Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-31
Church of the Messiah.

,loners will probably have the matter before hem this fall. Poter's estate is said to have been considerable.
 Church of the Messiah. Rev. NIT. IIoughton Reviews His Four
 Years Passionate.
 Yesterday morning at the Church of the Messiah, on Orange street, Rev. MT. Tough ton, the pastor, gave a review of his labors for the past four years. Previous to con- mencing his discourse Mir. Houghton an- nounced that there would be no Sunday ser vices in the church during the month of l August In his opening remarks Mr. Hough l ton said: wish in quiet way to look over our work in New Haven and see if there is l any encouragement for the continuance of our labors. Four years since received a call to this church. Before l came other faithful men proclaimed the Gospel as we understand it. You well know the difficulties under which they labored. There is no city
 in the country where it is diff
 cult to create 8 large and flourish
 ing Universalist church than in New
 Haven This, he thought, was largely due
 to the influences of Yale College upon the
 people. We honor them, however for their consistency of teaching and doctrines It is only few years ago when 8 few faithful souls believing that God would finally bring all of his people to happiness and holiness, and believing that the old dogmas as taught by other Christian denominations were not as broad and liberal as they should be, resolved to form Universalist society. Now, whether the doctrine of the universality of God and | the brotherhood of man is too broad upon which to establish a prosperous church may \ be question with some, but to me there is no question about the fact. I can certainly see progress in this direction. The time I was when man in business to be Univer- 1 salist was to lose two thirds of his trade, but 1 those things are passing away. During my | four years pastorate there has been more ! harmony in this irish than any other over ! which ever presided It has been my pur l pose to know the truth and to speak it, and, | though may have wounded the feelings of some vet believe that the doctrines have | taught are such as Jesus Christ would have \ preached had he stood in this desk. l beg iieve in the doctrines and faith of the Univer | salist church and must preach those doc \ trines. think stand upon the shore and
 the waves of truth are growing higher and I higher. We believe the church ought to grow from the inside, and in order to grow l somebody must SOW @ little seed. It must ! grow from it's own heart l have tried to \ speak the truth as it has come to me by in- spiration from on high. believe that the ! windows of Gods bright heavens are aJar.
 While some parts of the Bible are beautiful,
 I believe that there are some things in the
 Bible that are infinitely immoral. Now If we
 take the pure and good and holy from the
 Bible we are all right. Christ, the great
 teacher, taught doctrine of love- and in our
 belief we are only following his teachings Oh how sweet is that doctrine that we are \ all brethren. This world was made for man, ! and we should cultivate that social spirit that ! will bind us together one with the other. In ' conclusion he said In financial sense we
 have been eminently successful. In spiritual
 matters we have also been successful. l am ! satisfied that have done the best we
 could. While l am gone, for time, let us \ struggle to show the world that we have a ! truth to live by. We do not want to be over ! sanctimonious, but by our acts and lives we ! will fight the battle. win the victory and wear the crown through the Lord Jesus Christ.
 \ Death of Mrs. Bacon, Widow of the Late Rev. pr. Bacon.
 Mrs. Catharine Elizabeth Terry, widow o1 , the late Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon, died yes
 terday at Norfolk, Ct., whither she went re
 gently for the summer. Her death was quite , unexpected, although for years she had beer ! an invalid. No particulars are yet received 3 as to the immediate cause. During the past few n onths her health had been better thar , for several years past With the deceased a , Norfolk were her daughters, Mrs. Eugen'
 \ l ! Tho deceased lady was native of Hartford ? Ct, and was born Feb. 18th, 1913, being il @ the 7Oth year of her age. She was daugh :, ter of Nathaniel Terry, 8 prominent man 0 l ! Hartford and the State in his day, havin, s been Mayor of that city for number 0 @ years, also general in the State militia, ant y at one time member of Congress. Tn P mother of Mrs. Dr. Bacon was Catharln @ Wadsworth, daughter of Gen. Jeremial @ Wadsworth, of Hartford. Mrs. Bacon wa V the last survivor of the family. She @ niece of Daniel Wadsworth, of Hartford, we
 known for his public benefactions, ,-th 2 founder of the Wadsworth Atheneum of tha l. city. His large estate, amounting now t e upwards of half million dollars, was left i Il trust, which trust is terminated by the deat E. of Mrs. Bacon, she being the last of tn o nephews and nieces. The estate now goes t e the grand -nephews and grand -nieces. Brigs h dier General Alfred H. Terry, U. s. A., is
 ! nephew of deceased. Mrs. Bacon was mal is ried to the late Rev. Dr. Bacon June 16tI is ! 1S47 There were five children, all of whoI !. 1 survive. Rev. Thomas k. Bacon, pastor ( ia the Dwight Place church in this city, is th 10 eldest of the sons. He returned to this cit st | yesterday from Block Island, where he WI e taking his vacation. The deceased left her "a last week for Norfolk, where the Rev. D. IS Bacon had been wont to spend part of tt
 summer for years past. In death they wei y but short time divided. The deceased lad v- was very highly valued and esteemed in a d. the relations of life. and in their new sorro a. the bereaved family will have the tender syn IT. pathy of many friends.
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