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His influence has hardly been less than that of any of the great men with whom we associate him. Like them, he sei in motion a tremendous force unwittingly; and, like them, he has lived to see some phases { of modern religious and social life | transformed through his agency. That his death should occur within a few ! days of the second Sunday in Novem- ber, known in the calendars of many churches as #Y, M. C. A. Sunday," is a coincidence that tends to fix the event upon the mind, and enhances in- terest in his remarkable work. The First Y. M. C. A. George Williams was born in 1821, in Ashbury Farmhouse, near. Dulverton, in the south of England. and when a mere boy went to London to seek his { fortune. Hé became a clerk in a large dry goods store that employed no fewer | than 80 youths Always deeply relig | jous, the common. relations of the | young men about town were a constant source of pain to young Williams. He resolved to devise some means of gath- | ering them together for social and re- ligious purposes. It was in June, 1844, that he put his plan in operation, and at the first meeting the clerks in his firm were present to a man. There- after they gathered at regular intervals for the purposes of religious discussion and Bible research. .The movement | was heartily encouraged by the large employers, and soon in a dozen firms ! there were litile bands of studemts or: ganized by young Williams. The name that the association now bears Was suggested ' by his room-mate, Christo- pher Smith, and, in the early days, the i deeply religious character of the found- ! ere was stamped upon all the proceed- ings. Had it not found other spheres of activity save Bible reading, the pro- babifity is that the initials Y. M. C. A. | would not now be as familiar as C. P. R., P. and O, and D. V. Other Associations. ! To prove .this contention, it is only ! necessary to show that there were | plenty of young men's Christian asso- ciations long before Williams was born, ! net one of which actively survived very long. As early as 1632 there were bands of religiously disposed young men meeting in many parts of England, and in 1668 the English Church established an association of the kind, while later | on the Wesleys were much interested | ; In the work. In 1710 Cotton Mather, | i the famous Boston preacher, wrote al series of addresses to "young men as- sociated," and in 1838 David Nasmith, the foundersof the London City Mis- sion, had established no fewer than 70 clubs of young Christians in England and the United States and on the Con- tinent of Europe. It must be deemed foriunate that, although at the begin- ning Williams had In view nothing but a wholly religious organization, the movement broadened rapidly, until it has evolvéd into the religious, educa- tional, social, and athletic association it is to-day. The First Canadian Branch. The change and extension was na- . tural--indeed, inevitable. The eénthus- fasm. of the young men impelled them almost immediately toward practical, { lend-a-hand mission work: and at once | the necessity for a headquarters be- came apparent. The reading-room and library followed swiftly, and then by ; natural growth came all the other fea- associate with the organization, By 1848 there had been considerable de- velopments, Three years latér the movement had spread to America, and the first Y. M. C. A. on this side of the Atlantic was founded in Montreal. A month later Boston formed a branch, and New York followed. In 1854 the first convention was held In Paris, and was attended by delegates from all over the world There were then 30,360 members, of whom nearly one-half were In the United States and in Can- ada, one-quarter in Englahd, and the remaining quarter in European eoun- tries. | In' the American War. The movement throve exceedingly on the American Continent, and the great Civil War pointed out a néw work for it From beginning to end np fewer than 5.000 young men were sent to the front as missionaries and nurses; and they distributed to the soldiers of both sides supplies and medicine vaiuved at | $6.300,000. Unfortunately, although this | bridiant record was made, hundreds of branches did not survive. the struggle, ABSOLUTELY PURE. SOLD IN PACKAGES AND CANS. Same Price as the cheap adulterated kinds. COMPANY E.W.GILLETT LIMITED TORONTO.ONT. HAVE YOU ANYTHING |: 0 SELL OUTSIDE OF) YOUR SINS (ND youR TROUBLES ? CONE To d wa EURRAY, The and the years immediately following witnessed a decided reaction on the Continent of America, so far as the Y. M. G. A. was concerned. In 1878, however, thére was a revival of en- thusiasm, anda world's committee was. formed. composed of paid officers, who' resided at Geneva, Switzerland, and in a general way supervised the work of branches in all countries. At this time the association declared its purpose to *geek to unite those young men who, regarding Jesus Christ as their God and Saviour according to the Holy Scriptures, desire to be His disciples in their doctrine and in their life, and * to associate their efforts for the exten- sion of His Kingdom among young men." 'Compare this with the present definition and one gains a striking idea of the evolution of the society: "An organization of young men for mutual helpfulness, providing ' for: the young men of the community #n 'attractive place of social e ment, free from questionable influences. and equipped with helpful agencies for thelr intel. lectual, social, physical, 4nd spiritual welfare," - Later Developnients. At present the educational ani phy. sical aims of the Y most in evidencs; M,C. A and member is no longer are the 4 prospective subjedted to a C. HH POWELL CARPENTER AND JOBBER 103 Raglan Street: 'money have been secured from railway | tures which the young men of to-day ! . THE DAILY WHIG, MONDAY}, DECEMBER ii. catechism upon his religious convic tions. "There has been. a marked exten- sion of the work in universities, prob- | ably more noticeable in America than in England. The Y. M. C. A. is also as much a part of any military camp as | the Red Cross, and in this way the seed has been sown in distant lands. But perhaps the most marked development of recent years is the railroad Y. M. C. A. and it is the ambition of most American railroads to have in ewery town a branch of the association that will devote itself fo their employes. In | this way large endowments of land and companies, Perhaps no greater compli ment to this great organization could be Maid than to say that it has success fully and helpfully adapted itself to all the great tendencies of half a century, and that its vitality seems now-greater than ever. ENGLAND'S PERIL. Alarming Increase In Deaths From Ner- vous Diseascs Is Noted. It has been noticeable lately that there has been a remarkable increase in deaths from nervous complaints, and a doctor writing to the London papers attributes the increase in the people suffering from nervous disorders to the increase of popular tea shops, and advises drinking China tea as less de- leterious than Indian and Ceylon blends, Another doctor asks, what of persons addicted to the coffee habit? He de- clares there is no brand of coffee they can drink to any considerable extent without suffering from the same dis- tressing consequences as afflict the in- judicious users of tea. Still' another medical man, makes a specialty of dtetetics, states that as many men are addicted to ex- cessive indulgence in coffee as there are immoderate tea drinkers among women. He writes: "Thousands of men, particularly in the city, sip coffee during the day at | brief intervals as their bfethren in New York sip spirits. In_time the coffee habit develops palpitation of the heart, irregular pulse, nervousness, indiges- tion, and insommia. Many Are Coffee Drunkards. "Coffee @runkards,"as I may call them, are greatly increasing in num- ber, due probably to the wave of tem- perance which is passing over the country, but Pve known cases where hallucinations scarcely different from those of alcoholism have been set up by persistent abuse of coffee over a series of months: "Coffee is a cerebral stimulant rank- ing with alcohol, but used in modera- tion is less harmful than tea, as it con- tains less tannic acid. The use of cof- fee after dinner, especially the practice of drinking a cup at night, solely is responsible for cases of sleeplessness." Another writer recommends dyspep- tic and nervous persons to drink the yverba mate tea of Paraguay, which is used universally In South America, but yerba mate, says a Mincing Lane merchant, is used more as a drug than as a beverage in England. Little of it comes on the market, and as the drink- er. would 'fequire to have it specially sent over he would probably fimd it cheaper to eschew tea altogether, tere An African Monarch. The King of Uganda, in British Fast Africa, rejoices or grieves in the some- what picklish and chow-chowy name of | Daudi Chua. This august sovereign-- may his tribe increase!--is now "go- ing on " eight. tre-bearer he has a highly-colored court. He sits on a throne of scarlet, and pro- bably the court carpenters have made it a world too long for his chubby lit- tle legs. Under the British protectorate folks have to be economical in Ugan- da, and a king must grow up to his throne, and can't have a custom-made ene every time he has growing pains. We can remember when a king of Uganda was every inch a king, no mat- ter how few his inches. So sacred, so supra purple was he that the remains of his food had to be buried lest its sacredness strike dead 'some unhappy subject. The British have changed all that. Daudi--we wish we had a photo- graph of him--Daudi sits on his scarlet throne, a leopard skin under his bare feet, a toy gun in his little hands, Pro- bably not a bit more absurd and many times more "sympathetic" in the eyes i of the heavenly powers than many a wide ruling czar or kaiser that has been or shall be. Most Sacred Ih Knighthood. The most noble order of 'the Garter, an insignia rich in tradition, is to be conferred upon the Emperor of Japan It is the most sacred of British orders of knighthood, the second in point of antiquity being the order of the Bath. With the advent of King Edward the order was limited to those who had earned distinction by charity and pa- wriatism The legend which seeks to account for the emblem and motto of the order i= as preity as those of King Alfred and the cakes. The Countes of Salisbury dropped her garter when dancing with the King. The latter picked it up and tied it round his leg. Observing the surprised look of the' eountess he hand- ed it back with the words: "Evil be to him who evil thinks™ This motto had reference to a sec- ond campaign against the French, upon which the King was entering. Hence #ft-comes that the color of the emblem was blue. The insignia consist of the General Saved Soldier's Life. The late Gen. Blackmar was once taken in amusingly by a stranger who had claimed his acquaintance at camp. The general disregarded the shabby man's salute and turned away from him. The man persisted. "General, don't you remember how you saved my life at the battle of the Wilder- ness?" : interested. and called -some of his friefids to meet the soldier, saying: "I saved this man's life once. Tell them how I did it, old comrade" The man began: "It was this way. - We were on a hill, and the enemy advanced stead- ily toward our entrenchments. A hail of firé swept our position. Suddenly you turned" --everybody looked at Gen Blackmar--""and 'ran, and I. ran after you. * If you hadn't done so, I should have been killed; so that's how. you saved my life" And the rascal made himself scarce before the infurkated general could touch him. , Ee ---- In South Greenland the color of the hair ribbon which a. woemen ties round her head denotes whether she be maid, wife or widow Heeguse a girl refuses 4 voung man vou needn't suppose it is a sign she isn't going to marry him, F The Rector's Christmas Charl- who | To befit a colored scep- | garter, surcoat, hood, collar, and star, Gen. Blackmar at once became A Dream's Fulfillment ty and What Came of It. By SALLY CHAMBERLIN [Copyright, 194, by Sally Chamberlin.] | | ANG! Bang! Bang! John Hare jumped from his | warm bed into his dressing gown and slippers, switched on the electric light and was on the lower floor swinging wide the heavy, massive door before his eyes were fairly open. | Through the blackness of the outer | might peered the hard and forbidding faces of two roughly clad men. The taller man stated in gruff tones that | his baby was dying and his wife want- ed the child baptized. In less than five minutes the young rector was dressed and back to the men, whom he had left sitting in the | hall, and the three started out. The trip to the outskirts of the city through dark and strange streets was | anything but pleasant. Finally reach- ing a little low cottage, set quite apart IN HER PLACE SAT A GIRLISH FIGURE. ! trom any other dwellings and lighted by one small lamp which sent its rays through the narrow window, he fol- lowed the men through the door into | a barely furnished room. On a cot in the corner lay a child, small and wasted, marked with 'death's stamp, | and beside her sat the weeping moth { er. Some strange mystery haunted ! the room. What were these poverty stricken people trying to conceal? The clergyman shook off the feeling and opened his prayer book at the bap- tismal service. Hav.ag performed his mission, ac- companied by the two men, he was passing a clump of trees on his way home when one of them stopped 'sud- denly and, pulling a long bladed knife from his pocket, flashed it before the young rector's face and instantly point- od it toward his heart. He uttered a plercing shriek. . - . . » . A "Ugh!" said John Hare as the sound of his own voice wakened him and he sat up in bed. "What an ugly night- mare!" Then, with a look at his watch, "It is high time I was up anyway, with fifty parochial visits before me. I must make sure that not a single family bas a cheerless Christmas to- morrow," His eye caught the picture of a girl's face, gentle eyed, yet cheery, hanging in a frame on his wall, "And if there's any persuasion in John Hare's poor eloquence he won't have a cheerless nor a lonely Christmas the next 25th of December." T This young rector had Spottsficld, a rising city, three years hefore, after serving as curate in a large city parish. He had transformed his new congregation come to from a disgruntled, quarreling com- | munity composed of a few rich and ! many poor to a great family interested in each other and respecting his Christ- like principles. And incidentally his strict resolution for a busy bachelor- thood had been somewhat disturbed by a pair of interested, laughing eyes which belonged to the daughter of a factory owner. This ®nergetic, bug rather stiy. young woman was famed and Joved among | the poor and sick of Spottsfield for her gentle and unpretentious way of help- fig when and where she was needed. Though of different faiths, she and John Hare met often while on excur- sions of me . He bad seen hen, too, | at Ner father's home, where he was popular as a dinner guest because of | his appreciation of an goed cigar and his broad, forceful views on Christian. | ity. As he dressed that morning before the festive holiday he realized that the "human heart cannot be denied its sus- tenance -- one beating in touch and sympathy with it -- and that one fair girl had woven her charms about him #0 completely that he could no longer refrain from telling her of it. even though of ate she had rather seemed to avoid him when he crossed her path and wag even chary of her conversa- tion when he dined at her house; During the long busy day she was | constantly brought to his mind in the liomes he visited. A forlorn old wom- an told of the coming of Miss Ruth with yor for the next year's knitting and a boy of sweets, A grateful moth- wr told of the nights Miss Ruth had CZ bor 200 | had brought, with toys and aru mit- | hold, and as he stepped into the hall to | igs. Quickly pulling himself together and throwing off the vision, he ex- | an occasional house showed lights from | seccnd story gave evidence that an ea- | and a shiver ran down his spine as he | suspicious and foreboding glances of | the men in that dim scene which he manufacturing | 2 Deyn omevery os | stayed 'and pursed the baby back to life. In the poorer homes he heard of the baskets of Christmas goodies she tens for the children. It was 10 o'clock before the rector had finished the day's task, Sud qpen he reached home he threw himsaf, quite worn out, on the couch in the li- | brary. Not ten minutes seemed to have elapsed when the sound "Br-r-r-r!" | through his sleep wakemed him sud- | denly to the realization that some one | was ringing the bell with the evident | intention of 'rousing the entire house- open the door he was amazed to see the hands on the old fashioned clock pointing to L : "Kir, we've come to get Mr. Hare, The baby's dying. 'and my wife wants a minister," announced one of the two men who stood on the step facing the tired rector. The memory of his vivid nightmare had hot recurred to him since the morn: ing, but at the words "baby's dying" it it 411 flashed before his mind, and he hesitated an Instant with some misgiv- claimed: "I'm Mr. Hare. Where is your ba- by?' In a harsh voice the larger of the two men mentioned the outskirts of the city, where the houses were small and low and widely scattered. Lod Again pushing aside the warning o his apparition, the rector incased him- If in warm overcoat and arctics and, kine the door behind him, bade the For several blocks men lead the way. top to bottom or a stray light in the ger youngster was awake examining Santa' Claus' gifts. Then the houses | became dark, and the three men trudg- ed on through the gently falling snow. Hare's questions received but curt, abrupt answers, while the memory of his grewsome dream grew clearer with | each step of the long dark walk till he | | reached the identical cottage of his | nightmare, - with one light shining through the window. A suggestion of cold perspiration stood on his forehead thought of the sinister group and the had passed through -before so realis- tically. Entering the house behind the larger man, he looked instantly toward the corner for the cot and the child, They | The thin face of the child | | showed the same pallor of death, but | the mother was not in the chair beside were there! the bed. In her place sat a girlish fig- | ure, holding a vial in her delicate fin- gers. "Thank you so much. for coming. said a soft voice, and the Ruth of his | day dreams lifted her eyes to his with a wistful, shy glance of comfort and relief, "The mother never would have been consoled for her neglect in not having had her child baptized, apd I felt so sure you would come, even though it was at this late hour." So the dying baby received the bless. ing of the church, and as the sun rose between two distant hills the child passed into its Saviour's arms. Two ! hearts were peaceful from a sense of Unconsciously radiant | finished duty. with joy at being together, the man and the girl passed from the low roofed cottage into the clear frosty air of the | blue canopied earth with its fresh car- peting of pure white snow. A Christ mas happiness such as they had never: | known before illuminated the world for these two alone in the snow clad woods. It was some time before the young | rector felt inclined to speak, and then | it was to recount his nightmare with its realistic reproduction up to the point where he had found her beside the dying child. "And the knife aimed at your heart ~--that must have been dream!" John Hare paused, holding her with | his strong magnetic gaze, "The knife is in your hand. If you cannot love me, your 'No' will be the deathblow to my hopes and ambi tions." : She smiled up into his eyes and held out both hands, "Sece--there is no kuife." Bight Millions For Toys, The real amount of cash money paid out in the United States alone for toys that on Christmas morning giadden the hearts of American children is con- servatively estimated at $8,000,000. This means about 60 cents apiece for the something like 13,000,000 of five to twelve year old children. The children i of no other country on the globe have anything like so lavish an average amount of money expended for toys for them, not even the children of Ger-. | many--Germany, the home of toymak- ing and toy giving. Verily, indeed, the { lot of the American child has been cast 4 In the richest sort of clover when it | comes to toy getting and not a few oth- er things in the bargain.--Cincinnatl Enquirer. Jumping at a Conclinalon, Tommy--Santa Claus is coming to dinner tonight, Eisie--Oh! How do you know? Tommy---Ma told me a white haired old gentleman was comhg and we'd | have to be very good. im Christmas the Real Turkey Day. 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