The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-01-06
TIE CALIFORNIAN.
correspondence Of the CaIedonigAL
Landing OF the Pilgrims.
Observation-Disclosures. pz

R7 PoTiI1uH at Scr pturc, aud prayetby H0y,
~ bab0ocE Of New Bedford, hn eloquent his.
1-.'.s. s.ss"a'''s- an hours length wuu de-.
sr~sed ~ Rev Do Worcester Of suiem, fsuHd.
ID on 'he maxim ofSolumnn, "Chldren's ehil.
trcn az the crown Of old men, and the glory
, ciiId'Sn IN their fathers" This, he said,
-ss sTP'o,ally the ease Ia rsfcreno 10 those
fh1 had"feaFrd III Lord fiom their you'll"
phosr 'h"aTy head waT crown Of glory, be-
.tu.r "'sund IN the way Of Tightnousness
Nb''r our P'ou" ancestors sought on this
Hs4i coast, All asylum Tor the full enjoyment
ofeN,l aud religious freedom, they came not
.'1J 'her own sykes only far from a. Itwas
-.-.,is Al.-.saaEg aAieLprise. The country
say anoen " be ~ bealbcn ground. Aud
Tie iew tald Pioneers Of l,beuS AID equality
ha~ frfrsct to the conversion Off then nm.
uy"hr'i wH'uj"'rfs of this ''wildrtrrss
sahi e, vel as The mil,Aig---.4-..t-ou--
~. nI.o 10 eo.ac hIget.
l. lh- csf'''iSn' Of Eur,pe had long been ne.
,-rn-d I" pay IN their song,,--.
DARK .fmeylcl convert.
Wa every Pagan land.
Aad "a thinking 1feur obliE ona to lleny.
zoo ''''' - " ~ N'N NNIlAt NtNfA hH0hlu Ne ltfH
;'''en ~ N"w England, TIA, We. dixie our
B'iIiah carishun braihrcnl arc on lands rem.
ourd ifoni pHganirn
u vas not for politiotl nmuuiiica nor 70.
publican Institutions ohirhy, ,hat the Puriinns
came !rilcr 'But, ,fe "leve of LAzlAl enna
5uilE' thru, II was fos the. advancement,
Of TIA, Reformation which n century aflcr I,
htAb'17'd all' Chr'atrndom, was yet but IN
rglii rars accomplished, and for tho FUN ac.
eoa'p'..bmcp' Of which, IN The emancipation
.la Go f-rsstvu Ut att nal,ons, America seem.
I'd 10 lhvln destined of'TLcavrn 10 sot - most
eD'.lg'rutus Pau, These Lofty aspirings Of n
s."rfuoi, self wcridemg ancrslrs shonT1 new.
ub' rg"ttrr ty "ehildrcn's children, whose
tvr, +, hs.r @th"tf9
I71eoHaantn With thrse bcncyoIcntdrsign
wott Ct the early charters ohtiiped FROM the
Gown, contained strpr la,ons IN reference to
M..ilGs. NJ also some Of the carlicst acts of,
the Colonial Legislatures. And, as results /
'aHr ,hnusand OF the Indiana were early con.
worried 20 chr,Npnity. In 1890 ,hcre. could
l''nHmDcrrd umong them upwards of thirty
!a4.+a rhosche-
Tn" Puritan scth =, frat and last, regarded
i-onal -"ligion alsn. rs Inc "nnn thing need.
.'4l. b" themselves aud ppster,ty, Hence, they
'7ng'snaiy plant"d.fF schools, TINT all might
he aa-aai.. ,ead the Biblej' and WITHIN ten
y'S'''iom the FIRST landing,thcy laid the fouu.
'a'"n Of inr,rsiig. chiefly with reference
10 !il.'''r- se enlightened and pious ministry
Along cte y r,rct, they resolved 10 humble ]
dependence on God, tn huvc "thc tree OF
Lae'sls4ye. ladrn vsiii, fruit phieh ihe children
could r'a-t,' and by the side Of il, "the tree
at 49, whose "!caycs were Tor The healing Of
the nations
Tda's labo'f, iiNpsr drvout aspirations, ,l,ose
hopei were not vain, or cnihurias,ic. Then,
asa, ali unes, h,lysn's richest blessings were
H2lins,1alrate with The appropriate, j1dicious
use OF means For the first hundrcd and hfty
gears the family waH pre.cmincnuy religious
'nhraory for the school the church, aud the
SLATE aud an ipfdef, at that period, would
h'y' keen regarded "ns monster" And It.
IN few eqss4, there seemed something like
hr spirit efintolerancc and persecution, from
which they had ja.t broken away still. be it
'"m"faes'ed, tia, IN this respect, they yuso
very Jar, 'TudraHee Of The ago; and, like their
P9sieriIE The most tolerant people ON the faee
81 the gobc, -uuoh being ever the result of
pure Christianity.
Or. Wotceste- referred with graphic and
.3anrhinE cioTucucN. TO mBmetolA .rcviyaia,
which had pofyudcd the churches Of the first
'esn:uries after the ianding-- PARTICULARLY the
re CAT Of i74O-dl; during which, OF the population
Ut Sl0, 200, then embraced in the colonies, up
w'rds Of 30. 900 were Judged to 81 Bavingly
enlightened. Other Ike Seeneq OF wonder to
lie sFsrFi. hs& heea s:!tHc#sGd AZ different pc
r!'d' ~h'ch, For want of Magazines and News.
papers, had not leen particularly handed down
to US
faut5i'sh, he snd, wss but another name
lot enlightened .Sisly. And those who thought
only Of the build adventure, Abe ahivalrous
'p"'t Of liberty, the wius, far.reuching politi.
cal eo"nsels If our Eilgrim fathers, did them
gross 'ajostiest They ihought no institution,
'"sloa' or political, safe, only so far as il was
''-sd nPsn the Eternal iloek! .......
No nation, he SAID, hnd ever been favored
"'f ours, with temporal az well as spiritual
yNh", And when he Thought Of our 90.
wv F'e~eAern i,the tsosp6i OF various orders
.- El94Gho1l III. tr1d -ourteQo MsgiooArea al
'''''ir and ahroaj, oGr 30 somnOriTb For train.
ivy 0'''''' our hundred Collegcs,,our Acade-