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SOME NEW THING One of the severest judgements ever passed upon a people is that written by the' author of the New Testament book of The Acts con- cerning the Athenians: -- 'For all the Athenigns and stran- gers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but to tell, or to hear some new thing." In that short sentence is inscrib- ed the story of the failure of the Greeks, They were the cleverest people of ancient times, sible that they were the most bril- liant 'intellectually who have ever lived. But they were vain, volatile, changeable, Proud of their quick wits and fluent tongues, they were eager for every opportunity to show off, Inquisitive and fickle they were as hungry for some new theory, new philosophy, new hero or leader as is a confirmed movie-fan for a new thrill or new vulgarity to tickle his jaded appetite, It was this fickle- ness and superficiality which, in spite of their intellectual brilliance, wrote failure across the story of the Greeks as a national and political force, The Apostle Paul had bitter ex-, perience of this characteristic of the Greeks, From Athens he went to Corinth. He lived there as much as eighteen months at a time, prea- ching and teaching them before any other Christian evangelist or mis- sionary came near them. He labor- ed in their midst, suffered for their service, and brought to them every fragment of knowledge of the gos- FOR BABY Safety First' ' Four generations of babies have been kept clean, fresh, fragrant, and free from skin troubles by the use of ALBERT SOAPS LIMITED It is pos-, pel they received. Yet he was gone but a little time when these Corin- thian converts turned against him, Other men came along whom they thought more eloquent, more en- gaging in their manners, These they set up against Paul, and staxted, factions in the Church, They made game of his small stature and de- rided his unadormed, speech, 'Fiis bodily presence is weak," said they, "and his speech contemptible." T hey even presumed to criticise his fjea- ching in theology. They had Ijeen glad enough to hear him once, glad enough to receive and profit by} his message. But, now with the pro- verbial fickleness they turned, to new teachers, and derided him to whom they owed their all. Paul, the Jew, was not the only one who suffered at the hands of the Greeks in this fashion, 'The'ir own greatest men and noblest 'patriots had the same experience. Socrates was renowned as the wjigest man Greece ever produced, and, one of the wisest of all the vsorld. He was a patriot who had foraght as a common soldier in the arip.ies of his country. Yet, though gufilty of no crime, his fickle and lungrateful countrymen would not ldt him die in peace, but compelled h¥ m to drink the fatal hemlock when Te was sev- enty years old, Aristide s was one of their noblest character s, a states- man, a warrior, a geners |, a patriot so disinterested that wh en he died he left no money to pay t for his fun- eral. Yet he was drive): into exile by the votes of his fel) ow-country- men, When one peasaryt was asked why he voted that Arfsttides should be exiled, he replied tfhat he was tired of hearing him pra ised as *"Ari- stides the Just." 1)emosthenes, their greatest orator, more than once had to flee from hi: s native land and at last died by his pwn hand in exile, In our day Veniz elos, the one outstanding statesman Greece has produced in centuries, has suffered the same injustice at the hands of the people he served so 'well. They drove him into exile, jand called back that foo! king, ¢'onstantine, who l'as brought his colantry to its present degradation and. ruin. Fortunately all nations are not cursed with fickleness «#8 were the Greeks. Some are characterized by the tenacity ,by which they cling to men and causes which have benefit- ted them in the past. Yet there fis a certain proportion who always pro- fess the cult of Some New Thing, In religion these people are the despair of the patient, faithful workers, lay ---- » o* ° ad ~ ~ - add TS ---- . ~ a, Do you wait until you wear a pair of sox to find out whether they suit you or net? ha ¥ - "a - TY ean Ld hd »" - » You can tell easily be- fore you buy. 8 Trust your own judg- ment for color and fabric. Trust the Mercury la- bel for the rest--honest, --fast dyes--AND GENEROUS SIZE. The dealer who recom- mends Mercury wants to hold your trade. - $ OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, ang clerical, who year in and year out are unselfishly serving their fel- lowmen. For these faithful persis- | tent workers are continually finding themselves forsaken for some new man or new creed shooting meteor- like across the sky. A preacher from an old world city, London or Liverpool, Glasgow or Edinburgh, comes to a Canadian city to conduct a week or a fort- night's mission, Preparation is made for it by a campaign of advhr- tising and adjuring, publicity prayer. Great halls are engaged and great choirs trained. ' The mis- sioner's portrait and name stare us in the face from every bill-board, Advance announcements appear in every dally paper, and advance ap- peals are made from every pulpit, Of course crowds assemble to hear him, All the earnest Christian peo- ple who can go, do go to be helped, and still more, to help. And then the whole cult of Some New Thing- ers are out in full force, and pack the auditorium. Mrs. Some New Thing falls in raptur2 and cries: "Isn't he just lovely? What a spirituelle face, What dramatic hair! Oh, if we could only have preaching like that every Sunday!" Mr, Some New Thing writes a pun- gent letter to the press: What is the matter with our preachers, our priests and parsons? Why can't they draw crowds like these? Is it because they don't preach the gos- pel?" But all the while there, are thoughtful men, men of wide experi- ence who say: "We get just as good preaching as that every Sunday from our owa pastors, In his own city the mis- sioner does not draw any bigger crowds than do our pastors. He is not known' as any more sincere or and | PAGE ELEVEN self-sacrificing than they. But then there he is not a New Thing. If he stayed five years, he would not draw any more than they do here. He would cease to be a New Thing, and all the New Thingers would be away after Some Other New Thing." public still. The fickleness, the in- gratitude, the instability, the crav- ing for a new sensation sends them shion. nough by any to profit by it. And when the wave of the new enthusi asm subsides, it leaves them strand- jed in the mud. Do not take for granted that the | | new men, the new creed, the new fashion in religion is better than the jold. Do not imagine that it will make you better or happier. Do pot ) forsake those truths { which have proved themselves by | the uplift of humanity through cen- turies, for some new fad which may | have no proof but the assertions of |a glib tongue and the glitter of Some New Thing. | "Prove all things; hold fast that | which is good." So said a !apostie who had suffered at the hands of Some New Things. CAADIAN PACIFIC DEPARTURE CHANGE IN TIME, "THE 1 CANADIAN TO CHICAGO" "The Canadian" now leaves Osh- awa Depot daily at 4.53 p.m. for To- ronto, London, Detroit, Chicago and intermediate points, arriving Toron- to 6.10 p.m., Chicago 8.00 a.m. Carries parlor car to Toronto, ob- servation sleeper, standard sleeper, diner and first class coaches. For tickets and reservations see any Ca- padian Pacific Agent. | STRIKING THE SERVICE | Buffalo Express: To us, as to the | British, the maintenance of the free- | dom of the straits is of great im- portance, but since the British are | taking care of that for the present, we are able to use the American flag to protect the work of human- | ity--a service which has hitherto i gone almost exclusively to the Bri- | tish flag in all the barbarous parts |of the world. | s------ | WHAT MORE WOULD YOU ASK? | Boston Post: Mother--Billy, your | music teacher is waiting for you in | the parlor. Are your hands and face clean? Billy--Yes mum. Mother--Have you washed yout ears? Billy--Well, I've washed the one that'll be mext to him. THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY Life: "I came near being in a train robbery om my last trip." "How exciting!" "Yes; but at the last minute we decided mot to eat in the diner." | | | ---- | | OUGHT TO TAKE HAND. The American people are showing that they cave about what is hap- pening in Turkey. If they are to make that sentiment effective they will have to care enough to take part in keeping the Dardanelles open af- ter the Dardanelles have been res- cued by the British from the Turks. --A(New York World) The curse of the Greeks, is the | curse of a certain proportion ef the | after every new religious fad or fa- | They do not stay long e-| and churches | wise | |] | | OSHAWA Watch For Our Ad. In Saturday's Edition Which will give you a slight idea of the wonderful bargains that will be on sale during our 3rd Anniversary Sale. The country has been scoured from coast to coast by all our buyers to secure the greatest lot of merchandise that could be gotten together. And they have done it. : Space will not permit us to enumerate all the specials that will be on sale, and this sale will cause regret to many, as our other sales have done, because of the fact a great many of our patrons failed to attend and missed articles which they really needed. L.R.SteeleCo.,Ltd. 5c to $20.00 Store oil aE P > ONTARIO SE ---- Mormon Menace Continued from page 1) for the Dominion though Toronto have a fine, easy time with no troubles," she said. "Let me tell you that with a debt of 75,000 ! hanging over us we still work and give. For instance. of | wrappers collected throughout the | Dominion for W.C.T.U, work, 110,- 000 of them were from Toronto. | Similarly though country people | think city people never quilt, sixteen | quilts were given to us from the province as a whole, whereas the city of Toronto contributed 142 in | the same period. More Pie Please 117,000 soap | When asking some of the girls | how they liked their life at the Hall and if everything was all right, | Mrs. Ward said that they expressed great delight with everything but when pressed for any fault what- | ever, one did say: "No fault what | ever. only sometimes we would like |a second piece of pie!" The meed for Christian homes or hostels in all the cities and towns of the Dominion was emphasized and the point stressed that a little "mothering" did more to keep a girl straight and clean than all the laws and constitutions could. One | of that city or Toron"o | | footed the bill almost entirely. "You | from the smaller places think we in| ------ other large home for girls besides | Willard Hall, Toronto, is at St. | Catharines and is known affection-- Hall" by girls who work in ately as 'Alexandra those that vicinity. Patronize the Blind Mrs. Gordon, of Ottawa, made a strong plea for the returned man. "Let each and every one of us make an effort to give any bit of work we have to returned men and encourage our friends to do the same," she said.. "Even if their work is not quite as fine as som give them the chance, don't let them tramp the street unemployed when it is only through their fighting for! us that we have our fine cities and | peaceful homes here to enjoy." Referring to the soldiers blinded others, Oshawa -- I Want to Lighten Your Chores --and Save Your Back H. J. OGDEN | IORONTOG you instal a Toronto Litter Carrier. I want to show you how the time and laber it saves will pay for itself in ~ Jus special features will please you. Come in and talk it over--mext time you're in town. Ontario '] -------- --_--_-- a in the war, Mrs. Gordon asked that | blind returned men, so that there as many as possible purchase | could be no excuse if people wanted brooms and brushes, baskets, etc, |to give work to a blind man to say u.ade by those heroes who fought they could not get him. and suffered and now ive in dark | Heartfelt greetings were forward- alone. It was not generally | ed from the convention to the Meth- known, she said, that free transpor- | odist General Conférence in session tation had been provded for all at Toronto. _-- -_ ness, Juicy Fruit, Peppermint and Spearmint certainly make three delightful flavors to choose from. And the new BIPS--the candy-coated peppermint gum, is also a great treat for your sweet tooth. All from she Wrigley fac tories where practice has x ESS RR Neos SEE