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k\ A| y 34 on imne Iâ€"th inst. was intense. The city authorities had resolved to prevent any Orange precession taking place, and given as their authority for this step an act pasâ€" sed about forty years ago in the Provines of Quebee which probibited all party proâ€" eessions with the exception of those of the Freemasons. Acc rdingly a force of 5G0 eonstabulary were sworn in and planted early in the morning on Great St. James St., in front of the Orange Hall. The Orâ€" angemen began to muster in their Hall about seven o‘clock arrayed in their full regalia, and at 8:30 a. m. Grand Master Grant arrived and was loudly cheered by his brethren. In the meantime the streets adjacent to the Orange Hall were densely erowded, several women drawn thither by vulgar curiosity being among.the crowd. All the stores were elosed and the windows protected by shuttersfor boards. However, no serious mishap occurred. . About ten a. . . Mr. David Grant and Mr. J. Hamilâ€" torn, the two Marshalls, on horseback, partly dresscd in their regalia, made their appearance before the Orange Hall, when they were instautly seized by order of the Mayor together with five other Orangemen who made an appearance at the same time, and sent to grol. ‘This was done so quictâ€" ly that the whole affair was over before many of the bystanders were aware of the vecurrence. .‘The Mayor, who was interâ€" viewed, stated that the object of the arrest was to prevent any procession being formâ€" ed and thereby prevent rivtand bloodshed, and also to test the legality of the arrest and thus once for all settle the right of Orangemen to ltold party processions. While the COrangemen were thus unwi‘â€" Freemasons. Accord eonstabulary were sw early mm the morning St., in front of the Ora as their authorit sed about forty y of Quebee which eessions with the The exciten on the 12th i authorities 1: Orange proce: the wise is in the States. â€"The firm of Hettle & English, of Teesâ€" water engaged in the creamery business, writes to the Globe of Saturday last to say that they kave so far realized twentyâ€"five eonts per Ib., for their butter at the factory, and that the party who purchased their butter of last season said that it was equal to the Danish or Swedish butter which reâ€" alized 140 shillings in the Liverpool market when _ ordinary Canadian butter was solling at from 60 to 90 _ shillings. Seeing that Canada in 1877 exported over fifteen nullion lbs. of butter it will easily be seen what a great loss the whole country ‘ is suffering from the vicious system which‘ is pursued in roference to this article of trade. Hettle & Inglish further say that the farmers of the Counsty of Bruce are realizing the importance of the creamery system. . The first year of their experience they coula only get 120 cows, the second year 180, the third 275, whereas this year they have 500 with a fair prospeet of inâ€" ereasing to 1000 next season. A word to â€"â€"We regret that by a typograpical error in our issue of lust week the sense of a paragraph in an article on the wool quesâ€" tion was completely destroyed. In discussâ€" ing the rodomontads of the Chronicle as to the wool imported from the States entering iuto competition with our wool, and thereâ€" by destroying the value of the home grown article, we said that the short wool importâ€" ed from the States in no sense entered into compeiition with the Canadian grown wool, for the obvious *reason that the Canadian wool which is obtained from the Cotswold, Leicester and other longâ€"wooled varieties of ‘ sheep, is not used by our manulacturersâ€" and here occurred the errorâ€"in the making of tweeds and other fine cloths made in Canada. On the contrary our long wool is used only in the manufacture of blankets aud coarse articles of that kind, for which long wool is required. Avnd so far the manufzcture of such goods is not carried on in Canada to any extent, but principally in the States. â€"A movement has been set on foot for the purpose of evrecting a monument in honour of the great Scottish Reformer, Jolin Knox on the Thames Erbankment, London, England. The provosal conâ€" templates the erection of a Presbyterian Church which shall especially be devoted to the development of the distinctive principles of the Presbyterian Church, and an active evangelical ageney. London already possesses perhaps more than any olher city even in proportion to its populaâ€" tion an active and evangelical ministry,but such is the state of society that an earnest and evangelical ministry is more needed now than at any previous period of its hi. â€" â€"The agitation for the disâ€"establishment of the Church of Seotland has made itself heard at last in the House of Commons. At the next general election this question will be au iioportant plank in the platform of the Liberal Party. â€"There is a growing dissatisfaction among the various Methodist bodies in the United Stutes with the itinerancy system at present in force in that Church, and it is intended at the General Conference m 188) to make an attempt to do away with the three years limut so that a Clergyman can remain in any charge so long as all varties are satisfied. â€"â€"Mr. Stanley‘s book on Africa is pubâ€" lisked, and is generall conamended by the reviewers. THE TWELETH IX MONTREAT THBH REVIEW. Agents for the Grey Review. Durham, July 18, 1878. excitement in the city of Montreal A mecting of the provisional Courci e County of Dufferin was held at O:â€" ville on the Sth inst., for the purpose msidering the incorporation of that ty. After some discussion an amendâ€" was carried to the effect that as the ayers have shown no desive to have Junty incorporated, that therefore it t desirable to take any steps at presâ€" boveedtomaminak. AL uthcient "Turkish Empire, and chiefly, perhaps, the | protection of the civil and religious rights of the christian population. But the most startling news in connection with the conâ€" !greuinluhenhumon than a month ago an Angloâ€"Ottoman treaty had been ; , the credit of the eountry was obliged to pay |oif debts in 1875 contracted by the exâ€" travagant Government of Sir John Aâ€" Macdonald in 1873 and preceding years. He should have also added that the ordinary expenditure over which a Government has control has fallen from eight millions and a half in 1873â€"4 the last year ot Sir John‘s administration, to seven millions in 1876â€"7, although in the meantime the busiâ€" uess of the country has enormously inâ€" | creased and public works have been pushâ€" l ed forward to such an extent and with sush | vigor as was never reached beforo in the history of the eor ntry. And so the Almanae proceeds to distort and misrepresent. But to the ordinary Tory it will be a veritable vade mecum, and will be about as valuable an aid as an almanac usually is for a year that is more than haif gone. Distortions aud misrepresentations form the stock in trade of the modern Cavadian Tory. Slander and personal abuse are the instruments which he delights to employ, and the "People‘s Almanac" is a perfect mine on a stall seale of such material. Our friend of the Advertiser characterizcs this produnction as an abortion, we would submit that a more suitable appellation would be, an aborted monstrosity, Howâ€" ever the great Liberal Conservative party are placed under a debt of lasting gratitude to the indefatigable Editor of the Owen Sound Times, but we regret that his talents for compilation have not been applied to a better purpose. The Eastern Question has reached the end of the first stage. A definitive treaty of peace, to be known as the Berlin treaty was agreed upon by the plenipotentiaries of the European Powers at a meeting of the Congress the other day. This h;.ty provides, it is supposed, for a final settleâ€" ment of the internal difficulties of the |ber of the House of Commons to know that the policy of Sir John A. Macdonald was sure to briag disaster upon the country, 4ud that the sooner the Tory party were reâ€" moved from office the better for the interests of the Dominmion. Mr. Cartwright became a member of the Reform Government because he adopted Reform principles, and thereâ€" fore the Government of which he became a member was no coalition. It has long: been the fashion to abuse Mr. Cartwright and Mr. beott because their conscientious convictions and their sense of duty to their country impelled them to break off their former political associations. But surely even the most fossilized ‘Tory will admit that there may be a change of opinion on cenviction, and that when chango of opinion is brought about by conviction and not by any sordid motives no blame is to be attached to the individual. What will the ultra Tory say in the case of Mr. Wm. MeDougall and a little further back in the caso of Mr. George Jackson exâ€"member for South Grey. Both of these gentlemen entered public l:fe as Reformers, but soon turned roundâ€"constrained, let us hope,by |: the force of reason to see the error of their | ways. Passing orer some twaddle about| loyalty, which is unworthy even of the ' "People‘s Almanae," we come to his finanâ€" ) cial fignres, in which the author says that| the public expenditure ran up from over| nineteen millions in 1873 to over twontyâ€" three millions in 1875. New this is a most | dishonest way of stating the case. He should have stated that this large increase of f expenditure was due to the fact that Mr. Mackenzie‘s Government in order to save | Our confrere of the Owen Sound Times has sent us a copy of the last edition of his now famous Almanac. It is a small yvolumn consisting of only 82 pages duodeci., but the author says that he has crowded into its pages "enough to convinee every unâ€" ‘ prejudiced elector of the Dominion that _ Mackenzie has utterly forfeited the conâ€" fidence of the people." After such a treâ€" mendous flourish of trumpets one would expect that the few pages of this volumn would contain frcts and figures of such a telling nature as to earry convietion on the very sight of them. However we must confess to being disappointed. The facts are so distorted and the figures, in many instances, are so incorrect that the most prejudiced Liberal Conservative even will rise from the perusal of this volumn with a state of mind and heart very different from that usually induced by conviction. Let us just take the first "fact" in which the soâ€"called coalition between Cartwright and Mackenzie is specially dealt with, and to which a whole page of this small volumn is devoted. Every one knows that whena Mr. Cartwright entered the Cabinet he did so becauso he was in perfect accord with the policy of Mr. Mackenzie‘s Governâ€" ment. He had been long enough a memâ€" ber of the Houso of Commune in Enaw Boyne in Montreal. As said by the Globe newspaper, to whose columms we are inâ€" debted for the abovre report, the authoriâ€" ties of Montreal will find out ere long that it is not possible to build up a city or a Province by the advocacy of intolerance, and the sooner our neighbors in Quebec learn that toleration of opinion is their inâ€" terest as well as their duty, the better for themselves and for the Dominion. force to the Orangemen, who by this time began to feel the pangs of hunger, to ésâ€" cort them home. ‘The Mayor‘s offer beâ€" ing accepted, they were conyeyed home in cabs, half a dozen at a time, to their reâ€" spective destinations. As each cab made its way through the dense crowd on Great St. James St. and Victoria Square, it was greeted with cheers mingled with the hooting and yelling of the excited multiâ€" tude, and thus ended the celebration of the 183th anniversary of the Battle of the THE EASTERN QUESTION. lingly incarcerated in their Hall, Mr. Grant telegraphed to the Premier as to the conâ€" dition they were in, to which the Premier replied that he could notinterfere. ~In the course of the afternoon the excitemertg subsided so that about six o‘clock the Mayor offered the protection of his police THE PEOPLE‘S ALMANAC. no buildings of consequerce on promises. It has been decided to hold the annual picâ€"nic of the empioyees of the Orangeville and Teeswater section of the T. G. & B. R. as Mount Forest on the 30th inst. Mr. A. Lamont, of Mount Forest, hais sold lot 10, con. 10, Egremont, to Mr. Jas. McCaul, Peterborough, for $3,000 cash. The farm contains one huudred acres, sixtyâ€" five ‘o{' :vhich are cleared. There are Votes of thanks were then passed to Mr. Pattullo for his address, and to J. Townâ€" send, editor of the Grey Review, for his attendance at the meoting. ‘The best of feeling prevailed, throughout, and the meetâ€" ing separated after giving three hearty Mr. G. R. Pattullo, gave an excellent address on the working of Reforin Associaâ€" tions, and on the prospects of the Reform Party throughout the Dominion. cheers for Her Majesty the Queen. to represent East Grey in the House of Commons ; The delogates to be solected at the meetings in the various municipalities to be held to organize Branch Associations, and composed of two delegates for each 100 voters in the several municipalities. It was then decided to hold a Reform Conyention at Flesherton on Tuesday, the 13th day of August, to take into consideraâ€" tion the nomination of a Reform candidate Some discussion then took place in reâ€" gard to the state of each municipality of the Riding, and the prospects of the Reâ€" form Party, taken part in by Measrs. J. J. Middleton, A. Mcelntyre, Wm. Brown, Nichol, Merriam, D. MeMillan, A. Frost of Owen Sound, J. Modeland, Patterson, and others. Votes of thanks were passed to Mr. Patâ€" terson, retiring President, and to Mr. T. Nichol, of Priceville, retiring Secretary, for their efficient services in the past. Viceâ€"President :â€" Osprey, Mr. Wm. Heron, Maxwell P. 0.; Proton, J. J. Midâ€" dleton, Dundalk P. 0. ; Melanethon, David Stewart, Shrigley P. 0.; Artemesia, M. E. Merriam, Flesherton P. 0.; Euphrasia, Mr. Patterson, Blantyre P. 0.; Coliingâ€" wood, Dr. Hunt, Clarksburg P. 0.; St. Vincent and Meaford, Mr. A. Gifford; Holland, John Cameron. Secretary and Treasurer, Mr Brown of Markdale. Prosident, Mr. James Cleland, of Meaâ€" ford. The following officers of the Riding Arsoâ€" ciation were then elected : ; It was then moved by Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. A. Mclutyro, of Osprey, That in the interests of the Reform Party, and in view of the early approach of the Doraimon Election it is desirable that the Reform Association of the East Riding of Grey be thoroughly reâ€"organized with Branch Associations in each Municipality of the Riding.â€"Carriod. _ On Tuesday last a very large gathering of the influential Reformers of East Grey, met in the Town Hall, Flesherton. Mr. Patterson, of Euphrasia, President, occuâ€" pied tha Chair, and Mr. Wm. Brown, of Markdale, acted as Secretary. G. R. Patâ€" tullo, Esq., Secretary of Reform Associaâ€" tion, Toronto, grve a brief address on organization,. Meeting of Reform Associaâ€" tion of East Grey at Flesherton. We are informed that on Friday evening last, five men got into n boat on Manitou Lake in Manitoulin Island, having with them a sewing machine and about seventyâ€" five pounds of nails. From some cause or other the boat upset, throwing all five men out into the water. They all managed to get hold of the boat, which sometimes got bottom up and at others the right side up but full of water. But the men had nothâ€". ing with which they could hail out the water. The boat gradually drifted to the shore but did not reach it till dayâ€"light on Saturday morning. Before the boat groundâ€" ed 8 of the men let go their hold and were drowned, and the other two were barely able to get to land. We did not learn their names. Messrs. J. & N. CarurBzLt, of Flesherâ€" ton, are now prepared to do dyeing ef every description at their extensive woollen factory in that village. ‘These gentlemen are pushing goâ€"ahead business men and are determined to keep up to the times, and have one the most complete woollen mills in the country. AcciveExt.â€"On the 10th inst. John Eckâ€" hard, while logging on his lot, on the 2nd Con., S. 1). R., Glenelg, had his leg brokâ€" en in two places by being struck with a log. Under the care of Dr. Jamieson he is doing as well as can be expected. Ox Monday evening the dead body of a man was discovered by some boys in a swamp on Mr. Corrigan‘s farm about a maile fron Mount Forest. ‘The body was dressed in a check tweed suit, and in an advanced state of decomposition. Te heat has been excessive here during the last few days, the thermometer reachâ€" ing 969 in the shade. ‘The fall wheat is ripening fast, and haying is in many localâ€" ities well advanced, the crop being excepâ€" tionally good. Soctar.â€"A Social will be given by the Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church at the residence of Mr. R. McFarâ€" lane, on Thursday evening, the 25th inst., commencing at 7:80 o ‘clock. concluded between Her Brittinic Majesâ€" ty‘s Government and the Porte to the effect that the Island of Cyprus would be ceded to Britain, and that the Turkish doâ€" minions in Asia would be placed under the protection of Great Britain with the right to build & railway across the country to the valley ef the Euphrates. Should such an arrangeinent as this be carried out the Angleâ€"Saxon race will not only be the great colonists of the west, but will also be the means of reviving the lost citios ot the plains of Shinar. â€" It is said, however, that opposition in the House of Commens of England will bring the matter before the House, and oppose the policy of this treaty. The matter, therefore, canuot be yet said to be finally settled. Local and Other Items. the . NC aiies c c 0. ioi ic o mc uty Stonehouse. 1st formâ€"Mary Ann Mecâ€" Nab, William J. Elliott, Margaret Moore. Juniorsâ€"Victoria Whitmore, William Smilie, Jessie H. Fi:th.â€"Natgaxzt P. GRIER, teacher. BR 4th formâ€"Maria Whitmore. 3rd form, senior divisionâ€"Hugh MeCormack, John Graham, William D. Grier. Juniorsâ€" Donald McInnes, Malcolm Meclunes, Arâ€" chibald Jackson. 2nd formâ€"Margaret Smilie, Matilds McCoskrey, John M. The following is the honor roll 3f S. S. No. 1, Glenelg, for general proficiency as indicated after a written examination, and good conduct, as indicted by special regisâ€" ter keptifor the purpose, for month of June and part of July, in order of merit :â€" They then reâ€"formed in procession and marched to the corner of Main and Mill streets, where a halt was made and Mr. Wm. Bernie, District Master for East Bruce, read a telegram from Montreal in reference to the disturLances there. Three cheers were then given for the Orangemen of Montreal, and about five o‘clock all began to disperse quietâ€" ly to their homes, There was a very large number of booths and other places of reâ€" freshrent, and all seemed to do a splendid trade during the day, Although there was absolute free trade in whiskey, we can safely say that there was not a single Orangeman drunk out of the many that were present. The turn out was most creditable to the Orâ€" angemen assembled ; in fact, we have never seen a more orderly body of men upon such an occasion. â€" The concert in the evening was a decided success in every particular, The Walkerton Glee Club, in which there are some very fine voices, were the prifcipal perâ€" formers. _ Miss (irey, of Torcnto, sang "‘Annie Laurie" in a highly artistic it auner, A ductt by Messrs. Polson and Hargraves was well performed. Mr. C. G, Latham, of Guelph, gave a recitation. "Eugene Aram‘s Dream," and although a most difficult picce, was well rendered ; indeed, Mr. Latham may take first rank as an elocutionist. Miss Gowenlock, of Paris, sang "What Care 1." This lady possesses a very fine voice, over which she has the most perfect control, The audience were highly delighted with her perâ€" formance. Mr. Lewis, of Durham, was, hewever, the performer of the evening. This ‘gehtleman displayed talents as a delineator, of negro comicalities we have seldom seen equalled on any stage. His characters were all well represented and called forth the loudest plaudits from the audience. His Stump Speech was irresistible, and reseived a hearty encore. Mrs. Hutton, of Hanover, presided at the piano in her usual excellent style. Altogether, the affair was a successâ€" and reflect:‘freat eredit upon those who were instrumental in getting it up. It is rumored that on the 12th inst. a clerâ€" g{man and a prominent temperance advocate | of this place, offered a young lad a dollar if| he would buy them a f)lul of whiskey at one of our hotels. No doubt the whiskey was to be used as evidence against the hoteÂ¥ keeper should they succeed in making a case of it. If men who are l’mfu-ed christians stoop to such disreputable means to gain their ends we feel very much like doubting their sincerâ€" q ity, as the end in view in this case does not| j at all justify the means, : Rev. Mr. Wilson, of Walkerton, a gentleâ€" man who is only a short time out from "Derry," was warmly received, He comâ€" plimented them upon the appearance and orâ€" derly character of the several lodges, and closed an able address by relating an aneeâ€" dote of Ireland which caused much merriâ€" ment. | _ The 188th anniversary of the Battle of the | Boyne ovened with most unfavourable weaâ€" ther. _ It had rained all night and continued to do so up till seven o‘clock, when it brightâ€" ened a little ; still there were those who preâ€" dicted a disagreeable day. However, it finâ€" ally cleared up, and counveyances began to come in from the surrounding country and villages loaded with people apparently ripe for a holiday, The village was profusely decorated with evergreens, arches, flags, bunting, &c. ‘The members of the Hanover Lodge having met at their hall to receive the usual "arnual" and transact other business, presently put in an appearance headed by the Hanover Brass Band playing a march in fine style as they proceeded down street, where they were mes by the Walkerton Lodge with a brass band known as the "Independants," aid soon the air was filled with the strains of ‘‘Protestant Boys," ‘"Boyne Water," and other tunes dear to the heart of every Orâ€" angeman, _ An immense concourse of people had now assembled, and shortly after dinver the procession formed and proceeded in a yery orderly manner to the grove, where they were addressed by the Rev. Â¥r. Wilson, of Hanover, who in the course of a fine address traced Orangeism from its commencement and spoke of the causes which had led to the event which they were celebrating. The Rev. Mr, Magahy, who was the next speakâ€" er adcressed them in his usual eloquent manâ€" ner, and referred to the benefit Orangeism had been to the cause of christianity and civâ€" ilization,. ‘The rev. gontleman was loudly applauded, Friday last being the auniversary of the Taitle of the Boyue, was duly cclebrated by the Orangemen of South Grey, by holdâ€" ing a picâ€"nicia the bush on the Durham and Priceville Road. The damp morning no doubt kept many at home who would otherwise have been present, ‘The various lodges assembled on the ground before noon, and having enjoyed themselves in picâ€"vic style for several hours, and done justice to the eatables, Mr. Aljeo, of Glenâ€" elg, D. M., took the chair, and the various speakers took seats on a temperary platform erected for the purpose. Interesting adâ€" dresses wero then delivered by Rev. Stewart Acheson, of Cookstown, Mr. Geo. Jackson, Mr. Bost, student, and Rev. Messts. Stewart, Godfrey and Wray of Durham, interspersed by singing by an exâ€" cellent choir. _ About five o‘clock the Orangemen formed a procession, and headâ€" ed by a band, marched to Durham, after which the various lodges went back to their several homes. ‘The procession was of a great length and everything passed off quietly, Some lowâ€"minded individual, we understand had whiskey on the ground,but to the credit of the Orangemen, it would have been hard to find a more orderly asâ€" sembly anywhere in the Dominion. In some places very large gatherings of Orangemen took place, particularly in London, where it is said upwards of ten thousand assembled. The Twelfth in Durham. The 12th in Hanover. Honor Roll. Paterson. Aucuars i0E b{!n:x A. Pnh-n:'»’nj Cassio ‘aterson, Auguste Stewart. io greatest improveâ€" ?cxfiâ€"‘vm.“‘:ckenxie. Aun Hagerman, Ede Mecâ€" arlane, Promoted from 3rd form to ith formâ€"Jos. Purrot, Rice Meredith, Unsworth Cochrane, James Young, Sarah Rombough, Mary Burnot, Mn.ggjn Gaynor, John Austin, l;‘fiw-.m J. Shewell, Jessic Rose, Lizâ€" zie Gaynor, Alex. Robertsonâ€"12, Promoted from 2nd form to 3:4 formâ€"Thomas Lauder, Nathuniel Harve , Lizzie Purrot, Louisa Cross, Mary Bnlxv !:lel.ll ickegflq, Chrni.ls;:ua’, Meâ€" harrie, Arthur Vollet, Edgar Eivi e, ane da o Ariour Yellot Shewerâ€"jy. 66 NoY Promoted from 1st form to Pnd formâ€"Ann Jane John.tolll’.llhrm Doaflua, Mury Russcll, Lizzie Burnet, Florence Mc enzic, Jdssie Devlin, Arch. .l'(':hht;:i& %bert Caldwell, Normun McLolian, ‘ohn â€" Durham Public School closed on Friday last for the summer vacation and will reopen Monday, Aug. 19th. The Principal‘s semiâ€"annua} report of the standing of the pupils at the recent examination, the numes being given in the order of merit, is us follows: For high literary attainment, equal to that for n third elfl toncher‘s certificate, * 5th formâ€"Hugh Rose, Mury Porter, Risie Suthorâ€" land and Elizabeth Brown oqual. Made groatest in provement the haif ymâ€"“wum Hutf;, Wm. Park, Jane Anderson. Promoted from 4th form to 5th formâ€"Horman Spence, Bellia MeKenzie. Winiam wC OO®n Sir,â€"I was startled to seo in the Free Press an attack was made on our Deputy Reevs on a matter over which he had no control,. As the saying is, let the saddle be put on the right horse. The fault is with his predccessors who banded themâ€" selves togetuer and as a memento leit an empty ‘Treasurer‘s chest to look upon. When you see a man voting himse‘f on committees, using his tenms and hired men, and issuing orders for the payment of the #ame; orleaving his own place and going to other parts of the township to be the disnwasher and obedient in all things. We should send him home to count his fingers instead of township dimes, as we have others before him. Now Jehu ex> pects the Municipal Mantel of 1877 to doâ€" i seend upon our present Council. I, as a ratepayer, do not wish for such a garment to rest upon them, which bear the mseripâ€" tim "Incom astency," "Selfishness" and ""Desertion." I am informed some whiteâ€" washing has been done over the Auditor‘s Report lately. Jebhu says he hopes their acts will be such that on their pillow they may sleep the sleep of the just. Sour®â€"Waester. Melancthon, July 15th, 1878. Editor Grey Review j.| I should perhaps here answer briefly y | the accusations of one who styles himsel{ .z | the "foe" of old paths." I must confess : that I am not much taken up with the . | name of your correspondent. A h.‘oofll : paths, if true bhfil_lnme, must be a fDO1 », | to truth, for truth is always and everyâ€" ‘l. where older than error. He was a foe to ,. | old paths who persuaded our first parents is | to the sad fall. He was a foe to old paths ,, | who set up two golden calvas for Israel to. 1. worship them. They were foes to old paths who taught for doctrines the comâ€" r s i *\ mandments of men. What did Jeremish :' say of old paths ? "Thus saith the .Lord. );- Stand ye in the ways and walk thorein and i .. |ye shall find rest for your souls. _ But they 1 *\ said we will not walk therein." Jeremiuh.‘ ©|6â€"16. Will a man leave the snow of Leb: 7 anon which cometh from the rock of the f field 2 or shall the cold flowing waters that ° | come from another place be forsaken; beâ€" * cause my people have forsaken me, they Â¥ have caused them to stumble in their C ways, from the ancient paths to walk in t pathsâ€"a way not cast up. Jeremiah 4 18â€"14,15. The name chosen by your corâ€" g respondent is a very proper name, well * | chosen for any man who throws his shield 6 over the new theology taught last winter l in Durham, or over the theology of Plyâ€" ‘ | mouthism, which is indeed "a way not cast up," a theology crude and raw in comâ€" parison with the theology it tries to subâ€" vert in South Grey, the theology of the & | Reformers and the Westminster Assemâ€" . | bly. ‘That is really the question at issue, 1 | The letter of your correspondent is soon â€"| answered. I refuse to enter the field of â€" | personalities and abuse. My business is ~| with doctrines and not with persons. In ‘| answer to a letter signed Enguirer there \| appeared last spring in your colunmns a ‘| leiter signed Z., in which seven precise, ‘"| clear statements were made about the teachkâ€" | ing of the Galt men. People waited to see if : any contradiction could be given to these | seven facts. Not one answer ever reached | you or the public. Tt was then your corâ€" respondent, the "foe of old paths," should | have appeared to vindicate, if he saw it, | the tenchings of his Galt friends. â€" But not |a word was then written in reply to Z. | Further, my friend, the "foe" misses enâ€" tivrely the point of my last letter. "The Saviour," he says, "places no difference in point of time between believing and hayâ€" ing." Now, strictly speaking, there is a difference between believing and having or Paul‘s definition of faith in the eleventh of Hebrews and his reasoning on that definiâ€" tion are wrong. According to him "faith is the substance of things hoped for the | evidence of things not seer." Does that sny thut beliering is the same thing as ‘ having ? Thefoe of old paths is true to | his name when he makes the sweeping asâ€" | sertion that beliecing is the same thing as | having. Of all the great names recorded | in the 11th of the Hebrews not one would {| foâ€"sake the old path to say that belie ving was katving in every sense. â€" But there is a |‘ sonse in which believing is the same thing as having. _ So soon as the sinner belicve: in Jesus he has Jorgiveness. The "old Ig peths" that I endeavor so imperfoctly to | © defend in these letters clearly teach this |‘ point. They Sell us that "justification h‘l an act of God‘s free grace wherein he parâ€" | & donet‘h all our sins and accepteth us as righteous in his sight only for the righteousâ€" ness of Christ imputed to us and received | & by faith alone." To the extent that eterâ€"| & nal life means pardon, justification, it is c true belieting is having. In this seuse he that believeth receives at the moment of|" his believing full and perfect pavdon. "He | ® hath eternal life." _ My last letter had no| t bearing at all on this point, and to write | 4 \as if I had denied a point on which I did h not touch at all is not a mark of fitness to|! meddlo in this controversy. The point|" under remark in my last letter was not|" whether he that belieres has eternal life.| t This in the senss I explain I don‘t deny.| ,, But the point was, is there a distinctive faith and assurance? I maintain that| there may be faith where there is no asâ€" surance, and further, that there may be | o the strengest assurance where there is not ef a particle of faith. That was the only point 1 touched on in my last letter. T1|* will refor till next week the next in order| of the Heresies of Plymouthisin. ki Semiâ€"Annual Report. What is Plymouthism? An Injustice. â€"â€"44% + +â€"â€"__. 4@ 44â€"z _ heten 4t Sucrises ud h,.:’:’“ present every ‘ + Many cases are on reco=*, au Ig'nll, endling Ntk June * j the post Cowper, who had un ‘on R. N. CurRy, Principal, _ wore at tunes without assurance. Oup Parms * 1 would have it taken notice of that though SRACE and AsSURANCE be two lovers, there is no such bond of union between them that the one eannot exist without the other.â€"REVD Axnerw strong consolation," which is the fi:n us surance of midâ€"day brightness, of full as surance, 8. Christiins may be found, who are beyond the night, who have the dawning of the day in their souls, but who still are short of perfect day. You all know how long Abraham and Sarah walked in the border territory becween hope and full asâ€" surance. They believed in the promise that a son was to be born to them; but that they did not believe it with full assurâ€" ance is clear from several things recorded of theim. If they believed all that was told them about this son of promise, and if they beleved it with full and unclouded faith, why did God confirm the simpl« promise with a solemn oath? It you reâ€" ceive with full, unclouded faith the wordl of man, what need he make sclemn oath to confirm your fuith inhiim ? â€"If Abraham had a faith entively unmixed with any fears and doubts, why did God confirm the | promise to him with an onth? â€" This is the | reasor given by Paul : "God, willing more | abundanutly to shew unto the heirs of proâ€" ’ mise the immutability of his counsel conâ€" firmed it by an oath." "More abundantâ€" ly." In that expression we soe that Abraâ€" ham bad not yet reached the fall height of assurance even at that point in his history when on the top of Moriah he showed that the night had passed, and that the mornâ€" ing had come, but that God‘s oath added to his promise,â€"two immutable things were necessary to give to his servant "the 2. Chris‘ians may be found who have only a little star of hope shining in a sky ctherwise full of clouds. This position is ‘ much better than total darkness, but it is far short of full day. Many cases of this kind do we find in Scripture. It was the position of our first parents after their sad fall ; the position of Israel in Exypt: the position of him who wrote, "My spirit is overwhelmed within me, my heart is dosoâ€" late, hear me speedily, my spirit faileth; hide not thy face from ime, lest I be like them that go down unto the pit;" ihe position of the man who cried in the ears of his Saviour, *Lord I believe, help muine unbelief." 1 "Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord 4 1. They may be in total darkness, Such cases aro rure, we believe, and such a position is a sad ono to cecupy. It comes sometimes from bodily and montal weakuess; at other times from the asâ€" saunlts of Satan and unbelicf : and at other times from the sovereign ways of God. That belicvers, however, may be in such a position is clear from the encouraging words of Isaish addressed to such a case. It would indeed seeim from what we gather from the expericuce of the Saints in the Bible, that there are three stages of hope in which goed christians may be short of full assurance. | _ This text brings before us a very importâ€" | ant practical religions question, a question | which it becomes us to cousider well beâ€" fore taking our places at the table of the Lord on the morrow. 1t is the qvestion of Assuraxor or Sarvatios,. How imâ€" portant this matter is you can judge from the place the Apostle John gives it in this letter. One of his principal objects in writâ€" ing this letter was to settle the christians of his day in this thing. *These things I have written," he says, "unto you that beâ€" lieve on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life," In other words, John avows that one obâ€" ject of his writing was that christians who already had faith might be enabled to go a step farther and obtain asswrance of faith. I. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAITH AND asâ€" BURANCE, In speaking to you toâ€"day on this subâ€" ject allow me first of all to eall your attenâ€" tion to the difference that exists between faith and assurance. To be safe and to know that you are saife are surely two things that are senarable in thought and in reality. A child may be sife in the arms of its mother and yet it may be in great fright. _ A prisoner may be & pardonâ€" ed, man and yet for days after his pardon has been signed he may be ignorant of it. Jacob and his family were perfectly safe under the care of God when they met i Esau with his 400 rough warriors, and yet Jacob did not feel asswed of his safety till after his night of strenuous wrestling with the angel. Peter was safe though he did not know it, when Christ said, "O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt ?" The little band of timid disciples was safe though they had no assurance of it, when Christ said to them, Fear not little flock: l it is the Father‘s good will to give you the Kingdom." To be safe, th@refore, and to know it are two different things; distinct in thought, distinet in every day life, disâ€" tinet in the experience of God‘s saints.* ‘ Faith and assurance stand, therefore, reâ€"| lated as cause and consequence. Faith is the root : assurance is the fruit. Faith is the foundation, assurance is the superâ€"| structure. Many have faith who have] no assurance : and some, alas ! have nsml-l ance who have no faith, according to the observation of the wise man in his day :â€"| "There is a generation who are pure in | their own eyes, an1 yet is not washed | from their fi[thiucss.". Proverbs XXX. 12. !‘ II. DEGREES OF BOPE SHORT oF FULL ] Many cases are on reco=*, such as the case of MOVG "Nrciaistapto t i t Baturday pr ment of the Assurance of Salvation: What It Is and How Christians Attain Thereto. "These things have I written unto you that believte on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternâ€" al life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. I. John, V. 13. BY THE REV‘D. JAS. CAMERON. ASSURAN d in the Bocky Bnugéen Pros the 6th of June, 1878, being the the dispensation of the Sucraâ€" oubtedly faith but â€"Rev‘p Axpazw Ubrist, are our wills renewed, have 1 been persuaded and enabled to cimb= Christ, are we now rosting upon hiim :! salvation? What is the testimony of « own hearts on these points ? Can we 1st The testimouy of our hearts. * loved, if our hearts condemn us not t have we confidence toward God." W do our hearts say ? Hare we been « vinced of our sin and misery, nrc minds M‘Qfl“ in the kllu\\lwi‘t;t. There are three witnosses whose tosti mony ought to decide all doubtful cases In order to asecrtain whecher we ure real ly God‘s people or not, let us hear Ist The testimony of our hearis "Ya To whom sware he that they should nâ€"t enter into his rest, but to them that boâ€" ’lie\'.d net." â€" They believed with the hoad but not with the heart: they had assurâ€" ance as they sang the great song of Moses and Miriam, but it was false assurance. Against this fuse futh, filse peace, and fulse assurance,many of the parables of Christ are directed. It was false asso:â€" ance that ruined the foolish virgins, and the house built on the sand, and the ma» without the wedding garment. Paul urges constantly that christians should examine themselves as to the grounds of their ason>> ance. James says, "Wilt thou know 0 vain man that faith without works i dead." _ In the face of these sad frets and solemn warnings, it is of great imporcance to find scime test of true faith and some marks of that assurance that maket® not **making our calling and election surc." IV. HOW CAN CRRISTAN® ATTaN To i ASsURANCER ? There is such a thing in religion as fo faith, and false experionce, and false h> and false assurance. Many mow ful‘ instances of this kind are reco ed in the Bible. After the pas=: of the Red Ser we read of the cl dren of I=rael, "that the people Seared Lord and believed the Lord and his = vant Moses." But of that same peo Paul says in his letter to the H.brow For these and other reasons we give diligent heed to the great bu 8. The more fully we are ass silyvation the more good we can do world. â€" It is only as the church of tains to its perfect stature in Chr its full influence for good will be felt by an unbelieving world. No â€" of talking will to any large dogree i: the unconverted while the lives of poeople are pitched on a low key. 1 the praise of the music before it bey after it is over that entrances the so the music itself. 2. The more fully we are assw our own recurity, the greater our / ness. It is new life to the passenger have given the ship up for lost, to be od that the danger is past and that th bour is in view. â€" We who are walki doubts of our salvation have no iden . gladness it would spread all around i{ on geod solid Seriptural grounds we arrive at assurance of salvation an joice in the hope of the glory of God. in the truth of that promise und go on way rcjoieing. Tho more fully you a on the promise made by a friewnd the im you honer your friend. â€" Let us honor ( by resting in implicit confidence on | in the truth of th e« nevel by re truth 1. The more fully we are asour our own safety resting upon God‘s pr es, the more we honor them. There universal and unconditional promi God that those who come to him in «( will in no wis the honor and *"The Westminster Confession of Fai acknowledges this truth in its wise , safe article "Of Assurance of Grace a Balvation." _ I quote a few sentences f, the 18th chapter, which from begin» to end is worthy of your earcful sty, "*Buch as truly believe in the Lord J« and love him in sincerity, endeavoring walk in all good conscience before h; may in this life be certainly assured ¢} they are in a state of grace and may joice in the hope of the glory of God, whi hope shall never imake them aslhame This certainly is not m bare conjocty and probable persuasion greunded up a fallible hope, but an infullible , surance Of faith," &c. To the s effect, the Larger Catechism, "C true _ believers be â€" infallibly | assu that they are in a state of grace! A swer:â€"Such as truly belieye in Ch and endenvor to walk in all good « science before him may be infallibly ass ed that they are in a state of grace." 1t is much to be regrotted that amo our people there is not ewurnest seeki aiter this full rest in God. Full as« ance has been obtained, can be oltain and ought to be diligently sought after God‘s way for three reasons :â€"because MI. FHE DUTY OF BELIEYERS $0 u., FULL AsSURANCE, ' "While,in the interests of t uth,and t0 Batg from saduess bearts that God has no4 ind sad, I am anxions to show that there Miy be good people who have not yet reache, fal mwesurance, still we should not lose Sight of the important fact that it is the duty of be, ’hm to seek full assurance, |‘y}} A6suy. ance is full growth in Christ. We a hnd content always to remain children, but im ‘“ulingfl and .mh"h that l'l']unc to men, so ought Christians to leave hehind a state of childish fears and to rise 1, the full height of their exalted position. ; is not a mark of humility, but of pride, a mark of imperfection and weaknoss for the believer to be always doubtiny his own safety and sonship. The walk of Emoc) with God was in full assurance, 11 Was in full assurance of fuith Jacob give comâ€" mandment concerning his burial, ind doâ€" seph concerning his bones,. Whe» the people talked of stoning David it was hm fully assured "that he comforted himself in God." _ In the confidence of fol} nssnp» ance Paul exdaims, "Who ean separaty us from the love of God?" In the sume blessed confidence, John again and ngain says, *We know that we have passed from death unto life." T is wery plain, there. fore, that assurance can be obtrined, and that the common healthy condition of the church of God is a condition of {u} hSSupâ€" ance. fise be cast out. is it n« nd glory of God whose prc 1, that the believer should of grace." ted that among eurnest seeking d. Full assur in be oltainel, sought after in ns :â€"Lecause are assurcd of n God‘s promi»â€" im. There is a mal promise of 0 him in Christ . Is it not to echism, * Can libly â€" assured f grace! Auâ€" ieve in Chris all good conâ€" infallibly assurâ€" of C It is It was in gave comâ€" l, nnd doâ€" When the t WAE ns 1f to me aAssurtnce Biy pendane hi ‘One thing s grat HEX «trat It m tinet class «athering sses to 1t t we