Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-27

especially afraid of this and are a perfect picture of men and women who fear death. With these latter it is more the fear of death as police man coming to bring them to trial be- fore the bar of God. Those who have taken him for their Shepherd do not fear it-as the psalmist says-for Christ brings life and immortality.
 Sheep go astray. Men lose God. They may lose the image of God. ln- stead of walking with uprightness and integrity they bend or crawl through tortuous ways of sin. They may lose the friendship of God. They are like Saul who disobeyed God and would not let Him be the real king and then complained because God had departed from him. They may lose the knowl- edge of God. Like Paul at Athens, MT Cunningham pictured the throngs of people here in Norwich, worship ping at the various altars on our streets, with Christ lonely figure in the midst, unnoticed by them. To many people here it is true that He is the unknown God" Or they may reason falsely concerning the future and concerning their relation to God. God alone is the fixed point to take ones bearing or to blow straight fur row in life.
 Every one to his own way" He
  vantage. There is no more lonesome place than among a crowd in strange city where every one is rush. ing for himself. The spirit of selfish ness has been cultivated and men need to be taught by God the spirit of al- truism.
 The great truth of the text is that all-every one-are lost sheep, but that their iniquity has been laid upon Christ. What grace, love and divine magnanimity to make it meet on him! Why did he die? God, Herod, Judas, the thief, and the devil themselves all testified to his righteous and blameless life. But for our iniquity he was en- titled to live. He gave his life to save us. This gift of righteousness is for all. There is no reason for any one to be unsaved so far as God is concerned. Our sins are debts to God. We could never pay them of ourselves but Jesus can. and will if we will let him.
 Several were led to accept this gift at Rev. MT. Cunninghams invitation, and during MT. Herring's singing of Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling.
 Afternoon Meeting.
 At the afternoon meeting at the Cen traI Baptist church at o'clock Mir Spooner conducted the opening song SCINlCEt dllCI MlllCAl INON. 4hls ham took charge and called for re- ports from the cottage prayer meet ings. Quite a number were received.
 Prayer was the subject of Rev. Mir Cunninghams helpful but brief talk, in which he referred first to the an- tiquity of prayer, pointing out that it was no new creation by Jesus Christ, who gave the model prayer, but Christ sought to remove some of the crude conceptions as to it's nature. Prayer is the key of the day and the lock of the night. It pays to take time to pray, and we ought to believe our prayers heard and needed. Prayer is to be perservering also and honest. It must be with believing confidence and submission, passing the direction of af- fairs out of our hands and into Gods and not trying to keep our hand on the tiller.
 The atmosphere of prayer, he said, is the atmosphere of heaven in the sense that prayer is communion with God Petition is only the lower part of prayer. Whenever a man falls it is be- cause satan has managed to cut him off from prayer, to cut him off from the atmosphere of the Christians native land. Prayer, finally, is always avail able.
 Following the sermon was the an- nouncement of the death of Dr. Stough's son, with prayers offered by Rev. Dr. West and others.