people, we all felt that a seed thought had been sown in our hearts, which will bring forth fruit in God's own time. It is to be hoped that this young priest's vision of duty duty to the neglected aborigines of the "Neglected Continent" may one day lead the Anglican Communion to do something in their behalf.

A New Church at Pelotas

On October 21st the council went to Pelotas, two hours' journey by train, to lay the corner-stone of the church there. It was an ideal day of our Brazilian springtime. A number of the Rio Grande Church people also went.

At one o'clock the church site of the new building, perhaps the most desirable in the entire city, was crowded with Church folk and other spectators, among them the mayor, to witness the laying of the corner-stone, the side and rear walls of the new building having already grown to the height of six feet.

During the processional, the clergy, having robed in a shed at the rear of the church, moved to their appointed places. Those delegated to take part in the service were the clergy who had been candidates for Holy Orders from that parish, the Rev. Messrs. Miguel Barcellos da Cunha, João Baptista da Cunha and George Upton Krischke, and others who had been associated with the work there.

After the stone had been laid by the bishop, the official speaker for the occasion, the Rev. A. V. Cabral, ascended the improvised pulpit and gave an address of singular fitness and power, tracing the Church's historic line from Apostolic times, her message of renewal and her missionary enterprise. Both the Pelotas and Rio Grande dailies begged the manuscript, which filled two pages,

and the council ordered 3,000 copies for distribution.

No detail in the matter of arrangements was lacking, and all went off with military precision under the supervision of the Rev. Mr. Meem, master of ceremonies.

The new Church of the Redeemer is to be of Gothic type, with a commanding corner tower at the intersection of the side and front streets. It faces the main artery of the city, and will command the attention of all who enter the town from the port or the railway station. Its seating capacity will be about 300.

Mr. Meem is his own designer and architect, this being the second church he has planned in this mission field. His degree of Civil Engineer from the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Va., has thus been utilized in Church extension. It was while he was sub-professor at Lexington, twenty years or more ago, that young Meem was led to the ministry by a mission held there by the late Rev. Dr. E. Walpole Warren, then rector of St. James's Church, New York. Thus Dr. Warren's great work for the Master is being carried on in a distant land. Mr. Meem's comrades in the mission field feel, one and all, the deepest gratitude that he is soon to see the realization of his hopes for many years and that it is given him to erect a building for God which will be in the truest sense the product of his own consecrated brain and heart and personality. Part of the money for the building has been provided by the men of the Church in the United States through their Thank-offering of 1907. Generous gifts, too, have been made by the Pelotas congregation.

The council resolved to meet next October in Pelotas, when it is hoped that the new church will be ready for consecration.

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HE first council of the Diocese of New England, comprising Department One, was held in Trinity Church, Boston, December 2d and 3d. All the eight bishops were present, together with almost complete delegations of both clergy and laity from every diocese. After Bishop Niles, as senior bishop of the department, had called the council to order and opened the session with prayer, the Bishop of Massachusetts was elected temporary chairman and the Rev. Thomas F. Davies temporary secretary.

The work of the council was confined chiefly to the business of organizing and laying plans for future sessions. On Wednesday afternoon the council invited the Rev. Dr. Wilkins to address it on the plans for the gathering of the $5,000,000 Clergy Pension Fund, and subsequently adopted a resolution expressing its conviction of the necessity of some adequate and permanent pension system.

Wednesday evening a public service. was held in Trinity Church. Bishop Hall, speaking of the Church's work within the United States, confined his attention chiefly to the condition and needs of rural New England. After pointing out the steady outward drift of American people and the incoming tide of French Canadians and other aliens, he expressed the conviction that it would be wise for the Church to make larger use of laymen for the holding of missionary services in chapels and schoolhouses, and that in most cases it would be well if the rector of a local parish instead of giving an afternoon or evening, as well as a morning, service in the village church, should use either afternoon or evening, or both, to carry the Church to neighboring settlements. He was of the opinion that with all charity the Church must hold fast to those distinctive doctrines and practices with which she had been entrusted. Bishop McVickar, speaking of the

Church's work abroad, told how China and Japan are waking to new thoughts and life about religious matters, and how greatly our institutions, especially schools and colleges, need equipment and reinforcement. Mr. John W. Wood, speaking of "Reciprocity in Missions," pointed out how there was coming back to the Church every year financial, material and spiritual advantages as a result of its mission work at a distance.

Thursday morning began with a corporate celebration of the Holy Communion, after which the council held. its concluding business session. A simple constitution, similar to that adopted in Departments Two and Five, was adopted, with only such changes as were made necessary by different local conditions. The name "Department of New England" was chosen. The officers elected to serve for the next three years were: President, Bishop Brewster, of Connecticut; Secretary, the Rev. Thomas F. Davies, of Western Massachusetts; Treasurer, the Hon. F. W. Rollins, of New Hampshire. Mr. Charles G. Sanders was elected the representative of the department at the meetings of the Board of Missions.

It was decided to postpone for the time being the election of a department secretary and a committee was appointed to take the matter under consideration and report to the next council. Meetings are to be held annually on the fourth Tuesday in October, except in the years when the General Convention is in session. At these meetings each diocese is to be represented, in addition to the bishop, by four clerical and four lay delegates.

Resolutions were adopted by the council as follows:

1. Requesting the Board of Missions, in its annual reports or otherwise, to give more detailed information concerning salaries of missionaries and officers.

2. Recommending to the attention of the diocesan and parochial authorities throughout New England the needs of

Sister Beatrice and Sister Albertina came from England in 1867. Dr. Pusey and Mr. Keble were greatly interested in their coming. St. Andrew's Priory was founded in that year. The Sisters have resided in the Islands continuously since they came and carried on the work uninterruptedly until 1902. They have never returned to England since they left and have only once left the islands for a trip to the Pacific Coast. Some years ago their society was in financial straits, and they were ordered home, as the work of the school was to be abandoned. The two Sisters wrote back that it was impossible to leave the girls, as many of them were orphans with no one else to care for them. They were allowed to remain on condition that they were to receive no financial aid from the society. From that time, they were as

individuals responsible for the financial conduct of the school. As soon as Bishop Restarick was consecrated, they wrote to him, requesting him to take the school, as they were unable to carry it on longer.

The bishop has signed the contract for the new buildings, to cost $49,950. This, with the architect's fees, will make a total cost of $53,000. Toward this he has on hand or pledged $31,000, so that the amount required is $22,000. The building is to be completed in 300 working days.

The Sisters, now retired, live in a cottage on the priory grounds. The work they have done for Hawaiian women is incalculable. They have been most helpful to the bishop by their influence, their counsel, and by the affection of the people for their work.

THE PELICAN CAUGHT IN THE ICE ON THE KOYUKUK RIVER SEPTEMBER 23D, 1908. DR. BURKE IS PROSPECTING, BUT SEES NO WAY OUT