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.-\nm-i.-.-nu (`:l] )it1a4]'LStS' and. manucfaxr turm-~; :m~ .w1mwi.ng` an enormous in.- (-1`m~'.(- of il1h*l`t."St ill Wesrtern Canada, he s:z.\'.<, and he has uflhe: assurance al- l'(~:ul_\' rin.-at in P01`-t. Arthur aJ'o-net-$10,-0 0(m,:mu of .A\m-orican capital will be i!1\'-`~~.twl in n1a.Imfact1u'in,g--- p1`an.ts0 within the n0xt: three` yetam. Portt A1-.tlmr has the lumber, tzhev pigiron and Hm cheap powecr nescessarryfor a__ n1.'nmt':wt1u'iI1g centre, and! is oeILco_m'- ':u_-in-_: tho <-outing` of 1nan.ufa.cturers0by (1l`.`u1'in;_ 1'r00 saitaos, `and 8. xed` assess- mvnt. '|`l1m'0 are 200,000,000 hoarse. pu\\'.m' to he leveloped t.`he=re, Fo1'.ty- ve Hltvllillltl have already been den` \`(-]U}v(-L um! this is offered ant $15 per rilllvl-IUD), \A\l|A\lU'AU\:L7, IIIAII VI-RV liuunav LAuuvJ be truly said. Let _both waftach the issue waiting upoxt the will of God`-\ i- man who leads a dogfs life has some excuse for growling. ` Phone 2593 P.O. Box 178 Mclllmll and DRY GOODS GENTS FURNISHINGS up -`re-nu-a: srocx LOWEST rmczs ; AEL}ANoAL: % Round Trip Tourist Ticlictl nov_`:`9 to all Principal Winter lltoI't _I includlnl" 4\...._._,,, 2 A quantity of private funds to lo: at PER CENT. ' on easy terms of payment. LENNOX. COWAN &. Bnowrt` Rn] Inifnvn nun-ml cAL1FofK:"MExIdlt5 FLORIDA, The [I9 TBMPUS OMNIA 'nnvz_:I.A'1'. MONEY TO LOAN "nmnths ago Port A!`t3h?|.l't' -':8aIi`1 ., nu-I1 uni cu} an AV n? 1'|f..I 3f3't.u |\\ |lI"|Ih.`I`|l u`U' (II&B!Il'l4J IJWUII \" l.m`~:- l.m\`m` pm` annum. < I`iu-re is :1. great exl'd- for Eastern 1n:z:.~n1':.-1-1nrvrs in Po-ntJ_A.rbh.ur, and A1-I.-mliul inhu-on:-enztis tiherre for thm 'fu~?:1}li~;lI branolmel to supply the ow1'iw1'v:z. \\ :e:Stern mm'ke~t.. , ' .~\ ;;n-at 1100-0-Sosilt.y at the present fimu }- :1 fixed government policy gre- ;_':lI'lin;;' Hm e`leVa.tOl`S. Owing `to 15116 I1D('-tI. .`:il)I.\' as to wthettoher vtiho 1aIte' (n\' WOIIM or would n'0t take rm-.r Thu ovvnen's11iAp of all elevators, Hm -M-\':1t()1' c0m.pa.nievs, he says, have In-or] .':t'r:uid ~t0 invesrt. capital in the IM"v'~.~:n`_\' {lddif-'i0Il8 to their })l_`Bllt-S, and Hm 1'e'.s'11lb is now a congetstiion of grain at the head of t|h*eI g'-rieswta lakes. There .'n'o 1000 cars lmed Wit-h l_Vin, on. the tracks them now` W`hi316T evm-_v u1:e.\'n.tor is full, and 40 `vessels vvinteri.ng t-1L0-Y0 are Val-1 lled with grain. I v `A. UUWAN K D Solicitors. Barrie. L-at-er, in t`h'e 'G1li1,l1'(!!hz3`S, t`vhgere were again divisions. The Ohfurc-h of_ Eng: `land was formal and` dead. The spirit of God moved mightily some of its mretachens. _They could not} lixave lib- er y within it and started` an`orgax,1i~ % za.tion. o_u_t-sidve- it-. Tohues began Wes; leyan Mveth.od'is1n and its Work for the` `world. series of Mijuidnoiy `Congnesses, u-9 _ yuuv-Iv 3lIIb2`I V W 9'1 '" W , one-can t7o ocen, where Angligcmns, `Bap-` .bfs.ts, _ Congtegutdnalists,` vMthod`i'sts' and Pres'byteri_ans,of an Canada.-met, with one 'hea,rt.and_`mind*, -tovplan. for the extension` of the Kingdom of `God. t\I....!...A. 1'.-_-.. __-- L` - pain .9 ): months a 0` Alhfuf-`-"8pf` _ltn( (1 u comm -i.gssui0ne-1' of who as gradu~aJ1yAt.>ecomiug the 1nun.'2g`c-.x- of the clty, and already vommilssioneur 11.35 effe-cted_ 1'1 won_d'erfulL in1]rovmnent- in tvlw a.dvm1nLst.-na.t;'ou of civic a'nir.s`. For instance, Ihe Lear servix 0 between Port A-rth'tn', T Fort \\'i]e]i:nn and West Fort, which 'u30 _ 4: 4'; nn|\ wuinnhn; n.n.v1n"nn. - `h.d"R' sconce \-uvcooa Vb \\ |lo iwihewirerf for uniformity. He never eapokze-jdf.-. '~organizwt1ion.i ""Al-It Hits .pi-aying hiiil t_m.h:ing- had` to do with the spiritual.` . His ideal hi:-he vine and its br'an'clies`,`- .t-ha shepherd and his -flock; and; to Him-tit nw.'tte'rq `little what kind.` of. organization. inen -may prefer, if they` but abide in the Vine; hear the Shepherd s voice and 'fo`l1ow'HimJ . . ~ ' ' Neifihexf does."P'a.ul- s rebuke `to the Goa-iuthzians for their divisidnet apply (1 Cor. 3:_ '4) for the_-trouble theme was that -some of .them~we1-be putting other n`a.mets in,.pla:ce_ of Cvhrislt-;` w`h_le bur denorminva-tion alrl `msak'e-` Ghnst suprermseg Denominations: Wort Good in their For centuries, over most of the civilized world, imprisonan-ent or death was the penalty - of d-issaant ` from Rome. A ' ` ` The G`1'ea:tl Protestant Reformat -ion, led by Lcubher-~and= Calvin and Knox, and oth-er brave, true men, was acre-. volt ftro-m th.i.sA tyranny, Land a return to Apostoli-_c_ teaching and }W.1'-ship, except that `the Proteustant Chureghes were .sti1`l supporntie-d and` contro'1'1ed"'-'b'y' the State. All the lending Protestant denomi- nations had their origin in.` the strug- gle for some principle of liberty, for which men were Willing to sacrice. A.n&a.tIo 1:-hesae samfices t!h.e`w6nrld owes [the liberty, both. civil and r_e1igiou~s, lw-h'i.c:11 it to-dlay enjoys. I - Furth_er,At-hese' .dnivisa'.ons have almost invariably' been twice . bleczus-ed`, TbLesIs- ing those who separated th-erznselvs, as all samvice focr conscience sake must do; and :a.waLkening to new life [the c-h:urc'hesT1e:ft behind. ' -- I "" '""""" '"' """'"' Denominations are Consistent`; {with True Unity. ` ' Why thejearlier .Sece-ssions` in Soot- land? Because they could: not submit to _tIhe_ interference of .civil power. W-by vtshe last and greatensrtv, the Dis ruption in 1843?. Becvau-se 1omds_~i1nd lairds had the placing of ministers, and appointed {whom they chose, in is/pit-e of t4h.e~ protests of the people. ifhus arose ihc Free_Churc=h o-.f Scot- and. - A " `The family of ix; _one: in Spirit, in the tshciugs that remain forever, yet its members keep .- house separately, Ihaving di`,e.ren't tastes and; liktings in, the things thatepass away; and. these separate onganizauttioins are not antag- enistic V but supplemented-`to each_;`oth~er; and they should` ever proucflaim to the world their oneness. The more they proclaim it, theymore wifbl they realize and live up to it.- ' ` I , _ , __ Q ' 1_,_ __ __.L!___ _ % b.ih one .<>1"'oizl$w4"zx: name and` {owing Ohrist _ a prayer` `t`h-at they all.,may. be one"?-oes not up: ply. 'Dh`a_t .pt'a-yer was pnswerpd` clur-. ing these` past: weeks inthae: 'spl`e'ndid Satin! Of nnnnnnmana `unn- It` has always been popular pastime with: critics "of rt-he-.Churclr to "denounce t.'h-e denominations asapposed andrcon- ic'tin.g camps-. It" makes popular oratory but it is not true. Go where you will, from one -end: of Canada to the-other, and. with rare exception, the minis- ters and` people of the diifemn Bro- testant denominations i will` be founti helping one ' another, unit-ing in i com- mon `work, for the.arprea`dof the Bifble, Temperance, - L Social and Moral, `Re- form, etc._u '* ' ' - . I _,__V`,_', .LI__L -_._`. \\]J;]J21lll ixuu vvuau xxnu, vvuwuu, uwvu to be :1 fifteen minutIe~' servi'ceuj:ha';`di 1-MIT. romu-ml to a. ten minwte one,an`d this has nut only proved aJ'gr6Qt- pub-V liu uoi1\'eI1ie.1_1ce, -but has iwessulted inj:fa .%i1h.st:uifi:i1i vii]-c-'I'e.aSe in: utahe rerven}3e' 1,1,0 mi1wa_v. The telephone. dir-eac`;t,o17y,. Wilivil used to corsriti $1400, a, year `to ])l`(I(i1l(`L`, is now produced at no cost, m\'in;_v to the introdu-cion of a classi- ed lm.<'incc=s list of .a.dave-rtisements. fiions; -(i1'.`.`..wht3i"i"-.wae should? note ratuher . mud! -sek- Index- ~othorj dsenoaninnutlivons in -"advancing thsd .Kin.gdon_1-{of G9d'.f_` skpqg1ng`* ` qhe . dianoxnina-1 ation -and fcovopaw_ati,bh ,w_i:t.'h "alt " tho` It is` a shame and wrong that any should ,utter the baseless charge of enmity, and still} greater V sjhamev and wrong ttolum professed` friends of~ the Church should give countenance: to- such a charge. Just as well denounce the division bf the King's mmyfinto neg.i.mevn`.ts, with their .d'i1fetrend:' names and uniforms. ' ` - .. . - each: be eager to win people` to their "own churcial T Let honest eagerness continue and more will be gathered in.` The church can been accomplish her great" task by` each denomination bending ita enen: *3--. -`--V-n `n. Anni: Q M 3'53` ai`3"E7t3*'&Jv".1 1':`a'e," mi."a 6&1 speed. for ' all others who are working for the some ggat ond`_._ . T _ Denominations are Consistent vwithr the Highest Bnlcioncy in Work. would have done. Baptiste b04- lieve that immersion, Tw-hsilo .not_. be-. sential, 1:o"ea1vait&on, houl d_ be the outward sign ohurcuh.` membierip; 'Dh`ey work better. by thecnservoa, and an -1iko_m,inde-dt are*'.dra;wn4 to mom. ' O#1w,r> f11r~418Yf" -ki"5 .- 9 organization. " . wislh: .no-.~ambhMi-_ty over? them. will accept counsel _g ;-_bu't gno`t3-` ,c6utro1. rm... "~*Ii- .ug" ~'wllW1Kl'l'.|alvy UVVI llllllllo `avg wu.l1 accept counsel -`but not control. The Presbyterian; have -individual and congregational libeIrt.y;~ and _o;' larger tiniity which brings them the `scupporlto. as well -as the .-contm1,_*ot_~`.,the whol`s- body. *,. .h`ave more 9! 'wi1.in'&1iW1`: .21.; wth'm`i..V.Yr* alert! `WM-.oo oomcme power` th`a;n..:w.+qmonz;s,1?rqoby- terianw V % Mad: their 0181's"-l1:.IIg1.`0~'v.i31'1._ 5 `vim U` V{U'.UIIuI In passing-it! may be noted that our own Union -of the - dierent Presby- terian Ghurdhes "into -the one.'Preejby- terian Church I in *Ca.nada,' wafer di1fer`- ent from this proposed Union. That Union was `neuween those of the- same name, denomination, type,` standards, creed, history and `traddions _ None gave up their denotnination _or any- thing else. The `same is itfrue of the Methodist Unions in Canada` and the! Unions `in Scotland. The cases are dierentt from '.the- present, and the ..re;asonings from heee past; unions dd not apply. The question as to Chru"r~ch"Union`i.s! of su-ch. vast impo=1~ta.n-ce and its issues` age so vital that whoever seeks: to `inuence others eihe' for or against which can only` be jusahied by the most {careful .and- unbiased examin `assumes a. weight of responsibility! ation. .And-.,eIo, also it behoves every- one wiho votes on so` vital a matter to` 1`S't seek the full.es';{ informat.-ion on all points at issue, so as not to he inuentced by" any .mis--state/Vmen`ts or pa:t.ia1'preneaatAon of.%h.e~ case from g either side: 7 , i .t:heJpir.`.' Committee for. the length of? order tojproduce the prersent Basis, -` At a race-nt `debut-2, "one of the oppon- ents of Church: Union first criticized 1 time covered by their de1`iber. atwions in and then (almost in the same breath)! for the hurry with. which. they wished! to rush them through. I quote this as an example of pamfliral prersentaution. and of "dae1-iber.te- mnis:-lstateme-nt.. It; was the de~1ibea'a.tion with which each: issue was face-d, -and . the carefulness} with which every reason pro and con was. weighed, which led to- the expen-= diture of so much: time in the pre- pera.tion of the Basis---a.nd vhis fact` should beef su"1ci.ent weight" to sew c.1'r:3 for it ,a more courteous consid- eration and .8. more re~asona.bl-e- criti- iism. A , anx- oillm-.< in Port A1`-t'h=11-r, but Owing to the o!IiviMen<-_\' of 2`ove-rnnuetntfby com; )ni.~'.~'n.-H, they now only mexeat, twice \\'0vl\' iu.. of fonur tijuesa and their ntim are g1':nhl-ally bzescoming silmrply ]L`;_'i~I:ri\'v (mes. ` |`lwrc am a mayor and eight, (;un., V T-h.en,;'again, so far from there be- ing any attempt on the part of the Joint Committee to bring about a. hurried or hasty decision, all the men in all the churches, onwhom crests the! responsbilrbily of teaching and- lreade-r-3 s-hip, have hat}, each year, the official report of that year s proceedings, and` the` whole Proposed. Basis has been in thesir -hands for at least three years. If. through` indierence or~procra.stin- ation, they have failed" to ipforrmf themselves andyinstruct their people: the 'blame must rest not .on the Joint: Committee, but on their own (almost criminal) neglect. _ 7 n . u iziapVy;;.-`Eng % `t`:1`1odiSt%Abi9cbrx`1ei wvuau `Vkvr ` " .- activ'e workfhf", L `it Aware . no 'get'hodxist gere-3` , _W6nid"' as rge 9." prop_ ;onf:_~.o tho-fimmigration of the u2xtt"te'n years he gund iden- tied~ with the cause of `Chm-ist,==if the stiangers could` not find ~a.wai.hin`g them .a ;c'hurc:h tio whaiaclx bheuy -havebeen. ac- cumstomed, a sweet refrain [of their M 1arg9.'%~;;:m|Ili8rat;i9n;- old life `in the .homelan&, with its -holy and happy memories! .5 . .. -.-`v`-a --`--v--vn5g 0-` T'i5ury;;i.1v:er,.whataveaF we of .deiiomsinat'ionalimn, ~a'llw:il1`g1dm: that it "gives deniteuessto Ghristian of-` fort, and` that many`wi1l' do niore. for the` Kingdom of God; along dopami- ngtional- lines. . A ; ` ' . i x . .7. _n-,; my` ..._ ' and-"" 1:ra~* mine _ omen than `any-.f.0n.o -.do:f " ' . 7;." .. my '?p t5A fairly as I can witlhin the limits of In seoking to piwesent Itah-8 case .asi the space 'aI1`1otted- to me` I propose? I. A Review or some of thowmaln Objeotrlons.-11. A Brief Re-state- ` ment otoiho Main A1-gumonts in `Favor of the Proposed Union. Of course the:-e.are many o`bjettions' which _are too personal, or too trivial-, to demand serious aztvbentzion, but there are others which: are far too weighty ` to `be ignored. It woufd be "impos- sible, in these limits, to deal, with every" one of_ these. But those selected" are fairly repre.sen.t-ative,- `and in the brief suggestion as to how they are to- be met, ther'e`ie an in-dlicationes to" how the others may also be _dealt 0'1` ' ouv VII vvvuvurv A: IN vuuun I-IVIIl\:U ,, .. .. vvv , may be generally classed under two `heads: (1) those which: are directed against the fact of Union, and (2) those which apply more especially to the Proposed `Basis. Under theret of these heads we aretold: `l`hiat_tahene is no need for Organic Union, T'htat there always have been divisions: in the church, That such -divieilone tend to healthy rivalry, and to the greater expansion of 0hriet e King- dom in the World, That the evils `alleged! against `the present de nom:in- `~ ational system are exaggeraltaed, ` I `That ,'they- would not be obviated by Organic Union, 'l`hatifthe three . negotiating` churches -become one, i '-there will etill be .Meth'odiste and Presbyterian: and Gongre-gationaliste wh_o'wil1- remainfon the outside of vtlhe V united church and so be separate ;det nominations, .'l`h-at . all the good proposed` _ by Organic Union could: be equally -bfrouglut, about by a system of Federralfioxi--pin jw bi.oh` each denomin-` '_ `ation, A whilst maintaining` its distinct ` `name and and separate organize- - tione,'-should-U come to, a-`muttral amen; in `regard to. ` the..cgrrecti_on :and . iwfvogidance ..e\ri1, "Organic -}'(Inion . proposer, to_..1 1x_-emaidy; - end: _5u`_'1"lp1Aia-,1 ? The-t .we-r.equ1-re;li_s_ "1L.0t Organize ievnitormim .b!atF`1;.:.1>i*i"a1`uii'nni . . Now I._vonture- to airm mat strong "as these objections may appear, they dono'b-any of them-'-'ree~b on a_ sum- .cie'nt "fonng1a_tio{z ix! , ` A - `Ag N oodio`t`..0ran!c Union. . . "I .liata*jthn3r6` is *fq1E*-sqmo re-g ;1z2en1ia1 .hgq;:g6~..whoraby %exisAl:i1g`g= vilq muy.i~_be.,romu`vg`od' ant} - av-,5 "by-the of in. Cans : "ho" `4 -_1_noI '6.~~ olehtivoly her ` .I"n9't+ Ihll`; i` ht % The objectiohs which we shall notice IAIIII RA '4-`nnAu41Iu- n1nn.aA..I ..:-:2-A-. L..-A j'(To be conthued ne_xtjwee=k') v v G v ]u;_~i~I:r:i\'u C1103. 'l`lwro uught to be govexrnmentt by (-unnrnixuirm in every -(silty in Canada, in Mr. .\'vill`.~`~ opinion. STRONGLY IN %rAvon. A spirit'ua.1`. Tunitgy. assert it no T l*ess {phatically than We. - ' I {That} there h\ave alevays been mvi-Q -1-..- -.. LI__, I.-_...1. _.D'1...-I-L ""'s:5ii'En t'1'1'efCi;J;;l'1f-of`_Ghrist _ would -Hot (even if gze) jusgg their_ con oinuan;ce,. _esIp00 .Y W` tvhgre is `so `little 1.'e-asqn forvthenm `as art present found 1n exthevr the doc- trine. or the polity of the threge n9got- iatzing churches; andif d:enOmms8*t10nH1 fivalury is so *1111ealt;h-y 'a.th1n% gnggtggg cond_ucvive`t~o b e expansion o ` iKi1_1g-dom, we might` well` wonder that {in the rs-t days each Apo:~:.t1e- was notl equipped ands sent_ f()l:fihl `to form `a gtlielzinctfive denomlnaatmn undser ' hrs gown name and accoiding`-; to` th: :r-I 'sities of his bwn c` 'arae_er an _m r-_ pretatdon, so as to meet the chverseg [needs arising out: of t'1re diverse tem-' iperameuntsl of tiger men of that age.` "`A`bsurd!!!,--Xes, I know, bu_t n(_>t' LS 1nz;en` om -.- , _ - !present`, system of denominahongl qseparation that ag tlgul-y 11949-1-1'??? ivalry is to `be es promote an ; |_maint.ained. V . l ! Then as to the objection That if; the three` negotiating churches be- came `O90? there _will.' Sltill he Pres- `byterians, Methodists and Congre-g-a.-I I ztionalists who will remain outside -as {separate churches. Probably this is 'true-buut. the. Basis of. _Union' makes such `ample provision fo-r the! continuance in the_ United. Church of `all that, either in doctrine, polity or` meu`;:hod= is living and -essential in each of the denominations, that these re- maining on the outside will have no reason for rtheir separa.tzi.on--greatear than `those of personal preference, or idiosyncracy or, at best, ad-he-renc-ef to past names and traditions. ` ' .piety, whose experience and wfhose in- vance. ` . `I admit that -amongst these thus re-I maining separate will be some whose uence would` be an.enrie`hment. to the United" Church and whaoseeeparationl would! be regretted, but there never: was yet, in all the history of the` church, any `great. reform or forward! movement but in which some -have been left behind. However -much, it may be regretted, this is no- su-' cient reason for halting `in the ad- -And as to spiritual " unity that is really at the rout. of the present] `rnoveunenitr-`not for organize uniform- * ity, but for an -0rgani3c Union in ` which there should be room for the b greatest` possible. divuarrsity in unity and unity` in diversity. _- - i -an 1 _I`_*_._ -5 _I._'-`.|L!-....` T Then as to the oexag-ge_rat.ion 0153 the evils alleged: 'a.g~ainsrt> the present. dc-nominantoionali system, I have only to say t`ha.t out of the real and proved` existence of ,those- evils has arisen the demand for` their corre-3tion,'--an ion is not enough "for t-he`objectors to assert their exaggei~ation.. Let tihemi prove it. " As: to whether the true` r emedry'"for ~a11..rtuhese- evils wi1ilW-at] once `he found` in Organic Union, re-g imains to be proved, but xzertainlxy the iproposed. basias makes it _more- possib1e._| Then as regard Federatio i. It has already -been tried, and is still being tried= `in the Old Land; and: though `it -has brought into the eld of religious politics a. great ghting force `and mode the Free Churches a power to be reckonecl with`, so far as| hat for which Organic Union sta.nds,`l it is, -and ever. will 9. failure so Long as the separating *n9.mes `con- tinue, the -conibting - aims and in- terests -and- umhea1Il>hy_ rivalries will remain _i.n evidence. Port Arthur is dbing'-com; fulo mhings in the way `Of went by Cmmi88ion,*himordipzi~+`ti: N. G. Neill, the eioner for that city, whgn in Montreal recenntily. _. 9 ) . Tm. city, he says` new nv . millioii do1I~f.rs' worth of'pu'b1i` u"l_*'T itie.s,_1nc.'iu the. street r_ailw..i..i.;, electric ilgilit, e]:ei(yhricV pow, phones and v\fa._tg.rworks, 1iu(i" i mug Uih&SP. utilities at such. make f living a prot for the dec~rease~ of tho mtai As" an instan.(~.e- of M113 ,1` . _ saiii that for house tI6l.>.1a'eph0(i1g;r month is ("ha.r;'ed, While for bugin purposes the. aha. ~ ' . b n1ont:h:. ~ rge is 99" . or the de-crease ' ~ = ` i . while at the samzntiulhgqgxggtigg`; __- 11-..; A..m...._ .____ Income ..-.7`, -_ .._.-_.._-_,-_ The second class of objec!t&onns--I mean those` which refer to the L`! Pro- posal Baaia3 --mo.y, be thus brief-lg dealt. with,_because `for th most _psrr1': tahey rash either: on misapprehemion or` on w.i1f1_1l misrst-a'te_me.nt. . V Q-Vqqpblilllloll, V139 l\JIJI|\5\cI \II val`: llIa\lIll%Uuu \. ` The Heinman 8: Co. Piano is a matter of T` .D .faInily"'p|_'ide,hence its artistic excellence _ _ L Its megnieefltttona. and beautiful sweet. mellow- sing- ving quality has placed it 'on a pinnacle all by itself in the ' . judgment of the cultured `musician who best` knows. f we snow ABARRIE mus1c STORE. `;?s?o5 1:-z-:-:I I:-`at:-5'11:-.-=u:IE-:II:-_=.It:av;:-s-_'--:JE (1) There is the Doctrinal` ohjec-Q tion. At the 3 debate, already `referred. to,,.one_'ozbjuecton~ qwoke of the proposal ed United` Church as. a. K'mee_d'l'eosv church, wand another as a `church with ."a mongrel evened. _Apart from the elegance - of thsiav "last expression, its `meaning,-is -so obscure that one must, jg : all "eha"rity,_ conclude that `for the- t e objector was -away by `__in_a:-r1_:ef_l:ore from the sound llillly &l_VI:Iu IA???-"le on I?o~=tri=aa= V Now, if ibyna creedjlesa evhuncln, it; is Inean. that 4' - the proponent United Church cuts itself o,f`f_1-om. all we be- '1-iafe and..Jcon,faasiogs of_ the past; tgheu" whpever that, ., has either -not is` the lit}: work of`-this o1d,estabIisbd am; who cherish this splendid heritage from their fathel ; the late Theodore A. Heintzman, the founder pt the business. [on etche foundation laid by the Apes- tles 'and\.proph-ets, confessing that Jesus Christ ~himse].~f is the -chief cor- ner-stone. We airm our -belief in he Scriptures of the Old and New Testa- ment as the primary source and ultim- ate stand.-ard of Ohrirsrtian faith and life. We acknow-led-gel theiteaching of the grea-to creeds of the Ancient Church}. We _fu-rther maint-ain our allegiance to the evangelical doetrines of the Reformation as` set forth in common in` the doctrinal standards adorpit-ed. by the `Presbyterian Church !-in` Canada, the Congregational Union [of Ontario `and; Quebec and :by the `LI ALL .-.,.'l*L-..L f`H...-....I.. 9 9 ' va. \llAIvlA`l.A s~|A\AI -siuu u Methodiistv Chute-h. Hami lton Spectator. Who .-....,m..:....... -4: c I V , The nineteen a,rtic.leus which fol- {low `the `above p1`ea.mb`lze are presented ;as A -brief summary of our com- mon faith, and: I maintain thjat a careful and unbi.as ed study of those la.rtic1'es, in relation -to the. above pre~" iamble, will` demonstrate "their value as a workin.g confession of the essen- ttials of our faith. ! '(2) It is/aL.so' objected that no minister of the proposed ch'urc.h is bound= to acknowledge his belief that its dovcrtrines are in harmony with the `Holy Scriptures. ' conscientious minister needs in the `way of credal obligation in excess of ltahe above`! I further ask, How many of those who -have*eubecribed* in the days of -their youth `to the `hide-bound creeds of the past do new adhere strictly to the letter of their ob- Ligation? II .5 -. ` No;v `I vvfat iainyi ihteiligent and ' g The `candidates shall be examined :on the statement of the Docftarine o-f_ lthe United Church, -and- shall',_ before ,ordrina.tion, satisfy (the examining `body that they are in essential agree- ment theu-ewithi, and. st!h'a.t as minis- ters of the church they accept `the- z -zttaatement as in substance agreeable to the teamhing of the Holy Scrip- tures and amongst" questions they lshxalhanswer is the-xfollowingz (3) |ciAre you persuaded? that the Holy Scriptures contain sruiciently all doc- ltrines required for eternal salvation !in our Lord Jesus Christ? And are you resolved out of the said Scrip- tures to instruct the. people committed to your charge, and to teach nothing which is not agreeable t-herevto~? _- ., % Another objetction urged against the nBasis is That it robs aged min- lia-thers,. and the widows and orphans of lministers, of those benets which gunder their rwpective denominations, [would uccmo to them. But the [answer to this objection is found on pages 55-57 of the Proposed Basis, .wheren.i.t is distinctly provided That Man In`... u'n:4JLCvu 4` ouunauu-`L nun)` vsnnanngnn , Again I quote from the Proposed Basis on The Relations of-a min- 'ister to tLheDocItwri.n es of the. Ohurch. _ ILUlV-__bV I5 I-IIWUJ-Il\lU-ll. 11` VISIUKA LIIIDII the ghts of present and prospective claimants on existing `funds in any `of the uniting chnrcshes be adequately :protected, that-their claim he a `u-st charge `on the combined trust, etc.,'ete. , | .With yegaxd to Vested interests A lin proptty the diiculty of adjusting ` these is admittedly great; but a cate- \ ful study of the reports of the sub- committees on administration and mw i should satisfy the most anxious of ienquirers that nothing has been over- looked, and, when we consider `that these committees were for the most {part made up of men rep-.reeen.ting some of the best legal and administra-! tive knowledge and-- capacity in each of `the denomination, - and that eacxh trust was represented on. these com- mittees by those who were responsible for the safeguarding of its rights, and further _ha.t their decisions were not arrived at withouito consultation with-` the best available legal and actuarialtalent on Ihhe outside of the Joint Com~mittee,-it is fair to assume! `that: in no case will any interest suer Hor a,ny'_ttrust be unjustly diverted from `its original intention. , -" Having thu_.ind:icated, as fully as 1 space permit, ._tIh_e nature of the amain _',objee5t-ion, advanced! against Or- Ennis Union. nd 7110W`6a8i1'.YI they may ' . rez_'nVains- for me to give o.foo.me `or the why this` ,. - ;~8'933!**` }1;'" Christ in Can- ada -39 to_ race wii great prob- lems` `wh'i.ch__ demand-= immediate` soluf-: 4.i.on,` ' ._.'Fith ;gr'O;ato 'oppt_1rtunities for %the%;izhtVi~oi;%*w1fwh 6% `it? held :6 ,4 ;j : "But 4"'`'```_``:;.--`:`-L.: :2 ` ` g of; The .-;u-uuLu|1 k)})C'\J'L'l1-I/U'l'u ' The p1'e:m.iers of Spain and have been exchanging Vvirelew ings. Were old` Ohristopher CO1-11111` bus an nbsmver from across the SW3: he would be more than ever jmpr69' ed with the Vlxiistor-ic remark: '1`h0" are more things in -heaven Horatio, than are dreamt Of 13 your philosophy. b - " ' ` (YE om: FIRM) the right use of these opportunities it is essential that all her resources: be so concentrated and applied that there be no leakage in energy---no.waste- or misapp1-ication' of power. Whereas it is self-ervident that un-d-er existing comlitions along he whole line of her operations there is an immense waste of -men aml_money, and so of material, moral and inch-eulxl-ectual force, and leak- age of `spirit -u-a.l power. That there is `an immediate need of me remedial cha.nge from exist- ing onditioms, because (1) The pres- ent denominational system tends to create and foster a species of rivalry `in. which the interests of the separate denominationoutwe-igths those of its rivals, and in `their promotion at all coasts, the real progress of the church of Christ is in many ways hindered by reason of bitterness _, of heart within the churches and the evil effects of the unseemly and` perplexing spectacle of The House of` God divirde against itslf, upon the minds of thinking men on ttnh-e outside of her communion. ` 3. That the pre.sen.,t_. state of or- ganic disunion between` the denomin- ations can only be justhied on the ground of dierencesv in belief, aim, or polity which are (aeeorcling to the convictions of those who hold them) `so vital- that `they cannot be set aside --eo irreconeilamble that they cannot be harmonised.--But Whatever may "be said in regard to some of the de- nominations, it has been proved that in the three negotiating churches sucxh di erences do not any longer ,so exist as to bar the Way to the Or- ganie Union of those who, by the good Providence of God, have already been broughtso near to each otnhe-r in.-beliefs and aims, and in spiritual bl`O_bhe$1'h(_)Od. 4. Th-at the Proposed Basis of Or- ganic.` Union between the negotiaztiig churches does, so far -as: they are con- cerned, present tihlel best solution of the*~ problem and opens out to them immeasurable possibilities of progress .and service `for under it the united church -would. be, in doctrine, simple, compreh.e:nsiv_e and practical, in polit-y,f expansive enough to compre- hend all the true aims of any churcllm, providing `for each individual charge the greatest liberty compa.ta.b-le with the`W\ed'fare of the united churczh, giv- ing to each, all the true advantages of independency, with all the helps and safe-gua.rd's of that connexionalism .whiob is made up of all that is best either in Method-ism or Presbyterian- 1(oI\vt Its `provisions are such as to bring about immediately necessary changes with the llesast possible disturbance, and to allow for the further develop- ments of rtime anti experience. ---u . q cg V @VIUVKI& J In. U1. durvvo V\c in preparivzigwtl-3; ;;o1:osed mligsis, have beenactuated by no selsh or ambi- tious aims. They have believed this `|:I-:15 `in HA (3411,, -1531` :n aqua`: `\n]:.(u-9 Whether the churches will` decide to go forward in this direction or not, those who -have so earnestly ad- vocated" it, and so carefully labored yiiii} EST) ; of "ca.,"-Z'n'&' ifbei have labdred and prayed-. And of those who are the most serious 0-p- ponents, doubtless, the the same may kn. `CD111! an-5:1` T41` `xtdk vnroifn`-u `IRA | Nouco-"4.I. E. Bennett, v.s., B.v.'sc., Barrig, can be had promptly at any tin}e. Phone 412.~' clawing Account of _ _ the Des Moines _PI|n}{in;` _A Superior Mgtroolh. `A