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The Huron News-Record, 1887-12-14, Page 4+anile tuella$ t i:Io tr Lost --A,. A. %tenet'. ,a 1^ ere--C..t✓ F,anee. Is;Dvoltitis-Javkaon Bi . Gnat 84ic---Jolla K,be'tsuu. liar;;aurs--Use. E. Ya; & Co. Furs Jackson Bios. btray H, fifer --Tiros. Fui•.LULar. The Hurn t_Vew r -.R00 be imitated. • But' for cucowage: luent to the Riegle 'who may fall while worming, that - free will which is the central point iti''God's scheme. Drunkenness is a mighty evil, but that it is not so heinous an offense as the more prevalent but f 1yi _•. more easily hidden one o no, WedneeditY, December 14, 1887 FREE WILL AND PROHIBI- TION. A SHORT SERMON FOR SINNERS,It is amusing to note the many pharisaical phases of human nature and the manner of their develop- ulent. And these pharisaical sin- ners are not by any means necessar- ily bad men. To be sinless is be- yond the scope of human nature. Yet with what an air of self-satisficti importanc;do we find some indi• viduals congratulating themselves that they are not sinners as others are. Those who hold themselves as sinless are not Christians The whole theory of the old as well as the now dispensation, as laid down iu the Word of Go,!, is against thebeing with - possibility of a hunnen out sin. We are led to dilate on this sub- juct by remarks matte from time to time 'by average good urea who have been setting themselves rip as stints: Unintentionally, no doubt, this class have in their wis- dom consigned some of their fellow- men to a place beyond the precincts of salvation because of their known and acknowledged sins. Whereas so far as human ken can pierce the workings of the hearts of these judges, they themselves contain canker spots of corruption which, though not seen of all mon, will require the all' efficacious blood of a divine propitiator to stake white as the driven now There aro none good. Tho man or. 'woman in this world without sin does not exist. The only difference `is . iu degree. Aud we are told that whoso broaketh the law in 'part hath broken it wholly. Because Rev. D. J. Mc- Donnell of Toronto has preached the uudunhtetl revealed will of God to men, lin has been characterized as a groat big sinner by the "Ilnco goo,{," What the design of the Al- mighty was, in permitting evil in this world may be• unfathomable. That it ex.sts with his ptirmisaiou we do know, and for his own good purposes. Evil takes its rise out of some necessary good. The Lord -.cleated "the tree of knowledge of good and evil." Ile commended man to not eat of it, the penalty for doing sq being death. Adam did eat of it and by the laws of heredity all the succeeding goner- ations have been tainted with the original sin. The same free will exists today, by divine right., that erist.ed in the days of Adam, and his every descendent is seized _of sin, more or less, while escercising his frog will. The wrongful exercise of that free will will bring with it punishment hero or hereafter. One . might point out for tho conaidcra• tion of the immaculates and for the consolation and encouragement of the openly uoufessell sinner, hew the Allarorciful, by Elis servants, ue hes outli.l his mercy to man by painting the leading characters in his revealed Word, froni Genesis to 1•lr•v,+l,itiou9, ns siuners—bat repent- ant and striving fur the right. In fact it is not tiro "tineo guild" that aei- in inoat prized by the Father of SM. \',e are told that there, is lucre rojoiciag over dens Bittner 111.11 re- pentetln than over ninety andnine just men made perfect. The man who is tempted and slips and trips awl falls, but who every timerecovers himself, would seemto he -more etrdeatred to the l;re ltur than he who is so constituted that he 'cannot he tempted at all. What proof have we that the Lord,loves even sinners who have conimitteil ovet't acts of disobedience 4 Noah was saved by special Providence, yet Noah got drunk. . Moses was especially favored of God, yet iso lapsed,, faltered in the faith. David was an adulterer and murderer, yet the Lord espoeially loved him. Peter lied and yet ho was a favorite with the Master. Now what lesson is to be deduced from the limning in God's Word of mon with frailties 'as being specially beloved of Him. Certainly not that their sins might may be learned from scripture. The vtfi't'uteii'tfaat • OPTlit "E•t iter'is ilii doubt turned froln the drunlfard, but in the times When He specially interfered we do not find Him visit- ing the sin of drunkenness as severe- ly as that of lying. Anuanias and Sapphire wore stricken dead for telling lies, but though there are many eases of recorded drunken- ness in the Bible we do not find the victims so fatally dealt with. The severity of the •punishment under any code is in ratio to the heinousness of the offence. Human laws, therefole, would be as just in depriving men of their _tongues in order to prohibit •theta from cum• witting' the greater sic of lying, as to prohibit thous from having ac- cess to the means of getting drunk lest they commit the more venial offence of drinking to excess. The whole thing resolves it- self into this : That mon frust rely less upon the arin of flesh for guidance in the exercise of their will and more upon the efficacy of Christ's mission if they are to be sober and truthful—that is Christian';: ^— _—F__ -- EDITORIAL NOTES. 2Q,Of7. :in 108. Ono muit leak' "elsewbera than to statistics for proof of the moralizing influence of tho Scott Act. Where it is most largely 0 in operationeoconvictions for offences against the law are moat numerous. Isolated counties are no rule either far or against. Halton with the Scott Act in force presented the uta`aati seizes cWi_h t.htewhite. The [Viluess says there is reason why Methodists and Presby- terians should not unite under one church ' government as have the several blanches of the Methodist body. It says : "It is true that the Presbyterian cannot adopt the Meth- odists doctrine of entire sanctifica- tion, but he is brimming with the doctriue of entire consecration, so that neither has much quarrel with the other•on doctrinal points." 110 CURRR1V'I WOOS. • .pE 1004, 311.1 eleissmev, Fav sae. Let minorities be lteerd--let thorn, be beard abundantly, let them be heardtp whatever extent necess- ary esa- ary to place their opinions and feelings thoroughly before the people of the country ; but "then the min- orities have been beard, let the majorities decide.—Lord Salisbury at Oxford., dove emblem of a spotless column- eamenta ION LAWFUL. ity. Waterloo eouuty, where the moderate use of liquors is probably more general than in any county in the Province, also presented the Judge with the white emblem of the purity of its inhabitants:-... Tho poor women of New York might come in for a share of Mr. Wiman's sympathy, if he has any to spare front the "helpless and hopeless' of Canada. Gail Hamil- tou, an excellent authority, Pays : "Our country presents the amazing spectacle of a great army of women starving in the city of New York for want of work, and a great ari» of women perishing in the country for want of rest." The Globe is bewailing the miser- ies of the highly taxed Americans. In one of its latest appeals to Cana- dians to favorably answer the Yankee cry, "come over and help us," the Globe depicts the sorry plight of au overtaxed people :— •'During the past three months the New Brunswick railway has carried 492,000 bushels of potatoes to the States. Duty 873,800." - Just think of our potatoe yearning neighbors having to pay a duty in order to get the mealy Canadian tuber. There is positive.cruelty 'somewhere. The Amerians are being consumed with envy of bright, prosperous, lightly. taxed, go-ahead Canada. They are dispirited: also and we will not join their family compact so that they could have cheap potatoes, a free use of which it is said will in time drive dull care away, it being held by some that it is -the general use of them in Ireland which makes the poor of that country so cheerful under the most adverse eircumstanccs. Let us see, though. Do we iu Canada make the American tariff lawa'1 Sorely not, and -if not whose fault is it that the Americans have to pay double prices for their potatoes It would appear that if the Americans are suffering. from want of cheap potatoes that they have the remedy in their own hfinds. Let them take off their customs dues. We cannot prevent theta doing so, And by so doing -they will get cheap potatoes and fish sooner than by waiting for commercial annexation. During the discussion of the de- mocratic DonliniOL franchise bill THE News-R.ECO11D contended that the provisions of it were more liberal than those of the Ontario Franchise Act. As usual we were right. The ,ShucttclOr has gone to the trouble of compiling tha figures from official documents and they prove that there are 10,000 more voters on the Domin- ion Voters' lists for Ontario than.on the Provincial lists. The Specticlor sa3s: The number of names on the pro- vincial voters' • lists in December, 1886, was 485,041, and that the num- ber of names on the Dominion voters' lists in February, 1887 was 495,514. That is the cold fact, and our Grit contemporary, with his theories and his friend Euclid, may buck against that cold fact till Colter represents Haldiwand, and he will not be ablt to alter it. The Globe approviogly quotes the statement of an exchange that "Canada rich will bo no less loyal than Canada poor_" Glad to hear it. Canada is now ono of the weal- thiest countries in the world, in proportiou to population, whether we take accumulated wealth, average .earnings per inhabitant, or natural wealth --wealthier, then the United States, somewhat, and exceeded by only two other countries in the world, And wo aro increasing in wealth in a ratio unprecedented in our past history. It is therefore gratifying to have the Globe•endorse the sentiment that "Canada rich will he no less loyal than Canada poor." This being the case we have the s i, bice of the existence- of loyalty in Canada for the next five or six centuries at least. The effects of prohibition as shown bystatistics are not very cheering. Notwithstanding that tlio Scott Act has extended the area of its opera- tions the lust few years, drunkenness is on the increase, official statistics being tip. ;roof. The total nnrnber of convictions for drunkenness in 1885 was 11,246, in increase of 1,361) over 1884. Manitoba had the greatest number in proportion to population, then New Brunswick, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Quebec, British Colum- bia, in the order given. It will be noticed that, leaving Manitoba out, drunkenness is more prevalent where the Scott Act' obtains most largely; New Brunswick leading, then Ontario, then Prince Edward Island. The total number of con- victions of alt kind's in Ontario' in- creased from 16,284 in 1884 to The Supreiee Court of the United States, by a majority of seven to one, has' sustained the constitutionality of prohihition, This decision was banded down at Washington on Mon- day of last week. The, judgment is hailec),by prohibitionists with univer- sal Joy. The decision sounds the doom of the dram shops, distilleries and breweries, for it decides that prohibition States aro not hound to compensate the liquor men, and that closing of liquor nuisances by injunc- ion is lawful.—Withers. INTEMPERATE TEMPERANCE ADVOCATOR Some people seem to regard total abstinencs as the sum and substance of all christian virtues; but if persons of that class were to practice the doctrine of christian .charity in dealing with the motives of those who do not happen to see eye to eye with them on this subject, they Would afford to their neighbors better proof of their christianity than they do by abusing men, who, in the exercise of their judgment, do not consider- it either ,a venial sin ora crime to take a glass of wine or beer —Ottawa Citizen. PAPER ON TIIE ACT. Men will. never submit quietly to such legislation as the Scott Act; it is an outrage on liberty, and those who uphold this act are guilty of provoking a sentiment which is the foundation of our civil and religious liberties. Evil, breeds evil and force breeds force ; the crimes committed in connection with the Scott Act are the natural offspring of that act. At. the same time we hope the guilty onpeswill meet with coudign puniashment. Bad laws,_ will not be cured by bad deeds, nor bad habits. by bad laws. Dominion Churchman. A RELI0IOI8 R+jl " -ctrl w►� ^ , ROBERTSON'S ��tGibautic.Uift Sale SCOTT Has so completely cleaned us out of stuff that it necessitates our buying NEW GOODS EVERY WEEK. Alnoug the latest arrivals are : Blankets at $2.50 a pair. All -Wool Tweeds at 37ic per yard. Grey flannels -at 18c and 25c , per yard. Grey Cottons at 4c. 5c, 7c, 8c, 10c. Towelings at 5c. Cantons at 8c. Christmas Handkerchiefs at 50, 8c, 10c and Mc. Also a big line of Colored Cashmeres at 250 - { • QUESTION. STION. Editor News -Record. Is it legal or fair for the chairman of the High School Board, who is a member of the town council which elects himself and two other members of the Board, to be also a member of the county conned vvhieh appoints the other three members of said Bonn!. In any event it shotes a plentifullack of material. Yours, Qrr•.itis'r. You all know the place to find "THE POOR MAN'S FRIEND" IS AT Great Cash Store, Clinton. convictions on the liquor question. Mr. Meadonnell, does not believe it is either moral or possible to come pal a free man to refrain from drink- ing liquor if he wants to; he does not believe in prohibition ; and he had the manliness to stand up in his pulpit and say so, knowing that it would bring down upon his head a storm of abuse from ultra -temper ance people of both sexes. It is pleasant to be popular, but there is a touch of grandeur in unpopularity when it is the result of a courageous expression of conviction.—Hamilton Spectator A SET BACK Prohibition has hada bad set back in Massachusetts. The local else tions which took place in the be- ginning of the week were fought on the liquor question, and the result is a wide return to the license system. The seven cities of Fall Itiver,, Springfield, Gloucester, Haverhill New ' Bedford, Northamption and Waltham, which a year ago voted no license, reversed their decision on this occasion, Fall River's majority for license was 450, Springfield's was 1,185, 'Glonoester's was 86, Ilaverhill's was 30, New Bedford's was 1,251, Northaorption's was 1tt and Waltham's Was 57.E The change in public sentiment is held to be due to,,the indifferent enforcement of the Prohibitory law.— Globs` - tion. The next regular!nieetiug will be held on the flrst 'Tuesday in Jan- uary (1888), iustcad of the first Monday. • ONE Maclean, the General -in - Chief -'of the Sultanf Morocco's army'is a cousin to th� Postmaster of Walkertou. OUR GREAT NORTnIwEST.—SatUr- day last the C. 1'. R. Exhibition car was here all day. It was amaz- ing to goo the excellent samples of wheat, barley, oats, potatoes and other grains and roots which are now grown in the great Lore Land. Wheat weighing 66 lbs to the bushel, barley 57 and oats 49 lbs to the bushel are good- evidence of a desirable climate and 'soil. There were also turnips weighing 25 lbs, squashes weighing 73 lbs and 117 lbs, respectively. There *ere samples of "black diatnaude," one weighing 850 lbs, also of -copper•. ore. The ear was oramented with sheaf's of wheat and grasses and .with stuffed heads of such cattle t.s can bo raised in the Northwest at a cost of suly $5 per Meati at three years old The day was • disagreablc but thorn was a good turn out of farniers.and others and we hoard nothing but expressious of _admiration at the exhibit. The agent, Mr. Won,p, and his assistants appeared pleased to answer any questions. A French speaking gentleman was one of . the assistants A section of a British Columbia tree was t8 to be seen, measuring 24 feet in cia'cumfer- ence. 1 Goder ich '1'uwnshil►. • CHURCH AND STATE. President Angell, , of Michigan University, presided at the session of the Evangelical Alliance. held in Washington last week. Ile in- troduced President McCosh, D, D., of Princeton College, velio read a paper on "The Church in Relation to the Capital and Labor Question." Life, lie said, is a strugglel for, exist- ence. The contest between capital and labor is an old ono, and it is likely to continue for ages to come. Christ declined to judge in a strife about property. The Church and State are distinct, and :neither should usurirthe function of the other. At the close of Dr. McCosh's address, a cablegram expressing the sympathy of the English Evangelical Alliance, now in session in London, was read to the Conference. MUNICIPAL MATTERS. Editor News -Record. • Dear Sir,—As the tittle draws near to municipal elections again a word may be in place. Certainly there will be 110 op position to the mayor. The reeve and deputy -reeve will likely both be opposed. It is time Surely Inc a change. Faxes 2 cents on the dollar and likely to be more with. the present management. Doesn't every one lino v that the present council is composed of the reeve and dcputy•reeve the deputy -reeve and the reeve, With the majority of the couneillnrs td ultimo in with the deputy -reeve and the reeve. ';ax is 2 tents on the dollar ; school rate shout 55 cents out ot every doliai ; only $1200 spent to improve the streets and drains. In a few years where will we be/ Waterworks of some kind we must have, drainage must come at once, more rail- way eccemodation is looked for ; loans are asked from the council by several parties whom I trust will all get the sank answer, no ;'ratepayers up and ice that in every war,{ you select inen who will wink fm' the interests of the renals Net f v t lie inlpr„t'e Inca of the town.. yetii•s &C. Taxpayer. —It is thought ihat the saving of nearly $300,000, hitherto devoted to immigration work, will be accom- plished during the coining year by the Dominion Ghvernnlent. —Extensive finds of gold have been made in Wales. And now the ancient principality bids fair to rival Australia, California and British Columbia in the production of that precious metal. Kiev. Dr. Griffin has returned to Guelph from Seaforth and Godericb, where he was most successful in raising the -amounts asked for fed- eration purposes. Some young ladies who own the name are said to spell "Edith" with a "y " This ys a pyece of silly affec- tatyon which wyll not be generally copyod yt ys hoped. KINGSTON ELECTION CASE . ThePetition Abandoned and Si' John Confirmed in Hts Seat. (Globe Report.) KINGSTON, DEC. 8.—At Court this'morning neither Mr. Blake tier Mr. (McCarthy was i❑ attendance. They had proceeded toToroeto. 111r. Whiting arose and said :—"After consultation we have beeided to of- fer no evidence on the other charges." The judge said :—"Thee I shall have to dismiss the petition with emits." He inquired' if there was a cros.'- petition. Mr. McIntyre replied tlu•t 1.b0ve was not, but there....were couuttir-ehar_ms, and they -cad het it preferred as Mr. Guru had claimed the seat. Thii aot imu having 1r, abandoned, there w•a4 nu u, cessit-y to go ou with the recritninetory charges. STARTLING, IF TRUE W. W. Buchanan, of I•Iamilton, organized agreed Council of Templars at Shelburne, Quebec, last week. In an address dr. Buchanan, allege ed the success oldie Scott. Act in On. tario. Some of his figures are startling. From the report ot the Inspector ofIPrisons he pointed out that the fourteen counties of Ontario under license had 2,315 commitments for drunkenness in 1886, while the last fourteen counties to go under the Scott. Act had but 200. There was the same difference in other criime's. As near as may bo there are 1,000,- 000 people in Ontario under license and 1,000,000 under Scott Act. The million under license committed, during 1886, 7,933 crimes; the million ,under the Scott Act 1,94b. A differ- ence of 5,983. • Mr.7as.'Laithwaite is positively a candidate' for. deputy reeve. Sonia of the ratepayers are urging Mr. John Salkeld of the 2nd con- cession to -offer for councillor. A PURE ELECTION. The Judge mail{ that 80 far as the evidence went lit was satisfied the election had been an exceptionally pure elle, Both par ties had done all they could to carry out the agree• meet arrived at het ween thorn. The evi1Rtiee, of course, showed. very persistent efforts en the pert of the less respect aide nietnht;re of the com- munity tole bribed. I1' ferr•ing to Dougherty And S'nit), (Grit witnesses the ju•lge said he ,lid not believe thea - I K,l beim le Hied, though h,' did hellfire they 1 vied to gist aline, mme t,i bt'iht ' them, 1'h+, late was very 81r•iliL,ant as to the prosecu.tinn of those giving • or taking in•i`ies„ mill from the eon • tinct of these nem he felt that, they deserved to be' proceeded aeitinsr. He called the attention of the Gmuu ty Attorney to them ate{ suggested '• that they he proceeded against for • perjury or for securing motley undttr false pretences, which chaise' has • been pretty well made out in their own evidence. - TIIh COSTS. . . There were questions .asked as to the expeusea created in 010.0m -emote log of witnesses in the •counter- T. charges and iu other ways. H it Lordship pointed out that snch nea- ten; were governed by the ordi'hary riles regarding the taxing of costs,•' and it was not at' alt necessary to make ;r special. order. The Gourt tViDi about t., he closed %%•lien Dr. Jolie Stewart ares., pointed his finger- at the juitge and remarked f -- -'My Lord, I have a ;ietitioit- before • -this Court. .ud; ,.s I bear you are about to adjourn, I. to call your atteution, es I told you I wontd 110 a little while aw in the ;'assrrgr: way." The doctor+ lifted a roll of popes in his left. baud, say hie, "Here ie is," picked up his bat and left the room. "I presume thin is all, we have t1i do," said the juliro after lie had got through smiling-• and the Court immediately cloned. Last eveliing the parties tJ (tie case hail a meeting and agreed to settlement. They did liot har- monise' to be sure, without consider- able talk. The Liberals were sats,. Bed that they had ht'en' without offence in their umauner of con,lnct e ing th i election. Finally it waskl'e- cided that the Liberals should pay their own costs and pay half of the taxed Couservetives' costs, an ar- rangement in which the counsel, and especially Messrs: ,the and Mc- Carthy concurred. ' I4ir. Chas. Neftel Inas been seg- gestod as a fit and properl person for councillor. Rumor names Mr. J. Lailhwaite and Mr. E. Acheson as possible can- didates for reeve or deputy. w80 CANADA BILI. is? We all khow who John Bull is, likewise Uncle Sam. But who is Canada 13i11 2 Well, he's a- stout young fellow who learned to chop in his boyhood ; who has now a 'place' of bis own that he purposes to work as he thinks best ; who, while connected by blood with Mr - Bull and by neighborhood with Uncle Sam, has views of •his own that he wishes to rt.Mize ; who wishes to keep what lie has and to respect what others hold ; who loves this country as the land of his birth and who hopes to see her the Ilio re -of his numerous progeny. that is to be. Canada Bill is young but he's lusty ; he's fresh but lie's trusty ; he's bright, never rusty j and for Canada quite trusty.-Mianco Craftsman. Mr. Eli Bateman loft Clinton station Thursday last for the States, having in vi•e-w "hogs" business. e Mr. Samuel Sturdy is likely to be a candidate again for councillor "Sam" nearly got ''char" last time and has an excellent prospect -of heading the poll this time. Mr., W. Ed'w,ard of ."I'toney Hill; died Last wool at the ago of 85 years. The burial was on Satur- day. He was the father of eleven children,,,all living and respected members of society. Deceased came hero from Scotland in 1837. That grand old Consoryative, St. Paul, said- something like this : "jIe that marrioth dons well, he that does not death hettel.'." I do nut remember that he gives this ad- vice to the feminine portion of humanity. Acting upon the im- plied permission Miss Wilson, niece of Mr. Adam Scott, has consented to do better by acting counter to the apostle's injunction to the sterner sox, and will become wise on Wed- nesday of this week. GRAND UNPOUPULARITY. At present, the best, abused clergy- man-in-4his-province..ia Ben..-D-.- ATacd'onnell, of Toronto. The abuse is in the highest degree honorable to Mr. Macdonnell, for it has been called forth by his honesty and courage in publicly expressing his ORANGE ELECTION.—At the last regular meeting of L. 0. L. 306, Bayfied Lino, the following worthy ,officers were elected for 1888 :—W. M., James Churchill; D. M., Matt - how Sheppard ; Chaplain, Albert Anderson ; Recording Secretary, John Thompson ; Treasurer, Geo. A. Cooper ; financial Secret ry, Geo. Hanley; D. of C. Goo.ep- pard; .'Leeturer, Jbha ,BeacoTri Committeemen, Jacob Sheppard (senior), Joshua Cook, Ceasar Por - due, Jno. McLelland, Henry Perdue. The lodge is in a prosporo,us condi- TO,,ti1T h•OR KINGSTON. 'Tltalrnpressinn prevails that Sir John Macdonald will resign his seat it Carleton, retaining the Kingston seat. Here he began his political career and here he desires to end it: The costs of the election trial- vv -ill - be between 81,500 and $2,000 4 -ANN GO DIRECT to THE Ntays.Rraconn for all kinds of Printing. No middlemen and lowest living prices.