The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-19
COVE CHAPEL DEDICATED
NEW UNION CHAPEL FURMALIL
 OPENED SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

Messrs. Barnes, Moore and Clarke
 Large Attendance in Spite of tho Bad
 Weather.
 The dedicatory service of the Morris Cove union chapel took place yesterday afternoon at3 o'clock. In spite of the in- clemency of the weather the attendance was large. The people. crowded the chapel to overflowing, also filling the little gallery and standing about the doors.
 The chapel Is substantially built, hav- ing brick basement with cement floor, and Is tastefully finished in light wood The windows are screened, and the building Is good enough to deserve a more pretentious title than merely chapel.
 Yesterday the pulpit platform and choir gallery were decked with a pro- fusion of different flowers and potted plants, which, together with Miss Low eridge's singing. made the service not only interesting, but very enjoyable.
 The laying of the corner stone pre- ceeded the indoor exercises. Rev. W. w. McLane, pastor of Plymouth Con- gregational church, officiated.
 In the corner stone metal box was placed containing list of the donors names, the newspapers of this city, Sunday School Quarterly and Interme- diate Sunday school papers, a history of the Morris Cove union Sunday school, Columbia half dollar, a 25- cent piece of 1897. dime, nickel and a one cent coin, all of 1897 coinage.
 Rev. Mir. McLane spoke of the exca- vations of PompeH as revealing the methods of house construction of that period, He said that the character and habits of the Pompeiians were evidenc- ed by the houses they built and the things they regarded as needed. The religious character of men manifests Itself in the structures they erect for religious purposes. He traced the his- tory of mans spiritual evolution from rude stone altars through huts and tab ernacles to more substantial houses up to the present church structures and cathedrals.
 He then dwelt on the chapel as re- vealing the character of the residents of the Cove, who have come to the shore for rest and recreation during the summer. He said that the chapel was in itself a publication of divine truth and an influence for good on men, even if they never entered it. As a union chapel it would be all the more effec tive as showing that men could agree on fundamentals, emphasizing the points on which all Christians agree not those on which they differ. Tn clos ing as the stone was being put in place, MT. McLane said:
 "On behalf of the people who have given the land and those who have built this house of worship here I now lay this cornerstone in the name of the Fa- ther, the Son and the Holy Ghost, pray ing that they who worship here may do r so in the name and with Gods richest blessing"
 The people adjourned indoors and the addresses were delivered by ministers of several denominations. Rev D. M. James, pastor of the Second Congrega- tional church, presided, introducing the speakers.
 The statement of the building com mittee was read by Lyman c. Thomp- son, secretary. He told of the previous attempts to found a union church; that on February II. 1897. the movement which eliminated so successfully was started by the formation of the Morris Cove Sunday School association. He said that the building cost s350o. hay ing been built according to plans of John w. Lewis. who was also the builder After reading the list of don- DTS MT Thompson presented the keys to Deacon Julius H. Morris. chairman of the board of trustees.
 Mr. Morris responded briefly, stating that the chapel doors were open for any religious service; also for lectures and any gathering that tended toward general moral edification. Sunday school will be held at 3 o'clock and preaching service about 4 o'clock every Sunday,
 Rev. D. J. Clarke of East Haven de- livered the dedication address, briefly giving the story of the religious move ments at the Cove. He also presented the Sunday school with beautiful blus silk standards. the gift of the little Leete brothers. Mir Clarke said in part: "The habit of criticism is character istic of our age, and Is carried even to our treatment of the Bible and the his tory of ancient people. but it may be carried too far. It Is of the intense love of the ancient Hebrews for the house of God that I desire to speak. MT. Clarke then went on to speak of the divine provision made for and by the Hebrews for the Tabernacle. their port able place of worship. and led up ct the temple as the visible and tangible type to the Jew of his national religious life. The speaker then reviewed the evolu- ton and developments of the chapel from the old tabernacle erected on MT. Att wa ter,s land on the shore twenty years ago. MT. Atwater put up large tent, carefully foored it, supplied chairs, a nulpit and organ and invited the neigh horhood to come in and help maintain nreaching service from time to time Fifteen years ago the schoolhouse at the lower end of the Cove took the place of the tent and was so used up to the present MT. Clarke mentioned that the | land for the chapel was the gift of Hudson B. Forbes. together with his brother and five sisters. as the memo rial of a grandchild who died last Janu- | ary The work of the Sunday school