The New York herald., 1869-03-15
RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN CONNECTICUT.
Bridgeport.

|A BRIDGEPORT, March IA, 1869.
To-day has been one OF the finest OF the season,
and the churches were all attended by large congre-
cations. At the South Congregational church in the
morning the Rev. Daniel Lord, pastor, preached the
| fourth OF series Of well considered and able
discourses on 'The Life Of Christ.n The previous
sermons have been respectively sThe Christ Before
the Beginning 'The Christ in the Beginning" "An
Things Created by Christ and Tor Christ" and the
some Of The prominent points OF the discourse: a-o
That the inner idea OF man was the eternal
idea in the mind Of Christ; that the very crea-
man through Christ TO God; that the OF man has
the two sexes came from one so they viii finally
60 back to one In Christ; that marriage IN Its Deep
VI sen U Of 20 h IS
the Church was taken out OF Christ; as man Is the
head Of the woman so Christ is the head OF the
Church; as by marriage they became one. so Christ
and the Church will become one Finally, the
unity dignity and glory Of the race, through Christ;
g He STOPPED to be man lie VIII raise man to be
The Rev. william Patton, D. D., Of New Haven.
ociated at the North church in place OF the pastor
Boston, member OF the Baptist Board OF Foreign
Missions, preached at the Baptist church. His sub
Jet N the morning was .Miss,ons;n AZ Trinity
from the text "Bring FORTH therefore, fruits meet
for repenrence. and IN the evening on the message
from .sElilah' was finely rendered by the choir at
this church. In the evening the Rev. DR.. n. ).
church. ana the rev Mr. Falkner, rector OF Christ
church, preached at st. Faul's. There were
the usual services at st. johns church, the
rector, the Rev. l.. W. Marcy, ohlclating. Both OF
the Methodist churches were well attended and the
services we're Interesting. The evening meetings
at all the churches were large. 4 lay broher q the
Methodist church preached at the Advent Christian
church at two r. NJ. Large congregations attended
worship o. both OF the Catholic churches, where
eltr fh4 fs1o1 ryr n
The congregation at the Universalist church in the
afternoon large. the Rev. seldom Gilbert pastor,
oficiatinV, and The serial conference meeting IN the
evening was well attended. here We're services at
the German school room on cold street. Ia the
afternoon. Inc frogressve Llreu'n SpteuS, u,e.
found tnis hall TOO small FOR their increasing num-
bers have secured the lar9e new nah IN Wneeler's
block and Nlll hold their meetings there after the
Ist OF Aprl. Tie new Episcopal church, st. PHuiS,
M east bridgeport will % far completed that the
canUcgalion expect y worship tAefe on Easter
New Haven.
Nsw uAvsy, March "a, 1902.
At the morning service today at the Centre
church REV. Professor Fisher, Of the Yale Thco'oy
cal Seminary, preached a discourse upon the "Ilu-
manlty of Christn selecting for his text Matthew
XVI, So, 30. Tho sermon was devoted mainly to
show that Christ during hts career on the earth, ia
hs suffering experienced the same emotions a.
man. IN the afternoon. at ihe same church. Rev.
professor HcpVln, or Yale college, preached dls-
course.
At the Chapel street church Rev. Professor Seelye
Of Amherst college, preached az bOlh te ihornlng
and sftcrnocn acrvicp. II the morning he reached
Wdisr0urse from joins +. A., intended ~ show the
divine character of Christ, and ~ answer those
sceptics VINO deny that 40 was 0lleF tuAn ~ OLE M
nary man. ana VINO also deny the divine authotshtp
of lhr Bibie. IA The afternoon no preeched sermon
upcn siCnrlstian Love- as sdrEG7iea ~ Johh NH,
81 the Amounting Of Chrsis cct ~ Mary win Inc
costly o.ntncaL Both Glscoufses were very aoie'
and were listened 90 by large CONGREGATIONS.
III MS rlgss Methodist church, Eey. Nh. Fletcher,
tho r7glsv preached upon tAe eublech "tbe Nn-
s6af,lANfc Riches of Christi and IN the AFTERNOON
~ dnitvarta 4 discourse upon the subject OF the
s.lsesuttecA9a OF tllc Dead"