"THE OTHER FORT SIMPSON." T seems from the recent GLEANER Examination that some of our friends, who show a wonderful amount of knowledge of the Missions, are familiar with the Fort Simpson near Metlakahtla, but do not know "the other Fort Simpson" on the Mackenzie River, Diocese of Athabasca. So we reproduce a picture of the place which appeared in the GLEANER some years ago. Fort Simpson is an important post of the Hudson's Bay Company, and was first visited by a missionary when Archdeacon Hunter made his first great northern journey in 1858. Mr. Kirkby was the first to reside there, and he built the church, school, and mission-house. Afterwards Fort Simpson became the head-quarters of Bishop Bompas, and from thence he made his long journeys, both before and after his consecration, to Great Slave Lake, Great Bear Lake, the Youcon River, Peace River, &c. The Revs. W. D. Reeve and W. Spendlove have also laboured at this Station. The Indians are of the Chipewyan nation. 1 March. SIN AND ITS REMEDY. N. M. 19th.. 12.17 p.m. F. Qr. 26th.. 1.33 p.m. 1 W All have sinned, Ro. 3. 23. [their charge, Acts 7. 60. 2T Völkner killed by N. Zealanders, 1865. "Lord, lay not this sin to 3 FIf we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves, 1 John 1.8. 4 S Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death, Jas. 1. 15. 5 S 2nd in Lent. Be sure your sin will find you out, Nu. 32. 23. M. Ge. 27. 1-41. Mk. 6. 30. E. Ge. 28 or 32. Ro. 14, to 15. 8. M Sin lieth at the door, Gen. 4. 7. [and forgive, 2 Chr. 6. 24, 25. 7 T New C.M. House op. 1862. If they pray in this house, hear Thou, 8W 1st Miss. sailed for Africa, 1804. Commandeth all men everywhere 9T Not willing that any should perish, 2 Pe. 3.9. [to repent, Ac.17.30. 10 F The Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all, Is. 53. 6. 11 S Bp. Sargent consec., 1877. Testifying repentance toward God, [and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ, Acts 20. 21. 12 S 3rd in Lent. How can 1 do this, and sin against God? Ge. 39. 9. M. Ge. 37. Mk. 10.32. E. Ge. 39 or 40. 1 Co. 4. 18, & 5. 13 M Let not sin reign in your mortal body, Ro. 6. 12. 14 T Fox and Noble sailed for India, 1841. Then hath God also to the [Gentiles granted repentance unto life, Acts 11. 18. 15 W Bp. Burdon consec., 1874. Preached that men sh. repent, Mk. 6.12. 16 T Dahomian attack on Abeokuta, 1861. There are the workers of 17 F In Him is no sin, 1 John 3. 5. [iniquity fallen, Ps. 36. 12. 18 S He hath made Him to be sin for us, 2 Co. 5. 21. [Gen. 44. 16. 19 S 4th in Lent. God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants, 20 M Bp. Moule's 1st Confirmation, 1881. Joy in the presence of the [angels of God over one sinner that repenteth, Lu. 15. 10. 21 T Father, I have sinned, Lu. 15. 18. M. Ge. 42. Mk. 14, 27-53. E. Ge. 43 or 45. 1 Co. 11. 2-17. 22 W The Lord also hath put away thy sin, 2 Sa. 12. 13. 23 T Ye were the servants of sin, Ro. 6. 17. [righteousness, Rom. 6. 19. 24 F Slave Trade abol., 1807. Now yield your members servants to 25 S Annunc. V. M. Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall [save His people from their sins, Mat. 1. 21. 26 S 5th in Lent. He is the propitiation for our sins, 1 John 2. 2. M. Ex. 3. Lu. 2. 1-21. E. Ex. 5, or 6. 1-14. 1 Co. 15. 35. 27 M And not for ours only, but also for the whole world, 1 Jo. 2. 2. 28 TJ. Thomas d., 1870. The sting of death is sin, but God giveth us the 29 W He bare our sins, 1 Pe. 2. 24. [victory thro'Jesus Christ, 1 Co.15.56. 30 T That He might redeem us from all iniquity, Tit. 2. 14. 31 F 1st bapt. Fuh-Chow, 1861. Repent and be baptized, every one of [you, Acts 2. 38. THREE JUVENILE ASSOCIATIONS. T is wonderful what a Juvenile Association can do for the Church 1. A few years ago, the Rev. A. Baring Gould moved from Torquay to Winchester. He at once started a Juvenile Association for the city, and year by year it has been growing ever since. In 1877, it raised £62; in 1878, £87; in 1879, £100; in 1880, £126. 2. Two years ago, a lady moved from Brighton to Bournemouth, and at once, with the concurrence of the Rev. P. F. Eliot, started a Juvenile Association in connection with Trinity Church. The first year it raised £60, and last year £162, besides various sums for the Henry Wright steamer. 3. Two years ago, a lady at Eastbourne, whose late husband, the Rev. J. G. Faithfull, was in former years the ardent supporter of the Society at Cheshunt and in East Herts generally, started a Juvenile Association. The first year it raised £107, and last year £171. It is right to say that about £20 used to be contributed by children before, mainly from Trinity Sundayschools; but almost all the rest is new. We have just received last year's account, of which the following is a summary : EPITOME OF MISSIONARY NEWS. The C.M.S. Committee have received with much thankfulness seven offers of missionary service from men ready to go out at once or very shortly. (1) The Rev. W. Latham and (2) Dr. H. M. Clark, whose offers have been already mentioned. (3) The Rev. Robert P. Ashe, B.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, Curate of St. Michael's, Liverpool. (4) The Rev. David J. S. Hunt, of Merton College, Oxford, Curate of West Ham, and son of the Rev. R. Hunt, formerly C.M.S. missionary in N.W. America. (5) Mr. Arthur J. Shields, B.A., of Jesus College, Cambridge, son of John Shields, Esq., of Durham, an old and valued friend of the Society. (6) Dr. George Chalmers, a graduate of Edinburgh University, and a medical man at Monkwearmouth. (7) Mr. Bernhard Maimon, a converted Jew of Dalmatia, afterwards Hebrew Tutor in Hellmuth College, Canada, and now a student at St. John's Divinity College, Highbury. Mr. Maimon's offer is a result of an appeal for Bagdad by the Rev. R. Bruce. Mr. Latham has been appointed to Calcutta; Mr. Ashe to the Nyanza Mission; and Dr. Chalmers to the Gaza Medical Mission. The Rev. W. Walsh, Vicar of St. Matthew's, Old Kent Road, had been suggested for the Bishopric of Sierra Leone; but to the great disappointment of all who are interested in West Africa, the C.M.S. Medical Board have forbidden his going to that climate. The Society has lost an old and valued friend by the death of Colonel Caldwell, formerly Governor of Rupert's Land, and for many years a member of the Committee. He took a deep interest in the N.W. America Mission, which grew up under his own eye. The late Rev. Luke Caldwell, a Native clergyman, was named after him. On December 21st the Bishop of Calcutta held an ordination at Benares, when Mr. J. Treusch, C.M.S. Training Master at that station, was ordained deacon, and also Mr. William Seetal and Mr. Nathaniel Rahim Baksh, Natives, for pastorates at Lucknow and Allahabad respectively. At the same time the Revs. D. Jeremy and Aman Masih Levi received priest's orders. The sermon was preached by the Rev. H. M. M. Hackett, Vice-Principal of the C.M.S. Divinity College, Allahabad. In October last, Bishop Stuart of Waiapu admitted to deacon's orders two Maori lay readers. Manahi Te Aro and Nirai Runga, who had been in Archdeacon W. L. Williams' Theological Class. At a meeting held afterwards, a sum of £600 was handed over by the Native Christians towards an endowment for their support. Bishop Crowther held an ordination at Bonny on December 18th, when Mr. J. Boyle and Mr. J. D. Garrick, Native lay agents in the Niger Mission were admitted to deacon's orders, and the Rev. J. Buck, Native deacon, to priest's orders. Mr. Boyle was the schoolmaster at Bonny who attended the Madeira Conference last year. He read the Gospel on the occasion;_and Archdeacon D. C. Crowther preached the sermon, on the words of Luke xxiv. 48, "Ye are witnesses." Bishop Moule visited Ningpo and its out-stations in October, and held confirmations at several places, sixty-seven Chinese candidates being presented, thirty-three of whom were at Kwun-hoe-we, where the Rev. Sing Eng-teh is pastor. Bishop Scott of North China was present at some of the services. On October 13th and 14th a conference of the C.M.S. missionaries in CheKiang was held. On Dec. 18th, the Bishop of Lahore ordained Munshi Dina Nath as assistant teacher in the Lahore Divinity College. At the same time the Rev. A. Ball, of Karachi, received priest's orders. Bishop Speechly held his first ordination in the Diocese of Travancore and Cochin, on Dec. 18th, at Cottayam. The Rev. C. A. Neve and the Rev. E. Varkki John (Native) were admitted to priest's orders. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Oomen Mamen, on John xiii. 5, "I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you." On the 21st of December, the Rev. T. Ephraim, of the Society's Tamil Mission in the Mauritius, was admitted to priest's orders by Bishop Royston. We are truly sorry that the Rev. T. Cameron Wilson, who went to Lagos a year ago on the special fund raised at Hampstead and elsewhere in memory of the Rev. H. Wright, has returned home under medical orders. The Rev. S. Coles has come home on sick leave from Ceylon; and the Revs. R. T. Dowbiggin, J. T. Simmonds, and D. Wood, are also on the point of returning from that Mission on furlough, We much regret to hear that the Rev. J. R. Wolfe has met with a serious accident on board the steamer which took him from Hong-Kong to Fuh-Chow. He had an awkward fall, and injured his leg; and on reaching Fuh-Chow, on December 15th, the doctor ordered him to remain in bed. The Diocesan Gazette of Travancore and Cochin records in very warm terms the services of the Rev. W. J. Richards, who has just come home after ten years in the field. He has latterly been Principal of the Cambridge Nicholson Divinity Institution, and Chairman of the Cottayam Press Committee, in which office the Rev. A. F. Painter succeeds him; also Bishop's Chaplain. On his leaving, an address was presented to him by the teachers and students of the Institution, in which they "bestowed praise upon his Malayalam pronunciation." The Santâl Mission has been suffering through the illness of missionaries. The Rev. J. Tunbridge was sent away for some months invalided to Ootacamund, and just as he was returning to his work his wife was taken ill, and died. He has since been again ill, and been ordered home. The Rev. F. T. and Mrs. Cole are also coming home on furlough. The Rev. A. Stark and his family were obliged, by repeated attacks of fever, to go to the hills for some months, but are now at work again, taking the Godda station, instead of Taljhari, where the Revs. J. Brown and R. Elliott are labouring. The Rev. E. Dræse and family were obliged by sickness to be absent from Bhagalpur for some months, and the Rev. A. W. Baumann has been in charge there. The Editor of the Girls' Own Paper has presented to the Church Missionary Society a large parcel of housewives, &c., for the use of missionaries, made by the readers of that periodical for one of its prize competitions. THE CHURCH MISSIONARY GLEANER. OUR ONE HUNDREDTH NUMBER. APRIL, 1882. N the 1st of January, 1874, appeared the first number of the present CHURCH MISSIONARY GLEANER. There had been a Gleaner before, indeed; but it was a small magazine, and it had been dropped for three or four years. Eight years and four months have since been counted, making one hundred months; in which time, by the good hand of our God upon us, we have issued a thousand pictures and some fourteen hundred columns of letterpress for the sum of eight shillings and fourpence. The whole number of copies printed has exceeded three millions; and nearly £10,000 has been paid in cash by the public for numbers purchased. The Society's agencies are so numerous and varied that it is not possible to trace out the results of this particular agency; but we do know that there are missionaries now in the field who owed their missionary impulse, under God, to the GLEANER; and when we find that the average income of the Society is now £40,000 a year more than it was in 1873, we cannot doubt that the GLEANER has worked hand-in-hand with other instrumentalities in so extending and deepening interest in missionary work as to produce a result like that. To signalise the appearance of the Hundredth Number, we devote this month to sketches and illustrations of the Society itself, its history and its work; and we trust that both pictures and letterpress will prove interesting and helpful. It will be seen that we give four extra pages, sixteen inside the wrapper instead of twelve; and as we are printing an edition many thousand copies larger than usual, we hope our friends will make some little effort to push the sale, and in this way obtain regular subscribers for the periodical. But let us all remember that these agencies are but means to an end. Not for its own sake do we wish the GLEANER to flourish, nor even the Church Missionary Society; but that they may be used of God to help forward the accomplishment of His own gracious purposes to a lost world. May editor, and writers, and readers, and circulators, never aim at anything lower than that! HOW THE MONEY IS RAISED. JOT redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. No, certainly not; and we all feel how helpless money is to work any spiritual result whatever. And yet, in the providence of God, the course of this world is so ordered that the good news of the redemption cannot be proclaimed to every creature under heaven without money. It is one of the happy features of the Church Missionary Society that its organisation gives all ranks and classes, and ages, in every corner of the land, the opportunity of joining in the work by providing some little fragment of the great sum needed. Let us see how this is done, and the result in the year 1881. The number of parishes in England and Wales may be taken as a little over 15,000. From just one-third of these the Society received support, in one form or another, in the year 1881. Thus 2,010 parishes had sermons and meetings for the Society. 331 وو meetings, but no sermons. Total 5,375 During the year, 150 new parishes were gained, and 43 which had previously supported the Society failed to do so, making a nett gain of 107. About two-thirds of the whole number are more or less regularly organised as Associations, with Treasurer, Secretary, &c. Of these Associations there are 3,663; and of this number, 2,669 are affiliated as branches of larger Auxiliaries, and remit their contributions through them, while the remainder, 994, remit direct to Salisbury Square. Of the larger aggregate Associations-more often called Auxiliaries-there are 286. Some of these comprise the area of an old parish with its district parishes, as Islington and Paddington; some are Town Associations, as Birmingham and Sheffield; a few are much larger, as "Norfolk and Norwich" and "East Kent." The total number of sermons known to have been preached for the Society in 1881 was 7,366; and of meetings held, 2,775. These figures, however, are rather short, owing to the returns from two districts being imperfect; besides which it is certain that many parochial meetings take place without being officially noted. We may therefore safely say that the sermons exceeded 7,500 and the meetings 3,000. Of the sermons, about 2,300 were preached by regular agents of the Society, i.e., Missionaries at home and Association Secretaries, leaving more than 5,000 which were preached by volunteers, the clerical friends of the Society generally. The counties of England differ very much in the interest their clergy and people take in the Society's work, as judged by the number of sermons and meetings. Of the sermons, 901 belong to Yorkshire, 566 to Lancashire, 343 to Kent, 278 to Norfolk, 266 to Surrey, 265 to Middlesex, 258 to Hants, 250 to Durham, 231 to Somerset, 225 to Lincolnshire, and so on down to 27 for Monmouthshire and 23 for Rutland. Of the meetings, 255 belong to Yorkshire, 160 to Middlesex, 157 to Kent, 130 to Surrey, 128 to Norfolk, 126 to Lancashire, 116 to Hants, 109 to Somerset, 99 to Durham, and so on to 8 for Monmouth and 6 for Rutland. Taking the whole number of churches in a county, and comparing with it the number supporting the Society, the proportions are different. Only in Lancashire, Cheshire, and Durham do more than one-half the churches send contributions: viz., in Lancashire, 370 out of 706; in Cheshire, 112 out of 216; in Durham, 162 out of 269-or sixty per cent., the highest of all. Yorkshire is very near the half, 571 out of 1,161 ; and so is Northumberland, 90 out of 184. With regard to the average amount per sermon, Middlesex stands alone, its returns per sermon averaging £17 3s. 6d. Sussex stands next, though with only £8 5s. 7d. Then Surrey, with £7 10s. 3d.; Westmoreland, £7; Channel Islands, £6 10s.; Bristol (which is always reckoned as a separate county in C.M.S. accounts), £6 9s. 11d.; Kent, £5 17s. 5d.; Lancashire, £5 10s. 4d.; Warwick, £5 5s. 6d. The average for the whole of England and Wales is only £1 12s. The only other counties above the average are Cheshire, Devon, and Stafford. An analysis has been made of the sources of the Society's income, so far as it comes through Associations-i.e., excluding Legacies, Benefactions, Subscriptions, &c., paid direct to Salisbury Square. The result is as follows:-Sermons, £34,430; Meetings, £9,261; Donations, £9,844; Annual Subscriptions, £35,237; Missionary Boxes, £18,184. The remainder, about £32,000, is made up of "collections" (i.e., by individuals, not in churches-and not by boxes), sales of work, &c., and also a considerable amount not properly specified in the accounts received from the Associations, part of which ought no doubt to belong to the five heads above mentioned. Roughly speaking, it may be said that one-fourth of the Association funds come from sermons. Now this proportion ought to be a great deal less. In a parish well worked for the Society, with its quarterly meetings, boxes, cards, juvenile and Sunday-school organisations, working-parties, &c., &c., as well as the ordinary subscriptions and donations, the total amount raised is often six, seven, eight, or ten times that raised by the sermons; that is to say, the sermons ought to give a much smaller proportion than one-fourth. Yet in Cheshire, Stafford, Salop, Westmoreland, Monmouth, and in South Wales, the sermons give one-third or more of the whole; and in Middlesex they give 31 per cent. It is quite certain that much more can be done for the Church Missionary Society by its own friends. If not one new parish ever contributed, if not one which now contributes in a halfhearted way ever moved an inch forward, still the increase might be great in those where the Society is heartily supported. Even of these, only a small proportion are really worked as they might be. Without any undue pressure, and without any interference with other causes needing help, many a parish might, by simply setting on foot fresh agencies, double its returns in a single year. Is it not worth trying? OF THE SOCIETY. IN the next page of this number are portraits of twenty of the leading men in the Society's ranks in the first few years of its existence. A brief notice of them, and of some who worked with them, will not be unacceptable. Comparing the income raised in the various counties with their population, we arrive at very interesting results. Westmoreland sends much the largest contribution, 33s. 1d. for every 100 souls. Herts and Sussex come next, 26s. 71⁄2d. and 24s. 3d. respectively; and then Gloucester, Hunts, and Somerset, each a little over 20s. Of those under £1 per 100, Rutland SOME OF THE FOUNDERS AND EARLY FRIENDS stands first, 19s. 73d.; then Norfolk, 17s. 10d.; Kent, 17s. 3d.; Dorset, 168. 11d. ; Suffolk, Cambridge, and Hants, between 15s. and 16s. each. These, it will be seen, include the three counties that have the smallest population in England-Rutland, Hunts, Westmoreland; and evidently the efforts of a few friends in them have lifted up the percentage. Herts is a well-known C.M.S. county. Sussex, Gloucester, and Somerset, owe their position to such places as Brighton, Cheltenham, Bristol, and Bath. It is noteworthy that Norfolk should stand next after these, even before Kent, which has Blackheath, Tunbridge Wells, &c., to swell its figures. Dorset is unexpectedly good, owing to the good work of a few friends in what they themselves regard as a not very fruitful district. But it is surprising altogether to find these agricultural counties in the forefront, and such others as Berks, Hereford, Oxon, following next, while the great centres of population come far behind. That such strongholds of the Society as Lancashire and Durham should only give about 7s. per 100 each, considerably less than half the proportion of Cambridgeshire or Dorset, is contrary to all expectation; and scarcely less so, that Middlesex and Yorkshire, with 10s. 2d. and 9s. 11d., should be only half of Gloucester, Hunts, or Somerset. And why should Stafford give only 4s. 3d.? Evidently the immense growth of the population of late years has baffled the best efforts to keep up with it. It is interesting also to notice the relative progress of the counties during the last thirty years. In that period the gross income of the Society from all sources has just doubled itself; but the most rapid rate of increase has been in Legacies and large Benefactions, and the rate of increase in the returns from local Associations has been 78 per cent. The question now is, Which counties show a rate of progress higher, and which a rate lower, than this general rate of 78 per cent.? Of the forty-one counties (Bristol being again taken as a separate county), only sixteen exceed the average rate of increase; one equals it; twenty have a lower rate; three (Cornwall, Rutland, Wilts), have not increased at all; and two (Monmouth and Worcester), have actually given less now than they did thirty years ago. The first of all is again Westmoreland, with an increase of no less than 209 per cent. Kent is close behind, with 205 per cent. Then come Northumberland, 181 per cent.; Durham, 177 per cent.; Herts, 171 per cent. ; and then, after a long interval, Cumberland, 135 per cent., and Norfolk, 134 per cent. The two metropolitan counties of Middlesex and Surrey, together with Devonshire and Notts, follow; and then Bedfordshire, Hants, Sussex, the only others that have doubled their contributions in the twenty-nine years. Hereford and Derby are the remaining two that have exceeded the general rate; and Lancashire is the one that has just kept abreast of it. But the increase in Ireland far exceeds that of any part of England, being no less than 360 per cent., viz., from £1,659 in 1850-51 to £5,996 in 1880-81. It should, however, be added that the whole of this was gained in the first decade; and that in the last few years, the Hibernian Auxiliary has been engaged in recovering the ground lost at the time of the Disestablishment. In the first line across the top of the page, we see the four men who, before any others, merit the title of Founders of the Society. JOHN VENN, Rector of Clapham, son of the great Henry Venn of Huddersfield, and father of Henry Venn, the Hon. Secretary in after years, was in the Chair at the inaugural meeting on April 12th, 1799, and signed the Committee's letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury. A very curious illustration of the estimation in which Evangelical clergymen were then held is given by his son Henry. A relative of the then Bishop of London was going from Fulham Palace to visit Mr. Venn at Clapham. The Bishop's carriage must on no account be seen to draw up at Mr. Venn's door, so it set down the lady at a public-house near, whence she was fetched to the Rectory by young Henry himself! done a noble work, although now in some respects out of date-was THOMAS SCOTT, the author of the well-known Commentary-which has Secretary of the Society for the first three years, and preached the first Annual Sermon on May 26th, 1801. Some of his sayings have often been quoted. One was, "I wish to do what I can; I have no money to give, and I Again: "It is our duty to go forward, expecting that our difficulties will cannot become a missionary; but I can labour, and I have a little influence." be removed in proportion as it is necessary that they should." Again: "Those who most pray for us are our best benefactors." CHARLES SIMEON, of Cambridge, who, by his work among University men, and by his purchases of the patronage of important livings, did perhaps more for spiritual religion in England than any other man of his age, was less identified with the Society than some others, and not being in London, was not a member of the original Committee. But the movement which resulted in the formation of the Society owed its first impulse to a paper read by him before the Eclectic Society three years before, on Feb. 8th, 1796, and in 1802 he preached the second Annual Sermon. JOSIAH PRATT succeeded Scott as Secretary in 1802, and continued in office twenty-two years. Under his vigorous administration the first ninety missionaries were sent forth; Missions were begun in West Africa, the Levant, India (North, South, and West), Ceylon, New Zealand, and NorthWest America; and the income multiplied just a hundred-fold, rising from £370 to £37,000. The second row of portraits shows us four other of the earliest and most active clerical friends of the Society, viz., JOHN NEWTON, once a slavedealer, then a faithful minister of Christ and author of "How sweet the name of Jesus sounds" and other favourite hymns, and a member of the original Committee; RICHARD CECIL, of St. John's, Bedford Row, the leading evangelical preacher of the day, who delivered the third Annual Sermon; T. T. BIDDULPH, of Bristol, who preached the fourth Annual Sermon, and afterwards founded the first great Branch Association in that city; and BASIL WOODD, an active member of the original Committee, and the first clergyman to make a church collection for the Society, in his church, Bentinck Chapel, Paddington. The third row brings before us some of the Society's leading lay friends. WILLIAM WILBERFORCE took the deepest interest in the cause from the first, and his influence in Parliament and in high quarters generally proved of essential service; and the Society on its part crowned the great work of his life in the abolition of the Slave Trade by taking charge of the rescued slaves. HENRY THORNTON, M.P., of Clapham, was the first Treasurer, and held that office sixteen years, until his death. JOHN BACON, R.A., the famous sculptor, was one of the original Committee, and a man of singular piety. ZACHARY MACAULAY had been governor of Sierra Leone, and on his return to England in 1801, he at once joined the Committee, and was for many years a leading member. He also wielded an important influence as editor of the Christian Observer. The great Lord Macaulay was his son. In the fourth row we find four eminent men who may be called foreign |