it will be found in the letter of the Rev.
Jonathan Scott, editor of the _Guardian_, on page 294. Rev. I. B.
Howard, Dr. Ryerson's assistant at the time, has also furnished me with
some personal reminiscences of his intercourse with him during the
latter year of Dr. Ryerson's pastoral life. He says:--

When I was Dr. Ryerson's assistant in Toronto, upwards of forty
years ago (in 1841-2), he was studying Hebrew with a private tutor.
As I had previously taken lessons in that language he kindly
invited me to unite with him (at his expense) in this study. This
I did three times a week at his house. On those days I always dined
with him; and as it was his custom to spend the hour before dinner
in devotional reading and prayer, I had the great privilege of
spending this hour with him in his study--and I shall never forget
the sincere, heart-searching, and devout manner in which he
conducted these hallowed exercises, nor the great spiritual
instruction and benefit I received from them. His humble
confessions, earnest pleadings, and fervent spirit deeply impressed
my youthful heart with the fact that he was indeed a man of God.

During that year (one of the few of his regular pastorate) I had
also the privilege of frequently hearing him preach, especially
during eight weeks of special and very successful revival services,
which we held in old Adelaide (then nearly new and known as
"Newgate") Street Church. I have frequently heard him preach since
that time, mostly on special occasions, and always with pleasure
and profit; but never since he left the pastoral work have I heard
from him such earnest, powerful and overwhelming appeals to the
minds, and hearts, and consciences of men, as when, with the
responsibilities and sympathies of a pastor's heart, he delighted,
and moved, and melted the large and admiring audiences which
attended his ministry. I have always believed, that, had he
continued in his pastoral work, he would have been not only an able
and popular, but also in an eminent degree a successful soul-saving
preacher.

During the year I was with him in Toronto, Dr. Ryerson frequently
heard me preach; and as it was only the second year of my ministry
his presence in the congregation was at first a great terror to me;
but the kind words of encouragement, as well