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.6. and reporter, to wrest their words so as to signify an entirely different thing from that intended and althou h in its final article the Record says, “ e could honor Rev. Mr. Hughson if he simply ex- plained that he did not mean what we un- derstood him to say in regard to this matter." it has nevertheless refused, so far from honoring me. even to protesstobe- lieve m3, although I twice explained that, it had misstate my position. This per- sistence in charging me with pernicious sentiments which I did not express, I characterized as doing that immoral thing, the advocacv of which I am falsely charged with. In all of this part of the discussion, IhaVe been able to explain the Record’s evident determination to saddle a “mon- strous proposition” upon me, only upon the assumption that that journal, in its propaganda against Protestantism, chose to select me, who am the least of my brethren, as representative of a class, so as to vilify them in me. Upon this as- sumption only. has it seemed to me worth its while to discuss the question. 1 there- . tore denounce the Catholic Record, in attempting to foist upon me sentiments which I have repeatedly in its columns denied having ever uttered, as untruthfnl and malicious. The cause which depends upon such despicable methods for its ad- vancement must be unworthy indeed! THE DECAYING NATIONS Possibly the Catholic Record was de- termined to represent me as an advocate of an immoral course, because it wished to discredit me for saying that certain nations which “have capoused the Rom- ish faith are to-day in decay and because of their religion,” citing Spain, France and Italy as “less than they were.” This it at first described as awilful misrepresenta- tion. In attacking this position, the Catholic Record, with singular hardihood froceeded not against the reason alleged or decay, but denied the fact of decay in the nations cited, thus seeming to admit that if the facts were as stated. the reason I is as alleged. That the facts are true how- ever the Record has subsequently practi- cally admitted, in not attempting to con- trovert the consideration-t Iset forth in substantiation of my position and by ali ‘-_ â€"â€"â€".râ€"-‘r\- UV “‘3 the immoral advocacy of continuing an unjust war. To this I replied that in my sermon I certainly advocated Britain’s continuing the war with the Transvaal, but with equal certainty did not describe the war as an act of injustice on the art of Britain against the Boer. In fact did not in my sermon discuss that side of the uestion at all. The editor of the Catholic ecord was not satiSfled with my denial and persisted in his charge, arguing from 1 your report of the semen. I therefore en- quired of your reporter whether he under- stood me, as the Catholic Record professed to do. He was kind enough to reply in a letter wherein he said, “The question of the justice of Great Britain's claims is not involved." Even yet the Record has the hardihood, despite the protest of preacher A-j ._-_-WA~ to use my privelege of uttering 3 final statement. As reported I enumerated the perils of Britain under the headings,â€"The War, The Danger of Luxury, The Drink Traflic, Anarchy and Socialism, and the Return to Rome. Those of your readers who follow- ed the discussion, so far as it proceeded in your columns, will doubtless remember that the Catholic Record imputed to me! LL- !,-, r, , the contest in an unenviaflbiiew ham-5'32 mind. As I initiated the controversy- quite innocently 8‘0, I as_sure ypuâ€"â€"I wish A- â€"â€"-- ”A SIR:-â€"On Jan. Elst, I preached a sermon on “The Perils of Britain,” which was re- ported in your issue of Jan. 25th. and com- mented on by the Catholic Record of Lon- don, in a trenchant article, extracts from which, followed in a subsequent issue by a reply from me, have already appeared in your columns. Thereupon a discussion took place in the Catholic Record between the editor on the one hand and myself on the other. This discussion has now been ended by the Record’s withdrawal from To the Editor of the Watchman-Ward“ : The Pastor of the Baptist Churâ€" ch Writes Regarding His Controversy with the Catholic Record. REV. MR. IIUGIISON’S FINAL JUSTIFICATION It has been said that the colonies’ contribution of troops to aid in the Transvaal war has welded them and Great Britain into an Empire such as they were not before. An English author of popular fiction has declared that President Kruger has proved to be the means of Imperial ‘ Federation, the press has largely endorsed that View and to most people that result is to be among the chief conse- quences of this war. If by this is meant that {or the moment at least, the peeples under the British flag have developed the unity of sentiment that comes from co~oper- Out of the several schemes set forth as a solution of the fire-hall problem the council has selected what appears to be the only satisfactory one. It is a brand new hall. The cost of such a building as is needed is estimated at $4,000 and the ratepayers will be asked to ratify a by-law‘ providing for that sum. Since that very by-law was defeat ed by a. popular vote less than a year ago, its introduction again, shows the absolute straits the town is in with respect to its fire protection, and shows as well, a. good deal of courage on the part of the aldermen. As is often the case when a new building is to be erected, there are different opinions about the site of the new hall. These have been considered to some extent, but so far away is a decision, that it is proposed to submit the by law without naming the place in which the building shall stand. That would likely be a mistake. The matter has been long enough under consideration for the proper site to have been selected. To hesitate at that very im- portant point, is a sign of weakness in the c0uncil,that will work serious damage to their laudable scheme. That they have not, up to the time of voting, been able to decide on the proper place, Will lead many people to doubt their ability to do so afterward. Unfortunate associations help- ed to defeat the last oyrlaw. It would be a pity for any mistake to be made this time. In deciding to build, the council has done well; let them go a step further, select what they consider the best ( site, publicly announce thtir choice and submit a by-law c to raise money to build a fire hall in a particular place. c Such action will win public confidence, clear away uncert~ ainity and present a clear, definite proposition to the people who will, we believe, endorse it with as much vigor as the e cause deserves. 1 i l l AN INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE NEWSPAPER. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING AT 115 AND 117 SUBSCRIPTION RATES.â€"In advance 75 clubbing arrangements with leading Canadian aunauur'uun KA'l‘lgs.â€"In_ advance. 75 cents; at end of year $1.09. Good clubbing arrangements with leading Canadian papers. CIRCULATIONâ€"Tut: WATcmAu-Wutnn's circulation is 5,000, of which 4,500 copies go within trading distance of the town. THE WATCHMAN-WARDER EMPIRE AND COLONIES NAMETHE SITE 3., LINDSAY, Om. â€"This week John Campbell, Fairview Farm, places a new advertisement in our columns. Because of the great satisfac- tion the Barred Plymouth Rock Cockerels sent out to customers all over the province during- the past four months, the demand for hatching has so increased that it is found necessary to keep two flocks of sel- ected pallets and cocks of different strains to meet the demand. As those two birds . unguari, nerrone, ue uardenas, Bay- naudas, De Murcia etc, etc, and also to the “Constitutions of the Society of Jesus” (Rome 1583) “Rules of the Society of J esus” (Rome 1616) “Canons of the General Con- gregations of the Society of J esus” (Rome 1606) “Instructions and Ordainances Com- mon to the whole Society, to the Provin- cials and Superiors thereof" (Naples 1609) and manv other writings by and for the Jesuits, I am sure he will be glad he re- fused my challenge. As to his complaint at my having put in “Baptist” rather than “Protestant,” I take it as a high compliment to our church, as implying that it compares well in point of morality with other Protestant churches. ‘ My only reason for havzng done so is that _ . I did not and do not “claim to be the meew bred. An order for eggs was champion of Protestism in general.” added,with the privilege of increasing the Such an assumotinn wmfld have hem swine later on. It now appears that B.P presumptuous in me. However, I am Books are to lead in the poultry yards as perfectly willing that the Record should “"“H‘m‘ns and Shropshires do in field alter the test so as to include all churches and stall. been placed for eggs. A customer in Nor- folk county. to whom six cockerels were E This testIconsider eminently fair and ._ to the point, especially as the Catholic . Record had described morality as “the '3 special sphere of religion” and the criterion r was one given by Christ himself, for just i, such cases (Matt. vii, 15 20.) Be, a t Catholic, had described me a Bwtist, as a _ teacher of immoral doctrines. hat then 3 could have been more fitting than in a [ friendly way to compare notes and exam- ine our several moral fruitfulness 1n the i faith (2 Con, 13-5 Galat 6, 3-3)? But the Catholic Record is aware that he cannot [ face such a test. Apart altogether from the statistics of crime in which it has been frequently pointed out that the Hamish church has an unenviable pre-eminence, the editor of the Catholic Record was no doubt aware that any one who has access to Roman Catholic works on theology and morals could groduce some remarkably interesting rea ing matter. Such access is difficult to get and the editor might have presumed on this fact to have accept- ted my challenge; but when I say that I have access to Roman Catholic editions of Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventura. Oecam Nicolas de Clemangie, Bellarmine, Gerson, ‘Lignori, Lerrone, De Cardenas, Ray- naudas, De Murcia etc, etc, and also to the i “Constitutions of the Society of Jesus" c (Rome l583) “Rules of the Society of J esus” 1 (Rome 1616) “Canons of the General Con- s grezations of the Society of Jesus” (Rome c 1606) “Instructions and Ordainances Com- f mon to the whole Society, to the Provin- f cials and Superiors thereof" (Naples 1609) e and many other writings by and for the t Jesuits, I am sure he will be glad he re- a. fused my challenge. a making admissions as to decline in Span- ish resources and French and Italian be- ” lief. After the Record‘s Vigorous defence of Spain’s undecayed condition, for assert- ing Whlf'h it had described me as “a clergyman ,, ,, who will not hesitate to adopt any misrepresentation to suit his - purpose,” I was very much amused to find i in the Catholic Record itself, in the issue of March 31st, a quotation from the Roman Catholic Bishop Spaulding wherein he speaks of "the decline of Spain!" A TEST OF MORALS The Record professes to have treated me with courtesy in all but its last article in the discussion. In that it does not even pretend to have done so. A seeming breach of courtesy however, was the utter- ance of the following sentence:- “We are not greatly surprised that Rev. Mr. Hughson should fall into such an ethical cesspool, for his relig- ion has no fiXed moral code, any further than to leave it to each individ- ual minister to find in the bible such principles as may suit his own fancy, and at the same time be acceptable to the leading members of his congregao tion for the time being." and this sentence was the occasion of my proposing a test to the editor of the Catholic Record, because he therein deprecates, by mean insinuation, the private interpretation of the bible and maintains that it ends in a moral cesspool. As an answer to his contention and a vindication ofthat doctrine which lies at the very heart of Protestantism, I as a Baptist challenge him as follows:â€" “You have assailed my moral sys- DI tem. I propose a test according to our 0‘ Lord’s teaching, ‘Ye shall know them 21 by their fruits.’ (Matt. 7-16) From all m available statistics of crime and im- morality for any given period, cull out those that refer to Baptists; from all authentic Baptist documents and th works of recognized Baptists cull out sentiments that you regardas immoral oh and by any other legimate means of judging the morality of {a body of pea is that you mav suggest, obtain of evi ence. I will do likewise with I ‘ reference to Roman Catholics and then let us publish the results of our indust- thi ry in parallel columns in the Catholic Record and Canadian Baptist and other papers if you wish. I challenge you to the test.” A- . THE MAN WHO for several weeks past has, in many eyes. seemed the arch enemy of British connection; has come and gone. He was heard with delight by the best people of both political parties in this town. For them, his charming personality, splendid oratory and exalted patriot- i=m have forever dispelled the cloud that had gathered at out his name. From a man with the sentiments of Mr. Henri .Bourassa,Great Britain can take no harm. In the futureâ€" and he is not likely to soon disappear from viewâ€"our thoughts of him will be colored by the brief glimpse we have had of his noble manliness and the eloquent words of devotion to the Empire that fell from his lips. This is but: another example how our antagonisms fostered by sepsr‘ ations, fade away by contact. These examples have be- come numerous enmgh to make us suspicious of those antagonisms in future. IT HAS or LATE become a too common custom to cast reflection on each other’s loyalty. There is no disloyalty in Canada. No other equal population in the world con- tains so little hostility to the govunment and institutions under which they live. True there are differences of opinion. They are but a tribute- to our mental vitality and culture, and they are all upon matters that take for granted our allegiance to Great Britain. ation in a common cause, it is very true. If it means that it will result in a uniform political system under which the ‘various British possessions are to constitute one Empireâ€"- 1and that seems the only intelligible idea of Imperial Feder- ationâ€"then up to the present time. it is open to serious doubt. Perhaps the very opposite IS a likely result. The action of the colonies has opened the question of their place in the Empire and their relation to it. It had to be raised some day. Whenever it came it was bound to constitute a great problem for both colonies and mother- land, and it will likely bea prominent feature of Imperial and colonial politics in the next few years. So far as Canada is concerned, the introduction of some great issue‘ into the political arena can scarcely be regretted. It may check the tendency to be trivial and worse, that of late has marked our political life. v-- -vwwuu era, save only in that period called the Dark Ages. The Apostolic church was essentially constituted in doctrines, oili- cers, ordinances and government as ours is today and continued so until d-genera- tion set in under the growth of the doct~ rine of Baptismal regeneration and until the admission of masses of heathen with their former customs, baptized with Christian names. caused the church to degenerate into what is now called the Holy Cathollc, Apostolic and Roman church. In modern times. she has had a visible history since before the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century and numbers in her membership more than five millions of people who have made personal profession of salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord and represents a constituency of twvnty millions of people at least, scattered throughout the world. So far from having given the gospel to“no one nation,” it is her glory that she was the pioneer in the whole modern Protest- ant foreign missionary movement. VVil- liam Carey the first missionary and in whose earnest thought the movement arose, was a Baptist. Adoniram Judson the first American Protestant missionary was a Baptist. Within this “very obscure sect of very limited extent" then, re res- enting the second largest Protestant ody in the United States and of respectable proportions in Canada, the Catholic Record could have found ample space for investi- gating its moral fruitiulnees, but it dare not make the comparison. IN CONCLUSION In conclusion, I do not regret having warned England against Romanism, nor that you published an abstract of my ser- mon. nor that the Catholic Record has challenged my statements. If I have said anything not strictly true, or if I have spoken any truth in other than the spirit 01love, then am I sorry. But believing as I do that the Roman Catholic church makes obscure the doctrines of grace, so that very many estimable people are causedtoerr and kept in spirital bondage man he to the Saviour; and because a designing hierarchy, in order to maintain a false L“ theory of religion, has closed the bible, which the Holy Spirit gave for our in- struction in divine things. to any but an arbitrary interpretation that was chrystal- lized, for the most part. in the ignorance of the dark ages, I afl'ectionately urge my fellow citizens of the Roman Catholic faith, before they trust their eternal happiness utterly to their church, to examine into her credentials by observing the moral re- sults of her system and by usin their own good common sense which G0 has given them to compare the teaching and prac- tices of their church with that of our Sav- iour and His apostles as given in the New Testament. Believe me, the hard common sense of the intelligent common people is more useful in coming to an understanding of the word of God, than is all the casuistry of some theologians. Thanking you for your kindness in allow- ng me this space, I am yours, $5 EDITORIAL NOTES I am not particular to defend my church or myself against: some coarse character- izations, other than to justify my bona. tides in mentioning it. It, has had a. visible history, throughoup _therrtrusenb own an..- ___I, that accept the rule of ‘individual inter- pretation.’ " Ufi- .. -uv . .uuuuu onlim'jn tpat pegi'odrcalled the THE BAPTIST CHURCH THE WATCHMAN-WARDER': LINDSAY, ONT; :. S. HUGHSON. Removes all poisons and impurities‘from the system. , Gives strength and vitality In place of weakness and languor. The most Wonderful blood purifier, restorative and strengthener known to science. Mr. Geo. 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The clerk was on motion by Messrs. Hickson and McLean, instructed to inform the countv clerk that Ops council would require the use of the county stone- crusher on or before the 1st of June next. THE NEXT MEETING. A few small accounts were next naid, on motion by Messrs. Hickson and Haw- kins, after which Mr. McLean moved, seconded by Mr. Hickson, that the council adjourn till May 28th prox., at 103.111., when the assessment court of revision will be held and other business transected. W. F. O'BOYLE, clerk. uxtuw oz uommlssioner Hickson the un~ expended money appropriated to road Div. three in 1899.â€"C\rried. BATCH OF B Y- LA “'8. Bv-laws to confirm the appointment of atbmasters, fenceviewers and pound eepers, to deccribe polling sub-divisions Nos. 3, 4, and 5, as now limited; and to permit the erecting of poles and wires for the conveyance of electric power. received the usual readings and were passed, signed and sealed as by-laws Nos. 561. 562, 1 and 563. 'Mr. Thos. Hawkins complained thata certain culvert had not been out in on 8th con. line, at lot 8. because Councillor Hickson was opposed to it. Mr. Hickson contended that a culvert was not needed there, but finally assented to have the engineer decide the matter and pay his share it liable. - . Mr. Byrne moved, seconded by Mr. Hawkins, that sealed tenders be asked for the township printing for the year beginn- ing May Ist prox.â€"â€"Carried. PE’l‘TY TOWNSHIP OFFICERS. Pathmasters, fenceviewers and poundâ€" keeners for current year were on motion by Messrs. McLean and Hickson duly ap- pointed. EQUALIZING THE POLLING DIVISIONS. Owing to the number of voters in each polling sub-divisions Nos. 4 and 5being more than the 200 limit, and the number in polling sub-division No. 3, being much less than 200, Mr. Byrne moved, seconded by Mr. Haweins. that lots 14 and 15, in the 15th,6tb and 7th cons, be detached from ‘Div. No. 4 and annexed to Div. No. 3, and that lots 15 in the 8th, 9.11, 10th and 11th cons., be detacth from Div. No. 5 and annexed to Div. 3 also.â€"Carlied. CHANGES IN STATUTE LABOR BEATS. On motion by Messrs. Byrne and Haw kins, the following resolution was passed namely, that the statute labor assessed against lot 20, con. 2, 17 and 18, con. 1, be in future done in beat No. 4, and that the statute labor of S.\V.W. qr. 20, l’ hf. 20 and of lot 21. con. 1. be done on 4th qr. lst con., under the supervision of pathmaster of beat No. 69. and that by-law No. 453 be modified accordingly.â€"Carried. "Sundry little accounts and bills for charity disoensed and for snow-shovelling, etc. With regard to snow-shovelling claims the council entertained none but those in excess of the statute labor for which the commutation set forth in the by;l_aw'gas pa_i_d. Ops council met pursuant to adjourn- ment on Monday, April 2nd, at the usual hour. All members present. After the minutes of last regular meeting were read and adopted Mr. Jno. Alex. Culverwell, promoter of the Burleiszh Falls electric power scheme “ho was present, address- ed the council. He said that owing to lack of sufficient power at Fenelon Falls he had abandoned it, but had since secured almost unlimited power at Burleigh and now desired permission to erect poles and wires along the Omemee road to conveg ower to indsay. In compliance wit is request the council gave him the de- sired permission under certain conditions, and repealed the old by-law which granted exclusive right from Fenelon Falls. COMMUNI CATIONS. A letter from Mr. J. A. Paddon, trea- surer of the Patriotic Fund committee, thanking the council for the liberal grant gizen pheua: - OPS COUNCIL Pathmasters, Fenceviewers and Poundkeepers Appointedâ€" Three Polling Subdivi- sions Remodeled. PLACED IN NEW HANDS. 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