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The EnXfflvs more home news eyery week thin any combing be sent iriewsulribera till January year for cehts cfc- J Uvv J NORTH YORK INTELLIGENCEK AND ADVERTISER PAGES Give mo liberty to know to utter and freely to confidence all other liberty No paper sent outside of North York unlesB paid in advance Vol XLVII No JO Single Coots Each Newmarket Ont Friday October 28 Teems per an SI 00 if paid THE GRAND JEWEL 4 Sizes Square Sizes with Tank Shoot Stool in front of Extra wide centres out Top cut in four Oven long centre pieces CANADAS GREATEST STOVE NOTE HE FOLLOWING POINTS The Top is cast in four pieces rendering breakage loss liable Short inohca making it possible to use the four at one Four large pots or two large pots and a wash boiler can sit on together without crowding The Long Centre cut to provide for expansion and contraction Short Centres are lined Heavy Ringed Covers one Combination Ring Cover supplied with each stove The Oven made of Cold Rolled Annealed Steel Plate from scale The top of the yven where intonse heat of the fire strikes ia pro tected byapocially prepared fireproof cement lae infrontof Oven quite a factor in the successful operation of stove Oven Plates are bo secured that it is impossible for them to warp Oven is large and well ventilated GREAT FUEL SAVERS We have received many unsolicited testimonials as to this point from those using these stoves J of these Stoves are now in actual use For Bate G BINNS Repairing Promptly Done NEWMARKET DERWEAR We are Showing Great Values in Ladies and Gentlemens Underwear Mens and Boys Overcoats Boots and Shoes Rubbers Crockery Give us a trial and we feel sure we can satisfy you J DENTAL A I Office Block opposite the Method Church Vitalised Air for Extracting Guaranteed History of ttye DnuUi id jfa advance of Peace Remarkable Religions Body That has passed out of Existence But the Evidences Still Remain four miles that were in general use years ago north of 1 individual count there are on the stage 17 Pnes of glass throughout the routo to Button on one of the bent gra velled in the J Province we arrive at the quaint little village of Sharon As one approaches the place pre sents a very striking appearance from the presoucc of the conspicuous tem ple and meeting house of the Chil dren of Peace David the great notable founder of the place departed this life in at the advanced age of years and He was al ways highly respected and looked to a kind of oracle In his young er days he had been a sailor as such hod visited the Chinese ports After joining the Quakers he taught for a time amongBt them its a school master For some proceeding of his or some peculiarity of religious opin ion dillicult to define he was cut off from the subdivision of the Quaker body He then began the building The interior of the temple is fash ioned somewhat upon the plan a Masonic Hall indeed the Children of Peace seem to have been in many points of belief and obligation an open Masonic order yet founder David held secret societies in strong detestation and was an antiMason of the most profound type The floor rises from a level centre square by three successive steps and j is seated with oldfashioned wooden chairs bearing upon their frames the names of the original occupants of the third generation back The chairs stand empty the names are as dis tinct as when first written but the owners have been for many years in the graveyard a mile away Eight round greenpainted pillars each about inches in diameter sup- pott the second storey They form a double square or rather a square with in a square Upon the four inner pillars are inscribed in gold lettering We walked down the road to the Here 1 forgot the pedal for to keep black silk The procession and curious cluster of building that were hand and foot in contrary motion is I its onlookers proceeded up apparently the executive offices of the and the died away the toad to the temple where very- society or sect MeetingHouse or in protesting so that body was admitted without charge or Synagogue as it was termed hadnt the heart to it The collection As the entered they and private dwelling- organ is very tweet and powerful not j placed their hats upon a twostorey These buildings are enclosed in in the least but steady table immediately under Jacobs Lad grounds and are all of the and rich as any modern pipe organ lJ i on one Hide same curious architecture semi -Jew- lople to up queer stories of the building- the ladien the iah semi- Japanese The Meeting- about the old man said my guide other House is manywindowed and common belief that he The band mounted the steep pillared within and without In- his hw for year before he died way to pRllerv played a soft deed tbe peculiar blending of freahaena was imaginative This I hymn The so noticeable the the of and point standing altar caught up the building is largely due to the presence t to a long narrow dark box the strain and the proceeded in of these numerous green columns barrel of the oran the usual way by scripture reading The Meeting- House is simply a large Stepping from the dim study with prayer and sermon twostorey hall of airy proportions built its reminiscences of a pioneer past in- On the conclusion of the service the id a most substantial way some years to the light of a modern day it seemed procession reformed marched to the Meeting- when the fcaafc wan served An admission fee of was charged The set with a plate cup and saucer and formation of a denomination of his the words Faith Hope Charity own On a visit to Sharon in Faith on Toronto Empire staff writes as follows Theres the Temple said the good dame on my left pointing to wuat seemed a glittering tower a mile beyond The building this side of it Love Within the square formed by the four inner pillars stands a most interesting piece of workmanship the altar- or as outsiders terra it the Holy of Holies This altar shaped somewhat like the temple itself and somewhat like a pagoda is perhaps five or six feet high is the meeting house and thin which and is put together with wooden pins is the burying no nails being used in its construction now we are passing ground I of butternut wood finely I looked at the wellfilled cemetery bevelled or beaded and varnished with more than a passing interest no- e ting that tho headstones were te shelf within on My placed the north of the grave eartype dated and two volumes of David sermons Upon the four There are two generations of buried there continued ray informant They were buried with their heads to the north but I Dover knew the reason Passing through the village street it boasts but one the stage drew up in front of the hotel and I alight ed It was with eager eyes that I stood at the hotel window and scanned the cluster of buildings across the way seeing their peculiar architecture so- upper corners of the altar stand four quaint little lamps and in times past a lamp was suspended from the top most storey to swing censorlike above the altar This little inner temple is altogether an exquisite bit of handiwork some thing that the present age with all its mechanical appliances might copy but could certainly hardly improve upon It is the of one member of the fraternity and as I thought of after temple was tinidbed Its a swift transition of fifty years and it interior contains nothing specially at- was something of an effort to shake off tractive save a pretty oldfashioned the spell that laid upon me pipeorgan standing silent in the In as far as I have been able to dis- centreofri great green columns which cover these Children of Peace held no I knife for each person On each plate have upon ihe names of distinctive tenetg To quote their was placed a piece of apple pie and two Patriarchs Tbe heavy tables used under pieces of pound take different kinds for the feasts stand here and then- We are destitute of creeds or any In addition to this bread about the hall end in one corner a written law of discipline and cheese was placed on the table huge wooden chest big enough and Although we number hundreds we are and each could help themselves to all they desired well as all the tea they wished to drink The bread was pe culiar being made from salt rising mixed with milk but was very and wholesome After the feast the band played outdoors till five or six oclock and the gathering quietly dis persed as people felt inclined though the great majority remained talking in groups and occupying the benches placed around the grounds till the music stopped Was David an eloquent preacher I asked No I think not was the answer He wandered very much from his subject Glancing over one or two of his volumes of sermons I noticed the same peculiarity one very common in il literate people and if we accept bis own statement this strange man had but one year of tuition Opening the little leather covered volume of hymns that laid upon his desk I found that they are of good rhyme and correct metre musical instinct proving a guide but in sentiment they are very weak abounding also in gram matical errors and stock phrases Although not insisting that his fol lowers should accept any special doctrines yet David had a few peculiar tenets to which his flock gave assent We believe in one God that any time beyond the present is a matter of conjecture and imagination We believe that all the calamities of the world are judgments of the for the purpose of increasing our Davids Temple at Sharon deep enough to bury half a dozen without distinction or contains the quaintest j or by articles of faith It seemed to be an open society or and magnitude a history worthy the hours of patient labor it record and realizing that a people and the love and devotion it typi- could erect and maintain it seemed in the truest sense a buildings in pioneer days must have J sacred relic An open stairway narrow enough and steep enough to be the veritable by a more powerful in fluence than mere emotionalism Dentist Aurora Successor to the Dr Robinsons residence Tonga Street Aurora Like most dwellers in Ontario I Jacobs ladder that the country people p Polite bo at office of Dr ford every Monday A of Voice and Violin and all Aulas- Instruments NEWMARKET After coughs and colds the germs of consumption often gain a foothold Scotts Emulsion of Cod- liver Oil with Hypophos- will not cure every case but if taken in time it will cure many Even when the disease is farther advanced some re markable cures are effected most advanced stages it prolongs life and makes the days far more comfort able Everyone suffering from consumption needs this food tonic SCOTT ftOWKE had heard of these Children of Peace or or for by any of these names are they known I had heard of their temple and synagogue their feasts and music and ceremonies yet when I looked upon these solid structures that now stand empty and desolate my feeling was one of great astonishment These people have been very real said whether few or many they have been strong and united and their founder possessed a genius be yond eccentricity Hearing of my desire to examine the interior of the buildings and learn something of the history of the sect and its founder Mr J Graham who a relative of the family courteously came to my assistance I have the keys he said and we will visit the Temple first The Temple stands several hundred yards beyond the in the centre of a large field Walking up the field path to the heavy dark green doors it appeared a jhigh three- storied structure clapboarded and white painted each upper story portionately smaller than the one be low it with miniature towers at every corner for its many windows and the fact that it is absolutely square a welliced mas cake would be no inapt simile The building from base to upper storey ft high the lower storey is ft square are great double windows on every side in each storey even in the tiny corner towers are the window very small ones assemblage place assortment of old crockery These were the dishes used at their feasts said my kind informant as I bent over the big box with de light Of course they have been re plenished but some of the original stock remains I picked up a queer- sect with no form of union or com munion and every member was at liberty to believe what he pleased pro vided he did what the strong impe rious old leader desired The society rose flourished and died with the man shaped cup with never a handle and who was really its heart and brain found a deep saucer to match it David WiUson was born in 1778 They resembled in size and shape our He came from the States to Canada modem porridge sets and settled in York County about That is one of the oldest and has 1802 and united with the Quakers of been in use since 1818 David Will- son has drank out of it many a time said the attendant From the meeting house we crossed whom there were a considerable num ber at this time But the peaceful Friends found the active young fellow too lively an element and he was to David study a tiny banished from their midst Accord- place like a Chinese summer house j ing to his own account he was con- about six feet wide and three times verted at this time and began to that in length Here is the old mans have visions and inspirations desk of birdseye maple and upon it whereby he conceived the Idea of es- spectacles manuscript as he a new society that should declare it ascends to the second storey With a base of ft of at least feet and a stair width of one foot the climber feels as if he were scaling a in a wall surely none but angels safe in the assurance of wings were intended to ascend and descend thereupon The second story is simply a square band gallery for these Children of Peace loved music and formed and supported the finest band in all the country The third or top storey is a square tower Looking round about me I marvelled again and again at the solidity and strength of the buildings great beams and rafters of pine and the smooth round pillars The Temple said Mr Graham was begun in 1825 and finished in No there was no special rea son why it was seven years in build ing except that the men worked at it chiefly in the winter when the farms were lying idle There was no machinery in the country then and these columns were turned by cranks at either end while a man went along the slowlyrevolving log with When the temple was raised nearly all the country side attended and the members assembled and sang a It seema strange doesnt it he continued that such a fine building should have been erected to use but fifteen in the year for only once a month and on feast days was service held here the was the ordinary left them years ago Two or three rough boxes are filled with leather- bound volumes of bis writings ser mons of Impressions as he entitled them and hymns and crumpled blue feast tickets bearing the words Equality and Peace lay be side the faded frayed valance Banners oil paintings crude in execution yet vivid in color and sym bolical in design lie loosely covered From these paintings which space will not permit me to describe I gained some inkling of David faith or vision as he would probably term it and or uncon sciously I think he beheld the time When good will and brotherly love shall prevail the whole world over and in his imperfect erratic way tried to hasten the happy event Opposite the desk stands an old or gan the quaintest I have ever seen It was built by the amateur who painted the banners he must have been something of a genius and re sembles a cumbersome wardrobe of massive make It was built not later Juan when musicians were rare and pipe or reed organs unobtainable David Willson had a passion for and thus the difficulties were overcome for this old organ is a barrel organ pet with twenty solemn sacred melodies and the crank and footpedal obviated all difficulties It is in good condition and very sweet toned said Mr Graham Try it I turned the crank slowly and Old Hundred sounded through the tiny desolate apartment I All people on earth do dwell Bin to voice wit mirth be modelled somewhat after quiet Friends yet more in keeping with his restless spirit as he ears I erect in the village of Sharon memorials of the patterns the Lord hath given for the erection of His House and with the pen I have drawn the lines as to me they have been given they originated in my mind We are a mixture of Jew and Gentile Being a man of resolute will and strong personal magnetism visionary in theory yet of great executive abil ity and living in a time when places of worship were few and distant he soon gathered a band of followers and his society grew and flourished into a large organization not afraid to under take the stupendous task of erecting the buildings have endeavored to de scribe form of service used in the Temple was not at all emotional hut rather sedate said one who attended in childhood days It was chiefly a service of praise The service was very much like that of the Presbyte rian Church There were two feasts in the year one at seedtime and one at harvest The feast was spread in the and was attended by people from miles around As many as a thousand have sat down at those tables in one day in past times On Feast Days at oclock in the morning the procession formed at the the banners flving the band playing the maidens or virgin as thoy were termed attired white and the men in black coats white waistcoats white pants and fears We have no evidence that we will arise from the grave We believe the day of judgment and mercy to bethe piesent time We believe that all future time to us is unknown when we inhabit this body of clay no more Like the of old the Children of Peace evidently said There is no resurrection Were these Children of Peace willing to engage in I enquired I believe not answered my in formant But when Jthe rebellion broke out in forgot their principles and fought like men In Newmarket I had the pleasure of meeting a grandson of David who showed me a late photograph of his grandfather I looked intently at the portrait seeing a squareshould ered old man of powerful physique long irongrey hair knotty face and square chin a man of action and iron will Only in the full high forehead could I trace the visionary What did those buildings cost I asked of Mr It is impossible to say he an swered In those days labor was cheap and much of the work was vol- what future use will they server None whatever I am afraid they must fall into decay They are too large and massive for ordinary use and not needed for the locality Are there any members of the society throughout the country None and this I think will never revive- Many of the members have gone to other churches the of England chiefly I suppose music and stately service proved the attraction The descendanteof the will prove lovers of church music for many generations he said with a smile What work is your opinion of David- fork and worth i- on Page i