204 THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



Julian was I know not, nor do I know whether Mr. Borlase could 

 helj) me to discover. He is not here to-day, and I can the more 

 freely say that I believe if his paper upon the early Cornish 

 Saints had been the only work of his facile pen, it would have 

 given him a lasting name for historic discrimination, indefatig- 

 able research, perspicuity, power of interesting his readers, and all 

 the highest qualities of an historian. 



The small chapel on Rame Head (also on my property) is far 

 too conspicuous an object even to have been lost sight of, but 

 Mr. R. N. Worth has sent us a paper upon it. It will teU of 

 facts in its history unknown to many of us. 



A work of unsurpassed interest is now going on in the wild 

 old moorland parish of Temple, near Bodmin, where, after the 

 lapse of 150 years, the roofless, desecrated walls of the Temple 

 Church are now being strengthened and roofed as funds permit, 

 under the zealous care of the energetic rector of Helland. 

 Already had the Vicar of St. Neot, under great difficulties, renewed 

 God's service there, and in the ancient font received some children 

 into the Church of Christ, though to do this the font had to be 

 cleared from its surrounding nettles and brambles, and a large 

 ash tree had to be cut down from its position inside the walls to 

 allow of a covering to be spread to shelter the congregation col- 

 lected once again within the precincts of the storm- worn building. 

 I think I may well close my disjointed remarks by wishing the 

 rector of Helland " Grod speed" in his righteous endeavour to 

 house once more the neglected congregation beneath the roof 

 of its own parish church. 



I have thus jotted down most hastily and imperfectly a few 

 matters which it is convenient should find a place in your records 

 through my lips. But it seems to me, a president who, like 

 myself, has not had time or occasion to concentrate his attention 

 upon any special subject by which he can hope to afford inform- 

 ation or inspire interest, should rather make it his aim — especially 

 during the first year of his presidency, to place himself, if I 

 may so say, en rapport with the Institution, and either by 

 offering respectful suggestions, or inviting expressions of 

 opinions from others, to bring under your consideration such 

 proposals as may tend to the future usefulness of the society 

 itself. May I then venture to say that I think the meaning of 



