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Show Old Publications. An odd hit of the past turns up In a list of old publications soon to he sold at auction, namely, to give it it full. Imposing title. "A Sermon Preached at White-Chapel, tn fhc Presence Pres-ence of Many Honorable and Worshipful, Worship-ful, the Adventurers and Planters for Virginia." and. "Published for 'he Benefit Ben-efit and Use of the Colony.. i'lantCil. and to bee Planted 'here and for the Advancement of their Christian Purpose." Pur-pose." The Rev. William Symonds preached that sermon, notes the .Christian .Chris-tian Science Monitor, n 7 f described Virginia as a land "with th fruit fulness ful-ness whereof England, our mistresse. cannot compare, no, not when she is In her great est pride." Yel he preached to rather a sorry eongregaHon, says history, largely composed of immigrants immi-grants who had failed al home through bad habits little calculated to help I In a new country. |