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ADVENT SERMON."

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER

with us are given a back place-our some- what Judicrous race-meetings are taken AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL. more seriously than the University. Ex- travagance at social functions to not un- The Rev. I. B, Powell, Chaplain ef known, particularly in connection with St. John's Cathedral. preached on Sun- some of the Societies of the colony-u day morning a sermon on Declension bour is a prevailing weakness. Any think desire to go one better than our neigh and ourselves, taking a foxt words ing man would agree, that even a higher From the Epistle for Advent Sunday standard of moral conduct is called for Let us walk honestly, as in the day but with us there is a blunting of the con when one is living anong an alien race; Most of us who are here this mom-science and but little of the dignity and ing, said the preacher, would be proud restraint of English life. Even on take it, radically opposed to any pessimis. Armistice Day the religious observances tic outlook on life as a whole. This is were in pitiable contrast to those which because the coming of Christianity intu took place at home. Some of our younger the world was really the advent of a blind brethren think that the reading of an ing ray of hope the light that lighteth occasional poem by Rudyard Kipling every man had come in bodily form to makes them the true beirs and representa- dwell amongst us. But while-tope must tives of the British Empire-say effort to always

be a permanent possession of our kindle better understanding between the religion; we do well to realise that there Chinese and the English never enters the is to more fations thing than the optim roomy ism which springs from a refusal to face brains. It may be said of us that it is

recesses of their undeveloped | the facts of life. And just because in not our sin but our self-satisfaction which these latter years we have reached a time cries aloud unto heaven. of crisis in world history, and particularly in the affairs of the British Empire, it a good thing to examine the views of those who tell us that we are living in an age of social degeneracy; for the facts of experience appear to be on their side. Quite recently a book has been issuad under the title of "Declension," and I am indebted to its author for much of the language and ideas of my sermon The writer contends that in the urbanised democracy which we have in England the old definitions of gentleman and lady have ceased to function. Whereas a gentleman was supposed to be one who put into the common life more than he took out of it, we have now returned to the more scriptural and ancient divisions of the community, and are now a nation composed of Rich and Poor.

Let us then in conclusion remind out. selves of Aristotle who bade us not to desire the superfuities of life, and of that greater Teacher who warned us to beware of covetousness. calls for a voluntary limitation of the Our present condition desire to possess we at least can strive for an all-round simplification of life. If we direct our minds more and more to wards the eternal things of life, then for us the temporal values will cease to have such a magnetic attraction Our work is to bring men back to fundamentals, and to create in this place a higher; saner arid more Christian publie opinion but to do, this we must be endued with power from on ligh. It may be that the weary, the heavy-laden, and the ainful are ready to turn their gaze to Him who is the Light of the World, but they can only see that What then is the example set by the light as it is reflected in our lives. May Rich, as evidenced in the newspapers and God grant that in this season of Advent magazines of the day? Here is the judge may help others to find the true Light, ment of an experienced London magis and that peace which passeth under- trate Social morals are undoubtedly standing. suffering from a grave defection, due, in my opinion, to a lessening of the sanctity in which family life should be held. The atmosphere of divorce and broken pledger, of responsibilities shelved in the interests of purely selfish ends, of naked human baneness indulging itself with impunity. is. at once the chief result and cause of the spiritual disintegration we see on all sides The Denis-Shawn party of dancers, fresh to-day. A rection of the community seems from their triumphs in Shanghai, arrived to have lost the sense of moral respon in Hongkong yesterday, and gave a per- sibility what old-fashioned people callformance at the Queen's Theatre last the Sense of God." The author goes on night..

THE DENISSHAWN PARTY.

SUCCESSFUL NIGHT AT QUEEN'S

THEATRE.

Ruth St. Dennis and Ted Shawn, of course, were the principal feature, and they were ably supported in the various dances. Variety was the keynote of the show.

to argue that not only do the Rich ignore Every sent in the Theatre was occupied, the whole field of religion, but they make and the audience thoroughly appreciated no bones at all about treating culture of the entertainment. the mind as an affectation. It is because of their contempt for intelligence, which is the most manifest and dangerous of their disloyalitics, that the Rich are lead ing the whole nation into the anarchy of materialism. For it means that we do not take life seriously, that we abdicate those functions of the human soul which have lifted man above the brate level, and that we refuse to entertain the notion of moral responsibility. It means in brief, that we are living for the Belly and not for the Brain..

...

Miss Doris Humphreys in a very pretty scarf dance captivated the audience

The performances were enthusiastically applauded throughout, and it was a very satisfied crowd that left the Theatre. at the conclusive of the programme."

RUBBER SHARE MARKET. SINGAPORE QUOTATIONS

telegram from Singapore, quoting the Messrs. Carroll Bros have received a following sales of rubber shares to Hong- kong:-

Kedahs United Malaccus Coliasburgh Malaka Piades -Changkat Serdangs

WEATHER REPORT.

84.95

4.10

6.05

4.95

12.05

But it must not be too easily assumed that the Rich of our generation are guilty For those crimes which in former days brought so many aristocracies to destruc tion. For every married woman who com- mits adultery there are hundreds of faith ful wives On the other hand the people who steer clear of open vice can yet be far astray from the true life of a rational being A man may never cheat at cards or golf, and yet so assiduously play both cards and golf that he loses the capacity for enjoying higher and more lasting pleasures. Perhaps we may not be more wicked than our ancestors, but we are far greater blunderers. There is a triviality in our life which at least was foreign to their--they never thought that a man may live as he chooses, that the laws of the universe do not apply to the human towing report at 6.4 p. yesterday: The Royal Observatory issued the fol spécies, and that life has no more pur-A depression covers the Sea of Japan; pose than a dinner party or a dance. We it is moving eastward. The anticyclone are living as though history had no warn over Central China has strengthened.. ings, social existence no laws, and thought Fresh to strong N.E. winds may be ex- no influence on conduct. and conduct do pected in the Formosa Channel and along influence on destiny.. This triviality,

the S.E. coast of China and fresh N.E which is so marked in our age, is parti- winds along the S. coast of China and cularly noticeable in modern conversation. over the China Sea Local forecast N.E. Table talk has degenerated into gossip or winds fresh, fine. sippancies. People meet and separate with no- new ideas in their minds, no en- largement of their understanding, but only with their stupidity confirmed and their horedom, deepened. The same disease seems to have invaded that mirror. of our morals; the stage, to judge from the sample report of a very recent play Fallen Angels.” That long drawn out drunken scend won the loudest applause of the play, and certainly the two

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everything was unpleasantly real. The Prints on Beltema."

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vastly amusing. It was received with loud laughter-but it was not a healthy

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Further evidences of disorder may be seen in many of the commercial pictures which are posted above the streets of our cities, or used as advertisements in cur maga zines and newspapera, the prevailing look. of these pictures is a pruziest leer, and the only tone & guffaw of sensuality. There is scarcely a soap in the world, or an article of attire, or a throat lozenge which can be sold without some reproduction of a woman half undressed. It is the same with various species of the modern novel, with their effect of weariness and cynicism, It is an if we were too bored or too tired to raise our heads, and have only energy and interest enough to poke them over our neighbour's back-yard for a look and smell of his dust-bin,,

If we tuin for moment to our own. colony it is not too much to assert that there have been recent disquieting signs that all is not well with us. A Govern ment report has shown that the Cult of the Almighty Dollar in connection with stocks and shares has reached a high stage of rottennes We pour out money with both hands for motor roads, while our grants for libraries, education, and hos- pitals are measured with a carefulness which invites cynicism. Culture and art

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2ND

QUEEN'S

TO-DAY TII!

SATURDAY

MARY PICKFORD

IN

LITTLE

ANNIE ROONEY

DIRECTED. Brd.

WILLIAM

BEAUDINE

The World's Sweetheart

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As Little Annie Rooney

Her wonderful curls of gold are flung free as she romps through a story so splendidly heart compelling that the tears of sympathy are driven away by swift wrinkles of laughter.

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