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It was a lovely afternoon, almost spring-like, 

 when the beautiful Burial Service was read, and 

 the first Bishop of Moosonee s body was com 

 mitted to the grave before his bereaved people. 

 The whole adult population went to the Church 

 and to the grave. There he was laid amongst 

 his flock, as he had said he wished to be. While 

 still lying in the Church, young and old came to 

 take the last farewell of the face they loved so 

 well, and who went in and out of their homes, 

 over forty years, as a missionary, pastor, friend, 

 and bishop.&quot; 



To resume our journey into the far West and journey into 



North, it is necessary that we should follow the 

 steps of any one of the early missionaries and 

 return from the Bay to the Red River Settlement. 



It is still the time of the first Bishop of Rupert s 

 Land, but there are gleamings visible of the 

 coming days of extension; the &quot; trail-makers &quot; 

 of the Cross have penetrated, already, into 

 the far recesses of the country. 



In his first charge to the clergy, Bishop Ander- Bishop An- 

 son said &quot;Beyond us there is but one clergyman, First &quot;charge, 

 on the other side of the mountains.&quot; And again, 1851 

 &quot;Look around, and compare the circumstances of 

 the Red River now with what they were thirty 

 years ago. We can scarcely imagine the country 

 without a minister to comfort and encourage the 

 enquirer, to cheer and gladden the sick by his 

 visit, and raise the eye of the dying to a better 

 land.&quot; &quot;And passing from the settlement, what is 

 the effect elsewhere as regards the scattered 



