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The following is the subatauce of his remarks :— Afteiquoting his text from Gen. 12 ; 1, 2, "Now the Lord had said unto Abram, get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, auto a land that I will show thee, and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless then, and make thee great, and thou shalt be a blessing." He said : This was God's message to the patriarch, conveyed by word of mouth, and fulhlle3 in his event- fgl eiguiReant life. God, through hie provideudas, sent a similar indication of his will to St Patrick, which was obeyed to the close of his retuarkeble life. In .Iryoibi; the We of St, Patrick some difficulties pteseuied themselves. The first arose from the name by which lie was generally kuowu. 1'atr•icius was nut his baptismal name ; was Lot a propel 'eine at all, but au appellation indicating his patrician rauk. Now they stet .with three ecclesiastics about that time, and in counectiou with Ire land, each of which bei'o tine, appellation. The questiou to be d, e'ded was which of the three was the saint. Tradition and what reliable history was to be fouud on the subject, attributed this character to Succat. Another difficulty atuae from the mixing up of facts belong ing to the lives ot the other two ecclesiastics, with the life of Succat. There was also more than one opinion as to the place of his birth. The eloquent Father B u•ke spoke of him as being born iu Gaul, but the balance of testimony was in favor of Scotland, and the date given was A. 1). 396. Just wheio the roman wall Severtis touched the northern sho of the Clyde, almost on the ap occupied now by the to.vn of Duni barton, a little boy of fifteen years was playing with his comrades iu the year 411, when a band of marauders who had sailed up the Clyde in search of 'uooty, seized him, carried him to the adjacent coast of Ireland, and sold him into slavery. For six years he remained as a slave, tending cattle on the Slemish Mountain, in what is now one of the moat protestant counties of Ulster. He then escaped, •and found his way hack to North -Britain and his kindred. But he could not Teat, he was a Christian and he pitied the lost people among whom he had lived in slavery. His friends tried to keep him with them, but he wtnt to St. Ninian's on the north shore of the Solway, and during about eight years pre- pared himself for his ministry. There was no foundation for the tradition that he went to Rome. The probability was that he never set foot on the continent of Europe. After hie consecration to the minis- try ho returned to Ireland, and according to the best authorities, devoted himself to his saving work in that country till his death which took place about the year 469. After he had been a missionary fifteen years he was made a bishop He spent forty four years in Ireland as a laborer in Christian work and doctrine, and there could be no question as to the singleness of his purpose, the devoutness of his spirit and the completeness of his consecration to the work of God. Patrick was virtually the founder of the Christian chnrch in Ireland. His work was begun nearly fifteen hundred years ago. ' At such a period when history was imperfect• - T: t:=�-�,_ - lay-avei teens: wi ena-th aart.-rrfapwin t+iam we, unknown, when biography was of re ot hore a matter of tradition than. of correot record, they should not be. surprised that many fabulous tales were_related concerning St. Patrick and other ancient worthies. They should discount such stories large- ly. Iu all churches where a human being was prominently connected with its organization, the members of these communities were liable to over-estimate the powers of these illustrious men. If St. Patrick to- day was almost worshipped by the Irish catholic's, if they spoke of him as working miracles, and exercis- ing superhuman powers, it wquld be well for rrotestants not to forget that they had sowetimee taken steps in the caws direction. There wee a tendency in almost every community to idealize its founder, and then idolize the ideal. The Jews did that with Moses. The Lutherans thought more of Luther than he merited, great and good man thought he was. The Genevan churches gave to Calvin an authori- ty which has made his teachings almost infallible in the eetiuiation of many of his adherents. There could bo no question that John Knox, were he to revisit this earth, would be shocked by many of the utterances of his followers con- cerning him. The followers of John Wesley were no lees to blame in this respect ; there was too strong a tendency to exalt the saint and lose sight of the Savior. He, the speaker, had been grie+ell at some of the extravagant things said of him duriug the recent centennial celebration. And these things were likely to accumulate as time went on. When Calvin, and Knox, and Wesley had been dead fourteen centuries there would be still more amazing things said of them, as they loomed up through the mist of tradition and fancy. The question had sometimes been asked, "Was St. Patrick a roman catholic 1" To that question the reply might be truthfully made that he west' mem- ber of the catholic, or general Christian church, but he held little in common with the romaniat church of the nineteenth century, except the original doctrines. That he was the son of one eccles- iastic and the grandson of another, all born in lawful wedlock, is a sufficient refutation of the atate molt that the celibacy of the clergy was then regarded as essential to its efficiency. The readers of church history know that that regulation was not universally enforced until more then six hundred years after he flourished. St. Patrick lived two hundred years before there was a cardinal in the church. The con- fessional was not enjoined upon all members of the church of Rome until the fourth Lateran Council in 1215, nearly eight hundred years after St. Patrick's time. There was no such creature iu existence as a jeeuit fur a thousan 1 years after his death. There was no such decree knowu in his day as the "immacu- late conception of tha virgin," the iufallibility and temporal headship of the Bishop of Rome. Tran.ub- stantiation was an open question, and the humble preacher of a pure gospel did his life work without a thought of foreign ecclesiastical interference. Among many ,lessons taught there by St. Patrick's lite was the debt nations owed to good men. The Israelites flourished with more or loss of prosperity for fifteen hun- dred years, maintaining their exis- tence. as a separate and generally independent nation, but for their ecclesiastical and national life they were largely indebted to such men as Moses, Joshua and Samuel. The German Empire a colossal embodiment of intellectual and moral freedom, was as greatly in- debted to the teaching of Lather ns tl the statesmanship of Bismark, England had her statesmen, her onerals, and her leaders of public union, but she owed. as m*ich to ycliffe, and Craurnor°and Wesley to Pitt, and Gladstone, and John ght, and Nelson and Welling - John Knox and Andrew Mel - did as much for Scotland as e and Wallace ; and no Irish •ch or statesman did as Much land as St. l'etricic did. It ecause Washington was as he was great that the Anler- ellion became a revolution: it owe Caned.% owed as her missionaries as to her and soldiers. g 01 W as 13ri ton. v'ille Bruc nlona for Ir 'was b good as icau rrl And the much to statesmen The 11) nation's v culture dill better lee nit example of did his min others. Egy lined the ban temples and le the world, but her national 1 character. Bab walla, her migh hanging gardens continental domin for want of chal•a came the mistress o of civilization, the and philosophers, an ancient thought, ye want of character. herself upon her seve pod herself in stren :evnries-:-•t erveiTeeircrer-, to erery sea, and h en who added to the ealth, or territory, or much ; hut he was the It who was himself an good citizenship and oat to promote it in t built the pyramids, ks of the Nile 'with d the civilization of she perished, for iu ife there was no ion had her vast ty Euphrates, her and her all but ion but she fell cter. Greece he f sit, the centre home of poets d the leader of t sho fell for Rome throned n hills, wrap- th, sent her tet lltrr trir- Boatne the . : Art _.W.._a�....ra...�-...— _• . 1 r ,.i�..,,...A.— _•..y. ,...r: rrMraae—_ti`_- ecelptyed queen of the nation@; but tllo fell, smitten to the earth by corruption and vice. The work of monarchs, the enhtletiec of states men, the conquests of armies, and the merely material aohievetnents of science, must give place to the work done, bo it in narrow sphere or wide, by the honest, self-denying man of God ; for the Highest gave permanence and power to wont done in His name and for Hie (lory. ODDITIES IN A NEGRO GRAVEYARD. OUR10U8 EXERCISES, CURIOUS DECOR- ATIONS, AND OUtttOUS HEADSTONE POETRY. Not long since I visited the sleepy little village of Walhalla, Georgia. It was a bright afternoon, and a friend and I wore enjoying a stroll through a picturesque wood. We had gone only a little way when my companion stopped and naked : "What's that 1" I halted, too, and listened. Weird, mournful sounds floated through the trees and reached our ears : they came front a copse ou the opposite slope of the hill. We crossed over and followed thesounde. We had unexpectedly encroached upon one of those country bullet grounds which are to be found near every hamlet in upper South Caro- lina and Georgia. It was indeed a strange picture that rnet our sight. Around a newly -made grave about twenty-five negroes were collected. They all clasped hands and were slowly moving to and fro, while they wailed dirges, and at intervale ejaculated wild, innohrent words, In the very center of the circle, at the head of the grave, an old negro woman sat rocking backward and forwat•d,her eyes wildly rolling and her arms swinging as mechanically as pendulums. She was the widow of the deceased, and it was her re- quired part in the ceremony to moan loudly at) appointed intervals during the ainging. Something in this way their hymn sounded as nearly ss I could catch the words : De white horse he rode, Wid de ciokle la he hand, And alew dew° our b -udder From among our earthly band, So moan ! sister moau. And here the widow would re -in- troduce her heathenish incantations. Those were kept up for some time, when suddenly they ceased and the tiegroes prostrated themselves upon the ground, while the minister, a very dark and tall negro, stood and prayed lustily. After the "ulnen" was uttered and the echoes had died away, two sis- ters took frotn a basket a variety'wf articles with which they solemnly decorated the grave. Near by was the grave of a black• smith, with the implements of his craft wedged in the ground and rus`y horseshoes scattered about. A striped pole was the head piece of a tomb which held the ashes of a barber. A weather-beaten saddle, a bundle of worn out whips and a currycomb constituted the garniture of a noted horse jockey's sepulchre. The carpenter's grave could be iden- tified by the tools, such as hammers, saws and planes ; the paiuters's by a pot of paint and brushes ; the ma- son's by a trowel, and bricks, and mortar. The unique grave decor- ations Were meant to nerve a double purpose—to tell the calling, and to cornemorate the virtues of the dead. Some twenty or thirty yards from these graves was a tomb which ar- rested our attention. Above a mound that the rain had washed al- most shapeless was a miniature gal- lows, from the top of which was swinging backward and forward a piece of rope. The end of this was tied like a noose. Stuck into the red clay at the foot of the grave was au axe with a lou; handle. All this was certainly droll, and we were led by curiosity to ask the old sox• toe what it meant. He told us it, was the grave of a most desperate and dissolute m,n named Martin, who, in a fit of jealous rage, had kiiled his wife and decapitated her with the axe we saw ; that the iu• furiatod populace had visited upon the murderer summary vongeanee, and that the "charity lodge" under whose auspices were couducted the obsequies, wishing to execrate his memory, had set his grave apart from the other graves, and had de- corated it as above described. Some- one had sot up a rude slab, upon which were inscribed these lines : De night wee lick and do moon w:8 hid t1 hen all hon' et ni 're -s ••le' p, pat Martin, wid hie hu'ohers axe In his old 'omen's room did Creep, De green-eyed serpent wid de jealous fang DA Caere the c, into we 'low ; For he chopped off her head wid de Futcher ase, And whir's de 'omen now? The old grave digger pointed out with some show of pride a more pre- tentious monument than any of the rest. 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Mercier said : "Sir John has no wajorit•y," he said, in a reply to a questiou as to the exact figures. "On the contrary, he is in a a minority. This is doubtless not opparont to those on this side of the line, who du not know, the ins and outs of our poli- tica. Under our system the Prime Minister is in the majority so long as he is not defeated in the House. I believe Sir John will be defeated, and Laurier will succeed hint as Prime Minister. Laurier will he Prime Minister of Canada before the end of two months. "It is like this : Sir John, being in the minority in the whole Do- minion, and chiefly in the two great Provinces, his pat ty will le defeat- ed at the first vote. Then he will be compelled to resign. Lord Stan- ley must then call for the leader of the Opposition." "I3ut the reports in this country say that Sir John had a majority of 26 at the lowest estimate," was sug- gested. "Let me explain still:further," re plied the Prime Minister. In Que- bec, in the last Parliament, Sir John's party had a majority of 8. Now he is in a minority of 16 there. lu Ontario, which is the most iw portant Province, Sir John had at the last session over 20 majority. Ile now admits that in this Pro• vince he is beaten by 5. Our party has not lost a single seat, and we have gained those mentioned. So I canuot see how we can be defeated. it is a part of tactics to claim that he•has a majority. Laurier and re• ciprocity must triumph, and they will. There is no doubt of it as far as I can see." • "Yes, There will be an election a few months. The issues will be the same as at the last. The Con- servatives will stand for protection. The Liberals will again try for reci p roti ty." The interview continues: '•Pro- tnier Mercier said that at the open- ing of Parliament, April 29, the 1 -ion. Alderic Ouiment, the Speaker at the last session, would again be in the race. Being a Tory he would be defeated. Mr. J. D. Edgar of Ontario, a Liberal, would be the successful man." "RAISED HELL." In Saturday's Kingston News is au editorial uuder the heading of 'Rlised hell,' which has attracted much attention. After quoting the Globe to the effect that it heard with regret that a minister in Ontario had recently attacked Hon. Wilfred Laurier on the score of his roligiont it goes on to say : "We have no hesitation in saying that the Globe heard nothing of the sort, and that no minister has tried from his pulpit to fan the flame of discord between his countrymen by reflecting ou Mr. Laurier's religion ur ehatacter. We challenge the Globe to give the name of the minister who is alleged to have made this attack or the name of his denomivatiou. Wile he a Presby - tertian or an Angelicanl a Bapttat, a Congregationalist, or Methodist 1 Did he occupy a city or a rural pul- pit 1 In what part of the province and where was this sermon preach- ed, and was the preacher young or old, a native Canadian or an int• portation 1 Colne from behind your hearsays and indefinite re• forencea, Farrar, you unprincipled scalawag, and say wether it was a Presbyterial), a Met odist, a Rapti,? or a Congregational minister win, 7 B 1( Reid what you alleged about Mr, Laurier. You daren't ! You cant by wantonly accusing one of its members of such a piece of intoler• once. Your idea was that this flimsy yarn wouldgodown withsome Conservative Roman Catholics and convert them to Gritism. What fools you must imagine our intelli- gent Roman Catholic fellow citizens to be ! If there is one man who more than another is doing devil's work in this country it is the un- principled rascal who climate Liberal opinion from the editorial chair of the Globe. When lie assumed control of the Globe in 1890 his instructions were to "raise hell," for which his work on the Malt had been a capital preparation. Since lie has bceu on the Globe Ferrer has more than pleased bis employers. He has "raised hell" in every way that his ready i►nagina- lion could suggest, and the above attempt to Set Roman Catholics against Protestants is one of itis favorite methods of effect ing that delectable object." THEY TOUCII NOSES. THE PECULI.IR WAY THAT SOME PEO- PLE SALUTE ONE ANOTHER, Popular Science Monthly: The junction of nosee is so gener- al, and described as so forcible in Africa and Oceanica, as to have given rise to a fanciful theory theory that it has occasioned the flattening ofinoses of the peoples. But in the accounts of many of the tribes of the dark continent, and of the is- landers of New Zealand, Rotouma, Tahiti, Tonga, Hawaii and other groupes, the essential action does not seem to be that of either pressure or rubbing, but of mutual smelling. 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