Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-03

the work OF the Home Missions is car
riad out along three lines. work in the
cities, work with the immigrants. and
work on the frontier. With reference
to the work in the west DR.. Bovard
told OF the dedication of a community
church IN Montana Rev. Charles s.
Davis a former member of the New
England Southern Conference is in
charge. In his missionary work Rev.
AIr. Davis has gone $4,000 miles in an
automobile which the speaker referred
to as an Ecclesiastical Trap" He
rides 60 miles a day and breaches
seven times a day. There are vast
tracts in that section of the country
where religion is never PREACHED. In
| closing DIR. Bovard said he loved to
/ think of the Home Mission work as a
part of the great world missionary
/ movement
Bishop Warne's Address.
One of the most interesting and grip
ference was that of Bishop Frank w.
/ Warne. who spoke on the missionary
work carried on in Indi.
II you will lend me ayour imagina-
ton, 1 will take you up into the Hima-
layan mountains, said Bishop Warne.
1t is just before sunrise. We peer out
into the darkness, and as we look and
look. 10, there's a star in the styi We
look again; no, It's not a star; it's too
large. It's a mountain peak In the
the light creeping down the mountain
side drives away the darkness. l think
you would say TO me that you never
expect to see anything so majestic IN
til you see the King in His glory. In
dia has right to the claim of fasci-
mating country.
One-fifth of the human race lives in
India We have 100000 people in Cal
cutta who speak English well as
we do and we have two English news
papers. We have now a Methodist
community of 100000 souls. Back OF
that we have an army of 16OO souls
who are broken with heathenism
| broken with castles and who are com
|. ing to us and saying: Baptize US and
= take us into your church. But we say
= we can't take you and that is what We
call our waiting list. In some district!
we have one missionary for between
with the home church, where there il
. one minister for each congregation. w,
have one minister for 10000 people.
As l lay down to sleep and as
{ toss about on my pillow / can SCI
: | so, 900 people stretching out their hand
!. | and / can hear their plaintive wall
: Come and tell us about Jesus.
; l think you have right to ask me
What kind of Christians are you get
ting? We are getting our convert
: from common humanity. We have tn
:. same kind Of problems that you have
Our converts have stood a few tests
l. The first is the test OF persecution. W
don't baptize a family IN the empir
q that is not prosecuted Their house
: are burned, their cattle stolen. I say
a poor fellow who had been dragge
:. out of his home by the hair of nj
:. head. kicked and bruised and his hous
: burned. 1 said: Aren't you sorry 20
: became n Christi and he answered
:; They crucihed my Lord; they haven
: crucihed me yet ana until they do
:. will follow Him.
d They have stood the test of givinI
= Last year our Indian church place
= on the altar Of our Methodist churo
: over $4,000. plead for a people VIII
$, are helping themselves.
Before l close I must tell you tw
!; secrets of this work. The first is Bib
study and prayer on the part of OF
j. Indian preachers and the people an
l. the second is Gods love as manifesto
|; in the story of the cross.
o, In bringing his address to a clos
d, Bishop Warnc told an American stOT
?; the story of Lizzie johnson and II
Z quilt she made in fulhllment Of
Y, covenant with God. Bishop Warn
who now owns the quilt, exhibited
/ to the congregation.
f. The service was brought to a clio!
ul with benediCtiOn. which was pre-
r: nounced by Rev. ". s. Kaufman, d. L
u. formerly of Norwich. The girls cho
5; led tn esinging for all the services
]. the church on SUNDAY