. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. odiment of steady and severemissionary labours, the cause of bitter political controversy in educa-tional matters and in such political issues as the Clergy Reserves. Itheld intimate associations with American Methodism and, up to 1812, agreat part of its ministers were American while its polity and princi-ples and preaching were also American in st
. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. odiment of steady and severemissionary labours, the cause of bitter political controversy in educa-tional matters and in such political issues as the Clergy Reserves. Itheld intimate associations with American Methodism and, up to 1812, agreat part of its ministers were American while its polity and princi-ples and preaching were also American in style and, too often, inadvocacy and patriotism. After the war, when many of its pulpitswere vacated by American citizens returning to their own country,the English element became predominant and, in 1828, the CanadianMethodist Conference was finally declared independent of the Ameri-can Church. It had many ups and downs after this time and wasdivided upon political Issues in later years by Dr. Egerton Ryerson,but always, and everywhere in the Provinces, it continued to exercisea strong influence in public affairs. Presbyterianism was never such a political factor as were thethree divisions of Christianity just referred to. Its polity was too. A REVIEW OF POPULAR PROGRESS 587 severe In tone and practice and its ministers too conservative, in anon partisan sense, to constitute what might be termed a semi-pohticaldenomination. Methodism was essentially a militant and missionary de-nomination in Canadian history; Presbyterianism was more of a strong,pervading influence among men of a single nationality. Its divisions,were not so numerous as in the other case and, prior to the Disruptionin Scotland, the Kirk often stood side by side with the Church ofEngland as a silent factor for the preservation of old traditions and insimple antagonism to democratic innovation. The chief political issuewith which it was mixed up was that of the Clergy Reserves, just asthe one public question in wh
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