^, 
 
 
 IMAGE EVALUATION 
 TEST TARGET (MT-3) 
 
 ^^. 
 
 
 
 "^^ 
 
 
 A 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^p 
 
 *^ 
 
 1.0 
 
 I.I 
 
 bi|2j8 |Z5 
 ■^ iiii 12.2 
 
 ■6.3 M^^^ 
 
 :^ %^ 12.0 
 
 IL25 1111.4 
 
 ■ 
 
 III 
 
 1.6 
 
 6" 
 
 
 ^>. 
 
 ^.^*' 
 
 '> 
 
 / 
 
 # 
 
 Photographic 
 
 Sciences 
 Corporation 
 
 iV 
 
 k 
 
 1 
 
 •N? 
 
 \ 
 
 :\ 
 
 \ 
 
 iV 
 
 
 ». 
 
 6^ 
 
 ^^^1^ 
 
 ^^%^^^ 
 ^ ^ 
 
 33 WEST MAIN STREET 
 
 WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 
 
 (716) 872-4503 
 

 CIHM/ICMH 
 
 Microfiche 
 
 Series. 
 
 CIHM/ICMH 
 Collection de 
 microfiches. 
 
 :-. 
 
 Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques 
 
 C^ 
 
Technical and Bibliographic Notaa/Notas tachniquaa at bibliographiquaa 
 
 Tha inatituta haa attamptad to obtain tha baat 
 original copy availabia for filming. Faaturaa of thia 
 copy which may ba bibliographically uniqua, 
 which may altar any of tha imagaa in tha 
 raproduction. or which may aignificantiy changa 
 tha uaual mathod of filming, ara chackad balow. 
 
 HColourad covara/ 
 Couvartura da eoulaur 
 
 rn Covara damagad/ 
 
 D 
 
 Couvartura andommagia 
 
 Covara raatorad and/or lamifvatad/ 
 Couvartura raatauria at/ou paiiiculAa 
 
 r~l Covar titia miaaing/ 
 
 D 
 
 D 
 D 
 
 D 
 
 D 
 
 La titra da couvartura manqua 
 
 I — I Colourad mapa/ 
 
 Cartaa giographiquaa an eoulaur 
 
 Colourad ink (i.a. othar than blua or black)/ 
 Encni da eoulaur (i.a. autra qua blaua ou nuira) 
 
 I — I Colourad plataa and/or iiluatrationa/ 
 
 Planchaa at/ou iiluatrationa an eoulaur 
 
 Bound with othar matarial/ 
 Ralii avac d'autraa doeumanta 
 
 Tight binding may cauaa ahadowa or diatortion 
 along intarior margin/ 
 
 Lareliura sarrte paut cauaar da I'ombra ou da la 
 diatoraion la long da la marga intAriaura 
 
 Blank laavaa addad during raatoration may 
 appaar within tha taxt. Whanavar poaaibla. thaaa 
 hava baan omittad from filming/ 
 II aa paut qua cartainaa pagaa blanchaa ajoutiaa 
 lora d'una raatauratlon apparaiaaant dana la taxta, 
 maia, loraqua cala itait poaaibla, caa pagaa n'ont 
 paa «t* fiimAaa. 
 
 Additional commanta:/ 
 Commantairaa suppl^mantairaa; 
 
 L'Inatitut a microfilm* la maillaur axamplaira 
 qu'il lui a iti poaaibla da aa procurar. Laa ditaila 
 da cat axamplaira qui sont paut-Atra uniquaa du 
 point da vua bibliographiqua. qui pauvant modif iar 
 una imoga raproduits. ou qui pauvant axigar una 
 modification dana la m^thoda normala da filmaga 
 aont indiquia ci-daaaoua. 
 
 r~n Colourad pagaa/ 
 
 D 
 
 Pagaa da eoulaur 
 
 Pagaa damagad/ 
 Pagaa andommagtea 
 
 □ Pagaa raatorad and/or laminatad/ 
 Pagaa raataurAaa at/ou palliculAaa 
 
 . Pagaa diacolourad. stainad or foxad/ 
 ^ Pagaa dAcoiortes, tachattes ou piquAea 
 
 r~~] Pagaa datachad/ 
 
 Pagaa dAtachias 
 
 Showthrough/ 
 Tranaparanea 
 
 Quality of prir 
 
 Qualiti intgala da I'impraaaion 
 
 Includaa auppiamantary matarli 
 Comprand du mat(brial aupplimentaira 
 
 Only adition availabia/ 
 Sauia Edition disponibia 
 
 r~^ Showthrough/ 
 
 r~l Quality of print variaa/ 
 
 r*n Includaa auppiamantary matarial/ 
 
 r~| Only adition availabia/ 
 
 Pagaa wholly or partially obscurad by errata 
 siipa. tissuaa, ate. hava baan rafilmed to 
 anaura tha bast poaaibla imaga/ 
 Laa pagaa totalamant ou partialloment 
 obscureias par un fauillat d'srrata. una palure, 
 ate. ont it A filmtea k nouvaau da fapon it 
 obtanir la maillaura imaga poaaibla. 
 
 Thia itam ia filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ 
 
 Ce document eat film* au taux da rMuction indiqui ci-daaaoua. 
 
 10X 14X ItX 22X 
 
 26X 
 
 30X 
 
 7 
 
 12X 
 
 16X 
 
 aox 
 
 24X 
 
 28X 
 
 32X 
 
-^^ 
 
 TtM eopy filmed hm hat bMn raproduetd thanks 
 to th« ganarosity of: 
 
 UnhMTsity of Satkatehtwan 
 Saikatoon 
 
 L'axamplaira fllm4 f ut raproduit grica # la 
 gAnirosM da: 
 
 Univanity of Satkatshavmn 
 Saskatoon 
 
 Tha imagaa appaaring hara ara tha 
 posalbla oenaldaring tha eonditiofi 
 of tha original copy and In kaaping 
 filming contract tpacifieationa. 
 
 quality 
 lagibllity 
 tha 
 
 Laa Imagaa aulvantaa ont 4tA raproduHaa avae la 
 plus grand sdn, compta tanu da la condMon at 
 da la nattati da l'axamplaira filmA. at wt 
 conf ormM avac laa conditions du contrat da 
 filmaga. 
 
 Original copiaa in printad papar covara ara flimad 
 beginning with tlia front covar and anding on 
 tha laat paga with a printad or illuatratad impraa* 
 sion, or tfw back covar vvhan approprlata. All 
 othar original copiaa ara flimad baginning on tha 
 first paga with a printad or illuatratad impraa* 
 sion, and anding on tha last paga with a printad 
 or illuatratad imprassion. 
 
 Laa axamplakaa orlglnaux dont la eouvartura an 
 paplar aat Imprimda aont filmte an commanvant 
 par la pramlar plat at an tarminant soit par Wi 
 damlAra paga qui comporta una amprainta 
 dimprassion ou dlllustration, sdt par la second 
 plat, salon la caa. Toua laa autraa axamplairaa 
 orlglnaux aont fHm4s an commandant par la 
 pramlAra paga qui comporta una amprainta 
 dimpraaaion ou dlllustration at an tarminant par 
 la damMra paga qui comporta una talla 
 amprainta. 
 
 Tha laat racordad frama on aach microflclia 
 shall contain ttia symbol — ^ (moaning "CON- 
 TINUEO"). or tha symbol Y (moaning "END"), 
 whicfiavar appllaa. 
 
 Un daa symbolaa suivants apparattra sur la 
 damiAra imaga da chaqua microficha, salon la 
 cas: la symbola -*• signifia "A 8UIVRE", la 
 symbols ▼ signifia "FIN". 
 
 Maps, plataa. charts, ate., may be filmed at 
 different reduction ratioa. Thoee too large to be 
 entirely included in one expoaura ara filmed 
 beginning in tlie upper left hand comer, left to 
 right and top to bottom, as many frames as 
 required. The foitowing diegrama illuatrate tlie 
 method: 
 
 Lea cartee, planchaa, tableaux, etc.. peuvent Atre 
 filmAe i dee taux da riduction diffArants. 
 Lorsque le document est trop grsnd pour Atre 
 reprodMit en un soul ciichA, 11 est fHmA A pertir 
 do I'angle aupArieur gauche, do gauche A droite, 
 et do heut en bee, an pranent le nombre 
 d'imeges nAceesaire. Lee diegrammes suh^anta 
 illustrent le mAthode. 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
".■f-iP' 
 
 1*1 /' 
 
 
 
 
 
 .(;.(■ 
 
 fct "{■"•'■> 
 
 .rt^. 
 
 
 ■^" 
 
 •■ .? -i 
 
 
 I'f 
 
 ^|5iaf/-%>f;Vr"U. •%£-»' 
 
 r' .1.: V 
 
 .'/»' 
 
 ft'tr/ 
 
 ■IV /, 
 
 
 H/. ^' 
 
 
 •ll: 
 
 .'tlv*-.' ■•,.* 
 
 :)? 
 
 ^--A 
 
 Mf ' 
 
»!,';, % 
 
 * S 
 
 m 
 
 
 m. 
 
 M 
 
 
 
 y^ 
 
 ^^.. 
 
 W 
 
 f. 
 
 rl^r; 
 
 
 
 
 *• ; 
 
 > 
 
 
 
 tiA- 
 
 
 4:- 
 
 
 
 
 ii'4; «8,B; 
 
 tt 
 
 • ■<. 
 

 
 >^ 
 
 *?- 
 
 «^- V„- .♦c. 
 
 •»?;.*, .r 
 
 
 1 
 
 ^^ll 
 
 V?-i 
 
SViovfct 
 BX 
 
 THE CHURCH IN CANADA. 
 
 gournal of FWtatloiT/ f/^ ^ 
 
 VO TBI 
 
 ESTERN PORTION OP HIS DIOCESE, 
 
 LORD BI 
 
 th:bd xdztion. 
 
 ^y 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed for 
 SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL; 
 
 10 LD BT 
 
 riMOTOKS, ST. Paul's ohurohtard and i^atibloo place ; 
 
 BT7IINS, POBTMAN STBBET ; HATOHARDS, PIOOADILLT ; 
 
 T. B. SHABPB, SKIHHBB STREET, 8B0W HILL; 
 
 ABD BT ALL BOOKSBLLBBS. 
 
 1846; 
 

 \ 
 
 
 ■te 
 
 LIU 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 _ ..- 
 
 Q N\^ ^7 
 
 
 a 
 

;r 
 
 • c 
 
 /' 
 
 i 
 
 I 
 
 LONDON : 
 ft. CLAY, FBIKTBR, OHK lO STREET BILL. 
 
 l) - ;^ 
 
( 
 
 '1 .11! , 
 
 A 1 ' J ' I |- ^* 
 
 . » i -t 
 
 r- ! 
 
 t . 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 I /^ 
 
 AA^i^^^V^^^ 
 
 ? 
 
 I 
 
 ;!' 
 
 The Journals of our Colonin^ Bishops will form the 
 best materials for the History of the Church in their 
 vast dioceses. Several of them are to be found in the 
 Annual Reports of the Society for the Propagation 
 of the Gospel. That which is now published was 
 considered too long to be inserted in this year's 
 Report, yet too interesting to be abridged ; it is there- 
 fore now printed in a separate form. The following 
 passage from the Bishop of Toronto's Primary Charge 
 in 1841, contains a summary of the previous history 
 of the Canadian Church: — 
 
 " The history of the Church in thia Diocese, though doubtless resem- 
 l)ling that of many other colonies, is not without peculiar interest. For 
 many years after its first settlement, as the favourite asylum of suffering 
 loyalty, there was but one Clergyman of the Church of England within its 
 extensive limits. This highly revered individual came into the Diocese 
 in 1786, and settled at Kingston, in the midst of those to whom he had 
 liecome endeared in the days t>f tnbidation,— men who had fought and 
 bled and sacrificed all they possessed in defence of the British Constitu- 
 tion,— and whose obedience to the laws, loyalty to their Sovereign, and 
 attachment to the parent state, he had warmed by his exhortations and 
 encouraged by his example. The Reverend Dr. Stuart may be truly pro- 
 nounced the father of the Church in Upper Canada, and fondly do I hold 
 him in affectionate remembrance. He was my support and adviser on my 
 entrance into the ministry, .and his steady friendship, which I ei^o; e 1 
 from the first day of our acquainvati*'»J to that of _liis lamented death, was 
 to me more than a blessing. 
 
 I 
 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 " In 1792, two Clergymen arrived from England ; but so little wa« then 
 known of the country, and the little that was published was so incorrect 
 and so unfavourable, from exaggerated accounts of the climattf, and the 
 terrible privations to which its inhabitants were said to be exposed, that 
 no Missionaries could be induced to come out. Even at the commence- 
 ment of 1803, the Diocese contained only four Clergymen, for it was in the 
 spring of that year that I made the fifth. 
 
 ' ' It might have been expected that, on the arrival of the Right Reverend 
 Dr. >Iountain, the first Lord Bishop of Quebec, the Clergy would have 
 rapidly increased ; but, notwithstanding the incessant and untiring exer- 
 tions of tli at eminent prelate, their number had not risen above five 'n 
 Upper Canada so late as 1812, when it contained upwards of 70,000 inha- 
 bifants. In truth, the Colony, during the wars occasioned by the French 
 Itdvclution, seemed in a manner lost sight of 1)y the public 
 
 " From this period, the prospects of the Church in Canad» ' -^ve steadily 
 brightened. In 1819, the Clergy in this Diocese had increased to ten. In 
 1825, they had arisen to twenty-two,— in 1827, to thirty,— in 1833, to forty- 
 six,— and our numbers have now reaehed ninety." 
 
 The official list recently sent home by his Lofdship 
 contains the names of 102. 
 
 Canada West is divided into 324 townships, each 
 of thein averaging an area of 100 square miles — but 
 in 80 of them only is any Clergyman to be found. The 
 entire population of the Province exceeds 500,000, 
 and is rapidly increasing. Nearly 40,000 persons 
 went out to settle there in the year 1842. Being for 
 the most part poor agricultural labourers, they are in 
 a great degree dependent upon their fellow-country- 
 men at home for the means of public worship, and of 
 education for their children ; and those who shall con- 
 tribute to supply this want, may be the instruments, 
 under a gracious Providence, of maintaining the cause 
 of undefiled religion among a people destined to be- 
 come the founders of a great and populous empire. 
 
 79, PADt. Mall, 
 Chrislmas, 1843. 
 
-i!i 
 
 ^ 
 
 JOURNAL OF VISITATION, 
 
 •1842. 
 
 .A 
 
 I LEFT Toronto on my western tour, on the 19fh 
 of July, intending first to proceed to the Mana- 
 toulin Island and Sault St. Marie, in company 
 with Colonel Jarvis, the chief superintendent of 
 Indian affairs, who was about to distribute the 
 Indian presents. .Our party consisted of eleven 
 gentlemen, among whom was that estimable and 
 accomplished nobleman, Lord Morpeth. The day 
 of our departure was excessively hot, and the roads, 
 after a long and severe drought, were very dusty j 
 but the beauty and improvements observable in the 
 country through which we passed amply repaid for 
 these temporary inconveniences. The whole line of 
 Yonge Street evinced a great progress in agricul- 
 tural cultivation, and the many spacious houses, and 
 even elegant country seats, which meet the eye, 
 proved that wealth as well as comfort had rewarded 
 
6 
 
 BISHOP OF TORONTO S 
 
 the industry of the settlers. The well-supplied 
 market of Toronto attests the fertility of the sur- 
 rounding townships, and no town on the continent, 
 can boast a more thriving ** back country." 
 
 LAKE SIMCOE. 
 
 On the 20th of July we reached the Narrows at 
 the farther extremity of Lake Simcoe, which is a 
 beautiful sheet of water, and the most elevated of 
 all c r inland lakes. The banks are in general 
 high; cleared patches presenting themselves here 
 and there, and promising in time, from the fertility 
 of the soil, a large and wealthy population. At the 
 Narrows, a missionary of the Church of England 
 is stationed, the Rev. John M'Intyre, who appears 
 to be giving much satisfaction to those among whom 
 he ministers. Many of the members of his con- 
 gregation are persons of great, respectability and 
 intelligence, and consist chiefly of emigrants recently 
 arrived from the mother country. This station 
 was formerly the site of an Indian village ; but a 
 few years ago the chief. Yellow Head, and his 
 tribe, removed across the bay to Rama, leaving their 
 housco empty and useless. A lease has been ob- 
 tained of the Council Chamber, which has been 
 converted into a church of sufficient dimensions for 
 the present congregation, and otherwise very com- 
 modious, while the house of the chief, which has 
 also been secured, forms a very excellent parsonage. 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. f 
 
 The r are now three clergymen on the north side of 
 Lake Simcoe ; a small number when we consider 
 the extensive tract of country which is committed 
 to their charge, but unhappily the full complement, 
 when compared with the supply of clergymen 
 thi'oughout the diocese at large. 
 
 PENETANGUISHINE. 
 
 On the morning of the 2l3t, we crossed the 
 Portage in waggons, a distance of fourteen miles to 
 Coldwater, where we embarked in canoes, and 
 reached Penetangui shine before sunset. I lodged 
 with the Rev. George Hallen, the missionary at this 
 place, a good and pious man, and very attentive to 
 his duties. He is surrounded by a very fine and 
 united family, from all of whom I experienced the 
 greatest kindness during my stay. Finding that we 
 were likely to be detained three or four days, I 
 acceded to the request of Mr. Hallen and Captain 
 Moberley, R.N., with others of the congregation, to 
 conseciate the cliurch, which was just finished ; and 
 this impressive ceremony was accordingly performed 
 on Sunday, the 24th. The holy sacrament was ad- 
 ministered on the occasion, and it was pleasing to me 
 to observe that Colonel Jarvis the superintendent, 
 Lord Morpeth, and a young gentleman of the party, 
 were among the communicants. 
 
d 
 
 BISHOP 6F TORONTO S 
 
 MANATOULIN ISLAND — 'LAKE HURON. 
 
 On the 26th we left Penetanguishine, and reached 
 the Manatoulin Island, on Saturday, the 30th. The 
 weather, with the exception of one night, was very 
 favourable. About five o'clock in the afternoon 
 of Friday, the 29th, it began to rain heavily, and 
 to blow strong, so that the lake soon became too 
 rough for the canoes. We therefore hastened to a 
 group of rocks, called Foxe*s Islands, on which we 
 landed with some difficulty, about six o'clock, the 
 rain now pouring down in torrents. It was found 
 not a little difficult to select places for pitching our 
 tents, the rocks being everywhere so rough, pre- 
 cipitous, and uneven, and no soil into which the 
 pegs could be driven. In this emergency, we con- 
 trived to hold the tents erect, by placing large stones 
 on the ropes or cords, in lieu of pegs driven into the 
 ground ; but in this arrangement there was not a 
 little danger, should the wind increase, of both tents 
 and inmates being blown into the lake. The storm 
 becoming more furious, I got my tent removed to 
 a position of greater security in a lower spot, and 
 having the shelter of a few scrubby trees growing 
 out of the fissures of the rock. The party dined in 
 one of the tents ; and, notwithstanding the terrible 
 war of the elements w^ithout, we were both thankful 
 and cheerful. The rain and wind continued with 
 increased violence during the greater part of the 
 night, and the water found its way into my tent, 
 
 V 
 
VISITIATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 but fortunateljr a holl€\» place in it6 centre served 
 for a sort of reservoir, from which many buckets of 
 water were emptied in the morning. To sleep was 
 out of the question ; for, besides the water running 
 into the tent, the vehemence of the storm drave the 
 rain through the canvass, and I wus obliged, even 
 under this shelter, to resort to the protection of an 
 umbrella, to prevent my being thoroughly wet. 
 Several casualties happened during the night, rather 
 of a ludicrous than serious nature,; three of the 
 tents were blown down, and the inmates, -after ex- 
 tricating themselves tfrom the wreck, had to grope 
 about in their night-clothes, (for it was very dark,) 
 with great caution, exposed to the wind and rain, 
 till they found some one of the other tents which 
 withstood the storm. Early in the morning, the 
 whole party assembled around a large fire to dry 
 themselves, and recount the adventures of the night, 
 which were, on the whole, a source of great amuse- 
 ment. About seven o-*clook the wind and rain 
 abated, and the lake became sufficiently calm for the 
 canoes to proceed, and by eight o'clock we were all 
 on the way. Our encampments in the evening were 
 not a little picturesque ; nine tents were pitched, 
 and as many fires lighted up.; the canoes were all 
 drawn ashore, and commonly turned over. Groups 
 were seen around each fire, and as the darkness in- 
 creased, shadows were flitting from place to place, 
 while some of the men were seen rolled up in their 
 blankets, and sleeping on the bare rock. Our party 
 never dined till we stopped for the night, which was 
 
10 
 
 BISHOP OF TORONTO S 
 
 often as late as nine, and once or twice after ten 
 o'clock. The table-cloth was spread on the smoothest 
 part of the rock that we could find, and the guests 
 squatted round in Eastern fashion, with candles or 
 lanterns, according as it was calm or windy, to illu- 
 minate the part. During the day we made only 
 one halt of any duration, and that for breakfast ; 
 any other stops were but momentary, a few minutes 
 to rest, or to enjoy some beautiful or interesting 
 prospect. For this meal a convenient spot was usually 
 chosen, and while it was preparing, tlie young 
 gentlemen of the party generally amused them- 
 selves bathing. The islands of Lake Huron are 
 exceedingly numerous ; indeed but for them it would 
 be very difficult for canoes to navigate its waters. 
 They extend many miles from the coast into the deep 
 lake, and present thousands af the most beautiful 
 channels imaginable, often like a long line of a highly 
 finished canal, and though sometimes a little sinuous, 
 they do not add much to the length of the journey in 
 passing up and down this inland sea, while almost in 
 all cases they become an effectual protection against 
 storms. It is indeed seldom that a canoe, frail as it 
 is, becomes storm stead, unless it be when passing 
 along the outer range of islands, or at the few 
 openings to the mainland. Most of the islands 
 possess something of solitary beauty, some are 
 entirely without any trace of vegetation, others have 
 a few shrubs, and a few stunted trees of the fir 
 genus ; again, you see them apparently well wooded 
 till you come near, when you find the trees very 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 11 
 
 > 
 
 much scattered, of small height, with scarcely any 
 earth, the bare rock everywhere visible, and the 
 roots dug into the seams and crevices for a scanty 
 and miserable nourishment. Most of the islands 
 produce flowers and mosses, and no two of them 
 are alike. ' 
 
 Geologists affirm, that so soon as the slightest 
 vegetation commences, it becomes merely a question 
 of time when the soil arising from the annual decay 
 of the increasing vegetable kingdom shall be suf- 
 ficient to yield subsistence to man ; the period, how- 
 ever, must be very distant when the rocks on the 
 north and eastern shores of Lake Huron and the 
 Thirty Thousand Islands, which they embrace, will 
 be fit for agricultural operations. 
 
 On the first night of our encampment, I discovered 
 that one of our canoes was manned by converted 
 Indians from our mission at the Manatoulin. Before 
 going to rest they assembled together, sung a hymn 
 in their own language, and read some prayers which 
 had been translated for their use from the Liturgy. 
 There was something indescribably touching in this 
 service of praise to God upon these inhospitable rocks ; 
 the stillness, wildness, and darkness, combined with 
 the sweet and plaintive voices, all contributed to add 
 to the solemn and deep interest of the scene. I felt 
 much affected with this simple worship, and assisted 
 in conducting it every evening until we reached the 
 Manatoulin Island. 
 
12 
 
 ^SHOP OF JTORONlaS 
 
 MISSION TO THE NATIVE INDIANS. 
 
 "We arrived at 4he island on Saturday, the 30th 
 of July, before -eundown, and I accepted the cordial 
 hospitalit}' of the Rev. F. A. O'Meara, our mis- 
 sionary. Thifi gentleman devotes his whole time to 
 the instruction and conversion of the Indians, and 
 for this purpose he has three services every Sunday, 
 two for the Indians and one for the whites. On the 
 31 St the service for the whites commenced at ten 
 o'clock, and after the morning prayer I ^preached. 
 At twelve o'clock there was a second service for the 
 Indians, whom I addressed, through the interpreter, 
 at some length. I baptized two children, and the 
 services were conducted with great order and solem- 
 nity, and apparently had a great effect. Nearly four 
 hundred Indians were present, some of them well 
 dressed and clean — rthey require a church very much, 
 and measures must be taken to get one built. The 
 whole week was spent in preparing the candidates 
 for cooBrmation, and endeavouring to convert ^ome 
 of the heathens who had congregated in great num- 
 bers to receive presents ; for this purpose, besides 
 private conferences, there was service every after- 
 noon, ''' ■■ . .■"* ■■ «:^' , s-^- *-;-/i- J ■-. < -.'Yi-i- 'i_ - •> ::^^ i '„-:-■• V ' '■ Vi 
 
 On Sunday, August the Yth, after morning prayer 
 to the whites at ten o'clock, I preached a second 
 time ; and as the school-house was too small, we ad- 
 journed to a large store-house belonging to govern- 
 ment, in which a very great number of Indians 
 
n 
 
 8ITATI0N JOURNAL — ^842. 
 
 Id 
 
 r' 
 
 s 
 
 nssembRiil, many converts, but many more, no doubt, 
 from curiosity. Mr. 0*Meara read the greater 
 part of the church service, which has been trans- 
 lated' into the Ojibaway language. I then addressed 
 the congregation through my interpreter, and pro- 
 ceeded to the confirmation, which I caused to be 
 explained sentence by sentence ; this being done 
 slowly and deliberately, so that all could understand, 
 I administered the rite of confirmation to forty-four 
 Indians and five whites. The confirmation service 
 being concluded, L again addressed them at some 
 length, through my interpreter, upon the great 
 responsibility wBich they had undertaken ; and this 
 being finished, we proceeded with the holy com- 
 munion. The service, from the necessity of an in- 
 terpreter, was long, but it was solemn and interesting ; 
 and no person of a right mind could have witnessed 
 it, and heard the plaintive and beautiful singing of 
 the sons and daughters of the forest, without being 
 deeply affected. I confess that I was nearly overcome 
 by the bright promise of this day's service, and I 
 felt with becoming gratitude to God, that ihe mise- 
 rable condition of the long-neglected Indians of this 
 country would now be ameliorated through the 
 medium of our Holy Catholic Church. At this mis- 
 sion a church is much required, for the converts are* 
 rapidly multiplying, and the school-house, though 
 very suitable for its purpose, is now too small for the 
 number that usually attend public worship. It is, 
 however, believed, that the want of a church will soon 
 be supplied by a handsome structure of substantial 
 
M 
 
 BISHOP OP Toronto's 
 
 materials, and large enough to accommodate the 
 probable augmentation hy conversion and natural 
 increase f^r many years. An excellent school is in 
 operation, under Mr. Burkitt ; and although the at- 
 tendance of the children is not very regular, yet their 
 general progress is very considerable, and their 
 parents manifest a strong desire that they should 
 have the benefit of the same instruction as the 
 "whites. r --/^-- . , „t 
 
 DISTRIBUTION OF PRESENTS TO THE INDIANS. 
 
 The number of Indians who were assembled at 
 the Manatoulin Island this year to receive presents, 
 exceeded six thousand, a greater number than 
 on any former occasion. The majority are still 
 Pagans j of the Christians, some belong to the 
 Church of England, others to the Church of Rome, 
 and a few to the Methodists. A considerable por- 
 tion consists of half breeds of French and Indian 
 extraction, and these being all Romanists, possess 
 a good deal of influence among the natives ; and 
 from their continual intermarriages, they acquire 
 for the Church of Rome a very considerable advan- 
 tage, an advantage which we can believe to be 
 increasied by the imposing character of her cere- 
 monies and forms. Still we have much reason to 
 be thankful for the progress of the Church of Eng- 
 land at this spot; and there is encouragement in 
 perceiving that with these simple children of the 
 forest there is a strong inclination to adopt the 
 
 1^.' 
 
 ■i- 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 15 
 
 t 
 
 > 
 
 religion of their great mother, the Queen, should 
 they turn from their present superstitions. Of the 
 six thousand Indians, iiscluding women and children, 
 who were assembled at the Manatoulin Island, a 
 large portion, perhaps two thousand, live within 
 the boundaries of the United States; and, if to 
 these we add the converted Indians, we shall have 
 scarcely three thousand who are unconverted re- 
 siding within the British territory ; and these are 
 scattered along the banks of Lakes Huron and Supe- 
 rior, and the Lake of the Woods, and some even as 
 far north ond west as the Red River. While thus 
 scattered, 9nd not living in bands, but by single 
 families, or at most two or three families, and net er 
 remaining long in one place, it is next to impossible 
 to afford them Christian instruction. Deeply sensible 
 of this, Sir Peregrine Maitland, when governor of 
 the province, endeavoured to collect them into vil- 
 lages, and had made some progress in this good 
 work before he resigned his government. The in- 
 tention of this excellent and pious officer was to 
 place in every village a missionary and schoolmaster 
 of the Church of England, a farmer, carpenter, and 
 blacksmith, and by a diligent course of instructFon, 
 to wean them from their erratic life, and give them 
 an acquaintance with farming and the more useful 
 mechanical arts. This plan was followed up by 
 Lord Seaton, who likewise evinced a strong feeling 
 in favour of the Indians, and was anxious for their 
 civilization ; but there were many difficulties to 
 encounter ; and, under the most favourable ar^^ange- 
 
16 
 
 BISHOP OP Toronto's 
 
 ments, it will be found that the colI(}<;ting of Indians 
 into villages must be the work of time. The late 
 dii^orders in the province necessarily interrupted 
 this, as well as other improvements ; but now it is 
 hoped the good work will be resumed with redoubled 
 vigour, ond better prospects of success. Until the 
 Indians are collected together, comparatively little 
 can be done towards the amelioration of their con- 
 dition : and now that they have begun to be con- 
 vinced by the scarcity of game, that they can no 
 longer live by hunting, they will be the mo/e 
 easily persuaded to adopt the habits of civilized 
 life. ' ' • t , , < 
 
 Although the number of Indians was so great, 
 nothing could exceed the peace and good order 
 which universally prevailed. No liquors were al- 
 lowed them. There was no f idlent excitement of 
 any sort ; and, while iMve to their own importance, 
 they were exceedingly civil, quiet, and docile I 
 am persuaded that the same number of whites 
 would have, under the same circumstances, been 
 troublesome ; but the poor natives of the lakes and 
 forests were as discreet and submissive to half-a- 
 dozen of officers, as well trained children to their 
 parents. • ; ' ' 
 
 ' All this I attributea in a great de^^ree fr> fl^e ju- 
 dicious and firm arrangements of Coloiici Jarvis, the 
 chief superintendent of Indian affairs, a gentleman 
 who unites in himself, as I believe, far beyond any 
 otbt r person in the province, all the qualities which 
 arc mo?t essential to the proper discharge of the 
 
 > # 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 17 
 
 various and important duties of bis higU and re- 
 sponsible office. 
 
 -" St 
 
 < • ' ; ' ' SAtTLT ST. MARIE. 
 
 "We left the Manatoulin Island on the after- 
 noon of the 18th of August, and arrived at the 
 
 • Sault St. Marie a little after sunset, on Monday the 
 15th. On Sunday the 14th, service was held in % 
 very beautiful island, covered with trees and shrubs* 
 juniper and rose bushes, and many wild flowers. 
 A clean smooth rock overhanging the lake was 
 chosen for the place of worship, ' hich possessed 
 besides the advantage of a free air, (the day being 
 
 • very hot,) that of being distant from a tire which was 
 rapidly spreading, by means of the dry moss, over 
 the island. Those present manifested the greatest 
 attention, and all appeared to be struck with a deep 
 feeling of the solemnity of the scene, and of the 
 wisdom of the provision which called upc n them, in 
 this wild and romantic corner of the earth, to pause 
 upon their journey, and to worship their heavenly 
 
 ^ Father through his Son Jesus Christ. The river 
 which unites lakes Huron and Superior is not so 
 jfi«e as the Niagara or the Detroit Rivers, nor are 
 the rapids of St. Mary equal to those of the St. 
 Lawrence ; yet there is a wildness in the surrounding 
 scenery which is not a little striking. There are at 
 present too few Indians at St. Mary's and in the 
 neighbourhood, to justify the establishment of a 
 
 B 
 
^i 
 
 18 
 
 BISHOP OP TORONTO S 
 
 mission, and it is hoped that these few will be 
 induced to join their brethren on the Manatoulin 
 
 Island. 
 
 ..«: 
 
 On the SiSt of August, divine service was per- 
 formed^fi the mission church, and about fifty persons, 
 inolAdmg our party and some Indians and half- 
 breeds, all well dressed and decorous, were present. 
 On this occasion I baptized two children, one of 
 whom was called " Howard," after Lord Morpeth. 
 As time was pressing, I felt it necessary to separate 
 from the party with whom I had spent so many 
 pleasant days, and in whose company I had expe- 
 rienced the greatest satisfaction. Lord Morpeth is 
 a most estimable character; kind, courteous, and 
 considerate ; and it is truly refreshing to find a 
 person of his great abilities, and high rank, so sin- 
 cerely devoted to religion, and at the same time so 
 amiable and unpresuming. His lordship gained the 
 goodwill and esteem of every person who had the 
 good fortune to make his acquaintance ; our party 
 in a manner idolized him. In regard to Colonel 
 Jarvis, nothing could exceed his kind and frank 
 affability to all, while to me his attentions were most 
 unremitting and affectionate. 
 
 On the evening of the 24th of August, we reached 
 Michellemackemac, a most beautiful island ; and the 
 following day we spent in visiting what was most 
 worthy of observation, viz. the old fort, the turret 
 rock, and the arch bridge. The rock consists of 
 one stone ninety feet high, standing upright in the 
 shape of a nearly round tower, and the arch bridge 
 
K 
 
 VISITATION JOURNAL 184)?*?' 
 
 Vm} 
 
 :%v. 
 
 >^>. 
 
 s / 
 
 '•i? 
 
 X 
 
 looks like an immense window in the\roiar of an ^^^y 
 ancient cathedral. We receive^^S^ kina atti^ption . 
 from the chaplain of the garrisOTiJi^the K^i^ $li^» ^^ v" 
 O'Brien, who went round with us to poSSt out eveiry •-^'liAr^ 
 thing worthy of inspection. The garrisorf^Hg^S in 
 excellent order, and very neat ; and Capt. Scott, ffift^ 
 commandant, was very courteous and affable, and-^ 
 amused us with some details of his hunting exploits, 
 in which he particularly excels. 
 
 On the 26th of August we embarked in the 
 steamer ** Bunkers Hill," and landed on the following 
 day at Sutherland's wharf, in the township of Moore, 
 on the River St. Clair. Here we were met by the 
 Rev. A. Pyne, who has charge of Moore and 
 Sarnia. "We were entertained at the house of this 
 gentleman, and I was much gratified to find that his 
 mission was in a most flourishing state. On the 
 28th, a confirmation was held in the church, which 
 is a very neat brick building, and which was erected 
 in a great measure through the bounty and exertions 
 of Mr. Sutherland, (after whom the village is named,) 
 aided by the great Church Societies whose beneficence 
 marks every part of the diocese. The church was 
 just finished, and would have been consecrated but 
 for the absence of Mr. Sutherland, who was on a 
 visit to Scotland, and had not left the deed of the 
 land on which the church is built. Twenty-seven 
 young persons were confirmed ; and in the afternoon 
 we drove six miles to a neat church built by Mr. 
 Talfourd, where I preached to a small congregation. 
 In the morning, at Sutherland village the congre- 
 
20 
 
 BISHOP OF TORONTO S 
 
 gation was large, and the candidates for confirmation 
 appeared to be well prepared, and aware of its great 
 importance, as well as of the responsibility they 
 were now assuming. Our mission at Walpole Island, 
 owing to the misconduct of the interpreter, and 
 other causes, has not yet succeeded according to our 
 hopes ; but from the arrangements in progress, there 
 is reason to anticipate a speedy and effectual change 
 for the better. I had much conversation with Mr. 
 Keaty, the superintendent of the Walpole Island 
 Indians, a gentleman of great intelligence and abi- 
 lity, anxious for the improvement of the Indians, 
 and from whom the greatest and most efficient 
 assistance may be expected in rendering the Walpole 
 mission effectual. The Indians of the Sable River 
 sent me a deputation, soliciting in the first place a 
 schoolmaster, and by and by a missionary, ex- 
 pressing their firm adherence to the Church of 
 England. The deputation was very interesting, 
 and the speeches characterised by deep feeling. 
 Just as we were departing, the principal chief of 
 the Walpole Indians came to visit me ; but no in- 
 terpreter being at hand, we had very little conver- 
 sation. I could, however, gather from what was 
 said, their readiness to receive a missionary kindly, 
 and also their anxiety to have a good school for the 
 education of their children. All the Indians, in 
 short, with whom I had any intercourse, expressed 
 the same anxious desire for the instruction of their 
 offspring. 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL— 1842. 
 
 gi 
 
 SANDWICH — AMHERSTBURGH — COLCHESTER. 
 
 On the 3Cth of August we arrived at Sandwich, 
 and were kindly received by the Rev. T. E. and Mrs. 
 Welby. This mission is in a very healthy and 
 flourishing condition. On the 31st, forty-three 
 young persons were brought forward for confirma- 
 tion. There was a very good congregation for a 
 week-day, and the candidates seemed aware of the 
 importance of this their public profession of truth. 
 In the afternoon we proceeded to Amherstburgh, 
 and were overtaken by a severe thunder-storm, 
 which impeded our travelling, and made it rather 
 late before we reached the place of our destination. 
 On the 1st of September a confirmation was held 
 at Amherstburgh, which is under the pastoral care 
 of the Rev. F. Mack, and eighteen candidates, all 
 very interesting young persons, were admitted to 
 that apostolic rite. This mission at my last visit 
 was very backward ; but I am happy to believe that 
 it is rapidly approaching to a more healthy condition. 
 In the afternoon we proceeded to Colchester, where 
 the congregation was waiting. This mission has 
 much improved since I was last there ; the congre- 
 gation has greatly increased ; the church has been 
 put in good repair; and proofs appeared on all sides 
 of the acceptable and increased exertions of the 
 missionary, the Rev. F. G. Elliott. Twenty-two 
 persons were confirmed. At Colchester, I was the 
 guest of Major Lachlan, a gentleman of great 
 
22 
 
 BISHOP OF Toronto's 
 
 intelligence, surrounded by a most interesting family, 
 by all of whom I was treated with much kindness 
 and respect. 
 
 On the 2d of September we returned to Sandwich, 
 from whence we^were to be accompanied to London 
 by the Rev. Mr. Welby ; but unhappily the illne^a^f 
 his child prevented him from fulfilling his intention; 
 and, what increased the disappointment, I was de- 
 prived of the company of Bishop McCoskry, of 
 Michigan, who was to have accompanied Mr. Welby 
 to London. I very much regretted not being able 
 to cross to Detroit River, that I might pay my re- 
 spects to the Bishop of Michigan ; but my appoint- 
 ments compelled me to proceed to Chatham without 
 delay. 
 
 CHATHAM — DELAWARE. 
 
 On Saturday, the 3d of September, it rained 
 heavily all the morning, but nevertheless we pro- 
 ceeded to Windsor to join the steam-boat ; but here 
 we had to remain several hours before she made her 
 appearance, — long enough to have gone over to 
 Detroit and visited Bishop McCoskry, had the 
 weather been more favourable and the delay of the 
 steam-boat anticipated. We left Windsor at twelve 
 o'clock, and reached Chatham, sixty miles, as the sun 
 was setting. We met the Rev. W. Hobson on the 
 wharf, who accompanied us to the best hotel. Chat- 
 ham appears to prosper and increase, but it is matter 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1 842. 
 
 2a 
 
 ■i< 
 
 of complaint that the present church is too far from 
 the busy part of the town, and a great desire is mani- 
 fested to build another in a more convenient position. 
 On Sunday, the 4th, there was an excellent con- 
 gregation, and twenty- seven were confirmed. An 
 afternoon service was also given, which was pretty 
 well attended, and, on the whole, Mr. Hobson*s ex- 
 ertions appear to be yielding very satisfactory fruit. 
 , On Monday, the 5th of September, we proceeded 
 to Delaware, fifty-eight miles, which we reached 
 early in the afternoon. Here I found both the white 
 and Indian Missions of the Rev. B. Flood in a very 
 flourishing condition. On the 6th, a deputation 
 from the farther part of Caradoc requested assist- 
 ance towards building a church, and I promised to 
 apply in their behalf to the Society for Promoting 
 Christian Knowledge. As it was a week-day, and 
 in the very midst of harvest, the congregation was 
 not numerous, but attentive and devout Thirty- 
 two persons were confirmed. In the afternoon we 
 rode to Muncey Town, Mr. Flood's Indian Mission, 
 distant fourteen miles, a mode of travelling to which 
 I had been for a long time unused, but which the 
 state of the roads rendered necessary. There are 
 two villages, Muncey and Chippaway, close to each 
 other, and the interpreters were desired to go round 
 and warn the Indians of both that there would be 
 service next day. 
 
 m^immjm»*^--i*jt,ASu,-. . ■^,- -fy— ^j.^, "i.,-|.a'ii|-tiTii jnragtin.i ■ TCUt.lJiairirTi 
 
i*i^*>ia«i^w*wi 
 
 fti BISHOP OF Toronto's 
 
 . V 
 
 BAPTISM OF AN INDIAN CHIEF. 
 
 On the 7th of September, Wednesday, the Indians 
 assembled in great numbers : it was a great day. 
 The great Chippawa chief Cunatuny was to be 
 baptized and confirmed. In the two villages there 
 are still several pagan Indians, and yet they, as well 
 as the converted, attend the services of the Church. 
 "While they continue pagans, they paint their faces 
 and refuse to kneel. The conversion, however, of 
 the great chief is expected to operate most favour- 
 ably, and from their love of truth, stronger it is said 
 among the Indians than among the Persians of old, 
 it is anticipated that they will be readily impressed 
 and permanently retained. When some doubts were 
 expressed as to my coming, the Indians exclaimed, 
 " What, is he not the chief of the Church?— he never 
 can have two words — he is sure to come." The 
 school-house, though large and commodious, could 
 scarcely contain half the number assembled, and 
 those that could not get in, stood in groups about 
 the door and windows. The chief was baptized, and 
 appeared well acquainted with the nature and im- 
 portance of the holy sacrament. He was, after 
 baptism, confirmed with four others. His admission 
 into the ChuAh, by the sacrament of baptism, and 
 his public profession of the faith in coming forward 
 for confirmation, had been with him, for years, 
 matter of deep and solemn consideration. After 
 the service, I shook hands with every individual 
 
 I— ■iiji.a .-—--——- •■■ 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 25 
 
 present, according to the custom of the Indians at 
 all their meetings. ,..,'» 
 
 LONDON — CHURCH SOCIETY. 
 
 Having taken horse again for Delaware, and 
 dined with Mr. Flood, we proceeded the same even- 
 ing in a strong waggon to London, where we arrived 
 between seven and eight o'clock. We drove up to 
 the residence of the Rev. Benjamin Cronyn, and I 
 was highly gratified to find sixteen of my clergy, who 
 assembled from their several missions in order to be 
 present at the great Church Society Meeting, which 
 was appointed to be held on the following day, for the 
 establishment of a district branch of that noble insti- 
 tution. On Thursday, September 8th, divine service 
 was held at ten o'clock, and twenty-six persons 
 were confirmed. The day was unfavourable, yet the 
 congregation was good and highly respectable. After 
 service, I adjourned with my clergy to the court- 
 house, which was soon filled to overflowing, and 
 where a public meeting was held. The proceedings 
 were highly satisfactory— the resolutions were passed 
 unanimously — many excellent speeches were deli- 
 vered, and every promise was a,flbrded that a most 
 effective branch of the Church Society was now 
 formed. The Rev. R. Flood brought with him two 
 of the Indian chiefs, who gave something of novelty 
 as well as interest to the meeting. One was the 
 chief who had been baptized and confirmed on the 
 
26 
 
 BISHOP OP TORONTO 8 
 
 previous day, the other a famous warrior, and nephew 
 to the great Tecumpseth ; both persons combining 
 with other causes, to attest the devotion of Mr. Flood 
 to his various duties. 
 
 September the 9th, having arranged my subse- 
 quent appointments for confirmation, and sent them 
 to the Church newspaper for publication, I pro- 
 ceeded to Goderich, which we reached about eleven 
 o'clock at night. 
 
 GODERICH. 
 
 The congregation at Goderich are building a large 
 and commodious brick church, which will be a great 
 ornament to the town, and a striking and agreeable 
 object from Lake Huron, which it overlooks. The 
 site has been very tastefully selected on the high 
 bank of the River Maitland, and commands a view, 
 not only of the valley through which the stream 
 meanders, and of the harbour, but also of a vast ex- 
 panse of the noble Lake Huron. From the church 
 door, on a summer evening, the sun may be seen as 
 from the mast-head of a ship on the ocean, setting 
 in glorious splendour in that inland sea. Towards 
 building the church, the Canada Company have, 
 through their commissioners, given a very handsome 
 donation ; this, with a liberal gift of 100/. sterling 
 from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 
 in Foreign Parts^ untiring in its benevolence, and 
 the generous contributions of the people, will, it is 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 27 
 
 believed, be nearly sufficient to complete the sacred 
 edifice. "With respect to the Diocese Church So- 
 ciety, no serious movement has yet been made in 
 this large district. It contains as yet only two 
 clergymen. The population is much scattered, and 
 they may in general be considered as beginners in 
 the work, so arduous to new settlers, of cultivating 
 the soil — nevertheless, the promise in spiritual things 
 is cheering. The field, now so vast, will soon, we 
 trust, receive an accession of spiritual labourer^ to 
 sow the seed and gather the fruits. In the mean 
 time the two missionaries, who being distant from 
 each other, and separated from their brethren in 
 other districts, seemed at first disheartened, have 
 been encouraged to make the attempt to forward the 
 objects of the Diocesan Society, and they are urged 
 on by the munificence of a few individuals, who have 
 thus early got a footing in this fertile district. It 
 may confidently be asserted, that there is no instance 
 in which a vigorous effort and patient perseverance, 
 however barren and unpromising the field may to 
 all appearances have been, will not realise the justice 
 of the prophet's admonition, not to despise the day 
 of small* things. Human pride has perhaps not a 
 little to do with the discouragement which is felt at 
 the contemplation of a slender beginning in any 
 enterprise of piety — the eye wanders from the com- 
 paratively sterile spot to some scene, perchance, of 
 luxuriance and abundant fruit, and it is pained by 
 the contrast ; but the sentiment of doubt and dismay 
 should be checked by the recollection of what our 
 
28 
 
 BISHOP OF TORONTO 8 
 
 blessed Saviour tells us, that ** the least of all seeds" 
 becomes, by careful nurturing, a wide spreading 
 tree, in whose branches the fowls of the air may find 
 shelter. It is very pleasing, in connexion with 
 these observations, to remark, that of the popula- 
 tion of this district, nearly one-half belongs to the 
 church of England. 
 
 Sunday f Sept. 11. — This proved a most un- 
 favourable day, heavy thunder and showers suc- 
 ceeding each other almost without intermission, and 
 the lightning so violent and near, that a haystack 
 was set on fire at a short distance from the tem- 
 porary church in which the congregation had assem- 
 bled. The number collected, notwithstanding the 
 badness of the weather, was very considerable, and 
 twelve candidates were presented for confirmation, 
 by the Rev. R. F. Campbell, the minister of the 
 parish. Many of the young persons, however, who 
 had been prepared, were prevented from attending 
 in consequence of the heavy rain, as the members of 
 the church are scattered over a considerable extent 
 of country, and it is also in its infancy, and a con- 
 firmation was held here only two years ago. The 
 responses were more frequent than is often met with, 
 and the service was devoutly joined in — evidences 
 of the careful teaching of the missionary. The 
 same care was manifest in the pious deportment 
 of the candidates for confirmation, and the becoming 
 sense by which they appeared to be actuated of the 
 solemnity and responsibility of the service in which 
 they were engaged. 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL— 842. 
 
 ,'» 
 
 Goderich is the most westerly town at present n 
 the diocese, and possesses a very command i 4 
 situation on a lofty bank near the mouth of the 
 river Maitland, from which there is a most exten- 
 sive view of Lake Huron, as well as of the adjacent 
 country. It is very healthy, not only on account of 
 its elevated position, but from its delicious water, 
 fine springs being found in almost every street. 
 The town will soon boast a spacious and excellent 
 church ; it has already a large and convenient gaol 
 and court-house, and a good horbour has been con- 
 structed at the expense of the Canada Company. It 
 stands in the midst of a fertile country, to the rapidly 
 increasing produce of which it is the most convenient 
 outlet, and which, owing to the judicious arrange- 
 ments, and liberal measures of the Canada Company, 
 is fast filling with settlers. Goderich gives many 
 indications of future prosperity, and must, at no 
 distant period, be the seat of a large population. 
 
 On the morning of the 14th, we were on our way 
 back to London, by four o'clock, and notwithstanding 
 the great quantity of rain which had fallen during 
 the last few days, the roads, thanks to the Canada 
 Company, were not deep, and London, a distance of 
 fifty-eight or fifty-nine miles, was reached by eight 
 o'clock in the evening. 
 
30 
 
 BISHOP OP TORONTO 8 
 
 .'ih 
 
 ■tx V' 
 
 '..i'^ 'i> 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 
 ^ Thursday y Sept, 15. — To avoid the inconvenience 
 of frequent changes and the impositions often prac- 
 tised, when a conveyance is required suddenly 
 or on any unexpected emergency, I considered 
 it most desirable to engage by the day, for the 
 remainder of my journey, a man with a common 
 farmer's waggon, strongly built, and a stout pair of 
 horses. After breakfast, we drove to the principal 
 station of the Rev. C. Brough's missions in the town- 
 ship of London. I found the church much improved 
 since my last visit, two years ago, and the congre- 
 gation which assembled on the present occasion was 
 large, and devoutly attentive to the services. Twenty- 
 two persons were presented by Mr. Brough for 
 confirmation, and they, as well as the spectators, 
 appeared much affected with the ordinance. The 
 interest thus excited was not, I trust, of a transient 
 character, but through the Divine blessing aiding the 
 faithful monitions of their pastor, likely to be at- 
 tended with abundant and permanent fruit. About 
 two years ago, Mr. Brough was removed on account 
 of the health of his family from the Indian Mission 
 on the Manatoulin Island, to the second rectory 
 in the township of London ; and he has carried with 
 him to the new scene of his labours that active and 
 untiring energy which rendered him so useful among 
 the native Indians. His different congregations are 
 rapidly increasing, and a love for the Church and her 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 31 
 
 edifying and beautiful ministrations is e:xtending on 
 every side. Mr. Brough has the advantage of an 
 excellent parsonage and glebe, tastefully situated on 
 the banks of the river Thames, about three miles 
 from the prosperous town of London, to which, on 
 account of its rapidly growing population, the labours 
 of the Rev. B. Cronyn, its worthy and zealous rector, 
 are now in a great measure confined. . « 
 
 ADELAIDE. 
 
 Having breakfasted early on the morning of the 
 16th, we proceeded to the township of Adelaide j 
 but, on account of the roughness of the roads, we 
 did not reach the residence of the Rev. D. Blake, 
 its kind and amiable minister, until four o'clock, p.m. 
 The township is very level, especially along the line 
 of road ; and this has compelled the inhabitants, as a 
 common provision in this new country against the 
 effects of wet weather, to cover large" portions with 
 logs, rendering it of all others the most disagreeable 
 and fatiguing species of road to travel upon, espe- 
 cially in a heavy waggon without springs. 
 
 Soon after our arrival at Mr. Blake's, the Rev. 
 Arthur Mortimer, a promising young clergyman, 
 and son of the excellent rector of Thornhill, came 
 in from the adjacent township of Warwick. He 
 stated that the late heavy rains had carried away all 
 the bridges on the road from Adelaide, and that it 
 was otherwise so broken up as to have become very 
 
32 
 
 BISHOP OP TORONTO S 
 
 dangerous ; that at one place there was no other way 
 of crossing a deep but sluggish stream than in a 
 small canoe, which was very unsafe, and could take 
 one person only at a time with the ferryman, the 
 passenger being in danger every moment of upset- 
 ting. In consequence of these difficulties, Mr. 
 Mortimer inferred that it was impossible for me to 
 reach vVarwick ; and his mission being new, and 
 having but few fit for confirmation, he had requested 
 them to come to Adelaide. Sensible that Mr. Mor- 
 timer had acted with the best intentions, I acqui- 
 esced in this arrangement, but with reluctance, 
 because the appointment to Warwick was on Sun- 
 day, when there would have been a very general 
 assembly of the people, and an opportunity would 
 have been afForaed me of conferring personally with 
 them in reference to building a chu-ch, and other 
 matters affecting their spiritual interests. After 
 Mr. Mortimer had finished his sad tale of difficul- 
 ties, I reminded him, with a smile, that, if he and 
 his candidates could come from Warwick to Ade- 
 laide, his Bishop, who had traversed the province 
 from its early commencement, could have gone from 
 Adelaide to Warwick. It was, however, too late to 
 return to the first arrangement. 
 
 The services at Adelaide were, from their num- 
 ber and character, particularly impressive. The 
 church was consecrated, six adults were baptized 
 previous to their being confirmed, and thirty-one 
 persons were brought up by Mr. Blake for con- 
 firmation. Of the six adults, three believed that 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 33 
 
 they had been baptized by dissenting preachers or 
 laymen, but not from any impending necessity, and 
 they had become anxious to be regularly admitted 
 into the Church. They stated that they had 
 reflected long and seriously upon the subject, and 
 though for some time they felt a great unwillingness 
 to state their doubts, and apply for valid baptism, 
 yet the more they thought upon it the more import- 
 ant the question seemed, and the more they were 
 convinced that they were not regularly engrafted 
 into the Church of Christ, and therefore not fully 
 entitled to its covenant privileges. In this perplexity 
 of mind, they had very properly recourse to their 
 clergyman ; and after receiving his counsel or in- 
 struction, they resolved to await the Bishop's arrival, 
 and solicit him to admit them by baptism into the 
 Church. Under these circumstances of doubt and 
 distrust, I administered to them the sacrament of 
 baptism, under the condition which the Rubric has 
 wisely provided: " If thou art not already baptized, 
 I baptize thee, &c." * * * -> 
 
 Sunday i ISth September^ I preached for the Rev. 
 B. Cronyn, to a very large congregation in the town 
 of London, being happy to afford him some little 
 respite from his labours, which, what with the troops 
 (two regiments being stationed here) and the duties 
 of his increasing parish, are almost incessant. Lon- 
 don is a fair specimen of the rapidity with which 
 towns rise and advance in a new country; a few 
 years ago, it could scarcely be called a village, but 
 now it is a large and increasing town, with several 
 
 c 
 
34 
 
 BISHOP OF Toronto's 
 
 good streets, and well-furnished shops, in which you 
 find not only the necessaries, but the luxuries and 
 elegances of life. 
 
 After an early breakfast on Tuesday the 20th, we 
 proceeded to St. Thomas, seventeen miles, over a 
 very bad road, and arrived there at eleven, a.m. 
 The Rev. Mark Burnham, the Rector of the parish, 
 and a graduate of the University of Oxford, with 
 the Rev. D. Blake, of Adelaide, and the Rev. George 
 Petrie, of Burford, were in attendance to receive 
 me. Here we had also the pleasure of meeting 
 Colonel Burwell, who has done so much for the 
 Church. His name is already extensively and 
 favourably known, as one of the most munificent 
 benefactors whom we can boast of in the province. 
 If, indeed, the more wealthy members of our commu- 
 nion at large would contribute to the maintenance 
 and necessities of the Church with a similar spirit 
 of liberality, little fear need be entertained but 
 that it must soon become a great and influential 
 establishment. 
 
 ST. THOMAS. 
 
 At St. Thomas, everything was in readiness for 
 the appointed service — the people were assembling 
 from the vicinity, and the village seemed to have 
 put on the appearance of Sunday. It is gratifying 
 to state the very prosperous condition in which I 
 found this parish, owing to the zealous and judicious 
 
VISITATION JOUBNAL. — 1842. 
 
 35 
 
 exertions of its exemplary clergyman. The success 
 attendant upon his labours, latterly so very marked 
 and striking, he ascribes, under the Divine blessing, 
 to a more clear and earnest development on his part 
 of the distinctive principles of the Church, the 
 bringing her claims more fully, plainly, and deci- 
 dedly before his people, as the depository of Divine 
 truth, and the channel of heavenly grace. While he 
 performed his duty conscientiously, with all calmness 
 and zeal, as a minister of Christ, but without bring- 
 ing forward prominently tho government, order, and 
 peculiar excellences of the Church, the necessity of 
 communion with her, by those who expect the 
 privileges and blessings of the Redeemer's sacrifice, 
 matters went on with regularity, and smoothness ; 
 his people were decent and discreet in their Christian 
 walk, but they seemed scarcely conscious of any 
 difference between themselves and the sectaries 
 around them. It was not till he pointed out dis- 
 tinctly and emphatically, the nature and privileges 
 of the Church, her close resemblance to the apostolic 
 pattern, the many important and decided difierences 
 between her and other " Protestant denominations," 
 that his congregation began to feel that they were a 
 distinct and privileged people ; that the matters in 
 which they differed from others were not of small, 
 but of essential moment, and that they manifested 
 themselves no longer lukewarm in her service, but 
 ready to contribute with their substance, as well as 
 by their example, to the advancement of her holy 
 cause. The change, indeed, so justly ascribed to 
 
36 
 
 BISHOP OP TORONTO S 
 
 these causes, is very apparent since my last visit, 
 two years ago ; the church has been enlarged and 
 repaired, a large and commodious school-house has 
 been built, in which religion forms the basis of 
 instruction, and the distinctive principles of the 
 Church are impressed upon the minds and hearts of 
 the rising generation. Mr. Burnham, with the 
 ingenuousness which always accompanies true piety 
 as well as superior abilities, confessed that he was 
 afraid at first to bring forward, in a very direct or 
 formal manner, the distinctive features of our church 
 polity and order, and that even after the encourage- 
 ment given to him and the rest of the clergy in my 
 Episcopal charge, at my last visitation, to conjoin 
 instruction upon these important points, with a 
 faithful declaration of the great truths and exhorta- 
 tions to the practical duties of Christianity, he still 
 felt apprehensive of the effect of "preaching the 
 Church," as it is sometimes invidiously termed. But, 
 feeling it his duty to make the attempt, and con- 
 ducting it in that spirit of gentleness and affection 
 which the Gospel inculcates, and the necessity of 
 which was urged in my Charge, the beneficial results 
 have been most rapid and striking, in a religious as 
 well as practical point of view. 
 
 Herej then, we have a proof, that the true way to 
 succeed in any parish is to follow thfi order of the 
 Church, by which means, all the loading doctrines 
 of Christianity are brought prominently forward, 
 while the people are instructed as to the ground 
 upon which they stand, or ought to stand. It seems, 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 37 
 
 indeed, a matter of positive unfairness, and dishonesty, 
 to withhold from the people instruction upon all that 
 concerns their spiritual weal ; they have a right to 
 be informed, not only of what constitutes the sound- 
 ness of the faith, but of whatsoever also may serve 
 to promote unity of belief, and uniformity of practice, 
 — whatsoever may help to keep them a united body, 
 and cause them to shun those divisions upon which 
 every Apostle and apostolic man has pronounced so 
 severe a condemnation. That Christian steward can 
 scarcely be said to give every man his portion, to 
 bring out of his treasures things new and old for the 
 edification and welfare of Christ's heritage, if, while 
 he is faithful in preaching a crucified Redeemer, he 
 omits all explanation of the order, government, and 
 discipline of that Church, which bears so near a 
 connexion with the Saviour as to be called His 
 Spouse, and in relation to which it is said, that they 
 who are grafted into the Church are grafted into 
 Him. The lawfully ordained minister of Christ 
 may lament the religious difference which he per- 
 ceives around him, and he may appeal to his flock to 
 beware of such divisions ; but they must be expected 
 to listen to these monitions with indiflerence and 
 without interest, unless a fuU explanation is afforded 
 of what constitutes the distinction between order 
 and latitudinarianism, between the apostolic rule and 
 the inventions which men have substituted for it, 
 between the Churchman and the Schismatic. When 
 these points of difference are fully understood, when 
 the members of a congregation are duly instructed 
 
38 
 
 Zr 
 
 BISHOP OF Toronto's 
 
 in what constitutes the foundation of iheir ecclesi- 
 astical polity, when they know why they ought to 
 prefer and adhere to the episcopal regimen, and 
 that it is not a matter of indifference what form of 
 church government we adopt, or under what minis- 
 tration sit ; when they are assured that our beautiful 
 Liturgy, according to which we worship, is not a 
 modern creation, but compiled from holy forms 
 and services, which can in many instances be traced 
 up to the apostolic times ; when all these things are 
 set before them earnestly and faithfully, then may 
 we appeal to them, in a voice of authority, to cling 
 to the Church and to avoid those who cause divisions, 
 because that voice will be no "uncertain sound," but 
 its purport will be well understood. In that case, 
 too, the arts of the Dissenter will fail in their effect, 
 and it will be found as difficult to shake the Church- 
 man from his filial affection and devotion, as the 
 loyal subject of the throne from his allegiance. He 
 will not then be thrown helpless, as it were, into the 
 religious arena, and forced to yield to the first com- 
 batant who may assail him, but he will be fortified 
 with armour to repel the attacks of his adversaries, 
 and put them to flight. 
 
 In the country parishes in England, especially 
 those into which the teachers of Dissent have not 
 penetrated, it may be thought needless by the clergy 
 to enter into any formal explanation of the claims 
 and principles of the Church, because the former 
 have never been disputed, and the latter never 
 assailed ; the Church there is strong in the affections 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 39 
 
 of the people, because no rival has ever been seen in 
 competition with her. But shift the position of these 
 people ; transfer them, for example, as emigrants, to a 
 transatlantic colony, where the Church holds not the 
 same influence and preeminence, and the disastrous 
 consequences of want of instruction in her peculiar 
 principles are discernible at once. They are thrown, 
 perhaps, into some spot, where the Church is only 
 named to be vilified ; and the object of their early 
 reverence and love, through the insidious and un- 
 opposed arts of religious deceivers, becomes one at 
 last of indifference, suspicion and hate. Against 
 these melancholy results, the best and only precaution 
 consists in a careful tuition in what constitutes the 
 Church's foundation, and the ground of her excel- 
 lences; fortified by these infitructions, he will not 
 be so easy a prey to those who, from selfish motives, 
 frequently " lie in wait to deceive." Here it may 
 not be inappropriate to offer a suggestion to our 
 brethren in the rural and other parishes in England, 
 that they would prepare the subjects of their charge, 
 who are about to emigrate, against such a contingency, 
 by rendering an explanation of the claims of the 
 Church a portion of their valuable instructions ; so 
 that going forth into the wilderness they may not 
 face their adversaries there without shield or spear, 
 but be ready on every point to "give an answer to 
 every man who asketh a reason of the hope that is 
 m them." * . , 
 
40 
 
 BISHOP OP TORONTO 8 
 
 I., r,- 
 
 EMIGRANTS SHOULD BRING LETTERS , , 
 
 COMMENDATORY. . ;^^ . =' i^t-r 
 
 Mii 
 
 It may be further suggested, that, if, with such 
 instruction, the Clergy in the mother-country would 
 give to each parishioner, on his or her departure 
 to any colony, a testimonial of membership in the 
 Church, it would add much to the firmness of their 
 profession^ as well as to their comfort. It would 
 help to maintain in their hearts an unwavering 
 attachment to their fathers' Church, and continually 
 remind them, that, be their lot cast where it may, 
 they are still within the pale of that loved and 
 hallowed communion. When landed on a distant 
 shore, they would in that case make it their first care 
 to seek out the pastor of that Church of which they 
 are members, and by an exhibition of those creden- 
 tials be sure to engage that pastor's watchfulness and 
 care. As was the case in the primitive ages of 
 Christianity, go where they would throughout the 
 bounds of the wide world, they would, wherever a 
 lawfully-ordained minister of the Church was to be 
 found, meet a brother and a friend. They would 
 be privileged to kneel everywhere at their Church's 
 altars, and, though the land was a strange one, and 
 Its scenes and customs different, and far from those 
 of their young and happier days, they would still 
 experience in their place of pilgrimage the Christian 
 sjrmpathy, and, therefore, the richest comforts, of 
 home. 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 41 
 
 I:' 
 
 •J .«■ k. 
 I 
 
 RELIGIOUS DIVISION. 
 
 ,i 
 
 •»M 
 
 We remark, far and wide, the prevalence of 
 religious division, and its attendant is too frequently 
 in this diocese a feeling of hostility to the Church of 
 England. Both ai^ to be lamented, and deplored ; 
 the one is almost the necessary consequence of the 
 other. The very rights of an Institution which 
 claims to be apostolic and divine, and the assertion 
 of whose principles is met, in general, by no better 
 argument than invective, is sure to create jealousy 
 and animosity in the minds of those, who are con- 
 scious of having no foundation themselves to build 
 upon, and who, when press^id for reasons, are com- 
 pelled to acknowledgments which imply, in fact, that 
 there is no such thing as a visible Church at all. 
 And the very maintenance of such an Institution, is 
 always a rebuke as well as a restraint upon the ram- 
 pant spirit of division ; while this spiritual citadel 
 stands there in its strength, the advocates of religious 
 disunion are forced to manifest more exertion in 
 their proceedings; for to that citadel experience 
 assures us, not a few cf the sober-minded dre in the 
 habit daily of resorting, who have become tired and 
 distressed by the discord and animosity of rival 
 sects and parties. But we must be just in our 
 estimate of the causes of this religious dissension, 
 and the unprovoked hostility which is so frequently 
 manifested towards the Church of England. Th6 
 people at large have not been made acquainted with 
 
42 
 
 BISHOP OF TORONTO 8 
 
 her tenets, and have not had a fair opportunity of 
 observing the working of her principles ; we must 
 not wonder, then, if misconceptions should have pre- 
 vailed, and that these have been deepened and 
 extended through the selfish practices of agitators. 
 Religious instruction according to the doctrine and 
 discipline of the national Church, was not made to 
 keep pace with the settlement and population of the 
 country ; no clergymen were appointed to the several 
 townships, as they became peopled, therefore the 
 inhabitants of those townships necessarily grew up 
 in ignorance of the Church. And if the teachers of 
 various forms of doctrine occupied the ground to 
 which the lawful ministers of the Church should 
 have been appointed, it is not likely that such igno- 
 rance should be allowed to remain a passive feeling. 
 Tae moment that ground was conceived to be tres- 
 passed upon by the lawful minister, it would become 
 a matter of expediency and interest to paint the 
 Church in the blackest colours, and, by the most 
 unscrupulous misrepresentations, where honest argu- 
 ment failed — as it evpi* must fail — to alienate her 
 from every heart, and render her, if possible, an 
 olgect of suspicion and dislike. ' '" ' '' -..f-.v^-^- 
 -' Such results cannot be wondered at; and when 
 we fairly review their causes, it becomes us to be 
 guarded in our condemnation of those who have 
 admitted the prejudice, and indulged in the animosity 
 against the Church. Of her friends, and especially 
 of her ministers, it is clearly the duty to endeavour 
 to disabuse them of such prejudice, and the expe- 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 43 
 
 f 
 
 t 
 
 Id 
 le 
 il 
 
 rience of the last few years brings the completest 
 assurance that we have only to develop the princi- 
 ples and pourtray the excellences of the Church, to 
 convert the assailant into an advocate — the perse- 
 cutor into a friend. ' ' ' 
 " But it is time to return from this long digression, 
 and to say, that, on the occasion referred to, the 
 congregation at St. Thomas was very large, twenty- 
 four persons were coniirraed, and my closing address 
 to the candidates, as well as to the congregation in 
 general, seemed to have a visible effect. 
 
 After service we proceeded to the residence of 
 the Hon. Colonel Talbot, twelve miles distant, and 
 remained there for the night The Colonel super- 
 intended the settlement of this section of the province, 
 and now beholds fifty or sixty thousand inhabitants 
 in the space which when committed to his charge 
 was one dense forest, without a single inhabitant. 
 We were very sorry to find this excellent gentleman 
 very unwell, in consequence of over fatigue in 
 returning from Kingston, but it is hoped, that the 
 strength and vigour of his constitution, through the 
 Divine blessing., will soon triumph over his indis- 
 position. 
 
 
 r .'-ii^^H 
 
 yi" f/^-n--:,.H^ t'd) itir' 
 
 DUNWICH — ATTACHMENT TO THE CHUKCH« ^ 
 
 u Wednesday/, 2lst Sept. — After breakfast we went 
 to Dunwich, seven miles ; and for so thin a popula- 
 tion, we found the congregation very respectable. 
 
M 
 
 
 BISHOP OF TORONTOS 
 
 The morning service ended, I preached, and conse- 
 crated the burial ground in the midst of the rain, 
 which suddenly came on. There is much that is 
 delightful connected with this parish ; it has been 
 for many years formed, but has increased very little, 
 in consequence of all the neighbouring lands being 
 in possession of persons who refuse to sell. The 
 few families which constitute the congregation are 
 entirely rural in their manners and habits, and 
 manifest the strongest attachment to the Church. 
 Of their zeal in her favour they have given many 
 proofs, though but plain farmers, and few in number ; 
 they have erected a neat church on a plot of ten acres 
 of land, without any assistance from other quarters : 
 one individual, a farmer, gave 80/. towards its 
 erection ; another 60/. ; while the land, and also a set 
 of excellent books for the desk, was the donation 
 of an aged lady of the congregation, now departed, 
 who has left for the benefit of the Church a small 
 legacy yet to come. The same people, animated by 
 the spirit of true Church principles, are now pre- 
 paring to build a parsonage house, as I have promised 
 them in a short time a resident clergyman. At 
 present the Rev. M. Burnham holds an afternoon 
 service at this place, and has done so for many years ; 
 but the distance from St. Thomas, nineteen miles, 
 is too great for the permanent continuance of such 
 service; and it has also become desirable that his 
 afternoon labours should be transferred to Port 
 Stanley, where a population is growing up, and the 
 distance to which is only seven miles. Dunwich is 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL— 1842, 
 
 # 
 
 an excellent position for a Missionary) as the adjacent 
 lands will now be soon in the market, and the town- 
 ships west of it, along the Talbot road, abound with 
 members of our Church who as yet have been 
 almost entirely deprived of her ministrations. 
 
 The primitive character of the inhabitants of this 
 spot, their devout behaviour at public worship, their 
 aifectionate attachment to the Church of their fathers, 
 and the zeal which they have manifested already in 
 its behalf, contributed to make this a most refresh- 
 ing and gratifying visit. It is worthy, too, of grate- 
 ful remark, that the cause which has served to keep 
 the congregation of Dunwich so small, has been the 
 means of the extension of the Church in other quar> 
 ters. From the impossibility of settling their chil- 
 dren on the adjacent lands, for so many years locked 
 up from sale, these worthy people have been obliged 
 to purchase farms for them westward, along the 
 shores of Lake Erie, in the townships of Oxford, 
 Howard, Harwich, and Raleigh ; and these young 
 persoris have carried with them to their new abodes, 
 and implanted there, those sentiments of devout 
 reverence for the Church, and her ministrations, for 
 which their parents have been so distinguished, and 
 in which they themselves were carefully nurtured. 
 This attachment and adherence to the Church on 
 their part, under circumstances, too, of spiritual des- 
 titution, more than ordinarily painful, is worthy of 
 the highest commendation ; and nothing will give me 
 greater pleasure, than to endeavour to reward it by 
 supplying to them as soon as possible those ministra- 
 
I I 
 
 4* 
 
 BISHOP OF TORONTO S 
 
 tions of which they have so long been deprived. 
 Measures are in progress for sending a missionary 
 occasionally among them ; while the clergyman, who 
 is soon to be settled in Dunwich, will be instructed 
 to make frequent visits to these several townships. 
 Having dined at Colonel Burwell's, we drove back 
 to St. Thomas, in order that we might be enabled to 
 keep an appointment at Richmond, in the township 
 of Bayhum. 
 
 RICHMOND. 
 
 Thursday, 22nd Sept. — We left St. Thomas at 
 half-past six o'clock in the morning, and arrived 
 at Richmond, twenty miles, before eleven o'clock. 
 Here I was met by the Rev. James Stewart, who is 
 supported from the funds of the *' Stewart Mission," 
 and has been appointed travelling missionary in the 
 London and neighbouring districts. This gentleman 
 has been only a few months in the diocese; but, 
 during that short period, he has proved himself an 
 active and zealous labourer, and his ministrations are 
 highly acceptable to the people among whom he 
 labours. The village of Richmond is very favour- 
 ably situated in the midst of a rich country ; it is 
 still small, and as yet has no church ; and the school- 
 house, which is used as a place of worship, was 
 found insufficient on the present occasion ; many 
 having come from a great distance, who belonged to 
 some of Mr. Stewart's other stations. A large 
 
 f 
 
 •*»»»#«* 
 
 ''T»'^»T\'>ll. ^'UHIIRI MMUM 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 47 
 
 ..■*■■? 
 
 I 
 
 room, therefore, at one of the inns was fitted up 
 as well as could be done on a short notice, and this 
 was filled to overflowing. Many of thp persons 
 present had never witnessed a confirmation, and 
 some had never been present at the ordinary service 
 of the Church of England, and the effect upon them 
 of the religious ministrations of the day was obvi- 
 ously very powerful. I preached on the nature and 
 character of the Church — the body of which Christ 
 is the head — and stated the necessity, that all who 
 desire to be saved should belong to His body, as the 
 means by which the spiritual nourishment of which 
 He is the source is conveyed to them. After the 
 sermon, fifty persons were presented for confirma- 
 tion, many of them advanced in life, and all appear- 
 ing to be deeply affected by the beautiful and affect- 
 ing ceremonial, I addressed the persons confirmed, 
 and the congregation in general, at more than my 
 usual length, not only on the character of the apo- 
 stolic ordinance, which they had just witnessed, but 
 also upon the excellences and purity of our Church, 
 as well as her high claims upon all who were anxious 
 on the subject of their eternal salvation. From the 
 deep attention of the audience, and the aspect of 
 their countenances, it is evident that a great impres- 
 sion was made. • ' 
 
 Having partaken of refreshments at Mr. Stew- 
 art's rooms, we proceeded on our way towards 
 Woodhouse, twenty-five miles, to Sovereen's Inn, 
 where we were glad to halt for the night. Here 
 we met the Rev. Francis Evans, rector of Wood- 
 
48 
 
 BISHOP OF TORONTO S 
 
 house, who had, with the kindest intentions, come 
 thus far, twelve miles, to escort me to his hospitable 
 home, but having already travelled nearly fifty miles, 
 in a very rough wagon, and through bad roads, and 
 having also performed a great deal of duty, I felt 
 too much fatigued to proceed further so late at 
 night, it being then past nine o'clock, p.m. Mr. 
 Evans, however, being well acquainted with the 
 road, and anxious to make farther preparations for 
 my reception on the following morning, returned 
 home by the light of the moon, which was just 
 rising. 
 
 WOODHOUSE. 
 
 Friday, 2Zrd Sept — The church at Woodhouse 
 was built many years ago, when the population was 
 very thin, and its site at the time was chosen to 
 meet the convenience of the comparatively few 
 church-people, who were scattered throughout the 
 neighbourhood. It is, therefore, quite in the coun- 
 try, and is, unfortunately, at a distance from several 
 villages, which have since its erection started up in 
 its vicinity. This locality of the church is now felt 
 to be a great inconvenience ; the county town, Sim- 
 coe, for instance, is nearly two miles distant, and at 
 this spot one must of necessity soon be erected ; 
 while several other villages in the neighbourhood are 
 in a similar situation. The congregation at Wood- 
 house was very respectable, and more numerous, 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL 1842. 
 
 49 
 
 indeed, than could have been expected, as many 
 were absent at the assizes, which were then being 
 held at the county town. Twenty-two persons were 
 confirmed, several of whom had come, through very 
 bad roads, seventeen or eighteen miles. Amongst 
 the candidates for confirmation, it was pleasing to 
 see the children of several emigrants, who had re- 
 cently arrived, and retained all the freshness of 
 attachment to the Church of their native land. 
 Upon the conclusion of the services we returned to 
 the parsonage, where we were hospitably entertained 
 by the rector, and his accomplished partner, Mrs. 
 Evans. We then resumed our journey, and drove 
 to Brantford, a distance of twenty-six miles, where 
 we arrived about eight o'clock, p.m. 
 
 BRANTFORD. 
 
 Brantford is a town but of few years standing, 
 but has, nevertheless, attained a considerable size, 
 and, from its favourable position, and the richness of 
 the surrounding country, and more especially from 
 the improvements in the Grand River, which is 
 being made navigable to this place, it must soon 
 become a town of considerable trade. A handsome 
 church has been completed at a considerable^ ex^^ense, 
 and another is in contemplation at Mount Pleasant, 
 five miles distant. On the whole, the prospects of 
 the Church at this phce are promising, but, owing 
 to the Rev. J. C. Usher's state of health, which had 
 
 D 
 
50 
 
 BISHOP OF TORONTO S 
 
 been very bad during the greater part of the sum- 
 mer, no confirmation was held. Mr. Usher, how- 
 ever, was said to be better, and likely to be able in 
 a few days to resume his duties. 
 
 CONFIRMATION OF NATIVE INDIANS. 
 
 Saturday f 24th Sept. — From Brantford we drove 
 to the Mohawk Parsonage, only two miles distant, 
 where we were met by the two missionaries to the 
 Indians, the Rev. Abraham Nelles, and the Rev. 
 Adam Elliott. The prayer© were read in the Mo- 
 hawk language by Mr. Elliott, and tlie lessons in 
 English by Mr. Nelles. No sermon was delivered, 
 as it would have required to have been interpreted, 
 and occupied too much time. Fifty-four persons 
 were presented for confirmation — forty-nine Indians 
 and five Whites. The church was crowded, espe- 
 cially by Indians of the Six Nations ; the address 
 which I made after confirmation was carefully inter- 
 preted J and, as I endeavoured to suit myself to their 
 habits and modes of thinking, it appeared to affect 
 them much. The whole service was particularly in- 
 teresting, and many white people who were present 
 declared that they had never been so much affected. 
 The church stands on a beautiful flat near the river, 
 surrounded by many cottages of industrious and 
 weil-conducted Indians attached to the mission ; and 
 contiguous to the church are schools, which are care- 
 fully visited after the services. In these schools a 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 51 
 
 great number of promising Indian children, both 
 boys and girls, are taught the rudiments of a com- 
 mon education, carefully founded on religious prin- 
 ciples. Very favourable specimens of their pro- 
 ficiency in reading, writing, and arithmetic, were 
 exhibited, and nothing could be more gratifying 
 than the sight of so many of the rising generation 
 of an ancient and warlike poople, who had once 
 commanded the greater portion of North America, 
 receiving instruction to qualify them to read the 
 Holy Scriptures in the English tongue, and to en- 
 able them to impart the same knowledge to others. 
 It is a tardy, but becoming remuneration for the 
 manifold injuries inflicted upon this unfortunate 
 race. 
 
 a 
 
 EDUCATION OF NATIVE INDIANS. 
 
 Annexed to the schools for boys and girls is an 
 institution for the instruction of Indian youths, in 
 housewifery and sewing for the latter, and in various 
 useful mechanical arts for the former. To this 
 institution such boys are transferred as evince a taste 
 and desire for different trades, and the articles thus 
 manufactured are readily disposed of as being fully 
 as good, and somewhat cheaper than can be furnished 
 at the shops of the best mechanics in the vicinity. 
 We pa&oed the night at the parsonage, which is a 
 substantial and comfortable brick house, for which 
 this mission is indebted to the liberality of the New 
 
52 
 
 BISHOP OF TORONTO 8 
 
 England Company in London, and to which the 
 Indians, with the sanction of Government, have an- 
 nexed a glebe of upwards of two hundred acres of 
 excellent land. The parsonage-house is finely situ- 
 ated ^n a high bank, commanding an extensive 
 view ^ the valley of the Grand River, and of the 
 canfil to Brantford, now in active progress. 
 
 The missionaries at the Mohawk and Tuscorora 
 villages, the schools of boys and girls, and the 
 mechanic institution, besides other schools through- 
 out the Indian settlements, with much generous 
 assistance for other purposes, are all supported by 
 the bounty of the New England Society already 
 mentioned, and reflect the highest credit on that 
 respectable body. Their exertions for the temporal 
 and spiritual amelioration of the Indians of this 
 diocese, merit the thanks of every Christian in the 
 colony, and the members of the associatio*n must 
 feel the liveliest satisfaction in knowing how abun- 
 dant a harvest has already resulted from this exer- 
 cise of their care and charity; and it is earnestly 
 hoped that the happy effects which have been already 
 manifested upon the moral condition of the Indians 
 in these missions, will encourage them to such a 
 farther liberality as their means may admit, in cul- 
 tivating the spiritual soil, so much of which still 
 continues waste in this vast diocese. 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 53 
 
 TUSCORORA TRIBE. 
 
 •y 
 
 Sunday, Sept, 25. — We proceeded this morning 
 to the Tuscorcra village, ten miles, the seat of Mr. 
 Elliott's mission. The congregation was much more 
 numerous than I expected ; and, among their num- 
 ber, several Negro families were observed, who, it 
 appears, have intermarried with the Indians of this 
 tribe. This produces a singular variety of com- 
 plexion among them, but it cannot ^e discerned 
 that there is any feeling of diflference, or that they 
 are affected by anything like a spirit of caste. Mr. 
 Elliott brought forward fifty-eight persons for con- 
 firmation, all . ,hem Indians, or blacks recognised 
 as a portion of the tribe. My address, as usual, 
 was communicated through an interpreter. The 
 services being ended, the chiefs reqi sted a council ; 
 they mentioned some religious diffeiouces which had 
 arisen among them, and given them much pain, dif- 
 ferences which had originated with some Indians, 
 who had recently come from the United States, and 
 who, it appears, had embraced the opinions of the 
 baptists. Before the arrival of these men they had 
 been at unity among themselves, but, since their 
 coming, some of their friends had been deluded, and 
 induced to forsake the Church, and they entreated 
 my advice as to the course which they, the great 
 majority of the chiefs, who still adhered to the 
 Church, ought to pursue. Knowing the fierce pas- 
 sions of these people, and the danger of violent 
 
54 
 
 BISHOP OF TORONTO 8 
 
 measures, I exhorted them to kindness and forbear- 
 ance, and recommended friendly counsel to those 
 who had wandered, impressing upon them that such 
 charitable treatment would be the most likely means 
 of bringing them back. At the same time, I took 
 occasion to confirm their faith in the truths of Chris- 
 tianity as taught by the Church, and pointed out her 
 superiority as the dispenser of the gospel truth, and 
 the appointed channel of Divine grace. The Indian 
 chiefs evinced great shrewdness in the course of this 
 conference, as well as much quickness of apprehen- 
 sion in regard to the superior excellences of the 
 Church in her doctrines and government ; and there 
 is little doubt that this partial schism will soon be at 
 an end, and that its present existence may ^ven con- 
 duce to the firmer establishment of apostolic order 
 and discipline among the people. In the meantime 
 the Divine blessing upon the labours of both these 
 excellent missionaries to the Indians, Mr. Nelles and 
 Mr. Elliott, is abundantly manifest. Many pagan 
 Indians ha'/e, through their ministrations, been 
 brought over to the truth, and every hope may rea- 
 sonably be entertained that, in a short space of time, 
 not one idolatrous Indian will remain unconverted 
 to Christianity. In the evening of this interesting 
 day we returned to the Mohawk parsonage. 
 
 ♦ ' 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL 1842. 
 
 55 
 
 PARIS. 
 
 Monday, Sept, 26. — We drove to the village of 
 Paris, nine miles, and arrived before eleven, a.m. 
 This growing town is beautifully situated on the 
 banks of the Grand River, and a very neat stone 
 church overlooks the stream, rolling over a gravelly 
 bed, V 'th a gentle current. Although the congre- 
 gation on this occasion was not large, because it was 
 a week-day, yet the Church is evidently prospering, 
 for Mr. Morse, the missionary, brought forward 
 twenty-two candidates for confirmation. At the 
 time of Mr. Morse's appointment to this mission, 
 the church-people were only few in number, but 
 they were zealous and affectionate ; and, to the 
 spirited exertions of Mrs. Capt. Dixon, the life of 
 whose husband may be spid to have been sacrificed 
 in the cause of his country, conjoined with the 
 efforts of her friends in Edinburgh, anu the liberal 
 donations of the Church societies at home, the 
 handsome church of Paris mainly owes its origin 
 and completion. On his first arrival in Canada, the 
 health of Mr. Morse was very feeble, having been 
 impaired by a long residence in a tropical climate, 
 but he is now completely recovered. He has several 
 stations, which he regularly attends in the neigh- 
 bourhood of Paris, and he is zealously assisted in 
 his labours, especially in his Sunday-schools, by 
 Mrs. Morse, a pious and intelligent English lady, 
 whom he has recently married. 
 
56 
 
 BISHOP OF TORONTO 8 
 
 BURFORD. 
 
 Having partaken of some refreshment, after the 
 services, with Mr. and Mrs. Morse, we proceeded 
 seven miles, to Burford, the principal station of the 
 Rev. George Petrie, one of the Stewart mission- 
 aries,* and actively employed over an extensive range 
 of country. There was no church, but divine ser- 
 vice was held in a spacious school-house ; it was 
 the first time that confirmation had been held in 
 Burford, and people had congregated from all quar- 
 ters, so that the school-house was not only filled, but 
 many stood outside at the door and windows. The 
 evening service was read by Mr. Morse, and the 
 lessons by Mr. Petrie, after which I preached. 
 Fifty-seven candidates were then presented by Mr. 
 Petrie for confirmation, many of whom were very 
 interesting young persons, and others more advanced 
 in life ; the whole scene was very beautiful and 
 affecting, and as it is supposed that more than half 
 the congregation had never witnessed a confirma- 
 tion, — the eff*ect produced upon them by the present 
 spectacle was very striking. My address to the 
 confirmed was extended so as to embrace the whole 
 congregation, whether belonging to the Church or 
 not, and was said to have made a powerful impres- 
 sion on all who heard it. Many had come from 
 curiosity, rather than from any religious motive, and 
 some, perhaps, with the expectation of having their 
 
 * Now maintained by tlie Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 m 
 
 prejudices against the Cliurch confirmed by what 
 they might see of her ministrations ; but it is be- 
 lieved that all went away with strong feelings in her 
 favour, and many confessed that they never sup- 
 posed that her services and ordinances were so spi- 
 ritual and so beautiful, or that her claims to purity 
 and to a strict adherence to the apostolic model were 
 so exceedingly strong. 
 
 The services being ended, we accepted of the kind 
 invitation of Mr. Haywood, an intelligent English- 
 man, to partake of refreshments at his house. Mr. 
 Haywood came to this province many years ago, and 
 by his skill in farming and steady industry, has be- 
 come independent and wealthy. He and Mrs. Hay- 
 wood are sincerely attached to the Church, and were 
 delighted with the services of the day. They have 
 carefully brought up their children in our commu- 
 nion, though not, as they confessed, without diffi- 
 culty, because, for a long time, no opportunity was 
 afforded of joining in the ministrations of the Church, 
 while all the strange forms of religion with which 
 this continent is so rife, were frequently presenting 
 their seductions. Mr. Haywood has a very line 
 family growing up around him, some of whom are 
 already settled in life, and now he says his most 
 ardent wish is likely to be gratified, to see a cliurch 
 built and a resident clergyman, in the village of 
 Burford. 
 
 (,i,■'j,■f■^«-A^iiJ 
 
58 
 
 BISHOP OP TORONTO 8 
 
 = *>,-5l, 
 
 OALT. 
 
 
 Tuesday^ Sept, 27. — We reached the pictu- 
 resque village of Gait about ten o'clock, and stopped 
 at the inn, which we found very comfortable. Great 
 improvements were conspicuous in this thriving 
 place since our last visit. The village had much 
 increased, and extensive mills are in progress of 
 erection, which will afford employment to the grow- 
 ing population ; but the most interesting object was 
 an excellent stone church, not quite finished, but fit 
 for Divine worship, — and the great increase of the 
 congregation. The missionary, the Rev. M. Boomer, 
 has shown much activity and zeal in the discharge 
 of his duties, and the Divine blessing has accompanied 
 his labours, for, although he has had many difficulties 
 to surmount, they have greatly prospered. The 
 township in which Gait is situated, is chiefly in- 
 habited by Presbyterians, and the members of the 
 Church were comparatively few. These few, how- 
 ever, were zealous and generous, and with the aid 
 of the Hon. William Dickson, the original proprietor 
 of the township, and his three sons, and of Absalom 
 Shade, Esq., also a large proprietor and wealthy 
 merchant, assisted by generous donations from the 
 great Church societies in England, a very handsome 
 stone church has been built, on the bank of the river. 
 To Mr. Shade we are particularly indebted, not 
 only for a large subscription, but for the care and 
 activity he has manifested in superintending the 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 59 
 
 «"» 
 
 building of the church. Owing to his judicious 
 and frugal arrangements, a sacred edifice has been 
 erected) not only excellent in it8 proportions, but so 
 large in its dimensions, as to meet for many years 
 the increase of the population, and that, too, at an 
 expense so moderate, as to surprise those acquainted 
 with the building of churches in other places. The 
 completion of the church, and the prescL of an 
 active and efficient clergyman, has already begun to 
 attract English emigrant fa) ^lilies, of great respect- 
 ability, to this beautiful locality, and from the great 
 water-power which it possesses. Gait must eventually 
 become a place of note. a 
 
 The congregation on the present oc aiion was 
 very good, and fourteen persons v l"'} confirme<^ - 
 not an inconsiderable number, whtn the newness of 
 the mission is considered, and that a confirmation 
 was held here only two years ago. After partaking 
 of some refreshment at Mr. Boomer*s, we proceeded 
 to Guelph, twenty-five miles distant, and took up 
 our lodgings at the parsonage- house of the Rev. 
 Arthur Palmer, B.A., the worthy incumbent. 
 
 .. I-V 
 
 h: 
 
 GUELPH. 
 
 Wednesday^ Sept. 28. — The Rev. A. Palmer had 
 met us at Gait, and with the Rev. M. Boomer, ac- 
 companied us across the country to Guelph. This 
 place can no longer be called a village, for it has 
 become the district town, where all the county 
 
mm 
 
 60 
 
 BISHOP OF TORONTO S 
 
 offices of the newly-formed district of Wellington are 
 kept, and the courts held. It is prettily situated on 
 the river Speed, a branch of the Grand River; Guelph 
 is distinguished as the first town commenced by the 
 Canada Land Company, whose zeal and well-directed 
 enterprise and assiduity have been of great advantage 
 to the province at large. The situation of Guelph is 
 elevated and healthy, and the population may claim 
 the character of being more exclusively British than 
 almost any other locality in the province. The 
 church, a structure rather elegant in its appearance, 
 stands upon a slight eminence in the middle of the 
 town. The congregation was very good, and thirty- 
 two persons were confirmed. In the evening we 
 returned to Gait. 
 
 DUNDAS — LANCASTER. 
 
 Thursday, Sept. 29. — We reached Dundas, 
 twenty miles, by ten o'clock, a.m. The most grati- 
 fying sight on entering this flourishing town, is the 
 church, built in the modern Gothic style. The 
 leading parishioners are T^^ealthy and generous ; they 
 are gentlemen also of considerable taste, and are 
 anxious to render their church an ornament to the 
 town. They have been much encouraged by hand- 
 some donations from the two great Church societies 
 in England, which had the eflfect of increasing their 
 own contributions. The missionary, the Rev. W. 
 M*Murray, has been very successful in his labours, 
 
 i i . ii V r(l \ il n|i i , iii ; i #W iii wlh>'f j( » i>l » >l lllJl i»i W II I . 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 61 
 
 and has greatly increased his congregation. Two 
 years ago, no fewer than eighty persons were con- 
 firmed at this place, and on the present occasion, 
 sixteen were added to that number. The service 
 was well attended, and the ministrations of the day 
 appeared to have made the usual good and whole- 
 some impression. 
 
 Friday, Sept. 30. — At Mr. M'Murray's desire, 
 I visited a sick man this morning, about three miles 
 from Dundas, who had been long ill of consumption. 
 He had expressed a strong desire to be confirmed, 
 but was unable to leave his bed. He complained of 
 little or no pain, and conversed freely and calmly 
 about his latter end ; as from the nature and pro- 
 gress of his disease, there could be no hope whatever 
 of his recovery. He was much gratified with my 
 visit, and said repeatedly it was the greatest comfort 
 that could have been afforded to him in this world. 
 I conversed with him in a kind and consoling manner, 
 and, finding him well instructed, and in a very hope- 
 ful state of mind, I administered to him the rite of 
 confirmation. The sick man became animated, and 
 expressed himself greatly comforted, and when I 
 gave him my blessing at parting, his look of grateful 
 thankfulness is not to be described, and can never 
 be forgotten. 
 
 At two o'clock we proceeded to Ancaster, a 
 village which stands in a very elevated situation, 
 and commands a most extensive view of Lake 
 Ontario, and the surrounding country. This is 
 also one of Mr. M'Murray's stations, and evinces 
 
 3s;' .j irJ »*»*_.;. _^r 
 
62 
 
 BISHOP OF TORONTO S 
 
 marks of his diligent and successful cultivation. 
 The congregation was nume:'ous, and twenty-one 
 persons were confirmed. The services being con- 
 cluded, we drove to the town of Hamilton. 
 
 BINBROOK — HAMILTON. 
 
 Saturday f Oct. 1. — We proceeded fourteen miles 
 to Binbrook, the mission of the Rev. J. Flanagan, 
 quite a rural spot, for the very few houses near the 
 church can scarcely be called a village. This being 
 the first time of holding a confirmation at this place, 
 the congregation was much more numerous than 
 might have been expected. Forty -one persons were 
 confirmed, and a salutary impression made upon all 
 present by the services of the day. The church, 
 though small, is very neat, and was built, in a great 
 measure, through the aid and exertions of Mr. Leith, 
 a son of the late Sir James Leith, major-general in 
 the army ; who not only contributed very largely 
 himself, but interested his parents and friends in 
 Scotland, in the good work, and freely gave his time 
 and attention to the building during its progress. 
 Mr. Leith has also built a commodious house, which 
 he intends to give as a parsonage, and in the mean 
 time it is occupied as such by Mr. Flanagan and 
 family. In the evening we returned to Hamilton. 
 
 Sunday^ Oct. 2. — There are few places in North 
 America that have increased more rapidly, or 
 tliat stand in a more beautiful and commodious 
 
VISITATION JOURNAL — 1842. 
 
 63 
 
 situation than the town of Hamilton. It is the dis- 
 trict town of Gore, at which the assizes and quarter- 
 sessions are held, and returns a member to parliament. 
 From the mountain, which overhangs the town, we 
 have the most magnificent views of Lake Ontario, 
 and the intervening country, as far as Toronto, forty 
 miles. The church, through the great exertions of 
 the Rev. J. G. Geddes, aided by some of his princi- 
 pal parishioners, was now finished, and prepared for 
 consecration. It is a large and handsome structure, 
 capable of containing a great number of people. The 
 congregation in the morning was very large, and the 
 service of consecration commanded the most intense 
 interest. In the afternoon, twenty-three persons 
 were confirmed, and my address seemed to awaken 
 the best feelings of those present, and confirmed, it 
 is hoped, many good resolutions. 
 
 CONCLUSION-^- SUMMARY. 
 
 Monday, OcL 3.— We embarked, at seven 
 o'clock, A.M., on board the steam-boat Britaania, and 
 reached Toronto at midday. I had now completed 
 a long and arduous tour, embracing many tedious 
 journeys, both by land and water, and I confess that 
 I was in body somewhat wearied, but in spiric greatly 
 refreshed. I had scarcely been at home since the 
 13th of June ; having from that date to the time 
 of setting out for the Manatoulin Island, been en- 
 gaged in forming District Branch Associations of 
 
64 
 
 BISHOP OF TORONTO S JOURNAL. 
 
 the Church Society. But while so many wearisome 
 journeys were endured, I had the greatest reason to 
 be thankful to Almighty God, who so mercifully 
 preserved my l.ealth and strength during the whole 
 period — haviig never experienced a day's sickness, 
 or been prev anted by any accident from discharging 
 my duties, or from keeping my various appoint- 
 ments. During my absence from Toronto, I con- 
 secrated two churches and one burial-ground, con- 
 firmed 756 persons at twenty-four different stations, 
 and travelled, including my journeys for the for- 
 mation of District Branches of the Church Society, 
 upwards of 2,500 miles. 
 
 R. CLAY, PEINTER, BREAD STREET HILL. 
 
 // 
 
 
 ft 
 
 
 
 .N? * 
 
 ^'.v , ■ •- ... . 
 
 f 
 
 ^hiyt^i Mi^>^"'' 
 
 
*;? 
 
 It. 
 

 noomnfm PBOKOTma ohbistun khoi 
 
 JOURNALS OF VISITATION. 
 
 |. Tithe Pfjcese of TORONTO - , ,.«..[ ' U'/ '^t , 
 
 tl:'-i;. .. ... QUEBEC. Part I.; .„,«......, llf^Y.-^-^;f^'^.i 
 
 uJ. .•• ... ... NOVA SCOTIA ..->••.«•••.•«•••..•••«•»••.. I i '^ ,"'>'''^f 'iv^tiiij 
 
 NEW a^ALAND, Pam I r' - ,^,^-*:!'m 
 
 AU8TIIAI.IA, Part I. ' ' ' 
 
 DUto PartII j iv 
 
 NEW ZEALAND, PamU '^ 
 
 Dttt9 PaktIH ,.... |!';K} 
 
 QUEB^, Par* II. .......«.v 
 
 NEWFOUNDLAND , 
 
 FREDERICTON .,,,... ^ o 
 
 ^ NEW ZEAIiS|Ml!>, Part IV. ..., 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA, Part II. .......... 
 
 ff^^M^mmm 
 
 
 tt^mmimm^ 
 
 >'.' 
 
 Not. I. h tX. cloth lettered, in TwoVolumee, fi«. 
 
 mm and PR00RES8 of the MISSIONS in 13NNEVELLY : 
 by Thomas Robinsok, D.D. late Axehdeacon of Madnui,fiiid 
 Richard Ci.arkx, Esq. late of the Madnts Civil Service. 
 With a Map Of the District 4 
 
 ilti.'sl 
 - -il 
 
 Mi$»iom to t|e iieafleit. 
 
 No. LSAWYERPOORAM(IHoeete of Madras.) Part 1 
 
 IL EDEYENKOODY 
 
 IIL SAWYERPOORAM. „ Part II 
 
 IV CAWNPORE (Diocese of CAicoTTAO 
 
 V. NAZARETH (Diocese of Madras.) 
 
 VI. LAKE HURON (Diocese of TorohtcJ 
 
 VII. SAWYERPOORAM.. Part IH. ... 
 
 VIII. Ditto Part IV. .V 
 
 IX. VISITATION TOUR (Diocese of Madras.) ..... 
 
 X. EDEYENKOODY Part II. 
 
 Xr. DIOCESE OP ROMBAY, Part I. (OvassRAT l^iMlov) 
 
 XIL SAWYERPOORAM ..Part V.. ... 
 
 Jfos, I. to VIII. ploth letter^, in One fofime, U. 64. 
 
 /4«)«' 
 
 . .>. 
 
 
 
 -r-»- 
 
 %. ctAx, rxnmB, brsao stabrv Kitu. 
 
 it 
 
 i^t J t: 
 
 ■*:.**^''i% 
 
 •I cj