New-York tribune., 1899-12-23

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tons their largest nobest and diynest IDEALS ano
and as % tne TSrf or eSfs sSsk that to most Of
| great IDEAS seem very much ike Ieue, ,n 81
Currency at the best not worm more '''"" ~
There ing s Is sad to be in Switzerland wsserfa e an
,nersn height that It's stream Ia altogether oiS 20
pated and dissolved In mist ana Galley AT the
1o, of the precipice ! think it may be sao oa az and
great the beautiful the reached the workaday
rworId Al ali They are simply spiendid anu III
paSseaPbe ,b dreamer and the doer often perfect
" unintegible TO one another IKE S,e that was
professor VINO said Of MS ,h new dnv one man under
stoo,i II and he misunderstood IL NuM, AZ "a "a
Sd M t ne divine Ihing they dreamed. and tney kne
how to DO IT, The amazing P,a.,'a1a ate nave been
oaey OF the world. When. IN the early sum
mer OF 1864, great union rnsnirs natriotism and
Hone during Grants fierce lighting IN te d 4,
ness President Lincoln wrote a,d 'e''e' - 10
"e ny .r,et Snat vou will shape your good Woras
that they viii turn into guns and men men is 5Teeise
what the Puritans did with their Ideas
SCOPE OF THE PURITANs.
One Of the wonderful things about the Puritan IS Is
the amazing scope 81 hverrs' ware able to Cover
wrt er has said OF Thomas Jefferson that 3eao her
in him a singular combination oil the & pnioSvpn ~ nay
the Statesman 80 az must he such combination in
very man who would largely influence ~ e'e nd he
10 - ria time The Puritan was all thal anu anu % h
vas more lie was a soioer, he was soiI, Ia' he
was a theologian. 1t ~ sometimes arpov SUI. unless
f,',n,,C, vas narrow he was not nhtio" "i''''
wboe continents Of human llfe are nsTr0,w ,Us b,Sot
Ii is sometimes said mat ne was was a. ,he throne OF
The Rourbons that he had an immense pam" ~, vas
one room OF which was iurlS ssd Of the Puritan
hat he cared for nothing but his iahSic ared Tor
anout religion. That is a mistake tie va
IN
81 have often thought tnat after the he might
finished the regeneration OF 'n1 aTt and to science
and there is no reason why ne s"ou'" NV
%or are we to forget that it was puritan You
wroJe "Comos" II Penseroso ~ AnesTod gro Crom
must put many men together Id Vane the states
man the soldier the scholar. the s!l,h sih GO which
sam II rev al last And It remains yet ~ ~
.,.nd "a nv Inc stern evidence ana eKpetli.s and
history whether nation tsush me IDEAS OF Hamp-
den and Calvin is filter 10 be Tee assert that
thn Puritan finished everything that he began i'
began much 10 finish
FAILURE AS WELL AS suCCE''
The Puritan failed in much. He ianed He failed
y establish republic IN theocTacy in America.
Are we quite sure gentlemen; tnat w We gid to-
that the Purtans failed so herA Are we quite Ger
tain that their ideas would seem ar ~ whom
TO us to-day: Wnh nm when 81 ne appeared before the
t ~ Heaven and asked for admission inc pT a !,
said aiter $50 SOM o,, Wont like it, Are quite sure
that we should Ike TO I'VE uStno un1 ntsm would
Hays' found cold comfort in puritan coini
| wealth - ,,o, but he succeeded
Inc ,tnisiv in his failures. The great laii-
nTes Of the past the foundations q t % Greatly
pt II is the men who have dared to ran ebs&ies
h IA ve made civilization possible to man ma M zee
james sale Of Edmund sS, B%rse too Soon it is the
men who have dared TO he right TOO soon toadom
| led mankind into Canaan's country Vi
ana o. pvs the cleares evidence that the Pilgrim
Fathers knew well what II means ne hat they had
tba hone and the ardent desire 10 ID! orIr !,
foundation for the au o christ in these
remote paris of the world. Yea even tnOusn rest ana
were but stepping stones 10 1aV be said that the
~rares on Burial HIN were like altar stairs ure @
| slope through darkness up 10 pou > N'"i
| for the world
| POLITICS AND RELIGION.
The Purans politicians because sed ,g PRACTICAL
| noltcians and II possible 10 oe po'n - strange
dred years ago Did II ever s,tine & sou go Interested
i'm public affairs that they found II lmposSot nd
politics alone and avoid ref1rss 1s }s the erandest
i,ind ~ religious enthusiasm: better thah tIe i
which iounds monaseries; Deze Deuef tbe society OF
Jesus: better than the zeal which mpeneu eio,,s
found the Methods tb PuT,,ans to found
er. cr.at free Christian commonwealths m whiCh
| liberty walked leaning on the arm oi Law N>P
But it Is not enough 10 say that the Puritan, %
rare noli.icjans because they were rehgious ma.
wete tpIe With everybody in their day, But when
tbe Puritan stood and said I Is my right to Tor M
shin God as my conscience dictates ne cal'heu al
| lawful liberties for man. Npplause1
PROPHETS OF LIBERTY.
Now am proud Of my cloth as q clergyman lIaa
| when remember what splendid prophets OF free
dom the Puritan ministers became Let us not Ior-
get that it the Rev Nathsnie & w Maau f W Clio
MES Of Massachusetts Bay, and they call ta' eoue
ha, ne hHos ne o. name for the laws of frecmen and
find that the first paragraph Of those laws Is sim n
ply the famous thirtynnth and toretn causes o
and said fin those few great words of our own Con
stitutlon: "No man should be deprived Of NE I'D
| erty or property without due process or law. -
| Mr. President ] must close. VIII you permit me
to say. however that when Mt, BeecheT was writ writ
and asked him when the life of Christ would M be
anished and Mr. Beecher ansTeTed The nar, nft
Of the life Of humanity lie will live as long as mar
reverance concerning the Puritans They are not
| dead. They live They aIe immortal Thelr ldeas
| follow the paths OF Providence which lead rs to
| take our share with the great nations OF Europe
! we shall need as no nation ever needed, those
qualities Of courage and conscience OF ;, SANITY and
| love of God which the example OF the Puritans
| commends and commands forever
OUR REUNITED COUNTRY"
"Our Reunited Country was the theme Of
Professor W Gordon McCabe. who spoke next
| In part he said:
| Much as have enjoyed these speeches: one thing
I confess mas puzzled me no little and that is that
has insisted directly or by Implication that the
| Pilgrims really founded and shaped the destineS
Of our Nation. and that but for New England
patriotism and Puritan devotion 10 duty and tC
principle that little revolt OF rs would have proved
somewhat OF iasco God forbid that here or else
where shall seek 10 abae one jot or title OF the
debt that the Nation to stubborn New
England grit and sagacious New England state
craft.
In your December oratOry here tonight you nat
urally have unfolded to you the New England point
OF view But come down TO Virginia and clink
glasses with me in May. when meet TO celebrate
(in far more Puritancal fashion than this) tht
mi nf he English set tie