The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-20
SERVICE OF ORDINATION.
REE. MR, HOWELL ADMITTED
 INTO MINISTRY.

At United Church Last Evening-Has
 Becn Acting as Assistant at That
 Church-Grnduate of BeloIt College
 and Yale Divinity school-Chargc by
 Dean Porter of Divinity School and
 Right Hand eff Fellowship by Dr.
 Newman smyth--Rev. Benjamin Ba-
 con's sermon on Speaking With
 Authority.
 At United church on the green last evening the service of ordination of the Rev. Wilfrid Asa Powell into the Christian ministry, was held. Rev. MT Rowell has been assistant pastor of United church for some time past.
 The ecclesiastical council met in the afternoon for the purpose of passing upon the qualifications of the applicant. Rev. Daniel J. Clark of East Haven, aus the oldest minister present in point of service read the call for the meeting and thereupon Rev William J. Mutch of the Howard avenue Congregational church this city, was chosen moderator and Rev. Jason Pierce of Davenport church, scribe The council accepted Rev. Mir. Rowell's credentials, shoWl1g that he was graduated from Beloit COT lege with the degree of A. E. In lS9S' received his bachelor of divinity de- oraa from Yale in 1903 and has been liz censed to preach by the New Haven as- sociation of Congregational minister's Trnon examination MT, Rowell was fonnd to be an eminently satisfactory candidate and was unanimously ac- cepted. r1.,,,. M whitney delivered the invocation, after which Rev. oscar E. Maurer read the scripture lesson
 Rev. Benjamin w, Bacon, D, F., de- 1ivered the dedication sermon, having as his topic the words Speak With au- thority" This subject he applied to the Christian ministry and especially to. the candidate entering upon II. lie smoke of the need of authority Tn the church to-day and the various kinds or authority There were two, he said which should enter into the life of the minister, the authority arising m hlm as the representative of God and also that derived through the line of apostles and preachers that have gone before.
 Rev. Lewis Brastow, D. D., followed with the prayer of ordination, after which Rev. Frank c. Porter, D. D., dean of the Yale divinity school deliY- cred the charge to the Christian minis try. His especial thought was con- nected with the minister's relation with that body of people, increasing in his opinion, who should be in the church; people in all walks of life, in cluding the highest, people of high nor al and ethical standards, who neYerthe- less do not attend church finding that they cannot, as they think, accept the creeds of any of the churches. They believe in Christ as leader but are not in the church
 The charge urged the preacher to strive to win people to the church through character, as that was the true way, and those that did not re- spond to that appeal could not follow Christ because they would not.
 Rev. Dr. Newman smyth of Center church gave the right hand of fellow ship. He said that it was customary to have some minister more nearly the applicants own age to perform that act of welcome and it seemed a little out Of the usual for him whose ministry was drawing to a close to perform that office His welcome was strong and hearty one.
 In closing the service Rev. MT. Row ell delivered the benediction.
 Rev. Jason Pierce of Davenport church presided at the organ in the ab- sence of the regular organist.