Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-27
BROOKLYN BRIEFS


 Michael Higgins spent Sunday with friends in Thomaston.
 The Third Congregational church Tennis club is having it's court enlarged
 and graded in preparation for an entire days playing on the 30th.
 -The Misses Mary Mccarthy, Emmel- l inc Kilroe and Deborah Fitzgerald, ac- companied by Constable Donahue, were shown through the Almshouse yester- day afternoon by Regent Moran. The monthly musical service at the Third Congregational church was largely attended last evening. The | choir rendered several fine selections
 and the solo work was exceptionally good.
 The collection of old rubber for the benefit of the Third Congregational church library will be held this week. The rubber goods may be sent to the church or to the pastor Rev Charles
 E. Granger.
 l --The bans of marriage were pub lished for the first time yesterday at St Patriek's church between the fol- l lowing couples: William Mcclure, 1 popular conductor on the trolley cars,
 and Miss Bridget Finnan; James Gun
 ningham and Miss Elizabeth Bannon.
 -.sTexas" Williams, the well known hostler of Providence, R. T., who has
 beell visiting friends in this section,
 left yesterday for Thomaston. MT Will Hams, who has many friends in this
 part of the town, always pays visit
 to his friends about this time every
 year.
 l Arnold Rasmussen, son of Hans l Rasmussen, the well known Town Plot
 milk dealer, is out again after being
 laid up for several weeks with a broken l leg. Arnold had his left leg broken
 at the knee about three weeks ago by having it caught between the spokes of
 a wheel while riding in team. ~ l The Washington square tanks de-
 feated Edward +. Floods nine yester- day by score of 28 to 5. The Tanks
 say that they will give the boys an- other game in two weeks provided they l promise to do some hard practice work l in the meantime so as to be able to make the contest interesting. Manager Kirchbaum would like to arrange for game with the Union tank nine to be played next Sunday.
 1 The following is part of the ser-
 mon preached by Rev, Charles E. ! Granger in the. Third Congregational
 church yesterday morning at 10:30 and l in the Bunker Hill chapel at 4:15, on "Co-operation," based on the text ''With one mind striving together for 1 the faith of the Gospel Phil 1-27. Coz operation may be defined as a harmoni- ous and systematic working together
 for common end. It is the spirit of the
 day. It is the spirit which wins and l the only spirit which can win. It is l the spirit which is necessary in any
 and every department of activity in ] order that the largest and quickest and l best results may be accomplished. If
 results are desired-large results, best l results and quickly desired cooperate I Way back in the 17th century system
 of cooperation prevailed in one of the l industries of Somersetshire, in the es- l tablishment of the old "Toindairies."
 All the cowkeepers united in fertilizing l the common on which the cows fed. 1 Everyone brought his milk to a com-
 mon room where the quantity was
 measured and recorded. The making of a great cheese went daily forward, and when the milk of poor man who l kept but one COW was sufficient for
 one cheese he received his cheese. The wisdom of this action has been ap-
 proved. In the college, in politics, in I the home, in the church, there must be cooperation. In speaking to-day upon 1 church cooperation, I will not dwell l upon that larger theme of cooperation l in the church at large-wlere it be- comes the duty of the various demon strations to work together in some l common field but I wish to dwell up-
 on that cooperation which should ex- ist between the members of each indi- T vidual church by itself, wherein it is 1 the duty of every individual member to work in harmony with the other
 members of the church for the one l grand common end. It was Jesus him. self who gave us that eminently prac- l tical doctrine that house against it. ] self will not stand. An, there is noth- I ing that will destroy the very founda- I tion walls of any institution more l quickly and effectually than discord. l Now the Apostle realized the tremend- I ous valour and importance of this CO., l operation among the members of l Christ's church and writes unto the l Philippians these stirring words of ex-
 hortation-"th ye stand first in one 1 spirit with one mind, striving together I for the faith of the gospel" After stat
 ing that in every instance where CO l operation existed in church, that I church had been success, the pastor I continued. The question involuntarily l arises, does this cooperation exist in I our church. If so. how extensively? l Striving together" yes that Is what we l read There is too much striving with and not enough striving together" in
 our churches. How shall we promote l that blessed cooperation in our own I church. The first and primal thing I to do is to demonstrate by our own I conduct it's value and our faith in it. l We should always consider one an- other. Do nothing on our own hook.
 It is always safe to be little over
 particular to ask advice and opinions. Then too we must sometimes overlook the mistakes and assumptions of oth-
 CTS. The minute we begin to cooperate that minute we must be willing to have things done the other fellows t-w--x HL~~ A