d occurrences connected with
this institution which, to my mind, are indicative of Providential
interference. The bitterness manifested against it by the enemies
of Methodism and of the peace of the country; the difficulties
which stood in the way of its completion; the distressing,
overwhelming, and unforseen embarrassments of its funds, which
forced the Committee to send you to this country to seek relief,
just at a time when the affairs of the Province had arrived at a
crisis, and at a time when you could render special service, by
communicating with the Home Government--service, allow me to say,
greater than any other man could render, or than you could have
rendered at any other time or place--the favourable turn which
public affairs have recently taken, and, I know, in some degree
through your instrumentality; the perplexing and most painful
disappointments experienced in obtaining suitable teachers, now
happily overcome; the share of public favour which the Academy has
obtained on the commencement of its operations; and, lastly, the
great services you have rendered the Missionary Society, in the
advantage you have secured to our Indian Missionaries by your
representations and applications to the Government, are to me
reasons for believing God is in this business. You may, I think,
take courage, and go on in the name of the Lord. I can sympathize
with you; I have also suffered in this cause. I would not endure
the anxiety and mental agony I have experienced on account of this
institution for any earthly consideration. But if it flourish, I
have my reward. And now the reflection that, at much personal risk,
I have more than once saved innocent and deserving men from
imprisonment, and Methodism from indelible reproach, is cheering
and consoling. I will still stand by your side and share in your
difficulties. My honour in this matter is united with yours, and
the ruin of this institution will be mine.

In a letter from London, dated 21st July, 1836, Dr. Ryerson narrates the
difficulties which he had encountered in obtaining a Charter for the
Upper Canada Academy. The correspondence with the Colonial Office
embraced twenty-nine letters, and extended over a period of six months.
In conducting it, Dr. Ryerson states:--I found those in the Colonial
Office, and those who ret