schemes; an. urging their more lib-i crnl SUDDC' by tho membcrs. va'usn ion of thr unscription lists are made; yearly a :.i niicrnpts made to cclicct: RI’NRY“. ‘~ is at. this time the system known, n" the Rdt‘lZf-i was-launched by line GPl"?'Rl Assembly in 1911 andwn ‘tllOllghT our troubles were all to end

33nd ﬂl‘ :iclmz to be an easy matter.

fOne pr m‘ of the failure of the s‘ys-gy tcm i: that in 20 years the average; ﬁliii‘i ‘ per communicant has increas-E ”ct? it" :mly 3 Cents and in some partsl oi tlu' church it has actually declined.

'_ A few figures from the 'Assembly's‘ Report for 1909 may he of interest:

‘33). of preaching places . ........ 3 No' of families ........ . ...... . _115 'No. of coniniuiiicantsz‘ ......... . 161

;No. of commumcants received 23 No. of communlcants removed 6

i No. of bapttsnm ................ 24 No.0felders...............:... 8 No. enrolled in 8.8. and B‘ble --<-»C1385—4-*rrrz’.’.’2’7:2'777“T"——"7:: "175‘ class . ..... ...... . ..... 175 iAmt. paid for stipend $800 .Amt. paidt‘i'or“mlssions “.‘ ...... . 180: iMmt. paid for cong’l purposes 1.345 iAint. ra‘sed by S. School _ 101

Amt, paid to College Fund 36 Amt. paid Home. Missions 32 Amt: paid to Augmentation 500 mm. paid to Foreign Missions . 55.60 > Amt: paid to Widows and Or- ‘

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phzms ................ y. . .. 2.00 ‘ mntmnid to Aged and Inﬁrm V Ministcrs .................. 5.00

Ami. paid to Assembly Fund .. 5.00 mm. paid to l’ointc A’u‘x Trem’ir A ‘

Lit-s ................ 3.00 Ainz. paid to other objects 11.00

'l'lu- congregation here had made a wrong; cflcrt to reach the point. of‘ brim: szcli~contnining only to find illiii llw ininiiéiuni stipend was raised 'iii lzlll item 3830 to $900.00. If con— §rriic1u1cns were unable to lll'd'rii‘ the

ﬁrmir- they would have to apply ioi‘ at least half cl thc amount oi 111-"

(trons-1'2 The ﬁrst Wile (In lilt‘ rillcsiiui‘i 1 of Church Union mm [Ski‘ll inl

March, lQil and with all theme, \‘cxml 2

qucxtiom hcforc us and in our congrc— i Emzons {cw pastord there Were who, arcre not perplexed .as to the hmt course to pursue. The congregation m: iiOilfli‘d by Rev. w H. Spencer r-nrl on July 10th. 1912 it was resolved in call a conference of the elders and managers at the Peters Road Church on July 20th. At. this meetinz it was found that 'the maximum sti- lpe'id possible in the congregation could not. exceed $800 at present. I‘. we): moved that the pastor be grant- ed a. vacation of‘rix weeks in \‘iCW of long ‘and faithful services rend- ered. In the fall of the same year a Guild or YOiing~Peoples Society was organized and a period of suoc‘exsful' services in this department Was be—p 'gun. ' . . The long and successful pastoratc of Rev. Mr. Gray ended in the sum- ‘pter Of 1913 due' impart to the death 01' his esteemed partner in life who ;had contributed a large share. ‘Mr. :Gray took up his residence in Pictou f line same year and for years ﬁve -supply in many needy Congregations. lTilC following minute of session ispeaks for itself. It wadmovcd by] lCartney D. McClure seconded by George Reynolds that the following ‘resolution be entered on the minutely ‘0! the Record: . h ' That whereas the Reverend Andrew' -Gray who has been mintsier of this congregation since November the eighth, one thousand nine hundred Irind fire, has resigned his charge of this congregation and whereas Mr. Gray ll‘risvdlli‘lllg hi2 pastorlta rend- !ei'ecl most faithful service to the gcause 01 Christ and has been most ‘lnlihiul in all lib; dutiecs: “There— l(fore. be it resolved that this session mince on record its sincere upprucin— ; rim of Mr. Gray 9.3 a man or. do pas- !tor. their tender regard tel" him and their (330;) appreciation of hi; mill»; filiné‘fys in all his duties. And also ‘th-lr prayer that he nziy ions;

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