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The war then isâ€"a clear proof that rightcousness did not exalt the Gerâ€" pation and if rightcousness did not exait the German nation, what then was it that hai control of that nation that caused it to commit the greatest crime Mb-a.m“t.h".-.ll.v.-m , To my mind the an.> â€" to this question is plain and the answer is that it was unrighteousness th«. >ad control of Germany. It was unrightcousness u-o-â€"yw-unnwnâ€"u»munudm ope under foot. It was unrightcousness that made soldiers and her officers commit the heinous crimes against bumanity, against virtue, against little * a a e e ® To get back to the beginning. nrrmhlml-lmdiâ€" mation that rightcousness would ha -v-'uu:‘u--â€".“;-.- man ve led under foot and devastated If rightcousness had exaited the German naâ€" tion, France, which has only been fighting a war of defence, would not have been overrun. If righteousness had exaited the German nation the British Empire and the United States would not have been called upon to stop the advance of the German army in their work of destruction. Nations are ~aactly as individuals. In fact nations are only a collection of individuals and what is true of individuais is true of nations. God does not exalt a man but righteousness will exait him and a man must of his own accord practice rightcousness in order to become exaited. iign-' ien rule in all its :.ansactions, then its people will ! not by any action of God‘s but by their own action. The plan that God, or the Supreme Being, has laid down is contained in hh“mmn.n’h.' It is not God that exaits a nation, nor is it God that drives a uation into vice and cruelty and deception, and overbearing and grasping aggression. action. If a nation is righteor© and just and charitable and kind and follows LEAVE TORONTO 6.40 P. M. Da‘\? =« "THE PIONEER wuUTE" For WINNIPEG AND VANCOUVER YÂ¥in OWEX SOUND S2¢ 4®*®*% P "«MANITORA® leaves ©«.~« Sound at each ZuvmSDAY ( train leaves Tesonte 5285 for Sault Ste, Marle, Ar» thur ard Fort William. SERVICE viafORT MeXICOLL COMMENCES JUXE & eoemtie t + . on ape in mm snz CANADIAN PACIFIC In bis he stated ". (&5’4?’4*‘..‘““"- The M’D PADET ___on ‘TeRMSâ€"@mbscribers !2 Canada year it not ps iL in advance. -ufi‘“fl Advertising rmes an application. It is within the nation itself to exalt itse‘?. "Rightcousness exaiteth . a It is through its own action» .=at a nation is exalted, nct through God‘s ‘The Kaiser went to lssued every Wednesday trom the Ofice of Publishers, Main and Cak THE INDEPENDENT JAS. A. LIVINGSTON, General Manager. 3. ORLOX LIVINGSTON, Rditor. LIEUT. J. A. M. LIVINGSTON, Business Manager. Facts and Fancies By Frank Fairborn to make a speech and thank his troops for their are delightful resorts and casily reached via C.P.R. Vacation Trip Now in advance. $2.00 per per year in sdvance. ‘ Ueaventive medicine has dragged HUs stow leagth along down througa the centuries untli the discovery and aeceptance of the germ origin of disâ€" ease. Govertineots are annually m of thousands in the conserâ€" vation of forests, mines, Buberlos wihor industries, and adviscdty so, but while doing this why not devate n proportionate amount at least to mmmulhvmum'-hr'h-ommu&m- vnuutl-\--nnh.'rhaufl“ylllhflmhnm-h" -(mlrynlwflnodmhu-.uuAmmlan Qun(h.m-.b-ynn..*mhflh financial nesistance Tor the prevention of the spread of communtcable discares. A member of Congress informed them, in terms of sarcasm and disgurt with his governâ€" ment, that they would have to have an epidemic that would xil! off about 40,000 of their citizens before they could hope to get help from the govore» menut. Ohe reason why advances n proventive medicine have been so slow in that prevention lacks dramatic Interest, It lacks thosc tragle characteristice which always appeal to the rmammen. In the United States and Canada there Nas been an awakening, bu aiâ€" Ml-llh-v-hmmnrmwm,mâ€"mmmflm --uanllmhm.nl.. nevertholess, to know that they are awake, and while there is evid through the mist and hase they can whmtumwuni ago, yot there are lingering somewhere in grey matter remnants of ; dedp Impressions of the not far distant past muuâ€"vucwum-mmm:-.zmumm mmu-r.uuuwmmmmmm-uhm hdhh.-':"lltnmb-fl*wumnâ€"-ullnbh-u-u nvortabas thas overtakes ther Fritioution i * >> able aud uncscapable. A crime against the m. :'n-t AfTiee® .y.m.uumc-hllulht erime is committed i mlmm.'.trm.uwehflo. Intlhm;duom'nhn-lrfih.mhmlfiv of the world. Every nation vil} be punished M-d--mhnflll:. Mid Idean and ald becitrastl. . MBE ie ts T Old ideas and old institations will be awoept away and newer und better will be brought tnto force. * m __ Great Britain and her colonies are being punished also by the law of mfl:flmhflum-h-fln'flnqdn-umh ‘The war in Europe is the ~> _.-.5”~ n=--u--‘ ment be The *n-â€":‘&h- With the opening of the of the United States, to active Germany has already lost will regain. Besides this sho of the world, so that in the fut j a fear that her treaties will 4 scrap of paper. « ««49 & 4 But these punishments will be as m-nl\â€"-pa! ' that will come in the future, when this great nation will find itself almost to ruin with debt, so that her.people will have to struggle for generâ€" m*umm... ; umuunmummhw for generations with the lor> of trade caused by the war and by the loss of confidence which will follow. it‘ .. Nations that formerly bought freely from Germany have learned -l--ulllhhncl-‘hm-fl'nlh-u'-: every country . world, looked upon with suspicion lnndu--umm.n.-‘u:.h.mmmuu-. All these will be the that the law of upog things ""g w of retribution brings You may say if the Kaiser‘s cause | not been defeated before this? The ans: extest have forgotten God. They were They bad gone after other money forms, so that Great Britain, an ed and unrighteous to such weakened and consequently stru be a long one. _ j fore if the Kaiser is assisted by any darkness, by the spirit of evil, by *« iI Electric Wiring l Tinsmithing ! Plumbing Heating | whar‘s Our Line of Cooking and [ Heating Stoves are Modâ€" { erately Priced _ Jas.A. Pyfi Grimsby « f If it was unrightcousness that dr< erimes, then God could not have been 1 the German army for God knows no evi children, against the in fact ag countries that they vumflu.«lq‘ The law of retribution i ‘*~> able aud unescapable. A weskiy HMEARTH BULLRETI Conducted by Dv R, A. Alexander, M. 0. H ECONOXIC IMPORTANCE OÂ¥ CONSERVATIOX or Lire, Patronize tured in Grin Do not f oven. Our sal medicine has dragged Mn stow lexgth along down througa tli m'a-J-..-,-amutumm«b its are annually spending tens of thousands in the conserâ€" . inines, Asheries and various othor industries, and adviscdty > N0 rEammen. $ :o::lo;%hlm.‘uh-n un.:-z.'ln #l= It in g u-tm.nhnlulh'm Iltlo'!'l amdmmumn\ â€"-L_pâ€"â€"â€"â€"-‘- HEALTH BULLRETIN | .fihma: usness that not have been . -“i...r" .n.hl*;'. p Kaiser‘s cause > this? The od. They were er i. ntly £ ® n the rtake he war the t the : the : Iw etive y lost sho he fut will _ o e e‘ C L. Cmm oP~ Huee Time makes ancient forms uncouth." Rarely does one find a more ftting "eation for those lines of Lowell :u%%ifi;fl-:’mhm&:hlhr‘: knowledge caure of communicable M’T“hmnhvmmmlnmnumn-h when sickness Lmn & LAZIER, BAkRISTERS, 12 Sueuenp Wotariee, ete. Monev to 45 Federal Life Building, Office over J C. Farells Shoe Store Phone 216 Electrical Equipment _ Henry Carpenter AUCTIONEER _ JAS, A. LIVINGSTON, Auctionser Room 40 Federal Life Building, Wain and James Sts., Hamilton, Ont. 06 PE EC I-l,lrhlu-u-.u‘-tm-. ( F. HANSEL, Dentist, MURRAY NEIL Hughson St. South, WENTWORTH LIVINGSTON & NEIL DR. w.A. BROWNLEE * m t *4 Â¥. Lasier. H. L. Lazier, BUSINESS __CARDS Tlrs Nhils Saad has wad death were looked upon as a LICENSED AUGTIONEERS for the County of au. to 4 ow E *-m, T easonable prices Satisfaction guaanteed \ were looked AS & "New conditions teach now fqueat°" * Providence. NISCELLANBEOUS «oo .nn es "."-:I ivasto and Combpany h _ MONEY TO LOAN On real estate security. Bot! ivate and Company funds V.h'u.: The, Hamilto: Provident and Loan Society Insurance and Real Estat Officeâ€"Main Sueet, Grimsby euone no, 7 James J. â€" > > | tmae a. :}-anr ks 407 Bank of Hamilton Chambers Office Hours: 8 to 10 a.m., 1 to 3 pm. and 7 to 8 pm. Main Street West. ‘Phone No. 1, Grimeby. WEDNXESDAY, SEPTENBER 10, 1917 DR. L. F. JAMIESON Physician and Surgeon . Main Street, East, â€" Grimsby. Dr, R. A. Alexander