The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-28
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
UNION SERVICES At GRAND AVE
NUE. BAPTIST CHURCH.

Rev. DIR. Phillips Of st. James p. Z.
Church Delivers Interesting aud In
struetiEe Discourss-Dsath OF Mrs.
ParnsI g. Gaylord, One OF Fair Ha-
vents Oldest Residents.
Union Thanksgiving services were held in
the Grand avenue Baptist church. yester-
day, al 1870 a. IN. The pastor, Rev. E. W.
Stone, was in charge Of the services, which
were participated in by the local pastors.
The services began with the singing Of the
Dox0logy, followed by the Lords Prayer.
- a thanksgiving hymn was sung and the
scripture lesson in fifth chapter of First
Thessal0nians was read by Rev. Alex. f.
Irvine, of Pilgrim church The choir sang
the anthem Praise the Lord, o my Soul, -
and following, prayer was offered by Rev.
Andrew Burns Chalmers of the Grand
avenue Congregational church. The choir
response was Holy, Holy. Holy, Son Of
God Most High" Kipling's occasional
hymn was sung as the offertory by Miss
Eendee. The sermon was preached by the
Rev. DIR. Phillips Of st. James P. L. church.
1t was an interesting discourse and listened
TO attentiyely by the large audience present.
The text was found in the tenth verse of
the third chapter of Second Thessalonians:
For even when We were with you, this we
recommended you, that If any would not
work, neither should he eat" The sermon
was in part as follows:
This sounds like Interference on the part
OF Paul, and modern preacher would not
think OF saying this. Yet every clergyman
OF to-day does say this when he says who
shall and who shall not partake of COM
munion. Paul exercised his apostolic au-
thority in these words. The words were
needed, else man like Paul would never
have written them. They show his Jealous
care.
There is nothing much more beautiful
than the primitive Christians treatment of
the poor. The poor among them were con-
sidered as special entrustments and charges,
and were lovingly cared for. They did not
need to beg from house to house very far.
There was warm atmosphere of charity
in the early church Modern beneyolence
is perfunctOry. AS benevolence degenerated
the number of the poor increased.
Labor is necessary to the well-being Of
man. 1t Is the appointed lot of man. There
Is general aversion to work as being dis
tasteful. Few love it. Those who do have
some very high motive and wish to accom-
plish lofty object. Labor is grounded in
the construction of nature itself.
we now come to two questions: First,
Why is labor necessary! Man has wants,
such as food, raiment and shelter. The
trades of the cobbler. carpenter and the
like all result from these wants. Civiliza-
ton advances and man develops a desire
for luxuries. These luxuries create new
trades. House architecture rises to an art,
and men leave memorials behind them In
the houses of others. Labor has been and
always will be necessary. and varieties Of
trade must exist to meet the varied wants.
THE second question is. What renders
labor a necessity? Mans physical wants
are type of the spiritual. Unless he takes
his improvement in his owns hands, he falls
below the level of men, His inner life will
be ignorant while he sees others about him
educated. A boy idles while in school and
has no purpose. The habit grows and soon
his fate is the saddest of all fates-that Of
an habitual idler The boys in a class may
stand about equal. Those who leave school
with definite purpose look about them in
few years for their old comrades. Where
are they? Lost. They preferred pleasure,
pursued it, and fell. The reason Is found
in the constitution of man himself. The
mind exercises itself through the body.
Without application and labor, aspirations
sparkle and flash. but soon are no more.
Capacities are brought to consciousness and
developed by application and labor.
Moral culture Is necessary. Work Is
essential to moral well-being. Labor does
not impart moral virtue, but negatively,
without 1t man becomes victim of self
Indulgence Other things are also neces-
sary, but labor is essential. No struggle Is
to mans taste, yet without it he cannot
strive for a cOrruptable crown, much less
an incompatible. An idler has no recourse
to pleasures upon occasions for they are
Ills udlly pUIIlUll. Iuty are So regular I0HC
they soon pail upon him and he seeks worse
and worse pleasures until nothing pleases
him-nothing has any charms for him.
Pleasures are enjoyed longest by the in
dustrious, for they find in them what Is
necessary for their well-being
"a large part of the world is overworked
The other part works too little. My words
this morning would be a mockery to the
poor working man who is struggling dis
mally for his large family. There Is no
blessed vision 0f hanpinpSs and n1pa CrIra for.
him; while for the others there are no pleas
ures for they work too little. The extremes
meet: Those who are weary of pleasure and
those who are weary because they have no
pleasure. Would you enjoy pleasure? Seek
out some poor, destitute family and carry
there few comforts of life. 'remeberng
our Lords words that 1T Is more blessed
to give than to receive revolution will
no opportunity and that what you can do
nifcant If you perform It in the right
spirit it will become dignified and noble
The hard worker Is hard in his Judgment
of the less successful. He considers the
lack of success almost criminal and the re-
suit of extravaganza. Generosity is a COM
mon trait of American character. Where
a counteracting power is found in the Cos
pei, men will regard their fellow creatures
as brothers and will he compassionate and
truly sympathetic. The gospel alone can
keep alive the right feeling of men for each
other. A good rule to follow is to keep alive
the Christian principle by the gospel"
Dr. Phillips then quoted very effectively
that beautiful poem, 80 May 1 Join the
Choir Invisible
After the prayer by Rev. Mr.. Griffin, or
st. Andrews Methodist church, the con-
gregation Joined in singing all four verses
of America" The benediction was pro-
nounced by Rev. l.. R. Streeter of the East
Pearl street Methodist church.
The death of Mrs. Parnel f. Gaylord, one
of the oldest residents of this section oc-
Cured at her residence. 1856 Lenox street,
Wednesday. The deceased was the widow
of Gilbert Gaylord, who was an esteemed
and highly respected citizen. He died at
an advanced age few years ago Mrs.
Gaylord was a deyout member of Pilgrim
church and was widely beloved, being of
a very affectionate disposition and always
considerate of those about her. She lived
to the advanced age of s. years, and will
be mourned by several children and very
large circle Of friends, who will miss her
kindly association. The funeral will take
place to-day from her late residence at $50