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CONN. GENERAL ASSOCIATION
z92D ANNUAL MEETING HELD At
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
Large Attendance and Much Interest In
the Gathering-Notable Addresses by
Prominent Clersymen-The Service
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Morning.
The 1929 annual, meeting of the Cen
eral Association of Connecticut opened
at Plymouth church, West Chapel
street yesterday morning. The ses-
sions will close this noon. There was
an attendance of nearly 100 clergymen
from various parts of the state. Rev.
C. A. Northrup of Norwich was moder-
ator, Rev. Bert L. York of Bridgeport
scribe and Rev. Edmund A Burnham
of Stafford Springs assistant scribe,
At the morning session yesterday an
address of welcome was given by Rev.
William w. McLane, pastor of the
church, and the retiring moderator,
Rev. William w Holman of Southport,
made brief address, reviewing the
work of the association last year
The afternoon session opened with
singing and prayer, after which was
read the report OF a special committee
on the proposed Horace Bushnell mem
orial, which will occur in 1902 1t rec
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Hartford and that the following papers
be read: THE Bushnell Controversy"
by Rev. A. S. Cheeseborough; Bush
nell and Christian Nurture" by Rev.
DR. r. r. Munger: "BushnelPs Work
and Plan as Preacher and Theologian,"
by Professor Williston Walker;
'tBushnell; the Man and the City" by
Rev. C. IT. Clark "reminiscences of
Bushnell in Private and Personal Rela-
tons" by Rev. DIR. E. P. Parker and
Rev Joseph III. Twichell.
Regarding the fund for ministers it
was decided that a single collection will
be taken in all churches during the
year the proceeds to be devoted to the
national relief fund, and, in addition,
the regular annual donation for the
Connecticut fund will also be taken.
The standing committee for next
year was elected as follows: Rev. ]. H.
Twichell of Hartford, Rev. j. W. Coop
err of New Britain Rev. w. A. Holman
of Southport, Rev. w. DeLoss Love of
Hartford, Rev Joel S. Ives of Hart
ford.
The first address of the afternoon
was given by Rev. Joseph II. Selden of
Greenwich on "Social and Spiritual
Conditions Confronting the Preacher"
He spoke at length on the changes
which have grown more radical year
by year and took rather pessimistic
view of the situation. But Make Jesus
King" furnishes our spiritual watch
word and should be strictly lived up to.
Rev. Roscoe Nelson of Windsor fol-
lowed with an address on Preaching
Demanded in the Twentieth Century,"
saying that the demand of the present
day is for all kinds of preachers, giving
a confusing variety of preaching. The
minds of the people are furnished with
new conceptions, and the question is
how shall we conceive the preaching
demanded by these conditions? We
should preach the sovereignty of God,
personal and absolute. This century
needs a new theology, Of magnificent
proportions. Preachers have lost the
hold on authority they once had; the
sting is out of it; people no longer fear
eternal punishment Chrst's authority
must be conveyed to the minds Of the
people. The chief element of a preach
er's authority is derived from Christ
Informal discussion followed in which
several clergymen participated briefly.
Rev. Russell T. Hall of New Britain
said that the sense of authority in
preaching has died in a great many in
stances; the preacher breaches himself |
or his college professor or somebody
else rather than Jesus Christ. We |
should regard ourselves as ambas
sailors Of Christ with a strictly |
personal message to deliver; then |
we would not lie awake Sunday |
nights regarding our work as INSULT |
cient and bearing no fruit We should |
preach not only future but present |
punishment Penalties and threats
should not be dispensed with. CONVEX
sions are few; we are not holding even |
our own, and we are not reaching out. |
We must stand up with the authority
of Jesus Christ behind u.s. Then we
shall have the power which now we
lack.
Supper was served in the parish
house at 5:45, the ladies of the church
presiding.
The church was well filled at the eve
ming service and two excellent address,
es were given, the first being by Rev.
Rockwell H. Potter, of Hartford OH
1.-THE Relation of the Church to Social
Reforms" The other was by Rev. Oil
yer Hart Bronson, of Simsbury, on
young Men and the Church"
Rev. Mr.. Potter said that the church
which fails to recognize the social
changes and conditions of our times is
out of tune. 1t is fact and it must
be recognized. To get men into heaven
we must get heaven into men. There is
such a thing as social gospel; no long
err do we think of men merely as indi-
viduals. In social reform three things
should be regarded: A recognition of
the things that ought to be; a resogni-
ton of the things that are; and move
ment from one to the other. Through
all the days that are gone the church
has led the way over every foot of the
ground toward social reform. Proclaim
1t, declare it, reiterate it. The church
is a leader in social roferm. 1t is the |
things that ought to be, not the things
that are that inspire reformation. Only
n this way do we see the things that ,
Are and how they may be bettered. The
world has never known it's wretched-
ness and sin save as the church has ,
lifted the eyes of the people to the !
things that ought to be- When the ,
deal has been seen, and the thing that | :
s has been realized, then comes the :
all for power to advance the move | ,
nent and push it toward completion. | :