. Maine in history and romance. eet for your Majesties knowledge; therefore, let it pleaseyour Majesty to accept and peruse these collections, and espe-cially that humble proposal made in Chapter 12, Section 5, as atemporary expedient to promote this great work, and which musthave its life, under God, from the rays of your Majestys God of Heaven and Earth bless your Majesty with alltemporal, spiritual and eternal blessings in Christ Jesus, andmake you more and more a nursing Father to his Church, thatunder your shadow it may rejoice, and every individual personthereof be encouraged i
. Maine in history and romance. eet for your Majesties knowledge; therefore, let it pleaseyour Majesty to accept and peruse these collections, and espe-cially that humble proposal made in Chapter 12, Section 5, as atemporary expedient to promote this great work, and which musthave its life, under God, from the rays of your Majestys God of Heaven and Earth bless your Majesty with alltemporal, spiritual and eternal blessings in Christ Jesus, andmake you more and more a nursing Father to his Church, thatunder your shadow it may rejoice, and every individual personthereof be encouraged in all ways of Godliness and honesty. Soprayeth he that is most unworthy, yet desiring to be reckonedamong the number of your Majestvs most dutiful and loyalsubjects. DANIEL GOOKIN. Cambridge in New England, Dec. 7, 1674. His language testifies to his great mental equipment, poise andbreadth of outlook. By my side one day I saw my great man writing a letter to hisyoungest son, who became the beloved pastor of the First Church in. Armorial Bearings of Daniel Gookin The Story as Told by the Desk 173 Cambridge. And then, later, O joy ! this distinguished preacher wouldsit by me hours at a time, writing what he was to tell his people. Mygreat man would take long horseback rides to hear this son preach to hisbeloved Indians. Then there came a time when the great man could no longer sit byme; friends came and went. Then the angels came and took my goodman away and there was weeping oer all the land. His remains wereplaced in the burying yard of the First Church of Cambridge oppositethe gate to Harvard College. Over his grave is a brick monument withslab of brown sandstone with suitable inscription. Some few extracts from his will are interesting because they soundso odd. It is a long drawn out affair. Several pieces of silver weregiven to the children with instructions they be made over. To the wifeall the real and personal property that were hers when she married him;also the house w
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