Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-04

Applause and amens.) These cannot be through church membership. This never regenerated a single heart and this seems to be one of the perils of the city, people trusting to church | membership. to creeds, to baptism, to ritual. and never getting any farther. These things cannot be short of the work of the Holy Ghost in the heart.
 They can only be when you look to Calvary. seing there not the Messiah of the Jews, not the great teacher of Israel, not the greatest worker of miracles. not the perfect son of man, or the son of God, but the sin bearer of the world. God made him to be- come sin who knew no sin. In him hung the punishment of our sins On Calvary the Lord Jesus Christ did the neadful think for us and now we need the thing done in us. For the highest type of moralist or the lowest drunk ard there is power in the Christ of Call vary and his shed blood.
 The remarkable after meeting closed the service.
 Service at Park Church.
 In the afternoon at 3 o'clock a serv- ice was held at the Park Congrega- tional church with an attendance of nearly 200. MT, Spooner led the open- ing service of song, Organist Kies as- sisting, which was followed by the solo, The Ninety and Nine, given with much expression by Mrs. Arthur L.. Story, and by prayer by Rev. S. H. Howe. DID. Another song, led by MT Spooner, was followed by MT. Her rings solo. Just As I Am, with vio- lin obbligato by Miss Helen B. Royce making an impressive number. Dr. Stoughs Scripture lesson was St. John 1885 to 46, the text being parts of the 41st and 42d verses. "He first flndeth his own brother Simon and brought him to Jesus" From this he preached strong and convincing sermon upon personal responsibility
 This spirit of personal evangelism is the key to the history of the apos- tolic church. As Andrew immediately went to find his brother, so everyone in the early church sought to bring others to God. Jesus, himself. was not only the greatest preacher of all time but he was a man among men. He went among the busy throngs, in their iabors, homes. or on the streets, and some of his finest things were said to individuals in conversations. He seemed to have a magnetic force and when he touched mans life, this one caught the spirit of personal rela- tion and became another force to draw men. On this account the 120 in the upper room grew to S,120 people very soon and in one century to a million and half.
 PauPs cry was "On to Rome" and his dream to Spain and Britain. AquiIla and Priscilla organized the first church beyond Jerusalem by in viting people to their homes to hear the wonderful story. Will not the women of Norwich also dedicate their homes to Christ? The history of any great religious movement has been a return to personal evangelism. This is a matter of life and death in all New England cities. Without 1t Prot estantism will atrophy and die. It sits supinely and idly by while certain 'isms" rob it of strength and-pow- CT. Christian Science is taking many of the fairest fro init. The force of any city is the pastor and the church. They are an army battling together to win souls for Christ. Each member should win at least one each year.
 Dr. Slough told of instances of win ning-one grocer's clerk having saved twenty in six months. Three men in Maine gained $50 people in two years.
 The heart of the rose is it's perfume and the heart of this beautiful Rose of New England-fairer than its man. sions, lawns and avenues, it's wealth, education or culture. is the programme of heavenly love going out and giving testimony to hearts needing a Saw four, of which the flowers given to- day were a faint expression.
 The congregation was dismissed by Rev. c. H. Ricketts.