Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-14
CHURCM NOTES.

CHURCH NOTES.
 Jottings From the PaIpits Yesterday
 -Etems of Interest ConcernInG Trim
 ity Parish-NIr. Baldwin of NauGa.
 the Messiah.
 The Rev. MT. Nichols preached yesterday morning and evening at Trinity church. The vocal and instrumental exercises were unusu- ally fine and owing to the rain which Kept many away from church the services may be repeated next Sunday, particularly the morn ing programme. From the parish year book of this church just iasHed the following is taken: Number of families in Trinity parish, 36o; individual members, 1895; families in Trinity chapel, 60; number of scholars in ! the church Sunday school, 217, and fin the chapel 122; cornmunicants of the church, 525; of the chapel, 65; baptisms in the church, Q in the chapel, il: confrmations in the church, 21; ill the chapel, q services held in the church during the year, Sundays 130, weekdays 90; total money given in l Trinity parish during the year, s19,619.63; expenses of the church, salaries, $7,916.e6; music, $3,157.es' cur rent, $3,1OS.35: gifts to other churches, $52s; expended on the chancel, $23, ,0oe, The expenses for the Trinity church Home were S1 ,4S0 13; receipts-from in vestments, S654 from subscriptions, S215; from inmates, $806.78, Invested funds 1885, $15, ,446.32. The receipts for Trinity parish school Were $86S 25 including $450 from the Sheffield donation, the income from which averages $60O The boy mem bers Of the choir are follows: Trebles, Walter Dugan, Ernest Wadham, Charles Berger, Seymour spier, Thomas Hadden, John GHbel, Frank White, Albert Richter, Walter Phelps, Louis Warner, Ernest Wadham, Willie Guering, Willie Babcock, Arnon filling, Frank Heinze, 0rrin Hcpson, Martin Warner.
 Altos, John H. Heydsn, Charles Stahl, Fred. Barnes, Thomas Shell, Willie Farnam, George Hart, Edward Coxeter. Tenors, Eugene Heinig, F. A. Corbin, F. A. Smith, William H. Prothen.
 Bassos, E. A. Smith, Adolph Schwica1di, c. G. Homan, Robert Loveday, John E, Will Hams, Fred Wilson.
 CHRIST CHURCH The Rev E. J. H. Van Deerlin preached at Christ church yesterday morning from this text: And I heard a great voice out of heaven. saying, behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people and God him self shall be with them and be their Gcd"- 21st chapter of Revelations and the third verse. The offertory Day of Pentecost" was rendered by the quartette.
 THE CHURCH OF THE MEssIAH-EEeTuRE BY
 MIR. BALDWIN, or NAUGATUcK.
 A small but appreciative congregation sembled at the Church of the Messiah last evening to hear the lecture which was an nounced to be given by MT. Henry c. Bald win, of Naugatuck. The meeting was opened with singing and prayer by Dr. Gilbert. ID Al. x1- then engaged the attention of his hearers dur ing the rest of the meeting. MT. Baldwin having announced his subject, "The de- stroyer of nations." proceeded to give brief sketch of the results of usuTy and interest (using the terms with no discrimination during the Biblical and medieval periods. He described Moses as philosopher and statesman in that he forbade usury among the Jews and deplored the re- suits of their desertion of his policy. As an additional example he ascribed the fall of the Roman republic and empire to the crime of usury. Proceeding to later times he gave a scathing rebuke to the statesmen of this country for carrying out the present national banking system, claiming that it is owing to this system that only 10 per cent. of our pop ulation own 90-1O0ths of the property of the United States.
 MT. Baldwin is clear and forcible speaker, though somewhat inclined to
 
 the Greenback party in general and follow ing out their policy he advocates his opinions with many good arguments,
 A lecture is announced at the Church of the Messiah for next Sunday evening on "Vaccination Fallacy and when com pulsory Crime"
 UNITED CHURCH.
 - The tarth ehaptar of Mat.hayy road by Dr. Munger for the scripture lesson and the twenty fifth verse was taken for his text: 'FIt is enough for the disciple to be as his Mas ter" The aid to the world of the life, of ttr'6dnction of the subject the speaker illus trated in the different ages and conditions of life the need of humanity of Christ and his fitness to from all the conse- quences of sin by true repentance and belief in him the Saviour; how poverty, the lot in life now so we'll nigh universal, is helped and gradually diminishing under the gospel influences was beautifully demonstrat- ed by the facts of history. The voice of the speaker, though not strong and loud, has the strength and wonderful power to make g stiffness in the audience such that the faint est note is easily understood.
 DWIGHT PLACE CHURCH.
 Dr. Twichell preached in the morning a powerful sermon on the atonement, which he took up again and finished in the evening. He treated the subject in thoughtful man. ner, simplifying it's intricaeies by illustra- tions.
 the church will conduct Christmas service will assist.