it very kindly in you that you remember an old acquaintance, and I have
read with interest your last report. I am glad to observe progress in
the old lines almost everywhere. I was flattered also to find that some
words of mine, written in 1865, are thought worthy of being quoted....
It is pleasant to find a public servant now in the thirty-second year of
his incumbency, still so hopeful and so vigorous. Few men have lived a
more useful or active life than you, and your highest reward must be to
look back upon what you have been permitted to achieve.
The Very Reverend Dean Grasett, in a letter to Dr. Hodgins, dated 9th
November, 1875, said:
I thank you very much for your kindness in presenting me with a complete
set of the _Journal of Education_ from the date of its commencement in
1848 to the present time.
You could not have given me a token of parting remembrance more
acceptable to me on various accounts; but chiefly shall I value it as a
memorial of the confidence and kindness I have so invariably experienced
from the Rev. Dr. Ryerson from the day I first took my seat with him at
a Council Board in 1846 to the time that I was released from further
attendance there this year. Similar acknowledgments I owe to yourself,
his coadjutor, in the great work of his life, and the editor of the
record of his labours, contained in these volumes.
I shall carry with me to the end of life the liveliest feelings of
respect for the public character and regard for the private worth of one
who has rendered to his country services which entitle him to her
lasting gratitude. My venerable friend has had from time to time many
cheering recognitions of his valuable public services from the Heads of
our Government, who were capable of appreciating them, as well as from
other quarters; but I think that in his case, as in others that are
familiar to us, it must be left to future generations adequately to
appreciate their value when they shall be reaping the full benefit of
them.
I esteem it an honour that I should have been associated with him in his
Council for so many years (30), and a privilege if I have been of the
least assistance in upholding his hands in performing a work, the credit
of which is exclusively his own.
* * * * *
The Rev. Dr. Withrow, in his "Memorials of Dr. Ryerson," (_Canadian
Methodist Magazine_, April, 1882,) said: No man ever passed away from
among us in Canada whose true greatness was so universally recognized as
that of Dr. Ryerson. He lived in the hearts of his countrymen, and
"Read his history in a nation's eyes."
Even envy and detraction could not lessen his grandeur nor tarnish the
lustre of his name.... Scarce an organ of public opinion in the country,
no matter what party or what interest it represented, has not laid its
wreath of praise on the tomb of this great Canadian. And far beyond his
own country his character was revered and his loss deplored.... From the
Roman Catholic Archbishop; from the Anglican Bishop, from many members
of the Church of England and other religious bodies, as well as of his
own Church; resolutions of the Board of the Bible Society, the Tract
Society, School Boards and Conventions, and Collegiate Institutes, all
bore witness to the fact that the sorrow for his death was not confined
to any party or denominational lines, but was keenly felt in other
churches as well as in that of which he was the most distinguished
minister.... Almost every Methodist journal in the United States has
also paid its tribute to his memory. We quote from the _North Western
Christian Advocate_, of Chicago, but one such tribute of loving
respect:--"We believe that Canada owes more to him than to any other
man, living or dead. In all his official relations to the public he was
true to his Church. Men like Wellington and Washington 'save their
countries,' but men like Ryerson make their countries worth saving. The
mean little soul flinches when its brethren rise in reputation and power
in the Church. The more exalted soul rejoices when the Church grows rich
in competent workers. The death of such a servant as Ryerson is a loss
to the world greater than when the average president or king passes
away. Thank God, the great Ruler lives, and He will continue the line of
prophets in modern Israel!"
Dr. Ryerson possessed in a marked degree the faculty of commanding the
confidence and winning the friendship of distinguished men of every
rank, of every political party and religious denomination. He possessed
the confidence and esteem of every Governor of Canada, from Lord
Sydenham to the Marquis of Lorne. No native Canadian ever had the
_entree_ to such distinguished society in Great Britain and in Europe
as he. He had personal relations with several of the leading British
statesmen. He enjoyed the personal friendship of the Bishop of
Manchester, the Dean of Westminster, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and
other distinguished divines of the Anglican and Dissenting Churches. He
was one of the very few Methodist preachers who have ever shared the
hospitalities of Lambeth Palace, for six hundred years the seat of the
Primates of England; and when Dean Stanley passed through Toronto, he
and Dean Grasett called together on Dr. Ryerson. When making his
educational tour in Europe....
Speaking of his personal worth, Dr. Withrow says:--A very good criterion
of a man's character is: How does he get on with his colleagues? Does
the familiarity of daily intercourse, year after year, increase or
lessen their esteem? Few men will bear this test as well as Dr. Ryerson.
The more one saw of him the more one loved him. Those who knew him best
loved him most. Dr. Hodgins, the Deputy Minister of Education, for
thirty-two years the intimate associate in educational work of Dr.
Ryerson, knowing more fully than any living man the whole scope of his
labours, sharing his anxieties and toils, tells us that in all those
years there never was an hour's interruption of perfect mutual trust and
sympathy. No son could have a stronger filial love for an honoured
father than had Dr. Hodgins for his late venerated Chief. It was his
privilege to minister to the latest hours of his revered friend, and it
is to him a labour of love to prepare for the press the posthumous story
of his life.
With all his catholicity of sentiment and charity of spirit, Dr. Ryerson
was a man of strong convictions, and he always had the courage of his
convictions as well. When it came to a question of principle he was as
rigid as iron. Then he planted himself on the solid ground of what he
believed to be right, and said, like Fitz James:
"Come one, come all! this rock shall fly,
From its firm base, as soon as I."
Dr. Ryerson's controversies were for great principles, not for personal
interests. Hence no rancour, no bitterness disturbed his relations with
his antagonists. Even his old and sturdy foe, Bishop Strachan, after his
controversy was over, became his personal friend....
Such benefactors of his kind and of his country, as Dr. Ryerson, deserve
to be held in lasting and grateful remembrance. His imperishable
monument, it is true, is the school system which he devised.
To future generations of Canadian youth the career of Dr. Ryerson shall
be an inspiration and encouragement. With early educational advantages
far inferior to those which he has brought within the reach of every boy
and girl in the land, what a noble life he lived, what grand results he
achieved! One grand secret of his success was his tireless industry. As
a boy he learned to work--to work hard--the best lesson any boy can
learn--and he worked to the end of his life. He could not spend an idle
hour. The rule of his life was "no day without a line," without
something attempted--something done.... Over a score of times he crossed
the Atlantic on official duties. He often turned night into day for
purposes of work and study; and on the night before making his famous
three-hours' speech on University Administration before the Committee of
the Legislature in 1860, he spent the whole night long in the study of
the documents and papers on the subject--to most men a poor preparation
for such a task.
But again we remark his moral greatness was his noblest trait--his
earnest piety, his child-like simplicity, his Christ-like charity, his
fidelity to duty, his unfaltering faith. Not his intellectual greatness,
not his lofty statesmanship, not his noble achievements are his truest
claim upon our love and veneration--but this--
"The _Christian_ is the highest style of man."
The Rev. Dr. Dewart, in the _Christian Guardian_, of February 22nd,
1882, says:--The simple announcement that Dr. Egerton Ryerson is dead,
will awaken sorrow and regret in many Canadian homes.... For several
years of his early life he faithfully bore all the hardships and
privations of the pioneer work of that day, being for a time missionary
to the Indians of the Credit Mission--a circumstance to which he often
referred with peculiar satisfaction. His keen and vigorous refutation of
the misrepresentations of the Methodists and other bodies by the then
dominant Church party, led by the late Bishop Strachan, revealed to his
own, and other Churches, his rare gifts as a powerful controversial
writer. From that time forward for many years, his pen was used with
powerful effect, in defence of equal religious rights and privileges for
all Churches.... Dr. Ryerson was longer and more prominently associated
with the interests of Methodism in Canada than any other minister of our
Church. His life covers and embraces all but the earliest portion of the
history of our Church in this country.
But it is his work as an educationist that has made him most widely
known, and upon which his fame most securely rests.... The office of
Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada was not a new one;
but the vigorous personality of Dr. Ryerson lifted it into a prominence
and importance in public estimation that had never belonged to it
before. For thirty-two years he continued to discharge the duties of
this high office with a broad intelligence and rare executive ability,
which have for all time stamped his name and influence on the
educational system of his country. He was not a mere administrator,
acting under the orders of the Government of the day. He was the leader
of a great educational reform.... Changes of Government made no change
in his department. Such was the estimate which the Ontario Government
took of his public services that on his resignation, in 1876, his full
salary was continued till the time of his death, and after his death the
Legislature made a grant of $10,000 to his widow. It is not too much to
say that among the gifted men whom Canada delights to honour, not one
has left a more permanent impression for good on the future of our
country than Egerton Ryerson.
He was large-minded and liberal in his views on all subjects. Though
strong in his attachment to Methodism he was no sectarian, but cherished
the most liberal and kindly feeling toward all sincere Christians. He
was an able controvertialist, and in the heat of conflict dealt heavy
blows at his opponents; but when the battle was over he retained no
petty spite toward his late antagonists. His controversial pamphlets are
numerous, and mostly relate to current events with which he was in some
way associated. Though a man of war, from his youth engaging in many
conflicts, religious and political, Dr. Ryerson's last years were
eminently tranquil. He had outlived the bitterness of former times, and
in a sincere and honoured old age possessed in a high degree the respect
and good feeling of men of all parties. During these later years he
produced his most important contributions to literature, viz., his
"Loyalists of America," and "Chapters on the History of Canadian
Methodism." His Educational Reports are also valuable treasuries of
facts relating to public education.
During all the years of his public life he co-operated heartily with
every enterprise of his Church, and was always ready to preach at the
shortest notice for any of his brethren who required his help. In his
later years there was an increasing spirituality and unction observable
in his ministrations.
Though not exempt from the faults and failings of humanity--yet his wide
range of information--his broad and statesmanlike views--his intense
devotion to a great work--his patriotic interest in all public
questions--his wonderful personal energy and force of character--and his
long and intimate connection with Canadian Methodism--warrant us in
saying:
"He was a man, take him for all in all,
We shall not look upon his like again."
Rev. Dr. Douglas, in a letter to the _Guardian_, says: A great man and a
prince has fallen in our Israel! The last of the illustrious three who
bore the name of Ryerson has gone to enrich the heavens. Henceforth that
honoured name will be enshrined in the history of our land.
Egerton Ryerson's patriotic service to the State, in resisting the
introduction of feudal distinctions and ecclesiastical monopolies will
ensure to him enduring recognition, as one of Canada's noblest
benefactors. No statues of marble or of bronze need be raised to
perpetuate his memory. The academies and schools which his organizing
genius brought into existence, lifting up successive generations to the
dignity which education ever confers, will make that name immortal. For
nearly six decades he laid his great powers of intellect and heart on
the altar of service for Canadian Methodism--winning for her ministry
equality before the law, and for her people a status which allowed no
coign of vantage to a favoured class--vindicating her polity and
proclaiming her distinctive truth....
Now, when the sepulchre has received him, will not a grateful Church
arise and give a permanence to his name more lasting than marble, by the
founding of a Ryerson Chair of Philosophy with whatever is required to
augment the usefulness of the institution which his great manhood loved,
and for which he toiled with a life-lasting endeavour? Would that every
minister, who bows his head in sorrow for a fallen chieftain, might in
every circuit gather the piety, intelligence, and financial strength of
the Church together, and in this supreme hour of the Church's grief,
decree that before the spring-time shall come with its emerald robe
enamelled with flowers, adorning the resting-place of our honoured dead,
the name of Egerton Ryerson will be inwrought with our University, as an
abiding inspiration to the student-life that shall throng her halls
along the coming years.
* * * * *
The Methodist Ministers of Toronto, in a sketch of Dr. Ryerson's life
and character, written by Rev. W. S. Blackstock, say: To most of us,
from our early childhood, the name of Egerton Ryerson has been a
household word, and we learned to esteem and love him even before we
were capable of estimating his character, or the greatness of the
service which he was rendering to his own and coming generations; and
the knowledge of him which we have been permitted to acquire in our
riper years, has only tended to deepen the impressions of him which we
received in early days.
As the fearless and powerful champion of civil and religious liberty,
and of the equal rights of all classes of his countrymen, he is
associated in our memory with the patriotic and Christian struggles of a
past generation, which have resulted in securing to our beloved land as
large a measure of liberty as is enjoyed by any country under the sun.
In respect to the incomparable system of Public Instruction, to the
perfecting of which he devoted so many years of his active and laborious
life, and with which his name must ever be associated, we feel that he
has laboured and we have entered into his labours. We can hardly
conceive how either our country or our Church could have been what they
are to-day, but for his fidelity and the work which he accomplished.
The lively interest which he took in every patriotic, Christian, and
philanthropic movement, especially those which tended to increase the
influence and usefulness of his own Church--the zeal with which he
laboured for them, and the large-hearted, generous liberality with which
he contributed of his means for their support--awaken our gratitude and
thankfulness, and will be a perpetual inspiration in our efforts to
promote those objects which lay so near his heart, and to further the
interests of that cause which he served so well.
But standing, as we are to day, with bowed heads and stricken hearts,
beside the grave which has just closed upon the mortal remains of our
venerable departed brother, though we would not forget what he had done
for us, we prefer to think of what, by the grace of God, he was, than of
what by God's good Providence he was permitted to accomplish. We delight
to cherish the memory of his penitent and childlike faith in Christ--the
sinner's only Saviour and hope--and of those graces of the Holy Spirit
which gave so much beauty and sweetness to his character, and which were
more and more conspicuous in his declining years.
Though Dr. Ryerson was a man of positive views and devotedly attached to
his own Church, he was distinguished for his comprehensive charity, and
his genuine appreciation of great and good men from whom he differed
widely in opinion. His goodness no less than his greatness will serve to
keep his memory fresh among us, and the recollections of his virtue is
to us a powerful incentive to a fuller consecration to the service of
God.
The General Conference at its Session of 1882, passed the following
resolution:--
Whereas it has pleased Almighty God, in His divine wisdom, to call from
a life of faithful service in the Church of Christ on earth to his
everlasting reward in heaven our reverend and honoured father in the
Gospel, the Rev. Egerton Ryerson, D.D., LL.D., the first President of
the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Canada, this General
Conference desires to place upon record its deep feelings of gratitude
to God for His gift to the Methodist Church and to the people of this
land for so many years of a man so richly endowed with native gifts and
so largely adorned with the Christian graces and its profound sense of
the great loss the Church and country have sustained in his death. As
the devoted Christian missionary and pastor; as the faithful defender of
the rights and liberties of the people of this land against
ecclesiastical assumptions and civil disabilities; as the Editor for
many years of the _Christian Guardian_, the official organ of our Church
and the first religious journal in Canada; as the President of the
University of Victoria College, the oldest institution of higher
learning of Canadian Methodism; as the trusted representative of his
Church in the religious councils of Methodism in the old world and the
new; as the Superintendent for over thirty years of the education of his
native Province--a system which he almost created, and which he
developed to a state of proficiency unsurpassed by that of any country
in the world; as the wise counsellor in the union movement which led to
the organization of the Methodist Church of Canada; and as the
President-Administrator of its highest office during the first
quadrennium of its history, Dr. Ryerson has an imperishable claim upon
the love and gratitude especially of his own church, and also of the
entire community. We magnify the grace of God as manifested in him; we
revere his memory as that of a true patriot and devoted Christian; we
rejoice in his labours for the glory of God and the welfare of man; and
we deeply sympathize with his bereaved family, and pray that the
consolations of God may more and more abound in their souls to the end.
FOOTNOTES:
[150] This interment took place in May. The ceremony was a private one,
attended only by immediate relatives and intimate personal friends.
Among the former were the venerable doctor's aged eldest brother, Rev.
George Ryerson (91 years old) and Mrs. George Ryerson; the bereaved
widow, Mrs. Ryerson, Mr. Charles E. Ryerson, his two sons, and Mrs.
George Duggan. Among the latter were the Rev. Dr. Potts, Mrs. Potts, Dr.
Hodgins, and Mr. H. M. Wilkinson (son of Rev. H. Wilkinson), of the
Education Department, and two or three others. After lowering the coffin
into the grave, the Rev. Dr. Potts read a portion of the burial service,
committing the body to the earth in hope of a joyful resurrection at the
last day.
THE END.
INDEX.
BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES.
Aberdeen, Earl of, 160.
Adams, Rev. A. A., 130.
Adderly, Mr., M.P., 540.
Agnew, Sir A., 163.
Aikman, John, 32, 36.
Aikman, Miss Hannah, 86, 111, 112.
Alder, Rev. Dr. Robert, 109, 110, 114, 119, 143, 153, 155, 158, 166,
174, 206, 240, 241, 242, 243, 271, 280, 285, 320, 386, 390, 391, 392,
393, 394, 395, 397, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405.
Allan, Hon. William, 170.
Alley, Mr., 99.
Allison, Rev. C. R., 399.
Althorp, Lord, 123.
Anderson, Capt., 99.
Antonelli, Cardinal, 366, 367.
Antrobus, Colonel, 416.
Arago, M., 356, 358.
Archibald, Rev. G., 76.
Armstrong, Jas. R., 120.
Armstrong, Miss Mary, 120.
Arthur, Rev. Wm., 367, 556, 598.
Arthur, Sir George, 183, 188, 189, 193, 200, 224, 225, 230, 234, 239,
240, 241, 245, 246, 248, 249, 250, 251, 254, 260, 261, 263, 285, 320.
Atherton, Rev. Mr., 117.
Attwood, Thos., M.P., 123, 129.
Attwood, Rev. J. S., 154.
Asbury, Bishop, 408.
Ashburton, Lord, 160.
Ashley, Lord, 163.
Ashton, Michael, 272.
Atherton, Rev. Mr., 402.
Aylwin, Hon. T. C., 304.
Bagot, Sir Charles, 290, 301, 303, 304, 306, 312, 313, 324, 331, 333,
342, 345, 347, 350, 387, 389, 390, 393, 394, 398, 404, 550.
Bain, Prof., 594.
Bakewell, Rev. Mr., 117.
Baldwin, Dr. W. W., 79, 101, 310, 311.
Baldwin, Hon. Augustus, 170.
Baldwin, Hon. Robert, 127, 145, 170, 194, 264, 267, 287, 288, 303, 305,
308, 309, 313, 315, 317, 328, 332, 333, 336, 344, 346, 370, 371, 416,
417, 424, 425, 426, 433, 518, 525, 526, 550.
Bangs, Rev. Dr. Nathan, 32, 78, 88, 93, 115, 269, 277, 278, 418, 577.
Baring, Thomas, M.P., 160.
Barker, Dr., 127, 150.
Bathurst, Lord, 221, 440, 445, 446.
Beadle, Dr., 348.
Beardsley, Colonel, 185.
Beatty, Rev. J., 184, 228.
Beaumont, Rev. Dr., 402.
Beecham, Rev. Dr. John, 119, 159, 228, 390, 507.
Bell, Rev. Wm., 101, 212, 221.
Belton, Rev. S., 90.
Benson, Henry, 89.
Beresford, Rev. Mr., 354.
Bethune, Donald, 102.
Bethune, Bishop A. N., 77, 216, 292, 348, 380, 564, 565.
Betteridge, Rev. Wm., D.D., 95.
Bevitt, Rev. Thomas, 277.
Bexley, Lord, 116.
Bidwell, Hon. M. S., 68, 127, 138, 145, 184, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192,
193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 231, 258, 288, 308, 309, 310, 328, 414,
416, 417, 418, 551, 567, 568.
Black, Rev. John, 176, 498.
Blackstock, Rev. W. S., 605.
Blainville, M. de, 358.
Blake, Hon. Chancellor, 418.
Bland, Rev. A. F., 557.
Blockman, Dr., 363.
Blomfield, Dr. (Bishop of London), 160.
Blusse, Mr., 354.
Bond, Dr. Thomas, 396.
Borland, Rev. J., 511, 512.
Bostwick, Col. John, 24.
Boswell, G. M., M.P.P., 182, 348.
Boulton, Mr., M.P.P., 229.
Bowers, Rev. John, 158.
Bridel, M., 359.
Brock, Rev. James, 275.
Brooking, Mr., 160.
Brough, Rev. C. C., 183.
Brougham, Lord, 123, 322.
Brouse, George, 89.
Brown, Hon. George, 554, 555.
Brown, Hon. James, 453.
Brunskill, Mr., 161.
Buchanan, Hon. Isaac, 197, 286, 331, 336, 346, 347, 350.
Buller, Sir Charles, 272, 307.
Bunting, Rev. Dr. Jabez, 117, 119, 143, 154, 158, 159, 160, 162, 228,
240, 273, 279, 280, 390, 398, 401, 402, 403, 420, 506, 507.
Burchel, Mr., 89.
Burke, Edmund, 220.
Burnet, Bishop, 322.
Burns, Rev. Dr. R. F., 557.
Burrows, Colonel, 517.
Burwash, Prof., 594.
Buxton, Mrs., 163.
Calvert, Mr., 542.
Cameron, Hon. Malcolm, 370, 423, 424, 426, 509, 514.
Cameron, James W., 76, 77.
Campbell, Rev. Prof., 381.
Campbell, Sir J., 165.
Campbell, John, M.P.P., 184, 192.
---- Sir Alexander, 192, 559.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, 602.
Carlisle, Bishop of, 542.
Carlisle, Dean of, 541, 542.
Carnarvon, Lord, 539, 579.
Carroll, Rev. Dr. John, 214, 270.
Cartier, Sir George, 559, 560, 561.
Cartwright, M.P.P., 213, 226, 229, 245, 246.
Cartwright, Thos., 133.
Case, Rev. Elder Wm., 56, 66, 68, 74, 77, 78, 79, 81, 87, 91, 92, 93,
176, 228, 243, 270, 274, 275, 277, 378, 385.
Cassidy, Henry, 149,191, 196.
Chalmers, Rev. Dr. Thomas, 215, 365.
Chapman, E. H., 160, 161.
Chester, Bishop of, 116.
Chichester, Lord, 541.
Clarendon, Lord, 499.
Cochran, Rev. Mr., 594.
Colborne, Sir John, 98, 102, 118, 126, 130, 155, 158, 161, 170, 171,
196, 222, 224, 232, 244, 260, 261, 263, 264, 386, 526.
Coley, Rev. Mr., 589.
Collard, Rev. Mr., 93.
Collins, F., 129.
Cook, Emile, 571.
Cork, Bishop of, 541.
Counter, John, 154.
Cowley, Lord, 360.
Crane, John, 73.
Cronyn, Bishop, 517.
Cubitt, Rev. Mr., 159.
Cull, Mr., 287.
Cumming, Rev. Dr., 508.
Daly, Sir Dominick, 333, 340, 351, 376.
Davidson, Alex., 133, 241.
---- Rev. J. O., 143, 175, 274.
Dawson, Dr. J. W., 453.
Dawson, Wm., 161.
Delille, M. Armand, 356, 358.
Delille, Mons. O., 358.
Densmore, Rev. Mr., 384.
Despretz, M., 358.
Derby, Earl of, 329, 330, 451, 452.
Derbyshire, Stewart, 307.
Dewart, Dr. E. H., 602.
Dixon, Rev. Dr. James, 400, 402, 405, 406, 562, 564.
Doolittle. Rev. Mr., 119.
Dorland, Mr., 538.
Douglas, Rev. Dr., 605.
Douse, Rev. John, 275.
Doxtadors, Mr., 78.
Draper, Hon. W. H., 50, 179, 181, 225, 228, 229, 231, 237, 261, 264,
267, 292, 301, 304, 305, 306, 313, 316, 325, 333, 334, 336, 337,
339, 342, 344, 550, 551.
Dufferin, Lord, 408, 409.
Dumas, Prof. 356.
Duncan, Mr. Joseph, 535.
Duncan, Prof. Thomas, 215.
Duncombe, Dr. Charles, 167, 168, 188, 190.
Dunjowski, 353, 365, 366, 367.
Dunkin, Christopher, 196, 197.
Dunn, Colonel, 197.
Dunn, Hon. J. H., 145, 166, 170, 180, 181, 197, 198, 325, 387.
Durbin, Dr. J. P., 115.
Durham, Lord, 196, 197, 225, 256, 257, 258, 259, 267, 272, 312,
339, 550.
Edwards, Mr. 117.
Egger, M., 358.
Elgin, Lord, 370, 405, 416, 419, 420, 451, 452, 514.
Ellice, Rt. Hon. Edward, 117, 160.
Elliott, Judge Wm., 552.
Ellis, Sir Henry, 419.
Elmsley, Hon. John, 170, 179.
Embury, Rev. Philip, 256.
Emory, Bishop, 384, 385.
Entwistle, Rev. Joseph, 116, 273.
Esten, Hon. Vice-Chancellor, 418.
Evans, Rev. Dr. Ephraim, 133, 153, 181, 237, 270, 275, 564.
Evans, Rev. James, 130, 131, 132, 153, 228, 407, 408, 409.
Exeter, Bishop of, 263.
Fallenberg, M. de, 364.
Farmer, Thomas, 159, 166, 256.
Farrar, Canon, 205.
Fawcett, Rev. Thomas, 275.
Ferguson, Rev. George, 340.
Ferrier, Hon. James, 490, 533.
Fisk, Rev. Dr. Wilbur, A.M., 88, 90, 115, 162, 577.
Fitzgibbon, Colonel, 177.
Fletcher, Silas, 178.
Flint, Hon. Billa, 336.
Fox, Charles James, 220.
Fuller, Bishop (Archdeacon of Niagara), 380.
Gage, James, 78.
Gale, Rev. A., 432.
Galt, John, 221.
Gamble, John W., 268.
Gamble, Clarke, Q. C., 567.
Gasparin, Count, 356, 358, 359, 360.
Geikie, Rev. Dr. Cunningham, 187.
Gibson, David, 178.
Gilchrist, Dr., 339.
Gilkison, Jasper J., 552.
Gillespie, A., Jun., 160.
Givens, Col., 44, 61, 63, 75.
---- Rev. Dr. Saltern, 77, 567.
Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W. E., 168, 272, 410, 411, 433, 452.
Glenelg, Lord, 154, 156, 158, 159, 160, 162, 165, 168, 169, 170, 178,
180, 182, 189, 190, 196, 197, 199, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230,
235, 248, 250 252, 285, 459.
Goderich, Lord, 118, 126, 155, 156, 195, 526.
Goodrich, Rev. C. B., 275.
Goodson, Rev. George, 557.
Goodwin, Dean, (of Ely), 540.
Gourley, Robt., 185.
Gowan, Ogle R., 331.
Graham, Dr. James, 28.
Grampier, Dr., 355, 356, 360.
Grasett, Very Rev. Dean, 295, 297, 600, 602.
Gray, Hon. J. H., 453.
Green, Rev. Dr. Anson, 90, 111, 129, 134, 175, 176, 181, 203, 210, 228,
270, 277, 314, 383, 401, 501, 511.
Greenfield, Mr. 79.
Greig, William, 212.
Grey, Earl, 123, 405, 419, 451, 454, 455, 456, 457, 515, 578.
Grey, Sir George. 165, 168, 169, 189, 246.
Griffin, Smith, 29.
---- Rev. W. S., 29.
Griffin, Rev. Wm., Jun., 130.
Griffis E. C., 129, 241.
Grindrod, Rev. E., 120, 143, 147, 163.
Gurley, Rev. Mr., 279.
Guizot, M., 356.
Hagerman, Daniel, 189.
Hagerman, Mr. Justice, 119, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 223, 310, 551, 570.
Halkett, Capt, 177.
Hall, Francis, 78, 92, 115, 305, 417.
Hamilton, Rev. R. W., 116.
Hanet, M., 358.
Hanna, Rev. John, 158, 159.
---- Mrs. John, 159.
Harris, Dr. 79.
Harris, Rev. Mr., 102.
Harrison, Hon. S. B., 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 337, 338, 344, 347.
Harrison, Mr. (A.D.C.), 308, 309, 310, 311.
Harvard, Rev. W. M., 181, 202, 203, 204, 228, 237, 244, 396.
Hawes, Sir Benjamin, 419, 420, 454, 456.
Hay, Mr., 160.
Head, Sir F. B., 162, 166, 170, 171,176, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 189,
190, 191, 192, 196, 197, 198, 200, 201, 206, 224, 225, 228, 235,
248, 252, 253, 257, 258, 288, 309, 316, 320, 416, 417.
Head, Sir Edmund, 499.
Heald, Rev. Mr., 571.
Healy, Rev. E., 172, 173.
Hedding, Bishop, 32, 48, 90, 172, 174, 269, 385, 577.
Henings, Rev. Mr., 88.
Herkimer, Wm., 66, 72.
Hess, Mr. J., 78, 79.
Hetherington, Rev. Mr., 128, 141.
Heyland, Rev. Rowley, 40, 148.
Hickson, Mr., 339.
Higginson, Secretary, 317, 318, 319, 322, 325, 327, 331, 332, 333, 334,
335, 336, 337, 339, 340, 345, 348, 349, 350, 375, 377.
Hill, Lord, 116.
Hill, Rev. Rowland, 116, 159.
Hincks, Sir Francis, 187, 190, 290, 313, 324, 329, 330, 333, 416,
424, 451.
Holden, Mr., 587.
Holtby, Rev. Matthew, 307.
Hoole, Rev. Dr. Elijah, 390, 544.
Horne, Dr., 177.
Horton, Hon. R. W., 222.
Howard, James S., 198, 414.
Howard, Mr., 118.
Howard, Rev. I. B., 287.
Howe, Hon. Joseph, 244, 258, 331.
Howick, Lord, 118.
Hume, Joseph, M. P., 118, 123, 126, 129, 134, 135, 136, 138, 167, 168,
169, 171, 175, 228.
Hurlburt, Rev. Thomas, 275, 513.
Hyland, Edward, 64.
Inglis, Sir Harry, 163.
Inglis, Sir Robert, 121.
Irvine, Rev. Mr., 154.
Irving, Rev. Edward, 116.
Izard, Miss C., 163.
Jackson, Edward, 241.
Jackson, Rev. Thos., 273.
Jacobs, Peter, 63, 78.
Jager, Abbe, 358.
James, Rev. John Angel, 162, 163.
Jameson, Vice-Chancellor, 304, 418.
---- Rev. Mr., 355.
Janes, Bishop, 556.
Jarvis, Mr., 299.
Jarvis, Sheriff, 183.
Jay, Rev. Wm., 116.
Jeffers, Rev. Dr. W., 498, 511, 533.
Jeffery, Rev. T. W., 594.
Jenkins, Rev. Wm., 154, 169.
Jeune, Rev. Dr., 163.
Jobson, Rev. Dr., 582.
Johnston, Rev. Hugh, B.D., 590.
Jones, Dr., 594.
Jones, Jonas, 111.
---- John, 65, 66, 70.
Junes, Mr. Justice, 177, 310, 551.
Jones, Rev. R., 593, 594.
Jones, T. M., 299.
Jones, Rev. Peter, 41, 44, 45, 56, 61, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75,
79, 83, 107, 108, 112, 228, 20, 400, 401, 413.
Junkin, S. S., 149, 150, 151, 170.
Keefer, Jacob, 348.
Kent, Duchess of, 164.
Kent, John, 97, 292, 293, 294, 296, 297.
Kenyon, Lord, 160.
Kerr, Mrs. Wm. (_nee_ Brant), 56.
Kerr, Wm., 78, 594.
Lafontaine, Hon. L. H., 304, 315, 332, 336, 416, 425, 444, 446, 551.
Laird, Rev. J. G., 593, 598.
Lane, William, 75.
Lang, Rev. Matthew, 275.
Langton, John, 530.
Lansdowne, Marquis of, 419, 425, 515.
Law, Rev. John, 28, 32, 39.
---- William, 62, 63.
Lefroy, General, 371.
Lessey, Rev. Theophilus, 116.
Lever, Rev. Mr., 498.
Lindsay, General, 569.
Lindsey, Charles, 185, 186.
Lindsey, Rev. Mr., 88.
Lingard, R. W., 419.
Lloyd, Jesse, 178.
Longman, Mr., 578.
Lord, Rev. Wm., 121,140, 148, 151, 152, 153, 164, 166, 210, 394,
401, 402.
Lorne, Marquis of, 598.
Lount, Samuel, 178, 182, 183, 184, 188.
Luckey, Rev. Dr., 88.
Lunn, Mr. Wm., 154, 169.
Lynch, Archbishop, 593.
Macaulay, Lord, 123, 205, 419.
Macaulay, Mr. Justice, 172, 173, 177, 551.
Macdonald, John, 564.
Macdonald, R., Q.C., 182.
Macdonald, Rt. Hon. Sir John A., 194, 499.
Macdonnell, Vicar-General, 106.
Macdougall, Hon. Wm., 288.
Mackenzie, W. L., 118, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 134, 135,
136, 137, 138, 144, 145, 155, 156, 157, 168, 171, 175, 178, 185,
186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 200, 207, 239, 257, 288.
Macnab, Sir Allan, 177, 229, 387.
Madden, Rev. Thomas, 29, 40, 55, 68.
Maitland, Sir Peregrine, 62, 63, 221, 440, 445.
Manchester, Bishop of, 599, 602.
Mangles, Mr., M.P., 340.
Manly, Rev. John G., 275.
Mann, Horace, 600.
Markland, Hon. George H., 170.
Marsden, Rev. G., 115, 120, 147, 163, 273, 397.
Marsh, Rev. Dr. Wm., 163.
Marshall, Rev. Mr., 571.
Matthews (see Lount and Matthews), 89, 182, 183, 184, 188.
Maule, Fox (Lord Panmure), 272.
Meredith, Mr., 163.
Merritt, Hon. W. H., 314, 315, 316, 319, 336, 337, 338, 343.
Metcalfe, Sir Charles, 138, 194, 198, 303, 308, 313, 313, 314, 315, 316,
317, 319, 323, 324, 325, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 337, 340, 341,
342, 343, 344, 345, 347, 348, 375, 376, 377, 383, 398, 400, 404.
Methley, Rev. Mr., 507, 508.
Mitchell, Judge James, 24.
Michelet, M., 358.
Miller, Rev. Dr., 542.
Moffatt, Hon. George, 340.
Molson, Hon. Mr., 318.
Monod, M., 356, 358, 359.
Montgomery, John, 177.
Moore, Archbishop, 220.
Moore, Hugh, 211.
Morpeth, Lord, 116.
Morris, Hon. James, 337, 338.
Morris, Hon. Wm., 221, 222, 227, 228, 256, 336, 415, 465.
Morrison, Dr. T. D., 70, 118, 182.
Mosely, Rev. Mr., 163.
Moss, Mr., 163.
Mountain, Bishop, 221.
Mulkins, Rev. Hannibal, 173.
Murdoch, T. W. C., 267, 290, 312, 387.
Murray, Rev. Robt., 346, 347, 349, 350.
Murray, Sir George, 459.
Muskrat, John, 66.
McCann, Rev. Father, 593.
McCrae, Miss, 77.
McDonnell, A., 177.
McGill, Hon. Peter, 340.
McHenry, Mr., 594.
McIntyre, Rev. John, 211.
McLean, Mr. Justice, 177, 310.
McMullen, Rev. D., 210.
McMurray, Archdeacon, 77.
McOwan, 160.
Naylor, Rev. Wm., 116.
Neilson, Hon. Judge, 567.
Neilson, Mr., 257.
Nelles, Rev. Dr., 594, 598.
Newcastle, Duke of, 452, 453.
Newton, Rev. Dr. Robt., 116, 119, 162, 269, 273, 279.
Noel, Hon. and Rev. Baptist, 116, 159, 162.
Nolan, Rev. Mr., 542.
Noll, Rev. James, 212.
Normanby, Lord, 250, 251, 253.
Norris, Rev. James, 275.
Northcote, Sir Stafford, 578.
Norwich, Bishop of, 541.
Ogden, Mr. Justice, 304.
Oldham, Mr., 162.
Olin, Rev. Dr., 406.
Ormiston, Rev. Dr., 17, 597.
Osgood, Rev. Thaddeus, 75.
Ousley, Gideon, 161.
O'Callaghan, Dr., 190.
O'Connell, Daniel, 316, 323.
O'Brien, Rev. J., 77.
Packington, Sir John, 451, 452.
Palmerston, Lord, 516, 551.
Panmure, Lord (see Mr. Fox Maule).
Pantelioni, Dr., 514, 515, 516, 517, 540.
Papineau, Hon. D. B., 337.
Papineau, Hon. L. J., 167, 168, 257, 267.
Parke, Thomas, 381.
Parsons, Rev. James, 159.
Patin, M., 358.
Patterson, Mr. James, 594.
Payer, M., 358.
Peck, Bishop Jesse T., 172.
Peel, Sir Robert, 121, 160, 291, 306, 307, 309, 311, 323, 324, 411, 551.
Perry, Peter, 156, 157, 189.
Philip, Dr., 163.
Phillips, Rev. Dr., 542.
Pitt, Rt. Hon. William, 218, 219, 220, 334.
Pius IX., Pope, 361, 362, 365, 366, 367.
Playter, Rev. George, 416.
Postels, M. de, 358.
Potter, Prof., 350.
Potts, Rev. Dr., 30, 288, 573, 594, 595, 596.
Powell, Ald. J., 177.
Powell, Mr., 314.
Power, Bishop, 428.
Prince, Colonel, 338.
Prindle, Rev. Andrew, 392.
Prinsen, Mr., 364.
Punshon, Rev. Dr. W. M., 539, 543, 544, 545, 556, 557, 558, 560, 562,
564, 571, 573, 576, 577, 579, 589, 590.
Radcliffe, Mr., 127, 128, 130, 141.
Receveur, Abbe, 358.
Reece, Rev. Richard, 92, 115, 159, 162.
Reese, Rev. Dr. D. M., 279.
Reynard, Rev. Prof., 594.
Reynolds, Bishop, 383.
Rice, Rev. Dr., 576.
Richards, Sir W. B., 194, 567.
Richardson, Bishop, 40, 48, 53, 75, 78, 90, 93, 99, 108, 118, 154,
183, 383.
Richey, Rev. Dr. M., 154, 209, 244, 270, 273, 387, 388, 403, 404,
556, 557.
Rigg, Rev. Dr., 556, 589.
Ripon, Earl of, 118, 224, 232, 235, 386, 459.
Roads, Rev. Mr. 384.
Roaf, Rev. John, 212.
Roberts, Bishop, 269.
Robinson, Hon. Peter, 170.
---- Chief Justice, 173, 177, 300, 310, 551, 568, 570.
Robinson, Hon. W. B., 567, 568.
Robinson, Mr., 162.
Roblin, John P., M.P.P., 304.
Roebuck, J. A., M.P., 167, 169, 171, 175, 228.
Rolfe, Sir R. M., 165.
Rolph, Dr. John, 127, 170, 189, 190, 288.
Rose, Rev. Dr. S., 61, 62, 594.
Routh, Sir Randolph, 340.
Rowsell, Henry, 296.
Russell, Lord John, 123, 216, 255, 260, 261, 263, 264, 267, 272, 285,
286, 378, 389, 391, 395, 435, 438, 441, 443, 451, 454, 467, 499, 516.
Rultan, Sheriff, 348.
Ryan, Rev. Henry, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 131, 195, 278, 385, 557.
Ryckman, Rev. E. B., 587.
Ryerse, Major, 538.
Ryerse, Samuel, 24.
Ryerson, Rev. George, 25, 36, 37, 42, 45, 52, 53, 55, 56, 64, 67, 68,
69, 70, 79, 83, 94, 107, 108, 109, 113, 412, 534.
---- Rev. John, 25, 52, 55, 67, 86, 87, 88, 89, 109, 111, 115, 127, 128,
136, 141, 142, 147, 150, 151, 152, 154, 156, 161, 166, 171, 172, 177,
181, 183, 184, 188, 196, 199, 200, 201, 228, 239, 240, 241, 269, 270,
271, 323, 325, 328, 345, 346, 347, 348, 386, 399, 401, 402, 403, 413,
503, 507, 511, 512, 534, 573, 574, 575, 580, 585, 587.
---- Rev. William, 25, 29, 40, 52, 58, 69, 75, 78, 83, 81, 88, 111, 118,
130, 141, 142, 147, 177, 179, 228, 263, 269, 271, 272, 276, 405, 450.
Ryerson, Rev. Edwy, 69, 83, 84, 130, 133, 228, 415.
Ryerson, Mrs., Sr., 23, 25, 27, 28, 37, 42, 43, 45, 54, 55, 56, 82, 84,
139, 140, 178, 268, 358, 412.
Ryerson, Samuel, 24.
---- Colonel, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 41, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 55,
56, 58, 60, 61, 84, 127, 134, 178, 310, 412.
Ryerson, Lucilla Hannah, 111.
Ryland, Rev. John, 162.
Salt, Rev. Allen, 78.
Sanderson, Rev. Dr. G. R., 211, 533.
Sandon, Lord, 168, 272.
Sandwich, Dr., 159.
Saunders, Hon. J. S., 453.
Saurin, Rev. J. S., 354, 357.
Savage, Rev. D., 579.
Sawyer, Chief Joseph, 72.
Scobie, Hugh, 337, 338, 339, 341.
Scott, Rev. Jonathan, 271, 287, 294, 295.
Scott, Rev. Wm., 201, 275.
Seaton, Lord (see Sir J. Colborne).
Shaftesbury, Rt. Hon. Lord, (see Lord Ashley), 163, 542.
Sherwood, Mr. Justice, 173, 264, 304.
Sherwood Sheriff, 111.
Shiel, Rt. Hon. Richard, 516, 517.
Shuttleworth, Sir J. P. Kay, 419, 600.
Simcoe, Governor, 219, 220.
Simpson, Bishop, 556, 577.
Skinner, Bishop, 213.
Slater, Rev. Wm., 86.
Slight, Rev. Benjamin, 275.
Small, James E., 304.
Smart, Rev. W., 221.
Smith, Elias, 50.
Smith, Rev. Bishop Philander, 383.
Smith, Rev. Dr. Gervase, 544, 545, 571, 576, 577.
Smith, William, 336.
Snake, Wm., 77.
Sornement, M., 358.
Soule, Bishop, 269.
Spark, Dr., 216.
Spencer, Rev. James, 498, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 508, 509, 510,
511, 512, 513, 533.
Squire, Rev. Wm., 148.
Stanley, Right Hon. Lord, 118, 119, 123, 135, 163, 307, 331, 332, 333,
340, 381, 388, 439, 469, 539.
Stanley, Very Rev. Dean, 579.
Stanton, Mr., 311, 314.
Stead, Rev. Mr., 272.
Steer, Rev. Wm., 275.
Steinheur, Rev. Henry, 78.
Stephen, Sir James, 158, 168, 189, 228, 272.
Stewart Rev. Mr., 102, 119.
Stewart, Rt. Rev. Dr., (Bishop of Quebec), 48, 76, 103, 206, 213, 217,
222, 291, 463.
Stickney, Miss, (Mrs. Ryerson, Sen.), 23.
Stinson, Rev. Dr. Joseph, 142, 154, 174, 183, 201, 204, 210, 227, 228,
237, 238, 244, 273, 337, 388, 396, 397, 401, 402.
Stoney, Rev. Edmund, 275.
Strachan, Bishop, 24, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 81, 83, 84, 91, 92, 95, 97,
98, 102, 103, 104, 105, 118, 125, 155, 182, 185, 195, 213, 215, 216,
217, 218, 219, 221, 222, 227, 229, 237, 239, 255, 256, 261, 262, 263,
292, 296, 299, 300, 320, 378, 379, 380, 385, 386, 389, 419, 433, 435,
436, 437, 438, 439, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450,
452, 453, 455, 457, 463, 464, 566, 602, 603.
Sturge, M. P., Joseph, 154, 162, 163.
Sunday, Rev. John, 61, 77, 78, 275.
Sunegoo, Wm., 68.
Sullivan, Hon. R. B., 170, 265, 266, 289, 307, 320, 332, 338, 341, 418.
Sweatman, Bishop. 595, 580, 581, 602.
Sydenham, Lord, (C. Poulett Thompson), 193, 197, 216, 257, 258, 260,
261, 263, 264, 265, 266, 268, 282, 283, 284, 286, 287, 290, 301, 302,
303, 304, 306, 312, 313, 320, 321, 325, 331, 342, 343, 345, 346, 378,
382, 387, 388, 389, 390, 394, 395, 396, 441, 443, 550, 561.
Taylor, Rev. Dr. Lachlan, 533, 559.
Taylor, Rev. Joseph, 384.
Telfer. Rev. Mr., 595.
Thompson, C. H., 91, 195.
Thompson, Chas. Poulett (see Lord Sydenham)
Thorburn, A. B., 328.
Thyner, Father, 367.
Touse, Rev. Mr., 360.
Townley, Rev. Dr., 198.
Trevelyan, Sir Charles, 340, 376.
Turner, Rev. R. L., 158.
Usedon, Count, 540.
Vaughan, Rev. C. J., 578.
Venueil, Mons., 357.
Viger, Hon. D. B., 318, 322, 333.
Waddy, Rev. Dr., 556.
Wallace, James, 562.
Wahwahsinno, Chief, 76.
Washburn, Daniel, 188.
Waudby, John, 265.
Watson, Rev. Richard, 106, 108, 110, 280, 384, 493, 494, 495.
Waugh, Bishop, 269.
Waugh, Dr., 115.
Waugh, Rev. Mr., 119.
Wayland, Rev. Dr., 26, 431.
Wellington, Duke of, 602.
Wells, Hon. Joseph, 178.
Wenham, Dr., 79.
West, Rev. Mr., 79.
Whitehead, Rev. Thomas, 274, 276, 407, 408.
Wilkinson, Rev. Henry, 130, 214, 228.
Wilson, Mr., 176.
Wilson, Thomas, & Co., 160.
Wilmot, Lient.-Gov., L. A., 572.
William IV., King, 118.
Williams, Rev. J. A., 587.
Willson, Hugh, 29.
Willson, Hon. John, M.P.P., 46, 195, 385, 386, 551.
Winchester, Bishop of, 116.
Wiseman, Cardinal, 420.
Wiseman, Rev. Mr., 576.
Withrow, Rev. Dr., 600.
Wolseley, Sir Garnet, 559.
Wood, Rev. Dr. Enoch, 470, 479, 480, 491, 497, 498, 503, 507, 511, 512,
533, 544, 559, 560, 589.
Wood, Rev. James, 116, 119.
Wood, Sir Charles, 515.
Wright, Rev. David, 130, 131, 228.
Yellowhead, Chief, 75, 76.
Yeomans, Rev. D., 75.
Young, Rev. E. R., 408, 409.
Young, Rev. R., 272.
INDEX TO SUBJECTS.
American General Conference of 1868, attendance at, 556.
Bagot, Government of Sir Charles, 306.
Bethune, Correspondence with Bishop, 564.
Bible, The, in Public Schools, 423, 564.
Bidwell, Defence of, 188 _et seq._ 306, 416, 567.
British Conference, Union with, 107 _et seq._ 114, 121, 141, 269.
---- Separation from, 269, 272, 277, 383.
Cartier, Sir George. Correspondence relating to, 559.
Chapel Property Cases, 172.
_Christian Guardian_, 93, 107, 109, 121, 131, 144, 172, 199, 201, 230,
239, _et seq._, 259, 269, 271.
_Christian Guardian_, Discussion with, 499.
Church of England, Dr. Ryerson's attitude towards, 291.
Church Property, Right of Conference to hold, 303.
Civil Rights Controversy, 81.
Class Meeting Question, 470, _et seq._, 491, _et seq._, 499.
Clergy Reserve Question, 47, 68, 81, 83, _et seq._, 91, 95,
_et seq._ 119, 155, 168, 170, 216, 218, 225, _et seq._, 236 _et seq._,
246, 250, _et seq._, 260 _et seq._, 278, 286, 300, 378, _et seq._,
387 _et seq._, 433 _et_ _seq., 454 et seq._
Confederation, Dr. Ryerson's Address on, 547.
Connecticut University, 106.
Controversy with W. L. Mackenzie, 124, 135, 145.
Controversy with Rev. W. M. Harvard, 202.
Controversies, Newspaper, 205, _et seq._
Council, Legislative, 168, 170.
Denominational Colleges Controversy, 518, _et seq._
Dominion, Dr. Ryerson's Address on the New, 547.
Durham, Government of Lord, 257, _et seq._, 312.
Early Life, Sketch of, 23.
Early Education, 24.
Education, Appointment as Chief Superintendent of, 342.
---- Retirement from Office of, 337.
Educational Administration, 352, 368, _et seq._
Educational Tours, 352, 365, 371, 419, 454, 514, 539, 577.
Education, Dr. Ryerson's status in the Conference while holding Office
of Chief Superintendent of, 415.
England, Visits to, 115, _et seq._, 121, 152, _et seq._, 158, 269, 272,
352, 371, 419, 454, 514, 539, 577.
Estimate of Dr. Ryerson's Character and Labours, by Rev. Dr.
Ormiston, 17.
Estimates of Dr. Ryerson's Character and Work, 595, 598, 600, _et seq._
Family Compact, 145.
Funeral Ceremonies, 593.
Grievance Report, 155.
Hume and Roebuck Letters, 167.
"Impressions" of England, 121, 137.
Indians, Labour among, 64, _et seq._
Infant Baptism, 470, _et seq._, 491, _et seq._
"Legion's" Letters, 341.
Loyalists, U. E., History of, 577, 585, 590.
Matrimony, Right of Methodist Ministers to Celebrate, 303.
Metcalfe, Defence of Sir Charles, 198, 312, _et seq._, 319, _et seq._,
328, _et seq._, 349.
Metcalfe, Administration of Sir Charles, 198, 312, _et seq._, 319,
_et seq._, 328, _et seq._, 337, _et seq._, 375.
Methodist Union, 571.
Metropolitan Church, 562.
Minister, Work as, 80, 86, 149, 282, 287.
Mission to River Credit Indians, page 58, _et seq._
Norfolk County, Visits to, 534.
Presidency of General Conference, 575.
Rebellion of 1837, 175, _et seq._, 182.
Rectories Question, 218, 225, _et seq._, 236, _et seq._, 245,
250, _et seq._
Red River Expedition, 559.
Religious Experiences, 25, 30, 32, 42, 51-57, 82, 85.
Religious Instruction in Schools, 423, 564.
Responsible Government, 257, _et seq._
Roebuck and Hume Letters, 167.
Ryanite Schism, 87.
School Act, 370.
Spencer, Controversy with Rev. Mr., 499.
Style, Controversial, 105.
Sydenham, Administration of Lord, 260, 284, 286, 290, 301.
Thompson, Mr. Charles Poulett, Government of, 260.
Union, Methodist, 571.
United Empire Loyalists, History of, 577, 585, 590.
University Controversy, 518, _et seq._
Upper Canada Academy, 113, 152, 161. _et seq._, 164, _et seq._, 179,
301, 305, 307.
Victoria College, 113, 152, 161, _et seq._, 164, _et seq._, 179,
301, 305, 307.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS,
OF
STATESMEN AND OTHERS,
ON
REV. DR. RYERSON'S "HISTORY OF THE LOYALISTS OF AMERICA AND THEIR TIMES,
FROM 1620 TO 1816."
_From the Toronto_ Daily Mail, _July 7th, 1880._
In a lengthened review of more than two columns, the _Mail_ says:
"It is with great pleasure that we introduce and commend to our
readers these portly volumes, which together contain nearly a
thousand pages. Dr. Ryerson deserves well of his country on account
of his long and inestimable services to the cause of popular
education. He is the still surviving father of our public school
system, and for over thirty years directed its progress with
characteristic zeal and activity. But apart from the author's
public work, these volumes--the result of twenty-five years'
labour--are exceedingly valuable on their own account. * * * Dr.
Ryerson has performed his task with great thoroughness, inspired by
a deep interest in his subject. The style is easy and flowing; the
facts stated are almost superabundantly established by reference to
the authorities; and wherever it becomes necessary to demonstrate
the misrepresentations of American writers, the author's forcible
way of putting the subject-matter in dispute is at once clear and
cogent. In short, the narrative is interesting, whilst the
arguments that crop up now and again are pointed and convincing. We
had some doubts as to the venerable author's age; but he leaves no
doubt upon the point in a passage relating to the war of 1812 (Vol.
II., p. 353). At the outbreak of the war, amongst the Norfolk
volunteers who went with General Brock to the taking of Detroit
were the elder brother and brother-in-law of the writer of these
pages (he being then ten years of age). Dr. Ryerson must be
consequently seventy-eight, or thereabouts; still, as his father
lived to the ripe old age of ninety-four, the author may have a
long lease of life before him."
_From the Hamilton_ Evening Times, _June 13th, 1880._
"It has been well said, that Dr. Ryerson needs no monument to
perpetuate his industry, zeal, ability, and aptitude for literary
work, and successful management other than the system of public and
high schools of Ontario, which he may be said to have created
nearly forty years ago, and nourished until 1876, when he retired
from the position of Chief Superintendent of Education. But if he
do, that other monument will be found in his _History of the
Loyalists of America and their Times_. This contribution to native
literature is not the work of a day. It is the result of
twenty-five years of more or less arduous labour and diligent
inquiry. It is therefore all the more valuable and trustworthy.
When one carefully examines the tersely-written pages of the two
volumes comprising the History, one can, in a measure, conceive the
pains taken by the venerable author to do justice to his subject.
* * * The History is a mine of information. It stands alone as a
voluminous authority, and will probably do so for many years. It is
admirably written, thoroughly systematised, and clear and concise.
It is just such a work as should adorn the shelves of every
Canadian library."
_From the Hamilton_ Spectator, _June 19th, 1880_.
"No book issued in Canada in recent years is more worthy of cordial
reception than the one which forms the subject of this notice. With
the name of U. E. Loyalists most Canadians are familiar, but with
the experience, the noble deeds, the unswerving loyalty to king and
country, of those who took part in the events of the early history
of America, very many are lamentably ignorant; or such knowledge as
they have has been derived from unfriendly or unreliable sources.
* * * The work Dr. Ryerson undertook was no light one. The time was
long past when the events treated of took place, and when the
actors in them could be consulted. But though the actors in the
stirring scenes of our early history had passed away, there were
authentic documents and records of them left behind, and these the
author has searched out and consulted. The results of his
researches appear as a work which must be commended for the vast
amount of information it contains, its accuracy of detail, and the
supplying of a want long felt and often deplored. * * * Altogether,
the book is one which should be read throughout the length and
breadth of Canada; and even across the sea it should, and doubtless
will, find a place. The Rev. Dr. Ryerson's efforts in the cause of
education have borne good fruit; it is certain that his great
literary work will also accomplish high beneficial results.
"The mechanical part of the book is in every way creditable to the
publishers."
_From the_ Evangelical Churchman, _Toronto, June 24th, 1880_.
"This is, without exception, the most important and elaborate
historical work which has yet issued from the Canadian press. The
incidents of the memorable struggle, which resulted in the
separation of the colonies from the Empire, are given in nervous
and graphic language, and shed a flood of light on the contest
itself. The subsequent privations and sufferings of the "United
Empire Loyalists" are most vividly portrayed. Their settlement in
this and other Provinces are feelingly and touchingly described.
Reminiscences, recollections and experiences of expatriated
Loyalists are also given, and illustrations of the hardships
endured by them are related in the work by many of the living
descendants of these Loyalists. This portion of the history is
deeply interesting and instructive, but space forbids us to enter
into it. Our readers cannot do better than possess themselves of
these entertaining volumes, which we most cordially commend as a
most valuable addition to our colonial historical literature."
_From the Toronto_ Christian Guardian, _July 14th, 1880_.
"This new book by the venerable Dr. Ryerson is the most important
literary work of his life. It fitly crowns a career of unusual
intellectual activity with a standard history of the formative
period of Anglo-American civilization. The range and scope of the
work are much wider than most persons would suppose from the
announcement. Most people looked for a work that would be mainly
made up of biographical sketches of the U. E. Loyalist pioneer in
the settlement of Canada. But Dr. Ryerson goes back to the
beginning, and traces the whole origin and growth of the English in
America, the relation of the Colonists to the Home Government, the
character and doings of the Colonial Governments, and the political
causes which produced dissatisfaction, and ultimately led to
rebellion and independence.
"The first thing that strikes us in examining this work is the
evidence it presents of extensive research, in the examination of
original documents, and consequently the extent to which it must be
a valuable repertory of important historic facts for future
historians of American civilization.
"One thing that invests this work with special interest to all
Canadians and Britons is that nearly all the histories of the
United States, as well as the popular literature of that country,
glorify the deeds and character of all who took a part in the
Revolutionary war, on the Republican side; but the Loyalists who
could not feel justified in fighting against their Sovereign and
country, are uniformly painted in the blackest colours, as if they
were cowardly and base wretches who had no redeeming qualities. All
that is hateful and mean is suggested by the word 'Tory' or
'Royalist' in the annals of the United States. They have never had
fair play; because they were generally painted by those who
bitterly hated them. But while the author admits fully the folly
and unconstitutional despotism that goaded the colonists into
rebellion, and the patriotic feeling of many on the Republican
side, no one can read his work without feeling that great injustice
has been done to the Loyalists, whose wrong acts were generally
provoked by the relentless persecution of the other party. In the
light of the real facts, it does not appear criminal or
discreditable that they were unwilling to join in open war against
the land of their fathers and the Government to which they owed
allegiance. * * * The account of the war of 1812 will possess still
greater interest for Canadians. The part played by the people of
Canada at that time, in resolutely resisting an unjustifiable
invasion, made by a greatly superior power, at a time when England
was contending almost single-handed against the immense forces
Napoleon I. had combined against her; and the fact that eleven
different attacks were repelled without loss of territory, are
achievements of which Canadians have no need to be ashamed."
_From the Montreal_ Gazette, _June 26th, 1880_.
In the course of an elaborate review of three columns of this work,
the editor of the _Montreal Gazette_, June 26th, 1880, says:
"This most important work, whose approach to completion we had the
pleasure some months ago of announcing to our readers, is now an
accomplished fact, and the people of Canada will have an
opportunity of gratifying their desire for a full and fair history
of one of the most interesting and meritorious elements of our
population. For the laborious, and in some respects perilous task
of writing such a history, few, if any, of our prominent men of
learning could have been so well fitted as Dr. Ryerson. Himself the
son of a leading Loyalist, of a family which had given Canada many
men of earnest thought and strenuous act, familiar from his
childhood with the traditions of those heroic settlers who were
mainly the founders of his native Province, and having himself had
no small share in extending the progress and perpetuating the
prosperity of which, at the cost of their fortunes and the risk of
their lives, they laid the firm basis, he was indignantly conscious
of the many calumnies propagated by hostile pens, from which, for
nearly a century, they had suffered almost undefended. Not alone,
indeed. Happily there were others also who longed to see the story
of the Loyalists written by an impartial and skilful hand. And when
those who represent what was best in the public life, the
literature, the pulpit and the press of the two united Provinces a
quarter of a century ago, looked around on each other and beyond
their own circle for a person to whom they might entrust the
performance of so needed a duty, they unanimously fixed upon the
Superintendent of Education of Upper Canada as that person. Thus
selected, and not unmoved, besides, by potent inward urgings, Dr.
Ryerson accepted the honourable but difficult charge." [Then
follows an analysis of the principal facts and arguments of the
work.]
_From the_ Morning Chronicle, _Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 4th, 1880._
"This is undoubtedly one of the most notable of recent works from
the press of Canada. It is a work of such interest as to its
subject, and, we must add, of such merit as to its execution, that
no proper justice can be done to it in any such review as can be
afforded within the limited eligible space of a daily newspaper."
_From the_ Morning Herald, _Halifax, N. S., July 24th and August 4th,
1880._
The _Herald_ devotes two articles in review of this work, commencing
with the following words:
"The author of this work is so well known to the people of this
country, that any publication in which his name appears is a
sufficient guarantee of its value, its accuracy, and the
interesting nature of its contents. No work ever published in
Canada is more worthy of a cordial reception from our people than
the 'Loyalists of America and their Times,' and none will be read
with more intense interest by the descendants of those noble men
and women, 'who, stripped of their rights and property during the
war, * * * were driven from the homes of their birth and of their
forefathers,' because of their loyalty to their king, to seek new
homes in the (then) wilderness of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick."
N.B.--Numerous other notices, of a similar character to the above, are
said to have appeared in various provincial newspapers.
Letter from Sir Stafford Northcote.
"79 Portland Place, July 26th, 1880.
"My Dear Sir,
"I ought long ago to have thanked you for so kindly sending me your
work on the 'Loyalists,' but I have been so busy since it came that
I have had little time for reading. I have been much interested
with it, and am very much obliged for it.
"Believe me, yours very faithfully,
(Signed) "Stafford H. Northcote."
Letter from Lord Carnarvon.
"Highclere Castle, Newbury, Sept. 1st, 1880.
"My Dear Sir,
"I have received the 'History of the Loyalists of America' which
you have been good enough to send me. I have as yet only been able
to turn the pages, but before long I hope to find the leisure to
become acquainted with the contents of these two volumes, of which
I have seen enough in my rapid glance to be sure that they embrace
not only much that is most interesting, but in a historical point
of view very valuable matter.
"I remain, my dear Sir, yours faithfully,
(Signed) "Carnarvon."
Letter from Alpheus Todd, Esq., Librarian of the House of Commons.
"Ottawa, September 16th, 1880.
"My Dear Dr. Ryerson,
"I have just returned from a visit to England, much refreshed. I
found your two interesting volumes on my desk, and am very grateful
for your kind remembrance of me. I shall prize them highly.
"We have all reason for congratulation that you have completed this
great book, which is a noble retrospect of the loyalty of our
forefathers. I earnestly hope that it may be the means of
quickening and strengthening the present generation in this land in
the endeavour to render themselves worthy of the noble inheritance
that the zeal and devotion of our ancestors obtained for us, and
that it will deepen our attachment to the British Crown and
Imperial connection.
"Always with much respect and regard,
"Your sincere friend,
(Signed) "Alpheus Todd."
Letter from His Excellency the Marquis of Lorne.
"Citadel, Quebec, June 10th, 1880.
"My Dear Dr. Ryerson,
"I have to-day received your most welcome gift, and hasten to tell
you my gratitude for what was to me a very pleasant surprise--a
surprise, for I had not heard that you were engaged in the task you
have now completed, and had I heard it, I could not have expected
the kindness which has made me the recipient from the author of
such a full and extremely interesting history.
"It should become a household book in Canada; and I can well
imagine the delight it will give to those who are able through the
work, as you have been in its composition, to trace the actions and
live again in sympathy with the thoughts of heroic ancestors.
"Believe me, with very many thanks,
"Yours very truly,
(Signed) "Lorne."
Letter from Lord Dufferin.
"St. Petersburg, September 6th, 1880.
"My Dear Dr. Ryerson,
"I have just received your two beautiful volumes. I cannot tell you
how grateful I am to you for your kind thought of me. There is no
present I value more than that of a book from its author. Indeed, I
have now a very interesting library composed of volumes given to me
at different times by the various distinguished men of the present
generation whom I have had the happiness to know, and your work
will find an honoured place upon its shelves.
"You well know how fully I understand and appreciate all that you
have done for education in Canada, and that there are few people in
the Dominion for whom I have always entertained a greater regard or
respect.
"Believe me, my dear Dr. Ryerson,
"Yours most sincerely,
(Signed) "Dufferin."
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The Loyalists of America
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BY THE
REV. EGERTON RYERSON, D.D., LL.D.,
_Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada from 1844 to 1876._
This book is one of national importance. It is the most ample and minute
account of the U. E. Loyalists and their Times which has hitherto been
published. It describes very fully the early Colonial History of
America, and traces the important distinction, often overlooked, between
the Pilgrim Fathers and the Puritan Fathers in New England, who
maintained separate Governments for seventy years. The religious
persecutions of the Quakers and other dissidents from Puritan creed and
civil constitution are reviewed, and the stern intolerance of the latter
is shown. The fortunes of the Colonies under the Long Parliament, the
Commonwealth, and the Restoration, are carefully traced. The prolonged
conflict between France and England for the possession of the Continent,
with its battles, sieges, and adventurous campaigns is given in detail.
The growing estrangement between Great Britain and the Colonies, and the
stormy events of the Revolutionary War, are recounted. This epoch is
very fully discussed from a British Loyalist point of view. The author
avows his sympathy with the colonists in their assertion of their rights
as British subjects, and avers his belief that but for their
revolutionary Declaration of Independence they would within a
twelvemonth have obtained all that they desired without the shedding of
blood, without the unnatural alliance with France, much less a war of
seven years. But the outbreak and conduct of the war are emphatically
condemned.
No portion of this history will be read with greater interest than that
which describes the sufferings, in maintaining their allegiance to their
King, of the U. E. Loyalist Founders and Fathers of Canada. For the
first time, the full and detailed account of these sufferings is now
published. The account of the early development and organization of the
Government of the Maritime Provinces and of Upper Canada is full and
minute. The stirring events of the War of 1812-15 are also given with
much copiousness of detail. The grand patriotism of our country,
struggling against tremendous odds, is amply asserted and illustrated.
To this work the venerable author has devoted several of the best years
of his life. Of U. E. Loyalist stock himself, he writes with hearty
sympathy with his subject. He has devoted many years to the study of
historical and constitutional questions. He has made laborious and
extensive research. And he furnishes in these volumes copious
documentary evidence of the validity of his assertions and conclusions.
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