Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-01-06
GROWING INTEREST SHOWN IN
TRINITY METHoDIST SERVICE

Lie NOfSe OI GOu IN the twentieth
Century was the topic of the stirring
Chaplain Kernahan, the evangelist a.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal church. The
attendance at the service was three times
as large as that on the orening night
Tuesday. Chaplain Kernshan, who has
already won the earnest cooperation Of
large number of the religious people, is
preaching striking sermons He IS
speakersof force and persuasive power.
In addition to the sermo1<lnother fea-
tlIre@0Eas added Thursday night for the
remainder Of the series Elmer G. Will
son Smith. vocal Instructor of reputa-
ton, has been secured to lead the music.
He has rallied a large chorus which will
number at least fifty voices for the ser
vice this (Friday) evening. Mr. Smith
has done considerable work with Chap
| lain Kernahan before.
| Other churches are becoming interested
and are making plans to cooperate in the
religious enterprise All of the young
people of the young peoples societies of
| the Protestant churches of the town
have been invited t5 attend service at
Trinity NJ. f. church Sunday evening at
| 6. 80 o'clock and large number Of the
societies have accepted the invitation al
ready. Sections are being reserved IN
the auditorium 50 that all guests will be
sure to have seats.
In his sermon Thursday night Chap
lain Kernahan said in part:
Every person who is determined to live
a successful Christian life in the year.
1922 must be able to see God and to hear
G'od and obey God.
We must be able to see God. We say
| that seeing God' Is the source and Sc
cret Of all true courage. What do we
mean by really seeing God? As soon as
we own that the sight OF the bodily eye
| Is impossible, we own thai there is fig
urative element in the expression. t. sec
God may be separated into these three
elements:
First. it Is to recognize His character as
the ruling law Of the universe. The quail
tiles Of God we know. He Is righteous
just loving, true. pure. Now when your
eyes are opened 4: you see these divine r,r-t11.
ciples running everywhere
We see that Gods character is the mi.
ing factor of the universe when we OBJ
serve His Justice. God Is just. In spite OF
many experiences which seem cruel Cod
is loving. The measure of greatness IN
any living thing Is sensitiveness to suffer
ing. stone suffers not at all, It has NJ
life. The OYSTER suffers little # has =
single nerve The bird is higher and suf-
fers for two or three days when it's nest Is
robbed Higher still the deer. who g,as.
everywhere, moaning for its fawn. ana
whose suffering lasts for weeks.
The Indian mother Is higher and re-
members her babe through the summer
and winter. But what sensitivenes.
comes when the Christian mother an
pears. Her mother-love workshops he
, babe almost as a form OF divinity
God doth not forget His SHINING SON
and daughters. Higher than the mother
and more sensitive is the heart Of God.
Another quality of God is truth. On
quick observation forever closes the ar
gurnent as to whether God is true or not
Gods greatest beauty is his sublime an,
fragrant purity.
We do not need 70 dwell long rpo-
, these qualities Of Righteousness, Justice
, love- truth and purity to see God An
it is perfectly marvellous to start to IIv
in the year 1922 seeing God"
Secondly, to see God IS to see Coz
purposes in everything. The two are On
IN essence but different in apprehension
Z Thirdly. and still more TO see God
I to be conscious Of our own spiritual rela
, tons to Him, 10 know as comfort an
| a motive that he loves us to be surround
ed with his com9anionship TO find ths
+ what we do depends not merely upo
y what he is but upon his being presen
with us; in a word, to love our Fathe
n with an active love that IS life 70
which the devout soul finds no adeouat
= description but that it is Seeing God
= This. then, IS what we mean by "seein
!, God" 1t IS to have the whole world q
: We think Of it, as we live in II. full Of a
:; character. his purposes. and his love.
In making an organ pipe the fxe
laws of acoustics have TO be observe
You cannot make an organ pine an
length you like; unless the relations b
tween the length Of the vibration Il pr,
Il duces and the position Of the so-calIe
e nodes and loops % the pipe Is observe
Y you will get no true note at all. but on
1t hideous noise. But when the math
e NAUTICAL law which prevails in the wor'
e of sound is observed. the pipe gives for
z IT'S clear and rich tone.
d So we cannot get anything ont o. OF
IS lives that shall be beauT ul and fine /
: NiHully trying to force life to be VIII
we should IKE 10 have Il to be. The co
II dition Of life harmony IS surrender
Fl Jaw. obedience to the viii Of God. VIII,
t. we are at one with God God can soes
a In us and through US.
/ In Dsnte's vision Of heaven he hea
20 the eternal choir chanting these subIin
ID words: Tn his will is orr peace"
lie Now, as We step from the 2erave-sI
q Of last year into the portals of ninete,
st hundred and twenty-five. 81 we IS
God" Hear God" and obey God" 4
r t-olce which foods oratorios and mn
le snurs in peaceful streams viii whiso
al commands as fragrant as the Engli
l. violet and as everlasting as God HI,
rs self.
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