s that young girls now can talk of little else than 5 and with which we and less time to the n of canons, and herself in the "comfortable, is not what ole. herefore, that it would be better for ourselves, and better for the, shurch, if our synodical meetings 'somewhat changed and turn- od into missionary outlooks, or ob- , from which we could see work that is to be done, and how to do it;--see the enemy's strong- i, and how to marshal our fore has been accomplished by the Church in Canada through the unit. is that scattereth, eth." Gi to God brings with it both the will to give, and the power to give. Our own work has prospered, 48 wo have given to work outside, as we have tried to supply the needs of others. I have no fear that Ontario will be behind, but a great deal de- pends upon the clerevman in each par- ish. He must personally see that every one is reached, and that the amount expected from his parish is forthcom- ing. We have a great deal more to do than was ever done in the past; but wo are better able to do it. It will not be accomplished though by good wishes alone; it must be done bv work, each one putting his shoulder to the wheel. We must week for more than parochia' or diocesan prosperity. Wo must remember that we are a mis- sionary church, and must po out and possess the land. Our motto should be "The World for Christ." Making Of Apportionments. There should undoubtedly be more care taken in making the anvortion- ments than evidently was given to it ; on vear, in order that they may be hor e oquitable. Some of the town and ofty parishes, as compared with cer- in country districts; had certainly the Tight end of the burdén. Each ru- ral dean should confer with the cler gv of his rural deanery, as to what each parish is capable of giving, to- wands, making up the amount the ru- ral deanery should raise; and then the clergyman should personally see that that amount is secured. It will be in his own Jimerent in the end, for his people will learn thereby sgpmething of blessedness, the luxury ot Biving, And they have much to learn yet, in this respect, or at least, much to do, be fore they have performed their duty to God, and to His church. 3 : Sm sn, Salaries Of The Clergy. When I look over the synod report, and sce what miserable stipends some of our clergy have heen getting, from parishes too, which are called rec tories, and i wealthy churchmen, 1 positively blgsh, 1 feel so ashamed and afraid Yhe world should know it. 1 think there' must be in these parishes a good many of the type of the wealthy farmer, who once stood up in "meeting," and asked other men to become Christ jane, declaring that salvation was free, as he knew by blassed experience, for he said, he had bern a Christian for over forty years, and it had not cost him ohe cent! You; clergy, have been partly to blame for this state of things. You have been afraid of being misunderstood and that peeple might think you wanted, not them, but theirs. You have not set bofore them the counsel of God with respect to giving, that it is at act of worship that, as with Cornelius of old, so wih us, our alms and our prayers, must go up together, to be a me. morial for us before God. You have suffered in silence, and your people thought you had all yon FARE and would not know what to do with any- thing more. There are really some peo- ple, (but not very many, I am glad to think), like the old negro who, praying for his minister, said that if the Lord would keep him humble, the congregation wos'd undertake to keep him poor ! Our people have the incans to give and 1 Rlicke, generally, the will, but their duties and respopsikili (ies, have not been mo clearly set be | fore them as they should have been, Our land has been wonderfully blessed, bountiful harvests have followed one another, in regular order; and yet ing of her forces, Since then she has won many spiritual victories; she has | = enlarged hex borders, and strengthen: ; stakes. ' She suddenly leaped | ria posiion f dependence t | a of o one of independence. She found that she | « stand but walk alone, led upon, last vear, to pro- 3 re thousand dollars, for of her work--many ! "hands, ~shaking and saying it could not ut it was done, and the [ sure, "He shall be watered also there is no standing fresh victories await us, new 'what we gave last year, and we shall 'be richer the more we give, "For there { Ohio, Sty ot Tote, |. . Cheney makes oath tha ; firm of F, there has been no advance in clerical incomes, In every other profession, salaries have risen, and the wages of mechanics and labourers have been increased, but the salaries of the clergy remain practically at the same figurce as twenty years ago, when the scale of prices and social and re ligious demands were entirely different. The cost of living is undoubtedly a fourth, more than it was ten years ago, and yet the clergy, the observed of all observers, are expected to keep up with life, nd meet all demands, without any crease in their in- comes. 1i our laity would only stop and think, I do not believe they would allow this state of things to exist for it is to their own discredit, As proof that they would not, we have the wonderful results of Me Burton's canvass in the parishes he has visited, Mr. Burton's Work. , When 1 suggested this work it was garded with favour by very few, and a number of prophets predicted it would be a failure; and 1 think the general feeling w regard to the appointment of a missionary agent was, "Oh, we may as well give way to the persistency of the lishop, and let him sce the failure of his fad, and then we will be done with it." But {1 knew if we got the right man--and we have got hipm--that the work for coustina. would be a & . 1 think the most P have been satisfied and the appointment justified. The t is Sui: | the mbst sought after man in' the dio- Toladn. 0. rn many soem to wish he was and bke the Irishman's bird¥ so that he | contd bein several places at once. 1 hope when he has gone all over the and yet increas- of -similar practices r came but seldom, are now coming . Having paid something for tly appreciate their religious A py Witness Of The Church. She stands for truth and righteous ness, and against ungodiiness and wrong, wherever they exist. In the presence of these she should not keep silent. Such an assembly as this should bear a distinet witness for Christ, Who is the Truth. Our coun- try is increasing rapidly in populé tion, in material wealth and ia im- we, but there is something more than this needed to exalt a nation, and that is righteousness. Are we as a people cultivating it? Our system of party polities, the unscrupulous- ness of its methods, and the depths of degeneracy to which it sometimes sinks are fast sapping the vitals of the country; and a wave of moral dead- ness, which 'has had its o1izia in po- litical life, is sweeping over the land. Many men, honest and truthful in or- dinary life, dre dishonest and un- truthful in political life, and the peo ple love to have it so. Take the "Stuffing of the ballot boxes" in To- ronto, of which we have heard so much, where men occupying prominent places in society, and in public esti: mation, deliberately committed an offence which has brought on some of them disgrace and heavy punishment. How did they regard the act ? Evidently not as a crime,-- at the most, only as a venial offence. And they reflected a certain amount of public opinion. If they had been asked to steal an article of merchan- dise, they doubtless would have re- fused; but they had heard and read elsewhere, and how the guilty had gone unpunished, and so they did it, and expected cre- dit, and reward, for it. The average citizen, who would not for an in- stant countenan: a shady trans- action in business, speaks of election frauds as something inseparable from public life, especially if they have been committed by his party. In party conventions the man who can con- trol a certain number of votes, by any means, is a power. His methods are not scrutinized if the results are satisfactory. Young men soon learn that such a 'course is the road to pre- ferment and they hasten to pursue it, and all this goes unwhipped, hocause honest men do not organize against it. It is said that a missionary, in Japan, was told by the Japanese,-- wha knew all about our pelitical con- ditions, that he had better go homu and try to convert his own country- men before comingsto them. The root of the whole matter is in the abomin- able partyism which exists and which will stoop to the use of any means to strengthen its hands. Whatever, therefore, one party proposes, or supports, the other on principle will oppose. We are hastening on to the conditions which exist in the United States, where the nation is formally and permanently divided into two or- ganized factions, recognized by law and managed by bosses who are pro- fessional tricksters and have almost complete control over American poli- tical 'life, directing it for selfish ends. The . church has a duty to perform with reference to these matters. Her voice should be raised in earnest pro- test and her loyal sons and daugh- ters should join bands, to wipe out this disgraceful condition of affairs. Vote only for the man. who is honest and patriotic, no matter to what party he belongs. So widespread has become this party spirit, that it is actually in some places carried into civic affairs. Liberals and conser- vatives in the council carry on a kind of parliament, one opposing the other, and in their party struggles paying 'more attention, sometimes, to political matters, than to the inter- ests of the city they were elected to serve. The restless spirit of the age, too, is worthy of notice, and of the strong: est protest against it. Tt runs through all society and pervades every class of the community. Men wish to get rich in a day. The man who is satisfied with cither wage or salary, for which our fathers would have been thankful, is exceptional nowadays and is regarded by thers as antiquated, -- a fossil,--and behind the times, and so there is the reck- less speculation, the. gambling in stocks, the buying on margins, with its false hopes and anxieties, bring- ing grey hairs to the head and wrink- les to the brow. For not infrequent- ly, just as at the gaming table, in- stead of the hoped for fortune, there is the loss of everything, honor and honesty, as well as worldly posses- sions. The man has plaved, and lost, lost even peace of mind. Such cases are not isolated, or seldom to be found; they are very numerous indeed. It is a pleasure-loving age and this gambling is largely for the purpose of providing means to secure case and pleasure. This spirit holds in its clutches, mot only men, but women, and so it comes to pass that in the large cities, the world over, fashion able women play, not only at night, but in theday time. The shutters of their windows are closed and the blinds drawn down, that they may not be disturbed, and to shut out God's sunshine. Artificial light is used so as to turn the day into | night and cards are played the whole afternoon, not for amusement or for prizes, merely, but for stakes, 'and large sums of money are sometimes gained and lost. Gambling has now become, not a failing of individuals ¥, as it always was, but a sin of society. It is the breath of a plague which is in the air, for it is not only the United States and Can- establish in men and ada which are affected, but conserva- Janie * Against all this, therefore, the clare fans should be or ev Christian man every Christian woman should set heir faces . The (hurch of Christ t ever an "Ecclesia docens," She' cannot stand quietly by end see her children going astray. She must lift up her voice, and cry aloud; whether men will hear, or whether they will forbear. The spirit of the world is in active opposition to the spirit of Christ, and is with us at all times, but in different guises, and aguinst it the Church of Christ has ever to be on her guard and ever waging war. Our effort should be to women a de- finite Christian conscience, to make them realize that they are living mem- bers of the body of the living Christ and therefore have defnite responsibi- lities to Him, to live Christ-like lives. Christianity is not a religious system merely, it is the indwelling of Christ, by His spirit, giving the power of an endless life. If Christ be in you, "The body will be dead because of sin, but the spirit will be life, because of righteousness," and "if any man have not the spirit of Christ, he is none of His." Centennial Of Bitle Society. Cn 6th of March, there was celebra ted the centennial of the British and Foreign Bible Society, that great missionary agency of the church, from which the Church of England receives more than six-sevenths of her pub- lished translations of the holy serip- tures, in more than seventy different languages, and without which her hands would be tied, and she could not do her work. The celebration was generally observed everywhere, by the English church throughout the world; the English bishops appealing very strongly in its behalf. The dean arranged for a special service in our cathedral here, at which I had the privilege of preaching, and 1 also is- saed a pastoral to the clergy of the diocese, asking for an observance of the day, by special prayer and spe- cial sermons, which 1 trust was heed- While speaking of the Bible t I with our clergy would take more in terest in it and its work instead of giving the cold shoulder to its meet- ings, as is too frequently done, and so allowing an organization (w hich is emphatically a church organizat on, in which nearly all the. bihops of. Eng- land take an active interest, and to which the members of the church there are the largest contributors), to be come separated almost ent from the church here, and to pase into oth er hands. To allow this because for- sooth the members of other Christian bodies have an interest in the society as well as ourselves, and would show that interest by taking part in its mectings and contributing of their means for the support of the magnifi cent work. which it has accomplished, and is still carrying on, bears on it the mark of the most unmitigated fol lv. We cannot blame other bo taking possession of the m we desert our posts; and the pres enze should not frighten us. They will probably be in heaven as well as wy, and we may as well. meet on carthy Attendance at such meetings calls for no sacrifice of principle, for there is none involved, while holding aloof has been to the church's loss and disad- vantage. Some good people who could not. briny themselves to attend a meeting of the Bible Society because they might meet some one else thers, talk much of unity and the church as a meeting point for it; and yet their delight is to throw stones at everyone who looks our way. Sanctified com non snse is not so common as is gen erally supposed. The Bible, apart from the work of the Holy Spirit, Who alone can make men be of one mind, is the strongest factor in the world, making for union, because it is a revelation of the mind and will of God, Who weuld have all to be one, even as He is One. As we get it inlo our hearts, it will bring us nearer to Christ, and fo nearer to one another. In attending the meet- ings of the Pible Society and taking part in them you need in no way com promise either yourself or your church, but on the contrary commend her, as well as do much "for the promotion of brotherly unicn and concord. Sunday Schools. I am glad to find. an awakened in terest in the diocese as regards the work of the Sunday school. The con ventions which have been held have done much to stimulate and instruct those who are to instruct others. 'There is still, horever, great room for improvement in , our schools. 1 have opportunities of dropping into schools | in the country before service on Sun days, and 1 have found teachers just reading story books to- their classes. I remember, on one occasion, during the past year, a teacher coming into the vestry to the librarian and asking him ii.he had a nice story hook to give her to read to her class! Where it is possible for the clergyman to hold a teachers' wmecting it should be held, and the work of the next Sunday gone over. Of course, in missions where services are held in several places, this is well-nigh impossible, at least i sible at every station of the n But when little religious teaching given in the home, and none in ih: secular school, if the children of the ghurch are to grow up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, it is ab- solutely' necessary that provision should be meds, in some way, for their instruction. Care should be tak en that the teaching is systematic and definite, baséd always on the church catechism, that wonderful compendium of church doc and bible truth, Pastoral Work. Very much depends on this. The clergy can reach the hearts of the peo ple by parochial visiting as i no other way, and once get an individu- al's heart to guide him is not a diffi cult matter. By this means also the childeén can be reached and influenced, and the care of the children to the true pastor is vot only an imperative duty but his chiefest joy, for he re members that the firs of the' solemn charges given by the risen Lord to St. Peter on the shores of the Galilean lake was "Feed my lambs." In your pastoral intercourse, brethren of the clergy, try to create and foster a spirit of religion in the home. En here a. Gods Word. and the read- Impress upon garents the tremendous enpopsilsiities which rest upon them for the spiritual direction of their children; there are m:ny children in really 'good homes who receive from their parents but little spiritual guidance. Quiet Day For The Clergy. One of the drawbacks of clerical life in the country is the lack of clerical companicnship trid sympathy. The clergvican has no one to compare notes with, and week after week, and month after month, he hears nothing but the %ound of his own voice, until at Ienrth one of two things takes vince, he either comes to hate it, or he thinks it tlm only music in the world worth listening to! It ie to meet such contingencies as these, as well gs to deepen spiritual life, that I should like to provide yearly a "quiet day" for the clergy. The elocuent and instructive addresses of the Bishop of Huron. who conducted the "quiet day' for us last November, will not, I am sure, be scoa forgotten by those who hard tham. 1 really wish that each clergyiran would male an effort to at tend such services, not only for his own sake, but for the sake of those to wkon he ministers, for o n scarce ly help having his own spiritual life quickened end 'gathering inspiration for his work from such means. 1 am glad to be able to this autumn one who member of this diocese, and to whom, I am sure, everyone wiil be glad to listen, Bishop Anderson, of Chicago, has kindly consented to conduct a "quiet day" for us on kis return from the general convention at Boston, about the end of October, or begin ning of November: v that was once a St. Agnes School, Belleville. Miss Carroll, the principal of the ladies' college in Belleville, has asked me to announce that very special terms will ke made for the daughters of clergymen. This college, which is beautifully :ituated and well equipped. scems to be doing a gogid and success ful work, under the able care of the principal and | would suggest to the members of the thurch. the desirability of visiting the school and secing the work which is being done, and learn ing the terms which are offered before sending their daughters elsewhere. Temperance. I am glad to be able to say that intemperance is not a prominent vice of the Canadian people, Drinking is not indulged in here "as it isin the eld country, and not now. to.the ex. tent it was twenty-five or thirty years ago. Public opinion is against it. Apart from a few worthless ones, in towns and villages, who hang around bar-rooms and are possessed with an unquenchable thirst, (the color oi whose checks would prevent a blush of shame ever appearing on them), and a few who periodically get drunk for a day, which is their way of marking certain events ia the year, such as market days and other fes tivals, our people are sober and tem perate. The committee appointed on temperance, at last synod, asked me to set apart a temperance Sunday and request the clergy to preach on the subject of eranee in connection with stron 1k, on that day, and o have special pro in the service. * 1 [did not, however v way todo | 8d, for several reasons, among them. J Pit, because es 1 have seid, our people as a class are t te in | this respect, and secondly, e the few who are not would be v un | like ly to be at church and get the benefit of the sermon; they must he Hat with personally, and individual Vv. The Ontario Churchman. It was with very sincere regret !nst autumn, that I received the news that "The Ontario Churchman," publish ed in Deseronto, which had done and was doing a good work as a diocesan organ, would have to give up iis struggle for existence, on account of lack of financial support. 1 do not think this is to the credit of the dio cese. A little trouble taken in its be- half might have secured for it such a circulation as would have guaranteed its continuance. I felt, and feel, that such a paper is a real =id to 'church work, and as I was ansious it should not go out of existenc went to two churchmen, who ever since I have » ungrudgingly been in the diocese ha given me help.-- Mr. Pense and Arch deacon Worrell. 1 asked the former ti he could see his way to publish it, although I told him that | knew per- fflectly well, as a business matter there was nothing in it except loss. 'usy man though he is, he said he , if 1 thought it was in the in vests of the church. 1 then went to Archdeacon Worrell, and asks him if | he would edit it, and aithdnugh he | shrank from undertaking # because of all he has to do, in his 'tual posi tion of parish priest and professor of the Royal Military College, vet, like my good lay friend, he said "Yes, if vou wish it, and for the church's sake." They have gathered around them, therefore, a stafi of efficient helpers, and the result is, the present "Ontario Churchman." 'FF have had letters from a number of people out side oi the diocese to whom I send il, expressing both surprise and ad miration, at its appearance, and its worth, and they cannot imagine bow it can be issued for only twenty-five cents a year. It is true it is «only published monthly, but it has 'well nigh matter enough in it to suread over every week. Surely the members of the church, in this diocese, both clerical and lay, will do their lest to gee that it goes into the house of every church family in the diocese. The Woman's Auxiliary. The Woman's Auxiliary is still doing a splendid work apd is most loyal and helpful, helpful in every parish where it. exists, and also to the dio cese. Last year, it gave its thank of fering amounting to the very large sum of five hundred dollars, to the mission fund of the diocese. I edpress- ed my 'appreciation of this at the time, but | wish to put_on record, Jere and now, my sincere and hearty thanks for this . generous and noble gift. Every member of this organiza- tion, from the president down, seems to be inspired with a hearty desire to work for Christ and His ehurch. 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