Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-31
RELIGIaus NOTES.

RELIGIOUs NOTES. Birthday Celebrated at First Baptist Church-Rev. MT. Sauiress Flfth Year-ZIon Church ! Servfces-Mr. Towne,s Lectures
 First M. E. Church Ladies-At the
 City Missions - The Great Seven
 Days, Assembly of Christian Work
 CTS in Washington. ID. 0.
 The First Baptist church will to-mor- | row reach it's seventy fifth birthday and special services will be held commemora- tive of the event. Rev. s. Dryden Phelps, D. D., who was for nearly thirty years pastor of the church, will preach his torical sermon at 10:30. A union service of all the Baptist churches of the city will be held at 3:30 and addresses will be made by the city pastors, after which the Lords supper will be observed. The First Baptist church has had remarkable history. It has been served by some of the leading preachers of the denomination. It has sent out several colonies to form | other churches; and it's membership is | still nearly 700. Of this number twenty | five have held their membership more than fifty years.
 At the Church. of the Messiah First l UniversalisD tomorrow, Rev. L. H.
 Squires enters upon the fifth year of his | pastorate. In the morning he will preach an anniversary sermon, and in the evening
 the Young Peoples union will corduct a l special service of praise and song in rec ognition of All Souls Sunday, which has
 been established as a special observance
 in the Universalist denomination.
 Rev. E. C.. Towne's subject at Warner
 hall tomorrow will be at 10:45: "Criti-
 cisms of Religion and of Christianity by
 Professor Huxley" and at 7:30 ''Zoroaste1
 and the Persian Scriptures and Religion" l church. Rev. James H. Smith, formerly pastor of the Haven Memorial church o1
 this city, but now presiding elder of the New York district, will preach morning , l and evening. Union communion service with Bethel church at p. m.; preaching by Rev. R. H. Miles. Union love feas
 Monday evening. All Christians invited The Sunday school of the City missionl : at English hall, Court and State streets will meet tomorrow as usual at a. m 7 Quite an improvement has been made dur cases into the large hall. In connection , with the peoples service at the hall in tn t evening the address will be by MT. Otis W F Barker of Yale seminary, who was Rev. MT l Mossman's assistant during the summer 8 | Mr. Francis Potter of the United churc
 will conduct the singing. The orchestrs
 under direction of MT. R. B. Hughes, wi | furnish instrumental music at the son @ service 7:30 to 7:45) and also through th A evening.
 z At the meeting of the Young Men aa a Christian association tomorrow afternoo D at o'clock at the rooms, 713 Chap
 street, Simeon E. Baldwin will give an at
 dress. All young men are cordially il ia vited. The subject of the young men meeting tonight at o'clock will be C '- Better Country" All young men we e come. Service at the jail Sunday mornir y at g o'clock, as usual
 Il Mrs. Susie Drew Miller, elocutionist, a
 sisted by Miss Carrie Louise St. Joh
 vocalist, Miss Ludlow, pianist, Miss Aye - violinist, will give an entertainment und III the auspices of the Ladies' Aid society, SC the First M. E. Church, Thursday eveni1 D. next. The proceeds are to be used to I h carpet the church. Tickets can be o ' tained of the committee or members of u et society. The committee are, Mrs. Willia 1e H. Bartholomew, Mrs. H. M. Crocker, Mi as Holford.
 1e Rev. Dr. Chapman will preach on "Wo 10 for Seamen" at the First Methodist chur or Sunday evening, November 1. The pub
 are cordially invited.
 NEW HAVEN PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON
 The great annual seven days assembly Ill Christians at work will begin next we h. Thursday in Washington, D. 0. Amo ch the thousands of delegates who are conf os from all parts of the United States 8 ,st Canada and some from England and Sc ed land, there will be from fifteen to twer to New Haven people, New Haven also l on ed local pride in the great gathering, owi eu to the fact the International Christi
 Workers association, which gathers a
 manages the convention, is incorporat
 neadquarters and general offices in u m. city, and New Haven man, Rev. John n, Collins, the secretary of the ms of aging committee, has perfect he and managed the details of { ,er program and convention. Secretary c ,n- lins states that he expects the convent of will be, in point of numbers, spirit ,al power and permanent results in encour. ed ing Christian unity and work, a most
 markable gathering. Postmaster Gene
 Wanamaker will be one of the promine
 speakers. Rev. Dr. Hamline. pastor he President Harrison's church, has been ,t jealous worker in the local preparation - The New York, New Haven and Hartfc on railroad has made with connecting li1 ral the low rate of fare and third 1 To- the round trip, the fare from New Hay ng being for round trip $10.67. 3 Certificates for purchasing tickets c nd be obtained by anyone desiring to vi he Washington and this convention fro ay Rev. MT. Collins at his office in the Fiji ss, National bank building on Orange stre s- Tickets going can be purchased any til
 next week, and returning tickets can
 used any time after the convention
 three days after it closes, which makes t 'i- time extended from November 9 to Move of ber IA. Artist John Haeberle will spe ge the seven days making sketches of speakt m and scenes in the convention. Rev. w. f3 Phillips, pastor of the Church of the f ao deemer, is the chief speaker on Frid 'e, evening, November 6.
 n- large party of New Haven, Hartfo n. and Bridgeport people will take the tra or which leaves New Haven at S:1O Wedn nd day morning, making the journey ett Washington by day by way of the Bal
 more and Ohio railroad through a m.
 beautiful part of the country. of ALL SAINTS DAY AT CHRIST CHURCH nh Tomorrow the festival of All Saints W AS be celebrated at Christ church with app os priate services and elaborate ritual T . program for the day is as follows: o' 500 a. m.-Hoy communion.
 " 9:45 a. m.-Morning prayer
 nd 10:3O a. m.-Holy communion. 5 7:3O p. m.-Even song (choral) with sermon no At the 10:40 service the following m7 ,s ical program will be rendered by t ot choir:
 on Prelude-How Lovely are the Messengers. ... ch Professional ise SsncssIo at Gloria Tibi
 IT. Gratia Tibi .......................... To
 Credo......t
 Hymn 1S7. S7...................,,,,,,, Sac,
 0oiLa. .BeetnOS
 Sanctus. ...
 Benedictus. .S,..,,,,,,,,, To, ,st Agnus Del.
 's' Recessional, 184
 by Postludium. he Choir master-C H. Mann.