At the first general meeting of this Corporation in 1820, his Lordship presided; a circumstance, which may well be considered an era in the history of the Church of Upper Canada.
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The Saviour reigned in all their hearts, and they successfully copied the pattern of meekness and gentleness, which he had left them.John Strachan
As a preacher of the Gospel, our late venerable Bishop must have been heard, to form an adequate conception of his superior excellence and commanding eloquence.
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The Legislature of Lower Canada, consisting chiefly of Roman Catholics, could hardly be expected to support a church which they were taught to consider heretical, and in Upper Canada the scanty means at the disposal of the Government, precluded all hope.
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The tortures of present death disturb him not, but the recollection of his fall, fills him with a holy sorrow.
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Convinced that the attachment of colonies to the metropolis, depends infinitely more upon moral and religious feeling, than political arrangement, or even commercial advantage, I cannot but lament that more is not done to instill it into the minds of the people.
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Whenever the names of the disciples are enumerated in the New Testament, St. Peter's stands at their head.
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