Introduction

Biography

Edward was the son of James Dew­art and Mar­ga­ret Har­tley, and hus­band of Do­ro­thy Ma­til­da Hunt.

He ar­rived in Ca­na­da around 1834. Or­dained a Me­tho­dist min­is­ter in 1855, he ed­it­ed the Me­tho­dist news­pa­per, the To­ron­to Chris­tian Guard­ian (1869–94), and earned a DD de­gree from Vic­tor­ia Uni­ver­si­ty, Toronto, in 1879.

Works

• Selections from Ca­na­di­an Po­ets (Mont­ré­al, Ca­na­da: John Lo­vell, 1864)
• Songs of Life (To­ron­to, Ca­na­da: 1869)
• Bible Un­der High­er Cri­ti­cism
• Broken Reeds, or, The He­re­sies of the Ply­mouth Breth­ren Shown to Be Con­tra­ry to Scrip­ture & Rea­son
• Canadian Speak­er and Elo­cu­tion­ary Read­er
• Children of the Church
• Essays for the Times
• High Church Pre­ten­sions Dis­proved
• Jesus the Mes­si­ah in Pro­phe­cy and Ful­fill­ment
• Living Epis­tles
• Misleading Lights
• Modern Cri­ti­cism and the Preach­ing of the Old Tes­ta­ment
• Priestly Pre­ten­sions Dis­proved; or, Me­thod­ism and the Church of Eng­land
• To the Elect­ors of North To­ron­to
• University Fed­er­ation
• Waymarks, or, Coun­sel and En­cour­age­ment for Pe­ni­tent Seek­ers of Sal­va­tion