The Litchfield County post., 1827-07-19

For the Boston Recorder & Telegraph. GEN ERAL ASSOCIATION OF CONNECTICUT This body assembled at Stratford on Tues
 day the 18th II o'clock, A. M., and was or ganized by choosing Rev. Mir. Dove, of Thompson, M Moderator; and Rev. MT. Mer- 1 win of New Haven, Scribe. Various mat
 ters of business of davotion furnished dili-
 gent and highly profitable occupation of their
 time till Thursday night. The actual business of tine Connecticut Missionary Society, the Connecticut Branch of the American Education Society, was 1 transacted. The sermon before the General Association was preached Tuesday forenoon, by the Rev. Noah Smith from the text "Mur- nlur not among yourselves; no man can come near me except the father that sent me
 draw him." The preacher showed that this
 inability was altogether an unwillingness,
 and pressed the conscience of the sinner
 with the alarming strength of his opposition to Christ and holiness. In the evening sermon
 was delivered by Rev. s. Green of Boston on
 the encouragements to prayer. "And it shall come to pass before they call will answer
 & while they are yet speaking will hear" At 10 o'clock Wednesday Morning, sermon
 was preached before the Connecticut Mis-
 sionary Society, by Rev. Noah Porter. Immediately after which an able and anima- ted report of the doings of the Americanl Ed
 ucation Society was read by the Secretary, Rev. l.. Bacon, of New Haven, followed with spirited addresses by Rev. MT. Lindsley of Hartford. Rev. Dr.. Chefter ofAlbany, N. Y.
 Rev. MT. Merwin, New-Haven, Rev. S. Green of Boston, Mass. and Rev. Elias Cor
 nelius, Secretary ofthe American Education
 Society.
 Ats o'clock F. M. very large cencourse of people assembled, from considerable dis tance, when narrative of the state of religion within the bounds of the General Association of Connecticut was read, presenting on the l whole such view ofthe present state and fui-
 ture prospect of that portion of our Zion as 1 must greatly comfort and encourage every heart.
 This interest was increased by several yer
 bal statements made by gentlemen who were
 delegates from foreign bodies, and blest with
 special revivals ofrelgion. Statementsrela- to Litchfeld County were of peculiarly en-
 couraging character, it appeared that most of
 the churches in that county were signally fav Ored at the present time. An interesting oc- currence was mentioned: in one church there was an individual who had some years
 come to the Lords table. A Christian broth
 CT had for some time attempting to deal with him according 10 the rules of the gospel. The
 church held meeting for prayer mutual con-
 fession and conference, at which it was
 expected brethren would be present from other churches where God was pouring out
 his Spirit. At the commencement of the
 meeting the brother who was dealing with the
 offender met him on the door step, and in-
 stead of admonishing him began to make confession to him that his motives and feeling | in his course of dealing with him, had been
 unholy, and greatly deficient in Christian
 love. Said the offending brother in surprise, supposed you wished me to make cOnfes- sion to you as ought, instead of your making confession to me. The feelings of these two
 brethren on the steps was immediately com
 municated to the brethren within. It melted
 them into tears, and they fell upon their
 knees and gave Godthe thanks.
 Another occurrence in the same county was
 mentioned. A woman had serious conyer- sation one morning with her husband on the
 duty of family prayer. He took his Bible, and after bordering the passage containing the resolution of Joshua, ''as for me and my house we win serve the Lord ;'' he wrote it on leaf and subscribed his name. His wife