Litchfield enquirer., 1857-11-05
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Iitohaeld, Conn, Thursday; Nov S, 1857.
Missionary Meetings.

Missionary Meetings.
The annual meeting Of the ancient $ Litchfeld
County Missionary Societies. Home and For
eign, was held here the week befofe last, {Oct.
81 } with unusual interest.
We have no room for details, further than to
say, that the Address of DR.. Schsuffsr. of Con
stan.inople, giving account of the wonderful pro:
gress Of Christianity in the Turkish Empire, and
the awakening of whole Mohamn'edan nationaii-
ties a, once--Turks, kurds, and kazzil-Bosh-
was, by common consent, one of the most elo-
quen., interesting ard instructive speeches ever
made here on % Missionary Day"
The only disappointment Of the day was the
absence Of DR.. Thompson, of New York, who
had been expected to preach the sermon. His
place, however, was supplied, and we'll supplied
by Rev. Mr.. Treat, Of Boston.
The annual Home and Foreign Missionary
Meeting of the Episcopal Church in this Coanty,
was held in the Lecture Room of St. MichaeI's
Church, on Tuesday evenn. of last week. The
extremely disagreeabe weather was unfavorabie
TO large assrmbIage, but The pretty and commo-
tlous chapel contained congregation evidently
interested in the exercises After the reading of
Evening Prayer, addresses were made by Rev.
MIR Miller, of Plymouth, on behalf of Foreign
Missions, and for the Of Home Missions
by the Reverend Mr. Ar!ey, of New Milford,
and Rev. Mr. Stone, of " atertown, formerly of
this Village.
The latter gentleman urged the 1ny Of large
contributions to the cause Of Episcopa!an Mis-
sions in his State from the painful consideration
that the Episcopal Church was the only one that
the Gospel. The ministers of other denotnna-
tons had not only neglected the Gospel in going
alter other topics, but result Of the uniDr,e-
nate system which they had adopted" .hey had
gone as'ray into a deep and widespread disbelief
Of the cardinal doctrines of the Christian reli-
gion. He, said this in the spirit OF Christian
charity, hut it was only too true. He narrated in
illustration, an anecdoe of Bishop Seabury. In
the congregation in which the Bishop minis,ercd
there were those Tho reved him for " bowling a,
she name of Jesus" in the creed; to whom the
Bishop answered, "Mock on; the time vii;
come when the Church which bows at the name
Of Jesns, will be the only ore in which the Di-
vinliy Of Christ is preached.'' Had not the time
we'll nigh come, Ohe speaker asked,) when this
prophecy was fulfilled! Already in mul,itudps-
mpiiudes Of pu'pis in this State, the doctrine of
'hrlst's Divinity is mentioned only as doc ,rne
at which both preacher and people are ashamed /.
The speaker went on to eulogize the Episcopa-
liam clergy as highly conservative body Of men,
and claimed that the tendency of judicious and
conservative minds of all denominations, was to-
ward " the Church." In proof Of this, he rela-
ted story of the Rev. Dr. Halves, Of Hartford,
who Che sadly when present in Litchfield, few
years since, at an Ecclesiastical Trial, remarked
10 well known CT tizen of this place that she was
now an old man and near his end !; but if he were
to live his life over again, he would have i, diff
fe'-ht IN several respects in politics he would
be Denocrat-in religion .Churchman."'
The statements Of III. Reverend speaker, " h:ch,
he repeated, were made with feelings of perfect
charity towards all Christians,) were of a very
startling and impressive character, and will have
fur our leaders Of all persuasions the interest of
novelty. They are certainly we'll calculated to
impress upon the minds Of all who credit them,
the Importance of liberal contributions to Episco-
pal'an Home Missions as the only hope of pure
Christianity in the State of Connecticut.