'^*' ;^s> ,» ^' # 'i^ ^m «t ^ LI E> RARY OF THE U N IVLRSITY or ILLINOIS MISSIONARY STUDENTSHIP ASSOCIATION FOE THE DIOCESE OF ELY. Report presented at the Annual Meeting at Cambridge, July 8, 1884. COMMITTEE. THE LORD BISHOP OF ELY. mce-lfvesidenis. LORD CHARLES RUSSELL. Rev. PROFESSOR HORT. Very Rev. fhe DEAN OF ELY. Rev. PROFESSOR LUMBY. Ven. ARCHUKACON BATHURST. Rev, PROFESSOR SWAINSON. Ven. ARCHDEACON CHAPMAN. Ven. ARCHDEACON VESEY. Ven. ARCHDEACON EMER?. Rev. PROFESSOR WESTCOTT. THE LOCAL SECRETARIES. Rev. H. H. BIRLEY, Cranfield. BECKFORD BEVAN, Esq., Bury St. Rev. E. W. ASHFIELD, Fen Ditton. Edmnnds. Rev. C. D. GOLDIE, St. Ives. Major BROOKS, Flitwick. Rev. CANON HOPKINS, Littleport. W. M. FAWCETT, Esq., Cambridge. Ven. H. M. LOWER, Foulmire. C. L. HIGGINS, Esq., Turvey Abbey, Rev. W. MAULE, Evnesbury. T. HUSTWICK, Esq., Sobam. Rev. H. E. RACKHAM, Witehford. F. M. METCALF, Esq., Wisbech, GOODWYN ARCHER, Esq,, Ely. G. J, RUST, Esq., Alconbupy. Rev. C. A. SWAINSON, D.D., The Lodg:e, Christ's College, Treasurer. Rev. F. H, CHASE, 14, Btookside, Cambridge, Secretary. Bankers. Messrs. MORTLOCK & Co., Cambridge. RULES. 1. That a Missionary Studentship Association be formed within the Diocese of Ely. 2. That the purposes of the Association be : (i.) To seek out willing and duly qualifid persons be employed as Missionaries. (ii.) To maintain, wholly or in part such Students as need assistance, during their preparation for, or residence at, some Missionary College of the United Church of England and Ireland, at home or abroad, preference being given to those connected with the Diocese. 3. That annual subscribers of 5s. and upwards, and donors of £3. 3.9. and upwards, be members of the Association. 4. That the Bishop of the Diocese be invited to be Presi- dent, and that the Dean of Ely, the Archdeacons of the Diocese and the Professors of Divinity in the University of Cambridge, be invited to be Vice-Presidents of the Associa- tion. 5. That the management of the affairs of the Associa- tion be entrusted to a Committee consisting of the Presi- dent, the Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secretary, the Local Secretaries, and sixteen members of the Association, eight Clergymen and eight Laymen, to be elected at an annual meeting : five to form a quorum. 6. That there be held an annual general meeting of the Association in each Archdeaconry in turn, when a report shall be read, the accounts presented and officers appointed for the ensuing year : also an annual Meeting of the Com- mittee in Cambridge. 7. That the Constitution and Rules of the Society be not altered except at the annual general meeting, or at a special general meeting, summoned for the purpose by the Committee (if they shall think fit), nor unless notice of the proposed alteration shall have been given at a previous annual meeting. Ptisj^tonarg Colleges in ^nqlaxiis* 1. St. Augustine's College, Canterbury. Founded A. D. 1848. The object of the College is "to provide an education to qualify young men for the service of the Church in the distant depen- dencies of the British Empire, with such strict regard to economy and frugality of habits, as may fit them for the special duties to be discharged, the difficulties to be encountered and the hardships to be endured." {Charter of Incorporation.) The annual collegiate charge for the education and maintenance of each Student is ag40. This includes rooms, furniture, and attendance of College Servants. Warden—Rev. G. F. Maclear, D.D., Late Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge. Sub-Warden Rev. Thomas Walker, M.A., Queen's College, Oxford. Number of Students, 48. 2. Church Missionary College, Islington. Founded a.d. 1825. This College is under the management of the Church Missionary Society, and the Students while there receive their education, board, and lodging at its expense. Principal—Rev. T. W. Drury, M.A., Christ's College, Cambridge. Number of Students (including 10 under preparatory or supplementary training) 46. 3. St. Boniface Mission College, Warminster. Founded A.D. I860. The Annual charge is ^£40. Industrial training here includes printing, gardening, carpenters', shoemakers', and smiths' work, besides music, vocal and instrumental, and some instruction in medicine. Warden—Rev. Sir James E. Philipps, M.A. Number of Students, 35. 4. St. Paul's Mission House, Burgh-le-Marsh. Founded a.d. 1878. The annual charge is ^40. Principal—Rev. W. A. Brameld, M.A. Number of Students, 15. 5. Missionary College of SS. Peter and Paul, Dorchester, Oxon. Founded a.d. 1878. Annual Charge, £60. Principal— Rev. E. G. Paget, M.A. Vice-Principal— B.ev. T. Barns, B.A. Number of Students, 10. REPORT FOR THE YEAR, 1883. The work of the Association during the past year has gone on without much change. A special appeal was circulated throughout the Diocese in the earlier part of the year, which how- ever met with but an inadequate response. It is encouraging to note that five of the Students to whom grants were given came from the Diocese of Ely. A reference to the list of Students will show that there have been some changes. D. Horner, a Student since 1876, left England for Nova Scotia ; F. L. Quick, for British Guiana during the year. The Committee have invited the Annual Conference of those connected with Missionary Colleges and Missionary Studentship Associations to meet in Cambridge in July, 1884. A brief record of the proceedings will be found on the opposite page. ; THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE. The Annual Conference of Missionary Colleges and Studentship Associations was held in Cambridge, on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 10 and 11, 1884, On the former evening there was a service at St. Michael's* when the Bishop of Lahore, preached an impressive Sermon on Acts XX. 24. Next morning, after a celebration at Great St. Mary's, the Con- ference met in the library of the Selwyn Divinity School. Among those present were representatives of fifteen dioceses : the chair was taken by the Archdeacon of Ely. The Rev. T. Skelton, late Principal of the Missionary College at Burgh, in a paper on " Spiritual and intellectual preparation for Missionary work," dwelt on the need of General as well as Theological training : the Rev. H. C. G. Moule pressed the advantages of a Univer- sity training and the necessity of a simple knowledge of the English Bible; the Rev. E. Bickersteth of the Cambridge Delhi Mission, emphasised the need in Missionary work of clear knowledge and definite teaching the Rev. Dr. Bailey, late warden of St. Augustine's and the Rev. S. J. Eales, the retiring Principal of Warminster, read papers on the second subject " Successes and failures," giving the results of long experience. At the afternoon session the Warden of St. Augustine's read the Com- bined report of Missionary Studentship Associations, which seemed to shew that where most progress is made the co-operation of the laity is most hearty and active. Bishop Bromby, late of Tasmania, then read a paper on the question, " Are our Missions carried out on Apostolic lines ?" He insisted tbat Mission Work is the duty of the Church as such and not of Societies ; that daughter Churches should carry on their work not as mere branches of the Mother Church, but as " having an independant existence : in old days there was the Church of Antioch," not " the Church of Jerusalem in Antioch." The dis- cussion was continued by various speakers. It is earnestly hoped that the Conference will call the attention of this Diocese to the work and wants of the Association. — LIST OF PAST AND PEESENT STUDENTS. 1. Kev. F. G. Hall, Curate of Eydon, formerly of St. George's Bay, Newfoundland. 2. Rev. G. F. Cross, Rector of Yackandandali, Melbourne. Both these Clergymen luere Students before the year 1 868. 3. Rev. W. R. Almond—student, 1871 — 1873, was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Fredericton. and appointed to the charge of a large district in Carlton County, New Brunswick. After a year, before receiving Priest's Orders, he returned to England. 4. Rev. C. Ellingham, Portugal Cova, Newfoundland student, 1871—1873. A detailed account of his work in a letter by him was published in the Report for 1881. 5. J. Barber -student, 1873—1874—drowned while skating on Quidi Yidi Lake, January 14, 1874. 6. Rev. P. Ellis, Ahmednagar, Bombay—student, 1873— 1 876. Extracts from letters received from him were pub- lished in the Reports for 1879 aad 1882. 7. H. West—student, 1873— 1874. Withdrawn. 8. J. Marsh—student, 1873— 1876. The grants were discon- tinued when he left the King's School, Ely, for St. Augustine's, " as he seemed to be no longer in need of pecuniary aid." 9. A. F. Green—student, 1873-1876. The grants were discontinued on his leaving St. Augustine's for St. John's College, Cambridge. He has since taken his B.A. degree, but the Commitee understand has given up thought of Missionary work. 10. F. W. Colley received a small grant from the Association in 1874. He left England for Newfoundland in January, 1882. — 11. YoHAN TsAN Baw received grants from the Association 1874—1877. He left England for Burmah in 1882. 12. J. J. Merry, student, 1875—1876. On the death of his father, a large family of younger brothers was left dependent on him, and he was therefore obliged to give up the thought of foreign work. 13. W. M. DouET, student, 1874—1876. He informed the Secretary in a letter written at Spanish Town, Jamaica, on May 8. 1882, that, apparently for medical reasons, he had given up thought of Mission work.