Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08
Shea & Burke
 Al Main Street Funeral Directors
,NoRTHFiELD CONFERENCE
 IS NOW IN SESSION

| The Northfield General Conferenc, | of Christian Workers is now in ses ] sion with 9 large attendance of min. | isters and lay workers.
 This. the last of the summer confer ences at Northfield, is the most popu. lar, because it provides for the spirit ual needs of all classes. There arc special services for boys and girls young men, and wornen;> ;>mission work CTS. student volunteers, ,=etc.
 Three strong preac cf1ers have a1erady been heard. pr. Harris E. Kirk o1
 Baltimore, Dr. A. T. Robertson ct Louisville and Dr. J. D. Jones, one of
 the leading non- confornaist preach
 CTS in England.
 These have all been heard in North
 field at former conferences. pr. Rob-
 ertson has the first hour of the morn
 ing. giving a series of addresses on
 Luke gospel ''The most beautiful book
 in the world Luke abounds in med :
 ical terms: so that an English author
 has written book on '"The Medical also called "The gospel of woman
 hood" because of it's delicate appre-
 citation of women and children.
 The second hour of the morning is
 given to strike the keynote at the opening service on August 1st. He
 said in part:
 Tn these present days many things we thought firm are tottering: govern ments which seemed strong have gone months ago no one would have dream- ed that the emperor of a powerful na- ton would so soon be a refugee, and tremendous empire broken up. One and fall of empires-the church of God still stands unshaken. History is a very good cure for panic. This is not the first time there has been a like situation: The Fall of the Ro- man Empire, the Reformation in the time of Luther the French Revolution. all seemed enjoyabIy partentous to the people of that time. One thing liv- ed, held on, and became stronger the Christian faith. and the Christian church.
 Dr. Kirk has taken for the topic of his daily lessons The Making Of a Great Tradition being lessons from seven patriarchs. from Abraham to derstand that the great tradition" is the record of the life of faith. as 1iv- ed by the patriarchs. and other men and women, down through the ages
 We heard Dr. Kirk first on Sunday morning preaching from Matt. :s3. "Whosoever shall deny Me" etc. A plea for confession of Christ before the world. which means not only mem witness by word and deed. 7e used as an illustration The minister is an advocate; his people should be wit nesses. In a court Of laws, the advo- | cate is helpless if he has no witness 1 es; this is the predicament of some preachers, who argue the case of Christ. but have no witnesses to testi- | fy for Him. Our Christian profession is our flag. a banner to fly in the face of the enemy.s
 Mir. Melvin Trotter. superintendent of Rescue Mission, at Grand Rapids, has brought with him this year his male duartette, known as the Amer can Four" These young men are from the Moody Bible Insti- ute. They are. Christian workers as we'll as singers. Mfr. Trotter, with Mir and these singers, have yiven twenty months, working in the [. S. camps, at the Sunset meeting at Round Top these six men tell an in- 'piring story Of success in their min stry of song and testimony.