. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . de and worn under theaforesaid penalty; also all gold and silver girdles, hatbands,belts, ruffs, beaver hats are prohibited to be bought and wornhereafter. Mother says it is because of our people having giventhemselves up to vanity that the Lord laid His handheavily upon us by cutting off the harvest, and yet itseems to me, although I question not that which shehas said, that the good God would never punish allour people for the sin which a few committed. Yet, perhaps, there were more than a few who com-mitted the sin, else \vhy shoul
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . de and worn under theaforesaid penalty; also all gold and silver girdles, hatbands,belts, ruffs, beaver hats are prohibited to be bought and wornhereafter. Mother says it is because of our people having giventhemselves up to vanity that the Lord laid His handheavily upon us by cutting off the harvest, and yet itseems to me, although I question not that which shehas said, that the good God would never punish allour people for the sin which a few committed. Yet, perhaps, there were more than a few who com-mitted the sin, else \vhy should it have been that ourwise men felt it necessary to forbid fanciful dress, asthey did in this law which I have set down? OUR FIRST CHURCH Not until the second year after Boston was settled,did we have a building devoted entirely to the worshipof God. Then was built of logs, neatly hewn andset together with much care, so that both the outsideand the inside were smooth and fair to look upon, thatwhich we called our church. RUTH OF BOSTON J ~ RUTH uF Bu-TuX. The sid - didnot stand as tall as- me of our dwell-ings: but the roofwas much higherand sharper, sothat inside it lookedto be very were fourwindows in eachside, and ah1 of them contained elass. if vou please. ^ i. The pulpit, with a well fashioned sounding-boardof odorous cedar above it. stood at the end of the build-ing farthest from the door, and there were near about iteight pews made much after the same shape as those inthe church at home. In these sit the magistrates, theelders and the deacons, with the men on one side, thewomen and girls on the other, and the boys in one corner,where the tithing-men may keep them in order. Back of these pews were benches sufficient in num-ber to give seats to all our people, and if it could havebeen that Master YVinthrop and those in authoritybelieved we might worship God quite as well whilecomfortable in body, so that we had a fireplace, itwould have delighted me much. It se
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