Endowed Territorial Work: Its Supreme Importance to the Church And Country ...
Endowed Territorial Work: Its Supreme Importance to the Church And Country ...
Smith, William, 1813-1893
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and complete success of Volun- taryism in America? The testimony of the Eev, John Stannage of Welland, Canada West, is a direct answer to this question, not only as concerns the Dominion, of which he more particularly speaks, but as concerns the States also. " The Voluntary system is a dreadful failure. For my part, I cannot possibly conceive how it can be defended. In large towns and cities, where wealth and influence are closely combined, a; good deal is done ; but so much remains undone, bot...h in towns and in the rural parts, that party spirit alone, or the most culpable ignorance of facts, can be the cause that the system still finds advocates. Why is it that every clergy- man of the Church, nay, every other sort of minister in these provinces, has three or four or five congre- gations at great distances from each other under his sole charge ? Why is it that I have myself, at this moment, four townships under my charge, and work enough to employ four or jlm clergymen constantly ? Why is it that there are fifty townships at this moment in the diocese of Huran, as lately declared by the bishop, without one single clergyman, and not even a travelling missionary ?
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