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 •4r w'tm- -ffTT^f^ Wiji. , 
 
 LETTER 
 
 TO THB 
 
 Friends of the Presbyterian church of Canada, 
 
 ON TUB ESTABLISHMENT OF A 
 
 LITERARY AND THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE. 
 
 Dear Brbthre:?, 
 
 Widely scattered as we are over this pro- 
 vince, among other sections of the great Chria- 
 ' tian family, and with multitudes who cunnot be 
 considered aa belonging to it at all, we are in 
 ■i danjjer of losing sight of those sucred ties by 
 I which we are bound together in Christian I'el- 
 'j iowship, and of our obligations to maintain and 
 { extend titat system of doctrine and ecclesiasti- 
 I cal order embraced by us, as we trust, with en - 
 ', i lightened minds and believing hearts. To coun- 
 f I '.eract a forgetfulness from which so many 
 i I injurious consequences must flow, study to re- 
 \\ member that you have brought with you into 
 ■} this land nothing more valuable than the faith of 
 j Christ, the only sure basis of social order and 
 national greatness, apart from which this coun- 
 try, where we have sought a home, can never 
 become a quiet and desirable habitation ; our 
 best solace amidst the sorrows of a present evil 
 world, and our only sure guide to the joys of 
 immortality. Whether, therefore, we conbider 
 he personal blessings that flow from the faith 
 >f our fathers, or the benefits which it may dif- 
 fuse over the community, we are sacredly bound 
 to maintain and disseminate it, and to take care 
 that it be faithfully transmitted to coming ge- 
 nerations. 
 
 Our attention has often turned, with painful 
 solicitude, to your dispersion over ihis extended 
 «nd thinly peopled region, on account of the dif- 
 ficulty of maintaining a close ecclesiastical 
 union, and the comparative feebleness of our ef- 
 forts in carrying out those combined benevo- 
 lent enterprizes, in which, as a church, we en- 
 gage. Our ministers can rarely enjoy each 
 )tlier's fellowship and counsel, except for a few 
 lays in each year, at our meetings of Synod ; 
 ind even then, from various causes, there are 
 ,nany of our brethren whom we have not seen 
 for years in succession. Since such circum- 
 ilances must impair the unity and strength of 
 lur mere ecclesiastical organization, we need 
 . o be the more firmly attached to the standards 
 jf our doctrine and worship, that from these we 
 may imbibe a spirit of concord, which will ani- 
 mate us within our respective spheres, with zeal 
 aid faithfulness, in the same common and Chris- 
 tiin labours. 
 
 We have long been convinced, on the most 
 ^tisfactory grounds, that I'resbyterians consti- 
 |tutcd one of the largest Protestant denoniina- 
 itions in Canada. Emigration from Scotland 
 
 was directed, from an early period, toward* thia 
 coloBv, and bos continued uatil the present day 
 to supply a large proportion of our aattlere. 
 These, numerously reinforced from the Presby- 
 terian counties of Ireland, had swelled our rankSf 
 as we believod, to a majority. Nor did we 
 overlook in our estimate the descendants of a 
 goodly number of those who took refuge on tliis 
 side of tho St. Lawrence after the separation of 
 the United States from the mother country. 
 Tiie general results ofthe religious census of the 
 past year, shew that in naming 100,000 aa the 
 Presbyterian population of the two provinces, we 
 have not overstated our numbers (*Note A). 
 
 Such a large portion of the inhabitants, not 
 the least enterprizing, intelligent, and wealthy, 
 and conscientiously devoted to their religious 
 creed, cannot but exert a powerful influence on 
 the general well being ; but that this influence 
 may be well directed and truly beneficial, the 
 most strenuous efforts must be employed to 
 counteract what is unfavorable in our present 
 circumstances, to prevent, our people from sink- 
 ing in the scale of intelligence from want of the 
 best means of education, and from departing 
 from the faith through the want of those ordi- 
 nances which are divinely appointed to preserve 
 us in the right way. Happy will it be, should 
 we be so guided by wisdom and the fear of God, 
 as to preserve and brighten the good name we 
 have inherited from our fathers. 
 
 The establisLment of a college has at diflTcr- 
 ent times, for several years past, engaged the 
 attention of our church courts. In the discus- 
 sions that have arisen on this subject, it has of- 
 ten been urged that the secular branches of 
 learning might be obtained at the Royal Uni- 
 versity in Toronto, which has been endowed at 
 the public charge, and that it would be enough 
 to connect with it a theological i'aculty for the 
 training of such young men as may devote 
 themselves to the holy ministry ; that by 
 adopting this scheme we should press less hea- 
 vily on the liberality of our people. It would 
 doubtless have been much more gratifying to 
 us, and perhaps more conducive to the educa- 
 tional well-being of the community had it been 
 
 expedient and safe to follow such a course. 
 
 We are quite aware that institutions designed 
 for the higher branches of learning must be 
 framed on a large and expensive scale. We 
 are, moreover, convinced that as educated young 
 men must in the course of life often meet on 
 the aame arena to deliberate and act for the 
 
 OG30-4 
 
Letter to the Friends of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. 
 
 common good, a tiimilar discipline in the same 
 collogiato halls, under the same able inKtnic- 
 tors, might form habits and cement friendships, 
 favorable to the peaceful and prosperous man- 
 agement of public afTiiirf;, and niifrht even ulti- 
 mately contribute to the removal of those 
 unhappy diHbrencca lliat disfigure protestantism 
 — a consummation that all good men devoutly 
 wish. But we have been driven from this 
 Bchemeby the grasping oxclusivenecs of a party 
 (favored hitiierto by the executive authorities 
 in the province,) which would keep in their own 
 hands, and manifestly for the low purpose of 
 sectarian ;)owcr and proi;eIytimii, an institution 
 designed for the benefit of nil. Having waited 
 long in vain for ameliorations, which we had 
 just reason to expect, we have resolved nt 
 length upon a cour.se where we shall not meet 
 with such obstacles, a course wiiirh will not 
 diminish but strengthen our claim for an equit- 
 able share of rnich funds as have been, or shall 
 be, appropriated by the state, for the advance- 
 ment of general cduraticn. 
 
 We are well entitled to affirm that the min- 
 isters of the Synod of Canada have nlwuys felt 
 a deep and solemn scnfjo of their obligation to 
 watch over your f'i)iiit,ual well-being, and to 
 take part in every question directly or remotely 
 affecting it. One of the most important of 
 these undoubtedly is the education of our youth, 
 from whom may be drawn pastors, to watch 
 over you in the Lord, and teachers who may 
 be qualified to conduct your schools. We have 
 not entered on any jicncral course cf action in 
 reference to this cbjcct at an earlier period, 
 because we were luuful tliat we did not pos- 
 sess the means of undertaking it on a suitable 
 scale, and because wc still clung to the hop-c, 
 that in our present condition of infancy and 
 feebleness, wc mijilit be able, through the 
 countenance and aid of the Parent Church, to 
 obtain a sufficient number of ministers from 
 Scotland to supply our destitute congregations. 
 We clung tenaciously to this hope: we know 
 that such ministers enjoy advantages in the 
 course of their pi-eparatioii for the sacred of- 
 fice, far superior to any that they can hero 
 enjoy, that they would be greatly preferred 
 by settlers from the mother country, and their 
 assistance was most desirable in laying the 
 foundation of a church in tiiis land, w^iich we 
 cannot but think is destined to.be distinguished 
 in the future history of nations. But with 
 deep sorrow, wc have recorded our di^^appointed 
 hopes, and the sninll success whicii has attended 
 our efforts to relieve the spiritual destitution of 
 our people. Wc have emi)loycd every means 
 in our jjowcr to procure for destitute congre- 
 gations, ministers from the Parent Church, and 
 in a few cases we have succeeded. But for 
 several years it has been a])parent, that the du- 
 ty of training young men for the ministry must 
 devolve upon oiirsolves, and so decided were 
 their convictionij in the last nsccting of Synod, 
 that it was rcftolvod tu jH'ocecd immcdiiitely in 
 the <;i.-tabli'jhmcnt of a Litcrarv and Theolo- 
 
 gical College, the draft of an net of incorpora- 
 tion was adopted, and the Commission was 
 instructed to carry out the views of tho 
 Synod in this matter. Accordingly at the last 
 meeting of tho Commission, it was resolved 
 ('Note B.) to moke an immediate appeal to 
 tlie liberality of our people for the support of 
 this projected institution, to request the Gen- 
 eral Assembly's committee to appoint the Prin 
 cipal and one Professor, to commence in No- 
 vember next, the department of instruction. 
 
 It is acknowledged that this is a small begin- 
 ning; but as we do not intend to stop with the 
 beginning, we feel no shame, and we oflter 
 no apology. We regard this commencement 
 in no other light, than as a pledge, on the 
 part of tlie founders, that they will not rest, 
 until all the requisites of a complete course of 
 education in literature and theology be secured. 
 following the universities of our native land 
 as a model, we ehiiU take up the pupil at the 
 farthest point to which the district and gram- 
 nuir school has conducted him, and introduce 
 him to those higher studies, that may qualify 
 iiim for public and professional avocations — 
 For this purpose we contemplate having separ- 
 ate chairs in the Faculty of Arts for the 
 Latin and Greek languages; — for Logic and 
 Belles Lettres; — for Natural Philosophy and 
 Mathematics; — for Metaphysics, Ethics, and 
 Political Economy: and in the Faculty of 
 TiiROLooY a chair of Divinity; — of Ecclesias- 
 tical History and Government;— and of Orien- 
 tal and Biblical Literature. It may not be 
 practicable for some years to carry this plan 
 fully out with a (jcparate professor for each of 
 these departments. But with four professors 
 and other assistants, it is believed, such a dis- 
 tribution of these branches may be made, as 
 shall secure to the student a competent in- 
 struction in each. As our funds encrease and 
 the number of pupils may require, new profes- 
 sorships will be instituted, and greater facilities 
 afforded by greater division of labor.^ 
 
 Commencing thus upon a small scale wc 
 shall escape the folly o( outrunning our means 
 upon the one hand, and on the other of creat- 
 ing an establishment beyond the actual wants 
 of the community. We should esteem either 
 of these a preposterous indiscretion, which 
 would soon involve uc in great embarrassments, 
 and undermino that public confidence on which 
 our success depends. Our method will there- 
 fore be to provide only for our present and ac- 
 tual wants, on a plan that will easily admit of 
 enlargement with the gi'owing wealth of the 
 people and the demand for collegiate education. 
 In this we follow in the footsteps of similar in- 
 stitutions in Britain . The University of Glas- 
 gow in 1450, began with one professor in theo- 
 logy, and three m philosophy. At the first 
 foundation of the University of Edinburgh, 
 only one professor wa?^ appointed, and he a 
 minister of the city; nor was it until a consid- 
 erable time hiid elapsed, that he received six 
 coiidjutort. Marischal College, Aberdeen, be- 
 
 gan witli I 
 tho Univc 
 tod, emc 
 
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 and when \ 
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 ferent «iua 
 amples lief 
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 ciilties thai 
 rather hopt 
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 horeiiftcr i 
 career. N 
 heads on ac 
 ^ posetoaccr 
 i tended con 
 I mous unive 
 I chieHy fron 
 * stances the 
 but they ha 
 liberality ot 
 > college edif 
 "•commenced 
 . it has been 
 gfunds, the I 
 Ipletion, tha 
 ^tional subsf 
 *what may b 
 iquests of oj 
 ttiation wlieri 
 Hating in the 
 tftont tho spc 
 is not presei 
 XJannot speal 
 ere a people 
 if wo are a 
 talue that hi 
 .'H'e possess, 
 of attaining 
 accomplish. 
 In Britain, b 
 be the (iispui 
 Ous spirit, an 
 ■»nd exertion 
 The funds 
 •ed beginnini 
 Inconjectuiii 
 ceive within 
 ourselves wit 
 thousands, 
 communion, ( 
 the following 
 
 50 pcruons maj 
 
 100 ^ 
 
 WM) 
 
 400 
 
 KKX) 
 
 2001) 
 
 4000 
 
 Add to this 
 $he amount wi 
 •uitcd to our 
 
>f incorpora- 
 iiission wa» 
 ews of tho 
 y at the last 
 ras resolved 
 to appeal to 
 le support of 
 est the Gen- 
 lint the Prin 
 cnce in No- 
 istruction. 
 smnll begin- 
 itop with the 
 nd we oflteT 
 nmenccmen i; 
 dge, on the 
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 ete course of 
 y be eecured 
 
 Letter to th« Friaulu of thu Presbyterittn Church in Canada. 
 
 gan with a principal and two professcra. And 
 the Univcrity of Cambridge, since no celebra- 
 ted, emerged from notliing in tho twclft!i 
 *' century, under no more promising,' nuspicos 
 I^ thnn an abbot nnd three iiionljH, who liirod a 
 
 I 
 
 itfrji in a convenient place for jjiiblic lecturer, 
 nnd when a crowded auditory compelled them, 
 they disperHcd to tiuitabio upartmenty in dil- 
 ferent (piarteru of the town. With such ex- 
 amples before u;s, we need not be ditJcounifrcd 
 by the smallncHs of our beginning, or tlio dilli- 
 culties that seem to cross our jxith. Let uh 
 rather hope, that if our Canadian (Jollagc Bhould 
 resemble those ancient and cclobratcd aciivj of 
 learning, in the lowliness of iij ori:^ in, it iiiiiy 
 horetiftcr rival them in tiio splendor of its 
 career. Nor liave wo any cauae to hide our 
 
 J , headsonaccoimtof tlioiiicansby wliich wcpro- 
 
 r native land ] posetoaccomplisliourobj.'ct; the combined, ox- 
 ! pupil at the I tended contributions of our })ooplc. Tin lee fa- 
 ct and gram- i mous universities to which we have aliuded,aiose 
 ind introduce j chieHy from private nuiiiiiiccnce. In a few in- 
 , may qualify i stances they were enriclicd by royal bounty — 
 avocations — | but they have been mucli more indebted to the 
 having separ- * liberality of private individuals. Tiic .s]).icious 
 \rt8 for the ^ college edifice in the Scottish Metropolis was 
 ar Logic and Icommcnced by private subscription, and altho' 
 lilosophy and * it has been libtTally assisted from tho public 
 Ethics, and |i.funds, the balance sheet may .shew at itw cum- 
 'Ipletion, that tho private hay exceeded the na- 
 ^tional subscription. These foundations .siiew 
 ?rwhat may be accomplished l)y the princely be- 
 iquests of opulent individuals and families, in a 
 Miation where wealth has been for ages accumu- 
 lating in tlie bands of ifie few. On this conti- 
 tnent the spectacle of innneasurablo inequality 
 is not presented to us. Jn Canada, indeed, we 
 Tannot speak of wealth at all; we arc poor; we 
 are a people only beginning tlic world; and yet 
 it' we are animated with a right spirit, if we 
 ■talue that ble.-«sing after which wo now usj)ire, 
 •We possc.-^s, though not tiio money, the means 
 of attaining it. With us the multitude must 
 accomplish, wliat has often been accom))li.-licd 
 •in Britain, by one nobleman. Ijct us, whatever 
 be the disparity of our moans, display a gener- 
 ous spirit, and success will crown our sacrifices 
 nnd exertions. 
 
 The funds requisite to make even our propo- 
 ied beginning of this institution must be ample. 
 Inconjectuiing the support, tliat it might re- 
 ceive within the province, we have pleased 
 ourselves with tlio hope that, froni the tons of 
 thousands, who professedly belong to our 
 ivealth of the communion, contributions might be obtained on 
 ate education, the following scale : say that 
 
 50 pcrsonB may be found wlio would givo jEKM) cncli =£r>{)W) 
 
 100 50....= 5IHHI 
 
 ',H)0 lij....-^ 5(1(10 
 
 400 l-.J10s.._- 5(HK) 
 
 KWO 5 = 5!)l)0 
 
 SWN) 'JlOrt..— r>(MK» 
 
 4000 I r)a..--=z 5(MH1 
 
 FACUliTY OF 
 
 -of Ecclcsias- 
 and of Orien- 
 may not be 
 irry this plan 
 or for each of 
 3ur professors 
 d, such a dis- 
 
 be made, as 
 ompetent in- 
 1 encrease and 
 3, new profes- 
 eater facilities 
 jor.^ 
 
 all scale we 
 ng our means 
 ther ofcreat- 
 
 actual wants 
 esteem either 
 retion, which 
 
 jarrnssments, 
 
 nee on which 
 od will therc- 
 esent and ac- 
 isily admit of 
 
 of similar in 
 
 srsity of Glas- 
 
 fessor in theo- 
 
 At the first 
 )f Edinburgh, 
 nd, and he a 
 until a consid- 
 3 received six 
 Aberdeen, be- 
 
 X35,(«)0 
 
 Add to this a stream of smaller sums, and 
 ^he amount would enable us to begin on a scale 
 iuitcd to our present wants, and prospective 
 
 improvement. By making every Bubscription 
 above^i^c pmtnds payable in throe annual in- 
 stalments, tho burden would be tho less felt, 
 and an ecpuil benefit would bo secured, as tho 
 proceels would be availabli;, nearly as thoy 
 iniglit be needed. When we consider tho num- 
 ber of persons among us of bettered and im- 
 ])roving circumstance;), inercliants, farmers, 
 artizans, who are not indiflercnt to tho cause of 
 religion and education, we cannot fear that tho 
 subscriptions of even tho highest clafises in tho 
 above sciiedido will bo diliiculc to rrali::e, and by 
 an extcjiided and active agency the lowerand 
 more numerous contribntionF, might also bo 
 piocitrod. Everychild should bo encouraged and 
 enabled l)y the favor of their parents, to bring 
 a stone for the erection of this tiibric. Let 
 oven tlie hands of women prepare tho drapery 
 for tho wall-!, and it:j columns and carvings bo 
 nietnorials of the dead. 
 
 The success of tliis undertaking, will very 
 materially depend on our awakening a universal 
 interest in its support; for those among us who 
 can irive largely are not numerous ; and there 
 are few who are not able to give something.— 
 B:)t even the most frieidly and liberal do not 
 usually come forward of their own accord to 
 contribute to such objects; they must be sought 
 out a!)d solicited by t!ie leading members of 
 their own circle. To carry out such a sys- 
 tem of universal solicitation, every thing will 
 dci;ond on tho zeal and ctficieiicy of local com- 
 mittees. Where congregations are formed, tho 
 Ses:jion and other inllucntial nu'mbers associat- 
 oil with them, will bo tlie best conunittec. — 
 When.' congregations liavo not been organized, 
 it may be requisite for two or more of the 
 noarc:;t ministers, to visit the people, to ex- 
 plain and rcconnnend the object, to take the 
 subscriptions of ijuch as may be present, and to 
 appoint local sub-committees to visit tlie absent 
 and more remote, who, it may bo expected, ore 
 willing to lend their aid. It is evident that this 
 must prove a very laborious task to ministers, 
 wiio arc already over-burdened with their own 
 particular charge. But unless it be undertaken 
 and prosecuted with unwearied diligence, we 
 shall come far short ofwhat might otherwise be 
 achieved. For it is not to be imagined that 
 our present congregations are able to accom- 
 plish this work alone. Several of them are 
 scarcely able to meet their own ordinary expen- 
 diture. Without, however, taking this into 
 account, persuaded as wc are, tliat no tempo- 
 rary congregational embarrassment will bo 
 urged as a plea for withholding support to a 
 measure, involving the pcrpctuityand extension 
 of the whole church, let it be remembered that 
 the number of l're.v>l)yteria.!is who do not enjoy 
 tlie blessings of pastoral care, and who aro not 
 and cannot, in their present dispersed condition, 
 bo iurmed into congregations, must jc much 
 greater than those wlio arc so favored. Few 
 of these, since their settlement in the country, 
 have been required to contribute in any way to- 
 wards the support of religion; many of them 
 
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 are able to do so; and that they are willing the 
 numerous documents bclbre our l^resbyleries 
 sufticienllydoclo.ro. These ncaltcrcd mciribora 
 of our communion must bo viaited by local com- 
 mittees, infoniKKl of the cffirts in which wo aro 
 now engaged to relieve that privation of sacred 
 ordinancPH, under which they and tlieir families 
 are sufiering, and solicited for tho'r pecuniary 
 aid. In many remote townships which the 
 PresbyterianMissionary ha^ never visited, there 
 will be found those who posanss the heart and 
 t' e means too, to assist in tliii worlf. But 
 theiriiearest neighbors— albeit the nearest bo 
 far away—owe them a visit of fraternal ac- 
 knowledgment and entreaty. Might not such 
 efforts send forth new life, evoke new lower in 
 Ihe Presbyterian Body ? Might not youths for 
 the college, ao well as money, be found among 
 these remote and as yet unvisited brethren ? — 
 We entreat sessions and congregations to en- 
 courage their ministers to enter on these exten- 
 ded visitntions, to submit to his absence for 
 such time as may be nocessnry, to send with 
 him m this work suitable coadjutors, persuaded 
 they should not lose their reward, cither from 
 their mitisionary labor, or in that object of gen- 
 eral and permanent utility, on account of which 
 it has been undertaken. 
 
 While we icly with a cheering confidence on 
 the liberal spirit with which this measure will 
 be sustained, wo ought not to indulge in the 
 vain expectation, that v/o sha I meet vvith no 
 coldness, and encounter no rebuff's. Our agents 
 in the general solicitation will come into con- 
 tact with many members of the church, who 
 have never in thid country benefitted by the 
 ministerial labors of thecliurch. Some of thoi-je 
 stung with disappointment, may bo disinclined 
 to assist us in the work. This feeling will 
 doubtless, for the most part be f-oo*hed, by j,a 
 simple statement of the cause of this apparent 
 neglect. It is impossible, with the number of 
 ministers we have at present on the field, to 
 spread our par;torul care over its whole extent. 
 Our ministers cannot, indeed, without neglect- 
 ing their present cliarges, extend their bibors. 
 Their powers nre limited; demands up to that 
 limit are already made upon them : and if the 
 regions beyond have not been gathered under 
 their wing, it is only because their wmg is too 
 small to overspread them. When it is declar- 
 ed to such that one part of our design in this 
 undertaking is to multiply religious instructors, 
 that they and others in similiar circumstances 
 may be enabled wi.'h gratitude and joy, to say 
 '* now our eyes see our teachers,*' it may be 
 hoped that even they will exceed in their 
 liberality. 
 
 It is not one of the smallest misfortunes of 
 Presbyterinnism in this colony, that we have in- 
 herited from our fathers, some of the conse- 
 quoiicc ! of those divisions by which the parent 
 churcn has been rent. The causes of the origi- 
 nal secession, and of its swollen ranks in the 
 present da)\ were entirely local, peculiar to the 
 kingdom of Scotland, and had no existence be- 
 
 vil more ( 
 
 unities tl 
 
 or is their 
 
 roops of yo 
 
 heir walls. 
 
 ho crowd, i 
 
 pheros. Ii 
 
 n the pnlp 
 
 ducated wi 
 
 f promotiii 
 
 ow standar 
 
 igliest gra 
 
 yond its territory. It will not bo pretended Amaloirous 
 that they ever had, or ever can have any ex- fcenerTil gof 
 istence here. Here, there can be no usurpation Mts earlier s 
 of lay-patrons, no intrusion of unacceptable Audcrcr ? 
 ministers, no disputes about the power of thefjjLjgned to di 
 civil mil gihtrate, for he exercises no power in ' 
 ecclesiastical affairs, andcluimH none, no ground 
 of offence in corporation oaths. Farther, we 
 presume to say that no one can justly allege 
 against us a cittful laxity in discipline, or care- 
 lessne&s in maintaining the standard of the 
 church. Whiit jrood reason, then, con be ad- 
 duced for perpetuating these unhappy divisions 
 01) this continent? Are not the reasons for 
 unity among us, agreeing, as we do, in every 
 point of doctrine, worship, and government, co- 
 (jent enough to hush every dissentient feeling 
 that circnuistances may have engendered in jjonnl men, 
 the home of our kindred ? We ought not to Jjational vict 
 perpetuate, then, divisions in Canada, for no iervation ar 
 better ro.ihon than that they existed in Scot- literate cler 
 land. They cannot be continued here, but to the frequently ir 
 extreme detriment c.f that cause wbicli ought to them nati 
 to be dear to us as our own life. A better spi- ©f popular e 
 rit now prevails in "our own, our native land." ftreciate its 
 Let us contemplate the progress of unity,stfai»^j>r to displaj 
 and hiuid le ourselves before God.here ItaiflOBT^^ut a downw 
 nmimfktm no re:il obstacles exitiV except such ijoranco and 
 as hnve ihf.ir sent in the prule of the human this point, w 
 heait — tvc (irenot yet one. We are still arrayed t^ould incide 
 under distinct, though, we trust not, hostile from exactin 
 banners. Oh, that the spirit of unity, which from uH cant 
 has of In te achieved so eignal a triumph in the Qfthem mig 
 return of a long spparnted trihe to .lenisaleni, ^e early yc 
 the mother of us all, might pnrstie ucj hither, hence the g 
 and heal thoso rents which hnve so long exposed might obtain 
 us to the derifion of the enemy ? We wouI<i Ipirsliip and I 
 hail it as an omen of tlieso better days, did we injch as may 
 behold every class of Presbytorians come for- talents and 
 ward promptly to the support of this projected all their f i 
 institution, based on the principles of the com- their youuit 
 mon fiiith, and deigned to raise up minister!! feeling with 
 for the service of one common altar. That having know 
 many of those who in Scotlaiid had gone out n these iiisl 
 from the pale of the establishment will meet m permanently 
 in this spirit of brotherhood, wo certainly know contribute to 
 and we shall thank God for these tokens of a These high 
 movement originating with him who hath heal- therefore, to 
 ing in his beams. qefit of the f( 
 
 It is not unlikely that, appealing, as we do. tAe liberality 
 for general support to the undertaking, we may community 
 hear an objection from some, that, as they never | ()nal well 
 design that their sons should enjoy a universitv most deeply < 
 education, it cannot reasonably be expectec ^all instruct 
 that they should lenJ their aid to establish one. Uiat sends foi 
 Pew, it is hoped, will persevere in acting on rtjote it may 
 BO narrow and illiberal a principle : it is in di- him a positive 
 rect opposition to every sentiment which good Although < 
 men cherish in regard to measures affecting the of a liberal et 
 general well being. The philanthropic con- lieral, the pre 
 tribute to the maintenance o( hospitals, though ministry forn 
 they never expect the remotest of their kindred experience of 
 to become inmates. In every civilized and withered eve 
 Christian community, such institutions are ne- cient number 
 ressary, and such burdens must be borne. In- to-y, to supply 
 dividual advantage, however, in this and all Kumerous co 
 
Letter to the Frit'itda of the Vi'vehyterum Clivirh in Canada. 
 
 bo pretended iinalojrons inKtuncf»K, is coiHprcIiondo;! in tho 
 hiive any ex- Ipcnnral pood. If emit ipioii lie not cliociiPd in 
 ! no usurpation ■ts earlier stiijifefj, can imy one toll who iiiiiy iio 
 unacceptable ((Viincrcr ? Kvory crliica'.ional in.-^titiilinn is de- 
 p power of thefijiigned to diH|ici ipnimuicc, to crudiciife vice, un 
 ■i no power in fcyil more dn«triictivo in its operut ion on coin- 
 one, uo ground fnunitieH tlian tho most int'cctioiis di.eaiieM. 
 Farther, we yJor is their influence limitf?(l to the s:iccc»sive 
 n justly allege roops of yoiinff men who are inrftrncted within 
 ipline, or care- heir walla. These avo soon ditt'iscd amidst 
 iindard of the the crowd, ami become nwiiant centres in other 
 
 len, con be ad- 
 
 "pheros. In the lej^idlatiire, tho conits of law, 
 
 lappy divisions ' n tho pnlpit, in every walk of life, the bo^it 
 lie reuBonB for nhicated will iisiialiy lie the best instruments 
 do, in every )f promoting the ponerul good. In truth, a 
 overnment, CO- : ow standard of )eariiiii;r anion,? porsons in tlic 
 entient feelinp jiighest grades of t-ocicty, an(l among prol'os- 
 cngendered in Jiionnl men, can only bo regarded as ut once a 
 B ougiit not to jhational vice and a notiomil cubmity. Tliis oi)- 
 Uaiiada, for no gervation applies with peculitir force to an il- 
 xisted in Scot- literate clergy. As a body, tiiey come most 
 here, but to the frequently into contact with t!ie popular mind; 
 30 which ought to them naturally belongs tiic Bn|ieriiitendeiice 
 A better spi- of popular education; if they are nnible to ap- 
 tr native land." predate its value or to recommend its culture, 
 ? of unity^itaDfc^^r to display its effect, vvliat can be looi;cd to 
 id^here ltikBBS%ut a downward movement of the people to ig- 
 ifif, except such jjorance and barbarism? In connexion with 
 of the human tfiis point, we may notice nn advanlage that 
 :ire still arrayed iRrould incidentally accrue to popular education, 
 ist not, hostile ftom exacting a lengthened iitcniry ])reparation 
 )f unity, which from all candidates to the holy ministry. Many 
 triumph in the Qfthem might thus be led to devote some of 
 e to .lerus^alcni, the early years of their course to teacliing ; 
 rsne ut! hither, hence the guardians of our common schools 
 so long exposed might obla-n a class of teachers of higher ^cho- 
 ? We woulii l^rsliip and belter conduct; and the pupils of 
 ,pr days, did we mch as may hereafter rise to eminence by their 
 rians come for- talents and usefulness, may derive, througliout 
 if this projected all their f f ■ re life, many benign inlluences from 
 lies of the com- their you.i-t'.l preceptors. They will rise in 
 se up ministers feeling with the man, and be the better for 
 n altiir. That having known him. Moreover, many tniincd 
 d had gone out n these institution!?, may devote themselves 
 nt will meet us permanently to the labors of education, and 
 certainly know contribute to raise the standard of it in society. 
 ese tokens of o These high seminaries of learning ought not, 
 who bath heal- therefore, to be viewed as designed for the be- 
 ijefit ot the few only, and consequently catt on 
 Ung, as we do. the liberality of the few. Every member of the 
 taking, we may community has a direct interest in its educa- 
 Lt, as they never tpnal well being. The humblest settler is 
 joy a university most deeply concerned in the question, " Who 
 ly bo expectec ^ all instruct my children'?" and the institution 
 o establish one. that sends forth qualified teachers, however re- 
 re in acting ob ilnote it may be from his own residence, is to 
 pie: it is in di- him a positive and personal benefit, 
 ent which good Although our object is to provide the means 
 •es affecting the Of a liberal education for the community in ge- 
 lanthropic con- lieral, the preparation of candidates for the holy 
 spitals, though ministry forms also an essential part of it. The 
 of their kindred experience of tiie last few years has completely 
 y civilized and withered every hope of our obtaining a suffi 
 .itutions are ne- Cient number of ministers from the parent coun- 
 ; be borne. In- py, to supply the wants of the colonial church, 
 in this and all Kumerous congregotions have sent applications 
 
 thitlierin every form, and for years in vain. A 
 solitary liibonr now and then debnrks on our 
 ,' honvs to toatily to us that our spirituiil desti- 
 tution i.i nut forgotten by those who bear t( - 
 waals us a piiti rn;il regard, but lie is iminedi- 
 atf^ly aliHorbnd, without any apparent lessening 
 of our Wiints. At tlii.-i luomrnt, as we gather 
 from Prp.-)liyterial report-, there arc not fewer 
 than t'ifflilji mnintn-A re'purpd ior as many sot- 
 tb-ments, ju'epiirod to o;;ei t themselves to the ut- 
 mo.st to support divii'o ordinances among them. 
 Diit it is not iii our jiowcr to make any reply 
 to tiicm, save ' wo have not tho means of as- 
 sLsting you : we are not able to persuade 
 j)reacherd to leave their native country and 
 share your privations in llieso wilds ; we can 
 now cherish little hope for you, or for your 
 children, that you shall abide iu the good old 
 piitlis, unless we hhall succeed in raising up 
 iiuiong yourselves those who shall serve in tho 
 temph of (iod." llretlireii. we think it of high 
 importance to fi.\ your attention on this state of 
 tilings, th:it we may, tlirough the divine bless- 
 ing, persuade manv parents among you, tocon- 
 .secra'c a son to the ministry. But in tho 
 jiienntiuie, a previous fjtep mut,t be taken; a 
 previous obl.ition must be mudc. Vou must 
 jirovide the funds to endow a college for their 
 education. According to the sound views en- 
 tertained among u.?, none should be invested 
 with this oliice, br.t tho;;o who have been com- 
 petently in.slriicted. To provide instructors of 
 tho greatest ability, we have requested tho 
 General Assembly's Colonial Committee, to 
 nominate and appoint without delay, a principal 
 of the college, and one professor. We are 
 assured, that whoever may be api)ointed to this 
 olrice will enjoy the confidence of tho Parent 
 Church, and will also nici it and secure yours. 
 But we ciinnot hojjc to draw men of learning 
 and talent from the sweet attractions of home, 
 and from other important i-pherea of ministerial 
 labor, unless we secure to them a suitable main- 
 tenance. For this we call upon you, not merely 
 for your own liberal donations, but for your 
 entire countenance and support, in whatever 
 w.iy it may be wanted. Let us fulfil our part: 
 we have the fullest confidence that the General 
 Ap.^embly's Committee will fulfil tlieirs; and 
 that the appointments which they are autho- 
 rised to mal.e to the chairs of our Canadian 
 College, will secure for it an honorable name, 
 and caus-e its influence to be beneficially felt 
 throughout this whole continent. 
 
 What mighty effects, for good or for ill, 
 though we choose on this occasion, rather to 
 contemplate the good, are often produced in 
 the affjiis of men by one or two masterspirits! 
 One poor German monk made the throne of 
 ancient spiritual tyranny totter, even in an age 
 when it seemed most securely established, and 
 originated that reformatioii through which so 
 many millions are now reaping the blessed 
 fruits of pure religion and enlightened liberty: 
 and his mind received its impulse and direction 
 from a dusty Bible, which by accident, he found 
 
Letter to the Ft'U'iids o/tho Prcahytcrlan church in cnnmfa. 
 
 in tho library of Im convent. To iho largo 
 
 3>irit ond chri^tiiin philanflirojjy of John Knox, 
 Gotland JH iiiuinly indcbtod for her parochial 
 HhurcliPH iind Hchools, lhroii{rh wliich .she pro- 
 cents at thJH dny a >-j)ectaclo of civil und roiijjfi- 
 ous woll-bcinp, to which there arc few parullcLs: 
 (•Note C.) und iiis mind wns hent to that path 
 of inquiry, which led to hiH rcnouncoincnt of a 
 corriiplcd fuith; nnd anon to that coiirKO of on- 
 ergolic action, by which he was distinguished 
 OS a reformer and patriot, by one of hiH precep- 
 tors in the UniverHJty of St. Andrewrf. ThdHO 
 alone who have attended on tho piclectionH of 
 eminent men are able to ai>|)rcciato tlic power 
 which they exert on the chu meter of their pu- 
 pils, and the indefinite multiplication of that 
 power upon the con)irninity, when these iiupils 
 arc disper.-ed to mingle in ity afiUirs. If our 
 college hIiiiII be conducted by such men as wo 
 could witli pleasure name, and be frequented by 
 youth of talunts and ])iety, who shall in turn 
 instruct and elevate the people to be cniimiitted 
 to their cure, what noble reward can wc aspire 
 after ? Tho oriental proverb i)ronounces him to 
 be a benefactor nnd blesned, who i>lants a tree 
 by the way-side for tho shelter of the wenry 
 traveller: what honor shall we heap upon his 
 name, whoso beneficence has brought forth, 
 perhaps from the shades of obscure and humble 
 life, even one man,whosc doctrine and exam])le 
 will counteract, the ignorance and irrcligion of 
 his time, and diffuse over the dark scene of hu- 
 man life, the soothing radiance of heavenly 
 hope, that \ reprres the sufi"crer for the immor- 
 tality to which it points. It would Hurfly bo 
 difficult to discover, among all that has attracted 
 the plaudits of mankind, any thing more deserv- 
 ing of long-lived remembrance than the labors 
 of the learned, and the beneficence of the good 
 crowned with such results. Such consider- 
 ations should lead us to attach the highoHt 
 importance to those institutions, over which 
 eminent men preside, to direct the studies and 
 form the characters of such as are to enlighten 
 and guide their age: and every care should be 
 taken, and no expense spared to procure in- 
 structors of the highest qualifications, of the 
 greatest intellectual and moral energy, them- 
 Bclves the patterns of the excellence which 
 they delineate, and the richest benefactors of 
 the seats of learning which they adorn. No 
 one doubts that our native land can furnish 
 such instructors. And though our greatest li- 
 berality will furnish them only a scanty income, 
 we nevertheless cherish the hope, that neither 
 this, nor the comparatively narrow and obscure 
 sphere to which talent is here confined, will 
 doom us to the services of mediocrity, or pre- 
 vent us from obtaining men to fill those chairs, 
 whose power shall be felt in forming the literary 
 and religious character of this nascent empire. 
 We need say in this place, only a single 
 word, in reference to the scite that has been 
 determined on. It will readily be admitted, by 
 all who are free from unreasonable bias, that 
 Kingston is one of the most eligible places in 
 Canada for a seminary of education. The town 
 
 re long dc| 
 leans of re 
 ocoHsary ll 
 y, for i)r 
 HlructorH 
 ishing tlios 
 iomiiiand a 
 his object 
 
 is rcmnrknblo for its cleanliness ond salubrity ; 
 the population already exceeds 'lOOO ; and 
 its growth nnd prosperity may be predicted per- 
 liapH with certainty. Tho commiinicntion with , 
 it by Lake Ontario from above, by the river St. j 
 Lawrence from below, and by tho UideauCanol 
 which pasHOH through an extennivo inland ter- 
 ritory until it joins tho Ottawa, destined eroillf yo„r'c(mi 
 long to be one of the greatest thoroughfares \^ci Assemb 
 of the northern regions of Canada, render it i|hey may I 
 easy of access from all (piartors. It has been ^ ^\^Q ,p„yj 
 ascertained that suitable lota cf ground for tho .ijicso and al 
 erection of buildings con be purchused, within jtnal interc; 
 the town, or at a convenirnt distance from it. 
 
 We Hiibmit to you, brethren, this statement 
 of our viowa on this important subject. Your 
 own serious considerations of its claims will 
 
 American t 
 thai their cc 
 tendered us 
 Commiltec l 
 
 |)rovo the most powerful persuasives to that jerrc and one 
 liberality which tho occnsioii demands. Con- engao'c thei 
 sciciitiouH men are not moved to alms-giving College throi 
 without a sufficient reason, and they are boun- 'phjs insti 
 teoiis ficcording to the exigence. Our manifest ^},ai| ij^ y.,,, 
 object in this undertaking in, to found an insti- gtituto anot 
 tution at which our young men may be trained «hurch of o 
 in all polito and useful learning, and the church ^ho can eve 
 may prepare an adequate and perpetual supply reverence th 
 of ministers, for her ])resent wants and ever jn the scenei 
 enlarging demands. liOt us at least lav the grand and I 
 foundation; and if need be, leave to the liberal 
 minded oi' another ape, to complete and beau- 
 tify the structure. Thus has it been in most 
 works of the same kind. But let the founders 
 transmit v.ith that to which tliey have given 
 *'tt local habitation and a name,'' some fair nnd 
 swei;t memorial of the largo charity by which 
 they are actuated, thnt jwsterity may do us piety, as a b 
 honor, who in unsettled and distempered times, brethren in 
 and while not yet emerged from those toils and tolve, as tli( 
 privations which convert the forest into a fruit- country, tha 
 ful field, had the spirit to found an institution for 
 the liberal arts, the wisdom to create a conser- 
 vative ])owor in the sacred edifice, the elevation 
 of sentiment to bestow pro-cminent care on 
 that which is intellectual and imperishable in 
 our nature, the divine love to prepare reapers 
 for that harvest which is unto everlasting life. The richest 1 
 Let every contributor, when weighing with ofourhabita 
 himself this important question, " to what ex- niines its be 
 tent is it my duty to su])port this undertaking?" tijke in the 
 keep these high motives in view, and he will a scriptural 
 not fail to devise liberal things. England hav 
 
 While we embark in this design with a hum- spirit on a la 
 ble dependance on the favor and blessing of i,ct us, the 
 God, it gives us high satisfaction that we pro- follow their 
 ceed at the same time under the auspices and Comity shin( 
 encouragementof the General Assembly of tho most worthy 
 Church of Scotland. In the last report of the ftuth and co 
 committee for promoting tho religious interests Although a f 
 of Scottish Presbyterians in tho British colo- banner of th< 
 nios, it is stated: "Another most important bas waxed c 
 object connected with the Canadas, is the in- the tens of 
 stitution of a college for general and particularly heart and soi 
 theological education, in conformity to the greater joy 
 principles of the Church of Scotland. It is gions a scion 
 beyond controversy that these provinces can- come a 'j:rca' 
 not continue to derive an adequate supply of 
 ministers from this country, and that they must 
 
 our hearts tl 
 that wc shall 
 our wish to I 
 Adoption, a i 
 the land froi 
 all, are not it 
 still fccdinar 
 
 "V 
 An 
 
 Oh, how 
 peaceful sabl 
 Ways be ouri 
 its sanctuari( 
 
I and Batubrity ;. 
 (1h 4(1(10 ; and 
 )c predicted pcr- 
 luiniciition with 
 by the river St. 
 ho UidcauCiinol 
 wive inland tor- 
 a, dcHtinod ere 
 : thoroujrhfarca 
 nttdo, render it 
 H. It ha»4 been 
 ' ground for the 
 rchuued, within 
 Bfance from it. 
 thiH Ntutoinent 
 subject. Your 
 its claimti will 
 unKivcs to that 
 omande. Con- 
 . to alme-fjivinK 
 I they are boun- 
 !. Uur manifest 
 ) found an insti- 
 inay be trained 
 and the church 
 erpetual supply 
 ivants and ever 
 ,t least lav the 
 km to the liberal 
 |)leto and beau- 
 it been in most 
 et the founders 
 liey have given 
 '' some fair nnd 
 larity by which 
 ity moy do ua 
 :cnipered times, 
 1 those toils and 
 rest into a fruit- 
 n inslilution for 
 ;ronte a conser- 
 0, the elevation 
 riinent care on 
 imperitJhable in 
 )reparc reapers 
 3verlasting life, 
 weighing with 
 , "to what ex- 
 i undertaking?" 
 w, and he will 
 
 gn with a hum- 
 nd blessing of 
 n that we pro- 
 e auspices and 
 Assembly of the 
 5t report of the 
 igious interests 
 10 British colo- 
 nost important 
 idas, is the in- 
 md particularly 
 brmity to the 
 Gotland. It is 
 provinces can- 
 uatc supply of 
 that they must 
 
 Letter to the Friends '/the Preah\jlvrian Chiiirh in Canada. 
 
 re long depend on their own rcKonrecH for iho 
 leans of religious instruction, it y, therefore 
 ocoHsary that means lie employed without dc- 
 y, for providing thoni with wcil-informcd 
 HlructDrs from among thelllaelve^!, and I'ur- 
 ishing tlioHo institutions by which they may 
 iommand a high and sound education at home, 
 his ol)ject has largely occupied the attention 
 ■"•f your connnitteo; and they cannot doubt that 
 'Iho Assembly will enjoin any connnitteo whonj 
 
 tlicy may be jileaHed to appoint, to persevere 
 1 the most strenuous efforts for promoting in 
 .IJiese and all otiicr respects the moral nnd spir- 
 itual intere.its of our brethren in iho North 
 American Colonies." In assured confidonco 
 thai their cordial and cffccluni fiup])ort will be 
 •endered iis, wo have requested the Colonial 
 Committee to aj)pomt the principal of the col- 
 lege and one piolessor, without delay, and to 
 engage them to solicit contributions for the 
 College throughout the United Kingdom. 
 
 This institution, and the eminent men who 
 «hall be apjiointed to |)resido over it, will con- 
 stitute another strong endearing tie to the 
 «hurch of our father land. Who can forget, 
 who can ever cease to regard with affectionate 
 reverence the land of his birth ? Is there aught 
 jn the scenery on which we now gaze, however 
 grand and beautiful it be, to obliterate from 
 our hearts the fond remembrance of the scenes 
 that we shall visit no more ? Is it not rather 
 our wish to create around us in tliis land of our 
 •doption, a state as like as possible to that in 
 the land from which we arc exiled. And above 
 all, are not its religious institutions dear to us, as 
 rtill feeding the liallowod impressions of early 
 
 eety, as a bond of spiritual (ellowship with our 
 •ethren in Christ, which distance cannot dis- 
 tolve, as the sweet pledge of rest in another 
 country, that is an heavenly, 
 
 " Where tliu ilispLrstil of Ixracl 
 Arc giitliurcd into one." 
 
 Oh, how fervently do we desire that the 
 peaceful sabbath of our forsaken homes miiy al- 
 ways be ours, and the faithful ministrations of 
 its sanctuaries, nnd the busy hum of its schools. 
 The richest benefit of that change in the place 
 of our habitation, ordained by him who doter- 
 niines its bounds, will arise from the part we 
 t^e in the establishment 'A' a pure creed and 
 a scriptural worship. The pilgrim Puritans of 
 England have indelibly impressed their faith and 
 spirit on a large portion of tiiis new continent. 
 Let us, the partakers of a like precious faith, 
 follow their examfile. When the light of 
 eternity shines on us, this stands out the object 
 most worthy to be achieved. Unity in the 
 ftuth and combination in love, will achieve it. 
 Although a few faithless ones have deserted the 
 banner of the covenant, and the love of many 
 lias waxed cold, we have reason to rejoice in 
 the tens of thousands who, with their whole 
 heart and soul, still rally round it, to whom no 
 greater joy could be than to plant in these re- 
 gions a scion c-f the true churcli, that it may be- 
 come !i ^Tcat tree, under which our rcmotott 
 
 dcsccndontHwill find shelter and pcncn. 
 
 Incondufiion, brethren, wo besecclj you to 
 listen with candor, and to respond with pn mpt 
 boiielicence to thoHO who may bo appointed to 
 culioiiyoufor doiiutioiiH. We are not inscnsi- 
 lilo to the ditliculties with which many of you 
 have to combat, nor unaware of the tcmptationii 
 that beset you, to shove aside every thing that 
 does not return an immediate profit in Kind. Wo 
 appeal, however, to your better printiph «, and 
 on the grounds already set forth call on yuu to 
 devote a just portion of your substance to bo- 
 cure a benefit for those whom you may never 
 see. What is a community benefitted by iii- 
 creuso of wealth, unless that wetillh bo mado 
 secure by the enlightened virtue of its jieoplc ? 
 What cnii fortune be but a ciirKO to fumiliea 
 t-inking in the scale of intelligence and piety ? 
 It may furnish food for their embruted pasbions, 
 but cannot augment their dignity and happi- 
 ness. " Wt! will and rommnnd," says one of 
 the greatest of Englann's kings, " that all free- 
 men of our kingdom whosoever, possessing two 
 hides of land, shall bring up their sons in learn- 
 ing till they be fiflctn yeara of age at least, 
 that so they may be trained up to know God, 
 to be men of understanding, ond to live happily: 
 for of a man that is born free and yet unlittrate, 
 we repute no otherwise than of a beast, or of a 
 brainless body nnd a very sot." Unless Canada 
 provide such literary institutions for her free- 
 men as are fitted to form and elevate their cha- 
 racter, to lead them to the knowledge of the 
 only true God, and of Jesus Christ whom ho 
 hath Bent, our destiny may easily bo foretold. 
 
 But we indulge no gloomy forebodings. We 
 have no distrust of your willingness, and none 
 of your power, w^hen we require of you a 
 larger exercise of liberality than we have ever 
 before solicited for a general object. Our ap- 
 peals to you cannot bo seconded by those sym- 
 pathetic excitements created in popular assem- 
 blies, by which avarice and selfishness are some- 
 times for a moment subdued, and led captive by 
 a better spirit. We must meet you for the 
 most part individually; wo must deal with you 
 in your retired and calm reflections; we must 
 confide in your nobler sentiments, in your pa- 
 triotic love for this your adopted country, 
 which, unenlightened by schools, cannot enjoy 
 peace or rise to distinction; in your inextin- 
 guishable regard for the institutions of your na- 
 tive land, which have gotten for it so honora- 
 ble a name; in your own deep love for the gos- 
 pel of the ever-blessed God, which requires 
 that its messengers be enriched in all utter- 
 ance and knowledge. Revolve in your most 
 serious hour of reflection and prayer the claims 
 we have submitted, and the proportionable of- 
 ferings we ask from you. Your generous sacri- 
 fices will long be gratefully remembered by 
 your fellow -christians nnd countrymen. Nor 
 will the remembrance bo forgotten, when the 
 benefactor's name is corroded from the brass on 
 which it was engraved ; for God is not un- 
 faithful llint he should forget your work of 
 
t LvtUr to the Friend* of the Prctbyteriun Church in Canada. 
 
 tiiitli and Inbor of lovo in our Lord Juhiih I'-ri-oorii OiWrgrai^nii «.n« orihw ciMui.iir«iion with « 
 
 ti, ■ . >ir I xi . .1 I ' A >• I III' III mriil .\iiKi'iiilil\ •( ■iiiiiiiitli'i: liiivo iilvtiiyi iiicl t||« t 
 
 CliriHt. Wo know thill llin MnltJCCt Ot OdilCIl- „C iIuHvm.hI, Hml.H|i.-, Jallv.Milli.-pr..riit .KT.i,j„n, in n, 
 
 tioll hllH Iiltll' oni'QIi'fMl II full hhliro of thn jmh- m^^iil idrhirniiim ol llii jr ciiiiciirmici. in ri'Hnril tii Ihn c. 
 
 lie attonu..,., una thai ti,o ui.uui.orH of our own i;:;^r;;;:::::'';^;;,;:'l;;;:';:;'».i::::i;r!,i: 
 
 ConillUinion tuko a llc(;|> int(TO.>t in it. SUiStllin ilKtrinHiirt wmit iir>|iiriliiiil liilionrH in IhlHimrtioii <>r lh<M \h| 
 
 »iM, b'oUiroii, wit!i your woll kihiwn i'!i.M-;rv in ;?:'! ';I', !'';>,',•, u'V i'"'1i""m '"". |'";i"""'y "• "'" "'••M' It 
 
 : ■• ■ » J ^ r- . Ilii' li III r III Dr. V> iJKJi, Uir rviHHl liiiil ri'Kiilvril in itii'iiin 
 
 tniN Uttl'UI| t to prouiolo It. lio on UntI proi-ipor. ,miuii;l.' nini liii\in;: miwh lo Hill .Mliiimr), III ihtir on n ni ,p„ 
 
 Wo wait, lihtonint' for tho shout of iriiuiipiuin!; "'' ."','"'?' '""^":]"' ;'";"1,':'" "'.' '!""!'> ••'■'"', "• <'■>'>" <■•>» h<\ 
 
 ,., ,. ',, ..'^ i . o ■ iMFil liirl i'l,;i) iii.ouicil till ( (iininimiKm Id iiiiply 111 llir I.ci jL,. 
 
 liberality from KuiiioiiraHku to harnii;, rcinoiu- iii,,.„f ir|,,,rriV.i,i(h,, .inrinij n,,t Si-«-ion' V«.r nn An .. Jj 1 
 
 burins', what wo i)roy you nUviiyyiuuvromt'inbi'r '"iiHirniiim inr n I'uiii-f, niui inpriiiiid wiiiniiiiiiiiKiiiii'. ^j, 
 
 <i I <• »i I „ I I .. . t, ,'., II. ,. ; I I'i -nrii niiinniT M« till V iiiiiv il I 111 liid, in iililtiiiiiiiif riijiii .ui, 
 
 tho wordb oi tlio Lord . I CM.:., I;uw l.o .siu.!, ,„„„ ,;.r ,i,i. .„„i,ii4m,..nt- , ..;t nf ..ni, Coiiit", % 
 
 ** It in llioro blessed to ;i[ivo tluUl to roCCiVf. riiiinnii.>in.ii Hil lliiniHilviM IkmiiuI in mrtlnir nlmiwt iMTti ,« 
 
 Pr»UT \!<r;rr l. tn curry nm till' iiiiMi.nrin iiinlriiiiiliiliil liy llir H\n<iil, br -igi 
 
 n J ' I J- w. / ''""■" I"'"'""'"'' »t llic Hiiuii' li.iii, Unit thi. K"iiornl intiTiiit, ."•, 
 
 Jlloaenilor Oj i^lJllOd. Mliirntlnii in tliiii |iriivinri> lonillv riUI liir ourli iin iiiililiiti <||. 
 
 Niagara, 5//l A)(r. IHtY.). ' iii^l timt IhiMvanlnnnil wiM-ImmiikoIMIii. PriKlivtmiiii ('hu ,lM 
 
 ' , . , ri ii'lir It iiiiliKpriihiiiiii' tliiil viMMi^ null, ili'»i){niil Inr till' M' jim 
 
 Nolii A. — Tlint llir I'li'shvli'riiui |iiipiiliitloii ha* imt try, nJninM I luriiii'il wiiliin ili' rnloiiy. 'I'lii' CnniniiiiK uoi, 
 
 breiKivcrilatcdut KIO.OOII, uill impi'iii' tVniii tlic (.iiic- iii'"<<ivi'r, liilnir liilly iiwnri' llml nimiy |mrint«, ili Kiiuuit ol ,, ' 
 
 ml ri-.ull.(.r tlic CMisii. l.iU.'.i hitlyrnr, uiulcr u iviTiil lir'''"'",!'", V','":';',' .'"'"",','• "',""'• "i""'''. "'" ""'";'' ""' « 
 
 , ,. , 1 . 1 1 ' .'11 rciHi (il finding' ilii'iM tu Hi'iiiI'IimI, iiinl iiiiinitujinriir tliitn a> il 
 
 Act ot the LftiiHlnluif ; Uicm' u;-u iih tolliiw : — ^ ___ rnivir«ity linn, I'Vin if liny innlil .ivfiroinn Iti., ri'lnctui ,« 
 
 CllUl'oh of Kll>;lliliil, 7!),7r)'l tiny nnlin.'lly t'lij, tii In; Hi'piiniti il rormarn rriiiii llnir cliililri n 
 
 i < 'hiii'cli (irSciiiliiiiil !tl.',-"(l7 ) mill liikiii',' inli) \ii vv, nn iIm' nnr liiiml, tlir iillir iniiilt'<|impy Ic 
 
 Ti_ 1 ... • ; 11 1 . • ' Mi'i'ii- C -n 'I'l'i "iiv Hii|i|ilv (if iiriai'lnng llinl nmlil rir.noimlily lif i \nectiil I x 
 
 rrusbytormnH^ I'r.Mliylcriuin. n.O-l. S / 8,,lu.l ^^,;. ^.„,;.;,y ,,j, ,'„i^ „„ai,fc'.,nnit, ami ll... ri.k of fr.'mim.t «,b 
 
 ( ^I'l'i'dd'H, (."Jl'i J HiTiiiiiK iliFaiipiiiMtniiiiIrt, in n jjard to tin.' bnrrtttrn, Hfiicli it n 
 
 Mcth(Hlinti( (if 111! curb'., (i I, (Kilt vhIvin; iiiiil, on tlu' otiirr, llii' iininliir of ilintiuiti' dingri'ir- 
 
 Koinilli C'lUllolics • •!!< "'-i' ''""" "'."' '^''"''■"ii'i"'' iilri'ntly iiihIit our rlmrgi', nnil tlio Inr.D 
 
 l, . ' * ' I'l'ir'' "i"l fi'l'i'l inrrra.-ic of tliii I'rinliyli'riaii (lopuiation, wliicli v. 
 
 Itlipllitts,. . . I,, .'Oil en iliniii' 111 I'xpii't tlirniiL'li i nil>;riili(iii Irniii the purrnt iital, 
 
 Twcnty-tlilXMMilllurdeiiDllliniitiiiii.'*, 'i'J,!tUii ii;.'rti'(I to ri'ninl llii'ir ilplibcrnle innl Mjjcniii ('onvintion, that n 
 
 No I'rufcHsiioii :M,7l)(l mlmit any farllnr lirluy in carryiiiff into cll'i rt tlicincimuri'acui. 
 
 ' ti'inplatiil by till' SyiiDil, wmiiil Ilia (Irrcjicliiiii of tt iiioiil Kucn' ' 
 
 "joo '~iiii ''"'>' "'"' I'rnvi'il. triinuiital in tlir hislirat ili'grii' to tlie hi"! 
 
 •i<y-,l »'> inli'ii'»fH of tliiwi' Inr «liiiin wr ari> bmuul fiiitlifiilly to wiitcl . 
 
 Deficioncy lli* (•(nnplirt'd with tllc tMltiri' pupil- tin llmi-i' wlin iniint ninli r iin aui'nunt nnlu llir .Inil^'i' of nil 
 
 lation. iicarlv l-Udi of tho wlmlc (i7,')")n , ^'""'••rii"""! I'.v tiioHr roiiMiUtiiiioiin, uiul <'iii-oiiraecil by tli t 
 
 •' __^__ lUrliininoiiH inadiMit tlilfi'iiiil tiiiKM on tln! piirt of lli« (Jmemt 
 
 " AnKi'inlily, (In: CnininiMniiin ri'nolvc, in tho utrriiKtb of (jiid, n 
 
 4()0,I3'1(! prod'id i'lirtliwilli to I'iirrv into illii'l, iih far nn ponHildL', tlic in- 
 
 In rofi-renro to tlio l'iv»I)ytprian», wc bavo to iv- Ki'tioiiHof llicttynodin llii» nmtlcr; unil withtliiHvii'Wtonmki* 
 
 1 ^1 ^ • I !• . • ^ .1 11 • . .1 an iiiiiiiKliali'anpiallo tin' lilicrulily ol llii'l linrcliuiid tliecoiii • 
 
 mark that in .^cvcml .li.'«tnct.-A lhi)r.o boloii!,nn>( to tlm n„„,i,y ,„ ,„,„,! j„ „,,, p„,,„„.^ „„tf,„riH,. tlir Modi rator, in thn 
 
 Church ot Srotlund linvc been cliis.'^cd niniiT thi> frciu- nifniitimi', lo intliniitn to llirCummittccof tlio (icniiiil Aniieti," 
 
 rio niitno of I'vc.-tliytcriaii. Wcliavf ('crliiiii kimwlcd'^c My oiiri'iiiiri'cniili.liiici'iiitbi'Hnpport ofmirpcopli', in nfureim 
 
 also, that from m'V.-ra! townships, in xvhi.Oi uio Inryo "' ''"i". '''.''l"'' : and jvrp>ir|.o«c to «et apart, in tl.r fir.t inntnnc, . 
 
 ,,,'..,,,, ' ' , , , and witlim Ni.v innnlns 111 tliiH datp, tliu huiii ol nvi< I liouwui. b 
 
 bodiou ot I'rcstiytiTians, no ivtiinis liuvi< jjccn tniidi'. |,„nndrt, u, bo iiivi .«ti d in proper Hociiritifu in tlio colony, fur ll k 
 
 In making thi.'< stiitoniont, wo do not mciin to insinii- cndowinint of oiii''J"liii)li'^'ical I'mfinHorsliip, and larinKtly m ' 
 
 ate, that any hlanii" i.'4 rhnrKC'liio on tlic rt'tiiniiiifi: otli- ri'.|in'Ht lliat tlie Coniinittic of tho Goiicral AsHfrnbly willof • 
 
 1. . .• • • ,1 . .1 . .1 ■» I priipnato an iiiual mnn, liir tho cni ovvnifiit ol aiiotlirr I'roftt 
 
 ccrs. Hut wc are ot opliuon that iho syst.Mii that him J,,,^,,, ,„„| „j, ^, ,^,.„.^ ',„„,^ „„t f,„ ,„.„ MiniKtirH, of «,iituH 
 
 been followed in tiikinj,' this consiis, varying as it does (|iialitiinliiin«, \vl,.i may bo willing to accciit of tlio«' ProfoKsiii 
 
 in diilerent districts, is loose and inaccurate, luid that ^^lli|lH in ilio yootli.'^Ji l'r(Hliytoriaii CnllcKe of Canada, and ii| 
 
 the results obtained are no more than a vn^rne apin-oxi- l',"'"' !''"" '9 ""' """"■' "J"' '".■■"'"',."' ""eK'','!' ".' ••'*' ""; 
 
 ^. ^ ., , , . ., . r , ',h . ( oninnttoo, ibo iirnprioty (d an iininoiluito application to tii 
 
 niation to the actiiiil nnnibcrs m the priiiciinil religious |,„,„:r,al GovornnRiit in bolialf of tlie CoII.-ko, and of the u 
 
 denominations. \Ve fervently hope it will never be uvailin;.' Ilnnniolvos of tlio aid of two Profi'ssorn, who may id 
 
 made tho basis of any hcgisliitive jneasure. By ma!;- apiioinlod ibiriiif; tbo period that may olapso botweon tho tii ao 
 
 ing duo allowance for imiccunicies, and adding tho f ''"'[ "''i:'"\V'''"\.'""' »';«'' !'T\"Tr t' a'i'lo ""r"'-"! ' ■,''^ 
 
 -," , . 1 • !• T /< 1 • -11 1 draw llio iiUontion ot the rliriatian public in Bcotlnnd, niid i tc 
 
 I ffsbyterian population ol Lower Canadn, it will he „urfrionils in En^rlimd and troland, to the claimo of thin iiifai Ji 
 
 evident that tho number attached to l'resbyteriiuiii5m iiiHlilation, and tn iihc ovory o.xortion to collect fiindK, ho, tlm I 
 
 in both provinces must ciceed ] 00,000. "'''' •''" t:oiitrilintionii that may bu obtained in the colony, i ^ 
 
 Note li.-Wc here Rive the following'e.vtract from t)ie pro- xnrti'-iLiit l>riivisio:i may bo iniulo for the eltioioncy of tho iii«i> _ 
 
 ceediiifis of thoCoinmiHKion of Synod, held at Hamilton on Htl. ';"""'. ".' 'h"en;l"Wiriint ol the iicceMary I'rolennors iipn, uin 
 
 Nov. last : "TboConimiHsion proceeded to c.nmidertlieliuHinrss the erection ol buildniK«, and the collection ol a library am l; 
 
 referred to them by the Synod, respectins the establishment of plnlosophical apparatus. 
 
 a College for the idiication of youth, and particularly for tlio Note C. — lldiicalion dimnushos cnme m a state.-" 
 
 education of candidatotf for the tloly Ministry, and had read tho A comparative estimate of the state of crime in Irc' 
 
 deliverance and inHtructioni* of Synod in regard to tjie same.- j ^ Kngland, Wales, and Scotland, taken on iiii 
 There was also produced and read, a letter troni the Rev. I)r. ' ,. ' j' mic. ■ • r i 
 
 Weliih, of Edinburgh, to the Key. Dr. Cook, of (luebec, late average ot seven years, ending 1818, i.s given as Inl- 
 
 Moderator, written by ap|)ointnieiit of the Acting Committee of lows from the London Christian Instructor : — 
 
 the General Asseinlily tor promoting tho religions interests of Ireland, Iin evciy 1702 
 
 PreBbytcriun settlors in the UritiHh Colonies, in which it is inti- i.',.,rio../1 1 10«'» 
 
 mate*!, that tho Church of Scotland is most desirous that a J -nglantl, l i JOJ 
 
 University should be established in this colony, to secure, for »Vales, 1 ....... l.4oo 
 
 Presbyterians therein, a complete courHC of education, and es- Scotland, 1 20,27!) 
 
 pcciafly to aftbrd opportunities to young men of promise, whose J \„^^^, jt uppoars that accordini; to the extent of the » 
 
 views are directed to tho Holy Ministry, lor attamnig those lite- , ^ .,' ^ . .. ,. " .i . in»„i :„ ,i,., 
 
 .ary, scientific, and theological ac.pirrcments requfred by tho popnlation there .s a ratio ot more than 10 to 1 m tlic 
 
 laws of the Church of all entrants into the sacrwl office, and commitments of Kngland and Scotland, and ot 11 to 
 
 offering in the meantime, and unUI such College shall be brought Iin tho.sc of Ireland and Scotland, attributable in « 
 into operation, to grant liursaries to a certain ninnher nf young j^ measure to the proportional deficiencv of ediirn- 
 
 men, having views lo the Ministry, and ri'commeiided by the •. i ,• ■ • ' .■ ■ i . r" 
 
 Syno.1, during the whole period of their study nt a Heottisb "<.'" »"" lehglOUs luslructton in lllC two loniier couil- 
 
 L'liiveraily. Wlierel'ure tiie Cuniiniricion ununiiiiuui-ly iigrrcU tiie.s. 
 
 c 
 
t 
 
 riHiaiiliratiun with « 
 iM' iilMiiya nii't lh« \ 
 'I'M'iit iiri'iiiiiiii, ill III 
 '•' ill ri'Miinl til Ihii m 
 riility iiroll'i ri il iil' pn 
 n'Vr, III Konir iliprii'. 
 I lhlit|iiirili>ii III' thi> \ 
 I'Viiiuiilv til tliii ri'i'ii)) 
 III rrHlllvi-il III fiirolli 
 ilry, til I nil r on n rn 
 Nliyti'rim III llii^ I'liii 
 I to ii|i|>ly III till' l.i'k 
 i-'iion, I'lir nil ,\rt i> (J | 
 nil Willi nil ilillui'iii'i', j||, 
 "I, ill iilitiiiiiinK I'onlt ixli 
 
 llirt 111' Blllll Colli ;r,., ,^ 
 IMI' llll'lr lllllllMt I'XiTll ilK 
 
 li'il liy llii' HmioiI, bi' -i/ii 
 
 It llii' (fHiicriil liitiTinl . lo ■, 
 
 I I'lir Kiirli nil iimtiliili i|f, 
 till' i'rrHliyti'rinii Clili ii«| 
 I, ili'iil)!iiril I'lir till' M jilni 
 liiiiy. Till' I 'iitiimiiii> mil. 
 y imrnitii, liii-iiuuii o| , g ' 
 
 rimlil lint iill'iinl llic 41 
 III iiwiiiiliiiniiijf III! in ni tl 
 ovrnimiii Iht! ri'liirlui igt 
 n urn rniiii tin ir rliihln n 
 , till' iillir iiinili'i|iinry Ic 
 r.doMnlily Im r\|iec'lt'il I « 
 till) rmk of I'ri'uiKiiit aili 
 till.' tjiirHnm, « liirli it 1 1 
 T 1)1" ilintiliili' CDiigrrif- 
 jur rlmrut', Hriil tlio lnr,>) 
 111 (loiHimtiuii, wliicli v, 
 
 II Iroiii tlio imrrnt Dial, 
 ulriiiii roiivirtiiMi, tliut u 
 Dull'i rt till' iiiiiiHurt'iiCdi 
 ■rclirlinii ofa iiinut Btteri ' 
 lislii at ili'frri r to tlie IjP') f, 
 iiiikI I'liitlil'iilly to wiitcl , ' 
 uiitu till' ,liiil;;c of nil 
 
 I, anil I'lii'onrnecil liy lli i 
 I till: jiiirt III' tjiH (iinrrn | 
 I till' Ktrin^'tli (if (jiiil, 1 1 
 iiH I'lir nn poiisllilt', the in- 
 ml with IIiIh vii'W to niuku 
 ["till' Church unil tliBcoiii • 
 jiBi" Ihr Moilirntor, in thi 
 of till' Grnc rill Abikii,' 
 I'liiir iitiipli'. III ri fiiri'iiri 
 ipiirt, in thf firft instnnci .1 
 
 III HUin of five Ihoutiaii'D 
 iticH in the colony, furtl >' 
 iiur»hi|i, iiiiil iiirniKtly 1 1 
 iiiriil AsHcnil/ly will ni* - 
 nifiit of niiothrr Prol'iT 
 
 MiiiiKtrrH, of Builiilil 
 [•crpt of theci' Profcssui 
 gv of CaiuKlii, niid ii| 
 III Hii);^'i'Mt to the all 
 liiito npiilicntion to lli 
 
 ('ollcKP, uml of tlip 11 
 IVofi'SiiorH, who may 'xl 
 hi|ise brtwein the til iHt 
 re for tliia country, \ i».' 
 blic in Scotlnnil, and 1 'tc 
 the cliiiniH of tliia infai il 
 
 collect flUulH, HO, tllll t 
 
 tuineil in the colony, 1 . 
 10 eliieieiicy of the iiiitii 
 nnry I'tofeaaorhliijiH, uin ' 
 lection of a library urn i: 
 
 r» cnme in a fclatc— • 
 :ato of fiimo ill Ii'C' 
 itlmiil, taken on iiii 
 818, is givon as fol- 
 Inslriictor : — 
 cvei-y 1702 
 .... 1983 
 ..... 843() 
 
 20,279 
 
 to the extent of llio 
 ■ than 10 to 1 in the 
 itliind, and of 1 1 to 
 i\, attributable in 11 
 (Icticiency of ediirii' 
 ic t^^ o foniier couii- 
 
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 3r 
 
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