The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-27
DR.. BAKERS FINE SERMON
PREA CHED 1T TRINITY CHURCH
YESTERDAY MORNING.
Re Viewed tho Work of the Parish and
Stated So me of Its Needs G reat Prais
for the Deaconess-Said There Should
be One In Every Church.

oe One In Every Church.
The Rev. DR.. Baker, rector OF Trim
ity P. e. church, preached a very inter-
esting sermon in that church yesterday
morning. His text was taken from
Colossians, i'll, 80: "And Whatsoever you
do do it heartily, AS to the Lord, and
lot unto men"
DR.. Baker began by summing UP the
large work that Trinity is now doing
in this community. He said: "St. Paul
tells us to bring down our theories to
every day duties, to have a purpose in
all our action. Justice, mercy, truth
and love are all summed up in the
discipleship of Christ. FoImality and
ceremony are one in place only as aids
to express the sentiment of the heart.
We must to-day show in our lives the
practical side Of the principles we hold.
Man must see by the spirit in which we
perform our duties what Christ has
done for us.
"Lukewarmness in any pursuit is
condemned to-day. Therefore luke
warmness in Christianity should be
condemned. A man to-day must be
in earnest in order to succeed; earnest
in business, in his studies, earnest in
home duties, and above all earnest in
his religion. We must keep ourselves
from falling in mere Journalism; we
must make every formal or public or
private worship instinct with life. This
is the spirit in which l would have you
do all the work Of this parish"
DR.. Baker spoke in the highest terms
Of the important and faithful work of
the deaconess He said: "a deacon
ess is a most valuable helper in the
work of any parish, and is indespensi
BILE to the successful working of a par
ish like Trinity The sick, poor and
afflicted claim her first attention. A
deaconess is not to be a substitute for
the Law workers of parish, but is I'M
der the direction of the rector to assist
and organize and to help guide such
work as her training has fitted her for
There are certain kinds of work in ev-
cry parish which can only be done by
woman thoroughly trained for this
work This kind of work is mostly in |
accord with the old lines of parish
work.
DR.. Baker then spoke of the great |
field for deaconess' work, such as
house to house visiting. He stated
there is plenty of work in a parish like |
Trinity for two or three deaconesses. /
The deaconesses visit regularly the !
city hospital and other religious and (
public institutions of the city. She also I
has general oversight Of several Of ,
the guilds doing mission work such as
the mothero' club, the sewing school,
etc. The preacher next spoke of the
noble work of Trinitys parish nurse,
and said that the amount of downright |
Christianity accepted by the church in
this was very great. He then related
two or three touching incidents of three
or four children whose lives were prac-
tically saved through the ministration
of Trinity's trained nurse. DR. Baker
also said that tonight the Trinity post
of the Salvation Army under the drec- {
ton Of Major and Mrs. Bell would be-
gin to hold every day evening services
at the Trinity chapel on George street
The work is under the general direction
of DR., Baker. The preacher expressed
the hope that a large number of mission
workers in the community would be
the outcome of this undertaking. In
closing, DR.. Baker mentioned some of
the specific needs which he felt and
asked for subscriptions to the rectors
fund with which to carry on the work
which he has outlined.