- school system, for instance. 
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REV. MR. WHITAKER RESIGNS. 
New Pastor of the Congregational Church in Manchester Gives 
up Charge and will Sail Next Wednesday for England. 
John Holland Whitaker, minister to 
the Congregational church of Man- 
chester, sails for England December- 
7,to enter upon a course of work at 
Oxford. This is in pursuance of a 
plan long cherished, Mr. Whitaker 
feeling that a preacher’s vocation is 
less congenial to him than educational 
work. Mr. Whitaker will part from 
Manchester people with deep regret, 
but is convinced that now is the time 
to make the change, if it is to be made 
at all. Owing to the early date of his 
departure he asked to be released 
from his parish work after Novem- 
ber 30. 
A SERMON FROM THE LAITY. 
KATE RESTIEAUX. 
«And He said unto them, The Sab- 
bath was made for man and not man 
for the Sabbath.” I sometimes think 
there is no condition or difficulty 
known to mankind that is not pro- 
vided for in the accounts of Christ's 
sayings as given to us in the four 
gospels. 
The above quotation—the 27th 
verse of the second chapter according 
to St. Mark —has often assisted in 
the unravelling of some tangled skein 
of human experience. 
It is a curious fact that nearly all 
workers for the betterment of man, 
commencing with that fact alone in 
view, end by making the great aim 
subserve a lesser one. Take our 
From 
all over the land we hear complaints 
of so-called pedagogy. Overworked 
teachers are accused of making more 
work for themselves and lengthy argu- 
‘ments adduced, all go to prove that 
some one, or class of persons, as 
forgotten that the school was made 
for the children and not the children 
for the school Again, in the matter 
of government, how often does it 
seem that the people were made for 
the government and not the govern- 
ment for the people. 
Look at the Christian church and 
Jearn, if you can, a reason for the great 
falling off in members and _ interest. 
You will see at once that anyone with 
a real enthusiasm for Christ’s work, 
who in his effort forgets that the 
church must be supported at all costs, 
soon finds that he is confronted by 
the same old stumbling-block. He is 
-forced to reflect that the church is 
not for the people, but the people for 
the church. Men and women, if they 
are not above the average of intellect 
and courage, soon lose sight of the 
reason for things in viewing the con- 
crete results of the past. They see 
in the church or institution a tangible 
result of the labors of others, and 
‘however powerful the voice from 
-within, they dare look no deeper than 
the obvious fact, that such and such 
lines of conduct may cause a rupture 
and perhaps disturb the foundations. 
They forget that all great, beautiful 
and strong things were raised up 
originally by pioneer souls, who broke 
out new paths and dared to be honest 
and loyal; who dared to remember 
that institutions were made for man 
and not man for the glory of the 
institution. 
This, I take it, is the very corner- 
stone of Democracy. Our rules and 
our rulers, from our president down, 
are primarily designed for the people, 
and not the people for them. In older 
days it was acommon notion that the 
kingdom was made for the king, and 
all must pay tribute to one. But we 
have rapidly grown away from the old 
idea, so that now even a God, who 
demands that all be done to His glory, 
is fast becoming unpopular, and is 
being succeeded by One who lives for 
and in nature and the human race as 
a main-spring, and for the betterment 
of all things. 
To come down to what seems more 
commonplace: It was noticed that a 
recent discussion between two bright 
women left an open question as to 
how far the matter of attire should be 
allowed to influence the feminine 
mind. Sucha vast amount of woman’s 
working force goes to the daily and 
yearly solution of this question of 
dress that it becomes on nearer view 
a vital thing. 
Women who scorn the idea of put- 
ting it among first principles are apt 
to swing too far the other way, and 
to have little regard for the appear- 
ance. “Is not the body more than 
raiment?” theyask. Yes, indeed ; yet 
how many bent backs and pale faces 
are daily in our sight as a result of the 
shirrings, the puffings and the tuck- 
ings of My Lady’s gowns. 
We have but to put ourselves for a 
moment in the right mental attitude 
to hear the voice ringing out as of old, 
«The Sabbath was made for man and 
not man forthe Sabbath.” The dress 
was made for the beauty and comfort 
of woman, and the moment these are 
sacrificed the beauty is lost and gone. 
Who does not prefer to see a fresh- 
faced mother in a simple walking suit, 
with her children in plainest slips, 
than a tired, nervous, bedraped and 
corseted female, with children. re- 
sembling dolls dressed for a fair ? 
Yet I know that between the iron- 
ing board and the sewing machines 
myriads of women.are passing their 
days with hardly an hour of the sum- 
mer spent beneath the trees or among 
the beauties of books and natural 
objects. The vacation of a week or 
fortnight does not in the least make 
up for this deficiency, and the prepar- 
ation made for such outing is usually. 
enough to overbalance the good ob- 
tained. Where to “draw the line” 
seems to be the puzzle, and I can but 
turn to my text and there draw the 
index finger of guidance. 
There is a wonderful book which I 
should love to recommend to many 
readers. Perhaps all are not educated 
up to the standard that can appreciate 
its great beauty. But even trying to 
do so will prove beneficial. I refer to 
Professor George Edward Woodber- 
ry’s “Heart of Man.” It seems to 
me that there is nothing like it in the 
English language, or any other. The 
title is taken from Wordsworth’s lines 
to Robert Burns: 
‘“ Through busiest street and loneliest glen 
Are felt the flashes of his pen. 
He rules ’mid winter’s snows, and when 
Bees fill their hives, 
Deep in the general heart of men 
His power survives.” 
In the essay entitled ‘‘ Democracy,” 
Prof. Woodberry, with the touch of 
the master mind and the felicity of 
expression which we instinctively feel 
is the mark of the poet, evolves from 
the great, wearisome tangle of human 
experience the most beautiful of 
truths. I speak of this particular 
essay because I believe that no greater 
proof has ever been offered of the 
grand progress that humanity has 
made, and in this republic, in the 
direction suggested by my text. 
A more patient and ever greater _ 
readiness to measure the worth of 
things should go a long way toward 
deciding many questions, and assist 
those persons who are leaders of 
thought to differentiate with more of 
certainty than in the past. In this 
way shall we be enabled to put forth 
all effort to make the lesser subserve 
the greater, keeping the primary mat- 
ter always and well to the front. 
G. A. R. Post 67. 
Ata meeting of Post 67, G.A.R., of Man- 
chester, at their headquarters last_ night, 
these officers were elected: E. P. Stanley, 
com.; E. W. Crombie, S.V.C.; A. S. Jewett, 
J.V.C; J. G. Haskell, Q.M.; G. Willmonton, 
chap.; J. Widger, surg.; C. H. Stone, O.D.; 
George Jones, O.G. 
