Non·Members can obtain this publication from the Hon. Secretary, post free, 2/. per annum.

DECEMBER, 1922.

Soutb Plac~ €tbical SOCi~t", South Place, Moorgate, E.C.2

Ob,ecl or the SocIety •

.. T he Object of the Society is the cultivation of a rational religious sentiment, the study of ethical principles, and the promotion of hu man welfare, i n harmony with a d vancing know led ge. "

MEMBERSHIP'. Any person in sympathy with the Object of the Society i. cordinlly invited to become

" member . The amount of subscription is optional, with a minimum ot 28. Gd. per quarter , or 10s. per annuom. Any person interested in the Society'S work, but not wishing to becom .... m"mber, may.join as an ASSOCIATE, the minimu lt' 6Ubscr iption being 5s. per annu m. Further particmlar" may be obtruned in t he Librar y before and n fto r the Sunday service, or on application to the Hon. Registr ar , Mi ... L. BURK£, South Place Institut.., Finsbury, E.O.2.

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES. The following DISCOURSES will be delivered on Sunday mornings,

Service beginning at ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

November 26.-8. K. RATCLIFFE.-The Centenary of Matthew Arnold, Anthem. { 1. Where'er you walk .. . ... '"

2. 0 OOme everyone that thirsbetlt ...

{ No. 142. Oreep in to tllY nar row bed. No. 144. We cann ot kindlo w hen we wi ll (2nd

December 3 - C. DELlS LE BURNS, M.A.-Freedom and Law.

Hy mn. tune).

Antbeme { 1. Of old ant ];'rIledom on t be heights ... 2. Walk ye on in love and t r uth ...

{ No. 207. Men I whose boast it is t hat ye . No. 5. Britain's fi rst poet.

H ymn.

December 10.-S. K. RATCLIFFE.-The Confes'ion of a Liberal • • Anthem. { L One by one '" 2. Thro' earth nnd heaven

{ No. 64. A n oh ler order yet " hall be . No. 6. '< Truth is great, nnd mU8t prevail I ..

Hymns

December l7.-JOHN A. HOBS ON, M.A.- China in the Modern World. Anthem s { 1. The worldly llOpe ... ... '"

2. How lovely ar e t he mt>.90nger.s '"

{ No . 70. T he outworn rite, t h ' old abuse. H ymns No. 216. Forward I the day ia breaking.

December 24. - No Service.

December Sl. - JOSEPH McCABE.- Blshop Gore on God

... H andel M e'lldelBBoh'll

TrotLp Spoll r

... SiltU

... RubinBtNn

Lisa L pltmann M ellde/BBo /m

Anthbm. { 1. God is a spirit.. . ... ... ... 2. Be watchful ot your liberties ...

{ No. 211. To meroy, r.ity, pence and love. Hymns No. 215. A little Ohlld, "in bul rush ark.

Ste! ... dale BI'IlIU'tt Mt'71del BvlO/m

OruaniBt : H. S.IITB WEDSTEB, 5S, Loraine Road, N.7. Vi.itor. aro invited to obtain inlormation ,evardlllV th. Societv in th. Ubra'll "" Sunday m0771tnv • . A Ooll. ction i. made at eaoh Sorv,ce. to O'Ilable tho .. pr ... nt to oontribut. to th • .. ;pen.c. Of tit_ Society Oyc/i.h dOlirinv to attend the Service, are inlormed that the Oommitt •• hav. "'ad •

• rTonqt ml'nt. for houling th eir machineB in the ba,emcnt.

The Building Is to be let lor Meetings, etc. Forms 01 Application may he had 01 the Caretaker, 11, South Place, E.C.; and when "lied up should be sent to Mr. N. Lldstone, 98, Blackstock Road , Flnsbury Park, N.4.

The Chapel Is licensed lor Marriages.

Arrangements can be made lor the conduct 01 Funeral ServIces on application to the Secretary.

L-

2 Lending Library.

The Lending Library i. open lre~ to Members 01 the Society on Sunday mornings belore and after the Services. Assoctates and Non-1I1embers 01 tbe Society may under certain conditions be granted the use 01 the. Library upon payment 01 a subscription 01 28. bd. per aonum. Tbe Catalogue, includmg a supplement for 1905·7, is on sale, price 6d. Subscriptions towards the purchase and repair of books arc invited.

{ WALLIS MANSFORD, Cherry Tree Court, 53, AJdersgate Street, E.C.I.

Hon. L;bra.-ian. F. JAMI!S, 302, Dn.!ston Lane, Hackney, E.B. Mi.oll. L ... NGEL ... .AN. ~H. Douglas ]toad. N.l.

'l'rea8l1re,.... Mu. BTiV&"., His, C1apt.on Common, E.6.

Esperanto eircle. Every Sunday, <lxoept De<l<lmoor 24, fmm 3.3{}-O p.m., conver<;atiOMI practice, tring­

ing and discll.>sion, in Esperanto. Light refrClShm<lllts.-A. W. BIUDIIllOOK, Ho'll. Scc1"etary, DJ Outoombe MansiolllS, S.E.5.

Soiree. The next Monthly SoiJr6e will be held on Monday, Deoomber 11, at 6.30 p.m.,' \Vh"'"

Mr. HAROLD l'ICTON will give n lantern lectu.r.e on "'1'he Old and N;,w pirit in Ger­man Art." Song.. by . Light rdre.shm(nts.-Mr •. JAM"S, Ho'll. Secretary, 30'2, Dalston Lane, E.B.

ehildren's Socials. The third Children'. Social will be held on Friday, December 15, from 5 p.m. to

7 p.m. All children will be welcome nnd are invited to bring their young fri"nds. There will be gau-es and " surprise. A oharge of 4d. each will be mode for t"",. Mrs. Overy and Miss Burke will be plCJlo8<'d to receive dOllJl.tiollS towards tho expc.n.sre. aud gifts of cak.,.., etc.

1tnnual ebildren's lI'arty. The annun.! Ohildren's Party ,viiI be held on TucE<1uy, Jnnuary 0, 5.3().....8.00 p.m.,

when th£'r06 will be go.me.s and dn.ncing and Do U Picrrotic Divcrtisa-e.rrcnt," by "rl"he Last Hope" musical troupe. l'uxthcr particulars next month. Tick;,ts: Ohildren, 1 •. ; Mult., 18. Od.; from MrB. Jam"". A party to 200 poor children of the L.O.O .• "hool. will be held ti,e following evening. SubsoriptiO'l1& invited.

Tuesday EVening 'Discussions. 7.30-9.30 p.m.

Deoomber 5.-The Philosophy of Educlltion. R. ll"hworth, RA. December 12.-Dl~fence of Oatholicism. M.,mbcr of Oatholic Evidenoo Guild. December 19.-Esperanto in Modern Life. M. O. Butler.

Hon. Secretary, J. J. MWPHY, 12, Caversham Rood,-N.W.5. Theatre lI'arties.

Saturdny, December 2.-" The Old Vio" (J.\ntony and Oleopatra); mCj)t outside, 1.30 p.",.

Sn~ur<1ay, December IO.-Savoy Theatre (Ambrosc Applejohn'o Adventure); me<>t fit Gallery Door, 1.15 p.m.

1I1ls. F. ,r. Simons has undertaken the organisation of those delightful pnrVi<l8 nnd nppen.!. to members and fri<>nds to help to make th"m a succrss.

lIon. Secretary, Miss P. J. SIMONS, 41, WigHmnn Roo" NA. Sunday Popular eoncert8 (I!b .. mber Mu.lc).

Tho THIRTY-SEVENTH SEASON will be continued every Sunday evening (except Decembcr 24 nnd 3I).

November 2G.-Tbe Modern String Quartet (Mc"",rs. J. H. Grf'Onbnnm, O. \Woldo Warner, A. ;Blll.kemore, B. Levey). Solo Pianotort'f}: T'oca'i.t:

McEwcn~8 .. Bis·soy U Quartet t Schmrann's Qunrbet in A mojor. D."ember 3.-0rchestral Ooncert by the South Plnce Orch<!6tro.. Conductor, Mr.

Riohard H. Walthew. Solo Pian%rtl': . Poealist: . Sobumann'a Cl Genoveva" Overture, D\"o.rok's . ympbnny in G, WnJthew'l8 11 Frie,nd Fritlz .. Overture, QllBnty'a Concerto in G for Fluoo .and Strings, etc.

Dooembu 10.-C6sn.r Franck Oeont~I1"ry Oon""rt. December 17.-The Kutoher String QUArtet (M'",srs. Samuel Kutcher, .Tuliu. no.sen­

thai, Frank Howard, Giovnnni Bnrhirolli). Pianoforte: Miss Ethel Bartktt [In(1 lIfr. Rn<. Robertson. Vocalixt: MW. E<1ith Bnrtl tt.

Deocmber 2~ and D.""mber 31.-No O.)DCll'ts. For further particulars scc rrog-rnmm(\CJ, Doors open at 6.10 p.m. Con<l<lrts begin ut 6.30 o'clook. AmlISSION FRP.E WITll cor.lECTION. Note.-Rendy at the Con"ert on Sunduy Evening, December 3: Tmn£.l'er-

"ble Tickets. odmitting to R",,,,,rvffi Sellts for 14 Conc.<'rts, from ,Tnnun.ry 7 to April 15. 1923 (except En.ter Sunday. A pril I). 30. 6<1. ench (including- tAX). Pro­g~nm""". subscription, 30. xtr.a. Appliolltion may nlso be mnde to th<' Hon. 'rreo"lITcr of the Oonoc'-rts, F . A. Hawkins, ]3, 'rhur!ow P.nrk Rond, Dulwich, S.E.21, nccompnni.cd hv remittance n.nrl atnmf\('(i nrldros~cn nvoJopc, nno Q. st,ltnpccl postcnrd if nn ncknowlcdg mOllt is rerpdrcrl before the tirkpt,5\ nro Ront

For Advertiscm.ents of th~ Oonccrts see "Dnily Tdcgrnph" and .. Daily Hernld" every Saturdny.

1fr. Richnrd H. Wolthew'. Tbr.., J..,ectures on "1'he Development of Ohamber Music" mny bp hnd. price 6d. net complete. Post fr!'c 7~d.

mrr ittce M<'<'ting on SundRy, D~c'·mber 10 (not 3). at 5 p.m. Hon. Treas. : FRA.NK JI. llAWKINS l~. 'l'hl1rlow Pnrk RORrl, Dulwich, S.E.21. Hon. Sec. : ALFRFn.1. CI."MI.'NTS. B. Flnch'oy Wn..". N.~. Hon. Asst. Sec. : lIfrs. CLE~mN'·s.· • Flnehle.\" Way, N.~.

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The 9 p.m.

South "lace «!>rchestra (TwentY- SIxth Season). Conductor : RICHARD H. WALTHEW.

subscription for the 5<)""on is 10s. Praotic"" are held every Friday from 7 to

Ladies and gentletten desirous of jOining the Orchestra oBhDuld apply to the Hon. Secretary.

Two Concerts will be R"iven during the Season, th" first on December 3, 19"..2, and tb., ..,cond on Alarch 25, 1923.

Hon SecretlJ"'J, AUTHUR A. JERlIr, 6, Crossway, Xing81n.nd, N .IO. =

NOTES. Commencing with the January issue, Mr. F. W. Read has kindly

consented to under take the oompilation of the MONTHLY LIST. 'Will Secretaries of SUb-Committees please note that all matter for insertion should be if possible, in Mr. Read's hands by tbe 15th of the month, and in any ~ase not later tban tbe last Sunday but one in the month?

\Ve wish to draw the special attention of m€Illbers to the Special General Meeting on December 14, as per notice enclosed, wbich is to be fOllOWed by a discussion on "The New South Place." It is hoped tbat tbere will be a large attendance. .

'Ye record with deep regret the sudden death, from beart failure, on November 7, in Kobe, Japan, of Mr. Robert Young, Editor of the " Japan Chronicle." At the unday morning service on November 12, Mr. F. \V. Read referred to the passing of Mr. Young, and spo.>ke of his work in ] apan and his services to tbe Society. Mr. l{ead's address is printed in tbe December" Humanist. ,. Below will be found a short memoir by Mr. 'Vm. Rawlings. F . M. O.

MR. ROBERT YOUNG AS I KNEW HIM. The news of the sudden death of Mr. Robert Young comes as a great

shock and sorrow, and the South Place SOCiety loses in hi-n one of its best and most devoted friends. I do not quite know the period of his membership, but he was certainly a member during several years of Dr. Con way's ministry, and until Dr. Con way's df>.ath was his intimate friend and admirer. The number uf members who can remembE'r South Place before Dr. Conway's first retirement is, alas, getting velY few .

T knew very little of Mr. Yc·ung apart from his ass().~iation with South Place, and of this alone can 1 speak. He was exceedingly modest and retiring, notwithstanding his ~trength of character, his activity of mind, his fertility of idea, and his earnestness of purpose. This fact is made manifest when I remember that we were fellow-members for very many years before we became personally acquainted. We were only intimate friends after I be-:ame Treasurer of the Society. The filling of this post very Soon made me realise how generous a friend South Pla.:e had in Mr. Young. There was no fund for any good purpose to which he did not give his liberal support. And he gave earnest thought as well aa financial help. He was full of ideas of a practical nature. In Ihe Course of years and in m!J.ny difficult times he sent me from botn sides of the globe long letter' full of suggestions and propositions, which were mest helpful in solving problems in the working of the ociety. Distance made no differ­ence in his thought of Soutb Place. During his life in Japan, South Place and its welfare was always one of his main concerns, ,md he made a point of keeping himself iu the closest possible touch with its proceedings.

J always think of Mr. Young as a true disciple of Dr. Conway: .lS

one who had, by nature or by acquisition, many of the same traits and characteristics. He h1.d an intense love of liberty; liberty of thought, of speech and action. He was oulspoken in his condemnation of all forms of nppnssion, national, state, religious, or social. He was fervent in hi~ desire for international peace, being practically" it peace a t any price" man; and, ahls (the irony of it), he l o~t a dear son in the great war, making in this way bis sacrifice in the fight against aggression :tad terrorism. A true lever of liberty must of necessity be a lover of his fe ll ow-man. This Mr. Younll' was. He cid all tbat in him lay, by voice and ren, to further every just caus~, to right ever y wrong, to remvve ever y obstacle to perSonal happiness, to social and national welfare. He did all this quietly, but forcefully and with effect.

I t is given tq very few to do more. ' VM. RAWl.INCS.

HeNeR1lRY eFFH~ERS. 7'reMurer ... ... O. H. LISTER, 21, Abbolt. Park Road, Leyton, E.IO . .s •• "tMt.. { MRS. C. FLE'l'OHER SMITH. 35. Stutlon Way. Letcbworth.

_. F. M. OVER'l', 36, Co.terbo.m !toad, L~wil:lbam, ::S.B.13 . S.mda" Lectl£re Secretary E. W. RUn, 65, Rarley Road, Harleaden, N.W.IU.

R'1~~~c~~t:~ M.mh" .~~} MISS L. BuuB, 131 Sunderland Road. Foreat Hill. S.E.2:I.

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WALLIS 111>""oRn. Oherry Tree Court, 53, A.lder8gate St .• E.O.I. Libr .. rian. ... F. Jums. 902, Dalston Lane, Hackney. E.8.

MISS H. LANGELAAN 26. Douglas Hoad. N.I.

Secretaries of Sub.(!ommlttee •. F. BHRl1lRT MJ.N8rOBD. Waldeu, Kingsend, Ruislip. ALrRBn J. CLU'ENTS, 8, Finchley Way. Finable,., N.S. J. J. MURPHY, 12, Caversham Road, N.W.5. Mis. A. CARPE~TER, 356, Oumden Uoad, N.7.

E. SNBLLING, 8, Amberl.y Road, Leyton, E.I0.

BUllc1lng Concert Discussions Members ... MUSIC Publioatlon. Rambles Soiree

W. T . WlXCKY, 6~. GrovelRnda Road, Palmers Green , N.13. Mrs. F. JUIES. 302, Do.lston Lane, Hackney, E.B.

e(!)MMITTEB.

JOHN ALDRED MISS V. A. ALEX~NDER MISS L. BURn

MISS H. Ll"GBLU" MRS. LIDs'roNK N. LIDS'I'ONE

F. M. OVERY C. J. POLLARD F. W. lIEAD

My,s A. OARPENTER MISS R. HALLS MRs. JAl'"S

MRS. LISTER O. )jJ. LISTltR MRS. HCLYOlKB MAnSD J. J. MvnPHY

n. E. SNELLlNG MRS. STEVENS A. S. TOM.

F. JUIES

Cha.nges of Address: Mr. and Mr". J. RoNEY, Oak Lod!!"'. Poynder'. Road, S.W.4. Mr. H. W. UNTllANK, Jun .• Munimpa\ Collie!!"" B(}urnemouth. Mr. H. WILBt, 177, Whitechapcl Rorul, E.I.

New Members: Mi.ss E. GOODWIN, 20. Evet'sholt Stroot, N.W.I. Mr. M. O. MeN .. ,ARA, 25, EV01'9holt Street, N.W.l.

Dea.th: Novomber 7-At Kohe, Japan, Mr. ROBtmT YOUNG , ll.ll'<'d 64.

THE HUMANI ST. An Organ of the Ethical Movement.

Issued under the auspices of the Ethical Union, the South Place Ethical Society, and the Ethical Church.

Edited by ,A. SMITH and C. J. POLLARD. Published monthly, Price Threepence.

On Sale at the Book Tables.

OI1lRY FeR DEeEMBER.

DECEMBER DECEMBER I Orchestra Practice 7.0 p.m. 14 Special Members' Meet-2 Theatre Party: " Old ing ... 6.30 p.m.

Vic." 1.30 p.m. IS Children's Social 5.0 p.m. 3 Service II.O a.m. 15 Orchestra Practice 7·op.m. 3 Esperanto Circle 3.30 p.m. 16 Theatre Party: Savoy 3 Popular Concert 6.30 p.m. Theatre ... LIS p.m . 5 Tuesday Discussion 7.30 p.m. 17 Service 1 l.0 a.m. 7 Genera I Committee 17 Esperanto Circle 3.30 p.m.

meets 6.30 p.m. 17 Popular Concert b.30 p.m. 8 Orchestra Practice 7.0 p.m. 19 Tuesday Discussion 7.30 p.m.

10 Service H.O a.m. 22 Orchestra Practice 7.0 p.m. 10 Esperanto Circle 3.30 p.m. 2<j. No Service. 10 Popular Concert 6.30 p.m. 29 Orchestra Practice 7·0 p.m. II SOIree 6,30 p.m. 31 Service 11.0 a.m. u Tuesday Discussioll 7.30 p.m. 31 Esperanto Circle • •• 3.30 p.m_