1914-06-27 — Page 3

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The Craze for Rubber

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One result of the araze for rubber plantations in Burma is to be found at Mergui whore valuable fruit trees have boon destroved to make room for rab- ber. Mergui i in the fruit zonD and was noted for its dorians and mangosteens, until it became a vaat rubber plantation. The town and suburbs and surround- ing bills are. now, covered with rubber and, says the Burma Land and Revenue Review, "the greed for money" bas deprived a whole generation of these deli cious and much-valued fruita,"

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action and positive service. Our month. He was in the air about taken between weighing and fight inevitable craving for life, for Lord Jesus Christ said His bardest ten minutes, and on alighting time, we may get the trio together; excitement, for adventure, and things to the Christian people who said he found it so exhilarating but they must go for the light say nothing shows the deeper did not do anything. He said very that there was but one word t weight championship only, antes hamanity of Paul better than little that was harsh to those who desoribs it-magnificent the winner is prepared afterwards that he knew this fact. He did wickedly. I suppose He left to take on all comers, irrespective definitely argues from this passage them to their own consciences, of poundage, or even tonnage. it is right that you should want but to the people who did By the way, I nearly missed Tag-life, and that your craving for nothing. He was very harsh. That gie's footnote; he says: No life and adventure is a good thing is the meaning of the 25th chapter money, no business, and business What he says is that so many of St. Matthew. The five virgine people take the worst possible way of satiefging that craving not get their oil. The man with

were punished because they did THE QUEEN OF Drunkenoase, I suppose, gives a The above is the title of a sense of life for a time; but this one talent was blamed because he would not live the adventurous Indian newspaper published in is followed by corresponding life his master wanted him to London, with a view to keep the depression, and it is not nece sary live. The people on the left people at home accuratoly inform for me to say it is utterly demor: hand of the Judge got condemns- ed about Indian questions, and alising in ite other effects. This thus forge a weekly link between oraving is sometimes stiefied by not." The religion of Jesus tion for "Inasmuch as yo did it India and the United Kington. all sorts of extraordinary adven- Christ is a positive religion. Among others who have written tore, but what Peal feels is this is a religion that touches all the apprenistively of the new venture the one way in which this craving heart, imagination, will, and and are extending their sympathy for life can he utterly satisfied mind of a man. To be filled with and support towards the news to be full of the Spirit.

the Holy Spirit is not only to paper are Lord Lansdowne,

What we need to-day is to abstain from evil, but to be Viceroy of India from 1888-realise that the spiritual is not a 1804 and Lord Ampthill, Cover- tame thing. Sometimes I feel potent in doing good. nor of Madras from 1800-1905 that the greatcet indiotment that and Acting Viceroy in 1904. can be brought against the This weekly journal is devoted Church is that we have tomed the

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The British Consul at Swatow, contains comprehensive notes of tried to organise the Spirit, and interest to all interested in India. run the Spirit's power into narrow in his report for 1913, says that Mr. Redmond's Future. channels, and turned the great the number of Chinese emigrants It has been suggested that Mr. broad, sweeping river into a little, leaving for the Straits Settlements Redmond might be peaker in restricted canal. That seems to was slightly lower than in the the Irish House of Commons, says me too much what we have done previous year. That was due, no the British Weekly Parliamentary We talk about the life of religion doubt, to a slightly decreased correspondent. A perfect spanker in terms that make people think demand for labour, as a require- he would be fair, firm, calm, of it as deadly dull and uninterment for coolies to work in the and a master of procedure. But esting. If that be the life of the minos and plantations is quickly the new Executive and Parlin-conventional religion of the time, responded to by increased emi- ment will require his services it is not the life of the Spirit of gration from Amoy and Swatow, as Prime Minister,

God. The life of men who are head coolies keeping closely in In a recent eloquent speech Mr.full of the spirit of adventure, touch with prevailing conditions. Redmond described how he had full of peril, and fall of joy and The emigration to Naaru, or spent his life in the House of gladness. The appeal to men to Pleasant Island, in the Marshall Commons. Few members have serve God is never the appeal Lalonde, is a now and special feature, the coolies having been eat longer. He has been thore, to take the easy way. It is ever with a slight interval, since the heroic appeal. Christ wants engaged by the local agents of a

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