OCTOBER l. 1946

Dr. Geddiek Ministry

On

Prince Edward Island

. Reviewed By Rev. Dr. Fraser

die as our church's first Io the foreig "Iregretthis nlltbaaaoreas

tihe name "

ural that. 1 album be disappoint.

an. not. being able to attend this his. toric memorial servioe- a service which commemorates the birth of been the foreign missionary enterpristqedrucational 4' the Presbyterian miuroh in

Canada. "Il-lﬂoﬂﬂllelthatfortherea

a physical condition. to

man whose memory the Synod is hmi . This I shall not att- ternpt, yst cannot refrah from

saying a few words from a know. ledge of what I have learned from

my mother whose farther was Rev John Keir of Prinoetowm. P.E.I and whose congregation

and it was influetroe that the Synod or N Scotia

was persuaded to w of supporting

Presbyterian .

“In the yea: 1H8 Jc-hn who had gical stu

Lmidori, Prince Edward

for his 0! his iif

_ Ills III Ministry . "I have been naked

his labours prior to the South Seas. But so far as his

minister-tat vmrk on REJ. is con-

cerned nothing can be mid that caritot be said o.’ any other min- Lster serving a rural congregation. He delivered his messages on Bun- day. visited his "people during the

week. and did the routine work of their

the average country minister In the performance of these duties he was most. faithful.

"But this was not his chief con. h-ibtrtion to the church. It was not this that makes the name ‘Geddiv’ immortal. His chief oun- trilrution was the interest. he arous- ed in the members or his Predrv. tery in the work n! evarigelialng the heathen. His seal ior foreign .02, and to urge upon his

Presbytery the heathen and the duty of the ohumii to do something for their evatigeliza/tion.

“I'd-cm the time 01f his ordinatlim this became e pascal with him. No sooner was he ordained than he formed a mi. soviet)! i’! his own congregation, and from that date forward snrrualliy a con- uribuiion was sent to sortie 800M! fcr the propagation of the gospel in heathen lands. He was instru- mental in ha/ving missionary soc. ioties for-med in all the other cori- gregations of the Pnesbyiﬂ’! Ind contributions remit by them to the London Missionary Society. H8 preached annually to his own con- gregation on the sllblwl i’! M15- ions. He did the same in other con- gmgruﬂrmg g5 npportunit. oifered

"Ln all these co 88B "m!" his influence the an was of having an annual mimionan’ meeting at Much e serrmn was preached. the report of the con- ‘"°‘““°‘.l“l s".°é°’ii.l.‘“.‘lr um. dresses e ver e awrlrenlng sn interest in M61811 missions.

Missionary Zeal

3M up m 9,111, time, it must be remembered nothing more was cor- u: m meld to create an in- tsreet ' The idea. of the Glldl hcnlf

ppm rnirrslonaryodherovln l?“ sn far as we know.

entered into the mind oi smother v1

mt ch11 oi . autw. Qtdtlie $5‘ takgn‘ urrtliie idea than the Presbyterian Church of Nova Booth. Insll and your as die was. mithl

service oom- dared at memoraiint; the iurndredtth arinivqoonsisted of only thirty 918M’? of the dl-‘barture oi’ D.r Ged- ' toms with about. 500 members with missionsrythe exception oi’ the Moravians n

. so snail had ever under. en u: mission to the heathen 1y in rufuﬁima, norteroef “maimed m“ Pmwiely °1' "1451 Keir wealthy am-zl many oi’ them struggl- t‘)

good authorlt "rhen that at my bapzism mgruperents

4 lmrdored ori that of Dr Goodies My grand- father was his most intimate friend largely owning to his ova. and Prince Edward Island undertake the

a missionary

the foreign field-a. field to

which Dr. Geddie was sert as the

first missions-re from a Canadian Church

l0 ﬂﬁlk GI his going We

ought to or her

was the servic

service- that Mr

11d portal; . Dr. the Presbyterian obumh

thought sad

the wilderness." "Perhaps

had little mone

arrears. saonificir

lﬂ institution for

continued to k “The Vision

Dr.) JUhn Keir Minster fessor of ‘Iheollrgy in the Synod. Dr. Kirk's IWMIC

“The su and experience, his wt

acter, and the r

of the church."

Five years had now pa Geddieb ordination, and he deemed that the time had come to agitate &tdPiddP%? ""

. J18 or 1043 he published in the "Pres- byterian Damn-tr" then the organ or the church. a. series of letters in which he set fmth the claims of the heathen upon the church. and endeavoured to show that the Pres- byterian‘; Church of Iitlfya 500:? ougt engagemm-sorisry - fonts in some part of _t.’he foreign field, and he rxirnbatea the argu- merits which mlslht be addwd against. sircli 1m undertaking. These letter-s receives’ little‘ at;

i on the part mos m“ mreadars. It was impossible however, to ignore a measure to which m. Keir had elven his de- liberate a! So in order to

S oti u that im- hligediatrb tézpeynbe takegizlmtc ensure in mission work abroad. The over- ture was presented to the SWOd ll 1t; meeting in July i843 and read as follows

- 1w! m :19 01mi- mlttee o; Bills and e ures are overture from the Rev Mr. Keir

on the propriety of lnnintainill! a Miaion abroad.’

sent down to tne several Presbyter. res for consideration with instnrc- tions to report thereon to the Synod at its next mettli-IIL" ' so the matter was disposed for another year with whet doubt- ]; entpectatlonmorimgt: mrmy the/t 110111 $13,430:» dorie about. it and with um, on whsreun-to the uilng Brow. Indeed " yterlan Banner" at that rﬂpggnoﬁl-h! Cburotumitarn. port m the proceedings od’ synod does not. even mention that the subject of For-elm wﬂiwe 11m been considered by the Synod-

No hiding Back But the friends oi the movement

bmugv, the matter before

u. firstst .uidtti¢vwmd¢- minimal. toauowtttoiest the

fir!

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at = ill. 1E‘ g 5 i .2

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engage in a foreign ’ ‘ - own. e—ths im.

Pf.” w”. t" iliiff“ “" “i” up o 1e hat 00-, onill 51inch might and ought to the also. mission work.’ Oentm- It took seven years of menuousl of Dr a salihdonyiiig effort. to achieve

ly was not| a mow the chiuch who thought

this is not to be worr- . The ffhllrch atythat time congregat-

ion, irJnlstei-s were ill edsupported, and there was scarcely Ie oongreglstloir that was not in The Synod for years had to maintain $11

e training of a native ministry. The ides or foreign mission work was - not even considered, still Geddiev sori I have mentioned 1 am not in. persisted. He prepare albefore him

99p spisndid".i"°" paper which can do Justice to the"1lo s few

of his intimate’ friends ‘m’ “Wm m“ m“ hemadekrriownhlsdeslmtoen. M‘

888v in the work. Perhaps the first man who came to fully sympathize with him was the Rev. (afterwards , of Prince- . town P..I., subsequently Pro-

‘ﬂloquotalierefromDndeoi-ge Petter-soninlikhifeofDiucted.

H

in counsel, his this Christian char- unlit? of his ed m past labours, had won for him uni: vernal ‘ 1nd

,_ . a Geddie, any proposal which met his IP-

corupleted his th6010-| pioval especially iraeoeptedncalltothe the P oorigregdtloh of CtwendLth arid New Island. Here he was ordained and here he laboured for several years until he was selected as our first foreign missionary and began preparation work in the New Hebrides where he remained till the close

e.

throughout o‘, “érgceenﬂnégvmg 1 feeling against the undertaking had

Island am the laymen of that part seed since

m m: Mm; was "driving linings too fast" and

‘ si-ble speed

"Ordered that the overture be W101

o; this choim I wed not mention ex-

ume to say that while all thrush prooeedin me life or the movement he harkoare.

were not now win; to turn back.|

(H?

Prince Edward Island.

n! Plctou this week. The . nial on- Aug. l0. i936. .

wnrneot its-n‘ with

another "h society through which their mini-r. was for years "a voice crying in

butler-i may flow til‘. they feel

lves able to embark in the “"59 W 561101118 lorth a mision. ary of their own". when a vote was taken the motion was car- ried 20 to 14.

° The Difficulty

l: hr l! I can dismwm‘ mas one the heathen. There was pro< y hably-not s. man in the Synod who did not sympathize with that work. The difficulty lay in. the idea of a church so small and with so little means undertski a mission or its Own and strpporriﬁig a missionary 0i’ it own while minister's at home ﬁlm supported and mile our ome was so impel‘! v sup. plied. When we look at the cir- ances or the time we need be surprised that so many in view. . Cleddie maintained that it could be don: 11nd ought to be done. balievin as he did that ‘ithere is tha stattereih and yet increaseth and than is withhold- ing more than is meet but. it tend. eth to poverty." He held that the ,backward state of things at home

mihtbethe restrltofotn-rot l moretoiriterestsmbroad, and adeeperintuestinthe

gig-swell“ ﬁgs: abroad would“: blessings ipon irroh at home. How results Justi- fied thls belief we raw know. When the Synod met. the follow- ing year (i845! the Board meant. . Di the preced- ing Year however them had much -"

on 0h the church air-i the grown in intensity. Denounced as Madness

Many denounced it as utter nud- ness. It was felt that the Board

there was a. determination if pos- sible, tn ' ooidingly when it was moved in accordance with the views of the Board that they should be "instruct- ed to select a field and negotiate with candidates Irr- ooci yin: that field as soon as possi e" it was moved in amendment that "the Baird be instructed to use dill. gerioe in obttsinizig lrtottulation re- specting the most suitable field for foreign mission operations and the praetlcebilltv of securing stilt- sble labourers for its ootnrpation, and if the information then laid before them shall be slum as in their opinion shall justify the st . they pledge themselves to k inJthe cause with all pos.

After stuns disouuion the vote was taken when the motion was mrried but o-nl by a medority of one, the vote being thirteen to twelve.

This was decisive, the long struggle was curried. Geddie had achieved the end on which for seven years his hear-t had been set and fcr which he had fought so earnestly. The Board immediately advertised for candidates mrd two months later met at Ptctou to do. ne the two questions of a field arid the choice of a misdon-

QTY. "The field chosen was the New Hebrides Islands. The reasons 8m‘

The Geddie Memorial Church at New London. P. E. 1., refer- red to in Rev. Dr. Fraser's account of Dr. Geddids pastor labors in

which was read at the Geddie centennial celebration by the Maritime Synod of the Presbyterian Church at New London Church celebrated its centen-

rrt: cuarttorrcruwn GUARDIAN

Irltlsli livestock Farmers Reported in “Dreadful State”

BLACKPOOL. Lance, d, Oct. 3 -(CP Cable) - WMIJ‘. Vane, member of Parliament for Westrnorland told the Conserva- tive conventlon here today that livestock farmers are in “a dread- ful state" because of the black market in feed, with 30 pounds ot- fered for a ton of oats. compared with the fixed ice of 15 pounds.

Mr. Vane and that herds now

MINERAL WOOI.

“THE INSULATION THAT PAYS FORITSILIK"

IN SUMMER-the heat of the sun is kept where it I504 longs-OUTSIDE. -

IN WINTER-the heat that cost you money to provide ll kept where it helongs- ' INSIDE. '

"u Costs Nothing '1'» m Convinced" Free Estimates and Descriptive Literature. ﬁfneberlelﬁ $31“? ﬁiilifriiiiysiﬁ: Call or Write im-

irh ilarmers were anxious to buy ' feed anywhere, but they under- D. J. CHEYNE—C/0 Guardian Office

UM NORTHERN rusutarrou

States herds had increased to such an extent- that there was no feed

to spare in those countries.

COMPANY 01F CANADA LTD. Marine, Home and Industrial Insulators 40 CHARLOTTE ST. SAINT JOHN, N.B.

The speaker moved a resolution. asking for the condemnation o the labor government for alleged failure to get sufficient feed and ﬁoigequent hardships in every o e.

CANADA BUYS RABBIT SKIN!

CANBERRA, Oct. 3 - (CP) — Canada. ranks record to the United States as a buyer of Australian rabbit skins which now are Aus. tra-liab sixth export.

About 90 per cent of Australia's rabbit skins are shipped abroad. Australian hat ma-ruafaeturm an! urriers use the runainder.

Rabbit trapping has become am important industry in a few years. Value of exported skins was estim-

_ In few European countries was .‘t so difficult to buy an egg by honest means as in British towns. h". said. The government handling of thed situation never could be ...L'l.tSL‘ .

-—i-_-__ VETERANS ADMITIE:

from overseas last February and restamed articles with J. Smith WENDY. Sydney barrister.

Mr MaoDo

AIDUTTA — (C?)

Iio Restoration 0f

000 seven years ago

John Hartigun of Sydney Increased prices have been a big

MXnQ5IOV€IEGHS service in and Alexander J. w,

northwest Eur. MacDonald 9P9 and wmpieted

his articles of

Brokers estimate that a good Chisholm today trapper can make from $150. to Mr. Hartigaii. educated at St. $200. a week catching rabbits and Joseph's school in North Sydney, many farmers in drought-effected St. Francis Xavier University and areas have timned to trapping. Dalhoirsie Law School,

tng any move to restore price ceil- ings on milk, butter, cheese and other dairy products. A board spokesman said, however. that the subject of decontrol of dairy pro-

KETTERING. Entliand — (CF)- Among the ‘squatters’ in a former American Red Cross club here is returned former R. A. F. Flt. Lt. Leonard J.

PLAN CANCER HOSPITAL

C hun- clred-bed cancer hoslmll w’ whit}; 70 W11] be (m- fr-ee treatment) W1

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—-— - mild. a graduate oi sled at sio,o00.oo0 in the ear end- HALIFAX. Oct. 4 —-(C.P)—‘~ Tw Sydney Academy .1 D 11 ~ 1 ' ' b instituted under the aus- ed June 30, compared wi SL290,- Ca-r-idlan Army veterans, Thoma: University, also ribrrneda "IP05"? N's‘ 1ft the Chiltﬂmﬂiﬂﬂ 5e"

Sadan, Calcutta. One thousand w"- ligrammes oi radium have been or-

ractoi- in the rise at export value of Sydney. were admitted u, the clerkship in the law rimi of Mild- WASHINGTON. Cot. r -(Al-') _ dered for the PF°P°§°d “SP0”- because the weight of export skins Nova Scotia B11- upon application din and Rosenbjirm O1 Sydy,'3y_ The pm. dgggnlm] board adjourn- h ' has only doubled since roan. before Ohlef Justice Sir Joseph __.__.;__ s1 indefinitely {my withgut ngak- coosaa PEDY. Alwtrelle —

<c1=> ~ Bill Oliver. permeate! 8' this o a1 mining town 1n 5°11"! Austral . recently refused in 011°‘ o! $300 from an Adelaide merchant for his tom cal. T188!- "H°W mum

oept to say that the circumstances of the field seemed to make it ilhe one most suitable for a small clvurch to occupy.

"'I‘he next question was: “who slmll go for us?" And here I want

gs Mr Geddie was full endesvotrrcd to

from any connection wiktlm name. During the seven yearns oi’ his

orwte in Prince Edward. and, while seeking to awaken the Church m her duty to ‘he heathen. and to induce nei- to ensure in mission work among thorn he lied always kept himself in the background

lie One Desire Still his more intimate friends

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Eight out of ten

will buy again... Wﬁs’ .

on. They pay 254% interest each ysaq‘ or ten years. You can ash Canada Saw ings Bonds at full face value, with interest, at an time, at any branch in Canada of any meted bank. But please remember this point. These are "Serve Yourself‘! Bonds. This time there will be fewer salesmen. They will not be able to call on everyone. So it’: up ro you to take advantage of this ﬁne investment opportunity-without delay.

Haw to lay

You can buy them at any bank; authorized investment dealer; stock broker; trust or loan cornpany—for cash or by the Monthly Savings Plan. Where your employer 05ers a Payroll Savin s Plan you can buy Canada Savings Bonds y regular deductions from your pay.

Tbcy was! ls hep on raving. Canadianl. being thrifty folk, like to ut something away for a rainy day. They 11' ed the idea of saving b means of Victory Bonds durm the war. ey want to continue this metho of saving.

That's what was disclosed in a survey, con- ducted early this year in all parts of the country. 82% of the thousands of Canadians interviewed laid, iiYea, we want to keep on saving. We like to save with bonds."

i Since no more Victory Bonds or_ War Savings Certiﬁcates will be issued, 1t was decided to make "Canada Savings Bonds" available to Canadians. These bonds have

‘ many new features that will interest you. For example, you can buy Canada Savmg:

' Bond: in units oi $50, $100, $500 ﬂﬂd

$1000. You may buy up to $2000 P“

Canada 871M041’ Bonds

Canada is reported t0 use the Sumpter. Thr ear h (m. duct ma b tek u t ‘ I let a cat that knew only the back skins in the manufacture 0f fur TOT itill-makir-i In Brittle-lid. the ieved fame ufepirticlpgfiiig ‘rename on i call oer Cllglilrmtpina ggyumtﬁ country be taken to the c.ty? said coats. The United States uses them Skim 80 1M0 COM-i. hat-l. t-rim- blasting oi’ the Mohne and EH1- Thompson. Oliver.

inlngs and gloves. ‘ ‘f v

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