Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-23
APAsTOR,s ADIEU.
Pleasant Farewell Reception to Rev. c. B. Richards-A Present of One Hundred Dollars.

Pleasant Farewell Reception, to Rev.
 G. B. Richards-A Present of One
 Hundred Dollars.
 Rev. George B. Richards, formerly as- sistant pastor of the United church and superintendent of it's Sunday school for year or two past, being about to leave New Haven for new field of work, was given a farewell recep tion last night in the United church chapel by the church and Sunday school. MT. Richards has for two years held this position in New Haven, and having just, graduated from the Yale Di- vinity school he will take up an independ- ant position at Superior, Wisconsin. Dr. Munger made 2 short presentation address, as follows: :s4 1s- TT want to express to MT. Richards in 8 few words our affection and our respect. Iusesthese two words designedly. During the pastt t&Ss: yeArs our affection for him has increased much and our respect more. He has filled for two years Q most necessa- ry and useful position. Our church is scat tered from East to West Rock and from S&vin Rock to Fair Haven. He has made Ia catalogue of all the city members, sys- tematically arranged by streets, by which we all know one another better and which we use constantly. We owe him debt of gratitude which we cannot express in words, but while we feel in our hearts l am sure we shall all follow him with inter
 est to the new field where he goes. I can only tell him that we tender him our hearty thanks for his unfagging zeal, great
 wisdom and tact in his work. We follow
 him with our, hopes and prayers. As a ! oE roo1 foo1irer rpiu
 you $100."
 To which MT. Richards replied. "I don't
 know what to say, except that l am sure Dr. Munger has overstated facts. It ie with great regret shall go from here, and
 I shall need your interest and especially your prayers. want to thank the kind friends not only for this token of esteem, but also for those whove received me into | their homes. A word with regard to the church and Sunday school There is an l immense amount of reserve force here and | vast work which these have got to do if | it is to be done. I believe there is tre- ! mendous reserve force which can be set to | work in the work of the church. The great keynote of the church of the future | is to bring men nearer to Christ by bring l ing them nearer to themselves, and not to 1 touch them at distance. I thank you much"
 Ice cream and cake was served to the
 guests by some pretty waitresses, who l added to it an additional gusto. They were
 Misses Mary Montgomery, Grace Perkins,
 Lillie Brooks, Helen Sanford, May Pendle- l ton, Maud Pruttenden, Ruth Hume, and
 Lottie Ramsdell. Among those present
 were Professor and Mrs. George B. Stev,
 ems, Deacon Charles DeForest, Deacon
 Holt, MT. L. s. Punderson, wife and son
 Lawyer L. w. Cleaveland, and from the
 college, George P. Montgomery '92, L. P
 Marshall '92, w. W. Strong '93.
 l Sixth Ward Republicans.
 The republicans of the Sixth ward met
 last evening at the Elliott house and elect
 ed the following ward committee: Fred
 A. Betts, chairman, Frank A. Brewer
 William H. Johnson, J. Birney Futile
 David Steele, Charles Frisbie, Horace Hal
 lett