PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 271 The Church under the regime of the soci- ties had now reached its full development Resident clergymen were established at Cascumpec , , St. Eleanor's, New London , Harbour (Cra- paud), Milton, Cherry Valley and George¬ town, whilst St. Paul's, Charlottetown had two clergymen to minister to its needs (Note 14). In addition to these, day and Sunday schools were in active operation in the dis¬ tricts before referred to. The British church had faithfully done its part; it now remained to be seen whether the institution thus set ui 1 would meet with that hearty support on the part of the people of ^the colony, upon which alone its ultimate success depended. Those, who are more or less conversant with the history of the Church at this time, in passing judgment upon it manifested a tendency to adopt one of two conclusions. The ones, whose temperament leads them to idealize the advantages which be¬ longed to the paternalism of that day, cherish the delusion that, had it been pos¬ sible to maintain it, the result would have been satisfactory. On the other hand, those holding democratic ideals discern in such paternalism the justification of dissent, for, in their opinion, its inevitable outcome is and ever will be the development of parasit¬ ism and servility on the part of the govern¬ ing and governed classes respectively. Each of these views embodies a measure of insight NOTE 14 The Station liat la UM waa aa follows: Caaeumpac, Rev. Maurloe Bwabey, A. B. , missionary; HOI, Bar. H. B. Swabey , A. B ., rector; St. Eleanor's, Rev. H. Read , D. D .,(afterward Archdeacon), rector; New London , Rev. w. Meek, mlsslonsry; Harbour. Her. D. R Panther , missionary: Cherry Valley , Bar. William Stewart , rector; Georgetown , Ber. R T. Roach , A. R , rector; Milton, Rev. O. Lloyd , A. B .. r.Htur: Chi»rlottetown, Rer. L. C. Jenkins , D. D . rector. Bar. Darid Fltsgerald, A. R , assistant minister. but both, inasmuch as they ignore factors of prime importance, very inadequately set forth the facts. The Anglican Church, al¬ though legally recognized as such, was never really the church of the people of Prince Ed ¬ ward Island, and its deposition was, at this time, a foregone conclusion, irrespective of the measure of wisdom displayed in the ad¬ ministration of its affairs. If, at the begin¬ ning of the century it had been possible to establish resident clergymen in all the coun¬ try districts before those of other denomina¬ tions had entered the field, the younger gen¬ eration as they grew up might have become attached to the Anglican form of worship, but at the time we are treating of such op¬ portunity, if it ever existed, had long passed away. The census of 1848 clearly reveals this. Of 62,678 inhabitants 27,000 were Roman Catholics , 20,000 Presbyterians and only 6,580 members of the Church of England. When it is remembered that dislike of any¬ thing savouring of prelacy or state denomi¬ nation had caused a large number of Pres¬ byterians to secede from the "Auld Kirk" and that the prevalent exaltation of the right of private judgment had carried the process of disintegration still further and called into being the "Free Church," the absurdity of imagining that such could have been per¬ suaded to enter, or induced to remain in the Anglican Church must be apparent. The Wesleyans, Baptists and Bible Christians, who at that time numbered respectively 3,659, 2,900 and 1.-75. might reasonably be considered as legitimately belonging to the Anglican fold; but taking into account the individualistic spirit of the age, which led such men, eager to enjoy their newly ac¬ quired freedom to repudiate all authority, it must be conceded that the tendency was