The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-13
SWEDISH CONNECTICUT.
SUBJECT OF ARTICLE BY REV
 JOEL s. IVES OF HARTFORD
Connecticut Receives Enough scandina- vians Each Year to Make Good Sized TOwn-They Constitute Important Element in O-SaXOn--Interestiug Example of Swedish Thrift.
Example of Swedish Thrift.

Example of Swedish Thrift.
 Swedish Connecticut" is the theme
 of an article by Rev. Joel s. Ives, of
 Hartford secretary of the Missionary
 society of Connecticut, in the Congre-
 gational Home Missionary Magazine
 for September, as follows:
 Scandinavian immigration belongs to
 the period since the civil war, particu-
 larly the last twenty-five years, and reached its highest record in 1882 of
 105,S2 It's fluctuations In general
 have corresponded with the total im-
 migration, except that the last few
 years have not shown a corresponding increase; 1908 showing only 77,647 and
 1906 with the highest total yet reached
 1,102,9SO, only 52,29l. Since 1920, Den
 mark, Norway and Sweden have sent
 us more than a million and three-
 quarters, or nearly one-twelfth of the
 strangers who have entered our doors
 Connecticut receives each year
 enough Scandinavians to make town like Norfolk, Madison or Holland, and there is therefore a demand for the or
 ganization of new churches. It Is in- 1 teresting to note that in the last twen- ty-three years tWenty-seven churches
 have been organized, and services are
 regularly held in all but two. In fact,
 the Swedes take the matter into their
 own hands, as for example in Granby,
 where Massachusetts cuts out big farm from Connecticut, land was
 bought up, a settlement made,
 church organized and meeting house
 built before any news of the same had
 reached the missionary office.
 Professor D. N, Camp, president of the Missionary society of Connecticut, thinks he brought the first swede into New Britain, as Dr. Bowen brought the first into Woodstock Work was begun in small way which soon de- veloped into special class in the South church, New Britain, then the employment of missionary and the organization of a church with aid from the society in 1884. The growth of the city attracted these people until now with population of more than thirty thousand one-half is Scandina- vian and the Rev. Gustaf E. Pint is pastor of a self-supporting church with three hundred and sixty-flve members, owning an excellent and we'll located 
 These Teutonic peoples from Den mark, Norway, Sweden and to a con- siderable extent Finland-although in the reports Finland is counted with Russia-are of contiguous territory and with similar language, ideals, ed- ucatton and religion. It would seem natural that there should be con- mon church. The experiment has been tried. A Scandinavian church was or ganized in Bridgeport in 1889, but it was of short life, while the Swedish church organized in 1895, is now self supporting and there is prospect of the organization of a Danish church The NorWegians and the Danes worship in harmony, but the cleavage in the tenn poral kingdoms is effective in religions enterprises. The Yankees are not the only people who worship along the line of their idiosyncracies. Some work has been done for the Films and the Danes have church in Hartford. hay Ing already begun to build their meet ing house; and also one in New Haven with meeting hause and parsonage. which is close to self-support under the efficient leadership of Rev. Ludwig Johnson, who Is architect of the build- ing as well as pastor of the church.
 Like the English and the Scotch we must enumerate these kindred of our mixed ancestry as Foreigners" but they constitute an important element In the twisted cord which we usually call Anglo-Saxon. King Alfred was a Dane and Gustavus Adolphus the Swede, shared in the struggles of tn century. The second and -hlrd generation of these people can not be distinguished as to their nation- llity. English-Lutheran churches arc being formed in England that find | heir constituency in the children of he German and Swedish Lutherans All our churches must look to the strangers, for there are not enough | natives to maintain them. And if | his is true to-day it will be unmjstaR- lble tomorrow.
 More than fifteen hundred are enu- in the swedish Congregational membership and it wust not be forgot- en that the Baptists and the Metho- lists have also done good work, More han two hundred have been added to he rolls during 1905, the church pron- ,rty is about one hundred and five housand dollars, and the reported he. levolences $3,237. This makes no ac- ount of the large number of Swedish who may be found in mns+ if our churches Indeed, the largest upporter in one of our churches was Swede.
 An interesting example of Swedish hrift may be found fin the beautiful illage on Woodstock hill Soon after he organization of the church in lSeo n old blacksmith shop was trans ormed into tasteful chapel. as hown by the accompanying cuts. Be- ause the Swedes from North South last and West Woodstock, as well as rom Pomfret, come up to the Hiu to 'orship, the chapel proved inadeouate lev. Lambert T. Lindholm, the pastor roved himself prophet, He had a ision of the chapel enlarged and made lore efficient. Patient toll, with the i'd of the Church Building society lade the vision a reality. A new front 'ith tower and bell, new foundations needed rooms, spliced raf- ITS, making fine auditorium. with ew floor and pews, and lol what was .
 blacksmith shop still rings tr,,a ,,,itt,