The Newtown bee., 1896-08-17

if for one hold their memories blessed.
 wieh it might be possible for me to be
 with you tc take part in the colnmemora' Y ton service. shall be Il spirit. E always hear with pleasure If every im- t Iprovement in the parish and of and from
 it's good people. Wearenow at our sum-
 nef home aud grudge every minute I
 have to be away from it, and while 1 have been able to arrange things so that I am usually away from our island home
 only from Saturday afternoon until Sum day afternoon, could not take the long Journey East without a good deal of trouble and inconvenience all round. I
 sincerely trust the anniversary service may be all that such 8 service ever is ill
 the history of parish. Kindly remem-
 per me to any who speak of their old rector and assure them of the warm
 place they have in his heart. l am glad
 the bishop is able to be with you. The severing of my relations with him was
 one of the hard things when left Tashua and Connecticut for these north waters,
 and whatever ] have been enabled by the grace of God to accomplish for His
 Church, 1 feel owe in great measure to
 his care and instruction, for I am proud to have him call me "one bis boys"
 Yours ve sincerely,-[Wnliam H.
 Bulkley, Cheboygan, Mioh., July 27,
 1896. We have an archdeacon, Rev Mir Sherman, who is always willing to come and help, and we are rejoicing in his presence here today. l would like to mention specially others who have honored us by their presence, but time
 forbids.
 wonder if there arc any here who will be present at the hundredth anniversary of the consecration. I am sure many here this afternoon will come in few years to the 150Jh anniversary of the founding of the parish, and hope and pray that great advance may be made in the intervening years, and that the good l work that has been done in the past will continue, and the transition from the Lords vineyard here below to th9 Para disc above will not be a great change for toe faithful in Christ Jesus.
 Deep interest was manifested by let ter read by MT Thipple in the course of his address. In this connection Mir Whipple said q will read 8 letter re- ceiQed the other day from Bishop Cox;
 Clifton Springs Sanitarium,
 July II, 1896.
 Rev and Dear Brother-L am touched by all that your letter brings back to my mind; and by your kind recall of my thoughts to all that $50 years since" and "Old Connecticut" means for me.
 How glad am that Bishop Williams is active (tho' older than myself by a 5welvemonth), and is to be with you, You see where [ am, but I will not tell you how near to 8 breakdown I have been.
 Well do I recOllect that day. I think I preached the sermon; and was not somebody ordained then, or another oc- casion when I was present? My best and most alfectionate regards to all old friends who may be present August 10, and to you as new friend, send my af- and very grateful regards. God be with you, now, then and ever Cleveland Coxe.
 A few days after receiving this letter the sad news came of the good bishops death and this was probably one of the last letters he wrote. Full of years and nonors he has been translated to the Par adise of God.
 Following MT Whipple's address, Miss Bowdy of DanOury very sweetly sang solo, ''Sancta Maria and Archdeacon sherman addressed a few words to the He said that it was with ieep feelings of regret that the good Bishop Williams was not able to be pres 9nt at the celebration and he could not say that he came to represent the bishop as he did not send him, for Bishop Will Jams generally prefers to do his own du- ties himself. We come to-day to cele- crate the 5OSh anniversary, a time of not 30 much account for 8 church that is 150 years old, for 50 years is not such very long time when you consider the life of the church, and 150 years is not long time when you think of the Church of Christ which has stood through the ages. But after all 50 years can contain much of history and we cannot let this event g pass by without congratulations. He I went on to rehearse the influences of this [ church and said he'd like to see how some I of the people had lived who took the sa~ f cred vows at this altar and how they had I fulfilled the promises made at their con. { secrativn. He thought the architect who I planned the church must have lived ahead i of his times for it was built on ecclesias- Z rical lines and one only needed to enter the church to know that the creed of the church was repeated here every Sunday. He was glad to hear the rector's note of optimism in looking ahead to better times, and he believed the time was com. tug when the parishes would be built up and not only would people want to come out from the cities for pure air and yer dant hills, but they would want to find here also 8 pure religious life.