Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-15

any difference is because they both do the same things. Their lives, ought to be distinct and separate.
 Should Not Love the World. ].
 Christians should not love the world. Their guide book--the Bible-enjoins this ,and James says to keep unspotted from the world. Mrs. Booth says that what is most needed today is antisep- tic Christians. Instead, they should be adopted into the heavenly family and have fellowship with the Father and the Son. Dr. Slough : spoke at length upon this idea of fellowship as being closer relationship than any before conceived-at once dignified and confidential. and full of love. This law of heavenly love governs the Chris tian. It is dbounoing, without con- straint, does all it can to give pleasure to others. Sin is contrary to love in every particular. It has crept in in many lives. making cold and conserva- tive Christians-not ones whose lives are consecrated to God for service to their fellow men. This brings a great responsibility to the world. There are precious lives lost in the crowds which throng the Nstrets, of those who will not come to be saved, but who must be gone in pursuit of. See the value of thse lost souls and hunt until they are found.
 pr. Slough closed with an appeal to give the heart to Christ and the life to him. The meeting closed with the singing of the hymn "Take My Life and Let It Be-
 After Meeting.
 At the after meeting eloquent short addresses were made by Rev. Dr. West of the Second Congregational church, and Rev. P. c. Wright of the Central Baptist ciiu n, who spoke of the high ideal set before them by Dr. Slough, of the desire to measure up to 1t and of the character and courage 1t will develop in men and women, through whom God will have power to move the whole community upward, as he has given in great measure to the man whom the city mourns today.
 At the Afternoon Meeting.
 tral Baptist church on Thursday Dr. Slough continued his line of thought on the value of faith, which he intro duced in the meeting the day before. Before he spoke there were a number of testimonies regarding the morning cottage prayer meetings, and a short song service was led by D. Lansing Spooner. Brief prayers were offered by several and Arthur l.. Herring sang It IS WelI with My OOui.
 Faith, declared Dr. Slough, is the basic principle upon which God works. It is an absolute necessity for the suc- cess of evangelistic effort in this city and it is fer each church member to see that it is in his own heart. With . out faith it is impossible to be in har- mony with God. Jesus never so far as we know, worked a mi-n"'0 'r''+il
 lth had been awakened. and he can no more work today. It is the barrier of unbelief that is in the way ot your city today, that is rampant in your churches. This is the desperate con- dition that Jesus meets today. Speak ing of the community at large, Dr. Slough said that it was history that back of~every other condition in the churches was the deadening unbelief that makes impossible the work of Jesus to any great extent. He could do no mighty works in some cities of Biblical times because of their belief.
 Taking the story of the raising of Lazarus. Dr. Slough dealt with the dead faith shown in the fretful, peev- ish, fault finding words of Martha: : Lord, if thou hadst been here. my brother had not died" She tallies ex- aotly with the condition of many peo- pie in this city today, whose lack of faith has made the church impotent to deal with those dead in sin. There came from Marthas lips the platitude that would come from two-thirds of the people in this town at this point in this campaign: Even now I know that whatsoever thou shalt ask of God he will give thee" Practically today we believe more in the devil than we do in God; more in the power of those things that are shackling men than in the powers of righteousness, and the proof of it is in the way we live. It isn't New England conservatism that's the matter with us. It's old-fashioned unbelief What we need to remember is that Jesus said: TT am the resurrec- tion and the life. He that believeth on me, though he. die. yet shall he live" We haven't begun to measure the possibilities of Jesus Christ to convict the world of sin. Back of these prayers and back of these meet ings is the living Christ who wants to work on these problems and will, if we have an awakened faith and trust in him.