Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-13
GREENEVIlLE
Rev. A. w. Burden Speaks on Safety
 First = Ladies' Charitable Society
 Elects Officers-PersonaIs and Notes.

At the Federated church Sunday evening large gathering heard Rev. A. w. Burdon deliver a forceful ser mon on Safety First. Rev. Mir. Bur- don took his text from Rom. S-31. and said in part:
 St. Paul had one great aim in view when writing this epistle. It was to prove to both Jews and Gentiles they were without a claim on the justice and benefcence of Gcd. except that which came from n1efcy and free will.
 That as he was no respector of per sons, races or nations, Gods plan of safety first was for one as it was for the other. The two proceeding verses show that God was not for a few se- iected individuals.
 The truth of this burned into his very soul as there rose before him the dark raviness of sin. EEIe saw tlfesSv sa1-= leSs of depression into which man would slide. and the landslides of hu- manity tunbling into oblivion hope less, helpless, lost. And wrote God is for us."
 God had committed himself to a plan of safety first. \ brake was pro- vided for the impulse that leads to great landslides, of humanity, freely
 delivered that all might seek safety.
 Every great movement which has stirred the depths of life, and charged the face of history has sprung from some professed sentiment or some
 powerful emotion. and at it's base
 there has been the thought of safety first.
 Safety for the human conscience was the dynamic behind the lightning flash of inspiration. Carrying with it the thought, that Gods truth was a di- vine charter to liberate the human conscience from the tyranny of error. And was the driving force leading far ther to stand before the crowned heads of Germany, and proclaim the thing they called pardon was naught but rag paper and ink. That God alone was for us. and could pardon. In this supreme psychological fsrrlo- ment in history further brought to the world new emancipation for the hu- man conscience. and declared that God was for us, That safety found it's fol- lowers in Him. Every great movement social and spiritual, the underlying principle is safety.
 The workingman's compensation bill is an illustration. weak as it may be, not yet reaching it's fulfilment of prom ise but step in the right direction, as- surfing in certain measure protec- tion against want, and emphasizing the | thought of safety first, that human life | must be protected and not laid on the altar of greed and selfishness. Then the widows pensionS securing | to that home that sacredness which is | lost when pending poverty comes and
 the home is broken. And God is for
 us in every movement that makes for the raising of human life to higher
 place of living. In looking for safety from the world menace, I have beeE looking for safety brake. In seek 1 ing for. others and myself I have found | it in Christ. He said. 'T am, the Way the Truth and the Life" but Nthe trou- ble is we are not in accord, hence the reason for the great landslides. | The church is divided. I am a mem Der of one of these divisions. You
 are. Every Christian is. I am asham- | ed to acknowledge it is so, and an | seeking way we may become less interested in our divisions. and more interested in the common principles
 that Christ taught. that he is the way