The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-05
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
lsET. MIR. lIITCHELLO ON THE "PIETY
OF Old AGE"

Remarks at the First Churoh-Rev. DIR.
sase-New Members at the NJ. Il. Church
Mr.. Loveland-other Notes of Interest.
AT the Grand avenue Congregational
church. Rev. J. Lee Mitchell preached
yesterday morning, from the topic,
''The Piety Of Old Age" He spoke, in
part, as follows:
1.-THE astonishing thing about the
piety Of childhood is that nobody rec
ognizes it as piety at all. The aston
ishing thing about the piety of old age
is that it does not itself recognize it's
own supreme blessedness. l love the
old and should like to be old. 1t does
not, fear, do much good for a young
man to say this, because people say
right away: You won't think so when
you get older
Because old age comes upon man
of necessity is 1t not, therefore, bless
ing? Does youth consider the eXultant
breath which it's draws any less JOY
and a blessing because it must draw
that breath of necessity? Is the air
any less a necessity because it Is free?
And because old age comes of necessity
and is free to all is it any less thing
to rejoice in?
'"rhe mistake old age makes in es-
timating life's achievements as Of no
value and the mistake youth makes in
estimating them Of so much value is
in putting the estimate on the thing
itself Won or lost, that is nothing;
o1,.a 1o "A, ;r 1on
way a soul conducts itself in a strug-
gle; that being the thing noted by God
and angels
Men train a year for a boat race;
much self denial, continual determined
work, many severe tests; then one final
supreme effort of brain and nerve and
muscle and the prize, a flag worth
about dollar and since there are eight
men in it, each ones share is twelve
and one-half cents. To be sure there
is the coveted glory of victory It. too,
is worthless, the real value of the thing
being in the training furnished the
man, in which, morally or physically,
defeat may be superior,
eff man starts out in life to make
a hundred thousand dollars, does make
seventy-five of it, then drops, it is of
no consequences; or, if he fully sue
coed, that is Of no CONSCIENCE either,
the question being how he has borne
himself in the effort, failing of succeed
ing.
"And so with sin itself. life's ever
present battling foe, that which is smil-
ed away in youth, forgotten In the
prime, but weighs heavily on old age
II, 10 on1
1t, too, is of no consequence, the ques-
tion being still, how a man has borne
himself toward it. Has he hated it?
Has he repented of it, or has he loved
It and neglected God? Has a man kept
his faith in God? Loss, failure, sin,
success, too; verify these make life of
no account if estimated in their terms.
But has a man stood for God through
1T all? That is what God wants to
know. With one swift touch of death,
all the machinery, all the sin vanishes;
the life of God remains
The New Haven Congregational club
will hold its meeting one week from
this evening at the Grand avenue Con-
gregational church.
Rev. DR. Sage of the Grand avenue
Baptist church preached yesterday
morning in exchange with Rev. w. G.
Fennell of Meriden. "Jesus Christ, the
Name Above Every Name" was the
topic of Rev. Mr.. Fennell's sermon.
At the communion service held in the
East Pearl street M. E. church, yester-
day morning, eight persons We're re-
ceived into membership and there were
two baptisms.
Rev. Percy Barnes at Grace church
last evening, preached from the topic
f'The Way the Christian Uses Sunday
Rev. Mr.. Dixon of the Ferry street
church addressed the meeting Of the
Nv. c, T. u, yesterday afternoon.
Charles Stepp of East Haven has re.
turned from New York, where he wen
to attend the funeral Of his sister
Miss Bessie Granniss of Foxon ha:
returned from Vassar college for the
Spring vacation.
George w. Loveland. whose store OF
Saltonsta11 avenue was burned on
Wednesday, has rented the new store
belonging to Frederick Donnelly at thu
corner Of Saltonstall avenue and Pop
lar street. Mr.. Loveland lost his entir
stock of groceries in the recent fire.
Mrs Adelbert Rowley has returned
from a. weeks visit in Waterbury.
l.. J, Mundelin is q candidate TO
sanitary inspector. He is well quail
fled for the position and his man!
friends hope he will win.
Edward B. Rowe has returned from
Mt. Pulaski, ILL.,, with eighteen fin'
horses
Rev. J. Lee Mitchell left last evening
for Amelia Court House, Va, to visi
his father.