Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-11
UNIVERSALISTS OF STATE HERE IN
 THEIR 9Oth ANNUAL cONVENTiON

Delegates from the nine UnfversalIst churches in the state opened the s0th an nual state convention here WednesdaS afternoon at the Church of the Goo' Shepherd, with the Women's Missionars society meeting at 1.Se o'clock and the first session of the state convention at 4.45.
 The afternon convention meeting was opened by President c. c. Lincoln of Hartford, and. after the roll call, Sum ner ". Armstrong, president of the board of trustees of the entertaining church, expressed tho welcome on behalf of the ,.h 1 cn PH idenf Lin,coln made the response for tho convention and annual reports were received from T, A. Fisher, New Haven. secretary, Herbert E. Bel den, Hartford treasurer and fom Rev MT Fisher as state superintendent.
 The treasurer's annual report showed balance on hani al the beginning of the year of S1,SS2.27, receipts of $11.S57.6s. expenditures of $10,15s.72, and balance of s3.0Ss.S4.
 The following committees were named: l: Elections Rev. Fannie E. Austin Stam- ford John P Thorndike Bridgeport i; Mrs W. P. Treadwell, Darbury; religious services. Rev. G. H. Welch, Norwich :; Mrs J. H. Farnsworth, New Haven; un- finished business, Rev C.. H. Welch, Miss Margaret Glover, Stafford resolutions, Rev H. B. Taylor, Meriden; Rev. H. T. Kearns Bridgeport Mrs. c. c. Champlin. Hartford official reports and recommen- 1 dations, Rev. Edson Reifsnider, Stam- 1 ford Rev. J.. F. CobI5. Windhan Miss Belle c Davis, Hartford; Miss Celia Holt Stafford; Mrs George G. Marble, Meriden; nominations, Rev. ]. F. Cobb, Rev Edson Reifsnider, E. E. Smith, Mer- iden.
 Herbert Mills Meriden and Roy E. Eos ter. Danbury, were elected auditors.
 Evening Meetings
 Supper was served for the delegates in the soc;a room of the church and the evening meeting was called to order at
 7.45, with Vice President Edwin A Tracy of this city presiding
 | Vice President Tracy introduced Rev 1 G. E. Leiqhton, D. D.. of Boston. state i s;1 l.rireeii!e.H of Mfi sN:husettst who
 spoke upon Which way?' giving deep | ly tnouRhtful address that his congrega 1 ton ar7lau6ed as he concluded.
 Rev. Dr. Leighton asked which way i' 1 life at the present day tending ard gave
 it as his observation from meeting th' | avera ge men and women and young peo
 pie in his official duties as superinten
 dent that life today is intensive to the e2c tent Of being abnormal Men and wir1eI
 
 thing is out of balance in. the great huna1
 nakeIrro Humanity will not let down
 The great mass even 'oegrudge the hour
 of the night for rest that our physlcl
 makeup requires. Lass and less time i
 r.srmitted for the s5illtual u3iife of tn | Sabbath day. Men and women are keep
 ing their nerve at strain. We see q cro | of shocking occurrences, an epidemic 0
 suicides. a pestilence of murders. th . | and the rights of priperty possession The 6aisnoe Is broken and equilforur
 destroyed.
 It is a problem. but no fzll 6loode person will sideste9 1t. It is for us f seek the solution, and this. we find tn words of Isaiah when he says come ls
 US reason together. Isolation, standin apart breed sin, breed the things ths are demorallzing. Which way is tn } church going to solve this problem. ? is going in just the way we permit l to go. The great need of today is to ge
 together ard we cannot give expres=io to Gods pur3ose for our li'-es un-il W get 30 together that we understand on , another This is the sober judgment ( the best statesmen
 We get just what we permit and tn [ spili- of Jesus Christ can be in ever s community if the citizens want is ther . A good many need the help Of reiigiol l principles. the strength that the churc . can give but they don't want it becaus 2 our saiesmansht5 has been so wea 1 Any person in the church of Jesy 2 Christ who is wiling to sit down an e noi try to get that message across
 some one else was never half sold. " must be willing to spend and be spent 2 prove our friendship to this gre; friend, just as we are proving it fC :, those things for which we are running ot livec out It takes a high souled ind
 1 vidual to move the masses.
 d After an anthem by the choir whi r the collection for ministerial relief w. s taken Mir. Tracy introduced as the ne, @ speaker, Rev. G. E. Hutley D. D., = Poston, president of the Universali = General Sunday School association, Re . Dr. Huntiey spoke upon The Purpose ar
 the Method of the Story Telleh, and pr d ceded his direct discussion of his top h with a flaw remarks in which he said tn 0 he believed there was great req son! for o e timism at the present time and that the Il arc stronger church, better Sund; g. schools and mission circles than for h long t'--e. We are far from attaining t l. possiL es bu we are on the line of pr
 gress and the forward march with l. vision cf larger things
 e He gave an illustration of how sto h telling could be used in teaching {
 Sunday school lesson and laid down t l., three principles that the use of the sto ', should be frequent, purposeful and 4 gourcsful. He explained in a practic - way just how the story could be used "a the teacher to accomplish the best Y, sults.
 The evening session adjourned at g. .o ~ and the SO delegates in attendance at ls convention were escorted to the N '0 wien homes where they were to be {
 tertained over night.