Semple covers virtually every aspect of Canadian Methodism. He
examines early nineteenth-century efforts to evangelize pioneer
British North America and the revivalistic activities so important
to the mid-nineteenth-century years. He documents Methodists'
missionary work both overseas and in Canada among aboriginal
peoples and immigrants. He analyses the Methodist contribution to
Canadian education and the leadership the church provided for the
expansion of the role of women in society. He also assesses the
spiritual and social dimensions of evangelical religion in the
personal lives of Methodists, addressing such social issues as
prohibition, prostitution, the importance of the family, and
changing attitudes toward children in Methodist doctrine and Canada
in general. Semple argues that Methodism evolved into the most
Canadian of all the churches, helping to break down the geographic,
political, economic, ethnic, and social divisions that confounded
national unity. Although the Methodist Church did not achieve the
universality it aspired to, he concludes that it succeeded in
defining the religious, political, and social agenda for the
Protestant component of Canada, providing a powerful legacy of
service to humanity and to God.
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