However , he did not take up this appointment as he had already applied to the Church Missionary Society ( CMS ) to become a missionary .
West became the first chaplain to the Hudson 's Bay Company in 1819 and was awaiting his first mission .
However , he did not take up this appointment as he had already applied to the Church Missionary Society ( CMS ) to become a missionary , and West became the first chaplain to the Hudson 's Bay Company in 1819 and was awaiting his first mission .