Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
CAMPAIGN DATES.

| e9 IUsoN 0GieGhs sE Before congregation numbering fifteen hundred people, seventy five men and women left their seats and, walking dewn the aisles, publicly con- fessing Christ before the altar at the Central Baptist church. Sunday eve ming. As they approached the altar 1 and grasped the hand of Gypsy Smith, Jr., they took seats in front of the platform.
 The public confession came after MT. Smiths earnest sermon based on Daniel 5-27. Thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting" Men tally weighing themselves in the ball ance and finding themselves as God would find them, wanting these sev- enty-five men and women. some of them very young men and women, &C., cepting the earnest invitation of the evangelist, went forward, at the close of the sermon and while the congrega- ton was singing Where He Leads Me Will Follow, thus publicly announc- ing their decision to leave behind them the old life and from thencefoFth to lead a neE life. clean and pure, And they left the church with the fervent prayer of the evangelist still fresh in their minds and with determination written in their faces.
 Just before his sermon. one of the ] most feFeeful MF. Smith has yet de- l livered in Norwich, the evangelist scored the people of the city for their lack of support in the present cam I la eratioa from the churches in any city as I have had in this city," said Gypsy i Smith. Your pastors have stood by me to a man." he continued. But you have allowed social events ts come between you and God You have allowed God to play second fid de; you have slapped God in the face ia Ills own house. And it hurts. I am jealous. jealous fer my Masters i.iaterests."
 The congregation was one of the largest and most representative that has yet gathered at the Central Bap- | tIst church to hear Mir. Smiths ser mons. People began, to arrive shortly after ! o'clock and twenty minutes later the church auditorium and gal lfery were filled to overfiowing. The
 folding doors separating the church and the prayer meeting room were thrown open and the prayer meeting room was soon crowded. The usners
 were then forced to provide chairs ir the Bushnell chapel to accommodate
 the overflow.
 I The singing was a big feature of
 the service. On the platform was (
 chorus of some hundred voices and ir
 the choir left the regular choir. vas
 augmented.
 1 After the opening hymns, sung witt
 spirit and enthusiasm. a ferveni prayer was offered up by Rev. Arthur
 F. Purkiss, pastor of the Central Bap- ftist church. Then the congregation isang with spirit, At the Cross.
 Thou Art Weighed in the Balanc, and Found Wanting was the subject :. of the strong sermon delivered by MT
 Smith, who painted a vivid word pic ture of Babylon and King BelshazZal in his palace of mirth which became the hall of death when the words ot the text were interpreted by Daniel the Hebrew prophet.
 T FcentinQing Mir. Smith said in part:
 My text is 'Theu art weighed il lthe balance and found wanting" ana
 remember you will be weighed 1T Gods scales. 1t is possible to be g heavy weight in the sight of public . opinion and your neighbors' estima' ton, and 9 feather weight in the sight of God. The first weight that want to throw into one side of the iss this one, Thou shalt have nont D. other gods but Me" Every man hal god. and that's mans god which il lthe center of his life. around whici
 his whole life moves and circles. Mon
 ey is many a mans god. He will lie cheat vii!ify, commit murder. all fo } the almighty dollar. It is just q; much some mems god as though the. were to take dcllar bill, frame it, ant \ then get down on their knees ant worship 1t daily. Some men will d, anything in the world, selling thei F conscience, defying God. all to in e crease their rating in Bradstreet an, l Dun. With some people, society 1 1. their god. We dress the way we d. 7 and live the way we do. because so i. In some circles, and society last, som e of them will have no use for you, an f there are a great many folks in Nor wieia, whose names are on the cllurc Troll, who make God play second fsddl Ito every little society proposition tha comes along. The second weight tha : I want to throw into the scale is thi . one, Thou shalt not take the name ( ! the Lord thy God in vain.'' The onl foundation for good character is }, reverence fer God. Let the slightes ' prcvecaticn arise and some men thin
 they have certain right to damn an
 curse. You can always tell what kin of wheels q man has In his head b
 the spokes that come out of his noutl
 If were to call you certain nam
 which reflects on your mother. yo
 would, if you had a spark of manhood q make me take 1t back. and yet Il lmother sacrificed 50 much or love iyou so much as God. and God say
 that Thou shalt not take the name {
 the Lord thy God in vaip," for tn
 Lord will not hold him clean tha
 taketh His name in vain. If there
 anything that reveals mans rottel icw-down character, it is to hear hir
 damn and curse in the name of Jesu
 Christ. How much do you weigh
 The third weight is this, 9Remembe the Sabbath day to keep 1t holy" Ia seeing statesmen have said ths
 Amertca's greatness in the past ha
 been her high regard for the Sabbat
 day. if that is true, we had bette
 look out, for we are getting might
 careless. Justice Mclean sai, : | Where there is no Christian Sabhatl ' there is no Christian morality, an where there is no Christian mcralit, E there can be ne natural greatness -- Wac are 4Sese fe3ks who are -cryin