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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1924-12-18, Page 7II Deem. 8th,, 9 ellen IIII III IilOoU il!puiIiifIOI11i l)IWdllllo fj1. tee u , sstcorre Which bs 120 feet . t, -hong is gain I! onderful laY The counters are arranged so 00 as to allow customers to walk up one side and ;!down the other FFee 9 witherfect' freedom'`' P rbe- come byterian leech en ca,a lir and will Y r;. an isolated congregational 'limn If there; ere a sufficient %'ziurnber,'bf these isolated unitsthey may draw together 'ailed; forma new Church; with a aced and constitu'i:.roe of: its owr, but it will .not be the :.P eebyter- ranChurch Canada, aor= will it be the Church 'of our "hither~; it will be a new Cantrell,. %., "*-+ But, some one says, r%will be;l:'ree• byterian at; least. Granted, but so, will be the United Church of Canada. What Are The Great Principles of .Presbyterianism? i, The : Priesthood of al•1 believers as 'opposed to any''sacredotal class in he Church.' 2, `Government of the Church through representatives chosen by the vervthi t in Sight ' AND vel g' ,,trtig Price If you, want to buy a present that will be both ,useful and = -�f o'rnarrrental N ,GET IT 1�9 The Best in .Groceries, The Choices:: o; Fruits spew Oranges and Nuts Dolls,; Toys and Games Stationary, Cut Glass, Fancy 9 .China, Kitchen Ware and Din- :6 tier Sets etc. Our 1 rices Range from 5c • to Fifty 11161111 Il'I�Ill IIIkl11 tlllltil1�11ii89111`I'llll�iil Fe - OA it tl DR. GANDIER'S ADDRESS ON THE:BURNING SUBJECT OF CHURCH UNION people,, 3. Pari4: 'y . of Presbyters as opposed to any Hierarchy in the Church. 4. Grtdation of Church Courts cril- miiaatirig' in a, General Assernbly or General' Gamlen vin which the whole Church is ,represented. 5• • 'What is celled' the Barrier Act which does not allow the . supreme Court to malice any chitngesan the doc- trine, polity or disciplinewithout first consulting the whole body of the Presbyters. Now I make bold to say that these.. is not a Church in, Christendom ;that ilioie perfectly embodies these great principles of Presbyterianism than will. the United Church of . Canada, Every ,essential feature of Presbyt: i ianism is preserved eveiv to the Barr- ier' Act. And this has been recogniz- ed. by world Presbyterianism, for both the Eastern and, the` Western Section of the Alliance of Reformed Churches have declared that -tete 'United Church of Canada will be e;kgibl'e for rnem- bershili in' the world Alliance of Pres- byterians, and the United Free Chur- ch of Scotlandhas already, sent her warmest congratulations, with earn -t prayer for God's blessing.. en the United Church of Canada. So ,far as' Church Polity, is consented,.'the ,only difference' I can see between ,he Unit- ed _Church of Canada which is, to be, and the Presbyterian Church in Can- ada as it; stands today, is. that, in de- ference 'to the 'Congregationalists, the United Church will be 'slight.y more dernocratic-than is either the Methodist or the Presbyterian Church today. The meinbers of the individ- ual congregations have a little more independence mina sofLiewhat more di- rect voice in• Church matters than they have today in either the Presbyterian or the Methodist. Churches. But sure- ly those who have been railing against Church Courts and: their de- cisions oven -riding the will of' the People will 'find no fault with this. Caning _and ' Settling' Ministers In the matter of settling•'' ministers neither 'the . Presbyterian nor ` the Methodist system has been. wholly Satisfactory, and the Basis of Union is an honest attempt to combine wh.;t is best in both. systems. The right of call is conserved to the Congregation and. the pastorate is without a time limit. A pastor, may spend all la's life time in one Congregation if. •he and the 'Congregation desire it. But there come times when perhaps both nrinister and Congregation feel that a chat ge is •iri the 'interests not only of the minister and the Congre- gation immediately concerned but of the. Church at large, and there is to be a settlement committee of the Con- ference to help effect these -changes in the most satisfactory manner possible. ' No one of the Clnrrches entering Union is putting art crid to its exist- ence. Rather : i$ it true that-. each is seeking to perfect its polity and wid- en ,its scope of service in the United Church, of Canada. These three Churches go into Un- ion as living corporate entities tal:ink their rights, privileges and.•pcievers of service wits them -each finding its own." life "perfected and completed through, tete contribution of the oth WIN instance, corning into Church, may retain its -present etcr just as long as be 'and they willing, The Cozigregetion may eon- tinue to.use the same order of public worship, and the same hyn n book, may dispense the SSaeraments of,I3ap- tism and ,tete ):Lord's supper as at pre sept, may elect and :.ordain elders as at• '1 esent, be; represented In Presby- tery as at present. .Tile idea that a Congregation has to stay out of.,Un- ion to retain its liberty is entirely wrong. iAl ADSTANCE-TIMRS United i • (Continued' from last. week) Pre;serving- the Presbyterian Church Now if, as we have already seen, this Union•.accords with the past hist- ory, confessed faith, and most cherish- ed. -ideals of our "Church, if it is the outward' expression of a common faith and, a common Christian exper- enlce and if it Meets a great practic al'need, why should any Congregat- ion or any individual.hesitate? • Why shoulld any Congregation in the land vote to stay out? Th'e reason most. frequently given by Anti -Unionists is "We want to preserve the Presbyt- erian Church" ; And they accuse us Unionists of forsaking the Church of oar fathers. But is that so? If we are Presbyterians at all and living in Canada, then the Presbyter- ian Church in Canada is the Church. of our'Fathers,`for all branches of the Presbyterian family iri, Canada carie, i:ogether fifty years ago to form that Church; and now that Church, the Church of our fathers, is going into union. Any Presbyterian Congrega- tion that .votes not to go into Union votes to forsake' the Church of o,ir Fathers and go off ori ail independent course ,of its own. Each congregation: voting non -concurrence will on. June loth next, cease) to belen'g to any Prese What is sought in the United Cam - ch of Canada is unity of life, unity of. purpose, unity of effort, not a deal sanieaess in all Congregations; It is not uniformity that is desired, not " the breaking of old association, not the obliteration of memot'ies and traditions, bat full and rich diversity within organic unity andtall dominat- ed .by the spirit of Jesus. It is nonsenseto talk about . ending the Presbyterian Church, Ratherwill the Presbyterian Church in Canada; come to its full stature and opportuni- ty in the United' Church of Canada, which will be Presbyterian just as truly as is the Church of Scotland or. tete United Free' Church of Scotland. Neither of these. mother Churches has the word Presbyterian in its official name. The Fate of Non -Concurring Congregations But what will happen to a congre- gation where the majority vote not to enter the Union? That;is some- thing to be seriously considered by every • ignember before he casts his vote, It is ,one thing to vote against 'Chur- ch Union so long as there is apes sibility of, preventing Church Union. and'a very different thing to vote your congregation out of a Church Union; that has been effected. Yon irtay earnestly and lionestljr believe that it would have been better had things •remained as they were. But they cannot xemain as they were. And the question you have to face is this. Now that Clhur,ch Union is being ef- fected, now that the whole Methodist Chuff' h,• and all the Congregational Churches, the vast majority of Pres- byterian congregations and ministers are as a matter,of fact going into Un- ion; is it better that our congregation should go with them or break away and follow a divisive course? Looking at. the matter from a purely local point of view, is it your desire that your congregation shou!+d break away from 91io of all. the ministers and congre- gations in, the Church, from the great Honie Mission fields of Northern and Western Canada, from 95 pc: of our Foreign missionaries, and from all the work of our Church, Evangelical, Educational, Philanthropic which has been sb dear, to your hearts in the past? Do you want your congrega- tion with no tion to stand alone v place in the ,fellowship of any great Church? Even;.if some of the, scattered congre- gations which withdraw do •form themselves into a new Church are you. prepared' to vote' your congregation into the difficulty, the expense, and the waste of setting up a new ecc:lesi- asticalorganization which in the very nature of the 'case will 'be compelled to have much machinery for few and scattered people? • Do you want to belong to a small sect that will be forced to emphasize clenoniinationalism incl division in order to • justify its existence? The day has passed when denominational- ism as such can awaken enthusiasm or even hope to live. Not once in the history of Church Union "during the past tentury;have Anti -Unionists sue ceeded in founding a living Church. At the Union of 1875, a number of old Kirk congregations refused to en- ter the Union which formed the one Presbyterian Church in Canada. : Nova Scotia' the ,whole of the 'Kirk Presbytery of Pictouand a few con- gregations in ol'her parts of the Sy- iiod ,remained out of Union. They were as bitter and as determined as any Anti -Unionists are today. They declared that they ,would maintain a Presbyterian Church in Canada in communion with the Chur- ch of' Scotland. They would have their own Synod and be' in direct communion with the Mother Church itt Scotland. 'But what happened? Is there a Synod, is there a Presbytery, is there a single eotigregatioli outside ,of Un-„ ion today? Not one,' There was no adequate reason for their .separate existence and one by one they shriv- elled tip and died Or came into the United ' Church, In the Scottish Union of rpo5, a few ministers and congregations stood out and said, "We will perpetuate the Free Church of Scotland!' They claimed the property and while the Scottish Courts decided against them',' the English House of Lords decided iii their favor.. The Commission gave `them' /70 Churches 'anti manses and all' the fonds .they could snake arty pretence of Using. Wee T]1C, Frees" star'ted'. with all the eclat of strict orthodoxy,' victory itt else taw Courts, and ntuelx Wealth. 1 was nineteen years ago. �Vhtt•ly �~lieve tw rll.not be o n lies happened? Tea.ly half these larger but a truer meds nx.for l 5t b Churches are desolate without. mini" -)love of ,GQd, the grace', of our• Lord) • is tt 4 s s Christ and ;tbe fellowshi a of the '4 seer gr people, and wltlla, thea c � Je u � l as College with eight professors and lee -1 Holy �a"liirit. tetters ;[ourzdedand supportedbY� We se-ek to ], z.. ro vide Jesus wl rich the Commission award -'body err which :Tale, can be more tree ii�otley; which cel them, these eight teachers do not and adequately :ineaaruate and , -carry graduate an average of tllree_studtnts on Hie work „df redeeming ri an lc*s�'I a year, for the ministry, luudred by divisions and ;iw8lry. 'Vie j In1905 this Anti -Unionist Chttrch go forward in great keine that to-' , clairned_'to Piave extensive Foreign Mission work iir,,South Africia. To- day they have neither a Missionary nor, native helperin that field, and no ."conger furnish statistics as 'to. mem- bers or missionary giving; while the United Church which they prongttnee- li a To Mercira'nts and Saiesmo, r;. The opportunity was there. Did your rompeiitor call up your .customer. by Long ,Distance, and sell him?, • pportuniti'es used to come a -knocking alt the door. Nowadays salesmen go out to :meet them half -way -- by Long Distanop.. They tell ns that'abotit of • the ' sales opportunities they go after by! telephone , prove profitable: ,Such;, salesmen are said to, have ' '"telephone initiative. ,A. well-defined plan of safes "b.)/ Long t istance, and ' "telephone salesmen. with p 5x itiative handling it, may be just what you need to increase sales, orynoteiveit et thotogtgn iertai?- 0.011 44, ABf UT, r�oturttr'y With Cari0 Agrip'nittRar ieltl5, Z0ieb • In Qa pea Ii"•rYr4'stis, Fisheries and [ixrerals r ver, ' Algoiu a iov. agth.. Editor of The 'Godericle Star, Godeeieli, Ont. fir•, --1 am ,a coastal ether we will lead the,.way in provid- of your paper and, am muck g , Mg that reconstructed Church which' eel in the home .ut ws, Perhip will hep make l 1. lake Possible a.re"-con- 1 your readers .would 'be inte. structed world. i reading about:Algoma.. l u! Algoma isahnost wholly within the Oat'. 19:4, t t'eadex `, tereste sotxre of ested ixr A. Candler. I1JAPLE GROVE i Laurentian p lateau where, in the long sago, liege .glaciers from the north the ret �n fieldrt ined crept slowly southward, They serap ed apostate has in Fo to Mrs. Richard Gardner•, erste a 6s6 missionaries z opo' native pastors, ri e f the young risen of Linn ed the . soil ,away, leaving ortty bare , a number o , , � -•. melting ruaitive: pupils in" ben ^!aocic; Then :these glaciers z e g tired -teachers, 140,000to a house party, the even to g informed numerous lakes and rivers. and students in schools and colleges, spent singing and pulling taffy, I Years past, the,weathering agents be and a total Christian Communion an Mrs. A. ,Ha'veas and Lena and - Jean, . ! an to change the rock to soil., which tete Foreign.'Fi prejudice of 64,Ma of I- Lcknonv repent k'ridaylast„with gan la awaken 11 1was carried by the rivers to tete lakes Bigotry and " a y, w AZap1e Grove' frderlds. in • gradually filling diem. Thus the 'for- passion for a time, but .they, Haver Mrs. James Webster and Wellington S them o ins iration. L cknow spent Thursday last with (tile land is now found only in. the r i nabiding P of u pyouwould save our iori. liver valleys, which were formerly lake Brethren if Y �Irs. R. J• Garden. of Z I congregation from being committed Mr. Milton Bruce of Lucknow and beds. Through one of these lake beds wouldlook and a dying cause, William Bolt of 13e1 r ave are vis g to a backward. y Dor. �Villra R g, ll it has felled with.sediment i# you have it share the life and itin friends at Maple Grove Corner.+. in inspiration of the Church d moving, g number f Male Grove Sport:;,,' flows the Bar River, winding here and sp A numb g p forward looking . of Christ, were over' to St. Helens to see the:t'there -With scarcely. any current on its g, then vote it into to hon. Fordyce Dramatic Co., present their way to Lake George.' The banks of y The, true way honor our fathers la the "Corner Store”icing the play and by all the river are. low and every spring is not to;do as they did but as they reports they exceeded all expectationsNearly every far - facing otic conditions and opportune" . would do were they alive'today and river.overflows. Mr. John O'Malley as the Irish Com- rner has a boat and when the flood comes,' he is able to row .from his: ties. Unless we manifest the faith inkic, could not be improved on for a CoMmhouse to his barn. One year when and coiirag e and initiative amid the ale Grove L. O. L. 70 }Q held.theyhad a bad flood they had to take , new conditions and new opportunities.their annual election of officers on their cattle out of the stable and put" he fathers mini- 1 Election then` up in the mow out:of. the wa- or our time which t f Friday evening 'Dec. 5t1. ested in their clay we are not their ed- as follows.' ter. I imagine I hear' some of the. fY result true'successors. • ,farmers in Huron County say "Who The Chuc r h of the Future I would want to live there?" -These - This Union is a great act of faith floods, are, however,a benefit, as and a great act of self -surrender in r they bring down fertile soil from.'the tete hope of meeting more-0adequately upper course'and spread it over the ers. Congregational Freedom Within Union The, only' other reason I have Beard why any ,should not enter the United Church of Canada is that no Chur.li Court, has a right to dictate to us how we shall worship God.' Quite true, but that is the very' thing no Church Court is doing, for the Basis of Union declares that' no Congregation coininginto this Caton is required to change in anyway be 'worship, work or methods unless it So desires. The Basis of Union • Leads: "'In the management of their local airs' the various Churches, charges, ciecults-or congregations ofthe ne- gotiating Chprches shall be entitled to continue tete organization and praw- tices (including those practices relat- ing to membership, Church Ordin- ances, 'Sunday. Schools and Yotmg People's •Societies) enjoyed 'hy theta at the time of the Union, subject general affairs to the legislation, prin- ciples and disciptifib' of. the United Church, Their ;repeeeentttivcs' in the, ike:tt higher governing ' body or cotter Shall be chosenss at present," A, .Presbyterian Congregation, fol W. M.—Edgar Ritchie. • D. M.—Will Ritchie. Chaplain—Will Helm. Rec.-Secy.—Marls Gatdne F. S. -W. T. Gardner. the new, world situation and furnish -I Treasurer—J. E. Ritchie. land, nicking it very fert'le. The av- ing a truer embodiment of Christ's' Marshall --Sam Gibson. 'erage yield of oats is about seventy- forward to Union ideal ,for His Church., This goings Lect.—W. B. Ritchie. five bushels per acre, and hay aver - .is a .thing so new , D. L.—Earl Gibson. ages about two and one-half tons per and Christian and far-reaching that I Committee— Wesley Ritchie, Ern- acre.: Even Huron County can sear - and take the step htunbly and tremh- est Gardner, C. E. McDonagh, Russel cely equal these yellers. liugly, with an holy awe, feeling that ! Ritchie. the, place wherein we tread is holy , . ers from Southern Ontario are welt ground. :In each of these denomina.- I Eliza with her child fled over the advised to come to Algoma to get tions we must be prepared to give iillared by the blood hounds. their deer. Last spring wh•le out for self-interest, pride and prejudice, for Ice p Damn it, she muttered, what's be- la walk on the bluff within half a mile ' come of the dog-catcher? of the settlement I saw my first the sake of the larger fellowship and the better service.. But all else we 1 —o_ moose. Wolves are numerous, but A policeman's billy is a totem pole; owing to' their cunning, few are •de - knock 'em down and tote 'em out. stroyed. The bounty, having been lowered, gives little inducement to the hunter or trapper to hunt or trap this take in with us to the United Church our faith, our hope, our love, our tried methods, our traditions and our his- tory, for what :we seele is a richer Church, life in Canada and a more, ef- fective agency for • world-wide miss- ionary effort. • Calvin and Knox and the Covenan- ters; Cromwell, Milton and the Pil- grim -Fathers; the Wesley's and that great spiritual .revival which changed the face of England in the Eighteenth. Century ani) quickened into being the modern ,missionary movement -all <....,. 'be the common heritage ge of the United Church. Think of a Church into which flow three such streams of Apostolic succession and -which has that:freedoir for action and scope for development 1` h ly a new conal- • • • wild animal. Say her minerals forest, fisheries As to Merry. and manufacturers to more than men- • Christmastion thein would necessitate your ° running a special edition. Withj, 1�> e r S s From a former Huronite, g Wig - gins, Root. J. Wr�gr I wish to thank my many pat- rons who bought flowers from me during the year and to say that orders this Chrisittnas will 'also. be much appreciated 1 A Merry Xmas To All MRS, WM. SNEATH 1 i• OVERHEARD Who so depressed, Brown? The horrible cost of living, old chap, 'nd 1 paint a materials, s constant bills for , 4 shingling. --o-- Phone 142 • Some people's -idea of clean movies w lie on E try can give! May we not reasonab- �ennatenanneennaaaeneeneneneennej is having the .girls itt bathing, ect Have N t .f yyg 9rt y6� ! II:I I, �i `� 4t d7lil�ra�9 etianneenner eaksen W .;. .. bnia ElAiLLE1a. ith the first fall of, snow covering the ground VI'r Quebec is puttingthe finishing touches to a programme whiter niter activities that will extend throughout the season andcover every phase of out- doer sport. A ski jump that will "rival those of Mont- le -al and •Ottawa, and attract amateur skiers of inter - notional Carat is planned for this city, and engineers it l'rtstt at work makingsurveys' and pians for .elv ,y• its emiction on the Datdurand Terrace property of the Qixebnr .Seminary ")'lie ,lamp will be ppeued itr. due course under the auspices of the i tontenac Win- ter Sports Club, a new sportive organization under t�rnag"e of the Chateau Frontenac and direction atpati o; i;, Des Baillets, 5nternratinnally, known- winter sportsrnan e hu has drawn 'up a programme of inter - competitions, : htckuding figure skating', curl- inf ,-ki-runnin and jurapinee, beckon and other events t tar plaint trt this •city clueing the coaling season. 1, -, ...iliac is suftpoetthl fey foetal eivie, sporting, „Iitury and other ttintherltiesr while a nt.nbet of va� QOGGr^aEC FAMvES M SL'OS. offices in the Frontenae Winter Sports Club have been left open for •representatives of clubs an the. United States. Featuring in the programme already outlined a.ra rtiaments at which Cantle - ski, hockey and skating tou dian and American Universities will eouipete. hn thea connection it is announced that the Princeton Uni versity hockey teem will meet the Sons of Ireland in Quebee, Pebruary lath, and an the following day. will meet the i.V fcGill team at. the new Forum in Mont.:' real. The American team comes Irons the. University of which the late .Woodrow Wilsonwas preside'ril when elected to the Presidency of the I,tnited States: Ski -foxing will receive much attention and e'nerst of fast horses aro being eneo .tged to train thew. for that sport. Races will be h -.d on a track of well lheatettt snow. The Chateau dog team will ,lay its, usual part, in aiding sport detriment,arid armwill brig housed in a little' lts1dttio igloo, luta* to tltcit liar« tureson