REV. EGERTON RYERSON, D.D., LLD.,

(Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada.)

PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF HIS LITERARY TRUSTEES:
THE REV. S.S. NELLES, D.D., LL.D., THE REV. JOHN POTTS. D.D., AND J. GEORGE HODGINS, ESQ., LL.D.

EDITED BY

J. GEORGE HODGINS, Esq., LL.D.

"His life was gentle; and the elements
So mix't in him, that Nature might stand up,
And say to all the world, This was a Man!"

—Shakespeare. Julius Cæsar, Act v., sc. 5.

Justum et tenacem propositi virum
Non civium ardor prava jubentium,
Non vultus instantis tyranni
Mente quatit solida—

—Horace. Odes, iii. 3.

WITH PORTRAIT AND ENGRAVINGS.

TORONTO:
WILLIAM BRIGGS, 78 and 80 KING STREET EAST.
1884.

Entered, according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, by Mary Ryerson and Charles Egerton Ryerson, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture, Ottawa.

CONTENTS.

Preface	[ix]
Estimate of Rev. Dr. Ryerson's Character and Labours	[17]
CHAPTER I.—1803-1825.
Sketch of Early Life	[23]
CHAPTER II.—1824-1825.
Extracts from Dr. Ryerson's Diary of 1824 and 1825	[32]
CHAPTER III.—1825-1826.
First Year of Ministry and First Controversy	[47]
CHAPTER IV.—1826-1827.
Missionary to the River Credit Indians	[58]
CHAPTER V.—1826-1827.
Diary of Labours among Indians	[64]
CHAPTER VI.—1827-1828.
Labours and Trials.—Civil Rights Controversy	[80]
CHAPTER VII.—1828-1829.
Ryanite Schism.—M. E. Church of Canada organized	[87]
CHAPTER VIII.—1829-1832.
Establishment of the Christian Guardian.—Church Claims resisted	[93]
CHAPTER IX.—1831-1832.
Methodist Affairs in Upper Canada.—Proposed Union with the British Conference	[107]
CHAPTER X.—1833.
Union between the British and Canadian Conferences	[114]
CHAPTER XI.—1833-1834.
"Impressions of England" and their effects	[121]
CHAPTER XII.—1834.
Events following the Union.—Division and Strife	[141]

CHAPTER XIII.—1834-1835.
Second Retirement from the Guardian Editorship	[144]
CHAPTER XIV.—1835-1836.
Second Mission to England.—Upper Canada Academy	[152]
CHAPTER XV.—1835-1836.
The "Grievance" Report; Its Object and Failure	[155]
CHAPTER XVI.—1836-1837.
Dr. Ryerson's Diary of his Second Mission to England	[158]
CHAPTER XVII.—1836.
Publication of the Hume and Roebuck Letters	[167]
CHAPTER XVIII.—1836-1837.
Important Events transpiring in England	[170]
CHAPTER XIX.—1837-1839.
Return to Canada.—The Chapel Property Cases	[172]
CHAPTER XX.—1837.
The Coming Crisis.—Rebellion of 1837	[175]
CHAPTER XXI.—1837-1838.
Sir F. B. Head and the Upper Canada Academy	[179]
CHAPTER XXII.—1838.
Victims of the Rebellion.—State of the Country	[182]
CHAPTER XXIII.—1795-1861.
Sketch of Mr. William Lyon Mackenzie	[185]
CHAPTER XXIV.—1838.
Defence of the Hon. Marshall Spring Bidwell	[188]
CHAPTER XXV.—1838.
Return to the Editorship of the Guardian	[199]
CHAPTER XXVI.—1838-1840.
Enemies and Friends Within and Without	[205]
CHAPTER XXVII.—1778-1867.
The Honourable and Right Reverend Bishop Strachan	[213]
CHAPTER XXVIII.—1791-1836.
The Clergy Reserves and Rectories Questions	[218]
CHAPTER XXIX.—1838.
The Clergy Reserve Controversy Renewed	[225]
CHAPTER XXX.—1838-1839.
The Ruling Party and the Reserves.—"Divide et Impera."	[236]
CHAPTER XXXI.—1839.
Strategy in the Clergy Reserve Controversy	[245]

CHAPTER XXXII.—1839.
Sir G. Arthur's Partizanship.—State of the Province	[250]
CHAPTER XXXIII.—1838-1840.
The New Era.—Lord Durham and Lord Sydenham	[257]
CHAPTER XXXIV.—1840.
Proposal to leave Canada.—Dr. Ryerson's Visit to England	[269]
CHAPTER XXXV.—1840-1841.
Last Pastoral Charge.—Lord Sydenham's Death	[282]
CHAPTER XXXVI.—1841.
Dr. Ryerson's Attitude toward the Church of England	[291]
CHAPTER XXXVII.—1841-1842.
Victoria College.—Hon. W. H. Draper.—Sir Charles Bagot	[301]
CHAPTER XXXVIII.—1843.
Episode in the case of Hon. Marshall S. Bidwell	[308]
CHAPTER XXXIX.—1844.
Events preceding the Defence of Lord Metcalfe	[312]
CHAPTER XL.—1844.
Preliminary Correspondence on the Metcalfe Crisis	[319]
CHAPTER XLI.—1844.
Sir Charles Metcalfe Defended against his Councillors	[328]
CHAPTER XLII.—1844-1845.
After the Contest.—Reaction and Reconstruction	[337]
CHAPTER XLIII.—1841-1844.
Dr. Ryerson appointed Superintendent of Education	[342]
CHAPTER XLIV.—1844-1846.
Dr. Ryerson's First Educational Tour in Europe	[352]
CHAPTER XLV.—1844-1857.
Episode in Dr. Ryerson's European Travels.—Pope Pius IX	[365]
CHAPTER XLVI.—1844-1876.
Ontario School System.—Retirement of Dr. Ryerson	[368]
CHAPTER XLVII.—1845-1846.
Illness and Final Retirement of Lord Metcalfe	[375]
CHAPTER XLVIII.—1843-1844.
Clergy Reserve Question Re-Opened.—Disappointments	[378]
CHAPTER XLIX.—1846-1848.
Re-Union of the British and Canadian Conferences	[383]
CHAPTER L.—1846-1853.
Miscellaneous Events and Incidents of 1846-1853	[410]

CHAPTER LI.—1849.
The Bible in the Ontario Public Schools	[423]
CHAPTER LII.—1850-1853.
The Clergy Reserve Question Transferred to Canada	[433]
CHAPTER LIII.—1851.
Personal Episode in the Clergy Reserve Question	[454]
CHAPTER LIV.—1854-1855.
Resignation on the Class-Meeting Question.—Discussion	[470]
CHAPTER LV.—1855.
Dr. Ryerson resumes his Position in the Conference	[491]
CHAPTER LVI.—1855-1856.
Personal Episode in the Class-Meeting Discussion	[499]
CHAPTER LVII.—1855-1856.
Dr. Ryerson's Third Educational Tour in Europe	[514]
CHAPTER LVIII.—1859-1862.
Denominational Colleges and the University Controversy	[518]
CHAPTER LIX.—1861-1866.
Personal Incidents.—Dr. Ryerson's Visits to Norfolk County	[534]
CHAPTER LX.—1867.
Last Educational Visit to Europe.—Rev. Dr. Punshon	[539]
CHAPTER LXI.—1867.
Dr. Ryerson's Address on the New Dominion of Canada	[547]
CHAPTER LXII.—1868-1869.
Correspondence with Hon. Geo. Brown—Dr. Punshon	[554]
CHAPTER LXIII.—1870-1875.
Miscellaneous Closing Events and Correspondence	[559]
CHAPTER LXIV.—1875-1876.
Correspondence with Rev. J. Ryerson, Dr. Punshon, etc.	[573]
CHAPTER LXV.—1877-1882.
Closing Years of Dr. Ryerson's Life Labours	[585]
CHAPTER LXVI.—1882.
The Funeral Ceremonies	[593]
Tributes to Dr. Ryerson's Memory and Estimates of his Character and Work	[598]