Morning journal and courier., 1884-04-21
Church Notes.
Out of Town Preachers and Home Tai
ent-A Former New Haven Lady.

Out of Town Preaehsrs and Home Tai
ent-A CORNER New Haven Lady.
At st. Thomas church yesterday morning
the congregation was favored with fine dis
course by Professor Beckwith, instructor in
Greek at Trinity college and former assist
ant rector of st. Thomas
At the morning service at the United
(North) church yesterday, Professor Rice, Of
Williams college, preached from Timothy 2,
8, Take thy part with me in suffering hard
ship like good soldier of Christ jesus The
sermon attracted the undivided interest of
the congregation and afforded rare pleasure.
The services of song and prayer and re-
| sponsive reading were excellently rendered.
| Two persons in the congregation were over
eighty years old and one over ninety. Only
the lower part of the house was filled by the
two united churches.
Miss Phebe Ranaford. of Brooklyn, FORM
| erly of this city, preached at the Universalist
| chapel on the corner of Davenport avenue
| and Ward street yesterday. The text of the
| morning was John xv:26: when the
| formerly the churches bitterly disputed on
| the nature of the spirit it is now concluded
| that the subject can not be understood. Our
church, however, thinks differently. AspiEa-
| tions for something higher more all men.
| The realization of these aspirations is diff
cult; yet from these adverse struggles comes
a nobler character. The greatest harvest
comes from such success History has given
us few of the names of the ancient disciples,
but their examples are just as dear. And
| those disciples names which are set in the
sunset sky of the nineteenth century viii
rise in glory in the morning sky of the TWEEN
| tieth; and Wendell Phillips and William
Lloyd Garrison and others will then find fol
| lowers for all their grand principles, some OF
| which are already adopted. They sounded
an advance to the world and through them
God gave us new light and courage. The
speaker seems to have lost none of the elo
quence which was heard when she preached
here in what is now the New Haven Opers
House to a crowded church. Mrs. Hanafor6
also preached in the evening on the text "He
brought life and Immortality to light" Civ
ing an excellent and interesting discourse.
| DIR. Newman Smyth's text for yesterday
afternoons discourse was from Micah, 1, 13;
30 thou innabitant of Taehish, bind the
| chariot to the swift beast; she is the begin.
ming of sin to the daughter of Zion, for the
transgressions of Israel were found in thee. y
DIR. Smyth, referring to the recent sad trag
edy, made strong appeal to the educated
and respectable citizens of New Haven, urg
ing them to be more active in affairs of city
government and insist on better execution
of the laws against gambling and other vices.
Rev. Mr.. Ross, of the Emanuel Baptist
church, supplied the pulpit of the Humph
rey street congregational church yesterday
morning. His text was LIST John, 9Th chap
ter, 10th verse: He that believeth on the
SON of God hath the witness in himself.
The discourse was an excellent one.
Rev.Dr. McLane preached a fine discourse tc
large congregation at College street church
yesterday morning. He announced the pew
rentals would take place one week from to
night.
Rev. J. o. Drumm, who recently resigned
the rectorship of st. Paul's church, Bridge
port, preached at the morning service of the
Ohurch of the Ascension Yesterday.