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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18T,
BEER
PRODUCE OF MANILA
UNEQUALLED IN QUALITY
THE PREMIER BEER
Now ON THE MARKET.
SOLE AGENTS:.
JAPANESE FORTITUDE
CALAMITY.
INhear expressions of wonder about the
strange dispensations of Providence. It you build your ton upon avemter edge.
upheaval comLC8,
TRIBUTE BY THE REV, J. KIRK let not Providence, leaned when the
MACONACHIE. A
BRITON'S URGENT NEED OF HELP"
The expectations of the congregation at Union Church, yesterday morning, that the lev. J. Kirk Maconachie would have something to say about the earthquake in Japan where he has just returned to the "Colony-were confirmed when the service speurd with the pamphense af, the forty-sixth Palm, from the Scottish Psalter of A‚Ð, 1000);
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God is our refuge and one strength,
In straits a present aid; Therefore, although the earth move.
We will not be afraid; Thatch hills amidst the seas be east ;
Though waters roaring wake. And trailed be: yea though the hills
By swoiling spas do shake. Before begiming his serno. Me. Maconachie xpressed his sense of per- sonal thankfulness for a safe return, his concern that, for some days, anxiety had been felt anongst friends in Hongkong for Mrs. Maganarbie's and his safete, sand their appreciation of many kind Enquiries Since their return..
Taking a text from the apocalyple di courses ascribed to Christ in the synoptie.
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For nearly ten years, now, we have lived in a period of shattering disturle- anges, perhaps without parallel in the refunded history of the world. 3-made wars have her followed by convulsions of niture on a quite extraordinary scale. The nerves of mankind, it, is screely too nich to say, have been, jarred and shaken by repentel sharks. As always in trou hled times many have lieen looking for some sudden and catastrophic windlog | up of the present era. There we Chris tians who confidently anx utyl
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SAD PLIGHT OF OUR FALLA>Y COUNTRYMEN,
"Before closing I should like
for the many bespeak your sympathy fellow-countryman of our own who have been deprived of everything and need substantial help for the time being to save what can be saved of businesses built up day tuang years of effort. 1 pro- wised the British Consulate at Kahe tn mention this matter in Hongkong, zil am glad to 6nd it already under the atten tion of the Relief Committeų,
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invite your prayers and sympathy for the Christina Churches au Missions in Japan, for indeed they have suffered greatly The Episcopal ensaion has lost hospital, cathedral and I know not how many schools and other institutions in and around Tokyo. The missionary eshumanity, I may say, was well to the Tore in the relief work everywhere, anal we murselves were indelted in several of its representatives for much helpful kin- ness in the course of our efforts to reach | The Churches of Japan are į the coast. hard hit in many ways but the workers) are meeting the case in a hopeful aud dauntless spiritu
Well, to and as we began, many have heen taken and some of us are left. If we are spares to life and dun it is that life may be made more dutiful and made richer in love, helpfulness and human kindness. Whatever the profit and los in material ways of the dévastations andi distresses which alight front time to time on one or the other part of our common artly haltation, we are impoverished in that which is more precious than goods anal gear if "ndversities fail to open our hearts to the fellow feeling which makes all men ki Due is taken, one is left; we are deaf indgel if we do ant, hear the reiterated Divine commandment that wo who remain be kind to one mother."
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"Last Tuesday, we undertood, was į fixed upon by Mfr. Coates as the appoints ed day for these occurrences, but the day eame and went, like so many previous asserted xtures of the same kind. with out anything happening. So certain, we are toll, was this good man that his reading of prophecy was right that be declared publicly he would be done with i Christianity for over should it turn int otherwise. It is rash at any time to Fun one's bonts for an opinion but when ! it rontes to staking the whole gospel upon one's own interpretations, surely it were more milest to conceive it possible, that we ourselves may be mistaken. I love Eved a fairly long time and van_rosacin- ber many sich announcements. I canhot Inestly say I ever saw any food coine
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"Some of us there have ju returned. an you know. for the land which came nost lightly out of the great war lut bas wheen overtaken by what is probably the most appalling sudden calamity of which we hare any record in the history of the world. The full extent and roni sequences of the disaster which destroy- ed in few hours those two great cities of Japan and ravaged' ', wast district around them will only unfold themselves in the course of time. Even, on the out- skirts it was terribile enough to miles I away we felt shock after shork, and wait.) Eighty Officesare established in the Princips ed hour after hour for news which grew Always worse, Around us were families. both European and Japanese, who bad lost their all, some had lost many friends, und soon we came to know that ever in Union Church in far away Hongkong there would be the vacant places this winter.
TRIBUTE TO THE JAPANESE.
"Just a slight alteration in circa- stances and those of us who have return- ed to you safely would also have been in that city of destruction: we realise to-day that indeed there was but a stop between us and death. I did not myself set eyes on the netun keenes of desola. tion I do not want to. and if films pur
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trying to suppress the most sensational PURCHASE OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE of the photographs which were taken, and I think they were right. It is each for some of in to have sechstens of thou. sands of homeless, destitute families fler. ing by any male available. And how collected they were, upon the whole, how, patient, coltured and willing to make the best of things. 1 should like to give | my tribute of respect for the manner in which, taking all into consideration, the nerve-shattering disaster was being net Of course there were failures here and there, and of course there ware hd chee neters la fgurul their opportunity in the temporary atarchy. That is bound to be An anywhere, Test I do not believe there ia muy part of the world where ich au extraordinary and extensive cofies a af emergencies would have 1 nut with greater resource and fortitute.
**ålong hundreds of miles of ržilway, anilachsee and relief work was organised in a day or two, as if by magic. Every passing train was met by enger Jurties of workers it almost every, stution). Hup plying food, ten, wateṛ,"bhileť nĄticles, stamped post ends, and what no else, to all who needed them.
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Hipan will surmount her fosses with good hears, if the spirit of belufunes and practical resurre manifested in these small at significant ways all over the SIN FRANCISCO: The Crocker National Bank country is maintained, as no doubt it of San Francisco.
Still, the country ħan land blow ander which any land might well red for Changchon Bankow Manchali Tientes the runest, and she needs all the paren
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"The ruined cities are soon to rebuilt, we hear. The wisdom of allowing vart huraan aggregates to settle in earthquake region is questionable to say the least. However, it is a thing that people will always do, and one can but hope that when some day ealamity again- overtakes the dunger point we shall not (637)
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