The Brussels Post, 1894-2-23, Page 66
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Into and out of Infidelity.
(CONTINUED EMI LAST WEEK .)
As I now look back over life, I can see
that all along the journey, good influeno•
es were continually sent at the right mo-
ment to save me. Was it because the
prayers of father and mother were fol-
lowing me ? At this moment I cannot
doubt it. There ie many a man who has
been rescued from the ditch by the mem•
ory of a mother's prayer and many a boy
has been saved to a holy life by the vision
of a mother's love.
On the breaking out of the war I en.
tered the army and served until diecbarg•
ed on account of wounds that proved al-
most fatal.
Soon after leaving the service I was
married, and for a little while there was
no cloud in the sky, but it was not long
until the shadows began to gather, It
was the old story over again. Love and
lose. The same blight again fell upon
me that had so often saddened my heart
in childhood. But for a little while how
bright the days were. If this poor earth
can sometimes be so fall of joy, how
sweet must heaven be. We were very
poor in this world's treasures, but rich
in hope and love. No grander castles
were ever reared on pillars of smoke than
those we daily built. A little one came
into the home and enslaved our hearts
with love. From that day no plan was
made in which he was left out. From
the time of his coming we forgot the past
with ite trials, and the present with its
toils, and lived only for the future in the
halls of hope. We saw no ehadowe, be-
oemse we looked continually toward the
sun which had just risen in the sky of
new promise, and was tinting everything
with glorious rays of brightest hope.
Bat suddenly a shadow fell upon that
happy little home. The death angel
spread his black wings over it, darted
down, and when he rose the young wife
and mother was gone 1
The iron entered my soul, but I stood
op and defied despair. Because the boy
bad beau left to me, I would live for him.
While love lives, hope cannot die. My
whole heart went out toward the helpless
little one, and I tried to be strong, and
brave, and good, for him. But there
came a day when I found myself moan-
ing with anguish in the dust. The mes•
sengers of misfortune bad come with
merciless rapidity one after the other,
and told me that all was swept away—
everything was gone—the babe—my babe
—was dead 1
God have mercy upon those who must
take the oup from which I drank that
day ; a cup in which there was not one
drop of comfort that comes through eub-
miesion to the will of God. What an
awful thing it is to look into the grave
and see no light from the other side. To
go down to the valley of the shadow of
death and have no arm upon which to
lean ; no staff upon which to clin no-
thing except the rotten reed of human
philosophy, which will not bear a pound
of weight. Thank God to -day for the
voice that comes baok to ole from the
other aide of that black river whose bit-
ter waters I had to taste : "I am the
resurrection and the life ; be that
believeth in Me, though he were dead,
yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth
and believeth in Me shall never die."
After these affiiotione Ihated God more
than ever. If there were a God, I
couldn't understand how he could have
any care for me and take from me those
who were more to me than my own life.
Instead of turning to the Bible for con-
solation I turned from it, and bated it
more and more.
In 1867 an opportuuity offered for me
to engage in business on my own ac.
count, and I improved it. I started the
Gazette newspaper at Bellevue, 0., which
I published for a number of years with a
degree of success that aetoniehed me. I
also published the Oberlin (0.) Newsfor
a time, but bad to give up a promising
business in that community because I
wouldn't he religious. Any one acquaint-
ed with the epiritltal climate of Oberlin
about that time will readily 0000ede that
it did not offer a congenial abode for an
infidel. In that day Finney, the great
evangelist, was yet alive, and pastor of
the First Congregational church, I
sometimes went to hear him preach, but
always went away mad.
It was about this time that I began to
read infidel books and associate with
that class of people. The remit of tide
was to stir me to activity. Hitherto I
had not been a worker in liberal ranks.
I had not sought to make proselytes,
though I had never concealed my un-
belief. Neither.did I urge or advocate it.
I thought all persons had a right to be-
lieve ae they pleased ; and if they wanted
to make fools of themselves, why ehonld
I pare ? Shortly after beginning to read
infidel books, however, a change came
over me le this reepeot, and I became an
active worker in the cause of free thought.
It was not long until, like Saul, i could
look with favor and approbation upon
tbose who 'stoned Stephen ; and from
this it was but a little etep to go charg-
ing abodt as a downright persecutor my.
self, Seeking to bind with arguments and
sophistries ell whom the oorde of my in.
fiuenee could reaoh, and throw them in,
00 the prieone of unbelief, In'short, to
my great theme I epnfeee it, I begwfne
wa avowed and poeitive worker againet
the cause of gimlet, and never reined an
opportunity to strike a blow for unbelief,
I patronized infidel papers ; wrote for
them ; helped to support preminent
workers ; identified myself with it liberal
eoeiety in an oMoial capaoity ; occasion•
ally made addregees, and tried aehard 110
my limited opportunities would permit
t0 make proselytes from the opposing
ranks.
During a great revival which visited
Bellevue while I was living there, special
meetings were held to pray for my con.
version, and the result was watched with
much Interest by both sinner and Christ.
ian. I have no doubt that many of the
people who met to pray for me at that
time were greatly troubled when the
meeting's finally closed without my be-
coming a Christian, and perhaps some of
the weaker of bloom may have had their
faith greatly shaken ; hub they had done
their part and God did not fail to do
Hie, in His own time and in Hie own
way. The raising of Lazarus throws
light upon my own conversion. From
the day, almost, that those people began
to pray for me in earnest, God heard
their cry, and began to put in motion the
chain of events that led to it. If 1 bave
borrowed anything from the Egyptians
that will be of service to God, it was dur-
ing the years which intervened between
the northern Ohio revival and the time
of my conversion. It was during those
years thatI was thrown into wider con.
tact with the world, by bueinees, travel,
eto., and learned more of human nature
and its tendencies than I could have ao•
quired as an editor in a rural village.
At the time of the revival all my iu•
tereste were rooted in Bellevue, and I
seemed to be anchored there for life, I
had a prosperous business, and was well
satisfied with the location and the com-
munity. I liked the people and enjoyed
their confidence. I bad again married,
and my domestic ties were all there, and
I was contented with my prospects, and
was not ambitious for a larger field. But
the Lord directed that I should be taken
out of that community in opposition to
my own wishes, and in a most unlooked-
for manner. If ever a man was forced to
be prosperous against hie expectations, I
was that man. Just after the revival
closed, in addition to my looat newspa-
per, I engaged in a publi°ation business
of a general character, which brought
me so muoh outside patronage that it
could not be successfully managed in a
village. In this extremity, a wealthier
publisher in the same line, with large
interests in New York, Cbioago and other
oities, proposed that I should join him,
and open a house in Cincinnati. I there•
fore joined my fortunes with him and
others, organized a company, and opened
the new house, of whioh I was made
business manager, with a liberal salary
and large stock intereete. The business
was successful from the start, and I soon
found myself in the midst of most brie.
liant prospects. In the course of a few
years I bought up the stook and beoame
r
sole proprietor, with large interests in the
same business elsewhere. In addition to
the foregoing I set on foot a number of
other enterprises, most of which were
successful, and brought me good returns.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
5eattorth.
A meeting of the S. C. I. foot ball club
was held when the following officiate were
elected.—Hon. Pres., Mr. Passmore, B.
A. ; Pres., Mr- Cheswright, B. A. ; Vice
Pres., S. Dickson ; Secy. Tree., W.
Elliot ; Captain, J. Jackson ; Commit-
tee,—H. Morrison, T. Brownlee, and W.
Prendergast B. A.
Gorrie.
rie.
Three oar loads of hay were shipped
from here last week.
Wm. Brown, wbo bee been living in
Manitoba for several years, returned last
week.
Court Gerrie, No. 57, 0. O. F., intend
giving an oyster sapper in the near
future.
J. H. Johnston, one of the best known
thoroughbred stook raisers of Howiak,
having Bold his farm intends retiring
from the business.
Jas. McGrath, son of R. McGrath, who
has been in Manitoba for the past year
has returned home. He bas made ar-
rangements to start a euetom tailor shop
in the village of Inglewood.
Clinton.
Mies Mickle, while leaving her board-
ing house the other evening, slipped down
and broke a small bone in her left arm.
The Clinton Fire (Jompony acknowl-
edge receipt of a donation of $20, from
Jackson Bros., for services rendered at
the recent fire.
S. W. Perry, formerly of Clinton 00.4legiate, bas been appointed Examiner in
Greek and Latin, for the lst, 2nd and
3rd year for Toronto University.
Messrs. Hunter and Crossley, the well
known evangelists, will commence ser-
vices in Clinton, in oonnection with the
Methodist charohee, the first Suuday in
September.
The general depression of trade has a
bad effeot upon the Balt business, for at
present there is literally nothing doing.
Utter stagnation alone describes the
condition of the trade. Thera is, seem-
ingly, no demand whatever for an article
of such prime necessity.
Exeter.
Our citizen's are considering the intro-
duotion of electric light.
Mre. John Bisset, Huron street, is
confined to her bed, and not expected to
recover.
Thomas Snell, Huron street, while
molting wood accidently had the top cut
off hie thumb.
Geo. W. Davie, marble anther, has
opened out business in Geo. Bawden's
old stand, north of the Main St. Metho•
dist Church.
Rev, Hunt, the new incumbent of Tri.
vett Memorial ohuroh arrived here last
week accompanied by Mrs. Hunt and
their little daughter. 1
The Advocate of last week eaya, S. M.
Sanders, who was nominated by the Pat.
roils of Induetry at Heneall a few weeks
ago for the Legislature, has, we are °red•
itably informed, withdrawn from the
field. It was entirely against Mr. Sand.
ers' wieb to accept the nomination in the
first place, but when urged upon by cer-
tain members at the convention, deoided
eland with the understanding that hie
Patron friends would support him, But
since that time a change has taken place
and he is now virtually "not in it," He
bas learned to hie Atter (Reappointment
that they are not going to be hie friends
through the campaign and therefore de.
Miners to pr000ed further, We under-
stand a convention is 00055 to be called to
select another candidate,
jX..uelf.»<oW.
David Jacobs, wbo wag for nearly
three years in tate employ of Alex. Ross,
of this village, has purchased a harness
and saddlery busineeoin Tara.
W. S. Holmes ce Oo„ of Lucknow, have
exported from thie section about 1,400
tone of hay.
The Jubilee gingers will appear in the
Metbodiet elturoh on the evenings of
Thursday, Feb. 23rd, and •Saturday.
Feb. 24t11, under the auspioes of the
oboir of that church,
The Mitchell Bros. have taken in over
400,000 feet of maple loge at their mill in
this village.
James MoOuy jr. had hie right hand
badly out in the Lucknow Furniture
Factory.
Groderioh.
Master Barry Hillier, accompanied hie
mdther, Mrs. Hillier, to Florida Met
week. Mr. Hillier is enjoying perfect
health at Port Orange on the Atlantio
coast.
Wednesday morning of last week, be.
tween 9 and 1 o'olook, a dreadful pool.
dent occurred which resulted in the death
of Miss Sarah Gauley, of Port Albert.
She was employed as a domestic in the
house of Mrs. Elijah Martin, Newgate
street, and was engaged in cleaning : the
lamps in the kitchen while Mrs. Martin
and Mrs. Stephene were at breakfeet.
Suddenly the girl rushed into the room
soreaming, and enveloped in flamse.
Mrs. Stephens threw a Inst around her
and endeavored to put out the blaze, but
the girl, maddened with fright and pain,
ran into the parlor and dropped into a
rocking chair. Her Dries and those of
Mrs. Stephens brought J. C. Martin and
others to the house in a few moments,
but the poor girl was then so 'shockingly
burned that her clothes dropped from leer
in fragmentsand the rocking chair was
on fire to swill an extent that it had to be
thrown out of doors. Dr. Shannon was
speedily summoned, but the flames had
done their work so completely that name
an inch of the poor girl'e body wag an.
touched. Everything possible was done
to relieve her sufferings bat she died
shortly afterwards.. Just how the acci-
dent occurred can only be surmised,. but
it would appear as if the bowl of a lamp
had broken, and in her efforts to keep the
oil oft the table and floor she had en-
deavored to throw the lamp into the
stove, when an explosion followed.
The Province's Position.
Speaking 'at Whitby on Thursday,
Feb. 8th, Sir Oliver Mowat said :—
The assets of the Province consist of (1)
standing timber one some 170,000 square
miles of territory... (2) Unsold Crown
lands including fisheries and mines of
gold, silver, copper, nickel, etc. (3) Un.
paid purchase monies on Crown
Lands
heretofore
sold and not yet patented.
(4) A perpetual annuity or subsidy of
about $1,200,000 ($1,196,872), to which
the province is entitled from the Domin-
ion under the B. N. A. act, and which is
payable every half year. Also a farther
annual sum of $142,000 payable in like
manner under the Dominion sots passed
in 1873 and•1884.
Certain trust funde in the hands of the
Dominion Government, ae to which there
is no dispute, and on which the Domin-
ion pays the Province interest at 5 per
Dent. These funds are :—
The Upper -Canada, Grammar School
fund $ S_2,709
The Upper Canada building fund1,472,091
The land improvement fund 124,055
Total 51.000,055
The oommon School fund in the hands
of the Dominion, and of which Ontario's
share is set down down at $1,441,882.
Dominion debentures now on hand
bearing interest at 6 per oent., $200,000.
Municipal drainage debentures on
band, $328,959.
Other obligations of munioipalities for
other drainage works, $167,312.
Bank balances, December 31st, 1892,
since increased to a much larger sum,
$613,787.
Another item of assets is the balance
of the open a000unt between the Domin-
ion and the Province. This aoconnt is
now under investigation by arbitrators.
The amount was stated by the Ontario
Treasurer last year as $1,590,619.
From this sum is to be deduoted the
amount of Dominion bonds ieeued to the
Province by the Dominion in 1891, and
mentioned in the some statement of the
Treasurer, $500,000.
Making the balance of these two items
$1,090,619.
The seven last named items amount
to $5,752,405.
Add to this the 860,500,000, and we
have as the total amount of our assets
at very lowest estimates not lees than
$56,252,405.
The only liabilities on the 31st Deem.
ber, 1892, were (1) eome small sums
amounting to $19,000, and (2) some out.
standing railway certificates and some
annuity bonds issued under statutory
authority to meet railway obligations
and payable in future years without
interest. The groes amount of the rail.
way annuities and certificates is $3,976,-
998, and the present value, according to
recognized rules of calculation, is $1,.
500,000 less, or $2,396,108. Adding the
$19,099 presently payable, the liabilities
in one ease would be called $2,355,207,
and in the other case 08,998,097.
The sarplue of assets would amount,
in the former case, to $68,898,198, and in
the latter ease to 852,217,308. These
balances are arrived at, you will have
seen, by making up the aeoonnt of our
surplus, not in any fanoiful way, but aS
ib would be made up by a corroot, tau•
tions, and certainly not over•sanguine
proprietor for his own information or
that of others.
Sir. Charles H. Tupper, lectured to a
large audience in Hamilton Thareday
night under the auspioes of the Canadian
Club. His edbjeat was "Canadian Foot-
prints.
William Burns, a well.to•do farmer
living at Chnrhville, Ont. ,complained on
Wednesday night of feeling unwell, and
wept out and drowned himeelf in the
Credit river.
The Novasootia Legielature has been
dissolved, and now election(' will take
plane neat month. Norninations au the
8th and polling on the 15th. A plehlaeito
vote will be taken on the same day.
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For the insp;otion of Al
Holding Down Prices
For the Benefit of All,
In order to raise money to pay
bills falling due in March we
will sell Boots & Shoes
cheaper for
a'® 1131,11Lirs
Than we have ever done in Brus-
sels. Don't fail to see new price
list now out. It is neither a
matter of profit nor even cost on
many lines but
A Necessity for Money
The Goods must be Sold.
The whole stock of Chinaware,
Crockery and Lamps will share
in the Slaughter, also a lot of
Fresh Groceries
Sent from our Sea-
forth Store.
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Our stook includes something especially adapted to every, room
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Call and see our thousand -and -one styles, Porsons thoroughly
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