Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-06

The annual meeting of the Norwich Christian Endeavor Local Union was held with the society in Lebanon on | Saturday afternoon and evening. The platform of the church was decorated with autumn leaves and white ehry- santhemums and on the wall back of and flowers. Rev. H. A. Campbell, the pastor of the church. conducted | the devotional service.
 The address of welcome was given by Miss Mabel A. Moves and the re- l sponse by William G. Park the union president. After an anthem by the choir, James L. Case. president of the Norwich Y. M. c. A.. gave an address on Christ, Our Model in Personal Ac- itivities,
 He said Christ is an ideal. He di- vided our activities into four parts business, social home and personal, which summed up makes we'll rounded religious life. He then re- called Scripture pictures of Christ 1 demonstrating how he was active in 1 all these ways. In the business life he cited Peter and the draught of fishes. The social life in the wedding at Gall | lilee, the home life in which he was subject to his parents and then the home of Mary. Martha and Lazarus. He did personal work in dealing with men and women separately, as in the cases of the Samaritan woman and l the rich young man. Christ has given
 
 great responsibility in personal activ- 1 ity. Conditions will be just the same | when we go back to our societies. but we should carry something back to l help conditions. l MT. Park conducted the business meeting, appointing Mrs. E. H. Hiscox | of Jewett City as secretary pro tenn. l o. r. Naples of BoZrah, the treas urer, gave his annual report and Mrs. 1 HscoX read the annual report of the l T@A% NF yNy 1 wich Town, the Junior c. E. secretary, read her report. Sha said one Junior society had been formed this year, making three in the union.
 Report of Missionary Committee.
 Miss Helen Eadie of Hanover read the report of the missionary commit tee, giving an account of each society's work One society. supports boy to be educated for Christian work. pr. Parkers work was contributed to by all the Congregational societies. Com rades in Service-the Kings Highway are used by several societies. Regular missionary meetings are held by all | the societies. Contributions are sent to various mission needs, both home and abroad.
 Lookout Committee.
 George F. Hyde of Norwich Town
 gave the look out committees report.
 Rev. Arthur Varley of Taftvile deliv-
 cred an address on Christ Our Model
 in Preparation. In Christian Endeavor
 work the young people dedicate them selves to the church and have the
 great task of conserving righteousness
 through the world. Preparation for the accomplishment of such task | can truly be built and founded on q Jesus Christ. the Lord and Savior He
 said he sometimes wished the old
 times would comeback. Christ still remains the worlds supreme authority I in morals and religion, faith and prac- tice. In thinking over what were the
 composite parts of this leading eX-
 ample. Jesus Christ, he found only
 good old fashioned things. Christ al
 ways took time to begin with. We
 should take time to think soundly | straightly and deeply for the task. He
 was close student of the law. He was
 a praying man. If Christ had to pray
 all night for his task. what about us l He was a man of keen, sympathetic
 insight into the very heart of God. He
 had a clear, intelligent insight of the
 magnitude of His task. If this means | anything at all to us it means we must do as our Model did and go to 1 work and sooner than we think will
 the day of your redemption draw nigh.
 Copies of the c. E. Battle Cry used at the state convention were distrib-
 uted and the song sung as the clos ing number of the afternoon service. i Supper was served by the Lebanon society.
 l The Evening Session.
 l The evening session was opened with a praise service, led by MT. Park. A solo, The Plains of Peace, was sung by Rev. Benjkamin Clark, pastor of the Baptist church at Lebanon.
 l Rev. George H. Strouse of Norwich spoke on the Study of the Four Cos pels. He began by telling the young that there never was a time when 1 the young people should take the stand for church as now. There is an absolute necessity for a model. We are engaged in building the stately temple of character, composed of | thousands and millions of acts. There are no little things-everything is of great account. The gospels present
 the same beautiful picture of Christ !. Matthew shows him as King. Go out l and disciple the nations. Mark shows
 Jesus as the Toiler, a busy, working
 Man. The path to greatness is through i the avenue of service. Some of us | are so dignified in the world that we
 are of no account at all for Jesus. The pf fundamental law of society is to serve | Luke shows Jesus as the highest and Imost perfect type of man who evel : walked the earth. A person who has : not accepted Christ has not the power 2 of appreciation. John was a mystic and saw beneath l lthe surface of life. He exalts Jesus :. ! MT. Strouse's talk was necessarily ab
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