Ownership. | ggg Ba Rector eritus, St. John's hurch, D n, Germany. ------ BP. Caske All souls are mine.--Kzekiel, xviii, 4. In the old calendars November 2 is en- titled All Souls' Day. It is the proper complement to the festival of All Saints, in that it announces a wider truth. Not all saints only, but all souls belong to God. In a vague way this fact may be ad- mitted, but the consciousness of belong- ing to God is so feeble in many men and their faith that God cares for them as dear children is s0 much feebler that All Souls' Day, notwithstanding its sweet hope and solemn significance, has been allowed to fall out of the Christian year. We may not be able to restore the Jost day, but we can bring back the meglected truth and seriously admon- ish-- Each man to think himself an act of Ind Gis mind a thought, his life a breath of God-- In other words, to acknowledge the Divine ownership. The evidence of God's claim is indis- putable. We read in the Gospel history hat the Master once looked upon a Roman penny and said, "Whose image and superscription is this! The answer was, "Caesar's." Presumably the coin was genuine, but there was the possibili- ty of a counterfeit. All coins were not Caesar's, But when one looks upon a human soul and says, "Whose imaze and superscription is this?" the unhesi- tating answer is, "God's." God is the sole Creator. The Divine image cannot be counterfeited, however much it may be corrupted. It is true the purity of the image may soon be lost. Tke Divine lineaments | may quickly be esvered over with the foul accretions of sin. The soul may give itself up to work all uncleanness with greediness. It may misuse its faculties, corrupt its affections, deny its faith, but it continues God's soul, and because it is God's soul, and not the devil's, it wil be held to an inexorable account. The Divine claim can never be outlawed; God's ownership lasts for- ever. This is the affirmation of Scrip- ture; note now the human recognition of the Divine claim. First of all there is the testimony of historic religion. very race has a creed, every people an altar. The instinct of worship builds, as it were, a great spiritual hearthstone about which the whole human family |' gathers and says, "Our Father." The lan- guage may be confused, but the faith is one. The symbols may vary, but the fatherhood of God is the common re- velation. Thus universal religion utters the grand confession, "All souls are God's." The testimony of religion is repeated + fn art. The creed of the Divine owner- ship is moulded in marble and painted on canvas. There is no atheistic art. With- out faith in God it is impossible to ex- press in form or color any conception of human life that the world will accept as eternally true. We have more to learn from Greece than her perfect tech- gigue. Her marbles are transcriptions of her faith. If artists of our day fail to paint pictures.or mould statues that the world will make pilgrimages to see, fs it not because the new pictures, the new images leave out the old creed? Art has become something to conjure with, something to confuse, not to il- lustrate truth. But when art returns fio her old true story and tells some- thing about God and our souls, as when Hofmann paints the child Jesus, among the Jewish doctors, taking upon His young heart His Father's business and ut- which all the old prophecies seem ringing feeling those wise, sweet words through anew, then all the world will go to Dres- den_to see it, and all the world will feel the truth--to which a believing art lias set its seal--that men are not their own, 4 on this day otice dedicated to All Souls, not sim- ply to broaden our faith in God's univer- sal love, but to lodge the solemn truth fn our hearts that we all belong to God, that the Divine paternity is not a vague pacar: but a very exact truth, a sume- ing to be held with all the heart, soul and mind until it deepens'into a per- mal experience which we may call the awakening of sonship. rd The Coster's Moke. The costers residing in the Borough of Wandsworth had an afternoon off recently, says The Daily Graphic, and spent the time in holding a donkey and pony show on Tooting Bec Common. One exhibit was "not for competition"-- oot being owned by a coster. That was the smart coach and tour driven on to the ground by the Mayor of Wands- worth, Councillor W. J. Lancaster, who presented the prizes. There were threo prizes for the smartest. turned-out don- key and barrow, and three more for pony and barrow. In each case the coster driving had to be accompanied by a lady--a stipulation that appeared to "ytt Parzt {Douniy At the Costers' Donkey and Pony Show-- Daily Graphic. be most agreeable to all parties. A piebald pony attracted everyone, but even he had to submit to be passed over when the class for "the best jenny and foal" was being judged. If any- one wanted proof of the kind way in which the costers and their families look after their mokes and their fa:nil- ies they could have had it while that class was being judged. Then there were three more prizes for the best- conditioned donkey, and to wind up with there was a donkey race, in which the jockeys--all sons of costers--weze un- der sixteen years of age. No sticks or spurs were allowed, and yet the don- eys made a very good race of it. Good money prizes were given, and everyone enjoyed their afternoon. Great Britain's Debt. An official return issued by the British Government shows that the national debt on March 31 last was £768,443,386, of which £130,000,000 re- presented the cost of the South Afrian war. Since 1836 war has added nearly £200,000,000 to Britain's debt. In 1836 the debt was £853,473,597, a far great- er burden' then, when the national wealth, population, etc, are taken mto account,_than jt would be now. the debt reacbedits lowest point in the last sixty years in 1899, whea it totalled £635,040,965. An inicre-ting fact glean ed from the return is the multiplication of the value of the Suez Canal shares, that splendid investment of the Iote Earl of Beaconstield. Purchased in 1876 for £3,532,040, they are now valued at £27,936,000. More Leisure For Tommy A. According to English papers, the War Office is about to promulgate a set of regulations which will give Tommy At- kins more leisure time and recreation. All roll calls, except reveille, will be abolished. This will permit the soldier to stay out of barracks as late as he likes. -At present he must, unless on leave, be in the barrack-room by 9.30 pm. Soldiers in uniform may at pre- sent smoke in the streets after 5 p.m. in winter and 6 p.m. in summer. Hence- forth they may enjoy pipes or cigarettes in the streets at any time when not on duty. No soldiers will 'be employed in canteens or regimental institutes held on the tenant system. Coal-carrying but are bought with the price of the| fatigues, the most hated of a soldier's blood which the young Christ-child will up to shed in the outskirts of Jeru- | oe . ° | available it will be done by them. salem. But there is a further testimony to duties, will not be performed by recruits or trained soldiers. If defaulters are If not, arrangements will be made with the contractors and the consumers. As far the Divine ownership--the testimony of as possible Sunday is to be the soldier's literature. From the Greek poet who said. "For we are also His offspring," down to the latest singer of modern times the fatherhood of God has been reverently acknowledged.. And not poeta only, but philosophers, scientists, novel- ists and historians together say: God is; all souls are His. It is true literature depicts these children of God as fiving.a wery ungodly life, but on the worst char- acter the superscription of the Divine ewnership may be read through blots A crime and blisters of curses. But while all literature testifies to the good and bad in man, to the struggle own. Barrack and stable inspections and any parades but church parades will ase. Kit inspections for trained sol- diers and recruits are to be held but seldom. The most popular change will be that which directs that the soldier's time will be so apportioned that he has at his disposal a certain definite period of leisure. This period is not to be broken into for fatigues or working part- ies, except under circumstances of ex- ceptional urgency. Mr. Brodrick desires to put down that prolific cause of dia- comfort and ry "marriage off the strength." He directs that no soldier will be placed on the married establish- ment without obtaining the sanction of his commanding officer before marriage, Americans Never Took Kindly to Diss cipline--Liberty Runs to License --Mr. Fraser's Articles "on Chi- cago. 4 The following from the editorial" col- umns of The New York Tribune is in part a vindication of Mr. Fraser, the Scotch journalist whose articles on con- ditions in their city the Chicago news- papers so bitterly denounced. It is fur- ther quite in keeping with the views of other journals and journalists--not.'ex- cepting those of Canada--which even New York papers have objected to:-- "Miss Jane Addams when asked a few days ago by William E. Curtis, 'What is the matter with Chicago?' replied promptly that the great fault of the peo- ple of that city was their disrespect of the law. She added: 'There is a sort of good natured, happy-go-lucky evasion on the one side, and toleration on the other, both among the more educated and intelligent citizens and among the poor and ignorant classes, when all of them ought to stand up for the laws, and not only obey them, but see that others obey them also.' We are by no means prepared to believe that this is the only thing that is the matter with Chicago, but without doubt it is one thing' the matter with Chicago, as it is 'one thing the mat- ter with the whole' country. Miss Addams' specifications of the lax enforcement of unpopular Jaws. of neglected tenement house regulations, sanitary codes and various municipal ordinances sound strangely like a catal- ogue of New York's shortcomings. Law- lessness, we fear, is a characteristic Am- erican trait--not intentional warfare on society such as the burglar wages, but just good-natured contempt ' for laws which do not suit individual taste or convenience. Possibly this is one of the results of popular government. It may be that because the people ias'a whole make the laws, the people as in- dividuals feel that they have a right io break them. England, however, has a popular government, yet its people have a reverence for their own laws and are scrupulous in obeying them. If the Iniv there forbids driving on the wrong sie of a street or stopping on a cross walk, the law is obeyed. Here everybody docs more or less as he pleases; and the offi- cials whose business is to enforce law are often as lax and good-naturcd as anybody else. 'The American never took well to dia- cipline. In colonial times as a soldier he was restive under orders, and likely to do as he pleased about coming and going, regardless of. regulations. 'The frontiersman's blood is still if the veins of our native stock, and the foreign elements eoming from countries where laws are strict easily learn eontempt for law which is not strict. Nor does this lawlessness stop at the indulgence of a moderate, well-meaning careless- ness. It is carried to whatever point their passions impel, and a certain part of the population seem to think it is one of their rights in free America to riot and murder as they have been doing in the coal fields. Native Ameri- cans cannet wonder at it. They set the example. The lynehers of the south are largely pure American stock. As Miss Addams suggests, the educated and intelligent citizens feel the obligation to obey law because it is law as little as the ignorant. 'The people who in this city object to a policy of rigid law enforcement count themselves good citi- zens. 'Phere has been much discussion about the enforcement of the excise law here, but scarcely a person among those who have elamored for exception- al strictness in ferreting out violators of this law would fail to rebel against strict enforcement of the laws which more elosely touched his own conduct. Suppose every gowd man who spits in violation of law were arrested, and every woman who violates the sanitary eode in her housekeeping, and ever merehant who illegally obstructs side- walks, and every builder who sends his steel beams elanging through the streets! The whole city would be wild with clamor against oppressive and ty- vannical i Yet we all want these laws enforced against somebody else when his offences annoy us. If as a nation we are ever going to cure whatever is the matter with us, we cer- tainly must, along with Chicago, acquire more respect for the law. is an almost universal disease in. city and country, and there is a disposition to resent the conduct of officials who are really active for enforcement. The schools fail to teach sufficient reverence for law, and the homes fail to inculcate it. We are in the main a peaceful, welt- meaning, well-conducted people, but we certainly are not a law-abiding people." The Bracelet Found. The London Daily Mail says :--The mystery of the Duchcss of Buecleuch's bracelet, lost during the coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey, has een cleared up. It will be remembered that the Duchess, who was in attendance upon Queen Alexandra in her official ca- city as Mistress of the Robes, missed the bracelet---which was a prized- sou- venir Of the late Queen Victoria--from her wrist shortly before the enthrone- ment of the Queen. All efforts for the recovery proved futile, and the where- abouts of the missing trinket remained shrouded in mystery until a few days ago, when the bracelet was returned none the worse for its temporary ab- sence from its owner's jewel-case. The Duchess and those who have acted for Inquiries, however, make it t that the bracelet: ae lain "for some weeks in the folds of the 'coronation robe of a well-known lady of rank, who went abroad immediate after the ceremony. It was only when, a day or two ago, the lady in stion returned to town that she instructed her maid to look over the robe, and to the astonish- ment of mistress and mai i bracelet owes out, It was,of course, promptly returned to its owner with a vale explaining the circumstances of its ing. . . The Dr ll Instructor. To « timid man--té an individual who- has spent his days in the hush of peace, who has gone about not thirsting for the life-blood of his fellow-creature, whose dreams are not those of marching hosts, imperial conquests, deadly strife or the leading of forlorn hopes--there is something to shrink at and become pallid in beholding your typical infantry dill: instructor engaged in the active pursuit of his profession. "In your dense ignor- ance you are ready to wager that he is infuriated--at something. in the hope- less density of your perception you be- lieve that when he roars at the mei his rage is unappeasable and: that his wrath is Jike unto that' of -a famished -lion: In-obedience to the briskly beseeching bugle the men tumble from their tents and, rapidly forming up, cover 'off and stand at ease. And now appears the drill instructor--he of ;imposing mien and commanding voice. "S'chun!" The erimson ranks stiffen and at the utter- ance of the next order you think that if-he is not intensely angry st some- thing, then he is wonderfully clever at imitation. His chest expands after the fashion of the pouter pigeon. His features become almost convulsed, and he hurls at the ranks--iti @ tone signifi- cant of undying, hatred and. fergcious revenge--an order. He shrieks "A-but- t-t--Tr-r-e-e-n" and the' ranks turn to the right about. Then in resporse to a look of malignant scorn and a byrat of breath which twists into a' repetition of the order, the men resumé the orig- inal position. "R-r-rite--Tr-r-e-e-n (ol, the intensity and bitterness "of it!) "Mrr-r-itch." "Left--right--left--right ~--left--right--left--right--left -- right om 7 Alt." tr?) "Stauh--hat --Lease!" The lines relax and the in- structor is really quite affable. He is not cross--it's merely his way.--Camp Notes, in St. John, N.B., Telegraph. What Papa Wished to Know. The agitated young man begar>-- "Mr. Brockman, you may have no- ticed that I have been a frequent caller at your house for the last year or more." "Yes," replied the busy merchant. "I have seen you there now and then, | remember." "You will not be surprised, there- fore, when I telf you that I want to marry your dapphter." " ut " "Let me anticipate any cdjections you might have, Mr. Brockman. a ie family; I am not dissipated; I ave a good business, and am abundant- ly able to. support a wife. All 4} ask "But, young man----" "T can bring testimonials to prove: all Ieay. I have never wanted any other girl, and------" "But "And never shall want any other girl. From the first it has been a case of ----" 'Look here, young man, let me get in a word. Which one of my daughters is it you. want? Ce Saved From the Birkenhead. There died a few wecks ago, at South- ampten, England, Lieut.-Col. John Fransis Girardot, aged 73 years, one of the few survivors of the wreck of the Birkenhead troopship off Simon's Bay, Cape of Goo@ Hope, Februazy 26th, 1852. In song, story and picture, the heroism of the soldiers on: that-occasion has been handed down, and will live so long as true courage and fortitude -are deemed worthy of praise. Out of 638 persons on the vessel, most of them soldiers, only 184 were saved. Im ef- | fect the records of the disaster show Lawlessness. | that the troops (officers and men), after assisting as far as possible the women, children and invalids to the boats, mustered on the deck, formed up a3 though on parade and went down with the ship. There was no panic; no un- seemly action 'no man played the coward," and all the boats got safely away with as many persons as they could hold. <A few of. the soldiers managed to keep afloat by means of pieces gf wreckage, and were. aiter- wards rescued. Lieut.-Col. Girardot Was one of these, and, he afterwards served throughout the Kaffir war of 1852-73. The Globe of April 22, 1852, contained an account of the disaster, in which is quoted the story told by Capt. 'Wright, oné of the sufvivots. In rt he said:--Every man did as he,was irected. " All received their orders and had them cafried out as if the men were-embarking, instead-of going to the bottom. 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