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belonging to various sects, attend public worship in several 

 different churches, they themselves, or their parents, choosing 

 some particular church. &quot; Many of them,&quot; says the report, 

 &quot;attend Sabbath schools, and, as care is taken to exclude sect 

 arian doctrines from the regular course of instruction, the opinions 

 of the pupils respecting doctrinal matters in religion are formed 

 upon the basis prescribed by the parents.&quot; 



The assurance here given to the public is characteristic of a 

 settled purpose, every where displayed by the New Englanders, 

 to prevent their charitable bequests, as well as their great educa 

 tional establishments, from becoming instruments of proselytizing, 

 or serving as bribes, to tempt parents, pupils, or the poor to 

 renounce any part of their hereditary creed for the sake of world 

 ly advantages. Such conduct, implying great delicacy of feeling 

 in matters of conscience, and a profound respect for the sacredness 

 of religious obligations, is worthy of the descendants of men who 

 went into exile, and braved the wilderness and the Indian tom 

 ahawk, rather than conform outwardly to creeds and rituals of 

 which they disapproved. 



Oct. 29. Went to Cambridge to visit the cemetery of Mount 

 Auburn, where a large extent of wild, unreclaimed, hilly ground, 

 covered with oak and pine, has been inclosed for a public burial- 

 place. From the highest eminence there is a fine view of the 

 surrounding country. Since I was here in 1842, a chapel has 

 been erected of granite, in the Gothic style, and in good taste, 

 with painted glass from Edinburgh in the windows, and a hand 

 some entrance gate. The chapel is to serve as a Westminster 

 Abbey, Pantheon, or Walhalla, to contain statues, busts, and 

 monuments of distinguished men. A cenotaph has been placed 

 in the grounds in honor of Dr. Channing, with an inscription 

 written by a friend, in a plain, unambitious style, such as Chan 

 ning himself would have wished. I rejoiced to hear that as his 

 funeral procession was passing through the streets of Boston, the 

 bell of the Roman Catholic chapel was tolled among the rest, 

 and I recollected with pleasure the conversations I had had 

 with him in 1841. They who witness the impulse given by 

 him to the cause of popular education, the increasing liberality of 



