1860 - 1865
- served as curate at Saint John's, Great Yarmouth where Bishop George Hills was rector.
- he travelled on horseback visiting scattered settlements, towns and miners' camps along Fraser River.
- was appointed rector to serve spiritual needs of newly arrived colonists and miners in transit to Cariboo gold rush.
- issued a public invitation encouraging attendance by miners at Church services.
- expressed concern for protection of current standards of morality and possible "corrupting effect" of transients and travelers on members of local First Nations communities.
- encouraged civic and business leaders to assist with leadership (and financial giving) in maintenance of the Iron Church, provision of a new rectory, bell tower, pulpit, organ and vestry.
- successfully urged financial giving by the congregation to local needs but also to special outreach collection assisting Lancashire millworkers ousted from their jobs when cotton supplies from southern states ceased as a result of the American Civil War.
- returned to England in 1865 having worked with the congregation in helping lay the foundations, not only of the Iron Church, but of the life and witness of the parish.