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     CHAPTER XXIII. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “ We will give the name of our fearless race 
     
     To each bright River whose course we trace; 
     
     We will leave our memorv with mounts and floods, 
     
     And the path of our daring in boundless woods !” 
     
     Mrs. Hemans’ song of Emigration. 
     
    
   
   
    
     WHEN the subject of emigration becomes a mat- 
     
     ter of serious reflection, with persons contemplating 
     
     change of residence, a desire is always felt to have 
     
     the statements and recommendations of books tested 
     
     and verified. The great point to be ascertained is 
     
     not so much the value of the field of emigration as 
     
     its adaptation to the particular circumstances of the 
     
     individual or family meditating a new home. All 
     
     persons naturally feel more confidence in their 
     
     “ spiritual advisers” than in persons unconnected 
     
     with their religious views, and man would prefer 
     
     correspondence, in the first instancekvith the chiefs 
     
     of the churches, if they knew their names and ad- 
     
     dresses. It is with a view of furnishing this infor- 
     
     mation the following names are classed under their 
     
     denominational character. While this chapter 
     
     serves the purpose of briefly indicating the social 
     
     machinery of the Province, it will enable, it is 
     
     hoped, the intending emigrant to form his own con— 
     
     clusions of the progress and prosperity of Prince 
     
     Edward Island, in reference to these subjects, he 
     
     having the Census returns of 1861 to refer to, and 
     
     determine the numerical strength of the various 
     
     Churches and sects. 
     
    

    
     The limits of the present manual are two circum— 
     
     scribed to admit of the sectional particulars to which 
     
     each would otherwise be entitled, and to have selec- 
     
     ted “favorites ” would have been contrary to the 
     
    

    
     - spirit in which the present work is written