Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-03

union GFanSellStlc SefEiceS when nP spoke upon the Old Testament story of Jacob and Esau.
 Chorister Charles r. Allen and the chorus conducted a spirited song ser vice at the opening of the meeting, and remember the day of prayer today Wednesday, from 10 a. m. to 5 D. m. at the Central Baptist church when the pastors of the seven churches will be leaders, each for an hour.
 The evangeiist's subject at this meeting was The Trickster, the story of Jacob in a new and vastly enter taining version as told by Gypsy Smith. He spoke in part as follows:
 1 want us to look at the story of Jacob and to consider his life in four special aspects. each of whieh is in- dicated by and taken from the story of his life.
 FIirst-Is he not rightly named "Ja- cob the Trickster?"
 Second And the man greatly in creased.n
 Third-"And Jacob was sorely afraid and distressed" and
 Lastly-"As a prince. thou hast pow CT with God and man"
 First of all. let me say that God was l not a party to some of the acts of this great drama. aOh," but you say. fits all in the Bible" It's very true, but | that does not give it Bible sanction. 1 The Bible is a faithful mirror as well as a truthful message. It shows us 8 l good many things of a mans life that we may install them, and it shows us | the bad things that we may avoid 1 theln so I want you to notice how ] Jacob comes on the stage of history to represent the ancient and modern fra ternity of the tricksters.
 Jacob began by the attempt to make an unlawful purchase. There are some | things that no man has any right to 1 try to buy or te put on the market for sale. No man has any right to buy his brothers honor. No man has any right to buy his sisters virtue. Nc man has any right to buy his employ CTS conscience, and no man has any right to buy his servants liberty 1 These are some of the inalienablf l birthrights which no man has any 1 right to buy or sell. and If you gel | today to the bottom of all social un- 1 rest and misery you will find that it is the result of unprincipled men an{ women buying and selling what Goo has forbidden At this stage of his career he represents the faithful pro totype of all unnrincipled lawyers. Hi got his brother in a tight place ane made. him swear. I have often irnag- ined I could see Esau getting up tha morning to go out hunting, and aftel he had left the house Jacob gets uI and goes out into the vegetable garder to gather the vegetables for that cele brated potage. It takes skill to eatet rabbit, but it takes far more skill tt cateh a man. Esau was a cunning hunter of animals. but Jacob knew how to catch a man.
 I wonder if yeu are here who tool an unfair advantage of your brnther You saw him in tight place with hi
 back against the wall. and with hi creditors at bay You knew he had t have cash. and you took advantage q
 him and put across a rotten deal. Gi home tonight and write down you
 name on the naEes of history, tric.1
 ster, the man who stole his brother
 honor.
 I wonder if you are here tonight wh,
 saw the widow and children followin,
 the casket of their faithful pretecto to the cemetery? You said to yourself
 Well, I have held mortgage on tha nroperty for years, and she'll, never b
 able to meet the Interest. I'll foreelpse
 Did you? Well. then, write it down ol the pages of history tonight youT owl name trickster. a man who stole hi : brothers birthright.
 , wonder if you are here tonight wh took advantage of a beautiful lovin : virtue, and yon put on her cheek a, ugly blister where there had bee . nothing before but an innocent hIus : of shame just to satisfy and gratif } your own passion? Are you here? The s go home tonight and write down you name on the pages of history. trick 7 ster. Q, man who stole his sisters birth
 right.
 And what sorry spectacle Jacob i. After he has tricked his brother h 5 roes unto his father. Isaac, and cheat l. his father, who thinks he is Esau. an gives him his brothers blessing Yo
 remember how he trimmed himself U . with q goatskin. The world today
 just like Isaac, blind. sensuous, Twin
 only for the day. and this age of tn
 20th century will bless you and win
 you and dine you to further orders
 vou will only cover vour meanpes
 with the trapnings of the trickster-
 ard the man greatly increased.
 And Jacob was sorely afraid an
 distressed. I can imagine somebod saying Whats he got to be afraid of
 He's got two wives. II boys. all Il l
 want, plenty of servants to look afte ! them. Whats he got to be afraid of
 Well, mingling with all his prosperii
 there were penalties; he had to pay f.
 it all. His sin against his brother ar
 father, first of all made him fee fro.
 home; sin always breeds fear Sc,
 eply, he slaved. and there's alwa,
 slavery in sin. Thirdly. he re-encoul
 tered his sin, and if there is ore tA- = that is surer than any other it is tn V one: 'Be sure your sin will find Vt Il out And, lastly no tonly did he CT # counter his sin for himself but h |l wives and children had to hear part
 bis shame. too. See him with his arn
 eround Rachel, pleading with Ged ie
 Esan came and snaite the mother
 his children and no man can sin alpn
 When 2 man sips his wife and chiidrt
 and parents and friends have to hea r
 mart of the shame with him. too. ard
 isn't s1lare deal. But, thank Go
 Taeob came hack.
 There. came a day when Jacob ";
 told by God to return to the land
 his kindreds He had to go back. Ye
 say; Tt is an easy thing to acce
 Jesus Christ" No, it's a mans jo 4 Jacob had to go back to the man tn < he had wronged and had to confess Il M