Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-20

| on Christian Principles in Our Civic Relationships, said that Christ repre-
 sents and teaches the highest ideal of human relationships, and, therefore, the | 1 highest ideal of social, political, indus !
 trial, commercial relationships. The I work of the church can never be done While these relations are not entirely i Christian in spirit.
 Imperfect civic relationships are but the reflection Of our total national char
 acter They will improve only as there is an improvement in all respects. No revolution, socialistic or other, will l bring much improvement unless accom- panied with a wider spread and a deep CT roofing of Christian principles. We must all regard ourselves as responsi- i ble for the civic relations of our city
 and country.
 TaftviiIe Congregational Church. Gods Interest in City Building was
 the topic of the Civic Sunday sermon de- livered at the morning service at the TaftviIle Congregational church by the pastor Rev. Arthur Varley. Rev. Mr Varley took his text from Genesis H.:
 The Church of God in the city of Norwich is asked to plead as with one mighty voice today for a broader and
 loftier civic righteousness, said Rev. MT.
 Varley.
 In considering what is involved in this let us remember first that no movement
 can permanently endure, or accomplish
 many results that are worth while, un-
 less there is behind it the power of
 sound moral character. Civic righteous
 ness must root itself in strong and stur-
 dy personal righteousness if it is to be worth talking about Boulevards, parks, playgrounds, public buildings, business extension, the location of railway termi- nals, fire stations etc, are the lesser questions in the vital matter of civic 5 righteousness. The roots of a safe and i happy social order run deeper than the
 mere division of dollars and cents, the mere passing of a citys financial bud . get or the declaration of dividends. The 3 good name and glory of a city, the civic t pride of community like Norwich 9 must rest on something deeper and more . Fundamental than the failure or success . of any particular political party. The . social and political structures of men, . the civic pride of the community, the n glory and good name of the city must : be the result of the moral energies of n mem the rich blessed fruitage of those a dynafhics of the soul that impel men
 on to goodness and truth, honor and e love If these are aims and pur- V poses if these are the motives that con Q trol us the mighty forces that move us on IOWaIu d DIOdOSI dIlu IOll4ti CIV II 1t righteousness, then will our building e stand
 l. Preston City Baptist Church. = Civic righteousness is to be desired
 above much gold or commercial eXpan e sion but business is on the increas' l. where righteous principals are adopted $ said Rev. F. w Tholen, pastor of tn, l. Preston City Baptist church, in his ser IS mon at the morning service. Religion 0 and Righteousness. Neither the city Id of Norwich nor any other city can hav Id one at the expense of the other. Per y sonal or civic righteousness must hay le Q foundation. No other foundation ca Ie any man lay than that which has bee IS laid which is the righteousness of Go g. in Christ Jesus, a foundation ston Tt which some builders are rejecting. Mex e. to the churches in Norwich the cham Is Der of commerce is the most powerfu e. factor to influence it's citizens to right he eousness.
 pc Trinity SI E. Church
 st The time is at hand when the citizen Tn ship of Norwich should feel the amalga 10 mating powers of a common purpose | Is make our city a better, cleaner happie 'h place to live, said Rev. Ernest A. Legs ss in his sermon at the morning service a IT. Trinity Methodist Episcopal church. Re1 u MT LesA took his text from Neh. 2:1' to Come let US build up the wall of Jerusa ol lem that we be no more a reproach an LII chose for his topic The Walls of Norwicl ls In his sermon Rev. MT. Legg said in part oI A monarch who was once visiting tn u king of Sparta expressed surprise tha ~ that great and arcent city had no wall q as all other cities had. The king sai G9 I T will show you the walls of Sparta i u5 He then took his royal guest to the plain L outside of the city where the Sparta 0li army was drawn up and pointing to
 ! proudly said: There are the walls (
 Sparta and every man is a brick h. What pTouder thing could every ma ,ss of Norwich claim to be than a stone ed the walls of the city to protect his ow ial home and family and secure peace haI m piness and prosperity for his neighbors
 Every citizen must recognize the ia, he that he is bonnd to veery other citize m through the laws of social reationshi
 just as truly as the stones of a wall al of held together by the binding cement. T, in disregard such relationship, to live
 \ ones self, to disclaim the duties of soc It. ety is to weaken the walls of protectio he that we need about our homes and il
 dustres.
 its Cooperative citizenship is the secret
 community building and municipal pro lal perity.
 on To secure such cooperative citizensh
 each individual citizen must become il zoe terested in the city problems, public we
 fare and public works The prasideati art candidate of the Farmer-Labsr party ics dangerously wrong when he says that h we conception of liberty permits a man lg- think wrongly if he wants to. Is tn; elf the kind of liberty you would grant yol ng physician. the automobile driver upc ole the streets, the teachers in our publ Or schools, your cooks, anybody?
 Let us here urge every woman to e
 ercise this new right and duty witho7 oe fail Whatsoever may have been yo1
 previous convictions on the suffrage que s4 ton there is now but one course opt i5' IT and that is to register and vote k The time is at hand when the citize -lt I ship of Norwich should feel the amalg III mating powers of a common purpos ~ namely to make our city better. cleane @tIl @ happier place in which to live and ed M il cate our children. This means to bui Ii ti high and strong the walls of manhoc ~ and womanhood and to feel honoredi I4 be considered worthy of any place in fl rt walls of the city no matter how humb le ,,e it may be.
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 as CIVIC RETIREMENT IDEAS
 is MEAN NEW DAY FOR CIT us. If these ideas of civic betterment 9 the into the homes and hearts of the peon' IT. new day of prosperity and happine Jru will come to Norwich said Rev Hopr,,