New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-19


Bosten at the very dawn ot the revolution was
traversed by the Of Liberty by no means easy
The division Of sentiment here was sharp aud violent
ready betray the brother unto death, and father the
There was great popular sentiment Tor cause o,
that day pronounced their solemn protests and laid down
Them tsT sud 2 %e sgcud no CTt that the struggle
which at this distant day appears snOcSS ana sincere
was attended by All the bitterness and warmth. and mis-
understandings and injustice. and suspicion tha heiong
all heated political contests Many CuiNalTu au9
honest and conscientious gentleman OF that day charged
our saints with the baSCst motives of Veual
ity aud ambition. Many hero at whose shrine we now
worship was in that day Denounced q. monster Oh anta
and revenge The sharpest weapons 10 which our prot
fathers IN this Town barred thgr 3osonls WET NOT i
swords OF an oppeSSn- army Ihe keeh.St insults Witt
they compelled 10 bear were not those when lcll
from the lips of official msoCnce. The hardest blows
from the hands of their lifelong associates ther neigh,
bors and friends from whom they had right to expect
o Judgment tempered with mercy, and recognition oil
their obedience IL their own conscientious sense ~ duty
1.-THE demons Of folly. falschoOd, madness and rebellion
seem to have entered along vita ther chci inc ngci Oh
biton wantonly opoaed the sources o. eiH 9iSi"fu
mals of the world have not yet been deiorncd with
single instance OF so unnatural 50 cdusccs 50 Wnntoh
were declared to be bred up hypocrtcs in religion and
petiifoggeis in law. And the scsac1tcng merchants
OF the town. who had rSkcd ~ they mad io tne cOun
try. tainted with assembling ON al important Occa
sions in Fsnen Hall III the noSg o. @ OF
harangues and 10 pass treaSoranle votes ana IeSov,S
the champion Of rebellion Year afcr year the storm
ragged; and many Young in revolutionary Boston
had never known the delights Oi social tranquility ailo
confidence, or the joys OF civil rclose.
PATRIOTISM or CLERGYNlEN.
Not however as a violent political contest, alone not
IA war in State and society, not division on matters
OF the law does the stormy conflict OF the fathers como
down TO US Between the colonies and the mother c0un
try there was an ecclesiastical bond in which were in
VOWED the fah 3c GHT r SS cyd Ie Ssi
IN
cOnscienceS and refused ~ he dictated to IN
matters of religion, and set aside the Book OF Common
PRAYER and forbade the observance OF Christmas, they
forth styling themselves "cldrcn of the Church OF
England" and children they bore their mother always
in acctiOnac regard II should not be forgotten That
while Puritan Boston especially beloved by all the
nOncOnOrmistS, there was from the beginning am clement
the protesting town for which the established church
and the always ft the warmeS interest and the
fendcreSt when in l722 it determined
build church at the North End of Boston the Church
England said, at the south part OF Boston not
cOme to IT, the nobility Of England aud many wealthy
dcyOtees of the church in the British colonies,
contributed literally 10 its foundation. "Sr Harry
Falkland. who lived on Garden Court street,
Benjamin Franklin came as neTsb0y wrote IN III;
bells beautiful steepc, and having an elevated sltda
ton il may be accounted noble structure ioi ths part
the world" In the communion plate OF I'M. church
may be found two hasonS, large challct, paen ana
plate called receiver ana used to receive the ans
aud other deyOtiOns OF the people on which are inscribed
these words "The gift of His Majesty King George H.
90 Christ Church at Boston, in New.England at the re-
quest of His Excelleucy GOV. Becher, 1855 To the
church the King also gave with me aecllon OF atr
Rev timothy Suler te Si b IToI H 'niS man of
$3.50 ,yeTt l. isnhiected and went 70 London 10 take
oors he was received with especial kindness 10y the
Dean Of Canterbury, whom he found IN me very
The Cathedral body, who also received linn with
open arms This church, therefore born as
England. was the home of kindly, genuine
aud religious LOYALTY when the great drama of
the Revolution first opened Ii was NOT mere political
question which entered hero-but CONSCIENTIOUS recog
milton of the obligations created between the power
which bestows ecclesiastical orders ana thnSe MiCh re-
ceve them. 1t was this sentiment which gave TO INC de-
rcopd One hundred wears ago tbs might Eastcr Tucs
day. April Is, 1870 his RcCtOshp here ceased. He LETT
account Of his loyalty He had promised to conform
minister under tie jurisdiction Of the Bishop of Ion
don. and he patiently suffered poverty and prescription
that form OF faith which he had sworn to defend It
this feature OF the early revolution IN Boston which
we contemplate with peculiar reverence, ana around
which gather the eenest ana noIc,t sthtncHts OF inc
human heart Free from the violent TnCof OF mere po
nticai difference, il claims from even those VINO can
1ia charity which truly Christian heart Away fees
1t this sentiment Of religious loyalty, existing in
this church which gave peculiar interest to nc event
nv Inc d6iruitjes which attended it, that Paul Revere
filled with patriotic daring proposed to use church Just
patriots lust about 10 strike their rst blow for freedom
How sudden and complete the change Az the Iepiesen-
ttye of royal power Church ana State steps down IN
obedience to the dictates u his conscience the IereSch-
tatiye OF struggling people takes his place and at once
as decree Providence the destiny of TINS church Is
changed aud its history immortal. Tor more IMAM nan
q century il hat stood the emblem of great religious
faith in instant IL to atl higher duly anu be
the signal Of an heroic effort 10 preserve irtG con
science to the believers and ireo citizenship VIII all Its
opportunities TO the masses Oi mankind
paul REYERE's MISSION
II was o great spirit which led to This event. Paul
Revere al whose command the sudden transformation
ofthis church took place and whose will Robert New
man was bat too pyoud 70 obey. OF the nOblest
representatives of wachiu, patient and determined
people has passed into history. He has left
behind him great declarations; hut he has left an eX
hillle O uu'IliiS @ ''i' '', I 'ti ISani
81 an emergency which WIN hc'"r b' I"rgO'tth ia'u
Revere ana his band of Boston mechanics much
part of the Revolutionary history Of our country as
Faneuil Hall and the Od South Church To samuel !
Adams hc rn, he'd the voting power OF IN" cub ana Tue
polls To John Adams lac supplied the hCGN%dato or @
great and stormy conventions ana ihOe' ~ f.lu
Hall: TO James OTIS he gave a popular response /" 1T,
grand appeals for freedom; to John HlCoch nc mani
Tested thal sturdy ana Cil"lII H-Icli ~ ~
of mankind which won him over - the cause oi lrredoi
and led him away from the tempt itouS OF luxury
and wealth. 60 the toll ana t13l when gave mn ms
Immortality; 20 the endangered people he gave thc
signal. and then became the warning me,sengcr who
through the watches OF The nlgt sounded me airHi
and prepared them for the Immortal morning winch
dawned for oW country on The boodSaihtd heldI OF
Lexington and Concord Filled with The spirit OF his |
UugucnOt ancestry ne entered with untring zeal into
the public service of his country ia carly life, ana was
among the aid in establishing the power Of
The Anglo Saxon this continent in the old French and
Indian He was skiliul mechanic. hut he was |
never satisfied until he had turned his skill the
patriotic a. the times He must have had unusual
hdclity and wit which OrsOOk him; OrOn all i'm
pOrtant crises Vas who carried the idug> and aI
enough for Warren and sagacous enough for samuel
Adams lie was geuuju. rrurc,putafiyc OF RrVOlutou
Boston, and his deeds viii always remain part of
the annals Of his native town, upon which The historian
will love to dwell and from which the poet viii draw in
spirati0n his highest tribute 10 what is heroic and
devoted in his ielOW-man As an example OF eternal
vigilance he has no siec IN our rev history
70 the deeds performed by Boston at this early stage OF
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