The Newtown bee., 1890-02-14
GREENS FARMS.
REV HENRY DAVIES INSTALLED.

REV HENRY DAVIES INSTALLED.
 The installation of Rev Henry Davies over the church here was accomplished Tuesday, February II, and, it might be said, satisfactorily. The days proceed ings were favored with most delightful
 weather, which, doubtless. had some thing to do with the large number who attended. In anticipation of the day, friends had been at work beautifying the interior of the church. Its appearance, as one entered, was most striking; justi- flying the remark of one eminent visitor, that the flowers alone were worth con- ing to see. Mauy admiring eyes were turned toward the display of roses, pam sies and pinks which graced the pulpit with their beauty and fragrance. The pastors, delegates and friends began to assemble at about 10 q m; at 10 30, the
 moderator invoked the divine blessing
 upon the days proceedings. After this,
 the roll was called and almost every
 church in Fairfield West consociation re-
 sponded, either by pastor or delegate.
 Among those present. were Rev Dr G. $.
 Plumley of Greenfield Hill, Rev w. II.
 Holman of Southport, Rev Jabez Backus
 of Westport, Rev Alr Scoville of Stam- , ford, Rev Dr Noble of Norwalk, Rev Mir Riddle, Rev Dr D. NJ. Seward of South N0rwalk, Rev Mir Hart of Wilton, Rev
 Mir Woodruff of Black Rock, Rev Mir
 Child of Fairfield, Rev Mr Ballentine of
 I.,in l,t nf
 Greens Farms, Rev Mr Still of Westport
 Methodist church and many others. The letters calling for the meeting of conso-
 citation were then read, together with the
 mOderatOr's s notice to the separate church es. The scribes of the church and socie- ty in Greens Farms then read the cor respondence which accomplished Mir Da- . vies s acceptance of the call. The cor respondencc being satisfactory, the can didate was asked to read his statement of belief. This was done and afterward there was discussion. Many present said that no paper in their recollection had provoked so much questioning at a similar gathering 1t was close upon l o'clock when the candidate resumed his seat and the consOciatiOn voted to be = alone in order to decide upon the course , to be adopted, which was made public at the afternoon session.
 = At about 30 p In, the church present ed an animated appearance. Almost ev- r cry seat was occupied and much interest } was manifested in the proceedings, = which began with the hymn, 'IIow beau teous on the mountains The moder- ator made statement respecting the eX- animation of the candidate, in which he said that the consolation had but one } decision to communicate and that was
 one of unanimous approval. The scribe,
 Rev Mir Ogden, read the formal minutes
 of the proceedings which place the de-
 cisiOn on record. Rev MT Hart of Wilton
 then read passage of Scripture and Rev Mir Riddle made the invocation. Rev Dr D. NJ. Seward preached the sermon, , which was based upon the words found in Mark II, 2l, 22. The theme of the
 sermon was the adjustment of the old to
 the new. It was applied to all the i'm portant issues of the day, showing the
 danger of liberalism on the one hand and of conservatism on the other. The new wine of Christianity must be put in-
 to the new bottles. The preacher show
 ed that the old was elastic enough for
 the demand of the new, that we could
 never dispense with Christ as a personal . Redeemer or with the individual eXperi- ence of salvation through him. Heaven . and the future life were realities to the
 human heart and death was only the en-
 trance to q fuller life. It is impossible to communicate by words the animation
 and evident joy that filled the preacher,
 but one and all felt the stimulus of his . words, which added dignity to the occa-
 sion. Rev Dr G. s. Plumley made the installing prayer and Rev W. II. Holman the charge to the pastor. A cordial well come was extended to Mr Davies by the consociation, through Rev Mir Ballentine,
 which was appreciated by others as well
 as the pastor. A charge to the people
 was delivered by Rev Jabez Backus, who
 strnck the right note when he said that
 the secret of successful church work lay
 in the cooperation of pastor and people.
 The congregation then sang, II love thy
 kingdom, Lord, and was dismissed by
 the benediction pronounced by the in
 stalled pastor.
 One feature ill these interesting pro- ceedings Innst not be omitted and that is
 the musical feature in the program. Two anthems were rendered by the choir in such style as to successfully overthrow the theory that village choirs are not
 capable of attempting difficult music.
 Rev Henry Davies, the newly installed paster of the ancient church at Greens Farms, is q western man. He has ;tl- : ready preached in the West, having held
 a parish at Redjacket, d small town in
 Northern Michigan. Heis taking post .l graduate course at Yale, which will be completed in the Spring. He has preich-
 ed at Greens Farms several times as sup
 ply and has always been warmly well
 comed by the people, to whom he gives
 excellent sermons.
 ' Bradley Goodsell, who was very sick, is somewhat better.
 LONG HILL.
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