22.
is not and it
appears
lo
that he is not, as successor to the
Lord Bishop of Victoria
officio
be ex-
not
warden
ao lo
of Saint Pauli
only) has the scheme of the
Charity failed for
Avant
of the
head in whom the statutes
vest the entire
government
and Control, but the land itself
for
Avant
of any person capable
of being lessee has reverted to the brown charged however with the Frusts of the Charity; so far as they
are still capable of being
effect.
into
carried
I have, sea,
(signed) John Brarnators, Attorney General.
23
37
PJ. Since
writing)
the above F
of
have seen the "China Mail
last might of which I append
ar
extract, giving in extenso a portion= of the installation vermions
It will
be apparent that if the views above
submitted is correct. a serious
cension exists in the
misapprehension
Bishop's mind with
kollege
respect
to the
and to the Bishoprie .
We give in extenso the conclusion of his sermon --
"And so, my Brethren, Christianity is designed for all the races of the earth to the end of time. This is the foundation of every mission sent forth by the church to Heathen laude-it is the foundation of the very Bishopric on which I have just entered.
"A few words with reference to my position and work will naturally be expected by you on this, the first occasion of my public appearance among you. I will be as brief as possible.
**In the first place I must correct an im- pression which I have reason to believe prevails in the minds of acme here that this B shopric was established, Arst for the English residents in this Colony and at the Consular Ports on the Coast China, and next for missiva work among the Chinese. This a mistake.
It was established, frat, for the sake of in- fluencing missions in China, and next for giving such spiritual superintendence to English members of the Church of Eng- land as might be desirable. For Episcopal congregations of our own fellow-country- men a bishop can scarcely be said to be needed. Very few confirmations can take place, and still fewer ordinations are re quired.
uch assistance as can be given by {
an additional clergyman-and that clergy. man a Bishop-ought and is sure be, st least, tendered, and those peculiar offices of the Bishop that have already been named (confirmation and ordination) will always ve gladly performed when required. But this object alone would not lead men to part with large sums of money in order to endow a Bishoprio for such occasional work. Additional clergymen are indeed sadly needed in this Colony alone, and in the various Consular Ports of China for our fellow-countrymen, and especially in those places where, unhappily as it appears to me, Government aid has been or is about to be withdrawn. But this is an entirely differ- ent matter from the establishment of a Bishoprio, aud requires--and would that some one would arise to supply the want! -a special endowment of its own.
When in England i made particular en quiries about the original object of this Bishopric, and the following memorandum was prepared for me by the Secretary to the Colonial Bishoprios' Fund, which I will now read to you —
1. The object of the Bishop of London's letter by which a large portion of the endowment of the tee of Victoria was col- lected was "the erection of a Missionary College, and the maintenance of a Mission- ary Bishop on the Coasts of China." The
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