The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-18

We find them a people given 10 good works
One ot the first measures undertaken was the
establishment OF an orphans home. the first in
the state OF Georgia. and among the first estab-
lished in the United States. The old brick
csuTcn which stands in sight is another evidence
OF Jnelr devotion To the cause OF Christ
CHARACTER OF THE sALzBURGERs.
They were the friends of education, and for
years kept up school at Ebenezer, which per
haps some OF the older men and women on the
ground to-day attended in their childhood.
Another feature Of their system of education
was the combining of religious instruction with
the things that pertain 10 everyday life The
schoo was what is known among the Luherans
as parochial school. To both Of these features
| OF tner history would especially call at en-
ton and ask their descendants if they are
oolng all they might do for the widow and the
orphan, and all that they could do for the ad-
Vancement Of education among their children II
only the church of Christ in all its branches
would see to it that the children are taught in
SCHOOLS over which they have supervision, and
IN which they would be free to teach the religion
or the Lord Jesus Calist. The record OF the de-
scendants OF these Sazburgers In Efingham
| county is good one. And TO what shall we at
Tribute it? We have no doubt but that it is
the result Of the pious taken of the young
| minds OF the children, which were filed with
tne truths OF the gospel, and trained in the way
of holy living,
| RELIGIOUS LIBERTY DEGENERATED.
But now that religious liberty has in many
places degenerated into religious license, and
! children are taught that secular education and
ASHSiOuS education are antaROnlStc, IS IL any
wonder that religion as applied to life is one
| thlng and faith or the religious feeling, another.
Is II any wonder the child having this divorce
or religious and secular education so clearly
| Taught him, be has no religion In his business,
| no religion on his farm and that he sep
arates all religion from politics. and feels
willing that the deist should run the
government, while religion is confined only to
| the rev acts of life that are connected with the
church as altogether separate from the interests
OF his country. We hope dear friends, that
ha tar GApC fI.,ntr rrf n,nA
put Few years will pass by before you shall
nave re estabiished the schools and asylums of
| your forefathers
The day is not far distant we hope when the
| history OF this colony shall be more fully writ
ten. Comparatively little is known of their la
bors, sufferings and patience. The records are
| all in German, though in that language we be-
lleve they are tolerably full at least up to the
time OF the death of those whose names are in
| scribed on this monument.
THE LESSON OF THEIR LIVES
But we know enough of them to take to heart
the lessons their faithful lives teach u.s. Let us
| try to be worthy sons of worthy sireS Let us
initiate them in all that is good. pious and
Christ-like. And while they have left us good
name, and given to us good name, let US re-
member that we cannot always maintain
reputation on the character which they be-
queathed to us. Every one of us must stand or
fall on our own record. So then while
we ought to thank God for our godIy
ancestors, let us emulate their example and
never let the good name they left to
us loose any OF It's luStre by our wants OF effort
and appreciation of its great value. And while
this monument stands in your midst as the
| record of the good am the great, let it, as long
| as 1t endures, become more and more interesting
| as it records more and more the pieUy and
virtue OF SalzburZers. as Is it is perpetuated In
| this posterty.
At the close of the address Rev. Charles
| Neidlinger offered the closing prayer, and
the benedictlon was pronounced.
The ceremony throughout was full of in
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| Christians whose ashes were buried upon
that sacred spot
THE SALZBURGERS' SETTLEMENT.
In October, 1882, the trustees for estab-
fishing the colony of Georgia in America
were requested by the Society for the
Propagation of Christian knowledge" to
give the prosecuted Salzburgers an asylum
in Georgia. They were band of German
Pedestrians who had fed from persecution
to the Alpine passes and valleys of Salzburg
and the Tyrol. For over a century they
had been subjected to persecution. History
recites that fortytwo men, with their
families, numbering seventy-eight souls,
left Augsburg Oct. u, 1888, on their Journey
of exile to the seaboard. Three rude carts
sufiiced, one to carry their baggage and two
for their feebler women and children, the
rest travelling on foot. Reaching the Rhine
they sailed down it's romantic waters ar
resting five days they embarked Dec. 3 on
the Trustees ship. and after a tempestuous
voyage down the channel reached Dover on
Dec. q. From here they began their long
ocean voyage, reaching Charleston, S. c.,
March Z, 1874, where they met Oglethorpe.
He had gone to Charleston to embark for
England, but he turned back to settle the
homeless wanderers in Georgia
THE LANDING AT SAVANNAH.
ha
Quoted the first transport of Salzburgers to
Georgia, thus describes the landing at Sa-
vannah in his diary:
March l0-God blessed us this dav with
the sight of our country, our wished for
Georgia, which we saw at 10 in the morn
ing, and brought us into the Savannah
river and caused us to remember the VOWS
we had made unto him, if be did, through
his infinite goodness, bring us hither We
were to-day very much edited with the SD
chapter of Genesis and the 26th of Leviticus
| AT noon we cast anchor because of the tide.
At night, during the evening prayer, we
entered the river of Savannah
march 12-The Magistrates of the town
sent on board our ship an experienced
pilot. and we We're carried up to the town
of Savannah by II in the forenoon. They
returned our salute of five guns with three
and all the Magistrates. the citizens and the
Indians were come to the river side The
two divneS, Mr. Dunbar, some others, and
myself, went ashore in a boat We were
received W tn all possible demonstrations of
joy friendship and civility. The Indians
reached their hands TO me, as testimony
of their jov also for our arrival The Salz-
burgers came on shore after us, and we inn
mediaely pitched tent for them in the
square of the town"
WELCOMED BY THE CoLoNIsTS.
Rev. Mr.. Balzier in his journal thus de-
scribes the landing at Savannah: "Savan-
nah. Tuesday, March 12.-At the place of
our landing almost all the inhabitants of
the town of Saw nnah were gathered to-
gether; they fired off some cannons and
cried huzzah, which was answered by our
sailors and other English people IN our Snip
in the same manner A good dinner was
prepared for us. We, the commissary, and
Mr.. Zwefer the physician were lodged in
the house OF the Rev. Mr.. Quincy, the Eng
llsh minister here.
March l4.-Last night we prayed on
shore for the first time in The English Ct o. el
made OF boards, and used for divine worship
till churca Gun be built. the use Of which
is allowed us during our stay here. The in
hahitant5 joi with us, ald show much de-
votion. The Jews likewise, of which there
are twelve families here, came to church ,
and seemed 10 he very devout
Mr. Van Recl is more descriptive in tho