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O I M as H •J < M I i 00 X I , JOURNAL OF THE VISITATION, "^e. 6fo, Marohmont, new QueW. 12th May, 184Q. I iBFT Quebec on the 7th of January, and slept that night at th;; house ot the Hon. £. Hale, sen., a member of thff Council, and Seigneur of rort JNeuf. This gentlemaq has formed a considerable Protestant set- tlement m the rear of the old French concessions ; the charge of which, in conjunction with that of Bourg Louis and St. Patrick's, Jacques- Cartier River, I am happy to ^nd that the Boafd have agreed to my proposal of confiding to the Rev. W. W. Wait. I have much comfort in looking forward to the effect of his labours among these miserably ill- provided settlers, for whom the Rev. H. D. Sewell, and other Clergymen from Quebec, have indeed done what in them lay, but their visits have been necessarily '^few and far between." Their commendable ex- erUons, hoifever, have, no doubt, contributed to keep alive a sen^e of the one thing needful to man ; and the way has been preserved mote open for those faithful ministrations whinfc Jhey will now more abun. dantly eiyoy. Mr. Wait, whose arrivAly. by the will of God, be looked for in a very few days, will enterTTfn sure, upon his task in ji spirit which may encpurage ua to look for the Divine blesMng udoa Ua exertions.- ;. /•/: •;. .\. >..-.as,^. z. - ' ^ • Jf^^ ^^ Mr. Hale also ip ready to dd his part. He has prepared a couple of ropms for the accommodation of; Mr. Wait, in his own house, with « separate entrance, intending that that gentleman should live with him entirely, till some more permanent arrangement shall be Carried into «a«ot. He has also encouraged me t6 expect that the setUerswill con- tribute, according to the humble measure of their ability, towards the maintenance of their Clergyman, aa soon as they shall have completed the erection of the church, in aid of which object Mr. Wait has cpllejcted tome money in England, and to this I shall be enabled to add MnaU grant from the bounty of the Society placed at my disposal. / , Ur, Turner, the catechist stationed at Boui^ Louis, came over li «eetme at Port Neuf. His services, instead of being less valuable, wiU, i trust, be more so when they become simply subsidiary to those higber ministration, whifch will be afforded at stated intervals to the settlement. PwtNeuf is something l,g g£j^^ n>ilffs from ftusbeo. From henna :^Hont»iI, a distance of about one hundred and forty more, the road con*, ^nues through the French Roman-caUiolic parishes, along U.e shore of t£> mm0mfimm»m»^»9--^* opposite shore exhibiting also 4ie imi MONTREAL, fciUK •• Pi*" ehuj-chet. thfir parsonoge-bouae.. and their patter.^ have all the air of due establishment and settled provision for the reliirioua wants of the people. I never look upon them with an absolutely evU eye ; for I trust in God that the day will come, and is advancing, when t will be seen that they have been reserved by Providence for some- thing more m accordance than their present purpose with the pure gospel of Chnst ; and- in the mean time, even under the most debased •ystem of Christianity, there is a mixture of good influence, and the people are far better off than they would be without it. 1 doubt not that there are souls among them accepted through Christ; yet may God hasten the day of their deliverance ! . 7 7 v^ou We have only four churches on the shores of the St. Lawrence, between Quebec and Montreal ; two on each side of the river. I reached Montreal at night on the 9th. and remained there, enioy- ing the kindness of private hospitality, till the 14th. being engaged in matters connected -with the interests of the Church, or with the arranee- ments now m train for the university of MeGill Colleee., On Sunday, the 12th. I preached in the parish church for the District Com- mittee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. The sum ot 45/. was collected. In the afternoon of the same day, I confirmed if young persons ; and in the evening I preached again in the same ehurch.--being happy to afford some passing relief to the Clerey, who» m addition to their other manifold labours, have established a service by candle-light in the parish church, which at that time, by an under- standing with the pew-holders, is thrown open for the accommodj^tion ot persons otherwise debarred from the privileges of worship in thei* own form. .* , *^ . .1, '''flf ®*^'*'"K previsions in Montreal for affording the ministrations of the l^hurch to the people, are lamentably insufficient ; but one most fif'^^l 1*'°" *° ***^™ ^"^ ''**" very, recently made. I have appointed the 20th of the present month of May, for the consecration of Trinity l^hapel m that city, a very neat stone edifice, in the Gothic style, with a school-room and apartments. for the Vrlerk in the basement story, and with a residence for the minister attached to'it. The Rev. Mr.Wil- joughby, who is known to the Board, is to serve this chapel, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Broome, whom I ordained in February last Bv an arrangement with the Rector, they are to perform thxv surplice dutiea m the congregation attending it, and to be regarded as holding the " spiritual- charge of that body. They have also established a Simday service in the common prison, which it was impossible for the Clergy to supply before. A Sunday-school will be connected with the chapeU Ihe whole expense of this undertaking has been borne by Major JUhnstie, of Montreal, a gentleman of fortune, who, besides the onUay Here, which, in a worldly point of view, will yield him comparatively a very small return, is abou|t to engage in the erection of a church and •chool-rQom, with residents for the minister and for the schoolmaster and mistress, all forming one plan, and of uniform architecture, at l^hnstieville, near St. John, where he intends to maintain a minister at his own charge. He also gives at Napierville, another seigniory be- longing to him, a site of six acrei foj^4ifrereetiea «f *^»roh Mrf^=- iparsonage house, and for their requisite appendages, in the vUlage, together with an endowment of 100 acres a^ the distance of a kague. >■ «^-A«-?tSi> , 1 v" jiA. ^th^w ( >- va^ LA CMiNt. H Nor, if he iihould be ipared by that God who hat put it into \L hearT Xrl^idT^d'C"^ '-' '-K^'^--' wiuUliberalit!::. 5^ in'^i.TuZf7'lu^ '\^^u'T. ^° "*""• instance, which I mention.S«i m iny letter of the 2th July last, and which serve to .how thij' ehuih ?nTL" f "• ^^ '^' ^.'^''^ '" ^"«^-"^ ^«' ^»>« benefit of th^ church in these colonie., a good disposition in the same irreat cause i. Snni V.K °f England ^Missionary Associations in Queteo and own dufrict and ^h^r"" ""'"**•" *^° *™^«"'"^ mis.ion^ie. for ?t. own district, and the former 1. prepared to do the same. Major 0hri.t.e i. greatly intere.ted re.p«?cting the extension of ' accessible to any endeavour* of this nature ; and there is an active movement, although upon a conftrjed .cale. ilready proc^eeding unier th« iTT •^.* 8i!""r*" fr^^^^^ne*. who came o^It a. an Lent of ■it ?»n f *^'V^' ''"* ^^ ""•**"* ^"^''^ *>^ o"r Church, and Sin license from me, and looks forward to holy orders; nor hav6 I anv reaaon to believe that hi. pretension, are^uch a. I shall not be glad tJ encourage. I expect to .ee him next week at Montre^ iSte wr.lfPT,''? ^ "^°''^' ""^"^ "-y be de.tined ultimately to - unTe than ro dir^ ' ""' '^'^T ' '^'"^ °°^^'"» «°"'d be mo« unwjse than ro dnve on, in a headlong manner, any attomot. for tha ZHT ^/.I'V^k"'^'? 5^°»^'«''"' I hun>bly'c"Jerv 7t: be he wmrnft? ^" ?""•* of England to open her arms to all who are wilhng to receive her embrace, and zealously, although prudently to ' dZHo. "^^ ''^'' °' '"^•^ "'*"^«'. °PP-'"-'y % afforded fo^ mittee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and matters. I trust, were put in train for some improvement in Sf affdr. of S securiuMKATi^ '.'^^ ''^"'^ ''^ '*^ respectably Siended, for S"tefSont~^r a'"'"""' *". *^^ .^«^- ^- Roberuon, assistant ftiliJ^ . **°»*'«*'- A very good spirit was manifested, and a rati.. ' fiwtory arrangement was made. • »uu a w^s WiUoulbv^'wh?^ ? the following morning, accompanied by Mr. inHr^^i ^1 •• *' i^y invitation, had undertaken to make the S tKant \?!h'" °'^? '.° «*•? i"fo™»tion. by personal inspecUon! w,n»! r .f »»»« people m point of education (the supply of thos^ wajt. being the object of the Society whose agent he isf) and a tl!^ firmat^^'^ h° f ? "J «l>*P»«n for the time. S hadWointed a coL firmation (the first which was ever held there,) at La Chine, nine mile, from Montred, and I administered that rite Jfourteenyou^g^rni Mo^rea? T ''°"' '^""'^ "'^'"^ '» •«"«*» "^^ ^r. RoberSoTf^ijT Montreal. He came over to meet me. The rest of the day and the mght we pas-ed with Col. Wilgress, a retired officer of The I A, an J Influence la, I1)elieve, beneficial to the placef . making tB^whole di84nce of forty miles upon the ice, as I had befoM ^- t'..'5S>-tlf't t.(% f • I 4 ."■ .„ I OPRB— cmjBNviLfcE^ ' r * ■^oHv'i?'*' **^ ho.dnid of the di.unci between Qieb;^ .iMontw,.! PQrtyper.on..werecrnflrH,edthe next day i„ theThuVchT^he SJn gregation and the number of communicanta ar« I k-m I ^"' The weather wa. now mo.t int^iTeTy 3- and .Ive^.r* r"-*""'"?-^ who had been prepared for conflrmatbn 'l«,t V7!. ^°"^* l^""" ticket., having eali;d ejirly at the hm,.r„f ^ rf ^°*' ^«"»ved . their Jose.they wefe ^i r4l.LrL\'o™:;::tt^SeTfT^^ ^ had come from tonne diatance, and Mrhaoa were LI .V.* • .1 V t-ctcd. 9ut a little friction a^on reaLe^tL^ J'l'fd "' ^ '^ j;i h«^^;i" ' *•" T"'^" *" "'Jder.tand. deferred it^iluSey TouM other. ThlJ^'^'r'*^ ^^ "''"*'""*"« ^'^ administration oiZ rite to ^ther.. There i. also a great diaadvantage. which I am .JTk.wI^ remedy, ,„ the reaidence of the mini.ter, at the distance of -?v^f I ^Uh a road interposed Chich, at .ome seasons is exce,.veUadetn ^HiiJ^:^r-r^r:ji'' -^- ^^ m. wi„o^hr;7o^r 2;;: Hampton at Hawkesbury. on the opposite' side. Si of the laT^ ^ Mr. Hamilton, who was a disfrict judgef^nd who earned on the lumber trade upon a large scale. It is a very handaome and extensive estabh.h! S^Tot\ror'' '^'''' "j'^'^"- A»ob!ecountry\Tpen„" Kseii along the Ottawa, and up its tributary streams • anrf it- i- fkf lumber trade which acts as th^ pioneer to setth^mrnt^dthfis nroU. •ively creates new demands forchurches. minist J,and schoS s^Xel rh^d'^rld^ea^T/'t*' '^""^''"^ eandidaClrcrnfiJtJrn .«»f.fl A ^^u u f ''^" conversation with them, and was well •adsfied with the evidences of their preparation. "^**" «!,.»*« .^™"^' missionaiy of the Society at Hull with th« charge of Bytown in Upper Canada, attached, camJdown to Wv 5^ LZ Z l V- T ^°5P«hend his^missjon ia thia^^vffiT pointment, there was no coofirmatiou when I visited Hull aM Bytown N < / ■ 2; or H ^ r-T- tr« u-^^hik-i-ji. £^ ♦J -"MeW!'"- J>^ --(tix ^^ll ' Montffta?, "The eonr. nereaaing-. " ig persons Ived. their thii'pt(r- e. They , iniiy pro-K- fronn St. •upplied, miagion. of it, thi» fne. Thf' ed for the one Beat had not t' persons, 'otestant/ •here^ is a imselvev, linancea, y should le rite to eking to X miles, >ad, even scarcely „ >ard and~~" lie erec- iterpriae , rsonage- ng their for SUB- I, fifteen it Un, the late lumber tablish- opening ' is the •rogres- Three mation, as well rith the ronville bis ap- lytowit ▼itIfDRptlL*--c6TlAU iv LAC. N V / r to Sf A„^ • V K . °°*- ^" *•>« aftemooD, on mv war bark whfch^Warin fiST'l'" * "r" -boolhouse'at 0*LeTpobt^ Andrew" Church ''"' '"^ "' "'«'* ^'*"" '^'8« congregation in St! w with u,-tl»e God 0/ Jacob is our reAige » ^' ^ ^"'"^ *^ '•°"' VandrlaVtr„'tv^X'"'lS'''',''. ^'^!, ^^^''«" '^^ ^««' distant from .ad . Jrw-ttrnw"^^^^ ^^^' A-^old.. who Thi ruiE:7hthinhe°t"''t *'v^^' "''™'"« - ^^-^ <=»>««»- extlrior tie^rnearan' of /^ ^"i^/ government, presents in it. the peculiar work of thaTsn^L * • t u '''»."'>'^««e of demand for charged. " *' ^"''"'^ *"^ ^'""^^ •"»"«»»» he is offlcislly 23^. :rdVeTe«on^Tomt^^^^^^^^^ tr^^ ^" ^^? ^-"^ -^ *• on the fchateaLuav river rifn-i,^''^''^ to ^onyeymq to Huntingdon, iron, hlfn in ihlZZ^J^mt^r^''^^^^^^^ t.r\m';^S!4' •"" valuable missioi;;;? w.. m.n.ioned i„ thTi^J^i^Ti^ - 4 U .^^^,;^:ife^?«'.*".%' i* "^-V. ^::f rf B- • " • ORM8TOWN. ''.*f V°[® ^»»«PPO>ntment, because I had fixed the confirmation at two o clock thu day at Huntingdon, and at eleyen the next moraine at Ormstown, a dosen miles further down the river Chateauguay, neither of which appomtinenta would it be now possible to keep ; and knowing that a good many of the people would assemble At^th places, I felt very uneasy on account of my failing to meet them.^ut things were so ordered beyond any control of mine, and by a power which cannot err. We could not have more profitable company, in the mean time, than that of Mr. Archbold, and an opportunity was aflEbrded of de-. •patching letters to diflferent parts of the diocese, in which he save me bis assistance. ^ ■• On 'the 24th, the day was bright, and it had ceased to snow ; but the fresh fallen snow of yesterday was drifted- about by a keen north-west wind, agd the effect was beautiful as it was swept rapidly, under the play of the sunbeams, along the level ice of the lake. I learnt at Huntingdon that, in the language of my Irish informant, " a good few" had assembled and dispersed the day before. One of^he churchwardens from Ormstown had come up to meet me, and I went on with him with- out delay, in the hope of still catching some of the congregation, whom tfte Key. W. Brethour, as he sent me word, had engaged to detain till three o clock. The roads, however, were excessively heavy, and with every exerUon I found it impossible to reach the church till after four. Ihe people had all gone home. A few who lived close round were col- lected again^ and a few stragglers from among the disappointed can- didates of Huntingdon had followed me down. I confirmed altogether eight persons, and cjme to the close of the form just as it was getting too dark to read tl»e prayers. Some of the Huntingdon people, who were not sufficienUy protected against the weath«?r, had suffered greatly from cold in their tedious progress through the road, and they had to measure their way back ; but, in commending them for their exertions. 1 exhorted them cheerfully to endure this and greater things, if called upon, for their religion, and reminded them of the distant journeys which men were prompted to make under an inferior dispensation, to keep the ordinances of the Lord's house at Jerusalem. Mr. Brethour received us into the unfinished log parsonage, which the people have buUt for him on the lot given by the Seigneur. The poverty of the missionaries in poor country stations, who, being family men, have only 100^ a year, and the evils in the Church consequent upon their depressed and struggUng condition, are points which I have ;!i°S'u"° ' '^* consideration of the. Board in jny letter of the 14th Feb., and I forbear to enlarge upon them here. I will mention, however, that it is my purpose, with the Divine pepiisf ion, to endeavour to create a fund by means of the contributions of the more substantial church people within the diocese, out of which the poorer Clergy may (make some small augmentation of their incomes. But this, whatever may be its success, must be a work of some time. Mr. Brethour is certainly " worthy of his hire." He is a laborious mis- sionary, and his second Sunday duty is performed in a setUement eiirht -or nine miles from hi s chur-*- -•-"•- ^--- . - . » unmoMr- onTbot, eSa: returns afterwards in the same way, the only practicable road for carnages or horses being rtty much farther round. He would have presented, I believe, between forty and fifty penooi for own ' tl1;S8£Ll.«T0WN FLAT0* ^ •4 , finffataon, but for the drcumatances which I have deicribed. Had I delayed in hi. mission to repair the disappointment. I should have broken the whole chain of my ulterior engagements, and could not have given nouce in Ume in thoae places which came next in succession. I had now to push qn to Russell-toWn Flats, and set out as early as vehicles could be collected on the morning of the 25th. We were later than the appointment, but the people were all waitine. I was now in a tract of country which neither I nor my predecestors in the episcopate had ever visited, and which had been most sparingly sup- plied with the ministrauons of the Chufch, by the visits, not so often as once a year, of some Clergyman, whose expenses were paid by the late S^l*;iT.K nl^^^u P^'l"*'-. ^° *"' *'**'*• ^^"^ Montreal Missionary Society of the Church maintain a travelling- missionary, the Rev. W.- Davis, who has established eighteen stations, dividing his labours among which heofficiates and preaches twenty-five times every four w6ek8,y Mr. Davis, we went to Napierville, eighteen miles from Hemm.ngford. making two stops by the waj. one to decide upon the site of a church, about three miles from Hemm/ngford another to inspect a half finished church, of small dimensions, but built of stone, and likely to be -of respectable appearance, in Sherrington. NapierviUe is principally inhabited by French Roman CatlSlics. Tu at present a small military post, and-a station for a s^U mounted despatch corps. The county court-house, now used as /barrack, was -rif/K^'^W'"" ?''*•* loyalists in some of the sZort-lived suc^ cesses of the rebels; and some houses in the village, Which were fired whil^lfh *k"^'''' '''^^''- ^'^''' *^'^«°««» °f the/nhappy changes which have been wrought in the condition of a peaceful pedantry by Uie devices of wicked men. But God brought their /counsel to nought. Too httle IS his hand acknowledged by those who Uve been protected and preserved. This prevailing insensibility furrShes, however, an additional motive for seeking to plant and extend /hose mini8tratio;;s of dellin„r?« r- "*^ t^g^nder more just and li»4ly impressions of the dealings of God m providence as well as in gracol I was received most kindly by Col. and M/s'. Taylor, and becaine their guest during my stay. ,Ool. Taylor is L officer of the British army, on particular service, and commands witKin certain Umits, of which the head.quarters are at Napierville. I haive mentioned before the mtentions of th^ seigneur . for the benefit J the Church. At present divine service is\held m a school- ht,use» wJiich, under the direction of Mr Davis, had bU very well fitted up /or the occasion of the day. and in which I conlrmed forty-one perso/s. Several of the candidates were unable to reacflktfae place. / "o t-auuiaaies Col. Taylor drove Vie the next morning (Tuesday, 28th.) to Odall- town and La Colle. Se rest of my p/rty klowing us. Two baUle ?o! Jj^'-.r^K''*^ r,T "/• °"" °^ r'^** ^^ ^''« «^°« of an action fough with the rebelsV At the former place there is a troop ?f volunteer cavalry, to w^m Mr. Daj^ officiates. The object of the dnve was to make choiceU two or tdree different sites offired for the erection of a church and Varsonag/, Mr. Hotchkis, an American, who is established in a prosper option : I pitched upon an . he consented to give me ai Thus there are four churchet actual progress within the ran will follow. Mr. Davis had b months. us wayy igibl eittfer at La Colle, having given me this situation close to the village, where worth, I think, about ISO dollars, in immediate contemplation or in f the labours of Mr. Davis, and more in his charge at this time about fifteen ^ me to La Prairie, (eighteen miles.) On the 29th, Col. Taylor di The little Protestant church haalbeen much improved.' in cons'e'qu;nce of exeruons made by the Rev. Mir. ]^rnold, in which he has been kindly and liberally seconded by (^o . Johnson, who commands one of thJ jegim^uartered at the s^itionl A gallery has been buUt, to add to still wants much tomvkFlreviii. t^.rTt i'"? «""1 ^ \ •?"! «"««K«d to give assistance in other quarters to tbf full extent/of the Society's grant of 500/. Chuwhet cirAMBir!r-«^f8i,B avx Nolle. r it (God We praised for it !) are springing up so fast, that I miist beg for more help as soon as I shall have forwarded the account of inon*y already paid or promised. A werd of encouragement from the Board in the mean time will have a cheering effect. Twenty-seven persons were here confirmed, including three from Chateauguay Basin, who had been prevented from meeting me at Ormstown, brought by Mr. Brethour himself. They came fifteen miles. He came About forty to bring them, and went immediatelif back with them. A few of the soldiery were confirmed. It was on the following morning, before I left La Prairie, that I received the announcement of aid granted towards the erection of churches, together with the refreshing intelligence that the Society, more than I had dared to hope for, had undertaken to maintain the eighteen new missions which I had stated to be required. God only raise up for us faithful men to fill them up, and to preach among the destitute the unsearchable riches of Christ ! In the afternoon I confirmed twelve persons in the chnivh of Chambly, fifteen miles from La Prairie. The congregation is small and scattered. The Rev. Joseph Bfaithwaite, I believe, takes all the pains with them which, having the charge of a school, it is possible for him to bestow. There is a large military force here ; but it was stated to oie that a great portion of it had been recently quartered in Ireland, where the opportunity of confirmation had presented itself. None of the military were confirmed. After some rain on the preceding day, it froze hard again on the Slst, and the road to St. John, a distance of twelve miles, running in part upon the canal, was in an admirable state for travelling. At this place I confirmed twenty-three persons in the parish church. The Rev.V. Arnold, who assists in this parish, besides serving from hence the church at La Prairie, has, I trust, afforded valuable help to the Rector. I I visited Mrs. Arnold, who was lying in a suffering and languishing condition, which has since terminated in a happy and exemplary death. Mr. Forest, the catechist of the Society, who attends to some destitute places in this neighbourhood, has the charge of some Indian youths, who, both intellectually, morallyr and spiritually, appear to have greatly benefited by his iiistructions. His own son, a youth *f seventeen, is receiving a classical education at the Montreal Royal Grammar School, and will become a very proper subject for the aid voted by the Society for students in theology. He appears to be marked out for the inmistry, upon which his heart is fully set, and it will be out of the power of his father to provide for him till he shall be of the age to receive orders. Feb. Ist— I had informed the Rev. Mr. Beldury, who vieito the Isle aux Noix, as acting chaplain tp the forces, that I would take that station in my route, if he should have any subjects for confirmaUon among the troops.' A few were reported as prepared ; and I accord- mgly proceeded, twelve miles up the river, to the island. Having crossed a drawbridge, and passed under a small arched gateway within J h e fortifle a t iQ p s , I we nt t o th e quMtfera of the commandii^^ifl^ €olr^ Senior, iHfo, withhis lady, received me very kindly, and appears to take moch in«f resp^e welfare of the men under his command. There k ftNa|Q<^woi|kPB choreh, or rather military chapel^ tt loiae dlitaMit i i I 4 \:: =».\. ;. T«- fr ■'- ■* ffr- f ^ ^ CLAIIKNCBVILLE^FHIUPSBURG— lEDrORD. upon the Waad, Whew about 150 persons w«Mw«ki^i j' • Chnstie Manor, now called ClarenceviUe. where th^ n«^ itr t •ightpe«K„; wTconZS. "^ congregation assembled, and suty. admSistered in the »ri nf ««, . "*PPy «"fip*- of the line are not employed !t the pol^nti^o« 1^^' ,»t "•"*" account of the temptations to desertion • »„5Tj , ® frontier, on -4w under disciplintSotmerOZ cirtl"'*"^"^ ^''"'S ^f the cities, are by io merLS i^iblSro;''!oaiP°P?*'^ A pretty grove, which overhung the vuC oPphi^S'^h^S''- cut down, and a block-house eScted upoS the site • t£ S?' u**? house ha. been converted into a barri^J^ no otW I^?^ •«''«>1- ^•n found to assemble the child^rfo; thLedu^S- ""JT^^'^^f / iiiraiA'^il « -"»,/ Ail'. kv^^lVs L1*^M, ID. id, and six were lad, presisnting ol. Senior very on with me to ' the next day/ I own carriage repared. Tjtte M exceediAgly ications of the fthere^ment prepib-ed for 'V. M. Towns- iday morning, r miles off, at 1 in Clarence- d, and sixty- R. Whitwell ie previously dult baptism, two adminis* ' manner. I the parties of >w in coming reat increase The military of its being thizert, from n hurtfal to lergy assure h, and their y effect. Regiments frontier, oa roops being population try villages. i> has been age school- ice has V yet Under all Mured that lieir endea- aprove the h, through inilflfl fW>m St. A%|i :ANb BAST. 19 ■piracy to oir Borne, from which, however, he came out clear. 1 met a good conirreiration and confirmed twenty persons, in a very .neat brick chu.^h!ffi7n evergreens, m ionour of Christmas. Great pains are her4 taken with the singing. The mission' kbours, however, under many diffiSwr^ ^abounds m distiUeries, which always help to demoraui Sdd^ bourhood ; and at the upper village, where the second chureh UsitU ated ' (another excellent brick building,) there was, till very lately" a priS C„7^T^•^°'.*?^^**"^P"^'°««»' »°d there is^stiU i aCdW P^nt shut TX \k^^'*"' »\-«8'-- That church is, ZZ S-^Ku I P" /" ^^^ evening, I went on, ten miles farther to Frehghsburgh, or St. Armand East, the mission of tlie Re" W° On the day following I confirmed eighteen persons in Mr Reid'. church.. I received a visit from an American Clergyman frim thediJ^ese of Vermont, where as elsewhere in the United States, th" ChuJ^ is prosperously extend ng itself; and its ministers and people iitha country are invariably solicitous to maintain brotherlr comsnonaen.- and communion with us. A Mr. Ferris, who isTscoKSaHan and a graduate of Abei^ecn, resident in the townshio of s3 ^ * presented to me by Mr. Reid. and mentioned ^Hkel;^a1.e Sta^S Le' TS '2^A":^- "« '' "^""^ - ^ lay-reaVer witHcc*:^! rVerLti^seTu^'nlheTubj^^^^^^^^ mendationof Mr. ReS, ,.ho » a^er^on'ot sSlj^Sd Jent.*':L weTa; utSrJr." °r "''""*'"'^ responsibility. I have^dmitted mJ. Ferri upon the list of aspirants, to benefit by the Society's want With^ ! this, as he is obliged to give up other employmVntef te^^iid no? W ^'ortf^'mW M^'^' r^'^^'- ^"^ »>" undertaken totLt On die 6th. Mr Reid conveyed me to Dunham church, (six miles ) where I confirmed twenty-seven persons. In the neighbouAMd or this church are several branches of a substantial flmSlv S h? i Baker.remarkable for theiV loyalty a^S^?^^^^^ of God who come among them. The/ conveyed me on to thL rTv C.C. Cotton's, SIX miles beyond the church. _ I Was indebted for the same kindness to Mr. Cotton himself *on th* m. hM sleigh being placed at my disposal to proceed e rfiteen mil~ ferther, to Shefford, the mission of the Rev A wL!^ t ? ! however on the way', to hold a confi^tSrin wlf ^heV^^^^^^ where Uiat genUeman met me. Here ninetl candfdatf-^^^^^^ «ZT.T' T*. ^^"^ "^ **»«"» ^" advanced in life. 55,^11^ p^red seriously impressed; and I am indeed thankful to sav Aa?I ^SXr^K' ""f ^^^r'^ self-dedication to Christ did sY^m^er? gjnw^ly to characterise the candidates in the different places ^ilhT ^tlllelir"°*>"*>'*?* ?«*• •" «anyinst^ eJrSrlSt! walk will evince their smcerity in this important act of their Hvm I went to «,e old Mrs. Wood, close by this chu«h, whom I J;mem .^^e^m^tioned injifo«^.emimi«^ wiSr^'*^ k'2^?^^*;''^*^'"""- 'f her principles shoSrS gSv^ blMung. prove hereditary, like those of Lois and'Eunice iL rin«^k wiU be happy in her numerous descendant.. ^""'C". ^''* ^''""^ }^. u WATERLOO — ^ABBOTSPORD. OhLk M-. • a ' ' ^' H"'"**'. formerly in the service of the township ; and thus, by means of his volur^ty sir S on SundVsT provide for a portion oPthat ground which all (he harTexerti^s of Mr outTr AhK . r i 5-\*°^ ^ Fepared on the morning of the 8th to set out for Abbotsford, distant twenty-one miles. Four folunteer troone™ m uniform rode up to the gate of the parsonage, and I wL iiZS ^rxt^; o^tLfTcXyerphtr;^re3 ^sUnce of Cojonel Nickle's solitude to d^honourt my offlS (to Sn K"i^.-^' T'" ^ '''^ ''^^"^^^ ') •^"^ ^'^ the Se^fappL^ ciation of his motives; and sense of obligation to his kindness I felt J* necessary to decUne the compliment. I was fully convS that L tr^!2« twSJ supported by the sword. I sent off one of Se troopers therefore, as an express to Colonel Nickle at Hatlev thirtv «ght miles off. with a note of acknowledgment. exc^W S atX fiame time from the intended honour. ^ ^ * »h™!f f K ^ y*^^' * P^'^^ »° '^'^i'^J* a church is immediately about to be erecled. and which I have proposed to the sS «« a fTJT^. '***^r '' h" been^served. upon occasion, by Uie m JisTerJ of Sh^ord on the one side, 4n2. AbboUford on the other SSue village, of recent formaUon, is fcrn bv relimous faction- fk n gaUpnaUste themselves hav^XidedV^^^^^ mmister. although neither f§[ provided with a Sace of woX> It S an midemable and a consolatory fact, that this ^rt of spiTh^wS refer enc^jto other religious bodies, does not characterise Zp^ceed^„«^ iormth rr*" *«,r?blishment of the Chun^h in the cXyTbut liris^^JoteiLtteL ""' ^""'**^"' ^^" '^^' -^ -^ ^- On Sunday, the 9th. two services were held in the church at Abbots, ford, at the former 6£ which forty-four persons were a>Xned The .tate of the Eev. Thomas Johnson's heakE has comSSleT& dUc^! togue his a^dance upon some of the out-staUons^wWch he ^iTeX Ulished. He appears to be deep y anxious abnnt th^ r>,^ J^Ji^. inhabitontt from Milloo, who g.ve . deploraU. «xouilt ,f th. deJuttS '' -*4i « '*■* • l' i ABBOTSPORD— HATLET. j^ to wLSYh"! g^;„TSfeLTT^^^ "-?^^^ ^'- B»if-r, way back to ShSord a CuZ'f I f u'^^"' I P"'^''^'^' *>" "^^ day. which made the «nl^^ad"Terv M '^^ '°°'^'"'"? """"^^^ "^ in this little buildinrrd one vJrv^„? • ^"^ T * «°°*^ attendance younff Irish ririis Zl^ K^ ^ pleasing incident occurred. Two ficke^ foTcLtrClo^AbbTfo^^^^^ '^^^^^o-' -tS misinformation as to the nl?«. ' ""* ^*^>"g' >« consequence of ' after all was ove^ L I hel^d ^Si"' ^ T* ^^^ '■°""^' ^^^ «"i^«d gone home aj2n Mr Jnt u ' '"^ ^^^l'' *«°^ *'" after they had a'TcuUe^sMlthouse JhlrS dr'con'l •^"^'", *° "«^^ -« their disappointment Xr ^ the l eL^^T '"^^ *5''[ long journey. bosoms of Door 8e7t?p« in *K '*»**/««^">? ther? is to work upon in the of smai thCr I shall t^ ''°°^' *f.^ ?^° ^»* ^««P««^ the day «d. howevefhLble ml? S^T"^! t'/v ?"' " T!^°^^^ *^ '^'"'^^ proWdeforthereligious Jan'^^*;„t''^^^^^^^ a stimulus to whttr!BaSleE'but"w^ ^'^'^I'^TV^ Waterloo ViUa^e, The day fouS (Feb i'l A? J„.T ^"/'^"l^^'^ ^»« y«t been etgctld. Village: in aTuUwhicitl!^ ,f ^ ^^' S^ confirmation at l^ste in one comer of the room. otuleley, when there ma a bed ro«I, who bZ^rfti.",Jh'°°'^f^r„f»"'»? "T? •'^« *« I»«»d »aa «, oninMied Kufc knli? ^ "^^^ of worship whia we i(,*if H •■•-.<;■■ LSNNOJtVlLLK. derive.from such an anrangement The work however i. <.» a apd a great indifference to%eligion appears! pervadlLe»^\ * "*^'^* I became the guest of the Rev. Christopher Jackson, at HaUev and ^SSSEtS^ viWe I nroP JhS • "' """^ ''"'^'"^ '""^ «'*^ acquaintances in the village, 1 proceeded, in conveyances provided by Mr. Jackson to Ten for oil ,^"" '.•^"!^ ''"?' ' ^"^ ^''^^'' ''^ examinatiorof candida'eJ ifi.K i*i^ ordmatipn itself, at Sherbrooke, on Sunday morninrthe L^n^Ttheir d"''^°" "' ^«"-"'"« of forty pe™Z.rthe!ftS! benefifof tJn ,*^'~u'°"'^ ^''*'* P"*'"^ •"«"'««« were held for the benefit of the people, who, not seeing many of our Clersv desire tW the opportumty should be turned to account, when sfv^ral of them lS.y t "aS:rwr^^- ^-^^ ^•^^ --te^tTenlwiL^^^^ oaiuruay, an adult was baptized— a respectable American all ♦>.« me, ma he, mu, aiem, wu con«rmed on SundaT' Five CW.,.™» t»emy year, .go, built . ch„r/h in'e^Son ^a rtrid^ti.f.r various services which were nerfiirml^ ^T^^ l^' • ^^°««*»ef. "»e •I wai gl.4 upon thii, a. 1 iMd bMB up>« aoni. otier aimilat ocoi a^aJ as Sisz ^M j«5C'«tnwi-.»i««,ia,i .,<,*- Maton. a '4r Bishop, must ordain r^e''J?S.,''''''"'*'«°''» •« tl.e rule ibu •ny disposiUon to eii.t i„ ii,. P^ j- ™ ^°"'' "■•X "»' 'uppoio has retired from the Roval Naw « V J- • **"?' *" "^'^^ who of the families, which Xesthr.S^TV°"'^^"«""°f*''« Poverty about the age at Sh thf v are fiT^.? T"^ °"' '¥' ^°""« P«°Ple. places abouTthe country J-rRevcpTif '^'T'"^"' ^° ''^^'^ and his labours, seconded by UiMe of M.R ^^'^ ^^"5 t^»«» i" charge, in some of the settlementS^n? o^^Mr Broome, acting as a lay-reader and Church priSerirh'r"?"^/^/'^^**"^ upon scripturd firmation, b„f for/hl^^ru^^l^ SilThale'^l's't^rt^d^ ^*'^'^^'^- Jc^n^'^nytbtteX^b'T ^^t^ fp«^^^ "^elperati^ of wildernesV^ and I trusf Siat ^S'" T'^ ^^u'' 1"*° *^« ^^^^ of the foundation'hasbeLSwlLlttcfto"^^^^^ T"*"^) « «°«d population. The missions of th« I • * ^ ''f I'g'ous character of the plies ; and only second to tL^/? ""t H"'""^^ '"^^^^ in such Wished in Bury!^ "* "^ ""'^ schools aa that which is esta- Jesus College, Cambridee to Z«w ft ,^ "."I?* *°* " °ne t™e of the charge f f Bu^and ^^ °riZ^^^^^^^ ^^^ f ,^''- ^'°»' "d"««d to the latte? gentfeSr 'hS^'S l^Wr^tv''*^^^^^^^^^ 7^^'^ Lloyd are gratuitous. 'ay-reader. The sernces of Mr. dayt- KuTn';. JCt'^^rt^^^^^^^^ ^ *^« --' at the house of the Rev C B ^l?£«f u ^J^'^.^'e ^ere received brother-in-law of Mr. Slkcfe :0^n;nr ' ^"^ ^*^'^ ^^°"»« ^^e twenty-nine persons in ?he church o^ sSoT^ T" '"« ^ ''""^""^d _llw,R im afeFr«Bci8raHd S^ft^J^ °" theiq^positerida^o^^^ house in the GaUup DistS^' llZ bS^°' ^^t^ '' " "^'^''^P^" wew good congregations in boll pUces''^*^'^^^'^^^^^^ There . ^'•««"-g"-vj|je stations widel^art from e,ach other, and is' -rr "f - — t m-^^,'m^m ts ■■ ■ r/- DURHAW. of which hw exerUon* have pijomoted the erection, wbb now ready for con-ecratjon. Accordingly on the 22d, I went down to consec«ite Z ^?Ln J'^^ ■ «°°fir •'^o''- It i. a »maU wooden building, capable of accommodating someth ng more, I should think, than two hundred and. w!.lT;i. ,P''^*Y'»"JP"''^"o*ded; and I hope that, by the Divine JiS;r/' ?'^"°^«"^ •«? -^f^^tlng praj.™ of the consSration-Jervice, with reference o the V^es of the building, and its benefit to succeBsive growth, of populauon. will be found to have prevailed in the name of CJhrist. «f K?nr '^«"r'*" to *»>« ""Wence of Captain Cox. in the township 'h.^n r •T^^^T'"T°°*°^^'<^^**'« »e^- Richard LonsdeU ha. n!™^;^^ ;^ ' n^ ^°.' *5.' ^^'^t'"" o^** "h"*^** i° ''h^h, as well as a fair train to be crowned with success. Captain Cox is a h«df-pay officer interests of religion and education among the people, in »1 ?^*^' ''^'^^^ '"" Sunday. I confirmed twenty-seven persons, tL rj\T °"T?'°''' school-house. Mr.Willoughby had left me The r/v O^roV '^"^ "^^r *^^ ""''^^'^'y °^ returninf to Montreal, ^nl fot^K ^^«°tI^o»8. however, ''ho h*i come up from Drummond- ^Iri I^V""''"**^" at Durham,;kindly accompanied metoKingsey. There had been a protracted ftbntention in the township upon a suWect Tl TVf J"'r °' *^ sentiment, however alien it m^ seem from »W.7n !k''* °^ *^%''°r °^^- ^»Pt^'" ^^«»' although he had raised almcstaU the money for the building, and his relative, Mr. Longman, had £Z„r '°-T'^^ °^^"J *''"''• *^^"««* fro^ endeavoring to mfluence my judgment. I addressed the people in a body, endeavSur- ^SiX*r^T ,"/**'' *^"? *^® ^*^""«»' principles, and motives with . which they should approach such a question, and t^ prepare them to .S.wf u^°''" decision, which I trusted that they would at least oftS Ic^aliUer This decision I was to render after an inspectioa nJnn."^^"? ■^'T* ^^ excessivcly cr«iwded; and some of the young! • drZ^^f ™fu T* ""JP' J^^P^y *"^ ^'"^'y "fitted. Captain Cox Irof .t T ^^t-*^*^'' ^'' I-onsdell following, to the setUementin tMe. /.ntll *°"°»hjE.» upwards of a dozen mUes off, where the latter fnfrr P'^?^SJ»^^ Sunday afternoon. ThL roads were bad ZZt. 1° *'°°**^'»«°<;« «^the thaw and rain, and we had much diffl- SI K W°""*''*' ^^*° *« 8leighs,aawe crossed some swoUen brooks; but this was very little, indeed, compared with the labour of T^Zl^ ^^.^^ "^^ ^"**"*'* •" ^'' Lonsdell's visits, durhig^wet aZZj^TS Jt''' r^'T*"**" ''°°"** °f "» IrishVpulation, much Ji^leiiJt ^ ^"!?' *°^ P«"°°«l'y to Mr. Lonsddh I preached by SfniT *°*^vr°«'*'»**'°°'^° «° unfinished ap^ndage to a dwelhng-house joughly fitted-up for public worship. Ce rdn in- greasing, and the ni#t being very darkf we were obliged to remain L ,S!lg-ig> HfimeBt^n il the H fmrnintr?imai »A .-».-, A-J-i-i-j-^j .- it . - —= f^i^ V 'W as a k DRUMMONDTlLLB—NICpLBT. |9 Unuikfol th^t I was enabled to pay thJ vUit, for the people appeared U> receive it in the beit possible spirit. ^^ appeared ta Early In the mornj|;g of the 24th, I returned with Captain Cok to h« residence, and thence proceeded with the Rev. G. M Ross to hiS ouS^di'^d^ T\'^^i^' *° '^^'^"^^ '^ characteristic of^e country, a little difficulty which we encountered. The ice on this river does not form so weU for travelling as upon sc«.e others'and the lIL thaw and rain had made it rather awkward to get on ,md off at thi tZr OnThe K- *'"' '?°« "* '^P^" '^'^^ oLunnirg WaL tot Td h„;, 2k ^^« ^>"K««y "de, we procured the assistance of some men ^rni.Th. ' '"' """"^'"K^''^^ poles, proceeded to la^ome planS across the opening, upon vfhiCh they obliged the horse to walk, and they drew over the sleigh themselves. In effecting the landinir on Z oppo«te side, we found the opening too wide for this conSce ? Zi croln " ^' ^^".°H ^r«' ^^*-fi"«d ^ ice.^d in this our par^ crossed, in small divisions, the horse bein^Ale to swim. r,«i ^^'"vK J"JT *^** ''^ '^"'*"^' **^« 8ame township in the upper pa^ which I had consecrated, on the 22d. the cliurch of which Mr! Fleming had procured the erecUon. The lo«rer half of the -township forms an appendage to the charge of Mr. Ross, who regularly perfor«S the evening service in a school-house, distant about a dfzen mL from b L^rtd ^7™°»°°d^^' He'« I rnet some of the lehdi5-g inha^ ISX' K- u^^* """gements with them respecting the sit of a and f '.'L '''•,?'k^ "' "^T *° '''''' «"«* to^l»i«^ « burying-LunS and a glebe wiU be attached. We then entered " the long-woods^' and upon reaching Drummondville I took up my quarters, as u]^s'eve"d ,former occaaons, in the absence of its hospitable lord at the ho Je of ^Ttl^KT*" *° °®??°^ ?« ^"^^ «™y. *°d Provincial JdTdef SL l?rT"^T"^i.''^° ^ * ?'«*' P~P"«to' in this neigh, bourhood. and has been a benefactor to the Church. „J^ »"• ?""^ ^ >^'*^ * confirmation on the 25th. There was a ?^«^™on°''' ""^ '^r''"^"' '=°"^"°«^- The deporSof th-e youngrperBons was very pleasing; and there was an instance among them of commendable zeal, which I am happy to record. A youT kd. who 3 r/ '"^k'^k '^"°'^' '^'^y ""«« ««■' ^>* a party of lu^b^-nTen! SSt «T7 K-^^ ^'^^''..not oniy caihe down on foot to be confirSeS thatTek to sneTi?S''^f 2 "^''^ beforehand, sacrificing the profits of In fir!?' ^^ '* * '*"^y ^"^ preparation.-and this in opposition to Ae strong remonstrances of his companions. «*^ "pposiuon On the 26th, accompdhied by Mr. Ross, I went down to NicoleL moSvir"^ ^"" ""^'^^ ^'' ^^'«°''«' thirty-three miles frlDrum- mondvdle, and we were received with a kindness very familiar to Se Clergy who travel this road, by Captain and Mrs. Chan2^ nt Se the churdb, which » a small stone building, of a remarkably neat ao- RomT' th^^' '^"f •°' M'- B"g«» "very scatteredraSdstal ti Roman-cathoho population. He uses his endeavours to eather them together, and tn lr«..» rt...~. :- ^^- ^., ,, '^*"uf» w gamer tnem l«t fl^r'^'f^tW*''"' "*^'^"P *« St, Lawrence from Nicol^. Ae last fiflpen of which were performed upon the ice. The Rev W Anderson received us both. . ine nev. w. im/^^^x :^i? iif. e. m MASCOUCHt— RAWDOW. thr« •Hvb s^r^ITotl?yVV^' *^"'^** °" Sunday.the l.t of March. uTwM hSJ Th^J^°''t" f?P'' '"" «dmini8tere«i. and a confirm.-' ralherT.i S'in fn t""^^ ** *^' "^'^'''^ «'"''''« ^" «xcee,^gly full. The next daj, ^kiirg leave of Mr. Ross, apd carryinff Mr Andemon ETSprinr **f *""<=»»?• »° the district of Montreal, the whole distance ercdleririJil ^ T^ "^^ ^"- ^"*'^'^'"* "»d *»>« '"di" of her family, oin ItJlT^P p'r^^iS*^"**^"* """hers of the Church, living upon thd hZJ Slnl "*''8'»<'"t' house of Mascouche. the resident / «^rj„ ^*"' *'.»«'»her of the legislative cooncil.-a Wuti' Td BweZnSir^Sr^ ' ''ft ^'^«"^" valley, Bunl^afhoS^' and sweJl ng hiW^^ traversed by a winding stream, whifigiBii the rTZC'^rl '" ""1 '^ ^S« ^«^- **'• Willoughty^Sffo t ; real, ine Kev. R. H. Bourne from Rawdon, and the Rev. Mr Mariino- SuXrZ^'t^ ''T.''' ^"°"«"-' at present making hf heal: Se thrT ^f "P"*' '" P';tP«««on for consecrating the church. Jueste I?the ma"„nrT"' *" '^iSr" 'S M""- Anderson and myself, becam; f^a? fwi! fl *"°';''°"'^- ^'•- Pangman had also sent over o Mont- ba^k beside's o^o:^!^' f '^'' ^^"""ghby, whom he afterwa^dfsent S t »«;»??' ^/°' tny conveyance to Rawdon at the same'dis- c^umsLc^'^L' n/r- '""' ^??'" Mascouche. I mention these little aXTrl ;,^. ^'•^«*'°"/''"« chiefly upon Mr. Pangma^ who 2^ g^ , ^n ^rtiTh bTT-^T^T'; "*^^t " "^°"* *° ^« huilt. I then went on, tnrough St. Lm, to the township of Rawdon, accompanied bv Mr Anderson and Mr. Bourne, and slept at thd parsonage. ^ ^ • thJnlTf *° '*^' that there was noconfirmation a! Mascouche, every- " Si Chu"o"r'K:/"S'r 'I't^"'' ''^^ -^^"^.^ ministraUons^of. iTwas com™.t5Ji; »^T-^1^*''^ '^* people -^ch occasional attention aa was compatible with his other constant and /extensive labours and cLteiri,*^\T ^°' ^l- ^«"*"^' ''hose^^'^ has been h gWy ipre- eiated in the whole neighbourhood.] ^m ^% ^ ' ^^ tha?onrmtn^tc*T.:;:5^^^^^^^^^^ * mt^a^sris^^"'' half oJi^wPlrttSt; SZnTnAK -^"!f*^-°"^ P^"*"^. were confirmed-six of whom, on S Tt f f f "°^^ '^1"°™^ ''**"''"«'°° '" the lower end of the ch», chi ^n^lS^Vn 'T^ "* 'H P'^'P"'* "^^^ »^' ™^« l^own their dUp- r c^url t^ l>7 r'*\',''r P*^^^^ "P '^•^' »«! I was leavin^^ ■^ 1 iJi* ,7^- ^ ' *™"'''*' **'"'*'^*'' *^*g"° P"ttipg on my vest? g, and, administering a separate confirmation to them, was well * odby^ir thankfulness, and better still by th e very deep marks of ■ "^ ^KmiJw y evinced asrrecmieHta nf ffcn vfa, '^ ^ ===^ "« M " nSSE*^^ evinc«d«t. recipients of ^e nfeV ■ ' d!.Jl«;^ • ®'- !J^° " * ^'8^'y conscientious Clergyman, was much distressed m mmd, in preparing bis people for the occSion, between the- b%'- i":.^^^^^: ».*iM'»«d in one comer, roughly fitted-up with temporary seats for the isongregation, and con' Sen vont ^" P"^"""/,?!" ' ''^^ """«' ^ P'«««^^ and 'confirmed ?h« T,n^ ^ P -?'^i ^" '''" congregation knelt in prayer ; *11 made the responses; and all who were able took part in theSi^ng N^jthing pan exceed their respect and kindness toward, their Cifnjy Mr Benstfn, the catechist, for some years stationed among them, has been snhS J° '"°^^T^• 'i'» Po-^'^y "ot enabling them to support the school, from which as from others simihirly situated, the go?LmenJ ' -alary 1^ been withdrawn since the distractions of the cofmrrom. wenly-fouVm ,e?off '^^^ "^^ ^J^"'^'^' ' ""^ ^r. GueiQt. whp lives J twenty-tour miles off, separated, m summer, by a desperate kind of road, has made arrangements also for affording them UsWinistratiens at stated intervals. The great evil of the setUement ^rneSrr^ of tL «?TT '"^ ^'' ^Vl""' to the Riviere du Loup, on the shore of the St. Lawrence, which here expands itself into Lake St Peter iTi "'*.' ''5°'? ^*"8^'* °^ ^*y was through wil^wooSs. by abroad* .1,S °-K- u*?" ^^*^^ * confirmation in the diminutive Prdteatant chnrch, which ,8 of stone, and substantially built. Only ten pers^s SI.nf K. r ^1f * "^''It*?"'^' *» °Pe«ti«g injuriously at the L^e ™lt?™?'- . »^'*"' ^t"/"!* ^° * "">"" "«'°«'5 »*'« the v«ry inter! mpted ministrauons whieh b a y ^i^bgea heretofom aflbrfed^farwgpe^-- ^n^ Some mstance. of defection have^^occurrJd ; and t^me nund^ have wiiwred between two opinion.: in other examples, much ^ ,> i . ^'» -/Ji^'i*!. ■;.■;.. _ ,.. Vy, uii:- f<;> ^ - 1- ■*>■ i,4« ^^^RBE RIVltRtif^' ^^HWi^^^^^^pi^^W^f^ ••pp^'^i' wht> live* at MAchiche,Xfor the Protestants who make up the little co£ g«ption'aw w part sprinkled about the surrounding Roman-<«thoSb S3i'° ' ^*"^'" circumstances, as she described them to me, might well warrant her appropriation of the Psalmist's lament.-" VfZ h»hTV^ *" constrained to dwell with Mesech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar I" * Ri^ili*'I^T'*'^ ^\^l^' ^ ^^^ *^°' °'°« ^l^" in Ae rear of the thlr^?. t 1^' ''.-u^ ''^ I^'^d through in coming from the Lakcsi et«e« The U? t" ?tS°^^1^*^"«^ * -""^^ °°«' of Protestan ; I^!!i. • J The laboulrs of Mr. Gfa^rout promise well : he is both dis- creet and assiduous, and the word of trath in his hands is the more i Ike y to prevail because hi, kind and accessible manners serve to disarm S i'.;?.T^ -"^ r^"""" "^^''^ '^^ P™*^'''*"' «i°»ter has sometS to encounter in what may be called-wwei families. It iS^^f '?/^® evening to Three Rivers, about twenty-two miles. It drifted violently, and was bitterly cold. tw,W,-;*S ^*y'.t«'°« Sunday the 8th, I confifmed, and preached twice, in the parish church of Three Rivers. The ilace was then «nder the temporary charge of tjie Rev. Mr. Hacusel,^whom ? ha?e ^r^vn.*" '\^^l^'?f^y visit to Shefford. his engagement at the Froste Village school having expired, and the Rector of Three Rivers being on leave of absence in England. «« mvers .>f ^iJill ''^1!'^"^^?..''** '«=''°""* °f ™y visitation in the Districts «f Montreal. Three Rivers, and St. Francis. Within this tract of country I held thirty-eight confirmation.. In 1887, thew wew twenty-two, exclusive of Three Rivers and Nicolet. for the late BiZJ had then very recently held a confirmation at the former »la^ W 1837, four of whom are Mirtionaries of the Society ; and about the eame qumber of new churches are built or in progress, or in immS eontempation. The confirmations, in geneill, have'been veT^is^ derably larger than in that year. " very consi n.^tST;**"* **•? ^'"^'^ f ^"*^''*' ^" «^^»*'i» "^o-t eJ«ven eonflr- fton of 1837-8. In Gaspe there will probably be eight, as before ?hrwti?pT^""f °°" !" *« «««b4 district wiuTe've"y7S The whole Protestant population of Loir Canada is not of Jny im- TnWiS i a' ii.*'".^""' ■•^'"^ "■*' *^«" -^ attachment, and Inn^llfjui,^ diffused over the country, which not to cherish and S iLw^ ;? 5 "" "* ?' ">'** °^ ®'''* »°^ °>»°- What the Vene- ?«^k ?^? mJ^ «^V"^ undertaken to do, for the diocese, is a blessed •rork , «Dd may God for ever prosper it. eadeavours ! G. J. MONTREAL. #^^- f ' a, OLAl, PRINTIK, BKCAO STREBT HU,!,, MMDO}!. / ■-■^**if*^*" '-• ^^f ^ • • 4*- ^ i^pfV -^ f i~y<- . vl r^ A- >1