MONDAY AFTERNOON SERVICE. 



On Monday afternoon at half -past two o'clock the congrega- 

 tion assembled in the audience room of the church to receive 

 the fraternal greetings of old friends of the church, representa- 

 tives of sister churches, and former members. The service 

 opened with an old-time anthem by the choir, " Come, my 

 beloved, haste away," and during the progress of the service 

 still another one of the sacred songs of former days, " Strike 

 the cymbals! Sound the timbrels! " was also sung. 



The Scripture lesson was read from the 145tli Psalm by the 

 Rev. Magee Pratt, pastor of the Kensington Church. Prayer 

 was offered by Rev. Thomas Clayton, pastor of the Church in 

 Berlin. 



It is to be regretted that full reports of all the addresses de- 

 livered at this service have not been preserved and cannot be 

 obtained for this memorial volume. 



THE MOTHER CHURCH. 



Rev. George Henry Sand well, pastor of the First Church in 

 this city, extended the greetings of the " Mother Church " in a 

 most felicitous and friendly manner. He expressed his very 

 great pleasure to be present on this occasion, and remarked 

 upon the cordial and kindly relations of the mother and the daugh- 

 ter church. He said that when he was about to come to this 

 town, he heard much of the generous spirit of fellowship exist- 

 ing among the Christian people here, but his expectations had 

 been more than realized. He had never lived in a place where 

 there was such good feeling and kind-heartedness as was shown 

 in New Britain. He congratulated the South Church on its 

 marvelous growth and prosperity, and hoped that it would con- 

 tinue to increase and abound in every good .work, and that the 



