Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-28
Sunday Sermon at Federated Church.

At the Sunday evening service at the Federated church Rev.~A. w. Burden delivered an interesting sermon or Juggernauts;.' Rev. Mir. Burdon said in part:
 How surely is T raan defeated in the very glory of maahosd by the Jugger- nauts that roll upoH him when free rein is given to evil desires.
 The story is or :.sfaan protected ere he was born We are inclined to sheer and make ligLt of hereditary evils. But the story teliszus that the mother of t'Iis nan aas visited by ar angel of God, warning her as to her conduct, before the .veilt of birth. She was instructed against wine ana strong drink, against tlle .',.tbuleat craving of the unciean thirs, for the child was to be Nazarite Of God.
 We are not told much about the mother. Yet from U is little incident there is a lesson for i1arenthooG, snow ing how needful it is to protec. child hood from co1tani inatmg influence that will make CT 1inmake the future.
 Juggernauts too often begin in the home: that which looks like snialI toy wagon in after years becomes . great steam roller, grinding 70 finest atoms promising manhood and woman hood. A careless statement of facts. the coarse. unrefined jes. or story, is not lost nor forgot.ert by the youthful! mind. and they are more deadly, more destructive, while character is in the process of formation than those things which come in after years.
 Every child born into this world is intended to he a Ns,zarite of God, and we cheat him e.ls of his birthright at our peril.
 We are taee to face with a false standard of social life. The unreal, that is blinding tho eyes Of our men and women to the stability of the h n fef<. 7 C%v nfe <.f t,a cities are filled with a eaudy. ckeap .frivplty and style, and while thou sands of women in Belgium, Poland, northern France and Sefbia are ask ing how much they can get to wear. thousands here are asking htw little they can wear and get through.
 I have chosen tine strong men O. the Bible to illustrate tlae fact that, apart from God, we may feel the fetters binding; that society can beeoEee a tJuggernaut to grind out the strength of our nanlood nd wenranllnod wl1er. the prison heuea of sfsyle and Irivolity hold us fast. thatsmoney is a danger ous piaythi9g when used to defFaud the poor, or the rich, and though it may buy houses and lands. and fence them in so that Hae,e can point to them. saying they are mine, let us not forget above him just as many acres of blue and gray~Gf sunlight and shadow, Of purple and gold. ltl9af the good Lord has kept for himself, and without them and a geEeraEs God tEe land would yield no increase. the houses be dark, and living things would die.
 Remembering this. let us strive to be generous. not lesing our strength In closing let me say: We do not fight single handed against evil pas siens, sinful loneings and wicked i.ab- its, and like samson become defea ted. for there ifs one Wis0 is, to us as the wonderful AiHnaiaya is to India, a radiant diadena. q tower of strength. He is a mans Chris. and says follow me. He is a wefTla-'s friend One car see the scene as he bids farewell to; his mother and friends as he goes up for all eatllly time beloved Bethany. Strong men have wept as the picture of the garden rose beforc them, when three times he vent apart to kneel. three times pleading in agony: FaElers