New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-23

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| preted IT. significance:
| 0 beautiful. ny country!
| What divine of lover Of poet
| Gould tell love and make thee know H.
| Among the nato's bright beyond conparel
| VIVA: were ivcs without thee
| What all lives 70 save thee!
We reck what gave thcc;
We Will not 10 doubt thee
But ask whatever else, and We will dare
BRIGHT WORDS OF DR. WAYLAND.
Wien tic applause with which Pres dent Lows
| closing words were commended had died away,
Mr. Rollins said
| There WIS once an uniiial heir who qualified
| as administrator of large estate that had been
| left by his deceased father. And this he did In
| the confident expectation that he could promptly
turn it's assets his personal possession but his
path 70 a final roundup of the affairs al the es-
tate was SO INSTRUCTED by Legal complications that,
| in a moment of impatience and of sad sincerity,
he declared considering all the trouble he had had
in settling up the old gent enans Affairs, lie some
times felt almost sorry that he had ever died.
Now may say this to you in confidence. Since
il became known that the distinguished gentle
man who sits NJ my left would lift Up his voice
i'm Your hearing tonight the demand for dinner
tickets has been 40 urlcnt that at time Tie on
miticc OF Arrangements have nalf regretted that
IN" Pymouth Pilgrims were ever allowed TO ana,
and were not. on the contrary, compelled bJ stress
Of statutes in forbiddancc of Immigration to ilnd
shelter again in Holland. II Is not easy TO en-
plain this sharp rivalry for the privilege OF az
commodation within thcs, hospltabla walls None
of ~. who attended the celebration of our eighty
fourth anniversary three years ago AZ Dcluonlcos
can faii 10 recall DR.. Way lands delicious answer
10 his conundrum toast Why are New-Ensland-
crs Unpopular? And none can have forgotten,
even after this lapse of time, the wit, the humor
tie path :. the ,loqucncc that made that occasion
so consl icuous III tine anna, OF the society lheif
>cliShnc-s is the topic of his address tonight
We are puzzled 10 k iOw what he means by It, and
are inpatient To- hud out | can hit upon no words
that will better serve to describe Tat impotence
tan ;hc.c SIN which declare truth. | am will
III 10 swrar TO Piymoath Rock pants for DR.. Way
land Laughter
Dr. Waylaud laid
Mr. tr,-iuent and Ladies' ana Gentlemen: l say
ladies' that ycu may know now IL VIII 'Culu III
tn day, v.cn the soils Vi The fuIltiia nave become
80 i,t 'lti no tit uey VIII it' "a. D"ir,,'aH -,
The Punt M dine with them. II Is always pleasure
10 a iuuadcpAian 10 come IL New "rh. W. weary
OF ne lr.cn cld, tNAt BE- on either SD OF Chestnut
It,. ana oi thr singing VI the IiidS In Mir"t Lam,
br ~ii-,t. u.usht.r. avail OUi,ciE", oi eVc.y op
pu.tu.lty 10 come to The metropolis We admire TIA"
uagn. hccut temple, erected to the memory oil religion
NhI' within chor WHO Lat meh', lI"eaI3
dr sod performed at ale "pfa now rh'nt q d,ig@
t. it.AIftsi. W" look wan N1lu'T on tH' o"hN'''
teo o-ic.l -c'lnari,o, lh Nmch l'"IH'u pIpl''~''
..li.Ii.s Instruct o." young men what not 4" believe.
lut ". trr Of all th's" dazzling wonders and We
return 70 ,hc rural irusai! oI our simple 'n.lS',an
.INr~.~ -dug o. bed a. O'Clock after dolhs thc
chores. rising with the larh To- milk I'll" cows 10 noe
iLt. psfnte, and 10 cngic. In our Auini-e. Eonely
,ois. Laughter aud aprlauSrJ ,
When your president hiDui! granted me permission
De- pre-. tnis OCCASION, on the eAprc,' con
muou INT should avoid ali euJ ~ an, word or
Two tat might LAY. ana. above Az tiht my l'hafhs
~koa!d be- strictly moral, | was reminded oil ,hr
conversation Which took Place when Mr. >nlWley
VIC llout putting bis two stepsons the unhappy
chi drcn Of ii, VIE 10y prcyou MARRIAGE tn i the
snawicy. TO have their inoras partcnarly ATTENDED
re-, 'led tlc excellent NJ ~lieers. -" am moral man
myself Al least can say that am so nearly Of
Nm 10 the Moral science That We Ira common
p4rentnsc uaugh,crJ
ABOUT THAT sELFI-HNESS.
observe That the programme sets my name over
against tn topic, Their >elishnes>' Perhaps TINS
subject viii answer we as any other as hook
from wiIch ~ j',pcud few moral reflections. Ana
do not tate to Say, upon broad ana lhparia'
survey of u,c situation. that tho fathers OF New
Fnl nd vcr. tie most selfish and gasping set OF
If.y wanted H.. best 90 everything, and all there
I@' m T' ~ 'e'i or Many Of a, have to
-at,fl,d With such ancestors as We nave. but thrg
.cm+nl,d .Onr,luus better. They Insisted ON having
all tn good and great men that have ever hN"l
li,y began FAR hacn. Moe, ana joshua ana Hanl"rI
W,r. rDutan, In their rcvclcut sgird Tor rigorous
Iirhteoil,ne.,. IS King David. he WAS something
Of a lmtau hi. also ~ d deal Of a cavalier.
through al thc line of his descendants, the SINE mixed
al rl, - pr,yai.ri a, t,, the one, ANA some
Inc, the other. came uppcrmo,t. t1ah r'puhhs
l'nes 10 their face. Jeremiah n the dungeon, John
fh' I,ut,t tine ner soul,d Apostle who reasoned Of
Righteousness, temp rance ana J"uEu'ht' D'I"t' ~
corrupt G,'crnnr tie prophets WHO have loved truth
MIR than favor-ll a., .r the early New Englandcrs
coveted for their ANCESTOR. daughter ana apP'at'''
Though the Christian centuries wherever there
wen. ave souls mat testified righteousness uIl
persecution chased them mp Ia Heaven lmonH lnc
Alps II belmont IN the grass market At Edinburgh
al Emitl field IN IiEtS Tie great ull WIS uhitI
INK In the Eve Of Ut. arholomrw there were the
spiritual ancestors OF the Puritans.
They drew their blood from the fellows e tho i'm
mortal man, who, In the days oi Elzabru lh'
n5npDnd oG upS the scaiod waved The let above
hts head shouting for England and liberty. zap |
tpiIni lrtld ncri. Which began thc annhIlao. Of
the Armada and which made nn.rty pos'lohN'
rs the Mayhower mad" 1t n reality.
WANTED THE FUTURE. TOO.
Tu tho Puritan, were not satisfied with the past. |
with the in,atia,e greed Of millionaire, they wan
I'd the future we'll And 80 they got possession
somehow. Of all the principles which would In com |
ing time be- held In reverence. They believed In the
existence Of right and wrong. AMI in the Infinite |
supremacy Of righteousness They believed IN Ia"
intense reality OF God. and Of the unseen and inc |
spiritual they held that tho," were the real, ana
hat everything else was the shadow They held
that some things true. ana tlmt some things are
not true. that truth and right are above thrones,
are above even the majority dear to the american |
hoart They believed ia man a. above institutions.
l.ovc real eStntc even above stocks. daughter
ma applau.o They believed that greatness Is I'M
material that the greatness Of a state. OF city.
iCus not lie in IT. acreage" nor ia the assessors
BOOKS. They got mortgage on all these principles
and lroiu ngr they nave been foreclOslng.
Laughter and applauoe)
Come with tl- hesrt Of New England, Ii so
may call Massachusetts,. Down In MmdcscN Is II
little village which the crnsus credits with 100 IN.
nabiants. The soil IS thin and scanty there IS no
raillc: there are no manufactures. small. snug
Dish stream flows through tn" quiet village: the
.oises are plain. redeemed from baroness only by
he touchc, If good taste Just before cross the
ltt'e stream, nOuCr u simple monument Ia the
middle Of the way on II We read the lines that have
become household words wherever the English Ian
,uage Is spOhru.
ON the Other side Of the bridge little space by
he wnysldc i, protected by an irOI railing. an in
criptl0n tell ~ That here lie two British soldiers
Who fell on the 18th Of April. 1873. As We draw
rear the village, ask, What house i, that l' |
My, that H. the house where Nr. Emerson framed
hose calm philips phicl sentences that have moulded
hnractcr all the world. Wonder i the old
ansc. whose " Mosscs' are inmOr;aiz'd by the
magic Of Hawthorne From that plain dwelling
now. alIs empty. standing little back from the
Dad. Louisa NJ. Alcott sent ont Little Women and
Little Men To charm generation of yOurg PEG
In that house lives y. lockwood lIOnI. Wl~pSt