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Volume XXXVIII
THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS
IN NEW ENGLAND.
The breaking waves dashed high
On a stern and rock-bound coast,
And the woods against a stormy sky
Their giant branches tossed,
And the heavy night hung dark
The hills and waters o'er,
When a band of exiles moored their bark
On the wild New England shore.
Not as the conquerer comes,
They, the true-hearted, came;
Not with the roll of the stirring drums,
And the trumpet that sings of fame;
Not as the flying come
In silence and in fear:
They shook the depths of the desert gloom
With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Amidst the storm they sang,
And the stars heard, and the sea;
And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang
To the anthem of the free:
The ocean eagle soared
From his nest by the white wave's foam,
And the rocking pines of the forest roared,
This was their welcome home.
What sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels from the mine?
The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?
They sought a faith's pure shrine.
Ay, call it holy ground,
The soil which first they trod;
They have left unstained what there they found,
Freedom to worship God.
Felicia D. Hemans.
Our Pilgrim stock was pithed with hardihood.
Lowell.
They love their land because it is their own,
And scorn to give aught other reason why;
Would shake hands with a king upon his throne
And think it kindness to his Majesty.
Fitz-Greene Halleck.
God sifted a whole nation that He might send choice
grain over into this wilderness.—William Stoughton,
1669.
Giants in heart, they were, who believed in God and
the Bible.
Down to the Plymouth Rock, that had been to their feet
as a doorstep,
Into a world unknown—the corner stone of a nation!
Clad in doublet and hose and boots of Cordovan leather,
Strode with martial air Miles Standish, the Puritan
Captain.
Near him was seated John Alden, his friend and house¬
hold companion,
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Fair-haired, azure-eyed, with delicate Saxon complexion,
Having the dew of his youth and the beauty thereof, as
the captives
Whom Gregory saw, and exclaimed, "Not Angles, but
Angels."
Youngest of all was he of the men who came in the
Mayflower.
Heard as he drew near the door, the musical voice of
Priscilla,
Then as he entered the door, he beheld the form of the
maiden
Seated beside her wheel and the carded wool like a snow¬
drift
Piled at her knee, her white hands feeding the ravenous
spindle,
While with her foot on the treadle she guided the wheel
in its motion.
Longfellow.
OUR HERITAGE.
It is impossible to overestimate the appeal that history
makes to the imagination and therefore the influence
that the contemplation of the past has had upon human
progress. The stimulus derived from the study of great
events, issues and personalities is incalculable.
As Congregationalists we have a singularly rich and
rare body of traditions. We have the legitimate pride
of race coupled with some of the finest practical and
spiritual achievements into which our race has entered.
And it is with no noisome boasting or mere self-exalta¬
tion that we attempt to estimate the traditions of our
Pilgrim stock, to appreciate its worth and to feel a
worthy pride which shall inspire us with a genuine spirit
of emulaton.
For their sound individualism, their spirit of bold ad¬
venture, their sensitiveness of conscience, their political
vision and their spiritual idealism we may indeed ex¬
press a high appreciation and well turn to them in our
search for the rational line of progress for our day and
take our direction from their sense of duty to their
fellows and their unbounded faith in right and truth
and God.
SOON TO CELEBRATE PILGRIMS' LANDING.
A nation-wide celebration commemorating the landing
of the Pilgrims three hundred years ago will mark the
present year. But, indicating its deeper importance, is
the fact that the United States alone will not celebrate
this important event in her early history. All English-
speaking peoples will participate in official, institutional
and community exercises, and Great Britain, Canada and
Australia will take part in commemorating what the Pil¬
grims stood for.
Beginning with the 1st of May in England according
to the plans of the Sulgrave Institution, the activities
will commence, later at the old port of Leyden, Holland,
and then in the United States. Again the Mayflower
will sail from England, following the route of the Pil¬
grims of old, touching at Leyden and next at Province-
town, Mass., which, in August, will be the scene of cele¬
brations. Later Plymouth, Mass., will hold the center of
the stage.
Celebrations in England are being arranged by the
Sulgrave Institution, which takes its name from the
ancient seat of the Washington family, Sulgrave Manor,
North Hants, England. At this manor a special celebra¬
tion will mark the Tercentenary. The English com¬
mittee includes the Archbishop of Canterbury, Viscount
Bryce, Viscount Grey, David Lloyd George, Cardinal
Bourne and the Lord Mayor of London.
John A. Stewart is chairman of the New York Board
of Governors, which includes among others, Brand
Whitlock, James M. Beck and Charles W. Eliot. The
Advisory Committee includes J. P. Morgan, Samuel
Gompers, the Rev. Dr. William T.. Manning, Cardinal
Gibbons, Gen. John J. Pershing, Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood, Franklin K. Lane and William Howard Taft.
The plan is a vast one, and in order to achieve good
results patriotic and dramatic societies, organizations
and institutions everywhere will have to start ahead of
time, and put forth serious effort. Community Service
officials have already done some work in this connec¬
tion, and, through the department of pageantry and
dramatics, they plan to offer still further assistance to
communities undertaking celebrations.—New York
Times.
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A SYMPOSIUM ON THE PILGRIMS.
On personal request the following contributions appre¬
ciative of the integrity and influence of the Pilgrims
were courteously sent to The Chronicle. We are deeply
grateful to those who have thus generously responded.
Their Moral Responsibility.
The great positives which we inherited from our Pil¬
grim and Puritan forefathers have long seemed to me
to be four. First of all, there stands out their sense
of God and of the spiritual world; they had the proph¬
et's vision of God as the realest of realities. Out of this
deep sense of God and the spiritual world came, in the
second place, the consequent conviction of commission,
of divine calling, of vocation; they believed that they
were sent from God and had a divine charge to keep, a
calling to fulfill, a mission to accomplish, a message to
utter. Of the sense of commission was born, in turn,
their feeling of responsibility and accountability,—loy¬
alty to duty as the law of God. And from this prophet's
vision of God as the realest of realities, the apostle's
conviction of divine commission, and its inevitable
accompaniment, the feeling of responsibility and account¬
ability, came also, in the fourth place a tremendous sense
of the significance and value of life.
PRESIDENT HENRY CHURCHILL KING,
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio,
Moderator of the National Council of
Congregational Churches.
Their Spiritual Idealism.
The Pilgrim was a man whose mind was enlightened
and whose character was formed from the Unseen and
Eternal. His power is still unspent; he lives as a far-
shining example of the just control of earthly things by
heavenly. His treasure was laid up in heaven, and his
heart was there. This world was to him a stormy scene,
a place not so much of joy as of discipline, a field of
service from which he drew as reward a great character,
a pure heart, a mind made meet for the inheritance of
the saints in light.
We honor him for his cause, the Kingdom of Man the
field for the increasing advent of the Kingdom of God;
we repeat to our children the romance of his voyage
across the wintry sea; we admire his wisdom and his
fortitude in his battle with a hostile environment; we
rejoice in his victory, in his creative power, in his endless
influence, and we see the whole meaning of his career in
the fact that he was a Pilgrim of Eternity while he was
a Pilgrim in Time.
GEORGE A. GORDON,
Pastor of the Old South Church, Boston.
Their Educational Standards.
America has always believed in education. From the
first, our country recognized the importance of schools
and endeavored to make provision for them. Today
America has a passion for education! The war has
taught us anew that education and democracy are abso¬
lutely inseparable and that upon a high level of in¬
telligence throughout the nation depends the future of
our civilization.
American education needs the spirit of the Pilgrims.
Greater simplicity in all the relationships of school life,
closer personal contact between teachers and students,
more rigid discipline, greater accuracy and thorough¬
ness in all the real work of the school, an atmosphere
of severity and rigid devotion to the standards of the
institution, a natural and earnest religious spirit—these
are some of the things which are coming rapidly in
American education. They are thoroughly in keeping
with the spirit of the Pilgrims. In fact, they are the
only worthy tribute that the education of today can pay
to the genius of our forefathers.
PRESIDENT MARION L. BURTON,
University of Minnesota.
Their Social Idealism.
The Pilgrim Pastors were strong in their sense of the
new social order which was to come as the earthly
realization of the Kingdom of God. They dreamed of a
genuine theocracy, a civil order in which the reign of
the divine Spirit would be complete. However imperfect
modern criticism may deem some of their attempts to
establish their social ideals, the real content of those
ideals, the brave conception of an associated life which
should embody and express the will and purpose of God
for men, was possessed of high and lasting value. It
would be in the line of a genuine "apostolic succession"
if some of us should come to be enrolled as competent
moral leaders in this great day of social rebuilding.
CHARLES R. BROWN,
Dean of the Yale School of Religion.
Their Significance in History.
The Pilgrims came to America under the impulse not
of material gain but of religion. They believed that
obedience to the will of God is the first of duties. Under
the guidance of that divine will as they interpreted it
from the Scriptures they laid foundations of democracy
in church and state. Their work was not perfect. They
lived three centuries ago, and had not therefore all the
light which we enjoy. But they were pioneers, foreward-
looking men and women who set corner-stones on
which much of what is best in modern American life has
been built. Many contributions, from many lands, have
gone to make America; but none more significant than
those of the Pilgrims.
WILLISTON WALKER,
Professor of Church History, Yale University.
The Pilgrim Spirit in Theology and Literature.
From the first, men of the Pilgrim brand have taken
naturally and effectively to theology and literature.
Bradford's "History of Plimouth Plantation," now under
lock and key in the Massachusetts State House, is one
of the most precious historical documents extant. Other
great colonial leaders like Cotton Mather, Thomas Prince
and Judge Sewall made distinctive contributions to the
literature of their day, which naturally was chiefly of a
historical character. The more distinctive literary ele¬
ments appeared in the early years of the nineteenth
century. Of that galaxy of brilliant writers who shed
upon the pages of American literature the light of their
genius, nearly all the outstanding figures—Emerson,
Bryant, Longfellow, Lowell, Holmes, Hawthorne—were
of Pilgrim stock. In New England are the great literary
shrines—Boston, Cambridge, Concord, Amesbury, Cum-
mington.
Go into the library of influential ministers of all de¬
nominations from the Atlantic to the Pacific and you
are likely to find that four out of five of the books on
which they draw for intellectual quickening and spiritual
illumination came from men of the Pilgrim—and to
speak frankly yet humbly—Congregational stock. Ameri¬
can Christianity as a whole is under great indebtedness
to such writers as Horace Bushnell, Theodore Munger,
Washington Gladden, Josiah Strong, President Hyde,
among those who have passed from earth, as well
as to those now still spared to us—George Gordon, New¬
man Smyth, Henry Churchill King, Edward I. Bosworth,
William Lyon Phelps and others who have mellowed and
broadened the church's thought of God, of Christ and
of the Christian life.
HOWARD A. BRIDGMAN,
Editor of The Congregationalist and Advance.
The Pilgrim Adventure.
It involved sacrifice. The old home, the old church,
the old friends, the old surroundings, all were left be¬
hind.
It involved hazard. The stormy ocean, the bitter win¬
ter, the sterile coast, the hostile Indian lay in wait.
It involved vision and patience. The thing they
sought was not for them, but for their children and
children's children.
What does the Pilgrim Adventure involve for in¬
heritors of the Pilgrim tradition today?
Sacrifice? Yes. Not like the men and women of
1620, but real and continuous. Time, money, thought,
anxiety, labor are needed. Nothing goes forward strongly
without them. Reforms, mission work, Christian educa¬
tion, civic righteousness, philanthropy, local church ser¬
vice, denominational and inter-denominational under¬
takings—all are maintained by sacrifice.
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Hazard? Yes. You cannot attempt great plans with¬
out it. When the Y. M. C. A. undertook its colossal
service for the army it incurred risk and the risk proved
real. When we planted our missions in pagan Turkey
we incurred a risk and have paid a bitter price. Now
that the churches are combining their efforts for enlarged
service in the Inter-Church World Movement, they incur
risks. It will always be so, if we really mean to do God's
work in the world. The church which is not adventurous
is always a failure. Its routine, its complacency, its re¬
fusal to press for larger things are signs of decay. It
escapes hazard, but loses its soul.
Vision and patience? Yes. Always we must plan for
the unborn. Our little day will soon be done. The world
goes on. If it goes on to the consummation of Christ's
Kingdom it will because His servants have the far look
and patience in well-doing.
In this anniversary year we are "building the tombs
of the prophets." We must ask ourselves whether their
spirit is ours.
HUBERT C. HERRING,
Secretary National Council.
Pilgrim Spirit in Waterbury.
In the current number of The Chase Diamond is a
biography of Mr. Augustus S. Chase which may be quoted
in part with special aptness in this issue of the Chronicle.
"Augusts Sabin Chase, the founder of the Chase fam¬
ily in Waterbury, was born in Pomfret, Connecticut,
August 15, 1828, the only son of Seth Chase and Eliza
Hempstead Dodge Chase. His ancestors on both sides
were descended from the earliest Puritan settlers of New
England. His boyhood was spent on his father's farm,
and he received his education at the district school and
the Woodstock Academy. He came to Waterbury in
1850 to take a position as clerk in the Waterbury Bank,
in two years becoming its cashier. In 1864 he became
president, and continued in that office for 32 years, until
his death. Mr. Chase's manufacturing interests began
soon after his coming here, and the extent of these
industrial connections, as well as the wide range of his
philanthropic and social activities is revealed in the long
list of the offices and places of trust which he filled at
the time of his death in 1896.
He was one of the original members of the Second
Congregational Society. When, at the old First Church,
October 25th, 1851, a record book was opened for the
organization of the new society, ten names were at once
entered. Of these, the first four were Charles Benedict,
John M. Burrall, Douglas F. Maltby and Augustus S.
Chase. From that time, his interest in the Second Church
never diminished.
He was the first treasurer of the city of Waterbury,
and served the city on the school and water boards. He
represented Waterbury in the Connecticut House of Rep¬
resentatives in 1865."
The first ten members referred to were as follows:
Charles Benedict, John M. Burrall, Douglas F. Maltby,
Augustus S. Chase, Augustus M. Blakesley, J. Watson
White, Edwin A. Lum, Charles Partree, Nelson Hall and
Norton J. Buel.
An Interesting Possibility—Earlier New England.
In Dr. Edward Everett Hale's delightful book, "Tarry
at Home Travels," he relates a remarkable fact which,
in short, is as follows:
Some years ago Senator Frye of Maine was invited to
make the dedicatory address at the opening of a fine
stone library building in Livermore, Maine, which the
sons of Mrs. Israel Washburn had erected in her memory.
Before the address he called at the old Washburn man¬
sion. This gave him the chance to say that he had seen
that day "the cradle in which she had rocked three gov¬
ernors, four members of the House of Representatives,
two senators in the U. S. Senate, two minister plenipo¬
tentiary, one major-general in the army and one captain
in the navy." A splendid record this for one Puritan
family.
In the same work Dr. Hale makes a suggestion that is
almost startling. He tells of the Earl of Southampton's
sending a colony to this new world in charge of one Cap¬
tain Gosnold. This sailed around Cape Cod (to which
the captain gave this name) and finally settled upon one
of the near-by Elizabeth Islands, the first colony that
came to the northern shore of the Atlantic. However,
on account of the severity of the climate, disagreements
among the men, sailors and gentlemen, scarcity of pro¬
visions, hostility of the Indians, etc., the adventurers be¬
came disheartened, and after seven weeks returned to
England, taking with them a cargo of sassafras logs,
cedar, furs and other commodities. They hastened to
the palace of the Earl and told him their story. But
William Shakespeare was an intimate friend of the Earl,
and Dr. Hale imagines that he sat and heard the history
of the ill-fated colony, and then or soon afterward in¬
corporated the facts in his "Tempest." He says, "So it
is that the scene of the Tempest is not that of the West
Indies or Bermuda where there are no brooks, nor flying
squirrels nor mussels in the brook nor sassafras logs, but
is a copy of the Island as Gosnold and his sailors found
it. So it is that Miranda, God bless her, is a Massa¬
chusetts girls!" This may be fancy, but Dr. Hale appar¬
ently believed it, and expressed the belief that it would
be generally accepted by 195 0.
JOHN G. DAVENPORT.
NOTAbLE DATES IN CONGREGATIONALISM.
1582—Browne's "Statement of Congregational Princi¬
ples" published.
1592—First known modern Congregational Church com¬
pletely and formally organized in London.
1593—John Greenwood, Henry Barrowe and John Penry
hanged: the last of the Congregational martyrs
put to death. Fifty-six members of the First Con¬
gregational Church, London, imprisoned.
1609—John Robinson, with the Pilgrims of Scrooby
Church, settled in Leyden.
1620—Pilgrims left Leyden, July 21; sailed from Plym¬
outh, September 16; signed civil compact in the
Mayflower, November 21; landed at Plymouth,
Massachusetts, December 11 (O. S.) December 12
(N. S.).
1691—Heads of Agreement adopted, in London, between
Presbyterians and Congregationaliats. Episco¬
palians, Baptists and Quakers exempted from
taxes for the support of Congregational Churches
in Massachusetts.
1709—General Association of Connecticut ministers or¬
ganized; the first state organization.
1740-2—Great Revival of Religion in New England.
17 84—Saybrook Platform, by revision of statutes, ceased
to be civil law in Connecticut.
1808—The First Theological Seminary opened at An-
dover, Mass.
1810—American Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions established by the General Association
of Massachusetts. First Sunday School in Massa¬
chusetts, at Beverly.
1816—American Education Society formed.
1826—The American Home Missionary Society organ¬
ized; name changed in 189 6 to the Congregational
Home Missionary Society.
1837—Presbyterian General Assembly abrogated Plan of
Union.
1865—First National Council of Congregational Churches
held at Boston, June 14-24.
1871—Triennial National Council established at Oberlin,
Ohio.
1873—Congregational House, Boston, occupied by be¬
nevolent societies and other Congregational or¬
ganizations.
1920—International Council of Congregational Churches,
Boston, June 29-July 6.
A FEW OF OUR GREAT NAMES.
Robert Browne, c. 1550—c. 163 3
Father of modern Congregationalism.
John Robinson, c. 1585-1625
Best Beloved and Most Influential of Separatist Min-
isters
William Bradford, 1589-1657
Broad-minded Governor of Plymouth Colony.
Thomas Hooker, c. 15 86-164 7
Father of American Democracy.
John Davenport, 1597-1670
Puritan Divine, one of the founders of the New
Haven Colony.
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John Eliot, 1604-1690
Missionary to the Indians, Bible Translator.
Increase Mather, 1639-1723
Influential Boston Pastor for 59 years.
Johnathan Edwards, 1703-1758
Preacher, Missionary to the Indians, First Great
American Philosopher.
Lyman Beecher, 1775-1863
Pioneer in Temperance and Anti-slavery Reforms.
Mary Lyon, 1797-1849
Founder of Mt. Holyoke Seminary (College).
Lowell Mason, 1792-1875
Father of American Church Music.
Charles G. Finney, 1792-1875
Evangelist, President of Oberlin College.
Horace Bushnell, 1802-1876
First of Modern American Theologians.
Mark Hopkins, 1802-18 87
Educator, President A. B. C. F. M.
Henry Ward Beecher, 1813-1887
Preacher, Patriot, Defender of the Union Cause.
LARGEST CHURCHES.
Place
Church
Members
Brooklyn, N. Y.
. . Tompkins Ave.
. 3,794
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Central ....
. 2,867
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Plymouth
. 2,482
Los Angeles, Cal. .
First ....
. 1,777
Oakland, Cal. .
First ....
. 1,726
New Britain, Conn.
South ....
. 1,606
Worcester, Mass. .
First ....
. 1,551
Springfield, Mass. .
First ....
. 1,549
Dorchester, Mass. .
Second ....
. 1,502
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Flatbush
. 1,464
Chicago, 111.
New First .
. 1,435
Toledo, Ohio
Washington St.
. 1,431
New York, N. Y.
Broadway Tabernacle
. 1,415
Montclair, N. J.
First ....
. 1,407
Holyoke, Mass.
Second ....
. 1,375
Oak Park, 111. .
First ....
. 1,370
Columbus, Ohio
First ....
. 1,344
Toledo, Ohio
First ....
. 1,314
Waterbury, Conn. .
Second ....
. 1,270
COLLEGES ASSOCIATED WITH
CONGREGATIONALISM.
Name
♦Amer. Int'l.
Amherst
*Atlanta U.
Beloit
Berea
Bowdoin
*Carleton
* Colorado
Dartmouth
*Doane
♦Drury
♦Fairmount
*Fargo
*Fisk Univ.
*Grinnell
Harvard
* Illinois
■"Kingfisher
* Marietta
♦Middlebury
*Mt. Holyoke
♦Northland
* Oberlin
* Olivet
♦Pacific Univ.
♦Piedmont
♦Pomona
♦Redfield
Ripon
♦Rollins
•j-Smith
♦Straight U.
♦Tabor
♦Talladega
♦Tillotson
♦Tougaloo
Place
Springfield, Mass.
Amherst, Mass.
Atlanta, Ga.
Beloit, Wis.
Berea, Ky.
Brunswick, Me.
Northfield, Minn.
Colorado Springs, Colo
Hanover, N. H.
Crete, Neb.
Springfield, Mo.
Wichita, Kan.
Fargo, N. D.
Nashville, Tenn.
Grinnell, Iowa
Cambridge, Mass.
Jacksonville, 111.
Kingfisher, Okla.
Marietta, Ohio
Middlebury, Vt.
So. Hadley, Mass.
Ashland, Wis.
Oberlin, Ohio
Olivet, Mich.
Forest Grove, Ore.
Demorest, Ga.
Claremont, Cal.
Redfield, S. D.
Ripon, Wis.
Winter Park, Fla.
Northampton, Mass.
New Orleans, La.
Tabor, Iowa
Talladega, Ala.
Austin, Tex.
Tougaloo, Miss.
President
C. S. McGown
A. Meiklejohn
E. T. Ware
M. A. Brannon
W. G. Frost
K. C. M. Sills
D. J. Cowling
,C. A. Duniway
E. M. Hopkins
J . N. Bennett
T. W. Nadall
W. H. Rollins
E. L. Howard
F. A. MacKenzie
J. H. T. Main
A. Lawrence Lowell
C. H. Rammelkamp
H. W. Tuttle
E. S. Parsons
J. M. Thomas
Mary E. Woolley
J. D. Brownell
H. C. King
T. H. Wilson
R. F. Clark
F. E. Jenkins
J. A. Blaisdell
E. A. Fath
H. C. Culbertson
G. M. Ward
W. A. Neilson
H. A. M. Briggs
N. W. Wehrhan
F- A. Sumner
F. W. Fletcher
Wm. T. Holmes
♦Washburn
fWellesley
♦Wheaton
♦Whitman
Williams
Yale
♦ Y ankton
Topeka, Kan.
Wellesley, Mass.
Wheaton, 111.
Walla Walla, Wash.
Williamstown, Mass.
New Haven, Conn.
Yankton, S. D.
P. P. Womer
E. F. Pendleton
C. A. Blanchard
S. B. L. Penrose
H. A. Garfield
A. T. Hadley
H. K. Warren
*Women admitted. t Women only.
OUR COUNTRY'S DEBT TO CONGREGATIONALISM.
Started the first college in the country in 1636. John
Harvard was a Congregational minister.
Published the first hymn book in this country. Isaac
Watts, 1741.
Started the first Theological Seminary in the country,
Andover, 1808.
Started the first Foreign Missionary Society in the
country, the American Board, in 1810.
Started the first and second Home Missionary Societies
in the country, in 1826.
Started the Christian young people's movement (Y. P.
S. C. E.), in 1881.
Started the public school system of the country.
Started the first temperance society in the country.
Has done more than any other denomination to help
the colored races up to manhood, beginning with slaves
dui-ing the Civil War.
Congregational ministers were pioneers in all parts of
the opening West.
A Congregational minister, John Eliot, who was the
first missionary to the Indians, caused to be printed the
first and—what was for years—the only Bible printed in
America.
Paul Revere's famous lantern was hung in the belfry
of the Old North Church in Boston.
About one-tenth of the entire roll of higher educa¬
tional institutions in the United States are Congrega¬
tional in origin. This refers to colleges. But, accord¬
ing to one recognized authority, if we include first-class
academies, one-fifth of all higher educational institutions
are Congregational.
EASTER, 1920.
Waiting no longer, break to sweetest bloom
O lily buds and hyacinth and all
That holding radiant petal still in thrall
Have dreamed of spring throughout the lingering gloom.
Today He marches from the darkened tomb,
The Lord of Life: let Nature hear His call
And strew His path with blossom great and small
And fill the world with marvellous perfume.
And you whose hearts so long have been oppressed
With sorrow and with disappointment keen,
Feeling that life had lost its every charm,
Arise and meet Him, for He brings you rest,
And comfort in a hopefulness serene,
And peace that every trouble will disarm.
J. G. D.
REVIEW.
The first year of peace has not brought the millenium.
Human nature is the same mysterious combination of
selfish and noble impulses. The age of universal brother¬
hood is still in its infancy, and the Church instead of
being an outgrown institution has tasks as important and
vital as it ever had in its history. After every great war
there are likely to be two effects. Some men have their
faith shattered under the terrible strain occasioned by
the struggle. Others are awakened to a new sense of
responsibility for the defense and advancement of ideal¬
ism. At the present time the general life of the Church
is in a more or less fluid state and the lines of activity
that are laid down now will determine effectively the
character of the Church's life easily for the next gener¬
ation. Therefore we should hold ourselves open mindedly
towards the great movements that have for their aim
the unity of the Church and its practical helpfulness to
society.
Our Church has had a good year in many ways. Our
benevolences have reached the highest point in its his¬
tory. For the objects on our regular schedule of benevo¬
lence we have raised $9,860.40, while for the Pilgrim
Fund we subscribed $52,454,75.
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The Men's League has made a remarkable growth; the
women's work has expanded; and the Church member¬
ship has substantially increased. On the other hand we
ought to face with more or less humility and self-
examination, phases of our work that are not so encourg-
ing. The Sunday School in common with the other
schools of the country shows a discouraging decline; the
prayer meeting no longer holds the place of interest that
it once did; and attendance upon the morning service
is not nearly as large as it was previous to the war.
This disconcerting condition may in part be explained by
"natural" causes, and yet ye cannot rest with an ex¬
planation. It should be made the earnest effort of each
one to secure a remedy for these conditions.
What the Church needs today more than it needs any
one single thing is a spirit of loyalty to Christ, a con¬
sciousness of the value of His ideals for the soul and for
society, and a humble dedication of the individual to the
task of making these things real, first for himself and
then for his fellow men.
MEMORIALS.
In 1895, soon after our church was completed, the
pastor received a call from a Roman Catholic friend who
desired to examine the new building. As we passed
through its various appurtenances and at length took our
stand in the auditorium, for which my companion ex¬
pressed considei'able admiration, he remarked, "I
haven't seen in all your building a single religious sym¬
bol, not even a cross. Don't you think it would be help¬
ful to have here some of those things, crosses, pictures,
statutes, etc., which might make more real to the people
those matters for which the Church stands?"
"Well," said I, "in our simple service, which we try to
make as spiritual as possible, with appropriate language
addressing directly the mind and heart, we never feel the
need of such appeals through the eye, as you, in your
churches, are accustomed to."
He went on to argue that the things of which he spoke
tended to deepen the impression of the word as read or
preached or sung and to help men to pray and to praise.
I could not deny that in some cases this might be true.
But the genius of our Protestant churches rightly or
wrongly has always been opposed to such representa¬
tions. Our fathers left them behind when they came
forth from the Church of Oppression, associating them
with what they considered its superstitions and idolatries.
We must admit, however, that there has been some¬
thing of a return to the ancient practice, just as there
has regarding the observance of Lent and Easter and
Christmas. I am told that in the Episcopal Church of
the Ascension in New York City there is a magnificent
picture of the ascension of the Christ which can but
impress every worshiper with a new appreciation of the
Redeemer's exaltation. We are perhaps familiar with
other instances in which through the eye the appeal to
the spiritual nature has been successfully made. Pos¬
sibly the prejudices of our fathers carried them too far
in the direction they had chosen.
While our own church may be destitute of such "sym¬
bols" as the Romanist brother referred to, it is by no
means lacking in what may be regarded as symbolic of
affection and devotion to both man and God.
As we think of the matter we are confronted at once
with the square tower that so conspicuously holds the
corner of West Main Street and Holmes Avenue. This
was given by Mrs. Mary L. Mitchell as a memorial of her
brother, Deacon Charles Benedict. Nothing could more
fittingly symbolize him than this tower, so massive and
strong and symmetrical, a bulwark of the church, visible
afar. "He stood four-square to all the winds that blow."
The neat and substantial stone entrance to the Holmes
Avenue door of the church, the door admitting directly
to its parlors and Sunday School rooms, was the gift of
Deacon Aaron A. Benedict, in memory of his wife, Mrs.
Addie Lee Benedict, who was especially active in the
social work of the church, and beloved by all her associ¬
ates.
The two lower windows on the west side of the church,
presenting a single striking picture, "Paul at Mars Hill,"
are a memorial of our first pastor, the Rev. Seagrove W.
Magill, D. D., who presided over the interests of the
church during the first twelve years of its existence,
1852-1864. These were the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus
S. Chase, devoted friends and helpers of Dr. Magill.
The large window above these, the angelic group all
looking toward the Central Glory, is a memorial of the
first man elected deacon of the church, April 9, 1852,
Nelson Hall, who served in that office until his removal
to New Haven in 1868. As Mr. A. S. Chase said at our
fortieth anniversary, "He imparted to the church his
very life, a life that has been throbbing in its veins until
the present day. Its records conspicuously cherish his
name, and his memory will abide with us forever." The
window was the gift of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas L.
Morton.
The windows in the front of the church are memorials
of Deacon Stephen W. Kellogg and of Mrs. Kellogg, re¬
spectively. The first suggests Mr. Kellogg's fondness for
flowers and for children, while the hills and the lake, of
which we have a glimpse in the background, remind us of
his love of nature in its wilds.
The other picture, a radiant figure of Faith, hints at
the character of Mrs. Kellogg, who walking in darkness
through many years of her life, leaned confidingly upon
the Unseen and was herself a center of light and cheer
in which many rejoiced. The windows are an expression
of the filial affection of Mrs. Irving H. Chase.
In 1918, Mr. Albert J. Blakesley placed a beautiful
window on the south side of the organ in memory of his
father, Deacon Augustus M. Blakesley, who was the lead¬
er of our choir for twenty-three years, and who gave us
his son to be our organist for thirty-five years. The
angelic figure of the window is suggestive of the quali¬
ties that drew to Deacon Blakesley the regard of the
entire church, and in lifting our thought to the heavenly
hallelujahs is peculiarly appropriate as his memorial.
The exquisite marble font was made in Florence, Italy,
by order of Deacon and Mrs. Kellogg, and by them pre¬
sented to the church. It is a memorial of a son and
granddaughter of theirs who had been early called from
earth. Through the years it stands with its touching
appeal, "Suffer the little children to come unto me."
Many hundreds of them have there received the rite of
consecration to the gracious Lord. The first person
baptized from the font was Eleanor Kellogg Chase, now
Mrs. Charles P. Taft. This was July 7, 1895.
The uniquely beautiful onyx vase on the pulpit plat¬
form was given to the church as a memorial of her affec¬
tion by Mrs. Emily A. Treadway, who died in 1896. It
has been generously endowed by two of her children,
Mrs. Lucy A. Judson and Mr. Charles S. Treadway, the
income from their gifts to be used for memorial flowers
on Easter and Christmas.
The large red morocco-covered Bible upon the pulpit
was presented to the church, soon after its dedication, by
Mrs. Seagrove W. Magill, as a memorial of her husband
and herself and of their happy life in Waterbury.
The fine revised version of the Bible lying beside it
was given by our dear Mrs. Maltby from funds left by
her mother, Mrs. Rebecca Somers, and in her sacred
memory. Mrs. Somers passed to the higher fellowship,
February 25, 1895.
As a charming memorial of his sister, Dr. Martha C.
Holmes, Mr. Walter W. Holmes a few years since added
to our organ a chime of bells. Their tone is singularly
soft and sweet, harmonizing with the music from the
rest of the instrument. To some they suggest the notes
of the Angelus sweeping across the landscape. To others
of us who knew and esteemed the Doctor, they speak of
the bells of which Bunyan dreamed as welcoming the
Christian home. She left us in 1904.
On the solid, oaken communion table, which was pol¬
ished to a high degree of brilliancy, is a miniature tablet
bearing this inscription, viz., "In memory of Mrs. Hannah
A. Welles, from 1852 to 1874. Died at 95." The giver
was her niece, Mrs. Charles Benedict. Mrs. Welles pre¬
sented the table that was used in the old church for
forty years, and which now stands on the platform of
our lecture-room. Thus in our solemn sacramental ser¬
vice we are associated with those who drink "the new
wine" in the Master's kingdom.
In the autumn of 1916 Mrs. A. R. Kimball presented
to the church a beautiful silver communion set to be used
with the sick or others who may desire to have the
Lord's Supper administered at their homes. Every ar¬
ticle bears this inscription, "In Affectionate Remem¬
brance of Alice Westcott Davenport, a Member of This
Church, 1881-1911." By request of the giver this was
first used by the pastor-emeritus, the special communicant
being Mrs. David Elias.
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In addition to all that has been mentioned certain
sums of money have been presented to the Society which
may be regarded as in the nature of Memorials. These
bear the names of the givers. The income from the
following is to be used for the current expenses of the
Society, viz., the Charlotte B. Hill Fund, the Lucia H.
Kellogg Fund, the Cornelia M. Benedict Fund, the Char¬
lotte Blackman Fund, the Mary L. Mitchell Fund and the
A. M. Blakesley Fund. The income from the Lucy Keeler
Fund, the Julia A. Wooster Fund and from another
Charlotte Blackman Fund is for the needy of the parish.
The Treadway and Judson Funds, for Christmas and
Easter flowers, have already been alluded to. Money for
a parish house has been conditionally offered, but the
times have been unfavorable for the completion of the
matter.
The church is forever indebted to all those who in
some permanent way have thus built their name and
influence into its life and work. They and their loved
ones so fittingly commemorated pass on to a higher ser¬
vice, but they still have a part in the fulfilment of
Christ's mission on the earth. And the church becomes
more and more sacred to us as these Memorials multiply.
J. G. D.
IN MEMORIAM.
The rounding out of another twelve months brings to
our minds the faces and memories of those who have
gone on before us into the new life. Among these were
Secretary William H. Davis of the Y. M. C. A., a faithful
helper in our men's work; Miss Grace Jones, for years a
beloved member of our choir, and Miss Adelaide E. Coe,
rich in all good works.
With mingled pride and sorrow we record the passing
of one of the most promising young men upon our Honor
Roll of the Great War. While still in the service, Ser¬
geant Carroll N. Chesley died as the result of an accident
on December 15, 1919, at General Hospital No. 41, Fox
Hill, Staten Island, N. Y. Sergeant Chesley enlisted in
April, 1918, while still in Crosby High School, having
just reached the required age for service. He joined the
ambulance corps, being stationed at the General Hospital
at Otisville, Long Island, N. Y. until transferred to Fox
Hill. He was promoted rapidly being sergeant at first
class at the time of his death and another promotion
was in preparation. Carroll was a clean, strong, manly
young man of the highest type, a favorite with all who
knew him. He was a Christian soldier, having confessed
his faith in the Great Commander by uniting with His
church. His brief life was one worthy of achievement
and precious memory.
Of all who during the year have thus completed their
course we may quote the words of promise, "Be thou
faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of
life."
THE SKY FIRST.
It is said that a certain painter whose works are im-
motal, before outlining his picture, was accustomed to
paint on the upper portion of his canvas the colors of the
sky, its blue and gold, its pink and purple. When this
was done he carefully filled in his chosen designs with
such tint and tone as seemed to be a reflection of that
which was above it. And so the finished work showed
a harmony that was striking and which has had no
small part in giving it permanent beauty and value. Is
not the artist's method suggestive of the way in which
we should build our lives? Let the sky come first.
Truth and duty and love, the higher principles, let these
first be cared for, and then the details filled in in such
manner as these suggest. Lives thus upbuilt will have
in them something of imperishable worth. As we look
through the annals of our own church and study the
characters that have been most admired and most use¬
ful, we find in every instance that the higher elements,
the qualities that reflected the divine, have in them been
most conspicuous. Those who have gone have left with
us many a noble picture of character and life, in Which
it is evident that the originals "painted the sky first."
As some one has written:
"God first and earth last;
What better rule than this?
If thou dost wish the work thou hast
To be a masterpiece.
Then smallest touches lightly given
On earth and seas, are toned to heaven."
J. G. D.
GENERAL S. C. ARMSTRONG.
General Armstrong, the founder of Hampton Institute,
was once very well known to our people, as his relation¬
ship to Dr. Beckwith, his brother-in-law, often brought
him to Waterbury. Frequently he spoke in the pulpit of
our old church. He died in May, 1893, two months be¬
fore the corner-stone of our present sanctuary was laid.
The writer recently found among his papers some words
from his pen upon the subject of prayer which seem
worthy of wide reading:
"Prayer is the greatest thing in the world. It keeps
us near to God. My own prayer has been most weak,
wavering, inconstant, yet has been the best thing I
have ever done. I think this is universal truth. What
comfort is there in anything but the broadest truth? As
I grow older, I feel the need of getting at the root of the
matter, of being sure of the nearness of God, of being
free from all the mistiness and doubts, and of throwing
the increasing cares of life on Him."
J. G. D.
CONGREGATIONAL WORLD MOVEMENT.
In accord with action taken by the National Council of
Congregational Churches of the United States at Grand
Rapids last fall, a plan has been worked out to meet the
larger needs of our denomination in conjunction with
similar plans of other Christian bodies. Our plan, called
the Congregational World Movement, is seeking to enlist
a great number in all our congregations in church mem¬
bership and Christian service, and also to secure an
emergency fund to relieve our home and foreign boards.
Today, on account of the greatly increased rate of ex¬
change, the high cost of living, and deterioration of our
missionary equipment grave danger confronts the institu¬
tions founded by our forefathers. The American Board,
limited to its present income, will be obliged to give up
one-third of its missions in foregn lands. Missionaries
and teachers, both at home and abroad, are being
crowded out of our ranks. Accordingly the Congrega¬
tional World Movement is calling upon all our churches
this year for an emergency fund of three million dollars
to supplement the usual goal of two million dollars for
missions, making an amount which will just enable us
to hold our own.
The Second Church, true to its reputation and as a loyal
supporter to all good causes, has voted to participate in
the effort to meet this crisis. Our quota of the
emergency fund is $9,014.00, which with our previous
missionary apportionment of $5,463.00 totals $14,477.00.
As the sum of our offerings the past year was $8,558.00,
our task now is to secure not quite double what we gave
then. The committee appointed by the church to for¬
mulate a plan in consultation with the pastors consists
of: Messrs. William G. Green, Wallace H. Camp, Warren
L. Hall, Charles D. Nye, Levi Wilcox. They have
earnestly requested that, if possible, we shall complete
our part in this movement on Easter Sunday. If we
can raise $15,000 that day this amount with contribu¬
tions from church organizations will not only realize
our quota but help make up probable deficits in smaller
and weaker churches. Therefore, we are all earnestly
asked to help meet this crisis and to make this Sunday
one of the most glorious Easter days in all our history.
Copies of the letter describing the plan and subscription
cards will be found at the doors. This effort does not
overlook the needs of our own church, but couples with
them our obligations at home and abroad.
In loyalty to those who have gone out to the hard
tasks of the Cross at home and abroad let us seek to
fulfill the words of St. Paul, "We then that are strong
oUght to bear the- infirmities of the weak and not to
please ourselves."
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OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN INDIA.
One of the most significant events in the past year was
the action by which our church assumed the general
support of a missionary in the foreign field. Upon
recommendation of the American Board we took as our
pastor in the Orient Rev. Raymond A. Dudley. Mr.
Dudley was born in Guilford, Conn., and spent a few
years in business. He graduated from Yale in 1916,
and gave several months during the war as Y. M. C. A.
secretary, having not been fully qualified for service in
the line on account of defective color vision. He gradu¬
ated from Yale Divinity School in June, 1919. Mrs.
Dudley is a graduate of Mount Holyoke, 1914, and also
studied in the Kennedy School of Missions, Hartford, and
taught at Willimantic. After spending a few days with
us, including Sunday, June 22, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley
were given a very pleasant reception in the church par¬
lors. Their pictures were printed upon the Calendar of
June 22.
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley sailed last fall and are now at
their post of duty in the Madura Mission, Madura, India.
They have sent us many interesting letters and a large
number of curios. A special message from Mr. Dudley
appears in this issue of the Chronicle.
Our kindliest greetings and our earnest prayers go
out to Mr. and Mrs. Dudley, and we trust that they will
ever find their friends in the Second Church faithful to
their deepest needs and interests.
WORD PROM OUR MISSIONARY REPRESENTATIVES.
Madura, India.
To the Second Church, Waterbury:
This last morning in January finds me sitting on the
open verandah of Mr. Guise's home, where we are
boarding, ten degrees from the equator, with the ther¬
mometer registering seventy-five. We reached India in
the cool season and never were troubled less by heat and
cold than during our first two months here. During the
day we have been out in the sun little, and as it goes
down we can go out for a set of tennis without our
pith hats. Early in March we are going to Kodaikanal,
a hill station eighty miles from here, where we shall
spend four months of our first hot season 7,000 feet
above sea level. Upon our return to the plains we ex¬
pect to begin keeping house in one of the bungalows
here in Pasumalai, three miles from Madura, for the re¬
mainder of the year.
This afternoon we are going to Madura in Mr. Guise's
conveyance, an Australian horse and an American two-
seated carriage, to visit the bazaars. We are glad to
find we can procure here in Madura cloth of nearly every
kind and most of the articles we need to set up house¬
keeping, at prices slightly in advance of those at home.
Furniture can be made here, and on the whole for many
articles it is better than shipping from America.
Five days after our arrival we began our Tamil study
with a good Indian "munshi," and we are now getting
into it in good earnest. Tamil, spoken by 11,000,000
people, is one of the hardest of Indian languages. We
can now catch many words in a sermon and ask for a
few of the daily necessities in Tamil, but for a year we
shall spend full time on it, and our extra long stay in
the hills in the cooler climate will make possible a more
intense application.
A few days after our arrival there was a festival at the
Hindu temple, two miles from here. People were
streaming past the bungalow on foot or in two-wheeled
bullock carts or in the smaller jutkas drawn by a single
bullock or pony. With Mr. Guise we walked to the tem¬
ple. As we approached we saw two women bow down
in the thin mud at the foot of the temple steps, and as
they rose their loose hair spattered mud on me. Mrs.
Dudley made her way through the crowded hall by grasp¬
ing Mr. Guise's belt, and I followed. Occasionally we
passed an officer, who, by vigorous tactics, tried to keep
the crowd in order. It was a good-humored gathering
and they seemed to have no objection to our presence.
We turned sharply to the right and went out to the res¬
ervoir, where the worshippers bathed before presenting
their offerings of bananas and cocoanuts. Our attempt
to go back in failed, and as we started another way I
missed our vest-pocket kodak. Mr. Guise was on the
point of saying it was futile to look for it when two
Indians came who had evidently found it where it had
been jostled from my pocket in our attempt to enter the
doorway. They readily exchanged the kodak for a small
reward. We then passed around the large rock at the
foot of which the temple stands. We saw one man roll¬
ing over and over and a woman measuring her length
on the ground. They were presumably going around
the rock, more than a mile, in this way, fulfilling vows.
We saw one man on a bed of cactus thorns, several
"Holy men" and many beggars.
We have visited most of the American Board work in
Madura and one of the outstations. We went to the
January mission meeting, and I attended most of the
sessions of the Madura Church Council. This last body,
predominantly Indian, is the governing council of the
Church the mission has developed in eighty years of
work. Like a growing child it is coming to have a mind
of its own, and the mission is placing responsibilities
upon it. A child of twelve or fourteen requires differ¬
ent treatment from a new-born babe, and it is one of
our duties to study this child. There is also a move¬
ment for the union of the Christian bodies which various
mission societies have developed in Southern India. It
remains to be seen how many will come into the union,
but it is a promising attempt.
Surely the life of a missionary here should be a broad¬
ening one. We want to retain some touch with the
conditions under which the church is working at home.
As we know more of India we shall try to share that
which we gather with those whose opportunity for obser¬
vation is not as good. And in the meantime we send
this with our best wishes for every other department of
the work of the Second Church for 1920.
RAYMOND A. DUDLEY.
OUR CHURCH SECRETARY.
For a long time the need has been increasingly felt
among us of a church secretary and visitor to supple¬
ment the work of the pastors. It has been necessary
for several years to have occasional clerical help, and
the amount has steadily increased. We were very for¬
tunate therefore to secure the services of Miss Vera
Elizabeth Dye who came to us from a very important
business position in Torrington. Miss Dye graduated
at Oberlin College in 1914, and then became executive
secretary in the First Congregational Church, Cleve¬
land, Ohio, with other pastoral duties. Later Miss Dye
became assistant to the Dean of Women at Oberlin.
Thence she entered business life, desiring to participate
in war industry. Miss Dye welcomed the opportunity
to re-enter church work and took her position here June
1, 1919.
Miss Dye has been an exceedingly efficient helper. She
has made out an entirely new parish card catalogue, and
has taken charge of the clerical section of the various
campaigns of last year. She has organized a successful
new young people's society, and has assisted in Sunday
School and in our women's activities. She has also done
parish calling, especially upon the parents of Sunday
School scholars. During the recent campaign in the
interest of St. Mary's Hospital Miss Dye was released
from her regular work to assist in directing the details
of that effort, and her aid there was invaluable.
In these and other ways Miss Dye has been a very
distinct help to the pastors and a greatly needed re-
enforcement to our church staff.
PARISH HOUSE.
On account of the disorganization of some of our work
incident to the war and other hindering causes together
with the continued high cost of building it has not been
deemed advisable to proceed with the plans of our parish
house at present.
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OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH.
Pastor,
REV. ROBERT ELLIOTT BROWN.
Assistant Pastor,
REV. W. MORETON OWEN.
Pastor Emeritus,
REV. JOHN GAYLORD DAVENPORT, D. D.
Secretary and Church Visitor,
MISS VERA ELIZABETH DYE.
Missionary Representatives, Madura,
Madura District, India,
REV. AND MRS. RAYMOND A. DUDLEY.
Deacons:
Wallace Henry Camp, Elected
Aaron Austin Benedict, Elected
Walter Gillett Morse, Elected
Frank Henry Seng, Elected
Andrew Selwyn Ketcham, Elected
Louis LeBlond Brewster, Elected
Crayton Farnsworth Carpenter, Elected
Warren Leander Hall, Elected
Hollis Dighton Segur, Elected
Levi Wilcox, Elected
Clerk, Roys L. Spencer.
Treasurer, J. Merrick Gallond.
Standing Committee:
The above mentioned, and for 1920:
Mrs. Arthur R. Kimball, William G. Green,
Mrs. J. Merrick Gallond, Edson W. Hitchcock,
Miss L. Edwina Schlegel, William E. Minor.
May 11, 1894.
August 31, 1900.
March 1, 1901.
January 17, 1908.
January 17, 1908.
January 17, 1908.
January 22, 1909.
January 28, 1910.
June 21, 1912.
January 11, 1917.
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Historian, Mrs. Pierrie C. Cowles.
ADDITIONS TO THE CHURCH.
January 5, 1919.
Miss Maybelle Elizabeth Backus.
Miss Ruth Estelle Currie.
Miss Edna Elizabeth Grohs.
J'udd Carter Minor.
Miss Martha Amelia Weir.
Harold Bradford Wylie.
March 2.
Miss Mary Laughlan Blane.
Miss Harriet Peasley.
Miss Olive Camp Rogers.
Frank W. Ineson, from Bunker Hill Congrega¬
tional Church, City.
Mrs. Frank W. Ineson, from Trinity Episcopal
Church, City.
Miss Ellen Savoy, from First Congregational
Church, Woodbury, Conn.
May 4.
Miss Zabell May Arakelian.
Miss Beatrice May Barnum.
Miss Ethel Beaumont.
Miss Marjorie Helen Boomer.
Richard Day Burritt.
Miss Edith Elizabeth Dews.
Miss Barbara Ross Dodge.
Ira C. Dubois.
Edwin Valentine Erbe.
Stanley H. Grater.
Roswell Frederick Hinkleman.
Floyd Marshall Ineson.
Clarence Attwood Isham.
Miss Olive Elizabeth Knowles.
James C. G. Maxwell.
Reginald James Maxwell.
Raymond Frederick Martin.
Richard O. Moore.
Warren Lemuel Nye.
2927 Willis John Patrick.
2 928 Donald John Post.
2929 Harold Benjamin Post.
293 0 George Raymond Putnam.
2931 Miss Carolyn Fyfe Small.
2932 Charles Gavine Small, Jr.
2933 Merton Reisdorf Turrell.
293 4 Clifford Henry Wells.
2935 Tyrrell Hawley Werner.
2936 Miss Ruth Marion White.
2937 Earl Eugene Barnes, from Inman Park Presby¬
terian Church, Atlanta, Ga.
2938 Miss Evelyn L. F. Bartshi, from First Presby¬
terian Church, Stamford, Conn.
293 9 Mrs. Alice Beardsley, from First Congregational
Church, Plymouth, Conn.
2940 George Arthur Boyce, from First Congregational
Church, Berkshire, N. Y.
2941 Alvin E. Gillett, from Central Christian Church,
New York City.
2942 Mrs. Alvin E. Gillett, from Central Christian
Church, New York City.
2943 Miss Marion F. Malloy, from Congregational
Church, Preston, Conn.
2 944 Arthur L. Mitchell, from Congregational Church,
South Britain, Conn.
2945 Mrs. Arthur L. Mitchell, from Congregational
Church, South Britain, Conn.
294 6 Mrs. Milo B. Peck, from First Congregational
Church, Kent, Conn.
2947 Herbert B. Post, from St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
Waterville, Conn.
2948 Mrs. Robert F. Seaman, from Congregational
Church, Naugatuck, Conn.
2949 Miss Mary Louise Seymour, from South Congre¬
gational Church, Hartford, Conn.
2950 Mrs. Lillian M. Shadbolt, from Central Presby¬
terian Church, Huntington, N. Y.
29 51 Herbert I. Smith, from Congregational Church,
Bethlehem, Conn.
2952 Mrs. Herbert I. Smith, from Congregational
Church, Bethlehem, Conn.
2953 Miss Minnie Vaughn, from Presbyterian Church,
Ardstraw, Ireland.
2954 Mrs. Clifford H. Wells, from Plymouth Congre¬
gational Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
2955 Arthur J. Wilsdon, from Grace Methodist Church,
Waterville, Conn.
2956 Mrs. Arthur J. Wilsdon, from Grace Methodist
Church, Waterville, Conn.
295 7 Miss Mildred Wilsdon, from Grace Methodist
Church, Waterville, Conn.
July 6.
295 8 Miss Estelle Margaret Anderson.
2959 James Joseph Carew.
2960 Mrs. James Joseph Carew.
2961 Daniel Clifton Hall.
2962 Miss Anna Rose Hebert.
2963 Mrs. Edith May Knapp.
2964 Carrol B. Knibbs.
2965 John McLean Stevens.
29 66 Mrs. Jean Mclnnes Stevens.
2967 George C. Duncan, from First Congregational
Church, Waverly, Mass.
2968 Mrs. George C. Duncan, from First Congregational
Church, Waverly, Mass.
29 69 Mrs. Irene S. Dye, from First Congregational
Church, Cleveland, Ohio.
2 9 70 Miss Vera Elizabeth Dye, from First Congrega¬
tional Church, Cleveland, Ohio.
29 71 Leroy M. Gibbs, from First Methodist Church,
Clarkston, Mich.
2 972 Frederick R. Knapp, from Calvary Baptist Church,
New Haven, Conn.
2973 Mrs. Marguerite Knibbs, from First Methodist
Church, City.
2974 Ralph Pascucci, from Second Advent Christian
Church, City.
2975 Mrs. Angeline Pascucci, from Second Advent
Christian Church, City.
2976 Jesse E. Smith, from Congregational Church,
Bethlehem, Conn.
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November 2.
2977 Cornelius Leroy Tyack.
2978 Mrs. Kate Elizabeth Whitney, from South Metho¬
dist Episcopal Church, City.
29 79 Ernest Cushing Whitney, from South Methodist
Episcopal Church, City.
REMOVALS.
Jan. 24.
Apr. 4.
Apr. 25.
Sept. 26.
Oct. 31.
Oct. 31.
Nov. 21."
Nov. 21.
Nov. 2 8.
By Letter.
Elliott L. Barnes, to All Saints Episcopal
Church, Oakville, Conn.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Merriman, to Plymouth
Church, New Haven, Conn.
Mrs. John A. Shaw, to Union Congregational
Church, Oakville, Conn.
Norman B. Pilling, to First Presbyterian
Church, Wilkinsburg, Pa.
Mrs. Lillian Steere Doughty, to Congregational
Church, Melrose Highlands, Mass.
Daniel C. Hall, to Calvary M. E. Church,
Arlington, Mass.
Mrs. John C. Ives, to Brick Presbyterian
Church, Rochester, N. Y.
Mrs. David N. Tucker, to Brick Presbyterian
Church, Rochester, N. Y.
James W. Warner, to Mount Pleasant Con¬
gregational Church, Washington, D. C.
Oct.
31,
1918.
Jan.
21,
1919.
Mar.
7,
1919.
Apr.
14,
1919.
May
31,
1919.
June
2,
1919.
June
7,
1919.
July
7,
1919.
Sept.
8,
1919.
Oct.
9,
1919.
Nov.
14,
1919.
Dec.
22,
1919.
Dec.
24,
1919.
By Death.
Mrs. Frank E. Whitlock.
Mr. Lewis A. Piatt.
Mrs. George E. Terry.
Miss Grace Jones.
Mrs. Clinton B. Twining.
Mrs. Daniel F. Squires.
Mr. Emerson M. Hotchkiss.
Mrs. Margaret Stafford.
Mr. Everett E. Wagner.
Mr. William H. Davis.
Mrs. Ethelbert Calkins.
Miss Hattie E. Johnson.
Mr. Charles G. Small.
SUMMARY.
Received on Profession 4 8
Received by Letter 36
Total gain 84
Dismissed 10
Lost by Death 13
Total loss — 23
Net gain 61
Membership December 31, 1918 1,269
Membership December 31, 1919 1,330
Feb. 2.
CHILDREN BAPTIZED.
1917.
Oct. 28. Walter Charles Forrest.
1919.
Jean Engelke.
Christine Engelke.
Ruth Kennedy Mclldowie.
James Rhodes Sheldon III.
Eleanor Kellogg Taft.
Carlton Frederick Austin.
Ruth Eleanor Barrire.
Adele May Arakelian.
Frank Leroy Blakely.
Harold Vaughn Crandall
Millicent Rockwell Grohs.
Mildred Lillian Hendrick.
Merrill Hartt Kelsey.
Muriel Edith Knapp.
Althea Carol Knibbs.
Hilda Lee.
Eleanor Ruth Reichenbach.
Mar.
Mar.
May
May
June
June
2.
9.
25.
28.
1.
15.
July 18.
Sept. 28.
Nov.
Erna Beverly Slack.
Lewis Milton Stanley.
George Stevens.
Robert Edward Straw.
Elizabeth May Tarket.
George Eugene Tarket.
Clodah Louise Voss.
Rodney Whitlock Pritchard.
Harold Abbott Slocum.
Gertrude Doris Slocum.
Harold Lewis Slocum.
Ruth Marie Liebold.
Total, 3 0.
Also 11 adults were baptized.
Jan. 1.
Jan. 1.
Jan. 8.
Jan. 11.
Jan. 25.
Feb. 8.
Feb. 20.
Feb. 22.
Apr. 2.
Apr. 9.
Apr. 11.
May 4.
May 26.
June 7.
June 11.
June 18.
June 28.
July 3.
July 7.
July 9.
July 26.
Aug. 12.
Aug. 21.
Aug. 27.
Aug. 28.
Sept. 1.
Sept. 2.
Sept. 6.
Sept. 8.
Sept. 8.
Sept. 10.
Sept. 24.
Sept. 27.
Oct. 2.
MARRIAGES, 1919.
Edgar N. Morrell, Waterbury.
Jennie R. Griffin, Waterbury.
Clare M. Ritter, Waterbury.
Marie A. Brunen, Shelton.
George D. Rose, Waterbury.
Gladys A. Stearns, Oakville.
Allen Matthewson, Enfield.
Florence M. Pierce, Middletown.
Frederick S. Manton, Waterbury.
Mary O'Neil, Waterbury.
Claude L. Graham, Waterbury.
Aurelie Hitchcock, Hartford.
Warren H. De Garned, Waterbury.
Grace Archambault, Waterbury.
Harry V. Gould, Waterbury.
Winifred Bennett, Waterbury.
Frank Ross, Cleveland, Ohio.
Maude Virtue, Waterbury.
William A. Booth, Waterbury.
Doris I. Pomeroy, Meriden.
John Brown, Waterbury.
Lizzie B. Crowley, Waterbury.
Peter A. Finn, Waterbury.
Albinia M. Rousseau, Waterbury.
William Mortison, Prospect.
Bessie Hodges, Prospect.
Elton B. Tyrrell, Union City.
Cora R. Moore, Union City.
Albertson Patch, Waterbury.
Ellen I. Hallenborg, Waterbury.
Daniel G. Taylor, Waterbury.
Alta Coddington, Waterbury.
Jake Deaner, Waterbury.
Mildred Sargent, Wells, Maine.
Robert Wilson, Waterbury.
Nellie Meyers, Waterbury.
Walter R. Hodges, Waterbury.
Dorothy E. Carver, Watertown.
Amie Greenwood, Waterbury.
Stella Montambault, Waterbury.
Walter Ronald Morse, Waterbury.
Mildred Ketcham, Waterbury.
Walter L. Barber, Waterbury.
Kathleen J. Johnson, Waterbury.
William H. Cryne, New Britain.
Florence A. Beckwith, Waterbury.
George W. Hazelton, Waterbury.
Eunice Broughton, Waterbury.
Mayne F. Grey, Waterbury.
Evelyn M. Hemingson, Waterbury.
Arlington S. Vosburgh, Wilkensburg, Pa.
Alice L. Pierce, Waterbury.
Harold E. Potter, Waterbury.
Elsie M. Humphrey, Waterbury.
Henry Lester Trafford, Fall River, Mass.
Amy Hart Butler, Waterbury.
Raymond F. Martin, Waterbury.
Maud Bernice Janes, Waterbury.
Albert J. Bragg, Waterbury.
Isabella G. Brown, Waterbury.
Charles M. Saltsman, Waterbury.
Antoinette W. Webber, Waterbury.
Clifford Southard, Piatt's Mills.
Laura Stauffer, Middlebury.
Edmund J. White, Waterbury.
Ruth Becker, Waterbury.
Francis J. Walters, Waterbury.
Catherine Zorn, Waterbury.
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Oct. 11.
Oct. 11.
Oct. 14.
Oct. 22.
Oct. 27.
Nov. 1.
Nov. 17.
Nov. 26.
Nov. 29.
Dec. 8.
Dec. 12.
Dec. 17.
Dec. 18.
Dec. 20.
Dec. 27.
Dec. 2 8.
Dec. 31.
Jan. 25.
Jan. 27.
Jan. 31.
Feb. 5.
Feb. 11.
Feb. 16.
Feb. 26.
Mar. 10.
Mar. 26.
Apr. 8.
Apr. 17.
Apr. 23.
Apr. 27.
Apr. 29.
May 25.
June 3.
June 4.
June 10.
June 18.
June 28.
July 9.
Aug. 15.
Aug. 28.
Sept. 9.
Oct. 6.
Oct. 11.
Nov. 3.
Nov. 10.
Nov. 13.
Dec. 16.
Dec. 18.
Dec. 26.
Dec. 26.
Dec. 26.
'Henry E. Lapham, Waterbury.
Albertine Garceau, Waterbury.
Maynard Edwin Rogers, Waterbury.
May Burton Byam, Waterbury.
George M. Hurlbut, Torrington.
Ethel H. Anderson, Waterbury.
Ewald Kramer, Waterbury.
Julia Martin, Waterbury.
John P. Mclntyre, Waterbury.
Minnie Mansfield Goodrow, Waterbury.
Arthur Warner, Waterbury.
Anna Conway, Waterbury.
Duncan R. MacGregor, Waterbury.
Grace Shea, Waterbury.
John M. Henry, Waterbury.
Elsie Patrick, Waterbury.
Bertrand F. Rankin, Hartford.
Ruth G. Augur, New Haven.
Vernon C. Badger, Hartford.
Grace Jaeger, Hartford.
Christopher Gahan, Waterbury.
Katherine Meyers, Waterbury.
Barton M. Bieler, Waterbury.
Muriel Currie, Waterbury.
Arthur Newton Pack, Lakewood, N. J.
Eleanor Brown, Waterbury.
Archibald Manson, Waterbury.
Hulda Anderson, Waterbury.
William J. Pickett, Waterbury.
Ida Forcave, Waterbury.
John Scott Eckhardt, Waterbury.
Irene F. Miller, Waterbury.
Herbert Waldron, Waterbury.
Ethel Langlois, Waterbury.
2.
FUNERALS, 1919.
Lewis A. Piatt, aged 64.
Cornelius Tracy, aged 65.
Henry I. Pritchard, aged 67.
John Edward Hornbecker, aged
Mrs. Walter Neubert, aged 20.
Jacob Henry Garrigus, aged 80.
Frederick L. Allen, aged 32.
Frances William Terry, aged 75.
Julienne Blanche Wood, aged 21.
Mrs. Daniel McGinnis, aged 52.
Grace Jones, aged 31.
Andrew J. Buckland, aged 86.
Mrs. Erwin V. Bischert, aged 33.
Mrs. Elizabeth N. Hickson, aged 72.
Mrs. Louis C. Gensler, aged 52.
Mrs. Clinton B. Twining, aged 63.
Mrs. Clara Booth Squires, aged 64.
Emerson M. Hotchkiss, aged 70.
Mrs. Mary J. Hillman, aged 84.
Merwin Gray, aged 42.
Mrs. Margaret Stafford, aged 70.
Everett C. Wigham, aged 43.
Mrs. Rasmus P. Peterson, aged 64.
Everett E. Wagner, aged 43.
Leslie Everett Warner, aged 74.
William H. Davis, aged 52.
Joshua F. Seaman, aged 60.
William Merrilees, Jr., aged 5.
Mrs. Eugene J. Davis, aged 61.
Frank Minor, aged 44.
Carroll N. Chesley, aged 19.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Ashton, aged 77.
Harriet E. Johnson, aged 69.
Charles Gavine Small, aged 56.
HONOR ROLL TABLET.
The approval of the church has been given to the
plan of providing a suitable memorial tablet in honor
of those connected with our congregation who gave
their services to their country in the Great War. In
order that the plan may be carried out most carefully
and fittingly a special committee has been appointed to
take charge of the whole matter. This committee con¬
sists of Deacon Levi Wilcox, Miss Helen E. Chase and
Mrs. Henry L. Wade. When the arrangements for the
tablet have been sufficiently matured due announcement
of details will be made.
THE PASTOR'S WIDER MINISTRY.
Only one who is closely in touch with the daily life of
the minister of today can realize to what an extent a
pastor is called upon for service outside his regular
pulpit and parish activity. This is especially true in
Congregationalism, where we do not have a system of
bishops and like officers by whom the mutual work of
the churches is largely administered. In all the stronger
churches their pastors, as experienced leaders and mold-
ers of public opinion, are constantly asked to aid by
counsel and participation great religious and civic move¬
ments. To many such calls it is practically impossible
to say no, for by responding to them the minister may
accomplish results for the cause of Christ which could
be obtained in no other way. Churches generally are
coming increasingly to regard as legitimate and profit¬
able the pastor's wider ministry, and so far as possible,
to provide him with needed assistance in parish duties.
It is a source of real satisfaction for us to know that
the pastor of our church has been recognized as quali¬
fied for many important tasks in this larger service.
During the past year he has been chairman of the Nomi¬
nating Committee of the National Council, a member of
the Executive Committee of the Congregational World
Movement, a member of the Commission on Evangel¬
ism, a director of the Congregational Home Missionary
Society, a member of the Committee to Urge Action to
Save Armenia, and a member of the Board of Pastoral
Supply for New England. Last spring he was Alumni
Lecturer at the Yale School of Religion on "Spiritual
Conflicts of the Great War." He was appointed an
honorary delegate from Connecticut by Governor Hol-
comb to the New England Congress for a League of Free
Nations. In behalf of the Pilgrim Memorial Fund he
spoke at Torrington, Conn., and at Winchester and at
Worcester, Mass. Occasionally he is called upon to
speak at schools and colleges, and is a trustee of the
Suffield Academy, Conn., and of the Okolona Institute,
Mississippi. He is often sought for as speaker for
Men's Leagues in other churches, but during this past
year has been practically unable to accept such appoint¬
ments. He has given much time to pastors of neighbor¬
ing churches for conferences on building plans and other
activities. In response to a very urgent appeal he
accepted a place as director of the Chamber of Com¬
merce in Waterbury. He is frequently called upon by
leading citizens in deliberation upon plans of community
betterment.
To respond to such calls as these as one is able means
the giving of no small amount of time and strength, but
that response will surely contribute deeply to the coming
of the kingdom.
W. M. O.
PILGRIM MEMORIAL FUND COMMISSION.
287 Fourth Ave., New York.
Rev. Robert E. Brown,
Waterbury, Connecticut.
December 31, 1919.
My dear Mr. Brown:
Now that the formal canvass in Connecticut is prac¬
tically completed and that the success is so magnificent,
we want to express to those who bore an important part
in the work a very definite and appreciative word of
thanks.
The brethren who withdrew for a number of Sundays
from the tasks of their parishes to undertake this work,
knowing well enough that when they returned home they
would have to work doubly hard to catch up, have
placed us under a great burden of gratitude and I want
to speak a grateful word, not only for myself, but for
the Executive Committee of the Pilgrim Memorial Fund.
We feel also that we are indebted to the kindness and
good will of the churches which have so graciously re¬
leased to us their pastors. These churches have made a
double gift to the Pilgrim Fund and have put all of us
under a debt of thanks. May I, through you, send to
your church in the name of our Commission an expres¬
sion of our lively appreciation and of our genuine thank¬
fulness.
Cordially,
H. F. SWARTZ,
Executive Secretary.
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MB. AND MRS. OWEN.
On the fourth of December last occurred an event of
unusual interest to the whole church, in the marriage of
Mr. Owen to Miss Mary Lockwood Benedict. Although
she was born of New England parentage in Connecticut,
Miss Benedict had lived much of her life in New York,
and at the time of her marriage she was the pastor's
assistant in the Platbush Congregational Church in
Brooklyn. Her coming to Waterbury and to the Second
Church make an invaluable addition to our social and
religious forces. The appreciation of the church as it
manifested itself in the gift of a most generous check
representing 1,300 individual contributions and in many
other forms of expression, is a striking proof of the high
esteem in which both Mr. and Mrs. Owen are held.
AN APPRECIATION.
Cher Ami:
Vous avez ete bien aimable, bein charitable en
m'envoyant le cheque de 100 D. M. pour les orphelins de
guerre de l'ltalie. Permettez moi d'y voir l'expression
et la preuve de ce lien qui unit toutes les ames dont
l'evangile est le code eternel et doux. Que dieu veuille
bien benir votre fleurissant congregation.
GIOVANNI SEMERIA.
309 South Main Street,
Waterbury, Conn.
U. S. A.
January 2, 1920.
My dear Mr. Brown:
My good friend, Fr. Semeria left a letter for you, be¬
fore leaving for New York, and I am enclosing it, adding
my best thanks for the kind welcome extended to him
by you and your brother. Since the letter is written in
French, and my friend's handwriting is not very clear,
allow me to translate it for you:
Dear Friend:
You have been very kind, very charitable, sending me
a $100 check for the Italian war orphans. Allow me to
find in it the expression and proof of that bond that
unites all the souls for whom the Gospel is the eternal
and sweet code. God bless your flourishing congregation.
Sincerely yours,
GIOVANNI SEMERIA.
26 Roosevelt St., New York.
Wishing you a happy New Year, I remain,
Yours as ever,
JOSEPH VALDAMBRINI.
VISITING SPEAKERS.
One of the unusual privileges afforded by our church
is that of hearing many distinguished preachers and
speakers, and so of learning of outstanding philanthro¬
pies and reforms of the day. During 1919 and the
opening months of 1920 the following speakers were
heard in our pulpit:
Miss Carita Spencer, New York, of the Food for
France Fund; Rev. D. Brewer Eddy, of the American
Board, Boston; Rev. Raymond A. Dudley, our mission¬
ary representative to India; Lieut. Frank Connes, of
Red Cross Mission to Russia; Rev. William S. Beard,
of Congregational Home Missionary Society, New York;
Rev. William Ross, Hamilton, Canada; Professor James
E. Mason, Livingston College, North Carolina; Mr. Harry
Clark Ostrander, New York; Tuskegee Singers, Tuske-
gee Institute, Alabama; Professor A. L. Gillett, Hartford
Theological Seminary; Rev. T. O. Perrin, of Presby¬
terian Church, Greenville, Texas; President W. Douglas
Mackenzie, D. D., Hartford Theological Seminary; Ser¬
geant Ruth S. Farnam, Royal Serbian Army; Professor
Luther A. Weigle, Yale University; President Donald J.
Cowling, D. D., Carleton College, Nortbfield, Minn.;
William T. Ellis, LL. D., New York; Professor Benjamin
W. Bacon, Yale University; Professor Arthur Howe, Taft
School, Watertown; Professor H. K. Krikorian, Robert
College, Constantinople; Miss E. Louise Plumley, field
secretary Connecticut Y. W. C. A.; Principal Horace D.
Taft, Taft School, Watertown; Rev. George L. Cady,
D. D., of American Missionary Association, New York.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
During 1919 despite many unfavorable circumstances
the school held its own in membership, the total enroll¬
ment January 1, 1920, being 610 as compared with 597
a year ago. The average attendance for 42 Sundays
was 358 as against 337 in 1918. The first quarter of
the year as usual was the best, the average being 383.
We hope that the present year may record a substantial
gain. The Cradle Roll membership at the first of the
year was 92 and the Home Department 16. The Chinese
Department has maintained its self-sacrificing work and
sent $30 to the work of the American Board in South
China, the old home of our Chinese scholars. The school
offerings for the year amounted to $669.26, $104.35 being
for Near East Relief. Everyone of our Congregational
missionary boards was given a special offering, including
also a contribution to the Woman's Board of Missions.
Our total of benevolence at home and abroad was
$384.47. At Christmas 45 separate families or indi¬
viduals were remembered. Flowers were sent to the
sick or aged each Sunday.
We were very happy to have 32 members of the school
unite with the church upon profession of t&ith. One
faithful member of our school passed away during the
year, Hon. Cornelius Tracy, a devoted member of th©
Sunday Noon Club. Owing to much absence from the
city and the increased pressure of other duties, Mr.
Charles P. Kellogg was obliged to give up the treasurer-
ship of the school, after ten years of most helpful service.
Similarly Mrs. Frank P. Noera felt compelled to relin¬
quish the superintendency of the Cradle Roll. To the
offices thus left vacant we have been glad to welcome
Mr. Charles M. Saltsman and Mrs. Levi Wilcox. Our
annual picnic at Quassapaug in June was in conjunction
with St. John's Church Sunday School, and a lively ath¬
letic program resulted in a handsome banner being
awarded to our friends across the way.
Officers.
Superintendent, Rev. W. Moreton Owen; assistant
superintendents, Deacon Crayton F. Carpenter, Miss Bess
E. Segur. Department superintendents: Cradle Roll,
Mrs. Levi Wilcox; Kindergarten, Miss Harriet Kirk;
Primary, Mrs. Fred A. Webster; assistant, Miss Edith C.
Camp; Junior Department, Mrs. Walter M. Boyd; Chi¬
nese, the teachers in charge; Home Department, Mrs.
L. L. Brewster. Secretary, Charles A. Baldwin;
assistants, Alfred A. Baldwin, William M. McBride, Clif¬
ford E. Loomis. Treasurer, Charles M. Saltsman. Li¬
brarian, Walter M. Boyd; assistant, Roys L. Spencer;
orchestra leader, Miss Florence R. Dreher. Honor Roll
Secretary, Miss Charlotte J. Merchant. Pianist for Kin¬
dergarten, Miss Edith G. Carpenter; secretary and pianist
for Primary Department, Miss Edith C. Thomas. Chor¬
ister for Primary Department, Miss Laura E. Budd.
Total of officers, including 2 who are teachers also, 21.
Teachers.
Kindergarten: the superintendent.
Primary Department: Miss Catherine L. Barnes, Miss
Helen Brewster, Miss Ruby M. Bugden, Mrs. H. H. Cook,
Miss Elsie Goedecke, Miss Mildred G. Hallock, Miss Freda
Higgins, Miss Elizabeth E. Judd, Miss Ruth I. Leibeck,
Miss Harriet Miller, Miss Nellie M. Tracy, Miss Helen
Welton, Miss Mildred L. White, Miss R. Marion White.
Junior Department and classes: Miss Helen M. Allen,
Miss Idabelle Bradley, Miss Willa Brown, Miss Millicent
H. Budgen, Miss Marjorie F. Burnham, Mrs. Edith B.
Cornish, Miss Charlotte Ketcham, Miss Eugenia H. Land-
gren, Miss Agnes L. Lavery, Miss Marion M. Minor, Mrs.
Henry E. Preusser, Elmer G. Robinson, Miss Edna C.
Upson, Miss Elizabeth C. Wagner, Miss Edna W. Weber,
Miss F. Mildred Wilsdon.
Intermediate classes: Mrs. W. H. Camp, Miss Leda D.
Clark, Mrs. George T. Coulter, Miss Vera E. Dye, Mrs.
C. C. Johnson, Miss Marion B. King, Miss Charlotte J.
Merchant, Alfred F. Meyerhans, Miss Edith F. Poole,
Miss M. Louise Seymour, Miss Allie B. Soule, Everett M.
Stanley, Mrs. William Van Kirk, Miss Mary E. Webster.
Senior and Adult classes: Miss Miriam Brewster, Wal¬
lace H. Camp, Mrs. W. M. Cottle, Mrs. W. G. Green, Miss
Orinda E. Hall, Mrs. W. B. Harned, Mrs. Nicholas Jen¬
kins, Clayton C. Johnson, Miss Elizabeth G. Kane, Mrs.
E. M. Segears, F. Henry Seng, Frederick B. Webster,
Levi Wilcox.
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SECOND CHURCH CHRONICLE
Chinese Department: Mrs. Willis I. Blakeslee, Mrs.
H. M. Smith, Miss Alice E. Thomas, Miss Eleanor E.
Warren.
Supply teacher: Miss Hilda M. Camp, Mrs. Robert E.
Brown, Mrs. W. Moreton Owen, Charles P. Kellogg.
Total teachers, 66.
Orchestra.
Leader and pianist, Miss Florence R. Dreher; violins,
Joseph Codella, Theodore Dreher.
Statistics and Honorable Mention.
Membership, January 1, 1919, 597; additions, 160;
dismissions, 146; removed by death, 1; net gain, 13;
membership, January 1, 1919, 610. Largest attendance,
450; smallest, 176; average, 358, or 56 per cent, of en¬
rollment. Perfect attendance for 1919: Louise Barrire,
Helen Brewster, Newton Crane, Ruth E. Currie, Barbara
Frink, Roswell F. Hinklemfm, Harriet Kirk, Roland
Klobendanz, Audrey Rogers, Roys L. Spencer, Ralph
Wagner, Mrs. Fred a. Webster. Present every Sunday
for two years, Floyd Wagner, Truman Wagner; three
years, Norman Wagner; four years, Mrs. W. H. Camp;
seven years, Myrtle J. Owens.
THE SUNDAY NOON CLUB.
This club gives an excellent opportunity for the men
of the church to discuss together in a broad, tolerant,
open-minded Christian spirit the outstanding problems
in sociology and economics. There has been con¬
siderable interest shown in the themes discussed and
many new members have been enrolled. Too much
praise cannot be given to those who by their faith¬
ful leadership have contributed largely to the high
degree of success which the club has achieved. The loss
of the former secretary of the class, Mr. W. H. Davis, is
keenly felt and he will long be remembered for his
splendid services to all. The visitors making addresses
were: Prof. Benjamin W. Bacon of Yale University; Mr.
J. W. Eddy of the Y. M. C. A.; Rev. John L. Brown of
Pilot Mound, Manitoba; Colonel William H. Cressy of
the Serbian Child Welfare Association of America; and
President E. F. Green of Star Institute, N. C. The club
extends a hearty invitation to all desirous of sharing ita
study and fellowship.
Officers: President, William G. Green; Vice-President,
Aldis W. Lovell; Treasurer, William L. Loomis; Secre¬
tary, Walter C. Blake; Chairman Membership Committee,
Harry G. Dodge; Leader, Fred B. Webster.
THE DAVENPORT BIBLE CLASS.
The Davenport Bible Class has held regular sessions
Sunday noons, at which the International Sunday School
Lessons have been studied. Because of other duties,
Mrs. Alice Beardsley resigned as leader in December and
Mrs. W. G. Green took her place. Socials have been
held during the year at the homes of members. Small
gifts have been made to various objects. There are now
thirty members on the roll.
The officers are as follows: President, Mrs. W. G.
Green; Vice-President, Miss Julia Kjellerstedt; Secretary,
and Treasurer, Miss Isabella Livingston; Calling Com¬
mittee, Mrs. W. C. Brown; Social Committee, Miss Adele
Goedecke.
THE WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
The Women's Association has had the most success¬
ful year in its history due largely to the energy and de¬
votion of its new president, Mrs. Arthur R. Kimball.
The membership has increased from 250 to 3 55 and
gives promise of further growth. The attendance at
the regular monthly meetings has been most gratifying
and there seems to be a closer bond of interest and
fellowship between all departments of the Association.
Special features of the year's work directly under the
charge of the Association have been the Chafing Dish
Supper in the spring, and, in conjunction with the
Men's League, the concert by the Welsh Choir, and the
Church Social in October when the parlors were taxed
to their capacity The reports of the various depart¬
ments and committees for the year follow.
The Missionary Department.
The Missionary Department through its Home and
Foreign Missionary Committees has provided very inter¬
esting speakers for seven of the regular monthly meet¬
ings of the association. They have conducted monthly
study classes, using the text books "Women Workers of
the Orient" from January to June and "The Path of
Labor" from September to January. Under the direc¬
tion of the Foreign Missionary Committee a Chinese play
written by Miss Jean H. Brown was given in the spring
and an unusually interesting thank-offering meeting was
held at the parsonage in November.
The Church Aid and Social Service Department.
The Church Aid and Social Service Department held
twenty-six regular meetings, added twenty new mem¬
bers to the roll but lost seven. The sewing for the Red
Cross and Associated Charities amounted to 444 gar¬
ments. A French orphan was adopted and letters and
Christmas gifts have been sent in addition to the money
necessary for her maintenance. A most successful rum¬
mage sale was held in the spring and the Annual Turkey
Dinner, which had been omitted during the war, was a
real social as well as financial success.
The Young Women's Department.
The Young Women's Department has held its meet¬
ings the first and third Tuesdays of each month with the
exception of July and August and has accomplished a
great deal in making articles for the annual sale which
was held in December the same evening as the Church
Aid Dinner. The Strawberry and Harvest Suppers given
in June and October were very successful and the even¬
ings when the members have met at 6:30 have been
among the most enjoyable of the year. The retiring
president, Mrs. Clinton E. Crane, has given very gen¬
erously of her time and strength to this department for
three years. Some new features to promote the social
life of its meetings have been added for the coming
year and it is hoped that a campaign for new members
will bring in many of our young women who otherwise
cannot be actively connected with the Association.
The Committees of the Associations.
The Hospitality and Social Committees have rendered
valuable service to the church as well as to the women's
organizations by calling on all households of the parish
and in furnishing refreshments for the regular monthly
meetings.
Three new committees were added and have been
actively at work during part of the last year They are
the Hospital Visiting Committee for calling especially
upon the sick and aged; a Fellowship Committee to
welcome strangers at our church services; and a Com¬
mittee for Church Flowers which has charge of all
decorations for regular and special church occasions.
The financial report of the Association is included in
that of the Church, but the following totals are of inter¬
est for 1919:
Total receipts for all departments $2,281.01
Total expenses for all departments. . 728.54
Total Home Benevolence for all departments. . 396.21
Total Foreign Benevolence for all departments 531.50
Association sales of U. S. War Savings Stamps 1,834.68
The new year book of the Association is especially
interesting. It is called the Tercentenary Number and
contains beside the regular program the constitution and
a list of all members and the financial report for the
year. We quote from the Association notes:
"We are hoping that the Association will gain inspira¬
tion from this tercentenary year of the Landing of the
Pilgrims, which is so important an event to the Con¬
gregational Churches of this country. For us in New
England it has special significance. We have reason to
be deeply thankful for such a "goodly heritage" from
those who founded Congregationalism three hundred
years ago. But with this heritage goes the obligation
to be true to their wonderful idealism manifested in
their heroic sacrifices. These sacrifices laid the founda¬
tion of the Republic no less than the Congregational
Church. It is suggested that as many of our members
as possible go to Plymouth to bring back from the cele¬
bration of the Tercentenary a new interest in the Church
at large."
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13
The Officers of the Association.
Women's Association: President, Mrs. Arthur R.
Kimball; Vice-President, Mrs. Robert E. Brown; Secre¬
tary, Mrs. Nelson A. Pomeroy; Treasurer, Mrs. Edyth
A. Allen; Auditors, Mrs. Aaron A. Benedict, Mrs. Roys
L. Spencer; Executive Committee, the above officers and
the chairmen of the departments and committees.
Missionary Department: Corresponding Secretary, Mrs.
Warren L. Hall. (1) Home Missionary Committee—
Chairman, Mrs. J. Merrick Gallond; Treasurer, Mrs.
Charles E. Puffer; Members-at-large, Mrs. Wallace H.
Camp, Mrs. Pierrie C. Cowles, Mrs. Cornelius Tracy. (2)
Foreign Missionary Committee—Chairman, Mrs. William
G. Green; Treasurer, Mrs. William M. Cottle; Members-
at-large, Mrs. Robert Dennison, Mrs. Francis A. Poole,
Mrs. Clayton C. Johnson; Secretary for "Life and Light,"
Mrs. Clayton C. Johnson.
Church Aid and Social Service Department: Chairman,
Mrs. Edyth A. Allen; First Vice-Chairman, Mrs. William
B. Harned; Second Vice-Chairman, Miss Edith C. Camp;
Secretary, Mrs. Aaron A. Benedict; Treasurer, Mrs.
Stanley H. Grater; Assistant Treasurer, Mrs. Walter M.
Boyd.
Young Women's Department: Chairman, Miss Eliza¬
beth G. Kane, Miss Orinda E. Hall, Mrs. Everett Stanley,
Mrs. Clayton C. Johnson; Vice-Chairman, Mrs. Clinton E.
Crane; Secretary, Miss Hazel Barnum; Treasurer, Miss
Anna Vaill.
Hospitality Committee: Chairman, Mrs. Stephen T.
Crane.
Social Committee: Chairman, Miss Bess E. Segur.
Hospital Visiting Committee: Chairman, Miss Eliza¬
beth Kirk.
Fellowship Committee: Chairman, Mrs. George E.
Judd.
Flower Committee: Chairman, Miss Harriet Kirk.
In looking forward to the coming year with its re¬
sponsibilities and opportunities the following message
from one of our influential women in the denomination
helps us to realize that we are not working as an indi¬
vidual church merely but are part of a world-wide move¬
ment:
"The work of reconstruction or of 'evangelism' of
ourselves, our women's societies, our families and our
friends is the task before us. We women can create an
atmosphere of devotion and loyalty, we can permeate the
churches with a high spirit of desire to co-operate in a
great movement to bring to pass a Christian civilization,
or we can be petty and selfish, indifferent or critical, and
by our small world lines we can thwart the divine pur¬
poses for the world. One enthusiastic woman can in¬
fluence a whole church and one coldly critical person
can be equally effective in destroying noble desires or
fine influences Women's societies should therefore pray
and read and talk of these things—the great needs of
the world and our responsibility toward them; the good¬
ness of God to us and our opportunity to co-operate in
His purposes. We must prepare for a great campaign
with all the ardor of which we are capable, and we are
to go into it, not for home missions or for foreign mis¬
sions, but for the needs of the world, and not as women
for women's work, but with men, working along the
same lines and under the same leaders—all of us to¬
gether in a movement for a greater loyalty to Christ and
His church, and a wonderful response to His call for
higher service."—Alice Mather Walker.
THE MEN'S LEAGUE.
The opening meeting of the season was conducted as
a joint enterprise with the Women's Association, the
entertainment being furnished by the Mountain Ash
Welsh Male Chorus. The auditorium was used ana tne
public responded well to the opportunity to near these
famous singers. The November meeting consisted of
banquet in the church parlors with Major de Martin of
the Belgian Cavalry service delivering an illustrated lec¬
ture on Antwerp. His address revealed the suffering and
the hopes of Belgium. At the December meeting Cap¬
tain Harry George, former commandant at Mare island,
told the thrilling story of our record in shipbuilding
during the war. Again, in February, the Chase Metal
Works furnished the entertainment; this time it took the
form of a New England dinner, the courses of which
were interspersed with selections by a male chorus
and followed by songs, ventriloquism, and humor¬
ous sketches. The annual banquet in March had for its
speaker Hamilton Holt of the Independent. He took
for his theme The League of Nations, dealing with its
origin, purposes and obstacles to its acceptance. Every¬
one felt well repaid for hearing his illuminating dis¬
cussion. Through the tireless efforts of Mr. Dayton the
membership of the League now stands at 370, which is
an increase of 143 over last year.
Officers: President, William G. Green; Vice-President,
William B. Brewster; Treasurer, George O. Allen; Sec¬
retary, Howard F. Tracy; Membership Chairman, A. B.
Dayton; Social Chairman, Roys L. Spencer; Entertain¬
ment Chairman, Alvin E. Gillett.
RHO SIGMA EPSILON SOCIETY.
The Rho Sigma Epsilon Society was organized Novem¬
ber 12, 1919. The membership is composed of young
people of the Church and Sunday School between the
ages of 16 and 26. The purpose is to promote religious,
educational and social activities among its members.
Three regular meetings are held each month: one
on Sunday evening and two mid-week meetings.
At the present time the society has a member¬
ship of 84, and also has as honorary members the pastor,
assistant pastor and secretary ex-officio; Mr. A. A. Bene¬
dict of the Board of Deacons; Mrs. Arthur R. Kimball,
President of the Women's Association; and Mr. William
G. Green, President of the Men's League. The maximum
attendance at any meeting has been 70, the minimum 18,
the average 30. The following people have entertained
the society: Rev. Frank M. Sheldon, Boston; Dr. W. A.
Hemingway, Shantung, China; Rev. Herbert D. Gallau-
det, Mr. A. W. Lovell, Mr. A. E. Gillett, Mr. E. T. Ander¬
son, Mrs. Marion Conlee. For benevolences the organiza
tion has undertaken the support of a native evangelist
who assists Dr. W. A. Hemingway in his work at Shan¬
tung, China. Affairs of a social nature have been a
play, a watch party, a skating party, a sleigh ride, and a
leap year party.
The officers of the organization are as follows: Presi¬
dent, Elmer G. Robinson; Vice-President, Miss Marion
M. Minor; Treasurer, Clarence W. Manning; Recording-
Secretary, Hazel F. Barnum; Membership Secretary,
Willa Brown; Social Chairman, Frank A. Ineson; Pro¬
gram Chairman, Edward M. Martin; Membership Chair¬
man, Clifford P. Loomis.
THE CHOIR.
Under the direction of Mr. Harris Stanlee Bartlett, the
organist and choirmaster, the choir has maintained a
high standard of work and has contributed its full share
toward making our services dignified and helpful. The
attendance of the chorus has been very good, especially
during the fall and winter. The musical services which
have been given throughout the year have been: "The
Triumph of David" by Buck; "The Shepherd's Vision" by
Berge; "Ancient and Traditional Christmas Carols";
"Christ, the Victor," by Buck. We have been assisted
by the following soloists: Carl S. Milroy, violinist; Ar¬
thur C. Bowen, Jr., violoncellist; Joseph N. DiVito, vio¬
linist; John Clayton, violoncellist; Dayton M. Henry,
violinist; Miss Esther Bradley, harpist; Mrs. Helen
Munro Bennett, harpist.
Our quartet is as follows: Miss Carrie B. Kings-
ley, soprano; Mrs. Isaac Beecher Clark, contralto;
John Hopkins, tenor; Rollin P. Clarke, bass. The mem¬
bers of the chorus are: sopranos, Miss Maybelle E.
Backus, Miss Hazel Barnum, Mrs. T. F. Bevans, Miss
Laura Budd, Miss Flora Cary, Miss Pearl Goetz, Miss
Eunice Hitchcock, Miss Eva Lewis, Miss Helen Mackie,
Miss Violet Pellissey, Mrs. Harry Rathbun, Miss Ethel
Reichenbach, Miss Adele Weaver, Miss Anna Westberg;
altos, Miss Thalia Carver, Mrs. Chester Jones, Miss Clara
Kelley, Miss Marion B. King, Miss Bertha McBride, Mrs.
Arthur Mitchell, Miss Dorothy Smith, Miss Edith Thomas,
Miss Lillian Westberg; tenors, E. A. Hyde, L. H. Lavalley,
Harry Rathbun, William McBride; basses, Harry T.
Cable, Orton P. Camp, Robert McBride.
During the year one member was lost by death, Miss
Grace Jones.
The church entertained the quartet and chorus with a
dinner and a very enjoyable evening at Craig Loch Inn,
Hubbard Park, Meriden, last October
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THE BOY SCOUTS.
During the past year Troop 7 has met regularly and
carried on its scheduled work. For the larger part of
this time Mr. Milton A. Thomas was scoutmaster, with
the efficient aid of three assistant scoutmasters who
have come up from the ranks of the troop, Walter Thow-
less, Charles H. Osborne, and Richard O. Moore. Re¬
cently by reason of leaving the city Mr. Thomas was
obliged to give up his position as the head of the troop.
We have been so fortunate as to secure Mr. E. Sidney
Bronson as scoutmaster, and with his splendid experience
and vigorous leadership the troop is taking on new life.
Every boy in our congregation twelve years of age or
over is eligible for membership and is cordially urged
to come to the troop meetings on Wednesday evening
and learn of the plans of the work.
Officers: Troop Committee, William G. Green, Gordon
Hurlbut, Harry C. Post. Scoutmaster, E. Sidney Bron¬
son. Assistant Scoutmasters, Walter Thowless, Charles
H. Osborne, Richard O. Moore. Scribe, Stanton Webster;
Treasurer, Ronald W. Mason.
CAMP FIRE GIRLS.
The Second Church has two groups of Camp Fire Girls:
the Onondaga Camp Fire under the guardianship of
Mrs. C. C. Johnson, and the Elvihdar Camp Fire with
Mrs. Walter M. Boyd as guardian, and Miss Edna C.
Upson as assistant guardian.
The Onondaga Camp Fire includes nine members.
During the year a course was given in first aid, several
members' suppers and hikes were held, and at Christmas
time the group gave toys and scrap books to the Day
Nursery. Miss Bessie D. Parks rendered most valuable
service as assistant guardian to this group up to Novem¬
ber 1, at which time she resigned to leave the city.
The Elvihdar Camp Fire includes seven members.
Among the activities of this group were two suppers, two
picnics, a number of hikes and skating parties and a
progressive Hallowe'en party. At Christmas time the
girls dressed dolls for the children at Mrs. Freter's home.
A food sale was also held
LIGHT FROM OTHER LUMINARIES.
Our Neighbors.
We often live close to the real issues that go to make
life real and worth living and are unconscious of it.
We often live near to Science and never know it, in the
midst of Culture and never have it, we walk daily in the
atmosphere of Religion and never imbibe it. Nature is
everywhere and still we are strangers to her beauty.
We seem to be incapable of the concentration necessary
to grasp a theme and become enthusiastic over it, thus
we live near to real Happiness and never taste it.—
Scovill Mfg. Co. Bulletin.
Stronger Men.
O do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for
powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your
work shall be no miracle. But you shall be a miracle.
Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness
of life which has come to you by the grace of God.—
Phillip Brooks. Quoted in Spotlight, Farrel Foundry
and Machine Co.
Transformation.
The ten thousand shrubs, the three thousand trees,
and the six thousand packages of flower seeds given
out produced a transformation in Waterbury's yards
and streets which attracted the attention of many
observers. A campaign of this sort not only produces
actual results in places made more beautiful, but it
stimulates many people to a further appreciation of the
improvement which flowers, trees and shrubs will make
in the environment.—For Waterbury—Chamber of Com¬
merce.
A Lenten Talk.
A forty-day wrestling with the devilish powers of the
world is apt to show a man where he is weak. He may
be chagrined to find it out and it makes him humble.
It is good for the soul to "walk humbly," to be sorry
for sin, to ask forgiveness, to resolve to amend. And
this is not only because it is the one self-respecting course
to pursue, but also because such a course puts the things
of life into proper perspective. Such a course, to quote
the blind man in St. John's Gospel, "hath opened my
eyes; . . . whereas I was blind, now I see."
We too now see what we must and what we must not
do. In all ages, "Lord, what must I do to be saved?"
has been the soul's elemental cry. What must I do?
What must we do?
The occupation of Lent is self-examination—not only
to rake over the past but to prepare for the future, and
for the present to know the particular duty for the par¬
ticular hour, so that we can say: "To this end was I
born, and for this cause came I unto the world."
* * * *
The war is ended—apparently! But our obligation is
not ended.
❖ * * *
We have helped to save Europe from famine in war¬
time. Shall we now hold back in peace time, when
Europe, still more sorely stricken, asks not a gift, but
credit?—Elbert F. Baldwin in The Outlook.
GLEANINGS.
"Now Spring's generous hand brings flowers to the
land." The general opinion of the winter just passed is
that there has been nothing like it since the blizzard of
eighty-eight. Nevertheless, we have had a good season
in our church's activities, as a perusal of the Chronicle
will show.
The reports from our missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. Ray¬
mond A. Dudley, will be read with great interest.
The campaign for the Pilgrim Memorial Fund was an
outstanding event in the history of Congregationalism in
the Naugatuck Valley.
Our church co-operated heartily in the securing of in¬
creased endowment for St. Mary's Hospital.
The new young people's society organized under the
leadership of Miss Dye promises to render splendid ser¬
vice.
The Men's League annual banquet with Hamilton Holt
as the speaker was of unusual interest in view of the
man and his treatment of international themes.
Our church will be represented at the International
Congregational Council by Mrs. Arthur R. Kimball. It
is hoped that many from our city will avail themselves
of the opportunity to attend the Council.
The growth of the Women's Association in the past
two years has been truly remarkable and most encourag¬
ing. Their program for this year should be read by
every member of the congregation. It sets a high stand¬
ard of excellence as to form, substance and purpose. It
is published as a booklet and is called the Tercentenary
Number.
The Third Congregational Church has secured $12,500
out of the $30,000 required for its new church edifice.
The Italian Congregational Church, under the pas¬
torate of Rev. Pasquale Codella, is planning a new
church building and has secured $27,086.70 toward it.
The Bunker Hill Congregational Church upon the
resignation of Rev. John W. Flight secured the Rev.
F. W. Davis as pastor. The church is planning to build
a new parsonage this spring and is looking forward to
building a new church soon. The church has made
much progress this year in finances, having increased
160 per cent, in the support of the church and 400 per
cent, in benevolences.
The call which has come to Rev. Charles A. Dinsmore,
D. D., of the First Church to a professorship in Yale
Divinity School has profoundly interested our city and
widening circles beyond. Dr. Dinsmore's splendid fit¬
ness to present the relation of the Scriptures to literature
at large and to inspire students for the ministry with
fresh conceptions of divine truth is recognized by all.
If Yale shall secure Dr. Dinsmore's services, the univer¬
sity is certainly to be congratulated. If it shall seem
wise to decline, we shall rejoice that Dr. Dinsmore's
ministry can continue among us. In either field he will
be a most potent factor for the upbuilding of the king¬
dom.
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NATIONAL AGENCIES.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCHES,
289 Fourth Avenue, New York City.
Moderator, Rev. Henry Churchill King, Oberlin, O.
Secretary, Rev. Hubert C. Herring.
CONGREGATIONAL PUBLISHING SOCIETY,
(The Pilgrim Press)
14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
CONGREGATIONAL WORLD MOVEMENT,
287 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y.
NATIONAL SOCIETIES.
AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR
FOREIGN MISSIONS,
Congregational House, Boston, Mass.
For general Christian work in Africa, Asia and islands
of the East.
THE CONGREGATIONAL HOME MISSIONARY
SOCIETY,
287 Fourth Ave., New York City.
Nineteen self-supporting state organizations are in
federated relations with the National Society. The State
Superintendent or Secretary is the official representative
of all home mission interests.
AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION,
Central Office, 287 Fourth Ave., New York City.
Educational and church work in the South among
Negroes and Highlanders; in the West among Indians,
Eskimos, Chinese, Japanese and Hindus; in the Island
Territories of Porto Rico and Hawaii. New work in
Southwest taken under instruction of National Council.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY,
28 7 Fourth Ave., New York City.
Aids by grants and loans in building churches and par¬
sonages. In sixty-six years it has helped to build 4,982
churches and 1,334 parsonages.
CONGREGATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY,
Congregational House, Boston, Mass.
Directs Denominational Religious Education Program,
including Social Service and Missionary Education; aids
Colleges, Academies, Training Schools, Ministerial Stu¬
dents, University Pastors; directs campaign to secure
Recruits for Christian Leadership.
THE CONGREGATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
EXTENSION SOCIETY,
287 Fourth Ave., New York City.
Aids and establishes Sunday Schools on the frontier,
in the rural community, in new city communities and
among immigrants.
THE CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OF MINISTERIAL
RELIEF.
287 Fourth Ave., New York City.
To conserve the welfare of aged ministers or their wives.
THE PILGRIM MEMORIAL FUND.
287 Fourth Ave., New York City.
A Permanent Tercentenary Memorial Fund of Five Mil¬
lion Dollars, to provide annuities for the old age and
disability of Congregational Ministers. The income to
supplement payments made by the ministers. Actuarially
Sound. Socially Just.
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
A Springtime Enigma. Forest and Flower.
Twenty-three letters compose the answer, and it tells
of a royal pair of whom the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Owen
remind us.
3, 5, 4, 14, the Master's favorite flower.
7, 6, 19, 22, 15, 20, 2, 21, the glory of the south.
10, 15, 19, 1, 15, 15, 23, a beautiful harbinger of spring.
11, 12, 14, 16, 20, 15, 1, 17, 13, the Pilgrim's favorite
blossom.
16, 17, 9, 18, 17, 4, the "meeting seed" of our grand¬
mothers.
23, 8, 9, 23, 17, 3, 5, 15, 18, common but golden.
J. G. D.
CHILD'S PRAYER.
As sinks the sun beyond the sight,
As twinkling stars their candles light,
Keep Thou me safe, O Lord, I pray:
May angels guard me till the day.
R. E. B.
A NEW ENGLAND PRIMER.
A is for Adam,
The very first man.
He and Eve lived in Eden
When life they began.
B is for Babel,
A tower very tall;
But confusion of tongues
Did its workmen befall.
0 is *or Cain,
Who slew his own brother.
This is a lesson
To love one another.
D is for Daniel,
Who dared to be true;
The lions were near him,
Yet God brought him thru.
E's for Elijah,
Who was hungry indeed!
Till God sent the ravens
Elijah to feed.
F is for Faith
Such as Abraham proved,
When out into Canaan
He trustingly moved.
(J's for Goliath,
A terrible foe;
But David's true aim
Laid the great giant low.
H is for Hannah,
With Samuel, her son,
Who heard God's com¬
mands
And kept every one.
I is for Isaac.
On a camel he sped,
To a land far away,
Rebekah to wed.
J is for Joshua,
Whose bold little band
Went up from the desert
To spy out the land.
K is for Kish,
The father of Saul;
And Saul was first king
Of the Israelites all.
L is for Levi,
The head of the priests,
Who planned for the
worship,
* The fasts and the feasts.
M is for Moses,
Who went up alone
And brought down from
Sinai
The tables of stone.
N's for Nehemiah,
Who rebuilt the wall
Around the great city
Long after its fall.
0 is for Ophir,
A land famed of old
For apes, ivory, peacocks,
For silver and gold.
P is for Pharoah,
Of Egypt the king.
He was kind to poor
Joseph
And gave him a ring.
Q's Queen of Sheba,
Who travelled in state,
To Solomon's Court,
For its glories were great.
R is for Ruth,
Kind, tender and true;
She toiled in the fields,
And loved Naomi too.
S is for Samson
Of strength and renown;
He pulled on the pillars,
And brought the house
down.
T is for Tubal,
Who made tools strong
and sharp;
While Jubal his brother
Performed on the harp.
U's for the upright.
In the Psalms it is said,
They dwell in God's
presence.
By Him they are led.
V is the victory
Which Jacob won,
As he wrestled the angel
One dark night alone.
W's woe
Which falls on all lands,
When the people forget
God's righteous commands.
X is for Xerxes,
Whose arrows did fly
So thick in the battle
They clouded the sky.
Y is for yielding,
Like Jonah, to fear;
His life in the whale
Was indeed very queer.
Z's Zechariah,
Wbo saw in his dream
Four colored horses,
A terrible team.
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SCHEDULE OF CHURCH BENEVOLENCES.
1920
Jan. 18.
Feb. 15.
Mar. 21.
Apr. 4.
May 16.
June 20.
July 18.
Aug. 15.
Sept. 19.
Oct. 17.
Nov. 21.
Dec. 19.
Plate Offerings, 1919
Near East Relief $ 423.88
American Missionary Association..
Waterbury Industrial School
American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions
Waterbury Hospital
Cong'l S. S. and Extension Society
Anti-Tuberculosis League
Waterbury Day Nursery
Cong'l Education Society
Cong'l Home Missionary Society. .
Conn. Relief Fund for Ministers. .
Cong'l Church Building Society. ..
617.53
39.34
1,184.78
235.29
122.72
25.00
25.00
221.61
711.78
151.96
573.77
Some additional items of benevolence for 1919 were:
Food for France Fund $ 55.86
Mt. Olive A. M. E. Zion Church 63.11
Italian Congregational Church 100.00
Tuskegee Institute 49.30
W. C. T. U 25.00
Serbian Relief 166.14
Boston Seaman's Friend Society 23.40
Third Congregational Church 200.00
Italian War Sufferers . 100.00
Tougaloo University 100.00
Southmayd Home—board and care 432.00
AVaterbury Hospital Free Bed Fund.
In the spring of 1912 it was suggested that we should
have a free bed in the Waterbury Hospital, and a fund
was started which should ultimately reach $5,000.00.
Every year since a contribution has been taken for this
object until now the total amount to its credit is
$3,175.66. This is a benevolence that should appeal both
from the point of view of the church and of the Water¬
bury Hospital.
SECOND CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY.
The annual financial report of the Second Congrega¬
tional Society and the list of officers for the fiscal year
beginning April 1, 1920, will appear in the Calendar of
Sunday, April 11.
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE CHURCH AND AUXILIARY SOCIETIES.
Balance
Jan. 1, 1919
Receipts
General
Expenditures
Benevolences
Home Foreign
Balance
Jan. 1, 1920
Church
Sunday School
Sunday Noon Club
Davenport Bible Class
Rho Sigma Epsilon Society....
Women's Association
Charlotte B. Hill Fund
Home Missionary Dept
Foreign Missionary Dept. . . .
Church Aid Dept.
Furnishings Fund
Young Women's Dept
Men's League
Camp Fire Girls
Boy Scouts
$ 918.14
$10,010.16
$1,651.97
$4,109.08
$4,323.39
591.85
1,369.42
802.51
234.72
164.75
47.73
69.16
36.55
5.00
......
12.16
23.12
14.35
9.00
8.00
22.13
58.05
46.82
......
26.65
430.53
317.82
25.00
10.00
2,079.55
84.00
100.00
46.40
297.75
16.70
225.00
10.00
35.36
388.75
32.50
250.00
458.22
817.52
289.56
32.13
146.50
88.85
3.56
,
225.09
346.46
23.21
147.83
130.00
44.28
724.30
676.66
20.00
10.00
4.05
26.42
15.83
60.50
20.39
13.00
$4,660.96
$14,669.59
$4,037.48
$4,807.76
$5,052.64
843.86
759.29
75.34
3.93
33.36
104.36
2,063.55
92.45
141.61
807.55
92.41
270.51
61.92
14.64
67.89
$5,432.67
SUMMARY.
Balance, Jan. 1, 1919 $ 4,660.96
Receipts . . . . 14,669.59
$19,330.55
General Expenditures 4,037.48
Home Benevolences 4,807.76
Foreign Benevolences 5,052.64
Balance, Jan. 1, 1920 5,432.67
$19,330.55
RECORD OF BENEVOLENCES.
1911 $ 2,710.75
1912 4,184.66
1913 4,592.22
1914 7,601.27
1915 6,790.96
1916 8,725.13
1917 13,197.81
1918 10,505.58
1919 9,860.40
PILGRIM MEMORIAL FUND.
Number of Pledges 303
Amount of Pledges $52,454.75
Total Benevolence for 1919, including Pilgrim Memorial
Fund, $62,315.15.
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