, both
spiritual and temporal.

The second related to the calamity which had befallen the Church of
England congregation of St. James, in the destruction of its church
building by fire early in January, 1839. Dr. Ryerson at once wrote to
the Archdeacon offering him the use of the Newgate (Adelaide Street)
Church. On the 6th January, Dr. Strachan replied as follows:--

I thank you most sincerely for the kind sympathy you express in the
sad calamity that has befallen us, and for your generous offer of
accommodation. Before your note reached me, I had made arrangements
with the Mayor, for the Town Hall, which we can occupy at our
accustomed hours of worship, without disturbing any other
congregation. I and my people are not the less grateful for your
kind offer, which we shall keep in brotherly remembrance.

In his Charge to the Clergy in 1853, and again in 1856, he pays a
personal tribute to Dr. Ryerson. In the later Charge, speaking of the
School system, he says:--

So far as Dr. Ryerson is concerned, I am one of those who
appreciate very highly his exertions, his unwearied assiduity, and
his administrative capacity.

Dr. Ryerson's last reference to the Bishop is contained in the "Epochs
of Canadian Methodism," written in 1880, as follows:

Upwards of fifty years have passed away since my criticisms on Dr.
Strachan's "Sermon on the death of the Bishop of Quebec" were
written. On the re-perusal of them, after the lapse of so long a
time, the impression on my own mind is that Dr. Strachan was honest
in his statements and opinions.... He was more moderate and liberal
in his views and feelings in his later years, and became the
personal friend of his old antagonist, "The Reviewer," who, he
said, had "fought fair." (Page 145.)

FOOTNOTES:

[76] My mother (he said) belonged to the Relief denomination.... My
father was attached to the Non-Jurants; and although he went
occasionally with my mother, he was a frequent hearer of Bishop Skinner,
to whose church he was in the habit of carrying me. He died when I was
very young, but not before my mind was impressed in favour of
Episcopacy.... I readily confess, that in respect to Church Government,
my principles were sufficiently vague and unformed; for to this
important subject my attention was never particularly drawn till I came
to this country, when my venerated friend, the late