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CHAPTER xxxi (continued)

‘l‘li--r1- Ii-ll ii long nth-nee. .\t lei-Lilli Sir (lliver spoke in a uinall voice. ' . "Not n tlottlit l-nt _\'oll gar-- hii-i no luurt- than lie was net-king. \'11n tiru right. Minter Leigh: lln- van \\'tls the lintt pliiee lii which to look for tilin- iinh-iin ln- etinie 1l1-llli1-i‘:ti1-l_1‘ tn m-ek tilt-e] tlnit lit- might 1- :1 i~1-|-1-. lit-st so..no dotiht. I11-111 so! ml rout hltn!

".\-- 1|111i|1l |lll'_\' took you l-t-tzttlst- ol’ 111,11," Sir »1)li1‘1-r pursue-l, its ll’ i-oiu- iuiiiiing with himself‘. "lit-lull ill ilflwl‘ mic-1- ‘it-fllllpu oi his‘ 111-sorts. 111-voting

to avenge him upon you. and 1l|"1i;-1-'*’*| you l1itl11-r tor ilnti ptti-|-1---~,"

llt- sight-d.

“\\'c-tl. 111-n. .\lusl1-i‘ i.--1-_-tt. 1 ---.-i<-- ----is dont-t tlint ki11111"'in;; _\'ii|lI‘s--ll f1- riiseal _1"on inure all your 1il1- t-1-1-i- |-t--~ nar-ng your i11-1-l1 for 1i non-w: s1- lllts will i-oltir as n1- stiri-rise to _1-- ti1u-iisi1_1

'l‘l11- skit-pet si-rce-t alt-l‘ grunt-ed. _

“la-rd. how iii_v head 111-111-1-1" 1i-- 111-111- phili l.

Ior tlitll," Sit‘ ".\111l

|ll.i|l you 1l-~-

“'l'li1-_1"1-~ n stin- rt-iiie-ly lllltt-l‘ r-otuioi-ie-l tnni. tnving in l-1-1i--1- ----tn|>an_1‘ 1-1~r-1-. t'11r I lo l11- iiit-i-nlitc. too. \'on1"1- ‘tn-d it as tall): as have 1. Blaster l h. \1-t sorroy _\'o|| should sntli-i- 11lt--1"1- I 11.111,

l1

not s11 iiiieti-led,"

l-reatli tttt1l 1111s silt-tit tor .i11t|1l1-. '|‘l11-i1 111- r- peate-l :- 1' -|t|--s 111111. "lh- _\'tI\I li1-li1~11- iti i-o-l. Sti‘ tlli\v-t‘."',_ --'|‘1|.-|-1- t-nt .111 1'1 Ali-h; 11111--l is- his l‘t---|1l--~t." 112111 tin-j iiiittwt-r. at11l front his 11-111- Alas-mp

1-1- --.-

is no 151-11 littil-

1\"11t‘l;_ t11"tt1_1" ttatiott-"tlittes".

lStt-plteii. tntvelletl as far as

l at11l-l‘ ll ltaitt 11f the sec‘- 11f the Pharisees which helit-v-srl saying that it was‘ _ lneedful to circutiicize tlictti. ‘lixcept ye b.- 1'1l'1‘1l1llL‘l'/.(‘tl aftet‘ the -\|=\-‘l-"' l-"l-I" ‘""‘“" ‘“ -' """l"'“m-‘Jtt-ittitct‘ 11f .\lo-es ve catiitot be saved." .\cts 152 l- S. ljealotts of old religious eustotiis, helievittg that 11‘it1i1111t their ob- lservattce srtlvatioti was not to be tihtaine-l.

AFTER llllllllllll llNlllll" .

A11 Address by Rev. J. A.'MeLella.n, B. D..

Delivered ittAlbertoti, Nov 2, 1924, in

Reply t0 att Atldre

ss by Rev. J. K.

Fraser, D. D. Delivered in the Same Place Aug. 31, 1924

lii the tiftcc-nih cltaptei‘ of the 1101111‘ 11f the Acts we havc rc-

Ill

11 iiee1l1-d h1- lie thrust out.

1111s" oit tlte_l1-11‘isli believers

corded ."ttt itttwesting step in the progress of the Christian Church. . ,1 lttist had c1-1t|111.tiidc1l llis disciples to go to all itatiotts aitd liiin ti saint anti martyr. ll|\'_\’ resolve-l y“ Hwm lhc Huflwp pvvlinllitl". to tiitdci"t:tke 1111- inissioit gi1 e11 li_1" tltc Lord. ‘whither ll1- p-niile-l.

preach- _lci‘tisaleitt. Tltc Cliurclt was slow Slte ltcsitatctl to go that lier nest b1- stirretl 111111 lllill

lt iteeded the, disturbing effect of persccittioii citlttiinatiiig iti the death of Stephen to drive the Church t0 her 'l‘1i1n lll1'\' 11-1-111. n11: the \p11s11es only, hut believers of i \'\'c rea-l, .\ets ll :11)-_-t. 11"ei"t- scattered tthrttad 1ip1111 the p1-rsc1‘uti11i1 that arose 411111111 llhe1tice. att-l Cyprus. and .\1tfi-"v:lt. ‘preachittg the 11‘1ird to itoite but unto the _lc11"s 11ti1_\". .\:td some of

ow »the_v which

ltheiti were ttteit of Cyprus att-l Cytx-tic. 11"lticli. 11"lt1-it they were p-otite to \i1t‘7tt1‘li spake uttto 1111- f ireciatis ttreztchiitg tltc Lord Testis. ~‘"“ "t.\ll(l 1111- 11:11:11 11f the Lord was witlt tli -ni: at11l a great iiuittbei" be- llievc-l at11l ttirited tttito the Lord." .\s these lieiitilc believers t1ti‘t11--1 nut-- the l.ot"1l the gift of the ll11l_1" Spirit was putt-red out 1111 them

it| lti-lea. "Hut there rose 11p cer-

They were

Cir-‘tnit-"isit-ti was the sign of the 11111 .\l11"altai1iie covenant and

ls priidleges, ficittile ht-lit-vt-rs resented ttit -1‘dettt 11111111111111111 1111111111411‘ 1‘

dctqgoitig circititieisioit. It ltecaiitc t-uujrt- it. as “The seal 11f the lloly

""""" "“"."' ““' "“ “W” "M "" ""' "mtspirit. the Ullftlcsl 11f the iithe1"itatice." was given 11"i11i11i1t flrcutii-

llltrvk.

“'l'liatt'- a l1---1‘.i--ti 1-i‘----1l s.ti-l li-.- i ft-ztt‘ llltll lotitlilttg.

- 1; 1-11-1- -1~- -- -----..,1 1-1- -----.-t-§ 1111-11 1\1-._'l'l1--3 pt-rlort-i as tl1--1" pr-un-thl-

1\l|l1'1i is li-oiw- Ili:ti\ 1-.1ti l. Christians I li:|t1-1~1"1-r ti--t."

"lh-w - _----- one ..- --|----. ---- .- -rt--d =.-t'..'-t :11 t -~t. , ~.-t1l .s’t-- ~1ti1- -t - eon-i‘

the a-"lfitlll --t

~1i1l-i11l

others.” "'l‘t1--11 _1.-1| -l---ii t---i----.-,- "tin lllv e-o-iraigi‘. l tl-

. l1 the sl-lp-i

~1-.|l l-o-l."

“lttil lltil in tl--- t-i-r insisted.

"'l'li1-t‘1- can l-t- 11- <-~-l l-1t1 lll-‘ i1~:1 (to-l -i1 tit-titers little 11lt.1t 1111p."-

“'|‘|i1-n it ye l---ll-~.-~. -|r-- afraid.”

"HT \\lltll'."'

"(If I11-ll. thitiitiatp-n att-l --1--i"i1;-l1, llre." ioult-l the skit-pvt‘. vol-int: lli\ 1111i) he l1-1l li-rrors. 1

"l liar-- l-nt itiltill-wl tt--~ il-Nltll)‘

“"""" '“ u" """‘l""""“"' H" """"""'_ot1t‘ \\'1~st1-rn lati- s tltiriy‘ att-l tit-ire _1"1-ars ago titatty itiiiitigrzttitsljawfiflfidh,“ China“

out for 1111-." rt-pliv-d -\'ii‘ flliver.

llft- hath l-1-1-it li~- -|--.-1'n:1----1 if,‘ sine-- natiizl-i i-niy --\isi '--i‘ l|:i|1|---|i s.-11-»1 l-y Ills wlllf-Shall I llIPII ii"1l:|1|ii1:t1i--i| I111‘ lHIYIIIK lll‘l‘ll its‘ tin-l faislilnlu-il |iit-' r1.- tt--- t-1---1t--~-- 11--..1----- ' Mus -‘ l.1-ii.'li-|-rot--st1--l.

“ ‘is- 11 ----t--i'--itiii;.' s-rt llliit-r. 111 it shut-I11 -------t".---- .---t- .1; siiiin-r as t11oii.'.' ,

lliil .\ltistt-i‘ ],4-ii_'b Yt-lllst-tl ln h1- 1-1-1n- forlml. 1 h-- mine-l uiist-ral-lj V would that 1 1||-l t ln-lit-vt- in fin-II“.

"Your tlisl-t-lit-t‘ could ho more nh-itislil Hint than can your ti-ar t-ri-itlc- llillt,"j rt-i-lh-d .\'lr (Illver. “llnt. _1~--nr Illtiotll ln-in): wlint lt is. 11‘1-r1- it lti-l 111-st _1---tt' |-rtt_v--1l‘.’ '

“Will ----- _----- -----.-- ----i- ------:""

21s

---------t_

111112" sat-l

1|n--il-‘

T1- sctllc tltc 1li1‘t‘1---e--c 111-l l-ilders at lcrttsaleiit.

--l. .\_4aii1. 111111 the .\ttti11-"li -

“fish-ti. ’l'11"11 parties t11tts1l1-v1-11-p1-d. tltose wlto clung to the 111d. at11l

‘those \\'lt1t felt at11l 1Ieiitait1l1-d the freetlom 11f tlic Christian life.

' "1 deputation was sent to the Apostles

'li1t"c, previous to this. Peter had told

“"" "" “"-‘ of his expertetice iti the lions-- of the gentile. Ctiritelitts. iit CIPs-ifcil. where the lloly Spirit was‘ poured out on the ititciretttiicised be-

" lievers, as he j-rcacltcd to them. and before liis address was finish-

lelegzttes. Patil att-l P-aritaltas, and

t1-1--.- ----..-1- uita lrttjge audience jireseiit. lie 11.111 his story. pleading "why tempt ye 1111111. that ve sli11tt11l p111 a voke oti the iti-ck of the disciples. whittu

i" """""' titeitlit-t‘ out‘ fathrrs 11111‘ w1- were able to hear." Paul at11l liaru-‘tlt-‘ls

‘,l'1-t--i"'s iti C. {not 111.111 which front 111111111;- tlie fieiitiles tt11‘it to C-o-l." This be- 1----1- 1-1-11 1:‘-ti11- 1111- litt-liiig of 1111- cotiitcil.

ll71-i‘1-igt1 .\lis.si11ti sizttiott stistztittetl b_1‘ the ltighcst court 11f the -"' ""‘lCl1tii"cli. and becoitiing the law of the Church, 'l'h1-re werc irrecon-

'-"il;1hl1~ of which Paul speaks i1t his later lllllllslfl’ as they inter- liCF-‘tl 111th his 111-111. l'-tit the great 1ii:i_io1"it_v ."t1"cepte1l the tailing of the ct-tttt-‘il. '

xperieiices ati=l ohserixations in .\iitio1‘l-t similar to

‘elated tlteil‘ .tr1-:t. _l-'llllt's tlcclata-tl his jutlgtiietit “that we trottble

llere we llllll the appeal front a

.\ sitttatioti ~itiitlar to tlt;tt ancient 1111coc1‘ttt‘r1~11iit our own day. 1-1111 this was iti a lloii-t- .\1issio11 ficltlxtiot a lw-retgtt one. 111101 poured. and 1111i‘ evattgt-lical cltttrcl11-s followed tltettt willt the. liospel 1i|1-<.;,_-_-1~_ These new settlers chose their _ _ bet-d as to wliat tlit-it‘ neighbors 111-re 111 matters ieligtoiis.

‘esent-‘d iii all parts of tltc 1‘1-titit1‘_v they entered.

the 1‘l|ll|‘1‘ll1'\ 1'1-

tt-t-m-ic iii .1 tllslllcl, and fortii a l‘1‘eslt_vtt-ri.‘ni orgattizatioit. _\ttgli1‘att, to do. each. the sante f11t" his detttintittatioit. and to give visibility 111-t to four ltttttdred people five Protestant cltttrcli htiiltliiigs were erecte-l. Th1- woi"l1t-t‘s at11l the people s111tti realized that 11131111111- iitatioital couttpefitioit at11l rivalry were tttt-Christiati. and the waste 11f iiien and llt1)llL‘_\' ittifait‘. The hui‘d1-ii of tlciioittiiizttiotizilisiti l1e~ catitc intoleiwible, 1111c the yole: 1-f circutitcisitiii 1l1 the early chui‘clt_ 'lilt1- Anglicatis were the first 1o voice the itecd of some fortit of

1111-1 1111-11-1 '11- 111s s-I-ltlen t'----r --1‘ tli--j1'fl-U]l('1'illlllll l)t‘1\\'1't‘ll the dcttotttiuatiotts to pi‘evct1t the waste going

ht-rv-nftt-r .

"l shall do lti-tier." hit-t. “l shall pray- 1111ligr1-11‘— that

111- spa i"1-d,"

(Continued On Pagojfif‘

This Lassie Has Her (‘olds “Rubbed Away”

'l‘lio mother 11! this attractive little girl. Mrs. E. E. l-lniiinns. 11f

2115 Seventh Ave.. N. E. -l’orta)z1- l-aj

Prairie. Mnn., l1- ono of the many (Ianudlun mothers who are t-tttlin- shistlc about tl11- vaporlzlttz salve, Vlcks VapoRub. for treatlitg child- ren's colds. Mrs. Emiiians writes: "My little girl lt-tul eronp tit night. pretty badly and Vicki- dltl lt1-r a _l1it of‘ good. I havo also 11111-11 it will) vitry satisfactory rt-stills tor lit-ad 11nd cheat colds."

Vlcks in just "rtilrhi-tl nu" for mirt- throat. ttinsllitls, ltront-lilfls, eroup or tic-op chest etiltln. “fhmi 111; itptillcd, VICRS has a lllllllle flirt-ct action: Internally iiiotllt-ttterl vapors iiro inhaled Wllllt‘. 111. the mum. limo, ‘XWFPYIWY- l1 ls absorb-111 tltrntitzli 11nd stimulate-ti lllP iiklii.

A Big‘ Special * Feature

Ind tho drlwlng for the Oliovrolot Touring Cor for tltc bond! o! 1M K. 0- 6, Charity Fund l! tltc Prince Edward tonight It 9 o'clock.

"l" “F "ll-rt "".1(‘l'l2ill1‘lllll'1‘1l(‘s. ‘you l1 Sir-l It . , ‘. . ' w‘ ' .. . .. , . , ," . - . ' "“.lt_1t1rt.11is in tsss, 11111 nothing pi-itttt-d 1.11111 f1otii 1111 efforts l)ulld“-(\"$ m ,.,.,.,-.,. ])chc\-(.r_

In 1S5; they tn."1-l1- l\|)]1l'It-'|t‘llt's‘ to the .\1etliodist :itt11 l‘resb_1'- Th1- Xlclhodists l‘(‘Sll1lll(1(‘(l iti 1386111111 the Prcs-

fill.

lforth. .\nd finally the .\ttglic.'uts, 111-cause 11f dififcreitces caused by ‘tl11- lipiscojmte witltdrctv. liul tltc tlisszitisfzictiott cotttitittctl lagaittst tltt- t"ivalr_1 of dt-tioininatioits tttitil in 11401). at the request of its 111-me .\lissioit Comtttittec. tltc ticttei‘al .\sseitt111_1‘ of the

l'1‘esl11"te1‘i.‘ttt Church appointed ."t stitall coiiitiiittee “to meet and .ettttfe1‘ with t"1-p1"esettt:1tives from otliei‘ evangelical churches. hav- ‘tiig pout-r to 1-1111-1‘ into any at" ‘aiigcitiettt with tltein that will ten-l to hrittg :11-out a itiort- satisf:-.1"tr1r_1‘ state of tltittgs iii ottr llome .\lissi1ttt Fields s11 that the 111"ei‘lappi11g 111111" co1t1plaiiied 11f titay 11c preveit11-1l." The i‘e.sult‘of' this was" itistr1icfit1it i iitteiidcttts aiid .\litiisters of tltc lloiiie .\lissioit Fields to do all in their power 1-1 prevent 111‘erlappiitg. The success attained led the .\letl1o1list Chttrclt to tnakc .1 111-finite jiroptisztl lll tooz for organic 1111111111 11- 1111- l‘resl11"tei‘iat1 Clt11t‘elt. liut the sttggcstiott cante to ‘them front :1 dt-leg-alioti of l'i"esb_vteriatis that lirotight to tlieitt the grectittgs of the l'r1~sl1_vtc1"ia1i Church. llll1lt‘1l to the C-eiit-ral .\s.<t'llllllv\' of the l‘r1-sl1y1t1-i"iz1tt Church iti ill-j. .\ cotii1ititte1- 11" ‘ appointed to t‘tlllf(‘|' with cotiimittet-s of the .\l1-finalist and Cotigi"eg:iti11iia1 Cliitrches. Tltc joint committee of tltcll11‘1‘e1‘ltt1r1‘lt1's 1111-1 first lll 11111.1. Since 1111-11 the matter has been 111-fore the church courts. and step by step progress tiiade tttitil, after all the years. we titnl union piwtctically‘ coitsiitttiit-‘itctl ltcttveeit the tltrt-e clittrcht-s.

with tl11- .\l1-tlt11di.st Qttadrt-iinial (_'1itif1-t‘1-tte1- twenty-two y1‘ rs ago, and the Ctiion miistitittitated \\';ts hrougltt zibottt l1_1‘ a “little group of soiitt- 40o tttiiiistcrs and elders gathered at a liettcral .-\.ssettihl_1*, and atiotlter l111ii1"l1 11f politicians at llttawti." This ttstctisihly in 111.34. ls that a fair presetitatioit of a ittatter of which there is a record f11rii1-arly forty years. begiiitiiiig with and aiiiiotig the people. not iti the cliiti‘cli courts, and surging ttpw-‘trd and ou-

ltt 1111.1 fhcrc- were 444 iititiistcrs and elders at the (icnt-ral .\sse1ttl1lv who voted .‘tgainst Prittcip-‘il lfrasei"s rcsoltitiott to ttffsct tlit- i‘1-poi"t of tltc Cniott (fotittnittce. and 1)..’ ttiinistcrs and elders volt-d f11r it. -1t1 11):} 4.27 ttiinistcrs :iti1l elders voted for lillltlll- and 1:1) zigaiiist. lti 11).’: the (iettcral Assembly was ttttattittiotts on the action nikeii 111i Cnion, this being only to instruct its Ctiioti Coitiiiiittt-t- to investigate the lt-gislatioti necessary iit the case. ln 111:1 the. vole on Cnioti was 41.1 for and to; against. As only mir- oitt 11f every six ntiiiisters are titcmbcrs of fieticral .\s.~1e1iilily, and one elder otit of every sixth session. :1ti11 itsuztlly" Prcsbytcries elect by rotation, so that there is httt a very sntall eliattee for any one ntaii being present at coiis1-cutiv1- -‘ls‘s‘l‘lllllll(‘s‘, The personnel 11f .\Ss'(‘tlll)lit‘t~‘ tittist itt-ct-ssarilt" differ. The cliattces being ‘that tl11- lirst and seventh titay be lll‘llt‘l_\‘ alike. lly exainiiiatioti of the ttantt-s voting, it has ltr-ett noticed that verv few men have vole-l more than oiicc on the Church Cuioii tlllPfillllll, f11r or zigaiitst. So that the total voting for uuiou all tltcsc years at11l so responsible for its progress is itiatty titties 4110, Thus the "little group" is

' sliotvn to 11c rather a ‘hostf

\\'1- have t1peraliitg iti the country today a body kiiotvit as "The Prcsltyteriztii Chtireli Association." lts jittrtiose is iti as far as

Tpossible to tlcft-zit the ends of the llitimi klovenicnt as fat-‘as the

Presbyterian Churclt iti Canada is concerned. In a close analysis of their principles 1 fittd they arc Anti-Presbyterian and Auti- Democratic.

one litmdi‘cd and ititierv-four voted for Ciiioii. 140 ministers and

lf-viltlllllF Wllllfllll 91-1-1-1- any oig-aiiiz-‘itioti thcy may form.” If the jiritieijilcs iticitlcafc-l

"tied to Super-

Tll(‘ rcsolutiott was sub-

Yott lt.‘11‘e reeeiitlv bt-cti told that this Cttioit Alovemeiit began

1\'-'ti'1l. tttitil the cltui‘cli court." were compelled to take notice of it?

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

1. miti-Presliy-teriaii: The Presbyterian Church is the Church 0f tlfc l-Ildcrs, Presbuteros being the Greek word for Elder, and l-raiislitcratcd, not translated, ittto the English “Presbyterian? Elders are in ottr Church elected by the Church ruentbers (Book of Rules 277), and to the Elders is cotuntitted, along with other tlulics, the spiritual ititercsts of the congregation and the use made 11f L-httrch edifit. 1 'l'liey are entitled to tltc custody‘ of the Church keys. Session, that is, the court of the elders, rarely if ever consult the pcoplc as to any decision they arrive at. Nor have we heard of Prcsby-tcries, the ticxt .liiglier court of the elders, ever referring to the people to sustain any action of Presbytefy. The constitution of our church zilloivs reference t0 the people, but itot for govcrniitg puiposcs. Prcshyteriattisiti is governtitetit by the elders. if we are not satisfied with tltat let its change our consti- tution. The elders havegttvertted our Church and have governed it well. Sonic _mcti elected to the eldcrshiji may not have been worthy of tltc ltoitor conferred .on them. or proved equal to tltc trust committed to them, bitt on tltc whole. the Church has had no reason 1o he ashamed of her elders. Cutler their dircctiott Pres- liyteriaitisiit has grown from sittall ltegiiinittgs iii tltc sixteenth ceit- tury. when iti the days of _l0hti Kitbx the session had its origin, l0 be the iitighty- force it is today, with its influence iii the moral and spiritual life of tltc world. It has a history we are all proud of: and further a ltis-tury" that will continue tttibrokcn as we enter 1h:- Cittteel Church of Canada, which is iti its government a Pres- byterian _(ltu_rcli. The “Basis 0f Littioti" provides tltat. “The itnit 111 organization shall be the Pastoral Charge. Tltc liberty 0f the Paste-rail Charge shall bc "recognized t0 the fullest extent eotitpatiltlc

tiiitiistei". atid a bodv 0f mcti specially 111959,, " 4m; is "chosen b1‘ tltosc iti full 1itcttibershiji," _“zi1td ordained for that wt r11‘. who shall J‘"‘"_l_\' coitstitute the Session." Furtlter. “the Presbytery shall cottsist of the ortlaiitcdiiniiistcrs itrithin the hounds, ati-‘l the Session .t‘ltt'(‘st'llll.lll\'t'$, equal tii number t0 tltc ttuitiber of titiitistcrz."

'1 he Presbytcriziii Church Association states that 1'11 the new i \‘ ' l v’ I ' v ~ u ~ 1 ' lrtshjttrt-tti Chuich they .111 to fotm. the final authority‘. 110w rcstnig 111111 the -_‘-tirts 0f the church, will 11c iii the lll(‘llli)(‘l'.~'-il!]l of the Church. horuitstatice. if a person sect ‘ tidmisr-ioii to ftill iiietnlicrsli-p in the Lltti-rcli. and his right is 1ll$|'llllL‘(1, the decision tn 111s case will rest not with the elders as ttotv, btit wttltthe people. lhe use of (ltttrelt edifices will rest, not with the elders, but with the people. 1n other words‘ they ltave lost confidence iu the elder- slttp that has ittade the Preslrvtertau body ivhzit it is. and are to 11c at heart COIIgFCgZIUOHZiT. Presbyterian will be a name ttot a svsteiii,

2. Tltc l'l't‘.-'-ll)'ll.'l‘lilll Church Association is Jhtti-Deiiioorzttic. l)('lllOCl'(lC_\' is a system. government 11y itiajorityx lti thc Church Ciiion Movement every step was taken :11-cording t0 tltc constitu- tion of our Church. 1t began with the people. at11l by them jiasscd on to the courts constituted of tltc Elders. ruling at11l teaching. The C-eneral .-\ssetiibl_v passed on Citioit resolutions by large majorities. .\l1 the Synods have gone for Church Ctiioii by large.’ majorities. T111‘ Marititiic Synod iii 11).z3 was 143 to 36 for Union. In 1924.

54 elders. The itoti-Uitiottists (lid not vote. ltitt at the Provisional Synod constituted by tlteiit ziftei‘ the Synod closed, they enrolled i5 tiiitiistt- and 7 elders, a total 0f 22. ()f the 70 Prcsbytciies well over 50 have large majorities for Cut-111. At tltc vote 111111-11 in the fieiieral .-\sse1iil11_v iti 1924 34 Presby-terics were titiauiitious for Cttioii. lii the vote taken of Sessions, mctitbcrs atid adher- citfs. all gave large ttiajot‘ities for Citioti. lf llliljUFlllCS will not b1‘ 11111-11111 to govern, liotv are we to have govertiitietit? ln Ses- sions, l’rt-sl-_1‘te1‘ies. S_vitods, fieiicr-"tl .\$>-(‘ll1l)1lt'.S, Coiigregzttioiial nieettitgs at11l i1i all matters 11111 tinder despotism are not majorities respected eveit if it is only the casting vote of the chairman? All l)’ "W7! submit.” Uurfriettds of the Pres- hvteriait Clttirch Association arc sowing seeds that 117111 disrupt

.\l1-l . , _ ~ . .. I _ _ j _ "l l H f I j "ll-y 1111111 11111 lllllltll‘ titfitttitccs b1 ttiulitit d to then 0111i orgautz-i-usnt. 1<or the sake of a iiatitt- they czittsc a dtsruptiott ltt 1111- Pres- \\'ll(‘ll tl11- t'<"|-1‘1‘~1'ttt.‘n111-s 11f the chit-cites loll-NH‘ - l“) "m" -1 ttotis, well and good, btit the danger is, tlicv mat" get beyond attdjbvterian Church in Canada For tltc sake of a name and certain

seriously affect otlici" phases of our country's lifc.

"lilie l'l't‘sll_\lt‘l‘l.'lll workci‘ 9111114111 to gather lfllZPtltc-r all tltc ITP-lillfy": ' llul soitte sav wc must not sacrifice treligiotts‘conviction t-vett l _ L ,v I _ __ I . ‘I _ _ ‘H 11111111-1111111 to in-ijtiittics. 11111 and right. lint no i11tgt11tis Lilll-Illllllttl 1'i11 ( 11111111 iit i900. llicy were given a gctterotis porttoti -\-f'lll“‘ll‘l- '-‘l"'*l -‘l"l Lmll-llflldllflll-l “til 111-S Wills‘ gvtctiotis are sacrificed 11y 1'r1-sb_vtei"ia1is tti accepftitg the 11:1

s 0f All attributes of 111111 as referred to iit the \_\'cst1tttitstcr

iCttit-it.

lfo their wot"k. each had a chttrcl- built, so that iti villages 11f from't",,,,f,.gsi,,n “n. 11W“. h," 1,355 ‘Yong are ll§(f(l' The inspiration of‘

Scripture is" declare-l without tpialilicatititi. (iud's suvcrcigtitj- at11l tnaii's freedotii is tlterc set forth. Necessity of zitoiieiitetit. for siii is there. lilcctiott iii Christ is there. 1t says, "Tihc Lord Jesus Christ, the only .\1L‘(llill0l' between (i011 at11l titan, \-\"1io being 1111- eternal S1111 11f (iod, for us and our salvation became truly titan, being coi1ceive1l'uf tltc lloly Spirit and born of tltc Virgil Mary yet 111111111111 sin. (ht tlic cross lle tiiade propitiatioti for tltc sins of the world. lle rose fro-ii the dead and z ceitdcd into hcavcit." [The Spirit proceeds front Father and S011, altidcs with tltc Church, The llasis declares Regeneration is" ‘iicccssaryz (lti the sole groin-d of the perfect obcdicttcc and sac- l‘lllC/' of Christ, (21111 pardons siiiiteixs. The 'l‘c1i (Yomtttanditicitts stand forever iii truth and equity. Christ is the Stipretiic and only llead of the (fhurclt. There shall be a resurrection of tltc dead, botli of the just and ttiijttst, tltc ittipenitctit shall g0 away into eternal ptiitislnitcttt and the righteous info life eternal. T111- f-ospel ts‘ to be jirt-ztcltctl to all creatures. /\ll citenties shall be (I\’(‘l‘t‘.(llllL' and tltc kutgdoitis c-f the world be titade the Kiugdont of 11111" t-od and of llis Christ. '

111 this l'ui11ti with tltc sister Churches iti order that tltc religi- ous needs‘ of Canada titay 11c ltcttei‘ met, the Presbyterian Cliurclt is saeriliciitg no vital jifllltllil.‘ 11f rloctriiie or polity. lixccpt by a few. 1111- d11ett‘ii1al portion of the Basis of LTniottis -'111ii1ittc11 to be one of the gta-zttcst Sllllllll1ll'i('s' 11f Christian truth iti the whole llls'1lll‘_\' 11f the Church of Christ. lt_is the product of the titties to titect present needs likc the Se11t’5__,(;0i1fe$§i1)n and the “test. tiiitistcr Confession of Faith were dra1v11 11p to meet tltc needs 0f the titties iti the sixteenth and scvctiteciitli centuries; but iiiorc like tltc Scots Cottfcssiott, iii that its catises were -rcligi0its, wlicrc- as that of the Wcstiiiiitstcr Confession were political. 1t titay not he comttion kuowletlgc that 1t1ving to changes in tltc political sittin- tioit at the rise 11f Cromivell and the ltttlcpendcttts. liuglatttl itcvcr adopted the \\'cstntitister Cottfcssioii; and aftcr tltc Scots General .\ssctitltly iii 11141) rcplztct-d the Scots Confession by the Wcstitiin- ster, it took ttearly :1 century 111-fore the Scots CToitft-ssioii tt-as c11- tirely- replaced by the \\"estittitister iti the Church. llut the greater docuttiettt tvoii otit, and again in our (lay, that 1vhiqh Suits thc titties will replace the older. T110 opposition among us‘ is a small ziffair eo-iipared with that met by the l/Vcsfuiittster iti its dav.