. The New England magazine. IN DELFT STREETS. the Pilgrims went on board theSpeedwell. The bystanders, saysWinslow, accompanied them to theship, but were not able to speakone to another for the abundance ofsorrow to part. Heads were uncov-ered ; Robinson, with tremulous voice,commended the Pilgrims to the Rulerof the ocean; and the Speedzvell has-tened away before a strong wind tojoin the Mayflower at stirring chapter in the worldshistory, which binds Holland, Eng-land and America so indissolubly to- 134 DELFT AND DELFT ALONG THE CANAL. gether, recalls the work of Thoma
. The New England magazine. IN DELFT STREETS. the Pilgrims went on board theSpeedwell. The bystanders, saysWinslow, accompanied them to theship, but were not able to speakone to another for the abundance ofsorrow to part. Heads were uncov-ered ; Robinson, with tremulous voice,commended the Pilgrims to the Rulerof the ocean; and the Speedzvell has-tened away before a strong wind tojoin the Mayflower at stirring chapter in the worldshistory, which binds Holland, Eng-land and America so indissolubly to- 134 DELFT AND DELFT ALONG THE CANAL. gether, recalls the work of ThomasHooker, the English clergyman, whowas three years an exile in Delft, andthen crossed the stormy sea to Bos-ton, later preaching with a voice ofthunder on the banks of the Connecti-cut. Hookers influence for good isfelt in New England to-day; and inthe development of his life and thelives of the other Pilgrims, Delft en-larged its boundaries and touched theNew World. Half a century after the revival ofDelft, referred to, another disaster setback her progress. In 1654 the greatmagazine, containing 85,000 poundsof gunpowder, exploded, causing aterrible holocaust, and scatteringabout widespread destruction to prop-erty. How many were killed hasnever been known; the sound, it issaid, was heard even at The Helder;more than two hundred houses wereentirely demolished, and there was nota building in the town that was notdamaged. Delft could boast of as great a rec-ord of usefulness to the world at largeand to the country of which she is apart
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