Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-09
FAIR HAVEN.
A Patriotic Sermon-The Head, Not the Tail-At she Rink XesGerdaY- General Notes of IneePeaf.

A Patriotic sermon-The Head, Not
 the Tail-AG she Rink XesGerdaY-
 General Notes of Interest.
 Rev. A. Fl. Goodenough preached patri- otic sermon at the East Pearl street church last evening. His subject, HsThe head, not taken from Deuteronomy, s8th chapter, 18th verse, "The Lord hath set you at the head and not the tail, and thou shalt be above only and shall not be beneath.n
 The patriotic moral to the sermon was that this glorious United States stood at the head and not at the tail of the list of the worlds nations.
 MT. Goodenough spoke briefly of the coun- try's history. For long years, he said, it had pleased God to leave this land undiscovered Then came it's discovery nearly four centuries ago and then the next great event was the war for liberty. Here the speaker denounced war as an evil and an unnecessary one, and related a little incident concerning Gladstone and how he averted war between England and Russia some years ago. The preacher did not dilate on the familiar story of the war Of '76, but in passing stated that New Englanders have no reason to be ashamed of the new England. As a class they were wealthier than any other in the world, and should all public debts be paid and the re- maining property be equally divided the re. suit would prove the assertion.
 The war, however, was a benefit to En- gland as well as to America To England WAS 1t benefit in this way: England is a power that is ayaricious of more and has al- ways been seeking more possessions. It is true that the sun never sets on the Queens domain. Wherever the English flag E planted there the gospel can be preached, and all Christians should rejoice that the way of sal- vation may be shown to the heathen in India. England has all she can look after in the way of colonies and could scarcely have attended frN A 1n1 ul1a -s |. unpleasantness of one hundred years ago. Of course the benefits to America are obvious. The country never could have grown to its present mighty proportions under British su- pervision.
 MT. Goodenough then paid tribute to Lib. erty. He referred to that wonder of the world. the Bartholdi statue, that bedecks while it was well to admire the beautiful work, it was not well to forget liberty itself and lose the substance in chasing after the shadow and the real in pursuing the symbol. Then the speaker told of the enemies of ib- erty and described them as first, the saloons and liquor traffic, the dissertation of the Sabbath and the non punishment of law breakers. He said that the pulpit, the press and the judiciary court should con stantly strive to put down all these things Mir. Goodenough thought Sabbath breaking particularly pernicious. He characterized sunday e4curslOns ana DatL games as 6nblre- ly unnecessary and evil. He did not think we needed any more laws, but that the pres ent ones should be enforced.
 Mrs. Brown of West Haven sang soprano solo very sweetly and several selections were rendered by the choir.
 At the service yesterday morning Mir. Goodenough preached a sermon from the text GA Door in Heaven," and one of the things he said was that the door to heaven would remain open until everyone had had chance to pass in.
 Rev. Mir. Wheeler of the Beers street church had large audience yesterday afte5,- noon at the rink temperance meeting. His subject was: 'Our National Freedom and the Liquor Traffic."
 Prof. J. Henry Smith and wife are in town to spend the summer. Nr. Smith is profes- sor of music in 8 southern college.
 MT. Reuben Futile, who has been i'll with rheunaatism, is about the same. He can get about, but still has bad attacks of the fnala. dy.
 Rev. MT. James preached at the Second church yesterday, and the last meeting of the Christian Endeavor society for the sum- mer was held last evening. Next Thursday evening the ladies will give a social in the church parlors, which will be the last of the season.
 MT. James Johnson, who has been i'll so long, is not gaining as rapidly as he was, as his many friends will be sorry to learn.