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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1898-06-23, Page 44 TEE OLIN TON NEWS -RECORD. JUNE 23 loxia The Clinton News -Record eine a Year, la Advance. MonieDAY. JUNTA 23rd, 1 NE THING AND ANOTHER. he United States Congress has at :t ordered payment of the little bill $471,551 very much overdue this .untr•y on account of the Behring ea Award. For this we may thank le force of circumstances, principally he Spanish unpleasantness. How- yer, as we are getting the money, we need not pause to dwell upon the rea- sons why. Sir J. A. Chapleau, who last week passed away from the scene of his tri- umphs and chagiir, was possibly the ablest French Canadian of the present generation, but unfortunately for his political friends and for himself his ballast did not balance his ambition'. Even the Grand Old Man found him notoriously hard to get along with and he was the only one able to manage him. But with all Chapleau's faults there was much about him to admire and British Canada will forget his weaknesses for the manly stand he made upon the Riel question, when he stood by law and justice while Laurier and Tarte and Mercier were fanning the flames of French fanaticism. *** Rev. Dr. Grant, who has the courage of his convictions, opposed prohibition in the Presbyterian General Assembly held in Montreal last week, but; he de- bated in vain, being almost alone. hantis, of the the oracle isnow The Dr. but it will scarcely be contended that with all his eloquence and logic will he he able to stay the tide which is moving slowly yet irresistibly towards the plebiscite ballot boxes. Vice -President Shaughnessy, of the C.P.R., says the Company will "place" the responsibility for the outrages committed by its contractors on the Crow's Neat Pass line. Instead of placing the responsibility, had the C. P. R. displaced their brutal contractors early in the game, it might bane been supposed the corporation had a soul above the almighty dollar. At the present stage it is the duty of the law authorities to do the locating and if the Department fails to set the wheels of Justice a grinding it may at once be conceded that the C. P. R. rules the Laurier Government. Five of Laurier's Ministers are off to Europe, while others are packing their trunks for the sea shore, the prairies or the Pacific slope. Evidently they be- lieve in making hay while the sun shines and as the taxpayers will have to pay the bills, whether or no, they may as well, and with the beet grace possible, wish the Cabinet a very merry time of it. *** It was reported last week that the West Huron protest had been called off, but such is not the case, much as the Garrowitea would like it. To with- draw would have been bad tactics and worse politics. Commenting on the Montreal harbor grant, engineered by Tarte, Mr. Bick• erdike, Liberal M. P. P. for Montreal, says :—"If this is polltics, the less I have of politics the better."' GircuIar Town Topics. GODERIon, June 23.—Plasterers are at work on Goldthorpe's new houses on Cambria Road. Jamieson Reid has started a In story dwelling' for Mr. Straughan on Nelson St. The knitting factory is still full hand- ed and working on orders. The G.T.R. depot is receiving and despatching a very large number of loaded cars each day. One -hundred and thirteen applica- tions have been received by the author- ities to write for teachers' certificates in Goderich. There will be a strawberry festival on the grounds of John Andrews, Bay- field Road, this to -morrow uuder the auspic?es of the choir of Victoria St. Methodist church. Busses will leave the Square for grounds at Inter - vale during the evening. Perch were in the harbor a few days last week and were freely caught. The public school promotion exam- inations commenced on Monday. The town band played an excellent programme on the Square on Thursday evening. Charley Blackstone would like to see his Clinton friends un Dominion Day. Charley dishes up excellent ice cream and keeps the coolest of drinks. The schooner Craftsman arrived in port on Saturday from Toledo with 75 tons of coal for the Goderich Water- works and Wm. Lee. The harbor lumber mill is cutting up their raft of loge at a pretty fast rate. The schooner Corrisande with 70,000 feet of square timber for the. Elevator Co. and 24,0C) of lumber for N. Dyment arrived in port on Sunday. At the last meeting of the town council it was agreed that the next meeting should he on July 8th, the next the first Friday in August -and the following one the first Friday in September. Quarter Master Beck left Mon- dayfor London tothings 'n order get i for the 33rd Battalion. No. 1 Company 33rd Battalion left for London on Tuesday, Captain D. Holmes in command. Lieut. Chisholm was the next senior office. The Lewis summer cottage e on Light- house i ht- house street is now occupied by its c• caner. Several summer residents are now located in the Circular Town. R. Ransford, of Clinton, was in Goderich the past Thursday. Our parks look nice now -a -days and are capable of seating 20,000 people on Dominion Day. These seats are free. r About half the streets in Goderich have been boulevarded and are a great improvement. Hardy Has Become Alarmed. Toronto, June 14.—The Star (Grit) this evening contains the following :— The Ontario Government is in seri- ous danger of loosing enough of its supporters to wipe out its majority. This unexpected turn of affairs is brought about by the Conservative contention that county constables em- ployed at the polls on election day are disfranchised, and as they almost unanimously cast Liberal ballots, it is said that the cancellation of their votes will unseat sufficient Liberals to deprive Mr. Hardy of a majority. The Ontario -Government, or rather the Lieutenant -Governor -in -Council, has decided to ask the Court of Appeal whether or not constables have a right to vote at the Provincial elections. Constables did vote at the last Provincial elections. Mr. St. John claims that 89 of them voted in West York for Mr. Hill, and in the protest which he filed, a scrutiny was also de-, mended. In the particulars which Mr. St. John recently filed he protested against constables voting. This brought the subject before the attention r of the Provincial Govern- ment. It was seen that the question would come up before the trial judges, and the Government preferred rather s to go at once to the Court of Appeal to• save delay, and that tribunal has been asked to decide. The statute pro- vides that, - "Anyerson who has been em oyed at the election, or in reference thereto by a candidate or other person as counsel, agent, solicitor, or clerk, or in any other capacity, or who has receiv- ed, or expects to receive, any sum of money or fee shall not be entitled to vote." The Government asks if this refers to men appointed by the Crown, and not by the candidate, or appointed for the protection of the public. The question is a very important one, and if it is decided that constables cannot vote it will go hard with the Govern ment. Scrutinies are asked in all places of protest. The numbered ballob will permit the officers to find ballots cast by constables. These, it is, of course, supposed, were cast for Government candidates, and as these ballots ate thrown out in West York, West Huron, South Perth, Ottawa, Nipie- sing, and other places the outcome will bo bad for the Government. Premier Greeilvvvay Buys Stock. Premier Thos. Greenway, of Mani- toba, who has been in Ontario for the pasE week or two, has been selecting Stock for the herd of thoroughbred Shorthorns which he proposes exhibit- ing at the leading fairs thle fall, ineled- ing that of Nebraska, to be held at Omaha. Ile last week shipped to Manitoba the thoroughbred cow Van- ity, which .gyhe }purchased . trent Mr. Charles $ttilth, Of Haji fol- $150, ur summer resorts in Colborne township are in receipt of a large num- ber of applications for July and August and visitors are already arriving. Dominion Day iu Goderich for 1898 will be the record one for its pro- gramme. The Godfrey Band has been here and gone but its melodies are with us yet. Have you read the programme for Dominion Day in the Circular Town? If not do so at once, and then make up your mind to see if these Goderich peo- ple carry it out in its entirely. • Advertisements are published calling for tenders for the completion of the Goderich breakwater. Bowls is a favorable game just now, and rinke inay be seen every fine after- noon on the skating rink lawn. Mrs. Shannon and daughter, of Ten- nessee, are at the old home and will remain in town for the summer. Picnic parties are now all the rage. The fountains on the Court House Square have been filled with earth and made into pretty flower beds. Strawberries were sold at four boxes for twenty-five cents on Saturday. On Sunday morning the Sons of England attended Divine Service in St. George's church, about sixty mem- bers being present. The brethren met in their lodge room on Hamilton St., and marched in procession beaded by the old flag to' that edifice. The service was fully choral and the hymns, music and sermon thorensghly iu line with the tenets and priinciples of a society calnael the Sons of- England: &'hf; choral' of the service was exceeedingly we rendered by a full choir and the or- gan's tones were magnificient, Organist Cuffs masterly playing being worthy of the occasion. The Rector Rev. Mark Turnbull selected the words from St. John's gos- pel, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," and from them preached a most pa sermon. The preacher during his dis- course mentioned the position Britain now held among nations, the vast Em- pire over which Queen Victoria reign- ed, and pointed out that its present standing was the consequent to an open Bible and civil and religious liber- ity. He mentioned the act of the Bri- tish Parliament in freeing the slaves in the British possessions, the cutting of the bond that held the dark race across the line in slavery and the war between the United States and Spain, a war, said the preach- er, that was justified as it meant the priviledge of civil and religions liberty to that partiof the world that shall come under the flag of the United States. The Rev. gentleman before concluding mentioned some well- known facts in connection with the Society and pointed out that while the Anglo Saxon race cherished the open Bible and worked for the liberty of every race, freedom must extend until it prevailed the world over. The concluding hymn was God Save The Queen and at its close the brethren marched back to the lodge room. The crib for the elevator front is on bottom, and several hundred cords of stone have bean dumped into it. The balance of the structure will he of pine. As it will now be easier to work on ib, it will be pushed to a finish. Maitland Lodge No. 33, A.F. and A. M. will celebrate the Festival of St. John the Baptist, by attending St. George's church next Sunday, June the 26th, at 11 a.m. At the regular meeting of Maitland Lodge No. 33, A.F. and A.M., Immed- iate Past Master Alex. Chrystal was presented with a solid gold past mas- ter's jewel. Tho presentation was made in fitting terms by the junior P. M. present, and the recipient made a feeling reply, thanking hie brethern for the handsome gift. The jewel is beautifully engraved with the name of the receiver and was presented to Bro. Chrystal by the members who had ()Ai initiated by him and those who had affiliated during his occupancy of the Master's chair. The town authorities luxe posted notices forbidding bathinetvithin the town limits unless bathers are clothed. in proper bathiiig clothes. Mrs. Jas. Vivian has moved into her cottage on West street where she will in future reside. The old basins on the Square have been tilled up and suitable flowers planted therein. •Two of the new elevator employees fell into the harbor while working on the crib ono day last week, but they were soon hauled out and a day rarely passes without one or more going through the same performance. A lt';I,ke ilolrao ft>;111yc11 • The Ladies' Aad Society of the Zion Methodist church, Goderich township, will hold -s, lawn social on the evening of Tuesday, the 28th inst., on the beautiful grounds at the residence of Nixon Sturdy, 7th concession. Straw- berries and other refreshments will be served, and a good programme will be rendered. All will be made welcome. Over one -thousand persons listened to the programme played by the Gode- rich Marine Band on the Square Thurs- day evening The members of the Epworth League of North street Methodist church gave anat home to the members and friends of the church Tuesday to flay goodbye The Brother or a Minister. to Rev. Joseph Edge, who after four The police all over Western Ontario are looking for n; man who gives his name as J. E. Wilson and pretends to he buying horses. He gets his board free, is shown every attention, borrows small sums of money, and issues bogus checks, on which be realizes all the way from 50 cents to $7, The provin- cial police sent out a circular describ- ing him as a man of fifty-five or eix y years of age, 5 feet 7 inches in height,d weight 145 pounds, has mustache an chat' whiskers, defect in right foot, very neatly dressed and always talking about the war. ears in Goderich is about to remove to London. The attendance was large, the refreshments excellent and the platform exercises first-class. The chair was ably occupied during the evening by Walter C. Pridha!n, presi- dent of the local league, who also read the following address to the pastor : Rev. J. Edge, Goderich. DEAR PASTOR AND BRO.,—On the eve of your departure from us, and the severance of the pastoral bond which has bound us together for the last four years, we as a League cannot permit this opportunity to pass without testi- fying to you that there is a bond ex- isting between us which will not be broken by your departure—the bond of love, and that through our lives we will remember you with gratitude, be- cause of the lessons of trust and obedi- ence which we have learned in listen- ing to your word and watching your example. During your four years' pastorate we have noted your willingness to do anything in your power for our League. your cheerful fulfilment of all duties and your uncomplaining sacri- fices for us, when we failed to carry our own responsibilities. Your advice has been readily given, when sought; difficulties have vanished through your counsel, and you have made an upon � Le impressour which ill � League will g not soon be effaced. But, above all, we beg to place on record our recognition of your Chris- tian character; that while you have expounded principles for Christian guidance, while you have striven to guide us to the feet of the Great Teacher for instruction, you have not neglected to kneel there ; you have learnt and practised those principles which you have so faithfully endeav- ored to instil into our lives. We take leave of you with confi- dence that the same God who has crowned your labors amongst us with victory will still continue gloriously to uee you. In your future success we will rejoice ; in your trials we will extend our sympathies, and in your strivings for a more consecrated life, we will all be suppliants at the same Throne. The prayer of the League is that the God of Peace may continue to bless and prosper you and yours, and when life's busy day shall be spent, when night shall proclaim our tasks finished, when we shall awake from the sleep of death, that we may greet one another Good morning" iu that Everlasting Home. Signed on behalf of the League, WALTER C. PRIDHAM, Goderich, June 14th, 1808. President. On Friday evening some six -hun- dred friends of cycling were present at the Agricultural Park to witness the second bicycle contest between our wheelmen. The town band was pre- sent and added considerably to the evening's amusement with their nice program. The first race, a quarter mile dash open, was a splendid race the first two being almost nock and neck all along the homestretch. Alex. Mclvor was first and Charles Shannon second. The next was a boy's race half a mile and was exceedingly well contested, Colin Campbell crossing the line first in 1:24, J. Johnston being a good second. Then followed the mile open, Alex.. Mclvor barred, the result heing an excellent race with Chas. Shannon in first place and Ed. Belcher second, time 2:27. The next and last item was an easy win for Mc - Ivor who started from scratch, the five other starters were allowed handicaps -inn leading owe tieing- 250 yards in ad- vance, The distance was two miles but the time made was not very fast as the winner did not want to run away too far from the rest. Ed. Bel- cher won 2nd, Jno. Williams 3rd prize. Bar lock. Mr. A. W. Beacom spent Sunday among his old haunts in Goderich township. Mr. Angus Reid bad a barn raising last week. The building is 50x70 feet and Wm. Rielly the contractor. quite a number from here went to Kinburn the other day to hear the drain appeal case which had a hearing before JudgepMasson. This was an appeal fr•oin the township engineer's decision. Judgment was reserved. The school picnic held Friday last in Mr. Henry Allen's grove was a decided success and one of the heat yet. The weather was fine, and the crowd, and the programme left nothing to be desir- ed. Mr. Allen was himself chairman and performed the duties thereto in a delightful manner. Among those who contributed were Prof. Hawkins, the Brussels funny man ; comic Matt. Floody, of Blyth ; Mackenzie, of the Kiowa Indian band. Miss Stalker satig very exceptably while Mr. John McGregor gave both a song and a speech. Mr. Jas. Ross, the veteran piper of Clinton, brought out his pipes and enlivened the proceedings, beng relieved at times by Mr. John Ding- wall who is also an adept. The lacrosse match, Morris vs. Harlock, resulted in a tie. After the programme refresh- ments were served when the picnickers dispersed except those who remained for the ball at Mr. Allen's. All in all it was an enjoyable day. The Black Session. Three million seven hundred thou- sand acres of gold land for a tram- way. Twelve millions more expenditure, Seven millions more debt. Two millions more taxes. Higher duties on sugar. Lower rates of interest on the sav- ings of the thrifty. Ton per cent. less wages in one de- spised industry. An act for the disfranchisement of the people. Contracts without tender. Gold dredging leabes for the Mer- ciers and Drolets. Orders by wholesale for the Toronto Globe. A confession that the Drummond purchase robbed us of half a million. Dredgingobs without competition to Ministerial relatives, Who draw the profits, but do not orform the work. An attempted rad upon the Mani- toba educational en owtnent. Millions for "the boys"; taxes for the people. But, withal a strop affection for responalltle rule and a desire to get rid of the 86na0 and the Auditor.general betaue'e they obatruet robbbt'y,—hl`all and Empire. Nepotism is as unlovely in Liberals as in Conservatives. If it is not as objectionable in Lib- erals in office as they painted it in Con- servatives in power, it is because part- izanship led them to overdraw the picture. Nepotism is objectionable in any event, however, and the Government cannot excuse its appointment of Sir Louis Davis' brother to a position by any sort of plea. Tho high ideals of the Liberals in Opposition are not apparent in their practices in office.—Toronto Star (Grit.) Liberty In The Church of England. ITS USE AND ABUSE. I think I am quite correct in stating at the outset that nothing has so dis- turbed the harmony of our beloved church and so hindered her -progress, as the differenoes of opinion which have arisen, from time to time among her members, as to the interpretation of Rubriok and Canons and the order and arrangement of services. More than once, essentials of our faith have been lost sight of, and 'congregations have been rent asunder by a too rigid in- sistence on some trivial point of Ritual zealous priest, oran by some over m by equally strong objection on the part of some headstrong and very often illiter- ate laymen. Such shibboleths as high and low, and broad, have come to de- signate men within the ohurch with as any distinctness as a y of the isms which distinguish those numerous bod- ies that are without. Where this will end we oannot say, but suob a state of affairs prompted me to offer.a few re- flections on the peculiar liberty of the Anglican ohurch, which we have inheri- ted from our fathers and to suggest what principle should guide and control our use of these liberties in the future. In the first place, 1 would start from the very obvious point, which tells us that the spirit, in which our rubrics and ceremonies were drawn up, was em- phatically a spirit of compromise, There were two parties, indeed there were several parties iu the Church of England when the prayer book was cast' and re -oast. These parties were represented on the committees, and at the conferences appointed for that pur- pose, and every effort was made to in- clude as many aerations, or schools of opinion and thought as possible, conse- quently we find in certain rubrics pro- vision is made for one sohool of thought, in another set of rubrics regard is bad to another school but at the same time nothing whatever of essential value in the faith or teaching of the ohurch is lost or impaired. The spirit of com- promise largely confines itself to what might be called the accidentals of re- ligious life, the organization of the ohurch and the ceremonies of public worship, while the vital prinoiples -which she has ever enforced were left untouched. • Our English prayer -book embodies in tangible form the chief principles of the English Reformation. It was no new book drawn up by the religiousteachersof the 16th century, but mainly a reformed publication of those old services which had grown up through nearly 1000 years of English Christiani- ty, and which were themselves but des velopments of the Liturgies and usage, of an even remoter antiquity. The ma- terials from which our present Liturgy is compiled are many and various; it is not necessary for me to enter upon them here, as the history of our prayer book is no doubt familiar to you all, suffice it is to say theft the main princi- ple which guided the compilers, as we are told in the original preface, were simpli6oation, purification, and publi- cation. The old servioe books bad gradually become so long an intricate and so elaborate in ritual directions, that even the clergy themselves were unable to understand many of them, hence it was resolved to cut down this luxuriance, to introduce more regularity and so bring the new service book within reach of the roses of the people, as a common standard of' faith, and a common manual of devotion. In doing so some things were removed, tbat in themselves were sound and Catholic, but which had be oorne so inextricably interwoven with falsehood and corruption, that it ap• peered hopeless to try and disassociate them from the minds of the people. As we are told again in the preface,' It hath ever been the wisdom of the Church of England, sinoe the compiling of her public Liturgy to keep the mean be- tween the two extremes of tw o much stiffness in refusing and too much easi- ness in admitting any variation from it." The Reformed Anglican church began in tbis spirit of tolerance and has continued in it more or less to this present day. It is one grand obarao- teristio of the English church that she lays down no narrow way of ceremonial observance that in the matter of rite and ritual a wise discretion is permiss- able. The rule of a physisal power may be of the most 'stubborn rigidity, and yet retain its vitality, but it is impossi- ble when dealing with the sphere of thought and belief to obtain a complete identity and a precise similarity. It is therefore, foolish to insist on them, for suoh insistence is only the father of hypocrisy and a begetter of apathy and unbelief. Men never have agreed, and never will agree to think on the un, physical in precisely the same manner. It is contrary apparently to the Com- plex laws of mental energy.. We have a remarkable instance of this In the history of the church. From first to last it has been a history of eonfliot be- tween mental oonooptiona, a battle of opinions and ideas, a pursuit from many sides and in diverse directions of the eternal and elusive best. It began in the very oarlieet days of the Apostolio ehurah; St. Paul had difference of opinion with $t, Barnabus. The eon- tention between them became so sharp that they separated one front the other and went different ways. Whioh of' the two was right we cannot say, but it is quite oleo that one was wrong, and if one WAS wrong oh this occasion the other may have been wring on another os0 ibion. So early did human error ereep into the churoh 1 but the point 1 Want to snake out of this is, that w nor. taint 0om0dmibn me ideated, They Y agreed to differ, each still worked Or the good of the ohurch, although we oannot refrain from regretting that it did not enable them to work together, still we do not read of one trying to pull down or even disparage the work of the other. Then again St. Paul had. a dif erenoe with St. Peter. "I with- stced him to the fade, be says, because he wait to be blamed," ander) on through all the history of the church, people bead their little differepoes of opinion, about non -essentials, but they never left the ohurch. Minister and people were allowed a pertain liberty. The doc- trines and Rituals of the oburgh even in early days were broad enough, and elastio enough, to contain all people who loved the Lord Jesus Christ. Surely it was a wise polioy then on the part of the Anglican church when com- piling her liturgy, to reoognize that differences have always existed, and al- ways will exist, and that the best way of meeting them is by conciliatory measures. Hence, we find that in the framing of the rubric, a certain liberty is given in the oarrying out of the ser- vice, that different tastes may be suited. For instance, it is provided that the services may be choral, semi-ohoral, or without music altogether. The several pealms, chants, creeds, &c., may be said or sung. The prayer book pro- vides a service for every day, for the administration of the Holy Communion on every Sunday, and holy day through- out the year. Still there is liberty; such services are not insisted on, but are left to the discretion of the ordinary, but the prayer book does insist that no celebration of the Holy communion shall take plane unless there be com- municants. It also provides for an ad- ministration of the sacrament at a pri- vate house in case of sickness, if there be three neighbors to communicate with him, and even with the sick man alone under certain conditions, but it ex- pressly forbids the reservation of the elemen.i howeverconvenient such element", c nn may be. The same libertf• is allowed in the other sacrament—the sacrament of Baptism. The church is clearly the proper plane, still private baptism is allowable and a form for such is provided. The same is also noticeable with the vestments, while a minister must wear at least a plain sur- plice and stole, still he may wear the vestments in use in the 2nd year of rd 6 vi, Cassock, chasbuble, maniple, stole. Thus you see, while we are permitted a variety of uses in some directions, we are enjoined to follow a certain uniform practice in others. In Rome respects the desire of the congregation, the exigencies of the season, the climate, the country, eto., may justify certain differences of Ritual and custom, but in other respecte nothing should alter our uniformity. Ott certain points we may differ from ope another and remain equally loyal to the church ; on certain other points we cannot differ from one another with- out being disloyal to the church. It is therefore the duty of every clergyman who has the ruling and directing of the services to insist on loyalty and obedi, once to the ohurch in matters essen- tial, or where would we drift. Although the keeping or omitting of a ceremony in itself is considered a Rmall thing, yet the wilful and contemptuous trangres- sion, and breaking of common orders of discipline is to small offence before God. "Let all things be done decently and in order," says St. Paul, and the appointment of what is in order per- taineth not to private men. Therefore no man ought to take in hand or pre. sume to alter any public or common order in Christ's church except he be lawfully oalled and authorized thereun- to. We cannot be united, we cannot bea church, h rch, unlesewe have definite boundaries to enclose what we agree to accept or defend. Sooner or later we must stand united under our own churoh banner and the legend on the banner must:be either, "Go as you please, or decently and in order." If a clergyman in his enthusiasm laoks discretion, wil- fully breaks his ordination vows, cares nothing for authority, and in the con- duct of his services commits merely Ws own preferences how apt is he to break altogether with the past, to sacrifice es- sentials of Christian doctrine and devo- tion to satisfy the itching ears and the restless, oreedlees spirit of modern society. And I would say to any such do not be too hasty in judging those who love the church for Christ's sake, who see in every part of her Ritual a blessing that is not to be despised, and if we, who at best, aro only the un- worthy sons of a Holy Mother, 801330htimes appear to be bigoted or uncharit- able, when we defend our mother's honor, remember we do not feel so, it is not for ourselves we contend, but for her. A true churchman's love for the ohurch is an enthusiam, a celestial pas- sion such as no one has ever felt or can feel for a human organization. In that excellent chapter treating "of ceremon• ies," why some be abolished and some retained, which is placed at the begin- ning of the prayer book, it is distinctly stated that the minds of men are so di- verse that some think it a matter of oonscienoe to depart from a piece of the least of these ceremonies that they have become addicted to from c ustom'. The spirit of catholicity and charity is transparent throughout the whole chapter, and I believe clergymen would do wisely in times of disturbance over ritual matters to read the whole chap- ter during divine service dwelling on the spirit of toleration which should al - WELL KNOWN VIOLINIST Traveled Extensively Throughout the Provinces — Interesting Statements Concerning His Experience. BTELLARTON, N.B.—James R. Murray, a well known violinist, of this plane, whb has traveled extensively throughout the Provinces, makes this statement: • "/ was running down in health and my weight - fell off from 175 to 150 pounds. Prescriptions did me but little good. My trouble was called nervous dyspepsia. I resorted to Hood's Sarsaparilla and after taking five bottles I was greatly benefited. It feel as well now as over in my lite, and bane increased in fieth so that 1 noW Weigh 177 pounds. 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GOMB� Mfg Chemist and Druggist. PHYSICIAN'S SUPPLIES. nalP/ �s.irsisa�, czkii4tJ ways obtain in such externals to spirits ual worship. Believe me it is a very ill advised thing for any man to with- draw from the ministrations of the church and to refuse assistance and sup- port in the parrying on of her work be- cause everything does not conform to his individual opinion and preference. The church as I have tried to show you, rightly allows a large margin for differ- ences in' both matters a eas of opinion on and practice. But it is the very spirit of schism to make these differences an ex- cuse for not giving, not working, and not upbuilding the church in that state of lite in which it has pleased God to call flu. Every Christian touches the y church somewhere and it is where God has put him. Therefore, his relation- ship to God depends upon his relation to that particular parish of which he is a member. If he is unfaithful there, he will be unfaithful everywhere. If un-- faithful n.faithful in that which is least be will be unfaithful in that which is much. Yet, how many professing church people, aye how many who call themselves Christians aro trying to justify their un- faithfulness to the church of God on the grounds that things were not just to their minds in some particular parish of which they are for the time being a member. They do not believe in this or that, which their Rector, it may be practises, or perhaps only ,countenan- ces, and this is made an excuse for with- holding from God's work, and often•, times for openly opposing it. In the great day of Judgment, do you think it will be sufficient excuse for- work left undone, to say, well things in the parish where I lived were not to my way of thinking. The minister wore a pas, sock or perhaps would not wear one. Theyhad a cross behind the Lord's table, or they would not have one, &c. and because of these monstrous ano- vationa (to my mind) I left the church altogether. I tried to hinder the work of God all that I possibly could because the minister and congregation would not come to my way of thinking. Has God made you a judge of how every- thing ought to be;a Are things what they ought to be in the town or oom- munity iu which you lived? Do they always elect the man for councillor or M. P. whom you think should be eleot- ed ? Do they levy taxes and assess- ment on your property, that are not ao- cording to your choice? And do you ever think of moving out of town or re, fusing to pay the collector when he comes round because of this? Why nol The idea would be considered too fool. ish to be even hinted at. And it should be the same in .spiritual and temporal things alike. The very spirit of schism is self-will. It is the very opposite of the spirit of catholicity. The christian spirit is, "Look not every man upon the things of others." The hateful spirit of the world, is think of self first, your own opinions, your own preferen- ces, your own desires. The christian spirit is think of others. They also have opinions, preferences and desires. Even Christ pleased not himself. "Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus." To have that mind is to haus t'o. n;nrl of Christ, it is to put on Christ, nut in word only, but in deed and in truth. The great need of the church to -day is that her every individ- ual member should know that he is a member of a living working body we are to grow up unto him in all things which is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body fitly joined together, and compacted by that which every joint supplieth according to the effect- ual working of the measure of every part rnaketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. (The above was read by Rev. Rural Dean iIodgins, of Seaforth, itt the Sun- day school convention heldWing- ham on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 10th and 11th, IS93.) The mistake of W. M. Topping of Galt, who swallowed some liniment, proved fatal. The body of Charles Phillips, a but- cher, was found in Little Lake, near Peterboro'. It is thought to be a case of suicide. 20 Per Cent. Off Hats. On Saturday we will give Big Bargains in Millinery when we will make a re- duction of 20 Per Cent, on-741/6.-- all n_ all Trimmed Hats, and 10 Per Cent, on Sailor, Walking and all Untrimmed Hats. Call and see our Stock of RIBBONS, VEILING -S, etc. Miss E. Hillier Stand in the Clarendon Votel Block. ,.vv Satisfaction Guaranteed ®UR Watch Repairing Department is at- tended to in a strictly first-class manner. If your watch needs repair- ing, we tell you so, if not, we do not put you to un- necessary expense. Pro- per care and good work- manship is what your Watch requires. We know that our work will please you. CHARGES MODERATE. 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