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A God is a word ceed to designate an imaginary being which people of themselves have devised,

QIs it true that God has, ever been revealed?

A. As there is no God, He could

not reveal Himself.

Q. Who is Jesus Christ!

A. Jesus Christ was the son of a: Jewish girl called Mary.

Q. In He the Son of God? A. There is no God, and therefore there can be no God's Son,"

The teaching of Communism is a far greater danger than most people imagine, for it is becoming wide spread and is aimed at all super natural religion and faith. Christians who might have sympathy with some of the ideals of these new orders can not do so while such doctrines are beld and tanght

CHILDREN'S' CORNER.

RESULTS OF THE WRITING COMPETITION.

1st. prise. Hilda Bouss 2nd prize. Rossmand B. Hancock

My dear Children,

¡All those who entered for this week's competition sent in rich well-written and well-expressed letters that it was really difficult to tell which were the best.

However I have decided that the prizes shall go to Hilda Seuss and Rosamund Hancock and a nice book each is being sent to them. Rosa- mond Hancock's letter was very well written for a little girl of eight and I m patting in Hilda Sousa's letter for for all to see as it is such an interest-

A special danger and hardship is that many people may is ignoranceng one, send their children to these schools for religious instruction, expecting them to receive what is generally taught at a Sunday School-faith in

Jesus Christ.

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XVILITH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

yet their ministrations are clearly described, first to the chosen family of the chosen nation in the Old Testament, ther to Our Lord at various times from His infancy to His Resurrection, and lastly to individual souls in the New Testament.

While S. Paul rebukes worship of them as idolatry (Col. II. 18), yet it is natural to be thankful to them, as "fellow-servants" of the Communion of Saints who minister to us.

place at beautiful places so that pleasure may be combined with basi ness. Reports of the proceedings at the Oxford Convention and the Swanwick Convention have arrived and it seems that there have been great signs of healthy life at each

of Alzira Jorge, Dulce d'Aquite and Sp cial mention must also be made Grace and Jean Ho Turg.

You all seem to have had jolly holidays with lots of bathing and

fun.

Your loving,

PETER PAN.

DULCE ¿'AQUINO. I hope that your little baby brother is quite all right again now. You must be very delighted with him.

LETTER COMPETIZION.

Dear Peter Pan,

The meetings at Oxford were en tirely for Anglican priests, and the purpose of the meetings was to deli- As my holidays are just over I am berate on the question of common writing to tell you how I spent them. dangers so as to find out how to face I went to many picnics but the them. There seems to have been a last was the most eventful. It was spirit of grim determination to see at Stonecutters. I swam for some things exactly as they are in these time but soon got tired so I went to troubleas times--the shameless cult the beach and there I found some of worldliness in defiance of religion lovely stells. Some had all sorts of the increasing degradation in politire colours like the rainbow, the others and the failings and deficiencies of the were of one shade. I also picked priesthood.

sme big armers. My little brother i while getting into the sampan missed his foot and slipped into the water. He could not swim and the poor little fellow was only five years old. Hy biggest brother who was in the water he dared not go into the water. I aved him, and for some time after

can only swim a little as I only start- ed this year.

As may have bem expected, there was considerable divergence of opinion on many points, but the good tempu shown in the discussions shows the growth of toleration.

After most remarkable meetings, twelve hundred priesta returned to their parishes with a fiery determina tion to convert England anew to the Christian Faith working as far as possible on the pure essentials of the Catholic Religion as promulgated by Christ and His Early Church.

Swanwick is noted as the sumMAT

is pressengers (C.f. angel-messenger) creeds makes it a wonderful ex- between God and man, and also as our ❘perience.

The next eventful day was when I was taking a walk with my friends. After walking for some time we came to a place covered with grass and tree. We thought it would be nice o explore the place. So I went alone

most delicate little flowers I had ever

sprinkled with a late dots. I gathered s bunch with the intention of bringing it

The Gospel is taken from the 2nd chapter of S. Matthew and is the record of the close of what has been called "the Day of Gainsaying" in Holy Week. The questions brought to Christ during the week of His death are familiar to Christians as impious Seme people think that departed attempts to catch Him in His answere: cars sometimes become angels, but the story for Sunday however con- this is quite erroneous, angels are oerns a certain lawyer who was fairly b. ings of an order quite different from centre of Student Christian Movement and what do you think I found? The honest and sincere in his question, that of man. Angels are the servants efforts, and the representation of so though he was probably a critic of of God in Heaver, and probably act many a tionals of all classes 100 seen. They were of a blueish shade what he considered to be a nev theology. He asked, "Which is the great commandment in the Law"pardians on Earth. Angela are rarely Speaking from the standpoin of the Being a lawyer, he imagined that no en nowadays, though instances of Angle Catholic, one cannot but raise home but turning round I saw some- organization could succeed without their appearances have been recorded; the question whether, so far as the thing which caused me to drop my one may care to red "In Converse Student Christian Movement is cer- bunch of flower. For that something an elaborate system of laws, and, va Christ had the reputation of scorcing with Angels," by I E. Elliott. in cerned, Anglo Catholics are doing all was a snake. I called to my friends There is s and they all came running but wher laws, he felt that his question was which the author claims having seen, they might on its behalf.

tremendous opportunity to be brought they saw the snake many of them ran really clever. There is doubt however heard and spoken to angels. that he wanted an opinion on the

up. Are we doing it? subject, for he seemed troubled con- cerning the multiplicity of Jewish appeared with the heading "Sunday

A new preaching order has been rules and their degrees of importaan.bool Blasphemy" printed on its started in England under the auspices Our Lord's reply showed him the front cover, on the centre page was of the League of Heip. There at was only one law in religion, and theptre of a sturdy baby feeding from both men and women in this order, was the law of love-this law might large bottle labelled Revolutionary and they are called the "itinant

A few weeks ago "John Bull"

be divided into two parts, love towards Ileas. Then there was a large article servants of Jesus"; their duties are God and love towards man, but even written by Huratio, condemning a somewhat similar to those of the then there was only one precept. God new kind of Sunday School which has friars of old days, for they travel is love, and His religion is one of love, appeared in England

through the entrysde from village The list of musta" and "dont's "

It appears that advanced "Reds" to village e sperating with the parish are just as trying now as they were have now started schools in imitation priests in preaching a new call to in the times of Christ when His | of the Christian Sunday Schools, and Christian Faith and practice. countrymen were bound hand and these new Schools are institutions for

Much good seems to result from fout by the legal quibbles of the the spreading of anti-christian ideas these efforts, and uns can admire the Scriber. Christians should not allow and the teaching of communism in devotion of those who are willing to themselves to be pursuaded that cer- the Bolshevist sense of the word. It sacrifice home comforts to imitate one tain acts are sins because others is rurious that communiam, which of Christ's greatest methods of minis consider they are sins, for we can only sin when we break the law of love. We can only sir when our conduct injures someone or when our conduct ehows lack of love to God.

Thursday is the Feast of S. Michael and All Angels, commonly called Michaelmas Day. This festival is of very ancient observance and links us ap in our belief to the early age of Judaeism as well as of Christianity.

Although the nature of angels is but little revealed to us in the Bible,

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was a Christian practice in the early tering.

days after Our Lord's Ascension, Perhaps the time is coming when should become a treasured principle Churchon in China who speak the

of modern revolutionaries: in this language may be able to undertake fret there is certainly food for thought similar work. for Christians.

The disquieting part of the story,

as "John Bull points out, is that TREATMENT FOR DYSENTERY these new Schools not only teach their communal ideas but aim at crushing HAMBERLAI Colic and Diarib all religious belief in the mind of the child, as is seen by the following typical questions and answers in the Catechisin which the child is taught.

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away. One of my friends who stayed took up a stone and threw it on his head and smashed it. In spite of his head being quashed he could still wriggle so while some stayed to watch the snake the others helped to carry a bigger stone and we put it on his head. Then we went home for it was getting dark.

I have written quite a long letter and I think I will close now.

Age 11.

With best wishes.

from

Your little friend (Signed) HUDA SOUSA

THE MACARONI FEATHER.

"Yankee Doodle went to town Upon a little pony

Stuck a feather in his hat

And called it Macaroni.

First he bought a porridge bowl

And then he bought a ladle

Then be tratted home again

As fast as he was able,”

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He might just as well have called it Rice or Bmolina or Tapioca. But anyway he called it by the fist name that came into his head."

Someone passing by `cried out, What a fine festher you have in your at, Yankee Doodie !”

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Yes isn't it be replied proudly, "I call it Macaroni.TM*

And than an idea struck him! Yankee Doodle was very poor and all that he possessed in the whole wide world at that moment were his pony, a shed where he lived and his wits. He was a bit of a rogue I am afraid but he had just thought of a way of earning some money.

He jogged along on his old brown pony and when he saw a man trudg ing on in front of him he shouted to him, "Would you like Macaronit"

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"Three peace," replied Yankee Doodle. The man gave him the money and Yankee Doodle handed him the feather out of his hat saying. ** This is what I call macaroni ; ' hurried on his pony, leaving the angiy man far behind.

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CHAUFFEUR'S DEFENCE TO HUSBAND'S CHARGE.

The strenuous Interport Bowk season was brought to a successful cl last night when the bowlers of the Colony entertained the members of the Shanghai Interport team to dinner at the Hongkong Hotel

Mr. R. M. Dyer, President of the Hongkong Lawn Bowh Association was in the chair. Mr. Shaw, the Shanghai skip took the place of hour on his right. The others It was related by Inspector Clark present included Moser, J. H. N, that a raiding party visited I was never more than a servant to Mody, J. Allan, Tweedie. J. the place on September 12 Mrs. Jacobus. I only obeyed her Reid, J. Price. D. McAlister J. and found the arms and orders when I went away with her. McMurtrie, H. Overy, A. Hamilton, ammunition four travelling T. Grimshaw, J. B. Maclachlan, J. Blake, T. F. Paterson: J.0. MeLaggan, 'J.N.R. Allan, R. Lapsley, J. Muirhead, J. Russell, R. Wallace, G. Morrison, P. T. Farrell, J. R. Clark, W. G. Gerrard, Landers, Brown, A. Clark, Ferguson and Harvey,

Claiming to be relatives at a Chin- A chatliffeur who alleges that he was General, Leung Chi Kang, Two compelled by his mistress, the wife of Chinese women were called upon at the a wealthy manufacturer, to elope with Police Court yesterday afternoon to her and spend three weeks in the explain to Magistrate Lindsell why ten country alone in her company, is in lauser pistols, nine revolvers, four jail at Morristown, charged with con- automatic pistols and 5,800 rounds spiracy to separate the woman from of ammunition were found in the her children. house at No. 11 H Street where

To the magistrate the chauffeur, a they resided.

handsome Italian, Filudcio, Spagnols, declared:--

An excellent dinner was served under the supervision of Mr. Herbert Norton.

Daring the evening, cups given by Mr. Dyer to the members of both teams were presented and Mr. Gerrard, on behalf of the Police Club, presented souvenirs to the Shanghai team to their victory over the police

Lugs and cases. One of the women became very excited at the discovery and declared that they belonged to a woman who had gone to Canton

What else could I do?

We were motoring through Newark (a suburb of Jersey City) three weeks ago when she told me to put the car ins garage and accompany her to Baltimore.

It is true that while we were in Baltimore we shared the same room, but I slept on the floor.

I was never anything to her but a faithful servant.

I have served Mrs. Jacobus for several years.

Subsequent evidence disclosed that one woman was the seventh of the General's thirteen concubines and that the other was the daughter of the second concubine. The Magistrate agreed, on the application of Mr. Loo Longinotto, who appeared for the defence, to discharge the younger woman and the other defendant then Mrs. Jacobus states that she order. gare evidence. She said that the lug-ed the handsome chauffeur to accom gage belonged to the third concubine pany her on the journey to Baltimore who stayed at the house from August to make her husband jealous. They 22 to September 11. She left on had been married four years, she said, and he was beginning to cool in his affections.

e Chairman proposed the toast of September 11 to go to Canton explain le Shanghai Lawn Bowls Associa-ing that her father was dead. The He spoke of the very well defendant told the Magistrate he shad ught matches held during the week.never examined the baggage and had The Shanghai team had put up a very supposed it to contain only personal good game, and he hoped they would effects.

Besides the charge of conspiracy, to which Mr. Jacobus has added the complaint that the chauffeur stole the automobile, Spagnola has also to face come back again. If they did, they Mr. Longinotto urged that the a charge preferred by the father of a could be sure of a hearty welcome. Mr. 'defendant, being the General's young girl boarder in his parents' Dyer expressed the hope that the visi- seventh concubine was not in house, who alleges that Spagnola took tors bad found the local greens all they the confidence of her husband as her away and posed as her husband. desired; there were a good many of the third concubine seemed to be, them in various parts of the Colony The defendant's statement that the everywhere except on the Peak, knew nothing about the facts was, he He did not know why some of the submitted, borne out by the facts.

on the Peak did not play

The Magistrate said he would re-

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Mr. Ferguson, the "skip" of the Hongkong team, who spoke in sup- port of the toast, said it had been 6

serve his decision.

A Chinese was yesterday afte noon removed to the GoveĽDIMIŠ

Civil Hospital from No. 2, New Street with an ugly gash in his throat. He was found lying in the kitchen on i pool of blood. Beside-him WAS

a closer contest. The "skip" then gaining consciousness, Suicide is prerected the Shanghai flag to Mr. inferred. Dyer, as President of the Hongkong

Lawn Bowls Association.

pleasure to meet the Shanghai team. Interport match, Mr. Shaw remarked conscious, and died at the hospital during their stay. As regards the blood stained chopper. He was an They were worthy opponents and good that he did not think he had ever had soon after admittance, without re- bowlers. Hongkong only won the interport match by a small margin. He hoped, next year, to be one of the party to go to Shanghai and try the fast greens there, and bring back the

A Chinese was this morning flag-they had never done it yet. He

The transfer of the flag was received charged before Magistrate Orme with thanked the Shanghai team for the

with great applause.

having broken into a hut on the way they had taken such defeats as toast of "The Hongkong Lawn Bowls morning, while the inmates were Mr. D. McAlister submitted the hillside at Saiwanho at 9:30 yesterday had come their way, and he hoped Association." He hoped. Hongkong away working, and stolen a quantity, they would remember Hongkong would send the best team they could of clothing. He was players as being good sportsmen, to Shanghai, next year, "and won't the hut by s

seen leaving like themselves.(Applause)..

woman living in The toast was drunk with enthusi- they get it in the Leck," added Mr. a neighbouring hat.

She gave | McAlister, amid much laughter. the alarm. The thief ran An Indian Mr. J. Shaw, the "skip" of the toast and gave three cheers for the woman's cries gave chase and caught The Shanghai players drank the constable who was attracted by the Shanghai team, responded. He said Hongkong Association.

him a couple of hundred of yards Mr. J. H. N. Mody replied for the away from the spot where the thief

9.30.

that the welcome. extended to them bad exceeded

all ther Association. It had been a great had dropped the clothing during the expectations. They had had a fine pleasure to meet the Shanghai players. chase. He got three months hard time, and every club visited had They congratulated them on the good treated then right royally. When

Hongkong visited them, they would fight they had put up against a try to do as well, but he did not think picked team, and wished them bon they could. Mr. Shaw thanked Mr.oyage back to Shanghai. Harvey, Mr. Ferguson, and Mr. Blake Mr. A. Hamilton proposed "The

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for having given up a great deal of time in connection with the visit of responded.

Mr. Landers, of the Shanghai team, the Interpart team, he also thanked Mr. Mody, on behalf of the team, for excellent programme of music was sengers, who named it Luifer and fad Irving placed his car at their disposal) curried through.

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