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ARY 25th. 1906. ohn Baxter's sick. tle. Come on, Mr. ain’t in a speck} ill need you.” met by the post- Palmer, who had Orham since he- waiting for them. had discovered the- Nickerson pins, y with his fingers: 'ng with the regu- v-v.- about nix} wave be}. a Wuhd. th Hazeltine caught .ve scanned the horinou. be. Bronchitis. ’3 is Lrtj a}: \"s Dofll? on have been “In” md’s sake! D’IOG whole tribe here? Come on, doctor!“ lying just as the m, and the othem as the doctor 11!- lips and thrust his ad blue waistcoat. id. after a moment. We must get him who. for days per“ by this Méu-d er? No, I haven‘t one hurt? Can I 1 day, went “a _‘Anau' Zr ainst overexertion‘ 18 ago,” Sam a." mesenseleeam old she anti-s be tacit buffering wi' be I arse 8 Of ‘3 $13 fthat. I wonder :er, who had :tive village an}? ft,” and the whis- gin oné at can- insâ€"the bung-lg page two) 'cnlgd PSYCBINE. wry, have you hen. round lat.» Sid some one “I :l but. all in vain m and was mm was took.” said: out in his shift when he got 89 0? 398312in and‘ )m one clump at; unwimamo thepntofloomo- Cal-k cc :. DJ I’ll ask house. much .” commandet! séwedon b! ’I Dunlop’s Rosary M'nwm-bddh- M Donut-dim wrWfii mun-M0 ”MIMI-Ho... “hulk-u for Advertisers. Covers Lin (1 say Volume X Ll X JOBNEW Beta-‘08. The annual meeting of the Farm- the spirit of God and the I crs’ Union Mutual Fire Insurance the devil. of good and of Company, will be held on TUESDAY light and of darkness, aflo‘ FEBRUAR 6th, 1906, 'in 4.110 Coun- malice. The spirit'o! good cil Chamber. in the Town of Lind- snd courageous :. the-WA say at. 11 o'clock n..m., for the pur- shvishsndlead‘ul. Vesta pose of receiving the Financial ‘State- mated by one or othsot‘jl ment, the election of Directors my! Mandi)? fithewhohm ,. Au .l‘nâ€"l‘ehâ€"m‘ PUBLIC NOTICE. THIE LINDSAY ONT., THURSDAY,_ JANUARY 25th; 1906 the illuminating text under consider- ation is found the apostolic answer to this searching question. It reveals the fact that the purpose of Christâ€" ianity is not, as many suppose, to save men from hell to heaven, but from sin to righteousness._ firom selâ€" fishness to service, from devilishness to Christlikeness. That is, its pur- pose is subjective ; to impart to its disciples health and strength, and life and peace and joy ; to free the mind. emancipate the soul and ease the conscience. True religion is primarily a ques- tion not of externals but of the spir- it. God hath given us not a‘ritual fer worship, nor a code of morals, nor a system of theology, but a spir- it of power, of love, of a sound mind. We are slow to learn that Christ’s Kingdom is not 01 this world. It is within, not without. The divine principle of redemption is not reformation, but regeneration. The former is the outer manifesta- tion of the latter. Christianity's sphere of operation is in the soul. God’s chief concern is to change, not men’s outward conditions, but men's hearts. But the result of changing the life principle is reformation of conduct and revolution of environ- ment. This is always the divine procedure both in nature and grace. Mere organism never begets life but life does build about itself its ap- propriate organism. 7 The essential difference then between religions is not in outward form of worship . or creed but the more radicaf difference of life or spixi. The all-important difference between the edible and the poisonous fungi is not in the mere accident of form or color but in dif- ference of nature ; one is wholesome, in the other lurks death. To change the nature then you must change the life. You cannot transform tares into wheat by the art of cultivation, nor the goat into a sheep by robmg the former in the latter's woolly Religion Not a. Question of Extemflsâ€"The Secret of a Strpng, Afl‘eetioute and Well-Balanced Lifeâ€"Tho Folly of missing the Greatest‘Good. " will. Is not the Creator’s mind greater “than the created thing ? Is not the artist-soul greater than the artist’s masterpiece} ‘2 There are. speaking broadly. just two spirits in the universe and these are diametrically opposite; They are There was a huge congregation at, the Baptist church last Sunday ev- ening. The singing by the choir was much appreciated. Mr. Noyce sang with feeling the popular song of the ’l‘orrcyâ€"Ahexander meetings, "Tell Mothur I’ll be There." of the religion of "Jesus, Christian- ity has lost its simplicity and the main .issue is in danger of being ov- erlooked amidst all the complexity of creed and dogma. that the church has.a'dded to it. So .it has come to pass that leaders in. Chnisuian thought are asking and seeking to answ‘er the great, question: “What is Christian- ity ; its meaning and .purpose 1’" In The paston, Rev. G. R. Welch’took for the subject of his discourse, "The True Spirit of Christianitx" The text was 2 Timothy. 1st chapter, the 7th verse which reads, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear 3 but 01' power and of love! and of a. sound .mind.” ,In introducing his subject the speaker remarked that owing to two iuilleniums of theolog- ical and philosophical speculation and discussion of the great truths intrength. ‘ All the physical head could .: «lean Wm; -. tindustrious: and (heat-ml life that inculcatm is most conducive ,to health and to the night, and the electric car climbs steadily up the hill. because they are connected through the dy- namo with the mighty power of Ni"- agate. so the Christin; amid all the clash and change of hostile cir- cumstanoe can live his life and do his work with stout heart and serenq brow because the spirit within him is the spirit of Almighty God. "'1! God be for us who can be against The spirit of Christianity is the spirit of power. Power is one great need of the human life. This world is no place for the weakling. The conditions under which we live de- mand that we shall be physically. mentally and moral.y strong. Few things are more debilitating than four. It is one of the best. allies of disease; many a student fails at ex- amination because he toses his nerve; while life is strewn with the moral wreckage 04 those who have lacked the courage to say No. To live our life successfully we must have poster â€"onr own or Anothcr’s and in our case we must have a higher power than our own 101' none of us is suffi- cient unto himself. The natural spirit of man is weak and cowardly. Most children are druid of the darb'; an primitive peopled are superstiu ions and an pagan religions are timid and fearful. But the spirit of Christianity given us immunity from !ear because it allies us to Omnipo- tence. Rockefeller's son knows no dread of gnawing poverty because he is allied to his father’s millions: The student tears no famine otideas be- cause he is allied to them ‘ m o! the ages. Britain's ,in Russia or mm 18 movedby'the prevailing social unrest of those un- happy countries . because the resent-- ces of that “greater empire than has been” is pledged to his protection. As the streetlamp shines bravely in- Christhnity imp'uts to its true disciples "physical p6wer. For the there aretphysical and moral evils. Physical forces _are strong and often seem hostile, but the omnipotent Creator is' stronger. In regard to the natural forces“ What a striking difference there is between the ghost- ly fear of paganism and the free, confident Christian spirit of scimce that reverently studies the'giant for- res of the lightning, the cataract. steam, etc, and, like the genii of the Arabian Nights' Ms harnesses them to the service of man. Neither need the Christi-an fear}moral evil for the blood of Jesus Christ cleans- es from all sin and he can say with Paul, "-I know him whom I have be- lieved and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him.” Numberless indeed are our fears; the fear of death, the fear o! the supernatural),J In the textthaapestle relates'e very persistent my; It is a hoary miscouceptiou that the spirit of y because “the Godot this worid hath blindedtheeyeaotthan that are rperishing”â€"and many of the preach- ers and theologitl'ns have helped not 'a little. But the purpose of our religion is not toka man’s spirit but to ennoble it ; it is not the spir- it of repression 'but 0! elevation. Some horsetraiuers foolishly set to work to break the colt's spirit rath- er than to bring it under control. When they brmk the spirit they ruin the horse. There are some parents equally unwise in the training of their children. It were kinder to crush the body than the spirit of the child. The heavenly parent is wiser and more kind. "Ye received not the spirit of bondage again umu fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry. Abba. Father." God does not crush the soul but set 9it free ; we do not gro- vel before Him in abject terror and base servility as before an irresponâ€" sible despot whom we .must propi- tate. but with the free spirit of love we come into His presence, and with the tender and exhking name of Father on our lips. God desires our worship, not out flattery, for He is perfect and -the author of perfection in His true worshippers. fear of pain, of the judgment, on“ ourselves, etc... but the spirit of Christianity is able to drive them: all away and make us free and strong and brave as men should be. else. Luther, Knox, John the Bap- tist, the Apostle Paul illustrate the courageous spirit of Christianity. How many again, are cowed by the fear of evil. Evil is of two kinds : How unmaniy and unmanning is sen-vile fear! For how ,much of our social evils is it responsible ! How much dishonesty. injustice. miserli-I. ness and violencc we may credit to fear of possible poverty ! How difâ€" ferent when we can breathe the spirit 0! David who could say, “I 'have been young, and now am old : yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed beg- ging bread." And the Christian spirit. frees us from base {ear of man for He who fears God {ears none my any h of men he. Hangover. r of a '8 will. Sir Gala- ado jug all matters in ~bonnection with the amount organiations there win he Jen; the landmine sun of 81‘760 for missionary and Wotan: __olr “now-w . nun..-“ .... 04 '; Debt. had. 3273 .mj'Wf'F. i. s. being to reduce it to $10.00!! U :51in as possible. The total money raised in! the-confirmation {or all purposes $336.53.”. the PrindP‘ a imheing: Ordinary revenue, 33395305 Genqml‘giyious. $887-- _. -- 4-. The first report was that of the Session. and was read by Mr. Wal- lace. A spirit of optimism was preâ€" sent throughout all the reports. There were added to the church roll 0! membership during the year 84. and 52 were taken 03. leaving a net gaih of 32. making the membership at theolose of 1905, 572. There were 18 baptism and 18 deaths. The report of the Managers was read by.J. M. MacLeunan. and com- pu‘ed very favorably with former m. The total expenses on ordin- ary account. were 83.77112, leaving a. mall deficit of $22.03; The floatâ€" ing ‘debt. 0! nearly 8400 was 3190' paid 06, leaving only the moi-W dart a! $14,000, which is to be tack- l'ed in mt tromthis out. themed being to reduce it. to 810.000 and muddy ”.mfble. The total money were'preaent. Alter devotional ex- ercise conducted by Rev. Mr. Walâ€" lace the chair was taken by Mr. Dun- can McDougull. andlnr. John Smith was requested to act as secreta‘ry,‘ A bandage was passed around the wrist. and drawn tight to prevent Ithq further loss of blond. The injureo man was quickly driven to Downey- ville and medical aid summoned from Lindsay. Notwnhsmnding the shock and loss of mood, Mr. Thurston dis- played remarkable nerve. and is now improving rapidly. hand to giye some instructions to the men assisting it came in contact with the rapidly revolving sa ', split- ting the back of the hand an fourth finger, the top of which was severed. In drawing his ‘arm away his hand by some means came in contact with the saw and'wns completely severed at the wrist. The hand and mi; in dropping jammed between the saw and timbers, bringing the horses to a standstill. ~Mr. Thu on was only aware of his serious r$uriefl when he again raised his arm am. found it minus the hand. “Boys," he ex- claimed, “my sawing days arenvef" ANNUAL MEETINGâ€"SOME SAT- ISFACTORY REPORTS. The annual basins-heating- ot St. Andrew's Presbyterian church was held last week, when a very large number of members sud whey-ants can realise the truth that "to than that love God all things work to- gether for good." Wln‘ room is there for cmven fear in a. universe the cenâ€" tre of which is love. “Love sauer- eLh long find is kind; love envicul not: seekest not its own; beereth all things ; believed: all thlngs, hop- L-th all things, endured: all things. Love never taileth." So there is love behind the Father's discipline; love behind the wdcher's valuing: love behind the surgeon's knife ; low behind law. es Ell-ember." Sin is moral insan- ity.‘A‘sanemi-ndisbeaven.anda sin-blinded mind is hell. For what- ever these may be objectively then- is no doubt about heaven and helboas subjective states. We needtheChris- tian spirit. to enable us to think straight auditions. The founda- tion of a sane hie is a sane con- ception of God. To know Him is to know intellectual and moral ex- cellence in its perfection. It is the topmost pinnacle of all knowledge. No mind can do its best work when it is beclouded with superstition. warped by prewdice or bocloggcd with sin. Lust and nelf-indulgmw destroy a man's inteflectual power. Christianity gives the sanity or selfâ€" control and reveals the blessedness of plain living and high thinking. How excellent then, is the spirit of Christianity. Consider its scope. lt is all-embracing, all-dominating in the life. lt purities‘and energizes the will. the afiections and the mind. Consider its mission. Not to break the spirit. but to ennoble it. it. is not slavish fear, but power and love. and sweet reasonableness. Judge 3 " by it; fruits. The Christian nation: are the free, the poweri'dl, the hen- evolent. the sane and enlightened nations. The most exalted among them are the most. truly Christian. Consider also what it expresses. lli- vine love ; so precious. so free, so un- deserved ! Them is no other boon comparable, to the gift of the Christ spirit. How it has dispelled the fears of the race! ‘ It has arched the heavens with God's covenant MW 0! promise; it has implanted radiant hope in the human breast. What spirit tnen is at the centre of our lives ? What. estimate do we place on nizg tint the spirit of the universe is lovek that. God is law, then _ m; And it is the spirit of a sound mind. A sound mind also casteth out tear. Host 0! our (ears are the ‘of a mind diseased. “He‘ll, says Dr. Torry, “is the insane say- lum of the universe where the inmat- the supreme blessing of God? It is ours for the asking. Wh‘t stupen- dous lolly to spurn the gift divine S On the Qt]: inst. Mr. Wm. Thurston who resides on the 14th concession of Emily, and is one of the best known and most popular men in the flownship. met with a terrible mi- dent. He was working at 0. port- able sawing machine. and raising his Distmsing Accident. J95" ‘4" walniny. None of theothers an W. W hope to be of mfioe until to-mor» a. row morning. by which time, if wind *0 W all W hold httthem will be “Wit-mm left of the ship or paw- attend the next f aqaccount whi ‘ n1 - far back as 1900. The chairman also manager take 'up , larilics in com rted service immo The boat arriving at Cape Beale shelter could get no connected story of the calamity" When they reported the. weak the steamer Salvar was forthwith deflpntched from here at 3.26 p.m., followed two hours-later by the steamer Queen, which India! he California-bound passengers here in order to W immediete relief to ,her Wheat. The Cemdien MEWQueen City. on her we! V Emma. is due at ”' engine and the winter (2H- h M to have m- fiéne fog and southerly gala; 50 or 60 miles. an hour are believed to explain the fatal variation {tom the course. VEsé‘th TO THE RESCUE Whiie positive information of the hazel-point is unavailable, the res- cue fleet is headed for Pachona Bay. where the sea drives inland for half a 11139 or moron The bay is almost lgndlocked. but near the entrance are the Seabird Rocks, believea to be the precise location of the track. A The ship had 94 passengers and 60 0! a crew. Nearly all theee are still aboard the wreck. which at last ud- vices threatened to break up at any moment. So perilous is their plight that many account rescue impossible. Two men who succeeded in climbing a little way up the clifi. had not ad- vanced beyond high water mark. and found descent and retreat alike 1m- poseible. The tide was rising when they were last seen and their fate seemed obvious. Many terrible dramas were enacted after the striking of the steamer. One lady dropped her young child into the sea in striving to pass it over {or greater security to her husp band. A little boy. of five years was miraculously east back upon the ship alter being swept overboard while running about the deck piteous- ly crying for his mother. whom the black waters had engulfed. Rpm mmmum meMW. Hr. G; H. Lindsay. 0d motion the secretary was instructed to arrive at asetuement with Mr. Lindsay and pay theA account._ __ The regular meeting of the Board of Water Commissioners was held last Stun-day dtomoon. All 5 Mem- W and x~ ' V 'n'vr, ox- layer R‘sh Ir. J. D. Flaw-lie in the chair. ‘ r “v A by-hw providing {or the rPg‘ula- tion and meat of the waver- works; and rescinding a prm ions “by- law was rad clause bx clause. and that discussion “as passed signed and sealed. The manager, Mr. Duncan Ray. and the superintendent. Mr. Ham- mond fyled declarations of oflioe. After the reqding of the minutes of the 1m meeting were poised. a hatter was read tron: the late super- intendent he an account preacnted by During Mr, J. D. Flavelle's ab- sence in Winnipeg. Mr. McNeillie will countersign the cheques. In view of the report and explana- tions mode by the superintendent. meters will be put in the services at, the Sylvatter Manufacturing (‘0. and the. House of Refuge. STEAMSHIP VALENCIA OF THE PACIFIC S. S. C0.. STRIKES Sw THE ROCKS AT NIGHT. The steamship Valencia, of the Paâ€" cilic Coast Steamship Company's passmger fleet. “‘Tiich has temperor- ily replaced the City of Pueblo on the San Francisco-Pudget Sound route pending repairs to the regular boat. drove to destruction in a dense fog on Tuesday at midnight, ten miles cast at Cape Beale, and beâ€" tween 60 and 70 lives were lost. The scene of the disaster is historic as the place of the Michigan's loss just a decade ago. Cape Beale is the northcrn entrance to Puget Sound. nenrlyi opposite to Cape Flattery, on\‘ the American coast. ASLEEP WHEN CRASH CAME. The passengers were awakened from sleep to {ace imminent. death in its most. cruel form, and many lives were lost in the confusion A letter from Mr.‘Beghie re the double .Iwrvioe through the meter on the premises of Mr. J. F. Maunder. was held over {or further considera- tion. ' WBEGK OF A STEAISIIIP v-7fhwew'éhiiéman also suggested that, manager take rup the matter of [critics in contracts and unre- ‘rt‘ed service immediately, and re port to the Board as soon as pos- sible. and that the Ben" Leather Co. and H. Williamson's services be me- tered. _ scare him; Fred was with dimculty rescued. The body was recovered in about two hours at the flume of a will a mile below. The deceased was a son of William Mclvor of Millbrbok, and was in the employ'of Needler's flour mill. About 7 a.m., on fiaturday, during the high water caused by the heaVy min, while Fred and Charles Mclvor We!!! in a. boat trying to reach some Hume logs, the boat capsized in the heavy current below the mill at Mil-l- brook, and Charles, a lad of 18. was drowned. despite the 2110113 05 his brother. hthernnd a large crowd to On motion a number of accounts were passed. Mr. Flavellc instructed the secre- (Irv Io inVibe Mr. W. \. Jouett to attend the next ting and explam unaccount WM Includes items as 5174;.- Board then ac‘uurhed. Youth Drowned by Boat Capsizing. um MISSIONS MEET. 030mb AT MILLBROOK. pFesent. including thcnew OVER SIXTY LIVE WI .id my?! I25» wont. aha-h. inn-ell... «.0. h. gin-cap. I. a. I. a. flign E Onion-.â€" .Dlv Ital“??? finial-h!!! g The man is descihied as about 4-0 years of age, 5. {t.- 6 in. in heigat, 110 lbs. in weight, with dark hail: and moustache. He Was we)? dressed in black and wore a still" hat and prairie wolf 'overcoat. He spoke wit! a. foreign accent, probably French, and was ldtâ€"handed.â€"Chatham Pian- Bank of Montreal er. with W. W. Everitt. but, speak- ing to The Pianet last week, Mr. EV- eritt said he promised to send a draft for the amount of the punch... which had not been shipped. He was not successtul in borrowing money, Mr. Everitt said. !R. A. H. CLARKE. . The dnth occurred on Tuesday, Jan. 16th! at‘Baptisbe Lake of It. A. 'H. Clarke, the well known engi- neerofthol. B. £20.11!erer k. Clarke left home on Tuesday morn- ing, apprently in goof health, but whilst hauling up his engine am: his run, he dropped dead» The dc- 'l‘he issue of the Farmers' Advocat‘ of Jan. 10th gives publicity to the actions of a clever fakir who is tr» veiling to purchase stock, etc. and Mdentdly'borrowing sums of mo- ney from the farmers. Under tho nuns of R. H. Reid he went throufi Elgin County. saying he was 3' breeder from Bruce County, wanting to buy stock. A short time ago under the nuno of Duncan, 0! Toronto, he visited Harwich. presumably purchasing Jer- sey cattle. He made a sale. on pap- ceased was only thirty-seven years oldfmld leave: a wife uid five child- aim to mourn his «mine. The tuna-u which was large}; attended, took place to Gelert' on the loliowing Pri- day with full Masonic honors, the” ceased Ueing amember of that ord- er. Mr. Clarke was a brother-in- law of Mr. Lou McG‘x-cgor of this town. Much sympathy ié expressed; for the widow and family in their sad loss. Ir. A. Eastwood Mfmmfldflnutry Tripâ€"fladal‘rying Timeout the In- turn Voyage. The Philadelphia sailed from Lon- don on De. 30th, and passed down the Thames in the face of a terrific gale. KOn' reaching Dover it was too rough to land the pilot, and it was thought he would have to maketho trip to Boston, but at the New: lighthouse of! the Isle of Wight, thaw was an opportunity to get him ashore, and he was safely landed. ning out over fifty miles. The sea was running mountains high, and the Vessel was pounded by giant combers as she attempted to make her way to the coast. In two hours steam- i full speed ahead she only cover- five miles. Capt. Gardiner said it was one of the worst seas he ever hm! to contend with. The weather throughout was bois- terous, sales from the west to the northwest bufl’eting the craft, and the heavy seas deluging ‘the decks with water. She came in however, without damage and the' car-go of 2,- in perfect Condition. Mr. Ali: Eastwood returned last week from a trip to the Old Country which extended over about six weeks. He looks remarkably well and was highly delighted with what he saw in England; pressed it. in the world, London. Not a minute was lost in the latter city. and Mr. _Eastwood’s one regret ill-that time aid not permit him see- ing more. The voyage back was destined to be a remarkable one, as the worst. weather was experiencea. The pas- Mr. Eastwood. accompanied by Mr. 'I‘hos. Rminson. saled‘ from One- bee on Nov.. 25th per S.S. Philadel- phian,. in charge on 201 head of fine cattle shipped by Mr. W. Silverwood olT Oakwood. Other shipments bro- ught. up the number of cattle to 611; head with twentyâ€"two men in chazge of the same. The trip uut was a pleasant one. The cattle weré land- ed at ‘Deptl‘ord docks. London, on Dec. 761.4" splendid condition. Hr. Eastwood then took advantage of the time at his disposal and proceedvl ed to visit friends in Lancashire'and Yorkshire, and afterwards spent a week doing the only city, as he ex. sage was replace with furious gale. and Wu! seas which held the liner back to such an extent that she “as three-days late in arriving at Bos- ton. On the mosning she entered the bay the boat was caught in a. blimrd two miles ofl' the light- ahip. It was too rofigb for a pilot to board her, so Captain Gardiner put. about and headed seaward run- Gavin‘s MD B. tum-ml, Clpitd $14,400,000 Rest $10,000,000 LINER'S STORIIY PASSAGE. 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