Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-14
T.AFTVILLE
Rev. D. B. MaoLane Preached Special
 Sermon to H. H. Osgood Lodge.

Sunday morning the members of M. | U. 1. c. o. r. H. H. Osgood lodge walk | ed to the Taftville Conversational church in a body, wrere they attended the Sunday morning service The lodge members, who wore white gloves and badges, filed down the main aisles of the church as the organist played the prelude. The service was conducted by Rev. D. B. MacLane, pastor of the church. and the choir of six voices sang In manner worthy of praise
 The pastor took his text from the 11th verse of the 9th chapter of John. He said. in part:
 Every side of life has a motto, every Institution has motto In school the motto is education, in law it is justice, m science it is truth, in history, prog ress; in the home love; in religion it is eternal life or salvation. Now what IS etrnal life or salvation and when and how is a man saved? The common idea Of salvation is happy state after death; that is to wake up after death and find yourself with a golden crown and an angles harp. This is not sal- yation; real salvation is far different. God gave us eternal life; the life is the Son and he that hath the Son hath the life. It is not he that hath the
 
 hath the life, but he that hath the Son7 What does it mean to have the Son TO have the son means to have the spirit of the Son. to have the mind and chacacter of the Son and to live as He lived. The greatest thing about Jesus Christ is that He Is the only begotten Son of God and has ternal life When Jesus was alive, He lived and spoke as a child of God, worked as a child of God, died and rose as a child of God. It is because He is the. Son of God hat He is the Saviour. In the Son lies the secret of salvation, and he that be- heves and trusts in God and treats God as his Father is saved
 The greatest thing that Jesus can give us is sonship. Gods Son be- same the son of man so that the sons of man might become the children of God. We are saved when we look up to God and recognize Him as the true father of humanity. To be a child of God means to trust Him through thick and thin, to cast all your cares on Him, to sacrifice yourself for the good of others, and to do Gods will To do Gods will is to seek His Kingdom, and to bring His kingdom into your world. This is not an easy task; 1t is a task that challenges all our manhood, and calls forth all our courage. This is one of the hardest and most trying feats to accomplish, but 1t Is a grand thing and well worth trying. The higher up a millhand rises. the better he likes his work; it is the same in politics and everything. In religion the nearer one gets to God the more he is saved and the easier it is to overcome his diffi- culties. If boy is the son of king he lives at his fathers palace and en- l joys his wealth and his pleasures. If man is the son of the King of Kings he is indeeed a prince and will have eternal life in the many mansions that the Father is preparing above. We ! take it for granted that parents vii 1 support and raise their children into manhood or womanhood. It is the same with God, our Father, He vii | raise us up from the grave into eterna. l life. Heaven is not another world, f is here on our earth today. If wc live as children of God we have establish ed heaven for ourselves. Now arise another question. If we become al children of God, are we not equal t, the Christ No. for to be a son O | God does not belittle Christ but glori fies Him. Each side of life has mot to, each institution has a motto; il | school the motto is education; in law justice; in science, truth; in the home love, and in religion, eternal life.