The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-04

regular quarterly meeting of the Church club of the diocese of Connecti- cut was held in Harmonic hall last night It was an suspicious occasion because of the presence of several bish- ops of the Episcopal church, whose fields of labor represent several parts of America. Of those present were Rt. Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, D. D., | bishop coadjutor of Connecticut; Rt. Rev. William F. Nichols, bishop of Cal | ifornia; Rt. Rev. Thomas S. Gaylor, bishop of Tennessee; Rt. Rev. Peter T. Rowe, bishop of Alaska
 | At 6:30 about 100 members of the club sat down to an elegant dinner, which was served by Caterer Stewart and corps of assistants. The visiting bish- | ops and officers of the club occupied | table extending across the end of the | hall, while the remainder of those pres ent were seated at two lang tables ex- tending the length of the hall. At the conclusion of the dinner the president, l General William w. Skiddy of Stam- | LOlb SdliCu Illt Clup lo oI NCl. llC lNetNi a letter of regret from Bishop Williams | of Connecticut. After few introduce l tory and complimentary remarks MT. I Skiddy introduced the Rt. Rev. Chaun- | cey B. Brewster as the first speaker. | MT. Brewster spoke for very few mo- ments, saying that this meeting of the club would indeed be a memorable one, and especially so because of the pres ence of so many bishops. He also | spoke of the social advantages of the l club.
 1 The Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Gaylor, bish- 1 op of Tennessee, was introduced as former Connecticut boy, being a native | of this state, receiving his early train 1 ing and spending most of his boyhood l here. He began by saying that he was i desirous of saying something profound, | but feared that he would be unable. He spoke in eloquent terms of Bishop Quintard, whose splendid achievements are evidences of his unfaltering devo- tion to the church. He said that he was glad to know that the laity of Con- necticut had an organization where l they could meet one another and get l better acquainted and become more and more united. He said that the people l of the church in general do not realize l the community of faith as they should. It was good to associate to meet one 1 another, to shake one anothers hand 1 and know each other. We should more fully realize that we are all going the same way. We should stand up for the ideals of our fathers To stand for the truth may require some sacrifice, but | rI,.o !, x,-;ll;, tA lA P0J ba cause of Christ. His speech was full of bright and witty sayings and illustrat- ed with stories which made it intensely l interesting.
 The Rt. Rev. William F. Nichols, bishop of California, was the next speaker. He devoted himself in the main to work done by the recent gen eral convention. He urged that the Church club keep up the momentum and agitation of the questions of vital importance to the church which were discussed at the general convention. These questions are the ones relating to marriage and divorce. He said that he was glad to know that such all-impor- tant and splendid questions were being taken up and discussed by the church, and he was sure that these first-class questions would bring forth first-class men to wrestle with them.
 The Rt Rev. Peter T. Rowe, bishop of Alaska was the next speaker, and he made splendid talk on the peoples | manners and customs of the Alaskans.
 Among the guests present were the Rev. G. Brinley Morgan, rector of Christ church this city; the Rev. R. H, l Gessner of Christ church, West Haven the Rev. G. l.. Phillips, assistant rector of St Pauls church; the Rev. MT. Pease of the diocese of Georgia and the Rev. MT. Gaunuack Of the club mem- bers present were:
 John W. Alling Trinity, New Haven; Henry Atwater, St. Johns, Bridgeport; | George J. Bassett, St. Thomas, New Haven; Edward c. Beecher, Trinity, New Haven; Frank Brainerd, Trinity Portland; John A. Buckingham, Christ,
 Watertown; Charles M. Burgess, St. Marks, New Britain; James Campbell, Good Shepherd, Hartford Edward B. l.. Carter, St. Johns Stamford; Charles F. Chase, St. Marks, New Britain
 George M. Curtis, St. Andrews Meri- den; Wilbur F. Day, Christ, New Ha- ven; Samuel F. Dibble, St. Johns, New Haven; Frederick c. Earle, Christ, New Haven; George c. Edwards, Trinity, Bridgeport; Gustavus Eliot, Trinity, New Haven; Benjamin R. English, St. Paul's, New Haven; Oliver Gildersleeve, Trinity, Portland; Jonathan Godfrey, St. Johns, Bridgeport; Aaron c. Good man, Trinity, Hartford; James J. Good win, Christ, Hartford; Charles D. Graves, Trinity, New Haven; Lynde Harrison, Trinity, New Haven; George E. Hatch, Trinity, Hartford; Merritt Heminway, Christ, Watertown; Frank H. Hooker, Trinity, New Haven; N. Albert Hooker, St. Marks, New Brit ain; Phineas H. Ingalls,, Christ, Hart ford; Frank E. Johnson, Trinity, Hart ford; William H. Judd, St. Andrews,
 Stamford; Charles A. Lindsley, St. Thomas, New Haven; c. Purdy Linds- ley, St. Thomas, New Haven; Burton Mansfield, St. Thomas, New Haven; Louis A. Mansfield, St. Thomas, New Haven; Charles M. Matthews, Trinity, New Haven; Willis E. Miller, Trinity, New Haven; c. S. Morehouse St.Pauls, | New Haven; Elliott H. Morse, Christ, New Haven; Howard c. Noble, St. Marks, New Britain; John H. North,