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Eu December, "Mr."G. H. Sellwood, late Sergeant, 2nd Wiltshire Regunent, was appointed Manager of the Institute. It is mentioned with regret that the tate manager, Mr. R. W, Bristow, died after shore illness a few months after having

the Institute.

THE SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE.

"DEBTORS." SERMON AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL

The deep gratitude of all concerned is due to those ladies who visited officers in hospital, and invited then when con valesent to their homes. Motor-cars have

The Rev. E. Copley Moyle, M., also been dent to convalescents, and, our regret is that it has not been possible for Chaplain of St. John's Cathedral,

use or taked the following sermon in the Cathaleal patients to make more advantage of such kindness. While we un Sunday morning

with this aspect of the work, we should like to say how we, both Mission Staff and officers, sympathise with Mrs. W. G. Lay. In Mr. Lay we lost a very true friend who in spite of his own ill- health was afaays ready and eager to

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we

Brethrea, are debtors."--Bom, VIII, 12...

No one likes being in debt. But S. Panl tells us we are all debtors. First

Empire, and if this generation of states- men has wisdon there is no reason why THE MISSIONS TO SEAMEN

India and other parts of the Empiro may IN HONGKONG.

Dot take their places as self-governing REPORT FOR *1901.

countries within the Empire. I believe The Report begins by referene to the resignation of Mr. F. B. L. Fowler

Beech-that there is a great work in the world

for the British Empire yet to do, but it. can only be done if all of us, from the and Mr. John Johnstone in leaving the

least to the greatest, are true to those. Colony. Mr. Bowley," it says, "was one

principles for which our Empire stands of the oldest members of the Commitee,

There e be nothing more disastrous for at one time actually Being Secretary, His

the world than the accentuation of racial help and advice were of the greatest assistance to us and no matter however

divisions, and the British Empire has bad small was beneath his careful attention.do what he could to enable seafarers to and foremost and most often forgotten, some stress in binding together men of

have happy memories of Hongkong. Mrs. Mr. Johnstone was only a member for Lay's visits to hospital were always very we owe a debt to Goal. tipd has created various races, I shall never forget many of good education, and if I remember comparatively short time, yet he proved greatly appreciated, anal we hope that on and redeemned us. He has put us is a years ago in Paris meeting a gentlema himself extremely sympathetic towards her return she may be able to lend a Loautiful world and given us a healthy whose skin was no black as coul, a man the work of the Society and just before hand again,

Mrs. Calkins at first acted as Secretary body and a mind capable of great develop aright a member of the English Bar, who he left gave, in company with

But we must remember that the posi Treasurer, most valuable aid, in putting, for the Social Entertainment Committee ment, and a spirit that can hold cpu proudly informed me that he was in motion certain negotiations with re-but after giving the scheme good start munion with Him, and He expects us to dish subject. gard to a site on the Praya East Resigned the post to Mrs. Wakeman. We honour and obey Him. He has bidden clamation Our most grateful thanks with are extremely grateful to both of theses worship Him. Thou shall worship tice of a ruling race brings responsibility. every good wish for the future go to ladies for all the really hard work which the Lord thy God.". No one can neglect No man is fit to belong to a ruling race they carried out. The Victoria Diocesan public worship without dishonouring who has bad manners. That is why the both these gentlemen."

The Hon, Messrs. A. O. Lang, T. LAssociation has also helped splendidly by God, and those who dishonour God cinnot most successful administrators have been

aid Them that heaour me. I will honour, have good munners because he believes in # Perkins, and A. G. Stephen, and Mr. D. keeping us supplied with literature for expect to be honoured by Him for He has real Christians. A real Christian must and they that despise mo shall be lightly the value which God sets upon every G3-Bernart have kindly conschted to distribution. serve as members of the cominittee.

Though in the Current Account we esteemed." God has given us the capacity hamun soul. And so he cannot despist STATE

finish the year with a good balancer in for fellowship with Himself. It is the or speak contemptuously of anyone. hand, in reality the annual financial highest gift that man has received. It is Those people who have the bad manners position of the Missions to Seamen is capable of development now, and, i to speak contemptuously of other races Hongkong is gone too strong. In order neglected it is lost. It is a pegmacens and nations ought not to be allowed t to raise the necessary amount to pay to the gifts one which death itself inner take leave their own country, they cannot do The future of our Empire depends as Government our share towards the Praga from us, but one which we can lose so much harms there as thy do when they East Reclamation, we have had to mort through our carelessness. If we do not come abroad, gage the present institute, and the pay-think of God and doazot worship Him; ment of the interest on this will be an He will gradually becoine of less and less much on the conduct of British people In addition to the furnishing of the extra expense which we shall have to consequence in our lives, and our spiritual abroad as on the wisdom of our statee- Chapel, which was finally completed durmeet. While, of course, we hope even life will become atropbied and dead. We men. It is here that you and I have a ing the early part of the year. several tually to come out easily on the right may have gained the whole world, but we debt to discharge to the people amongst improvements of varying importance have side, yet we have to keep in view prob shall have lust our soul, and what good whom we dwell. I think we shall do well born made throughout the building which able future expenses in the way of builds can the world dd us when we have to leave to ask ourselves sometimes, whether by our

ing, and we desire to be able to transfer are described in the Report.

into the next world leaving, even our reapest and even the affection of the The average number of beds taken geb from time to time, suma of money from and all its gifts behind us and go out words and actions we are winning the night was about the war as in 1927, the Current Account to the Heclamation body, which now excupies so much of our Chinese with whom we come in contact er

Fund or No. 4 Account, and so during

to be hated. There are British people approximately 40

the next few years accumulate at least thought and care, behind us in this world? whether we are making the British name God is not an importanute creditor. something towards the final expenses of Now that we have a properly equipped the New Institute. At the same time the He is not always sending in His bill, if who are doing so, who adopt a bullying Chapel in the Institute, we are proud work with all its necessary expenditure we wish to forget oar debt to Him it and contemptuous manner, to people of that anyone who likes should attend the will be proceeding and we hope progress sometimes seems as though He will allow other races, and it is to them that we owe Services. The hour however at which the ing. and the question of an Assistant us to do so. Let us than remember that the spirit of hatred which is so manifest evening service is held is inconvenient for Chaplain will have to be settled, as his we are debtors to God. S. Paul ward to against our Empire to-day. It is the mis most-shore folk, being arranged to suit stipend will have to be paid out of local speak of Himself as the bondslave of sion of our Empire to educate and clevate seafarers. In this port most of the ships funds. it will be seen from this that we Jesus Christ." If we have somewhat of the subject nations, but we must never have their evening meal about 6 p.m. This badly need all the help that we can get. the same spirit we shall be anxious to forget that when they have been educated We are extremely grateful to all sub discharge our debt to God by aetting and elevated the ideal of our Empire is, means that the Dayspring cannot start on

l'equal rights for a civilised men." We The debt her round much before 6.30 pm and by scribers and donors for help given in the His honour and glery as the first aim and in the words of the late Cocil Rhodes the time the various ships from which past and especially during the past year object of our lives,

But God is not our only creditor, though must remember that ideal. intending worshippers are expected bave a. G. M. Dodwell, our Treasurer, pat been visited it is about 3 pm. before we in much good and effctive work in raising He is the chief one: We are, debtors to which we owe to the past we must pay Thinking, merely of material to the present and to the future. As wo start the service, The service is subscriptions, which are about $1,730 in the past. always followed by about an hour's music advance of subscriptions made in the pre- things, what a debt we owe to those who have entered into the labours of other" have lived before us!. Here in this place men, we must work that hotpaller other and refreshment, and the congregation is vious years."

we are reminded of the obligations we are men shall enter into the results of our

Brethren, -we Sir Newton Stabb on leaving, the

are debtors, then put back on board its respective ship, leaving the Institute at 10 p. Colony gave us a most generous help on, under to there sturdy pioneers of 50 years Inbours, The average attendance is about 25, and the Hongkong Football Association ago who added this Colony to the British | debtors to God, who has made us, debtors though it varies greatly from Sunday to and the Pharies of H.M.S. Titusin Dominions and began to transform it to those who have been before us, debtors Sunday, the number of ships.in port with also again figure on our list of donors.

Capt. E. R. G. R. Evans, C.B., D.S.O., from a barren and treelem and almost to the present generation, and debtors to uninhabited wilderness to the crowded the generations that are to be. Let us do. large crews, or many officers, the weather conditions, and so on, being responsible R.N., has kindly undertaken to raise an

our behalf the magnificent sum of $1,000 centre of world trade which it is to-day, our best to discharge those debta.. for this.

of, which over half has already been paid And those early pioneers were not forget. over to us. This gilt is all the more fuk of the debt they owed to God. Soor generous because he has already sent after this island was taken a large 500 to the Headquarters Fand of our matshed was erected to serve as a church Society in London. Such help willingly on ground close to the site of this offered by one who had had so much and Cathedral, and within a few years of so varied experience of seafarers in all those pioneers landing here, when it sect British settlement, the wave of this build sorts of hard places contes as a tremendoused likely that this would be a permanent encouragement to us in our work.

No special appeal was made last yearing was erected, and some twenty years though we did intend to make one with later the chancel was added.

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JOSSMEN OUT ON STRIKE, RELATIONS WITH THE FORTUNE.

TELLERS.

In these days, stakes are a common-s place of Chinese labour, but there is no thing commonplace, remarks the And so Dudly Years, in the latest addition to the

a view to raising money to pay the to-day we are able to worship God in this number, viz., a strike by Taoist priests.

MOTUR-LAUNCH "DAYSPRING." This now well-known little vessel has throughout the year been very busy, as is her normal state. Ship-visiting every morning of the week except Monday, with picnics and expeditions, or occasional afternoons, and at work in the cooler weather one or two evenings collecting congregations and,' audiences for services and concerts, it is not surprising that she has called to mind many times a certain sentence from the Benedictus."

The bathing outings were not so many stipend of an Assistant Chaplain. How- fine and dignified building. as in previous years, owing to the tennis ever after careful consideration it

shore, which felt wiser to wait until things generally before us, from when we have inherited the vast empire which they built up a parties and "At Homea

the erst of much effort and hardship. Alled up at least one and often two bad reached a more settled state.

Apparently, fortune tellers and josen PRAYA EAST RECLAMATION.

The very fact of our being citizens of afternoons in the week. Several ladies joined us for the launch outings at which Towards the end of the year the Mis they acted as "hostesses, a most welcome sions to Seamen in Hongkong entered into 50 great an Empire makes us debtors to work in close co-operation, each fortune innovation, which we regret canont take an agreement with the Colonial Govern the world to-day. There have been many teller employing a number of priests to place more frequently, not because of the ment to contribute towards the cost of Empires in the world from the days of whom clients are sunt after the fortune. hostesses not coming forward, for there the Reclamation upon the terms and Egypt and Babylon and Persia and teller has consulted the oracle on their This is paid to them are we are thankful to say plenty of subject to the conditions of the Praya Rome down to Spain and the Empire of behalf. It is then customary to bold a them; but because so many of our picnics East Reclamation Ordinance of 1921. The Napoleon, Empires which have waxed service, and the tariff for ceremonies last are arranged at a few moments notice lot we have in view at the completion of great and powerful and ruled over subjecting from five to eighis hours in. fixed at.. when it is impossible to invite anyone the work of reclamation is excellent, and if people, and have at last fallen hated and from 35 to 40 cents from ashore. For instance on one of the we finally decide to build on it, we shall enrerated by the people they had ruled. by the fortune teller, but the priester ships someone will say Well Padre, have 100 for a better Institute than Will it be the same with our Empire have at last arrived at the conclusion

We aroWe learn from the Chinese press that.

was indeed debtors to those who have gone number of priests are up in arms against

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their employere, the blind fortune tellers, who have steadily refused to grant the jossmen's demands for more pay.

what about a bathe this afternoon even the present one. The final der mon That depends upon us to day. We need that the division of spoils is unfair. Elence Times are at once if possible Sxed, and will be made later on when perhaps the no magnifying glass to see the signa of tho demand, refusal to comply, and the The opposing parties have just heldu away goes the launch to invite other future arrangement of the harbour and hatred for our rule amongst many of the unique strike. ships officers or men to the picnic, finally its shipping will be known. Meanwhile peoples over whom we rule to day. Whe meeting. Neither side gave way, and the bringing up at the Seamen's Institute the Committee teel that under the cir-ter that batred, is fanned to a fame priests are reported to have retired from about 12.45 when the Institute Staff get cumstances we are extremely fortunate in which shall burn up the British Empire, the conference, determined to organize for or whether it is changed to an enthusiastic fight. The fortune tellers will doubt Irisy cutting sandwiches and prepari acquiring such a good site.

loyalty to the "Empire depends on us less prove masters of the situation... the tea, (this by the way in addition to serving tiffin to boarders.) The launch is away again by 2 o'clock collecting the Approximate Summary of work accom to day. It behoves us to see that we party, to restore them to their respective plished by agents and representatives of understand and act upon the principles principles" to quote the words of Pro ships about 8 o'clock at which time the the Missions to Seamen in Hongkong for which our Empire stands. These fessor Gilbert Murray" are not unknown evening meal is served, and in ships if during 1921.

things. They have been laid down by the you miss the right time for that, there is little likelihood of your being able to raise

great men of the last century, by Cobden board. Hence the early

and Macaulay and John Stuart Mill, any supper

even to a great extent by Lord Salisbury start and the early return. Thus is wil be seed that it is not always, possible notice of picnics to shore friends." to give

"SOCIAL WORK ANDRE,'

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GOLF AMONG THE GRAVES.,

A recent visitor to Mukden who was writes to the NC. Daily News:- there also a guest at the local Golf Club,. Having been handed a copy of the- Local-By-laws, I was not a little

3 and Gladstone. We hold our Empire a astonished and amused to read, the,

Visits to ships of all sorts 2000 Visits to hospitals Services. held afcat Services held in Institute ......... Occasional Services, etc., ashore Holy Communions held afloat. Holy Communions on shore...... Social entertainments, picnics,

tennis parties etc. Attendances at ces held

afloat, mostly in HM, ships: 2088. Attendances at services in In-

1979- stitute m Attendances at occasional services 252 Attendances at Holy Communion

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a trust for the governed, not as an estate Tollowing unique paragraphs

to be exploited. We govern backward-Graves, in course of construction,

racea that they may be able to govern themselves; we do not hold them down for our profit, above all in our Goferu ment and our administration of justice, we try to act without fear or favour, treating the poor man with as much res pect as the rich man, the coloured man as the white, the alien as the Englishman. We have had the principles laid down again and again; they are all embodied in the Covenant of the League of Nations. If we are true to thote prin- ciples there is no reason why the Empira should not become a great-federation of nations making for justice and righteous- mess and the peace of the world, and the promotion of true religion. Only wo have to learn that as a wise parent, bav ing given his child a good training, leaves

We are glad to be able to report that through the agency of the Ladies', Enter tainment Committee Tennis Parties and As Homes" continued all through the year, except when bad weather upset ar- rangements A healthy and sure sign of the popularity of these kind acts of bos pitality is the number of times which officers arriving in part have rung up to

Attendances at Holy Communion ask"Is there any termis ar At Home"

*.*.ashoro... this afternoon?" Frequently too we hear

Attendances at Social Functions 1410 it Enid, "Isn't it rotten luck! We ex

In addition the Chaplain was able to pected to be in by Thursday morning and hoped to be able to come off for tennis, render various assistance to the locul but we ran into fog, (or bad weather clergy, and also was again privileged to or were delayed it the last part or same act as Chaplaid to HM.S. Curlew during thing) Bad so could not get in till too April and May when by courtesy of the late. It has happened that occasionally Captain and Officers he took his con- when a number of guests has been ex valescent leave in that ship in Japanese pacted only a very few have eventually and Northern waters. During the absence come, much to the disappointment on leave of the Chaplain RN. Yard be him, at liberty to chose his own way in of the hostess. It has been no less was also responsible for the services, etc., The Chaplain expresses his most grate disappointment to us, but ship conducted by him,

such lilala a port

as this is necessarily, rather uncertain, lightful thanks to many helpera.

HE. the Governor and Lady Stubbs for accident or a sudden order from the agent's office may alter plans for every their sympathetic and practical help, and

ons, and it is not easy to get substitutes concludes his report by asking for raore at a moment's notice. All the same our regular subscribers and a good supply apologies are due to those Find friends of books, magazines and papers, for dis- who on pccasion prepared for many and tribution amongst the crews of ships,

Lighthouse keepers, ".etc. in the end had few guests arrivo.

the world, to a ruling nation having traided and educated the subject nations can look with pleasure upon the day when they become able to rule themselves Some fifty years ago it was generally

and open coins shall be regarded as ground under repair. Old grave-pits are not covered by this By-law,

15. Grates and ditches surroundin graves are not bunkers. A ball may,.

etc..

The explanation is that the golf holes are located in the extensive cemetery of the city and curious to say its inhabitants and their spirits appear to have no ob ection at all.

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