Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-11
COMING CHARITIES CONVENTION.

CHARITIES CONVENTION. Will be Held in Newton October 24-I
 Many Speakers.
 The first New England conference of 'harities and correction will be held at Newton, Mass, October 24, 25 and 26.
 It is the object of this conference to gain arger knowledge of the best ways to dis tribute relief to the needy, and care for those needing correction.
 An invitation to attend has been ex- tended to directors, managers and officials of private charitable societies and institu- tions, members of state boards, judges and court officials, persons connected in any way with any state, city, town or county institution for charitable or correctional | purposes. and to citizsns taking an inteEi- gent interest in the dealings of others with the distressed, defective or criminal.
 Delegates appointed by the New Haven Organized Charities association are Profes- sor Arthur Fairbanks and Agent s. o. Preston.
 The first days session will bs held in the ! mayor of Newton will deliver an address of welcome, and there will be general re- ports from six states. In the evening Rev. J. M. Pullman, D. D., chairman of the Associated Charities of Lynn. will de- liver an address upon "Charity Organizs- tion," and there will also be an address on Friendly Vi.iting" by Mrs. Laura Ormis- ton Chant of London, Eng. Wednesday morning from 9:3O to 12 Dr. George H. Ec{. r{rko 0ff fho School for Inabeciles, will deliver an ad- dress; the chairman, Prof. John J: MeCook of Hartford, will speak, and Dr. W. B. l Fernall, of the Massachusetts School for | Imbeciles, will open general discussion. | In the afternoon Joseph G. Thorpe, presi- | dent of the Massachusetts Prison associa- | tion, Fred G. Pettigrove, secretary of the I commissioners of prisons for Massachu- | setts, and others will discass the subject s'Probation; Its Relation to the Punlsh- l ment of Crime" In the evening the citi- ! zens of Newton and Watertown will give public reception to the delegates, after which there will be several addresses, in l cluding one by Hon. George s. Hale of
 Massachusetts, another by Charles P Wooster, another by John F. Emery of Boston and another by Mrs. Anna G. l Children. of Providence. On Thursday there will be very interesting meeting. l which will be addressed by James H. Lewis, | agent of the overseers of ths poor of l Springfeld; Freeman Brown, clerk of the overseers of the poor of Worcester, and by Charles H. Baker, secretary of the over
 ssers of the poor of Portland, who will speak of the public relief system of Maine. l The whole object of this meeting will be to furnish to the delegates the result of
 the experiences of all who have given spec l ial attention to the work of public chari- l tiee.
 Those who are in the least familiar with l the abuses that result from misdirscted
 charity will readily understand the i'm
 portance of this meeting It will be large ly attended and will doubtless be followed
 by others of like character in the years to come.
 CHAPEL CONsECRATED.
 A Pretty Little Chapel by the Sea-
 Bishop Williams Omciates-An In-
 teresting Occaston-A Log-Built
 Chapel Near the Breakers.
 BRIDGEPORT, Oct. 10.-The little rustic
 chapel of St. Nsry's-by- -ths-Sea WAS conse-
 crated this morning by Bishop Williams
 The highly polished logs of which the edi-
 fee is built gleamed brightly in the morn
 ing sun, and the services were punctuated
 by the breakers on the nearby shore. It , was high tide and the waves reached near , to the church door.
 By 10:3O the open plaza in front of the church was filled with the carriages which
 had brought from the city communiea ants of other Episcopal churches, making in all g congregation of nearly three hundred and severely taxing the seating capacity of the little edifce. For fifteen minutes be- fore the services commenced the sweetly attunsd chimes rang forth, and at Ii o'clock the procession of clergy and church officers moved down the aisle, Bishop Will Hams leading and reading the 24th psalm The clergymen present were Rev. Messrs. l. Jones of Fairfield, French of Noroton y Boylston of Long Hill, W. H. Lewis, rec @ tor, and Rev. J. R. Griffin, assistant min ister of St. Johns, this city. They wer,
 followed up the aisle by George Mallory Q vestry's committee.
 . Bishop Williams proceeded to the altal while the other elsrgymen took seats just 8 outside the chaneel rail. Then Rev. w
 H. Lewis read the document which certi s fed that the edifce had been entirely paic 6 for, and was free from all lien, either 1T whole or in part and from all danger O t alienation. He called upon the bishop t. g consecrate to the service of God forever faith of the Episcopal church, the chape
 known as St. Mary's- by the Sea.
 The ordinance of conservation was reat Il by Rev. Dr. Tetlock of Norwalk, as ordi : nary of the diocese.
 The morning prayer was read by Rev l. Strather Jones of Fairfield, followed b, e Tallis' Venite. sung by the choir of S5
 Johns church-Mrs. H. B. Drew, Mis- s Emily Hallock, John 4. Barri and Charle e Hardy wick, with William Weidenbammer
 organist The S4th, 122d and 132d psalm q were read by MT. Lewis, fullo wed by th
 Anglican Glorias by the choir Rev Cnarle . H. Boylstoa and Rev. MT Griffin read tn ,,'' Scripture lessons. The communion servic n followed and 1t was of peculiar interest because of the first two confrmstions tha - have been made within the cnapsPs wallis !, Those confirmed were MT. Ashley A U Batsmsn and his daughter, Miss Margare t' Bateman. The sacrament was administer ' ed to them by Bishop Williams after the, had received the laying on of hands. Bishop Williams preached from the tex Exodus, g, 12: "What mean ye by this ser | vice?"
 No attempt has been made to conceal tn . log wall of the church on the inside, ane I. they glisten in their natural color under 9 l ueSVy cOaLlu2 or Farnlsn, The runnlns S woodwork and all the furniture are C ;, white ash. The chancel and altar wer I nearly concealed by carnations, palms ant 'A running vines. Early in the mornin,
 Bishop Williams planted an English ivy a
 the southern side of the building. After the services the clergy and vestr, K of the church were entertained by Genera IT Watson and T. W. Pearsall. ~ l. HOW THE CHURCH STARTED.
 The plan of building an Episcopal chape F. in Black Rock first originated with T. W @ Pearsall over year ago and met with in @ stant favor among the other cottagers ant r the guests at the George hotel. most O g whom are of that denomination.
 d Subscriptions were solicited by MT. Pear
 sail and General T. L. Watson, with tn, result that the $3,000 required was soor ): raised. Among the contributors to the 's fund was ex-President Benj jamin Harrison e who sent his check for $50. The site fo :; the chapel was presented by MT. Pearsal 'l and is located west of his house and on tn, high bluff overlooking the sound. Th' U church itself is neat and tasteful aud ir a entire conformity with the surroundin, l. cottages. It is painted dull green, sne r. the ivy which has been set cut about th, e structure will in few years entirely over