:'.. Colleges. Queen's University and College at Kings- ton, founded in 1840, is the oldest, li was projected by the branch of the Church formerly in connection
with the Church of Scotland, and is the only one that the power of granting degrees. It combines the faculties of arts and theology. Since its establish- ment Queen's has educated more than LOO ministers lor the Presbyterian Church. The combined resources and equipment of the Canadian Presbyterian colleges may be Bummed up as follows:
Colleges.
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Queen'- < Knox " Montreal " Monin " Halifax Hall....
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£124,391 48,000 40,000 35,01 0 85.000
£16,274 u,ooo
14,000 8,000
4,000 4,500
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£70,000 130,000
Co.! HIM
25,000 10,000
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332,39?
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The General Assembly authorizes an annual collection to be made in all the congregations on behalf of its the- ological colleges, in addition to the above-mentioned theological colleges, there is a collegiate institute at Winnipeg, the capital of the province of Manitoba; it is controlled by the General Assembly, and supported by the Church at large. This institution has two pro- fessors— one of science and literature, and one of clas- sics; also a lecturer in philosophy.
1. I'i riodicals. — Each of the churches previous to 1875 published a monthly magazine for the diffusion of mis- sionary information and general religion- intelligence. So that at the time of the union there were four such magazines— two in the maritime province-, one in the province of I Ontario, and one in the piw ince ol Quebec, Three of these had outlived more than a quarter of a century. The General Assembly agreed that there should be but one periodical tor the whol.- Church, is- sued under its sanction, to be called The Presbyterian Record, and to be published monthly in the city of Montreal, at the rate of twenty-live cents per copy per annum. The first number of this periodical was pub- lished in January, 1876. Before the close of the year it had attained a circulation of 36,000 copies monthly.
5. A few ministers of the Presbyterian Church of Can- ada in connection with the Church of Scot land refused it) (aiter into the union with the Canada Presbyterian Church, and. after the union was consummated, de- clared themselves to constitute the Synod in connec- tion with the Church of Scotland. This synod met in Montreal in dune. L876. The Rev. David Watson was appointed moderator. Trustees wore appointed for the various funds of the synod, and the usual committees were also appointed. A petition was presented from the congregation of West King, praying for ordinances in connection with the Church of Scotland, and com- plaining of the proceedings which had resulted in their being deprived of their Church property. A list was presented of congregations in similar circumstances. It was agreed that a commission with synodical powers be appointed to watch such cases, and. if that w ere
called for. to appoint a deputation to proceed to Edin- burgh and attend the next General Assembly, or the meetings at any time of the Colonial Committee of the Church of Scotland. See. besides the article in Blai- kie, Sketch ofthi Presb. Church throughout thi World, p. 19 sq., tin' references at the end of the article I'm —
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19. Presbyterian Churchks of Colonies oi the British Empiri . Besides the above in Canada, there are the following. In the account of these we chiefly follow the report of the late Pan-Presbyterian Council of Edinburgh, which we have largely used in the preced- ing details:
I. Australian Presbyterian Church*- In 1836, while this country was -till used for penal colonization, the Presbj terian doctrine found its exponent in Victoria in Mo- person ol the Rev. Mr. Clow, a retired chaplain of a Highland regiment. In L888 a missionary preacher
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was sent by the Church of Scotland to Melbourne, and soon others went over, and, until 1840, Presbyterianism in this colony was wholly dependent on the Kirk. After the discovery of gold in 1851, and the consequent rapid settlement of the colony, the Irish Presbyterian Church sent a number of ministers; and, by 1859, when a union of the different Presbyterian churches was pro- posed, there were congregations representing the regular Kirk, the Free Church, and the United Presbyterian, besides many smaller bodies. A complete union of all these various Presbyterians was Dually effected in 1867, on the abolition of state aid.
The Presbyterian Church in Victoria has been formed on the Scottish model. In all its distinctive principles it remains loyal to the parent Church. While it has asserted an independent position fur itself, it has adopted the Westminster Confession and Catechisms, and the Second Book of Discipline, as its standards. Some va- riations have been admitted on administration. For example— (1.) The General Assembly is not a represen- tative body. (2.) The Commission, which meets six months after the Assembly, deals not only with matters sent to it, but with all matters of which due notice has been given ; but its decisions in these latter are subject to review by the next General Assembly. (3.) It has no synods. (4.) And no deacons' courts. The secular affairs are intrusted to a committee elected by the con- gregation, one half of whom retire everyr year. (5.) Adherents as well as communicants are allowed to vote for the first minister of a newly formed congregation. (6.) The use of hymns and of instrumental music has been allowed, and congregations have almost without exception, and with wonderful unanimity, availed themselves of the allowance. The hymn-book of the English Presbyterian Church has been sanctioned and recommended. (7.) Further, the Assembly has sanc- tioned a "Book of Prayers for Social Worship," which has been compiled with the view of assisting Christian men in the bush to hold service where a minister is not available.