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Julia L. Bacon (Eugene L.) Richards,
Dec. 31, 1820,
131 High st.
Mary E. Maurel (John C.) Ritter, Charles Robinson,
Date of admission. Residence. Mar. 7, 1869, Thomaston, Ct. .. .. ..
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.. Douglas R. Satterlee,
. Elizabeth Knowlson(DouglasR. )Satterlee, " " " Amelia Scott,
Aug. 28, 1808, 39 Whalley av.
Dec. 25, 1864, c. Lydia Stannard (w. Erastus C.) Scranton, Apr. 3, 1864, 522 Ch pel =t. Mary E. Scranton,
«. Edward S. Scranton, .. Harriet A. Scranton, ". Eliza Blake (w. John F.) Seeley, Lucy E. Selden, Charles Selden, Silas R. Selden,
". Elizabeth Chow (w. Wm. ) Sheffield,
c. Forrest Shepherd,
c. Sophia W. Storer (Forrest) Shepherd, George R. Shepherd,
". Helen F. Rck (Geo. R.) Shepherd, Eliza T. Sherman,
r. Mary B. Shipman, Charlotte D. Shipman,
Harriet B. Whiting( w. Aaron N.) Skinner, Dec. 25, 1825,
c. Mary L. De Forest (w. John) Skinner, Mary Polly Smith, Wales Smith, Mary Coyshall (Wales) Smith,
Sept.24, 1826,
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Laura A. Smith,
Mar. 31, 1861, " July 30, 1865, 6. June 24, 1832, SanduskyCity, O.
Nov. 1, 1835. Brooklyn, N.Y.
Sept. 2, 1849, 36 Grove st.
May 1, 1859, Lenox, Mass.
Sarah A. Lambert (Hubbard M.) Smith, Nov. 4, 1860, 28 Trumbull st.
". Heury W. Spangler,
". Mary W. Coe (Henry F.) Spear,
Oct. 4, 1868, 104 Grove st.
". Mary J. Dunham (w. Wmn.) Spencer, ". Mary C. Spencer,
Dec. 31, 1869, 47 Hillhouse av.
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". Henry St. John,
c. Esther P. Gray (Henry) St. John, ". Mary Knight (George W.) Staples,
r. Lucy Starr,
«. Edward Stevens,
c. Celestia Jerome (Edward) Stevens,
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Feb. 7, 1869, 83 Wall st. Sept. 5, 1869, 1 Ehn st. Apr. 4, 1:69, 77 Elr. st. May 2, 1869, 190 Chapel st. Nov. 26, 1845, New York City. " Oct. 7, 1828, Farmington, Ct. Sept. 2, 1832, New Haven, Ct.
Dec. 2, 1832, : July 25, 1858, Collinsville, Ct. Jan. 5, 1868, 6 4
Apr. 27, 1846, Hamden, Ct. Aug. 4, 1839, 52 Olive st. Apr. 25, 1858, = ( Prospect, cor. 1 Lock street. Sept. 5, 1865, 146 Orange st. Feb. 25, 1821, 25 Wallace st. July 27, 1828, 226 Crown st.
Jerusha Wade Smith, Polly Palmer (Jacob C.) Smith,
“. A, H. Smith,
". Flora Smith, GEORGE M. SMITH,
Mar. 8, 1857, Unknown.
May 3, 1868, 528 Chapel st. " " : Apr. 3, 1559, 173 Church st. June 6, 1852, 633 Chapel st. Mar. 7, 1869, 11 Wooster Pl.
Date of admission. Residence. Dec. 6, 1863, 236 Orange >t.
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Date of admission. Residence. Jan. 7, 1855, New York City.
c. George P. Stillman,
c. Elizabeth Trowbridge (Geo. P.) Stillman, " " " .6 46
c. Benjamin W. Stone, Apr. 1, 1832, 16 Warren st.
Elizabeth J. Harrison (Benj. W.) Stone, June 5, 1831,
Benjamin J. Stone, May 30, 1858, .6
George T. Stone,
Caroline M. Leffingwell (w. A. R.) Street, July 30, 1809, 438 Chapel st.
c. Minerva L. Street, May 3, 1868, 206 Whalley av.
c. Bennett H. Sutlitf, July 4, 1869, 259 Grand st.
c. Sarah Nettleton (B. H.) Sutliff, .. ..
c. Sarah Hart Judd (Aaron W.)Sweetland, Dec. 7, 1862, 9 Brown st.
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Mary Ann Talmadge, Esther E. Talmadge,
c. Harriet W. Terry,
Jane Cunningham (Gco. L.) Thomas,
Addie Elizabeth Thomas,
Charles Thompson,
Dec. 31, 1837, 211 Crown st. " " " "
Asenath Warner (Charles) Thompson,
c. Ellen Thompson,
c. Nathaniel F. Thompson,
c. Jane C. Street (Nath'l F.) Thompson, Charlotte S. Thompson,
June 24, 1849, May 25, 1851, 39 Whalley av.
Susan A. Johnson (Minott) Thompson, June 5, 1831, "
c. HarrietS.Armstrong(w. H. B.) Thompson, July 2, 1543, 7 Liberty Court. e. James D. Thompson, Sept. 5, 1569, Brooklyn, N. Y. "
Georgianna Treadway(Jas. D.) Thompson, Mar 25, 1866,
c. Eunice Crisscy, (w. Riley) Tisdale, Dec. 5, 1841, Boston, Mass. " " Northampton, Ms.
". Ann Eliza Tisdale,
c. Clarissa Benham (w. Theron) Towner, July 3, 1842, 11 Wooster Pl.
c. Maria Towner, Margaret H. Townsend,
July 2, 1850, 139 College st. June 5, 1831, 26 Hamilton st.
c. Eliza A. Milford( w. Wm. K.)Townsend, Feb. 2, 1862, East Haven, Ct. " :
c. George HI. Townsend,
c. Mary G. Buckeler (Geo. H.) Townsend, June 4, 1565,
c. James M. Townsend,
Sept. 2, 1849,
Maria T. Clark ( James M.) Townsend, June 24, 1849, Edward H. Townsend, May 30, 1858, 10 Howe st. May 6, 1838, 30 College st.
c. George Treadway,
c. Minerva Merwin (George) Treadway, " "
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Feb. 4, 1838, 422 State st. Nov. 3, 1539, 121 Water st.
Minott Thompson,
Oct. 5, 1828, Almshouse, May 28, 1841, 114 College st. Nov. 7, 1869, 143 Prospect st. Nov. 11, 1866, 162 Dixwell av. "
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Date of admission. Residence. May 31, 1840, 59 Elm st.
Thomas R. Trowbridge,
Caroline Hoadley(Thos. R.)Trowbridge,
Caroline Hoadley Trowbridge.
Jan. 3, 1864,
" " Barbadoes, W.I. " "
c. Isabella Nesbit (W. R. H. ) Trowbridge, Nov. 3, 1867, Thomas R. Trowbridge, Jr. Heury Trowbridge,
June 27, 1854,
May 31, 1840,
Sarah C. Hull (Henry) Trowbridge,
Feb. 23, 1568,
Henrietta King Trowbridge,
Nov. 7, 1869,
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Mar. 28, 1851, 117 Temple st.
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May 27, 1866, "
Jan. 5, 1864,
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c. Margaret E. Dean (w. W. J.) Trowbridge, Nov. 7, 1858, Henry Trowbridge, 2d,
June 24, 1560,
May 25, 1834, Portland, Ct.
Dec. 31, 1869, 91 Whitney av.
Sylvia Tuttle (Julius) Tuttle,
Sept. 29, 1844, Hamden, Ct.
Mary P. Twining, Julia W. Twining,
June 5, 1831, May 27, 1832,
105 Elm st. " "
Alexander C. Twining, by p. 1820; by c, Dec. 4, 1853, " "
137 Elin st.
c. Harriet A. Kinsley (Alex. C.) Twining, Harriet Anna Twining, Julia Sarah Twining,
Mar. 26, 1854,
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Mary Alınira Twining,
Apr. 25, 1858,
Eliza K. Twining,
July 25, 1858,
Amelia Tyler,
Dec. 28, 1845, Farmington, Ct.
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c. Arabella Loomis (w. Henry) Upson,
July 4, 1852, 109 College st.
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c. Alfred Walker,
c, Eunice Minor ( Alfred) Walker, Frances E. Walker, July 27, 1862, " "
c. Katherine K. C.(w. Rev. Ed. A.) Walker, Feb. 2, 1868, Uncertain. James Walker, Oct. 31, 1852, 57 Whitney av.
c, Martha H. Johnston (James) Walker,
Dec. 4, 1831, 400 Chapel st.
July 1, 1832,
June 6, 1858, " "
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William R. HI. Trowbridge,
Jane Louisa Fitch Trowbridge, Ezekiel H. Trowbridge,
174 Crown st. 150 Temple st. "
c. Sarah A. Day ( Ezekiel H.) Trowbridge, Mar. 7, 1841, Charles Henry Trowbridge, Ezekiel Hayes Trowbridge, Jr.,
221 Church st. 29 Meadow st. " "
Lucy Elizabeth Parker(H.2d,)Trowbridge, " 27, 1858, Fanny W. Crandall (Edward) Tryon, Sarah Tucker,
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Caroline Way, Louisa Webster,
e. Mary L. Salter (w. Charles R.) Welles, Charles Salter Welles,
c. Thomas Wells,
. Jane E. Bucklin (Thomas) Wells, Caroline Wells, Janette Whedon,
Dec. 31, 1969, "
Aug. 28, 1831, 22 Grove st.
Mary W. Chapin (James H.) Wheeler, Nov. 24, 1567, 114 High st.
c. Augur Wheeler,
c. Aurelia V. Selden (Augur) Wheeler,
«. Theodosia Darenport(w. RussellC.) Wheeler, Mar. 7, 1869, 76 Prospect st. Theodosia M. Wheeler, May 21, 1869, " =
c. Parmelia Wheeler,
Sept. 5, 1869, 43 Davenport av.
". Abigail F. Darenport (Rev. P. M.) Whelpley, . 3L.) } Mar. ( Bloomingdale, Mar. 7, 1530, 7 N. Y.
Henry White, c. Martha Sherman (Henry) White,
c. Julia F. (Henry D.) White, Alma C. White, James D. Whitmore,
June 5, 1-31,
Mar. 1, 1868, 480 Chapel st. Dec. 31, 1859, 129 College st. 10 York Square. " "
Dec. 27. 1857,
r. Ruth C. Morton (James D.) Whitmore, Jan. 3. 158, Henrietta F. Edwards(w. Eli) Whitney, July 26, 1818, Eli Whitney, Apr. 25, 1858,
29 Elm st.
c. Sarah Dalliba (Eli) Whitney, Sept. 6, 1$46, July 4, 1841, 114 College st.
c. Mary E. Whittelsey,
r. Jane B. Milford( w. Chas. B. ) Whittelsey, June 5. 1531, 201 Orange st. Susan E. Whittelsey, Nov. 1, 1846, Anna C. Whittelsey, Charles H. Whittelsey,
. Henry N. Whittelsey,
c. ElizabethA. Wilson ( Henry N. ) Whittelsey, "
Charles Barnes Whittlesey,
May 28, 1841, 524 Chapel st.
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c. Alvan Wilcox, Mar. 7, 1824, 12 Pearl st. ",
c. Patience Cornwall (Alvan) Wilcox, Laura Seeley (w. Curtis) Wildman, Emily Augusta Wildman, Marietta Wildman,
Apr. 26, 1846, 17 Clark st. Oct. 31, 1858, " ", " "
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". E. Antoinette Wilcorson(C.B.) Whittlesey, Feb. 1, 1852, Antoinette Whittlesey, Dec. 31, 1869,
Dec. 30, 1$60, N. Orleans, La. Dec. 30, 1849, New York City. Sept. 5, 1869, 150 College st.
. Clara E. Whittlesey,
Date of admission. Residence. Feb. 25, 1821, Westville, Ct. Dec. 25, 1831, 132 Temple st. May 5, 1861, 201 Orange st. July 27, 1862, Media, Pa. Mar. 3. 1850, S6 Whitney av. =
July 4, 1869, 113 Howe st. : ",
Jan. 23, 1831, 258 Church st. " :
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Date of admission. Residence.
Clarissa Brockway(w. Jason F. ) Williams, June 29, 1828, 252 State st. Clarissa B. Williams,
July 27, 1862, " "
c. Charles Winship,
Jan. 7, 1844,
10 York Square. " "
c. Jennie J. Miller(Charles) Winship, Leonard Winship,
Jan. 7, 1855,
May 25, 1841, 151 Chapel st. "
FrancesA. Coudrey( Leonard) Winship, Jan. 31, 1858,
Mary E. Williams (John M.) Wooding, Mar. 29, 1857, Wallingford, Ct. Sarah J. Tuttle(w. Joseph A.) Wooster, Nov. 11, 1866, 20 Division st.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
During the year 1869, the Church lost, by death and dismission. thirty-one members, and gained seventy-nine. This leaves the ag- gregate membership at the present time. (Jan. 1870), five hundred and fifty-two, an increase of forty three upon the reported number of the preceding year ; of this number two hundred and eighty-one were received by profession, and two hundred and seventy-one by certificate. One hundred and fifty-four are males, and three hun- dred and ninety-eight are females. Four hundred and eighty-one reside within the town limits of New Haven : sixteen in other parts of the State; forty-four in other States : five in other countries : the residence of three is uncertain, and that of the following named persons is unknown :- Sherman Munger, Lester W. Platt and Hen- ry W. Spangler.
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APPENDIX A.
ACCOUNT OF THE TREASURER OF THE CHURCH FOR THE YEAR 1869.
1869.
CR.
Jan.
1. By cash from old account,
$36.72
Feb. 8. 66
69.82
March 8.
66
58.48
May 3.
38.38
July
5.
66
66
72.97
Sept. 6.
55.74
Nov. 8. "
127.14
Dec. 23.
" Avails of Trowbridge Fund in July, 145.60
-8668.20
DR.
For amount paid for publishing Manual, $114.89
" expenses of committee on Catalogue, &c. 1.75
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66 Gen. Association of Conn., 10.18
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66 Expenses of Communion table and care of " service, 59.50
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Paid to the poor of the Church, 286.71
Dec. 31. 66
66 to new account, 195.17
-$668.20
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Contributions, 63.35
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The whole amount contributed at the Communion services is 8522.60. The average amount per month is 843.55. which is $4.88 per month more than in 1868. The number of the poor regularly helped in 1869, is less, by four, than in 1868 ; two have died, one has ceased to be a regular recipient, being helped occasionally by the Society contribution and by individual friends, and the other being now in possession of means sufficient for all present emergen- cies. The number now aided regularly is four. One other has re- ceived occasional help during the year.
C. B. WHITTLESEY, Treasurer.
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APPENDIX B.
THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS FROM THE FIRST CHURCH AND SOCIETY TO BENEVOLENT OBJECTS DURING THE YEAR 1869, HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY MR. JOHN RITTER, AS FOLLOWS, VIZ :
Collection for disabled ministers, needy widows and or-
phans of ministers, $502.50
for American Bible Society, 334.78
66 for American and Foreign Christian Union, 153.99
for Lebanon Mission,
56.26
for Home Missionary Society, 209.66
for Am. Board Com. Foreign Missions. 1,971.82
for “ at monthly concerts, 254.50
66 for Congregational Union Building Fund, 523.00
for City Missions,
1,176.40
Poor of the Congregation.
406.79
Seamen's Friend Society,
236.00
Donations by Ladies' Home Missionary Society,
4,557.50
Subscriptions to Orphan Asylum,
1,668.00
to Young Men's Christian Association,
175.00
to Society for promoting Collegiate and Theo- logical Education at the West,
416.00
Miss Rankin's Mexican Mission, 526 00
American Missionary Society, 333.00
Home for the Friendless, 254.00
Legacy to Orphan Asylum from Miss Susan Trowbridge, 500.00
Mrs. Abigail Salisbury, 4,970.00
$19,361.71
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by Sabbath School Missionary Society.
136.51
APPENDIX C.
THE LADIES' HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
This flourishing and popular Society has become so well known. and its various interests are now so well understood and appreciated, that little besides a synopsis of the last Report need be appended.
Fourteen boxes of clothing and household articles have been dis- tributed among eleven Home Missionary families. Including cash donations which have accompanied these, the estimated value thus disbursed has amounted to 83961.60. Add to this, three Commun- ion sets, and part of another, Sabbath School Libraries, Hymn and other valuable books, and the donations of this Society for the past year may be stated at 84500, while the value of " goods and gar- ments" remaining on hand, is somewhat larger than that with which they commenced the year. These valuable results have been at- tained by an outlay in cash of $1737.42.
The donations of ready made garments, valuable even when a little worn, enable the managers so to economise their cash funds, that, with the work done by the Society, they become able to ex- tend their care for these families beyond the supply of their merely physical wants, and by the addition of well-selected books for the Pastor and his family, they give to his studies the efficient aid and to them the mental culture which they eagerly crave.
Communion sets, Sunday School Libraries and Hymn Books, are also found to be such valuable accessions in the work of fostering feeble Churches, that this Society will continue to afford these de- sirable aids, according as the Lord shall prosper them through the future beneficence of the Congregation whose almoners they are.
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APPENDIX D.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL OF THE CHURCH AND CONGREGATION.
During the year 1869, the Sunday School had an aggregate mem- bership of about two hundred and thirty-two. The largest attend- ance of Scholars and Teachers, on any one Sabbath, was one hun- dred and sixty-three,-the average was one hundred and thirty- seven.
In April, Deacon Whittlesey, who, for seven years, had earnestly and faithfully served the School as its Superintendant, resigned his office into the hands of Mr. J. Henry Root.
During the year, Mrs. Edward S. Scranton, a faithful Teacher, and A. Frank Barnes, a member of Dr. Bradley's class, were called from faithful testimony for Christ on earth, to the perfected service of His saved ones in heaven.
The membership of the School at the present time, (Jan. 1, 1870), is one hundred and ninety-three, classified as follows :- One infant class, numbering thirty ; eighteen classes of older children and youth, numbering in all eighty-eight; four Bible Classes, number- ing forty-three.
The contributions in behalf of benevolent objects were as fol- lows :- For the Cretan Orphans at Athens, Greece, $42.08; for the City Tract Society and the Broadway Mission S. S., $42.27 ; for the Sunday School Union, $19.50 ; to supply Ship's Libraries, 832.66.
During a large part of the year, a Teachers' meeting has been held weekly ; it has been well attended, and has grown in interest. A prayer meeting of the lady teachers has also been held weekly.
Above all other evidences of prosperity, God has shown some hopeful results in a deepened religious interest among the present members of the School ; some of whom have manifested their de- sire to be Christ's, by becoming members of His visible Church.
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The sessions of the School are held in the Chapel every Sabbath morning, from a quarter past nine to a quarter past ten o'clock.
The officers of the School, for 1870, are :- Superintendent, J. HENRY ROOT; Assistant Superintendents, Mrs. WM. HILLHOUSE and W. L. BRADLEY, (also Secretary); Treasurer, EDWARD S. SCRANTON ; Librarian, SOLOMON MEAD.
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APPENDIX E.
THE PASTOR'S AID SOCIETY,
ITS ORIGIN AND ORGANIZATION.
At the annual meeting of the First Church of New Haven, Jan. 9, 1870, Mr. H. C. Kingsley offered some remarks in connection with the usual reports made by various committees, particularly the report on the state of religion in the church.
In referring to these reports as indicating a gratifying degree of prosperity, he remarked, in substance, that it is certainly pleasant to know that the church is steadily increasing in numbers and that its contributions for benevolent purposes are large. At the same time, it is important we should be considerate of the danger of over-estimating these outward signs of prosperity. In the church, numbers are not strength, money is not power. The prosperity that is indicated only by tokens that are material and external, is not such as Christ's church needs. To be what He designed it should be, an unspeakable blessing in the world, it must have a strong inner life, a working spiritual life ; a life that springs from personal devotion ; from an individual, sincere, loving consecration to Christ and His service ; not living for itself alone, but laboring also for others. A church is truly prosperous only in proportion as it is pervaded by this spirit. Such a spirit it is eminently important to stimulate and develope. To aid in doing this, Rev. Dr. Patton moved that a committee be appointed to consider what systematic plan of benevolence might be devised which should enlist the activ- ities of the church in personal christian labor. This motion was adopted. A committee was appointed consisting of Mr. H. C. Kingsley, Rev. Wm. Patton, D.D., Prof. C. S. Lyman, Mr. Alfred Walker, and Dr. L. J. Sanford.
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At a church meeting held Jan. 30, the chairman of the Commit- tee, Mr. H. C. Kingsley, made the following
REPORT.
The appointment by the church of a committee to consider and report in what ways the usefulness of the church may be increased. assumes that the church recognizes the duty and believes in the prac- ticability of increasing its usefulness. Any remarks on these points may therefore seem unnecessary, but the committee have thought that they might, not inappropriately, say a few words in relation to them by way of adding strength to the convictions of all.
The New Testament idea of a Christian church, is of a body of be- lievers united by the bond of a common faith in Christ for mutual edification and for active labor in his cause. As the love of Christ for men brought him to a life of self sacrifice in our world, so it is expected of Christians that their love to their risen Savior will lead them to active and earnest endeavors after those for whom he died. Arguments, exhortations, invitations, encouragements to such work are with great frequency and urgency addressed by the Apostles in their epistles to the churches. No countenance is given to the idea that a Christian can be inactive or passive, or that the minister of a church is to do the whole work of the church. The minister is indeed under Christ to be the head, the director, the leader. the guide, the teacher, the counselor, but the directions of the New Testament are full and explicit in demanding of all Christians active service. The Christian who has obtained a hope and then resigns himself to a life of ease and repose, like the traveler, who buys his ticket and seats himself in the railway car without thought or care for the journey, trusting to the conductor for his safe arrival at his destination, is not recognized by the New Testament writers. The Christian who is satisfied when his intellect is convinced by the logical argument, or when his imagin- ation is delighted and his feelings excited or softened by the eioquence of some favorite preacher, but who is not moved by any or all these to some active effort and exercise of the powers within him, will find at length his appetite cloyed with rich food, his strength reduced to weakness and his Christian life almost extinct. Christian labor is essential to spiritual digestion. On these points there is no difference of opinion among the members of this church. We are members of the body of Christ, each having a capacity for some function; each
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one adapted by natural gifts or by the grace of the Spirit for some active Christian duty. Let us be careful, however, each one to stand in his lot and perform the duty devolving on him, not assuming the part of the ear, when that of the hand or the foot or the tongue be- longs to him, or in some other way mistaking his appointed work.
This church is indeed a city set on a hill ; its light cannot be lid. Its example is looked to, its influence is felt throughout New Haven and in other communities. Its history for nearly two centuries and a half, is illustrated by a long line of faithful ministers of Christ and of a goodly company of godly men and women, who have in their day and generation done good service for their Lord and Master. With all the prestige of the past, and all that has been done by those who have gone before, to encourage us, we stand by God's grace at the present time to consider our duties and responsibilities. We may truthfully say that there is no church of our order in New Haven which has now greater capacity for usefulness in the cause of Christ than this church, and the amount of work actually accomplished is not unworthy of remembrance. The committee have been encouraged. and think that the church may well be encouraged, in seeking to ex- tend their usefulness in old and new channels, by recalling the success which is attending the labors of the ladies of the Home Missionary Society; the prosperous condition of our Sabbath School. now more prosperous than for many years, and the not few individuals who have devoted time and labor to Mission Sabbath Schools and to many other works of mercy and charity. But is the church satisfied with these labors ? Shall we stop here ? No one supposes the capability of the church to be exhausted by what is now done. It is small, very small, in comparison with what the church can and therefore ought to do. The committee have reason to believe that many members of the church would be glad to be more actively employed, if the way was opened; that there are many who do not feel satisfied that they are doing their whole duty towards their fellow members in the church, or to those who are without. They recognize the principle, that where much is given much also will be required.
In the first place, then, the usefulness of the church may be increased by a more intimate acquaintance among its members. It can hardly be expected that in so large a church as ours, composed of persons who are necessarily engaged during the greater part of the time in the ordinary cares and widely varying work of life, an acquaintance out-
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side of our church work can be very much more cultivated; but in the church itself. in our meeting- for conference and prayer, in the social church gatherings and in the fields of Christian labor, a better knowledge of each other can and ought to be cultivated, and would undoubtedly tend to mutual edification. The Sabbath School is another instrument of usefulness to the church, which may be in- creased. We have said that it is now more prosperous than for many years. and so it is. A band of faithful and earnest teachers have drawn to them nearly two hundred scholars, but the time is remem- bered when twice that number were enrolled on the list of the school. It might be so now. The material is not wanting. Large numbers of young persons are more or less regular attendants on our Sabbath -er- vices, over whom the church ought to a least attempt to exert a more decided influence. These form a class of persons who, by their pre- sence with us on the Sabbath, in a manner ask us for our active sym- pathy and friendly services. which we cannot properly withhold. The formation of additional Bible classes from among these persons. and from those more especially of our own church, who no longer call themselves children, would be a very efficient means of doing good.
If we look outside of the church we find a very large number of the whole adult population of New Haven, who have no regular place of worship, while of more transient persons, the sailors are an inter- esting and much neglected class. There must be, there are ways of reaching these. By the opening of new places of worship, by the establishment of Sabbath Schools for neglected children; by the dis- tribution of tracts and religious books; by bible reading; by holding prayer meetings in neighborhoods where little religious influence is exerted, it is believed much good may be accomplished and that in some or all of these ways this church ought to let its light shine. Perhaps it is not too much to say that this church ought of itself to support a city missionary to labor among the destitute of our city. These modes of church work are not new. Labor of the kind which has been indicated is largely and systematically prosecuted in other cities and large towns. It has not been entirely unknown or untried among ourselves. A single church in the city of New York, through an or- ganization formed in the church, supports five missionary chapels, six Sunday Schools attended by 1500 scholars, a dispensary which affords medical aid to the destitute who require it, six industrial schools, a school for crippled children and a Dorcas Society, at an annual cost
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