Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1880-09-09

indian ana with rugged nature. The men are
cid that have the granite faces that recall the
pioneers, and seem to justify the pride New
England feels in the strength of the fore. faith.
ers. -...-... a..'t
The minister discusses the probable result of
the struggle for ascendency between the vari-
GUS religions now extant in the world, boldly
announces his belief in the survival of the
fttest," claims that the Christian religion is
the fttest, and prophesies the future co-opera-
ton of science and religion in the regeneration
of humanity. Closing with an appeal for
home missions, he tells his hearers that the
way to awaken in themselves an interest in
anything is to ''invest in it," instancing Wall
street, and ''6nally, If you would take more
interest, DEEPER wider, warmer interest in
missions, invest more and still more" Then
the collection box went around.
have heard two other sermons. one yester-
day morning and one at night. That in the
morning was marked by nothing unusual to
the Southern man except an appeal for the
''freedman's mission" coupled with the state
ment that ''the color line is now 80 far broken
that q portion of the funds collected for the
mission will be devoted to the poor whites of
the South" Two plates were handed around,
and If the other plate held no mote than the
one that PASSED me- 1.-THE entire collection
amounted to some thirty cents, Both the con-
gregations was small one, and away up in
hills. AT night the minister, the same one
who preached the first sermon, said among
other things that the Saviour of Mankind was
RADICAL this he said not extensively at all,
but only that Jesus Christ was radical in up
roofing the Jewish religion. Still, It was not
apleasing way Of putting things, at least not
to one from my part of the country. He at
tributed the communistic spirit which has
manifested itself In the United States of late
years to the ''hordes of foreigners which are
yearly pouring into our country" These are
literally all the political features of the three
sermons which up to this time have heard.
Truth compels me to say that the congrega-
tons were small on all three occasions. There
was, on the part of the men at least, an unusu-
al amount OF somnolency, and this even at
night. Yet the sermons, two OF them certain
ly, were up to and indeed a little above the
mark OF average sermons. listened to them
with decided interest Small as the member
ship here is, the. minister receives 81, 900 q
year. What is paid the minister on the hill,
who, by the way, was a Methodist, / did not
learn, except that it was less than the sum
first named, although he has charge of two
churches. Apropos of salaries. it may not be
out OF place to say that the young lady who
comes here once week from Lime Rock
to teach singing charges $2 for twelve lessons
Important as this year is to Connecticut, in
view OF the many elections of State and Fed.
eral officers which are to be held, there is in
this village little or no stir. sJudge---arrives
from New York on visit to his family; he
has. shaken hands with Garfield and Arthur,
and talked with Marshall Jewell. who is in
fine spirits. But Judge, you are not political,