Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-03-20
Old and New.

A Tribute to the City OF Elms--Its Ancient
PIaces-New haven Melh0dIsts.
In q recent issue of the Northern Christian
Advocate, published at Syracuse. N. Y. is
letter from Rev. D. w. Thurston. clergy
man who has recently been laboring in revival
work in this city and who year or two ago
was similarly engaged here. The article
gives some of the writer's impressions of
New Haven, as follows.
.sThis old city, New Haven, for beauty,
culture and enterprise has few rivals. IT'S.
venerable college, swarming with thousand
students, its numerous churches and lovely
cemeteries, its graded schools and extensive
manufacturing interests, as well as the mag.
ni6esnt elms that adorn its streets
and parks, are objects of which the
citizens may well be proud. The
city is at the head of bay four miles from
Long island Sound and contains about
1000 inhabitants.
''One of its churches was organized in 1898.
Their present place of worship is upon the
same ground. monument in the rear bears
the name of Hon. Mr.. Dixwell, who was one
of the men that procured the execution of
Charles l. Upon the restoration of the mon
archy, Dixweu with two of his associates
found in New Haven city of refuge. Its
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and guarded them from the pursuers Three
prominent streets in the city bear the names
of these regicides
ST saw the place where stood the elm under
which Rev. Jesse Lee preached his first SER
mon in New England. He stopped at pub
lie house, there being no Methodists in the
city. DR.. Lyman Beecher's father called at
the inn and invited the itinerant to his home
No other man in the city probably dared to
do that in those days. Mr. Beecher was an
industrious blacksmith. Cinders from the
forge of this noble old smithy were recently
unearthed. His wise and benevolent spirit
has distinguished his numerous descendants
While We repudiate as unscripturaI some
thing OF their utterances, let us not forget
their nobles charities. ALI of this re-
markable family of whom I have ever
heard have taken sides with the
suffering and oppressed, and often against
violent opposition from the crowd. All hon
or to them for their benevolent daring. MAY
atonlng blood cover their errors and ours
Without this how will any of us stand in the
great assize?
THE Methodists are doing good work in
New Haven. They have eight churches, 1
believe. Two of them last year under the
judicious leadership of DIR. D. A. Goodsell
united. The new organization, wonderful
to tell, was consummated without serious
friction. 1t is called Trinity Methodist Epis-
copal church Their house of Worship is a
spacious brick edifiee, model of beauty and
convenience. Its location is one of the
best in the city. spent three weeks with this
people last winter with much pleasure to
myself and trust not without profit to them
Ehey are In very prosperous state. DIR.
Goodsell is much loved by them and highly
respected for his eminent abilities After
leaving Trinity 1 aided Rev. Charles H. Buck,
of the First church, one week, and have been
with him two weeks this winter His pas
70 hos hAo,n
mas numerous membership and they are
united, intelligent and devoted. Both of
these noble men must be removed next
spring. DR.. Buck lis talked of for Nostrand
avenue in Brooklyn and DIR. Goodsell as sue
cessor to DIR. Buck" The writer here
pays tribute to Mr. and Mrs Joseph Green
leaf, of this city. also 10 the Messrs. Damn,
two of whom, John and William, form the
firm of Damn Brothers, and Mr. Isaac Damn,
the head of the New Haven Folding Chair
company. The brothers, as also Mr.. and Mrs.
Greenleaf, were born and raised in the same
section of New York State as the writer of
the article, who also pays a tribute to Mrs.
Damn, the venerable mother of the Messrs.
Damn, now resident in our midst, 80 years
of age and still quite well and in full posses
sion of her clear mental faculties. She is
a sister of the lamented Mcpherson, of
the Troy Praying band. Proceeding the
writer Says MANY who used to read Dr.
aosmers Northern Independent will re-
member the spicy articles over the signature
of 'Fidelis.' Rev. Geo. Bridge, son of
that lively reformer. worships in Brother
Bucks church. He is associated with DR.
Vincent in his Sunday school work
John j. Matthias, Esq superintends the
Sabbath school of the First church His
father many years ago was sent by the
missionary board to Liberia. He was at one
time President of the Republic Brother
Matthias, like Brother Charles Armstrong
of Trinity, is not only apt to teach, but
evinces an intense desire for the conversion
of the children.
s'Casenovia seminary has honored represen-
tatlves in New Haven in the person of DIR.
NJ @. White and wife, formerly Mary Seely,
of South Onondaga. DIR. White is one of
the medical professors of Yale college Few
men are more learned in the science of med
icine. He was one of our first missionaries
to China and accomplished much more in
that hard field than is generally known in the
church of this country"