this send us too far into the other extreme of neglect to solicit definitely and always, by prayer, and through faith, the cooperation of The Great Physician, along with the means which He has given us-the skill of the Medical Profession, and other means for the physical healing of those who suffer.

The Addition of the Word "Holy" in The Nicene Creed.

I had the privilege in July of attending a very important meeting of the Consultative Body of the Lambeth Conference, as the representative of the Church of England in Canada, when I carried out the instructions of the Synod and brought before the meeting the question of the addition of the word “Holy" in The Nicene Creed. After very full discussion and the consultation of various authorities, it was felt by those present that the question was one rather for the Lambeth Conference than for the Consultative Body to deal with, and the Archbishop of Canterbury was requested to ask the Advisory Committee of Students on Liturgical Questions to consider the subject and prepare material for report to the next Lambeth Conference. The Formation of General Synods, etc., in the Foreign Field.

The emergence of a Nationalistic Spirit throughout the world, the spirit among nations in favour of self-determination and self-government, promises to affect the governance of, and administration of certain of our Dioceses in the Foreign Field. Our Church in Canada is likely to be affected by the formation of General Synods in China and Japan. Considerable correspondence has taken place on the subject between the authorities of the Church in England and the United States, and I have also, as Primate of the Canadian Church, kept in close touch by correspondence and otherwise, with what has been going on. The possibility, of course, is that there may arise a conflict of authority between Churches in these foreign parts when they become fully autonomous and the authorities of the Churches supplying the funds for the stipend of Bishops and, in the main, for the support of Missionaries. All that, at present, I am in a position to report is that the situation is being carefully considered by the Churches most concerned, and possible developments are being watched. Complications can be avoided by the exercise of prudence and good will, and especially by friendly and frank consultation between the parties concerned. As the problems arising will largely be those affecting episcopal jurisdiction,

negotiations at present may safely be left in the hands of the House of Bishops, but should questions affecting property and other matters emerge they will, of course, be brought before the Synod.

Progress of the Church.

The progress of our Church in Canada under the General Synod during the past twenty years is very ably and clearly outlined in the Report of the Board of Management. A comparison made between conditions in 1905 and the present year, is calculated to inspire us with courage and with hope. I think that it was the late Bishop Creighton who stated that the best antidote for any pessimistic spirit is a perusal of history, and certainly, as I have said, a review of the progress of events in the Canadian Church since 1905 should make us thank God and take courage. The Report is too copious to be fully taken in and the advance realized at our present meeting, but I would strongly recommend that every person interested in the progress of our Canadian Church, should read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest. it, and I venture to predict that he will thankfully exclaim: "What hath God wrought?" And here, I hope I may be permitted, on behalf of the Synod to pay a very well merited tribute to Dr. Gould, our General Secretary. I often wonder whether the Church realizes what it has possessed in this able officer during the years of his tenure of the General Secretariat. The man is not only untiring in his ceaseless energy, ubiquitous in his official peregrinations over our immense field at home and abroad, but his administration of the affairs of the Church and his masterly grip of all the departments under him, are marked by the most conspicuous ability and competence. His name will go down in the annals of the history of the Church in Canada, as that of the one of the strongest, ablest, and most inspiring leaders it has ever possessed.

I was just beginning the preparation of this Address when I read Dr. Gould's report, and my constrained impression was. that there was nothing left for me to sav. I thought, for example. of referring to the wonderful work of the Woman's Auxiliary. but that I find portrayed in the report with a vividness of detail that made any lengthened remarks of mine superfluous. All that I can add in regard to the Woman's Auxiliary (and I am sure that the Synod will heartily endorse it), is that the volume of

the cordial co-operation of that Association in the Missionary work of the Church, its many sided resourcefulness, its competent grasp of the needs of the Church, and its ever ready and rich response to those needs, is rolling up in a way that not only astounds us, but fills us with gratitude to God for raising up and continuing to bless and expand that wonderful organization of devoted and consecrated women.

Again, I had intended to make reference to the Missionary Heroes whom we have lost from the Church on Earth to that Beyond-among them Archdeacon J. A. MacKay, my lifelong friend, who has left the imprint and impact of his devoted work for the evangelization of the Indians on the Church from Moosonee where he began as a young Catechist, to the northwest limits of Saskatchewan where he died in harness at a ripe old age. But I found that the compendious report covered that reference also, and that in a very sympathetic and appreciative

way.

Bishop Grisdale.

When the Committee on Departed Members of the Synod brings in its Report, I hope it will not omit to mention the passing to his rest of Bishop Grisdale since our last meeting. As you know, he had retired from active work for some years, but not before he had left behind him a splendid record of able and devoted service to the Church. A man of most attractive personality, and of outstanding executive ability, he will be missed by a large circle of friends.

World Conditions.

Three years ago I closed my Address by a brief review of the world conditions as we then had them, and of the part which the Church was called to play in adjusting them. The years which have intervened since have been filled with an attempted solution of most puzzling problems. Progress towards the readjustment of national and international questions has been painfullly slow, though we must admit that gallant efforts have been put forth by statesmen and others towards betterment. The conviction, or, perhaps I should say, the hope, is beginning to prevail that there are rays of light protruding out of the darkLet us pray that it is so. The solution of the difficulties of a distraught world which I ventured to bring before you

ness.

three years ago, is the same, and the only one which I can find to-day, namely, Christ-the Kingship and rule of Christ, dominating and guiding in the affairs of men. During the past few months I have met many thinking and thoughtful men, not merely Bishops and Clergymen, but thoughtful men, outstanding and conspicuous in secular affairs, and I have read many articles in books and magazines on the subject of World Conditions. The unanimous verdict of them all was that the civilized world of men and nations, disturbed and turned upside down by the upheaval, cannot set itself right by mere conferences, parleys, and discussions, but that the only thing that could save it is a recourse, straight and honest, to the ethics and principles of Him Who came to establish the Kingdom of a Righteous God upon earth. My brothers, this is no mere declamation, or no mere special pleading for the spread of the Church and of Christianity. It is an obvious and an admitted fact. It is the calm and considered conclusion of the greatest and best minds of to-day. A world that has for years been patronizing Christ, saying nice things about Him because it liked what it read about Him-that world is now coming to Him because it needs Him as its only refuge and guide. That is why we hear so many crying out "Back to Christ; back to the only Perfect Life, the only perfect Legislator that the world has ever seen." That is why a thoughtful writer had this to say the other day—"It is true that in the present confused state of he world, when the lack of some great organizing principle is so keenly felt, the thoughts of many hearts in every land are seeking to find Jesus Christ, and in Him the principles for which He stands, and the guidance which Mankind needs so sorely. As a great mountain peak rises more and more into view, dominating the lesser heights with conspicuous greatness, as we move away from it, so does the lapse of time reveal to us the pre-eminence of Jesus Christ. We may surely dare to say that in Him, if anywhere in human experience, is to be found the influence which can bring unity into the contending individualism of our anarchic life. Here, revealed in a Person and Life, is the Logos, the Word or Reason, which must prevail over differences and antagonisms, if liberty is to find its legitimate exercise and at the same time the Christian fellowship to be realized." This is a Church meeting, the Supreme Council of the Canadian Church, and as such. its chief function and concern should be to bring Christ as the

only saving, controlling influence into the lives of men. The question is, How are we to do it? By wise legislation for the better functioning of the Church in the things that make for good? Yes. By providing adequate means for the support and spread of the activities of the Church? Yes. And by many other means and methods. But the first requisite is to have ourselves, each individually and personally not merely Churchmen, but Christ-men, dominated in all we think and say and do by what Christ taught and lived out in His own life upon earthnot merely loving and loyal to our Church, and valuing and supporting it as a fine institution, but bringing what the Church has learned from Christ, its Head, and what it teaches, into the social activities and business of everyday life. I do not know that I am making clear what I mean, but when we look at the world to-day and hear people cry out that what we want most is great leaders, it seems to me that what we want more is great followers of The Great Leader Himself. If we had in our Churches, in our families, in society, really consistent followers of our Great Exemplar, soon the whole lump would be leavened, and out of that would come the great leaders we need. Coming nearer home and looking at our own Dominion, we have been called upon to pass through a most trying period, during the past few years. As a result of world conditions there have been business dislocations, financial depression, and the spectre in our midst of widespread unemployment. While, constitutionally, it may be hard for some of us to become pessimists, for we are not made that way, still, under the circumstances, we have sometimes found it hard to persist in being optimists. There is one thing, however, that we can be, and that is "Meliorists," persons, that is, whose endeavour is to make things better"Meliorists", and that is the point which I have been trying to stress. And the first essential in that endeavour is to make OURSELVES better. It is easy to declaim against wrongs, it is harder to set them right, and the first step in setting them right is to set ourselves right by the Power of God. If we go home from this Synod inspired by a deep sense of the Call and Opportunity of the Church in this age, and the profound obligation resting upon it to do something, let us remember that the Church is not something outside of us that we can criticize and inveigh against (Anglicans are the finest and readiest critics of their Church in the world and they seem to revel in that pastime), but let us