Excerpt from Charge Delivered to the Diocesan Synod of Fredericton, on October 1st, 1907, at Saint John, N. B

Opinion that our present difficulties are in any sense due to a falling away from the standard of the past. More than that, I am even of opinion that in some cases they are giving more in proportion than many of the Aided Missions. But I still believe that much more can be done by sustained and system atic e¿'ort. All of you may not agree with me, but I do not think that any self-supporting parish is making the most of its opportunities until a system-atic canvass is being annually made on behalf of our weaker Missions. A systematic canvass, that is, a house to 'house, man to man, appeal. I do not ignore the fact that there is something to be said for a missionary sub scription that is entirely voluntary, but I am convinced that the duty of supporting the Church's larger work ought to be person ally pressed upon every member of the Church, whether he will hear, or whether he will forbear. I do not doubt that if this were done in every self-supporting parish, the missionary con tri-butions would be much larger than they are to-day. The secret of success is system. The experiment was tried in St. John this year of a united appeal for missions upon a single Sunday. Speakers were brought from outside points to occupy the city pulpits. It would, I think, be well to extend the practice through every deanery.

But what I say to the self-supporting parishes, I must say Aided i also to the Aided Missions. Our country missionaries must not me.

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