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. m uA'a-LW' . 4r much discredit as credit on the church." Surely the time has coma tor the church to change its attitude and to boldly face the great social Phobia‘!!! that is pressing for settlement, n-rl to proclaim the Gospel of the [{llili'ull, which moans “ the righting ol' snziil wrongs, the rigid squaring of innin- ticus and laws by the Nazarene carpen- ter's divine square of justice.” Never was there such an opportunity before the organized religious forces ol' Amer- ica as there is to-day. They can lead in the strugcle, can push forward to the goal, can bear witness to the economic soundness of Christ’s teachings, to the Wedding Rings, Diam.nd Rings, practicability of the Golden Rule in in- ‘ ‘ dustrial life; or they can still content- ‘ themselves to lag away behind, fearful ol “consequences,” careful of “bread and butter," choosing ever the line of least resistance, feeble, inelfcctive, busy with “the puerilities of piety "-â€"a par- "Q The Bank of l Banner some insane. Capital £1,000,000. Reserve £390,000. ans YOU llnrnnns'rnn IN RINGS? Fenelon Falls Branch. Engagement Rings WRITE GEO- W. .BEALL, _-' i'rnn JEWELLER, our new spring stock of Boots and D°P°Sits °f $1 and we” Emma" Shoes came. W e'want you to see it - Interest at 3 per cent. Farmers’ Notes Discounted. B. A. BOBIIESON, Manager. OFFICE HOURS : 10'aim. to 4 p. m. Saturdays, 9 to 12.30, and 4 to 6 p. m. My Professional Cards. F. A. MoDIAliMID. ARRISTER, SOLICITOR,Etc., FENE- lon Falls. Office, Colhornc street, opposite Post-ofiiee. fig“ Money to loan on real estate at lowest current rates. p___________________---â€"â€"â€"â€"’â€"-â€"â€"' ARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, .lzc. Money to loan on real estate at lowest current rates. Office, Kent street, opposite Market, Lindsay. R. J. McLavoumn. /- o. n. normals. ARRISTER, &o. SOLICITOR FOR B the Ontario Bank.’ Money to loan at owest rates on terms to suit the borrower. Offices: No. 6, William Street South, hind- ay, Ont. ._________________________________. STEWART 8t O'CONNOR, ARRISTERS, NOTARIES, lzc. MONEY to loan at lowest current rates. Terms to suit borrowers. Uliice‘ on corner of Kent and York streets, Lindsay T- S'rnwanr. L. V. O’Conson, B. A moons a JACKSON, BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, &c. O."- lice, William street, Lindsay. ' A. JACKSON J. A PEEL F. D. Moons. ~â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"~â€"-â€"-::*""' MEDICAL. DR. H. H. GRAHAM. â€"-I.D.,0. n, is n. c s. Eng.,n.o. P. a s., Own, r. r. x. s--â€"- HYSICIAN, SURGEON 8t ACCOUCH- our. Oiiice. Francis Street, Fenelon Falls. ____________________________----â€"-â€"â€" DR. A. WILSON, --x. 11., n. c. r. a. s., Ontario,-- HYSICIAN, SURGEON 8t AGCOUCII- enr. Ofiice, Colborne Street, lienelon Falls. ______._____'-â€"--~â€"' ______________________-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- ' DENTAL. WM,’- Dr. S. J. SIMS, DENTIST, Fenelon Falls. Graduate of Toronto University and Royal College of Dental Surgeons ALL BRANCHES 0F DENTISTRY med according to the latest improved methods at moderate prices. 0FFICE:--Over Burgoyne’s store, Col- orne street __-â€"- llr. nnms, DENTIST, Llnsn, Extracts teeth without pain by gas (vital- ized air) administeri d hv him for ‘2.7 years. He studied the gas under Dr. Uolton, of New York, the originator of gas for extract- perfor ing teeth. Dr. Colton writes Dr. Neelands c 7 t le bus oiven illt' gas to HG ‘H7 per- I> i . . ‘ i iiiis ivitltuutann accident from ihe gas. _ m m he MP"! that ‘m. H“, e iurch's M," are always involved tn the'hnt crcauvo 1,; Other pain obtundol-s used. A good set of . . Mk“ it has learned sonruhin r “0".th stops 0f 9.”. organized’inovemeiit_-Tl,,,, ; “will "15"le ml‘ 3""- W D" MUM“ B6 0110 Of the nillnbel', and Call and QPO rot-v, Y -| how sadly true are the words V"‘9“'l'd~ ‘ ,‘ ' L . _, _ J oi John B I>OHHIZ ...,,_____ )1 i visits Fcnelon Falls (.lchrthnr House) the E. particularly large. It explains its good points larbet- ter than we could do. You will notice first of all that it is j We wanted it Q that way so that every demand of é _ our customers could be met. f. ' 2,: ' We have the product of the largest g; and'best shoe manufacturers in Can- ' ' ada, and when you buy a pair of Em; press or Slater ‘Shoes you have the satisfaction of knowing that the price you pay for them in Fenelon Falls is just the same as you would pay for them in Toronto or any city or town in Canada. We invite you to call. , .l. l.. ABNllLll. BOOTS AND SHOES FOB THE CRITICAL BUYER. Call and examine them, They will meet your every requirement regarding style, quality and prices. iw. L. ROISON. Who ’s Your Tailor P It you ask any particularly well-dressed man in Fenelon Falls or surrounding district, “Who makes your clothes?” invariably he will tell you ‘ I u s u ' o' ‘ver' not l. ‘n. earl . ' . ' .. . ‘MT e d) H )1 m b H , What he IS domg f0" the 511"‘ng and Summer. l ninh‘ . nd secure an :ippui" .. ASundei-lnnd lady writes Dr. Neclnrzds that he had made her a successful lit nftrr having eight sets of teeth made in Toronto and elsewhere. llilS prices are right, consistent with first-class style and workmanship. lie makes no other. Lindsay, For particulars. You will save money. You can rely on what you get. Christianity'and Socialism Identical. .__ “ This country,” said Lincoln, “ can- not remain half slave ‘and half free." [Ie was not talking then of industrial slavery as it exists to-day, but his words are as applicable to the conditions now as then, conditions which Lincoln foresaw and warned us against. Para- phrasing Lincoln’s declaration, Dr. Ly- man Abbott says : “ We cannot have a country part democratic and part auto- cratic,” and he declares himself in favor of democracy. “ We cannot do away with combinations,” he continues; “the question is whether we shall be demo- cratic or autocratic." In other words. the question is whether the nation shall own the trusts or the trusts shall own the cation. Socialism we are bound to have, or despotism and chaos. Dr. Ab- bott does not hesitate to avow his faith. “I believe,” he says “the movement towards Socialism in this country to ho irresistible, and I believe, too, that it ought not to be resisted.” The Vanguard believes in Socialism because it believes in Christianity. By Christianity we mean, not theological speculation and ecclesiastical vestments, but the religion of love and service which Jesus lived and taught; not dot:- mas and forms, but plain ever~day right doing, and the Christ spirit of justice and brotherhood in all the relations of men to each other. Creeds and church- es we believe in only so far as thcy' slanduor lhrse things. and inspire men to practise them. We further believe in Socialism because we believe in the SilullfillCSFl of'its economics. It rests on a thoroughly scientific basis. It offers. the only possible solution of the indus- trial problem. But this is simply say- in;I that the Golden Rule oueht to be and can be made the working law of life. that it‘ is the only wise and safe basis lor society and government. Some Socialists reach this conclusion by reas- oning along the purely economic side of the question. Others find in its ethical aspect that which appeals to them most ~trougly. There is no real difference hetw-cn the two. There is unanimity as tn the meaning and aim of Socialism Both recognize altruism and mnrualinn as essential to human welfare and pro:- rcss, This fundamental agreement is an aruument oi tremendous force. y All straight roads lead to Socialism. Lilo is one. The race is ono. Life is moral. 'l‘he prozrcss of the race is moral pt'ng- ress. It was Malziui who said : " Eve- ry political question is rapidly becoming a social question, and cvcrv social qnes lion a religious one." Only let us not cmii'ntlnd religion with “ religiosity " l-lere is a distinction which Jesus was over careful to draw and emphasizc For last-1, fringes and the whole para- phomalin of " religiovity " he cared no- |hin_' For truth and righteousnes< he .carvd everything. This l.‘ pure religion, 'tnil this is Socialism. Its ethics ani the ethics of Christianity are identical. \Vimt,-thcn, shall the attitule of the Cori~tinn church an-l ministry b: ‘I I “ lt-lorins of the l'll'Nl'. imperative cltal'acmi‘ meet with llBSllitlllll and \va \‘ill'l'l'l' snppu't from the church. and sli=!|i'li\||i'~ outs-m \lGI‘ bitter opposition .i'l-i-l of loo soul-l questions of rue its; odv on the religion of Jesus. We are glad to‘ note the increasing number of clergyman who are actively‘ identifying themselves with the Social- istic movement. Every week we hear of new. accessions, and we look for re-> markable developments in this direction within the year. There is a strong un- dercurrent of Socialtic sentiment among the ministers of the country, and how could it be otherwise? What a field for conscience is herel Says Professor Albion W. Small, head of the depart- ment of Sociology in the University of Chicago: _ “Capital has become the most un- democratic, inhuman and atheistic of all the heathen divinities. It would be infinitely more for human weal if every dollar of wealth should be cleaned from the earth; if we could have, in place of it, industry and honesty and justice, and love and faith, than be lcd much further into this devil's dance of capi- talism.” Socialism is nothing else ‘than the protest of the growing social conscience against this most godless, heartless tyr- anny of the ages. What can the Chris- tian minister do but cast in his lot with the new movement? [u a communica- tion to the editor, n clergyman who has just declared for Socialism, WPll'GS : “ Why should I be ashamed of my views on social and economic questions, when I am not ashamed of the truths that cluster around the cross ? It. will afford me more satisfaction to declare- my views now than to wait ten or twen- ty years until the slanderous misrepo- sentations of Socialism have been re- moved, and the sublime philosophy of the movement is better seen and more fully appreciated. In this movement for human welfare the church shoul-l be in front.” This is surely the manly and reasow able position to take. Any movement for human betterment finds plenty of friends when it'has become popular and respectable, and when one runs no risk and makes no sacrifice in aliyin; him~ self with it. But it is little to a m tn's credit to wait until a good cause has won its way through the heroic elTn-ts of others before he is willing to enroll ~ himself among its adherents. No man should stand aloof from Socialism be- cause there may be some things about it that do not quite suit him, or because he is not in accord with every detail of the movement at the'present time. We have heard ministers say to those who- remained outside and criticized the churches: “.Ii you do not think the churches are what they ought. to be, go in and make them better." The point has been well made, and it points both wavs. It holds good with rel'crcnce to the attitude ol those who rail at the churches, yet do nothing to improve those organizations. But let our church friends remember that it holds good as regards their attitude toward the Social- ist movement. The movement for so- cial justice and for the uplift of human- ity deserves their aid now. As one who has borne witness to the truth at no small 00st writes 2 “I could not wait until Socialism should be exactly pleasing to me in all its aspects or until I should be alto- gether pleasing to Socialists in some of mv views of life; my place was with mv comrades, sharing with them their sirlliL'lel. the defeats and diagrnccs that A weapon that com-:4 d mm as still As snowflikos l'all upon the sod, l But executes i. l'rcemm‘-l will As lig uni-1.: does the will of G ii; \nd from its force n l do ll‘~l nor licks hundred t< ms nave Drought nearly as. 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