Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-15

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 In the past fifty. wars the Baptist. has trspied, from 47s. Sos ts i,sSs.oos
 In the last 25 years the benevelehees
 have immensely increased. ana ovel
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 years of Inissiaf.ary worx, but tais
 takes no count Of the missionaries Wives. We have much to be thank ful for that Gud has taken what we with it, but our task has only jus,
 begun, at home and abread- The Christian church is facing an Infinitely greater task today than ever befors
 there any other solution foF it than
 tAe gospel Of Jesus Christ and the
 spirit Of brothefhood that. the Chris tia. ., etRrsh ae 2 shes,a bssstahs inte the the
 India. China. Asia with it's hundreds i Of millions are yet to be transfused
 to be done. the work has got ts De l increa sed handted fold.
 1 Referring fo the rural situation. the l speaker said that the committee on different has got to De done there I if the rural situation is to De saved. 1 New England has got to put vast deal more Of life and money into tho | | to. see New. Ehglaa6 lost to the | Kingdom. We have got to wake up as to necessafy change in Sur eth ! cd of missions. If India Is to be won from Conn ectcut, nor will men and 1 women from Boston win China It will l be men from India and men from Chi ra who will Win their own countries more and more work and money into those who train the native mission aries. and that nieafis more schools and colleges and hospitals and that is very expensive work.
 The speaker said the committee CT, survey wished to say that this work will call for many million dollars. but more it win need your boys and girls. you give your hundred thousand boys and girls to meet the challenge to com Ep to the help of Almighty God If this movement succeeds 1t will not be DtCLuSC OI tllS IloliGy, put because Ol the ne wawskening of spiritual pow CIV in the hearts Of tho peonle.
 Rev. Henry F. stillvFell. D. D.. of Cleveland, evanselistic secretary of society, followed Dv. Padelford. hay ing come to the convention one day late, for he had been on inc pro- grarnshe for Mond2s. He made an i'm conditions, saying that the challenge of the present troublous time was to restate the. things Jesus has taught. It needs the evangelism that reaches. pie The world wants 1t and the time when it wants it is the time to give it
 The adjournment tirae for the aft ernoon session at o'clock had now hesn reached but at the suggestion Of Rev. Mr. Wright the session Was eon- tinued for . half hour longer in pray CT that the high spiritual plane which hearts and carry oat itss-infiuence to the home churches and communities. Evening Session.
 ed at : 50 eioak there was a very in teFest ing steReopticen lecture. by Rev. R. Mapiesden Of s5uffieId. The many beautiful pictures threWaa on tine screen showed the great work~ that is being accomplished by tie Baptists through out the worid. There were pictures from many faFefsh countries. is.clud- ing Japan, China India; etc. The GUS toms, religions and living conditions of these masses; of. heathens were graph icaHy described by Rev. Mr. Naples don. During the lecture it was brought cut that one baff of the wcrid has no doctors, no teacheFs and no Christ. In India, there is but one doctor for every million people. Rev. MT. Mapfesdcn brought his lecture to q close by enun1- erating- the financial and other needs of the Baptist missionary workers.
 Following the sterecpticon lecture RoseiIe of Boston. His tspic was A Kew Day For Baptisss. The spea lSer aid that every day. Is a new day. Ev- cry living thing is in continual process of ceasins to be wfaat it WAS and to become some thing else. This is ap- plicable to the church.
 We talk of the return of normal conditions. We can't return" to nor nal conditions. We must go forward to them.
 Sometimes we hear the expression Back to Christi You wifi never find Christ by going back. Not back fo Christ. but forward to Christ must ever be our Watehword. The church is net static. We shall have to cease ~ieth- CT we like it or not, standing still. r The Uniy kind: Of Baptist that can live in this new day is a new Baptist. The old kind of Baptist is not soing to fit very welI in the new day:
 .Tie speaker closed with an; illustra- ton Of cooperStfen. He told Of the ir- rigation of land By: use of conauits. The water. without the conduit IS use less for irriga tion. The conduit with out. water is useless for irriga tieT. But the two combined irrixate the land So it is in the church. -"i eIssfns Day.
 The meetings Wednesday will close the convention. They include the fourth session in the morning at 10 o'clock, the fifth session in the after noon. at ? the wofnen's meeting at 8, and the sixth session of the cenyen- ton at o'clock, Instead or at 7.So as announced on the pregrafnme. ~tf -s--- JOHNSON ROME MAfAoN
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