. The Presbyterian : A Weekly Review of Canadian church life and work. Oct. 31, 1907 Vol. XI, no. 17. large number of the branches arein favor of a strike. The companies are also increas-ing the feeling against them by acts of intimidationand the discharge of old servants who have shownthemselves in favor of recognition. Public feeling onthe question has not become acute, because it is thegenerally accepted opinion of the man in the street,that the Board of Trade will intervene and that will end amicably. Mr. Lloyd-George, thePresident, is a very able man and ambitious, the op
. The Presbyterian : A Weekly Review of Canadian church life and work. Oct. 31, 1907 Vol. XI, no. 17. large number of the branches arein favor of a strike. The companies are also increas-ing the feeling against them by acts of intimidationand the discharge of old servants who have shownthemselves in favor of recognition. Public feeling onthe question has not become acute, because it is thegenerally accepted opinion of the man in the street,that the Board of Trade will intervene and that will end amicably. Mr. Lloyd-George, thePresident, is a very able man and ambitious, the op-portunity for a vital public service is great, it is tobe hoped that he will prove himself the man for theemergency. No one who who knows anything of thedangers that dog inefficiency or carelessness of dis-organisation on the railway can think without ashudder of what may happen with a makeshift ser-vice trying to overtake the enormous traffic of ourroads. The terrible accident at Shrewsbury the otherday, when everything seemed to make for safetygives us fearfully to think. A PAlKK FOR THE HOME. 513. CHALMKRS CHL RCII. KINGS ION REV. M. MACGILLIVRAY. D. D. The present pastor Diamond Jubilee of Chalmers Church, Kingston S. W. Dyde, Kingston CHALMERS Church, Kingston, has passed thesixty-third milestone on its lifes journey, and,on Sunday, October 20, celebrated its sixtiethanniversary since the ordination of its firstminister. The congregation sprang into existence in 1844, inconnection with the Scottish Free Church movement,and for some years met in the Citv Buildings andwas known as the Citv Building Congregation. Thefirst sermon was preached bv Rev. Mr. Bovd of Pres-cott, and the first minister, the Rev. R. F. Burns,(later of Halifax) was ordained July ist, 1847. The foundation of the edifice was laid Junei8th, 1849, and the first service was held in the base-ment on December 23 of the same vear. Auspiciousday, wrote the enthusi-astic young minister inhis diary. Good
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