spring, the soft voluptuoulness of summer, the golden pomp of autumn earth with its mantle of refreshing green, and heaven with all its deep, delicious blue and its cloudy this ficence--all fill us with mute 'but ex- quisite delight, and we revel in the od some nights, while they circumscribe our wanderings, shut in our feelings also from rambling abroad and make us more keenly disposed for the plea- sures of the social circle. Our. thou- ghts are more concentrated; our friendly sympathies more aroused. We feel more sensibly the charm of each other's society, and are brought mote cl y together by the depen: ry EXIT IRE dence Wag seh other for enjoyment . 5% ph BARRETT Heart calleth unto Hoan, gna ae 117 3 ZAm- 20wiE Bam? raw our pleasures from the » - ; , HET . wells of living kindness which. lie in 1 Ln TwELY.ImEE TY the great recesses of our boso: 8, ig and which, when restored to furnish forth the el t of domestic Foe ahr ro Hd i wh ae | ZZ : A¢ Ohiis { Conference ; ge me) . ' E NN ! Tr -- A nF k Ottawa } onservative). The cloction oF Member of the Ontario legislature of Irwin Hilliard, of Morrisburg, to succeed the late Sir James Whitney recalls that at the annual session of the Montreal Me. thodist Sonfernce B June last, + vious. to tk ntario. election, T. Hilliard he Je chigf opponent among the lay delegates-of a motion to endorse the abolish-the-bar plat- form of the liberals under Mr. Row- ell. Mr. Hilliard, while represent- ing his church section at the confer- ence, was apparently not unmindful of his duty as a true party man and his election. although with a greatly reduced vote from that accorded Sir James, shows that his services have been duly noted and appreciated. The incident is Interesting even at this late date Because of the light it sheds upon the attitude of some of our pro- fessed churchmen during the contest and of the respective strengths of the : > ap! Of party and the appeal of ' : prineiple. . : 1 re A pr cone er Rene a ; x d Good-will . - "Where's Daddy, Mother? |. _ \B{ 1 have been in Spanish 'so-called | Christmas Night--maybe the stars)not there to help to fill the smalljand Gawd kuows whore 1 poh Ressage a a £4 Many a girl who aspires to become | "Kit" writes a gripping. irticle ftrenches, and they are pits filled with shining-- maybe the cold drizzle stockings. ror said. th Mus rats "Where's Daddy, Mother? a miss t even break in. [in the December Canada Monthly, things mentionable and unmention- and Bast wind which racks Britain 'Seven of em 1 have, oa Tittle - 'the harping wings of the an- my Daddy for my Christmas" D pr Ne Widergurion Sogo 4 help feta Yueh the tollowing is taken; able. Crude Caristngs huepitality! and Europe Eengrally. Te re ne rims vy gg 'ere 1 dele cones the aton to all the|dy is lying dead on ns ; Tr old mother laun the v aches really s in s {in "Missus"" an e ghters, , : dishes, pol . TI . are? Tak What n ge oaty A gir in some itt e ind ron at vn and Daddyibe in the firin' line Christmas Eve, grieving and troubled world-- theling --in a far country; little oe CS ------------ Ee --_-- ~- - EE -- -- -- -- ---- -- _-- A -- Ey EEE Llib r-- oe The Dominion Cotton Mills Co., Limited The Merchants Cotton Company, Limited The Montmorency Cotton Mills Company The Colonial Bleaching and Printing Co., Ltd. The Mount Royal Spinning Co., Limited Manufacturing All lines of White and Grey Coltons, Prints, Sheetings, Shirtings, Pillow Cottons, Long | Cloths, Cambrics, Ducks, tags, Twills, Drills, Quilts, Bureau Covers, Towels and Towelings, Yams Blankets, Rugs, Twines. And numerous other lines used by Manufacturers in rubber and other trades. a | &