The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-02 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY OF KING'S COLLEGE,
• AT WINDSOR, IN NOVA SCOTIA.
,very one who feels an interest ifi the
h !florid and religious improvement of his fellow-creatures,
tte following brief details, with regard to a very important por.
ti°llPf the No ")rir American Colonies, are presented with much
pct and confidence.
sehe Province of \ova Scotia WAS erected into an Episcopal
t .4
1787, and the established religion of the Church of
Vand thud assumed there that prominent and permanent
:Itracter to which it is so well
entitled, both by the soundness
itsiptcet.rines and the Godly excellence of its Liturgy and
oisc
To preserve those doctrines, and that Liturgy and Discipline,
'eh' unabated purity, it seemed necessary, at the same time,
"'at the means of a right religious education should be provtd-
both f,„ the—L:se who were to teach, and those who were to be
e t holy principles Of our Church—that so they might
ltvitito‘rndoidii: in the faith and hope of their forefathers-
Purpose, the University at Windsor was established;
kindeall:4 }Ciag's College, as a testimony of gratitude to the
land: .1
and piety of his late Majwty King George 111.
%rifler:llose sanction, and by whose charter it was principally

The statutes
thole cof the College were drawn up after the model of
Oxford; and still more effectually to securetlieofwteble-
fare off the 'institution, it was placed under the patronage,
Archbishop
Upon every sta of Canterbury, who has the power
of the leading
of a negative
erncial P tute, and under the Personages in the Colony, whilst the Government
powers
-
cf Visito importantr were entrusted, with equal prudence and propriety,
to the Bishop of the Diocese.
A could plan of instruction so wisely framed ,
inp h• Id not failoff
up
r°v-
""IWY beneficial ; and the College has in fact brought
in th. .
....principles of sound learning and a religious. education,
Co-
'not ord„
I°lli .7
the "'trig. men of Nova Scotia and the adjoining
; es but also children of English residents in the ne.ighbour-
'lig States of America, who had inherited from their parents
an attachment to our.venerable Church.
~ But
the principal blessing which this University has been,
:'ll'l4ood, the instrument a communicating to the
MinistersCliristian
r.zr,l4' 13 to be. found in the exertions of many pious
as ho- I
"' the Gospel, whom it has sent forth qualified, as far
Man ~,
of those ardu-
-ear's could qualify them, for the discharge
ho-
ods and holy duties, which, when speaking of.thesidCelreedr”inainelo'
°I these North American Provinces-, can, be co
tk°tls:cligh. t' and called by no other name, than the labours of
Ch, Missionary.
heMen equally learned, and of equal zeal, might perhaps have
equal°l3tained from the Universities of England ; but men of
exPerienee and equally contented with their peculiar
le
peop__,
:I:ll:ernel'n," egaa'llyacquainted with the. habits of the
.:
o' equally attached to the country in which they were con-
' ''''''lY t° nres.eh and dwell, the Universities of England could
never have furnished.
Such
tv'ts
the origin and such has been the past usefulness
of he
of Nova Scotia but it is now unhappily
e°
-g
dull more Inadequate ; 'Tea its admirable objects,
from several causes. to
e
1. A temporary wooden building
foundation of the
College, it was d necessary or practb.
cable to raise: and that building, frown:Ba
eemedall that, in the first
want of funds to o
'Lite
ndoned.
01 n the progress
ofgradual
early fort has decay,naturally, in the course
no lon
state, that it
far gone as teo
eat
g r 37 Years, fallen into such a ruinous
be inhabited without extensive repairs,
and is so
Paired as to be.
be univort'ay of being restored. It may be so re-
occupied for a short time, but must soon be
aba
2. tut even were the building in a more perfect condition, it
is now
' no longer sujEciently large to accommodate the increas
iit.gt number of students, or fit for the dignified purpose to which..,
Coll el'Pronriated, as the established University of a very risint,
rly.
;I:rl„)i,eolPopulation of the Diocese of Nova Scotia is becoming
is,
• inque °re hurnerous, and the deinand for a liberal education
. gin:sequence, proportiOnally enlarged. Men of
0 PlineiPles and extensive acquirements are wanted for every
eParttnent sound re,lriy-
~
i Chi: hut partieularly for the ministry in the Church of
I T: 411 official Report, just received,shews that in one of the
4en ft,_ , which are included within the Diocese,•t
of 27,010
ttritlit_‘:ergy men are scattered over the immense extent . ro' fl
• ' only six-
evety
ye,n, , e the popuis
bnon increasing
the Gospel
P, at this lhe Society for the PrOpagation of
r mil
wher
la . • ' wonderfully
1 aliati_ t 3 moment occasion for more than fifty additional
tarinaoinaries in the North American Colonies alone ; and the
I,_
endear 2 on of the two West Indian Bishoprics, and thei
. tiorofouthrs which are so wisely making for the spiritual
11.
still Negro slaves, are likely to render King's Co ege of
earneststruc-
nlore
sent 11nPortance and use. They certainly render its pre-
. , huilaio, .
'3 an s and its present means, altogether unfit and unequal
of doing
nnoPer its pr,sent and probable future opportunities 4..1,,
farta Ithaot a _
nY imputation of improper hostility to other
i kite; °I
tinetrine and Church government, it may be fairly
that
if the
those ~,I,
e Coll ho love their own holy faith and discipline,
and 4e,,th- sanlege at Windsor be not supported
piousur Church
, 'r t,r',e_Nent, an attachment to the principles of the
in" Nova
by the
'ti.e,i").ti 4,71; an d of our happy Constitution must,r.s.s__
np,
lliaelcli ar:Tonte. There are other cuablishme.nt_se, 1 1 P.
aatill:en the jlciin(ilreunctei upon the same p:r rgl
of thienChurA of Eng-
ektlucatielt' 1f
~this
compelleduniversiti;e4Tlelbee
to deriv:othsehu.
andfrom
tn,..,_ents riN,T,'-'r, if they do not resort to the dissenting lil
k:oa thei.- ''va Scotia, they mug
United
-ice,
of , sentiments in th- it V n Colleges of t. e
t')
ean
4 4e'ica
' e el3a
tea
' icted, it is natural
gather their knowledgenes and
kit
I, ceu,, ois
u; rims nurtured ar!d instil
land,"l3°Tabletto tTY vi
titutions of Eng-
il imbibe opinions
.which are any thing
It• . le relig,ious and political ins l'ourim InlPossibi
tn. to nr..._.4„ e to blame others who conscientiounsdlyendea-
vern-
Itt4th
allt:y:lrevnereeotcheeyfordiffn
net, ~;1"13,:1t.e their own views of the Gospel
bil surely if we
er from ouorr ownony ;real belief in their
do
principal
;`,l-;4even.l excellene, we anriu°stwacimscientiously contribute
040,,L!ileautter ruin of an University, which is their p_r,le
shall
tlint'llr ti;'aemrtY ti
Province of the empire. IN
itseitreh oft h;i,,t? Provide a sound Episcopal branch of the
f educating for
tnint,t‘rhat it sOilh America, with the.meatissoound Episcopal
toprll. greatly wants, a succession of It'ilZtion oTithwith these considerations the Society for_ tehe(e_ricaro-..
of
the
cier.._ltiospe has (bonded scholarships tbrtehxigelaciea
NZ!le(h.ie CoiaY,2 ea; and granted 5001. to relieve the
, has ar,;;; •rhe Society for Promoting 'h an Know-
_ hat,_
~_ in‘ltion
(1149'4 the v in,de a donation of 5001.. fio'r r:the
_relnigioruif
But to ;.vell iv—, •
i :;.,-'' tfte exam 1
; and several distinguished i di
"Ane ternpornyPreei,air to the present Building,