Historical Discourse Preached on the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Organization of the United Church; May 8th, 1892 - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892. Excerpt: ... HISTORICAL DISCOURSE. Psalm LXXX: 8--11. Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her brandies unto the river. I Samuel XLT: 7. Now therefore stand still that T may reason with you before the Lord of all Vie righteous acts of the Lord, which he did to you and to your fathers.? I MIE first chapter in the history of Connecticut is written J-upon its armorial bearings. The three vines that fill the center of the shield are supposed to represent the three original settlements at Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor. The motto: "Qui transtulit sustinet," lie who transplanted us, sustains us,--repeats the religious trust expressed in the pictured vines. The scripture to which they allude, describes the early history of these colonies;--they were brought, as it were, out of Egypt; the heathen were cast out to make a place for them; they had room, and like healthy vines, they took deep root and filled the land; they overspread the hills; they peopled the shores of the sea and the banks of the rivers. Connecticut is the only State whose arms and motto arc distinctively religious, unless it be Rhode Island. All others arc based upon some phase of their history, or some physical peculiarity, or some political or economic feature, or some general and lofty sentiment; ours are indeed historical, but they are first and throughout relif/ious. This peculiarity is not lessened by the fact that behind the shield there are half-hidden flags ready to be carried into battle and at its base are cannon bal...

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