The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-29
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 Noble Eulogy of Yale University.
 At the November meeting of the Con- gregational club of Brooklyn, just held, one of the chief addresses was made by Rev, Dr. Twitchell Of this city, The addresses of the evening were on the subject An Old New England Thanks giving" and were delivered by Rev. pr. Twitchell of this city and Rev. pr, Charles c, Creegan of Brooklyn, seere- tary of the American Board of Com missioners of Foreign Missions, Of which our New Haven divine is a cor porate member. The Brooklyn Eagle says of Dr. Twitchells address, after some very happy local allusions to Brooklyn and an episode having a par ticularly Brooklyn interest, which was highly appreciated:
 Dr. Twitehell congratulated the club on having such a homelike gathering, and told how near he came to accept ing the pastorate of the South Congre- gational church twenty years ago and thus having become a resident of Brooklyn A remark of his wife, "Do you think 1t would be right, just now?" had changed the current of events, The just now" referred to a trip to Europe, and a handsome sum which had been given for vacation purposes by his church. So he stayed in New Haven, and his wife was right, as she was al- ways right, Then the speaker happen ed to think of another congratulation for thanksgiving. He said he recalled q Brooklyn clergyman when he was in the water, and of how Providence had taken care of him. For the past twelve years he has been the orthodox preach CT in the city (Dr. Behrends). Another preacher he recalled, who had been termed the Boanerges of the pulpit still another, whose fertile imagination, de lightful diction and able editorship of a literary weekly charmed all who knew him. He referred to the honored pas tor of Plymouth church. But what the speaker said, should he say of the prince of preachers, the peer of any man on the platform, the pastor of an honored and influential church for years, min ister of the gospel who had seen the city of Brooklyn grow from 60000 inhabi- tants to over a million; a pastor who had rejoiced with his people and whose people had rejoiced with him. If ever a community should take pride in re- joicing for man who is godly and righteous, Brooklyn should rejoice in having Dr. Storrs. The speaker regret ted that for the sake of Brooklyn and every other community they could not turn the hands of the dial back at least fifteen years.
 Dr. Twitchell alluded to Brooklyn as q city of churches, as a beautiful city
 the fame Of which had extended faI and wide. He inquired whether his hearers had not heard of New Haven He was not present to defend New Ha- ven, but he would~say that it is one of the cleanest cities .on the continent There was not cleaner city between the two oceans A man in the excite ment of the moment in debate had can- ed 1t wicked city. Gaughter) Dr. Twitchell paid high tribute to Vale college and the revered names of Wool sey, Porter, Dwight, Fisher and others. He said that among three thousand y0uuB hIttll UliG HOtild tIstl LII ctliy liiid some that were not saints and they would also find that some of their fath- CTS were not saints. Gaughter0 Yale was becoming known and better known every day. The speaker said that he was not a graduate of Yale, but he did not like to see it's fair name inallgnea, He told with much humor the story of the little girl who on being asked what was the outward sign of the rite of baptism, replied, "The baby" as illus- trative of his point that the baby of Yale college was the alumni. The speak CT, in recurring to Brooklyn, said that he had read considerably of late about the city being absorbed or consolidated by or with fits larger neighbor, and while he did not wish to precipitate any controversy he had been unable to discover why Brooklynites should wish anything of the kind. (Applause) Of course they in New Haven were soma distance from the scene. But Brook lyn, so far as he could see, would not increase her fame by such 9 plan of union. Tn view of the fact that there were newspaper reporters present Ing wished them to put down the statement that he meant no reflection On New York. Gaughter.) The speaker paid a warm tribute to pr. Parkhurst, whom he said preached on Sundays and prac- ticed the rest Of the week. He said there is cause for thanksgiving for the movement throughout the American Union for civic and social reform, al though he deplored the wholesale con demnation of men in office, whom ht believed in many cases meant to act l according to their consciences and tc do the right thing. The speaker sait he was thankful that God is in tho world and that He has not forgotten America. He traced several great his 1 torical movements in this country, paic l a fervent tribute to Abraham Lincot l for the liberation of the slaves, tolt 1 how MT. Lincoln said that if he had no liberated the slaves he would 'havt out-petered Peter::" expressed amaze ment at the indifference of the govern
 ment toward Cuba: dwelt on the Fur ksh ortrages in Armenia and gave : ] delightful little word picture in closins l of Thanksgiving in New England. H. eaid Eis recollection of the great New 1 Engla1.f He8tival took In the prepara ticr, f5 Y week ahead, which he sai( meant parinfs of apples, pairing 0 pumpkins and seeding of raisins. Ht remembered the sermon and he had Z very distinct recollection of several din ners. Naughter) The old time Thanks