Stratford Times, 11 Jan 1888, p. 4

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' Be i eres 'Mew Advertisements This Week. nation and created a name. ~that--his -rep showed --most cases the cost to the consumer -- ted frais a population of -say- 270; a MeN te OM AER I IE . nT RRL ENTi iON a . and the poor struggling widow seek- ing work as a cherwoutat in the Privy. Coune aidan gerne School Booke----J. H.- Dufton, oR. Music Téacher-- 42 Years--The Montreal Witness. School Requisites--N. A. Bosworth. 65 Ontario St.--J. KB. WY iltiamson & Co Stratford Times. % 7. BUTLER, EDITCB AND MANAGER WEDBESDAY, J ANY, "NOTES FROM OPeAWA. BPECIAL DENCE 1, 1888, CORRESPON: STRATFORD " EDETORTAL TO "THE ES. 2 oe The interview of Mr. Norman, of the Pall Mall Gazette, with Sir John 'Macdonald is one of the most re- markable in the' history of Journal ism. The great, wise, and genial statesman who has devoted his life to the hereulean task of creating a nation out of the heterogeneous mass of different and often hostile races and creeds of-which our Do- minijon is composed, seems to have taken this informal method of ex- to the world his inmost and ars thought out ideas as to the aes between Canada and the other great colonies and the mother country. His remarks to Mr. Nor- man will, like the farewell address of Washington to the people of the United States, be quoted as the political testament of the chief founder of Confederation long years after his bones shall have mingled with their kindred dust. For 8 John has now reached that po leg ting point in his career at-which no farther increase of greatness or ory is either possible or desirable. e is atthe top of the mountain and can rise no higher. To him, the past is a retrospection ; the pres- ent a floating shade; and his sole interest--so far as this world is con- eerned--is the place he will occupy in history and in the hearts and th 7 toils and trials will have built a = . Sir John's summary of the argu- ments against Commercial Union is characteristic. He told Mr. Norman to a farmer who had been pote at impressed by Wi- speeches was that he (Sir! fghn) nous ht Commercial _Union ight be a sae Loire but for * second, tlint the United States would have nothing to do with it; dnd lastly that Canada would have no- thing to do with it. - * Devoted as Sir John is to the greatness and unity of the Empire, he is far too practical a politician to believe that it can ever be possible to create an elective body capable of ruling from London communities so diverse in interests and scattered over the whole world. . His idea of auxiliary nations--an idea first pro- by him on, I think, his last visit to England --arranging with the mother country, through their Governments and Parliaments, their quotas of mem and money for defen- is the only plan under SE Tove Tn rial | Federation can ever become paar more than a beau- tiful vision. s Sir Charles Tupper in & Tetbac to a London Aly last winter, the funds for than defence might be raised Amposition of a duty of five per cont. ad valorem on all goods impor- } --meother--country-or- edlonies from countries outsideof the Empire.. Such duty to be in addi- _ tion to the duties levied for their own by the legislatures of the countries within the Empire. A daty of this kind would protect to a certain extent the manufacturers and products of British countries without perceptibly increasing in of the articles on which it would be yable, and would yield a revenue oe defensive' purposes of about million dollars ; being collec- -souks--workd-- ~anet nuaily about 384 cents per head. bed @ os *. * = oo 'Norman's description of Sir foc s modes of thought and action, as well as of lus unique and unrival- led position as 'the foremost calonial statesman of dhe Victorian period, is the most - and unbi analysis rd our Wise Old's Man's character and policy that has 'hither- to been given to the world. It furn- ishes another proof -- were proof the magnetic power and jafluence- which this great builder, perhaps ~"pioc sirpass in humor, auy of Sir ofa township, nor change the law as to landed property, nor prescribe | > nor regulate Oe natior-| Ase an Ottawa ~--s -cros#ing, and "om cultured correspondent of a leading London newspaper, all yield to the wonderfully fascinating 'influence of this remarkable man, who had he lived in a heathen age or country would undoubtedly either have been burned as a wizard or worshipped as a god. = . . a Mr. Norman finds in Sir John the characteristics of three famous states- nen--a great personal likeness to cane Beaconsfield ; Mr. Gladstone's old-fashioned courtesy and elaborate diction ; and Abraham Lincoln's abundance and aptness of stories. Speaking of stories, the one told by Mr. Norman about Sir John's advice to a. young reporter, equals, if it does John's own anecdotes. Mr. Norman must be permitted to tell it in his own inimitable manner, though the temptation to narrate it is very strong. It is one of those 'stories which once heard are never forgotten --the point being so exquisite, and the humour so racy. <r . . e . As a nation-bnilder, there are but iree men of this generation with 10m History will rank Sir John Macdonald--Bismarck in Germany, ee in Italy, and Francis Deak, who after Moltke's needleguns at Sadowa had prostrated the mild but despotic rule of the house of Haps- burgh-Lorraine, erected on ita ruins the constitutional federation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. is- marck, Cavour, Deak, Macdonald--a quartette of great statesmen, differ- ing widely in the circumstances sur- rounding them, and the races among whom and for whom they had to work, but resembling each other in the one essential point--that is the object for which all four of them have toiled and triumphed. All of thém have built up--either by diplo- |} macy, parliamentary tactics, or the sword--out of many discordant and jincongruous elements, magnificent "political structures, wielding . the force and exerting the influénce that Unity combined with Order alone can give. a Sir John's preference for a Legis- lative instead of a Federal Union of British America dates from _pre- Confederation days; and no doubt come him to describe our provin- islatures: to' Mr. Norman as oahiee bat large municipalities with limited jurisdiction. This de- finition is scarcely correct, if the impression Sir John wished to con: vey was 6 cial legisia- tures were municipalities in any eir powers are exercised are smaller than that of the Dominion, and that the powers of the Provinces | * extend over a less important class of subjects. The authority of both the Dominign and Prgvincial parliaments is limited and 2 Gucivative; not in- herent--both of them being created and endowed with jurisdiction over certain subjects, and within certain defined limits by Canada's Magna Act of 1867. Within their own sphere tle Provinces are as indepen- dent of the Dominion as the Domin- ion, in its sphere, is of the Provinces. If the Province ¢annot grant a dixorce, "~; coin money, nor levy troops, ion. cannot. endo a rareeret, nor alter the boundaries the qualifications of school-teachers, e succession to intes- tates' estates. In this sense of being a limited and derivative power, the Dominion may therefore termed a ated equally with the Provin SEJANOS. Ottawa, Jan'y 10, 1888, "THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. --* he rumor that the opening of Parlia- ment has been until the 23rd Fe turns to be ponement wes 'Goally decided upon on Friday afternoon. The Government, after hearing the views of Mr. Chamberlain and Sir Charlea ie and in order to give Sir Charles and ompson an opportunity of being in Ottawa some time before the opening of the session, decided ing a change of date from and his Excellency has ap- oved 0 recommeniati Dou ea some members of Parliament may hr a little disappointed, bat itis though that the public business will ultimately' ne ited Sir Obarles can-make-no January 3ist, Willoughby, ors, divisions : of about 70. Jacob Bray. house was filled parties, and who aré ex out his part of th nerve of an old . No.l -. & Charta--the British North America } Thomas Eston, Mr. No.1. 2. a OS 3 «67 M" 8 we | a6 3 $2 - 4% 1s ba) iS rs it 5S ee a RLMA, The result of the elections in Elma been thé return of Mr. R. Cleland over 4 legislation here that would make matters Mr. Knox, the old Neeve, by a majority | Worse Mr. tion held last TRI FD ye clamation. vote ae polled iu the FULLARTOX, o, Bae following is the ee figures of Nieho cvcconntipuawen Fr «156 Por Thorn Caeards 215 Jaweph Jacks@m, , 0... se eee peceerne 139 Nesbit Potter ° 181 Joseph Molntyre... 1.2... ee ceesecens 178 Jacob Ney 4 14 Robert Rav 110 Louis Seebach ved WALLACE, The election in Wallace resulted in the return of the old Depaty-Reeve, Mr. John and Messrs Geo. Little, John Brisbin and Valentine Lertlet as council- The Reeve. was returned by ac is a statement of the James Robinson, Following & 4° & Tota. SA 85 wo 76 St 70 272 oO ' 5 Ww 37 1b 1S 210 36 0C«TG OS 185 36 6-3? Tet ss ¢ 12 os ft O® 25 3 47 93 has elected by acclamation as Elma's first 2od See sabe thee ; Was i peacea SHAKESPEARE. A Nee Cunterauas "Shak two kind ladies of Mr. " MeClang's congre- gation, assembied at the manre on Christ mas eve, and surprised the cocupants by possession of the dining-room, and | Spreading the table with a bountiful repast ; also by presenting the good | taking ee eeahepae with & handsome lemonade set, a nice silk ecarff, and an as emall tokens of appreciation of their respected teacher's efforts in their behalf A very pleasant and sociable evening was afterwards spent by the party; the worthy "McClung, thanking the donors for their kindness, and hi pastor, for rs. would take was tried, keepers, etc. on the physic, in a a large place ; ceable manner gomd heed to the truths to be learnt in the Sabbath school. Wer'it Gasxo nan Mate to vex Torn. - We don't know yet how dance worked on the individual on which it but the 'youngsters smail thanks for their efferts, by designating them as poor dancers, bad time If the music has good there is nothing for it hut to fall back for we will go no more there.--Christmas is over aguin, and every , one is as quiet as | sing thre ugh the village would imagine he Act County, as everyone seemed to enjoy themselves in & sover wna We have no use for the usual, There are a few Scott Act cranks Mr. Lochiwed has been re- | here, but they amount to nothiag.--Some elected as Ist Deputy-Reeve and theCoun- , of your rendere may think Shakespeare is cillors elect are Mesars. 8S. Rothwell and others that it is a small one. Young Coulter was We have it from one of the villagers that there is something over three hundred latter .--The-Sab- mpanied at, Me Sh sa of the iced Xmaa Cake sping they experiment of the is giving the lone no A stranger pas +, pheld im this township. that the to its utmost capacity by | improv ement, fiiende pe relatives of the contracting before shewn to the pu rousing. until far'on in the mor ept up to the lively stiutan of -- violin, played by Messrs. Grieve and T rts in that line. groom, notw withstanding the em position in which " was placed, Deputy-Reeve. The vote stood thus people here, but they are not equally No.1. 2 3 «& & torat, | divided, There are forty-eight single wo- Heex, oo 41 53 60 92 gg | men, and only twenty-five unmarried men, elan 72 ltl WO Tl 4 int p roll it & & @ oe 80 our ---- eg is to give Shakes- -- craic, 742 4k BT pare a wide berth, except they wish to Bra: ray, Gs 6 31 88 20 ive a life of single-blessedness.--Com well, 62 b+ © 3ST 6 239 . Richmond, "40 68206 US lO OT 20 h ey i 37 7 «21 Te BS tas agente Scuoo. Srction No. @ Stet --To the ----- = = Editor of Turk oi bp Times Dene Sir. 3 AVONTON. wish toinform you of ¢ vecullar manner in which y: aoe are propveusne of this section, known as The residence of Mr. David White waa No, 4, Harmony. ft is true that much the scene of a very pleasant occurrence on | Wednesday evening, the event being the v much th ork of the m: Since the time tts conditions we hlic, some people whither, bu jority time was put in of the would-be powerful still live to pride them- their power an assume & ritical mpson, The br bride- ype e programme with the yeteran. ne te tirely untrue, and that whoever the resents, both numerous and costly, testified to the respect and esteem enjoyed by the happy couple, ee and surroundings, and not an indication af venom and ev ties, would do d DOWNIE. ' it to the vilest wretch tahioes, in Satanic The following are ~ ene figures for aoniee. But it would be inappropriate to make any fu ft comments upon the Oecial aspec' re- = late --, ele Soted Wr th ite eurroundine tes --?21 made were en- writer upon this eccasion will not suc- ceed with Tux Times if tried again. other. sense than that the areas in} = =. ------ which their --MITCHELI. -- ENTRANCE oor achat --The follow- ing is the list of the candidates t the recent examination for entrance te Mitchell High Schoo! Eliza Bowle: No. 5, Logan, an I Y. 0. Annie Currelly, " Pullarton, 476 uate Larkwort® sie Mien, 1 w ° te Kate Mulheron, ¥ oe 7 & ie Attie Nethercott, " S71 dinnie Stafford, o 305 john Byers, Mitchell, 380 George Carmichael, * 3, Hibbert, 304 itechell, 370 Wm. Hornibrook, " 6, Fullarton, 5370 'red. Hotham " 3, Hibbert, 370. Lawrence Hulburt, Mitchell, a70 Jane McMillan, " 3, Hibbert, S85 nm "7; & 400 Newton McTavish, og 404 John McTavish, a 370 Robert 'Miller, "ay 402 James Pollard, - %, in 871 "GORE OF DOWNIE. -- Avnoruen Ovp Setrrizn Passes Away.-- ed the death of Mr. James Monteith, at Gore eae was a neers ot his family settled in the Gore, besides : 'said about this section, not only privately, but egerse: dh ge through the medium of the press. [t may by readers of this letter that itis written in con was not under any circumstances - R o s a a> = z Ps 3 well known to the public at large. and is ftly di ' tain as being, it extent by the hand of inebriety. this wii call the atten au that this one intelligent, all nowing trustee touk the -- of banking the on Sat of the nS school. He completed a a he sati:faction ytine the -- eemed Ver ties section beg called con soveerings tee "it his et involved by thore co tracts, a money com : afact which alone Frere --y weit th ¥ tha: an that b Nis seat ia dma 5 nd accordingly that should take # place. t 'tue oecpunt of being able to prove this statement by -- peection 24 248 of the " Public Scheole Act." --" Any. trustee who has-ans-. meee profit or promise, or expected b benefit inor frown any contract, wagement, ment hile the electors. moved to and fro in that majestic manner which cal the doings of b: men, who a) on h fora while to en- lighten the universe with their exceptional om. The ei --bebold hi ing in a seat of rest, behind her's desk, presiding over the affairs of the meeting, in the meantime ee vent to actents which hia ancestors and the! ants. The voting Those 1 ted it by moving to another room. result of the v brane in manner showed that an enlighte trustee was returned. a Lag rien was vy bang when at certain intervals Tost exclamato' . w "an intelligent Stale in a pg a manner, thee truatee is elected by the voice of the prople to do justice between man and man." In view of these proceedings at the a. . haerrd Bows trustee's election illegal, a) ton 9 from the facts laid down inet iol the Pubite esen themselves within the time pemerien by this Act, = _shall enter In the poll book, in separate columns, the names the candidates and secended at the nomination, and shall opposite te to _such columns write ite the patnes ot the MILVERTON. Editor Timex :--Our village can boast of a walk- lw. J. FERGUSON. =~ TWAT Td" re similar fountain ot inexhaustadle lore | He te tall of valuable inform reel of the rabhish positively danger ent of throwing heaps of information es] at anpertaie aml! oft-recerring intery No one is n the vicitity of his ramibulations from se roimeiles. Not long ago he injaured a promin ent citizen by the unexpected disc! scharye of a chunk ral infleence. week's letter eripple far life, and i ro ve birth to a double leated receipt for slander, that shook our manly queit village to ite very centre!! 1 nope, Mr. Editor, that your type isn't ! . He sped the public will set the neces Le n their knot? intric ite quest le rier t save the y t m the fate af Pr What! rote in my last letter I will stand by in every and J} partioul e the stutement that he " prompted by another, who by the way .ac- know ledyed it on ar " tatfo 'fi on notnination day thinks hols, hatha! As for Taliy Twain pa ae ' Hor any othe x pince he came to the sillage. ie a well-known fact, } never did. Iam willing to deposit ten of those "one dollar bills," not ae a bet. but as a guarantee of y sincerity if ally R. aln (Korn Koh, Veritas, leonoclast, or whateTer he choores ta call himeetr-- 7 ste F would be mc coat appropriate) will deposit amount--not in old newspapers tho ouyh- "the money to go into "the village ls tl T at the committee of enquiry (on the Fanny case) appoin'c¢ the © county -- acer UWleyal ¢ does not WG as pro As an offact the Grand Jury sustained th @ Marl te, anc sustained by the Count Judge, if not why wasn't the conviction quashed ", ally Twain, you will eee th e Keer and his " clerks id tpret, correc too, t Vagrant Act. Further, the old lady isin comfort able quarters rege is much better cared for than she would be re, n though she were under the special sapervicion oF eres kers and feigned philan- thropists, ow air, if you want her t not pay her way out, it would only cos! the axletree of i will be under the paiatal necessity of castigating you severely A " [Eprroa's Nor This controversy must drop, as far as Tia Times is concerned. can do no public good, and descended into persoualities.--Eprror EA. A CENTURY'S CATASTROPHE. FU HEHE ee inTIC. LARS OF THE INE: ae FLOOD, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DROWNED------TEN THOUSAND SQUARE MILES OF TKREITORY INUNDATED-- MILLIONS OF PEOPLE STARVING, London Jan. 6.--Late details ot the Chinese floods make the story one of the most terrible in history. tat was a beautiful populous district of tea thousand ites, is pow a rolling sea, At least e are homeless and absolutely destitute of the barest necessities of life, -- it is thought that the loss of life wil Everything in thea way of dgares ' is as et, however, a speculation, with the chances of a tota 'Canton and othér pe are doing all ih uman power to - w e disaste.. London, Jan e " spool corpes- pondent of the 'Standard at Shanghi "ce | Oss ane arene agp wey Handred de Pah e The « logy, ae many will trip og fall belore ee steak te your eyes open an yon your 'reat well under a. oe voar, Make this your be«t vea a year 1, buy ng and selling fas beer inte resting to mankind, Hig mountains rs, ot ror, = will be muesured, weighed and ved aa distributors. ly directed, po ase ot cloth °"The mi tome that will be ex Many of them with enecry Oe to themselues ahd Little t We have -- nag 4) tberal orders for gcods for spring > <x. ¥,. Kranon A i Ex naland oad Boctland. worked our brains for all they were worth in making wive selections from the maze of help. wr Jerseys coming--10 per cont, WJ. FERGUSON, 21 Market S@iet, N.B.-- Also 10 per cent, off fare. off present stoc THE RETIRING PASTOR, ---- FAREW ~ ADDRESS AND PRESENTATION TC Vv. C. BE. GORDON-SMITH _ The Rev. C. FE. Gorden: Smith, F.S.Se., having accepted the call to the Scateh church, Lancaster, sent in his resignation as pastor to a recent meeting of the Con- . D. Hay, seconded by Dr. aoe and unanimously the resignation of our pastor be ioneets that we agree with him -- existing condi- tions in the .wisdom of his decision, and while regretting the causes which o necessity have led up to that determination, desire to express our united and unabated attachment to and contidence in him asa devoted pastor and earnest and faithful minister of the Gaspel of Christ; that-in his new field of labor our hope and prayer will ever be for abundant and abounding success in the work of the ministry. On Thursday evening a farewell 'social was held in the school-room, presided over by the Rev. Panton, who called upon Mr Alexander to read an a ddress to the retiring pastor, which he did as foliows : Ree. C, BE. Gordon-Sinith, P_S.Se. Drak Stx,--The members of the church and congregation of Christ Church, Strat- ford, desire your acceytance of the accom- panying clock on your own behalf and that of Mrs. Gordon-Smith, as a memento o our four years' work for Master amongst them, and as a tekhn of their love and esteem; with the earnest wish that the time which it measures may be full of true happiness and that you may abundantly blessed in your work in the sphere of labor to which you have beer called. (Signed) A. i ALEXANDER, tuurch Secretary. Mr. W. Hay then ated the pastor with the clock allad , and Mr. Gordon- Smith feelingly replied. "The hour being in with speech, song and material refreshments, a ay pleasant evening was. spent, | only -- tog the fact that it was a graphic Fc col of t the overtlow of the the tremendous of life in Hong-Ho River aot of famine now threate: About eunaixth of the entire area of the is styled, is now con- a veut "ie with here and fs pagoda top or the gable of some higher wall, rising over the ever- gman. waters in mar country is overrun with wretched refugees who were fortu to eaca) ve » n pane on laud sea and panty stupid and dejected, without bs wear ora morsel of f The Toustatlons commenced a little 'ts. distance from Kaifung Fu, one of t! largest cities of the vince, and in an tant some four miles of solid Lougenne d ment ef stone, 'ik, sand and clay, w with innumerable moles aaa fadcines. In the districts of Ching Chow and Chen Chow no less than three thou- on engu scarcely any of their ill- tated people had time to save themselves, as. the breach ov- curred . the nighttime. An extent of than the whole prin- people so terribly visited can- not Ta 33. far short of the whole la- tion of Ireland, as the province include uare miles, and the waters of the river now cover between eight ard ten thousand square miles, The accounts pub- lished in the native and foreign papers in the Pekin oe ouee most horrible sufferings undergone by the ee who are perjsbing of *t tamed, In hun s of instance es, when the waters seh into refused to that all hoe to cortege followed. taapaghont reerine county, walagt a brother of Mbasrs, Samuel Monteith, of this township, of} and Andrew Monteith although a staunch Con. pal servative he og never be eeratet upon A large fu ESCAPES, FROM SING sire 83 neral the remains to their last resting ati on Monday week. heummes of a Convict. MARRIES A MONTREAL GIRL, AND 15. KECAPTURED AFTER OVER THREE YKARS' LIBERTY. column on hich i share tes een name e acan- 1 and th ed the above stated 'reasons, an closed before the pro Pe 'Tl voters were ex erence disqualified, tee's election By rien Tn co ee Waded from the Binge I ing, and arhen a nm ieilieg bs his 'seabies ina demanded a Lt €ven in this regard the election of that trustee illegal, and-I » Y veracity of my # ment front the provisions of section £2 of the Public School's Act, viz. :-- poll at every election of a rural s rus! » oF any hook quertion, shall not close before eleven o'clock in the f oon. but may close at pay time if, When & full t has els t eny-votes baring tren potted amt "Wot ta kept 414k Bnttr- tne negotia ghee with hie-Bedtget ee mportant that the Minister of Justice shout siphon here as it is antici hed oped tach before the the House by hin 5, 1s He made -New York, Janvary saat Fer om S, +, as September prenncme exerts said, Charies "convict, Julius,-Ferret,an} go back to fino. Pou know that {bee oes hose who. must | Sing prison, where he had" served four months of = vate years' term for forgery. to. where assumed Foie pet of Charles Chestnut, and ene | a pretty young -- Canadian months Bunrstisa Gux.--John | . of ree brought his Lucan, while out shooting on Dec. 30th, | wife to Williams! a met with a serious if not tiotias drag -- Since Siem éhe His gun burat while shooting at a bird in | has: led life, and believed a tree, asplinter of the + striking | himself to be free a feaies pursuit Uve day him in the forehead, li fos Seal < bara fae companion his left eye and fractaring his skull in @ | nized him and noti Warden Brush, terrible m . He waa unconscious at | day he was captured returned to the last accoucts, lies in a precarious con- nee Sy Before veing ort Jater fe sian aaa 7 clock in the alternacsctthe+ the € wrote popeneann a In cor: clusion, ie cay coc that this ts. previ ner in lal a bers wage tr ic the question, are and I appeal to the public are serving, and ask the publ two trustees fulflllinr ~~ bely and which I have altered anye with ified ppo so | were held for trial on charges of bribery, sk} and such 1 terizes. the Soe ponte to the best authorities the loss of life will be oumbered by hundreds of thousands, while there are millions ef starvin bitence --_ ordering two million "taels'out of the. imperial treasury toward the relief of sufferers. a *Bribers Jailed. HREK ov THE PRixce Dwar couxtTY "GANG er AND IMPRISONED, ton, Ont. 6§.--~At the conclusion "y a saa oat held here on thé 18th and 14th ef December last, at which Dr, j Phate-tGrity, The sitting ee Was wool of too zealous su taeie of 'the Sastes were w >| fay for further hearing, before fade Patterson. Mr. Lount, Q. C., for defend- ants, Wetbonks and Ostrander. Wallace Nesbett, of Toronto, aided the Crown itor, P, Law, Q. Cu the trial was that Thomas Collier was fined $5 with costs of prosecation and two days in jail. Rodman Ostrander was fined $50 costs two days' imprisonment David ype who has gained unenvi- able having prosecu- te the Gate for libel, was lao 8 fined $50 and sentenced th | short prosperous cities of ' coe i inkabitants The rest of the the The result of | The aaah = - 'handsome 8: day, of antique bronze, that strikes the "en and half-hours on a ca gong. A bronze hound sits on top of the frame, which adds to the --_ and it an attract- - ornament for the pAaac tym asa rat-class time piece, chased from Mesers, Welsh & vy ar _FAREWKLI--sERMONS: On Senda fast the Rev. C. B. Gorden- ministry from John 16--7: ** you that I Le awav." These were Christ ing words to his sdiecihec: After giv- Pee bi jis reasons for leaving, which were cio A known 4. and regretted by all, the tor dwelt on the necessity of it wasa oe he abew his divinity and a Holy § virit, the Spirit Sirs more than our bodies--to help spiritual communion, Joy was taught as sorro sorrow being the source of greatest blessing. The pos, tender =~ ey oe e -bye with the ves of than the the pre In the evening a large audience assem- bled for the Saleerall service--representa- tires of all the Churches and various bene- volent societies of the ci Mr. Gordon- Smith took 'aa his text 1 John 2--I8 : a is the last ti ank their Klndnees during his four years' resi- ed to say he felt the g the last during the four years he had sought to win their confidence by preac ~--s --, | forward gospel, -- ity and es ministering the troubled and bereaved ; ot Sonus deter in darkness soul. The years bh trouble to him, ene he had not made public his cares, sent light when the darkness was thickest. preacher tlien spoke well to the church, Sabbath school ae aed the Tomah the old, the and 'closed with the elation a most cron je versea reid 'as to th ful character of time and the immutability _ OF eternity. LOE I sovtietes "thre Was moat: tentive and the handshakings and tearful partings showed eal much the retiring pastor had enjoyed esteem of his ton gregation. & FOOLED FAME, eiph, the other as i his site << x t

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