Toronto: William Briggs, 1882. viii, 440 p. 8vo. First edition. Frontis port of the author. First edition. Green cloth. Some wear, bumped corners, rubbed spine ends. Some stains to interior, especially on endpapers and frontis tissue guard.
Minister, educator, politician and public education pioneer in early Ontario, Egerton Ryerson was one of Methodism's most vocal advocates. Here he discusses Methodism's origins in Canada, its character, divisions, as well as the clergy reserve controversy. The essays were reprinted, with much additional matter, from the Canadian Methodism magazine.