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Governor Winthrop's Return to Boston
His Statue in Scollay Square The Covenant of First Church His Observations on his Return The "Stocks" of his Time The Changes since, and those which are to come Rev. John Wilson's Vision The Thursday Lecture and Thursday Club President William B. Rogers and his Death The new President of the Club Josiah Quincy's Estimate of Winthrop Winthrop's Life and Services
An Interview with a Great Character
Silence and Darkness in Scollay Square Winthrop appears to the Writer He disclaims being Venerable Age not reckoned in Spirit-land He refers to First Church and its History And predicts its still Greater Success The Winthrop Cup New Things and Old His Reflections on Wealth The Example of John Harvard The Spiritual the Substantial The Proper Site of his Statue Winthrop's Benediction and Departure
THE "STOCKS" OF THE OLDEN TIME
THE FIRST CHURCH, ON MARLBOROUGH STREET
THE WINTHROP CUP
Governor Winthrop's Return to Boston.
On the seventeenth day of September, A.D. 1880, the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the town of Boston, the event was commemorated, among other ways, by the inauguration of the statue of John Winthrop, in Scollay Square. He is represented by the renowned sculptor in the garb of a gentleman of his day, holding in his hand the royal charter of the Massachusetts Colony, which he brought over with him.
His serene countenance falls like a benediction upon this city of ours, which shows a wonderful and prosperous growth. He may be said to be the founder of the First Church of Boston, of the City itself, and of this Christian Commonwealth,--a threefold distinction. To have been the founder of a single one of these would have insured his immortal fame.
He was also the author of the covenant of the First Church, which was gathered in Charlestown, Aug. 27, 1630, and which soon after removed to the Boston side of Charles River. The covenant is in these words:--
"In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and in obedience to His holy and divine ordinance,--
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