Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-21
Sonrnal srrh Courier.
Monday M orning, August 21. 1882.
United Sunday Service at Dwight Place

nited Sunday Service st Dwight Place ];
 Church.
 large congregation assembled yesterday Y morning at the Dwight Place church. The I beautiful clear air, almost as bracing as the l , oreezes of autumn, drew together many from other churches to hear Rev. Dr. Goodsell, an eloquent preacher of the gospel. A marked stiffness pervaded the audience as the doctor I announced for his text those remarkable ] words of the psalmist 'What is man, that thou art mindful of him. recorded in the fourth verse of the eighth chapter of the Psalms of David. The preacher proceeded in a general way to illustrate the difference there was in some of the ancient minds re- garding the works of God. They had not, said he, the light of scientific knowledge l which some possess at this present day. They l could not comprehend the forces that the l Creator used in establishing the works of his l hands, and yet there were others whose spir- it's were elevated to that degree that they cried out in the grandness of their intellect How mighty the works of thy hands, A feeling of true greatness is warranted by many passages of scripture. Be thou therefore strong and show myself man" was the injunction of David to his son Solomon. Stand upon thy feet and l will speak unto thee' is also re- corded in the word. God does not want us to belittle ourselves but to stand upon the broad precept ''l have created thee." Goa loved us enough to incarnate himself in us. lie so loved us that he gave his only begotten son to die for us. He IS seeking to draw us unto himself. His call is to see him in the plessedness of his purity. We have some thing more to engross our time and attention than to be infiu need with worldly passions. If we listen intently we can hear the forces that control us. We can by meditation and pray CT understand the vastness of Gods love shown ia the creation of man. We can see how hs Aelps us How he wants us to honor ourse4 yes that we may not dishonor him.
 By hcnorlng God we accept what God has revealed to As we look at him in the light of the beatitic vision we should nope for the reunion that comes to us by and by, when the soul shall Awel with God. The soul that accepts this great fact that we part ot tod has 8 pledge of security for it's conduct. When one comes to feel that we are eated only 8 little lower than the angels, we regard @ tact and not sentiment that Gods spirit is within us. We are too great to be- come victims of evil habits. We feel i'm. pelled to 8 higher plane of associations, and choose the good, the true and the holy
  member, the divine continued, that you are 1ods children. You have his spirit pleading within you, which is unmistakable proof that tod cares for you and loves you. The be lIever shows appreciation of this grand truth that it is wicked not to heed this love in closing an invocation was given that God ln his infinite love might grant that we might ue enabled to say with the Psaimist, 'Oh Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the | earth.''
 Fair Haven.
 A moonlight excursion to one of the Thin ble Islands the first of next week is talked of. George Jacobs is sojourning for few day 8 \ in Middletown. He is experimenting the \ overhauling of the eng1ne in one of the large \ manufacturing establishments in that city. The fire boys of the east side have received \ an invitation to join in the grand parade of \ the Danbury fire department to be held in ! that place Thursday September 21st It | promises to be g fine affair, and most proba- bly this department will be represented. | story is told how Mir. Elmes, who keeps \ the ice cream and confectionery store, sold | some of the young men on bunch of bananas. \ The young men tell another side of the tale, and say that John was the party that was bitten.
 The race to day between the yacht Flora, { who won the boat race recently at New Lon don, and the yacht Happy Thought will at ! tract considerable attention, and a goodly { number from here will witness the contest.
 Mrs. Winslow and children, of Norwich, are visiting at MT. George w. Hubbard's on North Quinnipiac, corner of Hill street. ! Mrs w. is 8 daughter of MT. H.
 Mr. Ami Ludington is suffering very much
 from rheumatism. Some of his friends lay
 the cause of the attack to the tour he togeth-
 CT with his family and 8 few others have
 been taking from which they returned home
 on Friday.
 The clipper yacht Happy Thought with of
 fcers and crew all well arrived on Friday ! evening from cruise to the eastward, ar | eight days trip which included New London
 Stonington, Watch Hill Shelter Island
 Greenport and Orion Point. The only mis
 hap met with was the loss of the small row
 boat which was used in getting ashore 1T 1 shoal water It was lost on the first day out ! so that at times it was rather unpleasant fol the sailors to get on board when they wished to.
 ? l the farm of MT. Lyman Granniss caught fir'
 on Friday afternoon, and the flames burned over considerable space of wood and mead ! ow land. It was feared that at one tim l they would burn the barn near by, which wa ] stored full of grain. MT. Granniss gathered
 his help together, and with some hard ans
 quick work they soon put out the fire. Considerable complaint is made of tn
 wretched and almost impossible condition o
 the bridge over the sluiceway in front o
 Smiths market. Complainants urge that tn
 Selectmen have been notified two or thre
 times, but fail to remedy it, and if the bridg is not fixed and thoroughly repaired befor
 long some accident will occur from neg lect in attending to it at the proper time
 This is one of the most important thorough
 fares in the town, and is really much travel
 ed. Several times patches have been pu
 over the old blanks, but, compliments say
 there was nothing solid to fasten them to, an,
 that the repairing lasted no time at all. N doubt something will be done about it by tn
 town fathers ere long.
 The funeral of the little son, aged
 months, of. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Connel
 took place at o'clock Saturday afternoon
 A little daughter, aged 10 months, of Mir
 and Mrs. H. 0. Rowe was buried two hour
 later the same afternoon. The many friend
 of the parents of the deceased children deep
 ly sympathize with them in their loss.
 s. W. Parker, who went out to Campeachy
 Mexico, to superintend putting up the dry
 dock built at Captain Wright's ship yard, ane
 shipped to that port by sailing vessel
 writes home to his people announcing hi
 safe arrival at his destination and in goos
 health that there were only three Ameri
 cans in the place besides the American consu
 and himself. The climate, Mr. P. thinks, i
 nice, and that he will like the people ant
 their customs when he gets better acquaint
 ed.
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