The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-10
he committee on appropriations reported

| Arthur Wilde Little, rector of st. Paul's
church, called attention to the violation Of
Article 3 of paragraph II of Canon [:
THE entire salaries of the missionaries are
TO be PAID by the Board of Missions, but the
| people to whom they are sent must be stated
contributors to the treasury of the Board, to
| the amount OF minimum which shall be
agTe ca upon from year to year between them
and the Board"
He moved that the canon be enforced.
After spirited discussion the matter was
laid on the table by a unanimous vote.
The appropriations were then taken up
and approved.
Rev. Walter Gwynne called attention to
the million dollar centennial fund, and urged
upon the clergy special effort in making col
lections for this end. The meeting of the
general convention at Chicago in October
viii be the one hundredth anniversary of the
conservation of the first American bishop,
| and this centennial fund is proposed as a
thank offering.
The time and place of the next meeting of
the Board was left to the discretion of the
Bishop. Invitations were received from
Augusta, Camden, Wiscasset and Northeast
Harbor. The Board then adjourned.
Rev. Mr.. Gwynne again urged the con-
sideration of the subject of forming Society
of Church Unity. 1t was voted to form such
society, and Rev. Walter G. Gwynne. was
elected Corresponding Secretary.
THE MISSIONARY MEETING.
The body of the church was well filled in
the evening, and the missionary meeting was
most interesting and instructive. The choir
was present. and beside the choral evening
service, sang number of the hymns appro-
pirate to the occasion. Rev. Canon Stills in
PRODUCED the speakers in place of Bishop
Nicely, who was unable to be present on ac-
count of his sickness Canon Stills stated
that the Bishop was much improved. and
expressed the regret felt by both the clergy
and congregation that the Bishop could not
preside over this meeting for the advance
ment Of a department of church work in
which he has always felt the deepest
interest.
Rev. Mr.. Martin, Principal of St. Cathar-
ines Hall, Augusta, was introduced as the
first speaker, and referred to education as a
means OF missionary work. He spoke in an
interesting manner of the general work of
the pastor in sowing the seed among the
people, and the advantage of training those
of youthful age in religious precepts while
their lives are still unclouded by the per-
plexities and griefs of later years.
Mr. Martin was followed by Rev. Dr.
Fiske, rector of st. Johns church, Bangor
DR.. Fiske impressed upon his hearers in the
course Of an eloquent address the duty of
following in the steps of Christ, who was
sent into the world to be a missionary
Every person in the church should be mis-
sionary, not perhaps as an active soldier in
the cause, but by the supporting work which
is the part of those who remain at home,
while by their aid the missionaries in the
foreign, domestic and diocesan departments
of missionary labor are enabled to success
fully prosecute their efforts in behalf of
Christianity.
Rev. Mr.. Dinzley of Eastport, the last
speaker, compared early Christianity, as
missionary work, with the Christianity of
today, after 1900 years of wonderful success.
He spoke Of the glorious prospect of the
future and the duty of the individual in rela-
ton to the work.
The missionary meeting closed the sessions
of a successful convention.