f
September, 1828, I entered into the married state with Miss Hannah
Aikman, of Hamilton. Through the tender mercy of God, I have got a
companion who, I believe, will be truly a help-meet to me, in
spiritual as well as temporal things.[20]

The Hamilton and Ancaster Circuit reached from Stoney Creek, east of
Hamilton, to within five miles of Brantford, including the township of
Glandford; thence including the Jersey settlement, Dundas Street, and
Nelson, to ten miles north of Dundas Street, embracing Trafalgar, the
mountain beyond the town of Milton, Credit, and back to Stoney Creek.

The death of the Rev. Wm. Slater, my colleague and Superintendent, about
the middle of the year, was a great loss and affliction to me, as I had
to take his place. Brother Slater had been the colleague of my brother
John for two years, and he was now mine for the second year. He was a
true Englishman, a true friend, and a faithful and cheerful minister.

About the middle of this year (1828) were held the Ryan Conventions at
Copetown, in West Flamboro', and Picton, Prince Edward District, of
which I have given an account in "The Epochs of Canadian Methodism," pp.
247-269.

FOOTNOTES:

[16] The first of these controversial engagements extended from the
spring of 1826 until the spring of 1827; the second from the spring of
1828 until near midsummer of the same year.--H.

[17] The nature and purpose of this Chart are fully explained and
discussed by Dr. Ryerson in his "Epochs of Canadian Methodism," pp.
165-220.

[18] See "Epochs of Canadian Methodism," p. 222.

[19] "Letters from the Reverend Egerton Ryerson to the Honourable and
Reverend Dr. Strachan. Published originally in the _Upper Canada
Herald_, Kingston, U.C., 1828. Pp. 42--In his "advertisement" or
preface, Dr. Ryerson illustrates the pressing nature of his engagements
at the time when he was engaged in the controversy with Archdeacon
Strachan. He also referred to the unusual difficulties with which he had
to contend in writing these "Letters" to the Archdeacon. Of many
important and most forcible arguments against establishments, especially
those derived from the Holy Scriptures, the author has not availed
himself, nor has he referred to so many historical authorities as might
have been adduced, * * * as he has had to travel nearly two hundred
miles, and preach from twenty to thirty sermons a month." See note on p.
80 and also Chapter viii.--H.

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