. Missions in new Ontario. hile the riot is excessive in de-gree, it is only occasional in recurrence, and does notstrain the character beyond the point of the work is not degrading—it is corrective. Ittends to the development of moral strength and mus-cular well-being. The woodsman could never be amodel for the artist who painted The Man with theHoe. The constant element of personal danger inhis life of alternate work and riot tends to the de-velopment of battle courage, an adventurous spirit andindomitable steadfastness. These qualities form thebasis of his character; without su
. Missions in new Ontario. hile the riot is excessive in de-gree, it is only occasional in recurrence, and does notstrain the character beyond the point of the work is not degrading—it is corrective. Ittends to the development of moral strength and mus-cular well-being. The woodsman could never be amodel for the artist who painted The Man with theHoe. The constant element of personal danger inhis life of alternate work and riot tends to the de-velopment of battle courage, an adventurous spirit andindomitable steadfastness. These qualities form thebasis of his character; without such qualities he couldnot do the work or live the life. These are the men for whom we have done send missionaries to the Indians of the PacificCoast, whose duty it is to follow the bands when theyleave their villages to work in the canneries. Thisshould be done, but while it is our duty to do this, isit right to neglect the 50,000 men in our own pro-vince, whose work lies outside the permanent settle-ments ? 42. ~ 8 We talk about the neglected heathen and representtheir condition by a section of the map that is paintedin deepest black. We have neglected heathen at ourown doors—a black, black blot should be painted onthe map of Ontario showing within its boundaries50,000 men. What We Are Leaking Undone. We sympathize with the tramps who, while thesemen are in the northern woods, crowd into the citiesand will not work, and we devise measures for theirrelief. We endow houses of industry; we providelodgings that are clean, airy, wholesome and cheap,and kind people give to the daily applicants hundredsof tickets during the season. We collect half-wornclothing from charitably disposed persons, and giveit for little or nothing. Good literature and readingrooms, bright, warm and attractive, are provided. Thebest people of our Church give earnest thought andcareful preparation to religious services that combineall attractive, inspiring and helpful elements. All this should
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