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THE CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION AND 
 THE FUTURE DESTINY OF CANADA, 
 
 AND ANSWERS TO LETTERS, 
 
 DBLIVBRKD UY THB 
 
 Rev. Joseph Wild, D.D., 
 
 On Sunday Evening, December p/t, i88i, in the Bond Street 
 Congregational Church, Toronto. 
 
 Doubtless tlio annomiceraent that Doctor Wild would preooh on a 
 question in wiiich is centred so much interest to every Caniidian as "The 
 {.'onservativo Cuiivt-ntion und the Future Destiny of Canada," attracted u 
 great crowd to Honi' Street Cluuch on Sunday evening. Long before 
 B»ven o'clock every available space in the church was oocuj»ied ; and 
 Jiunctnally tlio service was coinmenred. 
 
 The sentiment expressed by the Doctor of loyalty to Canada, and his 
 appteciation of the part Canada has to perform in tl:o evangelization of the 
 world, iu one which, if realized by young Canadians especially, will result 
 in good. 
 
 ANSWERS TO LETTERS. 
 
 From " Scholor." With respect to the word " Czar " : I am glad that 
 now, after so nniny weeks of investigation, you give me credit for being 
 ri^ht in my dilinition of the derivation of the word. You say you have 
 written to a dozen papers that furnish answers to correspondents ; among 
 otluMN, the ChriHlinn Union, formerly Henry Ward Heerher's paper, now 
 conducte<l by L\nuin Abbott, a good scholar. You will remcMuber I said 
 the wonl " Czar." applied to tlio Emperor of Russia, came from Nebnchad- 
 nezjrir, and you thought I was foolish. I am not so foolish as many people 
 think, and you will generally find me correct in my derivation of words. 
 Now, this is the answer you have got: " The word "l/Zar" is not derived 
 fioui liie Latin Cfrmr, as several learned men erroneouslv Hunnosn. It. ih 
 
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 the Itihle, and it wan Hist yiven by us to the Empei-ors of the East, and 
 altetward? tu the Turtur KhanH. It iiignitieH in Persic, «.«)., the Pet-itiau 
 

 tongue, 'the throne; or ' the attpreme authority,' and it is to be traced in 
 tlie termination of the names of tlio Assyrian and Babyloniiin kines— as 
 PhaJeazar, Nabonaasar, Nebuchadnezzar, Belteshazxar, etc. In one trans- 
 lation Kessar is written for Cffsar. But Czar, or Tsar, is alto-ether a 
 different word." Now, I am Rlad you have got the honesty to confess that 
 though you thought I was foolish, on investigation you found I was right 
 
 From " Listener." About the ocean being above the earth as well as 
 on the earth, the firmament dividing the two. The Bible says so. When 
 a plain statement is niadtj in the Bible, it does not depend for its truth 
 upon your ability or mine to understand how God could do tliese thing's 
 Suffice it to say that the Bible distinctly declares that there was an oceaii 
 above as well as an ocean below. You have u difficidty in understanding 
 how God could have given men light in that case. Quite easily. How do 
 the creatures four miles deep in the ocean have light? And yet twenty 
 years ago jieople supposed that there was no animalor vegetable life below 
 ono hundred fathoms deep. Science knows but little about itself and 
 when It tries to teach the Word of Gnd, it is generally at a loss God 
 would look after the lijiht. With respect to the organs'of those days, and 
 this organ, [ do not think that you are a good judge of an organ at all. I 
 think you must bo an organist, ami you never heard one organist praise 
 another in your life, any more than one preacher prai.ses another, or one 
 butcher or tailor will sj)eak well of another butcher or tailor. 
 
 From " Veritas." With respect to the original language : You say that 
 all writers on philology are against the Hiatements I made. They are not, 
 sir ; you cannot give mo one single author by name, exce|)t such as dis- 
 card this Iiil)le. You make this great mistake : you sav that Adam had to 
 learn his language, and therefore the imperfections of the languages. The 
 imi)ori'ectioiis of the langur.yes that have been made by men are very 
 evident ; but that is no argument for or ngainat the tirst languige : that 
 God gave Adam. Hecause men have diflerent diseases— scrofula and sore 
 eyes— and because there aro«k if and dumb men, do you suppose that Adam 
 was 80 ; or is this a thing that has come in since 1 Do you suppose tiiat 
 because there are defective collofpiiuls and languages, that therefore 
 Adam's language was ineomjjlete ? My dear sir, you are not on the right 
 track ol reasoning at all. Another mistake you make ; you apeak about 
 a written laiif/uaf/e, as if God gave Adam a written language. That is not 
 the idea. I made this statement, that CJod made Adam competent to 
 Bpeak ; and when the beasts were brought before him, he had the ability 
 to name them, just as lie makes the anii,.al world competent to take oare 
 of Itself. God can put time and intelligence into a tr«te, a flower, a shell- 
 fish, into animals, nml more so into wan. I do not think you are a sound 
 reasonor at all on that point, becai.seyou do not Uike notice of the sequence 
 of things. Answer me, if I am wrong. 
 
 From "Hemember." With regard to Sunday work— "Is it rinht to 
 work on Hunday?" Abstractly, it is not; but then necessity ooines in 
 and ovnrruh's abslract ideas very frequently, and oftentimes a man ia of 
 necessity driven to do what of his own good judgment and free choice he 
 
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 would not do, having a family, and being somewhat dependent. Mv 
 
 advice in such a case would be for him to -et at some work whore he would 
 
 not have to work on a Sabhath just as soon ashereasonablvcan. However. 
 
 the babbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath." I hone 
 
 Canadr '"'™'' ^^'^'' ^''^ ^"^^''''' "^''^ ^^ ''^'^ thorouglily kept in 
 
 «H-n f 7^ "Tl J'^*" r'P^'*' *° ^^'^ "'^- ^"»'' letter is a very good one ; 
 8 111, I do not think that you are right, by Jany means. You sav, for in- 
 
 Great Eastern Well, so it was in carrying capacity, ab..ut the same size. 
 Iben you conchide that it would be foolish to believe that in that ark God 
 could put two and two of every kind, from the smallest insect to the 
 greatest animal, with provisions for forty days. Now, my dear sir, you 
 are astray in assuming that ever,/ animal was required to go in. It was 
 only necessary for those of a domestic kind to go in, as I have 
 shown you before in a former sermon. You say, you think if the 
 ark had grounded, ;hero would have been some evidence of it There 
 
 win Cl Tr f/^''^"^.« «f.'^; '"Hi if you trav.l in Afghanisian, you 
 >^ill hml that the Afghnni.stan people say that they have it • and if 
 you happen to go near the Mount of Jacob, they will show you what 
 they say is a piece of it fast in the snow and ice. liowevor, I do not 
 vouch lor Its being a piece of the real ark ; but no doul.t the ark was in 
 existence for a long time, and may be now, for anything that I know. There 
 vlT.T" >"'Probability in that than that wo Hnd animals thousands of 
 yoais of age frozen in the snow ami ice, as in the case of the animal I callo.l 
 your attet.tion to now kept in Uuchester. Taking the .t'.ry of the ark Lo 
 be true, you ask how could the salt wat<u- Hsh live in fresh water I I do 
 not, say that they did live. Supposing they w.-re destroyed, 1 srJll have the 
 same evi. ence, as { pmnted out to you last Sunday night, to believe that 
 God ooul.l ro-create, as you, if you are at all a scientist, b,>lieve that 
 alU«r the great epochs ,n geology, when all trace of animal and vegetable 
 hie has been swept oil the earth, t}od repeoplod it again. 
 
 The other letter with respect to the ark. You ask if the .irk would not 
 rjl in one hundred ami twenty years, if made of gopher wood. The ark 
 WHS not 120 years old ; it was the warnini/ that was l:'0 years old Y..u 
 make the same mistake there as a great many writers make about the spirit 
 falling the„p|.er room. It was the .o„„<l that liile.l the room, not the spirit 
 or the w.ntl. God sent his spirit with the souu,l. as of a rushing miihty 
 wind, and ,t was the sound that lilled the room. An.l so in this v.J^ -. it wi 
 the warinng that was I'JO years ohl, not the ark itself. 
 
 Several letters 1 will again answer by reading j.art of the Sfith chapter 
 ot iBHiah. I you were to come regidarly you would be posted, but when 
 EJ' "'"" >"!'. ^•"'" «^"l', away, and then come again, you got out of the 
 . u'.u, ,,,i^n y„u .i:imiy unaerHtand what wi, are talking abmit, ihou«U 
 
 I suppose you think that a dillicult thing to do at any time. The ..uestioa 
 
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 a iemsh ouG I I repeat that it is not ; that it takes in every man of every 
 
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 Tw^'ir.'"!! 'llT.' °° ^.^r^""' ^^"""" ^h*^* it **kes in the literal Israel. 
 1 will read; " Fhus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment and do justice: for 
 my salvation 18 near to come, and my rigliteousness to be reveaW. 
 Blessed is he man," &c. The Doctor read on to the latter part of the 
 ^n^ITfi ^^,T^ o'l^ that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, 
 wTd^h'^ f^ °l,'"y covenant." Do you hear that? no mTtte; 
 
 whether you be a Pole or a Russian, a German, Frenchman, Han.l- 
 wich Islander or an Indian, if you serve Go.l, pl.aso Him, and "Take hold 
 of His covenant, ; what will He do for you ? " Even them will T brin^r to 
 
 WnA'"°" '""'.lu'^.'""^' them jovfulinmy house of prayer; their 
 bu. nt ofrenn.p and their sacriticea shall be accepted upon mine altar, for 
 mine house shall be called an house of prayer for alt people." I thii.k you 
 will see you can be of any nationality or country, b.it because you happen 
 to he a Ivussian, you cannot come into this covenant urdess you take Lid 
 Of It; you cannot have its advantages unless you are wiliin-r to obey God; 
 whatever country you belong to, you have to take hold of this covenant 
 and then you are all right. 
 
Text : Micah iv. 8 : " And thou, tower of the flock, the strong hold of the 
 daughter of Zipn, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion ; the kingdom shall 
 come to the daughter of Jerusalem. " 
 
 The word we translate " tower " here, in Hebrew ia " eder," and it means 
 a power standing prominently out over a Rroiip of powers ; so that I can, 
 without any violation of the strict and literal mi^anini^ of the word, apply 
 it unto the Dominion of Canada, because I believe that the Dominion 
 is a power that stands out now distinctly so. And when we consider her 
 future, and the work that is aasiprned her of a kind Providence, she .stands 
 out, fii-st, in loyalty ; second, in her prosperity; third, in the extent of her 
 territory ; fourth, in the statesmanship that is now being nianifestad ; 
 fifth, in her commerce ; sixth, in her morality ; seventh, in her int.-Uigence ; 
 and eighth, in her religious liberty. The term " daughter of Zion," in the 
 text, is used for Christianity. Cliristiauity is represented uuder the tigure 
 of a daughter quite frequently in the Scriptures, and because tlie Tem|)le 
 was built on Zion, therefore Christianity is represented as coming from 
 Zion. Thus it is called the daw/hter of Zion. " Dominion :" this word means 
 authority, the province of a4ord or the territory of a sovereign. Thus it 
 does no violence, I think, to the literal meaning to apply t!ie text to our own 
 Dominion. 
 
 It is very easy for me to see the partial fultilmont of prophecy in the 
 existence of the Dominion of Canadj, believing as I do that tluf S ixoiis arc 
 the ten lost tribes of Israel. Britain being [srael, siie is od's executive 
 for the civilization and evangelization of the whole world. .' .t, Abrahamic 
 seed of race and of faith, of prophecv and of Christiauity, (iod only 
 accepts. He does not accept ilie seed of Brahma, or of Mahomet ; Ho does 
 not accept the prophecies of the Koran, or Mahommedan Bible ; Ho does 
 not accept tlie Soriptures of mythology ; He does not acicept the services 
 of idolatry and paganism; He docs not accept China as his nation; He 
 does not accept any other but tho Lord Je.sus Christ and the truth founded 
 on His revelations, and all those are Abrahamic. that He has been pleased 
 to accei)t. The stranger and the eunuch, as we read in Isuiali Ivi., are 
 included within the pale of this great covenant, and have tho Bamo privi- 
 leges. Of whatever nationality or color they may bo, they have tho same 
 right, and they can become tlie childnui of Abrahaiu by faith, if they will 
 agree to accept tho covenant, and servo the Ijord ; for God intends His 
 house to be, as Isai'ih states, "a house of prayer for all pt'ople." The 
 birthright, or birth privileges, in ancient times, wore naturally given to the 
 eldest child ; and following that idea, it would bo very natural t(» infer that 
 lieubeu being the eldest of tho twelve children, ho would have and bo tlie 
 
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 heir to all the privileges of the birthright of the eldest son of Jacob ; but 
 strange to say, L'euben is rejected, and the birthright is divided up among 
 several distinct parties. Now, if you want the passage, you will find 
 it in 1st Chronicles v. 1 : " Now the sons of Eeuben the firstborn of Israel: 
 for he was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's 
 bed, his biithi ight was given unto the sons of Joseph, and the genealoijy 
 is not to be reckoned after the birthright." And yet you will do 
 it vhen you go out of this place to-night ; and yet, from almost 
 every \^\A\ni in the land, they will do that— they will reckon the gene- 
 alogy af'tei' the birthright. " For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and 
 of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Josepli's." Who 
 came of Judah 1 The chief ruler "J Who is the chief ruler? Christ. You 
 may spit in the face of the Jew, but he has the pre-eminence in this, that 
 of his literal flesh, of the tribe of Judah, came the Saviour of all men. 
 Now, you cannot help it. You say, I would like to reckon after some 
 other genealogy than that of the Jew. You cannot, sir; you must not reckon 
 after the genealogy of the birthright ; you must reckon after what is right. 
 Do you believe that Christ came from Judah? Do you believe that that 
 part of the birthright was taken from Reuben ; do you believe that ? " It 
 18 evident," Paul says, " that our Loid spiang from Judah." Can I get 
 your consent to that? Oh yes, you say, we all believe that. Will you 
 believe that the other half of the birthright — political power — was given 
 to Joseph? No. Why? Oh, well, I only believe that part of Scripture 
 that I please. Oh, indeed ! That is the way 3 ou go aud read the lii bio, 
 eh ? Yes ; I don't want to take in anything that woidd not be reason- 
 able—according to my ideas. You don't, eh ? Well, / like to take in the 
 whole Bible ; and I believe that as the chief ruler was to come from 
 Judah in the person of Christ spiritually, it is so with the antitype, 
 niimely, the temporal ruling power, so that the kings furnished to rule 
 over Israel and Judah are always to bo of the Judaic line. Queen Vic- 
 toria is a foreigner to Israel. You oil know that she is a foreigner ; and 
 yet she is obliged to rule over you and I, for the chief ruler is given to 
 Judah, and you can no more have an Israelitish Christ than you can have 
 an Israelitish King or Queen. You are liritons, but you are ruled over by 
 a foreigner ; and (Jod appointed it ; and you cnn never have a king of your 
 own ; you must always have one from the line and extract of Judah. Yon 
 know that Queen Victoiia comes from James. On her mother's side she 
 is a Ilenjamite, and on her father's side she is a Jewess. James came 
 from Hruce, and IJruce from Kcnufth ; Kenneth from Fergus, and Fergus 
 from Earca ; and he from Tea 'J'ephi, the daughter of Zedekiah. Heie- 
 mon. King of Ulster, mariied Zedi-kiah's daughter; and thus is the 
 seed of David brought down, aud you dare not deny it. King James said, 
 when taking the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland : " It becomes 
 nie, in accepting this crown, to acknowledge the great privilege that I am 
 called to ombraco, for I am a liiieal descendanl of the ancient Irish kings 
 of Tara." ^ Now, if King James was a descendant of the ancient Irish 
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 from those ancient kings too, they are both foreigners to you in that sense. 
 Now, you have either got to say that you are, or you have got to admit 
 that the pre-eminence is given to Judah. Just as the pre-en.inence in 
 furnishing the chief ruler is given to Judah, so also is the political power 
 divided. Though they were not to furnish the king, they were to liave 
 the government and the rule. Christ, Britain and the United States are 
 the divisions. I have referred to Judah, in the sense that Christ and the 
 chief ruler were to come fiom Judah : " and the birthright was given to 
 the sons of Joseph," not son of Joseph. How many sons had Joseph ? 
 Two ; Ephraim and Manasseh. Therefore, the political line is to be divided 
 into two. Ts it divided into two to-day 1 Britain and the United States. 
 The United States is Manasseh embodied, and England is Ephraim em- 
 bodied. They are the only two nations on earth who are established in 
 that line of the Abrahamic seed, and who can, by their legislation and by 
 their trust in Providence, tak(i men in without passport, of every nation, of 
 every kindred, and of every clime. Now, you cannot find all the rule in 
 Britain, because it was divided into two — to the sons of Joseph. Hence 
 the j)rophetic future of Canada is enl'olded in liritain, and Britain in Isiaol, 
 and Israel in Jiulali. And if we wish to know what is to be the futuie of 
 the British Empire, let us study the prophecies concei-ning Israel and its 
 futiiie ; for if Britain be Israel, then what is said of Israel is faaid of Britain ; 
 and if Britain be not Israel, then Israel is somewhere else, and is destined 
 to prevail and hold universal sway over all the world. These are con- 
 clusions, I think, that no one of you before me can well evade. 
 
 Let us consider our own country as being part of the large and 
 prophetic empire. The part must partake of the wliole ; and what is really 
 projdiesied concerning Britain as Israel, must in a measure fall to the lot of 
 the Dominion of Canada. Some, of course, will say that I have no right 
 to reduce ])iophecy, or the line of Scripture interpretation, to the mean 
 level of political economy. Nc sufor ultra crcpidam : " Let not the 
 shoemaker go beyond his last." The politician will say, " Let not the 
 minister go l)eyond his pulnit." But where does my pulpit go, is the first 
 point to settle, "WhercA . am interested as a Christian and a citizen. 
 "Where are the bounds laiu down for me? Have you, has any one in the 
 realm, rights as a jiolitical citizen that I have not? No, sir; no one in tho 
 whole Dominion. The Christian student, more thair the mere politician, is 
 inteiested in his country's destiny. He, of all men, cannot be incurious oa 
 to the future of his native or adopted land. He is not a partisan, but 
 mostly cosmopolitan. He canno* look with indillcrcnce ujton the legisla- 
 tion, he caniu>t look with indifference upon the future of his country ; but 
 at the same time, he will not be swayed by any partisan spirit. A higher 
 law, the law of inspiration, will nu)ve him in all circumstances to exeiciso 
 the freedom and privileges embodied in him. 
 
 A-S a c!tiz(-tn I jiui i!it;p!'eHt."-d in ■^f^lii.ji'.s tin well fis anv rstber 
 
 »nan, 
 
 though I am not to be takerr as a partisan. I visited the late Convention 
 to observe and take notes, to look upon its composition, that I migirt make 
 or infer some judgment as to the future course of this, one of the great 
 
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 ruling parties of our Dominion. I am free to say that I was pleased with 
 the appearance of the men, and, as I said to the Hon. Mr. Mackenzie 
 lioweli, " There is a great cliange come over these conventions, in the ap- 
 pearance of the persons who are now sent to represent the interests of the 
 people." Twenty-five years ago, when I attended something like this con- 
 vention, the men were bloodshot in their eyes, they had bulbing noses 
 and red faces ; anil when they got up they said : " Mishr Chair — (hie)— 
 Bhairmansh, Mishr Shar-ar-uian," showing us that thuy were men who 
 loved the cup (o excels, drinking deeply. I was glad to see clear coun- 
 tenances, steady eyes, and an iutelliu'ent expression among the audience. 
 I was glad to see tliat they had the interest of the country at heart, and 
 fipoke from that standpoint. Such is the great change that has been 
 wrought iu Canada even in my day. And I am glad that tliis moral 
 element is entering into our politics ; I am glad that when a man wa-ita 
 to ask the suffrages and confidence of the |)eople, he is now asked to be a 
 good man, and a true man, and an intelligent man. May the moral ele- 
 ment enter more and more into every choice that is made by either party in 
 Canada. 
 
 Il you look at the order of national growth, you will find that ex- 
 pediency must largely govern us ; hence, looking out from the present 
 standpoint alone, many things may seem to be unjustifinble, but expedi- 
 ency comes in with such helps as will forward us to the end. Let men, 
 then, when they speak of the changes that have taken place in our country, 
 in the confederation of the seveial Piovitices, look at it as a matter of ex- 
 pediency ; it has had its ratification and interpretation in that, and it is 
 one of those progressive evidences that provid^'nco forces upon the country, 
 preparatory to the universal rule, and the universal confederation of the 
 Empire of Britain, and consequently, through her, of the whole world. 
 I know, through tlie j-artisan strife that was so keen at that time, I know 
 that theie was a premature birth, and we came into existence, perhaps, 
 a little too early ; but individuals even, as well as nationalities, communi- 
 ties, states and nations, have their heroic period, which, when passed, 
 must be supplemented with firmer and more compact forms of organization ; 
 and so, having passed the heroic period, we are now to settle down to 
 grapple with greater questions and legislate on a wider area, a wider terri- 
 tory. A short time ago our legislatures could only legislate for a few 
 thousand square miles of territory ; now they can legislate for four million 
 square miles of territory. Wo see in this Dominion, as it stretches from 
 «ea to sea, resources provided by Providence that are marvellous : coal and 
 iron, and fertile fields and prairies, and wooded linuls for the coming multi- 
 plying uiillioMs of the earth. And with the future increase that m\ist come 
 by euiigration, combined with the natural multiplication of population, we 
 want to legislate for the future; we want to be staid and careful iu passing 
 our laws and making our changes, for we are too large to make them 
 Biiddeniy. 
 
 Wiuit is the order of national growth 1 Population is first the basii of 
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 race is superior to all the other races on the face of the earth. The Saxon 
 raco; taking the British Empire at lar<?e, including the colonies, is doublinff 
 every 53 years, while, taking all the others, they are only donbling 
 in every 95 yenrs ; so that in 100 years this Saxon element will tower up 
 as the eder (tower), and will stand out prominently on the face of the earth ; 
 80 that, upon her very prestige of population, Britain will hold the sceptre 
 01 supreme rule. . 
 
 Then another factor in national growth is territory. Those that have 
 territory can naturally invite and retain within their bounds the surplus of 
 the nuiltiplyini? millions of earth. We have 1,400,000,000 now, and these 
 are going to double upon our hands in another 125 years, for that is the 
 time we take to double as a whole. Now, where are vou goin^ to put the 
 extra 1,400,000,000 of pop.dation 1 Do you not see how territory rises in 
 magnitude and importance 1 Those that have the spare lands of the earth 
 are the nations that will increase in power. Russia understands tl is, for 
 she IS getting all the land she can. Kngland also understands it, for ^e 
 too IS getting all the land she can ; so that national pre-eminence is oun- 
 tained in the vastness of the British Euipire, which is already one-fourth 
 ot the whole world. 
 
 Anothei- factor is language, and of course language is a power and this 
 question has been settled on this continent finally. French, beautiful and 
 fluent, IS pf^rishing ; and one hates to see it die, yet this is not the soil 
 lor It to live on. It cannot prevail in the future legislation of any part of 
 this country. It was the purpose of the early settlers of Manitoba to intro- 
 duce French into the Legislature, and to introduce a certain kind of religion ; 
 but that could not be in the British Empire, and we will have to speak its 
 language, whether we like it or not, and it is the language I am speaking 
 now. And in this very langunge there is power ; for a nation that is di- 
 vided up in language cannot be as strong as a nation that has its unity 
 cemented in one common tongue. 
 
 Commeicially, we have another factor of national importance. A "rand 
 ba'iis we have indeed for our commerce in this vast Dominion. Is there any- 
 thing ike It on the face of the earth? Take the territory bounded 1,200 
 miles by 700 miles ; you cannot find an equal amount of territory so fertile 
 in the whole earth as you find in the North- West country. And bear in mind 
 that agricultural resources are th^ basis of commerce ; and if you get a good 
 broad platform for auricultural pursuits, you can start your commerce also 
 on a broad b.sis. What nation has a broader basis than we ? So that com- 
 mercially we have a grand opportunity. 
 
 But this is the sore point ; this is the weak point ; this is the point ' 
 that will puzzle the politicians and cliange votes, because Kn"l ind is yob a 
 httlo adrift as to her next gr.'at mart. She wants to eraplov^her millions 
 and faiid remuneration for their labor; and she can do it." Where is her 
 niart ? Her next mart is Africa. That is the country that will emjiloy 
 all her spindles and all her giius, all the engines and all the wheels "and 
 lactones that she can build for fifty years to come ; that is the land where 
 the people are half-naked ; that is the land where the people live in bushes, 
 
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 and holes and caves ; that is the laud to civilize. Ethiopia already 
 stretches out her hands. Enj^Lind pirtly knows that this is hor next mart, 
 and is ji;uar(Un<f carefully the intei'csts of that continent. France knows it 
 is a great nutrt, for she is making one bold stroke to open up outlets tor the 
 commerce of her own country ; but it will be <;iven unto Enj^land, after the 
 great war. Now, tliat is the sore point betweeu Canada and England. 
 That is where we shall l)o troubhnl to adjust ourselvi s and keep easy ; but 
 by and by God will open up Africa, and then Canada will be free to supply 
 herself, and even to help England at many points, especially in those things 
 that are consumable^ of grains, and meats and farm produce. 
 
 Another factor of national greatness is religion. I do not mean a 
 State religion, but I mean a religion that speaks freedom and safety to 
 every man ; F mean a religion that is of tlje same spirit of truth, ami though 
 diverse in adwiinistration and operation, yet gives tlm right hand of fellow- 
 ship to every true man, wh > shall woiship (Jod according to his own 
 conscience ; and ther(! is no other nation on earth has that same element in 
 its religion. Now, the very religion wti have adopted argues that wo have 
 agreed to make all men free ami e(|nal before; the law, and that is a world- 
 wide provision ; you see, \vv, can go in anywhere with a religion like that. 
 h'ussia cannot go in, because she wants to take the Greek Church religion 
 with her ; Ci>ina cannot go in, because she wants to take her religion with 
 hei. We have a religion that is transplantable, ami which can be taken by 
 us to all nations and laces of nuMi. 
 
 Another factor is that of race. Mixtures, of course, will bring a .sort 
 of cosmopolitan character on to the stage, and the future Canadian will be 
 somewhat different to what he is now. lie will be diHei-ent pliysiologically 
 and in his idiMis, and in nniny of his modes and nuitlioda of subsistence, 
 and HO forth. These mixtuies will come in, and will test the Legislature for 
 the next iifty years how these demands may be lufit. But the very strain 
 will produce men great in legJHlation, and they will be equal to their task ; 
 jjliysieally, intelle(!tually and morally, they wdl bo su|ierior. This poem 
 is true of us in Canada : — 
 
 " Yo innnlik' born nnd lewly, who crowd lifo'H opnning valo, 
 Tliink n(>t that ye need wlioily in lifuH great luittU; fiiil ; 
 Hut MOiile the topiiKmt Htory, tho lofticHt hiaghtH of funiu, 
 And lioldly utrive for glory, to leiivo a nolilo imino. 
 , Wiiiit if mir Inrth l)e hiwly, wo'vo hoiirt, wo'vti oourago still ; 
 
 VV<' cftii Huccei'd, if Hh)wly, we eaii, wu iniiy, if we will, 
 KoHNO ye from tlioughtlesH Hluinlier, let hopes fair Hiiiile provnil, 
 * And kindly hearts in niuidier our tinward eoiirHo wdl iiuil. 
 
 Not i)irtli, nor uvon Htatioii, in tluM fair land can mar 
 The loweMt elevation, or hiuidileBt geniun bur. 
 Hore mind in tiie brightoHt treaHure, tlie jjem of oostliont mould, 
 The trim imporial meaxiiru of life's unnulluid gold." 
 
 And HO, dear frienils, tho end Ih inviting. Wo conclude tho dostiny of 
 Cl.'iiiiifbi t.!i be !Uit t! v.!e-*te!tdiMie.^^. iii^t. !V!i!U'!£!it.io!i. btit unive-rH^ii coiitoderii- 
 tion with tho Ihitish Empire, ami, through tho Ihitish Empire and the 
 United States, muversal confe leniti(Ui of the whole world linallv. Some 
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 There were half of the people who prophesied that it would not work. 
 There will be more than hiilf of tlio people who will prophesy ngainst thia. 
 No matter about politicians, what their ideas are ; (iod wished us to feder- 
 ate, and He forced us into it ; and when lie wants the next federation 
 brought about in connection with tlie British I'nipire, He will force us 
 into that. We have the language, wo have eipuiiity, we have destroyed 
 the colored lines, we aio free as a people can bo ; and with the I'reewill 
 that governs us as individuals as well as a nation, we are ready to take in 
 all the world. Our symbolisms are signiliiant. The grand old lion of 
 the i'orest is the mightiest of the beasts, and he must conquer in all 
 the wild land. The oak, in its sturdiness and streiigtli, was well ciiosen 
 for tliis g'eat empiie, that must stand the storms of ages, and live when 
 other trees have fallen ; and the rose, which is universal in its nature, 
 and can grow in any clime, is a fit symbol of the grander growtii of this 
 empire ; and the cros.s — all ho"owed belts memory — that speaks good wi 1 to 
 men on earth, and wishes tl to be in harmony with Hoiven, is another. 
 
 (Canada has a fair held, a grand future. Lot us work in harmony with 
 Providence, and we shall be successful if we do, I know of no oou!»try 
 that can excel tiio real Canadians to-day — I sja-ak without any reflection 
 on any other nationality — I would not reflect upon my native born land ; 
 still, I love my adopted home, and I think that Canadians are the best 
 physical specimens, intellectual specimens, mord specimens, and the best 
 religious people*, taken as a whole, on the face of the earth, and they have 
 the best opportunities of any people that I know of; and if I were a young 
 man in search of a country and home, 1 would choose this counti'y in 
 I)reference to any other. 
 
 Young men, first bo true and loyal to (-hrist, and then true and loyal 
 to your country. True love to Him will give peinianen(;e and prosperity 
 to the land. As Lowell says in his beautiful poem : 
 
 " For mankind arc onti in spirit, and an inHtinct Imars along. 
 Hound tho oiirth'H «d»!(!tri(! oirdt', tlio »wift Hash of right or wrong j 
 Wluithor (M)nHi;iouH or unconHoious, yot hunianity'H vast frunio. 
 Tlu'ougli itn ocuan-Hundtirod \ihvm ft!elH tho uimli of joy or pain. 
 
 In thu gain or Iobh of one rauo, all havo ttijual Um» or gain." 
 
 Lot it bo ours to bo true to tho instincts of nature, aiul let us be free to 
 allow to all others the unaliciiuible right of judgment and a froo consoienoe. 
 Uod bless every one. 
 
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