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VOLUME FIVE
NUMVLR TWENFITHEEE
SAGAMOEE=A DREAM OF THE SOUNDING SEA
George W. Coleman and His Christian Fndeabor Comrades Found a Delightful Nelv Resort on the Nell? Fngland Shore.
UST to be there is rest —and to stay
there is inspiration!
The Editor of The Golden Age can
never forget such a day at Sagamore
Beach. To be in Boston and not see
George W. Coleman, the golden-hearted
publisher of The Christian Endeavor
World, would be like going to Bunker
Hill without seeing the monument. We
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had all fallen in love with him when he came down
to Atlanta as a committee from Clarendon Church to
carry Dr. Broughton to Boston—and went back,
thank the Lord, a sadder and wiser man. And, then,
we loved him for his great work’s sake.
But when we reached busy Boston from beautiful
Northfield, we found that “Coleman the Kind” had
gone down to Sagamore Beach, on Cape Cod, to build
a sort of Northfield-by-the-Sea. And we didn’t do a
thing but jump on the train and go down there, ’mid
scenes of New England beauty and glory, to discover
the spot of his dreams and the work of his hands
and plans.
That first vision of Old Ocean from Sagamore Top
is the most entrancing, we believe, in all New Eng
land. And it was only surpassed by the royal fel
lowship, we enjoyed in the seaside home of Mr. and
Mrs. Coleman—for greater than Neptune and all his
grandeur is that work of God’s creation and redemp
tion as manifested in such a kingly spirit as George
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BEAUTIFUL SAGAMORE BEACH.
Coleman and such a woman of consecrated culture
as his winsome, wonderful wife.
Ever since that rare and radiant August day—
quite as rare as the rarest “day in June” —we have
wished in vain to describe Sagamore Beach so as to
turn other eyes and steps toward that summer dream
by the sounding sea. And, at our request, Rev.
Harry C. Adams, General Manager, whose office is
Tremont Temple, Boston, but who stays at Sagamore
ATLANTA, GA., JULY 28 1910.
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GEORGE W. COLEMAN.
Beach from June to October, has written the follow
ing delightful pen-picture for our readers:
A Day at Sagamore Beach.
A visitor at Sagamore Beach can not fail to be
impressed by the general character and appearance
of this new Summer Colony in several important re-
spects. He will find some things which he expects
to find, such as the fine white sand for which Cape
Cod is noted, and the cool ocean breezes; but he will
also find some things that belong peculiarly to Saga
more, and which give it its special charm as a sum
mer resort. The first mention may well be of the
nearly two miles of splendid sandy beach, which
makes it an almost ideal place for bathing. Though
the water is not as warm as in the large inlets of the
sea, such as Buzzard’s Bay, it is yet warm enough
for comfort and is far more invigorating than the
warmer water of the bays. Were one to witness a
party of bathers at about 11 a. m. or 4 p. m., he
would have no doubt that Sagamore is a good place,
with its fine beach, lor those who love a dip in the
sea.
But, while these things, sand and water, are to be
found in abundance in many places and which Saga
more has in common with them, there are other
features which make Sagamore especially attractive
that belong to it alone. And first among these may
be mentioned the natural contour of the land. There
are few seashore resorts for which nature has done
so much. The property is divided by a reservation
of some thirteen acres, upon which it is proposed, in
a few years, to build a large new hotel. Above this
reservation the land rises by terraces back from the
water and is covered by a beautiful growth of oak
and pine, while the lower half is for the most part an
open field, gradually rising from the shore to the
extreme back of the property and affords a fine view
not only of the sea, but, southward, a very unique
view across the broad marshes, where ex-President
Cleveland used to spend whole days in hunting, and
towards the village of Sandwich, with its church
spires in view. Now, because of this natural situa
tion of the property a good water view may be had
from nearly all of the more than four hundred build-
ing lots, and it is an.unusually fine place for cot
tages. An evidence of this —if such were needed
may be had in the fact that the site for the new hotel
on the central reservation, is fixed at about a thou
sand feet back from the water, yet so elevated as
to command a wonderful view of the ocean.
But, while nature has done so much, a great deal
of practical wisdom and a large expenditure of money
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