New Britain herald., 1916-04-08
Civ N0 Beffer Than Hs Homes:
 BL0w at Homes is BIOW at City

The strength and morality, the character of a city, is no greater or higher than the character of the homes of the city. It is the home 1. that makes the city, for the home is the unit of social life. All influence that tend to destroy or weaken the home-infidelity, drunkenness, mere material interests, incompatibility, di vorce-strike a blow at the founda- tions of society and so weaken and disgrace a city. And those influ-
 ences that make for the purifying and uplift of the home are a great tower
 of strength to a city, and ought to have the announcements and support of every right-minded citizen. Of these latter influences the church is by all
 means the most prominent and the greatest; for the church is the surety
 and the exponent of those high truths
 and principles that constitute the
 sanctity and permanency of the home.
 When a person throws his influence
 on the side of the church he casts a
 positive vote for all that guarantees
 and strengthens the home; he helps
 his own and every other home. The
 cooperating churches of New Britain
 are in just this business of making
 homes what they ought to be, and so
 in this particular way are necessary
 factors in the city's life. Following
 are some of the things these churches
 are to do this coming week, and to
 which they cordially invite the atten-
 ton and interest of the people of New
 Britain.
 At the Methodist church MT. Cook
 will preach on Forgiveness and Re-
 demption' in the morning The Sun
 day school has changed it's time or
 meeting and now assemblies before the
 morning service, and the children go
 into church where they remaln
 through a portion of the service, Mr.
 Cook giving a brief children's sermon.
 The Young People are becoming more
 and more interested in their special
 service at 6:30 as Easter draws near.
 The readings and reports on the Life
 of the Master'' on Thursday evenings
 have greatly stimulated thought and
 study, and are yielding profit in both
 interest and attendance. On sunday
 evening, the high-water mark of the
 churchs activities, MT. Cook will take
 his subject from the form of exercise in which he is greatly interested
 bowling and will speak to the young men especially on strikes and Spares.'
 MT. Maier will preach in the First church on Sunday morning on "Je- sus' Success with People,, continuing his attractive series of Lenter ser mons. At the Thursday evening ser vices there is a steadily growing in terest in the study of Fosdick's I'M lean ing of Prayer" over fifty copies hav- ing been distributed and being read each week in preparation for the meeting. The Womans Missionary organization is busy in preparation for an unique service, consisting Ot stereoptican illustrated pageant on the work of the Madura hospital in India, and which will be given in the near future. The Boys Thursday club will hold it's closing session this week, and the very enterprls1ng young people of this church are now making plans and raising funds for carrying on again a vocational school, Q most :; form of service.
 The South church enters upon Pas ! sion week with services designed to impress as strongly as possible the { spirit of the season. The sermon by , MT. Hill on Sunday morning will be on "An HistoricalF7a ith." At the ves- pers the address will continue the se- ries on "The Old Law For the New Day. which is attracting wide atten- tion and deep interest. The addresses have been vigorous and plain spoken worlds On Sunday the Reverend T. B. Powell of Meriden keen and videavale speaker, will have as his subject "False Witness" At the Young Peoples service at 6:15 MT. Hill will talk on "The Way-Trustng and Obeying." These simple and dis tinctly evangelistic talks are setting the young people to deep thinking.
 On Thursday evening comes the closing address on the Literary Beauty and Moral and Spiritual Pow or of the Book,' the special subject being "A Great Plea-the Justification of Conscience" The organ recital on Wednesday afternoon at 4:3O will present an unusually impressive pro- gram from the works of Wagner.
 MT. Cross, on Sunday morning in the Baptist church, will preach on 'Ihe Vision of God Through Purity In Inc afternoon the series of talks on the History and Function Of the Bap- tist Church" will be continued, and at four o'clock the pastor will speak on 'The Baptist Church in the 18th Century" This church has a thriving Young Peoples work, and all are re- spending most gratifyingly to the Lenten talks by MT. Cross, who will sneak at the usual hour o'clock. The Young People hold a business meeting and sociable on Friday evening at 7.45. on Thursday evening will come the concluding consideration of Eos dicks book "The Meaning of Pray er' study which has proved most profitable.
 A notable event in the work of the churches will be the union service on Palm sunday evening, April 16, in the