268 PAST AND PRESENT OF accordance with precedent a memorial ser¬ vice was held in St. Paul's, the church being appropriately draped. (Note n.) With the opening of the summer of 1838 the parishioners of St. Eleanor's began to rebuild their church which was completed four years later. From this time onward there was manifested a marked awakening on the part of churchmen throughout the colony who, particularly in Charlottetown , began for the first time to adequately realize their responsibilities and to honestly face the problem of extending the ministrations of the church to those who had settled in the country districts. On July 14, 1840, a society was formed in Charlottetown "to be known as the Dio¬ cesan Church Society of Prince Edward Island." Its avowed object was, working in conjunction with the S. P. G . and the S. P. C. K ., "to promote an intelligent acquaint¬ ance with the evangelical doctrines and apos¬ tolic order of the Church of England and to promote the increase of a charitable at¬ tachment to her doctrines, her ritual and her ministry on the part of those professing to be her children." (Note 12.) One of the first practical fruits of this newly aroused zeal was the establishment of the infant school in connection with St. Paul's Charlottetown . This institution, des ¬ tined to do most valuable work, was called NOTE 11 That afternoon the Bishop held a confirmation s. rv icv at which ninety-one persons were admitted to that rite. NOTE 12 The first officers were as follows: Patrons—His Excellency , Sir Charles Augustus Fitiroy . The So¬ ciety for the Propagation of the Gospel. The Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge . President —The Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia . Vice-Presidents— The Rector of Charlotte Parish ; The Honourable the Chief Justice . Secretary —The Rev. O. Lloyd , B. A. Committee- All resident clergymen of the Established Church. Captain Cumberland , Hon . Thomas H. Haviland , Hon . Robert Hodgson , Hon . John Bracken , Captain Swabey , Hon . John I.lvet. William Cundall , J. S. Dealey , Esq., John Barrow , Esq., Francis Longworth , Esq., Ed¬ ward Haythorne, Esq., Edward Palmer , Esq., Mr. John Gates . into existence mainly through the instru¬ mentality of Lieutenant (later Admiral) Orlebar, R. N. , then of the hydrographic survey. The following extracts from a com¬ munication submitted by him to a congrega¬ tional meeting express the aspirations and ideals of its founders. "To our national church are committed more especially the interests of the poor and when I look round the church here and see so little accommodation for the poor and no reservation in favour of youth I feel there is something wanting. We have the well marked outline of the church but where are the free sittings, the free national and infant school that fill up the picture in all its due proportions and make the fabric an orna¬ ment and a blessing to the land?" "My own conviction of the benefits of the infant school instruction lead me to pledge myself to the expenditure of £150 during the ensuing year for the furtherance of that object if only the congregation can be persuaded to build a school house." The letter, from which these extracts are taken, having been read it was, on mo¬ tion of Mr. Attorney General, resolved "to concur in the laudable proposition of Lieu¬ tenant Orlebar" and the rector, church war¬ dens and vestry were authorized to apply to the bishop for his sanction and this being obtained, to solicit donations for the sug¬ gested undertaking and if possible carry it into effect. It was completed within twelve months. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard , the teach¬ ers who had been brought out from Eng¬ land by Lieutenant Orlebar , took charge and entered upon the labours that have rendered their names household words among those who profited by their instruction. The same congregational meeting which authorized the erection of the infant school