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considerable settlement for 12 or 13 years and a postâ€"ottice.’ Further, on this theme. it is interesting to note that a lady in England. Mrs. Shewen. mother of Mr. Peyton Shewen. a member of St. Georgefa vestryq who had contributed several sums to tne church. had the following appeal published in the Monthly Pocket. a Mission magazine in England. A CHURCH IN THE BACKWOODS OF CANADA Who will be kind enough to remember the great want of Lt. George's Church. Apsley. in the Province of Ontario where a 2:: my man has given up all to be ordained and thus minister to the spiritual needs of the Angloâ€"Catholics for four hundred mil (h H] 0 t a pittance scarcely enough for bare sustenance. The chirzh itseLf is adorned with brown paper. There is no altar cloth, :3 :azze: or pulpit or lectern. there are nooffertory-bags. and acove a;;. 1/] 6 Ti: they have no communion plate. Will not some good Christiane something to adorn this poor brown paperâ€"lined church? As a result of this appeal, St. George's received sever'; articles of church furnishings besides cash donations forwardei by Mrs. Shewen and also supplied later. half the amount paid for the purchase of the rectory and glebe land: the consequence was that the mission found itself for the first time on a sound and permanent basis. and able with God's grace to flourish and expand its material and‘spiritual influence throughout the community. Mr. Harding was 56 years of age when he started as Lay Reader in Apsleh in 1875. He was ordained Deacon in St. John's Church. Peterborough. October 15, 1876. raised to the Priesthood in st.