Service for Seafarers at the Cathedral Holy Trinity Cathedral was thronged on Tuesday night with British naval officers, bluejackets, sailorman of all nationalities, members of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, Consular representatives and the general public, who attended the special national service for sea-farers, The bluejackets were the larg eventually be killed by poisonous aees, That was just what was happening to the world We vould net Kye without oxygen. We were trying to live none the luss on those poisonous gases—vin, power and materialism, The failed deliberately to "tand s own feet. God had a mes-we for us that night. In can-dering that—message, the proad said there were present presentatives of thr great, vices—the fighting services, the t commercial service and consular serv To you men of the fish he continued. "God's message is this: He calls upon to go and fight a battle now a rst men, the battle of which he world is sick and tired, bale against the things ch make war, the things like est contingent, but prominent cyueity. hatred and self-seeking."
the congregation were the To the men of commerce he officers of the S.V.C.. including jured them not to leave out of its Com ut, Col, W. FIT. bill of lading the greatest Gordon, ca... 1.8.0.. and other store of alk—they must not leave the uniform of mem- God, the. greatest. passenger of bers of the crew the Hon. all, behind, the consular richt Fantdme. ials present. r represented—the Consulate - General. There were representatives from the French Consulate-General and si" other Consulates.
The Rev. A. F. Hamilton, was the preacher. Other officio ing clergy were Dean Symons, the rT. W. Mall, Pert' Chaplain, W. Robbins and the Rev, ud, Pastor of Union God desired them to represent, their country as His re-They must be bound together with that one aim in dealing with all with whom they came in contact.
Finally all in the—church that night should remember the Prince of Wales's words, ''Pull together each for all, and all for each."
The service closed with the singing of "O God, our help in ages past," and a verse from the National Anthem.
Before the service Mr. R. C. Young gave a shaft recital—César Franck's Chorale in A minor which was of a character. began "O be joyful in old God is. great."
ridered by the chair, riging of the hymn Re 3 a Hamilton to save."
characterized—the—services as wonderful and unique.—Firstly the congregation were not ati of ionality. Secondly they from the Y corners of Probably most of rt to the four earth within a very ater. but they had al!
ther for a solemn hour e common aim. to render thanks to God, to render thanks for the great benefits received at His hands. and "Evening Song' (Bairstow).
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