ABUSES of colonial constitution,
Act of 1853, 223; separate school
provisions, 224
Act of 1870-71, 204
American War of Independence,
277
Anglican church, prestige in Can-
ada, 39
Anglican separate schools, 243
Architecture of schools, 201
Aristocracy, a Canadian proposed,
BALDWIN, leader in reform, 66;
government resigns, 122; opposes
Metcalfe, 128; first university bill,
148; first defended by Ryerson,
151; second university bill, 158;
sustains Ryerson, 182
Bidwell, leader in reform, 66
CAMP-MEETINGS, 11
Canadian Methodism, its epochs,
271
Carlyle, 7
Cartwright's influence on Strachan,
37
Causes of Methodist misfortunes
102
Charter of King's College, 72; pro-
visions of, 73; discussed by Ryer-
son, 78
Charbonnel, Bishop, 219
Christian Guardian founded, 82
Church of England offers him
position, 17
Church and State principles dis-
cussed, 77
Civilizing the Indians, 23
Classical studies, 5
Class meeting controversy, 282
Clergy Reserves founded, 47; first
opposition to, 47; and Church of
Scotland, 49; to be sold and
funded in England, 50, 72, 74;
conflict renewed, 114, 119
Cobourg, appointment to, 25
Collegiate Institutes, 262
Compulsory attendance, 206
Constitution of Upper Canada, 30;
evolution of, 125
Controversy, engages in, 19; con-
tinued, 26
DEFECTS of schools in 1843, 167
Defence of Metcalfe, 129
Depository founded, 183; abolished,
210.
Diary, 16
Difficulties arising from the union
of English and Canadian Metho-
dism, 96
District schools, failure of, 56
Draper, Ryerson's letters to, 100;
opposes Baldwin's bill, 149; uni-
versity bill, 153
Durham, Lord, his policy approved,
115-17, 121
ECCLESIASTICAL chart, statistics in
1820, 51
Editor of the Christian Guardian,
83, 115
Education, effort to control,
52; de-
velopment of, 58; based on
morals and religion, 172
Efficiency an important requisite in
schools, 171
English Methodism: looking to Can-
ada, 87; encouraged by Lieuten-
ant-Governor Maitland, 87; can-
cels agreement as to fields of
labour, 91
Episcopal Methodism in Canada, 99
Equal rights, Ryerson defender of,
Established Church to be endowed,
Estimate of Ryerson's work, 265
Examination, intermediate, 264
"FAMILY compact," not to return,
130
LAST days of Ryerson, 295
Lay representation in conference,
Leaders, of reform, 65; of Canadian
Methodism, 282
Libraries, 186
Literary work of Dr. Ryerson, 269
Loyalists of America, 274
MACDONALD'S university bill, 155
Malcolm Cameron's bill, 181
Massachusetts school system, 168
Metcalfe controversy, 126
Method of constructing a school
system adopted by Ryerson, 168
Methodists, he joins the, 12
Methodism, connected with United
States, 38; U. E. Loyalist, 38;
without civil rights, 40; Cana-
dian, becomes independent, 81
Methodist Union, 287
Minister of Education, 211
Ministry, he enters the, 15
Missionary work, methods of, 22
Missionaries, Wesleyan, to Canada,
Mother's influence, 2
Municipal institutions founded, 57
Museum, educational, 185
NEw principles introduced by Ryer-
son, 170
Normal school founded, 173
Normanby, Lord, letters to, 120
OPPOSITION to school system, 180
Ormiston, Dr. William, 173, 253
PARLIAMENT and Crown, relations
Parties in England, 109
Party life created, 64
Paternalism in school system, 209
People aroused to seek reform, 63
Perry, leader of reform party, 66
Petition, to the House of Commons,
75; to British parliament, borne
by Ryerson, 108
Pioneer life, 279
Political condition of Upper Canada,
29
Political life, awakened after the
war, 41; part of a world-wide
movement, 42
Political ideas of English and Cana-
dian Methodism divergent, 93
Power of the Assembly limited,
65
Power, Bishop, 219
President of the general conference,
287
Progress by gradual change, 203
Progress of education under Ryer-
son's administration, 266
Programme of studies for high
schools, 263
Prussian school system, 168
Punshon, W. Morley, 285
Reform movement in Canada, origin
of, 42; three-fold, 43
Reform, struggle begins, 61; ma-
jority in assembly, 64
Religious services in the first settle-
ments, 9
Religious diversity of the popula-
tion, 36
Religious interests in reform, 66
Religion in education, 245
Report, Ryerson's last, 266
Representative to English confer-
ence, 94, 240
Responsible government, principles
of, 122-3
Robertson, T. Jaffray, 173, 253
Rolph, leader of reform, 65
Ryerson, not a politician, 44, 107;
held no radical theories, 45; re-
plies to Strachan's sermon, 68;
second reply to Strachan, 76;
position in 1836-7, 114; view of
Macdonald bill, 157
Ryerson, Col. Joseph, 274
Ryerson, Rev. John, 273
SANGSTER, J. H., 174-180
School days, 4
School system, 163, 175; adapted
to provincial government, 205
School houses, 193
Schools: first district schools, 53;
first schools of the people, 55;
Common School Bill, 1816, 56;
state of, in 1843, 164–5
Secular schools, 217; Brown, Mac-
kenzie and Cameron, 224
Separate school question, 215
Separation of Methodist bodies, 105
Separate schools: Ryerson's policy,
225; Brown's view, 226; via
media, 227; second Toronto case,
228; Charbonnel's demands, 229;
the Taché bill, 231; as a political
question, 232; pressed into opera-
tion, 234; Ryerson's report, 235;
Scott's bills, 236; permanently
established, 239; merely a con-
cession, 241; British North
America Act, 243
Simcoe's policy, 35
Statistics of Methodism in Canada,
1842, 101
Strachan, comes to Canada, 36; be-
gins ecclesiastical and political
career, 46; sermon in 1825, 67
Story of my life," 270
Studies in jurisprudence and philo-
sophy, 12
Studies of foreign system, 202
Superintendency in Methodism, 288
Sydenham Lord, 122
TACHÉ separate school bill, 231
Teacher in grammar school, 13
Teachers improved qualification, 192
Teaching, a profession, 207
Terms of union of Methodism, 92
Text books for schools, 183
Thomson, Mr. Poulett, (Lord Syd-
enham), 122
Times, letters to on the affairs of
the Canadas, 111
Toronto graded schools, 195
Toronto separate school case, 221
Tours of consultation, 202
"Transfers" in Methodism, 291
Trustees and their powers, 196
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