. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. came real trouble for William Pynchon; for evenMassachusetts, except Springfield, turned against him. Wil-liam Pynchon was not only a man of wisdom and peace butof godliness. For this reason he thought and studied muchon the goodness of God to his children and the duty that theyowed to Him. He loved and studied the Bible and had hisown thoughts about it. Here in his house on Main street hewrote a book which he had printed in London and which gave
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. came real trouble for William Pynchon; for evenMassachusetts, except Springfield, turned against him. Wil-liam Pynchon was not only a man of wisdom and peace butof godliness. For this reason he thought and studied muchon the goodness of God to his children and the duty that theyowed to Him. He loved and studied the Bible and had hisown thoughts about it. Here in his house on Main street hewrote a book which he had printed in London and which gavehis thoughts on these things. It was called The MeritoriousPrice of Our Redemption. THE PYNCHON FAMILY 49 Some copies of this book came to America and three copiesare still in existence, one of them in the Congregational Li-brary, Boston. Because this book was, in some respects, con-trary to the opinions then held, it caused much excitement,particularly in Boston and the neighboring towns. TheGeneral Court condemned it. By order of this court the bookwas publicly burned in Boston and its author removed from hisposition of judge at ^!i^i^!f)^VV,V- BUKNINCi OF PVNCHON KoOK. AH these unhappy results of Mr. Pynchons desire to setbefore the world what he believed to be the truth, were aserious blow to him. He had the best intentions and, perhaps,supposed that his efforts to do good would be met with aspirit of kindliness. On the other hand he found himself 50 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD punished and in the way of continued persecution. Forhimself he might have endured this. Already there had beenthorns as well as roses in his path. Founding a settlementin the wilderness and being mainly responsible for its safetyand happiness had not been easy. Yet he was not a manwho would sacrifice the publics interests for his own. Heapparently thought that though the settlement would suffersomewhat if he left it, yet, under all the circumstances, theresponsibility had better be thrown o
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