_Montreal, 6th Nov. 1834._ MY DEAR BROTHER, The receipt of yours gave me great pleasure. I was happy to learn that you were so deeply interested in Canada. It does appear to me the duty of our denomination to do something for it; and I have no doubt that, if it were properly advocated, something would be done. I am deeply convinced that to do good in this world, it is necessary to keep one object chiefly in view. Now, my brother, suppose you keep Canada before you, and introduce it frequently to the notice of our brethren on your side of the water, much good might be done. I have written several letters, this fall, to different individuals, soliciting their attention, and have now sat down to answer some of your queries. My remarks particularly apply to Lower Canada. 1. By the census in 1831, the population of Lower Canada was 511,000; of these, more than 100,000, were Catholics. There are, at present, two Catholic bishops in the province: the bishop of Quebec, who resides at Quebec; and the bishop of Telemesse, who resides at Montreal. The number of Catholic clergymen is about 150. The influence of these is very great, and I hesitate not to say, very pernicious, both in a temporal and spiritual point of view. Nothing has yet been done to evangelize this people. Here and there, indeed, I have met with a person brought to know the Lord, through reading the Scriptures. Be it observed, however, that few of them can read, and those that can are chiefly females. I am, happy, however, to state, that a missionary, Mr. Olivier, from the Canton de Vaud, has arrived, I hope good will result from his labours. 2. The Episcopalians are, I suppose, the most numerous Protestant body at present in the Lower province. The two Canadas compose one diocese, under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Hon. and Right Rev. Charles Stewart, D. D., Lord Bishop of Quebec. The number of Episcopal clergy in the province is twenty-eight. With a few happy exceptions, I fear vital godliness is not a prevailing article in this body. 3. Presbyterians, of the church of Scotland, by the census of 1831, were about 15,000. The number of ministers twelve: of these, six are in the cities of Quebec and Montreal. According to the report of this year, 1834, they have increased to forty churches, and forty ministers. These are also said to be formed into five presbyteries. This, however, relates to both provinces. In regard to what may be termed the Dissenting Presbyterians, there are seven or eight churches, and five ministers in this province; and in the Upper, there is a synod of the secession: but the number of presbyteries in connexion with it, and the number of churches and ministers in connexion with each of these, I have not as yet been able to ascertain.