The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-24
BIG METHODIST MEETING
HELD IN TRINITY M. u. CHURCH
List NIGHT.
Nj EN- bership of Twentieth Century
League Raised from 9I2 to 1073-Fine
Addresses by Bishop Andrews ana
Rev, DIR, ". =, Chadwick.


Addresses by Bishop Andrews and
Rev, DR.. v. s. Chadwick.
There was a big meeting of Metho-
dists at the Trinity M. e. church last
evening at which Bishop Edward u.
Andrews and Rev. DR.. j. s. Chadwick,
former pastor of Grace church.. this
city, made addresses. The meeting
was very enthusiastic one and nearly
every seat in the church was taxed to
its capacity.
1t was held under the auspices OF
the Twentieth Century league John
Il. Manson presided and on the plat
form We're Bishop Andrews Fl. Ell.
Benedict, Rev. DR.. Chadwick, Rev. DR..
Gilbert, Presiding Elder j. S. Adams,
and Rev. Mr.. Smith of Shelton. The
committees and official members of the
various churches held reserved seats in
the front of the church and the music
was furnished by the consolidated
chois,
Methodists from all over the city were
present and the meeting was one of
the largest of its kind held in New
Haven for q long time. One of the
features of the evening was the raising
of the enrolment of the league to 1000
members And when the 1,000th one was
reached a call for more names was
made, and it was in the course of only
fifteen minutes that the number was
increased to 1,073, remarkable enroll
ment. When the meeting opened last
night there We're only 912 names en-
rn11p1 hIt ctn tba number
until finally the one thousandth number
was reached.
Rev Dr. Chadwick, who was on the
platform at the time, urged the people
of the audience to become members o.
the league, and one after the other sign
ed cards of membership. Membership
for five and ten persons at time were
often given, and the enthusiasm for
getting as many as possible was great.
Mr.. Benedict, who is president of the
league, originally set LOCO as the mark,
but now it will be increased until the
entire debt of all the churches of the
Methodist denomination in the city is
raised.
Each membership costs $40, so with
the present membership of 1,073 a total
of S107S0 has been raised. Other means
will probably be instituted for raising
the required sum, and before long ev-
cry Methodist church in the city will be
free from debt. This. the speakers
said was an incentive to churches of
other denominations and then showed
that for a church it was one of the
grandest things in the world to be free
from any debt. They could expand,
tIn,y rr;x o,I coxI
worthy purposes, they could in every
way strengthen not only their own in
dividual self but everybody around
them Bishop Andrews in his beautiful
address brought out this point and
pleaded with those present that they
Use their influence in doing all they
could to get new members and in any
way aid the Twentieth Century league.
Bishop Andrews opened hia address by
giving a beautiful comparison of the
times a century ago and those of the
present day. He compared the popu-
lation, the methods of travel and manu-
factules, the attendance at churches |
and finally the remarkable number of |
communicates at the various churches
He said that century ago there was |
one communicate to every fourteen per-
sons and now an average of one out |
of every four are communicates in one |
church or another.
The wonderful growth of the missions |
all over the world was another fact |
dwelt upon by Bishop Andrews. He |
said there was not a country on the |
fact of the earth in which Christianity |
was not being proclaimed. A century |
ago, Bishop Andrews said, there were
not more than two or three missiona-
ries to the heather, while now the num-
Der of Christians in heather lands |
preaching to them the Christian faith |
is beyond reckoning.
The speaker dwelt on the great work
by the Methodists during
the century and hoped it would be
twice as great during the coming one.
Rev. DR.. Chadwick was next intro
duced and he also gave a very power
full address and said he was glad once
more to look upon the faces of his old
and sisters in New Haven.
DR.. Chadwick remarks were attentive
Iy listened to and were most interest"
ing.