New-York tribune., 1907-07-22

The tablet occupies one OF the most cOnspfcu-
Gus places in the church. we'll up in the chancel
and near the altar. 1t was erected under ths
auspices of the Hertfordshire Archaeological So
ciety. The church appears practically unchanged
since the time when Mr.. Chauncy served a,
vicar. II was built by the wife of the Black
Prince. and contains a baptismal dating
from that time Ware was the town to which
John Gilpin took his famous ride and Shake.
speare refers TO 1.-The great bed OF Ware"
Mr.. Chauncy was educated at Trinity COL
lege. Cambridge. and from IT received his an
pointment to the vicarage OF Ware. While here
he and others became involved in a dispute with
Archbishop Laud in regard TO exact uniformity
and he resigned his living. In 1857 he emi-
grated. and after his arrival at Plymouth Mass.
became minister Of the Scituate church Hs
was invited to return to Ware when the Puri-
tans came into power. and was about to embark
in 1854, when he was urged te accept the pres.-
dency of Harvard College. He yielded to the
persuasions OF the overseers and accepted ths
post which he held until his death.
At the services held here yesterday Ambassa.
dor Reid unveiled the tablet. with Miss Chass
standing beside him. In his address he said:
We are met on the sspot where one Of III.
miracle workers Of the New World began hiy
career From these islands. as all know. went
out most of those who in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries laid the foundation on
which the imposing structure Of the C;rea+ Ra-
public had been reared They conquered man
ana circumstance; they enlarged the boundarie,
of law and liberty; they civilized a continent
and educated H.
OF all these achievements the last was ths
greatest. The best recruits. therefore that the
colonies had, the most needed for the real work
confronting them, the most useful for the pro-
lection and elevation Of the state. were the
teachers and preachers II was characteristic
Of those immortal ColOnists that they built
schoolhouse and church as soon as they had
finished a blOckhOuse. The moment they had
guarded against the savage without. they armed
against ignorance and immortality at home. ard
often the same leader of men was kept busy a.
all three tasks.
That Vicar OF Ware for whom, two and half
centuries after his death, YOU are now placing
permanent memorial, on the very walls that Wit
messed his English Iabors. had the good fOrtuns
to be one OF the earliest recruits in this corps
d'eIite of the colonies and 10 be assigned to one
OF Its most conspicuous posts. How well hs
held IL, what faithful and far-reaChing service hs
rendered. may be briefly reCited in the sketch Of
his life 20 which YOU are presently 10 listen
ever. till you trace tho individual work OF
all those who passed under his moulding hand
and whom he fitted for the task OF that develop
ment which went on with ever-increaslng rapid
ity through the next half century. What thess
men did he had inspired
You have done well 70 place tablet here FOR
him. and you have reason. too. TO cherish his
honest American fame as a part OF your possess
sions In Ware as well OF ours IN America
But the real monument TO his enduring memory
was begun by himself, and Is still rising on the
shores OF The New World. While Harvard Uni
versity is known among men, the record ot
Charles Chauncys eighteen years service as
Will not perish from the grateful remembrance
of those who love letters and liberty.
BY your authority. and in behalf OF the lady
to whose gracious thought we are Indebted FOR
another token OF the ties that bind hearts IN
the Old Home 70 hearts in the New I now unyeil
this tablet to his honor