Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-17
REV. G. n. STROUSE
ADDRESSED MEMS MEETING
People Must Fall in Line With Nature
to Succeed in This World.

He did it with all his heart, and
prospered. taken from the Slst chap
ter of the second book of Chronicles,
was the text from which Rev. George
H. Strouse spoke at the y. NJ. c. ~
mems meeting held in the Thayer
building, Sunday afternoon.
General Secretary Edwin Hill led
the meeting and Swahn's orchestra
furnished music. William Malone
rendered The Palms by Faure, and the
Angels Serenade by BRAGG, very
sweetly on the violin.
In part Rev. Mr.. Strouse said: Heza-
kiah did it with all his heart, and
prOspered. For the past twenty-siX
centuries the laws of cause and effect
have not changed. They are the same.
busy with his heart and by doing so
he prospered. Christ asks US TO play
our part in his kingdom as well as in
the commercial world. All of us have
our little parts to play and if we go
at them with our hearts we will pros
per.
The very best things in life are
within our reich. Jesus Christ has
put them within our reach and it IS
up to US to reach and dig them out.
There is no exalted place anywhere on
this earth. The pearls of truth are
under the surface.
Rev Mr. Strouse told of the great
men who figured strongly in the re-
formation in Europe. He asked would
we enjoy the telephone, only for the
wizard who invented ii. We would
not have enjoyed this great land of
the free and brave only for Washing
ton. The slaves of the south would
not have been set free from the shack
les only for Lincoln.
So, men, it is up to us to go do our
tasks with all our hearts and then en-
joy the fruits of our labors. We have
enjoyed the fruits of the labors of
the generations before US. Think of
the future generation?
You cannot succeed in this world
unless you fall in line with nature. You
must be in harmony with your en-
vironments. Mans supreme glory in
| this world is the power of choice. God
gave us the power, to choose. Every
man has the power to choose. And
he is going to hold us responsible for
what he has given us. The most
will.
Rev. Mr. Strouse told of a young
Jewish boy who one day said he would
become the prime minister of England
and later in life he did. Who would
have thought that Lincoln would have
become president when he made the
statement in a small log cabin in Ken
lucky, l will become president. Men,
it is up to SSG to make good. Hezc-
kfah was on a throne inherited from
PAD KING, out ne simply said, | will.
Men. it is up to You. The final choice
must be made by you for man has the
power of choice.
Is it worth while? Are gold and
| pearls worth while? Men, gold, pearls
and diamonds are not worth while
compared with the message I bring.
1 think this age we are living in
| doesn't think of the sense of sin. Blu;
| l want to tell you there is such a thing
| as sin. If there is anything You hate
| it is not compared with Gods hatred
| Of sin.
The speaker named the great battles
| Of the world and their military genius
| Continuing, he said, The greatest bat
| tie in the world was fought 10 centur-
! les ago. Jesus Christ started a cam
| palSn 10 centuries ago and it is going
| on yet. He wants you and in it. He
| wants us to see that it is worth while
! Our battle will be practically over
| when we say 1 will. You have got tc
make your choice. You cannot cal
Jesus Christ a gutter.