The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-13
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ACTION OF SECOND CONG. CHURCH
CONCERNING REV. MR. IRVINE.

His Proposition to supply the Pastoral
Until September LIST Accepted at an In
formal Mcetins-Is Under Contrac
With the Y. M. G. A.-Entertainmen
to be Given by Hiram Camp, s. of t.
Church Notes.
At the close Of the services at the
Second Congregational church yester
day noon, a meeting of the men OF
the church and society was held, tc
take action on the proposition to have
the Rev. Alexander T. Irvine as pastor
Mr. Irvine has been supplying the
church since November 1, and his con-
tract expires April /. He is also super
intendent Of the evangelical work OF
the Y. M. C. A. and his contract runs
until September 1. AT the meeting OF
last Monday evening it was voted not
to release Mr.. Irvine until his contract
expires. He has made a statement of
the situation to the standing committee
of the Second church. Mr.. Irvine has
offered to supply the church until Sep
TENDER l. and remove with his family
to the parsonage on Fair Haven
Heights, leaving with the church the
matter of compensation. He said, hav
ing to continue his services with the
Y. M. c. A. he could not do any more
church work than he had been doing;
that is, supplying the pulpit, leading
the Friday evening prayer service and
attending funerals. He said he would
continue with the church under these
conditions until September l, If the
church and society desired. After that
date there would be no binding obliaa-
ton for him to remain.
At the meeting held yesterday noon
Herbert Barnes, chairman of the stand
ing committee, presided and announc-
ed Mr.. Irvine's proposition to the
church. There was an expression of
several present in favor Of accepting
the proposition, and the meeting voted
unanimously in favor. 1t was an in
formal meeting, and there will be a
special church meeting to take official
action on Friday evening, and the plan
WILL without doubt, be ratified. Mr..
Irvine's ministrations have proved very
acceptable to the people of the church,
and there is a great desire that he
should become the permanent pastor
There was a very large congregation
present yesterday morning, and he
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Abraham" 1t was spoken of as a SER
mon of great power, and perhaps the
best that Mr.. Irvine had preached in
the church The parsonage is to be re-
fitted at once and made ready by April
l.
Rev. Mr. Waterbury of Springfield
preached at the Grand avenue Baptist
church yesterday
Last evening at the Ferry street Con-
gregational church the pastor, Rev. c.
]. Hawkins, preached on the topic "a
Lesson from the Great Trees of Cali
fornia.'
Rev. Dr. Mitchell at the Grand ave-
nue. Congregational church yesterday
preached from the subject
The Man That Came Down from
Heaven" and in the evening the topic
was Babylon, the Great" in the series
of discourses on 1.-The First World"
Rev. William McNicholl of st. An
drews' M. e. church preached yester-
day afternoon in the Park chapel, Nor
ris Cove
The services under the auspices of the
w. c. T. u. was held last evening In
the East Pearl street M. e. church.
The principal address was by Mrs. C.
B. Forbes Of Hartford, president of |
the state w. c. T. U. There was spec /
al music and recitations by the chill
1ren.
At the morning service In the East |
Haven Congregational church the pas
or Rev. D. ]. Clark, preached on the |
subject "In His Steps, or What Would |
Jesus Say
An entertainment will be given by
Hiram Camp division, S. Of T., at their
lall, SO Grand avenue, tomorrow even
ng. Supper will be served from to
,'clock. The admission fee for each
person will be according to the height,
hree cents per foot being charged The
programme for the entertainment is as
ollows: Selection, piano and violin,
ulSS MyFlle WlGuGIIldI1 anu fT6u w led
man; character song, Charles Smith;
ecitation, Gladys Visel; piano duet,
Hiss Larllins and Miss Hattie Waters;
haracter song, Mr.. Scranton and Mrs
Rich; phonoharp solo, Miss Edith Len
on; songs by Hiram Camp Glee club,
nd by members of the division.
At the Montowese Baptist church yes
erday the pastor Rev. George B. Cut
en-, preached in the morning on the
opic, Work for the Eleventh Hour"
nd in the evening the subject was
Take Your Soundings.''
Last evening at the East Haven Con-
regationa church the w. C. T. U. held
memorial service for the last Miss
RANGES Willard, and there was a free
Ill offering service.
The st. Francis T. A. B. society will
ttend communion at the ST.. Francis I
. c. church next Sunday morning. j,
Mrs. Nancy T. Griffin died at the
lew Haven hospital Saturday at the
ge of seventy years. She was a sister
George w. Linsley of Quinnipiac ;
venue
William Chapman has taken out a
armit to build on Peck street a two
lmily frame house, 20 by 40 feet, to !
,st $780,
r. B. Farren of Lenox street is i'll {