The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-08-02
NOTES OF THE CHURCHES
Il VENERABLE PASTORSTILL ALERT
AND ACTIVE.

Vacation in the Humphrey street Lutheran
Church-Notes About Pastors-A Choir's
vacation-The Coming Grand Cere-
monies at Trinity p. e. Church.
Commencing a week ago yesterday
the German Lutheran church on Hum
phrey street commenced it's annual va
cation, which will continue until the
first Sunday in September, when ser
vices will be continued. Rev. Mr..
Siebke, the pastor, is still in the city,
but it Is probable that later on he may
take short trip to the seashore. The
church has prospered under Mr..
Siebke's passionate. He himself al
though seventy years of age looks al
most as vigorous as when he was chap
lain of the Second regiment at the nota-
BILE period in it's history when it went to
Washington and was reviewed by Gen.
erals Grant, Sherman and Sheridan.
Commencing yesterday the choir Of
the Humphrey street Congregational
church and Mr.. Canada, the organist,
will have a vacation of four Sundays.
An organist will be hired to preside
at the organ during Mr.. Canada's va
cation. Rev. Mr.. Luckey, the pastor,
who is in the Adirondacks, Is reported
as in excellent health and much enjoy
ing life there.
In the absence of Rev. Mr.. Triple the
pastor, Rev. Mr.. Abbott, preached an
eloquent sermon at the Epworth M. e.
church yesterday. The preceding Sun
day another Rev. Mr.. Abbott supplied
the same pulpit.
The pastor of the church, Rev. Mr..
Triple, who has been spending his va
cation in the Adirondacks, Is visiting
at the old homestead of the family in
Camden, N. Y. Camden is in the near
vicinity of the Adrondacks and Mr..
Triple is familiar with the Adirondack
region. He will go back to the Adiron-
dacks later from his fathers home.
His party report most enjoyable time.
Mr.. Triples father was a prominent
man in Camden and a friend of the
late United States Senator Roscoe
Conk1in, who frequently visited at his
home and made trips with him to the
Adirondacks.
The Epworth M. E. church is raising
money TO secure a cottage for the
church at the Plainville camp meeting
ground Considerable money has al
ready been raised and the indications
are that there will be enough secured
to pay in full for a cottage.
The camp meetings will commence
shortly and 1t is probable that New
Haven Will be represented by large
delegations from the various Methodist
churches.
The Rev. Mr.. Bispham of Trinity,
Mrs. Bispham and family have gone
for a vacation stay to Jamestown, r.
l., where they are registered at the
Garden house.
Professor Fart of Trinity college,
Hartford, and Rev. DR.. s. O. Seymour
of Litchfield have been invited to give
addresses at the centennial Of the con-
secration of the late Bishop Jarvis of
this state, to be held in Trinity Epis-
copal church some time in October.
Their addresses will be devoted to the
history of the Episcopal church in Con-
necticut during the one hundred years.
Rev. Joseph Hooper Of Durham has
been invited to speak on the subject,
1.-THE Late Bishop Abraham Jarvis"
An address will also be given by the
late bishops grandson, Rev Samuel T..
Jarvis.
1t is expected that the three bishops
Whitaker Of Pennsylvania, Potter of
New York and Lawrence of Massachu-
setts-will speak on appropriate sub
jects.
The conservation Of DR.. Brewster as
bishop coadjutor at the same season
will be in the presence of half a dozen
bishops from various states. A recep-
ton will be given DR.. Brewster at the
close.
The committee in charge of the CEN
tenary consists of the Rev. George WI
liam Douglas, D. D., New Haven; Rev.
Samuel f. Jarvis, Brooklyn, Conn;
Rev. Joseph Hooper. Durham; Mr.
Frederick J. Kingsbury, Waterbury,
and Mr.. Burton Mansfield secretary,
New Haven. They propose to have
loan exhibition of articles illustrative of
the times of the second bishop of Con-
necticut.
The services at the new union chapel
yesterday at 4 o. m. were conducted
under the Episcopal form. The chapel
was full of cottagers and friends.
Rev. Stewart Means, rector of st.
Johns P. E. church Of this city, preach
ed the sermon.
The musical portion Of the program
was by the vested choir of st. Johns
church under the direction of Charles
r. Fowler, son of Professor F. A. Fow-
Ter.
The programme was as follows:
Prelude-Larghetto from Second Sym
phony ........... ........... Beethoven
Procession Hymn-"O Sacred Head
Once Wounded" Roberts
Magn1f1cat Shipper
Nunc Dimittis ............... Simper
Hymn-"O Paradise! o Paridise!"
ffertory-Anthen-" Thou Art
Holy" ..-........-..... ........ 10 bertS
Recessional Hymn-"Onward, Chris
.tian Soldier
The choir was in excellent voice and
the singing was commented upon as
excellent by many Of the congregation.
The members of the choir went to
Pine Orchard in a 'bHs, leaving this
city about / p. m. and arriving there
about 8, when they went to Mr.. S. e.
Dibble's cottage by the sea, where they
were entertained until the time of ser
vice.
After the service an excellent dinner
was served the visitors in one of the
Charlton house cottages, after which