Putnam patriot., 1920-03-05
MEN OF CHURCH
HEAR DR.. POTTER
Follow Closely Address On
"The New World and the
Old Gospel
Mems Club Formed At Supper At
Congregational Church

gregational church at 6 o'clock Tues
day evening with nearly the whole
quota of one hundred present. The
features of the evening were an adj
dress on 1.-The New World and the
Old Gospel" by Rockwell Harmon
Potter. d. D., of the Center church,
Hartford; the formation of a Mems
Club. and a fine supper given by
members of the church and served by
the ladies.
/ The men gathered in the church
parlors and shortly after 6 o'clock
were invited down stairs by the pas
tor of the church. In the gymnasium
the tables had been set and were pref
tily arranged and decorated with ros-
es, carnations, and sweet peas. On
thte speakers table were several pink
candles The supper consisted of to-
mato soup, crackers and olives; cold
boiled ham, mashed potatoes, peas;
hot rolls, pickles, chowchow; gelatine
salad; cake, ice cream and coffee.
Following the supper Rev. Mr..
Merrill welcomed the men and intro
duced the speaker as "Hartford's
leading clergyman; the greatest Con-
gregationalist leader in the state; rec
oe.nized as a leader throughout the
country"
DIR. Potter spoke of former visits to
Putnam, including the occasion OF the
late Rev. Mr. Sargent's anniversary,
and of his inability to accompany
brother clergymen to the funeral ser
j vice. He stopped to pay tribute to
the late pastor of the church who
served so long and faithfully and who
was so dearly loved by the members
of the parish.
DIR. Potter spoke of the short pas
torate of his brother, who came fresh
from his studies to supply after the
death Of Mr.. Sargent. He told those
present that his brother was now a
missionary and, with his wife. is now
stationed at the Arcot mission in In
dia. He said that in Il letter his
brother Informed him that he could
buy eggs for II cents per dozen,
(which" said the speaker, almost
persuades me to become missionary
myself fLaughter).
! DR.. Potter then congratulated the
church and members OF the parish in
having secured Rev. Boynton Merrill
as pastor and hoped that the church
might keep him at the church which
Rev. Mr.. Beard. formerly of Wilt
mantle. called the Cathedral Church
of Windham County.
DR.. Potter then launched into his
address. taking-for his subject, The
New World and the Old Gospel
He went back to the ushering in OF
the new century, when there was hope
and trust in the commerce. education,
science, politics, diplomacy and social
progress Of the country to bind the
world closer together in peace and
harmony. But Notwithstanding the
progress along these hnes-"Then
came the war" said the speaker.
With force and elqouence he took
up each of the attributes which it was
hoped would unite the world and
pointed out the failure as evidenced
by the recent World Warm. Having
tried all other things it is time to try
the Old Gospel" said DIR. Potter.
1--WE must give ourselves to religion;
put. our hopes in Christianity and
Christianity alone. We should apply
the Old Gospel to the New World
DIR. Potter said we had Christianity
on hand in 1914 but either it was not
the right kind or our stock was too
small to avert the greatest calamity to
mankind He said that the whole
question is opened up again and we
must undertake to apply our Chris
tianity more thoroughly than in the
old days We should apply the Old
Gospel to the major interests of life.
He said we have modern commerce,
an amazing commerce, and we should
apply the Christian attribute Of good
viii in engineering this modern COM
merce.
The speaker said that men who
stood in public places during the war
expounding what man had belonged
to his country" were now lodging
the four per cent income tax and go
ing into dark places to figure out how
they can do away with the eight per
cent surtax.
There was applause when the
speaker said: I'VE want clean dol
lar, clearly used, to be the symbol of
American commerce
"And it will never depreciate in
the markets of the world" concluded
DR. Potter.
He spoke Of education, and said
that men who had opportunity for a
high school or college education were
bonded TO service, and that If he de-
serts he is traitor. Education is to
discipline the mind that it may be a
better servant in our county, state
and country. 1t is not just to make
men smart; not just to help them
build up fortune more quickly. "A
man who uses his education Just to
build up a fortune is traitor to the
institution that gave him the educa-
ton and to his country" said DIR.