The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-22
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
REV. CHARLES G. SMITH ON
 UNIVERsAL PEACE"

The New Haven Congregational Club Meeting To-night-Deaths of Mrs. William G. Harvey-Mrs. BaIlingtOn Booth Coming to New Haven-FOrt Hale Lodge stnI Gaining in numbers Church, Lodge and Social News. Universal Peace was the topic of the sermon delivered last evening at the Grand avenue Baptist church the the pastor, Rev Charles G. Smith. The topic was suggested by the recent peace conference in New York in which MT. Smith was much interested. The text chosen was Blessed are the peacemak- CTS, for ther shall be chosen the chil. dren of God" MT. Smith said in part:
 "These matchless words, spoken on the hillside by Jesus nearly 2,O00 years ago, are known as the seventh beauti- tude, the crown and glory of the oc- tave of blessings with which Jesus in- augurated His mission of peace All seven spring from one root, humility of spirit and love to God and man. The influence of these potential words has been deepening and widening during all the ages that have intervened to this hour and only yesterday they received striking illustration of fulfllment. I refer to those remarkable and epoch
  making meetings held in Carnegie hall, New York under the auspices of the National Arbitration and Peace Asso- citation, Andrew Carnegie being the president and moving spirit of 1t all. These delegates from the various coun- | tries of Europe here combined with American statesmen in conferring as to 1 ways and means to bringing about uni- versal peace, on the basis of practical equity, righteousness and brotherhood. This conference is bound to have far reaching effect and unless all signs fail i the second international conference, soon to be held at the great peace pal ace, at The Hague, will bring things to pass which will prove Co be the be- i ginning e the end of carnage and brut- al blood shedding between so-called Christian nations. Wars will not all cease till the millennium, that Is sure; but they will be righteous wars waged by men of God for peace and liberty.
 T believe that tho peace society to be effective must recognize God and crown him Lord of all, thus must make the precepts of the Bible their funda- mental basis, and they must make the religion of Jesus-that is, moral and 1 spiritual rlghteousness-their propa- ganda. Then shall the war drums throb no longer and the battle flags be furled, in the parliament of man, the federation of the world
 l The New Haven Congregational club will hold It's April meeting at the Grand avenue Congregational church this eve ming. At 6:3O the ladies guild will serve supper in the large Sunday school room of the church and preparations have been made to provide entertain ment for about 200 at the tables. This will be followed by a social hour and at 8 o'clock the club will assemble in the auditorium of the ahuseh to listen to an address on Our Changing Social | Conditions by Prof. George L, White of Smith college, Northampton, Mass. The Nevin ladies quartet will render several selections It is expected that 4 this meeting will be largely attended.
 The death of Mrs. William O. Harvey took place at her home, 635 Quinniplac avenue, Saturday. She was member of the First Baptist church, and the pastor Rev. pr. Lent, and Rev. Charles c. Smith, will officiate at the | funeral services to take place at her late residence Tuesday at 2:S0 p. m.
 Members of the various societies of the Kings Daughters of Fair Haven will be interested to know that Mrs Ballngton Booth, head of the Volunteer movement of America, will speak at the Trinity M. E. church on the evening of May 16 This Is to be held on the day of the annual meeting of the New Ha- ven union of Kings Daughters.
 With the temperature down to 2S yesterday morning 1t was not very balmy day. While the wind did not blow as hard as on Saturday when its speed was thirty miles an hour, old boreas was still on deck
 Frederick Crockett of the F'oxon dis trict has returned from Seattle, Wash, after stay of two months.
 Next Thursday evening members of the Outlook club of the Grand avenue Baptist church will attend meeting of the Mems club of the Howard avenue Baptist church and will participate In a debate on the question Resolved, That labor unions are a benefit to the working man." At meeting held in