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THE TRIBUNAL.

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FROM THE PULPIT.

Constant Consecration. Notes of a sermon by the 'Rev. Agenda for, To-morrow's Sitting. J. Kirk Maconachie at Union

The General Military Service Tribunal again site to-morrow, when the following cases will come up for consideration:-

Messrs. Butterfield and Swire,

The following men have been passed as medically fit:-

1. N. 8. Brown. "

2. J. R. Jobustore.

3. 0.0. Hickling.

4. O.FL.Davis.

5. HJ. Nairn.

6. R. W. Malutyre. ↑

7. R. J. Rawliavon.

8. A. D. Galloway?

Church on Sunday morning :--

The fire ehall ever be borning upon the altar; it shall never go out."—Levitious_6/13

The early Israelties were no fire worshippers, but we see in thie "law of the burnt offering" that they diecerned a sacred eymbol in the perpetus! fire maintained" apon she {alter. Ав a symbol af unceasing love and worship the beauty of this sacient ordinanes strikes us at once. The general ides, morever, is one which per vades all forms of religion. The Jewish ordinance shows us the

The following men of military purified form of a custom widely age from this firm have been re prevalent in ancient times, 6-8 jaoted as anfit for service:T.B. the colt of Veatal worship in Chassels, R. A. Wilkinson, L. A Greece and Rome one of the Barton, T. J. Fisher, B. E. Fielder, parest J. MoBatahon, R. A. Laweon.

Hongkong Electric Co.

The following men have been passed as medically fit :-

1. 8. Longfield.

2, W. Fraser.

3. V. Borby.

4. G. H. M. Bannerman.

5. G. M. Cooke.

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The following men of military age from this firm have been re- jooted as volt for Bervice: -H. W. Patley, G. B. Colson, F. F. Dackworth, H. J. Hoot,

Whiteaway Laidlaw & Co. Of this firm E. V. Mitch more has been passed sa medi. ly fit,

The following man of military age from this firm has not yet been medically examined, as he is on leave from the Colony:

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posible. When it rises at any. » time to fervent beat our worthient sets of morifice are done," and done easily. On the other hand, if er we find ourselves becoming lax, grudging, indifferent, think- ing God's nervios hard, exsoting, we say, and truly, that we are

growing cold.""

"Keep the

home fires barning;" maintain

your heart the hospitable glow that will shine a welcome open door. "If any man love Me," esys the Master, "he will keep

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It will be helpful to consider one or two points further about this perpetual fire of the barat offering.

1. First, it in Divinely originat ed. This is symbolised in the widely diffused ancient belief that the fire upon sacrificial sitors was

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kindled direct from heaven. in holy living if it were other and most interesting Abraham's offering on the ratifion-wise, & consecrated life would be phasse of pagen observance. Veste tion of the covenant is said to have impossible for most of us. was the goddess of hearth and been accepted in this way; the it is just in such daily living that home, and the duty of her virgin the same is found at the dedios- prisetesses was to maintain the tion of Solomon's temple, and in That burns heat when common

we really guard the sacred fire- fire at her shrine as the symbol of Elijah's test on Carmel. unbroken household sanctity.

This calt of guarding the Inwardly and spiritually, st

sir gets at it. So clear out the shes. The most glowing of past

sacred fire arose, there can be anyrate, it is true that only by s experiences go to ash and cinder

little doubt, from the necessities coal from off God's alter can a fand only shoke the living fame for the past seven yevin and they!

of primitive times when fire was pure fame be kindled on any s rare and precious thing. With altar of oure. The offence of as it is commonplace, but after Korah and bie company was that the last match has been struck on of will-worship and secularity

desert island how sedulously is offering "strange fire" unto the The fame once obtained watched Lord. To them fire was fire, & over! The hearth then becomes censer was a censer, and whoso literally the centre of life, se ever would might take upon him- indeed it is in remote regions to himself casually the work of this day.

ministering; wheress acceptable sacrifice awaits God's signal:

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You cannot live on the past any more than you can warm yourself with yesterday's coal. Where in the blessed news I knew when firat saw the Lord?" It is gone where other good things go when they have served their turn. Look to present duty, or past blessing will be but sshes."

Then too there is the daily feeding of the fire. Doar souls- get their fair portion in season? How prayerless our busy lives be. come! And the ceaseless outpat If of ephemeral literature crowds out

I remember as a boy many a

It is interesting to note that cottage in the far north whepes the housewife would tell you with sacredness is attributed to what pride how many months, or even was called "elemental fire" in yesre, it was sinos her bearth-fire ancient myths and custome. had gone cut, carefully backed the Vestal fire eg, at any time the fresh and atimulating word of The following have been passed up overnight with turf and ashes. were untowardly extinguished it Christ. The Christian messe of

S. L. Hidden. -

Doctors.

as medically fit:-

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1. F. Lindesy Woods.

2. 8. S. Strahan.

There are no doctors of railitary age who have been rejected a

unfit for service:

International Banking Corpn.

The following men have been passed as medically fit:-

1. D. Ritchie.

2. K. B. Reid. "

Thos. Cook and Son.

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It is well known that sanctity was only to be rekindled by heat grace at largs in their familiar, gathered around the tribal fire obtained from friction, or later by well-proved and long tested also in early times, someone being means of the burning glsesforme-what chance do they have.

from the 630. In to reach our souls and nourish set apart in every village to direct

was thera, in the kind of life which maintain it night and day, and all the Middle Ages there the bousehold fires being lighted observed a "Holy Saturday," most nominal Christiaar pursue? from it.

on which all lampa in Churches You who would have your place The Jewish altar fire was not and homes were put out, to be in Christ more than a name 200 maintained for any such common-relighted from the "Parchal that you feed the fire. place purpose, but as the means Candle," itself kindled by flint

See also in season that you Stir up the of presenting the "barat offer- and steel. An account was given stir the fire. ing." The barnt offering was the in a Hongkong paper the other gift that is in thee," writes Paul The following men of military recognised symbol of the wor-day of a corrupt cheervace of to Timothy, and the metaphor in age from this bank have been shipper's self-dedication, sad ar this kind at Jerusalem on May his worda is just the homely one rejected sa unfit for service:-G. each it always standa second in 4th, when by a transparent trand of poking the household hearth. Hogg and N. Barn,

the three classes of sacrificial fire alleged to be from heaven is Gift though it be rather gift be- observances enjoined in Levitical provided to light the candles of cause it is let it bare due siten- The first of these is the hundreds of ignorant and often¦tion. Aiss that we should ever E E. W. Abney of this firm law. has been passed as medically fit. trespass or sin cfiering, accom- quarrel come devotees: It is good to neglect the most sacred thing in The following man of military panied by restitution for any know that the Christian Charobes Luman possession, the Divine Then no longer have any official spark, the ember from beзren's age from this firm has been wrong done to another.

altar: Cherish it, tend it, give it rejected as unfit for service followe the burnt offering, or connection with this deception.

consecration of the personality Then we bava also the numer scope and air."Work out your T. Monsley.

now parified from sin. Ourous myths of the fire-stealer, own salvation

for it is God Saviour indicated the same neces- commonest of pre-historic heroes, who worketh in you." aryarquence:"First be reccacil- and classically embodied in 3. Finally remember that the ed to the brother, and then come Fromstbena, who incurred the fire Divinely originated is also and offer thy gift." This is the wrath of jealous Jove, because in Divinely sustained. Bunyan natural order; you must be right kindness to men he gave them the shows us in Interpreter's house. with your brother if you are to be forbidden blessing of fre, snatch "a fire burning against wall, fit for God'a ases. Forgiving and ed from Olympus.

and one standing by it always, forgiven it is possible to make a Upon all this dimness we are canting much water upon it to real consecration with a con-able to ebed the light of Christian quench it, yet did the fire barn The Hon. Colonial Secretary science purged from cffence. That day. We know that "every good higher and hotter." The reason juforms us that a telegram has is one point, and a second is that gilt, and every perfect boon, appears when the Pilgrim is been received from the Secretary the coal which has been forgives cometh down"-needs not to be taken round to the back of the of State for the Colonies to the sad cleansed is the one which snatched or stolen.-"from the well, where he sees a man with a effect that the Army Council have most truly desires to cfter a con- Father of lights," .not a vessel of oil in his hard, of which decided that British subjecte, secrated life. "Which of those jealous Thunderer of the skies, he also cast, secretly, partions who are not of European descent, servants," says the Lord in one And taking the perpetual into the fire. This, the Pilgrim may be enlisted with combatant of His parables, "will love his fire in symbol of the glowing was told, is Christ, Who with the or other units of the British Army lord the most ?" And the only heart, we know that that ale nil of His grace maintains the on the following conditions:- sosmer is, "He to whom he fore has a heavenly origin. For we work already begun in the heart, gave the most:-" the burnt love Him because He first loved so that "notwithstanding all the offering after the ein offering. us, and sent His Son to be a pro- davil can do," the souls of His Reconciliation to God is not the pitiation for our sins"--the people remain gracious still, -- object toward which Christian spark here kindled from on bigb, The Dreamer was right; life moves, but the ground from through Him who baptizas "with wonder not at the failures. which it begins. Forgiveness is the Holy Spirit and with fire." deolensions, back-alidings, of not the result, reward and goal of Our little self-born enthusiasms which so many occur, and I do sa consecrated living; it is the cause, soon born themselves out, our less as years go on. The really the incentive and the starting self-promoted consecration dies marvellous thing is the unquench- (4). That they will be posted to point of it all. St. Paul pute the down. Our efforts are feeble sble fame still maintained in existing anite sccording to their matter rightly in his appeal and fatile because they are so many Christian hearte, in spite medical categories in accordance beseech you by the mercies of our efforte and nothing of all the devil can do, all the with current posting instras God, that you present your bodies more. Spirit of God, touch presence of life, the frailty of tions. The formation of special a living sacrifice," not that you Thou our hearts, with the flame human nature, the constant units will not be allowed under may win or merit mercy, but that glows but does not consume, downdrag of the world, the subtle any circumstances,

because you have received mercy, which is no mere passing contage allurements of ein. The constancy and have thereby learnt as you ion caught from ecals no purer is the proot of Christ's Baving could not otherwise what that than our own, but fire elemental presence with the soul, for when saying meaneth, "Thou shalt love from the celestial alter,

He draws near, the fire glows 2. Heavenly gifte need human indeed; "Did not our heart burn the Lord thy God with all thine heart," which is the first and attention, not excepting this of within us while He talked with na grestest and most neglected of all the perpetual fire. In the Levi- by the way 2 Continue in his the commandments,

tical law it is carefully provided love and "the fire shall ever be The fire on the altar is the true that the priest shall remove the barning upon the altar; it shall symbol of love in the heart, sabes every day and burn fresh never go out." lova kindled by realised mercy wood

the altar eich O Thon who camest from above, and accepted reconciliation. From morning. The sacred cfice in- The pare, celestial fire to impart, 1918 will stop on Saturday, July it is the glow of consecrated claded other duties then Kindle a flame of sacred love

La living, and if that is to last the wearing of fing Test On the mean altar of my besit. All orders already uned to the through life we must conform to ments and offering up spiritual

(1). That they agree to eat the ordinary rations of the British Boldier.

(2). That they will receive the same rates of pay as the British soldier.

(3). That they understand and dan make themselves understood in English.

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TermsCash on delivery.

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SATURDAY, the 13th July, 1918,

commencing at I am.

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(For account of the concerned)

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1 case Taffets.

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