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"THE "HONGKONG » TELEGRAPH. · MONDAY,

BISHOP'S SERMON

GOOD AND BAD IN THE

* MODERN WORLD

Preaching at St. John's - Cathedral yesterday morning, Bishop Hall spoke on Jesus and the Modern World. Bald:

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JANUARY 13, 1936.

NEW CHURCH OPENED BANK TO RE-OPEN

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and

MANY ATTEND DEDICATION NATIONAL COMMERCIAL AND

SERVICE ON SATURDAY

SAVINGS BANK, LTD. Thie National Commereini Savings Bank, Ltd, which closed ita doors some months ago, will shortly recommenco business, as the result of the sanctioning of the scheme of reconstruction by. Mr. Justice R. E. drnell, Acting Chief Justice, at the Bankruptcy Court on Saturday.

A large gathering of Europeans and Chinese was present to witness the opening ceremony of the now Chinese Methodist Church at the junction of Hennessy and Johnston Roads, Wan chal, on Saturday afternoon.

Jesus of Nazareth has made modern world what it is and

and it creative mako !!! I mean what

It is Prior to the opening of the church Jesus

of Nazareth who has made the the Dedication Hymn was sung and modern world what it is and he can a prayer said. Mra, E. Dowston, the The petition for the sanctioning of make life in it for you and me free wife of the Rev. Mr. E. Dewster, the scheme was presented by Mesars. creative and peaceful It is indeed Chatemian of the South China Philip Gockchin, Lo Chung-wan and for you and for me that He has made Methodist District, opened the Church Mann K. Wong, the liquidators in the modern world what it is that we and received a gold key inlaid with the voluntary winding up. of, the tuny live in it in freedom and in peace | jade as a memento of the occasion.

company. and

share in

In its creativo life.

of

|

I do not of course mean that Jesus Following the opening the gather- Mr. Ekton Potter, K.C., and Mr. Nazareth has made slums and wars ing was invited to attend the dedica-R. C. H. Lim, instructed by the Hon. and bitterness in home life. But Hetion service which was held during Mr. M. K. Lo, appeared in support has the thing that mere Dist delivered a serman.

that matter most which the Rev. Mr. Kwan Kang-yau of the petition. The application wan In our modern worldi

unopposed, there being na creditors of all selenco and secondly world un- ity based upon applied science in rapid The Church officers présented the present in Court. communication, anil thirdly the free-dged and key of the new Church to dom of wopen, and fourthly. He is ceremonies of dedicating the rending "Mr." Dewsloe, who performed the Himself a continuat corrective to the desk, pulpit, the font and the Lord's false religion which we fasten upon ourselves.

Jeaus And Science

Table:

Mr. Potter xald the petition was to! of reconstruction whereby permission ask the Court to sanction the scheme would be given to the bark to re- commence businesa, Twe meetings had been held by the creditors and the members of the bank respectively to consider the scheme. As regards the creditors; the majority of them were in favour of the scheme, while the members were unanimoux,

Delegates of the different Methodist churches of Kwangtung and Kwong s were present and included the Rev. Mr. Rudland Showell, the Rev. D. B. Childs, the Rev. Mr. John Foster, the Rev. Mr. L. lickins, the lev. Mr. E. c. I. Tribbeck, the Rev. Mr.

Dir. J. C. Jacobs, the Rov. Mr. H. Alton, the raid the capital of the bank had been Referring to the petition, Counsel; Rev. Mr. Wong

Chung-hol, the

the Roy shun, the Rev. Mr. Kwan Kang-on in Shanghai, Hankow and Canton, Mr. A. H. Bray, the Rev.Ifr. Lo Yat increased from $2,000,000 to $5,000,- 000. The business had been carried Also present were Mr. and and up to a few months ago the Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Dorkin, Mr.

He has made modern selence. If He had never lived and died and risen again there would have been no modern science. That of course I ednnot prove and if you disagree with mo you cannot prove the opposite. again and the history of Europe since Jesus did live, He did die. He did, rise that time, has been dominated by the e or rejection of Jesus

That is a plain fact of history but 1 must justify my statement in more detall. I will do that in two ways, First, historically science arose after the Reformation, and was in a large spirit measure caused by the same that made the Ruformation; it therefore of religious parentage. It is equally true that its parents have never understood it and it has there fore grown

up with a twist against its own home. being to Jesus Christ. May I put it Secondly in spirit siento dos its this ways

If you compare the religion that Jesus found with the real religa alarming as they agent because their save the business, even going to the ion of Jesus' life as you see it pro-power to alarm us is caused by the extent of putting up money them-

In the parable of the Good

security. Un- found Impossible to meet all the demands, and the result was that the bank had to close its doors and go into volun- iary quidation.

A. Raven (the architect), Mr. and Mrs, position of the bank was a sound S. Hamer, Mr. and Mrs. W. Spraguo, one.

The Closure Mr. and Mrs, E. Loyd-Jones, Mr. and Mrs. A. Brown, Capt. and Mrs. Holland, and many others,.

heart and mind to the world unity which He is making we would not feel the sin and shame and pity of war as we do.

Here then again we can take new faith and now courage knowing that in and the alarming outbreak of the the world is in Jesus' hands and that war spirit at the present time aro

not

The trouble which led to the com- pany closing its doors was due to TURN on two other banka, one of which was successfully slaved off but the other hand to close down on ne- count of insuficient money raised to, meet the demands of the depositors. In this connection, said Counsel, It was interesting

to note that there had never been any suggestion of directors and done their utmost to impropriety of any sort of kind he part of the management. The

tan you are comparing UCCA of the other movement to selves without any

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and will complete. In the heart of of passionate obedience to an unseen our fear then liès reassurance and reality. Is not that an exact parallel hope. And let the prince of

10 the fantastic notluns which masqueraded as science in mediaeval Europe when compared with the passionate obedience to objective reality which is the spirit of science.

First Biep In Realisation

Look grim na e'er ho will, He harms us not a whit; For why?his doom is writ, "

Freedom Of Women

Continuing, Mr. Potter said that if the scheme were not sanctioned, the cralitors, so dar as one could hunianly are, would get only seven per ceni, But much the most important fac.of what was due to them, whereas if I would go further and suggest that tor in the modern world which again the petition were granted there was salence at the present time is the is direct rehult of Jesus life

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cvery reason to hope that they would. and be most Christian thing in the world. teaching both before and after *

paid in full. By that I mean science at its best resurrection is the freedom of women consider the scheme, and at one of Two meetings had been held to when it sticks to its own principle of front an unequal position in our com the facts of the observed reality mon life in the world. This ina no them about 2,180 creditors who had But scienco achieves this closeness to Christ at the cost which science sono | rapidity in the last fifty years and it present there, 2,064 (creditors, ken upon the world with amazing about $1,450,000 in the bank were

worth $1,300,000, wer the

scheme. can pay becuase selence In concerned Alone and can therefore limit ito much the most important thing while 28 or $20,000 were against. that has happened in the world since to the realm of the Intellect. It is Jesus was born

Therefore, so far as the creditors casier to follow Jesus in a limited What has happened is something were concerned, there was an over- sphere than it is if one takes the like this; men have had for a long whelming majority in favour of the whole of life na Jesus took it It is time a measure of individual freedom, scheme. As regards the for this

that revival movements

ents Certain women have secured it for they were unanimous for the scheme. in the Church which have taken themselves by sheer force of

Counsel then quoted authorities some aspects of the whole life of man sanality, but women's lives have had a show why the scheme should be with God and made a religion of that social rather than

a personal place in Panctioned, and stated that he could have been able in their limited sphere the world. This has

or

members,

to achieve great success. The Puritan men are rapidly matinged and wo- not find a singŝo legal objection.

for them-

movement, the Society of Friends and selves all over the world the freedom

htes Leen, MA It were, the great

Reorganisation Scheme

to

other revival movements have have always had. Á new force has thus Potter suki it was in favour of the owed to be individual perfons which men Dealing with the scheme Itself, Mr. their success to this. Science met been liberated which you may con issuance of the balance of the un "Puritan" movement, and if it is the sider to ba dangerous but it is certain issued authorised capital, namely most Christian thing in the modern y momentous. I do not consider it to $2,425,000, to be divided into 60,000 world at the present time that is bebe dangerous because Jesus is

for and 182,690, "B" preference, shares at: and is adequate for the field that this change..

$10 each. science covers, but is not adequate for I you say that the Church of Jesus The authorised capital of the com the whole life of man.

in history has resisted this change pany was $5,000,000 out of which with terrible persistency I agree, but 32,574,100 had already been issued I go on to say that this resistance was thus leaving the balance of $2,426,900 due to something which in origin was which was now to be issued under good i.e. the early Christian defence the scheme.

causo Puritanisma, is valid.. in sèfonce history and in spirit responsibilul # preference shares at $10 cach

Let us then be quite clear that in as far as science at its Best has made the modern world what it is it is Jesus Himself to where we owe the modern world..

World Unity

Scienod's most successful achieve ment les in the unification of the world. I notice that the Christmas mall from America to Great Britain

of the sanctity of a woman's body, The preference "A" shares would This early work of the Church though confer on the holder the right to a often rigid and sometimes fantastic Sixed cumulative preferential dividend has made possible the freedom into at the rate of 5 per cent, and the which women are now beginning to "B" shares would entitle the holder enter.

There are then three outstanding to a dividend of 4 per cent. Further was an overwhelming record reach good things in the modern world more, these shares were to be dis tributed among the creditors to the ing an amazing figure. That is only science, world unity and women's extent of 50 per cent. of the debts one example of the fact that the aver freedom. There is one bad thing.

due to them, or half of the face value age educated man to-day is rapidly have incidentally referred to it in of their claim against the company. becoming cosmopolitan. He

attitude has dealing with the friends

of the The bank had undertaken to pay the relations in

-in every

corner

church in history womon's freedom.th

by ten instalments of BOOKE and tooth paste and hair mo

wine.

years," more important than

There

here six months each. restorers. There is no such thing as scientists who do this, there are

are

Mr. Potter concluded by saying that national medicino or national art in educationailsts who do this, there are the scheme was eminently fair as it the sense that either medicine or art bishops who do this, and there are afforded every opportunity to pay the Are reserved for the nationals of any still more lay members of the Church one country. It is not

to

of the world. We use each other's The bad in considering bottler other half of the debts after a period

books

this monses to the nationalism that who do this. Thla is Jesus' greatest |

of five

SHEER IGNORANCE

dabts in faili

"His Lordship gave his sanction, which

ene c

my. Here are one has made the Western

ort saying the schome was very reason- The phrase "The nations

sanctity efficient in the last seven hundred of home life" can be used to preserve it was going to work out in there abla, although he did not know how years should find violent national the bottle even if the wine must be hard times. reactions in certain countries at the poured out and wasted leat it break present time. Those reactions are the bottle. If the freedom of women like the darkest hour before the dawn, means the end of home life as we have the last desperate clinging to some known it then let home life be ended be taken up to son thing which has been good but must and let a new and better thing take

to something batter

Its its place. If in religion our tradition own goodness is to be preserved. al forms of church worship are keep-

AUSTRALIA NOT READY That these revivals of nationalism ing men and women from God, then are doomed

FOR IMMIGRATION they all shown by the fact that we must throw our traditions over- endeavour to be international, board without foar. I do not, myself

Perth, Jan. 11. These national movemente all endea thitik this is entirely the case at: the vour to develop corresponding national moment, but m

Referring to the statement of the but my mind is always open porhaps unnecessary for me in thing movements in other countries. It is to be convinced that it is so Son Minister of Interior of Australia,

re our own lives the

the one great

eat and bad that unemployment

the lowest for many Australia is hottle

years and that can now

had liked

"died for

to become purpose. He ple know and then spend our line Prem

Premier of Western Australia, stod ho could have led ational leader trying to keep that exterior that it was sheer: Ignorance for people country, Instead He died because Ho such a prison house that the spirit of to advocato immigration, as they wore

and

Foco the¿

unfamiliar with the conditions

Pre- refused to take the national view. He Jesus will free us. insisted that those who do the will of

vailing of If we will let Him live with us wa

The Government had no objection God were His family, that there was will find that He is continually chang- to impigration among those who have a kinship and unity between the Jewing our exterior as He fills usar enough capital to continue their exis

Samaritan giving and by year with His own now life. When service which did not between the Jow and his follow Jest we say to Him "I have never done once while making their way in Jewe that bedoro" He snye "That is exactly uninhabited lands, but the Govern

mont still has trouble in repatriating who withheld the service he needed. why you should world full of people destitute former Imo states that Ile envisaged and in

the would have the

Melbourne meaungo, world wide, community In the who are always dofag now things.

un which the

Victoria, sup bond would be in People on whom you can only depend the Promotor action. We are nearer

Collier, said that the first porting Mr. to the for

for one thing; that one thing is realization of that community than we habitual conduct it is rather duty of the States was towards the have ever been. It is indeed because readiness to act with an Independent unemployed and to find a remedy for we are so hear that we are so wounded individual creative spirit in every question of

the worklees before discussing the Immigration-leuter and hurt by the recrudescence of new situation in which they find fulletin Servide. warfare. If we were not so near in themselves.

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