New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-19
THE CARGO OF MASTER CHRISTOPHER
A VISION OF FOUR CENTURIES.

II. Bert Lewis in The Pennington Seminary Review.
Ak Fercns" he signs himself in ancient documents;
and lover Of adventure. and versed In geographic
and scientific lore These things all moved him much
But over and above them all he religion, enthus
ust. Ills luminous eyes the whole countenance, be-
spoke the fcrvent spirituality within. He was made
oso who So for sse made mays q oSe
lie had much In common with both Savonaroa and
Loyoa. And so. while he wished for adventure. and
to extend human knowledge Of the world. and to en-
large the dominons of the sovcreigns Of Leon and
CASTLE, his chief desire to bear the Cross to the
uttcrmost ends of the EARTH and to bring hitherto M
hoT a re t and Esap under the sway and into
1t was prodlelous boast Of The Roman Conqueror
yens9.' What. DO you fcari You carry caesaEi"'
every doubt and every rising fear and every gathering
n Wit with the t r pt?der n boast What 40 you
Of Christianity that little vessel bore such freight as
before or since WIS slowed away in hold cabin
Argo Navis with its Golden Fleece sinks into nsgDl
AeOeas TO the mouth Of the Tlber and the LavnIan
shores was but Q feeble Prototype au.,,,.
Discourse Of Adam" porrays the father Of the human
race rs looking with amazement through the centuries
upon his own mutudin0us descendants, and upon
himself therefore. a sort of condensed embodiment
Of all h9 generations that should people the earth
little craft bearing above its quiverng keel the
promise and potency as Herbert spencer would say,
paced the deck In the weary night watches, 10 his
pophetic vision the banner Of the masthead changed
from the crimson and gold OF spain to me meteor
flag Of England, then to the Pine Tree banner, then
to the S'ars ana stripes. The ratte Of the rudder
and then Of the clash Of steel that sund ared them
forever The wealherworn ropes of the rigging
stretched athwart his visionary prospect, seemed
promise Of the network of electric wires and cables
The very ships themselves. the three cockleshen
galeons or caravels or whatever they were called
were such longer Bat this the Bon H0mme
Richard of Marlborough Head. this Old ronsides
YARD arm 10 yardarm with the Gucrriere, and this the
a r ,5 the barber sx Of M2ss the parchment
more patent from Their Majeses Of Leon and Castillo
,b t o"e r., o,T -, m'i event. eye ahd
writing Of John Hancock. Nay, il bore later date
Il said All men are free!' and its signature that
And he crew. TOO, who were they, as he looked
what did he see in them? Here 4 stern faced Puritan
mere fas ny: Cavalier IVA here plethora Dutch
two martial forms the one in bue the other in gray.
Here lay whose hand seeucd already gruspng and
aad sod nng IT, here v -s sG side Where Where
Inc PIop1e. &C. ear ,, caught the ,9und Of great rush
Here lay one upon whose placid brow the sunlight
seemed to trace In golden Characters First in war.
and y ms side one Whose patient suffering face
was written, With malice toward none, with charity
WIS written, Give me liberty or ave me- death
Nor w'Te these all IN darker corners OF the cabin
the iicEins palm. There wer; the betraysr' u a
T q homo, the pundercri Of peoples b!rhrght
Who would sacrifice public cool 10 private Gain.
There were those who wOuid aim deadly blows
AGAINST the nations He. FalsehoOi and treachery
and theft and unclcanneS> uris,d in the shadow
ana tn, admiral fa!terei and asked Of himself, Do
indeed bear The On ist'
onch wa TIE cargo which the little vessel bore,
the most momcltUus 70 humanity since that earlier
vEa-e was ended at Mount Ararat. And not only
bore great treasure from tie Old. and robbed 1t OF
them forever. Il bore away from spain her valor
and chivalry and left the prondest and strongest
European power TO sink into insignlfcance. II
brightest young hearts and brains, and strongest arms
whose labors would he lost to the father
llnd and would build up new, iatherlapd
5 "A marked pathway hy which the chosen people
Should make exodus md leave the land Of
bondage d,sOate
As he looked back along the foamlng wake he might
"A strange squadron following hard and fast There
a Neot NJ noi-Cme slave Ships. There came long
Ines vi euigrant ships. There came innumeable craft
each great black hulk hundred times the size OF the
Nina, with ribs OF iron and With hearts OF fire. rushing
adveu'urou, voyage. But this the flagship he the
admiral OF the Who'll. mighty navy.
Who built the Nina In what shipyard was the
Pnta framrdl Who launched the santa Marta Ship
they had prophcsled tiny OF the little ships
Their noighhors would have laughed them ID scorn
with incrc.ulity surprising that which poured
upon old Father Noah Yet NJ them. though no
vessels ever launched. that Humanity. with al It's
fears With all is hopes Of future years was hanging
breathless on their fate.
X Ferens" be wrote his name. in hour Of relig.
prospect the real import OF the that he bore. as
realized In these four hundred years what would he
have written!