_ ,_ . , ., 5 .__ i ,»,,;_.:yr.f.»f ,,,&- ~. U' ,...-\.,i .~~,,,- -- -‘ ' “ _ _ __ _ 'rim f.UmmiN_ <:miei.o1"rnrowN. raison ifnwmn Ewn and Prince Ldviard NiS0ocie;y It is through this that the gram. istatesman What were the demandgo clothed inthcbc iutifiil regalia f\lS le-signs oi He-neu in the Salvation the Empire of the Caesars as compared to ofthe order left thiir rooms. ° a ost world are accomplished -hence the demands of this mighty Empire over headcdliyilii-i hiifrfi C A Npeated command to honor the which the British Queen has held the mmncii tothe lust Methodist ing, and you can explain in no small H sceptre for upwards of three score years em an eloquent ~ei-mon was moosllre this imperative order of Jesus and over which we uuitedly and fer- Bev J \\ McConnell pastor on this occasionas you give consideration vently pray she may hold it fm. m A wry i=“`¥,'° “‘"“b°" 52559 Origin-the -nature and the end ot years to come. Great indeed was tht; 'guessed the pa-riifil “S lf- PBSS Civil government. I might also direct Roman Empire in its palmiest days and Uuform appearance of the your minds in the second placetothe ab- many] and varied were the demands 't ln black ~uit, silk hat, solute need of obedience to the laws that ‘made upon those within its bounds bd; gloves was very striking Cirsar or the civil government may enu.ct.~igreater far- the Empire of Viclgi were 8 b¢*‘»“Uf“i "°“e °“ti“' Ther’ "3" be U0 8°"°U1ment without laws and multiplied indeed are the dem nrd; goat. The ll1\1`1*d° “"“° ‘ery “nd °bedi°”°°` t° i'h°9,° laws 0° the D514? [made updn the men of her realm Yshatf wagweil niar~‘ialled by Mr of the people is very necessary for when most magnificent strides have hge” mad The following is Be\ the spirit of insubordinstion obtains ina during thc sixty years of her reign! In sermon __ country no man can ever have his rights 9,;-¢,,and wience and literature in wm_ 5_2; “Rendertherefore unto and C0l1°°4l\1€11tiY f°1'Bi1 1`*&90D~* Of Der- .mérce and politics and religion ,indeed in which are C esars ani sonal safety, public peace and public pros- everything that tends to the elevation of things thatare God‘s Derity, Cirsar’s laws must be religiously mankind and the betterment of the race bu; notice in this chapter obeyed. ~And in the third placel might what mighty advances. But all these im- ve [uve selected our text ask you toconsider this_heaven-imposed mense accumulations of material and wisdom of our adorable obligation relative tothe whole matter of social and political and religious power -wg have been a trying day in taxation or the payment of tribute to ‘_ mean responsibility correspondingly great, @¢m errno V1 “\0"“m¢ lodges (md, also of tim great benefits ii' °°“f°l`S OD oquality of her laws and the ability of he v f ° '_ ._ _ w me for again and “SMD 5* 1° 0353*’ F01' every 80"+=1'I1meub worthy of The demands that this nation must make “gh these men who are resol the name at all must assume the respons on its citizens to day are much more num to do away with him ibility of at least maintaining domestic erous than at any time in its pasthistory nontsignificant things to my order, of distributing impartial Justice And while there is everywhere through md this narrative is the fact and of protecting the people from foreign out the Empire the profoundest admira- four extremely antagonistic enemies. For the carrying out of all these .tion that British subjects are quite equal ed in Jewish politics- ends immense sums of money are needed. to these demands and that- they are watched each other with Tho expenses are incurred for the fully prepared to meet these demands yet and day and night plot | Dllblio and by the public they ought to be that very state of things provokes ,fog 3, oghnrs destruction should paid. Therefore for the protection and 3little of the bitterest envy and hatred on ground and common in iiiestimable blessings aiforded the subject the part of some of the other nations of Christ to death What by the country some return is justly de- ‘the world. In the face of all of that how- nsture of the party social, manded. That this demand should be ever we stand ready to follow where the mligious or political-that honorably met is the argument of Jesus path of duty may indicate. What claims I to feel that so long as Jesus when these dignitaries of the' olden days could not be justly made on us as we were in danger They went to entangle Him in His talk. share the blessings of domestic peace as med to entrap the Saviour Ihave already said that this obligation we delight in the administration of i of Rabbmical law but His t0“RendertoCaesa.r the things that are partial justice, as werejoice in our civil served to increase their con Csesar's and to God the things thatare liberty and religious freedom and aswe 11,57 now move their snare from Gods” rests upon us just as truly as it did entertain the hope that the constitution mio the more dangerous one upon those people of the centuries of the \of this nation-its civil and religious in- . ._`- -`»v\.~`.` _____________ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S ii l “Ill m England” Para ~` `\ _ ` \\`\~ "\~\\\\-"\»`~»`-\._,_,.___,_,v_,__ ...-v"‘ _ r f *when attending the Ecumenical Con. ‘_ ference on Foreign Missions held s -few weeks ago in New York, was the foot that the burden of the w0r1d'g evangelization is to-day on the shoulders of the Saxon race. Could- you but have , looked into the faces of these hundreds of missionaries and delegates from all parts- of the world you too would have realized I that and itisa very significant that the two nations carrying this burden' or almost the entire burden-and I refer to . Great Britain and the United States of America-that' these two nations, I say are the nations that God is signally honoring. And so,Ias our own great nation continues to hold her place in so blessed a work we shall as I have said I render to hertliat which is hers, Wg shall strive through wisdom divine to give back to ourcountry that which is hem S0§h&i5 Qvcry evil, which threatens the purity of her private and public life may be overthrown 'md so also that there may bemore and morccf an adher- ence to the immutable, unaltcrablc standards of.Heaven_ as the only resl basis of national security. Sons of England, it may not be that your blood or mine shall crimson a South H African battleneldas has the blood of at least two of the brave boys that went out from this city last October, but in our ownlittle spheres we can do that which will contribute quite as much to this Empire’s prosperityas though _we were at the front and numbered even in those triumphant lines which will shortly pass through the gates of Pretoria.. IL€t us understand that we render to our stand like and British civilization of all that in noble and beautiful. -That which is ad. mittedly the greatest' curse ofthe "British nation to-day .is the iniquitous blwnese Against thai. by the gms _si God, you should take your stand, for Wm, the complete extermination of that horrible tratlic this mighty Empire mm); b°\md 011 il? strides even more mogul- ¥l?SEE;P!!;‘££3!§$,ii,.‘3¥fi.3P;飑2i!1its wi- _ REV. J. W. McCON Pastor of Grace Church. country that which is our country's when we look upon the British ballot for ln- stance as a sacred trust. Here we have a voiceless silent sword unshcathed as some one has said to iight bloodless battles for i 1 obligation and the scheme past, andlam sure that to us as Sons of stitutions be preserved toourselves and righteousness and truth. Use it rever- ently, prayerfully and intelligentlyso that -~.-_-_-_-.-_-.-_---_-v-.~.~.-.~.-= ~~~~~~ - .\-v ~~~~~~~~~ v rw-v-vw-.-.~.=»_~.f,-_-,.-_-7 ,~,-,__~, __________________________________________________________ _ _ ---------------------------- - _»_-_-_-V.__________._______=_________ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . - ».1r:`_ " - ._".`,; i, i J .. ._ ,~,||('q\¢q..\<:vvvv¢,~{u » fl _ `_ ¢ ,- "1*“~ "lf .gui 9 ,__ '~ ~_~¢-:».--.eisi¢».......;._.»_.,, PIRST METHODIST CHURCH AND PARSGNAGE. ' ( . i , | , , i 3: \ , 4 ~an~.u» .__ ; __ ____ ________ _________ fprotection afforded that people by thegpart. ’iVe shall render to her that which -_-_-_-,-_-_-v~ _______________________________________ _ _v ......... - -~/~-./vw- -fe-_-_-_-\.`, ~.».`.`»`~_,\-v-»-\-\.\~ .~,_~-,.\».` ~vv~»\.` _ is of such zi character that England and loyal British subjects thesciozir descendants. And yct what elernanrls through its use your countryshighest B ' ' mis step on the part of words of our Sovereign Lord must coniclthus far made have been uiirczii-ioi‘ii‘.lileiii ` ' ' bring him before the Roman with especial force. For if ever there was i the face of such wonfierfiii provision and @! With fawnmg malice and 5390?! they approach this teacher of the ages land they Hlsllrifsence with est n de uperlativea craft that it be answered in such a toacrime against the the one hand or the govern day on the other Having dc alomselves of their hypocritical they put to Him their qucs ‘ fo whether it is lawful to give unto Caesar or not But with Simplicity was their strst a nation that could honestly appeal to its of such mighty power as is thrown ai-oiiiid people for the rendering of these things us? Never before did we place such a high theit are really essential to the building #value on our relation and never did we up of the national life it is this nation 'have adeeper sense of thc great debt we with which bythe grace of God we stand have iricurrcdu Gladiy will we in this identified. What nation more worthy of section of this vast Empire render to our honour-what nation with laws morejust 'country the things that are hers. We -into what nation is tribute more freely _ have come to learn' thatin her sorrow and or cheerfully paid! And if the foundation ijoys alike we must share, in her triumphs of these obligations to honour and 1 and defeats we must participate-in her Roman Government what could not one f is hers when her enemies would conspire This is a question they fm' themselves BNHS U10 i Is it any wonder wc speak as we do when Wd Jesu! Having received it lwe intelligently recognize all that is °'”° D0CiI6tS and 11016103 li? 5 involved in this matter of protectionunder them H9 ask*-' Wi\9Se IS thi* the British dag and all that is involved in Wpiirscnptioni’ They say unto F The currency of this shows the country to be under Government, the prince who image and title to be stamped “front coin of a country is virtu- thercby as the gover ~ Render therefore t things that are Caesar s and to that are God 1. and very prominently so, i are certain lessons that we might profitably consider For the obligations laid D¢0D1e of the generations of the 'WHY those with which we are ‘loo to day and as we faithfully these obligations we shall find 0111' civil and religious life there Ure more richl rest u n us the Almighty God. Were time at in this service I might direct to three things - di to o.ir great debt and of reverence the civil government under Civil government is not Of ony party or individual but by whom pr nc s decree justice rise or tall He-'e we see distinctness the impress of We have the amplest '~`-W government is from (rod, ontinuance in the vforid 'ous blessings conferred by British rule? to say of a like state of things in our own againsther.For the defence ofherexistencc ‘ ' Qwe shall send her sons who are able to stand and .fight and die if needs be side by side with the veterans of the British army. As she goes about her task of lifting civilization upon higher and yet higher grounds we shall render to her that which is hers. For the protection of her rights we shall give her men upon whom the other nations of the earth can look and as they look they shall beicon- vinced that in the hour of the Empii-e's need there can be speedily gathered to-_ gether, in even its remotest corners, regi- ment after regiment of men who are not oue whit behind those who are trained on Scotch or 'Irish or English soil." In her clearing ofa pathway of light from the Cape wCairo we shall assume none but a most encouragingattitude. As 'hernoble sons fall on African veldt or from Indian mountain crags, or as they cheerfnlly'sub~ Empire and of our ovin relation thereto. the matter of the possession of multitudin- If the gifted ~Guizot cou-ld declare that “the wider and more- intelligent view a Frenchman takes of his own land the 5tr0nger'willbe his patriotism and the nobler his inspiration,” with far greater truth may thc declaration be made of that _ man around whose life and interests' there is cntwined the Union Jacko? Old England. Surely the lines have fallen unto us in pleasant places! Never did thc subjects of any of this worlds potentates have greater occasion to observe this Divine injunction than the people whose loyalty goes out tothe British throne. For not with any boasttul spirit at all might I remind you of the proud position she holds among the nations of earth-or of the extent of her tcrrit`ory'a.nd the vjate the suffering and mitigate the evils noble devotion and loyalty °`f'her hun- tim ai-eoceasioned as tens of miiiiens of -_ ' ~ V ' ° ` T - - hereb 'teh ldnotonl his own in' drcds of millions of SHbJ¢¢%S- Blot With ¢ her subjects pass through the horrible anything of exaggeration might I sneak of gfeaiiiies of an awful faminaoin- sympathy the magnificence and 'strength lof her land practical support shall notbe with- matchless MW `0l' 0f ,U19 °°\¥1’38¢`3l\d;ilield. For the yrs-.~»:i'\'iiti0n. Of Engl8.iid's heroism of the men of .her army. fimi iliingsiiise' are ,is might I refer you to the priceless liberty _ ` sh ' ver lwious enterprise and freedom she secures to every niaii that breaths her air, and not with ii.n_r_ but a deep sense of gratiiiudii _i0 U"‘»" might, 1 » Say somethingot-her_marvellou _ ation of the mi-_'ic corncreci the earth. we #_ . i 1 1 e° bei” her at the Throne Divine ly . - I ' , ,_=,,-,,¢»{s(,_,» _. __ ~ .,» ‘ _- ,. °`_ , ` commerce, the purity of her judges, the " Oifgthing that nieivcry»mnch" ‘is cf'i-”>fr.t1y’s-f vrheniycul - ,,-. obedience and tribute was found in the ‘ prosperity and adversity we must bear af ° the state-'alike belong to God. -Govern- xnit toforced marches and endurethe sever- est hiirdships we shall renderto her that' which is hers. As she endeavors to alle- , neace’ for the aagmpming of Englanws tivo groundslon which it possible Noi with anything but T’ a- bride i .le_engf,i..i0r,n»¢ maia;smiuguf»n§i1»gitnn‘§i :,=1=>f*5‘°“ ‘f°’“¥‘:“-i-f°l’9°°fil;!,i€>‘1@°°-. for which were is Biblical ‘ wan-anti honor, we s'miii_ progzaiy people occur. nation scunlinxsofhe . -~,. 1 ,sin -.~.-,e»e`<)T i"-.-1-1f,1>»`5’ `~-‘ ~' _ '.2 ?l;'~' . - 6 - -. _ - _:V __ _ ,. , - _ _ xf;$‘1i_1lj-5;.-_-.='_'; ,-i,-_:.c;s;'j=‘¢§2{:,;,-gr: '_ w;_,~j__~f-A __ j:~.y;;_t= _ - ~' ~ - » ul‘»-=e_v3h¢vT§a>§~f ' ei-“ ,- , interests may be all the more secured. If 5 there is one way more surely than another ; by which we shall ever come to national j deuradution _'and national death it is, by the violation of Heaven’s law relating to -_ bribery. The lowering of the franchise to a marketable thing is one of the most de- basing acts in which it is possible for a M Briton to share. You render your country that which is' your country’s when you . use that ballot for the rejection of s man whose devotion to the British flag is not genuinely real. I would haveluo man nil I any important position under the British " Crown whose attachment to the crown might well be called in question. On the other hand you render to your country, ' that wh ich is your conntry’s as youexnploy ,this power vested in you forthe election of men who have a just fear ofGod find, whose loyalty to Queen and country- is above suspicion. To me the church and »ment, as_ I have said is the creation of God _ himself and 'must be neld jsacred. Thsj “degradation of government means ulti- mately wfiat was the fate of Nineveh of I Babylon, ofEgypt, ofAssyria.,and of other V nations long since, dead, Be careful as lto the _character of the men who H shall represent us in our ‘conidsrys legis- lative and 'parliamentary -halls and' thus shall we be rendering to our an important service and one that shall bless both her and ns. - . You render to your country that which is your country’s when you _ do what you can to maine illiteracy a thing unknown within its bounds, You do this when demand for every child of however 1 l , YP" render $0 Your countryvthavti is your country’s as you engage in gba' diffusion of nie religion of the Lara semi- :,,um°“,m, fm’ oiu-in and seek the widening of nis.,,1,,,,,m,,’°“Mi,e “_ Kingdom within the bounds of your own. fmm the mega” It is no less true to-.day than it was in the 3* ° B D55 at ‘Righteou- ness exalteth a. Nation." If the history against anything th t ` ld 'vb British manhood of wnste'¢erl‘i;m0hri:t-1i)lii€i;i?:¢:°¢5¢,thou NEIL fini. um na nerations fth t th ‘ mba” money “nl m i@lliii‘ /"“\ . l2§@E ble station, the privilege, nay, the of a good practical education, fitting T' I 0 I ,race of life but _at the same time him at some day to intelligently all matters of public policy. There 0? flies# are _Slaves-'fn _ a“i*e`free`i hero British can-a@!7d t-0 j eengages me .y g- ; -. - _ ~ that has for .is eu.. the moral illurniu- ‘1°°°i"-”`t'“'V‘ ““"3f“uV P"°”°"i' 5“d'5°5t°’ ourpublicscsiool;-i.” °V , _ 'ion ren-'lei' to your country that which _ W1* 'v “ __>_;.: .;_~, ---x~HE.---» UGTIOK SB Eillllll "” OF HOIPSE, CARR! AGES ---ia.N:i:>--- HOUSE FURN E enema Qi-K € ’ I o or _ GRAFTON ST EAST MONDAY, MA 2| At ll dclwk. a m IIBCOUII Horse and Cam ' Willbe acids! 2‘o’clock, pfin. '" Furnituihe C onsists of Parlor, Drawing Boom, sang Pos y' iieélviiiei 'YK w af, »;. ‘_ .>. ‘A ¥»‘?’i' Ax _. 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