The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-22
AT WHITNEYVILLE CHURCH
THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY
 EXERCISES CONCLUDED.

dresses by Neighboring Pastors-Inter-,
 esting Historical Poem-Exhlbition of old
 Reiics-Clippings From the Connecticut
 Journal-Tribute to Eli whitney-Fine
 Collation.
 The concluding exercises of the cele- bration of the tooth anniversary of the | Whitneyville Congregational church were held at the church yesterday, and a large assemblage was present, con- sisting of members and former mem- bers of the church. The interior of the building was beautifully decorated in flowers. Over the pulpit was double strand of golden rod looped across the alcove and between these strands were the dates 1795-1S95. A band of golden rod was hung from the rail in front of the organ, and at the left of the pulpit was screen on which was inscribed the name "Allng," while on the other side was similar floral decoration with the name Putnam" these two men having been the two first pastors of the church. Their pastorates cover ed the long period of from 1797 to 1SS6s eighty nine years.
 The altar was covered with potted plants, cacti and flowers, while around the shelf of the gallery were set potted plants. At the right, along the front of the gallery, were two large Christian Endeavor monograms, one of them for | i11pio vii ha gram on a blue field with a border of golden rod. The other was made en- tirely of golden rod. At the left side were other flowers, with large nation al flag over which was placed large lanchor of Hope.
 The morning exercises were most iT1- tesesting and were followed out in ac- cordance with the program, with the ex- lception of the part assigned to MT. lWhitney the time for which was taken up by J. Henry Smith, formerly super
 intendent of the Whitney factory, who paid a glowing tribute to the lately de- ceased we'll known citizen.
 A very entertaining feature of the
 mornings program was the historical
 poem by Deacon James M Payne,
 which is printed below in full The program of the morning beginning at 10 o'clock, was as follows:
 Anthem-Chorus from Daniel
 Prayer
 Address of welcome-By the pastor.
 Response--Rev. s. P. Marvin.
 Hymn-Come, Holy Spirit.
 Historical Poem-Deacon James M.
 Payne.
 l i,,i -1 10oa Oir1yo
 man, MT. Horace P. Shares.
 Hymn 9S6-I Love Thy Kingdom Lord.
 Rise and Progress of Whitneyville- MT. Eli Whitney.
 Town of Hamden and State of Con-
 necticut-Mr. Vim. F. Downer. @ Our age-Judge L. E. Munsof1. Duet-I Will Magnify Thee, o God..
 ....................... J. Mosenthal
 Mrs. B. A. Davis, Mr. Thomas Waite.
 Some Distinctive Characteristics of
 Whitneyville Church-Rev. Charles A. Dinsmore.
 Anthem-Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow-By the choir.
 COLLATTON-RELI ETC. At the conclusion of the mornings program sumptuous collation. was
 served in the basement of the church,
 | of which about two hundred persons
 partook. There was also an exhibition of relics, consisting of articles owned lby former members of the church and Ialso other old-time keepsakes. Among the articles were three sermons written land delivered by Rev. MT. Alling the ! first pastor, one of the sermons having Ibeen written in 1795, one in 179S and the other in 1799. They were in the original manuscript and are we'll preserved. 4 There were also two old watches, 1855 years old, formerly owned by Elizabeth Kramer, grandmother of Dr. Treadwell; a Bible 2S7 years old, which was pre-
 scented to Rev. Abraham filling October 20, 1795, by President Stiles of Yale col- lege they having been previously given | to the college library by Rev. James Pierpont; the chair in which Rev. filling
 sat while writing most of his sermons: some home made linen, samplers 130 Iyears old, old candle snuffers, tuning : fork which belonged to a former chor- 5 ister, and many other curious old rel-
 ics.
 THE AFTERNOON EXERCISES-INs
 TERESTING "REMINISCENCES By o'clock the church was filled again, every available seat being filledy
 while many could not obtain a seat. The exercises opened by the singing of f a patriotic hymn, followed by an ad- dress, "Our Former Members" by MT.
 Charles G. Merriman of Westville, for- merly of Whitneyville, in which the l speaker told "reminiscences of former l members and mentioned those who have died and removed to other places. ], Rev. George Dusinberre of Hamden t Plains then spoke of "Our Successors l on Hamden Plain" The address was v a very happy expression of good feeling between the two churches, and was much appreciated by Rev. MT. Clarke 3 and by other members of the church. ! Rev. G. A. Veits of Mt. Carmel spoke S on "Our Elder Sisters" and told of the . establishment of church at Mt. Car 5 mel thirty-two years before the Whit g lneyville church was organized. He said : that the salary of the first pastor was f e55. which was afterwards increased to : f70 at the rate of f5 increase per year. r Ten cords of wood were also finally ads d ded. The longest pastorate has been [ for thirteen years The church is in a.