True Stories from History and Biography

religious matters differed, in many respects, from those of the rulers and clergymen of Massachusetts. Now the wise

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n of his home, and to send him out from the midst of them, in search of a new place of rest. He was banished in 1634, and went first to Plymouth colony; but as the people there held the same opinions as those of Massachusetts, he

e railroad," said Charley. "It i

rney of several days. Well; his little plantation is now grown to be a populous city; and the inhabitants have a great veneration for Roger Williams. His name is familiar in the m

woods, he must have felt as if he were burying himself forever from the sight and know

s was banished, he appears to have given the chair to Mrs. Anne Hutchinson. At all events it was in her possession in 1637. She was a very sharp-witted and well-instructed lady, and was so conscious of her own wisdom and abilities, that she thought it a pity that th

is very chair?" demanded Clara, la

aring that the Rev. Mr. Cotton was the only sincerely pious and holy clergyman in New England. Now the clergy of those days had quite as much share in the government of the country, though indirectly, as the magistrates themselves; so you may imagine what a host of powerful enemies were ra

ns," observed Charley, "I don't see

colony, at the age of twenty-four. But Winthrop, and most of the other leading men, as well as the ministers, felt an abhorrence of her doctrines. Thus two opposite parties were formed; and so fierce were the dissensions,

woods?" exclaimed little Alice, who contrived to feel a

Henry Vane. He was a young man of wonderful talents and great learning, who had imbibed the religious opinions of the Puritans, and left England with the intention of spending his life in Massachusetts. Th

Mr. Upham's biography of [pg 027] Vane. And what a beautiful death

father. "The enemies of a great and good man can in no other wa

foot from Massachusetts to Connecticut, through the pathless woods, taking their whole congregation along with them. They founded the town of Hartford. In 1638, Mr. Davenport, a very celebrated minister, went, with other people, and began a plantation at New Haven. In the same year, some persons who had bee

rom their native home, the inhabitants must all have felt like brethren. They were fitted to become one united people, at a future period. Perhaps their feelings of brotherhood were the stronger, because different nations had formed set

rface of the United States was not too broad a foundation to place the four legs of his chair upon. But, happening to glance at Charley, he perceived that

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