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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1937.
FOR THE CHURCHES
CATHOLIC NEWS ST. JOHN'S
AND
NOTES
The Apostle Of The East
CATHEDRAL
5th. November 1937. 2nd. Sunday
In Advent.
8 am. Holy Communion.
8 a.m. Holy Communion in Peak Church.
ST ANDREW'S CHURCH
(Church of England)
Christmas Gift Bazaar. The following are the forthcom- 10a.m. Kindergarten and Chil- ing services etc, at St. Andrew's dren's Service.
11 a.m. Choral Eucharist. Fres
St. Francis Xavier. the 385th. nniversary of whose death oncher: Rev, H. W. Baines. suncian Island in western Kwang- tung was commemorated by his feast yesterday, is known as the "Apostle of the East." because of This labours in spreading the Gos- pei among the peoples of the East.. He WELS in many ways. 8 very remarkable personality, for before he became a priest and a missionary he was a typical pro- fessor of the Renaissance. He was
6.30 p.m. Evensong. Preacher; A. J. Bennitt.
Weekdays.-Holy Communion is celebrated on:-Tuesday, Thursday
Spanish noble, clever, proud, ambitious and with every prospect a brilliant, career in the Univer- sity of Paris when he changed his #te through the influence of St. natius Loyola, the Founder of the Jesuits. His work in the East, from India to Japan, was so ex-
sive that it is very difficult to alise that he only spent eleven wears there. He died just as he was making plans to enter China. His particular anxiety to enter
hina was due to the fact that in Japan he found it difficult to per- Made the people to accept Chris- danity when they found that the Chinese nad not adopted it. He alanned to spend some time mak- ng the Christian, religion known in China, and then returning to Japan
and to the neighbouring Islands, He was only forty-six Pears of age when he died.
THE MONK'S HOOD
The caguule which gave the name of cagoulards or "hooded
in," by which the secret or- canisation recently discovered in France was first known, was a familiar feature of the monk's tiress in France before the sup- pression of the monasteries. It is * cloak without sleeves fitting "owsely about the body and is put an by dropping it over the head. Pastened to the back of the neck ba rówl which can be worn over the head
dropped on OF
the shoulders. A later development of It had an extended cow} which Povered the entire head and had bertures for the eyes. It achiev ed an unpleasant notoriety when it was adopted by the Klu Klux Klan. out for centuries in Europe It was associated with the peniten- lal brotherhoods, societies of men. who did good deeds without dis- losing their identity. In Italy and Spain there were in many cities burial societies whose members dressed in this, garh. They were composed of men both rich and poor, most of them not known to one another, and they buried the destitute and the unknown that were found" dead on the streets. The members of the various brotherhoods who took part in the
Church Kowloon.
Sunday, December 5. Second Sunday in Advent.
Holy Communion at 8 a.m. Matins and Sermon 11 am. Preacher-The Vicar
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LESSON SERMON
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HONG KONG Subject: God the only cause and
creator.
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The subject - of the lesson ser- mon in all churches of Christ, Scientist, to-morrow, December 5th will be "God the only cause and
creator."
The Golden Text will be: The heavens declare the glory of God; Subject: Christ's Personal Ad- and the firmament sheweth his and Saturday at 7.30 am. Wednès-vents. (This Service will be Broad-handywork. There is no speech day at 7.30 am. in Peak Church. | cast).
nor language, where their voice is Friday at 7.45 a.m. (in Cantonese).
not heard. (Psalms 19:1.3), Prayers for the alch, Wednesday,
10.15
a.m. Thursday, 6.45 p.m. Choral Evensong.
Other Notices: December 6th. 8,30 p.m. Badminton, Cathedral December 7th. 3 p.m. Mother's Union Meeting Cathedral Hall. December 8th. 5 p.m. Badminton, Cathedral Hall,
22nd. 5.15 Nativity Play. 23rd. 3.00 Nativity Play.
During the critical times through which we are passing a Special Service of Prayer will be held daily in St. John's Cathedral.
12.00-12.12 in English. 12.12-12.24 in Chinese. Special Service.
Dec. 26th. Cathedral Sunday. The Chapel of the Resurrection, Happy Valley, 9.15 a.m. Children's Service.
ROSARY CHURCH
Collection for British and For- eign Bible Society.
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Monthly meeting of the Bible Reading Fellowship, and weekly meeting of the Fellowship of Youth at 6 p.m. in, the Hall.
St. Andrew's Club League Bad- minton 8.15 p.m.
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THE CITY OF GOD
EMMANUEL MISSION The Beginnings Of The State
CHURCH
The following are the Services for the week at Emmanuel Missiön
loon:-
Church, 218 Nathan Road, Kow. Saturday: 8.30 p.m. Fellowship Meeting followed by the Lord's Supper
Sunday, 11 am. Divine Service. Preacher, Dr. H. L. Clift. Subject "The Priesthood of the Lord Jesua Text, "If He were on earth He would not be a priest at all." Heb. 8:4
Sunday, 3 pm. Sunday School. Young Women's Bible Class: Young
Men's Bible Classi
board Meeting.
Tuesday, Day of Prayer. Tuesday, 8 p.m. Young People's
Among others the following cita- Evensong and Sermon 6.15 p.m. tions will be read from the Bible Preacher: The Rev. A. Mc "Happy is he that hath the God Hardy. Staff Chaplain Royal Air of Jacob for his help, waɑs, hope Force Primary Sunday School in is in the Lord his God: which made the Hall at 10 am.
heaven, and earth the sea, and all "Young People's Service In the that therein is: which keppeth Church at 10 am.
truth for aver: The Lord shall Monday: Medical War Working reign for ever even thy God O Party 10 a.m.
Zion. unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord. Let Lreal rejoice in him that inade him; let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
"Let everything that hath breath the Lura. Praise ye the praise Tuesday: Mothers' Union 3 p.m.
Lord." (Psalms 146, 149, 150). Brownie Pack 3.30 p.m. Kowloon Winter Food Commit». The lesson sermon will also in- tee meeting in the Vlearage at clude the following passages from Wednesday, 6 p.m. Sunday School 8.30 p.m.
the "Christian Science Textbook, Teachers' Preparation. Wednesday: Medical War Work-Science and Health with Key to Wednesday, 8 p.m. Praise and ing Party in the Hall at 10a.m. the Scriptures" by Mary Baker | Prayer Meeting,
Intercession Service in connec- Eddy: "Infinite Mind creates and Thursday, 10.30 a.m. Ladies Bible tion with the War at 12 noon. governs all, from the mental mole- | Study Circle at No. 216D Nathan
Wolf Cubs 5.30 p.m.
cule to innuity. This divine Prin- Road. This is open to all ladies Rover Scouts 8.45 p.m.
ciple of all expresses Science and In the Colony. who are interested Thursday: Wémen's. Fellowship art throughout His creation and in the Bible.
unmortality or man and the uni- Thursday, 8 p.m. Bible Circle conducted by Mr. Braga. “
The following are the forth- coming Services, etc. at the Rosary Church, 20 Chatham Road, Kow-in the Hall at 3 p.m.
loon.
Sunday, Dec, 5-2nd. Sunday p.m. in Advent.
At 6.30, Mass with sermon in Chinese.
At 7.30, Mass with sermon English.
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At 8.30. Mass with sermon in Portuguese.
1st Kowloon Boy Scout Troop 6 verse. Creation is ever appearing, and must ever continue to appear St. Andrew's Club Whist Drive from the nature of its inexhausti- at 9 p.m..
ble source, Mind is the grand Friday: Medical War Working creator, and there can be no power, Party in the Hall at 10 a.m.
except that which is derived from Full Choir Practice 8.30 p.m. Mind. If Mind was first chrono- Saturday: Mothers' Union Christ- logically, is the first potentially, mas Gift Bazaar to be opened by and must be first eternally, then Lady Pollock in the Hall at 3 p.m. give to Mind the glory, honour, charge for admission. Every-dominion, and power everlastingly one Welcome.
due its holy name." (Pages 507, 143),
At 9.30 Mass with sermon in English. followed by the Benedic-No tion of the Blessed Sacrament
At 2 p.m. Catechetical Instruc- tion in Chinese.'
At 2.30 p.m. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
ENGLISH METHODIST
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CHURCH
HONG KONG (ENGLISH) CIRCUIT
Wednesday, Dec. 8-Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the B. M. V-Choral Masa at 7.30.
Recitation of the Holy Rosary of the Blessed. and Benediction Sacrament at 6 p.m. Meeting of the C.V.M.S: at 6.30 Hospital), -- P.m.
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Queen's Road East, Wanchal, Hong Kong (opposite Royal Naval
Sunday Services, December 5, 1937. Rev. Frank Short to Preach. Parade Bervice at MorillAE
the English Methodist
The Children of Mary are re- quested to be present in uniform at the Morning and Evening Ber-10.15 at
Church vices.
82. Prayer, Lord's On week-days: Mass
Hymn No. Prayer, Hymn No. 821, 1st Lesson, and 7.30.
On Sunday, at the St. Paul'a Hymn No. 132, 2nd Lesson, Prayer, Chapel (185 Portland Sreet, Yau- Notices, Hymn No. 99, Sermon, mati), Mass with sermon in Chin-Hymn No. 242, Bencdiction. ese at 5.4.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be observed after the Morning Service.
Holy Week processions at Seville ST. TERESA'S CHURCH
and Malaga also wore the cagoule.
In English, "monk's hood," which the natural translation of the work. is generally known as de- gnating the aconite or wolf's bane, a poisonous plant which re- mbles the monk's cowl in shape.
CONSECRATION OF
CARMELITE CHAPEL The consecration of the chapel the Carmelite convent at Stan ley, which is taking place this morning. is a ceremony rarely seen in the East. Even in the West It is by no means common. It is a very long ceremony and for that reason is beginning at an early hour at Stanley. During the early art it is not possible for those who wish to assist at it to enter the building. us all the space of The floor has to be cleared. On ccount of the smallness of the Carmelite chapel at Stanley the briefer ceremony will be much than it would be in a large church. When the Cathedral of Rheims was consecrated last month the Cardinal who performed, the cere- mony went during the following
DIVINE SERVICES
Dec. 4th, Saturday, at 8 p.m. General Committee Meeting of St. Teresa's C.Y.M.8.
Dec. 5th, 2nd Sunday of Advent: 7 am Holy Mass with Serman in Chinese.
8.00 am, Holy Mass, Sermon in English and Benediction.
9.30 am. Holy Mass and Sernion in English.
Dec. 8th, Wednesday Feast of the Immaculate Conception (not of obligation) Masses at 6.30 and 7.30
am. At 7 a.m. there will the Re- ception of new Children of Mary
and Aspirants and after 7.30 Mass, Benediction.
At 6 p.m. there will be a Concert of Sacred Musle (choral and in- strumental) given by the Church' Choir, cunducted by Prof. E. Gualdi and supported by well-known local musicians. Admission 3.0, 50; pro- ceeds to be devolved to the Christ- mas Poor Fund. All welcome.
week to open another restored unguished Catholic brothers of the cathedral. that of Boissons. This naime, one a judge in South Africa.
Evening Service at the English Methodist Church.
Hymn No. 719, Prayer, Hymn No. 122, Lesson, Prayer, Notices, Hymn No. 149. Sermon, Hymn No. 130. Benediction.
Notices For The Week Following the Evening Service, Social Hour will be held at 8.15. are provided at Refreshments "minimum charges; all Service Men
are warmly welcomed.
The Badminton Club meets on Mondays and Thursdays at 7,30 p.m. Further Farlculars from the Secretary, S. & 6. Home
On Friday, December 10 a dance
will be held in the Assembly-Hall, S. & 8. Home" at 8.30. The
Dance Band of the Seaforth High-
landers will be in attendance by kind permission of Col. Lammle. Admission $1.
CHRIST CHURCH.
ANNOUNCEMENT
First Church of christ Scientist, Hong Kong, a Branch of The Mo- ther Churcli, The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Mass., MacDonnell Road close to. Tram
Station. Sunday Service 11.15 a.m Testimony Meeting, Wednesday 6 p.m. A Reading Room is located at Bank of East Asia Buliding, 10 Des Voeux Road Central and is open dally 10.30 a.m.-2 p.m. Satur- days 10.30 am-12.30 pm.. evenings except Wednesdays and Saturdays 5-7 p.m. All authorised Christian Belence Literature is available at the Reading Room. The publie is invited to attend the services and to visit the Reading Room.
ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH
December 5: 2nd Sunday in
Advent
First Mass and General Com- munion at 8 a.m
Service for the R. Army and Navy at 9 am.
Third Mass at 10 am,, followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament."
Sunday School for Children at 3
p.m.
December 8: The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady, (Not a Holy-day of Obligation).
Holy Mass at 8 a.m. -- On week-days Holy Mass at 8
a.m.
Confessions are heard every day
before and after Mass. On Satur- days, the special time for Con- fessions is from 4.30 pm. to 8 pr.
UNION CHURCH
NOTICES
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Wednesday. 2:30 p.m. Ladies Sewing Circle at 1. Canton Villas. Observatory Road,
BY SCRUTATOR
Early man's life, ita situation, garded as vassal communities and Its environment. were largely de-paid annual tribute to their mas- bermined by the conditions of ters. This was nothing nor less The shrewder places which provided him and than blackmål. his family with natural food and conquerors offered their conquered shelter. In this he was very like people a certain amount of mill- the lower, animals. The dawn of tary protection in return for their Civilization opened when he learn- payments and they maintained a ed how to cultivate edible plants, certain amount of law and order. roots, and berries: how to tame Life and property thus came to be and breed birds and animals, and easter and safer under this pro- how to make shelters for himself tection than under the earlier other than caves.
tribal regime, By this crude pro-
the strong the modern state came cess of conquest of the weak by
into being and replaced a society. that was merely tribal
MONGOLIAN EMPIRE
But alongside the agricultural
number of places where he could As these arts were acquired the
live was extended.' Human life Sunday, 8 p.m. Song Service spread to countries where food conducted by Rev. H. H. Bucher. could be cultivated. Centres Sunday, 8.30 p. Divine Service, sprang up where several families Preacher Rev. Carlson. Subiect lived together and shared collec- "The New Birth-Why and How?" tively the task of providing food. communities there lemained, the Reading John 3:1-12 Text, The Such communities had more time hardier nomadic peoples, whose wind bloweth where it listeth, and to develop crafts than had their type of life created greater mifil- thou hearest the sound thereof. but fellows who still remained noma- tary genius than could be raised cannot tell whence it cometh, dic. Primitive arts and crafts among agriculturalists. They and whither it goeth; so is every-were begun, such as the making soon came to be conquerors over one that is born of the Spirit."
settled communities, and Monday. 8 p.m. S.A.CA. Black-f pottery, spinning and weaving the
and later came the decorative arts kingdoms created by one agricul- which finally led to the art of tural tribe lording it over others. writing.
soon became the victims of the As the numbers increased in nomadic peoples. In th's way-was: one village, they spread out and establ'shed the Mongolian empire formed other
villages thus the of Ghengis Khan which covered. tribal system developed. And as nearly the whole of Asia and in the primitive family system, so eastern Europe. But while this in the tribal system, the central brute force can destroy and authority was still parental In change, it can create nothing. agricultural communities the V Even the great Bismarck remarked lage assembly was the next that "You can do anything with natural
Thus growth in government, bayonets but sit on "them." Heads of families could thus come men who became kings by virtue together to settle points of dis-of the conquests, and more espe- pute. Sir Henry Maine, thus cially their descendants had to argues rightly, that the village find some moral authority for Study communities were infant re-the'r positions, But the theory. James publics. The basis of agreements that the first relations between as reached by these assemblies was king and h's subjects is a moral Friday, 8 p.m. Bible Study Circle the agreement of all members. one. In the nature of a contract, conducted by Mr. C. R. Johnson at This assumption governed the is only a figment of the imagina- No. 3, United Terrace, Ho Mun Tin Homeric assemblies and the Celtiction and meaningless. For despite Street, Top floor.
assemblies, and those of the the fact that kings had to discover Germanic and Slavonie tribes. It some moral sanct'on. for their still prevails in the familles of kingship. they would not have re- China, in the gatherings of North tained their office any length of American Indians. It survived in time if they had not been able to the Polish "Diet unt'l the guarantee safety to their subjects, elghteenth century, and still sur-` and if they had not been brutally vives in the English jury.
strong enough to exact the requir- ed tribute from the'r subjects/
The Services are open to all. No Collection on Sunday Even-
ing.
THE BIBLE IN A NEW GUISE
MAJORITY DECISIONS
The difficulties inherent
A conqueror who was able to inexact tribute, and obedience from government upon such a basis of his subject peoples soon came to be entire agreement of members, are regarded as the special agent of
"Designed To Be Read too obvious to mention, and the spiritual powers. That the ruler:
As Literature"
ADMIRABLY PRINTED AND ARRANGED
,
Quiller
The pure gold of the Bible "clothed in a dress through which its beauty may best shine"-the phrase is Sir Arthur Couch's came recently from Wil- Ham Heinemann Ltd., in a finely printed volume published at half a guinea.
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supposed unanimity is unreal.
himself should accept this idea. Experience teaches. common- was only
natural Soon the wealths 25 well as individuals. ultimate faculty for knowing what The assumption that commun'ties was best for 's people was vested in can decide'nothing without unani- the people. For if Heaven had en- mity was responsible for holding trusted him with great power, it up the development of primitive was only logical to suppose that republics. Our idea and belief in Heaven would also inform him how majority of decisions is so much to administer that power. · · Pr'mi- - taken for granted by us that it is tive people thought of knowledge difficult for
no less than of power as being to realise how difcült. It was for our ancestors derived from supernatural sources, to conceive the idea.
Thus the idea of sovereiantv · bé- The agricultural village.com-came early implicit in the idea
of munity then, was the beginning of the state. political society, both of the com- There was one art, however, "The Bible Designed to be read monwealth type and the monar-whose invention had to happen as Literature" is as handsome an chical. But the increased power before any of these advances could example of modern book production which arose from the ability to take place, before systems could be as has appeared for a long time. make. provision for the future, to evolved and sovereignty recognised, Whatever work had been thus pre- store food and such like, was the | and that was the art of writing. sented it would have excited admir-root cause of ensuing trouble. We can safely assume that `states ation, but when it is that most The accumulated wealth of these in the real sense of the word could discouragingly presented of all communities became a temptation not have come into existence be
knew how to write. literature, the books of the Bible, of the predatory Instincts of fore men admiration is allled with wonder. neighbours, and ere long, tribal Scribes were the necessary condi-
Gone are the familiar double wars became
strongest. tion of states. They could record columns, gone the peppering with Leadership in war came to become what happened, as well as express numerals and Italics, gone the one of the foremost qualities re- their judgment, upon things. For arbitrary division into chapters quired of a chief. Among such
this reason then the history of and verses, to say nothing of the conquerors there grew up the states is concident with the perverse printing of poetry as knowledge that it was foolish tu period of recorded history. “The though it were prose.
destroy the people they raided; to art which made a political organi-
which laid the sation possible also enables its ' the goose golden eggs was even then footsh-beginnings to be seen by evidence ness; so, very soon, the raided and which is other than circumstan- conquered people came to be re-tial"
the
'REASONARLE CAUSE?
FOR SEPARATION
Maziɛtrate Defines In
In this most beautiful and attrac- tive volume we have not, it is true, the whole Bible, but, except possibly for the exclusion of St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians, the omissions are not of literary moment. It can be truly said that usual divisions, subtitles have the "noblest monument" of the have been inserted which serve to. gentus of the English tongue is guide the reader to particular for the first time offered with passages to the many short, poems every adjunct of typographical contained, for instance, in Pro- beauty for the enjoyment of the verbs. While repairs to the Church are reader.
For the benefit of the render · Mr. Claud Mullins, the South being carried out services will be For centuries, as Mr. Laurence desiring to know the historical Western police-court magiaan held in the Hall.
Binyori points out in an Introduc- setting of the various books and during the hearing of Preacher at both services. Rev. tion the Bible has been studied to understand something of their montal case recalled a decision. The following are the Services | K Mackenzie Dow.
apart from its literary form and contemporary spiritual slen'ficauce, 1918. “ The B.A.C.A. meets in the Church value. The way in which it is to each book is prefixed a shot It was then held, he said, that Hall on Tuesday evening at 7.30 traditionally printed testifies to note. concise end scholarly At although the wife was addicted to this indifference. "But as Dr. R the end of the twelve hundred drink, and had made false accusa- The Helena May Christian Fel-G. Moncton remarked some years and more paves of text there la a
Friday morning at 10.30 am
KOWLOON TONG
(Waterloo Road)
Mattings: Rev. D. Rosenthall
To Preach
Dec. 5, 2nd Bunday in Advent 7.15 am. Holy Communion.
9.00 am. Matting and Sermon
was the French cathedral which and the other until recently Direc- and Notices for the forthcoming suffered nost during the war, forter of the School of Arts in Bom-week: it was near the front line along bay. The latter held an exhibition the bank of the Aisne and was of his works in London recently. constantly exposed to shell fire. He held his position in Bombay In one of the enragements. Infor seventeen years, after having. front of the building a French as an art student in England done chaplain named Tépart crossed what was regarded as impossible the river under fire and saves broken the prize-record previously many of the wounded. His dee held by Millais Els pupils in In- won high praise in despatches Gia have done notable work, par now Cardinal ticularly in the mural decorations of the new government Building at New!
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Preacher: Rev. D. Rosenthall. 6.30 p.m. Evening Prayer. Sunday School Kindergarten at Duke Street at 9 am. Seniors attend am, Church service
Wednesday, Dec. 8. -- Church Committee meets at o pan
Thursday, Dec. 9.—Holy Bombay. One of munion at 7.15 an olomon's predecessors as Friday, Dec. 10.
Bombay School of ranged by the Fello -Lockwood Kipling, father | pm. This wilf A
Branford Road..
lowship meets in the Institute on ago, "a clear grasp of the outer reference table giving the dates
literary form is an essential guide of the books. to the inner matter and spirit
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