Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-09

Rev. treQerlCK d0tCnKleB or ohy yprook, tne right hand of fellowship. He died December 17, 1894, at the age of ffty-six Dr. Elliott was elected @ fellow of the corporation of Yale college in 1919. He received the degree of doctor of divinity in 1922. It was during Dr. Elliott's pastorate that the Sunday school was organized-in 1920. The committee appointed by the church Ito organize the Sabbath school and superintend the school when. organized" was composed of William Hart, Deacon Meigs, Deacon Holt, Timothy Dudley, Amos Bishop, Benjamin Hart and Ezra Smith. Rev. Will liam 0. Fowler supplied the pulpit for a time after Dr. Elliott's death, but refused a call to settle here.
 Rev. Jonathan Todd was the second pastor of the church. His ordination took place October 24, 1773. The elders present were: Rev. Jacob Hemingway of East Haven, Rev. Jared Elliott of Killingworth (now Clinton), Rev. Joseph Moves oGe New Haven, Rev. Samuel Russell of North GuilfoId, and Rev. Isaac Stiles of North Haven. The Rev. Joseph Moves, of New Haven, preached the ordination sermon. MT. Todd was born in New Haven on March 20, 171S. He gradu- rank as linguist and 6 scholar. He was twenty years of age at the time of his ordin- ation and continued in this pastorate till his death on February 24, 1791, at the age of seventy-seven years.
 During his ministry, in the years 1750 and 1761, 6 distressing and widespread epidemic prevailed in the town. All work was inter- rupted. There were hardly we'll ones enough to take care of the sick and bury the dead. Many heads of families were swept away. Forty-three died in @ single year. MT. Todd's labers during this period were tremendous. The first pastor of the church was the Rev. John Hart, who was born in Bennington, Conn.,, April 12, 1682. He studied three years at Cambridge, and then removed in ! Der of the senior class of Yale college, then | in its infancy, graduating the following year, 1703. He was the first regular graduate of | Yale college. The degree previously con- ferred on others were simply honorary. The | last triennial catalogue of Yale places the name of MT. Hart first on it's list of gradu- ! ates. The elders who were present and as- sisted in his ordination were: Rev. Thomas Buckingham, from Saybrook; Rev. James \ Pierpont, from New Haven; Rev. Noadiah | Ruesel, from Hiddletown; Rev. Samuel Rus | sel, from Branford; Rev. Thomas Ruggles, | from Guilford. He managed his parish with great prudence and skill, and about eighty | by him. His death occurred on the 4th of | March, 1781, in the twenty-fourth year of his ministry and the forty-ninth year of his | age.
 | MT. Hart was thrice married. His first | wife was Rebecca Hubbard of Boston, by whom he had two children. His second wife
 was Sarah Bull of Hartford, by whom he had
 one child. His third wife was Mary Hooker of Guilford, by whom he had six children. Four of his children died young. Of the re-
 msinder one, the eldest, William Hart, was
 pastor of the First church in Say ybrook, one g deacon in this church, and three settled in | Guilford.
 After thus completing the review of his
 ohurch's history, Rev. MT. Gallup continued
 The church life of sixty-eight years which
 was enjoyed in common with the mothe,
 church under its first pastors, Whitfield, ,Hig. ginson, Elliott and Ruggles, will be given ui | in the other services of this 250bh anniver.
 sary.
 The emigration and the courses which led thereto the covenant on shipboard, their set
 clement, civil and social life we leave tc
 other hands. With these brief sketches oi
 the ecclesiastical history of East Guilford
 from the time of the organization of this | church in 1707 to the present I must close
 There is much in detail that ought to be
 said. The story is only begun. How many
 honored names which have given power and
 fame to the place of their birth have been
 transferred to other centers, and identified
 with the establishment and growth of towns
 and cities and business centers throughout | tnls DrO0Q lana.
 The contributions of men made by Madi.
 son to the country is an honorable record Among the oldest and most successful mer- \ cantile names of New Haven is that of Will
 cox, of Madison birth and early training, an6
 we are happy to say, still has summer resi- | dence among us. Madison has her Bushnellf
 of wide fame for energy and activity an6 | many callings associated with enterprise and | patriotism, business and religion. Another l,proud name that Madison claims is that oi Scranton, men associated with important
 business enterprises in every part of ths
 land. Then Madison has a Hand, a name
 eminent on the bench and at the bar, and
 successful in business. The name Field is | Madison trophy.
 Whether eminent in the pulpit, on tn,
 bench of justice, in journalism or law, Madi
 son will take just pride in the achievements O
 of her sons. Coe, Dowd, Kelsey, these ar
 other names equally honorable. Also emf
 nent in their sphere are those of Willow
 Munger, Lee, Smith, Compton, Meigs, Todd
 Storm, Hart, Hull and many more. In yon
 der cemetery is Madison's store house o
 garnered treasures. The honored pastors ar,
 there and their focks are gathered around
 them. One by one we enter the gateway t,
 Gods acre. The ripe fruit on the ancestra
 tree drops into the lap of mother earth. Tn
 dust of our fathers has returned to dust, a
 1t was in the beginning and ever shall be, t
 God who gave it.
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