New Britain herald., 1924-10-13
Impressive Exercises Held In House of Worship in Neighboring Town -
 Crowds Throng Church.

With impressive ceremonies, 15O years of active service of the old white. wooden structure, the Ken sington Congregational church, were brought to close yesterday, old members of the church sitting in it's pews for the first tinie in many years and younger members sitting tn rapt attention, fitting contrast, the old and the new b.. The church was crowded to the doors at the historical service in the afternoon and the rumble of the organ mingled with the voices of the congregation amid the old rafters which have echoed the singing of generation upon generation.
 Many of the original fixtures of the old church are gone. but the memories of past days finger and countless members of the church in olden days seemed to be present, so perfect was the spirit of the occa- sion.
 Dr. Tuthill Breaches
 Rev. Dr. William B. Tuthill of Lowell, Mass, preached at the morning service in the church, one . of the best sermons ever heard within its walls. His talk, Things New and Old" seemed peculiarly appropriate to such an occasion, One of the hardest problems of the times is to draw dividing line be- tween the old and the new, he said; to know what to reject of the old and what to accept of the new. His address dealt with things old and new, materially and spiritually.
 The main speakers at the after noon service were Rev. Vernon L. Phillips, pastor of the church, who spoke on "A Forward Look," and E. Allen Moore, of New Britain, who delivered the historical address.
 It is an interesting fact that one woman was present who had not been in KeHsington since 1884. She noted with surprise the many changes which have taken place.
 Others taking part were Theron Wolcott Hart, who rendered a re. cital on the organ; Rev. May B Lord. pastor of the Kensington Methodist church, who offered UT prayer: Charles J. Stuhlman, whc presented a solo, Lead Kindly Light" Rev. Samuel A. Fiske. pas. tor of the Second Congregational church, Berlin, who offered the closing prayer and benediction, and male quartet composed, of mem. bers of the Kensington church which sang Tor All The Saints Who From Their Labors, Rest"
 Mir. Nio0rc's Historical Address An interesting historical address was delivered by Mir. Moore. IT part 1t follows: g
 We are gathered here today tt commemorate the 15otf anniversar, of the building Of this Meetin, House. We are meeting here 2 century and half after our fore fathers convened here for its dedi cation. December i, 1774. Perhap, If may seem strange to some in tho audience that I record unimportan facts having to do with the Meet ing House itself when the real worl of the church has been not in build { ing and repairing Meeting House. < but in molding mems lives to bt more in harmony with the life ant teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ Were this the only paper dealing with the history of this church i might well be a just criticism. Hay ing, however. in mind the "Histor, of the Kensington Church" writer by the Rev, Carleton Hagen. thu Ministers of the Kensingtoi Church" by the Hon. Livingston Cleavland and the Historical sketcl of the Sunday School" by MT Arthur W. Upson, not to mention the other carefully prepared address es of the 200th celebration in 1o1t of the founding of this church, would seem that this paper coult hSiI bE 5tlJ tViAhIiCu Lo lNtuiA ing the facts dealing with tn Meeting House itself. We can however. better understand the sig nif1cance of this sacred building ant our presence here if we review som of the previous history leading u to its erection and construction.
 Kensington was originally part 0 the territory granted by the genera court in 1640 to those persons set ting the town of Pennington. church was organized there twelv years later which still ministers t the inha bitdnts of the much smaller territorially- wise, town of Farming ton. Almost three centuries hay