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Co tbe fteaoer
personality of Dr. MacSparran, the existence of
this Diary does not appear to have been even suspected, and it did not transpire for more than a score
of years. The avidity with which Mr. Updike would
have seized upon the precious relic, could it have
come into his hands, and the eagerness with which
he would have woven its contents into his story can
be readily and pleasantly imagined.
After the manuscript had remained for some years
in the hands of the writer, then reSlor of S. PauFs,
to whom it had been transferred by Dr. Caswell, it
was deposited in the Registry of the Diocese of
Rhode Island and became the property of the Convention by the express authorization of which it is
now published. As is natural in a record of life in
a remote country parsonage, much of the Diary is of
a common-place and even trivial character. But yet
just these trifling and homely details,—the gathering of crops, the building offences and stone-walls,
the "letting the cows into the upper pasture," the
procession of rustic visitors at the reSlory, the sight
of "a bear, last night in Mrs. Cole's farm" the
escapade of the slave-boy, Hannibal, and the "In-
fair" after a wedding,—help to fill out a most
graphic presentment of the life of a rural Rhode
Island clergyman, in the reign of King George II,
a century and a half ago.
How, too, is the faithful stewardship of the DoSlor
portrayed in the recital of innumerable services and
baptisms and pastoral visits and all the countless
incidents in the life of a tireless parish priest ever
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| Title | A letter book and abstract of out services written during the years 1743-1751 |
| Creator | MacSparran, James |
| Publisher | D.B. Updike, Merrymount Press |
| Place of Publication | Boston |
| Date | 1899 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000018 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | Co tbe fteaoer personality of Dr. MacSparran, the existence of this Diary does not appear to have been even suspected, and it did not transpire for more than a score of years. The avidity with which Mr. Updike would have seized upon the precious relic, could it have come into his hands, and the eagerness with which he would have woven its contents into his story can be readily and pleasantly imagined. After the manuscript had remained for some years in the hands of the writer, then reSlor of S. PauFs, to whom it had been transferred by Dr. Caswell, it was deposited in the Registry of the Diocese of Rhode Island and became the property of the Convention by the express authorization of which it is now published. As is natural in a record of life in a remote country parsonage, much of the Diary is of a common-place and even trivial character. But yet just these trifling and homely details,—the gathering of crops, the building offences and stone-walls, the "letting the cows into the upper pasture," the procession of rustic visitors at the reSlory, the sight of "a bear, last night in Mrs. Cole's farm" the escapade of the slave-boy, Hannibal, and the "In- fair" after a wedding,—help to fill out a most graphic presentment of the life of a rural Rhode Island clergyman, in the reign of King George II, a century and a half ago. How, too, is the faithful stewardship of the DoSlor portrayed in the recital of innumerable services and baptisms and pastoral visits and all the countless incidents in the life of a tireless parish priest ever [«] |
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