The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . URAL clergymans FIRST VIEW OF THE GREATBROOKLYN BRIDGE (As Heported in a Brooklyn newspaper). The Pennsylvania annex boat was just rounding theBattery. An old clergyman stepped to the front of thedeck, lifting his eyes with solemn gaze to the was a countenance full of thought, as of a preacherwho talked each Sunday to farmers whose feet followedthe plow. His wife, with a sweet face that had distilledmany a benediction upon sick and suffering parishioners,leaned gently
The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . URAL clergymans FIRST VIEW OF THE GREATBROOKLYN BRIDGE (As Heported in a Brooklyn newspaper). The Pennsylvania annex boat was just rounding theBattery. An old clergyman stepped to the front of thedeck, lifting his eyes with solemn gaze to the was a countenance full of thought, as of a preacherwho talked each Sunday to farmers whose feet followedthe plow. His wife, with a sweet face that had distilledmany a benediction upon sick and suffering parishioners,leaned gently upon his arm, and as her eyes caught thewonderful span they filled with moisture, and she mur-mured—At last! at last I see it! The boat sped nearer, and the old preacher lifted hishat, letting his thin gray locks flutter in the -svind. Hishps moved as his eyes rested on the towers. The reporterdrew near, and this is what he heard: Could I but stand where Moses stood,And view the landscape oer,Not Jordans stream nor deaths cold floodCould fright me from the shore. Turning to his wife, he said in awed tones:372.
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