Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-01-11
ANNUAL MEETINGS.

4s- ANN ~ ~ 1NOSs
Center and College street Churches
Hold Their Annual Meetings and
Reports rs to the Work Accom-
plished During the Past Year are
Read and Approved.
The annual meeting of the Center church
was held last evening, the pastor, Rev. DR..
Newman Smytb, officiating as moderator
and DR.. Leonard J. Sanford as clerk.
The clerk reported that the removals by
death greatly exceeded the number of adj
missions of new members, that the contri-
buttons for the past year had averaged
$50. AZ per Sunday, that five churches in
the city limits and two outside had sprung
originally from Center church, and that
during the past year one couple had died
whose joint membership of the church ex-
tended over period of 100 years, each of
the deceased having been members of tho
church for sixty years.
The treasurer of the society, F. s. Brad
Icy, reported that the total receipts for the
past year amounted to $11 ,300.49, of
which 81, 531 had been received from col
lectious in the church.
The report of the home Sunday school
showed that the number of scholars at
present connected with the school was 101
with 81 teachers, making total of 122.
The average attendance during the year
had been IS, and that the primary depart
ment, which began with II scholars, had
more than trippled its members inside of
three months. The amounts of collections
made in the Sunday school during the
year aggregated $15S.9S. The cost Of
maintaining this partiof the church work
had been $S15 SO, ana there was balance
In the treasury at the beginning of the
church year of $36.06.
Irving Woods, who has during the past
year had the spiritual charge of the New
Lebanon mission in his report of the
workings of the mission, stated that what
was needed in the locality was. church
proper as revival of the families whose
Conversion had really been begun by the
mission had connected themselves with
churches in the vicinity of the mission in
order to avail themselves of the benefits to
be derived from actual church associations
and church life
The report of the committee on cata-
logue showed that during the past yeal
there had been nine additions to the mem.
bership of the church. five being
by letters from other churches and
four by profession of faith; that ter
members had left the church by letters Of
dismissal, and that during the year twenty
two, members of the church had joined the
church triumphant, having been removed
by death. The membership at the begin
ming of the church year of 1891 had bee,
| 521, which had been increased by the addi
| ton of 9 new members to $50, and reduced
| by 10 removals and % deaths to 498
which constituted the present membership
| of the church. Of this number 1854 be
came connected with the church by pro
fesiion of faith, and twenty-four are mem
bers of the church of over so years stand
ing.
! It was voted to drop from the list o
membership of the church all whose name
are marked as unknown, and concerning
| whose whereabouts at present no informa
ton can be CLEANED. This vote is to tax
! effect at the next annual meeting.
A committee consisting of the pastor Q
the church, the superintendent and treas
urer Of the home Sunday school, the super
intendent and treasurer of the New LIZ
banon mission, w. E. Downes and Tread
we'll Ketcham was appointed to solici
funds for the maintaining of the work c
Sunday school and local missionary worl
The committee on church library wi
consist of the same members as last yes
with the addition of Mrs. S. G. Porter
who takes the place made vacant by tn
resignation of Mrs. Walker. The CON
, mittee on music consists of G. A. Sheldo1
G. W. Whittlesey and Prof. S. G. Porte
the committee on church catalogue r
naming the same as last year. Deaco
F.S. Bradley was elected treasurer of churc
contributions. DR.. L. J. Sanford, trea
, ure1 and clerk of the society, and the for
committee composed of the following ladi'
we're elected: Mrs. Galpin, Jenkins, Neh
, milan, Daubrey, Pitman and Misses Mau
and Constance Trowbridge.
The reappointment Of Superintendent
Hayes, Assistant Superintendent Mi
Skinner, and Deacon Rowland as secreta1
, | of the New Lebanon mission was ratified
a and Charles w. Whittlesey was electe
treasurer, vice Major T. Attwater Barn
resigned.
|, The annual reception of DR.. Newm.
: Smyth and wife to- the members of Il
= congregation will take place in the chap
Wednesday evening from to 10 o'cloc
= to which all present and former membe
a of the congregation are cordially invite