Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-14
a,k on The Chrigtian woman's Com


 "No nation can arise apove the level
 of it's womanhood All history has i
 been a constant confirmation of this |
 fact Some years ago Rudyard Kip
 ling was commenting on the inferior 1
 character of the people of the masses
 of India and added, But I have seen
 the mothers of these men and this |
 explains their condition I am asked to speak upon the Christian woman's
 commission and equipment. Let me say without hesitation that the com mission of a Christian woman is ex- actly that of Christian man. Her
 point of contact may be different. her distinctive qualities and endowments may give a different character to the influence that she will exert: but the same fundamental principles of all legience to Jesus Christ and obedience to His will must dominate her life exactly as it must dominate the lives of men. The great commission is that the followers of Christ should be his witnesses. We are to accomplish | this work by exerting a two fold in | fuence, first the influence that radi- ates from a consistent Christian life and second by a faithful testimony l for the Master. Such influence will be exerted in @ general way in activities l that bear upon the development of the various interests in a Christian com l munity and by personal contact with | individual souls.
 Let me suggest then three essentials | to a Christian woman's equipment which may be mentioned among the | most important. First she must cul- tivate the prayer life. This means to | take God into the account. Two great I experiences will mark the rtue Chris 1 tian: First, realizing God; second, vitalizing men. We all recognize the l fact that in our limitations of power we betray our utter insufficiency for l the tasks that are imposed upon us. 1 6anan6Rnpn | Sometimes this dependence is not suf- l ficiently emphasized. Consider one | fact in the realm of our daily bread. | If seed time and harvest were to fail 1 the race would die before another l harvest time could come. And if seed time and harvest time should fail | twice in succession there would be no
 man left alive to tell the tale. How strikingly does this simple fact em- phasize our dependence upon God.
 not simply in the things material but | even more so in spiritual things, for l in the realm of the spiritual we ab- l solutely discover our utter nothing | lives up into His fellowship and draws evermore from Him as a source of our resources, the power that en- ables us to accomplish His work in | the spirit of the Master.
 The second essential is the cu1tiva- | tion of the love of Christ in it's two- fold direction, first in the love for Christ and then in the revelation of | the spirit of His love toward others. 1 Every Christian should have two | fold aspiration. first so to live that all | those who know him or her best | would recognize something of the | spirit of Christ awaiting to be devel- 1 oped in their lives and to cultivate l that kind of relation to them as would l help Christ to have His full place in | tbpiJ. lives
 The third essential is the spirit of sacriicial service. This inevitably
 comes from the spirit of love already l mentioned. Until there is some act
 reaches a point of very great efficien- l cy, and it cannot have in it the quality of the spirit of the Master. | whose cross was the most important 1 fact in His service, not simply and | not sc much the actual suffering and l death upon the cross at Jerusalem | but the cross which He bore suggest
 ed by that striking phrase that He was crucified from the foundation of | the world.
 1 Friday morning more delegates ar | rived in the city, bringing the total
 number to fully 100. Secretary Church 1 of the New London association led a 1 devotional service held in the First | Baptist church at 9.30 o'clock.
 ! Short papers were read on The Or
 ganization to Which We Are Auxiliary; 1 Some Ways to Demonstrate Our Loy- 1 alty to It. Mrs. J. F, Reynolds of 1 Winsted took as sub head. By Great l ing Favorable Public Opinion, and was | followed by Mrs. A. E. Tones of l Bridgeport, who chose as her subject, 1 By Hearty Cooperation with it's Lead | CTS. Mrs. l.. o. Smith of Norwich completed the interesting discussion by | reading a paper on By Financial Sup port.
 Mrs w. H. Phipps of Waterbury re- lated in interesting fashion the result 1 of the years work. What the auxil- l iaries had done throughout the state and the final accomplishments of the auxiliaries as a statewide organiza- ton was told in complete fashion by l the speaker.
 Miss Mary c. Browne of Few Lon l don entertained with a vocal solo and 1 was followed by an address by Rev. John w. Laird, D. D., of New Haven, who told of The Ideal Nation; How | Realized. The reports of the various l committees made and the state treas | urer's report showed the state organ ization to be In a financial condition | to carry on the coming years work in l a fashion that promises to surpass even the successes of the year closing. l At 12.30 o'clock luncheon was served | in the Y. M. c. A. building, after which fully 20 automobiles took the dele gates for a tois< of the city, ending at Connecticut College, where President | Sykes delivered an address.
 | The convention came to a close at | the end of the automobile tour, The meeting was successful in every way and the committees were complement
 ed on the manner in which every de-