of jiat the/ call "-the attempts that are being made to unprotes- e Church> of England and to assimilate her to the Church of Rome," one f elemental facts and truths of Christianity which all th^se bodies hold in common ; or, that 'they are so biind, that they cannot see that many of their otyn children are being indoctrinated 'with beliefs and pmctices which will make them, if not actually to join the Church of Rome, at least willing tools to carry out, as members of Boards and Committees, any orvic policy which the rulers of that Church may advocate ? Or,, cannot Chris- tian people* see that to bring up the young without the knowledge of the JiftWr-ef Crod itfcr ^xpf e g se d viti the^t iSf »eoor«|»noe>witb>Chrirt's model, and Hi* teaching aa to its necessity^ andi: -"t^ ■ ■y. I . I - ■? >; * ^ '^% \ t T^ V * ^ . V ^ •^ 22 «*. i .ifti*».» without the facts embodied in the AposUes'" Creed (which 'is not* Pharnh ' ! nu*^*?!* P'-«d"°««'». but the common heritage of the UnivertS Cb«Zi ^ - and atftrved becauae they have iiothwg to believe ? " "'?J^ J^/**"™^ and'^ftS'iloSs of^t^^^^^^^ 'h fT'^'^'T *"^ '^'^»'*'««. ^^^ traditions teajht^^lp^dllti^^^^^^^^ duty towards his neighb..ur-«he does bring the fntJsiWe worW Ind fte wwmmmm Sn is mffS '^^ *"'" * ««"«':'^f°" 'gnoraut of all this-- children in ^ the Day bchool defanite instruction in th^ Christian faith. °'»"«f«° « Alas • that we should be so apathetic about securit.it a similar hlfl««.n» Church would be qyickenedVitsbeilgputt'oA^^^ *''* "'•°'* It has been my happy privilege to visit a few of the Sunday Schools both ttTut^^„t^?\'"^•l^''''V r l«^«*°"«bunda.ftTj?nLentSefor ' the£d • ''""'*' "* ^''^ y*^""*' *•>•* ">«y "«y »>« wholly g«"ven to ; In my journeying^ through the Diocese I have been thankful *«*««♦. ' the generallleriousness, and earnest attention to what tK-waL^A" ' manifested by the candidates for Confirmation, indicltilg inuTft LinaSlni * which „„ p.Uiy .w« J.„,':Shi"2u??.<.iis, •::.»„ sss 'V K, -;-T--^^^ >v^r*v . iJ :ii^h-' 1^ 'V P .M Bolflmnise Holy Matrimony in a privateHwuse, or, even, in the reotorrce for good to others, and much of its blessed- ness and joy in their own hearts. The time of preparatiop-^llows of a clergyman getting very near to the souls of those with whom he has to deal one by one, and a faithful and wise pastor wiUf know how to create confidence in hjimself in the minds of his iieople, and to help them to the possession of of personal interest in the precious blood of Jesus, and a share in the hope of {everlasting* life through Him. Much thought and prayer are needed, that the man of God may realise what it in possible for him, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to do for his people, and ntuoh practice that he may become skilful in the word of righteousness, and wise to win souls to Christ. Most fervently do I di^i\;e that' you m^y so act as to have the unspeakable joy of seeing many savingly uonvuSriiied to God by your taithful presentation to them of the message of His great salvation. There have been Confirmed 1892—556 males. 1027 females. Tc^tal 1583 1893—243 " 413 " " 658 Conaecrated — 6 Churches. 1 addition to Churchyard. In some parts of the Diocese I have found that the administration of Holy Baptism is commonly conducted in private houses, and therefore the congregation of the Lord's people when assembled together have seldom if ever the advantage of having an ocular presentation made to them of the blessing of the Holy Sncrament, hearing the clear teaching of the Church as to the nature and effect of the same, and of being put in mind of their own privileges and responsibilities as baptised members of Christ's mystical body. The clergy will probably find it difficult to get parents out of the wrong way into which they Were probably too easily allow^ to slip in former years, when distances from the Church were greater and services . less frequent ; and in which they have been permitted to remain when they should have been taught better : but I know from information furnished nie that they c&n be taught the importance of u practice which they have neglected, and constrained always to bring their children, (as their duty is in all cases, save in extremity) to the (.'huroh building. And, when Baptism is administered in Private houses the clergy are hereby admonished that thoy are to proceed according to the Form prescribed for Private Baptism, and not to use the Form for Public Baptism, as baa in some instancesbeen done. And here I would speak of another wrong which is done, by the clergy ' ' ,< -< '. ■jooaB e ntiDg»,.iM:-too refldily, Tto lhe denamd which ia made opoii themj t o. >-4 41 1^* ,^' -jT**'*.' T&'iiXfw' "«, ■^; •«*' y*.^ \ « 1^ TZk .,/» v^»v f ^'V- *. . I ' t- /*. " " ' • ■24- ,, ■ ■ bnilding the House of God, is the only right place for their ioinW to- gether of man and wife in a union as indissoluble as that of whS "t^is a ~ (Cr.F't^'"''"'' u^^ '?yi"'^' ""ion >hich is betwixt ChSt and Hi5 £T?fire;[tl%rarci:*Lz^ ''- ;" '' '"-^-^^^ ^« -^^^^^^'"^ I must not forget a reference to the work that is bcinc done bv th« L^fh f *?k''""' *'>''i»'raDohe8 are organized in Digby and Su^nKhiH and thaT«n i ^^y T^ '',','^* "" *°°* '° """"y >«"" Panshes ofTI D ocJ^e hi;i™ Innf^ ^f .""^'^ ^ *'''«°^ *'"»• benefactions far beyond ouTJwn ,?«!/' "'*"»**«^y *^«'' """-o^' the ocean to the Missionaries in Forei^ kS.^tu *^f "'^'a'V'toMs «re occurred in gt. John's, NewfoundUSd bv S!nl i^' K,? ^''"Vi"! cat)ie.lral. We had all previously icSnecf withlhe general public m aiding the houseless and needy people but the TZL^i! Bishop of Newfoundland wrote me— "The total (J1793 V) » i« aJ^ S;rfori?~*'i: ^rr?*^!^^*^** by„a„yXle^'-!!Jf i'l^ ; ^ grateful for it. Included wn the sum was an amount of $101 05 coUeobRd nne\;::Z" "" ^'"' "^ ** ^- " ^'*'^«'" "'^'^'^ *- *« ««n"rou8 as it was «inJ^t„°°'^ ^^^'l* *' "^^^^^ l'*^« ''^^^ reported to me are the following — Co?ntv^toXp*J'""^ °'?lr' ."T^' ^°'n»n «« Liscombe, GuyXro t;Ounty, to the Colonial and Continental Church Society ^SlfiOO W T w h*vP„«?i.""'^'"'''lT'*f''.°'*'®'' «»*•"« l«f* *" <-'h«roh objects, of which I me woJi aWnv'^hnil^Tr '''■' '^-^'^^^ *"^ Churchiardins wTlI ind Tuf fedglZt^orthl'r i:^ 'iSrsrrttVn'^* 'aTtLtth^e": mention may stir up others to go4nd do likewise. ^ *^*"^ which I have received -.--■- •rj;^""^^ from the Convener of the Committee of the Montreal "'On the^better observance of the Lord's oJy" son Din Jiooese of , 1 1 -^ . ^f iHw!ju^ rt^ t^:- !<'' .r •:}■', 'V .' • ", ■'~>-'U way Kive expression "to your desire to secure a better observance of the Lor/s Day, believing that it is of National imporUnce. Anything that will I raise it in the estimation of the people and cause them to regard it as not theirs but God's, to be used in worshipping and serving Him. not seeking our owii pleasure nor speaking our own words, but keeping it holy, ought to be welcomed by us, as a concern of national importance. I have received the following letter from the corresponding secretary of^ The Domuiion Alliance :— ' _ ToKOSTO, June 13th, 1894. Rt. Rev. F..CooRtsBY, D.D., Halifax, N. S. ^ Dear Sir :— Enclosed is announcement of Dominion Prohibition Convention to be held in Montreal on J uly 3r.l and 4th next. The Alliance Council meeting will also meet in Montreal on the opening day ot tne Convention. ^ -i You no doubt, are aware of the work of the Alliance. To our Council Meeting paoh Church of England Diocese is requested to send four delegates who wffialso be members of the Conventi(m annqunced in this circular. If yoirfipcese has not named any person we shall be grateful if you will k^ly appoint four to attend this meeting. ^-^ ♦ dot Workers warmly appreciate what lias bten done for the cause o tefhnerince by the C. E. T. S. and many lea«lei« of the Episcopalian Church, and will much appreciate the counsel and co-opt ration of any delegates you may name. I liave the honor to be, dear sir. Yours sincerely, F. S. Spknce. Personally, I am not in favor of the movement which has for its object the enacting of a law prohibiting the manufacture and use of alcoholic liquofrs, forTnotwithstan.ling plebiscites here or elsewhere, I believe that the conscience of the oii.inunity is not in favor of such a measure, but, instead of compelhng its enforcement, would connive at all kinds ot metht,ds practised for evading its provisions. But 'l^n^'P^n^f ^i?. «° frightful an evil in the person of the drunkard, so dreadful in its eftects uuon his family, and afflicts some communities to such a horrible extent- deadening 80 the public conscience by habituating it to its existence that it ceases to regard it as a sin-and it brings so many other forms of wick- edness in its tiain. that we ought to be ready to forego any personal predilections, and, (insteud of giving a languid acquiescence to some of the schemes proposed,) by active effort, and diligent aggressive work to do what in us lies to eradicate the evil, to banish the curse and to. help make the next generation strictly temperate, instead of leaving it exposed to the reproach of being enslaved by strong drink. It '"'g^t therefore be well for the Synod to appoint delegiites to the coming convention, '* bttmg persons can be found who would be willing to go.for the purpose of hearing the arguments advanced by the advocates of prohibition, and consulting with them as to the means which might be adopted for securing its being enforced, whensoever such a measure should be enacted by the Legislature. As regards the vote which has recently l)&pn taken on this qnestion m this Province, I think it should be remembered that while those who are In favor of prohibition would be sure to vote to a man. many who are opposed to such a measure are too indiflferent to cast a ballot either way even when voting for a political representative, while many do not go to the poll a« ttll : *o that the estimate ought to be, not between those who vote yes and those who vote no, but between the ayes and the whole number of voters ^m th^ mil • »n.l this T fancy would give a d ifferent result from jhat whi ch - Waa circulated through this country with soiheJhlHJTJf trluiu^ a mcmtip m -■-^■" -"S gTW ^ ' i fy*»^»> yf wr-f»f'yf^'p->-v 36 . or two ago. Cordial recognition of one another, as fellow workers in the common cause of Temperance, iiiHtead of denunciation of those who have a different method from their own, is as necessary in this work as in that of the Church ; alnd victory waits upon mutual co-operation in both. Certainly jtherfi is no la^k of subjects before the Church at large to engage the an:xiofU8 consideration yt>f thoughtful people, uor before us as a ♦" Synod to demand our painstakinyeffort and brotherly consultation. Hon- est endeavor to do the workof iihe Chunch, instead of eacli man insisting upon havitie his own way ; equaflly honest expression of personal conviction, but without the uncharitable *86rtion that those who entertain a different opinion are either knaves or f/ols ; mutual coiiciliatipn and the carrying on of debate with good teniperVand respect : above 411, an en