The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-02-08
M1DWINrER MEETING.
or New Haven Congregational Club Ii
Fair Haven.


Fair Haven.
The mid-winter meeting of the New
Haven Congregational club was held
last evening with the Grand avenue
Congregational church. There was a
large attendance and 1t was one of the
most successful gatherings ever held
by the organization. The officers in
charge were William M. Parsons, pres
ident; Charles f. Clarke, secretary, and
John A. Richardson, treasurer.
There was a social hour at 6 o'clock
and at $50 the company assembled in
the large Sunday school room, where
supper was served by the Ladies' Aid
society," The decorations were in White
and green and the tabled looked very
pretty. The supper was most ex-
| cellent one, just such one as the
| ladies of the Grand avenue church
know how to serve so we'll The ladies
| in charge were as follows: General
committee, Mrs. Edward Smith, Mrs.
Connors, Mrs. George Kelly, Mrs. Mark
Holmes, Mrs. w. Dunning, Mrs.
Charles Hubbard, Miss Hattie Denison,
Mrs. Charles Foster, Mrs. e. c. M.
Hale, Mrs. John Lowe, Miss Alice
Finch, Miss Matte Griswold, Miss
Minerva Mallory, Miss Lucy Griswold,
Miss Jennie Griswold, Mrs. Albert
Bishop, Miss Grace Roberts, Mrs. F. W.
Prescott, Miss Mary Blakeslee, Mrs.
Henry Stevens, Miss Minnie Goodsell
Mrs. James tombstone, Mrs. S. L.
Bradley, Mrs. w. A. Graham, Miss
Josephine Bradley, Mrs. w. A. War
ner, Mrs. Arthur Brown, Miss John
Buck, Mrs. Frederick Baldwin, Mrs.
John Hewitt, Mrs. James Nelson, Miss
| Eleanor Thomas, Mrs. F. H. Heming-
way, Miss Edith Groot, Mrs. James
all, Mrs. j. F, Blinn. The gentlemen
assisting were: Deacon Charles Hub
| bard, j. f. Blinn, James Johnston,
John Buck, Arthur Brown, c. j. Up
son, Fred Gutbrod, Henry Stevens,
| Wallace Hurlburt.
The kitchen committee-Mrs. James
Meek, Mrs. Henry Musch, Mrs. John
| Manwaring, Miss Addie Meek, Miss
Gertrude Bradley, Miss Mary Sher-
| wood.
Two hundred and forty partook of
the supper. The musical selections
were rendered by the quartette of the
church and consisted of 1.-THE Swedish
Wedding Song and In This Hour of
Softened Splendor."
Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr.. Prentiss
of the Davenport church, preceding the ser.
| vice held In the auditorium of the church n f
T:30. The address was given by Rev. Da-
| yid ]. Burrell d. D., pastor of the Marble
Collegiate church, Fifth avenue, New York
This is the richest church in the United
States. having an endowment of 5000, COG
His subject was Our Dutch Forefathers .
DR.. Burrel was introduced in a pleasant
address by President Parsons In his aC
dress, DR.. Burrell spoke in part as follows;
Il want to tell you tonight that while
there were pilgrim fathers there were Others.
Uaughter.) l would not hurt one of the
children of the pilgrim fathers for the
| world. In the year 1909 the Half Moon
came over, Hendrck Hudson, skipper. He
came over to find a short passage toward
the Orient The ship touched at New
Foundland and then entered the Hudson
river The thrifty Dutch. on the return OF
the ship, were much interested In the fu1
bearing animals reported and many expc
dtions were sent over. The West India
| Company was chartered and the Sea View
was then sent over. \ landing was made
at Staten Island.
1.-THE Dutch never had poets; they had nc
one to sing the songs of their pioneers re
| nOwn. AS to our industrial life, we are the
richest in the world 1t would be very bal
for this nation to be the richest country IN
the world, were not our prosperity footed
on deep and solid Industrial principles
Holland sent over to this country her peopit
to mix her industry with the hot blood Of
this conglomerate race. Holland is the
most Industrious nation of the world. The
| greatness of this nation Is not in its arts
tocraey; 1t is in its Industrious people. TIL,
Dutchman looked to the main chance ant
he always keeps within the strict letter Of
the law.
'sThe island of Manhattan was bought d
the Indians for 60 forms. If our pilgrim