Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-21

parted. The Pilgrim had come, and he
had come to stay. And through all these
two hundred and sixty years they that
sleep on Burial hill and they that still live
have been stretching out their dominion
lines. Their blood is in the veins of the
best men and the best women that breathe
the breath of life, and to them is this ma
ton largely indebted for its growth and
thrift and prosperity. And would 1t not
be pardonable in us to feel as did that New
England deacon who is reported to have
said that the best thing that ever
happened to him and his family
was the landing of the Pilgrims
on Plymouth Rockf And 1t should
be our earnest care, not only to look back
upon them with love and honor, but also to
do those things which, as We believe down
would not leave undone. And Ia. 1t not
probable that were they to read our news.
papers, and visit our courts, and use faith
| fully all the means of finding out the real
| condition of family life and club life as 1t
is to day ask, is it not probable, having
| seen the many abuses that ought to be re-
formed and the many grievances that
| ought to be redressed, their hearts would
bs sore panied within them, and not few
"What ought to be we know not. but that
these things ought not to be, we do know;
and here, in Gods name, they shall not
stays"
The simple truth Is that there lived on
this earth of ours ,nearly 300 years ago q
class of men and women who had no
superiore; nor would 1t be any over praise
to add, no equals. They were first and
foremost in all noble daring and all noble
doing. They were dear to God, and
famous they will be to all ages. And
blessed be God, they were our fathers and
our mothers. And another simple truth
is this: the men and women who have il
their veins the old Pilgrim blood, who car
trace their gsneslogy back to the May
are in their DAY and
theirs, l. e., first and foremost in all nobl,
daring and all noble doing. This ma,
seem like boasting, but that such is tn
verdict of history, no one who reads cal
doubt. All, but they had their faultsl Yes
aud so did their children and chill
dren's children, and 30 have we O
this generation. But as reverence, faith
duty, were their three guiding stars, cal
we do better, go far forth, than to follow
!, them2 I do not ask you to follow them ii
all things, for their age was not our age
, and just as we look back upon their follie
so the men and women of the year 227
| WILL LOOK DaCK upon our lOll1eS- buG I6S
: erence for God, faith in God, obedience t
| the will of God-these are virtues that vii
,, never wear out, and we shall do well t
hold them fast. Otherwise our ship Q
, state will drift out upon dark tide, with
+ out an anchor and without guide.
4 / repeat, reverence for God, faith in God
!. obedience to God-drop these out of on
3 living and We die. Hold them with
e firm grip and then. both in our prayer
and in our deeds. God will be marchin
3 on. And should he choose now and then a
"Old Stiff Backed Calvinist" for leader
> do not doubt his wisdom or his love, fo
somehow such men have laid foundation
that were very deep and very strong
, Their metal, their moral fiber, their wi
= power that never lodged hard places
E these we want; their logic, some of 1t, "
can do without.
But when we upset the boat in whic
4 they sailed are we sure that our own is
. better ones When we cannot understan
= why they said and did some things are "
q sure that the eighth generation from t.
= day will understand why we say and
u some thingsa We look back upon the
J. with love and honor, and thank God tn
they lived. May our work on earth
}. such that not few will be thankful tn
we were permitted, in a measure. to fill {
70 that which was wantedl Then God will
| gloriied in u.s.