He is of opinion that existing evils may, in great measure, be traced to the introduction of spirituous liquors by the English. Missions in the Diocese of Calcutta (p. 467) show signs of progress. The Rev. H. H. SANDEL sees, among many of the native population, the fruits of faith. The BISHOP of CALCUTTA, to the great satisfaction of the natives, both Christian and Hindu, has abolished the distinctions which previously existed in the Cathedral between English and native congregations. All have now one altar and one pulpit. The Rev. P. W. THOMAS prosecutes with energy his much-needed work among the native Christians at Mogrâhat. The Rev. R. L. BONNAUD entertains an unfavourable opinion of the religious effect of purely secular instruction as given in the Government schools. The Rev. G. C. MITTER believes that the study of early Christian writers would be profitable to his non-Christian countrymen. Readers of the Mission Field are familiar with the Rev. W. CHAMBERS's graphic accounts of zealous work. His narrative of a visit to 66 a district hitherto untrodden by Christian foot" sets before us the particulars of A First Visit to the Heathen Tribes in Borneo (p. 457). Notes of the Work of Missionaries (p. 477) give some particulars of work in Newfoundland, in Labrador, and in the Diocese of Calcutta. Short notices of Mr. RAIKES' interesting series of sketches of Indian History as connected with England, entitled The Englishman in India, as well as of an appeal to the Diocese of Hereford, Church Missions, are they not starved? and of the life of a Negro Sidesman, are given under the head of Books (p. 479). We note with thankfulness the prosperous appearance of the Society's Income (p. 483). The pain and ignominy of receding in our Indian Missions may yet be averted. The particular attention of our readers is requested to the Proposal to change the Size and Price of the " Mission Field” (p. 484). THE LAMBETH CONFERENCE. SINCE the foundation of the Colonial Bishoprics Fund in 1841, no event has occurred which seems fraught with so many important consequences to the Colonial Church in general, as the Lambeth Conference. On September 24th, in accordance with a suggestion made in the name of the American Church fifteen years ago, a Conference of Bishops of the Anglican Communion met at Lambeth Palace. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY had convened the meeting "at the instance of the Metropolitan and the Bishops of the Church of Canada, supported by the unanimous request of a very large meeting of Archbishops and Bishops of the Home and Colonial Church,-a request confirmed by addresses from both the Houses of Convocation of the Province of Canterbury," as well as by "a plain intimation given by a distinguished member of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America that it would be hailed with general satisfaction in that Church, if the invitation to the Conference were extended to our Episcopal brethren in those states." Seventy-six Bishops assembled in obedience to the invitation of the Primate. There were present eighteen English Bishops, five Irish, six Scotch, twenty-four Colonial (including Bishops Trower and Gobat), nineteen American, four retired. Hospitality was offered by several members of the S. P. G. to any American and Colonial Bishops; but little opening was left for it, as the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London invited the American Bishops to their palaces, and personal friends claimed the privilege of entertaining the Colonial Bishops. The Rev. B. M. CowIE, Vicar of St. Lawrence Jewry, assisted by zealous laymen, made arrangements for holding services daily during the week preceding the Conference (Saturday, September 14, to Sunday, September 22, inclusive), at each of which an address on Missions was delivered. The following list gives an account of these Services: : To what devoted. Bishop of London's Fund.. Hawaiian Mission Hawaiian Missions | Endowment of Diocese. The Services consisted of Holy Communion at 7 A.M. Te Deum, or Litany, at 1 P.M. and Evensong at 8 P.M. except on Sundays, when the Services were as usual, at 11.15 A.M. and 6.30 P.M. The Offertories include sums sent to the vicar by persons who were unable to get admission to the church owing to the crowd. The Sermon of the Bishop of LABUAN will be found in the November number of Mission Life. Other Sermons will be subsequently published in the same magazine. On Sunday, the 22d of September, Sermons were preached by American and Colonial Bishops in the following churches, specially in behalf of the Society. Bishop of Montreal... Bishop of Orange River State.... Curzon Chapel, Mayfair. St. Mark's, North Audley Street. St. Gabriel's, Pimlico. {Morning. Evening. Bishop of Grahamstown...................... Holy Trinity, Upper Chelsea. St. Peter's, Belsize Park. The sums collected after these Sermons amounted to about 4007. besides which a City merchant was moved by one of these Sermons to send to the Society an anonymous donation of 5007. Another Sermon produced also, besides the collection, a donation of 1007. On September 27th the Society, having obtained permission from the Archbishop of Canterbury, gave a Conversazione at St. James's Hall, to which the Bishops adjourned immediately after the close of the Conference. The following address was presented by the Standing Committee "to the Bishops of the United States, and of the Colonies, and the Missionary Bishops: " "RIGHT REVEREND FATHERS IN GOD,-On behalf of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel we heartily welcome you to England; and with thankfulness to ALMIGHTY GOD we acknowledge your presence among us as a visible sign of the extension of our Reformed branch of the Catholic Church, as giving promise of the increase of Apostolic order and concord, and as a pledge for the maintenance throughout our communion of the Faith pure and entire, as held by the Primitive Church, and defined by the first four General Councils. It was the privilege of this Society, 166 years ago, to plant the Church of England beyond the seas: and we are permitted this day to see in you the representatives of an organized body united under the jurisdiction of ninety-two Bishops, most of whom have Diocesan Synods or Conventions, representing the free and harmonious action of the clergy and laity. We bless GOD for this result which has been granted to the labours of those who have gone before us; and we pray that a new impulse to the Missions of the Church may be dated from the present Conference. To you, Right Reverend Fathers, associated in common counsels with our own Bishops, we look for advice in the employment of such means as are entrusted to us for the gathering together of CHRIST'S sheep dispersed abroad, and for the effectual proclamation of His truth among the heathen. It is for those whom the Providence of GOD has placed in the seats of authority in His Church to concen trate and to give proper direction to its various agencies, of which this Society is but one, so that by their co-operation in Missionary action the Church may be truly a city at peace within itself—a city set on a hill-a light to the world. We acknowledge with thankfulness that the proposal has been carried into effect which was made fifteen years ago, when the Society-assembled in a house which would be too narrow for the present occasion-received two Right Reverend representatives of the Church in the United States; and it was suggested that there should be an assemblage of the whole Episcopate of England, Ireland, Scotland, the Colonies, and America, either absolutely or representatively in Council, for organization as one branch of the Church Catholic.' 1 We also call to mind that Conferences of a somewhat similar character to that in which you have just met, though on a less extensive scale, were held in our own colonies under Bishop Broughton, at Sydney, in 1850, and under Bishop Mountain at Quebec, in 1851; each of which was followed by the improved organization of the Church in Diocesan Synods of clergy and laity, and by the increase of Missionary activity, of Christian co-operation and mutual goodwill between the members of the Church throughout the countries in which those Conferences were held. We trust that the great Head of the Church may vouchsafe His blessing in a still larger measure to the results of the more important deliberations for which you have been gathered together; and that the whole Church may be strengthened thereby to do the work of its Divine LORD with increased zeal in the unity of the Spirit and in the bond of peace." Addresses of great interest were made by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishops of London, Oxford, New Zealand, Ontario, Capetown, Orange River, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Louisiana. After speaking of the subjects which had engaged their attention in the Conference, several of them adverted to the need felt on this occasion of a Church House larger and more convenient than the present head-quarters of the Society. The Conference, which commenced with divine service in the private chapel of Lambeth Palace, on Tuesday, the 24th September, at which the Bishop of Illinois preached, and the Holy Communion (1) See Colonial Church Chronicle, July, 1852, page 32. |