Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-08-30
CHICAGO PASTOR AT
BROADWAY CHURCH.
Rev. !. r. Stone, %. o., breaches at
Last Union Service.

The sixth and last OF the union SER
vices by tho Congregational churches
was held Sunday morning at the
Broadway Congregational church, with
a large attendance, which listened
with much interest to the address by
tor Of the Fourth Presbyterian church,
Chicago.
His text was from st. John 1916,
Jesus saith unto him. am the way.
the truth, and the life." The secret. he
said. of a Joyful life is an apprecia-
ton of the value Of the ordinary task.
1t is not the vacation, or the recrea-
ton, necessary as they may be, but
the thing which we call duty that can
give this Joy. Sometimes at the end
Of life, its richest gifts are found to
have been overlooked.
transforms life into happiness and i'm
mediate service and opportunity.
There is no such thing as tomorrow.
because as soon as we come to 1t, 1t Is
today. There is no need of chasing
the unattainable then. And in the
realm of faith, there is only today
the future Is already solved.
What the world needs today is not
more definitions of God. but to hear
Gods own voice in his own definition
of himself. Christ did not say to go
to others to find out what God was.
re Sll1u, ain In0 way, the truth.
and the life" When he chose his
apostles. he told them to come and see.
They must Judge for themselves by
seeing Him who was the way. This,
/ am, outlines. defines, and conclud-
es the philosophy Of human faith. 1t
signifies a faith worn by the footsteps
of those who have had experience in
the way. They have tested the by
paths for us.
They have found that the way He
trod is the one for us to walk in. 1t
is the way for us to win the goal.
The essential thing is not to forget
the past. remember what the Bible has
already done and use 1t as a sign
board to point the way to the flu
ture.
The real way is filled with those who
have been joyful and their bi0gra-
phies are a great source of help and
inspiration to us. The world wants to
deep religious undercurrent every
where The soldiers in the trench
es are singing HYMNS now instead of
other songs. The world is thinking
of God and the PHILOSOPHERS of men
are beinS silenced. We are proud to-
stop Leopold's work In the Congo. We
admire Great Britain, but she allowed
the sale of opium. And Germany has
allowed the Bible to be held up to
rtdicule. Now they are receiving
Gods punishment. Woe to our own
country II we forget him also and al
low the idea OF accumulation to sur
pass the idea OF humanity. The ten
commandments are by no means worn
out.
II is not q theory of religion that
matters, but an Incarnation OF divine
power 1t Is not what the world thinks
OF God, but what God thinks of man
The staunch truths found in the Bible
and the things God says In IL are the
things that show what God means, The
Bible is the Magna-C hsrta of our free
dom and the world Is built on it's prin-
ctples. Nations cannot disobey Its
commands, as Continental Europe has
been dping-especially the disregard-
ing the fourth commandment and the
seventh, without coming to grief as
the ruins OF all ages testify. They
are there. lest We forget. and God
won't let the nations forget. He loves
them too well. He wants them bacl,
in the way OF life. And this life, as
the missionary writes. In victory ov-
er self The Turmoil gives a good
picture Of the way some persons throw
away the best things in life. Home
should be part OF life,
Life should be sunshine, hope and
cheer.
The world needs regeneration-not
reformation. and the fear OF the Lord
is the beginning OF wisdom.