do us now. They will be hailed by the same spring, with its birds and flowers. They will pass up the same broad and shaded street, and look out upon the same gem of a valley, with its picturesque setting of hills. The rude monument of Pomperaug will remain and will be visited by the curious, as to-day. But will the people be wiser, better, happier? Will most of them be in Christ's visible fold, as burning and shining lights? Christian friends, the answer to these queries depends largely upon us. Our faith, zeal, fidelity, with heaven's favor, may fill the lips of posterity with glad hosannas at the tri-centennial. Gazing backward, I seem to see the great cloud of witnesses for Jesus here clasping hands along the flying years, and as they pass on, the blessed results of their sacrifices, toils and tears, I seem to hear them say: "Freely ye have received, freely give." "Take the triumphs we have gained to cheer you; gaze upon the trophies we have gathered and hung around you, then press forward from conquest to conquest, until called to lay your armor down, and receive the Master's well-done." Amen.

The concluding prayer was uttered by Rev. John Churchill, and after this a recess of five minutes occurred to give opportunity for such as chose to retire.

During the services of the forenoon, the deacons of the mother church, our own, and those of the North church, sat about the communion table after the manner of "ye olden time." After the recess came the administration of the Lord's supper to some 800 communicants, filling the seats above and below, Rev. William K. Hall, of Stratford, and our own pastor, officiating. It was a solemn and interesting occasion-never before enjoyed here-never again to be enjoyed by us below,-when a mother church, with its own mother and six children sat down together at the "Earthly marriage feast of the Lamb." The remembrances of that hour will go with us through the eternal ages.

The exercises at the communion were opened by singing the following verses, beautifully rendered by William Cothren, James H. Linsley, Mrs. Enos Benham, and Mrs. Horace D. Curtiss, as a quartette:

""Tis finished,"-so the Saviour cried,

And meekly bowed his head, and died;
"Tis finished,"-yes the race is run,
The battle fought, the victory won!

ADDRESS AT COMMUNION.

FATHERS, BRETHREN, FRIENDS:-We approach this sacramental table to-day under circumstances of peculiar interest. The "communion of saints" is changed from a dry dogma of our creed into a blessed reality of our experience. The mother church sits down in this heavenly place in Christ Jesus, with her daughter, granddaughters, cousins, and many of the remoter kindred and others of different denominations. No idea of the Church in the Bible is more common or beautiful than that of a family or household. God is the Father, Jesus is the elder brother, and all true believers, brothers and sisters in Him. The Savior once said that whosoever should do his will, the same was his brother, sister and mother. And Paul gathers into one family the redeemed on earth and in heaven. Ah! the hundreds who have preceded us in caring for this Zion, must be near to-day in sympathy and gratulation, though we feel not the pressure of their hands, and hear no word of cheer from their lips. And through the knowledge we have of their career and of their blest estate in glory, we can commune with them, and gather inspiration to press on in our Christian course. Friends, our time for holy fellowship and achievement here is fast. passing by. The Lord help us to go down from this mount of glorious privilege with a fuller consecration to his service. Then, when called to rest from our earthly labors and cares, we shall be numbered among those who die in the Lord, and whose works follow them!

The service was continued by Rev. William K. Hall, in the following remarks:

BRETHREN IN CHRIST:-Our thought has been directed to the blessed truth of the unity of all believers in Christ, of the family relation in which all who are Christ's are found, a relation which death itself cannot sever.

This truth is made most vivid and real to us by this Supper of our Lord, and by these memories of our fathers, which as a sisterhood of churches we have come together to-day to revive. We love to contemplate this truth. It produces a deep, quiet, joyousness of spirit, thus to keenly realize that we are one with those who have gone before us to the home above, one with that godly ancestry who planted these Churches of Christ and bequeathed to us these religious institutions. There is, it is true, this invisible,

indestructible unity.

But what does this imply? That we have the same faith, the faith "once delivered to the saints," that we are sustained by the same hopes and the same promises? Most surely; but is there not more than this? There is a unity of the spirit, a spirit of devotion to the truth, a spirit of consecration to the Master and His service. Through much self-denial, through much self-sacrifice, they labored to secure for themselves and for those that should come after them, these blessings of the Christian family and the Christian state. Fidelity to the truth, a firm, unyielding devotion to the interests of religion among them, marked their character and their lives. We may not, my brethren, be called to practice the same kind of self-denial, and may not find the same kind of sacrifices in our path of duty, but if we are true, devoted Christian men and women, loyal to the Master and His kingdom, we shall find that we need the same spirit that actuated them, and we shall moreover find that our path of duty is the path of selfdenial and self-sacrifice. That teaching of the Savior, which was in so large a manner exemplified in their lives, is for us also. "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for My sake, shall find it." This supper which calls to remembrance the sacrifice of our Lord, His self giving for us, ever brings to mind afresh that root-principle of all Christian living, self-giving for Christ, self-losing in Christ. We e are here brought into communion with Him. Shall not this communion bring us into a closer sympathy with His spirit? Shall we not, by this communion, possess more of the mind of our Lord? As we take this cup to our lips, and by faith behold the blood that was shed for us, shall we not take into our hearts more of Christ that we may take into our lives more of Christ? If we here renew our covenant vows, let us remember that these vows are vows of allegiance, by which we devoted ourselves and

our all to the service of Christ. If we here re-consecrate ourselves to Jesus, let us recognize the truth, that it is a consecration to the cross-that the cross is to be henceforth more deeply imprinted in our souls, and that we are to bear it more steadfastly and faithfully in our lives.

May we all to-day be so baptized by the Holy Spirit into the spirit of the Lord Jesus, that "denying ungodliness and worldly lusts," we may "live soberly, righteously and godly in this present world; looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the Great God and our Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works."

It was now "high noon," and the final hymn being sung, the "great congregation" moved to the Town Hall to partake of the collation, which had been prepared by the church and congregation, aided by the voluntary and acceptable contribution of eatables and assistance from the ladies of the North Church, and the churches of Judea and Roxbury. We shall not soon forget their kindness, and shall be only too happy to assist them on any similar occasion. All were amply supplied, and when all were "filled" there were "many baskets full taken up."

At 12.45 P. M., the bell gave warning of the services at the cemetery, where the Fathers' monument was to be dedicated. This is a structure hewn from native boulders, of massive proportions, 33 feet high, erected at a cost of more than $1,500, more than one-third of which was contributed by a single individual. There is no similar monument in this country, so far as known to the writer. The principal stone is a granite block of great beauty found on a farm at a distance, and prepared for the place of honor on the base of the monument. On the front it bears the inscription in prominent letters, "Presented by William Cothren and Lyman E. Monrijié, July 4th, 1861." This inscription refers to the block, and not, as some supposed, to the entire monument. Just above, on a brown stone block, are the names of the gentlemen at whose expense the monument has been erected. The inscription is, "Erected in honor of the Fathers, by Rev. W. T Bacon, Hon. Thomas Bull, David S. Bull, Esq., George H. Clark, Esq., Hon. William Cothren, Hon. Julius B. Curtiss, Hon. Henry C. Deming, Hon. Henry Dutton, Charles G. Judson, Esq., Woodbury Lyceum, Walter P. Marshall, Esq., Rev. Benjamin C. Meigs,