The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

- John McN eill, to whose church !iI wer:.t in the 11vening has some disadvanm tages to contend against in the Regent It is a "Free" church. The division 3 of clMs rooms with delight, blll I must hurry Square church. A magnificent congregation to be sure ; but an i nconveniently Presl:>yterianism into "Esh\blished," on t u For the ba~ance of the season, you "Free," and "United Pre11byterian" are EDINBURGH , seated and ill-ventilated, though spacious still kept up in Scotland. In the great the northern A.thens and th o Jerusalem luilding, and a tall box pulpit, very ca.n get WALL PAPER from and large towns His perhaps of uo of Scottish Presbyteriania 111 . The even- grand, but very cramped, whose only tecvery low. I want to clean out cit.ies great injury. B11t in the Jessel' places it iug 11 fter my arrival, Tµeud ;i.y, I ~en~ t? ommendation is that it was occupied by ATpresent stock. is unseemly and hindering. Union ia a Dr. Whyte's Prayer Meetillg. Why it is Edward Irving in his palmy days. It hM · · . thing to be greatly desired there, if the called a Prayer MtJetiug 0110 cannotgue~s, lataly, I nolice been l'eplaced by somelS away down, andlexperienceofitshouldcorrespon<l. to ours for it is simply a lecture, with a brief thing more modern and convenient. Mr. here. Yl_e hav~ found i~ fruitful in .quic~- opening service. But, such a meeting! MeNeill, though the successor of Princi· P atterns good. ened spmtual hfe and increased vi~or l!l 800 earnest people; and such a minister I pal Dykes, a man equal to E<lward Irving NOW is your the work of the church at home and a portly ,fofr.haired,ruddy-faced, dignified himself in polish and refinement,is a plain I abroad. man of 55 or GO, with a strangely mourn- man, of humble beginnings, as a young Those who buy from me are al-j Renfield clture~ is a fine edifice, built ful and yet melodiou~ nnd attmctive fellow a railway p:Jrter and guard, t hen a ·. ' of grey atone, as is 11lmos~ all Glasgow. voice. And such a lecture l on Psalm railway clerk or ticket-sell.;ir. Set on tire, ASK FOR THE ways well satisfied. I make a The strauger marks the "plates" for col- G9: 2, 17, " I siuk in the deep mire, where as I understand, by Mr. Moody's agency, hobby of Wall Paper, study general J !ection at the door, presided over by there is uo s tanding. . . . Hide not after a full course of s tudy he bega11 his effect, and buy and recommend, ~tate!y e~ders and deacons. The inter- thy face from thy servant, for I am in ministry just a very few years ago in Ed· knowing what I am doing. ior 1s rich, but some~llat som~rc, dark trouble: hear ma speedily;" this taken in inburgh, where he had immense 1)opulari. woods, d.1ored pews, high galleries, cor· connection with l\ passa~e from Bunyan's ty. He has been just this year cailed to the finest in the market. Only 5 cents. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN respondinglyhighpulpit, abovethe book Pilgrim's Prugress. No living preacher, London. He has been styled the "Scotboard of which as we enter, the solid one would think, ha.a such a knowlege of ish Spurgeon," a rather foolish tit.ls, alTO CEILING DECORATION. bead and shoulders of the minisrer are the morbid anatomy of the tiuman heart. though not even Spurgeon himself fills THE SCHOLARS' COMPANION-a Pen Holder, Slate Pencil, Lead aln;acly seen, amf\n whose name is known Few have more dramatic pow er in the the great l\'fotropolitan Tabernaclo more Pencil and Ruler, in a nice wooden box, for 5 cents. the world over, Dr. Marcus Dode. He presentation of the Tru tll. No.oo present full than does John McNeil!. But he is Eeautiful goods in FANCY GLASH- wears the Geneva gown and bands, as do the cure for sin in the Gospel of Jesus very unlike :::lpurgeou. His style is much WARE, just opened, the very thing apparently all the Presbyterian ministers Christ more strongly 01. press its accept· more variable, at times quite free and for wedding and other presents. in Scotland. ance more fervently. One hears some- easy, almost jocular ; again mo.~t, passionThe church is full. There are a good thing of budding heresy among Edin- ate and lofty. It is he.rd to namo the Rememler the place for bargains. many children. Ooeisstruck by the marked burgh students, and latitude of view in secret of his power,-quiet, for the most attention of the children,e.nct the reverent some pulpits, bu t it is matter of devout part, in the use of that deep melodious mannerofthewholecongregatioo, which in- thankfulness to GJd that one 80 thoroui;th- voice ; a strong, homely Scotch accent; Aye, lots of goods. deedistobeuoticedeverywhereontheother ly steeped in the old Puritan theology the man himself so simple, so little set on · I side of the ocean . After the benediction and 80 stoutly conservative in all matters effect,-so much one of the people. themis pronounced, there is a solid interval of do~ma should stand in the intelleotual selves ! But perlrnps th ese :tre the very of silent prayer amid breathless stillness centre of Scc,tland its grRatest religious qualtties that havo brouaht him to t he before the people begin to disperse. The forc e." front rank even in L<rndon where promi~L ft' :rS"<f singing is led by a choir seated behind a After a deecription of the work among nence is hardest to reach and hold. lie ~ut ~ittU\tdUU a;Y lt t~mRU. high barricade in front of the pulpit. the poer and outcast at the Cttrrubers is, like Spurgeon, one of those rare men, ~.~~~, ~· , ., "'£here id no organ. The choir .i s well Close mission. Mr. Fraser proceeded. one ia a thousand, or five thousand,gifted BOWMANVILLE, OCT. 9, 1889. trained and earnest. The singing is "The followin~ Sabbat h morning I by Providence with that strange someh!>arty and very general. A. large num· took a long walk t., the North side of thing which for want of a better Mme ----u---SUNDAYS ABROAD. ber of the people have the hymnal with the city t.o St. Bernard's parish church, we call magnetic power . He irresistibly music, which aids greatly in the render- a plain stone building. with a small low draws meu to him. I heard Mr. MeN eiil Ladies go to the West End House for Rev. R. D. :Fraser, M. A., gave in St. ing of the praise. belfry: phin within also, square topped twice. The two !'10rmons were quite dlPa11l'e church on Sabbath evening last the Dr. Dode is a JY\an of considerable bulk. windows, with a mere suspicion of stained verse in subiect, in aim and in style,:lirst of a series of three fortnightly lee· He has a strong plain faca, the brow glass, the usual high galleries and pulpit, the first on r.he tex:t-' 'The Spirit and the ture11 on ··Sundl\ys Abroad," contiuiog broad rather than lofty, the thick ma.as of an unpretentious organ under a low arch- Bride say Come," &c. , - Ii familiar but all prices and all sizes, plain an<] ribbed. himself to those spent on the ocean and iron-grey hair betokening maturity with wa.y behind the pulpit, and the choir to most fervent appeal ,,f lln hour long to in Britain, during his recent six months' no hint of decay. He is in his prime. the right and left 00 either side. St. the unconverted; th« ···cnn<l ,n Commu· vacation . The r(lading of the Psalms and Scripture Bernard's is full; strangen are admitted nion Sabbat.I. Serm"11 '" ' Isaiah s V iHion of He- began by statin1t that the first ob· is not more t.hancommon place. The prayer only atter the bell ceases to ring- The the Lord in thH T(»11ple, in which the Kid Tipped, something new. ject of his long holidav wa~ rest, and that is more animated. It is rich in the devot- attraction is Dr. Matheson, ·'the blind preacher attainE>ti " Illln~t the gmndeur of this had been kept constantly in view, ional element, and 1efl.ects the ripe exper- preacher"-totally blind since his child- one of the old 1ir< ·phet.s, as he portriiyed e.ad especially on the Lord's Days; w that ienceof thedeepstudent,earnestpa~tor and h:>od, and yet an active parish mirister, a the holiness of G«d and man's proper there were many things of interest that genuine Christian man. The "lecrnre" is preacher much so ught after, and an au- attitude in God's !presence, and toe he did not soc. He would speak only of on the Resurrection of Obrist. It is solid, thor of no mean fame. urgency of a man's duty on whom God what hn.d come under his own observa- argumentative, Clearly expressecl,betokens He is already announcing the niimber lays the burden of worlc for E im . The tion . The object of his lectures was to acquaintance with the most recentscholar- of the Psalm as we are ad1tiittect. It is effect in both cases was simply oveq>0werpoint o ut what mi(lht be learned from ship, nnrl. has now and then a Jhah of no timid, halting invalid who occupies ing. these Sabbaths abroad, caloulated to en- brilliancy. It is read closely from manu· the pulpit, but a i toutly built man with Both Spurgeou and McNeill hod to courage in Christian service and to lead tcript from beginning to end. One has strong face, hr1ir and beard closely the old-fashioned Gospel. 'l'hese foro to t he setting of a higher value on the to confess th at the reading is monotonous. cropped, and stentorian voica. Verily most preacher·s are loyal to the root Lord's Day and to the keeping of it more But, after all, why such close attention here is a brave soul who will be subdued truths of the 1itter depravity of man a11d 1 sacredly for tha Lord and Bis work. from all, young and old 1 'fhey love the by no mere physical defect. Tue nuw- the need of salvation thl'O\lg t1 the blood. "The two first Sabb&ths" sain Mr. man, t.h ey lose sight of the style io. the ber of lhe Psalm or hymn alone is an- of the crucilied s ,wior. The "broad" Fraser " after I left home in February thought,. and they have been trained by nounced, but the crrngrcgation eing nn men, as a rule, seem to- h:a.. ve less dttracwere spent at sea. Entering on the banks 25 yaars of such ministry to relish stronl( less heartily. Instead of the usual one tive power. The gospel th at lays hold on of Newfoundland, we were met by a cold and plain f are. Still one cannot help or two chapters of scripture lesson, three . the minde of the people, whether from wave from tho shore. The temperature wishing that the preacher would throw verses from the parable of the calling of the lips of such. mighty pt'eachers or of ell below the freezing point. Every aside the paper as he d oes when he the laborers into the vineyard are· recited humbler men is the gospel that makes wave that struck d1e ship left a coating preaches t.o the children of thti flock. wit h g reat distinctness, and a spaddinu much of the Cross of Calvary. of ice behind it. The dashin:.t spray froza Dr. Dods is a mueh spoken of man to· commentary on them given, the wh ole It was a great changll from the roar and upon spar, rope, and sail. The ship was clay. His profoui1d scholarship,his great occupying from five to seven minutes. bustle o{ London,-for even on Sabbath, a floating mass of ice, a weird and mag- weight of character, his influence over He is evidently e-oing th rougll the whole outside the city proper, which is very nificent sight, t.oseed in the rolling waves. young men, marked him out as a likely gospel in"the same way. 'l'he ttermon is quiet, tl1ere is much stir. Certain sorts Quality amounts to little· unless prices That Sabbath day but few on board were man to succeed to the vacant chair in fr..im I Cur. xv. 7.- " After th at he was <.1f traffic tzo on, especially i n the morning able to enjoy the sight. Most spent the New Testament Exegesis in the Free seen of James." ,, After that ! Afte r hours . Omnibusses, cars. and trains r·lll are fair, day in their berths. As I listened to the College, Edinbur~h. HiB views on the what 1 James was an October flower. Our on their usual time, and outside of booming of the storm, I thought of Da- great questions of Inspiration, and the L ord's own brothera and yet late to "church h 'lurs" the liq,uor shops do a Low prices are not bargains unless quality vid's grand Psalm:- "They t hat go down authorship and order of the Old Testa- see the Lord !" So tlle sermon began thriving trade. 8unday evening, I to the sea in ships, that do business in the ment Scriptures are advanced. But he and 80 it went on, the burly frame of would ima~1ne, is one of tullir best nights. is there. great waters: these see the works of the is considered safe by the majority in his the speaker swaying backwards and for- It was a great change to a q,uiet country Lotil and bis wonders in the deep. For own church, to judge by the enthuaissm wards in the pulpit with a t times alarm- place in the County 'fyrone, lreland, attd He comrnandeth and raiseth up the stor- with which he was called to the Profes- ing vigor. · 1. ded in to worship in a church miles away from The discourse aooun my wind, which lifteth up the waves sor's Chair by the G enera.1 Assembly last fine illmtratiun. The inward vision of even a small village. There I spent my thereof. 'I'hey mount ·1p to heaven, they May. · the preacher is clear, if the organs of next Sabbath. Like most " meeting go d own again to the depths. They reel '1'11e morning worship is acarcelyended sight are- useless. Its eloci uence w:as l~,fty houses," as they still call tli:em in lreto ·a n d fro and stagger like a drunken in Scotland when the afterneon service and s11s1ained. 0 ne went awav greatly land, that at Ballygoney is a eirnple ob· man . " What an insignificant creature begins-just tiwe for a hurried lunch. delighted and more anxious, t oo, to find long building, unadorned with tower or man is after all! How mighty that God In eome churches arrangements ~re made Jesus and follow hi;n faithfully. steeple. Late erections, especially in who " gath" 111 t ' 11 wind in his fht.s." that those whose homes are distant may In the evening I wont to hear Rev. the towns and cities, aspire to more who " measureth t},_ .vaters in the hull ow have a cnp of t ea or coffee in the l ~cture- John Smitll, of Broughton, Place U. P. architectural beauty;. but the older of his hand!" room between services. The Sabbath Clrnrch. A full Jcngregation;a strong,ear- churches by their external plainness show The n 'lxt Sabbath we were nearin11 · an cl how stronir in Ireland was the recoil " the School, when held in the church, is nest prosentation of the blac kness o f am ~ coast of Ireland. It was an almost per· usually at 5 or 6 in the evening. the brightness cf mercy (Mark 14: () 4) from anything savoring of P'opish splenfect day. The sky was clear, with every This Sabbath afternoon I ha.sten away from this short, thick-set, broad·shoulder- dor or display. The congregation was now and then fine cloud masses moving to the University. The lodge at the en . ed, and broad .headed man, J ohn Smith, made up of farmers and their laborers across the heavens; the sea, a picture of tranc9 is a part of the old college building, the rising preacher in the U. P. Church. with their families. Very attentive and 'beauty, We had a solemn and delightful removed stone by stone and rebuilt ex- " That webs a. sermon," exclaimed an. en- intelligent hearera they were. A curious service in the saloon of the ship. '£he actly as it stood. h is very quai11 t. thusiastic old man beside me, when it was custom was observed in prHyer . Tho We invite attention to our complete and carefully selected stock of ·Captain and all the officers not on duty, Though early, a stream of people is al· fini shed. There was little altentioa to pro- piople stood, but turned their backs together with the littlo company of pas- ready setting in. 'I'he c;iccasion is the nounciation, to b e sure,and some gost urea upon the minister and their faces to the Ladies', Gent's, Misses and Children's Boots and Shoes, Tranks, Valises, .sengers, some fourteen in all, made up usual afternoon service ; p but it is no or- lesa graceful than forcible; butt he energy door. The ro was, however, the utmost etc. Our oopular stock of fashionable goods is perfect beyond comthe congregat ion, which small r.s it was dinary preacher to-day - rincipal Caird, of delivery,the strong thinkin!!,the homely reverence. The slow and &0mewhat old- parison. We are showing th& cmrect styles of the eeason. No. old s hop included persons from Detroit, Chicago, perhaps the grea.test living l::icottish ora- and vigorous expression and the clear un· fashioned singing of the Psalms a nd worn, bankrupt stock or shoddy goods manufactured fo~· bankmpt 'Minneapolis, Kansas city, Pennsylvania, tor. The audFience-room ·is the splendhid fo lding of the very heart truths of the Paraphrases, led by a choir of young peo· houses. We warrant all our goods to be what we represent them. Florida, Britain, N orwa" and China. Brtte Hall. rom a front bl' seat in f t e Gospel made it a telling discourse. 'F J ·here ple, without th() aid of an instrument, '\Ye joined our voices in common praise gallery I could see the a.seem mg o the are eoine churches in Edinburgh and was very h earty and effective. I have The prices are iow, and no. one can sell you respectable g.oods cheaper. . :and [ spoke from Paul's startlinit state- large a udience. The central eeate below d never preacued to a . morti' sympathetic These goods are bargains, viewed from any standpoint. The q uality ~ · d b d fl Glasgow that have but s11111 atten a.ace ; ment, "We shall all stand beforethejudg- were occup1e mostly. Y etu eats, a · ne but wherever such men as John Smith audience. They gave the stranget thetr and style are there. Reliable, trusty, serviceable go0ds, marke d at ment seat of Chrisi"(Rom. 14:10). Gath- set of young fellows, a few of them eonhearts from the very first word. PresbyROCK BOTTOM PRICES. ered for tha t service from the four cor- spicuous in the scar~et studdonts'hgown. ~~~~~up to preach, the people come to teriavism in the North of ]relaod 1s full nera of Hrn earth, may that little com- The whole congregation st.on aa t e pro· of freshness and power. J!t h1 is had no " l t cession of the Faculty passed up the 10110 '.['he ,next Sabbath morning fourid me small part in promoting the spirit. of ent·-W Ilen th ey '" pany "' 0 0throne, once n1s · 1eway; fi rs.t tlle b eadi e, w1 'th the mace, 111 London iind ona of the thousands terprise and content whi-eh prevail in moro- mec· 1\t the ,·i.ght hand of the H>. Sign of the B1G BOOT drawn by two horses, BOWMANVILLE. I did not preach a[[ain till the month then the professors, gowned and hooded. of hearers in Spurgcon's Metrnpolitan pro~perous Ulster. -~ of July, aud then only on three occasions, Conspicuous am;:ing them, Dr. Story, Ed- Tabernacle · The pla.ca and the pr<0acher My two last S"bbaths were passed at till I returned home. ward Caird, the brother of the Principal, have often been tald of. The vast size Troon, a watering place on the Ayrshire On th e homeward voyage we had two a.nd Sir William Tho1J1son, the great of the Tabernacle with its double · circle coast, and at Milnattiort,. q uite close to pleasant Sabbaths. There woro nino electriman. List of all, the Principal of galleries all round the building i the the hist0rio Lochlevc n and its ancient minist(irs of four different denominations. himself ; a small, thin-faced, smooth- mighty assemblage ; the grand singing of castle. 'l'hev were <jjUiet, refreshing As a sarn~ie of the fine spirit of unity shaven old man, with a mop of long iron- the ol'.i tunes, led only by a precentGJ>r stand days spent with dear friends. I noticed which prevailed, t h e devotiunal exercises grey hair brushed back over his hea.d. ing on the platform beside the preacher, that althou~h filled with city people on the second Sabbath were led by a BapThe praye rs were read,and exceedingly all the people joining with heart and holidaying, Troori does not seem to hartist minister, tho sermon was preached well r ead, too, by Dr. Story; but it did voice.- There is something infectious in bor any non..church·goers. The Sabbath by a Congregiit ionalist, a Roman Catholic not striko ooo as any improvement on the singing there, 'ls there w:ill be in the was as delightfully e! uict as could be presided a t the organ and the choir leader Dr. D uds' massive extempore prayer of praise of th e multitude which n o. man C'an imagined. At Milnatb.ort, too, which is was a member of the Church of England. the morning. The progress of the litur- number, before the Throne yonder- the developing into a busy little manufactur- . Of the seven Sundays in Britain, one gical movement iA slow io Scotland. The extraordinary courtesy to otrangers, the ing place and railway centre, t he chmches · was spent in Glasgow, one in Edinburgh, sermon was a splendid oratorical eff..irt of perfectly simple and art.lessllU.c'llnner of the were filled with rt>verent worshippers. two in London, one in a country-pli.ce in fifty-five minutes in length, from the preitcher, his somewhat high-pitched but I h11.d the pleasure of renewing acquaintlreland, one at a seaside resort on the text, au eloquent sermon in 1tself-"When mellow and far·reachin. g- voice, - not . a ance h & 1"0, in his own manse, with the Ayrshire co11.s t, arid one in ~little village I consider th~ h eavens the work of Thy syllable lost by any one in the vast audi- Free Church minister who had been my close to Lochleven iu Scotland. I wae fingers, the moon and the stars which ence, the evi.ngelistic tone and the direct pastor for a mon th at Montreux, Switzglad to have t hus had an opportunity of Thou h»st ordained: what is Jna.n that style of the aermon ; all theso have been erland, and of ioining with his people in seeing something of tlie church-lifo of Thou art mindful of him; and the son of described a. hundred times. They strike worship. The people fare well. They both city, town and country. man that rh ou visitest him? For Thou every visitor. One homely thing whicn I hav& i>n able, fervent ministry of a t?Ure My first Sabbatn was in Glasgow. Al- hast made him a little lower than the have not seen noticed was the prssence on goapol. In spite of lhe solemn servicethough only the 10th of March the air angels, and hast crowned him with glory the platform beneat!:t Mr. Spurge'>n of a perhaps just becacse of it- my ttioughts was warm and pleasant. The only snow and honor. Thou madest him to have fine detachment of children from his were much occupi1:>d with home an<l my ot the winter, which had fallen the day dominion over the works of Thy ha.nda; Stockwell Orphanage and a few privileg- loved people that day, I was 60 soon to we landed, had alnady disappeared. It Thou hast put all things under His feet." ed old people, some of them from quite be with th em. And when, three rreeks was 8 bonny day overhead and underfoot, If there waa not the solidity of matter humble walks in life. The de&cons of later, I did stand in the pulpit of St. the. grass in the 8 quares and paths fresh which is commonly associated with great the church also 11a.t to the right and left Paul's a.gain, much as J had enjoyed the and green, and juet a lingering haze of preaching in Scotland, the audience was of the preacher. It was worth going a Sabbaths in the old fatherland~, an c l dear smoke in the air, from which rmch man- held closely by the admirable diction, the long way to hear Mr. Spurgeon announce as were the friends I left there, I was ufacturing cen tres as Glasgow are never elaborate and faultless rhetoric and the hie text. " Sounding out the 'Vord of glad to be in my own country and with quite free. impassioned manner of the orator. Both God !" 'J'here was no halt or hesitation my own flock once more." WJ:iet< I set out with my friends in the the preacher of the morning and the af- or dulness in the nearly an lhour's ex_ , ·, _ West End of the city for church, the ternoon seemed to go npon the German temporaneous sermou which followed. It F1t0~1 BAJJ To WoRSE.- Scrofula leads whole pop ula ~iun seemed to be on the theory of counting all the hearer.! as be- was like the sparkling flow of a swiftly to consu.mption. F~om three to six streets bent on the same errand. What lievers. 'fhe undecided and the unpeni- running river. The :hea.ds were strik- bottles of Burdock Blood Bitters will crowds of well dressed, serious people! t ent were not specifically noticed in ing- 1. The '.rrumpeters, what kind of cure scrofula, salt rheum, erysipelas, What a clauging of cl'l'llteh bellll from either c&se. . . . men they should be ; 2. The T;?mpete, boils, pimples, 'blotches, tetter, B!1ingl_ es, many steeples! But as a las! in every 1 would hkci to take time ~o des~r~be what thay are ; 3._ Why .the Irumpet . s~ald head, so~e eyes, and all skm aftecother British city and o.lmost every city Prof. Bruce, the author of "Tho trammg should be blown with special energy a t \ t1ons, by cleansmg the system a.nd removon this c.ontinent as well, the Sabbath of the Twelve," .an? who has done so much . tbe p~erent time ; 4. Why we should : i~g all impure matter that causes bad quiet was marred by the !It.reel; cars run- for church mus10 m Scot land, and Prof. 1blow it. I blood. Wellington Bw.ildL.4g·s~ Ill · I ning, the Cll.bs standing for hire, and some i Drummond, ofworld-wid~ fame, as t~e auSeeing is Believing trade of the smaller sorta going on. thnr of ··Natural Law the Spmtu~l 1 go to Renfield church on Bath St. World," both . of wh()m 1 heard their me GET YOUR School · ·· Books Pr1Ce time. VARIETY HALL~ Artistic Exercise Book, Pictures Framed very cheap.. P ictures Fr a med. . p · TrebilCOCk. f J. H. KENN ER'S VARIETY HALL. West End Houe. The Finest CASHMERE ROSE, The Finest CASHMERE GLOVES, The Newest Things in FRILLING and RIBBONS . Call and see our splendid stock of Dress Goods and Mantlings, nothing nicer or newe r to be had. Everything marked at lowest living prices. West End House. WE COMBINE THEM. M. TRELEVEN, =========================Go where you will In Bowmanville, You'll find them on the move. vouNc & co., rn GRooE~ Have moved across the street, Their shop is trim and neat Their stock is quite complete, And now they hope to greet Their friends, and politely treat Them in their store across the street. ----o---They thank their many friends for their past support, and assure them nothing will be wanting on their part to please the purchasing public. Be sure you call and see the leading grocers. YOUNG & Co.,' ~ I ·