. Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi .. . building on Post Office Square. To the Old South Church itself, the sightseer nextturns, if still bent on historical pilgrimages. Thisvenerable building of unadorned brick, whose namefigures so prominently in Revolutionary annals, standsat the corner of Washington and Milk streets. Rowsof business structures, some of them new and clean asa whist
. Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi .. . building on Post Office Square. To the Old South Church itself, the sightseer nextturns, if still bent on historical pilgrimages. Thisvenerable building of unadorned brick, whose namefigures so prominently in Revolutionary annals, standsat the corner of Washington and Milk streets. Rowsof business structures, some of them new and clean asa whistle and almost impertinently eloquent of the im-portance of this world and its goods, cluster aroundthe old churcli and hem it in, but are unable to jostleit out of the quiet dignity with which it holds itsplace, its heavenward-pointing spire preaching thesermons against worldliness which are no longerheard within its ancient walls. To every window thefanciful mind can summon a ghost—that of Benja-min Franklin, who was baptized and attended servicehere; Whitfield, who here delivered some of thesoul-searching, soul-reaching sermons, which sweptAmerica like a Pentecostal flame; Warren, who hereuttered his famous words on tlie anniversary of the. IAa__, BOSTON AND ITS ENVIRONS. 35 Boston Massacre; of the patriot-orators of the Revolu-tion and the organizers of the Boston Tea-Party,whicli first took place as a definite scheme withinthese walls. Here and there a red-coated figure wouldbe faintly outlined—one of the lawless troop ofBritish soldiers who in 1775 desecrated the church byusint>;it as a ridinjx-school. At present the church is used as a museum, whereantique curiosities and historical relics are on exhibi-tion to the public, and the Old South PreservationCommittee is making strenuous efforts to save thebuilding from the iconoclastic hand of Progress, whichhas dealt blows in so many directions in Boston, de-stroying a large number of interesting landmarks. Itscongrega
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