The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-03
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
MEETING OF CON-
GREGATIONAL CLUB.

Held az the First Chnrch-0peued With
Social and Organ RecitaI-Fine Sup-
per by tho LadIes-Adiress Delivered
by Rev. A. j, Lyman, D. d., of Brook
lynn, N. Y, on "The Type of Congrega-
tionaiism for the Future"
The mid-winter meeting of the New
Haven Congregational club was held
last evening at the Grand avenue Con-
gregationaI church. There was So
cial, with organ recital at o'clock,
with Miss Caroline B. Bassett as or
ganist. Supper was served at $3.50 and
afterward in the auditorium. Miss D.
Gertrude Duell sang. The supper was
served in the Sunday school room and
provision was made for $50. The
guests table was set on the stage. The
tables looked very attractive with
decorations of daybreak carnations.
The supper was served by the mem
bers of the Ladies' Aid society, of
which Mrs. Friend Fl. Francis is the
president. All the ladies worked hard
to make the supper a success and they
succeeded. The menu was as follows:
Blue Points.
Fish Turbot. Saltines
Turkey. Chips. Ham.
Olives. Celery.
Jelly. Pickles.
Chicken Salad. Rolls
Cream. Ices.
Assorted Cakes.
Coffee.
The ladies serving at the guests table
were Mrs. James Johnston, Mrs.
, Charles Mcneil, Mrs. 3. P. Bacon and
Mrs. Burt Dudley. Ladies attending
at the other tables were Mrs. F'reder-
lex Baldwin, Mrs. Alton Chidsey, Mrs.
S. L. Salisbury, Mrs. William A. War
ner, Mrs. F. H. Hemingway, Mrs
Frank Fowler, Miss Alice Bond, Mrs
Charles Daley, Miss Minnie Goodsell,
Mrs. Russell, Mrs. John Hewitt, Mrs.
Doty, Mrs. Huntley. Mrs. E. A. john
son, Mrs. L. L. Bradley, Mrs. George
! Kelley, Mrs. Albert Bradley, Mrs.
Daniel Williams, Mrs. Joseph Wiper,
Mrs. Arthur Brown, Mrs. e. H. Rowe,
Mrs. Hattie Simpson, Mrs. Fl. D..
Franklin, Miss Matte Adams, Mrs.
James Woodhouse, Miss Grace Roberts,
Mrs. Marie Augur, Mrs. Henderson,
Mrs. Lucius S. Ludington, Miss Lena
Thomas, Mrs. James Nelson, Mrs. H.
F. Arthur, Mrs. Leverett P. Clarke,
! Mrs. George Thompson.
/ The auditorium was handsomely dec
Grated about the platform with palms,
ferns and roses. This work was under
the direction of Mrs. Charles Kelsey.
Edwin G. Russell of Dwight Place
church and Frederick T. Persons of
I the United church were elected new
members.
J The speaker of the evening was. the
Rev. Albert J. Lyman, D. D., pastor
of the South church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
DR.. Lyman has church Of 1900 MEM
bers and has been it's pastor for twen-
ty years. His subject last evening was
1.-The Type of Congregationalism in the
Future" He said in part:
"Congregatonalism is not the best
form of church order for all people.
Any forecast as to the type Of coming
ongregationalism, If it is to be scien-
tific, must have main respect to two
inquiries: First, What Is the radical
genus of Congregationalisn in the
past? Second, How is this radical
temper likely to be affected by the new
conditions of the present day?
1.-THE Congregationalism of the future
must be an evolution from the Congre-
gationalism of the past. The cardinal
principle of our order is always and
to the end a unity, made out Of a dual
ity. 1t is not independency pure and
simple, nor is it fellowship pure and