The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-08
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS.
REV. c. c. SMITHS SERMON ON
 "SPRINGTIDE HERALDS.n

Dr. sneath Preached in Place of Rev.
 R. E. Brown-MOnthly Meeting of
 the Mems Club This Evenin9--An-
 nOuncement of Marrlagc--Meeting of
 Fair Haven Lodge No. 2, Degree of
 Honor To-nigbt--Other Items of In-
 terest.
 Rev. Charles G. Smith, pastor of the Grand Avenue Baptist church, deliver ed fine sermon yesterday morning on "springtide Heralds." The text was in Jeremiah S:7: Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord" He said, in part:
 The first part of this chapter of Jer emiah sounds like grim paragraph from. war correspondent. It speaks of bones, refuse, graves, death, and is a vivid picture of the awful nemesis about to fall upon an apostate nation. All of which came too true when the warriors of Chaldea and Babylon rav- aged their country, demolished their tombs for hidden treasure and scatter ed the bones of their noble dead. It seems a far cry to this feudal holo- caust, but it breathes a potential mes- sage for this very hour of the living present. Sin and godlessness and op- pression shall not go unpunished. The day of judgment and of justice and retribution will surely come to each and to all.
 "It is unacceptable. Sin, intrenched by power and money, thwarts justice to-day, and the judgments of earth are often miserable travesties. Witness the recent case against a prominent cafe in this city, Surely justice de- manded what she has been cheated out of, namely, imprisonment and license confiscation. Compare this With the case of che starving wretch who was recently imprisoned for a month for stealing a loaf of bread and three ap- ples. As 1t was in the days of Jere- miah, so shall 1t be to-day; judgment fell at last. God was not mocked and men reaped what they had sown. Thank God for that, and let us be- ware.
 Tn the middle of this chapter we pass to the peaceful words of our text, in which is taught, from migratory birds, the eternal lessons of obedience, trust and service. It is an illustration of Wordsworth's phrase: Hark! how blithe the throstle sings. He, too, is no mean preacher We do well to look and listen and learn from the feather ed songsters of the sky. They know when to come and go They know where to go and the way, and show their wisdom by obedience to the moni- tions of their Maker Let us offer Burkes prayer: Teach me, o lark, with thee to greatly rise, to exalt my soul and lift it to the skies. Let us live the life of purity, goodness and faith in God. Then shall it be well with us, and the blessing of God shall be our unfading portion.'
 At the close of the sermon the com muion service was held and the pastor welcomed two new members into the church. In the evening MT. Smith preached in exchange with Rev. Dr. Lent, of the First Baptist church.
 At the Grand Avenue Congregational church last evening the pastor, Rev. Dr. Sheath, preached in exchange with Rev. R. E. Brown, pastor of Pilgrim church.
 This evening at 8 o'clock there will be held the monthly meeting of the Mems club in the parlors of the Grand Avenue Congregational church, and the address will be given by Fei Chi Hao, a native of China and a graduate stu dent at Yale, who will give an interest," ing account of his people and the changes now going on in that country. The Alpha quartette will furnish the music.
 Quite a number from this church will attend the April meeting of the New Haven branch of the woman's board of missions in the Center church chapel tomorrow afternoon at o'clock, when Miss Mary Kinney, of Adabazar, west ern Turkey, will speak on Touring in Bithynia."
 The marriage of Miss Pearl, daugh- ter of William Swan, to John Graden,