The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-30

Church Ten New Members Elected to
the CIub-An Able and Interesting Adj
dress by Rev. DR.. Hills of Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn.
The April meeting of the New Haven
Congregational club was held last even
Ing at the Grand avenue Congregational
church
The supper was served by the ladies'
union of the church. The committee
was in charge of Mrs. E. c. M. Hall,
chairman. Fifty-six ladies' acted as
walters, and there were three other
committees The decorations of the ia
bles were in white and green and look
ed very pretty, Miss Hattie Denison
arranged the decorations. Supper was
served to 250. and in the usual able
manner of the ladies' union. The spread
included little neck CLAIMS, pink soup,
creamed halibut, chicken salad, baked
turkey, lettuce, radishes, pickles, olives,
bread, rolls, ice cream, tea and coffee,
and last but not least, pure spring wa
ter.
The literary exercises We're held in
the auditorium at o'clock. Rev.
Charles F.. Clark of Whitneyvlle, the
president, presided. The address of the
evening was preceded with selections
by the quartet of the church, and
4 Dwight Chamberlain sang 1.-THE Publ
cam" by VandeWater. The speaker
was the Rev. Newell Dwight Hills, D.
D., of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, N.
II, on ''The New Problems of the
Church and the Ministry'
Pastor of the famous church in Amer
lea, successor Of Henry Ward Beecher,
author of half a dozen books that have
run through many editions, creator of
a lecture on John Ruskin, that has been
pronounced the most brilliant platform
effort of the age-these are some
achievements of Rev Newell Dwight
Hills, D. D.
Special interest just at present all
over the country centers on DR.. Hills
on account of the determined stand he
has taken against Professor George d.
Heron the socialist lecturer who was
to have appeared at the Second Congre-
gational church some weeks ago.
The large audience assembled nearly
4 filled the church. The prayer was made
by Rev. DR.. Leete of the Dwight place
church.
The president announced that the
election last evening had brought the
membership nearly to the limit
DR.. Hills was received with hearty
applause. In introducing his address
he spoke about the fine lectures of the
Lyman Beecher course in New Haven
and said that in such an atmosphere he
felt little like speaking upon the topic
assigned him. He said he recognized
Professor Sanders in the audience and
he felt rather like sitting in the au-
dience and listening to him.
He said that all preaching represent
ed noble service. Preaching was also
an art: it teaches the art of right liv-
ing. 1t was intended to help, not to
hurt him. Insects are born in the
morning. come to maturity and die at
night. But the lark was born three
months away from his maturity. Man
y was born seventy years away from
hlmsef. Slowly man passes from lit
tieness to largeness and from ignorance
unto full education. To the further I'M
Iolding OF man free press and the
SCHOOLS and the church was given him
20 long as men remain men, and re-
main selfish, the churches must be de-
veloped and the pulpit made strong.
SO long as man remains as he is. we
Shall need churches-a hospital for
mans weakness.
Jesus Christ came into the world
speaking Carlyle says we want books.
and not words. He forgets that the
words written are often sounding as
loudly as the words spoken. Paul
comes into the world and makes Felix
tremble by his speech All the men
who began their words against slavery
In this country depended upon their
words.
Nineteen hundred years have passed
ana we can see that the selection of
preaching was based upon great wis
dom. We go back to the single teacher
OF righteousness. The beginning of the
Reformation, and we go back to the
great preachers The influence of the
church in the past is fully confessed.
The history of the church is her own
Justification.
Why is 1T that there should be one
great elect day when the wheels of in
dustry stop? When men and women
become plastic and come into the
church. How great good fortune is
ours, pastors. Every steam engine be- |
gins as cause. This universe is an in |
finite genius. A great leaven is work. |
Ing over in China. The missionaries |
have sowed the seed which is to bear
fruit. was told that the only COMPETE |
ton the United States should ever fear |
In China was lits 30O00o,OoO people and !
Its cheap living and cheap labor. We |
should educate and wake up these Chi
namen and they will become good buy
ers. Ultimately the Chinese will want
good pay and then the fear of his COM
petition will pass away. The mission
airy is the best commercial traveller that
can be sent out The missionary is
sowing universal knowledge, with
morals. The fundamental moralities
will ultimately blossom into spiritual
moralities. and here comes in the mis-
sion of the church A group of disciples
doing Christ's work in Christ's way.
What are the difficulties of the
church? The first is the great problem
of the Sunday. There was a time
when man worked six days in week
and was ready to go to church on Sun
day. Now men are overcome mentally,
rather than physically. Men overwork
themselves physically and after six
days of toll, with their nervous forces
exhausted, they say they want to go
into the fields and get the air Then !