Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-09
An Annual Review.
The North Church-Annual Ieeting-A
 Interesting Resume.

The North Church-Annunl Meettng-An
 Interesting Resume.
 Rev. Dr. Hawes preached very interest ing and instructive sermon yesterday morn
 ing from the text recorded in the 32d Psalm
 Sth verse, 'T will teach thea," &c. Mrs.
 Mansfield, the leading soprano, who has been
 absent several weeks on account of sickness,
 was able to fill her place in the choir and her
 services were duly appreciated by the congre-
 gation. Rev. Dr. Hawes conducted the af-
 ternoon services, first reading appropriate
 Scripture, and after prayer and singing called on Deacon R. B. Rice, the clerk of the church, for his report concerning additions and removals during the year, from which we gather the following facts Whole num- Der at commencement of the year, 526 add ed by profession, 13; by letter 14 total, 553. Removed by death, 6 /; by recommends tion to other churches, 25 by correction of roll, being persons uniting with other churches, dismissions and names dropped for long absences, a6, making present member ship 496 males 15O, females 34G. During the year one member has been ordained to the work of the ministry, and is now labor | ing as home missionary in the territory of Dakota. Seven of our members ordained clergymen, three are now engaged in foreign | missionary work. At the last meeting fifteen were reported as members of the church over ! 50 years. Since then Deacon Nathaniel Joce- lyn has passed away, leaving now fourteen | still remaining. In the year 1881 one hun ! dred and thirty-two members were added to the church, and of this number six remain, l viz., Abner Austin, N. Jenkinson, Mrs. J. Lee, Sarah B. Johnson, Jane A. Sherman and Jerusha Todd mak- 1 ing twenty who have been in the church from ! 50 to 66 years. Six deaths have occurred, viz: N. Jocelyn, aged S4 years, months, r lays, was a member over sixty years, and deacon over forty-six years Miss Caroline Blake member over forty-eight years Jocelyn P. Cleaveland, uniting with the church at 10 years of age in New Hartford,
 and was member of this church thirteen years William J. Smith, a church member
 forty years and of this church twenty-five years; N. P. Miner, over twenty-three years,
 church member of this church seven years; Lydia H. Coe over thirty three years con- nected with the Durham Congregational church, and over twenty-six years with the
 North church.
 Nine baptisms during the year-six chil- | dren and three adults on uniting swith the l church.
 Married seven-One male, six females. l
 This church has been organized nearly 40 | years. Whole number of members connect ] ed with it, 2,937; average of about twenty ! one per year. The largest number in | one year was in 1921. By profession, 15e; 1 letter, 3. The smallest, in 1913, was ?.
 MT. Sanford reported in detail very satis- 1 factory account of the contributions for the l year, under the head of foreign missions 1 Six objects, $66O.5O; national, for eight | societies, $967.69 local or State and home 1 beneficiary $2, 719. .19, making the total col 1 lections $4,347.39.
 There was no report of the moneys raised l by the society for local expenses except that ! were $1, 4o1. 70, which, beside Sunday col lections for varied benevolent objects, amounted to $2,O71.3O. The other collec- tions outside for pew rents, &c., are account ed for in society meeting. Deacon A. Treat, who has been treasurer of the church over twenty-four years, made his report through Deacon Rice Collection at communions
 $322. "A from interest income and rents, l $5SO. paid out for benefit of the church, l $592; for North church mission, net, $1O1.O6.
 The superintendent, W. J. Weld, reports for Sunday school 25O members, average at- tendance 200, twenty-six classes. s addi- Hoadley reported from Mission Sunday school 120 members, average attendance 89, collection for missionary purposes $32. 10; l school prosperous. Had a pleasant Christ mas gathering. A large number of scholars attended John B. Coughs lecture, and the whole school the matinee of the Royal Bell Ringers. The teachers and scholars were very much attached to the school, MT. s. 1 T. Dutton reported on the state of religion, saying that the spiritual life of the church is the sum total of the spirit and life of it's in- disidua1 members, and that the pastor had been spared to discharge the difficult task of ! preaching to congregation made up largely of church members, and has presented the truth in such way that God and Heaven has seemed nearer. He spoke of the needs of larger attendance upon social meetings and l of the state of missionary spirit and endeavor, as being true test of the state of religion in any church. Giving should be distance between the Sunday school and the { church and the need of closer sympathy. There is danger that revival of all busi- ness and industries will lead to lower state of piety. The .hree chief obstacles to growth I ( in grace are, first the destruction which . modern life affords Second, the power of caste to deaden sympathy and to prevent the large scope to mutual helpfulness. Third, many other institutions which, containing @ , moral or philanthropic element, too often be- come substitutes for the church and infringe upon the active interest of the members.