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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1930.

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ADDRESS AND. DISCUSSION

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WICKERSHAM ON PROHIBITION.

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Last Sunday's special Lenten sermon at St. John's Cathedral tariff safely out of the way in the

Washington, March 24-With the THE Undersigned have received (followed by a discussion in the Senate, prohibition once more pass- Cathedral Hall) was on the subject,ed into the limelight.

Why Pray," the preacher being chairman of President Hoover's Mr. George W. Wickersham, the Rev. A. D. Stewart, headmaster Law Enforcement Commission in- of St. Paul's College.

formed the Senate Judiciary Com- Opening his address, Mr. Stewart mittee that prohibition is mea aaid that many years ago a friend sureably" enforceable told him, "I have given up prayer. everything points to very much im I often used to pray for things, but Preved enforcement conditions.

Mr. Wickersham said that he be I never got any answer, so what *lieved the greater portion of public the use of it ?

opinion favours enforcement, as the attention of the people of the United States was directed upon it,

and that

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TUESDAY, APRIL

COMMENCING, AT 9.30 PM, AT THE SALES ROOM,

DUDDELL STREKT,

LARGE QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

ComprisingTM"

Desk, Glass Bookcases Grand Pianos, Tesk and Glass Cabinets, Roll Top Cottage, Pianos, Gramophones, Re corde, Chesterfield Couches and Arm- chairs,

Bags, Burglar Proof Safe, Flat Top Chairs, etc., etc. Desks, Curios, Ornaments, Typist's

The trouble probably was that his friend prayed entirely for the things he wanted. He was prob The present agitation of the pro- ably one of those who saw God as hibition issues was bringing in Being, kaden with parcels shelled provement, in hia view. He express "health prosperity" and other ed aurprise that the Enforcement desirable things, which could be got Division was able to obtain such if we bothered God long and per good man for its work when social sistently enough. Now God was ostracism resulted from connection eertainly a giver, but there were with prohibition enforcement ac- Trunks, Electric Tablo

Typewriters, Wardrobe three kinds of givers and it was tivities.

Lampa necessary to see God's nature in Mr. Wickersham said that per-wood Frames, Pictures, Carpets, Chinese Hand Paintings in Black- this matter. There was, among baps 3,000,000 to 6,000,000 gallons of human beings, the person who alcohol were diverted or convent Kave, grudgingly and after muched for beverage purposes each year persuading then there was the and that possibly 15,000,000 gallons man who gives when asked. Lastly of liquor were consumed. there were those who gave of their He called attention to the inereas own accord, not indiscriminately, ed use of corn sugar in home dis- and to every aaker, but according tilling and said that there to a well thought out plan. God fully as much "moonshine" liquor was was essentially of the last kind. production in the mountains of Christ certainly taught of aTennessee and North Carolina as Father ready to give. Then why was the case before prohibition, pray 1 "Prayer is not, in my

The witness cited instances of in- opinion, asking God to give us creasing importations from Canada, things. It is not a means of get-attributing this situation to the ting things from God. Prayer is fact that there were only 23,000 talking with God, and taking our agents for the entire United States place with God and asking His and under such conditions "we blessing on all around us.

It cannot have a man at every cross- helping God in His task of giving." God had limited His own, omni-

He said that it was not difficult potence in dealing with humanity, The bootleggers were always work- to re-dist industrial alcohol.

and St. Mark related of Christ,

roads."

He could do no mighty working upon new processes, he went on, there because of their unbelief."

but i

some of the results are very The Bishop of London, in an ad-

bad," dress on mission work put this

Mr. Wickersham expressed doubte question, "what do I do when I as to the expediency of using the pray for V particular mission military to enforce civil · obliga. station or for missions in gen-

tions. eral " and answered it thus: "I The Law Enforcement Commis help to create the atmosphere in sion started with the assumption which God can work for men." that the Eighteenth (Prohibition) When we prayed for a person who Amendment was part of the federal was sick or in trouble we helped constitution, Mr. Wickersham to create the atmosphere in which, pointed out. God could work.

Power of Evil,

The New Testament taught clear- ly of the conflict with a definite power of evil, and in this struggle prayer was the inost potent wea pon. St. Paul, in a tremendous passage at the end of the Epistle, to the Ephesians spoke of warfare: with "Principalities and Powers!

"It was not for us to inquire," he added. "whether the constitu- tion should be what it is, or should not be."

THE £2 9s. A WEEK

WAR HERO.

A SAD FALL.

against spiritual wickedness William Henry Brain, aged 35, of in high places

praying al-. Beulah-road, Sutton, who holds the ways,"

Our Lord prayed-rising D.C.M. and bar. the Military up early, or even all though the Medal, the Belgian Croix de night because it was by prayer Guerre, and two other British war that He overcame the spiritual medals, pleaded guilty at Croydon enemy who was to Him a terrible, last month to stealing 30s. from & "reality.

test letter which came into his We knew very little of the ts hands as a postinan at Wallington. of prayer or what it could recom-1 Brain was in the Army from 1910 plish. We could say little more to 1922. "In two cases alone and than that prayer was runging one- unaided," said Mr. Stanley Gib. self on God's side, and joiting with son, his solicitar, "be captured him in a great conflict between good enemy blockhouses that were erent- and evil. We might not seem to ing terrible havoc among the men get the answer we wanted; some of his platoons." times there was an answer better than we imagined; often there ap peared to be no answer, but in the act of prayer we became partners with God..

Teak, Iron and Brass Bedatends with Mattresses, Teak Double and Single Wardrobes with Barelied Mir- Tablea, Toilet Crookery, Batha, Linen, rora, Chests of Drawers, Dressing

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.and

A QUANTITY OF BLACK- WOOD FURNITURE

Inauding

Joss Table. Jardinieres, Chairs. Cabinets, Desk, Tea Poys, etc., etc.

Os VIEW From MONDAY, the

91st MARCH, 1930..

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Ar Taxm SALES ROOM, DEDDELL STIXET,

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When arrested Brain said that it was the only letter he had ever taken. He owed £0 on abieyele, TERMS which he used going to and from work, and he had a wife and three children.

By prayer was not meant.merely the formal prayers on one's knees, "Mr. Gibson drew attention to his but the prayer expressed in thought low wages, which were £ 98. a at any time of night or day. At week as an established postman. It any moment one could pray, and was stated that recently Brain thereby chase away frivolous or handed back a registered letter con- harassing thoughts, creating intaining £64, the day's takings of a stead the atmosphere in which God sub post office, because it was not could work for men,

on the advice note that accompanies such letters.

THE DISCUSSION. Demonacal Possession,

The Dean opened the discussion by asking Mr. Stewart whether he personified evil or believed it to be the corporate opposition to God is men's minds.

"Brain was put on probation for two years, and it was understood that immediate efforts would be made to get him new employment.

in the two cases mentioned, free

Mr. Stewart answered that while dom from drought and a desire to he did not believe in a devil with make a living; the prayer might, horns and a tail, he did believe in therefore, be answered, but not in a being which was trying to thwart the exact form asked. God through men. He mentioned

"A lady said that the sort of the question of demoniacal posses. Prayer which most often got an sion saying that in China there wered did not, she believed, origin- were cases exactly similar to those ate in the mind of the petitioner, mentioned in the gospels and which but he was napired to ask. it. The had been cured in the same man-

Dean here mentioned that there ner by prayer.

were many things which it seemed must be the will of God, and we felt directed to pray for them, but A questioner asked if we should we did not get an answer to our pray for things apparently contrary prayers, Mr. Stewart replied that to nature such as rain on a cloud man could not judge God's will be- lese day, or for things which were cause we could not see ultimate to the disadvantage of others, as resulta. Things that men sincerely praying for a job which another believed to he wrong might possibly man wanted..

he working for a good end, The The preacher said that there had Dean said he would suggest that been so many well. authenticated God wanted to bestow certain

Answers to Prayer.

BRUNSWICK HOUSE stories of answers to prayers for universal benefits but was unable

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rain, against. Are or againat storms to do so until His whole human that he would not dare to say it family asked for the Mr. Stew- was no use to pray for these things, art did not. quite agree, but added We did not know all the powers that if a man set his will against tons of Sale either of nature or of prayer. With God, the prayers of others on his regard to praying for a job, we did behalf might not be strong enough not know all the circumstances of to break down his will. Jesus must the ease. Failure to get what was have prayed for Judas"but His asked for might mean that a better pravers were not answered. job was waiting. It was suggested -Another speaker said that he felt in this connection that often the the answer to the question Why underlying motive or urge was not Prayf to be that prayer enabled the actual thing prayed for, but, as us to live more nearly according to

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