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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1929.

OUR WEEKLY SERMON

The Jewish Contribution To Christianity

MODERN CHURCHMAN'S VIEWS

(By the Reverend Geoffrey Allen, R.A., Chaplain of Ripon Hait, Oxford]

(Continued from October 3

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Entertainmenta To-day Queen's Theatre;

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"Radio Broadcast", Tone Test No. 1 Radio Broadcast", Tone Test No. 2

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9.20 p.m. "Hold Everything Medley", "Follow Thru Medley"

70-day Star Theatre; "The Country Doctor,"

To-day Majestic Theatre; "Bred

In Old Kentucy" "Uneasy Payment."

To-day

Already, however, in Cromwell's dreary history of theories of the time there are signs of bahton things, Atonement beara evidence to the be- 10 p.m.-Evening General Pro- There was beginning in England theuer in a God, less noble, leas loving gramme (Brunswick. Records sup-"The Last Warning." Aufklarung, which was to lead to than His Son; Christ is called in to plied through the courtesy of the historical criticism of the Bible, make things right with an unChrist-Messrs. Brunswick House). to the rejection of its infallibility, like God. The conception of a Love and to the discovery in it of the long Divine, that transcends justice, progression from primitive myth to transcends honour, transcends" petty Jewish and Christian monotheism. | legalism, has always seemed too good The history of the Delst movement to be true. shows how amazingly late in origin There is no doubt that to the Old was the modern conception of evolu Testament must be ascribed much of tion, which, by destroying the false this belief in a Divine Power of low premise of the even infallibility of ethical quality. There is in the Old the llible, solves Marcion's problems. Testament a God who is glad to have Among the first Deists, and especial- front seats at the slaughter of Aga ly Thomas Morgan, Harnack traces There' is what Adam Smith calls in a parallel to Marcion's complete re-fine phrase ‘a delirium of conscience jection of the Old Testament. To-produced by a famine of justice." day the Aufklaring has run its The service of such n God has often course, and for more than a cen produced an excuse for an unChris- tury the primitive origin of many tian pursuit of war.. Old Testament documents, and the consequent low level of their reli

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New Moon Medley". "Whoopee Medley"

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Dance Music.

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Oct. 14 and 15-Star Theatre;

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Oct. 16 and 17-Star Theatre; Warwick Revue Co. present Airy Nothings," 9.15 p.m.

Oct. 21-Nelson Day Concert at Lee Theatre, 9 p.m.

"Radio Impressions" (A. Johnson)..

Arnold John & His Orchestra. "Cuckoo Waitz"...Municipal Band. Dance Music. 10.30 p.m.-Evening Programme of Chinese Music.

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A Profane Use The blame

this debased far glous and ethical views, has been thought of God mast of course rest recognized by scholant. I would echo Harnack's urgent plea, that From a modern historical point of on Christians rather than Jews.

Oct. 17-Closing date of entries the consequent rejection of the Old view, it is natural to us that the

for the harbour races, 6 p.m. Testament as an authoritative"

Oct. 23-Twelfth bi-annual race Existing first and second class cer- Jewa, at an early stage in their his Christian source should receive off-tory, should have had less noble tifientes of proficiency in radiotele- for Ships Lifeboats, ("TreveszA. vial ecclesiastical recognition. He view; it is a profane abuse of this phy issued under the Radiotele-Trophy") starting time, 4 pm.

heritage for Christians 10 set this raph Convention of London, 1012.

Meeting primitive view on an equality with granted in conformity with the Radio- Hong

replaced by new certificate Oct. 18 Annual meeting of the character and teaching of Jesus. telegraph Convention of Washington, Messrs. Jardine's board room, 5.30 Kong Boxing Association The task lies urgently on us of root-1027, under conditions stated in the p.m. ing out from the medern Christian "Gazette."

writes with justice:

will be

The necessary forms of

'The greater part of the present antagonism of laymen to Chris- tinuity, and to the truth of the Church's message, comes from the respect still paid by the Church consciousness anything which sug-application can be obtained on appli.

The Protestant gests a God less noble in character cation to the Government Radio Office. lot of Crown land at Tai Kok Tsui, Churches should oficially reeagthan Jesus. if only to provide the O-building, Des Veux Road Cen- nie that the O.T., though good one sure basis for peace on earth, we tral

to the

O. T.

and useful to be read, has no au thority for the Christian con. science.'

Heritage from Judaism "When the authority of the Old Testament is thus rejected, then the other side of the paradox is true, for

must teach men to serve and wor-

ship the God of Love in heaven. The CAN SNAKES PURR ?

pleu of Marcion needs constant repetition; Alles ubrige ist streng auszuscheiden. Gott ist nicht der Schopfer, nicht, der Gesetzgeber, nicht der Richter, er zurnt and

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To-day-Third Annual Garden Fete of St. Peter's Church, 2.30 p.m. To-day Sanitary Department Officers Sports Club Dance, Hotel Savoy, 8.30 p.m.

Oct. 12-18-Bazaar of the Pre- What with the Twickenham elec-clous Blood Convent, Wah Yan

the real value of this 'Heritage from straft auch nicht, sondern er ist tion, the cotton dispute and The College, (3 p.m. on Saturday and

Judaism is discovered. It is su premely valuable, when criticism has performed its task of dating and ar-

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ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL TONG HONG

October 13, 1929,

XX. Sunday After Trinity. Holy Communion at

These pictures of a God of war this year, but there is no doubt that stitute, public lecture on: "A tramp Church, 8 a.m. ranging the documents, as a record and vengeance are, however, inciden. It is now in full swing, says from Yunnanfu to the Yangtze,"

of development, on the one side of tal, and it is not fair to judge the the growth of the knowledge of | Jewish heritage by them. If at one God, on the other side of the un-end of the scale the Lord of the early folding of the Divine Purpose. Jewish tribes is so far removed When this has been done it may prove a useful instrument for religi- pus education. It is not too fanciful to suggest that the mind of a child,

from Jesue, as to justify Marcion's sharp dualiam, at the other end their conception comes very near to that of Jesus Himself.

In His approach

writer in

"Londoner's Diary" in the "Evening Standard."

I have read a letter in a morning a correspondent paper in which earnestly asked for enlightenment on the burning question of whether another paper, another correspon- snakes suffer from deafness. In

by Mr. T. J. Price, 5.30 pm.

Oct. 22-Ladies' Harbour Race, Oct. 23-Open Harbour Race.

like its body, recapitulates the bis to God as Father, Jesus is a Jew.dent states that he believes he has monwealth of Australia regarding

tory of the race; before a child can understand that God Is Spirit, it thinks of Him, ma did the Hebrew race in their infancy, as a Man talk in; to men. In this way, to-day as in the early Church, the Old Testament

forest. He compares the noise to

heard snakes purring in the African

MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA

Statistics published by the Com- trac to the best traditions of Juda-

year ended June, 1926, there were migration show that during the iēm. The Jewish background

"the sustained may still serve to correct Christian

and monotonous single note of certain native horns ed Australia than left that gountry, actually fewer persons who enter thought of the Love of God.

used to sound alarm on the south-a condition of affairs which has not The Old Testament may save

western borders of Abyssinia"-occurred before for the last 23 us from sentimentalism by re- may still serve as a bridge to lead minding us that the Love of God me to form any exact notion of very trustworthy figures reinting to which, I am afraid, does not enable years. But it is also a fact that no to the New

is, as I have heard Dr. Selbie

what it is like. Further, since Jesus was a Jew, į say, a stark thing, rigorous in its the Old Testament will ever be necea- Į demands.

migration are at present available Jewish universalism may for the whistling oyster to join the 1928 the total recorded migrants May I suggest that it is now time in the Dominion. For the year sary for the understanding of the save us from a not infrequent na chorus? We could then discover from Great Britain, and classed as New, There Jesus discovered ins-rowneas in Christian thought of the whether anakes are too deaf to hear British, numbered 11,063, but in: piration, and there we may learn to Father; of sonship Jesus was to its distinctive and sorrowful note- cluded quite 500 persons who cer interpret and even to supplement his doubt conscious in a unique degree; which travellers have compared to tainly left British ports but were Barnack surely goes too but the Fatherhood of God was not that of a trombone played in natives of Germany, Denmark, Fin-

Colchester on May 1.

land and Czechoslovakia. The manner in which such statistics | Jack: "Where doca Cora get her are kept in the Commonwealth There is another aspect of the fine complexion from-her father leaves much to be desired, and the Jewish conception of God, which pro- or her mother?"

matter is now engaging the atten- vides a contribution to Christianity from which we have still much to

He's tion of the Migration Commission, whose investigations, it may be hoped, will result in a better state of affairs. There has been a gra- dual decline in the number of set- tlers for Australia during the past decade or so.

words. far, when he says, 'Was christlich ist | confined to Him, but was wide i kann man aus dem alte Testamente enough to embrace creation. nicht erschen'; 'It is not there. that the essentials of Christianity

Meaning of Jewish Phase

are to be found," Here lies the fal- Iacy of the German Protestant Chriat, divorced from history. If. reading the Old Testament, we have eyes to discern the peak from the plain, then we may find inspiration with A

there as did the Master.

Create Own Bible

learn. Jehovah is a God, self-re-

chemist."

Edith: "Oh, from father.

+

"Is it true that Betty and Philip fulfil, plan a secret wedding?".

vealing, active in history, a God

to purpose Who works for its fulfil- ment. This is the meaning it?"

The heritage of the Old Testament of the Jewish phrase, strange if we has these values. It is not to dwell on it, which describes Jehovah

be discarded, though it may be sug-

gested that for the service of Chris-

"Yes, hasn't she told you about

as the living God. This thought of to embrace the whole Being of God,

DEAD CHINESE

the activity of God is vital, and far and we have finally, in fact, like Tong wars, such as those reported tian plety it i singularly ill-adapt outweighs the disastrous misuse of Laplace, no need for the hypothesis under way in. Boston, Chicago, ed in its present form. The Church, primitive Jewish ideas as to the of God at all. Pantheism is Athe-Philadelphia and other cities, are should have the courage to create nature of that purpose and activity.lam; a God who always works not usually included among the fac anew. Its Bible. Large sections of I agree with Dr. Rawlinson when he by law la indistinguishable from a tors influencing business, yet they the Old Testament might well, as writes in his recent lectures, What God who never works at all. Hence do have an effect upon the earninge Marcion thought, be rejected. is really at stake in the modern dis-it is that Modernists to-day are of companies, doing marine insur- Large sections will no less be re-cussion of Christianity is the valid sometimes accused of believing in a ance business, according to the tained for their own intrinsic merit. ity of the essentially Jewish God who does nothing. As against Fidelity-Phoenix Fire Ins. Co. Some sections would be preserved, faith," the faith we may add of Jesus this the Jewish faith in a dynamic After a ceremonious funeral, a set out in their order of origin, to and no less of St. Paul, in the If God deserves at least serious recon- body is arranged for transport by show the growth of the knowledge ing God, active in history, concrete alderation. Is it after all really in rail and water, and during the trip of God. Other ecctions will have a ly real and personal, the Creator of compatible with a Bane rational-it is insured against losa under the place, because they show the special the ends of the earth. This Jewish ism? The trend of modern philoso urine form of coverage for the sources of the Inspiration of Jesus, faith standa in sharp - con- pity is away from Absolute Dealism, amount that has been contributed and serve as it were as a commen trast to the philosophical con the static, mystical view to Emer for embalming and other expenses tary on the, New Testament. To ception of the Absolute, which gent Evolution. The modern view

by the friends or relatives of the such a Bible there might well threatens to eclipse it. The of the Elan Vital, and of Evolution

deceased 4Ć: be added extracts from the historical one leads to a religion of alve 29 spontaneous and free, has close documente of the other world rell prayer and worship; the other leads affinities with the Jewind view of glons, which have been their school to a religion of a mystical absorp God, active in creation. It is Inter- masters to bring them to Christ. In tion in the Ideal Hefter, weighing eating to notice that there is a direct, such a form, the Jewish heritage the merits of the two types of re-historical Jawish fnfluence in tals would attain its right proportion, ita ligion, concludes that the philosó modern philosophical movement. true and very

real Influence and phical, mystical, re-interpretation of Mahonides, the Jewish precursor value

of prayer is frodern sophistry; that of the Bonalasance, probably had We now turn to closer study of the last and noblest form of religion considerable influence on the great some of the elements within the is the first and elmpiest, a direct Jewish philosopher of moder times, heritage of the Old Testament and of childlike approach to God as Father), Spinosa; to Spinoza Lloyd: Morgan, the Religion of Jesus. The Baxt and The belief in the Divine Initiatives the exponent of madera most important question: Is, to what befftral for Chriatian as for Jewish philosophy, avows him extent, and with what value, the faith; if it be lost in #ubatić

btedrints

olute, the basis of Christian fa and hope may be found to have

Christian conception

dale in

God is

Philosophical speculation anding a place?

To Be Continued.)

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