Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-03
GOD WANTS MEN
WHO ARE PREPARED
Rev. John Benjamin Magee Addressed
Y. M. c. A. Meeting at the Thayer
Building.

God wants a man who is prepared.
said Rev. John Benjamin Magee. vice
president of the Greenwich Academy,
in addressing the 7. NJ. C. A. Mems
meeting held in the Thayer building
Sunday afternoon.
The Adams sisters, Lilliputians As
and 40 inches in height, sang hymns
at the opening and close of the meet
ing. While the free will offering was
being taken, William Malone rendered
a violin solo. Swahn's orchestra fur
nished music
Rev. Mr.. Magee took his text from
the 18th verse. Sth chapter of the book
Of Ezra; And according to the good
hand of our God upon us they brought
us-a man of discretion, Of the sons
of Mah1i. his brethren, the son of Le-
vi the son of Israel; and Sherebiah,
with his sons and his brethren. The
speaker told the story of Ezra starting
out from captivity in Babylon with a
band of Israelites to rebuild their city,
Continuing Rev. Mr.. Magee said God
wants a man who is prepared and not
man unprepared. What this world
needs most is man with world wide
experience to minister God to the peo-
pie. I say to you, that it is possible
to have visions as st. Paul and 9TH
ers did. A man who has not a vision
will not go any farther than he is now
One reason why we go farther is be-
cause we have vision. Rev. Mr.
Magee told the story of Joseph who
was sold by his brothers into slavery
and how in the end these brothers
bowed down before him while he sat
on throne. He also told of a boy
who at the age of II years had an
ambition to become the Prime Minister
in England. He studied, filling his
brain with knowledge and later in life
he realized his ambition
Man cannot be more to himself I'M
less he has a vision that lifts him. A
man has got to be prepared to make q
success in the business world; a mar
has got to be prepared to do Gods
work and to do any other task. The
clouds give down in rain what they
have already taken up and so with the
brain. 1t will give out what it has
already acquired. We must get amone
men, know men. understand men anC
N this way we can prepare ourselves
1t was at one time thought that th'
minister in the pulpit was higher III
but now the average intelligence il
so high that the man in the pulpit il
no higher than the ordinary man.
The speaker told of St. Augustine
and of how he became a great tower
ing figure among his fellow-men. t.
be great we must study and know God
It is necessary to give your life to ser
vice. One difficulty with the man o
today is that he hears only the cal
With great compensation.
Rev. Mr.. Magee told of the boys ant
girls in various states in the uniol
who are adding wealth to their stat
by raising corn and potatoes and thes
children are adding wealth to Ameri
Ia. Rhode sland and Connection
have more waste land than any othe
states in the union.
We are doing nothing to save gu
boys and girls, nothing to save our
Ielves. Prepare yourself first an
hen go out and save. We cannot tel
when our call will come and how tru
may be.
The speaker told of the building o
he Solomon's temple, how one piec
If stone the carpenters rejected be
anne the cornerstone. You can mol
FOUR life and If you leave the ston
tlone your life will be failure.