Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-24
Willirnantic Camp Grounds

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 Camp Ground, Aug. 23, 1s22-For the third day the attendants at Willimantic Camp meeting and institute were grate- full for delightful weather Wednesday. The o'clock morning watch was well at tended. Rev. W. E. Plaxtons subject was An X-ray of Sin' Speaking of one phase of the work of the Holy Spirit, Jesus said, When He is come He will convict the world of sin because they be- lieve not in Me" Sin is being much min flied today. There may be dangerous 1 tolerance of many things formerly con i sidered evil, but now winked at.
 During the next period Mrs. Stevens 1 lectured on Young People and Worship. l The 1915 morning period which is under the direction of Prof. W c. Chant CT of Wesleyan university, is thrown open. 1 to the public and is largely attended.
 Wednesday his them was Pauls First Letter to the Corinthians, A Divided 1 Church. Paul had great trouble with l that church, they were so slow in coming
 up out of heathenisn1. They wrote to 1 him, asking lot of silly questions. He replied with vigor announcing the main principles of Christian living. Our own
 social structure in these United States I may be the best in the world, but it is a good ways short of the principle of Jesus l Christ. The thirteenth chapter of l Co., | rinthians was not written by man just i returned from a splendid harmonious meeting, but by man whose heart was
 breaking over a squabbiiHg church. An
 other of Pauls beautiful paragraphs to
 this church concerns. the resurrection of the dead and the future life.
 At Ills. Prof. A. Earl Kernahnn gave
 an Illuminating talk on the Epworth
 League-All Departments as Contributors
 to Real Life.
 4 The usual children's and social meet ings were held at one o'clock.
 Thrre was a large attendance at the two o'clock service in the grove to hear Dean Beebe's third address. Prayer was
 offered by Rev. Samuel F. Maine, of He ] bronvife Mass A duet was sung by
 Mrs. J. W Jackson and Miss Sarah Greer, both of Mystic The subject ol
 the discourse of Dean James A. Beebe. of
 Boston University School of Theology : was God"
 Everything else we believe depends : upon our thought of God All our faitE
 depends on God-what kind of God we have. Christ, atonenent, immortality. al : are based on right kind of God, a Got : of love. To too many God is a sort ot
 Vague abstraction of inpersonality. 4 . Christian view of God is first that He bt
 a Person, not with physical form, bu : spirit that thinks and feels and wItls q Christian Science says God is inperson , al. Where does this thought of infinit
 bring you out? Why that God has III y intelligence, no feeling, no love, no in 2 tention, nor purpose. Is that a com v fortable faith to settle down in? No, fo
 unbelief is always disturbing. Now | btfYl hair ic c human being be personality if the High |. est is not a personality? How do we ge c our personality out of an impersonality? : Again, if God is inpersonal, there i
 no distinction between right and wrong l. vice and virtue, If God be but an i'm [ personal force, you can have no fellow
 ship with Him. A father is first c l. all a person. whether heavenly fatlIe | on an earthly one.
 What kind of God is He? Does II '- love or hate me? Is He just a judge or 5. king? God is both a loving and stron > Father according to the Bible.
 n Once more, God did not once wind u
 the universe and go off into a corner an ai leave it, but He is divinely imminer h an dever present in this world.
 le E At four o'clock basball game wa
 played on the field east of the cam d ground.
 ID The annual meeting of Willimanti Id Camp Meeting association was held in th = Mantle House at nine o'clock Wednesda ! morning, the district superintendent, Re ". H. Bath, of Norwich, in the chai
 He called upon Rev. Wn. Crawford,
 Vernon to offer prayer. The secretary
 the Cottage Holders meeting, hel
 Tuesday afternoon. read the names (
 those nominated for the associatio ! membership and they were ekecte
 members of the meeting. The secretar Miss Helen Dyson, read the recommendi
 tions for Improvements made by the co tage holders and they were referred a the executive committee.
 i. Rev. F. c. Baker, the secretary of Il 2 Camp Meeting Association read tf s minutes of the meetings, held during Il < year. The records were accepted. The district superintendent appointe
 to nominate officers for the ensuir year the following committee, Rev. J 2 rome Greer. of Mystic Mrs James Pu = die, Willimantic and Theodore M. Lyo = Springfield A recommendation that Il A grounds rent be increased fifty per cen 3 was discussed, and 1t was voted so to q H The treasurer, Van R. Wheeler, ci