, 1876-07-03

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The Rev. William Alvin Bartlett preached q
| Centennial ser1non last evening" nj, Plymout}
| rhurch n , ,,ar,, 1oroo con,,roro+;,n
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TIC SAID ne TOOK 1or MS text thc blbIe, Inc
book Of patriotism, the entire word OF God. II
was proper to celebrate the approaching aunt-
verearv of tha nation,s iraonondencc h hcbo1f,
1-s ona 1e-s 1oo.;,cr aa" p+hor y, 4ho a,o T,a
n'o anu 1o'o ioo1''e ca'-n ot'ie. IA tne etc' ine
! Fourth OF July was not sudden Invention,
neither was it the explosion OF an event. When
| Patrick Henry said. Give me G1,crty. or rive
M doo+h ), T1r,r;,;a ocl,nad tno en,t;n,on+ ar5
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Maeu tne otner Pa'f.oss o1 us aay 'esponueel'
the preparation for the nations birth was being:
perfected, and when Lee introduced his famous
rc.o,,,t;nn the work y,s dope mn. a .rrcat eo,"o
- t,r,,o -1.a. ,,,ttaro1 ;nto os.a,.* ss,,7
~, ~ ' ,-', .',n ~. 6a'sso nso s' Anu
the Dell OF liberty gave torth its hrst Joyous
peal. Hc then reviewed the Revolutionary
strurfles. and sail the pr.sent ncr;ofl was an
on,or|una ,no fcr a ,,.n,1 ,atr;o+ic ro,,r,,,,
opeo' tuuo o'.e 80 y s'1ao pael,olle ie'4'"
All sect anu party lines Should DC lost sight OF
and the nation should be resolved into grand
personality. The mountains of the world we're
h;gh hut nnttino The ncrio,i hcsidc them II ,r,s
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ulaitlo.n ~ pas'19s eo"Iu .no
nfS1 s4n;,o ~ ysals. 1o,.o, ,,-,a .,o+ ;4 a
Mhue tsle "uslon, however, "as Will 1t "as,
enshfouaed n giory, he proposed TO
coustaea t 1 nuurmG ~ ~ +'s ~ uaa @ tne IL
ta1ioot - ,p"a,t nrI H.; ~ ts f WIZ inieu wv
u inse1iGtt, 1eait1 unu t.'S NUS ul ,eIat}' Mas
~ ~ $a11aesa, 1 m tcety spstsac.e, !agle 70 to!sef
anu 1all, or u,d It possess unmaleaole cohesive
aesst t. pettSseu N.Y. II possesscu LILY e1qnchts VI
, ou1tp1.,. rnsS, uGeaasJ - tuc prena:.1
p5opnesy anu prcParat3lonl 3l "A1en u sEfronhued us
advent: ~, Ihe age IN wlnca It hael gained loot
IL. Vas hu1l " piopAest' anu Ioo laise 70 COZ
.aan lesen. ~ Has ~ = secd cisstlnet,, anu
DcinG satutteu - Llc nnE1enslly ol Ing perloo,
II naa ~ IL Tue luleieht 1dees VI per1hanency.
sceonu' us inverse elemGhts we're - means Of
streng1n, as snoMh IN Inc cllma5es: Inc Ir1Sla-
ny oi Inc No1Ln "as appGaseG ~ The pa!my
sunshaiie alu ., ufgGzes 1 u tne oou1l7 anu the
Iougii!sss y tne WIS! , Mas SolleEeu " Tue c!'-
tGFe o. the f,ast, anu tnus Gou's enoleest Salls
We're snoWc1ca upon we iaton, anu II was mace
sirong. 1!nin,,a.lon u @ @ nan lncfeasea US u'elss
elcnlsllts, torn uowh nlis1s pro'hcMil!sm5, ana
ntrodueed M tS uen tha1 %as. new ana dgsstoe,
and both both. had b. been made the more powerful
anu oestet' 10 constitution aou laws, us
1aus anu as5!um!ss, we're aiso elet1cnis OF
nn ny nnon lu1 lsn Stte t;1 tnG ~ 10y u Vicious
1ound Inc dungeon, THile the deserving and
good Nefe e1evateo 10 nigh places Aesing III
lall, ana Ca1l 9enurz u re ontcu states SEN
nte, Illustrated the wransie = between the dun
geomns m ana tAe M Ia"s anu t!p'heu I -, the wrestling
Oh tae naaion n into W LUG; ngatnemoTn ; YET
cut the Mississippi River in two with pair of
SCISSORS, or zig away the cbase OF the Allegha-
MES mes M1In na'r-pln, Us % ofcas sucn adanlan-
tlne llgaments OF strength or retard the nation
N It's GROWTH, 1of It WAS TIE chemical cauldron
OF 1 aGcs; ~. .,..
1mlu, ls eieaa tIlals nao proven IT'S ability
10 WlInstand tTouplc' ana vas eFloc!ace Of 'ts
endurance NO natioh nad ever Deel strained
Is 1t hah slavery II hau enlureti, anu internal
war inc most sio.cnt hao Senentea it together
Win nc" tles. me 1ast no1 OF ITS power haa
peen severely tes1cu, yet II LAD groWh stronger
a!lo stlongcr, anu must endale N1tn Tue "orlds,
a1tef passing through snGh a'ucloles.
Lastly, Tue lact tnat Il, Il nad neca anic TO en-
uure tne sroNtn OF lntel[1geacc alld modern n
ssuelon was esluellee Vi l1s perlhancncy. 10
a5naite WIS Us dangerous a. hnoNle9se, WINCH,
many ANY OF the kingdoms OF tI1s world.
Ihe reverend speaker then entered into
relation OF historical facts, covering inventions
% ~ %calel' iteteii1ng 70 Iue PRESS amons o1hcr
e4eib5s, ne sa.1 enao sneFe 1nefe were
L." neeA5 5 eapeia III eAlsteLee
otte lt1nufeu teuss aeu, no! saefc Ecic thousands
- oales' a1'u Lnei p9"e = VAS !elt everywhere
~ XIV ~ ~ sauu .ue .iutes, appIeclatl1s
n. :.ten 5 annluance} VIZ M npptopi5'tu tneln us
non-toceis' 70 hi'9lc ntss anu oese'op ehelr
hem-taas1ea r. p4's-ossas a.a s":3 -, .
all. It might die. e II rsinsed to % nv 1it its
teachers, and in preference paid its
police and political b1mmcrS, it must
pine away; Il it encouraged perjury,
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rrent. There yeTc many fitil nt,cst;ons tn he !
settled in the next 100 yeart,-thc nations cx-
tent, the race question, the financial question, |