Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-02
NO spfRIruAL VACATION
- IN NExT- 70 NaT0aE.
rss.1bt Brought Out by Rev. n-. oai- tnp in Sermon at csntrsl church-

ihu<z1it Brought Out by HeR. 0r- Gai- k inp h Sermon at1 csntrsi Church
 Hs sufte. of tlso fnrt. tfsut. ths churches
 seem Asserted for the seashore and
 pleasure rssorfss In tl1se summer time
 Rev. Dr. Clarcuco NJ Gallup. formrely
 of this city, and now a popular preaehnr tn RroEfdsncst Goes. no< he.
 aa e buziness vGEation in getting nexf
 toB uatures Dr. Ga11up spoke at the
 Gentra1 B1ulists church Sunday norm
 ing and evening. the. flrpt. oe the vfztt- ing clergymen4 who will occupy Dr 6locnm's. DulRik during hxsn vac4fion' this UDufhL.
 Hfs evening teMt Dr.. Gallup f1und in two places. one the passage in Rn- n1EnEs1: 20. dealing with the Invisible t1linMsR of thisallfe and thnr otheE the Eatheretf1 i'm slimmer, fsr a. wisa5 son. These latter Wnrtia were in themselves an aiiuston to ltfes fin Palestine Inet- dents of his triR across the. country to- thas BaRtistz cDnBenfion at Los An- geles In May lent force and interest ta his discourse, H fs tRuBs of typical Christian experieDce that the summer timer is the grandest time. of the year. not only in nature. hut in human fife. Man Is at his poorest in winter. ds- pendent largely on artificial means for health and comfort. It is. In the sum- | tmer that man HTes freest and it is then thHt his spiritual nature is at it's Rest. k All the great religions of the world CT. Ths Semites began somewhere near the peninsula of Arabia a land tparticuiarlE fitted for religious medi- tatinn- Many religions have arisen
 theres not only that of the Hebrews; out of the thoughts, of Moaass ins the midht of the desert ef Horah- Paul lived there three years, it. is said. to think out the basis of his fitnre work and action So Mohammed. too, to f fformuiats. the, religion that most ap- proaches Christianity the belief in God if not in Christ The crags, the, sands the burning s1n.. the marvelously starr Ery nights. the solitude. combine in this place. that has gtyen forth more. relfg- tous fife than any place else in. earth. | The Oruids in Britain, the. Aztecs ir | Perm. derived their religion from thG out Of doors. Petrarcha waa the first Il after the indoor worship Of the darh fl faGes. tn ascend to. the mountain top ai Avfgnon and to restore the, worship oi II the God of ont Of doors. Jesus as { boy had seated himself on the hills. o1 Judea and looked of over those won | derfuf landscapes, had been, insniref I for his own great commission from the sreaf- out of doorz- So there fs uf reason in the world why men shoulf not be quickened and strengthened ant inspired in the season of summer ana knatnressr call and lifa in the open.
 ,E Four adHanfnses tho preacher found ,t Wonder trauzcendent regard, the con
 sclouzness of mystery is ansoiatel. necessary for religion. Mysteriss ar. far solution and one dlsclnsed become e gateway leading to still greater. Tn scenes of nature teach Us the value O
 solitude Be stilI, and know that sn II God, is one of the wisest utterancaa q the Old Testamenk There is an Amer
 lean dslusi0u that we always ought c
 be doing something. But tho psopl
 who do most are those who stop t.
 l think Solitude in which we are aion with God is productive of the best il
 us We never get perspective other II wise. The orderfness of this world VI
 ksa in ell nature The beanty of tn
 worid teaches us the wealth and tn
 Epower of God God lavishss 1imsel ]. where man and conditions allow. Whel we take Coda law and bring 1t to bsa , on our need, the desert blossoms a
 | the rose The richness and beaut
 Icume no other way
 Fl Wftha1. the preacher warned thn
 though we be lovers of nature. wit
 ears tu hear and eyes to see. it doe
 ! not follow that We arc followers ( Christ Many are the people who be sin the worship fo nature and end D r no worship at all Natural religfo ] cannot auppfanf revealed The heaven | | declare the glory of God but huma Fl experience and Christian life are tn fl flower and climax of this old earth.