Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-15
NORWICH PASTORS ARE
 APPOINTED ON COMMITTEES
Baptist Association Held Largely At-
 tended Meeting at East Lyme.

o'clock The woman's Foreign Mis-
 sionary society had the time from 1.3o
 to 2.45. Mrs. Clark. who has already
 to 2.45. Mrs. Clark. who has lately returned from the Congo in Africa, gave a very interesting address on the
 condition of mission work in that country. Mrs. Henderson followed her
 with a stirring account of the work there. ~
 The thought of the afternoon was
 Efficiency in the Local Rural chHrch. Rev. A. E Goats. D. D.. of Hartford secretary of the Connecticut Baptist convention, gave the first address on
 How Can the Local Church Meet the Rural Problem? He frankly admit ted that it is a problem and he had no unfailing rrathod of how it is to be done but offered some suggestion, for thought. The reports from the Ston- ington Union association show 55 compensated by new interest on some of the fields that were considered al-
 most dead. His first suggestion was that the rural church must recognize
 Lord and that they must shoulder
 responsibility. Instead of seeking help
 outside they should seek to know what
 they can do themselves and seek out side help only as the last extremity.
 They must expect something from the LOI u 4lGE 1luSL WOlA 4Ol SO11fCl sions and uplifting.
 Rev. B. D. Remington, of Colches- ter spoke on the subject, What Equip ment Does the Local Pastor Need? :? His address was spirited, strong and to the point. The social spirit must be strong and there must be baptism of the Holy Spirit.
 Mrs. Charles E.. Gardner of Water ford gave an interesting and sugges- tive address on What Can the Sab- bath School Do for the Community?
 Among other suggestions were these:
 Teach the Bible, not teach about it.
 Fathers and mothers snoulS attend for the sake of example. There should
 be a good library of selected books
 Cradle Roll. Home department, or | class and there should be a united eff fort in necessary part of Sabbath school work A half hour was given for discussion of the subject. At the noon hour the moderator, Rev. II. P. Fuller. was called away V. Gray of Waterford was called to the chair fo. the afternoon. The fol- l lowing committee were appointed, the | first two to repGrt at this session and ! the rest at the next meeting of the 1 association:
 Committee on Place and Preacher Rev. H. P. Fuller of Mantle, Rev. R. B. Harris of Norwich. Rev. A. J. | Chandler of New London.
 Committee on Resolutions-Rev. C. R. McNally of New London, R. w. Mansfield of New London.
 i Nominating Committee-Rev. J. A. | Elder of New London Rev. Donald | Fletcher of Quaker Hin, Edward 1 Parker
 State of ReIigion-Rev. P. F. Vol fenden of Waterford. Rev. L. o. Gates i of Bozrah, Rev. George H. Chambers Of Fitchville
 Committe on Young Peoples Work -Rev. George H. Strouse and Miss Alice M. Dean of Norwich, c. c. Per | kins, Fred Minson and Miss Susan Penhallow of New London. Committee on Obituaries-Rev. H. F. Adams of New London Rev Wal ter V. Gray of Waterford and Rev
 A. W. Burden of Norwich. Missionary Committee - Rev. J. P Slocum. D. D., of Norwich and Rev c. R. MeNalIy, for three years. Rev 1 G. H. Strouse of Norwich and C. B. l Green Of New London for two years, Rev. P. r. Wolfenden and R. w
 Mans11eld for one year
 Rev. F. D. Luddington of Uncasvi1le, Deacon F. F. Richards of Waterford The meeting adjourned for supper at o'clock. The evening service com menced at ' o'clock with a devotional meeting led by Rev. P F. Wolfenden
 
 voted to the intrest of tie young peo- | pie. Rev. George H. Strouse gave the | report of the Baptist Young Peoples 1 work in the association and Rev. WI | T. Thayer of Wallingorrd gave an in teresting report of the young peoples work as reported at the northern Bap- | tist convention held in Minneapolis | in May.
 The principal address of the even in gwas given by Rev. J. N. Lackey, l D. D., of Hartford, on the subject of Evangelism. For three quarters of an hour the people listened earnestly as 1 he pleaded for more personal evan | gelism. He said every man should be an evangelist, and showed that most 1 of the great religious leaders were l won to Christ by the personal touch 1 of some consecrated Christian work 1 CT. His address was followed by three 1 five minute addresses: Young People and Missionary Service, by Miss Alice
 M. Dean of Hartford; Young People
 and Social Service, by Mrs. L. P
 and Spirituality, by William Ames of | New London.
 All the delegates that desired en- tertainment over night were cordial l ly received by the people in Flanders. The Thursday morning session was l opened at 9.30 o'clock with a devo-
 Fletcher of Quaker Hill. The treas
 urer reported a small balance in the | treasury. Rev. Donald Fletcher read a history of the Quaker Hill Baptist l church. organized in 1885 and it's 1 Sunday school organized in 1865. It was voted that in future the church | history be published in the minutes
 and not read at the Association meet | ing.
 Rev. P. F. wolfenden preached the missionary sermon, emphasizing the
 natural tendency of the saved soul to | declare this salvation to all peoples, | because it is worldwide in its pur- 1 pose, in it's interest to nature and must | be published and revealed by human l efforts.
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