Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1913-06-20
Congregational Church Notes

our people did not take advantage of
the opportunity of listening TO Dean
Brown at the Tonrtelotte Memorial
school, last Wednesday evening. WI lille
the accommodations Of the hall were
limited yet more could have found, at
least, a standing place. Rarely, if
ever, are the people able to come in
touch with one who stands in the fore
front as a thinker and public orator.
The pastor reports a delightful
gathering of ministers at the State AS
sociation at Hartford last Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Have you read the articles and COM
ments in the late issues of the Congre-
gationalist in connection with the
work of "Billy Sunday?p 1t is we'll
TO keep in touch with what is said of
this unique and truly wonderful
preacher. He certainly is not all bad
and we are also led To feel that in some
respects he Is justly open to criticism
God however seems to use him in
places where ordinary means are of no
avail.
Mrs. Beard gave the ministers and
their wives delightful treat last Mon
day afternoon at Pomfret telling the
story of the work in China.
The offering last Sabbath was as fol-
lows:
Pledged envelopes received go. 80
Loose, 1882
$50 50
1t Is not often that we are called to
put away in "God 's.Acreu three of our
congregation in one week and rarely
do we find circumstances connected
with their passing away so unusual
Equally true is it that seldom is there
so strong an expression of sympathy
for those of the families who are lief
and appreciation of the character of
those whom God has taken. We can
only say as did Christ to His disciples
"What the Father has done we know
not now but we shall know hereafter. y
Children's Day aroused the usual in
terest and was success in every way.
The committee are To be congratulate
upon the program which had to suffer
many changes on account of the pre-
vailing sickness among the children.
The decorations were of an unusually
high order and excited favorable COM
ment from everyone. Each feature of
the exercises was good and many ex-
pressed the wish that the junior choir
might be permanent institution
Next Sunday our Bible school is TO
make special effort to show the evil
results of the use of tobacco especially
among young people and an effort will
be made TO induce every member To
pledge total abstinence of tobacco. In
this connection and as prelude To the
effort we want TO quote an utteranee of
our nations great hero, Abraham Lin
coin. He said:-"That tobacco tended
TO idleness, poverty, strong drink, vice,
I'll health, insanity and death. ! will
never use tobacco in any form.n We
may not agree with what he said bnt
we certainly will be safe when we say
"t'll never use tobacco in any form.
AT a meeting of the Sunday school
committee last Sunday IL was voted TO
recommend that all of the school take
"a trip to Palestine
Our services can be greatly improv-
ed and deepened by quiet demeanor
from the time we take our places until
the worship has ended. The music
belongs TO God as well as the other
parts of the service and a quiet, pray
erful attitude of the heart will con-
tribute much TO the benz ut of the hour.
Ii will add to the dignity and helpful.
ness of our services If the people do not
take seats, nor the ushers seat them,
during the scripture, prayer, and mu-
sic by the choir.