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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. 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
fty years (between 1811 and 1860) the Rapid sailed as a packet between this town and Boston, making the trip on one memorable occasion in sixty-seven minutes. We read that in the War of 1812 she was carried up the Weymouth River and covered, masts and hull, with green bushes so that the marauding British cruisers might not find her, and as we read we find ourselves remembering that _camouflage_ is new only in name. How entirely fitting it seems that a town of such venerable houses and venerable legends 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! ETWEEN EIGHTEEN ELEVEN AND EIGHTEEN SIXTY THE RAPID SAILED AS A PACKET BETWEEN THIS TOWN AND BOSTON MAKING THE TRIP ON ONE MEMORABLE OCCASION IN SIXTY SEVEN MINUTES WE READ THAT IN THE WAR OF EIGHTEEN TWELVE SHE WAS CARRIED UP THE WEYMOUTH RIVER AND COVERED MASTS AND HULL WITH GREEN BUSHES SO THAT THE MARAUDING BRITISH CRUISERS MIGHT NOT FIND HER AND AS WE READ WE FIND OURSELVES REMEMBERING THAT CAMOUFLAGE IS NEW ONLY IN NAME HOW ENTIRELY FITTING IT SEEMS THAT A TOWN OF SUCH VENERABLE HOUSES AND VENERABLE LEGENDS 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
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