Excerpt from The Methodist Churches of Toronto: A History of the Methodist Denomination

N issuing the accompanying history of the Methodist Churches of Toronto to the public and to those who have subscribed for the work, it is not necessary to make more than a very few prefatory remarks. The following pages do not attempt to deal otherwise than in a very superficial manner with the history of the large body of Christians known as Wesleyan Methodists throughout the Canadian Dominion or even in the Pro vince of Ontario.

What has been the aim of the editor and compiler has been to tell as briefly as possible the history of the various congregations of Methodists which have assembled in what we now know as the City of Toronto (formerly the town of York), from the days of Simcoe up to the present period, the last year of the nineteenth century. As far as possible original records have been consulted be fore the history of any church or congregation has been finally compiled. As regards some of the congregations these records have been somewhat imperfectly kept, and in consequence some errors may have crept into the body of this work. In every case, though, accuracy of statement has been aimed at, and where inac curacies and discrepancies may be detected by readers, they may safely assume that these are not due to the carelessness of the editor, but to the faulty inform ation which has been given to him and accepted in good faith.

As regards the biographical sketches the editor has, wherever it has been pos sible, used the words given to him by the sender or writer of the biography. In some few cases biographies were sent in containing particulars of the person whom they referred to which it would have been unwise, if not in bad taste, to publish. These details have been omitted. In no single case, though, has any salient point in any biography which has been forwarded, or have any leading facts which have been contributed, taken out. Arranging and editing these biographies, in many cases writing them from very crude notes, has been a work of great labor and no little responsibility. In all cases the editor has tried to discharge his duties conscientiously and fairly.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.