The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-23

as for a great feast day The following
days were all receptions. banuuets. visits
and hunting parties. till the embassy de-
parted
ION tho 9th Of January was a masque
az Whitehall - Puritan was aonted
and abused at the Masque which vas
thought unseemly. considering the state
81 the French Protestants. 1T is thought
the ambassador proposed Mad. Henrette
for the Prince" At Lord Doncaster's
house the feast cost f3.o0l-hesides ZOO
worth OF ambergris used in the cook
ing"
on the one side Christmas is celebrated
by atty outcasts choppius wood for their
nres-and Out of the celebration springs
an empire ON the other side % IS cole-
DRAFTED by The uoblesse OF two nations and
the pomp Of two courts. And out oi tho
celebration spring two ciyil wars. the oN-
ecution Of one King and the exile Of an
other. the downfall twice repeated OF he
royal house. which came to the English
throne under fairer auspices than any be-
fore H. The whole as we look At Il. 10
the tale Of ruin Those are the only two
Christmas celebrations OF that year that
! have found anywhere written down!
10 Is the contrast between poverty ana
wealth. IL Is the contrast between nard-
ship and luxury. OF all the subjects OF
King James that day. there we're not nfty
men and MY women together who were
20 exposed TO every peril IS were the
hundred men and women at Plymouth.
on the other hand. the court OF King
James ana their guests who celebrated
Christmas az Whitehall thought them
selves that thcy wcse the lnest and great
ess people Ia tine world. They spent their
own money and other peoples money
with lavishness indescribable. They car
ried h0ars head. or they "nouted a
Puritan" with equal gaiety and indiffer-
cnce.
And now go years have gone by. And
every year has taught as more or less
about hundreds less or more OF those peo-
pie celebrating Christmas on that side OF
the ocean and the hundred people
on this side. and history has taught
us OF what ms followed on the plans and
hopes and deeds OF that day.
James che First has gone into history
as James the Fool Ana TO speak OF the
particular folly IN which he was then
engaged. the folly Of this coquetry be-
tween him and the King OF Franee, u was
like the coquetry Of finder alb ready on
IRE. with gunpowder. When the Anal Is
sue came. his family were begsars IN
France, his dynasty was over,hrown for
over and England was governed by her
own people. under the principles which
that Christmas Of his hated and houted.
And on this side the water William
Bradford and john Carver and William
Brewster worked an the doy. NO man
rested" With mattock and AK ana pick
Ak the Governor laboTed ana che preach
ar laborcI and the historian la6ored. NO
man rested all that day" In fact. they
had waited for this day 10 come before
they began. that they might work ON
v hat thcy called Poplsh holiday
And they "hu,ided better than they
knew" They dug post holes for their
block house They rived ana sawed tim
Der. and 20 they laid the foundations OK
an empire For these hundred men, wo-
men and children who were shiverng
thor. they established the home OF gov
eminent OK the People. for the People. BY
the People" what followed was first the
pure Democracy Of Massachusetts bay:
second the American Revolution; thlrd
the constitution OF the United states.
To-day. there ls not nation IN the
world which has constitutional govern
rneut ln Asia. Africa Europe, North or
south America, or the islands OF the
ocean but In SIS constitution. Il renews
ard rcpeafs the principles which bound
those woodcutters together. AMI on Which
they established their commonwealth
such are the 'Nhings' which tollo"
when men and women seek first the klns-
dom OF God and His Righteousness. Ihey
follow when men highly determine 20
i've together FOR the glory Ct God ana 70
enjoy Him forever.