MEAN AND SHABBY
· CHRISTIANS." · MORE SINS OF SOCIETY.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH – SATURDAY
its services just as they comɑ up to town for the spason and its festivitios. Instead of the theatre For tho music-hall it was the Ion- ten conference, the stations of the "Is there today the simstrict Cross, visiting the sick, and give observance of Lent as thore ustding Lepton alms what one might to bo?"
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legitimately at other times spend The Rov, Borkard Vaughan, to upon amusement and fun. Dar- whom the question was put that ing Lent the one scone before the often-arises at this season, shook mind's oye was Calvary, and the his silvered hund. “A grave look one great devotion among child- camo into lus eyes and over-ron, as well as grown-ups, was shindowed those features that are that of the live sacred wond always so generous and often so which, like five chapters in a love smiling. It was clear that the story, thrilled one's heart through author of the romarkable Lenton, and through.". course on the Sins of Society sees little improvement in modern, up in full swing ?" spiritual observaïcos,
And yet there are not wanting indications in Society that lont is #senson of spiritual rather than dily refreshment. There is, still an absence of great ball there aro fow wedding of im portance, the evening parties are all quieter than at any other period of the your. This view 1 also put, writes a representative of thePall Mall Cazolte," to the Rev. Bornar Vaughan.
COLD WEATHER AND CHIFFON.
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"And all this is no longer kept
Of course it is not. The love firos, hustead of being ablazo, seem to be with difficulty kept in. at all, and were the sacred Passion is not a tremendous, reality Tent will fail to appeal with the force of old.
EFFECT OF THE HIGHER CRITICISM.
Intimations
DONE BY TRYIEO, “. Nobody part tell what he can du till lin trio Whathir pight to be done the modern spirit moves us to keep working away art until it is done, In the face of thúsi bilan, the "jagigible vanishes Where there's a will, there's a way, “If we could but val-rud liver oil of its sickening taste qui sell and then cou bise it with iso de-three other ingredients
tamil possess the ad remedy in the world for certain diseases that are now practically incurable, wid's faminis English physician twenty-five-years ag
no more turn end liver oil into peánt palatable medicine, than you at the Codfish itself into a Bird of Paradise.". Yet in lived to admit that in
“But it will jover be done,” he added
Malls.
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JOTICE is hereby given that the Whoroby bag to fatiurits that wo have boon appolatod AGENTS TWENTY-SECOND ORDIN-In Hongkong for THE AMERICAN ARY GENERAL MEETING of the AND MANCHURIAN LINE OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at STEAMERS from Hongkong to Now the Company's Offices, St. George's York and Boston. Building on TUESDAY, the 26th THE BANK LINE, LIMITED,
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About the end of
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l purpose of prescuting the Report Hongkong, Bil April, "1911) of the Directors, together with a State- ment of Accounts to 28th February, 1911, lecting Directors and Auditore,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from tho
To Let.
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11th to the 25th April, 1911, both FLATS in Nathan Rund; Kowloon. days inclusive..
Agents.
FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES
By Order of the Board of Directors,nowly painted and colour testic
QIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., throughout. Cheap Runt,
NEW and ĴOMMODIOUS
·Hongkong, Gth April, 1914. [1080 SHOPS Pathian Road, Kowloon.
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OTIUE is hereby given that, tho NFORTY-FIFTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Coru-
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE Co., Ld. Hongkong, 16th Mar, 1011. [008
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ODOWN, No. 5, DUDDELL } STARET.
J About TUESDAY,pany will be behi at its Hand Olles, No. 2, Qusen's Buildings, Hongkong, 2nd May.
on WEDNESDAY, the 28th April, | Apply to-
All the stemmers of the European Line are fitted with Wireless Toleginply. New Bystem of Talebanken.
WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION the "ingpossible" had been accomplished, It is palatable as hongy and contains all the' nptsitive and corative propertion of Pure God Liver Oil, extracted by s from fresh cod liver, - complitesi – with th Compomol Eye of Hypophosphites, Ex- KUDAT & BANDAKAN To my country folk in general very much four our dear and tracts of Malt and Wild Cherry, This blessed Lord is not what once Homely is faced from the bad peculiarition
detested, and it is KOBE & YOKOHAMA { Cap. D. Lear ...,000 was to their fathers, gone to giver. Frothingham their account.
precisely the splendid medicine he wished j. 'Higher criticismt" hns made a mess of their re- for, so it freely smile suddently for Slowly he walkol up and down ligion. They don't quite know Anemia Hysteria, Washing Complaints narrow room,'deep in thought, what to inke of Christ. They impurities, Astiam, and Theval and Thon he came and sat bosido me. are told that 'miracles don't hap-| Lung Taubles, Dr. W, H. 1. Aikian, F. "You tell me," he said, "that pen,' that God hover become C.; London,--M: 1), C. M, Victorin avon to-day the smarter. Society, man, but mun became God, Univenly-M. B., Togonio University, festivities are holl over till after, and that He was the divinest of Consulting Physicina to Hons for In Lent. No doubt they are--but all of us. In a word, He has bo-curables, Physician, to Toroplus Goner not because their hearts are so come little more than Plato, ortiusqital, says: "I mu much pleaseD44, warm in syrupathy with Christ Socrates, or Marcus Aurelius, or stato dai the results from using Wang, but beepuse the weather is to any other here who happens to pote's Preparation of Col Liver Oil have. cold for their chiffon and lace, entch on for the moment.
Agen "uniformly satisfactory; it appealed Besides, it is not easy to break away altogether from a long standing tradition. We are still living in the afterglow of the glory of Christianity.
For those Laglu do not any longer accopt, the Divinity, of Josus Christ there is no reason why they should obsorve Lant, or why it should in any senso change their customary mode of life. But I do think that it is mean and shabby in Christians not to make much of the penitential season.
They will tell you that the wear-and toar of life is underpain- ing their constitution, so ilal, instead of fasting; it must be feasting that instead of self- denial they have boen proscribed self-indulgence; that instead of staying at home and following sermons in the church they must go abroad and worship the sun on the seashore. I may say to these' would-bo Christians who liavo not. a tear or a sigh for Christ in his Passion, "If you will not weop for Ilim, weop for yourselves and for your children-if you havo miy.! THE MEANING OF LENT.
Perhaps you would state," I (*wint Lout means and Huid, Rymbolisos? What should be tho idents of Society? What, in fact, wore the ideals in fornier times ?" :
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"With Catholics the case is somewhat different, because with us Christ is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. If there is any change at all in our relations with Him, we have at least sufli- } cient wit to realise that the change ). is on our side, not on His."
What, then, is wanted?" "A little moro fuol of prayer upon the hearth fires, and perhaps a yet stronger draught from the bellows of tribulation to make those fires blaze into flames such us were seen in the penal days of old."
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Peak Chunch.-Holy Communion,
St.
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the ni being prepared negagling to evet scientific principle". It furreaseR the appetite and influences the digestion
For further Particulars, apply ko •
NORDDEUTSCHER· LLOYD.
MELCHERS & CO.,
`GENERAL AGENTS, HONGKONG and CHINÄ.
Hoogkang, 0th Ap., 1911.
SOUTH MANCHURIA R
fupt; it is delicious to ta' e, will not and you and is effective from thre It represents the dawn of [“progress” – 7 1 čhetists everywhere,
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TIONGKONG CORINTHIAN
YACHT CLUB,
Abel, in the Club. Hoss of SMOKING, CONCERT will be SATURDAY, Arilik,
INCLUIS OLÓSING, CRUISE willla held on SUNDAY, April 9th, off Club House. First Race 10 đăn
Members and Frigids are cordially invited.
ALEX. P. STORRIE,
Hon. Secretary
John's Cathedral, Hongkong.
6th Sunday in Lent Holy Hongkong, 3rd April, 1911, [ 1628 Communion, 8.15am. Matine, 11 a.. Responses, Ferial, Venito, Sivago; Psalmis, Turle, Turnor, Muelarren; Benedicite,' Benedicts, Holy Commation, 11.45 aan; Kyrie, Bennett; Hymns, 96 and 116(Tone 252). Evensong, 5.45 “pan.... Rése ponses, Forial; Psalms, of tlio Zadevoning (1) Magnificat, Macfarren Nunc Dimittis, Wesley; Hymns, 96, 332 and .95.
In answer Father Vanglima re-St. Androw's Churel, Nathan
Road, Kowloon-Sunday be fore Easter. Holy Communion at 8 nm, and also at noon. ̧ Morning Service at 11 am. Children's Servico at 2.30 p.m. Evening Service at 6 p.m.
called, in the first place, how the Lonton season as a preparation for Easter is no modern invention of the Church, but datos back almost to Apostolic times; inch being made of it in the early Christian conturies as a spiritual Jover, lifting DICH N livos to thoughts above the things of time and the sense of this shifting
icone.
"In Catholic timos," he said, giving illustrations from the days when observancò' was also pors formance, Lent was a sacred season, when the Church reconcil- ed sinuors, when Entporors releas ed prisonors, when masters freed slaves, and whon enemies at the foot of the Cross became friends. In the measure in which men and women realised the Incarnation, followed by the Passion and death
SEEING IS BELIEVING
And that is why the majority of tha people here beliero, that they can get fetter filling glasses at our place, thin anywhere else in the Colmy. to chargo for sight testing. Doctors prescriptions accurato'y filled.
-N. LAZARUS,
Ophthalmic Optician,
1A, D'Aguilty Street.
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Union Church, Kennedy Road. Hongkong, 1st April, 1933,
Minister, Rov, C, H. Hickling,
Public Worship at 11 am, and Up.m. Service in Peak Church
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NOTICE is hereby given that the
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Becretary. Hongkong, 22nd Marols, 1911. 1986 THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LIMITED: OTICE is hereby given that an EXTRAORDINARY GEN- ERAL MEETING.of the National Bank of Clius, Linated, will be held at 81. George's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hongkong, on BÁTURDAY, the Twenty-fourth day of June, 1911, at 12.30 o'clock p.m., for the purpose 8.00 am to 9:00 am. Every 15 min. of considering and, if thought fit, pass" " 9.00a.m. to 9.80, 1.1. ing as Extraordinary Resolutions, the 9,30 am. to 10.80 .. following Resolutions, that is to say:-10.30 am. to 11.00 .. (That the Company be wound-up | 11.45 a.m. to 12.00 noon roluntarily, and that Arthur 12.00 noon to 1.00 p.m. Rylands Lowe, Chartered Ac-
1.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. contataut, of Thornar's Chau-
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SPECIAL CABS by Arrange.
the Company a sum wat exceed- ment at the Company's Office.
ing $100,000 ns compensation Alexandra Buildings, Des Voeux Road
to members of the Company's Central. staff.
Should the above Resolutions bal passed by the requisite majority, they will be submitted for confirmation ns Spesial Revolutious to a Second Extra- onlinary General Meeting which will ba subsequently osavenul.
Datel Fitteenfl day of March, 1911.
By order of the Board:
J. SCOTT. HARSTON,
Chairman. [994
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & BON,
General Manager, Hongkong, 1st April, 1999.
HUNG ON & CO SHOW ROOM AND STORE at the Promises formerly occupied by A CHEE & Col 17A, QUEEN's Road, Central, Shinghvi
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THE BRITISH FOREIGN
IMPORT & EXPORT COM-Cilver Plated, Glass and fron ROCKERY, Cutlery, Eletro and TICKET AGENCIES-The Company's railway and stormer tickets are PROVISION& COAL
obtainablo at all the Agonoles of the Intornition Sleeping Car & Express PANY, Central Buildings, Liverpool, Train Co., Messrs. Thes. Cook & Son, and Reisoburan der Hamburg-Amoriks England, is prepared to regeiva Con- Ware of all descriptions, always on MERCHANTS. Linic.
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Hongkong. Yat Tune, 1910. RAILWAY HOTELS-YAMATO HOTEL (Tel. (Add.: [990
Daites, Port Arthur, Mekdon, Fashun and Changchun, all under the Com- pany's management. '
of Jesus Christ, they mado'muchi | Advancos made on Merchandise. of Lont..
Loans made on the Provident System.SHIPCHANDLERS, (Rates and Particulars on application). TUX OFFICE OF
"In memory of our Lord's own fasting during forty days, they, too, fasted with in. Ingratitude for His wealsand woes on their behalf, they felt love-driven to suffer with Hira; and because of their lively loyalty they vied with one an- other in deeds of piety and golf- denial during the hallowed and gracious time.'
NO DREAM OF BALLS OR THEATRES
“Lent; let was not forgåt," pu} nddod," has always meant to tho
TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c.,
Undertaken and Executed.
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Hoagkong 28 Mar., 19·11.
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SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY COMPANY, DAIREN.
CLOUET CHAMPAGNE Machine, Stones, &s. Only D month Tol. Add. * Mantelin." Codes: A.1.C. 5th Ed. A. L. & Lieber's
EXTRA, DRY, 124 pints at $22.50.
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PO SING. JEWELLEN & SILVERSMITHI No. 1, POTTINGER STREET,
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Christian community a time of Hongkong, 15th Mar...1941. mourning, and consequently prac tical Catholics no more dream of giving balls or dinnor parties or of go to the theatre or the opera during Lont than they would when mourning for thoir nearest and dearest relatives.
Even when I was a boy. Xmas and New Year Presentings Embroilery, Pongee Bik, Glass Cloth, Catholics who could afford it, great variety and at special rates unit- Canton Silk and Lados, &ci, da camo tip to Loudea for Lant and g
able to all tarten and
(404) Hongkong, 28rd-January, 1011.
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of every description done here, Moderato Prion at
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