Connecticut western news., 1879-01-29
The Sunday SermGns.
AT THE ooNGREGATIl NAL CHURCH.

Rev. MT. Reid is preaching series of dscourses on the articles of the church. and came last Sunday to the doctrine of endless punishment. This has it's founda- tion in the nature of things, and is taught in the Bible. Theodore Parker said It was in the Bible, and as he did not believe the doctrine, threw his Bible away. That was consistent; every Universallst ought to do the same. The speaker of1cIated at flu: neral north of the city where he was settled. It was Un1versalist neighborhood. and the Universalist minister from the city occasion ally held meetings there. Encouraged by the large attendance, he proposed that they should organize church. Their reply was. they were good Universalists. but to talk of organizing church, was carrying the joke too far; they dld not need church. Men are Universalists because they wish to be i; the terms of salvation are easy enough if God should take men to heaven unrepent- ant, they would not be happy there. Pun ishDlent follows and continues no longer than shining; every man is warned and has time and opportunity to repent. It is ab- surd to think of good and bad coming out alike in heaven death no more than sleep changes men. If men will not repent where they have Bibles and preaching, how will they where there are no Bibles or churches? Besides, if man has any in terest in this subject he ought to search his Bible and see what it says. Pres. Woolsey has recently made the statement that the translated eternal everlasting, &c.,. mean precisely in Greek what the corresponding words do in English.
 AT THE METHODIST CHURCH.
 1 Mir. Barden preached in the morning from Romans, i, 18th. ''For l am not ashamed of the people of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation, to every one that believetb to the Jew first. and also to the Creek" The speaker introduced his subject by saying that all great reforms that had ever been brought about in the world. had at first met with the strongest opposi- ton, and most bitter persecution. But this fact known to all, had not deterred men from becoming reformers, or engaging in re l lOIu1Ss 1e6LSJCDCC Wdo lAd(G lO Wesley, Calico, Columbus and others, and also to the temperance and slavery reforms The speaker then showed that the gospe that Paul preached was reform, changing the customs and laws Moses had delivered 10 the people. Among the heather it Wal also reform, aiming at the destruction O all their idols, temples and worship. Jesu Christ, the head and leader in this reform had been put to death in the most painful and shameful way possible. John the Bap hst had been beheaded, Stephen had beer stoned. and Paul did not expect to escape still he was not ashamed of 1t. Why no
 Paul? Because it is the power of Got
 unto salvation" Now here IS reasol
 that should il fuence all in their love fo
 the gospel. Because it is the power O
 God unto salvation" And what but tn power of God can save fallen, sinfu man. To whom is the gospel such
 power? Not to all irrespective of charac
 ter, but to all who believe, Jew or Gentle bond and free alike. "Whosoever be leves," trusts and confdes in Jesus 'sha , be saved." The subject for next Sabbat morning will be, Christians the light of tn world.