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MONDAY, MARCH 13. 1922.

SECRET INTIMIDATION. ad by grace can do it and become worst. A new song is in their a rock of refure for others, a mouth. "If God be for us who point of stability in the movingfcan. be, against ust He that mau. We find an instance in spared not. His own Son, but freely Nahantiah carrying put his entergave Him up for us all, shall He arise of reconstruction surround-foot also with Him freely give us During his sermon at Uaiand by hostile and enrious tribes all things That might fairby Charch yesterday, morning the whose leaders spared no threat to be called the last word of the Rev. J. Kirk Alaconathie made re-sap his courage, sure that if that gospel. To a Christian it is the ference to the hateful system of could only be done their enda last word in life, in all circum- ntimidation practised during the would be achieved. The constances and on every subject. The recent strike. fia took for his spiracy comes to a head when cer-first word of the gospel is of the tain of Nehemiah's countrymen re-same order. "Fear not," said the,

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He said:

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"Laven I, am He that comport to him that there is a plot fannouncing angel, "unto you is torteth you: who art thou, that against his life, and try to get him born in the city of David a Saviour hou art afraid of man that shal to shut himself for safety in the who is Chris: the Lord." Christ die, and of the son of man that Temple. Nehemiah's answer comes to break the bends of terror, shall be made as grass; and hastcunds the right note for a leader to bring men out of the kingdom forgotten the Lord thy Maker, that of men: "Should such a man as lor darkness, ignorance and fear. stretched forth the beavers and dee: And who is there that, being and deliver them into the liberty and the foundations of the earth?" such as I, would go into the Temple, which, becomes the children of to save his life?" And he refused God. Who art thou that thoo I happened to quote these do anything of the kind. "Should shouldest be afraid of man that striking

last Sunday such a man as I fee" That shall die, thou for whom a Saviour morning, and they have somehow the time to take.

Who art thou cave Himself? run in my mind ever since. They that thou shouldest be afraid of sounded a bold and bracing note man that shall diet" Resist the A Policy of Frightfulness, in the atmosphere of craven fear devil and he will dee from you, We have been tempted during and coarse

intimidation which is good Bible doctrine, and the these recent days to think some was around us, and one longed fear of man is one of the devil's what meanly, and perhaps speak: that it might have been communi- most telling temptations, "Fear hardly of the timid, easily daunted! cated to the crowd of frightened at them who kill the body, and masses of workers round about sheep ignominiously and inglori-after that have no more that they us, driven from their duty in many ously terrorised by they scarce can do." So our Saviour changed cases against their will and for That was indeed His followers, and not in vain, for no immediate interest of their mrious and remarkable case et from the day the gospel began to own. In many respects we are, panic; but we who shall remember be preached the powers of earth not really in a position to estimate all our lives make no claim that and hell were faced with the most their motives and feelings. It is it would never be appropriate to puzzling and exasperating pheno-easy to assent that the panic was address the question to ourselves, macon, a something in mea's and quite groundless, but those who “Who art thou, that thou art afraid women's heurts against which of man that shall die?"

their worst threats were futile. Solomon never spoke truer than

Conscience does indeed make

knew what.

know the Chinese are more can- tious. There is a strain of crue- ty in the cruder types of Chinese when he observed that the fear of cowards of us ali, but a true hearsjcharacter, and there have been man bringeth a snare, for indeed stayed on its God is impregnable.

which

would it is a paralysing besetment and On the Scottish borders they tell elements at work

have stepped at nothing to gain keeps many "all their lifetime to this day of the Covenanter's) subject unto bondage." "Who art boy who refused to pull his bonnet their ends.

Police protection| then, that thou art afraid?" over his epes 35 he faced the might be guaranteed to workers like the Bible's bold way of put- bring parts. The troopers had here under the Union Jack, the sing the point, for so often we get raided the farm, and is vexation freest flag that floats. But whe the very opposite.

"Who am I. because the head of the bruse ¦ would guarantee the safety of insignificant, unimportant, one no-hold had escaped they shot the wives, children, aged parents op body aming millions?" Here in lad of fourteen in his mother's the province, where for all the this prophetic passage Jehovah is sight "Cover your eyes, bog,"į tall talk of aggressive expeditions in controversy with His people, ordered the officer in command; northward, there is D security not seeking to browbeat or to get but the lad said "No, I have done whatever for life OT goods? the better of the argument, but nothing to be ashamed of, but how These por people, many of them) recalling them to a sense of their will you hold up your heads at at any rate, were under very real own dignity and of His vigilant the day of judgment for this day's apprehensions. These hare not. power and provideate. "I even work? The old moms, "Be just as we say, materialised. but had 1 am with you, behind you, and fear not is a good standby matters taken another course it is! round about you: who are you that in panicky times. Trust in God quite possible we might have seen you sbraid play the coward, trem and do the right" is a proverb something by way of a "polies of bling before men who bat with long experience behind i frightfulness inaugurated The mortal, forgetting the Lord your Christian men and women in estime for clearing up the whole Maker, and fearing all day cou-Pecial should take to themselves matter has not yet arrived by al tinually because of the fury of his portion of the armour of God.ng way, and in the meantime it the oppressor, winee he make for them is most truly de ready to destroy?"

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Open Charmpionship Singles.-S¿

clared that God hath not rives to be recrgnised that our an- to us a spirit of fearfulness, but thorities were face to face with Life Under Threat

a spirit of power and love and unscrupulous attempt to dis- Life pader threat is not worth discipline power and inre and rganise and if need be strangle. living: better go down fighting fidiscipline, a firm, ne foundation the entire commercial and com- need be: better still assure your to build on, and one from which munity life of the Colony soul that there is One Who is aptja balanced character is not easily)

baulk oppressors of their prey to be moved.

The Secret Intimidator. "He that a higher than the highest!

We may have regarde:h, and there be mightier The Panic-Stricken Crowd. Iopinions as to whether the thing than they" The Psalmist notes as characteristic of the man who Bunyan sketches A remarkable the length it did and how or at has a sure hold on God that he number of figures which come to what stage it might have been "not afraid of evil tidings." Theishap or even sheer failure from arrested. "The begianive of reason is pet that he shuts his their disposition to take fright, to strife," says Silmen. is like the eyes to the gravity of the news, Field to alarm, to indulge in ap- letting out of water and it is kind. The encouragement if it la bat that he knows it is not the prehension. Pilgrim is not gone vastly easier at all times to start the condemnation of the thing last word: the last word is not

long on his journey tili, at the top the leak than to keep the dam which calls itself Communism, and spoken unii God has caused sen-

f Hill Difficulty, he encounters from bürsting. We shall do well any community which cares tence to go forth from ea high Timorous and Mistrust "ranninkin the future, everyone of us, to its freedom and self-respect is

Thou shalt not be afraid," that back amain,'

because they had look to the prevention which is bound to put it down with a firm is the assurance to the cul tha: sighted Hons in the way and had! better than care, and dwells in the secret place of the the pluck to go near enough!

there hand. Most High, ne.ther for the terrori to see that they were chained. surely nothing that needs atten- One thing to the credit of our

tion more than the hateful system old world is that in Feeblemind,! by night nor the arrow that flier. Ready-to-balt. Mr. Despon intimidation which has been policies of frightfulness do

the end H. Ismail beat H. Krebs 6-1, 6-2, by day. The enemy has got fairir deney and his daughter Much Parsed. To many of

not fi: Y. Yvanovich beat Major: past our guard when, if ever, he Afraid, and on the other side of presents itself as the really dis-methed in the late war, ruthless-

that succeed. The Germans tried the lord 6-1, 6-1, 6-2. succeeds in destroying that con- the shield Mistress Diffidence, the graceful and dangerous feature of ly, persistently.

Handicap Singles "B.B. fidence. "The Lord is my light well-named canzors of Giant Des the whole business. There need Communists are trying it still, («r- 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.

The Russian Crowley (-4/6) beat G. E. Ellams fear? The Lord is the strength Pair. Christian himself is not be nothing disgraceful in a dis-and the longer they get their way of my life, of whom shall I be without is qualms, but the point pute about wages, even sharp the deeper is their country plung- afraid? Though an host should better of them, for real fortitude.

is that he is given grace to get the one, nor yet in a tussle between ed in sorrow and themselves in encamp against me, Kay heart

vernments and trade unions. everlasting shame. In the end, does not mean blindness or reck-The open azitator may be given a civilised men prefer liberty to should not fear: though should rise against me, even then seeing life steadily and seeing it worse for it. But the secret in-refuse to let it go at any price Bumjahn and O. Eumjahn.

lessness, but the character which, good deal of scope and no one the life, and having once tasted it sell and F. E. Lindsell. S. A. shall be confident." How fre-whole, is not kept back by any timidator deserves the shortest That is one great fact of history Valentine v. J. B. Penman; N. L. quent in the Bible songs and pray dread from pressing forward.

Handicap Singles "A.”—D.'J. ters are beartening affirmations

shrift What can be worse for which should be taken to heart Smith v. G. W. Sewell. "I was afraid," said the man sheer meanness such as these! They are draws who hid his talent in the napkin.about like a snake in the grass, earth be on the road to

than creeping by those who are in panic Test the from men who had to live in hard The excuse availed him nothing; poisoning the social body with tyrany. Freedom may have to and H. S. Bennett: J. Boyd and Handicap Doubles-L: Nelson. and difficult times, had to deal but the plea, worthless though it surreptitious stings? The crea- struggle the price of it is still W. M. Cor. Major J. R. Lloyd new sot Capt. Tomory v. H. A. Nott with perilous situations at close is, lies at the back of a quarters, to hold their own against amount of unproductive idleness.

vast re is a coward of the first water, "eternal vigilance." But it will and A. B. Kaworth: R. M. Hen- enemies restrained by no scruples The first effect of fear is to para threatening knife, and pistol in fear if his heart is cot set

who slinks here and watching night and day tiyse, except for the purposes of the ears

and there, not go under. And no man need derson and E. B. Reud v. W. A. work mischief. The very freight and

or Cornell and K. Stock. quency of these firm expressions panic-Kricken crowd is good for concealment. The

of helpless, credulous maintaining mere selfish privilege. men and women, who are but For out of all the contention and of confidence suggests that they nothing but works of destruction. children after all, if they refuse confusion will emerge

Tuesday. were the result of a fight against afen become dehumanized when to take part in some "sympathetic proved, though often the spirit of fear, very often the terror strikes at their hearts, and strike," with which they have no truth, that the God who made the man and J. D. Humphreys: triumph of one or 2 pervading panic which had scat which shame their sanity. It is

few over behave under its influence in ways personal concern. tered the majority. The word better to endure the worst than

and my salvation, whom shall I

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To-day's Matches.

Open Singles.-F. A. Redmond H. C. Hunt. Open Doubles.-Lt. A. 5. Lind-

the oft. Open Doubles.-Wong Po-keunz doubted and V. Ivanovich v. J. B. PER-

W.

panic tells its own tale so the to part with one's self-control and men's Union is rejoicing loud,just and fear nót Let us labour Handicap Singles "A.C. GA

world still has it in His charge Club Championship.-G. "Sympathetic Strike."

and cares for all who seek its Sewell v. L. Nelson; Major C Sympathetic strike! The Sea-good together with Him. "Be Willson v. K. W. Lane.

students of language say. It consequently self-respect, "Who. means the spirit which so easilyart thou that thou shouldest hen what it regards as its triumph/each in his place to 'ando whatever Stark v. B.'K. Valentine.

spreads throughout the pan, the thus afraid? A man worthy of thecne of us will grudge the

rzel

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no.

Handicap Singles "B.-P. W.

Wednesday.

M. Dodwell, Open Singles.-J. B. Penman v.

great mass, the generality, the human name, or a reed shaken the rise of wages which. secmx to?have been stirred up around us. Barker v. W. A. Cornell.' rumour of terror that dies from with every wind that blows have been their due. and which sure that the way to preserve a mouth to month, communicates Such is God's frequent controversy it was their dae ought to have quiet mind is to keep a good con." itself like an infectious disease with the people who know His been long ago. But sharm can really come to him who

selence, and confident that which indeed it is-growing worse name, who have memories of far as it may have been got by will but trust 1 God and do the as it progresses, until, many providence, experiences of His the unspeakably evil policy of time, out of nothing or very little sufficing grace. They are brought terrorising other workers into de-

right. a. first rate scare is fabricated, out from the old world of immemonstrations of "sympathy” · no and the multitude, unmanned, morial terrors and inherited age good can parts with all dignity and self-old apprehensions come

come of it. The Sea- down men's Unica is said not to be from the dark eras of the past. responsible for this abuse, Let They find life still a battle, but as hope it is not, but someone is they have triumph, even should it do its anti-social offence of the gravest the assurance eft responsible and in itself of is an

control,

Conscience Makes Cowards. Against this it is not easy to hold out, but the basrt establish

WARRIOR'S DAY REALISES

Open Doubles.jor J. R Lloyd and A. E. Baworth v. E. de Sousa anil F. Prata: F. A Redmond and G. R. Sayer v. Tewn-ishni and Wong Po-kie; Majur Wilkón Dad G. W. Sewell v. Jack san WHyde

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