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Even larger than last year was the attendance at the annual dinner of the Rationalist Press Association held in the Hongkong Hotel last evening. The chair was occupied by Dr. W. W. Pearse, supported by prominent members of the Association. After an excellent repast the loyal toast was honoured.

from remarkable adctress "de. Hycted by Marshall Gauvin, who

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The whole of the human TECO from the beginning until now may "be regarded as one man who han marched down the long succassion of ages. That iman began : 23′′a savage; then he was a barbarlan'; then he rose slowly up the rounds of the ladder of civilisation. He has beloved. In many gods and devils; he has writ- over and over again, changed the ten Bibles and creeds: he has, form of his religion, But now in the Western world, he stands upon a plane of existence different from any he had-known before; now he studying the actual world; he is solving the secrets of "Our Guests."

nature; he is becoming scientific in After a few Introductory re- his modes of thought, and hence in marks, Mr. Kay, in proposing the outgrowing belief in supernatural cast of "Our Guesta," said: Al.religion as a child outgrows its though man has been called a clothes. The life of man moves thinking animal there is Hitle on in the human brain." The brain doubt that the average brain is of man is a bigger thing than any naturally lazy and tends to take Bible or creed or religion. the line of least resistance. The these man's brain has made, and TO LET TWO Godowns, or

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Reply to Critice. After our first dinner, held last criticism and some invective. This spring, wo were assailed with

minority and like all minorities wa was to be expected. We are a have, to fight against vested. In terests and fear. Amongst other terms of opprobrium cast against us was that of being "scoffers,"

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Mr. Chairman and Rationalists, I had often wondered in a vague way exactly what a Rationalist was of the same persuasion as their and so when invited to come and parents. When young they accept so when invited to come and watch unquestioningly Protestantism, the Hongkong Rationalists busy Apparently this term was used Catholicism, Buddhism, Moham-at a very human occupation, and to on the principle involved in the medism, or any cther

join therein, 1 hastily accepted: proverb."Give a dog a bad name according to the accident of their much more hastily than I should and hang him, the idea in which conduct. Some of these informed OLD BOYS' RACE about 3.30 p.m. are usually too intent upon things I was the one among your hohour-expressed in the French version hesitate to interfere from various Orthodoxy is not powerless though birth, and in later years they have done had I known then that is probably clearer when it is Chinese are indifferent and some A VISITORS' RACE of 440 yards temporal to bother about things ed guests expected to fitly thank of the same proverb, namely, "If

Ia mortal's, chiefest enemy," for all Schools in Hongkong will eternal. Such a mental attitude you for entertaining us this night. you wish to drown your dog say sorrezealots who utilice their know as the piers of St. Paul's, for inertia motives. There are, however, its intellectual basis be as unsafe take place at 4.00 p.m.

spells stagnation or retrogression. (Hear hear). Fortunately for the about Rationalis and Rationalism Now, are we sccffers? Ridicule actual conduct for the purpose of of truth. The proverb says that

Tonight I have learned more that he is mad." (Laughter). face there have always been a few than ever thought to know. In is a gccd thing remetimes in engendering racial hostility. It is truth will conquer, but it will ledge of the foreigner and his is a powerful enemy to the advance earnest truth seekers, men who some quarters I fancy you sic argument. Our logical friend of easy for such persons to point out have refused to accept blindly locked upon with Ecorn and a our school days, Euclid, was not the great differences between the quer only with the aid of those authoritative statements which certain amount of fear but here-adverse to the employment of the religion taught to them as being In brief, we must not conclude that seemed incompatible with season, after (net the hereaftes), I shall reductio ad absurdum. There is that of the foreigner and the actual reaction is, by some happy accident who will publish it. (Hear, hear). and who, in the face of criticism teffy to the world that you are and opposition fierce, foolish ard human, sincere, and harmless. I fight, we should derive curselves by conduct. It is easy to represent in the scheme of things, out of the

no retron why, when we have to religion of the latter as evidenced ultimately futile, have tried to recall ic-night that when I was of legitimate forms of argument the foreigner as a hyprocite who question: While at Home I read pierce the veil of superstition, approximately ten years old and in this serie we may be uses missionaries as a means of in a parish magazine what a more error, and false bellefs. that has almost became a Ratic nalist. I called scoffers. hindered progress. The result is had then read every book in my carries with it a certain measure people in subjection, To combat clergyman, who had openly re- that many beliefs, exceedingly father's house, and while worder of opprobrium which I think we this evil Rationalism offers help: pudinted one of the most shakon But this term keeping an ignorant and disunited than usually enlightened and frank powerful, and in the eyes of mary ir gwly ere were no meie should take care to make unassailable and final, have long tcoke in the world I chanced upon deserved. We do not wish gred by caste in China. ago been confined to the lin bo efa stron colcured magazine with talously to mock six cesity and to Propaganda Among Chiness.

Freedom of thought is not hempes-articles in the creeds, wrote if reply.

to critics: "The battle for free- past superstition. Who to-day be three lige initials the co-hist people by verbal cruelty.

dom must be fought out new by lieves in the Gods of the Plarrobs. R.PA or of Nebuchadnezzar, in Jupler

In Hongkong and the Treaty each generation,This is pro Most of us have met rrople who Ports of China are thousands of foundly true, and it is the perfect and his relatives? Yet in en reweppers Jirarslated those whore foresly we can have no foreigners, who are capable of churches are now so weakened as Being unfertunately a seader of are opposed to our ideas and of Chinese familiar with the habits of answer to those who say that the lightened Greece Scorates was put letters with alacrity into "Rate doubt. JARDINE, MATEIFON & CO., LTD. to death for questioning their payers' Association and so I Further we are acquair ted person willing to consider Rationalist decay with the progress of popular reading Rationalist literature and to be harmless, and juny he left to Geral Mina F

never read your very ad-ally, or through their writings, with propaganda without prejudice. education. (Hear, hear). Bergkung Fire Inside Co., Ltd.

Reach and Fact." mirable annual I am confident opponents whose crudition com- Every Chinese who can Hongkong, 7th March, 1925,

The question, often asked is: had I stayed to read it I should mards respect. This does not persuaded to join our Association of our life in which clerical in be There is, in fact, no department "In what do Rationalists believe?" have tecen e á confirmed rational disarm criticism, but it brings home will probably become in turn a fluence is so strong as in education, The answer is: "In tuman reason ist because at the age when to us that the proper method of teacher of Rationalism. "I therefore and none in, which they sa realisé THE HONGKONG AND WHAMEOA feels complimented when he or nic with weight than artistic mentally of such persons may Association will do his best to argued that, it being difficult to and verifiable fact." Every one youth has to endure the icd laid Rationalism is argument The ask that every member of our their strength. It is as if they DOCK CO, LTD,

she is told that his or her cutlook excoation is dees a gcod deal of cause wonderment but sot con- obtain new members from amongst win over grown men and women, is a rational one, that his or her free-thinking. (Laughter). 12 Ten pt. Our greatest difficulty is his Chinese friends and acousin they may least bing the minds of methods in business are rational; Free thinking, like all free crused by the elusiveness of yet when a man employs these things, including dinners, appeals those who pretend to argue with tances. In this way we may de the immature, Moreover they commended methods to examine, to many and 16.sibly you have us.

something towards combating ve, the right methods, and if our his mental, or, if you like, many potential members cutside |

mutual misunderstanding and the Buildings, Horgkerg, on MONI AY spiritual cuticok he is looked this room, when I trust you will great change. In Protestant coun- ing on the common ground of rate with theirs, this can be done

Christianity has undergone a spread of racial hostility by meet strength is to be made commen the 30th March, 125, et Nein, icr at askance, suspected by seme, rope in in the association branch I tries liberty of thought and practice reason. (Hear hear). With this only by organising the movement Consideration of the Directors' pitied by others, and in believe you are about to form here in religion has developed Sectari intention I therefore now ask you

eamally strongly.". Our numbers Peport and Statement of Accountsler seme communities, even to-day, Js Belonging to a fire. Decple weanism to such an extent that one to join me in the toast Success to will be of no avail if we are the year ending 31 Iecember, 1924, in danger of social ostracism. A have little enough physical free may almost say in religion "Quot the Rationalist Press Association." entered, for an energetic minority.

The Share Register and Transfer rationalist capnot take for granted dom and hardly free speech-all Bocks will be closed firmite 20th to anything that does not stand the that is left to us is freedom of ibe 30th March 1925, (toth days test of reason. Reason is his only thought, in which province you all inclusive).

judge between the true and the take a lively interest and in which false, the only arbiter between the you all rove freely, de sane and the absurd. I believe that | "At Learning's fountain it is te-day reason ismore powerful than ever before. (Hear, hear). Mankind is abar.doning the supernatural for the natural and is gradually-very,

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that the Cidiary Yearly Meet ing of Sharel elders will be held in the Cicer of the Company, 2 Queen's

By Order of the Board of Directors.

R. M. DYER,

Chief Manager. Hongkong, 12th March, 1925.

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We all believe we think, and of a vague heaven of golden ourselves in the same dilemma as streets and harp playing for the a certain far-famed knight who ultimate real heaven evolved by said: his own efforts on this planet. "If I could think tow these my For instance, to qucte ore walter, thoughts to leave,

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Many (Applause), people who profess Christianity

Mr. Forrest's Reply.

ty. The conclusion as far as we can easily be shown as having departed from certain beliefs. A. D. Forrest, said:

Replying to the toast, Mr.are concerned is inevitable: w

must nee to the utmost our street which were generally held to be

reasonableness in our efforts to ent essentiale even within the short Mr. Lamble'e modesty by placing massive into active freetfought, I must run the risk of offending list, now members and convert time of one hundred years.

Groups of Thought.

in the forefront of these remarks

a tribute due to him for bis able Further developments are proptead As science has advanced so has and energetic occupancy of the post for this year, and an announcement Christianity altered its front. The tion of local Secretary in ins Asso- will he made about the matter very gradually—giving up the idea perhaps we do, many of us finding age-long doctrines of Christianity ciation during my absence on leave nter in the evening. To carry,

have been modifed. The need of last year. defence has broken the army of will be seen later when I come to hire oil our efforte, and it is to be What we owe to him these to a successful issne will re- hoped that all members will 862 Christianity into groups or schools tell, as many as are here present of operate in the plan which, I hope.. of thought and now we have in the our progress during this period. All will result in a great mocess of place of Christians an heterogene the heaviest work of the year fell strength to the Rationalist move ous mixture of Nec-Christ!AD

on Mr. Lamble's shoulders and I ment in Hongkong. (Applause) apologists who seek to combat them only sorry that I have been un advance of science with a quasi able to persuade him that it wae and metaphysics. That this is so in answer to this toast. Since we philosophical mixture of ethics his place rather than mine to speak Is evidence of the slow but sure

Order of Truth.

Or thinking still, my thoughts

might have good end:

Hungry-Yet Afraid advance of Rationalist thought lust assembled here our membership

To Eat!.. has grown from 30 to 45, deduction and, in a country like our own,! with a free. Press and a certain being made of the names of three

Such is the plight of thousands. amount of education given to all members who have removed from They dread mealtimes, for they criticism of doctrinaire opinions the district. As is well known, know that suffering will follow: cannot be held in perpetual check, our influence extends far beyond they know that, diet as they will, We members of the Rationalist the range of our subscribing odber digestive disorder is remorseless,

If rebel sense would reason's Man has frequently gene astrav

law receive:.... Or reason folled would not in and will continue to wander if the track in his search after truth, vain contend..... but throughout fe ages much grain. Then might I think what has been silted from ite,

thoughts are best to think?! chaff, and experience is slowly Then might I wisely swim, or The Transfer Books of the Co-exposing what is true as well as

gladly sink, many will be closed from the 17th to what is untrue. Creeds have been Rationalists, I take it, are in this the 31st March 1925, both days shattered and will continue to be scose all good swimmers. Long inclusive.

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prophets will not be mystics. or (Hear, hear) Gentlemen, In that we are in China, and we must added the large numbers of those half starved and fanatical herm his thanking you for being such not be in different to the efforts who have accepted or asked for quite unnecessary, as any doctor but sane, patient, brilliant and charming and lavish Loss I being made to spread Christianity copies of our pamphlets for cons Magnesia, taken in water (or a can tell you. A Httle Bisurated. Industricus physicists, chemists, do not stand weleted down amongst the Chinese. (Hear, heat) | sideration. The attendance at

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pkers. Truth is powerful and will justice to my theme: Leok round, Protestant missionaries, it is not still not as large as we could have will instantly neutralise the ultimately prevail. The know. bra You, at your guests they merely a system of ethics which is wished, yet rather greater than list harmful ucid which gives rise to NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN edge and true conception of truth surely justily my theme of thanks being taught to the poor and year. (Applause)

the trouble, and thus prevent all that the Ordinary Yesily Meet-in slowly evolving, thanks chiefly no matter how inadequately I ignorant of the masses of Chinese A Word of Warring...... possibility of discomfort. You'l; the

Those ing of Shareholders of The Hongkong to science and to man's dawning "rrak. (Laughter and applause), but the old-fashioned early and To this, I must, however, add a suffer no more from stomach suffering from this disease will gradually and Shanghai Hotels, Limited, will te perception of his duty to the race. Toast of Association, develop fever, nervous pains, urinary troubles, held at The Borgkerg Hotel, Pråder

mid-Victorian Christianity, with word of warning. The evolution-troubles or weakness of the vital appetite, dysentery and vaulting.

The only religion of use to

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the 8th April, 1925, at 12 o'clock deals in practical things, one free the toast of the Association, sald for the most part being inculcated law of progress, something not our-cure, and take as directed. Re Neep, for the purpose of receiving a from useless ritual and the super Ladies and Gentlemen-At this into the minds of those whom selves which makes for righteone member, a dose of Bisurated Statement of Accounts and the natural, one whose ethics are based the second annual dinner of the poverty, and ignorance aloneness and Rationsham. Such Magnesia will stop the worst Repcit of the Ecard of Directors for on the Golden Rule, the religion members of the Rationalist Press render susceptible to such imaginings must be lel to others attack of stomach pain, instantly, the year ended the 31st December, which WILT do' away with Association in Hongkong It is my doctrine. Although missionaries than ourselves. As Rationalists and you've only to take the pre- alls by the use ofA CARCINOLVAIN 1924, COREmies the expointment of preposterous claims and displeasure to welcome you all bois, are not rents of the Government our plain duty, La to ko Those having hereditary disease are advised a Director and re-electing a Director tinctions, the religion which makes members and guests. I hope that of our country, it must be very powder dry if we cannot to take "CARCINOLYSIN In order to check and the Auditors. "Eta motivities. T

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