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THE HONGKONG. DAILY PRESS, TUFNDAT. DECEMBER 16TH.

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Santa wants to leave

a Victrola

at your home

this Christmas

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This store is Santa'e. Victrola Headquarters. The old gentleman is firmly convinced that every home should have a Victrola, and we agree with him. So if you'll come in and select the Victrola you want, we'll pass the good word to Santa and have him stop around at your house on Christmas Eve with the exact instrument of your choice.

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And no matter which you get, from the smallest to the largest, it is always the supreme musical instrument of the world, and it brings you the true art of the world's greatest singers, musicians, comedians, bands and orchestras. ■

And if Christmas shopping has been "too much" for your pocketbook, so that you feel the need of easy terms, (mighty easy they are, too) just mention the matter to us and you can get your Victrola and chjoy it without the slightest inconvenience on the "money end

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"MEMORIAL SERVICM AT- SWATOW.

7 THE LATE JOHN CAMPBELL

GIESUNJOM.ALBORETA

NA_Memorial, Service; for the late Dr. J. C. Gibson, was held at dwatow, on Nundary Therine, Hand, was " largely. attended. After the opening hyme tëra toličkved"a" Toading "ol "cripture and prayer by the Hav, Mr.

American Baptist Milson grater, of the The hyming ringwall the Saints who: from their labours, rest," was sung, and the Rev. Mr. Smith, of the English

resbyterian Mission, read ją, żew versus: febra sna. Now, Testament.

This was " tollowed by prayer.

The congregation then joined in the bymn

when., 1 survey the wondrous after which the Rev. Mr. Wal-

lace of the

the Anglo-Chiness: College, ad dressed those present. He chose as his text;:11 Afoi there not twelve hours in the dayt li a man walk in the day he stum bleth hot, • "bócause he booth the light of this work.” But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is noin trong thời theo 2 và 5 10). The rek. Kenteman said, water cha2---

We commemorate to-day with burubla gratitudesta: God life that even to our YDS FAX MGIO Ln ordinarily complete, and rounded on, not merely in length of years?

arat for that we have seen to be of less account, bat in, devotion, and loyalty toi an ideal cherished in youth and

retained in its power and vitality through the long years." It is given to few of our countrymen to spend well-night fifty years. in this land; there are few, perhaps, who would chose to do it except under the constraint of the ideal which held Dr. Gibson in its grasp, to be the minister of the gospel of Christ to the Chinese -people he gave himself to the career in days when to be a missionary was much. more of an adventure into the unknown than It is now, and for the sake of it be set aside prospects in another line of life whith greatly attracted him, and to which he was drged by his eminent teacher" and friend, the late Lord Kelvin. But the proclamation of the gospel of Christ, and the service of Him in His church was then and remained the master motive of his lite He joined the Mission here when the church, was still in the very early stages of its development, and much f the pioneer work as was necessary st that stage naturally fell to him, would himselt have been the last to claim any exclusive credit for the progress which has been made since, but she general consent of the ChineseChristiana and of his oWD fellow-workers. Bas:ascribed to his fore- sight and wise planning the broad foun da-ions of liberty and order on which the fabric of the church is now being raised. It in; unfortunate that there is not some one to speak here who is, better qualified than I to speak of his earlier years in Bwatow. The memories 'of most of us gu back only a little way, and cover only a fraction of his long term, of" service. When we entered on our work in the Mis sion, b bis name was already widely known and honoured, not merely throughout thegion which was the immediate koene of his labours, but throughout the whole church in China, and at least, the Presbyterian branches of the church at home, honoured as one who combined in a marked degree' wise judgment with steady enthusiasm, breadth of "outlook with a qnies perseverance in the common "round "of "work, one who could see, and belp others to see, the city of God already | built in this land that he had loved and adopted for his own, and with patient hands would lay one stone upon the other through the long days of toil, doing the bimblest taaka in a great way, H▲s für ná outward tributes of honour could do it, the seal was so on his labours. His off Univeristy of Glasgow made him one f her honorary graduates; the church n England that he served so long appoint- ed him to the highest office which the

Medicine to bestow the moderatorship

according to one of the wise old thinkers of the past, possesses two

important qualities." It "restöretk - us our féalth when we lose it" and it "preserveth our health while we have "Probably no popular medicine possesses these two qualities in greater measure than, Beecham's Pills. Beecham's Pills restore and also preserve the... ( health. They are excellent to take 2 when the system is non-down and in need of a gentle, restorative Beecham's Pills act tipo and through the organs of digestion--*| the regular and harmonious work. (

of Synod. The missionary body, in China testified their admiration of his scholarship", and of his work by appointing him one of the company of translators of the New Testament, and electing him joint chairman of the Cen tenary Constrebed of 1907; and the branch of the church with which he was particularly associatody, the Presbyterian, orowned hu laboura in the cause of union by appointing him honorary Moderator of the first general assembly of that united charch, which was largely the creation of his own real and wise counsel. What plice ko kas oecupied in our small community here "outside; the missionary body this gathering to some extent avid-

ing of which of the first limporences and it represents very many more Larice. They speedily correct Irregularities and restore bealtity conditions. It has been abundantly proved that the occasiónál Vise of i Uits well-known medicine will go tir to maintain the general health. in a state of efficiency. Enjoy good health therefore, by taking thirty! good medicine - 2020 far parl

who would gladly be with us if they 1. could. For forty-five years he had been one of the few permanent elements in'. rapidly changing community, the bonour. ed friend of many who cone and went, and the helper of many who needed help by the way.

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MARTINIS.

Our sorrow to-day is greatly tempered by the recollection of life in this biga senso sndéessfully: lived and successfully completed. There is room for sorrowla the breaking of personal ties Init through years of comradeship in work and council, but there is little room for regret When he left us to go home last Spring he seemed to have the premoni tion, that his work in Swalow was done. The last years had been crowned with sorrow in Li especial degree. The death of his wife, the devoted companion' of su many years, of whom all who knew her still cherish the most reverent memory, was to him an irreparable "blow, and perhaps none of us fully realised the mgnificance of it. The death of his son int the war last year, though bravely borne, was severely felt. But he was facing the future with his wonted cour- Age and faith, and we cannot doubt yo faced if to the end," when the shadows drewdown: upon the end of the long day's work, and found, us every faithful orker will, that the shadows are the night of the new morning in that land ere they need no light of the end, of God does lighten it and eof is the Lámh. W

of the hymn Now the

21⁄2 brought the met.

1919.

HONGKONG FUND FOR DEVASTATED

FRANCE

PANSY DAY

FRIDAY, DECEMBER

19th

Street Sale of Pansies in the Mornings,

GRAND MASKED

BALL

Volunteer Headquarters, Garden Road,"

at 9.30 p.m.

Admission $5.00 including

LIGHT REFRESHMENTS.

Prizes will be given for the most original dominoes.

CABARET

SATURDAY,

DECEMBER

at Volunteer Headquarters

20th.

TEA, TOMBOLA, THE "EVERYTHING" STALL

and

the

EVERYTHING ELSE” STALL.

Also continuous

VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT

Including Cinema, Display,

DANCING: 3 p.m. to midnight,

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