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Even your voice repeats the words which those old patriarchs, well versed in Biblical lore, chose for their neighborhood names. EVEN YOUR VOICE REPEATS THE WORD WHICH THOSE OLD PATRIARCHS WELL VERSED IN BIBLICAL LORE CHOSE FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD NAMES
ed over by a church which is the oldest of its kind in the country! Hingham changes. There is a Roman Catholic Church in the very heart of that one-time Puritan stronghold: the New North is Unitarian, and Episcopalians, Baptists, and Second Adventists have settled down comfortably where once they would have been run out of town. Poor old Puritans, how grieved and scandalized they would be to stand, as we are standing now, and watch the procession of passing automobilists! Would it seem all lost to them, we wonder, the religious ideal for which they struggled, or would they realize that their sowing had brought forth richer fruit than they could guess? It has all changed, since Puritan days, and yet, perhaps, in no other place in New England does the hand of the past lie so visibly upon the community. You cannot lift your eyes but they rest upon some building raised two centuries and more ago; the shade which ripples under your feet is cast by elms planted by that very hand of the past. GENDS SHOULD BE PRESIDED OVER BY A CHURCH WHICH IS THE OLDEST OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY HINGHAM CHANGES THERE IS A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE VERY HEART OF THAT ONE TIME PURITAN STRONGHOLD THE NEW NORTH IS UNITARIAN AND EPISCOPALIANS BAPTISTS AND SECOND ADVENTISTS HAVE SETTLED DOWN COMFORTABLY WHERE ONCE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN RUN OUT OF TOWN POOR OLD PURITANS HOW GRIEVED AND SCANDALIZED THEY WOULD BE TO STAND AS WE ARE STANDING NOW AND WATCH THE PROCESSION OF PASSING AUTOMOBILISTS WOULD IT SEEM ALL LOST TO THEM WE WONDER THE RELIGIOUS IDEAL FOR WHICH THEY STRUGGLED OR WOULD THEY REALIZE THAT THEIR SOWING HAD BROUGHT FORTH RICHER FRUIT THAN THEY COULD GUESS IT HAS ALL CHANGED SINCE PURITAN DAYS AND YET PERHAPS IN NO OTHER PLACE IN NEW ENGLAND DOES THE HAND OF THE PAST LIE SO VISIBLY UPON THE COMMUNITY YOU CANNOT LIFT YOUR EYES BUT THEY REST UPON SOME BUILDING RAISED TWO CENTURIES AND MORE AGO THE SHADE WHICH RIPPLES UNDER YOUR FEET IS CAST BY ELMS PLANTED BY THAT VERY HAND OF THE PAST
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