Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-26
REV. J. E. NoRcRoss
 TELLS OF MISSION WORK
Must Have Christian America Be-
 fore Getting a Christian East.

Rev. James E. Norcross of Boston, New England secretary of the Ameri- can Baptist Home Missionary society, spoke On Sunday afternoon at a serv ice at 330 at the Central Baptist church under the auspices of the Men and Religion Forward movement, He had an audience of 75 men, who fol- lowed with close attention his earn est presentation of missionary achieve ments and the call for a vigorous prosecution of missionary enterprises.
 Rev. c. H. Ewing, chairman of the committee cf missions, presided, and the opening prayer was Rev. s. H. Howe A double quartette of men led the singing, with John P, Swahn with the corret assisting Professor Miller lat the organ.
 Before the address, Chairman A. A. Browning of the executive commit tee made the announcements about the three-day campaign which begins here Friday, and the speaker was intro duced by Rev. P. c. Wright.
 Rev. MT. Norcross told the men that he joined religion forward movement when he rose from a sick bed upon which he had been placed by a foot ball injury and fulfilled the VOW to enter Gods service which he had been .n ever since. The only way to do anything to advance the kingdom of God is to get an everlasting move on us and keep everlastingly at it. he said. It will take all denominations to win the world for Christ and no one denomination will ever do it alone. If you have this last idea in your mind, get 1t out.
 We need a Christian America first, for unless we have a Christian Amer lea, we'll never have a Christian east. This is a magnificent land in which we are living and we are trying to save America for Christ in order that this magnificent field may be an evan 1 geIizing force for the rest of the world.
 Indicating the scope of Baptist mis- sionary work, Rev. MT. Norcross spoke l of work in Alaska and in the south l land, where he declared the black man | had made the greatest strides in ad- vancement of any race in the history 1 of the world. He spoke of the chapel car work by 6 cars and by. GS col porteur wagons iii the west as fast
 as this new territory is opened. The
 Baptists have 1,31S missionaries work | ing in the home field in America. ] What has made New England great Fare the churches with their spirits pointing towards the sky, and what is
 the curse of the west is the connmun- | ity without 8 church. What we want to do is to put these churches into the
 west to give this territory the same l chance we have had
 1 The salvation of many New England churches. said Rev. MT. Norcross, was i to be through the new stock which was coming into them, the alien races which make generous, enthusiastic, and devoted members when converted l to Christ.
 He spoke also of missionary work in the east, where an immense work
 is done by all denominations in hos pital and educational work in connec-
 ton with missions.
 l The hour has struck in human his
 tory, concluded the speaker, to bring | Jesus Christ out of the attic or the cellar where we have been keeping 1 him, and to bring nIn into the living
 room and make him a power in our lives every day
 The concluding prayer and the ben 1 ediction were by Rev. c. II. Ricketts.