The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-28

trust, heard the call of the Master, Come up higher"
 In the surrounding parishes out Of New Haven the changes have come so frequently, with the exception of Whit neville and Westville that it is not easy to tell how many different minis ters they have had nor how many of them have died since they left the churches with which they were labor ing. In these churches there have been from four to six changes in each of them.
 In respect to the moral and religious growth of the parish, l think 1t may be said that while there has not been the progress which we have desired, there are many things for Which we should be grateful to God and take courage for the future. It is a matter of con graduation that this is temperance town, We have no licensed saloons, and for the last thirty years it has been a no-license town. While all the towns around us are license towns and have their saloons where alcoholic drinks can be obtained, this town has remain ed firm and steadfast in refusing to
  dent Woolsey spent the summer with us few years since he was surprised to find so healthy tone on the subject oftemperance. There may be some in the parish who are in the habit of us- ing intoxicating drinks, but they have to go out of the town to get them.
 Another matter of congratulation is that the town is free from rowdyism. The nights are not made hideous by those who indulge in the song of the bachanal or lawlessly trespass upon our premises and destroy our property. Whatever of this happens comes from those out of town and not from our own sons. The young people of the town are too intelligent, too high-nllnd- ed and have too great respect for -henl- and have too high sense of honor to in- dulge in rowdyism.
 While the progress of the church has been slow, yet it has been steady and forward. While the pillars of the church have been removed, others have been raised tip to take their places. While some have removed from us, others have come among us who fill up the gaps and add their influence and their efforts to the upbuilding and prosperity of the church.
 God takes the workers, but still the work goes on. We sometimes hear it said-perhaps we say it ourselves-"If If l certain prominent ones are taken we | do not see what the church is going to | depend upon' But God knows and | iy,+a c4e of ol, before Him, and in the ordering of His ! providence there come those whom we had never heard of, who take the place | and enter into the duties of those who have gone before.
 | The church and society are in a healthy condition. Financially, the so- ciety meets all it's obligations and is able to meet all the demands which are made upon it. In this direction there comes quite an assistance from the summer parishioners who take SC much interest in the church and soci- l ety. While we miss them in the win ter months, it is encouraging to have them with us in the summer and tc have them make themselves so much at home among us.
 The different forms of Christian ef- I fort have all a recognition and are helpful in keeping the flame of Chris l tian activity burning. As a church we are loyal to the great missionary or ganizations connected with the denom. l ination. Connected with the church is l the Ladies' Aid society, which remem- l bers the home missions with an annua | l.. o1o |, aI A1,xr 1ioS society, which supports scholar in ont of the mission school of the American l Board of Foreign Missions The Sab 1 bath school and midweek prayer meet | ing are among the permanent organi' zations of the church which have beer maintained all these years and have been means of spiritual profit to the church. The Christian Endeavor soci. ety has proved a source of great benefit to the younger members of the church and society In all the years which we have in review in respect to the his tory of this church these different or ganizations which represent different forms of church work, have had help. ful influence on the growth of tht church and on the best interests of tht SOCIAL llIe dilloilS uS'
 The thirty-three years over whicl the pastorate extends have been event ful in the worlds history as well as il the history of the church. In this tim there have been great advances in sci ence and in the arts, in the diScoverle
 of the hidden principles of nature ant
 in the application of principles alread.
 in existence to new processes in the in
 dustries. The natural gases are brough
 from their hiding place, in the bowel
 of the earth, and made to light tn
 streets of your cities and heat you
 drawing rooms and furnish the hea necessary for the culinary departmelit
 The marvel of Niagara and he tre
 mendous power which it contains i
 turned into channels of usefulness an
 generates the electric current whic
 propels the cars from the Falls to l3uf
 falo, while the dynamos in our citie
 not only propel the electric cars b
 day, but they render our cities nor
 brilliant by night by, their intense ligh rivaling for brightness the light of tn
 sun.
 It is no longer the telegraph tha
 carries your message under the sea
 to distant lands realizing the words C
 the psalmist their line is gone ou
 through all the earth but now W
 have in the telephone the fulfillment C the other member of the passage "an
 their words to the end of the world. 7