March 1851, he became the guiding spirit of the bank. It encountered difficulties initially because the workers were mistrustful but, thanks to the influence of the clergy and to prudent investments

, Secularizing the faith: Canadian Protestant clergy and the crisis of belief, 1850-1940 (Toronto, 1992). Margaret Prang

communities in the diocese. Walsh’s dealings with his secular clergy were also exemplary. He won their respect early, impressing them with his deep sense

. Soon after his consecration Walsh received a petition from 13 Nova Scotian priests noting that his appointment had been made without consultation with either Bishop Fraser or the clergy of the

, another $104,000 was to be set aside as a reserve fund for missionary schemes. A further $132,000 was earmarked for the support of aged and infirm ministers and the widows and orphans of clergy. Warden was

, abolition of the clergy reserves, separation of church and state, annulment of the charter of the Canada Company, revision of the charter of King’s College (Toronto), abolition of primogeniture, adoption of

, acknowledged their practice of adult baptism, and recognized marriages performed by their clergy contributed to the development of religious pluralism in Upper Canada

Hudson’s Bay territory, 1820–1850” (phd thesis, Univ. of Man., Winnipeg, 1984). J. E. Foster, “The Anglican clergy in the Red River settlement, 1820–1826

, which appears to have been the organ of the Roman Catholic clergy, had been a conscious rival of Whelan for the attention of Island Catholics. In 1867 Bishop MacIntyre, an ardent and energetic

support of many clergy, including Edward Henry Dewar* who pointed out that neither Whitaker nor his pupils remotely approached the extremes of

politics and public affairs. His defence of free trade, opposition to the clergy reserves, and support of Malcolm Cameron*, the outspoken reform

. By 1844 Widder ambitiously proposed to Governor Metcalfe that the Canada Company should undertake on commission the administration of the province’s public lands, beginning with the clergy reserves

 1810 he published A letter; most respectfully addressed to the Roman Catholic clergy and the seigniors of the province of Lower Canada: recommending the establishment of schools. In it he

, and Williams observed that prosperous families did not encourage their sons to enter the clergy. He fostered the Church of England Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Association. In 1869 he was appointed to

ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation (new ed., 9v., Edinburgh, 1915–61), III, 431–32. Our Scottish clergy; fifty-two sketches, biographical

personal connection to God and rejects creeds, clergy, and hierarchy. By 1933 she was serving on the executive of the Ontario Labor Party and was vice-president of the Toronto Labor Party. She initially

Perry’s bill for disposing of the clergy reserves. Willson, in fact, went further and argued that the entire proceeds be appropriated to education and, much to Bidwell’s displeasure

PAC and PANS); Ind. 5435, 5438. St Paul’s Church (Halifax), “Record of burials performed by the clergy of St Paul’s Church gathered from loose memoranda, and written up by W. Simms Lee

training of native clergy who would eventually replace the missionaries. Although Wilson did instruct two young Ojibwa men as catechists, and another, John Jacobs, was ordained in 1869 and placed in charge

particularly criticized the influence of the Roman Catholic clergy on the Liberal government, especially the role of Bishop John Thomas