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During that year St. Paul's Chapel was built on the south corner of Constableville village upon a site deeded to the vestry. Trinity Church, New York, gave $600 in aid of the building. The parish since its organization, with occasional vacancies, has had Rectors to the present time.
The neat little Church lately put into a comfortable and churchly state by the recently deceased, Mr. C. Constable, a long time faithful warden, is almost like a private chapel of the Constable family, though many others are faithful members of the Church, and show their attachment by regular attendance at the services and by faithful work. The present wardens are Mr. Win. Constable and Mr. Adolph Steinbrenner; and the vestrymen, Messrs. Harvey Hinton, MeMoren, Pellus Taylor, Wm. Johnson, P. Crowfoot and H. Tippets.
TREASURER'S REPORT. The Treasurer acknowledges the receipt of the following sums during the month of December, 1905, viz
Diocesan Missions.
Diocesan
Expense
Fund.
Domestic
Missions.
Foreign
Missions.
General
Missions.
Deaf Mnte
Missions.
Christmas
Fund.
General Clergy
Relief Fund.
Building Fund.
Ministerial
Education
Colored
Missions.
Bishop's Relief
Fams,
$
$
$
$
$
$
A.on,
xandria Bay,
mar,
twerp,
burn, St. John's,
1.00
4.50
St. Peter's,
30.00
60.00
gusta,
1.00
rora,
5.00
ldwinsville,
8.41
3.66
Flats,
ighamton, Christ Church, Good Shepherd, 66 Trinity,
5.48
2.32
30.00
onville,
idgewater,
3.00
bokfield,
.50
ownville,
mden,
nastata,
ndor,
pe Vincent,
rthage,
yuga,
zenovia,
20.00
ampion,
enango Forks,
3.00
1.29
ittenango,
adwicks,
ark's Mills,
ayton,
eveland,
2.55
nton,
nstableville,
penhagen,
rtland,
erfield,
. 75
xter,
ey's Landing,
yden,
trhamville,
1.40
rlville,
st Onondaga,
lisburg.
mira, Emmanuel,
10.00
Grace,
Trinity,
19.12
an's Mills,
yetteville, restport,
6.50
ederick's Corners,
ilton,
en Park,
eat Bend,
·eene,
15.00
29.46
eig
milford,
6.28
milton,
2.37
arpursville,
7.50
2.27
ayt's Corners,
.50
olland Patent,.
1.00
8.66
mer,
orseheads,
Daca,
28.05
24.09
60.26
13.22
S
Fund.
Fund.
Church
$
S
inbridge,
1.50
25.00
45.85
Diocesan1 Missions.
Diocesan
Expense
Fund.
Domestic
Missions.
Foreign
Missions.
General
Missions.
Deaf Mute
Missions.
Christmas
Fund.
General Clergy
Relief Fund.
Church
Building Fund.
Ministerial
Education
Colored
Missions.
Bishop's Reliet
Jamesville,
$.
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
Jordan,
2.50
3.37
8.92
Kiddders Ferry, Lacona, LaFargeville,
Lowville,
3.10
Manlius,
Marcellus,
McDonough,
McLean,
Memphis,
.50
.80
Mexico,
3.50
Millport,
Moravia,
6.25
Mount Upton,
New Berlin,
10.00
11.50
8.00
New Hartford,
4.69
New York Mills,
Northville,
Norwich,
8.00
Oneida,
15.80
Onondaga Castle,
1.10
Oriskany,
7.13
15.40
Owego,
8.35 11.80
17.15
Oxford,
17.76
39 00
26.75
Paris Hill,
2.17
Phoenix,
Pierrepont Manor,
Port Byron,
Port Leyden,
Pulaski,
3.74
3.17
Redfield,
Redwood,
40.00
Rome, Zion, = St. Joseph's,
Romulus,
Sackett's Harbor,
Seneca Falls,
Sherburne,
4.00
Skaneateles,
26.72
Slaterville,
Smithboro, Speedsville, Spencer,
1.67
Syracuse, All Saints,
11.00
Calvary,
Church of Saviour,
13.10
34.11
Grace,
11.25
3.80
6.00
St. John's,
1.25
St. Luke's, St. Mark's,
73.33 30.83
55.02
51.35
26.71
44.27
St. Philips,
Trinity,
East Emmanuel,
Theresa,
Trenton,
Trumansburg,
Union Springs,
3.72
Utica, Calvary,
23.58
Grace,
Holy Cross,
8.00
5.35
Oriskany Falls,
Oswego, Christ Church, Evangelists,
16.91
5:54.
5.54
Fund.
Fund
5.05
St. Paul's,
Diocesan
Missions.
Diocesan
Expense
Fund.
Domestic
Missions.
Foreign
Missions.
General
Missions.
Missions. Deaf Mute
Christmas
Fund.
Relief Fund. General Clergy
Church
Building Fund.
Ministerial
Education
Fund.
Colored Missions.
Bishop's Relief
Fund.
ca, St. Andrews, $ 3 07 $ $
St. George's,
8.83
St. Luke's,
27.16
Trinity,
17.40
21.00
5.00
h Etten, rner,
terloo,
166.10
tertown, Trinity,
St. Paul's, Redeemer,
terville,
5.73
60.58
verly,
4 55
edsport,
llsburg,
stmoreland,
2.00
itesboro,
5.00
7.00
3.65
itney's Point,
2.00'
lard,
4.00
llowdale,
3.00
3.59
ndsor,
9.00
vocation-First District,
Second District,
Third District,
66
Fourth District,
Fifth District,
Sixth District,
A. S. Utica 25.00
50.00
.
RECAPITULATION.
Diocesan Missions
$670 84
Diocesan Expense Fund
103 72
Domestic Missions 90 35
General Missions
107 61
Deaf Mute Missions
42 87
Christmas Fund
598 42
General Clergy Relief Fund
8 92
Am. Church Building Fund 26 75
Ministerial Education Fund
18 22
MISCELLANEOUS.
Interest $33 85
C. N. Y. Bible and Prayer Book Society,
Church of the Evangelists' Os- wego
5 80
Thank Offering, St. Paul's, Waterloo, 5 80
Total
$1.712 89
$
$
$
$
$
$
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CALENDAR.
February 28-Ash-Wednesday.
March 4-First Sunday in Lent. .
7-Ember day.
9-Ember day.
10-Ember day.
11-Second Sunday in Lent.
18-Third Sunday in Lent.
25-Fourth Sunday in Lent.
25-Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
BISHOP'S APPOINTMENTS.
March.
1, 2, 3 .- Noon, Grace, Utica.
4 .- Sunday, Evening, Holy Cross, Utica.
7 .- Wednesday, Evening, Zion, Rome.
9 .- Friday, A. M., Horseheads, Ordination. 9 .- Friday, Evening, Waverly.
10 .- Saturday, Smithboro, Wellsburg.
11 .- Sunday, A. M., Emmanuel, Elmira.
11 .- Sunday, Evening, Millport.
14 .- Wednesday, Evening, Trinity, Syracuse. 18 .- Sunday, A. M., Waterloo.
18 .- Sunday, Evening, Seneca Falls.
21 .- Wednesday, Evening, Evangelists', Oswego
23 .- Friday, Evening, St. George's, Utica.
24 .- Saturday, Noon, St. Paul's, Syracuse.
25 .- Sunday, A. M., All Saints',, Syracuse.
25 .- Sunday, P. M., St. Philip's, Syracuse.
25 .-- Sunday, Evening, Grace, Syracuse.
April.
1 .- Sunday, A. M., St. Paul's, Syracuse.
1 .- Sunday, P. M., St. Mark's, Syracuse.
1 .- Sunday, Evening, Marcellus.
2 .- Monday, P. M., St. John's School.
2 .- Monday, Evening, Manlius.
3 .- Tuesday, Phoenix, East Syracuse.
4 .-- Wednesday, Evening, St. Andrew's, Utica.
8 .- Sunday, A. M., Grace, Utica.
8 .- Sunday, P. M., St. Luke's, Utica.
8 .- Sunday, Evening,-Trinity, Utica,
10 .- Tuesday, Evening, Ithaca.
11 .- Wednesday, P. M., St. Peter's, Auburn.
11 .- Wednesday, St. John's, Auburn. 22 .- Sunday, A. M., Greene.
22 .- Sunday. P. M., Chenango Forks.
22 .- Sunday, Evening, Oxford.
23 .- Monday, Earlville, Sherburne.
26 .- Thursday, Clayton, Lafargeville.
27 .- Friday, Cape Vincent, Sackett's Harbor.
28 .- Saturday, Glen Park, Brownville.
29 .- Sunday, A. M., Trinity, Watertown.
29 .- Sunday, P. M., St. Paul's, Watertown.
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A LENTON PASTORAL.
My Dear Brethren : Once more the solemn season comes and calls us to repent- ance. Why should we repent ? Of what shall we repent? Is repentance a thing that is to go on forever ? Possibly such questions may arise in your minds when the old cry is again repeated. Possibly you may think that you have already re- pented and turned to God, and therefore you are disposed to ask why that is not sufficient. Or it may be that the customary discipline of Lent seems to you unneces- sary, a mere piece of formalism which accomplishes no spiritual result. One can quite understand that such objections might be made against the observance of this yearly season of penitence, especially when it is seen to be in many cases a mani- festly formal and external thing. It is certainly one of those religions exercises in which it is very easy to fall into a mere routine, and to be satisfied with the out- ward performance of it.
But, dear brethren, when we consider what our human nature is-how far at best from the perfect standard: how lack- ing we all are in the virtues of a Christlike character ; how easily and frequently we fail to do the best that we know how, and how far we come from knowing our own imperfections-then, surely, we must see that we have something to repent of every day, not to say every year, and also that we still have much to learn about ourselves, which, when we learn it, will lead us to more earnest repentance. And, again, when we consider how it is that our human nature is improved and sanctified-that it is by a slow and difficult process, requiring constantly repeated and continuous effort. carried on under many discouragements. and with many temporary failures, "line
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upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little"-then we must see that the Church's plan of calling us again and again to the same religious exercises is most wise and wholesome. The progress of the Christian life in the individual is called "character building." Building is always a monotonous business, because it consists of laying row after row, row after row, of the same sort of stone or bricks, one on top of another. It is also compared in Holy Scripture to the "grow- ing" of a body, or of a plant-slowly add- ing more and more to the size and strength until maturity shall be reached, or, as the Prayer Book expresses it, "daily increas- ing in God's Holy Spirit more and more until we come to His everlasting kingdom." What we need, then, is not to cast aside the observance of Lent as useless and formal, but to fill it with reality and life. Take hold of it with earnestness-lay aside · the gaveties of society-practice some genuine self-denial-enter devoutly into the religious services-listen to the sermons as learners, not as critics comparing one preacher with another-economize on your expenses that you may make a worthy offering at Easter, and strive above all to examine yourselves with an honest pur- pose to know how you stand in God's sight. If in this way you shall keep your Lent, you will find that your prayer, so often sung, "Nearer, my God, to Thee," will probably be more satisfactorily realized than it ever has been before. Praying for you that this Lenten season may be particularly blessed, I am,
AAffectionately your in Christ, CHAS. TYLER OLMSTED.
STUDIES IN THE PRAYER BOOK.
"Tables and Rules for the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts, together with the Days. of Fasting and Abstinence through the whole year" present themselves next for our consideration. And we cannot help thinking, as we read these words, what an old-fashioned sound they have. "Rules" are things that new-fashioned people do not care much about. "Fasting"
is hardly "up to date." But what a blessed thing it is that the Church goes on from generation to generation, and that the Prayer Book has its principles all set down in black and white, and that they are there to stay! For "rules" are not such bad things, after all, there is still such a virtue as obedience, which is not a bad element of Christian character ; while "fasting" is an exercise which many still find helpful, and probably the time will again come when it shall resume something of its former prevalence in the practice of Christian people. Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in eis. We may remark, moreover, that these rules and customs of the Church were not disturbed in the late revision of the Prayer Book in 1892. The nineteenth century was almost over, we were even then a la fin de siecle, when that revision was made, and yet, if we remem- ber correctly, no one even suggested that the "rules" should be thrown out, or that the "fasting" should be abrogated.
We may confidently assume, therefore, that this Church claims the right to lay down certain rules on such subjects, and to suggest, at least, the practice of certain devotional exercises, which she believes that her faithful and loyal members will observe according to their own best judg- ment.
Everyone knows, of course, that the "moveable" feasts are those that change their dates from year to year. Christmas day and the Saints' days are always on the same day of the same month. Easter day. being dependent on the phases of the moon, may come on any day from March 22nd to April 25th. It is the Sunday after the full moon after March 21st. Easter, therefore, is the great moveable feast, and it fixes the days before and after, from Septnagesima to Trinity Sunday, all of which change with it. All the Sundays of the year arc feast days, while all the Fridays are days of abstinence, except when Christmas falls on Friday. This is quite in accordance with reason and with nature. Easter is preceded by Lent, so every Sunday has its preceding Friday. "No cross, no crown." is a fully recognized principle in Christian
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life : and it seems a pity that more of our people do not observe this fact. There is the same reason for keeping Friday every week as there is for keeping Lent every vear. It is one of the days on which the Prayer Book says, "the Church requires such a measure of abstinence as is more especially suited to extraordinary acts and exercises of devotion .. " This is one of the "rules." Which is better, obedience or neglect ? It is to be noted, moreover, that the words quoted above, about the Church's "requirement" on these days, are found only in the American Prayer Book, not in that of England. The English Book gives the Vigils of Saints' days among the fasts which we have not, but it puts all the days of fasting or abstinence in together, not marking Ash Wednesday and Good Friday as special, and simply says "to be observed in the year." So that the requirement of the American Church would seem to be more specific in its wording than the other ; a fact well worthy of remark, seeing that the general impression is that the English Prayer Book is more stringent in its de- mands than our own.
The usual custom of the civil authorities in this country to appoint a day of thanks- giving every year for the fruits of the earth, makes it unnecessary for the Church to do the same ; but it is well that provision is made for it in the Prayer Book in the event.of its being omitted by the govern- ment.
There is a prayer in the Prayer Book for Congress, of which the rubric says, "To be used during their session." We have been wondering what "interpretation" is put upon that rubric. Does it mean that it is to be used "spiritually ?"
We take the liberty of quoting the following from "The Parish Bulletin" of Grace Church, Utica, and commend it to all of our readers :
"Sunday, February 11, is the day appointed for our offerings for Foreign Missions. Our apportionment for this object is very large. Please, be exceedingly generous. The day for discussion as to whether any obligation rests upon us for
helping in this work has long since pas-ed. In spite of all the witticisms-and, worse vet, the abuse-which have been expended on the missionaries, their failures and short-comings of every description and character, we know that the missionary principle is a part of our nature. The idea of Christianity living for itself is as con- tradictory as it is comical. Let us dismiss all distinctions between missionaries and other people, and, regarding ourselves as followers of the same Lord and Saviour, help the quarters of the globe where our fellow-followers of Him need that aid. Some may be unable to contribute money to this, or any other, object. But the great gift of prayer is at the disposal of every one. May we suggest an appropriate and beautiful prayer which is used every Sun- day morning by every Moravian congre- gation ?"
"Thou Light and Desire of all nations.
Watch over Thy messengers both by land and sea;
Prosper the endeavors of all Thy servants to spread Thy Gospel among heathen nations;
Accompany the word of their testimony con- cerning Thy atonement with demonstra- tion of the Spirit and of power;
Bless our congregations gathered from among the heathen:
Keep them as the apple of Thine eye;
Have mercy on Thy ancient Covenant people the Jews;
Deliver them from their blindness,
And bring all nations to a saving knowledge of Thee;
Let the seed of Israel praise the Lord: Yea, let all the nations praise Him ;
Give to Thy people open doors to preach the Gospel, and set them to Thy praise on earth. Amen."
And speaking of the "apportionment plan" for securing the necessary funds for the support of our general missionary work, it is a constant surprise to us to hear objections against it, even from those who are really interested in the work. Some method superior to the former happy-go- lucky one had to be devised to increase the offerings. Bishop Brewer, who went into the Episcopate from this Diocese. proposed this one, and the people of Watertown, at least, where he was the much loved Rector of Trinity Church, think him a very sensible and lovel-headed man : and the effect of it has been to add
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so materially to the annual income that last year there was no deficit. It is true that many, perhaps the majority of dioceses, have not given the whole amount apportioned, but several dioceses and mis- sionary districts have given the whole, and more and more are doing so every year. And yet it has been said by those who oppose the plan, that "no diocese has paid its apportionment." This is one of the "comical" phases of the opposition to the missionary efforts of those who have the management of that work in the Church. Somebody has to be appointed to bear the responsibility of these things, and the men who are thus appointed are usually very near their wit's end to find a way to accom- plish the result. But just as soon as they suggest a method, then the criticisms begin, which have the effect of crippling for a time at least the prosecution of it. Certainly this seems hardly kind or loyal, though it has its funny side.
Take another instance. The Missionary Thank Offering is a plan, suggested by that generous and large-hearted layman, Mr. Geo. C. Thomas, of Philadelphia, the Treasurer of the Board of Missions.
At the meeting of the Board during the General Convention in Boston, Mr. Thomas proposed that the men of the Church should, during the next three years, prepare to bring or send to the meeting of the Convention in Richmond in 1907 a thank offering to God for the blessings which he has bestowed upon the Church and nation during the three hundred years since the settlement of Jamestown in 1607. No definite sum was mentioned, but it was left to each one to give as God had pros- pered him and as his heart prompted him. Surely it was a happy thought, as full of patriotism as it is of devotion and mis- sionary zeal. But now we hear it said that there is nothing in it but a desire to get more money, and that if the Board of Missions would interest the men of the Church, they must show that they are after something else besides money ! And again we are told that the plan is sure to fail. and therefore it is useless to do anything about it! Could anything be more
comical? There are two things that the Church always needs in the mission fields. men and money. Sometimes the proper men are not forthcoming; but men cannot be sent without money to support them, and the more usual deficiency is that of money. Is it, therefore, an indication of sordidness on the part of the Board of Missions when they devise schemes for getting the money that is needed ? And did any one ever hear of anything being accomplished by those who declared before- hand that it was not worth while to try to do it? Several parishes in this Diocese have been paying off debts on their Church buildings. That is usually a very difficult task for the men or the women who under- take to raise the money. Suppose they had said at the outset that it could not be done, is it likely that their Churches would ever be consecrated so long as the matter was in their hands ?
But the Missionary Thank Offering cannot possibly be a failure. As we have said, no definite sum is proposed, and any amount that is sent in will constitute the offering. But seeing that one Diocese, Pittsburg, has pledged one hundred thousand dollars to it, and many others will doubtless follow after that, it is certain that a considerable fund will be collected. It may not be a worthy offering from so wealthy a constituency as we have. It may be that many of the men of the Church will have no share in it; but if so, we all know well whose the loss will be. The Thank Offering will be presented in Rich- mond in October, 1907, and the losers will not be among those who contributed.
GENERAL NEWS.
FOUR BISHOPS CONSECRATED.
The Rev. Charles D. Williams, D.D., Dean of Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland. Ohio, was consecrated fourth Bishop of Michigan, at St. Paul's Church, Cleveland, on Wednesday, February 7th.
The Rev. Edwin Melville Parker, of St. Paul's School, Concord, was consecrated Bishop Coadjutor of New Hampshire, at
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St. Paul's Church, Concord, on Friday: February 9th.
The Rev. John Newton McCormick, D.D., Rector of St. Mark's Church, Grand Rapids, Mich., was consecrated Bishopi Coadjutor of Western Michigan in that Church on Wednesday, February 14th.
The Rev. William Walter Webb, D.D., President of Nashotah House, was con- secrated Bishop Coadjutor of Milwaukee, at the Cathedral Church of All Saints. Milwaukee, on Saturday, July 24th.
PAROCHIAL MISSIONS.
As stated in our last issue, several parishes in Syracuse held missions during the month of February. We have received no detailed reports from any of them, but we understand that they were, on the whole, very satisfactory. The Rev. William Wilkinson was at All Saints', the Rev. Kenneth Mackenzie, Jr., at Grace, the Rev. H. P. L. Grabau at St. Mark's, the Rev. II. S. Longley at Trinity, and the Rev. H. S. Sizer at Calvary.
At St. Paul's there was only a noon-day service each day, at which these several Clergymen took turns in preaching. Some of the Churches had large congregations in the evenings, and very good attendance at the other services. The spiritual results of a movement like this can never be fully, known, but so far as they come abroad they will doubtless appear at the time of Con- firmation.
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