Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-11
REVIEWED EVENTS.
Dr. Davenport Called Up Experience
 of Past Year.

In his sermon yesterday Dr Daven- port reviewed the events of the year in all parts of the world. Referring to local matters, he said: @
 assWith our own city the past year has been one of unprecedented and in. part of most trying experiences. We cannot forget the action of one of our labor unions which resulted in untoFI bitterness of feeling, in fierce riot, in the invasion of our streets by the heartily welcomed troops of the state, in deadly assault and in murder itself. The tale Is terrible one, which we shrink from recalling. 1t gave our city a reputation which 1t did not real ly deserve, but which flew across the continent and around the world until Everywhere Waterbury was q syn onym of disorder and contention anu peril of limb and lifei But there Is principle embedded in society to tnls effect, that through the very reaction, evil tends to eventuate good. The strike, as a means of securing allegea rights, will not again be so much es- teemed even as 1t was before. and that was but little among the people 0r our city. That it has resulted in radical changes of opinion and of. action among us is evident. That the reyoiu- 
 Of its direct results is unQuestio That business men tried and trusted, having no interests of their own to subserve except as these are the inter- ests of the city, have thus been brought to the front. and with the full conii- dence of all classes and parties among us. are to manage our municipal af- fairs. this Is something for which to ' 3 truly grateful. Surely, the crabbed and unsightly tree bears noble fruit, undreamed by those who planted ana nurtured it. A peculiar responsibility rests upon Us all to stand by those WnO not as partisans, but as citizens, Will endeavor to secure among us the right administration of affairs, the enforce ment of righteous law, the good Of all the community, the redemption Of the past so far as this was undesirable, the establishment of better future than our city has before looked for ward to. In spite of all the draw backs. the year has been one of pros perity among us, in which almost all the people have shared. There has been work for all and adequate com pensation for toil. Other things than business have thrived. Those humanl- tartan and philanthropic institutions which exist among us have been active in the accomplishment of their ends. The schools have shown high grade of effort and of scholarship. The pub lie library has been fountain of light and truth whose streams have flowed through all the community. The re. finements of life have entered many or our homes, and all that tends to beauti- fy existence and ennoble human nature has been increasingly manifest among us. Since l have known Waterbury, the number seeking the higher ednca- tion and fitting themselves for business as well as professional careers by the broader training, has very largely IT, creased, a fact suggestive of ater- bury's present and future growth Ill worthy ways And In all this, lovers of our city must rejoice. A remarka- ble harmony has existed and been shown among the churches of our city during the year. Steps are being taken fo make this all the more manifest.