The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-06


1892. Nine years later Maryland had popu
lation OF 25.0o0. settled In thirty parishes. Al
| about half OF those parishes were supplied
| with Anglican clergymen Its claims could mo-
DO compared with those OF come other colonies
| and therefore 1t received from the Society FOL
| the Propagation OF the Gospel only occasiona
help in the settlement OF ministers and oil libra
| ries. and that only for short time. When
In 1920 the Maryland clergy were In danger
Of having their salaries considerably dimin'
ished by the action Of the local assembly
tho society supported them In success
| fully opposing the confirmation Of the
act. 1t Is well known that Virginia was
| for the most part colonized by members
| Of the Church OF England. In 1912 the whole
colony was laid out in parishes; churches
were built, and an act OF assembly fixed q sal
nry upon the minister. The maintenance
was payable In tobacco. and. when the price OF
that staple fell. It became altogether inade-
duate. In 1901 nearly half OF the forty to
forty-six parishes were unsupplied with cler-
gy Still. the colony was better provided with
Anglican mlnistrations than any other. and.
therefore. the societys assistance was limited
to gratuities to two clergymen there In 1902
and 1925. and the supply of religious books.
In 1902 Mr.. George Bond offered to convey
to the society his right and title to an estate OF
$50 acres OF land in Virginia. Tho offer was
accepted but tho title proving dubious. the
matter dropped.
Ofall the Southern colonies. North Carolina
most needed assistance from the society. In
17O1 this colony contained about five thou
sand white Inhabitants besides negroes and
Indians. all o; whom are said to have been liv-
Ing without any form OF divine worship pub
licly performed. Children were growing up
unbaptized and uneducated. and the dead
l,,ri tod. rtt hrtct rif
good was reported to have been effected by
religious books supplied by DR.. Bray in 1890
100: but this had been counteracted by the
i'll behavior OF the first Anglican clergyman.
the Rev. Daniel Brett. who seems to have been
sent over in tho last named year In n letter
forwarded to the Bishop of London. we read
that for about half q year he behaved him
self in a modest manner and after that
in a horrid manner" In 1903. the north
eastern part OF the colony was visited
by Dir. Keith. one OF the society's first
travelling missionaries, and the urgent need
OF a clergyman IN the Roanoke country was
recognized by him. but some time elapsed ere
one could be obtained. When Dr. Blair visited
the province in 1904. he described it as the
most barbarous place in the continent" Final
ly. In 1907. the society sent out two mission
aries, the Rev. ]. Adams and the Rev. w. Cor
don. Tho latter returned to England after a
years experience. being unable to endure
the distractions among the people. and
other intolerable Inconvenience In that
colony" Mr. Adams. on tho other hand. re-
manned in North Carolina until he died al
though the Quakers gave him great trouble.
and although he did not derive from his con-
greGations support enough to pay for diet and
lodging" 1t was only by an increased allowance
from the society that he was enabled to OK
o. nj hnn nd npt lie II.
the character of "a pious and painful pastor.
exemplary and blameless." who had much
conduced to promote tho great end OF
his mission" Successive missionaries for
many years had to encounter hardships
and dangers arising from the incursions OF
the Indians The attempts also to Christian
lie the negro were for n time frustrated ty the
slave owners. who would by no means per-
nit" the blacks Ito be baptized. having the
false notion that a Christian slave is by law
free" In no department OF their work
did tho missionaries in North Carolina re-
ccivo much help from the colonists. In
I'LL the Rev. ]. Urmston was. with his
family. 'in manifest danger OF perishing
for want OF food: we have" he said.
&c lived many a dry. only on dry crust and
drauRht Of salt water out OF the Sound. such
regard have tho people for my labors-so wor-
thy OF the favor the society had shown them
In providing missionaries and sending books"
To this clergyman had been promised from
local sources house and f10O year. but he
actually only received $50 In five years. and
that In paper money. Similar complaints
were made by others. and many instances
might be quoted to show that the bounty OF
the society was acutely needed and duly appre-
ciated. In 1715 the Assembly Of North Caro-
lima divided the country into nine parishes and
IaI olor fprf I, ,lpto - naoh
ish. not exceeding $50 apiece. The
preamble OF this act expressly states
that this was done to show "a graft !
tude to tho Right Honorable the Society
for Promoting the Christian Religion In For
egn Parts. and our zeal for promoting our holy
religion" The salaries however. were not paid.
and. in 1882. the society. observing that there
was not one minister OF tho Church OF Eng
land In North Carolina. appointed an itinerant
missionary to travel through the whole Of tho
country and from time to time ofIlciate in
every part OF II. Five years lator the province |
was divided into two itinerant missions. to one |
Of which was appointed the Row. j.. Garzia.
who had been induced by fnir promises to |
come from Virginia. and who. with his wife |
and three children. was starving' through his |
failure to Obtain his salary OF ego per annum. |
Tho society long had reason to com plain that |
he inhabitants Of North Carolina. though |
frequently called upon to. build churches |
md parsonngos and to fix glebes and salaries |
or settled missionaries did little or nothing.
Up TO 1904 only one globe house had been fin
shed. but In that yeur some better provision |
was made for the maintenance OF the clergy.
whose number then only six. Increased threo-
old In the next seven years. Nevertheless. in
IT'S. tho Rev. D. Earl reported that he had
not received a shilling OF his salary from his
parish for near three years" This was partly