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Sli ISD SELF HURT
Bev. W. L. Davison, pastor of th
e ` ` l ~. _
Fleet Street M. E. Church. Brooklyn. An ~mterv'°w lly D. l<rcdci~lck Ham-
preached recently on "The self hur
of sin." The text was from Proverb
vi_ii:36: “He that sinneth against me
wrongeth his own soul." He saidzi
fn n very real and scriptural séiise
fill sin is against God. it iuny ie an
act of transgression against a fell. w-
hcing but.it is, nsvertlieiciis, fri. iii.
front to the Almighty. lliwiii uiidiir-
stood this ,when hn ciied out "ri-
gainst Thee, 'I‘hee only iuive l sin-
ned," in spite of' the fact that his
foul treachery had been ~iir.»ct.i.'l n-
gaiust one of his own subjects. fl-.ir
Lord reaffirmed this truth when he
s=s,idI ."_lnasmuCh as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these my
brethern, ye have done it unto mc."
It is well for us to keep this greiit
fundamental _constantly in mind. It
will help to give majesty to the hum-
bleat of humanity and reveal the in-
trinsic preeiousness of cverv fellow-
being. .We cannot inlure ahother witil-
out taking Almighty God into thc
Es
%§§'.-%‘r’“ii.l`”'m‘”AB¢"A,85s
t ilton.
S This ls nn interview with D
the Royal Commission
I, _ ` on ‘Technical
éducatlon, and (mne,-ai Consulting
ounsel for All Canada on matters
Qfl0£KaniZation and social progreg_;
view with Dr. Robertson as Chair.
glad  the Technical Education
olnmli..-.,ioi\. That is his iirrpiii
Phase! $0 those who know the man
‘tmzxrcfxt that he is busy wiili tliii.
- 1 nov, in itself is sufficient cyl.
dence that be was not bizsy with i'
“YO were aim, .mil will not re i,.,,,,',
uith it two years lu-ncc. Not that lic
‘S ‘0h\t»le; not that he incl.. ici...
vcraiicc; but this- that he is n mar.
at once dowcrcd with a singular igifi
for observation and organization,
und possessed with a fi'rce r;=s.tl.s-
0ll_U$)‘. He is a tegilificr, not an ;,_,i_
l'filKllSll‘EltOl`. Ualliiiia ii; |,;tmw£,] with
prosperous ilistitiitious which bp
started, and which hc left for otlu-rs
transaction. Our accountability is to carry ,NL
primarily with Him. Hc is olir ever-
lnstiug Father. but He is, at the
same time our final Judge. _
'f‘,here is,\howcver, another side to
sin. While we outrage and adront the
Holy God _who looks not upon sin
with any degree of allowance, we are
guilty of the greater folly of cheating
ourselves. _ Its awful damage often
spreads towider circles but the per-
petr.&tor,_always brings the wreckage
down upon his own .head. _ The stu-
dent may -delude himself into the be-
lief tlrathe ischeating' his instruc-
tor, bpf. the pupil is the victim of
his own cheating. There is no sadder
spectacle -than the self-cheated. The
man  bpsiness may congratulate
himsel ,that while he has gained oth-
crs, because of his cunning, have lost.
llut dishonesty has a fearful rc-
bound. The sian-dcrar may besmimh
the fair nspute of his victim, but as
sure as, this inexorable law of _the
self-hurt of sin is_,written in the verv-
constitution of the moral realm. i\1Bf-
so sure will the dehle"ent come back
with .tinerring aim. We thus become
our own victims, lt is the severest
log‘ic ,nf the spiritual life. It is in-
violoble, inexorable and necessary.
out the sad and stupid phase of-sin
is that this damage is always self-
inflicted.
No ms.n, can, therefore, reasonably
blame God for what He Himself has
instigated. If -the plea bc put forth
ihst sin is ignorance. it is uecwsdrvl
for _us to define sin and to insist
that the ples be entered in good
faith, and to further remark that
justice gi-|d‘j\ldgl'l'i0llf. arc the habita-
tion of His throne; mercy and truth
shall go before His face. But tllenplea
can neverbe candidly entered. out
of thine own ,mouth will I condemn
thee." “If we say that we have no
son, we deceive ourselves, and the
truth is not in us."
'rliis moral subterfuse mms '-0 l’°
coeval with the race. Adam was twil-
ty of this some sophlstry when he
said, "Tho woman whom thou 81-lVU°»`t
to be with me, she gave me of the
“.9” md I' did eat." It does not
matter whether we read-ffl illls U55
parable or history, the record_ ls
strangely true to our own c0n6C10\1S
lives. This gli! Adamic tendeucv is in
th'e race,¥W blame God for our mis-
fortune, "'_I_fhs woman whom thou
gaveat to hd with me"--this ll? T-he
real danger toatll of us. The old ma-
terialism is n therreed of the best
minds tUday._ This world in which we
live is rationally explained only “D011
the theory of the miihufactured arti~
cle. But the alarming asped Ol l““°h
thought is that men vainly Bllemht
to persiiade i themselves that the re-
sponsibility is not theirs. If-you P61”
suade s msn that he is not a resP°l1'
sible agent; that nothdllls *»h¢-¢l‘¢a`
for gi his will, he is not thvf°l°r°
accountable for his decisions, s very
satin-nslia of moral riot f0ll0WS lh
the individual society. How Almighty
God can create the soverelzh will 0'
mah, dominant, possesslns th* mmf"
ty of the freedom of choice. I 00 “Ot
know. But this much we all know.
namely. that we are honestly con-
scious of this matchless freedom; that
.vhieh Kent culled the greatest Ol ell
.....~es.. :luty',iis.i__ihe iipnermvel _ml
in the thrcne~i~oom of our being. B
sense of our blnnieworthiness S I-he
possession pf every thoughtful "‘§‘f‘-
It is nobnecdssary to be a mctaplf'
sicisn" in order ,to be convinced of
i.hin_ primary truth. Its denial is H0*
only false, but conscious folly.
It follows, therefore, that in a Very
strict sense men sn; "'gdll-$1331"-ct
Wiiatliev, e are _ron o e
or ethsrvvtise, .dsgends upon the kind
of moral structure we are e\‘¢°l-lllZ-
We are actually the architect! Ol °lll‘
own spiritual destiny.
Noi- can we time G°d's law 'Of
our personal failure. The law of the
Lord is perfoct.~~ No indictment GB"
justly stand aK|llll9l»-his d""F"°s'
lligbteousncss is not only ln harmvhv
with ills established order, hut it is
rhtiohsi, christ unity is m°f°l “W
ity. It never trsngresses the dictated
of zwisen. Its lnyiteriee may trans-
cend _tim ¢-.trier-ltiel filliie human lil'
reflect. but 'cdr nissul processes are
never violated. The experience oi
mankind vei-idea the truth that righ-
teousiless ents a nation, but sin is
ii reproach and destroyer 'nf any W0'
ple. 'Ihe fairest products of the use
are nutured D1. -Ghadieiice to (1068
.ui-wine nrovleioiis iiinsture and mo-
.-rn. vieliitlcii time im nroduwl-
eiid elwsys mil -produce. deformity
and death. T s _fl.flle verdict of all
m°l1. overywliere: It is onlyst“&’l“
we lust if l on Alain A
llluh ard? `  we suder- We
cannot. th re, iusely. blame either
God ni- His, -i _whltever of nerr
elf-y we hsv§~ fed “pon ourselves.
Ami this in the i-.ruth ci the test. We
not only wrong our own souls, but
.Ht . A
_ Consider his career for a moment,
for part of the significance of what ii-
fo follow depends ou that cnre.r. in
the hcglilnilig this serious»;'p_wil
young f~lcot, with ii North. Iiritinli
burr oil ills tongue and a i:il`t of
speech which could talk A hir-.l oil ii
ily business had lczl him into that.
_ _ 5
pressing his ideas drew attention,
lilllflfll hy .the Guelph Agricultural
College as professor in dniryinlg,
Soon Guelph was too small to hold
while before the Conservative Admin-
istration went out of office, he was
taken possession of by the Dominion
Department of Agriculture. He had
some sort of official title, but his
real work was to be nn .igri.cu`itural
Agite.tor.- For years hc was flying
over the Dominioil, origanisiliiz new
movements. Seed i;rain-e:;pcrimer.t-
sl plots-pure bred stoc,k--dairy-
every year he , set vometliiug going.
He acquired in .these years a rare
knowledge of thc agricultural lndus-
try of Canada. So elosies thc i-ret
phase of his life.
While still busy os .~\gri=:iil.|;uiiil
Agitator his mind turned more and
more to educational subjects. li was
the rotation of crops applied to the
human product of the farms. “The
crop should make the land ready for
the next," be said once, “and yield
seed for larger and better crnps on
other arcas. As yet we are but sev-
en millions; bllt when we are thirty
millions-as we shall bc before many
scores of crop have been reaped-
shall we not le .a dominant people
among the nations?" So he turned
to the new crop of human beings.
His partnership with Sir William
Macdonald, the Montreal millionaire,
followed. Consolidated schools, mail-
ual training, school gardens, came ln
due succession; than there rose the
mighty Macdonald 0011626 Bl Ht-
lihnc de Bellevue, with its millions
of dollars in buildings and its mil-
lions in endowment and its fascinat-
ing plan of linking school-teaching Q0
scientific agriculture ~and domestic
science. That took up several years.
When the institution was finished thc
restless Scot, fervid _Highlander en-
grafted upon land-loving Lowlanderi
true to his principles bade it farc-
well and was foot-loose once ‘more-
Then came the Royal Commission on
Technical Education. H
Now you .understand that the
Chairman approaches thc subJ0Cl» Ol
technical education from a basis of
intimate acquaintance with agricul-
ture. He has been busy with ‘the
problems of the land for some thirty
five years. Starting from this train-
ing in our basic industry hc ap-
ehes the industrial life of the
llllflh. mlllmgefl ii chc;sc factory; two
or three cheese factories in fact, with
ufnmous brand of his owu. ills fain-
l-lis` explosive energy and 'lit for es-
nnd the early eighties saw him ac-
him, and in the early nineties, Some-
 lliuias w. iiosisiusoii nails or uliaworii nous , ,
sv THE iiovli corlmlssioil ou uzcuulcll Enuciuo
community. _
. pause in the labors of the Commis-
J . v. - , . " . .
am” /\ Robertson, (fhsirman ol sion.. It has not altogether finislled
lil! jpliriieyings and its qucstionirigs,
but it has done a reat deal. It has
ishcd with every province except Que-
U fi _ - . , _. |
_ n erstand that this is an inter- hee. lt has visited 90 places, and!
Quebec will add about 15 more. lt;
has held about 150 formal sess`Lous.!
it has taken thc sworn testimony of
about 1,300 persons. A great deal of
interest has tczn shown' by the pub-
ic, -
what is. to follow is in no sells; un!
anticipation of the report of the
Commission. lt is rather the result'
of a talk with Dr. Robertson and the
setting down on paper of certain
lending impressions which lic has re-|
ceivcfl from this snrvcy of the Do-
minion from Halifax to Nanaimo. 1-le
knew the ai;l'i<.lllturill facts of the
'ountry vcry well bcforc. Now he has
been scrutiniziiitg its industrial life,
r-i~.l itz. rdiicutional activities as well.
l\`irst let us have a concrete fact or
two.-
Here is one. Tile Commission has
observed a vemiirkable developmzut
of industries iii comparatively small
towns ill Canada. Exumplcs multi-
plied as thc doctor spoke.
"Wiiiiisor in Nova i-lcotia is not a
very big place," said he, "and is not
on the mnin line; bllt it has A furni-
ture factory half of whose product
goes west of Winnipeg, and to New-
foundland." ’l`ruro in the same pro-
vince, another town by no means
large, has a woollon industry with it
Doiiiinion distribution for its wares,
und a cap factory which makes half
thc cloth caps used in the Dominion.
There is Amherst, N. S., with the
Curry Car Works, which are making
cars for all the different railways in
Canada; thc cars turned out by this
great concern are to be seen, on thc.
_Canadian Pacific and Canadian
Northern railways from the Atlantici
to very far west of Winnipeg. Char-
lottetown, despite the lamented ab-
lsence of the Prince Edward Island
tunnel, has a gasoline engine factory
which is working over-time to send
engines to the west. Yarmouth at
tory which makes a special kind of
duck cotton belting in repute in pulp
mills very far away from the shores
oi' the Bay of Fundy. Fredericton,
another town which is off thc main
liue, has a shoe factory, and on the
shipping cases _ on the occasion of
.his visit Dr. Robertson saw
such _directions as - Montreal,
Moose Jaw and Wetaski-
win. Who in Ontario does not know
how busy Oshawa is? or how Atton
is a. centre of the leather and glove
trades? And so on; instances innumer-
able can be given. I
This tendency of manufactures to
develope in quite small towns is a
fact. Now, is it s healthy fact? And
if so, why?
“It is a very healthy fact indeed."
Dr. Robertson declared. "lt is so bc-
cause of three considerations.” (Sit
with him, and you will see him tell
off his three reasons on his fingers;
he is devoted to classification, defini-
tion and explanations).
1. The establishment of such facto-
ries in a moderate sized town means
opportunity for the employment of
their capital and savings. A lending
case is Berlin; for a long time thc
backbone of its industries was the
money of the wealthy farmers of
Waterloo, and this money came, part-
ly indirectly through the banks
which financed the industries with the
farmers’ deposits, and partly dircctlv
through personal investment by the
farmers.
‘ 2. The industry affords a good out
let for the surplus population of the
farms in the vicinity. A proportion
This (lliristmas season marks a
_ g I
been iii every province, and has ilu-'i
the funn” will be certal-ll- Ull`0llEl1 erlite size living and working under 'conditions here and now There is
_ _ ' l '
Lenlperainant or through the turn of conditions highly favourable to sb- strong feeling in favour of shiftin
their abilities to find their way into
some other line of industry. The 10.
cal factory will accommodate many
of tlicsc. Thus the interests of town
and country will be linked together.
Il. The workulail has n far licttcr
chalice for acbicviui; civil: niid social
_ Q-'=» i
8
WUHTH [if WUHK  
N Tl] HUMAN [Iii
iC°rr~ 1909 iw Bradley-Gunnison cc.
i nhl.: " _
sorption and assimilation. For ex- the emphasis from the study of leg
ample, Brantford has 4000 of these
ters as a means of culture to the '_ All mm” th" 'r°‘ V
industries; and so associate with En- mind and spirit. There is a feeling-5.
side Canadians. So also Hamilton With. or parallel to. all wise govern.
Are with more spirit chased than @-
ioyed. _
I Merchant of Venice, Act I., Be. 6,
Enjoyed. as linen in this puqp,
has referenm vo the pleasures of pgs..
Eurollellll immigrants nt work in its trnininl ofthe faculties of the bod\
E-rlllih-Slwlikillg operatives at their broad that the under-lying principles
work; and as they further live along- of sound education run concurrently
session. Each mall thinks if he 
mental action.
- l -1 ‘ this position or that object ho would
=. L_ 
New this is a string of more or less
concrete observations and examples,
‘ Let us pass to something in the na.
. ture of general observations.
‘ P°l'llBlJH DI' R0b‘e\"ts0n’s most impor-
tant message ,is this:-This survey of
Canada has deeply impressed him
with the inter-relationship existing
between the people who live in the
different provinces. These inter-rela-
UOIISNIJS. these practical partner-
8l1iDB, are very intimate and very
fully developed, even if they were not
fully recognized.
“Take first the obvious fact of the
be satisfied. The only cregitllreu time
are ever satisfied are the animals in
the summer fields, the hog in its pq, '
or human beings whose chief good' 1|
"but to sleep and feed.” Shakespeare
in classifying thc latter ,termed than
beasts. They need not be considered,
All P1’0Perly constituted men an
Working towards a goal. The politi-
ciail is thinking of representing his
state or province in congress or the
commons, of winning, the govgi-noi-_
Shir; hemay even have the pi-ice of
_ _ _ the Presidency or the Prime Ministers
iiistribution of our population," he position before him. The young law-
:l1l‘l- _ Uhr Pcflple have family rela- yor has in his lniuil's cyc a jildgeifuiii.
lflrllshllls all over the country." The rnanfacturer has his gaze fixed
I ako secondly the increasing mutu- on a million. The midshipmun or the
a interdependence of the occupations lieutenant begins his vnavaf or mili-
of the people. One craft depends on tary career with the hope of some
"noth" Craft for lf-S Dfvsflerity. l.et diy helrlg a commander-iii-cliiei.
I thedinrvest fail, and, ict us say the i t Many strive, few atfalli! 'l‘n¢-. win.
l»t0‘.c lndustry will rcccive few ord- ners hnvr n brief moment of eruita-
l-llc till Of NOVB Sfiofla UWUH B 15°' Dr. James Wilson llohertsou, L. L,D., C. M. G., Chairman of the Educa-
.iion of Canada.
‘ tion Co ru mis
satisfaction than he has in .s large
city. He can live in a better house;
he can have n garden which at once
will licip with the family excheriuer
and serve as a recreation. His child-
ren will breathe a more democratic
atmosphere, will associate with child-
ren in other walks of life, ‘will have
educational opportunities in many re-
spects better, will havr. on the whole
larger opportunities. Moreover, the
workingman is a moir important
mail in a small place than in ii big
onc; he may become a member of the
minlcipal council, he may sit on the
school board, he has -numerous out-
lets for his 'civic energies. :Fake it
all in all. the worlringmnn has a het-
ter time in a small place. ,,
Dr. Robertson observed that these
smaller places have one drawback and
that is that they do not make much
provision for technical education for
‘their workingmen. It was the un-
animous desire of those exam-
that the town and the farming dis-_incd that something in the way of
trict which centres in it have a goorlilmproveinent be affected. There was e
general recognition that thc problem
is to provide a better training for
men to live their life in their own lo-
cality; the Workman should also be
it citizen. `
Again; another concrete fact of in-
terest. We hear n _good deal of the
imiuigration from ciulti‘al Europe. We
know that certain of our large cities
have :great masses of immigrants
who speak neither of the mother ton-
_gues of Canada. It has come out in
,the proceedings of thc Commission
that there are considerable numbers
of these iinmiprzinrs in places of mod
.-1
has a coilsidcrable foreign population
iiyhich it seems to be assimilatlnp. r
i Linked with this is the fact id
upon the industries which furriigli its
raw materials, and so on. This iii.
Take tliirdly the fucff-it may not
be fully £_Il`8SllBll. but Dr. Robertson
declares lt to be a fact-that there
ls_ no real competition of a hurtful
kind between one province and nn-
0th_cr. The gain of one is not the
loss of another. The ngriciiltzirnl
Dl`0SDcrlty of Prince Edward Island,
l0l` Cxhmlllv. does not lower th:
flfzcc, or interfere with the innmet,
of the Ontario farmer, for thc woi`ld's
market is so very big and so vrrv
clamorous for high quality. This is
but one example of ii fact-of Cana-
.lian deve_lopmcut which is a lending
lliul‘actel‘istic. Prosperity in a given
province meiiiis better profits for
rrniisportatiou agencies, means an in.
creased deninnil on the factqriei of
Ol-l’fl` Pl”0"lll‘=€S. means a more liber-
al flow of c irrency, means, in short
iilcwused iigor for all. '
Nor docs this idea of partnership
Sf0P here. There is a partnership of
classes and industries ns well as of
provinces and areas. The Chairman
EDF Robertson, that a good dcaslxtof
provision now is made in the cities i
of Canada across the continent loi-
night schools in which the newcomers
aforesaid can ienrn. These institu-
tions have made gréat progress oi
late; iii many cases, part of the in-
sf.ruL'tioil is given by highlv skilled
workiiieu-iorcmeii., etc.-who help
the professional tnachers. Technical
courses. arc largely given.
Growing out of this line of thought
is ailoinherj A strong tendency is no-
ticeable i.lli'oucllout Canada toward."-
organization of industry and towards
competent workmanship. With one ex-
ceptloli, "pi-acticzflly all our industries
are iiiiproving in this,-directioii. The
exception, Dr llobcrtsm observed,
seems to be the fisheries. little or
nothing is being done to sec whether
the men cannot be helped in the mat-
ter of locating the fish. Surely hu-
man soiencc can do somethin!-Lin ‘the
way of enabling its votaries to ascer-
tain tbe probable whereabouts of thc.
fish the men seek to capture.
Une, more observation before we
pas., to a fi-r--.li phase of the chair-
mnn';,- observations. Tue Commission
fouild au unanimous trend of testi-
mony, alike from principals of g-rear
universities and teachers of_0n\e-r00ln-|
ed schools, that the relationship oi:
the existing school systems to the
actual .situation iii Canada is most
imperferft. All fccl that school cours-
es and methods of instriiction should
be adiustcd and adullfed t0 llleel-
we deliberately call down upon our-
selves the wrath of the outraged mo-
mliimth?.pllraseol0f;y Of l`¢ll8l0ll~ WU
my of ii man that hc is "saved:' or
a understand either one of f-W0
the absolution _o i th
vatfoii a D0\Wl w EW” “B 1
high and holy sells” a ‘“
nut in shothe. equally ‘mlm “ll
hood is resciied from wan o
isssved l‘0 d lwmm He is mem,
. is 0
of livfiig vaiiglgthynligdrgetsthts Draven
emwbl ° constructive work of tht
ww and f righteousness. The var-
kinfldom role “and” and armies am
l°““ me fi ...ni eiieetive.
m‘°°l.2:s..:.i§t Britt fgi(-,stef the K"°“t°"
but- v utlve a encl' ll 0'
   -.
5"°"" i-,gt so the instrument o'
“Any “The ronservatioii and dil'°°l-
rescue' i itual life and cnerffy h0ll1*
lon 0! 'P iE‘hriaiian civilization. And
together, In man is "saved" or soc-
s° we S Y d in proportion as obed-
ietic' l:o”:,`;,“,,t may seem to he thc
B
fell
t less necessary. laws
afbgtgargmitorngre observcd._ in _this
(Continued on»llB8v 3-)
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_ _ _W _.___._._-_-_»_-_-_-:.-:.-.-.-¢=--- - - - - - - - - - - ~- - ~ Y '
"unsavcd." If s man is "saved, W
m y
. ~ i t, tb t no ha.s_re<=0lvcd
winks' F rs f €,hrist's atonement .
for sin. This vicarious sense 0 ei
sufferings and death of Jesus Cbrisit.
is the heart of the creedwe PNB ~
His work is incomllelle and
'l‘o us. _
ineffective unless. there is in Hi: laiélv
1 uid be hope ess
.u2ile:ssgcw?epecou“lg have the bles-
   
gwen mee' go an is said to
be "»°"°<*-" _ A ._
-~ '¢<l.’ He is saved
way 'imffsiifzuiiadf sin. He is saved
froinho highest and best possibilities
S; his “aww 'rim pcriilhing gloryt ol
ii
msn
_. ti . The prodlsal
wane am;  a(:\l'\fiil degradation'
of the husks Bh d
ea to uw* ““"‘°°“‘ "“" "'i"}i'i`ii..i'"f.’..f.
Grand Division of P. F.. l.
Dear Sisters and Brothers;-It is
with feelings of devout thsnkiulnesi
to Almighty God for His many mer-
cies in permitting us to meet in this
our first 'quarterly session, that we
assemble to deliberate on the past
ri to devise ways and means where-
are engaged.
W4; are pleased to meet with the
kind and noble workers of Frederic-
nder the auspices of old
.she t 1 E
the onslaught of the foe.
of this report, that during the quar
'ter I have not uildertaken much work
fn the cause, not that my heart is
not in ft, for my sympathy and love
for the Order could not be stronger;
but conditions have hhdh lllCBt ““`
riropitious, it being stormy. for ii
large portion of the time, with ev-
tremely bud roads, and, to add to
*hc iuconveiiicnce, it train accommo-
lntion that lcirirfirs description. On
this point, suffice it to say, that in
order to attend an cvenlhl m°@\l“‘-T.
‘ it would necessitate the loss of two
a d '
by we' may the most successfully' car-
ry on the glorious work in which we
ton, and u
Refuge Division-n Division which
has been a refuge not in name only.
for many, through the years. of its
exi tense, have found within itl
t ern fold, rest and refuge from
I may say, in - the commencement
To the Officers and members of the on two o<_~_~asioiis1 Ou the morning of
the Ziitli of November l sfartcd for
in ..` -Q
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A. S. WRl(`.H'l`, G. W. P. _
fini days, having to start at 5 a.mr.`
one day and returning at ll Or 1-
,, . __  ._ .. _ l ...m. the next. l did. however. brave
I ---- """“"` 'M ith, tg.-mr.; of ,qneh 'accommodations
\
Hartsvlllc. to be present at the third
anniversary of Highland Division. Af-
ter heing side-tracked several times
spoilt il a.m., and was met by oui
kind and courteous brother, D.M. Mc-
Donald, who took me to his homc,‘
where I received a right Highland
welcome. When evening arrived, in
.company with Bro. McDonald, I rc-
lpaircd to the commo_dious hall. £0
find it packed to the doors (BO T-hilt
stundiiig-room was at n premium).
with one of thc most crderll' and lll'
teliigent audiences it has been my
good fortune to meet. Wh hull I1
rousing meeting, the _entertsiuincut
from start to finish being a feast. of
good things, with one exception,
which modesty. ns well as ii d;siretf1
be strictly truthful, compqls me to*
make; but ilro. McDonald, in his
fopening remarks as chairman. fully
lmsintsined the siturition in the mat-
iter of 'nfldiessi-s. l fondly 'hoped thai
of the Commission is deeply fmores;-
ed with the decided and intimate
PBl`¢l'l€'l`Shlf> 'between manufacturing
industries and those creative indus-
tries which drnw wealth o t of the
natural resources oi' the country,
such as agriculture, fishing, mining,
and lumbering. It ii; not merely
that Uhr is a customer of the other;
but that each man, each in his own
°line, by his labor contributes n defl-
nite quota to the possessions of the
people; and these possessions are the
basis of stability and i.r@gp¢ri1;y_ A~
farmer is not content when he has.
grain, cattle, milk, and other pro-
ducts of the farm; he wishes n good
home, with furniture, cutlery, books
and a thousand other things; and thc
men who produce those other things
are the farmcr`s partners. True, in
thc cxciiangc of the one for the oth-
er thcre is competition, but it is a
national and healthy competition,
I
HH. H1-lil it will mnlic less dcmuud_; tion. lille ciiloyihciit of thu strivcrs
hai: been iiices-sunt. Unless those who
terlaciil" is n . . . - ‘have rcuqhed me gum seek oth"
da A ou ieiy close in Can- goals, their pi~i:e__u'iil turn out to bu
ll - but dead sea fruit. dost and ashes.
Sllilkedfvcurc has frequent allusions
to the hunt. Tins is an excellent ei-
ample. As he wrote nn. no doubt had
in mind the iieciuic fox and the pur-
suing hunters. Brutal sport! but the
dash. the speed, the danger of it,
made -it a real pleasure The fox if
run to ground, thc vlllner of the
brush has in the prize but feeble on-
_foymeiit of the chase. lt is the chase,
not the game, that takes men to Af.
rica and Alaska, to South Alnvrica
and to India.
The world is a big hunting ground;
some men ure engaged ln the pursuit
of arms, some in mercantile pursuits,
all are after ii goal, honors or wealth
L-‘osjtion and decorations are won;
they pail and weary. Wealth is gain-
ed; it does not give the satisfaction
that was expected. Alexander wept
when he had no more worlds to Con-
quer. The restless spirit of Napoleon'
sought to bring the old and new
world under his sway; had he won the
whole round earth. he would still
have been dissatisfied. Wellington con-
uered the "world coiioud‘or." Dil
fl
it satisfy? No! he sought other pur-
suits. ln stntesmanship he found an
outlet ,for his energy.
Cecil hhodes pursuc<l wealth dia-
monds and gold. lt was all durt and
ashes. l-le sought li:ippiii»:ss in ,the
greater good of the British Empire an
he saw iz.. ‘rin strove. to paint the
whole of Africa red. He fortunately
failed. lsvuu in his death hour he
was still seeking satisfaction. The
liiiodea' scholarship scheme bringing
young :neil from all puns af the Au-
gio--Sax-;-u world to s coluinou rentnr
in Great Britain no doubt gives his
restless spirit more satisfaction than
his wealth ever did. 'l`ilougl1 dead he
is still pursuing a great obiecn
Andrew Carnegie may iiare imag-
ined that in tli-_-_ cnioymehi. of his
wealth he would find ilappinesa His
_ . , uiillious proved a burden. Other and
::lllchc prevents stagnation. Two foot- higher pursuits be took UD; ma $w._
e ms “my compo 6 mmht y' t f th condition of monk by
. . men o c
Lmt thllmm on themitlhm fellow cm' education became his goal. ln the en_-
"ensf ghiu garnet' W B' vast mmdtablishmeiit of universities and li-
|m¥m y (1.0 3 eg: s'R b t . - lbraries he finds a pleasure he could
I n I; \ `rh't ' .O er going mesimcver have found iii his mere millions.
,sage rom s suivcy o n uetria ] _ one maker M Mum not but
` ~ . _ A IU Y
Canada is the complexity of our na 5 “ nous that his sue,”
- . ,_ gt times he cons
tional life, and that is rilght ang uid mmm the mums of some om" pm_
ccssary that our nations ife s ou
., ., ducer; as apromoter of education. he
be complex. All t.mpel‘nm.nt~l, all h tha consciousness at doin: good
I ' - _ as - »
e‘ii’.”J‘¥`.‘ii.‘.if.”“‘.’.‘.`.§“ .."..“.‘i...§’,‘°l.§...°‘.’.‘ii".§¥`.. =~ my \-lim ¢-we “<1 1><>==“~\=
partners \v~it‘lin the nation. Buneflng- * M ls another'
h ~ / -` ' ...-,_,,.,..,....~..........~.-.~....__.._,....~.....-. -l- Pl“rpon. organ _
of the ymmg men w 0 gm? R?-39. ...-....-....__.._.-_-*_______,-,-_-_~_~_~,-_-_-_-_-_-_-A.--.-.-.-_-_-.-_-_-.-.-.-.-.-.~.---.----.--Y-------T-'~'--'--'~`-‘~‘-'-'--' strikin; “mi-i,,i,,_ Hi, millions. in
:_#::-T“::"`;v"Wmy-"Viv"-“"7"  V best-laid plans of mice and men gang'f,hcmselves brought no SdtlBfl°tl°" ,
Aft a giey Why we did not succeed A more gold besper lic could n0f» he.
will always be to me a mystery inil-lr. became a hunter site; Jihe ratrc
s an i-
ANNUAL REPORT _OF G. W. P. M ..;_;.........'...__ , ,,
convincing address giwm by oui iiusriai. collection. his old worl  -_
Grand Scribe tinge bling him real pleas 'lhvy
I have received during the quart r arg n part of his l>‘-lfhlllf 1° ll” “l’
rres ondencc much of the material slough into
  OF THE SONS OF TEMPERANCE..,........;....  , _     
of it however of an unimportant “heh it has ful t
nature. I might mention that I icioi culture and refinement..
rcivcd a card of invitation from J. in ¢v¢ry instance the pursuit of
for l011"0\” 0l` 5ll0l`t5l` l’°l`l°ds (mostly  Foster to attend the first anni- .~_(,i,,,. Qbject is the real source of en-
longerlj i reached Hunter River. versary of the "Revival of the Soniaiiqymcnt; the a taiiimeut of that ob-
- ' * " o- 1. ici ii I - ~ .i in th.. heart. it is
of Temperance in the is r 0 not leaves a so
Columbia, which was held on Dcccm-icienr that msn was made for work.
ber 16th. I was forced to forego t!:e|1'f ,, "mn, having attained. decidfil to
pleasure. Our G. S. also got a no-,wiit and gelfiehly enjoy what l'¢\‘N~\lU8
tice from W. El. Saunders, enclosingiuf ma what is thc result? kéuerulaua.
agenda of the annual session* of the immpiaining old age, or, if he he still
Grand Division of Nova Scotia. \\'c3>\,.,,m,-:_ ton oftnn, vice. hnlvntion
sent greetings. I received kind greet-[,.,,,,.¢;i only in work, the p\\fF‘~\W ‘lf
ings from the Most Worthy Scribe. .~,,i,_-ii _.rr\i~.lr.. Much of the iinhii.l,\\>lnf2H~l
to which i renlim. . li.. on ..-0.-iii is <l...~. to thc §\~.~»ukne=»s of
J. Ernest Haslnm wrotc me llnflcrsrcflting iii iiclziewiilcnt. hfvh ill* Yflll?
date of Dec. 15th, desiring s ruling,h,,,,t_ seth higher goals, other came.
on Art. 3 of Subordinate Constitu-“md me wi,-it will never tire
tion rc age of members eligible tai tn Wm-li toward definite curls lr. the
vote. I with-held my ruling at the* ;..ium..t.¢ zoos. li. um uewiui: there ll
time. 0WlllR $0 thi* lllct fllllf ll “'l"»ll“ 'greiiter nleniuirc than in the reapllll.
‘ic contrary to that given hy lllllllfliii the plnntiui; tbnu in the digging.
nf our P. G. \\'. l‘.’s, bilt 1 proniii-led iq-,,,, \,,,,m,,.',, liizhugt enjoyment is in
to bring the matter before the Grand , the Search and me Dm.,.,,,it_ Ti", wit-
Division at this session, whicli lnow l ii.;-_ the more unattainable the oblast.
proceed to do by giving it nu my \“ll' th.. bow.-r it is for the spirit. The
1 ics were at an end with thc
4 Viv: most ilif-:agreeable I had experi-
lng that all inrmbcrs of ihe age of li man ,,.i,,, reachas riiter the nun may
years and over src entitled to vote, win n _gmt it is still gs tnie an tt
unless their G'rand_Division detrrm- was in gimiiwpeigi-¢'¢ dev that:
.ines otliervfii-ie, by vote; and that \i.Tmng5 Wm, me ,10ri,_ igy'g goal fig
‘ours has not flohv. Of. Ut lfhfll. l \ in thi., doing."  N__AM__A_______
i-_nceil for year-H. l 9-l`\`l\'0\'1 lhlflleiiail to had any l'¢¢0l”il Ol NS ll”-VlllE -`-'-‘-'-‘-~‘~`-` "'~"' '~""`""' """‘"“"""
l t ve much tll"`d n o l would wish that this I am informed, has ceased to hold
my troub , .
close of my address but alas! l
woke next morning: to find a snow-
storm rnu,ini;, nud the day proved
'mm-M miduiqn'-' “U 'ry M: G e S A ith b thet meetin rs' also Shamrock of Kensing-
lwiixe for my tllp. clause be brought up c cr y s . 1
l (lu: llr:<~rm‘»oi i5t\i l aizhill Hldl`l<‘\l.\ ilommittrc on the State of the Ord ton has not met since our annual
‘in the \\-rw sum' liours of the movii--'.`sr, or by that nn Constitutions, as session, unless very aecentlaiwl had
ihli. l01` Kclldlhiliilll. Wll°l`l` l “'l1l¢`V~lino question is ever settled until it is hoped to `seC\ll'¢ H180 ll! Wm
‘ ' 5 'l li ».m.-tliv ttled rightly. these Divisions befom this session.
pntieutlv till ii 0000 i se I m d I
hour at which our worthy Grand Regarding the ,tate oi the Qi-dei-, mit have’ bee: nilléaghemu. 010;".
Scribe had kindly agreed to meet me while most of our Divisions are in a >ave hel con c,
and drive to I-fsmlltnn. we started fairly healthy condition, yet one or of each of them, but did iiofiazeeelm
out with the earnest exl>°°'°“l°ll Ol two have been allowed to get very vei1'much enco\ira§m_$li&__N___rg___¢_h_-_
orranlvlhe i. nivi..i.... there. l*“l "'“‘<‘~\ low. Harmony, ci Lower rmtovm. '“ i cchtinuia' on page tl,
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