VOL. 19 SEPTEMBER, 1923 No.6 ~be Blgonla ~tsstonar" lRews \t be ®fficial ®rgan of the JDiocese of Blgonla ARCHBISHOP The MOST REV. GEORGE THORNELOE, D.D. D.C.L., Sault St. Marie. DIOCESAN OFFICERS The VEN. GOWAN GILLMOR, D.D. A. C. BOYCE, Esq., K.C., D.C.L., Archdeacon of Algoma, Chancellor of' Diocese, SA ULT STE. MARIE, Onto OTTAWA,Ont . The' REV. CANON PIERCY, . T he REV. F. W, COLLOTON, Clerical Secretary of the Synod, Treasurer of the Synod, STURGEON FALLS, Onto SAULT STE. MAHl E, ant. CAPT. J . B. WAY, A. ELLIOT Esq., Lay Secretary of the Synod, Hon. I,tegistrar. SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. SA ULT STE. MAlliE, Ont. J. A.'VORRELL, Esq., ICC., D.C.L., The nEV. D, P. FULLER, Hon. Treasurer (of Invested Funds), Principal of the Indian Home:;. TORONTO, Ont. SAULT STE. ~dAH I E, Onto c .,. ... lJO THE ALGOlVIA MISSIONARY NEWS ST. -P A UL'S, HAILE YBURY In the JrlOnth of June , while levelling t h e ,.\'alls of St . Paul's Church, the workm en di s<:: over ed . the foundation stone, with its contents uninj ured by the t e rrible conflagration through which it had passed. They consist ed of a coin of the realm, a copy of "The Alg oma :Missionary N e v~s" of the 15th S eptember, 1894, the " Canadian Churchman" dated 13th September, 1894, and the "North Bay Times" of 5th A pril, 189 L1<, The stone was "well and truly laid" in the latte r part of S eptembe r of that year, a nd the e vent w as marked b y great r ej oicing, in which many visitors from all ove r the district took part. , The first sod of the n ew St. Pau)'s was turned on Friday after - ' noon, the 6th of July, b y :Mrs. C . C. Fan, who laid the corne r­ stone of the first church twenty-nine years a go. A large numb ~ r of m ember s of the congregation a nd othe r s g athered for the cere-: mony. The R ector, the R ev. Canon Hincli:s, gave a short address, ' telling of the progr ess that had b een made and the plans that are , to b e carried out. The n ev" building, h e said, would be one of ' which the congregation mig ht w ell b e proud, one that would in­ spire their h earts and draw them n eare r ' to God. It was his hope that the first services would b e h eld in the n e w church on Christ­ mas Day, although the n ew church might not b e dedicated b y , that time . The service concluded with a prayer for the builders a nd a ben ediction on the work: GRA VENHURST On S Ullday July 8th a' modest little troop of hright ale rt Boy Sco uts attended the m orning service at St. James' Church, unde r the direction of Lieut. Purvis, Scoutmast e r, a nd A ssistant Scout­ mast e r ~T hite. :Morning Prayer b eing ended , Canon Allman, who is Hon. Scoutmaster, a ddressed the troop, a ssuring the lads of , a h earty w elcome, and speaking to them a fe w words bas ed on St. Luke 2: 4, 6, "They found Him in the T emple.'" . On the following Sunday mo'rning the m embe rs of the Golden Rule Lodge, No. 4,09, A. \F . & ' A . :M., nume ring about sixty, atte nded Divine Se r vice in St. James' Church. That number, added to the ordinary. ·congreg a tion, made up a large company of worshippe rs a nd heare r s. The R ev. Canon Allman" himself a Past :Mast e r of the Orde r, preached an ea rnest and impressive sermon on I Cor. 16: 13, " Quit y ou like men, b e strong." "N e r egret tha t o wing to la ck of spa'ce w e a re una ble to print the historical sk etch of the 'Mission of Port Sy dney r e ferred t o elsewhe re . It will appear n ext month. l'I-IE ALGOMA MISSIONARY NEWS 91 lCbe Blgoma Missionary lRews Volume 19 Published Monthly Sault Ste . .Marie, {)Int., Septcll1uer, 1!)23 No. (j /) 0 cents per annum THE CHURCH'S WORSHIP "~T h e n to the House of God ye come, a prayer in 'secret say, On bended knee His grace implore, for thus 'tis meet to pray. L eave a t the door you l' w eekly cares, God loves the pure in 'heart; To those who , ·who11y look to Him, He "vill true grace impart. Aloud, but humbly, answer make, as Comn~on Prayer directs; H e ,,,ho sits silept or asleep the way of lae n eglects. In st a nding posture give YOLlr alms, and standing, sing God's praise, Be not a fra id to lift your voice the gladsome hymns to raise . Bow at the Holy Name which God in our poor nature bore; \nd silently His blessing ask, ere that ye see the door. Talk not to neighbour or to friend- step softly, bare the h ead; For h ')ly is the very ground on which' your footsteps tread. Thus eve r use the House of God- in prayer and joyful lJraise; H e b est will pass the coming ~veek who these few rules obeys: - Lines from the porch of an old Devonshire church. No sin is small. It is a sin · against an infinite God, and may h <1 \'e consequences imm.easurable. · No grain of sand is small in th C! m echa,nis lTl of a watch.- Jeremy Ta~r lor, ~; 2 THE ALGOMA MISSIONARY NEWS THE JUBILEE OF CHRIST CHURCH, PORT SYDNEY ( f- ,00 III Deantiful weather on Sunda~ ', August 5th, the Jubilee A11 - llive rsary of Christ Church, Port Sydney, vvas celebrated, ana proved to b e one of the greatest and most interesting of events in the history of Port Sydney. To honour the occasion, the Arch- . bishop of A ig oma and' a la'~'g e concourse of clergy and friends came from far and n ear. The picturesque church, now fifty years old, had b een beautifully d ecorated with fe rns and flowers . The proceedings of the day b egan with a celebration of Holy Com­ munion at 8 a .m., Canon A llman, Rural D ean and a former incnm­ b ent, being' the celebrant, assisted by the R e v. T. V. L'Estrange. lVCatins was said at 9.45 a .m. and was followed by the chief service of the day, a choral celebration of the Holy Communion at 10.30, when the church 'Iva s filled to capacity. His Grace the Archbishop w as the celebrant, b eing assist ed by the Rev. Canon Allman of Gravenhurst and the R ev. H. Johnson of Parkhill a s Gospeler and Epistolcr r esp ectiY ely . Other cle rgy present w e r e, the ' R ev. H. F. Hutton, Rev. T . V . L'Estrange ~nd R e v. E . J. :Mc.Kittrick of Toronto. The Archbishop eloquently t estified 'to 'the importance of the occasion in his sermon based all th e text "And thou shalt r emembe r all the way which the Lord, thy God led thee these forty years ." (Dent. 8:2 ) . H,e expressed his sorrow at the incumbent's serious illness, but was glad that :Mr. Hutton was able to b e present; and h e also expressed his joy that lVIr. Sy dney Smith had been allowed, after fifty years of faith ful persever ence, to ente r into the fruits of his labours. THE ALGOMA MISSIONARY NEWS 93 In the afte rnoon visitors and friends from Bracebridge, Hunts ville, N e wholme, Ullswater and A ll ensville arrived to join in the service of P,vensong at three 0' clock, and the historic meet­ ing which immediately fo1lowed. The large number who had now gathered exceeded two hundred and fifty p eople, quite a , number of whom had to be content with following the service from outside . The service\vas taken by the R ev. T. V. L',Estrange, the l essons being read by the rectors of Huntsville and Graven­ uhrst. The unavoidable absence of the rector of Bracebridge, ·w hose parish "vas the mother-parish of the mission of Christ Chu rch, Port Sydney, was much r egretted. ' In a n address of deep inspiration and importance, His Grace the Archbishop dwelt on the "... ' ork and growth of the Church of God in the life of a community, choosing for his text I Cor. XII. 4,: This splendid Service closed with a sp ecial T e D eum of thanks­ gnTmg. The offerings of the day amounted to, two hundred and sixty-five dollars . At the subsequent m eeting in the church g rounds, presided over by :Mr. Sydney Smith, the large gathering list en ed with inte r­ est t o a historical sk etch prelJar ed and r ead b y the R ev. T. V. L'EsCI·ange . Speeches were also made by His Grace the Arch :'" bishop and the Rev. Canon Allman. R efreshments w e re afterwards served to visitors from a distance and thus closed a m emorable d ay.- - " Bracebridge Ga7,ette." BR DCE :MINES Throuo'h the kindness of a lady r ela tive of the Incumbc nt and .Mrs .