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Providence in colonial times . Relics which belonged to Gabriel Bernon From an old painting in the Rhode Island HistoricalSociety. The original relics — the sword, delft jar, goldrattle, and psalter— are now owned by the Society. tl / >> t n Col up . - : ... in erq:th and en- in one viOHaaS jaiaaAt) or aaijuojaa hjihw^ 8Dija>i . • • f K) i J t/;s Chu rch, IfiohoJaiH bnelel oLorf^ sHj ni gnbnkq bio ns rnoi?blog (iBJ. rtbb ,biow8 grlJ — aoibi knigho sriT .x^aboS•XJaboS adJ xd baiiVro WoQi&iB -T^iaStfifet^JaftElakrdfBirhr hiects of pT>od O^ n lor UiisM V ., > L jr I J- i., >a of James f labor was bounded onlyof a day*s ride on horseback,i several towxi n^S.^ on the island of Rhode Is^ *he httle band of the Yfty A Group of Newcomers 161 Providence turned for counsel and guidance. Itcannot have been far from 1720 when he wrote tohis official superiors in London to represent veryearnestly . . the Want of a Missionary at theTown called Providence, ... a Place very con-siderable from the Number of its Inhabitants, who— sad to say— were become quite rude, and voidof all Knowledge in Religion; yet they were of a goodand teachable Disposition. At a later time he wrotethat he had preached in Providence to the greatestNumber of People, that he ever had together since hecame to America. This newly awakened interest in religious matterswas due in large measure to the efforts of GabrielBernon, who had made Providence his home, surelysince 1710, and, it may be, even earlier. His requestfor permission to leake the pine trees was made in1702. Bernon was among the foremost in establish-ing the Church of England worship at Newport, andin the Narraganset country. The well-known andindefatigable Doct
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