RALPH CONNOR IN ABERDEEN.

Northern Advocate, 1 September 1913, Page 3

RALPH CONNOR IN ABERDEEN.

Ralph Connor, whose real (the Rev. C. W. Gordon) is less known than his pen-name, has been on furlough for a while from his Winnipeg church. At Aberdeen he has been the guest of his friend. Principal George Adam Smith, who wrote the introduction to "Black Rock." There also he had the distinction of addressing the largest meeting held by rhe Presbyterian Alliance in Aberdeen. His address dealt with the challenge presented to the Church by preseni social conditions. His humour found occasional vent in asides that threw the vast audience into convulsions of laughter, but the prevailing impression was one of solemn and tremendous responsibility. There were passages of quiet but dramatic power that were heartstirring. Incidentally he declared, amid applause, that neither Canadians nor their friends in the United States believed in war, which they had come to regard as a folly and an anachronism, and as having no legitimate place in a Christian world. Neither, said he, had the Christian Church any use for whisky. He has recently made a gift of £2000 to the Aged and Infirm Ministers' Fund of the Canadian Presbyterian Church, the gift being offered at the recent General Assembly held in Toronto. It was received with gratitude, and will stimulate interest in the financial needs of the aged workers.