The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1900-09-28

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mention this paper.
sion of spiritual usefulness for the Sandy
book Methodist churcl!
A concert on Monday evening, Septem-
Der "a, opened very auapiciously the an
niversary exercises. Every number on
the program was most thoroughly en-
joyed, and those usually quite reticent
about expressing an opinion took &C.
casien at the close to say that they had
had a delightful treat. To select out any
one where all take their parts exec llently
is perhaps always an ungracious task,
and yet no one who attended can help re-
calling with much delight the singing OF
Miss Mona Taylor Of Danbury. Her
solos, 1.-THE Merry Brown Thrush" and
"Daddy," were gems indeed. Mise
Agnes Plat, whom we almost hesitate
now to call an amateur, so remarkably
has she advanced in the development OF
her art, made some eyes moisten as she
reclted the story Of IDIOTS Chr istmas."
"Our Neighbours Baby" threw some
light upon the subject whether the rich
have all the epjoyments of life. Ezra J.
Halls solo, "Asleep in the Deep gave
good chance to show the good qualities
of bis rich bass voice. The rendering OF
the opening number on the program
"Jubilate," and "Palms'' by the quartet
showed fine blending Of tone and splen-
did harmony. The quartet consisted Of
William Tomlin, tenor Miss Mona Tay-
lor, soprano; Mrs Char les S. Plat, con.
tralto; Ezra j. Hall, bass. The last
number of the evening, solo by Miss
Taylor entitled, "Sipg, Sweet Slumber,"
with violen obligato by Arthur Platt,
left the audience, as we say, with plea
SAINT taste in the mouth; and all went
home congratulating the Sandy Hook
people that they had been so fortunate as
to secure the services of such good talent
Prot Charles 8. Plat and Mrs Era J.
Hall kindly acted as accompanies at the
organ.
Perhaps religious gatherings and
agricultural fairs do not always keep
good company together; and it may be
that the big fair going on up beyond the
depot had something to do with the small
attendance at the exercises in the Metho-
dist church on Tuesdny afternoon. The
fathers who built this church should
haYe looked forward through the misty
corridors of time and seen the 50ah ami.
ve1sary Of the erection Of the church
would conflict with the holding of 1.-THE
best and cleanest fair in Connecticut"
but they didn't, 80 We pity their lack OF
foresight. The very instructive histor-
torical address merited 4 larger number
of auditors.
After the singing Of q hymn and res
ponsive reading, Rev Mr. Barker, pastor
Of the Newtown Congregational church,
offered prayer invoking that the
Spirit Of the fathers might long remain
with the children OF the succeeding gen.
erations. Rev J. L. Guernsey, the pas
tor Of the Sandy Hook church, then
spoke for it as II. now exists. He said
"Fifty years in the history of this
church, and yet how short time is that
with the processes of nature
Various changes have taken place, and
yet such changes come in all human at.
fairs. The story of how the church has
grown and how declined will be told by
others lit is for me to speak of its present
condition. We have to-day member
ship of 80, and yet our working force is
not 80 large as that; we have not more
Than rs who can regularly attend the
services of our church. But God does
not use the great numbers with which to
DO His work. One shall chase the manv.
Dur Sunday school numbers three teach !
ers and "a scholars. am glad to say
that the work Of God is unfolding here,
slowly, to be sure, but, perhaps, more
surely because slowly. The past has
gone. From history we often get our
best and highest inspirations; what,
then, from the past is to be our inspira.
ion for the future! Is it to be simply to
get hold OF the peoplcs Our Lord dealt
with the one, the two, the twelve; His
work was largely with the individual.
With the few our Lord founded bis
church and in this we find the secret, the
power Of the church. What We
need is to exalt and lift up men who are
stained by sin, to bring them to the
knowledge Of resurrected and glorified
Saviour who is fulfilling His promise of |
lending the Comforter to the world"
Rev F. b. Sawyer, who was pastor Of