The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-12
THE BAPTIST SOCIAL UNION
ANNUAL BANQUET REID LAST EYE
 MING.

Many Baptists Attend-Entertained by
 Ladies of Calvary Baptist Church
 After Dinner Speeches-Solos by Miss
 May Loveridge-Those Who Were Pres
 ent-An Auspicious Occasion.
 The Baptist Social union held its an- nual banquet last evening in the par lors of the Calvary Baptist church.
 The occasion was successful to high degree. Over 300 Baptlsts from the various churches of the city were pres ent and enjoyed the bountiful repast pre- pared by the ladies of Calvary church and the addresses served up by Toast master Wayland in his inimitable man. ner.
 After the report President Wayland of the union presented the several speakers of the evening, giving each speaker a good send off from his unfail- ing fund of anecdote.
 Pastor Addison Moore of the First Baptist church was first brought to the front and proved himself no novice in the art of telling humorous story, and drawing valuable lesson from the same. He closed hls remarks with an appeal for more earnest workers in the Baptist church, and by expressing his pleasure at being able to meet so many of the Baptists of the city at the ban quet.
 Postmaster Wayland introduced the next speaker, Rev Theodore Lafieur, as e, Sl though not exactly a blue nose.
 Rev. MT. Lafleur dwelt largely upon his work as a missionary among the French Canadians. He said that he thought the churches to-day were bet ter than the Apostolic church. When I first commenced work in Canada I did not know a single French Protest ant in the whole province. Now there are many thousands. I thank God flor the Baptist denomination of our coun- try, and I hope it will grow more and more prosperous"
 Rev. l. c. Elder of Hope church struck a responsive chord when he urged the importance of greater con- centration of effort among the churches of the denomination.
 AAlSo AhfSy lSOh CllbSC iCAiNSiSA V N~i J acceptably solo, MT. Frank Kennedy being accompanist.
 Rev. Wallace Buttricks of Emmanuel church, Albany, formerly of this city, followed the line of thought suggested by Rev Mir. Elder. He said: "T never felt so much at home as in New Haven. People here seemed to like me for my faults and took me for better or for worse. Your love for me has not failed, and I assure you that mine for you has not failed.
 Tt seems to me that intention rather than extension is what the church l needs to-day. We need intention in our churches to make our work more effective
 'In education and charity, and other lines of pllilanthropic effort, the work has been revolutionized by the defini- | ton of the work which they are intend ed to do.
 "The trouble with the church to-day l Is that it does not know what it is in- tended to do, and as a result it's efforts are desultory and unsatisfactory. The old-time idea of the purpose of a church is that it is to get people into heaven We need to restate the object of the church. It is not to get people into heaven, but to get heaven into people The serious question is not of getting into heaven, but of fitting ourselves for heaven.
 Our purpose should be not so much to get people into the church, but to raise the personal character of church members, and In that way act upon the whole community"
 Dr. Buttricks spoke of the various forms of work which the church was fitted to undertake, and closed by say ing: We need such direction in the church as will make us what God origi- nally intended us to be-the salt of the earth and the light of the world.''
 Afteranother solo by Miss Loveridge President Wayland declared the meet ing adjourned for one year.
 Among those present were President Francis Wayland, Vice Presid mt Pierce N. Welch, Secretary C. M. Parker, Rev E. S. Sage, Julius Twiss, Rev. F. w. c Myers, Rev. John Cameron, Rev. Addi. son Moore, Rev. Theodore Lafieur, Rev Wallace Buttricks, Rev. J. c. Elder Andrew R. Bradley, D. c. Lombard, F R. Bliss, Dr. E. J. Walker, Frederck B Bunnell, John $. Fowler, Dr. S. c Whitney Giles Potter, E. Armstrong George R. Hardy, Samuel Johnson John Bright, Robert Brown, Frederick Betts, George Alling, Charles F. filling S. O. Preston and Frank B. Walker Rev. MT. Poteat is in the south.