The Salt-Box House; Eighteenth Century Life in a New England Hill Town - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... XXII ST. PUMPKIN'S DAY AND CHRISTMAS For the Churchman the result of the war was fraught with consequences almost beyond his hopes. It was with deep joy and thankfulness in the hearts of those who loved her orders and her services that the Rev. Samuel Seabury, duly elected Bishop of Connecticut, set sail to receive consecration for that holy office. It was granted, as it proved, not at the hands of the English bishops, who were prohibited by the English ministry from delegating such power to one who could not swear allegiance to the King, but at the hands of the nonjuring bishops, the Scotch hierarchy at Aberdeen. Seabury's sympathy had not been with the Declaration of Independence. In 1775 he had suffered persecution, arrest, confinement, and destruction of property, and had finally taken refuge in New York, acting as chaplain to the Loyal American (Tory) regiment. At the end of the war he did not embark for Nova Scotia before Sir Guy Carleton withdrew his forces from New York, as did many under inducement from the Crown, but remained, believing that the way would be opened for the church of his love and devotion. The years of struggle had tempered his feeling, and, with strong hope, Seabury left the shores of New England, to be invested by the Right Reverend Fathers in God with the power that would enable his " Mother the Church " to bear her full measure in forming the lives of many who were to grow up as rulers and servants in the new nation. In oneness of purpose much party feeling had been buried. Philemon Robbins of Bradford, who preached openly after the Stamp Act in favor of resistance, and condemned the doctrine of passive obedience and non-resistance, as "a doctrine held only by the highflying Churchman," had no longer need...