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Vim and lity: for Nerve and Bran: increases 'grey 1 badid you up. $38 a box or Dave Co., St. Catharines, 480d at Mahood's Drug Store." Of @utual purpose muon feeds: And from the silence multiplied By 'these still forms on either side, The world that tne and sense have known ; Falls off and leaves us God alone. o ~---Whittier, ---- St. Paul's Church In St. Paul's church on Sunday evening, Rev. W. », FitzGerald's ser- mon was on "The Anglican Position." His text was Galatians vil--*"Stand fast therefore in the dberty where- with Christ has made Gs free. "From time to tiie," sald Mr. | FitzGerald, "I have shawn the erron- [eousness of the Romish beliefs con- cerning papal supremacy, papal in- fallability, the cult of the blessed virgin Mary, indulgences, invoca- tions of the saints. Our subject to- night is our own position, and it would be no satisfaetion for me to believe that thé' Rowan ehuref was wrong if I had a lurking suspicion that my own church was wrong, too. Unless I had good grounds for think- ing that our own church Wis secure- ly based, I should do well not to find fault with another.' Mr. FitzGerald stated that the church of England and its sister c¢hureh, the church of Ireland, holds an impregnably strong position hav- ing history and truth to back it up. The documents which have come' to light upon examination will bar this out, and no fear be evidenced. The preacher said that we are. the anci- ent Catholic church and have de- scended from the ancient British church. . He warned his listeners about the misuse of that word "Cath- olic."" Many Protestants, sometimes jcarelessly and sometimes ignorantly, {apply the word to Romanists only, land ail Roman Catholics love 10 be {spoken of as "Cathéles." But this {1s wrong. They are Roman Catho. {lics; they have come from Italy. Pro- [testants are Catholics in the sense !in which the word is properly used. {The "Catholic" church means the universal church of Christ Jesus. Mr. FitzGerald said that it was a'very common trick with Romanish |conversationalists to siy that Angli- cans are the church of Henry VIII and Elizabeth; while many Protest- jant people think that the church dates only from the time of the Re- formation of the 16th century. This is not true, and it may be said along the same connection that a man who has washed his face, is not the same as when his face was unwashed. Af ter the pope's supremacy had been cast off the same clergy ministered in the churches, and the only change {was a cleaning of the windows. The creeds of the early church were re- tained as well as the two sacraments ordained by Christ, the three orders of clergy that date from the days of the apostles, and the Holy Serip- tures, " The. speaker wished to contradict the statement' which he had often heard repeated that only a paper wall exists between the church of England and that of "Rome. This paper wall, however, is the Holy Bible and the Book ' of Common Prayer, which no foe has éver been able to tear down, Pope Paul V and Pope Pius IV both offered to con- firm thé Book of Common Prayer if Queen Elizabeth would acknowledge the pope's supremacy. The latter pope invited the queen to send her bishops to the Council of Trent. For the first ten years of her reign Roman Catholics 'conformpd to wor- ship of the Church of England and attended the ordinary services, until Pope Pius V issued a bull forbidding them under penalty of excommunica- tion. The whole trouble came about beacause the pope's suprematy 'was abolished, and partly for private rea- sons which were not.very creditable. Roman Catholics say that by this «division a néw religion has been formed, and Mr. ¥itzGerald acknow- ledges this fact, as after it Anglicans reformed their doctrine 'in many points. About this the Roman Cath- olics have no room to agitate, as in 1664 a new creed was produced known as the creed of Pope Pius IV, having twelve new articles. One may talk about creating a new relig- ion, but the English church never did anything of thi8 nature. |. The speaker made the assertion that the vision of Roman Catholics is so dimmed' with their modern de-. "velopments that they cannot recog- nize primitive Christianity when they see it, and, therefore, "our religion is new, to them." "Nothing is further from the truth than to say we have invented a new relig'on," said Mr. FitzGerald, "Fv- ery institution which we count as es- sential proclaims our unity with the catholic church. We receive Holy Scriptures; we have our eath- olic ereeds; we have our two sacra- ments, the one of admission into the catholic church, the other of susten- ance in its fellowship." In closing Mr. FitzGerald dealt with 'the theory of tlie development of the church of Rome, and what its § doctrines were based upon. ti | i Sydenham Street Methodist iH t 25%, and many ings at half price. tréated missions as an asset, Teme acquisition chureh. "When things, they held thei i God, say glorified G \ also to the Gentiles granted repen (Acts XI, 18), was 'a sup- { the Christian heard these and de ence unto life." the scriptural basis of the discourse. Missions, said the preacher, are not only a spiritual asset, but a bulwark of defence for Christianity, and the best wonderful stimulus . to ily living. From reference to ancient and modern history and the present' situation and signs of the times, Mr, Rrown qualified these contentions. Ife held that Christianity was only truly revealed as it becomes univer- sal. Missions are in touch with and Jay stréss upon the essentials of Christianity. They reveal to us the motive of Christianity, which is love, and service the standard. Mission- ary endeavor reveals, he stated further, the purpose of Jesus Christ, It is the church's greatest .ia/ nes and stimulus, and merits our prayer and liberality, In the evening Mr. Brown placed the missionary work as heing crea- ted by the Almighty. and it was Ly the Christian church, through the Holy Spirit, that his purpose of world evangelization would be aec- complished. What is wanted in the churches to-day, said the nroscher is dependence less and less upon men, methods and money, but more upon. the Spirit of God. If the church would swing itself into the Movements of the Holy Spirit, per- manent work would be accomplished in answer to as the text pointed out, that the heathen are its in- heritance. The 'words to this effect were Psalm I1., 8: '¢Ask of me and [ shall give thee the hetthen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts. of the earth for thy posses. ion." To the great headway which has of recent years been made, Mr, Irown alluded, and to the character of the men required for 'missionary work. A meeting principally for social Intercourse was held in the Bible school hall after the evening ser- vice. Revi ® W. Halpenny gave a short address. Music was apprecia- ted from J. D. Bankier and the choir, At Cooke's Church "The message I have to give to you to-night is that of personal re- sponsibility," said Rev. BE. W. Hal- penny, B. A., B. D., secretary of the Ontario Sunday School Association, preaching in Cooke's church, on Sun- day evening, and the speaker deliv- ered an eloquent sermon, pointing out the responsibility of every chris- tian towards his fellow man. He paid a warm tribute to the work of the Sunday school teachers, who are doing noble work, in bringing chil- dren to Christ. In strong terms he emphasized the relationship the hbhe should have towards the Sun- day school, and the church. Thé home, the Sunday sehool and the church should be united in the work for Christ. Many parents were in- different to the work, and in many cases the entire work was left with the Sunday school teacher. Addressing his remarks particu- larly to Sunday school teachers, the speaker said: "You are engaged in the biggest thing for God's kingdom. I wish you could héar the testimony all over the country upon the work of the Sunday school teachers.' The Sunday school was the means of reaching a great many, and the speaker urged that the work be car- ried on with still greater force. 'here was a great responsibility rest- ing on each Christian worker. Christ depended on each one to do his share. The responsibility of parents to- wards their children was pictured in sirong terms, also the responsibility of one towards a companion First Congregational A talk on home missions was given in the First Congregational church on Sunday evening by Rev, H. I. Horsey, Ottawa, chairman of the Congregational Union of Canada. The speaker said that it was a great privilege to be hack in this church when it is to be remembered that before he entered the ministry he was himself one of the members of the congregation. His mission in coming before the people on Sunday vvening was to give a statistical ac- count of the work the Congregation- al church is doing along mission lines. The success which has al- ready been achieved is well worthy Here is the Secret of Long Life While looking forward to health and loug life it is possiBle-that you are unaware of the conditions neces- sary to attain healthful old age. Careful eating, and consequent pre- servation of the lealth and vitality of the digestive and excretory organs is of the greatest importance. Overeating is the usual cause of ftorpid, sluggish liver action, and when the liver fails additional work is thrown on the kidneys and they break down. Kidney = disorders are the great source of suffering in old age. Rheumatism, bod pains, ach- ing arms and legs backache and Tum. 0 are the result. y the use of Dr. Chase's Kidn Liver Pills to regulate the liver, ki neys and bowels, as occasion re- Sutra, you Jat only overcome the sufferis convenience and un- pl > e8S of a s of bilious life. is a won derful source of comfort for people old age. eas Fis Boh vital importance. The speas based upon Isaiah 1:19, "If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the of the land." Mr. Horsey a ldrge ote i evary mentber would yield as lib ally' to" .this cadse as they s there would be no diffeutty enced in carrying out the pected. The speaker com amounts spent on the defence of country and public works, both Cannda and Australia. ¢ spends but very little as compa with the latter on defence but public works, Canada surpasses Ays- f If we do niof pay foF the defence of our couutry in naval ex- penditure, we must devote sums to missions atid preserve the high sfan- tralia, dard of our country, by keeping nifs- flonaries among the ever-fiowing train of immigrants, tries. filled with this foreign element and steps will have to be taken to Chriy- tianize them. aa Stands for the Highest Rev. G. I. Campbell, in Queen street Methodist church, on Sunday morn- ing, talked of the meeting of the Ontario branch of the Dominian Al Hance held in Toronto last week, and which he attended. There were over 1,500 delegates there, the vast ina- pority being laymen. Fow clergymen took part either by speaking or in colnmittee, and for this he wag de- voutly thankinl, because . it showed the hard-headed ' business man, pro- fessional man, in tact men in all walks of life were concerned over the Kquor problem. He noted the groat reduction that had been made in the number of licenses issued during the past twenty-five , years. In Buffalo, alone, to-day, there were more liquor licenses than in the entire province of Ontario. He said that the conven- tion had commended the good work of the Whitney administration in the enforcement of . law and also i com- mended the stamd taken by the libe- ral leader and%hia associates in the abolish-the-har | platform. There might bs politics in the matter hut far as he could see the demand was made upon all temperance men to suppogt the highest measure of tom- perance that could he attained from either parties. As for himself, he must stand for that which was the highest and best, and he Jeltesatisfied that "if the conservative government came up to, or went hevond the pro posed legislation of thesliberal patty, u would have all the temperance peo ple ready to stand with it. If this were not done, then the liberal lead- or must have their votes and their support. The temperance issue yt be the supreme issue in the {oming election; for the sake of humanity, for the uplift of the fallen, for the sake of the women and childesn, as tem perance men and. as Christian men they dare not' let their political afi- lintiops 'stand in the way of justice and rightness. The convention had taken this position and he trust- ed that it would be endorsed hy men of consdlence' and lovers: of Jeens Christ, The bar must go heeause it was a bar to progress, a bar io rvorvthing that was true and pure mm evervthing that was true and pure and holy. wn St. Paul's Church Confirmation Bishop Bidwell confirmed fifteen persons in St. Paul's, Sunday mor- ing and preached an ablé and help- ful sermon. He and the vicar af- terwards administered the holy com- munioh to ome hundred and forty- five communicants. Sunday at St. Mary's There were large congregations at nasses and evening devotions in St. Mary's cathedral yesterday, being the first Sunday in Lent. At high mass, at 10.30 o'clock, Rev. Father Hunley, the rector, celebrated, and Rev. Father Halligan preached. The 01d Musician Charles Badger Clark, Jr., in Collier's To. catch full toned some half-heard You do not hear The dreary drip of the rain, Nor will 'you hear. the startled nurse's call When she shall come and lying here, Your grizzled cheek against thé stony floor-- Listening ? . Listening ? Your years were all a-listening. A-seeking through the clash and cr; of things To catch full vored come hali-heard melody, Ever recurring, ever lost again, Till often in your passionate pite smote of life matched the world. Ay, "twas a sad, mad symphony you played, Cashed through with crashing sonance and dying here In this thin, plaintive note of lone find You des You flat-handed on the keys And the jangling music of dis- i . You hear 'no more. Surely this is not you ! There may be now a free, exultant thing Soaring all joyous up the sumset Through music of a thousand wistful The storm clouds melting into fiery The soft adagio of a brightening star ms -------- Marking Time Victofia Daily Tin Tn nis remarks on Uhié Npeeeh trom tbe throne last week, Hon. W. T. White, minister of finance, uttered this pregnant sentence: "We do not Propose to winnow chaff. We shall Simply have to t the slow pro- m a public man. What sort of & government is it anyway? said that the task was fo cope wer bit if Which are com- ing to this land from foreign coun- Our great west is bétorming Inf humors, ecatarrh { fective remedy. Bis: address "Anyone who knows anything 'Jabout the stage," writes Glenniore Davis in the Green Book Magazine, 'can name from a dozen to a bun» dred plays that have made fortunes. Many persons who claim to be 'in ;jthe know' will tel! you the exact size {Of the fabulous winniwge, but 106 of- tent, when simmered down to facts, play-made fortunes lose a great deal of their magnitude. Theatrical for- tunes, dramatists' royalties and ae- tress' salaries are peculiarly colos- fal until verified. there is doubt fhat 'Way Down East," 'Rip Van Winkle,' 'David Harum,' Farm,' 'Ir Old Kentucky,' "The Od { Homestead,' "The Man of the Hour," The Lion and the Mouse," 'The Man Frem Home,' 'Mrs. Wiggs of the Cab- Agt Pateh," 'The Fortune Hunter,' 'Polly of the Circus,' 'Brewster's Mil- ions," 'The Chorus Lady,' 'Within the Law,' 'Paid in Full," "The Girl of Ie Golden West' and 'The Squaw Man' have made big sums for every- :né concerned. Most of them still sting in profits from the sale of tock rights or from the year to year oxhibitions of cheap companies in the small towns of the sort generally known as 'one-night stands' or 'tanks.' "But if you will take the trouble to look back you will find, by. the 183 of memory or some reference | boek, that the average age of these olays was from three to four seasons before they were relegated to stock. Ben Hur' has hégun its fifteenth sea- S0uz, is still coining money and will never go into stock. True, 'Way Down East,' 'In Old Kentucky,' 'The Old Homestead," and 'The Prince of Pilsen" have been put on season af- tir season by their original produc- ers. These four plays have really eiade fortunes. They have paid for theatres, country homeés and scores of less successful plays They have established theatrical managements: they have created bank director they have 'made' hundreds of play folk' and they have been the in¢en-! tives which have turned scores of 'én and women from the customary highway Into the thorny path trod- den by real and would-be play-| wrights. Yes, they've made piles of rrorey; but when it'comes to profits they're not in the 'Ben Hur' class. 'fic Hur' as a play occupies a rung gn the dramatic ladder By itself. And this statement goes for 'Bes Her' as a novel, too, for that mat- ter. "As 4 play 'Ben Hur' first had an eudience on the night of November 1899---fourteen years ago. The novel at this time was nearly twenty rs old. It was published in 1880. During the first two years of its lit- erary life it was a failure. Then the book started to sell and sold rapidly. !.0ng before it became a play it had broyght to its author large royalties and had been translated into the principal languages of the world. There was no doubt of its success. It was what the printing trade calis a 'best seller.' * 'Ben Hur,' the play, has played fwo long engagements in London iad twice has toured England, Scot land and Ireland. Four times it has vlayed in New York city; twice it has created box office records in all of the principal Australian cities, and fourteen times it has toured the i'nited States from |coast to coast. "In America alone 'Ben Hur' has been presented 4,404 times, to gross receipts of $6,497,543. The busi- ness in Great: Britain and Australia brings the total receipts of this extraordinary play to $7,891,601.50. Not an Octet Cyril Maude, the English comedi- 1, was talking about class distine- tions, "They are less marked with {yon than with us," he said. 'Here yeu all talk alike--the shop girl's | accent differs in nd wise from that of | millionaire. But, with us, the lower classes talk a disgraceful Jar- | "I'he "h' especially! The lower Btes can never master that 'h.' In ny youth I once heard a stage man- azer rehearsing 'Faust.' He had sprung from the people, poor chap, and he conducted the rehearsal like Una: ""'0ld your 'ands on your 'ips, {'0l¢, up your 'eads, and look "aughty. You're not an 'Ampstead 'Eath, now --~you're in 'Ades. Now, 'astin off 'uriedly, with a look 'of 'ate.' 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