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---- -.oo\1 --.-v----- Dear /`Sw`Lr:-'1:."l_1e| proposition vherfore `the three churches now beihg |c%al10d' Iron -to consider the Vquestion of their '"3unic union into one `body is of izufcient signicance `to demand the most, careful con.sdderation., ' It -would seem on .a. cursory examination of the situation to be the proper thing cto: do. From a. business st*etnd1)oiiIt._`_tl}e union of Vth-eso 'thr.ee>c.-hrurfclpegi V 2? Do you approve of I the propos- ed Basis of Union? `approval. I The Mouioauu nanoc. .p Four ballots are to be distributed -among the Methodist congregation, one for the Oicial Board (who will; vote at their.\ Board meeting on? Feb-' ruary 8th); one forchiureh` menrbers over 18 years; one for :chI_1_rch misun- -'oers under 18, and one for 'ad'hetrents.' The congregation vote will 'b8c;it B`kell before April 15th. There is -but one question 'asl jAre- you ins favor of Organic Union between the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congre-. gational Cliui-.c:hes' upon `the p.ropos'e(L Basis of Union? Spaces are left for a X under Yes and{ No, and a blank line for-signa.ture., The Presbyterian Ballot. The Basis of Union Was sent down by the Gen.era1 Assembly of 1910 to Presbyteries under tel`-me of the Barrier Act. The an8W6r,'u-n- der the terms of this Act, must be a direc.t- approval or disapproval. Ap- proval with any q~ua.1'ications was counted as disapproval. Of the 70 I`re.sb_vte1'ies' in. the Church, 67 voted, :30 voting to approve and: 12 to dis-i app]-(we. The remaining, 5 approved with conditions. Of the members of T resl)yte1`ies voting, th.re were 793 who voted approval and 476 non-. MAKES voun. axis LIKE VELVI-:'r- Monkmufs Glyce,.d'oni 8- Has a marvellpug .;e1'_ectfjtou "(Ugh skin. One 'or`.tw<>,%-ap_plVcA'a~g:g; `trons will remove the; "``d `RY its occasional hi , 4,1,7 .\I_. . Skin acquires the'?smO6_th'n`_. , G13 `softness of a babyfs:'.;: in nnc ..L:-I___ _,, .ant move.. There`;-' versed in the subJ9ct;jvrho%=e`ca:~vii-{ee-r` great good to r while `']`-``l I . .- `just as conscientious,-~can'7 us: which they I-l.'0_'. to arise and cause disaatisfaciuont discord. While the '.Proabyuer1an ' `Gnu:-ch in Canada has 286,000 com, municws n MW ,h..`i.r9hi but 340,000 members, 4-to will be the large number of _ ` who win also have 8 in the - ~ -question. The dongrozational `Ohm-ch having already voted uporrma. `gp. -` proved or the question, "they my uh; left out or the vca.1,cu!`at1on~1n*1-ogard V to the vote now pending.` ,1,644 ministers in the rmmmuit; Church and 2.580 m_in1stere~ and` pro; 3 bationers in the Methodist Ohurch. - -3 To the Editor of The Ad.IvaTnc~e'. -..--, ......,w_.;., uv -uv emu I-`K1815 lune-re is perhaps askeen rivalry and as sel- sh: competition among -the churches as ever existed in the past. This fundamental matter we must! not `- overlook. Life is not a manufacture L but agrowth. Nations have not been made, 1ra.th.er from snralxla beginnings under the divine arrangements `they have grown unltlil the branches of their const.itutiona1~ life "-ha.-eve spread a.broad.,But going farther back than .'Rome we have the illustration there, and its qbreak-down was, through` Itlhe. I- aaclcretion, the or:ga._nic_ addition of : other peoples and consequent great-` ness, wealth, luxury` and "efficiency. j So the modern nations of" Europe had their rise and` so had: their fall where. they have gone down; The; gigantic effort` of Napoleon for the organic union of the'Eur-opearn -continent end- ed ip dismal and disastrous failure. We 'a.lllknow :how Britain came into being. The few Saxon sailors 1-and-` ing on its shores, founding` its his- tory "and, developing; inffi illustrious future. If -you would organically unite national Europe there would lik-ely follow disorganic distress and disorder where now `there is a. fair measure of federal fel1.owsh.ip. The lion and the bear may be housed to- gether but some of us would -rather not be inside the cage. The Reforma- tion under Ma.rtin Luther that has made modern Europe and the modern world, was born, not madeorr manu- factured. The evangelivc-al` revival of _ the 18th Cemtury, which has been the I regenerautlin.g force of the world. in thel last one hundred and:' fifty years, was born, the -result of_ no organic or man-made movement. The new -church at Pentenciost, `the, ideal for all eyes, came in the same -way. If the. super- natural be not the consolidating force in this movement we .should' take a deep breath before we ihazamd the ex- periment now proposed. ' And. let that breath be more lofty Itlhali that of the . most `saintly leadersv of our church, a `breath -from the -heavenly hilfls, the breath of God. Meantime the ehurch- es are fede-rating in the foreign mis- sion elds, and saving the overlap- ping, and: in ltlhe home elds? thlesame may be done.- And if they-.wo'n td-o this why think, at present, of. union at -all? ' -- ' ,. _, ` .` ,-W. B. BOOTH. In approatching tzhzie _s_u`pject,, we should seek to ascertain what isthve will of God in -the matter, and what will mean most for the Kingdom` of C-.hri-st upon earth. The aim should not be theperpetuation of any in- dividual chaurch, but to aid most the cause of God. - While we may, by sentiment, hold strongly toour various churches, yet we should be: careful that this does not supercede our bet- ter judgment. The Kingdom of Christ is far greaterthan any one, or. than all out these three churches concern_- ed`. . We believe the more-"~C=l_1rist: e Kingdom is `in `the earth, the 'mo"ref united, spiritually -and. organically. will His Church be. Christ aprayed` for unity, and V by " this, we claim He meant organic as" ` well as spiritual, unity. Izt` is well known` that" the un.-cl seem!-y overlapping _8A!ld.[`_ consequent nnho-l'y jealousies -amt ' rivah-ies"'an1`ong the churches _,-havte led, to the prgeent demand for AS the Jointf. Committee met "year by year, and ca1m:;_`toge%tehe,r in prayer. and council, seaki ng;=.divine guidtance it ,.,became` mlqre. _app;g rent _that. they ;.more. *to'- ,us` a1'Eu.8- ' 1.eciatiot;$`%`:%% % wje;-e ~being.;`:di'aWng;f togthegf gafud c0!Ij1:lu$if>!i$s`x:Th`i8. W gfstrongly thai{i-`God was _t',l1e.i1iL_::_1i.`j.;s,;_a11't. Dear Ed-ito19':-;4-LIZ11.`za se:1Z1Z1e171-j:a_s the s1i.b`-' ject; of .Chur;cIh Union `is a very live topic now,and as the Presbyter- 'ian- and Methodist` Churches wil1~b.e ca1led upon shortly to `voice `on this `question, .9; few observations may not be out of place. _ T ` `- ..uu 'v as 1'32 :-a'aa.:1'a is in` thaei zira,1;i.ng, and tug 'fuure% 'of?`j0ur_"co}u1_try,V`wvil1 '1eap91d- gun` LL- '}`='a.`-ft .. `_ -. . `J1-ll-D `W U118. A 01. vu_v- `or UJl,&,IgF'IMu-uf` u'uV|.|I-u{.lUw; . u.-3 -vw_vva_.v'uw_ua 4v _uvuo '.1`\.4 ufzyva [ a1-ys?ays -the .: % utio1f d -:graa?At.~%.~V`55a`7 .".j;v9_2j! of , -the. Chr'w]:i`an} clhuichas. ; a4-_....1.`'ir& ?;`.iIZ!;l$.Lz.U.::Z'r.u.sH ' - 1% " `.'s.`n'.I:`u"-4. -:..i.1:e& ' especially 11. jzhe union , M V V ` W9. '- is a spiri.tu nl. 'and._s'upern_atura1 union then 'argunnent._ -would` posibly f1Ye=we1gh1. _ But` the union is an organic -bringing together of the ' in question. `There is .-this new consideration xmamhmugh. ' the i ' bringing together ; oi 1 -mankind genernlvly over the . world and `more ` in . Christian Bands there has corne over the threechurches . in question "an -appearance of growing ` likeness. The {things .thau.have. made these churches unlike _ . have to` a. considerable extent; d{i:s-a.p- pea:-ed The life of the members: `p of the churches. - the character fod. "t-he assimmilat-ion; of the age in general and noiti to any deepeningof the sense of real unity such as would be necessary to. guaran- tee the safety of the step now pro- posed should be considered. There is this, howemger, to be said that stmere is nm-hnna on l.-.m...- ..:....1.... -..a _~- 7 P1,"P'5d in_t.he pasts worship, and even the formof church` governmenatl, have been s-ubjectedr, es ~ pecially in recent. years `to the `law of - But w1het.herv,.thisa- is ` due to- what-may be called` the spirit - 1 3. Have you any Suggestions or zalternaatives to oife.r?- ` , v ' .rAvonsA UNION.` Then to think of the `cltims upon] the church in the great west. AMany settlesm-erltqsu are growing up without ` the gospel. V yemrgthere. are gjo!:1;i`ug"' to 11s.,beween 300,000 `and 0_0;000. __Undea:, th`e pre-st_e\nt_"condit.ions -chxgrteizeas - cagnot ~ satiefaclofily 0 &pplo;'_.w'i:hh` t.l_ny;__L:probley!;1,_ ;of_' heme jgission-~V;:vtk' annfif th-`e. !re'_'x;_t..._,`2-5 years . gum " go`?-lby-`, and0. .i1'o .ui:_c`>n, 40-;'t_ake ye `we `shall 1;a`ve- ;{o'u.r/ 1 "-`3B"l?}0;1'*!1`1i*?3 ~, MT9':hh_iL;. ', 0 we While in the great west and thea newer sections of our country fend` well as in foreign 1-and:s_ the callfis very loud for`m'ore missionaries, to us it little less .th'an`&eri.min'a.l to, refuse to set men and money free whlere union could` take place and `many -othe`re;p1a.ces thereby would be supplied that ~ now` are iwithout the `gospel. In.the older parts of our land if union took place the congregations vewoul-d.'be larger, there woculd\ be more workers available for the individual Church and the \salaries" w_,ouLd in. amanylcasefs. be raised to a V propferl -gmonnt. . p . - - `our .1ai1dQ_ `We _e14?:}1ini`thi9 can `be done` by union, ` -. ' ' as easily. and much more .e`1 iently than isjthye case at the present time_. i V 'Dhi. we be'1ieve-is1true_in"thxe` older parts of our country where" in many, cases one chvurcth could do lube. ork -c-ipality, `during _`wh-ich time you were 1 . V _`An~d_ further, Sir, we are cleeplyn senssible to your e- ort.s. during .ther pasxb ve years as Reeve of our muni-| I u 1 I always identified with its bst and < 1nost_ progresusixe int.ere=3tsi, giving free- i V ly -of your time and .expea`ience, fre-{.1 q`u`emts_ly at a` personal loss and sacri- w I j;?`l%l.]fhe'?"la_n::`g 7i1ti.r_1_"`? gglaniher was beau- * =tiuHy.:,ecdfate uavith..taa.gs,;lna `bunt-_ -in,~;.while, h_ a. motto with. ,.-the inscrip- tiO;_!~ `~H_,onor.,,.to .whbin Honor is,-due," V A. E;- "`San16n, _~ f> was -conspicuous. amongst ot-hen,s,._l_ Mr, .H. S`. B-roughtoln presided anadl_cal1ed on Mr. Wm..J`er- myn, who read and presented tab the newly-eleected Ward'e:n- the following .v"ery- attejring "address:--` ' - - I TQUA. E;"_iSean1on,-Eeq., C = Warden of the Countylof Simcoe. Dear Si_r,-On behalf of the. citizens `of 5the Village of -Bradford, we -take _ this opportunity of 'expreseing our _ high appreciation of your career as a! public `man. Many of us have known! you" from your childhood andwatchedf you grow `and develop like a rose un-1 folds .it-syblossoms to the world until you have =t.o-day reached that exalt-_ `ed and welsl-merited .( position, the" `highest-V in` the gift of the County Council, Chi-evf Magistrate of the,% County of Simcoe, and, Sir, we feel a! touch of pride to know you have re-I` ceived that distinguished. honor _by , a.ocla.ma.tion, thus d.emomst.'ra.ting the . fact that the County Council of Sim- ; cue have formed a. high` estimate of . your ability and wont-hine-39 to pre- 3 side over their deliberations and to ] guide their muiiilc-ipal craft. through-'5 out the present year. And, Sir, ween feel condenztgyoru will discharge the r duties of t!h.e oice fear1~e;s3'ly and im- i partiallly, with credit to yourself andal satisfaction to the Counlv and` honor; to the Village of Bradford. I E .on.<>r .in%*Mrish. royal fashion for the yauspiqious leveght; . ' V"r\.I|n_QIU. \_Jvuu\iu~`>...f'.v|r `-39" "U u heri1i'i_x15e `hos-t,`_ Philips-, did ~ , u no: Qxiaen -A A] List. The menrber-s` of essios and the members of comgregations. will vote before the 15th day of March.` -Congregationalists Approve. ' The Congrega.tiona.l Churches `voted 'on the q11E\SIti.0l1 some time ago, the m-ajority in favor of union being very Earge, in fact less than fteen _ pet` -cent. disapproved of union, a_s laid down in the Basis of Union`coInpile'd by a cmn.mitt,e:e~ representative of_ all_ ':hc interested chu_rc[1ues. ...... I ,~ . 1 THE NORTHERN ` ADVANCE; ` A. B. SCANLON . ad` 3': a"A'waieci His A}:-ivu. - a . ~ T'h'is `. " has beef the `second . c . ~- 1, . .t . - . - :::;};11)t,0?J_:leve " ]a;r.eg Vlgitllle Igagord " 1393. `We Chief M` .3` .v being 1.` F chair enfhe. .pre.%e:E1.(- .:ate!;; Chaeireciz ',1907 wh "ed the C cupallt of th 09B - en he` _ zounty C . .e' _. q'nad'ford_ E3 _Was e.],3_eted (lmed 1,,` B _ _. (.an_"1on, for f` is the Son of Meeve oft : gbarrms-ter of many years, \ 1" Mark` : :P0r'"t- \\'araB"1f bit `p""'i'1eh-u` 1..`: bB;a.d.ford i'n"~`1 S0-anlon wa`;W of rgd;1f;fand- ugigh $311603,` a.ttevnd.e.d. bah |Ha]l int? gradaino?S of that p1'2;c 5!1ers~.h-- . 892 enher - fmm Os A . aw `P with * mi "0 a la gd-e .|`m` Practieed I father . `W part`! _.:1_n Anglican andm Bradford ana has; v 1V_ . I > '. . I l of O1.]e Ofa ttea11I}C'h C.0n3:I.v; s: : Whose najng n gouth sam:f,:mst men Wfoy . 35 of 7 and. .'VaeaI>av11ame oary h-`en been mmtiognsn V De . 110: e ` .y. _ 9. as soon as an; ` I > V D I I .- I ` tvlj.-Ls oveor1Ia.ppmg a_nd tnvallry - belng `done in Hiqi Name. V _ l_.--.---r-v-v Then in the cohse of all" true re- fo-r.m- wh-at `great-er inu.enc.e- and power would be exercised -< by the 1mit.eI.1-`church; and it would tend to ;give _'in`3-ea world. a." better examp-le of a -,united Pxroteetan-tism. 1 ,,__._,L__.____ I i .'Ihen the Congregational, Presby-I teriant and Metho:d'i.st Cheurches are so: much: alike in doctrine and polity that they seerm pecutliarly, tted `to unite. They ha.ve been g'r.=,wing- more alike` through `the years*1xntvi]' now` they preach the same doctrine and` have very few di`eirences.. The fulpess of. time.` fo.r `their union. sceue-ms `too have come. ~ : Ti ' V V` | .Furthermore the unions "taken p*l'ace in our 1.and have "God has been in them. Who now would a'd:voca.te that! the LPresby`tIeriau proven Etna; former`. days. ith-eird'i.vidAed I Branchw-...` Yet _ -*3=*..W`?**"" " 't-hat hav A C and Metodist chuVrc,4h_es go b`ack .170 ;t:hose;;s19iysV many % ;` an 1 % ,: IBxit ; .. . 31.1. l_` But.some sa.y federation. will cure} ,thcse ills mentioned. Expeie'nce'l throughout all thevwest hsaspnluslive: ly shown i-t:AWil1~nbt. It- has" been ltrieud amt -ha.s been a dislmal failure. I Tin-e Advance has requeste min- astms of the ch.u-rc-hes in` Town in- mresterl in the question to state their vI_ew.s in letters. \Ve publish. here- wxth .S`()Vr6`I`8l of 'ahe_ commnunicTagti;ons, and will be pleased to publih letters from l:zL_yni:en on -she subject. Write Your letters-' so t`ha.t they ` will reach HQ nnf lu+..-no 4-1...... Qnl-nuunup 4-u-`R `an no I "The. things which. in the past i`1.:t"- ed the` separate existeneqs )f `these three c.lm'rcheas T -have passed` away. These three c-h-urehes ~-1 1otw p:rac't~i'ca1ly t. all stand for the same .pcti`ncipl.eVs. l`I'\I_-_. 2 , LI , . ._, , .. ~- I 5 `Reeve J. Bennett and Mr. J. llrank Jackson of Barrie were among _the "invited guests and both speak in "attering terms of the manner in which the pfeoplve race-ive-d Warden 'Sca,nlon. ` V I Mr. `-Seanlonf in '\.'1-epl-y" expressed great pl-easu.re"a`t the . hearty reception by his many" friends`. _ He was glad; if `honor "there were in appoint- memjzmone for the sake: of. the town he: frepresentetl than `for -himself, ' =H emphasized ' the necessity of assist- ance_fronn the. municipalities of West Gwilfimbury and -Innisl towards Bradford High-jSe.hoo1.. ' If the pupils of these .municipa.lsi.'ties had not High School -and '-were compelled. to take up Con-tinxuation Class work they would! not only have to pay -a fee, but the towmsihips would have-' .-to pay to- -wards` the maintenance. _ ` Many toasts and speeches were giv- en during the evening at the (-xIo.se- of {which the-` banque`1 encled by the sing- jing of `God Save the King and Auld ;Lng Syne.. ' I `Dated, 41: fadford the 4273011 Jay `Jamie:-y,` 'A.D._, 1912. " 7 `up `still. higher. -- .__,,--- ,,.,.-. '-You -w_i.11, threfore, " please accept r warmest congramhatioms. on the hwnor ttha-t. -),ra.s`e1ee=n'f -conferred upon you as Warglan`-ppof the .1argest,,_best', and most progrgessive county jn the" best` province of che fair Dominion of Canada., gndx - ,trust are Icing the mandate- of the people w_iH p'1'aciea` you gce; Asa`-citizen." `y"ourV kind and pourtgous ma;fnner~,7' your. obliging diss- Lpo.si~tAi6n_; 'and_- your large-hearted ~ge 4, erosityy=~liave givehyou a warm plac ' in the hearts of , our people. ` 17...- ._._-n A-_I_ _~, - n - W | As -the question has '-been strudievd byl the Ohurch at large, opposition to it! has ir;c.re,asyeed, until in the Assembly _A in H.a.I-ifax, eighteen months ago, the! vote was: 180 for and 73 against; while in all our Prcas.byterie's Past Win-hi .ter_the totalgvote of ministers and! eldevs"-s.tood_` 793 for and 476 against`;! and all this notwithstanding the ef-! forts. _of the -Union Commitrt-eve to[ educate the people by txherir speech- es and writings; with tons of libera- ture-ecatteu-edI' broad-cast at the ex- ppense of the church; and their seek- i1_:g`anad securing the auth ty of-the Assemblgy` to. _visit the -nesbyteriea and Congregations of the Ch-urc-h and _giv+e".tihem_ `.` information _ on the aubject, of Union. V _ _ The Opinion: of `Other Men. Muc'h_`has`been madevrof the attitude ,_of the IIi1ionvComn1'ih`.aee. They were gobd finem, -and the majority, j`)f_;t1r e`m,.hv_not ell, were in. fa\ ror of; -,;},3ut_ -facts? *must be. re- nieimtsei-`a:1;5-j-_t_Iwy sympathetic ` `h.'.`?" 3FPim9K?;+ ` 139* `_-1iI:iv111. Were` l From 1899, our Assembly, at the` `request: of its Home Mission Commit! tee, 1:Ia.d,a. -speci-a'l! Committee on co- operation with other churches, in or- der to utilize, "to -best adnvan-tsage, the men and means for Home Mis>si onl ~work. . . I `peg in 1902, after two years of resi-I yd-3.11108 in Canada, on his own initia-i 'tive and responsibility, his in.temt.ion` unknown to any, made Org-anic Union! his theme and urged it with all hisi strength. Co_nferenee, Bail a hater, `session, `appointed a Committee to` confer, and asked our Assembly to do `the same. , . ' Some oipposed, but it: was` urged that it, would not ;be_I_ courteous to a sister-I church notto` confer with them when] 1'equem:d,- and it passed un.anim'ous;ly. Since that time this matter zlras been `largely in the hands cthe Union. Comnrtit.te2e, w`h.i'_c-h h.as rep0r-t`-ed T year by year to t*.l::e_ General Ass-em-bly. I .A.. LL- {us} not 1u.t.e.r than sa.turd'ay_ and be 9 ? hrlei as possible. 1- ' 1); auuxu ad.` uu.l_1C|uJlBl8S, ," . E denite -movement for Organic! ;Uni:on, -however, had no connection iewisivh that previous step; but be.gan,| according to his own pn.b1is-heed .sta.te- ment,---,see Toronto Presbyterian, May 10th, 1910,-w'~hen the late Principal Patrick,- in` an address of greetcin.g'to the Methodist` Conference in Winni-I ...-._. 2_ 1nnn _.nn___ 1_,,, ,, Dr. McLeod was asked to contribute a letter onthe subject, -but owing to flack of time, was un-a.b1Ie to do so for `this issue. He, however, referred an Advance representative to an article pub`livsbed~ in `the January issue of The `Presbyterian Record, which. he said [fully pres-ented his views on the srurb-` aject. The article is entitled Some [Reasons Against Union, and is from Ithe pen. of Rev." E. Scott, M.A., D.D.,_ ieditorof The Record. We puvbilish the. article in part, as -follows. . ------- ----v on vuvu -uuJ auu gcncuauuu jany wiser tbhan those who opposed union in the past. The basis of union allows for the utmost possible freedom in the iocongre-gation. VVei ghave to give up nothing that is {senIhi'a.l.v It is apreturn, to a simple, .cree`d` which: is very much dwir-ed.j 'Viewing this matter of Chu_rcvh; |Umion in my wn mind. I am rmilyl convincekl` that this movement is God and that therefore it is in the ! be-sit interests of the Kingdom-. of Christ that it should` -be brought to a `happy con.-summation. i I1 'l'\I\1'1'r'r 1wrN union are in their dy and generation ;3.DV Wif- lhhan {Jinan 1-1-Inn Av-A~-J _rrJ V`.--~...-.-V-.--`~u- . % mi . G. BOWLES. Barrie, Jan. 29th, 1912. I ---The former assures generous strength and / ri_chness-the *1atter that coaxing, delicate avor, . Qualities for which Red Rose Tea is famed. [Ask your Grocer for the 40C. package of Red Rose and you'll get better Tea--.Tea that spends farther-for the same` money. ,You want Good Tea.--well, sonar. 3nAso:'s AGAINST .___-l }i`:`s'5;?.a1'ed in air-ti-gwht pa.ckages--dust and _ damp-proof- RED `ROSE is a bled 6f the best Indian and Ceylon Teas. / " , \ , - lt`eatan t o y T ` '- The preference for}goo_ds in sealed packages ` jb_ecoI_ning `more-. A so every day. .`W_Ae1nustffrankly admit that there are sound reasons 'for A`this_pr`eference. Food stuffs cannot be ex,- lbest merchants have _ to varyin'g-atmospheric conditions ont posing both strength and flavor, ' been quick to appre- ciate the fact. So `much is this the case that -the selling of A loose Tea in bulk will soon be a thing of the past. :1: 2: 1-..- - are .ebece1:n'ing. . very '4 .'ab`out.<.` _-`f-especially in food stu`ffs--is now quite definite of, all articles of everyday diet (exc'epting' , _ perhaps) needs protection most, and. THE pnorosnn BOOLBBIASTIOAL 'll EEE'II RED ROSE TEA reaches you with all its vir- gix;_;1.av_Wor; strength and purity- A Word of History. Sign of the Times 551 7Re d Rose Tea_ is Good Tea Prof. Andras was born at Black- ~haea.th, England, 69 years ago. At one `time he acted as master in the col- nle e ,in' his native town and was also lwgll known as a coac.h,for the army, navy and civil; service earamin.ati'ons. He` came to Canada in 1893,` and alc- cepted .t.*I1e post of principal of Huron :f3oIlege-, Lo_n[don. After four_ _yeare : m that poeltxon he- ttook .9. posntxon on lthe - staff of Upper _O_an`a:d-a Colilege, and a1soAacted' as a pvnvates tutor. He was made vprofessnorv of modlerrn lan- guages. at .Trini:t`.y in 1904. As a young man Andras was a~nottod `athlete, and rn a Rob Roy_ canoe tra.vell'esd prlactacaillly ~eve1-y advert in Eurdpey, acquain-ting himself with the languages of `the various c0\1II1!`ie8 he passed through. V He took -an active vpart with Garibaldi ix; ' the Italian Iwtsn-,.an in Ann -4! u... ._....._-...-_L_ "_I`he General Ass-emb1'y thuen. . un`a.nVi- zmmsly agreedwto the following ac- iiun in regardi to t1me="Unio-n que-sti0n:| vru .-----\.v\~_ nu. ynuv L66- ` VH0 is surviv9d' by a widow, three ,sons_ and thmee daughteu-3'. Their {names a.1'e:"Bei`tram and Ronald; To- ironto; ._DbnaJd, manager of the Bank i='o Commesrcae, Princetovwn, B.'C`.V; Mrs. LE. W. Baspebt, Transconu, M.a;n.; Miss `Margaret, New "York; and Miss Dor- i nhhv 'l'm~.-m+..- r....., uvo-UL: uuuu.uuaJu1. J.l..lI. but? 158-llan wa1j,- and in one of the engagements as severely wounded; in the 193'. A !---.`l, I... 7 ' V uuo 6-5.14 \/ll, J.` CW W)-Ehy, Toronto. I. ' ' -- Many Barrie people read with re- gret of the sudden death of . Prof. IA-ndras, faVth-er of Mrs. E. W. Bvassetttt, formerly of Barri-e. Prof. Andras had` visited `his-daughter on.several occa- sions, the last time being during last 'sru'mmerr, when h-e made many friends lin Town, particularnly on the golcf links, of which game he was an. en- -`hhusiast. `The following appeared in `The Mail of Friday: i While waiting for a car at the .corner of Barton and Bathurst streets [yesterday morning Prof. J. W. G._ An- `dtras, lecturer in modern languages 9.?! .'l`1vinil7y A College, _wa.g.- taken sudden'Iy '_i1`I and'- expired almost immediately. `He had been in ixll-health for _ several years, having been operated `on for gall stone-s, but continued who attend to 'his duties, algtbough suifering great- ly at times. It is believed` what the strain weakened. his heart, -and death resulted from a sudden attack of heart failure. _He was on his way 3th :-the collegvg when s-tricken.`, [Mm E. w. Bassett s Father Ex- pired `in Toronto While Wait- ? ing on Street Corner for Car. TRAGIC DEATH OF PROF. ANDRAS isty. It is n-ottla question as to Whether the ehrurdhes agree on the gneat essen- .tia]!S` of the faith. It is not a question as to Wiheth-er one church is better than janother, for Christ is in them all. It ,is -not a question of perpet.ua.t.ing divi- :sions in the heathen world, for rtlhere [the aim is to get the Chrisvtianus or- ganized into a native churchu, named and governed by {themselves after i_th=eir own ideals. It is not a question 'of what would -be best if we were starting anew Without any organization. It is not a question of_w' 1; may be best at some futiure tim-e. I is: simp- ly and only as to whether We should now, especially in face of the strong 'opposition, vote to magnify unifor- 't`-_L_'_ , 1 ""C_" J (Cmtinued ;)(n page 5.) 'I`hat., whereas the Assembly has jalzurorl itself on record as in favor of 1'.`-hum-.h Union, and whereas` a num- bar of Presbyteries, underr -the `Barrier .Ar.ut_, have expressed. the` same judg- ment, this" committ-ea recommends the? General Assembly to send the whol matter down to sessions and congre- Lfatioljs, in tlne. form of the tvhr-ewe fol-_, lowing questions: " 210 1. Are you in favor of Organic Union with. the Met.hod'Lst- and Con- gregational 'Chu'rcl1es?