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VOL. 22 NOV.-DEC. No. 8 ~be Blgonla missionar" lRews Ub, ~ffictal ~rgan of tbe lDioceae of Blgonla ARCHBISHOP Til ~ MOST REV. GEORGE THORNELOE, D.D., D.C.L., Sault Ste. Marie. DIOCESAN OFFICERS T he VEN. GOWAN GILLMOR,D.D. A. C. BOYCE, Esq., K.C., D .C.L. Archdeacon of Algoma, Chancellor of Diocese, SAULT STE. MARIE, Onto OTT A W A, Onto The REV. CANON PIERCY, T he REV. F. W. COLLOTON, B.A. Clerical Secretary of the Synod, Treasurer of the Synod, STURGEON FALLS, Onto SA UL T STE. MARIE, Ont. CA PT. J. n. WAY, A. ELLIOT, Esq., Lay Secretary of the Synod, Hon. Registrar. SAULT STE. MARIE, Onto SA ULT STE. MARIE, Onto J . A. \VORRELL, Esq., KC., D.C.L. The REV. B. P. FULLER, I-Ion. Treasurer (of Invested Funds) . Principal of the Indian Homes. TORONTO, Ont. SAULT STE. MARIE, Om.. 126 THE ALGOMA MISSIONARY NEWS THE PASSING OF WILLIAM: DAVID FREMLIN Under the spreading trees where he loved - to sit, and amid the flowers so d ear to him, a ve ry large gathering of relatives and friends assembled at his old home on Sunday afternoon, September 28th, to pay their last r espects to William David Fremlin, of Hilton Beach, St. Joseph 's I sland. The simple but impressive burial service of the Church was read by the Rev. H. H. Heard of St. Joseph's I sland, and the Rev. B. P. Fuller of Sault Ste. Marie, a former r esident of the Island, and heartfelt tributes were paid to Mr. Fremlin's memory>. The servIce took place in the open air as the church could not begin to hold the people who attended. The passing of Mr. F-remlin, one of the pioneers of St. Joseph's I sland leaves a blank never to be filled. He had a per sonality all his own. H e was a man of great intelligence, and took a keen inte rest in the affairs of the day. His dry wit and quick r epartee mad e him a wonderful entertainer, and a man w hom it was indeed a pleasure to meet. He was a shrewd business man, possessing vision undisturbed by d etail, quietly holding on through tryin g conditions until at last his conceptions were realized successfully. His activities were far reaching and from grand father to father, and from father to son , in many cases, men "took out timbe r" for- Mr. -Fremlin. An inter esting event in his early life, and one of which he was more proud than of many of his other achievements, was his membership in the old Toront o Cricket Club; and the family possesses a picture of the Club taken when it played against the Gentlemen of England in 1872, at which time Mr. Fremlin was presented with a b a t bearing an inscribed silver plate. But before all Mr. Fremlin was a staunch lifelong Churchman He was one of the pilla rs of St. John's Church, Hilton Beach, and served f or many ye~Hs as churchwarden. He possessed a beauti ful trusting faith , and a mind s'tored with Bible lore and well-loved hymns, in which to his last attendance at church his voice could be heard. Three of his favorite h ymns,- " O Paradise," "There if; no night in h eaven," and "Peace, perfect peace,"-were sung at the service. It is with deep r egret that we learn tha t the Rev. Cyril Goodier has been compelled owing, to ill-health to give up his work at Kirk land Lake and ask for a y ear's leave of abse nc ~ . Mr. Goodier will spend this year with h is brothe r in England. We trust h e may in due time r eturn to Algoma, fully restor ed to health, to take up again his work amongst u s. The Archbishop h as appointed the R ev. W. L. Guyler, l3.A., of Bala to the charge of the Mission of Kirkland Lake . THE ALGOMA MISSIONARY NEWS 121 ~be !U\loma~ Missionary lRews Volume 22 Published Monthly Sault Ste. Mar ie, Nov.-Dec., 1926 No.8 50 cents per annum HE THAT SHOULD COME H e that should come--for whom the world was waiting, WilOm sa ge and prophet sought in holy lore; The world's great King, its Saviour and Redeemer, Whom men sh ould serve and worship evermore. H e that sh ould come-to Bethlehem's lowly manger, ' Vhom sh epherds sought b eneath the starlit sky: Whom kings ador ed with gold and myrrh and incense, The glorious B.abe, the Son of God most high. H e that should com e-to u s on Christmas morning, W ith h earts a flam e with w ondering awe and love: Oh, may His g race, within our souls abiding, L ead u s to seek Him in His courts above. J " -ETHEL MILLER, in "The Living Church". But w h er e Thou dwellest, Lord, No other thought should be, Once d uly welcomed and a dored, H o'w sh ould I p a rt with Thee ? Bethleh em must lose Thee soon, but Thou wilt gra ce The sin g le h eart t o be T hy sure abiding place. -Keble 128 THE ALGOMA MISSIONARY NEWS i\ QIqristmas ~r!i!iagr fruut t4r i\rtqbisqup Sault Ste. Marie, Onto December 1 Ith, 1926 Dear Fri.ends: Christmas is a great and glorious Festival. There is indeed only one other in the whole circle of the Church's year that can compare with it,--the Festival of final triumph which we call Easter. But there is a freshness and simplicity about Christmas that Easter does not attain. The difference between Christmas and Easter joy suggests a contrast between the innocent gladness of childhood and the triumphr.nt satisfaction of the victor in human conflict. Each has its peculiar intensity; but in childhood's gladness there is a sw'eet ness which is specially its own. Christmas is the Festival of Child hood. They who would use Christmas aright must make it an occa sion of spiritual rejoicing. It does not depend upon the amount of money expended, the character of the feast, or the costliness of the gifts provided. Christmas has other sources of enj oyment. It is right there should be proper feasting and suitable amusements. There should also be the brightening and enriching of home life. But among the primary aims of those who would make Christmas what Christ would have it, must be reckoned the real gladdening and uplifting of childish hearts and lives. The foundation of Christmas joy is the assurance of the Gos pel story that in the Babe of Bethlehem we have the fullestrevela tion given to men of the character of Almighty God our heavenly Father. It is a revelation in terms of humanity. God reveals Him self to u~ as a little child. Into this material world He comes specially in the person of His Son; who takes our nature upon Him in the Virgin's womb; and by the process of natural birth enters into the abodes of men and dwells among them. That is what hap pened on the first Christmas Day. And our Christmas is the re CUrl'ing anniversary of the Great Father's supreme attempt to get close to His fallible human creatures. Once each year in the course of the ci·rcling seasons it tells us with dramatic effect how, for the love that filled His heart, in order to lift them up to Himself, He came down and became one with His dependent children, identi fying Himself with all that is essential to humanity and taking upon Him a share of every quality and experience which is the heritage of feeble and suffering human creatures,-sin only excepted. The helplessness of infancy, the limitations of imperfect g!owth and ~trength) the practice of patient effort and waiting, daily depen dence upon human aid, the endurance of weariness, pain and 80r row,--yes, and even t emptation. All these He, the God of our im- THE ALGOMA MISSIONARY NEWS 129 mortality, born in the little town of Bethlehem on Christmas Day, submitted to in the person of Jesus Christ, and bore with infinite patience. Christmas then becomes a call, and it is our duty to respond. As God comes seeking u s in this great F estival, so it is ours to seek Him in return. In His house, in His great service, the Holy Eucharist, He waits for us, and it is our bounden duty to seek Him there. Rest assured if w e seek Him in the right spirit we can never seek Him in vain. Finally what better Christmas wish can I offer you than this, t hat seeking Him aright you may find Him, and finding Him may b e made perfect in His liken ess. So shall you be content to en dure all trials of this mortal life, and to suffer all needful limita tions of fortune. And so shall you help others, and especially children, to seek what is b est; and following, in the truest sense, our Incarnate Lord in the way of humility and self-restraint, come at last to r est with Him in the fulness of eternal joy. Affectionately yours, GEORGE ALGOMA On Novembe r 23rd an inte r esting m eeting was h eld in the Synod Office at Hamilton, at which the Secretary-Treasurers of the various dioceses of the Eccleciastica,l Province of Ontario came together for the first time to discu ss diocesan problems and methods o f work.