The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-02

acted may be found In the Land Rec ords of New Haven.
 "The six Episcopal clergymen Of Connecticut" says Dr. Beardsley, "and MT. Wetmore of Rye,-who from near ness to this colony and sympathy with them always co-operated as far as he might with Dr. Johnson and his associates in their efforts to advance the prosperity of the church,-sent home to the Honorable society a statement of this resistance. The tes- timony of such witnesses is reliable, and proves that there was sonp foun- dation in equity for the claim under the deed of William Gregson."%
 This is about all I know of MT. Ar holds ministry in the town of New Ha- veh,-not much, certainly. He evident ly was a restless man, a man not of sol i'd judgment, a man of large enter prises which he was unable to carry out, and his mission work in the coun- ty did not last long. The clergy of Connecticut had many grievances. In letter dated Boston, December 14th, 173S, MT. Arnold again addressed the secretary of the S. P. G., and says:
 
 der which we are, having taken many severe measures against the church tending to crush and demolish it, my brethren were desirous that l should come home to present our grievances and seek some relief, but being disap- pointed, would beg leave to lay before the Honorable society my own dis tressed state, earnestly requesting their compassionate notice. My difii- culties experienced in my mission Is equal if not superior to any missiona- ry's, for there is no clergyman in the large county of Hartford nor in New Haven but myself, and am frequently called upon and do oficiate in several towns at great distance, namely, Wallingford, Weth- ersfield, Simsbury, Harrington, etc., besides my special cure is large and very difficult, being much scattered, and though much oppressed increases greatly"
 The last paragraph of the letter en' ables us, perhaps, to get a glimpse ol MT. Arnold's personal peculiarities, for | if he were the owner of an estate or possessed of any private means, as he undoubtedly was, why should he write to the secretary in this way:
 "If they are in capacity to make an addition to my substance l shall be most thankful if the society should consider my low, distressed estate. have a wife and five small children and the cries for want of bread are very piercing. I have been forced tc | sell considerable of my land, and shall be obliged to sink my estate if relief cannot be obtained"
 We can understand thoroughly that MT. Arnold may have been in an em- barrassed condition, but we cannot un- derstand that d man of property could possibly have heard the piercing cries of his own children for bread. Still MT. Arnold was fairly successful in his general missionary work, and he en- joyed the confidence of his brethren as the following extract from letter ad- dressed to the secretary by Messrs Johnson, Wetmore and Beach will show. They say in communication dated New Haven, November 18th, 17SS
 I've are met together upon the par ticular exigencies of the church in this colony, and have put into the hands o1 our Reverend Brother, MT Arnold, our address to the Honorable society, set ting forth the grievances of the church, and such papers as relate thereto, but having therein omitted the mentioning of what we think would Dc proper upon this occasion in behalf ot our Reverend and worthy brother, we beg leave hereby to acquaint the Hon. orable board, that since his being ap- pointed a missionary here he has, with great deal of labor and zeal, served the interests of the church, and with good success, in the several places of his itinerant mission"
 | Thus you see that at this time lMr Arnoldwas well thought of by his brethren in the ministry, though they say not a word of any work of his 1T New Haven itself. But MT. Arnold became so eccentric that the suspicion has crossed my own mlno that he was probably unhinged, Ihe project which they recommended ms carried; MT. Arnold did not go to Lon don He left Connecticut about thls | lime. and is supposed to have removed to New York. pr. Johnson said, MT l Arnold has been in very unsettleC disposition of late, and Is now apou' moving to Staten Island, New 4ork so that I question whether he will gt home at all"
 This is all that we know of MT. Ar mold and his work in New Haven H' was succeeded by the Rev Theophiiu' Morris an Englishman by birth anc presumably by education. His first re | -- e.,
 *see Croswell's History of TrlnltN Church. New Haven, Historical socle tv papers, Vol. I, pp. 76-7S, and Beards lows History. Vol. I, pp. 169-17O.
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