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occasion to express the desire that "the blessing of Almighty God may rest upon the parish, and that the harmony which for so many years has reigned in our meetings and marked all the relations between clergy and people may ever be retained."

Mr. Swabey had, through the Acadian Provinces, many friends, who will hear with sincere sorrow the news of their sad loss.

In his earlier years he was much identified with the religious and literary life of this portion of what is now the Dominion of Canada He was a contributor to Stewart's Quarterly and several other periodicals.

"Abegweet' (or the "Home on the Wave"), it might be explained, is the poetical name by which Prince Edward Island is known amongst the "Micmac" Indians, who inhabit the shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and, as stated by the author, was prefixed to his little book because he first ventured to touch the lyre in that "Garden of Canada."

Mr. Swabey was educated at King's College, University of Windsor, Nova Scotia, taking his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1852 and that of Master of Arts in 1859.

He was incumbent of Milton and Rustico, Prince Edward Island, from 1854 to 1857; assistant minister in what is familiarly known as the "Stone Church," Parish of St. Mark, in the City of St. John, New Brunswick, from 1858 to 1865.

From 1865 until 1875 Mr. Swabey was the Rector of St. Jude's Church, also in the City of St. John, N. B., and from the latter year, until his appointment as Vicar of St. Thomas, was connected with the active work of the Colonial and Continental Church Society.

The volume of poetry, published by Mr. Swabey, was dedicated to Maurice Charles Merttins Swabey, D.C.L, of Langley Marish, Bucks, "Late student of Christ Church