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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31,

1938.

CATHEDRAL SERMON

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Governor And Admiral At

Seafarers' Service

The fourth annual seafarers' service was held at St. John's Cathedral yesterday morning, and was attended by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, and Lady Northcote, His Excellency the Commander-in- Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir Percy L. H. Noble, His Excellency Major General A. W. Bartholomew, naval officers and naval ratings.

The service commenced with the singing of the National Anthem and hymn, and was followed by a Special Palm. His Excellency Sir l'erey Noble then read the 1si, Lesson. Isaiah 40, verze 1-14, und lila Ex- reliency Sir Geoffry Northcote the 2nd, Leon, St. John 21, verse 1-14.

Prior to the conclusion of the ser- vice the Very Rev, J. L. Wilson, Dean of the Cathedral, blessed the con- #restation.

The sermon was given by the Rov. Cyril Brown, Chaplain of the Sullors' Home and Misions to Seamen, Taking

as him text Ecclesiasticus, Chap. 43, verse 24-"They that zail

the

danger thereof, on the rea tell of and when we hear it with our cars we marvel," he said:

and

There must be tut a few present in this Cathedral Church this mur- ning who could tell many an exciting story lands far ships and messmates and of Rway, queer cargoes und of waterfronts,

rock varie Sempest, fire and fo-for the sailor maui wies ever a spinner of yarnst and this side of his nature provider many a plasati! hour for those who, like myself. are able and realy to listen.

"It's an an' stara, du' fog an' frost, an' blue weather and "An' big reas curlin' green as glural afore they break in pray, "An'

Bark on Trople seas like blind that's

drawn,

"A#* stormy sunsels off the capes

an' strange Inndfalla nt dawn" The nien of the sea have indred many and varied experiences which even we, who take &teamer passage from time to time can share hut in small measure; yet at our Seafarers' Service this morning, I want to try and sum up and interpret those ex- periences in arking,

What has the Lea to tegel men

about God?

I

Fist, I would say that the sen impants a pere of wonder which may help to recover the realisation of God in what is a purely mechanical age

was talking!

Master Mariner on board freighter only last night. He said that often, as a Junior watch-keeping officer, he had lucked up from the bridge on a clear starry night and wondered at the

immensity of things.

"The spangled heavens, a shining

frame,

There is no cate- of this boyhood. this on board ship, except maybe the catechism which survives from the days of sail:

"Six daya shalt thou tabour and

to all thou art able, "And on the seventh holystone the decks and scrape the cablo". But I do not want you to suppose that the Church has been unmindful of her, allor tong. The Navy of

has England

not

been entirely cut off from her neglected and ministrations. I say "the Navy of England", following the words of the ancient chronicler who wrote:

"The Nuvy of England may bai divided into three sorts, of which the one perveth for the wars, the other for burden, and the third for shermen, which get their living by fching on the sea."

As far back as the reign of King Stephen, there were Chaplains In Deut wat part "which serveth for the

On board each ship there shall be a priest, and the rame obser- vances as in parishes nshore". SO RE the ordinance of 1147. There fa record of a chaplain under! Edward 1 whose name is preserved, for in the account of naval expendi tures we find that one, Master Robert of Sandwich, received pay at the rate of Gd per day, which was half that of a Captain, and twice that of seaman. Frobisher carried a chap- Jain on his voyages of discovery, Lo indeed did Drake in the "Golden Hind".

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THE JAPANESE MARCH ON CANTON

JAPANESE TROOPS ADVANCING neross the mountains from Bins Bay to Tamshul, their firt inland objective. The waters of Bins Bay can be seen over the head of the Japanese sentry. This photograph, and the one on Page 1. were rushed from Canton to Formosa by aeroplane and back to Hongkong by steamer. Copyright.

Not In Idleness

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the great shop such a night as this, sir. It was no that not one single man of the Royal Ken-then a Prebendary of Winches idleness brought them here." ter-had the oversight of the work, and thus, the author of "Awake, my roul" and "Glory to Thee, My God, this night" wrote of a chaplain's duties:

"A priest read daily prayers to

every crew

"Taught them their vow Baptismal

to renew:

Navy (whether officer or rating) with whom I discussed the recent crisis, expressed a desire to Aght. It la no idleness which has brought only our navy might be strong peace", was a you seafarers to Church this morning. enough to preserve

ia dimcult, It is no idleness which brings sea-frequent renric. It farers Sunday by Sunday to the maybe, for other nations to belleve Seamen's Chapel of St. Peter here in our integrity, but much it is, am Hongkong, where the work of the perhaps even the weapons of war the weapons of God's Missions to Seamen was begun fifty are indeed

Peace. May He grant that they may

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"That they who run the danger ofere may be a few in this Church ever so be used..

the deep, "Their souls at peace with God

should always keep."

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who will remember the name of Arthur Gurney Goldsmith, and re- call that sampan of many years ago which flew the "Flying Angel" Flag.

"Cherish narchandise, keepe the

Admiraltic,

"That wee bee masters of the

narrow sea.

"The ende of battle is peace

sikerly,

(Le certainly) "And power cluseth peace finally. "Keepe then the sea, that is the

wall of Englonde,

"And then is Englonde kept by

Goddes hund."

I come

"Christ Who madest friends of

scamon,

safe "Guide and keep us,

whole

and

IMPORTED POISONS

Government To Check Abuse Of The Law;

The Government Gazette publishes the draft of Pharmacy and Polsons Amendment Ordinance, by which the Pharmacy and Polsons Ordinance, 1937, is amended by the insertion immediately after section 21, of the following Ecction:

21A. It sholi not be lawful for a person to have any poison included in Part I of the Poisons List in his posscasion unless

(n) he is entitled under this Part of this Ordinance to sell the poison or is a wholesale dealer duly licensed under this Ordinance to sell polsons; -

or

(b) the polson has been duly sold or supplied (the proof whereof shall lle upon him) by an authorized seller the

of polsona la accordance with provisions of this Ordinance and any regulations thereunder.

This Ordinance shall come into of January, force on the first day 1930..

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It is explained that Clause 2 this ill inserts the new section in the principal Ordinance, to make it an offence for person to have pos- session of a poison included in Part I of the Poisons List unless he is entitled to sell the poison, or is duly licensed wholesale deater in ha becn polsons, or the polsun duly sold or supplied to him by an authorised seller of polsons, and in the latter case, putting the burden of proof that the poison has been duly Bold or supplied, upon the person charged.

Peculiar Circumstances

"From the sens that drown man's who left for England on Saturday, are? can be traced. There is however, no

body, "From the lusts that drawn his

soul.

"In the task accomplished teach us "True content, like Thee, to And, "Doing still our seamen's duly "With a glad and willing mind. "Light

of Light, go Thou before us,

"Night and day, by land and sea, "Then, our earthly voyage ended, "Bring us home, dear Lord, to

Thee!"

(C. Fox Smith.) Harvest Thanksgiving

Observances Thanksgiving

ROTARY CLUB

It

has

The peculiar circumstances of this Colony where the effective control of the importation of polsons would be dificult and costly, makes it neces- sary to implement the principal Ordinance by a provision of this kind.. Registered elemists and ilcensed wholesale dealers are obliged by law POLICE TRANSFERS Latest transfers in the Hongkong to keep records of sales and pur- Police Force in consequence of the clinses, whereby the distribution and the ultimate destination of poisons retirement of Inspector E. J. Ellis,

such check

upon the unregistered or as follows:

persons unlicensed

who import Inspector E. G. Post, from Yaumati poisons for their own purposes.

that been established to the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs,

Inspector A. Wright, from Shauki poisons are being imported and dis-. tributed in the Colony in a manner wan to Yaumati

of the interests the Inspector W. A. Russell, from Kow-contrary to lodn City to Shaukiwan,

general public. Proof that the exist Acting Inspector II. E. Rogers, ing law lub been broken is dimcult from Hung Hom to Kowloon City.

owing to the precautions taken by the H. E

in the gur- concerned Acting Sub-Inspector J.

persona "The other for burden." If early

Edwards, from Central to Hung Hom. reputious distribution.

It is considered that the most there were chaplains in "that sort

3. "The third for flahermen which

effective way of proventing abuse is which serveth for the wurs", it was

the sea not so in "the other cort for burden" get their living by fishing on

The speaker at to-morrow's meet- to make the mere possession of Part The men of the merchant navy had These men, too, have not been for-

Ing of the Hongkong Rotary Club I poisons unlawful, unless the pos- to wait until 1035 before an attempt gotten. At many of the great fishing

will be notarion James Smith, and sessor comes within one of the excep- was made to lochide them in the ports at home-Yarmouth. Brixham

his subject "A Parent's Reply" (to tions in the new section 21A as Harvest

enuicted by this Bill. servlees Mr. Handyside). ministrations of the Church. John and Lerwick-you will and either the Ashley was the pioneer; it was be Missions to Seamen or her sister

"Libelt of English Policy" teiren were held at the Methodist Church, Wanchai, and the Hongkong Union 1436) who, seeing a fleet of merchantmen society, the St. Andrew's Waterside becalmed in the Bristol Channel, Mission, at work.

And now

to the third Church. Kennedy Road, yesterday, But T'have digressed. The sen im- ronevived the fea of taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the parts a sense of wonder and helps to lesson we may learn from the sea.The Churchs were suitably decorated

That The sea calls to Adventure, Du you for the occasion. ministrations of Ilis Church to mer-recover the realisation of God.

remember that picture so often re- The preacher at the Methodist hant seamen.

is my frat pol

The polist

is, if my memary Church during the morning service The second is this. The sea as a produced. It "Captein”, said Ashley, on board- ing the Brit vessel, his no one great uniter calls the nations to cam-serves me right, by Sir John Mals, was the Rev. J. E. Sandbach.

the are the ambas- and deplets an old sailor of been appointed to visit this im-radeship, Sailors mense feet? Here it in, as a sadors of fellowship. English is the spacious days of Good Queen Beas.

no one "lingua franca" of the sex. Every ile alts by the sea wall and points during the morning celebrations was great footing city. Has

deck officer of any nationality knows rewards the net sales gazes out the evening the Rev. Frank Shert.

the setting sun, while the the Rev. K. Mackenzie Dow, and in been appointed to visit it?" Then, dec

who looking at him, as Ashley describes enough English to signat across to it, "with a look of sovereign con- the ships that pass In the night.beyond the horizon and

donging

buccaneers and hears Almost any sailorman finds himself ink of the pieces Captain tempt", the

answered if

common ground, when

eight. Life he in

15 will

And Procession "Visit us, sir? No, sir, as long ashore, with his fellows of many

be

the big adventure

The Roman Catholic Church yez- I believe

is a great already lures him on. All through would leave nationalities. The

of the terday observed the feast It teaches leveller

fe and down the history of our to ECC us to perish like

there Its

have been men who have Regality of Our Lord. As part of see it whole. John Ashley and the mission which steadily sailor is a religious men at heart, I he founded did not share that view, simple, stark, immutable law, with obeyed that call, men whom the sea the celebrations, Solemn Pontifical and many are the tales recounted of their impersonal finallty, demonstrate has bidden to adventure, men who Mass was omleiated by the Rt. Rev. worth their salt. The weaklings, Catholic Cathedral in the morning, shipboard services in, those early the unimportance of man's own little in the hardest of schools have been Bishop II. Valiorin at days. On board a ship to windward kear in the vest scheme of things, the cowards, the timid, are not often and in the afternoon there was al of the fleet, the mer

No real sailor could ever become a men would often on nights of tremendous wen-dictator: no real sailor wants to Oght found at sea. Adventure is seldom procession and Holy Benedletion in

the compound of the Cathedral. ther. Of the crowd

the men who have been his ship- easy. at one such mates, or shared the hospitality of

The Old Spirit the

A large number of people, some service

shipmaster remarked, Sailors' Homes across the world.

We need to-day something of the from Macao, attend the procession, "These men must have been spirila-

Speaking of war, I ain reminded spirit of the old ken dogs of long and among the large congregation ally-minded to leave their ships on

agu, men who knew no pessimism.were representatives of all Sodalities self-pity or despair. This was the of Hongkong and Kowloon. The spirit of the Great Captain of our band of the St. Louis Industrial

the School was in attendance, Salvation, the

the shipmate of Gallican Fishermen, the Saviour of Men. It is more than dificult stand up for

for the pure, the

the honest

"Their great Original proclaim: "For ever singing, as they shine, "The Hand that made us is Divine.' "I believe that the sailor la at heart n religious man", said! my Captain friend believe so 100. His life is less complex than the lives

ills of so many of us ashore to-day. dependence, even in this mechanical age, upon wind and tide and wen ther, and the immutable laws of the universe by which he lays his course across the ocean, bring him closer, perhaps, to the reality of Divine creation than those of more hurried life ashore

rentily are brought

A Le er Contact

But when 1 ay that I believe the

do not suggest that he finds participa

tion in corporate worship as easy as

he night. What is commonly called organised religion is largely outside his ken; for him there is no church around the comer, and the hours of his instruction in the tenets of the Christian Falth are probably but few, and they in the narrower past

they can netto un sen- ashore,

men,

assemble

TO-MORROW

For The First Time in The World The Stage Production of

"THE ROMANCE OF THE

sen

WESTERN CHAMBER"

(English Dialoguo Ancient Chinese Costumes) BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF Mr. S. I. Hsiung

AT THE

QUEEN'S THEATRE

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

The Hongkong Chinese Women's Club in Aid of Relief Funds.

Enjoy Yourselves While

Helping a Good Cause ! Don't Miss it! Servicemen Half Price.

The sees inc

the

the

Friend of sinners Jesus,

and the

Bun

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race

the

honest

right in the cramped space

n

The preacher at the Union Churchi

Roman Catholic Observance

the Roman

DENTAL REGISTER

of a focastle or a mess deck. It is The name of Dr. A. C. Abrens has hard--how hard-to resist the tempta been added 30 the local Dental! tions of the shore. Those and the Register,

like problems are common to

As we venture on our voyage of life

our

let us try to be true to our Christian

and trust to Him, and our Pilot, to give to us,

and to all who rail with us, that love and strength which God alone sup- plies,

"Christ who, choosing for

צננים

service "Such ny tolled with sail and car, "Sanctifed the seaman's calling "in Thy sight for evermore.

"Friend of sailors, be To nigh

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"On the salt roads where we go,

"In all risk of storm and ship-

wreck,

"Fire and stranding, fog and floc.

"In the darkest watch of night-

time

"May we feel Thy Presence near, "And be sure God's guiding finger "Plola the course which we must

steer,

"May We knew in work and

icisure

"Christ beside us still the same- "Hear our engines' steady pulses "Telling forth a Saviour's name.

"Thou the Captain, Helmsman,

Pilot,

"Thou the Compass, Thou the

Star,

"Thou the gracious unsoon Ship-

mate

"On all oceans near and far.

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