Sunday's Dedication at the Cathedral by Bishop Molony Holy Trinity Cathedral memorial chapel was dedicated on Sunday in the presence of a very large congregation and with a simple but impressive form of service. The memorial chapel is a beautiful addition to the Cathedral, and a fitting shrine for over 200 Shanghai men, whose names are commemorate in letters of gold, who gave their lives in the Great War. The. service opened with the process sional, "OQ God our help in ages past," and there followed the usual form of morning service, prayers being said by the Rev. W. W. Robbins. The Rt. Rev. H. J. Molony, Bishop in Mid-China, then proceeded to the memorial chapel accompanied by the other clergy, present, Dean Symons and the Rev. C..£. Spencer, the choir meanwhile singing the Contakion, which was beautifully rendered, and dedicated the memorial in the following words; "In the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ we dedicate this chapel to the glory of God and in memory of those who gave their lives for God, King and Country in the Great: War.
in the name of the Father, and ct the Son and of the Holy Ghost, Amen.??
The roll of honour was then. read out by the Dean, and after a prayer had been said by Bis-Lop Molony, the choir sang The lant hearts, who to your glory came Yhrongh dust of conflict and through battle flame; Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved, Your memory hallowed in the land you loved."?
A striking address, admirably appropriate to the occasion, was then delivered by Bishop Molony Rev. wit, 11.—"They Loved not Their Life even unto Death."
To-day we have dedicated to the glory of God the memorials contained in that beautiful Chapel. "To the glory of God" because God was glorified in the death of those noble men commemorated there. They loved not their lives, but gave them gladly at the call of God and King, country and duty, and they proved again that sacrifice of self is the highest service that man can render to his fellow and the greatest moral force in the world. All the men whose names are blazoned there in gold went west and their bodies fiz there in the consecrated earth of Flanders and France or other battle fronts, or in the deep sea The only exceptions are the great Consul, whose wise plans and heartening words did so much send them and to steady us, and the chaplain who went, and returned to his duty here, and Soon afterwards passed away in Canada.
These 210 men and 1 woman were our greatest contribution to the cause of right in the Great War, and, though they will soon be more
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