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ASPECTS OF FAITH: EXPERIENCE.

By the Rev. G. R. Lindsay, M. A.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MERCURY INTO GOLD.

Professor On Reported. Transmutation.

--Professor Boddy wrlies In, Nature upon the reported dis covery by Professor Miethe of tho

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1924.

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Consider the collision of high spoed electrons with morcury aloms. A small proportion of theso electrons inust ho directed.) upon the nuclous. If they possess sufllofont anorgy to penetrate the extornal levels of electrons in the morcury atom, they must roach the positively. charged nucleous and bo, captured by it. Since the loss of an electron (as a [B-ray) by the nucleus of an oloment in the radioactivo disin- tegration of an olomuent résults in the atomic-number-of-the element in question being increased by jone, the gain of an electron by an atomic nucleus must result in the diminution of the atomic numbor by one. This is quito gonoral, In the case of an isotope of mercury of atomic number 80, the product will be an isotope of gold of atomic number 79. Upon existing knowledge it is simply u quosition of (1) the potential sufllcient to drive the plotron through the outer lovels of aloctrons surrounding the mor cury muclous until it comes with- in the ophore of attraction of tho powerfully charged nucleus; (2) whothor tho, exceedingly sinall |fraction of direct collisions with the nucleus that is to be notici. pated will be sufficient to onable the gold produced to ho dotcated.

"As regards the first, it may be expected that the repulsion of the extornal shell of mercury electrons will diminish rather Ran provont altogether the chance of the radiant electron roaching the nuclous; for one tho shell is penetrated, the resultant forse on the radiant sleetron nust bo' on the average an at- traction. Henco 1 had arrived at the conclusion that, not the transmutation, but the chemical-| detection of the gold produced, tho moro would probably be formidablo ogperimental git- ficulty.

It is an interesting feature of le the crucial instance in the all modern discussions, religious proof of Christianity. The truths or otherwise, that the truth is of the Gospel cannot be under sought in and tested by an appoal stood without a certain measure to experience, but on na question of it. Faith demands is this of moro importance than perience of the practical power experimental results recorded, in the Christian religion.

of the truth, prosented. What which naturally will have to

"Of course, I need express no exopinion on the correctness of the

The appoal to experience is the Cowper says of love is true of

third stage of an intelligunt man's faith.

relation to faith. Firstly, as a child, he believes what he-is told:

secondly, in youth, he reasona

"Wo know its name, we know

ite powers.

"Experience only makes it

be very rigorously confirmed by further work. I meroly wish to point out that no atomic disrup tion is necessarily involved, and that, so far from conflicting with existing knowledge,, the result in out overything he is told by every argument of rational proof; and The truth must be perceived by sense-follows naturally from it, thirdly, in maturity, ho tests the the mind and also experienced in the only question being one of thoorios by the facts of life. the heart and the life. It is this the sonritiveness of the oxperi

This last is, for a roally living last

faith mental methods man, falth's climax. Our final receives ite assurance. It gold."

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A Boat Train Incident.

leaving a 803ond nurse and the baby to follow.

The second nurso followed un- der the improssion that the baby had been taken by her colleague, tand it was not until they

on the train that they realised the

party was missing.

creed is not what we have thought onables 1:3 not only to through but what we have lived bolieva but to know. Knowledge through. Mr. Lecky in his book implies certainty and belief "The map of Life" says that a becomes knowledge through ex- The boat Jamės Caird, in discusses religion perience. We may believe all which Sir Ernest Shackleton simply as a question of truth the Articles of the Christian brought back his men to Eleph-

So grout was the excitement or fslaehood. He asks Is faith and yet have no confidence. ant Isiaus, Las been presented to amongst Americans who wont Christianity truo ?" But with It is the experience of them that Dulwich College by the promoters home on Saturday Aug. 23 on the wore all assembled in the saloon the older man it is quite lifts them out of the shadow into of the expedition, in memory of Prince of Wales's liner that a most important member of tho different. He is not troubled to reality.

Shackloten, who was educated at seven months old baby was loft: much with the ideal as tho Wo may baliove that God per- actual. Life's mysteries proas done sinners but it is only when Dulwich. The boat is housed in behind at the Savoy Hotel.

ja building at the back of the col-

Mr. and Mrs, Wilbur Mouro of hard and ho will vote for what we experience a sense of guiltloge, near the cricket floid and Los Angeles, who had been in ursus hurried back to the Savoy

can be seen by the public without London for two months, left the chargo,

hotel with one of the nursus for Waterloo to catch the boat trait,

experience shows to be not only that we know the wonder of true but good. He asks not "It forgiveness. Wo may believe in it genuine but "What is is the immortality of the soul, but worth 7" As a man goes on in it is whon ono vory dear to us life he discovers that there is a has been taken that wo know the realm of truth larger and eurer strong comfort of the Eternal than he could possibly discover Hope. And this way of faith is by critical reasoning. Experience open to all. Wo may not bo yields him knowledge which the trained in the subtletion of argu- school of learning can never mont, or be able to follow impart. Most of us would prefer logical processes of reasoning: to bo oporated upon by an ex- and even if WO DIO able to perienced surgeon than by ono, do both, the truth may leave us howover brilliant, straight from cold. But we can experionce the theoretical training.

Professor Romanos wrote a book in which he maintained con clusions that could only be called agnostic. But in a later work in which ho modified much of the oarlier book, bo said "As a inattor of mero reasoning I am not likely to dotact any serious faws (in the first book) but I confess that the change of view is due.". to the ripening exporioncos of life". Experience

INTERESTS OF JOURNALISM.

faith and know it woll. We can say with the man born blind, who put his faith in Christ Jesus "One thing I know that whereas I was blind now I son

"Whose hath felt the spirit

of the Highost, "Cannot confound or doubl

Him or deny, "Tho' with

one voloo, Of world, tho' thou donicst, "Stand thou on that side for

on this am L"

This term of agreement and tho cost of his passage Homo. Tho proprietors refused to meet the

claim.

Rights of Editors and Managers.

The legal position of Editors In It was stated during the dia- India was discussed at the annual cussion that, under the Indian conference of the Institute of Pross Act, editora are respon- Jouralists held at Margate, sible in law for overything ap- It was mentioned that a mom paaring in a nowspaper, and not ber of the Institute who was the propriators or managers even editor of a newspaper in Burma where the latter over-rule the was over ruled by the managor editor. of the paper with regard to the

The case is likely to conio, bo- insertion of a paragraph which foro the English courts for

the editor had refused to print The editor took this as terminat- lag ble contract and loft forth pensation for theabalance of

decision.

The Conforonco, panuod à ro- solution authorising the Execu-

with Hanowchimed, comtive Counoll to continue its efforts

to naslat members in fighting the mare on editorial responsibility

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Mi, Mouro und one of the

recovered the baby from its nur- sory cot, and returning to Water- loo, reached the station in time to cutch a special boat train.

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