The Daily British Whig [en YEAR 85. NO, 224 EPEEMBER 6, 1918 MEMBERS OF THE CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY COMMISSION 'S tie TL ai Sr THE FAITH OF THE TRENCHES } : 2 £ os Choas "a World's Woe, aa : 32) 0 X ross of Righteousness, 3 & : : : Ty) w 5 v ; : S b x Cross that Makes Us Free, Red Cross of Compassion-- : Binds All Mankind to the Cross of Clirist. By William T. Ellis oy i : ? Be : i ; % huh f oN He tavght Our Men Haw to Die For a Cause a Holy Cause, Untinged by Any Selfishness, the Weliare of the Weak and the Oppressed» And, to Reach Divine Heights of Sacrifice School Lesson for Septem- 4 ' : H bo A CE . . Bearers of The Cross, ber 29 is "Review: What it & J A 4 y ; A 5 : 3 gl 3 ! Find G3 of the Soin o' ChricHan." | ; 1 % rs ; ind Christ mn Trance, a Christie | N As, in Disdain 'of Death, They Give Their Bodies, A In Lowe and la Loyalty, of London busses, or sat with a ere ls HE HY § A ol =e : i Ohiiceing her Sights in restaurants and Y, M. C. A. huts|to show what it means to the soldiers ; : "" { n dience To God, And gt - ' 1 " : d niiio ; ' i i and elsewhere; and as [ talked with to be Christians. There are no essen- From left to right:--D. B. Hanna, president; R. Hobson, Hamil ton? F. P. ER : EM Hamil Whe a vith, Him American boys in France, from fair! tial differenc tween them and the Weyburn: Maior G. A. Bell, Ottawa; R. T. Riley, Winnipeg. Whe Died to Save Us All Brittany clear up to the devastated re. | res t have cast off, ~ + @ Alter Him They Follow, giois of the trenches, I ran across | Ww their civilian garb, many of the ET i pe Ne Sparing No: Service, Swit. this prevalent notion that being reli-| former restraints and conventions of | (ous tome. Here are revealing frag- wrong, ing Under Suffering, Shun gious means abstinence from tobaceo, | their thinking In the unchurchly at- iments from one 1 mmy's soliloquy: As can't do nowt but shout." Meg No Sacrifice, His cards, dancing end theatre-going cy 'Their Hope, His xam ple Their Spur. Christ's Cy on' Flag, on Breast, or on One curious impression gained bys first-hand observers of the attitude oi { a : . 1 : s ' al Sunday the soldiers toward religion is that a #The Internationa surprisnigly large proportion of the men confounded religion with a few Picayune, man-made rules which really, Means to Be have nothing to do with religion, : 4 ¢ 3 ' hn 3:1-24. { . FA LY Over and over again as | rode with B 1 John 3 Canadian and British soldiers on top, Lo sin; anyone who remains in Him lus: for 1s greater than our heart, does not sin--anyone who sins has knows all. If our heart does \ neither seen nor known Him. Let I not 'condemn us, beloved, then we Then Tommy dreamed one night | no one deceive you, my dear children; | have confidence in approaching God, "Lhe who practises richteousness is just, fand we get from Him whatever we 8 as He is just; he who commits sin lask. because we obey His commands "1 seemed to stand alone, beside belongs to the devil, for the devil is afand do w hat is pleasing in His sight A solemn kind o' sea. sinner from the very beginning. .} Now this is what He commands, that Wo 1 lives to God. and have come to a vital | faith is 1 It is not pious phrase-| 'Abaht that great white Throne. Its waves they got in my inside, We know what love is by this, that [we believe in the name of His Son |, Tal aA y knowledge of the Saviour, | otogy; th ny puts the taboo on {And 'ow each chap would 'ave tof\* And touched my memory, He laid down His life for us; so we] Jesus Christ, and love one another as han ob Means taking up the Cross They are "not religious," because, | "the la y f Canaan." Nor is] stand, \nd day by day, and year by year, ought to lay down our lives for the | He has commanded us to do." - i hrist, 4s His follower and helper forsooth, they plag cards in thelit a spirit of suf pity; pharasaism| And answer on 'is own. ¥ OF kK FOX RX RRR brotherhood. But whoever pPOSsséskes . & kno It weans doing His trenches, and go to the theatre if they | has suffered a heavy mortality in this tAnd if 'e tried to charnce is arm, And there before me Someone stood | this world's goods, and notices his he War Cross. ore wal ng His way, and Wearing get a chance, and smoke cigarettes. {war Priggishness and prudishness;| And 'ide a single sin Just lookin' dahn at me, brother in nced, and shuts his heart x x ) PR '" Ly, Jame t means 'growing like In their sublimely unconscicus nobil- {posing and pretending quickly perish | There'd be the And. still be'ind "lm moaned and [against him, how can love to God re So Crer faith 1s a cross faith Pro- i Him and living after the fashion He J | Scigus: nahil ng 3 i 1 Kly pe ° Si ig " Be te tert aig : testant chaplains say that the army by the: Power He o 1 2 ity of soul, they do not 'understand |in the army There is no "goodi f hooks t , My life camie back to me. main in him? My dear children, let / ih vy i the pl t lene : , Bave. It means that the preachers and deacons and el- | ness." or pa 1 self-righteousness, |'E "ad it all dahn, 'e said, * moaned us put our love not into words or-into | 0° 2 : a pireri er A he hig ne oobany with His friends, in dets and stewards who used to talk! iers do not let their | . And nothin' could be "ud, That everlasting sea, talk but into deeds, and make it real | Y aL te sacraments he ' 80 aprpIness: of heart and hope of | S ihce is real to these men heaven. | It means g wassionate devo- | !I mosphere of a masculine world they | Splendid, reverent fellows, who have { e learned how to ard inciden- "Our Padre were a solemn bloke, entered into the very fellowship of the | , dnd to hold in new proportion We called 'im dismal Jim. cross, say apologetically that they | central and unchanging tegri- [It fairly gave ye t'bloomin' cree "&ré not religious, you. know" - | ties, To git and 'ark at 'im, though they. have given their very | First r some things the soldier's | When he were on wi' Judgment Day) that he was dead: Grave, Symbolizes the 'Spirit of our Splendid Soldiers. 8 it mean to be ¥ Chris- urs 1 t so complacently about "doubtful |re n withdraw they: from com-{'E a black : I couldn't speak, | felt as though "Thus it is that we may be sure we | who res ly feel that they are fol- [tion to "those. great ends for which "re ; ing at the 1 with their fello "Their | pe 'Ee dy ut + thio: ats ) u ¥ 3 4 ey 3 Sx at e 0 ic amusements," are now sitting a i with thei How Their A uo kic E 'ad me by the roat, . i belong to the truth and reassure our | lowing its train [ have put into hr t lived and died--a crusading .c feet of our soldiers to be taught what [faith is fot so anaemic that it carmot [And every si idle word I'were like a drownin' fellah feels, fives Wiensve hes conde . Y reas ¥ : x Sading ca- } } ri seives whenever our heart condemns! the form of a cross my little tribute reer for the sons of God they have ledrued about the reality of | s d the blasts of the open air and oldi wed to say i Last moment 'e's afloat. A -------------- y a . religion, as they have faged death in|of real life As already indicated, al 2'd 'ave it all own hack at 'im, And 'E said nowt, 'E just stood still, soldier's religion than many a-preten~| Theses: lots of blokes what 'does me AA A A A Arn rrr France, We ave through with ¢ $ not a matter of detailed rules and ' court on Judgment Day." For I dunno Jéw long. petty efforts to compress the g ms "Where the Spirit of | It seemed to ghe like years and years, and florious Gospel of the Son {the ties is liberty," is one | By way of i Soldier wot time ouNghere's a wions: % oo Beware Imitations. None Genuine unless 204 Into a tew arbitrary' prohibition ( 1 NCW estament words upon tells the tale of ily Briggs, who lat was . ou're askin' . concerning social usages Religion ich the relig »f > in the [tripped up in a trench one bad night, now. Ru-Ber-Oid Man Appears on Wrapper. is more than a matter of hooks ane nches is a conti commentary. {while carrying tea to the men. a man Can't word it anywly. : eyes or fashion in dress or rules a oOsitiv is Maith with uncommon skill in profanity, and |'E just were 'Im, that's all I knows. % fecting non-essentials of conduct t od, a great God, s me in- {who later was killed by a shell: There's things as words can't say. we Christian is infinitel$ more than a per lhgent in His present INES, but | It seemed to me as though 'Is face, son whe does not do certain cilied I past finding out in all His whys. There I But Bill, 'e left 'im standin' still Were millions rolled in one ' things. 1s it too much to hope th; 1s no unbhief among the soldiers. Men | He turned the black night blue, It never changed, yet always changed, Bie war has delivered us fro he | f g death have no time for cheap | And I guess the Angel Gabriel Like the sea hencath the sun ROOFING wondage of man-made ynicism and prideful atheism. Sol-| 'Ad short'and work to do "Twere. all men's. {ace yet no man's - which can be so great as the sin of | diers believe in God, whose other| Well 'ow would poor old Bil go on, face, {TRADE MARK REGISTERED) " leading myriads of young people name is love. There is a new, strange, When 'e stood all alone, And a face ao man can see. o believe that Christianity is merely an deep reverence among the troops. One | And "ad to ear that tale read out, And it seemed to say in silent speech, austere set of trifling regulations? may find more religious cock-sureness Afore the great white throne? 'Ye did 'em all to Me . -- concerning God's ways with a Hes i If what our Padre says is right, The dirty things ye did to them, us Maken of The APPROVED Roofing for Factories As Soldiers 5ce Christianity. a single summer conference in this 'E'd "ave a rotten spell, 'The filth ye thought was fine, ol x We have come to the ending Y: the | ec than in all the armies of And finish up ov it, I pose, 'Ye did 'em all to me.' it said, SALOROID For 25 years RU-BER-OID has withstood the greatest of all tests third quarter of the year's Interna-|F It seems as if the soldiers] 'Ed 'ave to go to "ell. 'For all their souls wereimine.' " ee ~the test of actual service on the roofs of factories where it has been tional Sunday School Lessons, where lieve, without attempting to under-| And yet 'e were a decent lad, All eyes were in 'I's eyes--all eves, DURO" 4in 1 constantly exposed to every kind of weather, in we have been assigned weekly "Stu. | stand, They freely disregard much) And met a decent end, My wife's and a million more les RU-BEROID is a positive protection to your buildings when dies in the Christian Life," the first [conventional teaching. You'll never finish decenter BRR EE apie "RU-BER.OID" sparks and burning cinders are falling around strictly topical course offered bv the That tryin' to 'elp a friend. . And then at last 'E said ane word, RU ID" Wall i . ng .i . New {esson Committee. As a Re- A Soldier's Rough Rhymes. But some'ow 1 can't think it's right, 'E just said one word. 'Well? and Ceiling Board Officially endorsed by National Board of Fire Underwriters of U. 8, view Lesson for the present week the | A British chaplat, who has won the It ain't what God would do. And I said in a funny voice, "STANCD" Canadian and Canadian Fire Underwriters' Association. twenty millions of Sunday school | military cross Rev. G. A. Studdert| This tale of all these record books, 'Please can I go to EN?' Paints and Vamishes Weite for booklet, ** All About Roofing" 2 members are 'to consider "What it Kenvedy, has written a little .book of L think it's all napoo. And 'E stéod there and looked at me, means to be a Christian." Perhaps | poems, "Rough Rhymes of a Padre," | "Twould let some rotten beggars in, rd EK kind Si See med to ind 1 shall be most helpful if T confine n | which comes hearer to expressing the | And keep some good "uns out, ill "E. shone like the ggin above my ; g i treatment of the theme to an effols \ Jad . be : STANDARD PAINT €0., OF CANADA, LIMITED, M Yas Agents; BIN A APN td. And then . answered 'No KEI VE Ng : . You can't} that 'Elt is for the blind, MONTREAL TORONTO J WINNIPEG VANCOUVER ' IRCH, LIMITED vi ! : And not for: those that see.' : ® * » * * * * * * * I's got to follow: what I's seen, Till this old carcase dies. . For I daren't face in the fand 'o' grice, The sorrow of those eyes. There aint no throne, and there ain't no hooks, e ow It's "Im, just "Im, that is the Judge Of blokes like you and me. And, boys, I'd sooner frizzle up. . I' the flames of a burning Ell, : P 3 Than stand and look into 'Is face, Your Noise Does Not Disturb And 'ear 'Is voice say--"Well?'" More--1t i Me Any 0 t 1s a The New Law of Life. ' : 'Right here is an opportune place to Pleasure to Hear You 4 quote Moffatt's version of the passage from John's Letter which is assigned as to-day's lesson text: Romp and Play. "As you know He is just, be sure : that every one who practises right- eousness is born of Him 'Born of Him!" Think what a love the Father has for is, in'letting us be called 'chil- dren of Gog!" That is what we are. The world does not recognize us. That is simply because it did not recognize Him. We are Thidren of God now, beloved; what we are to be is not apparent yet, but we do know that when He appears, we are to be like Him--for we are to dee Him as He is. And every one who rests this hope on Him, purifies himself, as He i$ pure. Every one who commitsssin commits lawlessness; sin is lawless- ness, and vou know He appeared to take our sins away. In Him there is 9 * * ll [WAR-PUZZLES] My ironing used to look - » : » é¢ is like a dream now to think of the weeks dragged into months, without find- PP ---- like a ou nta 1 n long, weary months I spent in ner- , ing much improvement. I was completely 4 d vous helplessness. Some dave A discouraged and almost devoid of hope, / : 2 ared by i tt ' a" : + . R : § ud re' : . . Ie fesred by losing Deter But one dag-# friend told mq of her R : JRONING day was fly worst day in the weck. Bending over the only to slip back again, and to be more 3 : / than ever discouraged. SXper shee. wih Dr. Sase's Nery Pood, : i X- hot stove and scorching my fingers on the irons wore on my "I had always been very active. Had a , would do me good that I decided to give it W nerves, and I would end day a. complete wreck, almost a at oud $id much enter. ° a chance." 7: LiL el impossible for the family to live with. ing wa : ihe are h, there ia ark "Scouring days Here fe [lin 5 : : ; : work to be y and a io 2 4 a X Er ; he Re yi Gul £750 Bing he oe of he Norv Foe br = W=¥1 | I THENIGOT A HYDRO IRON ot get help. as my appe digestion mproved : 3 . rf | X ox . 1 felt that I was gradually getting back : : the oli-time Vigor, me , m i : ai JRONING is almost a pleasure. The stove is out and the natural and re ing. The dark = : : =e : ; : passed and I began to take a more ¢ | i 1 kitchen is\ cool; my iron is always just the right heat: I do ful view of the future. Then I i} : : not have to run/back ang forth to the blazing fire. Ironing Fonin, Tine howe mast te deeud 1 UT CY XE LY pi less time thanfit did. ambition. and again. #The house ust be decorated and - Pf : the children b: home, . The Hydro Iron codts $4.50 and is guaranteed putting off the 1, cond them to ; E © al te Had with the disturbed " a lr : - : . for 5 years. - Do you know that is only 134 | "Now I feel that I am ) SA : 5 X 1. _ 'cents per ironing for.all that comfort? again, and without hesitation p a ---------- : ; @ n not tell you the it gives me tobe restored to my us and after " the long period