Churches Church Of England rnrnlvs camnnaar. Anglican . Rochford Square, he Reverend Canon 13. E. Molfatt M. Rector The Reverend W. G. Hall Honorary Assistant Priest. Organist and Choir '” t iss Susanne Brenton Lie Music Taconn SUNDAY AFTER EASTER 7.30 am. Mattlns I a.rn. Holy Eucharist ll) a.m. Church School (0-15) 11 a.m. Choral Eucharist Ii a.m. Church School (under 0.) 7 p.m. Evensong Dally Services at usual hours. '3. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH The Parish Church tnblished 1759 by Royll ,. Foundation the Reverend Canon J. T. Ibbott. Rect or organist and Choir Director: Mrs. V. L. Dingweli 0.00 Holy Communion (Laymens' Association Corpor- etr Communion.) 10.00 Sunday School 1r:00 Morning Prayer and Ser- mon. Subject: "Risen Power” . : 'God O'Klnamen Lord” "Whitehead". 7:00 Evening Prayer and Ser- ysIr'I. Subject: "Lovest Thou Me?" "Pasetg ChoraI" - Amcurdial we, y -le visitors . PRESBYTER. IAN THE KIRK OF 8. JAMES Minister hr Reverend T. H. M.A.. S.T.M Miss I-1. Lillian McKenzie Mus. 8.. F.M.C.M.. Organist and Director of the Choirs. 10 a.m. Church School ll a,m. Divine service and Ser- : "The Lord God Omnipotent kl-il,vnethl" Anthem: The King of Love my lllcpherd is. - Balrstnw. 'sp:m: Vespers and Ser- uon: "The Intrusiveness of Christ" Hymn-Anthem: The Sun De- eiines. --llownrd. Visitors Ileartily Welcome. ZION PRESBYTERIAN I CHURCH Cor. P;-ince and GraftonASt.sT- The Reverend W. Harold Brown. I. Somers. M.A., Minister Rev. E. C. Evans (visiting Minister) Mr. Gordon White (Organist prn - tem.) 10 a.n1, Sunday School if a.m. Divine Worship. Subject: "The Perception of leans" - Rev. II. C. Evans. '7 p.m. Divine Worship Subject: "Living or Life" Everybody 'v'v'eieome. UNITED PEN TECOSTAL CHURCH - 37 Elm Avenue Rev. Quincy Stairs, Pastor. Phone 0070 Services 10 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.1Is. Worship Probe. 7:00 p.m. Evangelstlc Meeting. You are very welcome to these an-clings. "God so loved the world. He did "something about it and He vrnnts us to tell every creature, This is the Gospel". GOSPEL HALL Upper Prince St. ORDER OF MEETING! I.urli'll Day- i0.00 am. Sunday School. 11.00 Breaking of Dread 17.30 p.m. Gospel eating The wages of sin is death but thc gift of Gori is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom. 0:13. Tomorrow I TRINITY UNITED CHURCH ............:.mg Minister: Reverend A. Frank MacLean. BA. Asslstalfl Minister levfd G. Howard Christie. A. B D B. . . . Organist and Choir Director George A. Thompson. F.R.C.o. ' (CHM) A.It.C.M. 0:45 Senior Church School 11.00 Primary and Beginners departments. 11:00 Divine Worship. Sermon: Easter Examination - Rev'd Mr. Christie. Anthem: 0 Thou. Orb (Charles Wood) 7:00 Divine Worship. Sermon: Epilogue to Easter - Rev'd Mr. MacLean. Anthem: 0 ye that love the Lord (S. Coleridge-Taylor) You are invited to warship God in Trinity Church. THE BAPTIST CHURCH Corner Prince and Pitsroy Streets Minister - Rev. Harold Mitten. B A B D Organist and. Choir .Director - Royston F. Mugford. A.R.C.O. 11 a.m. Morning Worship. Guests. independent Order Odd Fellows. and Rebekahs. Sermon: "Friendship" Anthem: "Te Deum Laudamus" Maunder. 12 noon: Sunday School 7 p.m. Evening Worship. Guests. Sons and Daughters of England. I Sermon: "Stand By the Church" Anthem: "O Holy Ghost" Mac- Farren. the Central CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH 219 Kent Street Marvel nfnunlm. B.Th. Minister Mrs. Allison Macliae, A.R.C.M.. Organist and Choir Director. 10:00 a.m. Church School and Family Hour Help us break the Record. 11.00 a.m. Morning Worship Service and Communion Sermon: "The Way Into God's Blessing" Evangelist Wm. Bil- son, Speaking. Anthem: "Saviour Like a Shep- herd Lead Us" - Waghorne. 7:00 p.m. Evangelistic Service Sermon: "Saul of Kish and Saul oi Tarsus" Evangelist Wm. Bilson Speaking. Male Quartctte: "Lord I want to be a Christian". Messrs. Archer. Beck, MacRae and Stewart. You are welcome to the services of the Lord's day. THE SALVATION ARMY Great George Street "HOME OF EVANGELISM” Since 1865 Sr. Major and Mrs. W. Corps Officers. SATURDAY (:00 p.m. Open Air Meeting at Prince Edward Island Hospital. 7.30 p.m. Open Air Service. 0:00 p.m. Special Programme. Admission. IUNDAY SERVICES 10:00 a.m. Open Air Service - ” County Jail. 11.00 a,m. Holiness Service. 2:00 p.m. Sunday School and Bible Class l:00 p.m. Evangelistic Rally 0.00 p.m. Young Peoples Meet- ing. 6.30 p.m. Open Air Service. 7 p.m. Evangelistic Service At Capitol Theatre. All services will be conducted by Captain F. Lewis ei Moncton assisted by Ir. Major and Mrs. W. R. Stanley. The Moncton Band will supply special music assisted by the songsters. You are cordl- ally invited to attend these ser- vices. - GOING UP Stanley Average factory price of canned meats rose from 10 cents in 1040 to 50 cents in 1953. wick. Music in Charge of Mrs Tuesday: 8:00 p.m. Has Today Wednesday: lx0O p.m. EVANCELISTIC MEETINGS CONTINUE CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CNURCII, Charlottetown EVANGELIST Wm. BILSON, Saint John. New Iruns- . Allison Mackae, A.R.C.M. Topics for the week - April 24th - April 29th. Sunday: ll:00 u.m. "The Way into Godis Blessing" 7:00 p.m. "Soul of Kish and Soul of Tarsus" Monday: 8:00 ,p.rn. "The Just Shall live" The World's Crisis . Thursday: ItO0 p.m. The Message of Gideon Friday: 8:00 p.m. Paul's Challenge Hear this Man of God in dynamic presentation. You are welcome In Central Christian. :- the Bible a Massage for N. W. lowthev. : I P. M. Evangelistic lolly -Ire tnvitbd. he Salvation Army Moneton land and songster Meek-end 23 and 14. Special Programme I P. M. Sunday 11 .m. - Holiness Service 7:10 P. M. Evangelistic Srvlee at Capital Theatre. Note: All services will is conducted by Captain F. lewis assisted by Sr. Meier and Mrs. W. Stanley. All Admission 50:. Chairman, I passed away April 20rd. 1947- Ciiy and COOK'S for perfect pictures. CRASWELL for Better Photo-I graphs. LARGE Beautiful Table Lamps. Special 09.00. Toombs Music Store. "YOUR DOLLAR BUYS MORE -at the HUGHES DRUG STORE." ABRIVIMI DAILY new S ringl Dresses. V ” 's Ladiesi ear HAVE YOU EXTRA MILK for the weekend? NEW TINY ZENITH HEARING All) new 375.00. Toombs Music Store. FOR YOUR LUMBER SUP-; PLIES and matched boards. con- tact J. R. Coles. Milton Mills. ISLAND GRILL. Queen Street. Dial 0228. Sewing full course dinners. Specializing Chinese dish "WE TREAT THE SICII WELL" -Glggeyfs Pharmacy, open eve- nings 't.ill 0 o'clock. HATS. -- See our Early Spring Specials. Prices 52.05-53.95 and up. Adella's Millinery. Gloria Building. OWING To MUSICAL FESTI- VAL. monthly meeting Senior Ladies Aid P. E. I. Hospltal. post- poned until Monday, May 9th. CONSULT MILDRED ROYCE! CROWELL. Belcano Beauty Rel!-I resentative, on beauty care and secrets of modern make-up at S A. McDonald's. FIRST TANKER. -- The first. tanker to arrive in Dori this 595d son was the "Irvinglake" an Irv- ing Oil ship which tied up at the Railway Wharf at 1.30 p. m. yes- terday afternoon with a part cargo of 600,000 gallons of gas and liltillhgm oil. Captain Thomas is the masterl of the ship. In Memoriam In loving memory of FREDERICK L. BULMAN Central It0Y'S TAXI--Dial 6500 - 0660 DEHUMIDIFIERS. - Ideal for damp basements. Storey Electric. ICE CREAM - keep a suppi on hand for the weekend. . NEW Popular and Square Dance Records - Just arrived. Toombs I Music Store. W0-HE-L0 cnua Rummage Sale, St. James Hall 7.30 p. m. Saturday. April 23rd. WE REGRIND Crankshaits. Maritime Motor Su1)Pl)' Co., Ltd.. 42 Beasley Ave. CURLING C L U B members don't forget dance Saturday night. Bring a guest. BELCANO'S TIVE, Mildred Royce Crowell. now conducting Beauty Festival at S. A. McDonald's. GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. - All Studebaker auto parts, garage equipment. etc.. being cleared at special prices by Estate T. G. Ives, 219 Great George Street. BEACH POINT. - Services for Sunday, April 24th. Sunday School and Bible Class at 10.30 a. m. Wor- ship at 11.30. Evangelistic Service at 7.30. Special singing. L. Harris. NORTHERN ELECTRIC RE- FRIGERATOR - Highest quality. ItEPRESEN'I'A- C The Guardhn Page 8 Saturday. Apr! 28. 1955 MILTON CARD PARTY -The members of South Milton W. 1.. with their families and friends of the District held an enjoyable Ells- ier holiday party in the form oi a Crokinole-card party. First and second prize winners were Mr. Fulton Willis and Lloyd While. Mr. Cyrus MacNeill and Mrs. Ivan Boulter. Lunch were served and a fish pond was enjoyed. l PAINFUL INJURY - Mrs. Ivan Laurie received painful injuries to her right hand when giasswear she was washing broke. She was rushed to the Charlottetown Holl- pitallwhere several stitches were required to close the wound. Mrs. Laurie was later returned to her home on Spring Park Road. EASTERN STAR BRIDGE - An enjoyable party was held in the banquet room of the Y. M. A. on Tuesday night when Crystal Chapter 0. E. 5. enter- tained at its Annual Bridge under the capable convenership of Mrs. Tess Garrett. Twenty tables were In Play. A delicious lunch was served after which prizes were awarded as follows: Progressive bridge. Ladies first. Mrs. Milton Bell: second. Mrs. Stanley Bry- ant; consolation, Mn, Robe,-1 pl Acorn; Gentlemen. first. Mr. G90r8e Purvis; second. Mr. Har- 0Id Gillespie: consolation. Mr. A. J. Coffin; non-progressive bridge, llrsl. Mrvsh Walter Bears; second, Mrs. Wllllam Brennan: consola- Priced right. Toombs Music Store. SPECIAL milllnery sale at Hi- Slyle Mlllinery. Great George St. ' For three days only, Thursday. Friday and Saturday, 25 per cent off all spring millinery and spec- ial racks at 2.95 and 3.95. MacDONALD RADIO SERVICE Radio repairing. Amplifiers and sound systems. Disc and tape re- cording. 180 Kent Street. Phone 25 PER CENT discount on all inery, Great George Street. for three days only, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; at 2.95 and 3 95 CRAPAUD AND SPRINGFIELD PARISHES. - Services for Sun- spring millinery at Hi-Style Mill-. also special racks . Eday April 24th, 1955. Second of 9'9 R-C-A-E km” I" Em", Sunday after Easter. St. Eliza- Anr" ”"iv 19” illetlvs Church, Springfield. 11.00 Gone N. "M Forgmu by his a. m. Morning Prayer. St. John's Aunt. Mrs. Hamilton Horne. In loving memory 0' 50'1" 0" Mggnougaii who passed away, April zttll. I946. I think of him in silence. His name I often call. Therels nothing left to answer. But his picture on the wall. Lovingly Remembeied by M5 Sister. Mrs. Herbert Georveatt. In memory of JERRY WEBSTER The memory of his dear wee ways will linger with us all our days. Sweetest flower too sweet to stay God took him home to show us the way- Lovingly Remembered. The Costello PamiLv. 'P In memory st MRS. GERTRUDEI. TRAINOR who died April Milt. 1946. Always h our thoughts.- Ever in our hearts. Dearly Loved by her Mother. Brothers and Sisters. WALL-In loving memory of Mrs. Melissa Wall who departed this life April Itrd. 1047. Like a ship Itatls left its moor- Inn. And sailed bravely out to sea so someone dear has sailed away In eahn serenity. I But there's promise of a greater for Than earth could have h store For God has planned a richer life Beyond the unseen shore. Always Remembe ed by daughter. Mrs. loiph D. MacFadyen. h loving nseln : of our dear Mother, Mrs. Melissa A. Wall. who Grand- To think at the day you left as Will always bring regret But the hearts that always loved you Are Ila ease Ital can't forget. Levlngly Remembered 5! her Family. -RIBLE, SOCIETY CAUSE VITAL It is frequently stated that the Bible Society has given some book of Scripture to a tribe, race or people. The fact should not be overlook- ad that it has been the Mis- sionary Societies both great and mail who have made this possible. The two are inter-dependent. The mis- sionaries need the Bible Society. and the Bible so ciety needs the missionar- aries. NOTICE The Annual Meeting of the P. E. 1. Auxiliary of the Bible Society will be held in Central Christian Church Hall. Charlottetown. Monday. May and. at 2:30 o'clock. Plan to attend. Church. Cropaud. 7.30 p. m. Eve- ning Prayer. Rev. George R. F. Ebsary. Rector. MiL'l'().N-HUSTICO PARISH. - liecmr. Rev. A. I-3. Plercey. Ser- vices for Sunday. April Mill. are: St. John's, Milton. 11.00 a. m. Morning Prayer and Sermon. 7.30 p. m. Evening Prayer and Ser- mon. St. Mark's, Rustico. 7.30 p.m. Evening Prayer and Sermon. Come and bring the whole fam- lly. BIRTHS CAMPBELL-At the P. E. I. Hos- pital. April 15th. 1955. to Mr. and Mrs Roy Campbell, North River. a soil. Alexander Gordon. IBOSWALL-At. the P. 1;. Island Hospital, April 18th. 1955, to Mr. and Mrs. Irving Boswall (nee Margaret. Walker) a daughter, weight 8 lbs, 5 ozs. SIMMONS-AL me Prince County Hospital on Sunday. April 17th. 1955. to Mr .and Mrs. Herbert Sim- mons, Wllmot, a daughter. Mar- lene Pearl. MURPHY-At St. Josephs Hos- pital, London, 0nt., on April ilth. 1955, to Mr. and Mrs. Dunstan P. Murphy lnee Joyce Jay. R. N.), a daughter. Shelia Marie. CAMPBELL - At the Somerville Hospital. April ilth, 1955, to Mr. and Mrs. Colin Campbell a son, William Murdock. Weight 7 lbs. ll ozs. CORKERY - At Grace Hospital. Wellington St.. Ottawa, on April l7th. 1955, to Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Corkery (nee Bernice MacKin- non, Charlottetown), a daughter. I! lbs. 2 ozs. EGAN - At the Charlottetown Hospital on Sunday, April 17th, 1055. to Mr. and -Mrs. Michael Egan. a son. Weight I lbs. 2 ozs. Macl(ENZlE - At the Prince County Hospital on April lath. 1955, to LAC and Mrs. D. I... MacKenzie oi Beaverbank, N. S.. a daughter. 7 lbs. We ozs. GRIFFIN-At the Charlottetown Hospital on April Nth, to Mr. and Mrs. James Griffin. New Wiltshire a daughter. it lbs, 2 U2 ozs. MURRAY-At the Charlottetown Hospital April 15, 1955. to Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Murray, a daugh- ter Yvonne Catherine, weight 7 lbs. 3 ozs. IIATHERLEY-At the P. E. Is- land Hospital, April lath, 1956. to Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Hatlherley of North Wilishire lnee Virgelia MscNevin) a son, Blair Nelson. weight 7 lbs. I oss. MYERS - At the Charlottetown Hospital on April lbth, 1055. to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Myers. a daughter. Weight 7 lbs. 3 oz. Car- lian Susanna Mary. PRATT-At the Kingston General Hospital, April 13th. 1955. to Mr. and Mrs. David Pratt. a daughter, Lois Lorraine. Weight 7 lbs. 12 or. YOUNKER - At the P. E. 1. Hospital, April 12th. 1055, to Mr. and Mrs. Omar Younker, Winsloe North. a son. Weight 10 lbs. 7 os. MaeADAM-At the Charlottetown Hospital. April 17th. 1955, to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mat-Adam. a son. 0 lbs. 2 ozs. SMITH-Al the P. E. 1. Hospital on April 1). 1965, to Mr. and Mrs. Parker Smith, North Milton, a 'son. Frederick Fulton. weight 7 bs. ntiaallilil-cll'siiflioNTZ7lT" l'lTe Marshfield Presbyterian Manse. Thursday. April 7 by the Rev. Lee FULL GOSPEL MEETINGS Kensington. King George Hall (upstairs) each Sunday. 7:30 p.m. Thursday R p.m. Hunter River Orange Hall, Sunday afternoon 2:30. 0. A. ROBERTSON. Evangelist. lion. Mrs. Hume. Personals Friends regret that Mr. Hediey. sPem'9- ML Stewart. is confined-I to bed with the flu. Miss Anne I-fulller has altered lfklltlllgg from page 3) Dr.Whillon'sAddress pelled. as was his mellow Upper Canadian contemporary. Dr. Mau- rice Hutton, by the obsession of the Canadian people with the eu- perflcial values of that giddy de- cade, "0 cives, elves. quaerenda pecunla primum est; vlrtus post nummos." Principal Hutton quoted. phrasing Horace to read: "Gel on." the world says. "first of all get on. And then get honor If it comes your PITC- way: , And. last, when life and strength are gone. Get honest also when you've had your day." Sir William Osler. who. in his mastery in both science and let- ters, was probably one of the most typical. of Canadian Aristotelian classlclsts. a generation earlier had protested the dizzy drifting of this continent. to a crass materialism: "The natural man has only two primal passions. to get and beget, -to get the means of sustenance land today a little more) and to begei,his kind . . . . . . "Immortality snd'all that it may mean is 11 dead issue in the great movements of the world. In the social and political forces what account is taken by practical men of any eternal significance in life? Does it ever enter into the consid- eration of those controlling the destinies of their fellow-creatures that this life is only s preparation for .1lmiher7 . . . . . . "Without a peradventure it may he said that a living faith in a fu- ture existence has not the sligb Influence in the settlement of the grave social and national problems ii'hlFl1 confront the race today.” CRITICAL PERIOD Now. almost supernatiunal pow- llIl1e Charlottetown Hospital. where 5 9 WI" underlzn an nperation. ,The many friends Nicholson. 220 lien: SONY to hear she her home through if of Mrs. Sadie, . .. will be? is confined fol iness. Mr. Ronald Doucette has return- ed to Toronto, Ontario, to rewm. his work with the C. P. R., after having spent the winter with his lllarents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Dou- ,cette. Ruslico, P. E. I. lMacNn.lfgVll.tT;l1-,.UI:-tTU' A I FT 'Cameron of Mt. Stewlzrt tllmligeal-lee; W. Robbins of Morell. -'TEs:.Zisi" FEAR-At the Prlnc C i H . Dital on April lBth,el9g.'iln.I,ose:sh Clarence Gregory Fear three months old. son of Mr. aild Mr Kenneth Fear. Summerside Wesstl KELLY - At the Charlottetown Hospital on Tuesday. April 19, 1955, James Lawrence Kelly, 35 Sydney St.. in his 63rd year, ;ll::.l:.' ” "' -At the P. E. I I . FUEL April 19. 1955, Frelialllllj Val: lggllfgerly of Kensingtan, aged WEBSTER--At Stanl . B ,d April 19. 1955, Mrs. elilfary rail: abet" lwel-3SleI'. widow of the me Ears:-erlck T. Webster in her 94th CAIRNS-At the Charlottetown Hospital on Monday, April 18, I955 Terrence Cairns of St. Theresa's in his 84th year STEELE-At Mlscouche. Tuesday. April 19th. Josephine Steele. wife of Joseph Steele in her 71st year. HENDRICKEN-Suddenly at Do,-. cheater. Mass.. on Wednesday. APH1 20. 1955. Mrs. Gertrude Hen- 'drlcken. widow of the late Francis Elglldricken of Pisquid in her (list POOLE-At Souris on April 17, 1955. Thomas A. Poole in his 80th year. " McQUAID-Suddenly at.,her home in Soutllport, Saturday. April 10. 1955. Mrs. Frank McQuaid. form- Erly Of Emyvale, Lot 05. in her 70th year. BLACQUIERE-Ai her home in Summerside on April lath, 1955. Mrs. Joseph Blscquiec in her 76th year. " VESSEY-At the Prince Edward Island Hospital on Sunday, April 17, 1955, Mrs. William Vessey of 42 Allan St., in her 45th year. GALLANT-At St. Nicholas on April 16th, 1955. Mary Gallant, wife of late Joseph L. Gallant in her 00th year. GAMBLE-At Tryoll. April 10, 1955. Mrs. Janie Gamble in her 95th year. MacWILLIAM&-At the P. E. is- land Hospital on Friday, April 15. 1955. Mrs. Amy Easter Mac- Williams. formerly of North Wilt- shire. ' PINEAU-At the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Leclair. North Rus- tico, on Sunday, April 17. 1965, Mrs. Cyrus Pineau in her 87th year SANDERSON-- At Midgell on Wednesday. April I), 1955. Wil- liam W. Sanderson in his 79th year JENKINS - At the King Edward Hotel. Charlottetown. April 22. Charles I. Jenkins in his Bind year HUGHES-Ai t-he Charlottetown Hospital on Thursday, April 11. 1955. William S. Hughes in his and year. 0 MULLIGAN-At her home in Kinkorn on April 3!. 1055. Mrs. John T. Mulligan. ' REAL CHOKE Nearly a quarter of the walking hours of a housewife in rural mm- munities of India is spent bringing drinking water. lllet yes silesit Ilm - sheet assist illness Whatietbitragic almant; why does it strih? How do doctors treat it; what chance do victims have to recover? May Reader's Digest bring YOII fact about the illneu that etrikn more peopIeL than all othc discus. eornlnnod . . . what doctors are doing about on most neglected health prob- sm. Get May Reader's Digest nday: I ldk id hating intuent,hdIIag Htabeuhoni ers have been given into human hands and to the use of peoples and governments by the discoveries ln nuclear energy. Our genera- tion stands "Watching mankind the proud, formed half of God's own breath, half of the stubborn dust. that returns to its. own at death. Man who once crept and groped out of earth's formless slime, armed now with the thunderbolt stands at the height of time." Scholars of the ancient world such as were too. these. our mod- ern claasicists. knew that our civil- izhtion could endure only as it de- firmly rooted in fundamental moral values and informed with wisdom. wisdom grown of the knowledge of man's long sojourn and struggle on this earth. These men. looking diapassion- ately upon the story of the rise and fall of races and of nations, noted that. while victory might seem to have rested must surely with the arms of the mighty, there was usually, also. another factor in defeat. This was a decay that had weakened, from within. the sense of faith in enduring values. and with it the will to resist and the courage of sacrifice. even to the death, for those things that were beyond defining in the here and now. These. where firmly held though arms were weak. fired hearts again to bravery and gave to the vanquished the grim deter- mination and strength to rise again to victory. That this deadly deterioration in values. with its attendant danger of distintegrating decay from with- in. is far upon its way in our western civilization is now the grave conviction of many thought- ful citizens of our modern demo- cracy whose doubts have joined those of these latter classicists as to whether the great mass of the people can be roused to inter- est and responsibility in those so- cial values upon which the salvag- ing of this system of free govern- ment will depend. A PHILOSOPIIIC CONCEPT Democratic government. thought of as a thing and mechanism of voters' lists, polls. elections. and legislative and administrative pro- cedures. has a profoundly philo- sophlcai concept and base. - noth- ing less than the capacity for ab- 'solute goodness of the mind and spirit of the human being. Because that has been forgotten too long by too many and in too many laces, the great structures of mocracy are everywhere shaken and eakenlng. quite as much from the deterioration and disintegration in moral principles, strength of character and courage of those- ieaders and led alike - who give it but lip service as from the in- sidious inroads and dynamic drive of Communism. whose disciples of- fer, in the misty twilight of our complacency softened conviction and calculating compromise. clear- cut opposing principles. the prac- tical appeal of definite destinations and a terrible ruthlessness and singleness of purpose in realizing them. The defence of Democracy is to be encompassed by overthrowing these enemies within no less than by iepulsing those who threaten to breach its enclosing walls. The task will be long, painful and tiring, and exact a discipline widely and long discounted. if not I. O. O. F. No. 27, Alpha Rebeeca ledge r stilt has i bk self-examination of how Democracy came to be. wlsereon it was built and how its shaken pillars are to be strength- ened. its structure restored. And we wish to save it for. as Churchill so shrewdly writes. "CEIIIOCTICJ is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY The principles of Deinocracy are simple in statement, complex in practice. There is an innate value and right of each-individual being to the freedom of his own life and oul. which carries with it the responsibility of if-discipline. Acceptance of this principle leads to a second -- that there is, there- fore, inherent in the people collect- ively. by reason of their judgment as a whole, this same i 'ienable right to govern themselves. direct- ly or by those urwhom they choose to entrust such rule and whom they will hold accountable for the exercise of this power. Democracy can thus be the best or the worst form of government man could devise since its good- ness must depend upon the good- ness of the individual men and wo- men who create and direct it. If Democracy is to be a good form of government then it must be built upon not only the be- lief but the practice that each one of us has his or her own special 'virtue' or quality of gift to make to the life of the whole; that it is our moral and just duty to bring that fullness of our own powers to the community iiself; and that in so doing we shall find the highest health and happiness of the spirit (I suppose what the modern psy- chiatrist calls ”sublimation"). GRECIAN PHILOSOPHERS To a system of government. founded on such belief in the in- nate good. and self-nurture of that ood by the people who form it, goodness itself. Plato taught. is as the sun to the system of visible things. Hence comes Plato's insistence on absolute loyalty to right and morality in the individual life, and their strengthening by education, the process by which a man or woman becomes all that he or she is capable of becoming. Wisdom comes of clear knowledge of the good; courage from following the good without fear; temperance from resisting what are known to be the baser appetites, and a sense of justice from developing judg- ment and balance in these differ- ent forces and duties. In other words. if there is to be government by the people, the people must be trained and quali- fied to discharge the duties of gov- ernment. "Whereas. in simpler matters- iikc shoemnking." Plato declaim- ed, "we think only a specially trained person will serve our pur- pose, in politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are III we call for a trained -physician whose degree is a guarantee of specific preparation and technical competenc - We do not ask for the handsome.-at physician or the most eloquent one: well, then, when the whole state is ill. should we not look for the service and guidance of the wisest and the best?" Plato. therefore. saw the best form of government in an "aristo- cracy." a selection from "the best" qualified not by birth or riches, but by training for government in that if no effort were made to re- late qualifications to the assump- tion and exercise of power. demo- cracy - government by the pea- pie - could become one of the worst forms of all government. Aristotle mistrusted rule. cent- ered in a monarchy, no matter how benevolent. and held compar- able misgivings as to the aristo- cratic system. which Greece had seen deteriorate in the autocrncy of the Areopagus or Supreme Coun- cil which had controlled all ad- mission to the gens. to " of which the franchise was stricied. Democracy Aristotle d o u b t s it most of all unless practised among a race of gods. since he questioned a 1'0- general good. A MIDDLE WAY way. described as democra”, but restricted in the sense oig our democracy of to-dath H0 WNW" ed participation in the govern- ment of Athens by the principle of payment from public funds for public service in the juries. but restricted the right to vote and to serve on such juries to citizens of Athenian par-. enlage both on the paternal and' maternal side. No slaves norj mercenaries could vote. Thus the Periclean democrae, was limited to rule by free and equal citizens of Athens, of whom there were. but 50.000. The struggle to widen the basisl of the franchise and so to share power. directly or indirectly by electing representatives, became identified with the attainment and exercise of freedom itself. The, despised. But tlter'e is little hope A No. Q, I. O. O. I. will meet in the school room of the Charlottetown baptist Church on Sunday morning, Aprl 24th. at 10.30 where services eemmereting the lib Anniver- sary et the founding oi the Order, will be held. Periclean Athens - or indeed! NOTICE All members of St. Lawrence lodge No. I, Wildy Lodge No 10 and Port la lei: En-l and et.c.? TNE ISLAND HAVING TROUBLE TO FIND Miniature playing cards. wax tapers. paper ser- vieitcs, photo albums. nail- up sucks, bridlze tallies. dominoes, bride's books, etc. less picture hangers, pick- ...TRY.... humanity's capacity to attain to 2 the good and to serve only the " Pericles had sought a middle I introducing - eweflesmaiiarsekdtystetestbe rulersueusniasses-so could have full democracy. They were small communities. of common interest and beliefs; they excluded slaves and non- citizens or admitted them to the franchise only on specific quali- fications, which they ”- 'vzo set out. Indeed, everywhere, the town or city community - as with the town meetings of the New Eng- land States and ef Prince Edward Island to this very century - offers itself as a natural area for the full play of democratic gov- ernment in the sense of direct rule by all the people. (Indeed the quality of "small- ness" permits the flne quality of the hand-turned product whether it be this Province of The Island or this City of Charlottetown. or the graduates of small but dis- tinguished Prince ei Wales.) ROME - AND AFTER As Grecian strength waned and the Roman Republic L successor. the struggle for pow- er intensified between the patric- ian Roman Senate and the enlarg- ing pleblan population until, in the expansion and wealth of the Empire itself, such tensions eas- ed in the prosperity and luxury made possible by the arbitrary rule of the conquered, to whom no vastige at sell-government ex- tended. The barbarian invasions called for such centralization of authority and power in defence and the fight for survival that the less practical nlceties of the prin- ciples of individual freedom and self-government were engulfed and lost in the collapse of the R0- man Empire itself. The conquering hordes of the; Goths and Huns knew no rule but that of their own leader and of the primitive tribal laws of sharing in the battle and the spoils. under chieftains of prov- en strength and ruthless cour- age. Thus lhere envoived. as against the ideal of democracy, the theory of the Divine Right of Kings, blessed with Charle- magne's coronation on Christmas Day we A.D. This was to be the dominating theory in the govern- ment of Western Europe until shaken by the execution of Char- ies I in 1649 and finally repudiat- ed by the Bill of Rights in 1689, insofar as the evolution of free and constitutional government in British practice is concerned. But. steadily, while the practices and policy of the Christian Church upheld the theory of Divine Right. the permeation of Christian teach- ing daily denled such fallacy as had Christ Himself. of whose Evangel it was that the Spirit informing blind Bartemeus. or the beggar or the leper, the noble or the rich young man, the fish- or, the sailmaker. or the Emper- or, was the same. in inherent worth and dignity. because it was of God. the indwelling spirit in man. , Tile Christian teaching. carried -westward. led to the practice of fellowship and charity, the rais- ing and succour of the needy. and more and more widely, the free- ing of the serfs, sometimes by grace. sometimes by purchase from the feudal lords. THE CITY STATE! About the markets and trading centres grew the pzoplg gr thg towns, who, especially in the need of their overiords and rulers for money for the crusades. bargain. ed for charters to govern their own affairs, or, indeed, as they SPEW IIFOHSGT. often wrested such rights by force. The towns and cities, once a. S8111. as in ancient days, " the truest practitioners of free T-T SB"-ilnvernment but within them the struggle renewed as between marches and wealthy bus-ghen resisting the thrust to power of the population, crowding in from the countryside and the seaports. As trade and commerce . ' ” military conflict, money became a of as ' ” as land and the merchants turn- ed bankers. - loans. investment and interest becomin as potent weapons of power as ever the sword and the franchise. NATIONALISM Upon this restless, inqulilng. ever-thrusting western world. otller forces were already breaking. The adventurous voyaging of travel- lers by land and sea was to bring knowledge of the cultures of Asia and the Far East and to open the riches of South America, the vast- ness of North America. to the E u r o p e a n and Mediterranean peoples. and. practically simul- taneousiy. to see the quick emer- gence of the national states. in its a world in which the city state could be no longer a potent force unto itself. And the invention of printing meant, at once. the growth of FEEGIIIE. the diffusion of know- ledge. the spur of facts to deeper thinking, the seeping of thought into ever broader strata of the people. Western civilization seethed in ferment. As the towns had long sought control over their own destinies, so now whnie gtjtgg sought to throw off overriding now. or blndlng them from without, or the destrllcliun ni prlvliege throttling their liberties from with- in. It would be close in four cen- turies before the turmoil was to run its course from the uprising of the Dutch against Spain in 1570-00. through the Cromweilian RGVOIUUDD. the Restoration and the Bill of Rights in Britain; the American War of Independence. the French Revolution. and the independence of the South Ameri- can Republics to the European. Russian and Far Eastern strug- gles which eontinue to this very decade. In such strife, the cause ei freedom " hopelessly eon- fuvsed, identifying a republican with a democratic form of gov- ernment. (A republic can be more autocratic than a monarchy in thstythere is an ultimate arbiter Of lilapulini Powers as h afford- ed in all but the most absolute nf monarchies.) THE "GOOD" STATE What men were really seeking was the destruction of control of the exercise of power by privii. 8&2. But. privilege can seek, and exercise power, in any form of ildvernment - n monarchy, an ollgsrchy, an aristocracy, an auto- cracy. a republic and g d.. m0CPI9y- "Almost any system will serve if worked by good men: any system will fail if worked by self- seekers". So declared the Vice Principal of Queen's lihat scholar- ly Islander. Dr. W. E. McNai1l) in an address to Convocation upon his lsureation LL.D. honoris cause in I947. "What must people have to make a brave new world?" Dr. Me. Neill went on to answer, "Paul had a good answer: twhatsoever things are true, whatsoever things -IN honest. whatsoever things are just. whatsoever things are love- ly, whatsoever things are of good report'." 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