Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1897-07-09
XXVI.
Rev. oose.s Fourth of July Sermon,


South. at this place last Sunday morn
ing. IN honor Of the day, preached n
patriotic sermon, brief synopsis OF
which We present below.
The discourse opened with PIC
,ure of that smll but mightiest expe-
dition. for results, in the contest for the
freedom of the individual, that ever
went forth from L couutry-the saiing
of the MayAower from Plymouth, Eng
land. September 9th. I6,o. Ii was
small craft and small company. only
10, souls-men. women and children.
but il contained the seeds Of the
migh,iest free republic in the history
of the human race.
The speaker showed the impotence
of MN wher contending sgains,
the proyiIences OF God .'.Ah, James.
thou naughty monarch, If thou hadsi
bu: never let that vessel leave your,
po-t; ah. England, EnglInd, If thou
hldsi but krcwn. and couldst have
5ribed tie siorm-ling to unchaiu the
widest furies Of his deep and drag
doxn to the deepest depth that ga.
laut vessel and her noble crew, how
different il might have been with thee,
hOx d;Etrcni il might have been With
The history of the worAr But thou
couldsi not. No, neither thou nor nj!
the powers OF earth and he'll could
stay that vessel in hcr course. For
on her decks she bore the seeds OF
freedom for world. that must nceds
be planted on bleak New EnglanG's
shores"
As became the source Of such
mighty results as We have witnessed
IN the founding OF our free republic
the authors Of that grand wo'k were
men and women OF heroic characters
Whatever may lie said OF their ioibles-
the warp ard woof Of their characters
were sober. industrious. resolute and
Lold- lives; mo labor was too ar
duous, 90 undertaking too great for
performance in The accomplishment OF
their purpose. Conscience was their
king and guide in all they did Free
dom to worship God according to the
dictates Of conscience and the free
dom of the individual was the end
toward which they laborcd, and for it,
Accomplishment they willingly gave up
country. kindred and all the comforts
o. old England. We, their descend
ants, should remember the source
whence they got the strength for the
great task they accomplished The
source Of all these mighty results was
Implicit faith and trust in God" by
the workers OF IT all.
The preacher next drew n picture Of
our natal day. july 4th, 1876, when
our independence was declared and
"A nation was born in n day" That
act was but the b.ossomed fruits Of
national independence sprung from
the seeds sown by the Pilgrim Fathers.
The courage tina, gave them power to
undertake that great struggle had
been created by Ct Vry of school,
ing in the principles that inspired tie
planting of the colonies in the Ameri-
can wilds. They dared 10 declare
their independence and take up arms,
because they believed 1t to be right,
and because they believed to the side
of right was pledged the protection OF
Divine Providence, and & God was for
them what difference did il make If
old England had 4 thousand times
their Strength" The foundation OF
our Independence was Land IN implicit
faith in God. Laying their founda-
ton thus wisely they reared super
structure of whose grandeur they had
not dreamed.
The importan, lesson we should
learn from the lives OF those great
men is this: They "were men who
reyerenc. ID and had faith In and
trusted Supreme Beng, who was the
pledge and surety for the final triumph
of the right and The downfall Of the