Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-27

which the parsonage is held when it ceases to be used for this purpose it must besold and the proceeds paid to the American Bible Society. This SO cieIy has been otified and the question of sale is under adViSement.
 Attempt To Unite Three. At Haddam Neck where for many years the Methodist society has had : a precarious e istence an attempt is ! being made to unite three orsaniza- ton. the Congregational. the Swedish Lutheran and the Methodist Episcopal. We are doing what we can to foster this movement. What the outcome will be remains to be seen. This is only i one of the places where the people need to catch the spirit of the psalmlst when he sair Behold how good and i how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell 1 together in unity. The federation ! of the Norwich North Main street i church with the GreenVille Baptist i church is continue for another year. ! With few exceptions the year has 1 been remarka bly, free from serious ill- <! ness in the parsonages of the district. ] The wife of the pastor at DanieisOn was for a short tme d patient at the ] Deaconess Hospital in Brookline. The i parsonage at Willimantic has had more i than it's share of sickness The pas l tors wife and oldest daughter have ! undergone surgical operations from which we are thankful to say they rap i idly recovered.
 Where Death Entered
 On Sunday. February 14th the fun i eral service of Mrs. Sarah J. Whippey i was held in the parsonage at Quarry
 ville Mrs. Whippey was the aged aunt of |. D. Woodland of this confer 1 enCe in whose home she had lived for many years. The following Monday she was laid away under the snow in ltL, z, ,F district superintendent conducting the 1 committal service.
 On Friday. Feb. the 13th James J. 1 Dodd, a member of the New York East | conference and brother of Duncan r. ! DOdd. pastor of our church at East | Hartford was called to his eternal re 1 ward. Our sympathy and prayers Among the laymen who have passed away from us during the year I men tion two. Edmund Prickett, who died l at B2zardville July 18th. aged S1 years He had been an active member of the church a Hazardville for fifty ! five years. He was a member of the 1 committee to build the church and par
 sonage to which enterprise he gave lib- 1 erally of both time and money. He filled with great accountability the Vari- ous offices of Sunday school superin-
 tendent, trustee. treasurer of the board
 of stewards and class leader in all of
 which he was efficient and successful.
 Gifts To Two Churches.
 Another quiet unostantious man was
 Edwin T. Carrier. For fifty-four years
 he was a member of the church at
 South Manchester and for forty years
 an active member of the board of trus-
 tees. Converted when a lad in the will
 large of Moodus he never forgot the
 debt he owed the church wonder among
 the hills. Shortly before he died he
 requested that one thousand dollars be
 placed with the trustees of the confer
 ence, the income to be used for pastor . 1 al support of the church at Moodus
 a second thousand dollars to be placed
 with the trustees the income to be used
 for current expenses in the church at
 South Manchester
 MT Carrier died without leaving 8 will, but his widow very graciouSly full filled his request. Thus the memory of
 a good man shall be kept green and
 his influence for the kingdom contin- ] ues.
 Conversions aggregate 25o.
 | twenty more charges report an in-
 crease in membership ranging from
 per cent to 23 per cent. Conver-
 sions reported by 24 churches aggre-
 gate 250. Special services with evan
 gelist have been held at Baltic, New
 London, Norwich Town, Old Mystic
 South Coventry, South Manchester
 Mapping and WiIlimantic. GrouI 1 meetings have been held at Burnside
 Hartford, Warehouse Point. Windsor
 viNie, East Glastonbury and Portland
 and special services under the direction
 of the pastors have been conducted
 quite generally over the districts The
 district superintendent being present and assisting whenever possible IT
 quite a number of places conversion.
 have occurred and in all cases the
 spiritual life has been stimulated anC strengthened.
 Half From Sunday Schools. : That the Sunday school is recognized
 as a fruitful field for spiritual gaNher ing is revealed by the fact that at leas half of the reported conversions ar, , from the Sunday school
 $ Value of EPworth League. : The Epworth League is a factor ol . this district The various local union ] with their quarterly meetings creat l a spirit of friendly rivalry among tn . ! members. minister to the spiritual an i social needs of the young people an [ furnishes opportunities for inspiration . al addresses and good fellowship. i Epworth League institutes. 3 The Epworth League Institute Q which occur the week preceding cam I meeting are growing in attendance an 0 popularity. It is exactly what the nam h implies. Last year more than 130 del n gatesegates registered in the variou Q classes. There is no reason why thi = sumner school should not become tn h training for the Methodist young peo . center of attraction and christia y pie of New England and in coniunctio = with the camp meeting be made tn
 source of spiritual power and evange n listc zeal for all our churches t WilIima ntic Camp Meeting Ideal. o The camp meeting last year was o pleasant surprise to the district sup : erintendent. The camp grounds wit 1 their fine equipment are ideal A mor
 delightful summer colony it would b
 difficult to find, the location. the seen
 cry and the recreation grounds, tn 0 water. and the easy transporta tio = facilities make this one of the mos : desirable spots in New England. Mor = and more is it coming to be perman e ent summer camp, to which our peo c pie not for one or two weeks but fC - months. Last year Methodists fam = iIies were present from Ney Jersey an r New oYrk as well is from differer t parts of New England These fam y lies are largely ugmented-durin
 camp meeting week and herein is ou
 opportunity. In former days the UT . ] converted were present in goodly nun 5 bers. and Methodists were adopted de t signed to meet their needs and grac U ous and glorious were the results ot
 tained.
 =, Increasing Its Influence.
 Today the greater majority in al = tendance are nominally Christian; bI Is l this is no less an opportunity but VI d must change our methods to me, E changing condition. We must make