THE
CROSS.
By the Rev. G. R. Lindsay, M. A.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
RUSSIA AND POLAND.
RECENT MURDERS RECALLED...
Moscow, April 10.
The Rosta Agency says the Polish Minister, M. Kentohinsky | replying to M. Chlobarin's Note In the churches which cele the Saviour's sufforings with protesting against the murder of brate in ordered oyole the land- which we may not intermeddle, two officers on March 31st and marks of our Lord's life, the year experiences we cannot fathom. demanding a strict enquiry and is felt to move to its climax in We cannot guage the agony that punishment of the culprits, while the commemoration of the events must have been endured by His regretting the occurrence de- of the Cross. It is one of the stainless spirit in breathing theprecates the unfounded accUSA- most imposing facts of history atmosphere of wickedness, nortions of the Soviet and declares that Jesus Christ has brought can we understand the anguish his decision to regard respon into existence & spiritual society of the ory, "My God, Why Hast sibility and punishment for the wbloh links together nineteen Thou Forsaken Me?" There le murders as an internal affair of centuries and "holds the world in mysteries here toward which the Poland, which cannot continue
irresistibly correspondence on the subject.. its embrace, and that He wields devout mind is
M. Chicharin, in reply, pointed this power because He endured drawn, and which are also a hall- the Cross. Such a stupendous mark of truth, for, as has well that the Polish Government, by result can be explained only by been said, "A roligion without officially consenting to an ex- the fact that the sufferings and its mysteries is like a temple change of offloors, recognised the death of Christ had a quality without a God." But the most Soviet interest in their, fate:
the Soviet which stirs the deepest' feelings potoat.influence of the Cross of thorofore
cannot
HIPPO FIGHTS ELEPHANTS. Two elephants and a hippo took
of human nature. The Cross Christ bas been in its peculiar regard the affair with indifference. M. Karchevsky, the Polish has a strong universal appeal to efficacy, Sinful men have exper- heart and mind on account of its fenced through the Cross the Consul at Minsk, who is accused tragedy; or its mystery, or its power of God unto salvation. In of concealing the priest Ussas has officacy,
or all three aspects the hour when we feel our un-baon recalled to Poland at the together.
worthiness, not only do we say, request of the Soviet-Reuter, The world has ever an open "God be merciful to me a sin- ear and a sensitive heart for a ner," but we instinctively adð; for Christ's sako." We can tale of roal tragedy which in- volves an innocent in shame and confidently ask for forgiveness rain and no biography that was when wo plead the worthiness of ever written, or ovent over Him Who for our sakes offered imagined, has approached in the His perfect soul without spot or elements of truest pathos to the blemish.. record of the death on Calvary," As we stand by the Cross this Yet again, there is fascination in wock, lot not our attitude be one are problems of sentimental pity or sympathy, mystery. There connected with the Cross-with but rather that of obedience. the reason why it was necessary for the Baviour to die--that have fascinated the most earnest and profound minds throughout the Christian ages. We feel more over, that there were aspects of
FACTORY FIRE.
BIG AMERICAN BLAZE.
New Jersey, April 10. A fre dostroyed the nail factory of Messrs. Igoe Brothers and several other factories. The ́loss is estimated at between four and six million dollars.-Reuter's American Service.
JAPAN'S NAVY.
NEW CRUISER LAUNCHED,
Kobe, April 10, The first-class cruiser Kako has been launched at Kawasaki Dookyard.-Reuter..
O, dearly, dearly as He loved, And we must love Him too, And trust in His redeeming
blood,
And try His works to do;
WHOSE ISLAND?
The Hague, April 9.2 The Government has appointed Professor Van Vollenhoven as its representative in the arbitration proceedings to decide whether Miangas Island belongs to Hol- United States,— land or the Reuter.
THE
*CLAN MONROE."
Antwerp, April 9.
The s., Clan Monroe, which) collided with and sank the Dutch' steamer Jonge Catharina, is mak ing a little water, but is proceed- iug to Havre-Reuter,
The
Part in a fierce battle in a circus near Nimos, eays a Paris message. In the end one of the slophants had its foot crushed between the hippo's jaws and the cirous- manager now thinks it is danger- ous to allow hippoe and elephants to be in the same arena. circus proprietor had advertised a "jungle scene." No sooner had the elephants trumpeted round the hippo than it seized one of the elephant's paws and (crunched it. The other elephant attempted to throw the hippo. After frantio efforts by the oirous attendants the fighting animals were separ- ated.
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