Connecticut western news., 1910-06-30

serves the coming F0urth. They are go- ing to have plenty of fun right ill their own bailiwick, and it's going to be en- gineered by the East Canaan baseball team, that jolly aggregation of up to- date young men who know so we'll how to entertain, and who are leaving no stone unturned to make the Fourth a joyful occasion for their home people.
 The program for the day com prises two baseball games that have long been looked forward to with interest. The boys have been saving the best for the Fourth. At 1O:30 o'clock that morning. after the small boy and his granddad have finished burning up their firecrack- CTS the Torrington Y. NJ. O. A. baseball aggregation will cross bats on Steven $ meadow with the East Canaan boys. The batting order subject to change when game is called, if found desirable, follows:
 Torrington-C. F. Williamson, D and fielder; W. kilmartin. pand fielder; F. Case, ss; J. Lehman, fielder; w. Hogan. c; J. Holleran, fielder; GusE which fields these several men may take is matter yet to be arranged) A. Breton, ss. or 2b; T. Qninn, 1b; O, Herpeck, 3b; W. Hoff- man, D; M. 0. Mccarthy, D. This team is regarded as the fastest that has played here this season. The above list con- prises the full team from which the leading nine players will be selected, and those in reserve will be substituted as necessity requires. The final posi- tions each is u play will be assigned the day of the game.
 East Canaan team expects to bat in the following order, subject to revision should 1t become necessary on the day of the game: W. Sweeney. c; D. Foley. 1b; M. Foley 2b O. R. Tierney, p; O. Bills. 3b; L. Feathers. If; P. Feathers, p or If; H. Feathers, ss; J. Casey, of.
 Fred Smeltz of Norwalk, will umpire.
 A second game will be played at 3 D. m., which promises to be fully as inter- esting as the one of the morning.
 In the evening there will be public dance at the village hall under the aus pices of the baseball team, So wind up the celebration.
 Turner and Decker's orchestra of Lakeville, will furnish the music for dancing, The dance card will be made up of waltz and two-step.
 The Church Treasury
 The Rev. Charles W, Hanna at the Congregational church Sunday gave all interesting talk on "The Church Treas ury" in which he voiced these sensible expressions:
 "A church can no more succeed with out Treasury, than can mill, or fac tory, or workshop. or farm or store. Church edifices can neither be built nor maintained without money. Light, heat, and many other necessary things need money. No self-respecting congregation will fail to give true attention to the Church Treasury, which means the sup port of the church in all it's work. All the benevolences of the church, home missions and foreign mission, all de pend on the church treasury. The en tire conversion of the world is reduced to a matter of dollars and cents.
 "Whenever men become willing tC part with their money, for the sake of Christianity-to give cheerfully in His name, and for love of Him; that which they value most-such is 8 true sign tC the Saviour, that He is to such 'chiei among ten thousand, and the One altogether lovely
 Amy church which suffers its sanctu ary to fall into neglect; it's benevolence' to languish, has no love for Jesus, what ever they may profess In every place in all time, the treasury of the churcf measures the lave of the vo shipper fol the Saviour. Giving is the measure O. our love for Christ.
 An offering from every member o, the congregation, every Sunday morn ing, would be revolution ill churcl work; the windows of heaven would b' opened and temporal and spiritual bless ings would descend upon the individua givers beyond their capacity to receive them.
 "Our giving and all other acts of wor ship, will be judged not by the amount we give, nor tho professions we make but by the spirit, the motive whicl prompts our giving and doing.
 'A noted divine was once asked i Church benevolences, this contiuua appeal for money, was not offensive tc some people? His reply was: Tell suci to go to Calvary and look on that Cross on Him who hung there bleeding, sui fering. dying; gaze on that scene unti they get an idea of what sacrifice means and then let them make their otferin uccordingIy.'