New Britain herald., 1921-12-05
$500 HEAR LAST
C00DELL SERMON


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church gathering ever held in the city
attended the farewell sermon OF Rev
Or, Charles L. Goodell, in the FIRST
Congregations, church last evening
| Long before the services commenced
/ every available seat In the church
! was occupied and uahers were busy
| carrying IN chairs from . the chapel
| Finally the chairs In the chapel were
| exhausted and still more were needed.
| The auditorium was niled to the
| doors, an extra line Of chairs was
! placed in each aisle, although at no
time was there any possibility OF OBJ
structing the passageway Chairs
were placed along the wall and in the
balcony, People occupied the chairs
until there were no more and then
they found places wherever they
| could. They stood In the balcony
next TO the pipe organ several rows
| deep. They stood along the windows.
| They stood in the chapel and got the
| benefit of the sermon through the
open doors They overlooked into the
choir and sat on the balcony steps.
| Finally, after all the extra chairs in
the pulpit had been carried down to
| accommodate a few people standing,
others sat on the pulpit stairs. They
stood in the rear Of the church, and
pushing open the swinging doors stood
in the lobby,
Turned Them Away
When they couldn't get in any more
from the main church entrance they
started going in from the Sunday
school entrance, Finally there was no
more room, and disappointed though
they were, crowds Of people had to be
turned away. Early in the service
while people were still crowdng in,
Rev. DR.. George w. c. Hill, in the
course of an announcement, estimated
the number present at over 1900.
Later conservative estimates made by
Rev. Henry H. Maier, pastor Of the
church, the janitor, several ushers and
d Herald representative were to the
effect that this number had increased
to 1900, while from statements made
| by ushers it is though that anywhere
from 100 to 1000 people We're de-
sirious Of attending the service, in
| Guiding those who got in and those
who were turned away.
Rev. II. w. SIaier in Charge
1t was the first evening service Rev
DR.. Henry Maier had been able to at
tend since falling and spraining an
ankle in the severe weather of the
preceding Sunday night, His ankle
was securely strap ped and he walked
with a perceptible limp but claimed
to be improving rapidly Overcoming
his temporary physical disability he
took charge of the service. On the
| platform, in addition to DR.. Maier and
| DR.. Goodell, were Rev. John l..
Davis, Rev A. B. Taylor, Rev. Will
liam Ross, Rev. DR.. ]. f. Klingberg
and Rev. DR.. George W. c. Hill. Rev.
! G. N. Missirian being the only partic-
| ipating minister absent.
Local Ninistc Honored.
A tribute was paid to Rev. Dr., J. E
| klingberg, pastor OF Elm Swedish
Baptist church and founder and sup
erintendent Of the Children's Home,
during the course of the evening when
Mrs. Howard Hotor sang, Then Trust
in the Lord" This hymn was written
some years ago in Sweden and later
was translated into English by DR..
klingberg. Rev. DR.. klingberg was
one of the first ministers to suggest
the union evangelistic services. Four
teen-year- Fold George Westerman, son
of the building perintendent of the
First Baptist church played his violin,
Mrs. John a. Lindsay officiating at
the piano and Mr.. Lindsay leading the
singing. Rev. William Ross lead the
opening prayer.
Powerful Sermons
Both the afternoon and evening
sermons were onsidered TO be among
the most powerful delivered by Rev,
Dr. Goodeu during the course of the
two weeks. In Qmmenctng this eve
ming sermon he told the congregation
he did not come here as a profess
sional evangelist but as a pastor with
a message which might help to build
up the churches Of the city in holiness
and quicken the hearts Of the people.
The Mysteries Of Life
Dr. Goodell took as his text, the
following verse from First Epistle OF
Paul to Timothy 8 16; And without
controversy, great is the mystery of
goodness. He who was manifested in
the flesh, justified in the spirit seen
of angels, preached among the ma
tons, believed on in the world, re-
ceived up in glory We are in 4
world Of mystery" he began. I'VE
question everything that exists. But
Gods seas are large and our boats are
small"
What Edlson's CEIestiOanaires Show
AS early as 1857 a professor Of
physics in Harvard university con
graduated his class upon having IN
raveled the mysteries Of electricity.
Now Thomas Edison says, We don't
know whether electricity is a liquid,
a solid or a gas, He says We don
know one seven hundred billionth Of
one per cent of anything, So we can
go right ahead learning things and we
shan't get out Of a job for a long time.
The more We know the more We see
to know. Mystery is Gods challenge
along the path of knowledge"
4 Tiny Drop of Water.
scientists told us IN the olden
days that the duel between the spir-
itual and matter was all over and
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