Quabbin; the story of a small town with outlooks upon Puritan life . nd, without slaves, how could there beany cotton .* On that point all the leading men of thevilla2:e were as dosimatic as the Chancellor of the Ex-chequer in expounding a budget. He was very earnest in his desire to raise the stand-ard of teaching, but he was a favoring influence ratherthan a moving force. During his time something wasdone to make the schoolhouses decent and comfortable,to increase the annual appropriation by the town, to ex-tend the school terms, and to secure better teachersby stricter preliminary examinati
Quabbin; the story of a small town with outlooks upon Puritan life . nd, without slaves, how could there beany cotton .* On that point all the leading men of thevilla2:e were as dosimatic as the Chancellor of the Ex-chequer in expounding a budget. He was very earnest in his desire to raise the stand-ard of teaching, but he was a favoring influence ratherthan a moving force. During his time something wasdone to make the schoolhouses decent and comfortable,to increase the annual appropriation by the town, to ex-tend the school terms, and to secure better teachersby stricter preliminary examinations. On the subject of foreign missions the minister hada profound conviction. In his sermons and in hisremarks at prayer-meetings, as well as in his pastoralcalls, he represented the need of the perishing world,and extolled the courage and self-denying labors of themissionaries ; and he urged that concerted effortsshould be made to increase contributions. A system-atic canvass was begun by the deacons and teachersof the Sunday-school. The rich were urged to give,. > » 1*. It »? -^ ^AHu>^^uJi ROBERT IV 263 and did give liberally ; but all, without exception, gavesomething ; even boys were prevailed upon to opentheir tin boxes and part with their few jingling thoroughly was the work prosecuted that in one yearthe collections amounted to more than three thousanddollars ; which was rather more than the annual cost ofthe public schools, and considerably more than the ex-penses of the parish, including the ministers was not a mere gathering of superfluous cash ; itcame from actual self-denial of comforts, from the renun-ciation of books and amusements, as well as from thebreaking up of petty hoards ; it represented endless sew-ing and knitting; so that the total was not merely money,but a near and dear part of human This result,which so much rejoiced the minister, and upon whicli heexpatiated with just pride, was turned upon him and uponthe leade
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