d to
beg, that can fully appreciate the feelings and embarrassments of a
stranger in such circumstances. This work and sacrifice have not
been of my own seeking--but against my seeking. I was comfortably
settled amongst kind friends in Kingston, but am now cast forth in
this distant land, and engaged in the most disagreeable of all
employments,--and for what? Oh! it is for the sake of Him to whose
cause and glory I have consecrated my life and all. I shall love,
honour, and value my pastoral labours more than ever. I hope that
they may be more useful. During the past week I have been enabled
more fully than for a year past to adopt the language of St. Paul.
Gal. ii. 20.

_Oct. 11th._--While here I was truly gratified to receive a letter
from Miss Clarissa Izard, of Boulogne (France), in which she
says:--I trust you will pardon me, sir, for this expression of my
gratitude. If it had not been for a sermon preached by you on the
21st of February last, I might have been where hope never cometh;
but, blessed be God, now I have a hope--a hope which lifts me above
this world, and which, I trust, I shall retain until I obtain the
crown of righteousness which fadeth not away.

Among the many pleasing incidents in Dr. Ryerson's otherwise unpleasant
duty of collecting funds for the Upper Canada Academy, was the note
written from Kensington Palace by command of Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent. It was as follows:--

I am commanded by the Duchess of Kent to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 22nd inst., and accompanying statement of "The
Upper Canada Academy, for the education of Canadian youth, and the
most promising youth of converted Indian tribes--to prepare them
for school-masters." Her Royal Highness is most happy in
patronizing, as you request, so useful and benevolent an
Institution, and calculated especially to promote the best
interests of the native population, the British emigrants, and the
aboriginal tribes of that valuable and important British Province.
Her Royal Highness desires that her name be placed on the
subscription list for L10.

Referring to the great importance of the Upper Canada Academy, and to
the services rendered by Dr. Ryerson in connection with its
establishment, Rev. William Lord said:--

There have been many circumstances an