Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-22
West Haven.
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Dr.Anderson-PersOna
 Coming Events.

Sermon by Rev. Dr. Dr.Anderson-PersOnal A
 Coming Events.
 Rev. Mir. Kidder, pastor of the M. E. church, returned from Martha's Vineyard last week, where he has been spending his vacation, and reports having very enjoyable time. He occupied his pulpit yesterday and preached two excellentsermons
 l.. E. Hendie and wife returned to their residence on Washington street last week from an extended trip through this State, Massachusetts and New York They stopped at Lake Pleasant two days. The Spiritualist camp meeting was in progress, and there were near ten thousand visiting at the camp grounds on Sunday the 14th.
 The Twelfth regiment Connecticut Volun- teers will hold their reunion at West Haven shore on Tuesday. August 3Oth seashore dinner will be served at Twitchell $ Beers Massasoit House.
 Twitchell & Beers will cater for the Light Guards, Sarsfeld Guard and the Second reg iment band at the Mantle encampment.
 The Temple of Honor and Temperance of the State will picnic at the West Haven shore tomorrow. They will dine at Howes' res taurant. The Tenth regiment, c. V., will hold tkeir reunion at Howes' on Septem- Der Sth.
 Rev. Dr. Anderson, of Waterbury, who is staying during his vacation at Woodmont, ,ex- changed with MT. Squires yesterday, and preached a very interesting sermon at the Congregational church. There was a very large attendance, great many coming from the shore. His text was Gen. 13:12-''Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan and Lot dwell ed in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.' Lot did not probably expect to lead a different life than usual when he pitched his tent toward Sodom but after while the evils of Sodom en- croached so far upon him as to influence his own household, which fact, he probably mourned but he should not have placed himself so near to evil associations. So it is with the present time with many who are not bound by any VOWS to a church and too many others who are going from good to bad and from bad to worse There is Sodom over against too many lives. The city is to- day more than at other times influencing the country with its fashions, follies and evil as- sociations. Too many resolve to be rich at any cost. Thus they also come under sway of many evils which accompany riches. Pleasure ought to be an incident, not an end. The pleasure seeker belongs to class as ob- jectionable as the one to which the seeker of riches belongs In the course of time he is drawn down to the gates of death by the evil of intemperance or by her whose steps lay hold on hell. The woman who places too much value on dress, company and manners is on the Sodom road. The politician as an office-seeker who is desirous of position to the exclusion and overthrow of it's occupant is also on the way to Sodom. The man who sets up self culture as his highest aim, to the hin drance and prevention of his doing good to others, has a wrong motive when divested of philanthrophy. Such motive closes up the heart to the world. Let us beware that, as we increase in taste and knowledge, that we do not fall into the path which IS downward It is not more he who is in Sodom that is in danger, but he who is going towards it. Let US rescue the youth who are on the road. The standard of life is steadfastness to principle, love to God and man, benfcence. To the Lord, mighty one to save, do we commend all who are influenced by evil.