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and I knew it not" and he said "This is the house of God and this is the gate of heaven." Yes, God is everywhera'and he uses dreams and many other means to bring men near Him.

But God docs choose special places in which to reveal Himself and to set His name there. It will help us, I think, at this consecra- HISTORY OF CHURCHES tion service to-day, if we recall

some of these plargs.'

The new All Saint's Church at Homuntin, Kowloon, which has been in the course of construction since last July and has cost about $30,000 was dedicated by the Right Rev. C. R. Duppuy, Bishop of Victoria, on Saturday afternoon in the presence of a large gathering

The Tabernacle or Tend of Meeting: First there was the Tabernacle or Tent of Meating as it was called where God used to meet with the children of Israel in their journeyings. When they came to a stopping place Moses used to take the Tent and pitch it

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to something better: to a fullor revelation of God. The Tomple by Its very structure bore witness to the facts, first, that the way into the holiest was not yet open- ed, that man did not have full and free approach to the presenca, of God because the Mediator, Christ Jesus, had not yet como accondly that God's house had not yet really become a house of pray-

er for all nations.

and

We in our day have privileges which could never have been enjoy- ed either in the Tabernacle or Temple worship. For God-has-ful- filled his promise to pour out his spirit upon all flesh. Christ has opened the way into the holiest for us all and His house is becom- prayer for all nations.

Our little church of All Saint's) Homuntin, is as nothing in" gran-" deur to the Temple of Salomon but it is a witness to the fact that we all, of whatever race and station, may come with boldness, to the, Throne of Grace; that we are Bis people and He is our God and that we all may know Him from the least to the greatest.

of Chinese Christians. Long be-afar off from the camp and he call-Ing more and more a house of fore the hour appointed every ed. it the Tent of Meeting. Peo available seat was taken und aple used to go out to that tent to meet God and it was this meet- good many people had to stand.

Led by the choir, the Bishop, ing with God that made the chil- who was accompanied by his chap dren of Israel so great. We read lain, the Rev. N. V. Halward, who that when Moses made the Taber- carried the Bishop's staff, the nucle the people offered their gifts so freely that too much was Very Rev. Dean A. Swann, the Rev. Archdeacon Mok Shou-tsang, brought and Moses had to give the Rev. W. W. Rogers, the Rev. commandant "Let neither man nor C. B. Shana, the Rev. C. J. Blan- Woman make any more offering chard, the Rev. Lee Knu-yan, the for the work of the sanctuary. Rev. Too Sec-kai. and the Rev. So the people were restrained from Tsang Koi-ngok (pastor of the bringing as the stuff was sufficient church), walked down the aisle to for all the work to make it and the west door while the choir too much" (Exodus 36. 6.7). branched off to the stalle.

And we are told too that the The Bishop proceeded out of the cloud, the token of God's presence, door which was closed. Acceding covered the Tent of Meeting and to the request of the churchwar the glory of the Lord filled the dens, his Lordship knocked three Tabernacle (Exodus 40.34). God times and was admitted. Dedica- is everywhere but to the children tion prayers were then said and of Israel in their wanderings the the clergy returned towards the al-Tabernacle ter where they took up various House of God and the gate of Heus positions The Bishop received ven, the symbol God's presence the instruments of donation and among them-the place where God

met with them. endowment which he placed on the Holy Table.

Following this, came appropriate prayers, after which the Bishop and clergy visited various parts of the church, where blessings were

said.

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Local Church Building.

This leads me, to say a word' about Church building in this diocese. The first church to be built in this diocese was the Catho- dral. That was in 1846, four. years before there was a Bishop of our Church in China at all,

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Then followed, in 1849, St. Paul's College Chapel which now the Bishop's privite chapel. I think it says much for the foresight of the Rev. Vincent Stanton that he saw at the outset the need for building, in addition to the Cathedral, a place where men could be trained for the minis-' try-for that was the intention of Let us now turn our thought to St. Paul's College.

The first Christ Church, House of God. King

Sha- another David wanted to build a House of meen, was built in 1849 and St. God. It was the ambition of his Peter's in 1871. It was not till life to build one. Ile collected 1885 that the frat distinctively all the materials together. We Chinese Church was builo in con- have a very moving description of nexion with what is now the Chung this in the last chapter of the first Hwa Kung Hul. This was the old book of Chronicles. David him-St. Stephen's in New Street. This self gave liberally and the people had to be pulled down for street gave liberally and we are told improvements and in 1892 the pre- MARKSMAN'S BADGE,

that the people rejoiced for that they offered willingly and David the King also rajoiced with great joy and David said to all the congre gation "Now bless the Lord your God."

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Bishop's Addresa,☛ Speaking from Genesis 28.17, This is none other than the house of God," the Bishop said: We have come here to-day to dedicate this church; to offer it to God for His

at West Point use; to pray that this building may be truly a house of God and a gate

Then in 1900 and 1901 All of heaven to many people; and that from this church a ladder may, ns

Saint's, Yaumati, and Holy Trinity, It were, be set up to heaven and

Kowloon, were built, being the first churches of our communion. the angels of God ascend and den. |

A charge of theft of a cross-guns Bue though David collected the to be erected this side of the har

badge belonging cend continually; a place where

Private people offer their prayers and wor. material for the temple, it was bour. In 1907 St. Luke's, Pakhol Thomas, of the Queen's Royal ship to God, and where His mercy Solomon who built it. The build-was consecrated and in 1911 the Regiment, stationed at the Hankow endures for ever, hears our praying took seven years and the feast, present St. Paul's College Chapel Barracks, Shamshuipo was brought ers and receives our worship, of the dedication lasted, a fort- and Chinese Church; in 1913, St. against a Chinese painter, before This church, set here, in the night. You will find a wonderful Mary's, Causeway Bay; in 1915 Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon midst of this busy place, is to re-account of the dedication in St. Barnabas', Limchow; in 1916 Magistracy on Saturday.

The defendant pleaded not guilty mind us of God's care for each one Kings, 8 and 11, Chronicles 5. St. John's, Yunnanfu, and in 1922 of us and of his interest in our There we are told of the way the Church of Our Saviour, Can-to the charge of larceny, remark- Bangton, congregations dally life. Here parents will, with crowded

If to some of you it seems nsing that he picked up the badge as the bettin brak and your manag outside a window of the barracks hearts full of hope, bring their praises to God and kept chanting little children to receive God's The Lord is good, His mercy en-if the Chinese Churches were at and was examining it when ar- ever." And we are first slow to come (the first St. rosted. He handed it to a soldier blessing in baptism and will pledge dureth for themselves to bring them up in told again that the glory of the Stephen's was not built till 40 immediately. It was asked for.

Private Thomas gave evidence Christ's way. Here people will Lord filled the house of the Lord. years after the Cathedral) the rea- come to receive the strengthening The temple of Solomon was magni- son I suppose is simply because of ownership, saying that he left of the Holy Spirit at confirmation ficent: it stood till the time of there were not in those days the the badge on the table near his and to feed on Him, who is the King Nebuchadnezzar when it was Chinese Christians to fill them bed before going on parade at 6.451 Bread of Life, in the sacrament burnt to the ground, after it had Eighty years ago when the Cathe-3.m. on Friday:

dral was built I expect you could Private Bond, who was in the of Holy Communion.. Here again stood about four hundred yeara. those who are to tread life's way

Sixty-seven years later, in the count the Chinese Christians of barrack room at the time of the together in marriage will come for days when Confucius was living our communion on your fingers,, theft, vaid that he was cleaning God's blessing on their lives. And here in China, Zerbubbabel rebuilt But once the work of building Chi- his rifle when he noticed a hand here, at the end, our dead will be the temple on its ancient site.nese churches began it went on inserted through a window about brought to be left in God's keep- The people of the day, we are told, steadily and I think steady growth three beds distance from witness., ing in the glad assurance of the were building very nice houses for is the best. There is still much The hand was seen to pick up 'the resurrection to Eternal life. How themselves but they had no house to be done and not least in a badge and then disappear. Short- many hopes centre round a church of God and they were getting con- grawing place like Kowloon and ly afterwards, witness saw the de- like this, and what a blessing it tent to have none. Zerbubbabel what we must do is to press on fendant and several others altting opposite his window looking at the may be in our midst, So we pray and the prophet, Haggai, saw the steadily in faith.

badge, to-day that the glory of the Lord danger of this and they got the to- will fill this house of God as it did ether and stirred them up to re- the Tabernacle of old or the Tem-built God's house. The building

What I want to remind you of took four years and we are told as I conclude is that what matters plo which Solomon built.

how the people kept the fenst of is not the splendour of material dedication with joy (Ezra 6.16) buildings, theso soon decay- and also of God's promise that he though of course we must do all

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Together with Private Grover, witness went outside and Private Grover spoke to the defendant, who then produced the badge from his pocket,

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"God is everywhere but God would all this house also with Ilis we can to make the houses of God given by Private Grover, the case

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WRs adjourned for the defendant to call witnesses.

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beautiful-to worship Him in the Himself. But let us not forget that

beauty of holiness-what matters the words, "This is the house of Tabernacle and Temple. God" were not used in the first in-

is that our churches should be stance of any earthly building at As we think of the Tabernacle meeting places between God and all. Jacob was alone in a solitary and 'the Temple two lessons stand man. Piaces, of which men may is worshipped in spirit and in place and he dreamed his dream out clearly. (1) These Jews were suy-Surely the Lord is in this truth.

These earthly houses of worship | of the ladder set up to heaven and right in trying to put God first place this is the House of God, of the angels of God ascending and in their national life and it was and this is the gate of Heaven. are but witnesses to us that the descending upon it as he lay in the this that made them, great. Be Places where God fulfils Ifis Word things which are seen are temporal open with stones for his pillow, cause they did this God revealed to pour out His Spirit upon all and the things which are not scen And God entic to Jacob in his Himself to them as to no other flesh, and where all shall know are eternal: that we have a build- to the Ing of God, a house not made with dream and when lie awaked he said people upon the earth. (2) But Him from the least even "Surely the Lord is in this place their temple worship pointed on greatest, where God who is Spirit hands, etern:! in the Heavens.

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