. History of Connecticut Baptist State Convention, 1823-1907. chical tyranny and expose the vaintraditions of the Papal church; because they alone havestripped off the last remnant of the rags that clothe thescarlet woman. Yet the one solitary Baptist missionamong these people is the one sustained by the Stamfordchurch. It needs our aid. We only await the word fromthe Convention. The village or town of Torrington offers an opendoor. A partial canvass of the place by Rev. W. and the Superintendent has convinced these breth-ren that an effectual entrance cannot be made thereunless we a
. History of Connecticut Baptist State Convention, 1823-1907. chical tyranny and expose the vaintraditions of the Papal church; because they alone havestripped off the last remnant of the rags that clothe thescarlet woman. Yet the one solitary Baptist missionamong these people is the one sustained by the Stamfordchurch. It needs our aid. We only await the word fromthe Convention. The village or town of Torrington offers an opendoor. A partial canvass of the place by Rev. W. and the Superintendent has convinced these breth-ren that an effectual entrance cannot be made thereunless we are prepared to offer similar, if not equalfinancial aid to that which we gave in Winsted. Yetlorrington is a larger and faster growing town thanWinsted, has fewer churches and a larger constituencyto reach and appeal to. A Reminiscence of Fifty Years Ago. Rev. Dr. Phelps, who had attended every Conventionfor fifty years, said: Fifty years ago you met in NewLondon. The easiest way for me to reach that distantplace from New Haven was to take the steamboat for. RH\. S. URMJEX PHELPS, CONNECTICUT BAPJIST CONVENTION 1(j9 New York, stop in Brooklyn over night, take the LongIsland train to Greenport, and then the steamer to NewLondon. Rev. Jabez S. Swan was President of theConvention. Rev. Emory Shailer was the raised $1,440 for your work and gaAc $505 amongthe churches. The church at Waterbury received $ church at Torrington was received into the Con-vention; I do not know what became of it. The churchat Montville was also received, though I am sure therehad been one there before. There was great need ofmoney for foreign missions. Enthusiasm was arousedby the President offering twenty-five dollars extra as hisgift, and five hundred dollars were that evening raisedfor this purpose. One hundred delegates were doctor was right as to the Montville Union churchreceived that year. There had been two churches, be-tween which a union had been effected,
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