The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-03
THE PLAINVILLE ASSEMBLY
LdRGE ATTENDANCE At YESTER-
Days EXERCISES.

did Addresses and Good sinstng-Th
yesterday was young peoples day a
the assembly al Plainville and the larg
est crowd that has gathered together
on the camp grounds this week was il
attendance There We're about 500 in al
and every one was delighted with the
programme
There We're more numbers on the
programme than during the two pre-.
vious days, the day being well occu-
pied from o'clock in the morning I'M
til late In the evening. The young peo-
pie We're assembled from all over the
state and they enthusiastically took
part in all the days events.
The exercises pertained to old-fash-
Toned Methodism and were conducted
by Rev. d. w. Howell of Waterbury,
president of the District EpWorth
league. The keynote Of the day as an
nounced on the programme was Yes
terday's Methodism Framed in To-
day.
The day opened very auspiciously for
the young people as far as the weather
was concerned, but towards evening
clouds began to gather and it looked
very much as if the services in the
evening would have to be postponed.
But very little rain fell and much to
the delight of all present the entire pro-
gramme was gone through.
Before breakfast there was a short
prayer meeting and at o'clock the
young folks and old folks assembled in
tha s'Narj1an cot a 90 n p11-fa Sn
Toned love feast. The admission to this
love feast was by ticket, on which was
written some scripture passage. These
tickets acted as souvenirs of the de-
lightful occasion. The men were placed
on one side of the room and the women
sat opposite, according to the old GUS
tom, and the very Oldest Methodist
tunes were sung by all. Stories of olden
times were related and the old custom
of breaking bread and drinking water
was revived. This happy meeting was
concluded by the singing of God Be
With You Till We Meet Again
Owing to the sickness of Rev. H. S.
Scarborough, he was unable to conduct
the Bible hour which was held at 9
o'clock His place was ably filled by
Rev. A. L. Hubbard, who showed four
ways by which men may be led to
Christ as taught in the first chapter of
st. John. Rev. Mr.. Hubbards talk was
very interesting and he illustrated his
subject in a most pleasing manner. He
showed how we could be brought to
Christ by four ways the first of which
was by preaching; the second by MEM
DRY of the home or home influence dis
coverd through his own personal
ideas; the third way was by Christ
Himself and lastly by our neighbors.
Mr.. Hubbard explained fully these diff
ferent sub-topics and the hour was
very profitable to all who were fortunate
enough to attend.
AT 10 o'clock there was a prayer
meeting, at which many hymns of the
earlier days were sung.
The address of the morning was at
1920 o'clock by Rev w S. Winans, Jr.,
of West Haven. Rev. Mr.. Winans' sub
ject was Hymns and Songs of Meth
odism," and he gave in a very delight
full way the history of the Methodist
song writers and the origin of many !
of their familiar songs of praise. The
speaker began by giving review of |
the great work of the Wesleys, the IA
nous founders of the Methodist faith. |
He said that of the I'LL hymns in their |
hymnal 3OS of these We're written and |
composed by the Wesleys, Charles |
Wesley contributing largely to the
work He said that in other branches
of Methodsm the proportion of their
work is much larger and that every
Methodist of the present day held them
in the highest esteem. THAT they are
worthy Of this honor and that Charles
Wesley especially cannot be assigned
too lofty place as a writer of hymns
and sacred songs WILL / think, be
shown in the remarks of this hour
And Mr.. Winans certainly did show
that the work of these men was some
thing remarkable and that it will al
ways stand where it always has, that
is at the very top, not to be crowded
out by anybody.
"The hymnology of the English Ian
guage," Mr.. Winans said. has seen a
gradual growth, eliminating in the
great outburst of spiritual songs in the
religious awakening under the Wes-
Ieys The earlier sacred poetry in Eng
land contained little that is worthy of
the name hymns. During the reforma-
ton era the psalms of David were, APP
parently, mostly sung. Occasionally
HYMNS were heard, but in the English
and other churches, the
psalter, the gloria, the TIE Deum and
hymns of the modern ages were gener-
ally used"
The speaker said that it was not until
the time of Kerr, the John the Baptist
Of the new era of song who wrote the
Doxology, that English Protestant
Christianity tuned it's Tyre to sing Je- 7
aovah's immortal strains. Recognizing
he Importance of music in the church
service, the Wesleys published their first r
1ymn in 1888, which was almost the f
lawn of their religious career. t
Mr. Winans spoke at length on the t
vide range of subjects that the hymns T
we're written from and the secret of 6
power. He attributed this to
hree things, first Wesleys profound n
eligious experience, second his absolute T
idelity to the scriptural teachings, and n
hirdly to his great knowledge of ac- d
ual spiritual conditions and ways. n
These were illustrated to good advan- t
age by the speaker, who afterward re- n
ated the gradual growth of Method g
SIN. h
Rev MY Wiuans' address was one of n
he best Of the day and it was brought d