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( upper known that with Living- Ions. It wt: is encounter, in his new it the banks they alw ays m be no ex- ratified ate: ' his faithful ids of ies of LS a: year the export pic- on Page 7. the past u'hundnnl a heavy- med:sun:s hundred explorer Dear Lucy: Keeping in mind your little club I have given a sketch of an old hymn and W1: occasionally give one of these for rm; discussion at your gatherings. ‘ As ever. Ruth Raeburn. "I Will Sing You a Song 0! that Beautiful land” Fg'un) "The Story of the Hymns and Tums" by Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butrex‘worth. One day in the year 1865, Mrs. Ellen M. H. Gates received a letter from Philip Phillips noting the passage in the leeri'im's Progress which describes the Jot'llll music of heaven when Christian and Hopeful enter on its shining shore bevund the river of death, and asking hp;‘ :0 write a hymn in the spirit of the extract. as one of the numbers in his “Singing Pilgrim”. Mrs. Gates com- pliedâ€" and the sequel of the hymn she wrote is part Of the modern song- his- tory of the chIerh. Mr. Phillips has related how. when he received it, he ,a: down with his little boy on his knee, read again the passage in Bunyan, then the poem again, and, turning to the organ. pencil in hand, pricked the notes of the melody. “The Home of the Soul'” he says, “seems to have had God's blessing from the beginning, and has been a comfort to many a bereaved soul. Like many loved hymns, it has had a peculiar history, for its simple melody has flowed from the lips of High Churchmen, and has sought to make itself heard above the din of Sal- vation Army cymbals and drums. It has been sung in prisons and jail- yards. while the poor convict was wait- ing to be launched into eternity, and on hundreds of funeral occasions. One man writes me that he has led the sing- ing of it at one hundred and twenty funerals. It was sung at my dear boy’s funeral. who sat on my knee when I more it. It is my prayer that God may continue its solace and comfort. I have books containing the song now printed in seven different languages.” A writer in the “Golden Rule” (now the Christian Endeavor World) calls attention to an incident on a night railroad train narrated in the late Benjamin F. Taylor’s “World on Wheels" in which “this hymn appears as a sort of Travellers’ Psalm. Among the motley collection of passengers, some homesick and cross. all tired, sat two plain women who. “would make capital country auntsâ€"if they were mothers at all they were good ones.” Suddenly in a dull silence, near twelve o'clock. a voice sweet and flexible, struck up a tune. The singer was one of these women. She sang on. one after another the good Methodist and Baptist melodies of long ago”, and the growing interest of the passengers be- came chained attention when she began “I will sing you a song of that beautiful The far-away home of the soul.” "The car was a wakeful hush long before she had ended: it was as if a beautiful spirit were floating through Come in 8: Chat Awhile â€"Rnth auburn. At Home forget. Philii) Phillipa can never bring that ‘home of the soul’ any near- er to anybody. And never, I think, was quite so sweet a voice lifted in a storm of a November night on the rol- ling plains of Iowa.” The Home or the Soul I will slug you a song or that beautiful The tar-away home of the soul, Where no storms e ’er beat on the glit- tering strand, While the years of eternity roll. Oh. that home of- the soul; in my vis- ions and dreams, Its bright jasper walls I can see; Till I fancy that thinly the veil inter- venes Between the fair city and me. That unchangeabie home is for you and me, Where Jesus of Nazareth stands; The King of all kindoms forever is He And He holdeth our crowns in His Oh, how sweet it will be in that beau- tiful land, So free from all sorrow and pain, With songs on our lips and with harps Few are the years and swift their wings, I know, What matter, then, which road I choose to go? If I find happiness in foolish things, And if my pleasures flow from fitful bright? Few are the years, and in my journey- Shall I express a shallow, quick delight To seek for other paths, less calm and Away the boarded riches in my hand For what may be a dream of some far land? Shall I, for some vague promise, lightly Endures beyond the thing you leave or give, Beyond the pair, for these are fugitive. Few are the years, but when all time Beyond the joy that any choice can is done The record of your choice will still live on. Few are the years, and yet the choice In New York City a child is born every four minutes. Nine million per- sons scramble daily for subway seats. Fourteen persons are married every hour. On the average for a year, twen- ty-three new buildings are put up every day and six torn down. New Yorkers and their guests eat 7,000,000 eggs 3 day. And how the human family loves a- musement! There are 800 theatres in New York city. It will pay you to advertise in The Chronicle. To meet one another again. And Her Ideas From Paris BUSY NEW YORK As this letter is written the special session of Parliament to deal with im- employment is under way. The full program :of the Government is, as Mr. Bennett promised, directed to im- mediate betterment of conditions. It is in no sense offered as a permanent remedy. That can be achieved, he be- lieves, only by a rather comprehensive revision of fiscal policy, which, it is anticipated, will be laid before the reg- ular session of the House early in the New Year. 'The'process will be lengthy and ac- rimonious. Even were the facts at hand to permit the introduction of such tariff changes as will provide a more staple remedy, it would be useless to bring them forward now with the idea ""' __~J of stimulating employment through the coming winter. They will unques- tionably run counter to Opposition views and are likely to bring many weeks, if not months of debate and, when they are carried, it will take months for their reaction upon econ- omic conditions to become apparent in expanding employment. The facts upon which Mr. Bennett will act in framing his fiscal policy are not sufficiently complete to enable him to proceed this week, or next. In truth the conditions to be met are not wholly known. Nor can they be until such time as the Economic Conference of the Empire meets in London next month and proves the extent and limitations of actual and mutual co-operation possible at this period in trade within the Empire. One of the greatest exponents of Empire economic co-operation is in Canada at the present time. He is Lord Melchett, the great industrialist, of London, England. He is seizing every opportunity to emphasize the wis- dom and the necessity of this c00pera- tion, which he views as the life-blood of Empire solidarity. Were all English- . v ._._| â€"_r__ ' v-__ ‘i'nen as “sold; on 'the subject as Lord Melchett, Mr. Bennett would have little difficulty in finding a permanent mar- ket for Canadian grain and other products of agriculture in Britain. Un- fortunately, such is not the case. -v--’ pomp. It was shorn of the brilliant social functionsâ€"the drawing room and State dinnerâ€"which customarily fol- low, but the Opening itself was up to the usual standard of social pageantry. A new Parliament brings many new‘ members, and in this respect the pre- q sent House is outstanding. While the families of many former members did not appear. those of men taking their places for the first time descended upon the capital en masse. Gossip still flourishes as to the pro- bable length of the session. While some correspondents are carrying it along into months. the best guess is that two weeks will see it prorogued. even if closure has to be adopted to do so. While Governments apply that pressure reluctantly, they do it not infrequently. Mr. King enforced a 'type of closure only last session to stOp debates upon resolutions dealing with soldiers’ pensions. In the present instances the Govern- ment accepts full responsibility for its emergency measures and the necessity of permitting leading members of the Ministry to attend the London confer- ences, in order that a permanent rem- edy for unemployment may be arrived at, will be considered ample justifica- The bpening of Parliament, even for a brisk and abbreviated business ses- sion, was attended wig)” customary tion for using closure it obstruction develops. If the session ends within the four- teen days the cost will be $119,310. Each day costs $5,115 in indemnlties, so that there is little foundation for the rumors spread that thensession will cost a mil- CURE FOB msouom FOUND BY ENGLISHMAN One of the most amazing cures for insomnia is that discovered by Mr. Per- civalBoyd. He is a member of the Society of Genealogists, and finding some time ago that he could not sleep be embarked upon the _tas_k of compil- Our Ottawa Letter BRITISH ACE SHOWS POLO STRATEGY AT L. 1. Lewis L. Lacey, back and captain of the British Internationalists, is shown (extreme right) driving the ball down the field while Gerald Balding, also of the English team (Whites) whips his pony to ride 03 off Hobby Strawbridge, one of the players on the Roslyn team. Notice the ball in the aid in the above photograph. The series commences on September 6 between Great Britain and United States. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE mead: hive This is, I suppose, largely water, but it contains vast quantities of surphuric nd hydrochloric acids which make the whole surface hiss and bubble. The lake is frightfully hot, and great col- umns of steam pour off it, steam which will choke you like poison gas if you are fool enough to get into it. HELL’S HALF-ACRE ONE OF QUEER PLACES ON EARTH There are some queer places on the face of this old planet of ours, writes T. C. Bridges in Answers, and one of the queerest I ever set eyes on is a valley near Casper, in the state of Wyoming, U.S.A., which goes by the significant name of Hells’ Belt-Acre. It is a mass of rocks of shapes and col- or so amazing that you can hardly be- lieve they were not originally made by a working party of eccentric giants. . All the same, I have seen many a! spot which far better merited such a name. Of them all, the most terrible is that strange green cauldron on Sulphur"j Island, off the coast of New Zealand. ‘ On one side are huge blow-holes. from which pours out steam under tre- mendous pressure, roaring like a thou- sand locomotives, and every now and then hurling up great masses of rock. A most awesome place! Another uncanny spot is the “Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes”. In 1912 an Alaskan volcano named Katmai blew its head off with such fury that dust fell at Victoria, 3.0., 1,600 miles away. Kodiak, one hundred miles away. was covered a foot deep. The crater left was no less than three miles across. But the strangest ef- fect of this eruption was to turn a num- ber of valleys north of Katmai into a wilderness of deep fissures, from which volcanic vents pour out innumer- able jets of steam and smoke. It is a nasty place to explore, for the ground is hot everywhere, and you require stout soles to your boots if you are to walk on it. A foot below the surface the heat is sufficient to boil water. mm 113: mass coumriou aaouem' on av we ram 0! m an RESTORE THE CHILD TO «0mm. mun. another in recovering the spirit of old France and old New France at the Quebec Festival of French- Canadlan Folk-Songs and Handicrafts. which. the Canadian Pacific Railway announce. will be held on October 16, 17 and 18 this year. with head- quarters at the Chateau Frontenac. ' Among the many delicacies which will be served ¢(03m m( P2(m(HJl I. “0.5.00ij And Nowâ€"The Quebec Festival! A tremendous spectacle is the crater' of Kilauea. at the top of Mauna boa. the great volcano of the island of Hawaii. You stand on the edge of a mighty clifl of black rock and peer down into a vast lake of liquid nreâ€" molten rock boiling and seething. Even at this height the heat heats up into your face, though at your back the wind bites bitter cold, for you are standing at a great height above sea- level. There are very few places where dry land lies far below the level of Mother Ocean. One of them ls that deadly and dangerous spot which well reserves its sinister title of Death Valley, and which lies on the borders of the States of Nevada and California. It is thirty-five miles long and eight wide. Climb down into this terrible place, but do not attempt to cross it in the day-time for the heat will blast your brain and drive you mad. Water there is, but it is poisonous, and you die if you drink it. Those who work for the borax com- pany which pursues its business in this desert say that one hour without water in Death Valley spells death, so fear- ful is the heat. Indeed t” iere is no other spot on earth that seems more like the domain of his satanic majesty. Many a couple has married on puppy love only to lead a dog’s life afterward. CANADA’S WAR MEMORIAL STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION The stupendous work of creating Canada’s War Memorial to be erected in Ottawa in honor of the men who formed the first Canadian contingent who answered the call during the great struggle, is still belng sculptured. and the task will take a few more years to complete. The huge figures are being built at the studios of March Bros, in Kent, England, and will need a specially chartered freighter to convey them to Canada when finished. "Iâ€" v. â€"' wv ' The churningâ€"[bilabial of told Quint. d tho “museum" and the “contours du boll" of tho hckwoodl. will be sun: by the anon M Troubadours; group. ot_Quebo_c and 8009‘! a: THE ISLE OF MAN MADE Blr Hell Come lived on this blood end loved its people. He gave oevenl novehobwttbemtotheworldmneot the most popular help; "The Bond- mm” whlch hes been made lnto o government is hue rule under a Lieu- tenant Governa'; who with thecouneil of Keys. consisting of twenty-four members. make up the MM Court. Acts. with the assent of the Crown. must be proclaimed on Tynuld Hill. This with The Melliah, or Harvest Festival, are two of the oldest surviv- ing customs of these peOple. Manx people are of Celtic origin. but the language and most of the old customs have gone. Herbert Wilcox. the producer of “The Bondman," has caught much of the quaintness of the island and its people in his photoplay and picked a splendid cast to interpret it. Norman Kerry. 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