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THE BISHOP ON GOD.
PROBLEMS OF LIFE AND DEATH.
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At the war anniversary service the Bishop of Victoria, as reported in your issue of to-day, madis references to the
authors of two books which have been
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 1917.
He
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A special service was held at the Sikh Temple on Saturday, the opening of the fourth year of the Great War.
SPECIAL TROOPS FOR ATTACK LESSONS FROM BOISSONS AND CHAMPAGNE.
A CONTRAST IN METHODS. [FROM THE TIMES" FECIAL CORRESPONDENT.].
given to his search after Truth, he would, have been more famous than Marconi and have made himself a millionaire. deliberately chose the more difficult task, of doing what he thought was his duty.
To the the critic may reply: Bell is a place paved with good intentions."
During the meeting it was explained
Not many hours after the publication Indeed, som clergy have not hesitated to
was present how France to those suggest the agency of the Devil in con-threateurd and Belgium trampled upon in The Times of June 2b of the dispatch these in which I gave some acenunt of the discussed in your columns and which have nection with the alleged communications by the German hosts, and how received long notions in the Press of Great with the dead. That is the attitude of crimes compelled Great Britain to take organization of German "shock* troops, Britain. It is perhaps, not too much to mind which has done so much harm to ap atms in defence of her neighbours. a detachment of these same troops gave a say that both Lodge's Raymund or Lite true religion, in the past. Men of that Reference was also made to the benefits typical exhibition of the way in which] after Death" and Wells The Invisible type sent those who disagreed with them that. India is enjoying under British they are employed in an engagement on God have attracted more attention and to the stake. They caused infinite harm rule, it being recalled that since the Bri-the Mont des Singes, near Vauxaillon, had a wider circulation than any other to the cause they held most dear by their tish occupation Governmental despotis two books produced since the outbreak of fanatical opposition to Darwin's sugges-had vanished, trade had been developed, the war; not even excepting McKenna's
tion of the evolution of an; they said facilities provided for locomotion, and novelSonia or Between Two Worlds."
that even the most innocent researches of means of education supplied--ndvant
wrapped up in a plat
The Bishop of Victoria adöpts the same
ages which the people of old days would never have dream of. Furthermore, it was pointed out how it behoves every
little way west of the western extremity of the Chemin des Pames. On the saine day, between Mont Cornillet and Mont Blond, a small body of French troops,
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which is a book with a moral, or a sermon science involved blasphemy. When the buld scientific man declared that the earth went round the sun, and not the sun attitude towards Mr. Wells' latest con-round the earth, the orthodox Christian fession of faith as does the Bishop of was startled. Did not the Scriptures say Oxford, and possibly other leaders of the the both of the luminaries had stopped Church Brilliant writer and original in their career at the command of Joshua" thinker As Wells has always been, most Away with the hereties who maintained of us must give a sigh of relief to know a rank heresy when they said that the the Hongkong Police, and other local that be has found something higher, in earth revolved round its axis! A Papa) if that the crude animalism revealed decree was peremptorily issued to the
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in "Anne Veronica." He has discovered God limited, struggling as human being, struggle, helping those who will be helped, but he will have nothing to do with the doctrines of the Trinity and Incarnation. But Wells allows one of his
The meeting was largely attended by the meinbers of the H.E. S.B.R.G.A.,
Sikh residents.
The proceedings concluded with a prayer to the Almighty to strengthen the
arms of our Empire's brave soldiers and
bestow an invincible courage upon them, so that this world-wide struggle may terminate in favour of the Allies and
Tho affair on Mont des Singes, which with German success, entirely due to the action of the Starstruppen, and ended was inuch the bigger operation, began
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effect that the sun had to revolve round the surth--as had been stated in the Bible, But neither fie progress of knowledge nor the rotation of the earth upon its axis was stopped by the Papal decree. Instances the British Government, whose entry into of blind, unreasoning opposition by the the war was not due to any lust for ter- Mr. Britling to say Church to new idens can be multiplied. | ritorialannexation or other selfish mo- of Stroantruppen, carrying only grenades, i "Without religion life goes all to pieces." Every advance in knowledge has been attive, but to a determination to defend That is a comparatively recent discovery first regarded as subversive of the prin and protect the weaker nations. by Wella, and it is significant. There isciples of morality. Yet in this ange no nothing novel about Wells' conception of region is left unexplored in either time postponed until the following day and as far as they could without incurring i
characters in
God; William James and Bernard Shaw have hinted at it, among other writers. The ingenious brain of Wells has produced a complienbed idea of God: Chesterton puts it in his usually brilliant manner when he says that Wells complains about the God of the Trinity being complicated, but the God of H. G. Wells is ever so mach more complicated. The significant fact about this book, however, is that, despite many previous writings which must have been considered blasphemous
or space; antiquity has to yield up its buried treasures; the stars reveal their. secrets; the oldest dogmas must stand the test of modern knowledge.
After the war religion will have to face the need for re-statement and new know ledge. The ideas of the Guardian news paper, quoted by the Bishop of Victoria, do not satisfy the ordinary hard-thinking individual; it is often too selfish and narrow in its outlook upon the big problems of life. The books issued by the
The appeal for War subscriptions was
resulted in the collection of $303 : -- Mr. Ojagar Singh, Motor Car Co.8 Mr. Harnom Singh, Sun Yut Wharf... Mr. Mahan Singh, Army Ordnance ..... Mr. Kishan Singh, Pensioner, Coment
FRotary Mr. Jaggot Singh, Jean H.K.P. Mr. Bishen Singh, Noronha Press... Mr. Partop Singh, Asiatic Petroleum Co. Mr. Alma Singh, Kowloon Dock No, 15 Mr. Bishen Singh, Indian School......... Mr. Parem Singh, A. S. Watson & Co Mr. Santu Singh, Princes Buildings Mr. Gurdit Singh, Princes
Buildings Mr. Indar Singh, David Sassoon & Co. Mr. Indar Singh, German Club Mr. Janda Singh, Sergt. Maj. H.K.P. Mr. Sher Singh, Ping On Wharf Mr. Bacharra Singh, P.S. 210 H.K.P. Mr. Sohan Singh, Grand Hotel
by strict Churchmen, despite the dismissal leaders of the Church fail to attract of the doctrines of the Trinity and attention; yet seven editions of "Ray Incarnation, even despite the diatribe)mond appeared in three months, Thera Mr Nand Singh, P.S. 23 H.K. P. against dogron, good Churchumen like there six other books on mural and religion, I Singh, &, Seymour Road
Bishop of Victoria more or less approve matters by the same author; no possible of the iden of Wells, although it is only fair to add that the Bishop says "Such harm can follow a study of there. With a finite God as he (Wells) conceives many of the conclusions of Sir Oliver not likely to give final satisfaction for many earnesi, seekers." Then follows the introduction to the attack upon Lodge who has bran, says the Bishop, "advocat. ing what seems to me an unseriptural and unprofitable form of spiritualism."
'Concerning the masents and the charms.
soldier is a pagan. knight errantry a
Lodge the writer is unable to agree; ut he can find nothing "unscriptural and unprofitable" in the writings. It would, perhaps, not be unfair to ask the Bishop to produce the evidence which led him to use auch adjectives.
This wonderful continent of Asia las insect at the front, surely the Biship takes been the birthplace of all of the great religions. It may produce from among "Lack," or these things too seriously, chaner, dnes enter into our life a great its millions yet another great teacher. dral and because a friend sends a soldier & heavy responsibility is upon anyone who attempts to suggest that a thing is a mascot purebased, probably, at a war charity sale, it dug not follow that the wicked because he does not understand it, The blank materialism of the mechanistic In the history of knight carried his theory of the Universe faila to satisfy some luty's token; one of my most precious of us and the dogmas and shibboleths possessions is something given to me many tell us not to think. Mahomet once said: years ago, and which is of no intrinsic "There are two things which 1 abhor value; yet it would be found on my body the learned in his infidelities, and the foul] if in the future that body became in his devotions." The brilliant astrono- cannon fodder" at the front. The mer, Lalande, oasted that he had swept soldier of whom the Bishop' say's Pant he the heavens with his telescope and found sent home a rosary to be blessed by the no God; but he could give us limit to virar had a simple faith in the vicar's space although vision is limited. "Our powers, which, if it had been shown by churches, wrote Drummond, not many
Mr. Chet Singh, Palace Hotel
Mr. Mangni Singh, No. 8, Kowloon
Dook Mr. Dian Singh, Queen's Buildings ...
& Company Mr. Buchan Singh, Whitonway, Laidlaw Mr. Vasie Singh, Hailer & Co. Mr. Punjab Singh, Asiatic Petroleum Co.. Mr. Fanja Singh, Asiatic Petroleum Co, Mr. Bhan Singh, Asiatic Petroleum Co.
Mr. Pala Singh, Na, 7, Kowloon Dock, Mr. Easher Singh, Asiatic Petroleuta Ca. Mr. Mebar Singh, Mody's ફ House
Singh, Phuman
Taikoo Sagar Refinery Mr. Kartar Singh, Str. Futshan........
Mr. Jowala Singh, Nan Yung Co. Mr. Khem Singh China Sugar Refinery Mr. Chater Singh, Ice House Street Mr. Uttam Singh, Jemadar, Victoria Mr. Teja Singh, Chartered Bank Huuse Mr. Dial Singh, Soap Factory, Shanki
Mr.
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Mr. Tabel Singh, Sir C. P. Chater'
House
Mr. Lahk Singh, No. 30, Asst. Warder. Mr. Massa Singh, Ice Factory .. Mr. Sardool Singh, Wisemut Café
Mr. Santa Singh, Cement Factory Mr. Kartar Singh, Kowloon Dispensary
Chuk Mr. Punjab Singh, Hongkong, Mr. Tara Singh, Standard Oil, Kowlon Mr. Ojagor. Slugh, A. & Watson & Co Mr. Surjan Singh, General Electric: Co. Mr. Moola Singh, Queen's Road Coun Mr. Haedam Singh, Hospital Warder, Mr. Natha Singh, Pelice Conti Mr. Desaunda Singh, Qogen's Balding
Ganda Singh, Fannin ALr
Col Shed, Hongkong. Bag Singh,
Tramway Cupe
Mr. Surjam Singh,
acerpting the viear's interpretation of the years ago and the words apply to-day Mr Naurang Singguilar Street.
word of God, would have won approval "Our churches overflow with members Mr Messa Singh
from the Church. The incident shows how very simple minded was the soldier.
"UKSCRIPTURAL AND UNPROFITABLE.” A
Mr. Gurdit Singh Salt Fish Lane Mr. Baghel Singh, Gas Co. West Paint Mr. Kehar Singh, Str. Ilaitan Mr. Ajaib Singh, Queen's Buildings Mr. Moala Singh, Sir C. P. Chater
Mr. Sundar Singh, N. Mody's House Mr. Teja Singh, A.SC.
House
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and working in their shirtsleeves,
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this post and trench and swept on down MANDER BROS. (WOLVERHAMPTON),
the lunger communication trench below it, the French retiring before them as they advanced. Having rushed along it
heavy losses, they made way for ordinary troops behind belonging to a division
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which had lately come from the Russian
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front, and fell back to the rear, after
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duly carrying out the job for which they were intended. The result was
that
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French troops in the front trench
a little
to
10 way, east of the one which had been rushed, seeing the encny behind them,
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were obliged to retire, and quite a nice little block of entrenched ground fell into the hands of the enemy.
A counter-attack was, however, carried Sout almost at once, bit, though the first 5 attempt to drive the enemy out suceceded..
on the right, the position on the left, from which the Germans were able, owing to the lie of the ground, to drop grenades 5 straight down on the hands of the French & troops, was too steep and difficult to he 5 regained by direct frontal attack; and it was not till, at another attempt, it was stormed from two sides at once that it fell once more into the bands of our Allies. But the point is that it was so a retaken with little loss of time, and conse- that all the work of the special shock troops, effective as it had brea
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sas a coup de meit, was wasted,
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FRENCH SPECIALIRTS IN ACTION.
The French have none of these separate shock" troops... Their plan is to train behind the front officers, N.C.Os., and men temporarily drafted from their pri per regiments as specialists in the various weapons of attack, and then, before they rejoin their units as instructors, to put them through a kind of final examination in what they have been learning by post- ing them for a short time to some section of the front line where, as a separately organized force, they can try their newly-acquired knowledge of the handling sof hand grenades, rille grenades, machine- 5 guns, and machine-rifles on the curpus
pile of the enemy. That was what hap
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praed at Mont Cornillet.. and Mont
Blond a
a little to the cast, the Germans had still one observation post, the only one left to them on the Moranvilliers Massif, from which they still commanded on the phin. The object of Le newly
view of a sail part of the French lines trained detachment was to tae this post and two lengths of the front enebes communicating with it. That was their eat examination. Only 62 of thein were employed-squads of grenadiers and a handful of Juvit mitrailleurs, supported by machine-gues and 378, aud fo lowed by four sections of infantry ready to take over the trenches when they should be captured. They were apposed by two cocupantes, all young men commanded. Guarda officers, The attack was to begin 2 at 3.30 am. At 3 o'clock the enemy unde a fruitless attack of bis own, which lasted half an hour, and then the 2, who in the whole engagement lost only three killed In and 17 wounded, made their dash. half an hour the four sections had joined up, and in a very short time, after a stout resistance, the enemy were in full retreat from the disputed trenches, leav 1ing 200 dead behind them
who are mere consumers. Their interest in religion is purely parasitic. Their only spiritual exercise the automatic one It is, however, the Bishop'a denuncia of imbibition, the clergyman being the tion of "great, and learned tien like Sir faithful Kermit Crab who is to be depend.
The action, which was described to me Oliver Lodge” that merits our serious od upon every Sunday for at least a His senses now
8300 by an officer who trained and commanded the men who carried it out, though quite attention. This is no attack upon the week's supply.
small, was exceptionally brilliant, and all Biship's sincerity; there can be no doubt stirred by ceremony, now soothed hy
the examinees, including the young that he firmly believed what he said. Yet music, the parasite of the pew enjoys his will not refuse to those bereaved by the lieutenant, who fought through it all in war a comfort and faith which nothing spite of the fact that he was twice wound- he has often believed and repeated the weekly worship his character untouthed, "words "The greatest of thess is charity. his will unbraced, his crude soul un- else can give them that he endeavour is ed, go back to rejoin their regiments, not made to persuade the Bishop, the clergy only as heroes, but a men who, having and the missionaries of this diosece not first learnt their job and then put it into In all of the writings of Lodge on the quickened and unimproved. There is no subject of life and death it is difficult to worse enemy to a living Church than a to condemn any search after Truth practice, are the very best kind of
An apology may be due to tac Bishop Instructors. Very And him ** advocating" spiritualism, and propositional theology, with the latter
me that the French the selection of that word by the Bishop controlling the former by traditional for this criticism of his attitude towards As for the difference between the two
the men who have laboriously compiled systerne, it seems to was unfortunate. What he does say is: nuthority. For one does not then receive the forty volumes of Proceedings of the plan of having no special "shock troops, "I have thought it my duty to speak the truth for himself; he accepts it Society of Psychical Research It has but of, instead, training all regiments to been an unpaid labour; rightly or act in that capacity when the effort is wrongly they have done it on behalf of demanded of them, in decidedly better out," and those of us who disagrec most bodily
one makes the best use of regimental with him must, at least, grant that he Many people refuse to think about humanity. The evidence is there for all than the German method of creating a
us not condemn these an bear witness pride and esprit de corps,
the o
other tends has had courage to reveal to the public problems which have no dollars in the to see if we cannot accept it as proof let the one mad the for use in ugasional what must be sacred family affairs. Be answer. Some recept from others, in sloth Had the Bishop confined his audience to to weaken that invaluable quality by fore Lodge attempted to explore the un and in slackness, solutions which they the worshippers in the Cathedral, one stripping individual regitents of their to that much larger circle reached by the to the residue a feeling of inferiority. known, he had made a great reputation have no energy to work out for them would have hesitated; but when he appeals best fighters and giving almost inevitably selves. Neither of these classes would, Daily Press one feels entitled to use the But no doubt the Germans need no teach in science. If he had given one-half th
one may be sure, win the approval of the
other aspects of a subject which must genius or the limitations of their nation time to commercialising and increasing Pishop. It is because one hopes that he sine medium to suggest that there are ing as to the method which best suits the
and the necessities of the case. (Continuod al fout of next column.) interest all active thinkers. in number his inventions that he has
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