Beyond doubt, Christ is"the founder of the first true Church; that is, that Church, which, purified from the folly of superstition and the en meanness of fanaticism, exhibits the moral kingdom of God upon ! 2 earth as far as it can be done by man.--Immanuel Kant : : E Nothing that is here said can apply; even with the most distant 5 L : ; srespect, to the real character of Jesus Christ. He was a virtuous : Es Weta and an amiable man. The morality that he preached and practised -------- of Rd i : 3 ? was of the most 'benevolegge kind; and though similar systems of morality had been preached by Confucius and by some of the/Greek n : poe 5. go : : philosophers many years before, by the Quakers since, and by many | tT A . good men in all ages, it has not been exceeded by any.-- Thomas Paine Es ia, . . , Highest of all religious symbols are those wherein the artist or i Vr ; ; poet has risen into a prophet; and all men can recognize a present God, and worship 'the same. If thou ask to what length man has carried it in this manner, look on our divinist symbol, Jesus of Naz- ameth, and His life and His biography, and what. followed therefrom. Full line of Lowney's | aus Higher has the human thought not yet reached; this Christianity and ; Christendom---a symbol of quite perennial, infinite character, whose significance will ever demand to be anew inquired into, and anew made manifest.-- Thomas Carlyle Headquarters for I I The question of the justice of Jesus' condemnation depends upon v ' . ' y \ B 0 ' 1s the judgment which is formed of His character. If He had been Cowan's Milk Chocolates, ' 3 y 4 8 only a Galilean Rabbi, the tribunal of history could not rightfully Medallions and Maple Buds. ' : : reverse that of Caiaphas. In the mausoleum of the noble dead, there is no place to erect, by the side of Confucius of China, Buddha of India, and Socrates of Greece, a statue to the memory of Jesus of Nazareth. He is either the Son of God, or He was a false prophet; He was either - on hy more than a philosopher, or less than a true man.-- Lyman Abbott The only place in the ! , ; Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets, He saw with * City where Cream : open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, . . , ravished with its beauty, he lived in it, and had His being there Fudges of all kinds 3 : Alone in all history, He imated the greatness of man. One man and choice Taffies are ! was true to what is in you and mé. He saw t God incarnates Chocolates in boxes and bulk. : Himself in man, and evermore goes forth anew to take possession of There is nothing more suitable or acceptable as a Christmas gift manufactured. 7 # His World.--Ralph Waldo Emerson . So : than good furs, and our long recor i Everything in Christ astonishes me. Hjs spirit overawes me, 8 g record for making and selling furs of and his will confounds me. Between Him and whoever else in the a high grade adds to their appreciation. Where to buy 1s equally , "oll world, there is no possible term of comparison. His ideas and His as important. as what to buv. ford head Cakes and sentiments, the truths which He announces, his manner of convincing, po ay, lor il you come to headquarters you Goon SHEePH) By B. Plockhurst are not explained either by human organization or by the nature of Testimong of Great Men to Jesus of Nazar Pastry LIAR 1 Gees ; plain are sure of the best furs at the makers' prices. oth things.-- Napoleon Bonaparte | i . . If we attempt to discover what it is in the personal character of A personal guarantee, backed by our thirty years e€xpenence, HRIST'S character grows more pure, sacred and lovely, the better Jesus Christ, as shown in His life, that thus attracts such permanent goes with every purchase. . w yw Hin The whole range of history and fiction furnishes admiration, it is not difficult to do so. In an age wl the ideal of : . : Fancy goods in this line suitable no parallel to it : Christ 1 Hed of the past, the life of the oligos lire was ealiend in the Haplist's withdrawing oH per, and Our Annual Catalogue and Price List wall be sent free to any present ie hope of the future e it even understand our- burying himself in the ascetic solitudes of the desert hrist came, . BH ' for the Christmas able. pr eT BE I vio Sune address and offers splendid facilities for out of town people to order i il For the mortifications of the hermit, he substituted th rs of active by mail. The Catalogue cuts are reproductions of actual photo- tchor o : ve benevolence; for the fears and gloom which shrank from men, " . . retove the soharitio : Tex d Gel on intercossor brought the light of a cheerful piety, which made every act of daily life graphs of the garments and the illustrations shown here are a few Goods always fresh and t1 o : wrel : : | do . . lis miracle : . : 4 1 religious He found the domain of religion fenced off as somethir selections from the Catalogue prices always right. and the power of d : kness resurres rt illed th hole - distinct from common duties; ane hr 10 he wall of separa ® : 1 1 ¥ of Th ( tion, and consecrated the who weep" ( 1stence unningham (1€IR1¢ It appears, as respects the per of om ord, that its ordinary 4 9, all thu ording to tl 7 | of the F rancts Bacon exhibition to ordinary hearers and spectators was. t of 4 man C dll in S a vou thinl me. tl : r only to vo away engaged in the best and holiest and tenderest ministries, among all the rity. and leave this world it was before. withot w. a ruler, a saddest of human miseries and trials; of one teaching in word, too, Iv kingdom? Lid us is 1 terda o + the best and holiest and tenderest lessons, and claiming, unequivocally ' 3 1 iW 161 1 rode triumph int and without appeal, a paramount authority for what He said and did, 2 and tor 1 1 W en her ( n. triumph in a ' | ! 204 Princess Street 3 ™m ost ust) wok and lowly. an but beyond this asserting respecting Himself nothing, and leaving om. which can never Himself to be freely judged by tle character of His Words and deeds Through the fair gloss of His manhood, we perceive the To bring Ht ortality to-lieht: to give Sul roofs sur rich bloom of His divinity If He is not now without an assailant, at future exist 4s mav influent lem 1AITOW : ill the least Heis without a rival. If He be not the Sun of Righteousness, the 1081 « tous intel y open prospects beyond the gre n whi Friend that gives His life for His friends and that sticketh closer than a 1 : 101 R , ! : : : Arla brother \ ailing Consoler, the constant Guide, the everlasting ost Acce table w tl it mav expatinte withe obstructions; and to supply brother, the unfailing Consoler, the constant Guide, the erlasting p raft md 4d su y the mind amidst all the miseries of decaying Priest and King, at least, as all must confess, there is no other to come 3 : } 3 ty is the 1 TF cellence of the wospel of Christ wel into His room.-- William E. Gladstone Christmas Gift 1s a nature--is the peculiar excellence of the gospel of Chr : Johnson f God, througl oa : i Tr No. 277 nd 1 exhort my ; car children humbly | > suite thenaclues by , } ul 644d A & Long satin lined throw Dominion Te ahs dof hie YO guide em Feria LF or 1 pe of Grey Squirrel, $12 the teachings of the am artes Dickens | EA SG BELMONT Now, if we describe the work of Christ by a short g : ! ; : MAN'S FUR-LINED Mink, . . . . $27.50 . Express Co. | ion h may he ¢l w of it. we . ik ; Persian Lamb,. . $18 Russian Pony Coat, SXpresnon Ie mayYgne A oe } f » : a ; a wr Black Beaver Cloth, No. 67. Muff 50 in. long, Canadian Muskrat lin- Grey Squirrel, . $12 + Muskrat, . . . . $75 mal hi but tl wav in whi did th was bv k Eh. a : ok : 7 " ing, Persian Lamb or Persian Lamb, a $1 5. Near Seal, . . $65 MONEY g the intuition Matth rnold : : | wis tly oid Ty ¥ : ; 4 ; Otter Collar. Price, . +» $20 and $25 Persian Lamb, . $275 fn own that the human chamcter of Chr yn an ARE $50, $65, and $75. . Mink, 830, $40, $50 Astrachan, . . . $50 { 2 ompiet 1 un n 1 rl world hi t er ORDER SHER ERE OR FOREIGN | DRAFT and I't ? AVE Jee | require 1€y are issued 1n met f t nor iw. and the manner in which it Dollars, Pounds Stirling, could be fulfill John Ruskin. 1 u 168 p what annovs us annoy } t hat robs us robs Christ He is the Marks, Roubles, Etc., great nerve-centre to which thrill all sensations which touch us who are His members / Ye Watt Talmage Francs, Kronan, Lire, and are Jesus did not ask us to pass from better to worse, but, on the contrary, from worse to better. 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M550 asceticism or ve itary hn taught us a ; 2 - Money Sent by way of life, which, while n tl Wot I'elegraph or Cable mee doctrine; on the contrary, He s: hat those who and peace Jesus did 1 emptiness of the personal life would ¢ S ®t flering ar & . | f : a : Hp be ¥ : unhappy, bu n the contrary, m Ni Tv J : MAKERS OF FINE] FURS ho "FROM HUNTER AND TRAPPER DIRECT TO YOU" than For further information apply at Jes Office, corner King and Clarence Sts., oe Kingston, Ont. 126-128 PRINCESS STREET KINGSTON ve rejoice with j H 1mrriet Bee her Hg Leapets Me iv Green Pastures