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gives more home news every week than any two papers in North York combined and is acknowledged to be the Papen 1 a a g AM No paper sent outride of North York paid in advance No Single I Newmarket Ont Friday Nov 1899 I The perfect Stove for Wood or Coal An Ornament S a A few of our many customers who have purchased the above range and will testify to its excellent Saving Qualities Mr King Mr Beamish Newmarket Thos Brown Pine Orchard H J Newmarket J Morning Newmarket Mrs McLaughlin Newmarket Mrs Miller Newmarket M C Wright Newmarket M Courtney King Mr Albert Starr Albert Nowmarket G A Binns Newmarket Mr Richardson Newmarket I M Hoag Newmarket Silas Clubine i Newmarket J P Belfry Matthew Brown Newmarket Mr J Doyle Newmarket Mr Hutt Sharon Robt Thompson Holland Lnding Mrs Forsyth Newmarket Mrs Shanks Newmarket Reid Dunham Henry Newmarket W C Oliver Newmarket Newmarket Newmarket Ed Willis Newmarket Mr Milligan Newmarket C C Webb Newmarket Miss Hill Bogarttown E Jackson Newmarket Andrew Ego Newmarket John Hartry Newmarket Geo Trivett Newmarket Wm Perrin Newmarket A Sole Agents the NEWMARKET 1 J Celebrated Grind Jewel Cook Stoves The Farmers Favorite HARDWARE PAINTS Tubus per annum if paid in advance York Sday Spools Spleijdld Convention at f The annual Convention of the 1 singers on the platform and del- North York Aesociati on was from India China Africa in tho Christian Church Wow- pan Islands of the Sea Australia market on Thursday and Friday the Russia all nationalities and colors 16th and 17th of November and was to discuss problems of a largely attended throughout- a solid phalanx that indicate and inspiring the interest in Sunday School work session all over the world With much feel- Opened at pm President Mr J A Hopkins in tho chair Bo- of too white and black and wore present but be- througi prayer of Mr foro session was half over tho body Jawbs showing that word of of the church was well filled l8 than armoured platform was decorated with J Ho represented Sunday handsome chrysanthemums and other M ne of Price is not Quality and Price go hand in band with us AND If you will in the Bank each month what we save you in price you will never be Broke See our Fall and Winter Dry Goods See our Fresh Family Groceries See our Boots and Shoes we make a specialty of BUFFALO AND INDIAN BUY BE SATISFIED COME AGAIN choice plants while a special motto for World sur mounted by a golden crown adorned the wall The hymn All hail tho power of Jesus name having been sung A Brown of in prayer During the session Miss Forsyth presided at tho organ After scripture reading by the Pres ident Mr Alfred Day the General Secretary of Provincial Associa tion was introduced and incidentally remarked that ho counted it a privi lege to be North York one of tho six in front row of the Prov ince in Work Mr Day then a splendid address on tho valuo of Normal Work what it means and how to apply it He said Wheth er we know it or not all successful teaching is done on Normal Principles All works of God done with precision and order and ic is an anom aly that work for Him should bo done 8louohingly By the of black board four points wore thoroughly im pressed and illustrated Book the Pupil the Teaching and the Holy Spirit We need to know the history of the Book as well as tho history in the Book aud should be familiar with the weapon we have in our hands The teacher should know the pupil bis environment and the point of con tact between him and the lesson which is obtained chiefly by exciting curiosity The questioning should cause the pupils to think and should frequently be stated in such a way that they could not be answered by yes or no and there must be adaptation but in all this there must be practical dependence upon the Holy Spirit Mr A Davidson PS Inspector of Newmarket then followed in the more specific presentation of Normal Work using tho lesson of the previous Sunday as an illustration Following were the steps taken 1 Aim of the lesson Preparation of the mind Preparation of the lesson 4 General truths Application Each step was fully explained and the exercise must be very beneficial to teachers The Sunday School lesson for Nov 19 was taught by Mr Coombs Principal of Newmarket High School in a very satisfactory manner It was an exceedingly profitable hour The following Committees were ap pointed by the President Resolution Revs Weeks and A Mrs Cane Mrs Cody and Mrs Smith Nominating Mr P Pearson Amos Mr Lehman Rev A Brown Mr John Mr Rev Robinson and Air A Starr Closing with the benediction THURSDAY EVENING President in the chair Session opened at by song service led by the Christian Church choir Mrs presiding at the organ Scripture reading by Rev Weeks and prayer by Rev Brown of Bradford After a beautiful anthem by the choir Mr A Day gave an exceedingly teresting of the great Inter national Sunday School Convention at Atlanta Georgia last April The hospitality of the city the evaporat ing of prejudice between the North erners and Southerners coupled with scattering of flowers upon the graves of confederate soldiers the mil itary of the year previous the of gathering were all graphically described The allocation of Canada in the audience of people and the conception of what 1 a gathering like that stands for with a vase neworic vine branches clinging over the walls of sectarianism and uniting all mankind in a common brotherhood Entering upon the new year the parents were told that it would be a splendid time to commence going to Sunday School considered an extraordinary state ment that no person can understand the bible Ho said he believed the bible to be a divine message and with the aid of Holy Spirit claimed to understand it Some said the truths were bo deep that no finite mind can comprehend them but he was confident that there is no but can bo fairly and reasonably explained as their intention is to make us wise un to salvation In studying the bible three things to be observed a Study the bible as literature On the human side books literature and display nearly variety of ancient literature We determine what kind of liter ature the passage is which we study and what sort of purpose it reveals Interpret each passage according to the laws that govern that sort of literature Tho bible be studied as oriental literature considering forms of speech and habits of thought Examples were given to illustrate that words must be supplied to give the sense a I spired gradually developed oriental literature In order to interpret it rightly wo should use the best trans lation and the Dr spoke very strongly on the advisability of using Re vised Version of the Bible in every pulpit Many quotations were given to show a change of sense in the re vised version and a depth of meaning that the old version does not convey In closing the Dr said we should study the Bible to get light to under stand it to realize its principles incur lives On motion of Rev tec by Rev K Hager a cor dial vote of thanks was extended to tho Dr for his able which would yield abundant treasures to all Bible students Death o a modern Elijah The sad intelligence comes to us of the death of the wellknown evangelist editor and publisher Horace Hastings of Boston who departed this life on the of October 1899 of typhoid fever in the year of his age Although a plain man of God and unostentatious in all walks of life ho was one of the grandest men of the century At the age of eighteen years be commenced to preach the Gospel and in highways and byways in theatres tents churches wharves and steamships wherever he could find people to listen on both sides of the sea uncounted thousands have heard him He has written hymns which have been sung around the world In he issued the first number of The Christian an excellent devotional monthly which he has edited for more than thirty years In I860 be be gan perhaps the most comprehensive and influential work of his life in the preparation of a aeries of AntiInfidel tracts the roost noted of these being the lectures on The Inspiration of the Bible and Will the Old Book Stand Over two carloads of this tract were distribut ed by Moody during the Worlds Fair at Chicago The AntiInfi del Library has had a very large circulation in Europe and it is estimated that eight hundred tons of the writings of the deceased have been distributed during the laat forty years While not claiming to be a Mr Hastings read his subjects thoroughly and possessed marked ability for the strong and forceful putting of accept ed truths Mr Hastings striking figure and would attract attention anywhere as an unusual man Tall and rather portly with long flow ing hair and beard he looked like the prophet and that he was He was an Elijah coming and going at will as he felt called of God When the good that men have done is measured in Gods un erring it will be found that this humble mans lifework bears favorable comparison with the most conspicuous laborers in the Mas ters vineyard v 2i- as the lessons for the next 18 months would bo largely biographical com prising the life of Christy and as spirit ual power has been a marked char acteristic of every Convention he had attended during the past six months he anticipated the mightiest revival wave the world has ever seen His closing was One can never loose the inspiration of such a gather ing as at Atlanta Collection Rev Dr Workman of Toronto was then introduced and he an ad mirable and very scholarly address on How to Study the Bible It is a lamentable fact he said that the bible is the moat misunderstood book in world It is the worst understood book because of a wrong notion of its origin a false view of its character and enormous ideas of its interpreta tion Instead of studying it from its natural logical and historical meaning men try to teach from it some doctrine or creed Especially is this the case in regard to the old testament No book can be properly understood in that way and it has become a popular and widespread misconception that because all is not understood oh the I surface it is a stamp of divinity He Also of symbolical expressions that are not to be taken literally c The bible must be studied as de veloped literature Explorations haye shown that there was a more ancient literature than tho bible that the 2nd and 3rd chapters of Genesis are of Babylonish origin Religious ideas have been developed There is evidence of progressive mor ality and progressive theology as men have clearer conceptions of duty and loftier ideals of religion We must read the scriptures in the of the age in which they ajyjritton Quotations were given where the meaning of the same word is entirely different showing that we must learn from the context the sense in which the words are used Interpret the scriptures in har mony with their developed char acter Unlike Roman or English literature we must recognize its religious and spiritual The inspiration of Bacon on Shakespeare was knowledge but tho inspiration of the Bible is like mans soul a spiritual element The moral truths and spiritual principles of the bible are inspired and wo must the word as a divinely HORNING President in the chair Session opened Miss Lush organist Convention read Psalm in concert and Mr Fothcringham P Inspector Toronto led in prayer The pjace of memorization in work was then introduced by Mr W of Bradford in a very satisfactory manner He said It is freely admitted that the present gen eration has advantages that they had not in the past but the report pre sented by Mr Wright in the Gait Convention casts a on the work of the and the question what is the cause of this great ignorance He quoted a literary authority that the bible is the greatest book in the world and cakes first placein the literature of the world Young people memorize more readily than later in life and if guided in the selection of passages in the sacred word they are an inspiration to better thought higher ideals and a fortifica tion against the evil influences of life To do this the interest of parents should be secured the beauty of pas sages should be explained and memor ization should start at the primary class Rev A Imrie of Aurora followed with a good paper on the Use and Abuse Illustration He did not deal with chalk or pen and ink sketch es but had particular reference to the use of torie3 or anecdotes The principle he worked from was that the teacher is not an entertainer nor a storyteller but an instructor an parter of spiritual knowledge a bear er of a divine message Illustrations should only used for the purpose of impi easing or making clearer the truth Illustrate means to illuminate to make clear intelligent literally mak ing lustrous This should be the ob ject of every story or anecdote and not to pass away the time Mr Angus Williams of Newmarket then gave a valuable paper on The Art of Questioning Two ways of imparting instruction were pointed one the lecture method or direct ad dress and the question method or that of inquiry The latter is the one to be preferred The two conditions of learning are proper preparation and presentation Questions employed by teachers may be divided into these classes preliminary actual instruction and examination The pupil must feel need of instruction before wo will re ceive it Questions should be directed to the whole class so that each pupil may feel a measure of responsibility It holds the attention of all keeps them thinking generates sympathy and stimulates courage When the ground of the lesson has been covered the teacher has a right to expect full answers in review Cultivate simpli city of language do not tell too much in your questions do not suggest an swers Questions should admit of but one answer and be adapted to the capacity of the pupil They should follow in the proper order and grow out of what proceeds A series of logical questions secure continuity of attention Questions should be ori ginal and in form Questions that can be answered by yes or no should not be asked The teacher should make the most of every answer and encourage the pupils even if their answers be partly wrong A lively discussion followed princi pally on the value of memorizing scripture but time was called by the President before arriving at a definite conclusion As an aid in work Mr Gar rett gave a good paper on Organiza tion its necessity and benefits The Teachers meeting was strongly em phasized regularly appointed business meetings class organization bouse to house visitation home department normal and organization Lesson aids were then discussed by Rev Amos of Aurora He com plained that teachers were too ready to stop short in lesson preparation Having devoured the comments of the special aid upon the which they are accustomed to use they are only now ready to use concordance and commentary and conclusions from the light which scripture throws upon it Mr I Gilpin of spoke in a very profitable manner of Other Aids in work such as system order library workers and the Holy Spirit Mr Day spoke the grown sity of another a Teacher Trainer Rev K emphasized the homo department Rev A the encouragement parents can give by attending the S and Mr J McKay the necessity of classifi- cation of pupils The report of the Nominating Com mittee was then adopted as follows President Mr Albert Starr Bogartown VicePres Mr John Hopkins Holt Mr- Jackson New market Mr Garrett Bradford Executive Committee Rev Smith Bradford Rev Hagar Albert Rev Robinson Rev A Brown Rev A Imrie Aurora j Rev Amos Aurora Eider D Newmarket Rev J Spar ling Fennells Rev J Hilts Zephyr Rev T Weeks Newmar ket Rev W Dewey Aurora J A Armstrong Lemon Mr A Davidson Newmarket Mr A Yule Aurora Mr John Bradford Mr Chas New market Mr Frank Doan Newmar ket Mr B Linftead Ravenshoe Mr Bradford and the pres of the Township Representative Provincial Exec- Mr A Yule Auditors Messrs P Pearson and J P Mckay Session closed with the benediction President in the chair Conven in the usual form Miss Palmer organist Rev Robinson of a most excellent exposition of the book of its connection with Ezra showing that he had given the subject a vast amount of study Ezra was very anxious to establish the laws of Moses concerning usury marriage Sabbath observance pay ment to the etc and in this he was ably assisted by Nehemiah whose official rank was of fl very high order There are four distinct divisions in the book 1 visit to Jerusalem and re building the walls Religious re- forms of Ezra Miscellaneous ques tions and the rededication of the Temple return to Je rusalem the second time A great deal of light was thrown on the book J and tho internal causes of strife among the people occupying Jerusalem aris ing out of the enforcement of the law The speaker regarded as greatest Divorce Court Judge on re cord having ordered at one time through the Jews inter- with other tribes One of the things of the Con- was the Normal Lesson on The Holy Land by Rev W K of Mt Albert This was followed by A Brown of who took up Historic Places not so much as a Ifesson but to illustrate a different method and to show that any person can conduct a Normal Class who will study the text The report of the Executive was presented and adopted It re commended the appointment of a Nor mal Secretary without salary that said Secretary be instructed to or ganize classes along tho lines of the Provincial Normal Work and that Mr J A Hopkins bo appointed to tha position Continued on Page 8 English Spavin re moves all hard soft or calloused Lumps and from horses Blood Spavin Curbs Splints Ring Bono Sweeney Stifles Sprains Sore said Swollen Throat Coughs Save by use of one bottle Warranted the most wonderful Blemish Care ever known Sold by Lehman Druggist vj