The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-18
THE STANDISH MO NUMENT.

The nation thee brings
An offering free
Nor hill alone
Our memories long have down
Ger land and
Fond hopes in Britain left,
OF wealth and power berott.
You wooea frozen shors
That might
That of freedom sown
Through frost and blood hath grown
nation free,
An empire great in trust
Millions that happy best
All honor thee
General HORACE BINNFY SARGENT or Boston,
PresldeuG OF the Association, was then introduced
and delivered the Grafton.
After music by the band and conservatory prayer
by the Rev. r. Ii. Neale, d. d., the following hymn
'Our Pilgrim Fathers" was sung by the audience,
to The tune of "Aud Lang Syne':-
Awake y! the sumbering hero comes;
To maps hal Back Back to "figrim Homes"
our srcs from other spheres.
For "Auld Lang syne" they come.
For r. .As,a Lam, LAM Syne" p,.rm Homes,
or "Auld Lang 5yne"
Hosanna Pilgrim siresi
brieht memories round them twine
Our prayers invoke celestial Tyres
Around Their homes divine.
fg For A .auld iI LAM sE syre wv S"s
Wen eyer pray for rasrim sircs
THE MILES sTANDIsu MONUMENT.
Two thousand people were present me inonu-
ment Will he erected ON the highest point OF Gap
ans i' on land given or the y, , pSrSose ey
estate. 1t Will be OF stone, and $50 feet high FIFTY
feet OF the ba will be of block granite edged ana
the remainder of the shalt rough granite, LAID III
cement.
The officers OF the Standish Monument Association
are:-
ip'esident-General Horace Binney Sargent.
Advisory notwithstanding Marshall JeWell,
of Connecticut; Governor James A. Weston, OF New
Hampshire: Robert G. Winthrop, Rev. Dr. George
Putnam. Alexander H. Rice, Dr. George B. Lorlng,
Joshua L. CHAMBERLAIN, OF Maine. and General A.
f. Burnside OF Rhode Island.
Seer tQfD---Stepnen NJ GIffOrd or D0XDury.
corresponding Secre(ary-otcphen n. Allen, OF
Boston
After the dedicatory services dinner was served
IN the large tent.
General Sargent presided at the dinner.
The ilIsl regular toast was Tine PRESIDENT OF the
United states ana the Great Puritan Capal n.y.
MAJOR General Benjamln r. Butter responded. and
said that he greyed that the cher representative
OF The United states in Massachusetts, Judge Kus-
SELL was not present to respond to tais sen,
each generation Knows little OF the work 1t is
doing OF its influences upon future generations.
What seems 20 US great work may lie to them
small The fact that the resting place OF Miles
Standisn Is unknown SHOWS how little was thought
of nj; work IN his wn, own suo cay ne6 6 ssa Is
from contemporaries. There were several traits III
his character deserving OF notice. There was no
more piOus company ever gathered than that Of
the Pilgrims, whose ideal was to furnish land
where all should be free to worship God as they
sequences, which has made tins the missionary ma.
ton OF religious freedom TO the world They believed
also in man with viii TO execute their
commands though he might not be IN mis- religious
temperament the most suitable. God would use
him to carry our His plans Miles Standlsh was no
hypocrte, and though not one OF the religious men
oil the colony, mad the respect vi all. he
had a VIII to execute the laws and
for years. Loyalty to law and authority
were marked features In his character, ana ne was
always ready TO bow 10 tue civil power--a charac-
army OF million and 4 half Of men melt away INTO
good citizens wnen the late was ended, despite
the productions OF the whole world General Butler
closed by giving this toast:-"The Puritan Icca-tie
motive power which Is to regenerate tne world"
has never deserted the legend ON her banner" OH
yer warner. secretary oil state, was called upon,
Dr. GEORGE 3. LoRING responded 10 the following
toast practical Education and the industrial
lie said he had not expected to
be called upon, bat should DC untrue 10 his blood
IL he failed " speak in behalf Oh the Pilgrims. and
also untrue TO the nObest occupations. The Phi
grims commenced by tilng the SOIL, and also saw
the value OF education, and 50 taught the study OF
The Bible and studied 1t well. They laid the founda.
lions ON rock, ana found them hrin wnen
needed. He said ne had an old Puritan Bible in
which was written that the owner had read IL sew
cnty. five times. Tney didn't need any newspa-
pers: Incy had better reading. The Pilgrims we've
scholars, and so have always been ready to
found public schools and colleges ms WAS
educational and religious liberty OF the Plymouth
College made IL successful, while jamestown and
the Dutch colonies failures. TINS was practi-
cal education, hitting the ctizeus LOT tnelr dute5 50
as 10 make the state prosperous. The secret of the
mower OF Massachusetts was the development OF
ner industrial Institutions ana churcnes ana the
practical education OF her CITIZENS In the industrial
arts.
Justin winson, OF Duxbury, then read an orig.
maj poem
The fourth toast was Rose Standish, the type OF
wOmanly sacInCe; ner mantle mas lallen OH tue
women of today Rev. T.. II. Hale responded.
The fifth toast, ''The first and last survivor Of
the cape the last enables ny TO pay tribute TO the
nrst, y was responded TO by Josiah quincy.
Dr. Caswcl spoke to the sixth toast, "Roger
Williams, the companion oil the Pilgrims the apos-
tie OF social lIberty.n
The seventh tOast-"The Pilgrim Colones-Thclr
records have the simple poetry OF mythology and
the D iosophic truths OF historyn-was responded
to ny Dr.. Shurtli1.
TIE affair passed or pleasantly, but dsappolnt-
menl was expressed al the absence OF distinguished
gentlemen who had been expected.
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