Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-02

bark for the next twenty to come. The points of the argument must be taken In logical sequence.
 Point one-Connecticut is very barren and sterile state. Granite elbows poke themselves out all over against farming. Only here and there along favored valleys and in secluded hooks can Connecticut Havana be raised to compete with the genuine. Wooden nutmegs were found out and exposed generations ago. So the Connecticut citizen who hasn't a patent on a bit of machinery or 'pull" on politi- elan bosses has hard time of it.
 Point two-Theology the world over has ceased to be wildly remunerative. Folks have fallen into the bad practice of thinking for themselves on the subject. There was time when the dominic could select his theme, pick out text to match, and then hammer away proftably to the awe and admiration of his hearers. The obnoxious Smythes and the pestiferous Briggses have changed all this. Folks nowadays are asking questions which no self-respecting dominies can, CT should be required to, answer. And because they wont answer they are losing caste, reputa- ton and commercial value. It's very, very sad; but very, very true.
 Point three-The things that are true of theology in general are especially true of Connecticut Congregational theology. The Congregational church, as every one knows, is composed of separate and in dependent congregations. Each congre- gation, not only manages its own financial matters apart, but is entitled to its own and individual theology. The theology of Center church may not be the theology of North church, while the theology of the one exercises the right of finding fault with the theology of the other. Congregs- tionsl theology is all ahoat, as 1t were. So long as it is theology in the abstract, the style thereof doesn't matter. There are no Presbyterian synods, or Episcopal bishops to critisise, or define theologies or to impose creeds. One Congregational theology is just as good as another for practical purposes and each congregation has right to assume that it's theology is the genuine article. If the dominic could dictate the theology to the congregation, his position might still be enjoyable. But he can't. He must find out and accept the congregations theology or be fired out into the hungry open.- Now, with all these facts in mind. can anything be imagined more trying to in tellectual strength than the position of a Congregational clergyman residing in Connecticut, What marvel of e man must be the man who succeeds in making it pay! The doctrine of the survival of the Attest is here applied in its fullest rigor. Connecticut cemeteries are full of tentative and disastrous efforts. The suc- cessful man must have the lightning spring of a cat, the forethought of ward politi- clan and the shrewd vision of profes- sional seer. He must keep his finger on the theological pulse of the people and have an alert ear to the faintest breath of popular turning. If he miss a dutter of change his bread and butter may dry up like the wind-swept leaves of November. He must prognosticate desire in order to keep up with sentiment. The days of guiding sentiment and opinion in the deli cate matters of theology are gone forever. Where, then, for planning the future of the football playing college of to-day can better material be found than in the ranks of Congregational clergymen residing in Connecticut The severe discipline of their arduous for tunes enabled them to sniff football from afar and to prepare for it. Their spirit with silent, but irresistible stress, per vaded the college and has moulded it to its recurring victories. They are therefore the chosen leaders for all future ages and for all future changes. Dear souls! May they be equally fortunate in framing and satisfying the varied theologies of their re- spective congregations. May they never fail of Thanksgiving turkey; and may the college and the world at large ever con tinue to profit by their acute and far reaching sagacityl FERNANDEZ.