arted and eloquent
Irishmen, whom I have recently heard, respecting "the first flower of
the earth, the first gem of the sea."

The news from Canada presents to my mind strange contrasts. A few years
ago efforts were made to prove that the Methodist ministers were the
"salaried hirelings" of a foreign republican power. Now efforts are
being made to persuade the Canadian public that the same ministers are
the salaried hirelings of British power, because they refuse to be
identified with men and measures which are revolutionary in their
tendencies. Our motto is "fear God and honour the King," and "meddle not
with them that are given to change." Many who were influenced to take
part in the former crusade have long since given proof of a better
spirit; so it will be, I trust, with those who have now been hurried on
into the present shameless and malignant opposition, against a cause
which has confessedly been of the highest spiritual and eternal
advantage to thousands in Upper Canada. I venture to predict that not a
few of our partizan adversaries will ere long lament their madness of
political idolatry and religious hostility. In the former case,
Methodism survived, triumphed, and prospered; in the present case, if we
are true to our principles and faithful to our God, He will again "Cause
the wrath of man to praise Him, and restrain the remainder of that
wrath."

FOOTNOTES:

[47] Dr. Ryerson's reply to Mr. Perry was afterwards reprinted as an
election flysheet, headed "Peter Perry Picked to Pieces by Egerton
Ryerson," and circulated broadcast in the counties. It resulted in Mr.
Perry being rejected as M.P.P. for Lennox and Addington in the elections
of 1836. (See Chapter xxiii.)

CHAPTER XVI.

1836-1837.

Dr. Ryerson's Diary of his Second Mission to England

The following is from Dr. Ryerson's diary (which is incomplete) giving
the result of his experiences and labours in England, during his second
mission there.

_London, January 1st, 1836._--I am again in the great metropolis of
the Christian world. My wife and I left our native land, and
affectionate pastoral charge, on the 20th of November, 1835, and
arrived here the 30th of December, after a voyage of tempest and
sea-sickness. But to the Ruler of the winds, and the Father of our
spirits, we present our grateful acknowledgments for the
preservation of our lives. To our Heavenly Father have I, with my
dear wif