HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1936. LOCAL WEDDING SIR ANDREW
CATHEDRAL SERMON LOCAL WEDDING
Is There A Ministerial
Crisis?
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Taking as his text." For We preach not ourselves but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus Sake" (2 Cor:, 4. v. 5) the preacher said:
At our Children's Service not ong ago I was asking them what profession they thought Jesus would choose were He Iving in Hong Kong to-day. One little boy was keen to answer and when his turn came he said "Please, I know," a clergyman," Now. I think he was wrong and the fact that he gave such an answer does show that there has been a false emphasis in the Church's teaching for I can. not see why if Jesus was a crafts- man, a carpenter' boy, in Palestine two-thousand years agq he would not choose to be a craitaman In Hong Kong to-day. The Bishop has suggested on more than one occasion that our Lord would find himself more at home in the com- pany of business "men than else- where
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It is good for parsona to remem. ber this because if they forget it they are key to become more conceited than they already are Although parsons may be, indeed must be fishers of men and car- penters-apprentices
human materin yet if it could ever be sad that the Christ was only re- cognisable in the priestly profes- sion it would mean that the Church, was moribund.
The little boy's answer and the significance that I have seen in It point a moral that is worth point- ing because they show that it is nct only specta' people with peculiar qualifications and rare spiritual experience who are meant, to live as Christ's men. That en- terprise is all men's privilege and If the place of honour belongs to those who are carpenters and
craftsman still a piace in the ranks is yours for the asking my friend,
and mine.
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CHURCH BUILDING
A DISTRACTED WORLD Now these two points are good-frst that it is every man's privilege and not only that of car- penters to live as Christ's mea, and second that if the Church is to carry out the work for which it was created and for which we be- lieve God still sustains it in the
midst of a distracted world, it needs ordained ministers-I want to make an appeal to parents especially and to school teachers and any others who have at their disposal young and undeveloped negatives in the minds and spirits of boys and girls. And my appeal is this. picase don't fail to co-operate with the Holy Spirit of God. I am not asking you to imagine that your boy car be called only to a parson's job of your girl receive a vocation only to a missionary's job but I bid you usk yourself the question do you in fuet make it reasonably available for any child of yours of within your influence to hear God's voice calling him or her to the ministry or missionary work of the Church? At this point let me give you figures. The number of white Clergy at work in the Church of England in 1935 excluding Aus tralia and Canada and the Epis- copal Church in US.A. although the two former still draw liberally on the home Church for men, was 22.379. made up of 20,016 in the British Isles and -2.383 in other parts of the world, and this numn- ber is not so very different from the figure for 1914. To reach the required number at the end of the War to maintain even the status quo ante, it was necessary for well cver ave hundred men to be or- dained each year but to that figure, two additions had to be made. first on account of the numbers of
some
priests who were killed in the War and of candidates for ordination and secondly because in the years immediately following the War the
Superintendent Of Police Weds
THOMPSON HAGGITT
A pretty wedding was solemaised at the Peak Church on Saturday afternoon when Mr. Walter Philip Thompson Assistant Superintan- dent of Police (New Territories) son the Rev. and Mrs. Thompson, of Seasatter Vicarage, Whitstable, Kent. was married to Mid Norah Greham Haggitc, daughter, of the Very Rev. Dean Haggitt of Nelson, New Zealand, and Mrs. P. B. Hag- gitt. The Rev. H. W. Baines. Chuplain-In-Charge of St. John's Cathedral, officiated at the
mony.
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The bride, who was given away King, Inspector General of Police, In marriage by the Hon. Mr. T. H.
looked charming in a blue Maro- cain frock patterned with white da'sles. She carried a bouquet o! white jasmine and white gelden roses.
the
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Matron of Honour
Mrs. Geoffrey Wson was brown ensemble and carried and wore
bouquet of yellow and orange gizdiali.
Mr. A. R. 5. Director of Criminal Intelligence Major, Assistant (Special Branch), discharged the duties or best man."
CALDECOTT'S FIRST CANTON VISIT
Friendly Relationships Established
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Impressed By Progress Urban Development
Of
Returning to the Colony by train on Saturday after paying his first visit to Canton, His Excellency the Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott, accompanied by Lady Caldecott, told Press representa- tives that they had had two of the most wonderfully happy days of their lives.
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His Excellency and Lady Caldecott, who were accompanied by Capt. W. J. R. Crazz, A.D.C., had been in the Chinese city since Thursday on an informal visit with the object of calling upon Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and making the acquaintance of the local authorities.
The most friendly relationships, sioner, and Mr. Tseng Yang-fu, the were established and the founda- Mayor of Canton. The latter, be- tions laid for many such pleasant ing unfortunately indisposed, was Interchanges in the future. The represented by Colonel Li Fong. two days in Canton were spent in A Guard of Honour and a band sight-seeing. entertainment and was also provided. at i conversations.
Following the ceremony a largely attended reception was held No. 157 The Peak when the health of the happy coupie was duly honoured.
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Twenty Houses. Razed
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CONSUL ENTERTAINS Everywhere His Excellediey and On Friday night an Informal Lady Caldecott visited there were
dinner was given "by Mr. Herbert Guards of Honour and their cars Philips in honour of Their Excel- were preceded by the motor section of the Canton City Police On all Andrew And Lady Caldecott. This lenėles the Generalissimo and Sir lines of the route extra police were I was the first occasion that the
Generalissima had The train on Thursday morning
visited Sha- run into a specially decorated rail- Chairman of the Provincial Gov- meen. The party included the way station, a band was' discours-
ernment, General Huang Mu-sung, ing music at the point at which the Governor's coach drew up, and cation Commissioner. Colonel Li and General Yu Han-mow. Pacid- another band and Guard of Hon-Fong. Dr. Wang Chung-huf. Gen.
on duty.
our were outside the station.
Mr. Her-
The visitors were welcomed by H. M. Consul-General, bert Phillips, and his staff, and General Chien Ta-chun represent About twenty houses and shops ed Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, Co- out early on Saturday morning at were razed by a fire which broke
lonel Chiang Chung Chau Island.
represented the Chairman of the Provincial Gay ernment, Captain Leung represent- The ire originated in a plece ed General Yu Han-mow, and Co- Cheung Chau's principal street, and Mayor of Canton (Mr. Tseng munication to Hong Kong. local tire station was notified by Special-Delegate for Foreign Af- the present included Dr. Philip Tyau. wireless.
Other Chinese officials
But at the same time an histor. Whole machinery of training could 300da shop in the Tal Sun -Kal. Ionel LI Fong represented the cal religion, that is to say a relig- only be slowly reorganised and recause the was no telephone com- | Yang-fu). ion that is founded upon histor- therefore the deficit increased an- cal events and their significance
nually until in 1927 it became rather than upon Ideas and theses, necessary for six hundred to be must have its personal as well as its
ordained each year. Towards this material sacraments, A church building is consecrated and set
apart as God's house not in order to suggest that God is to be found there and not in your parlour or your Club but prec.sely in order co bring you the message that all dwellings may be consecrated to receive His presence. Bread and wine are consecrated for their most holy purpose in the Sacra- ment of the Lord's Supper not in order to suggest that in that Feast and there alone does Christ share His life with His people bus pre- cisely in order 10 be a focus of light from which the rays strike outward and reach every meal even every picnic where two or three are gathered in Christ's Name. So again and this is the point that I am making to you to-day-certain men responding to an inward call receive a special training and are duly" set apart and ordained for the Ministry of the Church not in order to suggest that only among parsons would Christ walk aimong friends, leaving other pro- tessions as strangers, but precisely in order to show that if one man's life can be given all the time pro fessionally to the service of God in His Church all men whatever their professionTM can show the same de- dication, not in point of time, of course. but in quality and depth. In fact the Ministry, like the other Sacraments, as a proof that the --Church' means business-and de-
mocratic business.
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No lives were lost.
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challenge there has been a splen-No. Firefloat rushed to Cheung No. 1 Police Patrol launch and did response both in men and in Chau Immed ately, and gifts to train them. The figure was put out by 7.30 am. rose from 363 ordained in 1926 to 503 in 1930, again to 585 in 1932, the same Agure being recorded in 1935. So if you call the necessary recruiting figure 600 a year you would not be far wrong.
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Telephonic communication damaged by the recent typhoon and will not be repaired for at least two months,
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NOTICE TO... MARINERS
In order to train men and wo- mén the Church has staffed and equipped a. suficient number of colleges in England and the nor- mal minimum of training required by the Bishops for a graduated candidate is eighteen months and for a non graduate that period plus as much more as is required for the passing of an examination continued. up to the Matriculation standard. It is of course the duty of the of- ficers of the Theological Colleges to test the sincerity and suitability of any individual candidate's voca- tion. It may safely be said that if any man or woman is keen
to serve God in the Ministry or in missionary work means and money can be found to send them to thelr work qualifed. have said so
I much lest anybody should think that it is either too easy or too difficult to become a parson or a missionary.
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FAR EAST HEALTH
During the week ended Septem- ber 12. Osaka reported four cases of smallpox and Calcutta 16 of cholers.
tion of the Canton Kowloon Rail- fairs, and Mr. Li Luk-chai, man- aging director of the Chinese See-
way.
Outside the Station nationaj anthems were played and not un- left was the train cleared of its til the distinguished vistors had
passengers.
members of the Consulate staff Chien Ta-chun, Mr. T. L. Sung.
Chiang was and other officials. Madame she had left by air for Kuling that unable to attend as
morning
police was drawn up at the Pier on A Quard of Honour of Indian
the arrival of the Generalissima. At the Consulate-General a naval Quard of Honour from HMS. Tarantula was mounted.
After a most successful visit Sir Andrew and Lady Caldecott re- turned to Hong Kong by the 8.15 a.m. train on Saturday.
On arrival here Hts Excellency and Lady Caldecott were met by Press representatives and stayed for a few moments to inspect a railway coach which has been con- verted into an observation car. charmingly furnished, Major R. "D. Walker, manager of the Kowloon- Canton Railway, and Mr. J. Smith, Sir Andrew, and Lady Caldecott mechanical engineer, showed the were the guests of H. M. Consul-visitors the details of the coach. General at Shameen. They were much charmed by this pleasant green oasis in the busy clif.
PLEASANT OASIS
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
Bir Andrew Caldecott gave the following message to Press repre-
Quiries as to his impressions of his sentatives in response to their en-
visit to Canton,
and
with
In the late afternoon of Thurs- The Gazette notifies that light on Pratas Reef (Doong Sha cott motored to Whampoa to visit the day Sir Andrew and Lady Calde- Tao) has been permanently dis- the Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, and stayed to
"My wife and I have returned dinner. This was served on the from Canton with the memories of lawn by the river in a most de- two of the most wonderfully hap- lightful setting, for there happen-py days in our lives. It was our ed to be a beautiful sunset against extreme good fortune that on our which junks and other river craft first introduction to China we were. were silhouetted. As night fell, able to pay our respecta person- Chinese lanterns in the trees lu- ally to the Generalissimo and minated the scene.
Madame Chiang Kai-shek, VIEWS EXCHANGED
our only regret was that the Conversation continued until late,
latter's Indisposition necessitated made freely possible by Madame her leaving for Kuling on Friday, Chiang Kai-shek's familiarity with We are looking forward to bearing I suppose there never was a call
the English language. Although that the change of climate has res ing that gave more to or took more Kuling
indisposed and ordered to leave for sulted in her complete recupera- from a man. So when next you elimatic
immediately for cooler tion. IS THERE A CRISIS?
conditions, are talking with your
Madame
"Words fail me to describe the children there a ministerial crisis? about what they are going to be Sir Andrew and the Generalissimo which we were received and the
Chiang Kai-shek «Kindly assisted warmth and friendliness' There is each year. That is ob- or when next an appeal is made to vious because each year vacancies you to find money to train a man
to exchange views freely on a num- } excellence of the arrangements occur in various parishes or jobs for the Ministry-and Hong Kong
ber of topics.
made for us. I was particularly throughout the Church's ministry is entirely dependent so far upon interesting places in the city and Guards of Honour and the eff- During Friday morning a tour of struck by the smartness of the that must be filled. Can the right English gifts in this matter-don't suburbs was made. At Chungshan ciency of the police arrangements. men be found? We must think of forget to give it right place, no University the Acting. Dean and We were very sad that owing to the the matter of the ministry realisti-higher and no lower, to the Minis- many professors extended their Mayor's indisposition with an at- And it is important to remember cally. These 600 men who must be try of the Church. I expect I hospitality. The site and buildings tack of fever we were unable to this because it shows that parsons found year by year and trained know not more than 10 per cent are hot people who try to ret them and who we all hope will be of a of my own failures in the Ministry ernor.
were greatly admired by the Gov-make the same personal contact selves in a privileged position and certain quality are not just 600 but even when I multiply these by
with him as we so much enjoyed who cannot pronounce persons" names in humbly enough nor are they peo-men, to speak of men only, whose God that He called me to this 11-in
a Directory but 600 ten I still never cease to thank Flower Hill to view the Memorial the Chairman of the Provincial A visit was also made to Yellow making with Their Excellencies p'e who commit the worst crime in lives are absorbed in working for ing Ministry and for the day when Heroes," and here Str Andrew laid Commissioner. The Mayor's Be honour of the famous 72 Government and the Pacification the Englishman's Calendar, that of and with, say 60,00 homes with I heard the voice of the Bishop, thinking themselves better than their men and
call-
a beautiful wreath to their memory.cretary was Indefatigable in his their neighbours, but they are the dren, inter-locked with the life of pressure of the hands
standing above me, and felt the
Returning to the city, an in-kind services to us and in showing Indispensable and essential agents how many hundreds of thousands friends and colleagues to be, on
of my Apection was made of the Museum us round. We have come away, without which Christ's Body in the of people at most intimate and im-my head" and the words
at the Five-Storeyed: Pagoda, and deeply impressed by the progress world cannot do its work and must portant moment of their lives, spoken "Receive the Holy Ghost
were the stoné Memorial to Dr. Sun Yat-of urban developmens and by those be branded hypocritical in much birth and marriage and death, for the office and work of a Priest ton and of the beautiful Memorial tecture, the Bun Yat-sen Univer- sen on the hill over-looking Can-marvels of modern Chinese 'archi- the same way as the medical pro- figures familiar in schools and fession must make use of trained hospitals and homes, in prisons ted unto thee by the imposition of 12.30 p.m. Bir Andrew, Mr. Herbert.
in the Church of God now commit-Hall, which was much admired. Atsity and the Memorial Hall. and quailed men devoting all and streets, 600 men, padres, par- our hands. Whose sins thou dost Phillips, Mr. W. F. 8. Gibbs, H. Mthe station and I was happy to "We had a wonderful send-off at their time to their work although sons, or priests, each called to be forgive; they are forgiven; and Consul Captain A. R. Halfhide, think that it was a case of 'au re- a teacher, physician, servant whose sins thou dost retain, they R.S., and Captain Cragg, proceed-voir and not adieu, for we both friend before God to all the in-are retained, And be thou a faith-ed to Municipal Administration 300k, forward to visiting Canton finite varieties of human nature ful dispenser of the Word of God Building to launch with General another day and to meeting our || within 600 areas, 600 blocks of and of His Holy Bacraments; In Huang Mu-sung, Chairman of the kind hosts again, not only there streets. 600 stretches of moor-land the Name of the Father and of the Provincal Government, General Túl bat, we very much hope, as our or down-lang, 600 miles of docks. Son and of the Holy Ghost." Han-mow, Pacification Commis guests in Hong Kong
We who are come men preach not ourselves to a few men but Christ Jesus the Lord to all men.
it is glad to recogn'se and accept the work of auxiliary societies like B. John's Ambulance and the Scouts and Guides and to encour- age in all people a working know ledge of first aid.
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