. A history of Hatfield, Massachusetts, in three parts : I. An account of the development of the social and industrial life of the town from its first settlement. II. The houses and homes of Hatfield, with personal reminiscences of the men and women who have lived there during the last one hundred years; brief historical accounts of the religious societies and of Smith Academy; statistical tables, etc. III. Genealogies of the families of the first settlers. his feet, and in his hond a staf,This noble ensample unto his scheep he gaf,That ferst he wroughte, and after that he taughte,Out of the g
. A history of Hatfield, Massachusetts, in three parts : I. An account of the development of the social and industrial life of the town from its first settlement. II. The houses and homes of Hatfield, with personal reminiscences of the men and women who have lived there during the last one hundred years; brief historical accounts of the religious societies and of Smith Academy; statistical tables, etc. III. Genealogies of the families of the first settlers. his feet, and in his hond a staf,This noble ensample unto his scheep he gaf,That ferst he wroughte, and after that he taughte,Out of the gospel he the wordes caughte,And this figure he added yit therto,That if gold ruste, what schulde yren doo? Your minister also practiced the gospel which he preached,—strivingfaithfully to follow the example of his Master who went about doing good. No inhabitant of the town was beyond the reach of his friendly aid andsympathy. In his ministrations he recognized no distinctions of social condi- 242 HISTORY OF HATFIELD. tions. The poor, the outcast, the victims of ignorance and intemperance aswell as the prosperous and the learned found in him a friend whom theycould trust and a counselor whose advice was most helpful. The foreignerswho have come in recent years to Hatfield, so that now they form a largeand important clement in its population, were especially sought out by himthat he might bring them under Christian influence and help them to become. Rev. Robert McEwen Woods, good citizens. If they were Protestants, whatever may have been their pre-vious church connections, he sought to interest them in the church inHatfield and to interest the church in them. They were persuaded to sendtheir children to the Sunday School, and to place themselves under thoseinfluences which would help them to resist the temptations to evil which besetstrangers in a strange land. With the Catholics of the town he was onfriendly terms. When they were numerous enough to form a church of their
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