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t Canada! Out hoxne, qur native land!
/ True patriot love in all thy sons
command,
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North, strong and free,
And jtand on, guard, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee,
O Canada, glorious and free,
We stand on guard, we stand on guard
for thee!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!
received from, all parts of Canada that a uniform English
Committee for the Celebration of the Diamond Jubilee ofOwing to the fact that numerous suggestions were
version of “O Canada” be approved, the National -----— ...----------.------- -------- t -
Confederation circularized the Prime Ministers and the Ministers cl Education, of all the Provinces. Replies
were received that the version written by the late IL Stanley Weir, D.C.L., Recorder of Montreal, is being used tn
the schools of ail the Provinces, including the English-speaking sections of Quebec. la view of this, the
Committee is using the Weir version in its own. ni’dlcafions.
The National Progress the Last
Sixty Years Points to the
Unfathomed Future
WE HAVE COME FAR
How Far We Go Depends
on OurselvesOnly
lowing a message of goodwill to be
sent to the Mother Land within two
days time. These are but a few of the
practically applied innovations which
will help to make our Diamond Jubilee
Colebration truly national.
Individual Application
Moro closely applied to the individ
ual are other innovations which are
now accepted as commonplace. Think
how our thousands of miles of good
roads and the motor-car will enter into
the successful enjoyment of our com
ing National rejoicing,
load
their
large
cipal
country will be vicited by thousands
where the old folks will be cheered by
the visits of the city dwelling sons
and daughters and their families.
Within limits pnimagined in ’67 is our
country knit together by this com-
parltively gew method of transporta
tion and we do not give full credit to I
the great good deri efl from the con-'
stunt interchange el’ thought and per- j
sonal experience between country and i
City dwellers,
are gone.'sheH- with
Improved road-beds and J The telephone gives the opportunity berate throughout the Empire,
’•“-•'of instantaneous interchange of per
sonally voiced messages of love and
remembrance so that distance no long-
er^eparates the people of our land.
From coast to coast the- ether waves
will enable all Canadians to similtan-
eously join in the National Jubilations
opened by the Governor-General at Ot
tawa when our Gracious1 King in Lon
don starts proceedings by pressing a
golden key in the Capital of our Em
pire. The chimes of the new Carillon
will ring not only in the ears of the
people of Ottawa but will be heard by
the people of Canada from Halifax to
Motorists can
their families and hampers in
cars and easily journey to the
centers to join in the big muni-
f&tes. The old .homes in the
i
1 continent. 1 .
rolling stock cut the time required for
N such travel to a point not thought of
in '67. Our steamers, palaces of un
dreamed grandeur, constantly in touch
_ (with land by radio, bind our ports with
T the maritime centers' of the world. For
more general participation m Canada s venturesome (and soon no doubt
Diamond Jubilee Celebration.
Transportations! Advances
‘fc,r general use), the air-ways have an
il nlhilated both distance and time, per-
. ' . -i mitting. we hope, our nine provinces
Our train services can and wi 1 the}r fellcltations to our
the wanderer, in luxurious comfoit, to Capital on July 1st andoen-the home-town. They will permit him ‘m6siiage3 t0 start anJ to
to enjoy the best ot toed and most aMlnS these wltMn
comfortable ot rest wlnla travell’“81 c“ 0, the on6 day; perhaps too al-
home from the farthest corners of the P
OUR KING AND QUEEN
“God Bless Them”
means for the development of the
average man'.al attainment, so the
great masses more nearly approach the
mental standard and outlook of our
loaders. We need not think that be-*
cause ’we cannot point to Macdonalds,
Cartiers, Mowats, Browns and Laurlers
we are retre pressing. The
ROYALTY ,_— ' * "V
Respected for Their Position
-—Loved for Themselves”
SERVICE '
Members of the British Rqyai
Family have mado more visits to
Canada than many people probably
imagine. The first recorded visit, by
. the Duke of Clarence, goes back to
11787, when George ITI. was on tho
, throne. The Duko of Clarence was
' captain of the frigate Pegasus, and Is
; chiefly remembered because he was
I with Nelson in tho West Indies, and
i acted as best man at his weeding.
The Duke of Kent, father of teieen
I Victoria, arrived at Quebec in 1791
from Gibraltar, ns commanding tflffleer of the 7th Royal Fusiliers. lie $Lde
his home at Quebec for three years,
occupying what was known as Kent
j Lodge, near Montmorency Falls. He
| returned in 1799 as command er-ifr-*
chief of the troops at Halifax. There I is a fine bit of description, 'in one of
Haliburton's novels, of his home near
Halifax, also known as Kent Lodge.
The Prince of Wales, afterwards'
Edward VII., visited Canada in 1860,
• and laid
liament
brother,
1861, as
Duke of Connaught travelled across
the Dominion on his way homo from
a visit to Japan. He returned to Can
ada as Governor General in 1911 and 4s
remained until 1916. Princess Louise,
daughter of Queen Victoria, spont the
years 1878 to-1883 in Canada as wife
of the Governor General, the Marquis-
of Lome, afterwards Duke of Argyll.
The Duke of Cornwall and York (af
terwards George V.) and his wife
1 visited Canada In 1901 j The present
' Prince of Wales made his first visit
to Canada in 1919, and has returned
more than once. Ho has shown his
lnterost in the country by buying a
ranch in Alberta, whore he can oc
casionally escape from the cares of
state.
’ Some of us who are not as young
as we used to be can remember the
.' delightful hospitality of Lord Lome
and the Princess Louise at Rideau
Hall in Ottawa, and tho simplicity of*
their home life. The Princess was
always a warm patron of art in Cau-w
ada, and was herself an artist of noV
mean ability. Her husband will ba
remembered, among many otherqy
memorable acts, by the fact that he
was chiefly instrumental in fountUW,
the Royal Society of Canada. His
public life probably overshadowed hi.?
ability as a pqot, but it will not be
forgotten that he wrote that splendid
hymn beginning:
Unto tho hills around do I lift up
My longing eyes.”
The influence of such members of
the British Royal Family as tho
Princess Louise, .the Duko of Con
naught and the Prince of Wales upon
public and private life in Canada, al
though always exorted unobtrusively
and with characteristic tact, must b
regarded as a very roal factor in th
development of the country. All thra
of them have known how to win not
only the respect .but the affection of
thho Canadian people. That thought
was very happily expressed by Lord
Byng in January List, at. the Wolfe
Banquet in London, when, turning t>
ths Prince of Wales, he said: “I know
you hate,eulogy and I am not going
to indulge In it, but I should like to
say this: ‘We respect you, sir. for
yutir position, but, damme, sir,
love you for yourself.”'
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Gravzd Canada, My Hamz
Homo -of my lj?art, I sit .-n
topiguo
To God who gave
With c-i’en hard thy tre.’aures oirown
, a.far
From wave to wa*re,
Frc-m Go’dan South to silvery Arctic
glare,
Do, G-cd' p glo y ohineth.everywhere.
Land of the free, whetDce came thy
Eberty?
Dehold her hand,
Strong still, which blesses thee, in
yontter home,
Thy Motherland.
0 daughter fair! Proud freedom never
dies,
Where’er thy mother’s noble banner
flies.
Land of the brave, who kept thy free
dom free;
They felt thy flame,
They marched through blood and pam-i
Thu days of the “hick,” - Vancouver, from Pelee Point to the
“Hayseed” is on the same’Yukon and ,if arrangements are car-
“innovation.” P’ied out as planned they will rever-
Truly
an Epochal event in the life of a re
markable -country of which we; as
Canadians may be justly proud. As
we join, in whatever capacity we may, that
in our July first celebrations we should mentality of Canadians is—must be
rememhe^ how far we have travelled keeping pace with our mechanical ad-
along the. road of national develop-■ vancement. Wo are not “Supermen”
ment during the past sixty years and but we are men and women cf a Free,
we should look forward to an equal Progressive and Verilo Country with
progression in th'e sixty years to come, a magnificent heritage. We are linked
by indisolu-able bonds of blood to the
Great Commonwealth of British Na
tions which has stood and will always
stand, in the forefront of the worlds
defenders of Justice, Liberty and Pro-
! gress.
These are the things to remember on
July the First and while participating
in the festivities of that important oc
casion let us register a personal re
solution to endeavor to develop our
selves as broadly as our country has
developed. Let us expand our mental
vision as far as our opportunities have ’
expanded. The day of narrow paro
chialism has passed and we all must
think beyond ourselves, -beyond our
personalties, 'beyond our homes, be
yond our local surroundings. We must
learn to think in terms as unlimited as
the boundaries of the ether waves and
we must learn to apply such thinking
to our daily occupations. In this way
July the First Nineteen Hundred and
Twenty-Seven will stand out not so
much as the day of celebration for the
si&ty successful yearn that have gone
but as the -day which ushered in a new
era of National Advancement and
Unity.
National Standard High
The day of outstanding National
figures such-as our Fathers of Confed
eration, is past, As education and Na
tional progress rapidly raises- the
Bronze
THEIR EXCELLENCIES
By R.E.G.
followers of John Knox.
£ had Confederation, in
Viscount and Laay wimnguori
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In IS67 the
our good Presbyterian Forefather
cue word that has become almost ob
sol-ete in 1927, the word “Innovation.”
Many are there of our elders who can
look back and recall the things that
came under the interdict as innova
tions. Church-organs, cushions in
church pews, carriage driving on the
“Sabbath,” secular reading on the
“Sabbath” and many other accepted
■commonplaces of to-day. Advance
ments in Science and Invention and
the application of such advancements
to our everyday life has long forced
the word “Innovation” up on the same
shelf with the wore?! ‘Chaperone” and
“Petti-ccat." They are gone from our
present-day language. However, in
novations, or departures from the es
tablished (a.s of 1867), can be credited
with many things which afford a ful
ler and more widespread opportunity
to enjoy life and which permit of a
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1. Alexander Mackenzie
2. George Brown
3. Queen Victoria
4. D’Arcy McGee
Georges-Etienne Cartier
John A. Macdonald
Lafontaine and Baldwin
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the corner-stono of tlio Par-
Buildings ' at Ottawa. His
Prince Alfred, came hero in
a naval officer. In 1890 the
Memorials on Parliament Hill, Ottawa,
of those Great Figures in Canadian
Life Whose Efforts Have Resulted in
the United Canada, the Sixtieth Anni
versary of whose 'Birth will be
Celebrated July 1. -
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FOURTH OF NINE HISTORICAL SKETCHES BY JEFFE RYS
(CUT OUT AND SAVE)
Victory Tower
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t>hoy grandly died:
Whisjor thair name,-
Thu name oft youth.,
igjc/thera weep,
The beaiubeous brow,
skop.
Land of the strong,
revealed,
In bounteous plain,
In glittoi'lnr rock, xe
ind shade,
Refuge humane,
in
ot
sajun1
whom Iona
calm heroic
cident arm
iplcnucnt street
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TViTar of loimung, and ladoiung Hi'ome-
Home of^my heart, Grand' Canada,
my home.
—Grant Balfour.
Toronto, Ont. s
Dominion Day 1927- a- . .For dore’s no place lak our own place,
don’t care de far you’re goin*
Dat’s w’a.t do who’ie v/orl1
w’onover dey come here,
’Cos we got' de fines' conferee, an*
beegos’ rec ver
kAn’ Io bon Dietl,
f nearly twelve
1—From “Johnnie
II. Drummond.
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flowin’,
sen’ <ld sh
mot/ ev’ry year
Coorteau,” by W
isliine