The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-07-10
Fourth Of July 1916.


she ARA by the discharge OF small can
non. This closed the firing OF that day,
aad he sufferer on thai occasion, will
probably remember that celebration, while
he lives. On Friday last, not gun was
Aea.d in this village, and almost Sab,
bath Stiffness pervaded the streets, save on
w when he instrumental music of the
Baa3 broke lbs spell. The Sabbath
School, and Other children assembled al
he Baptist Alee.ng House 10 the number
ct some four hundred. A wagon, deco.
stated with evergreen, and appropriate mot
toes, and drawn BY Jour horses, was un>
laded OF S!rtyfes little urchins TITS
load came from District No. S. guess
they Jorrowe4 some of the babies
When the different Districts were Orr
gained, they marched, preceded by the
Forest Dale Baud,' to the Congrega
tiona Meeting House, where enough 9th.
er chi!dgen were in waiting 10 swell the
uumber, as was judged, TO five hundred,
did cot witness The exercises at the lal-
Ter House until The choir had sung, and
prayer had been offered Tha choir Of
adu; singers then performed, when ad.
dresses were given by Mess!s Kirby,
Snedd and Thomas, Pastors of The Meth.
odisl, Congregational and Baptist church.
es. These addresses were interpreted
With singing BY the Juvenile choir.
mr. Kirby admonished the children, Of
their duty 10 God; cited The occasion of
the delverancc Of The Isreliles from Egyp.
lian bondage, when they sang praises in
conmemora,on Of their release; traced
the trials Ct our foreiaihers from their
landing on Plymouth Rock down to The
tire Of the American Revolution. He
glanced briefly, at The expressions OF the
mother country; the burnings and des,rue.
ton OF property Of the rebels, and other
oppressive acts which led % the final re-
vol, from the government Of Great Britain.
Tae declaration OF sentiment that all men
were created free and equal, and the subs
joined Declaration Of Independence, were
rehea!sed, and the children were told -
this is your day those who achieved this
boon, have had their day ;-have left the
inheritance Of freedom 10 gov. You have
the privilege of reading the Bible Of OBJ
laining an education Of worshiping God
according TO the dictates of your con-
sciences, you are responsible for the man
ner IN which you spend all your days.
FIu related an anecdote of q Sabbath
School scholar, young lad, who com.
united to memory The frs. five chapters Of
Matthew; when man, calling himself a
Priest, was so incensed tina! he burned the
Testament the boy had used The lad
was 50 much grieved that he wep,; but
told the man he had one consolation, which
was, ths, he could no! burn the flee chap,
ters he had committed to memory. Mr.
Kirby enforced The importance 0! learning
the Bible, 60 that, should the book be COLI
eumed by The flames, the substance you'd
Yemain.
Mr. Shedd next addressed the audience.
He wen! back in the history Of this coun'
try, some $50 years, to its first discovery
by Columbus; and TO The time when the
Spanish government imprisoned Coun>
bus for expressing the opinion that there
was such continent briefly glancing al
incidents down 10 he landing of the Pill.
grims thence 10 the Revolutionary war.
lie read the extracts from the .grea. tex.
book issued BY our forefaIhers ,-"AN men
are created free and equal and are entitled
TO life, liberty. and the pursuit Of happi-
ness" Twen.y-eighI charges were emu
merated in the preface TO our Bill Of
Rights, against the British Government,
and given as reasons for rebeling against
it. He asked, wha, would have been the
state of things in this country now, had
not our freedom been obtained and re-
piled, this place would have been will
derness. If the privileges we enjoy, are
kept, you, children, must preserve ,hem
How, then, shall children grow up pre-
pared to continue these blessings2 By
observing the Sabbath-,o keep it holy
to do no work on tina, day, neither to in
duIge in play. He had not time then II
PROVE the evils growing out of disregard