The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-11
A CHURCH FOR THE COVE
ITS ERECTION no BE BEGUN IN 4
FEW WEEKS.

FEW WBEhS.
Land for the Site of the New EdIficc Sc
cured and Considerable Fund for Its
Erection obtainod-Union Services-A
FIourishing Sunday school Awaiting Its
Erection.
Morris Cove and vicinity is to have
church edifce in the near future; in
fact, owing to an unexpected gift of
land for the purpose, the work of erect
ing the ediflce will be begun in a few
weeks, as soon as the frost is out of the
ground. For a long time past the in
habitants of that fast-growing suburb
OF this city and section of the town of
New Haven have deplored the fact that
they had no church edifice. The re-
cent and continuing large increase Of
the permanent population of that sec
ton has brought the subject home to
the people with greater force than
ever. A nucleus for the church already
GAlSL Is III lllt pNllool III Nte'S
locality, whose sessions are held in the
| little public school house The Sunday
school has a membership of fifty, and
is conducted by Mr.. Julius H. Norris.
| 1t is a very fiourishing school. Mr..
Morris is of the historic Morris fam
| lily, owners of the famous old Morris
house, one of the ancient residences of
Connecticut, dating back to Colonial
days, and which suffered at the hands
of the British invaders of New Haven
in the Revolutionary war. An inter-
esting fact concerning this venerable
but still well preserved stone mansion
is that for the first time in its long his
tory it is unoccupied. it's owner, Mr..
julius H. Morris, who long resided
there, having removed to his beautltui
new cottage which he has erected on
his domain near the shore, some dis
lance in front of the old house In the
summers the need of a church in that
section is greatly emphasized, the pop
ulation of that section being then tenn
porarlly increased by fully one thou
sand people.
The new church will be a union
church, where undenominational union
services will be held, and the plans for
the edif1ce have been drawn The plans
show that the church will be of very
pleasing appearance and large enough
20 seat about four hundred people. AS
already stated this suburb of New Ha-
ven is and has been for several years
past growing very rapidly, and the
need Of a church edifice has been
strongly felt by the people of that sec
ton for many months. Now the desir-
ed result has been made easy of ac-
complishment through the liberal gift
of Mr.. Edward M, Clark of this city
and the earnest efforts Of various resi-
dents of that section In raising funds
for the purpose. Mr. Clark, learning of
the efforts which were being exerted
to start the enterprise, generously do
mated one of the finest plots on his
Morris park for the purpose. The gift,
it is needless to say, is most warmly
appreciated The lot is one hundred
feet square, amply large enough for the
church. chapel and parsonage. 1t
is on the corner of Ocean View and
Shepard streets. Such is the rapid
growth Of this section that it will be
but very few years when all three
buildings viii be required.
In the immediate vicinity fifteen new
houses for permanent residents have
been erected in the last two years, and
Morris Park, where two years ago there
was hardly a house to be seen, is now
studded with summer cottages and
houses occupied by permanent resi-
dents The committee in charge Of
raising funds for the building Of the
church are Henry s. Sinner, the car
riage manufacturer of this city; Fred
S. Hastings, stenographer at Peck
Brothers & Co.'S. this city, who has
built and occupied one of the prettiest
and most artistic cottages in Morris
Park and Mr.. Shepard, another vel
known resident of the Cove.
The first of series of neighbor-
hood prayer meetings was held last
week at Mr.. Shepard's house and these
meetings are to be held every Thurs
day evening. The hearty cooperation
of all the people of the neighborhood In
this church enterprise bespeaks its en-
tire success. The project has also the
sympathy and best wishes of the pas
tor and people Of St Andrews church
and of the pastors and churches In
East Haven, as the distance from these
churches to the Cove IS so great and
the increase of population SO marked
that the new church will be welcomed
The gospel tent Sunday services OF
years ago at Morris Cove and the big
attendanceat these services are well re-
membered by the public, and in the
summer time in late years the services
have been held In the schoolhouse and
were greatly overcrowded, the schoo
room being altogether too small to &C