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LEATEN SERMON. THE SACRAMENT AS CHRISTIAN EVIDENOL
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COMPANY MEETING. HONGKONG, AND WHAMPOA DOCK
COMPANY.
in this connection. The programme I have outlined may, perhaps, strike you as suplewhat large, but, I can assure you the do not hy shy means contemplate exir vagance any department, wo do, how- the ever, intend to keep pace with the times,
and, in the circumstances, I
ain confident you will consider it a sound policy to write off liberally whenever we think it to reserve 2000,000, which will then bring ntessary. We propose further to place
our reserve fund up to $1,000,000, - can be used for future developments or for any other purpose your Directors think fit.
The sum of $80,000, bonus to Bláff, appearing in the accounts represents 20 their behalf your Directors further pro- pose to initiato a provident fund on
t is to commemorate the death of Les Christ, Who was put to the death "The Sacrament de Christian Evid criminal. But the striking thing at "the third of a étrica of Jenten coopt His death is that Bo repeatedly. The ordinary yearly recting
remarkable dotationgkong and Whampoa, Doel C the Holy Communion told it with ddresses on
rmed the ubject of the Rev. H. Coplesch a thing is without any parallel was held yesterday, at the officer
the world. There
other Company
No. 2, Queen's Building. forle's sermian, at St. John's Cathedral.
record of mau repeatedly Hou, Mr. 8. H. Dodwell (C) on Sunday morning. Taking as his text
his leath and the uttond presided, and there were also present Jolin. c. 1. v. 29,- tile rev, gentleman St..
nat circumstances. No one else has over Bir Paul Chater, C.M.G., the Hon. Mr. The fact that the Holy Communion is known when or how death would come Landale, Megars. A. Sorensen,
Astronomers can foretell
White, J. H. Walla (Dictors) yah P elebrated to-day all over the world, to him.
A. . Lang,
P. E. Pearce, D. Macdonald, wherever the Catholic Church exists in cclipse of the sun or moon a
0. of
Graham, F. Smyth, P. Tenter, E. Abra not say when we shall die. Only one man has ever been able to foretell the eir.(shareholders) and R. M. Dyer (chiaf
foretelling
one of the stronges pieces of evidence years hence, but not the most indred. Moxon, H. B. L. Dowbiggin, J, W.
of the truth of the Christian roligiso, 1 can tell when be wilt die. You and ham, O. 1. Elis, o Bi. Cháu Sui Ki Por cent. of their annual salaries, and on
world that time,
expressed
similar hes to those already adopted by any other local said Eastern companies, in which the European steff can parti
Four
If you went to Athens; gered St. Pater, who rebuked Chite for ships, fitting out armed merchantmen and I need mention, but, when the report and the home of learning and art, you would saying it and drew upon himself the ro stopped on the departure of the feet pleased to answer to the best of my
tort from His Master
Get the behind
It is to this subject I wish to direct vent thought this morning,
1 go back in Chuught to the time suistances of his death, and that man is manager).
The CHAIRMAN said: Gentlemen, it is when Christ we born yous will s that Jesus Christ. As soon as His Apostles with considerable plensato dust I come
of the civilised had chipë to pealise the unique their of our operations for the year 1015, cipate, and so create a fund to provide throughout the wheeligious feelings of their Master, and had
before you with such a favourable account belief through the mouth of St. Peter in because it represents the cultuination of
for the old-age and retirement of those of the people of every res found ex
served well and pression in the killing and offering to the words Thou art die Christ, the Son our efforts during the last five rather dim employés who have their god of an animal. If you went in of the living God," immediately Christol years. Perhaps you will hear with faithfully, 11 is to the energy and loyal
services of our
our Europeiaff that the the great sity of Rome, the mistress of anto tell them of His death. The Son me for a few moments while I give you the world, you found there a crowd of of Man must go up to Jerusalem, and sbor account of our work during that results we are able to put before you are very largely due, and I Am xare, temples erected to the various gods in thereaffer many things from the elders time,
While the feet was operating in these therefore, that both the Lions and the whom the Romans believed, and in all and hief priests and scribes, and be put those temples you would find that the tooth, and after three days rise waters we did all that was asked of us provident fund scheme will have
hearty support. (Applause).
I du no think there is any other point worship was connected with the killing again. The announcement simply stag in the way of repairs to His Majesty's of an animal.
transports. This work, however, soon
accounts have been seconded, 1 shall be find the same thing there a vast archer
which was followed by the gradual with-- of temples and altars, and in them all me Satan." It was after this that Christ drawal of large numbers of the merchantability any questions that sharehlders 292 would find animals being slain and bade whoever would come after Him 10 vessels regularly trading in and out of
may desire to ask. I now formally beg fiffered ng sacrifices. You remember how take up his cross and follow Him.
this barbour, and I will frankly admit to propose the adoption of the report and We read in the Acts of the Apesties that Transfiguration, we are told that Shortly after this, on the Mountain
accounts as cireu'nted. (Applause). AUT that prospects at that time looked Paul and Barabas healed a cripple at the
Hơn 100 brilliant
Mr. A. O. LANG, in meonding, said- Our ship-owning
Gentlemen,La rising. Lystra, and the people of that place Christ converted with Moser and Elijah rinds were exceedingly cautious about tion of the report nad Accounts Id
to second the adop
desi thought they must be the gods Jupiter about His death which was to take place placing orders for new ships, white our hin Jerusalem. Again, some months later,uffers to the then Minister of Munitions and Mercury, and we are told that priest of Jupiter. brought oxen He spoke of His approaching sufferings to undertake any kind of war work that and would have done sacrifice with the and death, and warned. His disciples to we were capable of performing merely people. To kill an animal was to them" let these words "gink down into their brought forth a letter of thanke for our Son of Man shall be be- patriotin, but unfortunately no orders, the natural way of expressing the rears, for the ligious instinct, and it was the common
After a few months, several local consting and generally accepted form of religious
ships were temporarily returned, other old ones were acquired by enterprising worship all over the heathen world. Or
owners hare and in Shanghai and exten Again, we have the clear announcement sively repaired, while the enemy's stb. if you went to the Temple of Jehovah, in the City of Jerusalem, you found made to the Apostles on the last journey marine campaign made it only 100 evi-
we go up to dent that the erying need for the persibility of repair work must necessarily Proceding on ordinary lines the pos exactly the same thing. The temple to Jerusalem Behold
Jerusalem and the Son of Man shall be of the war was likely to be ships. In courts ran with the blood of animals delivered unto the chief priests and orders for new tonnage were consequently be problematical, but the possibilities of sacrificed in hundreds at the great feasts, gribes, and they shall condemn fire to extensively placed, but owing to the construction work are practically un- and every day sacrifices of animals were death, and shall deliver Him unto the Hosie
limited and it is gratifying to know that steel--and offered to God. All the abief events in
$190, I fear, to the ignorance possibly
with completion of the extensions now the life of the Jew were marked by aneri Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to fices offered to do. All their antional crucify, and the third day He shall be of the Home authorities as to our capa in hand the Company will be in a posi
tion to undertake shipbuilding in all ita city to efficiently carry out work'entrust- heroes from Abraham downwards had raised up."
The death of Jesus Christ was an evented to us-these vessels had to be
branches on a tuach larger scale then has completed offered sacrifice Without sacrifices,"
hitherto been the case. no morning
to which He looked forward all through with material from Aineries, aut many said,
dawned, to overig closed, no public entertain His public ministry. He saw in it the of the auxiliaries built here, necesitatang no evening ment was celebrated, no harvest was
was inevitable and recessary conclusion of considerable delay, and increased" ein wae expiated, and no coremonial im offered for the sins of the world. Before were successfully completed to the entire wishing the Directors and Chief Manager housed, co vintage was gathered in, no His life, and He regarded it as a sacrifice However, eventually all these contracts Hongkong, and the Fur Enst. and in
trayed into the hands of men and they shall kill Him, and-or the third day Be shali riso again'
For requirements
very
in the first place to congratulate Directorate and Management on excellent results of the year's working.
As we have just heard the dominant in the Chairman's speech is one of Hole in progress and development, and while other concerns may be doubtful about the future and hesitate to Iny out capital I am Aure we are all pleased that such is not the case as faràs the Dock. Company is concerned,
Gentlemen, the Hongkong and Wham- paa Dock Company is not only an asset of the shareholders, it is an asset of
satisfaction of their respective owners. purity was removed." In other matters, He died Henebrined the memory of
In 1917 the Homo authorities,`appeur-
every auccess in their progressive enter- the nations of the world differed widely His death in the Sacrament of the Holy
ing at last to realise that we could build prise I feel I am but voicing public senti Lood ships in Hongkong, prohibited us he conservative policy of paying for in the matter of offering animal sacri. direct opposition to all the religious feel + from building to our own design and these developments, so far as is possible, from each other but they were all alike Communion, a Sacrament which was in fices, and yet, to-day, we find such sacri-ings of His Apostles, for it bade them specification, and after extraordinarily fices entirely unknown throughout the who were Jews to drink what He called prolonged negotiations placed the order blood, which no Jex would ever do, and lart number of standard ships, full of And when we look back at the history it bade them look for forgiveness of their which are at present in an advanced, of religions we see no attempt made to sing to. His death. All along Christ bad stage of construction. Those of you who abolish sacrifice and no idea that religion coupled with the nanouncement of His were present at the launching of the could ever outgrow it. The prophets of death; the prediction of His Rosurrection 8,000-ton · Par“Sniper last Thursday, a view mast have necessitated a great deal with all their deep spiritual on the third day. It was that Resurrco bave seen the other ships constructed by of overtime, and the additional duties
Christian world.
Igral
no means.
Lion to which Christ always referred the sug- sacrifces Jews when they asked for a sign. Had that Resurrection nut taken place it is impossible to suppose that the Apostles would have been willing to revive the memory of their Master's death by cele brating the Holy Communion. For is plain that His death had battered
heir hopes.
ue during the last few years, cannot, think, fail to come to the conclusion that shipbuilding as a serious business has come to stay in Hongkong, and not. only abipbuilding---because we do not build the mere shells, as is the case with so many of the shipyards we have heard so much about recently-but, in addition, we construct ourselves the main engines, and most of the auxiliaries, thus boilers; possessing a practically self-contained establishment.
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out of revenue will doubtless meet with approval and thoroughly command itself to prudent sharehold
No one, I feel sure, will grudge the bonus to the staff, as the vast amount of work accomplished during the year under re
have, I cheerfully performed.
understand, been diligently and
In a
It is very satisfactory to learn of the inauguration of a provident fund, and so far from finding fault I think the general concensus of opinion is that this is a step in the right direction. concern like the Dock Company, where so many Europeans are employed, such case of old employés I trust it may be a fund is car
especially necessary, and in the found possible to make the scheme retro- pative to some extent.
The motion was carried unanimously. Sir Paul Chuter and Mr. A. 8. Soren- Ben were re-elected directors on the pro- position of Mr. T. E. Pearce, seconded by
Smyth Messrs. H. P.. Smith and A. R. Lowe Mr. F. were re-appointed auditors at a re muneration of $1,000 each, on the pro position of Mr. D. Macdonald, seconded by Mr. J. W. Graham.
teaching about religion, never
the abolition of gcated Neither did the philosophers of Groses or Rome. Socrates' last word, were that a sacrifice should be offered. The philo sopher Emperor of Rome, Marcus Aur elite, when waging war, ordered the offering of sacrifices on so large a scale that it was jestingly said that the white
The fact that Christ. Who had long oxen had written to him say to thou art victorious, we are all
Tooked forward to His death, gave to His
I mentioned when I last appeared. Yet this custom of sacrificing animals, Absties this Sacrament as a memorial
before you that land had been acquired Bu universul and go deep rooted, bas prae of His death, and that since the founda- tically ceased throughout the civilited tion of the Church thig Sterament has for a large new shipbuilding yard at the warlik How is this to be accounted for beca celebrated, and has displaced the east end of our premises. This land bas Flove the motives which prompted these once universal system of animal ghorifices, now been lavelled, and, when the new sacrifices ceased to influence pen? By strong ovidence that is death has machinery arrives this year, our building What were the motives which that unique value which has always been capacity will consist of three hertha 600 ft
long, five 500 it, and four 250 ft.
With prompted them? We may say with er attributed to it by Christians.
the extension of Gar The words which John the Baptist spoke ve
shipyard we tainty
that they were offered because the
to hake
provision for are true: Behold the Lamb of calarging of our of Christ
the offerer wished to acknowledge the
boiler and machine power of the god he worshipped, or because he God, Which taketh away the sins of the shops, foundry, saw-mill and other estab wished to return thanks for gifta received world. If all the records of Christ Lehnicnts. With a view to this, addi- and help granted to him, or be, wished innity had perished, and only the rite tional land has been acquired at the back might be had on application at the office, to implore the help of his god on occa of the Holy Communion remained, it of our present engine shop and forge for sions of
national or domestic calamity, would still remain certain, that One had future extensions, and a considerable or he wished to obtain forgiveness and appeared on earth Who claimed to be the portion of new ground has also beon Divine Saviour of the world, and Whose Laken in at the back of the paint and make atonement for sin.
Can we say that these motives are no death was believed to have been followed salvage storee. This latter portion has longer effective? Certainly not. A beby & glorious Resurrection und Aacen en acquired with a view to the con -atraction in the future of a largo new lief in & Supreme Power is practically sion."
graving dock between cur prosent Nos. 1 universally found to-day amongst all classes and all races of men. Nor can
and 2 docks. The pro we say that the desire to oxprees thanks to God for benefits received has been banished from the heart of man.
The
ALBUMEN:-Only limited quantities of motive that prompted the triumphant albumen are available on the American procession of the Roman general to the market. Quotations range from 81.25 to Capitol to offer oxen in shundane, to $1.30 gold. Jupiter after a great victory is still found EGG YOLK-Spray process remaing at the Christian heart in times of gold cents, and the granular ut about national victory, as witness the vast 55 to 60 gold cents. crowds that thronged all the Churches last November, when the signing of the Armistice wsa made known.
Ju
Again, we cannot say that the feeling which prompted men to seek the help of a Higher Power in times of personal or national disaster and danger has censed to influence men. remember some years ago speaking to a man in Hongkong about prayer, and he told me that during several years that he had been hara bo only remebeidd having prayed to God twice; each occasion he was, uz he in danger of death.
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TRADE REPORT.
EXPORTS.
.this new dock are sed dimensions of with 110ft. entrance. The futuro, I am confident,
Ace larger vessels
trading to the East,
The CHAIRMAN announced that dividend warrants would be ready to-day and after which the meeting terminated.
MORE STEAMERS
REQUISITIONED.
HONGKONG RESIDENTS
DISAPPOINTED.
Following on the recent requisitioning
and whenever we consider the require of the Nore and Nord, it was learn ments of the port warrant the building yesterday, with consternation by the of this dock its construction will be pro- numerous residents of Hongkong who had ceeded
ded with; in the meantime, you have hooked passages by the Canadian Pacifis the satisfaction of knowing that your Ocean Services, Ltd., that the British Company possesses the necessary land, Government have requ tioned the Com- acquired on reasonable terma
pany's steamers in April and May for SKILLED PEANUTS.-Nominal
Το quota- enlarge our western hrd we have the transport of troops from Vladivostock tious: --30/32 at 612.60 per picul; 32/34 decided to remove three blocks of houses to Canads
present $11.60 per picul; 83/36 at $11.50 per for whose future nocommodation: an cancellatio Ferefore announces the
occupied by our Büropean The Cany staff, picul.
following passages by the additional arte bag bond, overlooking steamer the Afonteagic, on April 6th, back of our new shipyard,
288 41 Bussia, on May 1st, the of Japan, on May 14th, and the
UNSBELLED PEANUTS.-At $10.50 per picut. There are no buyers.
PEANUT OIL-Old tins at $20.00 for Kowloon Bay. New fonce are now ingress of Asia on May SHAR
no business.
No. 1 quality and at $19.50 for No. quality. There
CASSIA-Saigon, 2/6/10 nast, $46. CASSIA DIL-75/80 per cent. at $250 80/85 per cent, at $240.
20e of construction; and, when com
pleted, should prove very comfortable and healthy dwellings. Apart from the boats have been commandeered for one present information is that the sity of increasing our buildinagincity,
these alterations are being carrice out trip only. We understand that the boats with a view to the welfare of the staff,
were fully b
booked, the Monteople carry. am sure you will agree, musting 187 passengers, the Empress of Russia be one of our first considerations. Their 209, the
which,
ANTHEED OIL-16 per cent. at $160. TRA OIL-Seeks buyers at $19. Again, we cannot say that the desire to
WOOD OIL-A decline in price is re- present quaitors, now that wo aro build Empress of dia 29, 191, and the obtain forgiveness of sin has ceased to ported, the closing quotation being at ng mudlarger vessals than formerly, are In view of the very resigned manner in
far too near the ships under construction which local resident, took the requisi operate in the hearts of TOON There may $21.
if the yard, and we feel confident that tioning of the Nore and Novara, it is not be an imperfect realisation of sin, but SOYA BEAN OIL-At $17.50 per picul. the vast majority of mankind fire ready TIN.99 per cent. is quoted at 187.
the new housing arrangements will without interest to recall that the resid LARDA big demand has set in, and wentually turn out to be beneficial both ents of Singapore and the F.M.S. made to confess that they have committed sina
tha staff and the Company. and that those sing need
prices have advanced to 833.50 for new, to forgivenusa.
Turning to the decounts for 1918, you those two ships that the Admiralty char You such an outcry over the withdrawal of We
Ling and to 32.25 for old tine. may say then, that the motives
considerable Bum which prompted the animal sacrifices are CALLNUTS-No businese in reported. will notice that a very written off
off for
tored a steamer, bas boon
Marama, and sent the M still strong and active motives in the The latest quotation is $42.
of the lives of men, and women to-day Yet
they not now lead us to
and offer animals to God. How do you nocount for this, which is tbe:
greatest change the religious world, bas over known! Again, lotus notice that though the suerifice of animals have ceased yet sacrificia language is still used amongst religions people. The term visting" offering * sacrifice,Atonement have not putased away, but they are still used, and they have attached them clyde to ore rite whitob is now performer All over Christen- dom, and that is the Sacrament of the Holy Communion, In that Boerament abroad.
STAR-ANISEED.-There are no enquiries This includes the bookpreciation it to Singapore to take-Home all Malar
at
626,
18/40
990.
:
HIDE-Cow, S lbs. at 809; buffalo,
40 lbs. at $03. ANTIMONY.-There is no business
old buildings I have mentioned, which a passengers who had been booked on may shortly have to be replaced by others still ommodation
Nore and the Navara The Marama In Singapore harbour, and will
for a large
Ten days ago
of a more modern design; the money that has been sport on piling and reinforcing
num
been recomdisappointed voyagers
at our Western yard to enable us to build bar, after all, the
vessels of 8,000 tons there; 90,por sent. have
GALANGAL-The Chinese cak 85.78
The closing quotations are. Siam Garden at 6 per picul Bium Straight at 88.75 per pieul. Biam Usual at 88.30. per picul. Saigon, long and round at last week's
quotations.
There is no demand at present from
off other additions made throughout the it was proposed, in Singapore, to reajl YCAT: 20 per cent. oft floating plant; and fox, other have been deprived of their to all the boat. If
10
per cent off the renining buildings those who
and plant. I would mention isnt during passages by the most recent requisition- tak, prompt: nation, it may be pre-
the war it has been practically impossiblo 1.10% vet to baro the Maranta sont on to to obtain machinery of any description: consequently, we have this year to face Hongrong, there is accommodation. the expenditure of a considerable sum available.