THE RE VOL UTIONAR V I FAR. 295 



Rev. John Brown had a sermon upon the text, " Re- 

 joice with them that do rejoice; and weep with them that 

 weep," which had been written more than fifteen years, 

 but had done duty on several important occasions. 



It had been delivered on January 25, 1761, "when the 

 small pox was raging at Hingham Plain," says John 

 Brown on the margin of his manuscript, and again "after 

 the Death of B. Stutson's Wife, Sept 25th 1774." This 

 sermon was brought out and preached again in honor of 

 our patriots' good fortunes, with emphasis upon the "re- 

 joicing" part of the text. 



The preacher's addition to suit the occasion of the rum 

 capture was as follows, in part : — 



God has blessed a number of our neighbors in the week past, 

 by prospering them in taking from those who were designing to 

 supply our barbarous enemies a very considerable part of their 

 property. It becomes us to adore that Providence who setteth 

 down one and setteth up another. Let none of us be so in- 

 humane and antichristian as to murmur or be envious but let us 

 rejoice with them that do rejoice &c &c — a more signal instance 

 of the smiles of Providence in temporal accounts we have not 

 known in this place.* 



Thus the public delight at our war prize was encouraged, 

 and doubtless other incidents of privateering must have 

 occurred. The peninsula of Hull at the entrance of 

 Boston Harbor was particularly convenient for utilizing 

 Cohasset volunteers upon guard duty. The following 

 lists of men engaged in that service add to the Revolu- 

 tionary record of the town : — • 



tA True return of the travil & time of Service of the Men 

 belonging to the foot company in Cohasset under the command 

 of Capt. Obediah Beals in Col. Solomon Levels Regt. Assembled 

 at Hull June 14, 1776. 



*This manuscript sermon is owned by Mrs. George L. Davenport. 

 + Revolutionary Records, Vol. XXV, p. 78. 



