DOCSLIB.ORG

Seventieth Anniversary, St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Ont., 1835-1905

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Seventieth Anniversary, St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Ont., 1835-1905 LONDON aOOM i . I Seveniieih i i JTnniversarif j WilliI O ' LONDON OHT. 1835-1905 ->/>. January 25ih, 1905 ^^iJ^utiv^tlt ^mn'txtx^Kx^ OHT. 1835-1905. January 25th, 1905. 1835 - 1905 COMPILED BY THE RECTOR AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES O F The BrotIterhood of St. Andrew Senior Chapter Jfo. 152. Director T. DEELEY. Secretary-Treasurer . H. STARCK. Recording-Secretary . O. COPNER. Junior Chapter J/o. 17. Director T. H. LUSCOMBE. Secretary-Treasurer . H. G. HISCOX. 905 Printed by The London Printing & Lithographing Company London, Ontario. [Limited^ ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL AND CKONYN HALL (view from richmonij strektJ. [Qx)PKR & San»eks] k ^t l^Kxxl^s Clutrrlt miit l^mhh JUST 70 years ago, in the year A. D. 1835, the first in their tongue meant "The Antlered River." As early as church of St. Paul's was erected in London. It 1793, one hundred and twelve years ago, on the 13th of was a wooden building, occupying the site of the February, Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe visited the present present Cathedral, and had its entrance door facing site of London, attended by Major Littlehales and Col. the south. The congregation was ministered to by the Rev. Talbot, then Lieutenant. Observing its favourable con- Benjamin Cronyn, who afterwards became the first bishop of ditions, water supply, fertile soil and woods, they selected the Huron diocese. it as a very suitable site It is inter- for the capital of Upper in con- esting, Canada, naming the place nection with "Georgina," in compliment these facts, to to George III. Up to that notice how Lon- time it had been known to don came to be English settlers as "The a settlement of Forks." a Church of England congre- The Province of Que- gation, and how bec, in the year 1791, had the Benja- Rev. been divided into Upper min Cronyn and Lower Canada. The came to be its capital of Upper Canada minister. was then Newark (Niag- As far back ara). The first parliament as aboriginal days, the Indian met there, being opened hunters selected on Sept. 17th, 1792, and [Cofy'rig^AleJ] COLONEL BURWELL. ICoAyrig-hted] LIEl'TENANT-GOVERNOR SIMCOE. the Site of Lon- consisted of sixteen mem- don as one of their encampments, giving it a name which bers, elected for four years by the people of Upper Canada. Owing- to Newark's close proximity to the United In 1832 a large number of settlers from the " Old States, Governor Simcoe was anxious to change the capital Country," chiefly comprising military people, came to the and had, as has been said, selected the site of this city for Township of Adelaide, and in the November of that year that of the new capital; but, as soon after, he was ordered to the Rev. Benjamin Cronyn came out from Ireland to minister the West Indies, his proposed idea was never carried out, and to the spiritual wants of these settlers. But God had larg-er in 1796 the seat of government for Upper Canada was re- designs for His ministry. Mr. Cronyn was then thirty years moved to York, now Toronto. London thus lost what would of age, and brought with him a wife and two children. undoubtedly have much con- They landed at Quebec and set tributed to its advancement. out to reach their proposed The name " Georgina " does destination. After many days not seem to have attached of weary travel they reached itself, for in 1818 it was the old Indian trail, now called named London and settled as a the Commissioners' Road, township. In 1822 the Rev. connecting Niagara with De- Alexander Mcintosh and the troit. They had arrived just Right Rev. Dr. Stewart, sec- south of London when night ond Bishop of Quebec, visited began to fall, and there being the Church of England people no shelter any place apparent, in the neighbourhood, baptiz- ihey enquired of a solitary ing- and preaching. In 1826 it traveller whom they encoun- was laid out into streets by tered, as we say, "by chance," the Crown, under the direction and he directed the party to of Col. Burwell, and in 1827 its London, which was about two first public edifice was erected miles distant. Thither they and called "The District nnriiinl went and put up at a primitive Court House." This building "»4f"-'P'!' hotel, dignified by the name of then occupied the position of "The Mansion House," and ' " From ' Ilhtsi rated Li idoii —Cof>yrij^hffd.'\ the present Court House, but [ kept by one John O'Neil. OLD GRAM.M.^R SCHOOL. it was afterwards removed to This hotel stood on the north the southwest corner of the same " block " and was used side of Dundas street, near the present site of Mr. Perrin's by the Rev. Benjamin Bayly as his schoolhouse, in which biscuit factory and warehouses. The arrival of a Church of some of the most eminent men in Canada to-day received England clergyman was soon made known to the inhabitants their first instruction in letters. This house is in existence of the hamlet, and he was at once invited to stay over still, as a storehouse of the materials used in connection with Sunday, and the whole village was summoned to attend the present waterworks of the city. In 1829 the Rev. E. J. divine service to be held in the District Court House. It is Boswell visited London and baptized some of its people. said by some that in 1828 a church had been put up on a burial lot opposite the court house and situated west of "York, U. C, 25TH F'ebruarv, 1833. "Sir, Ridout street, and that this was the wooden edifice that was "I am happy to be able, with the concurrence of His Excellency in 1835 moved and put up where the present St. Paul's "the Lieutenant-Governor, to accede to the request of the inhabitants "of the Town and Townshi)) of London, and to station among them the Cathedral now stands. But this can hardly be accurate, in "Rev. Benjamin Cronyn as their minister. Mr. Cronyn is appointed by any case as respecting^ the year of erection; for if there had "me to the cure of souls in the Town and Township of London. In "making this appointment I feel it my duty, from the peculiar state of been such a church there in the year 1832, Mr. Cronyn would "the diocese, to inform those who will enjoy the benefit of his ministra- have held his service in it and not in the District Court House "lions, that since it is not in m}' power at present to assign him what I [ /'Vo/n " lUustraled London"— Copyrighted.] VIEW OF OLD ST. PAUL'S—ERECTED 1835, El RNT 1844— FROM CORNER OF DINDAS AND WELLINGTON STREETS across the road. The next day after, a deputation waited on "conceive^ as adequate salar}', there is a strong call for the exertions "of the friends of the Church to make such addition to his income, by Mr. Cronyn and begged him to remain in London and "voluntary fixed annual contributions or otherwise, as may enable become its minister. He accepted the invitation and was "him to dwell amongst them in that proper comfort which is his due. " I trust that the necessary arrangements will be at once undertaken by the appointed Rector of London and London Township "and carried into effect to meet my wishes and his claims in this Right Rev. Dr. Stew;art, Bishop of Quebec, who nominated "respect, and that his labours among you may be abundantly blessed "by our Lc>rd and Master. I am. Sir, Yours sincerely, him in a letter, of which the following is a copy : " "Richard Browne, prsy. C. J., Qiebec. ^ church was placed on ''ffonbon. the site of the present Cfannfta i ^Eajhedral of St. Paul's, as has been before men- tioned. In 1836 the parish was created a rectory, lands beiog granted for a site and for other j church purposes, and : Mr. Cronyn was appoint- I ed, by letters patent from the Crown, its first rec- tor. In 1844, on Ash Wednesday, this church was burnt to the ground, iust the year before the great fires that took place in Quetjec, when PLAN OF LONDON, 184O, SHOWING ST. PAUL'S GLEBE LANDS. [ Copvri^hled.^ Guided by one Robert Park- inson, who was familiar with the place, he forthwith made a visitation of the neighbourhood, stopping at settlers' shanties, baptizing whole households, preaching the Word and per- forming many marriages — even of people long living in wedlock, but who had had no opportunity of obtaining the Church's sanc- tion and receiving her blessing. after, in A few years 1835,! a CofyiinhtCil.\ ST. PAULS BKFOKE 1869 —BUILT 1S44-45. I The Diocese of Huron was separated from the Diocese of Toronto in the year 1857, and by letters patent, issued the 2nd Oct., that year, it was declared a separate diocese. By similar letters patent, bearing the same date, the Rev. Benjamin Cronyn was appointed its first bishop, and the church of St. Paul's declared to be his Cathedral Church. The Bishop continued to be rector of St. Paul's till the year 1866, when he resigned the rectory and appointed the Ven. Isaac Hellmuth as its rector, also making him Dean of Huron. In the year 1869, Very Rev. Isaac Hellmuth being rector, a chancel, organ chamber, and vestry were added to the church of St. Paul's, at a cost of $3,500 ; the architect CREATING THE DIO- LETTERS PATENT CESE OK 'HURON 25,000 people were rendered homeless.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Networking Anglican Settler Colonialism at the Shingwauk Home, Huron College, and Western University
    22 Historical Studies in Education / Revue d’histoire de l’éducation ARTICLES / ARTICLES “My Own Old English Friends”: Networking Anglican Settler Colonialism at the Shingwauk Home, Huron College, and Western University Natalie Cross Carleton University Thomas Peace Huron University College ABSTRACT Focusing on Huron College, Shingwauk Residential School, and Western University, this article considers how common social and financial networks were instrumental in each in- stitution’s beginnings. Across the Atlantic, these schools facilitated the development of net- works that brought together settlers, the British, and a handful of Indigenous individuals for the purposes of building a new society on Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe Land. Looking specifically at the activities of Huron’s principal, Isaac Hellmuth, and Shingwauk’s principal, Rev. Edward F. Wilson, the article demonstrates how ideas about empire, Christian benevo- lence, and resettlement entwined themselves in the institutions these men created. Specifically, Anglican fundraising in both Canada and England reinforced the importance of financial networks, but also drew upon and crafted an Indigenous presence within these processes. Analyzing the people, places, and ideologies that connected Huron, Western, and Shingwauk demonstrates how residential schools and post-secondary education were ideologically — and financially — part of a similar, if not common, project. As such, the article provides a starting point for considering how divergent colonial systems of schooling were intertwined to serve the developing settler-colonial project in late nineteenth-century Ontario. RÉSUMÉ En se concentrant sur le Collège universitaire Huron, le pensionnat Shingwauk et l’Université Western, cet article examine le rôle-clé que les réseaux sociaux et financiers communs ont joué aux origines de chacune de ces institutions.
    [Show full text]
  • Provincial Plaques Across Ontario
    An inventory of provincial plaques across Ontario Last updated: May 25, 2021 An inventory of provincial plaques across Ontario Title Plaque text Location County/District/ Latitude Longitude Municipality "Canada First" Movement, Canada First was the name and slogan of a patriotic movement that At the entrance to the Greater Toronto Area, City of 43.6493473 -79.3802768 The originated in Ottawa in 1868. By 1874, the group was based in Toronto and National Club, 303 Bay Toronto (District), City of had founded the National Club as its headquarters. Street, Toronto Toronto "Cariboo" Cameron 1820- Born in this township, John Angus "Cariboo" Cameron married Margaret On the grounds of his former Eastern Ontario, United 45.05601541 -74.56770762 1888 Sophia Groves in 1860. Accompanied by his wife and daughter, he went to home, Fairfield, which now Counties of Stormont, British Columbia in 1862 to prospect in the Cariboo gold fields. That year at houses Legionaries of Christ, Dundas and Glengarry, Williams Creek he struck a rich gold deposit. While there his wife died of County Road 2 and County Township of South Glengarry typhoid fever and, in order to fulfil her dying wish to be buried at home, he Road 27, west of transported her body in an alcohol-filled coffin some 8,600 miles by sea via Summerstown the Isthmus of Panama to Cornwall. She is buried in the nearby Salem Church cemetery. Cameron built this house, "Fairfield", in 1865, and in 1886 returned to the B.C. gold fields. He is buried near Barkerville, B.C. "Colored Corps" 1812-1815, Anxious to preserve their freedom and prove their loyalty to Britain, people of On Queenston Heights, near Niagara Falls and Region, 43.160132 -79.053059 The African descent living in Niagara offered to raise their own militia unit in 1812.
    [Show full text]
  • Rethinking the Conversion and Career of Bishop Isaac Hellmuth Monda Halpern
    Document generated on 09/30/2021 1 p.m. Ontario History “This Ambitious Polish Jew” Rethinking the Conversion and Career of Bishop Isaac Hellmuth Monda Halpern Volume 99, Number 2, Fall 2007 Article abstract Bishop Isaac Hellmuth is the undisputed father of The University of Western URI: https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1065740ar Ontario, and his devotion to Christianity is celebrated as part of its rich history. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7202/1065740ar Hellmuth, however, was born a Jew. Both Anglican and evangelical sources have treated his Judaism and his 1841 conversion to Christianity in a variety of See table of contents ways, but they are limited. This paper will revisit Hellmuth’s conversion and career through a Jewish lens, profiling a Christian missionary movement in which Hellmuth was active as both a prospective apostate and long-time Publisher(s) emissary. Hellmuth’s conversion has been described as an exclusively religious experience, but amidst European anti-Semitism, it might have been partly The Ontario Historical Society motivated by a desire for position and wealth. Certainly, Hellmuth’s conversion reaped him rewards, although in London, Ontario, he was never ISSN quite able to elude his Jewish past. 0030-2953 (print) 2371-4654 (digital) Explore this journal Cite this article Halpern, M. (2007). “This Ambitious Polish Jew”: Rethinking the Conversion and Career of Bishop Isaac Hellmuth. Ontario History, 99(2), 221–246. https://doi.org/10.7202/1065740ar Copyright © The Ontario Historical Society, 2007 This document is protected by copyright law. Use of the services of Érudit (including reproduction) is subject to its terms and conditions, which can be viewed online.
    [Show full text]
  • Bannerfebruary 2016 أهال هال ال ،سام الأ،منم أاس م دمان هأ سا ، م ن الأ St
    The Church of St. John the Evangelist BannerFebruary 2016 أهﻻ هﻻ ﻻ ، سام ﻻأ،منم أاس م دمان هأ سا ، م ن ﻻأ St. John’s Refugee Family أ،ل أ ال ياا مأو ﻻ ماو هف من ه أ ن ان Arrives from Lebanon Welcome Mohamed, Samia, Ayman, Ghaidaa and Ahmad, from St. John’s Church! By Stewart McIntyre We hope you have a happy, healthy and successful life in Canada After a major effort in early January, to repair and tance. In addition, they were shown how quickly for they have all been found to be furnish the apartment at 284 and where and how to shop for food, find intelligent eager learners in their respec- St. James, our committee suitable clothing, navigate the bus system, tive schools (Beal for Ghaidaa and Ayman received notification of the manage their finances and household rou- and St. George’s for Ahmad). Samia’s arrival of the Alfarekh fami- Stewart tines, and make connections with fellow teaching experience could appear attrac- ly barely 72 hours before we McIntyre Syrians in London and with the Mosque. tive to schools needing settlement workers met them at a hotel near Much of this was conducted with the aid as the Syrian numbers increase; Moham- Pearson Airport on January 15th. A con- of a fluent Arabic speaker- once a refugee med is going to meet next week with sev- voy of 2 large cars brought them back to himself. eral Arabic-speaking lawyers in London’s their new home through a snowbound and legal community.
    [Show full text]
  • RESURRECTION Resurrection: a Rising Again, As from Decay, Disuse, Etc.; Revival
    REFLECTING ON EASTER APPORTIONMENT RESULTS SOCIAL SERVICES Our columnists draw inspiration The financial support from the There will be soup, from Holy Week and Easter. parishes for the ministry of the sandwiches and a bit of a Pages 2 and 16 (back page) diocese. surprise at St. Paul’s Social Pages 10-13 Services major fundraiser. Page 4 URON HURCH EWS HANGLICAN DIOCESE OF HURON • Huron Church C News is a section of the Anglican Journal • A P R I L 2 0 1 5 N A STORY OF RESURRECTION Resurrection: a rising again, as from decay, disuse, etc.; revival. By Sandra Lypps recommendation was before Going into this meeting, The year is 2012 and after us, St. Paul’s, a church that had spirits were low, but coming more than a few years of been a part of the community out was a very different story. steady financial decline, the of Essex since 1881: We need- During the course of this ed to consider closing. meeting, we learned the dio- time has come at St Paul’s, photo/CreationSwap Faucette Steven Essex, to take a serious look I, like many of our parish- cese was there to help us and at our options for the future. ioners, was heartbroken and that there were avenues that A subcommittee is formed to struggling with where to turn we could explore that would examine this issue and give next. allow us to continue to be a feedback. Luckily, we here at St Paul’s presence in our community. After much contemplation are blessed with an outgoing This was exactly what we and review, the recommen- and ambitious incumbent needed to hear and from dation that the subcommit- who is not afraid to ask this point on, the wheels tee comes back with is this: questions and try new things.
    [Show full text]
  • Bishop Terry's Lenten Study Launches Nationally
    URON HURCH EWS HANGLICAN DIOCESE OF HURON • Huron Church C News is a section of the Anglican Journal • M A R C H 2 0 1 5 N The Nick of time Rev. Nick Well as Rev. Canon Major Archdeacon John Brother William Edward, Rev. George Austen Rt. Rev. Benjamin Cronyn . Frederick Scott . Strachan . Moravian missionary, . (Jane Austen’s father) By Wayne Newton interest in bringing history the Thames River from in hospital on Christmas. “When I portray Col. It could be Bishop Ben- alive started before he en- London’s Springbank Park, “I brought cookies and Talbot with the children, jamin Cronyn, Col. Thom- tered the ministry and, on historical figures were sta- candy canes and just visit- I don’t emphasize alcohol as Talbot or Tiger Dunlop. many occasions, dovetailed tioned at the river’s edge ed those who were left in at all . When I do my When people say Rev. Can- with his sermons. He’s also along the way. Nick was hospital during Christmas,” presentation of Talbot for on Nick Wells is a charac- presided over weddings, one of them, playing Rev. he said. “It’s interesting adults, I tend to start off ter, they mean it literally. funerals and a baptism in E.J. Boswell and warning of that St. Nicholas is the one drinking and end up drunk. Nick, who retired in character for members of danger in the town ahead. I’ve been doing for over 30 I can have a lot more fun February 2014 as the co- the historical re-enactors “When they came by me, years, whereas the other with him that way.
    [Show full text]
  • Lent & Easter 2018
    ChimesSt Paul’s Cathedral Volume 25 Issue 1 Lent & Easter 2018 Lent & Easter 2018 ST PAUL ’S CATHEDRAL Chimes London, Ontario | Anglican Diocese of Huron Volume 25 Issue 1 Lent & Easter 2018 Regular Worship Times The Right Reverend Linda Nicholls † Bishop of Huron Sunday 8:00am Holy Eucharist 10:00am Holy Eucharist The Very Reverend Paul Millward † Sunday School Classes during the 10:00am service Rector of St Paul’s Cathedral and Dean of Huron Nursery available from 9:00 – 11:30am “Sundays @ 9” from 9:00 – 9:45 The Rev’d Michael E. DeKay Monday 8:45am Morning Prayer Associate Priest Tuesday 8:45am Morning Prayer Wednesday 8:15am Holy Eucharist The Rev’d Deacon Pat Henderson 12:15pm Holy Eucharist Deacon 7:30pm Holy Eucharist Thursday 8:45am Morning Prayer The Rev’d Dr. Virginia C. Lane Friday 8:45am Morning Prayer Honorary Assistant Third Sunday 4:00pm Choral Evensong The Very Reverend Paul Millward St Paul’s Social Services Publisher Fellowship Centre Lunch Program John Sproule Monday and Wednesday: 11:30am - 12:30pm Editor Food Bank Monday - Friday: 9:30am - 12:00pm St Paul’s Cathedral 472 Richmond Street London, Ontario Monthly Seniors Home Services N6A 3E6 Canada First Tuesday 2:30pm Extendicare (519) 434-3225 Second Tuesday 10:30am Mount Hope www.StPaulsCathedral.on.ca 2:30pm Chartwell www.facebook.com/StPaulsLondonCanada Third Tuesday 10:30am Kensington Village Chimes is the news magazine of St Paul’s Cathedral in On the cover: The Paschal Candle represents our the Diocese of Huron and is published four times annually.
    [Show full text]
  • Religion Worthy Ofa Free People
    RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND DISCOURSES IN LONDON ON 1870-90 RELIGION WORTHY OF A FREE PEOPLE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND DISCOURSES IN LONDON, ONTARIO, 1870-1890 BY KENNETH L. DRAPER, M.A. A Dissertation Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy McMaster University © ,Copyright by Kenneth L. Draper, January 2000 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (2000) MCMASTER UNIVERSITY (History) Hamilton, Ontario TITLE: Religion Worthy ofa Free People AUTHOR: Kenneth L. Draper, B.A. (Queen's University), M.A. (McMaster University) SUPERVISOR: Professor Michael Gauvreau NUMBER OF PAGES: x,357 ii McMASTER UNIVERSITY LlBRARV ABSTRACT Employing the concept of "governmentality" developed by French poststructuralist Michel Foucault. this study investigates religious practices in congregatiohallife and in _ interdenominational associations as well as the religious discourse of the local clergy and newspaper editors. It works at the local level to place religion in the public and private spaces of late nineteenth-century London Ontario. Methodologically it departs from many important local studies of religIon in society by adopting a cultural rather than demographic approach. This approach allows attention to the diversities and ambiguities of religious practices and discourses as the churches negotiated their place in liberal society. The argument suggests that religion was called upon to produce self-governing citizens to ensure the efficiency of the liberal society corning into being in London. The arts of government this liberal society required centred on disciplines of freedom which religion could provide to the degree it conformed to the liberal imperatives of rationality, universality, and harmony across traditional sectional divides.
    [Show full text]
  • London, Ontario: When Casting Was King
    London, Ontario: When Casting was King (Symbols of Perspiration) To the memory of Alan Geoffrey Anderson 1920-1993 Geoff Anderson symbolsofperspiration.wordpress.com rev 4.1, Sept 5, 2017 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 PREAMBULATIONS ...................................................................................................................... 1-4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................................................................................... 1-4 PREFACE ................................................................................................................................................................ 1-4 A NOTE ON THE GENEALOGIES .............................................................................................................................. 1-5 REVISION HISTORY LOG ........................................................................................................................................ 1-5 CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 2-7 LONG POINT FURNACE .......................................................................................................................................... 2-9 VAN NORMAN IRONWORKS AT NORMANDALE .................................................................................................... 2-10 SUMMARY SKETCHES OF THE NORMANDALE PERSONALITIES ............................................................................
    [Show full text]