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£ e Al. BIGâ€" s Seie lt I Sroit Jb _ Then followed a season of personal interviews. The first man who came ‘to see me, had on his identification card ‘"Atheist." He was not the type ef man you might expect to see going around â€" advertising his atheistical views. It was the first time in his life he had ever been in an evangelisâ€" ‘tic service. His father belongs to an Atheist Society in one of our large «cities and the boy had never known anything else. In the previous meetâ€" ing I had spoken for nearly an hour «on "The Diety of Christ." With great earnestness and deep humility he said to me: "If the Christ is oneâ€"half as great as you represent Him, then I ought to know more about Him. ‘Where can I read the story of His life?" I handed him a New Testa life?" I handed him a New Testaâ€" ment and commended the Gospel of John as a beginning. By the light of «candles he spent the whole night with John‘s Gospel and was over to see me the next day. There can be no doubt that he has passed through a remarkâ€" able experience and knows now that to Christ has been given the power to redeem and strengthen â€"human lifeâ€" Military Service Department National Council Y.M.C.A. â€" "I have been in France for 25 days and have addressed 27 large audiâ€" ences of soldiers., It is a pleasure to report that the good work goes on with increasing interest and fervor. Capt. Plunkett and his duartette are rendering great assistance, in fact I scarcely know what I shpuld do withâ€" out them. It is impossible to estiâ€" mate results by counting numbers, at the same time if you will let me reâ€" fer to last night‘s meeting you will have some adequate conception of what is going on from night to night. It was our first meeting with the famous Princess Pats, ‘They attendâ€" éd in goodâ€" numbers and listened as ‘any audience composed of a large percentage .of university students might be expected to do. At the close of the first meeting 210 remained for the after meeting and fully 300 raised the;p hands for prayer. ~The majority wof them were Christian men who have kept their lives clean amid all the temptations through which they have passed. With the assistance of the chaplain and the Y. M. C. A. captain, we distributed decision cards for those who had not yet dedicated their manhood to Christ. Ninetyâ€"five men signed these cards. None of them had ever taken such a stand beâ€" fore, and few of them were membe}s of any church. They all expressed a church preference and this is the reâ€" sult: Church of England 40, Methoâ€" dist 19, Presbyterian 14, Roman Catholic 10, Baptist 6, Congregational 2, Unitarian 2, Greek Church 1, Chrisâ€" tian Scientist 1. The list may cause you to smile, but no one can miss the real significance of the tremendous privilege to preach the gospel to such a cosmopolitan crowd. If I live to be Close to the ruins of a city in Flanâ€" wiers, the name of which will ever be historic in Canada, on a high road inâ€" The following is a portion of a letâ€" ter written by Capt., (Rev.) W. A. Cameron, pastor of Bloor Street Bapâ€" tist Church, (Toronto,. from Someâ€" where in France, to a friend in To-f ronto, in which he refers to an adâ€" «dress he gave to the Princess Pats as an evangelist for the Y. M. C. A. there. 3 a hundred I do not suppose I shall ever see the like again. Doings of the Y.M.C.A. "__ This picture was taken in England near the Village of Duston. The solâ€" w@ier on the stretcher is Fred Mattison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mattison, Dufferin iStreet, Weston, who has been confined to the hospital for some time with a fractured hip. Fred writes very cheery letters home and cannot praise too highly the treatment he receives from everyone connected. with the hospital, also the kindness shown him by the English people who come to the hospitai to visit the patients. A Y.M.Câ€"A, GRAMOPHONE IN THE TRENCHES WESTON BOY IN HOSPITAL This is a brief sketch of the work being done at what is perhaps the most dangerous Y. M. C. A. centre in the world. Picturesque? It may be at a distance, but close at handâ€" Well, it takes the Grace of God to enable a man to wash 300 mugs every few hours and still be cheerful with a most depressing environment, The man whom Captain Tait has put in charge and who ‘"batches" in his lonesome and sinister spot is an orâ€" dained minister from the prairies of Saskatchewan, who believes that there should be passed a conscription Act for ministers. Outside the turf covered dugout is the familiar triangle sign, "Y. M. C. A." and the first week it was put up it received two rents from German shell splinters.. There are honorable scars, for they endorse the now well known legend "Y. M. C. A., on acâ€" tive service, B.E.F." In size it is 10 feet long by‘ T feet wide, with a semiâ€"cireular roof which makes it possible for an average height man to stand upright, providâ€" ing he keeps in the centre, and with an opening at the end, which serves for both window and door. Planks laid across enmipty boxes form a counter, and separate the "staff"" of one, fsom the visitors, who are many. The trade done here is unique, and contrary to all accepted standards of business, for instead of minimum exâ€" penditure per man being insisted upon, it is the maximum that is set, for no man is allowed to spend more than twopence. It is "simple life" in business, for only two articlee are sold, cocoa one penny per cup, and biscuits one penny per packet, and the sales are limited to one of each per man, . True, the Y.M.C.z& principles, free writing paper and reading matâ€" ter, are kept handy, and there is the inevitable gramaphone for loaning out to artillery and other isolated units. How does the man in charge ocâ€" cupy his time? Well, here is his timeâ€" table for yesterdayâ€"and fair sample: 1.30 a.m., called out of bed to give diâ€" rection to ration party looking for the trenches; 3.30 a.m., aroused| by three men entering seeking shelter from falling shrapnel; 6 a.m., callâ€" ed up by cight men, advance party of a‘ battalion wanting aâ€" breakfast lunch. Started the "Primus‘" going, dressed while the cocoa warmed up, and then served them the usual. That started his day‘s regular work. Durâ€" ing the day he served 300 soldiers, British, Canadian, French and Belâ€" gian, with cocoa, between times makâ€" ing the same, cooking and eating his own meals, washing 300 mugs, distriâ€" buting papers, etc. In the morning cleaned some piecces of dirt from a man‘s eyes and in the afternoon afâ€" forded a man who was going on leave facilities for a shave. Discussed war and religion, and countries and poliâ€" tics with men of every shade of opinâ€" ion, shady and otherwise. Such are some of the much varied activities of a "dugâ€"out Y.M.C.A." In the course of the day he receivâ€" ed both flattery and censure. One early visitor said, as he drank a much needed cup of cocoa: ‘"This is cerâ€" tainly a fine piece of work. You men who are doing this should have a D. C..M." He meant Distinguished Conâ€" duct Medal, not District Court Marâ€" tial. But the next wouldâ€"be customâ€" er, on being politely told that "we have no cigarettes here,‘" asked,"What the â€"â€"are you here for them?" : One complimentary customer, as a Gerâ€" man shell bursts close by and rocked the dugout, said, "I wouldn‘t stay here for $1,000 a month." ‘"Neither would I," was the pointed reply of the man who is spending his days and nights in this place. cessantly swept by German shrapnel and torn by German shells, beyond the reach of the Belgian civilian, and where no woman or child is ever seen, stands a sandbag dugout, conâ€" secrated ‘to the service of man through the 6th Brigade, Canadian Y.M.C.A., under the direction of Capâ€" tain W._W. Tait. VWe claim for ourselves " equally as good work and better prices than city firms." Are we getting your work? If not we ask you is it fair? «We are serving this community through the columns of our paper and believe we are deserving of your patronage provided our service is equal to our city competitors. We say it is and desire a chance to prove it Give us a trial with your next order. THE TIMES & GUIDE, WESTON MAIN ST., WESTON Gents‘ Furnishing and Tailoring Store MAIN STREET, WESTON PHONE NO. 2 PLACE ALL YOUR ORDERS FOR PRINTâ€" ING WITH GEO. L. HODGSON These three points and satisfaction are what you get when you order from PRICE IS NOT EVERYTHINGYâ€"/ TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN BUYING A SUIT W. E. COLEMAN Weston Road Mount Dennis NOTICE ! The Styles are to be Considered The Goods are Important H. COUSINS The Fit is what Counts THE TIMES & GUIDE, WESTON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9TH, 1917. your Printing Give us a trial at A WESTON MADE ‘ WHEEL One of the oldest and most reliable wheels made toâ€"day. Also carry a full line of FARM IMPLEMENTS THE LIVERY en c ut ta Little Ave. Gray Dort $910 CALHOUN GARAGE They directly continue the line of models that made the Overâ€" land name stand in the public mind for integrity of value. Overland policy has steadfastly sustained that integrity of value in the car throughout its entire service in the hands of owners. roa ©1250 //6 usspggg â€" /A Back of this season‘s new Overâ€" land Big Fours and Light Sixes is a direct line of nine precedâ€" ing models from which they were developed. Effective May 1st J. 0. b. Toronto Subject to change without notice Dealer in Experience BARKER & FARR Automobiles, Suppliis, Masseyâ€"Harris Implements, Phone 254, Weston Over three hundred thousand of theseâ€"cars are now in use and the helpful suggestions of their owners and of the more than four thousand dealer and facâ€" toryâ€"branch organizations that sold and served them, are largely responsible for the balâ€" anced greatness of this season‘s Big Fours and Light Sixes. Their new beauty, their perfected easy ~riding. qualities, their proven sturdiness and mechanâ€" fcal excellence, their admitted tire, fuel and oil economy WESTON They embody the wisdom of the unmatched Overland exâ€" perience in building cars of this type. They are dominant values, cars of proven dependability and sterling worth. Let us show you these cars and demonstrate them. make them worthy of the conâ€" fidence we enjoy, that they will still further enhance Overâ€" land prestige. Value like this makes the Gray Dort price of $910 one of the most reasonable reasons in the world fer owning it. STERLING VFALUE FORTIFIES IFS BEAUEY $ ‘"Looks" alone mever sold a good moâ€" 3 for a personality, a Fifth Avenue eleâ€" ganee, that make it welcome on exctuâ€" Bive thoroughfares anywhere â€" the man who wants SERVICE is the man for who mit was originally built. 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