, 1879-07-05
A MODEL FOURTH.


Iicts and scots, the Drltains invited tho saxons.
swhom they had only known - pirates 70 conc
Romans, thr ls,Andors were practically reduced
to slavery, the Christian. religion suppressed,
knnd tho superstition Of the Druids reinstntgti.
ons natea sna y re- bs As.a M T. nudeg
tho reign Of ropc Gregory. That tho saxons
were scercely less baEbarolls than the conquered
DritA!ns Ia eTidcnt, since the presents sent to
t n tue tnqsees Mefa n nt ter prnces
"Gwclt in cottages Of wlcker.work plastcrcd
with clay md matched with r.lsMos, whore ,,c
% ,sy sat and Th omsa;c, tns,f f''iI{as' 4oa'a 'he'n
flrs made + the midile Of the ho,,ss;" ~ e."
Aronks under tie direction Of Popo Gregory 's
perhaps hu most ssoe ~ gu'eh
the female sex ~ encrcd. This fact was seized
upon By the priests to turn Paganisn against
itself. 1t was only necessary to convert tt!a
entire body polite. King Ethelbert married q
Christian princsts, md tic reformation went
rapttily forward. Tho transition *aa, l!owe'er.
accomplished IN easy stages. Il,e hcatnen tctn.
actuhl.y transformed into houses OF worship fur
the new rollgtop. Tile zeal of the upncr classes
iii the cause so happily iraugusatsa by tlg rooe
Eas eo9 10 Ta5s
themselves In n,oHastorts. These acts of sclf.
abncgation and devotion on tho pa5a ol tic great
snEp LusTEn UPON CHRISTIANITY,
and :. tho Monks were not s1ow to ,arnil
h,, OF 30 ," onv.r,a G 1dvp
poor to their STANDARD They became the cham..
pions 'of personal freedom, urging rnwcrful
BY th!s mcana gaining oger anotner ctass They
ture. They tnade4 41lous ptlerlmages to Home,
and BROUGHT back pl,tlosoph!sal scraps from 1hc
%SsHs assaa Il S'si f{aay s Sa;iss @ sest ss con-
scGnrct Of Kings and Lords during life, they
guYo scpuiturc to their bones in tue monas-
teries when dead. II all this WAS mete worldly
t most; eapntngtnioli; Il II, Was prolnptcl By
faith in the divine nature Of their llssion It was
still moro lofty, tnore pure: That the Romnn
Catholic Church ean 1'oint to no brighter page
In tho record 0! its fges Of pownr Is as ccFtatn
as that Its tn!iot'gt upon tie carly civilization
Of EuClana WIS too marked and profound cyer
to suffer entivc offacc,nent.
cation Of tue different status oi Britain under
Egbcrt, which were then, for the rst time,
chsistenc1 :. England. Soon after Alfred
crcated lhc frat British navy.. and through tts
nal1ed 'thc Grcnt,' 1t is o curious fact of lss
reign In TINT rudu uge that he introduced sort
OF compulsory educational system, enaet!ng
tala: "cvery person possesscd of tw3 hides l 81
land should send TITS children to school until
onI Shctfrs immcdiatgly to apply themselves to
leatnIng, or to quit thur otllces." Burkc saYa
tho greatness Of his mind the whole Of govern:
mcnt und NIL Its pasts at once. aid, Thntts most
ditl!gut to human trailty, was at thu same time
sublime ant! minute"
BY the Danes. mud Subsequently BY the Nor
mans, tho AnE1o-aaron race nero ccnsed 70
exercise a powerful tnlluenco upon s he destiny
Of the Kingdom. The DRnes nude scarcely ans
toms OF tic people they ruled. Indeed, Cunt.
dismissed his Danish army and restored lit
Haxon statutes. The same cannpt bo said d
the Nornsaus; for they allied Church atul stntc
and so ruled generally that civil war bccame O
chronic condition Of The English people: william
the Conqueror reduced tue English. the DaIes
@ nos onv III bis reirn' but tic rsrs 81 bis Soraa1
succcssors, Hcrc clarncicrizetl By the most crle
rxuctlons, Atsd It was under thu Noriluus thu
tho clergy lost all OF the simplicity md much o
the uietY which 90 justly distinguished then
1t wns through Norman ttldulGencc thai th'
Papacy gained in wealth and temporal power II
thu ratIo Of It's decline In religious zeal.
These adverse circumstances, however, lft
not rcpress Tho sptris of liberty. On tho con
trnry, it not only survived, but grew more ex
acting. Aud that 1t usnanateu from the EnClisl
% %anaSe1Da ss safy viz s 's s cas s q s 1tons
act Of lctercnce to English sentiment by graus
Ing the first charter of iibcrtica.
Tho history OF tho twelfth and thirteenth
centurIes is hs:osv Of quarrels letwec'
Popes, Priests, md Kings, 1twas In tl,c tifE
tccnth century that tne pope'a Legatc, lanlulpl'
cxcomn,un!catel King John, dcposed lin, nm
he soon thought better Of 1t, nnI hestowed III
bauhle upon lhe Holy Sec; then he restored !
to the humbled monarch. But John could no
keep tho crown on his bend. It MAS at this cot,
hut rtx4ff tf,r,sr atr lint
The mobiles made war upon the King, demand
fnE a,lt securing Il renewal Of tho rhnrter q
Henry tic First. which had been aubycEteu; asl
still not content, headed by Archbishop i.anc
champion 0f evil liberty. tllcy wrcstcl from tn
unwilling King tho Grcat Charter md the Chm
ter ol Tho Forest, including te right Of trlul h
jury and modification of the rIgor o! Fores
lRWR. This advantage WIS followed lip unit
The crown almost ceased to bc worth preserving
Its annual revenue fell to 95,00o per annun
while tho fcudnl lords wieldel unlimited powc
This Earl nf Warwick. tho ktnE maker, 1nalr
tained thousands of rctaincrs, anu wllcn h
kept housc in London hla friends aud yasru
consumed six oxen at mea!. Ills. fortune ",
colossal. and the ki.E re M paapsf ny M a., Anarel!'
lowed. Tho Duties. Of York and Lune1ssts
fought until the feudal arlstorracy disapprare
from the facc of tlie curtll. buel' Of their e
cd by Henry VII, their courts n'l.l banguctn
halls Wcru ucBertctlt a1d the remnant Of noblt
hecamo courtlrrs Ut the King.
Through thu ambition OF the mobiles Il
feutal System pcrtsLed. Que cxtrcmc 1ullowg
the otheF The Wars of thu Hoses produced
stats OF nuarchy. and W relnycstcd with abs
lutc power the Crown which but yesterday lg
been thing of rngs und patches, -un uDject
cOutcmDt This tu the latter part 0f Il
fifteenth century.
Towards Tie close Of tho reign OF Henry VII
he conceived a passion for Annu I3oleyn, Il,
sought liyorre lronl lis Spanish Queen. /
applied to to Pope. The Pa.w llcsltateu, NJ
the King cut lm gurlian knot bv breaking {
ali relaifot's witt, bis Holiness. Parliament,
stlbscryent tool, Ease ttH sa,lctiot, nud Tho I'LL
suppressed tho 1nonastcries anu
CoHF1sCATKp IMK EsrATkB or THE cituKC
The PTotcstants toizcd the oecuzioi,, hoping
udvnnce talclr tntGrtsts; but they rcckuu
without their host. Tie King proclaimed
ownpollt!eal a,.d Religious Iafa'llbl!isy. and beg
duutt. "1u. i5lo protestants and CAtllol
were dragged from thp Tower to Smishiieid
the Bau,e hurdle; the former wcru burnt
hes~tics, und iha latter hangcI as traltars,
having den!ea the kinE's SUPREMACY" Al I
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