The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-06-07


net Ripley. and Lewis when they stood among the mi.
nisters Of the Consolation Of Fairfield West.
HARTFORD, June 5, 1916.
a Fsc Remarks Of Dr. Bushnell to his CongYegu-
ton, last erening
The Rev. Horace Bushnell, D. d., pastor ofthe
Sd, or North Congregational Church, in this city,
returned on Wednesday to his labors amongst his
people, after an absence Of eleven months, spent
in travelling through England, France Germany Italy
&C. The object Of his journey for the restoration of
his bodily health-which object has been accomplished
Inc next evening after his return he met his peope at
their usual Thursday evening prayer meeting. Their
introduced the exercises Of the evening by reading the
5sst hym, in the Village Collection beginning with
81 Brethren. beloved for Jesus sake,
hearty welcome here receive;
May we together now parlake
The joys which he alone give"
After the customary exercises in opening prayer meet
safely to his Iabors. with health and rcoiced 10
again meet his people. He had seen, or heard ap
his absencel pray or meeting where ali the brehres
are invited to take part in its exercises nowhere else
but ~, sh s.ss. country :
the countries he had visited prohibit them by law II
you inquire how It is in tngandthe laws allow such
meetings there-but he had not heard Of being an
pointed or held-and for which meetings he had made
dgcnt inquiries Occasionally and during the absence
of minister the elders but not other members lead
services To his particular inquiries about the matter
he was told the thing utterly impossible they
had heard much Of American Christian prayer
and for some time efforts made to followour example
But such confusion made in the meeinga BY the ri
vay OF the different classes Of society for the control Of
them that thoy had to be abandoned The state Of co.
ciety in said ORB lis hatthey in Law ersbe
lower layers all the time are striving 70 get the up
keep them down The upper are just jealous the
lower as the lower rise towards the upper This state
in jealousy confusion and strife Society il not divided
there, simply arstocracy and common class-but the
than 20 las The large tradesman will not associate
with the small tradssman I; the large banker with
captain Of infantry Thus it impossible from these
numherless layers to meet in christian fellowship and
ssa"a'h NY During my absence s !,sd Dr. thus how
privilege you have in being American christians Here
you have scheme Of society where you all be chris
tan brothers, He believed this of the great distnc
tons they enjoyed as American christians Here we
know brothers and ssters-we meet them weekly at
and experience Occasionally he had here heard com
plants that all members Of the church did not be-
come acquainted with each other If you do not know
each other (saa he) how is il in the countries have
beeni He had straye over regions Of moral desolaon
ana the farest portions Of creation which sat in
the full splendor Of the gospel lghtbut waste and
barren Your privileges make your christianity more
like the christianity Of former times in its primitive
and delightful responsibilities You ought not only be
continually at this weekly meeting but to DO vigilant
this world to heaven that there you will up
isolated chrstans-as strangers to one another. The
not but think that what was privilege to them must be
privilege and blessing to US He exhorted them to
pray for each otherto stimulate each other Said no,
may the spirit of God quicken all and heaven be the
great object for which we live.
After appropriate remarks and prayers by sundry
brethren, the meeting was closed Thus the doctor
fined his remarks with TASTE to the specific object Of the
meeting, instead Of launching out many would have
thereon But as the boy said to his mother who was
knocked over by firing on his gun when he came home
had not The to rs i & there
are dozen to 20 Oh yet-so say to hi: Parshoners-e
81. Of 70 "a
will cause dreadful rahlng among their dry bones
Iowa Observation-Disclosures ADOPTED
The convention recently in session at Iowa city
adjourned on Tuesday morning last after session Of
only sixteen days Sundays included and have presented
Constitutions that ever was adopted BY Republican
State The Convention appears not only to have avsed
itself Of the American Constitution OF tho United States
but Of the various improvements which have been dis
covered and adopted by individual States since the
organization Of our Government
The boundary Of the state up the Des Moines
river and along the Missouri boundary before and
the Missouri river till you come to the middle Of the
main channel Of the Big Sioux river according to Nico
let's map thence up said river until you to north
lat % degrees and 80 minutes thence eastcry that
river to the place Of beginning.
BY recurring to the map will be that the north
whole Of the Turkey river country extending north far
enough to take in the mouth Of the Upper Iowa river On
the west there quite large tract included, not within
the old boundaries while the north hat larg
piece Of territory is left or The state however,
bounded by the new Constitution, will contain not far
from fifty thousand square miles. or thiry-two millions
OF the best land in the world This divided into
farms Of 100 each would make three hundred and
twenty thousand farms Surprising each farm contain
six persons, Iowa would have population Of almost
millions But calling the farms 30 each and ten
anted before and there would be population Of four
millions Iowa alone may therefore be set down good
for population Of five millions, being quarter as
many as in the United States With It's present
dnrtpa ciil be aaf tho
Union. We viii make comparison hereafter.
The bill Of rights the in the old Consttu.
ton. To be entitled 70 vote. requires to be white
male citizen over resident in the state six
months and in the county twenty days Sessions Of the
General Assembly biennal members OF the House to
chosen for two yesrs those Of the Senate for four Lieut.
tenant Governor TO be dispensed WITH and Coverno.
chosen for four years while the salaries Of officers have
been increased very trife that Of Governor not TO ex
coed $1,000 Tor the first ten years. that Of Judges the same
and small rise in the others. Members Of the Lega
ture 81 per day for fifty days; after that 81 supreme
Judges elected by the joint ballot OF both Hcnses
District Judges by the people Banking Is rrohgnca'
and all corporations to be provided for by
The stockholders 70 be subject TO such hap'ues
shall be provided by law The state SHAH no. become
socklolder in any OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES edse'e'
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