VO L. 18 S E PT.-OC T., 1922 NO·7

Ube :.Hlgoma

missionary mews

ltbe Glfficial Glroan

of tbe l!Hoceae of Blgoma

AHCHIl IS IIOP T he MO ST HEV. OE OIIGl': THonNI~LOI~ , D.O. D .C. L., 5"ult 51. MarIe.

DIOCESAN OFFI CE HS

The VEN. GOWAN G ILLMOH. D.O. A. C. BOYCE, E sq., K.C" O.C.L., A rcluleaCOIl of Algoma,

SAU LT STE. MAHlE, O llt.

The HE \ ·. CANON PlEn c \', Clcrical Secretary o f the Syn od,

ST UHG EO N I?ALL5, Onto

CAPT. J. II . W,\Y, Lay Secrclnrr of tile S~'llo(l,

SAULT STE. " IAHI E, Ollt.

J. A .WonnELI., E S1l. , K.C., D.C.L., 1·lon. T rc"SIIrer ( o f I n"ested 1"lI n(ls),

'1"01:0:" '1'0, Onto

Chnnccllor of Diocese, OTTA \\' A, Ont o

The HE". F. W. COLI.OTON, T rcasure r o f the Synod,

SA ULT STE. MAHlE, OnL

A. EL LI OT I~sq. ,

lI on. Hcgistrar. SA VI:r STK MAHlE, Ont.

Tile I:E'·. B. 1'. F ULLEIl, P I'inci!,"] of the I ndian 1·lome!.

S :\VLT STE. ~IAJtIE, Onto

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TI-lJ<: A L GO ,\]/\ i\l ]SSIONAU Y NEWS

oun LOSSES IN 'I'EM ISI\:A MING

In thc tClTiblc /irc which about Hailc~' bury on the 'Hh we re com pl etely d estroyed:

swcpt through the l'egioll round Oct obe r thc fo ll owing b ujldillg,~

St. P,wl's. Church , Haileybul'Y, with rectory und paris h hal l. St. George 's C h urch , NOl,th Cobalt, with pa l'so llage, St. Luke's Church , Ha rley , St. Filith '.~ Church, Chadton ami The church at Thornloc, Thc Hecto r of H ailcybur,\', thc Re\', F, H, H inck s, sllccced ed

ill S(lviJl/£ the regist e rs of thc ellul'ch , Lhe COl)lmlilliOI1 vessels and some othel' sma ll articl c~, All h is PC I' ~ ()llal belongi ll gs we re de­s troyed in th e rectory.

BLIND RI VE R

The Rc\' , J, E, H odson, B. A" took c ha rge of t his mission in July, afte r it had been \'ucan t for Se\'cru l months,

There arc only about a dOl'-e n Churc h families in Blind Rive r, but they a rc all faithful. T he parsonagc had bec ll tI~oroughl y r e­novatcd during the \'acallCY, ,lOd grcat credit is due for th is to ,the ladies of the congregation. Th e rcgn llll' Sun dar se n 'ices are, a n {'arly cel e bration, ~Iorllillg Praycl' ami St: l'llIon , followed b,Y Sunday School. TIl e atlcndancc at the sc rviccs, cOllsidc ring thc ~mall

numbe r of fam ili es, is ull t/lat coul d be des ired . 'fhe li ttle flock :d~o docs we ll finuncially.

Thc Sunday School picnic was held in Augu st at A lgoma Beach, and was Illueh clljoyed, Credit is _du c to .M rs , Ti mmermall who establis hed a Sun day School during thc vacancy, and has kept it going, A row of sa plings has been planted in front of t he par,~onage, and will g reatly add to t1!e bea uty o f the grounds iii a rew ycars, Th a nks for t his al'C due to 1IIr, alld Mrs, i\IcN,lbb who take ~rcat pl'i(i e iu t.he upk ee p and cnrc of tile ellul'eh Pl'O PC l'ty.

At A lgolll(l U sel'vi ce i.~ hcl d cI'ery Sunday after noon for t he tWO or t hrce families who do not be long to thc Homlln COllllllun­:on , At Sprugge a se rvice is held every Sunday cvc ning. T he lio n- Roman cOlllmunity is very mixed, there being only th rec or fOil I' A nglican indi \' iduals.

I t will be S C C Il hom this that wo)"k o n di stinctly Anglicuu lincs is diH'ieult allli discouraging, It is how ever quite wort h while, if looked at in a b road and true jight. At Blind Rivcr t he C hu r ch is being main taiucd, whilc at both J\lgoma and Spragge lh c A ll­,!.dieull mission:tl'y is tile onl y minis ter of l hc Chri ~ti(/n rcligion who ilOlds a se rv ice at thosc places on most Su ndays,

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VolU11lC 18

No. 7

T il E I\LG O M1\ MISSION 1\I!Y N EWS

Ube !+tlgoma {ifjissiona r\'

Sm,1! SIc. Marie. O nt ., Sept.-Oct., 1!l22

H AHVEST .

L et songs ari se to .Thee, 0 God, F rom e n :! ry harv est fi eld,

P" h lishc,1 Monthly ~ O CCllts per annum

And may th e nations p rai sc Thy -name. For what the ca rth doth yield.

Unto Thy holy thronc of grace , Our p l'aise and thanks wc bring,

And with the best fruit s of the earth, P resent ou r o ffcring.

For Thou has t in Thy good ness grcat, With p lcnty fill ed the land .

And we Thy bl essing munifold , Reee ivc by T hy command.

o g ivc us Brace that we may first, Th e hea,'clll y kingdom seek,

I n confid e nce that Thou for us, Dost all our treas ures keep.

Ena blc us to look beyond The t hin gs of time and sec,

Tlm l g rcale r ha n"cs t whcn II' C sha ll, Be gat hered unto Thee .

- H CI ' , Lawre nce Sincla ir.

'1'1-11': ALGO M,>\ ~"'SSIONA HY NEWS

L DIOCESAN NEWS ._------'-,-

A GREAT D ISASTER

Th e great fil'e in Tem iskamlng occurred on the '1.1;11 of Oc~

lobe r, It broke o u t III the afte rlloon , coming li terally on the wings of th e wind. A gale mov ing {rom the sou t hwest at the rate of som e sb: ty mil es all hOll r is said to hav e brought th e conflag ra ­t ion to North ColHllt, H ailcybur.1", and th e Ji ll e of railway leading 10 En g le hart, aLolit the middl e of th e afte r nOO Il , At se vell o ' clock in th e eve ning th e wind sudd e nly changed to t he Ilorth-west, lhi ving Laek t he fie ry forces . i3ut tiler had don e the ir \\" 0 1'1<, In t wo 01' three sho rt hours No rt h Co balt, H ail eybury, Th o rnloe, Harley , C harlton, H eas lip, a n d mally s miling farm sett leme nts be­t wee n and around t he se ccntres had s im pl y ecased to e xi s t. Th e country was a d esolation . Th ou sallds of p e ople were ho meless . Half a h umi red 1\'e J'e dead , and an unknown numbe r had uee ll in­jured more o r less seve rel y lIy tire, s moke ,u ul accid e nt.

Th e conqitions durillg t h e lire are d escribed a s resembli ng those of a furna ce , So wides pre a d was t Il e confla gra t ion, so hot a nd full o f sparks tlnd ci nd e rs wa s th e :til', that peop le fl ed foJ' safe­ty to th e wate rs o f the lak e , Large llllllil)e rs, ma ny o f them d el i­cate p eople, s pc nt hours in the watc r, The flam es lile rall.\· 1cap e,1 o"cr wid e spaces . Th e atmosphe re seem ed full of w hi ding masses of burnin g g as . Th e smok e baffled the peo pl e's efforts t o s<lve t h e ir property, and mad e it almost impossible to csca pe w itll life ,

Th e re we re, ho\\,e l·e r, s trange cxce ption s to the ntle o f l1ni­rcrsa! dcstnlct ion . In th e progress of t he fla mes cc rt ain p laces rCllluill ed untouched , w h ile all around t h e fu ry of th e fir e pre­, ail cd. One small Luth e ran church, s tanding on the ou ts kirts of t he T own of H ail eybul"y but ill t he ve ry pathwa y of the fir e es­,'aped . A lld amid t he rllins of that town th e re s till stands ;1 small woodell hou se untouched , while all around is d esolation, I n t h e country parts too th e same p he n om e non presents itsel f. One pltlce is tak e n and a lloth e l· le ft, and ill many cases it is not th e Lui Jdil lg w hich s tood n earest t h e virgin forest that is g Oll e, Lilt t ha t w h ich ,~Iood in the ope ll . Th e stumps lind rece n t und e rgrow t h, wit ll dricd /!rass an{1 weeds, se e med qllite sufficiellt to promote t he flll·Y o f th e fire.

UUI· Conll1lllniO ll ha s been 11 h eal·y lose r. F i,'c of 0 11 1' churches, t wo hou ses, and on e parish II:lll arc gone, togethe r with pracUc­ally all thc ir con tents . $28 ,000 woul d hardly put t hese buildi ll g s baek again a s t h cy wc re be fo re the fir c, and our in surance cov c r.q barc ly half th e luss , Th c ralc of i ll s uranc~ in these regions is naturully I·cr'y h ig-h.

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Th e s pidt of t he people is wond e r ful. In t he mid st of their dire d ist ress mUlIY of t hose who hal'e lost their a ll ca ll yet mee t nne wit.h u smile. The r e arc few who urc lIot able to find mu ch for which to th u llk God. That t he ir li vcs ur e sparcd seems to most of t lle m in it self e nou g h to make t hcm grn teful. An d t ll cre is n ge ne ral s pirit of hope. T heir COllversa tio n is la rgely 011 the s ub­.iect of reconst ruction. T hey a rc d etermine d to pu sll forward and r e-e stabli sh th emse lves cvc n 011 better lin es t han be fore . In parL thi s spi rit is due to t he Ullbolliid ed .~ Ylllpathy and prompt ass is tan ce e xtended to the m . The Gon:: rn men t, certttin great fi rm s in Tor­onto and el se whe re, togeth e r with lI um bers of mun icipaliti es a nd fri en ds fur anti ilea l·, ha'·e d ed wit h olle anothe r in th e attem pt t o l)e first ill the field and to d o a ll t ha t luy in the ir power to a lle­v:at.e the su/Tcrill g s of ' t he peo ple .

t WCli t IIU to t he sce ll e of the disas ter on t hc third da y afte r t he fire, and fOlln d the relie f forces hard at wo rk a nd we ll'organ­ized. Th e p ictu res of desolatioll whieh me t my gaze were hea r t­rend ing. The s to ri es I ha d re ad in t he newspape rs had 1I 0t been exagge rated. I s t ood on til e r a ilw ay lin e at H a ileybu r y, looked ilt the rui ns of ou r c hurch and other places of wors hi p, includin g" °t he batter ed rui ns of lhc Ro man ca th edra l, an d co uld t hi nk of lI o l hing else bllt the war p,ictul"cs of desolate d to wns ill Franee and Belgillln .

J vi;lite d t he New Li skcard H os pital, untl sta lld in g by each Lcd said a word 01· two of e ncourageme nt to each of t he "id im s th ere, ami it was bey ond words a tou ching expe rience. \\Then I was at E ng le htll·t te ll bodi es were bein g buri ed at one se rvice. Thc day be fore had witnessed th e inte rmc ll t o f fou r. Everyone I met.. had a fr csh tule of su ffe ri ng lind SOI'roll' to te ll niC.

As I p assed through tl le eount ry I fou :nd it d ifficult to deci de whe re villages a nd hOll ses I kllew quite Wt.:11 used to stand. Yet for all that I brought uwny wi t h Ill e, toget her with a sym path y t hat wa s hea rt-d ee p, a fee ling of gratitude to God, who h nd p r e­se rved so ulllny Illivc ami d the pe ril s of the fi e rce fiery furnace, a nd IHld ins pired t ll em wit h a sp iri t of indomitable COll rll gc a nd hi g h hopes fo r thc future.

Our h e ll rt.~ IlIli st go o ut to t hese people .• a nd we must be re lldy to help t hem in e ,·ery poss ibl c W:ly. Th e wi ll te r is at hand . It will be n bitt er e x pe ri e nce for th e m. Food , c lothing and s hclt e r w ill hll\'e to be pro,·id ed. ft will be beyond t he il' pow e r to rebuild tll e i ~

churches a s we ll a .~ th e ir hOll ses, a nd to 1lI1liiuta in 1I1illided the min­is tra tio ns of rcl igioll . They lI eed , a nd m·ll st not be d enied , !lo t onl .\' Ollr WOI'(\ S o f f' omfort bul our practiCA l he lp an d suppor t; :lIH\ wit hout regard to th e mea s ure o f sc lf-S, (l cri/i ee it ma y i!1\'olvc, ' .. e must be re nd )' to c~ lc nd to them th e filII cst poss ible IlI ClIs ure of liberality.

GEOUGE A LGO;\IA.

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THE ARCH BISHO P 'S V ISITATI ONS

On t he 15th of Jul y the A rchbishop be gan his annual visita­tion of the M;lIl i toulin Is land by crossing to Gorc Bay, wh cre he wus the g ucst of Mrs. H c wson. On Suuda y thc 16th, thc services wc r e M a tin s and Cou fi nl1 l1 tiou, follo wcd by Holy Communi o n. Two we r e eo nfirm cd . His Gra ce pre a ched 0 11 St. Lukc V 3. ]' .... r. Swainsoll 's q uiet but s tca d y work is grea tly II pprcciatcd , and is slowly but surely btlild ing u p th c causc in tlli s pInce. \

At 3 p .m. the Archbis hop co nfirmcd a, sick man in prlvate7

proeecd ing illllllCdiatc ly afte rwl:t rds to

KA GA WO NG

for evcl~i llg sCI'v ice . H e re a vcry mix ed co ng rcg a tion .. "sembled in t hc "Union C h urch," und it is e1i/nelilt to do UIlY \'cry construc­t h 'c work owing to t he compos ite characte r o f t he congreg a ti on and thc mixed \' iew s which pre \'ail. But grca t'intc rcst is s how n a nd t he })co p le turu out in large uum be rs, a nd it is all oppo rtull i ty for sctting t he C h urch's clailliS and views bc.fo rc t he lleople whicb is most important. The A rch bish op. l)l'ca ch.cd on Psalm 84: 1 After th e ser \' icc the A rchbi shop and i\ l r, S lI' uinson rc turned to Gorc Bay,

SILVEHWATEH AKD SI-l ESI-IlGWA NI NG

The ne xt day lhe Archbis hop and Mr, Swainson procced cd by stagc to Sil\,c rwa tcr, where U ll c\'cnillg scrvicc wus hcld at wh ic h two pc rsolls wc re con fi rmc d , Thc Ja y foll o wing t he I ndia!! i\ l ission of Shcshigwaning was vis ited , u COllfirmatioll una celc­b r atiOIl of H o ly COllllllUlli ou being hcld iu th c morniug in ' th e beuutiful liHie c1\Urch for which this missio n is noted , 'l'h r cc In­dian s wc re co nfirmeJ, and H is Grucc j)rcllched on thc Gospel for th e wcek, A c hild waf! bnpti;r.ed, and in th e afte rnoon the peopl e 'Issemblcd t o lis tcn to un address Ly th e A r'chbis !Jop, aud t o COIl­fe r togethe r 0 11 thc eondilion and p r ospects of the mi SS ioll, As II s uul, ?IIrs , Sam pson, the widow o f the la te Da vid Sampson, t he fathe r of the mission, l)rcpa rcd IUlichcon for thc A rc hbi sflop ami his party. At live o' cloc k E vcnin g Pl'a yc r was said, a lle r whi c h His Gra cc Illude his wuy back to Silvc rwute r .

. Ml'. 'Veeks hus done a rClJHll'kahle wo r k a t tile little I ndi a n .~chool at S hes higwfi lling. H e no t only t ea ch cs this schoo l bu t carri es oli for th e ])rcse nt th e se n 'iccs th e r'c a nd at S il ve r ll' lltc r , Hi s timc the rcfol'c is we ll fill ed. }Ju l so ex ee llc n t is h is work t hat a lre ad y thrce of his pupils ha l'C pa sscd the :El1 t ra l1ce cx aminatio n, a nd ha ve bce n in a tt c nd ancc li t thc Hi g h Sc hooL On c, Agne s Sampson, is now a full -Hcdgcd Ilurse, fi lld is abo ut t o rccc il'e U ll

importu nt <lJlPOill t mc nt und e r t hc Ind ia n D c p ll rtmc n t . 'rh is is a. s plelHlid record , und we trust the good wOl'k o f the school muy lon g etHl t illll e .

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On the 19th July there was a celebration of Holy Communion a t St. Peter's Church, Silvervvater, after which the Archbishop' and :1\11'. Swai:rson returned to Gore Bay.

On the 17th August the Archbishop made a brief visit to Blind River to welcome and institute the Rev. J .. E. Hodson, a newly arrived clergyman from the Diocese of Quebec. Thence he proceeded to W ebbwood for the night,and next morning motored . to E spanola. After inspectin g the proposed church site in .that place His Gra ce took train to \Vhitefi sh Fall~, a small primitive Indian mission on the shore of Lake Huron. Here service was held in the mission school, a child w as baptized, and two young people w e re confirmed. :Mr. A .. M. Newby is in charge of the little school h ere, and his work is having good results.

hi the ev~ning a service "va s · held in Hocken's mill, West River, about four miles west of Whitefish Falls. Two Were con­firmed at this service, the Archbishop preaching on the cove­nanted help of the Holy Spirit. It was a typical camp service, held in the "cook camp." Nothing could exceed the kindness and consideration of those in charge, and the little company assem­bled for the service seemed most apprecia t iye. It , mea n s much to small g roups of 'p eople in the back wilds to have an occasional service of this sort. At- least a dozen men are needed to-day even approx!mately to meet the need s existing in such places. 'iVhere can we turn for sucn men? It is a lamentable fact that men seem no longe r r eady and w illing as they u sed to be to tra mp , over trails or drive ove r rough and muddy roads into the back parts of the country to minister to the outlying groups of our population.

BIRCH ISLAND

On the f ollo,ving morning, after a night spent in the hos­pitable home of lUr. a n d :M r s . Willis, the Archbishop and Mr. Cocks of Little Current proceeded t o the mission of Birch Is­la nd, some seven miles to the w est. They reached the point in a boat kindly placed at t h eir disp·osal by a vi sitor. Holy Com­munion was celebra t ed in t he M ission h a ll on Birch Island. The Archbishop was greatly d istressed at th e condition of the building. The roof leak s t erribly a n d the fo'unda tion is in a bad state. Two or three hundred doll~rs a r e 'n eeded t o put the building .into good condition. Th e little fl ock unhappil y is diminishing. Yet there w ere nine com munIcants a t t h e ser vice .

LITTLE CURRENT AND SU CKE R CREEK

In the afte rnoon t h e Arch bishop p r oceeded to Little Curre l1t ~ whe r e h e w as the guest of M r. and M r s . Grothier, and on th e mornin g of t he 10th h e visit ed the Indian Mission of Sucker . Creek , whe r e service ·was h eld in th e pretty little church built

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only a few years ago. Two were confirmed. The Archbishop preached on the text ":My Helpers in Christ Jesus." Unhappily the church building here is not standing the test of {rost and time. Very consideralbecracks are appearing in the walls, and it is feared. that something radical will have to be done to secure the building against decay.

Returning to Little Current, Evensong followed by Confir­mation was held in Trinity Church. An excellent congregation assei:nbled and nine were confirmed. Mr. Cocks is carrying on most effectively the work of Mr.' l\10ntizambert in this centre. His energy and de~otio~ greatly impress the people and he is 'winning them in a noteworthy way.

SHEGUIANDAH

On the morning of the 11 ih the Archbishop and 1\1r. Cocks motored to St. Andrew's Indian Church at Shegiuandah for Ma­tins and Holy Communion. 53 were present, and a goodly num­ber of communicants received. After lunching at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Watts, the Archbishop inquired into the condition of the mission, which is now vacant, :Mr. Granger having been compelled by ill-health to return to England. . It is most impor­taRt that a suitable man should be found for this mission at the earliest possible moment, if we are to hold our own. A good man, ,with experience in the mission fie fd, and an ardent desire t.o reach and win the natives, should . be found. It is most difl'i­cult to find men ready and willing to give themselves to work ·among our Indian population. Why is it? Will no one come for­ward for this important work?

In the evening service was held in the little church In the white village at Sheguiandah, 80 persons assembled for the ser­vice, and one candidate was confirmed. The Archbishop preached on Romans 8: 14. The service, which was an excellent one, owed much to the organist, who is a skilled musician. Mr. \Vatts, the teacher of the Indian school, is to hold an occasional service until an incumbent can be found.

MANITOW ANING

On Saturday afternoon the Archbishop took stage to Mani­towaning, where he spent Sunaay the 13th. This was a busy day. The first service consisted of l\1atins and Holy Communion in St. Paul's Church. There was a splendid congregation, and .:;ome twenty communicants received. The Archbishop preached on the subject of Stewardship.

After a hasty luncheon, a drive of five or 'six miles brought him to the pretty little churcq at Hilly Grove, which was full to overflowing. Here the Archbishop preached on certain founda­tion principles of the Church.

After this he proceeded with :Mr. Pelletier, the Incumbent, to The Slash for Evensong. Here three were confi'rmed, and .three

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children were baptized. After the service the party returned to 1ianitowaning for the night. On Monda;y morning the Archbishop took the stage hack to Little Current on his way to Sault Ste. Marie.

The Church of St. Paul, 1fanitowaning, is one of the fine churches of the Diocese. It is the oldest, reaching back to the days when the Indians resided in this part of the Island, and it is associated "with the early ministrations of those famous mission­aries, Dr. O'l\Ieara and Archdeacon Brough. Unfortunately, the Indians having removed, the flock has become very small, and the life of the mission correspondingly weak. N evertheiess Mr .

• Pelletier is holding things together, and is not discouraged. He ('overs a wide area by his ministrations, being especially int~r­ested in the little port of South Bay Mouth, a fishing station which unhappily the Archbishop on this occasion was unable to visit.

We need at least two more men at once to keep up with the work already existing on the :Manitoulin Island, and more if the Church is t~ be adequately represented. Something is · needed to quicken the life of church congregations on the Island; and in t he near future it is hoped some changes may be made which will result in the expansion of the work.

WEBEWOOD :MISSION

Harvest Festival services were held at four of the appo·int­ments in this extensive mission,-at ' iVebbwood and Nairn Centre on the 17th September, and at Espanola and \Vorthington on the 24<th. In all but the last named place there were very pretty de­corations in keeping with the harvest season, but as the services

. at W ortl1ington are held in the school house the decorations had to b e dispensed with. The congregation was exceptionally large, however, which was more important. The services were all bright

and hearty, though at 'Vebbvvood there was a tone of sadness, o .... ving to a death having taken place the, day before in one of the Church families.

On the 12th of September a number of the members of the \Voman's Auxiliary and the Girls' Branch met at the parsonage, i.md ,"vent t ogether to the home of :Mrs. Pitt, where they presented her ' 'li th a certificate of life membership in the W. A., together Yfith the gold cross which distinguishes the life member, in recog­nition of her faithful service as a member of the Auxiliary in \¥ ebbwood . lVII's. Pitt has since moved to Sault Ste. :Marie, but with a sad and lonely heart, for alrnoston the eve of her depar­ture her husband died very suddenly. :May God's Holy Spirit cheer and com.fort her and her son in their loneliness.

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THESSALON

Thanki]giving services were held on Sunday thc 1st of Octo­ber. The church was richly decorated with fruit and flowers, maple arid oak leaves, in a setting of tall corn and other grain in the sheaf,--the best of their kind, and liberally contributed by farmers after exhibition at the fair in th,e preceding week. A goodly number of COJnmnnicnnts came to the early celebration. At :\latins and at the second celebration there wer'e large attendances.

On the Thursday evening following, new tables, the generous gift of .Mr. Benson, Managing Director of the Firstbrooks Com­pany, were abundantly and tastefully spread for 1'hanksgiving supper. It had been intended to hold a meeting after su,pper for the purpose of forming a branch of the Anglican Young People's Association, but the crowd partaking of the supper taxed the re-sources and energies of the workers, till it was seen that it would be better to 'give another evening to the project.

A pleasing incident and surprise at the meeting of the W. A., held on Tuesday, the .31'd October, was the arrival of ~lrs. Rouse and~frs. Wardell at the parsonage for consultation as to litera­ture for the Sunday School at N esterville, which they have for some time kept going on indefinite lines. On their introduction to the meeting, IVlr. Tate explained that he had accepted the spon- . sorship of the N esterville school, and had promised a monthly visit of supervision. N esterville IS a mill village four miles from I .

Thessalon, where the greater number of the families are French Canadian and Roman Catholic; but the farming community on three sides of the village is British. The Sunday School which Mrs. House and her friends have b een nursing for some time has had an attendance as high as thirty-two.

A Junior Girls Auxiliary has recently been organized by Mrs. Tate at Thessalon, with an initia l membership of sixteen. Mrs. Hothera kindly supervises their weekly meetings 'at the parsonage.

SUNDAY SCHOOL PUPILS' EXA1\1INATIONS

vVe have r eceived from the R ev. J . C. Popey, Diocesan Sun­day School S ecretary, a notice of the Annual Examinations on the J uniol' and Senior Courses of Sunday School lessons, including the Scripture memory work, for the year 1921-22, as authorized ~)y the Gene ra l Board of R eljgious Education. The examinations will be conducted under the direction of the Board wherever there ~rc candidates, on S aturday D ecember 2nd, 1922.

Hitherto very few of ou r A lg oma Sunday Schools have taken any part in these examina tions . They should be made a regular p a rt of Sunday School work, and all pupils should be encouraged _ to write on them. This would go far to correct the idea which many of our young people have, that, while it is necessary to pre-

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pare thei.r day school work carefully, it really doesn't matter whether the ,Sunday School lesson s are learned or not.

The fo llowing examination p ,apers will be provided:

A . For Schools using both the Junior and Senior Courses of Study in the :Main School.

I. Juni <?l~ ' Standard P aper, for pupils 9 to 11 years .

2. Senior Standard P aper, f o'r p upils 12 to 14 years .

3 . Advanced Standa r d Paper , £01' pupils 15 y ears and over. This last mentioned paper will be based on the Senior Course o f S tudy for the cu r rent year.

B. For Scho ols u sing on ly one course of study in the Main School.

1. J u!lior Uniform Pape r, f or pupils 9 t o 1-.t y ears.

2. Senior Uniform Paper, fo r pupils 12 to 14 y ears.

n. Advanced Unifo rm P aper, fo r pupils 15 years and over. All these paper s will be based on the J unior Cour$e of Study for the current y ear.

Cle rgy and Sunday School Superinten dents sh ould make appli­cati on f or papers to the Rev. J. C. Pope)" St. Luke's R ectory, Fort \'i/ illiam, not later than Noyemb er 1st , stating the numbe r of each paper required. '

The offerings f or the G. B . R. E ., received on "Children's Day," sh ould be sen t 'to :1\11'. Pope ~y, not to the D iocesan Treasurer.

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HALLOWE'EN

It is rather an extra ordinary thing that there are many peo­ple who always know when Hallowe'en comes, whereas they would fell quite embarrassed if you questioned them about the festival of All Saints; the former m eans so much more than the latter. And y et, o f course, Hallow-e'en is only an abbreviation for All Hallows' even or eve, which is the eve of All H allows', that is, All Saints' Day" hallow coming from a Saxon word meaning Saint. Hallow­e' en should therefor e to the d evout and well-instructed member of the Church suggest some of the precious inspiring truths which that festival stands f or. It cannot w ell be merely an occasion for merriment and j est when w e r emember that it is the vigil of the holy day when we comlnemora te apostles, prophets, martyrs, and all the glorious th:t:'ong of those who, having passed through the great tribulation, have washed their robes and made them white m the Blood of the Lamb.

-St. Paul's, Haileybury, Parish Magazine.

AN INDIAN'S OFFERING TO MISSIONS

The Rev. C. C . Simpson t ells u s of a cheering incident which occurred in his mission last spring, which illustrates the Indian's g ratitude for the privileges of the Church. One of the Missana­hie Indians who had been out trap ping on :Magpie Lake, about twenty-five miles from Franz, met the missionary, and told him his family could not come in to service a t All Saints', Missanabie, until the lakes and riv e r s b ecame free of ice . But the old man ~;<1ve $lO.OO which h e wished to be applied to the work of the 1\1. S. C . C ., and his son gave $ 2 .00 for the same purpose. Mr. S(mp­son says the devotion of the Indians is a great inspiration.

A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ncc. e ipts by the Trea surer of Sy n od for the :Month of August, 19~:~

ALGOMA MISSION FUND Hev. E. H. C. Stephenson, ~3. 0 0; T a rent orus (stipend), $17.G-(). Apportionments: Engleh a.r t (1921) $20.00; Silverwater, $5.00; G oudreau

S,S. , $8.25; Gregory, $ 10.1 0; M ortimer's P oint, $14.010. , M.S :C.C. A PPOHT I O NMENT

Gregory, $19.90; Mortime r's P oint, $16.00. DIOCESAN EX PENSE F UND ASSESSMENT

Nipigon, $13.15; Calland er, $8 .45; K agawong, $8.90'; Sheshigwnning, ~; l. ,j;l; K or ah, $50.00; M ortimer 's Point, :B 2. 31.

C'H U R,CH & P ARSON AGE FUND S. P. G ., $30.80 ; Mr. Kelk-,.vilson, $11.12.

I NDIA N HOME S S . P . G., King's Messeng'e rs, $5 5.23.

ANGLICA N FOHWARD MOVEMENT E velyn Macrae, Commiss ione r A.F.M., $159.90.

SPECIAL P U RPOSES Jewish Missions-- Mortimel" s Point, $1.00.