settlements visited reminded him of the Nutmeg State where he grew up. He found in New York in 1821 a population of nearly a million, and he estimated that from three-fifths to two-thirds of the inhabitants came from New England. Looking forward, he prophesied that New York State would be ultimately "a colony from New England"-a prediction made before so many races of Europe began to pour in through Ellis Island.

New England influence today upon the seething cosmopolitan life of New York City and its environs may not immediately impress the casual visitor. But here again if we searched for the beginnings of many commercial, educational and religious institutions which give distinction to the metropolis, and if we traced their development, we should find that men and women who themselves, or their ancestors, hailed from New England, had a large part in their foundation and maintenance. The New England Societies of New York and Brooklyn embrace in their membership many citizens prominent in business and the professions. Their annual meetings in December, when they commemorate the landing of the Pilgrims, have come to be memorable occasions. The volumes embodying the proceedings at these festivals and including the addresses of orators of distinction from 'all parts of the country interpret and illumine the

Pilgrim movement. From the religious point of view, the three churches which have conspicuously molded life and thought in the direction of Pilgrim ideals are the Broadway Tabernacle in New York, and Plymouth Church and the Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn.

Broadway Tabernacle, on its successive sites, has been throughout its history of more than threequarters of a century a champion of freedom and progress. Charles G. Finney, the evangelist, whose preaching was largely responsible for its founding, was born in Warren, Ct. Its first pastor was Rev. Edward Warren Andrews of West Hartford, Ct. A very influential layman in the early days, David Hale, was a native of South Coventry, Ct. Its pastors and the leading men and women in the pews have been imbued with the New England spirit.

Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, is one of America's most historic religious centers. To it, as to few spots in America, come people from all over the world as to a shrine. In Henry Ward Beecher's day it was a kind of outpost of New England, a pioneer in its proclamation of the simple, vital things of the Pilgrim faith. Mr. Beecher was born in a modest parsonage in Litchfield in the hill country of Connecticut. Lyman Abbott, who succeeded him, was a native of Roxbury, Mass. The church since it was

founded has had the loyal service of hundreds of men and women of New England origin.

If any church in America outside New England deserves to be called the Church of the Pilgrims, it is the one in Brooklyn which bears that name. The white boulder that stands at the site of the Henry Street door of the edifice is a piece of that Plymouth Rock at which the Pilgrims said farewell to the old world. The stone that projects sharply out of the masonry of the steeple is a piece of that Plymouth Rock where the Pilgrims first set foot upon the soil of the new world. This material reminder symbolizes also the spiritual connection of the living organization with its fountain-head. Richard S. Storrs, its pastor from its foundation until 1899, was born in Braintree, Mass. Many of his chief supporters were from New England. The greatest city in the land certainly owes much to the Knickerbocker strain so influential in the earlier stages of its life. It has been enriched and diversified by other European racial elements, but it gladly acknowledges its indebtedness also to the men and women who, decade after decade, have come thither from old New England, bringing with them its ideals and adhering to them as the years have come and gone.