1917-04-24 — Page 9

FROM THE PULPIT.

Negative Religion.

Notes of a sermon by the Ror. J. Kirk Macoonobis "ät "Union #Church on Sanday morning:-

to move on in the right way after bis promising start. We can but suppose that this man, satisfied and uncaring, laid aside his-saKİ after it had brought him life's secondary". "prises. He la like many more; "Bnocem" in the grave (of much enthusiasm,

clatter:

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1917.

ENEMY TRADING.

A Unionist Committee's

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Ina Electric Railway, The Enemy foffasnce" Sub- The Ina Elecuio Bailway Com- Committee of the Unionist War PaDy of Japan has decided to in- Committee hare publiskedareport Grease its present ospital of Now, as to Christian living, we on the administration of the Trad.1,500,000 in Y.3,000,000. The know that certainly does not ing with the Enemy Acts, in number of shares issued for the “Thus Jahu destroyed Basl out progress unless heed is given, which they recommend improve amount is 30,000 and it is ex- of Israel."-2 Kings 10/28. "Bat Also it is the easiest thing to ments in the law. They do not pected that spoliertions will be Banks Jehu took no heed to walk in the withhold the seeded attention, make any complaint of the way more than double the number to MARINE INSURANCES. law of the Lord with all his Having once made a beginning, in which the Acts have been be sold. Most of the buyers are

Cantons -heart.”—v. 31. 3

people are apt to suppose that administered, and their recom- from the provinces in which the North Chinas

Unions The name of Jehu, the son of "life and godliness" will develop mendations for the strengthening railway is situated. Nimahi, has passed into a proverb cf themselves. Young of the law are summarised as Hankow flecs Goods Tride Yangtszes "n. ex 73 $217 for his farious abariot-driving people are "confirmed," or under follows:-

The weekly circular of the FIRE INSURANCES. 1. That businesses of enemy Hankow British Chamber of China Fires other form introduced It is a pity that when he mounted some the chariot of reform he reined into adalt membership of our character or association owned or Commerce for April 11, comments H. K. Fires ap so soon, for on that he Churches, and too often, the step controlled by naturalised personase follows on the import piece certainly drove fast, but not is thought of as fical, whereas it should be made amenable to the goods market: The Easter boli nearly far enough. When the is but introductory. They need law by giving the Home Secretary days have interfered somewhat Douglases iniquities of the house of abshless to be confirmed as to pre power to revoke certificates of with the week's business but a

Indos (Def.) could be borne no longer, Jehu, vent standing than enthused for naturalisation on the ground of healtby demand still continues indos (Pref.)

for yarn and clearances could Shells anointed by Rilisha's messenger, future progress. Toey have only public policy. Aet forth on that whirlwind re-reached a starting point; the 2. Tast the Court should have not be better. The market is firm Ferries folation which soon left not a course is yet to be run, or rather, power on application by the Board for piece goods, prices for whites member of the royal house alive keeping to the word of my text of Trade to compel witness to and blacks being up slightly on not an avowed Baal worship-walked. For that word here conveys appear on oath before the Board last week. There has been a Sugars per in the land. The down- telling suggestion. Walking is of Trade or its Advisory Com-demand, following that of Shang- ward course was sharply arreat little to the taste of an impetuone mittee or otherwise and to produce hai, for English E) and 10th. ed. Unfortunately, however, the charioteer. John was the very documents.

greys to arrive; also in a smaller Kailans

Langkats 3. That agreements for the degree for black Iralians. upward path was not paremed.man for a wild rush. You could

Raubs Jehu's zeal for the Lord slacked tell him far away by the dust transfer of businesses made dur.

Japan and Minerals when it cessed to be a fight and

The daringing the war by enemy subjects or j The monthly output of minerala against Bial. Just that one sbort is like the driving of Jehu, by naturalised persons whose and oil in Japan for January WEI impetuous rash of destruction the son of Nimshi," men said certificates are revoked should be as follows:-

DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, &C. ̧ and iconoclasm, and, after that as they watched his farious void onless made bona fide and Gold

142,877 momme 3,784,723 mcmme H. K. Wharves & the seven and twenty years of approach like some svenging for valuable consideration, and Silver

Kowloon Docks .88. 11,475,921 kin this mighty captain's reign are angel riding on the wings of the consistent with public policy, the Copper

S'hai Docks

$8, fat and fraislees. It is an old wind. Well, Kingdoma may by osas of proof to be on the parties Iron

6,344 tons

LANDS, HOTELS and oft-repeated lesson that atormed in that fashion, but they to the agreement."

1,668,630 toos "

AND BUILDINGS. reform is not completed bat only are built up on methode very 4. That the powers of the Board Petroleum .... 202,351 koku 5,616 tons bas begun when abuses bave different, sud while it is true that of Trade should be extended so Sulphur

the kingdom of heaven suffere se to enable them to deal with been swept away.

Compared with the correspond violence, its progress in our hearts businesses which at or immediating figures of the preceding year, In one of His most atriking is steady and quiet as the growing ly before the commencement of the output of gold decreased K'icon Lands parables, our Saviour told of a

blade.

the war were carried on for the 66,144 momme or 28.2 per cent. S'hai Lands house swept and garnished, and

"This Jehu could drive tumult benefit or under the control of Silver advanced 471,557 momma West Points the evil tenent: driven out of it. But there the good work stopped, nously enough along the path of enemy sujets, and not merely and before long the house was in mere iconpolsam, as many an- with those basinesses which were sven worse hands and worse con other can storm away manfully at carried on at the date of the dition. Men of sinful life will the sweeping acide of abuses. Bat passing of the Act,

5. That the Board of Trade (often make a clean sweep, in some 27 of continued walking-

FORTY it of diegust, of their evil that wea beyond this impetuous should have power to wind up babits, but if you know much captain's powers. But that is just branch of any firm or company, about human nature you know where grace finds it real triumph, neutral or otherwise, whose that such a man is in the slipper. not in the mounting up with principal place of business is in iest of places unless be follows on wings as eagles, but in that son an enemy country.

6. That the Board of Trade in to "walk in the law of the Lord waiting upon God which is

There is enabled to "walk and not faint." cases where it has made an order with sil his heart.”

Here is where the man outside to wind up the business carried important testimony with regard to reformed, opium-eaters, for again goes wrong. He under on by British company in this

unleas instance, that

such |standa | Jahn, or thinka- he country should also have power

applaude bacoma really Christian they does, and

him to wind up and dissolve the com- nearly always elip back into the See his seal for the Lord pany itself.

7. That the Board of Trade did ways, Trouble gemee, or sick of boets!" If religion does not nese; they have no resource or raise a dust and make a din the should have power to wind up any there is business, although not under consolation, so fly to the old man outside thinks solace, From what one has seen nothing in it. Something is enemy control, that has been con- of the results of drink among doing when the winde of ducted wholly or mainly in the Europeans, that is easy to believe. March are roaring and blowing, interest and for the benefit of the Terrible was the verdict I heard Trus, but the something is enemy. osce from a medical, maa on ouly preliminary. Two inch cases here: "The Salvation Army marches pass, law shcald, if possible, take the best to hope for ig that with trumpets and sound of they may get to the front and be corpets, firing volleys at Satan shot.” I know a better. It lies in with cheerful hallelujabe, there

Disease and the War. the word "conversion," but that are those who hold that 'st Inst

Toronto'a medical officer of sovereign remedy cannot be something is being done. Some health declares that more deaths brought to bear like the swallow-thing is certainly being begun, have been caused among the hearted haired of the sin, and not is a long tramp ahead, and one cable disease than by war, more ing of a drag. It requires a whole- which is so small matter, but there belligerent astions by communi- mare disgust with the con- infinitely more trying before say than 5,000,000 dying from pre- sequences of it, and that is the one of those rejoicing souls wins ventable disease annually, and efforts through its pilgrimage. The way between 16,000,000 and 19,000, lf-reform too often come to of life is neither a rosh behind from the same caure sizes Aug. grief. Getting rid of false Gode chariot horses nor a march to 1, 1914.

martial music. It is that homely thing, a walk, Not, of course, s saunter. Let not the overlooker

rock on

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form of a Consolidation Act, and not of legislation by reference.

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The Indian Cotton Dues. London, March 8-No com mercial topie raised during the war has excited so much interest Dairy Farms as the proposal of the Indian Green Islands Government to raise the cotton H. K. Electrics dues witboat increasing the H.K. Ice Co., countervailing excise duty to the Ropes mme proportion. India has Steel Foundries received a great deal of attention Trams, Low Levels. recently in

of the Trams, Peak, old n. War Loan of a million sterling Laundries

Trams, Peak, new n which has excited grateful st. U. Waterboats tention, the new Defence Force. Watsons sad har general military prepara- Wm. Powells tions, but all theee matters have Morning Posts a been as nothing in comparison with her action over the cotton duties. Lancashire is up in arme, impelled of course by self interest, and the opposition is being or ganised both by the manufacturers and by the textile workers. Con- Bervativer and Liberala have to appear on the same platforms and the Free Tradera are shouting

other papers, however, beaded by with joy at this practical illustr- stion of the effect of tarife. Many

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2/4 11/16 is a small matter if the true god

incident, however, coming so soon T/T Shanghai....

Nom. be not put over our lives-but

after the publication of the re T/T Singapore the mass of men appear to live

part of the Committee on Trade TT Japan and die in the delusion that the detect you in that: "Take beed keep our needy and sinful world after the war is very significant, T/T India ..... other commandments can to walk in the law of the Lord in touch with redeeming grace. since it will undoubtedly be Demand, India ....*** be kept while the firet and with all your heart.”

We have no right to take away need for Party purposes. I think. T/T San Francis-] greatest is neglected or even Now, to sum up, we see in brief what we make no effort to replace, however, that the majority of co & New York derided: Thou shalt love the that it does not do to stop short Zeal for God which begins and people nowadays discount the Java Lord thy God with all thine heart." with a negative religion, however ends in breaking down and sweep rather selfish policy of Lancs. T/T Marks

Christian living only begins wholesome and necemery ouring away stops short of the better shire and the very exaggersted

T/T France with refraining from doing wrong negatique may be. Israel may be part of His holy service, is of statements which are made an to things. "If any man will come free from Baal worship, and yet very limited profit to one's fellows, the alleged tainous efżet upon after Me," said the Lord, "let him be but a bearer of nothing and often a deceitful snare to the industrial position of the deny himself." Wes that all? but leaves in God's vineyard. It oneself.

-- | county.-N. Chins Daily News. No; only the beginning. “And take is essy and common to mistake up his crose, and follow Me." Go, proteate against error for a walk- mowe, walk, in the law of the ing in the truth, to take's merely

· Lord with all your heart, if you decent state of society for a godly would enter into life. Short of one, to imagine for practios! pur- that we only enter into dullness, poses that civilisation is Chris which is death în life, like those tianity.. The vice of the 18th ignoble years of Jebu's reign century, eg. are subdued if after the swift spasm of reform, nos abandoned in decent the expitamenta of Baal service oiroien to-day. They have be- gane, with nothing to take ita come bad form." Good form pleas and provide fresh interest, is all the religion which That is what Christian religion many people appear to possess. seems to the outsider. It seems to It has its place, but my point is bim to be the great negation, its that (when a practice becomes burden a constant "you must bad form the more absence of it not," "you ought not," about a ceases to be a virtue. It may be number of things be very much enough in New Grass that a man likes to do,

should stop being a cannibal to The cutsider, dull sad pre- prove he is a Christina. Bot yon indiced though he may be, would and I are not in New Guines. Or, Date lous excuse if we who are again, take the protests of our not ontaders were not ourselves evangelical Churches agsinat apt to regard the palling priestoraft". These are worth Esal's altura an nothing if we in those churches matter," instead of are taking no heed to live priestly "preliminary,” Jehu ome live, if we neglect, prayer, if we he took no heed' choke the channels which should

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