The New York herald., 1844-12-24

forest We thank thee for the institutions they
established, and we pray 10 emulate their spirit
thee to preserve US from war, famine, pestilence
and slavery Save Us alike from despotism and
anarchy, now and thereafter, through Jesus Christ,
cur Savior. Amen
The following pieces were then sung:
DUET-MIss PEARSON AND Mn. 8. PEARSON
Pray to God, ye righteous servants,
Yc who live in grace divine.
TRlO-MRs sTRoSG, Miss PEARSON AND MR. 8. PEARSON
In grateful alteration now,
Upon the barren sands they bow;
What tongue ofjoy e'er woke such prayer,
What arm Of strength s'er wrought such power,
As waits to crown that feeble hour.
CHORUS.
But hope with radiant wing,
Their sinking hearts did raise
The Lord is just, his council wise
Then let us sing his praise
The CHAIRMAN then introduced to the meeting
the orator of the day
The Hon. Gro. P. MARsH-The gentleman commenced
his address By saying that while New England was yet
tied to atherdnd foreathers wont to speak
anarchy and religious intolerance, drove them seek
home In the wilderness amid the prowng beasts and the
untutored savsges But that wilderness has become
metropolis itself Then let me invite you to look back
Of
upon your institutions your schools or your churches
or your free system Of election upon which is based
institutions which these founded; it is from these
principles that gather strength do not address
self the be; the merchant prince whose sner-
gies and industry crries him all the world; but
tue hopeful youth also who to rely on his own
blood flows in his veins. (Applause) The gentleman
then entered into long disqusion upon the laws Of
innumerable Of the rise and fall States and that man
himself who lords over all other parts Of creation
liable the same; in short that but epitome
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whatever TO preserve man, and that this great
question admitted Of no solution This was, doubt
less the design OF all wise Providence, that
all should rise and fall until the very earth itself became
void In order to discharge his duty man onght know
be able fulfil its offices in all its formsthe fundamental
traits Of characters should be studied TO make US
better acquainted with tne wants ana wishes O. those
where the ervd heat Of day is succeeded by the genial
GOODNESS of the evening" man lsess being, passing
his time in the air and has no particular home but in
the cold frgd northern parts under cloudless sky man
seeks his home the domestic hearthhere the child
is brought up under the maternal eye and affection is
strengthened towards all Mans rude energies are soft
ened by the blandness Of woman, and herself s
made his comforter adviser and assistant through life
which must ever make her appreciated. Such the
daughter Of John knox, who replied to the despotic
march, that she would rather receive her husbands head
in her lap than that he should turn from that religion he
taught and believed in Other countries might boast of
greater beautes but could with greater pride look
Europe that the cebacy Of the clergy was first given up
and would be found that all great and good reforms took
the deepest root and spread their branches abroad there
from Our foreahers the bearers Of great truth
to this land. They looked only to the book which
they brought this land and which to be found in
every cottage It s sad that to be great only
look to study book to make him intelligent And
ifthis true, how intelligent foreahers have
been who only studied throughout their lives book
and that was the Bibe And who there that could
Withstand this falchion drawn from high The Puri.
tans Of those days were most rofoundy acquainted with
this book and to this must lay their energies The
Purtans Of the seventeenth century alike def I'd the des
posm Of monarchy we'll the tyranny of the priest
hood and indeed clearly showed that all their higher phi
losophy founded Scripture. II to this one
book that Milton owed all his beauties Puritanism has
been falsely charged with resrang the progress Of the
forefathers 1t the proceedings Of the priesthood
that retarded science and art and all that good and
great in man. And what were this very priesthood
doing at the present time They were endeavorng
unlesrn the people, aud to return the old forms
and ceremonies long since exploded, in the hope
Of reganing that power which had been success.
fully wrested from them. But Corolanus observed
Z" was not for the victor to tire Of the battle and If
only copied the conduct Of foreathers might bid
defiance to all the Vaccinations OF willy priesthood
the despotism Of the most absolute monarchy. The
them to receive readily the doctrines Of the Refor
nation. In the sterile regions Of the north was
between them and their heavenly father and a these
things remain such be the character Of the residents
OF New England has been said. and chat truly, that
live in age Of excitement. The latter part Of the
last half century fully evidences this fact Languages
that have slept for hundreds Of years have awoke
again. and read the inscriptions the pyramids
OF Egypt for the records of nations almost forgotten
The Bible has been sent to all parts of the earth
ted IN almost every tongue that was known that the
children at the uttermost parts of the world might become
acquainted with the great truths which it contained
Then again, that vast portion Of the benighted
cluded barbarism, was thrown open to reason and
to light. But with all this, II tame com.
pared with the proceedings Of the six eenth cen.
cry whole State lehargic In this sge that
printing dscovered il was in this age that new
first made known to the world which bid defiance the
steel clad warrior and taught act
safety It was then that the Ottoman Power at It's
Then that the struggle took place. to whether
the crescent should float the top Of st. Peters, the
the Mosques Of Consantinope but the noble
John sobes prevented the former and showed that the
Musseman could not dictate to the world. We must
pass lapse OF time and come to the period Of
the glorious reform aton-a period which removed the
bonds by which the people mad been ensaved for up
wards Of one thousand years Grea, Britain was later
receiving this feeling than many other and only
then in modified form Spencer sang its matin song
Milton sang the evening song Of the dying swan Zap.
pause) Then il that the principal established
that disgraceIu in Christian community that man
should be oppressed and ia sting such oppression the
Pilgrims were driven from their native land. This was
their great characerscthe right Of private judgment
In all religious matters The theory of pure religion
could where be found TO such extent ia the Pu
rtan principles Of New England but to know is real
character and value 1t must be studied in countries
where II Ia not free The Reformation not only
change Of religion, but change in the srstocracy Of the
towards the establishment Of denoc attic principles Re
gious conservatveism asks to admit that God has
given up his power and that monarchs and priests his
true successors This the reformation exploded to
siderable extent In the sixteenth century the rights Of
wholly disregarded-he had no projection
whatever the municipal laws were complete psndemo.
the vassal had to follow his lord and master wher
ever he led, and had to do every thing the Baron de
sired. Even the grave made the spoil for the
priesthood, who dying, seized upon oil the unfortunate
yassal might be possessed of This was not tho worst
Tor the Christian Barons claimed rights which could net
be named and would make even the Moor Barbarian
blush TO think Of was true that the humber classes
set themselves than once against these
but with little success, they defeated
by the more active and warlke Of the arocracy aided
by the hunders OF the church John Ball. and honor TO
his name, was perhaps an exception Three times was
he cast into prsonnot the prison Of the State but the
prison Of the Archbishop Of Canterbury an Eccesia
cal offender and was at length sacrificed sealing his
principles with his blood stated that the clergy In