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OUR HERITAGE, K ihe power you to allow e circulation profluctive of L'-NIX iKLL. 5, 1«8: J the .Sermon red that you "11 that clay to do good. 1 dress, I am sermon con- made public .ADO. Wc meet to-day tor the first time, to keep as a eon.n-eL^i .on our yenrly thanksgiving. It is no donbt with mmgled feehngs of joy and sadness that some of us join in tlie anth 'i o praise th.t rolls over our Dominion from ocean to o an Memories of other days and other hmds will likeh- lar-^elv modify our feelings of gratitude on tins dav and in this place Many of us are strangers in a strange land: but ue are not foreigners on a foreign shore. This is our own country h ^ t uk'-'^'w"' ■''" '"" ^'""^^'^ ^'^'^ '^-"- hut no?o;;; ■ ag. Wc^^ miss the comforts of our old homes ; but we enioN- the hopefulness of ,> oneer life. W, have almost severed <)ur connections with the inspiring traditions of a past hei^ J^^ enter,, ise ^^ e have left behind us the old wine of the old world safely bottled in the hoary institutions of the ea t who homes are guarded by man's sacred veneration for '^, ti it? • and we see arcjund us the new wine of the new word being made and bottled in the infant institutions of the West win st cradle we are rocking by our irreverent enterprise And some of us betimes can scan-ely help exclailmn. as we St vey our new surroundings, " No man when he hath drunk .^d wine straightway desireth new, for he saith the old is bea r. ' But still we have faith to believe that concerning the new wine o the Kingdom It will .vet be said in the coming agjs o he undl now''"R f ''' """'^- i'"'''^"' '■''' ^^i't the'w w ne ntil nou. But no matter what our pcTsonal leelings mav be ue rejoic-e to be able to stand midwa: between the two gr u oceans that lave the shores of our Oomituon, nnd help to s vd the song of gratitude that rises to (iod throughout t'hk^.t . r co^mtn "V 1 ^T'' '" ""\'"'^ '^''^ ''^'-''^-^ conf^rled cI our , ountrv. And let us remember that this anthem of thanks- K^ving in which we join to-day is not the sentiment of the indi- vidual but the voice of the peoi)le : it is not the creed ofanv sect, hut the utterance of relij^non ; it is not the watchword o'f any i)arty, but the song of |)atriotism. In view of thift truth, I trust that our yearly thanksgiying will become to us in this new country what it has long beeri to the people of the neighbc^ring Republic— a dav when personal murmuring and party discords are hushed before the song of i nation's gratitude : a day when from beneath the shadow that darkens our hearts or our homes, we go forth into the clear sunshine that floods the hills and plains of our country • a day when from behind the little circle that bounds our selfish or sectional view of life we can look away out to the distant hori/on that takes within its sphere the interest of a nation or the affairs of an empire. In this way let us enjoy the ])resent hour. IHK VASTNKSS OF OUR COUNTRY. (ilance for a moment or two at the territory that has become our national inheritance. The Dominion of Canada has an area nearly as large as the whole of Euroi^e. 'J'wenty-eight ■ kingdoms as large as (Jreat Britain and Ireland might be estab- lished within its boundaries. It might be cut up into one hundred divisions the size ot Ireland ; and Scotland might Ix' turned over on its surface one hundred and twelve times and there would still be "room enough and to spare." In fact wc own the largest half of the North American continent. Wc have in our possession an almost unlimited extent-some say 800,- 000,000 acres -of fertile land that may be made a wheat graii ary for the world. We enjoy a healthy ' and envigorating climate He possess inexhaustible stores of mineral wealth laid up in the treasure vaults of the everlasting hills. We ha\e broad lakes and majestic rivers that rej^resent at least 30,000 miles of navi- gable waters, and are destined yet to become the throbbing arteries of our commercial life. We have an almost immeasur able extent of sea coast, with innumerable l)ays, gulfs, inlets, am! harbors that swarm with the living treasures of the great deep from which our hardy fishermen derive their wealth. We havJ magnificent harbors that open out on the two great oceans that are now, and must continue to be, the highways of the world's commerce. True it is : "No pent up L'tica Lontino^ our powers, A vast, unboundcil continent is ours." i"hc possibilities of our country are unlimited. On looking at our resources we are jirivileged to draw on the future rather I >. nt of the indi- crced ofanv watchword of nksiri viiiLr will g beeri to the hen personal the song of a - shadow that nto the clear untry ; a day our selfisli or istant horizon or the affairs t hour. t has become nada has an J'wenty-eight ght he estah- up into one k1 might l)e e times, anti In fact we tinent. VVc iniesay 800,- wheat gran- ting climate, lid up in the broad lakes iles of navi- ie throbbing t immeasur- s, inlets, and ; great deejj, !. We have oceans that the worlds On looking uture rather A than refer to the past. We are engaged in making historv rather than in readmg it. We are more busy pushing forward the chariot ot progress than in rocking the cradle of tradition Ihe star of empire is for us the star of hope and the wat- in the direction we wish it to assume when it reaches maturity. . WHAT SHALL \VK MAKF. 01 R COUNTRY. What then shall we aim at making our country? The home of Imman kindness, or the abode of horrid cruelty ? \ drunkard's nursery or a temperance community? A haum of vice or a home> of virtue ? A school of intelligence, or an abode of ignor- ance . A preserve for a few great landlords, or a possession for millions of small farmers? A paradise of monopolists, or a field slhnH '? A 1 ''"'l"'''^ of incessant toil, or a land of quiet Sabbaths? A desert of infio.-uy, or a garden of Christianity? it will be in these resjK'cts very largely what we make it. The policy we adopt now, the practises we encourage now, the laws we enforce and practice now, will influence and mould the future of our country. This is especially true of that Great North- \V est, at whose gateway we find ourselves to-dav 'j'his country grows upon us the more we think of it. Our ideas seem to expand with every new view we take of the boundless prairie by which we are surrounded. Every year as it passes over us every impul.se- we get on the pathway of progress, tends to •crease our f^i.th m the future possibilities of this part of the Dominion. ' IHK GRF\r niSCOVKRV OF THK lOTH CKVITRV Not many jears ago this vast Northwest was by most people ronsiaered to be a great wilderness, chilled into barrenness bv the ue bergs of ihc polar sea and overshadowed in gloom br the snow Had sumnms of the Rocky ^[ountains. The illusion has Dcen dispel ed and this country comes hetore the world as an almost newly discovered land, the great discovery of the loth livnH?" x/l" ; ' '''^' l'"'',""^' '^'' 1^^'OPI^- of Europe believed : the. At antu- was a shoreless ocean, a<:ross whose waters no liarbor could be reached. liut they have since learned that its restless \va^es wash the coast of a New World. In the iqth rcntury men believed that the Northwest Territory was afro/en wilderness from whose soil no harvest could be reaped Thc\- ;.re now learning th.n this (.jld northwestern region warms in us rugged bosom a \ast land of genial summers "and of fertile soil. And towards this <'ountry the nations of Europe are now directing their eyes as to a new land (;f ,,romise which will turmsh homes tor their sur])lus population. And in this expectation they need not be disappointed. There is room enough and to spare for millions of indu.strious farmers in this new land ot the We.st The Northwest Territories, including Bntish Columbia and Manitoba, contain about the se\-en-ei.rhths of the whole Dominion of Canada. The Saskatchewan H.er with Its tributaries, drains an area of about 360.000 square miles, or about 230,000,000 of acres. A large percentage of the land IS lit for the growth of wheat and only a small propor- tion ot the rest will prove useless for grazing i^urposes. But bv far the argest, and very likely the best wheat growing portion of the Northwest is to be found in the great plains drained bv the Athabasca, the McKenzie and the Peace Rivers The great prairies drained by these rivers and their tributaries cover an area of not less than 440,000 square mile.s. When in addi- tion to this almost measureless prairie region, we think of British Columbia, covering as it does an area of about 330,000 square miles, great portions of which furnish land of the best a'^ricul- tural quality, and whose fisheries and mineral resource'^ and climate are unexcelled by any country in the world; when we think of the rich veins of iron and copper that crop out in the gorges of the Rocky Mountains and on the shores of the Pacific Ocean : when we think of the great beds of coal that are known to exist in the valleys of the mountain region and on the ])lains of the Souris, the Saskatche^van and the Athabasca, rivers ■ when we think of the gold and silver and precious metals that that have been found in abundance in all the mountain ranges that skirt the ^^'estern side of the great plains as well as the coast of British Columbia ; when we think of the forests which, .^ 1 gloom by the le illusion has i world as an y of tlic igth urope believed osc waters no earned that its In the iQtIi }■ was a frozen caped. 'I'hey ;i'jii warms in and of fertile n-Qpe are now ise which will And in this here is room riners in this ies, iiK.luding seven-eighths ("he wan ri'.er. )o,ooo square percentage of small proper- 3ses. Hut by owing portion s drained bv Rivers. The )Utaries cover >'hen in addi- ink of British 0,000 square ; best agricul- esources and dien we think ) out in the of the Pacific at are known in the |)lains basca. riveni ; metals that ntain ranges well as tjie orests which, g on the i)ran-ies, are generally abundant on the though wantiu" on th mountam sides and on the i)anks of the rivers : wht-n we tliink of die large quantities of fur that can be obtained from the regions ot country not suitable for agricultural purjjoses ; when we thmk (jt the great rivers and lakes which, for at least five months in the year, can carry the burdens (jf (jur trading indus- tries towards the had)ors of the ocean ; when we think" of the commercial facilities that will be aflorded by our railways antl ,telegra])hs and steamships, bringing us into direct comniunica j tion wuh India, China and Japan, the great centres of Asiatic civilization— our old men may well dream dreams of future glory, and our young men see visions of c(jming greatness. AN IMPORTANI' K \c r. .One foct that has an important bearing on the climate and tertility of a vast ])ortion of our Dominion should be specially noticed. The great i)rairie region of our Northwest lies several thousand feet lower than the country which is within the boundary line of the United States, and in the same longitude. In fact the fertile land of the Northwest is a vast basin of about 1000 miles square, bounded on the south by the high arid lands of the United States, and on the west bv a comi)aratively nar row ridge of the Rocky Mountains, 'j'o illustrate this point we may take the average height of the great railroads that are to be the future highways across this continent. The Union Pacific Railway, which runs between the 40th and 45th parallels of lati- tude, has an average height of more than 6,000 feet above sea level on the first 1,500 miles west of OmaJia. I'he survey of the Northern Pacific, which runs on the 47th parallel, shows tor the same distance an average height above the sea of about 4,000 feet. When, however, you reach the great plains of our Northwest, and in a longitude corresponding to the distance measured on the two linqs we have indicated, vou get an avera^'-e height for our Canadian Pacific Railway for the first 1,500 miles of about 2,000 feet above sea level. And away farther north and in the Peace River region the height of the country above the sea is not more than 1,000 feet, 'i'his makes the prairie region of our Northwest a low lying plain, bounded by high and hills on its southern and western sides. On the.s'e hills and on the broad table lands that lie between them, rain scarcely ever falls. On all the broad area of our prairie country It falls in abundance. On those higii lands in tiie United States and British Columbia it has been estimated that not vt ttation On the praines, as tar north as the \rctic cirr . I'HK AKklAL CURRENTS. and they a.l gen^alV^of rSw'V:, f .K; ,'" t,efo' plf sayeney come Iron, the sunnv Pacifu- hr< „* th , gorges of the Rocky Moiintahis. Other, ivf .i. T ii rTiicc> ) K,, tu ■ '^-'Liicis hciv rnat their warmth IS causeJ by the compression or friction of che atmosnhe,> f i mg very rapidly from the heights of the nio m^^ in P ains heneajh them. But whatt-ver bl t cat " ^fact ca" not be disputed that genial winds blow across the e Mo Thu?.^" ern plains and warm them with the breath oummer V must remeu.Ler, too, that these vast regions have f n L memorial been the home of innumer^l? ufr^o h T..^ '"'" gazed and bred and multipliecr^ul 'n ^St d^S^'?,^ ho%VH u ''"''" ^^'"^^'" "I^ "^^« ^ stalwart race of ab l bodied men, that are no way inferior to those .vh^^ more southerly region. \nd theiv tL v/,? ? l ""^''"J'^' ''^ i.ave lived and wo'rked and l.! :; d' xc llnrh^aU^^^^ than two centuries; and in benVthe stro g "ho Isof civS' tion they have proved the possibility of this ronntrv I ° '•'''^''" new home for the Anglo-sLon race' And Zn^'the 31.^ for themselves valuabi;f;r^:^l^.^^iSLS:^h:;^^!:f I^^^^ '> atcd even by -'(1, and nioiv r fanning pur- nountain-])ini' e bulk of the Arctic circle, ndigenous to V in great lux- plants mature* season is fav- uch longer in s rays lose in lean summer e same as it he long days lore rapid in io. the climate 1 this region Some |jco- h the dee] I heir warmth osphere fn\]- lins on the he fact can- Northwest- imer. We 'm time im- ds that have rs. There, ce of able- ) occupy a ay servants h for more < of civiliza- becoming a "le past few- ion of the iiave made in the new «> land of jiromise. And very few of the young men who have been settled here for any length of time would like to go back and begm farming in the Ivistern I'rovinces. So when we look across these vast Northwestern plains and remember how low they lie, what genial showers water their soil, what length ot summer days they enjov, what luxuriant vegetation covers their surface, what warm biee/es fan their wule expanse, what herds of wild cattle have fed and bred and wintered within their boundaries, what races of men have lived and grown strong on their most northerly limits ; when we appeal to the experience of the pioneers who have been long settled in the country- -we have the strongest ground for believing that our climate is favorable to the prosecution of agricultural pur- suits and that it furnishes all the necessary conditions for pro- ducing a hardy, healthy and industrious race of citizens. W'e have indeed a goodly heritage. THE EXPERIENCE OK I 882. Another year's experiment in develoi)ing the resources of our I.IVIXC, ISSUES. lo ta(c \ uh several public (lucstions of vital interest to our future welfare as a people. And I trust there will be a reu ^./^H'^rlt^^ :f ^"r"'"^ ^° ^^^' ''■'' the great questions ta anect the inteiests of our < cuntrv, m an intelliLrent fair and |ouiti3 selfishness will not suHocate public spirit thit the '"< . ference of good citizens will not allolv robbe s to gt hold -i^hc public treasury that personal greed will not sear The pubhc conscience, and that partv spirit will not t an le al pa riotism beneath us feet. If hones! u.en uill no s^e^ t! e Nhip rogues will take the helm. OIK IN'DIA.V I'OIICV. yi'^' Indian is still in the land. We must not i-more hi. . a n.s upon us. He must be conciliate,!, fed, an I^ v ^^ \U. must . arry out our peace policy with the Indians at ill cost f V V it ""^ '''" ^'"'^"'■" """"^•■)- I" ^^ »^onev point fv.eu It would be too expensive. In a moral point of view t would be thorcnighly demoralizing. SY, nuist l,ear wi h h n actableness. We go among the Indians as missionaries •adier than warnors. We seek their civilization n<,t the i ex !t ni..^tum. .Vnd if in the third generation from th: ..^^^ t c ee the wild hunters of the plains transformed into cultivators f the soil we may consider our poli.y preeminently successful Hut then we must take care that the Indian Department d o^ not become an engine of politual jobbery and ■ tl^^'U^mful people that 1 , ^' ' KMvat obstacle to its removal in older countries, IS the hold It has on all the energie.s of public life M,.,! who 3Ught fare to Ucrcst to our 11 be a readi- qiiestions that ;ent, fair nm\ at in til is new jirit, that the ^ to get hold not sear the t trample all !iot steer the not ignore his and cixilized. IS at all costs. I war anionu mone)- point "'int of view 'e'ar wiili his missionaries )t their exter- the present to cultivators y succx'ssful. iitnient does uption. We 't go tt) the 'ficial or his rlnient from the utMiosl rthwest. Il ird from flu ' of eastern 1 people that of the bod) or countries Men who I are in fa\ or of prohibition tell you that it is not practicable, owing to the large amount of capital invested in the Hipior luismess. The country derives a revenue from the trade in Hquor. Large companies put millions of money into its manu facture and sale which returns them handsome dividends on their investments. ( lood Christians derive directly and indirect!) large profits from the traffic. Even churches are often suj^iiorted by the proceeds of the business. Now, they say, to interfere with the_ business, which has spread its roots all thrcnigh the body politic, would revolutionize society. It winild reduce the revenue ; it wcjuld ruin private companies : it would throw thoiisands of men out of employment ; it would deprive some Christian men of their gains ; it would take away the suiiport from some churches altogether. Well, su|)pose all that is true in rer-'-d to older countries that are suffering from this cancer tliat is oying upon them, we can prevent it from being true concerning us. We are beginning to lav the foundations of our national institutions We need give vested rights to no man in the liquor business. We can do without it.' 'I'he less li(luor that is drunk in the country the better it is f)r our health, our morals, our .safety, our i)rosi)erity, our hapjiiness. It is a mistake to ilraw a revenue from a business that destroys health, corrupts morals, and increases crime The men whoiu the business would kill would be infinit'-ly more valuable to the country than any revenue we could get from the trade. Besides we would be relieved from the misery, the vice and the crnue which folk)w in the wake of this demoralizing traffic. \\e need not permit companies to invest in the business here. They may easily employ their capital in developing some indus- try that confers a benefit on society. We can tell good (Christian men that we will not allow them to get rich at the expense of the lives of their tellowmen. We can tell Christian churches that if they must live from the liquor traffic, the .scxmer they die the better. We are under n(j obligations whatever to tolerate an evil here which has wrought such mischief elsewhere. We need put no wine vault in the house which we are building, though our father's dwelling would api)arently recpiire to. be |)ulled down to get (|uit of the licpior cellar.' The people of this country have a right to .say, we do not wish to legalize vice in any form ; we want no traffic in strong drink carried on under protection of law ; we know it is the enemy of imiividual health and virtue and happiness : it is the enemy of social peace, progress anil purity ; it is the enemy of religious life, work and lO success, and wc mnh to gi^•e it no legal standing in our cc -.try in this respect we believe that prevention is infinitely lielter and easier than cure. ^ - OLK KDITCA nONAI. INSTITUTIONS AND SCHOOI I ANDS Cur educational institutions require our care. Annind'thc n circle the mtluences that mould the nation. And we must ■ ''e thnt our schools become fountains of purity as well as centres'of Mitel igence. Where the mind is trained the conscience shou'd not be neglected. And more than ever must we insist on o ir .schools becoming not mere drill-grounds for mental training but mints for the production of moral character. Here our ch.ldren must he taught that character is real capital for man • tlKit manhood is far more valuable than monev ; i)uritv is real power ; godliness is gain ; the love of truth is far more ennobling greatness. Schools that implant such principles in the hearts of our children require to be cheerfully and liberally supported by nlsl'no; b " ';'"'' r'- T''/"' '^'' ^"'^1'"" ^^f ^'d^^^tio-i must not be scpiandered either through carelessness or disho-i estv. Any (loyernment that in any way connives at robbing the schools of their property commits a political crime whicli the people should punish. The sooner, perhaps, that the adminis- tration ()f these lands is put beyond the field of party politics he better. I he Provincial Educational Hoard will make fir better ailministrators for the schools than the Executive Coun- cil of the .encTal Government. One thing is certain, that both ■or the sake of efficiency and eronomy in the administration each I rovince should have control of its own school lands -in" deed we would say of all Government lands within its bound- Miies^ Every Province on entering the Confederation should be entitled to all Provincial rights. Thev should remain Territories 111 their rights can be conceded tf, them. Whatever ri-hts have in diis respect been granted to the older Provinces shoull not be withhel. from Manitoba. What is Provincial propert\ elsewhere should be Provincial property here. W hat is admin"- istered by the Province elsewhere should be administered by the rovmce here. What is allowed elsewhere should not be disallowed here Having become a province we should n) onger be treated as a territory. Having reached our manhood It is to be presumed that we liave ability and wisdom and hon- esty enough to manage our own affairs ; and we ha\e a rioht to resent being treated as children. Our Provincial rights should be maintanied. ° •^'■wum II in our (v- 'itry. nfinitely he'tter )l. LANDS. Around tlie.n 1(1 we must vje -11 as centres of iscience shou'd ' insist on o.ir lental training, ten Here our |jital for man ; purity is real nore ennol)lin.r nd goodness is in the hearts of - supported by of education ;ss or dishon- es at robbing rime which the '- the adminis- party politics will make far ?cutive Coun tain, that both (Iministration. ool lands -in lin its bound tion should be lin 'i'erritories latever rights A-inces shoul 1 K'ial j)ropert\ liat is admiti- ninistered by diould not be should n:) our manhood loni and iion ive a right to lights should THE government's I.AM) POLICY. Our land policy is one of the most practical cjuestions that can engage our attention at the present moment. We require for our countrry a liberal, settled, truthful land policy, that will attract rather than repel immigrants- -a policv that will induce men to seek homesteads rather than town sites -a policy that will ta\or the farmer and discourage the land-grabber. If a policy is adopted which allows the greater portion of our fertile land to go into the possession of absent landlords instead of into the hands of actual settlers it will greatly retard our progress. It is by the cultivation of the soil that our resources are to be developetl. Unless we grow wheat and raise cattle on our -reat plains we cannot prosi)er. Our immediate need is settlers rather than speculators ; ploughmen rather than tradesmen- farmers rather than shopkeepers. .-\nd the government is adojuing a suicidal policy when it (obstructs the streams of im migration by any unkind or unjust treatment of the .settlers who are cultivating the soil. It is wrong to be more liberal to colonization comjvinies than to j^rivate individuals. It is -toss injusti. e to l)uild up great land monopolies at the expense- of public rights. The rights of pioneer settlers should be protect- ed against all the claims of mere spetnilators. Ejecting settlers from any .sections will not help the cau.se of imniigration 1-ucking up great districts in the hands of companies wilfnot aid the cultivation of the .soil. For the Oovernment to join the rings that are speculating in city sites and town lot.s, will not promote the cause of public morality. The welfare of this Dominion will be best secured, not by having a few great land- lords, but by having millions of small farmers. OUR men VVNTACK CROt'NIi. In the race of progaess ve occupy high vantage ground in this western country. U e can begin where our fathers left off We can use for our new institutions all the experience of past ages, and all the improvements of modern times. The forces .it nature that have been harnessed In- late inventions are now our servants W'e begin to send our mes.sages, not by post, but by telegraph. Ue begin to illumine our cities, not with gas but with elei tricity. We begin to travel, not on coach roads ' but on railways. We begin to do our work, m)t with horse.s, but u nil steam engines. And machinery driven by steam power is ( e.stined to plav a most important part in the atriotic ])ride. We have more than half a continent for (jur country. Our climate throughout the length and breadth of our domaiij is healthy and invigorating. Our institutions are conservative, but popular and progressive. Our seaports on the Atlantic bring us within easy reach of the markets of Europe, and our iiarbors on the Pacific open the doorway of communication to the teeming millions of Asia. Our wheat fields and grazing lands are almost measureless. In tur and fish we hold nature's monopoly of the continent. In shipping we take a high rank among maritime powers. In mineral resources and manufiicturing capabilities we are not behind any country in the wodd. If our ])opuIation is small there is the more room for increase. If we have winter storms to ftue we will beget physical vigor in enduring them. If we have difficulties to meet we will beget skill in overcoming them. If we have few of the luxuries of tropical climes we will be strangers to many of the vices and diseases that follow in their trail. We may not be able to grow oranges within our domain, we can grow the best of apples in our eastern Trovinces. If we cannot grow sugar we can catch abundance of fish. If we cannot produce great (luantities of corn, we can raise abundance of roots and cattle. If we cannot grow cotton with which to supply the mills of I^ngland, we can furnish prairie land to make a wheat granary for the world. 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