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The Manchester Exchange in 1816, from an old print

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 8TH, 1971.

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Mr. Justice Darling, at the Criminal Couri recently, repeated, the pro test which he had made on several prom sins against the provision in the Incest

The Rev H Copley Moyle who preached the sermen at the morning service on Sunday, took for his text "And in the bhall all the families of the earth | As 1909, requiring that all proceedings

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under that Act should be held in camera The first eleven chapters of Genesis are After the termination of a case of incest, generally regarded to-day by Bible during the hearing of which the Press 10- scholars as giving us spiritual teaching presentatives and the public had been ex- under an allegorical form. They are not oluded from the Court, Mr. Justice Darling taken as bistorical, but when we come said to the twelfth chapter we enter upon events which are in the main historical. There are some extreme critics who would explain

plain away the historical character of Abraham and the patriarchs, but on very flimsy grounds.

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I desire to say something in the presenco have just dealt with. Two people, brother of the Press concerning case which. I

and artery were indicted here to-day for the crime of incest. They pleaded **Quilty." The evidence showed that they. went to live together in 100%. The result of their cohabitation, has been the birth of Six of the children are dead; one of the nine children of which they are the parents.

living ones la mentaly deficient; and as to the others, they appear to be wiserable creaturos, – but, the jigare jst present, young and it is difficult to say how decrepit they are. The evidence is that the wxDEN, careful in the bringing up of them as careful as she could be in the circumstances. When these people began cohabitation incess England. It had been punished in the was not a crime punished by the law of Ecclesiastical Courts long ago, but had ceased to be punished, and Parliament very a criminal offence punishable with you properly intervened in 1908 and made it years pedal servitude. At that time these two particular people, had been Iiving together for three years. They received no sort of information, so far as I can dis cover, that what they were doing was = crime. Their relations now they were living together in this way, and nothing occurred. So far I am satisfied, that it royer was brought home to thent what, they were doing was punishable..

The late Dr. Driver, who was probabis the greatest English authority on the subject, wrote in his commentary on the book of Genesis, with regard to the stories of Abraham and his sons," The substance of the carrative it, no doubt historical; though the character and ex periences seem to be idealized. We cau- not, for instance, suppose that we have so to speak, a photographic record of all that was said or done, however dif. ficult it may be to estimate the strength of memory and of oral tradition in these patriarchal times, when the conditions were to different from our own, it is scarcely possible that the recollection of such minutiae as are here often recorded should have been transmitted unaltered during the many centuries which inter vened between the times at which the patriarchs lived, and that at which their biographies were ultimately committed to writing. The outline of these nar I am strictly complying with the Act of ratives, we may confidently hold, was Parliament, of course, which says that all supplied by tradition, but in the details proceedings under this dat shall be held something at any rite will be due to the camera. I shall not mention the names historical imagination of the narratorsnatthe sentence passed. I gay what I Up till the latter part of the last how because I think that it is high time pentary, Bible students had practically incest should be removed, and that the that this restriction" concerning, trials for no sources of information about the con- public should know what passes in a Cours ditions of life in these patriarchal times, of Justice in cases such as this. The details except what the Bible afforded, but in these cases are not one.whit more shock. during the last fifty or sixty years ag or disgusting than the details in cates whole food of light has been thrown upon under the Criminal Law Amendment Act the events and habits of those early times or rape, and are really nothing like as by the discoveries of explorers in the unedifying as many cases tried in the buried cities of Babylonia and Assyria. Divores Court reported, almost every day. Of the discoveries made, one of the most in the week. Why, these cases should be interesting, as throwing light on the ircted to be tried my camera, and people habits and customs of people in these kept in ignorance of the very fact that carly days was the finding of the stone this is a crime and the punishment awarded column on which were recorded the laws for it, cannot conceive. I do not know of Hammarabi. This discovery was made whether there is a Judge on the Bench who in the year 1901 by a French expedition "Pproves of it, and I myself certainly dis sent to investigate the ruins of Susa, Approve of it. If there was a Grand Jury once the capital of Elam and later then I hope they are only temporarily capital of Persia. Hammurabi was the abolished I should say to them what I sixth King of the first dynasty of Babylon, am now saying. I hope that some one will and he reigned between forty and fifty this provision in the Statute of 1909 will raise the question in Parliament, and that five years somewhere about 9,100 years before the birth of Christ. He had for some time had a special interest for Bible students as he was thought to be identical with the Amraphel mentioned in the 14th chapter of Genesis. He was known as a hwgiver, but little wha known of bis laws. Since the discovery of this column in 1901 Hammurabi has become

So to-day we speak of Abraham as the one of the leading names of antiquity. father of the faithful, because he had The column is a block of stone 7 feet sufficient faith to leave his birthplace at 43 inches in height, and 4 feet 11 inches God's bidding. Had he remained amongst in circumference. On the upper end is a the idolatries of the Chaldean city of large carving in relief, representing Ur, he might have lost the glimpse of Hammurabi standing before the Baby the true God which was his, and if he his descendants would have lost it. So lonian sun god (Samasb), and it is sup had been able to maintain it, certainly the god dictated the laws to Hammurabi God called him out of Ur, and through -but this supposition has little to sup him and his descendants God gradually port it. Probably this column was made gave a more complete revelation of Him for the temple of the god Samash, and self, till in the process of time and alter if it had been made for the temple of the lapse of acre than 2,000 years Ibe some other god. g., Merodach, then the time was at least ripe for the great step column, would have shown Hammurabi in the self-revelation of God to man and worshipping Merodich. The code of laws

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engraved on the column shows us what Lord Jesus Christ was, born of the a highly civilised State Babylon was. To seed of Abraham. So we see God slowly mention only a few of the subjects of working out His purpose for the salvation these laws, we find laws concerning the till He is working and still His purpose and enlightenment of the human race, and following matters: relations between the King and the people; laws of libel; laws is not attained. But God is not in a of slavery and kidnapping; relations. beary, for He is above and beyond all tween landlords and tenants; responsibilitytime, and slowly His will must be accom- with regard to the bursting of dams; plished-just as He took millions of relations of business men, merchant and fears to make this earth on which we retailer and middleman; prosecution for live, so He does not rush the work of debt marriage laws: matrimonial promen's salvation and the fuller revelation

of Himself to perty laws and conditions of remarriage understood. Meanwhile the attitude of is long in being fully marriages between free persons and slaves the laws of inheritance; the the Christian must be that of Abraham, order of doctors and penalties to which We must rely on the revelation which has they were liable foes of doctors of while we do our duty in this world we come to us through Jesus Christ, and inferior order; charges payable to house builders and penalties to which they must not forget that we, like Abraham wore liable: charges of ship builders, and his descendants, desire a better regulations as to owning, hiring and man country that is heavenly. We are put ning ship; as to collisions between ships; into this world to serve God. Are we hiring of oxen and other animals; a scale doing it to the best of our ability of wager for labourers and artisans; re Surely with all of us, if we are perfectly gulations regarding slaves. The column candid with ourselves, the answer must gives us a different idea of the life of be "No." Then let us pay attention to our Babylonia in the days of Abraham from the Church when she calls as to use the idea generally held in the last century. It season of Lent as a time to be more than shows us that society was highly organi- usually given to God. In quietness and sed and carefully regulated in the days of confidence shall be your strength." T Hammurabi, and that it was from such do not wish for a moment to make anyone a highly organised city life that Abraham believe that religion consiste in going to was called by God to depart. He had church. Religion is a matter of one's become a worshipper of the one God and whole everyday life, and it is possible he was to go out from the idolatry pre to be regular in attendance at church vailing round him that the faith in God and yet to be very far from God. But might be strengthened and maintained. this I do say that worship is a duty which Abrahim was not by any means perfect man owes to his maker, and we ought to infict the verses which immediately make special effort to worship God follow the text show us Abraham in a during Lent and to prepare for our most unfavourable light, and he falls Esster Communion. I would ask every below the standard of honour of the 900 who is here this morning to make a heathen King of Egypt, and is reproved special effort to attend church more fre by him. In spite of his failings Abraham quently in Lent and to try to bring some had a capacity for faith.

one who has fallen away from the habit of church attendance, and let us remem-

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te wishes and commands of God were her that mere attendance at church is real to him and so he obeyed the call not, worship any more than striking the of God to feave his home and his ye keys of a piano is music. Worship needs Intions. But to adventure himself and is the concentration of one's whole mind Belongings into the unknown country and spirit on God. Worship is not easy which was after many years to belong to it is very difficult, it is very fatigning- his descendante.

But rral whole hearted worship is always accepted by God and lifts us to the atmos phere of hosvar.

(Continued at foot of next column.)

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