New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-23

might share In New Ensland's pride in this great
and noble man 10 whom We owe 80 much. :, 49,,
know how any OF you will sympathze with M In
this matter that the Pilgrims made a great mis-
Who said tha, II they hal not landed in New
England the country probably would never nay.
1t would hav. been much nicer thing n they
could have landed at santiago: In southern can,
to polar bears and NOR, to people TX. p'ysrn.
have never been abb TO like Tie New FRI nd ",,
that IN. New England winter Developed those thor-
nmghly strong aract,risiics II developed people
thai were tough that the matter ought prop'rly
20 he turned the other way II Kills on AZ mos
who are not tough. So. o. course Inc tonsh people
are the only ones loft.
A. boy down in Maine waking up and finding
Of the New England winter There is only one thns
about ia. New England climate thti anyo3iy can bc
change daughter. and you Away pretty cor
tain that the change wi be a liiil" for the worse
to the Maynowcr. but can claim what ia next TO
that. was not born in Boston which you know.
precndcs the necessity Of beng born again daughter
but I lived there for twenty-five years. and quite
sympathize with the opinion exprc,sed by one OF Two
urbs and came 10 a milestone on when was IN
ssamno +, and they nsrook it FOR the hesds,one Of
some person who had been buried there, ana instead
figure one for the capital and read IT Il am from
Boston laughter). and as they looked II over they
said. What n touching epaph this Is: ! am from
Boston How simple. and yet how sufficient" (Re-
newed laughter)
THE NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY.
And then think OF some other characteristics Of
those days think Of what a lovely time lovely
Is be followed in the report by Interrogation
mark in parenthess-I used TO have In that Puritan
Sabbath day, which II clean invention of the
Puritans ! am glad to see tina, Edward EgelH-
ston. In "A book recently published by the iIarpers
during the last week. belize "rhe hrginninrs OF
Puritars have the credit 81 the old Puritan sun
@a never ssHra of IT, Sonoay OF
until the sixteenth century. There was good SIDE
abuses OF that day in England. and yet it was an
entirely new thing under the sun: and. so iar az
Perhaps you remember the boy who. because he
Sopdnt help laughing on s%ndsy Ss"sg he was VAS
bcdpost Sunday afternoon and compelled to
commit 70 memory the hymn "T nesnnng h'ne
can remember how. In spite Of the terrors OF the
other place could not dnd i, IN my heart 10 want
singing There congregations n"cr break up
In my boyhood I was never allowed even to take
walk or Sunday with tho single exception OF
blythe way. was ministers daughter,. was telling
tho other day that she sometimes had TO drive
the COW 10 pasture. back from II. Sunday. but
she wasn't allowed to have companion. because
1t supposed that possibly they might engage In
some frivolous conversation. and she wasn't al
lowed to pluck flower.
/ can remember some important discoveries
chapters in the Bible on Sunday; and naturally
investigated with a good deal or interest the com
parative length OF the chapters. I made the dis
covery that there WAS one chapter with only two
verses In it, and that was my special favorie.
G.aughter) ! cannot imagine that the people I'm
those good old times really enjoyed themselves
very much. Even the ministers must have found 1t
sometimes particularly dspiriting. remember a
story OF preached In Of those little
back towns where there was great deal Of struE-
gle nd hardship to get along great deal of close
listed shrewdness and "A great deal OF poverty lie
had been there for some years. and at last made
up his mind to resign and one Sunday morning he
said TO his congr, CATION Brothers and sisters. I
have made up my mind that can stand this post!
ton no longer. II seems to me tina; the Lord
doesn't love this people. because he never takes
any OF YOU to heaven: there hasn't been n funeral
here for five years. II does not seem to me that
you love another. because nobody ever gets
married ! haven't had wedding fee for long
time II doesn't seem to me that you love your
minister. for you never pay his SALARY In full you