Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-20
Y. M. C. A. GET-ToGETHER WITH
 pTCrTTRES ANO ADnREs

Sunday afternoon at o'clock 8 very interesting meeting was held for men and | older boys. After the opening exercises, | consisting of singing. scripture reading and prayer several reelssof moving pie lures were shown including The Venice 1 of the Orient and Scenic Gems of North and South America. These pictures were clear 90 far as the photography is con- cerned, and they were also instructive and impressive, showing among other scenes life in various parts of the Orient, the habits of the people. etc, mountain and lake scenes in North America, the winter scenes in Maine being particularly attractive.
 The enjoyment of the service was in- creased by the finc' vocal solos rendered by Miss Mary Cray accompanied by Miss Hazel Banheld. who also furnished music for the pictures.
 Between the reels Secretary Edwin Hill made a. brief address, taking for his topic Phases of Beauty In part the speaker said;
 We read in Proverbs S1: 10, these words, Beauty is Nain," and in Psalm 11O: 5, we fined these words, '"The beauty of holiness" It is interesting to note the different phases of beauty. There is phase of beauty that is vain; a certain kind of beauty that is only skin deep" some people put it on their faces and others put it into their actions; but, alas, it is easily detected. This skin deep beauty is the kind that develops the hypo- crite, and every true man avoids this kind of beauty. We have been looking upon the beauty of nature. How good God is. It is simply fine to gaze upon the beauty of the sunrise; one cannot look upon it ~r-;&L NE f6INar fnp i1o new day; and the sunset. how beautiful and how impressive-it suggests the 1 thought of rest and peace. And then the
 scenery all around us. Artists with ca | meFa and brush delight us with their | pictures, and we owe much to them l have g personal acquaintance with Wal 1 lace Nutting; he was at one time my pastor his wonderful pictures of nature 1 have verify made him famous; but after all it is a great thing to get natures s beauty at first hand. The trees in bud
 and blossom; the myriad colors of au- l tumn leaves; how wonderful are the beautiful tints. The flowers in their sea- l son : who has ever been able to number | their variety or to picture their beauty :?
 You recall what the Master said of one
 simple flower: Consider. the lily, how it | grows. it sows not, neither does it spin. l
 arrayed like one of these" And even in winter the beauty of the snow delights i us. Some of us have seen pictures mag. l nifying the snowflake, and we have been 1 impressed with it's beauty. These so-
 called common things contribute much more than we think to our happiness Had we the,time we could speak of many morI : phases of beauty. but let us think of just one more suggested by the Psalmist ''the beauty of holiness" This passage was perfectly 9ersonified in Jesus Christ The
 most transcendent beauty is s-the beauty of life and, character. In Jesus this
 phase of beauty reached it's perfection
 We read in the sacred book that He was 'the chiefest among ten thousand and the one altogether lovely" Why was thi: true of Jesus?, Because He was abso lutely one with the Father. You remem ber he said. q came not to do mine owr will but the will of him that sent me- . and how beautifully and fully he demon
 strated this. when in the garden h. prayed concerning his death, eff it b, possible, let this cup pass from me
 nevertheless, not my will but thine b. done" How are we to obtain this fines phase of beauty? In only one way Som
 things can be done in different ways. bu , this. thing can be done in only one way
 and lhat IS py HVlnT in harmony witt God. And how can we learn to do this e In three principal ways: First, by tn : way of prayer; by getting alone with Go.
 in prayer, reverently, and regularly V , begin to develop this paramount beauty
 Second, by regular study of the gran
 old book, the Bible, where we can fin ] the only safe chart for our lives; ant . thirdly, by unselfsh service If we wi set ourselves to these things. we will com z to realize in our lives 'tthe beauty of hol 2 ness" Men, will we do it?
 Lewis R. Church operated the nnovfn ! picture machine.