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FAITHFUL INTELLECT MCGILL-QUEEN S STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGION Volumes in this series have been supported by the Jackman Foundation of Toronto. SERIES TWO In memory of George Rawlyk Donald Harman Akenson, Editor i Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 10 Gentle Eminence 1640—1665 A Life of George Bernard Cardinal Patricia Simpson Flahiff P. Wallace Platt 2, Aspects of the Canadian Evangelical Experience 11 Culture, Religion, and Demographic G.A. Rawlyk, editor Behaviour Catholics and Lutherans in Alsace, 3 Infinity, Faith, and Time 1750-1870 Christian Humanism and Kevin McQuillan Renaissance Literature John Spencer Hill 12, Between Damnation and Starvation Priests and Merchants in 4 The Contribution of Presbyterianism Newfoundland Politics, 1745-1855 to the Maritime provinces of Canada John P. Greene Charles H.H. Scobie and G.A. Rawlyk, editors 13 Martin Luther, German Saviour German Evangelical Theological 5 Labour, Love, and Prayer Factions and the Interpretation of Female Piety in Ulster Religious Luther, 1917-1933 Literature, 1850-1914 James M. Stayer Andrea Ebel Brozyna 14 Modernity and the Dilemma of 6 The Waning of the Green North American Anglican Identities, Catholics, the Irish, and 1880-1950 Identity in Toronto, 1887-192.2 William H. Katerberg Mark G. McGowan 15 The Methodist Church on the 7 Religion and Nationality Prairies, 1896-1914 in Western Ukraine George Emery The Greek Catholic Church and the Ruthenian National Movement in 16 Christian Attitudes Towards the State Galicia, 1867-1900 of Israel John-Paul Himka Paul Charles Merkley 8 Good Citizens 17 A Social History of the Cloister British Missionaries and Imperial Daily Life in the Teaching States, 1870-1918 Monasteries of the Old Regime James G. Greenlee and Elizabeth Rapley Charles M. Johnson, editors 18 Households of Faith Family, Gender, and Community in 9 The Theology of the Oral Torah Canada, 1760-1969 Revealing the Justice of God Nancy Christie, editor Jacob Neusner 19 Blood Ground z 5 Anglicans and the Atlantic World Colonialism, Missions, and the High Churchmen, Evangelicals, and Contest for Christianity in the the Quebec Connection Cape Colony and Britain, Richard W. Vaudry 1799-1853 2.6 Evangelicals and the Continental Elizabeth Elbourne Divide: The Conservative Protestant zo A History of Canadian Catholics Subculture in Canada and the United Gallicanism, Romanism, and States Canadianism Sam Reimer Terence J. Fay 2.j Christians in a Secular World zi The View from Rome The Canadian Experience Archbishop Stagni's 1915 Reports Kurt Bowen on the Ontario Bilingual Schools z8 Anatomy of a Seance Question A History of Spirit Communication in John Zucchi, translator and editor Central Canada zz The Founding Moment Stan McMullin Church, Society, and the Z9 With Skilful Hand Construction of Trinity College The Story of King David William Westfall David T. Barnard Z3 The Holocaust, Israel, and 30 Faithful Intellect Canadian Protestant Churches Samuel S. Nelles and Haim Genizi Victoria University Z4 Governing Charities Neil Semple Church and State in Toronto's Catholic Archdiocese, 1850-1950 Paula Maurutto SERIES ONE G.A. Rawlyk, Editor 1 Small Differences 4 The Devotes Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants, Women and Church in 1815-1922 Seventeenth-Century France An International Perspective Elizabeth Rapley Donald Harman Akenson 5 The Evangelical Century 2 Two Worlds College and Creed in English The Protestant Culture of Nineteenth- Canada from the Great Revival Century Ontario to the Great Depression William Westfall Michael Gauvreau 3 An Evangelical Mind 6 The German Peasants' War and Nathanael Burwash and the Anabaptist Community of Goods Methodist Tradition in Canada, James M. Stayer 1839-1918 7 A World Mission Marguerite Van Die Canadian Protestantism and the Quest for a New International Order, 1918-1939 Robert Wright 8 Serving the Present Age 18 Pilgrims in Lotus Land Revivalism, Progressivism, and the Conservative Protestantism in British Methodist Tradition in Canada Columbia, 1917-1981 Phyllis D. Airhart Robert K. Burkinshaw 9 A Sensitive Independence 19 Through Sunshine and Shadow Canadian Methodist Women The Woman's Christian Temperance Missionaries in Canada and Union, Evangelicalism, and Reform the Orient, 1881-192,5 in Ontario, 1874-1930 Rosemary R. Gagan Sharon Cook 10 God's Peoples 2,0 Church, College, and Clergy Covenant and Land in South Africa, A History of Theological Education Israel, and Ulster at Knox College, Toronto, 1844-1994 Donald Hafman Akenson Brian J. Fraser 11 Creed and Culture 21 The Lord's Dominion The Place of English-Speaking The History of Canadian Methodism Catholics in Canadian Society, Neil Semple 1750-1930 2.2 A Full-Orbed Christianity Terrence Murphy and Gerald Stortz, The Protestant Churches and Social editors Welfare in Canada, 1900-1940 12. Piety and Nationalism Nancy Christie and Michael Gauvreau Lay Voluntary Associations and the 23 Evangelism and Apostasy Creation of an Irish-Catholic The Evolution and Impact of Community in Toronto, 1850-1895 Evangelicals in Modern Mexico Brian P. Clarke Kurt Bowen 13 Amazing Grace 24 The Chignecto Covenanters Studies in Evangelicalism in A Regional History of Reformed Australia, Britain, Canada, and the Presbyterianism in New Brunswick United States and Nova Scotia, 1827-1905 George Rawlyk and Mark A. Noll, Eldon Hay editors 25 Methodists and Women's Education 14 Children of Peace in Ontario, 1836-1925 W. John Mclntyre Johanne M. Selles 15 A Solitary Pillar 26 Puritanism and Historical Montreal's Anglican Church and the Controversy Quiet Revolution William Lamont Joan Marshall 16 Padres in No Man's Land Canadian Chaplains and the Great War Duff Crerar 17 Christian Ethics and Political Economy in North America A Critical Analysis of U.S. and Canadian Approaches P. Travis Kroeker Faithful Intellect Samuel S. Nelles and Victoria University NEIL SEMPLE McGill-Queen's University Press Montreal & Kingston • London • Ithaca © McGill-Queen's University Press 2.005 ISBN 0-7735-2759-1 Legal deposit first quarter 2005 Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec Printed in Canada on acid-free paper that is 100% ancient forest free (100% post-consumer recycled), processed chlorine free This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Aid to Scholarly Publica- tions Programme, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. McGill-Queen's University Press acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for our publishing activities. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Semple, Neil, 1949- Faithful intellect: Samuel S. Nelles and Victoria University / Neil Semple. (McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion; 30) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7735-2759-! i. Nelles, S.S. (Samuel Sobieski), 1823-1887. 2. Victo- ria University (Cobourg, Ont.) - History. 3. Education, Higher - Ontario - History - i9th century. 4. Victoria University (Cobourg, Ont.) - Presidents - Biography. 5. College presidents - Ontario - Cobourg - Biography. 6. Methodists - Ontario - Biography. 7. Cobourg (Ont.) - Biography. I. Title. II. Series. LE3.T6.17144 2004 378.7i3'57'o92 02004-903563-0 This book was typeset by True to Type in 10/12 Sabon To Mrs Laura A. (Clark) Semple (1914- ) A Pillar of Wisdom and Strength This page intentionally left blank Contents Introduction xi Acknowledgments xix 1 Early Life 3 2 Student Days 27 3 The Young Scholar-Preacher 5 8 4 The New Principal 8 5 5 Addressing the People 114 6 The Academic 144 7 The Quest for a Quiet, Settled Faith 175 8 Family and University Life 204 9 The University Question 237 Epilogue 271 Notes 281 Index 365

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