. 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. ^ ^ Y^ v 7 --O ? *«B«KHf»«~ •Ilii-; Ri;\. DK. i:(.i:ri()\ K^l;KS()^. D ! ! CANADA: AN 259 wisely in enticing these Yorkshiremen across thesea. Among them were the earliest Methodistsof the Canadian Dominion. Possibly Franklinmay have builded better that he knew, but itis not by any means probable that the man whodeeded the old Protestant burying-ground atWin
. 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. ^ ^ Y^ v 7 --O ? *«B«KHf»«~ •Ilii-; Ri;\. DK. i:(.i:ri()\ K^l;KS()^. D ! ! CANADA: AN 259 wisely in enticing these Yorkshiremen across thesea. Among them were the earliest Methodistsof the Canadian Dominion. Possibly Franklinmay have builded better that he knew, but itis not by any means probable that the man whodeeded the old Protestant burying-ground atWindsor, about which Dr. H. Youle Hind hasgiven the public an interestinj^ volume, to the Christian people of the said township, canhave been a bigot. If Methodism be what thegreat Scotch divine, Thomas Chalmers, called it: Christianity in earnest, then the arrival of anyfriends of Wesley could be nothing short of ablessing. These Yorkshiremen were not allMethodists, but a good proportion, if not themajority, were. A Presbyterian minister ofTruro, in reporting a visit to Cumberland in1791, said : The Methodists bear the sway, mostof them from Yorkshire. Many of them, attheir firesides in the new world, recalled
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