Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-07-10


with self-government-how far life,
liberty, property, and happiness are
secure under the influence OF laws
made by those who are to obey
them-a day when for the first time
IN the history Of the world a nation
was organized on the principle of the
political equality OF all it's citizens.
lt is entirely unnecessary for me
to occupy your time in attempting to
convince you of the propriety of set.
ting apart this anniversary for the
purpose Of remembering with grati-
tude the great event OF our political
salvation.
The history OF the world, as we'll
sacred as secular, bears witness to
the Importance OF setting apart a
day as a memorial of great events.
No sooner had the Creator of the
heavens and the earth finished his
work and pronounced it Every
good, than he set apart one day in
seven for the cOmmemoration of his
omnipotent power in producing all
things out OF nothing. The remem-
brance OF the deliverance OF the
children of Israel from a state of
bondage was perpetuated from gen
eration to generation by the annual
observance OF the Passover festival.
Remember this day, in which ye
came out Of Egypt, out OF the house
Of bondage" We observe birthdays
in our homes; we celebrate the birth
days Of a few of our nations great
ones. Today we celebrate the birth
day OF the nation itself. AS fellow
citizens Of a common country, we en-
.deavor this day, to remember with
profound gratitude to our supreme
benefactor, all the wonderful things
he has done for us, in giving us de-
siverence from second Egyptians
other house OF bondage.
John Adams, the second president
of the United States, said concerning
the Fourth OF July: cit ought to be
commemorated from this time
forward forever, by solemn act OF de-
votion to Almighty God, as we'll as
With guns, bells, bonfres, and illu-
minations." And this was the gen
.eral sentiment OF the time in which
he lived.
1t is said that we are the heirs of
all the ages, the inheritors OF all the
wealth OF knowledge and experience
OF the mighty past. II we today are
not more intelligent than our fore
fathers were, there is a defect some
where, either in our mental discipline
or our mental capacity. Wecertain-
ly know that we are standing on the
shoulders OF our fathers in expert
mental knowledge, and therefore we
ought to know all they knew, and
the added knowledge of our age be-
sides.
In all real knowledge and progress
two conditions are in evidence. With
one hand we reach forward toward
the future, the rising sun, the ever
coming day, the infinite fields OF pos
sibility, the untrodden realms of
glory. With the other hand we
reach back into the past and grasp
the hands of heroes dead, we lay
hold upon all the good Of other days
and by means of these two, the for
wark look and the backward glance,
we derive fresh inspiration and
moral power to act nobly in the liv-
ing present. This two-fold process
is the natural method by which we
acquire all our knowledge.
A backward glance upon the pages
OF history tells us that nations are
born and die like individuals. That
nations are the natural and legiti-
mate product of certain conditions
and circumstances; and that govern
ments are the natural and legiti-
mate expression Of the intellectual
and moral condition Of the people.
Along the banks OF the Nile, amid
the drifting sands Of Egypt, the pyr-
amids arose, stone on stone. Vast
temples were built, cities like Mem
phis and Thebes arose, king sue
ceeded king, aud dynasty succeeded
dynasty, only to live for a time,
flourish on the fruits Of victory, and
then crumble and pass away.
In the valley OF the Euphrates and
the Tigris rivers the Chaldean, Assy-
rian and Babylonian nations rose to
prominence and power, and the gen
ius OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS made the
hanging gardens OF Babylon one Of
the seven wonders Of the world.
Cyrus, the Median, drained the
Euphrates and Babylon fell, and
Xerxes the Persian led a million sol
diers against the liberties OF Greece.
Solomon the wise built his temple
on Mt. Moriah and raised to fame
and fortune a people significant for
their religion, destined to be felt
throughout the civilized world.
On the shores Of the Aegean and
1onian seas few petty tribes abb
sorb all the good OF eastern mon
arches, and rejecting much that was
bad, rose to be the foremost people
in all the world. We not only saw
the triumphs OF Alexander whose
kingdom covered the known world,
but we also saw the triumphs of in