The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-20
METHODIST LAyMEN MEET.

Stewards of the New Haven District
Talk over Church Matters--Address
es Made,
The laymen of the Methodist Episco-
pal churches Of the New Haven district
met at Trinity NJ. e, church yesterday
and discussed various questions of
church policy. About seventy stew
ards were present, and at the after
noon meeting about four hundred peo-
pie were present to listen to the adj
dresses.
At the morning session Mr. John M.
Parker of Hartford was chosen secre-
tary of the meeting, The presiding ell
der's salary was fixed, as last year, at
So, 900, and a committee was appointed
to apportion the assessment among the
churches. The committee consists OF
E, c. Fill Of New Haven, Gilbert Rog-
ers of Meriden, L. B. Bailey of New
Britain, f. II. Wooster of Seymour and
Mr.. Savage.
Presiding Elder North reported 1852
conversions the past year, He spoke OF
the work Of the committee which was
appointed at the last meeting of the
stewards to look into the advisability
of starting a home for INDECENT women.
The committee found out that it
would not be advisable to proceed in
establishing such an institution now.
A rich man died some years ago in
this district, leaving $4,000 as an en-
| dowment for such q home, and even
ap No. Ia cniI
have not seen fit to start the proposed
! home.
| After "a Stewards Duty and Respon-
sibility" had been discussed the meet
| ing adjourned at 1890 till q
At the afternoon session Peter Bow
man made the address of welcome,
which was responded to by l. T. Woos-
ter of Seymour. The rest of the pro-
gramme was as follows: 2:S0, four
minute talks; subject, Good Things
Done in My Church Last Year" speak
ers, A. S. Bennett of Cheshire, G. H.
Cowell of Waterbury, Judah Phelps of
Copper Hill, G. C. Dibble of Sussex, G.
S. Bull of Hartford and others; 8, four
minute talks; subject, What I Would
Like to See Done in My Church This
Year." speakers, t. j. Chadeayne OF
Shelton, S. M. McCauley of Windsor
Locks, f. E. Fowler of Rocky Hill, c.
w. Parker of Thomaston, Marvin Pull
yer of Hartford and others.
Rev f. w. Harmon of Meriden spoke
on THE Laymans Opportunity" He
spoke of the work which a laymar
could do in his business by being char
liable and kind. He urged that the
minister should see to visiting those
who were sick, especially those who
We're not regular attendants at church
"a Newcomers Impression of Yam
kee Methodism" was the subject of al
interesting address by Rev. DR.. Chad
wick.
AT the evening session addresses wer,
made by Rev. Drs. Chapman and Gil
bert. Rev. DR.. Chapman spoke OF
Church Problems" He brought on
the necessity of the church caring 70
the children of Christian parents, ant
said: THE home is the foundation o
the church The family, and not tn
individual, is the unit of church life
and that in the church is the evangeli
cal unit which the church must seek t
reach by an appeal to neighborly low
and interest"
DIR. Gilbert spoke on Larger Christi
anity" He urged the necessity of get
ting out of the local environment int
the larger problems of society In or
der to do this the pulpit must discus
the questions which underlie the grea
restless multitudes of men, and onl
as it meets these questions in a spiri
of brotherly kindness will it represen
the Christianity as 1t is in Jesus Christ