Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-26
OPEN WINDOWS.
Subject of impressive Sermon at Sec |
 ond Church by Rev. G. F. Bailey of l
 Collinsvlle.


 There was a good attendance at the fifth of the union services for the Con- gregational churches which was held on Sunday morning al the Second Con- gregational church. The preacher was the Rev. Gurdon F. Bailey of Collins from Mark 12: 30, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength; tAs is the first commandment"
 sightseer standing at the top of Bunker Hill monument might be espe- cially interested Tn the ocean and the fine view of it from there. But he would want to gain the view in all directions. Not only would he look east and south at the ocean and the city of Boston but westward to the 1t is the same way in religion. Many people do not look all around the horixon. They look for one or two things in the life and activities that they find on all sides of them. And the things that they don't see they are sure dc not exist.
 6ore Windows Kept Closed.
 God made man with many windows to his seul-to look out over life in all directions, But many men keep the blinds closed to all the windows but ene In the sixteenth century Bruno caught the spirit of the new thought which actuated CopeFnicus, Luther and the Pilgrims, On his return to Italy from travel in other countries he was arrested in Naples and burned at the stake in Rome: Later a monument was erected on the spet where he died. But by order of the pope all the win Cows ef the monastery which over i6eked this menuHent were closed up with masonry, Thus many windows are eiesed up through prejudice.
 On Single String.
 Christ even took his disciples to task for being men of one idea. Like a Chinese orchestra, some men are ! tune upon one note cannot be exactly called music. In the middle ages the one idea of religion was that of wor- ship. These immense c3the6rals were the result and were all that religion meant. There was no research, no moral life, no regeESration---all these were unknown. Luther brushed the cobwebs from another window and opened the shutters so that another window was opened upon morality. Even today we find some men saying that going to church and believing in Christianity; while another man says that living a Christian life is the es- sential thing and that we have out grown churches. Why not open both WlH0OWS Ak tnS SHIA0 AiIIl0 AIlQ lOOh through both of these The man who i thinks the Sunday school too narrow l to send his child to 1t forgets there l is another than the intellectual win ! dow and that the child may gain as much through heart or example. The l upright business man is playing only !: on the one string of morality. Neither l of them are all round religious. Four Windows.
 ! We may call the north window the ] intellectual window. Its outlook is l toward the north star and its atro- l sphere is cold and clear and stimulat
 ing. It is in search of truth. i The east window is the devotional l window. It looks out towards Jerusa- 1 lem and towards the rising sun and l greets the creator of sun and moon and l stars and the author of life. l The south window Is the window of affection. Its atmosphere is warm and 1 tender. Through this one sees the 1 prodigaFs return. Here birds sing and flowers bloom. Some people close this i window and refuse to love their neigh 1 bors. Their hearts have not been l touched.
 ] The west window is the window of l morality. The west has plenty of room 1 for expansion and development. It is 1 the place of progress, even in the | moral sphere, and the standard of morality keeps moving and rising. l Morality and Religion. l Today righteousness is the most l used word in the nation and is coming l to regulate thinking, command action I and give wide and far view of life. i There may be morality without re- l ligion, but there cannot be religion l without morality.
 Favopite Windows.
 | Each man has his own Idea as to i what Christianity Is and what the
 minister should preach Preachers, | too, have their fAvorite wSndows--try 1 as hard az they may to look 6ut of l all four alike To cultivate an all around view and to he tolerant ek