. The romance of old New England churches. the Com-mon, to his own comfortable and well-kept home. For while the church had beenin process of erection the young clergy-man had built himself the stately mansion 219 OLD NEW ENGLAND CHUKCHES of Georgian architecture which is to-daystill standing (10 Linden Street), andwhich is known all over Cambridge as the Bishops Palace, even under itsmodern disguise of Apthorp Hall, a collegedormitory. Only by the addition of adeforming third story (built when Borland came in possession of thehouse, the better to accommodate his do-mestic slaves), is
. The romance of old New England churches. the Com-mon, to his own comfortable and well-kept home. For while the church had beenin process of erection the young clergy-man had built himself the stately mansion 219 OLD NEW ENGLAND CHUKCHES of Georgian architecture which is to-daystill standing (10 Linden Street), andwhich is known all over Cambridge as the Bishops Palace, even under itsmodern disguise of Apthorp Hall, a collegedormitory. Only by the addition of adeforming third story (built when Borland came in possession of thehouse, the better to accommodate his do-mestic slaves), is the building changed onthe exterior from its original interested visitor may yet enter itswide hall with the elaborate staircasebalustrade, may yet admire the statelyproportions of its rooms, and the wealthof hand-carving on cornice and mantel,may yet gaze in astonishment at the intri-cate patterns of the quaint delft tiles inthe fireplace where Doctor Apthorpwarmed his hands after his homewardwalk that long-ago (,iiKisTs (urncii and Thk iushois pai,ack. OAMIJKIIXiK, MASS. OLD NEW ENGLAND CHUECHES To-day these signs of wealth and tasteexcite only our admiration, but a hundredand forty years ago their principal effectwas to increase most unpleasantly the dis-trust with which the establishment of aChurch of England Society in Cambridgehad from the first been regarded. It wasbelieved in all sincerity that the Episco-palians would now endeavour to imposetheir form of faith upon the very peoplewho had come over to the new country toescape such traditions. To the ReverendDr. Jonathan Mayhew it was plain that a certain superb edifice near HarvardCollege was even from the foundation de-signed for the palace of one of the humblesuccessors of the Apostles. And thosewere days when people said very plainlywhat they thought. Thus it came to pass that very soon, un-der stress of the attacks, both open and cov- 221 OLD NEW ENGLAND CHUECHES ert, which were aimed at h
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