Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-12-05

forth their sons to mould the character OF
the age. How many men Of national re-
nown have gone out from Maine villages,
many of which possess less advantages
than ours. Shall We not then develop
these elements of city greatness? make
tluence ~ suhlimlty on our lite; gather
from summer concourse new ideas Of
culture and from the sterling merit Of our
young send out men -.ho, like st. Paul,
will make our village known in history?
II l. with Ideas like these tha, begin the
work 10 which YOU have called me. From
this church a> a centre we design to advance
until every phase Of our village life has
felt the uplft Of the spirit of progress.
which has started here. We have no in
tention Of returning 10 more primitive
er intellectual life, deeper moral earnest
ness, more prevalent religious spirit are
the objects of our cndeavors. We shall
attempt 10 feed expanding thought, stimu-
late an already generous activity, develop
character into nohcr perfection anil take
these elements Of city greatness and lift
them into glorious achievement. In
these efforts ask the co-operatiou of that
spirit which has been SO generously mani
tested and 10 insure 1t have sought to
arnus. your yenrration for what il noble
,,,t. .,
larycr Efforts for its higher and more per
n,urn, lmpro,emrnt.
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,,r.s.,, ,,.., bi,, ,h,~c I,r,,. ideas And
,i,,. ,,ltcht..l rn,. ,,,o ~ forma,jn,
..r,t.,.,,r.r ", ca,,o, se,arat. +.
n.,r rr,.,.,.,i. .rrroupdiny. II. il a mart
.f ,h,.,n ard r.accts tI,em Thc indiyiJn,l
man l.. Hc,i,r IudivIdnaI. arc I'm,
,,,u,. AZ consciousness. hnt ~. m,n his
character. idca- ana succcs. are the result
Of ASSOCIATION The common life stamps il
>clf upon ,hc mcn ana women who 20 ont
from Ii. II the common life become.
weak or corrupt. individual life sinks into
friyuliiv aud degradation What an III
ccniivc thl, law Of moral conformity fur.
ni>hcs for nohicr effort when we realize
that a. NC buill our institutions 50 We
mould the characters and shape the dc.-
tjufr, or the generation that grows up I'M
der them Statesmen a. well as minister.
have recognized the need Of certain in>ti-
tuttnns II rtrc stability "a moral life In
a monarchy A Standing army can "hold
people there j. need tha, personal charac-
ter should be constrained by general in.t-
tution~ The institutions OF controlling
Influence In our village are those Of patr-
oti-m education and religion The flag
thr school house and the church arc three
thiu.s III which cycrv citizen should Hook
with pride and reucratlon.
+, i.r,, rn..rv n,, shonla nIn.I
f.r patriotism for mat la, been Impressed
On the very life Of the place Itisnot nv
.tuir " arorsc greater interest II ,luc,.
ION even r that were needed but il is nv
dptr IL prre nnon van the imnortancc of
N. Village church n ,he yulsg. rommnpl.
Is
rrnvrcs.iy, IN, IA. n. rnut IN reiiyious
interest AMI the Puritan. wcre moved by
,rarticat wisdom a, well a. relieIou. real
Nhcufbcy mad,, the church thr c.ptr. OF
tn,ir ,iIla.clif There i, a beauty in the
tar,u,e Of III, old community in which the
,.,.tar.ra,,J pronhct amnnr rhe peoplc
,u,l .v,rv united movement s,ar,.I from
,h. rbur,h Tho.. were d,ys when Divine
Power entered into human affairs. The
>talwart. intrepi,l. manly bfe Of our coun-
rry : ,hc product Of A generation that
nl,rrd thc ,i,I,r. rburch In tbe po,itiop of
honor ,nd onrbority and wherever that
Spirit la. a sappearrd Ia. pobl, character
,f M, .,.o,,I. H.. yannJ
rr,bo .,rif.o of .cr,. tho ,u,gc cburrh
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t..l r,so.-io, ana c,d orar, ~, ~.
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,.-l
,nInov | voplj nl,ad for,h. cn,hrorc.
rn..nt .f I'M church opc. mor. IL i. A.
.r,.i.,n. ,,l.r.. a.. TN, reutre ~ vour .yillarn
HI, :. .,.r, ,,g,rc,,or, fr.,r, ~.
,rIl,, .v.rv ci,i,nn fa.l ,h., Il !. his
cLp-cb and ,tat /, has r.la,ior ~ nj.
h. ana eni,vman, I.,,he in,.ros,,.lan
in i,s ,mnro,.m.r- hesnaak IN interest !,
a.. sriri,nalard moral v,rt
,.ide frou Il. sniri,naI .ipnifcanc. thc
.,,r,ch f.. an tn,,or,,,, ir.,i,n,io, fr,,,
the relation IN which it stands to the NOR.
ii ,ife ~ N. nlace |, i. ~. ox,onnd.
or of those r.ligiou. nrincinies which mn.
derlie all moral character. It il the centre
Of that moral instruction which enters in
to the formative life of the young and the
source of what i finest in social culture
When the power of this institution is lost
the community soon forgets the superla-
tive worth Of these principle. Of life and
character The young man fails to realize
the imperative force Of those ideas which
christian men and Yields first to
A low expediency and mercantile sense of
lorar arJ ,bap ~ ma suprnmapts NJ r;ca