The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-08
THE FIST ANNIVERSARY
or THE NEW HAVEN BAPTIST ASS0-
 CLAYTON.

day-Address by Rev. MT. Husted of
 Meriden-Rev MT. Meyer Chosen Mod
 erator-Legacios for the Baptist Home.
 The seventy-first anniversary eXer- cises of the New Haven Baptist asso- citation were begun in the Grand avenue Baptist church yesterday morning at 9;S0. The first portion of the program was a devotional service, led by Rev. F. D. Luddington of Shelton.
 The convention was called to order at 10 o'clock by the moderator of last year, Rev. J. c. Breaker of Southing- ton. The opening convention exercises included singing, prayer by Rev. W. D. Mckinney of Ansonia, and the reading of scripture. The annual sermon was then delivered by Rev. E. w. Husted of Meriden. The text was: Acts i, S.: "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you; and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, etc" The preacher during the sermon said:
 
 holds good. But it contained cer- tain conditions. These conditions were laid upon the disciples, and were complied with. God has done in an infinite love all that he can do to redeem this world and His people must do the rest in His name
 You say that electricity can do all most anything. True; but only in con- formity with the law of it's nature Even so with the workings of the Di- vine Spirit. We all need this divine power.
 "In the early days the promise that the Divine Spirit should be given, meant a good deal. They knew what that Holy Spirit was to mean. It meant that which permitted Joshua to lead the people in triumph into the promised land. The task given then seemed to be a hard one, and it was hard one. The cause had no prestige and no liter ature, or modern means of publishing the word among men. It was seldom addressed thrice to the same congre- gation.. With only it's two sacraments and it's tongue of fire, we find it going on, turning and overturning
 "Pentecostal power is the secret of religious earnestness. A religious eff fort hale hearted, is no effort at all Earnestness makes religious effort the first business. Without pentecostal power .here can be no pentecostal earnestness.
 To-day the churches are lukewarm Jesus was spirit filled. Pentecostal power is the willingness to testify at desire to be behind the world in spread ing tidings of salvation?
 What a wonderful development is shown in the publication of the great newspapers of the day. How eager their owners are to send out their mes sages every morning and twilight, a photograph of the days doings. Where Is there better news than that which kindleth the flame of love in human hearts? A message of philosophy of life. The question need not be asked if we are spirit filled. Then the pente- costal power wins souls to Jesus.
 "One of the first places to begin this work is at home. When we are spirit filled we seek our own. Let us grasp the thought that Gods power is at hand and it only remains for us to put ourselves in touch with Him.
 "A portion of Niagara has been harn- essed for the running of machinery. What we need is a turbine wheel ad- justed to the great power of Gods love. The cross of Christ is Gods great tur bine wheel and Calvary is the dynamo"
 The association elected officers as fol- lows: Moderator, Rev. MT. Meyer of the German Baptist church, New Ha ven; secretary, Rev. E. w. Husted, New Haven; assistant secretary, Rev MT Marble, Wallingford; treasurer, F. B. Runnell, New Haven.
 In taking his place on the platform as moderator, Rev. MT. Meyer said his election was surprise to him. but he would perform the duties to the best of his ability.
 A letter from the Grand avenue church was then read. It referred to the fact that the church is observing it's twenty-ffth anniversary During the year chapel costing $14,000 had been built. The church was blessed by the Mills meetings and there were many additions.
 Treasurer F. B. Bunnell presented his report and also report as treasurer of the ministers and widows fund, show ing that $1,423.2S is deposited in the New Haven Savings bank. An expen- diture of $100 was made during the past year
 Rev H. M. Pogson, D. D., of the Bap- tist Ministers Home society, New York, spoke of that institution. Last year the society received legacy of S5,000 and several of S1, 900 each. Dr. Pogson preached 210 times the past year and presented the needs off the society There were three clergymen of the New Haven association receiving aid from the society. The beneficiaries in this state had received about $1, 200 from the icut churches had contributed only about $790 to the society. Eighty-six clergymen in the New England states all but Massachusetts, which had it's own home endowed with S60, 000-had expressed preference for the churches to join the New York society, and there was a proposition pending that the ministers in these states and those in Pennsylvania and Delaware should CO., operate with this society and thus be entitled to it's benefits.
 At Ills the meeting of the Woman's S l Foreign Missionary society was held | the secretary, Miss Twiss of Meriden, 1 presiding in the absence of the presi-