Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1845-05-15
No. 81. wnoE ! No. s77.
Frsm he Hartford Colombian !. !.
SALISBURY HISTORICAL DISCOURSE.

II
Mr. Elihu Geer, Of this city, has Just issued from
he press in neat pamphlet, an Historical Address
delivered in Salisbury by the Rev. Adam Reid.
Pastor Of the Congregational church III that town.
At the centennial celebration Of the formation Of
that church. Mr.. Reid. ii viii b. recolected, re-
Gently received .calls from the South Church and
society in this CITY, "a s9ft ss's83faSSA
.e We are sure cur readers will ask from us no a.
POLICY for copying the following concluding para
graishs from the Discourse @s 81
| Our only hope is in the God of our fathers. The
prayers Lifted up BY them on behalf of their de-
scendants are not dead, ard never will die they
ara FepusiRk with their bones in the yards of
this town and these bones must fiFst be torn from
the bosom of our soil before we can forego the
hope that those prayers shall be answered. His
covenant is sure his promises are infallble; his
laithtlness is TO all generations; and we cling to
the past as . pledge for the future. The vine
which he planted here will live, we believe, till
| the consummation Of time Here old age shall
worship leaning on its staff and manhood pay the
offering Of its powers and youth consecrate its ear
Hest affections and the song Of praise be reechoed
from thousand lips. when We and our children are
silent in the dust. sa l Il n. M +xlss,gs
For the Church universal We have no fears, She
is rooted in the clets Of the everlasting rock The
withered branch may be cut Of, but the stock can
not die. The tempests that toss her branches to
the heavens shalt only howl their own death dirge;
! and the weapons that assa her are doomed to be
SUSPENDED on the bcughs Of the tree Of lite, memo
rails Of their own impotence, md trophies of her
victory. Commissions civil and religious, may rend
the acknowledgements may descend on the pale
horse--the pillows of angry comlnotion may heave
and the elements Of society may be moed IN
to one vast sea Of confusion; but there IS One who
rides upon the whirlwihd, and Directs the storm;
and his Church. the Church Of the Pilgrims, shall
ride safely upon the pillows too, and live fresh and
indestructibled It was for no chance or insignif-
cant purpose that He brought them acrossth edeep.
and planted them: in the wilderness, and enabled
them to battle with savage nature and more savage
man !; but for great and express purpose; for the
1 sake of opening anew and wonderful act in the
drama of his providence; foe the sake of the free
institutions they were 10 found. and the free born
millions yetin their lons that were to live under
them; for the sake Of = world they were to bless
with the gift Of the gospeliad That purpose
is not yet fulfilled, butSit will and must, be-
And till then, the Church of our Pilgrim Fathers,
planted in faith and hope, shall maintain its stand,
shall live and flourish. despite every opposing ele-
ment, and every nntoward event. a As we look
back along the dim pathway Of their darkness. and
His presence and care for the future, in,the words
which the three vines planted on the Connecticut
delighted to bear aloft upon their Banner. "Qui
transtu.it sastinet" He who brought over, main
tains. Here is the security Of ZioHr the promise
J and pledge Of God No weapon formed against
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! One hundred years ago, this goodly habitation of
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