The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-02
ST. PAUL'S P. E. CHURCH
SEVENTY-PIFTH ANNIVERSARY
 CELEBRATED LAST NIGHT.

Large Congregation Present-HistO- rieaI Address by Bishop Lines of Dio- eese of Newark-Bishop Brewster and Bishop Van Buren, of Porto Rico Also Present.
 The seventy-fifth anniversary of the conseeratien of St. Pauls church took place last night, when special services were held and a short historical ad- dress was delivered by the Very Rev. Edwin s. Lines. bishop Of the diocese of Newark, N. J., for many years rec tor of St. Paurs church. There was a very large attendance of the mem bers of the congregation, and also many others who are interested in the welfare of the parish. Among the clergy present were Bishop Brewster of this state and Bishop Van Buren of Porto Rico; Rev. Dr. Baker, Rev. Stewart Means, and the Rev. Messrs! Beardsley, Knight, Perry, Bell, Van In-
  by, Burroughs and Thomas. After the service in the church reception was held in the parish house. when several hundred people took the op- portunity offered of again meeting with Bishop Lines. The ladies of the congregation also served tea and other refreshments.
 Bishop Lines address was of a very interesting nature. and was intently listened to by the large congregation. He said when he left St. Paul's he did not attempt ito give a farewell sermon, because he hoped some day to come back and tell them a story of the church's history. Bishop Lines began by telling the early history of St. PauFs church. He spoke very highly of the famous Rev. Harry Croswell of Trinity church, and the part he took in the formation of St. PauPs. The strength of the Episcopal church in New Haven at that time rested large " with Dr. Croswell. In 1929 the cor ner stone of the chapel, which was the first beginning of St. Paul's, was laid. The occasion was made much of, and a description said that the streets were crowded with people and that the music was very respectable. Fifteen years afbsr that St. Paurs chapel had become so strong that it began to as- sert it's independence. a course which was not altogether approved by Dr. Crosswell. -.
 Bishop Lines further spoke of the on- ward and upward progress of the church, of the many men, good and true, who had taken an interest in it's growth and welfare. of the financial condition of the past, and how it had been established on a firm foundation by the bequests which had been, made by many generous and Christian peo- pie. .-.... -
 The semi-centennial was day to be remembered, he said. The venera- able Bishop Williams was present, and was able to tell the congregation that the debts of the church had been wip- ed out, and surplus of $12.5S left. He ssssasse of ttas alterations that had been made on the church during his rector ship, of those who had ably assisted him in the ministerial work of the parish, of what had been gathered for domestic. foreign and diocesan mis- sions, the building of All Saints mis- sion, the installation of a new organ, the choir and music, the various or ganizations, including the Sunday school, all of whom, he said, had done a great deal towards strengthening the work of St. Pauls church. The Sunday school, he said, ha drendered a great service both to the children and to the community of New Haven. He paid high compliment to Benjamin R. English, who has always taken such an active interest in the church's work. Tn conclusion he said the real story of the church's history could not be told in any historical sketch. If the names of the many good men and women of St. PauPs were not written iii the books of men they would be written in Gods book of remembrance. If dim in the minds of men, they would not be dim iii the eyes of the Master whom they served, and their voices would be heard as the voice of a great multitude, as the voice of many wa fers, singing "Hallaluiah, the Lord omnipotent doth reign.''
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