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Editor and Proprietor.
"Is the Class Meeting still a
Necessity ?r"
The fo'lewns,; ,'aver was presented by
IBev. 11, Pasl at the recent Class Leaders'
Convention held in Gerrie
"Is the Claw ?Ieeting still a Nsees.
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answered with one word, the word ccs.
Emphatically and indispensably ]'es.
But it may be asked is the class meeting
Scriptural ? If the question be oon3ned
to the words "Class Meeting" we answer
nn, there 1s eo such phrase in the Bible.
If confined to the idea of en Ch a meeting
we answer yes, in the most decided man-
ner. We give three passages from the
Divine Word. "Ye are lily witnesses,
settle the Lord," Now, a witness fs a
person who can and does bear testimony,
and in this case the man bears testimony
to God, His love, power to save, wisdom
to guide, grace to sustain and of divine
faithfulness. "Come and hear all ye
that fear God, and I will declare what
He bath done for my soul." Here we
have a man who ba8 received good from
the Lord and who is not only willing but
anxious that others should know it, hence
the invitation and the declaration. The
next is Malachi, 3, 10—"Then they that
feared the Lord spake often one to an-
other, and the Lord hearkened and heard
11 and a book of remembrance was writ-
ten before Him for them that feared the
Lord and that thought upoa His name."
Those people feared the Lord, they ns-
sembled together. and that often ; the
Lord took note of it and heard whawas
passing among them ; there was a record
made of their sayings and doings and a
blessed promise w00 made concerning
them. Now I think we are safe fn say-
ing that the Bible gives countenance to
the fellowship and class meetings.
Now to the question, "Is the Claes
Meeting Still a Necessity ?" It appears
to me that the word "still" ehonid have a
passing notice as it implies that class
meetings bave been a necessity, and if 90
in the past why not now ? Therefore we
answer yes, because (I) The class meet-
ing is a training school. A first-class
training school is of the highest import.
anoe to meatal culture, intellectual de.
velopmeut and material prosperity.
What would be thought of a man who
would come forward and say there is no
necessity for our Puddle schools, Normal
schools, Colleges end Universities?
Every man of good souse would pro•
nounce the man off his bases and no
friend to his country or race. Great as
is the necessity for mental advancement
and intellectual improvement, the educa-
tion and improvement of man's spiritual
being is higher beyond compare, as much
as the soul is above the body in value.
Here the question Domes in "How and
where can the soul be best educated in
all things pertaining to the higher life ?"
Herein men may differ, and differ widely.
I believe in private and family prayer,
in the careful and constant reading and
study of the word of God ; that the pub-
lic services should have due attention,
but the class meeting is as essential as
any. I am alive to the fact that much
depends upon the leader—his moral
status, intellectuol power, hie knowledge
of God, the Bible and human nature.
How fearful hie responsibilities ! IIfe
work is to instruct men and women in
divine things, to lead them in the high-
way of life, to feed them with the bread
of heaven, to warn of the dangers of sin,
the evils of the world, the devices of
Satan and the deceitfulness of the human
heart. Now, all these being as they
should be, the cines meeting is the best
training school of which tee have any
knowledge. One reason for this is that
you come lu personal coutact with each
soul. Preaohing may be all right and
good, but people aro very generous and
give it away to other's. This cannot be
in the class cervine. Bet further, mens.
hers can be trained in the principles of
Truth, the doctrines of the Bible, and
what is right between man and maw, be-
tween man and his Maker. Tho class
meeting is still a necessity beoeuse, (2)
The wants of the soul are ever the same.
There 31)80 many ways in which it is pos.
sible for man to cheep so that hie wants
may not be the same. As a] illustration,
hero is a ratan who is poor and has to
labor hard with ilie hands for his daily
bread, but through the change of circum•
stances he becomes rich, therefore he has
no need to labor as heretofore. It is pee•
Bible in the spiritual life for man to im-
prove, to grow, to bo strong in faith, but
he will ever need the light of God to
light tip his pathway, the wisdom of God
that he may be more wise, the Spirit of
God to grade him into all truth, the help
of God in all the batlos of lite and the
power of God to sustain him at all times
and under all oireumetanoes, But it
must never be forgotten that man is de-
pendant on hie fellow, No man Heath
unto himselt or for himself alone. Then
knowing the wants of the soul and the
need of hof , it ie reasonable to ask
where can 3 obtain what I need and mese
have to live and prosper ? What lanced.
ed is power, the sunlight of heaven, the
fulness of salvation, and the class meet.
frig is ono means through which all can
be obtained. "They that wait upon the
Lord e hall retl0ly tbeir strength." Many
say they can do without the oleos meet-
ing and they do ; hot do they ()spend to
the high altitude they might ? 1Tnve
they the fulness of divine greae they
should eujoy 0 Is their experience 80
rich, full and blessed as it might and
would be were every opp0r8nnity need to
Advantage ? eleriend, lin en higher,"
The olaee meeting is etill a neeesslty be.
cause (3) It is a test of loyalty to the
aborad and to God. Tbo ohuroh is an
organization for man's good anti 813088
who uudertook the work did what Nese
though best to a000mplieh the end in
view—God's glory in man's salvation.
The class meeting was one of the means
established and the wisdom of the estab-
lishment has beam proved by the amount
of good that has beau accomplished. No
one can fully estimate the good that has
been done by the plass meeting. Persons
on entering the Methodist church declare
theirfaithin the doctrines held and
preached by that ohuroh and n willing -
nese 80 observe all the usages of the
ohuroh and attend all the means of grace
when practicable. Now, is the person 0
loyal member who departs from the
church in any of Lha' -e respects '? We
think such persons (menet be, and if not
loyal to the ohurmb can they be loyal to
Cod and truth ? The church is a divine
organization, ostebliehed on principles
that are right and just, pure and good,
that will prove a blessing to man and the
race. But some one may say, I don't
believe in class meetiugs as they were nob
appointed by God. But the Lord ap•
proves of them, as is evident from Ilia
presence with His people, in them, the
manifestation of His grace, power and
love, A person is loyal to his country
and the rutin' when be observes the laws
and does whet to right and just to pro-
mote, in every way, the best interests of
the same. And so it is with the °huralt
of the Lord Jeune Christ. When I attend
class in right spirit,
with a
pure motive
1 life t0 P0•
am 1 8
an • 'warn Om, I t
ty e to U 1, y,
(sive good, while at the same time I will
be a blessing to sense one else, and as a
result I will honor God. Let a person
give the (lase meeting a thorough trial by
Constant attendance, promptitude a0 to
time ; go in the spirit of Christ, testify
of God's goodness, IIis power to save,
and he will show his loyalty to the
church and to his ;Maher. The class
meeting is still a necessity because, (4)
It is a teat of spiritual life in the soul.
If there is anything in eonueeti0u with
man's being that should be properly
tested, clearly understood and fully
known it is the Mete of his spiritual life,
the nonditions of that life and his relation
to God. The only standards by which
all this can he found are the truth as we
have it in the Bible, the Holy Spirit liv-
ing in the heart, and meeting with others
ou the way to the kingdom. We test the
state of the atmosphere by the ther-
mometer ; WO measure thine by the
chronometer ; we test the state of the
human body by the clinical thermometer;
we test the state of our spirituel life by
coming in contact with God, Ris word,
His people and this in the class meeting.
Here we meet a maw who has been living
very, near to the Lord Jesus, feeding ab
his Father's table, drinking from the liv-
ing life•giving fountain and so is in a
high state of grace, and as a consequence
has power with God and man. Dere is
a sister whom the Lord has blessed.
Now she is living on a high plane of
Christian experience, on the tnouutain
where only few are found. lien we find
out our standing, our real state end con•
dition, what the are, what we might and
should be. The leader can test the state
of his own heart, his quelificatione for
the work and the claims upon him from
hie class. The class meeting is still a
necessity because (5) It is the time and
plane to feed the soul with the Bread of
Life. Man is abeing who is much in
need of food, food for the body, for the
mind old for the soul, and without good,
strong, wholesome, nourishing food he
will die, This is true of the body, mind
and soul. The Saviour knowing this,
set an example by feeding the multitude ;
He also said to Peter "Feed my sheep,
feed my lambs." Now the leader Comes
before us as a shepherd, and hence his
quslifiaations, duties and responsibilities.
To be fully qualified and equipped for
this all.importent work he must know
God, the holy soriptureo and the spiritual
needs of the mentbere of his class. He
wants a warm, tender, loving heart, lull
of sympathy, all on fire with love to God
and man. Then to do his duty as the
steward of God be must be honest, true,
earnest and faithful. He must feed his
members with bread, true bread, the
bread of life. FIe must give to every one
a portion of meat in due season. Hence
the time and place. How vast the re-
sponsibility of the man filling this posi-
tion, doing this work, discharging this
duty, and for which he is accountable to
Him who has said "For ail these things
will I bring thee into judgment." There
is no wonder that men should fear before
God and ask "Who is sufficient for these
things ?" The class meeting is still a
necessity because, ((i) It is the time and
plane to have fellowship with the Lord
and with His people. To hold fellowship
may be considered a duty and a privilege.
We look upon it as a highly exalted priv-
ilege to have cotnmenion with God and
fellowship with the true nobility of earth.
In the class meeting we have prayer,
praise and testimony. This is surely a
very great privilege and rich enjoyment
to the man who is looping for and seeking
after all the rich inheritance of the saints
in light. That it is it privilege, a great
privilege, will appear from some pass-
ages of scripture, In John we have the
following, "If the walk in the light es Ile
is in the light we have fellowship one
with another." David said "I was glad
when they said unto me let us go into
the house of the Lord." Aero- we meet
with men and women--ohildron of the
sante leather, united to the same Sevi•
oar, walking in the same highway, ani-
mated by the same spirit, whose aims etre
the same --to glorify God on earth aid
reach their eternal home in the land of
the glorified above.
"And if our fellowship belo:v
In Jamie he eo sweet,
Whet heights of rapture shall we know
Whon round Iiia throne we meet ?"
In Closing I have to say, (I) The clave
meeting may bo abased, but that is no
argument against Its neoeseity and use.
(2) In building Mute01)00 in the future
proper regard ebould be Gael to the class
meeting and the Sabbath echool. (3) I
hope the day will never come when the
Methodiet chttroh will ignore the class
meeting.
Thomas Plummer, Manager of tho
Bank of Montreal at Stratford, le dead.
THE BRUSSELS POST MAR. 26, 1897
c: or-r-itat.
L. L, Morrell flan 111)100; ill position a
newly enlisted sign.
A new floor is all improvement to the
store of Nicholls cC Ferguson.
Sea. lrostar and wife left an Tints lay
morning of last week for Manitoba,
Their destination is Nlaniiott,
Hugh Carruthers and daughter, who
have bean renewing old acquaintances in
town and vio11131y for some tiille past,
have returned to Portoge•la•I:'rairie, Man,
Hormau O. ],vans, Seorotary of the
Methodist Sabbath school, received It
0000151 on Saturday from the hoed ollioe
of the Standard Bank, "Toronto, for the
sum or 85. the contribution of the Gorrie
Methodist Bethnal school to the Toilet
remine Fund.
1'6x1-0,015Ger-
F.\', Dickson has gone to Toronto.
Our onrlers defeated \Vinghtun recent.
ly by 15 shots.
One gmusmibh, John Vogt, has in lois
peeeessiou an old horse pistol which was
used in the battle of Waterloo.
The bioyole business is booming here.
Between 15 and 20 wheels hev8 coma to
town during the past couple of weeks.
C. honahue, of Teeetveter, has been in
town shipping a consignment of blooke
from the Wrosetee mill to Liverpool.
T. Hemphill purposes using the mil-
linery shop, recently vacated by Misses
Lang and Lennox, for a bioyole livery.
Aire. Pomeroy and her nephew, E.
Hazelwood, of Pottereburg, Ont,, visited
friends and aegnninttm00s here hist week.
The By -flew to matte the PoblioLibrary
a free Library, which was voted on re-
cently, was oarried almost unanimously,
only two votes being oust against it.
Before the departure of Wire. Weldon
for Trehet'ne, Man., tho weathers of the
Methodist church presented her with an
address and a large photograph album as
a token of their esteem for her.
Gavin Davidson met with a pninful
mishap. While shoeing a horse ho, in
some way, slipped, and in endeavoring to
set ftp, tee horse stepped on his baud,
badly bruising his third finger.
MCO n ra tots.
Mr. Deftoti has decided to close up his
business here and return to London.
The jewellery business so long conduct•
ed by the late Joseph Biddlecon}be has
been sold by Mrs. Biddleoombe to Mr.
Wilmot, of London, who was formerly
connected with the business.
D. Cantelon made a shipment of over
300 hogs, the largest ehipment of this
nature that has left Isere for enlne time ;
half of them went to Collingwood Pork
Factory and the other half to Ingersoll
Foatory ; the average price paid was
84.330 per hundred, end the total amount
paid out was over 32500.
Por sone time lt1r. Doherty has been
intending to pull down the large smoke
stacks on his factory, and replace them
by new ones, and has been wondering
what world bo the easiest way of getting
them down. The heavy wind of Friday
came to his assistance, and blew the
stacks over.
Hosea or Reruer.—The latest arrivals
are Edith Barber, Tackeremith ; John
Hayes, Morrie, and George Hall, of
Stephen, the latter abseounded last July,
and has josh been brought bank. A
number are still on the sick list, includ-
ing Manager French who has a touch of
grip. Ltlr. Bone is able to be up and
about.
The teachers and 0filee ' „f Rattenbury
street Methodist Snbbnth :,.'heel, with a
few others, were invited I„ the home of,
Mr. Foster, Superin'enn.-nt, where a
pleasant social time was ..neut. In the
course of the evening, IBev. air. Ifiilyard,
addressing Mies Anna Holmes, presented
Iter with a complete esti of Dickens' works,
beautifully bound, as a r000gnition of the
school's good will. She made a suitable
reply in acknowledgment of the kind
gift. She left Friday, for the home of
her parents in St. Catharines.
Tnr STAvler,y Coanrrrron.—The first
meeting of the newlyappointed Stnvely
committee was held Monday evening of
Vast week, Mr. Molaggart being selected
as chairman, and Mr. Coats, Secretary.
The question of locating the intended
Memorial Ball was first Under consider-
etion, and after studying the circumstan-
ces, and amount of money to be expended
the committee unanimously decided to
recommend its erection ou the north
corner of the market square. The pro-
posed building will have something like
26 or 30 feet front, with 40 or 60 feet in
length, two stories ; the lower part to
constitute a library and reading room ;
the upper part to have a hall for the use
of gatherings of any sorb not large enough
for the town" hall. Air. Fowler submitted
an ontline sltetah which ho had voluntar•
ily prepared, but the committee did not
approve of it, stud he was requested to
prepare a couple of others. It wee un•
officially stated the government intended
to hand over the 310,000 to the credit of
the town at once, and the Seacotary was
requested to write and find out if this was
the intention of the government. The
committee thought the expenditure on
building and equipment should not ex-
ceed by one cent. $5000, bnitenee to be
securely invested as the committee
tbolght best. A. report accordingly will
be submitted to the next Council meeting.
Mr. Gauthier, Liberal M. P. for L'As-
somption, was awarded 8800 end costs
in his libel suit against Air. Jeannette,
the Co1se'vative ex -member.
With regard to the report that Ohms.
Moss has been appointed Judge of the
Ontario Court of Appeals, it ie stated
that there is 110 variance/ in that court.
The base of Ayer's Hair Vigor is a re-
fined and delicate fluid, which iiora not
moil or become ralloid by exposure to the
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grand med,cine for the. Kidneys. and Ltvse,
W. C. CA00100 ns McCaul St Tense°, ra.
praseuting Montreal Ste, says, Chars t'ilIS act
like angio for the retie I' of hradmch b lions 01 teak
and a0n,tipation. Sold every, h ro, no by mail on
rvaaipt 01 prise, to 011)83131111 E.M1ICC ,R, 51,
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proved 108108 Yorkshire Near "lioleeto,l;'
830,1 Irmo S. I'1.73raLhntlT'e nweepstltkoe sow
at t'Lioailo leuh'. vice no hh100 en bo paid
a0 din Gime ee eo,'v10e with pr1v13050 of ro-
rarldug 1f 11008ssllry. Pedigree may 110 80011
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BRUSSELS
Pll h,°4,:ORK$.
I wish to inform the people of Brussels
and enrrotmding district that I have pur.
chased the Pump Business of JAMES
BELL and will be found ready to attend
to all wants in either new work or repairs
at moderate prio08,
No better Pump in the mar9.tet.
Order left at my shop or residence or
at le. SCOTT'S shop will be promptly
looked after.
3"Orders taken for the Digging of
Wells and Cisterns.
Gomer Gree,
7
MILL STREET, - BRUSSELS.
FU8SELS
Set'
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I wish to acquaint the good
people of Brussels and locality
with the fact that I have opened
up a Laundry in town,
One Door West of
Williams' Livery,
Where I will be pleased to attend
to the wants of the public in
first-class style.
Specialty load° of Collars,
Cuffs, Shirts, Ladies' 'Waists and
Loco Curtains, and Satisfaction
Guaranteed. Prices Moderate.
Your esteemed Patronage is
solicited in supporting a local
industry.
r "Tail your Neighbor.
SCOTT
MANAGER.
License 5. tr.ct
08' T(11;
East Riding of Huron.
To the Tavern -keepers and Others-
whom
therfi\0110111 it may Concern.
NOTICE 30 hereby given that
Application for Licenses
for the sale of liquor in the
EAST REDING OF HURON
Tor the 1,1001190 year 1807.08, welch oomme11-
000 0/1 th0 190 "hey of May tient, Will be re-
ceived by the undersigned from Om present
date up to
Thursday, April let, 1897,
inolusivo, Appltoaute Must fot'nieh the
names of two good and eulrioleut sureties as
bondsmen at the time oflnal1tug applica-
tion. Any apltllloaut for a new lieeuso must
furniolr a 000011100.00 signed by it majority of
the elooters 80titled to vote at elections for
the Legislative Assembly iu the Polling Sub-
Uivf8to0 111 w1110h the premises e0uglt1 to bo
licensed aro situated, and t110 said majority
must include et louse 010 -third ofthe said
eleetors, NV 110 are at the time of such aped.
cation residents within 010 said Polling 8uh-
l/1(11tml.
JNO. R. MILLER, -
INerac'rolt.
Jamestown, Feb. 22nd, 1307.
�3C�SIV:111i'��
Having purchased
J. WYNN'S
Blacksmith Shop and intending
to make Brussels my home I feel
satisfied I can give good satisfac-
tion 1n Ilol'so-shoeing and all
other branches -of the busines in
the Blacksmithing line. I will
be pleased to see all who will see
fit to patronize ole with their
work and will always try to be
liberal and fair with my custom-
ers.
J. H. 'Tisrner
Shop in connection with Jno.
ynn's Carriage Works, Brussels
iVe kee in stock and supply everything in
Coal and Wood. Stoves,
Either Parlor, Box or Cook
First-class Furnaces
From best Canadian Manufacturers, and
Warranted to Work properly,
TINWARE . OF ALL KINDS.
Plumbing promptly attended to at Reasonable Rates.
Lamp Goods, Lanterns, &c,
Orders Taken for Coal.
Shove and Furnace Men, Brussels.
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Established
The Polley Contract issued by this Association is perfection itself,
UNCONDITIONAL,
ACCUMULATIVE,
AND AUTOMATICALLY
NON -FORFEITABLE.
It leaves nothing further to bo desired. hates and full infor-
mation furnished on application. .
'int. 11. ZE11,11, Agent, Brussels.