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

YET rejuaCcs nearby l3 VINO
listens to me- taat our Pilgrim Fathers wora sepa-
ratist. | rejoice, too thai the PGrtan Fathers OF
Massachusetts, who followed them to these shores
ten years Observation-Disclosures, 60 the last, they
"estesnad II their honor 70 can tho Church OF Eng
Ianq lher dear mother, ana gould NOT part rom
wl,iout faucn sadness OF heart aud many teays'
were, II technically and profe iaedy, yet 10 all
Church OF Ehgisna would never Eaya been
tie noble Church u has snse become had
tioa It's extfaya9ent ioriaasIs aua ITS oyeTnear.
Ing Intolerance. Tie ea,itSt 5eg3tatsls wero t1oso
moro tnan disposition was manifested 10 10 Grl
towards Rome, In almost everything except The &C.
knowiedgemont Of rs temporal suproaacy anoshor
separation could not nave Deen ought no: to have
been avoided. serious renewal cf sucu manifes
tan us At tas day, need nos say, would rcnd ipe
daughter would, under similar circumstances DC
ser,edy SHARE its fate. Professions OF hnDan In
cal Couacii in order to 10 OFFENSIVE and Gpnor
rent. u does not require q concave p. cafuinas
&c sss Ssa ana lH Saf cox OK
ssnons ana even esnois and cou tSa ana S3aSsr
s % u Il. s. wa
matters or form nnd ceremony; when splriualisnl
wss q ios sal Us st ye aa o.
call 1t sehis.n u you wnl-was the true resort and
A CHARITABLE DEPRESSION.
world not seem too harsh towards those old pre-
latcs OF the English Church by whom Pilgrims or
furtans were prosecuted. Sir Jane, Mackintosa,
think, has somewhere said that II tie United
Nethenands had erected statue to the real author
o. an their liberties IL would have been 70 the Duke
OF Alva, whose abomnabe tyranny goaded tho
Dutch 10 desperation, and drove them into rebel
England NH 0i not wen ncae Baro d LasS
IN her gallery OF eminent benclactors. We must
never forget, however, that almost all great
nientY are but the Tesul;ant5 or opposing forces;
and that In irrpressing upon them tser hual shape
ana direction, those who resist are hardly less er
me not longer delay 10 acknowledge. Oh this 0cca-
son. tho oosp debt which New England and our
the Pilgrims Established on our sou. MY whsle heart
Ss nas Z MN As fsS 5I Fl s 1sa To-
Tei: 10 Celebrate IT. IT, AID r they viii oes.
brate II as q day whose associations aud inau-
everything sectional, and which are as coinprehen-
siye as tne land they nyc I'm, aAd as aeinbraclng
persons, II any, can hesitate to agree with them,
as 70 9er sse anu q oc hds %
Se Hal At s sSu dy No o IGs sse coua
have done so much for religion; no other system
could have done SO much for liberty, religious or
ovtl. Independent churcaes prepared the way for
independent states and ~ independent nation.
VISIBLE CHURCH IMPOSSIBLE.
cviana religious freedom securely established, VIC
mag al be more than conteni--we Gil ought to
GUS advancement OF ''al who pgocss and cali them
serves CEristans.i' Let those WHO viii indulge IN
nniyersA church on earth recognized and accepted
o. men, whose authority Is binding on every con-
science anu decisive Of every point OF faith or FORM
visible even now, in .'the blessed company or ali
faitaiui people, IN whatever region tney may
be contested, with HIM as thoir head, "ct
S Mom ,ae pam w1s aay IN sT r ana
ogcnesira, hundreds OF periormes, each WITH
his own Instrument and his own separate score,
strike widely variant notes, and produce sounGs,
len siheaed Intervals wilch, heard aonc would seem
TO % wanting IN ever Thing ike method or melody,
Ia da.frr lri.,.st
car and rayshlGg lie soul with O dood or magaia-
cent haacny, even So it may be, that from the dir-
straits OF siacere seekers after Cod the DIVINE ear
uE0n which 40 SD OF tho voice or breathing OF tho
ears s1ch harnonies are not youchsafed. Absolute
re!iaious uniformity, as poor numan nature Is now
c1naIatei, would put TOO certainly be the cause il
IL not Itself the consequence, OF absolute reli-
gious indifference end slagnation.
The speaker then alluded 10 the voyage OF the Pill
grilna across the Atlantic and la peri5 and priva-
lions, together with the incidents OF the rst land.
Ing, aIteg Which he again re5umei:-
iaey have landed at last alter sixty-siX days u
farewell 10 ae recedins SHORES OF their dear native
county. They have landed ut iast; and when the
san OF that day went down. alter the brciest Cir
cult 0! the year, New England had place and q
naIne-a permanent place. nevef-to-oe obiiterated
nanoin the history, as We'll rs IN tle geography, Of
civilized Christian man.
VIII not say that the corner Stone OF New Eng |
land had quito yet been laid. But its syabol and
mat one grand rock-even then without It's fellow
along the shore, and destined TO be without It's
Lad laid it-lne architect II Inc universe had lad
N-"when the morning stars sang together, and all
the sons oil Col shouted for ioyn There 1t had
and foods Of centuries beating and breaking
upon il. There IL had repo5el awaiting the slow
coming eet, which, guided and guarded by no mere
human power, were now TO mako IL famous for
ever. Inc pllgri,nsrod 1t, as it would seem uncon-
scousy, and left nothing but aathenc tradition to
topgn!s AZ That nour we're upon no stone OF earthly
more ierventy to life their eyes 10 Him who had |
/ cen predicted aad promised "as the shadow or |
great rock In weary land;' aud may have given |
renewed emphasis to the psalm which pescnance |
they may nave recallel"tr0ui the end o. the earth
lead mo 10 the rock that ~ higher than Ii Their |
trust was only on The itock OF Ages.
Or Monday The 25th, the landing was completed. |
Not only was the time come and the place found, |
bit Lne Whole company OF those VINO were forever to
BE associated with that tine and that place wero |
gathered al last Wiiere are now gathered u do
homage 10 Their memory.
TaH ru.sGiis RELIGIOUS CoLoNIsTs.
We cannot be too often Reminded tiat it was re- |
lgion which eleciei.the irst permanent settlement
IN sew hdglani. Al otAer motives mad Jailed. |
mines, tIe amDltioa OF founding colonies,
I'll had been tried and all had lalled. Religious
trtth and loar religious hope and tiust-these and
these alone, proved sultlcIent to animate ana
Strengthen the. lor Tie endurance OF all the tolls
and srlais whicn such an enterprise involved. Let
England indeed laid by the Pilgrim Fathers two
centuries and ha ago to-day, IL vas III the cause
OF religion they lana IL; and whatever others may
have built upon It sine, may build upot IL here
after, G0d lcrDia that on THIS anniversary the roun
G.tion should bg Ignored or rspudiatel
THE Roll OF AiERlcAN wORTgiEs.
As we LOOK back cursoriiy on the great pro-
cession of American history, as IL starts rom yOnder
70 x, and winds on and on and on TO the present
hour, we may descry many other scenes, many
other actors, remote aDd recent, III other parts Of
The Union as well as IN Our own, OF the highest
Interest and importance. There are Conant and
Eadicott, with their little rudnental plantations Ut
Cape Ann ana ut Salem. There is the elder Win
tliop with tie MASSACHUSETTS, charter, at Boston.
There is the younger winthrop, no: far behind
with the Charter Of Connecticut, OF whose
separate colonies Hooker and Haynes and
Hopkins and Eaton aud Davenport aud Lud.
low mad LAID the foundations. There Is Roger
Williams .the apostle OF soul freed0m,' as he has
been called, WITH the charter Of Rhode Island.
There IS tho brave and generous Stuyyesant oil the
New Netherlands There are the Catholic CalvertH
ana the nor.e Quaker, Penn, building up Maryland
and Iennsslyania aliSe upon principles OF tolarar