New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
MEMOIR OF HORACE BUSHNELL.
LIFE AND LETTERS OF HORACE BUSHNELL o''
nn h7a Harper & Brothers

specimens of American character "hu s0'''"'
sented in this volume is i'll fact composite "o'A'
oorto;n;no racollections of Dr. Bushnell, from seve-
rol intimate personal friends, including the Rev Dr
Rortol of Boston. the Right Rev. Bishop Clark, OF
Rhode Island the Rev. DIR. Leonard Bacon, together
with valuable contributions from several earher
friends and Il few aut0bOgraphicll fragments leit
by himself. Tie latter years OF Dr. BashHeirS HE
as he gradually yielded TO the nroads OF disease" are
depicted by one OF his daughters, MISS f. l.
Bushnell who has also contributed important as
sistance in many other ways to the abors OF the re-
spOnsible editor, Mrs. Mary BushneH O"o"'''
another daughter of the family.
Horace Bushnell was born April H. loOZ' III Tie
attractive and delightful town OF Li'chtield' Con
necticut The little family of his father removed
in 1905. TO New Preston, village not many miles
from LitcLfeld and in the most picturesque part OF
the same county, 1.-The scenery of New Preston
Abounds in lovely pictures, OF when Lake "ai"-
maug is the Gentle. This sheet 0l crystalline WIFI
winds like a river among its hiY shores whicb' al
the southern end, Iisc and peer at thor own woody
shadows, in It's still minor. On the east the I'm,
pacle rises from the wafer. Its erect heue clotheu
halfway ND with Forest its rocky outii"c rs seen
from the lake, projected against the sky rom Ills
base The lake turns away westward with wider
sweep the shores gracefully indCntcd with niue
coyes and crowned with green farms Rolling hills
through their misty valleys and across the water
the setting sun sends the glory of his level beams
The outlet of the lake is FROM the SOU hcrn end ana
pours its foaminT stream through marrow valley,
from which the hills either side rise ste ply he
little mills and shops which line this stream ana use
its wateI-powcr, and the rugged farms that cillD
these hill-sldes, compose the village oI New fFS'
ton. which still nestled III the safe seciu~Ion Of
woods and mountainS keeps much of It's o.d CHAR
actcr of Tcmotcncss from he world.
The home of tie Bu>hnclls was choScn on 4 little
farm lying on the southeastern Slope OF broad
backed hill. which stretches Il mile upward and
westward to a rounded summit. where stands the
church. lii rough and stony fam, one to tax
the skill and strength of the owner and needing no
ornamental r0ckwork to set of the landscape.
"The house was rOony and cheerful farm-L"TSc
which. facing snuth, stands hack lI!tle from 'He
road behind It's row of shady naples. with i"at cX-
nressiou of reserve and comfortable independence
SO familiar in Ncw-EuGand. Bui i'll those days 40
such green shadow fell ut MONDAY to curtain the
house from the dust and travel of the road: Tor 1t
was Horace Bushnell, tEcn but sfIIp.iAg Who
brought the young trees upon his back from the
mountain and planted them there. just below the
house the hill pitches down into the hollow where
the stream rushes and the mill hummed in old days.
The home the early uTrluudIhgs, introduce us to
the man. and upon this natural BACKGROUND we can
see him best Nay. the very soil is allied to HIM.
and the air is "A subtitle suggestion OF his splllt
The religious impressions Of his childhood were OF
the SIMPLEST ard most natural kind, consisting mot
of fear" as he said "nor i'll q of wrong, but
in sense of the Divine beauty aud majesty"
In school, where he kept his rather quiet end
good tured way. he first learned thc neeI OF combat
ana the pleasure OF conqIC't Aw"kln& suddenly 10 r
prrceIi on Ia" that his soOdatur" wa iniSiakcn
for wax rss and hqt he wa~ heg made the Lui O. the
school bullcs he chdS" lie rolGh"~t ana NOS III o'iA-
him IN the presence OF tine school, SPIRITED thrash
Ing as to ,sahsh his own character iu cour'-" ne
you9 a l1uHt No more fighting Was HecvSs&l' ana ne
Va e Chm In his studies he WI. moi .0ccu>
ns SCH u,S, ti linn Of AN ,ti", he u;d al.
ply himself with great mtcn'uy. Pit MO Il Co.'S OF
Enus ggannlar with grown up girls, and deter
nIrd l IKE not be- ouid1 us by th". hc gave nni-
self ~ eaty She study. that II possessed mn gay
heard INN p@FsnG in his sleep, 4 sehP ac 'le s.%
ddiy, Though We were never pa matc--l MS
linn aS an aGil,it. Sprichty, f0llcsoIc bow i';i 4"
spOrt and hearty laughter, ana OF lieLj h"rlH TEN
tered !ncm huCIly; hut used 10 think ttG Il" ci"d
the power nitrate MS lno"Ghs III ON a-y >n"i ri
applied hinIsrli'o suly; bat think. = mt a.c H.
tie be % his cIi~s cusn whether he played "r stub
led. wei rr:IrnbrT meeting hn Will" 81" vs. . u
dent IN Yalc CocI, and hat wa greatly HnrHri3 ii
al the ntr ycrncn him since kn"A iIn IL MS 10Y
hood. HIS mad h'd greatly exp led, L'~ 'sc Nl 'i'
quick ana "ccnrac, and his conN,rS"uo.' ana &C.
por,m.tn, gave evd' nee of study i""u. at A!n
mark
The Young Bushnell entered Yale COLLEGE in Sep
tcmbcr, 1928 when lie Just TUNED Of twenty
years of age. lie was now a ull-proWn mas, OF
remarkably ROBUST constitution ana Of siroi gand
wiry frame. His head. which was of unusual siz-
and brc adj it was high appeared yet larger under
its thick masses of black hair which also served TO
leighten the nddlnees o. his complexion and the
blancy of his DEEPEST gray eye IHOse wa"
knew him only in later life, when tic intellectual
and spiritual had ecp ed the physical, hardly
imagine him to have looked his classmates de-
scribe him in the vigorous days Of his youth. HIS
dress and manners were hOmespun, not careless,
but possessed rather of certain rude prOprcty. lie
sef-cOridcuce apparent in his bearing lad its root
in so much vigOr and genuine power that il did not
offend. 1t was perhaps, fortunate for him that he
had not entered college earlier. His growth was
not OF that succulent kind that rpens early. He
rcSembed rather those hardy Northern fruits which
mature their rich flavor and mellow Their strong
fibre only alter long season vt outdoor ar and sun
shine. In full and conscious possession of his very
original powers. lie yet probably not i'll advance
of his class in mental training. his schooling
had been of so meagrc kind and so often inter
ruptcd. But the foundations which he was now
TO build we're good He had sound health, clear
conscience strong home affections. and pure tastes.
He loved nature, music, and bodily activity; and
deep down was the spring of that religious life
which was to make Its way underground, through
the darkness of years, and into the hight at last"
The pOrtraiture of the rura New Preston parsonage.
where Dr. Bushnell began his eminent career ~
Christian minister, presents pleasing family and
parochia picture OF Connecticut village at an
earlier daY -
On the 18Th OF September. 1853 he WAS nj Rid, III
Ncw-Haven, to Mary Ap;no:p,a Meal Gts".u, ant. Oh
her Mrthc' = s.Ic john Dtvripu. frc ur.: c
and rst Goods o. SeN Haven aid OF JUcEr Ahg.tam
Dayen: Or VII 80 name aud hutHsn 81 PuIpoc are
sUcintci with The Dark lay :" famous IN to,Iai his
tory ilrr mOih'r, WI" but atcN dcHr rd, at thc
agc nuctYlIvC, II the strong ana cvUCI cIiarc
tcrstics OF Ter Puritan Ancestry e. rc..ct her p"T
son by Il simple dEu.iy and beauty vi. IHdIvid
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