Impressions of Canada

Abstract

"OUR Editor has asked me for some impressions of religious life in Canada, based upon the four months visit I paid there last Summer. In complying with hi!: request I wish to make clear at the beginning, what will probably be obvious before the end, that I do not claim to speak with any authority conferred either by wide experience or exceptional opportunity of study. I visited Canada with my wife for family reasons, spending some weeks in Ottawa and an equal time in Toronto, and preaching only at Bloor Sti;eet, Toronto, during July, in the absence of Mr. Cameron, at Stockholm. Our stay at Montreal was limited to a couple of nights and days when we enjoyed the delightful hospitality of Dr. and Mrs. Ritchie, and met a valued old friend in Dr. R. E. Welsh. Flying visits to Hamilton, Niagara and Buffalo, with a fortnight in the Muskoka district completed our limited itinerary, which did not include a journey West. The Congregational Union of Canada was meeting in Ottawa in June and I attended several of the Sessions. Such impressions as I gleaned were gathered from these limited fields"