The Clinton News-Record, 1902-05-22, Page 7Pr -
May 22rid, 1902
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The Moisons Bank Directory.
Inctirporated by
Act oi Parliament, 1855.
Capital $2,5oo,000
Rest 2,150,000
HEAD OFFICE - -MONTREAL.
Molson lUacplierson, President.
I anleS Elliot, General Manager.
Notes discounted. Collections made.
Drafts issued. Sterling and .Amer -
lean Exehange bought and sold.
Interest allowed on deposits. ,
S.AV1NGS BANK
Interest allowed on sums of i and
up.
FARMERS.
Money advanced to farmers on their
on mites with one or more en- '
dursers. No nortgage required as
security.
H. C. BREWER, Manager, Clinton.
0. D. McTaggart
BANKER.
A General Banking Business
ed. Notes discounted.
i&sited. Interest allowed
posi ts •
transact -
Drafts
on de -
Albert street - - Clinton.
J. scorr,
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC.
Money to loan..
011iee-Elliott Block - - Clinton.
W. BRYDONE,
BARR ISTER, SOLICITOR.
Notary, Public, Etc.
Oflice-Beaver Block - - - Clinton.
RIDOUT & HALE,
Conveyancers, Commissioners, Real
Estate and insurance Agency.
`amity to loan.
C. 13. 1-IALE • JOHN RIDOUT
DR, W. GUNN",
R. C. 1'. and I,. R. C. S., Edinburgh.
Night Calls at Iron door of- residence
on Rat tenbury street, opposite
Presbyterian church.
On tario street - - Clinton.
l)R. SHAIY,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office -Ontario street - - Clinton.
Opposite St. Paul's church.
DR. C. W. THOMPSON
PHI SICIAN AND SURGEON.
Special attention given to diseases of
the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Office and Residence -
_elect t street, East, Clinton,
North of 'Rattenbury street.
DR. AGNEW, •
I)ENTIST.
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Will be at 13aylield every Wednesday
ti f t er aeon. .
Office -
Adjoining Henry's Photo Gallery,
Clinton.
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DR, G. ERNEST HOLMES, •
Specialist in Crown and 'Bridge Work.
D. 1). S. -Graduate of the Royal Col-
lege of Dental Surgeons of Ontar-
io.
L. D. S. -First class honor graduate
of Dental Department of Toronto
University.
Special attention paid to preservation:
of children's teeth.
Will be at the River Hotel, Bayfield,
every Monday from to a. m. to 6
p. 111.
DR .T. FREEMAN,
VETERINARY SURGEON. :
A member of the. Veterinary Medical
Associations of London and Edin-
burgh and Graduate of the Ontar-
io Veterinary College.
Ofiice-Ontario street - . Clinton
Opposite St. Paul's church. .
Phone 97.
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. .rERINARY SURGEONS, GOV-
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SPECTORS.
Chico -Isaac street - ea, Clinton
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" • -CLINTON.
Wesley Church -Sunday services at
1 ht. and 7 p. zu. lun4ay sehool
at 2.30 p. ut. Wilbur Manning, Sun-
daysthool superintendent ;
choir leader; Bliss liaille Combe, or-
gemetRev. W, 0. Houston, pastor.
Ont. 'St. Church -Sunday services at
xi a. in, and 7 p. in. "Sunday
school at 2'.30 p. tn. Jacob Taylor,
Sunday school superintendent ; J.
Gibbings, thoir • leader Uss Azle
Gibbings, organist ; Rev. Dr,
pastor,
St. Paul's Church-Suuclay services
at 11 a. III. and 7 p, zn. Sunday
school at 2.3o ea in. Sunday school
superintendent, Rev. C, R. Gonne,. M.
A. ; choir leader, Mr; W. D„ Lator-
nell ; organist, Miss May Bentley ;
rector, C. R. Glenne, M. A.
Baptist Chtirch-Stuttlay services ,at
if a. in., and 7. p. in, Sunday school
at 240 p. n. Sundayschool superiu-
tendent, Mr. D. X. Prior.; .choir leal
er, Mr. 3. B. Hoover ; organist Miss
Lela lio.over ; pastor, organist,
J. C.
Dunlop, -
Willis Church -Sunday services at
11 a. in. and 7 p. ni. Sunday school.
at 2.30 p. In. Sunday school superin-
tendent, ilIr, Jas. Scott ; aaistara,
: miss witson ; elioir -leader, Mr. W. P.
' Spaulding ; Organist, Miss' Maude
Goodwin ; pastor, Rev, Dr, Stewart.
" St. Joseph's. Cheri*, Catholit-Sun-
day services at 10,30 a. in. and 7 p.
. 111. every .end .Sunday. Sunday school
• at 3 P. 111. .every znd Sunday. Sun-
day e.chool superintendent, Rete, D. P,
McMenamin ; choir leader, Mr. Chas.
Gra.veile ; organist, Miss •Minnie ltey-
noids priest, Rev. D. P.lefeMenainin.
Plymouth. Brethern-Serviee at ee a.
na on Sunday. Reading meetings at
7 p m, Sunday and Feicley evenings,
• Town Councilr-Mayor,'Thornas 3.1 aek-
son ; Councillors, IL B. COrtiba, J. A,
Ford, C. J. Steveastnea'Alex, MacKen-
zie, C. Overbury, -Theis. MacKenzie ;
Clerk and Treasurer, W. Coats. Meets
the first Monday. M. each Month,
Public LibraryDoard--‘-President„ W.
Brydone ; Secretary,' W E. Rand ;
W. It. Lough, Dr. •ShaweeW, edats•
and E. M. McLean.
Public ,School Board -Wilbur Man-
ning, C. B. Hale, W. T. O'Neil, J. IV,
Irwin, Dr. Agnew, P. R. Itoclgens, T,
Lacom.• Secretary,. J. Cunninghtune ;•
treasurer, NY: Coats,
.Collegiate Institute Board-Cliair-•
man, aames Scott ;. secretary, M.. D.
MeTaggart ; . treasurer,' W. Jackson.;
D. A. Forrester,- .• J. ,RanSford, IL
Plurnsteel,"•• W. • H. Manning,- Mecte
first Wednesday in each. Meath. .
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GODERICH TOWNSIIIP,.••
Township Coitneil---Reeve;S,'ThoMas.
Churchill, • Clinton ; Couocitlors, .John
Middleton, Clinton ; .1 -John Woods, •
Porter's Hill ;, Janice Co,r, POrter'S•
Hill '• Jaines.. Johnetone,.•Gtalerich
Clerk, Nixie. •Sturdy, - Goderich ; .As-.
sesso•r, :John Thoinpson, -ClintOn ;
Treasurer, ee. Whi•Lely, •Goilerielr ; Col-
lector., Louis Anderecm„Clintone
Board of Health'-R.eevai. Clerk, Sohn
Cox, John •Salkeld, Sr.,' Albert Can,
telon.
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,TOWNSIIIP.
Township Council -Reeve, • . John
McNaughton, Irma Councillors, W.
J.- 'Stinson,. Dayfield ; W. L. Keys,
Varna ;•' James Johnstone,: Bayileld ;
BIcDihrutide• . Clerk, J. E....Ilarnwells..
Varna Treasurer, lohn •Reid,-Varne;
Assessor, John Tough,. Dayheld '; 'Col-
lector, Thos. Wiley, Verne. •
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"CONSENT THOU NOT
Solomon Warne Young Men of
Lifes Temptation%
ALSO AGAINST FALSE FRIENDS
Yithateoevar Seim Isoveatio Met Shalt
U. Heap", - Important* of titortfugt
night -One., UoViegY101444 to Sie
Can Isrevor He the SOW* Ataie-A
"genus' Man'e nest Friend!.
'Entered According to Act of Parlianamt ot Oen.
21d5, in Me pier 2)2' WPa4te 9411y, of Tv:
rota at Me llee't, vi Ageteu.ture. tettawa.
Chicago, May 18. -In this sermon
the Rev, Frank* Pe Witt Talmage
warns young people against the
tempters who womi4 lead them to
• ruin; text, Proverbs i. 10, "My eon,
if sinners„entice the, consent thou
not."
No cathedral, it matters not how
lofty the spires er how wo»derlul the
statuary or how Mazy and bewilder-
ing the architecture, .awes the tour-
ist into reverence• unless time has
hallowed it, Then the centuries have
covered up the mantel:ding walls with
moss and creeping 1 y ; then West-
mineter Abbey, with its dark, damn;
'dripping vaults, haS become the se-
pulchre of dead kings and eueens.. 111
the pante way. na men has a. right to
give advice or tell us what to do un-
less gray beim begin to fringe the
forehead. or he eart speak oet of his
own bitter expevience. It le 'absurd
for tile ruddy faced• lad to write an
essay upon' sorrow,. when the only
sorrow die ever felt was the • fright
front the Outlet pulling his firet
baby teeth; arid -.what audiencedeee
not Smile when .11stening • to • the
.schoolboy'e bombastic graduation or-
ation upon "IloW to. Win Success 7"
No rotor:flier canhave geeat •influence
in. attacking a clubroom • when he
himself is . so . nnsociable that the
hearers dislike • the reforiner worse
than they despise hie teachings. • •
• , Hing Solomon wrote :with °author-
•ity„ • He had druids faoin the chelieeh
of •pleu,sure. Ile had quaffed to •the
• 'bitter dregs .every. cup 'of woe. '
IXe
had seen .the Ups as web as .the
geWen• of. life. lle.wasno fanatic or,
edeeueurer.. He WaS the king who
sat upon, the richest. throne of the
then known, world. His. pillared•halls
•were lined \vjLh 21t21tUary,7 The, tome:
tains , 'whittle played iri his gardens
meistened•the theotets of birds Whose
•ancestors • once cleansed their Nutria
age or sang thole young to sleep in
• foreign: leads. IDS cellars were filled •
With wine of choiSest 'vlatage. •
•• The.ithroneroont and 'judgment hall
,were electedby reoink above •rohltis.,-
Nea'r by were his'learenik in .which
the king gathered. a thouSend,.wivea
ant coneubinee, •• As the wit once.
wrote of .11eighttin •Young, King -Solo -
Men lv0.0 thd Meet •xnarried, man that.
' evee Deed. NoL• miry was be gr.eat
• and increeseda. mere than:all that, •
wc;C hetet.° bun Ia. •alerusit-
•tem, hut his wisdom tennained with
• 'him. When. two .: women .clainted a
• Wale chjld Solonam ordered his .0c-
epettioner to e :the babyin twai.e.
and 'give half to ' each.Tiee. 'real
mother feel on 'herknees and begged
him to •save,.the ...child. and if,,,neces
sary to give it to. her leriernY. • Then
said, 'Solomon: is• :the true
mothere. Give her the child." As
gardeeer, ,he..keidiv air 'about flowers;
• as 'art •equestvian, all nbeut horses
• ea alt architect, all about •huildings;
• He Made the At oar teacher. • Asa
meechtuit, ehe , lingered in the .buy
marte tell eis .how to trade. .Toe
day, maid Wealth and Power, Within
:sound of -Oinking tankards of gold'
and ruiabliag chariot wheels,, the old
1 sago writes an etefriai proles!, against
tin, "My Sell, if sineers entice thee,
4
cousent thew not,' •
.•
Young men dislike to 'be .patroniz-:
1 ed, . Although willing to accost each
! other in• teems of. fathiliarity,„ we dis-
like older people' to pat . us conde.-
•:seendingly upon the. haek. SO to -day
as ite• young 11150 I • thought . you
,youtig People would leteMe try toine
terpret. these words of the Bible,. I
would especially interpret' them now,
berauto Mane; of you .who have. eorriei
from far • awayare tin• the hist time
IIVIIIg 112 a great . city.' You'': are
tiMay from hotrut,'' away from father
and mother. • Uniees you. start right.
yo21. wili.never end tight. "The glory
of yoinv°e Men is their' strength," The
Way to keep • that strength .is to :re,
fuseto allow the 'sinful dissipations
• to eap the vtril ley Of youth. ' •
• King Solomon warns •the. Young
'people 'against sin, • becatise young
-folks are ape, • te be thoughtles,sly
reckless. They do not want to be
beel; they have do fneention of throw-
" "
eine overboard.. all the peed tea/things
01prohlty aud;right;. they are nature
ally religious; they say their prayers
• When they at ise ia the morning; they
say theta prayers agaia before going
to bed at mghe. But they are full of
'fun' and.. animated fipirits, They
laugh end sing. aud •frolic Met tte a
colt eapere,:ea, ki tten playswrit h her
tall anti a bird .flies hither and thith-
• er for 'the mere pi eteure of flying. A •
full blooeled • lad- caneoe keep. still.
He squirms anl Vitiate and whIspers.
and parises neteS in the schoeltemin;
Ire dime about everything that the
teacher tells Inin• not :to •do, If you
ask, him why he does thus, he' weld
not answer. Whitt schoolboy when
•out itt the .country has not tried to
• see hew near he could 'skate to the
aiiltalc in• the fee? What bot ha*.
Mit fished when etanding.upoli a roll,.
' fug log Or has • not tried to walk
across it dangeroue trestle or hae not
climbed
it steep pt•ecipiee *tit hie
breat wits dizzy with Vertigo?' What
•boy has not tried to nwirn across
river merely beeause the older boys
said he mulct not ? •• •
A wealthy gentleman once adV Nee
• ed for tt. coachman. To OVeyy.
dpl 1 -
sant who came he put this ono qttes-
tion, "'low near catt srou drive it
team of horses te the edge' of a
PiPiee Without koing over ?"
am-wered one Would be coachman, "• I
cue go within twenty feet." "Well,"
• answeeed another, "I could go With
In twelve feet." "Web," answered 'a
hied, "I could • go within eight
feet," and another said, "Within five'
feei.". At last one applicant said,
. the horses amounted to anything
ekeelld be so :feightened that 1
would take the Other side of the
road and get tts far Imes/ from the
precipice •as 1.c0i Id," "Ah," ansWer-
ed the gentleman, "you are the man
I ant looking for. I do not want the
driver who runs into danger, but the
man who will. StaY away. I'll hire
you." Who is the wise naVigator-
the helmsman who Points the shIP'd
prow towtu•d 'the root whore hundred
of wrecks strew the toast or the pil-
ot who keeps the keel in deep wa-
ters? Are yen recklessly going tO,
do that which your father and moth-
er, the Bible, the church and all good
Men and all vied Women tell yell net
to dO '?
King ScionAn wanns tvainet shi
bets:Mee young people are apt to
beeeme despondent. Perhaps- this die-
eeeragemeet ••s Immo-
sit:knees. The loneliest place on
earth is a great city. In the country
town you knew everybody, and every-
body kuew ,you. While • the village
mitister WAS preachiug you wou14 be
Watching the neighbor's daughter,
WhOit you expect some fifty to inelm
your wife. Men you trudged away
to school, every farm wagon which
went by was ready to give you it
lift 1Vhen the poor woman back
amemg the bills 'WAS sick, your moth-
•er made up a package and bade you
carry ft to the house. That poor
woman always greets you now with
emile. Ditt'here in this great tity
yott do not. even know the man who
lives across the hall. Perhaps you
otty "Good ord.:ling" to him, but
that IS all. When you eon* home at
night, there is nothing but the cold.,
uninviting bed room. You long
again for the farm, for the thatched
roof or the old homestead, foe the
smell of the new mown hay and the
sightof the cider Presses vehemently
at work septeeing the orchard's
blood into barrels and casks; kit.
John's wilderness of rock is a fit
name for a great city. It is a, wild-
erness, and there are no wilder Waste
of passien . roaming nmoug forests
than sonte • of the human monsters
-
which live here.
Perhaps your discoeregment comes
front lojustice. You may have been
living in the great city now for two
years,- You worked. and . worked
hard. Then came a vacancy in the
store. Of course you ••expected the
promotion, but another clerk under
you who 'was not as bright nor as
faithful as you had influeace; and he
was pushed ahead, Then you pro-
tested -and vehemently . protested,
All that the' manager did was to
laugh and say, "Well, if you don't
like it get out." • You coilld not get
out. You hadno place to go. You
sullenly went back to the desk, say-
ing: "What. is the use of %eying?
Honesty is not the best policy,"
Perhaps your discouragement own°
In a, cruel way. You had your foot
upon the lowest 'rung end were be
glinting to climb -the ladder 'of pee-
cea, whew suddenly the hard times
came. The firm dissolved and .yoti
were ()ht.:barged, You are how not
ontylooking fee a now place, but
you have to commence all over again.
Now conies the warning against
teniPtatione. Now the old sage tells
1115 te put the hancl of ,leve . upon
- your shoulder tied 'say, "My son, if
•sinners entice. thee, eonsen t thou
I give yeni•this'.werning gladly and
willingly, iny .brother, becatise these
are the froubke which are fitting you
the' /nighty set:et:sees withit' are to
(unite:. Remember this grteit 1erisen7-
5nyth1nge altich develops oalekiy dies.
quickly. Tho' insectare 'generated
, and grow.to maturity en a few hours,
•but they also die :of ol(3. age by
• igh t. Th e 1 gourd , w filth Spread it-.
°sell as .4111 umbrella over , head 'of
the Prephet:•jonith withered as soon
itsiL was touched ofthe east wind.
The Aimee whi .11 bioseonis in the
• spring gees to eeedbbfore the fall.
It takes years mai years to de 'eloP
• a Ceder Of Lebanon. It tai..ee
tulles mum veuterioe to bizey a -coat
mime. It letkeea t least one Scat:e
years to make a mane anti' the more
obstaeles you . can' overcorne the more
itt a giant you will be. Only the
gods".can reach the eters.. Man •Catt
become...like a•••god' if. Ocid •
• with hint and he keeps on 'stretching,.
Thet.e •ie a beautiful story told .ot
who became .very entich
discouraged. No conversigne -result,
ed fi'oin hi,*ork He determined.to
leave his held. That night 'as he
slept he had astrange. dream. ,
dreamed that an mine] hod giVen him
. ' a, hemmer and placed hirii before a
huge rock and. said to him, "I'ound,
and keep on pounding.''. fle ppitnded
I on,1)113, coilld pot'tereak . the • roelt.
1..13ectiuse he was timeicceseful he
sat. downand wept, Bat -While
he •• Weeit the angel again apPeared
' sai I, •..-Why • dost • thou
•.weep ?" "Decease 1 atermot break the
teadc." • ''Then,'" said the • angel,
'time •linst, nothing to. •dci with the
.:;•.'resutts'. Donna n pouncli and. keep
• on piitoidfug , whether thou •breake.St
• the•rhek or 'no." Tho. dreamer 'arose,
piekoti up the hemmer ant) en -tote -the
etee'twith •21 . ntighty blow. Lo; the
rock broke! Solonion 'bids •015 -giVei
to you the lianinier of persistenCe.•:}fe
'tells me to point you tie the rock of
adversity," saying, "'Strike, strike,
until the fires of heaven flesh! Strike
for yOur,., Wet And keep on . strike
King Solothon warns. the • young
folks against; gin bemuse, ettil ,conie
pantens are always •the first • to. exe
• tend; the eight hand of weleome. The
• •good young men eiaye: 'cahnot are
ford to „fteseciate with'. eyory onei.
•. cannot go with every stray acquaint-.
arm() ahom 1 Meet noon -the street.
ehould live in the city as I •Ii've at
home. I ought 'not to consoet with
any COmpanion whimi I would . be •
ashamed to 'introduce to Iny Mother
or sisters." Whets yeti enter:the attire
as a fehow. clerk, he watches you. 123/
Conversation, be Mute but whether ;
or no you are it church menther. TIe;
' is too bus,i to gossip &lying busfeura
hours,' and Sh it will take ecifne t Line
for . him and yOtt to ineCome • fiesta:
friends, Aftea awhile' • he will invite 1,
yate to attend . night' school. or gol
to some leetttre or meeting. Tte asks
you Whet .books you read and • then
. °flare to lend yen one of the claksies.
Ify and by you -arrange to take your
vacations together, • Then the • gooti..
young matt gives to yott the hiehest •
etitmlinte»t`eftslils life --he -1421',5 you
to come hotne With Iiiiii•and visit his •
Mother. That clear old lady Weleonee
sent as ealy his trother van. 1 -lie
Pnow.s Yollr °We home is so for aWay
that. it is impossible for you to go
I. re end get buck 10 the store whett
the tivo holidaes ere over.
Bet the bad youeg men lei never
herd to become acintuinted With. He
will slap you upon the heels as stion
as yen, enter the store.' Ile offers You
it sig. ratio or invites you later to
•tal;e a Melte, 1l etops you 10 the
hall and Wants to have a long talk.
I•le is always loafing when the head of
the clepaettrient is away, •Alter a Ilt•
tle While he begins to make fun ot
your Dible. lie ridicules you as stin-
gy `because Slott send mostt, of your
Money home to support a widowed
mother and fatherless children,
and then, it yoti haVe-money to
spend, he and his evil companions
Will gather around you to help spend
it, if yoll Will let thellIf thl
clover tope Will empty all the bee-
hives from far arid pear. Dia after
your money is gone and position
gone and health go»e and honor gone
they will care no »tore foe you thekt
for a dead Chr in the Street. The
night you die the saloons will be as
crowdoil,the glasses will click just
88 merrily as ever. At that bar Which
you noW fret,tent there will not be a
to r shed 04/11` you., The day your
hotly Is buried the very friende wha.
are n entieing yoti away will gam-
ble junt as ree`theady and laugh just
as ;tend with' tethers ail they now do
the MeRillop* Mutual Fire
• Insurance ' Company:
Farrn and Isolated Town Proper-
ty Only Insured.
OFFICERS .
.7. B. McLean, Presideat, Kippen P.
0. ; Thos.' Fraser, Vice -President,
Brucefiehl P, 0. ; 'T, E. Ilays'Sec.-
.Treaaurer, Seareirth P.. 0. ; W. 0.
13roadfoot; Inepeetor of Losses, Sea -
forth 0. • • - '
. •DIREC'rORS •
W-. G. Itroa.dfoot, '; Jelin
Grieve, Winthrop.; Getitge Dale, Sea -
forth ; John Watt,' Harloek ;, • John
BenneWies, Bradhagatt ; James Evans/
Beechwood ; james Connolly, Clinton;
John 1VIcLean4
KipPen
•.„ AGENTS. • .
Robert Smith, Harlock ;* Robert, Mc-
Millan, Seaforth ; James Cummings,
Egniondville ; J. Yee, Holmes-
ville.
Parties, deeiroas to effect insurance
or transct other business ,will be
Prolimtly attended to on application
to any of the above officers addeeesed
to their respective pestoflices.
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irom Clinton Statibeas follows
BUFFALO AND GODERICH
Going East Express • • 7.38 a. na
• 2,55 p. 111
Mixed, 4.25 p. 111,
" West ,‘ 3o.I5 a. tn.
" Express 12.55 p. 111,
7,05 a, In,
1.4 11 • 10.27 II. nt.
LONDON, 11/112014 AND 311RUCE
Going South Express • 7.47 a. M.
Mixed 4.25 p, 111.
North Express 30.25 21, 111.
'1 Mixed 6.55 p, m.
A. 0. PATTISON, F, R.. HODGENS,
Agent, Town Tidket Ag.
M. C, DICKSON
District Pass. Ag„ Toronto
11 41 • 14
4,
1 41
eateteseesweltesesiesageseseeteeteteasesteel
eaIi
o41. 4;44144444 1
«1 suffered terribly and was ex- 4
tremely Weak for 12 years. The 3
doctors taid my blood was all,
• turning to water. At last 1 tried
Ayer's Satsaparlitat and was soon 7
Meting all rt,,lit again."
Mrs. J. Vt. PIMA) Hadlyree) Ct. 71
- No matter how long you
•z have been ill, nor how
poorly you May be today,
- Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the
best medicine you can
I take for purifying and en.
• riching the blood.
_ Don't doubt it, put your
whole trust in it, throw
• away everything else.
woo* Wilt. Ali druggisia,
Ask your doter whit he Wales of Ayer's
fiereseafilifi,11,knowtatialintitthitgrand,
ma family Meditine, Mow lattuneceend
we win be inttialle4.
.1.• Arita et...1.110441,,Madt,
-
wl:h 3012, mice 11 necessary anti they
could nod no other place they 'would
he willing to gamble at 3/aur grave.
izig Solomon warns the young
people not to consult to sin becauee
after we have once yielded we win
never be the same again. It would Le
pleasant if we could go on sinning
,and then after awhile say, "I guess
wi.1 situp endstart over again."
Dut we cannot say or do that. Whet,
18001018 a man soweth, that shall he
also reap. If it Ulan make a bed of
taws, he sleeps in a cloud of incense.
If ho gather only the thorns, he
must be lacerated by the thorns. 41-.
ter you hate mike robbed the firm
will 'levee fully trust yeti. After you
have once wrecked your health you
tan ileN or be enything but a suffering
invalid. After you have once tea to
; immortal eatil astray and that rent
has departed front earth to meet its
pulginent at the bar of god you .can
neter ehane,e its eternal destiny,
Many a man to -day wouid willin•rly
cut off his right arm if he could may
change the past. He cannot, The
past Is forever dead unless that past
eltil be (hanged in a heavenly sense
through the trzercy and the pardon of
God, Make not the mistake ,vhich so
many older men have Made 'of having
a lad rccord dut•ing the period - of
youth and then having that t•ecorci
cut•se an the intdnoon and the • twi-.
light cf your existence and curse
Y°I.titirti•Igvnthte9ptehreeeegurtivoen of the 'Hugo-
eno:a in Franee d father and mother
had to flee from the city for their
lives. They had to leave behind an
only girl. Fearing lest he should not
recognize his child again, the father
too'; ft sharp knife and cut the arm
of the child -almost to the bone. Time.
passed On. Tile war was ended,' and
the father and mother returned to
the French capital, They went 'every -
IN here loolaing for their long lost
deuehter. When the father thought he
saw his. child, he .would exaniine• the
armjust above the wrist. At last he
found his Child. He found her byethe
proof of a red scar. So Satan pate
the fatal mark of sin upon .every one
of his disciples. Though we may re-,
pent of Our past, though. we • may
agonize before the mercy seat and
ask • God to forgive us our sins,
though we may, receive. a. heavenly
paedon, WO cannot in en earthly
sense obliterate the telltale signs or
the past . • •
•
But the greatest lesson of tins.
text is yet to be epoken, Soloatort
tells us not to let evilcompanions.
entice us away, But man is it social
being. He longs foe: friends. He must
have friend's mile Will associate with
.hirawhen he -weeps as welt as Janne,
when he is ff`;:ing as wellae when he
is strong eirdwell..As Sedomon bide
.you to beware of evil companions, I
• will introduce to yea ono who • will
be the best Friend a. yeungman ever
had. Young 'Man, :yea' cannot afford
to face the temptations of a• great
city alone.- Perhaps you, halow . about
• tills laving. Fricnci to...whore. I want
to introduce You. lie was N,I;ith your
sister. •wh.ea he died. Well, you re-
rneinber • iW. , Smiled. up into
faee, Ile was .with your mother .clur-
e.11 her .trottl.les in life. The„last.
word's yoer• father spoke axi ' • earth
was • Ws name.. That nanieshall-
speak it? ',Ie. its1 :fe23t:1st 'deitual That
is the Friend Who:will Sec you all
the way eh:eine:eh it•you will .
trust hint,. you Must now Make .21
choice --a theice betweenthis dear
Friend and . evil companions. This
de a very anxious moinent for, Many
et u$. It is an anxious intim:eats tier
Christ as well as for;you. •
One dark. night a watehrnan• feu
aslente at his post andfailed. to sig-,
lightnierg exprees. Leaping -to
his fee1 when the flyiag engine, •os 21
'shrheeitia, monster., :shot bY, he :saw
the tri diseppeer tiati realieeci that
the .drawbridge wae open and all the
passengers rcl'e lost. It wits. toe
inecli• fee ..huitnn brain. • The malt
went stitihreaated. Francis .found him
.ehivcrin13 and seoWering in• the con,
lier of his room *a raving •• Maniac,
muttering' to hirnself,„ "Oli, it I' only
bed:, :if 1 only had!" 'Here comes
•tiew dering along the limited express
fuji of :gespel invitation, The 'train'.
is flying with the speed of 'the light-
n'n'A. What •are you .going to do in
reference. to 'Christ; befbre it is too
late? OVer the tiaelt ;abyss ot:Sin.• Will
Yon:throw the strong, straight bea122.
of:1 the 'ceoss, or, Will you let evil
coninanione crush your ' hopes • into
reins?. Shall you be. smiled at by the-
aneel. of hope or hissed at by the
eoite of despair? Will you • accept
tlics ileetts es your friend? Your:101e-
ed. ones, your Heavenly °Father, . Your
Sividour and the ITaly Spirit await.
• the answeise"itty son, if shiners en -
the thee, cblisent thou not:" •
" The man who knoWe it all Is a, fit
'collimation for the woman who knows
nettling. •
•
"Imiffor
aernufy In firtipathy with Christ or
that the preaching lacks, flan (11 Tim.
ill, 12; Col. iv, M. There are not many
Who are willing to endure sound doe-
, trine (11 Titu. IY, 3). •
, 44. It Wes neceesary that the W02'4 of
shield lioratur ;J:from1 imallcaennlojimi;)
ytolur=v1 Inwporth)et everlasting 111 e, le,
we turn to the gentiles.
To the 4ew first, then to the gentiles,
waft the principle acted upon in all
apostolic preaching (At 111, 20; Bora.
1, 10), Man has the'power Of receiving
or patting from him this great gift of
everlasting life Vineh Ood has provid-
ed at ouch infinite cost,
47. 1 have set thee to be a light of the
sentilee that thou shouldest be ter Salva-
tion unto the elide Of the earth.
; Paul's commission was to bear the
name of the Lord not only before the
ehildren of Israel, but before the gen-
es ( c s z, 15), and he quotes from
Isa. sits, 6, concerning Israel's ales- I
With, called the Servadt o' the Lord.
• whnothe mystery' or the church is 1
not clearly revealed in the Old Testa- 1
Ment (Epti,111, 5, 6), the calling of the
gentile nations after Israel shall have
been converted is an oft repeated feet,
and yet Paul gathers from.this passage
the
gtim.
abomet:ulilli
ieoncerning his missiou to
tft Ane when the gen" tiles heard (hist
tteeyLwarer aniaaaasnradaslyorlailsea were
9wourte/
rd
to eternal and
hellevelci.
The gentilegave heed to the mes.
attire, and by receiving the word of the
. Lord they glorified it and were made
glad 121 Him whom they thus received.
In this. age not all aro given to Christ,
but all who aro given•shall come, and
• whosoever will may come, with the as,
surance that none who come will be
,cast out (John vi, 37; Rev, xxlI, 17),a
%This is the time of •salvation for the
'eleet .church, after which shall come
• the salvation Of all Israel and then of
all nation&
• 49, And the word of the Lord was pub -
Honed throughout all the region,
This is the work and the privilege of
'every redeemed one, for it is written,
"Let !nth that•heareth say eome." And
if we have receivedthe.geeper tor our-
selves it is not for•ourselves only, but
we have been Intrusted with the mes-
• sage that, others through us may hear '
; it •.also, and to all who have not" yet
; •head we are debtors and should :say,
i "As much as in me is' I am ready to .
• ghee them the gospel" (Rev. xxii, 17; ,
• I Thess. 11, 4; Item t. 14, 15).
SO.' But the Jews- stirred up the • devout
and boaorable women and the chief men
:of the eity and raised persecutlonhugainst
•of thel
•• Paul arndcoBaasrtrsi.abas arid expeiled em out
. .
Was it roe•this the Spirit-se.nt them
forth? Did Hp know that they would
be thus rejected' and 111 treated? • Yes,
'perfectly 'dui Ile know it 2111, 0210 even
our Lord Himsele toldthem. iMfore .1Ie
diedthat they .would be put•ont of the' ,
synagogues and 'killed for His sake,
and 'they •must not be offended nor .
afraid (John xvii 1, 21Matt. x, 281.
•
51.- But they shook off the duet of their
feet against themand came unto leonihm
' Cloin.pare chapter 6, 'find see
their instructions In Mark vi, 11"; Luke
. Ix, .5. It is' our glorious privilt-ge to
proclaim the' glad tidings, to inalt-e
known the leve of •God, to offer to .1111
inHis mime. eternal redeloption
through the bleiod:•. of Christ, . knowing
'that as we do so•in reliance upon the,
Holy Spirit His word will never* ro-
turn to Him, '
52. And the dhietples Were filled with joy „.
and With the Holy Ghost.. • •
- .•
All •that.vre are called upon to bear
for the sake of 'Christ .and is troth
• should be borne cheerfully; for Ile has:
taught uS to be exceeding glad .and.
leapfor' joy , under such .elremustances
(Matt.. v, 10-12;* Luke. vi, 22, *. We..
life 'told' thatthe sufferings, of this .
present time ate not worthy to be "
pared with the glory which Shall' be
• revealed in us; • that our .aillictioue
dre fight cempared. with His and ,bet
• forr,:iXoroent ,When -comth
pared • wi
• ete
:
• 1
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
119[P,8' ilfC18101 tri 1101181
Nothl;g 1-1e.s Cana Out About
the Vereeniging Qonferen0e,
• tr. onsmnerisia.s. cAuttims.worao Have
Net Disconreged Suramine Hopei et
the Orme* Masses -Boers Want to •
it2iesollate" Sos compromise, nut
Levee Kt tee. ti.e. and Milner Will haVII
Nano of I 1 r14/14 rettkeX Surrolidars.
Pretoria, May 1.9.---Nothillg has
come out with reference to the coo-
fereuce of the 110er leaders of the
ti.nogin t(i)tla )11 itiltem oit»t htebren f a4114(1 e at sVteerrneeenoi gn:
Terence. Minion, the train wrecker,
has surretecitred, and is now IA Pre-,
The 'Boor &legatee, who are as-
• vembled at Vereenigieg, Transvaal,
bold tonferences on Thurs-
‘17 1ln'4nt,
°1 iiltrtl'
t4a711,1.
London, May 19.-A desnatch to
• The Times from. Pretoria says that
about 100 Doer leaders are assembl-
ed at Vereeniging, Ana their' de- •
.meatior leads one to suppose • they
will vote. in fitebe of a continuation
of hostilities, but the fact that the
voting Is by ballot might tarn the
balance to the id e of peace. 1Vhate •
ever the direct result of the center- .
mice may be, says the correspondent,
th end of the • war •iS not distant,
because .the konterence will probably
be followed by numerous 'surrenders
in various direetiOns, • while large
bodies of Dritish troops win be pour-
ed into the resisting..districts.
hoer Decision In Doubt. .
London, May 19.-Very'elivargent
are the 'views 'taken both In .London
and Pretoria of the prospects of the. .
coneltision of peace within the next,
few days:. Colonial Secretary Chaim-
lierlairt's extremely cautious words
in his speech Friday have not dire,
couragal..the sanguine hopes of the
masses, but those who know the
'Boma; hest:idly expect them to make
a further attempt'in the negotiations'
iI not in- the field, •ta gain better
terms than are contained in the Brit-
*•hLo°1•11•Tr.
It'1Citchener's paramount effort
at 'his' ht'st interview , with the Boer • '
leaders was to imprees upon them .
that neither now nor in the future
would Great Britain consider terra*
.which would !twelve either independe'
weep. of the two 'republics or niere
'SilsktraintY. Acting President Schalk
°; e
bueger ot the Trafisyeal and his
companions•have probably been cone
•vinced of the irrevocable nature;
this .declaration,.but whether., they -
have 'spat:ceded in conveying this iiza
preesiore to the rank and file of the
cominandees 111 the &Id has not yet. • •
t•I''adlitsePipret)alete coliferen.Ce which •
ele
•iti session Is pat Mich. in the ordinary.
!sense. The •Boers undbulitedly • want
tO "neJgotlate." Jhy knotv the Brit-
ieli, (Melts, and 'they wieli tei submit
counter, propose Is . in the ordinary,.
Way itncl thew Work toward a compeci,:
1111:e1. • ••
.
• teed -Kitchener and Lard • Milner
will not poen it • th ri hey declare
orteally that the British' peopOsitioa
is the irredn'cible minitninerilenutild Of
a successful, belligerent, and the only.
'question is ae. to the acceptance • or
rele,etion of 'the propOsitien 114
entirety. The only contingency whieli
van prolong the ticgotiations le for
the Boers after eenceding.the essen-
tial demands to seek to settire minor
eoridesefarts in Cot -Unction 'with the :
plitn for the future. geteernmentof the
eotiatey. The, Dritisle.repreeentativeS
hardly take thi3 reaponsibility. et
prolonging the -war' by an.: arbitrary
reftisal to eellSider. such points,.. asi ,
.(lieece . ' .
: resod Nene by NI•pd nes!d
• London, May sorts of en -
Mors are rile abaut the Boer cotifers.
i30
b17001.,:e:ht‘tvte- anloesddeattyn.ite ...iNniere.vsicsigietarPecwtaec,"" 7-
, lace, TheDaily corresponden:te
,
regardit as •Inativiettble to consider ..
the complete: succees of negotiations' •.
as certain.: • • • • .
LES$0N Vill, I3ECOND QUARTER,INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MAY 25: •• •
Text of the Lefoulno Acte :ill, 43-82.
Memory Verses, 40, 47'.,Go1ders Text,
Acts x111, SW -Commentary Prepared
by Bey, 21. 112. atearne.
• •
ICooYright, 1002, by American Press ASSO•
•• elation.)
• 43. Paul and Bernabass speaking to
them, persuaded theni to continue in the
grace of 005.
CrOSSIllg trent 03111116 to the wain -
land, they arrive at Verge, where John
Mark left them and returned to jeru-
saletn. 'Thence they journey to Anti.
Oh, In Pisidia,, 0.1n1 are found in the
synagogue on the Sabbeth day, and,
befog Invited to speak, Paul begins at
the exodas of Israel fron1 Egypt and
preaches unto theal Jesus and the res.
urrection and through Itim the for-
giveness of sins. After the Nervice
many asked to hear those words again
the next Sabbath, and as they followed
Paid and Darnabas they Urged them to
continue in the grace of God.
44, And the next Sabbath day came ale
most the whole city together to hear the
word of God,
The SpOstiee had no doubt spoken to
lustily through the week, and those
Who bad beard the preceding Sabbath
had not been quiet about the wondrous
resurreetion Story and the consequent
great redemption so !ally and freely
proclaimed. It became the talk of the
tOsen, and, an Intmens0 congregatiett Ate
sembled not to hear the wisdom or the
oratory of the apostles, but to hear the
• Word of 'God.
48. But When the Ntws saw the multi-
tudes they were illiad with envY and soaks
egalnet therm thInge.
Stleh mattifeat Working Of the 11013'
Spirit could not but provoke the advetn
sary to envy and blasphemy. Compare
Acts v, I13} Vii, 54. If n011e of the re.
!talons people of a community is stir-
red to talk against the preaching, It
le an etidence either that he won.
THE 'PREMIER HONORED,'Sir: Wilfl'ld '
Leerier Preseiited .'*11.11 ilia • •WiirirliffitEDIAN
Eortriit, by Forbes, in (lse. .
.'•ntonti
• •
Ottawa, May 16.-A ceremony un-
ique in Parliamen tary experiencti
eurred yesterday afterntion; when Sir
Wilfrid Laurier .was presented With
his, portrait. by Forbes in the •Cone -
mons Chamber. The Scene -.itself
Was out, of the ordinary. L the
• Premier's seat sat Lady Laurier and
heiicic.' her in "the chute of the Minis-
ter of' the Intl:akin •sitt Mrs. 511 ton
Mrs, Fielding occupied the chair Of
'the MiLister cif Finance and 'Mrs.
Mulork sat at the Postmaster-Genee•
al's desk; The wives ofseveral. of
the neembere followed out the .simile.
Among • them Mee.' 'Charles 'Blared.
viewed the preceedings from the seat
of the member of Bonaventure. -
Liberaf Whip Calvert read the pres-
entation addreSS; in .which it -Was.
said the Prentier's rife had been
*Pent in • "fostering concerted hal?-,
moo Diming all classes Of the Peo-
ple regerilless of 18205(10 2' origin,"
The personal attachment of •the
members of the Liberal 'party. Was
expressed.
The Premier was cheered as he rose
to reply, Ile said he appreciated the
gift' Incense it' was painted by' It
Canadian artist, He had it scheme
to adorn the walls of the hamber
With scenes of patriotic .endetivor
paittted by Canadians, • in order to
encourage art, To the good wisheit
for a successful trip to the corona. -
tion he replied eloquently for himself
and Lady Laurier.
It L. Dorden came forWaecl to re -
pollen! tells, and said this was one
of the oceastens where the Opposition
had ne amendment to oiler, Ito •es-
teemed it it great pIea.sure to be
pceseat, 'While they fought their
battlee on the door of the Reese
'With a good. deal of vigor' On an
Oceasion like. MO all couldjoin in
Offering hearty eorigratulatfous to
Sir Wilfrid tiettl Lady Laurier, and,
Wishing. them God -speed on their -ap-
proaching 'visitto the Motherland,
Ile added congratulations to
those of the gentlemen, who had
ishoven their esteem and affection for
the Peetnier bY Presenting him With
this very beautiful portrait. Mr.
Dorden then advanced and shook
hands With the Prime Minister.
• hilaiitti Set 'totemic,
1. y • • , ten tiolirax With Canadians.
Halifax, N.S,, , May 19. --Sixth Iter.
giment .and• Squadrons '.0 and 001 •
• the 4th C 11. li. b d •tIn tho
Winnifeedien Saturday Morning, f Or •
Smith Africa. ; Lieut, -,Cel. Irving,
who has been 1),O,C. •here for seven
, years,. wasgiven a great See& og by
: his brother militia, olliceea, who ac-
conipartied the regiment 'trent ;the
tamp to the •boat. Bands of 66th,
6:3rd and • 11. 0.31. played the me
through the streets, which were
• ed with spectators, •
Adjutant Captain . Thompson of ilia
68rd.inade' a speech on arrival at the .•
pier, in which he conveyedto don el .
Irving the high appreciation in which
he is held by the • militia of
The slihe left about' 2 &elle& in the
• afternOon. The.'weather. was. beatiti-
: fill, and the steamre, will have aline •
ran off the Oast, • •
At .Tiett . 0 el ok Satnrda%it Trommor
4
nallfax, tbl.S., May 10. -The threat*
tried strike of the miners 'in Cape
Bret'olt lute been declared oft. The
coMpartite have granted the ten pet.
cent. demanded by the men.
VrOltinelat ;Jet bliattolved
Ottawa, Ont., Wray 10. -Tho
lowance of disal-
it British Columbia Act,
incorporating the Lake ilennett
way, Ilall-
va* gavotted Saturday.
Jan. somara oast,.
Deputy atio4ter 01 ersetateie rams
Away After illness errewe rears, •
OttaSvie, •May 16. -'Mr. W. .13;
•Searth, Deputy Minister • of • Ageleal-
ture, died yesterday Morning after a
lingering illness. Ilehad bon ineape
acitated for work for two years, but
vetained the office. Ire was 65 years •
• of age. no Wail formerly member' for
Winnipeg in the House of Commons,
sitting from 1887 to 1891, when he
was appointed to the office he held
at the thee of his death.
Arlo -viten EitverfoN PICIDDIOT74/3.
.0.4.44.44
oboe:ter at St, Vincent 0roitfer Than et
Virst Pettmated.
itigeton, TM anti of St.. Vincent, •
May 15.-SchintietS who
have come here front the ileith•h Ise
land Of Trinidad, peedict another vole
cartic eruption on St. Vincent with.:
in a short tittle.
'rile damage done to St. Vincent hsr
the volcanic eruptions is now known
• te be considerably greater than Willi
at first, Militated. The present un-
easiness of the itihabitantil of the 18 -
land is Increaeed by the continuous
agitation of the volcanic craters. •
The disaster at St. Vincent Meens
• the practical extinctioe of the Carib
Indians that W01'e found by Colima.. °
line tette eenturies ago. An old In-
man prophecy that the CaribS, Would
be •etterilleed to the fire god Which
. they Worshiped lute been fulfilled, 01
the Coribs only a few individettle 1811
3325111 on The Thiamin of St. Diehl,
and Doininica. The retries made that
portion of the Island lying at the
base of Sottfriere their country. If
there is a surviVor he is not yet .
kno*n,
OP •