Reports that Japanese military police patrols were searching Chinese pedestrians within the Settlement were denied by a Japanese military spokesman last night.
"Their duty is to patrol and not to interfere with Chinese or foreigners," he said. The patrols were likened to those of foreign military and naval forces.
"The presence of Japanese troops in this vicinity and their frequent passage through the Settlement makes the maintenance of such patrols he added.
First Church of Christ, Scientist "Soul" was the subject of the Lesson Sermon which was read in Churches of Christ, Scientist, February 13, throughout the world.
Golden Text: Psalms 353. My soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
Among the citations which ccmprise the Lesson Sermon were the following from the Bible: "The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him... The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him... It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord." (Lamentations 3:24, 25, The Lesson Sermon also includes ; the following passage from the Christian Science Textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy.
"Soul and Spirit being one, God
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