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Telephone Tao. o4 ti aofi4ESIT.�rtmtFB oOltimYo•zWc.p4G»gamnntM®mxm Phones«: Office 1o6, Resid, 224,.: A. J. y!� L. FURNITURE DEALER and ---• Xi'•rnoRAL DIRECTOR ev, Dr. Gandier's .A.ddress W:1N'GUAi.Vi ADVANG -TIlY4 • On The Burning Question of Union (Continued from page one) But there is no coercion of rndtvid- nal Congregations. Any Congrega- ion in the 1Vleth.o'dist,. Presbyterian r Congregational Churches can 'say, `No! We do not wish to become a art, of the United Church of Can - de"; and and that Congregation,, by a iiajority vote, - can stay out _and, re - Iain its property. The Right of Congregations Not To Concur. Always Freely Granted ...this right „of a, vote—this right of i tndividual Congregations to' go with heir Church into Union or not to do• o, is not' L. something' the Church Courts refused to give, but which was secured to the people by the Par - lament of Canada. It was conte' .- plated by Unionists from the, first. Since the Act was passed in July last Anti=tYnionists have repeaf°edly stat - d that Parliament has in this Act gl- en to the people that right to vote, which Unionists had sought 'to deny hem. Z have this quotation- from ata anti -union speech delivered' in this own. ."The Senate has given: to''you: that your Church Courts refused for he last nine'years." That gentleman m ust have beenicornpletely ;misinfor� red•' Away back as far as ti954, the Presbyterian `Union Committee passed" this resolution, which was placed in the appendix on Law, " t is expected that in the proposed; legislation pro- per' provision wild be made to guard I he rights and. privileges of any min- ority which miay be opposed to Un ion;';and in'.'file very -first draft of Legislation, two years before it went to Parliament, provision was made, as in the Legislation of x875, that any, Congregation by a majority vote, might withdraw from the United Church and retain its own property unaffected .by the Act. When the first draft of the proposed Legislation came before the Union Committee, which then included' a number of An- i Unionists, the cry of coercion was raised. The Anti -Unionists said, this Act' legislates us into. the United Church against our wills and then al- lows us to• vote ourselves out. Then and there Dr. Pidgeon, the Chairman of the Committee, asked whether all would be satisfied. if the Bill was mended. so "that Congregations could vote- before hand not to go 'into the Union? "No," said the. Anti -Union - fists, "We' do not want Union in any form . and no amendment of that kind would make the Bill satisfactory to us." So the Bill went to Parliament as it was. During the hearing before theraPri- vate. ; Bills Committee n the "Antis" again raised the cry of coercion, and certain members of the Committee made the suggestion, which Dr. Pid- geon had already made, that the Bili be so amended as to gives Congrega- tions the opportunity of voting not to go in, rather than..' of voting them- selves out. The representatives of all the three Churches agreed to this at onee. I, myself, was there as Mo- derator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and I know that the lawyers of the Union Committee drew up the suggested amendment. But to our surprise the representa- tives of the • Presbyterian Association and their lawyers sa'd that this amendment had no value for them. They actually objected to • it and asked the •Bi11 remain as' it. was. But the representatives of the Joint Union Committee, said, "No, ~'-this amendment is going into the, Bill. You have complained about coercion and now we are going to take away any vestige of excuse for such a corn plaint" \And, they did. Congrega- tions, owe their right to vote not to go into the Union to the representa- tives: of the Joint Union Committee and to then: alone. r : Congregations Should Not Act in Ignorance But while the General Assembly and the Church Union' Committee, and all who are called Unionists have all along been. willing that any oppos- ed to Union. should be free to stay out, and that non-concurring, Congre- gations should retain their Congrega- tional property and receive an equit- able share of the general property of the Church, ,the General Assembly and Presbyteries are anxious that no Congregation should take a vote with - scan understanding fully the nature; and purpose -of this Union, anti what �> the e.onseqiiences of withdrawal are likely to be, We do not wrslt any. Congregation to act in the dark and wrong itself through ignorance, My first reason for urging all Con- gregations to go forward heartily in- to Uniott is that the proposed Union accords with the past history of our Church,, its confessed faith,. and its loftiest ideals. .In no other way than by going forward to this Union tan any cortg•regatiori be true to the past history, the confessed faith and the most cherished ideals of our Church. The Westminster Confession of Faith, Itself a Basis of Union t may be news to sonic of tts that the Westa'n i ter Confession of Faith, part of stare, and litigation carried' the Directoiiy of Public.Public.Worship and eveia to the Privy' Council, one Pres - the Larger anti, Shorter i,;ateehisrra byterian Church in, Canada emerged. wore originally drawn tip• as a Basis The same 'thing happened among the of Union..• - Methodists. and Congregationalists, 'The Westminster Assembly, which met in the Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster Abbey was composed of nit}ety'-eight learned and godly di- vines -chiefly from England and ,all .of them Congregationalists or mem- bers of ..,the Church of England. With them were five ministers and three ruling elders from S.cot:brid, '!)his Asseinbly held many and len- gthened sessions with a view to draw- ing tip a Basis of Union on which the Churches of God in the three King- dotrrs might unite. What a vision of unitiy these grand old' fathers had! They sought not merely a United Church of England, or• a United Church;of Scotland, or a United- Church of Ireland, but one Church of God fora the three king- doms. These grand old men laved, before tunny is to be extended unto all -those their time, and political complications who in any place call upon the Name rendered impossible the realization of 'of the Lord Jesus". According to our their noble dream; but the Assembly Confession, "The opportunity than of the Church of Scotland on .August God giveth is.tlie -only limit to Union 27th, 1647, Passed 'an Actct approving with. other •Christians, The Mother Church of Scotland For Union And we are rejoiced to see that the After six or eight. successive Unions one Metliddi it Church emerged and after two or three "Unions one Con- gregational Union was formed for ail Canada. Aiid now in the same spirit these three great Churches are corning 'to- gether to form the one United Church of Canada. These churches have got the habit of Union and have 'found it so good that you cannot stop them. We Presbyterians, at least, would not be true to our -Confession of Faith if we did anything else. Let me read you from Chapter 26, "Saints by pro- fession are bound to maintain, a holy felaowship and comminion : in the worship of God and in preforming such other spiritual °services as tend to their mutual edification, which' communion as God of f ereth. oppor- the Confession of Faith and 'Cate- chisms, and asking that they be rati- fied by the Estates of Parliament, 'The Westminster Confession and Church of Scotland --the Mother Catechisms' thereby 'became the sub- Church of all English speaking Pres ordinate standards of the Church of byterains has recently shown itself to Scotland, and have continued tq be be in, full accord with this great prin the subordinate standards of the Pres-.ciple: of Union enunciated in our an- byterian Churches of the English cierit. confession. , speaking . world down to the present time. But they have never been more than subordinate standards. The Bi- ble has ever been the supreme standard and the Church has ever been free to modify her subordinate standards as more light" broke from God's word. As a matter of fact different« Presby- terian Churches have -£roto time to time in -Declaratory Acts or Basis of then and in Him, that the world may Union-, defined the way in which they 'believe that the Father hath , sent hold the . Confession, or stated that subscription to it does not limit free- dom of thought along certain lines of belief. liivisions, secessions and disrup- tions came within, the Church of Scot - :land chiefly owing to state interfer- ed, and it has the -right; to unite with ence, and Scottish immigrants coming any such Church . without loss of its to Canada brought these divisions identity on terms which this Church finds to be consistent with these Ar- ticles." That represents the Spirit of the and as they' greatly weakened Home Mother Church, and I' am proud to Mission, effort and added to the num- ;say that the same spirit exists in our bet°of weak and struggling Congrega- Canadian Churches. tions; the question of Union arose. Listen to the Preamble of ,the Dc Beginning with a Union between 'minion Act: "Whereas, the Presbyter- 13urghers and Anti -Burghers in Nova ian Church in Canada, the Methodist Scotia in .1817, there have been some Chuch and the Congregational Chur- eight Presbyterian Unions leading up cies of Canada have by their petition to that of 1875, when; notwithstand- represented that, believing the promo :ng many and fierce ,protests ,on the tion of Christian unity to be in ae- cordance with the Divine Will, they recognize the obligation to seelc and. promote Union with other Churches adhering to the , same fundamental principles of the Christian faith,. and that, having the right to unite with one another without loss of their identity upon their,. which they find to. 'be consistent with such principles, they have adopted a Basis of Union • which is set forth in Schedule A to this Act and have agreed: to unite attd form.: one body or . denomination of Christians under the name of "The United Church of Canada." In the words of the Westminster Confession and in. accordance with their whole past history these Chur- ches are seeking "the wider feilow- ship," and are daring• to enter into it, "as God giveth opportunity." This Union. Based on a Common Faith Another reason, why'we should ail be in this Union is that it is a -,Union based on 'a common faith and a com- mon experience, When' the repres- entatives of these three Claurches came together some twenty years ago,: the first question they asked was, Have we a common faith? They well knew that any mere merging together of two or, three separate organization !into one would not make a church of Christ. They well icuew'that Church !Union to be real and effective must be based on common convictions and common experiences of saving truth, and s0 at the outset they asked. "Have we a common faith?" "It is no use wasting 0tti.' time," said they, "trying for draw up en agreement: to unite, unless we have a common bas- is of faithand experience on which to Iitiild our Church," And it was a great day when they discovered that they had a cot:moil faith, a faith rich and full, , a faith on which Jesus could build his Church: Then it, was they gave ottt to the pUb'ic that these were no insuperable obstacles in the way of Union. If we are one, in faith and hope and love. all other di[•[erentes can be adjusted. And note how they expressed that faith! I wish you would all read the, doctrinal Basis of _Union for yoursel,- yes. It is. described as the faith we Let us read. to you one of the Arti- cles •Declaratory of the Constitution of .the Church of Scotland itt things spiritual, artiicles drawn up quite 're- cently and ratified by the, Imperial Parliament in igen "The Church of Scotland, believing it to be the will of Christ that His d'sciples should be all one in the Fa - Him, recognizes the obligation, to seek and promote Union with other Churches in which it finds the Word «Article III. Of the Divine Pur - to be purely preached; the Sacraments. pose. We believe that the eternal; administered according to Christ's or-. wise, holy and loving purpose of God dinance and discipline rightly exercis- so embraces all events that while the PRI:; NER: "There goes my 'at—shall I run after it?" NEW CONSTABLE:. What? Run, away and never come ,gain? You stay 'ere and Pll get your 'at. -Th:e. Passing Show: hack PHOTOGRAPHS TRANSMITTED ACROSS OCEAN BY RADIO Reproductions of the Prince of Wales and Stanley Baldwin as . . they look after crossing the .A;tlbn'ic by radio. The reproduction of the Prince is considered .the best. The aossibilities of sending pic- tures. by radio • are unlimited,. with than. But as these di3isions had no real meaning in this new coun- try where there was no State Church, C. S. TO1VPKINS,, Who has 'assunied his duties as tlovernment Supervisor of Banks inn Canada, a new position which, tarries a salary . oY $25,000 per tonum. MAJO,•C,ENBRA L J, 1I; r2Ci3:ttlEN Who has 4ust returned. to Ottawa. from'Japan, where he represented . the Cana,dirm Department • of De- • fence at' the Japanese' Military manoeuvres. He, also inspected 1 various military' academies, a'nt'i from the Chief of the General Staff hold, in cot niton, and what a rich full :received e. beautiful sword said to !statement is is! Let"me read two or`, be inoro than, eon years oltl, three articles .Crowe this Creed: freedom of man is not taken away, nor is God the . author . of sin, yet in His providence He makes all things work together itt the fulfilment of His. sovereign resign and the manifesta- tion of, his glory." "Article. V1. Of the Grace of. God. We believe that. God, out of His Great love for the wor:fd, has given His only begotten Son to be the Sa•• viour of sinners, and in the Gospel freely offers His all sufficient salva- tion to all men. We; believe also that (Continued on page five Plenty of eggs,•winter and summer; don't let your hens loaf or just be boarders. We:GUAR- ANTEE your hens will lay more eggs, or your .'IONBY BACK: from your dealer. We will serail you a copy of PRATT'S POULTRY '300K FREE. Write for it TO -DAY.. PRATT FOOD CD. 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