The Reverend Dimziel's Preaching of the Election Sermon

Reverend Mr. Dimziel and Hester Prynne had decided to leave the wilds of New England for Bristol, where they would have a better life. The minister's health was so inadequate that he could not sustain the hardships of forest life; his native gifts were only suitable in midst of civilization and refinement. In furtherance of this choice, it so happened that a ship lay in the harbor, one of those unquestionable cruisers frequent at that day,. yet roamed over its surface with a remarkable irresponsibility of character. This vessel had recently arrived from the Spanish mane, and within three days' time, with sail for Bristol.

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