THE DOCTRINE OF THE
FUTURE LIFE
Practical Christian Hope.
Notes of a serman by the Rev. Kirk Masonsshie, at the Union Church on Sunday morning,
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thaChrist had never left the dead; broken heart of su tediary man no life and incorruption had mot a small man by say messe, been brought to light in Him, bat one with a force and warmth, and it was dark indeed. - Bst of pervosality which bare won there is a light in the world him the aff.otionate regard of flowing from him. It softens the millions. The article is în în black shadows of our life, and American journal, the writer is affects even th`se who deny its Mr. Harry Sander, and the existence. For all the time men abject what the war has done may be disputing the truths of to him. Now the doctor of divinity the gospel, they are breathing an bàs his plaos, no baa the atmosphere which for msay professor of paychology, so also "Our Saviour, Jesus Christ, generations has been pervaded objecting rationalist and the Who abolished death, and by the gospel and it makes a speculativa szanatio. Let them brought life and immortality lished "Recollections" of Viscount word lies after all with the difference. The recently pub have their hearing, but the last
(incorruption) to light through Morley · contain a number of ordinary man, who is no fool, sud, the gospel"- Tim., 1/10. interesting references to the having to make the best of his The words are appropriate to subject in hand, in the course of way through the common course the glimpses we are given of of this tranbleus and testing life Easter day, and sum up a feature
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of mark in of ours, selden broomer the best unmistakeable in the New Tests- the mid Victorian ers, Mill, doctor and philosopher of them ment from the first Easter onward. Spenser, Huxley and the all. This one tells of his only son, That is the atmosphere of life, rest of them, who were the his parente pride and joy from and the key to it..is in this writer's teachers end companions, the day of his birth to that of his rightly in that remarkable period. Con- death, sad mure to them than all word "incorruption," interchangeable io our trane troversy between "religion" and else in the wide world." A lations with immortality." It "ecience" was then acute, and not fine clean youth evidently, is not the mere dissolution of always in the best of temper on required like many each to-day, the tie between soal and body either side. Darwinism and all it to give bis lile at the call of that caete a shadow over bomen stande for was recent, and to duty, a osptain in the Argylls, experience, the apprehension of mary terribly upsetting. The illed late in 1915. Os Now The Hongkong and New Territo x close by Mr. Maconachie after death as the consommation of a new wine of biological and Tsar's day came the dreadful process of decay. So regarded, physical research seemed like to news, heart-breaking, well-nightories Evangelization Society. death is the overcoming of good baret the battles of received opin- brain wrecking." And then one ky evil, the sinking-to-nothing ion, and if it also went some day, the father writes, "it of the hopee, efforts, instincts and whit to the beade of its distillers suddenly came to me, as if by a The annual meeting of the
It is interesting to note that impulses which move men and that was but to be expected. We revelation, that I had not made Hongkong and New Territories women at their best and toward have passed that stage by now use of something in which I had Evangelization Society was held the Managing Committee of the Comfort at the Union Church Hall natives delegated by the Union Society consists of six represent- their best. The death of Christ and reached broader ground, on|always believed has seemed to be the spreme which a man can call himself an and peace lay in my faith in God, Wednesday, March 27th, when irrevocable ilustration of all evolutionist with B8
email and a future life beyond this large gathering assembled to this. The best the world had risk of excommunication'ss if the earthly sphere.. I suddenly received the report and balance soon had only shared the common vowed himself a gravitationist, realised that I had not seen the sheet for the year 1917. The fate. The Holy One of God bad and also may confess himself a last of John, and that we were meeting was the largest that bad been mocked, defeated, swallow-Christian believer without being ears to meet in another world," been held for several years, and ed by the grave. And yet it is an despised as a credulous obecar and because of this, he adds, testified to the growing interest invincibly certain fact of bistory antist. But the "Recollections" "I became bombly grateful that that is being taken in the spread that shortly afterwarde the very make chilly reading as regarde I had never mocked the name of of the Goepel amongst our men who had seen their firmest carenbject. They give one some God, or cset him from me at say Chinese neighbours. The report hopes disappear in the blackness thing of the sensation of a solar period of my life." In time he was presented by the Rev. J. of utter defeat were-living and eclipse, when, although the sue thas found strength to hearten Kirk Maconachie, minister of the Working under an inexpressible is in the sky, both light and other folk by resuming his work Union Church and president of sense of triumph, sure that the temperature diminish, birda though the old light-hearted joy the Society, and W#B 8 fature lay with them, joyfully cease tbeir song and were had gone out of it, and as we all particularly encouraging one. It holding out offers of life and clees up their petals. It is know he is sparing himself reviewed the work of the last incorruption through Jesus depressing to read once again no exertion to belp the twelve montba at the namerous Christ, men's Saviour from sia. how men like them, of clean grest сал
to victory, stations within the sphere of the Death had ceased to be in life and bigt principle, thought Now that surely, in the spirit in Society's activity, namely, Yan their eyes the corromastion of themselves precluded from giving which to hold the great Christian Long, Sin Tio, Tr'an Wen, all-cocqusting decay, out a stage any welcome to the callook on the hope and use it. It is no arid Castle Peak, Tai Po, Lem Tr'an, in the process of development falare which has been a strength dogma to be given a formal Sheong Shai. Ch'sung Chan and whose issue would be that "thie and enlace to the mess of man. sssent, but a beam to illumine Tai O. At Yan Long, which bas corruptible should put on incor-kind. One by one they pass from the darkened soul and light the slways been considered the chief ruption, and this mortal im the scene, vacheered themselves fest on the path of duty. "Light station of the Society, the pro-i mortality". That and rothing and leaving no cheer to their balf believers of car casual grass of the work has been ad dimmer is the Christau hope. It companions. Some of them seem creeds," so Matthew Arnold re- great se to render the present TO BE LET-FOUR ROOM- went out into the pagan world content, like Meredith for instproached be in his day, sa so too building accommodation vastly ED FLAT on the Peak. and offered a new incentive to all ance: 'Going quickly down", he often we are. Bat no half beliefs insufficient, and s sabeme has, Apply Box 1369 c "Hongkong that makes men feel in their says to Morley near the end “no will make an anchor for the soul recently been approved by the Telegraph." bearts that life is worth while, belief in fata e existence". But when stormarise and watere over-Managing Committee whereby that it is more than a sad illusion, elsewhere the necessity of the whelm. Hold to the Christian ver the congregation will soon be a fatile warfare appointed to man human mind breaks through, notities with no balf beart but the come possemed of a church build-O BE LET. At Pear, fully upon the earth and feading to to say the cry of the human whole strength of manhood, anding consistent with their needa. furnished FIVE ROOMED nothing beyond it. Choics spirit- beart." Mill himself is detected in in the hour of need they will not
June. At Te'on Wan, where out of a HOUSE, 1or May and here, and there in that old world a large from agnostic orthodoxy, fail you, se tens of thousands population of about four thousand Apply to Box No: 1371 co had had glimpses of the truth, suggesting to A
Hongkong Telegraph." bereaved besides him whose typical experi- some two hundred are Christians, bat on the whole the atmos-friend coneclation from some enes I have quoted have found in the activity and enthusiasm of the phere in which most men lived hope of a bereafter. Spencer these dark years. We have been congregation are finding expres was unillamined-without hope, publishes
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men's mach given to minimising in our faion in diverse waya There are and without God in the world". refections, which contain an ad- hopes and beliefs. It seems to already a Sunday School and "The black Fates stand by mission that it seems s strange suit the epirit of the age, and various women's classe, and writes one Greek author, one and repugnant conclusion" that when we have done our minimis-movement is on foot to establish with the doom of dolefulsge, the when the brain stops workiging we call it modesty, to find in other with the doom of death. existezon bolately cesses. Then the result that the power and jayinz, although a minor, station is a dispensary. Aocther interest- When once the appointed there is Burleg's famous letter to which are in Christ are misimised Cheung Chen, or "Damb-bell time of youth is pat it is Morley himself, telling that the also, I have been reminded lately Island." Here there is no official better to die forthwith than to thought of extinction becomes an of "Robert Ellimece" a book Balaried preacher but the Baaday live", The atterance is like increasing horror to him se he which after Gladstone's review services are kept going by four mach more in the serious writing grow older, and, that he had made a grest stir 000 and members of the congregation wha of the time, and the same distaste sooner be in hell a good deal than still circulates. The bero, train speak in tara. There alons for life lurks behind much of its endcre it. Be wonders if his ed in a narrow school, and like men also proclaim publicly the humour, for instance the grim correspondent is ever plagued in many such parting with his faith Gospel of Obrist throughout the joke in the "Frogs" of Aristo- the same way, and Morley cannot when he need only have dropped week in the rented building phones. In that popular comedy recall the answer be gava to the uneasentials, is represented as re- which has been acquired as a
suggestion is made to a dead enquiry, save that it was doubtflecting on hearing the Christian preaching hall, - man who is being carried to less in the negative and may bave triamph nong at the grave of his burial. "No", he is made to re- been fortified from Lacretins. friend, "We have learnt to be sheet had been sccepted by the When the report and balance
From SAN FRANCISCO, ply, "I had rather be alive again". There is a mighty pathos in this more humble now in our thoughts meeting, short addresses were HONOLULU, JAPAN To-day we express repugnance by from a man of eager mind of the future". There comes to Asying we would "sooner be dead," and fervent interests, drawing my mind the ancient, story of Ho Sam U and Mes. Bang Lak, given by Mr. Ka Kai Tak, ME.
PORTS & SHANGĦAL and it is not merely fanciful to near to the end and seeing only a the cynie and the sage, how who all spoke in Chinese and THE AS. CHINA.” eee in the difference change of repulsive, blank before him. It Diognes in his self-imposed rage were interpreted by Mr. Wells, outlook. Life a doubtful boon, his younger friend had had some set his foot one day on Plato's of the London Missionary Society.
Having arrived, Consigness of the end of it to be welcome thing worth while to suggest to purple rahe, saying "Tone I The speakers referred to the cargo are hereby notified to send common view of old and not un him he might not have forgotten trample on the pride of Pista" difficulties experienced by them in their Bills of Lading duly known still, bat essentially incom- his answer, but in spy care rome" And with pride still greater, when the work was started some and take immediate, delivery of endorsed for countersignature patible with Christianity of any of us will believe that each s soul Diognes," came the sp reply. fourteen years ago, and dwelt their cargo from ship's side, vital sort. True we learn in Christ se Harley has found abundant The homility which makes you upon the way in which they had not to cling to this mortal life too opportunity to gratify his eager bang back from God's gifte of been fed and their efforts blessed be landed immediately and cargo closely for its own sake, clatobring zat for work sad for knowledge, race it desperately to the last moment and that not in say hell, but in Mere dogmatism of course there the Biblewoman at Tan Wan, Friday, 5th inst, will be landed can sesily be overdone, ever eincs, Mre, Sang, who is remaining on board on and after as though it were all in all, either whatever school in God's many ie co usa for, bat neither, in 8 and who has spoken at the annual at consignees risk and expe for ourasives or for those we love. mansions may be reserved for world racked like the world of to meeting for several yara, bore Cargo undelivered on and after and at its past history, it is agclear tesra there what here they did halting, tentative assentings to ligious activity prevailing at her feet roken Bot looking at the world as it is, honest men who are willing to day, is there much use for merely witness, to the remarkable re- Tuerday, 9th inst., will be sub- As any such thing can be that an not, These pages do make chilly the Christien truths and hopse, station, where the Church mem
All broken, chafed and damag- altogether now preciousness is reading, and one is glad to believe watering down of the eare things bere were endeavouring to be Co's Godown, where it will be ed packages, will be landed into imparted to mortal life through that to-day men of that stamp of the faith to bloodless possibi come more deeply versed in the examined on Wednesday, 10th the gospel of the Incarnation. would find fewer obstacles, of an lities and doubtful maybes. We Scriptores and in the tenets of the inst. at 2 p.m. There is around our daily life a ecclesiastical and dogmatia kind walk by faith, of course. But it fail. The result was that while No claims will be entertained bright-e-which we are scarcely at any rate, in their way to faith is faith in which a man on a year or two ago the Ts on Wan after the goods have left the conscious of billund we ware born obstacles temperamental are well, that is a guide to his way Christians could have been lik - ship's side, or Co Godown. into it and caly by wn, inkgina. - another matter." tive ta urt dan we conesinga bat
through life, faith grounded in ed onto sun-dried mad bricks, All claims to be presented pot Perhaps by chance, perhaps resson and deeply pledged to as they now more closely resembled later than 24th. April, 1918, other- life would be like without it not, there came to my hand while In Jeens Christ, who never vas hard burnt clay brickwise they will not be recognised. "When it was dark" was the busy with these depressing deceived the soul that wholly quaint simile that delighted the will be effected algnificant title of a book in chapters a veritable human trasted Him, and in Whom, our audience. which such an effort wie made, document" of a very different Saviour, life and immortality are & new and pleasing feature of and which crested some stirs few suit, far removed from pala brought to light through the the meeting was the presence of syuam ago. Its supposition was speculation, but hot from the big Gospel,
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