The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1915-11-17
WELLINGTON.

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| The parsonage auction Thursday
afternoon drew quite a crowd, and il
the aggregate was successful.
A letter just received from 8
Wilmington native, long resident in
Hartford says: "We are glad to have
Rev. Mr.. Darrow so near US, he has
been so kindly spoken of by people
aud papers that we shall be glad tc
make his acquaintance. He will find
plenty of work awaiting him in West
Hartford and vicinity.' -
There were SO at Bible school and
a very large congregation to listen to
the closing sermon of Rev. Mr..
Darrow's present pastorate, from John
1924; thoughtful, earnest, help.
full discourse, but not a farwell sermon
as he said in his preliminary remarks,
''since they were going such short
, and easy distance. He felt led to
make the change he could not explain
why, but not with the thought of
bettering himself in worldly point
of view as he fancied some news.
papers had represented. " No one
here has held or advanced such al
idea as conditions there have been
understood from the first,
The reception for the retiring pas
tor and his wife at Memorial church
Thursday evening was largely at
tended and very pleasant socially. A
very pleasing musical program by
local talent, vocal and instrumental
was rendered and delicious cake, ice
cream and coffee we're served. Mr..
and Mrs. Darrow stood while the
company marched in line and each
took them by the hand, after which
Mr.. Cosgrove, the Oldest man in the
community in felicitous little
speech presented a sum of money from
the church and congregation as tok en-
of love and esteem that they might
purchase a keepsake that should re-
mind them of their friends here
Mr. Cosgrove spoke as follows, and
we are glad to reproduce his words
here for the benefit of the many who
were interested but were not able to
be present: "Mr. and Mrs Darrow,
your neighbors and friends have put
upon me, the Oldest man in the COM
munity, a hard task, hard because it
marks the severence of our relations
as pastor and people, it emphasizes
the fact that you are to leave US. In
the seven years that you have been
with US you have continuously grown
in the regard, the esteem, the affection,
not of our Pensioners only but of the
entire community, and the reason fol
it lies in the straight forward
Christian manliness of character in
your daily life. You have never
shrunk duty or failed to respond
to call. You have never been sc
filled with a pompous sense of minis
terial dignity that you could not take
part in any physical labor that was
necessary for the we'll being of the
church. No sermon on the dignity
of labor quite equals that of mar
who teaches it by example with {
shovel in his hands. So, have yot
won men to you and now that you ar
about to leave us there is in all ou
hearts sense of irreparable loss ant
a desire to present you and Mrs. Oar
row with something that will Away
bring US to your mind whenever yo1
look upon it. But have a word t.
say to Mrs. Darrow, the efficien
head of the elementary department o
our Sunday school, which under he
charge has become practically tn
whole school. Never before has th
school so increased in mem bership
and in the interest manifested by th
pupils The gift that I hold in m.
hand was part of it appropriated from
the funds of the church so that al
could feel they had a share in it, an
part was contributed by your friends
in and out of the church. A com
mittee was appointed to purchase
gift, but after deliberation it wa
thought wiser for you to make you
own choice. The gift carries tn
high regard of all our hearts, and tn
wish that the Lord will bless you il
the field to which you have bee
called, and we can wish nothin
better for you than that you may wi
in the hearts of those to whom 20
go as warm regard as you have i
ours. - 1t was privilege to b
present and one that this correspondent
could not have enjoyed had not Mrs
Ida Hall Jones sent up her roomy ca
for Mr.. and Mrs. Cosgrove, Mrs
Brown, who was a member of til
committee, Miss Mercereau and Mrs
Preston.
Ask your neighbor why he has
telephone.
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