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ST. GEORGE FOR MERRIE ENGLAND.
THE MUNGONO DAILY
country has been kept inviolate to the intrepid bravery of our anilors, who, with a chivalry that grudges no toil and no dauger, have facer the hidden death and dared the daily peril. Men told us " that chivalry was dead, that the age was
Preaching at St. John's Cathedral on Hunday evening, the Rev. H. Copley Morle said:
→ It is hardly necessary for me to tell von that April 23rd is St. George's Day: Four years ago there would probably have bech very few people here who knew the day, but now it is well-known. So the war has revived an interest in the patron Sains of England.
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selfish and material, that we were living upon the exploits ni our ancestora, but when the call of the country sounded long and clear, the spirit of St. George was aroused in the hearts of the men, aye, and of the women too, of our Empire, and the mankind of England and the Empire hastened to slay the dragon of litarini. And to-day, though the Bation the poorer for the precious lives that has been sacrificed, it is immeasurably Firler. Ton His spijit that has filed all hits the spirit of service and volt denial, the spirit of unity in great cause that will yet be triumphant,
It must be confessed that we know very little about Bt. George. He was horn in Cappadocio in the third century and served in the Roman Army in the time of the Emperor Direletions. He is com monty believed to have torn down the edicts which had been published against the Christians and to have suffered
But the dragon is not yet slain, and martyrdom in consequence, on April gard in the year 203 A.D. Gibbon, the, like St. George, must still arm out famous historian of the Decline and Fall selves for further conflict, and be pré- of the Roman Empire, has identified pared for a harder struggle and deper bim with another George, but without pain chap we have yet experienced. sufficient reason, and Gibbon acknowled | let our watchword be "God defend the ges that his identification à not certain, right. And let us out here gladly His legendary encounter with a dragon take our share in any self-denial und to save a beautiful princess who was labour which will enable us to take o about to be given to propitiate the part, however small, with those who give monster, may be a Christian revival of their lives in the trenches in Flanders the ancient classical story of Paraus or in the trought of the North Sea wave, for it is only those who experience some thing of the pain of the great conflict who will be able to share in the new spirit that, please God, this war will bring to the world.
and Andromeda.
I was in the year 1920 A.D. at the Synod of Oxford that St. George was chosen as the patron Saint of England, Previously Edward the Confessor had held that position. A story is told that
Robert, Duke of Normandy, the son of William the Conqueror, was in Palesting
For we may be sure that no one can rightly take his share, however humble, in the slaying of the dragon without. feeling that his manhood is purified and his spirit enlarged by a sense of fighting against the Tucks and following gladly in the path of duty. besieging the city of Antioch when a Let us be sure that, in spite of all the large army came to the relief of the city horrible brutalities that the war is caus and threatened to crush Duke Roberting, God will ultimately bring good out and his army.
dedicated al the
PRESS TUESDAY, APRIL 93ED, 1918.
INT GEORGE,
St. George the Knight had wearied of his story,
Had tired of adoration and renown,-
He set himself a quest-80 runs theory
A knight, as he himself, to nave, and crown Chosen from earth, 6er all earth's bands more glorious,
Ever to rank the Bravest of the Brave; St. George of Alexandria, the Victorious,
Seeking, grew graves
How might be make decision 80 stupendous ?
How make the choice so fraught with might and weight, Looking on worth and valour an tremendous,
Flashed from the ranks of earth's most famed and great? Plumed, and in glistening armour, down the ages Stately the vast procession noved before, Heron whose names make brighter history's pages,—
Masters of War!
George looked on, with brow perplexed and saddened,
As host Jed host of princel hearts and bold; Though all werd hetoes, none his spirit gladdened
By sought for excellence of perfect mould- He paused. “Who comes behind the lines advancing! What stranger this with soul of living fire Trending with weary step, yes proud cyc glancing ? A tad in khaki, Sire!
An underling from Britain's troups on earth, Sire,
Who war to
save the world from Prussian might; He only gave his all,twas little worth, Sire,--
His shabby, blood-stained garb offends thy sight!!
St. George stooped down,-coded his quest laborious,
He looked ne more, he found and claimed his own; The boy in kaaki and the Saint Victorious
Together sought the throne
Hongkong.
CORRESPONDENCE. "ST. GEORGE'S DAY." [TO THE EDITOR OF THE ** HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS;"];
St-May we again trespnes on your columns, appealing for a large collection on "St. George's Day "
THE TOMBOLA.
AUCTION OF SPILLS,
Packets were bought by Mr N. Pearce, $100; Mr. H. W. Looker, 855 and 360; Mr. F. C. Butcher $80 Mr. H. B. L. Dowbiggin, 375; Mr. C. Champ kin, 873 and 800 Mr. L N. Leefe, $75 865 and 300; Mr. W. A Dowley, $75; the Hon. Mr. H. Holyoak, $70; Mr. R. Hancock, $70; Mr. C. M. Ede, $70; and MAR. Raven, D
A very successful niction of tombola rills, realising no less a sum than of this evil, for in spite of man's misuse
82,330, was hold yesterday evening at the of the gift of free with God is still ruling.
City Hall, the Hon. Mr. H. Holyoak Thereupon St. George appeared with the world and the wrath of man shall
Spills were offered in baskets of three an, innumerable army all in white with turn to his praise," It is well nigh im
proving a very persuasive auctioneer. possible for us, who stand in the mad
to four hundred each, and in paskets of a red cross on its banner, the Turks fled chaos of a world at war to see how the
His Majesty the King's letter to the sixty to a hundred cach: The highest price paid for a baskot was $400 by Mr. C. in terror and the Christians took the terrible events of to-day can be overruled
for the betterment of the world. It is Tomes regarding the Red Cross Funds Montague Ede, who also purchased a city. This is supposed to have been the only when the great catastrophies of his cabled out from London on the 18th inst, second basket for 3360, Mr. N: J. Stabb cause of his being selected to be Eng-tory can be viewed from the stand-
aro the names of the purchasers, and the point of a later nge, that men van is call to all of us to maintain with paid 8800 for one basket. The following land's patron Saint, St. George was the good which is always proved the out abatement its sacred mission to the prices paid in pach instanes
very goal of the world's in
Mickid prisoners, whun One basket, Mr. CM. Ede, $100, ertainly widely reverenced in
Onc Basket, Afr catly times The Emperor Constantine And we may hope and pray that our Wulfate has our anfailing solicitude and
children in future years will be able to our heartfelt sympathy One basket, Mr N, J. Stubb, $300 Church in his honour look back on the great world war as When the ladies bring their tins round ginning of the 4th enn. the dawn of a better, age, even as we for our donations, let us forget the War Stabb for $110 and 100; Mr. T. E.
to-day can look back on some of the Bond tickets and the Spills that we have tury. The Rope of Rome in the year calamities of the past, and see in the bought. Let us visualize the situation 491 A.D. disbelieved the story of his the causes of progress and improvement. and get down into our pockets as deeply encounter with the dragon, but decided is through pain that the world ad-as possible,
vances to higher levels. That fact is There is no man or woman who would that St. George should be ranked with written plainly in the history of the not wish to lend a hand to the wounded those Saints" whose names are justly church and of the world. Go back in soldier or prisoner of war if he or she thought to Jerusalem in the time of St. knew how to. The Red Cross and other reverenced among men, but whose actions Stephen. You remember how he stood organizations can du collectively what we are known only to God.". In the Greck out among the early Christians as the would cach wish to do individually. man who could argue convincingly with More and more funds will be required to Church he is held in high estimation and the Jewish opponents of Christianity. carry on the work is known as the Great Martyr.
And they were not able to resist the We, therefore, appeal again to the In the middle ages the battle-ury of wisdom and the spirit by which bu generosity of an already generous com
and the spirit, by whic spake
pottuja munity for large contributions this English warriors as they ebarged their
But they rose against him. St. Stephen George's Day.Yours faithfully, foes was, 50 George for Merrie was stoned to death, the first martyr
THE STREET COLLECTING COMMITTEE England." The legend of his fight with of the Christian Church. And after his death we are told there was a great the dragon to save the princess symbolises persecution against the church whic the duty of every true man to stand up scattered abroad throughout the regions was at Jerusalem, and they were Bil for the weak against the unjust attacks of Judaca and Samaria," How hopeless of the strong. It other words, it stands it must have seemed. The little band of
Christians scattered and
...
for the principle that might does not make right, St. George rushed eagerly to the help of the weak and defenceless, and our sountry has done the same.
It was because we had guaranteed the neutrality of Belgium that we went to war with Germany when she invaded that country.
We had to choose between peace at the price of honour and the terrible ordeal of var
and our rulers made the choice which the Empiro has so emphatically approved. August, 1814, was the hour of momentous decision.
Once to every man and nation
the moment to decide,
HONGKONG ST. GEORGES DAY FUND.
St,
acknowledge dispersed, The Committee what a blow to the cause of Christianity tons Further amounts will be grate with thanks receipt of the undernoted dona they must have thought it. But what fully received by the Hon. Treasurer, that were scattered abroad went every Shanghai Banking Corporation was the result? We are told that they (Mr. J. H. Ramsay), c/o Hongkong and where preaching the word." And so all Balance as per last statement $3,139.00 over Judaea and Sumeria there sprung Rev. T. Robinson
up groups of Christian believers Rov. T. W. Scholes
If they bad found Jerusalem os P. A. J.” pitable and comfortable place of resid-W. Morley
ence they might have settled down into Proceeds of Raffle per Mrs. H. a little sect of Judaism, but under the Stringer
stern lash of persecution they became Mrs. Stabb (260-at 3/21) the founders of a world-wide religion, and so from the stones which killed Stephen they began the building of the Christian Church.
Or take another case from later times.
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In the first half of the fifteenth century men who lived in those days the evil the hope of Christianity seemed to centre must indeed have seemed triumphant, comesound Constantinople. That was the and the cause of Christ must have sem.
capital of the Eastern Empire, and for ed on the eve of collapse. eleven hundred years it had been tho centre of learning and knowledge, and to
So let us take fresh courage and learn trust God more completely. The the source from whence Christianity hal methods of His working are beyond our
In the strife of truth, with falsehood,
"for the good or evil side.
Then it is the brave man chooses, while
the cofrard stands aside "
Doubting in his abject spirit till Hia
Lord is crucified.""
Because we had been peace-loving onceives me balieved that Germany
same, and 80 Wo
mand tha
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THE LAUGHTER OF THE ENGLISH.
England, we know thee better now,
Unuttured all thy sorrow;
Thy humour wears the stern day out
And mocks the grim to-morrow.
while he world aaid,
For
while the world said, "Let none smile,
There is no marth hereafter!?? The golden lada" of Shakespeare's land
Outfaced their doom with laughter.:
We guess what inward threes must shake
The stout heart still unbroken, What griefs lie in the silent deeps,
What agonies unspoken
But all the world bears is the quip
That dont's at pauic's rumour Where toff and cockney carry on In high intrepid humour."
Simple and subtle, is thy mood-
Not honouring Fritz to hate him! Leaving him puzzled at tay jests,
The scorn wherewith ye rate him.
England, we know then better now! Through all the years hereafter Shall thy name, England ring for us
A chime of vallant laughter.
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AMERICAN IRON EXCHANGED FOR JAPANESE SHIPS.
made the
were Christianity seemed to have received a final convincing proof of the evils of United to obtain
on land. We had relied on our Navy to
200,000
one forth into many lands. But in anderstanding. We are like the soldiers 4 SECOND PROPOSAL UN IRON AND SHIPPING. 1453 A.D. the Turks under Mahomet In some battle, who can only see just had attacked the city and after a alege that which is immediately about them,
As already reported, the long pending of fifty-eight days had taken it. They but cannot tell now the fortune of war question of offering about 100,000 tons of had put Constantine Paleologus, the is setting on the whole front, but the Japanese shipping to the United States last Emperor, to death and slain some general who
in return for a supply of American ship in command knows building materials has been recently 00,000 of his people. The glory of the it may be that the pain from which the settled. It is now reported that another Byzantine Empire had departed and world is suffering today may be the similar proposal has been not ready for the terrible encounter with its centre at Rome was fallen out and that these things will no longer be tons of
stunning blow The church in the West autocracy, of militarism, of materialism, tons of
in exchange for 100,000 evil days. Unbelief and sensuality and tolerated by a world that has realised the
matcrisis. The and us, and right nobly it has done nepotism and ignorance were rampant brotherhoud of humanity. New hopes exchange should be effected at the rate of
American
I said to be that the And the wisdom of our trust is deed as if the cross was destined to the womanhood of many nations. In that the price of the iron should be the
among the higher clergy. It seemed in and aspirations are to-day stirring in
tons of shipping for every ton of iron, the fact that though wield to the crescent, But the fall of country after country women are becom American official price of $65 and that the British Empire stretches from East flying for refuge, to the countries in which through ignorance or help should be delivered by April of next year. Constantinople sent the scholars of the ing no longer ready to acquiesos in con of tounge 3116, and that all the vessels ent to continent, no single of the West, taking with them their lessness they have been compelled to put It is believed that the proposal will not that Empire's territory learning and what hooks they could save up with in the past. The war has Japanese shipbuilders if the date of be difficult of entertainment by the from the Turkish invaders, and their shown what women are capable of and very of the ships is extended to the of next, your In that case the
shon
inch of
only
knows he foot of the invader. It is not coming brought about that revival of has brought them powers and oppose chipbuild will be able to offer
island home of our race that learning in Europe which led ultimately tanities, which have never been theirs be has exped the desecrating tramp of countries where Rome retained her which seems all evil, and having done our Long of vessels to be built with the 100,000
to the Reformation. And even in those fore. So God brings good out of that 200,0
0000 tons of shipping out of 300,000 hostile mics, but that same inmunity power, the coming of the scholars from duty we can leave the issues in His hande, tons of iron and stool which they will from insion has been enjoyed by every purification of the Church. We can see never so impatient. He, sitteth between result of the agreement reached on the Constantinople led to a revival and for The Lord is King, be the people obtain by January of next year as the island ab colony and dominion where it all now, as we look back on the events the chorubinis, bo the earth never so first proposal to exchange Japanese vesselo the banner St. George is flown, And from a distance of 400 year, but to the ander Gode owe the fact that or
unquiet.
for American shipbuilding materials.
(Continued at foot of next Uolumn.)
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