Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-16
HARTFORD MAN SPEAKER
 AT "Yn OPEN. AIR MEETING

A large number of people gathered at
 Moregan park Sunday afternoon in spite
 of threatened rain, and enjoyed the open
 air service conducted under the auspices
 of the Y. M. C.. A. The B. Y p. U. of
 the Central Baptist church sent enough
 of their members to fill the truck used to transport the singers, organist and ciarinetist.
 The speaker, G. T. Bochman, field sec
 retary of the Connecticut Temperance
 Union, spoke very interestingly on the subject, Taking Chance, as follows.
 A newspaper writer in commenting on the case of a prominent young lawyer
 of Putnam, who few years ago was given long sentence in Wethers6eld for arson called attention to the brilliant
 manner in which he had started his ca
 reer and the professional life of promise that had been cut off at its very begin ming. His case is not without parallel. Young men of brilliant promise are ev- cry day bartering their opportunities and surrendering their, careers for the most sordid rewards. About. this time man died in New York who until a short time before occupied a high po- sition at the part of the empire state. 1 Less than ten years ago newspapers and the public were declaring him one or | the coming professional men of the great | city. A few years worked great change. He followed aliurements that | finally tripped him, made him surrender his career, barter his opportunities and
 sell his good name for pottage that any
 Esau of intelligence would have shunned. | Like the young Putnam lawyer he was
 sent to prison for offense against the pub 1 lie peace and comfort He came out a
 wreck. and death came quickly to end l his shattered life. There is such thing ' as being sorry too late.
 | There are thousands of human wrecks along the highways of life in prisons, re- formatorfes, asylums and hospitals who thought they could get along without God. Listen to the words of Jesus in 1 Matt 7:21-29. Not every one that saith
 unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
 Kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is heaven. | May will say to me iE that day, Lord, Lord. have We not prophesied in Thy name? and in They name have cast out l the devils? and in Thy name done many 1 wonderful works? And then will l pro- | fess unto them, never knew you de- 1 part from Me ye that work lnlqulty- 1 Therefore, whosoever heareth these say I fngs of Mine and doeth them, l will liken him until a wise man which built his l house upon a rock. And the rain de- 1 scended. and the floods came; and 1t fell noa; for it was founded upon a rock And every one that heareth these say 1 ings of Mine,- and doeth them not, shaH | be likened unto a foolish man, while built his house upon the sand; and the 1 rain descended. and the floods came, an 1 the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and ir fell; and great was the 1all i of it. You are the house, are you build ing on the foundation of tn Rock or l Ags. ~. 1 Not one of us can get along without
 Him and measure up to our possloill,, 1 ties He will develop all or our soou
 Gusl;ties and give us the victory over 1 our habits and temptations, so We can he better and more influential for our city state and nation.