On motion of Rev. A. A. Abbott it was

Resolved, That this Convention hereby expresses its thanks and gratitude to the Bishop for his maintenance of the Church Worker as a Diocesan organ.

Resolved, That we will, in so far as it is possible, extend its circulation and solicit among our people annual subscriptions or other donations for the support of the Church Worker.

Rev. E. G. Hunter submitted the following:

The report of the Board of Missions to this Convention, of the mission work of the Church in the Diocese of Indiana for the year past, is the tenth under the present Episcopate. The year 1884 marked an era in the history of the missionary work of the Diocese. The report of the Board of Missions to the Convention of that year laments the fact, that, for several years the Church in Indiana had

only been giving for missionary work an average of about $600 per year. And that this money could not be used for aggressive work. No new parishes had been organized or missions opened for several years, and the Missionary Board found it difficult to sustain the work in old organized parishes and missions.

But with the coming of our present Bishop, with the true Apostolic missionary spirit, and full of hope and zeal, begotten of a deep faith, there was given at once a stimulus to all Church interests and renewed activity in missionary effort which has not abated during the decade, but, rather, grown into a more settled and consistent realization of the true nature of the work of the Church. The results have been beyond the anticipations of some, though not reaching the full measure of the hopes of others. Ten years ago the Board of Missions felt constrained to say that "for ten years the Church had not met her responsibility, nor done her full work." Can we not say to-day that during the past ten years she seems to have realized her responsibility and to have done what she could to meet it; and though she may not have done her "full work," yet she has done a good work.

We can not but be deeply impressed with the report given by the Bishop in his review of the material progress of the Diocese during the ten years. And the question comes home to each one of us; What has been our share in this work? What have the clergy and laity done towards reaching these results? Year by year, as each annual report of the Board of Missions is read, does not the searching question confront us, Have we done all that we could have done?

And this

Facts and figures do not always reveal the full measure of earnest zeal, and of self-sacrificing work. Paul may plant and Apollos water, but it is God that giveth the increase. increase may not always follow closely the planting and watering. Faithful work is never lost. The faithful missionary can but be loyal to Christ, and true to his commission; and though his report of work may seem small, and though he may feel discouraged at times, at the meager results of his labors, yet, was it possible to trace all results, or read the record of his works in the Book of Life, he might feel encouraged in that his labors of faith were rich in their fruits.

The detailed report that we here give of missionary work in the Diocese during the past year by no means tells the full story of faithful labor, nor does it reveal all of the most cheering and hopeful results. In connection with this report there should be carefully

considered the report of the Archdeacon, who, under the appointment of the Bishop, has been actively at work in the Diocese with results that clearly evidence the wisdom of the appointment.

The offerings for Diocesan Missions for the year have been $3,475.64. This amount is $1,350 less than was apportioned upon the parishes and missions by the last Convention. Is it too much to say that every dollar of this amount should have been paid? It was not too large an amount to ask for. As a rule it is not the smaller parishes and missions that fail to meet their obligations. It is possible that those parishes who failed to send in to the Treasurer the full amount of their apportionment, have paid in the amounts delinquent since the opening of the Convention, or have assured the Treasurer that every dollar will be sent in. The amount received for the Church Building Fund last year was $127.25, and for the Century Club Fund for the general missionary was $420.08. Thus the total receipts for these funds were $4,022.93. It may be interesting to note in this connection that the total amount received for Diocesan Missions, and for Church building, from the parishes and missions of the Diocese during the past ten years is about $34,000. This sum exceeds the total for the preceding eighteen years, or from the time of the organization of the Board of Missions, by about $10,500.

The apportionments by the Board during the year represented stipends paid (during the whole or a part of the time) to twelve missionaries, and amounts apportioned in view of sustaining work in vacant parishes and missions so soon as they can be filled. Stipends to the amount of $2,000 from the General Missionary Board were apportioned to nine missionaries, and one mission has been sustained by the American Church Missionary Society.

Though many changes have occurred in the missionary force during the year, always tending to injuriously effect missionary work, yet, on the whole, the work in the Diocese has prospered and the outlook is encouraging.

The review of the missionary field as gleaned from the various reports, will begin at Hammond, in the northwestern corner of the Northern Deanery. Mr. A. F. Morgan, a Candidate for Orders. attending the Western Theological Seminary at Chicago, looked after the interests of this mission until his ordination in December. The Rev. Edward Saunders has had charge from January and has held regular services twice on each Sunday and on Holy Days. These services have been fairly well attended. The prospects for