"Now let me speak to you about our privileges and responsibilities as
citizens of this Dominion. Our possessions and material things will be
our destruction unless we use them not only for our own good, but for
the good of the world. And these possessions we can never properly use
till we learn to prize those other possessions of heart and mind and
soul."

With a light touch upon the activities of Canadians, in the development
of their country in such matters as transportation and manufactures,
he passed to a consideration of the educational, social, industrial,
political and religious privileges which Canadian citizens enjoyed.

"These are the things," he cried, "that have to do with the nation's
soul. These are the things that determine the quality of a people and
their place among the nations, their influence in the world. In the
matter of education it is the privilege of every child in Canada to
receive a sound training, not only in the elementary branches of study,
but even in higher branches as well. In Canada social distinctions are
based more upon worth than upon wealth, more upon industry and ability
than upon blue blood. Nowhere in the world is it more profoundly true
that

"'A man's a man for a' that;
The rank is but the guinea's stamp;
The man's the gowd for a' that.'"

At this old McTavish surprised the audience and himself by crying out,
"Hear-r-r, hear-r-r," glancing round defiantly as if daring anyone to
take up his challenge.

"In matters of religion," continued the speaker, "the churches of Canada
hold a position of commanding influence, not because of any privileges
accorded them by the State, nor because of any adventitious or
meretricious aids, but solely because of their ability to minister to
the social and spiritual needs of the people."

Briefly the speaker proceeded to touch upon some characteristic features
of Canadian political institutions.

"Nowhere in the world," he said, "do the people of a country enjoy a
greater measure of freedom. We belong to a great world Empire. This
connection we value and mean to cherish, but our Imperial relations do
not in the slightest degree infringe upon our liberties. The Government
of Canada is autonomous. Forty-six years ago the four provinces of
Canada were united into a single Dominion with representative Government
of the most complete kind. Canada is a Democracy, and in no Democracy
in the world does the will of the peop