conditions of the world to cause grave anxiety and searchings of heart as there is today. Civilization seems to be at cross-roads and it seems well nigh impossible to predict which path it will eventually take. After all the wrongs and injustices arising out of theGreat War there ensued a consumng desire to set things right but unfortunately, somehow, it would seem that through impatience, or from whatever cause, in many instances both men and nations have gone the wrong way about it. There is no time to discuss the situation, but even the greatest optimist, has to admit its gravity and seriousness. Every nation under the sun is overwhelmed with the most perplexing problems.

But when we stop and look at it all, dislocating, disuniting, weltering struggle as it is, are we not conscious of one compelling desire underneath it all and that is that a way may be found for better things? In other words the world of men and women is crying out for betterment. So far it may be that unwisely directed efforts have resulted in bringing about worse, rather than better, conditions. But all the same, I believe in my soul that underneath all the seething discontent and unrest there is a yearning desire for a way to better things and for a deliverance from social and other wrongs which have accumulated under the social and materialistic tendencies of our modern civilization. If that is so, it is just here that the Church can come in or that Christianity can come in, and function for good.

For what is the Church, and what is Christianity? It is the interpreter of Christ's message to the world, which is the only solution of that world's troubles. If, as I have stated, our civilization is at the cross-roads and seeking a way, a way to betterment, the Christ who came to save the world and make life in it worth living proclaimed this of Himself: "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life," and organized Christianity exists for giving out the proclamation and for pointing out that way and, my brothers, it is the only way out of our dfficulties. We all feel that in our heart of hearts.

Christ the Only Solution

I know that we shall be told and twitted by would-be reformers that this is the Church's old-fashioned attitude and that it enunciates it and then sits still, but I am not ashamed to stand up amid all the vaunted wisdom of our modern age and declare that in the last analysis Christ and the incarnating of His ethics and principles in human life and conditions are the only solvent

of what the world of human beings is suffering from today. What is more, men are being driven to that conclusion and the sooner they are driven to it the better. Man's extremity will thus become God's opportunity, and there is an opportunity for the Church unique in its timeliness just now. A great observer of men and things, not ordinarily noted for paying compliments to organized religion, not long ago uttered these weighty words:

"I am ready to admit, after contemplating the world of human nature for nearly sixty years, that I see no way out of this world's misery but the way which would have been found by Christ's Will, if He had undertaken the work of a modern political statesman."

A labor leader the other day stated at a public meeting that the cure for the antagonism between capital and labor was not merely the teaching but the living up to what is laid down in the Church Catechism on our duty towards God and our duty towards man.

An Army of Prophets

The Church, then, as the custodian of Christ's message, must not merely be the keeper of it but the courageous proclaimer of it, furuishing the prophets of it, in a sense of being not merely foretellers, but forth-tellers of it. What our distraught world needs and wants just now is an army of prophets as dauntless as those in the old Testament times who fearlessly proclaimed to high and low, rich and poor, capitalist and laborer, the whole counsel of God, the duty of man to man, and spoke of His testimonies before Kings and were not ashamed. If the Church can only leaven public opinion and purify the public conscience, and establish in men's hearts and minds the sovereignty of God and His Righteousness in human affairs, then, and then only, will there be peace on earth among men of good-will.

If I am asked how the Church is to do this, my answer is this; First of all, on the part of the Clergy, by fearless proclamation of what is right and not simply of what is expedient. As Priests of God we must guard against being carried away by any tide of current opinion which may grow dominant around us. It is said that before the Great War the Clergy of all the Churches in Germany had become so obsessed by the concept of the primacy of the State over everything else and so steeped in the

materialistic philosophy around them that at last they proclaimed what was viciously wrong under the honest conviction that it was right. In short, by long environment and prevailing sentiment they learned to believe a lie and to tell it forth.

More Courage in the Pulpit

Ministers of God everywhere must beware of becoming swayed by sentiments which gradually grow dominant around them, so that it is ever our first duty to submit everything to the test of God's Will and Law and the standards laid down by Christ and then, after that, with dauntless moral courage, condemn the wrong and proclaim the right. A thoughtful layman remarked to me not long ago:

"What we want is more courage in the pulpit more definiteness and a clearer setting forth not only of the sovereignty of God's law, but also of the unswerving stand of the Church on all public questions."

Let us clergy, then, lay this to heart and not be afraid to declare: "Thus saith the Lord," and its echoes without any diluting of it by the Church which claims to be God's Voice speaking to men.

But if the Church is to do its duty to the age it must not stop with the work of the Pulpit, and the Priest, and the Prophet. The occupants of the pews must go out and be vocal in the world, and in society, with messages and exemplifications of right living and right acting. Conditions will not be healthy until our laymen and lay women carry into the home, the mart, the office, the social life and into the soul of every business corporation, a living, an energizing, and a leavening Christianity from the pulpit, the lectern, the prayer desk, and from the sacred tryst of their sacramental meeting with the Master at the communion of His realized presence at the Altar rails. To worship in the sense of honoring high ideals in the Church on Sunday, and to leave them there is not enough. We must bring them down from the mount of vision and make them vital in our own lives, and in the lives which we can influence.

May God be with us in our meeting and help us not merely to devise lofty adventures for Him and for His Church, but take them with us into our Dioceses, our Parishes, and our homes.

After the address the Primate directed the Lower House to

elect a Prolocutor. The Members of the Upper House then withdrew.

Prayer was then said by the Prolocutor, after which the Hon. Clerical Secretary called the roll of the Clerical Delegates, and the Hon. Lay Secretary called the roll of the Lay Delegates.

It was then declared that there were ninety-five Clergy and seventy-six Laity who answered their names, and therefore a quorum was present.

It was then moved by Chancellor Worrell, seconded by Dean Starr

That the Prolocutor elected at the last Session be re-elected.
On motion it was Resolved:

That the nominations now be closed.

Moved by Mr. Justice Hodgins, seconded by Archdeacon Armitage, and Resolved:

That the Secretaries cast a vote for the election of the Prolocutor.

This being done Dean Llwyd was declared duly elected and then conducted to the Upper House by his nominators.

On his return Chancellor Worrell announced that the Upper House confirmed the election.

tage:

Moved by Mr. T. Mortimer, seconded by Archdeacon Armi

That the Very Rev. Dean Tucker be the Deputy Prolocutor. Moved by Rev. Canon Broughall, seconded by Mr.J.Bell: That the Very Rev. Dean Owen be the Deputy Prolocutor. Moved by Dean Starr, seconded by Mr. Justice Hodgins: That Archdeacon Heathcote be the Deputy Prolocutor. Moved and seconded that nominations now be closed. Rev. Canon Broughall and Mr. T. Mortimer were ap pointed Scrutineers.

The Prolocutor nominated as Assessors Mr. Chancellor L.H. Davidson, K.C., D.C.L., and Mr. Chancellor J.A.Worrell, M.A., D.C.L., K.C.

On motion, the Rev. J.T.Kirschmann was admitted to a seat on the floor of the House..

The Delegates from the Church of the United States were also admitted to the same privilege,

Moved by Archdeacon Armitage, seconded by Judge Ermatinger:

That the Ven. Archdeacon Ingles be Hon. Clerical Secretary of the Synod.

On motion nominations were closed.

The Prolocutor declared the Ven. Archdeacon Ingles as duly elected.

Moved by Mr. Carson, seconded by Mr. A. B. Wiswell: That Mr. F. H. Gisborne, K.C., I.S.O., be Hon. Lay Secretary of the Synod.

On motion nominations were closed.

The Prolocutor then declared Mr. F. H. Gisborne as duly elected.

Mr. L. A. Hamilton was nominated as Hon. Treasurer. Mr. Hamilton said that before accepting, it was necessary for him to explain that he could not accept the nomination unless some provision was made for assistance. Such provision having been promised and nominations being closed, it was declared by the Prolocutor that Mr. Hamilton was elected Hon. Treasurer. Moved by Archdeacon Armitage, seconded by Mr. C. S. Scott: That Dr. Lansing Lewis and Mr. R. T. Carson be reelected Auditors of the Synod.

On motion nominations were closed.

Dr. Lansing Lewis and Mr. R.J. Carson were then declared by the Prolocutor to be duly elected.

ders:

Moved by Archdeacon Armitage, seconded by Mr. H. San

That the Upper House concurring Mr. F. H. Gisborne be elected Registrar for the ensuing triennium.

Nominations being closed, the Prolocutor announced that the motion was carried.

The Prolocutor appointed the following as Assistant Secretaries:

The Ven. Archdeacon McElheran of Winnipeg.
Mr. James Nicholson of Toronto.

The Prolocutor announced that Message No. 1 had come from the Upper House announcing the election of Rev. H. O. Tremayne as Secretary of the Upper House, and of the Rev. R. H. Ferguson as Assistant Secretary..

Moved by Dean Starr, seconded by Rev. W. B. Waterman, and Resolved:

That there be appointed a Press Committee.

Chancellor Martin moved that the rules be suspended, and the suspension of the rules being allowed, it was agreed to have an Evening Session at 8.15 o'clock.

Mr. Bigelow moved the suspension of Rules of Order, and the Rules of Order being suspended.

It was then moved by Mr. Justice Bigelow, seconded by