FULL COURT OF APPEAL
CHINESE SHIPPING ACTION.
The Full Court of appeal, ecosisting this meting” Chief Justice," (MYRAJINĚ Gompertz). Mr. Justice Skinner Tam and Me Justice Wood, heard na interes ing-Chine shipping action pesterday,
THE
SERMO
thedral on
Let us take as the
in which Fang Yueng Chan appealed the opening against a judgment given by the keting Chief Justion (Mr.Gompersey in favour of Wong Lam Sang and Chan Tao Bing in connection with the non-fu
contract in regard to the anle Trong dung
God payer mon pity."
INGKONG DAILY.
tyve That is what Laught" ang sinabing the essential:
of the Gimpel, But it was not men" began to put
the fray of God
"RESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 177H, |1920,
SEIZURE OF ARMSAT
YAUMATI
EXEMPLARY SEN
Aro Chinese living
Faumati and
No. 137 were charged at the Magistran
fith the unlawful posse
two daggers Othe
smmunition
solver 'and.
When
feast not to dwell
heathen ideas into the Church, the fenz Qoch was,
preached in the
th, did much
of In our collects we have so many though the condensed in a few words, that males wa pause over" them," "s we pray them, and Mr W. I Drummond, instructed by think out extolly what they mean, we are of his heat Mr. W. B. Hind, appeared for the appel not likely to understand them fully and the tendoney to fear God lants, and Mr. Eldon Potter and Mr. Fshall miss much of their value, “C. Jenkin, instructed by Mr. G. R. Hay- wood, appeared for the respondents.
The appellants ak that a judgment, giren on June 16th, 1820, be set aside and that a new trial be had on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the weight of the evidence and, that since the date of the judgment it had come to the knowledge of the appellants that the steamship Ausg
It suggests much to say that God declares His power chiedy by showing mercy and
y su person has cannot show may feel it. high
love Him "The middle
ecclesia
weapons were found by the police in
bicles occu
previum hearing
The defendanta PA
two men denied all knowledge of the knives and daggers,
were
that the revolver and
in her istody by a On Saturday evidence of the dis ther than to
of the weapons was given, after artly from
which the Magistrate reserved his deci from the
;,,
terday, when the deieudants nte isid more repeated their previous statements a fear of God, and suspector Caygill,
and: of meg like,†
ridente. and mor: though he of the
condemned "tor Isrise collect seem ta
spoke.
ease
prosecuted asked Then in the Magistrate to take a surzoux view of gland we had the writings of]
the case in view, of the haya dane much to popii shooting and stabbiar
taken fears of God, and to represent place in Taumafi recently. revulver, Hima dread and mighty King rather which was found in the woman's cubicle, Hong was attached by the Magistrate of suggest that sin presents a real difficulty than the loving Father of whom Christ had bad two shots recently fired from it, the Hoi Fung district, in the province of to God in His dealings with the world.
I remember when I was a little and, for all he koer, it might have been Kwangtung, prior to the date of the Sin is the breaking of the laws of God, boy thers was my old clergymen who used the revolver which was, ed in a recent alleged agreement for sale, and the rew, and God's laws cannot be broken with to terrify is by lengthy and detailed den shooting caso in which two shots were fired, pondents have shown that such evidence punity. You cannot attempt to evade the criptions of the tortures God had prepared but, of course, he could not prove it.” He emid, not, under reasonable exertion, have law of gravitation and expect to escape for those who disobeyed Him, and the received information of an armed robbery become known to the appellants prior to the consequences. You cannot break the result was that one's childiak mind rane contemplated by the amle defendants, and the date of the said judgment, that Mr.sanitary laws of God and not suffer for to regard God and the Devil as two beings had to take immediate action, by riding Justice Gompertz had improperly admitted it; you, campt live, in foul sin and drink who were always on the look out to min in sgidence under this action, evidence of impure water and expect, in have a healthy one. The result would probably have beot the fact that respondents were entitled a body. And to break God's moral, lawa lain my case as in so many others, a thorough principals to claim on a Chinese document, oren more serious than to break His dated January
sversion 10th, 1919, which was
to religion altogether, had it not natural tawa, and so the consequences of been that others taught me of God as signed by Chan Tse Hang, in which breaking them must be even more serious, loving Father, and they showed me some uns and the provision of a remedy for breaking thing of the joy of feeling and knowing His the Court below the respon them is even more difficult That remedy lore. dents were defendants in the action
entailed the death of Jesus Christ. Before brought by Wong Lan Jang and Chan To Hing in respect of the purchase of the vessel, running between Hongkong and Ban Mi Plaintiffs alleged that the de fendants agreed to purchase the vessel for $78,000; but failed to do so, thereby caus ing plaintiffs to suffer damages ka the extent of $21,547,"
Hinged at the owner
Judgment in the Court below was in favour of plaintiffs
Our Lord's death upon the cross He prayed that if it were possible the cup of suffering might pass away from Him, but it was not possible, so He suffered and by His Death He, the representative of humanity. won-forgi
Now God can forgive us our sins if He
up the practice of public worship one finds To the care of many men who has-given-
that they have been brought up with those terrible Calvinistic ideas of God * King with unlimited power, who is on the look out to punish any infringement of Hie rules and regulations,
the house
ase without a warrant. The Magistrate convicted the defendanta. The Inspector then produced a letter written by a man in Canton, claiming the apons as his The Inspector inid, that this man had to leave auranti hurriedly
after the defendants capture, in order to
evade arread.
After reading the letter, the Magistrate (Mr. Hutchison) remarked that this man would be an interesting person to get hold of
Inspector Caygill: Yes, but he is gone. The two male defendants were sentenced to six south hai labour each, while the Woman was given the option of a fine of They have known nothing of the love of
$250 or three months. She elected to go to Jail,
we have a penitent heart, and He does our Heavenly Father. They have no ex- forgive them,
perience of the joy which comes to those who trust in the love of God."
"Shewing mercy and pity," says writer on the collects, fastens the mind
Even amongst professing Christian people one often finds that their religion than on His sentiment. Yet ever here hardly touches their lives. The fact that there is a distinction; the two words mergy God is their Father has never been fullst and pity do not represent exactly the same realised, so they
to Fim idea. God's mercy moves Him to pardon voluntarily in every difficulty or danger winners; His pity moves Him to help temptation or sick then...
Mr. Drummond, in cutlining the case, assed their Lordabip's-permission, at the outset, to take the three grounds of on God's action towards the sinner rather apal separately, because if he succeeded the third poing it would be unseces sary to go on with the other two. In prove the third grannd it was sary to sub-divide, the argument into red honds, the first being to prove that the evidence was improperly admitted in the court below and, to do this, was -necessary to take a point, not taken
the Court below:
in
Mr. Porter bjected to the point being taken at all as the plaintiff had no right
not
I overy Christian realised and used upon the belief that God declares His almighty power in showing mercy and pity,
Great then as in the difficulty ut showing mercy and pity to those who break God's laws, He has found a way to do so. There seems to be inherent in man tendency that the world would soon become Chris to think of God with Fear Perhaps that is the result of the origin of the religious
to argument on that point Mr. Potter sense, which is perhaps to be found in the contended that the argument now set up was inconsistent with the case set up in the Co below
Their Lordships agreed and upheld the objection,
dresh evidence Mr. Potter contested Mr. In regard to the second point that of Drummond's claim that he would introduce a document obtained from the Chinese Court as evidence
This objection was also upheld, as Mr. Drummond was unable conclusively to Prove ownership.eh
OPIUM DIVAN HAIDED. ILLEGAL TRAFFIC IN THE DRUG.
"A Chinese woman was charged, at the Magistracy, yesterday, with the
viyl possession of nine taels of prepazed hon-Government opium.
said that the drug did not belong to her. The defendant admitted possesion, but I was left for sale keeping in her house by a friend, a woman travelling trader
Inspector Grant, said that he raided the
we should sli lead such happy healthy defendant's flat in China tom yesterday, and on a cockloft which the defendant tian, because it would see that we Chris-admitted she occupied, he found the opium. ins have a treasure which the world cannot give and can never take away.
were several people actually smoking opium on the premises when he raided it. In the cockloft he also found eve opium pipes. Mr Hutchison imposed a fine of $500 or, federa
three months' hard labour, The
Five tins were found in an ingenienaly carved piece of wood which formed part of worship and propitiation of the spirits of How many people wreck their own in the pocket of a coat which was hang- her bed, three tins in's basket, and one tin the dead. The fact at least is certain that happiness and often spoil the lives of others ing on the wall. The defendant said the pian has a natural tendency to think of God about their business, about their money not know local regulations. She told wit by giving way to worries, They worry had been here only a short time and did with fear. To certain extent that is about their healthy about their family andness that her husband was at sea. Witness A dozen other things, and that is just what had a strong suspicion that the flat was But we must not allow the fear of Ged to anxions, said our Biessel Lord. Come rooms in the house were all laid out for
gat Fear God, is a Christian precept,
the Christian should never do. Be not being run as an opinm divan, as the other overshadow the love of God, fent to break God's lawn, but our chief laden and I will give you rest. And He We must unto me all that labour and are heavy
the purpose of opium smoking, and there Our does. Let us #fy to grasp as a living pc thought of Gel must not be fear but love, manent reality the fact of God's love for We are His children and He is our Father, His children. If we do that it will drive and the child who fears his father more way our worries. Let us realise that God. then fie, loves him, is in a sad way. The and sustainer of all the forces and the is in the world, that He is the creator Jews feared God, but while the early beauties of store. The work that is Christians had a fear of God, what chiefy The presence of God in the world in the dime upon earth. He doeth it Himself."" characterised them was their love for God personal presence of the Divine Father, and their neighbours, ở. That was what they. He is never faz away from na. He knowK had learned from Jesus Christ, and it to show His merry and His pity, and to everything about us, and is always ready At the Magistracy yesterday, a Chinese ought to be the same with us. We should change our sorrows inta joy. We are far was charged with stealing an electric table think of God with fan, vained at $30, from No. 27. Conduit
oughts of love not of too sporto think and speaks of the Chris
times life on earth as a heavy and wearisome Bature
in out fear. The burden which can only be carried because Inspe shown we hope for happy life in the world to
Mr Drummond continued for the rest. of the afternoon to argue the first point
The bearing was adjourned till today.
-ELECTRIC FAN STOLEN.
FROM BANK STAFF PREMISES.
Rond quarters occupied by the staff of the
Bank of Taiwanese kind
fect Tove attitud of God (to
*The defendant denied the theft He said by our Lord in the
DE
drug was confiscated
TRADE RIVALRY
A HIRED BRAVADO
the Ma Potter appea charged with
yesterday Mr.
defend
Another Chinete
West Point, on
aid that the wounded
sut barber. He left his that on Saturday he met a friend be in the Prodigal Son. The father in the story happiness of the world to come exceeds all was alleged, became angry at this competi
But that is a great mistake, True, the rival business next door. The master
recently, and started vited him to go to the House in question to see another friend Arriving at the house, was yearning after his lost son all the we can imagine now but the rest and re on and they found no one in, and witness friend time and when the son returns the father and now And the child of God the web the complainant in Fat Hing Street
freshment our Lord promised us begin here quit the complainant.
employed the defendant to suggested that he should carry away the
The defendant table fan's He refused, and the friend took receives him with arms; that shows us realims his Father's presence and his on Saturda
loving Father who Father's love feels the joy of Heaven hit him on the head with a hammer, cans. and having picked & quarrel, already shining in his like, while all nature ing an ngly wound which necessitated five
it himself When they got to Caine Rodd. God way
the friend, gave the fan to him and told delights in showing mercy and pity. That reminds him of God him to go and pawn it. He did so
Inspector Blackman, who prosecuted, said
the
that the defendant K employed by the specially
Chinese electrical store which was engag
to fit up the house with electri
Ho was among work
That was some time ago. Taki
tage of the fact that he was
ome to hold, cortab
came, but the
adran
of God's nature thay Christ ed to the world Men had God before not learned to oving Father,
From above us and from under,
In the ocean and thunder,
Thou preludest to the wonder Of the Paradise to be
an
sowe to the servants of the boose as an employee of the electrical store, he went to the house on
Saturday and told the No. 1 boy that he the heathen who delig! was taking the fan to the shop for repairs,
The Foy allowed him to do so. On Sunday oppression, they morning, when the defendant did not bring Jehovah as the God of
the fan back, the No. 1 boy went to the Jesus Christ confirmed store to make enquiries, and discovered
that the fan had not been taken there,
The Greeks had come
He reported the matter to the police, who 4 #God of beauty, and our
nade enquiries and traced the defendant this iden
pawn ticket relating to the fig which he
knd pledged for 817 - was found-con, him
At the time of his arrest, the defendant
aid that be bad only 37, out of the pro cend HLT
alleged, bad, the
other $10
Afr. Bmith sentenced him for one month's hard labour
and thi vide
ook upon God a
of the
in cruelty and
God
For a moment se may gues Thee From thy creatures that confem three When the moth and evening blats theo, And thy smile on the sea.
Then from something scen or heard, Whether forente softly stirred. Or the speaking of
Or the singing of
bird,
Cares and sorrows Coase;
(Mr Hutchisin inded the case until Wednesday fixing bail in the sum of $50-
PICK POCKET'S MISFORTUNE RUNS INTO CONSTABLE'S ARMS.
the
Chinese (wa
pocket of another Road Central and
THR
yester
he was looking
anly he felt
Foutur Ground and bbed the defendant who had some his hand, but atience drop
gesuigralenzéd the
to recoter
and the
Chase
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