Isaac Stringer

When Isaac Stringer was in the University of Toronto, and early accepted the sacred ministry as his chosen vocation, Dr. Sheraton, Principal of Wycliffe College and Sir Daniel Wilson, the President of University of Toronto were two great men that left their impress on his character and visions. He was greatly thrilled with his college life and entered into the various activities with zest and enthusiasm. He was signally honored in being chosen President of the University Y.M.C.A. This avenue of specialized service brought him into contact with the University authorities and with the student body as a whole. Moreover, he was a student with a definite purpose and with unusual powers of perseverance and concentration. Stringer visited hospitals and dispensaries where learned the art of pulling teeth and even had lessons in cobbling. He received his degree of Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and was duly graduated from Wycliffe College. On May 15, 1892, at the Church of the Redeemer in Toronto, he was ordained as a Deacon of the Church of God by his Bishop, Rt. Rev. W. D. Reeve, D.D. Monday, May 16, marked his departure from Toronto as he set out on the long journey from his home in Ontario down North to his field of labour in Canada's Arctic Land.