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The Brussels Post, 1929-4-10, Page 3:1 THE BRU$3EI4 PONT `l• WHEN OPPORTUNITY COMES Your savings account will soon give you a fund for business investments, or for an emergency, or it will pro- vide a surplus that will help to keep you in comfort in your old age. The "regular saving" habit is the most profitable one you can form. This Banh Invites Your Savings Account.. Interest Compounded Half Yearly. THE BANK OFESTABLISHED NOVA SCOTIA 1832 Capital $10,000,000 Reserve $20,000,000 Total Assets over $260,000,000 J, A. McLEOD, General Manager, Toronto 812 j Sunday School Lesson BY CHARLES G. TRUMBULL (editor of The Sunday School Tinos) HEZEKIAH LEADS HIS PEOPLE BACK TO GOD. Sunday, April 14 — II. Chronicles, 30; 1-27. had been, but to, take happiness in- stead of misery from God's hands, "For the Lord your Goa 18 'gracious and merciful, and will not; turn away ;His face from you if ye return unto Him." BIBLE THOUGHTS tea. Por This Week oma 131b18 T wauhte memorized will pr4Ye 8 prlcelgw herauuu (n 4 r ycuru, SUNDAY, Out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. ]sag 21 3. MONDAY. Dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return. Gen. 8: 19. TUESDAY, For i know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above an gods. Psa. 135: 5, WEDNESDAY, Happy is the loan that findoth wisdom and the man that getteth understanding. Prov, 3: 13. ,THURSDAY If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and th 'it shall be done unto you, John 15:7. FRIDAY. And they shall see his face, and his name shall be on their foreheads. Rev. 22: 4. SATURDAY. For the Lord shall be thy confiders• ce, and shall keep thy foot from be ing taken. Prov, 3: 26. TRUE CHURCH UNION GR 0 W S SECTARIANISM FADES IN THE UNITED CLERGY OF CANADA —DR. WILSON REPORTS — 3 YEARS OF MERGED WORK DESCRIBED IN A RECENT PHAMPHLET. Toronto—"Theft denominational lines are being slowly but surely ob- literated within the United Church herself is evident from recent reports from secretaries of presbyteries." LOYALTY AND FELLOWSHIP "Ore Western secretary . reports Golden Text I Would it, not seem like sheer in- that he does not even know the for - The Lord your God is gracious and merciful (II.. Citron. 80:9.) I that? But as the messengers passed I his fellow -members of presbytery. through the land many "laughed ' The almost universal testimony of them to scorn, and, mocked them." 1 the presbyteries is that there is a Yet why should we be surprised: are fine loyalty, a deep and delightful sanity to reject an invitation like liner denominational affiliations of Some people seem to think that we cnnnot have God and joy in our lives at the same time. , The fact is that we cannot have joy .unless we have God. The people of Judah turned back wholly to God in this lesson, and the result was that they had such ,happiness as they had not known for, almost three centuries. To get the meaning of tate lesson story we should read chapters 28, 29, and 30. They tell the • story of a bad father and a good son. Ahaz was one of the worst..Kings Judah ever had; he turned against Cod, worshipped other gods and idols, and led his people, into open sin and abominations'. When his ruinous reign came to an end his 25 -year-old son Hezekiah took the throne. A clean-liviug young man„ he lost ar, time in leading his people back tc righteousness and decency. Evict. ently 11e knew that there was no suci. thing , as morality without true re ligion, which is faith in God and oh edience to Him; so in the first meal. of the/ filet year of his reign he "opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them," The twenty-ninth chapter tells all that he did to cleanse the temple, instruct the privets, and restore the worship of God. Here is an, outline of the thirtieth chapter: The King invites all, whosoever will to receive God's free grace and not most men doing that today with God's messengers and God's, invita- tion, which is the Gospel? A few in Israel 'came; all of Jud- ah came. And, the first thing they did was to break clown the idolatrous altars and throw them into the brook Kid1•on. Sinful practices were put fellowship in the ministry of the United Church" says Rev. R. J. Wil- son, M.A., D.D., in a pamphlet, "Church Union in Canada after Three Years." "From the very incomplete returns representing only 60 percent of the presbyteries, one gathers that 153 ministers have been called, or ap- •The precious Blood of the Lmnb pointed, during the year 1028 to was then symbolized in the killing of : churches of other than than their own the passovor. It had meant Israel's former denominational affiliations. escape from. death that last night The exchange has been general in all they were in Egypt; it means the, -parte of the church." wey of escape from death, and the only way, for all men in all lands at CHANGES NEARLY COMPLEI ED. all times. Have we. accepted the Amalgamations, rearrangement of Sacrifice of the Lamb of God, Hix fields, and union of charges have only Son, and are, we under His been effected sines June 1925, to the blood? If. so, we are saved; if not, number of 560, and this work is now we are lost. fairly well completed. The saving to The( people,.ghtdly took the op- hone mission funds has been consid- portunity of confessing their ,ins to erable . . . . The work of erecting God, and it was a time of great glad- ' pew churches and manses goes on Hese, with singing and music of with vigor, especially in: the newer "loud instruments." Why should parts of the country. In the pres- people ever suppose God's religion, byteries reporting, 138 now churches ,the: Gospel makes folks gloomy? It , and manses have been either started is .Satan's lie, Joe' there is no joy ex- or completed during the past year. Sept in God and Christ. . . . Consolidation of depart - After the required seven days of ; ments is now •complete. Twenty-six this observance the whole assembly boards and committees of the three decided to "keep other seven days; former churches have been merged and they kept other seven days with into six boards; three church papers favor (1-G.) gladness." They thought of it as a ' privilege, not as a duty, and their warning A from their fathers w'. joy, knew no bounds, There had not ample (7-9). been sneli a time, we read, "since the Many reject the invitation; some time of (Solomon, the son to David accept •(10-12), ICin" of Israel." And that 11180111 Sinful practices put away (18-14) well on toward three centuries. The Blood of the Lamb (15.20). There were two great results. Joy and worship confession (21-22). Gaol's appointed representatives, the liens which issues 28 publications The wrsip respected, not Ih� duty, but las a privilege, in gtent God authorized them to do. 'The'Thejoy (28-26), m closing words of, the chapte- arc im- lllessing and answered praYctl' pressive: "and their ,arra was heard (27). and their prayer came up to His Israel, or Ithe Northern tem tribes, .holy dwelling place, even unto had long, ago broken with Judah, or heaven," When we. really turn to the Southern two tribes; but King Gail, trust Him fully, and do His aezekiah invited all Israel and Jud - will, every barrier erected by our ah to ("come to the house of the sin between Himself and ourselvoa Lord, at Jerusalem, to keep the pass - is cast clown, and ITS hears us, ever tanto the Lord God of Israel." Are our prayers answered? If It was a kingly invitation, sent in a ,ant, Ines tits lesson tell us why? kingly way, with the posts carrying ___ the, royal letters from Beersheba to Canada, nes a member of the Dan, the extreme south 'and the ex• Creme north. League of Nations, shares pro rata in The pas+over was the great sign its 059031805 and has eontrlbuted a to- ol God's, grace and deliverance; Ills people were invited to turn to DimDimend accept this again. Many a tame 'their ancestors lead rejected, God, with the only possible result: desolation and suffering. The King pleaded with all the people, therefore, not to be as their fathers into one, The New Outlook; three missionary papers into ono, the Un- ited Church Record and Missionary Review; three Woman's 'Missionary papers into, one, the Missionary Monthly. All the publishing inter- ests ofthe three churches have beau united under one board of publica- priests, "blessed the people,' as and lesson helps for Sunday school and young people. Under the co-operative budget in unified plain of finance the. mission- ary and maintenance fund makes ah united appeal to the whole church for the entire amount required by the various chureh,boards, 'The Lome mission board is res- ponsible for preaching the Gospel in 25 languages in Canada, and maintains snare than ,1.700 missio11- arie5 who occupy 4,368 preaching places in home mission areas. 'Phe board, in co•oporntion with the Woman's Missionary Society, has um der its care 40 neighborhood and community houses, 19 school homes, 70 day schools, 26 hospitals anti seven dispensaries and clinics. tal of $1,636,515 since the inceptiotl of the league ten years ago. Canada also maita1ns a permanent office .in Geneva with Dr. Riddell, as the Cana- dian advisory officer. Canada also sends various delegates annually to tine council and committee ,meetings of the league. Over Two und red Trans Daily The glass covered passenger train sired at Windsor Station, Montreal. Thelergeetin Canads, and coin paring very favorably with some of the largest in the United States, the Montreal Terminals of the Canadian Pacific Railway have 40 miles of double main track, six of single main track, 15 rw'tching and delivery yards, over 300 private individual sidings and three interchange tracks with other railways, making a total of over 250 rtile8 of track. An average of 125 passenger and 100 freight Ire iee are handled daily, the number varying at different seasons. Nearly 8, uuo freieht and passenger cars are moved every day. 51 transfer and yard mod nee are in vervire 24 hours of the day and frequently addi- tioraI 1 .ornott •es are required. Between 3200 and 3500 men are employed constantly. There are two large passenger yards, Glen Yard at Westmount, and Plate. '}ger, of whim the former is the larger and more important sdriee it 1 .are of all incoming and outgoing trains to and from the Binder arc 'talion, An aterage of 90 trains enter and leave the Isms or sta,.ien and an average of 40 Place Viger Station daily which treeme t c 55 outgoing trains at .east, have to be switched daily their ai..baa:: rea .y, lnsaected, watered, iced and cleaned in preparation for their 30''rr:.•3', 1 a t trafrie is more difficult to handle than passenger. Of the 13 , t 4,1d. delivery .yard,, Sortin, Outremont and Hochelaga are the 'eretae, 1 aiming trains are taken in the receiving yarn: outgoing in the r l• :..if'..atton yard and cars held for orders or repairs in the hold a.ul repeir reed. en easeeteere `e&trre of freight traffic is the prompt placing of all bladed d , e onto tile various private sidings, public team tracks and feime - teegke thronghout the city so that the various consignees iMe. delivery of their •ahinmcnts as soon as possible after arrival in t tc rerrisir 11 yaris. Prompt nlaeing of empty cars for loading is another :tore, as is also prompt movement of cars loaded in the city r h Osewlere. During the navigation ation season an average of mei leaded t tai package freight foe export is always waiting to be Fleeter, during the grain movement season, there is always an ave -eve ,r 1.0'1{0 cars of grafi i on hand. Ilestri i(c ;wan:: e'nstant attention to insure maximum of see tee. The male line tracks are laid with 140-1b. rail and rock -ballasted. Nearly 209J,0r)tr 'mw ties and 2,800 gross tons of rails were laid in the main line and yard tracks during 1927 without causing a minute's delay to ire:1c•. There are four engine houses on the Terminals, each with culls for free, 24 to'36 engines and on the average 186 trains are dis- nateecci coir:. 24 hours for pa.:senger and freight trains. There are on the terminals 2213 buildings, 125 bridges and culverts and many hundreds of drains along the right-of-way. Woman's Missionary Society, there I are 155 missionaries ord the stafl', 1 with 2,223 native helpers, 324 native churches, six colleges, 53 hospitals,' and dispensaries and 26 native doc- tors and nurses. The sun never sets on the ,work of the United Church missionaries at home and abroad. "The Women's Missionary Society carries on medical, educational and evangelistic work in seven foreign fields, and in a large number of community and educational missions in Canada. There are 2,825 auxil- iaries, with 2,877 affiliated societies. The membership is approximately 200,000; the staff board is 225, 111 the home field 175, and the annual budget amounts to one and a quarter million dollars, ;The Missionary Monthly, the organ of the Woman's Missionary Society, has a circulation of 65,000. "In the field of religious, educa- tion, the union of the churches has shown the most gratifying results. The board of education has the over- sight of eight theological colleges and 401 students are preparing for the ministry. "The Board of Evangelism Med Social Service is making a survey to discover the facts and the underly- ing seiritual values of the social order, w-ith a view of creating an informed public opinion and a sus- tained political conscience," says Dr. Wilson. ...... SACRIFICES ASKED. ALL OVER THE WORLD The Foreign Mission Board has established contacts with{ the major races of the non-Christian world, In- cluding the co-operative work of the WIi±DNESDAY, APRIL 10th, 1929, teeeeteeeteeeeteepeeeeete or strong congregations which were pony undertook 'to pay a lauger quite uadisteux+bed ,locally by the royalty and guaranteed; that this a* union of the churches,° mount would not fall below the total Royalty paid by the Amalgamated • � "•e o this J year lease, C0 A L i M I 1( cnutpanics in exchange f r 99 011 J I}j INDUSTRY FIRST PROBLEM, The first' problom confronting this FIRST MENTION MADE BY THE newly formed 80111 company, was the. FRENCH OF NOVA SCOTIA IN sing• of the slack coal which 1672 — RECORDS DELVED IN- at that time formed a large TO -- ONE FIRM HAD MONO- even POLY FROM 1828 TO 185.7 IN PROVINCE. 1 Sydney, N. S. March 22,—Coal mining is a very old business in part of the coal mines, and as there was not available at that time mech- anical means of stoking boilers and as the firing of coal by hand called for the use of large coal, it Was necessary to waste either above or ' below the ground the most of the Nova Scotia.The French snado men- tion of it in 1672 and there are re• slack coal, Attempts were made to cords of alining in different parts of sell it along.the New England coast but even at a sacrifice, this' market could not be had. 1the province as early as 1720, when coal was mined in Cow Bay, now I known as Port Morien, for tihe use of the forts at Louisburg. Most •of tltiil island, Conception Bay, Newfound- work, however, was from seams on land, and blast furnaces were devel- 'the outcrop along the shore, and the l oped which made possible the smelt - first original effort to mine coal do 1 ing of the ore. The promoters of the Nova Scotia was in 1825, when the General Mining As:.oeiaton sent F. Dominion Coal Company conceived lard Brown as a representative to car- a Ilion of building steel Warks in i ry on mining in this province under Cape Breton which would make use charter obtained from 111 Crown this slack caul which hitherto had through the Duke of York. been a drug on the market. This v -as not the fa -4 attempt to make l Enjoyed Monopoly iron in Nova Scotia, as the Nova i Under this great pioneer organize- Stetin Steel Company and Its pre tion coal mining systematically be- demiseers had been carrying on on a -gars and from the year 1820 to 1857 small scale prior to this, but it was that company enjoyed a monopoly, about this time that both the Nova ' of the mines and minerals of the Scotia Steel and Coal Company and Province, doing much to promote min- tie• Dominion Iron :n d Steel Com- ing especially coal mining, and in- maw commenced operating• on a rrea ing the, output from 2,000 largo cads ,alai ibis manufacture was ' tons per year to ninety-four thousand made poeeible by the fact that coal of a kind which did not find a ready market elsewhere could be used for this purpose. Sine,. that time at !east twenty -live nor cent; of the total coal produced in Nova Scotia had been used for steel manufacture, The steel l and coal industry is one of paramount importance in Nova Softie. Not less than one hundred thousand persons in the Province are directly dependent on this industry and the wages distributed represent an amount of from two hundred to two hundred and fifty dollars per annum for every one so dependent. The value of the coal produced is a- bout $27,000,000 per year and the combined coal and steel produced ahnost $40,000,000 a year. Coal mining in Nova, Scotia is un- ique, eupecially on the island of Cepa Breton, in the proportion of coal being mined from under the sea. The undersea ', 1 fields ex- tend on both cider of Sydney harbor over a frontage of thirty miles, with coal seams of unbroken continuity. The seeens have been proven to a maximum distance of two miles sea- ward. se About this time iron ore was dis- covered in large quantities on a small percent have a session com'osed of elders, charged specifically with the spiritual concerns of the congre- gation. This is significant, since a majority of the charges were origin- ally organized as Methodist churches and were, by the basis of ^'cion, en titled to retain their fernier organi- zations and practices. Congregation- alists, likewise, had no sessions be- fore union. Of the 16 percent, which have at present g.0 session, the ma- jority are either eova" charges (many of, them served oy student supply, and only partially orgnnized) "Adjustments incidental to union hav,I demanded a patient forbear- ance, and often a large measure of sacrifice especially on the part of the ministers. Sacrifice has been very real, and the end will not be in sight for yeare to come: All the unit- ing churches have been called upon to contribute a share, larger or smaller. But for this most part hard- ships have been cheerfully borne by ministers and people alike. "In the conduct of public worship the United Church of Canada has made a distinct advance within the last three years. There is a finer spirit of reverence and devotion. The order of public worship, in many parts of the church, has been chang- ed with a view to enrichment of the devotional life of the people. Res - pensive readings have been introduc- ed into hundreds of services, the use of the Gloria Patti and the Lord's Prayer have become more general. Choirs where congregations have been united, are able to undertake anthems, rklnor in !devotional cone tent, 1t s not at all uncommon to tent, It is not at all uncommon to Deum or the Sanctus appropriately rendered, MOST HAVE SESSIONS "Of the 3,198 charges, already 84 tons, The Association spent considerable money but the fact that it paid no dividends the first twenty years of its existence is proof that its efforts were not very profitable. Coincident with its payment of dividend commenced an agitation on the part of the people ofNova Scotia against the monoply held by this Company and the agita- tion grew until the Crown decided in 1857to limit the powers of this organ- ization and upon payment of a large sunt of money cancelled the charter but gave them the right of first choice of coal lands in di:MI:m:t f art.; of the Province. In that year a number of mining companies began independent opera- tions. About that time the Glare Bay Alining Company and the Caledonia, Mining Company, the holding of both being within what now comprises the - town of Glace Bay, were formed and other important developments were nndct,taken, chiefly by th General mining ,.nmpanies operating. .south of Sydney Harbour.. This cem 'any was granted a ninety -nine-year len80 of tlhe areas eomprising largely of the original holdings of the General Minin • Association, The new Com. LOOK AT YOUR LAISEL W h at tikes a Town ? l.nesl-erous rural population which demands a community cerr.te where may be. established business, educational, relig- ious aced entertainment facilities. Where these flourish and - rue 001, 0e it is este to surmlee that the people of that seetian realize and appreciate the value to them of such a centre. What Maintainsit ? The towns are largely 'maintained by the surrounding districts. Put the organization, the direction, and to a great measure the ap keep. of the hl:tliutions in such towns are in the Mende of the busim`ss intere,is, together with those directly and in - di ec',ly connected therewith. Without the active buemess and i rofc sionld men to supervise and govern these public institu- tion:, and undertakings no town could thrive. Who is a ly Affected? Every citizen either in or about a town should be concerned in seeing to it that they do their part in carrying on any goof cause which may. be promoted, eieher by financial or active s11u;'ort. C)nly in tide way will any town prosper and develop as it shoeld. Publicity is [Required Ir. promotion work your local paper takes the leading part. It is ever the eh:milder: of worthy causes and philanthropic and pntriotr. undertakings. But to function properly, and fully carry out its natural prerogatives, it must in turn have the financial eulrport of the community it serves, When needing acicehti;deg or printed matter always first think of The Post Publishing House