. Here and there in New England and Canada . leheadhad no church-members. Her people came here for fish and fight, andtheir chief luxury was a glass of grog and a pipeful of dog-legor pig-tail. But they were an honest and fearless tribe,-—sturdy,generous, and warmhearted. Old St. Michaels, the third Episcopal church in Massachusetts(coming after Kings Chapel, Boston, and Queen Annes Chapel, New-bury), was built in 1714, of materials brought from England, and thestanch oak timbers from the mother-land still uphold the edifice, Avhichwas refitted in 1888, and provided with a number of beautiful
. Here and there in New England and Canada . leheadhad no church-members. Her people came here for fish and fight, andtheir chief luxury was a glass of grog and a pipeful of dog-legor pig-tail. But they were an honest and fearless tribe,-—sturdy,generous, and warmhearted. Old St. Michaels, the third Episcopal church in Massachusetts(coming after Kings Chapel, Boston, and Queen Annes Chapel, New-bury), was built in 1714, of materials brought from England, and thestanch oak timbers from the mother-land still uphold the edifice, Avhichwas refitted in 1888, and provided with a number of beautiful memorialwindows of stained glass, one of them presented l)y the Senate ofMassachusetts. The chandelier was given by John Elbridge, esq.,of ye citj- of Bristol, 1732; the reredos in the chancel came also fromEnglish benefactors; and some of the trees in the church-yard werebrought from Canterbuiw. The royal arms were torn down from thereredos and destroyed by Marblehead patriots, who also rang thechurch-bell until it fell to pieces. 29 m-^. 30 It was at Maibleliead, iu 1810, that the joimg Methodist preacher,afterwards world-renowued under the title of Fatlier Taylor, camedown to save a sinlcing cliurcli, aud found an unexpected reward in tlielovely Deborali Millett, wlio became his wife, tlie famous Motlier Tay-lor of tlie next fift} years. Looking across one day from the dirts ofNahant to the gray houses of Marl)lehead, the great evangelist jubi-lantly cried out: There I found a jewel. Of all the smaller harbors on the coast, this is the favorite haven ofyachtsmen, and on the blue sea outside are the best courses for the last few years these waters have been visited by the bestyachts in the world. Volunteer, Mayfloioer, Puritan, Priscilla, Genesta,Galatea, lying at anchor in the snug little harbor for days, and thenspreading to the breeze vast clouds of snowy canvas, and stretching to
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