Connecticut western news., 1873-08-08

palsy, and desiring to come to Christ, the mighty healer, whose deeds were the talk of the land, had, by reason of the crowd which overfiowed the chamber and thronged the doorway of the house In which Jesus was then giving forth the words of eternal life. to be let down in his bed by his friends through the roof of the house, to the feet of the physician whom in their faith they believed capable Of taking away the incuraN ble and dreadful disease with which he was afflicted, and whose faith was rewarded not only with marvellous and instantaneous dissipation of the loathsome evils of the earthly man, but with a release from the still more foul and hi6eous sore, which as a canker was eating away the spiritual man and unsought, unasked, was washed away ''Son, thy sins be forgiven thee." Leaving untouched the doctrine of the Godhead of Christ, exemplifed by the power Jesus ex- ercised over both tEe spiritual and the ma terial world, and which this episode seems specially intended to convey. MT. Bullions drew from his text practical lesson for our every day life, laying particular stress on the pains and troubles and the extraor- dinary means which the friends of the sick man exerted to bring him to Jesus might they not in their chamber have sought the spirit of Jesus, which was as potent as bis bodily presence, and thus with small trouble to themselves obtained the desired end, but they wisely sought out the means by which their end was to be obtained, and were rewarded with an exceeding great re- ward. The application of this to our own uses, being that as the appointed means of grace are set out for us, it is our duty, even through trouble and tribulation, 10 seek for them and not lndolently and listlessly to bemoan our natural sinfulness and wait for the way of salvation without an effort on our part to pierce through the thorns which the wiles of sin have set up as barrier be- tween us and the narrow path which leads to peace and Eternal Life. Prominent among the worshippers in this house are, Dr. Robert Smith, descendent of the pas tor of the original church Deacon Ter rett, formerly pastor of the present church Deacon Seers General Sedgwick the Goodwin brothers Mir. Reuben Hart; Mr. Richard Smith MT. Gillett, and many other valuable and respected citizens of the district. The psalmody by the choir is carried out in very spirited and effective manner. And now from celestial to terres- trial harmonies MT. Carl Feninger, the celebrated violin playcr,'is spending his summer holiday in Sharon, and his charm ing playing and genial, social qualities have made him quite favorite in the village. As cSrtuoso of the violin MT. Feininger oc- cupies very prominent position in the mu- sical world, and if he continues the inces- sant lab0rs with which the GrdduS PaqRas- sum are so liberally bestrewn is doubtless destined to become one of the most bril- liant opponents of the king of nstiumcnts, as the violin has been most aptly termed.
 His musical education was carried out at Leipsig, where he graduated with the hlgh- est honors. His knowledge of composition
 comprehensive, a eulogistic testimonial from
 Listz proving him to be as eminent in the
 creata0e as in the erecWtipe branches of his
 art. His lady, Mrs. Feininger, is also a
 very pleasing singer and pianist, though at present she is somewhat h0rs de com6at,. having on Thursday last presented her
 lord and master with small epitome of herself, whose future destiny, whether to
 be wrought out as soprano, a contralto, q
 violnist, a pianist or what not, is ut the
 present moment the subject of the serious
 meditation of still more serious conclave,
 consisting of Carl Feininger and his fra
 grant Havana cigar. F'tat Iar,