, 1877-07-21
An Explanation Of the Moving Causes
Of New England skepticisu.
Daneful Results which Followed tic
Union Of Church md State.
Harvard az Il Was and as It backwards
and the Hallway Covenant,
What IL Btnandea Of ths Chnrth At The Present
Moment.

RFanmo lnueH INTO comparative 1nstGnthcnhcc.
The attendance kept altkit csen with that Of
the day beforc, dcsnita the ral!scr threatening
appearance of the skies, aud, owing 10 the state
Of tho thermometer, the absence Of all desire
on tho part OF city folks TO get out Of town for
the mere sake Of kcrning cool.
THE CHILDREN
had tfelr cnrly morning hour Of finstrnction after
which the lscv. J. t. lIuslhurt, OF New Jersey,
conducted the morning conference, tho subject
for consideration and discussion hctng tho
Reorganization, Management, and Classification
" the suntlay.School." Tie Rev. J. s. Ustra,t-
Scr, Of Iiohoi,c1,, N. r.. instructed the normal
:lass in ~ Bible llistorr,' aul at II o'clock tho
Rev. Joseph Cook delivered the following leet-
.rcon
'sEw ENGLAND sKgrrlc1sM":
The Connecticut u,ld the Mcrrimuck nre little
dreams, but they are rs tlcar to many who ltyc
the Mississippi vAlfcy rs Is the Father Of
Waters. There arc two New Euglan,le, an
Eastern md ii Western; mil the Western is the
larger, and ultimately Will he the inoru power
tul, rlymonsh ltt,ck IL piece of granite broken
OF the Alps at Geneva, anl 1t crops out III the
prniries, III the Rocky Mountains; anil tho
western side vi II, sometimes think, IN that
spontaneous height Of n Capitan in the Yose,n-
te,-ior on tho Columbia River aHl I'LL Lhc
Colorado there arg inen to whom Plymouth
Rock, anti faneull Hall, uud Bunker Hill uru as
dear NJ to MY. who Iva OH tho hudson ur Mas
baehnsetts Lay. I must trest New En-
thc descendants II thy Pilgrims. When ii,
EnrlIshlnun culnes to Amo1,ra now, he Iniisl
look for the dcscondants Of liamtx,cl, uud Vs,lc
IN the Missirstppi Valley chiefly, a,tl IN Caiifor
,,'a- Hir Cl.arles Diike says that Calfurnluns
nrc ull picked mcn. and ron tai, hardly lind In
the front VI alla!ra in shls mississippi Valley my
man whu Is MT aboSe tho average H. l'ruatltll OF
lmiiyr endowment. but recognize in the
chief pnrl Vi the v1rus VI tho West the granftc
" Plymoutl, Rock. ! will not ndlnit that
psm"'lti kork is hearths,ot,o "nly fur New
E6glarl The fires whcl, WIRE built M that
'tonc VIZ all stretch nut onr hhnlls tEwlri ifuni
:he Ohio, the AllsHieslpi., tho Missouri. the
colorado, nld The Columbia; snd, indeed, from
men 1c.c! "ut tllc!r Lands towarl the tlrc nf
political liberty Witiri lirst iIwa assured cx-
'.tcncc III the worln on that ttone we rall
"yo"n .ttia, R1sk: ;' lApp'9ase aillrm tl'at
:ori'eT-s'nhv; aud wl,ct, irntn my study, on
truym, lli'. IN liotttnl. inuk cut on Bllnker-
iliII monument unL consider on. wi,Ht " Is
based, l find hat tlnr corner ul Hunker.lill
monument In lly'nonth tlock. And Just llvec,
my illcnht, III The furt that ,lur fathers
i,ruuyhs with ttsrn The spirit Of sclf-rulo, wo
lind
THE FIRST rArsE or NEW ENGLAND rgEl'r.c1sM.
Men lave lNrt fNllght In America to think
for themselves; nttl tltu beginning, nf frGcdU,n
In things ihcItrr:u unl will nrnC with It many
mistakes. ! snltpus" Nrw f!ttyl,inl has n,alr
tnorr ,,istakce L., rIhltr3urip.e ~ fund new
bystts t religion and h,ttfo ,orfy tl,Au the rest
Ut tue lntnl Inns done, peraltsc s!Eb has Tried
Dftcncr.
Walt until l',c vavc ot nupn'ar cnltshsc,.-
tnc1.t Which, j. now at Ica+t klmc.,lccr on the
Atlantic Rhorc-shr .yHvr which, although mot
dtrtrr than that, has lifted E,,1nu met, Of ah
casy sin1ulsilE otl their f,Ht-has swept over The
who'Y la'ns: wa.t i'nfl ryery man III rlttladtt-
rhta ~ ~ rtati} to deny autluflty al iAcn ln
But"n arr. anh YOU wsl sec N tic tl..a!:cr City
quicas Observation-Disclosures llS Ut the frru thinking
u !e' ralfr ayes ~ yn have ever seq, III Bus-
ton, y, W. t'n'' u. the ,lty If thc purtans the
ti'eal"gy, IL art. VT are fre thinkers, md tho
t,p.rs'ot Ut %ew England slseptlsr, Is Now
Enln, r!'s, !5vS'on N"% ls,'cys IN freedom.
early stnges In which :our democratic progress
shows III u disadvantage. Just ux ! yHunE 1aun,
lnts!ny through rollego coursc. t'nls transl-
t!a'i statc nj Ills culture In whirll llo can nsk
ocratlc W.cs, learning 10 thnk for themselves,
la4s tlsullga Sopionorc year. New Euytanu
tsina S"plo'noFs Scar. ll;auShtcr,l 'rhis aye
~ thr Sot''olnorr 1rnr IN ~! !leInuerattc ruli-
tries. ash most countries which rail Themselves
highly iiYllxct, or which arc, or nre lecoHI-
Ing, democratic, atsl fur $40 rrars yet
thu Sophomore year Of tho civil ltzcd ages
e. e @asm;Trasy VIII y nur1ll!n$ ~ al'.5.s!ties
~ great deal NJ IL shrcWil, great tlea! NJ II
wild,-and ministers md persnns III authority
VIII In WCll 10 teuc1 Incu how tu think, lUr all
1nuI urc ruIttg Ia think Tor Themselves II ttry
have no1,e 70 lnuru Thoroughly In Bustun ind ID,
EASTERN Massachusetts than il, some other jur-
irrs oi tis, glohe, tI,at Iust il partial explains
t,n, of The fact that VIC differ from each
oi,,cr tlnre IL allaspIy NJ anywhere,
ann that snlNe very uncuulh groWths
ot II appear both III p,'r philosophy unl our tho
oiogy. Hut stand n, tl4o. shore Of great
luke, ara Mt tho rl.;e Of the valley n,ado ia.
u1ous by Tic Fatlrr ut Wutcss il Wus nv for
tune ii bu horn On
soft OVER WHICH, THE RLAus OF T11ME9 MA
TlONs HAVE WAVED
II way my fortune 10 Ilayu w II playground in
youth lIe renowned ruIna OF Fort TjyUndcrupa
built Ly the EEcurtl Oh ground which had h,vli
,nnte fa.nous BY the hattlg OF sanllleI CAaul-
plaiu one ut tho EycurlErn who discovered lin
lun]s tsaycrscd by tho Mississippi alM tho greut
lakes. You remember that Frnnte claimed oil
tile territory traycrscd by Tho waters sbu had
discovered, Sue tyylIct. fn law, ull the land
through *t.ici, the waters ruu into your great
lakrs a,lI into the Mississippi, for she L,-
majestic melnory,-lhe bars gLost of the