Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-12

Samuel Geer, Samuel Norman and Edward Geer went with Oscar Dugas in his auto to Kingston fair Tuesday. The Mems class of the Methodist church met at George H. Thornton's Tuesday evening.
 CONFERENCE OF SIX CHURCHES With Jewstt City Congregational Church "Wednesday = Sermon by Rev. c. A. Northrop-Rev. L. M. kenneston Claims Denomination is Far Behind in Care of Children.
 The conference of six churches was held at the Jewett City Congregational church Wednesday, there being a large attendance. The platform was decorat- ed with asters, dahlias hydrangeas and gladioli Rev. W. H. Cane presid- ed. The service was opened with de- votional exercises. An anthem, Still, Still With Thee, was sung by Mrs. F. $. Leonard, Miss Jean Burleson, Mrs. E. H. Hiscox, Mrs. John Stewart, E. F. BTrleson and E. H. Hiscox, with F. $. Leonard as l,rganist.
 The sermon was by Rev. Charles A. Nor.hrop of Norwich. Corporate Re- sponsibility With Regard to Children was the theme. the text being Ezek. ie: 2.
 Individual Responsibility.
 It was individual responsibility which Ezekiel Jermiah, and Christ stood for. said the speaker. There is an organic relation between the fathers and chil- dren, and what the fathers do the children suffer for. We cannot break away from that fact entirely. The idea nf El,rNh io 1drav oor Ts6A % trained when very young that they cannot remember when they became Christians, they would come so nat nrally into the church. It is fact that we cannot live for ourselves alone either in church or social relations. Corporate responsibility makes us feel responsible somewhat for our children. The child is forging to the front, and must be taken care of very young; if not we shall have a grown-up genera ton not doing well, but ill. Fathers Responsibility.
 Fathers should make the way for children way in which they should walk. Psychology and pedagogy are teaching more and more the careful training of c}1ildren--how to play, mind and think. The best teachers must be in the lowest grades of schools. A young child cannot sin. Up to a cer- tain age they have to have guardians. as they are not capable of caring for themselves The sins of the children should be visited on the fathers. as generally because of lack of training or example the child does not know enough to keep out of sin. The chil- dren cannot help themselves.
 The speaker read poem, The Cry of xxyx<ftf ufx by Elizabeth Barrett, and then The Slaughter of the Innocents, lately in the New York Independent, showing the same conditions Of two centuries ago.
 MT. Northrop continued: How does the church come in? One of the Men and Religion Movement main features is social work.
 The church's Responsibility.
 The church should stand up and bid Godspeed to all people and work which tends towards the welfare of the chil- dren. It is sad fact that children often must be saved from cruel, ig- norant, wicked parents. They should be saved. from a school system which is no help to their future.
 At noon collation. was served in the vestry by the ladies of the church, Rev. E. M. Anthony saying grace. The tables were decorated with fiowers.
 Afternoon Session.
 The afternoon session was opened by Rev. Frank E. Fuller. Rev. Luther M. Kenneston of Preston City gave an ad- dress on The Church and the Chill dren. His text was Prov. S. IT.: The fifth word-early-is the emphatic is was the subject of the talk. He cited instances of people who are always early in fishing, hunting, getting spring flowers, showing that even children understand that there are many things that must be possessed now or never Present action is equally important to those who are seeking the pearl ot great price. The riches of God will be abundant to the early and earnest seeker. A child will have to be 8 Christian in small fraction of the time that 1t will take a man to do it and he will not have so much to un- learn. Bad habits are what hinder Christians Noble service demands long and careful preparation.
 He believed in child-conversion ana early union with the church.
 Behind Other Denominations
 Children have clear perception oi things and are good judges of charac- ter, as well as of right and wrong. ana children are sincere. Lastly, is ths fact of the indelibility of early impress sions. As a denomination we are 7 long way behind the Episcopalians ant the Roman Catholics in the matter oi the children coming into the church we let the world and Satan get a bis hold on our children, and then gel them back if we can, and the result. da mt iuxfffv the rnafhOd
 Mrs. F. 6. Leonard sang The Hills ot God, by Nevin- An elderly man in tht assemblage arose a little later an( spoke of how much he enjoyed tn, solo.
 The Business Viewpoint.
 Rev. Frederic S. Bamford of Plain field spoke on The Church as a Bust ness Transaction. He quoted twt lines of an old hymn:
 We are living, we are dwelling
 In a grand and awful time."
 He thought if Christs second cornin, were in the immediate present it wouit certainly be an awful time for tn church..
 Unquestionably the secular spirit i more intense and widely distributed fl this age than ever before. The pros perity of the age, the love of pleasure the desire for ease and enjoyment sad ly interfere with and stay the Divin Providence for the furtherance of Hi church and of His cause in the world The penury. the pauperization of tn church at large is crying scandal an positive disgrace. There are tw viewpoints from which the real situa tion may be studied-the pulpit an pew. The poverty of the church affect the minister more than any other ma in the church, The imperative teach ing of the Book is that they wh preach the gospel shall live by tn things of the gospel, Less than one half of the church membership sub scribe regularly to its needs There ar two negative ways of giving-grudg If,aIY and of necessity But God loNet