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ITALIAN CONVENT.

SIR MATTHEW NATHAN'S VISIT.

The Italian Convent was yOB- terday honoured by the visit of Sir Matthew Nathan, G.C.M.G., who, accompained by the Gover-

nor's Private Secretary, the Very

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

CHOICE: I.

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

But what the ne

Man was mado a little lower than guosses which will certainly be Rov. Fr. Spada and Fr. H. Valthe angels and God gave to the modified later. torta, spent practically the whole creatures of His love gifts appro- paychology had done for us and. morning in the procincts of the priate to their kind. One of the very valuable work it is, is to teach our freedom Convent. He reminded his visits greatest of these is the power to us not to boast of of past years, admired the changes make choices and this power ren-but to use it as a priceless and is which have taken place since his ders us moral beings. We are free lender gift. So tender that it doparture from the Colony, and to choose our friends, our recrea-affected by, almost at the mercy took great interest in the schools, tion, our almis, even our God. Theof, many influences. Our freedom) passing from class to class, where Bible all along assumes that in the to choose is freedom within limits, he showed a kind appreciation realm of religion we are as free to and this truth the scriptures have Our God des taught all the ages lang. for the welomo songs and recit- choose as in any other. atjons given by the little ones. not use coercion in winning mes. cholce is greatly influenced by in- own stincts, environment and heredity: He was also kind enough to on- They must come of their

memory, like a vast storehouse, tertain the pupils of the highest choosing. classes with very intelligent and With all the apparent risk of conserves all the impressions f interesting talks on various topics, such a method, it is the best. Men the past. Every past action leaves Finally he went to see the Chi- abuse the privilege it affords its marks somewhere in our make neso. department, leaving every (some seem to net as if privileges up and all these together create whore a gratifying impression of were given for that purpose) at moral or immoral urge to choose his extreme kindness.

God is not one who plays for this or that.

If there is one thing above au-] safety. Ho le Divine enough and daring enough to take risks.. To other that we all need to learn bl allow us to choose is, so to speak, this freedom-loving age, it is how toj

Young God's magnificent venture of faith use this privilege. in men. It is His way of making and women, take a care how you men. To have made us like boast of your freedom! You think chines that could not be bad if we your powers of choice are your ivanted, or had to be good whether own and you can do, what you will. we wanted to or not would have Well, yes, within limits you Arc The Italian Grand Opera Com-been easy enough, no doubt, but as right, but if you do not take other pany prosented "The Barber of worthless also.. Life would lose things into account you will föd Beville at the Star Theatre last half its interest if we could net you are a slave instead of a master. night, and this opera, which has hoodie, Take friendship for in-like the man who says he can most attractive features, as a

stance. We hate to have someone choose his own enjoyment, and hal

THE OPERA.

LAST NIGHT'S SUCCESS.

nothing more than

profound

men

comedy, proved to be a big draw, forced upon us. That very fact to be carried home at night and put for there was a bumper house would make rea! friendship im to bed. Or, like the very young The principals-Signor Delry

of the man, who, feeling new freedom, Signorina Landi, Signor Galdal, possible. Some teachers and Signor Vecchi, in the roles of new psychology almost cancel out protests of it with such vehemenca the Counts Almaviva, Rosina, the power to choose or so limit it at home that he becomes the slave Bartolo and the Barber, respec-s to make it almost negligible. of his own temper. Freedom to tively-were highly successful This study is a comparatively new choose is God's good gift, but if you abuse it, it will turn and rend and the fall of the curtain was one and many of the theories are the signal for wärm applause.

you. To-night, that ever-popular opera "Carruen in or the bourds.. The Company is going to Macao, but present shipping arrange- ments may enable the season to be further extended on their re- turn, when it is likely that "Faust," "Aida" and Tosca" will be presented at the Theatre Royal, the first performance being on; Wednesday.

Trotsky, since his retireinent, has written a book. It is not cal-

CHURCH IN JAPAN.

"A CHILD OF EVOLUTION.

Was

Speaking at the Church Con- gress on Self-determination in Church Life," Bishop J. S. Motoda, Bishop of Tokyo, de- scribed the Church in Japan as not a new creation, but a child of led "Blood I Have Spilt," or "My evolution, and just as the human Screaming Bowery Days," or child not exactly like "From Synagogue to Soviet," or its father in appearance and man- "Lady Executionors I Have Known," or anything intriguing nors, so the Church in Japan was like that, says a writer in the not exactly like the Church, here, Sydney Daily Telegraph, but but there was the same continuity "Where is England Going?" Mr. Trotsky thinks he knows whore she is going towards Sovietism, but there are a lot of things he does not know. He believes that Mr. Ramsay MacDonid mado Mr. J. R. Clynes, a staunch Labour man, a peer. Ho thinks that Mr. Winston Churchill is also à peor: that the Earl of Oxford and As- quith is a daily newspaper oditor, and that the House of Commons sits in Westminster Abbey..

of life and unity of spirit,

seriously considering the advisa- bility of revising the Prayer Book. They felt that the spirit of prayer in the English version was beati ful and uplifting, but when trans- la od into Japanese it did not convey to the people the same spirit of reverence and piety; it did not appeal to the Japanese mind. There were not yet Japan- 050 Christians who were scholarly enough to write a form of prayor in good Japanese style

and at the same time convoy the

beautiful spirit of the Prayer Bock. There were two elements in the psychology of the Japanese people which had to be consider- ed, one being the idea of rites and ceremonies. To be religious the Japanese must have rites and ceremonies. The other factor was the idea of the beautiful. The mode of worship was What he hoped and prayed for practically the same, save in few more than anything else was the minor points. For in Japan they establishment in the heart of often sang hymns sitting on the Tokyo of a cathedral, not of the floor, resting their bodies on their Norman or Gothic style, but of architecture, small, heals. Their clergy not infro- Japanese quently wore the hakama, a kind strong, and beautiful; not to be of skirt, with a surplice over it. shaken down by earthquake or Except in the marriage service typhoon, but standing for over to mon and wonten sat apart in Chur-the glory of God and as the Light ch, Japanese Churchmen were of Asia.

WINNERS OF THE SPEY ROYAL CUP.

Above is the winning rink in the lawn bowle competition for the Spey Royal Cup, pre- tented to the Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association by Messrs, Gilbey and Sons, through their local agents, Mosers, A. S. Watson and Co. Left to right-Mr. A. S. Whibley (skip.), Mr. D. Hazell (No. 1, Mr. A. M. Holland (No. 3) and. Mr. R. Duncan (No. 41. Photo by A, Leung Studio, Kowloon.

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LOCAL HOCKEY.

LAST-MINUTE GOAL.

dong struggle, and at half-time no score had been made.

In the second half, the Club did a great amount of attacking, although it was not ofton that! they really became dangerous, A goal scored within a few The Punjabi attack became a minutes of the close of the game little less confident, and their enabled Hongkong Hockey Club play more scattered. Nearly at "A" team to defeat the 5/2 Pun- the end of the game, when it was jabis "A" team, at the Marina getting almost too dark to see, ground, Kowloon, last evening.Thomson secured the winning The Club can consider themselves goal for the Club.

fortunate to have secured the points, as, on the whole, they did hot show such good form as did their opponents. Owing to the

WEDNESDAY'S MATCH

The following will represent absence of Pryor they played with the Club against the Submarine. ten men throughout, and this at the U.S.R.C. at 5 p.m. sharp on seriously handicapped their play. Wednesday, 18th November:- The Punjabis fielded a clever. W. F. Mills, D. H. Sherman. eide. Espacially strong was the A. P. T. Farquharson, A, S. Hett, attack, both of the outside mon E. J. R. Mitchell (capt.) E. W. L. being fast and sure with the stick. Martin, H. Owen-Hughes, A. S. The inside forwards showed clever Exell, W. Woodward, B. D. Evans control of the ball, and the centre-and G. P. Lammort. forward was a forceful loader. They were backed up by a com- petent half-back line, and the Backa made few mistakes. Al-

The famous sweet chestnuts in though cohesion was lacking, the Doopdono Park are threatened. Club played strongly, and it is The danger arises from the con- mainly owing to carrying out the struction of a new road between old policy that attack is the best Reigate and Dorking. Earlier in defence that they won. They the year a deputation waited on attacked whonever they could; | Lieut-Col. Ashley, the Minister and all the team played with a of Transport, to discuss another will.

mattor relating to the road, and The opening stages of the game the chestnuts appear to have been were in favour of the Indians, then mentioned." Lately Sir Wil- their forwards, sweeping down liam Lawronce called attention the field with well controlled to them in the Times. Thereupon attacks. The Club soon found the Minister communicated with their feet, however, and both the Surrey County Council, who goals had some narrow escapes, at once undertook that nothing Eager, ospecially, bringing off should be done to interfere with some good saves. The match the chostaute until further in- then resolved itself into a ding-Ivestigation had been made.

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