The San Francisco call., 1901-10-09

DISTINGUISHED DEPUTATON FROM SYNOD OF CANADA
RECEIVED AT SESSION OF PRELATES AND DEPUTIES
Lord Bishops Newcastle England and British Columbia With Other Foreign Dn
Fields

church, whether clergymen or laymen, come
across the border you may be sure that you
have welcome to our hearts and to our homes.
We stand here to-day representing 1900 clergy
men of the Church Of England in Canada in a
population of 5,400, 900. We glad to bring
to you to-day the greetings of the Bishops and
these 1900 clergymen and to wish you God
selves, have our settled and wen-ordered par
ishes in the eastern portion OF our Dominion,
and we have a wonderful future before u.s.
just you have, in the great Northwest and
in our far west as we call it in British Co
lumbia. We. equally with you, are interested
in making our eastern people understand the
possibilities of our great west and the neces-
sity of our laying the foundations Of our church
We are only too glad to be here, because of
the inspiration that we shall take away with
US We want to bear you the very heartiest
message of greeting from the church across
the border, and assuring you of the most hearty
our dioceses; believing that with you we have
message to deliver and something to do in
molding the life Of the twentieth century; and
believing that with you we have joint heri-
tage of the ancient prayer and song, and lit
urgy and creed a charge never to end; as
his gift we have received them; as his charge
we will defend them.
HIS CHURCH WARDEN
ATTENDS TO BUSINESS
Rev c. E. Cooper, M. A, rector of St.
PauIs Church, Nanaimo, B. c., and Rural
Dean, was next introduced and spoke
briefly. saying among other things:
1 feel that it is the greatest honor that the
Primate of all Canada has put on me in ap-
pointing me a delegate to this great conven-
ton. And T want to say that he could not
have found any one better disposed toward the
American church, in certain sense better
qualified to do so. not from any personal gifts
from the American church. I am not speak
ing of the hospitality. bounteous though 1t is,
with which we have been received, because
the Americans everywhere proverbial for
their hospitality and we have come to expect
nothing else but mean for the benefits that
1 have received in my own parish. because 1
have a church warden who Is an American
citizen and the of an American clergyman
an ardent patriot, loyal and devoted church
man who does what is, l may say our
side of the line, perhaps not very common any
Where-he places all of his business ability of
which Americans have much. at the dis
posaI of the church and uses all the keenness
ali the knowledge of detail. all the business
habits that he has in the service of the church.
Justice Harrison of the Supreme Court
of Victoria, the layman of the deputation
was next introduced. He spoke in part as
follows:
1 have the honor and the great pleasure of
joining in the pleasing duty which devolves
en- the deputation of conveying to the Aneri-
can church the good wishes of the Canadian
church And as British people we feel 1t only
right and proper to express that feeling that
we Britishers have toward your people of
friendship and good WILL and also the heart
felt sympathy that we feel with your people
in the national calamity which you have sus-
tained in the death by assassination of your