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FROM THE PULPIT.-

The Missionary and the Matefactor.

Notes of a sermon by the Rev. J. Kirk Maconsobia at Union Church on Sunday morning:➡

*Having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which far better."-Phil. 1/23,

"Verily I say unto thee, This day shalt thon be with Me in Paradise!"-Lake 23/43.

In the reation of the intimate

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1918,

EXPORT OF COKE.

A Careless Chlaese Floed.

tuming truck into the land where the sun goes no mare down. Bat this forlorn soul la unahining light; |caly a brand snatched from the

burning when all but consumad. At the Palice Court this morn- Yet he too is promised a place in ing, a Chinese pleaded guilty, the glory-land, he too is to be before Mr. A. Dyer Ball, to's with Christ, and that straitway, charge of having shipped fifty

Paradies. Truly God's ways toma of coke to Java per at ouse, sad well for us the 1s. Ching Lee, without sinners it is that they transcend having his export permit fally, the earth. He refuse to let care as the bearons are high above approved.

Mr. Haywood, on behalf of na tis down the workings defendant, said the cargo was of His grac8

to lines which consigned to a Dutch firm and as pears to us appropriate and a general rale the permit bad to inovitable. It is when His meroy be presented to EB.M's Consul surprise us that it is most like General, but they had made and friendly letter to Philippi, passes belief that it becomes without having applied for the Hitselt, when Bis goodness! a mistake and sent their carro whence the first of these sentences is takso, Peal, the great Christian like this where saints are few and telegraphed

worth believing in a world permit. However, defendant had to the various missionary, "seems almost to be

sinners innumerable. thinking aloud. He is ander

sgencies of the Dutch Company military guard et Rome, and Now in the Saviour's treatment to remedy the fault, informing whether the lasce of his trial is of the paritent thief His own them not to

discharge: to be life or death no-one CAO URY.

Divine great-heartedness shinee Cargo until they had ob. For his own part, he cage, he out, and at first thought it is too tained the consent of the bardly know which to hope for. grest for me. To this day we read of Consul General. Es ba a desire to depart and be it with wonder, and are apt to find with Obrist, but for the sake of at the back of our minds a cer- the Churches it escms necessary tain doubt or demar about it. he should remain. Thas the Was not the Lord going juste old soldier ponders bie dilemma, little too far, trusting too muob, Mr. Carey, of the Import and weary, bat wiling to strad by acting too generonely, in extend- Exports Office, said he attempted his post if be is needed. Trulyng so free and absolute a for- to correct the defendant'e error, be bad every right to his rest,giveness to one who could not himself, but defendant was care- and might confess his desire to live to prove by a changed life lees.

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depart without incurring any. the reality of bis repentence? Defendant said he did not charge of sentimentalism. His Something ters, it would seem to know very much English, and outlook at the close of life is, welge, would have met the case than had made a mistake. shall egree, wholly astaral, in-thie anqualified royal amnesty His Worship said he thought| deed inevitable. "To me," he and promies of immediate defendant had been careless. esye, "to live is Christ;"participation in

the supreme

Mr. Haywood:-There was no be

of add reward to

the faithful object for him trying to get it that "to die ie gein," "far better," Besides this, a moral difficulty through: It was bound to be better because it would be to be seems to arise, as indeed is often found out, and he knew it. It with Christ, where his heart arged, albeit ander great mis was not likely such a thing would always was. The line laid down conas ptione. Our Christian be tried. bere continues hereafter. On the gospel, we are often told, is a farther side of teath, the side we

sabeme under which a do not coo but which faith ap. may go en einning all his prehends and hop looks for, the days, and then, when the ead Christian soul will find what made comce, and he is obliged to we do not know. We are uninform life bere good, at times indeed stop ainning, can make his ed sa to his training and his slone made it bearable-Christ. peace with God by a deathbed temptations. What we do know ip "Where I am there shall Hy rapentance and pass into heaven that

there are worse សំរាម servant be" was the Lord's adhappinese for evermore. To be than theft-alander, for instance, aseurance, and that was always are the gospel may be set forth, malevolencs, implacability the great Apostle' root and

unfortunately 60metimes worse and commoner though they conception of the heavenly state, is, in a way which gives colour to do not happen to be classed as that thers he would be "for this common objection. Any crimes; all the sins of the heart ever with the Lord thing may be misconceived and which beset you and me though For him death was not repose at misrepresented, even the grace of we may keep our fingere from bur the end of a journey but departure four Lord Jesus Christ. But there deighbour's.

property, Bine *on & Dew stage of the journey, it nothing in the Bible from barder to get rid of, harder to re- still with Christ in company. beginning to end to encourage pent of, barder for God to forgive, Sach is the only possible prospect a single seal to rely deliberately whatever man may think about for the faithful servant. When upon a deathbed repentance. A them. When we really face there such as they depart we have sa malefactor this man may have facts and ses something of the inward conviction that they have been, but he could not possibly deceitfulness of our own hearts! only passed on. "gone before" we have been of the type supposed and the snares they lead us into call them; let us never forget the one who deliberately led a every day of oar reputable lives, bright and Christian implication wicked life with the intention of we shall see we are in no position of the ward to be with Christ, wiping it out at the end by an to look down so very far apon which is far better."

set of repentance. For there are the crucified malefactors, and Such a fatore for them is, we Do such sets of repentance, I that we condemn ourselves if we feel sure and dartain, as it should mean repentance purposely post cavil at the Saviour'e tenderpese be; and as it should be we believe poaed sad definitely intended to to the poor companion of Bie

The report of the above com it must be, if Be is faithfal who take place at a given tima. Be sorrow,

pany for presentation to the bas promised, and we know Ha pentance is a deep and delicately

ehareholders at the thirty-seventh is. We know the fight this great balanced condition of mind which witness box, the man the Church the cffices of the Company, on Suppose we put Paul in the ordinary mesting, to be held at men fought; we triumph in the no man can attain or retain at calle saint but who called him- Friday, Mar 17, at noon, states:-This Year:.. $12,370 242,050 victory he achieved. When it was will apart from the working of self sinner.

"Have you, Paul, over it would be asid, and truly, the Holy Spirit on bis nature, any difficulty to raise, any demur an interim dividend of $18 per Increase:

1918 Account-After paying Last Year: M. that he had gone to his reward, the A man at the last may send for to offer, you who taught so there on, 3rd May, 1917, the Sitting sequel of many years of a lawyer to wind up his affaire, be strongly that God is not mocked amount standing to the credit of unexampled toil and saorifion in may call in the minister to and what men eow they reap? this account is $539,793.96. the fellowship of Christ's saffer-offer a prayer, he may fotoh This man, called in at the ings and an atterly selfiess cer- the prices to give him a escra- eleventh hour, is he to be given in the following manner

This it is resolved to deal with rice of his fellowmen in the meat. Bot what no man can do the same wagse Four of the gospel. If ever as to summon to his side the who bore the heat and burden of $7 per share

se yourself, Tupay-final dividend man entered heaven well pre- Spirit whose pleadings he has the day?" The question answers To add to Sterling pared, we should say it was be. despised or etified all his days, itself if we know anything of the To live had been Chries, to die and think to have performed by great Apostle of grace, who never wae therefore more of Christ, & sort of magie the work of grace claimed wages, but heralded the closer followship, faller under against abich he deliberately gospel as the free gift of God, the To standing, enlarged service. closed his heart in the time of his anbargained redemption which

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case which our second text relatea We do well to distrust death- The to a contrast about es vivid se bed repentazoer, and to lead a malefactor had this in com missionary and the might be. The scene is Calvary, godless life with the intention of mon, that they loved much, where they crucified Jesas, and covering it ap at the last moment having

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that ME HENRY ARM- with Him two others, malefactors, would only to be cffer a daily in- I can imagine them in that one on the right hand, and the salt and affiant to the Divine for world which for both of them was standing stcredit of this Account Manager of our

1917 Account--The amount has this day ceased to be the AND HENRICKSON CASTRO other on the left. One of these bearance. But the late repent-"far better" exchanging high and is $3,227,954.98. Oos of thi Hongkong and his authority to business at two caught up the Aippant tanntance which is so rightly distrusted happy thoughts to the praise of the General Agents and Consult sign our Firm Name has been of the moment, and railed at Him: is not repentance at all but only the glory of His grace Who loved ing Committee have declared an withdrawn. "Art not thou the Christ? the kind of unreal and delusive them and gave Himself for them. interim dividend of $18 per ebars Save thyself and as.” But transaction we have been speak- We are all willing to take example absorbing 8180 000,000, The 1918 the other obecka the ill ing about, a piece of coolesiastical from Paul, the man whom the balance of $3,047,954 98 will be timed ribaldry. proteate the business which is nothing but a Church delights to innocence of their fallow aefferer, wish to esasps consequences and Shall we take one aleo from

honcar. carried forward. admits to the justice of their own get round the law that what this bumble friend and fellow-the last meeting Mr. F. Maitland Consalting Committes.Sinus sentence, and, greatly dazing be, soever. -&-man sows that disciple of his in the land where resigned his seat on leaving the cause greatly trusting, pats in shall he also resp. It does they are both "forever with the Oclony. The vacancy thus o azed his own humble ples: "Lord, not in the least signify a true Lord?" Shall we, like him in need has been filled by the appoint rememba: me when Toon comest taraing of the heart to God. The of mercy, dependent wholly upon ment of Mr. E J. Chapman. in Thy Kingdom." And that is unrepentant thief wanted to be grace, with nothing to offer, the amusing awewert Verily I delivered from his pains, and nothing to bargain with, jost C.M.G., Hon. Mr. E Shellim, and AN EXTRAORDINARY

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