12 PAGES YEAR 84, NO. 19% INTENSE MOMENTS DURING AN RY: Recently, writes the London Sphere, four British destroyers chased eleven German destroyers to within range of rman -- ---- ACTION OF DESTROYERS ITH KINGSTON, ONTARI Epos OFF THE BELGIAN COAST a " a a i A the guns of the batteries of Zeehrugge. The illustration, from a drawing prepared especially for the Londqn Sphere and this newspaper, depicts the moment when the four pursuing British destroyers came within range of the German shore batteries, when things became very warm for the pursuers. The British reported only one casualty, that of one man slightly wounded, and stated the enemy made off at full speed under cover of a dense smoke screen. ANN i GETING THE By William T. Ellis. That is a red letter day in the life of a young man of parts when he first. meets the masters of literature, , Shakespeare, once but a great name, becomes a land of Arcadia; Tenny- gon moves the noblest sentiments of his heart; Browning summons him | to the soul's home on the heights; | Scott "leads him into the golden fields of romance, and Hugo shows him that he ig a blood brother to all humanity. oe ending of these be- ginnings who can tell? 3 Especially momentous is the occa sion when a person of sensitive na- ture first finds the' Bible for him- self gs a living book, and not as a mere article of ecclesiastical furni- ture. He has known it always as a repository of texts, from which ser- mons were preached, and as a book much affected by religipus people. But of a sudden, in a shining, trans- figuring hour he realizes that the Book is for him individually--that it i8 a throb with present import, that # is delicately attuned to his immediate need -and -attitade; and that it is directly fof him, a clear, insistent and authoritative message of duty and destiny. The discovery of the Bible, 'as each person makes it for himself, is as great an occasion as Columbus' discovery of America, or as King Josiah's discovery of the old Book of Law. This is the one vital, com- prehensive, power-imparting: and eternally contemporaneous volume. It continues year after year, to be the *'best selling book of the week." It 1s as its name declards, '"The Book." of A King's Treasure. It was while treasure hunting that the pribsts found among the silver and gold of he temple the betier riches of the Boogyo! the Law. Jo- siah had been instituting reforms as last week's lesson showéd, and in the progress of the work this parti- cular and precious roll---pessibly the original; certainly a special and au- thorized copy-----was unearthed. The discovery recalls the principle that we get light as we go on; the con- verse of which Is that "Every duty we omit obscures some truth we should have known." Because the temple had been neglected, its guid- ance had been' lost, : Some of us cherish hope that that Jerusalem passeft out of the power of the Tark there will be mo- mentous discoveries in the subter- ranean chambers and passages of The International Sumnday-School Lesson for August 19 is "Find. ing the Book of the Law."--II, Chron. 34:14-33, Mount Zion. Many priceless treas- ures that have been lost may be re- covered. What if the Ark of the Covenant should be found? Occasionally a miner or adven- turer discovers a '"'lost mine," Lost arts there are, also, and lost peo- ples. There are ever lost Bibles to- day, as in Josiah's time; a preacher rescued one from an ash barrel, and it now adorns the pulpit of a great New York church, Some Bibles are lost in the bottoms of trunks and in garrets; and some - are effectively lost in glass cases and on parlor ta- bles. In every case it is a dire ca- iamity when a person or a people lose the Bible. It was a special copy of the Law that was' found by the priests; in the sense that one's own Bible is dearer and clearer and fuller of, 'MeanIng than any other, there Is. a4 difference in Bibles. The passing of the cumbersome family Bible is not to he regretted where it is sup- planted by the jnore convenient and usable individual Bibles in the best translation. He is poor indeed who does not possess his own Bible, more familiar to hig fingers than any other book. King Jokiah found his in a tem- ple. That is where it would natur- ally be looked for; allthough ii is sometimes lost from modern-chureh- es. People go to church to find out what the word of God is; they do not want a garbled edition of the daily paper, -nor some man's homilet- lcal essay on the topics of the times, nor even man's ingenious comments on the Book itself; they want the 'word; platily and: directly presented and. expounid. The Corner Stone of Reform. This great find was exactly what was needed to yitke Josiah's reforms deep and abiding. There is no per- manent basis for religious progress except a generally read Bible, There is a deal of talk to-day about an 'ethical revival," but no merely ethical revival can come to stay; it must be sustained by study of the Scriptures. Impulses and emotions pass, the Bible remains. No matter how many converts a revival may gain, most of them will lapse unieids they are fed and nurtured by intélli- gent, persistent study of the quick- Off daar Ste lize a strengthening, - (bein the day sie. | woman prophet, Hulda. BOOK THAT GETS US ening Word. It is a portentious fact thot only where the Bible has been living book has Christianity flourished in vitality and fruitless- ness. Many a soldier will testify that it was worth his while to go in- to the trenches to become acquainted with a pocket Testament. Even a purely secular body like the National Educational Associa- tion, has spoken out in unmistak- able terms concerning the indispen- sibility of the Bible in any camplete scheme of modern education. The pre-eminent importance of the Bible in public instruction and pro- gress is indicated by Huxley's say- ing, "The Bible has been the Magna Charta of the poor and oppressed." After all, the world needs and must have, some grjasiable rule of conduct. The final appeal is not to convention, reason or conscience; for those are fallible. The supreme court of ethics is the old Bible, which has for centuries moulded the lives of the best people of the world. A Book That Does Things. No . other writings have the Bible's power to make men squirm. It has the keenest, subtlest, most biting "and" most burning language ever penned, as well as the gentlest, tenderest and most comforting. The power of the Book to move men to action is prodigious; it has eaused Wars, overturned empires and been the dominating influence in shaping the course of history. It has nerv- ed men to battle and it has bent them to the dust in contrition. The power of the simple Word of God to transform lives is none .the less m us: because . an everyday spectacle. © President. Wilson's ' long training in the ethics and language of the Bible has been wonderful drult for the world. Well diff the Psalmist say, "The entrance of Thy Word" giveth light"; and again, "Wherewithal: shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to Thy Word." Young King Josiah so felt. The reading of the newly-discovered Law stirred his spirit's depths. He rent his clothes in anguish as he contevi- plated his people's sins afresh in the light of this revelation. It has been sald that truth can only be undér- Stood im the light of a deed: con- versely, a deed can only be under- stood in -the light of a truth. Josiah felt as if the umshaped stone from the mountain was about to fall upon his nation to crush it. For the first result of an accession of God's Hght is an intense hatred for sin. That. is why the purest souls are most con- cerned over théir own impurity, 'What he learned, moved Josiah ts know more. We go through present knowledge to greater -knowledge. He has that pre-eminently roysl trait of the noblest human spirits, a thiret for truth. Therefore he sent the. priests to Inquire further con- cerning the will of Jehovah. Will- less to know the will of God isa Sign of the truly religious. Some there be who lament the decline of the old<ashioned, hilarious camp meeting from this continent; but its place is being more than ; ce ies the Summer Bible Confer- ences, which 'are characterized by '. {Sfusation instead of excitement, 5 - with 'no less devotion, one AR Scarcely regret the change which . times are » 'The messengers repaired to a She gh witnessing. a his sake the people were spared; even as many a community has been spared by the remnant of the right- acus in it. QF FISH, Crop in Great Lakes Can Be Bas Harvested, PLENTY "There Is one great food rccou: which we have 'that requires no til ing, seeding, or preliminary inves ment to harvest. That is our fishe: les. God put the fish into the seas rivers, and lakes. They are thcre yet and can be easily harvested. With : food of this nature so easily within our reach, it should be the patriotic duty of every citizan of the Province to take advantage of this more fre- quently than they have done in the past, remembering that every pound of fish consumed, a pound of meat or its equivalent is conserved, to be sent overseas to help feed our sol- diers in the trenches, and the people of the British Isles.' The above plea for an increased consumption of fish was made by the Organization of Resources Commit- tee of Ontario, and in this connection "thE Tolfowing report has been issued by the Ontario Government: "The commercial fishing in Lake Erie began a little ater this year than last and from the reports re- ceived up to date, the catch would appear to be an average one, This affords much satisfaction to the De- partment in view of the high cost of food, and should be the means of re- lieving to some extent 'the distress which prevailed in some parts of the Province, The statistics for this year are not yet available. Last year, however, there were caught from the 15th of-March te the 31st of May, in the waters of 'Lake Erie fronting the Province of Ontario, 401,234 1bs. of whitefish, 5,699 1bs." of trout, -141,- 282 1bs. of pickerel, 11,5696 Ibs. of 6561 Ibs. of herring; 99,633 lbs. of perch, 1,305,636 1bs. of blue pick- erel, 24,708 1bs. of pike, 4,959 Ibs. of 4,823 Ibs. of carp, £342,200 1bs. of coarse fish valued at $232,691.97. Fishing in the other lakes of the Province is not carried on to any extent until the month of It is well known that a great por- tion of the fish caught are sold in the American market and frequent pro- tests against this are lodged in the department. The fishermen, how: , must be aliabed | the privilege disposing of their in the mar- ket will A & © ---------- ctl ml. A new ioresity daralt is to be rais- ed in the Toronto military sturgeon, 928 Ibs. of caviare, 391, ° WHIM OF AN ARTIST. { Turner and His Great Painting, *The Building of Carthage" When Turner exhibited his great pic. ture, "The Building of Carthage" he was disappointed because it had not been sold at once at the private view and angry the press for criticising it sev . Sir Robert Peel called. upon him, "Mr, Turner," said he, "I admire your 'Carthage' so much that I want to buy it. I am told you want 500 guineas for it" ' "Yes," said Turner; "it was 500 guin- eas, but today it's 600." "Well," said Sir Robert, "I hot come prepared to give 600, and I think it over. At the same it seems to me that the change is an)ex- traordinary piece of business your part." "Do as you please," sald Turner. "Do as you please." After a few days Sir Robert called again upon the gredt painter. "Mr. Turner," he began, "although I thought it a very extraordinary thing for you to raise your price, shall Le proud to buy that picture, and I am prepared to give you the 600 guineas." "AR!" sald Turnef. "It was G00 guin- eas, but today it's 700. Sir Robert grew angry, and Turner laughed. "I was only in fun," be said. "I don't intend to sell the picture at all. It shall be my winding sheet." For years he kept it fh hi cellar. Then it was brought up ud bung in his gallery, where it remained as long as he lived. When he @iéd be left it to the nation. Proofs of Unity. Right Hon. Walter Long, Colonial '| Secretary, recently opémed the new extension of the Ontario Military Hospital at Orpington, England, the capacity of which js now doubled, it having accommodation for 2,800 beds. Among those present were Sir George Perley, Canadian Overseas Minister of Militia, and the Agents-General of Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia, zlse Gen- eral Sir: Richard Turner. In the course of his speech, Mr. Long said that this gift was only one more proof of what had been done ia sim- ilar directions sine the war began. He remarked that the world looked on and wondered at the present spectacle of unity of the Empire. Things would never be the same after the war, he said. All had felt it was almost inevitable that some such great test as war would come to enable the Empire to find itself, so to speak. The test had come and rad been surmounted. At New York .a gift of $100,000 from the Rockefeller foundation to the war work committee of the Young Women's Christian Assocla- tion is announced. yr Sees Fon - . Dear My. Editor--1 wish to of a recent - ¢ 3 ; < phate 3 FH al £8 Ex EH EEE" 2k i5s £2 Bf "Ti x RAILWAY HL DRE LS HARVEST HELP EX. CURSIONS TO WEST- ERN CANADA To Winnipeg, Man., plus 4 cent per mile beyond. Return, 3 cent per mile to Win- nipeg, plus $18.00. Going Dates, August 21st and 30th, For further particulars apply to J. P. Hanley, C.P. and T.A.. 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