The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-26
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
SPIRITED CHRISTMAS SERMON BY
REV. u. W. STONE
Criticises England for Her War Against
the BOers-Christmak Services in tho
Churches and Sunday schools-News
of Fair Haven Lodges.

Churches and Sunday SchOols-News
ofFnir Haven Lodges.
AT the Christmas praise service held
in the Grand avenue Baptist church
Sunday evening the pastor Rev. E. w.
Stone, in an address, criticized England
for her war against the Beers and the
United States for her war upon the
F'ilippinos. On these points he said:
'Glory to God In the highest and on
earth peace, good will to men" This
is heavens ideal for the world. This
is what the Lord God desires in the
earth* And God exhausted the
resources of infinite love that this con-
dition might exist and that this peace
and good will might fill the earth. But
oh, the strife and dscord tomorrow
will find in the earth. Strife and dis
cord between man and God, between
nation! Shame on Christendom that
after nineteen centuries men should
still think that the cessation of war
was only a "pious imagination" Shame
that one great nation should be under
seeming necessity of making war on
a feeble folk, jewellers in the islands of
the seas, who were fighting to throw
off the yoke of oppression and their
way to a higher and better condition,
years before the phophets of imperial
ism told their visions of manifest des-
tiny" of America! Shame on the great
mother country across the sea, we love
as ourselves, and whose world interests
are so near akin to our own, that there
should be seeming necessity for MAX
ing war on a brave mountain people
thousands of miles away, slowly work.
ing out their own high destiny on the
same great foundation principles Of re-
1igiousness as her own! Shame, that
the tender compassionate heart of these
two great nations should suffer itself
to be swayed by ambitious and schem-
ing manl Shame that tomorrow
should find the two greatest and fore
most Christian nations on the earth
making war on feeble folks under the
strange pretext that it is for the ulti-
mate good of those whom they STAY
and wound and scatter in battle! They
do evil that good may come. Is this the
spirit of Bethlehem? Is this heavens
programme for the ushering in ION
earth peace and good will to me%' Is
this the method the Prince of Peace
chose for His conquests? God of hosts
with the ideal of the first Christmas
anthem ever be realized in the earth?
Will some coming Christmas day find
"On earth peace; good will toward
MANI? 1 believe it. The ringing mu-
sic of the angel anthem has died out of
the skies. but the promise abides.
And eff such holy song
EnWrap our fancy long,
Tire will run back and fetch the age of
gold
And speckled variety
Will Sfcken soon and die,
And leprous sin will melt from earthly |
And He'll itself will pass away
And leave her dolorous mansions to the |
peering day.
Yea. Truth and Justice then
Will down return to men
Orbed in rainbow and like glories wear
ing
Mercy will sit between,
And heaven at at some festival
Will open wide the gates of her high pal.
ace hall.
Two more schooners arrived from
Narranagnsett Bay at the docks of
Henry c. Rowe & Co., Fair Haven,
bringing 34oO bushels. They are the
Emma and the Grace Baily.
There were four Christmas services
at st. Francis r. c. church yesterday,
and they We're largely attended. The
early service was at $50 a. m. There
was special music by the large choir
under the direction of Prof. w. j.
Rohan. The Christmas collections real
lied al arge amount.
At Grace church there was an early
of the holy commu-
MON yesterday at 1880 a. M, follow
ed at 1920 by morning prayer, a SER
mon by Rev. DR.. Sanford and the holy
There were also Christ
mas day services at st. James church.
The pupils of Strong school contribut-
ed for needy families the largest
amount of any schol in the city, nine
barrels of various supplies. They were
to the Home for the Friend
less. Organized Charities and several
deserving families in Fair Haven.
Two substitute carriers assisted in
he delivery of Christmas packages
rom station A yesterday. All the reg
liar and substitute carriers went out
IN the morning delivery with a large I
amount of mail matter. The station
closed at noon.
The annual Christmas exercises for (
he Sunday school were held in the
Cast Pearl street M. E. church last S
evening. A great ladder, reaching {
rom the flor to the ceiling bore hun {
lreds of gifts for the children and
he distribution caused great joy to all. |
There was an interesting programme f
If exercises under the direction of Su- t
r. j. Mansflld !
The newly elected officers of the EN- {
ire Knights of Relief are as follows: ,
John W. Dixon; vice I
commander, Emory L, Smith; assistant C
ice commander, Frank A. Austin;
ecretary, Albert W. Beecher; treas q
rer Walter S. Welton; receiver, Will {
lam S. Rowe; orator, Mrs. Jennie Hous- a
on: chaplain, Miss Martha e. Story; v
ujde Willard E. Wicks; sentinels, o
,layton G. Billings; finance committee, n
ohm w. Dixon, Emory L. Smith, Il
frank A. Austin. a
A meeting of the w. C. T. U. will be
cid this afternoon at 8 o'clock. All t
MEMBERS are requested 10 be present il