are those of Mr. Henry E. Russell, Senior, who served eleven years; Mr. William B. Smyth ten years and Mr. Franklin G. Guion nine years.

Out of the seventy-one years since the organization of St. Mark's there have been twelve years in which the parish had no lay representation in the Conventions of the Diocese. At five different Conventions one of the lay representatives was a person that had not been elected by the parish either as a delegate or a substitute. Twenty-seven different persons have been given seats in the Conventions as lay representatives of the parish. Mr. Virgil Cornish has been seated in nineteen Conventions; Dr. S. W. Hart in eleven; Mr. Stephen G. Bucknall in eight; Mr. Charles F. Chase in seven, and Mr. Leonard Doig in six.

No one person has ever given more support to the parish in money and earnest work than Mr. H. E. Russell, Senior. The full amount of his gifts will never be known, but he has repeatedly presented the parish with gifts to the amount of from six to over ten thousand dollars each. He has also served as vestryman, clerk, treasurer, delegate to the Convention and warden.

The annual reports of the parish as published in the Journal of Convention should be considered in their entirety in order to do them full justice.

From these reports we learn that in 1841 there were four officers including teachers, and 30 scholars in the Sunday School. In 1856, nine officers and 62 scholars. In 1866, twelve officers and 100 scholars. In 1876, sixteen officers and 120 scholars. In 1886 they had dropped down to twelve officers and 115 scholars. In 1896, there were twenty-five officers and 240 scholars and in 1906 there were thirty-five officers and 250 scholars.

The growth of the Church is indicated by the number of communicants, which in 1837 was only 12. Ten years later, 1847, there were 30. In 1857, the number rose to 95, and in 1867 to 162. In the next ten years the increase was only eight, the number in 1877 being only 170. In 1887 there were 271; in 1897 the number was 455, and in 1907, more than five hundred.

The largest confirmation class in the history of the Church was the class of Jan. 25, 1903, when thirty-eight persons were confirmed. During a rectorship of less than three and one half years, the Rev. Mr. Middleton presented 90 persons to the Bishop for confirmation. Only four Rectors have ever presented a larger number. There were 98, 99, 148 and 160 persons confirmed during the respective rectorships of the Rev. Messrs. Russell, Stoddard, Wayne and Bodley.

From this it appears, that the present Rector has presented more persons to the Bishop for confirmation than has any other minister in the history of the Church. The number that he has thus presented is ten more than the entire number presented by the first eight ministers, during the first twenty-five years after the organization of St. Mark's Church.

The financial reports of the parish in the Journal of Convention for 1906 give the entire parish expenses as $5,051.02. About 1840, the entire amount of such expenses was about $400.00 of which the missionary society paid $150.00, leaving only about $250.00 that was raised by the parish. In 1906, the offerings of the parish for Diocesan and other general purposes amounted to $470.42. The offering for missionary and charitable contributions in 1841 amounted to only $19.75. How insignificant the parish expenses and offerings of 1841 appear! But they were not so in fact, for there are now about thirty times as many communicants as there were in 1841, and if the parish was now as liberal in proportion to its numbers, the ordinary annual expenses of the parish would be about $9,000, and the yearly offerings would be nearly a third larger than at present.

MINISTERS OF ST. MARK'S CHURCH

BRIEF MENTION

1. Rev. Nathaniel Sheldon Wheaton, D.D., Rector from June 19, 1836 to April 16, 1837.

Service, 9 months and II days.

2. Rev. Thomas Jefferson Davis, Rector from April 23, 1837, to June 1, 1838.

Service, I year, I month and 8 days.

3. Rev. Zebediah Hyde Mansfield, Deacon, Minister in charge from June 12, 1838, to Nov. 25, 1838.

Service, 5 months and 2 weeks.

4. Rev. John Marshall Guion, S.T.D., Officiating Minister from Dec. 2, 1838. Is called Rector in the Parochial reports for 1839 and afterwards so called in the Parish Records. Resignation accepted Dec. 29, 1845.

Service, 7 years and I month.

5. Rev. Charles Richmond Fisher, M.A., Deacon. Minister in charge from Dec. 29, 1845, to Easter (April 12,) 1846. Service, 3 months and 13 days.

6. Rev. Abner Jackson, D.D., LL.D., Rector from April 19, 1846, to Nov. 19, 1848.

Service, 2 years and 7 months.

7. Rev. Alexander Capron, Deacon. Rector-elect from Nov. 26, 1848, until ordained Priest, Feb. 26, 1850, then Rector to Easter (April 8,) 1855.

Service, 6 years, 4 months and 12 days.

Vacancy, 3 weeks.

8. Rev. Francis Thayer Russell, M.A., S.T.D., Deacon. Rector-elect from May 6, 1855, until ordained Priest, March 12, 1856, then Rector to March 26, 1864.

Service, 8 years, 9 months and 20 days.

Vacancy, 7 months.

9. Rev. Leonidas Bradley Baldwin, Rector from Oct. 1, 1864, to Aug. 1, 1870.

Service, 5 years and 9 months.

Vacancy, 8 and one half months.

10. Rev. John Cavarly Middleton, S.T.D., Rector from April 16, 1871, to Sept. 9, 1874.

Service, 3 years, 4 months and 23 days.

Vacancy, 6 months.

11. Rev. John Hetherington Drumm, M.D., D.D., Rector from March 17, 1875, to March 31, 1877.

Service, 2 years and 2 weeks.

12. Rev. William Edward Snowden, Rector from April 10, 1877, to May 1, 1880.

Service, 3 years and 21 days.

Vacancy, 4 months and 11 days.

13. Rev. John Henry Rogers, Rector from Sept. 12, 1880, to his decease, Jan. 23, 1886.

Service, 5 years, 4 months and II days.

Vacancy, 2 months and 8 days.

14. Rev. James Stoddard, Rector from April 1, 1886, to July 1, 1892.

Service, 6 years and 3 months.

Vacancy, 1 year and 3 months.

15. Rev. Henry Nicoll Wayne, Rector from Oct. 1, 1893 to July 1, 1899.

Service, 5 years and 9 months.

Vacancy, I month.

16. Rev. Harry Innes Bodley, Rector from Aug. 1, 1899.

Total vacancy between 1854 and 1900, 3 years and 9 months.