The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-23

suit Of generations Of evolution: the
Quintosccnces Of the New England spirit
After a young man has been through the
mill, and received the factory brand, he is
the summum bonum of human excellence;
he can have nothing more to hope.
| supposed In my simplicity. when | was
called several years ago To an attractive
New ENGLAND charge that 1t was IN up-
portunity to do more good. This was 50,
lJrhaps hut II was far OvCrshadOWtd by
the opportunities for getting good.
TIL had fallen in with the genuine
home bred New England parson | never
aPprc ciatcd the ideal to which the parsons
could attain in his mortal experience
Hut that providence that shapes our ends
rough, hcw them how We may does oc-
CdSiOually give MS fOrctastes of real joys:
and so | found ny chance at last and
went to New England-and still live to
tell the tale. FC" how difficult ii is for
one who has ever enjoyed the gentle aud
serene climate of New England AMI the
uEanmity and harmony of hor people to
1--we elsewhere. yc are all living witnesses.
10 rhasten my spirit into a iru" humility
lr bringing men for time iuto contact
with ell that Is rich ana rare i'm religious
thought and life, / was led to New Eng
land; that th"s / might be nttei for Il
bettrr l"nd-Cvcn the gocdiy land you
have al sought Pennsylvania.
Th. %aU England parson T., as he ought
to be, all that is good aHd grand. for hc
lis the finest flower Of his age ana cline.
II is UlUght 10 his discrCdit if, Ike al
whit, nurr that is ground too iine he Is
unhealthy and sometime q little pJsty 10
tine tIstDl For occasionally The process
Of .ro'ncmcnt may b" uvordCHc
lie is settled with q Deppt", than whom
none are moro i1tclli-eut. ,nteTprisjnf
or uffrctipUJtc. Il, lives IN the midst Of
the Wust highly acE iur,d individual irl"-
pru1aun, AN ultra N-.ila mani Ood, which
hes never been cquaIlei elsewhere
Nuis spirit pg"Wtat's every sphere or
life. II 8. the natural ;, fvlt OF The rugged
and ru.i.y soil aai the harsh AMI inrio-
mont climate that challenges the YANKEE
To dp or lie. to overcome or perish. t1
invent cr freeze and s.IrNo. The EloriOue
old Iiigrims dung back the gauntlet with
defiance. returned buact for buffet and
d"ycicraI that spirit which has made Now
En- ngiuua easily first IN al orr land in Cdu-
cation. literature, agricultural adapia-
lions. manufactures, trade. politics and re-
liIiIu Tho results Of this dcNciOpm nj
on the individual enable the Yankee as a.
Yankee 10 ort-inyent the inventors. out
trade the Jews, oG1-Wit the politicians
out-relSun the philosophers. and out
herOd ,ve:y Herod that tries to rule over
him.
Tnc New Encland town meeting. where
every man Gays what he pieases and the
smartoat gets his way is the political idea
of pure democratic ilGividdalism. The
New England college, whore men are
taught TO think each for hillself and cy-
cry class room j. debating club is the
IDEAL school OF democracy.
NeT ENGLAND commerce. where II Is
"eytry man for himself and the devil
often takes both the hindmost ami the
foremost, is a pure democracy Of trade.
And so, as real religion Is always the
idea, II is no wonder that The New Eng-
land church is an ideal democracy. H. rii-
viduallsm carried.t itsutter!uost lln,it.
y MANS y MAN.
Whatever his lot in that fair land as
TO gold or fame "a mans a man for a
that and a that a man. every inch of
him. just as much q man cs every other
man. and. indeed, little more sol
The outcome OF such environment Is the
New England deacon. He lives in COM
munity where every man and every woman
ana all their relations understand all mys-
teres and have tried all the panaceas of
life. No problem of philosophy Is too
weighty: no item of conventional decor
um is too light to receive the serious at
tention Of the New England mind. Every
phase Of biological faith and of religious
culture. to. their most extended sub-divi-
sions, Is IN process Of practical experi-