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S U D B U R Y. 0 N T A R I MARCH TO MAY 1954 VOL . 80 ST . GEORGE-THE-MARTYR CHURCH MAGNETAWAN. ONT. Page 2 THE ALGOMA MISSIONARY NEWS THE EDITOR'S CORNER • As this issue of the A.M.N. goes to Lord will go from strength to press, two contrasting events. have strength in the life of perfect service just occured. The first is an event of in the Paradise of God. In our next joy and happiness. On May the thir­ issue we will have a brief history of tieth our Bis.hop celebrated the Tenth Father lVI:orley 's life and an account Anniversary of his election to the of the Requiem Mass held at the Col­ Episcopate. It has been ten years of legiate Church. steady spiritual and mate:r~ial growth within the Diocese and Bishop It is hearten1ing to see the influx of Wright's leadership has been out­ young men into Holy Orders, and we standing at all times. We can thank rejoice in those who accept the call God that we have as our Father-in­ of God. Six men have been recently God a man of the Bis.hop.'s ability, ordained by or for the Bishop of Al­ human understanding and devotion. goma, and there are other additions To our Bishop we extend the con­ to our Clerical Roll. Those ordained gratulations of all our readers and to the Diaconate are Peter Stuart the sincere prayer that he may guide Park, B.A., L·eslie Ernest Peterson, the Church in this Diocese for many B.A., Henry Morrow, Roy Nixon, years to come. In this issue we have George Menzies. The Rev. Warren included a pastoral from the Bishop Banting' was raised to the Pries.thood. as he marks his tenth anniversary. The Bishop has announced the fol­ lo·wing appointments and charges 1'he second event is one of sorrow, within the Diocese: for we have just learned of the sud­ The Rev. Peter Park - Manitowan­ den death by drovvn'ing of the Rev. R. ing : Sept. 1st. J. Morley and the Rev. H. F. Hanlon, both of the S.S.J.E. Both Fathers The Rev. Leslie Peterson- Coniston were returning from taking the s.tud­ The Rev. H. G. C. Bousfield from ent to his summer charge in the Lake the Diocese of Qu' Appelle to Nipigon. of Bays Mission when the accident occurred. We extend to the Fathers rrhe Rev. Warren Banting from and Brothers of the S.S.J.E. our sin­ Moose Jaw to Mu:r~illo & Kakabeka cere sympathy in their loss of Father Falls. Morley, who had just been re-elected 'rhe Rev. Roy H. Nixon - Assistant as. Superior of the Order. The admin­ Curate at the Church of the Epiph­ istrative abi]lity, the quiet good­ any, Sudbury. natured friendliness and the deep devotion of F'ather Morley are weH rrhe Rev. Lawrence Robertson - known to a great host of people from Sudbury to St. Stephen's, Port throughout Canada and the United Arthur. States and his loss will be keenly felt. While we sorrow for our own person­ The Rev. A. E. Haldenby - frolll al loss, we rejoice in the Christian Algoma to the Diocese of .the Yukon. assurance that these men who gave The Rev. J. F. Hinchliffe - frolll their earthly ltif~ in devotion to their Huntsville to St. Paul's. Fort Wi~ THE ALGOMA MISSIONARY NEWS Page 3 _}f[sslonarlj oVews VOLUME 80 MARCH TO MAY NO.2 CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE ARTICLES PAGE ST. GEORGE•'S MAGNET A WAN 4 BISHOP'S VISITATION 7 CHURCH BOYS' LEAGUE 9 SIXTIETH AN ... IVE'RSARY 11 RECENT D®DIGATIONS 14 A.Y. CONFERE~OE J5 THROUGH THE CRACKS 16 SERVER'S REREAT 17 SHANGHAI L:IDTTER 18 THE BISHOP'S LETTEtR 19 THE ALGOMA MISSIONARY NEWS is published six times a year and is printed ~Y ~he Oliffe Printing Company, Sault 'Ste. Marie, Ontario. It is authorized as Second Class Aa1l by the Post Office Department, Ottawa. The subscription rate is $1.00 per annum. Individual copies can be secured at 20 cents each. All items of news and other communications should be sent to the Edito·r, REV. F. F. NOCK, Church of the Epiphany, Sudbury, Ont. Remittances for subscriptions should be sent to the Business ;Manager, MR. M. TWEEDALE, - 9 Edmund Street, Sudbury, Ontario Circulation Mana£rer ................................ Rev. A. Thomson, St. Thomas', Bracebridge, Ont. Page 4 THE ALGOMA MISSIONARY NEWS ST. GEORGE,S MAGNET AWAN The Mission of Magnetawan was Sunday, 1886, was ordained Priest bv founded by the Rev. Wm. Crompton, the Bishop. of Algoma at Trinity trav·elling clergyman of S.P.G., about Church, Parry Sound. In February the year 1880. Aspdin being· his 1889, the Stations at Dufferin Bridg~ headquarters, he travelled for many and Seguin Falls were separated miles into the surrounding country, from Magnetawan Mission and at­ holding· services in houses or wher­ tached to that of Broadbent, whilst ever else opportun'ity offered. It was Dunchurch was added to the Miss'ion. not until the year 1884 that the Mis­ The Church of St. George-the-Mar­ sion was placed in charge of one who tyr, lVIagnetawan was from the first should give his whole time to further­ an object of loving care to the Rev-. ance of the ·w ork. Meanwhile between A. J. Young. When he first saw it, 1880 and 1884 the following build­ it was seated with rough ben~hes. ings had been erected. At Seguin Stove pipes were poking through the F 'alls, a fairly good building dedicat­ roof, the battens were hanging off in ed to St. John; at Y eareley a plain many cas.es, and not a scrap ofpaint wood frame building in honour of the vvas to be seen anywhere. In short Holy Trinity; at Midlothian a plah1 time, the stove pipes. gave way to frame building dedicated to St. Pet­ brick chimneys, su1itable seats and er, and at Magnetawan a frame buil­ other necessary furniture with font ding, plastered. A house adjoining and organ were provided, the vestry the Church, 16 ft. by 24 ft., had also furnished and carpeted. The walls been purchased for a parsonage. I11 were covered with siding and the ap­ July, 1884, the Bishop placed Mr. A. proach to the Church cleaned up and J. Young, from England, in charge a neat fence with a flight of steps of the Mission, services being held at and entrance gates provided. The Magnetawan every other Sunday in Church was also painted both inside rotation with the other mission sta­ and out and the fence painted. In tJions. A Sunday School viras at once 1886 an old porch was torn down and started by Mrs. Young in the parson­ the present structure on a stone foun· age; the first Sunday only the cate­ dation 8 ft. square was built, the de· chists, 2 children and one other at­ sign having been furnished free lly tended, but in a very little while the a Toronto architect. The bell, wei~b­ school outgrew the parsonage and ing 400 lbs., was provided by :Mr. 'vas held in the Church until the end Shane of Baltimore, U.S.A., costing of 1889 when mainly by the exertions $98.00. In 1890, a Church bu,ilding of the R.ev. A. J. Young who collec­ was started at Dunchurch, the Bish· ted funds while on a visit to England, op buying the lot from Mrs. KelceY a hall adjoining the Church was for $50.00. The people worked wei~ built. To this building, 50 ft. by 24ft. but have not, for want of funds, been the school v.ras transferred, it having able to complete the building; there been seated with chairs, the gift of a is yet a debt of $100.00 'on it. 'roronto lady on Ascension Day, 1885, The Church of St. George-theMar· Mr. Young was ordained Deacon by tyr at Magnetawan was consecra~~ the Bishop of Algoma at St. Thomas in 1887 before a number of EngliS ~hurch, Bracebridge, and on T:r~inity friends by whose liberality th 8 TH E ALGOMA MISSIONARY NEWS Page 5 Church had been completed. The On Aug·. 23, 1896, the Rev. A. ~J. handsome altar frontal was the gift Johnson took charge of Magnetawan of an English lady. The font wa~ and Midlothian, Dunchurch being given by the congregat1ion of St. Pet­ put into a separate Mission. On April er 1s Church, South Croydon, Eng­ 9, 1897 the Bishop of Algoma con­ land. The Sunday School had a lib­ firmed 13 candidates, and in 1898 rary of 500 volumes, donated by var­ confirmed 9 candidates. At Easter ious organizations. The S u n day 1898, Dunchurch re-united to Magne­ School motto 1vas ''God is. love''. The tawan. On Feb. 17, 1899, the Bishop main idea of the Sunday School lib-· re-opened St. George's., Magnetawan rary was to counteract the "pernic­ ''after being magnificently repaireu ious literature of the age". The inside''. Other great improvements many Churches in the district were were effected in the Church building built with English funds obtained by during the present incumbency. On the Rev. A. J. Young, the first, from Dec. 27th, 1899, Rev. D. A. Johnston his friends in the old land. On the conducted last services in all three evening of :March 1s.t the incumbent churches and vacated the Misstion af­ and his wife were presented with ad­ ter three laborious but successful dresses and presents at a soc1ial even­ years.

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