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HONG KONG DAILY PRI ESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1935.

SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD

Sermon at the Cathedral

At St. John's Cathedral yester-, that whenever we pray we wor- day morning, the Rev. H. Wship God, that whenever we kneel Baines delivered the following down we are bound to benefit al- sermon to a large congregation:- though God in His mercy is always When men see religion being more ready to hear than We to used to further private ends they pray and to give more than we are disgusted. I met a man re- desire or. deserve. Our prayers

cently who, had nearly been es-are the most fertile seed beds for tranged from Christ because he selashness because when we 195 had read a book describing the for ourselves something the pos- way in which during the 'Inquisi-session of which will deprive a man said he would be ashamed somebody else of what they need. of religion to minister to their pri- we persuade ourselves that we are vate hatreds. More recently antioing right and in that we connection with the Business blaspheming. That was what the Man's Service on October the 13th. man saw who did not wish to pray

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to attend such a Service if it meant asking God to put the balance the right side iri his accounts when he had neglected Him in prosper- ous days, Hypocrisy does not go down with men of the present time. Nor did it please Jesus. He summed up the attitude just des- cribed in the words, "No man can either he serve two masters for

and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Fe cannot serve God and Mammen."

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AROUND THE COURTS

HEAVY FINE FOR SEAMAN

William Brody, (32) Areman on board the President Coolidge who was arrested on Friday for the pos- session of firfarms and ammuni-» dion without a Hcence, was on Sa- turday fined $200 or in default 3 months' hard labour, by Mr. Thom- son at Kowloon Magistracy. Sub inspector L Whant stated that on information received he went to David's Cafe in Hankow Road and 12 rounds of 38 ammunition were found a defendants possession.

Defendant was taken to the Water Police Station and when re-search- ed a .38 Smith and Wesson short revolver was found against his

for the readjustment of his bal-groin inside his trousers. ance. When Jesus sald "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness," He was only saying what He evidently practised in His own Ete and carried out in His own prayer; for that begins, you will remember, with the hope and petition that in whatever or whom ever we are considering at the time the name of God may hallowed, His kingdom may come and His will be done. When we

into pray, when we come

God's garden it is in order to meet Him

Defendant pleaded that he car- rled the revolver for self-defence, as many people have already been killed in waterfront disputes.

The revolver and ammunition were ordered to be confiscated..

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FRUSTRATION THE END? To some this will bring the fear that we shall not get any straw- berries or flowers at al. They will wonder." whether the end of this seeking first is not frustration and emptiness. Strawberries and flow-

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have been held on a man-slaugh- ter charge.

TO PAY DAMAGES Defendant was also ordered to pay $22 to the owner of the car as damages, and 55 cents to the ferry company for the fare which was not paid when he crossed the ferry..

Before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Central Police Court on Saturday Yeung Lal was fined $10. in default three weeks' imprison-. ment, for the theft of 14 pieces of Mesars. solder, the property of Jardine Matheson and Co., Ltd

For stealing a sampan, a 40- In giving evidence the ticket col-year-old unemployed. Chan Yau, lector of the ferry company stat: was sentenced to six weeks' hard ed that defendant did not stop at labour-by Mr. W. M. Thomson at the entrance of the way leading on the Kowloon Magistracy on Batur- board the vehicle ferry, but drove day." on to the ferry. When asked for the fare the defendant offered wit- i ness five cents and two cigarettes,

The case against Clive Graudage, a 22 year old guriner of the 9th and not to get all the fattest Battery, Royal Artillery, stationed

at Lyemun Barracks who strawberries,

was charged with falling to pay the legal carriage fare on the ferry from Hong Kong to Yaumati, with driving private car No. 1321 with-stating "I have no money."

a licence, with driving the out car without the owner's permission. with falling to keep to the left of the road when rounding the cözler at Peking Road, and Nathan Road,spector and telephoned the ticket and with falling to keep to the left collector on the Yaumati Wharf to side of the road in Salisbury Road collect the fare from the defen- near the Star Ferry, came to andant. end on Saturday when the datend-

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anemployed, of Korea, had an ex- Li Chat Ting, allas Re Sal Din,

pulsion order made against him by “I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN”

Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Cen- Witness had to come ashore as

tral Police Court on Saturday for the ferry was about to leave. Wit-entering the Colony without a ness informed the European Invalid passport

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Chau Ki, aged, 37, unemployed was on Saturday remanded for a week by. Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Central Police Court, when charged with the theft of a camera

Ip Wal-chuen, ticket collector ant was bound over in a personalou the Kowloon side, stated that band of $75 to come up for judg-ne approached defendant when the ment at any time by Mr. W, M.. Lerry berthed, but defendant said and a jacket from car No. 47 be- Thomson at the Kowloon Magis-that the

fare bad already been long to Mr. D. L King in Queen's tracy...

usid on the Hong Kong side, and Road on Friday. drove the car away saying: "TU" see you again"-

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It will be recalled that when the defendant was earller charged be- fore the same Court he made ram-

Defendant pleaded guilty to the

"Amado C. de Los Reyes, a Filipino cierk, employed by the Asiatic

bling statements which drew forth last three charges and was con-Petroleum Co., Ltd. was fined $10 laughter from both the Court and the spectators.

In coming to this decision the

GOD'S POSITION ® . People know that to be true when they are honest. You know that God's position in your loyalty must either be first or nowhere, I he is second or third or fourth then you have become a polytheist as your dim ancesters were when they matched god against god and laid odds on the result. What

are good and lovely. Why mean is that only that person ie should we be thwarted? The an- truly religious according to the swer lies in Jesus' own words mind of Christ in whose life there when he concludes this passage runs a continuous course through with "and. all these things shall the points of keenest desire and be added unto you. He did not highest ambition and never turned come to crush things but to claim aside by them-a" course" directed them: because

we have acught towards the kingdom of God and first of all for our Father and His His Holy will. It is only when will and His righteousness we shall the deepest attraction and affec- not only receive the great gifts of tion of friend for friend the Arst life from His hands but shall re- fruits of the relationship are given celve them with His benediction. to God that you are being sincere I cannot be to strongly or to in your protestation that God is often insisted that the discipline Love, as it is only when the ob- and Engle mindedness of Christ ject of all your professional, tech-in seeking first the kingdom of God nical or occupational activity and His righteousness is, the supre- directed by obedience to God's will me road to the tuiniment of Hfe. and towards the ministry of H's have said before, but let me say

Influence of alcohol might have kingdom that you are sincere in it again, that all history endorses

caused a slight aberration of the the lesson that for the man who your prayer "Thy will be done."

defendant's mind, rendering him If it is to any saying as distinct humbly takes up his cross' and.

incapable of differentiating be- from him who said it that men tries to follow his Master and for

each time, the him alone life in all its depart-not have taken such a lenient view tween right and wrong, he would have returned Christan Church has been revived ments and various facets. aesthe- out of wretched mediocrity to tie, technical and emotional is something

character stically

of purified and enriched. That man Christ, it is to these uncompromis is able to experiment freely and ing words, "Seek ye first the King- confidently at the circumstance 2 dom of God and His righteous- ife who has won to truth at the ness." The lesson of the fallure to centre. We say grace before meals. du, so and of the consequences of we dedicate a new home, we tak deposing God are written large the blessing of God upon à mar- across the pages of history, and lage to His greater glory not in none has failed mere obstinately order to abstract our meal, or our than Christ's own Church.

home, or ourselves, from life as it must be lived, but in the belle: that as in these most common and intimate concerns all things wit be added unto us. We have not. crept into God's garden to steal His flowers but we have gone to God Himself and He takes us and gives us the best Bowers and the fruit..

ONE MORE THING

There is one more thing to say. in all things et God be our God:

"SEEK YE FIRST". As a matter of fact it is the words. "No man can serve two masters" which are more uncom- promising but they are qualified by these words. "Seek ye Arst. Jesus new as well as any of us that motives are mixed and that we do in fact serve many masters Like the demoniac whose name was legion, but what I think He meant was that you cannot in fact have two objects, for, your supreme and all things let us seek His king- all absorbing loyalty: there is not dom and specially in the power- room for two as all dictators know house of our lives which is our well. But he recognises that we prayers. The kingdom of God is, are moved by differing motives our ambition. But it is not a and inevitably so, and thus these stationary goal. It belongs to the words of His. Beek ye first the here and now and yet it is always Kingdom of God" are compound- beckoning to us. If we seek first ed of common sense as well as the kingdom of God and His right- stirring prophesy. What matters cousness it wit mean that there is what motive you put on top. is not a single activity or occupa~- What matters is that you should tien in our lives, that there is not enthusiastically and committedly one friendship nor one relation- seek and that you should seek or ship in which we can stand stili for His kingdom and righteous and say "I have achieved. Is not ness. He knows that men cannot this the great house that I have live without loves and ambition bulit? There is here and now fri and what He says to them is "Fol every activity and in every rela- low me in seeking first God's tionship, that which is good and belongs to the kingdom but to- kingdom and His righteousness and you will know with me then morrow we shall be shown that

which is better. what it means to enjoy love and Eonest labour,

GO FURTHER BACK"

REMOVAL OF TRADE BARRIERS

I have said that we Christians have obstinately failed to set-God where He should be. We are like

Geneva, Sept. 28. those who think that anything to A Inessage from President to do with the British Empire | Roosevelt received through the must be right; we think that any American diplomatic representa- thing to do with the Church must tives was read at a meeting of the be Christian, and in thinking so we ¦ Assembly.

| forget that it is only too easy toIn it the President adheres

put religion in the place of God the resolution already discussed.. and worship Why have you favouring bilateral agreements come here this morning. Is it first"; for, the reduction; of s-tariff; bur- to worship God and hallow *His | tiers and the nitimate restoration náme?

of an international gold stanHard, But we must go further back The President particularly favours

| yet. The seat of all selfishness the proposals to reduce the re- and the origin of idolatry is, in strictions on international, trade.--- DEF" OWN PEayern: It is not true | Reuter,

medical report which said that the

of the case.

The Magistrate pointed out to result of his driving a car on the the defendant that as a possible right side of the road, he might

victed on the first two.

by Mr. A. A. Macfadyen at the Central Police Court on Saturday when charged with entering the Colony after a vialt to Manila without a valid passport.

ALLEGED PIRATES

Leung Tit-sang, alias Bhuk Tal Ng King-chel and Ng Mo-tim were formally remanded for one week Mr. W. Schofield on Saturday Police Court oy Mr. W. Schofield at the Central ordered the confiscation of two re- on Saturday when volvere, fully loaded with five cuarged with the crima ot piracy rounds of ammunition each. and on September 23, in Chinese waters, a dagger found by Sergeant G. B. off the coast of Chung Shan, with Whitkey and P.C.C. 72 under a

tung Government. in the jurisdiction of the Kwang-rock on the hillside,on Island Road

near Shaukiwan on September 27.

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