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t.i.tle: The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada

Author: Egerton Ryerson

Editor: J. George Hodgins

Release Date: February 12, 2008 [EBook #24586]

Language: English

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"THE STORY OF MY LIFE."

BY THE LATE

REV. EGERTON RYERSON, D.D., LLD.,

(Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada.)

PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF HIS LITERARY TRUSTEES:

THE REV. S.S. NELLES, D.D., LL.D., THE REV. JOHN POTTS. D.D., AND J. GEORGE HODGINS, ESQ., LL.D.

EDITED BY

J. GEORGE HODGINS, Esq., LL.D.

"His life was gentle; and the elements So mix't in him, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, This was a Man!"

--Shakespeare. _Julius Caesar_, Act v., sc. 5.

Justum et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni Mente quat.i.t solida--

--Horace. _Odes_, iii. 3.

WITH PORTRAIT AND ENGRAVINGS.

TORONTO:

WILLIAM BRIGGS, 78 and 80 KING STREET EAST.

1884.

Entered, according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, by Mary Ryerson and Charles Egerton Ryerson, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture, Ottawa.

CONTENTS.

Page Preface ix

Estimate of Rev. Dr. Ryerson's Character and Labours 17

CHAPTER I.--1803-1825.

Sketch of Early Life 23

CHAPTER II.--1824-1825.

Extracts from Dr. Ryerson's Diary of 1824 and 1825 32

CHAPTER III.--1825-1826.

First Year of Ministry and First Controversy 47

CHAPTER IV.--1826-1827.

Missionary to the River Credit Indians 58