. Missions in new Ontario. it with swifter and steadiersteps to the goal. Oar Material Expansion and Missions* Three years ago our missionary work made a de-cided advance. Some Toronto laymen who had aclear view of the probable material expansion of thecountry, and who felt a deep interest in its moral andspiritual welfare, called an informal meeting for thediscussion of these subjects. This meeting, which washeld in a private house, sent a petition to the ensuingGeneral Conference, asking for greater activity in ourmissionary work, especially in the domestic field. TheConference responded by
. Missions in new Ontario. it with swifter and steadiersteps to the goal. Oar Material Expansion and Missions* Three years ago our missionary work made a de-cided advance. Some Toronto laymen who had aclear view of the probable material expansion of thecountry, and who felt a deep interest in its moral andspiritual welfare, called an informal meeting for thediscussion of these subjects. This meeting, which washeld in a private house, sent a petition to the ensuingGeneral Conference, asking for greater activity in ourmissionary work, especially in the domestic field. TheConference responded by inaugurating a special Emer-gency Fund of $50,000, and by authorizing the appoint-ment of four local missionary superintendents, one forBritish Columbia, two for Manitoba and the North- 6 West, and one for New Ontario. Although appointedSuperintendent of Missions in 1902, I did not enterupon the active duties of the office until July of 1903;therefore what I have to present will cover two yearsobservation and work. HSlS^kJ. HOW OUR POPULATION IS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE show the number of persons to the square mile. The territory originally assigned to me includedthe Algoma, Sudbury and Nipissing districts. At asubsequent meeting of the .Board, it was enlarged byadding the districts of Bracebridge and Parry field extends from Pembroke to Port Arthur, a 7 distance of nearly eight hundred miles. The southernboundary is Bracebridge, the northern limit JamesBay. As now constituted, the missions are naturallydivided into two sections. The first section comprisesthe missions lying on the Canadian Pacific and Temis-kaming and Northern Railway. The second sectionincludes the missions on and adjacent to the GrandTrunk Railway from Bracebridge to North Bay, andthe Canada Atlantic Railway from Scotia Junction toParry Sound. These sections display a marked differ-ence in the character of the missions and of the countryin which they are situated. &{e% Ontario. T
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