Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-22
AimAt Great Results, Says Evangelist

Launch Out Into The Deer" vas the subject of the sermon Friday night at the Central Baptist church by Gypsy Smith, IT,. in the continuation of the series of ,evangelistic meetings under the auspices Of seven churches in the city The congregation was the largest that the meetings have had < this week, excepting the Sunday night service and it responded with fine spirit to the vigorous leadership of Chorister Charles F. sssAllen in the Service Of song; and praise that .pccu pied the first half hour Of the, meet ing. Make Somebody :: Happy To- day" was a :, fayorites and MT. Allen
 had the congregation singing the chorus over and over again, matching one side of the church against the other for against tie: gallery or the singers who make, up the; special chorus of fifty voices !.
 A good, sized delegation from Trin- tty Methodist Epigcopaf. Sunday
 school attended in body and had
 seats at the front of the church.
 Prayer was offered by Rev. F. A. Legg. <.
 Mir. Smith took his subject Friday evening from the 9th Chapter-of Luke and his text was; .L.augch Out Into the @r 's-AaSssbO. b1lIib OUI you,
 he said, one or two of the essential things If you want or ares going to do the Sighting. and building flat is going to be God-honoring and contributary
 to the saving to this old world. Note first that, It was Christ the people wanted, not the disciples but Christi It was his personality, his magnetism,
 his miracles and words He was the
 center of gravity. the magnet the loadstone that drew multitudes unto Himself and it will pay you with all
 your executive business, ability; and with all your winsomeness and charming personality to let Christ
 have the right of way in your lives.
 Pause for moment and ask yourself
 what Is the matter. with all our out
 put. T mean with all the sermons and services to end in so little and what is the matter with the great invest
 ment of money and time in the churcf, of Jesus Christ today that seems to bring US so little return for it. all, You
 wouldn't get business men to sink so
 much money in any enterprise as we do in our churches and be. satisfied with the returns that we get Isn't the answer to be found in this that there
 Is 50 little of Christ in all that we do. We talk about Christ. but :; 1t isn't Christ that talks. We sing about him, but He isn't heard in our songs. Our
 words fall like a shower of gravel ra- ther than 8 gentle dew and we talk about the tenderest thing in or outside of Heaven the love of God and when
 we do we do@it in a savage spirit and the world doesn't recognize Christ in it at all. If we are going to do the l fighting and building that is going to help build and mold and shape conti- nents for the cross we must be moved
 and filled with the spirit of Jesus
 Christ. @s
 The first thing that Jesus always ! does when he is going to take men and
 women into 3 new life a deeper life i is to reveal Io them the possibilities which siumber in their own nature. 0t
 course. in every manor woman there 1 is enfolded; as a bud. the whole possi- i btlity Of saintliness and power with l God and man. It is enfolded in your nature and your great aiuSshoald be to 1 discover: what God, has put in you by f reseneration.2 believe in regenera- | ton. ! have no sympathy with this
 modern. teaching. that everybody ]. be- 1 gins with God in them and they have i just to develop q God. which is borr i in. them. I beliexe-in .regeDera tiun a.
 the impartation of the very life of. God 1 in the soul: and when the life Is i'm 1 parted-it: contains within .thA germ
 of. eternal bliss but you HFants to know
 the possibility Hidden ! in yotzs.soui
 You are, a. .partaker. of the divine ma :! ture. hut you want to know. the con
 tents of the possibility.
 I You know at this time there was i1
 Palestine a mighty revival. the si
 lence of 300. years had been broker
 and men were flocking from all ove the country to hear this new preache, whe -reniItded: them of the.1great He brew prophets. King Herod himsel
 was attending the services and ever the fishermen had left their nets an.
 had camped on the banksof the Rive
 Jordan to listen to John the Baptist
 and the great caravans on their wa,