The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-18
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 TuIIar-Seryices at Baptist Church. Principal of Strong School HI.
 An important meeting of the Wo-
 mans Missionary society of the Meth
 odist churches of New Haven was held
 at the East Pearl street M. E. church
 yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Henry Wade
 Rogers, the president, presided. In
 the absence of Mrs. Richards the sec-
 retary, Miss Egglestone filled the posi-
 tion for this feeting. The business ses-
 sion was preceded by devotional ex-
 ercises, with prayer by Rev. B. c.
 TKullar, the reading of the Scriptures
 by Miss Main of Buffalo and singing of
 hymns.
 Mrs. dagger, the mite box secretary,
 received the boxes, ninety-five in all,
 with contributions amounting to $35.46.
 It was the annual meeting for the re- turn of these mite boxes. The subject discussed at this meeting was the es- | publishing of deaconess' home in this | city. Rev. T. l.. Price of the Summer | field church spoke on the deaconesses' ! work, showing what a power for good | these homes had been wherever they were established. He advocated the work here and said it would yield an | abundant harvest for the cause of the church and religion.
 An address along similar lines was
 fade by Miss Jennie Corbin, one of the l field deaconesses and organizes of the | work under the auspices of the nation-
 al home missionary society of the M. E. church. A story on the mite boxes was read by Miss Parsons of Trinity church. I The meeting was very interesting and the members present were given a brief history of the deaeonesses' work. | It is the intention of the society to es- tablish deaconesses' home, and it is l expected that the M. D. church will aid in the support of the deaconesses. Rev. Robert E. Brown has been at- tending 8 convention in Boston. | The Light bearers, a children's so- ciety in the East Pearl street church, met at the home of their leader, Mrs. F. J Mansfield of Quinnipiac avenue Thursday afternoon and were pleasant | ly entertained. There were fifteen pres ent. There were recitations, singing | and refreshments were served, giving the little ones very pleasant after | noon. Next Tuesday evening the Windmere
 Tennis club will holdoa meeting at the | office of pr. Doolittie.
 The cast has been removed from AL fred Writings leg, which was fractur- ed last October, and he expects to be | able to be out soon. taS Rev. F. c. Tullar delivered lecture on the Holy Land in Mfddletown Thurs day evening. *e5 , | The remains of the late Mrs. Elliott Andrews Of Shelter street were taken to Springfield for burial yesterday af- ternoon. At the Grand avenue Congregational church on Sunday at tO:S0 a. m. preach | ing by the pastor, Dr. Sheath, and the theme '"rhe Greatest Tragedy in His tory" Sunday school at noon and at SIS D. m. the Y. P. s. c. E. meeting. At 7:3O o'clock evening worship, song service and sermon; song sheet with pictorial illustrations of the sermon ! given to those who are present. Subject of hymns and discourse Conversions
 by the Walside.' Tuesday evening
 prayer and conference meeting and the | topic ''The Progress of the Soul.' A special meeting for prayer will be held
 in the ladies' parlor of this church on 1 Sunday morning next at 10:S0.
 Rev. George Marston of Newton Cen | ter, Mass, will preach at the Grand avenue Baptist church Sunday morning and evening.
 l Dr. H. B, Rising of South Glaston- bury visited relatives here yesterday. He is secretary of the Glastonbury
 Business Mems association and came down to attend the Business Mems ex-
 position in this city.
 { A daughter has been born to MT. and Mrs. Bert Kanahan of Quinnipiac ave-
 nue.
 1 Several members Of Quinnipiac Fire company went to Milford last evening {, to attend dance given by Arctic En- zine company.
 7; MT. and Mrs. c. K. Wedmore of Quin-
 nipiac avenue are entertaining MT. and
 Mrs. Hugh S. orem of Baltimore. ! Principal Sherman I. Graves of
 Strong school was detained from school | duties yesterday by an attack of the
 grip.
 l Ransom Russell of Front street is | confined to his home from the effects
 of a fall.
 Steamer Emily Mansfield has arriv- ed from Providence with oysters. The oyster steamer Spark, owned by c. D. Parmelee of 93 Front street, is sunk at Stevens wharf in the Quinni- piac river. The steamer probably in- jured the planking in going through the ice and some time during the night she filled with water and went down. She lies in about fourteen feet of wa ter and nothing is visible of the boat but the top of the pilot house and the smokestacks. The boat was undergoing repairs.
 AFTER SYLVAN LINGO.