The Press., 1911-01-11

Vest Friday evening, at the praye meeting, the pastor subject will b.
 "Ohrist and Nicodemus.
 ORDINATION OF MISS JONES.
 The ordination of Miss Marian
 Hastings Jones to the Christian mia
 istry, and her installation to the pas
 t,rate of the Staffordville Oongrega
 tional church Monday evening, was g
 very unususl and impressive service,
 Miss Jones has bsen the acting pastor
 of this church for the plst year, en.
 dearing herself to the entire oomrnu-
 nifty by her earnest Christian purpose
 and sweet personality. In response
 to the invitations issued, the follow
 ing churches were represented in the
 council, whic1 convened at p. m. :
 Congregational church of Stafford
 Springs, Rev. R. c Clapp, Dea. F..
 J. Chandler; Congregational church
 of West Stafford. Rev J. W. Ballan-
 tine, Carl Bradway; Congregational
 church of Rockville. Rev. 0. B. Mo
 Kinlsy, Miss Flora D. Whiton; Con-
 gregatioual church of Ellington, Rev.
 D E Jones, Rev. Silas M. Perry i;
 Oongreg ational church of Talcott.
 vile, w. E, Tillinghast; Congrega-
 tional church of Vernon, A. A. Mar
 quardt, acting pastor, W. o. Griggs; CoDRreg ational church of Union, Rev.
 H F Graham; Congregational church
 of Poland, Rev R. M. French, Dea
 Lewis E. P,ioe; First Church of
 Christ of Hartford Congregational,
 Rev. R. H. Potter, D. D.; Park
 Church of Hartford Congregational
 Rev. 0 F. Garter, Rev. 0. s. Thay
 CT, Ph. D. t; President Marion L. Bur-
 ton, D D of Smith college; Rev Joel Ives, cretary Connt cticut
 Missionary society; Rev. H A. Blake
 of Hartford, formerly of Stafford
 Springs; Samuel W. Raymond, SEC
 retary Connecticut Bible society l;
 Dea. Andrew Kingsbnry of North Coventry. member of Holland county
 advis ory committee. The roll showed
 that 8 sj1rity of those invited were present Aftsr prayer by the moder- ator the church clerk read the records
 of the church preparatory to the call-
 ing of the council. Rev. George A.
 Grant, pastor of the Methodist church at Stafford Springs, Rev. Albert B.
 Todd, pastor of the Baptist church at Stafford Hcllow. and Rev. A. Arnold
 Ross, pastor of the Universalist church at Stafford Hollow, were invited to sit as corresponding members of the council The records of the church as to the call of Miss Jones to the pas- torate and with reference to calling the council were approved. Her OCT, tifioate of memb ership in Park church.
 Hartford, aud of licensure by the Tol.
 land County Ministerial association were read, and votsd satisfactory
 Miss Jones made a statement of re- ligious experience, purpose in seeking ordination, and of her religious ex- perienoes and training. Questions were asked according to the roll
 When the council was by itself the chair was directed to appoint a oom- mittee to draw up form of motion with reference to further procedure
 Dr. Potter, MT. Mckinley and Presi- dent Burton were appointed as the committee The following report of the committee was accepted and adopted: ''The council has heard the full statement made by the candidate of her religious experience. It has heard also the statement of her edu oational equipment, including her full course at Smith college and her varied experience in Christian service and at her fields. In view of this statement made by her, the council resolves t proceed to her ordination, commend ing her declared purpose to continue her study of Christian doctrine and history and of Biblical truth. In view of the relation of the church to the Missionary society of Conneotiout and of the serviue rendered by the under comm ission of that society as acting pastor of the church, and in view also of the desire of the church expressed in it's action, the counoil resolves to recognize her as pastor '' Luncheon was served by the Ia lies of the society, and at z o'clock tle church WAS filled with | many friends from tue neighboripg parishes The prayer of inv Jcation was given by R,v R G Clapp 3f the Stafford Springs CoDgreg 4ti ons cruroh, who as scribe read tho min utes If the council Tho modeIa tor, Rev H. A. Blake of Hartford, read the 6r.t chapter of Cclossians, which was prt .ded by Paekard's anthem j, "Great is the Lord," by the choir. R,v Rockwell Harmon Potter of tIe Gent church, Hartford, pre- acbed 8 foroeful sermon from John SIP. 1T am the light of the world > The of Ohrist's coming and tue change it has wrought throug bout t l' known world was recalled through Times great perspective Esp oial em phasis was giv3n to the purpose If the Christian ministry. light b airing for Christ The mission and message of the church is to proclaim Christ the light of the W ,rld, that all may be given opportunity to W lk in the 1 light. Spiritual growth means not new truths, but old truths adapted to ever changing environment. The prayer of ordinations a very impressive part of the service, was given by Rev Charles E Mckinley of Union church, Rockville. The charge u the pastor by Rev. Dr. Marion l. Burton, president of Smith college, Northampton, Mass was a concise, manly tribute to true womanhood Three great essentials were given for