The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-19

Rev. Charles G. Smith Resumes Preach
 ing at Baptist Church After Absence
 of Two Weeks-s4O0 Raised by the
 Church to Clear or Floating Debt
 H. B. Lancraft Leaves Estate of s1s,-
 ooo--Yale Athlete Speaks Before W.
 c. II. U.--Other Items. H'|S
 Services ushering in the celebration of the seventy-dfth anniversary of the Grand avenue Congregational church were held yesterday and were largely attended. On Tuesday evening meeting and the topic Spiritual Awaking in Connection with This Church yesterday.
 Tn the morning pr. Sheath spoke on Fair Haven and the Quinnipiac' and said in part:
 Two hundred and sixty-six years ago a vessel guided by Gods own hand as was said at that time, came into wonder harbor. For more than one hundred years the fairest spot of New Haven was unoceupied, but later a village grew up which took the name John Davenport gave to it, the name of Fair Haven. The growth was not a rapid one. In 1907 about 150 people. Tn 1885 there were 1,059 of which 572 were on the west side, All on the east side and IS on, Cedar Hill. In 1s45 there were about 2109. It is very noticeable that after the erection of a church edi- flee the growth was more rapid. Cap- tain Granrlis gave the plot of ground where the Strong school now stands, and historical documents assure us that the presence of the church was an impetus to the new homes and res dents. It Is worthy of note that the church and school stood side by side the value of religion and education to our nation in it's development.
 The conditions one hundred years ago were not unlike those of to-day in some particulars. There was an indif- ference to the Sabbath and church go- ing. Men toiled and sought pleasure, and the Quinnipiac, more beautiful than it appears to-day, witnessed the boat upon its bosom on the Lords day. As the revival of 1907 brought about changes so is there a need of a revival to-day to the same end.
 'Important changes have taken place in the last twenty-five years. The for eigner is here. What he needs is not criticism nor the cold shoulder. He needs vital gospel and it is a part of this church's duty to give. it to him."
 The buildings erected by the Grand avenue Congregational church and the society connected herewith are the fol- lowing: In 1880 a church edifice on the ground where the Strong school now stands. A chapel opposite the church on Perkins street in 1S47, which was later removed and still later turned in to a dwelling house on Middletown ave- nue. The church edifice, which now' stands between Bright and Atwater streets on Grand avenue in 1853. The front portion of the edifice which in-. cludes the chapel, parlor, etc., in 1878. The present property is valued at $50,- GOO.
 The following persons united with the Grand avenue Congregational church more than fifty years ago and are mem- bers to-day: 1882, Ann M. Talmadge Blair; 1889, Mary A. Curtis Russell; 1841, Maria p. Seeley Barnes; 1S47, Eliza A. Potter Blakeslee, 1S4S; Arietta Pot ter Harrison; 1S49, Margaret L. Grannis Adams, Emily l.. Thompson Culver, Ceiestia A. ,Hutchins Sanford, Jane A. Maltby Stevens, Sarah Maltby Morris, Harriet l.. Ludington Rowe, Mary l.. Mallory Lindsley, Mary l.. Lanfair; 1851 Charlotte E. Rowe Thompson; 1852, Rev. Burdett Hart; 1853, Charlotte A. Lanoraft Futile, Mary A. Turner Pierpont; 1854, Henry J. Stevens, Mary E, Riley, Ellen M. Farren Maltby.
 At the Grand avenue Baptist ehurct