tested. I am sure you will be prepared to
perform any additional labour to enable me to fulfil such a
mission. I trust that I will be enabled to confer a benefit upon
Canada. It is a gratifying position in which such a concurrence of
circumstances will place me, and my personal character and history
in regard to a question which has engaged so large a portion of my
past life--the ground of all the opposition I formerly met with
from the London Wesleyan Committee and Conference. Verily there is
a God that ruleth over all things, that makes the wrath of man to
praise Him, that rules in ways we know not of. We should indeed
fear Him, bow down in the dust before Him, but at the same time
most calmly and implicitly trust Him. Please write me as to the
effects produced by Lord Grey's despatch, the manner in which it is
received, etc.

In a letter, dated 13th March, Dr. Ryerson said:--

I have received a letter from a member of the Government in Canada,
expressing a wish that I would remain in England until after the
great Exhibition, as the Canadian Parliament would not meet until
May. This, in anticipation of what Lord Grey has desired, has quite
settled my mind on the subject of remaining until May or June.

I shall remain in Paris until I am wanted in London on the clergy
reserve question--I suppose until the middle of next month.
Listening some hours each day in Paris to some of the most learned
men in Europe, giving the results of all their researches and
reflections on various branches of literature and science, will be
of great advantage to me in my future lectures, writings and
labours, and this I shall continue until the voice of war on the
clergy reserves shall echo across the Atlantic. I suppose my
presence in England at this time will be a great annoyance to the
exclusive Church party, and it will perhaps make them more cautious
than they might otherwise be in their statements.

As the ministry in England continue firm, I hope no effort will be
wanting in Canada to sustain Lord Grey, should an opposition be
raised against his proposed bill, the bringing in of which may be
delayed some time by the late long ministerial crisis in England.

In a letter, dated 11th April, Dr. Ryerson said:--

In regard to the clergy reserves, I have been inclined