PAGE FOUR The British Whig S4TH. YEAR, | qualify and | physically fer the service, listed from England, and been given | book retained the chapter on church | mobilization Published Dally sand Semi-Weekly by | THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED, J G Leman .» Président . Managing Director and Sec.-Treas Eliott A. Guild | Tele Business Office . Bditorial Rooms Job Offfce ; phones: st One One One One year, delivered in « Year, if ppid in adv 'year, by mail to rural year, to United States (Se nl-Weekly Edition) year, by mall, cash year, if not pald in advance year, to United States Six and three months pr fii One One One MONTREAL REPR Bruce Owen TORONTO Hoy ¥. Cr UNITE B 1005 Traders Bank D STATES REPRESENT F.R.Northrup, 235 Fifth Ave F.R Northrup, 1510 Ass'n Bk Attached is printing ofMces in Cana ' Si p---------------------------- The cirenintion of THE WHIG Is nthenticated by 4 3 OC Audit Bureau of Circulations. TISH BRI the ------ N------ ~ THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH. | {| the The Whig travelled from Toronto to Kingston not so long ago with a| distinguished representative the { The turned the church in of church. convarsation on what preparation for the return of thou sands of soldiers who had been damaged in the war, who had an ex- perience peculiarly their own. What should be dope in order to meet these men and\minister to their re- ligious welfare? The man of the church did not know He was meditating others, It was with a recollection of this conversation that the Whig opened the book which is composed of a series of articles written to the London Spectator by "a student in arms," (Donald Hankey), an Eng- lish ordinand, who early hecamé en- grossed in the war In an occa- siomal hour of rest he put his thoughts on paper. Later the editor advised that the articles he brought together and printed, and later, about the time this book left the publisher's hands, Hankey lost his life In action. His ideas live, how- ever, and, reflected upon, must pro- duce changes in the liveg of others, Hankey recalled two books which had read. One was written by clergyman, and the other by a Boh dealt with the ques- should do, So were he a , layman tion of what the fighting men will desire when return to their evil occupations, with experiences of danger and hardship and pain and death, and a more serious frame of mind than that with which they Will the church have any ify it has not, they set out message for them? and misses its opportunity, centur ies will pass ere it returns. The clergyman expected his colleagues to let everything go of a temporal | kind and devote themselves to the cultivation of a deeper spirituality. The layman did not hope for any relief from the clergy. They do not know enough of life to meet its deeper needs. The laymen, who had been at the front, who had serv- ed and suffered side by side with their fellows, these could best mini- ster to the spiritual wants of men. _/The author agreed with the non- conformist The problems of life can never he solved by those whose definitions of sin and temptation, wf life and death, are obmined in the college halls. The training pf the clergy for the soldier situation can- not be acquired at home, and in solitary retreat Hankey, a student himself, and an ordinand such as he so often de- scribes in his hook, tells his friends that the situation is not going to be improved by k the younger clergy back from their share in the nation's struggles. Other profes- sions and callings have been de- pleted of their best representatives, and those who hold back, or are re- strained by their superiors, "at the end of the war will be more out of touch with the laity than ever." Those of the combatant clergy who return from the war will know all that is worth knowing of the cha- racters of ordinary men. They will be able "to link up the dootrines of religion with the lives of men, and express them in language which one cannot fail to understand. With sush men as clergy a new era might dawn for the church in this land, and the kingdom of heaven be brought #ery migh."™ The idea is that the forces of the chureh ould be moblized, that many 0 and their | appears {they | Time is being consumed by one af- 44 | men of the cloth miy go or be] the front and get the instruc sent to | will | and the training . i them for the activities that] tion e that await them { Here ig-a book that every clergy-| every bishop, and every- man should read, head of the church, every on othe who is in a pos to advise the li By all ordinands of the one rs and direct the Church of nearly of England, the right Way, everywhere, and capable age, have en- the army Many ymen have way ranks of and even of the com- The publisher of the commissions in of the younger cler found their R.AMC., batant units into the the it applied to 6ther countries than England, and it occurred to him that the present crisis, for the church, "is an unpre- because EDITORIAL NOTES. The Hamilton Spectator that Quebec has been pa deemed by Hon. All This is great news. Capt. ( Vv) ronto, Mo Catiada does not 'war. That she is at discovery But it is none regrettable on that account. 1 Dr. Michael his party justice are thinking more of elections than | of war. The noble and patriotic | stand of so many liberals emphatic- ally contradicts that opinion. | rejoices ally re- rt Sevigny. To- | front, realize that a new Magwoo of from he says is not the less Clark in saying that they | has not done My Lord Northcliffe broadly smiles when he reads about the anger in England over his American | mission. The heathen, metaphori- | cally speaking, may rage, while he | enjoys his power and political patri- | vedented opportunity for either making a fresh start or committing suicide.'" | The faith of Congress in the pre- | sident, the confjdence of the legis- lators in. his "fudgment, has in their willingness to let him settle whether the Unftted States shall be bone dry during the Mr. Wilson will shown war reflect act RECRUITING IS RETARDED. The discussion in Ottawa, Conscription Bill has degene- ratédd. It has left the lofty plane upon which it began, and continued for a time, while the independent men expressed their views respect- ing past failures and hopes and ex- pectations with regard to the futu- ure. Now there is a steady flow of smaller talk, lighted up with occasional flash of wit or pas sion, but little argament that can influence any one in his decision. It that the members gener- ally have made up their minds how will upon the question. the an vote ter amother as 'he puts himself on record or in Hansard The referendum will be voted on by some who do not like conserip- tion, except as a last resort, but when it has been dispgsed, of the division upon conseriptlon will oc- cur, and it promises to be decisive. Then what? A is' uneerrainty. There is a desire on the part of the premier to undertake a reconstruc- tion of his government. The feel- ing is that hejeannét. go to the eople with the present aggregation of irreconcilables, the men who have been unequalsto the emergencies of the past, and the: men who have brought things to their present im- possible condition. The liberals who have spoken for conscription, and will vote for it, do not relish membership in the cabinet, with its present encumbrances, and the en- forcement of conscription becomes an issue of the gravest importance. An election, which will follow as soon as it can be arranged for, car- ries with it an approval of conscrip- tion and the government's war policy. They cannot be separated. The government may profit by this fact and it may not, Experience only can reveal results. Sooner or later the test will come, and it does not appear that very much progress can be made in the one thing need- ful, the recruiting, until it is set- tled The dropping of a few bombs from aerial ships, of German origin, over Ottawa, would do more to help I than all the verbal ar- tillery of government and opposi- tion. The sense of danger has not been aroused in Canada as it should be. CLARK WANTS NOTICEJ Dr. Michael Clark, of Red" Deer, congratulated in the lobby of the House of Commons by Hon. "Bob Rogers, and presumably because he made personal remarks about the leader of the opposition in his speech on conscription, is not some- body which one can very much ad- mire. Sir Wilfrid Laurier invited each liberal to exercise his judg- ment and to vote as he liked upon this subject. Several members of the liberal party have spoken and acted accordingly. Each in his turn, however, excepting Dr. Clark, paid tribute to the personal virtues of the grand old man whe has serv- ed Canada so long and so honorably. Dr. Clark could have followed their example, could have pro- hounced himself quite as strongly in favor of the war and its necessities, and proven himseélf a patriot and a public man of independence. He marred, as the 'Globe's Ottawa cor- respondent puts it. an otherwise eloquent speech by jarring notes which were out: of harmony with the exalted theme he discussed. There are times when a man must rise above party feelings and party pre: judices, when great issues®grip him and carry Bim without thought of ng But he can be great and at the same time mag- nanimous. , "Dr. Clark may, later, avanirom the peculiar influence of Hon. Bob Rogers, and men of his stamp, realize that he owes liberal ism some explanation for his my- sterlons ways: UY 6 been | upon | v mony. { Do the English in Ontario hate the French of Quebec? Is all the] | friction between the two races due i Hon. Jacques Bureau {thinks and appeals to the | generosity of the English to culti | vate the French and appreciate] | their virtues. | to thut fact? s0, and | | The Kaiser must be impressed | with England's magnanimity. Par- | liament has decided that there will, | not be reprisals on Germany be- | cause of its air raids and killing of t Of that kind have a! | women and bables. of warfare Germany | | monopoly. can The imperial government is again! {in a shaky condition. It has not | | been so viciously attacked since Mr. | Asquith retired from office. The! | causes are the aerial attacks on | | England without reprisals, and the | Northcliffe appointment. Both min- [or affairs, but very | public opinon. The masses in Berlin are now fed | soup kitchens which has - established It rarely contains | | | | out of great the municipality | The soup varies. | any meat, but peas, mangel-wurzels, | beans, and sauer kraut. plenty of this soup, but wants it unless he is really hungry, and he must be registered a patron to get it at any time. There is | no one New potatoes are offered in the markets of New York, in unprece-. dented quantities, at from » to §11 a barrel. The railway companies | anticipate the tremendous move- | ment &f thi crop, and are providing | special 'stations therefor. Presently there will be a fall in prices, and the surplus crop of 1916, which some people have been nursing for high prices, will go to the inciner- ators. * 4 | PUBLIC OPINION irritating to | 4 | the voice of those who Obey That Impulse, Girls. New York San) Forty war brides at Vassar show how the patriotic college girls are answéring the call to arms. Political Wedding. ({ Windsor Record) Ottawa is to be the scene of a po- litical wedding between the French Conservatives and the Quebec Na- tionalists, Corkers All Round. (Ham iton Herald) In the matter of rioting the Sinn Feiners are corkers, and it looks as if there are many corkers who are Sinn Feiners. A New Claim. (London Advertiser) And now Senator Marconi aims Italy saved France. That makes it France, Britain, Canada and Italy that did the deed. Suitahle Poster. (Tironto News) A travelling hypnotist announces on his hand-bill: "If you don't get in early, vou'll never get in." That would make a good Recruiting pos- ter in Montreal. Heart to Heart Talks. (Ottawa Citizen) A whole lot of politicians are tak- ling their leaders into the woodshed tnese days and remarking, "Old mam it hurts me more than it does you to do this but--" ete. etc. Apr--------r------ No. Comedy, Please. (Brantford Expositer) and warmer" is the sign which that great comedian, Old Probs, hangs out to-day on the weather billboard. It is to be hoped it will be no burlesque performance. "Fair 1g the Commandments. Examiogr) Sir Robert Borden has announced Saturday sittings of Parliament. Sunday sittings might provide our politicians with the chance of break- ing almost the only one of the com- mandments they have not already broken one way or another. Breakin or «terboro \ STANDING BY BOYS AT THE FRONT ul Windsor Record. We gave those boys our pledge when they left that we would back them up. The -'hoys in France are calling for reinforcements. Even have fallen comes ringing to our hearts, Ther , sacrifice must not be in vain. Steady, men. Get your chin set. Pluck up the courage that is within you. Prove to yourself, your friends, your loved ones, and the | nation that neéds you that you have the same kind of determination and the same. sustaining strength as carried the boys of the first contin- gent, the Pringess Pats, and the various other battalions to victory and honor against the mighty hosts of Germany. Cast aside party prejudice. Drop petty strife. Forget the hard things that were said in the heat of de- bate. Remove the sting of re- 7 Rippling Rhymes and shoot some dog enjoys his When I begin to the moving min ten 'minutes hav its place. string, and put t are gray. They know I always watch has come, I grab my hat and take a gum. speech on this or that; baleful eye, I stand where I can see its face, and when My lungs would like, like everything, to labor on, but they must ceasé¢; | tie my larynx with a asked to rise and thrash the issues of the day, for people know I am too wise, to keep it up till they THE SPEECHMAKER They call upon me, now and then, to make a]gtituency that he may claim as his| I rise before my fellow-men| own stretches from the lakes to the| A glow of | mountains, and pieasure most* men feel when they hand out pro-| thinking and the well-intended peo-| found remarks, for every fellow likes to spiel, as every | ple of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and | wisdom through my hat. barks. And ten men out of every note the clock, which has all time at ute hand. 1 watch the clock with e gone by I put my tongue bagk in hem all in my valise. So I am often the clock, and when the proper hour walk and seal my lips with chewing --WALT MASON. 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Bland upon i nis retirement from the staff of Wes- {ley College Winnipeg. It is but one flower in a general garland of praise, as many other papers in western Canada speak in the same strain. No man is more loved or revered | in the west than Dr. Bland. Although | born in eastern Canada, he has dedi-| | cated the best years of his life to the) | sympathetic service of th people { who dwell in the prairie west. Thou-| | sands of young men and women have | been his disciples at Wesley College, | | and many thousands more have been | {influenced and uplifted by his pre- | copt and" example as a minister of still wider con-| the gospel. But a includes the right-| Alberta. | For years every movement for the| in the west has been helped and pushed forward by Dr. Bland. At every public meeting his presence is; in demand and those who have been | privileged to hear him have no hesi-| tation in saying that he is the great- est orator in Canada to-day, | No man will perhaps be more sur-| prised to hear how highly his fellow-, citizens regard him than Dr. Bland himself. This pioneer missiofiary leads a simple, athletic life. He neither clams mor desires reward or distinction, yet because he has been forgetful of self and entirely devoted to his fellow men he has achieved an influence in the west that is almost commanding and always unique. A good many big men and big cor- portations fear Dr. Bland though they dare not assail him. He is a radical in the sense of wanting every- one to have fair play. He will not compromise with evil, but on the other hand he will not Insist upon the unattainable or sacrifice a real advantage in the quest for an im- possible ideal. 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