Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-25

| O% | the First Baptist church was held on l Sunday morning. The church was bright and attactive in it's decoration
 Of brilliant fall flowers. William
 Robert Otis. eornetist. and Frank Ben i son, vielinist. rendered 9. special mu- | sieal program. The choir rendered
 the anthems. Blow Ye the Trumpets,
 Christian Soldiers. For the onertory ] a violin solo. To Wild Rose was well rendered by Mir. Benson A pleasing part of the service was the giving in unison of the 121st Psalm 1 by the Junior department of the school. Tn the Rally Day message. the pas tor, Rev. George H. Strouse. spoke as follows upon The Lure of the Best Two passages of Scripture I have
 chosen for the basis of this Rally Day | address.
 The first is in Deuteronomy and
 reads thus: "Ye have compassed this | mountain long enough The other one is in End Cor. and is as follows: The things that are not seen are eternal"
 There are some good things in life, but there are some better things and
 then there are the best and I invite your attention to the best.
 little more than two years ago the armies of Europe mobilized. There was reason. Perhaps not a rational reason but a reason. What had hap pened? 4 dam had burst and a great sea of human hatred poured forth,
 threatening to engulf all Europe. stem the oncoming flood. for each ma tion believed the other threatened nothing less than annihilation.
 Church Must Mobilize Forces
 Great hatred and materialism had been pumped into the sea until the dam could stand the pressure no long CT. To counteract this destructive flood which is by no means confined to Europe, it is necessary for the church to mobilize all her forces and open the food-gates of Gods bound- less sea of love until it fills every sea and bay, river and harbor of human ity. Is the task herculean? Is the objective big enough? l want to pre- sent an objective big enough not only to enlist your sympathies but your active cooperation.
 l invite you to rally around a great Personality. a righteous cause. and the certainty of a glorious conquest.
 Momentous happenings, revolution ary epochs in the march of history center around strong personalities. The Exodus centers about Moses The mighty movements launched from the shores Of Greece and destined to ov- erthrow Asiatic monarch and spread Greek thought throughout Asia cen tered about Alexander The Chris tianity of the first century shook the very foundations of the Roman empire and in less than four centuries made it possible for Christian to climb upon the throne of the Caesars. had for it's center the great and courage ous Paul To be sure Christ was the heart of this movement. but Paul was the human agent.
 Think of Nanoleon returning to France and as he passes through the Villages and towns, old soldiers and new ones are fired with his wonder ful personality, He becomes their leader and once more sways the scep- tre over France.
 "Face the Other Way"
 There's 3 fine description of Sher- idan's ride in the Shenandoah valley. 1 Confederates had planned sudden attack. It was a foggy morning and 1 before the break of day the storm l burst with appalling fury on the un- suspecting foe. Sheridan had been in l Washington but that was in Win 1 chester twenty miles away from Ce- ! dar Creek. Sheridan heard the fire as he rode along but was unconscious 1 of the danger. Soon he saw the sol | diers in mad flight and there was no l swinging his hat and shouting, Face l the other way, bows! We are going 1 back at once." Sheridan found his l whole army in full retreat but clad in full major generals uniform and on a beautiful black charger, they at once recognized their com 1 mander and took up the cry: Face 1 the other way" Sheridan's great ] personality turned defeat into vic 1 tory. But around a Personality that far transcends any of these already I ask you to rally.
 You think of Napoleon's military genius and I say Jesus had all that plus a lot more. The scheme of Je- gus included a worldwide empire.
 You think of Shakespeare's inagina- tive ability, Jesus had it plus a lot more. He sweeps the centuries with Inc telescope Of his imagination and oeholds a great company which no man can number, saved by his redeeming