The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-14
NEW CITY MISSION HOUSE.

Dy REV. Df. BuifeIl OF New Ork City.
The City Missionary association GER
tainly has good reason to feel it has the
entire confidence of the New Haven
public in it's successful effort to estab-
lish its work in the new Mission house
on Orange street. The building has
been occupied and the regular work of
the mission has been carried on there
daily and nightly since October l, but
yesterday lad been set apart as a day
TO keep open house" and serve a sup
per TO it's members and friends, with
public exercises and an address suit
able for the occasion from some speak
er Of recognized ability.
From 6 to Z o'clock last evening the
entire Mission house was brilliantly il
Illuminated and thronged with people
who were shown through the halls and
different rooms by guides who also ex-
planned the method of work undertake
en- by the association. The guides were
young ladies from the churches and
young men from the college and were
under direction of Rev. T. B. Wilson,
the financial secretary of the associa-
ton.
M O.tO p H. u L4A1C SuppCl as lFCu
to more than 200 guests in the children's
hall, where twenty-one tables had been
provided by ladies of the following
churches: Center, United, Davenport,
Dwight Place, Calvary Baptist, How
ard avenue Congregational, Plymouth,
First Baptist, Church of the Messiah,
Trinity Methodist, Howard avenue Bap-
fist, East Pearl street Methodist, and
the Epworth Methodist After singing
a verse Of
"Blest be the tie that binds,
Our hearts in Christian love-"
Hon. H. G. Newton, chairman of the
board of directors, as master of cere-
monies, called on Rev. DR.. Phillips,
pastor of the Church, of the Redeemer,
to ask the Divine blessing. The ia
bles were abundantly provided with
an excellent repast and efficiently
served by ladies of the churches repre-
scented and at the close OF the supper
a vote of thanks was given by the d.
rectors of the association to the ladies
and their churches.
At quarter to eight O'clock the pub
lie exercises of the occasion were held
in the large auditorium. which was
we'll filled Notwithstanding the rainy
weather The exercises were conduct
ed by the president of the City Mis-
sionary association, the Rev. DR..
Smyth, pastor of Center church. At
ter singing "All Hail the Power of
Jesus Name" prayer was offered by
Rev. DR.. Rail, pastor of Trinity Meth
odist church. the vice president of the
| association. Two anthems were sung
during the evening by the quartette
choir of the United church, Misses
Thompson and Martin and Messrs.
Foster and Whittlesey, with William
E. Davenport OF Bridgeport as organ
list.
After making a brief address of well
come to all present and especially to
those who by their generous gifts had
made it possible to erect the new mis-
sion building, Rev. DR.. Smyth called
upon the general superintendent, Rev.
Mr.. Mossman, for a statement of the
plan of work for the association in its
new home. Rev. Mr.. Mossman gave a
short historical sketch of the disadvan-
tages under which the city mission
work had been carried on elsewhere,
and with thanks to all who had aided
in the erection of the new building
made special mention of such repre-
sentative men as ex-President Dwight
of the college. and A. 0. Dorman OF
New Haven's business men who had
helped through earlier difficulties, and
of DR.. A. E Winchell and others in
recent years. The new mission house
had cost a little less than $4,000. or
with furnishings complete and the
land upon which it was built. about
$62, 900. OF this amount over
$50, 900 had already been sub
scribed and paid, about $4,000 more had
been pledged and was still to be col
lected, leaving less than $4,000 to be Sc
cured Toward this amount there was
already provided $1,000 by bequest in a
will now in probate, and he had recent
ly received an additional subscription
of 81. 900 on condition of it's being in
creased to $4,000 before it was called
for. And of course we shall call for
it," said Mr.. Mossman.
An item of special interest was his
statement of a pledge of $3.50 from
workingwoman, now employed in one
of the manufactures of the city, for tha
equipment of gymnasium for women
and girls in the childrens hall of the
mission building.
The address by Rev. DR. Burrell OF
New York city, was heartily enjoyed
by all. In speaking on the subject OF
"God and the Common People" he took
occasion, and without giving offense
to point out the deficiencies of some OF
the ordinary church methods in reach
ing the common people, not in New Ha.
ven, he said, but in New York and else
where. He also pointed out some bet
ter way that he thought would some
time be adopted, but specially COM
mended the effort now being so sue.
cessfully made, as he had occasion tc
believe, by the City Missionary asso-
citation to aid in the work of the church.
es of New Haven.
The exercises closed with the doxolo-
gy Praise God from Whom All Bless
ings Flow" and the benediction by Rev
! DR.. Smyth.
During the evening exercises letter
was read from Rev Mr. HaynaS mas