MISSION OF HEALING. AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL
Mr. James Moore "Eickson is hoping"
to arrive in Hongkong on Sunday, April
SPORT.
FOOTBALL.
MATCHES FOR, TO-DAY,
THE HONGKUNG DAILY FRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 3ND, 1991.
The following match will hesplayed in
THE PHILIPPINES.
U.S. COMMISSION ARRIVING BY
THE SS WENATCHEE,
THE CHINA FAMINE RELIEF CAMPAIGN.
The latest bolletin received from Peking states
China's National Famine Relief Drive,
Cable advices received by the local office now approaching final stage, is proving ber of the Church of England, and will the Hongkong League Division I to of the Admiral Lius report the arrival | in cold agures the 'willingness and eager |
10th, by s.. Tekad.
He is a lay mem-
conduct Mission of Healing at St John's Cathedral.
He will work under the sanction of the Bishop of Victoria,
Mr. Hickson has just concluded an extended tour in India, where he has held Missions in the diseases. of Colombo, Travancore, Doroskal," Madras, Bombay, Lahore, Lucknow and Calcutta.
Writing of his time in India, the Metropolitan (Dr. Foss Westcott) says that all the Bishops have spoken warmly of his work, and they consider that the spiritual effect has been more striking than the physical, though there have been many very remarkable cures from deaf-
ness, blindness, and paralysis, besides
other diseases.
Another Bishop writes: "He has an un- doubted, gift of healing, and a wonder. ful way of stimulating faith and holy living. I hear nothing but good” reports and wonderful reports÷from the places in Ladia he has visited."
day-
H.M.S. Titania r. Hongkong Police. Referee, Mr. Club, ground, 4.30 p.m.. Jones
UNITED SERVICES LEAGUE. H.M.S. Tamar . H.M.8. Curlew, Navy
Referee, Mt "A" ground, 4:30 p.m. Leaf..
A good game should be seen on the the Police, with the sailors, taking the lab ground between the Titania and points. "The Police will be assisted by Swan and Pearson, both interport play- ers, and should give the Shield winners
a hard game.
On the Navy "A" ground between the two Navy teams a fast game should be scen.. The Tamar, having the assistance
of the Sloops in port, should win. The Curfew have played good football, in the ships League, defeating the Hawkins by two goals to nothing.
The fund to-day totals $3,273,000 and in that fund all the people, from H.E. President Hsu Shib Chang, who was honorary patron, to the plainest of work- ers, are represented. The generous "por- sonal gifts, the bills and silver coins and the mountain of coppers, combine to show the real popularity of the movement to stille the famine.
of the s Wenatchee at Los Angeles,ness of the whole people to unite in a common cause and push that cause to a As, this ship was built on conclusion. California the Atlantic Coast, an excursion was Arranged from New York to Brattle vis Havana, Panama Canal, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. Her arrival on the West Coast according to schedulo assures her shiling from Scattie on April 9th and arrival at Hongkong on May
Gifts from the Ministry of Interior Her departure from Hongkong and Tsing Hun College bring the Peking total to more than $850,000. Canton has homeward is fixed for May 14th. ist.
Prominent passengers on board for the wired that $70,000 has already been raised thero and $17,000 has already been remit. of the Robert Dollar Company; Major Shanghai which has set its goal at Orient include Captain Robert Dollar, ted to the Peking-Drive Committees General Leonard Wood and Staff; Ex: $1,000,000 is continuing its drive to the end of March, the total now exceeding The 5,000 students who con Governor Forbes of the Philippine Is-300,000. lands; and seven newspaper corresponducted a tag day, raised $18,000 and the dents.
General Wood is visiting the Philip pines at the request of President Harding to investigate and report upon conditions as they exist and formulate plans for the future of the islands.
Mr. Forbes was Governor of the Islands In the Junior division, there are three for a term of about eight years, and his matches down for to-day..
contact with conditions combined with the wide experience of General Wood should, cable the Commission to present to the President u complete and interesting
women in their house to house canvaS raised $41,000.
Field workers unite in declaring that never in China nor abroad was there a more thorough combing of all classes. for funds nor a more whole-hearted response to the appeal. Nearly every provincial capital organized a drive committee and extended its operations through the pro- vince.
The St. Joseph's-Staffs' watch is the The results of bis Missions are both physical and spiritual, we are informed. Enormous crowds flocked to him in India.ost important, as it still has a bearing
on the division. Championship. The Car-report. Some cures were palpable and seen by ale having left port and having with-
Others were reported afterwards: drawn from the League the College team COMMERCIAL TRAINING AT everywhere, worked in the closest har- limbs straightened, sight restored, disease
all.
benlid.
The following is taken from an account of Mr. Hickson's Mission in a town in South India: "The Mar Thoma Metro politan, as well as our own Bishop (the Bishop of Travancore), was present in the sanctuary at the Healing Service on the first day, and on the next day the Suffragan - Metropolitan attended" and
delivering romained throughout, Benediction at the close.
Thoma Church and one or two Jacobite
HONGKONG UNIVERSITY.
const.
To date, 59 counties have made returns to the Peking Committee alone. The Drive extended from Mongolia to the ing and from the western country to the extreme south where Canton is still work Chinese and foreign residents united mony, gate generously and all, without a any object other than the relief of dis- Success is a large measure was due to
his staff. The unquestioned character of Mr. Sun Pao Chi, Chairmannof the drive,
assistance in a new scheme for commerMr. Sun inspired confidence throughout and the committee chairman who formed sind training which has recently been the republic. Ho not only gave his own started there. The course of study for service and a generous donation but de the Degree of Bachelor of Commerce in tailed his able staff to the work the drive. cluda, lectures on industry, trade, and transport.
have only to play three more games, and should have little difficulty in annexing
The Acting British Commercial Serre-tress. the remaining points. By doing so they will qual the lenders and the final match tary at Hongkong was recently approach of the Tragne would be a replay betweened by the University of Hongkong for the College and the B.G.A. Reserves.
The Oilers meet the Club Reserves and a good grine" should be seen with the Oilern winners.
So. mundy persons contributed to the success of the campaign that the com mitted can not name them all. but it Wants to thanks them all inipartially, in Publication of the donations is work. the same spirit in which they did their
the various international committees to The funds aro all to be turned over to be expended under careful and rigid supervision,
In connection "with these the Univer thr
The United-Kowloon Reserves match,sity has expressed the desire to receive Braides our on the S.C.A. ground, will be another from United Kingdom manufacturers for if possible, cinematograph films illus own clergy several kattanars of the Mar. good match, which should end in a draw. exhibition purposes lantern slides, and, contemplated at an early, date however. The Hawkins, winners of the U.S.trative of the processes used in the Food, drink, and drug manufacture, League, are playing an exhibition match following industries with the Rest of the League, on the Club milling, brewing, etc., textiles, clothing, ground, on Wednesday next, at 5 p.m. leather, tools and machines; structural The League shield and medals will be industries (1) smelting and manufacturing presented to the winners at the close. of heavy iron and steel; (2) ships,
kattanars were present each day. Among the sick folk there was hardly a section of the community unrepresented. Even looking Syrian Christian ladies knelt side by side with outcasts, non-Christian as well as Christian, all thought of religious or social distinctions put aside for the moment, all being filled with the same need and the same hope. The catholicity of suffering and the catholicity of Christ's compassion and will to heal was the thought aroused by the spectacle."
Brahmans and Nayars and aristocratic.
bridges, and railways.
A good deal of publicity is being given Another good match between H.M.S.
in the United Kingdom to these requests, Hawkins and H.M.S. Titania, winners and in London the Department of Over
Engineering. of the U.S. Lengue and Challenge Shield,cas Trade is co-operating. Eastern. respectively, is to be played on Saturday, April 9th, 1921, on the Club ground at 4.30 pan. under the distinguished patron- go of H.E. Vice-Admiral Sir A. L Duff, Provious to visiting India: Mr. Hick-K.C.B. The proceeds of the match will soti laboured for sixteen months through. be devoted to Earl Haig's Fund, and the out the dioceses of the American Chureb, Navy are expecting u record gate. and also visited Canada, holding a re- markabir Mission in Toronto.
Dr. Manning, now Bishop of New York, in a letter to Mr. Hickson on the
UNITED KOWLOON,
The following will represent the United in their last League match against Kow
BRITISH AND FOREIGE BIBLE SOCIETY.
RELORT OF THE HONGKONG AUXILIARY.
The report of the General Committee for the year 1920, which is to be pre- seated at the annual meeting in the Helena May Institute, on Tuesday even-
conclusion of his Mission in Amloon to-day on the South China ground, ing, states that Bibles, Testaments and Bays. I look back over it all, my kick-off, 3 p.m. shurp:-J. Beach; J. Portions (ie., single Gospels), amounting | wonder and thankfulness for the resulta. Leonard and D. D. Urquhart; A. E. "Sim-1 to 5,018 copies were sold. There was
Such a res
mons, D. Laing, Wm. Baker, J. Kent, P. Brown,, C. H. Blake, C. Driscoll, G. Chubb.
LAWN TENNIS.
YESTERDAY'S, TOURNAMENT PLAY.
Open Doubles Major Edwards and R. Townsend beat Major Greenaway and Capt. Oliver, 4-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4.2
Club Championship.-A. B. Raworth boat G. Miskin, 10-12, 8-6, 7-5, 6-3
received, by sáles, the sum of $1,248.11. The total includes Scriptures in English, the West are slightly represented in the 381 copies. Other leading languages of statement of sales, also Japanese and the languages of India. Publications. in various forms of Chinese, comprise the bulk of the issues under notice.
grows deeper and deeper. ponse as you have found, and such results as have followed, would not have socmed possible to any of us. It is plain: that, although we did not know it, the time
Aid to the Society from this tuxiliary, was ripe for this message. The help which your Mission has brought to the
bus again been rendered through the Ladies' Committee, as a chief channel for collecting subscriptions. A Chinese lady sick and suffering has, indead, beon-
collector had part in this service. The vill ople great; bub it is the testimony of all that
Committee trusts that her examp the spiritual results have been greater."'
be followed by others and that the Bible Mr. Hickson wishes to work in fullest
Mixed Doubles Handicap.-Lieut. Col. Society will derive increasing support coc-operation with the medical faculty.
In China, last year 3,974,000 books were C. Willson and Mrs. Bowen, 0-7,76-4. S His teaching is that all healing, whe. J. Bowen and Miar Bowen beat Major from the Chinese Churches of the Colony. Handicap Doubles-A, D. Humphreys distributed, the largest total yet record- ther effected by medicine, surgery, mental processes or spiritual treatment, is God's and JH. Penman beat A. H. Crooked. More than 3,000,000 of these con- kift: that what is purely physical pro- and A. Dyer Ball, 4-8, 7-5, 9-7sisted of portions of Scripture, mostly Handicap Singles "B."-Licut. Lark Gospels, which were sold by colportage. duces only physical results; what is com beat J. H... Freeborn, 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 Last year the Society placed five and a quarter million volumes in the hands of people speakong many different tongues, mental affected only mind and body;
This result is the more remarkable when while spiritual treatment may affect the whole man.
it is remembered that in Central and Eastern Europe as well as in Russia, many colporteurs have not been able to. resume their work since the war,
The tentative arrangements for the Mission in Hongkong are as follows: On Monday, April 11th at 5 p.m. at the
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME. Open Doubies Championship.-R and H Hancock Commander Johnston and Burge Lieut Morrison.
Open Singles Championship-Ng St
Club Championship.-J. B. Penman Major Edwarde.
Handicap Singles "B.". F. Caville
HV. Dawson.
Awong 1. S. H. Ismail.
Cathedral Hall Mr. Hickson will meet the clergy and the other workers who are to help in the Missiou. The principal Mission Services will probably take place. on the mornings of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 12th, 15th and 14th from 10 am to 12.30 p.m. On the last evening of the Mission there will be a apecial Thanksgiving Service, a
CRICKET.
H.K.C.C.. KOWLOON.. The following will reperesent the Hong- A preparatory meeting, for those in kong Cricket Club Kowloon, in the terested will be held in the Cathedral League match, at Kowloon, today at Hall on Wednesday, 0th at 10.30 am.2.15 p.m.-F. H. Farthing (capt.), L.
There will also be a daily service for preparation at St John's Cathedral at 10:15 m. and Holy Communion on
Mr. Hickson Thursday, 7th at 7.15 a... -Jays, the greatest stress on preparation by prayer for the Mission."
J. Davies, A. E. A Webster, W. H. Hope, E. J.R. Mitchell, J. W B. McPhail, H. A Sawyer, H H Day, 10. Lyon Brown, C. C. Dance and A. N. Other
QUEEN'S COLLEGE ATHLETIC BPORTS
Income has increased to 2386,000; ex- penditure is also greatly in excess of previous figures. Printing to-day costs two and a half times, binding three times, and paper six times the previous
rates.
The accounts of the Hongkong Auxili- ary-show that the receipts amounted to. $1,957.89, including 8364.80 collections in Churches, etc., and $1,533 collected by the Ladies' Committee. There remained a balance in band of $12.71 at the end of the year.
THE CANTON HEGATTA.
THE HONGKONG CREWS: The following crows will represent the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club at the
Canton Regatta to-day at
Senior Four D. Logan (bow)
The following tables show the amounts raised in the various contres to date and also the amounts collected by the several Peking banks, which collected the funds
during the drive:-
Received by:
Bank of Communications,
Peking
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Bank of China, Peking... Exchange Bauk of China,
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80,080.00 71,083.04
Sino Italian Bank, Peking Chinese American Bank of
Commerce, Peking Hongkong and Shanghai
4,154.85 1,647.71
Bank, Peking
Banque Industrielle
64.90
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7,859,43 Banque de Indo-Chine,
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3,895.52
00,240.70
8343,633.50
.$300,000.00
..8813,663.59
D5576-Lohengrin
D5558-Madame Butterfly
DSS50-Pagliacci
Dist4--Manon
D5543-Fast Trio
...A. Polversi
(Prova maggior)
(Addio korito asil)
(Nedda Fonio).
...G. Armanini &T. Farris
...
(IL sogno)
$810,700.00
Total amount received to
date (18.3.21) Total amount paid out to United International Committee
$ 510.77.
45.50
80.00
Amounts received from "citics outsido Peking (included in above total):-
Shaching. Yunnanfu Autung s Pingtingchow Fengyang Hankow
70.00
1,000.00
947.01
$800,000 175,000 100,000
70,000
$2,039.28
Shanghai Hankow Nanking Tsinan Kaifeng
Taiyuan
Changsha
54,000 60,000 30,000
Bisafu "Anking
12,000
-10,000
Chingkiang
5,400
Boochow
7,700
5,000
..1,000
835,000
50,000
$2,725,100
Hongchow Wahu Lanchow
Peking Canton
Campaigns Not Reported-Tiantain, Pactingfir, Moukden; Chengtu, Many Smallor Points, pad Chungking.
BISHOP WANTS LAUGHTER
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I want to see people Inugh in St. Albans abbey," said the Bishop of that diocess at Luton. Why should we not Inugh in God's house. We must get rid of the awful distinction between religion and life. I want to see the Church help Ling to bring courtship on a proper level, instead of kicking it into the dark places of the earth. Let young people find their consecrated to the service of their fel mates at church; then their lives will be
lows, ART
A list of detailed arrangements will be The annual athletic, sports of Queen's C.Smyth (2) P Havelock Davies (3), College held on Thursday at Causeway J. 8. McCann (str.), H. W. Potley (cor)
Senior Pair G. Smyth (how.), -issued Inter.
Bay, were voted a great success in fact the most successful ever held. There were B. McCann (str.), H. W. Petley (cox) no less than 23 events, and the Senior Junior Four.-L. Emerson (bow.),
T. Lamplugh (2), Capt. Nel (3), Capt. Dodwell (str.), H.-W. Petley (cox)
Junior Pair. J. Huxley (bow.), P, A. Single Beulls-J. S. McCann. Dixon (str.), HW Petley (cox.).
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Junior Championship to U. Abraham with 17 pointe Mr. Bovera gave away
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