ROUND THE CORNERS

Bruce Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 2494, 18 July 1893, Page 3

ROUND THE CORNERS

It is remarkable that In the Soriptures s>re to be found rales for the guidance of •very walk of life no matter what. The blending of apiritualistiio and materialistic is limply marvellous and all who.ohoose to read may, if they mark well, find something in the Old Book applicable to their position* • There is not such another cosmopolitan work in existence as the Bible. I do not recommend that it should be read in the State schools though, but I do insist that every adult should know more or less about it. Nobody's education can be regarded as finished — as the term goes— who is not fairly conversant with the Bible, and unless this is done in early life the opportunity will not be found in the later days.

I have fondly imagined that my Salvation Army friends were as familiar with the Bible m with their A B 0, bat it doe* not appear io or they would never oea«e to be guided by the golden text, " Be ye wise as eerpents and harmless at the dove." Bless me, what » lot of sermons oould be framed upon that . one text. How singularly wide its applioaA tion. But the Army people don't seem to see it or they, would be more careful of the taotioa they pursue. I venture to affirm that It will not pay them to be aggressive. With them the smvitor in modo is everything. Placate the people while urging their peonliar views and showing by their good works, all the while, how worthy they are of support. I have asinoere regard for " the Army " ■imply beoanse it seems to me to be the right thing in the right place, It is the very essence of Christianity doing the work that was enjoined by the propagator of the creed, and for that all praise to it,

Bat for all that discretion ia good and ixoessive demonitratibn objectionable. I know that new oreeda, like other new thing*, take a Seal of advertising, and the thumping of drums, the. olaah of oymbahi and furious onalaughta indirections where ■noh promiied moat effeotiveneaa were capital the initiatory Jtageav of the movement. the Salvationlata are m mnoh a aeotnow at any of the reat and may aafely moderate their ; trantporti and i walk juat a little "quieter, ibt making theCwelkin' ring eVery Sunday within municipal boundaries, and not making a dead act against particular Inatitutioni. One of the apostles distinctly reoommendi "hymna add spiritual aonga" and very pleasing they are when nicely; rfuag. No, one, 1 should aay, oouldobjeot to them or praying either,! but drat that drumjaay I, likewiie the trumpet. . > . ■ r -%.-;." *' y '- : - ♦•'■; iit :+)".'' Andbeoauaethe Army, here in Milton, Which had been jogging along ao nicely pr^Vioua to the anniversary denio'nßtrationa lMt week, H dld not , Buffiqiently ooniider the tezti iboye $ao|ed they hive raised the devil In the ahape of a borough oounoil mandate tojbe adminiatered by Oonstable King. V/J&Wvrivy^^ well alone ? la it not enough for them that Sir R. Stout and that terror, liitt, a whole army in him. aelf, and^JSta' pfj lothera; a?ei|axe^i in handay »oujttd|lft i big trei^pr thpLlce^e^yictuftllerß hewing away at It in legitimate fashion that no one may gaina'ay. Friends of the Army, my word to you is let the publioana alone, you only hinder the work you profess to be ao eager to forward. That battle is not to be fought in the streets with a drum and two oornets, a banner and some torohei, bnt on the floor of the Parliament of the country where there are representatives sworn to do thebeheat of the adTobatei of temperance Ihronghopt .the, length and breadth of the land, thoae advocates working, also, in their proper apheree by the force of precept and example. Go-operation by all means, Oauouaeß it you, like,, but no twopenny.--halfpepnyßtfeetdembnatrationß that only annoy and irritate.

The Government- of the day, Messrs Ssddon, M'Kenzle, and Co., may be likened to those remarkable men, the Mahatmaa of the East, that the new sect pf the-Tbeoso-pbists aver ; haye attained the very r apme of human perfection and possess the faculty of disintegration. They can project them■elves Into space/ pass through solid .matter, •nd so forth. If seems to roe that the Ministry is doing the disintegration business, and If they are not very) oaref nl will project themselves through spape right on to the Opposition benches. Never in all my parliamentary experience do I remember snob. quick ind snr« disorganisation as has befallen the Ministerial side slnoe Parliament opened. ' Open defeotions (vide Earnßhaw's speech) Mid oold looks from every side; "-■■■■'-

; •\Andtheo»nsß-lß'not far to seek. They 'few not been, educated In Statecraft, an Indispensable adjunct to aaooeßsful administration under party politics. Ballanoe had It; aye,theindispeußiblespr.rk was there, the little bitof leaven so landed by the first James of the Staart line. Bat Seddon isn't & itateaman wbrfch a cent, nor any of the lest of them. I give 'em all credit for the very best of Intentions. lam sure they mean well by the country bnt the element of tact U wanting. I mmt say that it never has b«en* vwr> prominent in the New Zealand Pilrljament, our men being all prone to the downright and emphatic It was more apparent ini Sir John Hall than in anyone •lie, bland, kindly, courtly John Hall ! and b apparent leait ia the present Premier. And the worst of it !■ he has no one to help " him, that ia in the Lower House. Sir Patr'iok wouldn't b« the' lrishman he is If he had not toot, bat then he is among the Lords. Little Beeves tries it on and fails, and Jock M'Konrie disoreetly says nothing, and takes it retired position; Oadman was liked bat fee tag?™* We may say of Ward that " Barkis is wlllln' " but Inexperlenoad, and so where are yoa, oh Ministers? Why there you sire right In the midst of what, viewed from this distant standpoint, seems to be a fast-growiog Parliamentary muddle.

Beware of the man who h riding » waiting race ready to make ooalition with the other iide. Coalltton U in the, air all the time. No^htag' eMlef In New Zealand politloß where both H ld«s are Liberals diflfering only In comparatively inoonseqaential details, and where the element of oohflaion fa Uokiog Among th«iKß> with* itrong labor party disdaining to be dragged at the ohariot wheels of ray man or Ministry. Meroy on ns, what ra Inspiriting proepeot. There will be Wig« oh the green ■hdrtiy right ante. Abmodbub, r