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20th September.
The Education Bill has been exei ing the angry p sions of Congresationa Union 1 rely assembled this ety, Tue policy of no taxation wit out free representation has been asse: ted even to the point of resis ance to the the Will e ses, Which 8: sible, one may await with the philesop call' which safety lends tive final adins tment of this historic problem, as at pre ent it only appl es to England, Lord Rosebery's Liberal League is also agitating the political world in ne small deztee. There seems to be imp ing another split iv the already shw tered Liberal party which compels belief in the utter inewparity of our purty system to maintain itself and the rise of the other and saner view of the election of rep-e sentatives of ability, capacity, wd integrity apart from any ther consideration. In her words th: party system seems doomed.
"The Boy Preacher" (Jack Cook) is attractin: immense crowds of the go-to-meeting public. He is a Ind of abou fifteen years of axe, slight in app-ar ance, ant apparently ly no means robust, hut who has gone throug' succession of public meetings for the past five years which be calculated to. kill any ordi man, He, howe-r, is still wing strong, an shows at present no signs of exhaustion. As t" what preci-ely is the attraction in his case, one fails adequately to account for. Tie writer has heard him give an address without a note or ey tex! which appeared singularly incon-equant and devoid of clearness of thought or aptness of expression. A succession of religious phrases given with glib facility roomed the whole stock in trate, ar the interest never flagged in the audience of over two thousand h" was addressing during the forty minutes of his discourse. Results in conversion are al-o claimed and emphatic testimony of good done in many cities is given. The larg st hall in this city is filled to overflowing, ani the meetings ave been going on every night for a month.
Lord Provost Chisholm, the chief magistrate of this city, fills large place in Christian and philanthropic spheres. He is a type of those one hails with joy s representing the newer and better spirit prevailing amongst Christian men +f taking hold of public life and possessing it for the good of their fellows. In " recent ~peceh his manly utterance of the trath that the Church exists for the people, the tei ing, suffering, inarticulate ans of sunni around it, could wot have had fitter "expr-s-im or more Inminous illustration than from the speaker himself.
William Quarrier the great Sewell philanthropist held jennie] thankssivm: services recently. He has in two years just. past added somethins like £60,009 worth of property to the ready immense establishments under his care. All this without begging for money or other agency than prayer.
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