The Newtown bee., 1896-06-12
BRIDGEWATER.
REV JOHN O. JONES INSTALLED AT HOUND
 BROOK N. J.


 REV JOHN O. JONES INSTALLED AT BOUND
 BROOK NJ,
 The past week has been an ecclosiasti- cal week, several churches being more than usually interested in various changes Of considerable importance. h the Congregational Church, the induction of the new minister into it's pastOrate was attended, on Wednesday afternoon and 1 evening, with special exercises. Rev l John Owen Jones, the unanimous choice l of the congregation, is evidently de8- | tined to very useful career. His man. ner is pleasing, his speech is highly sea soned with good sound sense, his pulpit | work is carefully prepared, he has schol- arly habits, is a gentleman of attractive l social qualities, aud, in fine, an acquisi- l i tiOu to the borough whose influence will l be felt for it's future veal. He is already i very popular with his own people, both as sermonizer and as fellow citizen 1 and the large atlcnda1ce at the installa- Uion services attest that the general public are not different. Indeed, it has come to he an accepted fact in this town, that the coming in of cultured men and women is of surpassug interest and matter of common concern. Mir Jones welcome to this pastOrate is hearty and unequivocaI At 5 o'clock the council met to question the minister IS to his faith and doctrines, all examination highly satisfactory iu lycry respect. About i o'clock the c3uu- ciI retired 10 deliberate. The ladies of ihe church had prepared an exceIlentre ua4t to which many guests s&t down at hHlf.past five, The tables were tastcfulIv armmr"td q with bright June rosea. inc soclal integrcgaum w&o highly cnioy - able 1t 3O th2 audience room -9a7 filled foi tic ordination sud installation 4egN.ccs. &bOuttL pulpit were abundant
 4ad pleasing nnraI decorations. The uiuu>rs fl ,}te council were read hy Rev . Ir9ry Netcham, approving the call cX- - tended t) Mir Jones. and the scribe offer 9 od prayer. After singing and the Scrip - Luro reading, Rev L, Q. BraatoW, DID,. i LI..)., If Nai: T1iv>rsity, preached ~ Lnr al rmon. from the text, John 6, G9. |, '.Sim0u Peter ans nswercd him, Lord, Ja B vhnln shaH l go:' The speaker showed l. eho necessity If 9 religious life to the o human s5u' o' lAr nnad cf z ping en:st.- p where: uf the sense of the need for rest $ outside of self; of the general feeling ol r self-inadt qua<J to secure our peace; ot ,f the secki of some standing place out e side of ourselves; of the sunicjency c Christ as satisfying support; and It
 showed that the world has been constant
 ly changing masters in every dcpartmen W of human thought and endeayor, but tho
 world yet fnd@, and will always find st Jesus as a necessity for it's most enlight
 eued faith. In alludiDg to the new
 pastor, Dr Bra stow said that he felt sur' ne would be equal to the demands up0l } him as to his general work, but waruct
 him Of the difficulty of waking in tn n. hearts UGhis hearers the spiritual hunger
 the earning fer the Divine; and yet thi
 is his most important mission. The dis course was listened to with maIked in
 tere5t. Miss Mcdowell sang a selection as from McDdelssohu's "EIiah," with cx
 celent feeling; Rev John kcrshaw offer
 cd the or1nation prayer, Rev 5. L
 L0omis giving the charge to the pastor
 Rev Frank A. Johnson delivering tn
 charge to the people; and Rev c. l. )r Goodrich, in some felicitous welcoming a- words, extended to the newly -ordainet g. and duly-installed pastor the right hanC H. of fellowship. The occasion was on, y long to be remembered as the beginning Ut of what all good citizens earnestly hop maybe a delightful pastorate in a peasan )t parish. MT Jones pronounced the bene at diction.-l Bound Brook Chronicle.
 Miss May Sanford spent several day n- in Woodbury, last week, the guest o d. her aunt, Mrs Eleanor Mallory. 5e SIR. Weeks has been the guest of D
 and Mrs T, W. Harris in Springfield a N. J.,
 as w. W. Melton drives new horse, l Dr Bostwicl2 spent Sunday out of town eIr I Fred Gillett is home from Boston for IF few weeks.
 - Mrs Nancy Hatch entertained friend
 from South Britain, last week.
 Miss Flora keeler is in New Havel k with her sister, Mrs Samuel Hurlburt.
 James Orr entertained his brother
 Sunday.
 Mir and Mrs L. D. Sanford of Bridge
 ,RA s Eli Sturdevant and Henry Sanford
 supply the village with nice strawberries