New Britain herald., 1915-08-02

 Purchase Of New Rectory.
 During my rectorship the most notable advance in our methods of
 work was the taking of the old rectory
 for a parish house and the purchase of new rectory.
 The Women's Guild had the cour- age to guarantee the upkeep of the parish house and thus to reassure a timid vestry. Right here I wish to
 praise God for that same guild of the Women of St Marks. They have done all that devotion, courage, and hard work could do. God bless them!
 The new rectory cost $8,50O and was paid for by a legacy of $2.0oO
 from the late Senior Warden, Norris
 Bailey, one of Gods Saints, and by
 personal gifts and subscr;ptions for
 the balance There have also been
 added to the parish property the pres
 ent organ at cost of $2,500, new
 roof and steam heating plant, cost
 ing S1,0OO the two beautiful memor-
 iaI windows on the east side of the church were given by a devoted son
 to keep ever fresh in our minds the
 glory of womanhood and motherhood
 as exemplified in his mother. The
 massive and artistic fagon of silver
 was the gift of Mrs. William Rus- sell and her brother, MT! Guion by
 means of which the memory Of their
 father and mother is permanently associated with the mem orial of Christ's passion in the Holy Euchar- ist.
 Church Fund $3,OOO.
 The new church fund has grown to $3,O00. The Bailey Fund for char ity is $2,0O0. Shortly the Belden legacy will be paid to us and will be upwards of $12, GOO.
 The sum. of. all these is about $30,O00 from, which about $2,0OO Of assets spent should be deducted leav- ing net gain of s28 ,00O.
 X The parish house has enabled me to develop the work of St. Marks materially. The Women's guild un- der it's several efficient. presidents has been invaluable and was never more efficient than now. The Daughters of the King are doing fine and useful work among the women of the parish. The Girls Friendly society is doing like work for the girls and the rector has established among them an un- dying fame as a maker of hot grid dle cakes by inviting several partle< of the girls to his camp in the Litch- field County woods and cooking sup per for them.
 sg The Boy Scouts of our Troop under Messrs Sheldon and Jones | equal in numbers and efficiency all | the other Troops" in the city put l together.
 { Wanted Leader For Mems Club. l
 There is one place where I have fallen down flat, to use forcible T have failed to find The Man to be the head and leader of Mems Club. Such leader is a sive qua non, and he must be a capable, manly, religious layman, who loves men. The man who can fill that gap in our work will be num- bered with thy Saints in glory ever when Christ comes to judg- ment.
 Week by week and often day by day the Altar guild is here to make the place of Gods feet glorious. May they be mum bered, by and by, among these blessed ones who having wash ed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb ever stand before thy throne and worship thee day and night in thy temple
 The close and loyal cooperation of my three organists and choirmas- ters has been of inestimable value and help. No clergyman can make the public services of the church edi- lying beautiful and inspiring without the hearty support of such fellow workers as Messrs. Brown, Weber and Anderson have been to me. The singers too, deserve high praise. Men have come Sunday after Sunday to sing and on week evenings to re- hearse, who must have declined many tom pting opportunities to go else where for pleasure, and this they have done for the love of God and the music they make with what the Psalmist calls, The best member that I have The boys too are fine lot of chaps, usually we'll behaved, pune tual in attendance, and devout and l careful in their rendering of the service. Occasionally the rector's l hind-sight has to be as good as his ] foresight, but not often in their 1 case
 Vestry Loyal To Rector.
 The vestry has been loyal to their rector in the main. A few were c doubtful of his judgment and policy ! at first and there was a dangerous to our rising tide for a few years. I was not blind but most ly dumb about it. 1t came out all l right, and the Rector Wardens and i vestry men of St. Marks church ! have been a unit for many years and hope always to be so now am glad to bear witness to their cordial | support and would be glad did cir cumstannes permit to mention them by name. am afraid they might