The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-07-13
FORMER PASTOR OF PERU.
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ci.ty well.uisb approaching b" Tho" -
More's conception Of ideal perfection IL
members we're those FIRST settlers. or theii
i'm mediate descendants. who, thinking
themselves too much confined 10 the val
leys below, threaded their way througt
the native forest to build here their per
manent homes. They possessed that rug
ged strength both OF bo iy and mind. evei
characteristic OF the Puritan pioneer, a
bal alton among the mountains, With lts
attendant difficulties aud privaiions'
served only to eplsrgs the simplicity oi
their lives aDd strengthen the indepen
ldencs Of Their chsrsctsr
For The vain frivolties OF life as indi'
GATED by the bsubles which to large
measure now surround us. they had no
coucern. The aims and ambitions OF then
lives are bes, indicsted BY the public ~
btary which they established, the remains
OF " wbich are 10 the brick building across
the way, Alist Of whose books would MI
the mind OF the student OF the present day
with smaz .ment and dismsy, not 8 nov
among them, mot single work OF Sc
ductive fancy. Histories, such as the
works OF Prescott. Bancroft, Macsuley,
Gibbon and Hume, lined the shelves,
intesperssd with such biographies as
IIeadley's s,.'Wnhir eon and bis Generfls'
and Napoleon and bis Msrshsls." And
yet they were books well thumbei and
worn, aud methipks see scattered here
and there over the pages dlmmed and yell
lowed with use and age, many dripping
from the candle where intense interest
had caused the silent reader to neglect to
snuff the wick. gf
| And vet these were books which above
oil looks could draw ont and strengthen
the roSers Of the intellect and awaken
and keep agow the fires OF true ambr
tion. And the sacrifices which they made
to procure them. caused them to be not
the lets precious in their eyes. What we
uow buy for pon nies. they pail for in doi'
lars. 1t took then q weeks work to gain
funds TO purchase . volume ihst today
can be earned 10 couple Of hoursl All
do you think tba. they would purchase
trash at that price or be oks for mere
amusement2 No, they bought to read. to
truly read, and TO wonder over with that
calm dtlibers,ion from which alone is
born firm and high principle and true re
solve. gee - 80
A church. 8 grand oil | church, OF Pun
tan CoogregstionulisD, WAS their care and
pride, the beacon light OF all their hopes.
Here doctrines, promulgated and eXpoun'
ded, served for many long discussion in
the winter evening, or for q sedstive Tor the
tired reryes after the days harvest. And
the grand old hymns OF Watts set TO music
which will Thrill. as it has thrilled the
ages, rang out from the high built gallery
where luartetes were unbeatd OF and
often standing room alone was to be ooi
tanned. Our duties to our God, to our'
selves, TO our fellow men, the unmar'
e,ned Word, the crisp Westminster. -
| were spread out under 3 light intense and
clear.
And the schools we're with it, and
part Of 1t. And the places where nov the
lone pupil tits so remote fiom bis neigh,
Dor as TO rsnder the wbsp .ring rule
useless. earnest. rudy fscer and rugged
forms filled 70 ovelilowing even to the
yer aisles Families were families then
and bali score or dozea for each were
the rule rather than the exception.
Principles, morals, the rules Of right
and wrong. - well as bare facts. we're 10
culcsted by earnest workers imbued
with . tense OF their responsibilities. An
intellect uality undresmed OF at the pres'
ent dsy was often Developed. Coburn''
Arithmetic was then the book Of oil school
books. Greenleai's Ns,ionsl Arithmetic
(somethiug that sould terriiy the Semi
nary ersdnste OF to day was thoroughly
mastered by pupils Of fourteen. Algebf'
was common study; and Milton Para
disc Lost aud Pope's Essay on Man were
band. books for psrsing. While courses
in Geometry and Latin we're taken 10 th'
common public seht OILS Of Peru
But the community was not sstisnet
with this Every autumn there wss bell
a select school. generally governed by al
under graduate, where for q tuiiion Q
thtee or four dollirst the more advanced
scholars derived additional advantages
AID ell OF the spare rooms in the viilsg'
were occupied by students from tb,
ueishboring ioEna Many yonng mrI
and women eighteen, t~eaty and over
we're sttsndaata
Ia connect oa was the old ia.hlone'
D,b.t where II Of wisdom OF the to~i
gas coniered snd ssbfe s,ruel
sabre 10 the ere f.sb, interspersed will
lsclsrn ATOMS, snl tlascd .ith the vel
studied paper .ee-s Efs#
AID ibe S,ns siug SCHOOL, Woe bstid
me Il | should fors,t thai. The cen'rs
!, sch ,ol honse vas uaable TO bold tbos'
eager 20 sltebi the lessons OF the sel
hsioed and professional leaders iron
sbsosS. even 10 TIE srssd Singing Consen
tiou where sneh leaders Ne ihs lamente'
70. NJ. wymAn Of Keene gathered all ih
unsie q t.leh, iion txeniy miles arouud
40 -, The church its, u vas hardly abl
TO e5n,sin u.