VOL. 2. The Canada Lutheran Published monthly in the interest of English Lutheranism in Canada, by the authority of The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Central Canada. OTTAWA, AUGUST, 1913. NO. 2. "The Prosperity of a Country depends, not on the abundance of it's revenues, nor on the strength of it's fortifications, nor on the beauty of it's public buildings ; but it consists in t he number of it's cultivated citizens, in it's men of education, enlightenment and. character ; here are to be found it's true interest, it's chief strength, it's real power." --MARTIN LUTHER. PUBLICATION COMMITTEE The Rev. J. J. Clemens, B. D., Editor-in- Chief, 250 Lyon Street, Ottawa, Ont. The Rev. C. A. Dennig, Williamsburg, Out. The Rev. P. C. Wike, Galt, Ont. Associate Editors. Mr. J. A. Loa, Circulation Manager and Treasurer, 104 Stanley Avenue, Ottawa, Ont. Mr. A. H. Casselnran, Advertising Manager, Morrisburg, Ont. All communications must be sent in to the Editor by the 15tth of the month previous to publication. Subscription price 50 cents per annum, payable in advance, to the Treasurer.