4i 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. lit polity our Church C-ovei"i111te1tt is cotttiititctl iti the Ciiitcd Chitrclt. Scssiotis, l'rc.<l1_vt1-ries. Coitfercticcs fur Syiiods. and the ficiteral Council for (iciteral Assembly, all constituted as ttow except 1111- ttcncral Cottticil. 111 110 matter is tltcrc noticeable eliatigc except in llie calling and settlement of titiitistcrs. Congre- gations will call as itotv with us. hut instead of sending the Call to the l‘rcsl1y‘ter_v. it is to 11c sent 111 1ll(‘>S(‘ll.l(‘lll(‘lll Cottiiiiiltt-t- 11f the Coitferciicc, and this Committee is commaittlctl "to cotttply as far as possible with tltc expressed wishes of tttittisters and pas- toral charges." 'l'ltis (iotuiiiittt-t- was tippointetl iiczirly tltrcc yea-rs ago iii blan- itoha and reports, "During 1111- twelve months just p: ‘sed, all tltc Cnitcd Churches that ltccatne vaeztnt-zt. in tiumber-littvc ap- pealed to tltc (Ioiitniittec. 11- some cases thcy lcft tllcmsclves in thc ltauds of tltc Committee stud ztskctl the Coiittttittec to send tltctit a titan they thought would be stiitablc. Otlibrs submitted a name, others asked for a list of ttrtmcs from which llicy might choose a ttiiuister, while (itlicrs sent two or three names with tltc rcqticst that tltc Committee would appoint any one of them. Tltc trcsult is that tltc congregations. with one or two exceptions, were never a day without a titinister. nor the ministers affected by local Union a 111-v without woi"k." ' When tlt1.- Settlement Cotiitnittec appoints a man to a congre- gation they pass him over to fhc Presbytery, whose dut it is to "induct" him, and so is responsible for his hettlemcnf. ' If 1111 Settlement Committee makes a mistake by sending an unsuitable with the oversight of the spiritual interests of the charge by the, " . . ‘" 11.1.... "-1111; - :-.;-..--.. 1» is to doubt the common sense and hqiiesty of the mmtsters and elders comprising the Presbytery. Our interests have been well guarded and directed during the l-tistffifty years, the time of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. by thy: men constituting-the courts of the Church. They are the same men, or as good, that we are committing the future to, and as the ttast has been well served so will the future. \\’c arc told that "the (Thurch wiJl be legislated out 0f 6x15101116- or be cotitntiitcd to oblivion, as some put it. You sec tltc picture. Ou junc 1o, i925, t-lic Presbyterian Chitrch iti Canada, the Metho- dist and Cottg-regational Cltiircltes approach the verge of an abyss, into which ottc after another, or all together, drop, atid are 10st, irrevocably. Truly a picture to cause sadness when we think of‘ what these Churches have ittcatit; for the life of otir great country, \\"c sec gathered to weep over them the Anglican (711i1rc1t that made tltc first approach- for some form of tinited work, but had to withdraw ltccaiisc of essential (lilTc-rciices. Thc liaptist Church and other bod-ies join the lamcttt. 1 aiti not sure 0f tltc cotfduct of tltc Presbyterian Church Associatititta Such is y ._, the scene, and you are aiskcd to ltclicve it is a picture trtic to facts. Ch; g 7- _‘ ~ Do not believe it, for it is not truc. The scene will he altogether p on lllc Old Block different from that picture. What we shall see will be the fulfil- O J ioiio-umomi- tiictit iti part of Isaiah's- great vision, “It shall come to pass in the J fifiiiébgfslflfiflnt latter days that the motintarn of the Lord's ltousc shall be cstab- --" P5 WB-iblflnndnou-n-i. lislicd iti tltc top of the 1iioiiittzti1is (a iitouiitaiii resting on moun- 7°’ “M” m‘ “"1 - tainsl, at11l shall bc exalted above the hills, and all tiatioiis shall --——--——.——i‘—-i~-. flow iitto it, and many jicoples shall go and say’, Come yc. and let Ngtigg T0 Debtgrs us g0 tip unto the iitountain of the Lord, to the house of the God 0f Jacob, and He will tcztclt us" of His ways and we will walk in His paths, for out of Zion shall go forth the law and tltc word of the Lord from jcritsalcm." W‘ "r- fronh ctr, I y,“ d w! on IR Tut-tn w Ihlko "u, Ton in-un u lRht-tn-it, eat-z»: 2.1m- -- - debtcd to u: by Book Account, Note: o1 Hand or otherwise to mike payment {o us lnjlull on or beforg December 5th- Prompt at» tontlon will oavo trouble. PROWSE a- SONS, LTD., Murray Harbor The ltezun that shines from Zion's hill Shall lighten every latid. The King that reigns in Salem's totvcrs Shall all tltc world comtnaiid. CW-U-lZMWTIIIBl. MllRlliAliE SALE To be sold by Public Auction, lii front or the Law Courts Bull-lung, lii Gha-rlottetowit- in Queen's Cllllllly, on Monday, ttlie fifteenth tlay o! Ike-ember A. l). 192-1, at the hour of twelve o'clock ttooii, tinder and by virtue of‘ a. power nl ext-lo contained in nu "lndcttture 111 Mortgage bearing ditto tltc sixth day o! Docetiibet‘ A. l). 1915 at11l ntado between Robert (‘mrtlon o1 Mitrray llttrbor iii Lot or Township Number ulxty-lottr. in K1112‘:- Couit-ty. Farmer,’ at11l Annabella flur fathers taught us jcrusalctit typified the Church, and 7.1011 tltc public jilztces of worship. Yes, on that day there shall enter into Uttioit, arrived at by mutual consent, and sanctioned by the law of tltc laud, tltrec great; bodies of Christian workers. Tltcy each shall let g0 thcii" tiztities‘, as a bride (loes hers for her husband's, with ivhottt she is one, and shall enter on att enlarged aitd itiorc efficient service. Occupying a higher plane, the ej-cs of the tiations will be turned 011 the United Church. and their tlcsircs will be to- ward her, as ticvcr before towards tltc Church. and they shall come to the ltottsc of the Lord, and shall be taught His ways. They shall sec in actual operation that oiiettess that Jesus prayed for. and the world 1vill more easily believe that tltc Father sent Him, when brethren shall dwell together iti unity. “That thcy titay 11c otte‘. as Thou, Father. art lll .\1c, at11l 1 iti Thee, that tltcy also may be one in us; that tltc world may ltclicve that Tlltlll hast sent .\lc." (joltn 17:21.) ’ .-\ glorious future, tinder the gttidaltcc and power of the lloly - " NOVEHBEfi°21,"i9z4"l' W; hereby notify all persons ln- ~ Spirit, ziwaits tltc Ctiitcd Church. as she will go forth" to fulfil 111:1" tasks iii llomc and Foreign Alissioit Fields. itioved, all jcaluusies ltatiishtc-(l, and with her great resources of L‘0ll$(.‘t‘l'ill('(1 itteii attd 1vuii1e-t, at11l b-lastcris bidding. of the ttciv Church they are :11-om to fortit? History repeats itself. and will lll tlteir case. aitd corruption as the Protestants did at tltc Reformation. are not going out 111 11c free front state coittrtil, with its ltatttperiiig of spiritual freedom as in the disruption of 18.13. itig to stay by a Church that ltas won from tltc 1iicitt of tiltsoltttc freedom iii all spiritual ztffai ltecatist- a name is tlroppctl which iti Canada is’ (iiily a half cetititry" .\l1 competition re- itiezttts, shc goes t0 do the What of the 1)l‘(‘llll'(‘ll iti tltc Prcsbyteriati Association? \\'liat Tilicy arc not going out to escape oppression Tibet‘ 'l'liey arc refus- statc acltiiotvletlgc- , and thcy refuse old. and is not in nfficial use in Scotland, tltc home of Prcsltyteriatt- rights thcy claimed as" cotiitcctctl with it. a small itiiitority- of tltc Free Church of Scotland refused lo cuter into Llnioit with‘ the of the property and rights of the parent church. Where are they today? tlf 21111 churches given tlictti. we arc itiforitierl that only 7; arc iii tisc. No tnittisters. 110 people for tltc rest. Church buildings with doors ttailed up and falling itilo decay. The only iitissioit field given tliciii closed 11p. 1n less than a quarter of a century, with a rtcli cttdnwtitcut, they are iti ruins. We all know tltc storv of tltc zinti-Uiiiotiists at the Union in our 011-11 country in l87§:'l\l0t one congrcgatioit remaining today except as they arc iti the Union. Tltc Prcsbytcriatt Association can have but small ciidotvtiicnf, cvcu when tltc contmoti property of tltc Cltttrclt is divided with tltcnt, as it cau be, ltccattse of the prov-isitiiis of tltc Utiioi; llill. T110)‘ may ltavc a uutiibcr of Church buildings and a sit-all per. ccittagc of the mittistcrs. P-ut for a Christian Church lo grow it ntust ltave tiiissious. lixpaiisiutt is essential for its lifc. \\'1icrc are their 1111551011 fields to he? 'l'l1ct‘c is" not an ttttoccupied field for them today t0 cuter ittiless it hc iii competition with some other Protestant Church. '1'1iciitissioi1 fields of tltc Presbyterian Church in Cttitadzt cuter automaticallytinder the carc of tltc Ciiifed Church lffffllll no point of view cait we see a ray of liifite that tlteicis ‘my tttitre atvaitiitg out‘ hrcthrcit who cthrtosc to sc -at‘;itc fr < ' ~- cepras iti time, they titay set- tltcir- error, and rcftirit ltt"lji".,c,?d cnter into the fitll life aitd sctvicc of the lhtitt-t] C|]("'ch. I ant sure, a ghid wclcoitic will await tlictti. "lllcssed is lic flint -»- Tenders for Printing City Reports for 1924 MARKED TENIJERS will be re- ceived a-t. the office 0t the City Clerk up to Noon on Wednesday November 26th. 192-1 from peraons wlllintz to print t-lie Olty Report for the year 1924. About two lttiti- diy-d and -i'li"ty (250) copies requir- e1. Tenders to Hill-lie price poi- page. Klvll-S Bflllllllea of Mlle and covers. The lowest. or tiny lender not nerves-Tsar; (lordon- his w-lte, 0t the ottc pat-t and the uitdcrsigited of titt- 111111-1- part: ~ Aid. that tract, piece at11l parcel 0t lttitd sltuti-le, lylitg; at11l lit-trig on Towitsltlp Number sixty-tour lll King's Cou-tt-ty aforesaid, 1)Ollll(l(‘t1 and described llfi fol-loi-vs- ‘lllill i- to SlLyI~-'CU1lli\l idNCl-NG at. a stat-1- sol lit tl11- sttttilicttst eoritttr of‘ -lf)ll1l llytlt-‘s lutitl, thence; riiititittg east or 111 tho course of the roar littt- ol' farm-i tron-ting on tltc Strait.- ol‘ Nortliuniborlui-itd live chains, l.1ll‘ll(‘t" nortlt along the wox-tte-rn liuitittiari- of Tlt-ontpsoti McKay's land 21.111!- 111111-1- 0t forty-eight (‘lllllll-"l. flit-tier- Went. ror 111(- dlsi-tai-tico oi five chain.- ott to John Hyde's laud. flit-nee 141111111 along said John liydofg east- erii- lxttittdary liitt- tor the 1118111111"- ot‘ fot"ty-1-lglif. clta-iits or to tl11- plzwo of comittottttcmt-nt (‘lljflllétllllllf-I twt-itty-iottr l‘l('l‘l‘.‘l of‘ land .11 litfttt iiioro oi‘ les ALSO 'i‘il.~\'l‘ otlior tract, pit-er- or pat-eel ot land stttia-to, lylttg at11l I11-iti); sttlp Ntiitibcr sixty-four aforesaid. bolii; it ltlgltt-ofdlvay oxteti-lla: f‘t‘on1 111111 eastern boundary of silltl abovo tloscrlbetl hind to the (lttertt- siey Cove Road ltavlng a uitltorn- wldtli oi‘ twen-ty feet bounded 1111 the sou-lit by the nortltern boundary oi’ la-ntl sold to James blcKay at11l by a latte in ooit-tlnuation ot‘ sale. northern bottndnry l-lne on tlto nortlt by a l-lne parallel to the saitl northern boundary line of’ JdlllP-S McKay's land and twenty tccf 111s- ftuit therefrom at rlllllfl. fllllllfi-t at11l on the cast by the said Ron-l 111111 on the west -liy tltc eastern 1111111111- tiry lI-no of k-t-iid first ilt-eteriiietl; A-l-St) A-lll- TllAT other tract- pieco ‘R-lltl parcel o! laud sittiate- lyliig and biting on Township Ntttit- tier sixty-four aforesaid. boittitlr-tl and described as ‘follows, fit-at 1:1 to savz-‘ooiiiivi-t-tnciuo M. the 111111-- cttst a-nnlo 0t land formerly itt 111-i" session of’ Janice McKay. t.li1-it1-1-. filll-llllll! lti tut. easterly d-trr-ottoti ror the (lists-nee of one lui-ntlred at11l twenty yardi-t or tttitil it strikes tl11- Maln Road or ‘Highway lazuli-n; from Murray Harbor to (lticrnst-r Cove. thence south alum: said Road for the tllattunoc ol’ two ltiittdrt-d in the [10856331014 of the #1111111- tti James MORAL)‘, thence wet-t. atom! tltc northern bottndary of’ sa m1- at11l w nloitg-tlte northern boii-ntlarj- or lilllll -in possession of‘ Fro-l (3. 1.1- lituiclicttr tor tlto tllsttineo 011ml‘- hundred and twoiity p-ti-rtln front the Muln Road or to tltc 1111111111-1111 flllklo of‘ anotltor piece of -1u.t|tl in 1111.- 'l‘11\1"tt- .. ,a.iid fifty yards tt-nffl it strikes hinti- man to a charge, will the Presbytery assume responsibility fob induct him if they discover his unsuitablencss? T0 say they willi-t-r to 1111 them escape. ttcceesitrily accepted. 6. P. NICHOLSON .City Clerk tifil-ll-Zl-m-Iil. Tenders For Coal Tenders will be received at the office of the Cl-l-y Clerk up to noon oh Wednesday, November 26th, t9- 24 for supplying 125 tong c011] .101- Market Hon-so and 75 tone tor City Btlllllllllt- C0111 to be weighed on 1,111; Olly wtctlgli scales and placed tln basements of’ buildings. Weighing, Outfit-Ito and ti-linmlng to be paid tor by Contractor. ' Fill-e lowest or any tender not newest-fly. accepted. G. P. NICHOLSON 802-11-21-11131 Protest-nor or Hlafory: "What do You know ol’ the ago of Elizabeth Mr. Jones?" Jones ltlrnein-lly): "She will be nineteen next week." Many n m-aii who thinks that lie tit honest because lie pays back hon-owed money wouldn't thin-k of returning n borrowed umbrella. Perhaps a woman ‘loves secrets ecaule of the pleasure It n-ttordu Farm oltiiatod 2 mlleo from 455M111‘: Station, containing 65 acres, acrol undgr cultivation, bllincg covered with hard and soft wood. kl-‘tile hot-u ln good ropair, ha", hurY MW 100 It. long, grllnery, "t "W" It'd PIWIPY- all ln 11m clnl repair. Never tailing gum-pl I" Wmr amm- In tum. :11-o w". pron tfloorl. Farm wcltl fenced, tam; a‘: I? i‘! 900d condition. wit) “11- im "Ollfl- with or without mlgh. ‘Non-gm? ‘as?’ Purohloor. Land; , or oro . A ' llromlooo to p M“, o") GEORGE E. M mm was-t i-tamot. :11-ii". PA. IE0’- lloasestfon 0t’ the. estate of 11.1111 James McKay titans: "f right 11111’- les tiorfliwartl and alon-t: tlio oasi- ern boundary 0t s-aiito the (list-nice of two hundred and fifty ytir-lt-t f1- 11"? lti-two of uomnioticenie-nf. coit- tniinlniz six twros of liind a little moi-o or less, For ltirtther pttrt-ktular-i zipitly Ill the ofllce of J. ll, Stewart- lit (imllt GEOPRQ Street; (‘ltnrlottt-fn-vll. Dated llrlo 131th tlay of Now-111- bm‘ A. D. 1924. cATHEhINE cAss o-t-iALLonAn ELIZA GAS-l UHALLOHAN Surviving Martino-M- 721-11441-‘41 FARQUHAR STEAMSHIP COMPANIES S. S. “AMANDA ” Sailing from Charlottetown for St.John’s Nfld- DECEMBER 1st For further p-articularg apply CARVELL" BROS., Agents.