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This old saint, whose life and death are commemorated every April 23, and who is the hero of a legendary adventure with a dragon (whereby he rescued a captive lady), has had a great and widespread influence on the patriotism, religion, and chivalry of Christian nations. In the Middle Ages prince and peasant, soldier and civilian, priest and layman regarded him as their defender and friend. Though a native of Palestine, many looked
ST
To-day, Englishmen in Hongkong join with their compatriots all over the world in honour- ing the name of their PATRON SAINT-
Eng- land, the home of the noble culture and civilisation that has created the British Com monwealth of Nations, stands to-day for an ideal, which all lovers of freedom are valiantly sooking to guard and protect from the evil forces of perverted ideologies.
not surprising that King Richard re- correctly. Or it may be that Christ- bullt his church at Lydda, and that lang confounded him with Michael, Edward II. made him the Patron- who is stated in Scripture to hove fought against the dragon, that "old Saint of England,"
serpent, the Devil" (Rev. xil. 7); of These stories of the marvellous perhaps, as
as Müner suggests, the fol-. power of St George, which were lowers of the cult mixed him up with spread by the Crusaders on their way the Emperor Constantine, who in a back from the Holy Land, contri- bas-relief in the Church at Lyddh buted enormously to his cult in Eng- was represented as holding the ban! land. At the battle of Antioch, ner of the Cross and standing on a according to Peter of Tudebod, the dragon or serpent. There seems to Turks rushed out on the Crusaders ben drugen in the story of every from all sides and wounded large race-the myths of
Perseus numbers.
Then
are all-
.of
suddenly
emerged from the mountains a vast Crianna Our own inmortal -
There and army mounted on white horses and John Bunyan, in his "Pilgrim's Pro-
white standards.“ They gress,"
"represents Christian ak fight- carrying were the auxiliaries of Christ, under ing against Apollyon and overcoming the generalship of St George, St
St him. Theodore, and
A St Demetrius. In the same natural way we may similar army of angels, one hundred
rescue of Alexandra from "Princess" thousand strong, appeared when the account for St George's Crusaders were attacking Jerusalem, dragon. This legend also appears in Led by St George, who wore white numerous engravings and paintings.. armour with a red cross upon in Raphael's famous picture, for in they scaled the walls successfully and stance, which this arist painted for captured the city (July 15th, 1000.) the Duke of
Vin. of vesques de Maitren a sor destre St George is mounted on a white garde.
horse and plefees the monster with
the
was
As the old French version statesi affered to Urbino, and england,
Li
Et voit me compalgne qui cheval- his lance, while the "Princess" on her knees implores, the help of Heaven.
chent serre,
Et volt bien qu'il estoient plus de General currency was given to this
Cmil arme.
story by Jacobus de Vorngine (13th
GEORGE
Facts and Legend
By the Rev. J. W. Jack, D.D.
century), the Archbishop of Genoa, in his famous "Golden Legend," one of the first books printed by Caxton in 1483, and the legend naturally
on him as an Englishman. They formed guilds of St George, re- of Jaffa), where he was born, and During the twelfth century these spread everywhere, for it appealed joiced with great festivity on his where a church was built over his marvellous events became the subject directly to the chivalry of the feudal
remains. When he suffered martyr-
lords in all countries. Probably, it feast day, and painted him on dom is unknown, but it was prob- of numerous ballads and troubadour nothing but a alther wholly or in part without previous į many tavern signboards. Even ably during the reign of Decius songs, and in this way received many victory over pagan of George's
Wangkang on the date of publication by serve all rights and forbid republications,
arrangement.
is
from
The young
he idola had delivered
which his
King Dadianus,
4 cour-
Value Of St George
theolo
With the
doubt represents
ents either yet he occupies an important (249 AD.), one of the most severe fresh accretions. It should be re- "Princess" no
persecutors of The membered that of the position in the Church calendar, cunstances of his torturing, and celestial armies, with white-clad sol- example and pro WAKE UP HONGKONG !
second only to that held by the death, as Wallis Budge states, "must
have been of a very unusual char- diers on white horses, were not new fro
or perhaps the Christian Faith in TUNBRIDGE Wells is a town apostles.
acter, otherwise his name would not or startling to Eastern people, whose general, of which he Wis such a in southwest Kent. It has a Within the last few years it. hus have continued to live in legend and ancestors for two thousand years had ngeous soldier. Very abundant in believed in the miraculous interven the world's literature are these singu-
lar population of approximately 36, come to be recognised by Orientalists fable for so many centuries.
These few facts we have mention- tion of God in battle. Even the stars and charming legends of a deadly and hagiographers that our western
monster and victorious man, 000,-a considerable percentage versions of his history and martyred are the only historic ones on which in their courses are said to have
we can found his life-history, and of which are middleclass small-dom are based on eastern texts of " they cannot be said to come from fought against Sisera, and the Book much earlier dateSyriac, Coptic, early documents. The oldest martyr. of the Maccabees contains many, town tradesmen,-no industries,
There have, of course, been many Arabic, and. Ethiopic-and that only ologium known (AD. 412), pre similar stories. We are reminded of
theologians and scholars who have no big commercial concerns, pic-a study of the latter can reveal the served in the British Museum, omits the legends and superstitions which thotted to this cult of St George and his name. The first mention of him turesque
accurred during the Great War-how have branded it as idolatrous, Marin scenery, chalybeate authentic facts of his history. Many occurs in the famous Decree of Pope the Maid of Orleans had been seen Luther, Tilenus, Melunchthon, Cra-
scholars, by thus examining the Gelasius and his council of seventy at the head of the French troops, and canthorpe, Calvin, springs, local rates of 8/10d in original sources, have largely suc- two bishops, which was issued la
and others con- the £, and income tax of ten ceeded in extricating the truth from Rome in 494. This decree forbade how angels in the guise of soldiers sidered it obnoxious. Some
In their zeal, have gone the teries side with the British army, at Mont. Jagth of denying
ng George's existence, shillings-in-the-£; in the course the tangle of legendary fiction with the reading of such fabulous historics had been observed lighting side by
as those of Cyriacus, Julitis, and of one week recently it raised which it has become overgrown. George, and is thus a very important
and the great historian Edward Gib Herbert Thurston, John E. Matzke, document, for it shows that, even Meaning Of The Dragon bon did much barra, £510,244 (over HK$7,700,000) Krumbacher, J. B, Aufhauser, W. F. before the end of the fifth century,
confusing
him spparxandria, who Volbach, Dr G. F. Hill, Miss M. H. the story of George's martyrdom had story of the Dragon in St George's bure the same name. It would have
It is not easy to account for the Arlan in a special war effort.
archbishop of Bulley, Karl Kunstle, G. J. Marcus, become mixed with Impossible history. In numerous vignettes and been better if these leamed critica Hongkong is a highly prosper-Sir B. A. Wallis Budge, and others legends and crude fables,
paintings he is represented as mount- had taken the trouble rather to DA the ous outpost of the British Em-have written exhaustively
ed on a white horse and spearing a the oriental versions, and to disert The result is that no com- subject.
How Legends Arose hideous dragon. There seems noth tangle, in a calm and reasonable pire. It has a population of petent authority now doubts that a
existed. All It is on these few historic facts, ing unusual in his riding on a horse fashion, the true story from the real historical George
with a nearly 2,000,000,-a percentage the evidence avaliable goes to show drawn mostly from the original lance, for he is known to have been overiaid it. After all, the real facts,
and being armed
spear of
or legendary absurdities which of which represent the world's that the legend in its oldest form Oriental versions, that all the extra- cavalry soldier, but he is described though twisted and garbled and wealthier classes, thriving in contains the true history of a Chris- vagant legends of St George have in some legends as slaying a monster choked with fable, give us an inter- dustries, immensely successful tian martyr, which was written
picture of an early Christian a scaly body, frightful teeth,
teeth, esting conimercial institutions,
Christians for the Information by been built, and it is easy to see how
development took place. His cav pic-
end the
cavernous jaws,
who flery breath, terrible
was porsecuted and instruction of the Christian Church, tomb would become an object of pil- claws, and forked wings and tall.
for his falih in
Christ. turesque scenery, local rates of on this history were grafted a num- grimage, and, as the years passed by. The only
reasonable 17 per cent. of the rateable value ber of legends of gods, heroes, and those who visited it would fancy seems to be that this dragon was this account alone, and of property, salaries leave, a bag doing inal themel ver cunt of certain diseases. King Dadionul, aho tortured and das unter chumatorem compolines One business profits tax (inequitable form of the story was largely de- Every unusual thing that happened capitated him. Probably the writers fight of Truth against Error, Right in operation) and a properties stroyed in the process. Hence it has at It or in the church would be re of his life felt that this pagan king's against Wrong, Good against Evil- come to pass that for most people, as garded as miraculous. The credul- treatment of St George was ab In the great war of a divided universe, tax; in the space of ten months, Marcus says, "St George is no more dus scribe who wrote his life would famous that only n representation of coming to final issue upon this little Hongkong has contributed 81,- than a name traditionally associated magnify, unintentionally perhaps, the a huge dragon could portray him world of ours 847,260 in a special war effort with dragons." to purchase bombers.
And if this recital of com-
Real Facts
gossip
with n
We
bave
HIN
be-
explanation memory deserves to be honoured, on
are Prepared!
Extract from a Message by
events at the tomb, and would in- corporate all the local plous and the imaginary stories of his powers. In this way, the martyr- parative facts does not make The simple facts, as separated from saint of Lydda soon became a nation- Hongkong heartily ashamed of the accretions of legend and fable, al hero, possessing all the powers at itself, it is difficult to conceive are that George of Lydda, more com tributed to gods and demi-gods, and anything that will. In fact, the monly known as George of Cappa Moses, Elijah, Michael the Archangel, in course of time was identifled with comparison between the war docia, was the only son of
Wealthy effort not only voluntary, but sheik at Lydda In Palestine, who was Marduk and Tammuz of Babylonia,
Christian and a a provincial ruler Horus and Re of Egypt, and other THE RT HON. LORD QUEENBOROUGH, G.B.E. compulsory-of the. inland under
the Romans. After being solar gods and heroes. watering spa of Tunbridge trained in athletics, he joined the Wells and the Empire jewel of local army his boldness, and by his of Christendom the scribes found it. in which he distinguished actual dragon, but as the great hero The truth is that he fought no
Hongkong is so' palpably to the ill in military exercises. On the necessary to invent one for him. In night when armed men break the integrity.of our shores, is ayid of that. disadvantage of the latter, that death of his father, he approached further comment is well nigh the Roman Governor with the view this semi-divine character, as hour. Germans may land; none will re-embark. They may come; they.
but soldier-saint par excellence, the superfluous.
himself
President of the Royal Society of St. George ".....Britain is prepared, and far from shrinking from the day or
of obtaining his father's position," but "we man of Christ," we can under may not return. For a German host there can be no Dunkirk, plea viewed with intense disfavour, and the fact that he was a Christion was
Of course, Tunbridge Wells,
how he came to appeal frre- "On sea and In the air we have now superiority, if not of actual num. like a dozen of similar towns in on refusing to offer sacrifice to the sistibly to Christians in every coun- bers, certainly of moral. On land, there has never been a doubt that man England, has been blasted by pagan gods he was
try, and how his life-history, though for-man, the Briton, be he native to these islands or a deferder sent from tortured, and
full of absurd events, fantastle de Nazi bombs, and that might eventually put to death.
and Incredible miracles, was
the younger Britain overseas, is supzitor to the German. There will not make a bit of difference to the buried at Lydda (Hebrew Lod, now attitude of its townsfolk con- Ludd, about fifteen miles south-east the idea that it was conducive to weight of metal on which a German victory would depend, cerning the necessity of contri-
plety and
"But, it may well be that Herr Hilter and his entourage will think cang in This was the as for back as the buting their maximum' to tho than ever before. In His history, seventh century for his cult is ro Jet again before putting all to the deadly test of such an attempt it have to wait to how wing of Beligin and her, Empire, of which formed to by the Venerable Bede in may well be that the most fence tile of this war will drive East and South
know what real Hongkong is a part the loyalty of came the Patron-Saint of Christen- the Axis to pivot on that pele.
his Martyrology 730.) He be East and that the grotesque humillation of Signor Mussolini will compet war is before it shakes itself out of its nelf-satisfied, smug com- Tunbridge Wells is being duplicated
dom
the Warrior of God, the De- in overy elty, town and Village in fender of the wronged, the Deliverer "I that be so, then the growing superiority of Britain....must spell placency to make a just con- England to-day. Lot Hongkong fol- of the oppressed, the Protector of sure defeat for the Nails, a defeit not inflicted without stasio effort and tribution to the winning of the low that example. Those who can widows and orphans, and the Champ heavy loss to us, but `n defeat, costein and fluat, war? It is high time people must give, until
really meansion of the poor and needy. He
their duty and responsibili- the Trinity, so that people.
He was tally read in the churchés, under be here, as there was in France and the Low Countries, that heavier'
The example of
He was
"These brave words Imply, as all brave words must, that no vigil
Churchill's leadership grows in strength: not since the days of the younger
Hidats cost. of living, the strain ottles must be, ruthlessly. Tought out [where; on 'son and land,Sitt
has one man commanded so fulk a loyalty. What law. malcontents here stopped bleating about the C to
them: 'those who are levan regarded as the Intercessor Wanco will bo relaxed, no effort weakened. Of this we van de aura. P
for concessions in tax payments, the keeping families in Austrails, the nd made to honour their obligations, God's help in the name of St.
injustices of Usis, and Inequalities of Otherwise Mr. Winston Churchill's When the story was spread of how existed outside....have been converted to unity by the errors and horrors the other. These would be, in peaceous words, "This was their finest he miraculously helped the Crusaders of Nazism, on the one hand, and the palpable righteousness of the cause ime, reasonable plaints, but there an hour" can never be applied to in the battle of Antloch and in their which stateamen of the calibre of Mr Churchill and President Rodavalt a war on to-day threatening more: Hongkong”
sore struggle with the Saracens, It is embody and sustain, on the other hand,
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