Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-06
FINAL SERVICE OF
 YOUNG PEOPLES RALLY WEEK.
Paper Presented by Herbert Lawrence
 At UniVersaIst Church.

The young peoples rally held at the CniVersalist church this week came to a close on Friday evening with a service in the Sunday school room, led by Herbert T. Lawrence. Rev. J. F. Cobb the pastor offered prayer and I7MIO f SuIsIIdWo0 s50IoA u9A9s 10 Armstrong, Day Fillmore, Elizabeth Fillmore. Ruth Beebe. Mrs Jennie James, Miss Isabel Warrington and Charles Parsons.
 Mir. Lawrence read a paper on "The Responsibilities of the Young .Peo- pie which in part follows:
 It was Napoleon who said "The more | study the world the more I am con- Vinced of the inability of brute force to create anything durable" It was at St. Helena, after years of bitter experi- ence in trying to conquer by brute force that the great general made this statement. He had come to point where he Was forced to realize that a mans greatest power does not lie in strength of arms and there is little ] oouot when he said this that he was not thinking of Wevering legions, the roar of artillery, or blood soaked bat tie fields. He had become disgusted and sickened by those things and in their place he 1onged for something that would build up instead of tear ing down, ard that would unite men in common bond of friendship in stead of throwing them into mortal combat with their own neighbors. In snort he had come to a fuller appre- citation of the beautiful light of a di- vine presence which is utterly ad- verse to all forms of worldly strife With these principles IS the basis. of any society or religious organization coupled with a certain amount of earnestness and enthusiasm on the part of the members of such society. much can be attained in the way of definite results. These are the factors which do more toward increasing the efficiency and insuring the success of all organizations than anything else. These are the things which enable the !. F. C. U- to carry out it's purposes. In connection with this though We may well consider the purposes of the union and some Of the things il has done and is doing.
 The church needs all Of it's young. people and can i'll afford to let them drift away through lack of some acency to hold them. They are it's very foundation and future life, and 1t IS upon the officers of the Y. P. c. II. that the church largely depends to cultivate the young peoples interest in the church This is the prime pur- pose Of the Y. r. C. U., and in this respect it's value cannot be over es- dmated. The young people are 8 necessity to the life of the church no less the church is a necessity to the lie Of the young people. Were there no young people to fill the ranks of the older ones who are Continually passing away, the church would soon be unable to exist. Who are the fu- ture officers, the future teachers. mis- sionaries, workers and supporters if these duties shall not fall naturally on the young people? How is the chr1lch to continue it's splendid reputation as 8 noble institution in the community if it does not have willing supporters Tn the form of younger people to car ry on its good work after the older. members are no longer able to do so :?
 By receiving instruction in the so- By receiving instruction in the social problems and principles of Christianity with which the topics deal, we are brought face to face with our duties. It is the inspiration de rived from such training that keeps the young people in the right path and arouses the spirit and creates the de- sire to help their fellow men
 The Y. P. C. U. finds another no- table purpose in acting as an efficient ausll1ary of te church Workins. as if does along some of the same lines on which the church is continually work ing, especially those of social service and missions.
 Social service is anything which works for the social uplift and better ment or humanity and seeks to inn prove certain deplorable conditions. Tere is 3 greater need of social ser wee in the world today than ever be- Tore and consequently more opportuni- tY tor all religious and social organ lzatIons to exert their energies along this line.
 We Favs done much but must not