Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-06-08

that time the church was again crowded.
The Rev. e. s. Lines of st. Paul's church |
was introduced by the Rev. Mr.. Marvin.
The subject of his address was zone Hun
dred and Fifty Years Ago." and he spoke
In part as follows:
REMARKS By MIR. LINES.
IT have enjoyed this day exceedingly.
The only disagrseable part of 1t for me is
new reached. Since went to the College
street Congregational church a few weeks,
ago and heard an address by Rev. DR.. Hor-
ton on Religion In England have felt
pretty modest as an Episcopal minister.
some OF you may remember that he poured
It Into the Episcopal church pretty strong,
and hoped that America would never be
handed over into the hands of the Church
of England.
when DR.. Smythe stood up here this
morning and spoke on Puritan Character
l could not help but think that he was
more of Puritan than should be in love
| with than those who were about these
parts 200 years ago. There we're certain
limitations In the Puritan character of that
| time which were most undesirable. But I
| will not persue this subject further.
| THE year 1742 which saw the founding
| of this church was a memorable year in re-
ligieus history. 1t has distinctive char
acter of its own, It was the time of q
great religious awakening and excitement
In and around New Haven. The religious
fathers of that time were very strict and
| severe. But they were sincere and they
/ upheld the standard Of religion strongly.
When the fathers died the sons did not up
hold this standard so strongly. Thus 9
little more than $50 years age
signs of a strange nature came. II
was most interesting period with far
reaching results. There came strange
manifestations of religious zeal in New
Haven colony. And about this time a Law
was passed by the general court that nj
preacher should preach or exhort in any
other parish than his own.
"Over from Long Island came one Jamei
Davenport, who landed at Saybrook anc
coming along through the various town.
toward New Haven, and telling the pas
and that they were leading their peopl,
straight down to hell. II caused grea
deal of trouble and stirred up the people
| wonderfully. OF course it was all wrong
but 1t was sign of the religious zeal o.
that period. And thus the controversy
between the "Old Lights and New Lights,
so-called, is to be associated with this year
And the record of this time Ia worth mort
than smiling at. It Is worth careful ant
studious thought.
T'About this year the consolation go
together at West Haven and put Mr.
Timothy Allen out of the church. He wa
| one of the new lights He had said tina
If man was not moved by the Hol,
Spirit, the reading of the Bible would d.
him no more good than the reading of al
almanaek. Well, the consolation put hin
/ out of the church and then said they hat
snuffed out one of the new lights and tina
| they proposed to snuff them all out. Blu
few years later he was heard of at Ches
ter, Mass, where his light continued t
burn for ffty-years. speak of these jus
to show the spirit of the times $50 year
!, ago. But it Is the present we all are NOR
} interested in and think we ought to tax
pleasure In coming out and expressing on
hearty appreciation of the work of on
man in one of our New England countr
towns"