. North America; or, The United States and the adjacent countries. the midst of their errors, we cannot but ^s admire their general character; their devotion; their submission to Providence; their unrepining ^^ resignation, in sickness, in want, in privation; their indomitable perseverance; their general tone of regard for human rights; their deep sense of n^ justice; their profound reverence for truth. ^ and the New England people ? Character of the Pilgrims ? 2. ^ ^ What resemblance is there between the Pilgrims and their de- scendants ? 3. What of education ? 4. What of the e
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. North America; or, The United States and the adjacent countries. the midst of their errors, we cannot but ^s admire their general character; their devotion; their submission to Providence; their unrepining ^^ resignation, in sickness, in want, in privation; their indomitable perseverance; their general tone of regard for human rights; their deep sense of n^ justice; their profound reverence for truth. ^ and the New England people ? Character of the Pilgrims ? 2. ^ ^ What resemblance is there between the Pilgrims and their de- scendants ? 3. What of education ? 4. What of the errors of N the Puritans in New England ? 5. General character of the J Puritans? r GENERAL REMARKS ON NEW ENGLAND. 179 6. Nor can we withhold our praise from some noble examples of philanthropy. John Eliot came from England to Boston in 1631. He settled in > Roxbury, where he lived for sixty years, and where his tomb may be now seen. This pious clergyman J devoted the best portion of his life to teaching Chris- < tianity to the Indians. n i. i Eliot. 7. He learned their language, preached to them, and, with immense labor, translated the Bible intotheir tongue. He went from region to region, spreading the light of the gospel, and the arts ofcivilization. Soon after his death, it was said thatthere were five thousand praying Indians inMassachusetts. Nor was Eliot alone in these be-nignant efforts. If we had space, we could recountthe labors of others in this field of human charity. 6, 7. What of Eliot? 180 THE FRENCH WAR. i CHAPTER LVIII. THE FRENCH WAR. 1. We have now briefly trjftied the colonies from their origin down to a period when they were all , ^ firmly established, and when, for the first time, they ^ > were called upon to act together, as one people, for ^< general safety and defence. Having sprung up at } ditierent times, under different charters, and from ^ came which demanded a union of