Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-21

Willard is as follows:
The breaking waves dashed high
On stern and rock bound coast;
And the woods against stormy sky
Their giant bra ches tossed
And the heavy night hung dark
The hills and waters DER,
When band of exiles moored their bark
On the wild New England shore.
Not as the conqueror comes,
They. the true hearted, came;
Not with the roll of the stirring drums,
And the trumpet that sings Of fame.
Not as the flying come
In silence and in fear
They shook the depths Of the deserts gloom
With their hymns OF lofty cheer.
Amidst the storm they sang,
And the stars heard and the sea,
And the rounding aisles of the dim woods rang
To the anthems Of the free.
The ocean eagle scared
And the rocking pines Of the forest roared,
"This is our welcome home"
There were men with hoary hair
Amidst that Pilgrim band
Why had they come to wither there,
Away from their childhood's land?
There was womans fearless eye,
Lit by her deep loves truth;
There was manhood's brow ssrenely high,
And the fiery heart OF youth.
What sought they thus ATARI
bElRuC Jewels OIL Iuo nlQ6,
The wealth Of SEAS the spoiIs Of war;
They sought faiths pure shrine.
Aye, call it holy ground
The soil where first they trod,''
And learn from them how good it is
To praise and worship God.
Away back in the years that have come
and gone, men and women lived In what
We call "old fashioned homes."* And it
only needs careful study of the past in
order to learn that in these were taught
lessons which, under God, put nerve and
strength into the foundations of our civil
and religious liberty. And yet one, speak
"What do we find in their home life
worthy of commentator and imitationa"
would answer in this way: First, I find
q spirit CT reverence. It went down to the
root principles of their character. 1t kept
them under the shadow of the eternal. It
put into their hearts strength that hu-
man power could no more take out than
ons can take the light and heat from the
sun. or the water from the ocean.
God to them. was "the high and
lofty ono that inhabiteth etern-
ity, who's; Sc name m ~, is . holy y ~, You o1
ored man who, when asked, DO you like
old ones" replied, "No, indeed" and gave
a reason that he did not make God SO
great. "Why," said he, she dwindles
God up" Now the Pilgrim never dwin-
died God up. To him and his he was
very great, hence they stood in awe of
him. I know it is easy to decry the pres
ent and 20 regard the former days as hav-
ing been better than these. But in
searching my heart, while I do not find
any such belief, I do find a conviction
very deep and very real that one spoke
truth in saying, take the verdict of his
tory; take the strenuous ages; take the his
toric periods of human events, and you
will find them all characterized by deep
earnestness, which sprung from pro-
found awe and universal fear of holy
God. 1t was that fear which is the be-
ginning of wisdom. And tits good to
learn, in the study of Pilgrim life and
character, that their reverence for God did
not prevent nor diminish their reverence
for deserving men, especially for those
| who were over them in church or state.
And this feeling was cherished by many
even in the power days of General Andrew
jackson. So great was it that he is said
to have expressed surprise because of the
veneration in which the people of New
England seemed to hold their clergy. To
be president of the United States of Amer
| lea was an honor, but to be q good minister
of the Lord Jesus Christ was, according to
DR.. Bethune, place so high that none
other can approach it. The old time men
and women of the Mayfower stock, with
their children and children's children,
believed this and taught it in
their homes, and so held Christ's
ministers in reputation. And toward civil
officers who, because of excellent qualities
Of both head and heart, had been promot-
/ cd 70 r,1o Of hfrh nd
they evinced those marks of respect which
are not only seemly, but much to be com.
mended. Would it not be better if the
| multitude of our times had a little more of
| this spirit of reverence? Everybody is SO
familiar and SO unrestrained and so much
at ease, and well may keen observer say,
otis dreadful, the awful freedom we take
nowadays, and do away with all solemnity
and all dignity" And if each would heed
the Injunction 'not to think of himself
more highly than he ought to think" it
would, am sure, in many cases, check
that overweening selfhood which brings
calling upon a professor of nat:
ural history when he happened to
be extremely busy, said, "Possibly I
disturb you and had better call again. u
Gas you please" said the professor; 81
am collecting material for an essay on i'd
tote; you can stay if you like" Now an
idiot, we know, would make q very I'M
pleasant and distasteful atmosphere; but
inordinate conceit on the part of man, wo.
man or child, out Of which spirit of rev.
| erence can no more come than roses can
grow out of a rock, that is an abomina
| ton. It may be that the reverence of for
mer days had in it little too much Of
publicity, but better go than that levelinp
spirit which recognizes no superior on thu
earth, and is slow to admit that even God
himself is great. Reverence for parents
reverence for age, reverence for the wist
and good, and above all, reverence for Goo
this is mental habitude that should b,
held fast, and 1t should be taught, precep
upon precept, line upon line. This wa
the Pilgrims way, and for healthy hear
life andihome life We believe it to have beer
good way.
a second element of power in the Pill
grim home was that of faith in God. II
believe that God always does the RICH
thing. at the right time and In the right
rough night winds and MONDAY sunshin,
puts strength into the oak. This latter
when tempest is Juggling ct it's roots ani
lifting it's boughs, may give way and fal
PROSTATE on the earth, but he whose hear
Is fixed, trusting in the Lord, cannot b,
moved. This faith-anchor holds as non,
other can, and to him God is real. He Il
on his right hand and on his left; he look
down into his heart; he listens to what b,
has to say; he pities him; he sympa.
thizes with him; he works for hil
eternal blessedness. And this he does II
nature, In providence aud In grace; and
ps1meatsd with this spirit, inwrought, q
II IL, in every fibre Of his moral being, be
impersonates lesson which he Keeps
teaching in his own home, l. e., faith in
God. Hence well read bible and family
altar were not only things that he estab-
lished; they were also things that estab.
lished him, because, while faith conditioned
the manifested life, the life flowed back to
refresh and invfgorats and strengthen the
faith. And 30 It was mighty force, far
reaching power. You and have pleasant
homes. Tenderly and lovingly We pass in
and out, joying In the JOY that abideth
there. But are we conscious Of the debt
We owe to former ssnsrstioRs, especially