. Canada: an encyclopædia of the country; the Canadian dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development, by a corps of eminent writers and specialists. THE HON. AND Rl(;iHJK. joHN STKACIIAN. lilSHOl OK TORONTO. CANADA: AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA. 339 with them. The result was the emptying of theEngUsh churches, and disappointment and exas-peration on the part of all in those cities whocared for religion. The three Franco-Anglicanclergymen thrust upon these unwilling congrega-tions were the Rev. David Chadbrand Delisle inMontreal in
. Canada: an encyclopædia of the country; the Canadian dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development, by a corps of eminent writers and specialists. THE HON. AND Rl(;iHJK. joHN STKACIIAN. lilSHOl OK TORONTO. CANADA: AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA. 339 with them. The result was the emptying of theEngUsh churches, and disappointment and exas-peration on the part of all in those cities whocared for religion. The three Franco-Anglicanclergymen thrust upon these unwilling congrega-tions were the Rev. David Chadbrand Delisle inMontreal in 1766, the Rev. Francis David DeMontmollin in Quebec about the same time, andthe Rev. Leger J. B. N. Veyssi^re in ThreeRivers two years later. The two former wereSwiss pastors, of course Episcopally ordained ;the third a converted Recollet priest. They. The Venerable Dr. Henry Rue. were superseded as useless in 1789, but enjoyedtheir handsome stipend of 200 pounds sterling tothe end of their lives. The Visitation of Quebec b\- Hisliop Inglis, ofNova Scotia, in 1789, put an end to tiiis miserablestate of things which had lasted nearly a quarterof a century. He spent two months in the Prov-ince, invalided the three French clcrgvmen andappointed good and able men in their place;delivered an excellent Charge to the Clergy ; con-firmed many who had never before seen a Bishop, and settled a number of burning questions to thesatisfaction of all concerned. The evident goodresults of this Visitation led to one still moreimportant. It opened the eyes of the BritishGovernment to the wisdom and necessity ofappointing a Bishop to the sole charge of Upperand Lower Canada. Four years after the visit ofBishop Inglis this measure, so important to theCanadian Church, was carried into effect. Thework of laying the foundations of the CanadianChurch was
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