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8th, 1927. THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER

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JEWISH SECT PLUS MYSTERY PLAY.

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Rrasy, December 6th. Speaking at a meeting of the London Tin Syndiente to-day, Lord.

FUTURE PROSPECTS FAIRLY Aakwith, the Chairman, declared it

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was idle to dispute the menace of a tin shortage.

He said the threatened shortage would probably have materialised this year, but for the temporary hull in the American motor-ear industry caused by the reorganisa- tion of Mr. Ford's works.

the

Yesterday afternoon at Lane, Crawford's Lounge Mr. R. A. D. Forrest explained to the satisfac

A Hong Kong perchant, who tion of the Local Rationalist Asso sends periodical reporta to business ciation how the "Jesus myth" was associates at Home regarding trad created out of Jewish rites, Eastern ing conditions in South China, has symbolical language, gnosticism and lavoured us with copy of the report a mystery play..

he has forwarded to London this Christians would no doubt reply | weck. His summing up of the

Mr. Askwith added that at the that by rather similar reasoning situpäiem will be read, with interest, present time thore are actually Mr. Gladstone was also resolved Since my last report," he only 3,005 tons in the warehouses into a solar myth. They might even writes, "business har proceeded in this country and in the United refer to a succession of writings," as satisfactorily although a certain States, which is not even a fort- cepted by scholarship" that go back section of the Chinese business com-night's requirements. With to the apostolic age, and they might munity seem to be dissatisfied and larger requirements looming immed even mention the verisimilitude of wish to resort to artificial attempts intely ahead, there is an urgent | the story. Ip their hearts they to stimulate trade, not realising need of increased production, would call to mind words of the the danger of auch a policy in view Founder of their religion explaining of the continued unsettled state in

MOVEMENT OF GOLD TO. the peculiar hatred that He would China Thero can be no appre-

LONDON. always arouse in certain minde. And ciable growth of trade in South 30 the argument would go on inter-China until bealthier conditions minably, both sides gripped by an prevail, and the present sound can inner conviction and caring not servative trading is best suited to two straws for special pleading on the needs of the moment. either side-and the opposition would have this in their favour that St. John's Cathedral stands, and both the beliefs and the ethics of the Four Gospels continue to

#pread.

Mr. Forrest said in partn The Gospel Jesus is a myth, no more or less real than Thor or Dionysus, and belief in his actual existence originated in a gradual misunderstanding, as the religion of Jesus was carried over from the mystic and gnostic Enst to the matter-of-fact peoples of the West unaccustomed to think in terms of myths.

Jewish Customs And Joshua. The well-known difference of the Pharisees and Sadducees, or diligent rending of the Old Testa ment, should put us on our guard against the too common idea that Judaism was at any ancient time a homogeneous religion. Rather we see an official cult centred in the

U.S. SHIPMENTS FOLLOW STERLING RISE.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

NEW Yoas, December 6th. The first movement of gold to parity several weeks ago, and the. Britain since sterling rose above first this year, is being made fo-day, the International Acceptance Bank shipping a million dollars.

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Business has recently been done in mild steel bars, wire nails, tio piece goods restricted ordering bas plates, and other sundries In taken place consisting mostly of repeats in Venetians, Gaberdints, Printed Meltons and Weol Im perials. Home prices are advane- ng and dealers are accordingly

Yesterday's sterling cables quoted holding off in the hope of a reduc G.4.861. which is interpreted in tion in price or a compensating Wall Street as indicating that the advance in local exchange which at gold shipping point has been reach- the moment shews an upward ed. tendency. The market for Hosiery Yarns is an increasing one and THE BRITISH EXCHEQUER. although Continental prices are cheaper the Dealers, strange to say, in many cases prefer British weels of superior quality. This is contrary to their usual policy of buying the cheapest goods irrespec tive of quality. In the course of time they will no doubt realise that the cheapest article is some times the dearest

REVENUE AND EXPENDI TURE.

(THROUGH RIUTER'S' AGENCY.}

LONDON, December 8th. The exchequer revenue from April 1st to Decembed 3rd is 2447,393,788. "The year just closed has been compared with £434,404,888 and and the expenditure 8371,471,948, a favourable one for most mer- and £564,003,060 in the correspond. chants here and future prospects ing period last year." are fairly good.

must have impressed those who came into contact with him and cannot fail to have benefitted our relations with the Chinese although the effect may not be immediately felt.

Temple of Jerusalem jealously guarding its privileges and strug

"His Excelleney the Governor, gling to repress or absorb into itself Cecil Clementi has been away for a local or popular religious practices. few weeks on a holiday. He has Now, there is evidence to show that visited North China and has met among these local rites was the wor-most of the prominent Chinese and ship of Joshua, whose name is the other Officials there. His courtesy, Hebrew equivalent of Jesus. To strength and intimate knowledge of this day he is spoken of in the the Chinese language and literature Jewish New Year ritual in terms that beft an angel rather than a mere mortal, and he appears to be identical with the angel of Exodus ch. xxiii. This reduction of gods who have been worsted in the struggle for existence to the rank "Kaleidoscopic changes continue of angels and finally to men provide to take place in Chinese politics, ed with a local habitation and ajout British interests remain com name is common in developingparatively unaffected although no monotheisms.

distinct improvement can be noted. are not popular in The reds China but their induence is still felt as Evil is far more cunning and persevering propagandist than good, for it has no inward strength, and is driven to seek countenance and sympathy,"

The second great influence in the formation of the new creed was that of gnosticism. Arising apparently outside the Jewish fold, in an inter action of Zoroastrian and Baby lonian astrology, this early then aophy came even before the Chris tian era to borrow certain Jewish ideas. The gnostic systems are none

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of thera completely known to us, but would refer you to Frazer's "Golden of the gnostic method we know Bough, the custom consists in sufficient to say that everything was sacrificial cannibalism, the victim spoken in parables, and, we may being identified with the god, clad conclude that to the initiate it was

in royal raiment, worshipped, and given to understand the, mysteries. The now apocryphal book of "W finally slain and eaten by the wor- shippers, who thus become one with dom contains the following pas sage, where the speaker is. Wisdom the god whom the victim personat- ed. Politer manners in time reduced personified:--

this to a merely symbolie rite, in which the human victim was repre- sented by an inimal or even by some other foodstuffs. Many, if not most, religions have had their sacra- mental menls.

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"Come unto me all ye that be desirous of me and fill yourselves with my fruits. For the remem brance of me is sweeter than honey, and mine inheritance than "the honey-comb. They that ent me shall have the more hunger, and they that drink me shall thirat the more."

The Logos.

We are now in a position to see the genesis of Christianity in the peculiar reverence paid to Joshua, Le., Joeus. The Messiah was ex- pected and pro-Christian worship- pers of Jesus were accustomed to mect for a sacramental meal where-

they became members of the god whom they ate in symbol.

THE WORLD COURT..

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THE NEW PRESIDENT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE HAGUE, December 6th. Signor Azilotti, of "Italy, has been elected President of the Per- menent Court of International Justice, and will hold office from 1998 to 1930.

THE GLADSTONE DOCK.

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M.C.C. IN SOUTH AFRICA.

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(THROUGH REUTEr's agency.]

DURBAN, Dec. 6th.. In the match against Natal, the M.C.C. team touring South Africa declared with the score at 334 for 1. wickets.

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In this will be recognised a curious anticipation of well-known New Testament verses. Philo refers to the Logos-originally an abstract

I am conscious of many weak- word meaning "speech or "res

WEAKER TENDENCY. son and applied particularly in nesses in this paper, due in part to religion to the "reason" or "word" the urgency of time. I have been of God. The Lagus is the con- compelled to state dogmatically

The Compagnie de Commerce & forter, the pleader for sinners be much for which I should have liked de Navigation D'Extrême-Orient in fore God, the great high priest to have given chapter and verse. their report dated Saigon, Novem- Philo, be it noted, was accustomed In particular I should have liked her 30th, state-The tendency of to interpret the Old Testament to have spoken of Robertson's our market has been weaker. Some symbolically, and we may prezums special contribution to the problem, enquiries have been received from that he did not forget that he was his finding of the score of the Europe but, there is practically no dealing in metaphors, but what is Gospels in a kind of mystery play demand from the other markets. more natural than that his phrases, in which the early Christians show. The total amount of rice export- ed forth the death of their god. ed from January 1st to November or even the passage from "Wisdom'

In conclusion. I must add that it 15th, 1927, is 1,290,945.512 tons should induce readers to imagine an actual person to whom, they are would only mislead if I left you against 1,248,599.812 tons in 1920.

with the impression that the theory We quote to-day white Saigon applied i

here outlined-held even by a rice No. 1 25 percent. brokens Eating The God

majority of non-Christian scholars, round gain: Hong Kong 66.40 per Brief reference must now be made On the other hand, I would saypical of 134 lbs. fo.b.. Saigon; 116. to the last of the influences of which that, the number of its adherente od. per cwt. 1o.b. Saigon; Yen 7.05 I spoke. Almost throughout the

among scholars is both considerable per picui of 134 lbs. fo.b.. Saigon. world, but more especially and increasing. It is maintained White Saigon rice No. 2 sifted western Asia, we find traces of by British American, German Japan quality Hong Kong $6.00 custom, known among anthropolo. Danish and French writers, and per picul of 134 lbs. Lo.b, Saigon ; while revolutionary changes in Ds. lid. per out. Lob. Baigem; Yon thought on such matters are not to 6.50 per picul of 134 lbs. Lob. Booking at ANDERSON'S. A. B. MOULDER & CO

gists as that of Eating the God,

In its fully developed form, for which with its many variants. I be looked for, I believe it will gain Saigon.

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