Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-17
LED CONGREGATION AWAY FROM THOUGHTS OF WAR
Rev. s. H. Howe Abandoned Text He
 Had at First Chosen. ..

The fourth union scervice was held Sunday morning at the Broadway Con- grgational church. Rev. Samuel Fl. Howe. D. D., of Park church occupied the pulpit, kindly taking the place of Rev. Edwin Edwin W. Bishop who was kept away by illness. Dr. HoWe's text was from Paslm 65.S, Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and even ing to rejoice" This was a different text from which the one first chosen which had to do with the European struggle. We have had so much dis tTrbed thought upon those events that we need to escape and find a point of rest for a short time and reminder that this is beautiful world in spite of the wrong that is going on it it.
 This Psalm which the text is taken is a nature Psalm. All poets sing of mature and its many beauties, but none of them has so expressed the passion for nature as it S revealed in the Psalms. For here~ it is approached through God and this touch trans figures the picture This text reminds us of glorious snnrises and of bril- liant sunsets. It is also the symbol of a larger truth. God makes life's morn ing and evening to rejoice The cloud less dawn of childhood is we'll known to every one and 1t is a part of the divine purpose that this youthful joy and radiance continue on through the noontide and that the sunset be even more brilliant than the sunrise could have been.
 As the child comes to a time of choosing for himself after the parents training and sometimes finds later that the parent knew best. so those who choose Gods way will find the noon side splendor. There is no deterioYa- ton in His plan, but a constant going from, better to best. This is shown in creation and in revelation. At first
 it was child's world that was re-
 vealed in the Old Testament. Men
 have had to learn slowly. It Is not a faith founded on legends and lives ot saints. but a faith in Christ and in the power of redemption.
 This faith in Christ needs to be four | fold. First the child heart must be cultivated. The Gospel appeals to the child heart and one of the aims oi | to the sunset hour. Then there mus | be the reinforcing of life. This must | come from the heart as from a well. spring kept oyerhowing with tht streams from the everlasting hills Again this faith should be free iron
 should be devoted to this faith. Lool
 out for the deadly disease of care | fulness.
 And last, environment can be mold ed to our hand. Here is a Kingdom
 to conquer-a great opportunity to ht |
 are wearing of their surroundings How many are mastered and fatten' ed to commonplace by their lack o | observation! There may be some whC | find nothing in Norwich to interes
 them. One is sorry for them. TheJ do not see that it is better to be { | live man and that it is their business | to transform their environment. Mei | like Wordsworth and Cowper found
 much of interest in dull places. Thost | who make Paradises for others, ol | turn the wilderness into gardens, nevel | find life dull. Life for them gets richer and richer and the outgoings o | their evening rejoice. As the artist ri l tian put the finishing touches upoI
 the work of his pupils and made then | into great pictures, so God puts thu crowning glory upon the sunset O | their lives and their day ends in tn, supreme radiance which comes befor, | the dawn of the new day to which nc Il evening comes.