l lands which might be hereafter
granted by the King for settlement; and (2) gave authority for the
erection of "parsonages or rectories, according to the establishment of
the Church of England," to be endowed out of the lands so allotted, etc.
(Sec. 38).

The alleged reasons which induced George III. to make provision for the
support of religion in the North American Colonies, are set forth, so
far as they related to the Protestant religion, by the late Bishop
Strachan in a pamphlet which he published in England in 1827.[83] He
mentions the fact that Great Britain, of all European nations, had
hitherto made no provision for religious instruction in her colonies. He
further states that:--

The effect of this was that emigrants belonging to the Established
Church who settled in America, not having access to their own
religious ministrations, became frequently dissenters; and when the
Colonies (now the United States) rebelled, there was not, among a
population of nearly 3,000,000, a single prelate, and but very few
Episcopal clergymen.

The folly of this policy was shown in the strongest light during
the rebellion; almost all of the Episcopal clergy and their
congregations remained faithful to the King, demonstrating by their
conduct, that had proper care been taken to promote a religious
establishment in connection with that of England, the revolution
would not have taken place.[84]

Aware of the pernicious effects of this narrow and unchristian
policy, and sensible that the colonial ought to be attached to the
parent state by religious, as well as by political feelings, the
great Mr. Pitt determined (in forming a constitution for the
Canadas) to provide for the religious instruction of the people,
and to lay the foundation of an Ecclesiastical Establishment which
should increase with the settlement.

To accomplish this noble purpose, Mr. Pitt advised that one-seventh
of the lands should be set apart for the maintenance of a
Protestant Clergy. In Upper Canada this appropriation comprises
one-seventh of the whole province: but in Lower Canada, one-seventh
of those parts only which have been granted since 1791 (pages 2,
3).[85]

In a pamphlet published at Kingston, U.C., during the previous year, the
substance of Mr. Pitt's remarks on that part of the Bill which
authorized the setting apart o