The record-union., 1899-10-18

be forgotten, however, that of the 40
places visited 17-had two combinations
during the Conversational year.
I note with satisfaction the return to
of the United States navy, and acknowl-
edge with sincere gratitude the laborS OF
Rev.. W. l. Kip, during his vacation
tfnued and highly Wv valued services of the
Rev William Lusk Of the Diocese of Con-
nectleut, who ministered most acceptably
to the people of Chico during several
months, as labor of love, rendering ma
terial assistance to both people and priest.
Summary-My official acts SINCE Janu-
ary 70, 1899, may be summarized as fol-
lows: Public services, officiated, III; ser
mons and addresses, 100; celebrated holy
eeomqmunions, 4s; baptisms Y; marriages.
attended, 35; churches consecrated, |; lay
readers licensed, 1S; confirmed by Bishop
raas Graves, ,,o; oIS5; by me, $50. Total 4So, OF
died, 2; deposed, /; received economically,
Z; transferred, 2: number of clergy now
onically and actually connected, 29. Can
orders, i. Women missionaries receiving
SELF-SUPPORT.
| The foregoing facts and statistics give
US ground for the hope that at no very
dlslant Day we can support ourselves.
i would set before you in this, my first ad-
dress, the need OF conSecrating all our Ell
Iorts upon accomplishing our self-support.
For twenty-five years Northern California
mas been dependence upon the bounty Of
the church. Within that time this district
| has received from the Board of Missions
| the great sum of $S2, 800 for the support of
the episoopate alone, and S37, 500 additional
| for the building up of its missionary
work. Self-respect compels us to consider
how soon we may bring this condition to
an end. Loyalty to the church demands
| as soon as possible that we lay
our plans to release the board
| M n11r
| brethren conStrainS us to take action in
| order that the loving, nurturing care of
our great church, so long given to us.
may be transferred to weaker and less
favored fields. | have given earnest, con-
slant thought to this subject, since my
conservation, and am now prepared to
become an organized, self-supporting dio-
cese by the year 1904. l think the plan
requiring only united, determined, con-
centrated effort. The plan is to raise by
voluntary, apportionment among the par
ishes and missions. of our district the
sum of $1,000 annually, increasing this to
! $l,200 the third year and to $1,500 the
fourth year, allowing for our gradual
annual sum being added to- the endow-
ment- fund already in hand, and COM
pounded at interest, which | would esti-
mate conservatively at per cent. The
result of this process may be seen from
the following table:
Present endowment fund. ........ 81, SOC
interest ........................... l2s
Amount of fund October, 1900. ........ .$3625
Raised the second year. 1,00C
Amount of fund October, 1901. ....... 81, 500
Raised the third year................. ,20e
interest ...............'......... ~
Amount of fund October, 1902. .... sc, ,24t
Raised the fourth year................. 1,50(
lhtelest ..''..'...'..'..'.. ..'....''..'.'.f. OF
Amount of fund October, 1903 ....... .O5s
Raised the fifth ear................... 1,oOl
interest OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 4V1
Dohauon ........................... AZ
Amount of fund October, 1904. ....... SIC, ,00l
Taking no account Of special collections
individual gifts or other means of increas-
| ing this fund, it is plain that by follow
ng the method proposed we shall be in
possession of $4,000 at the end Of five
years. This money will have been raised
will fulfill the conditions of the Harold
Brown bequest, by which $4,000 is bestow-
ed upon missionary district raising a
! like sum- An additional sum Of $4,000 is
! bestowed by the Board of Missions upon
| the district on the same condition. Thus
the moment we raise $4,000 for our self
support we receive $4,000 more, and we
start out as an organized diocese with an
| endowment fund of $4,000, which IS just
twice as large as that which the Diocese
| time
Estimating the interest on this fund to
| continue at the low rate of per cent,
we would have an income of S1,500 from
| this source. Estimating the annual sum
raised from the parishes and missions to
| continue at 1880 (although it is almost
| certain to be increased as new men come
| in and work deYelops) we will have in
hand 5000 annually as the salary of the
| Bishop. Thus by 1904 we will, if God
/ blesses our Efforts be able to relieve
| the board of the support Of our Bishop,
| and may ask the general convention of
| that year to permit Us to organize into q
/ diocese.
The practicability Of this plan turns
able TO raise $1,000 per annum? [ believe
it is. Let me inform the conyocation OF
| the action taken by number of the
| clergy and laity of the district, just be-
fore my conSecratiOn-an action which
| filled me at the time with gratitude and
which inspires me up to this moment with
encourag cement for the future of this dis
trict;, At an informal conference held
in Sacramento November Y, 1898 the
selves their parishes, guilds and people
to raise the sum of $1,000, to be placed
at the disposal of the Bishop, to enable
him to meet his house rent, and also the
calls for charity, hospitality, church ex-
tension and incidental expenses which, in
the absence of communion aims, lay such
heavy demands upon a Bishops purse
neighborliness, lent his influence to this
conference, presiding over it and giving
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