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

and almost all things except mere party disloyalty
yenlai. in your state ana national oaptasf'
now THEY WOULD WARN U.s..
Can we not hear then at TINS moment folemniy
warning US est IN the pride OK our prosperity and
greatness our hearts be lifted NJ 70 say each 'of hinl
SELF ''hiy power ana tho mirht OF miIc hand hsin
gotten me TINS wealth. while the great lesson our
sewarlship 70 Hin to whom we owe it all ID
forgotten or nesiected9 Can we not hear them. at
this moment, soleainiy waralng US. lest. In the
tnlt ..tne liberty NO are to stand for, with the
haz.rd MT oaiy Of our goods, but oar lives II need
Dfy MOI 1sr 's ay y bs ase s IS c Ia
| OF righteousness and centiousncss? Can wo not
hear ITEM AIT. A. tns momsn non yo1a a h,ll Of
our science, an eclipse Of farm be sulerea to steal
and settle oyer or land. whose beginning may DO
| imperceptbie ana It's end beyond calculation? Oh,
ie Us hear anu heed tneso warnings OF the fathers
10 the children. MS they come to US to-day,
their faith and pety, ther virtues ana sacrifices and
surerngs bur By oil the lessons experiences OF
You'd Tho events OF the single year WHOA 4. just
| cosing-a year moro marvellous In its manifesto.
| tho great year OF our Lordi a year whose Christ.
mas, alas is clouaed BY the continuance, IN land
conflict which must Ill every CHRISTIAN heart With
horror. we need not, soy, look beyond THO events
oeuce q oi TIC vanity Of ali human ablton and the
| Impotence Df al human power ana W see renewed
and startling proof that while
thousand years scarce serve to form State,
| An hoax may lay IL in the dust.
PEno,ArIoE.
Let us not be deaf To the warnings OF the Fathers
Is. us resolve that no national growth or grandeur,
NO eva freedom or social prosperity or Individual
success, shall ever render us unnindful OF those
resolve TINT whatever else this nation, snail
be Chri tan nation In the full comprehensive
ness and tne slgniiicanoe or that glorious term.
as jubilee shall succeed jubilee, ana our children
and our clildres c,iiiaiea snail gather on ts con-
| brought us here to-day, those grand closing words
OF Webster 1Ity years ago--the only words worthy
10 SUN up the emotions q an honr Ike this, and
lotcst pos.crltyshail bo repeated and repeated by
| those who shal successivey stand where he. then
stood, and where stand now, not Win any feeble
| expectation or altering hope only, but with mat
nrp persuasion, that assured trust ard faith, with
which adopt AID repeat tRen as the closing words
oi another jubilee dscouisa-
Alyance, hen ye future generations We would
places which MI. anu 20 taste the blessings
81 existence where we are passing, aud sool shall
welcome % this pleasant land OF the Fathers. We
hld yoa Selcone 70 inc nealihlul skies and yerdant
sa 81 FH Egan W. yor s9SsGon 70
welcome YOU 20 the blessings OF good government
and religious liberty. We welcome You 10 the tiea-
welcome you 10 the rranscenaans sweets OF domestic
llfa 10 The happiness OF kindfed and parents and
children. We welcome you TO the unreasonable
blessings of rational existence Immortal aope OF
Christianity and the light OF everlasting truth %
At the conclusion OF the Grafton, which occupied
On hour and three-guarters in It's delivery prayer
WAS offered by Joseph p. Thompson, u. d. OF New
York, ana the beautiful hymn. by William Cullen
Bryant beginning wild was the Day, tho Wintry
sea,n was read by Rev. T. E. ST. John and sung by
the choir and audience TO the tune Of "Uid hun-
dreth." The benedict,on, by Rev. Frederic NJ
Knapp, ana selections from All Trovatore, by Gil
more's Band, concluded the services at the church
which were listened to with great Interest.
THE PILGRIMS DiSEER
Next came tho Pilgrims dinner, which took p|acc
In the now passenger depot OF the Old Colony RAIL
read, Wn.ch was closed In, foored over and warmed
Tor the purpose. The decorations consisted mainly
OF The American colors, blended win those CT tho
mother country, and wreahs OF native green hung
the Pilgrims monument adorned the platform near
the speakers seat, aud ell The arrangements were
extremely tasteful.
When Inc exercises IN the church was over tho
procession reformed and proceeded to the dining
hundred having preceded and taken seats assigned
t'enlplales We're lad Tor nearly Iiue hundred per-
sens, ard al! with hardly an exception. were taken
up. Mr.. William L. DAVIS, Vice President OF the
Pilgrim society, presided 1T the east, occupying
lolt,-backed clair the property OF lie drst Governor
MaYdowef's peli.oas voyage.
Rev. Henry ID. Dexter asked the Divine blessing
further ceremony the large parry proceeded to test
the good things set before them. Succatasn was
series. when lncuaed lesl and fowl OF ali Ainds,
Mh , Vegetables ns, IN sir erde puanSs creams
repast In tho most approved astronomical manner.
6fTEoH or ME. DArIs-
Then followed the feast OF reason. 1t was opened
by the Vice President presiding In the following
rema-ks.-
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE PILcRrMs-Why
are you gathered here to-day? What has brought
you from your homes under a winter sky 10 this
bleak New England coast! NO summer landscape
roll and throw their spray along the shore. no
gentle breezes from the vsrdant hills ian your
e.dly through the branches OF our leaGess woods.
What charmed word has gone. Ike Sco,and's fiery
spots No batoalca Vol the war; with III its - sons
graves aud sacred memories, stretches out before
yonr feet calling you to new conservation to your
the immorSal dead Fears its slalt aloit
awaiting its dedication. No battlefield did |
or modern history records is the battle HELD on
which yea laye his day trod. Aglnconrt Auster-
they are on nstory's pages as among the decisive
battles Of che world sink into nslenilcanco by tie
hllls.ces ana round the rock OF Plymouth. NO
armed hosts, with shining helmet and waving plume,
met mere N pne as lance 20 o sou aee me
tine opposing foe. No royal hand crownet the
victorious cnlef no new division Of regal power,
no Ieadjustulent Of imperial lines, nat OF poen
tate or prince depended Oh the issue. But IN that
battle new civilization asserted lis claim against
the insoent pretensions OF the old. Jie rights OF
man stood mp against the domination OF kings. The
human conscience fought to free Itself from tie
snacKles OF scrvEude. This was the battle when
orr fathers fought, md neither hunger nor hard
Ship Tho terrible uncertainties OF the future nor
the aluremenis Of ther distant home, nor pestience
nor death, could cheek their courage snake their
faith. With the battle sill ragiug-aye, wen nigh
lost-witn cne-half their number sleeping In their
graves, as II to stimulate trust which they feared
might fade, they sent their only refuge back
the seas and sought with aserener confidence
the guidance and protection OF their God. Historic
ans record and poets snug That the saracens OF old
destroyed their ships when they landed for conquest
on tho coast Of Spain. BGG those Moslen hosts had
stood on the shores Of Africa flushed with victory,
signing for new lands to conquer ana they knew
sweeter song Will proclaim to nations yet unborn
as the nubest Implication or faith In God
that sublimer incident IN Christian hl5tory-the re-
turn or the May nower TO England. welcome, sons
and daughters OF the Pilgrims TO this allowed FELL
kncel reyerently over the graves OF your fathers
aud swear anew your allegiance 10 their cause In.
liza Q with fullest breath tho atmosphere OF this
sacred spot Drink long and deep at this fountain
OF your nation's greatness Go back 70 your homes
win no boast OF your lineage on your lips, bat With