Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . IN OLD BOSTON 359 turesque. Built (in 1829) of stately granite,with a tower of impressive architecture, itwas at this time the weekly resort, because ofthe preaching of the young Phillips Brooks, ofa large and varied company of people. Brookshad come here from Philadelphia in 1869, ahandsome young bachelor of thirty-three, filledwith immense devotion to his work and dis-tinguished by rare powers of eloquence. Itwas largely through the influence of the C. Winthrop, long one of the fir
Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . IN OLD BOSTON 359 turesque. Built (in 1829) of stately granite,with a tower of impressive architecture, itwas at this time the weekly resort, because ofthe preaching of the young Phillips Brooks, ofa large and varied company of people. Brookshad come here from Philadelphia in 1869, ahandsome young bachelor of thirty-three, filledwith immense devotion to his work and dis-tinguished by rare powers of eloquence. Itwas largely through the influence of the C. Winthrop, long one of the firstcitizens of Boston, that Brooks had been calledto the conservative old parish, but Winthropsenthusiasm over the young preacher was soonjustified by the crowds he drew. From thevery beginning of Brookss incumbency SextonDillon had hard work seating the throngswho flocked to listen to him. Vainly did theworthy man strive to meet an emergency sowholly unlike anything he had hitherto knownin his long administration. Then he tried tosort the people who presented themselves foradmission! Dillon once
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