The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-10

Today friends, we present word picture of man who Is car- rying out the work of God In one of our neIghboring towns. He is not, in the strict sense of the word, Q neighbor of ours except for the fact that his many public appearances in Waterbury and hls radio work over this station hes made his name Q familiar one in the homes of thousands of Waterbury People. He Is the Reverend John Lewis Brown, pas- tor of the Piainville Baptist church. ( s-,, Naesa
 John Brown was born ir Marlboro, Massachusetts, the son of Hattie Johnson and Edmunc v. Brown. His father died some years ego, but his mother is now working in Worcester, Massachti- getts. Just recently, Mrs. Brown visited her son on the occasion Of the e6th anniversary of the church in Plainville. She was not able to be with Ism on Mothers day, and of course, his duties In the church prevented his visiting her, but their reunion was indeed a happy one. Another member of the Brown family, Mrs. Q. A. Bacon, makes her home In Marl- boro.
 Young John began his early education in the public schools Of his home town and went to Marl. boro high school for three years. At the end of that time 1t was necessary for him to commute to Worcester to complete his secofld- ary education. He had been tak- ing Q course in vocational agri. culture, end 1t was discontinued In the Marlboro schools.
 However, in view of the fact that he had set his heart on be. ing Q scientific farmer, he made tho daily trips to Worcester high school in order to complete that branch of his education. Upon his graduation in 1920 he went to work for the largest apple farm in the state of Massachusetts.
 While he was working, he be. came very much interested and took an active part in the affairs of the Christian Science Endeavor groups in and around his home. Tn August, 1883, his second term as Q delegate to the Massachu- setts Christian Endeavor Institute at East Northfield, he definitely made up his mind to study for the ministry.
 Tn order to get back into the habit of studying, he attended the night sessions of North Eastern University in the Y. M. o. A. in Marlboro. While there, he took purely academic subjects in order to brush up on the use of books.
 Tn the fall of 1924, John Brown enrolled in the Dudley Barton Inc stitute at Dudley, Massachusetts. Incidentally, this school has since become the Providence Bible Inc stitute. After Q year there, MT. Brown went to the Bangor The- ological Seminary at Bangor, Maine. While he was in Bangor, he held student pastorates at saltwater and at Herman, Maine. Tn his last year he held simul- taneous, student past0rate in churches in both towns.
 During his second year at Ban- gor, he changed from Congrega- tional to the BaptiA Protestant church.
 Preaching under e license is- sued by the Essex street Baptist church of Bangor, MT. Brown all- swered the call to the Congrega- tionai church in New Braintree. Massachusetts In 1927. after coEn- pleting his studies at the Bangor Institute.
 Tn November, ie2e he was trans ierred to the Eirst Baptist church at South Burwlck, Maine, and while there was ordained to the ministry by . Baptist council in January of l02e.
 He served there for almost two years but wac advised by hts phy- sioian to take c rest in Che open air co he left the church in the lala summer uf Io3f.
 On the fifteenth pg November, 1881, the Rev. John Lewis bFoNn