The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-01
REV. DR. HOYEY'S ADDRESS
1.-THE SECOND CONGREGATIONAL
 CHURCH SUNDAY NIGHT,

of the Church-The Subject was "Old
 Places and Familiar Faces"-Listened ed
 to With Great Interest by Large
 Audience.
 Beloved Friends: I bring a greeting
 from church at the mouth of the Mer-
 rimac to the church at the mouth of the
 Quinnipiac. From church more than
 thrice your age to it's younger sister.
 From the oldest and perhaps the most
 conservative Presbyterian church in
 Massachusetts to this progressive and
 up-to-date Congregational church in
 Connecticut. All hail, in the name of
 our Master, the Lord Jesus Christ.
 May prosperity and peace be within
 thy walls. "Tell your children of it,
 and let your children tell their children,
 and their children another generation"
 that this your jubilee is a day that the
 Lord hath blessed, a day in which to
 rejoice and be glad
 As one of your former pastors l have
 been asked to speak of the "Old Places
 and Familiar Faces" No theme could
 be more congenial to my tastes; none could more nearly touch my heart, The
 "old places are intertwined with pre- cious associations: and the familiar faces" as far as they are present to- day, wear the same friendly smiles that made them beautiful in days when time had not whitened the locks or fur rowed the brow And those once famil- far faces that are missed to-day, are seen by the eye of memory, as noble and fair as, they used to be- and by the eye of faith saintly and encircled by a halo of glory.
 My talk on such a theme must neces- sarily be somewhat personal. You will excuse former pastor for being remi niscential. The first of the many pleasant places opened for me in Fair Haven was the home of MT. and Mrs. Jared Mallory, on Quinnipiac street, where I was entertained as a guest on the occasion of an exchange with Rev Gurdon W. Moves, September 23, 1866 My text was that wonderful promise of our Lord, "If ye shall ask anything in My name will do it' My theme was
 AIlIlldliOilS Ol I dy Sl lSllitlhbEi MT. Mallorys criticism to the effect that did not seem to find any "imita- tions'' at all but treated it as an abso- lutely unlimited promise that the child of God should get the specific blessing he asks for from his Heavenly Father. I had just resigned my first pastorate at Florence, Mass, in order to accept a call to New Albany, Indiana, and had | not the slightest thought of ever preaching in Fair Haven again. Nor did realize that for many years those | my delightful hosts would be my pa | rishioners, and that it would fall to my | lot to officiate at their final obsequies,
 Had I not been a good gardener I | should never have been your pastor. Some ten years after the time just mentioned circumstances led me to spend the winter and spring in New [ Haven, where I had the care of the home and grounds of my father-in-law the late Samuel L. Blatchley, Esq One day a gentleman looked over the gar den fence and complimented my skill as gardener, intimating that he would like to have me take care of his own grounds. On being informed that was t lfiiIllSlei uc Iclildlhcu llletl IL | WDulu look after parish as well as I tended my garden he would like to have me for his minister This urbane visitor was MT. Lucius P Deming, who soon after wards become Judge Deming. About a month later this pulpit was made va cant by the expiration of Rev. MT. term of ministry, and at the society meeting it was suggested that the record and merits of the amateur gardener should be looked into. The result was that your committee met me in Mir Blatchey's parlor, and surprised me by saying, We do not ask you to preach as candidate, but to be our and to begin work among us in a. fortnight" I accepted and stayed with you more than seven years
 There is much in starting aright Your church officers said, We want our pastor to know every man, woman and child: and we will help him to do so." Accordingly two hundred and fif- " pastoral calls were made during my six weeks here, in every one of which he new pastor was accompanied by some officer of the church or society, or ' some influential church member; and in nearly every instance family prayer vas offered. This introductory work { vas not kept up at that rate; but it's | ,alutary influence was felt throughout ny ministry Among those early help i ITS were Willet Hemingway, Charles A. t Bray, Lucius Rowe, Albert Rowe, Ed l win D. Fowler, William H. Shipman i md other brethren, besides Mrs. Han lah c. Hurd, and other pious women f vho were especially helpful in starting F md maintaining cottage meetings for | prayer and conference. f The result of this faithful house-to- f
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