Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-12-21
THE SUPREME GIFT
TLEME
Seventh in Series of Talks Before Nc
Crum- Howell Company.

At the McCrum- Howell COMPANY
plant at the noon hour on Wednesday
| in the seventh in the series of shop
meetings there, Rev. .. II. Ricketts, Of
the Greeneville Congr egationaI church
spoke to a good sized gathering of the
men. The meetings are under the all
spices Of the Y. NJ. c. A. and Rev. Mi.
Ricketts, spoke upon the theme The
Supreme Gift.
Next Monday, he said. marks the
most important day of the year, ne
ether day in the calendar, whether re-
1igious. political or social. cOmparins
for a moment with Dec. %.
What does Dee 20 mean to the
brotherhood composed as it is of the
religious and the nOn-religious? Il
marks the birth hour OF good will to
r-en''-yea, To all men, for this was the
FIRST proclamation of good viii bringing
all men under its kindly benediction-
The birth hour of the Man of Nazareth
made possible the human brotherhood
j. IS the only natal day that is touched
with universality.
Do We fully realize what the intro
CucLlon OF good viii as new principle
OF action really meant TO the world
II meant that an entirely new spirit
was to mark the action of men to one
another, to themselves and 70 God.
mis- new idea that was to permeate
the entire human lump, this supreme
gift TO the world was Love and Well
has Professor Drummond called it ..Th1
l. / g..
nc TOO much to claim that love or good
viii had never been seen in the world
before Jesus came. or that the Oppo-
site qualities had not been manifest
since But love as the controlling
power OF men in every organized ca
pacIty; in business. in polite. in com
Herce in educa ton. everywhere, was
born on certain Dec. % many cen
turtles ago.
ask you. men, To look at the thrones
of the world before the Man or Naz-
areth came. and to those since his
coming that have turned him down
Selfishness was the name of the mon
afchS VINO occupied the thrones of tho
ancient world, and their name is Ie-
gton- 1t marks, also. all modern
| thrones that cut away from the prinCi-
pie of love and good win Let it be
admitted That the world is slow in car
rying out the new order of things. we
| have only to compare human condi-
lions as they existed under the cruel
sway of Judea, Babylon Egypt ana
Rome, with any modern civilized state
| to see what maryels have been wrought
Compare the throne Of England unde-
the four Georges with the same throne
today and you will see all the differ
enee between the midnight ami tho
dawn. Take the spirit of love or good
will out of the worlds crowns and
thrones and sceptres and you always
find Might crushing the Right: cruelty
throttling humanity; selhshness rid n r
roughshOd over every instinct of JUS
tice and human freedom. in its at
tempt TO make the whole world bend
| II its meanness and pleasure. Men
whether You are religious or not. you
must admit that some mighty power
has been working in history, making
the world better
Notice again, If you please that t. s
supreme gift came in the form of a
child, and that links it forever with
our common, universal humanity.
This supreme gift became work
ingman. The Man Of Nazareth was
carpenter likely a master work
man He was not product of the
higher schools. He di not write -. =
or Ii D., after his name. His study
was workshop, on whose walls was
no college diploma. We see his ex-
p1 essive face cove ed with sweat and
his hands ealioUsed by using the lack
plane and the chfsel- Through toll the
Man of Nazareth found himself and
the consciousness of his world mis-
SIGN. 1t was he who showed the world
that labor, clean. honest and forceful
was touched with Immortality. It was
| lac who taught US that the quality and
dignity Of labor are to be nlea sured by
the character Of the mon back on it,
Men. take your cue from this ma
OF TOLL Let \this supreme gift bring
ont in your lives the highest function
of a man-that of giving NTo give
time, strength. money. and. most of
eappy. is the biggest thing any man
can do on this earth. There is moth
ing greater in heaven. Make a gift 70
YOUR wife. your little ones and friends
in the right spirit. and then Won viii
receive vastly more than Won give May
the coming Christmas be the richest
and merriest you ever had
At the shop meeting Wednesday at
the Mccrum Howell company plant
Mrs. L. 9. Potter sang two selections.