CHURCH IN CANADA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 796, 20 April 1910, Page 5

CHURCH IN CANADA.

ARCHBISHOP'S. APPEAL. DONATION BY PRINCE OF WALES. By Telesraoh-Prees Association-Coßjrlnhi (Rec. April 19, 9.25 plm.) , .-...'• (London, April 19. The Prince of Wales has donated .£SOO to the Archbishops' Western Canadian church fund. Already subscriptions totalling £14,228 have been received. ENGLAND'S DUTY. The Archbishops ' of Canterbury and York recently issued an appeal to the Church and people of England with reference to the work being done in Western Canada and the pressing needs of that immense , and rapidly developing province. The Archbishops state:— "In.Western Canada a great nation is advancing to: a foremost place in the world. The two provinces; of Saskatchewan and Alberta alone are larger than France, Gormhny, Holland, • Belgium and the British Isles all put together. An ever-increasing tide of immigrants is pouring in, thonsands after thousands. Last year 180,000 entered Canada, most of them, bound for the West. Plainly tlie history of the world will largely depend upon what this multitude comes to be-in character, in faith, and in life. Is the Church of England doing its duty by this vast and swiftly growing nation? It is a nation linked with England by the bonds of history and institutions, of language and affection. Other religious bodies are working nobly. Our own Church, bound by its position to care most of all, seems to lag behind. A clear call comes to U6. "The Archbishop of writes:—'lt is to supplement the efforts of the Canadian Church, and to fill up what is lacking in its power to help at. this crisis in the hstory of the Canadian West, that I desire to see the Church in the Motherland make a supreme endeavour just now.' ■ We, the Arch-bishops of the Church of the Motherland, plead for. a real answer to this great call. W© appeal for four things—for interest and prayer, for men ami money. We are well aware that our appeal is made in an unusual way and with unusual'emphasis. It is because we deliberately believe tho occasion to be unprecedented that we write thus. We pray that God's own voice may speak to the consciences of those who read our-words."