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ST. MCHAEL AND ';':-?-,-—-- _ . V atoms Leader

THE UNSEEN HOST§

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1B! "l! lev. Agaikell I-‘lenlngwfurther believe that their fields of i wtivlty and ours may occasionally ""99"! hill frequently-overlap; u“; ‘w?’ y“ m“ bee" Ii-Ven at least Mlclrlelmls u past. and with icaiiuhg livrhlaghwem to mm m" m“ weeroes the bridge of phan-‘Thsy- ma i: ‘or “w” m‘ "*1 ‘ tasy leading 1mm summer's glorvthcy ma ybe mfmstenng spmts’ and autumn’: glow to- the border-last feelyh "mm m“ Y“ m“ lend of wvmtauc ill-lit wlutarfiwlr cilia y“; l“ “mmm yo; ancient legend has strzugelywunu authcritmce. m mm!" have linked with this epoch of the year‘ It is at ahyyriiemdefli’ to deny n; . the name of "Bright MichkePL-tlie k the most l Sign cm‘ m“ h archangel orooimnur associated it easiest to min?“ or us who '1'“ - with crrulmaht and dazzling light 1.‘ ty ~63.» ed m m their umah" is as if the human spirit in its ro- for th Jylls l the pure in hurt" ligious drums were bidding de- "GcdJFTh: blslflfi $283.39" if nahcetodntnes and all its powey-slmd countries‘ and under ‘heal; General Officer Commanding the at the very 55,1555! when these we;e fluence of whatever various beliefs, i British Fowes in the Great We». M an ' 3 - - w“ .‘.‘“.‘3.'°°‘ l" ms“- drcar‘ an.“ git ‘M; hats-S l}: idly. with almost. the 5am; measure W 11 91' .5 . _ - (‘- . l5 of conviction that it has believed ln ihinins o-rnwllr oil mow. his strong God Himself. rr“ is mstilzii- nor.’ Mm of lam hm u» flnwb¥reibuking our fears and‘? memelves sorting out m’: angelic bliiJl-mg“ our depressions aside and‘ $5.1m. ru-rnfiy an?“ elm? and‘ ' E. ve ‘ sniithchini '6. sentinel: frfmt hlslmultitudes of good angels asaitlgrg‘ blotter otnsolo s“ e emgge flail-blitzing flights of bad. and they rhtlne ixsmnotudryhd-it is risonPs l2?‘él:rlr Fhem 0n we analogy’ ~ ' 1 m“ old 1e _| ti! e and ordered armies. I am fix‘ 11w Y i: .And to st. Michael has always been cnd—no "J1 o» Igllrlefom‘ assigned the primacy anlong good icoliy-W U" ° “m! B ‘if angels. He is ever the captain of the rncment. And. indeed. this y?" ~, heavenly host-the organizer of l3 less difficult mthginfitf-tkizifi 5€me'lVlC!OfY. And so when we visualize times ‘Dgiefihtil P0 u; r i: ‘ii-ugh him. in picture or sculpture or poet- season 9- 1119" 03m if h wry, posed in triumphant strength For it hi“! “@113 w 91' u‘ “foyer the prostrate monsters of in- vat; gloriously abundant and safely‘. lquity and malevolence. we are gathered in» I hive W11 111 "W11; taught to take fresh heart. For here divs mansion Boot 5118111111 @111" diculely. h a pamble of God's interi- Eimllll’ N“ mummluy dawn“? ition to give ultimate victory to the for him/M WW¥1"1“¢-w°“1dm“.rirht in its ezoinng conflict with the we might feel sure that these re- Wrens; a pulble o; me mm} verent slmpuoltios W111i! 111111111”? triumph of light over darkness. of

(The h-lflnh Weekly)

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The Queen ’s Message

In anticipation of the tenth annl- "usury 0f the Sisninc of the Arm- istice the London Times has pub- "shod o special illustrated number which is u. valuable record of the work °f u"? Imliefial War Graves Commission. It contains a message to the women of the Empire from H91‘ MQJEST-y "he Queen in. which, with true womanly feeling, she says;

. "Those who fell are not alone in having sacrificed all that life has to offer. Every man of our million dead may have been dearer than anything on earth

But. B138; the days 0r innocence over sin. of o over in. m some one “mmam “m! m sophistication IN swiftly “Ho! life over death. Dbynot laltaus “my Pa" °f ‘h’ em?“ ma" vn-difl8 Qul‘ ¢°“-m'r5'5‘des- yap“ shut the door of our hearts against are me wane“ wh° 3° m‘ living plasmas 0f the wwn; gudllegsfl Michael’ this “my amd smiling with wounds in their hearts that modes of restleamess replacing theumel m. how just because he may time cannot heal. I wish that dignified. if comet‘ dreamy. re-l be largely the offspring of creative my voice could reach each one P659 0i yefiwf-YW‘; lmudes '9‘ Sup" fancy. "The dreams and phantesies y?“ a wmd °f “m”

orcilioufl BuDWWflW W me Md ways cf the good." said Aristotle, "are and courtooito $1.111 "m"? a 59"" better than those oi ordinary ious civilisation um 1W1!- “MY people." And behind this fancy of from "Mum's 0mm?“ mm mel St Michael. captain of, the armies unselied and punish wbbur“ °fi of the living God. lurks the great artifi¢illily+ul15i m?!’ “e wmkmg- truth that "hope springs eternal in their iconoclasms. and with Pm‘; the human breast?’ that God made lane ‘Ami fuuuws much ‘m’ dew the heart. of man never to say die; ecratin! thB lflcllm slmpncmes ‘ma: that He intends for all of us who 11011381998 911d Tiwelemie and n stay out the course that we shall at 1 length win through.

who. it is clear. has been specially deputcd to keep our eyes from tears, our feet from falling and our souls from death. God influnces and aids us thus through human agents: why not also through angelic? Why not ‘also through the serene and loving, Wise and powerful aid of guardian angels?

And what of the orphans. the widowed. the friendless. the lonely? Is it likely that Godshould leave out ofl-‘fis plan some order of creation that would take the place of lost parents. protectors and friends-a bodyguard of angels to watch over orphaned helplessness; to warn un- friended or ill-frlendcd youth of life's dangers and temptation»- angels with charge ovzr em. lest at any time they dish t eir foot against a stone? Are therc any pro- babilities lagaixlst it? Are not all the probabilities the other way?

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But let us return to our converse; _ with 5b Mifihflfii- 39m“? be “fly 5' For many a long century the fes- fancy. of course; or ot most- *1 tival of StMitclmelhes been IUlOWIl phau-tom; thonsh u "my °" “ as that of st. Michael and all Ang- phahwm to which some W11“ a els. And while the Church has safe- Sufillulfe- ""1 cwmleg’ h“ sunguarded itself ‘against the worship rcsanct traditions. lend counlfflll- c; angels, it has rather nursed than nnoe- And. iudeed- we may behave discouraged the belief that we are in fllifles. y‘?! u“ the {hue fifnxgs’ the constant beneficiaries of their awana that thlly are mP°35 wathchful care. And why Siwuld it in the form and shloewiuch A" °‘ l be otherwise? God works. but al- imaglnatlon may have 8W9" men“ ways through agents. Can we limit W0 ma»! 59119;” l" thelgai x223: the number or the rfiture ogtlfif: of ‘bengs fill ng some o . ' ggcnls? "God guve ‘m or.» er o 19"" WW"?! mewmle sfigfigfi‘ me.“ we a/xc cohsthzntlyhsoyinsluli God and curse ves. is may some one who him en e ange o that they exist. and that they "l" our lives; some one has never failed beurl given. their own places and [l5 in our sorrows. or in our need 0f tasks in God's universe. We may counselor en uragement; some on:

Another thought comes to us on wings of comfort. We speak at times of some one having joined the anK" els. Is it merely o. fond dream to be- lieve that. shall we say, the little child who was taken away 91"? 11nd‘ ly it had been given e. mam: has joined the angels; has awed ""111" the one order of creation into the other; and even Pursues “S m“ dcvclopements in some lovlnll. spiritual nearncss to the home 0i its short earthly visit-to the mother who gavl: it birth. and" then had quickly to say “Goodbye? And there is that larger host of those who were ministering angels to you he" ch earth er: God took them. He wok them, but does He never M1111 "1"" hack? I. for one, think that, He do-

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Into Battle

"the one lncorrupllblc poem of

an English critic the

The author died of wounds before poem was published.)

The naked earth is warm with Slililll- _ And with green grass and bursting trees been; to the sun's gale Ilvfylhl. And quivers in the sunny breeze; And Life l: Color and Warmth r-nd LIIM And-a striving ever-more for these; And he is deed whuwlll not fight;

(Called by the war."

A‘; who dies fighting has increase. ty and 80041155- eag" d“ some . u“ "m crusade. Has €?n£; for alllluofialéls‘.

The fighting man shall from w , Qur c Toke warmth, and llfe from the glowing earth; arglallase. however tiny. in

nd that has not its t of the deed. the roll-

with the light-foot winds to run

seagi t lsla ith the trees u. newer birth: °‘" '

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And [bu], qhgn fljhlllll lhflll be done. ha"? "fhgy 1311-9 ‘ Crest mt. and "Ilium 11"" 4mm L211’. 3f. sour Mlcheels. 1 have been in , here and there. by IWTQ- n All the bright company of llcaveh Rising villages in these recent Hold him in their high comradeshlp, wwka In m” chumhyam come.- m-

They were atkllel b Ilse and hgklmt odds nought“; They fell with their flees to the foe.

Tllfiy shall grow not old, us we that are left grow old, I111" M! Will’! "loll. nor the yeah condemn. Al. the going dovrn of the sun, and in the morning, We will remember them.

Th6)’ lllllllle I101 WIN: their laughing comrade: again, They sit an mqe at hallm- tlbles of home;

They have no lot in our labor of the day-time; They sleep beyond Illlhnd‘: foam.

But where our are and our hopes profound, Felt as a well-oping that is hidden from sight,

To the lnnennoet hprf. of their own land they are known As the star: are known to the Night;

As the slursllul shdll be blight when we are dust. Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain, As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness To the end, to the end, they remain. ' —Lhurence Blnyon.

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How Chdrlottetown Celebrated Armistice

Citigens Went Wild W

ith Joy When the Eventful

Honor.

The first official confirmation of ceased by common consent. the Armistice reached this Province Mayor andOlty Council met and 3111111811 a Paris despatch. dated speedily arranged an ‘ .. r‘

- '0 Chanda. we stand on.gu.ard for

News Was Received That the-War Had Ceas- owed by others. ed, and That Victory Was A c h | e v e d With M um “The King’. during me

The lldajeety the King.

Legion Service '

Moat-Ia: at 10.40

i At the Armistice Mmning

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‘O Ckhhde Our Home and Native 14nd

‘hoe PI-trlot-love ih an thy was command

Withglowinlheerte weeee theorize. TM 1N0 "DH-h. strong and free, lAnd stand on guard. 0 Clllldl, We stand on Illlrd for thee.

O Oenkdo glorious and free

We stand on guard. we stand on

guhrd for thee

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Address by Rev; .1. o. Mertin I I

O God our help in ages past,

Our hope for years to some,

Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home.

Beneath the shadow of Thy throne. Thy saints have dwelt secure. Sufficient is Thine arm alone. And our defence is sure.

O Cod our help in ages past.

Our hope for years to came.

Be Thou our guard while troubles

And our eternal home. 1 - o 0 ‘Address by Rev. Father MacKenzie l c e Prayer by Rev. Edward Brldgewater I I I jAt 10.59 The “Lest Post" sounded ‘ I I I

is: 11.00 First Gun as signal m. silence. 8 I At 11.03 Second Gun signal for silence ended. when Reveille will be sound- ed, Fire and Church bells to ring. I I I Placing of wreath by His Honour Lieutenant Governor Hearts, foll-

playing of which the Legion's Flag will be lowered in honour of His

celebration for four o'clock which took the form of an automobile pro- cession through the principle streets. The procession was headed by the 4th Regt. Band. a detachment o

soldiers from the ‘depot. the Fire Brigade and the Mayor and City Councillors, and was taken part in by hundreds of automobiles all slodly decorated and fllied with happy citizens blowing horns and tooters. which nude a deafening a1

beit delightful noise w the patrio- tic ear. The city was able-re with flags and bunting. while every

Ncv.. 1th.. 1918. It read:

“The German deiegatsa sign- ed the Armistice Terms dictated by the Allied Council and pre- sented by Generallssirno Foch. Commander-ih-Chlef of the Al- llcd Armies. Hostilities ceased ar 2 o'clock today." ' How Charlottetown celebrated the event is recorded by The Gian-nan of Nov., 8th:-- ‘

"The news first reached the Guardian about eleven o'clock in a telegram from Montreal to the ef- fect that Lord Shaughnessy had re-

ccived a cable that the Germans had signed the Armistice. and about two hours later another bulletin was received confirming this epoch- making announcement. Immedi- ately the Mayor was informed and the city bells were set ringing. The BIB-d chimes were taken up by dvery bell and horn in the city and for upwards of ifour hours the populace gave themselves up to melting a joyful noise in every conceivable shape and form. The city went wild with exstacies of joy and all work

ers, to speak a word cf_ hope and courage to broken hearts. in this land of disappointments, enlgmas doubt, darkness laind dspair?

There was published, a. few days ago, a. description by a. well-known man of letters of the great Scottish‘ War Memorial. on Castle Hill,

the in Edinburgh. He truly said of it that “there is nothing like it in the world." He spoke of that greet crea- tion of genius es land?‘ and, describing its inner sanctuary. W111 the scroll of n. hundred n-imes—; names of Scotsmen who died in the war—he says;-

"The light is sol-t and flan vaulting sweeps up above you like ‘solemn music, and from the stone vaults hangs ‘the mighty fig- ure of St. Michael in full armour the cross upon hisbrow. and his feet cralnplihg the spirit-oi Evil. Rnlmd this Shrine is a miracle in bronze; every type of Scotsman and Scots- woman who took pert in the War has place in the long procession... Nothing that has been done to com-

Ml-vnoncy and exactitude with this perpde of Scotland's sons and oailghtels."

We stand with reverence by the wrave of "The Unknown Warrior." But what of the UnseenW-arriors -unseen. but living, victorious. strong. hopeful. near? The Ceno- taph in London-at the heart of the Empir%is also a fitting monu- ment, though not so noble as the Scotlsh. For “Cenotaph" means in Greek an "empty tomb." It means

cram-always Michael.

n" pot-gear, and the Sisters Seven, amends of Rachel:

Brian's belt and lworded hip.

The woodland trees that stand 1080"!" flu; “gm! tohlm each one a friend:

They gently speak in the windy Wulh”? ‘flay guide to valley and rldsfs end-

et the viliflv ‘Michael. And th are still weeping 1n 0111' their Michael-s because they on Is it m0 wild u those lads who

not

-. . . . . . in the orde - out emu-frown: hr d-v- -beli that they. like him. - ' " r lmotthelhua owls that cell b! 1111M “diva, u, n 60¢, gbmmnnd,

g“ m‘ l” gym gird keen n they. a mud p; cam

Ad hen of our, u swift of fill".

“$531.4 ‘h; m him, "Brother, brother. T.‘ n wag you shall Illll

. jetlu Inf . g;- "q my not sing another: than Ill?

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. leibtful. wama; noun. , fltejnlen hum Item. ' up noble: WIEFI; q “using gyae, courageous heefll- uia burning moment breaks ‘ll flange else are out of lllll.

» Joy of Ilttle lakes

by the throat. Ill makes him blind.

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lend I01‘. St Michael; or.

fancy to picture "and He will call died in the war as of the ranks to greet you. now enrolled under the banner and will r of their prototype? To H»: not coma rgppmgg or i0 18y somehow you w for! c-n bent should-l near,

a-oaoeaveoao-eaoo-oooe-onoomooo o-ovowa

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The“ hurts were woven of human Joya and urea, boiled mknellonely with sorrow, swift to mirth. The yam had givin them kindness. Dawn was theirs. Andllnloklilltlleoolrloflheelrth.

seen luflemelt, and beard music: known lluiiber endfinking: loved: gone proudly .. mled:

uul fun. and maxi. All nu; u auuuu.

‘ was“; shell ‘know. felt an eulak kiln-e! wonder: m alone a,“ ' Thai-a? n6 mien‘ IIew-n by aim-sin: Winds to laughter /= =*_» - _ , y, _' ‘Ahlilifirylll! hahuiufh-um-msraum. ’ ""“‘ " ’ _ egfltdmn Y! [WIYU IIIICQ

“fl?” an mo. ‘ma’

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the-t they are not there. But if not there than w rather. ask Him of wchuel is captain him. perhaps. out» ‘Ilhe lad answer Adsum" "w y°u1' w“ d not reply to you by Wm!" cryptic messages. But m feels that he is

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under the night. —llpert Brooke.

mzmorate the War can compare for C

second person carried a flag or musical instrument. The scene was indescribable. People were mad with oy. .

The Mayor and the City Council arranged for another popular cele- bxution take place in the Market Equal-e a half past seven and ex- tended an invitation to United States Consul Pierce, Premier Arse- nault. the Chief Justice, the clergy and other leading citizens to take part. A torch-light} ion was Organized hurl-idly and the Fourth Regiment Band followed by the Draft Regiment from the Arm- ouries, the Mayor and City Council- lors, the League of the Cross Band.

[the Fire Bridghde, the Boy Scouts,

and hundreds of gaily decorated autos. It proceeded along Kent. 8t. end when the American Consulate was reached a halt. was called and the bend played "The Star Spangl- ed Banner." Colonel Leigh and Mol- or miller-ton then waited upon Con-

"the Soul of Scdb- sul Pieme and formally exchanged congratulations on the greet and zre, in o. casket. lies glorious conclusion of the four years‘ ion then d and proceeded through ‘principle streets to the Market tinted. The Square where the formal speech

bloody struggle. Th6 pr-

reforms

makiflz took Dlbce. His Worship Mayor Wright pre-

sided. and on the platform were the Premier, Hon. A.E.Arsenault.

Hie Lordship Chief Justice Mathia-

soh, Mr. Justice

on Simpson,

aotain Dawson.

most favorable.

The firstact was the execution of Kaiser, who was hanged, unfor- tunately only in emgy, and many

hands assisted in the cere-

the ‘lmon 1 Th

y.

‘ but because a. breeze’

i ‘D lgallant men have rendered

dom."

terms of

Fitzgerald, His Lordship the Bishop of Charlotte- town. Rev. Dr. Fullerton. Rev. Cen- Rev. C. R Freeman Mr. Juries Paton. M. L. A., Colonel Warburton. Councillor Smith. and

Brief speeches were made. the ccnditiorrof the weather not beinz

ePremier was the first speaker. "We rejoice," he said, "not so much because tho Gemians were beaten ‘the flag that braved thousand years the battle end the still floats over victorious here? Ask Britian, and with it in close and friendly alliance the flags of France, Italy. and the greet neiahboiing Re- ublic to the south of us whose

—From Falling A Hands