. Home Missionary, The (April 1905-March 1906) . that date and thateven now their force in history isunspent. An arsenal had existed here duringthe Revolutionary war and wasattacked on January 25, 1787 at thetime of Shays Rebellion. But theSpringfield armory was establishedby Congress in 1794. Washingtonhimself inspected and commendedthe site. The view from the arsenaltower Dickens declared to be thefinest his eyes had ever beheld. Ittakes in a sweep of many miles, fromMt. Tom and Mt. Holyoke in thenorth to the gleaming white churchspires away to the west and the southfar across the river to t
. Home Missionary, The (April 1905-March 1906) . that date and thateven now their force in history isunspent. An arsenal had existed here duringthe Revolutionary war and wasattacked on January 25, 1787 at thetime of Shays Rebellion. But theSpringfield armory was establishedby Congress in 1794. Washingtonhimself inspected and commendedthe site. The view from the arsenaltower Dickens declared to be thefinest his eyes had ever beheld. Ittakes in a sweep of many miles, fromMt. Tom and Mt. Holyoke in thenorth to the gleaming white churchspires away to the west and the southfar across the river to the mountainsin the dim distance. The armory isthe largest industrial plant in thecity. Eighteen hundred and fiftymen are on the pay roll. The mainarsenal building holds three hundredthousand stands of arms, and theirgleaming barrels remind Longfellowof a row of organ pipes: 1 This is the Arsenal. From floor to ceiling,Like a huge organ, rise the burnishedarms; But from the silent pipes no anthem pealingStartles the villages with strange REV. NEWTON M. HALLPastor North Church THE CITY OF HOMES Si Oh! What a sound will rise, how wild the death angel touches these swiftkeys!What loud lament and dismal Miserere Will mingle with those awful symphonies!Peace! and no longer from its brazen portalsThe blast of Wars great organ shakes theskies!But beautiful as songs of the immortals,The holy melodies of love arise. its graduates, and is growing inequipment, endowment and in-fluence. Its graduates are foundforemost in the work for young menboth in this country and in EuropeHere is situated also the French-American College, founded to givea Christian education to young menand women of foreign birth. With
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