Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-09
NORWICH DISTRICT METHODIST REPORT


 character to withdraw In some oth- 1 CT communities Congregati iona1ists, l Baptists, Episeopaisans should display l the same kind uf cpHrag ge and cfiArac- ter. This would in many instances insure more effective ministry and an achieving church. It has observed that the over -cilurched community tends to be sub-nOrmai morally.
 The churches of the district have the preachers splendid rezPQpse. The following increases have gone in- to effect during the year: South Coy- entry, $50; 9Hazardvi1le, JeWett City, Maplexille. Danielspn. Wapping s1eo AttaWaugan, $250; Rockville. $500; New London, $500. The following go- into effect with the new conference year: Versailles s25; Glendale- East Hampton, Gales Ferry. Baltic $50; Mapping, Norwich Town, warehouse Point, Putnams Mocsups $1Qe: Hook anum. $15o; Aftawanzan, Danieison, Burnside, Thompsonville. $2eo; 1faz : 1 ardyiiie. Uneasy Sterling $S0o; East Glastonbury, 1850: South Man . chester, $500; North tsrosvenordaIe, l $40. A total of &5, 1es.
 1 Willimantir Camp Meeting
 The camp meeting was affected by l the trolley situation and the threaten : 1 ed general railroAd strike. Under the conditions the attendailce was re-
 maFkabiy good. The programme for both camp meeting and institute were Instructive and inspiring.
 I The Centenary.
 I The centenary campaign was suc-
 cess, though we did not make our ] quota. The quota was s62. .3i4 and $51, 746 was pledged For this district,
 with it's small communities, some of tthem decadent. many of them isolated and foreignized and with limited re- l sources, that is a. splendid showing.
 We are not unduly proud of the fig
 ures, neither are we ashamed of | them. Comparisons are sometimes ! edious, sometimes exceedingly com T forting. $1I2,A00, 900 represents fol the whole church per member giv- ing S5.3e a year or ten cents week
 But $51, ,746 represents for Norwich district a per, member giving Of $7.ssss T a year or IS cents q week. And there 4 is something mysterious about ths
 quotas. And not that we wosld hay, . ours made a dollar less But if al : Methpdism had given at the same rat, z as Norwich district. the total would :: be not SIP .ee8,0Be. but siS7 .80p, ,00e z And if all the church had given at tn : per member rate asked of Norwicl ! 1 district, the sum would aEgregat 5 $200, ,0G0. 600. Ha3arduille leads tn : district with $s,63z a year: Soul T Manchester, s, 14S, Norwich Trinits 34,s48;. New London. $4,476. Othe E churches to go splendidly over the to
 were Burnside. Daniefson. Stahor q Springs. uncasville. No man can es innate the value of the eonsecrate 5 service given by some preachers an ? some laynen whose churches do no I appear on the honor roll. Some c Gods best Workmen do not get int ]. district reports. But their, record z accurately written on high.
 The past year has been one of cen
 trasted achievements and disappoint
 ments. In the nation, constitutions prohibition has become fact; in tn church great fnterchurch move , nent full of promise and in our ow {. communion the Centenary. But whei {, we expected peace, .2S wars are sal r League of Nations. The social an + industrial worlds have been full { \ discontent and strife. Many a sol | oppressed by the darkness. has criei }, w atehTnan, what of the night? Ho -93 soon will the night be gone. ar [ F4 Gods perfect day corueT If the AT swer is not ready and direct, there ]. suggestion flor courage. HumaIiii - - is still young. The race is not es Y pected to reach perfection in i ]. childhood. Give mankind a chane g Again. men commonly are unaware z mighty factors for progress in the sy own time. The age which aii voic 7 proclaim darkest was the time wh,
 the Light of the World slxned in r the darkness Syria did not know I le was there. With the eye to see, ' q shaii know thai He is here and tn ?, 'sthe morning cpmeth." The day do 'n not burst fullrorbed. -The mornil T. T. eonaeth and also the night, Lol q d-i years before it fully comes, But the ', is a growing moral deal-true e. lyd dence Of real progress. The darkAe gj Tecedes. The kingdom comes. T ,s l day increasingly appears. And if l "a would play our part, we must he n- and heed the voice of the Christ " ,s speaks across the centuries sayil id 'Foilpw mi" ;"