THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
THURSDAY, JUNE
1938,
IF I WERE
A CHRISTIAN
may have noticed in cussed the pre-war world like
Ythe newspapers a report of war operations.
generals gathered round a map
that Dr. A. E. J. Rawlinson, Bishop of Derby, motored over to Markham Shale Colliery after the disaster recently and led the waiting crowd at the pithead in prayer.
The Bishop was doing his duty as a Father in God. The prayers which rose from the Enceling folk were certainly more heartfelt and holy than most of those said in churches and chapels on Sundays,
Yet I read the news of Dr. Rawlinson's prayers with dis- appointment. It seemed to typify the present attitude and policy of organised Chris- tianity to the problems of a world aching with successive crises and disasters.
Once some great explosion has taken place, the Christians are always on hand to pray, to consolc, to deplore.
But until the explosion hap- pens the number of Christians who, foresceing the danger, work to prevent it is so small that each one, like St. John the Baptist, is a voice crying in the wilderness though he stands up to speak in a cathedral.
I I wore F Christian should feel ashamed. I should blush to my bones.
I
Bishops
When I was a little boy I grew up in a household inti- mately concerned with profes- slonal Christianity, and
missloharles, Noncon- formist prophets and storm- troopers of the Sälvation Army met together and dis-
00.
They were all tremendous in their zeal against the powers of darkness.
The battle, they knew, never relented. The salients of light and truth could only be en- larged
by forestalling the enemies of freedom and right.
They watched and they prayed without ceasing. They, did not wait for the disaster to happen first..
Of course, they were not always right. Much of their zeal was narrow. But what matters is that they wrought mightily against what they saw 13 wickedness in public life or in- ternational affairs.
They did not mince their words or heed their adversaries' feelings, Like John Wesley, they made the world their parish,
They were such men os. Dr. Clifford, Joseph Parker, William Booth, Bishop Gorc, R. J. Campbell, Sylvester Horne.
To-day the Bishops of the Church of England, the English Hierarchy of the Catholic Church, and the leaders of Non-
not cry
out conformity do
-To-day's Thought HE who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primütve Christianity wolii chiange the face of the world, -FRANKLIN,
By William
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THERE is much yet to learn as to why carthquakes occur more frequently during certain periods of the yene than others. But there seems to be sufficient data on hand to prove that most quakes occur in years of fewest sun-spots.
This photograph of a Guildford clergyman trying on his pas- mask. aptly comments on the present position of the Churches concerning the world oútalde them.
at all.
against oppression or iniquity
Sometimes I muffled and apologetic muttering rises up from organised Christendom, disregarded, almost mocked, by the proud and the great ones of the earth.
At this moment-this morn- Ing-there are things going for-
word
в against which tre- mendous protest ought to be made by all "who profess and call themselves Christian."
In Geneva the last act in the betrayal of Abyssinia draws out. In China naked force struggles to enslave a patient and innocent nation.
In Spain civil war, started- and forced on by military ad- venturers, racks the people.
In Germany a philosophy
Ciristian
opposed to every principle and practic pre- pares for war on a scay which dwarfs the scale of the years from 1914 to 1918.
In Italy children of ght and nine learn to 'drill wih little rifles, dressed in thir little uniforms.
Here at home the Govern- ment forces on cofter-pre- parations for war. To wealth of the richest peob in the world is poured out this end, while the millions the un- employed and the families drag on an exlster without comfort, almost beynd hope.--- I do not say this organised Christianity can fa remedy for these things.
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I do say that Iacceptance of them, almost without murmur, shocks hd shames
11e,
You could laught Dick Shep- pard. You mighellove him to be mistakeh. B at least he accepted the defy of civilisa- tion as a challeje.
He never kepillent against what he believedo be evil. He gave his life woing for Peace.
But Dick Shopard is dead. And so, I am agid, are all the Bishops and faders of the Churches-deafto the realities of the world found them, to the fact that int they stand for is challeng as it never has been since dristianity first began.
ረቡ
T.D.
Across The Czech Frontier
ONE
NE summer night three years ngo, 1 drove with some friends in a small car nerosa the Czech frontier into Germany without stop ping. It was quite close to Exer. I tremble to think what would have happened if I had tried that sort of thing recently.
Needless to say, we were not try ing to make a desperate getaway over the border. We had no inten- tion of giving the customs officials The slip. Far from it. We didn't even see any customa ufficiala, nor [did anyone try to bar
DIF BUY. Until we arrived at the German frontier, nerosa a no man's land of three kilometres, we did not know we were out of Czechoslovakia. w thought. Indeed, that the term customs officials were Czech. until they refused to let us in. It then became clear that we had driven over the border without stopping. Tawed Into Town
towed into fe town. Pilsen Is famous for for, but we were too intent on hing our car repatred little Czechmoney, and although to take up th point. We had very
we were a Gernian folk we were desperately fager to be absorbed into the Gen Reich, and solvency.
The Cze mechanics were slow and exaspating.. and it was not anti 10,3hat our car was ready. As we syng out on the road to Eger its already dark and we tore ulonunder, pltch black skies. hoping tojeep on German soil.
Not on List
We who very tired, and i can just recd Eger as a blur of red and gr lights. It must have been shely after this that we gate- members sleepy, pertly German crashed to Germany. I can re- official Jemnly checking our nuntes off at of suspects. For a mo- mont were horrified, until we learueche was checking the fact that were not on his list. Every- things in order, he said, except that whad nothing to show we had been Brough the Czech frontier statio
It had been a very tiresome day. In the morning we had left Prague reluctantly and headed for Pilsen and Germany. About lunch time Wethade our way back along the i our little car had broken down in twistik road to Czechoslovakin and In lonely forest and we had to rely found that the Czech customs man on a motor cyclist to help us out. had hought we were a party of He was a friendly fellow and spoke German fournalists who were to be German, as
we knew nu Czech. let trough it all speed. He was (Whether he was a Sudeten Deutsch even more taken aback than we I don't know. It didn't seem to werdwhen he realised his mistake.. matter then.)
our
Tint was the only time I haved, erosed a frontier without stopping Outside Piluen
car broke and feel quite proud about it, I down again and we were forced to daßt if I could do it again. the humiliating measure of being
J. W. T.
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