The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-22

tho word-win ever be seen aud recognized the
men wnon we commemorate to-day the Pilgrim
ta srers o. ne" EIga 70 IoIa anhonnces
advent. "shicltcd aud he,nc1 aud wedroned VIII
tns ruth" no visible guards ara around Them
either Tor nonor or defence. BraYtlY but humbiY
ana almost uuconscIsusif, they assume their peril
Gus posts as pioneers OF an aigance which IL to
western homie nefe, IL shall have prepared tho
way OF tss Lord and OF liberty Taey come with
no charter or human respiration They come win
nothing tc opon BiDle in their hands, Leading
m I, OF CIVILIZATION and human irseaon. which
snaI 60 o. until as sla e. no nDse II ony thai
reveeneel By ther descendants. as 1t was by tnen.
serves. as tbs Word OF God
YES the cpea Rlole Was the one AMI al-suficient
support and reliance OF the Pilgrim Fathers. They
looked, indeed FOR other and greater reformattons
coalplisued advocated; but they looked for them
to come from q better understanding and moro
careful study OF tho Holy Scriptures, pnd net iIom
Mr. Winthrop then SAID he ala not wish 10 exage.
rate too much the importance OF the urss Pilgrims
In American history end detailed me various other
settlements, BY Governor Winthrop, Roger Williams
eng eng 2lhers made IN New England. lie continued Is
,@.;sD 4 PROTESTANT ooNrspsRArIox
= But with the exception oil tless Rhode Island
Plantations which were still very email ana seat.
tered. New England was then onej one, not only as
e t mSad states q American n unNn are
constitution presents no cOunterpart-ono for the
Tor the defence and diffusion Of pure, protestant
christianity, such as the world had hardly ever
again; u was Q grand experiment. conceived
ana ans Instituted Z. 70. the glory Of God and
ons ago
my Kingdom Il not Of Shis word,n and the re-
suit gave abundant evidence that, on this Continent
at least, tao temporal AMI spiritual power were not
destined TO DO welded successfully by the same
hands Church aud state vera never meanS to
thrive together on American soil. IL remains TO
DO seen hoy Long they are TO thrive together any
where.
PROGRESS or PILGRH PROSPERITY.
mny not attempt 70 pursue the thread or Pilgrim
history further on TINS occasion. We all know Is nat
New England has been DONG since the days Of that
her daughters, besides founding ald building
no noble institutions within her own iiinils
have sought homes In Other parts OF the country,
near ana remote, ana how powerfully Their lniiu
cnce and enterprise have everywhere been fell. 1t
county or town Or village on The Continent which
New England mon ana women are not tsrniig their
faces towards Plymouth Rock to-day with some
towards an ancestral Or even u parental home. " .
oil Know whai combinations they have made 10 the
done for coasIlorcs on HE ocoah ana fot IN.
dusiry on tho land, yexing every sea with Their
keelS and Startling every waterfall with taeir
loo %. we all KNOW what examples or patriotism
rad statealnanship they have exhibited III every
hour OF colonial OF national trial. We do not fan 10
remember tiat New Enalald LED tho march TO ndc
pendence al Lexington AID Concord ana Huuker
iill ald that the bones OF her sons were mingled
Revolution were fought. still less can we forget
with what alacrlty aua heroic sclf-sacrlIce her
bravest und best rushed forth-sO many CT them,
alas never 10 return--!or the defence OF the Union
In the great struggle which has 81 recently lerut
mated.
OUTBREAK OF NEW ESGL.ND MoDgsrY
But we are not mere to-day to boast OF our own OK
poits, or TO deal with tie events OF oar iay 1t
becomes us rather 10 remember our own Shsrtc1f-
lngs and our own unwor6llness, In view OF the sub
line examples OF piety, endurance aud herosc v.lor
which were eXnl0ited by those 'holy ana humble
mel OF heart" by whom our colonies were plunIed
We sometimes assume to $40 In Judgment upon
faiHpgs. There Is special pronenass OF lase years
t. dcride their supclstions and denouncc thelr In.
tolerance And certainly we may well rejoice that
are over In our land. Blt Is 1t nor even more
tree at this hour tnan when no less liberal
lglous feelings and prejudtces OF our ia!aacy have
not only given way 10 universal liberation, but go
lineralty Of doctrine bordering upon tnc extreme
OF u falterirg ialth ~
WHAT W0dLD THE PILGRIMS THINK or usP
Mly 1t not be wise and We'll for us all scmettu es
to reflect what Judgment would be pronounced upon
y, by our Pngiln ana our Puritan Fathers could
Which 10 we o ts wa q ae
situations which they piautcds Could they descend
among us at TINS moment, in bodily pre-
understanding q everything which has been ac-
they we're Withdrawn from these earthly scenes and
entered into their rest--what would thoy tninkY
Esa sa mSa VIA y ea a ~ Taa soas mIs
the existing condition OF New England, and
pa ane sh 3 not aa9 aca. which u aaue 0r tho
ast1nishment with which they would regard the
great inventions and improvements OF modern
increduous alnazement with which Miles Siandish
for instance would listen to the Click OF little ma
CHI me- almost at his own old doorway which could
III a nh n so
OF the big wars IN Europe. II is not difficult TO con-
ceive the wonder OF Edward Wnslow, as he
Atlantic, from Land's End 10 Cape Cod with unde-
Waiting regularity without sails ANA against the
crossing from one little island to another Of the Ca
ri3bean sea before he sunk sadly beneath Its
waters. 1t Is not difficult TO picture the bewilner-
ment OF Brewster and bradford as they should Listen
to the rafting and whistlng and laundering, By day
and by night, OF cars bringing more passengers than
tile whole population OF Plymouth Ia thelr day. and
more freight than would have sustained that whole
population for winter, not merely from Boston in
not much more than an our, bat from the shores OF
the Pacific ocean In not much more than q week
1t ~ easy 10 conceive the CONSERVATION OF them all
could they see this whole assembly, by an almost in
with an eXactness which The most pro racted abors
OF ancient or modern art could have reached.
II Is easy TO conceive their rapture shoad they wit
ness the Intense physical agonie5 OF the human
frame charmed TO sleep by the Inhalation OF the
vapor of few drops OF ether. 1t IL easy under
stand how astonpded they WOuld be, not merely ut
learning that all those phenomena OF the celestial
bodies which had so often perploxed and alarmed
them were now familiar to every sehooiboy, bnt
a. being specially informed that tomorrow there
should De great eclipse OF the Sun. total In some
parts Of the word though hardly visible here; that
The precise nstauts Of its beginning and OF Its end
had ionc ago been calculated, and that science
had organized and sent out expeditions 70 many
distant lands 10 observe and record all Its phases ana
incldentsl Wecan readily suppose that such marycls
as these would not be taken in by them without re-
awakening something OF their Old supersiitioas fear
and awe, and we might expect TO hear from their
lips some eXciamafon5 about wonders and more
wonders OF The invisible world" But we need not
resort to these miracles Of science and art in order
to illustrate The surprise with which our'fathers
wou.d contemplate the condition OF their posterty.
The mere extent, population and power q our conn
try iGs great States its magnilceng cities ts vast
wealth, its commerce. It's crops, Its Industry ITS
education, It's freedom-no longer slave upon It's
soll-a, all OF all races, equal before the law what
else could they desire to complete ana crown the
vision oil glory vouchsaIed TO themf
WHAT THE PILGRIMS WOULD SAY TO Us.
On, my friends have you forgotten or can you
Imagine that they would forget for instant the
cause in which they came here7 Can yon believe
that they would he 80 daZzled and blinded by the
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