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The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada
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"THE STORY OF MY LIFE."
BY THE LATE
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!"
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—
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 |