Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-02
VISITING PASTORS HEARD. Rev. J.. H. Selden Breaches to Union Service of consres satonsIists-Rev. B. U. Hatfield at Baptist Church.


 At the union service of the congre- gational churches held Sunday morn ing at Broadway Congregational church the preacher was Rev J. II: Selden of Greenwich, and he pleased a good sized audience with a vigorous sermon upon The Broad Outlook Be- yond the education that schools and universities can give, he said, there was need for, ti,at broad. clear and sane outlook that shall view things in their proper balance. He referred to the changed attituda towards labor and the man who works. but said that the man who makes himself a slave to his task has missed life'S meaning and put himself out of the running to get the most out of life. Men are rising to new ideals, and the crusade for civic righteousness has behind it the powers of Jesus, and it is an ever-increasing marvel the presence of Jesus and the part he plays in life today. But there is also the element of personal right eousness- How often are the hands of Jesus tied by the weak kness, care lessness and indifference of his fol- lowers If we are to find ourselves, We are to come under the quickenfng influence and transforming power Of the fellowship of Jesus. Not the Christ of the far-away but the one abiding close with us day by day.
 At the Central Baptist Church.
 Rev. Byron L. Hatfield of Newburgh, N. Y., formerly stationed at Mystic and New London occupied the pulpit at the Central Baptist church on Sun day morning and evening and his forceful sermons were listened to by attentive congregations. For his eve ming sermon, Rev. MT. Hatfield found his text in John x:3. He calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out. The speaker prefaced his re- marks by the story of the eastern tray eler, who, observing that there were no doors on the sheepfolds asked the up to his full height the shepherd re- piled. 'I am the door" For through the long night he sat and slept in the doorway, so that no sheep could stray from the fold nor no wild beast enter in but past him. And SO Jesus Christ has placed himself as a keeper between us and the world outside. No one can go astray from the fold but past the love and care of the Good Shepherd, and no harm or danger can get into the fold unless past Him.
 This picture of the shepherd who gives his life, if need be, for his sheep, emphasizes his tenderness. personal, familiar, kind. But beside this tender ness there flashes a neglected truth that has been less emphasized He calleth his sheep by name and Ieadeth them out Out from the shelter of the fold, which is necessary for their refuge and protection from the storm and for their safety from wild beasts, he leads them out to the green fields and the refreshing streams. but also to the places of greater danger.
 So the Good Shepherd leads us out into the greater possibilities of daily life. The tinid sheep needs the wide fields and new pastures and there can be no larger Christian life for us if we continue within the fold. We find this world a stern battlefield. where if need be we lay down our lives. But He would lead us into new religious experiences. to gerat avenues of truth in which our feet have never trod, to heights we have never climbed, to valleys we have never explored.
 We are to go out as workers, doing the tasks that are not completed, and if we cannot do anything new, we can at least do the old better.
 Rev. MT. Hatfield was the last of the vacation supplies the pastor. Rev. P. C. Wright, will be back next Sunday.