Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-12-29

against opposing FORCES. secondly, tnc 1Orce
of coercion, the force that can make the
world listen and hear and yield to Its con
victions. Thirdly, the creative force, the
force which is not satisfied, like that of
France, in destroying and dispacing the old,
but has the creative instinct impulse and
capacity to reform the old, and where
elements are destroyed, to fill their place
with n new and higher order of things These
three forces the Puritan element of England
possessed, in the highest possible degrees,
and 1t is tre combination of the sc in them
that enabled them to change the currents and
character of history.
The results of these forces in history are
very Significant They resisted the com
bined forces of state and church in England,
and the added force of the Catholic hier
atchv as it sought to aid Charles ! in his
effort to restore England to the Papacy.
The PuritIus convinced the English people
of the necessity of publication of the church,
and the curtailment of the claims and
functions Of King and Bishop. They created
vast changes in sentiments in departments
of religion and politics. The constitutions OF
governments have ever since been under
going radical changes i'm and arrangements
of privilo eyes, rights and responsibilities OF
the people in com ron affairs of life i'm all
relations They have atfp ctod the trends of
the times in nation making on the American
continent. We are making here new
nation, not aVOnic not Gcrmanic, not
Gulllc, nor Oclllc. not I0tlns nor Ntulultu
to .aV an Anglo Saxon nation, hut II new
nation of a higher and broader type, cos
mopolitan, humane, intelligent ana free In
the heart of all trends of our modern times
lie The great fundamental sentiments of the
Puritans, God ruling i'm the aft trs of men IN
snd for righteOu-n ness the greatness OF man
in whom an rights exist, and theref re must
there be liberty of minr, of conscience, of
privilege, of action. over Ia king for the
breaking forth of new light from the word of
God upon all questions in which mems In
terests lie.
Doctor Mott being confined to no
subj CT in particular entertained his
hearers with delightfully."- discursive
melange about Poe, Princeton, the
PuritAns, pedigree, and pumpkin pie,
after which a trio, "Pit-pat." was charm
lnglv sung by Mesdames HUI, Dickens,
and Miner.
Professor Wright followed with brief
remarks, af.er hich How. j. w. Stew
art. caught on his way to the train for
New York and called upon to deliver,
spoke forcihlv on the existing situation
a. regards the policies of England and
the United States. lie spoke of the re-
gret he could not help feeling that the
Two most civilized nations of the world
are at war with weaker peoples. A
closer application, in the affairs of fgovern-
ment. of the fundamental principles of
Christianity would, in his Judgement,
make wholly unnecessary such a war as
that in the Transvaal; while our own
problems, whatever their extent, will
prove easy of solution when the simple
rule of "love to God, love to man" is
brought into requisitlon.
Mrs. Katherine Slade Hills solo,
"Maiden's JOY" was supplemented by
"Ye banks and braes o. bonny Doom"
given in response to an enthusiastic
encore.
Mr.. Battell then spoke with force and
feeling on the topics of the hour. He
endorsed the sentiments expressed by
Mr.. Stewart and declared his intense
qualification that the sentiment in this
country, so far as he had heard 1t voiced
is upon the side of the Beers in their
struggle to preserve autonomy.
After another solo, "Sweetheart," by
Doctor Sheldon, Professor McGilton
closed the speaking OF the programme.
setting up, according 10 his own state
ment, a minimum standard OF cOmpari
son. whereby the efforts of his predeces-
sors might loom to more than normal
height. A duett by DR.. Sheldon and
Mrs. Miner, ~ would that my love-"
brought the festivities to close. The
occasion throughout was one of genuine
enjoyment.