The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-09
ON PLYMOUTH ROCK.
Dedication OF tho National Monu-
ment to tho Pilgrims.
The sloss Important Event Ia tE~ ub-
tory ef Our Country fitstnTiy Conn
memorssed la EndarIng Granite
and Marble.

PLYMOUTH. Mass. Ang. 1.-The grand
National monument Ia honor Of tho Pill
! grim~ was dedicated yesterday. h sons
and daughters ~ Plymouth We're here Ia
great numbers. The weather 81 the early
morning was unpropitious. aud u was
necessary 70 view the parade from
beneath umbrellas. a heavy show
or prevailing. The celebration began
az sunrise with salute by
Battery A. and the ringing ~ the bells.
The morning trains brought large NUM-
bers OF ang "A a great throng sur
rounded the new u nj half past
nine O'Clock. when the dedicatory exer-
cises were begun by the Masonic Grand
Lodge. according 10 the ritual ot their orr
der. These exercises We're very Interest,"
ing.
The band rendered a selection by John
X. Paine. following which the song Of
praise written BY X. W. Thomas Power
was sung by the Temple Quartette. Fol-
lowing the song came the address OF the
president Of the Pilgrim Society. x-Gov
ernor Long; the response Of Grand
Master Henry Endicott; proclamation
by Grand Marshal George H..
Rhodes; reading of Scripture selec-
tions by Grand Chaplain Rev. Charles
A. skinner: prayer by the Grand Chap
lain; report on the examination OF The
monument and libations of corn and
wine by the junior and senior grand
wardcns respectively. The llbation OF
oil by Deputy Grand Master samuel Wells
was followed by the Invocation by the
grand chaplain. Grand Master Henry
Eudicott then delivered an address The
entire assembly then sung m appropriate
closing hymn 10 the tune ~ "America."
The exercises concluded with a PROF.
lamation by the grand master, benedic-
ton by he grand chaplain and the
Pilgrim Chorus by the band. Meantime
the procession had been forming. and at
eleven o'clock moved, ID seven divisions.
over an extended route. AT thu COM
~pletion OF the parade the officers and
members os the Pilgrim Society. with the
orator. poet and guests. took their places
in the great dining tent and the feast
provided for the occasion was discussed
for an hour. Then cx-Governor Long
introduced The orator or the day. Mr..
Breckenridge. who arose amid apprecla-
tive applause and delivered his GRAFTON
II has been urged that one " the honors 20
be given 10 these rcvrrei mcn y that they
were ''af the beginning % our institutions.
that they left behind them the ola forms and
institutions OF the other continent ard started
new Institutions. based on Few pr nciplcs and
projected by new governmental nodes. hut
Institutions are growths. not manufactures
The option 81 Institutional material at any
gwen time j. limited. the choice left 20 states
men * narrow. the margin between the lines
OF development j. relatively small. and herein
lies the claim 20 honor among the immortal
who have deserved well OF mankind. that Ut the
critical moment. perhaps amid the din ~ peril
Gus battle. they chose wisely and heroieally-
And. as the growth continues cea>clessly. there
constantly recurs the necessity for new choice.
the obligation 81 fresh iecssiou. Thus u Is
that on the one hand each generation must
meet and solve rs own problems and vet, on
the other hand. each generation nnds that
what has been done before u came iuto power
has limited it, action an: shut u up Ia straight
sned lines ~ chocc. No historian has < ven 20
those who iIr-t suffered for the sublime truth
that human freedom was Impossible. except ~
the separation Of Church aud state. that place
D femInencc which j. by right theirs. This y
tho truth. 70 which the pilgrim fathers trsts
ned. This truth tncy frst brought 70 Am~-'
This j. their true honor: this their n frlr-
crown. The company rwhch came over az
M~aynower.' was the Caly nisttc Protestant
church. Its peculiarly was that Il wn- = sep
arati~t church II was purely English. II an
fered alike from the Catholic anh Engli~l
churches. including the Purltans IN the In
WNINu NAAIEAs III NAE
fundamental. aud irrecon Stable \
involved nothing less than the whoi'
question OF enforced or free religion. ~
difference which separated aud stil separates
The state church from The free. What y IN
waived M thts belief. That the church D.
voluntary spiritual association. e. - GOV
erned only IS the law~of Christ. and ~entirei,
free a. a chnrcA from the dominai on ~ tn
state. The honor due - the Plymouth father
A. that they first brought that truth a. a prac
ticai. vital principle ~ governmental lie y
this continent. II was an immense strid'
when this separation was won- The next sfcl
wa more safely taken. that churches we're vol
untAry organ.x Ation~. ~~h"a the eon-eAt % ~
governed" gave Anfhorif over IN. members
A. soon a. IL T. a matterOf right 70 unite v N
or Withdraw from a church. ~ orgauixe ~ &c
stroy a church. then ri Eiou~ freedom brcpme
permanent. For. ~ yoluntari y unite with an
church pfrsuppo~e- the right ~ refrain frnr
union With any religious body Hut mr.
higher reason it4~ T. nisp trne. fr a - base
on the right ~ private judgment; and this
intellectual. No man can Z ect Tor himself ~
doctrines he Will believe. the facts he Will az
cepf. the forms he prefers ani the INT
he yearns for until he possesses mental free
dom. We fail 10 realize how small were IN
vessels which bore the founders ~ States an
how meagcr was The largest operation for surl
ventures AMI when We try 10 weigh "a
necessities for successful colonization In slcl
4 climate and country As ours then was, tina
all such ventures did not fail n q marvel. Bu
here. a. everywhere the Man in the cn.erpfis
4. the factor 81 prime importance; with all ou
| marvellous inventions aud accomplishment
the true factor OF success j. tho Man. The cen
/. trail point ia that sad day events was Tim
their reverend pastor, falling on his knees
aud all % them with him. commende
them with fervcnt tears 70 the Lor'
, II was an official act Of the pastor as Inc =
!. iccted part OF nm organized church then >,
Z apart 20 the task ~ establishing q new horc
: America. There was no civil government. III
= immigrants did not believe IN q thcocratic stat
. any more than in a sccularizrd church II ":
: necessary 70 organize q form of civil Cover
: ment. and out o. that necessity sprang that NJ
: lie instrument known as the social compac
Y the forcfathcrs. That such a compact WI
/ deemed necessary demonstrates how scrup
icu~iy these men held - The separation
state and church. Already an organized churs
they. by their own convictions ~ The proyin'
T OF ~ powers and the Limitation ~ ~ authoi
I ". felt compelled - form a ciyi body politi
True. cmivrants do not leave their country \
!, hind them. they carry u with their fath ~
customs. Men die. tncsr survive. They ent
into the bclicfs. convictions, ltfe and hopes
a composite people Who are horn, trained ~