Daily British Whig (1850), 27 Aug 1925, p. 9

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¥ | : Rix THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1925. [ \ ' THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG 8 19h1- Seeing in Toronto When you have been at the Canadian National Exhibition for several days--and the General Public has jostled your elbows and leaned on 1 CHRISTIANITY'S CLASH WITH BAD! 'BUSINESS. The International Sunday School Lesson for August 30th Is: | "Paul and the Philippian Jailer."--Acts 16:18-40. By WILLIAM T. ELLIS "It I were a producer of rottén more than one man. I wonder what | plays, or a keeper of a seven-days- they sang. Had the young Church | a-week motion picture house, show- jalready begun to produce hymns ?| ing any sort of films that would pay, [Or did the missionaries sing the 'old | or a race-track gambler, or a boot It is hard to picture the philoso- legger, or a political grafter, . or & pher-statesman-traveller Paul as a {userer, or an employer of overwork- | singer; I fear he was sometimes a bit jed and underpaid labor, I, too, would off key; like a certain man known WORLDWDE = BUSINESS HAS |": oe - mo. Se | Head Office to outgrow its small | behind the store, and a pew | had to be found. A move de to the ground floor at 3 spdce 83 | proved inadequate, 1860 a suite of offices was this time to large guarters| g on Melinda lin the McKinnon Buildin . Stree World-Wide Nature of Organ- For fourteen years these offices - {sufficed. But in 1910 more room | ization Shown by | became imperative The Company | - : | ha® purchased the Lawlor Building | Foreign Agencies. {at King and Yonge streets and this | -- 5 "» INSURANCE i i "EXPORTING" 41 Countries Contribute Their Share of Great Volume | of Business. Many Canadians do not { that Canada has an important | "export" business in 'other things be- | realize | , Sides the products of factory and | farm. { Life Insurance is ome of these. | The Manufacturers Life does busi- | ness in many foreign countries. And | it is not a small business. Among | the leading agencies every month | are always some of these foreign | offices. The Company began its foreign business in 1893 in Bermuda. For some time extension was confined | to the West Indies and Spanish | America. Grenada and Jamaica | were opened in 1894, as also was Barbados. A year later business was started in Trinidad, Tobago, Haiti. 1897 not only saw an ex- tension of business in West and Spanish America by the ing of British Honduras and Costa Rica and British Guiana, but it also Indies open- | Mrs. | Pearcy, Toronto, | the Sydemhan{ | vin. Preparations were | evening, with Kingston girls | now became The Manufacturers Life | Building and the Company had home of its own But in 1916 another move was necessary--this time to the Dominion Bank Building on the opposite cor- ner of King and Yonge Streets. Start- ing with one entire floor, the Com- pany - gradually acquired more and more space until three floors were occupied, when the final move was made "this year to the new Head Office building on Bloor Street. THE NEW FIRE ENGINE WORKED AT SYDENHAM The Syden- al Sydenham, Aug. 25 ham girls once more proved their right to the Frontenac champion- ship in soft ball, in a very interest- ing game, staged here, on Monday as op- ponents. The visiting team played well and gave our team the hardest work they have had this season. Score 8 to 12. After the game, the girls and their friends were pleas- antly entertained at the home of | Mr. and Mrs. Harry Guess. { On Monday afternoon Mrs. | McNaughton entertained about twenty-five ladies, at tea, in honor | of her sister, Mrs, H. Karley, Wind- | gor. Miss Agnes MeNaughton is ac- | companying Mr. and Mrs. Kz: when they return home on Friday. | Hunter, Belleville, and Mrs. were guests dt Barney Guess' last week { The regular monthly meeting of | Women's Institute | was held at the home of Mrs. J. Gar- made for G. W.| arley | | serving the usual lunch at the school | fair on the 8th of Sept. It was de- | cided { to make arrangements with the head department at Toronto to have an instructor in domestic | | science brought to the village for the | | | | ALEXR. MACKENZIE, i Manager of Agencies ! witnessed the Company's first ven- | ture into the Orient. Business was | written this year in Shanghai and other Chinese seaports. A year later the Empire of Japan was| opened. Agencies were established | in the Btrafts Settlements and India in 1901, and in the Philippine Is- lands in 1902. In 1903 the Com- | pany commenced business in the United States with a branch office in | Detroit. To-day the Company is licensed to do business In eight! States, which have been opened up| from time to time during the last | sixteen years. Following Michigan, Pennsylvania was entered in 1908, | 1llinois in 1909, Ohio in 1910 and at the first of the present year the States of Oregon and Washington were opened. In 1904 the Company commenced business in South Africa, in the Transvaal and in Cape Colony. In 1905 the Company conformed with the requirements of the Board of Trade of London, England, which permitted the writing of business not only®in Great Britain and Ire- jand, but also in all the British Colonies. The Company's Eng- Hsh offices are at British Columbia { House, 1 Regent Street, Pall Mall, London. The countries in which the Com- patty does business outside of Can- ada are as follows: Great Britain and Ireland, An- tigua, Barbados, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, / Cape Colony, Ceylon, China, Curacao, Federated Malay Stales, Grenada, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Mauri- tius, Natal, Newfoundland, Orange Free State, Straits Settlements, Transvaal, Trinidad, United States, Hawali, Philippine Islands, Porto Rico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dutch Guiana, Egypt, Guatemala, Haiti, Japan, Java, Mexico, Panama, Santo Domingo, Siam, Sumatra. | that could be used for interior work | of the fire bell seemed to stir | risibilities of the | chased a very attractive coach. The usual two week's course. Much in-! terest is usually shown in these classes which have their social as | well as educational value. The | your shoulders and shut out the view of your favorite exhibit, and stepped on your clean white shoes-- ' When, in fact, you are thoroughly tired of sight- seers while still fresh for sight-seeing--then pay a visit to the Ryrie- Birks store. The Ryrie-Birks store Is spacious, unhurried and uncrowded, and here. you will find all sorts of lovely things-- antique and modern sil- ver, jewellery that ex- emplifies the best in craftsmanship and art, charming European novelties, and--to keep the Exhibition note--a $190,000.00 replica in precious stones of the Great Gates to Exhibi- tion Park. Visitors to the Exhibi- tion will be cordially welcomed -- whether as shoppers or sight-seers --to the Ry i store. TORONTO meeting in September will be at the home of Mrs. J. Scott. A demonstration of our new fire- fighting apparatus, held on a recent evening in C. Lake's field, drew a crowd of spectators. A representa- RADIO tive of the Bickle firm was In charge. The machine seemed to give a satisfactory account of itself. One large machine to be trailed be- hind a truck and a forty gallon tank if necessary, were purchased. The gay red paint and the insistent music the | younger genera- tion. A crowd of excited lads trail- ed merrily after, as a truck from Blakslie's garage introduced the fire engine to the dwellers on the var- ious streets of the village. Mrs. John Karley, Toronto, is a guest at the home of Mrs. Gordon Rutledge. Clifton Knapp has pur- public school here re-opens on Sept. 1st with Mrs. C. Young as principal. The High School does not=re-open until the 8th. Capt. F. Pilley has re- turned to Kingston after a month's holiday in a cottage ou the lake. The sale of household furniture at the residence of W. Knapp, on Thurs- day aftrenoon, was well attended. FRIDAY, AUG. 28TH. KDKA, Pittsburgh, Pa. 8.45 p.m.--Concert. (309). KYW, Chicago (226). 10 p.m.--Music. WEBH, Chicago, IL. 7.30 p.m.--Orchestra. 9.30 p.m.--Orchestra. 11.30 p.m.--Orchestra. (370). WGN, Chicago, IIL 6.30 p.m.--Concert, string quar- tette. 8.30 10.30 p.m.--Studio programme. p.m.--Special programme. WOC, Davenport, Ia. (483). 5.45 p.m.--Chimes concert. 6 p.m.-- Baseball scores. 8 p.m.--Musical programme; or- gan numbers. Complete radio programmes sold at Canada Radio Stores. ------------ BUGS By Roy Grove DICE UPOD A TIME A BUG MADE A RADIO SXI- TT WOLLDN I WORK. ~ SO HE CALLED UP AN EXPERT 5 THE EXPERT SAD HED MAKE IT WORK - be against the reading of the Bible {in the schools, and against these Sunday laws and against all 'reform and uplift' legislation sponsored by [the churches. For Christianity is { bad for all that sort of business; and a man may as well recognize what | |are his real obstacles." ! |, That is the view of a modern man, | | commenting upon the present strife | | between Christianity and various {expressions of irreligion. He had | historical sense enough to see the situation in the large. Christianity is bad for bad business to-day, just | |as it was bad for bad business in old | | Philippi, where Paul was clapped | {into jail for cutting into the] |profits of unscrupulous exploiters] |of an unfortunate girl. The out- |spoken apostle had the same ex- { perience later when he ran athwart {the interests of the silversmiths'| {guild in Ephesus. - Jesus underwent |it earlier when He broke up the sor-| {did 'business of traficking in the |temple--an incident tha was direct- ly causative of the crucifixion. | Let us at least be honest with our- selves. The first message of this} { Philippian experience of Christian- | ity's great Adventurer is that the] | Gospel makes trouble for whatever | {hurts humanity. Despite all our] |jejune notions of a religion of gela-| I tinous goodness, a clash is inescap-| to me whose little daughter remark- ed mischievously, "Daddy, what is the tune of that song you're sing- ing?" Salaried quartette choirs may please cultivated musical taste, but they seldom stir spiritual fervor. When the heart sings, other hearts hear. Revivals result when comes with a song. Singlig saints are forerunners of earthquaking consequences. . The universal hall- mark of Christianity is thac it sets spirits to singing regardless of cir- cumstances. An Earthquake at Midnight. That midnight song service by the imprisoned missionaries was inter rupted 'by an earthquake. which shook the building to its foundations, opening all doors and breaking ev- ery prisoner's chains. (What a pie- ture of the social effect of Christian- ity: even the non-Christians shared in their associates' deliverance.) "A remarkable coincidence," says the critic. But the jailer did not talk about coincidences; he saw the Cause in the effect, and flung him- self, all a-tremble, at the feet of Paul and Silas, crying aloud for sal- vation. Sometimes those nearest the event see most clearly the rela- tion between God's people and God's power. It was not because Paul, the pris- able between vital Christianity and poner, had suddenly emerged as the unsocial vested interests. whenever the latter are strong enough to fight The Good News that Paul carried to Europe was bad news for | many men and many institutions. { -- | | { An Inevitable Issue. { | Whenever and wherever, as long | ago in Philippi, Christians function | { Jesus-fashion, there is bound to be trouble. The Master knew what He was saying as He bade His disciples beware when all men spoke well of them; no true Bible-Messenger going to be well spoken of by graft- | ing politicians; no public defender of the Christian Sabbath is going to! escape slander by commercialized |Chautauquas and their ilk; no | friend of human rights and of the { welfare of youth can avoid misrepre- sentation by the exploitérs of child- | hood. All the skulkers and slackers and {shirkers, wearing the Christian name, who try to avoid this issue {and this conflict to-day are either blind to the clear teachings of the ! Bible or else they have something {worse wrong with them. By its na- (ture and authority, Christianity fis | commissioned to right human | wrongs and to war against whatever hurts man. The best defender of public justice and the best cham- | pion of public welfare is a func- | tioning Christian Church. ----, | Mob Law in Macedonia. { One test of the genuine prophet or | preacher or reformer is his willing- iness to suffer for his message. Won- | dertul old Paul always stood the vio- |lence-test and the jail-test--and | without a whimper. He delivered the { poor Philippian girl from the evil | spirit that controlled her, knowing full well that he would have to reck- on with the commercial interests be- {hind her, whose business he had | wrecked. | He had not long to wait. Cloak- {ing their purpose in high-sounding patriotism, and appealing also to race prejudice, the business men |aroused the civil pride of the Philip- | pians against the missionaries. Sup- | ported by thoughtless popular cla- | mor, they haled Paul and Silas be- fore the magistrates. Timothy and Luke either were not involved in the incident, or else escaped. Listening ito the crowd's clamor, as public of- | fictals in all ages have been prone to do, the authorities condemned the strangers without a hearing. They stripped and flogged the accused men, and thrust them into the inner dungeon of a foul oriental prison, adding the extra cruelty of the stocks. ; If ever men had cause to whimper and wail at injustice, it was Pau! and Silas in Philippi. Bloody, sors, aching, fairly tortured by the wood that held them rigid in deepest pris- ott ignominy, they surely could ery aloud their grievance, since they had committed no wrong. On the way to prayer meeting they had done a good turn to an afflicted girl; that was all. > is Religion That Results in Revival. But weeping and whining were not the way of these missionaries; they were of different stuff. Instead, they experienced an ecstatic fort ot jo in having to share the same kind of . Master literally Sp they held a prayer and praise ser- vice right where they were, in that miserable dungeon. This Philippian devotional service of two 'fulfilled all the conditions of a perfect prayer meeting. It made the other prisoners sit up and listem to hear these songs in the night. The Greek verb carries the idea that they paid close atten- tion. Something mew bad come into' the old Philippiat jail that night {the Gospel he or the Church (through Christ, and a new/ life [Christ. This is still her cofitral and which meant liberty of spirit for! cool-headed master of the situation during a panic that the jailer turn- ed to him for succor. A moment be- fore, this official, true to Roman tra- dition, had been about to commit suicide because his honor was gone. Paul saved his life: yet the jailer sought a greater salvation, that of his soul. Clear-cut and eternal rang Apostle's answer, a summary of the all has ever preached, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be sav- ed, and thy house." Right here { Christianity takes her stand: ber one and 'only Message is sglvation in supreme proffer to the world. It say- |ed the callous Roman jailer, a "hard- boiled" man of the world, and made him a ministering, rejoicing Chris- tion; and it can still save even those persons who are to-day the world's problem and menace. Paul's Gospel combatted sin, and saved sinners; and that abides as the Christian programme. Pleasant Valley Paragraphs. Pleasant Valley, Aug. 25.--Thresh- ing is the order of the day; a bum- per crop of grain is reported. George Manson has returned from the city and has accepted the position of teacher, at Desert Lake, for the en- suing term. Rev. A. I. Love and party, Cowansville, Que., passed through here enroute to Camden East, to spend a short holiday with friends. Mr. Love's many friends here will regret that his brief holi- day did not permit a sojourn among them. 'Mr. and Mrs. James Elliott and party, Watertown, N.Y., were week- end guests at D. A. Barr's. Other visitors included Mr. and Mrs. David E. Barr and family: Mr. and Mrs. John Cook, Miss Melissa Barr and Master Clayton Barr, who spent sev- eral days with his uncle, D. A. Barr. Mrs. Edward Joyner, Kingston, is| the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bradford. Miss Iva Watson spent a recent week-end with friends at Wilton. Mrs. M. Bauder is visiting friend at Barrie- field. Mrs. T. H. H. Watson has re- turned from Hartington where she epent a few days with her daugh- ter, Miss E. C. Leonard. faith. es - Rinso washes cottons. so beautifully" "See how spotlessly clean it made this dress! No rubbing or boiling either--just soaking in Rinso. Washday holds no more terrors for me!" ~ Soaking clothes in Rinso takes the place the hard rubbing that used to wear Ax = The Rinso suds are so rich in cleansing power that they loosen even ground-in dirt. Play clothes, collar bands and cuff edges now come clean with a sprinkle of dry Rinso and only a light rubbing between your fingers--after their Rinso bath. . Yel fei] 7: BIEN > Chase sSanborn's sear Bravo Coffee ~~, Canadian National Exhibition Toronto 47th Anniversary The Annual World's Fair s Aug. 29 - Sept. 12 Eo = ® \ Ohl towbEns @ RELIEVE THE RESTLESS CONDITION BROUGHT, ON BY THE PRESENCE OF WORMS! AND RESTORE THE CHILD TO NORMAL HEALTH. NO NARCOTICS --~PLEASANT AS SU DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS HAVE YOUR MEALS AT QUEEN'S CAFE Special Sunday Dinner see enniy ss 0G ARNIEL & HAMBROOK, Propri etors. Corner of Division and Union Streets. 'Phone 1128 a A i A Get Ready for Preserving Ti It's none too early to lay in your s plies. We have large assortments of re thing you'll need for preserving 't { Kettles, Pots, Strainers, Ladles, | Canning Racks, Enameled and Alun ware. Stevenson & Huw | 85-57 PRIN CESS STREET. TINSMITHS MIT AND v 35

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