Excerpt from Charge Delivered to the Diocesan Synod of Fredericton, on October 1st, 1907, at Saint John, N. BAnd while I am speaking thus, let me earnestly ask you to think carefully before you teach your people to depend upon picnics as a means for the Church's maintenance. There can be no doubt that incalculable harm has been done in certain parishes by this very questionable method of finance. I can understand that there are certain conditions under which money might be raised in this way, - for the meeting, that is, of extra ordinary expenses, - but to depend upon such resources for the church's maintenance, and for the payment of the missionary's stipend, is not only unworthy of the Church, but it is simply suicidal. In the long run there can only be one result, the slow but sure drying up of the springs of generosity. More and more, as the years go on, the people of the parish in which such methods are pursued, will learn to look to them as the natural and su¿icient source of revenue. I have said that I do not see any great objection to picnics as a means of raising money for an extraordinary object, but I must qualify that statement by adding this, - provided, first of all, that the people of the parish have done their best to meet the need, and, secondly, that the most scrupulous care is taken to eliminate all doubtful elements. No addition to the treasury can ever compensate a parish for the immense harm done by the name of the Church being associated with drunkeness and gambling.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.