Daily British Whig (1850), 22 Jul 1916, p. 9

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officers of the law. the view advocated by Tol- stoi and some others in the present day. Now we may safely say that no nation has acted on that principle since the beginning, and it does not soem likely that any will. On the contrary new weak nations have felt that they must not only have auth- orities and a force to maintain inter- nal order, but a force to repel exter- nal foes, and where tle weak have po the strong E they are held in es onar. 0 does not ad- mire and A Leonidas and his Spartans and just now Belgium op- posing the might of Germany? Bod- ies like the Quakers and Doukho- hors have certainly failed to impress their non-resistance views to any ex- tent upon others. Yet the matter may be a source of conscientious trouble to more than we think. The guestion for us however, is not what do certain bodies or individuals think, but what does the Christian religion require of us? Our only source of knowledge on + that point is the Bible. What does it teach? We look into the old Tes- tament and find war at any osarly date. Thus when Abraham's nephew Lot was carried away captive by those ;who swooped down upon Sod- am, Abraham got his retainers and friends together and went in pur- suit. They Gverthrew the enemy and retook the prisoners. There was no condemnation of him, but blessing Son Melchizsedek, priest of the Most H God. At a lateg date the Israelites were command of God to go up and possess the land of Canaan. They were to utterly destroy the Canaan- ites. Some moderns have been ready to say that could not have been a command from the God we profess to worship. But there are certain things to be noted. There has been are not a terror to good but to the evil. They are ministers, attending continual- Render ly upon this very thing. great the punishment it brings in its train, So the world was and schooled for the advent of Christian- ity with its fuller revelation of the Fatherhood and love of God. Nations, as such exist only in this world and so here are chasten- ed and punished. God bears with a nation until its cup of iniquity is full and then comes doom. But God has various ways of dealing with na- tions, as fire, flood, pestilence, earth- world became so corrupt that it was swept away with a flood, all except Noah and his family. The cities of the plain became so bad that ulti- : mately they were wiped out by fire and brimstone, Lot alone with some of his family escaping. David was given a choice of forms of punish- ment. He chose pestilence and 70,- 000 of the people died. The Canaan- ites were to suffer by the sword as a warning to Israel not to follow their idolatrous ways, and evil practices. Yet the warning was not heeded as it should have been. When Israel went astray, the Lord brought ene- mies against them, but when they re- pented and cried to him, - he raised up deliverers, the judges. He did not condemn Israel for fighting their foes, but gave them the victory, and when they needed no chastening preserved them in peace. When the monarchy came, then David was call- ed the man after God's own heart, for though he made a couple of falls, the general tenor of his life was that has was ready to do God's will. . But he was a man of war. He overthrew Goliah and broke the power of the Philistines, yet he stands out as one of the brightest characters in history. True, he was not permitted to build the temple. It was more appropri- ate that it should be built by a man of peace. But David had his pecu- liar work to do, a work of prepara~ tion, and he did it well. So in the later history of Israel and Judah, we do not find them condemned for over- throwing thé enemies that came against them, but for turning aside after the idolatrous practices of the world. The sacredness of human life 13 affirmed in the Old Testament. The commandment is: "Thou shalt not kill," that is, commit murder. If one does, his own life must pay the penafty. That was laid down by that same Jewish law, and even be- fore the rise of Judaism, in the days of Noah, whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed. Only thus can the stain of blood be re- moved from the community. This is a command evidently intended for all time. But ardistinction is put between blood shed in war and in (Have You a Photo eto sramin, We 7,0 3 Taken in Your Own Front Room? We try to please. Prices from $7 to $35. Have a and groupsspeciaities. BLAKEMORE, Stuart Street, City. in Sealed Phone 845 Save the Babies FOR THE EMPIRE'S SAKE USE ONLY PASTEURIZED MILK Our Milk is Thoroughly Pasteurized and sold Bottles. 2+ Price's FRESH STOCK OF BATHING CAPS From 25¢ up; also good stock of English Water Wings, at : SARGENT'S DRUG STORE Cor. Princess and Montreal Sts. Phone 41 White Bedroom Furniture Just received a large stock of white iron beds. with matresses to fit. White enamel chairs in wood or wicker frames. Veranda chairs, all the * popular designs at popu- lar prices. 'Agents for Edison's Famous Diamond Disc l Phonograph. Harrison Co. telthuh ok LIMITED quake and the sword. The whole|' therefore to all their dues, tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear," etc. When John the Baptist was asked by the-soldiers, what they should do, he told them to do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and to be content with their wages. They were not to misuse their office, ill- treating or seeking by violence or threats to extort money from those whom they were supposed to protect, but to be content with their wages. But they must earn their wages, that is, do their duty as soldiers. Several centurions are mentioned in the New Testament, and none un- favorably. One is the centurion whose servant Christ healed. Jesus did not require him to give up his office, but at once answered his re- quest and commended him most high- ly: "I have not found so great faith, not not in Israel." Another was present at the crucifixion, and while others mocked, he reverently ex- claimed: "Truly this was the Son of God." Another had charge of Paul on his journey to Rome. He treated Paul courteously, and on one occa- sion intervened to save his life. An- other was Cornelius. Through him the Gospel was first officially commu- nicated to the Gentiles. That pe- cullar honor was conferred upon a militgry officer. He was' not requir- ed to give up his office. He is spo- ken of as "a devout.man and one that feared God," in the first instance, and when the Gospel came he receiv- ed it, and he and those with him re- ceived the Holy Ghost. What can we infer from all this but that the military office is lawful, and therefore war when the circum- stances require? True, Christ said: "I say unto you, that ye resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek turn to him the other also. Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, de good to them that hate vou, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you." But he did not say, if any man seeks to murder you, that you are to permit him, nor to murder or outrage those committed to your care. Our Mas- ter simply showed that we are to go to great lengths to avoid quarrelling, and ever to have the right spirit. With this agrees Paul's saying, "If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men." But there is a time when forbear- ance ceases to be a virtue, when it is necessary to stand up for the right, and to protect the helpless, albeit maintaining to all the spirit of love. When Christ sentforth His dis- ciples diufing his life time to teach and to heal, He told them to make no provision for their travels, not to take purse, scrip, etc. But when the end of his earthly career was at hand He gave them to under- stand that they must now use the re- sources at their command, "he that hath a purse let him take it, and likewise his scrip; and he that hath no swords, let him sell his garment and buy one." That special care and provision given during His earthly career were to.cease. The disciples showed him two swords. He said, "It is enough." Not they are en- ough, but enough is said on the sub- ject. They misunderstood Him. When His enemies "began to gather around Him, one of His disciples smote off the high priest's servant's ear, | Jesus said, not "suffer ye thus far," meaning endure yet, but "per- mit" me thus far, addressed to those who held him, and He touched the ear and healed it. His words re- garding the sword had no such pal- try meaning as the disciples suppos- ed. He meant that henceforth His followers must use their earthly re- sources, of course, as elsewhere in-| 1008 illness. culeated, always trusting in God. They must look out for their own provision and defence. The few dis- ciples could have availed nothing against the Jews and Romans, and Christ's was a spiritual kinkdom which was not to be propagated by force. But Christians while they render unto God the things that are God's are also to render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's. They are to support the secular authori- ties, They look to them for justice and protection, and they in turn are to stand by the government, thus honoring the King. An aggressive war is certainly un- justifiable. That is plain robbery and murder. Such is the war "that Germany plunged into. She has sup- plemented it by a system of whole- sale lying, and by atrocities suppos- ed impossible for any civilized na- tion. Britain was not content to stand by and see her neighbors over- whelmed. She knew too that after- wards -her turn would come, when single handed she would have to face the foe. She was in honor bound to stand by Belgium, for a treaty was not to her "a mere scrap of paper." Unprepared she was on land, but she got ready, and now the votaries of Bernhardi and the Ger- man philosophers who advocated war are likely to get enough of it. Britain will emerge from this war covered with glory for she stood by the right, no matter how great the cost to herself. If she had not drawn the sword, she might well have received such taunts as "Where is your honor? Your word is no- thing worth." No reliance is to be placed on you." Chastening she needed, and she will come forth chastened, purified, better fitted for the work of the Lord. say of Canada and all the Dominions of the Empire, who have right loyally helped in the time of need. When far weaker nations have re- sisted their foes, it is out of the question to think that powerful na- tions like Britain, France and Russia would submit to foreign don¥ination without a struggle. But if Britain submitted, would that end war? Nay, the Germans would say, "Our rule is conscription, you nmust fight in our armies or be shot." So she would compel numbers to help her in fur- ther aggression, aiming at the con- quest of the world. There is nothing in Scripture to dbus wikhout a Stmgtle. it wil bo ts without a ' divinely protected, or that such a So we may] ! { { | i | public in speaking of the death of terest of the world that their terri- tory and resources be so diminished that they will be incapable of again ushering in such an era of bloodshed and waste. If wars are to cease, the nations must be permeated by a liv- ing vital, not & merely nominal Christianity. It will be for Britain and America to lead in this great work im the greater future which we believe is coming. CHURCH HAS MONEY TO BURN SACKET HARBOR CHURCH GETS WINDFALL, Bequest of Mrs. Hay Amounts to Thousands--Made a Small Gift to Sunday School Years Ago and Now| It Has Grown to Great Amount. Watertown, N.Y, Standard. 'tne rresbyterian Church at Sack- et Harbor, N.Y., occupies the envia- ble position of having more money than it khows what to do with. So serious has that no less than two well known Watertown attorneys are now busy trying to find some way of disposing of the money, The attorneys are former Senator George H. Cobb and Robert Wilcox and the story is as follows: | Some years ago, Mrs. Marietta | Pickering Hay, sister of former Lieu-| tenant 'Governor Allen C. Beach,| donated to the church a little library | for the Sunday school. Im order to provide for the upkeep of the library and to permit of the purchase of new | books - occasionally, Mrs. Hay pre- sented the church with a block 'of stock' of New Jersey zinc. At that time and for a number of years following the income from this stock amounted to something be- tween $100 and $200, which was quite sufficient to buy all the books needed. But then came the Euro- pean war, and suddenly New Jersey zinc went bounding sky high. Within a few weeks where the Sacket Har- bor Presbyterian Church had former- ly possessed a few hundred dollars worth of securities, now it owned stock valued at close to $50,000. It was one of the miiracles of modern finance. The stock is known as a '""'war baby" stock, What is more, the stock immedi- ately started paying enormous divi- dends. - The income from the stock now amounts to thousands of dollars a year, enough to buy books aplenty for all the Sunday school libraries in Northern New York. Of course, there are dozens of oth- er ways that the Sacket Harbor church might use the money to ad- vantage, It might be used to pay the salary of the pastor, or again it might go towards the building of a new church. But aM this is impos- sible. The terms of the gift are that the income from the stock must be used to buy books for the"Sunday_school library and for no other purpose, and in an effort to see if there is some way out of the tangle, the Water- town attorneys have been retained. Mrs. Hay gave mafy gifts to the Sacket Harbor Presbyterian church in the course of her life, presenting the church with its belfry chimes and organ. , ' LATE JOHN FP. SHARP, Died» Kingstonian Fresno., Calif. Fresno, Calif., Morning Re- A Former at The the late John P. Sharp, a former Kingstonian, says: 'John P. Sharp, for twelve years head clerk in the silk department in Gottschalk"s de- partmental store, died yesterday (July 7th) at a sanitarium after a Sharp was thirty-nine He was born Febru- ary 13th, 1877, in Kingston. On July 6th, 1905, he was married to Miss Ada Parlier, and the couple made Fresno their home up to two years ago, when a move was made to Parlier. Sharp lived in Parlier up to the time of his death, "Three sisters and three brothers survive. One brother, Russell, liv- ed in Fresno for several years, and is now a resident of Cleveland. Hugh resides in Webster City, Ioha, and Alexander at Sunbury. "One sister lives in Kingston, while two reside in Cleveland. Major Sharp, father of the deceased, died three years ago. He held the rank of major in the Canadian army for several years." years of age. T.I. YACHT CLUB. A Masked Ball to be Held on July 28th. Plins for the summer have been completed by the Thousand Island Yacht Club, Alexandria Bay. The annual masked ball will be. held at the club house on July 28th. From July 31st until August 5th the an- nual tennis tournament will be held. The tennis ball with the presenta- on the evening of August 9th, On August 10th the annual meeting of the club will be held, and on August 11th the Ladies' Welcome Club wili serve tea, The junior tenais tourna- ment for those of seventeen and un- der will be held from August 14th| to the 19th. From August 15th to 17th the Thousand Island Club championship challenge cup motor: boat races wil! held. On August 17th thé annual ub Juncheon will be held, © On gust 25th the annual yacht club ball will be held. The club house has been open for the past few weeks. Dances are held regularly evely Wednesday and Sat- urday evenings. . The Ladies' Wel- come Club holds a card party every Wednesday evening. For Good Pictures. Have your films developed and printed at Prouse's Drug Store. Film Packs, all sizes, at Gibson's Drug Store. ' Owing to the changes in the. re- quirements of the Imperial Air Ser- vice, Richard Hadden, Picton, to- gother with four others' who were in Curtis Aviation Cool Hats for tion of the tennis prizes, will be held | 5 New Styles Smardon Pumps ARRIVED THIS WEEK. Ladies' Dull Kid, also Patent Colonial P Ladies' Dull Kid, ve Ladies' Plain Patent plain Pump. umps -- Also anot ed ornament. $4.50 and $5.00. These goods were bought for August wear. : = become the situation Hot Days | Big selling of men's summer hats. | Style, comfort and low price go hand in hand at this store. Every new itea in cool hats is here. Strawas, Panamas, Javas, Hats, Silk Caps FROM 25c¢ UP. | Campbell Bros, The House of Successful | Hat Styles Wl | Yosici Become:a Physician | Medicine, Surgery, Bacteriology, Public Hedlth, Chemistry and Allied Sciences offer the greatest/ opportun- itigs to ambitious men ahd women The Chicago Hospital" College of Medicine, located in the greatest medical centre of the world, with faculty, facilities and equipment un- surpassed, offers a recognized four or five year course leading to the de- || gree of Doctor of Medicine and Sur- || { Crash gery. For catalogue address: Secre- tary, 3830 Rhodes Ave. Chicago, IIL SAT FOR TWO MINUTES CITY COUNCIL HELD RECORD | SESSION ON FRIDAY NIGHT. Gave Final Reading to Campbell Power By-law Endorsed by Rate-; payers--Is Thirteen an Unlucky Number? The City Council held a record session on Friday night, in that the! session lasted only two minutes, i The special meeting was called for the purpose of giving the final read- ing to the Campbell power by-law, which was recently endorsed by the ratepayers. { Thirteen members of the eouncil were present. Ald. Newman took] notice of this as soon as the roll was called, and made the suggestion that perhaps it would be better for the members to wait a few minutes to] see if any of the other members would. put in dn appearance. How-| ever, the aldermen present did not care to wait, in order to break the supposed '"hodoo," and the by-law was put through quickly and by a unanimous vote. Mayor Richardson was in the] chair, and the other members pre- sent were: Alds. Couper, Clugston, Chown, Corbett, Fair, Gardiner,| Hughes, Kent, Litton, Nickle, New-| man and O'Connor. | Made in England. 3 Ensign. Cameras, Films and Sup- plies. Cameras from $1.50 to $50. Sold at Prouse's Drug Store. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Morgan and baby left Napanee on Tuesday for Ot- tawa, where they will remain for a few days before leaving. for Pan-| ama. Wild Strawberry Extract at Gib- son's Drug Store. John McNamara, Lonsdale, lost $160 while on his way to Deseronto on Monday. CATARRH LEADS TO CONSUMPTION Catarrh is as much a blood dis- ease 'as serofula or rheumatism, It may be relieved, but it cannot be removed by simply local treatment. It breaks down the general health, weakens the lung tissues, and leads to consumption. . Hood's Sarsaparilla is so suc- cessful in the treatment of catarrh that it is known as the best remedy for this disease. It the | | | Branch, has with training. blood. Ask your dru st for it. ngs with large Buckles. : her style with a small bead- Home-Made Candy Chocolates Fresh Made Every Day SAKELL'S Next Opera House. Phone $40 Fresh Air and Sunshine is Essential to Baby's Health. 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Close under- arm and shoulder seams, then turn the hem in front at the noteh. If the blouse is cut to be slipped on over the head, work eyelets and lace to position. Adjust shield to position underneath front, bringing large "0*? perforation to Sorresponding tion in front." Hem or ay sew the eollar to neck edge, notches and SSutal- banks ava. of tha ext, gather 0] ) pocket an oe" reanes per. arasions and po pocket . sti te the Btiteh pocket on front be- tween indicating small ""o" perfora- tions, leaving the ter-front| of belt indicated by large '"0" perforation. Tack pocket strap on belt, u 34 to 42 inches bust pnd 14 to

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