FROM THE PULPIT.
Word to the Wise.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22. 1918.
in a way of saying that some back of your mind, there is a popular tests of troth are too doubt, as evidently there was in care for the purpose, and that if Joebus. It may be all perfectly. a man ie not to err from God's plain, but there is something | trrok in this world he must have shout it which you don't quite his senses exercised to discern like, this treaty with appearsone, good and evil, not simply to know this alliance with the Gibeonits. Notes of a sermon by the Rev.roga when he sees them and That fact is that having bean with, J. Kirk Micanachie at Union mould when he tastes it. There is Jess you have learnt something Church on Sunday morning :—
euch a thing as being deceived of Him, and have required some “And the men took of their by the obvious, misled by som-wholesome distrust of many of wistusle, and asked not counsel at csonte. Wise men learn to look the principles and practices of the month of the Lord."Joebus efore they lap, even when this world. And if you are to it may Beein annecessary. fight the Lord's battle here, one 9/14.
You and I in our time have thing you must guard against is This ancient story records the rushed at" things and regretted just this coming to terms with stratagem by which the men of it. There may not have seemed the for which we are all much too Gibson imposed upon Jeshus in much need for consideration at wies to dream of on the Western the midst of his gorgaests, and the time, very likely. Ois Front in Europe, but which not adverted the fate which had cumstances all pointed one way seldom tokes us in like very Overtaken their neighbours. They | and everybody else seemed quite simpletons in the good fight of pretended to be ambassadors sure about it. So you went with the faith. from a distant country, though the stream, and you can see now their cities were but 20 miles what a mistake it was. For away, and to give the appearance practical purposee the only God of having come a long journey many peoples seem to have is "the they "look old snake upon their majority.” But it shall not be so sotes, and wine ekine old and
rant and bound up, and old shoes
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among you, whose call is to walk ASSAULT ON HAWKER. by the inner light and by it to
and cloated upon their feet, and check all surface indicatione,
old garments upon them; and all; We must oftes, of course, be
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dry and mouldy." Seldem can but a Christian is not is be finally the "Police Court this morning. FINAL PROGRAMME FOR OUR DAY,'
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Terrace.
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The complainant, in giving evidence, said he was hawking in
when Ladder Terrace children came along and took his hat they came and upset bis etall. his awesta. He remonstrated.
The defendant got hold of s then come and reported the matter to Inspector. P. O'Sullivan.
discarded rubbieh have played so raled by them nor accept them before Mr. J. B. Wood, with importants part in fairs of without appes), for the finger of seasalting Chinese bawker os State. The Teraelites accepted circumstance is not always on the October 17, at 3 pm, in Ladder the deception at ila face hand of God." The devil's valas and concluded a treaty advocates are clever at piling up with never, an enquiry sa to what circumstantial evidence, and will. might the God's will; simply give you a hundred reasons for
took of their vistuals, and asked doing the thing which not counsel at the mouth of the the back of your mind you Lord." You and I, reading the auspeo you had better let gesint chronicle, wonder how alone. It ja because We Jcenas and his elders could have lead prayerless, anaspoti ad lives been so easily teken in. They that we only judge the judgment were in the country of enemies, of this world about many thinge, sad ought, one would suppose, to | and lead one another into lors, have kept their eyes open. Last! It is a sorry thing to see a Sunday, we are told, basil Landon Christian, community swayed by a mere meal-bag philosophy, to the Germans profested to sccept call ite; misled by some President Wilson's terms. Most immediate appearance of advant of ae bere felt fai from sure, and
age, end refusing to lock behind
went wild with joy becaus
broom and struck him twice. Ble
- Defendant, in giving evidence,
said to etruck the hawker with a
broom for using abusive language and trying to strike his sister.. Defendant ale ssid that the children gathered round complain
fool
Morning. Lady May's Rose Fund:
Sale of Roses.
Noon. At 12 o'clock sharp Sale by auction of special roses on Cricket Club Ground. Mr. H. P. White has kindly consented to act as auc tioneer.
doubslees moet in the homelande Yon nezd money for the ante stall and played the foch Afternoon 2 p.m. Gymkhana- in-
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aleo. Four years' experience bave Red Cross, e.., and think a taught mankind that to take lottery will yield it. So you look spything, neither did they upset German protestations face
at the bank book and not an inch his stall. value would be palpable folly, farther, and consider & man to be
His Worship aid that if the The enemy hoped to chafer about something of a fool if he suggesta defendant appeared before bim conditions of evacuation, bat when the burglar is in your house ay higter oonsideration. It is again he would be sent to geal. living at a poor dying rate to act He wa'd record a conviction the only condition is Quick as though it were scperfluous to against him and fire him $10 or March, expedited by whatever sek what God thinke, so long as fourteen day's hard labour. He Evening 7.30
escamay be at your disposal. The there are plenty of coated shoon also ordered him to pay sa sddi President gave thiezobber the only and mouldy crusts to point a way.
tishal 35, or seven days' hard anawer he deserves until at the As we icok back on life the labour, 88 compensation to the least be withdraws every sub miesakes we most regret are those complainant. marine from the ceas and every which need peter have been soldier from France and Belgium made, and never would have been We have learot, reluctantly, to made had we not just gone our believe nothing and enspect own way or the way of others no Trything from that quarter. wiser than ourselves, failing to Bad we learnt eooner, the want enough conscience and con- would perhaps "never have sideration into car decisions, con- broken out, but in any case it dacting our life just according to object is to put
end
outward signe, ating more or to diplomatic *crecios sad Pasincerities, to have the sire of email and etil, jet final.
lere apeciously the voice which the world conducted in the open, to let ile great peoples of the
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The Apostle James wrote in words which are often quoted,
fatare era know how they are if any man lack wiedom let bim being led and to what objeste they are being committed, instead ark of God." We may assially of being armed and drilled like adapt it, "If any man possess blind automata, and sent out to wisdom let him and likewise." "destroy and be destroyed at the leet his wisdom lead him to leave will of raling castes and reigning God out of his reckonings and go about God's business and his own bcases.
with no more than a wisdom of That have we grown wise in this world. For errors Docur our generation, but Joehas had many times jest where you fesi not enough experienos to matchaare of your ground, so sure that The "fathers of modera dip you feel no need to look above it. lamboy, " as the Gibeonite leaders, That is ezee ly where we here somewhat cynically heen are apt to lose touch with atpled. Still he and bis elders the anreep, and not the very, were without excuse, for they wisest of a: can afford to do that, were acting ander Divine direc judging only by the manifest and tion on a eacred mission, and it obrasive, which will certainly was their eafety to take God into
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cooneel at every point. Eiling all its seeming substantiality if to do so they fell into the trap you fail to correct it by the laid for them, and in consequence epiritual. So I say be careful. had to put up with the disturbing whenever you ste not walking by presence of these Hittite tribes faith. Pray without cessing through future geberations, for 'come never begin to pray antil all having once made the treaty they outward signe, fail them and they could not go book" on it, even' are at their wits' end. though it had been obtained by "Let him that bicketh he trickery. It has been reserved standeth take heed lest he fall,' for the 20th Christian century to and be not least besdful when evolve the scrap of paper theory you feel most sure. Our dagger of convensate which cease to suit in life is not that we come short one; in simpler times the apin common pindence but that we proved man was he who sweareth fail to look beyond it. Our MENTHOLATUM to his own hart, and changeth commonsense is too little sancti
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Instances of men and women providential indications too much who have done great things worldy wise compliance with through prayer are often held up the trend of cironmetences, for our encouragement. Here is sad cirenmstances have one of the opposite kind. Jorhas's way of playing the Gibeonite, var council thought it unneces- with the people of God. That! mary to "exquire to the Lord, problem in your life-to moet it and therefore went wrong. The might not appear a problem stall thing, they thought, was es plain That question before the Charch saa pikesta #, with all those the first man you meet could cold clothes and mouldy ciaste answer it off band. Look," in evidence. But the pikestaff mys he, at those shreds
Bitter for the melee than and patoban: taste this mouldy ALL CHEMISTS STOCK IT thecoonnoil chembar, which bread Quite so, and yet at the
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10.30 Drawings of Raffle for Dodge
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