WAR ANNIVERSARY.
THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1917.
learned men like 'Sir. Oliver Lodge) hearer of prayers, it will not make advocating what seems to me an us slack, but just the reverse. God unscriptural and unprofitable form is working Hia purpose out. He is of spiritual exercise. You may not making a new earth Everything Special Services in the Churches. agree with me in these matters, but must be revalued. There is no you must all acknowledge you need doubt about the issue, righteousness to remember the Lord, to come will prevail'; even the Germans will Services of a sproial character, straight to God Himself not the in due course realise that they bene- and appropriate to the ocrasion God of paganism who is infuenced fit by the defeat of the unrighteous of the third anniversary of the by charms, not merely the God of principles and the arrogant dynasty war, were held in St. John's the Old Testament who is Jehovah that keeps them in fetters. As Cathedral, the Roman Catholic of Israel, but the God who we pray we will cherish the vision Cathedral, and the Unico Church loved the world that he gave his
of a world in which righteousness on Sunday, while, on Saturday, only begotten son, the God who and peace shall kiss each other, in
was beld $ similar service
enjoins us to ask and receive, to in the Sikh Temple at all of seek and find. God is a spirit and which reference was made to the must be worshipped in spirit and great struggle till being waged
in truth. To such a God we mast in Europe, while the hope w expressed that Britain and ber lift up holy hands. Even in the Old grest and gallast Allies would enon meet with the gloricua victory that is certain to come.
St. John's Cathedral.
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which all mankind shall dwell toget- her i brotherly love.
Each nation whether small or
large, whether white or black or yellow shall be free to fulfil its de sting and bring its honour and glory That day
Testament time the prophets exite the City of God. plained to the people that their
will surely come. We can hasten prayers were useless because of
it by our prayers or we can binder their sins. Our cause is righteous. is by our neglect of prayer. Let us We have no doubt about that. The
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all our Allies, remembering Russia our King, for all in authority, for in particular in these critical days. Let us pray for all the soldiers and sailors, for all the sick and wound-
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At St. John's Cathedral, there outstanding event of last year was Pray in full assurance of faith for smong whom were His Excellency of the Allies. There could have the Governor, Major-General,
been no clearer riadication of the Vestris, and a large representa- tion of the Services along with righteousness of our cause than the many well-known residents. The noble speech of President Wilson.ed and those who minister to them) Middlesex Regiment, the Royal As Bishop Brent zaid in St. Paul's in body and soul: let us pray for Engineers and the Cadets attend- Cathedral last April, we are not at those who are engaged in tasks of ed is Church Parade order, and, war because of a misunderstanding special peril, let as pray for the Mr. T. F. Beagh, assistant with our enemies, but because of an spirit of unity in the Homeland, in Superintendent of the Police Randerstanding. We now know the Great Britain and in Ireland. Let serve was alan present officially principle which Germany bas esus pray for our enemies; let us pray The Specis! Psalm was No. 46. posed as the guiding star and that that we may be brought through "God is our Hope and Strength," principle is one which contradicts strife to lasting peace. Finally let while the hymns were "O God, the principle by which men live.us remember before God all those our help in ages past; O God we would expect God's blessing on who have fallen in the service of of Jacob by whose hand Thy our arms we must fight with clean their country. Some will pray for Holy hands. There must be no condoned their souls' peace and progress in people still are fed," Father in Tby Mercy bear our unrighteousness in our nation. I do the Paradise of God and some will anxions Prayer." The Rev. not think we can ask God's blessing prefer to keep to the guarded and restrained language of our Prayer, II. G. H. Griffithe officiated. sodun reprisals, ca dropping tombs on
because Germany Book and pray that we with them bis Lordship the Bishop of Vic- noncombatants toria presched an appropriate does it or on illtreating Germany partake of God's' Heavenly sermon. At the outert bis Lord-prisoners because she starves ours. Kingdom. Whatever our views of ship read a message from Field Let us play the game though our prayers for the dead I am sure they Two should be mentioned before God. Marshal Sir Douglas Haig to the enemy stops at no measures.
blacks do not make a white. There Before the special Litany is mid I following #fect:
"Our Armies in France drawn, must be no slackness on our part. will read over the rames of volun- from every part of the British The people who have prayed to God teers who have gone from Hong- him have song and laid down their lives in Empire bring to the fourth year and trusted wholly to at the War a ateady confidence never been slackers in any enter the service of their country. I lear justified by their past achieve prise. The passage in Nehemiah the list is incomplete, but it is the
in their from which my text is taken
best I could obtain. Will you Box ments. Unfaltering resolation to complete the task, to typical of many such. "Remember stand in respectful silence to com- which they have put their hande. the Lord who is great and terrible,memorate the brave men who loved
nof their lives unto the death and homes
milliont they will fight on until the enemy and fight for your brethren, your
whom we
may leave in the righteous and interrupted the ordinary and is overthrowo."
sons and your daughters, your wives hands of a loving Heavenly Father. careless flow of daily duties and and your house." Oliver Cromwell's soldiers were puritans who. believed Lordship read the following names: years
The congregation standing, His interests, and now after threa of ench warfare and God and prayed to God and
A Stokes, J. E. Cresson, R. G. calculated crime as history ha WANTED-ENGINEER, British as Works' Fore though they were not always right Munro, C. C. F. Cunningham, J, H.
never seen, nor the boldest mind their prayers
man.Appliations with Copy made them fight Bone, F. Richardson, C. M. G. Walk imagined, the circle of config Re'erences in Own writing. better than the Royalists. There er, A. D. Bailey, A. C. E. Elbo-hsa widened to include great stating age and salary required. must be do slackness on our part, rough. E. G. Painting, P. B. Gard peoples like the United States of No other applications considered. There are 314 who have volunteered her, H. G. Wakeford, W. All-America, antil carcely a nation W. S. Bailey & Co. Ltd. and gone from our small. Britishhh. R. IL Date, K. Edwards, of importance repsine outside the community to help defend us and E. Drury, W. J. May, A. B. Shewan, strife and none but feela in every our cause. one of the last to go. O. Collins, A. Hirst, E. Cruik part of its maticaal, economic and being the Rev. E. W. L. Martin, shank, Ben Chapman, F. M. Soares, social life the terrible ffecte of who often preached here. It is no E. R. Forde, W. H. Church, L Car this titanic struggle. time for slackness on the part of micheal.
And His Lordship concluded: us who live in comfort and safety. Praying to God is not trying to get now-to God the Father, God be Him on our said. It is getting Son and God the Holy Ghost, the Ruler, the gracious Father and the ourselves on His side, and it has a Supreme Judge of all wen and all causes, to Whom there are no dead, Bearer of prayer. Whatever our wonderfully bracing effect upon.our nation may be we are not atheistic. energies. While we pray for the be ascribed all majesty, dominion prisoners and power for evermore. Amen. Too many neglect public worship 45,00 British and Indian
A special litary with prayers for and disregard the Lord's Day, to in the hands of the wiemy we bring
their use in war time was then said, af- their own great loss; but they still their needs before God,
Communier was believe in God. He may not be physical suffering, their bodily ter which Holy
their loneliness, their celebrated. The offertory, amoun doctrinally defined as the God of the hunger, Catholic Church or of the creeds of mental depression, perhaps the inting to 8154.15, will be given to the Christendom. Mr. H. G. Wells, in, sults and hardships imposed by Primers of War Fund. - his attractive writings, is preach-guards whose minds have been ing a God who alone solves the pro- poisoned by their Prussian masters.
His Lordship's sermon, which #38 based or the text "Remember the Lord sad fight"-Nehemish, 4th Obapter, was ak follows
When the war broke out few of us thought it would go for three sears, but at the commencement of the fourth year of war we, fullwing the example of our King and Queen, have come to the House of God to and intercede fur
coldiers our
Ce saildfa, to remember those who have died for us, to present our monetary offering to help our comrades inf need and to thank God for many mercies vouchsafed to us. I'desire to emphasise the thought, that we are approaching God, the supreme
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The meeting concluded with prayer to strengthen the arms of our Empire's brave soldiers and bestow invincible courage upon them. The appeal for war sak scriptions was mide on Sunday, the result being a collection of $393.
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needs we can hardly go home and There was a large congrege efficiency of your work as well as trust in Him. Such a finite God as
In the course of his your power to enjoy say leisor be conceives is not likely to give spend money on unnecessary luxury, tion. inal satisfaction to many earnest extravagent dreas, fashy entertain. remarks on the anniversary of hour, or obtain rest, it is time!
hardly teach, our the war. His Lordship said they that you gave Dr. Williams' pink seekers, but to worship Him and to ing. We can play to Him should bring men Chinese servants to follow us and should all do their best to help pillas fair trial,
The condition that doctor Learer to the Kingdom of Heaven. our guests about with whisky and their own nation to continue what
they had done up till now, and to describe 19 general debility The danger with some people to-day soda, expensive wine and cherry those who could do no special (when they describe it at all) does sems to be rather towarda superati- brandy, all the while we are pray work be asked that they should dot come before most physicisas ton, sentimentalism and spiritualing that our brave prisoners may
pray that God would soon grant until the blood has become 10 im. To many the mascot craze is have a little decent bread and a
8 victorioas peace. Another impoverished that it can be called] aly a whims cal amusement, to cup of tea. Sincere prayer is bound service was held in the Cathedral anemis. Unless this condition thers it is a real superstition. Last to be followed by self sacrificing in the evening at which the Litany of bloodlessness has been resched
onth a Mascot Day was advertised giving Week day interression
of the Saints, which contains you simply complain of failing 2 London. Replicas of maar te services have almost faded away. I petitions for peace, was recited. energy, loss of appetite, cos zere sold for 2/6 each by" society know many of you put in some
stipation, lack of ambition and idics and popular actresses. One hours every week in war work; but. At Union Church, the Rev. E animation. If you are well-to-do vas commended as the replica of a I know also that intercession for Dewetce, preaching to a large your physician will probably re- bascot which bad apparently kept the war is war work. Prayer is one congregation, took for his text commend a change of air.
certain captain without a scratch of the three forms of co-operation Babbakuk II14:-"I will stand you are not, be will tell you there a every conceivable danger. The with God. The other two are work upon my watoh, sad set me upon is nothing much the matter with ale was under the patronage of the ing and thinking. God depends for the tower." In the course of bis you. He means that there is no
Commander-in-Chief and the the harvest upon the farmer work-Fermon be said: The shadows lie organic trouble. Director General of the Medicaling with Him. He depends for pro-diep on the world to-day, and on Bat your blood is thin and service. As the "Guardian" news-gress of science on scholars thinking our bearis. It is three years since your whole system lacks tone. aper says: We look with pitying with Him, and He depends for the the world war broke upon us with The blood goes everywhere, зntempt upon the pagan who bows triumph of righteousness in the the suddenness of atropicalstorm. pratically, and if you improve own to wood and stone, while world upon His people praying to Our fancied security of civilisa | the quality of the blood by using housands of church-going people Him. There must be no doubters. tion and culture was shattered by Dr. Williams pink pills, you ust themselves to the protection He that cometh to God mast the shock of elemental passions, tous up the whole body, improte
Bome mascot during the
believe that He is the re-and none car yet foresee the far the appetite, quicken the step, sek days. Not long ago a sol warder of them that diligently seek regeling changes and re- and put & now "punch" in life fer member of the Church of Him. Faith in God can do anything adjuments in human society generally. ngland sent home a rosary to his
regals. For this ressan get. Dr. ife and asked her to get it blessed When you pray believe and ye shall sad life that must
have. As we have seen faith in Aa "nexpected element of Williams' pink pills now, and the Vicar and sent back to him God as Almighty and as the tragedy maddenly invaded the scmpt nothing else. France. And we have great and
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