. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . and was the worldly arm on which all our people ofPhiladelphia leaned. And now our leader was gone from us,—the last wordson his lips as he stepped from the shore, where we weregathered with tearful eyes, to the boat that was tocarry him from our sight, being: Thou Philadelphia, the settlement named beforeit was born, what love, what care, what service, andwhat labor hath there been to bring thee forth, andpreserve thee from such as would abuse and defilethee! He left us with the promise to come again, and yetduring twelve long, we
. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . and was the worldly arm on which all our people ofPhiladelphia leaned. And now our leader was gone from us,—the last wordson his lips as he stepped from the shore, where we weregathered with tearful eyes, to the boat that was tocarry him from our sight, being: Thou Philadelphia, the settlement named beforeit was born, what love, what care, what service, andwhat labor hath there been to bring thee forth, andpreserve thee from such as would abuse and defilethee! He left us with the promise to come again, and yetduring twelve long, weary years have I waited in vainfor the fulfillment of that promise. He cometh not,and we who were left in charge in his city are still 166 STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA faithful to .the trust he reposed in us, watching eagerlyfor one more glimpse of that placid face we had learnedto love so well. All this time of watching and longing will seem as buta single day, however, if it shall be allowed that thefirst to greet him when he comes to his own, be the. weaver of Mulberry Street, whose business God haspermitted to increase beyond his wildest dreams,—Stephen of Philadelphia.
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