Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-02
TAUNTON CLERGYMAN BREACHES
 AT GREENEvILLE CONG. CHURCH

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 Rev. W. S. Mcintyre of Taunton, Greatest Product, at the Sunday morn ing service at the Greenvil.e Congre- gational church. In his sermon Rev. Mr Mcintyre said:
 Great men have achieved great results as the reward of their toll and devotion The telephone, wireless teleEraDay nav igation of the sea and air, the establish ment and development of government are all the results of mems ingenuity and industry. These all give grea- glory to the men who have been faithful to their ideals. We may not be a Washington 1 an Edison or Bell, but we are ali buiI5- ing a structure that will end Ire when ali ! of these Wdrkmen's mind and hands : are passed away. We are builj.n:; our selves. Character building is the great est work of man. Character is some thing more than reputation. Reputation | IS what others think and say Of us. | Character is what we are in our com mand of thought, moral tenderness, pas 1 sions, ambitions and allegiance The i Psalmfst expresses great thought when he wrote: Behold Thou desires- truth in the inward part" Ps51:6.
 There are three grades of character; i; vicious, moral and Christian. The first | is selfish, sensuousness; given to the pleasures of the table, drunkenness ar1 licontucius untruthful and dishonest 1 We have all come in contact witn speci- mems of this sort. We do not envy hera | their accumulations of lifetime Anoth- CT class, an a large class, to, m 9mbers of which admire, are self-denying temper | ate, clean honest, generous. T1a Chris l tian character includes all that is ad- mirable in the moral and more. The distinguishing feature is Chris It in cludes faith in Him, obedience in Him fellowship with Him.
 How are these various qualities ac- quired? What makes a man vicious, moral or Christian? The first two de- Ipend largely upon heredity anl environ ment. Much of what we are depends upon what our grandfather Was. We are born with impulses, that nad their origin in our ancestry. Nero mother was a cruel woman. Napoleon $ mother read Flutarch's Lives before he was
 born. There was a woman in New York state known as Margaret the mother of criminals She was not only poor but was vicious She lived more than Q hudred years ago. I'll, re have been 623 persons in that ancestral line, 200 of them criminals. In onc branch of that family there are c0 and nine of them have been in state pri- son, and nearly all of them have turned out badly. Not few children are CuIStu LHIOuSn lie Dy Bdu environment
 in childhood They arr bent :n the
 wrong direction by their surroundings. Men and women are largely what they are because of the sentiment of those
 with whom they live. Men who are quite respectable at nome act like the
 devil when they go to New York where
 they are not known. Chrisriaa charac-
 ter is supernatural It las an iufus'on
 Of a alvin life. Paul sail: Christ
 lIveth in me" Christ ul < human lrar
 is the source of holy imoIlse, grace of
 spirit, highest ideals and Christia1
 conduct of speech and act.
 Character tends to fXidacss. The act of yesterday becomes hao:t toma:, ow.
 The responsibility of what We are re- sides with us personally. We have the power of choice. No being can control
 us without our consent. Every man is
 suprTre in the domain of his own life
 You can admit a spirit that will degrade
 and curse you or you can admit the
 Christ who will always bless you Be
 hold I stand at the door and knock, if
 any man hear my voice. and open the
 door I will come into him.