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Waness(Irty., July U111, 1892
EVIDENOES OF OMR&TIA N.
ITY.
Unfortunately wahave not road
Mr. Muwat'a treatise or bemire on
the "Evidences of Christianity,"
00 that ‘ie shall lack the iuspirutiun
that would naturally follow from
au acquaintance with the well ouu-
sidered thoughts which haveau ggeat
ed themselves to the erudite mind
of Ontario's Premier, whose very
faulted emphasize hie Christianity,
I11r. Mowat'a latest divertisement
in reference to the attitude of ore
of hia subordinate officiala, and his
dismissal of the said (Afield for
over acts of treason to the Crown—
that, is overt acts of treason so far as
language constitute such—has sug-
gested to our mind an evidonee of
Chrialiauity ou the part of '.‘l r.
Dfowat,
Ih order to pass upon and de
termino what constitute evidences
of Christianity it will 'to u, 'tsaary
to define what Christianity is
A palpably correct definition may
be found in the words ; "A system
of doctrines and precepts taught
by Christ, . and recorded by the
evaugeliats and apostles." Chris•
tianity is the moral basis of all Brit-
ish law as well as an important ele-
ment iu the superstructure of all
constitutional government built
thereon. Broadly speaking every
British subject is by implication a
believer in the civil ethics of Chris-
tiau'tty, and all offreiala, tram the
Queen down, arc swo rn supporters
and defenders of :he civil feeter+s
of Christianity. The );shorn and
Mahommedan as well as the Roman
Catholic and Presbyterian and
Anglican and Methodist and Men
nonite and Universalist and Uni-
tarian, and all others by what name
soevor kuown, who own allegiance
to the British Empire, are by the
very fact of admitting such allegi•
'anco believers in the civil ethics of
Christianity.
I owot's Christianity is hie itetetaia- was qtr angel Af light. Satan .is an
inatipn tu.rolltler unto the Queen IMP of darkstoaa. The defeotion of
that which is ben. Christ found a these aharaetore from aihlietiou with
the• true and the good dove affect
eeustituted fotw of civil govern- the stauding of Choir Nano,0eo0i.4•
moat, He iaouloated rendering tee except betfefioieliy in that it
obedience to it. Mr, Mowat finals relieves them from corrupt centaur.
iu the land of his birth a certain inatiou. Evil uommunioation if
tarot of civil,. government. Ae a kat t up might corrupt the beat in-
form,
dined,
believer in the principles taught by
Christ he gives evidenceof hie . The grinvanuo seeking soul of the
Christianity by himself bearing true
ltIontroal Witness has found balm
allegiance to that government, and in Gilead. 1t iia moved to print:
by insieting that th,ee whom he "There is no room a auger combine
appoiute to sharp with him the , eu• at all," remarked one of the thorn
fuioeutept of allagiunoe to it shall hers of the dufunet sugar monopoly
not run after strange gods and wog to -day, "and I 0111 not aura that we
shall have another soon se to prices,"
shit a gentile forte of government hs added. Further eouveraation
whose essentials aro et war with elicited the statement that the sugar
ours and whose supporters, in carry• rolluara were not a unit as to rates
ing out the logical outcome of thoeo
eeeoutiald, would overturn the exist•
i'ig state of things whish eeoins to
have boeu brought about, under
Providence, through and in accord-
a'i; a with the progressive expansion
of the principles held and taught by
Cerist himself.
Christ evidenced his loyalty
when he refused the offer: All the
kingdoms hof the earth will T give
thee if thou wilt fall down and war
ship ane. But we find no such
ehrietiauity iu the blatant blather-
skites, who, without even such en
offer, but whose miserable fawning
souls grasp at a shadow, are willing
to fall down and worship an im-
possibility which their evil minds
has conjured up and in their dis-
ordered minds clothed with the
hahil.iments of substantiality.
But their conjuriugs are the de-
moniacal suggestions of a horrible
nightmare of unchristian dreaming,
at variance with all that constitutes
manhood.
All the nations of the world who
have been renowned for their God
like attributes, even though they
did worship the unknown God,
have given evidences of Christianity
by their persistent and successful
efforts, their,
many ages, in sus-
taining their own countries in their
independent national existences,
and, under constituted forms of gov-
ernment of their own creation, de-
veloped men who in all the depart-
ments of human exertion nearly
equalled the British races who have
had the benefits of a religious chrit-
tianity. '
Su far as the evidences of a civil
christiauity go, this Canada of ours
—and imperial Britain of which we
are a part= -has given indubitable
prof. In no country in the world
is loyalty more general or more
prized. In no country iu the world
is the liberty of the individual more
assured. In no country in the
world is property more secure. in
no country in the world is wealth
and comfort more' generally distri•
bated. And in all that cpustitutea
religious chriatianity our work is so
easily to be seen of all men that it
were a work of ouperer•oga►ion to
more than refer to it. While the
golden calf that an iofnitesunal por-
tion of • our people have set then-
eelvos about to worship in the Joss
house of Yankee heathenism, has
not the merit of the idolatrous
image of old but is the verie.t sham,
not even electro plated, and which
the merest touch would dispel of
-actuality ; and annexation to which
would be like chaining a live body
to a loathsome, putrid carcass. The
maple leaf for ever I It may wither,
but its perennial resurrection is as-
sured, and its beauty will continuo
to be a joy forever, while the golden
calf of Yankeeism is scenting the
atmosphere of the continent to
which we belong with the putridity
which it covers, and which ie being
fed by the foulest crimes against
nature and against nature's God.
And the halo of the maple leaf is
accentuated in its god -tike brillian-
cy by the patriotism of our people
and the noblest sentiments that ani-
mates men in the character of citi-
zens and Canadians—who believe in
the British Empire, ono and indi-
visible, and the nation of Canada
one of the integral portions of it.
Long live Mr. Mowat and hie prac-
tical exhibition of the inseparable
evidences of Christianity : loyalty,
patriotism and official decapitation
of traitore. •
Aman may not be a believer in
the divinity of Christ—ilia essenti-
"ality from a •religious point of view.
—and yet that than May be, in• fact
,.,...ha.e f necessity, if a loyal' man, is a
Chrietian in the civil souse of the
term.
Let us see how we make this
out.
Apart from his exclusively re-
ligious teachings Christ was a Chris-
tian and a Ioyal man in the civil
or• worldly souse. Though a Jew,
born while his country was under
the domination of a foreign power
=;:;`Rome—he yot counselled loyalty
to that power. Equally so, had his
country been independent, we must
assume, from the principles, which
ho taught,. that he would have been
Inatahto the government of his coun
try in whatever condition he found
it.' Ile had such loyalty to the
rulers of hia times as the law re-
.
(atiired.
In the State we find a body of
men who separated from the Metho-
dists, Presbyterians and Baptists,
known by the distinctive appelation
"Christians," who haee adopted for
their motto : "In essentials, unity ;
in non essentials, liberty ; in all
things, charity." 'Though they are
iu religious principles Christians,
their motto embodies the germ of
the civil ethics of Christianity.
In essentials, un ity. The ethics
of Christianity in a civil sense im-
plies unity in supporting the coun-
try in which we live and in its pro•
petty constituted civil government.
They would not be Christiane in
any sense who did not so believe.
For one of the paramount evidences
of Christianity is love of country.
This love of country is not only one
of the natural features of Christian-
ity, hut it is also one of the ele-
ments of religious Christianity as
exemplified in the coming and in
the teachings of Christ. He carne
more especially to save his own peo-
ple, hie country, the people of the
Holy Ltnd who were chosen by
Providence as His own people. It
is therefore an evidence of Chris
tianity when one bends all :as ener-
gies and abilities to the betterment
of his own particular country first
and gives due allegiance to its con•
stituted form of civil government,
To render unto Caesar the things
that are Caesars.
One of the evidences of Mr.
themselves, es the Lower Province
renew -lea had rather the beat of the
II -eight rates and could thus hold
their own, It was stated that whits
there ie only ouo buyer and one
seller in the UuiteltStatt's monopoly,
()midi n refiners; were cutting
prices themselves fur the yellows as
well as other sugars.
It is curioue to cote the policy of
agitators the world over. _A hand
fol of inoonsequeutial nobodies in
Canade and who would for all time
remain ao did thity not force them
selves into nototfety by their eccen•
tric conduct, would part with the
independence of Canada and her
status as a nation forming an integ
Fal unit of the lititish empire, for
en inferior subsidiary position in
the American Uuiou. And yet
these same fellows will yelp P'arlia•
meutar'y independence fur Ireland'
They would take from Canada the
home rule silo possesses while they
would grant to Ireland the home
rule which it is falsely alleged
she does does not pusseas.
poalta of Sir 1Donald and Mount.
Stephen, our union of races and.
ereed..s like our giant rivers, fawiug:
auto one ocean. Thee will Canada
become' That northern .arch, whose
vast preportioua span the skies
from Rea to eee, from Atlantic to
Pacific, the home of unborn mil-
lions—free."
Sir John 'Thompson, in defending
himself and colleagues from, the
grossly vituperative attack and lying
statements of Sir Richard Carts
weight, and for which libellous
remarks Sir Rionard cannot, be held
responsible in it court of law as they
were made on the floor of the I-louee,
truly said :"Tbe country had fitting-
ly estimated this screaming scan-
dal -monger, who while in otlioe
jobbed the'l'reasury for purposes of
political advantage `' And Sir
John might have added for peeuni•
ary gain. It has often been stated
and net contradicted that Sir Richard
Cartwright and M. 0. Cameron of
Huron jobbed in Northwest lands so
that they plun+tsred the public
Treasury out of e6:),000 each.
Tho British Trade returns show
what a tremendous titld there is in
Britain for Canadian f•trio prodeeta.
and the enormous surplus of farm
products in the United States shows
the fallacy of contending that the
neighboring con"' try is our
hest market. Britain imported
110,000,000 bushels of wheat
of which in 1591 we sent 5,-
2S0,000 buahels; 4.10,000 oxuu, of
which number in the same yenr
we sent only 98,000; and 213,
400,000 pounds of butter. of which
we furnished only 4,000,000 pounds.
'We ought to export more liberally
to England, and we can do it even
though preferential trade inay be
delayed or would never come.
"Freedom of speech 1" cries the
annexationist. Freedom, of speech
cries the anarchist. Freedom to
murder cries be whose hand is
against every' man. Froedpm for
action cries the devil, why cannot I
say and do aa I like. The sort of
freedom these gentry claim is not
freedom at all: It is the' reyerse.
They claim 10 shackle every one else
with th.iv arbitary manacles. The
freedom they claim is wull exempli-
fied/in the following illustration. A
howler for freedom claimed the right
to de as he liked wtth his own.
Andther marc admitted the correct•
ness of the statement on general
principles, reserving however, the
right of others to their persons and
property. The freedom howler
thereupon belabored his friend with
a cane ho had in hiahand. Upon be•
ing remonstrated with for his un-
seemly conduct the howler called at
tention•tO the fact of the cane being
his Own,. and it being Conceded that
he had the right to do what he liked
with his own be liked to belabor his
friend with it. The latter said that
his personality was his own, anti not
the howler's, and by taking these'
liberties with his person he',. was
doing what he liked with what was
not his own. If the owner of the
cane had belabored his own person
with his own cane he might be with-
in his rights, but when he heat an-
other person he Erns clorng what he
likedwith that which did not belong
to hint. And the justice fined the
freedom howler :850 and costs. Now,
if traitorous annexation howlers
claire they have the ri.. ht to do what
they like with their own and trans-
fer themselves to the soil of another
country no one can legitimately
object. But when they claim the
right to transfer other persons and
their property and rights to the
keeping 0f a foreign power they are
clearly attempting to dei what they
like with that which does not be-
long to them.
CLINTON 'AGAIN VICTORIOUS -Tire
Dauntless jr. -wlacrosse club of Clin•
ton beat the Hurons of Goderich obi
the grounds of the latter by 4 to 1
on Dominion Day. The Clinton
club was not only victorious in the
athletic game hut they 0180 triunph•
ed over their opponents in all the
characteristics that mark men and
gentlemen in personal intercourse,
if our information is correct. It is
reported that on the field of sport
the members of the Goderich club
acted in a very rowdy manner, and
that not content With this they ass
sailed with stomas the vehicle con-
taining Members of the 'Clinton
club when the latter were starting
on their way- lrome. Such conduct
is reprehensible in the extreme and
should be the means of disbarring
the Goderieli club. It is but fair to
the Goderich people generally to say
that they disapprove of the conduct
of their home team.
The Montreal' lt'Ftterat with a
hypocritical attempt at fairness
characterises Sir John '.Chonipsdn's
defense of himeelf, his colleagues and
the people of Canada front the vit-
rioltic aspersions ofSir Richard Cart-
wright as a "deliberately malicious
and false attack" upon she Knight
of the doleful countenance. Sir
Richard was the attacking party,
and richly dol he deserve the scari-
fication lie received. And Sir
John Thonipson's reply was not
only not an attack, hot it was not
evert a deliberate defense. Sir John
could not have known what Sir
Richard was going to say and his
defense was an impromptu one.
But Sir Richard's attack was a well
considered) and deliberate attack and
evidently thought out long before
he cane int the House. Nor was
Sir. John Thompsou's defence a false
one, it was true to its aim every
time ae Cha Witness' aorenesa and
that of other Grit apologists fully
testifies.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Sol White M. P. P. was a Con-
servative. Sol White ie an an-
nexationist. County Attorney
Meyers, of Dufferin, was a Re:
former. County Attorney Mayera
la an annexationist. Satan
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A rather unseemly affair occurred
at a Roman Catholic picnic at
Orangeville the other day when a
discussion was permitted on the
subject of political union of Canada
fast Stainless Black
pairs for 25 cents, t�
greatest coin
wearing an Eng
with the United States. Mr. Elgin
Myers, Q.•C., the lately diemisaed
Crown Attorney for the county
of Dufferin, was presented
with an address disapproving of
the action of the Ontario Govern•
ment. In reply, Mr. ' Myers
made a speed) in favor of freedom
of discussion and also in favor of
union. Mr. Kenneth Chisholm,
M. P. P. defended the action of the
Government. It would have been
equally decorous to have allowed
the debating of whether assassina-
tion ie murder. The Montreal
True Witness, a Roman Catholic
organ, would evidently place euch
a theme as annexation in the limbo
of undebatable aubjects, if we are to
judge by the following expressions
of glowing, white heat patriotism :
'Our fair Dominion is to -day a
land vast in its proportions, endless
in its resources, boundless in its
liberties. The whistle of a steam en-
gine beard the other night on the
Atlantic seaboard, does not cease to
cry out until•a few nights afterwards
it scares the eagles from their nests
in the rookies. Their is no doubt
but that Canada is commencing the
second quarter of her firet century of
national existence under most favor-
able circumstances. Let her sone
but unite, lot our ideas be as large
as our inland sees, our minds as
broad as our matchless prairies, our
aspirations lofty as the snowcapped all blood diseases.
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"'TAKE DOWN THE FLAG' I"
Wiarton, Ont.,July 1.—(Special)
—On the morning of Dutniuion
Day the citizens of Wiarton were
eurprked to see the Stara and
Stripes hoisted high over the Union
Jack on the premises of Rev. G. A.
Yeomans, a Presbyterian minister
located here. It was by far the
largest flag floating in the town and
the British Ilag was the size of an
ordinary handkerchief; The indig
nation was intense, and leading
citizens of all classes called the
authorities' attention to it. Mr. D.
M Jermyn, Reeve of the town,
notified the constables to attend to
the matter,. and Councillor Park-
er met Mr. Yeomans and asked hint
to have the Hag-
least place the t1`vo $ripe" ono' i'tIl
terns. Mr. Yeomans refused .to do
act, when Mr. Parker informed him
that the people would take it down.
Yeomans said he would defy any-
one to interfere with the flag.
DOMINION DAY IN CLINTON.
Zip! •
Were's your punk ?
Light her on the end t
Watch her burri on both fuses 1
Look out there for your horses—
drive on; don't you see that big fire•
cracker?—its lit 1
She's begun to sizz 1
Run boys—she's burning down
close 1
Get out of there, mister, or you'll
be blown up.
Listen -,-she's spitting fire
Watch the girls holding their ears(
There she goes!
Now—now—now—there she goes.
Now listen —
Burning slow -she's struck a nar-
row place on the fuse.
There she—
What's the matter?
Jee whillikens I
Gone out.
Here, Johnny, take this light and
touch her off again.
Careful, now, the fuse 's short.
Touch it off -'don't be afraid—look
out—
Sizz 1 splutter 1 bang 1
The air in Clinton on Dominion
Day was not continually rent with
anch jubilations. In fact most of
our people were out of town. But in
the fence corners and other secluded
places a number of the future men
of this. Dominion might have been
seen and'heard enjoying themselves
in this fashion.
A LIiBERAL TRIUMPH.
Sores of men and women who have
always suffered their preiudioes to blind
then) to the merits of Burdock Blood
Bitters now use and praise this wond-
erful tonic purifier as the beat remedy
known for dyayepsia, oonatipation and
Cooper's
ook : Store,
Clinton.
A new music book has
been published called Fav-
vorite Song, Folio No. 4. It
contains 77 favorite Songs
�ld�Is Companion Volume
Wlii'cl
have sold so well. You can
have one by sending us 50c.
The Elite Song Folio is
Accordingly, about thirty or forty popular at 75c.
leading citizens marched to his
house,, Constable West lowered
the flag, and it was torn to fragments
instantaneously by hundreds of en-
raged citiaons and trampled in the
dirt. The band played "God Save
the Queen," and thousands of ton-
gues,join•ed chorus. "Hearts of Oak"
and "'The lied, White and Blue'
was then sung by the multitude,
who dispersed 'after giving three
cheers for the Queen. Mr. Yeo-
mans'.eoiduct is denounced by
people of all classes. He is an
avowed annexationist, and a Grit in •
politics.
•
CURRENT TOPICS
CULTURED OPINION.
Referring to Dr. Douglas's attack
upon Sir John Thompson the Chtg-
necto Post, of Sackville, N. B.
says:—'This is a Methodist Uni
veraity town and yet after careful
enquiry we have not found ono
eingle person, in the University or
out, who approves or justifies the
intolerance, or injustice displayed
by the reverend doctor.
ANOTHER TOTTER.
The by-elections in Pontiac
County on Tuesday resulted in
another grand victory for the Gov.
eminent of Sir John Abbott. Mr.
Murray (Grit), who was recently
unseated by the courts, being de-
feated by Mr, Bryson, the Conser
vatiye candidate, by a majority of
696. At the general election Mr.
Murray had a majority of 50.
Triumphant Songs No. 3
and Gospel Hymns No. 6 are
both good. They cost' 35c.
and 40c. respectively.
Richardson & Sudds or
Karl Mertz. are good piano
instructors, and Doherty or
Sudds valuable books for
organ students.
Musical Catechism, stud-
ent's edition, for 25c.
Band instruments, sheet
music or anything in tfe
music line we procure on
shortest notice.
Bicycles are fast becom-
ing universal, Do YOU
ride '
Wm. Cooper
&Co.,
Clinton, Ont