Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-02

1 large attendance at both the aft ernoon and evening exercises charac- 1 tefIzed the opening days session of the l institute on missionary education in the chufch, which was held in the i Broadway Congregational church in ! the afternoon and the Central Bap- ! tlst church in the evening, on Thurs | day, The several addresses that were 1 given were full of live interest to all and contained many new and helpful
 suggestions along the line of mission | ary activities, and they were followed with deep interest by everyone pres ent. There was a generous interspers- l ing or songs, and in the singing of l these and during the hours given up to devotional service the readiness with which all present entered into it was marked by an enthusiasm that was 1 highly pleasing to those in charge. Afternoon Service.
 Rev. $. H. Howe, D.D.. pastor of 1 Park Congregational church, was in charge of the devotional services that opened the institute at 430 o'clock The topic under consideration at this l time was lntercession a World Force and was treated in a brief but able manner by Rev. Dr. Howe. He said that he was glad that this institute opened with prayer. Prayer antedates all missions, and wherever there has been great spiritual conquest this 1 has been found. Pentecost was brought l into existence by this means, and the man who was chiefly responsible for 1 the transformation of Europe spent l four hours a day in prayer. The same can be said regarding the great Wes- 1 leyan movement. which had it's begin ming with little group of earnest Christian workers in Lincoln college, Oxford. It is found everywhere that 1 great successes have been brought l a bIT inf xxzitL Al mighty.
 Several remarkable facts were here cited by Dr. Howe to illustrate his contention: and then continuing, he 1 referred to the big things we have to deal with when we take up missionary
 work in real earnest. We can all do
 what we can. give as we are able to give, and continue to pray, Thy king l dom come.'
 Harry s. Myers Spoke.
 Following the singing @ a hymn, | in which all joined heartily, Harry S. | Myers, assistant general secretary of | the young peoples missionary move
 ment, was introduced. He took the place of MT. Legg, who was down on | the programme to speak at this time. | He treated, however, the same topic, | An Adequate Programme of Mission ary Education in a Young People, s | Society and during the hour carried | on general discussion along this line.
 rather than occupying the time in l speaking his own individual views. 1 The discussion was entered into by a | large number.
 Mir. Myers stated that he believed l the time had come when. in order to ! conserve our energies in this mission | ary work. we should work out an ade- 1 quate policy that would cover every 1 department of the church. We need to 1 bear in mind four important consider ough knowledge of the Bible, with all | that it may imply and with all that II 1 may mean in the life of the student and that which an intimate knowledge of Christ implies Second the mis- l sionary student should possess q 1 knowledge of the works and DOWNS of God in the world since the last chapter in the Bible was written. This may mean church history, if we choose to call it so. In the third place, we should master the fundamentals at least, of ethics; and fourthly, a famil- iarity of the general principles of so- ciology is essential, so that we may understand somewhat, the relation ship of Christ and his people Tn addi- l ton to all this, we should have 8 | Knowledge of the work of the mission l aries in the world since the time when l Christ said "Go ye into all the world 1 and preach the gospel"
 ] A general discussion ensued, in whicf i were talked over the popular forms oi monthly missionary meetings, the i kind of topics that would bring tRe | best results, the use of literature iI | this missionary study, and the num-