The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-25
NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES
FEATURES OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES
 YESTERDAY.

l among pHe OlueT iuGuPDeFS uI lIle II IFS Baptist church. Three were recently buried on the same day. Last evening MT. Mason preached upon 'Heavenly Recognitions."
 The Y. P. s. c. E. of this church will have part in the missionary program to be given at the Calvary Baptist church on Thursday afternoon, and will repeat some portions of one of their recent missionary meetings.
 Next Sunday night MT. Mason will begin a series of addresses on 'Storm Centres of Civilization" having special 1 reference to the American saloon. The program to be followed on successive Sunday evenings is as follows: STORM CENTRES OF CIVILTZA-
 TION.
 1. "Connecticut, the Land of Unsteady Habits"
 2. "The Consummate Flower of Civili- zation."
 | 3. "New Haven Four Hundred-Do We
 Need More?"
 4. 'The Question That Will Not Down Why Not?"
 5. 'The Norwegian System-Are We
 Ready for It?"
 6. "Portents in the Heavens" z. 'Is There Any Hope?
 UNITED LENTEN SERVICES.
 The United Lenten services this year will be held at St. Thomas church.
 The clergy have arranged the follow ing course of United Lenten services, with sermons for Lent. They earnestly ask the attendance of their parishioners. The services will begin at 7:30 o'clock. Offerings will be received at the services for the support of All Saints mission: Rev w. H. Vibbert, s. T. D., Trinity
 Chapel, New York City-Ash We'd
 nesday Evening, February 27. Rev w. w. Newton, D. D., Rector of
 St. Stephens Church, Pittsfield,
 Mass.-Wednesday Evening, March
 G.
 Rev. w. L. Robbins, D. D., Dean of All
 Saints Cathedral, Albany, N. Y.-
 Wednesday Evening, March 13. Rev. George Hodges, D. D., Dean of
 the Cambridge Divinity School
 Wednesday Evening, March 20. Rev. R. F. Alsop, D. D., Rector of St.
 Ann's Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.-
 Wednesday Evening, March 27. Rev. E. A. Bradley, D. D., St. Agnes
 Chapel, New York City-Wednesday
 Evening, April g.
 Rev. Henry Lubeck, LLD., Rector of
 Zion and St. Timothys Churh, New
 York City-Wednesday Evening,
 April 10.
 THE MISSIONS IN ALASKA-REV. MIR. PREVOsT TELLS OF THE WORK THERE.
 Rev. Jules S. Provost spoke at Trinity church yesterday morning, giving an account of his work there among the natives in the missionary field He said that the natives, under the in- fluence of the missions teaching, are becoming very docile and are immeas- urably benefited. The missions also give them much material benefit in various ways. They are casting much of their old superstition and barbarity and presents 6 most agreeable con trast to what they were before the missionaries began work among them. MT. Provost comes direct from the work in this field and graphically described  the natives.
 At 1920 he addressed a meeting of young men at the Trinity parish build ing and at o'clock he gave an ac- count of his work to the congregation of St. Johns.
 Tn the evening Grace church mem bers had the pleasure of listening to his talk on the same lines.
 
 AN INTERESTING OCCASION.
 A large number of Endeavorers and their friends assembled at the Ferry street church recently, the occasion be- ing the second social and reception of the New Haven Christian Endeavor union, which was held under the aus pices of the reception committee of '95.
 Rev. G. s. Richards, pastor of the Ferry street church, welcomed the large number present to the church, and the remaining numbers on the program were announced by Miss Emma l.. Rhodes, who is president of the Ferry street Y. P. s. c. E. Miss Rhodes was dressed in a costume of ''ye olden time" as were most of the young ladies present from that society The program consisted of vocal and in- strumental selections interspersed with humorous readings. This part of the exercises was brought to an end by the audience rising and singing Amer ica." At the conclusion of this hymn all present adjourned to the parlors below, where refreshments were served by the young ladies.
 Among the prominent Endeavorers noticed during the evening may be mentioned ex-Secretary Miss Kate I. Donovan of the New Haven Christian Endeavor union w. D. Perry, chairman of the reception committee of '95; Charles D. Sherman of the press com mittee, Robert Bright, Herbert J. Downs the Messrs. Moulthrop of West Haven, Rollin c. Horsfall, Miss A. l. El1ins, Miss J. M. Hunt, Miss Emily Bright, the Misses Deane, Miss Hattie B. Denison, Miss M. F. Douglass, Miss Elsie Gilbert, Miss Anna E. Hennig, Miss Louise A. Hennig, George J. Gut brod, Miss Gutbrod, F. M. Davis, Sher- land D. Smith, Miss Peck, Howard Meserve, Miss Meserve, Miss Damn, Miss Alta N. Carter, R. M Fuller.