The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-13
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
DEAN SANDERS AT THE UNION
 SERVICE.

Second Sermon in United COngrega- tiOnaI C0urse-FuneraI of William IT. POtter--J. H. FOOte, Superintendent of Commonwealth Power Company fin This Gity-Other Items of Interest. The second in the series of Union
 Evangelical services, a union of the congregational churches of Fair Haven, was held in Pilgrim church last even
 ing. large congregation assembled. | The preliminary services were under | the direction of the pastor, Rev. R. E. | Brown. The early services was of prayer and praise. There were several prayers by members from the Pilgrim l church at the Grand avenue Congre- | gational church, with familiar hymns by the choir and congregation. The musical service was as follows: Pre-
 Jude Hymn of the Nuns,'' Lefebure-
 Willy; offertory, soprano solo, Suffer
 Little Children to Come Unto Me"
 Hewitt (by reauesD; anthem, Tn
 Dreams I Heard the Seraphim,' Faure; postlude in D, Scotsson-Clarke.
 The preacher was Dean Frank K.
 Sanders of Yale university. He said | that a deep religious movement seemed | sweeping over the coutry and there was a great moral obligation resting
 upon this people. 4,a&
 John came in the wilderness pro-
 claiming, Repent ye, for the kingdom ! of Heaven is at hand No nation in
 the world ever had the testing as did
 the Jewish people and yet they were l always faithful This appeal was a
 call for service. John had no sooner sounded this call from the dessert than throngs of men and women responded l and asked What shall we do?' The | kingdom of God is always at hand. The l kingdom of God is at hand for those | who have never consecrated their life
 to God. A life is very disjointed which does not realize this friendship with
 who have never realize this life as it we should in this life until this friend- ship with God is ours. The Kingdom
 of heaven is not only at hand for those
 who have never realizel this life, as it
 is for those who are children of God.
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 the entire church. John called the peo-
 pie to repentance and to a new conse-
 cration of life. There were people from every quarter and yet John had just one message for them all: Repent
 ye. for the Kingdom of God is at hand
 It is simple enough-repentance It is
 turning from sin, from life of
 selfishness. to the life of Christ. It is
 for blessed gospel reason-that His full work may prevail among us. Why should we not take the keenest pleasure
 in living the largest life that we can live. It means the largest measure of Christian union. This repentance is a
 change that must be thoroughgoing. To
 many this repentance is superficial It
 is as if one bought ticket for Boston
 and he should get off at Cedar Hill
 We should have q repentance that will
 change entirely our standard of life. Are we using our resources for the up-
 building of the Kingdom of God? What g is the standard of real repentance? We
 must try to enter gladly into His fell s lowship and into His life. This repent \ ance is an opportunity-it is an outlook. All our hymns are mournful. There
 is no reason for that note of mournful-
 ness, It should be rather with a note
 of joy because 1t is to become child
 of the Kingdom. It is an era of hope
 fulness and joy and fitness of exper-
 fence. This repentance leads to a life
 of consecration. There is need for
 everyone of us as we look forward to season of grace, for personal conse-
 eration. This repentance is not a mere
 impulsive movement; it is a change of habit, a readjustment of life. 0 shall not the voice that comes to us tonight be like a great flood tide that sets our bark afoat?'
 ' It was a fine sermon and listened tc } with attentive interest. It was an 7 nounced that the next of these unior ? services would be held next Sunday } evening at the Grand avenue Congre. } gational church. ! ; A delightful surprise party was ten, dered Master Walter Blau at his home 251 Atwater street on Thursday even 3 ing. The evening was spent in games music and jolly good time all round until early morning. At 10 p. m. a f1nf : spread was served by Mrs. Blau whicf U was enjoyed by all Among those pres r ent were the Misses Hattie Rice, Heller : Olive Sarles, Kittie Magoveny, Leal l Orgler, M. Ricketts. M. Dixon, M g Sarles, M. Bottume, M. Lonergan, Wal ] ter Blau, Ernest Moeller, Gustave En : gel, John Lunsbury, Frank Rice, Pau " Martin, Raymond Sarles, Frank How y lett. William Stone, Arthur Engel, Schmidt, and c. Bottume. .. o The funeral of William H. Potter O South Front street was largely attend
 ed yesterday afternoon at the Eas
 Pearl street M. E. church, the Rev. E
 c. Tullar officiating. MT. Tullar spok :. 1 most highly of the departed, referring to his conversion in 1885, under the ad
 ministration of Rev. Edward Cunning . ham and joining the East Pearl stree church the same year. He was an hon 3 ored trustee of the church at the tim of his death and for many years pre- , | vious and in his death the church los one of it's most valued members. H
 spoke of his noble heart which alway
 responded in case or need and to hi
 generosity at all times He referred t = his happy Christian life ever since hi
 conversion, of his great help to tn \ church and to the loss to his relative f and the entire community in his death
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