Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-06
SOUNDS THE CALL TO
 NGREGATioNAL CHURCHES


 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES
 Rev. George l., Cady,. D. D.. of New York, regional director in the Con gregational world movement, brought the message and the call to the churches for fulfilling their part in the world crisis when he spoke at the afternoon session of the special meet ing of the Congregati churches Of New London county. which was held here at the United Congregational 1 church Friday.
 Rev. Dr. Cadyis address followed the devotional service at two o'clock conducted by Rev. c. H. Ricketts of the Greeneville Congregational church and a snort talk on wofnan's work by
 Miss Marion Choate, assistant to Dr. l Cady.
 | We have come to a perpleXing day | said, pr. Cady, a day that is shared by the whole world. Under the stress of war times we made prophecies of d
 new world, but we have been disillu- ! stoned. We have come to realize it
 is the same old world, the same | groSsness of materialistn, the same
 stupidness of statecraft, the same re- linace on force. If anything is to
 save, it will be the same old spirit of . l where it was not Christian. Men are Il beginning to sense the fact that Amer
 ica and the world must be saved by a
 spiritual regenration. This is the task of the church which is the trustee of
 the only cure Of these unspiritual days, the trustee of the gospel of Je- sus Christ.
 ! pr. Cady described what had been
 done in the Inter- Church World Move , ment and then took up The Congre-
 gational World Movement. Much , money is needed if the Congregation l alists are not, to be compelled to cur tail and retrench in important lines oi { work. The American Board. needs
 $S00,O00 if it is not to abandon one } third of it's missionary field. Ttt high cost of building has pushed the high cost of living clean oF the mar | as far as the home Visionary or } church extension is concerned, but you can't spare your country churches 7 for they supply pastors for your city
 churches. We must have S71O,000 1ol el this department The small college: r must not be deserted. The need i. $600,000 for them merely to cover as 5 sured deicits. The work of the Amer f ican Missionary association in the ed ucation of the negro in the south can l l not be allowed to fall short or lapse
 If we close the doors of their school we close the door of opportunity an'
 hope to the future leadership of rae
 with great possibilities.
 You have got to lift the church dol
 lar, he concluded, onto a plane wit | every other dollar, but now you ar ] giving to the Lords cause the ol
 1914 dollar worth only 50 cents nov r You are going to do the things you fa atharS did oven if UO1I OiVP uOtil n hurts.
 Rev. J. Beveridge Lee of New Lon e don followed Dr. Cady with some in
 teresting incidents from his persona r observation of work in some of tn ;. fields to which Dr. Cady had referre q and the adjournment of the sessio q followed.
 Morning Session.
 e At the morning session. which open n ed at 10.30 with an attendance (
 about 100, Rev. J. H. Selden took tn n chair as moderator after Edwin V S Higgins had opened the meeting bJ s. could not remain through the da, e Rev. Allen s. Bush of Gales Ferry wa e clerk.
 l. Rev. Alexander H. Abbott, pastor
 the entertaining church, led the opeT e ing devotional exercises upon u '., l IOP4S OOlASeSIdllIl5 feTSOndllly r II At II o'clock Rev. Sberrod Soule Hartford spoke upon Recruiting f, II Life Service. Rev. H, W. Hubert q Groton conducted the discussion tn o followed. .ss Lunch was served at 12.30 by Il 'i social committee comprising Mrs. T. P. Bishop, Mrs. Chauncey B. Shertn; ., and Mrs. Amos A. Browning. Tn !! were assisted by Mrs. Edward F-ulle :. Mrs. H. B. Cary and Mrs, Herbert ' o5i Gallup.
 ,u The following resolution, offered 7' Rev. Mir. Hubert of Groton. was pas
 ed at the after7oon session. If Resolved. That the New London a er sociation of Congregational church re and ministers assembled at a speci l- meeting at the United Congregation > church in Norwich on March 5th do
 hereby express it's most cordial a t. proval of the spiritual and, materi s. program for the interchurch wor
 movement. especially as express
 through the Congregational worl
 movement and that the represent
 tives of the churches here assembl H. do mutually urge upon all the seve,
 churches of the association co-oper IS. ton to the limit in earring ont f o. nlans outlined emphasizing zealous , u' fort to win souls for God-Iike serv r. for His kingdom and Gods prin