Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-23
George L. Walker, 1868 1873. Frederick A. Noble, 1875-1679. Newman Smyth. 1892.

At the union services in the evening the \ church was again crowded, the vestibule and I aisles being filed with people. The exer- kcises opened with an organ prelude, s'Pil- grims' Chorus" Rev. Newman Smyth read
 passage from the scriptures. The old I Geneva Bible having been first used in the
 church, the reading was from that version Dr. Todd offered prayer, and the choir sang the eightieth psalm, which was sung at the two hundredth anniversary of the church. All the music was selections used in ancient times and was very appropriate for this cele- bration. Short addresses were made by Professors George P. Fisher and Samuel Harris, of this city, and Rev. Alexander Mckenzie, of Boston. Professor Fisher said
 The tie that has existed between the an- cient church and the college has been a close one. Only nine years after the landing of I called college land. It was intended at the
 founding of the Hopkins Grammar school that that institution should grow into a col-
 lege, and probably that would have been the
 ease if it would not have interfered with the college which was already established. One of the eminent ministers of this church was
 James Pierpont. He took leading part in laying the foundation of Yale col- lege. It is not the only way that the memory of MT. Pierpont is connected with Yale college. His daGghter was the wife of Jonathan Edwards, one of the most nlustrious graduates of Yale col Iege in the past century. The grandson of Jonathan Edwards was the first president of the college, and the family have always been connected with the government college. The students of the college used to worship in
 this church, occupying seats in the gallery.
 It was when under the pastorate of Mr.
 Moves that the college church was establish
 cd. During the few years that Moses Stu art was minister of the church he made a
 marked change in the services. Being
 student of President Dwight in theology, he
 had been brought up according to his belief and preached in the same
 strain as their iIlustrious instructor.
 This church contributed the first professor
 in the Theological seminary. and later the
 school had the advantage of Dr. Bacon during
 the latter days of his life. The speaker paid
 a high tribute to the power of Dr. Bacon as
 an orator. He was fine conversationalist
 and a most highly educated man, with great
 literary attainments.
 In this informal manner I have indicated
 the way that this ancient church has been
 connected with Yale college and the debt
 that that institution owes to it.
 Professor Harris in speaking told of the
 relation of the church to the State and gov-
 srnment. He said: The prayer that hereto
 fore has been repeated for "Our Majesty
 Frederick the Emperor" has been changed to
 'FThy servant Frederick the Emperor"
 What is all human majesty in the presence of
 Godl We are in the presence of God to- night. The great thing for us to do is to
 live as seeing things that are invisible. The
 things that are seen are temporal and the
 things that are unseen are eternal. A man
 who is to manage the affairs of State must
 keep his mind on the statute of eternity A
 man who negleets these eternal truths may
 make a thriving effort, but he can never
 make statesman. Every church has this relation to the State, viz: to extend to the I people the great spiritual truths. This ! church and its history has been @ striking illustration that the church has great power colony was founded on the church rather1 than that the church grew out of the colony | The doctrine of the church when I it was founded was Calvinism. Il don't mean 1t wasn't Christianity, but it was that system of Christianity called I Calvinism. Calvin organized church on I the ground of republieanism and it is that | principle upon which the republican govern | ment-the principle of representation-is \ formed.
 After Professor Harris remarks two verses l of America" were sung and Rev. Alexander Il Mckenzie of Boston .one of the most brilliant | speakers in the country, spoke briefly. He | said: It would be well if you would do some- thing towards ascertaining how we'll the Il memory of that illustrious man. John Daven- POIIy k0pL III uablV0 COuQLry-Clat man who had so much to do with the church and the college. He told of visiting England and the birthplace of Thomas Shepard and the utter ignorance of the people that such great and good man had been born in their midst Is that so in the case of John Daven- port in his faraway home in Coventry? You I can only measure man by the work he does and the Puritans can only be measured by the fact that they were men for the time and place that their work was to be done. God ! works out things in his own way. There was an insane king on the throne of England at the time of the trouble with John Daver- port and Thomas Shepard. If it had not been so the trouble would have been settled and those good men would not have gone three thousand miles from a cathedral, used the trees of the forest for one; and three thousand miles from college, established one in the wilderness. We have come to ook upon anyone who speaks disrsspectfully ,f Puritan with shame as one ignorant of hat to whom he owes his liberty, advan- ages, flag and country.
 The services closed with the doxology and he benediction by Dr. Smyth.