The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-08-13


ism-" Stated Preaching of the GospsI,n &c.
For the past Eve days the heavens have been literally
hung In black and have wept necessarily over this
guilty and corrupt earth Whether this vast quantity
of water which has douchsd the earth thorough
y will cleanse its guilty inhabitants remains to be seen
We have todsy experienced the blessing of little
shine The change Ia really refreshngeven this hot,
sury weather. to the musy, rainy spell that have
just passed through.
The crops In this State never looked better Rye
principal grain crop, has been garnsred, and yields
abundsntly Grass is thick and tall although cons
dersbe quantity that cut and in the field has been
spoiled, during the past week. by the rain Corn Ii
verdant as can be imagined and promises sxtraord
nary yield Potatoes have thus far this season.
the rot Tobacco Is as rank can be desired by the
lovers of this weed for be 1t known far and wide that
the Connecticut valley raises tobacco in proper
on to its extent than any other portion Of the world
Wide spread Is the fame Of Windsor particulars
:, suffolk Principles" :. Glastonbury La Normas" East
Hartford Ysras" and the celebrated long ninesn
nuiactured all along shore May their shadows and their
exniiirating powers never grow less.
our citizens, for about year and half have been
exsrting their powers to prevent the bridging Of the
connecticut river ut Mddletown miles below this
CITY ana below the head OF soop navigation year SINCE
the charter obtained from our Legislature to the air
the river 80 feet for draw This was passed by
year, after full and fair hearing OF both sides of the
question: and several days mt in discussion ia the
House. the bridge clause was stricken out by
Of sl-thus showing change Of equal to Of votes in "a
yor Of Its repeal In the House but upon coming to the
Senate they refused vote to with the House
and what Is most singular, the Senators from three
districts represented last year. voted in favor of the
bridge this year voted against 1t and three districts
whose Senator'S last year voted against the bridge this
year voted for it The action Of two houses
that that bridge clause in the line is far
being founded on rock The citizens of Hartford are
determined to leave no honorable effort untried
serve the heavenly gift Of unobstructsd navigation
to the noble Connecticut This is their right and their
dutyfor the scriptures tell that he who will not pro
vide for his hOu60hOld Ia than inf al
Our city has given the corporators notice of another
application already pending for the bridge CLAUSE at the
May, ls4e, session of the Legislature.
Hartford has been racked to and fro, as by mighty
volcano the past month"; in regard to building sewer
to cost about $1,000 It is amusing yet disgusting to wit
ness the folly and superlstve measures of some men
enforced by law II it rssches their $4,000 70
purses to the enormous extent Of IS So But our
enough put through sautary and health pre.
serving Improvement despite the barkngs Of angry ours
How different Is the conduct Of those men who from
whose purses are not onethird as deep of the
Oa5Tgers,
sudden received cold bath, which it is not likely to
survive So good by to the bright illusions of 4O6OO0
spndles running In our suburbs and quadrupls popu.
ation and water works for the city, Ia Croton and
many other blessing and mercies which were to flow
Down Ended canal to our cty through purses into
our throats, houses, shops, sc. Good by.
The year ls47 has thus far been one Of magnificent
projects but blasted hopes and wthered anticpstons to
the working classes In our midst They have been led
on by the moneyed men from ignus fatuus to an.
other, until they have been fairly squatted down into
Kingsley street. where their olctories have soon CON
scent. Look first the murdered spirit Of the Bristol
rssoaa-thsa view the misty and lifssss form Of the
Enfield cana-then see the ghost Of bridge ris, up
hideousy to view at Middlet0wn damming up the nsyi
CATION Of the Connectcutthen behold the $500 900 still
born steam cotton factores-then for variety contem
plate the recent wonderful achievement in our Council
ordering drain underground built down Kingsey Ten
pie, and Kibourn Streets to the river, and YOU win in.
voluntarily ps,adse on the immortal poet who hear
orator, exclaimed in astonishmspt-
"To soar aloft wings of might
And light on Kingsleys sink pile.n
is however really refreshing see the public at
tention directed at last to one subject where they can
appreciate the language and seutmept and where the
power Of the almighty dollar is not put into scale
This we now have Although it is not exactly the
stated preaching Of the gospel exhibited in the life
OF Butler at Sandy Hill and since his emigration there
FROM but regular Cerro Gordo and Buena Vista bat
tie between couple Of Doctors of Divinity in the Pres
byteran church, the history of it will be- interesting
to all your readers.
Several months since, Dr. b. of this city read before
convocation Of ministers couple of sermons he had
preached to his people from Eph c. W" Bring them
up In the nurture and admontion OF the Lord'-upon
Christian nurture maintaining that if you train up
a child in the wsy he should co. when he becomes old
he will! not depart from it They requested their publ
cation He contends therein that children ought to be
trained up as Chrstiansin the Lords way Of educa
tion The child should not grow up, az is commonly as
sumed to be converted after he comes mature age
ritualy renewed. 1t Is conceivable that
character may exist long before it is fully and formally
developed He lectures parents in forsang the good
ways Of training up children SAYS the present
OF Christians holds piety Of conquest rather than Of
love- kind Of public pety that i strenuous and fiery
on great occasions, but wants the beauty Of holiness
loveliness purity domestcity compared with other
examples OF pety in former times He holds to the ma
tural depravity Of man. but condemns the baleu imp
cation given children that they are to reject God and ali
holy principle TILL they to mature age and
wherein would It be less incongruous for you to teach
Vnn n hat he 10 fnl In ov,Ao
round OF the vices and then after he to mature
age reform his conduct by the rules of virtue, Gods
Oh list said, in regard to children, forbid them not
for OF such Is the kingdom Of heaven He shows those
pous people who have each ungody children the
Hence the present state of religion in country We
have worked vein until it is tout. No nation can
long thrive by spirit Of conquest ; no more can a
church. Let try we may not train up our Children
In the way that they should Co. But your limits will not
allow full synopsis Of the book. have however given
because the Massachusetts, Sabbath School society who
solicited copy thereof for publication and who have
Inn Sx approved BY the Committee Of Pubea
individuals have raised the cry heresy against It,
Soon after les suppression, Dr. T., President of semi
nary, located miles north from this city and
which sends forth some eight ministers ANNUALLY
and Is par excellence the grand organ of the old schooi
fhe0osani sent forth from the press letter to Dr.
ses upon Christian Nurture. It is q pamphlet of %
pages and as it Ia for sale at the
logical track ~
The past week, however, DR.. B. appears with q fine
type pamphlet OF AZ pages, entitled An Argument for
Dscourses on Christian Nurture addressed to the Pub
fishing Committee of the Sabbath School
society After thorough perusal of it, am satisfied
that ms censors will have to In he proves
his sentiments heretofore advanced to b. the same as
those held BY the church of the Apostolic ags and he
quotes oopiousy from Neander Ridgey Baxter Cotton
Msther, Hopkins, West, Dwight, Strong. wilcox, and
Woods, to prove himself right. He also takes the
liberty OF paying up sundry running accounts which
have been gathering the past four or Eve years
against him In East Windsor, Boston, &c He has made
ly This pamphlet Is sui generfs ell over. No
peruse without ediacation whether In out Of the
pale Of the church. He Is looked upon by many
as q reformer, and is to the New England churches
what Plus TX to the Catholic, what Ronge Is
the German, and what Edwards was to the New Eng.
land churches in the eighteenth century, reforming
them Of their dead Journalism and half way
This discussion Is the main topic of
all circles In our city hope 1t will do them all good
IS there Is here plenty of room for improvement
For u week past the day line between New York and
Boston, via this city has had connection with the