^. 9u %. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (M7-3) // .v'^^^-^' '// "\ ^ V ^. W^.^i 4:. i<' f/- 1.0 I.I 1.25 3.2 tip. 2.2 us 1^ 2.0 U ill 1.6 3 Vl / / S&. f Phn+nrmoT^nin LV/^LipJ Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4S03 ,v ^vhich taxes the Enclish Missionurv fcociety, about seven dollars a-year tor each member adherincr to the British ( onference.'' " English Contributions. "' " Missmn- arv funds of the generous Irish people." " We ,rus; all Methodists, \vhether in W^vstern or Eastern Canada, or in England, will do ail they can to divert British money from Canada." iModes of raising the Funds.] Fourthly, As to the Modes by which the Funds of this Expen- diture are ohtaincd. These are stated, (most oilensively.) in the iollowing language: "The Committee at honi^: send out their agents ; and by torce of the most powerful appeals, the utmost larthing which can be lornntr from the hard earnir gs of the poorest classes ot English and Irish Wesleyans, is obtained for Missions ; and ot these collections o?ie/«.s< " CORRECTIONS OF MIS-STATEMENTS." "For we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to hvehonestly.»_//ei. xiii. J8. '"uig lo rr .1 T,^: . , Toronto, Apiil IGth, 134G. To the Editor of the Christian Guardian. Rev. Sir,— My former 'corrections' have had reference to your *mis.statements' of a minor and more local and pergonal class ; and were intended to show to your readers that fn vr m r statements regarding the British Confe/ence,tJiey could not wiU iSms cf r^hin f "^ ^T^'^^".'^" TheselatteLr-sla^t^tUts th?t I wnnMfi II ^T"'"^^ ''''^^1 '"?'.^ convenient opportunity) ^lat 1 would fully disprove; and which is my present object Therefore, this may be regarded as my first Icttlr S^ ri, ?i7/ ^ anffirSSry'St"/."^^^^' "''^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^-^-"^ ,.f^/v,f'r^'?"'i ^^r-,®'""' ^S >'*'"'• attack upon the "Expenditure Iremarf"Cirdi 7'" Missionary Society in Canada Wes"' I remarK^ that had it been conhned to the amount of that exnpnfli- J,r'»^;i;l?/hat alone, it would then have been (whayoSte'm It) a little dispute about pounds, shillings, and pence "'a question which might easily have been put to rest by an appeal to the financial documents. But, by assuming to ascribeTon-ll^ ecTsSrvtoaSlff ^" ^^at expenditure, y?u have rendered ^ necessary to appeal to such facts of the case, as mav reasonahlv be concluded to cast a light upon those motives * ^ reasonably As to the amount of "British money," stated bv you to have been expended in Canada West, and in support of an ^°ui neces^ sary ministry" there under the auspices of the BHtishConfc?- IZ^ l^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^y^^r^,'' I have already engai sum whf.7°" ^l""^ overstated it, at least, onc-third it xhXloU sum which you have stated it to be. I can hardly think that there 18 a member of the Upper Canada Conference who doubts that I 2, J,^4! '^*'' ^°'°'' ^^' ""'*''' '^ '''■'"^'^ '^ '^« ^^«« /<"- « J^«««>yr, pages dk \ \ 1 ! it may be assumed U a the SL Conf.MJ!;'"'^^ -^"^ ^•'' '^^ to believe-uad as their olLtlToui-narimsTeffirt!^^ • ^' ^^^'^^ that there s not the lea^t n.rtir.l« ^f V ■ ^^ *^ ^^ inferred— I-. havi„p,,duced1irB;iSrc:„tf°„l^''-:=J'?,J^ to Canada West— that that mp!i^urTr.lr.„ ^^,^' "^/^s iVIissionanes prejudiced, and and^itiou: anl'^^JlPJ^^^^^^^^^^ a ostentatious, and nolitical \m) hn.„ i i '^P'^'^A foohsh and temper on 'the pa'rt of the f^i'l C:n;> L"r.-^tt' ' f"' ^'^^^"1 can on y say, that I shnnld nnf K<. V 7"^'*^"cc , — then, for one, I of suck L expenditure r. If noutnhadTan^^^^^^ ^" '^'^'^^f than a mere " York-sixpence " amounted to no more INO WORSE." Since vorhave b?^,in t. ^^esentment, ifnoth- pondents to address thTuif your c!mnc= ^f ^'.^^^g.\yo"r corres- of th, British Conference -fS/^rN.^,' ^'^^'"='^''h^^"^^"'«^«rs [£?t77 Motives Disproved.] Your representation of the British Conferenr^ r i. ■ their Missionaries to Canada West f.om m^.f' ^ 'j.^^^"? sent t^«m.^ the Canada Conlrence ^im^ -n/T^"' o( Prejudice to them, is, your readers mav be asgutll nn 1^!^ °' Opposition to the real f/eling which tlSt bod^ has 'e?or ente tSS?^"''^^ your Provincia communitv This mav hlll^ "^4 towards entire history of the proSingsof tKHH^^^^ ^^ S« part of our United ptovince ^ Conference, in this thfclnaL'cSe^tl"lU'Br?tii\&^ ^ ^'°"' *^^^? *- "the attitude of a assaiing enemy "afvouhp-'^" never tAen to have done; I will offer evidence in s Jonor? nf n^^T? ^^-^"^ proposition; namely, that;- P^"'^ of the following The British Conference did not finally fat« »,. ^ .i.-...-.. .. , Sioif ileal position "m Canada West,"'"'''uutii';3 " "*''"'"""^^ ^^^' \i 8 First ; They had been earnestly applied to, so to do, on the part ot respectable landowners, and other Immigrant Settlers in Canada West r many ot whom had been members m our Societies, and others attendants upon our Ministry, in the Parent Land. bKcoNDLT ; The Government had officially applied to the Eng- lish Missionary Society, to send their Missionaries, in addition to those oi the other Churches in Canada, to meet the growing reiipous necessities of a rapidly increasing population. Ihirdly; The Canada Conference Body of Methodists had most clearly and unequivocally declared, that tlwt/ icere not able to ineet the encreasing demand for Wesleyan Methodist ministra- tions in this country. Fourthly ; They had themselves, by a seven years' union with the Canada Conference, endeavoured to render them more equal to tiie demands of Western Canada : but that body had occasioned the Dissolution of that Union. Fifthly ; They were fully convinced, that a path of usefulness opened out before them, in Western Canada, which it did no damage to the interests of the Canada Conference, for the Parent body to endeavour to enter and to improve ; and which they could not have been held guiltless, if they had disregarded. Sixthly ; I'hey had given sufficient proof to the Canada Con- ference, that their designs in entering upon that path of duty were perfectly unhostile ; and that their desire was to maintain relations ot amity towards that Canadian community of Methodists ; and indeed towards all other real Christians in the Province, of what- ever name or nation. I remain, Rev. Sir, Your unwilling opponent, W. M. HARVARD. i LETTER n. 4 to go into Mft.^edonia, assuredly eiitlieVin- that t!,r rZ^ ph' eavo„red for to preach the Gospel unto them. "-Jlc7., x vi. iJ. "" "' ToRo-TO, May 1st, 1846. [Mlssionanj Claims of early Setllers.'] To the Editor of the Christian Ouardian. gxven a mtle assistance to our brilS^'Halifax^^^JS^^J^ ^^f V . ^ V-^ ,'^- "^ CHARITY UNDKR HKAVKN tO be fom! pared to th,s, bnnging light to the poor heathen. eaS Umsuaus, but who sit nevertheless in the Lgwno/thcs/JoTof The fonnder of Methodism knew well " the heart of astrintrpr '» morir.,n'f':.V"' ^'^ P^^'^'r"''^' '^-^ ^^^«' ^-^^^ assisted orcXf the a n t^co n;;';^'"\'n; 'T.?r"''^r,°'' '^", ^^'--'y <^n"^^rant sutler n n, Sllo^ . ^ ' "^ ^''^ en ightoned estimation, that class of [Ajjplicattons from BrUish Setllers.] For many years the British Conference were mo^t enrnectiv besought, by early settlers in Canada West, o tun^S them w ih feoc eties at home, and others attendants upon our ministVv and in their widely scattered settlements, they felt i\ist I e, ftl'od ,. m Um^tian lell-.vship. Hat their applications, excentin- m two ?1 • Hi'eld'nr; T''"' J"^-^''"'^^' '''''''''' eon.piikl uX'o-w ng'o Mi iS f oS^^ 4f r'' '^r^r "r"'"'^*' by'Methofult Znl Un i. • li •'' ^^''^^'^''y fi'jJ With whose General Confer- standing. ^ "' ^'"'"' '""''^ ''' ^^"'™^ ^^' ^ f^i^^^^y ^^dol it wl?" ^'^'^.'?'' y*""^" ^-P^ ^'^"'^^^^ became, more fully than ever one viar "' ! r^.^^'i "^ emigrants irom the'lMother Ccfunt??. lu one year, Ki W, (and as early as the month of June in tha year,) upwards of Twenty Thousand persons had a, ved in he coijntry ; one-third ot whom at least were from En Sd Ma v iJeiaud! '""'" Methodists, as were also very nianrothcrs S [Application from the Crown.'] With a paterual solicitude on the p;, i of the Govcrnmenf f^r the best interests of this new nonnJHtinp nn "liT^^TPl""?.^"^' A?^ Ciaily made to our Missionary Society; to send an iucrraseTs'up^Iy f ■.' I ^ ' I f; * 10 of the Missionaries of the British Conference, into that part of our United Province. This application (and which left the Committee most fret to labour for the good of soulsj just in their oicmvay,) was graciously accompanied by the unsolicited oti'er of an annual Royal Grant, to enable them to encounter the increased "expenditure," which the compliance with this Royal request would necessarily involve. Let me. Rev. Sir, enquire in what way could this be faiily construed into a measure of " opposition" to the " preachers who be^an their labours in 1791 ? " Tl;e truth is, that there had occur- red a sudden and extensive enlargement of the held — and hence a further and larger supply of labourers had become necessary. And, to an application, such as has been thus described, what conscientious or even rational reply could have been returned, by the mvinagers of any Missionary Society upon earth, but that of grateful and "immediate" compliance? The apostolical reply will be found in the motto at the head of this letter. \_Compliance of the Brilish Conference.'] This remarkable combination of circumstances, led the British Conference to feel that the reason already assigned, no longer justitied ihem in abstaining from sending their Missionaries into that newly-enlarged field of evangelical toil. In that interesting region, both people and Government had addressed the British Conference an application, in the spirit of the ilIr/ct;f/''//ii'/7? ajjpeal ; " Co?Me oi-cr into Western Canada, and help ns !" Unoilendingly therefore, may it be added, in th .' words of the Apostolic narrative on that occasion ; " and immediately we endeavoured to go into Western Canada ; assuredly gathering, that the Lord halh called us for to preach the Gospel unto them." [InahiUty of the Canada Conference.] But, that I may not mislead your readers, the history of that transaction may with advantage be given in the words of the Rev. Doctor Rykrson. And, although such a circumstance was unne- cessary to bespeak conhdence in the statement, it is not a little remarkable that it was made on oath, at the Kingston Assizes, in the year 1S37, on the occasion of the Trial of a Chapel-case. " An oath, for confirmation, is to them, an end of all strife." Doctor E,vkrson's words are as follows : — "Jn 1!J3:2, the VVesleyan Missionary Committee in London, sent out the Rev. Mr. Alder, (now Doctcr A-lmkr,) as their repre- sentative and agent, with a view to the appointment ot Missiona- aries, among the British immigrants in various parts ot the Province. Mr. Ai.DKR had communications fiom the Committee in London to our Missionary Board in Toronto, which he delivered— com- mnnicating to the Board, at the same time, the object ot hia Mission. , , ,• • " Our Board admitted our inability to supply the religious wants of the country ; but stated to Mr. Alder, at grea} length, and in writing to the Committee in London, the evils likelyjo arise from the existence of two bodies of Methodials iu liiis Province— its infringement of the hitherto universally-acknowledged principle, ■ 4e 11 that the Wesleyan Methodists were one body, throughout the world — and the desirableness of uniting the means and energies of the tico Connexions, to promote the religious improvement of the aboriginal tribeS; and new settlements of the country." [^Rdview of th" Caje.'] The foregoing quotation from Doctor Ryerson's narrative, will most clearly evince these four important facts, on the part of the British Conference, viz. : — 1. That— their Missionaries were not sont, until, by the unpre- cedented increase of the population of the Province, the demand for ministerial labour, " the religious wants of the country" had greatly exceeded any existing means of supplying those " wantj." 2. That — previously to the sending of a further supply of Mis- sionary labourers to Canada West, "the Missionary Committee sent out Doctor Aldkr as their representative and agent, with communi ations to your Missionary Board in Toronto," and who also, made a candid statement to that Board, of " the objects of his Mission." 3. That— the nature of the communications from the British Conferenco v/as so csscntiuUn peaceful and amicable, as to impress your Board with a deep conviction of— ' the desirableness of UNITING the means and energies of the tv.'o connexions, to promote the religious improvement of the aboriginal tribes, and new set- tlements of the country." 4. That—on diat occasion, instead of regarding "the means and energies" of the British Conference to be "unnecessary," and " thrown away in Canada ;" (I quote your own words ;) the Upper Canada Conference Missionary Board, (to quote from Doctor Ryekson) "admitted their ortm inabilify to supply the religious wants of tlie country;" and the consequently ''neces- sary" character of— our agency in the Province. So that, on tliis authority, n is most triumpliantly established, and beyond tlie least shadow of a doubt, that " th'c means and energies" of the British Conference, tccrevwst radly needed by " the religious wants of the country." and, also, that tl;el^irent body contemplated " the appointment of Missionaries, anioug the British iminigrants in various parts of the Province." in tlie^spirit oC a nwst friendly bearing towards the Canada Conference ; and in tact with an actual " cominunicatioa" ofmost i)aciljc character, with those successorsof the United States' Methodist " preachers, who began their self-denying yet successful labours in Canada, in 1791." \_An Appeal to the Edllor.'] Is it toomuclito hope. Rev. Sir, that you will publiciv and candidly confess the injustice that you have thus done to theBrit* ish Conterence, in so misrepresenting their aims, and motives, and spirit? Wdl you not, at 'east, make that atononient for the "si/i" of falsely charging them with having come to Canada West, with ''political propensities" (!) and ''parti/" objects, and into a country where they were not wanted, and aie still, an " unnecessary ministry?" It is not indeed, denied, that the "political propensities" of your 12 own local body, and the secular and " political discussions" and strifes, of their Conference Journal, and the deleterious influence which these tended to diffuse among simple and unsuspecting people, were long and sorrowfully the causes of lamentation to the British Conference, and to many others who loved uur Zion. They unhesitatingly and justly considered that such things were a dishonour and a disparagement to the Canada Conference species of Methodism, and a considerable and also incalculable hindrance to the momentously greater and more truly Wesleyan work of " saving souls." And, though, for all the intervening years, we have cordially \yished|it to be forgotten, yet, since we are placed upon the defensive, we now desire that this may be most explicitly understood and borne in mind, '' whetlier in Western or Eastern Canada, or in England." But, then, at the same time, it is most obvious, (on the authority of Doctor Rykuson,) that when the British Conferenoi, at length, niD send their long-desired Missionaries to Western Canada, it was both at u time when they were greatly needed, and also in the spirit of the most real kindness to the Canada Conference. These are facts which that body both felt and acknowledged, as above stated. Therefore, Mr. Editor, for your Conference Journal, " ?to?o-ffl-r/fl?/5," to attribute "hateful motives" to the British Conference — to say that they came to the country to raise an opposition ininistvij to your body, and in " f//e spirit of polities'" as you have said, must be deemed, I am sorry to have to remark it, an almost unpardonable sin ag' inst — the truth! St. Paul,_ surely would have said, in such a case, " Ye sin against Christ I" \Provldenilcil Call, to Canaan, of the Missionaries of the British Conference.^ The Call of the British Conference to Western Canada, then, has these three following marks of ProriiLnfialitif, in it, viz. : I. The earnest solicitations of hundreds of our beloved British ISIembership, who desired to retain their church relation with the Parent Body in the Mother Country : — II. The acknowledged " mrt//«7iif//" of the Canada Conference, "/(J snp)>ly the religious icants of the Connfri/ ;" — and _ III. The request of the Government, that the British Mis- sionary Committee ^^ ould furnish the additional "supjily," so greatly needed. It is te be hoped, Mr. Editor, that your body may be able to produce as clear a Call to Eastern Canada, as the British Con- ference have furnished, of theirs to fVe.-cnce : and vriih- oiU a single farthing of expense to the funds of the Canada Conference. " Aib^it,** those funds were bij no means inconsid- erably improtcd, by tiie multifarious services of those British Conference agents. And -his course of unpurchased endeavour, continued, without inter *uption,^br the space o/" seven ykars ' How FAITHFULLY it was done, on the part of the British Confer- ence, and that of their reverend agents in this country, (to use the words of an inspired Apostle,) ^* God is witness !'' Their record is on high ! [Monument of Disinterested Fraternal Affectior,.] The Thousands of Miles, which thus have been travelled by the members of th? now reviled and assar-lted British Conference, in the service of Canadian Methodism, loth by sea and by land— the Thoiisands of Dollars, which have been, ' by the now malig- ned '* English Wesleyan Missionary Society," expended upon the advancement of its truly-loved, and dearly-cherished interests — the vast amount of personal inconvenience and suffering, both r -ntal and physical, which has been en^/?^, erf, by the British agents ill this enterprise — iheinroads that were made in consequence, upon the comfort of their immediate families ; some of whom wt e thereby divided asunder from each other, never more to eijoy ,oihing woi ». ---GMa7Y/i«n, November 19th, 1845. Tc i. . ;aa: the periodical organ of the Canada Conference, is employed thus to *'misrepresknt" their British " Bknefactors," as be=-g their bittkrest enemies ; and hav- ing .sent their Missionaries to Canada West, merely to maintain A. WORK OF RANCOROUS OPPOSITION AGAINST THEIR BOUr, is, (I lament to say it,) a fearful fact ; and one of most affecting and humiliating complexion I t'An Objection against the British Conference.] — - - e.' J Agt-inst the British Conference it has been attempted to be m<»de- -i. TO -i. sn objection, that tlic Governnieat did condescend io encourage our operations in Canada W?st. The obj-^ctors, (yourself, Mr. Editor, among the refi,) s.i, , that such encouragement was the m .e endeavour of a political " Es- tablished Church !" party, (and who hated both descriptions of Methodists,) to set tnem' one against the other, that thusi thev might destroy one another ! It is believed ihat many estimable members of your body entertain those views. Nor is it wondered that they should, since their ministers teach them so to thmk of the Government. In your very lar ' number, you seem to be anx- ious to produce the same impression. And that opinion wai in so many words, i'xprcssed by a friendly minister of the Canada Conference to myself; and most seriously, not many weeks ago. It is to be lamented that such an impression— one- so erroneous, and, to the views of the GovernmerJ, so grossly nngenerous should have been originated by any one ; and especially thul they should have been propaj^^ated by any i u.. ^bcr or members of the Canada Conference ; and delibcratelif sfinrtio'icd by the lant num- ber of your Canada Conference Journal ! lia: to this rcmnrhaUe remark, I would briefly reply, by asking the tiiree fullovving ouestion" ; — Quistlon Fm,t. Did the Government wish to 1. p the British Conference from uniting with the Canadian Con't-icnce in 183',\ or did they concur in the amicable union of the two jodies with each other ? Answer I'irst. It the honour of the slandered Government, be it evei known by all men, that th • Colonial and the Jlome Gov- ernment did most cordially concur in the Union between the Biiti^h and ih-- Upper Canada Conference. Answer ^cr.ond. _ For the " Seven Yea' 3" of the Union, the Governinon*. continued to demonstrate that coiicunence, bv continuing to pay, to the Treasurer of the English Missionary Society, the Royal Annual Grant, by which they had previoutjly urged that body to augment the number of their AJissionaries in Canada West. Question Second- In whac way, having this encouragement of the Government, did the Briiiph Conference endeavour to "destroy," or as you 'jxpress it '-retard" the Methodism of the Canada Conference ? Answer. By laboriously improving its (Character, efficiency, and resources, "as a Keligim/s Body;" (!^ by contributing ati Annual Donation to their Canadian Missionary Fund, of One Thousand Pounds Ste;ling ; and by expending, altoge;her, durino- the Union, upwards of F^itty Thousand Dollars, upon the interests of Methodism in Canada West I Question Third. How does the Canada Confe^'ence themselves speak of the British Conferfiice, anc the results of their Union' with them ? Did they tind the Connexion with that body to be so very destrnc" ^ to their interests ? Ansicer. ' .lese are their own words. On such an occasion, they may /ell be repeated. They say, (in 1833,) ""We rejoice that a foundation is thus laid for die permanent unity of Methodism, and the indefinite extension of the work of Gor^ in Rrirish IVni-fh Ampripn" Tn IRI^ . »< TA/, ..!,. Ji__ uvaii ourselves of this occasion, to renew our assurances of respect and affection, and of the satisfiaction we feelj and of the p^dvantage» 20 which we doubt not will arise, from ihe present oneness of the British and Canadian Connexions." In 1835: "There is an improved spirit of union, and pious liberality in our Societies generally. Our Missionary collections and subscriptions amount to much more, and there is an encouraging prospect that they will be still increased." In 18.3(i ; " The state of our Finances is more tlatteiing than at any former period. Methodism nev j to the Conference, they would at least hnLP ?' '^'^P°^*'^ Indulgence from the cha^rT but the prmted Mmu't^s %'" ' 'T"^ euce record that they were '-paslelaZn^ltll^T "* ^"''^^^" grKs^sjit^iSn^^ Grant more particularly belonged, rose and stated fiL 1? ^ exnressioii ofnninlnn /n fi,.^.f„. L-.K^*^"" stated, that such an produced amos, it'iX.Jan'd X"w i„,p"f„Sr„Zr,,,^''"'!! and heart of Mr. St,„s«k, „ ,„ inmgnZlv r« i^l.T ■ n?l "'''.'^ considerab e emolioii, "You •.li.)iil,n..v„ •/■',.! .■ ""'> MJ^-:riru^^ gS^^orlLS^^^ i^entl V ;i?"'n '"^ ^'^'", *-^^^^ ^"•-••^>-^«^-/ that mca u'r ' were Zm. ! ently the movers on this memorable occasion. The bias oC^ leading men will not therefore be misappreliended. '°"^ Certainly irom that moment, the hectic tiu'^h annenrprl in fl.« face of our Canada Conleronce atiairs, v4ich niil t h.w.^ ^ interpreted as the unfailing ^'r "'"i «>nauthorisedt l.ut dire,'tly oppose, to a Resolution adopted hy Uus t'onterence at its last ession, rescinding the second, fifth, and sixth Ilesohnons passed by this Conference m June 1837, on the snhje.^t of the Grant in question, l>ecause those Resolutions were represented by ^Ir. Alder as interfering will, the usages of the Bnlish brethren, and calcuUled maler!.-.!!y to retard ibeir uUercsis.' " i u v-a lUMieu 26 and also that they did not honourably make a suitable "adjust- ment, at the time, that others might not be damaged thereby. It IS painful to have to relate, that after very lengthened com- munications ^before the British Conference, thai body could not feel satisfied with the explanations offered by the Deputation. Ihey however gave proof demonstrable of their desire to preserve the relation of Union ; by only requiring, as the condition of its perpetuation, a rather more detailed and stringent bond against tuture eccentricities and contrarieties, as it respected oneness of ecclesiastical character, in the two contracting parties. To reca- pitulate as concisely as possible the provisions of that condition • they were : — ' Firstly. That the Conference Journal and publications should fas already repeatedli/ promised J be of a strictly relicious and literary character. ^ Secondly. The Secretary, having stated that the Govern- ment had misunderstood him as desiring to interfere with the British Conference Grant, that he should himself make that statement to the Government, and defend its payment to the Parent body. Thirdly. That the Conference publication^! should invariably maintain the same principles which distinguish the Parent body in all other parts of the world ; and especially should defend the prin- ciple, that it is the diiti/ of Civil Governments to emplov their influence and a portion of iheir resources, for the support' of the Christian Rclir to Cobourg Cd ?ge' arVa'J.g'enUt"''""" ''^'''^' '^'^^'' ^''''^' matter of L^egislalfve itfo7J''-rif.'^''*' i« not as your Conference Journal has stated if III .'l. ' \->oUucn\ question." It is not a secular onestion atal Jtisa great moral and *W/.f.m,; principle; and(aswe hold It to be,) one that the Church oV Christ is bound to maintain 1^w;'• ?'^"''r^V!"P' ^"1 "governors;" tmd never more 'o?han in this day of diplomatic hitdudinariaiiism. As a scriptvral and j'iHfi'^hT 7"''"^'"' ."'-'"rPi'^'/h'^ ^^ '^^1^' -"J riiaintaCd by the J3iiish Conference, in all the four quarters of the globe ' It vvill be seen then (I am ^orry to be obliged to say it,) that the Canaaa Conference have dishonoured themselves, in ei deavou - ing to d'^grade and to stigmatise the British Conference asdA^rous of contending in Canala for "a merely political ins itnfion"!- See Canada Conference 31mutes, 1840, article 7. -i;.Torf«5 xx. IG. \_Canadian Suffrages in favour of the British Conference.J On the Canada Conference alone rests all the responslbilltv of having refused to riiake any amicable arrangement wih the B i is^i ?f^" X"f ;i ^' ^" '\' P'^'^i"^' retirement from our united chmch ^s of such of the members and ministers as might prefer the " ^nner- intendence'' of the Parent Body. This former iWsting cKof Canadian Colonists ( M agistrates land-owners, merchams! traders Svl^i'f'''^ *^'' ^.^T^'^ Conference of 1841, informed Lord bVDF.>HAM, amounted to twelve HUKUUED and FIFTY-SfVKN PKUsoNs! (In 1840, the united membership was 16 304 I tK immortal interests of so many believers (v\ho, with their families and connexions, amounted prol,ably to eig'it thousand souls, ) aurelv dernanded some compassionate consideration on the pai' of the BntishCoxiference !~The number of souls now included in ou? \\ catcui Canauu congregations, is— upwards of Tirentv Thousand I We have had some increase this last^ear, both irmerohSTnd ? i Si- 29 furSpH^f"^ ^T\ ^"^^ prospect, hy God's bl'.ssing, of still be all thrSe ! ' ""mencally and rinaucially. To (iid alone souls whllT^"/'^'^ Dis3ol.ation in 1810, besides the Eight Thousand were ^W.,.?'.'}"/f T'J'''''' ,t'^'' ^"'^^^ Conference, there whn »n\ • ' f ^'''■'' <^'"f'«'«e(/ Ministers of our united churches, ^. orovJ^n^if!''^ ''f P^^^'T"'^"'^ ^^"^^^''^^ ^'^^^ ^hey could no no? nv fi^^'''"H•f ""-^'^^ ^^"^^'^^^ Conference in the matter, ThrPPnni?" conhde in the integrity of their administration 1 and Hnnthil ?i •^^^^♦^"''-'d mm ,sters hud been Ciiairmen of Districts ; de. t o? f. r'' Y^'t^^^l'l? Wm. Case, had been the first Presi- \nl'^l.,'ry^''f'^ Conference, on their separation from the ve rV Mr ^r \n 'h ^""^^ S"^iceJor to preach the Gospel unto them.'' liund.eJsof others were prevented from doing the same, merelv by the secular and domestic relations which they sustain. It is probable that thousands more would have added also their fl Jo ]";•"' '^ ^YJ r^,^*"^'' DECKiVED as to the real cause of the ?l ,f.K r':- 'T^^'^c ^''^y "°^ ^••^^» /"^•'•'^^'/ "latle to understand, tlia th.. lintish Conference separated from the Canada Conference, ^l.. .T ^T'^, °^ .Pol't'cs," and a "political institution;" and that they had required their provincial brethren to defend and snpport the maintenance of a dominant and exclusive Established t-nurch in the Province ! Such a statement, however, (by whomsoever made), was a cruel imposition upon the credulity of mir ;?r''M '-^TV^'r""*^^"^ slander upon the published senti- ments of the British Conference ! [Increase since the Dhsolittion.] During the six years that have elapsed since, the Canada Con- tVpm Vr/"f'''''^ their membership, from their Conference in 1«40, (deducting our KW retiring members), 15,097; to their Conference in 1840-, L»l,74(> ; showing an increase of 6,649 in six Sv';^ rii ? ^Jisfrumentality of more than One Hundred oidaiiud M,..usters Dnring the same period the British Confer- ?-2r fn^'l qilf 't '"»So"^'''' 1^^"'^'' ^V^ ^^"•'''^^•'^^i i>om the original Uo> , m 18^40, to J082 members ; and upwards of a hundred now on pro. uioiisor memoership. This, by God's blessing, has be -n Tf itfl^v!? '",T^"\^'>7?^"''^ T''' ^^'""' Ticevtysix Pre^ichers ; of which less than halt the number only, are ordained Ministers 30 would still more have done so but TorXT'TF ^^' P/°uP'^ ' ^"^ ^/mn, and si.ch of tKirMin.Vfprf f v!^ jostinties of the Guar. Toronto we have lmd[o con entnnl'f "''' "^""'^ ^"P'"^' J" administration between omZnTv''''"^A^'^/^^' ^^ "^^ ^^""ible itated as to my dm/ wi j, res Xf m if'' P" '''" "■*'"''"^' ^ hes- Conference m^en;be';sToour^'reFe"a;' Bml^'^ '^l' ^^'^"'^^^ ment to my feelincrg in that r^IL^! i ' f^^nhced my judg- most pion/neop le w b 1^1^11^ " ^""^^ "^^ '^^^^ «o"^« "^ 'heir Jtosfe tl.errsa'hin^er 1>^^^^^^^^^ and right dad am oi soul with the.e WcslW^trii^rSuill^an iidividljLlf ^"^^''^^ [Summary.'] endoavouho ddve us out of thP . ^'f^'^' ''*' ^'^^ Juncture to puhlioindi,natiora;ain'^sru«f]tlASI';S;;^^ ^ ^^^'-^ co:S^tSj:; ,xrs^L^Jr t^^ l^-s^r^ds me to more pacific cC/mfs^ion as irilh^L"'!^'"^ "^^dUorship wuh a decesfor was und^J^lood ^o^ Valf rUd^^d'^'l^le'll'V"^ Plavtkr, wlio was the author of tlie '' Vm'^l r '' V^^^ • <^- ^ • honoured with the unanimo s thu . .f ,^''^^^"',^'1"^^^'^' ' ^^'^^^ lor that production an t uVc, f,nT % ^^'? V^"'^'^^ Conference, that ^'rolcc toieLrP ,n twT"^'''^^'?^, ''^■'^* ^e was to cause out doubt, therefor Mr P™""'"'°^^'r G^u^'-''^rm. With- pugnacious and bUte; he w.fat S the'Sish^r ''T '''' ^"''^ their Missionaries in Western Canarhfi^i ^o"ffi-^"ce, and Z//«G//.,MVm'' would becornedie'-/'.r' • v f.T.^^'"" ^P'''^^ 'f cnc.:^' which so greatly'Xl'ed tlfa^^n-ok^e "' ^"'"^'" '''''^'^'^ c^oS;::^^^^:,:^;^j^:i^olly . n.is-statement of the even " conior.^," with Mr pLt??!"."' F^'' anv "y.«,,,/,, ,, neither time nor indin-i on Th A !f '• ■^?' "'"9^ ^^^'»g«' I have has made that imSion nnnn .1 -^'^f ^V^^ defensive letters, which will discSr^anrsucf Saldf r""" J^"""-^^;^"'^^^ attacks upon the Britil^h Sf^ren^ce in future p"?. ''"V'"4 peace, I have omitted manv tlVimrl T » i ?i • °'", ^^^ ^^'^^ "^^ lively said ; and cheerfoll7co;S h^m o o &" '^^" ''^^^'^- to^iK:;^in^^ r^,«l:;:;\jSf T^^^ -" «^ > ful'y laboured in Union wthr&a.k'rnn?" ^''''^ ^^^^V che. latter body, and not the Brit Sh C^lf Conference; and thatth are a,o„e !;;.po„siMe't ^tSS^S'^^jr^y^^ ^ ^ I ) J 1- iu i > ^ / > 31 Ihe &;!r °^ °"' P^"'"' ^^P^^^'^ ^"J d-tinctive position in [OMer Bodies of British IMefhodisls.] Your readers will be aware thnt nt l«nct .u four other bodies of^MtnhodhtsiWm {.,?;' ^^'^ f^ ^'^'"^^ or Canada, besides that which ifeonct^w.h .K7,l'l V'^^^'r'^ ence ; lor instance the Bible Chiistiinl ti • .^^"^'"sli Conft-r- and the New Connexion M^tJod's's' ol IIT'''' ^^^^'^^'^^'-S have been postponed, until othTiMeHiodi.t I. ? "u"' .""'-''^ ^''■'f' lor presumina o visit this Colonv • r i ^"^'^^ ^'''^ apoJouised which your l-din, men%^t'L^ eoi /il^ ;^^^eMl^t'^i^^ '''""^' endeavour " to promote thp r. 11, r;..i ■ ^^"'i-^*' Conference to ginal ,,ibe, .«n/'„°"v°'L\'lfe[„^ir 'rf ZTorrv' ""' '■!:!; ^"o"- reasons continue to nduce us to ent^r inf.. '^"""^'^y- i he same usefulness, which mnrp.^ ent it df to n„?r^ opening door of andbi.adthofthela.u'|;\'ola asrurlmi?" ,^'^^^^^ '" '^' '^'"S'h tn ncrrorm that cherished dVty '""'"'' '"""^"^ "^ay enable us MoIt%er;aini; wTLve"!;: ho^TlT t'' T^''"'-'^ ^ody. Conference. Wediscl^'na^lwT o^I^'l^lhrs '^ ^ ^?'^^^^ appeal to my own conduct, in iha re^nec u-^r ^^T/'"' ^ "''''•y have irone but to those who InvP nfnT ' ' conljdence. We not by any means, to nU even^f tlm desc'rl n?'^ '"'^^^^ "« ' «"d where the Canada Conference are but whT '^ "' ^^ '■ "^^^'^ ^'^ believe that there are pre -ions s J. nL. 7^ ^T conscientiously of the influence of thit b,,' ly '' "°' "^''^'"^ Hieprobable reacK Andnarr(?:;^;f V^S^tf b" ' 'Y ---of none,.' PS -ri- P- , W.M. HARVARD.' rhepa>^srt:rercferstolhe ''Avfi /•»;.>1 w / .• -i" "iconecr cf.j)^. Conference uil,..7:'':;nd^oi^d;;;:2^SfcC^''^'^^--^^ ence at, t!,at ii,„e, to he a " viri, .1 n? i ''"^, ^"-"i-^li < or.fer- rrerfjutaf.rl t.'.t measure. -re pn „!„:";''' 'I'l'' ""'^ ^^•''° ''-1 ;ne.„orahie ooc.s.on. The^oTtC le d ' „ en «"ll "[r.i"" /"'^ 1)6 misapprehended." >'^<«ujiij, n.en win not liitrefore .ha, body haveeve.fclHhau&erX" ; W • e, rm'^'-KSn"! 3*2 to consist,) which wruld render the rela inn ^r /r • , cialConfeVence,wasasdSS:;ia^^ be lound la our vicinity. Jn the ConTer^nP^ A n ''''^''* "^ '"«y h.m .n June Um, aretLse remark;b \7o d, A'!fci-"n«^d l/y which lias commenced between us w,wll ., ^l"*^ '"''"''^'^"'■f^e linue to cement us into - oTrsr.riT '^^Aj'li""^..^"'''' ^^'i" ^on- Whethenhe "spirit" ol^he le wli'nc, , ''^"»\ *''«/'>'/«««.» ference, so liu as tie Britl.l Co d r "^ 'f '^ V^""'''' ^^«"- gone any change or not, will best he miy iS'Jm^ h'.« under- I confe.-s that I regard with mi-mvino- y/l /''.'''■°^'^^'"''^- wmcli they have thil year a ho^ec the^J^^ /^'^/'r''^^"''^'^ t"^ they have always adopted the rate - hntl^r Z^"'^^' ^^•""^••''' Ion Addresses are before mJ on. the Ge iafc w'""-'' ^^«"^ United State., all of which style thriven, nik'^wTr^'" 'h*^ Conleience ;" a.ul nearly theaame nuiXr Jf ^ , "' ""^ ^^'"'^'i from tlie Canada Conference, also vvi. X "n 1 ,?"'"''"" ' ''^•"'"^■'"•^ yf';''^rtheiii-.t time, the^ ^dd^sZm^l^^'r^rT /J'^'s Methodist Conference in Enaland " ■^'"'' ^^^-sleyaa It must be confessed that the fbrmerly-ndonted nnri i. ished designation of-" The JJriti.n CoideTeTe '' 1 "F" 7''?^- been so mvanab y used bv the /'m rv., / /. ~ "" "'''"^^'^ 'las Methodist Eiuscop^l Chnrc-h n thf l&L^u:^"'■"'?■^■«^ 'he m«.^ m^^.r^/./ of the two. Nor is it \JXcor^^Ur:n^ ^^ ^"^ '^^ Jul ; as express! iig the relation borne by hat vJne / r^ J'''^'','' nanisteis and members ..f our extend IP '"^ ^^'^^^ ^" '''<^ throughout " the Three K,ngdoms"'',hn p^-"""'^^;^"'!' Church the Colonies. -"vai^aoms, the Principality," and all ^ '* Conference in Enfrland" ihev tmh. .,..„ i . i • our Pare..t Chuixdnn Irellind andS ^i-r, fj i^^^^^^^^^^ as in EsGLAsu") are placed beneath tlVptl- ■'''^^' ^"^ "'<^i' of all other parts of the^JiriSh Emp U'aNo' if m^ ''1 'h"^^« seen with how much ot' 7,/,i/n/,nir,f ^ ■ ^^ '";'y tberefore be hitherto regarded as '' 1^/^^^?:^^;;':;.^,'^^ l--e been To term ihat Body merely the " t\r Z. n e Conference m England," mi4u be di 1 . ,?' "^•'''f "^^'" o^ the of Wales, Scotland, and Jrd Ld wl r '''^"- !? ^V ^^^'^^odm^ snpremeecclesiasticdauthorhv and P.;i "'^""-^ ''°^ ^» '''^ir The Conferences of oZriellmd sJ R Vl'' '■"P'-^^^^""^d "'erein. f^!^:!!r^. Ve termed /....A^'^iSlir"^; ^^'iSsJII^^^S i;!' tZ fere (( th nee find , tlius withholding their fcri iim: JJritish Conference"— t"i junior body like the Canada C ner distinct on- lom "the CO ive appellation of- Wf"^'ii:::5;l^^l!^'"^ worhl-thc Wesleynn C innion i'arent of M^ our Canadian bretl l?:r&!;^!'"^^'V'^theriev.jiM,sH iren might imbibe th -'onference. icjfiAKnso.v. that p.ofo.s ,iK. •'«»«;;„,:^;.i«'nir'K.:,';rBX:'''-"^ "" Hf LETTER V. ^08-' "CORRECTIONS OF FINANCIAL MISSTATEMENTa." Toronto, July 25ih, 1846. To the Editor of the Christian Ouardian. Rev. asd Deau Sir, — I npprnach with the greater pleasure the question of our Western Canada " Expenditure," since, having reserved that point to the close of these my difi^nsive lett^Ts, its considf'rution cheerfully bespeaks the termination of my most u v/cl- come duty. [Confcrence-Journal AUrg;alions against the BrilishConference} The attacks of y<>"r Conference Journal which occasioned me l) tnVe up /he pen of (h'fince, while they embrnced the whole question of the establishment of our Western Canada \Ji8jion9, were avowedly ma'le upon the e\[ieiiditure of funds, raised in the mother country for Mi-isionary purposes, and " thrown away in Canada, " in support of vviiat it designated as "an unnecessary ministry"'— a worl< of " opposition" to tlie Canada Conference, curried on ir. "the spirit of politics," and "for the lionour of lieepinsj up an estahiisliment in the bosom of a prosperous and influential chiirrb." Ii was slated that "it was on unwise step, on the part of the ICnplish Conference, to begin a Re[iiirate I.ndy here — a foolish act." And that "even siipposing tliiit the (.'nnc'iii Conference iiad provoked," yet, that " for a large and itiflueniiul hoily, like the English Conference, to think of revenge, was exceeding pitiful, if noihing; worse." It was intimated, that these Missionary funds were raised by "wrong rer)respniatinns, made in London, relative to the temporal nnd spiritual condition of the people of Canade ;" a " biirden laid, on the shoulders of persons having more generosi'y than Jcnoio- ledge of Ike mailer.^* Uur societies in Upper Cana. la were ex- horted t() " lenonnce every shillin*; of support from the English confrihntiont." It "recommended the stopping of all supplies to Canada,'^ and that " nfl Me/hodiyls, whether of the one body or the other, whether in E'is'ern or IVt ■? em Canada, or in Eng- land, will do all they can to divert British money from Canada." Anc? it was added, " We wonder that a single Methodist preacher, hnwe.^r opposed to or prejudiced against another body, can covsci- entioiisly -crommend the expenditure of which we speak, or take any part of it for his own living." All these quotntinns, foregoinff, are literally copied from the columns of your Conference Journal. And I wish to remind your readers, that these expressions were not the languasr of any merely anonymous correspondent, or of nny private individual, however respectable; but that they form-d the subject matter of successive leading articles in your Cont'eience Journal, aided by subsidiarv co[respo[]dcnts, anonymous and others. A' 30 [Conferenee Journal Leading Arlides, continued.'^ But I will make a few more extracts from the columns of your Conference journal:—" Toronto, Sept. 10, 1845. Expenditure OF THE English VVesleyan Missionary SocrETy in Canada West. We have had our attpntiri caller! lo the subject of the large sums anruHlly spent by tho English Wesleyan Missionary Society withm the field occupied by the ori;jinal and long-estaBlished Wes- leyan preachers of Canada— ihe unnecessary expenditure of the chanties of he British and Irish Methodists. Some parties who read our paper will say that to sppak of this evil is the most likely way to prolong it. In their estimate it may be so; but we have certain reasons for knowing the contrary. We have no pressing motives to induce the conrilituion of the parlies benefited by the expenditure that is complained of; and who will readily enough object to have the public attention directed towards it." ** We intend to lay no barrier in the path of ar> adjustment between the two Conferences. * * * It is the sincere wish of several of tlio best and most respectable preachers of the Enslish Conference in England. The if^tter statement we A?w?« to bo* the fact. * « * * Still we expect that their prpacliersemployea here— (fur we cannot call them I\Iiiisio7iaries,)—wu\ oppose tliede- sired arrnngement, with all their influence, on the societies here, and all their influence with the Missionaiy Committee at homo.' Were it not for this bitter feling in most of the preachers, wt should say nothing at the presrnl time on the general subject : but this very feeling operating against the acco.mmodution makes, with other reasons, thd necessity of our speaking to counteract the influ- ence."' [Editorial Slatein-^nt of the Expenditure, t^-c.J ^' The aggregate Sum for the last Five years, has been very large. We will copy the same, as appearing in the Annu.^il Reports.— The Engish Wesleyan Missionary Committee, in some of the towns, villages, and settlements of Western Canada, spent: — 1. From October, mQ, to Dec V 31st, 1841, £4513 4 3 st'-'. 2. For the year ending , 1842, 320 1 6 I "^ 3. Ditto 1843, 4198 13 3 " 4. We liave not seen the Report for 1844, but doublless the expense may be putdownat 400O " 5. We may calculate at the suine the expenses of I345, 40OO 0" 6. Five years' expenses £19,916 3 7" 7. If we turn the total sterling into cmrency, it will — be Five Years' Expenses in Wes- tern Canada £24,815 or $99,580 !" '* Nearly a hundred thousand dollars spent in five years! !" " Went into the hands of the Methodist preachers in Canada— " were thrown away on the support of an unnecessar" ministry \v ll^ (tint ilii» y-;i.. „,...;,.,.. „, ,_ ._i.. -^ u fand h is family, and a young man, and thai Mr. Harvard and h u 30 \_Conference Jontnal Leading Articles, eoniinued.'] But I will make a few more extracts from the columns of your Conference journal:—" Toronto, Sept. 10, 1S45. Expenditure OF THE English Wesleyan Missionary Society ih Canada West We have had our attfntion called to the subject of the large sums anrually spent by the English Wesleyan Missionary Society within the field occupied by the ori;iinal and long-estaUlished Wes- leyan preachers of Canada — the unnecessary expenditure of the charitiea of the British and Irish Methodists. Some parties who read our paper will say that to speak of this evil is the most likely way to prolong it, !n their eslimate it may be so; but we have certain reasons for knowing the contrary. We hfive no pressing motives to induce the conriliation of the parlies benefited by the expenditure that is complained of; and who will readily enough object to have the public attention directed towards it." <' We intend to lay no barrier in the path of arv adjustment between the two Conferences. * * * It is the sincere wish of several of the best and most respectable preachers of the English Conference in England. The latter statement we Imoio to bo the fact. « " * * Still we expect that their preachers employed here — (for we cannot call them Missionaries,) — will oppose the de- sited arriingement, with all their influence, on the societies here, and all their influence with tlie Missionary Con. inittee at home. Were it not for this bitter fi-eling in most of the preachers, we should say nothing at the present time on the general subject : but this very feeling operating agitinst the uceommodution makes with oihor reasons, the necessity of our speaking to counteract the influ- ence.'' [Editorial Statement of the Expenditure, c^"*-] " The aggregate Sum for the last Five years, has been very largs. ^.\\: will opy the same, as appearing in the Annual Reports. — Tha Kngish Wesleyan Missionary Committee, in some of the towns, villages, and settlements of Western Canada, spent:— 1. From October, 1810, to D 32 family are dependent solely on the MissionKry Fand. The startlinif statement, that nearly one hundred thousand dollars of Mis- sionary money, were spent \n five years, or about twenty tkousa>d DOLLARS a-year, no one was prepared for : * * * such alarming expenses, vie with the Church of England ! Four Thousand Pounds a-year, divided among seventeen ministers," &c. " li we have staled an incorrect sum, why does not some one correct us? We want not to make things worse than they are. Bad enough they are, without the pen of exaggeration. * *• * Mr. Harvard was told that he was welcome to corruct our statemenf We have been e".prcting the corrections for four weeks. We now think, as the public in general will think, there is nothing \.o cov rect, or something s,o trifling, lliat the correction will but confirm the statement of the prominent evil, and miike it more flagrant, in the eye of the public. An evil indeed ! The exhibition of the truth, may not be very pleasing; but its diataslefulness to some is no right reason to us for secrecy. Remedy the evil, and imme- diately, and then no fuitlier exposure need be feared !^' &c. Oct'r 15th. " We are sorry to hear that the preachers of the English Conference, in Canada West, are so offended with our ex- posure of their fault. We wrote it as kindly as we could, for their sakes, as for some of them we feel much respect. However, we liope the Missionary Reports will afford no more texts for sermons of the kind." ' &c. lUiUrulhful Allegation of the Conference Journal.'] Having defended ihe character of the British Conference, from the misrepresentations of your Conference Journal, as it regards ihe'n position in Canada West, and their principles and procedure there, I swll now attempt the same with respect to •' the expen- diture'^ of their Missionary Society, in that interesting section of 'their extended work. I wish that the Canada Conference may yet publicly disclaim the discreditable imputations of their organ as to thn modes by which the funds of the Society are raised from persons who, it has asserted, have " more generosity than knowledge of the matter,' &c. But, whether or not ; leaving that and all its other vituperations on the subject; I shall confine myself to this one object, namely, to show tha^ our Western Canada Missionaries, have not been that serious amount of "burden," to the Missionary Fund''— to the " English poor"--and to the " generous Irish people," which the Christian Guardian has (untruthfully) sought to make it believed that they have been; — and, "with the view oi injuring their credit and standing." We unhesitatingly deny having expended on our " unnecessary ministry," in Canada West, " One Hundred Thousand Dollars of British-Missionary. Money, in Five years;'' or even half that amount! — iDisproof of Financial Misstatements in said .hurnal.J It will be my duty to call tie attention of your readers to these f'irstly, The .\nnual Sums charged in the Parent Reportb against r i^ r f •; ^ m V- f -, 33 the pxpenditiire of the Wpstern Canada Missionaries, though pro. fessedly copied into the Christiatt Guardian, from the said Re- ports, have, in every instance, been exaggerated; on I this, to an Hggregate nmount of One ThousantI Eight Hundred and Forty I'oiifids, Sterling. I'iiia may be seen, on reference to said Rcporis. I have no dou!>t that this was purely from mistake, and do not aitri- butt' any dishonest intention, by any means. St-.sondly, Tliis same amount, ought to have been deducted, in fact, from the sums, said to have been expended on our " JinneceS' sary miyiistry;'' seeing tliat amount had been incurred sjiecialby *' tor Sf.iiools," and specialty accounted for, as such, in the said Reports, in a separate account, designated ; " To Amount of Special Contributions received for Schools :" and " Amount of Expenditure, for Schools.'' It is a fact that ought not to have been withheld from your readers, by the late editor, that our Eiiglisjh Missionary Cominitiee receive, annually, miny hundreds of poundji f(jr " Schools." which would never be allowed to come into our funds, for any " ministry,'^ whether necessary, or " unnecessary." And the total amount of apporlior*- ment to the vaiious Missionary Districts, is regulated by the amounc 80 expended in each District, in consequence. As the Rev. Ephrnim Evans nas intelligently observed, in his pointed letter in the Canada London Times: — ''The support of several Indi=in Missions and Schools: is included in these Annual Sums." 1 have the pleasure of adding his account of //ie ow/3/ .Ue^/io- dis' Indian Manual Labour School, which has yet been estab- lished \n CAnHQla, Jt is well knov^ n this is locaied at. AlderviUe, in Almoick township: and, has long been under the superintend- ence of the veneiabie Mr. Cask. Mf. Evans writes, " At one of these is sustained an expensive Manual Labour School, in which a number of male and female Indian youths are clothed, boarded, and' usefully educated, with reference to their future employmeut in ihe civilization of thtir aboriginal brethren." — I add, that, of this valuable Indian establishment, Col. Jarvis and Cap. AndersoK, the Indit." °,°;"nt8, have been pleased to reoorl most favourably ; and its " expenditure,'' surely need not ba regarded as "unnecessary." But our general "ministry," manifestly, ought not to have been held accountable (by a r«^t', so much ner minister, and so much per member,) for money how usefully soever etiiployed in the education and civilization of our long-degraded aboriginal Indians. Surely such '• shillings," ought not to be re- presented as " thrown away in Canada" 1 — Thirdly. In the supply of some of our Western Canah_\ sical exertion — in neighbourhoods that are never visited by the Canada Conference ministers ! And not a few of those neighbourhoods, would be entirely without the ministry of God'a Holy Word, were those "unnecessary" Missionaries to be with- drawn from them ! In some of those New Settlements, the preachers of the Canada Conference were never seen, until the British Missionaries had gathered congregoiions ihevQ I In them the British Missionaries labour atnong a must neceesitous and deaiitute people (even in 1846),, 87 cheerfully sharing with them in the iligadvaiitaees of the newie and pariiallv cleared wilderness. In their scattered settlements the brethren wiio share our '' uiinecessaiy ministry," are not unwiilini^ to — sleep on the floor of the only room in the dwt'lling', on which all the family repose at the same lime. They hnii^li thcdrilted snow from off their pillows, in a temperature 20 degrees below zero; and, in their wakinsf momenta, they could count the stars through tlie openings of their buml)le roof. And yet, of these men your Confer- ence journal has said, " We cannot ea^/ them missionaries!" [_Recapiiula(ion of the Real Expendihirc ] I'hese candid and cheerful explanations of the expenditure which is really acknowledged in the Parent Reports, and "misstatkd" in the Guardian, of September 10, 1845, &c., will prepare the reader for the following " cokrkctkd" statement of — "The Ek- PENDITURE OF THK ENGLISH VVeSLEYAN MlSSIUi^: ARY SoCIETY IN Canada West." For the Years ending ;— Sterling. Dollars. 1. Dec. 31, J841, estimated by average, £2.5.92 13 6 2. 1842,a3si(a.iere I deemed it no presumption to regard mvseif " as an humble representaiive" of the venerable body, by whom I had been so a[i- pointed. From the loved friendships fhave formed in your body, Mr. Editor, it has been to me a painful task to have to defend ourselves aaainsl the repeated attarks of your Conference Journal. And it was full TEN WKEK8 after the first attack, before any thing, iVom myself, defensively, appeared in its columns! Duringihiit peiiod of sileni endurance, it should be remembered, that no lending member of your body, came forward to " regret," or to " deprecate," or to " put an end to such unsepmly and iijurious discussions, and to cultivate a spirit, of Cliristian forbearance and brotherly kindness" ! The lale President of the Canada Conference, a few" weeks afterwards, in- serted a rehuketui disclaimer, in the Guardian, of what he termed "a horrible mutilatior" of a missionaiy-speech, that he had then recently dcvered. But never has there yet appeared any disclaimer of the not les" "horrible mutilatior " of the character of the British Conference, .md its Missionary Society, and Agents, and Canadian Congregation- , either oliirial or unorticial, " vnio this day." Surely this treatment is not in the. spirit of " the Evansrelical Alii In the late address of the Canada Conf( ance >>i Methodist Conference in England," the for erence to '' the Wesleyan mv body have publicly ind officially expressed their " regret" at the '• aiscussion o diflTerences between the two bodies, which has arisen rmer in th ffo 8 country, during the last few months." 1 would respectfully remaik, that a rff/(;Hce against t e attacks of a highwayman, misht, with pqual propriety, be tern ed a "discussion!" With all due regard 'for these my former fi tends, 1 am constrained to lament that ihey did 40 not«I,otlpeply"rPgrPf." «nd ,:« It cannjt but be a source ot satisfaction to the writer, that this noint (so well sustained) is the onln on of his '' mulUtvdinous statements," that Doctor Rylrson ha.< deemed it necessary to endeavour to invalidate. , at t [DocLor Byersons ]\ame.\ In this my defensive review of the lacts of our Western Canada M ssion! U may be truly said, that 1 have never telt any spirit of -antagonisiu,'' either against Doctor Rylrson or any ot his brethren of the Canada Conierence. •, i i d'.R. complains of my use of his name ! To me it has been matter of deep regret that he has been so mixed njt with he case Often have I most unfeignedly lamented,, in passing that ico^ld not refer to him approvingly. i;iie truth is tliat one of my ••inhrmaies'' is, not being capable of easily extinguishing the firp of a former Iriendt-hip. . . i i ■ If the Doctor will take the trouble ot counting the places in my defence communications in which a relerence to himself has been n ossary, he will see how studious 1 must have been to avoid mention of the name of Rykhson ; choosing to speak ot him bv lis olttce rather than by his "nariie." And when his name has been mentioned, it has been with str ct adherence to the simplest historical lidelity-with no uniriendly epitX allusions-and with no aHectation of ' pi y from my heart" or " sympathy,- as it regaixls the men al inlirmities" v\ Inch (with eccni advantage o{ monUj on his side), have nevertheless sometimes been "so manifest," even on the nart of Doctor Rykkson himself. . , . , , • , ,,„ ^ Siiice however this friendly consideration has been repaid by Dublic insult ; and instead of any even implied pknitenck, there Kas bem anattemi.t to fabricate a demonstrated mnormcc, it becomes a painful duty to assure Doctor Rykrson that "the leniosy" of the Dissolution, will " cleave" unto lum "forever. " DLwn\n.r men will catch at straws ;" and now indeed I may tralv sav that"'l pitv from my heart," the greatness of the extremity o whTch an ind vidual mult be reduced, before he could render KnTsefwUng toniake so desperate (so '' miscliievous-unjust -andmrfounded") a catch at the credit of another, m order to save himself from going down. THE REV. G. F. PLAYTEIVS REPLY. [Variation from Trulh.'] When the Counsel for a Pros, cution undertakes to reply to the Dctbuce of an accused party, he is bound to cuufine lumselt to f 43 the Terms of the Imlirtmcnt against which the acr-i^ed hashad to plead. For example :— No. 1. Mr. Plavtkk's or'epii exnended ? i The "exaggerations" in Mr. Playter's statement consisted in his having added to the aggregate sums, the bchool expences, wlSlmdbeen alreadv included in those sums ; thereby charging them against the District twice over ! The dedvct,.ons in avour of our D^sn-ict Expenditure that are made m our Mnancial Letter, are of items not expended upon our " Ministry," and not " ot the Funds so collecteId." An miprejudiccd honesty will admit thia ^'^The^c'orTec'tions and deductions in that Fmancial Letter evince that the Expenditure ofthe English Missionary Society in Western SadI (tvSm " British money" and " Eng ish Contributions ) has been in the Canada Conference .Tournalinost disgracefully o^'r statI^d to the amount of " Sixty-six Thousand Two Hun- dred Dollars." „ .. . _^ The only amount " of the Fdnds so collected,", which was actually expended "during the Five years" in U'l^.^fi""' '^ f "^ pmve rto K been but Thirty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred dollars : or less than Six Thousand Eight Hi ndred yearly. Cer- tahly this will not be regarded as " thrown aw^'.y" ^P^a-yiVK iSi Mission Stations !-and on those necessitous and destitute im.^"raiseuL?s, whose neighbourhoods would be entirely with- om tire minTstry of God's Holy Word, were our " unnecessary" Missionaries to be withdrawn trom them. Mr Playter's reply, then, as a Financial document, must be regaJded as intliriy Incorrect and flagrantly lallacious. More than this I do not wish to say on the subject.— I 4i [^Failure in Argument,'] Mr. Platter, has also entirely failed to prove that it would be a saving, ''First of Methodist Character, and ^^ccundly oi' M)s- Bwnary Funds," for the British Conference to abandon their inter- esting- and advancing work in Western Canada. The exact reverse wouW be the case ! How great a bankrvptcy of Methodist character would it be for the British Conference to abandon all those noble-minded individuals, who are responsible for our Missionary Churches and other ecclesiastical properly, in the conhdence that they would be supplied with the " ministry" that they love, desire, and prefer, and have done so much to support ! \V here also would be our Methodist Character, after abandoning the spiritual children that Gcd hath given us in this Colony, and the scattering of our Con- gregations, and Societies, many of which it is notorious could not be prevailed upon to unite themselves with the Canada Conference ? And then, as to the " Funds." Ig it not obvious that the "Western Canada burden on ihe funds "raised in the Mother country," has fiom the beginning been annually diminishriis? At this moment it is far less than it was during the Union of the British and Canadian Conferences ! While on the other hand, the Western Canada Contributions to the Funds of the English Wesleyan Missionary Society are— by God's blessing upon our best endeavours— 07in?mZ;?/ increasing! How absurd, in the last degree ! to propose to save our rcpntation by doing violence to the most sacred principles ! and to econoimzp financially, by the aban- donment of & diminishing expenditure and an avgmcnting income! [^Amende.'] So far as Mr. Flatter himself is concerned, it is gratifying that he has in his reply borne a candid and respectiul testimony to the high principle and truly honourable character ot the British Conference ; against whom nevertheless he has unhappily written BO many vituperative and slanderous sentences I The following are his words : — "I wrote those articles, not to gratify any ill-feeling towards *'the English Conference ; for I had and have no other feeling "towards that body of Christian and Methodist Ministers, but •' affection and respect. I regard them as an honourable bodv of " men. I wish all other bodies of Ministers were as noted for ^'honourable conduct. — " • Honour's a Facred tie, llm Inw of Kings, •• ' The noble mind's (listingnis'.iing perlecliou.' "— It would be ungenerous not to allow our editorial assailant the benefit of this amende, as far as it goes. Nor will we reproach him with his former expressions regarding that same venerable "body of Christian and Methodist Ministers;" with which how- ever it will be very difRcult to reconcile so handsome and well merited a coniplinieut ! But we must remind hirn that yet there are other parties, to whom he owes a debt of reparation for hia calumnious misrepresentations of them !— " He that corcrvth his sins shall not prosper ; but whoso vovfrsseth and forsakolh them shall have twcjt?/."— Provkrbs xxviii. 13. 'ii FINIS.