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Egerton Ryerson
. And His Times
One of the best Canadian biogra-
phies since Pope's Macdonald has ap-
pelared recently, says Jean Ritchie
Anderson, in the Family Herald. The
title is "Egerton Ryersop, His Life
and Lettere," and the r .',her, Dr. C.
B. Sissons; Professor 01 a,.. Ant tIis-
tory at Victoria Univ'ersi',.y, • eo. unto.
Only the first volume has been pub-
lished so far, but Dr. Sissons intends
to cover the whole lifetime of the
"Father of Education in Ontario." We
now have the "Life" from 1803, when
RIienson Was born, .to September,
1841, when he was appointed Princi-
pal of Victoria College.
His father, Joseph Ryerson, served
as an officer in the Prince of Wales
Regiment in the American Revolu-
tion. Whenpeace was declared Jos-
eph went first to New Brunswick and
it was the're.that he married Mehet-
abel Stickhey. In 1799 we find him
ir. Ontario accepting a United Empire
Loyalist grant of two thousand acres
in the Long. Point settlement north
of Lake Erie. There he lived in ap-
parent comfort on a half pay pension
en a farm of six hundred acres, and
it was there that Ms six . sons and
three daughters were brought up.
Five of these sons became travelling
Methodist preachers.
His Parents
Joseph Ryerson was a staunch
member of the Churoh of England',
but for twenty years after his earn-
ing to the Long Point settlement
thers was no ,,clergy pian of his de-
nomination settled there. By the
tune thew Reverend Mr. Evans arrived
there were one or two Methodist and
Baptist chapels in every township.
The young Ryersons were taught
from early childhood how to work.
Egerton wrote, on one occasion, that
he had ploughed every acre -of
ground for the season, cradled every
stalk of wheat, rye and oats, and
mowed every spear of grass, pitching
the whole on a wagon and from the
wagon on the hay -prow or stack.
To his mother he pays the follow-
ing tribute: "That to which I am
principally -indebted 'for any studious
habits, or mental energy or even ca-
pacity or decision of character, is the
religious instruction, poured into my
mind in early childhood by a Mother's
counsels, and infused into my heart
by a Mother's tears."
Change of heart and conversion
were essential experiences with . the
early Methodists, but nowhere does
Egerton Ryerson mention any parti-
cular preacher under whose influence
be was cofiverted. His own three
brothers, George, William and John,
tecame deeply religious about the
time of close of the war or1812, and
it is likely that their influence had a
great deal to do with his decision.
Joins the Methodists
Egerton Ryerson joined the Metho-
dist 'Church when the was 18. His
father was so provoked at his son's
leaving the Anglican Church " into
which he had been born that be told
him ,he must either leave 'the Metho-
dists or leave home. He chose the
latter.- Next day he became "usher"
at the district grammar school and
•he remained there for two years. By
that time his father's ire had cooled
and he came to him and told him he
must come back.
For a year ho stayed at home help-
ing with the ..farm work and then
when he was twenty-one he again left
the parental roof but this time with
the good will of his father. He board-
ed at the home of Mr. Joon Aikman,
"one of the most respectable resi-
dents" of Hamilton and 'pursued clas-
sical studies at the Gore District
Granular School. This phase of his
career was entered upon on August
16, 1824.
With Mr. John Law he read Latin
and Greek, and ;at the same time he
began to keep a diary. The diary
ran from 1824 to 1832, and it has prov-
ed a great help in delineating the
real Egerton Ryerson.• IRs medita-
tions are worthy of, a Thomas a Kem-
pis. To'vards the close of 1824 and
the beginning of 1825 there is a gap
in the story, but the efitry for Febru-
ary 12th reads:
During .the long period since I last
Penned my religious meditations, my
feelings, hopes and prospects here
been extremely varied'. While I Was
promiasing myself health and many
temporal pleasures, God saw fit to
show me the uncertainty of earthly
things, and the necessity and wisdom
of submission to His will, by the rod
of affliction. During my sickness I
have derived much pleasure and pro-
fit from the visits of pious friends,
so that I have; felt it good to be af-
Meted."
The C,ircult Rider
Dosing that spring Egerton Ryer-
son's brother,- the Reveremed; Willianl
Ryerson; who was -bur, years older,
was Sorting his seen id year as jUn.
ibr to ,the Reveuend Ezra Matte Out
the Niagara Cime"Uuiti which 01ti btiteit1'
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Owei Abad. "been. a ciu,ptea'lp Meeting
„Till MAY" Pot w:e4 of t" zi leby
rhd WiUdam was net able to attend
on account of illnes'&, but Egerton
went out from Hamilton to attend: the
Sunday services,
' Thole he waif aPvemiched by the
Reverend Thomas Madden, Presiding
`Elder, and the two stewards of the
circuit. • asking hien if he would take
his brother's place. On the 24th of
March he wrote in his diary;
"I have this day finished twenty-
two years of my life. I have decided
this day to travel a via Methodist
Connexion and preach Jesus to tho
Lost sons of men. Ois, the awful im-
portande of the work! Flow utterly
unfit I am for the undertaking!"
The stewards gave him a horse,
saddle and 1 idle and he immediately
set out on his travels as an itiner-
ant:. His biographer nays: "Thus
ended the formal education of the
man who afterwards conducted the
most influential newspaper in Upper
Canada, who met in controversy, and
usually vanquished, the ablest men of
the day, and who became the first
principal of Victoria College and
founder of the educational system of
Ontario For the duties of a preach-
er he was not so ill-prepared as might
appear. During the few months of
study with John Law, he had made
some progress with the classics, and
while 'usher' at the Grammar School
he had compassed such works as
Locke's 'Essay Concerning Human
U' derstanddng,' Paley's 'Moral and
tical Philosophy,' and U1ackstone's
'mmentarles.' "
It has been said that Ryerson was
refused orders in the Church of Eng-
land. On the contrary the missionary
who afterwardls became Bishop of
Quebec, tried to arrange an intervievr'
with him when passing through Nia-
gana to talk over the adiea of his join -
Ing him in bis work. The diary has
this to say on the subject:
"It was intimated to me that if I
consented to 'take orders in the
Church of England, I would be assist-
ed to a situation in a public school,
or otherwise, until I had finished my
preparatory studies and attained to a
sufficient age to enter into orders.
After mature and I .trust prayerful"
consideration, I replied by letter de-
clining the proposals made, but at the
same time appreciating the kindness
and partiality of my friends."
Assigned To York
In the autumn of 1825 Ryerson, with
James Richardson as his superintend,
ent, was assigned to York, the muddy
little capital of Upper Canada. The
most influential of its citizens was
Archdeacon Strachan. Others, prom-
inent in the society of the day were
the Robinsons, the Macaulays, the
Bcultons, the Baldwins, Jesse Ket-
chum, John Dunn, John Rolph, and
added to these was the Scots editor
of the Colonial Advocate, William
Lyon Mackenzie, who, though he had
net been .'very long in the country,
was already making a name for him-
self through his columns.
"In 1825," says Dr. Sissons, "one
was so influential as Straclhan and
none so much in men's speech as the
busy little editor who had chosen
tb be a gadfly to the coterie of which
Strachan was the centre. In• a socie-
ty so restricted it might have been
expected that .he (Ryerson) would fail
under the eye of both Editor and
Archdeacon, but none could have
dreamred'that before his year had ex-
pired this youth of 22 would have
"shared celebrity with them."
Mackenzie's Impressions
On the first Sunday in 182 Mr.
Mackenzie went in the evenineg to
bear the Reverend [r, Ryerson
preach. On January 12th he .told' his
readers of his experience. "To the
best of our recollection," he wrote,
-"we were not in a Methodist meeting
in Upper Canada oftener than twice,
except in York, and there only thrice
during the three bygone ,years. In
fact, we had conceived a dislike to
'those (in our- view) improper inter-
ruptions of divine service which were
prevalent at some Wesleyan Meet-
ings; we had seen something of
them, and enough had been told us
by others to counterbalance any 'is -
sire we might have had to listen, ev-
en to their most distinguished preach-
ers."
He found the church packed. In
tact there was the largest congrega-
tion he had ever seen in Upper Can-
ada; and he referred to Mr. Ryersom's
delivery as "fascinating." We will
let him tell his own story:
"During prayer all was still, save
the deep and sonorous voice of the
minister, as he put up a petition to
the Holy, One. of Israel' in behalf of
the -humble supplicants under that
roof; in behalf of the whole human
race; fervently did he implore a God
of Mercy, for the sake of. Him who
died on the accursed tree, to blot out
the transgressions and forgive the
backaiidings of his people Earnestly
in the sermon, did he call upon those
who heard him to remember the
shortness and uncertainty of time, to
think ofeverlasting eternity, and to
make up their peace with Jehovah—
for to mrany, another New Year's day
might never revolve on this side the
grave. He impressed upon their
minds the immortality of the soul—
every voice was hushed, except where
some one, deeply sensible of his own
unworthiness, in a soft whisper re-
sponded to the truths which fell from
the . lips of the servant of Christ,
"It is a great advantage to a
preacher when be has read much and
studied much, not only in the sacred
Scriptures, but also • in that vast re-
cord of 'human perseyerauce, miscel-
laneous literature. And, that Mr,,Ry-
arson has not been negligent in, this
reepect, is apparent from the tenor of
hie discoutaes,-ache touches every
chord of the human heart, but never
forgets his -index—an hereafter.
"But we had forgotten to name the
text; it was in the 8th chapter of St.
Luke, and there the first clause of
the 18th verse: "Take heed therefore
how ye hear" . Nor did Mr. Ry-
erson forget happily .to illustrate these
truthet--no; 'hie reminded all - who
heard Urn that the good Beed did net
all fall on goad groiniddt-•only a quar-
ter of la But .*Ur limited space catfl&
es us to stop here; otherwise we
couwicold haver ft1te t columns with what
we remembered of that nights ter-
."
rhe Ryer6en Let tenth "
The itterec . •t tern have much of
interest for ' seatorti aeotityr--got
Agony to Move Them
VVlien He Awoke
three years," writes this MY
man, "I suffered with pains across .:then
lower part of my back. In the ,iaorno
ing, I awoke with knees so Stift .that
it was agony to move them. Special
treatment would make the pain a Ilia
tie Weasder—but that was all. 'Then a
friend recommended Kxusseii n, which
my doctor :said I might take. I began
with about a coffee -spool ful Urst
thing in the morning. To my sur-
prise I' found ,my rheumatic aches
and pains disappearinug. I kept on
with Kruschen, and although I km
more than nniddle-aged, I have been
free from pain for . two years, and
able to go to My office every day."—
A W.
Rheumatic conditions are often -the
result of an excess of uric acid in the
body. Two of the ingredients of
Kruschetu Salts have .the power of
dissolving uric acid crystals. Other
ingredients assist Nature to expel the
dissolved crystals through the natural
channels.
camp meetings, experiences of the
circuit riders, and of the doings of
conference. All these were of vital
importance to the pioneers of On-
tario. Methodism came to Canada
from England by way of the United
States, and Dr S.issone' book tells of
how, very gradually, the Church in,'
Canada learned to depend on her own
resources.
At the 'Conference of 1828 the first
step was taken towards the establish-
ment of a weekly 'newspaper. The
minutes record the following resolu-
tion:
"Resolved that a committee con-
sisting . of W. Ryerson, Philander,
Smith, David. Wright, J. Richardson
and T. Madden be appointed to sup-
erintend the 'establishment and; circu-
lation of a weekly paper to be entit-
led the 'Christian Guardian.'"
Information as to expenses Was
produced at the Conference held at
Ancaster in August, 1829, and it was
decided' that the project must be set
on foot immediately. The printing
apparatus was to cost seven hundred
dollars and the annual expenditure.
was estimated at two thousand and
fifty dollars. Egerton Ryerson was
appointed editor and' before long the
"Christian Guardian" was .the most
widely read weekly in the 'province. •
The Christian Guardian
In the early days Methodist preach-
ers were not allowed' to perforin a
marriage eeremony. In 1829 a Mar-
riage Bill passed both Houses but
sanction was refused by the Gover-
nor, so it was sent to England to be
laid before the King. Two years lat-
er it received the. Royal assent. That
Ryerson was no faint-hearted advers-
ary of the members of. the Family
Compact can be seen in the following
paragraph published is the Guardian.,
regarding the matter:,
"Under such circumstances, and es-
pecially as the Royal instructions
have uniformly declared the inten-
tion of His Majesty to consult and
act agreeable to the wishes of his
faithful. subjects in U. C., I. may ask,
whether it is, not more than probable
His Majesty's Royal Assent would
have been given to such a bill before
this time, had it not unfortunately
fallen in company with some ruthless
vagrant (in the shape of a secret
communication) who has slandrered,
abused and tommehawked it at the
foot of the Throne"
Another paragraph deals with the
evils of patronage:
. "Dr. Morrieen was a • clerk .in the
Surveyor •General's office, and a nom -
anal churchman, but from conscien-
tious motives he joined the Metho-
dists—for this, without a single cause
of .complaint alleged against h3in, be
was dismissed front his situation -and
cast destitute upon the world."
'The Temperance Movement
The temperance movement in Can-
ada had' its birth about the same time
as the Guardian, and the fact that
the idea swept across the province in
1830 was largely due, to bhe influence
of the paper under Ryerson's editor-
ship. Writing about the first issues
Dr. Sissons makes -it dear that re-
ligion and politics were not the only
topics discussed. He says:
"Accidents and 'murders are aimpiy
and brlefly described and usually ,in
such a way as to point, a moral. But
in . any issue one is likely to find
homely topics of interest, such as
hints on health, a definition of fe-
male beauty, methods for removing
grease; how to shift a hive of bees,
cuie,for stammering, remarkable mar-
riages, how to destroy rats and mice,
the art of brewing, the relative mer-
its of a comb and brush. We can
very well imagine that several mem-
bers of the family would be deeply
disappointed when the Post Office
failed in its duty, as it often did, and
the Guardian missed delivery..
in some ways Egerton Ryerson, in
relation to his tames, might be com-
pared to Benjamin Franklin. This
writer sees a parallel in many in-
stances—in hiss editorship,- and in'hie
frequent .trips 'to the Capital of the
Empire trying to brkie :home to those
in authority the importance of the
colonies. His oplijfons, regarding the
people he met, and hie efforts for the
establishment of his college make en-
gaging reading.
' 1)r. Sissons' work is published by
Olarke, Irwin and Company, Limited.,
Oxford University Press, Toronto.
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be looked forward to with pleasure.
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