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SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1929

OUR WEEKLY SERMON-

"China Mail" Rakes The Globe For Messages

XVII.-LITERATURE AND LIFE

"Cast Thy Bread Upon The Waters

I call any story a fine story when It tells us of something in operation in this world which we wish to think is intleed in operation. A fine story affects us like the lifting of the mist sea, when for a time our way is clear, and we observe that other ships also are gallantly sailing.

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human race. There were hearts which did not remain hard and un-† touched. There are hearts that have been broken, melted, changed, under the miki rebuke and invita- tlon of patient goodness. Fine things do happen in this world on the small scale in individual lives, There is an explanation, too, of and on the large scale in human what is certainly the fact, that a history; and, once again, give God story embodying a fine principle time, and, for myself, I have no manner of doubt that every good touches us in a way which can never bo approached by the mere state and kind thing that has been done The in this world by a man or by a ment of the principle itself. explanation is this: that what we nation is alive to-day, working with see always impresses us more than other fine and good things, like what ave hear; and, when we hear battalions and armiles of the hosts a good story, wo are really not

of God, and that the result will one hearing, we are seeing the actors day be manifest to all men. in the story.

If every evil thing we do skalks During the war, and indeed dur-out into the darkness and there ing the darkest days of the war, I meets other evil things, and if they heard a fine story which, after this all combine into dark legions of blessed interval of time, may be re-evil-surely not leas is true of the called without doing harm in any good and the fine things! They quarter. It is a story which might also go out; they also meet other be used to illustrate that great pro-good and fine things; they also plan verb or promise, "Cast thy bread and combine and await their oppor- upon the waters, and thou shalt find tunity. And it simply announces what kind of persons we are, whe- It after many days.”

ther we allow ourselves ultimately to be disheartened because of the evil that is in the world, or maintain a great confidence knowing the good.

For this also is a definition of faith: faith is believing in the finer interpretation; Taith is confidence that the best is the truth.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Suddenly life for them had only one SHADOWS BEFORE. purpose and concern,......... They hasten-

ed to their various seaboards and COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED took ship. And to-day, in Flanders

and France, in Mesopotamia, in | Egypt, and in the Holy Land, men lie buried who finally had no reason for their sacrifice but their lovely

And now for my story,

IN THE "MAXE *

To-day-Queen's Theatre, "The Battle of the Sexes."....

To-day-Star Theatre; Law Of The Range::-*

To-day World Theatre; "High School Hero."

"The

Jan. 20-Annual meeting of seat-

holders in St. John's Cathedral Hall, 5.30 p.m.

Jan. 30-Aanual general meeting of St. David's Society (Hong Kong) in Sanitary Board Room, Post Office Building, 5.30 pm..

Jan. 91-Twenty-fourth annual meeting of Shareholders of Union: Waterboat Co., Ltd., In the officer of Mesars. Dodwell & Co., Ltd., 11-

To-day-Star Theatre; Freda.m. Coyne's Musical Comedy Company, presents "On The Road," D.15 p.m.

To-day-Majesty Theatre: "Men of Steel."

Jan." 27-28 —Queen's Theatre; Service For Ladien.

Jan. 27-28-World- Theatre; "The Law of The Range:"/

Jan. 27-Star Theatre; Children's

Matinee, "High School Hero," 2.30

Pime

Jan. 27-28-Star Theatre; "High School 'Hero."

On May 19, 1918, in the depth of our darkness, there was a great gathering in America, M. Jusserand, Ambassador, of France to the United States, roan to speak. A vast audience sat tense with anxiety, and. doubtless full of compassion for the gallant nation which M. Jusseraud represented. The French Minister began to speak. What he said was in effact something like this: "We meet at a grave hour of our for- tunes, so grave that it could not well be graver. Our backs are at the wall. Let me read a message which 1 have in my hand." ~ Whereupon he read these words: "May 1. Our dacks are at the wall. Send immediately every available man to our assist auce" And he continued: "I can- p.m. not add to the force of that appeal. Jan. 29-Star Theatre; Farewell There you have at once our help-performance of Fred Coyne's lessness and our need of you. But Musical Comedy Company, 9.15 pm. stay a moment," said the French-

Jan. 29-30-Queen's Theatre; man, "let me read this message "Body And Soul." again. 'May 1-but I see it is not 1918-May 1, 1775. Let me read the message again: 'May 1, 1775. Our backs are at the wall. Send immediately every available man to

Signed, George | our assistance. Washington' 1"

Whereupon, I am told, and I can | well believe it, the whole audience was convulsed and broken with grief and joy; but, above all, with thank- now in their fulness that it was power, after 140 years, to repay, and to repay in full measure, pressed down, running over, France for the help that she had given to them- selves on a day when disaster hung over them.

"ON THE ROAD"

THE COYNE MUSCIAL COMPANY

There is, it is true, a way of re- peating those words to ourselves or to one another which would make of them morely one of those pro- vorbs which.counsel prudence and For the caution In this world. words have the form of a proverb; and proverbs are always sententious

In 1872 and here 1 approach my and wise. And so it happens that

That is my story, I hold it to the best proverbs have gained cur-story-there were the beginnings rency in small countries and in and the first mutterings of a great be a great story. I hold it to be a countries which, so to speak, had a rebellion in Canada, which, had it good story, a story, that is to say, Small been allowed to acquire head and which corroborates what we want to hard childhood and youth. or threatened countries have always volume, might have ended in the believe and what we do believe had to live largely by their wits; disruption of Canada from the Bri-that this world is sound; that it has and sometimes even their wits fall-tish Commonwealth. But by the a memory; that, yet once again, give ed them, whereupon they had to live goodness of God there was wisdom God time, and a good deed cannot

counsellors, fall.British Weekly." by their faith, They had to believe in the heart of our in God or dle of a broken heart. Lord Durham was dispatched to in- Illustrations will occur. Israel, quire on the spot-like Ezekiel when Serbla, Scotland, are examples of he went to Mesopotamia, and aat small countries rich in proverbs. where the poor captives sat, and only they felt, Russia also became rich in proverbs then, knowing what

to speak. Iord pot because she was small but allowed himself

This smart little company at the because poor Russia!-she had-a Durham went to Canada. There he

And all of these in met, man to man, those who were Star Theatre, Kowloon, were in fine evening when they their great days, when even their troubled and on edge. He returned form laet wits and the wisdom of their pro- and announced his policy, which presented "On the Road," R racy way sequence of songs and dances verbs failed, fell back upon God; so Was in effect: "The only

you can hold these

most entertaining adult which made a that there are certain words con

The com- cerning the unseen world, concern-" men to their allegiance is by trust- evening's amusement. ing the final understanding of ing them absolutely with the govern-pany, although small, is excellent, things, which were borne into the ment of their country! You cannot Two very short sketches were ar- in the programme Boul of man. in farael, and in expect to have grown men satisfied ranged nicely Russia, and here amongst ourselves. for ever with the restrictions and last evening and thees, were very

limitations which are sultable well played and very funny. What a man is saying who quotes

W. Sidney Burl sustains the the proverb about casting bread enough for children. Say to them upon the waters is nothing mean that the better they do for them load of amusing a Hong Kong and self-regarding. Generously in-selves the better they will do for us; audience and he does it very well, terpreted he is saying a great thing. that the greater and the freer they and Mr. Fred Coyne co-operatea in become the more worthy sons will He is declaring that we live in a world where Aine things have they be of a country whose very fine consequences; that "no good greatness is its freedom."" begun shall

pause ever

hard career.

for

la skilful' mander.

Miss Joyce Mason was more than usually prominent last evening and

items her song and dance

were Miss Paula

well chosen

Forty-two years passed and warmuch appreciated. broke out in which we might have Lomaine and Miss Joan Carlin con- lost our place. What happened? tributed some very Where were they then who in those musical numbers. days lifted up their hands in horror

Jan. 27-28-Star Theatre; Fred Coyne's Musical Comedy Company presents "Something Doing 9.15

Jan. 29-80—World Theare; "The Unholy Three."

Jan. 29-30--Star Theatre; "New Lives For Old."

Jan. 31-Feb. 1--World Theatre; "New Lives' For Glaube

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Fib. 1-Annual general meeting of the Hong Kong Benevolent So- clety, St. John's Cathedral Hall, 5,30 p.m.

Feb. 2 Extraordinary · meeting. of 'Shareholders" of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation,” City Hall, noOD.

February 5-Forty-first' ordinary, general meeting of shareholders of the Hong Kong Land Investment & Agency Co., Ltd., at the Offices of Mesars. Jardine, Matheson & Co Ltd-12.30 pm,

Feb. 8-Annual ordinary meating of Humphreys" Estate & Finance Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Hotel, 11 am.

Feb, 16-Tenth ordinary meeting of shareholders of the Bank of East Asia, Ltd., at Chinese Merchants Club, China Building (6th floor);

3 p...

Feb. 18-Annual meeting of shareholders of Hong Kong Realty & Trust Co., Ltd., Exchange Bldg., (2nd floor) Des Voeux-rd. Ct., Noon.

Feb. 23-Further extraordinary meeting of shareholders of Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Cor-

Jan. 81-Feb. 1-2-Star Theatre; "Why Worry."

Jan. 31-Feb. 2-Queen's Theatre;poration, City Hall, 12.45 p.m.

Miscellaneous "Hangman's House.""

Feb. 2-Repulse Bay Hotel Car-

nival.

Jan. 27-Social evening in St. John's Cathedral' Hall, after Even-

song,

Jan. 29 H.K.V.D.C. Battery Din-

Feb. 2-3-World Theatre; "Why Worry."

Feb. 2-3-Star Theatre; "Seventher. Heaven,"

Feb. 16 Variety entertainment by the K.0.5.B, as farewell to Mrs Luard." Theatre Royal, 9 pm.

Feb. 19, 21, 22, 23-Hong Kong Amateur Dramatic Club presents the Theatre "On Approval," at Royal.

Land Sale Jan. 28-At P.W.D. Ofices, two lots of Crown land at Mong Kok

Tsui, 3 p.m.

Lammerts'. Avictions Jan. 81-At No. 5B, Armend Bldg., Kimberley-rd., Kowloon, household furniture, 11 a.m.

Jan. 31-At Sales Room, Duddell st., a valuable collection of curlos, 2.30 fr.m.

Sports

To-day-Queen's College aporta at Causeway Bay,

Jan. 27-Macao. International Race Club meeting.

Jan. 27-Cross-country scramble, meet at Race Course, 10.30 a.m.

Feb. 9-Gymkhana of 2nd Batta. King's Own Scottish Borderers, at Kwanti..

Feb. 9-10-Paperchase, etc., at Canton by invitation of Members of Canton Ride,

Feb. 16 China New Year

Hunt at Kwantl race course,

steeplechase meeting of Fanling

p.m.

Feb. 25, 26, 27 & Mar. 2-Hong Kong Jockey Club Annual Race Meeting.

Jan. 26 Closing of entries for death"; that fine things, generous

Annual Race Meeting, 3 pm. deeds, magnanimous courses do not

Meetings pass into nothingness with the

Jan. 29-Annual meeting of Roy Shirley fitted in the neces- Officer Meas (HK.V.C.C.), 5.45 transaction; that they go out, like

over an experiment in human free-sary openings in a clever manner, messenger of God, into the world, and gather to themselves their like, dom

and the general arrangement of a

Jan. 29-Annual meeting of Some twenty odd years ago big variety programme by a small Hong Kong Automobile Assen., and become in course of time cen- tres and masses of a fine reaction, great war, according to the men body of performers was cleverly Messrs. Jardine's board room, 5,80

To-night the Company is p.m. even though, it may be, the bodies surements of those days, came to a staged.

15 and another | repeating ."On the Road" and in of those who sowed the good seed close between have lain for ages in the dust. The portion of what to-day is the British view of the special nature of the Baying simply means that this world Commonwealth. Dutch and British performance, there should be a is at heart sound, and that any ap-had atriven against one another very large crowd present as the

parent exception is something which,

give God time, will be put right, and

that His own control of things will

one day be publicly vindicated.

I recall an illustration from his

with equal bravery and deter- Company is clever and painstaking mination for three long years. At in its efforts to please? length a peace was signed, and after

peace an interval of readjustment. It is reported that the Wuhan Then it was given to one of our own Municipal Council intends Issuing tory of the reverse side of this countrymen, who at the moment was a public loan for the purpose of principle, that if we cast our breadthe King's first Minister, falling raising the sum of $3,000,000 to be upon the water it will return to us, back upon the precedent of 1872, to devoted to the three purposes of houses during road You have the record in Xenophon's declare to those divergent peoples in removing Hellenica, in which we read that South Africa that Great Britain widening activities: constructional after the battle of Egospotami, in asked nothing of those who belonged undertakings and the provision of which the Athenian fleet was de- to her confederation except that a motor omnibus service in Han stroyed and Abhens lay unprotected they advance in manhood and in kow. Notes for this loan may be before an enemy, which could only freedom; that we had no desire purchased in values of $1,000 be a ruthless one, the news ran like merely to drive a charlet through $100, $10, $5 and $1. a wall along the walls from the this world with peoples chained to

According to apress tele- Piraus to the city; and all that our axle that our ideal of empire

gram, B Chinese expedition night no one alept; and this, was a home, where our children, no Xenophon tells us, not merely for longer children, acattered over the in Thus, Sinklang, has dis-

covered 30 skeletons of dino fear of the terrors that were come face of the earth, would always upon them, but in shame also, be think lovingly of the homeland, and faurs and ancient lizards. This is sald to be the first such discovery cause of their own behaviour to refresh themselves with the memory

by Chinese scientiste ayariMIN wards the inhabits of Egina, Mežos, of old days, and return from time to time, bronzed and vigarous men, to see us in the old place, and to help us. I might be, in some hour of need

and Sclone!

There, that is to say, was the faveterate, unquenchable feeling in the heart of an entire people, that we live in a moral world, where Well, fifty-six years in the case of things provoke a response, each Canada, twenty-seven in the case of response contributing to, and help South Africa, had passed, and this. ing to bring on, the public manlittle country found herself compell- festation of the final rectitude of ed in honour to stand up to the this world SNES

penned greatest military combination which On Its bright side this indeed is this world, that has seer man faith. It is the Christian faith. sights, had ever seen. 'There are,” It is true, certain of her grave and reh

purely lamentable pages in human to unsheathe the swa history, there are certain ener

lamentable incidente in human- haviour.

Erieglert, of

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touched

of batle

But the

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Jan. 80-Lecture by Rev. Fr. R. Gallagher, S.J., on "Science: Ex- Hall, & Garden Road, 5.30 p.m. ploring The Wood," St. Patrick's

Feb. Rev. Fr. P. Joy, S.J.,

speaks on "Religion: The Fetters of Freedom." at St. Patrick's Hall, 5 Garden Road, 5.30 p.m.

Feb. 18-Lecture on "The Re ligion Of To-day And The Science Of Tomorrow" by Rev. Fr. R.

Gallagher, S., at St. Patrick's Hall, 5 Garden Road, 5.30 p.m.

Feb. 20-At St. Patrick's Hall, 5 Garden Road, the Rev. Fr. P. Joy, S.J., lectures on "A Book And Its Story," 5.30 p.m.

Hall, & Garden Road on "The For- Feb. 27-Lecture at St. Patrick's

tress Still Standing," by Rev. Fr. G. Byrne, S.J., at 5.30 p.m.

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