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Caldwell Of Springfield, N. J. (1780)

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Day
25
Month
March
Year
1891
Copyright
Public Domain
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Here's the spot. Look around yon. Above on tho height Lay the Hessians encamped. By that chureh on the right Stood the sraunt Jersey farmers. And here ran a wall - Yon may dig anywhere and you'll turn up a baU. Nothing more. Grasses spring, waters run, flowers blow Pretty much as they dld ninety-three yoars ago. Nothing more, did I say? Stay one moment; you've heiu-d Of Caldwell, the parson, who once preached the Word Down at Spriagfiekl? Whatí no? Come- tiiat's bad; why, he h&d All the Jerseys aflmal And tney gave him ihe name Of the "rebel hih prieeL" He stock in their gonfe, For he loved the Lord Qod and he h&ted King George. He had cause, yon might say! When the Heaia-nw that day Marehrd up with Knypliaasen they stopped on their way At the "Farms," where his wiíe, with a child in her arms, Sat alone in the hou.se. How it happened none knew Bnt God - and that one of the hireling crew Who fired the shot. Enough! there she lay. And Caldwell, the chaplain, her hnsband away! Did he preach? did he pray? Think of him as you stand By the old church today; think of him and that band Of militant plowboys! See the smoke and the heat Of that reckless advance - of that str&ggling retreat! Keep the ghost of that wife, foully slain, in your view. And what could you- what should you, what would you do? Why, just what he did! They were lcft in the lurch For tho want of more wadding. He ran to the church, Broke the door, stripped tho pews and dashed out in the road With his arms full of hymn books, and threw down his load At their f eetl Then above all the shouting and shots Rang his voice- "Put Watts into 'em - boys, give 'em Watts!" And they did. That is all. Grasses spring, flowers blow Pretty much as they did ninety-three years ago. You may dig anywhere and you'll turn up a hall- Bat not always a hero like this- and that 's alL

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