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ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL
Bishop Norris, of North China, preach ed the following sermon in St. John's Cathedral on Sunday evening, taking as text Take with you words rosen l'ess, of Jehovah'e reudiness to help, by cable from the Department of Commerci
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With metaphors that have, it may be, less meaning for us because we are not familiar with the prophet's country, he' umplifies his promise of Divine forgive
bidding his hearers look up to Leliton, with its forests of cedar and its natural The text may seema ironically appro grandeur, the pride of all true Israelites. priate on the eve 48 it were of our itself a scathing indictment of the de- General Synod's meeting in Canton. Wegradation of their worship. live in an age that is much given to talk- ing and some of you probably think that religious people especially would do bet ter to get on with their work. We might defend ourselves by pointing out that General Synod is not a Conference, not National Conference, not even a World Conference. It meets to legislate rather than to talk in fact speeches as such are discouraged there is very little time for them: we want to get on with our work.
It would be tempting to try to interest you is that work: the work which has. been so largely dere and done so long age for us of the Chuch of England that it has something of a revolutionary air where our own N.A. brings it forwar7, and something of the charm of nowolty when it has to be done from the begin ning. rather begin now, for an infant branch of the Church such as the Chung Ha Sheng Kung Hei
Bat other opportunities have been and will be farthentsing for attempting to do this: and confess that in this first Sun tay in Lent,-speaking as I am to those whose interest in and sympathy with bur Synod and its work. however deal it be, ought yet to rank far below their desire to get on with the work of their own salvation, an mere anxious to pro. duce again the prophet's message as help. ful to us all. We all at this season need to be reminded to make a right use of words: rather than to read into the pro- phet's language an irony which was never intended, nor is it merely as a text for speaking about the nature of our Gen- eral Synod and its work.
Take with you words." The prophet in speaking to you and me no less than lescaune of the to his own people. earliest of the great company of Jewish propheta-is one whom we learn to know and love more than most of them because of his warm human affections, and of the way in which he takes us into his confidence. He was passionately attach the kingdon which claimed his allegiance el to his country and his people. Israel. was but a little state, Samaria its capital Yet both a comparatively small city. were dear to him. Destruction. threaten ed. but persistence might vet avert it, and the way to repent is the burden of the prophet's message.
"Take with you words": the exhorta- tion is not ironical but serious and em- phathu Words are a characteristic of
true persistence.
PEKING. March 4th, S The American Commersial Attache's Office in Peking has just received by
in Washington, statistics covering tha trade between China and the United Sees during the month of January. These figures show the following interest- ing exparisons --
1940,
EXPORTS IN Cutsu-January, 0.87.60,000: January, 19:21, 11,88,788,000; Jaruary, 1924, 0.811,000,000.
IMPORTS FROM· Chișa-January, 1929, G-810,600,000: January, 1923, C.816,876,000'; January, 1924, 0.88,130,000.
But we need bot ger aver this nor over what is now to bs the wholly anintel- figible verse that follows, about the fin trees and the fruit. If we want to understand the prophet's emphasis on words as a necessary charactelistic of true ponitence. we have only to set It will be noted from the foregoing against, such degraded worship as I have figures that the gold dollar value of attempted to describe the story of the Americnu exports to China ipcreased ap publican standing ball hidden by a pillar proximately 11 per cent. in January, in the Temple at Jerusalem, his head | 1923, over Jarunry, 102. This increase
owed, his eyes cast down, speaking to is still greater in January, 1924, the God who he knows is listening Godpared with January, 1923, being approxi be merciful to me a sinner. Or the mately as per cent. story of the prodigal who returned to his. father, not content with the confession of his sin hut pledging himself in a life of service: Father I have sinned against Heaven and before Thee: I ath no more worthy to he called Thy son: but I will serve The us thy faithful slave, if only Thou will forgive,"
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American imperts from China during the same periods show approximately an increase of 45 per cent, between January, 1929, and January, 1923, but in January. 1924, they lost not only the previous "gain. but declined almost 3 per cent, helo January, 1922, values.
To is probable that higher values in 1922 than prevailed! in January, 1934 accent for a good 10 tion of this decline, and that netnai quan- tities would not show such a wide di B Bram,__ crepancy.
Money Cheats, Dingies Whalers, Cutters, Electrical and Wireless Telegraphy Fittings Electric Cable, Cooking Stores, Ships Fit- ings, Iron Beds, Mattresses and Fittings, Life Hafts, Life Belts, Carpets, Rugs T
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There is a vital truth for all sinners in the prophet's message, a reminder which every would-be penitent needs to re- meniber. Penitence, to he fruitful, must be definite. If ever we would leave the perilous path of transgression and ad. vance on the right ways of the Lord. vur penitence must not be a vague.un. clear thought- asaning remorse, but fut confession of where we have gone mong and why, with definite promise of reform.
January, 1923, over January, 1992, reize Foards, Old Cusks, &e. with you words. There is of Tuke
present largely netual quantities of goods, While there occurred some increase in course a design in lip service; it has come to be identified with formality and insin- cerity: words often repeated too easily come to lose their force and meaning.
Old Iron Figures for exports to China would Metal, Copper and Brass bess, Coal Sacks,
Sack seem to indicate a definite gain on Wood, Iron and Gun Metal Blocks, Lamps, quantity basis on American sales in this
Steel Tubes. Old Steel Wire Gauges, market. American prices haf undergone Rope Mineral Oil Chain Cable Drilling. iconskierable decline by January. 1922, Slottir.
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Tables, Compass, the years immediately prior to the rate, and Cattar Therefore, the increased values in: Checks, Irun Old Packing Cases, Pack-
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But on the other hand, words, deli
berate reasoned speech, in themselves are not only good things: they stand for this vital thing in our repentance,, its definite- ness. To the prophet they expressed a real contrast between the degradation of the fanatic cringing in terror before his idol, and the higher worship of a reasonable loving if deeply offended God. They implied knowledge, man, approaching without which men perished, knowledge of self and knowledge of God: the effort to get behind vague reasons to a clear consciousness of sin, to rise above inarti- culute groanings to definite resolves for
a new life.
And there is a vagueness about some of our religion to-day which is in danger of heing a 20th century counterpart of the fanaticism of the idolatrous Shari- of knowledge". Few of us can way as we tans. We too are perishing for lack ought "I know whom I have believed.
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prices between January, 1983, and the same month in 1951, it is not sufficient to account for the increase of 38 per cent. in the value of these exports and it may be assumed that a gonal part of this increase is represented by increased quantities of American goods shipped to China,
Other cable information from the De. partment of Commerce indientes that in January business conditions in Ame rica continued favourable. The steel, automative, and building industries are active and prosperous: labour is fully
low. The immediate outlook, therefore, played: money is abundant and rates pears quite satisfactory.thung Mei
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O farel return anto the Lord Thy God: for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity take with you words and return unto the Lord: say unto Him. Forgive There is of course small danger of our path ult, refused an appeal and të
our sins, receive un graciously: so will emulating the Samaritans in the harhar- affirmed the death sentence passed upon be fired by the Surveyor of His MAJESTY THE
ista of this superstition. But their sin lay not in that barbarism hut in their wilful ignorance, ignoraner of themselves and of their own sins, as well as ignor
we render thee the offering of our lips."
Lin service nowadays has become a term of derision: ret the prophet lays stress upon the need of words: and the Serintares were written for our learning, ance of God anil the incaning of 19; the authorities brought the accused into i
If the injunction contained in our text seeins strange, we are bound to seck an explanation.
Perhaps we can find it in the circum- stances of Hosen's day, in the nature of the religion prevalent amongst these to whom he preached.
righteousness.
When once we have grasped, this, we have taken the first step to uneasiness about ourselves. Their sin lay in their ignorance as acether prophet puts it My people doth not know. Israel doth eat consider."
like ignorance, vagueness, rarelessness, There are too any signs to-day of a about our own religion. I can but refer to one or two we can all multiply-exam- ples for ourselves
court.
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Friends of Kornifoff entertain the hope that the death sentence, may be con Let us take Church-muted to life imprisonment under the general amnesty granted at the Chinese going for one thing:-The clergy are
New Year. growing more and more anxious about the
The 1 falling-off in Church attendance. shorten our service, improve our preach- remedies suggested" are Various-to
Samaria-the capital of the Northern Kingdom, elaiming to rival over Jerus- alem--was decadent, disloyal, degraded. Her feasts, her new moons, her sabbaths, her solemn assemblies, were nesiduously nhserved. but observed in honour of the Baalim rather than of God. The peanle in Hosen's striking phrase--were perish ing for lack of knowledge. Their worship was unreasoning, a stupid senseless an peal to stock and tail, or an exaggerated, rebuild our organs, strengthen our ceremonialism which lent itself but tog choirs. In other words we are "tutry readily to sheer idolatry. Jehovah the very possible method to attract people to Church: if we acced we shall surely God of Israel who desired merey and not
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sacrifice, the knowledge of God może than be in danger of show & knowledge of dated February 7th,, says. (inter alia): the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, Incor
burnt offerings, was not to be satisfied with that which He despised: Jehovah
who had forbidden the worship of images was not likely to forgive the tenant to worship Him under the form of á call.
We can piece together the hints the prophet gives us of the depths to which. the religion of Israel had ink, and the picture is truly horrible. The streets of S. are thronged with worshippers whose steps are heat towards the Temples. The roll of drums and the changing of y hals welcome them within, Priests are pine high the burnt offeringa, vast
jelenals of incense striecle to overcome the stench of burning flesh : The conureza: tion gather in the presence of those benats of metal or of stone, or those woeden stocks or images which superstition has invested with dreadful power. It is the business of the Priests to excite the war- shippers to a frenzy of emotion, and excitement: and the poise, the crowda, the incense, the cries, all do their part. When the moment has arrived, the wor shippers prostrate themselves, and grovel ling on the floor they crawl, förward, to touch, to embrace and even to kiss the idol of wood or stond, of silver or of gold, in a reckless insanity of fanatical superstition.
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PREPAID Lent is our pugal reminder. We are in the degraded necessity of superstition. It is pleading above all for definiteness. Let his countrymen pledge themselves before Jehovah, let them abjure their trust in men, and all may yet be well Swear," he cries, "swear before God that you will trust neither Assyria nor
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