Methodist Church of Canada
Edward Hartley Dewart (1828-1903) was named editor of the "Christian Guardian" in 1869. He wrote incisively and with conviction, and was one of the driving forces in bringing about a union of Methodist churches to reduce the wastage of duplicate services. In 1874 the Methodist New Connexion Society was consolidated with the Wesleyan Methodist Society to form the Methodist Church of Canada. The New Connection paper "The Evangelical Witness" was merged with "The Christian Guardian". David Savage, editor of "The Evangelical Witness", continued as associate editor of the merged paper for some time.