New-York daily tribune., 1845-02-06
THE LAST CHAPTER OF THE CHRONICLES
OF THE BERKSHIRE JUBILEE.
81 cAruARIyE NJ. sEDe WICK.

goodly stature, and moreover having an upright
mind and pleasant speech, gained the hearts OF
his brethren.
And the dwelIers in Massachusetts chose him
TO be their head and chief ruler. And George
dwell, in the goodly land of Berkshire, and his
dwelling was in that upper valley of the Housa
tonic, which our fathers bought Of the red men
and called it Pittsfed
Now ia the first year OF the magstracy OF
! George, good spiri, entered into the hearts OF
the Sons OF Berkshire both OF those who dwelt
in tie homes of their fathers. and OF those who
were dispersed abroad
And 10 these last came visions and dreams,
and the homes Of their childhood rose before
,hem and they saw in vision the green and
dewv hills of Berkshire, with their maple
groves and the wide >hadowins elm winch hath no
equal for beauty and gracefulHesS among all the
/ trees that the Lord hath made: and also the frs
and the pines of their mountain tops; and the
smiling vaes standing thick with corn, and the
pasture and the orchard, and the skating and the
coastng ground
And there appeared before them in vision also,
the fair daughters OF their people even Is they had
seen them in the freshness and the beauty OF their
early days
And the ripple of the lakes sparkling in their
vallies, and the gushing of the streams from their
hills was in their ears, like far off music.
And their kindred who had been gathered to
their fathers. the mother who had rocked their
cradle, and he who mad toied for their youth,
and brothers, and sisters and friends, rose before
them, and beckcned them to the land III which
they were born
And their hearts were faint within them till
goodly purpose was breathed into them and they
spake with one voice, and said, 50 Hath not the
Lord given us rest every side" Now We
will proclaim a Jubilee we will go TO our Je-
rusalem, We will worship in the Temples OF
our fathers. We will kiss the sod that covers
the graves of our kindred; and we will sit our
selves down in the old places where their sha-
dows will pass before us
And we will rejoice and make merry with our
brethren and Memory and Hope shall be our
pleasant ministers And we will lay our hearts
together and stir up the mouldering embers OF
old friendships till the FIRE burns within US and
this. even this sacred fire will we transmit 10 our
chidren's children.
And even as they said, 50 did they, and in the
summer solstce with heart and one mind
they together
The pilgrims from aiar and the sQiourncrs at
home Even from the valley of the Mississippi
came they; and from the yet farther country OF
Missouri-and from the land of the sun, even
from the south land, and from all the goody lands
round about Massachusetts.
And strangers who honored them, and whom
they honored, also came not ntermeddiins with
their JOY, but greatly augmenting the sum thereof
And they gathered together, multitude ct
people, old men and elder women, young men
and fair young maidens and much childrcn-a
very great company were they.
They came not, like the queen of Shecba,
bearing spices, and gold in abundance, and
precious stones,' but instead OF these-sound
minds well Observation-Disclosures Of gold-loyalty to
the land of their tathers-iinpershab friend
ships-reeous iath-all pearls of great price.
And great heart was in the people of Pitts
field and they opened the doors Of their pleasant
dwellings, and bade their brethren enter therein
And they spread fine linen on their beds, and
iIey coycrcd their tables with the tat oi the land
for the Lord had greatly blessed the people Of
Pi;siield.
And they said to all their brethren, come now
and enter in, and freely take of our abundance,
for, 10 nave we not spread our,lables for you; and
hati not the angel of sleep dressed our beds. that
our brethren may sleep therein
And the faces of their brethren shone and they
entered in and they said, it was true report
we heard of thee, thy land doth excel, and thou
thereof Corn aboundcth where, in the time of
our fathers the ground was barren. Thy locks
and thy herds are multiplied Many goodly dwell
lings, such rs were not aiorctimc hast thou set
up. Thou hast enlarged the bound Of thy fruit.
luI fields, and thou hast gemmed thy gardens
with flowers. Walks hast thou laid out and
planted them, and thou has done well to cherish
that stately ein the monument of the past the
last relic OF the forests where the red men hunted
And moreover here do we behold a wonder
such as solomon in all his wisdom conceived not
of, when be said, there is nothing new under
the sun" Here in this land, the wilderness TO
which our fathers came but as yesterday, have yc
bui!ded a work which not done, nay, nor
was ii 50 much as conceived by the cunning
artificers of the East, nor by the many handed
labor of Egypt, nor by the art Of Greece; and
even now is the report OF its ponderous engines
and passing mudtdes in our ear
And many words were spoken cheering the
heart and lighting up the countcnance.
And all the people went up together into the
temple of the Lord. And there spake unto them
Mark, the son Of Archibald, and this was the
same Archibald, albc;a ter of the ground, hon
ored among his breathren OF the lower valley, tor
he loved much, aud was an honest man, but now
he was gathered TO his fathers, and Mark
Dis was sci up 10 De III tIie idliu
an instructor OF the young men. And his breth-
rem had chosen BIN to speak unto them, be being
of an excellent spirit and knowledge and under
standing, and for showing of hard sentences and
dissolving of doubts. And ne spake wisely and
he greatly pleased his brethren: are not his
words written in this Book of the Jubilee?
And William. the son of that priest Of the va
liant heart, who in the days of the oppression of
the kinus ministered unto the peopie of Pitts
field, he alsospake unto his brethren.
And Joshua Of the tribe of Spencer, wise
man and learned in the law spake TO them. And
he brought forth TO them from their old Cronicles
lost and forgotten treasures and he pleased them
with the sayings and doings of their fathers.
And goodlyt tent was spread, and they did eat
together, both men and women, with great glad
ness, but they drank not save Of the pure water
of their hillcounry, for George their ruler, said
un them, touch not the wine-cup, for there be
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