s
misery, escapes without punishment; yes, with honour and praise!
How mysterious are the ways of Providence--how dark, crooked, and
perverse the ways of man.

FOOTNOTES:

[57] Dr. Morrison had been a clerk in the Surveyor-General's
office,--had, indeed, while there, collected materials for Dr.
Strachan's Ecclesiastical Chart,--but, without any charge, or the
slightest deficiency in faithfulness and efficiency, was dismissed, for
the simple reason that he had become a Methodist! He then devoted
himself to the medical profession. He was once elected to the House of
Assembly for York, defeating the Attorney-General. He was also once
elected Mayor of Toronto. He was the writer's [and the editor's]
physician during life; died in great peace, strong in faith, giving
glory to God.--"Epochs of Canadian Methodism," pages 188, 189.--H.

[58] This disposition to remove from Upper Canada to Iowa was not
confined to Toronto and its vicinity. In the following chapter the case
of a Mr. John Campbell, M.P.P. for Frontenac county, is mentioned. He
was on his way to Iowa when he saw and read Dr. Ryerson's defence of Mr.
Bidwell. The reading of that defence changed his plans, and he remained
in Canada. (See page 192.)

CHAPTER XXIII.

1795-1861.

Sketch of Mr. William Lyon Mackenzie.

The story of Dr. Ryerson's life would scarcely be complete without
giving some information in regard to the chief opponents whom he
encountered in the earlier part of his career--men well known at the
time, but whose names and memories are now passing away.

With the exception of Bishop Strachan, no man came so immediately in
contact with Dr. Ryerson in the first years of his public life as did
Mr. W. L. Mackenzie.

Mr. Mackenzie was born in Scotland, in March, 1795. He died in Toronto,
on the 28th August, 1861, in the 67th year of his age. He came to Canada
in 1820, and until 1824 was engaged in mercantile pursuits. In May of
that year he entered public life, and commenced the publication of the
_Colonial Advocate_ at Queenston. From that time until near the close of
his life, he maintained his connection, more or less, with the press;
but he was always on the stormy sea of politics, even when not a
journalist. The reasons which induced him to enter public life are thus
given in Mr. Charles Lindsey's "Life and Times of Mackenzie," page 40.
They are in Mr. Mackenzie's own words, and were written some time after
the rebell