The Clergy Reserve Question; As a Matter of History--A Question of Law and a Subject of Legislation in a Series of Letters to the Hon. W.H. Draper (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839. Excerpt: ... Chart and Letter descriptive of the religious state of Upper Canada. The letter and chart were laid before the British House of Commons, and ordered to be printed. I quote the following passages from the Archdeacon's letter, which was addressed to the Hon. R. J. W. Horton, Under Secretary of Stale for the Colonial Department. "19, Bury Street, St. James's, May 16th, 1827. Sir, --I take the liberty of enclosing, for the information of Lord Goderich, an Ecclesiastical Chart of the 'rovince of Upper Canada, which I believo to be correct for the present year, 1827, and from which it appears that the Church of England has made considerable progress, and is rapidly increasing. The people are coming forward in all directions, offering to assist in building churches, and soliciting with the greatest anxiety the establishment of a settled minister. Indeed the prospect of obtaining a respectable clergyman unites neighborhoods together; and when one is sent of a mild conciliatory disposition, he is sure in any settlement ir. which he may be placed, to form the respectable part of the inhabitants into an increasing congregation. There are in the province 150 Townships, containing from 40 to 500 families, in each of which a clergyman may be most usefully employed; and double this number will be required in less than 12 years. When contrasted with other denominations, the Church of England need not be ashamed of the progress she has made. Till 1818, there was only one clergyman in Upper Canada, a member of the Church of Scotland. This gentlemen brought up his two sons in the Church of England, of which they are now parish priests. After his death, his congregation was split in three divisions, which, with another collected at Kingston in 1822, count four congregations i...