New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-24
esprit and power of the Pilgrims"


the fathers to the children, and the heart Of the
children to their fathers, lest come and smte
the earth with curse"
He commenced with the apostrophe, "Ptinci-
pies! Character Power Character grows out
Of principles principles are the foundations aud
the beams Of character, and character wrought
cut Of vrtu0us principles is the source OF power
Their power increases by Divine Providence and
By an internal necessity and law OF progress, as
long as the vital inspiring principles continue
Our institutions received momentum from the
force Of the character and principles with which
ourfathers set them going, which is carrying them
still onward. Onward they will go, over all OBJ.
stacles if we are but faithful to fathers and
cur fathers GOD.
The first and greatest point in the character of
our Pilgrim Fathers, was their unquestoned and
remarkable PIETY. Out of this piety grew their
| devotion and faithuness to GOD. Out OF this
! faithuness grew their resistance to merely hu-
! man law which conficted with conscience, and
! led them in their subsequent career. The early
! Puritan Church in London in 1892, which was de-
! nounced BY Queen Elizabeth, contained this elc-
| ment in a high degree The Church formed ont the
| borders of Lincolnshire in 1902 formed covenant
which declared these principles in the strongest
| terms Out of that Covenant grew the civil and
religious Constitution framed twenty years alter
! wards on board tue May FloWer-tramedo nGoD
highway under no human jurisdiction within no
! human empre--ueither the OutgrOwth, nor append
age nor Cudic consequence OF any other
| Constitution on earth. This Church Covenant,
cut of which GOD has caused to spring the lreest
! Constitution, the most religious states, and the
miahtiest growing Empire in the world, was itself
the direct product of disobedlcnce to unrlghteous
! human law 1t grew out of the conviction that
the things prescribed by human laws were right
and those laws were against conscience ana the
! law oil God.
The speaker proceeded to speak of our oblisa
tons TO our Pilgrim Fathers for the legacy OF their
principles spirit, Intelligence and Independence,
and of their moral and religious Institutions He
! dwelt on the Puritan simultaneously warned
bis hearers against the dangers Iesultl'5 iroLn u
disregard of this institution and Its first approach.
rs in the Sunday Newspaper press and sunday
! evening Concerts.
Inseparablv connected with the Sabbath is the
faithttlness and independence OF the Ministry
No where under the Heavens is the pulpit so free,
remarked the speaker as in this country, The
/ Pulpit is a sacred free, exalted eushrlnement OF
all Gods messages to our fallen race. ALI IN
stitutions are beneath it. 1t is above all earthly
things 1t should guide public opinion not follow
IT, \ time.serying pull pit is one OF the greatest
/ evils God ever suffers to fall upon people. In
our day the pulpit is too apt to pay regard to
what the merchants and the newspaper press may
saw Popularity is the element which the pulpit
is in danger OF, instead of a bold, elevated, fear
less faithiulness to God and his W ord and the
souls of men.
The Press. its power, its energy it's imespon.
sibility, was then torcibly discussed. Referring to
the circulation ofa popular journal, the speakerre-
marked that when grown to q wide circulation 1t
is irresponsible excepttO the great wealth OF the
owner and the means OF increasing it. A journal
of 10000 or 10000 circulation may speak every
,tay or every week to $4,000 10000 readers. II
this power become unprincipled, immoral or inf
DEL how tremendous are its facilities for the cir,
cuaton of perniciOus sentiments and teachings
The very subscribers, from being its patrons as
they were called when it first started become in
some sense its dependents, because by multitude
thew have given it an esponsible power. For
YOU might rs well expect a combination and
agreement among all the in-drops that feed
torrent to stop descending, when they see their
brook running to the ocean, as may the subscrl-
bers of a journal which has become wealthy and
feared and OF great influence by circulation OF
10000 or 80 600 to cripple its energies when they
see it going wrong. Hence in cities its means OF
prescription are SO vast--it may sing out mer-
chs , and prescribe his goods by prescribing his
principles or it may single out minister and deal
It's rs q, Aim-but no newspaper, not a combi-
matt OF all the newspapers IN the world can
touch the minister Of Christ who is faithful to his
God.
Growing out of these considerations follows the
conservative influence of all free and true educa-
ton The speaker torcibly dwet on the destiny
OF the nation with It's prospective population OF
lGo,O00,000 OF peopIe-the power energy ana
resources OF the great empire TO o. De heId ana l
welded by tue young Oh t0oa! tss9 ts ,6 p
watched ana guarded iiuS' SCI sih. 81 sc
children be framed up n WI tle inuSLCeS ~
of these interests demand CHLDRENs Police
AND BOARD or a,,
CHlpkES to eqqGa!e s9PeT'5 t .1' 49, a,,
tram them buu ~ tuu , NV ~, a' ~
suPPoRT THIN mere aAu you va lot na,o 1870 W