The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-30
| NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES
C0NFIRH4TION BY BISHOP TALBOT
or THE WEST At ST. PdUL'S.

Bishop Williams Too Ill to Otiiciate-- Bish-
'op Talbot to Confirm at st. Thomas To-
day-Large Glasses at German Lutheran
Churches-Rev. Erastus BIakslee at Uni
Other Notes.
1t was expected that Bishop Williams
would be present at ST. Thomas church
to confirm a class yesterday morning
and at st, Pauls in the evening. but
owing to illness he was unable to be
present, Bishop Talbot of Wyoming
and Idaho was, however, in the city and
confirmed a large class at st. Paul's
last evening, large congregation being
present. He will confirm a class at St.
Thomas at 10 O'CLOCK this morning
There We're fifty-fivc confirmed at
st. Pauis last night and these, with
those who We're unable to attend, owing
to sickness, will make a clas of sixty.
! The bishop made an excellent charge
to the class.
The offerings during the day were for
diocese missions. The services this
week, Holy week, will be as follows:
To-day-Morning prayer at 10 o'clock,
| and evening prayer at 5 o'clock.
Tuesday-Morning prayer at 10 a. M,
and evening prayer with an address at
5 p. m.
| Wednesday-M Morning prayer and lit
any at 10 a, M.
Thursday-Holy communion at 10 a.
m. Evening prayer at p. m.
Good Friday-Morning prayer, litany
and sermon at 1880 a. m. The offering
for the usual purposes Of the commu-
Mon aims. Short addresses on the
Seven Last Words from the Cross,
prayer and hymns, AS p. m, Evening
prayer, p m.
Easter r-Even--Morning prayer at 10 a.
m. Evening prayer with the baptism of
children at 5 p m.
AT GERMAN LUTHERAN.
A class of tweny-seven children
was confirmed at the German Luthern
church on George street yesterday
morning. Rev. Mr.. Timm made appro-
pirate remarks. Fine floral decorations
We're on the pulpit and altar. There
was special singing by ,ne choir.
AT EPWORTH NJ. E. CHURCH.
Rev. Mr.. Brown preached an inter-
esting sermon at Epwortn M. e. church
yesterday morning and made an an
nouncement in regard to the New York
East conference to be held here this
week.
Rev. Harvey e. Burnes of Brooklyn.
N Y, formerly of this city, who will at
tend the conference, viii be the guest
this week of his sister, Mrs. J. e.
Northrup, wife of the Edwards street
4 grocer,
Rev. Mr. Wyatt of Norwalk, a for
mer pastor of Epworth church when it
was known as ST John street church,
is to be the guest during conference
of Prof Benjamin Jepson, whose son,
Harry B. Jepson, instructor in music
In Yale, married Mr.. Wyatts daughter.
AT HUMPHREY STREET CHURCH.
Rev. Mr.. Cathcart preached at
Humphrey street church yesterday
morning in the absence of Rev. Mr..
Luckey, for whom he has preached sew
eral times during MIR. Luckey's alb
sence. Mr. Cathcart's sermons are
very interesting, and he will probably
preach considerably &c Humphrey
street church during the next few
months as Mr.. Luckey will be absent
much OF the time, as he is busily en-
gagged in settling up the estate of his
father, a large dry goods merchant at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, who died recently
A short time ago Mr.. Luekey visited a
far western state to look after part OF
the estate located there His mother
and himself are the only remaining
nearly related members of the family
and the estate is evenly divided be-
tween the two 1t is estimated at from
$100, 900 to 100000.
Mr.. Luckey will probably be away
considerably until after his summer
vacation. The members of this church
are much attached to Mr.. Luckey, and
feared that they Nigh lose him as q
pastor when they learned that he
would have large property interests on
his hands, but he has reassured them
by announcing that he intends too stay
with them.
ADDRESS AT UNITED CHURCH.
At United church last evening Rev
Erastus Blakeslee of Boston addressed
the Mems Sunday Evening club on BE
tween Scylla and Charybdis." Mr.
Blakeslee was formerly pastor of the
Second Congregational church of Faii
Haven and is brother-in-l of John
C. North, president of the New Haven
Congregational union. He was promi-
nent among the promoters of the Y. P
S. C. F. His remarks last evening were
of much interest. referring to the
work oe that organization. He spoke
of the dangers to be avoided. On one
side of the danger to be avoided, he
said, was being lifeless and Indifferent
to Christian duties, and being only
nominal Christians, and on the Other
being Christians by rules laid down
only He said that for the working
Christian the true living spirit of Chris
tianity was needed.
The club will be addressed next
Sunday evening by Andrew D. White
ex-president of Cornell university.
AT THE ZION LUTHERAN.
The right of confirmation was con.
ferred upon three candidates at the
Zion German Lutheran church yester-
day morning at 1890 o'clock by the pas
tor, Rev. e. H Fisher. The church
was beautifully decorated with palms
and flowers. Large attendances were
present at both morntng and evening
services, despite the storm.
MEETING TONIGHT
of the New Haven COLONY Historical So
! ciety.
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