The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-02
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
INTER ESTING COMMUNION SER VICE AT GRAND AYE. CHURCH.
First Service of the Kind Conducted by the New Pastor, Rev. MT. Chalmers tng-Hiram Camp, 5. ofT., Fair.

A communion service of unusual in-
 terest was held at the Grand avenue
 Congregational church yesterday morn-
 ing. It was the firts service of the kind
 conducted by the new pastor, Rev. MT.
 ing. It was the first service of the kind
 from afternoon to morning for these
 services. The pastor welcomed twen-
 ty-eight new members, most of them
 having been received by letter from
 other churches. There was a large
 congregation present and the admins
 tratiOn of the communion and the ad-
 dress to the candidates made pro-
 tracted service. The service was spoken
 of as the most impressive of the kind
 ever held in this church.
 In the evening the pastor, Rev. An
 drew Burns Chalmers preached a very
 interesting sermon on "Our Country's
 Move God-ward." He spoke of the problems that were presenting them selves for solution and particularly of
 immigration. At the recent meeting of the general conference of Congrega- tional churches it was stated that over pne-half of the population sof Connec- ticut were either foreign born, or the children of foreign percentage. AS an offset to this, he spoke of visit to the Strong school, where he saw evidence of the assimilation of the children of foreigners who had settled here. He spoke of the recent prize fight in this state and said he was shocked to read about it. That seemed as if the world was not moving Backward. He re- ferred to the overthrow of bossism in New York and spoke of it as one of the bright manifestations of the time.
 MT. Chalmers in the course of his re- marks paid a beautiful tribute to the late President Mckinley. He knew the deceased very we'll, getting acquainted with him when he (Chalmers) was pas tor of the Durham Avenue Disciples church in Cleveland and when pastor in Columbus, when Mckinley was gov ernor of Ohio. MT. Mckinley paid oc- casional visits to the Chalmers home and not infrequently was their guest at dinner.
 MT. Chalmers took for his text Isaiah 26:2 and 26:15. He spoke of McKinley's Scotch-Irish parentage, his serving as Sunday school teacher and uniting with the church at the age of fourteen years. He was a lay preacher in the Method ist church once. When a country chooses a man to be the chiefest in the nation 1t is significant that it chooses a Christian man. There was more eor- row caused by President McKinley's death than for any man that ever lived.
 He compared Lincoln, Garfield and i oI1 also compared Mckinley with Garfield !, ,-the latter was an ordained minister of : the Disciples church in Cleveland | where the speaker was once pastor. It l is natural that men, especially religious i men, are the target for the atheist and 1 
 The speaker in reverent manner | the death of Mckinley with , the death of Christ, as shown in the 1 Judas revolver lurking in the hand of apparent friendship.
 Let no one hurt him." was the first expression of Mckinley after he was l shot. Father forgive them for they know not what they do," said Christ. My wife; take care of her." said Me Kinley. "Son behold thy mother. Mother, behold thy son." said Jesus.
 Father into Thy Hands I commend My spirit are the words of Christ. Tt is Gods way; His will, not ours, be done" said our deceased president
 He called attention to the fact that when President Mckinley was dying he went through the portals of death with hat sacred hymn on his lips and the whole world has been moved Godward