History of the Diocese of Montreal, 1850-1910

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REV J. DOUGLAS BORTHWICK, LL.D.

•History of the
Diocese of Hflontreal

1850-1910

BY

ev. J. DOUGLAS BORTHWICK

LL.D., F.C.C.S.

Author of twenty-four volumes on ike History,

Geography and Biography of Canada

and General Literature

Printed and Published by

JOHN LOVELL & SON, LIMITED

MONTREAL

1910.

CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, MONTREAL.

DEDICATION

MY LORD

It gives me much pleasure to dedicate this important work,
"The History of the Diocese of Montreal," to your Lordship.

Your election and elevation to the highest office of the Church in this
Diocese, is a proof of the estimation in which your Lordship is held by
both your Clergy and Laity.

May an even greater prosperity attend your oversight of the spiritual
and temporal affairs of the Diocese under your guidance, and that it will
advance as rapidly in the future as it has done in the past, is my earnest
prayer.

Praying that your Lordship may long be spared to be our Bishop,

I remain

Your sincere Presbyter,
J. DOUGLAS BORTHWICK, LL.D.

PREFACE

IN the Jubilee year of the Diocese of Montreal, A.D. 1900,
I was requested by several prominent persons, both Clerical
and Lay, to write an historical sketch of the Diocese for
the past 50 years.

What I did write then was printed in one or two of
the Montreal newspapers.

In this Jubilee Year, 1909, of The Synod of Montreal,
which was founded and opened on the /th day of June,
1859, I was again asked to extend and elaborate what
I had then written, and thus make it a volume which
could be kept as a "Vade Mecum" and Book of Reference
for succeeding generations.

As there was then, however, on the "tapis" some idea
of the Diocesan Authorities issuing such a work, I re
frained from attempting anything.

However, after some time, being given to understand
that no person or Committee intended doing so, I began
my work, preparing the incidents of this history.

It may have happened that some one of the very
early Clergy and Laity has been overlooked in the long
list of our Sacred Dead, because it is now almost im
possible or very difficult to ascertain their immediate
descendants — or having ascertained them, to secure the
facts required of them, either from their inability to do so
or some other cause, but I trust that the number may be
few.

vi PREFACE.

The mantle of Elijah has fallen on the shoulders of
their successors— younger men, energetic and full of
Christian life, now, almost over all the Diocese, supply
their places.

Nothing struck me more than this, at the last meeting
of the Synod in February, 1909, when I scanned the
members of the Synod, Clerical and Lay Delegates, I saw
so few white haired men present.

My eye rested then on a host of young athletic Clergy
and Laymen "all eager for the fray"— and to them now is
left, under the aegis of their own energetic and beloved

Bishop, to;

"Stand up — stand up for Jesus,

The trumpet call obey;
Forth to the mighty conflict,
In this His Glorious Day.

In reading over many of the sketches in this volume,
I doubt not but many a tear will be shed over the name
and remembrance of some saintly old warrior who now
""rests from his labors."

No Clergyman is now alive, so far as I know, who
was present when Bishop Fulford arrived in Montreal,
and only one now alive, who was at the opening of the
first Synod of the Diocese in 1859, though a very few are
still to the fore in the earlier years of the sixties— the
author being one of them.

I must here record my most grateful thanks to all
those who have taken such an interest in the work, but
especially to the widows of our oldest Clergy, and who
have so helped me in my labors, by sending me copious
notes and clippings, relative to their husbands, and their
work in the Diocese. It has enabled me to place before
the present generation, facts and figures so astounding,
as well as interesting, as will make them say : "How our

PREFACE. vi

father or our grandfather must have worked to build up
such and such a parish."

No one, but those who have tried it, can have any
idea of the immense labor and time which has been spent
in the getting up of this work. Hundreds of letters and
circulars have been sent over the Diocese, and if any
name in the List of Members of the Synod for 1909 is
not mentioned, the fault lies with that person himself
who has paid no attention to the nature of the application
sent through the post.

It was the author's first intention to place portraits
of all the principal Clergy in the book, but this idea was
abandoned because portraits (cuts) of such could not be
procured, and the making of such would have added too
much to the cost of the work. Those which appear have
been loaned to the author and therefore appear.

Instead of which he has inserted the Institutions of
the Diocese and several of the principal Churches, which
will add to the attraction of the work, and also be a dis
tinguishing feature.

All names in parts 3 and 4 and 5 are alphabetically
arranged, so that no difficulty can be found in looking
for a particular name in any of these divisions. Thus no
index is necessary.

Hoping that the undertaking will find an echo of
satisfaction in the hearts of the "thousand and one"
readers who will peruse it and that it may be a small
donation to the Diocese as regards its history, he lays
down his pen, with this fervent Hope,
"'Vox Dei et Vox Populi."

J. DOUGLAS BORTHWICK, LL.D.
Montreal, 1909.

CONTENTS

PAGE

DEDICATION. . iii

PREFACE. . v

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi

PART I.
INTRODUCTION I

PART II.

Sketches of the Five Bishops of the Diocese of Montreal from

1850 to 1910 10

PART III.

Sketches of Bishops who have been connected with the Diocese

of Montreal. 58

PART IV.

Necrology Sketches of Dead Clergy and Laity from 1850 to the
present Day 67

PART V.

Sketches of Living Clergy and Laymen 139

PART VI.
Diocesan Institutions. 221

FINAL WORD 231

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
Rev. J. W. Borthwick. . . . . . . Frontispiece

Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal iii

Right Rev. Archbishop Bond 31

Right Rev. Bishop Cannichael. . 40

Right, Rev. Bishop Farthing. .... 50

W. L. Bond 146

St. Luke's Church, Montreal. . 156

George Durnford, Esq. . 165

Rev. Canon Ellegood. . . 166

Rev. Dr. Evans. i6p

St. Stephen's Church, Montreal. . i/o

Interior of Granby Church. . 187

Venerable Archdeacon Norton. . 193

St. James Church, Stanbridge East. . 201

Rev. Canon Renaud. . . • 203

Rev. Elson I. Rexford. . 204

Rev. J. Patterson-Smith. 209

St. Gearge's Church, Montreal. . . 2ia

The Diocesan College. 222

Miss Hedges. . . 227

Dunham Ladies' College. . • 228

HISTORY OF
THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL

(FOUNDED A.D. 1850)

ON the occasion of the jubilee year of the Anglican
Diocese of Montreal, in 1900, I was requested to write a
short sketch of its history, and the years preceding it, for
one of the papers.

The substance of that paper is printed here, but much
extended, so that as complete a history, with Biographies
of all the Bishops and many of the most influential Clergy
and Laity being added, it will make a volume well
worth the possession of every one who has the prosperity
of the Diocese of Montreal at heart or wishes to see its
development in such a wonderful manner, from its forma
tion in 1850 to the present day.

Let us go back to the history of The Anglican Church
in British North America previous to the formation of our
own Diocese "to clear the decks" so to speak, that we may
understand what led up to the formation and existence of
"The Diocese of Montreal."

The first diocese and first English bishop in what is
now the Dominion of Canada was that of Nova Scotia and
Bishop Inglis its overseer.

Nova Scotia was constituted a diocese in A.D. 1787*
and it extended over the Provinces of Upper and Lower
Canada, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, New
foundland and parts unknown, now comprehended in

2 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

the Provinces of Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the
Territories and British Columbia. Six years after its
formation, in 1793, we find that no less than thirty-two
clergymen are recorded as belonging to Nova Scotia, and
in this year, when the Diocese of Quebec was formed, and
up to 1815, at the close of the American war, there were
such names as the following, in what is now the Diocese
of Montreal and the Province of Ontario. There are four
especially of Montreal, viz., Dr. Mountain, rector of Christ
Church, Montreal; the Hon. C. J. Stewart, rector of St.
Armand; Charles C. Cotton, rector of Dunham, Missisquoi
Bay, and E. Parkin, rector of Chambly.

In Upper Canada there were these well-known names :
G. O. Stewart, rector of Kingston (Frontenac), and styled
"the official of Upper Canada"; John Bethune, rector of
Elizabethtown and Augusta, and afterwards rector of
Montreal to his death, and father of our own esteemed
Chancellor of the diocese, Dr. Strachan Betnune; Dr. John
Strachan, rector of York (now Toronto), and afterwards
the celebrated Bishop of Toronto; and Dr. Devereux Bald
win, the .rector of Cornwall, and the progenitor of a long
line of distinguished Baldwin men, clerical and lay, ever
since identified with Upper Canada, now the Province of
Ontario.

The above gives a general synopsis of the state of the
Church of England immediately before the institution and
constitution of this Diocese of Montreal.

The first Bishop of Quebec, Jacob Mountain, was con
secrated in England July 7, 1793. His diocese had been
cut off from that of Nova Scotia, giving him everything
west of New Brunswick. Shortly afterwards he set sail
for Quebec, accompanied by his wife and his children, the
two sisters of his wife, his elder brother and his wife and
children, and after a voyage of thirteen weeks, as a
biographer writes: "The thirteen Mountains arrived at
Quebec on All Saints' Day."

"He was met on the wharf by the saintly Bishop Laval,

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 3

who made him welcome with a kiss on both cheeks." We
must remember that these were the days of the terrible
revolution in France, when the streets of Paris ran blood.
No wonder that the ecclesiastical representatives of the two
peoples received one another with the courtesy which might
have been expected from gentlemen and prelates of the
Churches of England and France.

The territory of this See consisted of all, what the
poet says :

"A countless contiguity of shade."

The Province of Quebec, that of (what is now) Ontario,
and all beyond to the Pacific Coast He labored faithfully
for twenty-five years, then petitioned the British Govern
ment for a sub-division of his vast Diocese, offering £1,000
sterling, or $5,000 of his stipend towards the support of a
bishop for the western province. To accomplish this, he
sent his son, G. J. Mountain, twice to England to make the
necessary representations, but he returned unsuccessful
both times. This holy aim of the good bishop was not to
be accomplished in his day. After governing the See for
seven years more, he died in 1825, and went to his just
reward. He was succeeded by another godly man, Bishop
Stewart, he was the fifth son of John, Seventh Earl of
Galloway. He was born in 17/5, and privately educated
at home till he entered Oxford. Was elected a Fellow of
All Souls' College, and, on being admitted to Holy Orders,
was presented by the Countess of Aboyne to the Vicarage
of Orton Langneville, Northamptonshire. In 1807 he
commenced his Missionary career in Canada and was
appointed to the mission of St. Armand, in the Eastern
Townships. Here there was not the semblance of a church,
and the first service which he held was performed in a
room in the village inn. But he soon built a church at
his own expense; and it might not TDC out of place here to
mention that during the time he was in Canada, he spent
the whole of his private fortune in the service of the Church
and in assisting the poor and distressed. He remained in.

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the Eastern Townships until 1819, when he was appointed
visiting missionary in the Diocese of Quebec. During the
time he remained in the Eastern Townships, he did much
good to the cause he served; and promoted the erection of
many churches in different parts of the country. In his
new position, a wider field and a larger scope was opened
for his exertions. The Diocese then included the whole of
Canada, and this extensive space of country had to be
traversed by the valiant missionary in days when there did
not exist any of the comforts and conveniences which
characterize modern Canada. In 1817 he was honored
with the degree of Doctor of Divinity, from Oxford.

He continued in his office of visiting missionary until
the year 1825, when Bishop Mountain died, and Doctor
Stewart was nominated to the vacant See. He accordingly
proceeded to England, and, on 1st January, 1826, was
consecrated Bishop of Quebec, in Lambeth Palace, by
Archbishop Sutton, assisted by numerous high- dignitaries
of the Church. In the following May, Bishop Stewart
returned to Canada, and was installed in the Cathedral of
Quebec. His death occurred on the I3th of July, 1837,
at London, in England, whither he had proceeded through
extreme ill-health, and he was buried in the family vault
at Kensal Green. His decease occasioned deep and
universal regret in Canada. A beautiful memorial Church
has been built where he labored and lived so long— called
"Bishop Stewart Memorial Church."

Bishop George J. Mountain succeeded him. In 1836
Bishop Stewart prevailed on Archdeacon Mountain to
assist him in the Episcopate, and on the i/jth of January
he received consecration under the title of Bishop of Mont-
treal, succeeding, on the death of Bishop Stewart the
following year, to the undivided Diocese, thus becoming
third Bishop of Quebec. It was during Dr. Mountain's
Episcopate that Canada was erected into an Ecclesiastical
Province, and it was in accordance with his wishes that the
Metropolitical See was located at Montreal.

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 5

He always retained the title of "Bishop of Montreal,"
and he tells us that his object of doing so was to familiarize
the British Government and the British people with the
name 'Bishop of Montreal."

In the meantime the years rolled on, and after forty-
six years and many petitions to the British authorities,
they authorized the sub-division of the Diocese of Quebec
into two Ecclesiastical Sees, viz., that of Quebec and that
of Toronto.

Distant now seemed the prospect of a bishop, actually
to be consecrated "Bishop of Montreal," but the venerable
prelate of Quebec never gave up hope. One can conceive,
with what joy his bosom heaved, when the news arrived,
that Her Majesty the Queen had been graciously pleased to
acquiesce in the plans proposed, and letters patent had
been issued by which a new Diocese had been set apart
from that of Quebec, under the name of "The Diocese of
Montreal," and that "She had appointed the Right Rev.
Francis Fulford, D.D., to be the first Bishop."

After a brief illness Bishop Mountain died on the
morning of the Feast of the Epiphany, 1862, having
zealously labored among those over whom he was placed
for twenty-seven years.

The following testimony of the Bishop was passed by
the "Churdh Society" at their annual meeting in 1862 :

"The Central Board, before alluding to the affairs of
the Society, feel called upon to advert to the great loss
which the Church has recently sustained in the death of
the good Bishop of Quebec. Had the departed prelate
possessed no other claims to our respect and love than his
untiring activity, earnestness, and devotion to his Master's
cause, his removal would have occasioned deep and gen
eral regret. But the Diocese of Montreal owes an especial
debt of gratitude to the late Bishop, inasmuch as it was
mainly through his exertions that it was erected into an
independent See. Fo* ifteen years he was our Chief
Pastor, and the Church Society itself in its original shape,

6 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

was organized under his auspices. Few men have laboured
more assiduously and indefatigably in promoting the
spiritual welfare of the Church than Bishop Mountain. He
was eminently qualified for a Missionary Bishop, and his
name will be long remembered and honoured throughout
that vast territory from Gaspe to the Red River, over which
his jurisdiction at one time extended.

"He has been spared to witness through that wide
region a development of the Church, almost without
parallel, and has at last been removed from us, full of
years and honours, to reap, we trust, in a better world, the
reward of his long work and labour of love."

Now let us speak a little of the state of the City of
Montreal and surrounding country previous to the com
mencement of the Diocese of Montreal.

The Rev. Dr. Delisle was the first Protestant Minister
resident in Montreal. Dr. Campbell says, "The Advent
into Canada of French Protestants as representatives of the
Church of England was in pursuance of the policy of the
British authorities who hoped and expected by means of
clergymen speaking their own language to convert the
French Canadians to Protestantism and thereby secure
their loyalty to England. This hope of winning the
'habitants' to the faith of the Church of England was
doomed to disappointment and after fifty years' trial it
was entirely abandoned."

In looking over this old memo— the first English
Register in Montreal— we must remember that there were
two clergymen before Dr. Delisle, viz. : Rev. Mr. Ogilvie
and Rev. Mr. Bennett, but they kept no registers.

The first Old Country child that was baptized and so
far as recorded was named John Canada Crofton, on
September 2nd, 1766. From this year to 1788, 249 boys
and 231 girls were baptized, and we know the result to
this day of these English men taking French Canadian
wives. General Carlton writes: "This country must be,

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to the end of time, peopled by a Canadian race." He
meant a French Canadian. During these same years there
were buried 258 persons, the first being Bell Horns, in
May 24th, 1767, and the last John Kay, August 27th, 1787.
This ends the extracts from the first English Register of
Montreal.

In these early days of Montreal's history, as regards
ministers of religion, one Episcopal and one Presbyterian
clergyman were sufficient for the Protestants of the city,
for neither of them had any place of worship till the be
ginning of the eighteenth century. For years the Church
of England worshipped in the old Recollect Church, which
stood at the corner of Notre Dame and St. Helen Streets,
and the Church of Scotland took advantage of this great
kindness of the Recollet Fathers and they also held
service within its walls. Thus, in this old landmark, long
ago demolished, it saw "The Holy Sacrament" administer
ed within its walls by the three high Churches of France,
England and Scotland. But the Church of England and
the Church of Scotland are noted as having presented to
the Recollet Fathers supplies of candles for the Altar
and Sacramental wine.

The first Protestant Church built in Montreal was that
of the Church of England. In the early years of the
nineteenth century the Church people of Montreal deter
mined to build a church for themselves and looked about
for a convenient site. Not long before, the Government had
built a new gaol abutting on the Champ de Mars. Lieut-
Governor Milnes came to their relief, and in the year 1804
he gave this land and the buildings thereon situated in Notre
Dame street, to the authorities of the Church of England,
for the purpose of there erecting a suitable place of wor
ship. A fine church with a lofty spire and bell was erect
ed and continued for many years the principal place of
worship for the Anglican Church. It was unfortunately
burned down to the ground on the loth December, 1856.
The writer well remembers the night— all the military

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were called out, and by their heroic exertions saved every
thing, books, cushions, vestments, etc. The organ and
fine bell in the tower perished.

The next oldest Episcopal Church in Montreal was
Trinity, situated in St. Paul Street. The history of this
church, as well as of all the others in the city before 1870,
will be given at their respective places in another part of
this volume — so will also that of such old churches as
Lachine, Chambly, Sorel, Berthier, St. Armand, and others
throughout the Diocese which have any old historical
record and of which the author has received sketches for
the book.

When we read of our first Bishop being enthroned,
it was in that church in Notre Dame Street, previous to its
being burned. This calamity greatly depressed both
Bishop and people and led to the building of our present
Christ Church Cathedral, 'The Mother Church of the
Diocese," and my prayer is, that it may long continue,
under the blessing of God, to be so.

This is the most important Diocese in the Dominion
possessing the Metropolitical City of Montreal.

Living as I have done for years in Montreal before
the opening of the Synod in 1859, I have seen not only the
wonderful increase of population of the city, but also the
wonderful increase of membership of our own dear Old
Church of England.

In the Census returns of the year 1851, a year after
the formation of our Diocese, we find that out of a total
population of the City of Montreal, viz., 57,725, there were
3,903 adherents of the Church of England.

In the Census of 1861, and eleven years after Bishop
Ful ford's arrival, we find the population of Montreal had
increased to 90,320, out of whom there were 9,739 Epis
copalians, more than double the last census.

Montreal's population in 1871 was 107,225 out of
which no less than 11,573 were of the Church of England,
an increase of 1834 since the last census in 1861, but the

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great increases begin from the times of Bishop Bond and
in the census of 1881 and that of 1891 we mark a wonder
ful progress which culminated in the census of 1901.

We find then that the Church of England population
of the City of Montreal, outnumbered that of both the
Presbyterians and Methodists put together, and I doubt
not when the next Census of 1911 arrives, we will see and
be astonished at the results.

There is no doubt that our Church of the present day
exceeds any other Protestant denomination in the Diocese,
.in building churches and chapels throughout the city, its
environs and the country at large.

Much of the history of the Diocese will be found em
bodied in the sketches of the early founders of our Church.
The present generation of clergy have no idea of the
terrible hardships and exposure of these pioneers in the
founding and nourishing of stations begun, which almost
all of them, are now independent rectories or flourishing
incumbencies.

Bishop Farthing in a late address thus speaks of the
growth of the Church and the labors of the Old Pioneers
of the Diocese :

"When we look back to the small beginnings of the
church's work fifty years ago and see what our fathers
did then in their comparative poverty, and see how God
has blessed their faith and labor of love, surely this gen
eration is able to do much more, will do much more in its
wealth, amid its luxury and lavish display, it will do more
for God and His Kingdom."

The Diocese of Montreal comprises the following
counties : Bagot, Shefford, Brome, Richelieu, St. Hya-
cinthe, Rouville, Iberville, Missisquoi, Vercheres, Cham-
bly, St. John, Laprairie, Napierville, Chateauguay, Hun
tingdon, Beauharnois, Soulanges, Vaudreuil, Berthier,
Joliette, L'Assomption, Montcalm, Montreal, Hochelaga,
Jacques Cartier, Laval, Terrebonne, Two Mountains,
Argenteuil, Ottawa and Pontiac.

PART II.

SKETCHES OF THE FIVE BISHOPS OF THE DIOCESE OF
MONTREAL FROM 1850 and 1910.

FULFORD, THE MOST REVEREND FRANCIS, D.D.,
BISHOP OF MONTREAL AND METROPOLITAN OF CANADA,

was the second son of Baldwin Fulford, Esq., of Great
Fulford. Born at Sidmouth, 1803. Graduated BA. at
Exeter College, Oxford, 1824, and next year elected a
Fellow of his College. In 1826, ordained Deacon at
Norwich Cathedral and Priest in 1828, in the Cath
edral of Exeter. In 1832 was presented by the
Duke of Rutland to the Rectory of Trowbridge,
which he occupied ten years. In 1838 he was
appointed Chaplain to Her Royal Highness the late
Duchess of Gloucester, and in 1842, having resigned the
Rectory of Trowbridge, was appointed to that of Croy-
don, which he retained until 1845, when nominated by
Earl Howe and licensed by the Bishop of London as
Minister of Curzon Chapel, May fair. On the erection of
Montreal into a separate Diocese, Dr. Fulford was
nominated by the Crown as First Bishop, and in 1850
he was consecrated at Westminster Abbey. In Sept
ember 12 of the same year His Lordship arrived at Mont
real, and at once entered upon his new dutes. In 1859 the
Canadian Dioceses petitioned Her Majesty to appoint one
of the Canadian Bishops to "preside over the General
Assemblies of the Church in the Province." In the year
following letters patent were issued, promoting the Right
Reverend Francis Fulford, D.D., Bishop of Montreal, to
the office of Metropolitan of Canada.

LIFE AND WORK IN THE DIOCESE.

Now let me extract from "The Montreal Gazette," the
account of the Bishop's arrival in his Diocese : "The

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Bishop of Montreal, accompanied by Mrs. Fulford and
their son and daughter, arrived at 7.30 in the morning, in
the steamer Burlington, at St. John's. He was met there
by the Bishop of Quebec and a number of clergy and
laymen."

On arriving at Montreal, on the 1 2th of September,
1850, the Bishop was warmly received by the clergy and
laity. We insert part of the Bishop's answer to the address
of the clergy.
"Dr. Bethune,

"I receive, with sincere thanks, the kind welcome and
hearty congratulations expressed in the address which you
have now presented to me in the name of the clergy of
the Diocese of Montreal, on this my first arrival. I
esteem myself most fortunate in having been called to
preside over a Diocese in which I shall find so large a body
of the clergy devoting themselves, with zeal and single-
heartedness, to the work of the ministry. I trust that the
measure now completed, whereby you have been provided
with a Bishop for the separate Diocese of Montreal, by
enabling your Diocesan to be brought into more frequent
communication with all his clergy, to make more regular
visitations through the several parishes, and give more
distinct and careful attention to the various details which
may be brought under his notice, will be productive of all
that benefit to the Church which we have been led to
anticipate.

"It will be my earnest desire to take the earliest oppor
tunity of becoming personally acquainted with all my
clergy, and I hope to live amongst them in the closest
relations of confidential intercourse and mutual regard."

EXTRACT FROM THE CHARGE OF THE BISHOP TO THE CLERGY
JANUARY, 1852, AT THE PRIMARY VISITATION, HELD IN
THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH.

The Primary Visitation of the Bishop of a new Diocese
marks an important epoch in our ecclesiastical annals; and
I doubt not that we all have looked forward to this occasion

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of our assembling together with no small degree of interest
and anxious expectation.

It is my wish, in the first place, to direct your atten
tion to the real position, which, as members of the United
Church of England and Ireland, we occupy in this Diocese.
While spiritually we are identified with the Churcn in the
Mother Country— emanating from her, * using the same
Liturgy, subscribing the same Articles, blessed with the
same apostolic ministry, visibly forming part of the same
ecclesiastical body, and claiming as our own all her mighty
champions, confessors, and martyrs — yet in a political
sense, and as regards temporalities, and everything that
is understood by a legal establishment, or as conferring
special privileges above other religious communities, we are
in a totally dissimilar situation.

It cannot be thought unreasonable that we should all
anxiously seek a remedy for this evil. It was a full con
sciousness of our unsatisfactory state in this respect that
influenced the Bishops assembled at Quebec at our recent
Episcopal Conference, when we unanimously agreed
amongst others, to a resolution expressing opinions almost
identical with those which we lately embodied in the pro
ceedings of our "Church Society," at one of the meetings
of the Central Board, viz. : "That in consequence of the
anomalous state of the Church of England in these Colo
nies with reference to its general government, and the
doubts entertained as to the validity of any code of
ecclesiastical law, the Bishops of these Dioceses experience
great difficulty in acting in accordance with their episcopal
commission and prerogatives, and their decisions are liable
to misconstruction, as if emanating from their individual
will, and not from the general body of the Church; and
that therefore it was considered desirable that the Bishops,
Clergy, and Laity of the Church of England, in each
Diocese, should meet together in Synod at such times and
in such manner as may be agreed; the laity meeting by
representation, and that their representatives must be com-

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municants." I most firmly believe that a provision, such
as is thus recommended, for the purpose of supplying
sufficient means of self-government for the Church (having
reference of course only to those who, by voluntarily
joining our communion, must necessarily be subject to its
rules), would not only have the happiest influence on the
Church at large, but would also strengthen the true and
legitimate influence of the Bishop, and cause increased
reverence and respect for his office and authority.

But whatever may be the ecclesiastical constitution
of the Church to which we belong, whatever provision may
be made for its self-government, however suitably adapted
to the circumstances in which we are placed in relation to
the civil powers, and our fellow-citizens around us, it is
still for us to remember that, under any circumstances,
no blessing can be looked for upon our Zion, no growth
and increase of spiritual life within her courts, unless there
be also present with us faithful, godly, and laborious
ministers, God's Remembrancers, Watchmen in Israel,
who shall bear witness for the truth by their lives as well
as by their doctrine, and point out to their flocks the way
to heaven by walking in it themselves. The teaching of
Gospel truths in the preaching, and the exemplification of
Gospel obedience in the lives of the ministers of Christ
are a great and powerful means in the hand of the Lord,
for pulling down the strongholds of Satan and establish
ing the Kingdom of God. But while publishing to others
"the glad tidings" of salvation, let us for ourselves "make
our own calling and election sure;" let us strive to observe
that steady consistency of character in our general con
versation, that gravity of deportment that becomes our
holy office; and "keep our own bodies under, and bring
them into subjection, lest while preaching to others we our
selves become castaways." Besides being our interest, this
is our bounden duty for promoting the success of our
ministry; since, whatever grace may attach to direct
ministerial acts, "which be effectual, because of Christ's
institution and promise," yet the prayers of an ungodly

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man can be of little use to others, and no unction can be
hoped for to descend on the people from the skirts of our
garments, unless we ourselves have received an anointing
from above. Moreover unless we have analyzed the tear
of penitence when dropping from our own eye, how can
we recognize it when bedewing a brother's cheek ? unless
we ourselves have tasted of the bread of life, how can we
describe to others its strengthening powers ? unless we
have drank of the fountain of life, how tell them of its
cleansing and refreshing virtues ? unlesb we ourselves
"have been with Jesus," and with Him, "entered within the
veil," how can we enlarge upon the excellence of His com
munion, the fulness of His .temple, or the splendours of
His throne ?

It would be easy to bring a multitude of examples to
prove that whatever deference may generally have been
paid by the Western Church (for the Eastern Church has
in all ages witnessed against the Papal claims) to the
Bishop of Rome, as being the chief ecclesiastical authority
in the ancient capital of the Empire, still obedience or
submission to his authority or decisions was never held as
a necessary article of faith, or his supremacy acknowledged.
The rejection of this unwarranted usurpation of
authority over all other Churches by the Bishop of Rome,
was the first actual step, and practically the most important
one- in the Reformation of the English Church in the six
teenth century; and being thus set free from all foreign
jurisdiction, and consequently from any necessary sub
mission to every custom, or belief in every doctrine, which
may happen at the time to be in force at Rome and to have
the papal sanction, the Church in England was able to
consider in detail what further reforms either in doctrine
or discipline were required. It was not a work completed
at once, or by one generation of men; but in the end it
resulted in two inestimable blessings, which we now possess
as our inheritance, which have preserved to us "the truth
once delivered to the saints;" and which, I trust, we shall
faithfully hand down to those that come after us.

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The first and greatest of these blessings was the Bible,
which now once more received its due reverence and regard ;
and, having been translated into the language known and
used by the people, was placed by command in all churches
and places of public worship, that it might be read by all
for their guidance and comfort, and be referred to by all
who, respecting any matters of faith or doctrine, wished
to "search the Scriptures to see whether these things were
so." And it is the great excellence of the Church, to which
we belong, that, in all her formularies and articles, she
shrinks from no enquiry, and fears no comparison with the
Written Word; and teaches expressly in her 6th Article,
that "Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to
Salvation, so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may
be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man that
it should be believed as an Article of Faith, or be thought
requisite or necessary to Salvation."

The other blessing I refer to is "The Book of Common
Prayer," which serves not only as our guide and assistant
in public worship, and in most simple and spiritual lan
guage leads us with one mind and one voice to praise and
worship God; but it also provides us with confessions of
faith, and standards of doctrinal truth, by means of
which the maintenance of a full and pure system of Chris
tian belief is always preserved, and the Gospel-message
necessarily set forth before men.

The influence of such an authorized exposition of the
Church, so simple, so scriptural, to which the Clergy are
required to .subscribe their unfeigned assent, and pledge
themselves to conform, and which serves as the general
Liturgy to be used in all our places of worship, cannot
but be most beneficial, as a standard of doctrine, and
witness of the identity of that Reformed Faith, which it
embodies. Any mere subscription to a confession of
Faith, or Articles of Religion, by the Clergy at their
Ordination, or Institution to a charge, can never produce
the same results. Such a subscription is an act complete
in itself and testifying to the opinions of the subscribers
at the time, but carrying with it no perpetual check, and

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bearing no audible testimony in case of subsequent unfaith
fulness. Notwithstanding the many trials and persecu
tions which the Church of England has undergone during
the last three centuries, notwithstanding the violent con
troversies, which have been raised within her own com
munion, yet she still holds fast to the same great Catholic
truths, continues faithful to the principles upon which she
was reformed, believes only what the Church has always
believed, and preserves her unity with the whole body of
Christ, "built upon the foundation of the Apostles and
Prophets, Jesus Christ being himself the chief corner-stone.'/
To you, my brethren, however, who officiate as Minis
ters of Christ, and conduct the public services of the
Church, it belongs to see that the people, who wait on
your ministrations, have the full benefit of that provision,
which has thus been made for them. Let not any
irreverence or carelessness, on your parts, in the per
formance of your duties, lead the people to forget the
nature of these services, or to 'Whom it is that your prayers
are addressed. Teach them by your manner, as well as
by your words, the meaning and importance of the work,
in which you are engaged, and that "God is very greatly
to be feared in the council of the saints, and to be had
in reverence of all them that are round about Him.'' There
is no one point perhaps (especially with the mixed popula
tion amongst whom you dwell) which it is more necessary
to keep ever before them; without it your "prayers will
be an abomination to the Lord," an insult to His Majesty,
and the rich blessings of the Gospel will be an encourage
ment to sin. However rude the building in which you
may assemble for divine worship, however few or humble
the worshippers, "where two or three are gathered together
in the name of Christ, there He is present in the midst of
them;" therefore be ye very careful how ye pray, and
what ye speak. Remember that your business is not
merely to deliver a message or to preach certain important
doctrines, but to watch over your flocks and to train

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souls for heaven; so that they may be fitted to join with
the people of God in those holy and blessed services,
which will be the employment and the joy of the followers
of the Lamb for ever and ever.

Where shall we look for a supply of those faithful,
godly and laborious ministers, and without whom, not
only will it not avail to perfect our ecclesiastical organ
ization, and make arrangement for our better government
and discipline, but the purity of our reformed faith will
be unvalued, and our public services without a blessing.
In former times the Church in these Colonies looked almost
necessarily to England, both for the maintenance of her
ministers, and also for the ministers themselves, who were
to officiate. "Beautiful upon the mountains," and amidst
the woods and desolate places of Canada have been "the
feet" of many of those holy and self-denying men, who
were the first to "bring good tidings and publish peace"
to the rude settlers in the wilderness — men whose names
live in honour amongst us, and the fruit of whose labours
we are now enjoying. There may, however, be reasons
why we cannot, if we wished it, depend upon a continued
supply from this source; and if it were available, it might
not always be desirable.

The College which the Bishop of Quebec, while
administering the affairs of the undivided Diocese, found
ed at Lennoxville, in 1845, has already supplied us with
no less than ten of our present Clergy — and those not
the least faithful of our body. And though it is not now
within the limits of this Diocese, it is still open for us to
enjoy the benefit of it, and I have myself been appointed
one of its Trustees.

Finally, my Rev. Brethren, if the present be with us
in many ways "a day of small things," it is also, I feel
sure, a day of hope; if we are conscious of our weakness
we must only be led by it more earnestly, in dependence
on God's blessing, to seek to "strengthen the things that*
remain." But although we be little among the mighty

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gatherings of the people around us, yet have we fellow
ship with a countless host, whose tents are spread through
out all the world, and whose voices are heard in one
united strain of prayers and praises in the courts of the
Lord's House. 'The world is everywhere full of excite
ment, eager after progress, and pleased with novelty;
Human kind rejoices in the might
Of mutability.

But the Church of Christ, like her great Head, is in
all her great principles of faith and doctrine "the same
yesterday, to-day, and for ever." She may be rich or
poor, settled or missionary, persecuted by a Diocletian,
or served by a Theodosius, but still her identity as a
spiritual body is maintained, her faith unchanged, "built
upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus
Christ being himself the chief corner-stone." Nor shall
the principles of "Apostolic order and Evangelical truth,"
by which we stand, fail, though the light be quenched in
one or more of its present candlesticks. The English
Church of the Reformation, for a while insular, now has
her home in every quarter of the world. She embodies
facts which are known and recognized. She appeals both
to the Bible as the foundation, and to Catholic testimony
as the witness of "the faith once delivered to the saints."
She has been planted and taken root in these Provinces,
in the United States, in the East and West Indies, in
Australasia, in Southern Africa, and everywhere has raised
up seed, and is full of reproductive life."

"While he was quietly but systematically thus making
arrangements and bending influences for more effectually
carrying forward church work in his Diocese, one of those
unlooked-for events took place which go far towards
destroying the best laid plans, for Christ Church, the
Cathedral Church of his Diocese, was wholly consumed
by fire. The work of destruction was so complete that it
became necessary to build afresh. For several reasons it
was deemed expedient not only to select a new site, but

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to determine that the new structure 'should be beautiful
exceedingly/ a visible commentary on the words of Solo
mon, when he said, 'the house which I build is great, for
great is our God above all gods.' On the 2ist of May,
1857, it was the Bishop's privilege to lay the foundation
stone of the new building — a work which, in days future,
will probably be regarded as a monument to the memory
of the first Bishop of the Diocese and of the first Dean of
the Cathedral of Montreal. On Advent Sunday, 1859,
he had the happiness to preach the opening sermon. Those
days and months and years of sacrifice, afterwards, were
lightened with the holy exercise of faith and hope and
prayer, for, like most honest exertion, they were followed
by reward at last. One of the great purposes of the
Bishop's life was fulfilled ere that life was closed; for
the Cathedral debt was paid before he died."

In 1859 the Diocesan Synods of Quebec, Toronto and
Montreal, being three out of four of the Canadian Dioceses,
petitioned Her Majesty to appoint one of the Canadian
Bishops to "preside over the General Assemblies of the
Church in the Province." These petitions were received
very graciously, and in 1860 letters patent were issued pro
moting the Right Reverend Francis Fulford, D.D., Bishop
of Montreal, to the office of Metropolitan of Canada, and
elevating the See of Montreal to the dignity of a Metro-
political See with the City of Montreal as the seat of that
See.

On the loth of September, 1861, "The first Provincial
Synod of the United Church of England and Ireland, in
Canada, was begun and holden at the City of Montreal."

OPENING OF THE FIRST SYNOD OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

Extracts of the Address by the Bishop at the Meeting of
Clergy and Lay -Dele gates, Montreal, June *]th, 1859.

We are met on an important and interesting occasion
—one that has brought together a large proportion of the
Clergy, so large, indeed, that there are but two clergymen

2o HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

of the Diocese, now in Canada, who are not here this
day, and nearly every church is represented by one or
more Lay Delegates. It will be recollected that this is
not the first occasion of our meeting together to take into
consideration the subject now before us. After two other
previous meetings, we met, in 1856, in large numbers, and
had a long and able debate on the advisability of forming
ourselves into a Diocesan Synod.

Our previous meetings were not, I think, thrown away.
None who were then present can regret that we met, and
that the subject was discussed so fully in a debate, which
reflected credit in all who took part in it, and which
caused respect to be felt for the Church to which we belong.

Besides the duty laid upon us of providing for the
establishment of the Synod in this Diocese for the purpose
of forming rules and canons for the better administration
of our affairs, there are great advantages in so many
gentlemen meeting together to consult and to hear the
opinions of others, and to carry back to their respective
localities a fresher zeal for the prosecution of the work in
which they are engaged. And still further why there
should be no delay, there is this other reason — that you
are empowered, yourselves, to proceed to the election of
the individual who may, on a vacancy of the See become
your future Bishop; and the necessity for a Synod being
obvious, the questions which remain are the terms and con
ditions on which we shall commence. Whatever laws shall
be made,are binding on all of us.

I wish to be placed over a united -Diocese, and believ
ing that much good will follow from the organization of
a Synod, if carried on in a proper spirit, I feel at the same
time that important consequences must follow from the
temper, spirit, and manner in which it is commenced,
endeavouring to keep "the unity of the spirit in the bond
of peace."

The following resolution, moved, by Col. S. Baker,
of Dunham, and seconded by the Honourable George

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21

Moffatt, was carried, and the Synod of the Diocese was
constituted. "We, the Bishop, Clergy and Lay Delegates
now assembled, do hereby accept the said Acts, and
declare ourselves a Synod for the Diocese of Montreal, and
will proceed to the consideration of the Constitution and
Regulations to be adopted for the due ordering of the
same : — no rule, canon, law or regulation to be in force
in this Diocese as the act of this Synod, unless it shall
have received the concurrent assent of the Bishop, the
Clergy, and the Lay Delegates, to be determined by a
majority of votes, the same to be taken separately, in each
order, whenever it shall be required."

It seems that the Bishop had a presentiment that -he
would not live long. He, as it were "Set his House in
order" before he died. This year he was full of the
Lambeth Conference— this year he saw the old Church
Society and the Synod merged into one organization, and
henceforth to be "The Synod of the Diocese of Montreal."
In the last Report (i/th) of the Church Society (which was
established in 1850, it says thus: "We meet to-day as
the Church Society of Montreal for the last time." In the
closing report occurs a beautiful peroration which must
be inserted here and will be read with tearful interest by
many.

"The Board will close their Report by reminding the
Clergy who occupy the smaller stations, the outlying posts
of the camp of Israel, how important to the safety and
success of the great cause of missions it is, that those posts
should be held by able and faithful men. They may
appear small and comparatively unimportant. The work
done may not, in the annual report, swell out in numbers
or amounts; but this is no sound rule of judgment. The
Redeemer had but one solitary woman as a congregation
when he preached the glorious sermon of the water of life;
three disciples only were present when Moses and Elias
talked with Christ on the Mount; the infant Church, twelve
in number, were in the barque, when He walked on the

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waters and calmed their fears. Mary alone was proxy
for the human race to welcome the risen King on the morn
ing of His resurrection, and the Judge of all the earth
declared of the widow's gift, she hath cast in more than
they all. Numbers and amounts are no necessary or in
fallible elements of just calculation in that kingdom which
Christ says, is not of this world. But the rule is thus :
"she hath done what she could" — "she hath cast in her all."
The humble missionary who in the Gatineau or the Town
ships in winter's cold and summer's heat, faithful, loving,
untiring, does and gives all he can, is equally near and
dear to the Saviour, as if he ministered in the glorious
Abbey or crowded Cathedral of St. Paul."

On Tuesday, the i6th of June, 1868, the annual meet
ing of the Diocesan Synod took place at Montreal. The
Metropolitan preached, and on the same day delivered an
address which was unusually interesting.

He knew not that he was addressing the clergy and
laity of his Diocese for the last time. Like the beloved
Apostle, he had "no new commandment to give," for his
last, like his first words were beauty laden with lessons of
forbearance and charity, of peace and unity. Almost
immediately after the close of the Diocesan Synod, he
visited the Eastern Townships and attended the annual
Convocation of the University of Bishop's College,
Lennoxville.

Afterwards His Lordship made a Confirmation tour
through the Deanery of St. Andrews.

"Six days before the time appointed for the meeting
of the Provincial Synod, the Metropolitan returned to
Montreal, and began to take measures for the meeting at
which it was his duty to preside. But his work was done,
a sense of oppressive weariness overtook him, and a desire
for rest. The disease to which he was prone no longer
yielded to the influence of medicine. While many were
watching anxiously the ebb of his retreating life, he was
only concerned about the duty he could no longer dis
charge. Like Wolfe, when dying on the plains of

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Abraham, or like Nelson, in the Bay of Trafalgar, the
sense of duty triumphed over death, for in the midst of
suffering and weakness, when clouds and darkness were
gathering about him, his enquiry was "How is the Synod
getting on.' ':

On the gth of September, 1868, in obedience to the
summons of the Metropolitan, the Triennial Meeting of
the Provincial Synod took place. The usual service was
held in the Cathedral, and the Bishop of Rupert's Land
preached. The services, as well as the informal meeting
of the delegates that followed, were in the highest degree
affecting. Some conversation took place at the latter on
the peculiar and trying circumstances in which the Synod
found itself, as well as on the course it would be advisable
to pursue. Then an adjournment to the following day
was agreed upon. The Synod then separated. When it
again assembled, the Metropolitical See was vacant, the
soul of the Primate had ascended with the evening sacrifice
to God. On the gth of September, 1868, at twenty
minutes past six o'clock, literally at the "fall of eve," the
blessed words ADESTE FlDELES were, it may have been, by
holy voices spoken, for the soul of the pilgrim, who in
weakness and suffering had been struggling on the "thorn
road," was borne beyond the brightness of the sun, and
amidst the joy of angels, lodged in the light of God.

Three days afterwards, on the I2th of September,
the funeral took place.

"But while the funeral arrangements were conspicuous
for their simplicity, they were accompanied with ex
pressions of public sorrow that were almost universal.
Every class of. society was seen amongst those who fol
lowed his hearse, and stood by his grave. Officers of the
Civil and Military departments were there, together with
the Provosts of Universities, and the members of the
learned professions. Clergymen from every part of Can
ada, and ministers of various Christian denominations
were there, together with some of the Jewish persuasion.

24 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

The Clerical and Lay Delegates in attendance at the Pro
vincial Synod were there, including Presbyters, who had
received their orders with the imposition of his hands, and
who in some instances stood hard by the place where on
tressel pedestals and in the view of that great congregation
the first Metropolitan of Canada slept his last sleep.
Tearful eyes were there, and sad hearts too. Hearts that
revered their Bishop and loved their Church. Meanwhile
the grand <rfgan throbbed like muffled music, and with
subtle power seemed to articulate the general grief. When
it sank into silence, the voice of the Very Reverend Dean
Bethune, the friend and commissary of the deceased
Prelate, in accents weakened alike with age and grief,
slowly repeated the words of the affecting office for the
burial of the dead. The Dean was followed by the
Venerable Archdeacon Leach, in like manner the dear
friend of the Metropolitan, who read the appointed lesson.
Those sublime words of challenge and victory over death
and the grave had scarcely been uttered, when for the last
time the Metropolitan passed out of the Cathedral, which
he had helped to build, to the Cemetery of Mount Royal,
which he had consecrated and set apart for the burial of
the dead. The tolling of the great bell of the Anglican
Cathedral was answered by the tolling of the great bell
of the Roman Catholic Church of Notre Dame, for the
authorities of the latter, like their Protestant fellow sub
jects, paid spontaneous tribute to the worth and memory
of Bishop Fulford, and hence many gentlemen of French
descent were noticed in the procession which followed his
remains to the grave. That grave was at length reached.
The voice of the Dean was again heard in the solemn words
'we commit his body to the ground,' and then the crumbled
earth fell upon the coffin, and dust and ashes welcomed
their kindred. The peaceful benediction pronounced by
the Reverend Canon Bond followed the concluding prayer,
and then the grave was closed. When all was over and
men whispered one with another as the sextons plied their
calling, some one remarked, that that day was an im-

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portant anniversary in the history of the Anglican Church
in Canada, for it was on the I2th of September, 1836,
that the Right Rev. G. J. Mountain, as the suffragan of
the Bishop of Quebec and bore the title of Bishop of
Montreal, arrived in his Diocese; and it was on that day
fourteen years afterwards on the I2th of September,
1850, that the first Bishop of the Diocese of Montreal and
the first Metropolitan of Canada, arrived in the city; and
on the 1 2th of Septembet, 1868, the mortal remains of
him who had received both commissions, and discharged
the duties of both offices, who had won the highest honours
in, and dispensed the fullest powers of the Canadian
Church, were placed in the quiet earth."

OXENDEN, THE MOST REVEREND ASHTON, D.D.,
BISHOP OF MONTREAL AND METROPOLITAN OF CANADA,

was born at Broome Park, Kent, 1808. In 1831
graduated B.A. at University College, Oxford, and
was ordained Deacon by the Archbishop of Canterbury,
and advanced next year to the Priesthood. He began
his ministerial duties in the Parish of Barham, near
Canterbury, while in Deacon's orders. In 1848 removed
to the Rectory of Pluckley, which he retained until 1869.
Was in 1864 appointed an Honorary Canon of Canterbury
Cathedral. In 1869 he was elected to the Metropolitan
See of Montreal, and in August of the same year was
consecrated at Westminster Abbey by the Archbishop of
Canterbury, assisted by the Bishops of London, Rochester
and Ely.

An interregnum of many months intervened from the
death of the late bishop to the consecration of the second.
In 1869 Ashton Oxenden was nominated to the See, and
in August of the same year consecrated.

He was only known in Montreal and even in all Can
ada, by the many religious works he had published, some
of which reached editions of fifty, a hundred and a hun-

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dred and fifty thousand copies. His great work in the
Diocese was, undoubtedly, the Diocesan College. This was
forced upon him by the rapid development of the country
and Diocese and the almost impossibility of securing, in
any other way, a satisfactory supply of clergy to meet the
increasing needs of the Diocese.' This most important
work began in the library of the Synod Hall, and was
there carried on for eight years, under the energetic and
able management of the late Rev. Dr. Henderson. Through
the munificence of that large-hearted churchman, Mr. A.
F. Gault, it was removed to a large building in Dorchester
street, almost opposite the Windsor Hotel, and here it
flourished still more, till, in 1879, it was incorporated, and
in 1880 affiliated to the University of McGill. It has done
an incalculable amount of good for the Diocese, which
can be seen in the present list of clergy. Over one-half,
perhaps, have been educated in the Diocesan College.

After ruling the Diocese till 1878, failing health com
pelled him to resign and return to England. He died at
one of the watering places in France in the spring of 1892.

The following, by Bishop Bond, is a tribute to Bishop
Oxenden : "In this new world, history advances s<r
swiftly, that already the circumstances and detail of
Bishop Oxenden's administration are being hidden from
view by new men, new thoughts and new requirements. But
his good, solid work on our behalf remains, and we value
and respect, without always being able to discern, the
thoughtful and conscientious mind from which it emanated.
He found the Church in Montreal possessed of little
endowment at a time when the S.P.G. was steadily and
continuously withdrawing its support. To meet this
difficulty of the future he set himself with energy and
perseverance to build up the Sustentation Fund, and
brought the claims of the Mission Fund to the front in a
manner never seriously attempted before. He perceived
also the necessity for a Canadian Diocesan trained clergy,
and to meet the want founded the Theological College,
which opened under his auspices in a single room with one

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professor and two students. This institution is still in its
infancy, but it will not be many years older before it
justifies its own existence by its usefulness, popularity and
educational success. It takes a long time to establish a
college, without property or endowment, on a sure footing;
but the elements of success are in our college, and even
should it be allowed to languish for a while for want of
funds it will not die. May it live to carry on the honored
memory of its founder, and to cultivate as he did every
Christian grace and virtue. Coming to this country in late
middle life, Bishop Oxenden could not always appreciate
his surroundings, but he adapted himself to our newer and,
perhaps, rougher ways with a quickness and devotion born
of a Christian disposition in which culture and Christianity
together made themselves felt. When the weight of years
warned him that he would not be able to bear the fatigue
of constant travel in a climate, the extremes of which try
even those inured to them from youth, he left us to return
to the milder temperature of his native land."

PART OF THE SECOND METROPOLITAN'S PRIMARY ADDRESS TO

THE SYNOD.

Having been summoned by the unanimous vote of the
Clerical and Lay representatives of the Church in this
Diocese, when solemnly assembled in Synod, I felt that I
had no alternative but to leave my quiet retreat in Eng
land, where I had watched over a simple and affectionate
people for one and twenty years, to obey at once your call,
and to come among you as your elected Bishop.

I felt that under such circumstances your call was the
echo, as it were, of a higher summons from above; and I
regarded the expression of your wishes as indicative of
the will of God. I came out therefore to fill my allotted
post, not without sundry misgivings, but at the same time
with a strongly impressed conviction, and I may also say
with an assured confidence, that He, who seemed so plainly
to have marked out my path, and who Himself knew all

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my deficiences, would give me the needed strength, the
requisite wisdom, and the grace to fit me for my new and
unexpected work.

During the ten months that I have exercised my
episcopal office among you, I may truly say that I have
never once regretted the step which I have taken. The
kind and generous reception which I met with on my first
arrival from the inhabitants of this city and Diocese; the
cordial and affectionate desire shewn by the Clergy to
carry out my wishes; and the very hearty co-operation of
the Laity, who have evinced a zeal for the Church's wel
fare, as well as a respect for my office, which at once
endears them to me— these would of themselves be sufficient
to call forth my thankfulness, and make me content with
my present lot. But I have yet further cause for gratitude
from the marked way in which God has, in answer to my
prayers, been graciously pleased to endue me with bodily
strength, such as I have not experienced for years past,
and to afford me other helps to fit me for the emergencies
of my new position. To Him I desire thus publicly to
give the praise.

I cannot help taking this early opportunity of acknow
ledging the debt I owe to my justly revered and beloved
predecessor, for the great work he achieved, with your
assistance, in laying the foundation, and building up to
its present height, the Church in this Diocese, with all its
syncdical and other organization. It is indeed a glorious
structure, which will ever bear the impress of his wisdom,
his intelligence, and his Christian character. He has been
the "wise Master Builder" ; and it remains for his success
ors to rear the spiritual edifice, according to the model
which he has designed with such consummate care and skill.
There are many features in our Canadian Church system,
especially as regards its synodical character, which have
called forth the unqualified admiration of our brethren in
the Mother Country. And all that we now want is from
time to time the infusion of fresh life into it, that life of
which the Holy Spirit is alone the Author and Giver.

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I have, on other occasions borne my willing testimony
to the general character of those who minister in holy
things among us. I doubt if there is any Bishop who can
boast of a more laborious, self-denying, earnest Clergy
than those who are working under my episcopal superin
tendence.

I cannot but speak with much thankfulness of the
general harmony of views which exists among us, and of
the soundness, faithfulness, and moderation, which for
the most part mark the preaching from our pulpits. There
will ever be some few whose opinions reach the extreme line
of what the Church permits; but I am not aware of any
within my Diocese who are so decidedly overstepping that
line as to call for my interference. Still there are some,
whom I would gladly see conforming more heartily to the
general feeling and spirit of the Church in which they
serve. And I am extremely anxious that by a little modi
fication of practice, and by the exercise of a conciliatory
spirit, there may be brought about a more entire conformity
throughout the Diocese, especially in the ordinary mode
of conducting our services. I hope that those who feel
with me in this matter will be willing to make a sacrifice
of their own cherished opinions, where at least no sacred
principle is involved, in order to attain this desirable end ;
and that they will boldly lead the way in making such
concessions.

On the appointment of a clergyman to any leading
parish or mission, I propose in future, either to induct him
into his charge myself in the presence of the whole con
gregation, or to commission some one of my Clergy to act
as my representative in so doing. The entrance of a
clergyman into a new sphere of labor, and his reception
by the congregation, I feel to be of so solemn a nature,
that the opening service in which* he takes part ought to
be marked by some public ceremony befitting the occasion.
I have prepared a Form of Service for this purpose, which
is chiefly borrowed from one in use in the sister Church of
America.

30 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

The training of our candidates for Holy Orders is not
altogether on a satisfactory footing. The fact of our
Theological College being at a distance, places us at a
disadvantage. And I should certainly be thankful if I
could gather my candidates for the sacred Ministry around
me here at Montreal, where I could watch their characters
and conduct, and superintend their preparation for the
ministry. I feel unwilling, however, without more mature
consideration to interfere with the present arrangement as
regards the College at Lennoxville. But if it should even
tually be found desirable to move the Theological Depart
ment, nearer home, I doubt not that I should obtain from
the churchmen of the Diocese the needed help to enable
me to carry out the project. My present conviction is that,
if we had in this city a Theological Institution, with a
building worthy of its character, it would prove an immense
blessing to the Diocese.

I have now only a few more words to add regarding
the present Synod, which I have to-day the privilege of
opening, and over which I have the still greater privilege
of presiding. I have looked forward to its meeting with
some degree of anxiety, knowing the influence which its
calm and dignified bearing will have upon the Church at
large, and feeling the great responsibility of the part in
it which I am called to take. But of this I am assured,
that if He whose aid we have solemnly invoked, is Him
self with us, my anxiety will be exchanged for thankful
ness. The eyes of many of our brother churchmen are
turned towards Canada at the present time; let it be seen,
from the temper we display at our Synod meetings, that
we can come together as Christian brethren, and separate
with our hearts warmed, and our spirits calmed and
chastened.

And may I not also express a hope, an earnest hope,
that the Clerical members of this Synod may have come
here prepared to lay aside their sectional differences— that
from the tone which prevails within these walls it may be
happily apparent to all that the spirit of party is speedily
dying out, and that the spirit of union is taking its place.

RIGHT REV. ARCHBISHOP BOND.

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Try to forget, my Reverend Brethren any little spe
cialties, either of doctrine or practice, which have in days
past ranged you on separate sides; and think only of the
greatness of those matters on which you are sent here to
deliberate, and of His honour which should be dearer to
you than all else. Look at each question which shall come
before you, not as to how it will affect yourselves, but how
it will affect the Church at large.

I have full confidence in those who are now before me,
that they will strive to promote the feeling which I have
expressed; and that their chief forbearance will be ex
ercised towards myself, in presiding for the first time over
this important Assembly.

BOND, THE RIGHT REVEREND WILLIAM
BENNETT, LL.D.,

BISHOP OF MONTREAL.

Born at Truro, Cornwall, England, 1815. Educated
in London. Was M.A. of Lennoxville, and LL.D. of
McGill College, Montreal. Came to ^Canada and
studied for Holy Orders. Ordained Deacon in 1840
at Quebec, and Priest in 1841 at Montreal, by the Right
Reverend G. J. Mountain. Was appointed a Travelling
Missionary, residing at Lachine. In 1848, appointed to
the Parish of St. George's, Montreal, which he retained up
to 1878, when he was elected, i6th of October, to \he See
of Montreal. Was, for several years previous to his con
secration, Archdeacon of Hochelaga and Dean of Mont
real. Was consecrated in St. George's Church, on 25th
January, 1879, by the Bishops of Fredericton, Nova Scotia, lflfarfift
Quebec, Ontario, Niagara and Algoma. Installed in the yg/J^*
Episcopal Throne, in the Cathedral Church, Montreal, 26th J? ,!
January, 1879. 4H^wr

On the resignation of Bishop Oxen den, the Diocese <

unanimously elected the popular and worthy Rector of St.

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George's as its head. He had been connected with that
Church for the long period of thirty years, and had passed
through all the offices of rural dean, canon, archdeacon,
and dean, previous to his elevation to the episcopate.

After his election he withdrew his claim to the title of
Metropolitan, it going to the Bishop of Fredericton, as the
oldest occupant of the episcopal bench. Yet in the irony
of fate, after many years, the title returned to him, with
the higher ones of Archbishop and Primate of all Canada.
During his episcopate the supply of clergy was never
lacking, and now nearly one-half of all the presbyters of
the Diocese have received their ecclesiastical training in the
Diocesan College. On account of this expansion it became
necessary to look out for larger quarters for the College,
and once more the generous donor of former years came
to the rescue, and in 1895 the present beautiful building
was erected at his sole expense, and a new principal
installed, the Rev. Dr. Hackett, with every prospect of
long years of usefulness and prosperity. Thus has the
Diocese, during its fifty-nine years of life, shown a steady
and notable increase of clergy and institutions.

PART OF THE REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DECEASED MEMBERS
ON THE DEATH OF ARCHIBISHOP BOND.

In the early, grey morning of October 9, 1906, there
entered into rest, William Bennet Bond, Lord Archbishop
of Montreal and Primate of all Canada.

We desire to place on record our appreciation of his
wisdom as a ruler and administrator; our admiration of
his untiring industry in striving to promote all that con
cerned the advancement of public morality and religion;
our respect for his sterling moral character; our reverence
for his simple Christian piety; our love for the generous
moderation with which he dealt with those who differed
from him in opinion and our trust in him as a fearless
champion of all that he believed to be true. In the ad
ministration and work of the Diocese, nothing was a

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 33

trouble. Down to the smallest particulars he familiarized
himself with every department of diocesan affairs. His
industry in the discharge of his Episcopal office was pro
verbial. It was the tireless industry that is begotten of
love. In character, the Archbishop was somewhat austere
and rigid, but age mellowed his faultless moral upright
ness by an infusion of sympathetic charity for the short
comings of others. Coupled with this unbending yet
charitable morality, there went a strong public spirit that
took an interest in every movement for the advancement of
the good of his fellow men. His philanthropy and his
religion were alike characterized by the deepest of all
motives for doing good, viz., the love of Jesus Christ and
the love of man. In was this love that made his strength
of character at once useful and enduring. His public
utterances — strong, sincere and marked with the rugged
eloquence of earnestness — were all characterized by a manly
effort to draw men nearer to God, and to leave them in the
transforming hands of Christ their Saviour.

The Archbishop's simple piety was as much a feature
of the man as any other characteristic that he possessed.
Like all other traits of his character, his piety was both
large and of refined nature. Like Enoch he walked with
God; like Moses he knew God face to face in prayer, and
like the Apostle Paul he could say : "For me to live is
Christ." We cannot doubt, but that his manly piety made
him one in whom Jehovah delighted.

Of his broadmindedness and moderation we need
say little. Here he showed the largeness of the mould in
which his mind was cast. He had no fear but that truth
is mighty, and will eventually prevail. Accordingly he'
could be tolerant and broadminded. The same conviction
was to him a source of constant inspiration to become the
fearless champion of all that was truth and the equally
fearless opponent of all that he felt to be error.

In the Archbishop's death the Diocese of Montreal lost
a father in God of ripened wisdom, a dauntless friend and
a consummate leader ; the City of Montreal lost one of her

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oldest and most respected citizens, and the whole Canadian
Church mourns a Primate of excellent statesmanship and
unsurpassed leadership. In thanking God for all that he
was to us friend, leader, example, counsellor— we pray
that showers of blessings may descend upon his able and
beloved successor.

PART OF THE BISHOP'S PRIMARY CHARGE.

I am conscious that the first words I speak from this
position to the assembly now before me, ought to have
personal allusion to my honored predecessors as well as
to myself. Bear with me for a few moments while I try
to acquit myself of my duty in this respect. The task is
a difficult one, and I approach it with diffidence. I am
called, in the providence of God and by your voice,' to
build on other men's foundation, and a consideration of
the work already done must naturally precede the plan and
promise of my own Episcopate. The wise administration
of the Right Rev. Francis Fulford, Lord Bishop of Mont
real and Metropolitan of Canada, laid the first stones of
the structure with precision and forethought. By him
and by the Church under his guidance, our synodical
action and missionary organization were inaugurated.
When you review the work accomplished in the first ten
years of the existence of our Synod, which were also the
last ten years of the life of that revered Bishop, you must
be struck with the clearness and simplicity of the outline,
the forethought evinced by the laws and regulations laid
down for the government of its members, and the elasti
city and expansiveness of their structure. I desire at the
outset of my work to take advantage of these last charac
teristics, and aim at progress, rather than change. It seems
to me that we have nearly all we need for careful and exact
administration in things pertaining to the temporalities of
our Church; it chiefly remains for us to ascertain the true
spirit of those early canons and by-laws, and expand, and
advance, as occasion may require and experience dictate.
In so doing I shall but carry on one step further the action

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 35

of our late Bishop, the most Rev. Ashton Oxenden,
Metropolitan of Canada, whose piety and learning, and
devotion to the interests of the Church, are fresh in the
memories of all here present. Under his watchful and
experienced administration we made great advance in
method and order. His long service in the mother Church,
both in parish work and as member of Convocation,
enabled him to speak and act with authority, even while
a stranger to our local peculiarities and circumstances. We
learned from him the habit of carrying on our deliberations
with Christian dignity and forbearance, and under his
fostering care our missions specially, and our charitable
institutions generally, grew luxuriantly, to proportions
beyond the most sanguine expectation of those who had
seen the initiation of Synodical existence. Our beloved
Bishop came to us in the year 1869, about the time when
a wave of prosperity, such as periodically visits our city
and country, began to rise, affecting favorably the business
and fortunes of our citizens, and consequently the resources
of our Church. The Bishop took advantage of this pro
vidential circumstance, and by his personal exertion added
materially to a fund which bids fair to be the mainstay
of our mission work — "the Diocesan Sustentation Fund."
He also stimulated by his personal labor and liberality,
the growth and progress of our city congregations, as well
as the institutions and maintenance of a variety of bene
ficial projects calculated to strengthen and adorn the
Church at large. But the fluctuating character of our
prosperity has brought us, in the present, to comparatively
evil days. The tide has receded, leaving bare and un
sightly some places which so lately were smiling and fair
to look upon. Has time, therefore, been lost, or has the
labor of sowing on the waters been bestowed in vain?
Surely not, even where the receding waters have left little
or no visible life. There surely is hidden seed waiting
only favorable conditions to germinate and grow. Besides,
true wisdom and Christian philosophy is to do what we

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can to-day, according to the will of God, and looking for
His blessing.

In order to do all within my power to improve the
condition of the existing staff of clergy, I have hitherto
refused ordination to candidates for the diaconate, and
have encouraged our own deacons to come forward for
Priest's orders. Where our clergy undertake larger fields
of duty than those originally committed to them, either
because the services are distributed or the population has
decreased in number, a substantial recognition of such
work ought to be made. The Rural Dean of St. Andrews,
for example, calls my attention to extra service given in
the Upper Ottawa district, for a period of more than nine
months, by the Rev. W. H. Naylor, whereby congregations
have been kept together and the sick visited, as occasion
required. It might be better, of course, to send another
clergyman, and we may look for some improvement by
means of re-distribution of work; but at best, some of the
cures must be enlarged, because the funds at our disposal
do not admit of the support of more clergy than those
now laboring amongst us. I have cited Mr. Nay lor s case,
because, perhaps, it is one of the most striking, but is by
no means singular. A great deal of such work has been
done during the past winter to my own knowledge, and
very little, if any of it, been paid for.

The Theological College in this city has been con
ducted by the Rev. Canon Henderson, the Principal, with
marked success. There are now ten students. Several of
the clergy and professors of the city have consented to
give lectures to the students on various subjects during
the coming session. I earnestly hope that this College,
which furnished the Church with so many missionaries to
the satisfaction of my beloved predecessor, Bishop
Oxenden, will receive adequate support in the time to come.
Bishop Oxenden's testimnoy is very strong. On four suc
cessive occasions he repeated his conviction that the College
was an absolute necessity, and renewed his thankfulness
for the relief which it afforded him in providing a supply

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of men duly qualified and properly trained for the ministry
of the Church; and my own experience leads me to adopt
most fully all that he then said on the subject : in his
own words, "It is one of the most useful organizations
which has ever been introduced into the Diocese."

THE BISHOP THUS SPEAKS OF THE JUBILEE OF THE DIOCESE.

"A service of jubilee thanksgiving was held October,
1900, in which we offered praise, feeble and halting, as
all such human effort must be, but heartfelt, humble and
true, notwithstanding shortcomings, to the Author and
Giver of all good things. What man can feel self-satis
fied who realizes the Divine Presence? We did what we
could; we offered willingly of our best, in music, in praise;
and we prayed that it might be accepted of God, that God
in whose sight the heavens are not clean, accepted not for
its merit, but for the merit of our Lord Jesus Christ. Con
gratulatory letters were received from several quarters,
including a very kind letter from the Primate of all Can
ada, and one from Mr. Francis Fulford. Two days in
October were set apart for the celebration of the joyous
event.

"On the first day a conference was held in the Diocesan
College, with an evening reception in the same place. The
Right Rev. the Bishop of Vermont gave a most pleasant
address on the opportunities of the Church to be a reconciler
of religious differences, and the Bishop of New York, in
a telling speech, expressed the belief that the unwillingness
to such a movement would not come from his side of the
line. Many other friends made addresses in like cheering
and sympathetic strain. We were also much gratified by
the presence of our respected and patriotic fellow-citizen,
Lord Strathcona, to whom all who dwell in Montreal must
feel indebted for many spontaneous benefits and generos
ities. On the second day, Thursday, the great day of the
jubilee, at 9 a.m., there was a largely attended celebration
of the Holy Communion, in Christ Church Cathedral,

38 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

with an address peculiarly well adapted to the occasion,
and founded on the subject of the day, St. Luke's Day,
by Bishop Potter, of New York. At 2 o'clock about one
hundred and fifty of the clergy and laity partook of a
luncheon at the Windsor Hotel, given in honor of the
visiting bishops. At this time, also, an address was pre
sented to Archdeacon Mills, the bishop-elect, with an
episcopal ring. At 8 o'clock was held a most solemn yet
joyful service of thanksgiving and jubilee, when the
cathedral was crowded, and the day closed with deep
gratitude and heartfelt praise to Almighty God."

ARCHBISHOP'S CHARGE AT THE SELECTION OF A COADJUTOR

BISHOP.

After the calling of the roll the Archbishop read the
following address : —

"Beloved Brethren, — This is the twenty-fourth year of
my bishopric, the sixty-second of my ministry, and the
eighty-seventh of my age. When I consider 'how great
things God had done for me,' how utterly unworthy I am
of the least of His mercies; my deep and humble gratitude
for His sparing mercy, is beyond expression. O, how
gracious that He still ministers to me strength for my day !

"I1 feel, however, that I must not presume on that mercy.
The well-being of the Church in the Diocese, and the well-
being of souls must not be permitted to suffer. The press
ing claims of the work remind me that if the yearly visita
tion of the Diocese is to be continued, with efficiency, there
must be additional help. The very loving efforts of the
clergy, to lighten my yearly visitation, convince me that
there is a decrease of by-gone vigour. The necessity, in
any degree, for lessening my accustomed loving inter
course with you brings an acute sense of loss. You will
understand from your own experience how keenly any
loosening of the ties that bind us together will be felt,
seeing that during so many years before I was Bishop, and
since that sacred tie was formed, I have gone in and out

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 39

of your homes, and amidst your children, ministering to
you in holy things. I have been received by you as a
father, and you have been to me as sons and daughters,
and I do not remember one single difference unbecoming
a well-ordered and Christian family. You will under
stand me, when I say that I look back on our family life
with the most lively feelings of thankfulness and gra
titude; what care you had for me, what watchfulness, what
loving thought, what self-denial, what filial affection,
what striving to meet all my wishes. I am, indeed, grate
ful to you, and to God who put all those loving kind'nesses
into your hearts. The consciousness of mutual love will
soften the trial of partial separation.

"But our duty to God, and our duty to the Church
demand forget fulness of self. The Diocese is expanding,
the sparsely peopled parishes are filling up, new missions
are being formed, so that instead of decrease of visitation,
as I have been advised to propose — there must be closer
and more effective visitation. The Bishop must become
more intimate with the laity ; he must, by familiar inter
course, engage them to unite with him in promoting the
spiritual interests as well as the temporal interests of the
Diocese; our services, our confirmations, our communions,
our ministry of the Word have been blessed of God; but
they have been all too brief, too far apart. The churches
must be revived and warmed by the more frequent pre
sence of the chief pastor; the work must be quickened and
sanctified by the Holy Ghost, by prayer, by spiritual
communion, one with another, and I know that this can
only be done by the devotion of more time and strength
by the Bishop to each individual parish, and I know that
such time and strength can only be satisfactorily obtained
through additional episcopal power.''

40 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

CARMICHAEL, THE RIGHT REV. JAMES, D.D.,

D.C.L.,

FOURTH BISHOP OF MONTREAL.

Born in Dublin, 1835, son of James Carmichael, clerk
of the Crown for Tipperary. Educated in Dublin. Came
to Canada in 1859. Ordained deacon, 1859, and priest
same year, by the Bishop of Huron. Married Emma
Dubourdieu, daughter of Saumarez Dubourdieu, M.D.
Incumbent of Clinton, from 1859-1868; Assistant Minister
of St. George's Church, Montreal, 1868-1878; Rector of
the Church of the Ascension, Hamilton, 1878-1882; Canon
of Christ Church Cathedral, Hamilton, 1880-1882;
Rector of St. George's Church, Montreal, 1882-1906;
Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, 1882-1883;
Dean of Montreal, 1883-1902; Prolocutor of the Provincial
Synods, 1892, 1895, 1896 and 1898; Prolocutor of the
General Synods, 1893, 1896 and 1899. Elected first
Bishop-Coadjutor of Montreal, 1902. Consecrated in St.
George's Church, 1902, by the Most Rev. W. B. Bond,
Primate of all Canada. Succeeded to the See of Montreal,
1906, on the death of Archbishop Bond. Attended the
first Pan-Anglican Congress and the fifth Lambeth Con
ference of Anglican Bishops in London, Eng., in June and
July, 1908. Died at "Bishopscour,t," September 21, 1908,
and buried in Mount Royal Cemetery.

In October, 1903, the Bishop, with others, represented
the Church of England in Canada at the Triennial Meet
ing, at Washington, of the General Convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. In
September, 1904, he represented the House of Bishops of
the Canadian Church at a Special Meeting of the General
Convention held in Boston, during the visit of the Arch
bishop of Canterbury to the United States.

In 1885 he received the honorary degree of D.C.L.,
and, in 1902, that of D.D. from the University of Bishop's

RIGHT REV. BISHOP CARMICHAEL, D.D.

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 41

College, Lennoxville. In 1893, Trinity University, Tor
onto, conferred on him the degree of D.C.L.

The Bishop was the author of "Errors of Plymouth
Brethren," "Organic Union of Canadian Churches," "Is
there a God for Man to Know ?" "Questions for Teachers
on the Church Catechism," "Monograph on Evolution,''
"Monograph on Higher Criticism," and "Sermons on the
Christian Year."

PART OF THE PRIMARY CHARGE OF BISHOP CARMICHAEL -TO
THE SYNOD, 5TH FEBRUARY, IQO/.

I sit to-day in the chair of one whose shadow, to my
heart, seems to be all about me as I take his place; forget-
fulness of him cannot be easily conceived, at my time of
life it would be an impossibility. We all knew him so
well, some few of us from the days of his magnificent
manhood, touched so gently by time as it advanced, down
to the closing years of his great episcopate, when, filled
with ever-increasing reverence and love, we sat at his feet
like children, vieing with each other how to make things
happy for him, quelling many a turbulent thought, and
hushing many a strong word that the Archbishop might
not be pained. All through his ministerial and episcopal
life he was a recognized power for the highest good in
everything, but these mingled and ever-growing feelings
of reverence and love that gathered round his closing years
invested them with an exquisite charm, most beautiful and
touching. From every quarter they came spontaneously,
like willing tribute laid at the feet of a king— came, as the
crown of his great life — the love of many, the reverence
of all. On the whole, for good and noble things of God,
a stronger and more forceful life has never been develop
ed in the Church of England in this country. No wiser
counsellor ever guided the early hours of her opening
destiny, no more devoted exponent of the Gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ ever preached from her pulpits, no more

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manly representative of God's called and chosen ministry
ever moved amongst us, the man "who never spoke against
a foe, who ne'er forgot a friend, nor paltered with Eternal
God for power, whose life was work." That life, so pre
cious, harnessed through all its years to duty, drew its
load over hill and dale, through manhood, age and great
old age to its journey's end — an end that came as of late
he always said it would come, "in a moment, in the twink
ling of an eye." "The sleep" that God has promised came
to his beloved, the joy that meets the good and faithful
servant was made his, he who lived for the Redeemer
passed on to the Redeemer who liveth, and every heart that
loved him for "love's dear sake," or reverenced him for his
spotless life, felt a new meaning in the holy words :
"Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, yea saith the
Spirit, for they rest from their labors and their works do
follow them."

In the Providence of God, I have entered on my duties
as Bishop of Montreal. In the nature of things my
episcopate cannot be one of long duration. But as long
as God clearly fits me for the position in mind and body,
I will strive to fulfil my duty as a bishop, with the same
sense of responsibility that I have ever sought to nurture
as a priest. I count on your willing prayers, my Brethren
of the Clergy and Brethren of the Laity, my prayer being
that I "may take heed unto myself and to all the flock,"
that I may be "patient," "blameless as God's steward,'*
"holding to the faithful word which is according to the
teaching." Nor should I ever forget, nor by the grace of
God will I, that by solemn oaths and promises I am bound
to hold the one faith revealed in Holy Writ, and defined
in the Creeds, bound to receive the Canonical Scriptures
of 'trie Old and New Testaments as containing all things
necessary to salvation, bound to teach- the same Word of
God, to partake of the same divinely ordained sacraments
through the ministry of apostolic orders and to worship
one God and Father through the Lord Jesus Christ, by the

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Holy and Divine Spirit. The day I could not do these
things willingly and without mental reserve or specious
gloss on the words, that day as a Christian and a gentle
man I would sever my connection with the Church of
England.

On 5th March, 1902, I was unanimously elected
Coadjutor Bishop of Montreal, with right of succession to
the See of Montreal, by the Synod of the Diocese, and on
the 25th of April, 1902, I was consecrated Coadjutor
Bishop of Montreal, in St. George's Church.

From April, 1902, to January, 1906, I assisted his
Grace the Lord Archbishop in the episcopal work of the
Diocese, and from January to loth October, 1906, under
commission from his Grace, I acted in his place and stead.
On the 9th of October, 1906, His Grace the Lord Arch
bishop of Montreal died.

On the 1 2th October, at a special meeting of the
executive committee, the certificate of my election and
consecration, with right of succession, and the declaration
by that body of my being Bishop of Montreal, was for
warded to the Senior Bishop of the Province of Canada,
and on 4th November, 1906, I was installed and inducted
as Lord Bishop of Montreal, in Christ Church Cathedral.

The object of the great missionary congress or con
ference to be held in London next year, introductory to
the Pan-Anglican Council, together with the great offering
from all parts of the world to be made in St. Paul's Cath
edral, through each Bishop as representing his Diocese,
appears to be that of stirring up the missionary spirit of
the Church, world over, in the cause of missions within
the various Dioceses. It is meant, for instance, to stir up
the Diocese of Montreal, to make a special missionary
effort, either educationally or directly, for missionary
work, for the development of its own field, or for some
special object of missionary importance. My first idea
when the subject was outlined was that of the Diocese of
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that might be offered for the benefit of that venerable
English society to which all older Canada owes a debt of
gratitude that we could never dream of repaying, the
S. P. G., but such an effort, whilst its results would, no
doubt, be gratefully received, does not appear to chime
in with the general object of the movement, which strikes
me as aiming at the development and extension of Diocesan
self help, without, of course, ruling out any missionary
purpose outside of the Dioceses in Japan, China, or indeed
any Church work in any part of the world. Many
Dioceses, as far as I can learn, are using the occasion to
build up the collegiate education of the Church in connec
tion with training men for the ministry of missions, pre
eminently our neighbor, the Diocese of Quebec, and as
the Diocesan College is already seeking to aid that educa
tional institution through the Archbishop Bond Memorial
Fund, I do not see any reason why we should not con
centrate all our efforts on this object.

I have, therefore, no hesitation in laying before church
members throughout the Diocese "The Archbishop Bond
Memorial Fund," as a fitting object, to form the Thanks
giving offering of the Diocese of Montreal in St. Paul's
Cathedral, London, in 1908. It strikes me that this
Synod should first endorse the object not merely as a
college movement, but as a diocesan movement; in a word,
make the work its own, and then appoint a committee to
work with the college, in order to give the movement
additional force.

I may say that in one of the very last conversations
I had with the Archbishop he said something like this :
"I have the college much on my mind. Next year we must
make some definite effort to put it on a sounder footing.
But three months before "next year" came, his body was
at rest, his soul in Paradise, whilst these words remained
with me as a legacy of loving duty left me in some way
to fulfil ; and I can see no nobler way to fulfil them than
by carrying out the last wish of his life expressed to me,

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through crowning an educational work beloved by him,
and that he once publicly said was "the brightest page in
his episcopate.''

In ending his charge in re Church Union, the Bishop
says : —

"The Bishops reduced the basis of possible union to
tne heart, or core of what they believed to be, the primary
Divine. Trust, committed to all Christian Ages, namely,
the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the
Apostles, and Nicene Creeds, the two sacraments, Baptism,
and the Supper of the Lord, and the Historic Episcopate.

All these things the Bishops of the Anglican Com
munion regarded as a trust. They could no more surrender
the episcopate than surrender the Creeds, for though peace
and unity be precious, honour is more precious, and peace
without honour is either peace won at the point of the
sword, or ignominiously bought.

I have reminded you, my brethren, of these great
fundamental facts interwoven with the actual constitution
of the Church of England in order that in an age when
solemn trusts are often made light of in public and com
mercial life we may the more forcibly realize our indivi
dual responsibility in preserving what we have received,
and passing them on unsullied and undimmed to those
who came after us."

EXTRACTS FROM THE BISHOP'S LAST SERMON.
Preached in Christ Church Cathedral, September 20, 1908.

"Unto Him shall the gathering of the people be?

— Genesis xlix., 10 (Authorized Version).

I desire to speak to you this morning on the subject
of the Anglican Communion as seen in the light of the
two great meetings lately held in London : The Pan-
Anglican Congress of Bishops, Clergy and Laity, and the
Lambeth Conference, composed solely of Bishops.

Although the Congress preceded the Lambeth Con-

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ference, the latter comes first in order of thought, for,
humanly speaking, it would have been impossible to have
held the former unless a world-wide Anglican Episcopate
was in existence. And, indeed, as far as the thought of
such Congress was concerned, it was purely episcopal.
The idea emanated from Bishop Montgomery, the secretary
of the S. P. G., and every bishop in the world was con
sulted before the idea was made public, and, in the actual
meetings of the Congress, the Episcopal Bench furnished
all the chairmen.

A few thoughts, then, on the Lambeth Conference held
in Lambeth Palace, under the presidency of the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the most able of chairmen, fully seized of
the intricacies of the many questions that came before the
bishops, possessed of perfect command of the House and
singularly lucid in all his utterances.

It was said that the chairmen of the different com
mittees were specialists in the different subjects dealt with
by each committee. How far this was the case I know
not, but it seemed to me that the Archbishop might have
been regarded as approaching that almost impossible com
bination of gifts— a specialist in everything. I have met
men who posed as such, but I never came in touch with
one that approximately reached the position until I sat
under the presidency of Archbishop Davidson.

As we sat in the quaint old library in Lambeth, the
room filled with bishops from all parts of the world, one
felt amazed at the thought that it would have been utterly
impossible to have held such a meeting 100 years ago, a
comparatively short term of time in the life of a great
historic church. For, 100 years ago, the Anglican Episco
pate was almost wholly composed of the bishops of
England and Ireland, and Anglican missionary work was
a comparatively small enterprise. England was not
thinking of missions in those days, but of the great French
Emperor, entering Rome and Madrid, creating kingdoms,
making kings, calling new orders of nobility into life

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 47

and threatening an invasion of England from across the
narrow channel. Indeed, apart from the circumscribed
work of the S. P. G. and the efforts of the Moravian Church
and one other non conformist body, the spirit of missions
practically did not exist, and Protestantism as a whole
seemed dead to the command : "Go ye into all the world
and preach the Gospel to every creature." And yet, in
that quaint room, if a world-roll east and west and north
and south had been called, few would have been the
countries that would not have answered to their names;
putting one in mind of the old world roll-call as then
known of the infant church : "Parthians and Medes and
Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea
and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pam-
phylia, in Egypt and in the parts of Lybia about Cyrene,
and strangers of Rome, Jews and Proselytes, Cretes and
Arabians." In a word, that little room, with its 230
bishops, was a microcosm of the greater world in which
they worked and laboured for their God and Saviour,
Jesus Christ — a mighty and surely a miraculous change
within one hundred years.

Another thought seemed natural. Apart wholly from
disputed points as to divinely given official graces, this
quaint old room became the home of a great fact, namely,
that those who sat within it were the spiritual descendants
of the few Western Bishops who sat in the Council of
Nicea in 325, and part of the outcome of that fervour
which led the great Apostles of Christ to go into the whole
world and preach the Gospel to every creature. Rome may
to her pleasure assail Anglican orders. Others may belittle
them as unnecessary to fullest church order, but there was
the great solid fact. If it had been the custom of the
Church to hold such meetings once in every ten years
throughout the various national churches from their
foundation in the Anglo-Saxon Church and Church of
England, 1031 such meetings would have been held, or,
taking the British Church as the starting point, 1059.

48 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

Within that room was the outcome of the oldest British
institution— older than Parliament, older than United
England— first the British branch, then the Anglo-Saxon
branch, and then England's branch of the Catholic Church
of the Lord Jesus Christ as seen in the ordinary succession
of its bishops. Of no mushroom growth is the Church
to which you and I belong.

Another thought was borne in upon one. Here was
a world-wide gathering of leaders and rulers of one branch
of the Christian Church met together, not at the call of
a great State; not to coerce, though anathema, erring
members; not to publish drastic canons; but to strive and
put into action, for the good of the whole body, that
greatest of all powers that a church can wield, that moral
and spiritual power meant for the good of all contained
in the words of divine promise : "Lo, I am with you
always to the end of the world."

I do not say this to make little of the great Councils
of the Church which exercised powers of far-reaching
ecclesiastical legislation, for I would venture to prophesy
that the day is not far distant when the whole of at least
the British and Colonial Churches will combine to make
the Lambeth Council the great ultimate body of England's
Church. But I do say that a Church that can gather its
rulers together from all the world, apart from the
exercise of legislative commands, or even claiming the
unused right to legislate authoritatively, gives testimony
that should cheer every heart as to the tremendous spiritual
and moral power of such a Church. It disposes of the
oft-repeated accusation that the strength of England's
Cnurch lies mainly in its connection with the State and
Royal Court. For here there was not a shadow of State
control. Royalty, save in gracious reception, was in no
sense present, - hence it might be regarded as the freest
and, because free, the strongest assemblage, of bishops
perhaps ever called together in the annals of the Christian
world. To one taking part in it the very weakest could

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not fa^l to realize that if the day should ever come (which
God forbid) that rude hands should tear from England's
Church the purple and fine linen which a State connexion
almost necessitates, or that a reckless policy of spoliation
should sequestrate endowments laid up in long centuries
by the loving faith and loyalty of her children — that
nothing of this nature could ever tear from the Church the
divine gifts which God has given her and not man. Her
seed is in herself, her strength in the divine promise : "Lo,
I am with you always to the end of the world."

One other thought. It is oftentimes said that the
Church of England can never prosper because of the most
unhappy divisions tha't nestle in her rent and torn bosom
—a figure of speech and, like many such figures, blood
curdling, but too much so to be harmful. Of course, there
were high church bishops, low church bishops, a few
broad church bishops present in that assemblage, but I
.defy anyone that did not know the personal views of such
beforehand to classify them under these headings from
the drift of their spoken utterances or written words.
These bishops were there to do God's work, spiritually,,
ecclesiastically, socially, irrespective of all party bonds,
badges or watchwords, and conscious of the tremendous
trust that God had committed to them. That recognition
of a "trust" seemed ever to be present— a sense that they
were there to preserve intact "the faith once delivered to
the saints" whilst seeking to apply it wisely to the needs
of modern times, but also such a great deep sense of the
divine reality of the trust that would not permit of the
bartering of one iota of it for the gain of popular or
personal .applause."

The House of Bishops at the last meeting of the
General Synod presented this resolution on the death of
Bishop Carmichael.

"For as much as it hath pleased Almighty God to take
unto himself the soul of our beloved brother, the Bishop
of Montreal, we bow in humble submission to the divine

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will, we render our devout thanks for the long and useful
life of our departed brother and for his peaceful entrance
at the last into the rest of Paradise, his Master's message
to his people having just passed from the lips of the
beloved Bishop in the Cathedral of the Diocese. We bear
our loving witness to our departed brother's deep and
earnest interest in all departments of the church work;
to the inspiration of his words and example through our
long intercourse with him in the councils and activities of
the church ; to his ability, to his loving nature, so that each
one of us feels to-day that he has lost not only a fellow-
worker in the Kingdom of God, but also a dear personal
friend."

FARTHING, RIGHT REVEREND JOHN CRAGG,
D.D., D.C.L.,

FIFTH LORD BISHOP OF MONTREAL.

Born 1 3th December, 1861. Educated in Parkneld School,
Princes xPark, Liverpool; and subsequently entered Cam-
bridge^uonville and Caius College. Took B.A. degree
with honors (3rd class Theological Tripos), 1885,
M.A. 1888. Ordained by Bishop of Huron, the late
Bishop Baldwin, 2Qth November, 1885, Deacon, and in
1886, Priest. Appointed Incumbent of Durham, Diocese
of Huron, 1885-1888. Curate of Woodstock, 1888-1889
and Rector of same, 1889-1906. Canon of St. Paul's
Cathedral, London, Ont, 1904. Prolocutor of the General
Synods— Lower House, 1905 and 1908. Appointed Rec
tor of Kingston and Dean of Ontario, 1906. Granted
D.D. honoris causa, by Trinity College, Toronto, and
D.C.L., by King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia, 1908.
Consecrated Bishop of Montreal, 6th January, 1909.
Granted D.D. honoris causa, by Lennoxville, 1909. Mar
ried 1891, Mary Elizabeth Kemp, daughter of J. C.
Kemp, Esq.', of Toronto.

RIGHT REV. BISHOP FARTHING, D.D.

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EXTRACTS FROM THE PRIMARY CHARGE OF THE BISHOP TO THE

50TH SYNOD OF MONTREAL, QTH FEBRUARY, IQOQ
JUBILEE YEAR.

As I address you for the first time as your Bishop in
this Synod, varied emotions struggle for expression.

First of all would I express my deep and, I trust,
humble thanks, to our Heavenly Father for having en
trusted to me so great a work in His Church; and to you,
my Brethren, for your confidence in electing me as your
Bishop. You have given me a great opportunity of service,
and have placed upon me a grave responsibility. I tremble
sometimes when I think of the responsibilities and possibil
ities of my office. Pray earnestly for me, by Brothers, not
only in the public services of the Church, but also in your
private devotions, that I may have grace so to guide and
govern the Church in this large and important Diocese,
that she may be extended and strengthened and her people
built up in their Holy Faith. May the Church never suffer
loss through me !

But when I think upon the cordial, I may truthfully
say the enthusiastic greeting and welcome which we have
received from every quarter of the Diocese since the day
of our arrival in the city, I am filled with hope for the
work which lies before the Church. For I am sure I begin
that work having the confidence of the Diocese at large,
and can feel that I have behind me a united and loyal
people, who are anxious to co-operate in every measure for
the advancement of the Redeemer's Kingdom upon earth.

In my work I have to build upon foundations which
have been firmly and .wisely laid, by the great men who
have preceded me in this office. Bishops Fulford and Oxen-
den were before my time. The Church owes a great deal to
them, and especially to the wise statesmanship ^f Bishop
Fulford, who laboured for so many years to establish the
Church here, at a time when the work was accompanied
by hardships of which we know nothing. We must never

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forget the debt we owe to those upon whose labours we
have entered. It has been my privilege to know my two
immediate predecessors.

With you I have admired the strong robust piety, the
honest integrity and the stainless virtue of the Venerable
Archbishop Bond, who was so much respected throughout
the Church. With you I have looked up to and loved that
most lovable of men, Bishop Carmichael. He was wonder
fully endowed, possessing in a remarkable degree the ready
wit and warmth of heart which characterize the Celtic race
from which he sprang. His devout piety, so transparently
sincere, lent a strength and beauty to the rich brogue of
his native eloquence, which made him one of the most
forceful and magnetic preachers in our Canadian Church.
His big loving heart warmed all who came within the
sphere of his influence, and to know him was to love him.
It is a great privilege to succeed such a man. He has
created an atmosphere of love which it is happiness to
breathe. His work in Montreal, first in St. George's and
then as Bishop, will occupy a large place in the history
of this Diocese; and his. memory will be enshrined in many
thousand hearts, not only in the Diocese, but throughout
the whole Dominion. I count myself, indeed, happy to
succeed a man to whom I have looked up with respect, and
whom I have esteemed and loved for many years; whose
loss I mourn ; whose memory I cherish ; and whose work I
shall try to the best of my ability to carry on.

As I address you from this position for the first time,
it may not be out of place for me to draw your attention
to some of the great principles for which*our historic Church
stands. From our infancy we have been taught to say,
"I believe in the Holy Catholic Church." That Church is
built, as we have been taught, upon "Jesus Christ and His
Apostles." It is a Divine Society. Divine, because it was
founded by the Son of God ; divine, because it is permeated
by the Life Divine. When the Son of God was upon earth,
dwelling among us as Man, He founded a visible Society,

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 53

and appointed men, and set them aside in a most solemn
manner, to be officers in authority in this visible society ;
and gave them command to go forth, and to preach the
Gospel, and to teach all men, and bring them into this
society, by baptising them "in the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Ghost."

Every student of the New Testament knows how these
apostles so solemnly set apart for their ministry by Jesus
himself, went forth and proclaimed as they went "the good
news of the Kingdom," and as men received their message,
they added them by the sacrament of baptism, which
Jesus had ordained as the sacrament of initiation, to this
visible society, which He had founded, and which was
called the Church. Every one baptised was regarded as
a member of the Kingdom, the Church of Jesus Christ.
He was not necessarily a perfect man, but one who was
growing towards perfection, one set aside for God's holy
service. These apostles when they had gathered together
believers, and had baptised them into the Church, ordained
men in every city to be teachers and pastors, and to
administer the sacraments ordained by Jesus. These pres
byters were solemnly set aside for their ministry by the lay
ing on of the hands of the apostles. In some cities too, as
in Jerusalem, they ordained deacons to look after the
distribution of the charities, and to attend to the temporal
ities of the Church. There can be no question that there
were in the Church of the New Testament three orders of
the ministry, apostles, elders or presbyters and deacons.
Nor was the apostolic order limited to the original twelve,
but was extended. We have St. Paul and St. Barnabas as
very distinguished examples of apostles who were not
of the original twelve. Nor were these the only instances.
In his 2nd Epistle to the Corinthians (2 Cor. viii. 23) St.
Paul says, "Whether any inquire about Titus, he is my
partner and my fellow worker to you ward ; or our brethren,
they are the apostles of the Churches, they are the glory
of Christ."

54 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

Certainly too we find clear traces of an order, such
as that held by Timothy and Titus, to which belonged the
power to rule over the presbyter-bishops and deacons, and
who had the power of ordination. This order was clearly
appointed by the laying on of the hands of the apostles.
St. Paul laid his hands upon Timothy and Titus. He
speaks of the gift that was in Timothy "by the putting on
of my hands" (2 Tim. i. 6), and again "with the laying
on of the hands of the presbytery." (i Tim. iv. 14).

In the case of James of Jerusalem, and as it seems to
me of Timothy and Titus, we see the beginning of terri
torial bishops, which was general in the next century.

Historic controversy has raged, and still rages round
the origin of the Episcopal order.

The constitution of the Church's ministry, by means
of which she perpetuates herself, she received from
apostolic hands. To this Church has been committed the
Faith, contained in our creeds in their historic and obvious
meaning; the Scriptures and the Sacraments. This Church
is founded to preserve and to proclaim the Truth. Neither
the Church nor the Truth is ours to change. She has no
power to compromise concerning these. To do so would
be to cut ourselves off at one stroke from the great historic
past, and to sever ourselves from historic contact with
apostolic times. More than this, it would cut us off from
communion with the Anglican Church throughout the
world. Few, if any among us, would be prepared
to make such a sacrifice as that. Even then it would
not bring about union. For whatever the Synods of
the Church might do, there are many thousands of
Anglicans who could not conscientiously unite with
a non-Episcopal Church ; and these would have their
places of worship, and there would be as many
divisions as there are now. The Anglican Church must
stand together in this matter, not only in Canada, but
throughout the world; and whatever we do in connection
with Christian union, we must do in conjunction with the

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whole Anglican Church. This is the only possible attitude
which the Church can take. While making our position
known, we must nevertheless do everything in our power
to further union. Our Lambeth fathers recommended that
we should meet with other communions and discuss our
differences with them. This I trust we will gladly do
whenever opportunity offers. But I think we shall do far
more towards this end if we join with our fellow Christians
in every good work, whenever we can do so without sacrifice
of our principles. By working side by side with them in
all moral and social reform work, we will get .to know
each other, and prejudices will disappear with increasing
knowledge. There is nothing like contact in a common
work to bring together brethren who are separated by
inherited difficulties. I am sure our association in the
Laymen's Missionary Movement has done much to remove
deep rooted prejudices. Above all we can pray for the
re-union of Christendom, and I have no doubt that God
will, in His own time, bring it about. In the meantime we
must be true to our trust.

This may seem disappointing advice to those who are
fascinated with the conception of a united Protestantism
in the Dominion, and whose patriotism is stirred by the
hope that Canada might lead the world in the movement.
I feel the force of this and fully sympathize with it, but
I have visions of larger things even than the re-union of
Protestantism, and that is of a united Christendom.

In my dreams I see the great historic churches of the
East awakening as from a sleep, and looking with a spirit
of enquiry and growing interest towards the more active
West. I see a great movement which has already begun
and which will bear fruit, I hope, in the future; which will
cause the Latin Church to cast off some of the accretions
which adhere to her. And I see the non-Episcopal
Churches, which have come together in one, feeling out
towards a larger unity; and I see the beloved Anglican
Church, which with the Eastern and Latin Churches has

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preserved the historic Catholic constitution of the Church,
and which has held the simplicity of the Gospel, reaching
out on the one hand and touching these ancient historic
churches, and with the other embracing non-Episcopal
Protestantism and bringing them both together in One
Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. It is a glorious
vision, which I feel sure will become a reality if she
remains true to her trust. Such a grand conception of the
work of our Church might well quicken the blood even in
old veins, and fire the enthusiasm of youth.

"Your old men shall dream dreams, and your young-
men shall see visions" (Joel ii. 28).

Say of my ideal that it is the dream of an old man,
or the vision of a young one, but take not from me the
inspiration which the ideal gives to life. Rob a man's life
of its ideals, and you rob it of its beauty and its power.
In our Church we have a grand inheritance, in which we
can glory. In the words of an old Greek proverb.
"Sparta is your lot, adorn Sparta'."

DIOCESAN THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE.

There are at present forty names on the Roll of the
College, thirty-six of these are residents and four non
residents; of these forty men five have graduate standing
and twenty-four undergraduate standing, six others are
Bishop s students and five are preparing for matriculation.
Eleven of these forty men are preparing for work in the
missionary Dioceses of the Canadian Church. During the
past summer fourteen men were engaged in the missions
of this Diocese as student lay readers, four in the Diocese
of Rupertsland, one in the Diocese of Kootenay, one in
the Diocese of Algoma, and one in the Diocese of Vermont.
In order to supply the needs of the Diocese there should
be at least fifty students of matriculation standing in
attendance at the College. Two thousand dollars' increase
in the annual revenue is required in order to meet the
ordinary current expenses of the College.

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The supply of men for the Diocese is one of the most
serious problems which I have to face. For the proper
working of the missions of the Diocese we need nine or ten
more men. Neither the Diocesan College, nor Lennoxville
can supply any men this year. I am forced to look out
side the Diocese, and have already sought men from other
sources. One thing I have fully made up my mind about,
I will not, to meet the present necessity, ordain men who
have not had a proper theological training. Though it
may make it hard at the moment, I am sure the good fruit
of such a policy will be seen in five years' time."

PART III.

SKETCHES OF BISHOPS WHO HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH
THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

BALDWIN, RIGHT REVEREND M. S., D.D.,
LATE BISHOP OF HURON, ONT.

He was the fourth son of J. S. Baldwin, of Toronto, and
first cousin of the late Hon. Robert Baldwin, C.B. ' Born
in Toronto, June 21, 1836, educated in U. C. College and
University of Trinity College.

Ordained Deacon 1860, and Priest 1861, by Bishop
Cronyn, curate of St. Thomas' Church, Ont, then of St.
Paul's, Port Dover. In 1865 went to Montreal as Incum
bent of St. Luke's where his eloquent and earnest preach
ing soon attracted a multitude of hearers. A vacancy
occurring in Christ Church Cathedral, he was invited to
fill it, and in 1870 entered on the duties of assistant Recto*
of that Church and Canon in 1871. On the death of the
Very Rev. Dean Bethune in 1871, he was appointed to
succeed him as Rector, and in 1879 was made Dean of
Montreal. Whilst fulfilling the duties of these positions
he was elected to the Episcopate in 1883 as third Bishop
of Huron. The following is worth recording :

' The pretty little Church of St. Luke's was crowded
when Dean Baldwin, Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Huron,
delivered his farewell sermon to that congregation. Rev
Principal Henderson, of the Theological College, officiat
ed, and the Rev. J. D. Borthwick, rector of St. Mary's
Church, Hochelaga, and Rev. R. Lindsay, rector of St.
Thomas' Church, read the prayers and lessons respectively.

'The Dean took for his text the words : 'The Lord will

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perfect that which concernth me.' He spoke of his former
connection with St. Luke's, and of his being called, eighteen
years ago, to sever that connection to take the rectorship
of the Cathedral. He said that the first sermon that he
preached in St. Luke's was on the importance of the 'New
Birth,' and that he had ever since advocated the doctrine
which he then advanced, holding strongly to the belief
in free salvation for all through the merits of the blood
of Jesus Christ alone. He also vehemently declared his
faith in the inspiration of the Bible, and deplored the
effects of the teachings of so-called scientists to the con
trary.

'At the close of the service, ths congregation adjourned
to the large hall in the basement of the church, where a
touching farewell address was read to the Dean by the
Rev. Parnell Cross, the incumbent of St. Luke's and a
photograph of the Church presented to him as a memento."
He was given a farewell breakfast at Montreal before
he left for London, Ont, which was attended by persons
of every race and religious profession, and at the same time
was presented by the Clergy of the Diocese with a massive
silver tea and coffee service.

His consecration took place in Montreal, November
30, 1883.

His Lordship received the degree of D.D. from his
Alma Mater in 1882. He is the author of two small
books, viz., "A Break in the Ocean Cable" and "A Life in
a Look." He attended the Lambeth Councils in 1888. and
1897 and was a delegate to the I5th Annual Convention
of the C. E. Convention held in Washington, D.C., in
1896. He died suddenly in October, 1904. His son,
Day Baldwin was the Rector of All Saints' Church, Mont
real, for some time, but retired on account of throat
trouble and has now no clerical appointment.

Bishop Baldwin is connected by marriage with one
of the best known families of Montreal, having married
the daughter of the late J. J. Day, Q.C., whose sketch is
found in another place in this book.

60 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

DU MOULIN, RIGHT REVEREND JOHN PHILIP,
D.D., D.C.L.,

LORD BISHOP OF NIAGARA.

Born in Dublin, Ireland, 1836. Educated in Dublin.
M.A. 1878, Bishop's College, Lennoxville. Honorary
Degrees: D.C.L. 1889, D.D. 1896, Trinity University,
Toronto. Ordained Deacon 1862, Priest 1863. Consecrat
ed Third Bishop of Niagara, in St. James Cathedral,
Toronto, 1896, by the Most Reverend J. Travers Lewis,
D.D., Archbishop of Ontario, and the Bishops of Toronto,
Algoma, Huron and Ottawa.

His appointments were first at London then Gait,
afterwards to Trinity Church, Montreal. He then went to
St James the Apostle, then to St. Thomas' Church, Hamil
ton, as Rector and in 1875 he was chosen the first Rector
of St. Martin's Church, Montreal, where he remained till
1882. In that year he was appointed to the rectorship of
St. James Cathedral, Toronto, being also made a Canon
at the same time.

Residence, ''See House," Hamilton,

DUVERNET, RIGHT REVEREND FREDERICK
HERBERT, D.D.,

son of Rev. Canon DuVernet and Frances Ellegood his
wife (sister of Canon Ellegood). Born in Hemmingford,
Que., January 20, 1860. Educated at the Clarenceville
Academy, King's College, Windsor, N.S. ; Wycliffe Col
lege and the University of Toronto. One of the two who
first took the Degree of B.D. under the Board of Ex
aminers for Divinity Degrees appointed by the Provincial
Synod of Canada (1893). Ordained Deacon in Trinity
Church, Montreal, one day after he was the canonical age,
January 21, 1883, by Bishop Bond. Priest in Holy Trinity
Church, Iron Hill, by the same Bishop in 1884. First
curacy, St. James the Apostle, Montreal, under his uncle,

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 61

Canon Ellegood, Mission Preacher for the Diocese of
Montreal, 1884785. Professor of Practical Theology and
Christian Ethics, Wycliffe College, 1885-1897. Rector of
St. John's Church, Toronto Junction (now ward 7 Toronto)
1895-1904.

Consecrated second Bishop of Caledonia on St.
Andrew's Day, November 30, 1904, by Archbishop Bond,
Primate, assisted by Bishop Sweatman (Toronto) Bishop
Mills (Ontario), Bishop Carmichael (Montreal), in Christ
Church Cathedral, Montreal. D.D. of Trinity, Toronto and
King's College, Nova Scotia. He married in 1885, Stella
Yates, daughter of Horatio Yates, M.D., of Kingston.

He was for seven years Editorial Secretary of the
Canadian C. M. S. and Editor of the Canadian Church
Missionary Gleaner.

Residence, Prince Rupert, B.C.

Bishop DuVernet is the son of a worthy father whose
short sketch is found in the Necrology.

MILLS, RIGHT REVEREND WILLIAM LENNOX,
'D.D., LL.D., D.C.L.,

LORD BISHOP OF ONTARIO.

Born in Woodstock, Ont, 1846. Educated at Woodstock
Grammar School, Huron College, and the Western Uni
versity, London, Ont B.D. 1882, D.D. in course, 1894,
Trinity University, Toronto. Honorary Degrees: D.D.
1897, D.C.L. 1903, Bishop's College, Lennoxville, D.C.L.
1900, Trinity University, Toronto, LL.D., 1901, Queen's
University, Kingston. Ordained Deacon 1872, and Priest
1873. Consecrated First Bishop Coadjutor of Ontario,
with title of Bishop of Kingston, in St. George's Cathedral,
Kingston, 1900, by the Lord Archbishop of Ontario,
assisted by the Bishops of Montreal, Toronto, Huron,
Quebec, Algoma, Niagara, Ottawa, and the Bishop of
Western New York. Succeeded to the See of Ontario, and
become Second Bishop of Ontario in 1901 on the death

62 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

of Archbishop Lewis. Bishop Mills is also connected with
one of the best known families in Montreal. He married
a daughter of the late Stanley C. Bagg, a gentleman who
did much for the Diocese at large, and who for years
was one of the delegates of St. Mary's Church, when the
author of this volume was then Rector.

Residence, "Bishopscourt," Kingston, Ont.

MORRISON, RIGHT REV. JAMES DOW, D.D.

TT

i U .

e was the son of Rpv. J. M rison. Born at Waddington,
N.Y. State, and educated at Huntingdon Academy and
McGill College University, where he graduated B.A.
with first-class honors in Nat. Science in 1865, M.A. in 1868
and LL.D. in course 1880. He was ordained Deacon and
Priest in Montreal 1870. Appointed to the Mission of
Hemmingford, he remained for some time until he was
appointed Rector of Herkimer, Diocese of Albany, U.S.
His successful work there gained him a call to St. John's
Church, Ogdensberg, in 1875.

Subsequently for some years after, he was regularly
nominated by the Clergy to the office of Archdeacon and
twice elected a deputy from his Diocese to the General
Convention of the Church. He received the degree of D.D.
from Union College, N.Y. He was elected Missionary
Bishop of Duluth, Minn., -in 1896, and consecrated in
Albany in 1897, and as such was one of the representative
Bishops from the States to one of the national Synods of
the Dominion some years ago.

The author has the greater pleasure of writing this
sketch of Bishop Morrison, because he was one of the most
assiduous pupils which he ever had. His knowledge of
Classical and Mathematical studies was great, but the
trend of his desires was "Natural Sciences" which showed
in his brilliant career at McGill College, taking first-class
honours in these subjects.

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 63

The writer has known every Bishop mentioned in this
book from the commencement of the Diocese of Montreal,
but Bishop Morrison, he has never met since 1862, when
he was his pupil.

NEWNHAM, RIGHT REVEREND JERVOIS
ARTHUR, D.D.,

LORD BISHOP OF SASKATCHEWAN.

Born near Bath, England, 1852. Educated at Bath, Mc-
Gill University, Montreal, and the Montreal Diocesan
Theological College. B.A. 1878, M.A. 1883. Honorary
Degree: D.D. 1893, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg,
Man. Ordained Deacon 1878, Priest 1880. Consecrated
Second Bishop of Moosonee in Holy Trinity Church, Win
nipeg, 1893, by the Most Reverend R. Machray, D.D.,
Lord Archbishop of Ruperts Land, assisted by the Bishops
of Athabasca, Saskatchewan and Calgary, Qu'Appelle, and
the Bishop of North Dakota. Translated to Saskatchewan
as Third Bishop of Saskatchewan in 1903.

He came to Montreal in 1873. Entering McGill Col
lege, he passed with honors 1883, and also through the
Diocesan College. His first mission was Onslow, 1880-2,
then Curate Christ Church Cathedral, 1882-6, then Rector
of St. Matthias, 1886-1891, going west at the request of
the late Bishop Horden, he became his successor at the
death of the Bishop.

Residence, "Bishopsthorpe," Prince Albert, Saskatche
wan.

SULLIVAN, RIGHT REVEREND EDWARD, D.D.,
LATE BISHOP OF ALGOMA.

Bishop Sullivan was born at Lurgan, Ireland, 1832. Edu
cated at Brandon and Clonmel, he proceeded afterwards to
Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1857.

Coming to Canada in 1858, he was ordained Deacon

64 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

that same year and Priest in 1859, by Bishop Cronyn, of
Huron.

He was appointed Missionary in the Township of
London, where he remained to 1862, removing after being
appointed assistant at St. George's Church, Montreal, the
late Archbishop Bond being than Rector.

Whilst in Montreal, he obtained a great reputation for
pulpit oratory, which led to his appointment in 1868, as
Rector of Trinity Church, Chicago, U.S.A. After ten years
in Chicago he was recalled to St. George's, Montreal, as
Rector of that Church in- 1878.

In June 29, 1882, he was elected to the episcopate as
Second Bishop of Algoma, and consecrated by Archbishop
Lewis, in that year, who then acted for the Metropolitan
unable to officiate. He was truly in Algoma, which was
a Missionary Diocese, a Missionary Bishop. During his
first year he travelled 11,000 miles by land and water in
promoting the interests of his charge. When he entered upon
his duties, the Diocese had 16 clergymen. In 1893 it had

30.

A little over a year as the Bishop of Algoma, he was
elected by a very large majority to become the Bishop of
his old Diocese of Huron. His reply was characteristic of
the man. "My duty to Algoma compels me to decline."

Before declining health compelled him to take rest,
in 1893 twenty-six new churches had been built, ten others
rebuilt, and a roll of sixty-eight churches, all free from
debt, was the splendid monument which he had erected.

His Lordship went to Europe in 1894, and was ap
pointed Chaplain at Mentone, France, a well-known
resort for health. Returning to Canada in 1896, he was
(after resigning his See) appointed Dean and Rector of
St. James' Church, Toronto, where he remained until hi?
death in January, 1899.

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 65

SWEENY, RIGHT REVEREND JAMES FIELDING,

D.D.,

LORD BISHOP OF TORONTO.

He is the son of Col. James H. Sweeny, formerly of H.
M. Staff, Montreal, and was born in London, England,
November 15, 1857. Educated High School and McGill
Normal School, and graduated B.A. McGill University in
1878, and M.A. in 1881. Studied Theology, Montreal
Diocesan College. Ordained Deacon 1880, by Bishop
Bond and Priest next year 1881, by the same Prelate.
Received from the University of Trinity College, Tor
onto, the ad-eundum degree of M.A. 1883, B.D. the
same year and D.D. in course 1888. After his ordination
he became Rector of St. Luke's, Montreal, 1880, and Rector
of St. Philip's, Toronto, 1882. In 1889 made Canon of
St. Alban's Cathedral, Toronto, and elected Rural Dean
of Toronto in 1895.

After the death of Archbishop and Primate Sweatman
he was unanimously elected Bishop of Toronto to succeed
the deceased.

He is a member of the Toronto Church of England
S. S. Asso. and V. P. of the Ch. Sch. and active worker and
promoter of the Church of England Temperance Society.

Residence, See House, Toronto.

Bishop Sweeny is the honored son of a well-known
and much esteemed citizen of Montreal. The name of
Bisnop Sweeny recalls to the Author the time long ago
when he was Rector of St. Luke's and the Author rector of
St. Mary's Montreal. They were contiguous parishes and
many kind offices were performed by the Bishop when
requested in old St. Mary's Church and Parish.

NOTE ON THE BISHOPS.

The Diocese of Montreal has furnished to the different
Dioceses of the Dominion and the U. S. A. no less than
ten Bishops.

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66 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

Bishop Baldwin, Bishop Bond, Bishop Carmichael,
Bishop Dumoulin, Bishop Duverney, Bishop Mills, Bishop
Morrison, Bishop Newnham, Bishop Sullivan, Bishop
Sweeny. Of these, no less than three came from St.
George's Church, Montreal,

It is remarkable that the first three Bishops of our
Diocese all came from England and the very south of that
country. Geographically thus Oxenden came from Kent.
Fulford from Hampshire, and Bond from Cornwall.
The next came from the "Emerald" Isle of which he was an
honor, and as we gave to Kingston our own esteemed
Bishop Mills, so we took from his Diocese our present
beloved Diocesan.

PART IV

NECROLOGY.

SKETCHES OF DEAD CLERGY AND LAITY FROM A. D. 1850 TO
THE PRESENT DAY.

ABBOTT, SIR J. J. C. — He was born at St. Andrew's,
Que., 1 2th March, 1821. His father was the Rev. Jos.
Abbott, M.A., who came to Canada in 1818 and settled at
St. Andrew's. After his school days, entered McGill
College and passed a brilliant career and graduated
B.C.L. In 1847 called to the Bar. In 1859 first entered
politics for his native country remaining its representa
tive till Confederation, when he was returned for the
House of Commons. From 1874 to 1880 he retired from
public life. Re-entering he held the position of Solicitor
General, continuing in the Federal Government to the
death of Sir John A. McDonald, when he was called to
form a new Cabinet, which continued from June, 1891, to
November, 1892 — when he resigned and Sir J. Thompson
was made Premier. He died November 30, 1893.

ALLAN, REV. GEORGE, M.A.— Born at Birkenhead,
Cheshire, Eng. Graduate of Bishop's College, Lennox-
ville. Ordained Deacon 1873, and Priest 1875, by the
Metropolitan. Appointed first, Bristol; Locum Tenens,
St. Johns; Locum Tenens, Clarenceville; S. Thomas, Mont
real ; Curate, Waterloo, then Incumbent of Mascouche and
Terrebonne. Died years ago.

ALLAN, REV. JOHN.— Born at Aberdeen, Scotland,
September 6, 1813. Left Aberdeen at the age of 17 for
London. Shortly after entered King's College, and after
College curriculum, taught in Wales. In 1847 Head Mas
ter of Holy Trinity School, Birkenhead, for ten years.
In 1856 entered the College of St. Bees, and after passing

68 HISTORY OF THE DIOCES^ OF MONTREAL.

through its theological course, sailed for Canada, going
direct to London, Upper Canada. Ordained Deacon
1858, by Bishop Cronyn, and afterwards Priest in 1859,
by the Bishop of Montreal.

Nearly all his after life was spent as Chaplain to the
Penitentiary of St. Vincent de Paul. He died in 1889.

The following is the notice of his death from Bishop
Bond:

"An old and valued worker has passed to his rest since
we last met. The Rev. John Allan, chaplain of the
penitentiary at St. Vincent de Paul, was a good and quiet
pastor, greatly interesting himself in the peculiar duties
which he had undertaken, and much beloved and trusted
by his unhappy flock."

ALLEN, REV. AARON A., M.A.— Born at Sorel. Gra
duate of Bishop's College, Lennoxville. Ordained Deacon
1852, and Priest 1853, by the Bishop of Quebec. Was
appointed Travelling Missionary in the Eastern Town
ships, and afterwards Incumbent to the parishes of Riviere
du Loup and Berthier, Compton, Coaticook, Sabrevois,
Stanstead, then Incumbent of St. John's Church, Hunting
don. He died many years ago.

ANDERSON, T. B.— This name is well known to the
old members of the Diocese. He was for many years the
efficient Treasurer of the funds of the Executive Com
mittee and a leading man in connection with the Bank of
Montreal. The author many times had to thank him for
generous donations to St. Mary's Church. Bishop Oxen-
den thus speaks of him in his address to the Synod, 1872,
the year of his death. "Another is gone from us, whose
self-denying labors as the Treasurer of the Diocese for
many years and as the generous friend of the Clergy make
his memory very dear to us."

ANDERSON, REV. WILLIAM.— Born at Quebec. Edu
cated at the Classical School at Quebec, and with the
Rev. E. Parkin, First Rector of Chambly. Studied Theo
logy at the Bishop Stewart Theological Academy, Cham-

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 69

bly, and with the private Divinity Class of the Rt. Rev.
Dr. G. J. Mountain, then Archdeacon of Quebec. Ordain
ed Deacon 1834, and Priest 1835, by the Bishop of Quebec.
Appointed St. Peter's Chapel, Quebec, then Curate, Sorel
and Berthier. In 1865 appointed Honorary Canon of
Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, and Rector of Sorel.

"Rev. Canon Anderson died at his residence, on Moun
tain street. He was the oldest clergyman in Canada,
being in the gist year of his age. In the councils of the
church he was a prominent figure. His resonant voice and
his silver tongue will be missed by those by whom his
counsel was appreciated. The cause of death was a gen
eral break-up of the system, due to his great age. He
was the last of the old "Crown rectors."

"The late Canon Anderson was born in the city of
Quebec, in January, 1811, and came of pne of the oldest
English families in the province. After two years in
Quebec he was appointed curate and then rector of Sorel
in 1839, which position he held until his death. Several
years ago he was obliged to relinquish the more active
duties of that rectory to an incumbent. At the time of his
death he was the oldest member of the chapter."

Archbishop Bond thus speaks of him in one of his
annual addresses to the Synod.

"Since we last met, five of our brethren of the clergy
have gone to their Eternal rest. Canon Anderson passed
away full of years. His active life as a missionary, and
his faithful services to the stricken by the awful Ship
Fever, are remembered now by few; but they are recorded
in the Book of God's Remembrance. He had been invalid
ed for many years and become almost unknown to this
generation of churchmen. I can, however, testify to his
sterling worth and simple piety, as well as to many spiri
tual gifts used on befyalf of those who came under his
influence. We were brothers in Christ and true friends."

Canon Anderson was officiating at Sorel during the
stirring times of 1837-8-9, and was intimately acquainted

70 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

with the chief actors on both sides; during that famous
period Dr. Wolf red Nelson, one of the Rebel Leaders, was
a member of his congregation. His most intimate friend
at that time was Sir John Colborne, Governor General and
Commander of the Forces; by his influence Canon An
derson was appointed by the English Crown to the
Rectorship of Sorel. Large numbers of the British officers
were his close personal friends. It is no stretch of
imagination to say that no man living then was better
acquainted with the incidents connected with the Rebellion
of 1837-8.

He was 67 years in Holy Orders, of which 62 were
as Rector of Sorel. All his life he was a staunch old
school churchman, fearless and outspoken in his convic
tions which he very strongly held.

AYLWIN, HON. JUDGE.— Born in Quebec 5th January,
1806,, father , Welsh .and mother, Irish. Educated in
Quebec, thence removed to Harvard1 College, U.S. Re
turning to Canada, he devoted himself to the study of
Law. At 1 6 he was the interpreter in the Criminal
Court at Quebec. Called to the Bar of Quebec in 1828.
During 1837-8 Mr. Aylwin took the popular side and
wrote many vigorous articles against the Government of
the day. At the Union of 1841 he entered Parliament,
representing the County of Portneuf. Following year he
became a member of the Executive Council as Solicitor
General of Lower Canada, remaining till 1843. Up to
1848 he had twice been elected for Portneuf and three
times for the City of Quebec. In 1848 he became judge
of the Queen's Bench and removed to Montreal in 1850.
Up to 1867 he continued one of the brightest ornaments
of the Bench. He died October, 1871. I find that he and
Judge Badgley and Judge McCord are printed on the list
of members of the Church Society of the Diocese of
Montreal. No wonder that this Diocese was planted on
such a sure and firm foundation, when it had such sup
ports as its Bishop, and these three celebrated Jurists

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 71

whose names are inscribed on the roll of its greatest men.
In proposing the first resolution at the annual meeting of
the Church Society of the Diocese (which Society was
analogous in every way to our present Synod), he gave
utterance to these words relative to subscriptions— "This
deficiency did not proceed from the rural districts, but
from the City of Montreal. How is this? The city has
always been distinguished for the aid it bestowed on
literary and other societies. Indeed, he would make bold
to say, that there is no more liberal city on the continent
of America. It was the Church of England that first
broke down the barriers that separated the Clergy from
the Laity. We should show our gratitude for the liberty
she has secured for us by giving in more abundant measure
than has ever been asked at our hands. Our Church in
Lower Canada now numbers $0,000 souls and of this
number 30,000 belong to this Diocese of Montreal. The
appeal to members has not befen made sufficiently direct.
More direct appeals should be made. We ought to give
freely, as a voluntary free will offering as much or more
than was exacted from us by Law, for the support of other
Institutions."

BALCH, ARCHDEACON, D.D.— Was a Southerner of the
U.S.A. He came as Canon to the Cathedral, to be con
nected with Canon Loosemore. The Cathedral debt was
still hanging as an incubus over the Diocese. The genial
doctor determined to wipe it off, which he did, and the
beloved Bishop saw it, his building, free of debt before
he died. Canon Balch did a great amount of good when
in this Diocese, and when in his peregrinations in search of
money for the Cathedral debt, the writer always took
his duties in the Cathedral. After his busy life here he
returned to the States and there died many years ago.

The Church of England in Montreal and throughout
the Diocese, owes much to Canon Balch. The writer
knows well the great work and labor of both the Canons

72 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

in the sixties when they were attached to the Cathedral
of Montreal.

BADGLEY, HON. JUDGE.— Born in Montreal, 2;th
March, 1801. His father was a merchant of the city and
represented it in the Provincial Parliament from 1801 to
1805. Finishing his education, he was called to the Bar
in 1823. From 1840 to 1844 he was Commissioner of
Bankrupts. In 1847 he was made a Circuit Judge, re
signing on being made a Puisne Judge of the Superior
Court of Lower Canada in 1855. He continued such till
1802 when he was transferred to the Court of Queen's
Bench, as assistant judge, and in 1866 appointed a Puisne
Judge of that Court. From 1844 to 1851 he represented
Missisquoi in the Canadian Assembly and for Montreal
in 1854. He was a great Freemason, having been both
District and Provincial Grand Master for England from
1849 to his death. He died many years ago.

At the annual meeting of the Church Society in 1858,
a year before our Synod was formed, we find him second
ing a resolution in which he says, "The extensions of the
Episcopate had greatly increased the Episcopal Com
munion in Upper Canada, and its advantages were
apparent; whilst here at home, none can deny the great
benefits derived from the establishment of this Diocese.

"Let every one who knows the Bishop of Montreal
recall his intercourse with him, let us recall the impercep
tible, but certain Christianizing influence which he has
acquired in this city and his active and zealous exertions
in his Diocese, and you will all unite cordially in the
words of the resolution and "acknowledge with thankful
ness the success which, under the Divine blessing, has
attended the labors of our respected Diocesan.' These
were the last words of the resolution which was carried
unanimously.

BAGG, STANLEY CLARK, J. P.— He was born in Mont
real A.D. 1820. Educated in the city and at McGill
College. In 1842 he was admitted to the notarial pro-

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 73

fession. After some time he abandoned his profession,
giving all his time to the management of his estates, which
were (after the Seminary) the largest on the Island of
Montreal.

He inherited this vast property from his grandfather,
John Clark.

Mr. Bagg took an active part in the rising of 1837-8,
and was at the storming of St. Eustache, subsequently
rising to the rank of Captain of Cavalry.

Made J.P. in 1859, he refused all requests as Mayor
of Montreal or Member of Parliament, but took great
interest in the Benevolent, Literary and Scientific Socie
ties of the city. Especially in the Numismatic Society he
took a deep interest as evidenced by his writings. He is
thei author of "Notes on Coins, Coins and Medals as Aids
to the Study of Holy Writ — Numismatic Compendium
of the Twelve Caesars, Canadian Archaeology, Tadousac,
Legends of Durham."*

He died on the 8th August, 1873, universally lament
ed. One of his daughters married the present Bishop of
Ontario. His only son, Robert C. Bagg, is well known in
Montreal.

BANCROFT, REV. CANON, D.D.— Was born in Mont
real in the year 1819, being the son of Charles Bancroft,
Esq., of that city. Dr. Bancroft received his early educa
tion in Montreal. When fourteen years of age he suffered
a great loss in the death of his father, and shortly after
wards was adopted by his uncle, the Reverend Dr. Cutler,
Rector of St. Anne's Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. Here he
continued his studies at Columbia College, under Rev.
Dr. Mulenburg for some years, and subsequently at
Columbia University, New York, from which institution
he graduated in Arts. Returning to Canada he was
ordained by the Bishop of Montreal. Subsequently he
was for a short time Curate of St. Anne's Church, Brook
lyn, and later as Rector of St. Paul's Chapel, Quebec.

From Quebec he went to Montreal as Rector of St.

"4 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

Thomas' Church, where he remained only a short time,
His next parish was St. John's, P.Q. On the retirement
of Dr. Campbell from Trinity Church, Montreal, he was
appointed to that parish. On the demolition of old Trinity,
the congregation removed to the Church on Cos ford
Street. Subsequently, owing to the rapid growth of the
congregation, a larger church was necessary and the pre
sent stately structure was erected on St. Denis Street,
There he continued his work until the year 1876, when,
owing to failing health, he was obliged to resign his
charge, and in the autumn of the following year died.

BANCROFT, REV. CHARLES, JUN. The Bishop thus
speaks of him : —"He was not a member of Synod at the
time of his death, but the honoured name he bore, which
carries the older members of this body back in memory
to his gifted father and his services to the church in years
long gone by, will justify a reference to his name."
Educated at the Montreal High School, McGill University
and Caius College, Cambridge, he was ordained by the
Right Rev. Benjamin Cronyn, first Bishop of Huron, in
1871. After serving for a time in that Diocese he entered
this Diocese as missionary at Mansonville, and later as
Rector of Knowlton. Born at Montreal. Graduate of
McGill College. Ordained Deacon, 1866, and Priest,
1869, by the Bishop of Huron. Was Curate Trinity
Church, Montreal; Locum tenens of Seaforth, Ont. ; Curate
of Woodstock, Ont.; Incumbent of Mansonville, Q. Rec
tor of Knowlton, 1875. For some years he labored in the
United States. Afterwards he returned to Knowlton
where he lived till his death in 1906.

BARTLETT, REV. T. S. M., M.A., Trinity College,
Cambridge. — Chapliain to the Forces. Born in London.
Ordained, 1838. Appointed Curate S. Mildred's and All
Saints', Canterbury ; Missionary, Shanty Bay, Can. ;
Military Chaplain in Montreal to 1842-70. After retiring
from the Army he went to Drummondville, Ont., where .he

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 75

resided a few years, then going to California where he
lived till his death, some years ago.

The author was the assistant Army Chaplain whilst
he was in Montreal and after he had left, the Chaplain for
the Troops in Montreal, Hochelaga and St. Helen's
Island. H. R. H. Prince Arthur was for two years an
omcer in the Prince Consort's Rifles (his father's regiment)
and at the great funeral of General Windham (of Crimea
and Indian fame) he attended it when Mr. Bartlett, Rev.
E. Wood and the Author officiated as the clergymen.

BELCHER, REV. CANON.— Was born in England in
1827; went out to India in 1854 and was ordained by the
Bishop of Calcutta, Deacon in 1856, and Priest in 1857.
Was then appointed River Chaplain to Seamen's Mission
at Calcutta in 1857, and stationed there during the Indian
Mutiny. He left India on account of ill health in 1862
and for a short time did work for the Church Missionary
Society in England and on the Continent. Leaving Eng
land he came to Canada in 1863 and was appointed minis
ter to Thamesford, Ontario, by the Bishop of Huron in
1863, where he remained until appointed Incumbent of
Grace Church, Point St. Charles, Montreal, by the Bishop
of Montreal, in 1871, where he remained doing great work
in that part of the city and for many years a well known
figure at the annual Synod. He was a Canon of Christ
Church Cathedral and also connected with the Theological
College. He died January, 1889.

One of his sons, early entered the great establishment
of Gault Brothers, now Gault's Limited, and is at present
the general manager of that Institution in Winnipeg, Man.
In honor of Canon Belcher's long and splendid career a
Memorial Church has been erected in the locality of his
labors. It is called "The Belcher Memorial Church." I
may mention here that there are only two other churches
in the Diocese styled Memorial. The Bishop Stewart
Memorial Church of Frelighsburg and the Bishop Carmi-
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76 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

distinction to the third being only a Presbyter of our
Church.

BETHUNE, REV. JOHN, D.D.— First Dean of the Dio
cese of Montreal. He was born about the time his father
arrived in Upper Canada. Ordained in 1814, and first
settled at Augusta. In 1818 he became Rector of Christ
Church, Montreal. In features he very much resembled
his father, who had two of his sons both becoming high
dignitaries in -the Church of England, the subject of this
sketch, the third son, John, being then Rector of -Mont
real, when Bishop Fulford arrived to take possession of
his Dk>cese, and Alexander, the fifth son, who afterwards
became Bishop of Toronto.

In the replies to the addresses presented to Bishop
Fulford in 1850 on his arrival, the Bishop began — "Dr
Bethune" (this address is found at the beginning of this
volume in the Biographical sketch of the first Diocesan
of Montreal). Through all the changes of chief Diocesan
Pastors and meetings of both Provincial and Local Synods,
he was ever ready to advise and counsel what best should
be said or done.

He was elected several times as Bishop's Commissary,
and for six months before the second Bishop was elected.
At one time he was the only clergyman of the Church of
England in the City of Montreal, now there are over forty
resident. He died in 1873.

Bishop Oxenden thus speaks of him : "One who had
grown up with the Church from her earliest days, had
struggled with her in her infancy, and lived to see her
in her prosperity, filling for many years an important and
honored post in this Cathedral city — who not only took
part in the deliberations of our Synod, but was more than
once called to preside at its sittings, has been removed
from us, leaving his strong mark behind him."

BETHUNE, STRACHAN, K.C., D.C.L.— Son of the late
Very Rev. Dean Bethune, of Montreal. Born in Montreal,
1821, and educated by his father and in private schools.

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Called to the Bar in 1843. Practised with the Chief
Justice, Sir W. C. Meredith, created Q.C., by Viscount
Monk in 1864. Was twice Batonnier of the Montreal Bar.
One of the counsel in the celebrated case of the St. Alban's
Raiders, 1864-5. Rufused a judgeship more than once.
But to the Diocese of Montreal he was of especial worth
being connected with it from its commencement in 1850
to his death. As far back as 1886, he was presented by
the Clergy and Laity for his work to the Diocese with a
valuable silver service. Was made D.C.L. from Lennox-
ville in 1885. Sir John Abbott was a brother-in-law of
Dr. Bethune and a life-long friend. He has died full of
years and honors with a life spent in trying to do good
and giving all his energies to God and His cause. Re-
quiescat in Pace.

BROWN, REV. WILLIAM Ross, L.T.— Born at Mont
real. Licentiate of Theology, Bishop's College, Lennox-
ville. Ordained Deacon, 1866, and Priest, 1867, by the
Metropolitan. Was appointed Curate of S. Luke's,
Waterloo, Q., then Incumbent of Holy Trinity Church,
Aylwin. Afterwards went to the Mission of Mansonville,
where he died. This is recorded of him : —

"The Rev. W. Ross Brown, Rural Dean of Brome,
gave the prime of his life and strength to the Missions
of the Gatineau. In his days toil and self-denial were
unceasing in their demand, and he gave them without
grudging. This missionary work is most valuable, though
little realized and understood in the city. Mr. Brown is
remembered still on the Gatineau with much affection."

BRYDGES, C. J.— Was born in London in 1827; at
fifteen employed by the South Western Railway Company
remaining 10 years with them and leaving as assistant
secretary. In 1852 he was appointed Managing Director
of the Great Western Railway of Canada and established
himself at Hamilton. In 1861 a public banquet was given
him for his services to the country and he was presented
with a service of plate which cost $3,000. At this time

?8 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

he joined the Grand Trunk, continuing for many years
its managing-director. Then he had the Government con
trol of the I.C.R. and latterly he was agent for the Hudson
Bay Company, at Winnipeg, where he died some years
ago.

He is thus spoken of at the time or his death : —
"Mr. C. J. Brydges has closed his useful and honored
life while his memory is yet green in this Synod and the
Diocese. I should not be able to recount all the good
deeds done for the Church in Montreal by Mr. Brydges,
during the years he discharged the duties of treasurer of
the Synod. In energy he was untiring. In helpfulness
he was loving and strong. Eloquence and wisdom were
the fruit of his lips, and none who heard him will ever
forget the tact and judgment with which he gathered up
the salient points in each crisis of our diocesan history;
brought order out of confusion, and made way for pro
gress and stability."

BULLER, FRANK, M.D.— Was born near Cobourg,
Ont, 1844. His father was educated for the Church of
England, but declining came from England to Canada
1831. His family was and is still one of the principal
families in the south of England. Everybody knows
the general in the South African War— General Buller
so often mentioned. Then Dr. Buller graduated in 1869,
then went to London and the Continent to perfect himself
in his profession as ophthalmist, etc. : On his return in
1876 to Montreal, he having been in Europe since 1872, he
began practice being appointed to the General Hospital
and Lecturer in McGill College. After a busy, useful and
well spent life for the good of his fellow creatures he
died some years ago.

CAMPBELL, MAJOR.— The Bishop thus speaks of him
in his address 1872, to the Synod: "Another valuable
member of the Synod is no longer with us. The seat which
was occupied by our friend Major Campbell, is now
vacant and we shall miss his kind and genial manner and

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his wisdom as one of our Counsellors." He died some
months before this meeting, of Synod. His family are
well known in the Eastern Townships.

CARSLEY, SAMUEL.— Was born on November 30, 1835,
at Ellesmere, Shropshire, England, and died November
30, 1908, seventy-three years of age.

"Highly honored as a man of great business capacity
and integrity, he also had wide influence as a public-
spirited citizen and as a lover of his fellow men. Those
in distress ever found in him a wise and effective helper.
His grounds, put at the disposal of the little ones of the
Infants' Home, the Society for the Protection of Women
and Children, evidence clearly the tender heart of the
strong business man. All moral and religious causes
found in him an earnest advocate.

"His religion was not of the showy kind, but those
who knew him best can testify to its true and practical
reality. He was a worshipper at the Cathedral between
twenty and thirty years and also a member of its Vestry.
For twenty years he was on the Board of Governors of
the Diocesan College to the cause of which he gave gen
erously of his means, time and wise counsels."

CARTER, EDWARD, Q.C.— Was born at Three Rivers
in 1822. He was the son of Dr. George Carter, and
educated by Rev. Mr. Wood, one of the earliest teachers
in the country. Afterwards he passed three years at the
College of Nicolet, where he became a perfect French
scholar. In 1838 he removed to Montreal, and in 1840
went to Quebec, and entered the office of Aylwin & Short.
Both these men became judges and young Carter returned
to Montreal and completed his studies in the office of Sir
John Rose, afterwards being admitted to the Bar in 1845.
In 1856 he published a "Treatise on Summary Convictions
and Orders by Justices of the Peace," still recognized as
an authority by Bench and Bar. In 1862 he became a
Q.C. On account of ill health he accepted the office of
clerk of the Crown, which he held for two years. Return-

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ing to practice he was appointed assistant Professor of
Constitutional and Criminal Law in McGill College,
being associated with Judge Badgley. He received the
degree of D.C.L. from McGill and that of LL.D. from
Lennoxville, of which he was one of the governors. In
1871 he was elected by acclamation for the County of
Brome in the Local Legislature. After a long life he died
in Montreal some years ago.

CHAMBERLAIN, LIEUT.-COL. BROWN.— Son of Brown
Chamberlain, M.D., and was born at Frelighsburg, Que.,
in 1827. Educated at St. Paul's School, Montreal, and
McGill College, where he took the B.C.L. degree in 1850
—the M.A. (hon.) in 1857 and D.C.L. in 1867. He was
called to the Bar in 1850. After practising for two years,
he became one of the conductors of the Montreal "Gazette"
and one of the publishers of the same paper from 1853 to
1867. In 1854 he became a fellow and member of the
Senate of the College and President of the McGill Gra
duates' Society. He was also Secretary of the Board of
Arts and Manufactures from 1857 to 1862, and the Pre
sident of the same body from 1862-1865.

In 1862 he was appointed a Commissioner on behalf
of Canada to the London Universal Exhibition. - In 1867
he was returned to the House of Commons lor Missisquoi
and so continued till appointed Queen's Printer for Can
ada in 1870. He established the new printing bureau at
Ottawa. After a long life in the public service he retired
in 1891. Commanding the 6oth Missisquoi Batt. V.M.
for some years he received the C.M.G. from the Queen
for his services in connection with the raid at Eccles Hill
in 1870— and in recognition of his gallantry on that
occasion he was presented, through H. E. Lord Lisgar
with a sword of honor from the citizens of Ottawa the
same year. Retiring from the force, he was permitted to
retain his rank as a special case.

Col. Chamberlain married in 1870, Agnes, daughter
of Sheriff Moody, of Belleville. This lady is well known

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in Canadian literature as the authoress of "Canadian
Wild Flowers," and other works. Copies of this work are
now rare and bring a large price. After a long and busy
life he died some years ago.

CLARK, FREDERICK DICHARD.— The Bisnop thus speaks
of him : "A native of Kent, England, died in April, 1906.
He was an earnest and devoted churchman. He was for
upwards of forty years a valued and generous member of
St. Stephen's and in later years of St. Edward's Church.
For many years he filled with conscientious care the post of
churchwarden, and was for very many years, and almost
without intermission, a delegate to Synod."

CLAYTON, REV. F. H.— Was born in Ireland, in 1840.
Coming to Canada in 1864, he was, in 1871, ordained by
Bishop Oxenden. For upwards of thirty years he was a
devoted missionary of the Church, first at Bolton and then
at New Glasgow. Outspoken, and possessing the courage
of his convictions, he will be long remembered by those
who were associated with him as fellow members of the
Synod.

During the later years of his life his health was great
ly impaired and after a few years rest from active duty
he died in 1905.'

CONSTANTINE, REV. ISAAC, M.A.— Born at Bradley
Hall, Lancashire, England. Educated in England and at
Bishop's College, Lennoxville. Ordained Deacon in 1850
by Bishop of Quebec, and Priest in 1852 by Bishop of
Montreal. First Parochial Charge in England. Incum
bent of St. James' Church, Stanbridge East, wher^ he
remained till his death in 1900. Wo ^ j J > *i . * .^ ^j^ I

Bishop Bond thus speaks of him and of the other f\i^
old pioneers who preceded him, in one of his addresses
to Synod: — "The Rev. I. Constantine, after forty-two
years at Stanbridge East, retired, only a few months ago,
at the age of 74, desiring to spend his last days in Eng
land. His death occurred shortly after his arrival. But
he was a ripe Christian, and the summons would not have

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found him unprepared. Though quiet and unassuming,
there were few men better known in the Synod, especially
in his younger days, when he frequently spoke on the side
of order and Church ritual. We, who are left of these
workers in the mission field of those far-away days when
the Church in this Diocese had hardly attained the age
of independence, look around, and, missing the familiar
faces, feel ourselves bereft. They shared with us the day
of small things. They remembered the trials of ship fever
and cholera, the difficulties and dangers of travel, un-
helped by steam or electricity. Their places know them
no more, and ours will soon be vacant. Younger men will
be building on our foundation. What will they build?
Wood, hay, stubble ? God forbid ! - God, in His mercy,
grant to these, our younger brethren, grace to build with
the silver, gold, precious stones of Christ's own providing,
so tnat in the day when every man's work shall be made
manifest, ours may prove t6 be the true foundation Jesus
Christ Himself, and theirs the good work which shall abide
the trial and remain for ever."

Mr. Constantine was a great musician and attained
the distinction of being called the Haydn of the Diocese.
A picture of his beautiful Church is seen at .another part
of this volume. This picture was a gift of Mrs. Moore,
whose family have been connected with Stanbridge for
many years.

CRATHERN, JAMES.— Was born in Montreal, of English
parentage, in 1830. His father died in 1832, when he was
an infant, during the cholera epidemic of that year, as the
result of having risked his life to assist a friend who was
suffering from the plague. The son was then educated at
Workman's School, which he left when he was fourteen
years old, to take employment with the old firm of Ferrier
& Co., with whom he learned the wholesale hardware trade.

In May, 1854, Mr. Crathern left this firm to start in
business for himself, and with Messrs. John and Thomas
Caverhill founded the business of Crathern and Caverhill
on Custom House square.

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About 1894 Mr. Crathern retired from the business,
having acquired a handsome fortune.

Mr. Crathern was an old member of St. George's
Church, for fourteen years having filled the position of
Rector's warden during the Incumbency of the late Bishop
Carmichael. He was largely instrumental in inducing the
present Incumbent, Rev. Dr. Paterson-Smyth, to accept
office, after which he retired from the wardenship. At the
last vestry meeting of St. George's, Mr. Crathern was
elected to represent St. George's at the Diocesan Synod.
Amongst his various gifts to St. George's Church is its
magnificent organ and echo organ, which is recognized as
one of the finest in Canada, and was given by Mr. Crathern
as a memorial to his wife and children some twelve years
ago. He died at the age of 80 years.

CRAWFORD, JOHN.— Of Verdun. Born in Ireland in
1814. Came to Canada in 1829. Entered the service of
Gillespie, Moffatt & Co., Montreal, afterwards paying
teller in the City Bank. For years his time, after leaving
the bank, was devoted to his own private business. He
was interested in the Bank of Montreal, Montreal Gas
Company, Vice-President of Molson's Bank and President
of the Street Railway. He was for a long time Master of
the Montreal Fox Hounds. He was for many years a con
stant attendant at the annual meetings of Synod and took
much interest in its affairs. He married a sister of the
Rev. Canon Ellegood. He died several years ago.

•CUNNINGHAM, REV. T. E.— "Was one of the earlier
students of our Diocesan College. He did a noble work
as a Missionary before he was appointed to St. Luke's in
this city. He was highly valued. His simple desire was
to spend and be spent in his Lord's service. His death
was a sore grief to them who knew him, and more especially
to the congregation of St. Luke's." He was born at Rawdon
in 1856. He graduated at McGill, MA. in 1883. His
death occurred in 1901.

CURRAN, REV. W. B., MA.— Born at Kingston. Gra
duate University Queen's College, Kingston, and Bishop's

84 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

College, Lennoxville. Ordained Deacon, 1861; Priest,
1862, by the Metropolitan. Appointed Curate Trinity
Church, Montreal; Rector of St. Stephen's, Montreal, and
Honorary Canon of Christ's Church Cathedral; Rector
Trinity Church, Gait, 1873, and Rural Dean, County of
Waterloo, 1876. He was afterwards Rector of St. Thomas'
Church, Hamilton, and Commissary for the Bishop of
Saskatchewan and Canada. He removed to a fine Rec
tory near Nottingham, England, where he resided till his.
deatn some years ago.

CUTHBERT, MISS.— The Bishop says : "I would wish
gratefully, yet with a sense of deep loss to the Church
through the death of the donor, to notice the munificent
gift that has been given to the parish of Berthier (en haut)
of two valuable farms, the proceeds of which are to be
applied towards the endowment of that parish. Miss
Cuthbert, during a long and devoted life, never ceased
to aid and assist, with open, generous hand, the Church
to which she belonged, and her wish as to the final gift,
without being ordered in writing, was so well known, that
on her death it was at once willingly carried out by her
immediate relatives. In naming the late Miss Cuthbert,
I name one whose high Christian character and devoted
zeal in all mission work and in private charity, has set a
bright example to all blessed as she was blessed with
earthly blessings, and I can only hope that her holy ex
ample in life and death may not be without many fol
lowers."

DAWSON, SAMUEL E.— Son of the Rev. Benjamin
Dawson, of P. E. I. Came to Montreal in 1847. After
wards removed to Halifax where Dr. Dawson was born in
1833. Returning to Montreal years after, he became a
partner with his father as booksellers and stationers under
the name of B. Dawson &. Son. After the retirement of
the father the name was changed to Dawson Brothers.
He was one of the promoters and founders of the Dom
inion Bank Note Company, 1879, and of the Montreal
News Co., 1880. Subsequently he was President of the

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 85

Board of Arts and Manufactures, P.Q. He was one of
the earliest contributors to the Canadian ''Monthly" and
wrote extensively for the "Star," "Gazette" and "Toronto
Weekly." He published "A Study of Tennyson's Princess"
which LeSueur pronounced "The Best Study of the Poem
that ever appeared," also monographs on the Cabots and
the Land-Fall of 1497. He received the degree of Lit.D.
from Laval University in 1890, and was appointed
Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery of Canada
in 1891. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
of Canada in 1893. He remained Queen's Printer till he
died some years ago.

In connection with the Church of England he was a
well known figure in Montreal, and his large establish
ment in St. James Street, was a rendezvous of all the
Clergy, Dawson Brothers supplying all the books, etc.,
which they required. Some of the best books on all sub
jects of Literature were published by his firm. Authors
ever found him ready to assist them in their literary ven
tures and when he left for Ottawa and the establishment
was closed a blank seemd to fall on St. James Street.

DAY, J. J., Q.C.— Born in London, 1805. He came
to Montreal in 1828. Studied Law with Wm. Walker,
Q.C., and called to the Bar in 1834. After the troubles
of 1837-38 he entered the Montreal Corporation and then
secured Viger Square to the city in perpetuity. It was
by his promptitude that the bequest of the Hon. D. B.
Viger, which was in danger, through the inactivity of the
Civic Authorities, of being irretrievably lost, that the City
of Montreal now possesses this beautiful square.

Mr. Day also with some others founded the Montreal
High School. It was affiliated with McGill College and
stood as an adjunct to that Institution. He also was one
of the promoters of Mount Royal Cemetery. He was
conspicuous during 1849 when the Rebellion Losses Bill
was passed and History informs us of that troublous time.
In 1862 he received his Q.C. After a long and momentous
life, he died in December, 1898. His family were well

86 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

known in Montreal. His eldest son became a lawyer in
Troy, U.S. His second (now dead) was the Consul Gen
eral for Chili in Canada. His third became a lawyer in
Montreal. His eldest daughter married the late Henry
Wilkes, D.D., his second married Ch. Burgess, Buenos
Ayres, S.A., and the youngest is best known as the wife
of the late revered and lamented Bishop Baldwin, whose
son is Rev. Day Baldwin, of Montreal, now retired from
cuerical duty.

DRAKE, WALTER.— The Archbishop says of him:
"Walter Drake, according to his means and influence,
served both rich and poor in our community. He will be
greatly missed in Synod, and on the Executive Committee.
A gift in perpetuity has been made to the Widows' and
Orphans' Fund, of the interest of the sum of $250, to be
held by trustees appointed by Walter Drake, the donor,
in memory of his wife. I desire that suitable acknowledg
ment shall also be made of this very timely gift. Mrs.
Drake was one of our most consistent and useful Church
workers. Quiet and unobstrusive in her charity, she was
greatly beloved for her amiability and Christian virtues."

DUVERNET, REV. EDWARD, A.M.— Born in the Island
of Ceylon. Educated at University of King's College,
Fredericton, N.B. Ordained Deacon by the Bishop of
Fredericton, and Priest 1852 by the Bishop of Montreal.
Was appointed to Hemmingford, Q. Honorary Canon of
Christ's Church Cathedral, Montreal, then Rector of
Clarenceville. He died some years ago.

The Bishop thus speaks of him : "Canon DuVernet
rhad retired from active service some time before his death,
not so long ago, however, but that he is gratefully and
lovingly remembered for fervent piety and devotion to
the Church's work by many of the older Christians to
whom he ministered." His son has now attained to the
high position in the Church as Bishop of Caledonia.

DRUMMOND, SIR GEORGE E., K.C.M.G., C.V.O.-
Born at Edinburgh, 1829, educated at the High School
and University. Came to Canada in 1854. Soon after-

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wards he became attached to the staff of the Bank of
Montreal. He was quickly promoted and served as man
ager at Kingston, London and Ottawa.

Sir George's first permanent connection with Mont
real was when he assumed the practical management of
the great Sugar Refinery, established by the late John
Redpath. He continued the manager till 1874, when the
mill was closed for five years. After this period when the
mill opened under the name of the Canada Sugar Re
finery, Sir George became the president.

He was appointed to the Senate by Sir John Mc
Donald and through all the regime of Sir Wilfrid Lau-
rier, he was the Chairman of the Banking and Commerce
Committee. He joined the Citizens' League and Board
of Trade, where he after became president. Besides being
President of the Bank of Montreal and the Sugar Re
fining Company, he was President or Vice-President of
many other large concerns, especially director in tiie
C.P.R., Mexican Electrical Company, Rolling Mills, Flour
Mills, etc., etc.

He was a man of high culture and encouraged sport,
chiefly golf.

Sir George's collection of curios and paintings is one
of the best in Canada.

He received the C. V. O. at the Tercentenary of
Quebec, 1908. But above all his honors and appoint
ments, Sir George and his estimable lady will stand
out conspiciously in the annals of Montreal as the
founders of that good Samaritan Institution. "The Home
for Incurables" on Sherbrooke St., opened in 1894, and
since then greatly extended. The management of the
Home is under the Sisters of St. Margaret an order of
Anglican Sisters. Lady Drummond is one of the best
known workers in several philanthropic female societies
and received high encomium from Lady Aberdeen.

DRUMMOND, DR. W. H.— Was born at Currawn House,
County Leitrim, Ireland, 1854. Educated when the family
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Medicine at Bishop's College, Lennoxville, and graduated
in 1884. He was for some years in general practice in
Montreal, holding at the same time the Chair of Medicine
Jurisprudence in the Faculty of Bishop's College. He
was always fond of fishing and all outdoor sports, and
took considerable interest in fish culture and of the pre
servation and propagation of game. Accordingly he was
Vice-President of the Laurentian Club and President of
the St. Maurice Club, both being fish and game associa
tions. He was also President of the Montreal Kennel
Club, and owned one of the best silver mines of Cobalt.

However, he is best known to the general public as
a poet and that of dialect poetry. Among the earliest
of his genius in this line were "The Papineau Gun" and
•"The Wreck of the Julie Plante." They attained an
immense success and popularity all over Canada and the
United States, and are now included in every standard
collection of humorous verse in both countries.

For the Queen's Diamond Jubilee he wrote "The
Habitant's Jubilee Ode" and above all he wrote for
Albani a song, "Le Grand Seigneur" which was sung by
that great Canadian artist during her last American tour.
Latterly he made a new poem of considerable length in
the French Canadian patois, which many pronounce the
author's best. He married, 1894, Ma^y Isabel, only daugh
ter of Dr. Harvey, M.R.C.S., of Savanna la Mar, Jamaica,
W.I. He died universally regretted on 6th April, 1907.

Besides Dr. Drummond's humorous verse, he wrote
some very fine poems, one called "Strathcona's Horse,"
which he did in my forming "Anthology of the South
African War," was much admired and another, "Glencoe"
in Irish patois for the same work in 1901. After all his
work and good to his fellow man let the prayer be softly
said over him, "Requiescat in Pace."

DUNKIN, JUDGE.— Was born at Walworth, England,
in 1812, spent two years at University College, and one
year in Logic at Glasgow. The family came to America
and in 1833 he was Greek Professor of Harvard College.

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In 1835 he resigned and married a daughter of Dr. J.
Barber whose sister was the lamented and well-known
Miss Barber, ever in good works in Montreal.

In 1837 he came to this city and edited the "Morning
Chronicle." In 1838 he was offered the post of Secretary
to the Education Commission. In 1841 he was Assistant
Secretary for Lower Canada, remaining thus to 1847.
He had the year previous been admitted to the Bar.
Practising in Montreal till 1862, he removed and settled
at Knowlton. Afterwards he became member for
Drummond 1857-8, and sat for the 7th and 8th Parlia
ments for Brome. On Confederation he was elected both
to the House of Commons and the Quebec Parliaments
and became Treasurer of Quebec. Resigning his seat in
the Quebec Council in 1859 he was made a Privy Coun
cillor of the Dominion as Minister of Agriculture resign
ing in 1871 when elevated to the Bench. He is best known
as the promoter of "The Dunkin Act/' which has done
untold good for the Province. Bishop's College con
ferred on him the degree of D.C.L. Before this he had
been made Q.C., in 1867. After a busy and eventful life,
he died some years ago at Knowlton, P.Q.

DYDE, COL. JOHN.— Was born at Altona in Denmark.
The French Revolution was then at its height. His father
having been obliged to go to Paris on urgent business,
sent his wife to this town for security. It was soon after
taken by the French, under whose flag the Colonel was
born. Mrs. Dyde, disguised as a sailor with her young
son concealed in a clothes basket escaped to Hamburg and
afterwards reached Paris where her husband and many
Englishmen were held as prisoners for speaking too
freely about the Revolution. They were afterwards
released. In 1810 the family came to New York, and in
1813 moved to Boston, and then in 1814 came to Mont
real. Young Dyde at once joined the Militia and soon
became Sergeant-Major, Ensign and Adjutant In 1817
he joined the Northwest Company and in 1819 returned
to Montreal, and married in 1822. After this he made

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two voyages to the West Indies and was both times
wrecked.

In 1831 he was made Inspector of Ashes, a great
article of value in those days. In 1833 he was appointed
Lieutenant, and Adjutant of the Garrison Artillery. In
1837, at the outbreak of the political troubles, he raised a
company of Grenadiers in one day and became senior
officer. After the rebellion in 1838 the "Loyal Quebec
Volunteers," as they were called, were disbanded, but in
November of the same years trouble again breaking out,
he was transferred to the "Montreal Light Infantry"
where he remained to the end of the rebellion.

In 1855 he was appointed Lieut-Colonel of the
Montreal Rifles now the Prince of Wales. In 1860 he
was appointed Commandant of the whole active force
in Montreal and afterwards received the high rank of
full Colonel. Latterly he in 1866 commanded the 2nd
Brigade composed of all the Volunteers. In 1868 he
retired from active service after fifty-four years. He was
appointed by H. M. the Queen as one of her Aides-
de-Camp in Canada and at eighty years of age he died
beloved by all, a soldier to his death. In the midst of all
this military career he attended to his Church duties and.
took great interest in the affairs of the Diocese.

ELLIOTT, THOMAS.— The Bishop speaks thus: "We
have received a bequest of $150, less tax, for the Widows'
and Orphans' Fund, from the executors of the will of the
late Thomas Elliott, Esq., of Shawville. Mr. Elliott was
a true and faithful member of the Church. As a Church,
we are indebted to the Elliott family for more than
money, although the fact should be noted, that the sum
now acknowledged on behalf of the Widows' and
Orphans' Fund is the fruit of industry and labor, and not
a gift out of boundless wealth. But more than this, two
sons have been sent from the parental homestead to be
partakers with us in the ministry of the Word. May the
spirit of God move others to follow this good example,
and devote themselves and their gifts to the sacred work,

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not because they are actually rich in the things of this
world, but because they are moved thereto by love for the
Lord Jesus."

EVANS, CANON HENRY JAMES.— Born at Woodhouse
Rectory, Ont. Is a graduate of Trinity College, Toronto,
was ordained Deacon in 1863, and Priest in 1865, by the
Bishop of Huron. He was Curate of Port Rowan, Ont.,
from 1863 to 1 866; Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Chris-
tieville, Que., from 1866 to 1878; Incumbent of Lachute,
Que., from 1878 to 1884, and City Missionary in Montreal
from 1884 to 1890. He was Hospital Chaplain in
Montreal from 1884. In 1890 he became Incumbent of
All Saints' Church. He was made Canon of Christ Church
Cathedral in 1897.

The Church of All Saints was entirely founded by
Canon Evans. Through his continual energies and
pluck it was built and lately became out of debt. During
the deadly smallpox epidemic in Montreal, he was one
of the most indefatigable Clergy of the city. At the end
of the scourge he and a Sister of St. Margaret's Home
received, from the Corporation of Montreal, a fine cash
donation for their exemplary display of courage and Chris
tian philanthropy during that trying time.

EVERETT, THOMAS.— Born in London, England, in
1840. He was educated at Denmark Hill Grammar
School. He came to Canada in 1859. Took his Theo
logical Course at Bishop's College, Lennoxville. During
his thirty years he was stationed at Mascouche, afterwards
at Longueuil and later in the Mission of Bristol. After
this he resided in Montreal and helped in so far as his
health allowed him. He died June 17, 1906.

At his death the following appeared in one of the
Montreal papers : — "Although the deceased retired from
active service several years ago, there are many friends
who can testify to the great zeal that he showed for his
Church and the simple unostentatious life of a Christian
gentleman, which he lived, performing such occasional!
duties as his health permitted and ever ready to aid and
counsel those in trouble."

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GARTH, CHARLES.— Charles Garth was born in Roch
dale, Lancashire, England, in 1822. Coming to Canada
with his parents in 1826, he passed the whole of his long
life in Montreal.

In his early manhood he became a devoted member of
Trinity Church, of which he was for many years warden
and delegate to the Synod.

He was one of the most energetic and successful men
of business in Montreal and though so immersed in secular
duties, he was ever ready to offer his wise counsels and
experience in the affairs of the Church. For many years
he filled the office of Treasurer of the Diocese He was
also Treasurer both of the Provincial and General Synods.
At his death a blank was felt throughout the Diocese
difficult to fill. After a long and useful life he died in
1905.

GAULT, A. F.— Youngest son of Leslie Gault, of Stra-
bane, Ireland. Born there, 1833. Came with his parents
to Canada and educated at the Montreal High School. In
1853 he established the firm of Gault Stevenson & Co.,
dissolved in 1857. He and his brother Robert then formed
the company of Gault Bros, existing to this day. Mr.
Gault was one of the principal men, perhaps the most so, in
the manufacture of cotton and woollen goods — for his
current title was "The Cotton King of Canada"— being
president of all the principal mills in Canada. He was
connected with too many commercial institutions to men
tion here. He declined all political preferment, but in
matters connected with his Church he was a "rara avis."
A true Christian and believer in the Church of England,
he did enormous good to the Diocese at large and Mont
real in particular. He was connected with all its institu
tions, such as the Robert Jones Convalescent Hospital,
The Andrews Home and, above all, the Diocesan College.
This may truly be said to be the result of his generous
gifts and constant care. In 1894 ne received a testimonial
from the Bishop, Clergy and Laity. He well deserved
this, for his $150,000 for the Endowment of the Diocesan

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College deserved more than mere thanks. The College
was opened in the summer of 1896 and then Mr. Gault
handed over to the Bishop the title deeds and other
papers. After a busy life he died /th July, 1903, as
Archbishop Bond, his great friend in Synod, said of him
-"Friend of the Church, Friend of Humanity, we are
deeply grateful to you."

GAULT, ROBERT L.— Robert L. Gault died in 1895,
aged 64. He was among the most devoted members of St.
George's Church, Montreal. He was a man of benevolent
spirit, as also of great amiability of character. As a busi
ness man he was possessed of ability of a high order, and
although his life was deeply absorbed in business pursuits,
he ever took an intelligent and loyal interest in every good
work undertaken by the Church.

GRIBBLE, REV. JOHN.— Born at Exeter, England.
Educated at Bishop's College, Lennoxville. Ordained
Deacon, 1854; Priest, 1855, by the Bishop of Montreal.
Appointed, Portage du Fort; Malone, N.Y. ; Port Colborne;
Rector S. James', Port Dalhousie.

In 1864 Rural Dean Lonsdale says in his annual
report of this indefatigable man, when he was stationed
at Portage du Fort in the "Ottawa district : " — "Some idea
may be formed of the extent of Mr. Cribble's labors when
it is known, that after the duties of Sunday, he returns
to Havelock every alternate Monday, leaving home at 4
a.m., during winter and summer, crosses over to Calumet
Island, holds services there, thence to the Colonge for
similar duties, and then proceeds as far as the settlement
on the Black River, so that by the time he reaches home
he has walked ninety-five miles? It is owing to such
zeal and earnestness that the Church's missions in this
Diocese now extend to nearly 100 miles above the City
of Ottawa.

May each man's prayer for him be "Requiescat in
Pace." These were the men to whom the present Diocese
owes its now grand proportions and steady increase. He
died years ago.

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FOSTER, MRS. HIRAM.— The Bishop thus speaks of her
death : — "The death of Mrs. Hiram Foster, of Knowlton,
removes from us one of the staunchest and most devoted
church women of the Diocese. A woman of strong
character and great ability and zeal for her church, her
influence, through the many years of a long life, was
always on the side of good. Her death came to her gently
at the last, and closed the earthly record of one who always
kept before her the old Church Code of Christian-living,
duty towards her God, and duty towards her neighbour."

FRANCIS, WILLIAM.— In one of the reports we find the
following about Mr. Francis and what the Bishop says
of him.

"The death of Mr. Francis, 2Qth July, 1905, at eighty-
seven years, removed one of the oldest citizens and mer
chants of Montreal.

As a member of the Church of England, Mr. Francis'
connection with St. George's Church went back to the days
of its vigorous life and work in all parochial organizations,
when the congregation worshipped in the old building,
in the Sunday School, and by his administrative ability
made the school what it has ever been, one of the largest
and most efficient schools of the city.

Mr. Francis proved himself always a generous sup
porter of all the schemes and charities of his Church,
Parochial or Diocesan. The Congregation of St. George's
owes him a special debt, hanging to the Rector, one day, a
cheque to remove what had been pointed out to him, as a
very undesirable incumbrance for a parish like St. George's.

Mr. Francis was for years a member of Synod, repre
senting one of the country parishes, and as long as he was
able took his place in the annual Assemblies as they came
round. His record stands as a good Churchman, a good
Christian, one faithful in all things as opportunity offered
and as God prospered him. One of the old school, he
was conservative in his ideas in parish and general church
work, but not without sympathy and interest in the new
generation of persons and things, which he lived to see
grow up about him."

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FULTON, REV. CANON, M.A.— Canon Fulton died
suddenly at. St. Vincent de Paul, at the age of 72. Having
completed his preparation for the Ministry at Bishop's
College, Lennoxville, he was ordained Deacon in the
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Quebec, in the year 1848,
by the Bishop of the undivided Diocese of Montreal and
Quebec, and was licensed to the Mission of Franklin and
Havelock. In the following year he was advanced to the
Priesthood, and in the faithful exercise of his office he
continued for 33 years in charge of .the same Mission. He
was subsequently appointed to the Parish of Lower
Lachine, where he laboured until 1889, when on the death
of the Chaplain of the Penitentiary of St. Vincent de Paul,
he succeeded him in that position. Canon Fulton filled
for a number of years the office of Rural Dean of Iberville,
for the duties of which he was peculiarly fitted by reason
of his methodical habits. In 1886 he resigned this office,
and in recognition of his long services to the Church, he
was appointed by the Bishop as an Honorary Canon in
Christ Church Cathedral. Canon Fulton was a man of
simple, unobtrusive piety. He was a faithful and sym
pathetic friend, an able minister of the Church, and, above
all, a humble and diligent servant of the Divine Master.

FYLES, REV. THOMAS W.— Born at The Hermitage,
Enfield Chase, Eng. Educated at Westminster, York
Diocesan Training College. Ordained Deacon 1862;
Priest 1864 by the Bishop of Montreal. Appointed to
Longueuil and Laprairie, then Iron Hill, then Rector of
Cowansville. After remaining sometime he went as Chap
lain to the Quarantine Station of Grosse Isle and remained
in the Diocese of Quebec till his death. Mr. Fyles was
a celebrated Entymologist and had such a large collec
tion that the Federal Government purchased it for some
thousands of dollars. One or two of his poems are found
in the Author's Book, "The Harp of Canaan" and were
highly appreciated.

HALL, HON. JOHN S.— Born in Montreal, 1853, son of
John S. Hall, a lumber merchant of the city. He was

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educated in Lennoxville and McGill College, B.A. of the
latter 1874 — and graduated B.C.L. in 1875 and called to
the Bar in 1876. For a considerable time he was in part
nership with Sir J. A. Chapleau, and when the latter was
appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, Mr. Hall suc
ceeded him as the head of the firm. He was made Q.C.
by the Marquis of Lansdowne in 1887, and received the
degree of D.C.L. in 1895. Entering the Militia he rose to
be Major and retired in 1895. He was elected member
for Montreal West, Quebec Legislature, from 1886 to
1890, and again from 1892 to 1897. He was the Pro
vincial Treasurer from 1892 to 1894, when he retired from
the Government and then occupied an independent relation
in the Conservative party; afterwards he went West and
remained there till death, a few years ago.

HALL, HON. R. N.— Judge. Born at Laprairie, 1836.
Educated at Burlington University, U.S. B.A. 1857.
Practiced Law for many years at Sherbrooke,, P.O., was
twice Batonnier of St. Francis District and elected in 1878
Batonnier-General. Created Q.C., by Marquis of Lome,
1880. Received degree of LL.D. from Bishop's College,
where he was Dean of the Faculty of Law. Sat for
Sherbrooke in the House of Commons from 1882 to 1891,
when he was appointed a judge of the Court of Queen's
Bench in 1892. He continued in this position till his
death, a few years ago.

HAMILTON, HON. JOHN.— Born at Quebec in 1827.
Originally the family came from Scotland. He was the
third son of Col. George Hamilton, of Hawkesbury, and
educated in Montreal. A member of the firm of Hamilton
Bros., he is closely connected with the Bishop of Ottawa,
now Metropolitan and Primate being his elder brother.
He was also connected with the Bank of Montreal as a
Director, and President of the Merchants Bank.

In 1860 he was elected to the Legislature of United
Canada for Inkerman and was so till Confederation.
Called to the Senate soon after; he remained a Senator till
his Heath, some years ago.

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His son, who died in Colorado a few years ago left
$100,000 to the funds of the General Hospital besides
large benefactions to private individuals and public
institutions.

HENDERSON, REV. WILLIAM, D.D.— Born at London
derry, Ireland. Graduate Trinity College, Dublin, with
Classical and Ethical Honors. Ordained Deacon 1857,
by the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and Priest 1858, by the
Bishop of Meath, Ireland. Appointed Brompton Ralph,
Eng. ; Monksilver, Somerset, Eng. ; Ballymore, Westmeath,
Ireland; Pembroke, Ont., Canada, St. Luke's, Cleveland,
U.S.; St. John's, Keokuk, Iowa; St. Paul's Cathedral,
Virginia City, Nevada; St. James', Eureka, Nevada, U.S.;
Rector of Dunham, Q., and Examining Chaplain to the
Metropolitan. Principal of Montreal Theological College,
and Canon of Christ's Church Cathedral. Has published
"Exposition of Article of Creed," "He Descended into
Hell," "Essay on Baptismal Regeneration," "Lectures on
Total Abstinence" and other works.

This is written of him : "The Rev. W. Henderson,
D.D., Canon of Christ Church Cathedral and Prin
cipal of the Montreal Diocesan Theological College,
was born in the historic city of Londonderry, Ire
land, May 22nd, 1834. Having graduated B.A. at
Trinity College, Dublin, in 1855, and received the
Divinity Testamur, he was ordained Deacon, by
Lord Auckland, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1857, and
Priest by the Bishop of Meath, in 1858. He was curate
at Brompton Ralph, and Monk Silver, Somerset, Eng., and
Ballymore, Westmeath, Ireland. He then was Rector of
Trinity Church, Pembroke, Ont. Rector of St. Luke's
Church, Cleveland, Ohio. Assistant to Bishop Whittaker,
at Virginia, Nevada, and Rector of Eureka, Nevada.
Returning to Canada in 1872, he was appointed Rector of
Dunham, and Examining Chaplain to Bishop Oxenden.
In 1877 he was called to his longest and most important
charge, the Principalship of the Montreal Diocesan Theo
logical College, a post he filled for twenty years.

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"Here his ripe scholarship, both Classical and Theolo
gical, found full scope for employment, and here in the
training of many young men for the Ministry of the
Church, the great work of his life was accomplished. In
1878 he was appointed Canon of Christ Church Cathedral,
and in 1888 received the Degree of D.D. from his Univer
sity, Trinity College, Dublin. Eminently humble, holy
and consistent in his life, character and ministry, he laid
all his care, gifts and great attainments at the feet of the
Lord, striving in a most arduous and responsible position,
with untiring zeal almost to the last, to glorify God, to
magnify the name of the Lord Jesus, and to serve and
edify his Church and people. He strove to develop in his
students a Missionary spirit, and to make his College a
Missionary centre. Under his prayerful and fostering
care, it grew from its very humble beginning to its present
promising and important proportions; and almost tragic
did it seem, that he should lie in death beneath its roof,
while the beautiful and commodious home of the College
he so loved was opened and consecrated to its future work.
It has been the prayer of many hearts that the mantle of
his piety and learning may fall upon many of those who
are his sons in the faith. He died in 1896 at the age of
62 years."

HICKS, WILLIAM H.— Born at Portsmouth, England,
1816. After teaching school for fourteen years in Eng
land he came to Montreal in connection with the Colonial
Church and School Society — when the Normal Schools
were established in the Province, Mr. Hicks was made
Professor of English Literature, Sir Wm. Dawson being
President. In 1871 he resigned the situation on account of
old age and retired from actual work. He died many
years ago. His son, Frank Hicks, was for years one of
our most popular teachers in Montreal.

HOWARD J. W., of Chambly.— By the death of Mr.
Howard the old historic Church of England there lost a
loyal and devout member.

For many years he filled the office of Church Warden

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and was a delegate to the Synod till his death, and always
took a deep interest both in the spiritual and temporal
affairs of the Church.

He married the only daughter of the late Mr. Bartlett,
Military Chaplain, when her father, as such, was stationed
in Montreal. Mr. Howard died a year or two ago.

HUNTINGDON, HON. S. L.— Was born at Compton,
1827. Was the schoolmaster at Waterloo when Arch
deacon Lindsay took charge of his first parish of Frost
Village. Between the two there arose a very close friend
ship. Mr. Lindsay prepared the future statesman for Con
firmation and rendered him what assistance he could in
fitting him for the College. In 1853 he was called to the
Bar. In 1856 he became proprietor of "The Waterloo
Advertiser." In 1861 he was elected to the House of
Commons for Shefford. In 1863 he became Solicitor
General, East. In the Liberal Cabinet of McKenzie he
became President of the Council. In 1865 was Postmaster
General. In 1870 he resigned.

Mr. Huntingdon is best known to Churchmen by his
attendance for many years as a delegate to the Synod of
Montreal, where his sage addresses generally resulted in
arranging matters which were then getting complicated and
mixed. After a long and busy life he died some years ago.
HUTTON, JAMES.— Was one of the large wholesale
hardware merchants of Montreal and Treasurer of the
Diocese for many years.

The Bishop in one of his annual addresses thus speaks
of him.

"We have to mourn the loss of one who was actively
identified with the work of the Church in this Diocese for
nearly half a century. Mr. James Hutton was a leading
member of the Synod from its institution, and for many
years he filled the office of treasurer. How kind and
helpful he was to the clergy you all know. Especially
was this the case in the early days of diocesan self-support,
when the low state of the mission fund made it sometimes
necessary that the salaries of the mission clergy should

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be paid in advance. This he did rather than that any
should go empty and disappointed away. In character he
was simple and devout, a sympathetic and firm friend, an
honorable and upright man. His judgment was excellent,
and his advice, often backed with substantial help, was at
the service of all who claimed it. Those of his contem
poraries, who enjoyed his intimate friendship, will never
cease to regret the loss of his cheerful, affectionate com
panionship."

HUTTON, MRS.— The Bishop says of her : "A legacy
of $500 has been received from the late Mrs. Hutton for
the Superannuation Fund, which is most acceptable. Mrs.
Hutton was, like her husband, deeply attached to the
Church in which she worked continuously, through a long
and active life, to the great advantage of every society
with which she was connected. I mention her with affec
tion, and venerate her memory."

JOHNSON, REV. THOMAS.— Born at Brampton, West
moreland, Eng. Ordained Deacon 1815, by the Arch
bishop of York; Priest, 1817, by the Bishop of Carlisle.
Rector of Hatley, 1819 to 1830. Incumbent of Abbotts-
ford, 1830 to 1851. Retired 1852, and died many years
ago. He was one of the Clergy who welcomed Bishop
Fulford to Canada in 1850.

The Bishop thus speaks of him : "One of our oldest
missionaries has been called to his rest during the past
year, the Rev. Thomas Johnson, appointed to serve in the
Diocese of Quebec in 1819. Mr. Johnson was placed on
the retired list in 1852, when the S. P. G. made mention in
their annual report of his faithful missionary services.
Leading a quiet healthful life, in the scene of his early
labors, our aged brother lived far beyond the allotted
years of man, and died honored and beloved by all
around him."

JOHNSTON, REV. JOHN.— Born at Toronto. Ordained
Deacon 1838, and Priest 1840, by the Bishop of Quebec.
Appointed New Carlisle; March; Honorary Canon of
Christ's Church Cathedral, Montreal. Incumbent of St.

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James', Hull, and Chaplain to the Senate, Ottawa, which
he held to his death some years ago.

The History of this Parish and that portion of the
Diocese of Montreal is one of the most interesting features
of the book. The beginning was undoubtedly due to
Philemon Wright, and his godly wife. He had made
several trips from Moburn near Boston before and in 1800
he and his family and a noble band of five others and
their families, fully equipped with everything necessary
to settlement in the Ottawa Valley. They travelled the
whole distance with their teams, sleighs and loads.
Starting from Boston, by way of Concord they journeyed
along Lake Memphramagog to Montreal. They found
our Metropolitical City of this century, a gloomy looking
little Town of about 7,000 inhabitants. They describe
the town surrounded by an old wall about 15 feet high
with battlements and other fortifications. The houses
were built of grey stone with sheet iron roofs and iron
window shutters. The streets were narrow and crooked.

Traineaux, drawn by French ponies, and toboggans
loaded with furs and drawn by several dogs in tandem
were the sights which met the eyes of the little band of
New England U. E. Loyalists — Leaving Montreal they
followed the north shore of the Grand River, as the
Ottawa was then called to the foot of the Long Sault. At
this point they left the last signs of any settlement. They
then cut their way through the bush to the head of the
Rapids. The rest of their journey was made on the ice.
The time occupied on the journey was ten days from
Montreal to the Chaudiere. The women and children
slept in the covered sleighs, and the men wrapped in
blankets grouped themselves around the fires. Mr. Wright
says : "I never saw men so cheerful and happy."

After their houses were built, Mr. Wright having
obtained title to 22,000 acres of land, some of it by grant
but most by purchase, thus began the foundation of
what is now the City of Hull.

Other settlers soon came from the old home near

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Boston, and among them a Congregational Minister (Mr.
Meech). When Rev. Charles Stewart, of Quebec Diocese,
as travelling Missionary on his arrival at the settlement
found that the people on Sunday met in the school house
for services of the Prayer Book, he advised that they
should have a Church, but it was not till 1820, that Lord
Dalhousie gave them a sum of £500, if the people would
raise a like sum. This incentive ended in a Church
begun in 1823, and finished in 1824, and name St. James'
Church. It was consecrated six years after, 1830, by
Bishop Stewart, he, in the intervening years, having become
Bishop of Quebec.

Their first pastor was Rev. A. Ansley, of the S. P. G.,
marks the beginning of the regular work of the Church
—hence St. James' Church, Hull, is the Mother Church
not only of many Missions on the North side of the River
Ottawa, but also of the fine and flourishing churches in
the City of Ottawa and its vicinity.

JONES, R. A. A.— He was the only son of the late
Hon. Robert Jones, of Montreal, and was born at Iberville,
then called Christieville, 70 years ago, and was educated
in this country, being called to the Montreal Bar, where,
however, he never practised. On his father's death in the
late '/o's, he left for England, but maintained all his life
a close touch with Canada, visiting here every two years.
He was prominent in Canadian charitable affairs, having
built, with his sister, the late Mrs. Arnott, the Robert Jones
Convalescent Home for Sick Children, Verdun, in memory
of his father, and quite recently having donated $10,000
to the Children's Memorial Hospital. When in Montreal,
as a member of the Church of England, a memorial win
dow was placed by him in St. George's Church, to the
memory of his father.

He died not long ago at his sister's home in England.

JONES, REV. WILLIAM.— Born at Tavistock, England.
Educated St. Paul's, Southsea. Ordained Deacon, 1843;
Priest, 1844, by the Bishop of Quebec. Appointed St

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Armand, West; Eaton; Bedford; West Farnham and In
cumbent of St. George's Granby. Died long ago.

KAAPCHE, REV. J.— He was a German and at first
Catechist, and then had the charge of a large settlement
of Germans in the far north of the Ottawa River. His
hard and terrible work as an ordained clergyman can
never be known. Yet in one of his reports he tells us that
on many occasions he carried provision through these
wilds (notably flour) on his back for the poor Germans
sometimes for a distance of 20, 30 and 40 miles.

The Rural Dean says of him : "The good deeds of
our departed Brother shall be had in remembrance, but it
was owing to incessant toil that the foundation of his
fatal illness was laid." He died many years ago.

KERR, W. H., Q.C.— Mr. Kerr was one of our most
distinguished advocates in Montreal. He was, too, a gcod
churchman and perfect gentleman. He was engaged in
many important cases in the courts and by his death the
city lost a man whose high legal attainments combined
with quiet gentlemanly bearing secured for him the con
fidence and warm regard of the community, but only those
who enjoyed his personal friendship knew his real worth.

The most important case in which he figured was that
of the "St. Alban's Raiders," during the American Civil
War. With him were associated the late Sir J. J. C.
Abbott, and Hon. Mr. Laflamme, afterwards Minister of
Justice of Canada. These three able Jurists were trium
phant in acquitting the Raiders from being extradited to
the United States. This was the most celebrated case in
the courts since the days of 1837-8.

LEACH, YEN. ARCHDEACON WILLIAM TURNBULL.— Born
1805, at Berwick-on-Tweed, Scotland, son of Robert and
Elizabeth (Turnbull) Leach. Educated at Berwick, and
Stirling, entered the University 1823; graduated
M.A. 1827, *and in 1828 commenced his Divinity
course extending for three years. During the whole
of his College life he was indebted to the liberal
ity of his maternal uncle, William Turnbull, Esq.,

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of Forthbank. He was licensed a minister of the
Church of Scotland in 1831, and came to Canada under
the auspices of the Glasgow Church Society. In 1834 he
was elected Minister of St. Andrew's Church, Toronto,
and during^ his ministry there had no inferior share in the
proceedings which led to the founding of Queen's Col
lege, Kingston. About seven years afterwards he resign
ed, and received Holy Orders from Dr. Mountain, Bishop
of Quebec, who was licensed to St. George's Church,
Montreal, then newly erected, which position he held for
nearly twenty years, having as his assistant for many years
the late Archbishop, then the Rev. W. Bond. After his
resignation of St. George's parish he held that of Lachine
for some years. In 1854 made a Canon of Christ Church
Catnedral by the Metropolitan, .and in 1865, Archdeacon
of Montreal and the Bishop's ''Domestic Chaplain."

Among those who ministered to the sick and dying
Irish immigrants at Point St. Charles, in the year of the
ship fever, Archdeacon Leach was foremost, so much so
that when the great memorial was raised to their memory
he was invited to lay the foundation stone, and the silver
trowel is now in the possession of his family.

Dr. Leach's work in connection with McGill College
is so well known that it is not necessary to more than
refer to it here. He was vice-principal of the University
and Dean of the Faculty of Arts for many years, in
addition to holding professorships in Mental and Moral
Philosophy, English Literature and Logic and Classics.

He died in 1886 revered and beloved by the Clergy
of the Diocese among whom he had spent his long and
arduous life, and by hundreds to whom he had ministered.
A tablet has been placed to his memory in St. George's
Church, where he labored so long. An old friend speaking
of his work there said, "As former first minister of St.
George's he became widely known as a theologian of ex
tensive reading and deep learning, and as a liberal-
minded, pious man, earned for himself the unqualified
esteem of even those who differed most from his religious
convictions."

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Bishop Bond thus speaks of him in his address to the
Synod the year he died : —

"In the course of the year the Church has been called
to mourn the loss of one of the most gifted of our Clergy.
The Venerable Archdeacon Leach was not so well known
to the younger members of Synod as to those of his own
generation. But we who knew him in the prime of his
life and work remember him as a man of unusual talent,
original in thought, graceful and gracious in expression,
kind and good alike in his public and private relations.
Failing health, added to natural reserve of character, pre
vented of late years the assumption of that prominence
in our councils to which his experience and high qualifi
cations entitled him; but he has left his mark in the Church
and City, and both those who listened to him as a preacher
and those who enjoyed his instructions at McGill Univer
sity, will give him an honoured place amongst the Fathers
of the Montreal Church.

LINDSAY, VEN. ARCHDEACON.— Born in England.
Graduate of Bishop's College, Lennoxville. Ordained
Deacon, 1851, Priest, 1852, by the Bishop of Montreal.
Appointed to Frost Village, 1851, it being subsequently
(1862) united to Waterloo, where the late Hon. Lucius
Seth Huntingdon, afterwards Postmaster-General in the
Cabinet of the late Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, was then
the village' schoolmaster. Between these two young men
a fast friendship grew up, and the future Archdeacon pre
pared the future statesman for confirmation, and rendered
what assistance he could in the way of fitting him for
college. Rector of St. Luke's Church, Waterloo, and

Rural Dean, till his death.

The Bishop^thus speaks of him to the Synod : — ''The
Venerable Archdeacon Lindsay lingered for many months
in pain and weakness, showing to the last the loving un
selfish disposition which characterized the days of his
strength and active service. All who knew him, loved
him; all could depend on him as a friend and brother in

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Christ. For singleness of mind and personal devotion to
the cause of Christ, he was unexcelled. We may say of
him in apostolic words, 'forgetting the things which are
behind, he pressed forward to the mark for the prize of the
high calling of God in Christ Jesus,' even the salvation of
souls, the souls of them to whom he ministered, which he
counted his joy and crown.

Archdeacon Lindsay was a member of the old Church
Society, and assisted at the founding and organization
ot the present Diocese of Montreal, in 1859, and was a
delegate from it to the Provincial Synod of Canada, up
to the time of his retirement.

In 1873, the Rev. Archdeacon Lindsay was a candidate
at the Provincial Synod for the Bishopric of Algoma, at
the time when that Diocese was first erected, and only
lacked one vote of election. In 1874 he was appointed
Rural Dean of Bedford, and two years later was named
Archdeacon. He received the degree of MA. from Bishop's
University in 1856, and in 1895, the degree of D.C.L. was
conferred. The Archdeacon built the Churches at Fulford,
Frost Village, and Waterloo, and opened the missions of
Boscobel, South Ely, and Warden. He was always very
active and energetic, and the amount of work of which he
was capable in his later years astonished even those who
knew him best.

In the early days it was not unusual for him to hold
a service in Frost Village in the morning, and at Magog,
twenty miles distant, in the evening, with a miserable road
between. On one occasion it is recorded that he took
entire charge of a family in his parish afflicted with small
pox and eventually contracted the disease himself.

With his retirement from the active work of the
ministry in the spring of 1898, the Church of England in
Canada lost one of its most pious, useful and loveable
workers. His resignation from the Rectory of Waterloo
was accepted with great reluctance. The immediate cause
of this step was a severe illness.

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Upwards of twenty-five years ago he voluntarily
relinquished his income from the clergy reserves in order
that North Shefford and Roxton might be erected into a
separate parish.

The Archdeason was present at the inaugural meeting
of the General Synod of Canada, as a delegate from the
Diocese of Montreal. He was for many years an active
member of the Council of Public Instruction and an ardent
advocate for the improvment of the elementary school
system of the country, and a firm believer in the policy
that public money should not be applied to the support
of denominational schools. He was also, and always, an
ardent advocate of the temperance cause, was foremost in
temperance work in the county of Shefford. He was vice-
president of the corporation of Dunham Ladies' College
since its founding, and one "of its most active and generous
supporters.

LINDSAY, REV. ROBERT, M.A.— Was born in London,
England, and came to Montreal in 1845.- He voluntered
next year to nurse and care for the sick and dying, and did
so through the epidemic, finally taking the fever. He was
very ill. When recovered he went to Lennoxville. There
he worked in the outlying districts, opening up Sunday
schools and taking services for clergymen in need of help.

He was ordained in 1850, given charge of four town
ships, Brome, Sutton, Potton and Bolton. He made
Knowlton his head-quarters, Col. Knowlton having given
a tract of land and contributing largely to the building
of a church and parsonage. Mr. Lindsay began services
in Knowlton and Sutton, and gave week day services at
many outlying new settlements.

About 1 86 1, parishes began to be formed. Knowlton
and Brome Corner had their regular services. Then at
the surrounding settlements weekly services were regularly
held.

His throat gave out, and he went to London, Eng
land, for change. While there, he spent his time collecting

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money for forming endowments for the different churches
which he was establishing. This work, begun in so small
a way, is now helping materially to sustain church work
in these townships. He brought with him from London
a schoolmaster for the Church School at Knowlton, and
which is now the Knowlton Academy. The schoolmaster
and his son afterwards both became clergymen. Among
other parishes established was Iron Hill, where he not
only superintended the building of a church but guaran
teed $200 for three years towards the support of a clergy
man, and induced Dr. Bancroft to guarantee the same.
The schoolmaster of the Knowlton school became the
clergyman of Iron Hill. About the year 1855 a building
that was used for a church was purchased in Manson-
ville and a clergyman was sent there and it became a
regular parish from that time. About the same time Mr.
Lindsay helped to start the Bolton Church. Churches were
built at Bolton Springs and Bolton Centre. These have
been, maintained as church parishes ever since. Travelling
over roads such as existed at that time was a hardship
difficult to realize by those who travel over those roads
to-day. Brome Corner Church is one of the many churches
which profited by the endowment fund collected by him
in London in 1854. In connection with this church, the
valuable help given Mr. Lindsay by the late Judge Mc-
Cord, who also gave $100, must be mentioned. In every
way the Judge helped on this good work, and the church
was called "St. John" because he bore the name of John.

In 1 86 1 Mr. Lindsay had another break-down. He had
started a mission six miles south of Sutton, at Abercorn,
and also started church work in Glen Sutton. In all these
places churches are now established as separate parishes.

Mr. Lindsay was the first clergyman to give up the
£100 sterling, annual grant, which was received from the
S. P. G. It looked as if he were doing wrong as only
three hundred dollars a year remained to him to live
upon, but he believed that his parishioners would think

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him worthy for so doing and he was right, they soon made
up the amount and the ;£ioo sterling went to help on other
mission work in its earliest stages.

The ship fever had left Mr. Lindsay with its effects.
In 1875 he could no longer do the hard work connected
with country oversight. Mr. John H. R. Molson at this
time offered him the living of St. Thomas Church in
Montreal. Here Mr. Lindsay spent the last fifteen years
of his life, busy as usual at all kinds of good works. He
was largely instrumental in the establishing of the "Charity
Organization," "The Girls' Friendly Society," and others.
He obtained a regular annual grant for the children of
"The Ladies Benevolent." He was one of the founders
of the Ministerial Association, and in the parish of St.
Thomas, as in the many other missions which he founded
in the Eastern Townships, his name has remained a house
hold word, a model and ensample of what the Church of
England clergyman ought to and can be.

LONSDELL, VENERABLE RICHARD, M.A.— Educated at
the Youghall School, by the Rev. J. L. Catter, LL.D., and
prepared by W. C. Taylor, LL.D., for entrance to Trinity
College, Dublin. Is an M.A. of Bishop's College,
Lennoxville.

He was born in Youghall, Ireland. In 1839 he reach
ed Quebec, having been sent out to Canada by the Bishop
of London, after passing examinations and having an
appointment from the S. P. G. Society of England. His
ordination took place at once, by the Bishop of Quebec,
1839, who sent him to Kingsey where he labored for
years. He was priested in 1840. For the education of
his family, he removed then to Quebec in 1847, the year
of the ship fever and like others he caught the disease
and slowly recovered. A change being found afterwards
necessary, he removed to Laprairie, having also Longueuil,
La Forte, and La Cadie. Here he labored for twelve
years. On his first visit to Longueuil he found the church
building in a disgraceful condition — "Cattle used to take
shelter in it and all the windows were broken."

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Immediately he set about the remedy — Baron Grant
gave him a grant of money for the purpose and the pre
sent pretty church is the result of his labors. In this
. extensive field he labored for years till 1859 (our Synod's
Nativity) when the Rectorship of St. Andrews was offered
to him by the Bishop and accepted. On his appointment
to this Parish Bishop Fulford named him Rural Dean of
St. Andrews. He remained for 25 years as the Rector
and when he retired had the satisfaction of knowing that
the churches of the Gatineau increased from nine to forty-
nine with twenty-two clergymen in charge.

In 1870 he was elected a Canon of trie Cathedral of
Montreal and two years after promoted to be Archdeacon
of St. Andrews.

The Author has always had a warm feeling towards
St. Andrews. It was there that he was advanced to the
office of Priest by Bishop Fulford, when he held an
Ordination for the Ottawa District in 1866, and he can
never forget the kindness of the Rector and family and
other members of the Church for himself and candidates
to be ordained during the few days he was there in St.
Andrews.

To show, to what dangers the early pioneers of our
Church, were liable — the following incident in the life of
Archdeacon Lonsdell is here recorded.

One day he was endeavouring to reach the home of
a settler and became lost in the woods — and never reached
his own home until next day when he arrived all "battered."
He related his experience which was that in the intense
darkness, he had walked into a mill pond, and water up
to his neck, through which he reached the mill, and rested
there all night until day-light told him where he was,
when he resumed his journey home.

LOBLEY, REV. JOSEPH ALBERT, M.A., D.C.L.— Born at
Liverpool, Eng. Graduated B.A. Trinity College, Cam
bridge, 1863, with Mathematical and Classical honors.
Ordained Deacon, 1863, by the Bishop of Winchester;

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Priest, 1864, by the Bishop of Ely. Elected Fellow of his
College, 1865. Appointed, in 1873, Principal of the
Diocesan Theological College, Montreal, then Principal
of the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville. Now
dead.

LOCHART, REV. A. D.^-Was born at Stirling, Scot
land, June 26, 1823.

When still a child the family moved to England
where he was educated. He prepared for hn future work
at the S.P.G. Training College, London.

Completing his course, he was sent out to Canada in
1849. In 1850 ordained deacon at Lennoxville by Bishop
Mountain, and priest the following year by Bishop Ful-
ford.

His first charge was the mission of New Glasgow and
Kilkenny, where he remained for 14 years.

About 1864 he removed to the parish of Lacolle.
During his tenure of this charge he was also for about 7
years chaplain to the troops of Fort Lennox, Isle aux Noix.
After about 12 years of work in this parish, he was ap
pointed to the parish of Ormstown. Here he remained for
about 23 years, until his resignation and retirement from
active work in 1898. He then removed to Montreal, where
he made his home until his death on March 4, 1905, at the
age of 82.

Quiet and unassuming, yet full of zeal in his work,
loyal and faithful to the Church and the Church's Head,
he did good and lasting work, and was one of that band
of early missionaries who laid broad and deep foundations
of church life and work in the Diocese of Montreal.

LOVELL, JOHN. — Came from Ireland to Canada
in 1820. Born in Ireland. Mr. Lovell was always, dur
ing his whole career, one of the largest printers and pub
lishers in Montreal. In his younger days he was an
enthusiastic defender of Canadian Rights and in the
Rebellion of 1837-8 displayed much courage and alertness
on the government side.

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As early as 1859, the year of the institution of the
Synod of Montreal— the Writer and Author had his first
volume printed at his establishment— the same building
in which the offices and publishing are carried on at the
present day. Again in 1860 he published the Author's
"British-American Reader" — a book which was adopted in
all the schools of the Province, and which in 1866 was
revised and issued (2nd edition). In the same years 1866
he printed for the Author the 'Harp of Canaan," which
afterwards was stereotyped and largely used in Convents
and Schools. In the same year he printed for the Writer,
his "Battles of the World," a large 8vo volume of 500
pages, extensively used by military men and sought after

yet

In 1874 he published for the Author his "History of
Scottish Song," dedicated to the Marquis of Lome and the
Princess Louise, a book well spoken of both in Canada
and the United States.

But the two greatest works which Mr. Lovell published
were his large 4to volume, in 1875 "Biographies and Por
traits with History of Montreal," which now sells at
nearly three times its published price of $10. For this
book the Author raised nearly $5,000 in six months to
wards its publication, the photographs alone costing $2,250.
The other in 1892 was a heavy 4to of over 500 pages,
beautifully gotten up in the establishment and far ahead
of all past publications. "The Gazetteer of Montreal"
with over 500 sketches and many first class photogravures
by Desbarats, and has been placed by the Author of the
"Montreal Star Almanac" as No. 3 of 100 best books on
Canada.

It is, however, to the Diocese at large that Mr. Lovell
and the present firm are best known. Throughout all the
years of the Diocese of Montreal, the House of Lovell
has printed the annual reports. From the commencement
of the Diocese to the end of the Church Society, when it
was finally merged into the Synod of Montreal, and from

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the beginning of the Synod with only two or three excep
tions, they have printed the annual reports. I have before
me now, the first report 1859, of the Diocese of Montreal,
and the last 1909, and nothing shows the expanse and
development of the Diocese as looking at these two reports.
That of 1859 contains 60 pages, a modest looking report;
that of 1909 a thick one of 230 pages.

John Lovell is best known by his Directories and
Series of "Lovell's School Books" and Geographies. He
was also greatly connected in other prominent works.

He died in July I, 1893, universally regretted as a
public spirited man who had done very much for his
adopted city.

His eldest son is following in the footsteps of his
father and lately issued a work "The Genesis of the
Churches," which for beauty of workmanship cannot be
equalled in London or New York.

MACKAY, HON. JUSTICE.— The Bishop speaks of him
in his annual address 1888: -'The Hon. Mr. Justice Mac-
kay died in fulness of years and honor. An upright
magistrate, a true gentleman, a dutiful and worthy son
of the Church, and a humble, devout Christian, his heart
and hand were ever ready to help, both in promoting the
evangelization of the world, and in the relief of human
want and suffering. His was a most unselfish nature,
prompting him continually to assist in all works of bene
ficence and piety. His death has left a void in most of
our charitable and benevolent institutions where for many
years his advice was a most valuable support, while his
liberality was exercised to the full extent of his means."

McCoRD, JOHN, SEN., HON. JUDGE.— He came from
Antrim, Ireland. Born in 1711, he died at "The Grange,"
Montreal, 1796. There is no family so intimately connected
with the History of the Country as that of McCord. He
had two sons, John and Thomas — John died in 1822, with
out heirs. Thomas, the younger, owned the greater part
of Griffintown and a street in that locality still bears his

1 14 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

name. He represented the West ward of Montreal in
Parliament, and died in 1824. He left two sons, John
and William, the latter was a Justice of the Peace at the
Rebellion of 1837. He had one son Thomas, who after
wards was Honorable Judge McCord of the Superior
Court. Hon. John S. McCord left two sons, the elder is
the well-known David McCord, K.C., and Robert, who
died some years ago, and who was an officer in the British
army. The Diocese of Montreal is indeed greatly in
debted to Judge Aylwin, Judge Badgley and Judge Mc
Cord, in its early years of existence as these three learned
men were of inestimable help and value to Bishop Fulford
when organizing this Diocese. Many a difficult problem
and point were safely got over by their united efforts.
The present generation knows nothing of the difficulties
appertaining to the final foundation and settlement of the
Diocese — in its legal aspect — its various workings and
careful oversight by the Bishop and his firm advisers.
The names of these three judges appear continually in all
the Reports of the fifties and earlier sixties and what they
did — and gave of their time and substance towards the
growth of the Montreal Diocese can never be known.

David McCord was for some time an Alderman of
the city, but retired to private life some years ago. His
wife is one of the best writers of poetry in the Dominion.
Several of her pieces (written for the book) are found in
the Author's "Anthology of the South African War," and
have been greatly admired. These pieces, mostly upon
Queen Victoria and her death are worth having.

MAITLAND, CAPTAIN.— Bishop Fulford thus speaks of
him in his annual address to the fifth Synod in 1863:

"Ever since I have been in this Diocese, Captain
Maitland has been one of the most active and consistent
laborers among us in all works connected with the Church
and her various Institutions, and who, as a man of con
sistent life and piety, deserves honorable mention here and
elsewhere." He died many years ago.

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MASSEY, REV S., was for years the City Missionary
and did a great amount of good in that capacity. The
Bishop says :

"In the late Rev. S. Massey the Church lost a warm
and faithful friend. He entered the ministry of our
Church late in life, and showed the ardor and hopefulness
of a young man. The affectionate devotion with which
he embraced the pure missionary work of this city told
plainly of his singleness of heart and love for the cause
of our Lord and Master."

MERRICK, REV. JOSEPH.— Born at Cork, Ireland.
Ordained Deacon 1862, Priest 1866, by the Metropolitan.
Appointed Curate, Berthier; Missionary at Mille Isles and
Morin. Incumbent of St. John's Church, Kildare Died
years ago.

MERRICK, REV. W. C, M.A.— Graduate of Trinity
College, Dublin. M. A., Bishop's College Lennoxville.
Ordained Deacon, 1849; Priest, 1850, by the Bishop of
Quebec. Appointed assistant, St. John's; Missionary, East
Frampton, then Berthier en haut, where he resided till his
death many years ago. His work, etc., is seen in the
sketch of Berthier under the item of the present Incumbent.

MILLS, REV. R. D., M.A.— Born at Eganville, Ont.
Graduate of Bishop's College, Lennoxville. Ordained
Deacon 1869, and Priest, by the Metropolitan. Appointed
Curate at Knowlton. Incumbent of St. John's, West
Shefford. flu^TJ

MERVYN, REV. W. A.— Died in Montreal, 1895. Mr.
Mervyn was born in Dublin, and educated at Trinity
College. He subsequently entered the service of the Gov
ernment, with employment which took him to many places
on the continent of Europe. He came to Canada about
eight years before his death, and his thoughts inclining
him to the Ministry, he entered the Montreal Diocesan Col
lege. Having completed the usual course with distinction,
and having had some experience of parochial work as" a
layman in the country parts of the Diocese, he was

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ordained by the Bishop, and appointed to the new Parish
of Montreal Junction. His labours in this Parish were
abundantly blessed. A church was erected, and the gen
eral machinery of Church work set in active operation.
About two years before his death, Mr. Mervyn was invited
to accept the duty of Assistant Minister at the Cathedral,
where he speedily secured the love and respect of that
important congregation. His early death deprived the
Church of a faithful and devoted clergyman, whose char
acter and abilities gave promise of much future usefulness.

MILES, H. HENRY, LL.D., D.C.L., was well known
throughout the Dominion for his invaluable labors in con
nection with the cause of education. He was born in
London, 1815. Dr. Miles was educated in part at Exeter,
and finished in Edinburgh and Aberdeen, including
medical studies.

In 1845, by invitation, he went to Lennoxville to fill
the chair of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in the
University of Bishop's College, also the office of Vice-Pre
sident, a post which he held for twenty-one years. During
this period he took great interest in educational matters,
and did no inconsiderable amount of literary work outside
of his special labours. He took part, in a course of public
lectures in the Mechanics Hall, Montreal, when he deliver
ed two on the subject of "The Ventilation of Dwelling
Houses and Schools," which was published in pamphlet
form, and circulated gratuitously at the expense of mem
bers of the Merchants' Exchange.

Dr. Miles was one of our most efficient Prison Inspec
tors for some years before his death and the writer in his
official capacity as Chaplain had many an opportunity of
noticing his steady and alert inspection.

He died August 4, 1895.

In 1866, he resigned his office at Bishop's College.

Dr. Miles, in the year 1863, had the degree of LL.D.
conferred on him by the University of Aberdeen, and the
same by the University of McGill, Montreal, in 1866.

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He was also a D.C.L. of Bishop's College. In 1867 he
was elected President of the Provincial Association of
Protestant Teachers, and in the same year, when the Geo
graphical Society of Quebec was founded through the
efforts of the late Hon. P. Fortin, M.P., aided by Dr. Miles
and other warm friends of such enterprises, he was chosen
one of its vice-presidents.

Dr. Miles wrote a good deal for educational and
literary magazines, and did important work in preparing
text books for use in the public schools of the Dominion.
He was the author of a "Child's History of Canada," the
"School History of Canada," and of a larger work, en
titled "Canada under the French Regime," etc. Dr. Miles
was a member of the Church of England, as might be
inferred from his connection with Bishop's College.

His son, Henry, is in the wholesale drug business and
is well known in Montreal. He is one of the proprietors
and editor of the "Montreal Pharmaceutical Journal," is
one of the incorporators of the Montreal Philharmonic
Society, a governor of the Montreal Dispensary and a
member of the Board of Trade.

At the present time and for some years past he has
been one of the most indefatigable men in clearing the
atmosphere of Montreal from the low estate into which
it had fallen by mismanagement on the part of its council,
and the results are now being seen already in the new
organization legally elected to rule the city.

MOFFATT, HON. GEORGE.— Was born in County Dur
ham, England, on the I5th August, 1787. He came to
Montreal at 15 years of age and entered the counting house
of Gerrard, Yeonan & Gillespie in 1800. He became con
nected with the Bank of Montreal in 1817.

In November, 1832, he was made a Legislative Coun
cillor and for all his long life he was a well known figure
in the Episcopal Church. After living for 65 years in
Montreal he died in 1865 in the 78th year of his age.

He was also one of the pillars of the Church in its

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infant years, and his name figures always in the proceed
ings of the Church Society and Diocese and in all their
reports. To me it seems remarkable that no portraits of
these old judges and important laymen of the Diocese in
its early days as well as some of the Pioneer Clergy do
not adorn the walls of the place of the annual meeting
of the Synod. Surely some rich Laymen of the Church
should see to place them there.

MONTGOMERY, REV. HUGH.— Was a native of Belfast,
Ireland. Born 1812 and came to Canada in 1832, and
settled in Ontario. Entered the ministry of the Methodist
Church 1835. After some time in this ministry he came
to the Province of Quebec.

Mr. Montgomery was ordained Deacon 1854, and
Priest 1855, by Bishop Fulford, and was appointed to the
Parish of Sutton, where he remained for four years in
1854. He then came to Philipsburg, October, 1858. There
was then but one Church in the whole parish of St. Armand
West. He immediately took steps for building a church
at Pigon's Hill, and was active in collecting money and
superintending the work. The Church was called St.
James', and was opened in 1859, the year the Synod of
Montreal was constituted. He continued Rector of the
Parish of St. Armand West till 1872. For many years
before his death, the gradual growth of cataracts on
both eyes caused partial blindness, but his mind was
always bright and unimpaired. He died August 2, 1893,
and on his monument erected by his widow is engraved
the verse :

"At evening time it shall be light."

He was one of the oldest and most faithful laborers
in the Eastern Townships.

MOORE, HON. HENRY P.— He was born at Rhinebeck,
N.Y., in 1799, moved to Moore's Corners, now called St.
Armand Station. On his majority he farmed for some
time, then went into business at Bedford for a few years.
Named a J. P. at 22 years of age. Retiring from business

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he returned to his ancestral home and took a prominent
part in the battle of Moore's Corners in 1837, being officially
thanked by Sir John Colborne. In 1841 he was appointed
to the Legislative, which office he held until Confederation
in 1867. He was chairman of the Rebellion Losses Com
mittee, which Bill when passed and signed by the Earl
of Elgin, caused the Burning of the Parliament Buildings
in Montreal, the Library being also then burned. Mr.
Mcore was deputed by the Parliament to visit the Federal
Government of the United States as well as the different
States to replace those books which were lost. The Pre
sident of the United States as well as many of the Gov
ernors of the various states gave liberally what he wanted.

At Confederation, the position of Senator passed to the
Hon. A. B. Foster and Mr. Moore received that of the
Provincial Legislative Council.

His family is connected by marriage with another
well-known family of Stanbridge East — the Cornells,
whose name is mentioned as one of the originals in the
creation of the first church in that locality— Zebulon
Cornell " and whose descendants represent the parish in
this Jubilee of Synod, viz., Mat. Cornell and C. Moore-
uncle and nephew. Another of the family is Z. Cornell,
K.C., of Bedford, who is married to a daughter of the
writer and Author of this volume. Mrs. Moore, sister
of the above two brothers Cornell, is a lady of great merit
as her position as President of the Missisquoi Historical
Society shows. She is and has always been a staunch sup
porter of the Church which was begun by her forefathers.

MUSSEN, REV. THOMAS W.— Canon, D.C.L.— Born
in Montreal in 1832. — Educated in this city at the High
School. Entered McGill College, where he studied for
two years, then went to Lennoxville University, to study
for the Ministry in 1849, remaining there nearly five years.
Being too young for Ordination, the Bishop appointed
him Lay Reader and Catechist, in charge of the Mission
of Sherrington, under Rev. Gerald de Courcy O'Grady,

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stationed at Huntingdon. Was ordained, 1855, Deacon
by Bishop Fulford, afterwards doing duty for a time in
the chapel, in the old Burying ground (now called Dufferin
Square), which chapel was then connected with Christ
Church Cathedral." In 1856, he went to Europe, and
spent two years in travel. Returning in 1858, he was
"Locum Tenens" at Christieville, for Rev. J. McLeod,
who had leave of absence for one year. During this year
he not only attended to the duties of the Parish, but also
supplied the place of teacher of Latin and Mathematics
in the High School, St. John's. In July, 1859, Mr Mussen
and Rev. E. Wood were ordained to the Priesthood, by
Bishop Fulford, at St. John's. Mr. Mussen was appoint
ed to "West Farnham," as it was then called. It was only
a mission then, but he was sure this place had a future,
and was firmly convinced that some day it would become
a railway centre, which has taken place now.

At that time his ideas were considered Utopian, but
he never lost faith. He had several tempting offers of
work in other fields, but he loved his people and remained
with them all the years of his Ministerial life He was
very successful in his work, had great influence, and was
the means of bringing several into the ministry and 'many
into the Church. There was only a small log church in
this Mission and a squatters shanty, which served the pur
pose of a parsonage.

The little church was soon enlarged, a chancel was
added and a porch and bell-tower built, the whole encased
in brick and neatly finished.

When he assumed charge, the income, from every
desirable source, including the grant from the "Mission
Fund," amounted to the 'noble sum" of $300. A few
years passed, and all this was changed. The parish had
ceased to be a burden upon the Mission Fund; was self-
supporting, and had become a Rectory. In 1867 he built
a ''Church School," and carried it on for ten years, then
sold it to the Town Corporation for an Academy. The

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money thus obtained, together with some generous sub
scriptions from members of the congregation, was used in
the building of a spacious "Parish Hall," which was fully
equipped for all parochial work.

He now thought it time to try to accumulate money
for the building of a new rectory, which he did, devoting
the offertory, on the first Sunday of each month, to the
"Rectory Fund."

In 1877, he was appointed "Rural Dean of Bedford,"
which office he held for eight years. This was a very
large Deanery. In 1885, it was divided, and there are
now four or five Rural Deans appointed to the same dis
trict, which at that time, he served alone. In 1886 he was
appointed Canon of "Christ Church Cathedral." All this
time the "Rectory Fund" was increasing. Two members
of his own family gave liberal donations with the result
that in 1882, the rectory was built, at a cost of $2,800
perfectly free of debt. It was considered one of the
finest country rectories. The church, the rectory, the
parish hall, all stand at equal distances from each other
in one of the most valuable Church properties in the
Diocese.

Canon Mussen was a man of culture and erudition,
and was remarkable for his knowledge of Greek and
Hebrew — he daily read his Greek Testament. He was
also a lover of Art, and possessed a large collection of
coins and engravings by the old Masters, also a rare col
lection of old books. These he got by great diligence
and economy. He was largely endowed with the Grace
of Humility — never in any case, putting himself forward.
Yet, he had the courage of his convictions, and was per
fectly fearless in advocating and defending what he
believed to be right.

He was genial and hospitable and took great pleasure
in entertaining his friends. He had the faculty of making
friends and also of retaining their friendship. He loved
his parish and his people, and was always ready to serve

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them whether by night, or by day. He was highly es
teemed in the community in which he lived — all classes
and religious showed him the greatest respect and affec
tion. Few men have so truly earned this distinction. He
was permitted to enjoy his new home for nearly ten years,
and died there February 20, igoi.

NEVE, REV. F. S.— Was born in England, and be
longed to an old English family of Norman descent,
whose military ancestor had chosen the motto "Le Bon
Temps Viendra." Although qualified by birth and educa
tion, to move in the most refined society, he, like the
saintly Bishop Stewart, preferred to rough it in the wilds
for the good of souls.

Shortly after his arrival in Clarendon he bought a
farm and built a small log house on it, which became
the centre for the next four years, of a wonderful mis
sionary activity. Never intermitting the Sunday services
at Clarendon, he opened mission stations in Bristol and
Onslow, at Fort Coulonge and Portage du Fort, also at
Litchneld. Many baptisms and other clerical duties were
gone through. In his seventh year of incumbency he
baptised 99 persons.

In 1847 he again bought another farm near the
church, which is now the Shaw property. Here he spent
seven more years. In 1854 he sold it and left Clarendon
on being appointed to Huntingdon. He remained in Hun
tingdon for some time until he retired from actual work
and passed the rest of his life in Grenville. He died in
1879.

His daughter married the late Mr. Everett, another of
our old clergymen whose sketch is given elsewhere. Mr.
Everett was well known in Montreal and his wife as a
great worker for the Church. To both of these clergy,
the writer of this book who knew them well breathes the
fervent prayer, Requiescat in pace.

NORMAN, REV. RICHARD WHITEMORE, M.A., D.C.L.
Born at Bromley, Kent, Eng. Graduate of Exeter Col-

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lege, Oxford. Ordained Deacon, 1852; Priest, 1853, by
the Bishop of Oxford. Appointed to S. Thomas, Oxford.
Head Master of S. Michael's College, Tenbury, and sub
sequently Warden of Radley College, till 1866. Ex
aminer to the Faculty of Medicine, Bishop's College,
Lennoxville, and Classical Examiner of the Montreal
Proprietary School. Honorary Fellow of S. Michael's
College, Tenbury, Worcestershire; D.C.L. of Bishop's
College, Lennoxville, and Vice-Chancellor of the Univer
sity, 1878. Curate of St. James the Apostle, Montreal,
and Honorary Canon Christ Church Cathedral, 1878.
Has published : "Occasional Sermons," "School Sermons,"
"Manual Prayers for the use of Schools," "Teaching of the
Church on Absolution and Confession" (3 sermons), "Single
Sermons E. G.," "Toleration, the Duty of Churchmen,"
"S. John, a Lesson to Churchmen at the Present Day,"
"Obedience to Law," "The Ministry of Angels," "Thoughts
on the best mode of Conversion of the Heathen." He died
some years ago.

NYE, REV. HENRY WASON, M.A.— Born at Paulton,
Somersetshire, Eng. Educated at Woodhouse Grove
School and London University, England. M. A. Bishop's
College, Lennoxville. Ordained Deacon 1861 at Geneva,
N.Y., by the Bishop of Western New York; Priest 1870 at
Montreal, by the Metropolitan. Appointed Professor of
Latin at De Veans College and Rector Church of the
Epiphany, Suspension Bridge, N.Y. Incumbent of Holy
Trinity, Iron Hill. Rector of Bedford. Retired and now
living at Kansas, U.SA.

O'GRADY, REV. G. DECOURCY.— "I cannot omit to
mention the death of the Rev. G. DeCourcy O'Grady, who
both in the Synod and Diocese at large and in his own
peculiar work had earned for himself a good name among
us. He was, as a scholar, also, most useful, having been
appointed again and again to conduct the examinations
at the University of Lennoxville, where his loss will be
very much felt." He died in 1863. The above is from
Bishop Ful ford's speech to the Synod that year.

124 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

PHILLIPS, MRS. CHARLES.— The Bishop says in 1892:
"By the will of this wealthy lady, lately deceased, the
'Sustentation Fund' has been further endowed with
$10,000, the Montreal Diocesan Theological College and
the Church of St. James the Apostle each with a like
amount, and Trinity Church with $5,000. These gifts are
very timely, and we receive them with gratitude, as an
expression of Mrs. Phillips' affection for the Church of
England. Through a long life passed in this city, she
manifested from time to time (by the exercise of liberality
towards it) her deep affection for the Church in which she
worshipped on earth, and we trust, by the grace of
Almighty God, she is comforted now in the everlasting
presence of her Lord and Saviour."

PYKE, HON. GEORGE.— Was born in Halifax, N.S.,
1775. Practised in Quebec as a Barrister, was Solicitor
Attorney-General and Advocate General. He was pro
moted to the Bench of Montreal, 1820 — Well known for
his great judgment of the Court, maintaining the claim
of the Church of England to McGill College, but which
by mismanagement has been lost to that body. He retired
in 1844 and went to live at his country residence at Hud
son, which he named "Mount Victoria." He di-ed at
Hudson in 1851, aged 76 years, and left three sons —
George, of the Prothonotary's office for many years, who
died in 1882, John, a doctor, who died at St. Andrews
in 1847, and James W. Pyke, who was ordained in 1841,
and appointed to the Mission of Vaudreuil. In 1891 he
celebrated his Jubilee of fifty years in the same Parish.
He died in 1896.

PYKE, REV. JAMES.— Was born in the city of Quebec,
1 7th September, 1816. He was ordained Deacon in 1839
and Priest in 1841, by the Bishop of yuebec, and was
appointed to the Parish of Vaudreuil, including Hudson,
Como and Cote St. Charles. Here was his first, and last
and only charge, where for 56 years he performed the
duties of his " sacred office faithfully and lovingly, not

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seeking preferment, but satisfied to fill the lot to which
the great Head of the Church had called him.

Under his incumbency, St. James' Church, Hudson,
was built in 1842, and subsequently twice enlarged; and
St. Mary's Church, Como, was erected in 1866.

"On the 22nd day of March, amid the people so long
the objects of his tender care, and the scenes and surround
ings of a long and active life, he passed to his well-earned
rest and reward at the age of fourscore years, less one,
deeply regretted in death, as he was highly respected in
life by all who were privileged to enjoy his friendship or
acquaintance."

The above is from one of the annual reports i8g6-/.

ROBINSON, REV. FREDERICK, M.A.— Born at Waterloo,
Q. Educated at Bishop's College, Lennoxville. Ordain
ed Deacon, 1847; Priest, 1848, by the Bishop of Quebec.
Appointed Coteau-du-Lac, 1847; Incumbent Rougemont
and Curate Abbotsford, 1848. Had also with the latter
temporary charge of Granby and Milton, 1850, of Milton
1864 to 1866 and of St. Hyacinthe, 1871-73. Trustee of
Bishop's College, Lennoxville, 1874. Incumbent Abbots^
ford and Rougement. Canon of Christ Church Cathedral.

The Bishop speaks thus of the Robinsons : — "The name
of Rev. Canon Robinson is closely associated with the
Church of England in the Eastern Townships, as the
family were loyal, liberal and devout, serving the country
as clergymen and laymen, the women also showing a good
example of hospitality and piety. Canon Robinson and
his brother, the late Rev. Geo. Robinson, were, by their
stable and simple characters, powers for good, not easy
to over-estimate in these days of ambition and unrest. As
clergy and Christian gentlemen they were universally
respected, both on account of their office and their personal
worth."

ROBINSON, REV. GEO. C.— Born at Waterloo. Or
dained Deacon 1863; Priest 1864 by the Metropolitan.

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Appointed Curate St. Luke's Church, Waterloo; Incumbent
of St. Paul's Church, Clarendon and Rural Dean. Incum
bent Aylmer and Rural Dean. Died some years ago.

The Bishop thus speaks of him : —

"Since our last meeting we have suffered the irrepar
able loss of one of the most active and devoted of our
missionary clergy. The Rev. George Robinson, Rural
Dean, was taken from among us in the prime of life and
the midst of usefulness. We greatly miss his wise advice
and great experience in all that pertains to our mission
work on the Upper Ottawa, and his vacant place in this
Synod cannot easily be filled. I desire greatly tnat our
younger clergy should emulate his earnestness and zeal,
and exhibit, as he did, quiet but active content with his
lot as a worker in the mission field, ever gathering in new
members to our Church and planting new congregations
through the length and breadith of the great agricultural
district in which so much of his life was spent. There will
be many to rise up and call him blessed in the great day
of account, for he has left behind him large plantations
of the Church of Christ where, when he began his labors,
the sound of the Gospel was seldom if ever heard"

ROLLIT, REV. CHARLES.— Born in England 1810,
Deacon 1844, Priest 1845, by Rt. Rev. G. J. Mountain,
Bishop of Quebec. For two years travelling Missionary,
in winter, below and South of Quebec, and in summer
Chaplain at Grosse Isle. Incumbent of Rawdon, Q., 1846-
1865, when he moved to the Diocese of Minnesota, U.S.
Died 1885. Left two sons, Rev. John Rollit, Hon Canon,
Montreal, and Ven. Charles Carter Rollit, Archdeacon of
Minnesota.

SEABORN, REV. WILLIAM MINTER.— Born at Ardleigh,
Essex, Eng. Educated at Taunton. Ordained Deacon
and Priest 1861 by the Metropolitan. Appointed Curate
St. Stephen's Montreal; Kildare; Christ Church Cath
edral, Montreal, then Incumbent of Christ Church, Raw
don. Left for another Diocese years ago.

SHEPHERD, R. W.— Mr. Shepherd died 1895. He was

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a member of the Synod at its first session for the Parish
of Vaudreuil, and continued to represent that parish down
to the time of his death. He frequently served upon the
Executive and other important Committees of Synod. He
was a life-long and devoted member of St. George's'
Church, a generous contributor to works of Christian use
fulness, and a man whose character won for him universal
esteem.

SHELTON, E. E.— Bishop Bond thus speaks of Mr.
Shelton in his annual address of 1891 :

"You have no doubt learned that a handsome legacy
has been left to the Mission Fund this year by the late
Mr. Shelton, for very many years our friend and colleague
in all that touched Church extension and church work.
Mr. Shelton (originally from New England) settled in
Montreal about 40 years ago, engaging in business, and
entering warmly into all the benevolent and religious
enterprises for the advancement, moral and religious, of
the city of his adoption. He showed a very strong affec
tion for the clergy, from the beginning of his career in
Montreal. But we were none of us prepared for the
munificent provision which he had made by will for the
Mission Fund. It comes to us as a revelation of the
strength of his affection for the Church of England, and
his confidence in the ability of that Church to promote
religious and moral good, and to declare that Gospel which
is able to save souls. The whole benefit of the legacy will
not be felt at once, as the property is charged with certain
annuities and legacies, but from the first I hope a sufficient
addition to our present resources will be made to relieve the
Executive Committee of some of that wearing anxiety,
inseparable from the precarious nature of our Church in
come, as it has existed up to the present moment By the
'Mission Fund' is understood that 'Fund' which goes to
the assistance of poor or thinly peopled districts, and
(supplementing whatever stipend the people themselves can
afford) makes it possible to the Bishop to appoint a clergy-

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man to a cure of souls (for the appointment of the clergy
man rests with the Bishop in the missions and not with
the Vestry, as in the case of rectories). The income of
the Mission Fund, still in its infancy, has up to the pre
sent time been weak and uncertain, dependent mainly upon
the subscriptions and donations collected annually through
out the Diocese, its most reliable income being derived
from the surplus revenue of the Clergy Trust Fund and
the interest of the capital of the Sustentation Fund, alto
gether amounting in 1890 to $3,984.25. To these sources
of revenue will now be added, by the will of the Founder,
a Fund, to be called 'The Shelton Fund," the income of
which will be used for the purposes of the Mission Fund.
The report of the Mission Fund for 1890 includes, besides
the moneys expended on the country missions, small grants
for mission work in the city and suburbs. It is probable,
as I have hinted, that some time will elapse before any
great portion of this very generous bequest will be avail
able for the extension of our work. There are legacies
and annuities to be first provided. It is necessary there
fore that both in the city and country we should continue
to maintain the work already in operation, nor relax the
efforts now made from year to year to keep the Diocese
free from debt, if nothing more. In the meantime, let the
fact of this generous provision for the future give us cour
age to work strenuously in the present, in order to place
our Missions and stations on a sound basis of usefulness
and permanence."

SIMPSON, THOMAS.— He was well known, his warm,
earnest interest in all that appertained to Church work,
both in the annual meeting of Synod and in the Executive
Committee, of which he was for so many years an active
and able member, have been much missed. Mr. Simpson
acted in different capacities whilst in Synod and was a
thorough business man.

SLACK, REV. GEORGE, M.A.— Was born in London,
England, 4th December, 1810, He was educated by the

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celebrated Dr. Valpy. From this school he entered the
Royal Navy, in the Man of War the "Hussa" in which he
sailed for three years, when he returned to England. Being
paid off, he immediately joined the "Raleigh" and visited
all the remarkable places in the Mediterranean. From this
ship, he joined the service of Her Majesty Donna Maria
II, of Spain, and was appointed to the ship of war of the
same name, in which he saw much service both in the
Azores and Portugal. After this, he returned to Eng
land and was again induced to enter the Service of the
Young Queen of Spain, joining the "Isabella" schooner at
Woolwich as 1st Lieutenant. After about a year's service
he again returned to England, and shortly after made his
last essay in foreign service by piloting the "City of Edin
burgh" steamer into Ferrol. Once more in his native
country he remained there a year and then sailed for
Canada in the spring of 1836. Arriving in Montreal he
purchased a farm in the Township of Eaton. Returning
to England in 1837, he remained for two years and arrived
in Canada in 1839.

He was ordained by the Bishop of Quebec in May
1842. He removed to Milton in 1844 and continued there
10 years. Removed from Milton to Bedford in 1864 he
ministered there until the time he met with the railway
accident which ultimately caused his death. On his way
from Lennoxville, where he had been attending a meeting
of trustees, the carriage in which he was seated rolled over
and over down a steep enbankment. He was picked up and
brought to his son's, Dr. Slack, house in Montreal. Two
ribs were broken, his back and sides fearfully bruised and
his nervous system so shaken that for some days it was
doubtful if he would recover. His health was so under
mined that he was compelled to resign his position as In
cumbent of Bedford. He resided with Dr. Slack until his
death. He attended the Synod in June, 1874, which
seemed to fatigue him very much. A few days after he
left early in the morning for Lennoxville to attend the

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convocation of the College, but was taken so ill on the
way that he returned on the next train. He had a severe
attack of erysipelas of the head from the effects of which
he died on Saturday morning, July 4th, the effects of the
shock of the railway accident preventing his recovery. He
was for many years chairman of the Protestant Board of
School Examiners for the District of Bedford and was
appointed Rural Dean of Bedford by the Bishop of Mont
real.

SMALLWOOD, CHARLES, M.D.— Doctor Small wood is
entitled to rank among the most eminent scientific men
which this Province has ever had. During the time he
resided in Canada, he contributed much to advance the
branch of science to which he chiefly devoted so much of
his time and private means.

He was an Englishman, born in Birmingham, 1812;
where he graduated at University College. He came to
Canada in 1853; and in 1854, settled at St. Martin, Isle
Jesus, where he soon after established his meteorological
and electrical observatory.

He discovered the effects of atmospheric electricity on
the formation of the snow crystal, and instituted extensive
investigations on ozone in connection with light, electri
city and the effects of germination of seeds, on its develop
ment and effects in disease.

In 1858, Dr. Smallwood received the honorary degree
of LL.D., from McGill College, and was appointed Pro
fessor of Meteorology in that University. In 1860, he
obtained through the liberality of the Canadian Govern
ment, a small grant for the purchase of magnetic instru
ments, which were duly received, and observations were
commenced on the 3rd of August, 1861.

Dr. Smallwood contributed largely to the various
scientific periodicals in this country and in the United
States and Europe. He is likewise the author of "Con
tributions to Canadian Meteorology." The object of the
whole of these observations have always been directed to

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practical utility, with reference to Medical Science, and
to the health of mankind.

Dr. Smallwood was one of the Governors of the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Lower Canada,
member of the British Meteorological Society, a member
of the Societe Meteologique de France, and of the Na
tional Institute of the United States. He died in 1873.

SUTTON, REV. E. G.— Born in England. Ordained
Deacon, 1844; Priest, 1845, by the Bishop of Quebec.
Appointed Christieville; Travelling Missionary, District
of Montreal; Grenville; Incumbent of St. Matthew's
Church, Edwardstown, St. Jean Chrysostome, Q. After
a long and busy career in his Master's service he died
many years ago.

THOMAS, F. WOLFERSTAN.— Born in Cornwall, gth
January, 1834. Educated at King Edward IVth's school.
His parents wished him to enter Holy Orders, but his own
desire was the army, meanwhile he came to Canada to
engage in farming, going to Rice Lake. Found farming
impracticable. He then received a position in the Bank
of Upper Canada, from which he went to a Branch of
the Bank of Montreal in Toronto, and in 1865 he was
made manager of the London Branch. In 1870 Sir D.
L. Macpherson gave Mr. Thomas the office of cashier of
Molsons Bank, Montreal. Since then he faithfully served
this Institution to his death. • He was president or director
in many Institutions, but above all, ever and always, a
staunch and consistent son of the Church of England
especially in this Diocese of Montreal of which he was for
some time treasurer.

Bishop Bond thus speaks of him at the time of his
death, in his annual address :

"Mr. F. Wolferstan Thomas used his great talents and
wide experience to the lasting benefit of all those of his
fellow-creatures who had need of his strong and ready
help. In the city generally, as well as in the Church, his
name is associated with the best and most useful of our

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charitable institutions. He loved our Church and adorned
her doctrines by his life and conversation."

THORNELOE, REV. JAMES.— Was born and educated at
Coventry, England. He came to Canada in 1858, and
entered the Ministry in the Diocese of Quebec. His first
charge was Georgeville in 1864, his next was to St. Luke's
in Montreal, 1870, where he remained until 1875, retiring
then owing to ill health, and never again resumed the
active work of the Ministry. He died in IQOI. His
sons are Walter and Ralph, both of Montreal. The sec
ond son is the present Lord Bishop of Alg^ma.

TYLEE, R. S. — In the annual report it thus reads of him :
"A member of the Central Board, he was suddenly called
to his rest during the past year, 1866, the recollection of
whose services to the Church Society- and so many works
of the Church and its Institutions in the city, causes just
jegret that so valuable a member is no longer able to give
us that aid which was always most willingly bestowed."

WESTOVER, COL.— The Bishop thus speaks o( him at
his death : "I regret to notice that the Church in Frelighs-
burg has lost one of its most valuable and influential
members, the late Colonel Westover. He was a man of
quiet, unobtrusive demeanor, but one whose Christian
character made him a great power for good in the large
circle of relatives and friends in the Eastern Townships.
We miss his presence here to-day, for as a pilla^ of the
Church he supported* us in all good works. To his own
immediate neighborhood, he was a great benefactor, and
it will be long before the void made by his death will be
filled."

Col. Westover's name is for ever fixed with the Fenian
Raids. He organized a band of bright Eastern Township
country farmers and drove the boasting valiant Fenians
helter skelter across the Line over which they had dared
to come. For his work in the Raid the Government highly
applauded and awarded him.

WHITE, RICHARD DR.— Of St. George's Church. He
was one of the few men living in 1910 who were at the

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opening of the ,old St. George's on St. Joseph Street. On
his* return to Montreal in 1870, he resumed his connection
with that Church and continued a member of it till his
death a short time ago. On his brother leaving Mont
real in 1885, at the request of the Rector and Curate, Revs.
Bond and Carmichael, he consented to be elected a member
of the Synod as representing St. George's to take the
place of his brother. About 1887, he accepted the position
of Lay Secretary of the Synod, and held it for nearly
twelve years, until Mr. Charles Garth resigned the posi
tion of Treasurer which he then accepted, and remained
Treasurer until three years ago when he had to resign,
owing to ill health."

In the Diocesan Synod he was elected to the Pro
vincial and General Synod, more than once. He died in
June, 1 910, and his funeral was one of the largest seen in
Montreal for years past. His son, Mr. Smeaton White,
succeeded him in the management and interests of their
well-known newspaper, 'The Gazette," now the oldest
paper in Canada.

WHITE, HON. THOMAS.— Born in Montreal, August 7,
1830. Educated in the High School. Joined the staff of
the Quebec Gazette in 1852. Removed to Peterborough,
where, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Robert
Romaine, he founded the "Peterborough Review." In
Peterborough he was elected a member of the School
Board. Studied law with the late Hon. Sydney Smith,
and when about to be admitted to the Bar of Ontario he,
with his brother Richard, purchased the "Hamilton Spec
tator," in 1864, and continued in journalism. In 1870 the
firm of T. & R. White acquired the "Montreal Gazette."
During his residence in Montreal he took an active part
in politics and in the proceedings of the Board of Trade,
of the Council of which he was for many years a member,
as well as a member of the Council of the Dominion Board
of Trade. Entered Parliament in 1878 as member for the
County of Cardwell, Ont, and continued as its repre
sentative until his death on April 7, 1888. Entered the

134 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

Government in August, 1885, as Minister of the Interior,
which portfolio he held until death. Was always an
ardent and active Episcopalian, an intimate friend of the
late Bishop Carmichael, whose acquaintance he had made
while residing in Hamilton. For many years a member
of the Diocesan and Provincial Synods of the Church of
England. In 1888 a number of his friends placed a
memorial window to his memory in St. George's Church,
Montreal.

WRITTEN, REV. A. T.— The Bishop thus speaks of
him at the time of his death : — "I have to record the death
of the Rev. A. T. Whitten, who for many years has been
superannuated. He resided, of late years, in the United
States, and will scarcely be remembered by many of the
present day. He did good work while his health lasted, in
places which demanded much toil and self-devotion."

WHlWwELL, REV. R., M.A.— He died in 1864. The
Bishop says of him at the 6th annual Synod and at the
time of his death : — "Mr. Whitwell had been obliged,
through infirm health, to retire some years ago from all
active labors as a Minister of the Church, but his mind
continued clear to the last, and he never ceased to evince
his deep interest in the maintenance and progress of those
truths, on which his own faith was built. He will long be
remembered as one of those earlier pioneers of the Church
in Canada, who did good service when the task was far
more difficult than it is now ; and also as the friend and
successor of the excellent Bishop Stewart, in the Rectory
of St. Armand East, to which benefice he was appointed in
1826, and in which he continued to reside till his death."

WOOD, REV. EDMUND, M.A.— Rev. Mr. Wood was
born 1830 in London. He came out to Canada in Advent,
1858. His education was at Turrell School, Brighton, and
University College, Gower Street, London. He entered
St. John's, Oxford, but owing to family reverses went to
University College, Durham. He was first curate at
Houghton-le-Springs, Durham, where the Hon. and Rev.
John Gray was Rector. His father had for seme time

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 135

resided in Montreal, and on his death Mr. Wood, with
the filial duty to his mother which ever marked him came
out to Canada. His mother resided with him till her
death in 1883.

Rev. E. Wood was assistant minister at Christ Church
Cathedral, under the rectorship of Dean Bethune, when
Archdeacon Gilson and Canon Thomson were associated
with him. While attached to the Cathedral, there was
assigned to him the duty of taking the service in the little
mortuary chapel on Dorchester Street burying ground.
This work soon required the existence of a permanent
church. In 1861 a brick building at the corner of Dor
chester and St. Urbain Streets was built and used until
the building of the present church on Ontario Street.

The present church was a venture of faith. There
stood to the credit of the church funds under $300, when
the work was begun. He had practically had no holiday
since his first and only return to England in 1868.

Rev. E. Wood was a graduate of University College,
Durham. He was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of
Manchester in 1850, and advanced to the priesthood by
Bishop Fulford in 1861. He received the degree of M.A.
(ad eundem), from Bishop's College University, Lennox-
ville, in 1859. He was created a Canon of Christ Church
Cathedral in 1897, a post which he resigned subsequently.
He died very suddenly in 1910.

The following testimony from one of the city papers
thus speaks of "Father Wood : " —

"Rev. Edmund Wood, Rector of the Church of St.
John the Evangelist, is dead. He died shortly after seven
o'clock yesterday morning. When the congregation of
his church gathered at the High Celebration yesterday
morning they learned that their beloved rector had passed
to his reward. The announcement was made from the
chancel by Rev. Arthur French, his colleague, who stated
that the Rev. Mr. Wood had telephoned to him about 7
o'clock that morning informing him he did not feel well
and would be unable to officiate at the early celebration.
So Rev. Mr. French went down to the rectory before service,

136 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

and on reaching there found that the rector had passed
away. His physician, Dr. Hannington, ascribed the cause
of death to heart failure. On Friday evening he had been
in seemingly good health.

"Both services were memorable at St. John the Evan
gelist yesterday. Rev. Mr. Wood's place in the heart of
congregation was of no ordinary kind. He had unique
claims to their love and reverence. His long service in
the Church, arid in the Church of St. John the Evangelist
particularly; his patriarchal years and self-sacrificing life
had grown to be part of his people's spiritual treasures.
Scarcely a Sunday morning had passed for years without
their venerable clergyman officiating at the Holy Com
munion, the service of which his accurate knowledge of
church music enabled him to render with peculiar felicity.
So at the moment it was with a poignant sense of irrepar
able loss that his people learned that their aged rector had
been called from their midst.

"The scene at the close of the evening service will live
long in the minds of all who attended. After the service,
the whole congregation passed in single file through the
little chapel in the basement, where the rector's mortal
remains had been placed on a catafalque, and where they
will lie until Wednesday morning, when the funeral will
take place.

"The Psalms were not sung last evening, Rev. Mr.
French explaining that the voice was hushed which for
forty years had sung those Psalms. He had chosen on
Saturday evening the hymns for Sunday's services, which
gave them impressiveness yesterday. They included 'Ten
Thousand Times Ten Thousand,' 'Bright the Vision that
Delighted,' The Day is Past and Over,' 'O then what
Raptured Greetings on Heaven's Happy Shore.'

"Striking to relate, the last written words of the late
rector were 'ad finem fidelis,' i.e., faithful to the end —
words exactly descriptive of his life in its entirety. These
words were written in a letter to Rev. Mr. French."

The Author cannot let this opportunity pass without
recording his high esteem and love for his departed bro-

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ther. For forty-six years we were friends indeed, and
latterly, two of the three oldest clergy in Montreal, still
doing duty.

As his last written words were those of the great
apostle St. Paul so may I add my heartfelt prayer—
"Requiescat in pace."

WOOD, HON. THOMAS.— Born in Dif||ham in 1815, the
year of the Battle of Waterloo. He followed agriculture
to early manhood, then went to Montreal for some years,
and returning to his native Township, he became a success
ful merchant, and was elected the 1st Mayor of Dunham.
He was also Chairman of Efc^iham Academy and president
of the Missisiquoi J. Railway, also of many other institu
tions connected with the progress of the county.

For many years he represented All Saints' in the
Diocesan Synod. In 1867, the year of Confederation, he
was called to the Legislative Council of the Province
where he sat for upwards of thirty years, and through all
that period was one of its most useful members. He died
in 1898, aged 83 years.

WRIGHT, MRS. ALONZO.— The Bishop thus speaks of
her at her death :

"The death of Mrs. Alonzo Wright, of Chelsea, will
be felt in that Mission for many years. She had endeared
herself to all classes of people; but to her clergyman she
was a friend and a sympathizer in a marked degree. Her
munificent bequest is ample evidence of her affection for
the Church, and of her interest in its work and welfare."

WRIGHT, REV. DR.— "The devotion and sacrifice in the
service of The Master of the Rev. William .Wright, M.D.,
should be an inspiration at the present time to many who
feel that worldliness and self are the ruling principles
of the lives of some at the present day.

"As a medical man and student, he distinguished him
self from his earliest days. He made for himself a large
practice; he was for many years attending physician at the
Montreal General Hospital, and Professor of Materia
Medica in the Medical Faculty of McGill University.

138 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

"At the height of his practice, and when a very busy
man, he gathered round him on Sundays a large Bible
Class of young men, one member at least of whom has
since been led to enter the Sacred Ministry.

"Later, Dr. Wright sought greater usefulness in the
Diaconate, intending to remain a permanent Deacon, and
became assistant at the Church of St. James the Apostle,
Montreal. From this his zeal for God led him, while still
in the prime of 'life, to withdraw himself entirely from his
lucrative practice, and in the priesthood to devote himself
without any form of worldly remuneration, and (at his
own definite request) without any form of external thanks.
He was for a short time Rector of Lachine and later, for
more than thirty years, assistant priest at the Church of
St. John the Evangelist, Montreal. During these years
few knew of his many acts of liberality in supporting by
augmentation or unostentatious donation, the work of the
Parish with which he was associated and also the work of
much serving in the Foreign and Home Mission Fields of
the Church."

Dr. Wright was ordained the same day with the Author
of this Book, Trinity Sunday, 1864, by Bishop Fulford
and ever after had a strong affinity to each other, he as a
Professor of Medicine and I as a teacher of youth.

YOUNG, REV. THOMAS AINSLIE, M.A.— Born at Que
bec. Graduate Bishop's, Lennoxville. Ordained Deacon
184^; Priest, 1849, by the Bishop of Quebec. Appointed
to St. Martin. Incumbent of Church of St. Laurence,
Coteau Landing, Q., where he remained till his death in
1892. The Bishop says:

"Another of our missionaries on the Montreal list of
pensioners of .the Venerable Society for the Propagation
of the Gospel has passed away, leaving only four to repre
sent the work of that great missionary association which
was the nursing mother of the Church in Canada. The
Rev. T. A. Young, of Coteau du Lac, was a man of retiring
habits, little known outside of the quiet village in which
he ministered, but in the scene of his life s work his gentle
presence will be greatly missed."

PART IV

SKETCHES OF LIVING CLERGY AND LAYMEN.

ABBOTT, REV. CHARLES P.— Born at Chipping Hill,
Essex, Eng. Educated at Battersea College. Ordained
Deacon 1859, .and Priest 1860, by Bishop of Montreal.
Appointed Clarendon, South Stukely, Incumbent of Bos-
cobel and North Ely. Now retired and living in the U. S.
at Burlington, Vermont.

Mr. Abbott was ordained Deacon the year of the
Institution of our Diocesan Synod, and he did heroic work
in the Diocese till compelled to become superannuated.

ADAMS, F.D., PH.D.— Born in Montreal, 1859. Edu
cated at the High School and at McGill University where
he graduated with honors in Natural Science 1878. In 1885
that of M.A. Sc. Studied also in Sheffield Sc. School,
at Yale College and at Heidelburgh and took the degree
of Ph.D. 1892. He was for many years on the staff of
the Canadian Geological Survey. Author of many papers,
etc., on geological subjects.

In 1888 appointed Lecturer in Geology at McGill and
in 1893 succeeded Sir Wm. Dawson as the Logan Pro
fessor of Geology. He was president of the Natural His
tory Society, Montreal, 1897, and elected F.G.S.A. in
1888 and F.G.S. (London) 1898. His wife is a daughter
of the well-known Samuel Finley, of Montreal.

ALMOND, REV. JOHN MACPHERSON, M.A.— Is a gra
duate of Bishop's College, Lennoxville; he was admitted
to the Deaconate by His Lordship the Bishop of Quebec,
in September, 1896, appointed as assistant missionary on
the Labrador; advanced to the Priesthood in September,
1897; returned to the Labrador as Priest in Charge, the

140 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

mission extending along a coast line of four hundred and
fifty miles; recalled in September, 1898, attached to the
Quebec Cathedral, and acted as travelling missionary for
the Diocese of Quebec, visiting the following stations
monthly : Lake St. John, Lake Edward, Moose Park,
Forestdale, Nicolet, Stanfold, Arthabaska. Commissioned
November 2Qth, 1899, Chaplain of the Royal Canadian
Regiment, and sailed from Quebec for South Africa the
same day; Chaplain of the I9th Brigade in South Africa,
consisting of four regiments — Gordons, Cornwalls, Shrop-
shires and Canadians; returned to Quebec with the Can
adian contingent on Christmas Day, igoo; assistant in the
Quebec Cathedral until September, 1901 ; Rector of Grand
Mere, Quebec, from September, 1901, to May, 1904; Rec
tor of Trinity Church, Montreal, May 18, 1904.

Trinity Church built entirely at the expense of Major
Christie, stood on St. Paul street, immediately opposite
the centre of the present Bonsecours Market.

In 1842 two ministers were appointed assistants to
Mr. Willoughby, the Rector. A.D. 1847 was the year of the
terrible Ship Fever. While ministering to the victims in
the emigrant sheds the Rev. Mr. Willoughby contracted
the fever, and on July 15, after a few days' illness, died
at the age of fifty-three years.

The Rev. Alexander D. Campbell, who came from
England early in the year 1848 assumed the Rectorship;
he resigned in September, 1858.

The Rev. Canon Bancroft, D.D., was appointed Rec
tor of Trinity Church, January 29th, 1859. Canon Ban
croft ministered successively to the congregation in St.
Paul Street, Gosford Street and St. Denis Street, laboring
earnestly and faithfully for over seventeen years, until
failing health compelled him, in 1876, to retire. In the
year 1860 the Cathedral congregation, which, after the
burning of their place of worship on Notre Dame Street,
had occupied what was known as St. John's Church, on
Gosford Street, removed to the new Cathedral on St.

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Catherine Street. The congregation of Trinity purchased
this building, moved into it, and worshipped there for
about five years.

A site was secured at the north west corner of Viger
Square' and St. Denis Street, and early in 1864 building
was commenced.

The Church was opened for public worship September
i;th, 1865.

Two upper storeys of the tower and the spire of the
Church were completed in 1866, through the munificence
of Mrs. William Molson, who gave ten thousand dollars
for that object.

ARMSTRONG, HENRY F.— Is a native of Durham, Eng
land. After a successful student career in London and
Paris and considerable experience in teaching Art subjects
he was appointed in 1896 assistant professor of Freehand
Drawing and Descriptive Geometry in the Faculty of
Applied Science Engineering and Architectural Courses,
McGill University.

In addition to his duties in this Faculty Professor
Armstrong also lectures in School Art and Drawing at the
Macdonald College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue.

ASCAH, REV. A. C.— Born at Peninsula, Gaspe, 1863.
Came to Montreal in 1886. Entered the Diocesan Theo
logical College in September, 1889. Graduated and
ordained in 1895. Priested the same year. Worked dur
ing his college course and one year after ordination in the
Mission Parish of Mascouche. Left Montreal in 1896 for
the Diocese of Montreal, where he laboured for three years
among the Indians. Returned to the Parish of Mascouche
in 1899. Became Rector of Grenville in 1904, remained
there 2T/2 years. Then became Rector of Ormstown in
1907, which position he now holds.

ASCAH, REV. R. GORDON, B.A.— Was educated at
McGill University and the Diocesan Theologies i College
taking his degree in the year 1903, and graduating from
the Theological College in 1905. Was ordained Deacon

142 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

in June, 1905, by the late Archbishop Bond and priest in
December of the same year by Coadjutor Bishop Carmi-
chael. Was licensed to the parish of Valleyneld by the
late Archbishop being there until becoming second assistant
Curate of St. George's Church, Montreal.

BALL, REV. THOMAS WILLIAM, M.A.— Son of the late
Rev. Josiah Ball, of Salisbury, England, was born at St.
Louis de Gonsague in 1867. Educated at Lachute Academy
and Bishop's College, Lennoxville, graduating in 1890.
Entered M.D.T.C. 1891 receiving The Testamur, April,
1893. Ordained Deacon 1893 by Bishop Baldwin acting
for the Bishop of Montreal, and appointed to the parish
of Milton, received the degree of M.A. 1895 from Bishop's
College, Lennoxvelle. Ordained priest May, 1894; and
appointed to St. Hyacinthe and Upton in connection with
Milton same year; resigned St. Hyacinthe 1895, but con
tinued to serve Upton until 1896. Removed to Edward-
ston in 1896 and remained in charge for 14 months during
which time the old Church at St. Remi was reopened in
the spring of 1898. The parishes of Edwardston, Franklin
and Havelock with Ormstown were revised into two,
Edwardstown being attached to Havelock and Franklin to
Ormstown. On Easter Sunday, 1898, took charge of the
parish of Alleyne and Cawood in the Rural Deanery of
Clarendon; built the new Holy Trinity Church at Alleyne
and had it consecrated; resigned the parish in 1905 to
accept the Rectory of St. Andrew's where he has continued
ever since

BANCROFT, REV. HENRY, M.A., Cambridge, Rector of
the Parish of Vaudreuil, is the youngest son of the late
Canon Bancroft. He was born in Montreal and received
his early education at the High School. Some years
later deciding to study for the ministry he entered Corpus
Christi College, Cambridge, and took a course in Arts,
afterwards proceeding to Ridley Hall for a short time.
He was ordained by the Bishop of Worcester, the late
Dr. Perowne, to the curacy of St. Matthew's, Rugby, in
1897, where he remained about three years. From Rugby

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he went to Kenilworth, as one of the Curates of the Parish
Church. Subsequently he returned to Canada in 1902 and
was appointed to the Parish of Vaudreuil, by the late
Archbishop Bond.

BAUGH, REV. W. J. P.— Came from England in 1905.
Appointed student-lay reader by the late Archbishop
Bond. Ordained Deacon by the late Bishop Carmichael
1905, in Christ Church Cathedral. (Gospeller). .Admitted
to Priesthood, 1906. From 1905-7, in charge of Mission
of Portage du Fort. Appointed Rector of Grenville,
September, 1907.

The Parish of Grenville, situated on nortii side of
the Ottawa River, at the head of the Grenville Carillon
Canal. Church work has been carried on here for about
80 years. The Rev. Mr. Bradford was the pioneer clergy
man of any denomination to do duty in this part of the
country. The Rev. Joseph Abbott was sent out from
England by the S. P. G. in 1818, and he took up the work
commenced by Mr. Bradford .

Rev. Joseph Abbott resided in St. Andrew's, and in
addition to the duties of the Church carried on by him, he
acted as Chaplain to the R. Staff Corps stationed at Gren
ville for the purpose of constructing the Grenville Carillon
Canal.

Services were first held in a marquee, then in a car
penter's shop; then in the school -house (from about 1818-

28).

From this time until 1831 the Rev. Andrew Balfour,
M.A., resided in Grenville and conducted services.

In 1831 the Rev. Joseph Abbott returned from Abbotts-
ford to take charge of the Parish of Grenville. He built
a stone house for a parsonage and secured some 40 acres of
land as glebe. Mr. Abbott resided here until 1846 when
he received the appointment of Bursar of McGill College.

In 1832 St. Matthew's Church was built. In this under
taking Mr. Abbott was ably assisted by Bishop Stewart,
of Quebec. Bishop Stewart never paid a personal visit to
Grenville, but his Co-adjutor visited the Parish in 1836.

144 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

After Mr. Abbctt's removal the Rev. E. G. Sutton
was appointed Incumbent, 1846. Mr. Sutton resigned the
following year, and was succeeded by the Rev. Charles
Forest, M.A., who remained until 1859. During his In
cumbency the "Mountain Church" was built (now derelict).
Then came the Rev. F. S. Neve (1859-71); succeeded by the/
Rev. J. H. Dixon (now Canon Dixon of S. Jude's, Mont
real), and afterwards, the Rev. Mr. Rollit (now Canon
Roll it), who was Incumbent of Grenville from 1875-1887.

Mr. Rollit was followed by the Rev. A. J. Greer, dur
ing whose Incumbency Trinity Church, Calumet, was built.

At Easter, 1889, the Rev. Wm. Harris, afterwards
Rural Dean, took charge of the parish and in the fol
lowing year the parish became a Rectory, and has so
remained until the present time. During Mr. Harris' time
many important improvements were made upon the church.

The Rev. S. H. Mallinson, B.A., became Rector of
Grenville in 1898, and remained four years, when he was
called to St. Luke's, Montreal, where he died a few weeks
after entering his duties there.

The Rev. W. F. Fitzgerald, the present Vicar of St.
Paul's, Kingston, was Rector of Grenville (1902-5), and
was succeeded by the Rev. A. C. Ascah, who in 1907 went
to Ormstown. The present Rector, in 1907, was appointed
by Bishop Carmichael.

BAYLIS, REV. J. GILBERT, D.D. (Canan).— He was born
in the City of London and educated in the City of London
School, 1852. McGill University, 1863, ordained Deacon
1871, by Bishop Oxenden, and Priest in 1873 by the same.
Rector of St. Jude's, Montreal, and secrteary of the Colo
nial Church and School Society, 1874. Assistant Minister
of St. George's Church, 1878-1886. Rector of Longueuil
from 1886 to 1899. Made Honorary Canon of Christ's
Church Cathedral, 1902, and Bishop's Chaplain, 1903. He
was secretary and registrar of the Diocesan Theological
College 1880-83, and secretary and registrar of the House
of Bishops (both Provincial and General) 1891-1906, one
of the governors of the Diocesan College, 1903.

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He received the degree of B.D. from Archbishop Tait,
Lambeth 1880, and was made D.D. by the University of
King's College, Nova Scotia, in 1901.

But the great work of the doctor is as secretary of the
Diocese of Montreal, to which he was appointed in 1899.
No man in the Diocese receives and sends away more letters
per annum than Dr. Baylis, and yet everything and every
detail are so systematically arranged that there is never
a mistake. He is perhaps the busiest clergyman in the
Diocese, and, next to the Bishop, knows the whole ma
chinery of the Diocese better than any one else. May he
long be spared to the Diocese to keep up his important
work. It would be difficult to supply his place.

BENOIT, REV. HENRY E.— Born at St. George de
Windsor, 1862. Removed to the New England States in
1869. Educated at Philips Andover Academy. Ac
cepted an appointment to Western Equatorial Africa
under Dr. William Taylor, American Methodist and Epis
copal Bishop for Africa in 1865, was m charge of the
Mamba Mission and superintendent of schools in the
French Colony of Loango until 1887. Returned to the
United States on account of ill health and was appointed
superintendent of French Mission within the bounds of
the New England Southern Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Resigned this charge in 1895 and
was received in the Protestant Episcopal Church by Bishop
Clark in the Diocese of Rhode Island. Ordained Deacon
in St. Stephen's Church, Providence, by Bishop Coleman,
of Delaware, and received Priest's orders from Bishop
Hall, of Vermont, in the year 1896. Did deputation work
for the Colonial Church and School Society from 1895
to 1900 in Canada and in England. Was appointed In
cumbent of 1'Eglise du Redempteur, Montreal, in 1900,
and Principal of Sabrevois College in 1905.

Is author of "Petit Receuil de Chants Evangeliques"
and "L'Eglise Anglicane Avant la Reforme."

BLACKADER, DR. A. D.— His father was F. F. Black-
ader, of Stirling, Scotland. Born in Montreal 1847, and

TO

146 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

educated there. He graduated B.A. from McGill with
honors first rank in 1870, and also in course graduated
M.D. He became an M.R.C.S., Eng., in 1875. Whilst in
England he was resident physician to the Royal Pimlico
Dispensary, Brompton Consumption Hospital and Great
Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children.

He has been vice-president of the Montreal Med. Ch.
Society and president of the Am. Pediatric Society, also
instructor in diseases of children in McGill University.

He has also filled the chair of Pharmacology and The
rapeutics in the same Institution.

In 1896 he was the Home Secretary of Pediatrics at
the second Pan-American Medical Congress, held in Mex
ico that year.

He has contributed very many most interesting and
instructive articles on many subjects to various journals
—one of the chief being "Reference Hand Book of the
Medical Sciences."

He still continues his useful and Christian life in
Montreal, where thousands can testify to the benefits they
have derived from his skill and practice.

BOND, WILLIAM LANGLEY, B.C.L.— Born in Montreal,
eldest grandson of the late Most Reverend William Bennett
Bond, Lord Archbishop of Montreal, and Primate of All
Canada, elected Lay Secretary of the Synod of the
Diocese in 1903; appointed Church Advocate by the Lord
Bishop of Montreal in 1907. A member of the Bar of
Montreal. Degrees: Is a B.A and B.C.L. of McGill
University. He is a most efficient help at the annual
meetings of the Synod of Montreal.

BORTHWICK, REV. J. DOUGLAS, LL.D., F.C.C.S.-
Born at Glencross, near Edinburgh, 1832. Educated at
Cauvin's Institution for six years. Attended University
of Edinburgh in the Latin and Greek Classes. Was
Junior Teacher at Glasgow Academy, then at Penicuik,
afterwards at London and Isle of Lewis.

Left Scotland in 1850 and became teacher first at
Beaverton, Ont, then for three years Master of Mount

W. L. BOND, D.C.L.,

Church Advocate of the Diocese.

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Pleasant Academy, near Brantford. Educated two boys
there, who became well known afterwards, all over the
Dominion, viz., Hon. Mr. Hardy, late Premier of Ontario,
and Rev. Dr. Bryce, of Winnipeg, the celebrated historian.
Joined the High School of McGill College in 1855,
where he remained for five years, having among his pupils
some of the present most important men now in Mont
real. Next became Principal of Huntingdon Academy,
which he raised to be the best Protestant educational in
stitution in the Province, outside of Montreal and Quebec.
Among his pupils two have become well known, viz.,
Bishop Morrison, of Duluth, and Dr. Gardner, of Mont
real.

Returning to Montreal he opened the West End
Academy and taught there till ordained Deacon and Priest
by Bishop Fulford in 1864 and 1866. Afterwards he was
licensed as Chaplain of the Jail and Incumbent of St.
Mary's, Hochelaga, in 1865, holding the latter appoint
ment for twenty-two years and being still Chaplain to the
former, now, for the period of forty-five years.

He received the ad eundum degree of LL.D. from
the Chicago College of Science in 1888, for his Literature
and books which he had written and contributions to
Natural Science, and is a Fellow of the same.

During his spare time (which was very little some
times) he issued no less 'than twenty-four volumes on the
History, Biography and Geography of Canada and gen
eral literature. Some of his works have gone into the
second edition and been stereotyped. His last work,
the "History of the Diocese of Montreal," will be his last
and a donation for the Diocese in a book which will be
found of much value in after years and on which he has
spent a great amount of time and labor.

In his younger years he was successful in gaining two
Bursaries in Edinburgh University, the one, open to the
sons of all parochial school masters in Scotland, and the
other (held for four years) from the Provost and Coun
cillors of the City of Edinburgh.

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In the days of the old annual exhibitions of Montreal
on their ground, he received a diploma certificate for his
exhibit of minerals and shells, which he highly values.

His "Biography and Gazetteer" of Montreal, published
in 1892, is placed in the "Star" Almanac No. 3, of ''The
Hundred Best Books on Canada." His "British American
Reader" became for years the Authorized Reader in all
schools in Quebec, and his "Harp of Canaan" was adopted
in many convents as a school book.

His "Dominion Geography," published immediately
after Confederation, by J. B. Rolland, of Montreal, was
much used in school as it was the first of the kind after
Canada became a Dominion.

In his "Streets of Montreal" he mentions the circum
stance of the Prince of Wales, late King Edward, driving
the last spike (golden) into the Victoria Bridge, and
received a letter from him saying he remembered quite
well the circumstance I had recorded in the book I sent
him."

His letters and articles in the different newspapers
would fill a large volume. His "Summer Rambles in
Scotland and England," was printed in serial form in a
Toronto paper, also his "History of Free Masonry." He
was also Chaplain to H. M. Forces for eight years during
the sixties, in the latter year of which Prince Arthur was
in the Rifles in Montreal. His first duties were Chaplain
to the Royal Horse Artillery at Hochelaga, and after the
retirement of Rev. Mr. Bartlett, senior Chaplain, he be
came the Military Chaplain in Hochelaga, Montreal, and
St. Helen's Island. He buried the last soldier in the old
Papineau Cemetery and the last one in the Cemetery on
St. Helen's Island. In connection with these duties he had
short . daily service at the Military Prison of Hochelaga.
During these years he had five services every Sunday.
No wonder that now in the /gth year of his age, he seeks
retirement .from all duty by application to the Quebec
Government for the same, which will soon be granted.

BOYCE, REV. S. J.— Came from Belfast, Ireland, to

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the Diocese of Montreal, 1906, took charge of the Mission
of St. Francis, Pierreville, remained there until 1907.
From St. Francis, Pierreville, went to Mansonville, from
September I. In 1907 Incumbent of North Wakefleld.

BRADFORD, JOHN.— The Bishop thus speaks of him in
one of his reports : — "Another good and thoughtful man,
John Bradford, Esq., of Granby, has donated $5,000 to the
Mission Fund, subject to a life interest in favour of his
wife. We are very grateful for this sum also,, and it
would be right to express it. And here I desire to thank
those communicants who, in answer to my appeal some
months ago, contributed $1,250.37, in small sums, towards
the extinction of the Mission Fund debt. Such a response
was most encouraging, and I trust further effort in the same
direction will be made."

BREWER, REV. R. C— He says in a letter to the Au
thor, "I have been a Missionary Priest for many years up
the Gatineau, also at Mille Isles, Eastman, and this place,
Rougemont, now five years." Rougemont Parish was
founded in 1840, attached to Abbotsford until 1881, when
it became an independent parish. Revs. R. D. Irwin, W.
J. M. Waterson, Charles P. Abbott and R. C. Brewer have
been Incumbents in succession.

BRIERLEY, JAMES S.— President of The Herald Com
pany, Limited, and editor of same, born in London, Ont,
where, \ and in Hamilton, he gained his first newspaper ex
perience. In 1 88 1 he established the St. Thomas Daily
Journal, and in 1894 The Chatham Daily Banner. In 1896
purchased a controlling interest in The Montreal Herald,
which he has since conducted.

The Herald was established in 1811, thus being the
second oldest Canadian newspaper. It has always played
a leading part in the city, province and 'throughout the
Dominion.

BRUCE, JOHN CAMPBELL, St. John's Church, Hunting
don. — For two years he served as warden. For thirty-one
years he has been Vestry Clerk and Secretary. He has
been a Delegate to the Synod for twenty-three years. For

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the last fourteen years he has been superintendent of the
Sunday School.

His son has entered the Church and is now in connec
tion with St.) James the Apostle, Montreal.

BRYANT, AUGUSTUS ALFRED.— Born in London, Eng
land. Educated at the Choir School of S. Mary Mag
dalene, Paddington, London, under the Rev. Dr. Richard
Temple West, vicar of St. Mary Magdalene, and Dr.
Richard Redhead, organist. Received part of his theolo
gical training at Queen's College, Newfoundland, and was
ordained there both deacon and priest/ by the present
bishop, Dr. Jones. Was at the time S.P.G. Missionary for
the West Coast of Newfoundland. Before coming to
Maisonneuve, he was curate of St. Thomas' Church, Tor
onto.

BULMER, HENRY.— Born in England and came to
Canada in 1832. Settled in Montreal and ever since has
been well known as one of our most important builders and
contractors. Elected to City Council 1856 and to Alder
man in 1859. Among other appointments he has been pre
sident of St. George's Society, same of Board of Arts and
Manufacturers and Harbour Commissioners. Served
as Captain in the Montreal Foot Artillery at the time of
the "Oregon" difficulty an incident in Canadian History
long forgotten.

His family is well known at the present day in Mont
real, and always identified with the Church of England.

BUSHELL, REV. EDWARD, M.A.— He was born in 1852,
and educated at Durham University. Took BA. and
MA., ordained Deacon (Gospeller), in Gloucester Cath
edral, England, by Bishop Ellicott, September, 1886;
priested by the same bishop 1887. Curate of St. Wer-
burgh's, Bristol, England, for two years, and also of St.
Mark's, Tyncombe, Bath, England, for the same period.
Appointed Rector of St. Matthias, Westmount, by Arch
bishop Bond, Advent Sunday, 1890, which position he still
holds.

BUTLER, THOS. PAGE, K.C., D.C.L.— He was born at
Kingsley, P.Q., on the 3rd of August, 1845. His father,

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the Rev. John Butler, M.A., was then Rector of that Parish,
and afterwards became Head Master of the Lennoxville
Grammar School, now known as Bishop's College School,
and occupied that position from 1849 to 1854, when he
took charge of the Classical School in Hamilton, Ont,
which has previously been in charge of the Rev. J. G.
Geddes. After remaining in this position until 1858 he
returned to parochial work as Rector of the Parish of March
on the Ottawa River.

In 1862, Dr. Butler matriculated with honors in both
classics and mathematics at the University of Toronto.
He did not complete his Arts course, but entered the Law
Office of the late Sir John Abbott in Montreal, then
Solicitor General in the McDonald Sicotte Administration,
and acted as his private secretary until the fall of that
Ministry. Having attended the Law Faculty of McGill
University he obtained his degree of B.C.L. in 1865 and
was admitted to the Bar in August, 1866; obtained his
degree of D.C.L. in course in 1880 and was made Queen's
Counsel in 1887.

He now practices by himself.

In the history and development of the Grand Lodge
of Quebec, Dr. Butler has played a most important part
His zeal and valuable services were recognized and he was
appointed Grand Senior Warden in 1879, Deputy Grand
Master in 1880, and finally in 1893 the brethren conferred
upon him the highest gift in their power, that of Grand
Master.

Not only has Dr. Butler found time to attend to
Masonic affairs, but he has also been a prominent figure
in Military circles having commanded the Prince of Wales
Regiment from March, 1889, to March, 1898. He was
chiefly instrumental in organizing the Montreal Rifle
League and the Montreal Military Institute. He has also
had his share of Municipal honors as a Town Councillor
and School Trustee of the Town of Longueuil, where, by
his inate energy he procured for that town a first class
system with filtration

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Dr. Butler is an influential member of the Church of
England. He has been a member of the Diocesan Synod
since 1875, during nearly the whole of which period he has
been one of its Executive Committee, and, also since 1878
a member of the Provincial Synod, and General Synod.
In all these matters he still takes a deep interest, and is
always ready to give his time and talents to the furtherance
of any good cause.

CAPEL, REV. EDGAR.— He was educated in our own
Diocesan College and ordained to the Diaconate by Arch
bishop Bond in 1889, being priested by His Grace in 1891.
He served as a curate in Sorel for a year and a half, after
which he came to the Cathedral and held the position of
assistant under Archdeacon Norton for sixteen months.
The Rectorship of Sutton being offered, he accepted and
remained there for ten years. In 1903 he was licensed
•assistant at St. Martin's, at the 'same time becoming the
General Secretary of the Sunday School Union of the
Province of Quebec, which position he still holds.

CARMICHAEL, FREDERICK.— Son of Bishop Carmichael,
is the manager of the Bank of Montreal, Dundas Street
Branch, Toronto. He was educated at the High School,
Montreal, and the Collegiate Institute, Hamilton, and is
greatly interested in church work. Honorary auditor of
the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Can
ada, and one of the Committee of Management for St.
Andrews-on-the-Island, a summer congregation organized
by the late Primate of all Canada, Bishop Sweatman. Is
a life member of Ionic Lodge A. F. & A. in Toronto, and
of the Argonaut Rowing Club. He is a worthy son of a
revered and honored father

CARMICHAEL, REV. JAMES SAUMAREZ, eldest son of
the late Bishop Carmichael, born at Clinton, Co. Huron,
Ont. Educated at High School, Montreal, and Upper
Canada College, then McGill University and Montreal Dio
cesan College. Made Deacon and ordained Priest by Most
Rev. W. B. Bond. He has served in the following parishes :
New Glasgow, Berthier-en-Haut, Brome, (Ashland, New

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Hampshire) Vaudreuil, and Rector of Knowlton. Was ap
pointed Rural Dean of Brome in 1902, and Canon of
Christ Church Cathedral, 1909. Was Chaplain to Bishop
Carmichael 1907-1908.

CHARTERS, REV. FRANK.— Born in Montreal, 1865.
Educated Fettes College, McGill University and Diocesan
Theological College. Ordained Deacon, Trinity Sunday,
1888, and Priest 1889, by Bishop Bond. From 1888 to
1896 at Iron Hill and West Brome, 1896 to present day
Rector of St. Simon's, Montreal. Was a delegate to Gen
eral Synod, 1908. Is a member of Board of Governors of
Diocesan College since 1903, and a member of Corporation
of University of Bishop's College since 1904, also member
of Executive Committee of Diocese, etc., ere.

CHIPMAN, W. W. L.^Born at Dartmouth, N.S. Edu
cated in Halifax. Entered the Bank of Montreal (Branch)
in 1875, and chief inspector of agencies in 1881, retired
from such duty. In 1881 assumed the management of the
Ontario Bank, Montreal. In 1890 left and was appointed
secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Bankers' Association
in 1891. He has been for years connected with the Dio
cese of Montreal, on the Executive Committee and
degelate to the Synod. Appointed to the position of
Lay Reader by Bishop Oxenden, he still holds that honor
able position. He has written well many valuable and
interesting papers on historical and financial subjects.

He married a daughter of Col. Sweeny, whose son,,
once Rector of St. Luke's, Montreal, is now the worthy
Bishop of Toronto. One of our most well known papers
writes of him : "He is an earnest and conscientious
literary student."

CHIPMAN, L. F. — His professional career began in
1905. He was born in 1880. Graduated B.A. McGill,
and a rising advocate of the Montreal Bar He is one of
the Social Reform Committee of the Synod, also connected
with the Authors' Club and the University Club and other
organizations. He is a delegate to the Synod.

COFFIN, REV. HUBERT, is a native of Newfoundland,

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and received his education at the Colonial and Continental
Church Society, Normal School and at Bishop Field Col
lege, both of St. John's Newfoundland. He engaged in
the work of teaching and, covering a period of 12 years,
was principal of three of the Church of England High
Schools of the Colony. During this time he was Super
intendent of large Sunday Schools and was actively
engaged as licensed Lay Reader in the Diocese of New
foundland. With a view to offering himself for the work
of the ministry, he entered upon a course of theological
reading and made, a special study of Greek under the
direction of a clergyman. He was accepted for work in
the Diocese of Montreal, by Archbishop Bond, and came
with the intention of entering upon a course of study at
the Diocesan College, but at the wish of the Archbishop,
took charge of the Indian work at Pierreville. At the
request of Bishop Carmichael the work at Pierreville,
which to him was most interesting, was given up and he
became Incumbent of the Mission of Mille Isle and Morin.
In December of 1907 he accepted a call to the parish of
Shawville.

SHAWVILLE, ORIGIN OF.— In the year 1823, a little
band of Irish Protestants cut their way through the dense
forest to this spot. Soon after they were joined by another
little band, and then by others, and the settlement grew
so rapidly that in 16 years it numbered over 1,000 souls,
and nearly all were members of the Church of England.
They called the Township Clarendon, and this name has
been given to the Parish, and also to the Rural Deanery
and to the Archdeanery. The settlement was many
miles distant from Hull. As the whole country was
covered with a forest of mighty pines — the settlers had
to blaze a path from the river about six miles distant, and
carry their goods in upon their backs. Even in 1843 this
road remained little more than a bridle path. It was not
till 1853 that wheeled vehicles of any kind appeared
in the settlement. In the year 1839, Mrs. Strong, of Hull,
visited Clarendon, and in the following year the people

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were busily engaged in building a church, looking for
ward to the arrival of a resident clergyman. In 1841
Rev. Daniel Falloon arrived. In the spring of 1843 Mr.
Falloon had prepared a class of over 80 people for Con
firmation. Bishop Mountain had appointed the i8th of
May for his visit. The interest of the whole country
round was great at this first visit of their Bishop. Their
Church was completed and a great congregation was
assembled. They waited for hours, but no Bishop came
and no message had come, so they all had to return to
their homes, some to Bristol, others to Lichfield. Many
had come a long distance to the service. Afterwards they
found out the cause. On the day appointed, the Bishop
was being paddled in a canoe trying hard to reach his
destination. His steamer had broken down and partly
with an old horse and cart and partly on foot, he
reached Mrs. Strong's house at By town on the i6th,
but could not leave till the morning of the i8th, the
day for the Confirmation . Late in the evening he reached
Land Point and rising at 4.30 a.m. he crossed to Mr.
Heath's, who at once despatched men and boys in all
directions to announce the Bishop's arrival and to summon
the people to meet him at 3 p.m. The Bishop was accom
modated with a horse. At that time a congregation of
over go people had assembled and the Bishop confirmed
57 persons.

CHAMBERS, WILLIAM PERCIVAL, Lachine, P.Q., Can
ada, Bishop University, Lennoxville, Que., 1880. Deacon
1880, Priest 1882, Montreal. Rector of Lachine, Diocese
of Montreal, 1903. Rural Dean of Brome, 1901. Mis
sionary of Aylwin, P.Q., 1881-87. Incumbent at Bolton,
1887-89. Rector of St. Paul, Knowlton, 1889-93. Honor
ary Canon Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, 1902. (All
in the Province of Quebec). Now retired.

COFFIN, REV. J. M.— Is a native of Newfoundland.
Graduated from the Montreal Diocesan Theological Col
lege in 1892. Ordained Deacon same year by Bishop

156 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

Bond and licensed to the Mission of Leslie, Q. Ordained
Priest by Bishop Baldwin in 1893. In charge of -the
Mission of Bristol, Q., 1897-1899. He was then trans
ferred to Glen Sutton, 1899. Appointed Rector of Shel
don, Vt.,' 1904, resigned 1906, re-appointed to the charge
of Glen Sutton, 1906, which he still holds.

COYLE, ED. J. — He was born and has always lived
in the city. He was baptized in the old St. George's Church
on St. Joseph Street, by the Rev. Wm. Bond. He has
been member of Christ Church Cathedral for some years,
but has attended the Church of St. James the Apostle for
a number of years back. During three years he was Church
Warden, and for the past few years the delegate to the
Synod from that Church.

He commenced in the present business as an office
boy, but for some years back he has been the senior part
ner, which shows what application and integrity may per
form in mercantile life.

CRAIG, REV. WILLIAM WOODHAM, M.A.— Born in Mont
real, 1873. Educated at the High School, McGill Univer
sity and the Diocesan Theological College. Received the
degree of B.A. from McGill in 1895, M.A. 1903. From
the Provincial Synod of Canada, B.D. in 1906. Ordained
by Archbishop Bond, Deacon and Priest in 1897. Curate
at St. Martin's, Montreal and Trinity Church, St. John,
N.B. Now Rector of St. Luke's from 1902.

St. Luke's Church may be said to have arisen Phoenix-
like out of the fire. The year 1852 was noted in Montreal
for two large fires. One of these started on July 9th,
and raged for nearly two days. When it had burned out,
Lady Huntingdon's Church, now for many years known
as St. Thomas', was found to have been burned. The in
cumbent, the Rev. John Irwin, at once set about to raise
a new church for his flock. Before his efforts had pro
ceeded far, he received a call to St. John's, Que., and left.

The Rev. Canon Gilson was chosen to take up the
work.

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About the first thing Mr. Gil son did was to secure a
site for his proposed new church. At the corner of Dor
chester and Champlain streets was a burial ground owned
by Mrs. Aylwin, wife of the late Mr. Justice Aylwin, of
Quebec, and a daughter of Dr. Charles Blake. In 1811
the heirs of this estate sold the greater portion of the farm
to the late Sir William Logan, but a plot of ground 70
feet by 90 feet, French measure, was fenced off and used
as a burial ground by the Blake family. Within this
enclosure there was a monument and a family vault. These
are believed to have been erected some years previous to
1811. That spot is to-day the site of St. Luke's Church.
The vault still remains, situated directly under the chancel
and in good condition. In the west wall is embedded a
large slab bearing an inscription : "In memory of Charles
Blake, Esq., who died at Montreal, 22nd April, 1810,
aged 64 years."

The site for St. Luke's Church was donated to the
Bishop of Montreal by Mrs. Aylwin in 1852, on condition
that the chancel of the proposed edifice should be built
over the vault. This was done, and still so remains.

The Church was opened June 17, 1854.

The Rev. Mr. Gilson was, of course, the real founder
and first Rector of the Church.

The first carpet laid in the chancel of St. Luke's Church
was made by hand by the ladies of the Church, Mrs.
Fulford, wife of Bishop Fulford, being a skilful assistant
in this undertaking. The carpet was made in squares and
then sewed together.

The Rev. Canon Gilson was highly esteemed, and a
window has been erected in the south side of the Church
in his honor, bearing the following inscription : — "In
memory of the Rev. Samuel Gilson, MA., first rector of
this parish and Archdeacon of Montreal; died January I,
1892." The Rev. F. B. .Tate succeeded Canon Gilson in
1859.

The Rev. John Torrance followed Mr. Tate as rector.

In 1861 the Rev. John Irwin returned to St. Luke's

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from St. John's. His early interest in the welfare of the
Church had not waned, and he was not long in charge
before he began to arrange for improving and extending
the edifice.

The improvements included the addition of the two
transepts; the enlargement and elevation of the chancel;
the erection of a new organ chamber and vestry, and the
completion of the body of the church.

The Rev. M. S. Baldwin, D.D., now Bishop Baldwin,
of Huron, succeeded Mr. Irwin in 1865.

Bishop Baldwin was succeeded at St. Luke's in 1870
by the Rev. James Thorneloe.

After the retirement of Mr. Thorneloe in 1878 the Rev.
L. DesBrisay was appointed rector.

In 1880 the Rev. J. F. Sweeny, D.D., now Bishop
Sweeny, of Toronto, became rector of St. Luke's. He
remained two years and then went to Toronto.

In 1883 the Rev. George Rogers, B.A., became Rector.
It was during his incumbency that the rectory was built in
1888.

The Rev. T. E. Cunningham, M.A., succeeded in 1890.

The Rev. M. Cunningham was born at Rawdon in
1856. He graduated from McGill, M.A., in 1883, having
graduated in Theology from the Diocesan College three
years previously. He died November 22, 1901. The Rev.
S. H. Mallinson, became his successor. Mr. Mallinson was
inducted on February 11, 1902. In the beginning of
March, 1902, he died.

The Rev. W. W. Craig, B.D., is the present Rector.

DART, REV, WILLIAM, M.A., was born in the Island
of Jersey, and came to Montreal in 1856. He was a
teacher in St. George's Sunday School. In 1864 the late
Archbishop Bond offered him the post of City Missionary,
also obtaining for him a scholarship at McGill College.
For four years Mr. Dart acted as City Missionary, and
attended the Arts Course at McGill, graduating in 1868.
On Trinity Sunday 1867, he was ordained Deacon, by

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Bishop Fulford, and a year later was advanced to the
priesthood. In 1868, Mr. Dart was sent to Laprairie,
having charge also of St. Luke and L'Acadie.

In 1 88 1 Mr. Dart was offered St. Lambert, then a

mission carried on by young men from St. George's Church.

'in 1889 St. Lambert became a Rectory. In 1903 Mr. Dart

was appointed Rural Dean of Hochelaga, a post which he

still holds.

Bishop Oxenden opened St. Lambert Mission in 1877.
"The corner stone of St. Barnabas was laid in 1884, and
the Church opened in 1886. It was enlarged in 1891.

DAVIDSON, REV. JAMES BURROWS, Archdeacon of
Bedford. — Born at Picton, Ont., 1838. In 1854, he was
assistant teacher in Missisquoi High School, Cowansville.
Graduated at the University of Bishop's College, Lennox-
ville, in 1860, and was valedictorian of his class. He is
also ad eundum B.A., McGill University, 1863, and
M.A. degree of Bishop's in course 1864. M.A. of McGill
in course in 1866 and D.C.L. of Lennoxville, 1899. Lay
Reader in 1856. Ordained by Bishop Fulford, Metro
politan, Deacon (Gospeller) in 1861 and Priest in 1862,
by the same. Appointed assistant at Christ Church
Cathedral 1861. Curate of Frelighsburg 1862. Rector
of the Parish of St. Armand East (Frelighsburg) 1901.
Writer of Essay "An Increase of the Episcopate," and
other papers. The Church was ministered by him from
1862, to his resignation in 1909. During his Rectorship
an endowment was formed of about $5,000. In February,
1880, the first Church, built by Bishop Stewart was
razed and a substitute provided in the substantial and
beautiful edifice opened 1884, and called Bishop Stewart
Memorial Church, a free and non-proprietary Church
costing about $15,000. Consecrated on St. Michael and
All Angels, 1891. Five members of the Parish have re
ceived Priest's Orders, four still exercising their office in
West and East.
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tory in 1801, through occasional services by the Rev.
James Tunstall. It had the seal of S.P.G. impressed
upon it through the ministry of the Rev. Charles Cotton
and the advent of the Hon. and Rev. Charles James
Stewart. The Seigniory of St. Armand embraced the
subsequently constituted parishes of St. Armand East and
St. Armand West. Mr. Stewart had imbibed the spirit of
Henry Martyn in his missionary devotion. After a brief
occupancy of -an attractive cure, with prospect of advance
ment through aristocratic connection, Mr. Stewart arrived
in the remote and spiritually destitute post in the wilder
ness and began a work. His only recourse on arrival for
public worship was the village inn. His diligence and
self-sacrificing generosity compassed the opening of the
first non-Roman Church erected in the Eastern Townships,
in 1809, in the presence of 1,000 spectators. A duplicate
Church was erected in the Western portion of the Seigniory
in 1811. The work of the Lord so prospered that an
inviting field under the generous patronage of the S. P. G.
was prepared for a worthy successor in the Rev. James
Reid, afterwards Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, and
Doctor of Divinity of Bishop's College, who continued
from 1815 to 1865. Regardless of comfort or ease the
devoted Stewart then transferred his energies to Hatley,
where like success followed as that won in St. Armand.
This was but the inauguration of untiring labours as
travelling : missionary, which covered the Eastern and
Western Provinces, in which through his instrumentality
twenty-four churches were built. Canon Reid's ministry
sought chiefly spiritual development and on his death the
parish was suddenly cast upon its own resources. The new
Rector (late Curate since 1862) and his chief lieutenant
Daniel Westover, raised a partial endowment of $5,000.
The former building evidenced decay and demanded
replacement. The struggle for a new Church in a small
rural Parish was entered upon in 1880, by the razing of
the old structure. A generous thought was suggested to

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make it a worthy memorial of the pioneer missionary,
afterwards the distinguished second Bishop of Quebec.
A fine brick gothic temple with Apsidal Chancel, 100 x
36 ft., now crowns the elevated site of Bishop Stewart's
selection and bids fair through its solidity to outlast the
centuries.

To Col. Westover, is due the graceful tower and
spire which renders the outline of the accomplished
architect complete. In such a sphere the third Rector
found incentive for unfaltering and untiring effort. It
may suffice to specify the dates of progress to the con
dition of a free chucch building "without proprietary rights
forever," unrivalled in solidity and beauty by any temple
outside urban churches.

The opening services were in 1884, and the consecra
tion in 1891. The entire cost was $15,000.

DAVIDSON, L. C., K.C., D.C.L.— Son of Rev. John C.
Davidson, for many years Rector of Cowansville, etc.
Born in Toronto 1842, and educated at St. John's and
Cowansville High Schools. Entered Lennoxville and
proceeded to McGill where he graduated B.A. 1863, B.C.L.
1864, M-A. 1867 and D.C.L. in 1887. He was called to
the Bar in 1864, created a Q. C. in 1887. Received the
Hon. Degree of D.C.L. from Lennoxville in 1884. Ap
pointed Professor of Commercial Law in McGill in 1881,
and succeeded Dr. now Judge Trenholme as Dean of the
Law Faculty.

He is probably the most active Lay Member of the
Church of England in the Dominion. He edited the
Church Guardian from 1884 to 1895, and was Lay Secretary
to the Provincial Synod of Canada from 1886 to 1897.
In our own Diocese he held the office of Church Advocate
for many years till appointed Vice-Chancellor and on
the late death of Dr. Bethune, became the Chancellor of
the Diocese of Montreal. He took a leading part in the
formation of the General Synod of Canada. He has
appeared in some important cases before the Privy Council

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of England and been connected with some well-known
cases in the Canadian Courts.

Amidst all this multiplicity of work Dr. Davidson
faithfully kept up Divine Service at Cote St. Paul. There
he built a pretty Church and Hall, and after many years
of tireless labor he has now the pleasure of seeing his
work there, become a Rectory and independent Church.

Long may he be spared to the Diocese and the public.

The Bishop thus speaks of Dr. Davidson, when he
resigned Cote St. Paul, in his address to the Synod :

"The resignation of Dr. L. H. Davidson, Q.C., of the
charge of the mission of Cote St. Paul, which has been
under his care for twenty-two years, must not pass un
noticed. His honorary service for that long period has
been most self-denying and arduous. It would be im
possible to reckon the value of his work in this district.
His patience, his self -forget fulness, his Christian sym
pathy with the congregation of the Church of the
Redeemer, are beyond praise. He has consistently shown
the feelings of a true pastor, impelled by love to Christ
and His Church. Let us heartily give him the only thing
now in our power; let us give him our united thanks as a
Church and Synod, with recognition of the true respect
and warm feeling we have towards him."

DAWSON, REV. ERNEST E.— Was born at Stoneneld,
1878. He studied in Lachute Academy and from there
matriculated to McGill University in 1901.

In September, 1901, he entered the Diocesan College
as an undergraduate of the University, graduating from
the Diocesan College in May, 1906, receiving the testamur
of the College and being valedictorian of his class.

Having passed the Preliminary Examination for Holy
Orders established by the Provincial Synod of Canada,
he was ordained Deacon in 1906, by Bishop of Montreal,
and licensed to Kildare. Same year he was ordained
Priest by the same Bishop.

In January, 1909, he was licensed by Bishop Farthing
to the Parish of Onslow, in the deanery of Clarendon.

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DENNIS, REV. JOHN W., Rector of Chambly. He
was ordained Deacon, 1889, and Priest in the following
year, by the late Bishop Bond, and has been Rector of
Lacolle, Berthier-en-Haut, St. Andrews, and now Cham
bly.

The Rev. Ed. Parkin succeeded the Rev. B. B. Stevens
as Missionary to Chambly, and became its first Rector.
The Church was free from debt A.D. 1823.
An Endowment Fund was opened A.D. 1851 which now
amounts to $4,580.

The old and venerable edifice underwent a complete
renovation in 1908 without in any way disturbing any of
its former features, and is now one of the prettiest County
churches in the Diocese.

This Church was erected A.D. 1820. It is a substantial
stone building, having a steeple and belfry containing
one bell. Its seating capacity is 300, having west and
side galleries. The latter were erected A.D. 1843 to accom
modate the regular troops, but were withdrawn by Mr.
Gladstone A.D. 1869, at which time the grant from the
S.P.G. (£60) was also withdrawn.

At a general meeting of the British residents held
1819, at which Samuel Hatt, Esq., presided, the following
resolution was proposed and adopted : "That in the
present flourishing and daily increasing state of the British
population resident within the Parish of Chambly and its
immediate vicinity, it would be highly beneficial to the
general interests of religion, morality and civilization, to
erect an English Protestant Episcopal Church within the
precincts of the said parish with all possible dispatch."

A subscription had already been opened for this
object in 1818. The principal donors to the Building Fund
were: — His Majesty's Government, £200; Samuel Hatt,
Esq., £100; Rev. Ed. Parkin, £100; Hon. and Rev. Dr.
Stewart, '£100. The total amount subscribed was £987
os. 4d.

On May 8, 1820, His Excellency Sir Peregrine Mait-
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a piece of ground containing four superficial arpents,
French measure, for the site of a church, parsonage, school
house and burial ground.

The foundation stone was laid on Ascension Day
1820, by Samuel Hatt, and the building was completed
on November 30, in the same year. Letters Patent of the
Crown creating the Rectory, signed by Earl Dalhousie,
G.C., governor, were granted October 1823, by which "the
freehold and inheritance of the said lot, piece and parcel
of land, and all buildings thereon erected and the appur
tenances thereunto belonging, have, and by these our
Letters Patent do give, grant and vest to and in the said
Ed. Parkin, Rector of the said Parsonage or Rectory and
Parish Church of Chambly, and his successors Rectors of
the said Rectory and Parish Church for ever."

DESBRISAY, REV. LESTOCK, B.A.— Took his divinity
course at Huron College, London. Ordained to the Dia-
conate by the Bishop of Huron in 1875. Licensed to the
curacy of St. James', Stratford. Admitted to the Priest
hood in 1876. Was called shortly afterwards to the post
of Assistant Minister of Trinity Church, Chicago, the
Rector being the Rev. Edward Sullivan, D.D. Appointed
Rector of St. Luke's, Montreal, 1878. Appointed Rector
of All Saints, Hamilton, 1880. Appointed Rector of St.
John the Evangelist, Strathroy, 1885. After serving there
for seven years was obliged by ill health to resign. After
wards appointed locum tenens, Christ Church, Sorel, 1893.
After being there for eight years was appointed to the
incumbency of a parish newly erected, Ste. Agathe des
Monts. Is still in charge of Trinity Church there.

DIXON, REV. JAMES HENRY, CANON.— Ordained
Deacon by Bishop Oxenden in 1870, and Priest 1871. In
cumbent of Mille Isle and Morin in 1870-1873. Incumbent
of Grenville in 1873-1876. Rector of St. Jude's
Church, built by him at a cost of $48,500, seating capacity
850. Hon. Canon Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, 1895.
Educated Bishop's College Grammar School and Under
graduate of University of Bishop's College.

GEORGE DURNFORD, Esq.
Treasurer of the Diocese.

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Canon Dixon, in younger days, did a great amount
of good amongst the various Institutions of the' city
and was ever ready to give a helping hand to every
charitable undertaking. He is now one of the oldest
clergy in city or country still in harness and the writer's
prayer is may he long yet be spared.

DOULL, REV. ALEXANDER JOHN, M.A., Oriel College,
Oxford. He was ordained Deacon, Advent, 1896, and
Priest, September, 1898, by the Right Rev. William Boyd
Carpenter, D.D., Lord Bishop of Ripon. Was Assistant
Curate in Leeds Parish Church, 1896-1899. Came to
Canada as Assistant Curate of the Church of the Advent,
Westmount, 1899-1901. Was chosen Rector of the Church
1901. He has accepted the position of Rector of Christ
Church Cathedral and Dean of Victoria, B.C.

DURNFORD, GEORGE, J.P. and accountant. Born at
Toronto, 1838, son of Philip Durnford, Capt. 68th Regi
ment, and grandson of Lieut-Gen. Durnford, Royal En
gineers, who designed and superintended the building of
the Citadel and fortifications of Quebec between 1816-1830.
Educated at Sorel. In 1853 entered the shipyard of the
late Edmund Sewell, of Quebec, and spent two years
studying the theory and practice of shipbuilding. In 1856
entered the Bank of Upper Canada, Montreal Branch. In
1869 entered the Bank of British North America. In 1886
commenced practice as a public accountant; became a
chartered acountant in 1887; in 1899, at the request of the
then Treasurer, the late Mr. Charles Garth, reorganized the
books of the Synod of the Diocese of Montreal ; was made
its first official auditor; and was appointed on the Ex
ecutive Committee by the late Archbishop in 1903. In
1908 was elected by the Synod its Treasurer, having acted
as such for some months previously. He is a Justice of
the Peace and Fellow of the Dominion Association of
Chartered Accountants. He is also Hon. Treasurer of the
Synod of Montreal, Hon Treasurer of the Homeopathic
Hospital, Hon. Treasurer of the Numismatic and Anti-

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quarian Society. A very busy man and one who is of the
greatest use in our annual Synods.

ECKHANDT, W. H. A.— Born in Ontario 1856. Edu
cated at High School, St. Catherines, was city editor of
the Daily Review, St. Thomas. Entered the Civil Service,
Post Office Department, in 1884, later superintendent Que
bec City Post Office. Transferred to Montreal as super
intendent 1895, and elected People's Warden and Treas
urer, Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1896, and
continuously as such to the present time. He was instru
mental in raising the sum of $13,000, which cleared the
church of debt, when it was consecrated by Archbishop
Bond in 1905. Corresponding Secretary of the English
Church Union in Canada since 1886. Provincial Secretary-
Treasurer C. B. S. in Canada since 1900 and editor of
Monthly Intercession Paper. Life Governor Montreal
General Hospital. He was attached to the Governor Gen
eral's office 1880 to 1884, during the time of the Marquis
of. Lome and Princess Louise, and accompanied the Vice-
Regal party on various trips through the country and
especially the farewell trip in the Fall of 1883, when Prince
George of Wales, now His Majesty the King, then a mid
shipman on H. M. S. Canada, was with the party.

ELLEGOOD, REV. JACOB, D.C.L., Canon, was born at
Fredericton, N.B., in 1823. Educated at King's College,
and B.A. 1849, and also in England. Ordained Deacon
1848 and Priest in 1849 by Bishop Mountain, .and has
labored in Montreal ever since. Appointed assistant
Christ Church Cathedral when it stood in Notre Dame
Street 1849. Placed then in charge of St. Ann's Chapel,
Griffintown, and remained during the ship fever and the
fire which destroyed his church. Rebuilding on the same
site he may well be called the founder of the parish as
well as that of St. James the Apostle. At the anniversary
services held to commemorate Canon Ellegood's 58th
year of ordination, his 42nd since his church was opened
in St. Catherine Street and the Rector's 44th Chaplaincy of

REV. CANON ELLEGOOD, M.A.,
Oldest Clergyman in the Diocese.

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the Victoria Rifles, Archdeacon Kerr in his sermon thus
speaks of Canon Ellegood :

"See this noble church in which we are now assembled !
The foundations of this house of prayer were laid forty-
two years ago in what was then virtually the open country
and what is now easily mistaken for the heart of the city.
This parish and Grace Church parish do not exhaust the
list of your Rector's industry in the work of Church ex
tension. The parish of Cote St. Paul owes its existence
to the same cause. The Church c*f the Redeemer has been
a blessing to that district, and the loving labours of Dr.
Leo H. Davidson, K.C., a layman of this congregation,
who for many years alike in summer heat and winter cold,
personally carried on the work of the mission, will long
be remembered with gratitude and affection. The outlook
of the Church of England in Cote St. Paul is full of
encouragement.

"The neighbouring church and Parish of the Advent
were brought into being by Canon Ellegood and the
people of this congregation. It is a flourishing parish
to-day and its future is very bright. On this occasion of
reminiscences it is proper to state that the Church of the
Advent had its first beginnings in the heart and energy
of your Rector, and its infant life was watched and tended
by him and by you.

'As far back as the year 1851, St. Ann's Church in the
Grimntown district was burned to the ground. Mr. Elle
good was Rector. After paying the debts owing at the
time there was absolutely nothing left for rebuilding and
the congregation was not in a position to give much help.
Mr. Ellegood appealed to the well-to-do Church people
of the city with the result that in a short time a fine new
structure was erected which, in order to avoid confusion
with another St. Ann's in the same neighbourhood was
called 'St. Stephens.' A new parsonage was also secured
and upon neither church nor parsonage was there a single
dollar of debt when, after sixteen years ministry in the

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locality, Mr. Ellegood handed over the parish to his suc
cessor."

Canon Ellegood is the oldest clergyman in the Diocese
and the only one living who saw the birth of the Synod of
Montreal in 1859.

ELLIOTT, REV. JAMES A., B.A., was ordained Deacon
in 1892, and Priest in 1894. Was for some time one of
the assistant ministers of St. George's and afterwards
chosen as Rector of All Saints, his present charge. By his
efforts he cleared the church of debt and the building is
about to be enlarged for the increasing congregation. Mr.
Elliott has been associated with several of the committees
of the Synod, especially that of Historical Research.

ELLIOTT, JAMES.— He was born at Penrith, Cumber
land, England, of Lowland Scotch descent, in 1860. Was
clerk with the London and North Western Railway for
seven years. Came to Canada in 1882. Was with the
Grand Trunk Railway for a few months, and then entered
the service of the Canada Sugar Refining Company in
1883, where he has been ever since. As regards the Pri
soners' Aid work he has personally interviewed and
assisted many thousands of men immediately upon dis
charge, in his private house, and probably knows intimately
more men who have been in prison than any police officer
in Canada.

EMMETT, REV. R.— He arrived in Montreal from Liver
pool, England (his native place) in 1894, and was admitted
to the Diaconate by Bishop Bond in 1894, was admitted
to the Priesthood by the same Bishop 1895. His first
parish was the Mission of Papineauville from 1894 to
1897. The Mission of Milton and Upton 1897 to 1899.
West Shefford and Fulford 1899 to 1906. Lacolle and
Napierville 1906, which he still holds.

EMPSON, REV. JOHN, M.A., Canon. Was born in
1830. Educated at Kilkenny College, and at Trinity
College, Dublin, where he was a first honour man and
prizeman in mathematics, and at McGill University, where
he graduated as B.A., and MA. Ordained Deacon 1870,

VERY REV. DR. EVANS,
Dean of Montreal.

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and Priest 1871, by Bishop Oxenden. First charge
was the Mission of North Gore. He assisted at St. Jude's
and at Trinity. Was first Rector of St. Matthias' Church,
which he held until 1883, and appointed a Canon of
Christ Church Cathedral the same year. Was Secretary
of the Executive Committee, and clerical Secretary of the
Synod of Diocese of Montreal from 1871 to 1898. Taught
for several years in the Diocesan Theological College of
Montreal, and was a member of the Board of Protestant
School Examiners, Montreal. Sickness caused him to
retire in 1898.

The Bishop thus speaks of him in one of his Addresses
to Synod :

"It is with much regret that the Executive Committee
has been obliged to accept the resignation of their secretary,
the Rev. Canon Empson, the state of whose health requires
him to retire from active work. His long and able service,
his intimate acquaintance with the details of Diocesan
affairs, the intelligence and good sense with which he has
managed the Synod funds, his absolute integrity, added
to his Christian faithfulness, make his loss all but irrepar
able. No clergyman amongst us has served the Church
more faithfully or effectually than Canon Empson, both
as pastor in former years, and guardian of her substance
as secretary of the Synod in later times; but I need not
commend him to your notice; we all know his worth, and
have had experiences of his kind and helpful sympathy."

EVANS, LEWIS, D.C.L., Very Rev. Dean of Montreal,
son of Rev. F. Evans, D.C.L., Woodhouse, Ont. Born
there in 1845, he was educated at Upper Canada College
and at Trinity College, Toronto, where he graduated B.A.
in 1866 and M.A. in 1871.

Admitted Deacon 1869 and Priest in 1870, by Bishop
Cronyn, of Huron. After laboring for some time in
Norwich he was called to Montreal as Assistant in Christ
Church Cathedral, and made a Canon of same in 1873.
In 1873 he was made Rector of St. Stephen's Church, a
position he still holds. He became Bishop's Chaplain in

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1879, Archdeacon of Iberville in 1881, and Archdeacon
of Montreal in 1887, thus scuceeding the late Dr. Leach as
such. The Dean is a Freemason and Governor of the
Robert Jones Home. He has repeatedly served as a dele
gate to the Provincial and General Synods. He received
the degree of D.C.L. from his Alma Mater in 1894. He is
one of the most energetic workers of the Diocese. In con
nection with Bishop Bond they cleared Trinity of the debt
due to the' Mortgage then upon it.

FlNNlE, JOHN THOM, M.D., M.P.P.— Was born in
Peterhead, Scotland, in 1847. Came to Canada when a
boy in 1861. Attended the High School, subsequently
McGill University, graduating in 1869 with honours.
After spending a year in Europe, returned and began
practice in 1870. The subject of this sketch has been
throughout his busy life an ardent lover of clean sport
such as curling, golfing, swimming, and his holiday has
usually been spent in our forest, entering into every
thing he undertakes with enthusiasm and energy. While
he was never an active politician, he was always a liberal,
and in June, 1908, he was persuaded to run for St. Law
rence division for, the Legislature and was returned by a
large majority and the Doctor is looked upon as one of the
mo<st active members of the House in Quebec to-day.

FLANAGAN, REV. JAMES L.— Graduated Harley Theo
logical College and in Science and Arts at Kensington,
London, England, 1891. Admitted Deacon in 1891, and
Priest in 1892 by the Bishop of Montreal. Licensed to
Mission of Thome and Leslie 1891-98. Now Rector of
the Church of the Ascension with St. Andrew's since 1898.
Mr. Flanagan is a hard working Priest. His church is
far too small for the congregation and must be enlarged
in the early future.

FEE, REV. JAMES ERWIN, M.A.— Graduated from Mc
Gill University in 1903 and after a post-graduate course
in History was admitted in 1905 to the degree of Master
in Arts. In 1906 he received the testamur of the Diocesan
Theological College and the first certificate for the B.D.

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degree. He was admitted to the Diaconate in June, 1905,
by Archbishop Bond, and was raised to the priesthood in
the following December. t As a student Mr. Fee had been
in charge of the Mission of St. Hyacinthe from Easter,
1900, and on ordination he was at once licensed to that
place, where he remained until November 1906 when he
was appointed to the position of assistant Priest in the
Parish of St. Stephen's, Westmount. Not long ago he
was elected Rector of St. Mary's Hochelaga, where the
writer was for 22 years Incumbent and first Rector.

FISKE, JOHN JEFFERY.— Born at Abbotsford, 1844.
Entered upon the study of law in 1865, and afterwards
transferred to the office of the late Sir John Abbott, passed
through the Law Course of McGill College, graduating in
1868, and admitted to the Bar same year. Spent two
years in the practice of his profession in Montreal. In
1871 removed to Coaticook, P.Q., and entered into part
nership with the late G. O. Doak, Q.C., and some years
later the law firm of Terrill, Hackett & Fiske was formed,
and followed the profession of law until 1883, when he
accepted the position of manager of the Coaticook Knit
ting Company in which he held the office of secretary-
treasurer since 1872. Filled the position of manager and
secretary-treasurer until it was merged into the Penman
Manufacturing Company in 1889. Continued as manager
only of the new company until 1907, when he resigned
and removed to Westmount. Before leaving Coaticook he
held the public offices of delegate to the Quebec Synod
from St. Stephen's Church, member of the Municipal Coun
cil and President of the Coaticook Free Reading Room
and Library. Joined the membership of St. Matthias'
Church and was elected one of its delegates to Synod in
1908.

FlSKE, JAS. M. — Was elected a delegate to the Synod
for the Parish of Abbotsford in 1873, and with the ex
ception of four or five years, at different intervals, has been
in attendance ever since. He was first appointed a member
of the Executive Committee by the late Bishop Bond, to

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replace the late Mr. Hannaford, and has been a member
of that Board each year ever since.

FORNERET, REV. GEORGE AUGUSTUS.— Born 1851, at
B<erthier-en-Haut, son of Lt-Col. Charles Alexander
Forneret, J.P., and grandson of Major Forenet, 6oth Regi
ment, who was present at Corunna with Sir John Moore.
Educated Berthier Grammar School, Bishop's College
School, Huron College, Montreal Diocesan Theological
College and'McGill University, B.A. 1877, MA. 1880.
Deacon 1875, Priest 1876 by Bishop Oxenden. 1875-6
Curate Montreal Cathedral. 1877-9 S.P.G. Missionary
Diocese Saskatchewan. 1879-81 Rector All Saints', Dun
ham, Que. 1 88 1 -2 Curate St. Thomas', St. Catherines.
1882-6 Curate in charge, St. James', Dundas. 1886 Rector
All Saints', Hamilton. Served two terms as R. D. of
Hamilton, Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Hamilton,
and in 1897 was appointed Archdeacon of Wellington.
Has written "How Shall I Give ?" (Amer. Tract Society).

GAGNON, REV. GEO. H., M.A., was born at Drummond-
ville, Que., 1865. For years teacher in the Public Schools
of this province. While teaching school at Shingawake, the
parish became vacant and he was licensed as lay-reader
by Bishop Williams to conduct services in the churches at
Shingawake, Port Daniel and Gascons. 1896 called to
Montreal as assistant Professor of English and Mathema
tics in the Sabrevois College, where he himself had been a
pupil for several years. During winter he was assisted
in his Theological Studies by the Rev. Rural Dean San
ders, the Rev. H. Jekill, B.A., and the Revs. D. & L. V.
Lariviere, B A. His name being presented to Archbishop
Bond, after examination he was accepted and admitted
to the Diaconate 1897. He had charge of St. Stephen's
Church (now St. Edward's) then transferred to Valleyfield
and placed in charge of St. Mark's Church there.

Mr Gagnon being of French and Irish parentage and
having perfected himself in both the English and French
languages, was well qualified to administer to the people
in either tongue. Sent then to the incumbency of the parish

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of Kildare in 1898. In St. John's, Kildare, and All
Saints, DeRamsay, services were in English while in St.
Mark's at St. Gabriel, the service was entirely in French.
In 1902 he was sent by Bishop Carmichael to enquire into
conditions existing in the parish of Eardley. After visit
ing the parish and making his report^ he returned to Kil
dare. In December he was requested by the Archbishop
to take charge of the parish of Eardley in these charac
teristic words "Will you go and take charge. If you fail
we won't blame you, but if you succeed we will be proud of
you." In 1902 he arrived in the parish after a drive of 200
miles where he is still.

GARNER, REV. WILLIAM.— Was ordained to the Dia-
conate by the late Archbishop Bond 1905, and to the
Priesthood the same year. Received his education in
England. Born in London in 1878, and was for six years
previous to his ordination, lay missionary of the Church
of England, attached to the Criminal Courts and Prison
at Liverpool. He has made a special study of intem
perance and crime, and has spent the whole of his adult
life in active service for the Church. In Canada he has
served the missions of Wakeneld and Potton for short
terms and received his appointment to Lakefield at Easter,
1909.

GAULT, CHARLES ERNEST, M.P.P.— Born in Montreal
1 86 1. Educated Montreal High School and Proprietary
College. Stockbroker. He is a director Montreal
Loan & Mortgage Company, a Justice of Peace. He is
Major 5th Royal Highlanders of Canada, was elected to
represent St. Antoine Division in Legislative Assembly of
Province of Quebec, January, 1908, and again in 1908
with a majority of 1,211.

GAULT, R. HAMILTON.— Born 1882. Educated at
Bishop's College School, Lennoxville and at McGill Uni
versity, and in England. Served during 1901 and 1902 in
South Africa, as subaltern in the 2nd Canadian Mounted
Rifles. Went into business 1903. Director of the follow
ing . _ The Gault Bros. Co., Ltd., Montreal Cotton Co.,

174 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

Crescent Manufacturing Company, Trent Valley Woollen
Manufacturing Company, etc. Appointed Consul General
for Sweden 1900. His appointment at the Synod dates
from 1908.

GARLAND, REV. J. W.— Born at Goulborn, Ont. Edu
cated at Ottawa. Undergraduate of Trinity College,
Toronto. Ordained Deacon 1871, by the Bishop of Cen
tral New York, and Priest 1873, by the Metropolitan.
Appointed Travelling Missionary, Head Quarters at Syra
cuse, N.Y. Mission of Boscobel, North Ely, and North
Stukely. Incumbent of St. Matthew's Church, Stukely,
and Missionary parts adjacent, 1874. Has published sev
eral Poems and Sermons. He is now retired and is living
in the United States.

GOMERY, REV. H.— Was ordained Deacon and Priest
in 1884 and 1885 by the Primate, having been educated
in Glasgow, Scotland. Was two years in charge of On-
slow, seven years at Huntingdon, one year at St. Jude's,
Montreal, as Locum Tenens for Canon Dixon. For the past
eight years has been in his present charge of Cote St. Paul.
At the request of the late Primate, he also served for
several years as Travelling Secretary of the Montreal Bible
Society, and later in the same capacity for the Society
Promoting Christian Knowledge, covering all the country
between Halifax, N.S., and Port Arthur, Algoma.

GIRD WOOD, DR. G. P.— Was born in London 1832.
His father was a physician of Edinburgh, but for 35 years
practised in London. His mother was a daughter of Rev.
Thos. Blazely, who was at one time Chaplain to the Duke
of Kent, father of Queen Victoria. In 1854, after graduat
ing, Dr. Girdwood entered the army as surgeon to JHL M.
Grenadier Guards. Remaining such till 1861 his regiment
was sent to Canada in the Trent affair. In 1864 he
retired from service and was appointed surgeon to the
Military Prison, Hochelaga and also to the Victoria
Rifles. In 1866 went to the front during the Fenian
excitement and afterwards appointed medical staff
officer of the Militia of Canada, same year. He has been

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for many years a Professor of Chemistry in McGill, be
ginning such in 1879. Dr. Girdwood is one of the most
distinguished analysts in Canada.

GOUGH, J. E.— He was born in Port Stanley 1881.
Atfer receiving a public school education entered the

local office of the G. N. W. Tel. Co., for the purpose of
mastering . the art of telegraphy. Two and a half years
were spent in this office, and six months in the local office
of the Lake Erie and Detroit River Ry. In 1899, at the
age of 1 8, he came to the Province of Quebec, where he
had secured a position as telegraph operator on the Can.
Pac. Ry. After working as night operator for four years,
he was appointed relieving dispatcher, with headquarters
at Farnham and in 1906, was appointed to the position he
still occupies. In 1907 was elected People's Warden, of St.
James, Church, Farnham, and has served terms in that
capacity.

HAGUE GEORGE, banker. Born at Rotherham, York
shire in 1825, he was educated at his native place and
began his career in the office of the Sheffield Banking Com
pany. Coming to Canada in 1854. After two years finan
cial manager of a railway firm he accepted the position of
accountant of the new Bank of Toronto and was promoted
to the Coburg branch in 1863. He retired from the Bank of
Toronto in 1876, and became general manager of the Mer
chants' Bank of Canada in 1877. In the midst of all his
heavy work in banking business, Mr. Hague found time
to otherwise serve his country by his writings on banking
and other subjects. He is the author of 'Modern Business"
issued in 1870 and several papers on Danking read before
the British Association at various times. Elected president
of the Y. M. C. A., he has served as a director of the Society
for the Protection of Women and Children, is also the
same for Asylum at Verdun and the Boys' Home, Gov
ernor of the House of Industry and Refuge, the Robert
Jones Hospital, the General Hospital, and of the Anti
quarian and Numismatic Society. He is a vice-president of
the Bible Society, same Lord's Day Alliance. He is also a

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director of the Guarantee Company and a governor of Mo
Gill University. He assisted in founding the Canadian
Bankers' Association and was elected the first president of
that body. He has been for years a governor of the Dioce
san College and contributed $5,000 to its Endowment Fund.
In iSgi he was appointed a member of the Council to ex
amine the Civil Service. Mr. Hague has never taken any
active part in politics. He is a man that the younger
generation may look to as an example of a high minded
Christian gentleman, public spirited and always to the
front in every philanthropic movement.

His son, Rev. Dyson Hague, is a clergyman of note,
and has published "The Protestantism of the Prayer Book,"
"The Church of England, the Centre of Unity," "St.
Andrew's Work, the Best Work in the World," and "Ways
to Win." All these words have been widely read and
noticed. His sphere of usefulness is now in the West.

HEAVEN, REV. CECIL A., M.A., was assistant Master
in Trinity College School, Port Hope, 1898-9. Ordained
Deacon (by Bishop of Ottawa) 1899, and Priest by the
same 1900. Incumbent Mission of Lanark (Diocese of
Ottawa) 1899-1904. Incumbent Mission of Foothill, with
Port Robinson, 1904-05. Incumbent, Parish, Delhi (Diocese
of Huron) 1905-7. Assistant Master of St. Alban's Cath
edral School, Toronto, and Ashbury College, Ottawa, 1907-
1908, now Rector and Headmaster of Berthier, 1908.

This Mission was founded in 1849 and was at first
worked in connection with Louisville, in the Diocese of
Quebec, for many years. Services were held in these places
on alternate Sundays by the Rev. N. Guerout, the first
Rector, who resigned after five years, and often assisted
his successor, Rev. W. C. Merrick. Mr. Merrick's name
is indelibly connected with this parish. He was appointed
Rector, but resigned after five years, but often assisted
27 years later. Through his energy the rectory and
glebe were purchased, an endowment of some thousands
secured, and the original building of the Grammar School

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erected. The church which had been built in 1852 was
improved and chancel added in 1874.

The parish once a flourishing one, is now by death and
removal reduced to a few families. Visitors in summer
keep up the average Sunday congregations.

THE BERTHIER GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

In 1851 the above school was established for the
education of the Church boys and girls of the community.
Mr. Houghton was the first teacher and remained for a
number of years.

Some years later it was decided to enlarge the useful
ness of the school.

In some instances the headmasters have been laymen,
but in most cases the position has been held by the Rector
of the parish. Among headmasters of the School, may be
mentioned the Rev. J. C. Boulderi, founder of St. Alban's
School, Brockville, and now Principal of King's College,
Windsor.

The school was enlarged in 1872 and 1880 and now
consists of two houses, connected by a gymnasium, alto
gether capable of accommodating about 35 boys. Rev. W.
R. Hibbard began a year or two ago building up the school.
Upon his removal in 1908 to Rothesay, N.B., the Rev. Cecil
A. Heaven, became headmaster and has made necessary
improvements to the building, etc., and it is hoped that
within a few years this Church school will be again filled,
and will continue to carry on successfully the good work
begun many years ago.

HETHERINGTON, J. S.— Born in Dublin, Ireland, came
to this country in 1885. Always has been in wholesale
tea business. Is a member of Synod for nearly twenty
years and representative of St. Lambert for several years
past.

The Prisoners' Aid Association of Montreal was the
outgrowth of a sub-committee of the Lay Helpers' Asso
ciation of the Church of England. The members of this
sub-committee visited the jails with the sanction of the

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chaplain and helped discharged prisoners on their release.
As the work grew, it was thought well to form a separate
Association, and in December, 1.892, a meeting was held
in the Synod Hall, at which the P. A. Association was
formed and officers elected. The Working Committee was
composed of representatives from many of the City
churches, as well as from the Lay Helpers' Association.

During the 16 years of the Association's existence,
3,495 men have been definitely helped. Many have had
work secured for them, others have been given board, lodg
ing and clothes, or assisted in numerous other ways.

As the work of the Association was with members of
all denominations, it was thought well that the Associa
tion itself should be interdenominational, and this change
was brought about in 1908.

HEWTON, REV. R., M.A.— Graduate of Bishop's Col
lege, Lennoxville. B.A. 1881, M.A. 1884. Ordained
Deacon by Bishop Williams, 1884, and Priest by the^same
in 1885. His first appointment was Maple Grove, Diocese
of Quebec, in 1884, his second in the Diocese of Montreal,
St. Stephen's, Lachine, in 1890, and third St. Paul's, La-
chine, in 1897, where he still is and is doing a good work.

HlBBARD, W. R, K.C., B.C.L.— Was born in Dublin,
Ireland, 1865, son of Colonel Ashley Llibbard. Came to
Canada with his parents at very early age. Educated
under Archdeacon Davidson, M.A., and at McGill Univer
sity, graduating B.A. with first rank in 1886, M.A. 1892,
B.C.L. and Elizabeth Torrance gold medal in 1891. En
gaged in teaching at Sutton and Dunham, a couple of
years 1886-1888. Admitted to the Bar July 1893. Ap
pointed K.C. January, 1907. Crown Prosecutor February,
1907. President Province of Quebec Public Utilities Com
mission March, 1910. His Military career is: Joined 2nd
Regiment Canadian Artillery, April, 1894, as 2nd Lieut,
Captain, 1895, Major, 1897, same year attended Diamond
Jubilee and received medal, Lieut,-Colonel and Com
mander, May, 1901, and went on Reserve, May, 1906.

HOWARD, REV. PROFESSOR OSWALD W., D.D.— Born

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and educated in Province of Ontario. Graduated B.A., at
Toronto University with first class Honors in the depart
ments of Philosophy and Modern English and winning
the Governor General's gold medal 1896. Principal of
Rothesay Collegiate Church School at Rothesay, N.B.,
from 1896 to 1899. Ordained and appointed first assistant
to Very Rev. Dean Carmichael at St. George's Church,
Montreal, 1899. B.D. degree, 1900. Appointed Professor
of Apologetics and Church History at the Montreal Theo
logical College, 1901. D.D. degree, 1905. He is doing
gcod work as one of the Professors of the College.

HORSEY, REV. HERBERT E., B.D. —Born at Kingston
and educated there and graduated B.A. in 1886 Queen's
University, and MA. in 1887. Ordained Deacon by
Bishop Bond in 1890, and Priest by the same in 1891.
Appointed Rector of Abbots ford 1890 to 1905, when he
removed to Montreal to take charge of a new church,
St. Albans, which has been chosen as the Carmichael Me
morial Church. He was Examining Chaplain of can
didates for Ordination for Archbishop Bond, and Bishop
Carmichael and is now for Bishop Farthing.

Mr. Horsey is one of the best scholars in the Diocese.
This is seen from his being Examining Chaplain for three
Bishops, and it takes a well read and learned man to
plod through the languages and Biblical and Prayer Book
Histories to examine and determine the status of the
various papers received from the candidates for Holy
Orders. Long may he be spared in this effective work and
yet see his church built in what will in a few years be the
Centre of Montreal.

HOWARD, W. A, M.A.— Born 1873, at Carleton Place.'
Entered Trinity University, Toronto, with honors in
Classics, Mathematics and English in 1893. B.A., 1896,
M.A., 1897. L.Th. course, 1898. Ordained Deacon, 1898,
by the Bishop of Milwaukee, in All Saints' Cathedral,
Milwaukee, and Priested, 1899, by the same Prelate, and
in the same Cathedral. 1898-1902 in charge of Star Prai
rie, Wis., and six out stations. 1902-1903 Incumbent of

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Port 'Gushing, Diocese of Algoma. 1903-1905 Rector, of
Kitley, Diocese of Ontario. 1905-1909 Incumbent of
North Shefford, Diocese of Montreal. 1909 Rector of
Christieville, where he now is stationed.

HUTCHINGS, REV. R. F. — Graduated Montreal Dio
cesan Theological College, 1893. Ordained Deacon by
the Bishop of Huron, acting for the Bishop of Montreal,
1893, and appointed to the Mission of Arundel same year.
Ordained Priest May, 1894, by the Bishop of Montreal,
Came to the Mission of Hemming ford and Hallerton,
April, 1902, where he still is.

IRELAND REV. AUSTIN A., B.A.— Graduate of Montreal
Theological College in Divinity, B.A. of Bishop's College,
Lennoxville. Appointed assistant to Archdeacon Naylor,
M.A., Shawville, Que., in 1901. Appointed Rector of St.
Armand West in 1903. Ordained Deacon, 1901, and
Priest, 1902.

Parish of St. Armand West presents an unbroken
record since 1801. Rev. James Tunstall was the first
clergyman, 1801-1802. Afterwards Rev. C. Caleb Cotton,
B.A., 1804-1808 Then Hon. and Right Rev. Charles
Stewart, 1808-1817, and Rev. James Reid, D.D., 1826-1856.
The first church was erected by Bishop Stewart in 1811,
and destroyed by a storm. The second, St. Paul's, was
erected in 1843, at Philipsburg, and pulled down in 1895,
for the present church now standing. The vestry
contains photographs of the early pioneers amongst the
clergy. Photographs of Rev. James Tunstall and others
are to be seen in the vestry of St. Paul's Church, Philips-
burg.

IRELAND, REV. FRANCIS CHARLES-, B.A.— Is a graduate
of McGill University, 1902, a graduate and gold medalist
of the Montreal Diocesan Theological College, 1904.
Ordained Deacon, 1904 in Christ Church Cathedral, by
Archbishop Bond, and Priest by Bishop Carmichael, 1904.
Licensed to the Parish of South Stukely and Eastman in
1904, where he has been ever since.

JEAKINS, REV. T. BENTLEY.— Was educated in Eng-

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land. Ordained Deacon, 1891. Advanced to the Priest
hood, 1892. First charge was the Mission of Hemming-
ford and Hallerton, where he spent five years; during this
period the present Parsonage was built. In 1896, he was
appointed to the Rectory of Huntingdon and Hinchin-
brooke. In 1898 he succeeded Archdeacon Lindsay, and
was licensed to the Rectory of Waterloo and Frost Village.
During the early part of his ministry at Waterloo, the
"Lindsay Memorial Tower" was added to the Church.
In 1901, Archbishop Bond appointed Mr. Jeakins, Rural
Dean of Shefford, which position he still holds.

JEKILL, REV. HENRY, B.A.— Was born in Argenteuil,
his father being a merchant of that county. Mr. Jekill's
grandparents were amongst the sturdy pioneer settlers
of the Northern part of the county, which runs up amongst
the Laurentian Mountains, and consequently from early
youth he has been a devotee of the manly sports of forest
and stream. His education was received at Lachute
Academy. In 1888 Mr. Jekill entered McGill University,
graduating B.A. in 1892. In 1893 he was ordained to the
Diaconate by Archbishop Bond, having combined theology
with his Arts course, and six months later advanced to the
Priesthood by Bishop Baldwin, acting for the Bishop of
Montreal. In 1903 he received a call to the rectorship of
St. Mary's Church, Hochelaga. The new Church of St.
Mary's at the time he came, was heavily in debt, and for
many years he was compelled to devote himself to the
work of collecting money in addition to the sufficiently
difficult work of ministering to a poor and scattered con
gregation. He is a Freemason, having for several years
held the office of Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of
Quebec. Since boyhood he has been connected with the
nth Regiment "Argenteuil Rangers" and for the past five
years has enjoyed the honour of commanding the Regiment
with the rank of Lieut. -Col., having accepted this position
at the urgent request of the officers of the Regiment.
Under his administration the Regiment has come into pro
minence, being mentioned by the Inspector General in 1907
"as one of the best rural corps in Canada."

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For the past twelve months Mr. Jekill has suffered
from throat trouble, and to such an extent that it has
caused him to resign his parish, 1910, and give himself up
to complete rest. May this restore him somewhat to his
former self.

JOHNSON, ALEXANDER, D.C.L., LL.D.— He is a native
of Ireland. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, as a
classical scholar, he did well, but more particularly dis
tinguished himself there in Mathematics and Physics. He
obtained the gold medal at his degree of B.A. examina
tion, proceeded to M.A. in 1858 and to LL.D. in 1861.
Coming to Canada he was appointed Professor of Mathe
matics and Natural Philosophy in McGill University in
1857, and continued thus till appointed Professor of Pure
Mathematics. He is Vice-Principal and Fellow of the
University and Dean of the Faculty of Arts. He is a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since its founda
tion in 1881. being president of its Mathematics, Physics
and Chemical section, contributing valuable papers at the
meetings. He had much to do with the Government In
stitution of the Tidal Observations of the Gulf of St.
Lawrence. He received the degree of D.C.L. from Len-
noxville in 1882. Dr. Johnson has served several times as
delegate to the different Church Synods, Diocesan, Pro
vincial and General. In 1892 he attended the Tercentenary
festival of the University of Dublin as a delegate from
McGill. He is one of our most learned scholars in those
branches to which he has devoted his busy life.

JOHNSON, REV. GEORGE.— Ordained both Deacon

1884, and Priest 1886, by the Lord Bishop of Montreal,

Assistant to Archdeacon Naylor, Rector of Shaw-

ville, 1884-1885. Incumbent of Chelsea, 1885-1888 Built

new rectory and restored church building. Alonzo

Wright, M.P., and Mrs. Wright nobly co-operated. Rector

of Dunham, 1888-1892. Incumbent of Montreal West,

1892-1899. Transformed the building which had been used

as a day school, into an attractive church. Assistant to

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the Very Reverend Dean Carmichael, 1899. Remained
nearly seven years. 1906 appointed traveling secretary
for the Sabrevois Mission work in the Province of Quebec.

JUDGE, EDGAR, Merchant, was born in Bedfordshire,
England, in 1831. Educated in his native village and
later at Eatonford. He came to Canada in 1-855 and for
a time connected in the publication of the "Echo and
Protestant Episcopal Recorder," then the organ of the
Church of England in Ontario. Removing to Montreal in
1857 he commenced business in the grain trade. He has
edited the "Saturday Reader" and also the "Trade Review."
His connection with the Board of Trade has been long
and intimate. For years he sat on the Council, and during
three years was Treasurer of the Board, and subsequently
became president of the Corn Exchange He has always
taken a deep interest in Church work and has been a
member of the Synod of the Diocese for some years. The
adoption in this Diocese of what is known as the Quebec
plan of paying Missionary Clergy received his heartiest
support. In fact he first brought the question formally
before the Synod and labored earnestly to secure its final
adoption. Mr. Judge has also been for many years a
member of the Executive Committee of the Diocese and
one of the most regular attendants as its meetings. On his
arrival in Montreal he attended Trinity Church on Notre
Dame Street. Afterwards he became identified with St.
James the Apostle.

JUDGE, REV. EDGAR PERCIVAL.— Born 1865 in Mont- /,,
real. Educated High School. Matriculated at McGill
College (A.A.) 1881. In business (L. & L. & G. Ins. Co.,
Montreal) 1881-1887. Entered Diocesan Theological Col
lege 1887. Received College "Testamur" 1890. Ordained
Deacon, 1890, and Priest 1891. Incumbent of Papineauville
1890-1893. Rector of Aylmer 1893-1896. Incumbent Mas-
couche and Terrebonne 1896-1898. Incumbent Brome 1898-
1909, which position he still holds. Has served on Dio
cesan Committee on Statistics since 1904, and has been
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School Institute of the Archdeaconry of Bedford since
190;.

KER, YEN. JOHN, D.D., Archdeacon of St. Andrews.
After completing course at the Theological College in
Montreal, he was ordained Deacon and Priest by Bishop
Oxenden and appointed first resident Incumbent of the
Mission of Glen Sutton, where he remained for five years
when he was elected Rector of Dunham, where he remained
till 1889, and then was elected Rector of Grace Church,
Montreal. He was also appointed Canon of Christ Church
Cathedral and Archdeacon of St. Andrews. The Arch
deacon is a member of the Provincial and General Synods.
He is a Governor of the Theological College, and a re
presentative of the Diocese on the Council of the Uni
versity of Bishop's College. He is a graduate, Bachelor
(1889) and Doctor of Divinity (1894) of Trinity Univer
sity, Toronto. A busy man and doing a great work in
his part of the city of Montreal.

KERRY, JOHN.— The late Mr. John Kerry was born in
London in 1825, and came to Montreal in 1849, where he
joined Mr. John Carter in the wholesale drug business. Mr.
Kerry joined the Cathedral congregation on his arrival,
and remained a member until the time of his death in
June, 1896. He took an active part in the affairs of the
Cathedral, singing for several years in the choir, and being
one of those who was at the last choir practice before the
burning of the old church in 1856. Mr. Kerry was also
a subscriber to the building fund of the new church, and
among the first purchasers of a pew there. He always
took an active interest in the Vestry of the Church, and in
outside matters, taking his share in the various societies
and charities of the city. His family are still members
of the Cathedral congregation.

Mr W. S. Kerry, the eldest son, was born in Montreal
fifty years ago, and educated in the city. His connec
tion with the Cathedral has practically been a life-long
one, and he has served the Church in many ways, as an
official in the Sunday-School, as a select Vestry-man, and

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as Rector's Warden for three years. The third generation
of the family are continuing the work of the Church, with
which it has been associated for the last sixty years. In
business Mr. W. S. Kerry is connected with the National
Drug & Chemical Co., of which the old Kerry firm became
.a part.

KlTSON HENRY, M.A., Rector and Canon Christ
Church Cathedral, Ottawa. Born in the State of Minne
sota 1848, of English parentage. Pupil of Berthier Gram
mar School from 1858 to 1865. Prepared for Bishop's
College University at Cornwall Grammar School. Gra
duated at Bishop's College, Lennoxville, 1868. Ordained
Deacon in 1871. Priested by Bishop Oxenden in 1873.
Engaged as Missionary in Lakeneld and Mansonville from
1871 to 1880. Organized the parish of St. John the Evan
gelist in St. Paul, Minnesota, and assisted the Rector of
the Ascension in Philadelphia. Appointed Incumbent of
the Church of the Advent in 1896, and Rector of Christ
Church Cathedral, Ottawa, in May, 1901, and Canon of
the same in 1903, which position he still holds.

LACKEY, REV. J. A. — Was ordained Deacon by Bishop
Baldwin, acting for the Bishop of Montreal, 1893, and
ordained Priest by Bishop of Montreal, 1894. Was in
charge of Brome from ordination to 1896. From 1896 to
1899, in charge of Hemmingford and Hallerton. Resign
ed to take up missionary work at Rupert House, Diocese
of Moosonee, where he remained till 1900. Returned and
appointed to Portage du Fort, Que., 1901, where he re
mained till 1904. Then moved to Yellow Grass, Diocese
of Qu'Appelle, during 1904, then returned to Quebec, and
was appointed by Bishop Bond to Chelsea, 1904, which
charge he still holds.

LEWIS, REV. BENJ. P., B.A.— He was born at Hun
tingdon 1835. Educated at Huntingdon Academy and
St. John's High School. Afterwards took the Arts
Course at Bishop's College, Lennoxville, and gra
duating B.A. in 1859. Received Deacon's orders,
•same time Rev. Edmund Wood was Priested under

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Bishop Fulford, 1860. Was then appointed to his first
parish, Sabrevois. In 1864 he was appointed to the Mis
sion of St. Gabriel de Brandon including St. Ursule. In
1867 he returned to Sabrevois, and was made Principal
of the Sabrevois College School. In 1878 he resigned
the parish of Sabrevois and was appointed Rector of
Christieville, and remained such until he was superannuated
in 1908. Continued to officiate there until the following
year, and at the close of the fiftieth year of his ministry
is still doing occasional duty.

LEWIS, REV. WM. P. R., B.A.— Born 1870, and educated
at St. John's High School. Graduated B.A. McGill in
1894. Ordained Deacon in 1895, by Bishop Bond, and
Priest in 1896, by same Bishop, was assistant Minister
Christ Church Cathedral, 1895-6, then Rector St. Mark's,
Malone, N.Y., 1896-8, then Rector of Huntingdon, Que.,
1898-1901, then Rector of Nelsonville, 1901, in which
church he is still. Became Rural Dean of Bedford, 1907.
The Parish of Nelsonville has two churches, Cowansville
and Sweetsburg, founded 1854.

LEWIS, LANSING.— Born in 1854. When living in
Winnipeg from 1880 to 1891 he was Treasurer of the Dio
cese of Rupert's Land and upon returning to Montreal,
became Treasurer of the Diocese here for two years, be
sides being a delegate to the Diocesan, Provincial, and
General Synods and one of the Synod's representatives on
the Committee of the Church Missionary Society of Can
ada. He had the honor of being one of Montreal's two
Lay Delegates to the Pan-Anglican Congress in 1908.
He is also one of the Synod's Trustees on the Board of
Lennoxville College and one of the Auditors of General
Synod.

LOISELLE, REV. H. O.— Ordained Deacon in 1894, and
Priest in 1895, by Archbishop Bond, sent to Pierreville
Mission till translated by the Archbishop to Sabrevois Mis
sion in 1905, then sent to Ramsay in 1909, by Bishop
Farthing.

INTERIOR OF GRANBY CHURCH.

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LONGHURST, REV. WILLIAM BELSEY, Canon, eldest
son of the late Dr. Longhurst, organist of Canterbury
Cathedral. Was a chorister of the same Cathedral. Edu
cated at the King's School, and a graduate of St. Aug
ustine's College, Canterbury. Ordained Deacon in St.
James the Apostle Church, Montreal, in 1870, by the late
Bishop Oxenden, and Pnested in Shawville, 1880, by the
late Primate, Archbishop Bond. Incumbent of Mascouche
from 1870 to 1872. St. Luke's, Eardley, from 1872 to
1880, where he built St. Augustine's Church, Lower Eard
ley. Now Rector of St. George's, Granby, irom 1880 up to-
present date. Appointed Rural Dean of Shefford in 1885,
and Hon. Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, in
1901. He is L.S.T. of Lennoxville. St. George's Church,
Granby, is one of the finest churches outside of Montreal.
The interior cannot be excelled almost by any country
Church in the Diocese for beauty and arrangement.

It was built in 1908 and opened by Bishop Mills, of
Ontario, that year.

LUMMIS, REV. C— A graduate of Diocesan Theolo
gical College. Ordained Deacon by Bishop Oxenden in
1877, and Priest by Bishop Bond in 1878. First Mille Isles,
then Glen Sutton, then Thome, then Dan ford Lake, last
Boscobel and North Ely, 'where he still is the Incumbent
and doing good work in his two clerical stations.

LYNCH, HON. W. W., Judge. His father was Irish,
his mother Canadian of U. E. L. stock. Born at Bedford,
1845, and educated at Stanbridge Academy and McGill
University, where he took the gold medal for proficiency
in Roman Law. Called to the Bar in 1868. He became
Mayor of his Township and afterwards Warden of the
County of Brome. Created O.C. by the Quebec Govern
ment in 1879, and by the Marquis of Lome, same in 1881.
Received Hon. Degree of D.C.L. at Lennoxville in 1883,
and LLD. from McGill University in 1904. He repre
sented Brome in the Quebec Assembly from 1871, to his
appointment as Judge of the Superior Court in 1889, being
Solicitor General in Chapleau's administration from 1879

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to 1882. He held the office of Commissioner of Crown
Lands in the three following conservative administrations,
viz., those of Mousseau, Ross and Taillon, and finally
retired from political life in 1887. His Lordship has
devoted much attention to the promotion of good roads
association in the province. He was instrumental in found
ing in 1897 the Brome Historical Society, and was the
first president. He was appointed a member of the Board
of Public Instruction (Protestant Section) in 1897, and has
been delegate to the various Anglican Synods for several
years.

MASON, REV. G. A.— Ordained Deacon, 1895, and
Priest 1895. His first appointment was to Dunham 1895-
1896, assistant to Rev. N. A. F. Bourne, who was at that
time principal of the Dunham Ladies' College. Then he
went to Bolton 1896, until July, 1897, at which date he
removed to Iron Hill. Remained there until he took charge
of the present parish in 1906. There are two churches in
this parish, St. John's, West Shefford, and St. Stephen's,
Fulford.

MARTIN, REV J. W.— Ordained as Curate of St. Aug
ustine's, Shaw Street, Liverpool, England, by the Right
Rev. John Charles Ryle, D.D., Bishop of Liverpool in 1884.
Priested 1885. From 1896 to 1898. Curate of St. Clement's,
Bristol, England, served under the late Bishop of Man
chester, as Curate in charge up to the time he left for
Canada in 1903. He became Incumbent of Boscobel, from
1903 to 1906, and Incumbent of Iron Hill, 1906 to 1909.
His present charge is Valleyfield. He is the Author of
"Church Authority or Old Catholic Faith Controversy
proved from Church Councils, etc." Also "The One and
Only True Church" and "Scriptural Grounds for Infant
Baptism, etc." Also Poems which were received by
King George. They were also accepted by the late King,
who sent a most kind letter, Queen Victoria and the Arch
bishop of Canterbury.

McMANUS, REV. E.— He was ordained Deacon 1872,
by Bishop Oxenden, and appointed assistant of St. James'

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Church, Berthier, and Principal of the Berthier Grammar
School. He was advanced to the Priesthood in 1876.
On the death of the Rector, the late Rev. W. C. Merrick,
he was elected to succeed him in 1881. In 1885 he resigned
the parish and applied for leave of absence from the
Bishop, and he spent the winter in Southern California.
On his return to the Diocese he was appointed to the parish
of Portage du Fort" in 1885. The following year he re
ceived a call to the parish St. Stephen's, Chambly, and
entered on his duties there in 1886. In 1890 he was
appointed to his present position of City Missionary and
Incumbent of the Missions of Outremont and Back River,
now called Ahuntsic. He gave up these missions on
assuming the duties of Chaplain to the Prisoners' Aid
Association. In 1899 to his duties of City Missionary were
added those of Hospital Chaplain. No man in the City
of Montreal works harder than Mr. McManus, at his
Clerical duties. How he gets over the immense amount
of visitations is wonderful. The two hardest worked men
in the City are our revered Bishop and the City mis
sionary.

McWOQD, WILLIAM.— He has been connected with the
Diocese for forty years. He was a member of the com
mittee entrusted with the erection of the first Grace Church,
opened for service in 1871, and was the first who held the
office of Warden in that building. He was also a member
of the building committee, and treasurer of the present
Grace Church, to the erection of which he contribtued large
ly not only in money, but in personal oversight in the work
of construction. This Church was opened for Divine
Service in 1892. Although Mr. McWood now resides in
a distant part of the city, far removed from Point St.
Charles, he attends Grace Church with the utmost regular
ity and warmly supports its various undertakings. Year
after year he asks to be relieved as Lay Delegate, which
he has held without a break since 1872, i.e., for thirty-eight
years. So far as the laymen are concerned, Mr. McWood

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is, by right of seniority, Doyen of the Synod of the Diocese
of Montreal.

MEYER, REV. J. B., B.A.— Born at Montreal in 1875.
1891 graduated from school, taking medal and prizes.
From 1891-93 he had office work in Montreal and at Port
age Laprairie, Manitoba, with his uncle, Rev. Samuel
Macmorine. In 1898, graduated from McGill University,
taking the B.A. with first rank honors in Semitic languages.
In 1902 graduated from the Montreal Diocesan College
and passed the Voluntary Preliminary for Holy Orders.
Was ordained to the Diaconate and Priesthood by Bishop
of Montreal. As student was in charge of Amherst Park
Mission, Beauharnois Mission and Mission of Milton,
and Curate of Rev. John Ker Macmorine at St. James',
Kingston. 1902 and 1903 in charge of Portland West
1904 doing work in Brooklyn, N.Y. 1904-1905 assistant
at St Luke's Church, St. John. N.B. 1905-1909 Missionary
at River Desert and in Lumber Camps. The Lumber
Camp work is of a truly missionary nature as it enables
one to preach the Gospel to men who have hardly had
an opportunity in many cases to rightly understand it,
and allows one to see the workings of the Gospel of Grace
where it is a new story and to have the unspeakable pri
vilege of leading souls for the first time to a knowledge
of free salvation in Christ. The lumber-jacks welcome
tfre Missionary warmly and turn out "en masse" to the
service, and are most attentive listeners, though not much
as a rule at taking part. From its physical side the work
is arduous involving hundreds of miles driving in the cold,
through forest and over lake, the board is not delicate
though wholesome, and the balsam beds are not soft or
entirely free from draughts, but the life is healthy and
exhilarating and the spiritual work very encouraging.

In 1909 he was appointed to the important charge of
the three churches of Warden, N. Shefford and S. Roxton,
comprising the parish of N. Shefford, where he began work
under most favorable auspices.

Rev. J. B. Meyer is the son of Mr. E. B. Meyer, of

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. igi

Montreal, lately treasurer of Messrs. Hy. Morgan & Co.
Mrs. Meyer is the daughter of Mr. Francis Ruddock of
St. John, N.B., a member of the old shipbuilding firm of
F. & J. Ruddock, of St. John, N.B.

MOLSON, H. MARKLAND, banker.— Born 1856, and
educated in Montreal, Lennoxville and Germany. He
entered Mol son's Bank and worked to the position of
manager of the Montreal Branch. He was elected to the
Board of Management in 1897. He is the Patron of St.
Thomas' Church, and a delegate of the Synod from St.
Mark's Chapel, Dorval, for many years. Most actively
engaged in business being a director of no less than twelve
companies. A busy man is Mr. Molson, yet he finds time
to look after Church affairs, regulating every thing
regularly and systematically.

MOUNT, REV. HECTOR P., MA., B.D., ordained Dea
con by Bishop Carmichael in 1902. Appointed Incumbent
of Bristol 1902, and Pnested by Archbishop Bond in 1903.
Appointed Rector of St. Mark's, Longueuil in 1908. He
Graduated BA. from McGill in 1902, and from Diocesan
Theological College the same year with Testamur. He
graduated B.D. in 1906 under the Board of Examiners,
appointed by the Canon of Provincial Synod of Canada.

MOUNT, ALLAN E.— Graduated from the Montreal
Diocesan Theological College in 1894. Prizes in Greek
Testament and Elocution. Was ordained in 1894 to the
parish of Lakefield, remained there from 1894 to 1899,
went to St. Andrews from 1899 to 1906, then to Lakefield
from 1906 to 1909. Was elected Rector of Bedford in
1909 which position he lately resigned.

MuDGE, H. J. — He came from St. John's, Newfound
land, forty-three years ago, and was one of the Canadian
managers of the Queen Insurance Company for about
twenty years. Since retiring from that position he has
been for eight years past agent of the Synod, for their
investment and properties.

He is a governor of the Montreal Diocesan Theolo
gical College, and is on the boards of many philanthropic
institutions.

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NAYLOR W. H., M.A., Archdeacon of Clarendon. He
graduated at McGill University, B.A., 1872, and M.A.
1885. Ordained Deacon by Bishop Oxenden in 1873, and
licensed to the Parish of St. Armand West. Ordained
Priest in 1874, and appointed Rector of St. Armand West
1874. In September, 1876, he arrived in Shawville to
take the Parish of Clarendon, which he held for thirty^one
years.

During this time the new St. Paul's Church was open
ed by Bishop Oxenden in 1878, and consecrated by Bishop
Bond in 1880. St. Alban's, Parkman, was opened in 1898
and consecrated by Bishop Bond in 1900. St. Matthew's,
North Clarendon was opened by Archbishop Bond in 1901,
arid consecrated 1905. The Church of the Holy Trinity,
Radford, was opened by Archbishop Bond in 1901. These
three churches were outposts of the Parish of Clarendon,
and were built to meet the development of the Church in
the Township, which development made the employment
of an assistant clergyman necessary from November I,
1898.

Upon the death of the Rev. George C. Robinson in
1882, the old Rural Deanery of St. Andrews was divided.
The new portion was called the Rural Deanery of Cla
rendon, and the Rev. W. H. Naylor appointed its first
Rural Dean. This appointment he held until April 25,
1894, when he was appointed Archdeacon of Clarendon,
the Rev. F. R. Smith, Rector of St. James' Church, Hull,
becoming Rural Dean.

In 1907 the continual driving necessitated by the ex
tent of the parish had brought on ill health, and Bishop
Carmichael suggested a change. This was effected by
appointment to the charge of the Rectory of West Farn-
harn. His charge in Clarendon closed and that beginning
in Farnham in 1907.

The Bishop requested him to retain his office as
Archdeacon of Clarendon, and he holds an annual con
ference with the clergy in that Archdeaconry.

NAYLOR, REV. H. A., B. A.— Born in 1873, son of
Ven. Archdeacon Naylor. Was educated at McGill and

VENERABLE ARCHDEACON NORTON, D-D.,
Rector of Montreal.

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the Diocesan College. Ordained Deacon 1896, by Bishop
Bond, and priest 1897, by Bishop Bompas. He served tor
five years 1896 to 1901 in the Diocese of Selkirk. Returned
to Montreal and became Incumbent of Chelsea 1901 to
1904. Translated to Arundel in 1904, where he is still the
working priest.

NEUGEWIRTZ, REV. D. J.— Ordained by Archbishop
Bond. The Jewish Mission was opened in 1902, a house
secured and a mission installed, which continued till 1903,
when the present Missionary, Rev. Mr. Neugewirtz, was
sent out from London to take charge. There are now
about 32,000 Jews in Montreal, so that he has a large field
of labor — and plenty of scope for evangelization — may he
prosper in his labors.

NORMAN, REV. R. W., M.A.— Ordained Deacon 1897,
by Bishop Courtney, and Priest 1898. Graduated BA.
King's College, Windsor, N.S., 1897 and M.A. King's Col
lege, Windsor, N.S., 1904. Post Graduate General Theo
logical Seminary, and Columbia University, New York
city, 1906-1907. Born at New Ross, N.S., 1874. Appoint
ments: — Missionary, Neil's Harbor, Cape Breton, 1897-
1899. Curate, Hubbard's, 1899-1900. Curate, Bridge-
water, 1900-1901. Rector, Bridgewater, 1901-1906. Curate,
Trinity Church, Hoboken, N.J., 1906-1907. Rector, All
Saints' Church, Springhill, N.S., 1907-1909. Present,
assistant Trinity Church, Montreal.

NORTON, YEN. JOHN GEORGE, D.D.— Archdeacon
Norton was born at Hollybank House, Ireland, in 1840.
He entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1859, where he
obtained first honor distinctions in four courses of study :
Mathematics, Logics and Ethics, Experimental and Na
tural Science, and in Divinity. Having graduated thus
in honors, Mr. Norton obtained, in course, the degrees of
B.A., M.A., B.D. and D.D. Subsequently the University
of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, conferred upon him
D.D., ad eundem.

Ordained in 1865, Dr. Norton became successively (in
Ireland) Curate of Kilmacrenan, and Senior Curate of

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1 94 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

Mullabrack; and (in England, 1869) Senior Curate of St.
Nicholas', in Durham. In 1872, the Marquess of Lon
donderry appointed him Vicar of St. Giles, Durham.
Under Dr. Norton's administration (,1872-1884) $60,000
was expended in rectories and enlarging St. Giles' Church,
etc.

The beautiful Anglican services, free from all ex
tremes, which Dr. Norton established, on Cathedral lines,
in St. Giles' Church, and his writings upon the history and
principles of Christian Worship, became well known. At
the close of 1883, on the elevation of Dean Baldwin,
Rector of Montreal, to the Bishopric of Huron, the Rev.
Dr. Norton, was elected and he arrived in Montreal to take
up his new duties in 1884.

Soon after Rector Norton's arrival in Montreal, he
restored in the Cathedral daily prayers and Holy Com
munion on Saints' Days; gradually introduced the simplest
type of Anglican Cathedral Service on Sundays and great
Festivals; began costly and much needed restorations of
the beautiful fabric of the Cathedral, and, by a read
justment of its finances, enabled the Cathedral Church
to continue its good work in the years 1890 to 1900.

Finding that local missionary developments in the
parish of Montreal, and elsewhere around the city, were
being obstructed by Canonical impediments and delays,
Rector Norton promoted the passing of an amended
Canon in the Diocesan Synod, transferring (after a
month's delay) the veto life-powers of himself and of
other Rectors, in the formation of new parishes, to a
representative "Standing Committee" of Rectors and
People's Church Wardens, and enabling the whole process
of a parish's formation to be put through in two or three
months. This change has facilitated the erection of many
new and independent parishes in, and around, Montreal,
which are now doing excellent work, and which Dr.
Norton has the privilege of visiting in his capacity as
Archdeacon of Montreal.

Dr. Norton became a Canon of Christ Church Cath-

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL 195

edral in 1893, Archdeacon of St. Andrews', in 1900, and
Archdeacon of Montreal in 1902. Having appointed a
Senior Assistant Minister with the popular title of Vicar
for the pastoral work, in Christ Church Cathedral, Arch
deacon Norton devotes much of his time to the regular
visitation and many responsibilities of his large Arch-
deaconery, which, although an honorary position, he values
as a happy sphere of Christian usefulness, helpful to his
Bishop, and to his brethren the clergy and church wardens.

On arriving in Montreal (1884), Dr. Norton was
appointed chairman of the City Mission Fund Committee,
a position which he occupied for 21 years. He served for
long periods of years on the Executive Committees, and
on boards of Trustees and Governors engaged in Chris
tian and charitable and educational works in the City of
Montreal.

Among the best known of Archdeacon Norton's pub
lications are the following : —"Rack-Renting" (in Ireland
caused by defects in Land Laws), of which Sir Charles
Russell (afterwards Lord Chief Justice of England) and
a Committee of Irish landlords, sent copies to all members
of the British Houses of Lords and Commons. The Com
mittee brought the author to London to explain the subject
to members of the Gladstone Ministry, and also to the late
Lord Salisbury and other leaders of the opposition.
Remedial legislation followed. 1884, "Worship in Heaven
and on Earth: Responsive, Congregational, Reverent,
Musical, and Beautiful." 1892, "Cathedral Churches:
with special reference to the Responsibilities and Equip
ment of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal."

196 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL.

The following is a good sketch which appeared on the
Jubilee of the Church.

THE EARLY BEGINNING.

"When peace was proclaimed, the first Protestant
congregation in Montreal was organized in 1763, with the
Rev. David C. Delisle as minister in charge. As the little
community was not strong enough to erect a building of
their own they applied to the Recollet priests and obtained
permission to hold service in their church at stated hours,
which was granted. In 1789 'the migration of the Lf. E.
Loyalists to escape persecution in the United States
greatly swelled the English speaking population and a
petition was sent to Lord Dorchester, the Governor, asking
for the use of the chapel of the Jesuit convent, which was
situated near the site of the present court house. The
request was warmly supported by Bishop Inglis, of Nova
Scotia, the only Bishop in Canada at that time and the
permission to use the building was at once conceded.

At a vestry meeting in September 1789 the sum of
$2,500 was subscribed for the fitting up of the new church.
In December, the same year Mr. Delisle preached the
opening sermon and the building was named Christ Church
at the suggestion of Bishop Inglis. One of the earliest
Incumbents after the death of Mr. Delisle was Rev. Dr.
Mountain, whose brother, Rev. Jacob Mountain had been
appointed in 1793 to the newly created See of Quebec
which comprised that province and the whole country west
of it.

In June, 1803, the church was destroyed by fire and
the congregation determined to build one for themselves.
A building committee was appointed consisting of Dr.
Mountain, the Hon. James McGill, Judge Ogden and
Messrs. Ross, Gray, Frobisher and Sewell. The site of
the old French prison in Notre Dame Street, was granted
to the congregation by the Governor. The corner stone

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was laid in 1805, and a handsome classical renaissance
building was after various delays erected. It was not
until 1814, that the new Christ Church was opened and
dedicated. In 1818 the Rev. John Bethune was presented
by the King as Rector under letters patent which created
a rectory, and defined the limits of the parish. Thus
Christ Church became the Mother Church of the city.
These letters patent were afterwards to be rendered memor
able by a long protracted dispute between the Bishop and
the Rector of Montreal, in their official capacity, regarding
their respective rights in the Cathedral. In 1850 the new
Diocese of Montreal was formed and by other Royal
Letters Patent the Rev. Francis Fulford was appointed
the first Bishop, and Christ Church was named his Cath
edral. He was enthroned in Christ Church on the I5th
of September of that year. In 1853 Dr. Bethune became
the first Dean of Montreal. Honorary Canons and two
assistant ministers were then appointed with the title of
Residentiary Canons.

SECOND LOSS BY FIRE.

On the night of the loth December, 1856, the con
gregation suffered another loss by fire in the entire
destruction of this first Cathedral. The tablet to Hon.
John Richardson, now in the east transept of the present
edifice, and the copy of Leonardo da Vinci's ''Last Sup
per," now hung on the south wall were amongst the few
objects saved. Once more they set themselves the task of
building a new edifice, and a committee was immediately
formed of which the late Hon. George Moffatt and the
late Chief Justice McCord were the leading members. It
was decided after long discussion to build the new Cath
edral on its present site, though many objected to a loca
tion so far out of the residential part of the city. The
wisdom and taste of the committee were proved by the
adoption of plans prepared by Wells, of London, Eng
land, for the beautiful structure of pure gothic style
which is one of the handsomest buildings of its kind,

ig8 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

from an architectural standpoint, on the Continent. The
sale of the old site, together with insurances on the old
building, made a nucleus of $90,000 for the building fund
The remainder of the cost was raised eventually by the
congregation, excepting the comparatively small sum of
$9,400 collected by Bishop Fulford in England.

In 1859, after cautious and thorough work on the
part of the building committee, the new fabric was con-
pleted at a cost of $175,000. The Cathedral was opened
for worship November 2/th, 1859. Canons Thompson
and White were assistant ministeis, and Mr. Warren
organist. Many generous and handsome donations added
to the beauty of the church.

In 1860, the Prince of Wales, late King Edward VII. ,
while in Montreal, attended the Cathedral, and left as a
memento of his visit, a very beautiful Bible, bearing the
Royal Coat of Arms.

In 1864 the Wardens gave a lengthy account of the
Cathedral affairs, in addition to the financial statement.
The tower had settled, and a great amount of restoration
was required to prevent further injury.

In June, 1884, Archdeacon Norton, of Durham, an
honor graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, was invited
to accept the rectorship and during his tenure of office the
finances of the Church have been put on a solid basis. A
surpliced choir was introduced in 1886 and the service was
gradually brought up to its present character. In 1901 the
Cathedral Act was promoted by Dr. Norton and others
. and the rights of Rector, Bishop, Archbishop and Primate,
within the Cathedral were defined as well as the duties of
the Cathedral Chapter.

At the New Year, 1902, Archdeacon Norton delegated
the pastoral work of the parish to Rev. Prof. F. J. Steen,
who for four years had filled with great acceptability the
office of special preacher. The Cathedral duties were
retained by the Rector. In February, 1903, much to the
sorrow of his people Mr. Steen died. The unanimous
choice of the vestry for the vacant charge fell upon Rev.

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

Dr. Symonds, headmaster of Trinity College School and
sometime processor at Trinity University, Toronto, who
accepted the offer, and is still the vicar.

In 1906 Mr. Benjamin Tooke offered the sum of
$5,000 to lay down a marble floor in the chancel. The
congregation felt that this generous offer should be met
by some effort on their part and it was decided to renovate
the entire church. This undertaking was executed from
designs by Professor Nobbs, of McGill University, and
the Cathedral was re-opened when Rev. Dr. Paterson-
Smyth, Rector of St. George's Parish Church, was the spe
cial preacher. The handsome marble floor and chancel
steps were dedicated to the memory of the late Mr. Steen."
NYE, REV. HENRY W., M. A.— Born in England. Edu
cated in London University and ordained Deacon in
1 86 1, by the Bishop of Western New York. Came to
Canada in 1870 and was ordained Priest by the Metropoli
tan (Oxenden), and sent to the Mission of Iron Hill,
Remained there six years, when he was appointed to West
Shefford. After two years and a half, he was promoted
to the Rectory of Bedford, which he held for the long
space of twenty-six years. Superannuated in 1905. He
was for several years Rural Dean of Bedford, resigning
that office on his appointment as Canon of Christ Church
Cathedral, Montreal. He is now living in Emporia,
Kansas, and enjoying a well merited rest after a long life
of hard clerical work.

OVERING, REV. R. Y.— Born in Montreal 1872. Edu
cated McGill Model School, Montreal Diocesan Theolo
gical College and McGill University. Ordained Deacon
in 1896 by Bishop Bond. Ordained Priest in 1896 by
same Bishop. Previous to ordination, as student, had
charge of Missions of St. Hyacinthe and Upton, 1891-93,
Maisonneuve, 1893-1894; Valley field, 1894-1896.

In 1896 was licensed to Valley field by Bishop Bond.
While there built the present St. Mark's Church and
opened the Mission of Beauharnois. In 1879 he resigned
this charge and in 1897 was licensed to Parish of Bucking-

200 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

ham. While there he built St. Stephen's Church, Bucking
ham, and St. John the Evangelist Church at Glen Almond.
In 1904 he resigned and accepted the Rectory of Stan-
bridge East, licensed thereto by the Coadjutor Bishop of
Montreal. He has been Rector of this parish ever since
that date.

Mr. Overing is the efficient and painstaking secretary
of Dunham Ladies' College, and has done much to
bring that Institution up to its present standard for which
he deserves the thanks of the whole Diocese.

PARISH OF STANBRIDGE EAST.— The services of the
Church of England were first held in this parish as far
as can be learned, by the Hon. and Rev Charles Stewart,
afterwards Bishop of Quebec, and Rev. Dr. Reid, both
Rectors of St. Armand East (Frelighsburg). This was in
the early part of the last century.

Sometime about the years 1825 or 1826 it was placed
under the charge of a clergyman at Bedford, who was
known as "the Missionary of the Town (Township) of
Stanbridge."

This arrangement continued to 1850 when it was
erected into a separate parish. A brick church had been
built in the year 1829. The Building Committee was as
follows: — Hiram Corey, Zebulun Cornell, George Chand
ler, Joel Rollin, and Ebenezer Martin.

In the year 1850 the Rev. Isaac Constantine, M.A.,
was appointed first Incumbent of the newly constituted
parish. He continued in charge until 1893. During his
incumbency of forty-three years the present substantial
rectory was built, in 1853.

In 1861 the old church was demolished and the pre
sent beautiful gothic structure was erected. Rev. C. G
Rollit, succeeded, he was succeeded by Rev. Wm. Harris,
When Mr. Harris went to Farnham, Rev. J. J. Willis, B.A.,
was appointed. On his resignation in 1904, the present
Rector, Rev. R. Y. Overing, succeeded.

202 HISTORY OF THZ DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

OWENS, HON. WM., Senator.— Born in Argenteuil Co.,
1840. Was member of the firm of F. & W. Owens, gen
eral merchants from 1861 to 1887. Lieutenant in active
Militia. Mayor, Councillor and Postmaster of Township,
Chatham, Oue. Member of the Legislative Assembly of
Quebec from 1881 to 1891, when he resigned. Was called
to the Senate January 2nd, 1896.

PLAISTED, REV. H., M.A.— Born in Monmouthshire,
England, in .1852. He graduated in Keble College, Ox
ford, in 1875. Was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of
Montreal in 1884, and ordained Priest by the same Bishop
in 1885. He was Lay-Reader in Aylwin Mission (River
Gatineau) with Rev. W. Percy Chambers 1883-4, then fi-rst
permanent Missionary, in Orders at River Desert, and for
visiting the lumber camps, etc., of Upper Gatineau
1884-1892, which he did for nearly eight years. Then
Incumbent of Portage du Fort (with Bryden & Clarke's)
1892-1898, and Incumbent of Parish of Onslow (Quyon)
1898 to 1899. Rector of Dunham and Chaplain to Dun
ham Ladies' College in 1899, which position he still holds
and in this interesting and attractive work, Mr. Plaisted
is the right man in the right place. He has a great re
sponsibility on his shoulders as Chaplain to the Ladies'
College in training the Pupils and Young Ladies in the
glorious truths of the dear Old Church ot England and
her incomparable Prayer Book. Long may he be spared
for this noble work.

PLUMPTRE, REV. HENRY, M.A., Oxon., was educated
at Harrow School and Trinity College, Oxford. Ordain
ed Deacon at Oxford 1895, and Priest 1896. His pre
paration for this Ministry was with the late Dean Vaughan
at Llandaff, and at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. First Curate
of Faringdon, 1895-7, then Chaplain and Lecturer of
Wycliffe Hall 1897-1901, under Principal Chavasse, now
Bishop of Liverpool. Coming to Canada he was ap
pointed Dean, and Lecturer of Liturgies and Apologetics
Wycliffe College, Toronto, 1901. Appointed First Assis
tant of St. George's, Montreal in 1903, under Bishop-

REV. CANON RENAUD, M.A.,
Rector St. Thomas' Church, Montreal.

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Carmichael, who still held the Rectory of St. George's as
Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese. Resigned and returned
to England and appointed Vicar of Redlynch, Salisbury,
1908, for fifteen months. Returning to Canada, he was
appointed Rector of St. James' Church, Toronto. Canon
and Sub-Dean of St. Albans' Cathedral in 1909, which
position he still holds.

PRATT, REV. F. A., B.A. — Undergraduate of the Royal
University of Ireland. Graduate of McGill University,
Montreal, and of the Montreal Diocesan Theological
College. Rector of the Church of The Good Shepherd,
Westmount, which position he now holds. Formerly
Missionary, Thorne and Clarendon, 1891, Assistant to the
late Archdeacon Lindsay of Waterloo in 1892-3. Curate,
of Dunham in 1894-5, Incumbent of Hemmingford in
1895-6. Incumbent of Brome in 1896-8. Rector of Mont
real West in 1898-1909.

RENAUD, REV. J. FREDERICK, Canon, was educated
partly in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Kingston, Ontario,
taking his Divinity Course in Huron College, London,
Ont. Ordained Deacon in 1875, and appointed to the
Parish of Port Dover. Advanced to the order of Priest
hood in 1876, and resigning on his appointment as Rector
of Sea forth. Appointed in 1880 by the Bishop of Mont
real, to be Assistant Minister of Christ Church Cathedral,
Canon Baldwin being Rector. Appointed in 1883 Rector
of St. John's Que., and subsequently Rural Dean of Iber-
ville. Appointed Rector of St. Thomas', Montreal, in 1892
being nominated by the Patron, John Henry R. Molson,
Esq. Appointed by the Bishop Immigration Chaplain
for the Diocese. Appointed Honorary Canon of Christ
Church Cathedral. Appointed in 1908 by the Bishop of
Arthabaska to act as his Commissary in Montreal. He is
also intimately connected with the Andrews Home, over
which he takes the oversight. This is an entirely Diocesan
Institution and was built by the gift of Mr. Andrew. His
last great work was the building of the new St. Thomas'
Church on Sherbrooke Street East, and it was consecrated

204 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

not long ago. Canon Renaud has done a noble work in
the East End of Montreal.

Whilst this history was passing through the Press,
the great and disastrous fire of "The Herald" Printing
Company's building took place with its awful death roll
of victims. In Chief Tremblay's report to the Board of
City Commissioners for the purpose of granting medals
to those who so much distinguished themselves in the
work of rescue, three clergyman head the list, one of
whom is our own well known Canon Renaud. This is
what the Chief says regarding them : — -"These clergymen
entered the devastated building to render spiritual aid
to the injured* pinned in the wreckage. They dressed in
firemen's uniform and walked hip high in the water,
regardless of the many dangers that surrounded them,
in order to achieve their noble task."

REXFORD, REV ELSON I., D.D.— Was born at South
Bolton in 1850. After attending local schools, he entered
the Montreal McGill Normal School, obtaining a Model
School diploma, taking first place and Prince of Wales
Medal. He then followed the Arts Course of McGill,
graduating B.A. with honors in Mental and Moral Phi
losophy in 1876. Throughout he had been studying
Theology. Ordained Deacon in 1876 by Bishop Oxen-
den, he took charge of St. Luke's, Montreal. Giving this
up he became assistant Head Master of the Montreal High
School. In 1882 he was appointed successor to Dr. Miles,
in the English secretaryship of the Department of Public
Instruction of the Province. At the same time he was
chosen Governor's Fellow of McGill University.

In 1891 he was appointed Head Master of the Mont
real High School, a position he held until his present
appointment as the Principal of the Diocesan Theological
College. He is just the right man in the right place and
under his superintendence the College is flourishing and
bearing fruit every year.

ROBINSON, REV. W.— Ordained Deacon by Bishop

REV. ELSON I. REXFORD, D.D.

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Bond in 1883. Priested by same in 1884. Appointed to
the Mission of Iron Hill and West Brome in 1884. Ap
pointed to the Parish of West Shefford in 1886 and to the
Rectory of Clarenceville in 1892. Appointed by Bishop
Bond, Rural Dean of Iberville in 1894, and reappointed
by Bishop Carmichael in 1906 and again by Bishop Far
thing in 1909.

ROGERS, REV. D. B., B. A.— Born in Warwick in 1881.
Educated at McGill. BA. with First Rank Honours and
Special Prize in Mental and Moral Philosophy in 1906.
MA. in 1909 in Mental Philosophy and History. Gra
duated from the Diocesan Theological College in 1909
with the Gault Gold Medal and the Buchanan, Renouf
and Reford Prizes. Ordained Deacon by Bishop Car
michael in 1908, and Priested by Bishop Farthing in 1909.
First and only position, Curate in Grace Church to Ven.
Archdeacon Ker.

ROGERS, MAJOR J.— Born in Montreal. His father
was Joseph Rogers, for many years in the Bank of
Montreal. He was educated in the High School De
partment of McGill College. He served five years with
the firm of Lymans, Clare & Co., and travelled for thirty-
three years for the well-known firm of Evans & Sons,
Ltd., wholesale druggists and manufacturing chemists.
He joined the Victoria Volunteer Rifles at the time of the
Trent affair. Afterwards took commission in the First,
or Prince of Wales Rifles and was on frontier service
during the raids of 1866 and 1870. Commanded the
active company at Eccles Hill during the raid of 1870.
Received Brevet rank of Major upon returning, and
resigned shortly afterwards retaining, as a special case,
the full rank of Major.

His clerical appointments, at present, and for two
years past, are Rector's warden (Rev. A. J. Doull) Church
of the Advent, and for several years a delegate to the Pro
vincial Synod.

At present he is manager of the Abbey Effervescent
Salt Co., Canada.

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ROLLIT, REV. JOHN.— Born 1841. Educated at
Bishop's College Grammar School, and University. Or
dained Deacon in 1866 and Priest in 1868, by Bishop
Ful ford. His charges have been Thorne, Lakeneld, Buck
ingham, Grenville, t Huntingdon and now Government
Chaplain at St. Vincent de Paul, Que. He is an Hon.
Canon of Christ Church Cathedral.

ROLLIT, REV. CHARLES D. G.— Born 1867. Ordained
Deacon and Priest by Bishop of Montreal. His charges
have been Bolton, Stanbridge East, Assistant St. James
the Apostle, Montreal, and Rector of Trinity Church,
Montreal. He moved to the Diocese of Ontario in 1904.

ROLLIT, REV. PERCIVAL GEORGE.— Born 1878. Edu
cated at Bishop's College, Lennoxville. Ordained Deacon
in 1905 by Archbishop Bond, and Priest in the same year
by the Coadjutor Bishop of Montreal. His charges have
been Campbell's Bay, Papineauville, Assistant at St.
Mary's Church, Hochelaga. He has left this Diocese for
work in the West.

ROLLIT, REV. ALBERT E.— Born 1880. BA. 1095,
and MA. 1908 of University of Bishop's College, Len
noxville. Ordained Deacon 1908, by the Bishop of Mont
real, and Assistant St. Jude's Church, Montreal.

SANDERS, REV. WILLIAM.— Graduated B.A. of Mc-
Gill in 1887, and Testamur M.D.C. Became Incumbent
of Lachute in 1885-1892, then assistant Trinity Church,
Montreal, from 1892-1896. Incumbent St. Stephen's in
1899-1901, and of St. Edward's in 1901, to the present time.
He has been Rural Dean since 1888. Ordained Deacon
by Bishop Bond in 1885, and Priest in 1887 by the same
Bishop.

SAWERS, REV. FREDERICK JOHN, M.A.— Graduated
with first-class Honors in Classics, and as Prince of Wales
prizeman at Trinity College, Toronto, in 1901, taking his
M.A. in 1902. For three years was a Master in Trinity
College School, Port Hope. He was ordained Deacon in
St. Alban's Cathedral, by Bishop Sweatman in 1903, and
was ordained Priest in Montreal by Archbishop Bond in

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1905. This was the last ordination held by Archbishop
Bond. Received the Testamur and was valedictorian of
the Diocesan College in 1907. Has been assistant of
Christ Church since 1905. He left not long ago for a
position in Ontario.

SHATFORD, REV. ALLAN PEARSON, MA.— Born in
Nova Scotia, 1873. Educated at Collegiate School and
University of King's College, Windsor, N.S. Graduated
with first-class honors in English Literature in 1895. B.A.
Valedictorian for his class. MA. in course 1898. Or
dained to diaconate in 1896 and advanced to the Priest
hood in 1897, by Bishop Courtney. Appointed Curate of
Bridgewater in 1896. Was there for "four years, under
Rev. W. E. Gelling, Rural Dean. Elected Rector of North
Sydney in 1900. Held Rectory six years, during which
time he built a new church costing $15,000. Appointed
Curate of St. James the Apostle, Montreal, in 1906. He
was Grand Chaplain of Masons in Nova Scotia for two
years, an dat present the Deputy Grand Chaplain of Mont
real. He was the Alumni Orator for his Alma Mater in
1896.

SMITH, E. R.— Was born in Philipsburg, P.Q., 1840,
and came with his parents to St. John's in 1849, where he
has since resided. He received his education at the St.
John's High School. He has been associated with "The
News and Eastern Townships' Advocate," which was estab
lished by his father in 1848, for upwards of fifty years,
most of the time as manager and proprietor. The paper
has expanded from a small four page sheet, to a large 12
page weekly, with metropolitan pretensions, and with seven
distinct editions, composed of the above, and Magog News,
Knowlton News, Lachute News, Huntingdon News, Bed
ford News and the Richmond News. He has been a
member of the Executive Committee of the Diocese for
upwards of 25 years, and of several committees appointed
by the three Bishops under whom he has sat, and was also
a member of the Provincial Synod in former years. He
has been Chairman of the Protestant School Commissioners

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of St. John's for 30 years. He is a man of sterling prin
ciples and a good churchman doing a vast amount of
good ip the Diocese of Montreal, and adjacent parts.

SMITH, REV. F. R.— Born in Islington, London, Eng
land, in 1851. Came to Canada when about ten years of
age. His Theological education was at St. Augustine's
College, Canterbury. Ordained Deacon by Bishop
Oxenden in 1875. Held charges at Chelsea, Portland and
Templeton'from 1875 to 1877. Curate at St. John's Church,
Ottawa, in 1877-1879. Was Incumbent for the Parish of
West Shefford for two years, and assistant to Archdeacon
Lindsay, Waterloo, for two years, afterwards succeeded
Canon Johnston as Rector of Hull in 1883. He was ap
pointed Rural Dean of Clarendon, a successor to Ven.
Archdeacon Naylor by Bishop Bond, and appointed
Canon of Christ Church Cathedral by the same in 1901.
He erected a Church at Chelsea, also the Rectory of Hull.

ABBOTT-SMITH, REV. G., D.D.— Graduated B.A. with
First Class Classical and Mathematical Honours, Bishop's
College, Lennoxville in 1884. Deacon in 1887. Priest in
1885. Incumbent of Eardley, Que., in 1887-88. Assistant
at Christ Church Cathedral, 'Montreal, in 1888-91, then
assistant at St. James the Apostle, Montreal, in 1891-98.
Appointed Professor of O. T. and N. T. Literature, Dio
cesan Theological College, Montreal, 'in 1898. In 1896,
received his B.A. and in 1905 his D.D., in course from
Bishop's College, Lennoxville. Is a member of both the
Provincial and General Synod. Hon. Clerical Secretary
of the Lower House of Provincial Synod. Chaplain to
1 7th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars, with
Honorary rank of Major. Contributor to Dummelow's
Que. Vol. Commentary (Macmillan, 1909), and has in
preparation a work on the language of the New Testament.
He is also Hon. Examiner in Classics and Divinity Bishop's
College (since 1888), and 1896 a member of the College
Council.

SMITH, G. F. C., Insurance. — He has been Warden of

REV. J. PATTERSON-SMYTH, B.D., LL.D., Litt.D., D.C.L.

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St. George's Church, on different occasions and has been
intimately connected with all its activities. Is at present
one of the delegates from the Church to the Diocesan
Synod, a position he has held for a long series of years.
He is a member of the Executive Committee and of its
Finance Committee, where his long business experience in
investments, particularly mortgage loans, has been of great
service. He takes a great interest in charitable institutions
and philanthropic work, and is, a member of various
Boards of Management, e.g., House of Industry and Re
fuge and Moore Homes, the Montreal Dispensary, of
'which he is vice-president, and the Andrews Home. He
is a governor of the Diocesan Theological College and -a
member of its Board of Management. He is a governor
of the Montreal General Hospital, and a member of the
Advisory and Finance Committee of the Ladies' Bene
volent Institution. He has been president, and is still a
trustee of the Mount Royal Cemetery Company. His
public life is proved in his having been manager in
Canada for forty years, of the Liverpool & London &
Globe Insurance Company, a position from which he retired
in the year 1904.

PATTERSON-SMITH, REV. J. B.D., LL.D., Lit. D.
and D.C.L. — Born in Kenmare, Ireland. Educated at
Trinity College, Dublin. He was Senior Moderator and
Gold Medallist in Mental and Moral Philosophy, also
double first honorman, triple first prizeman, Senior Ex
hibitioner. Primate's Hebrew prizeman, etc. Received in
order the B.D., LL.D., Litt.D., D.C.L. Ordained in 1881
by the Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore for Lisburn
Cathedral in 1883. Curate of Harold's Cross, Dublin, in
1888. Rector of Christ Church, Kingston, in 1904. Vicar
of St. Ann's, Dublin. In 1905 he was Professor of Pas
toral Theology in the University of Dublin. Came to
Canada in 1907 as Rector of St. George's, Montreal. He
is the Author of "How we got our Bible" (i25th thousand),
"How to Read the Bible," "How God Inspired the Bible,"
(5th ed.). "The Old Documents and New Bible" (4th ed.)

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and "Social Service Ideals" (2nd ed.), "The Gospel of
the Hereafter," etc. Dr. Paterson-Smyth is one of the
brightest men and best preachers we ever had in Montreal.
His sermon on the death of Bishop Carmichael is a model
of beautiful thought, feeling and English purity.

ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, MONTREAL

REMINISCENCES OF ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH AND PARISH.
By G. F. C. SMITH, ESQ.

In 1842 more church accommodation was found ne
cessary in the city, and it was decided to build St. George's
Church.

This was the origin of St. George's Church, sixty-
seven years ago. To one who subsequently knew all the
parties named as having attended the first meetings of the
organization of the church and congregation, I can assure
you this retrospect is very interesting. I do not think there
is one original member left

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The Church was opened on the 3Oth June, 1843, and
the first Incumbent was the brilliant and scholarly Dr.
William T. Leach. Five years later, in 1848, the con
gregation had so increased that it was found necessary to
appoint an assistant minister, and the choice fell on the
Rev. William Bennett Bond, who in 1862, on Dr. Leach's
retirement, became Rector. You all know what this for
tunate and happy selection did and has done for St.
George's Church and the whole Diocese. The mere men
tion of his venerated name — inseparable from the history
of St. George's — recalls happy and grateful memories never
to be forgotten. His noble example, and exalting and
stimulating influence were inspiring, and we may speak
of him as having been "a living epistle, seen and read of
all men." Considering that he was spared to us in wonder
ful strength and vigor until his ninetieth year, had we
any right to wish him to remain longer with us ? How
entitled was he to say "I have fought a good fight, I have
finished my course, I have kept the faith."

In 1865 the Rev. Edward Sullivan was appointed
assistant minister, but he resigned in 1869 to accept the
position of Rector of an important church in Chicago. We
then fortunately secured the Rev. James Carmichael as
assistant minister, who remained with us until 1879, when
he became Rector of the Church of the Ascension in
Hamilton. When Dr. Bond was elected, in 1879, we in
duced Dr. Sullivan to return to Montreal to become our
Rector. His devotion to the interests of the Church and
the care of his people were excelled only by his sound
teaching, so impressively conveyed by his unusually
brilliant oratory.

When D.r. Sullivan was elected Bishop of Algoma
(in 1884), we elected another man as our Rector, the Rev.
James Carmichael.

You all know his history. You all loved and revered
him. You couldn't help doing so ! He wasn't "one touch
of nature,'* he was the embodiment of it, and what little
wonder is it that we all became "akin," a happy congrega-

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tion, united and active in trying to do our duty to our own
Church in particular and to the general public. The con
dition was created to a great extent by his kind considera
tion of the different views and feelings of the various mem
bers of the church, and, to use his own words, "a fair con
sideration of its traditions." Under his magnetic
influence and example, the congregation was impelled so
to do its duty as to place St. George's in the front rank of
the churches of the city and Diocese.

It was apparent to the congregation upon Bishop
Carmichael's elevation and their losing him as rector, that
in view of the high class of men that St. George's had had
as Rectors, that a special effort should be made to fill the
vacant position with as good a man as could be got.

So the Rev. J. Paterson-Smyth assumed charge of the
Church in May, 1907. It may appear selfish, but still we
cannot refrain from expressing the hope that nothing short
of a Bishopric will induce him to leave us for a long time.
We know too well of the Bishop nursing tendency of St.
George's Church. We have supplied three already.

I refrain from saying anything as to what the Church
has done and is doing in a monied way. Even a church
is apt to become boastful. Let us be thankful that we have
several liberal (at all times), men and women in the con
gregation with the means — what is more important and
acceptable — and with hearts not only willing but mani
festly very desirous to use their means and give their ser
vices for the good of the Church and God's glory.

NOTE. — The author may add here that this year's con
tribution 1910, to the Mission Fund of the Diocese by
St. George's Church is the grand amount of $7*000, the
largest sum ever contributed by one single congregation
in the Diocese since its formation in 1850 towards this fund.

SMITH-WILSON R. W., Investment . Broker.— He was
born in Ireland in 1852. Came to Canada in 1878, and
established himself as an investment broker and dealer in
debentures. In 1882 he founded the "Insurance and
Finance Chronicle," which he has since conducted. He

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represented St. Lawrence Ward in the City Council from
1892 to 1896, when he was elected Mayor of Montreal by
acclamation, and again re-elected in 1897. Lord Aberdeen
says of him, "A man eminently patriotic," but greater
praise came from Archbishop Bruchesi, when he thus
speaks of him, "A personal friend, an exemplary citizen
and a model Mayor." He declined in 1896 being Treas
urer in the Flynn Government. He is connected as Gov
ernor, President or Director with a great many Institutions,
Monetary, Benevolent and National. He joined the Board
of Trade in 1892, and the Montreal Stock Exchange in
1898. In 1897 he formed a syndicate which was allotted
$1,250,000 of the Fielding Loan, and same year received
the thanks of the Good Government Association for pro
tecting the interests of the City of Montreal. As a mem
ber of the Church of England he is a delegate to the
Diocesan Synod and a Trustee of Bishop's College
University.

SPICER, JOSHUA HENRY.— Born 1839, at Loudwater,
Eng. Joined H. M. 6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabineers
in 1855, serving . with that regiment until 1861 when he
volunteered into the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars, remaining
in that Corps until invalided home from India and dis
charged. Landed in India in 1856. Present at the out
break of the Indian Mutiny at Meerut on Sunday, loth
May, 1857, and in all minor operations in Meerut District
to loth October, 1857. Served in the Oudh Campaign of
1858 under H. E. the C. in C. including the capture of the
Forts of Ametta, 9th November, Shunkerpore, i6th
November, Action of Buxer Ghant, 24th November, cap
ture of the forts of Churdal, 26th December, and Mujeedia,
27th December. Action at Bankee and pursuit of the Rebels
to the banks of the River Rapti, 3ist December, 1858.
Came to Canada in 1875. Joined the Royal Templars of
Temperance in 1888, and has been a prominent worker
ever since. Has been Head of the Order in Quebec and
Eastern Ontario as Grand Councillor for thirteen years,
and also occupies other minor offices locally. Has been

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assisting the Chaplain of the prisons of Montreal since
1890. He received his license as Lay Reader from Arch
bishop Bond. A member of St. Thomas' Church, served
as Warden and Delegate to Synod. Has been Treasurer
of the Band of Hope for twenty-three years.

STANTON, GEORGE O.— There is nothing special with
regard to him for publication unless it may be the fact
of his having been a regular attendant at St. George's
Church for upwards of thirty years under the then Rectors,
Bond, Carmichael, Sullivan and Dr. Paterson-Smyth.

STEACY, REV. FREDERICK W., BA.— He was born in
Ottawa City. Received degree of BA. from McGill
University in 1897. Ordained by Bishop Bond in 1897.
Licensed to the Mission of Papineauville same year. Re
ceived Priest's Orders from Bishop Bond in 1897. Licensed
to the Mission of Mille Isles and Morin in 1899, and to
the Mission of Adamsville and East Farnham in 1902.
Received (in course) Testamur of the Montreal Diocesan
Theological College in 1909. In 1909 he was appointed
to Glen Sutton where he how is.

SWEENY, COL.— He was appointed ensign in I2th East
Suffolk Regiment in 1849. Stationed in Mauritius from
1850 to 1851 when proceeded with Regiment in H. M. S.
"Hermes" to Cape of Good Hope for service in the Kaffir
War. Served throughout same from 1851 to 1853. Re
ceived a medal for same. Embarked from Cape of Good
Hope for England in 1855. Appointed to take charge of
a recruiting district in 1850, where he remained until
district was discontinued on the close of the Crimean war.
Then ordered to Hythe, where he took first class certifi
cate, and sent to the Headquarters of 1st Battalion, I2th
Regiment in Australia as Instructor of Musketry in 1858,
and was the Instructor to same and to the New South
Wales yolunteers until 1861, when he was promoted to
an unattached company, and then to 8srd Dublin Regi
ment, in which he served till appointed staff officer of
Pensioners, Montreal District, in 1867,' and served as such
until 1884 when the Pension District was discontinued

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Col. Sweeny is the father of the present Bishop of Toronto
and one of our oldest citizens. He has faithfully served
his Queen and King and country and merits the praise of
every loyal citizen. His life has been "Sans peur et sans
reproche"

SYMONDS, REV. H., D.D.— He was a graduate of the
University of Trinity College, Toronto, taking first class
honours in Theology in 1885. He was also Prize Essayist
two years in succession and also took the Prize Sermon
in 1885. After graduation ordained Deacon in 1885.
reading the Gospel on that occasion. He then spent a
year in England and attended lectures by the late Dr.
Westcott, Dr. Gwatkin and others. Upon his return
to Canada he was appointed Fellow and Lecturer in Div
inity at Trinity College. He was also for two or three
years the evening preacher at St. Ann's Church, Toronto.
He succeeded Professor Roper as Professor of Divinity in
1890 and resigned his position to accept the appointment
of Rector of St. Luke's, Ashburnham. Nine years later he
was appointed Head Master of Trinity College School,
where he very nearly doubled the number of the boys in
little more than a year.* Being offered his present position
he accepted it in 1903. Since he came to Christ Church
Cathedral the income of the Church has increased from
$12,000 to $20,000. Contributions to Missions have in
creased by about 50 per cent. The Church has been
thoroughly renovated at a cost of about $16,000, and
communicants have increased from 408 on Easter 1903 to
817 on Easter 1909.

TAIT, SIR MELBOURNE MCTAGGART, Chief Justice.—
Youngest son of Thomas Tait, of Melbourne, merchant.
Born at Melbourne in 1842. Educated mainly at St.
Francis College, Richmond, Que. Admitted to study law
in 1859, and was indentured to Messrs. Bethune & Dun-
kin, advocates of Montreal. Received degree of B.C.L.
from the University of McGill in 1862. Admitted to
practice in 1863. Commenced practice at Richmond.
Received first class sertificate from School of Military In-

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struction at Quebec in 1864. After serving as Ensign
and Lieutenant was appointed Captain of No. I Com
pany in 4th Volunteer Battallion of which the late Lord
Aylmer was Colonel. Was on active service during the
Fenian Raid, and received medal issued in connection
therewiih. Joined law office of the late Mr. J. J. C.
Abbott, K.C. (afterwards Sir John Abbott) in 1870,
and was for many years his partner. Was elected Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of Quebec A. F. & A. M. in
1877, and again in 1878, and is now representative before
that body of the Grand Lodge of England and of New
York, and an honorary member in several Montreal City
Lodges. Named Queen's Counsel in 1882. In 1886 was
Fellow in Law in McGill University. Was appointed a
Judge of the Superior Court in 1887, with residence at
Sweetsburg, in succession to the late Judge Buchanan.
Was removed to Montreal in 1889. In 1891 received the
degree of D.C L., from Universities of Bishop's College
and McGill. In 1894 was appointed assistant or acting
Chief Justice of the Superior Court for the review dis
trict of Montreal. Received the honor of Knighthood
from her Majesty, upon the occasion of. Her Jubilee in
1897. In 1906 was apointed Chief Justice of the Superior
Court for the Province of Quebec. Is a member of St.
James Club, Montreal. Is president of the Children's
Memorial Hospital. Hon. Vice-President of the Canadian
Handicrafts Guild. Has been for several years a delegate
to the Synod from Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal,
and of which he is one of its Wardens.

TlPPETT, ARTHUR P.— Delegate from the Church of
the Advent to the Diocesan Synod, for some years past.
He is Treasurer of the Provincial Synod, of which he has
been a member for many years, he has also represented
the Diocese of Montreal for the last two sessions of the
General Synod.

Mr. Tippet is a son of the late Rev. H. W. Tippet, of
the Diocese of Fredericton, and was a member of the
Church Society in the Diocese of Fredericton from 1874-

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1880, and from 1881-1894, a member of the Fredericton
Synod, and also of the Executive Board of the said
Synod. Mr. Tippet is on the Committee of the M. S. C. C.,
and is now superintendent of St. Cyprian's ' Sunday
School, Maisonneuve and is a Lay Reader of the Diocese.

TROOP, REV. G. OSBORNE, M.A.— He was ordained
Deacon in 1877, by Bishop Binney, of Nova Scotia, and
Priest in 1878 by the same. He served four years as
Curate of St. Paul's Church, Halifax, N.S., and for one
year he was chaplain to the Hellmuth Ladies' College,
London, Ont. For three months he was Curate to Canon
Carmichael at the Church of the Ascension, Hamilton.
In 1882 he was appointed Rector St. James' Church, St.
John, N.B. In 1886 he became Rector of St. Martin's
where he continues still, one of the most godly clergymen
of any denomination in Montreal. He served as Domestic
Chaplain to Archbishop Bond, also to Bishop Carmichael,
and is now serving the present Bishop in the same capacity.
He received his B.A. from King's College, Windsor, in
1877, and his M.A. in 1881.

TUCKER, HENRY, advocate.— Was born in 1860, and
came to Montreal in 1880. There he studied law in Mc-
Gill College University and graduated in 1883. Was ad
mitted to the Bar of the Province of Quebec in 1885, since
then has been practising in Montreal. He is a delegate
from St. Jude's Church, Montreal, which parish he has
represented for six years. He is also a Church Warden of
St. Barnabas' Church, St. Lambert. Mr. Tucker takes a
keen interest in Church matters and has done good service
in inaugurating the Missionary Lay Movement in St.
Lambert.

TUCKER, REV. L. NORMAN, M.A., D.C.L.— Is a, native
of Sorel, P.Q. Though of Scotch and English parentage,
he learned to speak French from infancy and through his
early training at the Sabrevois College, he acquired a
thorough knowledge of the French language. In 1872
entered Bishop's College, Lennoxville, and graduated in

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1874, taking honors in Mathematics. Took his Divinity
course in the Montreal Theological College.

Ordained Deacon in 1876, and Priest in 1878, by Bishop
Oxenden. He began his ministry as a travelling Missionary
in the Eastern Townships, with headquarters at South Ely.
In 1877 he was appointed curate at Sorel, under Canon
Anderson. In 1879 he was called to the Principalship of the
Sabrevois Schools, in connection with the removal of which
to Montreal, he paid two visits to England, where he
acquired much valuable experience in the raising of funds.
In the discharge of his duties as Principal, he regularly
taught and preached in French, and while in Europe, had
the uncommon experience for an English clergyman of
preaching in French in St. Helier's, Jersey and in Paris.
In 1886 he was associated with Bishop, then Dean Car-
michael, as assistant at St. George's, Montreal, where,
during a stay of seven years, he took an active part in the
formation of the Montreal Theological College Alumni
Association and of the Montreal Diocesan Sunday School
Association, and where, in 1893, he was elected Clerical
Secretary of the Synod of the Province of Canada.

In 1893 he was appointed to the Rectorship of Christ
Church, Vancouver, where he was instrumental in building
up the largest Anglican Church on the Pacific Coast, and
one of the largest and strongest congregations in the
Dominion of Canada. As a clergyman of the Diocese of
New Westminster, he took an active part in all Diocesan
work, especially in the appointment of Diocesan Missions,
in the formation of a Diocesan Widows' and Orphans'
Fund and of a Clergy Superannuation Fund, and in the
erection of Kootenay into a separate Diocese. As local
Secretary of the Colonial and Continental Church Society,
he actively assisted in the opening of new missions in
Kcotenay, several of which have since become self-sup
porting, and during the whole of his stay in Vancouver,
the Rectory of Christ Church was a stopping place for
Missionaries going to or returning from Caledonia and
Selkirk, China and Japan.

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In 1902 he was called by the unanimous voice of the
Church to the position of General Secretary of the newly
formed Missionary Society.

In 1905 the degree of D.C.L. was conferred upon him
by his Alma Mater, Bishop's College, Lennoxville, at the
time that Lord Minto received the same degree. He was
made Honorary Canon of St. Alban's Cathedral, Toronto,
on the 1 4th of February, 1907.

WAINWRIGHT, GILBERT COCHRANE.— Born in Halifax
in 1871. His grandfather was Rev. James C. Cochrane,
Chaplain House of Assembly of Nova Scotia, and the
Rector Trinity Church at Halifax. Came to Ottawa in
1879. He was educated in the Model School and Col
legiate Institute. Afterwards entered the Bank of Ottawa
in 1889. Served at different Branches of the bank. He
was appointed manager at Mattawa in 1899. Appointed
delegate to Synod since 1907 from Hull, and Church
Warden in 1908.

WHITLEY, REV. FREDERICK LEWIS, M.A., St. Clement's
Church (Belcher Memorial). Born in Montreal in 1878.
Educated Public Schools and the Montreal Collegiate In
stitute and University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville.
Graduated B.A. in 1899 and M.A. in 1902. Received
Montreal Diocesan Theological College Testamur in 1902.
Was ordained Deacon in 1902, and Priest in 1902, by
Archbishop Bond. Was Curate at Grace Church, Mont
real in 1902 to 1907. Appointed Incumbent of St. Cle
ment's Church (Belcher Memorial) by Bishop Carmichael
in 1909. Is Chaplain to the Protestant Hospital of In
sane, Verdun, and was appointed Chaplain to the I3th
Scottish Light Dragoons in 1906.

WILLIS, A. P.— He was born in Nova Scotia. For the
long period of eighteen years he was a Catechist and Lay
Reader under the late Bishop Binney, of that Diocese. He
was a member of the Central Committee of the Church of
England, and layman's mission movement and took service
as such. Removing to Montreal he became proprietor of
one of the largest organ and piano establishments in the

220 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

city. He is also a Life Governor and one of the Com
mittee of the College and Protestant, Hospitals of the
Synod. He endowed the Diocesan College Library in
memory of his wife with the "Jeanie Willis Library." A
busy man is Mr. Willis and father of our enterprising
confrere, the Bishop's Missionary, Rev. J. J. Willis, B.D.,
one of the hardest working clergymen in Montreal, and
doing an incredible amount of good in upholding and
spreading the tenets and glory of the good old Church
of England in the suburbs of Montreal.

WILLIS, REV. JOHN JAMES, B.D.— Graduated B.A.
from McGill in 1897. Graduated from the Montreal
Diocesan Theological College in 1900. Received his B.D.
in 1905. Ordained Deacon in 1900 and Priest in 1901.
First Missionary at Papineauville 1900-1901, then Rector
of Stanbridge fiast 1901-1904, then Rector of St. Cy
prian's, Montreal, 1904-1907, now Bishop's Missionary in
Rural Deanery of Hochelaga, in charge of Church ex
tension work 1907. No man is better fitted for this im
portant work than Mr. Willis. He is doing a noble work
in extending the Kingdom of God in the suburbs of Mont
real.

WINDSOR, REV. WALTER, of the C. M. S. College,
Islington, England.— Ordained Deacon in 1881, in St.
Paul's Cathedral, by Bishop John Jackson. After pass
ing the Cambridge Preliminary Examination of Can
didates for Holy Orders, was admitted to the Order of
Priesthood in 1884 by Archbishop Bond. First appointed
to Lucknow, India, in 1881, then at St. James', Clapham
Park, London, in 1883. Came to the Diocese of Montreal
in 1884, then Rector of Lachine. He was then appointed
to the Parish of Berthier in 1890, and elected to the present
charge as Rector of St. John's, in 1892.

PA RT V

DIOCESAN INSTITUTIONS.

LENNOXVILLE UNIVERSITY or BISHOP'S COLLEGE.—
Although not entirely belonging to the Diocese of Mont
real, it must be mentioned in connection with it, as both
the Dioceses of Quebec and Montreal are equally partici
pants in its operations.

This Institution, Bishop's College, was originally in
augurated by the efforts of the late Bishop Mountain, of
Quebec, and the late Bishop Fulford, of Montreal, first
Metropolitan Bishop of Canada. The intention was to
establish a college where a course in Arts and Divinity
could be obtained. Lennoxville, one of the most beau
tiful spots in the Townships, was selected, and a large
block of land procured at the confluence of the St. Francis
and Massawappi Rivers, and within about three miles of
Sherbrooke, the county town. It was also decided to
establish a first-class school, modelled after the traditions
of the best English public schools, to be placed in charge
of Dr. Williams, afterwards the successor of Bishop Moun
tain. The school has had a most successful career and is
regarded both here and abroad as everything a really
first-class school should be.

Scores of clergy all over the Continent have been
educated in this University and it is as popular to-day as
ever. Long may it be so.

THE DIOCESAN THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE.— This College
was founded in the year 1873, by Bishop Oxenden. He
states in his autobiography : —

"I, at length, felt justified in taking a step for the
good of my own Diocese. I decided on establishing a
Theological College in Montreal, for the training of our

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HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 223

candidates for Holy Orders. With this view, I procured
from England, the aid of a first-rate man, Mr. Lobley,
a late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, who under
took the office of Principal. He was a good and able
man, and, in the face of many difficulties which he fear
lessly surmounted, he started the College, which has now
become a prominent and useful feature in the Diocese.
On his subsequent promotion to the Principalship of
Bishop's College, Lennoxville, he was succeeded by Dr.
Henderson, under whose steady and unflagging super
intendence the College flourished."

The work of the College began in the Library of the
Synod Hall, and was carried on there for eight years,
when a more suitable building was provided by the muni
ficence of the late A. F. Gault, who purchased the property,
896 Dorchester Street, at a cost of $23,000, and presented
it to the College in trust.

There the work was continued under much more favor
able conditions, as a permanent home was provided for
both Principal and Students.

In 1879, an act of incorporation was obtained from
the Legislature of Quebec, arid in 1880, it was affiliated
with the University of McGill College.

The advantages of affiliation with a great institution
of Continental reputation such as McGill Univesity are
obvious. In the first place, the Diocesan College is able
to devote practically its whole income to strictly theolo
gical work, thus assuring the efficiency and thoroughness
of the course. Secondly, the immense resources and the
high educational standard of a University such as McGill
afford theological students a liberal education that could
hardly be looked for under other circumstances. In the
third place, the broadening influence of life in so large a
University world, and 'contact with men of such widely,
different views, aims, and pursuits are of inestimable
advantage to every student, and to none more than to the
student in theology. Affiliation also gives the College re
presentation on the Corporation of McGill, and consequent
ly a voice and influence in University affairs.

224 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

In 1891, by the Canon relating to Degrees in Divinity,
the Diocesan Theological College, with the five other theo
logical colleges of this ecclesiastical province, was duly
recognized by the Provincial Synod of Canada, and
entitled to representation on the Board of Examiners for
degrees in Divinity.

In 1895, owing to the increasing influence and needs
of the 'College, the late A. F. Gault announced his inten
tion of presenting a more suitable building and of adding
to the endowment of the College. The 'Holland" pro
perty on University Street was purchased for that purpose,
and a very handsome and commodious building erected.

The whole was also magnificently furnished by the
same generous donor, and the sum of $50,000 was added
to the endowment.

The buildings and additional endowment were form
ally handed over to the Bishop of the Diocese on the
occasion of the opening of the College, on October 2ist,
1906, in the presence of His Grace the Primate of all Can
ada, and a number of other bishops, clergy, and visitors,
and these were given in perpetuity without conditions of
any kind in trust to the Bishop of Montreal and his suc
cessors.

In 1902, the College was the recipient of a most gen
erous endowment from the late Eliza Duncan, amounting
to upwards of $40,000, the interest on which is to be used
for the salary of the professor of Dogmatic Theology.
Miss Duncan specified in the Deed of trust that the endow
ment should bear the name of "The John Duncan Chair
of Dogmatic Theology," and the holder thereof be styled
the "John Duncan Professor of Dogmatic Theology." The
endowment was made in memory of her brother, the late
John Duncan, Esq.

The following bequests among others have been re
ceived by the College :

The late A. F. Gault, $10,800; the late William
Francis, $11,250; the late Mrs. Joseph Braithwaite, $4,45°;
the late Mrs. Thomas Craig, $2,650; the late Mrs. E. H.
King, $2,500; the late Mrs. M. H. Gault, $500.

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 225

A. P. Willis, Esq., founded the "Jennie Willis Library
Memorial Fund " with an endowment of $5,000 and
Robert Reford, Esq., has founded the "Robert Reford
Prize " with an endowment of $2,000 for the encouragement
of "clear, reverential, dignified and impressive reading of
the Scripture Lessons in Public Service and the order for
Morning and Evening Prayer, together with the occasional
Services of the Church."

SABREVOIS COLLEGE, ETC.— The Mission of Sabrevois
was opened in 1854. At its Jubilee in 1904 the history of
the mission was given by the Rev. Mr. Benoit, of TEglise
du Redempteur, when some interesting details were told.
In 1841 Charles Roy was received into the English Church,
by Bishop Mountain. A church had been built at Sabre
vois, and to place it on a more efficient basis, Rev. W. Bond
set on foot "The Montreal Association" in aid of the
Colonial Church and School Society. At its first annual
meeting, Bishop Fulford was in the chair

Rev. Mr. Gavin was the first Incumbent in Sabrevois
and one of his first acts was to organize a day school
which grew till a training school was open in St. John's.
When planning to have a girls' school also at Sabrevois
Mr. Gavin suddenly died, but Mrs. Gavin in the par
sonage, received a number to be trained as teachers.

In 1853, at its close, there was a good congregation
ministered by Rev. Dr. Roy (now left the Diocese) and
in the district was a primary school of thirty children,
and the training school at St. John's. The training school
is a building that could also accommodate 25 boarders.

To push on this good work, the Rev. Canon Bancroft
and Rev. W. B. Bond were sent by Bishop Fulford to
collect funds for the Institution. They were (as was
certain) enthusiastically received everywhere and collected
$8,000. The question put to the meeting in June pre
vious, was thus solved. That question was, "Shall the
work go on or shall the mission fall to the ground ?"

Two years after this, in 1857, it was decided to
build a suitable place for girls' training, and the same

226 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

well-known clergymen were requested to appeal again
for aid, and they were successful.

In 1859, the year of the opening of our first Diocesan
Synod, this Mission was extended to cover the whole of
the French speaking population of Canada.

On the appointment of the Rev. B. P. Lewis, B.A.,
missionary in 1860 at Sabrevois, it was resolved to remove
the Boys' School from St. John's to the present place.

In 1861 Rev. Mr. Fenn, M.A., became the Principal
of Sabrevois College, as it was then called, but had to
retire in 1867 on account of ill health, Mr. Lewis succeed
ing him. In 1868 the fourth consummation fruits were
received in the ordination of Mr. E. Roy. Before this in
1864, with the writer and author of this book, were
ordained to the Diaconate, Jeremie Babin and Alfred
Fortin, and the next year Octave Fortin, B.A., now
Venerable Archdeacon Fortin, of Winnipeg, At the end
of 25 years the work had progressed so much that some
other arrangement had to be made. At the urgent
request of the late Bishop Oxenden it was decided to
begin operations in the City of Montreal.

The first service was held by the Rev. J. J. Roy, in
1876, in a hall in which was tnen called St. Joseph Street,
now continuation of Notre Dame Street West. Three
months later a school was opened by Mr. L. Lariviere now
in Holy Orders.

In 1878 Rev. Mr. Lewis resigned as Principal of
Sabrevois College and became Rector of Christieville.

A most important step was now taken to remove all
from Sabrevois to Montreal. Rev. Mr. Roy was given
oversight in the building of the new schools, while
Rev. L. R. (now Dr.) Tucker was deputed to go to Eng
land to raise funds. They were finished in 1882. Mr.
Tucker was appointed Principal, but in 1884-5 they were
closed for various reasons — chief — the terrible small-pox
epidemic. Mr. Tucker again went to England for funds,
and on his return accepted the position of assistant in St.
George's Church, Rev. D. Lariviere being made Prin
cipal. The schools opened 1886.

JwBF "*

MISS HEDGES,
Principal of the Dunham Ladies' College, 1910.

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 227

A debt of $18,000 had been on the building, but by
the efforts of Rev. A. E. Roy, in England, and others this
was reduced in 1885 to $5,000. In December, 1901, being
the Jubilee of the Institution, a strong effort was made
to free all from debt, which I doubt not was successful.

The college and appendages are doing a good work,
and L'Eglise du Redempteur is worthy of all Anglicans'
best wishes and hearty support.

Of the descendants of Charles Roy, the first French
Canadian connected with Sabrevois in 1841, three sons
and four grandsons are now in the ministry of the grand
old Church of England, whilst a granddaughter is a
valued Bible woman, and nearly 3,000 young people have
been educated in the schools.

Is not this a noble result of good old Father Roy's?
The whole history is one of the most interesting and satis
factory in the history of the English Church in Canada.
We can only say, Laus Deo.

DUNHAM LADIES' COLLEGE.— Dunham Ladies' College
is the church school for girls in the Diocese of Montreal.
It was founded by the late Bishop Oxenden and was in
corporated by act of the Quebec Legislature in the year
1875. The object of its establishment as stated in the
preamble to the Act of Incorporation is "For the education
of the daughters of the clergy and laity of the Church of
England in Canada."

The corporation consists of one layman from each
parish in the old Rural Deanery of Bedford, also the
clergy of the said parishes and the Bishop of the Diocese
as president.

Dunham Ladies College has had an excellent and
pronounced influence in the moulding of the life and
character of many of our most earnest church women. Its
educational standing is excellent and it is hoped that it
will long continue to exert the high and wholesome in
fluence that has marked its history up to the present time.

The College Building is a fine, well-appointed three-

HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 229

storey brick structure, neatly and comfortably furnished,
and was designed and erected specially for a young ladies'
boarding school. It is situated in one of the most health
ful and picturesque parts of the Eastern Townships, is well
heated by furnaces and has ample provision for ventilation
and light A wide verandah, 200 feet long, surrounding
the building, affords an excellent promenade in unfavor
able weather, while croquet and lawn tennis, basket ball
and toboggan slide provide opportunities for healthful
recreation at other times. The College is admirably locat
ed, with seclusion essential to the proper prosecution of
study and facilities for healthy exercises.

THE ANDREWS HOME.— This Institution is the out
come of a large sum of money left entirely in the hands
of Archbishop Bond to do with what he thought best as
the wish of the donor. The amount was over $140,000.
Of this amount the Archbishop transferred $50,000 to the
Church Home, thereby placing it on a sure foundation
and free of debt for all time to come.

The rest went to the Andrews Home for purchase of
property which cost nearly the sum of $32,000, and for
the preparation of the place as a Home for Church of
England immigrants to come to and be looked after on
their arrival in Montreal. It has done an incalculable
amount of good since it was opened and is even doing
more so now on account of the much larger increase of
immigrants in the past few years. Rev. Canon Renaud
as chief, has done immense work in the oversight of the
Institution and the Committee must be commended for
their good labour.

THE ROBERT JONES CONVALESCENT HOME.— This is
another institution for beneficent Christian purposes and
was opened December, 1894, in close connection with the
Church of England. The "Robert Jones Convalescent
Home" is designed specially to benefit the children of our
Church of England families recovering from long or
severe illness, and was erected by Mr. R. A. A. Jones as a
memorial to his father and mother, the late Hon. Robert

230 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL.

Jones and Mrs. Jones. The Home stands in a charming
situation, on the Lower Lachine road. The land and
building cost $20,000; and towards its maintenance Mr.
Jones, the founder, promised $1,000 per annum during his
life, and certain permanent endowment at his death which
occurred not long ago in England, while Mr. A. F. Gault,
promised $1,000 per annum for four years. The deed of
gift was presented at the opening by Mr. Wm. Ryder (on
behalf of Mr. R. A. A. Jones), to whom in an address the
Dean of Montreal made suitable reply.

THE LADIES' HOME,— This is one of the most im
portant Institutions belonging to the Diocese. At first it
was a parochial charity in connection with the Cathedral
for nearly twenty years.

In 1870 the Vestry gave notice that it could no longer
alone bear the expense of its maintenance. Then Bishop
Oxenden reorganized it, it being understood "that any
inmates surviving the change from a parochial to a
Diocesan institution would have a home for the remainder
of their lives.

The Home was incorporated in 1875 and in 1877 the
first property came from Bishop Oxenden from moneys
collected by him for a building to be used for "Ladies in
reduced circumstances." This was in 1878. The Institu
tion seemingly not prospering in 1887, continued thus to
1 890 when a handsome property was acquired in Guy Street
and the Archbishop having the disposal of the large
fund of the late Ogden Andrews gave $50,000 to free
for ever the Ladies' Home, the rest to found the
Andrews Home. Thus this most excellent Institution is
now on a firm basis, and as it has done more good in the
past than we can calculate, so it will continue its good
work in the future, thanks to the noble efforts of the late
Archbishop and Primate.

FINAL NOTE

At last the work of the History of the Diocese is
finished. Many interruptions have caused this delay,
viz., the Author's illness and the slow returns of informa
tion required, the great difficulty of getting portraits of
those I wanted in the book, with the huge work of cor
respondence to scores of individuals in regard to the
sketches of themselves, their parish history or such like,
the hunting up of sketches of dead Clergy and Laity,
some families of whom were almost extinct; these and
other causes have detained the work till now, but as the
great English Poet says in one of his matchless dramas,
"All's well that ends well."

Errors, etc., appearing in this volume can be altered in
a Second Edition, which certainly will be called for, as
only a limited first edition has been published, and it is
to be hoped that very many more of the Laity will answer
for the request of their sketches than they did in the
first edition. Quite a number of those holding prominent
positions in the Diocese have not even deigned to send
me, in answer to my request, at least a gentle refusal. I
have done the work to the best of my ability, seeing there
was no other individual or committee that would under
take the labour of such. In spite of all drawbacks I have
had scores of letters of encouragement and help in my
labour. To all those who have kindly done so I return
my sincere thanks, and only hope that the work will be
the means of spreading abroad much information relative
to our Diocese, which will make the volume precious to
those of the Clergy and Laity whose fathers and grand
fathers perhaps now are almost forgotten in the whirl and
business of a twentieth century life.

J. DOUGLAS BORTHWICK.

Montreal, 1st September, 1910.

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