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JANUARY 19*43
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HISTORY EARLY MISSIONARIES
IN TIDS COUNTRY        ^
whose lite was a pattern of kind-
(Continucd) .
CHAPTER >fINE
'  riitST   MISlsIONART   REPORTS
JThe first two reports were made
up to February 1st the next lou ,
to June 24th. but, Since the year'
1820, our balance sheet was noi
made, up until the Slst of December. The amounts for these years
were as follows:
1814, amount of income to February 1st,  £6,8*0.2.5.
1815, amount of Income to February 1st., £9,55414.4%.
► 1816, amount of Income to June
24th.,  £ 12,565.Q.9%.
1817, amount ot tycomi
24th..  £ 19,933.7.T»4V'
1818, amount of ifcorac
24th.,   £20,599.17.7^.
1819, amount of income to June
2«th.,   £25,087.9.8.   '
1820, amount of income to December 31st   £37,211.15.9.
. ' The number of our missionaries
at the conference ol?1821 was one
hundred and thirty-two; and our
missionary membership, 28,699.
The early missionary reports
contain a mass of interesting matter, at which we need not bc surprised, when we know that they
are the production of, the giai t
mind of Richard Watson, a man
who seemed to scan the world at a
glance, and jthdroughly to. understand its state and its wants; who
e talcirt. thc tact, and thc
necessities of every missionary in
ihe Held; whose pulpifcoratory, unsurpassed in a century, "was always employed on behalf of mis-
;   whose  pen
emies to silence; whose theologica
productions will continue to benefit mankind to tht latest'period
of time;
greater effect toward the eman-l
cipation of    slaves in the    West| steward,   to   the
Indies,    than  any   other man. in!tiie missionaries.
Englanti. not    in the Legislatare;| also put this, right ln 1{
following minute: |
«That all our missionaries shall i
S3,-:, *^t££*f<
they may order Jrdm >>»u. —.      e
purpose of tale at their respective
ed a little longer; another wore out
too many shoes).and such a brother
could not want- so many pocket |
handkerchiefs as appeared
bill. The matter engage
early attention of the secretaries I
stations. But they shall be left'at and missionary   committee,   who
their several district-j'"ued **«1' "**»* <**** °*" MFchl
peace; j and whose!, name I meetings, to apply the product Ofl*** 18J;9- ™s S££r,12ti    "
will  go dowrj^With  unblemish>d | such Saies, if, they deem it exped-[**"**
reputation, to unborn^eiierationj. | ient, to the payment of their or-
Such was the character^  '
.cjinary deficiencies as missionaries,
ot the first secretaries of the Wes-i^j^,. as'jt vvill go; and shall pay
Methodi '     :
ness, diligence,  and piety;, whose)liberty,
■; \ and whosA name meetinfc., .u
before me, from which 1 wiU ex-j
tract the second paragraph:
"It  is highly  desirable  that  a
regular and proper scale of allow-
MUsionary 8a-\ttfcb\>ek*ke?nnA what they mvejan<-es °< ir^me should be ettab-
ciety; and his    coadjutors. Jabez.him, by sending him an order on!"shed for ■*• v"g* ™sti<*»m\
Bunting and Joseph Taylor, were lhe missionary treasurer In Lon-|'** evet» ^ 0,th' wf?'. "° *
truly kindred spirits with his own. don, to the  amount 0f those w. j to provide them with whst is suf-
The missionary, committee, and U^ deficjen-jes. -which theyrf'dcnt lor *"*°* cloth.ng. etc., ir
especially the secretaries, as soon have 'received out. 0f the book- **ese P'»ces where they reside, ac-
as they entered office, found that!money.. cording >o-the_necessary expense
they not only had to raise money!    The Mrd usage WM they drewjof living in each place     We are
for missionary purposes, but slso bUU ^ other p^M besjde the j of **S*; ™*  the  aUow-
that it was incumbent upon them j tre8Surer for ^^ support    n« —
to sec that thc moneys so raised iconference of 1817 regulated ths
should    be    properly    expended j matter   by   the  following   rcsolu-
Thcre  were  three  usages among  tion:
our first missionaries, which would "That thc missionaries shall bc
now appear extremely ttrange. I peremptorily prohibited from
The first was that every mission- j drawing bills, for missionary cx-
ary had a separate and individual penses .upon any other person
right to draw bills for his own' than the general treasurer; and
support, without any limit es to , that, in order to prevent any such
the amount of the bill. The con- irregularities, printed .forms of
lerencc of 1815 put its veto upon , hilk shall be forwarded to'each
this practice, by the following . missionary station; of which forms,
minute- Ian^  no  °thers,    the   missionaries
"No missionary-in the West In-' sha11   be  re?uired    *o  mnk*  use,
dies,  Newfoundland,  Nova Scotia.'wh*n.V"e,lih8ve occaslon
..    ' . ,     „        ' „ -Beside  the  above  irregul
New  Brunswick,  Canada  or Ber-    7 .    . .      .    ,
.      .   „ .     ' .the missionaries had no fixed al-
muda, shall be permitted to draw; .    •  .
..„  , "T       „„ ,    lowance for either board or quar-
B  bill  for more than  fifty pounds  . .    .     ......
,t   nno  «imr>    without   nr^vinTu  art   I ,cra8C:  and   lt Was  truly   amusinK.
"' at the. district meeting, to hear the*
vice and explanation of
ordinary nature and circumstance
of the case.    No missionary, sta
tioned  in  the  East,  shjll be per-
than or
c hund
red and
fifty pound
vic-i*
time.
without
sirrntar ad-
The
second
usage v
ns, the>p-
propria
ion  of
5 ' '.Jr-j* the
sale  ot
books.
sent bj
taBitapk-
brethren    read  their    circuit
^ach article
food and clothing that wts madej
use of during the year.   There wi
thing
•hkh must be struck out   This
we called rasping. No matter what
the brother himself thought of h s
account it was sure to be rasped]
t the district meeting. One
puld have had too much beef;
another was rather too expensive
third had a new coatj
hls-old-one would have' last-
ance ought lo be such as will render the, missionaries and ther]
families sufficiently comfortable,:
while engaged in their great and
important work."
The circular bears the signature
of "Charles Atmore, Chairman."
The substance of this circular
engaged the attention of the
brethren in Newfoundland for
-some years before they could agree:
as to the scale of allowance, they
would request the committee to
make. for their district. Brother
John Walsh took an active part in
this matter. He carefully ascertained the expenses of e&ch circuit
in the district; calculated what
clothes each brother would
quire; and, making allowances for
miscellaneous and incidental expenses, he drew up a scale of a -
and presented It at the
| district of 1822, -which, being
sanctioned by the missionary com-j
mittee, formed the scale of allow-
•hich, with some trifling a -I
teration, has been observed to
present Time.
Beside1 the above circular, the
{"secretaries were accustomed, a
few days after the close of conference-, to send'J'an annual circular" to each missionary, giving,
•lew ot the proceed- j
ings of the conference, the state i
of the connection, the state of the
different funds, with instructions!
to the missionaries on partJculai
topics, and other inormation oil
great value and importance to the
missionaries at that time, es]
neither .the "Wesleyan" nor'the
"Watchman" then existed; and!
particularly were these circulars]
valued in the distant, stations of]
til's mission, where, for six months
of the year, we never saw a newspaper or received a letter.
The substance of these jpirculars
was, in the year 1832, pift in the
form of a small volume, ailed "An
Appendix to the General Instruc-i
lions of the Missionary Committee,]
for the private use of the Missionaries." From thjs little volume
we shall matte orfe extract because it will always be of import-]
ance to the'right working of our;
itinerancy. The heading is, "Solitary Stations":
"Several of the. districts, and|
especially'those in British North;
America and Newfoundland, are
divided almost entirely in solitary
stations, in consequence of which j
many circuits are unavoidably in- j
trusted to the superintendence oil
young men, witK little experience
in.'the discipline of Methodism, to
the great detriment of the so-1
cieties, and to the hinderance of
the work of God. We would re-:
commend to the chairman and
brethren of district] so circum- j
stanced, to turn their attention to |
a union or re-arrangement of their]
circuits, so that two preachers |
may, as far as practicable, be stationed together;    and thc    young
In Memoriam
land affectionate
pens a ted tor those of the mother
I she had  lost st the age of live. I
A TRIBUTE Havlng no chudren of their
, MM. GERALD 8. DOYLE        lhe   Ucs   between  them  and  the!
"Come! let the burial rite be"read, growing child   strengthened with|
The funeral tong, be sung, j the years, and sha bad so entwin-
An  anthem    for  the    queenhestjed herself in their affections that,!
dead
'   That ever died so young—
A-dirge for her, the doubly dead
In that she died so young."
when the-intelligence of her
epected and early death reached |
expected and early death reached i
the shock snd another bereavement in the family was recorded.
Marjorie Mershon was married I
■ A path of
own
Whereto     her  phantom    beauty,
f-^. eyes steeling;
Haunts tbe aad ipot alone."
Throngs of friends visited ber
city residence on Queen's Road on
Saturday to pay their last respects
to her tn tbe home from which the
hsd gone only a few hours before
to walk in the Valley oi th* .
Shadow common to all mothers,
but .from which this time it was
destined she was never to return.
At the height of that blessed
season more closely associated]
than any other with home life' and
happy family gatherings, the, with five'soas. Ever since hei
household of Mr. Gerald S. Doyle j arrival in this country she hadj
was plunged into grief over the j endeared herself to all those with]
sudden and unexpected passing ofi whom shc had
his young wife, Marjorie, whojbut her interests were mainly
died at St Clare's Mercy Hospital centered in her family and tbe
in thc early , hours of Saturday. | beautiful home and grounds which
January 2nd in giving birth to a | her husband had created for her
son. The infant survived, but oil Ion Carpasian Road. While, she
efforts to prevent the death of • was quick to respond to the claims
the mother proved futile. She had!of social obligationr. she
been  resting   at   thc   hospital   forjlowed them to interfere with the)
some days, but on both Christmas) demands  made    upon her lovingj    The happiness of the Heaven
Day and Ncw Year's Day express-' care by  her young  family.    Pos- which she had  surely been sui
-• if a natural nobility of|moncd seemed to be reflected in
md a most gracious andj her features, as if she were gazing
personality,    these   gif s at that other Mother to whom she
to Mr. Gerald S. Doyle in New j Looking at her still form as she Ity'
Vor;. and their union was blessed, in   placid    loveliness,  the' heart-
wrung cry of Romeo instinctively
came to mind:
"Death    which bath    suck'd  the
• honey of thy breath
Hath had no powei- yet upon thy
Thou art not conquered: beauty's
entbjn yet
Is crimson in thy lips and on thy
apj
wish    to rejoin the    family! sassed
circle   and   it  was   Arranged   that '.manner
should do so. No one who saw  w>»ntlig
ner, bright, cheerful and rejoicing shone in greater contrast in thei
in this happy reunion, could havc home and the family circle than|
suspected that within a few hours elsewhere and she lavished upon
she would bc lying cold in death it, members the generous affec-
No expression of sympathy which tion and devotion of an unselfish
the most eloquent lirS could frame Wife and mother. Shc was^known
asure assuage thc respected and admired by hun-
e sudden passing dreds of people outside of St
young wife and Johns who had enjoyed thc ho
brought to her  p.tality of her home and thc cordi
was so. completely devoted: and
the Son whose life, sufferings, and
death, taught us that only thrc-igb
pain, sorrow, and the grave may
wc enter Eternal Life
If I dared to convey any consolation to the bereaved ones She
has left behind, it is found in tr.o
j knowledge that the wishes lor A
Happy New Year, expressed u
f Tennyson
paraphrase the
I it could be said that—
"A  thousand   claims  to  revercne
closed   .
! In her'as mother, wife and friend'
sorrow which
of  a   beautiful
mother must h
stricken family and relatives, and and Warm-hearted welcome which'by her friends only a few bout*
it is not the purpose of.this writei   awaited    them    there.    She took I before    her  passing    have  been
to do so, but rather to pay a poor  particular      delight    in    showingl translated   into  the  realization  of
and inadequate tribute to one who visitors the beauties of the grou^* ' the greatest wish of all—A Happy
fulfilled  life's highest  and  holiest   ihc ,rccs  the shrubs, the flowers— I Eternity.
destiny  and  regarding   whom,  to .hcrsc|,   the fairest  flower."    To
all  who  knew  her  those grounas
will   never   again     be .the   sanie;l
beautiful Marjorie Doyle is deaa:j
glamour withered on the ground,        Qf ^as J^fi QH
U
W. J. C.
Redaction in Price
splendour faded from the day j
Marjorie   Doyle   was   the   only;    ,t  |s  in  association  with those
daughterof Mr. R. H. and the late impressjve  and  stately surround-
Mrs. Mershon  of Ncw York. Mr I ings that her friends will best re
Mershon, who visited his daught-'caU ner mCmory.
er annually, was well known to^
many people, not alone In the city.j
but in many {other parts of the!
country wnerir ~ti bad- travelled |
a poignanr-and penonal loss. On
I the death of Vier mother, and  in
of. the faVt that her fatherr
nercial   and   industrial  inter-
necessitalud        considerable
:1 and long periods of absencf
I from home. Marjorie's upbringing
was undertaken by her uncle an<:
and  Mrs.  Charles Sp "1
I of Garden City, Long Island. Ncw
| York. She was regarded by them
a daughter and their loving care
men   bc   thus   placed,   as   long  as
I, under the direction of thc
brethren."
(To be continued) i
'    The Depilty    Prince Controller.
Mr. E. C. Prtce. announcei thit m
eopMquence of a rsstucticii   i-. certain surchargt* on' gssoi"
smUlliedfe
le  price ;of }
" be reduce*-
i pleasant shade
shc    walked  in sun-
s and greener;
in   this     disconsolate
Wednesday, January 6U> i?
Among the reductions. In Ihe'
wholesale prices'are: GaV |;ne. including -Acto" (fisherrm-is v.itrt-
or fuel) appr6xitnatc'y lis mils,
per gallon. Oil fuel fcf*d- nc:t c
heating and kerosene o.l ttx and
one-^ialf cents per gol:t.'
Thc b
should  be a
liable
; publ'i-
teas
hears out voice that calls,
irough oui heartetehere
a palh of feeling.
.indslod to f,
ipump.
Sold at All Dealer*
GERALD S. DOYLE LTD.
Sole Agents
x Good food in sufficient quantities, providing the diet is well
balanced, is all most people need to keep tisttn m good health;
but this is not always possible. "Some hare meat and cannot eat,
and some can't cat that want it" as the poet says. Again, many'
are unable at all seasons to obtain a balanced diet, and unless the
appetite is good, no diet is acceptable or likely to be indulged in
to the extent that is necessary to build strength, and particularly
reserve strength.
That is why doctors down through the age* hare suggested
a good tonic when the appetite fails. How often have you beard
the doctor say "AH that you need is a good tome"? That may
be all you need—but that's a lot! It is suggested that you try
Brick's Tasteless--this very old and reliable medicine that has
acted as a tonic for millions of people for. nearly half a century.
To enjoy your meals and get the full benefit from your food—
TAKE BRICK'S
TASTELESS
Every Cold is Serious
IT IS only a step from tbe ordinary cold to bronchitis, v,
*nd,the dry, hinh co«9h, i
,_,.-/itn soreness snd lightness in the chest
nd distressing coughing Spasms.
Dr. CrajcY Syrup of Linseed snd Turpebtine teems almost like a specific for btdhchitis
because it H so.successful in loosening up the cough,'tiding expectoration and allaying in-
flamrrnt-on. '■» •
A bitl will prove the effectiveness of this well-known treatment   It is so pleasant to. the
taste thtt children love to take it
Dr. Chase's Syrup "'
of Linsaed and Turpentine
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