The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-07-03
A CENTENNIAL DISCOURSE.

A large congregation a.seG4s.sai ia
the Congreg asionai church.. yeztsrIsy,
,o1 hear the introductory setfasou %
Rev j. T. EllIs. the newly installed
pastor Of tie church. Tas house ~as
beautifully sdoraei. for the occssion,
with fioHers and evergreen and the
flags of various nations.
The sermon was a practical aud
thoughtful discourse from Deuteronomy
xxxIy; :: His eye wss no. dim.
nor hi. natural force abssed." The in
i,ial though. was. that though = hund-
red years had passed. America -
young nation still BIT though the
youngest, il IL no. the least. a. wss
shown by a comparison with the from
inen, Empires Of Earops and Asa It.
hundred years had not been = period Of
infancy. The nation strugg led 81 ex-
istence amidst the travaii pains Of OPP
r,ression AMI war, and wss man 80
soon a. born.
Our rapid expansion Of colonization
from the Alieghanies 10 the Pacific
slope. is a splendid phase Of the nations
material greatness. La inventions and
practical machinery. we occupy the
chief place When some ne~ marvel
arises We regard 1t with no surprise.
so accustomed are We 10 wonderful
achievements.
Back oi material progress lies the
still greater intellectual progress, and
the former has been made possible by
the latter At the bottom Of our intel
lectual advancement lies the American
public school. II - the torch bearer
that carries light through all the dark
ened corners II the land. and follow
ing upon the public school. come the
higher institutions Of learning Amer.
ica, though great. Is no' tha greatest IN
all ihiDgs German schools are ahead
Of the American in tho higher pursuits
of knowledge. as philosophy and arch
geological research. Our culture ~ more
generally difused The SUI OF knowl-
edge shines every where, and iliumines
the path oil all This intellectual ac-
iivity i. strikinsly manifest IN the
American new paper. All interests are
represented by the newspaper, all sub
jc'ts discussed by II. The newspaper
goes everywhere. American author
ship Is ON the march to the front. In
the professions We have masters who
are unsurpassed; artists. poets and men
of science who rank among til. fore
most iii the world The fingers have
been skil,ul and the brains active,
pure heart. And If the heart had been
parer. the results had been more beau
tiful still
God WAS prcsan. At tho nations ded-
icat,on. Religion has taken "a new de-
parture. IL comes forth again from
the cloister and the cathedral, and
though IT meddes not with govern
ment, IL interests itself with all the
affairs and all the interest in the State.
keiigion stands forward In this country
because 1t addresses itself 10 all the
needs aud 10 the hearts of the common
people.
There must BE- loy.liy 10 American
principle We must stand by our con-
stitu,ion and 10y religious principle.
There must be loyalty To honesty in
civil duties. There should be such 10y
atty rs to spurn any deviation from
tho strictest rectitude IN public or pri-
waite station. The American flag should
not sanction some things that now are
sheltered under IL A true patriotism
would regard man who sells bis vote
for gold rs u traitor. IL would regard
mAn who uses his office for personal
ends. as u traitor
IL foreigners come TO this land they
shall bc welcomed because they come 10
be- naturalixed. They shall b. vel
coined "a American citizens. The
American spirit shall cross the Pacific
and be felt IN Asia as il has in Europe.
We shall hold this people under our in
iluence and let the sun shine ppon
them. He felt that this land was
Gods land. aud in his name he wanted
Ia protest against sacrili2eous influences
and tendencies, not that he woald have
the State swallowed up by the Church.
nor the Church by the State. bat that
both should work together in harmoui-
Gus corporation.