The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-18
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Baseball Teams in Strong School =
Past Chiefs Association, *. G. e., to
Have Outing and BANQUET.
At the Grace Episcopal church Sum
day morning the rector, Rev. DIR. SAN
ford, preached a second anniversary
sermon from the text Nehemiah Nv, u;
What do these feeble Jews?' 1t was
an interesting sermon. and is in part
| as follows:
"It was practically q week like this
q week of rebuilding, a restoring or
waste places that we entered upon two
years ago, my friends. Like these fee
Bile Jews, as the Sanballat called them
we began to lay upon the walls OF our
Zion with, I know. In some cases OF
doubt in the minds of those who Will
| ingly undertook it's work, as to Wheth-
er we could succeed or not. Our num-
bers were not great; our means were
| limited; our debt was so heavy that at
one time it seemed as though it would
certainly crush us, and in those distant
days 1 found that we need expect no
aid at all from our sister parishes; no
assistance or interest was given us by
our fellow churchmen in the city. In
| the hard fight we have fought together
we have had but one expression OF
sympathy and prefer Of help from out
| side, and this was gift of $25 from
| st. Pauls church. But like our coun-
terparts the feeble Jews under Nehe-
miah, we were firm in our faith that
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Grace church had a fine field and
work to do in this part of the city. We
felt that loyalty to God required of us
that we stand bravely by his cause,
and we confidently believed that he
would uphold us, supply our needs and
abundantly bless our work. and so |
can congratulate you to-day on the
fact that in the hardest of our days
(and we have had some pretty hard
ones together), so far as | know not
one has lost courage; not one has be-
come disheartened, not one has felt like
giving up the fight And so 1t comes
that we have reached a point now
where we can say that the walls Of our
Zion are once again established, The
grand obstacles are pretty well sur
iIlpuliltu anu we stit INV iCCtNy w Vim
mence an active campaign of agrees
sive work. BY this I do not mean that
we have been idle, or have failed to
push ahead up to this time
During the past year / have preach
ed 102 sermons and delivered forty-sev-
en- addresses. I have celebrated the
holy communion 1875 times, of which
four have been for the sick, and / have
offieiated at six marriages and fourteen
burials; baptized fourteen children, two
adults, confirmed nineteen, all additions
to the church. We have lost three by
death and one by removal this year.
OF the losses by death the calling Of
one of our number to her great re-
ward brought about the removal of
central figure in our parish life. I
speak now of Mrs. Jane A. Dibble, who
entered into life on the night of Passion
Sunday. She had been identified with
the parish from its very inception, and
had been an active agent in it's work,
as well as an interested promoter of
all its activities from the day Grace
church parish was born. regular at
tendant at public worship, and only
absent when sickness or some other
unavoidable impediment detained her
A liberal supporter of the church, the
window she placed in the church build
ing the altar, the lectern, are all re-
minders of the interest she took in it's
welfare and viii keep her memory
fresh even though her voice is no long
er heard among us.
"Our choir has done excellent work |
during tha mr. hos ir,,t1
its already fine reputation Throwing |
itself heart and soul into the parish life |
it has earned the money to buy its own
music, to pay for it's own summer out
ing, and it has also contributed to the |
parish treasury Surely we have rea- |
son to be thankful for and thankful |
to our choir.
when you are told that the parish |
does not need any aid now because it |
has had a legacy Of 100000 this does
not state the case just as it is. The
will of Mr.. Dibble, as you all know left |
the parish 100000 to become available
after Mrs. Dibble's death. But you
must also remember that this was all
forestalled years ago. A part of it was
used to build the rectory; part of it
was taken to build the parish house.
The legacy simply cancels the mort
gage on the rectory and parish house
and releases the parish from the pay
ment of interest in the future"
The monthly business meeting of the
Y. p. S. G. e. Of the Grand avenue
Baptist church will be held with Miss
Libbe Smith at her home, 1866 Chapel
street, this evening.
The death of Mrs Louisa Barnes
brings sorrow to many friends. Mention
IF her life and death will be found in
he obituary column
Rev. A. F. Irvine of the Second Con-
church exchanged Sunday
With Rev. Oliver Hart Bronson of Sims
)ury.
Rev. Mr.. Bickford of this city preach
I'd Sunday at the Baptist church.
The schooner John Drake has arrived
1t Konold & Sons wharf with $50 tons
If ice for the Woodbridge Ice company.
Owing to the cooler weather the de-
nand for Ice is lessening, but the COM
'any will have another cargo from
Maine in about two weeks.
Visiting Mrs. Joseph Wiper of Hous-
on street is Mrs. Charles Armbruster
If Brooklyn, N. Y. |,
The pupils of the Strong school will Ii
oon organize a football team IT is &
to Chapman, Bright, Sloane Il
nd HOGAN will he tho nonobac II lie, Z