The Newtown bee., 1893-12-15
WARREN.
terbury.

FELLOWSHIP MEETING AT NEW MILFORD.
 Warren was invited out, the 1th, to a fellowship meeting at the Congregation al church in New Milford. The attend ance was not large, owing in part to the unfavOrable character of the previous Sabbath for church going. We felt our selves abundantly paid, who went from here, if nothing more than to be conduct ed by the pastor and officers of the church over their beautiful church, so perfect in all it's appointments. We cer- tainly congratulate the people, who call that their sanctuary home, and that it is free from all encumbrance. Christian service was defined, drawn out and ex- pounded with special emphasis by breth- ren from the various churches, first inde- | pendently and then organically, includ- i ing the Sunday school, '. r. $. C. k. and missions. In the forenoon the cur rent flowed on somewhat evenly, very 1 few nipples or eddies. When we came to the organizations in the afternoon the surface became somewhat ruf1led and the current flowed on with greater force and i power. One brother cited the condition of thes esincOming peoples to fill up the great West, as a field of vast importance, | where present christian service was i'm perativc. Another brother emphasized the importance of indoctrination, would we fully understand the relation of Chris | es. q ..I. ~ less we know what faith is and what love is in it's actuality to God or man, how can we comprehend the nature of christian service? True faith is doing it. True love is doing it. Love leaps the widest chasm, love climbs the highest mountain. Love is stronger than death. 1 disagree with the brother who held love to be a principle. It is, and it is more than that. It is a passion. It is the Aaron's serpent swallowing up all the rest. It is more than principle. It is an affection. It is a thousand little tendrils going out and throwing itself around the beloved ob. jeCt. True religion is a principle and a | passion. Emphasis was laid on the i'm. portance of the Sunday school, none too much. One brother expressed great as- tonishment of the neglect of Christian families to train their children at home in the simplest things connected with relig- ion and the Bible. It is too true. The home training should go before the Sun. day school. It is primal. One brother spoke of the '. P. $. c. F.. as lacking 1T a desired efficiency, because it partook ot the nature of it's mother, the church from whence it originated, and that the bono which bound it to the mother was weak ened by another VOW of fealty to the or | ganiZation. That only by the most com
 plete cooperation of the one with the other, can the cause of God become g strongholds of satan in our communities and in the world. Stress was laid on the importance of missions and that only by the greater intensification of the Christ
 spirit, can the world be converted to God
 It was good meeting. The impression left upon every mind, it would seem, wa; only good. Not only the appointments for the collation., but the thing itself, was first class, excellentissimo. The I4oro bless every thoughtful mind and careful eye and gentle hand, that ministered ir this department. Oh. how much you lost reader, in not being there! l hope il will be seen that we who were there gain ed much. In some other way may the good Lord balance our gain and loss ac counts.