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THE EUCHARIST.

Eucharistie Origina by Rendel Harris, M.A., D.D., Litt.D., LLD. W. Heffer and Sona Ltd. Cambridge 3/net.

THE "CADUCEUS,”

This is the Journal of the Univer-

and extending to XXII, 20 which is shed for you. Thus the order |of Luke appears to have been the wine first. This order, too, is that which is given in the Didache or Teaching of the Apostles. Thus one form of the traditional order according to these early writings seems to have been:-

Jesus took a cup and gave thanks

over it: In the early ninetics a friend-of Jesus took bread and gave mine had just translated the then

thanks over it,

newly discovered Gospel of St.

And said, 'This is my body.'' Peter, and, in order to see how a Dr. Harris suggests that the stranger dealt with the same sub-breaking of bread and the giving thanks was the regular custom ject, I bought a copy of Dr. Rendel with every meal, and that possibly Harris's "Popular Account of the this was not part of the sacrament newly Recovered Gospel of St. at all. Peter" (1892). This was, I think, my first acquaintance with any of the writings of Dr. Rendel Harris.

Since then he has written a good deal: and nobody who knows hising the Greek word 'soma' we leave violet Lighting Hong Kong," by

writings can help amazed is the

of

Soma,

The word for "body in Greek is soma. And the great Aryan sacra mental drink is also soma. Sup- pose now that instead of translate

the

sity of Hong Kong Medical Society, and the second of its quarterly publications has just made its appearance. There are four original articles in this issue, the first being writ ten by, a well-known, Harley Street Eye Specialist In London, Mr. R. Lindsay Rea, M.D., M.Ch., B.Sc. F.R.C.S. (Eng.), on 'Interstitial Keratitle, which is an excellent clear study of this condition, leavi ing no room for criticism, and be- ing well illustrated by the author himself with good plates: The other articles are: "The Nervous and Psychical Element in Disease,” by Dr. M. O. Pfister, who is an author- Ity on nervous diseases, and late of the Peking Union Medical College Neurological Department; he deals adequately with his subject at length;--"Observations of Ultra

Mr. S. Y. Wong, Ph.D., being the results of his very careful research work carried out in the University of Hong Kong:. He gives us a very useful table and also a chart to simplify his statements;— "Lobar Pneumonia

with special reference to the Causation of it's Crisis and Treatment by Oxygen," by Dr. Alexander Cannon of the Government Medical De- partment and University of Hong Kong: the subject is well Illus trated and contains both a arranged study of this disease, and recent research work which the author has carried out in this sub- Molle," by Dr.

It with its Greek sound. Then being struck-what Jesus mid and did was;~~ proper word-with

He took a cup and said "This is the erudition, ingenuity; and aug my soma. "What he meant was gestiveness of his theories and "that the end was come and im etymologies.. *The Ascent

"mortality was at hand. It was a "mystical expression, an occult say- Olympus, for instance, is an en-wing, if we put it so; a figure of trancing piece of anthropological "speech expressing exactly Tesearch.

"situation in which He found Him- "self, but not expressing it clearly "to His companions: He appears "to have invited the disciples to "drink soms with him, ie, to die “with Him and with Him to enter "upon an immortal life. They did "drink, but, as in so many other cases, they only, understood in "part. From this partial misun-ject;--"Ulcus "derstanding aprang, in a little Frederick Banje of Hong Kong, "while, the Hoc est corpus meum, who has had extensive experience and the Mass." (p. 16.)

In this subject in London hospitals,. and gives us some very important and valuable information on this much discussed subject of venereal disease.

The Christian Eucharist. ' The present volume la an attempt to discover by methods proper to scientific research the probable original form of the Christian Eucharist, Why are

Christian people expected to celebrate the death of their Founder by means of bread and wine? What was the earliest form of this Sacrament? Has it incorporated any elementa from the surrounding religions, and if so, which and what? These are some of the questions that are ap- proached with such wonderful skill and insight by Dr. Harris.

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It may be objected to this that the Aryan Soma sacrament had not reached Palestine: that Aramaic not Greek was the language Jesus What is a Sacrament? was speaking; etc. Dr. Harris has attractive and interesting discus- A sacrament is an action persions on all these points, "formed on one plane to represent "or to cause a corresponding action "upon another plane." The history of mankind presenta numerous examples of practices which we might call sacraments. Thus the rain-doctor performs a number of rain charms on the earth-plane to provoke sympathetic action on the skyplane. Any one of these charme is practically a sacrament. Similar Bacraments have been practised for Hapu by the priests of Osiris and Chart. of common disease-produc- thwarted later, to be free and un- the production of crops, and

thewas explained by them to mean, ing organisms," by Dr. Cannon, i trammelled in her love as in all fertility of the land.

The Aryan Soma.

A great Aryan sacrament was "the brewing of Soma," the drink of the gods. Whoever brewed and drank this under the direction of

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Next there is a very interesting Editorial on "Our Prospects," in which a great, useful, and sensible This is My Body,

scheme is put forth for the future Where, then, does the Hoc est of Hong Kong Medicine in the corpus meum come from?

"Government-Civil-Hospital-to-be." Then follow some excellent clinical For this, and the oldest form of notes by Dr. S. T. Haul, and Dr. sacrament, Dr. Harris takes us to S. K. Lam, of the University Sec-innate goodness of life, make him Egypt, that land of mysteries., Osiris or the Nile was not only tion of the Government Civil Hose of the most lovable characters. commemorated in an annual sacra-

Mrs. Reynolds' able pen has ever ment, but as the rising Nile as The mystic Lapi. This was given as

This is my body,

Hoc Est Corpus„Meum...........

sacramentally eaten in cup and The body of Osiris was thus

cake.

the gods would attain immortality These speculations, interesting at like the gods themselves. Unfor any time, have a special interest tunately the true plant from which just at present. The revised Soma was brewed and the methods Prayer Book as all know has been of brewing it were lost to know again rejected. This is really on ledge in fairly early antiquity. account of certain alterations of And the plant used in this Aryan parts dealing with the Eucharist. sacrament passed

to the As often happens, the priests are Phrygian and Greek peoples as the in favour of the mystical and the ivy and later the vine, deified as ceremonial but the stolid and more Dionysus or Bacchus. The drink matter-of-fact layman is heard, to conferred inmortality and united say amphatically Take away that the participator with the gods. It bauble.' was nectar, the death destroyer (Greek, nekus-death; leira-ta tear away, or destroy). The discovery of this intoxicant was therefore an epoch in human history.

Christian Eucharist.

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A very unique Supplement to drawn. Colomb's happiness, fol- lowing her fight with Quine, is added, being a "Bacteriological

founded on her determination,

which appears to be an enormous piece of highly technical work, in which the organism which causes time in English literature. Beri-beri, de diaclosed for the first

that

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olae, and her ultimate marriage to Quine fe an utter failure. It is only due to Peter's great love, which takes no thought of self, but We are informed

leads him from one unselfish ac Journal has now a world-wide dis- tion to another until the last great tribution, and that the circulation sacrifice which crowns a life full is increasing. This can be quite of a nobility realised by few, ap understood when it is realised that Preciated by still fewer, that she articles are received for publica- regains the happiness she has ly grateful to her for a very fine tion from such authorities as Sir thrown aside so heedlessly. Mrs. book which will not easily be for- Berkeley Moynihan, Bart., P.R.C.S. Reynolds' readers will be profound. gotten. (England), Professor W. H. Max- well Telling, M.D. (London), and f Mr. R. Lindsay Rea, F.R.C.S. (Eng land), etc. Such

a journal de serves all the support that can be given to it.

A GOOD STORY.

"Players in the Dark" (Mrs.

Fred Reynolds.)

The Order of the elements in the depend upon the state of your liver, lied on always to write

Mrs. Fred Reynolds may be re- Д good If life does not seem worth while story, and her latest novel, "Play- Now let us turn to the early ac-try Pinkettes. They most likely ers in the counts of the Christian Eucharist. are all that is needed to restore Head, Ltd., 7/6) will in no way Dark" (The Bodley

22nd Chapter of the Gospel of gently stimulate the liver, acceler- Simplicity and sincerity are If we look at the account in the radiance to your outlook, for they disappoint her host of admirers. two Luke v. 17 we find:-"And he reate digestion, restore daily regular- of this gifted author's most outTM ceived a cup and when he had ity, thus clearing the system of the standing qualities, and she has given thanks, he said, "Take this causes of sick headaches, bilious-given us of her best in this story and divide it

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