Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-10
COUNTY CONGREGAT|ONALIST' s ANNUAL
 MEETING HELD AT PARK CHURCH
Conference Address.

Rev. Dr. Lee presided at the confer
 ence part of the meeting, introducing
 Professor Tweedy, who was listened to
 with the closest attention. He said he
 wanted to speak to the young people
 about work of reformation for the tu-
 ture in which they were to play a large
 part and he went on to call attention to
 two roads in the future down which ev-
 eryone of us will have to walk. Tn the
 past, he said. the nations had walked
 to their thrones over a bloody highway
 strewn with waste and wreck. So long
 as only brutes occupied this planet, brute
 force prevailed. but gradually brains be-
 gan to show their right to survive. Yet
 the man with the greatest brain might
 be the greatest rascal, and then char
 acter came to the front as being the most
 fit to survive.
 All history shows that this pathway of pure brute force has not worked well, in the household, in industrial life and in international political affairs. Mere brute force will not settle any industrial dispute and we are coming to see that the only settlement can be reached in g spirit of brotherhood.
 Professor Tweedy spoke of the incon- ceivable billions in money and the mil lions of lives that had been spent in the
 World war and said that the spirit of hatred distrust, and racial antipathies was still preparing the way for the world to walk in the highway of brute force. that Is still being tried.
 But there is another road straight be- fore the Christian church, a highway
 which Professor Tweedy likened to the road that the Samoan Islanders built for Robert Louis Stevenson and called "the road of the loving heart" This road
 runs through history and nature and has it's right to be there or the God of his tory and nature would not have placed It there.
 This is the road to be substituted for the highway of brute force. bringing a brotherhood of nations all in the Chris tian law of love That law works well
 and has been proved by experience. It works well in the home and will work
 in fus.ness relations. Nothing else will work in business or in international re- lations. Nothing else will keep us from going on the rocks. and we are near
 enough to shpwreeJ: now. Down this read of love we s1e the only future of civilization and God is striving to have us walk in 1t
 Back of brute force lies sheer selfish ness and not uniH we have the mind ot Jesus for service and self sacrifice can we cease to trstel the road of brute force In every department of life petu lance. greed hatred. race prejudice and sin are getting hold on us and will lead us straight to brute force and war. We have got to go out and fight against war until we can lead the world down the path of the loving heart. This is the
 great task of the young people to make war impossible.
 Discussion Leaders.
 Rev. Rodericl Macleod of Hanover and Rev. William C. Prentiss Of Plain field spoke briefly in continuing the dis cussion. the former following the lead set by Professor Tweedy and the latter speaking upon Wanted-Worship Work CTS. Worldwide Interest. He said he bel,aved the young people were waiting i to be called Into the active field work of the church.
 Education Secretary Speaks. Rev. George R. Andrews of Boston
 secretary of the Congregational Educa- tion Society. gave an instructive talk along practical measures that could be used to bring the young people into church work He advised particularly for work with the boys and girls of high
 school age and spoke of a New York plan that had been carried out with much
 success in having 8 summer conference ] for young people at Wells college, which