Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-25
MISSIONARY ANNlVEReARY
 AT ZION CHURCH
Rev. earrows Exprsssss Pleasure at Hearty Response Made by eenars- gation.

| The Foreign Missionary Anniversary
 service at the Mckinley Avenue A. M. | B. Zion church on Sunday afternoon I and evening were we'll attended. The organist, Miss Marjorie F1elds l was at her post during both services. The evening programme was arranged | by Mrs. Lydia King, and proved an en- ! morning and afternoon services was | fair, bu. at the evening service, the church was full. Tho Rev. MT. Bar rows said fin closing that he was very of the church and friends. and that he was confident of the existence of much good in Norwich, and hoped to encourage his people to manifest the
 ing was $12.63.
 The Rev. B. F. Barrow selected two
 tents Sunday morning. GO ye there
 fore. and teach all nations. baptizing
 of the Son. and of the Holy Spirit. St.
 Mat 2S:19. But ye shall receive
 power after that the Holy Spirit is
 come upon you. and ye shall be wit
 ip Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto
 the uttermost part of the earth" Acts
 1:S.
 MT. Barrow said in part. the out
 standing subject found in these verses
 is the great commission of the Christ
 to the apostle band. Jesus Christ in
 His resurrection glory, majesty. and
 ministry, commissions the twelve, tel1-
 all tho nations. We can quickly un-
 derstand why Philip, the evangelist,
 was driven by the Spirit to meet that great Negro, treasurer of Queen Can
 dace, returning from Jewish worship,
 and preach to him the gospel of the
 living God. This Ethiopian official was included in the "all nations of
 the Christ. It seems to me that now, oS. of inv fr,u hoe yho T carry out the commission of the Christ, must possess dynamic, a power; they must be Spirit-fiiled men, emptied of every vestige of self. They must clearly understand what a mission is from a practical viewpoint. It is sim ply the church getting out of itself 1 and f1inging itself into the service of 1 some one else. With this understand ing there can be no repulsion to the | foreign base of missions, but it will | be readily admitted that the foreign | base of missions is the home base in | expansion. The church goes in the l person of the missionary with the 1 bread of life and glad tidings of great | joy to the benighted in distant lands. | Every true church possesses the Spirit l Of missions. and foreign mission is the command of her Captain. A disloyal or seIfcentered church 1 knows nothing about missions. To speak plainly, my beloved, such a so- oisty could not be called d church, l but a social club. The church of the living God is the body of Christ, and as such. it's life must flow out to others. and thereby make them mem bers of the great Body of our Lord and Saviour.e We cannot exonerate | ourselves from tffe responsibility of missions. The logic of the case presses the fact upon us with great force. Modern mission is not busy only in the salvation of the soul but 1t is very much concerned about the whole man. It is trying to save body. mind and soul. This accounts for hos oitals, doctors nurses, colleges and teachers and preachers. 1t is this pro- sressive idea that makes the f1nanc- 1 1g of missions a Christian duty, a and a great opportunity to 'nlist with the greatest captain the world has ever had. the Lord of life l md glory.