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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS
MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1936.
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ON BEING GROWN UP HOME FOOTBALL CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF
IN RELIGION
Sermon at the Cathedral
Jesus left the wilderness, con- The following sermon: "On Be- ing Grown Up In Religion was detent, free and full of power be livered by Bishop Hall at the Cathedral yesterday:-
I want to speak to you on these tour Sunday mornings about being grown up in religion. For most of us spoil our religion by being childish about it somewhere. We still keep a doll or an old woolly cabbit somewhere in our religious life.
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Perhaps we always give up ciga- rettes in Lent, or wouldn't go to bed without kneeling down. would feel unhappy if we passed Easter Day without making uur Communion. These
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cause He had seen clearly and finally that His Sonship and man- hood were one lite and that as He lived the one to the full so would Hc live the other at its best. The eternal opposites of God and Man. creator and creature met in. His lite.
His feet were set on a road which taken in either direc- tion led to the same goal. If He Uved as perfect man He would beloved realise His vocation as Son He would be the perfect Man. Jesus life is simple because it holds in it the unsolved paradox of the Uitle habits temptation, the contradictory facts of God-head and Manhood, of hu- It us "may" be just childishness.
Jesus took a child and set himnan and divine. In the midst and said we must be come as little children if we would share His Kingdom. But Childlike
from ness is in another world chlidishness. Childlikeness 15 sign of a mind completely free and therefore completely adult, the Childishness is a disease. of adult mind afraid of the freedom
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In Jesus life as in our own there
is a continual tension between re- liplans experience and the expert- ance of God in every day living. in heart shall sec a The pure
Being pure in heart and God.
seda life of freedom and power, of childlikeness and complete grown- because the tension was upness held in even balance by obedience
every word of God.
Manchester's Smashing Win
London, Mar. 7. Kluzchalter City's smashing home win over Middlesborough and Stoke's home defeat at the hands of Aston Villa provided the main features of to-day's football programme.
ETHIOPIAN DENIAL
{Special to the "Hong Long Day
ress (Copyright.)]
Addis Ababa, March 8. Ayes nian headquarters deny tag the Italians are gaining by important victories, occording to an official statement issued here on Friday, which ass denies the rumour that the Nogus is ill or wounded. Italy. So the report stales, cannot at present talk of 1 victory, since this battle is stin In progress. The ou come of the engagement is still in the air.
cabed by Reuter,
Results, $15 were as follows:-
FIRST DIVISION
Arsenal Birmingaam Blackburn Chelsea
Grimsby Leeds Liverpool M'chester C. Stoke. Sunderland W. Brom
Blackpool Bradford Bury
Doncaster
Leicester
Swansea
1 Huddersfield 0 Bolton
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1 Waves
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1 Wednesday
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0 Preston
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1 Brentford
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2 Portsmouth
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2 Aston Villa
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3 Everton
3
0 Derby
3
SECOND DIVISION
3 Bradford C.
3
2 Burnley
0
1 Tottenham
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Newcastle
2
5 Fulham
2
Norwich Notts F. Sheffield U. Sampton
3 Barnsley
1
0 Plymouth
1
2 Charlton
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1 Hull
3 Port Vale
2
West Ham
I Michester U.
THIRD
DIVISION (South)
are we shrink from it.
Aldershot *Brighton
Bristo. C. Coventry Exeter Milwall Newport Queen's P.R. Swindon Torquay Watford
I Clapton
1 Cardif
0
1 Luton
2
4 N'ampton
0
4 Reading
5
2 Notts C.
1
2 Crystal P.
5
5 Gillingham
2
1 Southend
3
2 Bristc. R.
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+ B'nemouth
1
THIRD
DIVISION (North)
Darlington
4 Chesterfeld
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1 Southport
2
Gateshead
1 Stockport
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a Haifax
3 N. Brighton
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0 Chester
2
2. Lincoln
2*
3 Bartow
1
6 Rochdale
0
4 Crewe
2 Accrington
1 York.
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SCOTTISH LEAGUE
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2 Hibernian
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of childlikeness. No man can be fully adult unit he is completely chilalike.
BE GROWN UP AROUT LENT
God
Most of us don't "keep "Lent be- was never More fully, God than supremely
in cause we feel the things we used Bethlehem, and Jesus was to do or others do about it supremely adult because He was childish and supremely childUke, St. Paul links Some still keep it as a relic of Bethlehem with Galilee and Cal-childhood because they would feel vary in that Philipplan poem in somehow insecure if they did not which he bids us be minded like do. so. Some are struggling to keep Our Lord, who became a man and jir because clergy whom they meet "as a man became a slave and as a still regard it as important, slave accepted the cruelest penalty
Let us be grown up about it, or
it you like childlike, For a child, a sunset and a violet, the death of a revered king and the death of a be-
of slavery, death upon a cross,
A SENSE OF SECURITY To be fully adult is to be emptied of everything that is not essential-loved animal, the magnificent, the
ly oneself; to be free from the humble are alike compelling in Carlisle comfort of dolls, teddy bears and their power to stimulate imagina- aroolly rabbits giving us a sense of ion, wonder and Joy. security in world we are afraid to face. To be completely childlike is ta let go all sense of security and all need of security in the glorious freedom
of being oneself.
For the truly grown up there is galety and a joy, a peace and a power which knows the servant with the towel and basin greater And than Augustus or Plate or Herod.
thuc freedom is only possible for those who having no fear have no nced of the sense of security.
So the toad to grownupness in religion, like all roads that lead into full manhood, is a road with you can travel either backwards or forwards, and it brings you always to the same place. The only rule that you should never leave the road for something seeming more simple because, free paradox and
You may have expected me to speak this morning of things I have seen In Yunnan, in distant corners of Kwangtung and in the remote market town of Kwangs!.
But I cannot at this moment talk of the details of the work in those places because throughout there have two deep experiences corres- ponding to Jesus' experiences 10 the wilderness.
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Tranmere Walsall Wrexham
Airdrie Dundee Kilmarnock
4 Hamilton Partick
2 Ayr Queen O's. 1 Albion
St. Johnstone 5 Queen's: Pk." 2 SCOTTISH CUP (Fourth Round) Aberdeen 0 Rangers
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There" has been a deep and contradiction. Only the seeming dominating sense of God, of His His power, of the simple things have no contradic-reality, of tion at the heart of them. The majesty of His claims upon really simple, the really childlike is whom He has sent to preach the not afraid of contradiction, con-Kingdom of God, trast, paradox, opposites because it A CONTINUAL REMINDER knows them both true and rejoices And there has been also a con- Jr. thern both.
tinual reminder of human weak-
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SON OF GOD AND SON OF MANness, of weakness of physical en- "If thou be the Son of God," are, durance; Weakness of character; the words or the tempter. Man blindness of vision, self-will and the first word of Jesus answer. that absence of, real greatness But the words heard after His which is the common lot of nearly- baptism were still ringing in His all men. ears. This is my beloved Son." "As. Son of God," comes the Temptation "you can make bread out of stones." "Man," comes the ahswer. "does not live by bread alone but by every word of God." And the word of God had come upon Him calling Him Son. Be loved Son, and by that word He was living. Son of God was only And because we know our own one word of God. The answer littlerlees we hold on to childish Jesus gave was "Man must live by things. This is my religious prac every word that proceedeth out tice, this or that I will do about ut the mouth of God." But there prayer. about self-denial, about was another word as certain as the communion, about Bible reading word of His baptism. He knew Faced with the dilemma of God's Himself to be in all things Man, greatness and 012 littleness we Childhood, boyhood, manhood, 103, find an escape, like those who go sorrow, hunger, thirst and wearl-insane, in childishness.
PROFESSOR JEZE MOLESTED
(Speoral to the "Hong Kong Dall Fress" (Copyright).]
Paris, Mar. 6.
In the Sorbonne, the University of Paris, renewed scenes of rowdy- ism
And is that not exactly your ex- perience too in your own life.
occurred on Friday. Again There are moments of vision when
Professor Jeze, in the faculty of the heavens seem to open and we known God is God, is good, is Lordtive for the Ethiopian Govern- law, who had acted as represente- of all. Then there is the day by ment, was the object of the uproar. day living with ourselves so or Doors were smashed, and the noise dinary, so human and for all our
was so great that the Professor eagerness so little.
was obliged to terminate his lec- tures. Then the nationalist stud- ents, who are responsible for the anti-Jeze campaign, left the lec- ture room, and made a violent on- slaught on left wing students in the corridors of the University and
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ness and the blessed comfort of But there is another way, the
food and drink and sleep, all these way not of escape but of accep- were as much His life as they are tance; acceptance of both. facts yours and mine, and He knew and obedience to them both, we them also to be words of God. | must face both the fact of God's Both эте true, He will deny eternal greatness and our human netther. He is Mari, and he is Son Httleness. Then we shall and both ol God.
the adultness and the childlikeness of Christ in an obedience to God's
THE SON OF MAN.... He holds these two opposites word spoken alike by the majesty together in the name He used for He is and by the weakness He has Himself, the Son of Man.
made humanity. Then, knowing Learned theologians have de- both these things, the greatnes nonstrated only the essential of Ciod and the weakness of man childishness of so much theology we can make rules for ourselves by trying to find in old records again, no longer childish, based on Some prophetic fancy which Jesus a sense of insecurity, but childlike adopted as His own. It is a sign based on our trust in God and our of childishness to be fascinated by distrust of ourselves, words: of chudlikeness to make Outwardly there may appear no
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in the streets in the vicinity.
The Republican Guard finally had to interfere, in order to res- tore law and order.
Despite these disorders, Profes- or Jeze will continue his lectures on Saturday.
Transocean New Service.
ROME BULLETIN
special to, the "Hong Kong Dail Press" (Copyright.)?
Rome, March 6. The official war bulet'n No. 148 states, that Eritrean, troops.
upied the town of Corbeta, ¿outh Amba Alajl. The troops were cordially greeted by the popula- tion, states the report since the tribes in this district are hot-
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new words to describe ones own difference between what is childishte towards the Amharians, that
and what is childlike in our keep the ruling class- living experiences.
My beller is that Jesus used ing of Lent. Inwardly there is all Transocean News Bervice. for Himself a phrase of His own the difference: Are we with Christ Aramic language which we would in the wilderness facing God's translate the Eon-Man, the Greeks majesty and our littleness or aré would have to translate, by the we merely doing this to make us lay both in God and in Him. He Possessive case which is more far feel safe..
had accepted both words of God, Teaching in its meaning than our Jésus returned from the wilder His Bonship and His Manhood and preposition of. Even the Greek ness full of the Holy Spirit. Surely laid both at God's féet ready to do phrase "The Son of Man" could be that nieans full of a radiant His perfect will even though it be translated The Bon of Man nature, strength and peace. And the cause tu die upon the Cross,
The Italian reports about the
defeats of Ras Kassa and Ras, also dented here.
Seyoum
are
these armiesi оп the contrary being stated to have been reinfor- ced by troops from Waldia tc- Ras gether with the troops of Mulugheta
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REICHSTAG MEETING
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-ess" (Copyrightan
Berin, March 6,
The Reichstag Was suddenly convened to receive a declaration
PARIS CHAMBER
(Special to the "Hong Kong Daily
Press Copyright.)
Paris, March 6.
The dute for the Chamber
elections was dnally fixed for Fri- Jay's Cabinet meeting, the "Ars: untot to take pace on Sunday Apr. 26 the second on the fo low- *ng Sunday May 3.
Foreign Minister F.and.n gov. the other members of the Cabinet detailed review of the politica 'situation and a report on the conclitation action Initiatedir.
Geneva for the termination of the
His state Italo-Abyssinian war. ments met with the full approva cf his colleagues.—
Transocean News Servsco.
"QUORAM BOMBING |
[Special to the "Hong Kong, Daily rress (Copyright.)1
Geneva, March 6.
A telegram dated March 5 was 1eceived here by M. Avenal. Secre-
eneral of the League, from ne noyssinian Foreign Minister Herreuy, protesting against the air raid of the open town of Quo-
of the Reichs Government. The ram and also the bombing of the proceedings will be broadcast over | British Red Cross unit.--
cip German wireless_transmitters | Tranencran News SermŁOS Fransocean News Service.
SPANISH CABINET
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Copyright,)*
Press
Madrid, March 6.
The Premier of the last Spanish Cabinet, Vaidares, announced that the new Centre Party which he had rounded or the last elections. would Vote for the new Azana Government. The Centre Party obtained 30 seats in the last elec-" tions, so that the Government's absolute majority of 24 seats is now increased to 33.-.. Transocean News Service.
BRITISH VICTIM OF
AIR BOMBING .
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily
Press (Copyright.)
Addis Ababa, March 6.
The British Major, Burgoyne, the officer-in-charge of the trans- part bombed by the Italians nea. Quoram. was fataly wounded in the courte of the air raid. Bur- goyne was, an Ir'shiran, uged 62. and had formerly served as au officer in a British Cavalry Re- giment.
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