MEDLEY, John]

A Charge Delivered in the Cathedral,Fredericton, on Thursday, September 1, 1859, to the Clergy of theDiocese, and Published at Their Request. By John, Bishop of Fredericton.

Saint John, N.B. Printed by Barnes and Company. 1859. Soft cover. 20.5cm, 43p.,beige printed wraps, minor cover soiling, very good to fine. (atl) JohnMedley (1804-1892) was the first Anglican Bishop of Fredericton.Consecrated in 1845, he held the position of Bishop for nearly half acentury. In this "Charge" he addresses the problems of shortage ofministers, the rite of confirmation, baptisms and marriages, missionaryworks, and sermons. ("Living as we do so near the border land, wherecorruptions of every kind are found, and are imported among us, we mustbeware lest we fall unaware to common place vulgarity."). Item #33299

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