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TO THE ELECTORS
WI1ST BIDING
(71
caithITY OF kiUROPJ.;
GEXTLEAIEN, i
Rasing received the un.. -
4. aninxous nomination, of. a„
•COreveution; fleet Liberal
COnServaatre Party for the
positionof representative of
the. 'West I. -tiding.' of the
• ebunty of Huron in • the
• Legigoti've Assembly, 1 beg
Respectfully to. solicit your
,
suffrags n4 snpport,
As,i h&1 have an oppor,
• tuniity of meeting you. and.
A
x1 in mote fully My
• VieeWe• on the public clues -
tions of the clay, 1 will. not
se,y. Wore. than tlat 1 am in
aceemd. With ibe. general
„policy ()rifle Opposition.
• Xour odedient servant,
ALEX.. kir LOR.
Goderieb, Nov. 9, 1880,
AN; leersiticerni Cee pneties
• indebted; to. Tien Neisellecmen
, for pee, or Mei° years sithecription
• 'ere requeeted tifeenty eip, We are
• adding new endexpensive nue
• ohinery to our plant and intend
• Making greeter itprovements in
• Tnn ISrEarsalzeozto befoee' long.
Fetery deleer oevieg this office for
Sn'escription :or , Jed.? Printing
Should be pail inineediately.. P.
O; Money order or registered letter,
• at oer eiels.-e-Wnereee Tenn.
Theituron News -Record
eikednetsilieye teee'ember geee, •
4,14:1•V:
Tnneennee Hunoets, ineeo
with all the ticlinos in the Provinc
• scelled upon Tuesday of next
wiele„theelece ranresentateves 'foe ,the
,ProyitieialAssemblyeTherobasnever• •
• - -tale to. contain one sentence or a
sinen•Cotifederation,heen such•vital" single word frees the begiening. of
. nuestions at; Wile. e very fun. ,Genests to the end of Revelatiene thee
, 'lean soegese a.peurient idea or cotre
REZIGIOUAS EDUOATIO.N; gutt. which Sir Thomas More
, •
bluntly as it is their duty too,
THE mur.,83- TEM nur.Er 4.41'n *NU rto erlueate the people teeir in-
.. - 4 ;.
A$1:1 •fancy, intitead: of- punishing them
• -
afterwatd, fox those crimes which
Theougbout the world ovicle doe their ill -education disposed them toe
heart ; nevertheless the counsel of
•
eclucation ef „youth -is considered n
the Lord eloolestaud." XIX,
• piente factor in.xing the alreade 21. lo-ud the counsel .of the Lord
firm basis of eiiir -g-overnmeut so is to be found iu the Bible.
that the greatest ens:Able good ehall„ Even the pipet. philoeopher,
ne to the greatest peseible, num- Plato, 460 13. Ge; .strongly insisted
' bor. And. long before the English: • uP°n rnligiuun-.4uuatibn' being
language was estLaW12 it W • aS, WU" tended to • by thee State
• sidered port of the duty ;f the Stet° neither as 7tolely sekeler elkiccy,
legislator ought to regerdi education
to pay attention to the education, of nor yet as a by -work, faith() Ide
• the youth•of the day. Bee, years B, ron belong to the State rather than
, C., Ayietotle laid down the proposi-
and melt learning, if they be
tibia tleab itie "the duty of the State?
acconittnied by bad traininre le a
to pay attentfon to• ed'ucation, en great misfortune,
d
•
: on right prfuRples,-aud thee it shotild . To come down to later terms"' foe
enforce it; It is the duty of the worldly anthority as ,to the intpoet-
State to contribute to, the. vietueo of' •epee and dutyeif the State in regard
those who se few dime yeoes wid to religious' instruetion, we find teed,
ebilosopher, Ade,ni Smith,
IQ in
for the edocateou
located in their inen4, and then niri°11Y for religio6 instruction,
which the elejeet. is not so ranch tie
main of the British • Empire; the "There $ro nwinY devioeq a'inath"
• to their parents. •Great efeverness
L8 the Slate." In reference th this - A.A.. III, for the
you suffer your people be ill -ed- of the'PeePle in all ages, 14e$ lee$13-
'1'llis is: a species •of instructien, of
punish them for those cremes • :to
;which their first education disposed render gee people gobd citizen ii
them -Lyon first make crimipals, and this wooed' as:to. prepme them for
then punish theme' • .1
.
life to come."' The shrewdesepolit-
another and. ft• better world. in the
•
The ancients preacheclbe ter than . . •
.• mat economise of auy age or tone
they 'knew. • Thee: • aoltnewIeaeod pot mile acknowledged that Biblical
ehe teaShings of the Biblel without !instruction was one 'of the strong,eit-
tSQolc
Sir Tficiums "Moro iTtniarks "If '
knowing, it: In Ontario ii the , irnpellingfoioes in modern erogrese
nineteenth ' century, a aerelie owe ,and civilization, but ehat there was
dtscreeit the Bible and. its ffichines •
• "nleo a higher aim: . Sectarian in-
• 0.. struction no one ..would1. edivocate.
knoWingly, Behett. be &cane°. whet Dean &valley eaid• of
lievieg partisans deeeare it ed be. a '• the Church; ofFeugleedee !That it erne
ibook dangerous, to bo 0400. inthe • not right or 'expedient to conteol,
:hands ofetheeedimators of our yopth, thoopinioes ,of its'indiyiditalenettre
"The wholeworld declare Iniese:may be' applike: te the
• it to eenteite the best thesis extent; The ' individual estimate of. the
ef religions belief, civil bcroeerieteent Bible is not the question,.question,.hut the
and ephysieel and senitary regula-• great mos of the -Teeple believe in
tion. generally 'believed to in its free, and unrestricted use in
to, be the inspired •Wordel God. It otir -schoelse. "
hes retained tor ehe ledueationDe„
eller° es -a eonconsue of opineon
...partnieut of the Previete of Ontario, that'it is neither- right nor expelliene
. to ileelere that the inspired.Woretef :••
for the State loassail modes of feith;
• God eentains Matter deneerous. te. nor to areitigu.the..conscientie which
to theenorale Of ,yotith I Th418'4. ',ado
theine. One can haye
deployable fleet. ettemptis nmde •
pts. ' a wide
mantle of climite foieell 'who show
•to cause the rising generation .to.bee the sinew:Re of thee; 'belief by th6
elieyothet the will of the Aenhor of ,,zeal .With which teeyeitheie to 'ft..
,all good -His .reveided
..i.',
.niedee. kneeten. to mortals • eltreeeeh -epoo.
V011 'sectarian extravaganee, based •
peep iire vows of „ .
l• • • tt Bible,
maY cgri'u-Pt when itavoidsextravagence, .geneie.
-mettle Of our youth' if they are filly strives io proreorte peedeeeind
6C1' t°. 1"ti oi it,if c'urPublic,cencorde' Good Bishop Feller in-
o1,.teachers are. allowed toread, ageinst, the almo.st.exclusiee
0; thee.). •Tliis is moatnionstroei secular edericatien ef hie 'One: eld--
doct reflection upon the heatione? lie.sayse"ie tee ireech eon-
' • •enedtoeauguaee it betknot toughtEjL.
_
northe Worcrof God is Ills word us to follow and eminence., prudes:tee
itis Ifet is, then it isimpose and Virtue:" We's .thee -a 'Mowat
educetioreele.eyetem in his tithe 1
„Archbfsbop. Leigbtoe'. held that ir-
religion: eerune from: onee:eg,e iutO
another, and , ev.ety: Ago makes.
'neater!! Mr: ierciwitteo SYSTerll Is an
'erreligioite . one, which, if pereieted..
in .will. treneinit its .coerupeing .ef-'
.fects tc!): tlie• next generation,Di.•.
Leightoo fiother remarks: "Ob-
serve ,in general, how plein and
:etleyare the • Scriptures, • no daFk
s.entenbcs to piezzle -the,lendeeetane•-•
ing, ner°discourses ane long
,periores to bunion the memory:
ey ere 11 pinine ' ',There is iioLh-
ing
Svreatlied not distorted in thetee
as wisdom sPeake of lo er inseructions,e .
Prov. -VIII, 8.: "It is T1110;!! - he
admits, that there are "daek and
deep pnssagee in the•Bilde, for the
readers" "But as ie
Legere, so in the Bible,' the.. cow-
moditiee that aro Of greatesquncesity,
God bath made ,most common Mid'
• 'easiest -eta; be • bade 'Hotter • all.
men ; love. the brotherhood;: feae
..God ; hotoe the king' is the. langeage
Of the Bible of God '• this, is the
eeimpleetyley. by which, he guide?:
There aro creep- Mysteries there in- ,
deed; but there arealio many such;
simple rules of eife.". These,' sty.
Mr. MOvvat, are 'beyond 'the 'cern-
enehension .of stheebeteeand vanitti
'and': 'consequently' should not bo.
ttiught in our Public seine:es,
' :Greene -in hie 'history of the Eng
lise -people; When. referring • to • the,
introduction' of the, Englith ierelan
. • • .
•
9 . , .,„ . • "
a Meese literary .montimente
he English vereimr• of. the Bible
eleinahis the, noblest example Of' Eisgs,
Aisletongue; while ita perpetual usp
;made itefrom the instant Of its hie.
• pea -tarn% the standard of our len,
gettge....Eor the Moment; 'however,
its literary; effect.. was' less than ,.it$
social:. Bets fare gitieter then its
effect on,literatnre Or social phrase
was the- effect ofthe Bibla on the
character cif the, people ateIargee
The Bible weeeineyet, 160.34660, the'
,one 'book which' was familiar to
every 'English man e andieye eywh ere
its words, kindle.d a etattlee enthus-
iasm. It was. thus _Unit the, temper
Enedishinen, heceme 'ebeavealt
religiotis." •'• •
' Through the courtesy of/Lawton
Montt we have: to hand the. Sunday
rerue ferweel'th, tfs rarti 111019,81 arid. VI:raid ot that city:, And...ovel.L.itr.
• •eletioe of oar, weird; relieiteus end' h Pf. / 1 •
,
°' , t 0Se 0 t 10 most tender .years,
• , - • ..
pelltiealesyetems will be affected.for •.We believe the Bible to be:the
- weal or woe as• the people shell de- Word. of God, Rika .thlt.t .i'hen Mi.
efeWat. allows tbe mandate to ger
• termite°. ote the 2811i.... e
a 'forth that the reading from the
• leenetefe the W.est should•lealT no Book iteelf in out Public Schools ise
-. fraught with danger, he. arraigns
atolie; itetterned: to brieg.about.the the Otnipotent, beibi•.e the tribunal
, eleeLidoe OPVII. 1:s.l'1,014,.., .., 'Orlii puny, tallibee mind and de-
. .• . -.clans Him incompeteuel And for
Men. oftlieeleaet (wise' men) have• what p n rpo Fie.? . 1,0 .serva, the Mn
' an excellent candidate, and . the mon of nurighteoueness intim hem
• • - ' • • ' , , • of the etifillitl ea; aenosticelement ot
higheet and holiest peirpose to seeve. Pooiety ivlioee votes lie hopes to cap-
. Anee. It is not to servo Archbishop'
. in eeturning Teos. E.. 'Uwe:,
. . • • • • .Lynch, because the enost •bigoted
Men of the Smith. can- take oei sectarian opponent eould not possib-
word for it tied in Mr; Sov,exnueoer ly coriceive thathis Lordship has any
• isy npathy with Mr, Mole:les-estimate
•they willefied a representatieeWor- •
�f Lhe BibleQ1' its Author.
• tiv of' their intelligende.'anel.aspera••,. Men is a great misconception of
•- -el. ' ' • • : -toward the use of the Bible. We
'cense ' 'the attitude of Archbishop Lyneh •
..71.Leeeotee-Aell, regaydless of creed). •believe wo- are riget eayie, that
„
or. nationality; turn .out en •the 2Stle. • there is, poL a Roman Cathelictlin‘.
, ,
the Cetintr who believes that trio
ancl,give.Yours vote's for •.if Used and rene revereietly
, „ • teachers MIL bee any poseible co -
.3SktOrlWas-•teteeet tlettee OPPot- tingency haYe. a. back, effect on
ttinity- gtve IKaoinVitcnce, morals. of our youth, Mr. •Mowat
' • • • ' by his school e Imps, says he, Mr,
• treeeeeneeefeceionentleeelarianietne- Mowat, does so, believe, Suielje
' ' . neither the Oath:011C nor; letotestante
your elates, gentlemen -eetery •
• one, and the thing is done,. s .phown brits leglation, eons counter
„ ./ • "' Ito the mest cherished sentiments. of-
tereeiett-140...e.S.wetteneox. our. youth by Piiikic-Seho.ol.
electors of tide Province cenanstain
• . a Government whese peeeolimenteaS-
.. •
• Christians of all shade 'of tele
, be] tel.
°diary*. that lay readers' anti preachers , ' • •
"Ifetny man will clo Ills Will, hes
•
of the Gospel es found In the.bible. e; -tall knee,/ of the doctrine whether.
are competeet, not oely to read but 22, „f John VII, 17. •
expenedi the precious 1,Kord,,
• But.party\,firej.ndice will net allow A.71 d the rising generation
• some of tilese. to. denounce the tO. know of flie-will or of the sound,.
Atowat, creeererreeekt•and rtoss' ness•of the • doctrine of peeaehers if
• fey, hodiu g.; that4,0nr, alp cote& school, ie their' tender, anal novessi h I e
teaciters.are incompe.tent,to merely Years they axe not: toebe SliON0d TO
read, withone e,otem,ent, poytions of read or to havee read e to them' the
the. Bible 4> their pupils, Qur holy encyclopcedier Nee:will, It'
friendof the Xetv Era. ext. la true that it is,the duty of the. par-
iweeee the eolltews Of the pliwo, ,ents to attend to thiSilifit*/./OW, Often
• think „ iestilialitica tO do thiamt, 60104/ci. them to (10. thlis:. ditty.• Ix
theentneleitblie•Sehpol tem:here:ere oeest it is dearly the deity. of
not quelitied TO arell Mad' the the. State,. Which is Merely parents
P14"41,h1TAqi frOM tlig„,„1,/ible, to, oily anal individnala collectii;oly1 • to
, • It i$ afire inal,principt e of e • • 10°1".
•
Di it no, rikthor, nongeited ee heeetee, db, they neglect • let Venee eannot
the neighboring republic which we
,Canadians are 'prone to look upon
•se a godless uatiene we fiedin.: the
City' Moire an encemaging, report of
a meeting of sehoolnmetere. One
epeakee reinerlted ; • "AS _education
did tnneh•ta seeure our liberties, it
wile do meet) to perpetuate them.
Bone iethie education to be obtain-
eed 1 It was to bo tehtained in the
eommou schools. The lave declares
to -day, as it has declared throegh
all our hietory, diet it should be the
duty of all instructors of youth to
inculcate patitheism, piety tied, those
other virtues' Whiell RIT Tba basis of
Christeeta. civilization. If the
teachers, pm:fetter, even, semetexesto eta-
ly, the directions of this statute,
must follow that the young uneei
, their charge must be well trained."
thee. glowat discourages such a train-• .
ing by virtually potting a gag 'open
teaehers wbich he dos ee by prohib-
• ttnag:thein from mug the Bible in
the Public Schools of this Peovince.
Another speaker,' I)r, lelowray,e ed„
Yoe. of Education, went on to ,,Hay ;
" the eiirly,Now Englend days,:
!them was a• praetical eunity, of in-
• barest, and especielle eeligious
sentiment and belief.' 'tut to•elay
meny. of our eities are controlled by
godless- people fromall lends. It is
not surprising that wehave seciel,
diffioultiee, What .is the remedy
for these eroublesi .Americe need
• „make gigantic efforts. 4 'must
• look at the religiota 4t4es1tidrif more
seriously thereit has been looked at
• tiering. ,the bet few yeayee eTho
eclat prineiples of Christianity and
,the- Bible must be inculcated in the
Public Schools. W 1,1iust eutucate-
the children iriorally ifelme ineludes
teducatireg them repgionslr as well.
One:efilie .gfeet duties; at hand: is
the tremenelous necessity of, doing
something for the religious inetimc-
tion eif our, yoeth." The speaker
was wareily applauded. in some
portions of Ontario a speaker who
veined similar. eiewe to the aboie
• would' be in danger of being hooted
at, if any appreciable tumber. el elt. -.0e.)0., 'Lest year•the expenditure. ex-
Mowat'e supporters and adniirers of eeeded the- inoome by, more then
the. leoss Bible woe preemie --.7e $3outOo, ;Ate" „gevernment wee
. .
•
Ecannetele. we have ,in Canada forced te borthev money be the site
ablo end repmeentative mart who of aunditiew foe setarrent expenses.
ate • impressed with the danger
'•which Will be surely brought
if' the teneeney e� godless
:he persisted, in. Anioebst
lave. Rev. I.)r. Sutherland,
• • e leading' divines of the
Methodist Church in CaPede. Dee,
ing She debate in las,t Conference
over College Confederation,.
Sutherland rose equal ..to the. co-
citsion. HQ said
P. 7
01374 T 'EXIRAVAP:42‘ 7 CZ
Since epetario has- had% cePande*
• goyetriament-that is, skee detifedene
ation, the annual expenditures from
the consolidated fund of the' Pro-.
eve":8c.°, II. ,a$7,ierbee,e51104481fe°7171°.7.8$ 2,001,900
1869., •-• 1028,456 1878,...„ 2,066,859
WO, ... 1,074,809 ,.1879..... 2,082,609
1871 • . 1,220,351 1880— '2,050,190
1872... ; 1,480;912 18E11- .. Z197(.081i
1873. , .. 1,780,Per 1882„. 2,260,244,
1874. ,; 1,792,651k VIM.., 2,86$,3
1875.'... 1,829,526 1884.... 2,595,884
1876.... 1,964,402 1885.- 2,501,725,
Ihiringethe first three,years of the
government the Sandfield Macdon-
aloe administration anent rather more
lietet a :iitilliene, dollar/4a. reee
v
ihe, pas ittrree pent, including, 1886e
for whil as 'et we have only esti-
-mates, tie Mowat administration bas
'epentetweeand a half times as much:
-The proeince has not grown; the
funelions sie the government.have
not been entergecr,•tlite dutiese falling
:upon' it have not bebome more ono',
, ems; Nippon -tic conditions havenot
'materially changed. But. the pre
• sent government expends for its ore
, dinerytterrent neeele te. some two and
a half times" aegreat as that needed
by the lion. John,- Sepdfield Mao -.
I deneebre• '
: It einjet he rementheredi that we
:are speaking only,' of' the. :ordinary
•expendifure. Not a• d'oller of 'it is
for any public:evork, any bonus to
iailwaes, of for any ,purpoiii e'-terat-
ever:" except those included 'under
tem apprepriiitientefeorn the eceosolie
dated ,fun cis •• . ,,
,
No reasonable_ mai) can '' believe
I that the ordinary expensee of the
'OutaYio• governinene ' oneht to in -
i • 45
crease at that rate.. . , ...
In.
1gliD4thOotall reeenue exceed-
• ed the teed ' expenditure by $200,-
•
TRE,BOGIJS (:)1kITA.ItICP
$010.1.118,
Doillinion hii4Vbtfl4ne8$
included $20,02,309 or' d'ebte
lowed the seven* provinces siuce
confederation, of which no leas. qua
$5;833,300 was allowed t� (interior
in addition to; Wrist was Allowed' ate
the time of confeeleisatime
Mowat andliii3 colleagues, whe41 aret
elergt ready todimounce the eXtrayae.
ge,nt conduct of the korninien goy-
• ernnaent, and who aro daily applaud.-
iog the reckless statements et' Mese
ere. Blake and Cartwright, know'
weIl that • had it nut been for. Pile
increase of the debt te tho Dominion
by $5,833,300, the Proviece of Ono„
'tomwould hose been fieaucieley'
liankrupt. 011 thfa KM ofM830 at•
I
300, svhich Ontario owed te thew
Dominion, tele sum of $291,666 was-
• annually paid fiord 1867 to 1e73' to
the Dolninion for inteieet aince
Chet Act was passed in 1873 assum-
ing thie debt, Ontario has saved!
'10,7914668 of the father increase
in; the public debt, 010110h' thee
. -Grit leaders complaiii .so' lustily.
Since that time Ontario,' in 1884.e.
received ; the large sun of $2,882,-- •
'586, on which the Doreieion paye
her anenally $142,414. These two
seems which Ontlosio., has, yeceived!
.amoupt to $6,6947e. No, let•
us see how the actoent stands, Reif
where Ontario: would have beme
landed' by ,Me. Mowat
leagues had it notebeefefor the wise
end thoughtful legislation - of Sit'
Oahu fn 188-3. and 1884, w.hich
assumed ,thesv barge liabilities, and •
*by that Immune increased the ?met-
tle debt, of which, iporenee we bear
Mucha iti.1872 Sandeold Mae-
• itortalti! handed over to Mr....etowet
and N', friends $4,97e,004 • (vide
Treasurer, It siete, Budget epeech, 1885,
p. Atieetcutilis the trust fit de
• whiclethe Gilts -now chain .part.of
the seeptes, viz:, $2,906,6-813„ atitf
Weehave the lergeneriount of $7
50.1 hencled to them by Sendlield j.
• lefecclonalde Now,. let ne see, hest
Ontario stood, on 31st Deee 1885,
according to the statemeneof the,
treasure]; on Februriey„ eeth, 1886' :
Invested funds ' 0tSO000.'
And •yriefle that is- the :cese the ,i)reee'iniuglitaelefeuevut°5-- ... .. I 4i5'
Geyer' lament,: has ordered the, Mee-, ere"' . ''' "'"
(Torrent accounte 2:00,815 ,
ion of Legislative b,uildiuge, et.Toe (ether debts du
onto which will cost. $2,0,00-70D-0. • •
'41,4)0,12:
• THE GR44.N11 oLD
• Wo find iiiir town contemPer
ary a most potent argument ! against
the use of the. Bitele in our publie
"The religious aspect of theeleles-:' schools : -"The matter had been care -
ton was one of the most entenserser-
• iousness. -The religious:element. in
education, was practically ignored
inethis federation scheme. The pro-
poeed arringement included' a pro-
position that Scriptural subjects
should be optional in graduating for
the deOsee in. arts. Ae was prepared
itodight to the death any, system of
-higher educatien which shuts Out of
:"fully eifted to the bottom long be -
!"fore elreRanfird, ever thought of
i"it.!' leChat is qniee tette. iTheiBilele
has been acknowledged a fit book.for
layMen, to read, and to be ,used.iin•
tochools in Protestant coma -
M . •
tries,. long before Mr. Itansford or
its cerriculuin the study of Christian ' his crithis were horn. And we have
morals, Christian truth,. Christian ,
eyidm ences. • He quoted frolimner ,got'alongyvery well with, it. '. Much
ous authorities of the Church to sup: better than have countries that eon-
porthis eoeteetion for advantage of sidior the Bible an unsafe book for
douominetional colleges. TIoey could
uederstand the Hindoo taking his
:old. mailer doWn to the banks of the
Ganges ' and b. -buffing mud iti ber
mouth until she died ;: but they ex,
,pect better_things of .Canadians..
-kLangliter). It was not arageit fOr our children read, the great Chris-
eliem to pull thoir alma, nitdr down , •
;mu Voice- of the people of 'thi• s
from her proud position•end stuff the
GoVernment 'mud, into her mouth country, would rise up and.aecount
until she died.
45' * * Tins move- ; therre 'accursed, • For ages .has the
meet had begun in a 'corner and had
i
been in a good many corners since; Christan world endeavoredeto place
hut would be!iii the lightest Corner the Bible in the bands of all who
• of all before the Chueeli got throe&
with it. Fitteryears. age, their lathe
ere planted a, goodly -vine iinspite of
the sneers of many, Efforts bad
been Made to cut it down by politioal
hitrigueejust as some were now -hut
unsucceaStully; and now just as the
gliiireh has secured the strength of
union and the prospects looked
bright ilite attempt wasPreneWed by;
s.onie Who seemed to have more faith
in the politicians and sectarian ed. esthnhc dignitaries for any sepposed
• , Between 182i4;1S85 the 'sures ,
pine- has (INVilla44
of available. assets.: 50 $1,400,1:20.. '
• If theecnet.funde be added to this
see hieve' $4,3cfajas from vhioli h as;
to •Ite. de deo etc& $ed8,910 • (see teen- .
enreike statement), which ..Ontarice,
OWSS, tat Qttebeee, w hide woeild . lea eree
amtpluse Se957,7,1)8'.. Now. te',
thee, sum Mr, Meeestoelds the • stian4
, Vote by the'Demiuioe•in'i884'eviz..„ ,
$2,84_8,288,, andeelaions a surplus of •
1, $6,786, 087.,' But if eve lake away•
amount, th,e trust funds,
$2,906ee88;ethe interest ceelyeat
• which ie.. available,we letyte• thee
Ingo seepetis . $1•,031,219 of eye i
:ribln:aessets against; whieli their is. ai
railway debt:Of $968,6$6 payable
S1 e., meirl !ant:noel •pay tents, a
laree, railway, embsiely continuing
the mates to, Use. If all the Pro- annually till We Yeat $,1902, a bend,
:teetent mieisters ene the land weee • ed , deet,.0e ;Deer gee,000.e00044,
, to declare the whole Bible • or any !bitlity of $800,000 tee' new parlia-:
. i
'portion of:it, a book unfit fe have i matt buildings, whtcb will be n-
' creased to $1,600,000, besiees othei-
large.; W.hate then., has .
Atomise of the boasted • siiiplus
,.Where -would Ontario have been to-
day hate:not Sir John Maedonalct,
.'Iviped ant the debt of Ontario •in
1873 and made her the' special
erant •
in 1884 and' lidded these-
°
'eo el d ild or adult, Pagan amounts eto the Dominion debt et
The IIIISNVOT is pleiz : She woeld!
have been hopelessly and. itrettiev-
ebly .-64nkyupt. • Won, roily Mewet
and his: colleagues Mess their stars, -
that • the delet:of the Dominion hese.
increased;
lerotesta. -And shall we stand
idly 1y while a partisan •clique in
Ontarioinsidiously endeavors ; to
• .
•
wresttthe peemous, boon from us in
eider e that Mr. MoWat shall be
:screened/ Verily, we hope net,
'Moreover; we do not blame Minato,
neatioadsts dime in Cied!Alniighty or
the Methodist Church."'"
. • •
fi'uthsn'1andwas right, perlisan
politicians nee • et tem ptrig ta;
Goyertitent, mud into trie mouths
of our •Piddie Schools, ,whioh mon
Only end in the death of •the re-
• ligious elemene•in the . hearts of oue
people. Yes, the °neatly. Govern -
• is Attempting thie. 4ind 801110
• its.supportora seem ;to 'have meete
:faith in their •leeders and e, non -
religions educational system ,,t,han
in Cod, Almighty er the Methodist
Church -et • or any 'other Church.
• Electore; sustain the Bible intact,
disavow the insidious attempts to
ednelite'the youth of the country in
the belief diet the• free, attele nee
testtietee 1.180 of the Bible il1 cor,
rept their morals. To do this yolv
must, vetel ter. Opponents of Mr.
Mowat.
•
Mr.. leaneferd haseinfotnied us he
is.. Sorry that Episcopalian; Parent),
mod elr; Sear/a appear tor have died a
netenti death; and the Noe Era
article ho dem, not, "thia woyth
answeringl,
concessions Mr. Mowat has made td:
that.Church... 114man Catholics ard
'as firm believers in theBible as WO
• Protestants are, einSeet elofinent us
•
to shame ittesomeiespects.' We do
,
not And 'semi -infidels in het Tanks,
as we are fain .0 believe there
are amongst many noMinel Pro-
testants. Rotten Catholics have the
°outage of thole' convictions and
.fearlessly endeavor to spread the
faith that. ie in them. No amount
of political boodle will for a Imo-
nienecouse thein to abate their zeal
for their faith' as founded, upon the
Word: asooreing to their interpreta-
tion, Goat' their honesty with
the. pneillanimity of cringing Pra-
testante, who believe in an onion
Bible and that it is eusceptible of
being understood by the meanest
intelleck OT Th0. Unlettered Who aro
only capable of reading. The Grand
Old Book I let us rally round it on
the 28th December and uphold it
by, iotilag against:the supperters of
rA.BONitt..
hati
StarlieY.
Dthall Mas..KEaws.-youi Sun:I:tee .
School clase•ire, asking. your atoepte
b.nce of the accornuanylug albumi•Ars,
sire at., the acme einte to express:
their gratitude to you for your kind-
•
teacher you. guthtef
94stneSundaytye9'r.s°11
he'jr"
Sunday, sometime's we Imo* at.greata,...
inconvenience to yourself; been with •
Mt to unfold to uoi the storyof..13e-,
deeming Loyeeand to instruct us in,
tbooti truths prove a blew:.
ing to each one 'of. us in after 'Wee..
Your deviation to, oue, interests au a
°lamellas endeared you Io each one of
us and we hope to have yoolong re•
main as our teacher: We trust 'that
the coining Christmas•season nifty bo
a time of happiness. a,na joy to yen,
and thee the year en whion which we „'
shall soon enter upon will polte to 1,
teacher 'and scholars alike a year of
great blessing from the Ione We
assure you of our 'united good wishes 4,
and of.our best endeavors to profit by
tlie leasonta We Study and the kind
seethe erou give us, from 1111110 50 time.
That this small present.may servo to
remind you of the pleasant home we
have event together and be to you a
emelt. token of oneesteem, 18 the
ettieheof
V:oxrA Sogpiy Scutoor.Scsonutt,:'
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