Rev. E. S. Ulyat on the Connection between the Bible and the. Sea; An xeellent Service A beautiful service which elicited that special admiration always reserved by the public for His Majesty's Navy and for soa-faring folk in general a most liberal policy in general was held at the Cathedral fon Wednesday evening, and was attended by a large gathering including, besides the general public, units rom the various British men-in port and members of the mereantile marine, Admiral Sir Reginald] Tyrwhitt entered the Cathdral accompanied by Sir Sidney Barton, British Consul-General, and Judge] Peter Grain. Col. Gordon, command ing the 8.V.C., was also present.
The service was preceded at 8.40] by an organ recital given by Mr. R. C, Young and much of the veness of the occasion can to this musical pro-
Shir, Young played the' "Allegro mie.
'Marziale" by F. Bridge, the "Ves-ott, "Scherzo", by vague in 'E' Flat) 'St, Ann' by-Bach, The order of service consisted of Hymn 165, followed by prayers and Psalm No, XLVI. The Lessons were read by Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhift and Commander Rolfe Symons and the Rey. T.
Seamen's Chaplain of the port, also} took part in the service The sermon war preached by the Rov. ES, Ulyat, a, 22N., Chaplain of HAMS, Argus. "He based his text upon Psalm 95, ver sea is His and He made connection between the sea, Bible was outlined.
Te has been observed by more than one writer, the preacher, said in part, that in no other country' except Palestine could the Bible. have been written, If a book is to be popular must be iMustrative, and if it is to be universally popular its illus trations must be taken from the aspects of nature which are common all lands, and from nature because its emblems are the same in all-ages, The Bible is a book for} every age and for every land. No feountry in the world, for its size, ins such an extent of fauna and} flora, hecatic no country so mall has tuch a range of climate, Therefore, the Bible abounds in itlustrations. The traveller who descends from Jerusalem to the Javan valley 4g entering a climate which is absolutely tropionl, and yet ashe oaks north he can Mount Her-mon dnd with perpetual snow. Te easy therefore for anyone living in the Tropics to appreciate the symbolism of Teaiah when he writes of "the shadow of a great rock in weary Jand" and equally easy if we live in the bleak Northern! Hemisphere to understand his iltustration:—"Though your sins be as) sonnet they shall be as white as! snow"
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.