Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-18
HARRY ScHULMAN ADDRESSES
 CENTRAL BAPTIST SERVICE
Large Congregational Heard TheoIogi-
 cal Student Sunday Evening.

What Is a Christian? was the theme of very interesting sermon given by Harry Schurman, student at the New ton Theological seminary, at the even- church. MT. Schulman took his text from Acts H. 26, And the disciples were first called Christian in Antioch
 Among some of the things Mr. Schu- man said follow:
 Friends. can any of us study the life of Jesus and not feel the sense of re- morse and shame as we see our lives in the light of His. And a person is not Christian until he tries to imi- tate the life of Jesus in His own life. Even today some people are uncom- table where there is Christian around, for as that man and woman live their simple noble Christian life there is shown up to the sinful per- son all the filth and rottenness of his life. Put a young man whose mind has been full of filthy thoughts in the presence of group of pure Christian young women and that fellow will be the most uncomfortable fellow while with them. For he will see his sin as he sees it in the light of those beau tiful, Godly lives of those girls Take a cheat, a saloon keeper, a gambler, put them in prayer meeting and make them listen to the testimonies of Godly men and women and those men will suffer agonies of hell. For as they hear of the sweet and good lives of those men and women there will appear to them the gloomy pie lures of their own lives. Such a meeting would be hell to them and yet the mental agonies and remorse suffered there are but a shadow of the remorse and mental torture which will follow in the life which comes after this.
 Friends, are we who hear the name of Christians living lives similar to our Lords? Are we living lives of humanity, lives where were not proud just because we live in nice homes or have wealth or mental attainments; {; are we living lives of live which go so far even to rejoice when the other fellow is getting ahead of us. Are we living lives which make non-Chrfs- t1ans feel uncomfortable as they see what they ought to be by our lives
 Even in our day we many times meet people who also are opposed to change especially if it will hurt their interests and cut down their profits. The sa- loon keeper fights every effort for pro- hlbition and hates everyone who is in- terested in the movement. Though he knows that what he sells robS human 1ty of virtue and true life still he is willing to let humanity be destroyed in order that he may make gain. The merchant knows that man is entitled to all that a customer pays for, yet in
 
 often give short weight. The producer of canned goods knows the health of the people depends upon what he sells them, still in order to make profits he will put in baS products and treat it with deadly chemicals so that they will look good. And let anyone raise crusade against any of these viola tions of the laws of life and state and immediately the miserable wretches who make profit will be up in arms fighting against any reform. And what are we going to do about it? Are we going to yield to the threats and taunts of these wretches? Did Jesus Christ yield when the Pharisees and Sadducees turned against Him ? No, indeed, but their threats gave him new courage to fight for righteousness agaiEst them and he even gave his life in His campaigns against them Did the small group at Antioch fea1 the threats and remarks of those H. centious makers. Hardly. For they kept up their activity against vice and crime. They wanted to be con- sidered as co-workers with Jesus and truly deserve the name of Christians or Christ followers. And we, if we must be Christians, must also be ac- tive. There is no room today for rocking chair Christians, but we must be up and active against anyone or anything in our community or coun- try which is undermining the noble things of life.
 So thus the small group at Antioch was ridiculed because they worshipped the crucif1ed and risen Christ, because they lived a life like His and because they were engaged in Jesus work Men in their day daspised them but we today gIorify thme and as those people were those who kept the church and Christianity alive let us like then Ego and do likewise" and also keeI 17ypic y1it 4Io