The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-16

street. Sunday afternoon. The child was
 three years of age and died of tumor
 of the stomach.
 Rev. F. H. Divine, secretary or the Connecticut Baptist convention, sup
 piled the pulpit of the Grand Avenue Baptist church Sunday morning and evsning. In the morning he gave an outline of the work being done by the society, and collection for this object
 was taken. He said the work of the state convention was evangelistic. Thsre are four or five German churches in the sate and the convention is as sisting the Bridgeport church. In the northeastern part of the state, assist anee is being given the French missions in Putnam, DanieIson and GrosYernor- dale Four missionaries are working among the Swedish people. He spoke of the loss to the Swedish church in this city by the removal in a few days of its pastor to New York. A new chap el for the Swedish Baptists in Water bury is being built and is to be dedi- cated in July. It will cost S14. .00O There are three colored Baptist churches in . He SIlllOA I1dA ford, which had fifty baptisms last year,
 is being aided. They were carrying a
 debt of s1,S00 at eight percent. The
 convention gave some assistance and the dgbt has been reduced to s49S. There is small fund controlled by the con vention, set apart for work among the colored churches and missions. There are five Italian missions and ten sta- lions. The convention supports an { Italian missionary in Waterbury, and 1 he is also ssrying stations in Bristol and Torrington. Mir. Divine spoke of
 the Italian mission which meets at the I City missions in this city Sunday after l moons, and of the movement for the ll building of a chapel for this work. He \ said that besides the work among the foreign missions and churches, the con- lvention is aiding twenty American
 churches. It employs an evangelist, MT.
 Baker, who is doing an excellent work.
 A coIportsur has been appointed and a
 wagon provided for his travel about the state. Mir. Divine said that he perform
 ed evangelistfc work himself about the
 state for twelve or fourteen weeks each year. The sum of $1,000 has been givea ito the Swedish chapel in Waterbury
 and 1t was proposed to aid the chape : fund of the Italian mission in this city yl to a like amount. The convention alsc aided in reducing the debts of tat churches. Some of the best churche, X in the state were monuments of tht
 work of the Baptist convention Tn !, Baptist churches of the state expendeS i last year 22,000, and there were 90 a baptisms The convention work for tn,
 same time had cost s10,000 and ther' were 232 baptisnls, There had beer added to the field workers one evan ]. gelist, one colporteur and two mission . aries for the Italian woark.
 Announcement is made of the mar ! riage in New York May 10 of Henr, r Christian Seydel and Miss Geneviey l Carolin Horsfall Mir. and Mrs. Seyd's i, will return in about ten days from thei
 bridal tour, and are now in Virginia They will reside at 114 Exchange stree a in a home already furnished. MT. Sey Y del is employed at the office of the Sc ' curity Insurance company.
 In the place at the Tuesday evenin prayer meeting at the East Pearl Stree e I'M. E. church, Rev. E. C. c HT,iullar wi e give an illustraed lecture on Africa" z, The chautauqua circle met last ever \ ing at the home of L.. J. Bristol in Ex }, lchange street.