The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-13

scrihed the reign of prejudices against Puritanism, and then the change of opinion when the wave of feeling went to the other extreme and spent itself against the ritual of the Church of England, and then of the reaction when the forms of worship of the latter again became, in measure, popular At this stage the church in Connecticut began to exert itself; missionaries came over here and parishes were established by the laity. Said MT. Kingsbury at this point; Every early church in Con- necticut had it's beginning in com pany of laymen banded together of their own accord and inviting a mis- sionary to come among them, On their records we read entries like this; 'Vot- ed, That, in the absence of the rector John Jones shall read the prayers and Isaac Smith shall read a sermon, and David Williams and Hiram Barnes shall assist in tuning a psalm The truth is, they were competent to con- duct the worship themselves, only they were not regularly ordained. These were the Connecticut laymen; they were the church. In every parish there is' tradition. or perhaps some record, of some man, or some group of linen, who led these pioneer church. |men.''
 Mir Kingsbury quoted from the writ Iings of nr. Beardsley, the historian of the church in Connecticut, and briefly |sketched the lives of several of the linen who signed the address to the Society for Propagation of the Gospel | for missionary for the freeholders of | the town of Stfatford, who desired to worship God in the way of their fore l lfathers-Colonel Caleb Heathcote and ,his brother-in-law, Rev. George Nun son. who were organized into church I in Stratford in 17o7; of Samuel smith son, of Guilford, and his family, and of Daniel shelton and John Beardsley, jr.
 1 Mr, Kingsbury then described the founding of churches in other places by James Brown, layman in West Haven, who later removed to Water bury, between 1722 and 17S4; of John Davies, Welshman, who was the prin- cipal benefactor of the church in Litch- field, organized in 1743, and church erected six years later and named st., Mlehaels, the property being deeded flor consideration of one peppercorn a year, paid on the Feast of St. Michael's. He lived in the district still called Da- Ivies Hollow. Tn 1766 Godfrey Malone moved from Newport, K. l., to Brook lyn, in Wlndham county. and built q Echurch, which was opened by a mis- sionary, Rev. MT. Tyler, of Norwich. The church grew and is still standing, la service being conducted in it once a year by the rector of the present Brook llyn church.
 | In conclusion, Mir. Kingsbury pointed out that the story was the same in each case-a laynan founded the par ish and then had clergyman sent to them. He said: While we reverence our leaders, let us, the laity, remember that we arc the church, with all the honor and all the responsibility the fact Involves
 | Bishop of Newark, The Right Rev. E, s, Lines, bishop of Newark, spoke on "The Rev Samuel Johnson, D. D., and His Contempora- ries." taking up the early ministerial history of the parish.
 Letters of Regret.
 Rev. Arthur Foley Wilmington In- gram, Lord Bishop of London, sent the following letter;
 Putnam, Palace, S. w..
 January IA, 1907.
 Dear Brother-Thank you for your cordial letter of invitation, but as I am coming on to Richmond for the gen eral convention in october cannot manage also to come to Connecticut in Hume. hope, however, that I may have the pleasure of seeing you and the bishop of Connecticut in October. Meanwhile on my return I will try and get the information from the library which you desire. I wish the church of Connecticut every blessing in con- nection with the commemoration.
 T am, very sincerely yours
 "A. F. w. INGRAM"
 The lord bishop was at Bournemouth when he wrote, and Rev. MT. Hooper had asked if 1t were possible to find the original manuscript of the strat- ford appeal to the English bishops
 Rev. pr. Morgan Dix, of Trinity church, New York, sent letter which was as follows;
 My Dear Dr. Guilbert--I greatly re- gret that an engagement which can not break--a wedding-will prevent me from being with you the 18th inst. The occasion will be most interesting one and I wish could be there.
 "Very truly yours,
 MORGAN DIX"
 Right Rev. William Paret, bishop of Maryland, wrote in part:
 "The relations between Connecticut and Maryland in the eonsecration of the first bishop of Maryland makes my wish to be present stronger. It was, believe the first consecration in which the bishop of Connecticut took part and made the linking of the two lines lof England and Scotland. Maryland has always felt on that account very Iclosely drawn to Connecticut,
 (Signed) WILLIAM PARBT." 4 It is interesting to note that Bishop Paret preached the sermon at the con lsecration of Bishop Brewster
 The Right Rev. William W. N Niles bishop of New Hampshire, write: '"With a tender reference to his boy hood in northeastern Connecticut and to the memory of his mother, Who guided his footsteps in the faith
 Rishnn William F Nichols, of Cali