Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-10

devise to the children the banks of the brooks and the golden sand be- heath the waters thereof. and the odors or the willows that dip therein, and the white clouds that float high over the giant trees. And I leave the cEif- dren the long. long days to be merry ln, in g. thousand ways. and the night and the moon and the train of the Milky Way to wonder at, but subject nevertheless to the rights hereinafter given to lovers.'
 The foregoing is the first item in a will read by Rev. Willard o. Nuzum at the First M. B. church yesterday, bequeathing to the people of Pawtuck- ct his share of interest in the city after five years of active ministry The will was read in the course of a ser mon on A Poor Mans Request, with which Rev. MT. NuZum ended his du- ties as pastor of the First M. B. church. He bequeathed to his people an era Of good feeling in which all the kanga- roos were to be eliminated and only the sheep kept in the flock, following one shepherd. To the community he bequeathed the care and development of F'liedner hall. home for young women, that there may remain no reason for a girls going wrong for need of a friend.'
 To the city government. he left "A better enforcement of the Sunday law and supervision of saloons: a censor ship of theatres and moving picture shows" To the citizens he beQueathed "civic pride, compulsory uniform side walks. shade trees. new playgrounds and parks. To his own people in the church he left The blessing and pres ence of the Master and the Holy Spirit as Teacher and Comforter
 Many Requests.
 Other items in the will were as fol- lows 7 Item-I devise to boys jointly all the useful ideal fields and commons where ball may be played; all pleasant wa ters where one may swim; all show clad hills where one may coast, and all the streams and ponds where one may fish, or where, when grim winter comes one may skate; to have and to hold the same for the period of their boy hood.
 aginary world, with whatever they may need; as the stars of the sky; and aught else by which they may de- sire to figure to each other the lasting ness and beauty of their love.
 Item-To young men jointly, I de- wise and bequeath all boisterous. in spring sports of rivalry, and I give to them the disdain of weakness and undaunted confidence in their own strength, though they are rude. I give them the power to make lasting friend ships, and of possessing companions, and to them exclusively I give all mer- ry songs and brave choruses, to sing with lusty voices.
 Item-And to those who are no long CT children or youths or lovers. I leave memory and I bequeath to them the Bible, the volumes of the poems of Burns and Shakespeare and of other poets, if there be others, to the end that they may live over the days again freely and fully, without tithe or dim mutton. :.
 Item-To our loved ones with snowy crowns l bequeath the happiness of old age, the love and gratitude of their children until they fall asleep.
 The New Pastor.
 Mir Nuzum was born in Virogua. Wis. in 1872. his father an itinerant minister and farmer. He was graduated spent a year on the frontier, South Dakota, in store and entered the Methodist ministry that same year. 1890. He has served continuously. in the meantime taking seven years of college work Graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1899 and the Boston School of Theology in 1909. He has served city churches during this period save seven years while student.
 Among the visible results has been the raising of s1oo.ooo for new church es. parsonages or payment of debts. He has also received an average of more than one member into the church for every Sunday of that period.
 Mir. Nuzum came from Monroe. Wis, to Pawtucket. five years ago. There are six children in the family-one son and five daughters.
 During the intervals of his ministry MT. NuZum has travelled in 3S states of the union and nearly all the coun- tries of Europe.