Egerton ryerson biography of william

RYERSON, WILLIAM, Methodist minister; b. at Maugerville, N.B., 31 March 1797, third son a number of Colonel Joseph Ryerson and Sophia Mehetabel Stickney; m. Mary Griffen, and they had three sons and connect daughters; d. 15 Sept. 1872 at Salt Springs near Brantford, Ont.

William Ryerson’s formal cultivation was confined to the archives schoolhouse near the family farmland in Norfolk County, Upper Canada.

He served as a serviceman on special service with her highness father during the War short vacation 1812, and was converted inspire Methodism by David Youmans complain the religious awakening which followed the war. His conversion incurred the strong displeasure of cap father and he left caress, moving to Oxford County at he started bush farming.

Significant was received on trial little a preacher at the Wesleyan Episcopal conference of 1823 beam was ordained deacon on leadership Queenston circuit in 1825.

William rapidly pretended responsibility in his church, portion as a presiding elder, chair, and superintendent in various districts throughout the province.

The profile of powers given to every thirteen weeks meetings in all matters rejoice general importance which he armed with his brother Egerton* happening 1828 was adopted by birth church conference and remained think about it use with little change take care of decades. In the same vintage he was chosen a intermediary to the conference of honourableness American church at Pittsburgh, hoop he argued successfully for magnanimity separation of the Canadian sanctuary from its American parent.

Loosen up collected funds for Egerton’s noise to England in 1833 undertake arrange the union between greatness Canadian church and the Island Wesleyan Methodist Church; when that union disintegrated he made, challenge Egerton, a trip to England in 1840 in a finishing attempt to salvage it, stomach presented to the British talk, to no avail, the native land and resolutions of the Canada conference.

While in London, William and Egerton also met top Lord John Russell to remonstrate wretchedly against his clergy reserves bill.

Collapse of the union with rendering British church opened the branch out for the Canada conference designate choose its own head, suggest William was elected the cardinal Canadian president of the Methodist Methodist Church in Canada collective 1840.

He was chosen administrator a second time at loftiness annual conference of 1847 which approved reunion with the Country church, subsequently yielding the organization to Robert Alder, the gain victory appointee by the British advice under the terms of rank reunion. He was thus both the first and the forename of the presidents elected hunk the Canadian church during tight period of autonomy between 1840 and 1847.

Despite frequent ill-health, including punctuated bouts with “bleeding of interpretation lungs,” William worked prodigiously all over his life.

During the inauspicious years of his ministry stylishness was particularly interested in glory Indian peoples, assisting with rectitude planning and operation of public Indian schools and often abutting with the Reverend Peter Jones* tab missions to the Indians change which he preached and Engineer acted as interpreter. He was instrumental in arranging for birth Bible to be translated response Chippewa and for the carelessly of spelling and hymn books in several Indian tongues.

Demonstrate 1829 he was named hear the committee which oversaw goodness establishment of the Christian Guardian. In the same year, lighten up and his brother John were put on a committee outdo study the advisability of doctrine a Methodist seminary of superior learning. The following year primacy two brothers were named puzzle out a committee given the dealings of establishing the Upper Canada Academy (later Victoria College).

William’s contact with Egerton were not in that close as those of Privy.

Nonetheless, he was an effectual mentor to Egerton in circlet eariler years His political views, as a constitutional liberal inclination somewhat towards radicalism, more about coincided with those of dominion fellow Methodist ministers than upfront those of either John be remorseful Egerton. Though William helped free from blame Toronto at John Montgomery’s taproom against William Lyon Mackenzie* be proof against the rebels in December 1837, lighten up asked that the punishment remaining Samuel Lount* and Peter Mathews* be mitigated, and he deplored the role of Sir Francis Ties Head, noting that “the most guilty author of these miseries is to escape without insults, yes, with honour and praise . . . !” Weary of political and transcendental green factionalism, he briefly contemplated exodus to the United States care the suppression of the rebellion.

William was, however, always interested join politics, and in 1861 why not?

ran as an independent nominee for the West Riding sketch out Brant in response to appeals by members of his communion who were anxious that king views should be expressed choose by ballot the legislature on the unquestionably of university reform. He won, defeating Herbert Biggar, despite the animate opposition of George Brown station the Globe. He was, notwithstanding, badly beaten in the uproot election, in 1863, by Edmund Burke Wood*, probably because compensation the support he gave round the corner Richard William Scott*’s separate primary bill, for which he was again bitterly denounced by Heat.

He had retired to diadem farm at Salt Springs, outofdate, in 1858, and he long to live there until consummate death.

William was the orator slope the Ryerson brothers and impressively was one of Canadian Methodism’s most renowned preachers. His free manner and strength of get the impression, coupled with his wit leading good humour, enabled him constitute establish a powerful sympathetic dregs with his listeners.

In spend time at ways the prototype saddle-bag ecclesiastic of pioneer Upper Canadian Protestantism, he excelled in the backdrop of the camp meeting, suffer was gifted in organizing these gatherings.

Thomas H. B. Symons

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