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The RIGHT REV. GEORGE THOF-NELOE, D.O., O.C.L., Sault Ste. Marie, Onto IDiocesan ®tncers:
The VEN. GOWAN GILLMOR, J. A. WORRELL, Esq., K.C., Archdeacon of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Onto Hon. Treasurer (ofInvested Funds), 18-20 King St. West, Toronto, Onto 'fhe REV. CANON BOYDELL, M.A., Bishop's Commissary, H. PLUMMER, Esq., Sudbury,Ont. Treasurer of the Synod, Sault Ste. Marie, Onto The REV CANON PIERCY, A . C. BOYCE, Esq., K.C., M.P., Clerical Secretary of the Synod, Chancellor, Sturgeon Falls, Onto Sault Ste. Marie, Onto C. V . PLUMMER, Esq., A. ELLIOTT, Esq. Lay Secretary of the Synod Hon. Registrar Sault Ste. Marie, Onto Sault Ste. Marie, Onto REV. B. P. FULLER, Principal of the Shingwauk and Wawanosh Indian Homes, - - - Sault Ste. Marie. Onto 62 THE ALGOMA 'lVIISSIONARY NEWS.
THEIR lVI'A JESTIES' CORO~A1'ION. The people signify their willingness and joy by loud and repeated acclamations, HIS TORI C SE RYICE S F OR H I STORI C CHCRC =-I all with one voice crying out,
UBLIC interest in the Coronation of GOD SA V:ij; KING GEORGE.. King George V. and Queen lVIary on Then the trumpets shall sound. The P, June 22 has been stimulated by the Bible, Paten , and Chalice shall be brought publication of the authorized "Form and by the Bishops who had borne them, and Order of the Service that is to be per placed upon the altar. fornlled and the Ceremonies that are to be The Lords who carry in procession the observed .. .. in tI'J.e Abbey Church of St. Regalia, except those who carry the Sword Pe,ter, Westminster." Every detail of the shall come near the Altar, and present in service is carefully arranged, and the most order everyone what he carries to the lruinute directions are given. For instance Archbishop, who shall deliver them to the the first rubric relating t o "the prepara- Dean of Wes,tminster, to be by him placed ' hon" says :- upon the Altar. (( In the m orning upon the day of the The I,itany w1ll nex t be sung ((by t wo Cor onation early, care is t o be taken tha t Bishops vested in copes," after which ((the the ampulla be filled with oil, a nd, to beginning of the Communion Service Will gether with the spoon, be laid rea dy upon be t a ken by t.he A rchbishop. After the the Altar in the Abbey 'Church. Nicene Creed h as been sung the instrnc The Archbishops a nd Bishops Assistant, tions a re tha t, vested in their copes, shall form a proces ((One of the Bishops shall be ready in sion outs,ide the west door and at the ap the pulpit. -... and begin the sermon, proach of their Majesties sh a ll begin to ,,-hich is to be short and suitable to th~ move in the Abbey. As the King a n(l great occasion." Olieen enter the west door the choir of When the sermon begins the King, who Wes,tminster will sing Psa1m cxxii. 1-3, 6, 7· has been unco'-ered during the Litan y The King and Queen sh aH in the mean ((shall put on his cap of crims on velvet time p ass up the body of the church , mto tnrned up with ermine." a nd through the choir, a nd so up the On the riv,ht hand shall stand the Bishop stairs to the theatre; a nd h a'l:ing passed of Durham, and beyond him, on the same by vheir thrones, they shall m ake their side, the lords that carry the swords; on humble a doration, and then kneeling a t his left h a nd the Bishop of B ath and Wells, the faldstools set for them before their a nd the I,ord Great Chamberlain. cha irs of estat e on the south side of the THE CORON ATION OATH altar , use some ~t ho r t private prayers; ,and aft er, sit down in their cha irs. His l\Iajest y, having already, on lVIonday, The King and Queen being so placed, the F ebruary 6, 19II, in the presence of the A rchbishop shall turn to t he ea st part of two I-louses of Parliament, made and the theatre, a nd after, together with the signed the Declara tion prescribed, the Lord Chancellor, Lord G rea t 'Ch amberlain, A rchbishop shall, after the sermon is ended, Lord High Constahle a nd Earl Marshal go to the King, a nd, standing before him, (Garter King 'of Arms preceding them) a dminister the Coronation Oa th. shall go to the other three sicles of the The A rchbish op shall minister t hese theatre in this order, south, west, a nd questions,' and the King, h aving a book in north, an d at e',ery of the fo ur sides shall his h a nds, shall a nswer each question with a loud voice speak to the people; a nd severally as follows ;- the King in the mean-while, standing up by his chair, sh all turn and show hilnseli Archbi&\op: Will you solemnly promise a nd swear to govern the p eople of this unto the people on ~ve r y of the fo ur sides of the theatre as the Archhishop is at United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire every of them, the Archbishop saying:- land, a nd the Dominions thereto belong Sirs. I here pr sent unto you Kin,:?, ing, according to the statutes in Parlia George, the undo ubted King; of this realm; ment agreed on and the respective laws wherefore all you are co m e this day t o do and customs of the same ? your homage and servi e, are you willing King :-1 solemnly promise so to do. to do the s ame? [Con ti nue d on page 72] -----~------.----~--~~----
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"YE1' 11<' HIS MAJESTY, OUR SOVEREIGN bethan Lyrics, selected and edited by Miss LORD." Amy Barter. The r eviewer is of the opin ion that Miss Barter has dug up a new "Yet if I-lis Majesty, our sovereign lord, poem.) Should of his own accord Friendly himself invite, And say, 'I'll be your guest to-morrow night,' HOW SHALL I VOTE? How should we stir ourselves, call and command All hands to work! 'Let no man idle stand. F I am able to give and refuse to Live " 'Set me fine S1)anish tables in the hall, anything to missions, I practically cast See they be fitted all ; I a ballot in favour of the recall of every J-fet there be r00111 to eat, mis,sionary in both the home and foreign And order taken that there want no meat. See everv sconce aud candlestick made bright, fields. If I ' give less than h eretofore, un That without tapers they may give a light. less because of diminished income, I vote f9r a r eduction of the missionary forces " 'Look to the presence; are the carpets spread, proportionate to my reduced contribution. The dazie o'er the head, If I give the slame as formerly, my vote The cushions on the chairs, favours holding the ground already won, And all the candles lighted on the stairs but I oppose any forward movement. If Perfume the cham_b ers, and in any case Let each man give attendance in his place! ' I advance -my o:ff~ing beyond for,mer years, t h en I vote for advance and the conquest "Thus, if the king were cam~ng, would we do, ot the world for Christ ? And ' twere good reason too ; H ow ~):hall I vote? For 'tis a duteous thing To show all h onour to an earthly king, And after all OUl;' travail and our cost, So he be pleased, to think no labour lost. During 1910, 40 men offered themselves to the S .P.C. for service abroad and were "But a t the coming of the King of Heaven accepted by the Archbishops' Examiners. All's set at six and seven: Of these, I 2 have gone to India, ro t o We wallow in our sin, Christ cannot find a chamber in the inn. Canada, and 7 to the Far East. The Wo We entertain Him a lways like a stranger, men's Department helped to send out 39 And, as at first, still lodge Him in a manger. " women, including 4 qualified doctors, 4 deaconesses, 3 nurses, and II teachers. 55 (The above fine poem is printed in "The mis/sionaries were accepted by the C.M.S., Spectator," from "A '"treasury of Eliza- of whom 30 were women.
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AI,GOMA INDIAN HOMES. other seeds that the Indians might plant the rich soil. Then wili.en the harvest came E are permitted to publish the fol she has carrted the product away to where lowing letter written by the Prin the Indians could sell or exchange for food W cipal, Rev. B. P. Fuller, to Miss and other things needed. E. Fannie Jones, Secretary of the W.A. of Quite often while on one of our trips the Diocese of Toronto, under date of v.Lsiting the scattered Indians, we have March 2, 19II : been asked to carry parties of railroad Dear Miss J ones,-AlthoLl~'h I am not . men, engineers, mining prospectors, fire now directly working in the N epigon Mis rangers, etc. And in nearly every case we sion, I am still much interested in the have received a voluntary gift of money mission and in fact our whole family have which gifts amounted in al1 to upwards of not yet got past I the feeling that while our $225, which now stands a permanent bene duty holds us here Qur home is at N epi fit as part of the cost of a very neat and gon. So you may realize what a great subs.tantial little parsonage at N epigon . pleasure it is to me to he allowed through statIOn. I th'e kindness of Bishop Thorneloe to an The spiritual part of the work accom swer your request for a brief report of plished through the help of the "William the services rendered by the mission boat son» I cannot so well account for, but I the "g. M. Williamson.)) know that all the Indians belonging to us I am reques1ted to be brief in this report, are all faithful Church people, and try al but really I could fill a book if I should ways to live as the Church has taught give an account of all the trips made by thel1.1:, and even the Pagans, who are al thi's staunch little boat, everyone of which ways the old among the Indians, were al was made to benefit son1.e one, and so ways glad when the " 'Wil1iamson)) came, add to the honor and glory of Almighty and the ):nissionary would hold service and God and His Church . teach them, although they did not all in . Having spent five happy seasons in the our ti,me accept the Christian faith and "Williamson,» she practical1y became my be ;, baptiz·ed. They,( many of them, still home in the summer and really a part of hold the belief that to become Christians myself in the work. And when the call would mean a separation after death from ca·me for us to COlne away we felt that we all who have died before them. I firmly were leaving a friend. believe they are better for the teaching of From the time that the boat arrived on the Church and I trust that they may he t he lake until we came away, the boat received into the Church through the faitn was always making some trips to help or ful services of the present missionary in minister to some one, following out the cha rge. suggestion on the brass plate inscription There will al ways remain in my memory which is always in sight "Always abound what a Pagan Indian said to me when he ing in the work of the I,ord.» Many called me out to speak. He said, "I times has the "Williamson" carried food, would like to be baptized, but I am afraid meat, fish, bread, etc., to those who were I shall qe no better than other Christian sick or too old to work for themselves, Indians I see about. Could I not wait until and in so doing opened up the way to til God sends a heavy rain and then go many a hearty service in a little home or outside and ask God to give me a name? wigwam. The "Williamson» is also re Then I think I should be stronger and sponsihle for not a few neat little homes could live right.)) The "other Christians)) and good gardtlns. She has carried lumher, referred to were the Romanists who en shingles, shinf,1ewood, nails, roofing, paper, joyed a periodical absolution, while the etc., from distant parts of the lake to intervals between were such as this man where the Indians wished to build their who wished to be true at heart thought house a nd make gardens, ' also more than were very ba:d and not in keeping with once has she taken in seed potatoes and their baptismal promise. THE ALGOMA 'MISSIONARY NE\VS. 65
I had been holding services and teaching do all the lake work, and visit the camps. in the home of the Pagan who wished to The work is much different now from receive baptism from God Himself and all what. it was five years ago. There are his family were baptized. He died since thousands of men in the construction work we came away, and many times have I and when the road is finished there will he commended his soul to Almighty God, the little places springing up about the Who is so very merciful and has said in stations, mines opening up, too, will cause Christ, That those to whom much is people to come in, and so the Bishop feels given shall much be required, while of those that as there is work for the present mis who receive little, little shall be required: sionary at N epigon station and along the more we cannot ask, although we hope for line of the C.P.R., there is need of another better things in behalf of these poor be to do the Iwork on the other railway. Hop nighted people for whom Christ died! ing this brief review of the services ren Last year the "Williamson" was in dered by the V1ri.ssion boat, the "E.. M. Wi1- charge of one of our Indians, a most re ~ria:l11JSOn," will be of interest to your COInr liable £e1~ow, named Albert. The mission ing annual meeting and twenty-fifth anni ary who was doing duty being a good versary, I remain, part of the time among the camps on the Yours respectfully, new railway, and so Albert took care of BENJ. P. FULLER. the boat and would meet the miss'ionary at the different points on the lake. Albert A L·ETTER FROM THE BISHOP. had been w,~th me in the boat nearly the whole tim,e we were in the N epigon Mis To the Clergy and Readers Ministering in Our sion and is quite comlPetent to run the VarIous Parishes and Missions :- boat and care for it in every particular. When the Bishop went up to the mission DEAR SIR AND BROTHER, last , year Albert met us and the boat T a meeting of the House of Bishops looked as neat and clean as ever it did. . recently held in Montreal infonna Every part was in perfect order, and all A tion was received concerning the newly painted. We were all so much conditions prevailing in the famine-stricken pleased. Albert had also kept up the repu districts of China. ElXtracts from a letter tation that "The Williamson)) was the written by Bishop White were read j and most rehab1e of her type in that part of it was decided that the Primate be ask eLl the country, there being many such boats, to call the a ttenhon of the Bishops to the though "The Williamson)) was the first of need of the sufferers ·and that each Bishop her kind to go on the lake. On this last be asked to take such action aSI may seern SU1:l1J1ner trip the last service. that wlas con most suitable for sending relief. ducted by the Bishop was in the open air The following are some of the extracts and was very hearty, the place being one from Bishop White's letter: of the chief points of transportation for "To the east of us is a: terrible famine. the railway: construction, also headquar People have known of the famine in Kiang ters of a fur-trading company. So at the su ·and Anhwe~ Provinces, but owing to service we had the men off the steamers there being no missionaries an d no Chris and other boats, those engaged in trans tians in the southern half of the Kwoi-te porting tlhe supplies to the different parts Fu Prefecture (population near1Yi three mil of the road, engineers and their families, lions) we were unaware until a week ago who had come some of them several miles that the famine is dreadfully severe in that in canoes, also quite a number of Indians. district. The service was hearty and enjoy.ed by all "We now know that in the Yungehong present. One beautiful feature of such a "District alone, by a careful census, 110,000 service being the fact that all differences adults and 71,000 children are in terrible are forgotten and all seem to realize that need, with no hope of suitable food until we are worshiping the .One Almighty God. the harvest in June, unless outside sup For in such quarters we find always men plies can be sent to them. belonging to other churches. "Alt present a great many of them are The Bishop hopes to find a good practi living on dry grass and roots, and the cal man to send up to the Lake Mission, bark of elm and willow trees. For miles and he would take charge of the boat and along the road I travelled the other day 66 T'IlE ALGOMA IVIISSIONARY NEWS. the trees were stripped of their bark and pense Fund. After discussion it was re the scenes we :;;aw were indescrihably sad. ferred to a sub-committee) with instrnc "Our Mission alone is responsible for tions to report at the next meeting. this dis,trict and I hope the Church at The Secretary was asked to take the hom,e will supply us with funds to in some necessa~y steps to secure fro'ln railwa)li . way alleviate this distress. Two of our compal11es reduced rates for delegates to Chinese catechists have gone down to' this the Synod) associating therewith the dele district. )) gates to the Diocesan W.A. annual meet I earnestly hope that action will be ing. He to noti'fy all concerned as soon taken as soon as possible: The funds ' 0 b as possible. tained as a result should be sent without The Secretary is to draw up the report delay through each Diocesan Treasurer to of the Committee)s work for the past two the Treasurer of M.S.C.C. in Toronto for years for presentation to the Synod) sub transmission to Bishop White in Honan. mitting the same to the meeting · of this I am Committee on the eve of the opening of Very fai~hfully your Bishop) the Synod. GEORGE ALGOMA. ST. LUKE'S FORT WILLIAM. THE DioCESAN EXECUTIVE. COM MITTEE. N Sunday morning) May 7th) the T the May meeting there were six Bishop formally inducted the Rev. members present) the Bishop in the O S. M. Rankin as rector of St. A chair. I.-uke's Parish. The order of service lor After prayers and the confirmation of this part of the morning's office was very mJinutes the Treasurer) Mr. H. rlum,mer) brief. The new rector m.ade the usual reported that the taxes had been paid on declaration, after which the Bishop bade lands in Thunder Bay District) the posses the wardens deliver the keys .of the church sion ,of whici':l had been jeopardized by non to the new incumbent) 'while he himself payment. handed him Bible and Prayer Book) fol The Secretary) Rev. Canon Piercy) pre lowing this ceremony with a prayer for septed a number of local quota certificates. 'God's blessing upon his m,inistry in the It was felt only right that these certifi church and parish. The usual order of cates should be rigidly required from all Matins then followed. . missions. Some of those produced had the The Bishop ,prefaced his sermon ~ by dwell local quota required by the committee ing upon the sorrowful circumstances which changed) no explanation being vouchsafed. compelled the Rev. H. Frankland to give In these cases the Secretary was instructed up his charge in the parish. The eloquent to write the local authorities. sermon was preached from the words) The com,mittee approved the action of "Sent from God," (St. John i.6). The the Secretary in his correspondence in ref Bishop ,first ~howed very emphatically how erence to declining to give up possession everybody was sent from God-not only of deed of land at North Bay. John the Baptist) but all who comiC into Concerning a mechanic)s lien placed upon this world to serve either in the House of t~.1e parish hall at Haileybury the com the Lord or to serve in any station of life) mittee took no 'action as it seemed that and that any life is a failure that does the percentage wi thheld from the contrac not realize this. Then tJ\e Bishop took the tor would satisfy the demand text in its special sense as referring to the The Secretary read the draft Clrcular clergy, imlpressing upon his hearers the convening the Synod on J nne · 7th and the importance of remembering that the rec agenda, which were adopted. tor was indeed "sent" to them by God The Bishop read a draft Canon on Sun alone. If this were always kept in Blind day Schools which was discussed) aUHm :!ccl the relationship between pastor and flock and adopted and recommended by this would always be a happy one. He dwelt Comm,j:'ttee to the Synod. upon the many ways in which they · could The Secretary ar;ain brought forward a help their rector. They mnst not expect basis for the equable assessment of r ar· him to· be able to please all. He must he ishes and Wissions for the Diocesan Ex- just as well as merciful. Nor must they THE ALGOMA 'MISSIONARY NE'WS . expect perfection in their mlinister, as he ideals and purposes of Marriage which is is human, like themselves. so common in many quarters. It is of the A t the close of the sermon the celebra greatest moment that those w.ho enter into tion of Holy Communion was continued this estate should be married by a Clergy to the end. man of the Church before proper witnesses, In the afternoon the Bishop confirmed and, wherever possible, in the Church build sixteen candidates. ing, and that they should be in 8:lree ment concerning their religious convictions. IVrixed marriages are ever to be depre PASTORAL LETTER. cated, as they deprive husband and wife of that mutual help which the one should FROM THE H O USE OF BISHOPS be to the other in life, and m,ake the re ligious training of the children in the home To Be Read In All Our Churches Through most difficult. Out Canada On The Third Sunday Nevertheless, we emphatically assert the , in May (May 21St), 1911. validity of such marriages when duly sol emnized, and we maintain that once con sum'mated they are indissoluble. E, the Archbishops and Bishops of No marriage shall be annulled because that Branch of the Catholic of the diverg~nt religious convictions of W Church, known as the Church of the parties; nor hecause of the Ecclesias England in Canada, to the Faithful in tical connection of the one solemnizing the Christ Jesus: m,arriage. GREETING: The Church and State, though separated Whereas, the m~nds of many have been by I- ------::=.--:. ~~~~--- ~--~~~- 68 Ti-IE ALGOMA MISSIONARY NEWS. all interference with legally sanctioned CHRISTIAN MARTYRS IN MODERN family life as fraught, not only: with injus TIMES. tice, Ihumiliation and suffering to the parties concerned, but as imperilling the EiOPLE sometimes refer to the age of fundamental basis of our social system. the Christian martyrs, meaning the We com,mend you to the grace of God, P first three centuries of the Church's and pray that His Holy Spirit may in all history, and forget that in the persecution things direct and rule your hearts., of Christians, which took place eleven Montreal, this 28th day of April, 19II . years ago in China, during the Boxer in surrection, more. Christians were put to Signed on behalf of tne House of Bishops dea th as martyrs for Christ than suffered of Canada, in anyone of the great persecutions in the S. P. RUPERT'S LAND, early Roman Empire. In many cases the Primate. way in which the Boxers decided who were Christians and who were not was very CHAiRLES OTTAWA, simple. They did not ask them any ques Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical tions aboltt their faith, but they drew on Province of Canada. the ground a rude picture of a cross. They then led tQ it those who they suspected of being Christians, and told them that if DIOCESAN NOTES. they would trall1ple on the cross they would be set free, and if not they would N the evening of May 7th the Bishop be tortured to death. In that dread hour, men, women, and even little children, re confirmed a class of twenty-three fused to tread upon the cross and so show O at St. Ansgarius' Church, Port dishonour to their Saviour, although they Arthur. The church was crowded. Thour,h knew, ' after seeing what had happened to over one hundred extra seats we~e pro other Christians, that they would die a vided there were quite a number who h acL death of horrible pain. Tnousands, yea, to turn away. tens of thousandsJ died rather than deny Christ. And yet there are people like Si ' Rev. J. C. Popey is for the present in Hiram Maxim who write to the papers charge of St. Thomas' parish, West Fort and say that Missions in Chrna are a fail William,. It has been decided that the ure, and that no Chinese have really be time has come for St. Thomas' Church to come Christians. Our sympathies are for stand alone, that is, not connected with the persons who make such statements any outside mission. when they have the opportunity of findinr, out the truth, far more than those who The mission of Oliver now has three suffered and died rather than deny their churches-St. J 'ames, Oliver; the Church Lord. It is little wonder that almost of the Advent, 'Gillies; and the Church of every missionary society in China is able the Good Shepherd, Slate River. to report that· as a result of these Boxer persecutions the Christians have more than The Bishop spent a fortJ:.light in the doubled in number since 1900. middle of May in the Thunder Bay Dean ery, where he certainly had a busy time. A pu1p1t has been placed in the Church The fiuandal statement the Webbwood of St. Thomas, in the city of St. Thomas Churchwardens presented at Easter was in memory of Dr. Baldwin, the late Bishop a very encouraging one~perhaps the hes,t of Huron. ever put forth. It showed an income of $365.41, to which may be added $93 raised We are made to hold communion with by the W.A. God, and foolish we are indeed if we sup pose that supreme privilege is one that we are going to enjoy without labour; if Rev. C. A. Seager, M.A., of St. Cyprian's we suppose that we are going to learn to Church, Toronto, goes next month to pray truly, unless we set about it, and Vernon, B.C., where he accepted the rec maintain the effort, as the severest kind torship. . of effort.-Bishop of Birmingham. ,...... ·+++++.... *+++ ...... ·1 ·1111· I 111111·.·1·11"... 111'''''1·1· I."'. I f g GENERAL CHURCH NEWS .a i ~ + f-++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...... ++++++++++++++ HE following lines were picked up on Rev. Mark Napier Trollope, vicar of St. the floor of the Chapter I-louse of Alban's, Birmingham, has accepted the T St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, vacant lntissionary Bishopric in Korea . . He after one of the sittings of the Lower has previously worked in Korea for twelve House of the Scottish Provincial Synod: years and is familiar with the lant:uage. The gift of speech to man was given In "~rhe Morning C~lm,!! the quarterly For high ahd holy ends, But perverse lTIien now change the plan magazllle of the Anghcan Church Mission And with it bore their friends. in Korea due acknowledgment is made and war'm thanks given for the help 'given Rev. Canon Brown, who is reti,ring from by the CanadIan Church. active service after a ministry of 46 years, of which 2'5 years had been spent as' rector of The Provincial Government of Saskatch St. JameS", Paris (Diocese Huron) was ewan has granted rs acres of land at Re presented with an illuminated address and gina at $r ,000 an acre for Church purposes a purse of $40'0 in gold by his parishion in Regina, the see town . of the Diocese of ers. Mrs. Brown was also the recipient of Qu'Appelle. a like gift of nearly $roo. By the death of R. V. Rogers, Esq., The formation at Trinity College, Tor K.C.,L,L,.D., the city of Kingston loses a onto, of a new society, known as the prominent citizen aUld the Church in the Theological Society seems to have been a Diocese of Ontario and beyond a zealous splendid success. The interest manifested leading layman. on all hands bespeaks a sphere of useful ness that will extend far and wide in It. is a great pleasure to learn that the Canada. efforts of the English and Chinese doctqrs have been successful in checking the pro The Bishop of I- The Bilshop of N ew Westminster was one It seemli that the Church in Jamaica of the selected speakers at the S.P.G. an ha:s to put up a fight ag;ainst "undenomi nual meeting at the Church Honse, \Vest nationalism" being forced upon elem;entary minster, on May lItih. schools. The Diocese of Montreal has lost one of All Saints', Windsor, Ont., has by reso its most prominent priests in the death lution decided that after next Easter all of'Ven. Archdeacon Davidson. seats in the church shall be free . • ---~- ---=-=--=------~ - ~ ~ ~------ '1+++1-+++++1 J:"J:"I"I"J:o++~III'+"'''J:I:l+++'''"I '1 111 J: 1: 11111+++1"++++++++ r~.$~ CHURCH TEACHING ~~~ I +++~+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++~ PRA,YEiR BOOK REVISION. hymn is not a term of Communion, the several Churches of the Anglican Commun N view of the action of our General ion may rightly decide for themselves what . Synod which at the last session in in if:leirl varying circuu1Js'tanceSi is de,sir I 1908 appointed a large commiittee to able; but the Conference urges that, if consider the subject of Prayer Book re any change of rule or usage is made, full vision and to report to the next meeting. regard should be had to the maintenance The following resolution passed by the of the Catholic Faith in its integrity, to . Conference of Anglican Bishops h eld at the cO'mmendation of that' Faith to the Lambeth in 1908 will be of interest. minds of n1Jen, and to the relief of dis Resolution 27: "In any revision of the quieted consciences." Book of Common Prayer which may here These are all the resolutions passed at after be undertaken by competent a uthor the Conference with respect to Prayer ity the following principles should be held Book revision. Should the General Synod in view: of t h e Canadian Church, under the guid "(a) The a!daptation of rubrics in a ance of its influential com:mittee, be led ~arge number of cases to present custon1S to take any action in the matter it is to as generally accepted; be hoped that \ due regard will be had for " (b) The omission of p arts of the ser the views and principles thus recorded by vices to obviate repetition or redundancy; the whole Anlzlican Episcopate assembled ." (c) The fram~ing of additions; to the in solemn conference at Lambeth under present services in the way of enrichment; the pres~dency of the Archbishop c;/ f Canter- . " (Cd) The fuller Jprovision of alterna bury. . tives in our forms of worship; " (e) The provision for . greater elastic THE DISTINCTIVE WITNESS OF TIlE ity in pubhc worship; ANGLICAN COMMUNION. "(f) The change of words obscure or ' c6m1monly mci.sunderstood; " (g) The revisron of the Calendar and R EACHING at the annua1 service of tables prefixed to the Book of Coml1:lOn the S.P.G . in St. Paul's Cathedral, Prayer. P last month, in the course of his ser Res. 28 : "The Conference requests the mon the :J3ishop of Birmingham said: Archbishop of Canterbury to take counsel There was another matter which seemed with such persons as he may see fit to to require most careful consideration. The consult, with a view to the preparation handing over of the Christian religion to of a book containing s,peciaJ forms of ser men of anoth er race and civilization in vice which m.ci.~·ht be authorized by par volved a distinguishing between what was ticular Bishops for use in their dioceses; essential and permanent in Christianitv so far as theY' may consider it possible and what was national and unessential. and desirable. "If we are to go out as missionaries in Res. 29: "Without in any sense preclud t he great world, it is because we believe ing the further consideration by the sev we have a CatJholic Gospel to preach, ana er al Churches of our Communion of the more than that~because we believe that, mode of dea:ling with the "Quicunque vult" though Romans, Easterns, and Protestants (the Athanasian Creed) it is deStirable are in the field, we of the Anglican Com that 'a new transl_ation be made based upon n~union !have a distinctive witness to bear the best Latin text; and the Archbishop which should be . borne even if England of Canterbury is requested to take such were altogether subm.erged beneath the sea. steps as are necessary for providing snch I helieve that the more intensely Romanist a translation. the Roman Church becomes, and the vaguer Res. 30: "The Conference having p.ad and ~nore undenO'md.national the -Protestant under consideration the liturgIcal use of bodies, the more plain our vocation be the Quicunque Vult, expresses its opinion comes, whether in Europe or Africa or in th~ t inasmuch q,S the us~ or disuse of this the ~ast , " THEALGOlVIA lVI I SSIONARY NE'WS, 71 \-Ve t hink it r ight to give you thls informa tion as early as possible in o rder t hat your Sunday School m ay subscribe. E DITOR: Yours very sincerely, REV CAN O N PIERCY, :ST URGEON F ALLS. ONT. J OHN DOWNIE PUBLISHERS ; Secret~ry of Com:mittee, THE AI.G OMA MIS::>IONARY P RESS, 44 R ICHMOND ST. WEST, TORONTO J. M. SKm YlJOK, -p.ort Stanley, Onto Chairmau of COlTlluittee on S .S. Paper, Otta'\,-a, Onto T HE ALGOMA l\f rs s IO NARY NEWS is ~he officia l or gan of the Diocese of /\.lgoma. It is published for t h e· Diocese by The A lg 6 nia 'Missiona r y P ress. 44 Ric hmond, s tree,t, Wesl , The a nnual sermons t o the F r eemasons Toronto. T HE ALGOMA M ISSIONARY NEWS (New Series)is pu bJisbed 'in . Q~le b ec was preached in Holy T r inity mont hly. The p r ice for single copies is50c . .per .dnnum . . Cathedr al on May IIth by R ev. Allan P. All items of n e ws a n d other com m u n ications <;hould be sent direct to the Editor, S hatford, of l\Iontreal , Paslt Gr an d Chap ,la in of Quebec. Among t hose p r e~ ! e n t were The REV. CANON PIERCY, St urgeon Falls, the Bishop of Quebec a nd Bishop Farrar Onta rio. and a numb~r of Anglican clergy. The S ubscr ibers a nd frie nds a re asked to bear in mind t h at p r eacher empha t ic all y r epudia ted the a ll receipts beyond w hat are nec ~!'sary to defray the bare calummy of atheism in Masonry, so fre cos t of pUblica tion and mana gement w ill a ccrue to t h e Diocesan funds. T his being so. it is hop ed t hat the friends quently proclaimed by Romanists. of the miss ionar y work of the Diocese everywhere will not o nly send in their own s Ubscriptions promptly. but a lso enduce other!" t() subscribe for t h e p a per . The Christian chids of Uganda, have de cided to give two-fifths of their rent roU for the next three years towards the re A SUNDAY 'CHOOr, WEEKLY. building of the Cathedral, recently de stroyed . by lightning. The poorer members of the Church will, I am told, give on a ONE can be more pleased thau we similar scale. th'at the Cana:dian Church i so N near the fulfilment of its desire to The Rev. Henry ,Joseph Corbett Knight, have a Sunday -'chool weekly magazine. D.D., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, We hope a united hearty support will be Cambridge, an d Principal of t he Clergy accorded to, it~-a ~ upport ,that wilL warrant Training School a t Camhri,dg'e, h as been and encourage promoters and publishers to nominated by t he Archbishop of Canter- produce the be 'it thing of its kind in the bury to be Bishop of Gibraltar. world. Attent~on is directed t o the fol lowing notice : "Many members of the Melanesian Mis sion live in daily risk of their liYes, and Sunday 'chool CO l11imission, their pioneering "vork in the quite savage 2I5 Confederation Life Building, islands is a noble example of the personal To ronto, Ont., May, I9I1. indiffer ence to personal danger of our " THE El\IPIRJE SUNDAY SCHOLAR." race."-Capt. S. A. Johnson. To the Clergy andS.· , uperintendents : Dear Sirs,-.. We would inform you, on behalf At t he Encoenico celehration of King's of the ',~ . Commission of the General Synod, College, WindSJor , N.S., optimism for the that the ~.P.C . K., at our request, will publish future was apparently the key of the cele a weekly S.~. paper of the magazine shape for bration. The ,_l\rc hbishop of Ottawa was the British El11pir. It will contain 12 pages present. of useful and interesting reading matter, illus trated with suitable pictures, and having a Lord - Kitchener appeals to the public to pictor ial heading symbolic of the British su.l?sc ribe the £4,000 required to complete Empire. There will also be, from time t o the new Anglican Cathedral at Khartoum. time, suitable article dealing with Canadian life, written by Canadian. . The price will be 25c. each copy per annum in quantities to one The C.M.S. this year again faces a de addres. Whenever the circulation will war ficit. Sweeping retrenchment may be the rant it, the magazine will be enlarged t o 16 result. page at t he same price. The magazine will -be ready for the begin Rev. E. Appleyard, B.A., is the new rec ning of Advent this year, if not sooner. tor of St. Matthew's, London, Onto - ... . . ~-~ - ~~------~~------~~------~~------~- 72 THE AI.GOMA NIISSIOK_-\H. Y KEWS . T fIEIR MAJESTIES' CORONATION. pra yer "shall r everently pnt it upon the , \..)ollt.nued from page 62) l~ing's head. At t he sight hereof t h e people with louel a nd r epeated S(-lOutS shall Archbishop :-Wil1 you to your power cry cause Law and Justice, in Mercy, to be executed in all your judgments? G O D S .c\ \ 'E T HE KIN G King :-1 will. The P eers and the K ings of Arms shall Archbishop :-Will you to t h e utmost o£ put on their coronets and the trumpets your power, maintain the Jaws of God, the sh all sound . . .. a nd the great guns at the t r ue profession of the Gospel, and the Tower shall be shot off." P r otestant Reformed Religion established The Archbishop sh all go on and say, by law? An'd will yon maintain and pre Cod crown y ou: with a crown of glory s erve . jnviolably the settlement of the and righteousness, t hat by the ministry of Church of England, and the doctrine, wor this our benediction, having a right faith ship , discipline, and government thereof, as and manifold fruit of good works, you may, by 1aw establisheid in Eng,land? And wlll obtain the crown of an everlasting king you preserve unto .the Bishops and clergy dom by the gifts of Him whose kingdom of E ngland, and to the Churches ~here end ureth for ever. comm,itted to their charge, all such nghts The choir shaH then sing: "Be strong a nd privileges as by law do or shall apper and pla y the m a n; keep the command tain to them, or any of them? ments of the L ord t !1y God and walk in King :-All this I promise to do. . His way s." Then the King, arising out of his chalr, The Bible h a ving b een presented by the shall go to the A ltar, and there being nn Archbishop to the King, and the Benedic covered, make his solemn oath in the sight tion having been pronounced, "the in of a ll the p eople, to observe the premises; t~J.ronillation" will t ake place. The King laying his right h a nd upon the Holy Gos having gone to his throne shall be "lifted p el in the great Bible (whic~ was· before up into it b y the A rchhishops a nd Bishops carried in the procession and is now a nd other P eer s of the Kingdom." brought from the Altar by the Archbishop, The exh ortation b eing ended, all the a nd tendered t o him a s he kneels upon the Princes a nd P eer s then present shall do 'steps), saying these words :- their homal";'e publicly a nd solemnly unto The t hings which I h ave h er e b efor e the King. 'D'J.e Arch bis/h op first shall kneel promised I will perform a nd k eep. down before his :vra.iesty 's knees, and the So help m e, God. r est of the Bishops shall kneel in their 1)hen the I"'::in g sh all kiss the book a nd places, a nd they sh all do their homage to sign the Oath . rr ether. Th e solemn cer emony ot an ointing the '-~ Then the Prince of '.Vales , t a king off his King follows. The Dea n of \Y esbminster, coronet, shall kneel down b efore his Ma taking the a mpulla a nd spoon from off the jesty 's knees, the rest of the Princes of alta r , shall hbld them r eady , pouring some the Blood Roy al being p eers of the realm of the holy oil into the spoon, and with kneeling in their places , taking off t\eir it t he Archbishop shall anoint the King in coronets and pronouncing the words of the form of a cross : homage after him. I . On the crown o£ the head. \Vhen the homage is ended, the drums 2. On the breast. shall beat, and the trumpets sound, and :, . On the palms of both hands . all the people shout, cr yinf, out :- Then shall the Dean of Westminster lay God S ave the King the a mpUlla and spoon upon the altar; Long Live King Geol1:s-e. a nld t he King, kneeling down a t the fa ld- . May the King I,ive for Ever. tool, t he Archbishop, standing, shall say a blessing over him. Next will come the The solemnity of the King's Coronation. presenting of the spurs and sword, the in being thus ended, the Archbishop shall vesting with the Armill and Roy al Robe, leave the King in his throne and go to the inNestitnre " per annulum et baculum." the altar, where t he Queen'S! coronation will be proceeded with by the Archbishop T H E PUTTING ON OF TH E C R O WN of Canterhury . This will be followed by . T h e A r ch hishop, taking the Crown shall the Communion ser vice and at the conclus place it befor e him on the alta r , a.nd aft er ion the choir will sing the Te Deum.