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)Iall~' sinccre w is hes and COli· gl"llt il latiolls hEl ve ueell poured "pOIl Olll' lIe\\' j !etropolililll of Ontario. t h(' 'Io~t Hc\"cr (> nd W. L. Wrig-hL n.D., but lI one IIrc 1U0]'e sin cc l'c <llId hca rtfelt thall th ose which we offe r 011 bchalf of a ll th e cicl'l;Y and people of Al;,rolll il . T he Archhishop has Cll , de~l r ('(1 hiulsc lf 10 all his d'iocese by h is ;; incc r ily Mid lun'd work, h is s piritual devo tio n und hi;; fricndl~'

hnlllfluitr, und wc ],t>joiee th at this honour hn~ (:01111' to Ilim 1I11d to the Diocest>. \\" t> II sj:;urt> him of our COil ' li ll ilcd loynlty.

Ar'chh ishop ·Wrigh t was born at n o" lill. Ontario. and IItlen ded I)ublie schools in Kingston. After gradua. 6)11 from Trillit,\' Coll ege. Toro:lto, i ll 1926, he was ordained priest at ~t. (; ('o rge's Ca thednl l, Ki ngston in JUn . and lat er was fo r two years CH l'ute of the Church of St. George th r :'I lnt' t,n in Toronto. His f irst par­ish was at Tweed where he was rec­tor from 1928 to 1932. Then he was IIPI)ointed assistant to the Very Rev. I., \Y. B. Brougilall, Dean of Hamil· tOil Cathedral. In 1936 he returnerl to th e Church of St. George the i\hr­tyr' 1\8 rector Ilnd [our years later he \\' Il S nppointed to St. Luke 's IlrD­

CllThed r'ul 'in Sault Ste. 'Murie, On­tnr'io. I n 19-14 he was elec ted Bishol) of Algomu, one of the youngest pre­Inle.o; in th e Church.

.\rehbishop \\"rig- Ii t hns sen'cd as seerctll ry of the HOllse of Bishops for Ollll1rio lind secretary of the DOlilin ion H ouse of Bishops. He is nctive outside ll'is ClllU'ch, being Dcput y Gru nd U a .<; lc r of the Gr/lnd

Lodge A.P. and .A.M. of Ca nad/l in the Province o[ Onta r io. He is an 1Ie ti vc me mber of t he Sault Ste. )I nrie brsm ch of the Canadian Le· gion, a n honorary member of the SA ult Kiwan is Cl ub Ilnd a ]1lern

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LIFE AT CHURCHILL St, Paul's Mission House, Churchill, !\[alli loba,

Dea r I" l"'i('tlds :

In order to catch up with oll r cor, respond encc, we have decided to at ­tempt II general letter which can be mimeogrll phed, 'r his mlly 1I0t seem quit e so persona l as a letter should be, but it is the best and most ef , ficient wily we k ilO\\' of to I'ecorrl Ollr first imp l'es&ions of this Il ew WOrk Ilud sur round ings,

As sOlil e of you doubtless know , Churchi ll has changed very rapid ly du r ing the past decade, from a spl'aw ling, scattered collection of homes, to a populace, thri ving com­m Ul1 i t~" Prior to the arrival of the Armed Forces in 1942, the chief fac· tOI', economically speaki ng, in Chur · chill, was the Grain E levator, oper­at ed by the Na t ional Ha rbours BOllrd , (hereinafter called N.fL B. ), The building of a Ra il way line (f irst cll11ed Hudson B AY R. R. but now C. N. ), and the erection of the eleva· tor faci lit ies are matters of history which you can study elsewhere, so we shall not burden YOIl with f ur· ther deta ils.

This is st ill unorgan ized territ.o ry, and we are classifi ed by the rather cumbersome bu t grandiose t itle; " The UnincOI"porated Urban Distr ict of Churchil l. " Just as The Pas is called the ga teway to the North , so Chu rchm pr ides itsclf on bcing the GatewlIY to t he Arctic; a nd this lat, te l" fact. is of grea t !'O tl'a tcg ic import­a nce for us. ' Ye arc some 200 mil es Nor th of the 58th parall el of lati tude, and this is often plcaded as an " ex­elise" for doi ng or not doing cer tain

thin gs. Indecd, there ure some in­d ivid tlH ls (ex t l"eulis ls ) who speak and act as though even every man Il"e re il 11111' Hul O himsc lf. We hasten 1o udd tha t th is is Jlot a lawless j ung le 1. 001" n , It S so II1l1 n ,l· " outside " hu\".c been led to believc.

I~ oth t he M.P. an d th e :\ I.I~ , A. fo r this district hnve thei r residence in F'Ji n Pion, \\" llich fil et is bemoaned IJY c \'cr,v red· blooded Churchi llian lind po lit<i ca l fee li n ~~s al"e pretty much th e sum e wherever one lives. T ill' loeal go \'ernmental agcncy is th e Urbll ll Distr ict Co mm ittee, whieb has tht"ee elected me mbers, drawn from thc 80 or so ratepayers in town. '!'here is also II Tow n Planning Committ ee, wh~eh group looks alter such affuirs as do not come under th e jurisdiction of the Provi nce, AI· though the town hilS mushroomed 10 ra pid ly, there are no indications that it I\"ill be orga nized in th e near fu · t.u re, even as a ham let,

III the eariy days, homes in tbe community were bill it a good di&­tance apa rt ; but with the infl ux of population, new homes ha ve pretty well filled up th e "wide OpeD

spaces" to such all extent that tbe place looks not unlike any town or large villa ge outside. While it is a thing to hll ve neighbours elose by, it is rathe r hazardous, owin g to tbl' danger that if fir e breaks out in 0111' d welliu .... and eaunot be cont rolled, it would soon spread and wipe out a whole sect'iou of d wcllings. We ~o have f ire fighti ng e(llIipment, but 111 a hi gh wind - ami these a.re 8 CoDl­mon element here _ it is hard to kee p th e flames and sparks froID igniti ng every thin g in sight. Th~ too, if the wind ch ill happens to

ol'olllld 2200.2300, a human being CUllliOt !:ItllY out ill it for /lny pro-101lo::'f'd period without endlluge l' ing hi,. life_

_\t the ('f'lIt re of thl' towlIsitc areu i~ H "s(juare" of Opl'U prOperly II hOll1 Ih l' size of a C'ity block. Ko hllilrlinlr lol'l fire being' Jo.old from Ih i .. uren; Ii io;; bein;!' retained IlII a fi ... ·-hNlk 1.('t\\·E'ell the two major spl'lions of the built up arl'a. ) IOM of the 10\\'11 bUf;illess and neti\·it.,­radill tes from this squa re. Therl' are sl've rai store'l. II bowling lilley, th eH u·e. hllkf' !>hop lind post office, !Ill within efl8~' clistanee of 011(> nll­otlH' r. ( We nrc fortunate ill having II grncrul slore just a few steps down thl' road.) Q"erlooking the squnre from thl' North end is the new R.C-M.P. Barracks.

U(>sidellees. [or the most pa r t, nre small. bun~Hlo\\' style, one storey builc\int!s. These are built right on the pf' rmu.frost. - no baseml'nts , few atti r~. They nre purposely kept smull nnd eompllct to make it easier anti more ('conomical to hent them. Th e Mis);ion honse, originally built for t1.\le as a Church aud Hall, has been remodeled several time~. until now it bOMts eight rooms - quite a palatial mansion from the Chur· chillian point of view. We have been (jllite comfortable so [ar ; but then' arc It fcw improvements which Could - amI we hope will be mllde. :\I o~t of the hOlll C8 fll'e heated wi lh coal 8tOVl'8 and hellte l·s. Wood is at H premiu m _ we arc north of the tim h£'1' line. Some of the Il£'wer homc" han> installed oil heatin~ unit". We arc hoping to install oil heftlin lZ ill the Chul'ch for next Winter.

homes iu Churchill have piped directly into them.

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Ther£' i-'S a huge pil)e line. ope rated by the N. II.B., running round the townsite arNI. The \\'lItC I' running through this pipe is pre·heatcd in \\'in t!."r to kcep it f"om freeziug. It is rather dirficult to J (>seribe this pipe linl' in detail; you rl'ally ha\-e to Sl'e it to underslHnd how it opel'· lite'!. We 01'(' not too Car from the lille , und hop.e that it IlHW be possib le to hHve the WilIer piped into the house before another winter. Most oC the residents have a SU I)ply of "ice wllter" piled outside the door; SOl1l£' have water delil'er!."(\ twice II

\\'cek by Oil£' 0 1' ollle l' of the loclll ., \\'ater' merchfllltil." QUI' experience with these gentlemen hfl8 becn that if .'·Oll depE'ud too much on them, rOll are usually out of water! We lliwe heen able to "scroullj:re" some wllter from the n .C.A.F. supvlr truck which delivers wuler to A~r Force personnel! Jiving in the tow n· s it£' art'a.

One could almo-'St writ e II book dealing with the N. H.B. l!.Ione. Su f· fieient to note here that besides pro­viding water And iee, they supply the townsite with electric power; and of COllrse we IllUSt not forget their primary function of handling R tremendous volume of Canadian wheat for export - 37 shiplonds last scason, and the cnpacity of the ell'· v-stors is being doubled this year.

'fhe ('Allndinll National Hllilwn,·s hn\·!." I I roundhouse lilld n slllall shop h(>re. 1'he:' .. eml}lo)' It ""'~f' number of lndillTl and half-br('t'd people on the sectiou gangs. The resu lt is that a lot of lIative8 are moving in from the trap lines to take up res idence ill or Ill'ar th£' townsile. " 'e arl' not suI· [ic:'icntly fnmiliar with this sort of s illmtioll to make much of all ohser­vation as to how this change in thc

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economic lIud culwra l li fe is a[fect ­ing the native.

The res-id('n t." of th e town and sur. roundi ng uren /I re really n ve l'y cos· mopolitllll g roup, comprising the fo l· lowing elenl('u ts - Ch ipew~·a. Cree. Eskimo, Half·breed (mnny of these latter ('Iai m Scottish fore.benrers, F'~ench Canadian, Europea n and Am· erlcan ,

Wh ere, you ask, does the Church ftit into this pictu rc' We reply -right in th c cello'c. If we do !lot confront t lli .'j t urbulent, ehuu gi !l g' sce ne \\'ith the Good News lind the demunds of the Gospel of Jesus Christ ,th('n Aurely we will be judged for hllving' missed so wonder ful an ollportun ity, As in all situations of this trpe wheresocv('r they mar ar­is(', there is a strong' tendency to mornl lind spiritual laxity, Th(' native peoples ( to sar not b ing of their white brel hren) need the An· chor which OUI' F'uith nlone cnn g iv\'. Th('r 111'(' confused. They ob"el'v(' the white hrolher trying to uphold i\ double standard of morality - nud of course th('y ea nnot help but see h,ow lIlisernbly Ihi ... fail s. The Illl­

IIVCS are an example to many of the white people in their faithful attend­lIuce at sen'iees, They are hllll~rr [or the Lifl' gil'ing Won) , and ours is the privill'A'e lind reSI)()Dsibility to hold it forth to them. We need your prnyel'S that \I'e may not fll11 in'this situation.

The L\n glican Commu nion has a long history of ossocintion with Churchill. dllting back to IS25 when the Rev, John West first came hcre 10 preach lhe Word to the Eskimo, Aetuall.'·, till' (in.t record of contact of (,hrisliollity with this nrea dates baek to J6:20 and the illfated .Jalls

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Mu nek ('xpedit ion. We hope it will not be too long ere we COli IICcIHnu, hILl' l'llollgh fnctllnl 'infor lll61ioll to produce n Jlnmph lct ou t lining our he rit nge in this Mission.

Ju.'! t a short piece across from us in the il Olllllll Mission and lo:skimo l\luseulIl, Ch urchill is the See fOr th e !J udson Bny \'i ca rinle 8nd the MiMlion House is really the Uishop 's PlI.la ee. Certa»nly the." have an im, posing fi TI'll." of bui ldinlts. Unfor· tu nutely. the Romnn Com munion hits tried in \'lIrious l\'In's to cl'eRle th e impression thnt. they were the fi rst to bring the Gos pel to this p.art of the world - II fact whic h is hist· or iclIlI,... suspect to S8." l il l' lens!.

Whil e our Mission has been l'ac· lint fo r 2~1..: -"ears, two sectfl riall grOups - Pentecostal nnd Go'<pel Hall hal'e come to Churchill lind guthered U following, 1I0\\'Cn'r. we l'ottill hUI'e piCHI," of work alllong~t thos(' II'ho sti ll de"i l'e the mini"tr.\' which our ?!Ji!';!';ioll is h('re to pro\'i{\l'. without heing ill connie! wi th tilo,<{' who 1111:1)' (Iiffer from liS, The Oll{, unfortunale part of this ~it ua tioll i~ lllni it has ouly added a fu rther l:;oure{' of confusion for the IHlth-e~, nnd lhat lit i\ level wlwre lI'e lell~t \\Illit th{'111 to be {'onfU!'jed,

'I'he lI'ideSI)reHd abu'll' of hl'ITer· age III('ohol with its twi n si!l t('r~

glllllhlin!! and ill1ll1oralit~" nr(' piny· il\~ th{'ir 0\\11 brand of hn\'o(' llulOn !!' 0111' people. The police aut horitie~, bOlh H.C.l1.P. und l lilitlln', art' IIltll'h con('(>rl1ed with this probh'llI, alHI 1 helieve there is to he n COli' certed effort to at least crllck down 011 lh(' more flagrlHlt vio lations.

\ In(' pillC'(' of intt','e"t lind indus!r,\' \It' huv{' not mentioll{'(illi til!' \\'hal­illl!' FII I'lo ry. This olll~' OIH'rl1tes for II ~hflrl l'('rio(\ ill the 'itlUutH'r whilf' 11,.- wh ult· ... nrr schooling in tid .. lin's "r til(' Bu\" , W(' ar(' lolrlthnt whlll('s /11'" IhN! t~,\I('n..,in·ly in til(' 1l1lUlufw', III ... • uf o!/·o- lllilrj.\'lIril1c - so tho~ (· "f " Oil \\'ho 11'1(' ~alll (' s hul'l.' with Wi

II:,: priviir"e of illli ll lj:tin;:r 111 "1']ubhrt'" !

TIU' Tri·ser\' i('f' ) Iilitnl'." camp iJ; ,jlllah'd llhout ;) miles ~olllh (,Il"t of II,,, \nwn,itl' llrNl. On(' eould writ!' II ~ma ll ',ook 0 11 his own Ii'; w{' lt. It i ~ ill l'rnlitr 1\ yery wrll organized 111111 hi ",h ly erCirirll1 tOWll , wi th nil th,' s('rdN'~ lind llmf'll il i(''; that ('ould ru .il 1,\' hI" desirf'd or imagined. Thl' 1)"Pltl'lllll'llt of Xutiolllli D('£('III.:(, Jill\"!' not 'pa rt'd 111I' 1II:«'1\'('s in (' n­r!I';t\'oll rillF!' to pro\'id~ ('omrortabl~ nJlo! nttradi\'(' condition!! for p(>r­~1)1I"1I l'Omilll! to ~(> r \'(' OIl this 01lt­)It,~! ullit, W(' hu\'(' h('('11 tr('llt{'(l Il'rl ki ndly h; .... till' p('opl(' lit camp, :'I1, .. li"1l1 fll l'i liti('s ar(' 1I\'lI ilnllh" at an,\' tinH' for all th e townsp('ople as \If'lIl1~ t11(' military, Till' ho ... pital is "I'ry w(' 11 k(,pt IIUt! 11'('\1 ('{pipped, 'r ll t• l'f1Ill!re~lItion or Ill(' Prot (,,,tallt ('hulWI hn n' h(>cn \'('fy kind 11 1111 g'l' ll ­

"rUIl'" in hpiping' with Ille work of lJur :'Ifj ...... ioll. R'im' (> our ILI'ri\'uI Ih('y lUll,. ~i\'cli fl gencrOIlS donntion to, 1\'nr,1 IIU' re(lceoratin~ Ami repllir of OUr ( 'hl1rl'b hlli\(lin~.

:--;1I('h II long Ictter airpndy, md wc ha ll" 11(1f 1ll('lltiOIl('t\ Illlythillf!' of the ~,'h llo l rll~iJjt;('s nor nhout the sociAl Incl ('u ltural l ife of the tOll'Il , The ~hu()1 i<; Ii fOllr room building, ~rSIlI!'... from one; to eight. 'I'he .\ehuu l at Cllmp is Illtlch mo re elabor-11 f' nlong the Jin (' of 11 goood city seh()o l - li nd runs to grade twelve, 'rh('rt' nr e the [usual rULl of com­!nullity groups - ljegion, Masons,

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t-:!I ~tl'1'1l !-jlHr (m' wl," fO I'l\INI ) , IJe­::illll Auxiliul'Y, LUlli('!o, l 'olUltllluit,\' ( 'luh, hoc~",," lind ('urling Il'flA'UI'S, I'll', C\{', To dutl' I\'t' ha\'1' not (.'0111-mit!'(\ our~t'I\'t' ... lOll dl'l'pl," with an~' of Thl'~(, gronps, \r(, \\'ant 10 ~t·t Ollr 011' 11 work wt'l l es lairli:.;hed lind rllll, nillJ!' !!1Uoothly first, then pel'llnps we "nn pnrtiC"iplltc ill tl !l'se I'xll"HS,

Ou(' a~pe('t of our work \I'l' \l'ould l'~ll{'l' ially ::.trcss i'l the work with ollr (,hild ren and ~'Ot llll!' people, Wl'do IH!.\'(' ahout 75 )HlJlils enrolled ill th(' ~ulldllY ;:';(:hool. a11(1 w" nr!' ~rndlll!.l . I," lrt'fliug Ihin;.:s ol,}!lt lli led for Ihl'lIl. !lowen' l". tht·rt' lire Il lRrl!'e f,"!'OIlJl or t{'e ll,ager:; for whom we ha,'(> 110 or , Jf'Huizcd 8cti,;t.", l ' nfortIllHlIt'ly , w('

tlo lIot ha\'(' I!. huildin!! otir('r t hA n the (,hurch in which to holtl 1I1f'('t­inA'S and conduct 8\, ti\' iti eo;;, a lul ollr fllll(/" are nOIl-t'xi",tant at pr('"ent for this work . .AIl ,I,tbi ll ~ Ih at our fr i('llcl" I11l1." feel If'd to tlo in :l.itlin)t this vitll l work will be' f,"rl·lltl." flpprN' i­aled.

.\1\ in lllllif., here iJol very in lerc.\i!­i lll!. We ;m~' liking" our new exper­icm'\' very Illut'h, and our constant hop(' and Ilrll.,\"er is thllt we lIIay h(' (' IHlhlc(\ to make full liSt' of this op, portullity whic h is before us. '('here is II1l1l.'h more Ihn t Ollt' ('ould ramhle hll IIboUI , hul I think by thi s time YOII will IUI\"e (ormed Ii prt'tl~' eom, 1)1('1 (' pict ur(' or whllt lirt' is like up h(' re :\'orth or ,;~ , Onc thinS! ill c1()'1,

iug - wilell you IHitf', would ~'OU he ~'~l'ific with your (IUeSl iol1s-a~k 11:-; definite 1j1lPstioll.'; about those aspects or our work and Hre which interest ,,'ou mo'!l. Thus wc will be nhli.' 10 write a more inteliigent and \1'(' hope more interesting letter ,

You rs in Christian fe ll owship flnd se l'\'iee, Anile, Bert, '-,YllIl e & Bflrr~' \roi1lis,

ORDINATI ON Trinity Church, BAla, was th e

scene of 8n imprl"ssivc Sncrament on F rid ay, March 25th . Th e Sacrament was the Ordering of Priests. 'rIlOse raised to the Pri esthood were the Re v. Harry Morrow, J~Th ., th e Rev. George JC ~ I e ll zies, B.A., L.Th., th e Hf'\'. Pel{' r K Park, the Rc \", Hoy R. :\'ixol1. the He\'. Les~it' Peterson, B.A., L.Th.

It was a beAutiful 8111111Y day 8mi th e Church was crowded with clergy, rellll'ivcs und fri ends. Aft er t.he op­ening hYlIln " Pra ise we the Lord th is dHY," th e se rmon was preached by the Hev. J . Dit chburn . Archdeacon Lindsell presented ,lIe CA ndidates to the Bishop and the Rev. C. Peto, R.D., sa id the Li tany. 1'he twent.y­five clergy present nil joined with the B'ishop in th e solemn act of the La,"ing of HAnds. The Bishop wus Celebrant at. the Sacrament of Hoi)" Communion nnd the newly·orda ined priests were joined at the Altar in Co mmunion by thei r l'e latives and fh e clergy.

After the Ordination, all present were ;Jl\'ited to a d elic ious buffet luncheon provided by the ladies of Hol~' 'frinity Church. Thus ended It " ery happy and joyful day.

S ermon : The nev. J . S. Ditehbu rn Eph. 4 : ll- A nd be gave some Ap­

O!. tles, and so me Proph ­ets, nud some Evangel. ist!!, und some Pastors lind TClichers; for th e perfecti ng of the snints, for the work of the min · istry, for Ih e ed if.\·i ng of th e body of Ohri;;.1.

\re IUI \'e come logethe r to witness fi nd to d o 1111 import llnt. acl.. In a few moments we shull chang-e the stR tns of [iv(' )'OllUg men. We shall

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pla ce on them 8n indelillie mluk, • !!igll Ihnt will not. be e rased.

I·'or ull of ms who purtici pate in this im porta nt mOIll c.n t , there ~s a deep. slIlisfac tioll and It clear hope. Th is is a ti me fra ught with th e pos­Mibility of higbly lIIultipl)'ing good.

This is not something whi ch we (Io by ourselves alone. God is in it. He has !l lr(' lld~' taken part in 'i t. He bas spo ken to these you ng mell secretly ill th{,j r hea r ts.. He has worked witb t.hem th rougb thei r pllr.! lL t!> ill their IlOmeli. through the i r pw;tors. t il rough theic teachers. Ood bas spoken to them through books, through the Church, through the Bible, through the e\'ents of their l>ersollsl li ves. B), these means He hus IlIlHie His purpose known to thelll. Thus the re ha s beeu a broad and general horizontal preparation fo r this moment, s tre tching over Ill /lll .r yea rs lIud occurring in many plncl's. All of th ese past events come to a focus in this solemn service.

What we do today has a different dimension . It has a vc r tica l signiti­Cllllce. Today Ood rcaches down through the oUlce of the Bishop and the ministers of His Church to touch into full stature and name that wh ich He has seen '.cl'm in aring and smouldering for y~a rs. Tbus. His vcrt icnl action vita lizes R is horll:on-ta l action. 'fbi s is a ri me to IlAY All eluia.

'I'odll)' we set aside five yO Wlg nlen to huve a special ability _ the. ~b: ility of priests. This is th e al)lht~ to administer the Sacrament of Boly COlllllllUlion, and ill t he Name of O_~ lind the congregation, to say worus

of forgiveness and blessing. Tb~ II cls we consider so silcred , so ctOtr:. tl illt they should be perrormed )

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those clSpccialy !;e! n .... id(· fOl" thot plll'pose UDd by DO other.

Th{'se ac~ 011 their mate"j,1I Ilide Iirt! simple flct!i. 'fhe lUethod of I}er· forming them may be lenrncd ill Ii

. , ... , time. Is it tll{-r(·tor.., (l ~mall

Ihlllg that \\"{" (10 ill S('llilllt lI'1id(' tlws(' lIIen II.., being JlrOJlcrlr ((llfIli­I' -41 to perform tht'm ' By no mCllus. h wonld 1\(0 1'1 \· t·r~' elL'!." Tiling 10 pi It-I III!' ill ,11.!11111 or 1111(11 militllr,r office on tl1(,' uniform of n so ld ier. Bllt it ['I 1I 0t 811 easy th'lIl !-\' to mok(> 11 I!cllcral. ;\ l lIllf rellrs of st udy and IOcflsolli utt ('xpcricll cc go ill to make a high nlUkiuH militllr.,' of· ficer. A gcncrnl's budge is th e 0111-lI"urd find visible si l,C ll of the confi . dence Ihnt hilS 0(>(,11 placed in him ItIld II sign of tltt· RUThority he wields.

The Illllrk of II pri es t, which we pillee 011 th ese men, since rely and humbly be lieving that we act for God, stands as a qU8Ii r~·i llg mark which proclaims Ull array of other abilit ies which anyone llIay possess but in which these men shou ld be eunsidered leaders.

TITESE ~IE~ ALlE TO BE PAS· TOnS. They will occupy n pO!'lition of headship in the falllil~' o( faith­rul people; 10 entcr with sympathy lind understnndillg into the jo~·s and "or rows of mAny pcoille ; 10 he an outward and ,'isible sign of God·s h'ndcr lon~; ito stllnd hy the bNlside of the dyiu~, to ('lItl'r in to the ill­!lucent joys lind festivities of you ng lind o ld; to belp Ihe ou lcrust flnd th e bl')!:;nl': to st ll~· til l' hand of the l\"uIIld- he s ui cidl'; to diJ"('ct thl' JlI'u pJ e as they worship Ood; to e ~l ­('ourage flud re"tore the fallen; III haptism 10 tAke little children in the al'IIIS and bless them; to sta nd with till' grid-stricken fl.! the sidc o( the l!"ravc; to place warnings o,'er wayS which IClid 10 d estruction ; to know

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thl~ \\·a~· o( lift, 1Iml !;how it to 1111111\'. Thes(' are the dutie:; of thl' 1}flI,tQr.·

TILESE )1 E~ ..1..BE 1'0 In.: TE.\ · e ll ERS. 1'he 11f1l1H' of teflehe l' i" nn honorA ble Ham('. B.\" no uftnu' \\'a" our Lord J esus more ortell l'III1NI than that o( leacher. li e command ... .! all of us to be teAchers And to go leach fill Dations. Christian H'I\I'h· iug i" more difficult tlta ll s('cul.lr teachiug heeause, while 'iel'u lar teaching aims to 'inform the mind, Christ ia n teaching uims to stn'!1J!"th­('n and beAutify th e wi ll . Secular tcaching enclellvours to impart know . ledge, but re ligious tellching, wh'ile imparting knowledge, aimA to de· velop persons IIlId bring them to In l{' adulthood. 'I' he fnllncy und er which secul ar educlltiou has so Inrgel)" Jl\boured is the belief th nt there is !;ometbing essent'ially good in the int ellect, guid ed by wh ich ill­formed people will spontaneollsly work togethe r to mak e II bette r wo rld . We o( thc Church ca ll see that high intelligellee itsel( CH Il leAd on l,\' to dar!mess unle!o>S the e~'es lire ed ucated to see the viS'ioli of the city of God; and the heart is ('(lllcllt('(1 to love the will o( God: aud the fe('t are educated to walk in those pgllis of se rvice. !'IncriCice and ndorntioll b~- whieb alone the ci ty of Ood Clln he approached.

A teacher of religion IIIUSt know the goals of lifc. ll e must.. k now t hi.., not. ns one who kllOws fllcts, hut n~ one who knows tnl1h. 'l'be know· leclgoe of IMs truth Illll..,t hl' 1111 ill ncr light in him. 1t must be fl kind of glow, a k Uld of glory, which is with· ~ n him and yet not of h.illlseif. I L Illust be all cxperience of ChriRt which for him is a foretas te or thllt dim, far·of( event towllrd whi ch all c reation mo\'es. III that experience centres all that he Clln teach, all

IIHlt he call ('I'er do, all that he ('on e"er be.

To the en(\ of fur lhering th ('sc hi,:h JlIII'poses II tCll t ite r of the Chu rch 1Il1l<;1 be skillt'd in the use of Iris tools. 1I f' lIIust aim to be a lIIaste r craftslIlull in the teehnitlUes of the Church, the Church's organiz­ation. the Chureh's low, the Church's teaching IIIcthods. He will aim to know the his tory o[ the Church not that his mind Illu .. t 8 I \\'a~'s run to the pust, but to help him understand the I)resent, lI11d to app raise the vurious moveme nts wll'ich today sw irl and ('dd,\' through tbe f"alll('work of or­ganized Christendom. :\lore than that, he must IlIll'e a clear insight into the BIBLE, the Word of God. To be an interpreter of that book, he must be at home in its pages.

W'H Nr A DAY IS fo r one to sta rt out upon the task of beillg a priest, S! pastor, and a teacher of God 's \\'a~'8! Por two thousand years the spirit of Cod has been wor king through 1Iis Church upon the stub­borl1 wills of men. 1.'01' two tbotls­ond rears it has been moulding hist­ory alld gradua lly, steadi ly, expand­ing its pow!'r. It has been raising the dij:milr of Man . It bas been proclaiming th e Sflllctity of the home. It has thrown lIIerciful protection tlroulld the weak ond needy. 11 has honoured wOIllHnhood. It has been demanding j ustice. It has been pro­claiming the !iovl'reignt~' of God 's Will for the IIl1tions. Uncounted thnllSIlJlils of Christ ian souls hu"e IInswered OOd'K cn ll to henr tb e bur­den of thcse tI~jng8, find the burdens IUI\'e InrJl('d out to be not burd ens whi('h \I'('il(h men down but burdens which lift them llil. Rlowly men 's mind .. lind hearts have heen liberat­ed, s lowl~' demoerllcr has eOIDe.

But ill our eentur.l· the whole st ructure of id l'as of which we bal'e

h{'ell spl·oking h8'; eomc thret' tilllf''' ill II('nd-oli collisioll with n 1lI0nf., lf' r of ~ t ('(' 1 find fire and poi!OonoliS hltt!'. CIII'ist's way of li fe ha~ t hree tilll!'~ b ('('ll under fUl'ious nUllck . For tht' dignity of man we have bee l1 offered shivery. For merc~' to the \\'l'ak WI'

ba\'{' been offered Ule destruc tion fJ{

till' so·called unfit and 1I 1l1\·anteil. The concept of jlbtiee has bern !Hwered at lIith contempt. For thl' soverei~nty of Cod's will we hal'" beell offered the s{'lr-st~' l ed ;'sup. erior" people headed by a selected sclf-<' hosell few who in turn look to n self-c:<alted si ngle indil'id UII I wi th semi-re ligions devotion.

Three rimes we ha\'e seen this Ilat. If'rn of el'i l arise with its blood balhs. its treaeher~', its tortu re cham­bers and its brai n "'Hshinlt'S. Twice it has ht'f'11 over thrown by stant heArts And grt'at sacrifice. We are challe n~{'(1 once more by the thr(,lIt of fri,:rhtful physical Ii nrm, 1I'0rs,' than before. We live under the shadow o( a black cloud will're we ore dril'en to tNriblr t hought s hy s tllrk necessity. This is the I,owrr of evil. ),1a\' God sa"e us from it alld show lUI the end.

80lemlily ill this lo\'t' ly Chu rch w­dny ill the midst of our peal!t'ful ),Iuskok lt country, five ~'OUl l l; lII('n

hll l'<' COlliI' to take III) the dlll ll (' ~ I V ' of e"ii. 'fhey take up the fi!? hl JII~t IlS r('Hlh' as do those who I'nlist 111

the nl'lI~ed forces or who work 011

ntolllic wen POllS, 'or bnihl guidl'd mi<;siles. Our militan' for{'('s work to ward of[ th e material Illll llifl'sta· li ons of ('viI. These men who ort' orc\ai nt'd fight the same e" il in tM' realm o[ the spirit. Military l){'{l pl~ fulfill th eir time of cllli!'ltmeut Bnl

nla." turn to other pusllit<;. 'fhe~~ ordinollds are tnking thei r ordrr:; for life.

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H~' our I)r('sellcc here we f';;rm· holize the fact thut the wurfure of Ill!' ... pirit which they nud e- rlak£, if'; OU" too. We stlllld II' ilh tht' llI. All or Wi art' co nsc iolls of our fruilll·. bllt \I'" ur I.' cOllseiou!; al so that this 'God's tll,k Ilud we can not Iny it down.

Our tllllk, lind the tns k of the pr jr!!t , unci the pastor, lind th e tench· er. i~ to re\'eal eonstnntly anu pro· ~ r l'''lO i\'('I.\' the love of God and the !!Inr~' of the realm wh ere Christ is K ill~. It is a slow t/ls k nnd many t8kl' liS for IlIgg/lrds, but , to quote th e words of Cunon Barnett of TO\"I1-ber IInll; .

" III the history or th e world the rll l'e hils not been to th e s\\ojft. In Ihl' lo ng run, victory rt' lIlllins to tho .... l, who. hidin~ themsehes, hal'e shOll'll God . Be it then Ollrs to let th e world see that God is served for nllll~ht, lind that goodness is n fae!."

* * EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN

The .Anglican Churc h plnns II Can­adll.wid e evangelis tic cnmpnign in ~ 9j6 to d eepen the slYi ritual life of liS IUl' mbe rs lind reac h laps('d memo be~,

Auno ull eing' lh e NnliOllnl :'Iliss ion of W.;G, Rt. Hey, W, 1-'. Burfoo t of WilllJi peJ! , primal I' of the An ~diellll (,hul'I'h in ("a nada , ~a i d it. is II nat­ural ou tg rowth of r<'(;l' nl wo rld find lIatwna l church eonCl' rl' lI l'es.

II ., l<ou id that seculari znt iOIl of mod. ~rn life is so wides pread li nd ad\'flIl C­~d tha t the church mus t r em'w the 11l iritnnl Iifc o f members throu/th the t'fforts of all its b ra ll che",

The church annOUlU'ement said ther,· is 11 lu rge nll mhe r of pe rsons in rer.\, pu r j,.h who iUln' Cull en all"lIy rOll! d Hlrl'h attcndflrlC(>. . .,\ rt· hl1ishop Bnrfoot sa id Ihe d e·

~lS] l on to intcnsiry cvcugclistie ef­orl , in prcparation Cor II COUlllr.\,-

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\\ id (> lIli~s io n ill 1956 is a !luLural Oul · g- rowth of d(' ("; ... ion !liken la ... 1 S Hill ·

lI1('r lit thl' AlI g liellll conJ!rl'''s ill ,Millll capolis Ilml fll the World (,'Olln · (' il of ("Ilurche;; in Evanston , III .

* * RALLIES

CHURCH BOYS' LEAGUE

On Saturdll~·. April 23rtl. th ..:: ( 'hun·h of the Hesllrrf·ction in :-iud· bury, o pened its doors to wt'l co me .... Ollle !!ixl~' jUllior boys ill ihe Second Di<;II'i('t Rally or Ihe Church Boy!!' I eal.!ue. F'i\'e briUlches pnrlieipntcu, two from SudbUl'Y, nnd 0111' \.'1Ich frOIll ("oppe l' Cliff, Lively li lld White­fish F'alls, A group o{ boys nlso at· lended from St . James Church, Look· i'rby wilh the ir respec tive lellders,

Th e dll~" s IINil"ities commenced with u Chu l'eh !-$ervice, whic h was cOIHluct('d by the boys thelllseh'C!!. The gucst sl>t'aker WIIS the Hel'el'end It II . XiX OII, o[ the Church of the f:piphIlU,v , ::;lId burr. who spo ke on Th e ('hurch Bo,}'s' League, liS lhc trllining ground for a. life of Chr;'it· illu Scrvice.

ilcgislraliou foll owed , nnd then It

helll·t,\" dinner, which wus ser\'l'd by tlt e WOlllen ·.... Auxiliary. and to whil'h th l' hoy ...: did full j U'i tice.

Afl cr 11 li w ly g- Ilme, out-Of-door .. , (Oonducted by :'III'. Hradle;\' {eh, of t he Hesurree Lioll }, the bo~'s r (,-IlS­'ielllbled f or the n[l l' rnoo n lI e ti\"itie~ .

r' irs t Clllll e the ull olling of mOllies, t{'cei l' ('d in Ihe {Oolleetioll li t the 1ll01'Uill ;,;' se r v ice, This fllll oun t(>d to $10.4:j . Illld it 11' /1 .<; d ('cided 10 !.end th is to Bishop Wilkinson of the Dio· {,CSf' o f Amrit.;ur. Ind ill to be ul>ed in purehu!li llg 1I0mclhing for the Boys' :';(' hool liS n g-ift from th e Churc h Boys' I. en~ll e .

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:\('xl WII" /I Pn A'rnn t , hased 011 the id{,11 of 111(> Auglicull Conference in whic h till J{rOUJlS look J)llrt , (,fIth "(h'if'g'!l t iou " I('SHi hy II " Bishop, " 'I'he .. i'rf'si d il1 {! Bishop" WH'i repr£'­I>('ntr(\ h,\' :\1,', IInrtlatr(', \<'fHI('r of thE' LiYf'h- Hrnnl·h, who rrceivcd till' lirlf'g'lIlio;l'; !Hld 11('1'11'(\ their I'('POI'I";

The ('hurt'hill .JlIllflll. was rrpre· srnli't! by Thl' {,hurch of the Epiph . 811~·.

Work 1l1ll01lA' Indians & .Eskimo ­('/lllncln -','11(' ('11Ilr!!h of the ]lesH !" fN'tioli. "

The ('llIm:h in A frica by Chr ist (,hun-h, 1,ivciy.

The Oiocese of Amritsar. India -by ~l. ..l\ ugus!in{' '$ Church, Wbit('· fi sh Falls.

The Columbia Coast )Ii!>sio u -CtlllSl(la by t. J ohn 's Chu rch, ('op­p CI' Cliff.

Following tJlis came n group 1)[

plll~'''. based on Mi",<.;ion Stuil." fOl'

the l' lIrrent ycn r. Three Brllllches cho<,e l'illlpters CrOll! the Study Book "Pl'lIrl ~eekers; on hraneh, a story from th(' IJivi n~ :'I l e"'lllge for Juniors /Hld 011(' hrall{'h , work in .Uricn.

']'11(' filllli group of IlIlmbl'rs \VII,., "jllst for filII," all consisted of ('Olll ­i(' S(ln ~s; II ~lIme , n ,.,kit on " How 1\ot to Adminisl er Pirst Aid,o, II 1Il0noloJ!"lle nnd so forth ,

Til(' bo~'s give threc rousin~ cheers, as thauks to their hosts. and voted for II contiuUllncf' of the Hall n', The Lleverend F . Xock of Chu'rch of the Epiphany iSSued 1111 iuviultion for thc 1956 Rally.

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~Ir, N"oek thell pronollnced the Hl'urliil'tioll, and the boys, ti r ed bill hnppy departed for the ir own hOIllf' ....

* * GIRLS ' AUXILIARY

On Friday, .April 15th, npprox illl. all'lr QIII' hnlldrrd girls Itlld 14'nlln" frull! nil O\'er th(' DioceM', g-ntlu'rl'd ill :-;udhu ry, for the fir!>1 G.A .. Hall)' 10 hI' held 1Il mall,\' yeltr,... ) Irs. D H. DIt"i('''; of ('apreol. til(' l)ioee~lln :-;1'("r('llIr.'", \\"1\" in churge, flssisled by nil t,ff it' i('11 1 ~rnu[) of leade rs.

At f) o'clock in the morning, all g-nthe l'NI. in The Church of the Uf'· sllrr('('lion, for a sen 'iee of 11011" {"llIl lTIlinioll, with the Re verend G. II nllollr ItS e{'lebrsmt. The addrl'., was $rin'n by ihe Heverend O. 0 001· an of Minnow Lall I' and I~oe kerbr. who (' hose as his text t he word~ ".\lId Jesu" stood in the mid!;t of Ihl'lIl." n e t1r~ed II!! to open our IIt'u l'ls to t hl' realiztlt iotl of Chrisl in flllr mifir.l , llnd eneh to lIlak (' II (Ie, ei"ioll for service for CllI;s!. F'our h.\'I11n S Wl're snng- d\lrin~ the sen 'iee "11(11,\'. Holy, lI oly"; " And Xow 0 Io'n tll('r"; "Youth or the World Ari<;l'" find "FlinJ!" Onl The Ball' Ill'r." ~I rs, Plowers of {'oPl)('r ('lin \\'11" fli Ihl' orgflll, for fhill fl ud al~o Ih(' e"l'uing sen'iee.

D IlI'jUg registration, \1 hieh fn llow· ed, till' g-irl" were IIsked 10 i lld it'llt ~ whi('h hund-craft g-roup Ihe~' pre[t' f f l·tl to joiu lat er in til(' day, Aftef reg-i,II'alion, nil returned to .ht ('hurl'h, wil(' r e the <1ell'!!ates W" ~ wl.'l('(Hned bv M n.. Chaddock, of .h, {'hun:h of 'the Resurrectioll . ,MJ"l. Da vies thell iutroduced t he gUI" , hpeakef, )I~ss Shirley Priddl l' 0 Hllult ~te, .Marie,

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Shirle~' was one of th e two AlgollllI ~irl" to ntf.(·nd the Domi nion Confer. ellce, at '.Jll. ktl Couch iching last Aug. Il ~ t, nnd she gnve us II vcr,\' interest · inl! pictUl'C or the various acti" ities lit cn mp. both cdllcntiollnl lind rt'c· rt'li tiollld , She showed how the Theme "~ ho\\' us the Pnth of Life" hod been Ikwloped throughout the week by "Ilriolls !<pellkf'rs, nlso told of Il cli\'i· ti~ '~ suth us folk ·dan ti ng', IUllld· ('ruft, sports, discussion grOllp6, olill rl'li(!, iollS dt'votioIlS, oil of wlliell went to mak e up a helpful unci in· IOp iring- tim e fo r the girls who hnd vuthe red f!'Olll nl! O\'{' I' Cnnndu,

A sing,soll!: foll owed , It'd by :\hs, DllOl nn, l.Joekeruy, assisted lJy "?< I rs, A, Tholllpson of Brncebrid1(e,

The next half·hour was " free tim e" and gave the girls all oppor· tunity 10 gel out·of-doors for n while, then nil returned to the thureh Basement ror a bounteous lunch, I)ro\-;ded b)' the girls of Sip. h'"ing Dea nery,

[n o t'Cl er to hll\'e more spnee fOl' gUllies lIud craft'l!roll ps, 1111 d('le· !fUll'" lind \('nder!! we re trllllliported b,\' ('urs to the Pal'ish Hall of the Church of Epiphany,

) 1 rs, :\L Thomas o[ :\1 indemoya open('d the Afternoon programme wilh n group of li ve [y j!1l1ll('S, in whieh both gi rls lind It'nde rs took part

:'Ifrs, Doolli n then took over, And eOIlr\ uet('d n number of Folk Dances whieh 11[1 enjoyed, pnrtieulnrly tlw 01\ (> cli lled "Aeh Ja" whi ch proved /I j?{Jod " mi xer, "

It was tillle then [or craft work, 11 111\ oil moved into the smaller hall whl're five tables had been set III) for Ih~ \'oriolls g roups, Mrs. Doolan and :\Irs, Hingham, bOlh of Lock('rh.v

" had groups [ea rn ing to make U~' [O Il

flowers, Mrs. Flowers, of ('opper n:rf tllu~ht [lOW to lIluke plnstic l)I'Iw{' [ets; Mrs, lI omby of nidl/lI'd 's IJillid ing Sh OWNI her g rOllp how to llIuke wnll plaqu e!; with I)\ywooti a11d alphupbet 1l1l1ecflroll i, lind )Irs, ·J e\\'o e ll of BlIrk 's ""alls had n group lIlak­ing brooches and enrriugs from rick­ra ck braid . A "cry industrious hour followed, but at the end eReh ~irl hnd an ntlraeti,'e souvenir to tuke home.

l'I l rs. G, Thompsoll of Copper Cliff, "ioceslln DOI'cn!! Sel'l'c tul'Y s l)Oke on tilt! wo rk of tll (' DorenI'! Depnl'tmeni , how it started, w[let'e it !rot its IUllIle. and \\' hll i. it do('s 1I0\\', :'I l aJl ~' iJlI('resting articles were 011 dis l)I Il~', some of whieh were !nude b,' the girls of th e ~iJ)issi ll g Brnliehes, these were a (Iuilt, knitted mittens, llirndl ski rts and dresser s{'n r\'es,

:\Irs. Davies an ll oun eed detllils o[ the progl'lIll1l11e rOl' the G,A, Camp to be held ill ,Jul,", th en Iwilla discus­s ion liS to future rullYli, It WIIS de­cid ed to hold IlUo tiler 1'lIlly Hext year, during .Ens ter Il olidnys, 811d n telltntive invitaLioll was received f rom St. Luke 'j; Cathedral.

Whell we r(' turnNl to the main 111;[1, we fo und the lables set for dinner, which had been provided by th e llIembers of the Women's A uxi l­iary of th e Church of the Resurrec-1'ion , ~eedl ess to sny we all did justice to the d elicious dnintiCB Kpread before us. Iris E skimo of Shin gwallk St'hool I)rOposed a tOllst to the QueI'll, afte r wlde h Ihe H('\'er· end Gilbert Thomp",oll of Copper ('liff proposed a tOIl..,t to the G.A" in 1111 address;n which he empbasi1.ed the importance of (LA, in th e life or th e Church,

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:;.\11',.,. ~\. 'l'JH.IIIII)..o.;\1I1 Ur Brllcebridg(' eQIHludf'd a short "ing· ... ong, thf'1I !I\O' tlthl('~ Wt'r(' l·h'UI·NI Mild tl1(' hall pn'Jlllrf'1i rnt· !hf' (>\'f'lliug' pro· g-rtlllllUl'.

:\Ii" ... 'f'III1~· :\luidlf'1I1i or Hhin~. I\'uuk :--,'ho(,1 ).!Uvl' jill inlt'rt'!o!liu,l! pictllr(' or lir" ZIt till' ... dlOol. tlnd till· ;;'W('I·I'(\ Ill/Illy 'lUI's! iOIlS put to her by th.> g:irl .. who WI'rl' k('(,lIly inlf'r(,st('fi.

. \ I:lllllpfirr prOl!rnlUllu". IIIldl'r thl' Il'tltlt'rshill of :\1 i ..... Edith I'ug'(' IIr !-it. Lllk'" ('utht"lIral 111\'11 follow('li, thi .. ill{']IHj('(1 1'i0ll gS, g'IIUH'!o!. skit~ lind d\ltrade,;,

Th,' du,l cnde" liS il h('gun, in I:h\1r,·h. wi th s luwh'lWd EI'I>lHumg, un IIddr,·~~ Hlill n CR.ltdlc I,ighting cerl'. mOll~',

TIll' 1{l'\'l'rf'n(\ ~'. F, :-:ock. or II ... ('hurl'll of Ihe Elliphuny l'onducted JIH' "C'nit'e, And tbe Hf'wrend .J. R, nitt'hll\1rll nr Bllifl i!1I\'C' th{' ad<lrC' ..... til(' Illnin 111l"IIH~ o[ which WitS "~('r­

"icI·.'· Fi\,(' h.\'lIlJ1i'i w('re >\1\11(( "Aguill fl~ EI'l'llin,lt Hhtldnw" Ftllt"; "0 ,Jt'!o!lh, MUsit'r. Whnm I S('I"\'C" , ., HI(,st Bf' the 'J' i(' thnt Binds"; "I ,(>t 'I'hf'r(' bl' LiJtht" lind "Youth of t hl' Worlel .\ r i"I.'," 11 was durin!! Ihe i'iin~ing of th{' third hymn that the Itirl ... tfl1dufC PII I'I in lilt' C'andle,lif,:ht ­ill~ tc)nk ti1f'ir plal'I'''' ill lIa"e IITHI ('hllne("l, forming n ltlq:!'f' 1:1'01-00;, A iargl.' (' ("111 rlt I ('Imlllt' rC I)rf'!;('ntalivl.' of "Chri .. t. tht' ' .light of the World" W80; lit UII thl' uhlir, lind fl'olll it. th l' light 11'110; ptls.~ed rrom gol d to gi l'l 1IIIti i il l! 11"' 1'(' lit . lIymbol izill,lt tht' ('tl l'r.dug forth of t he light of ('h r i ... t".s wo rd into t he world. Hymll :!Mt ,. J.t"1 Ih('n' hf' I .. iltht" [ollow(>d , tilt" B('Il{'(licitioll wao:; PI'OIlOllIlC('d 1I11e! the r('eelosioll il l h~'!u 1I MIII l!', I hllS t:'ndillR tlH' rally. .\ hal)P,I', blhlY a nd inspi ri ng dny. [o r ti ll who pa r · ticipat ed , both girls lind leadl' rs.

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'I'hl.' :-\('r\'e r»' Gu ild of ~i pihsilll! Dl'IIIII'I·.I' he ld its .. 1'I·oll tl , \ 1111 11111 H", 1I'('Il! at SI. ,John's ('hu l'{' h , North Dfl,I', 1,11 Nllfllrclay IIIHI SundllY. J\pril IGlh Hud 17th, It \1·tlS II ti lill.' I)f

1I1'('p "piri l llill I'l'frl':<hlll('ul fo r th" fort,\" M.'r\'f'r'> who w('r{' pr,'o;t'n l. Tht' Bt'lrl'u! {'ouductor II'tI .. Ihe 1l (' \ " \\"

\\", .funi", rl.'ctUI" nr ~1. 'l' hoIlUI~' ('hll",·I1. ,]'oron!o, Onlarin .

Till' 1:1'lr('1It 11!"ltlin with 1\ ( '(· I"~.rll' lillli of II nl,\" ('omlllllniull follnw{'d I, nn in ll'o(lIH'to I"Y a d cll'{'loS, After ,'of· rl't·, lit(' I'('!r{'at rf'IiIJltl('(1 fro m 11 ::)0 II tU, - l:!::·m p.m. 'I'IH' {'ondlH'lur loul; II" till' bll"j" [or hi ... 1I1('( l i t ll liulI~ the ~I'\'t·u ~a('fallwllt .. of Ih(' Chur,·h. A f'I"r 8 delicious IUlIl:h, tht" H('trl'l,t I:()ntllltw,l from 2 - -t 1).111. En'Il~Cln:.:: II"Jl .... "a it! at ;;:31 p.m, nnd t hi~ WlI, rnllo\\,,'d hy tI hanqllt't. Thrr(' 11'1." a bn~iu(' .... 'i ItIp('tin~ lllltl II ~ inJ!,~tlnlC artl'r Ih{' hU nquf't. T he cloy rntll>d I\'itll thl' "uyiltg' o[ ('ulIlp liue lit !l;:)U p.m.

A IUlIulll'r of til(' "('I"\'('r~ ~ tlL.\'l·d OHt·ui,...hl tlud utl('utiNI til(' tWO

lI1ornilll! st'I"\'i{'es II.S a ~rOllp.

* * Chaplains, , ,

J\ ('('rwi n dom{'sti(· rho p lnin, wllll Illihitull lly accollljHlIlicti his diol:l'SIIn ill Iii ... lI'an'ls, sufff'rcd Millie cmhar, rlL"~menl lI"iI(,lI, at 0 Confirmation ~('ni('1.' t il(' hisho j), cal('('hisinjr thr ehiltlrl' ll , n~ked. "Win' do I "0 oftI'll t ravel rotUld t he diocese \\;th I. c rook'" li nd I'f'ce ived th(' IIn .. \\,('r from n small g irl; .. Bccause ~·ou art' Iryi nf.( to eon vert him,"

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MS.CC EXECUTIVE )I.s.c.c. "';xccutive lwdu the

1('lIdership of Bishop Xorris of Bra ll . d Ull lit its meeting 011 Mlly 171h, heard t l ll~t the givings Oil npport ioll­lIu'nt [or 195+ amoullted to $-197,802, which represemed an illcrelll,e of $17,190 in 1953. It took 1111 or this al1l01l1l1 lind $10,000 more lu m(>el )I.S.C.C.·s share of the increase in th t' minimum stipends to llIis~iollary rl l'rgr· .\lr. John Ligerlwood, who IIlwl(' his first nppcarnnce liS Oenf'rnl Trl'nsu rer of U(!/le rlll :-;,\'110<1 lind ~I.:-;.C.C., reported tlUlt ill spitc of this illcrenst! thl're WliS 11 d('ficit 'ill thf' g'enerul IICCOUllt of somc $282,. :?:1:!.

('noon Alnn Greene appeared be· fore the Ex (>cuti\'e Committee 011

.hehal£ of the 'Jubilee Fund' of the C(lI 1l mbin Coast )Iissiou whil'h llims at rniS'ing $100.000 to repill(,(' the 111·0 .,hips - f.;.f.;. Columbill nll(l :;.~. Benllezvolls. Ellch of th ese bOat'i bas (lJ1 IllllllUil yen rly milclIgc of t.i.UOO miles visit ing the 10,000 in· blliJi tllJlt<; in SOllle 225 Ililets or the !o\ulll h('rll Bl'ili~h Columbia Coast. Th(' ~xeeutive made 11 donation of

lO,t lOO towtlrds Ibis appelll from a lej!"ac'y of :\Ij..., Kathlc(,11 Dickl>on of lit" DioCl'S(> of lIurOIl.

'1' 111" COlllm ittee accepted the offer flf 1111 J\meriean, 01'. Joun B. Poote, 10 St.' n·c on the medicill stuff of 01>. Ihe ~!\lIitol'iuJII iu the !)iocesc of ~lid .. IIlP[\lI.

III Ilnswer to flll appelll from the \\'orld Councilor Churches II slIlall l'l'ont was made to the Christiall COu nc il of 1(('II\'a to assist in the vi l­Ia!:c rehabilitai'ion work of thc Kik­Ilru I rihe~ in thnt part of lUl'iea.

A ~u r"er of the Illllll-powe l' needs of the ~Ii~ionnl'~' Dioceses r('wllled to the J~xccllti"c Commil1ef' Ih1lt Ihere are fifty·eir;ht cle l'j!ymelilleed­ed immediate ly to fill "acallt pllril>h. cs ill those dioceses. Finllncilll reo Iluirt'lIlellts to build new churches lIud rectories and to rel:mir existing huildings in )1 i~iolll!;ry Dioceses IlJllotlllted to well O\'er olle million 1101111 1'5. II WIiS IIgl'('t'{1 Ihlll the ur­gency of the mOlllent cnllcd fo r 1 .. lion at til(' fOl'lhcoming" G(,lIcral X.n lod meeting-.~ lLud n Committee \\'IIS appoint.ed to prepllre II repol" fur T1lo.,e sessions.

\\~I'IlP t lIifl'lIliou WIIS ;,:ivl'n 10 '\ ' ri. Britton Osler. Dominion President. IIf th(' \\'.A. who has rccelltl~' returll. (>d from II "i!.oit to the Diocese o[ .\lUrit~a l' in Ind ia. Khe 11IIid hig-b Il'i bnle to the work of Bishol) C. R. II. Wilkin son and his cll'rgy nnd all r he \\'ol'kers of th e W.A ... en' jug' in thllt Di occse, 1ll1I1l." of \\'hom wo rk Hilder the IIlO:;t Iryillg (·onditions. {;('oj!l'flphh'ully ~he df's(>rilwd the needs of the YOHng" Church in II tluy when Ihe GOl>pel is being preached lInYir) difficulties nnd :,'et unparHllel. ('(I opportunily. She ~Jlok(' of tlJ(' ill ll dl' (j Ulll(' Iw"r itnl flleiliti t"", , and of rh ... hundr('d .. upon hundreds of children who crowd into tht' small IIlId inadequate villllf:c day schook ."I'iI. Osler reported 10 the BXl'(' ntiye CO/llmittee that the long flllticipllletl hospilli at I\ungl'fl iii to be bui lt 011 it.; original site. 'fhi8 will be n sixty bNI hORpitfil sen'ing th(> thOllsllnd<; of lIeNly folk iu the Kallg"ra \ ' all ey. She slre .... '>ed the greln lIecd of AllIal e doctor lit Ihl' )la)1l(> I..ea[ Hospital at Palampur. In eOl1cluding her report )frs. (kler said she left IndiA with the slIre ('onfid(' llce Ihllt til('

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Church of hulin, Pllkistan , Burma !Iud ('l'~'loll ulld er its Ullti onul lead· ership WIIS 11 virii!' I1Il'llliH'r of the ramily of youngel' churchC f> . 'I' her were I'ngcriy pursuing n vigo l'ou;; millisl!".'· of "j] ](q;e evengelislil. The infiUl'IlCl' of Ihl' Christi an charllcl('r of its members pe rmeated all wu lks of life. S hl' pl('aded ror more help to h (' j!iv(,11 to the OV(' I'SNIS budget of till' ('nnndin n Church.

Pield RecretHry , M.S.C.C, A . H. DA VIS.

* * ST. MICHAEL'S SCHOOL

KOBE, JAPAN

Tmmec1 iat.e ly after th e terminntion of World War II , the Mosl He\,. Michael Ynshiro, Presiding Bishop of Nippon Sei kokn i (th e Anltlicall COlli· munion in Japlln ) sa w there was 1I

nced for proper ed ucat iona l facili­t ies for poor foreign chi ld l'en. Th e ])rl'-"l'1I1 St. Miehacl's School in Kobe is thl' result of Bishop Yllshiro's concerll fo r th ese hoyt-; and girls.

These ('hildrell co nll' [rom famil­ies \\' ho hav(' lost eve r,l' lhin g in the tur moil of Il post.-war age, or they arl' children of broken homes, or , II'orse st ill , of no hom es at alL They lire trnl,r an int ernational group, representing IIIUong ot lwrs: Ger­IIIllns. French, n ussill ns, Chinese, Por t Ug"Il(,SC, as wcll as Americans IIl1d English.

The dail.r routinc includes 11 short religious IItlk nnd the children re­ceil'e Bible inslruc!ions regularly. From a tichool not yet ten yenrs old hnvl' come se l'C' rnl who have asked for Iioly Baptism and , at leftst , on e p rospeclivc candidate for Holy Or­ders. Il:ecl'ntly the J apanese Govern· ment has strictl y arlviscd Bishop Ynshiro and Ih(' staff or SI. Mi ch·

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lI eI'S F;ehool that their building!! rtrt illSldNjllatl' a nd mus t he replaced. Sincc thl' pri ll c ipill of St. Michael's School is a CmuH1i1l1l in thc person of ~ hs!! Ileonora Lcn. Ihe dnughter of Rishop ..t\rlhur 1.J('n, fOrllll'r ly Bil'lh­op of 1\."lIshll , .JIIpn.n. the N ippon SeikokRi has turned 10 thc Church in Call1ldn fo r suppo r t.

Miss I,eollorn 1,ell is without a douh! one of th e outsta nding mi .. t; iOIl Hri('s of a ll comllHlIlions in Japan toelll Y. Honourable J\rthu r Mayhew. olle timc Clinadian AJnbll!!sndor to .Jupn ll . hils pa id grent lI'ibllte to her work in SI. Michllel 's School. ?tti811 L(,II voluntarily chose to remain in Jllpa n all through the wa r and hore liignl\l witness to her Christinn raith in 110 do in g. After th e wa r she was askC'd to serve as one of th e acl"i1!on to some of the J npanese Government h~ad('rs , but she chose to gi ve b!r lire to the project dearest to her hl'lIrt. her missionary work in St. ?.l iehael's School, Kobe.

AI it!! Exccutive Mee ting in Feb· rmlr,l' hl.S.C.C. voted n grtlnt of $3.000 townrds this most worthy (,duent iona} ,'ellture in olle of thl! younJ!cr churches.

* * OUR FRIENDS - THE sAMUBLI

St. Paul 's High School , Pal lim pur, Distr ict. of Kaugrt· Plln jab, India.

Dcnr friends and supportcrll:

We nre sure that you nlUll t aU bt' waiting for a letter [~om us. We art rCli lh' sarn° that we htlve been so lat c 'ill writing but the only re~ iii the rush of work. Th ank you'" fo r I'ou r Ch ristmas wishes and thl! II"lI r;n fceli ngs of Christian brother-

T ' ~H~'c!A~L~G~O~M~A~M~IS~S~I~O~H~A~'~Y~H~'''~S,-________________________________ ~P~'~'.~IC1 ______ I, ;---hood. We nre still receivinl,! (Iuill' It lIumber of ChristlUfIS cards from ctirr('rf'lll friends nil over ('1I11l1(\U. It is so difficult to write to ('neh one of YOIl however much we desir(· but ii is n ph.\'sieul imptlssihility lit the p l'1'1'1'1I1 '[nil'. There WIiS sUllie t:lix . up ahout. our Christmas ennis; SOlllt~ or !!1('1ll were r('llIrll('<I from Iht' h('IHi officI' fit Bomha .... b('(,8118e tllC'.\' were in;;urricielltl .... prepaid. \Ye art' S,Irt~ tillt l )'011 will (org-ive us for 1101 fe · IJlcmbering .vou in this wily III till' b J ,'~sed 1OCIISOII.

We lire gr{'ntl.v illC}('bled 10 rOil

( lor lIu,killl! 0111' stuy ill ('U!latta {'x­tn·mel.\' vniuuble and clljoyulJlf'. W{, Wf' rl' lItl1l11.l'{1 til til" reception I,!i"l'u to us whereve r we went 011 dep-utn­lion work especially in your churciw"I and Jlnrishes. find 111f' ho,.pifnlif~· is b l' ~'ond Wi to express in words. Tht'o-;(' memories will live with liS

f(!rever, You have made C'nnlldn /I

second home for us and we shull e,'('r eh(' rish the wa rmth of the difft'r('nt homes wh('re we had the pleasllr(' of st ll ,ving. " 'e hllve seen the "sovernl members of th e Body of OUl' IJu ro J (,M1S Chris t " and this has gn'atly extended ou r outlook towaro the Catholic lIud Apostol ic Churc h. \V(' WI' rl' strllek b,' jhe 'int('resl shown in Ul; lind our w~rk ill India,

The Church Ulli"ersal must draw deeply from all parts of the Angl'i. can Communion and this becume \'rry rea l to me during my I)resenee at t he Pan Anglican Congress in Minnellpolill. [hud seen its vision, hllt in lllill'illtul'e, 011 board sili l> bu t th E' f'ongrpss revealed to me the in· 11" 1' dcpt h;; of th e Catholic Church. I t honk the Church in Cllnada for tnabling me to attcnd that ConJtrt's..'" Hu re l~' "{'h ris t is the hope of the World" and in lIi m we ha\'e e" crlast· iug pt'Hce in tlris world, the SNit or

hat red and sUl;pieion. 'rhe hospital. it.', or our AIlI('riClllI friend:; will 11l'\,(' r be foq!ot1PII; tlie.'· spared lIothin!! to Illllkf' Pilch 0)1(' of Ul; COIll­I'ortable in tnf' rCll l liPIISI'. Th is ('on, 1tI'(''''S affOl'ded lIIe ,,-ith IIHtII,\' op·

ptJrtllll it ie:. to :.tudy lind our;en'(' for 1I1.\· ... ,·lf the ehurchrnlltlship of VArious countries 1111£1 ulso to remove doubts and mistunderstlllldill!,;s IIbout thl~ people of these lautls. The world i" 1011111.11 nowlldays due to fll.st means of travel, aud I wi.sh more lind more l)('o])le eou ld go out of Ih('ir IlI lId:-. to see lIud meet people of other countries so thnt belter undcrstllnd­~ Ilg And £riendshil) couhl pre ,'a il among the lI11tions.

Our District l lit{h ~(:hool 'l'ou rIlH· !lien! was held in the middle of Xo­nmber and our boys Ilj!nin did \'ery well. One of our boys gol the spe· cinl prize for best sportl>lIIl1ll . Our Bi'ihop was here to give the prizes IIlId tropirips to the bo."s.

'J'he Bibl\! Class of thl' school j('UciWTS is held re!-\,u lurlr 011 cve ry Jo'riday and {Iu ite II number o[ non­(' hl'istiull IIIl'lIlbers or the stllff at· telld it Ilnd tuke purl in the discus­S'iOIiS. \Ve need your I)rll yers for thelll that Cod lila,'" leud them to­wllrd th e truth ami show them the ri::dlt.

Another feature thnt we hHl't' been able to add 10 our weekly neti­vit ies iJ;; 11 prayer mceting ('very Thursday. We brought this ~dea from our friends in the Church Army in CauadlL. These lIleetings are prov­iUjr very \'1l 11ll1ble in our work in the spiritual life of the pllrish.

We had the hOllour or bringing with us lL W,A. missionary, Miss EVil Bonne,v [rom Yanc.ouver. a gradu. atp or the Allglicilli Women's Trllin-

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ing College, She hus tllken over the work ill one of Oll r boys' hostels in pilice of 1\1 iss Bahl('rson who passed a\l'a~' lust year, We nrc thaukful to God th llt we li re II ble to find such II kee l! nllc! uh le worke l', She has fitted in vcry we ll lind likes her work, At prcsent she is busy master­iug Hind i, th e IUng-lIl1g-e which is !,:'r(,Ht l ~' IIsed he re and has made quite a s tf'sd)' progress, The boys li ke her vcry much lind arc gi\" ing her full eo-operatioll, We hope and prar tlmt throl1~h her work and personal l1fe she will be able to in[J uenee t.he lives of ou r student s, We nre hop­ing to find anoth er wO l'ke r fOl' OU I' second hostel, 1 11111 sure Ood will !IIllke ollr cIfo l,t s successful.

\Yc nre sure yOIl Illllst be allxious 10 kilO\\' IIbollt our I'(' turn trip, \V e hHd a \'f' I'y louehing send-off at '1'0-rOllto whl're Iluite a number of our f r iends had COIIIO to say the fina l goodbye, \Y I.' were sorry to leAve behind so llIallr of ou r \lery si ncere fi nd affecnolllltc fl'iends, Nell' York \\'as (Iuite a n exr~er icllce for us both, wit h huge lmildillh"8 Hud the rush of traffic. We hnd the opport lln ity of ,' i si till~ 11 fell' p l llcf'~ of interl'st thel'e, 'I'h e ship <ill which we sl\iled £rOIll New York wns th e world 's fastest and to us it WIiS 1111 ellormous strlle­IlIr(', It W II S so hi:; thnt we could not ~t't to kno\\' f'lwh other, hilt on the otht'r hand , we got the chli li ce or hll\'ill~ co mplete I'esl. The day \\'AS SI)('1I1 ill cu tiu!; 1\ 1\(\ I'('sting, The menls lI'e re excl' lIl'n l bllt the servi c(' \l'llS poor,We hnd to wni t for about forty mi nut es for our mllin eOU l'se,

E I1~llIlId wcleollled us with bright su nshinc IIlId nil through our stay there it \\'11101 ~im ply grund. We spent mo,'St of ou r time visit ing various places of interest but the greatest joy of all W~ inll1eeting sOllie of our

old lIl'hSlonllrr friends, I was lucky enough to ca ll 011 Ill)' old principle Fllther Charlie Palmer, who is doing II/n'd 1I'000k in the s lulIl lII'eas o[ Lon_ don, J was able to spelld auout fi \'e hOHl-g with him, and also had the op­por tunity of meet.ing some of the prople alllong whom he is worwillg, This eliMbles me to think more dee~ Iy of the missionary task of the Church, Both of us went to Lil'er­pool where our Grannie is staying, She is An old missionary lady who brong-ht up my mot her- in-law ;n her ellrlier ",pa rs, Th is was the first time thnt we had met her, 'Ve also hnd t he honour of bei ng prese nt at tllf' serviees hel d at S t_ Paul's Cath­edral and Westminster Abbey, We left London on the first o[ Se pt em­bel' nnd liS we got on board the ship we fonnd <plite a lIumber or Indians retllrnill:t home, This ship was rairly small complired to the "United States," and therefore we were able to IIlHke mllllY nell' friends, The sea wns CHlm and the wrather was ve rr pleasant as fllr as Port Said, uul. us we entered thc Suez it started getting' ver,\' hot, so much so that most of the passengers had to aban­don thf'i l' cubins lIud spend the night Oil deck, I was able to get enough ex('rcise dai l ~- by playing ditrere~t g'1I111(,If, I WIIS lucky enough to WUl the fi rst prize in deck t.ennis by play­in:: th'ir ty-nillc gallles, The \'oya,e tllrou,C'h the Red Sell was very un­COlllfOl'tnhle beca use bot h the daJII II l1d th e nights were \'er~' hot, and th e cold water in the tnps beea,me so hoi Ihllt we could not. even enJoy a cold halh, As we entered the Ar­IIhinn Sea the weather got rather plenSliut but it becnme ,'er~' stickY lIu d the sea was also u bit rougb, Whell we reach ed BombllY 011 u: 151h of SOI)telllber my brother an some of our f r iends hHd come to tile

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00 ·ks to meet \I.". We spent lIbout six hours geuill~ our baf.q:.¢'Il{(e fhrou~h the ('ustoms but 011 the \\'hole \\'e did 1I0t have V('I',' milch difficl1lty. 'I'h(> !!,rf'lIlest It"agedy \\'n" Ihu t \\'j' hud IlI"ought some AfriCHIi violl'l." with Us all the wal' f,'olll '1'0· nullO lind in the jtrenlconfusion wilh ,h i' ('lIsloms Il'e forg-ot them under II IWl1(' h whrrl' \\'('1 were siltiJl~.

We Slilycl! in Bombay fur four days nnd finally got 011 the Iruin for till' last Inp of our journey. At . \111-ntsflr, Bi~hop and Mrs. Wilinsonllud til!' H('I', T . )1. l)u"tfll1 hnd COIllt' to tilt' ~ tnlioll to mee t liS. It WH<; n grellt pil'IISIII'C for \IS to meet lilrm ufl('I' slll'h Il long time find we Wf'l'{' thank­£ul 10 Uod for the Bishop's snre reo !Urn froll! CalUldu by nir. 'I'hl' Il (>\', T )1. Dustnn travelled with \I" froUl .\mrit8llr ollll'ard and duriug this jllllr ll(,Y we w('re able to di..;eus<.; mallY mut ters in connec ti on Idth th .. 'Whool and church aUlI 1 Wlt'i

brull~ht fairly lip·to·date ill nil IUlli· I !'l'".

When we r('aehed Pntiulllk(' t. Il

di,tllllCt' of II],OIlt. i5 milt's ["om Am · rit'lIr, \\'1' lellul'd out of the win<low.~ of 1I1lt· carringe and caught sight of Otlr ehildren Rnd mother who had t01ll1' 10 1II('('t us there . It 'il, difri. tlllt to le ll hoI\' we felt Itt the mom· 1"111 we got :;ight of tbe lll . .\S M)01l

b Ih~' s tillion WIIS reac hed both of II, 11'01 down frolll 111(' train !lull look ,hi' l·hilclrl'll ill our Rrms, aud th('n flolI"(, (\ the tl'ars of joy. 'rll(> child· r('11 Ilfl rl j:!"I'OWIi so tnll but. slim alld W('I'(' fedillg rnther shy at first but a .. ~()O ll a s 1\"(' got into the ('or thcy Slarl{'tl tllikillj:!" IIl1d gal'e us bri{'f new" of the past mOlllhs.

.h we w(' r{' travelling in ,h(' Cllr Ih rrlUll"h the bel1utiful nllh.'~·. sud­denly th e ('Iouds broke and A henvy

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,;hower of rain slow('d down o ur 'peed und III e{'rlllill tillles 1\(' hlld to stop 11I{' cur because o[ th(' poor ,i-tibili'.v, ' I'h e III0I1S0011 WIlS ill its ~ I"('llt fur.'" lind thllt v('rr nighl it {,lIl1s('1I II lot of dalllll~e in 0111' valle.v lind ill the p illins. 'l'I't' r(>c(>ptioll at I'fllampur waR very moving, :\ ran~' !It'(!lllt> oC the town , lI{"hool bo~'s and ~;r l "! . and the melllb('rs of til{' COII~­r "j.!Rtionl1utl a<.;s('mhl{'d nellr the post nffi('e with J!lIrlands lind the school hund. .As ottr cur turl1 e-d th e In.<;t l'Urllt!r w(' were Ilmazed to ';{'t> this hi:: crowd be(' lIlIse we hnd thotl~ht Ihut the rain would hlll'I' st'nt the peop le hOll1e. Th ere wus tile lIsunl l'e('ep'io l1 gnte Luilt ill the Indiull rushion. lind nit we ent ered tlu" gate our frit'ndlt sturted Illitting gnrhlllds IIround us, we W('re enC'ir('led l.w our friends and tht' J!nrlllllds ,'I\II;e al­lIIoM to Ollr nos(''! so that we had to k(>{' p our necks straight in order to 'l'e the p{'ople. "WII" II grand sij!ht M Id II"{' wer(' (,Ollll~lt'tt'ly tOIl I!II{'-tied . We marc herl wi th th(' ~l'hool blind towards Olll" honse with OUl" fl'i (, lIIls rullowiug us ami nl10thcr showel' of "uin ('Ilme d01l"1I and it SOil ked liS hut tlill nol dnmpen th (' f('dillj.!'! of the receptionists. )fy mother \l'n .. the f ir:. ' ont' to tllke w, iu h('r arm" with 1('llfS of jo~' lIud j.!'1I'·(' us h ('r H('", .. ill~". It WH' 11 grent joy to i'llk r our hOll>;(' IllIll ue with our fHlllily. Since then 1\'(' hn\"(' beell ex­Irl'lII('I.\· hu<;y lIllplu·king all onr ::otnff Ilnd also tnking our fuJI shllre ~n the school work. '1'bings hnvc not i·hang­ed much and it seems thlLt it i.~ uti 11 drcnm.

Our Christmas pla~' was n ~uc(·ess IllId the wonderful thing about it \l'a '> that (Illite II number of nOIl­('hristian student ~ took part in 'it. The~' chose to stay hack during their Christmas ho Hdll.v!> in order to share

III our jo.r~ of Christmas. In spite of '-cry had w(,ather on the 27th of De('('m\)er when we had our annllal cong-regnt ion ni dinner, the number \\'as fairly lflrge nnd the wet "·eflther did 1I0t dampen th ei r· ('nthusiflsm for the g-reat fcar.t of Christmas.

"re aucl our children arc well and happy to hc together again, and our children do not wish that we should go 10 ('alladn ag-Rin. Th cy are ver~· keen though to vigit Ca nada and J hope that in the years to eome thcir hopcs may materialize. The~' nrc

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taking Illusic lessons now fro m of onr friends and, according to the.'· fire mflking good progress nrc definitely mustiefl\. Now Mothe r· find the ch ild ren are ,a!mcos'J Illw. icinns, and onl." Dnd is I sha ll havc to start myself!

We hope that this newsletter find you in the best of health happiness and we wish rou all bles.<rings of the coming Eastertide.

Your friends in Christ,

) fr . and Mr.>. P . Sa muel~.