Arizona republican., 1902-11-28

indispensable to comfort and happi ncss-rever dreamed of them even as possibilities.
 Over against the things which they lacked and were still happy and thank full we have the means of conveyance and communication by which time and distance are almost obliteratcd-by which all nations are made ncXt-door neighbors. As easily, almost, as they could address a friend across the street, we can speak to one hundreds of miles away. Over against their rude imple- mcnts, we have labor-saving machin- cry that almost converts toll into pastirne. Over against their torches and tallow dips that flared so feebly against the deep darkness of the prim- cval forests, we have the intense cleo tric light that almost turns night into day.
 But while they did not have these things which the passing, pregnant years have poured into the lap of this goodly land, the Pilgrim Fathers did have that without which all these good things would be as dust and ashes that without which the sunshine would be robbed of it's gold, the flowers of | their beauty and fragrance, and Ma | lures sweet song of it's music-that which they had left home and native | land and dared death itself to obtain | blessed liberty-the liberty with which l Christ hath made men free-freedo:n of body, mind and soul Possessing this. they felt themselves rich, as, in deed they were, and they were happy and thankful.
 ] If the fathers were grateful to AL mighty God for what they possessed, how grateful should we be, possessing as we do, what they possessed and all that the fruitful years have added ! thereto? Let us today, as American citizens, pause and count our blessings. Let us try to "see what God has done for this glorious country of ours. that gratitude may well up within us and find fitting expression in thanksgiving and thanksiving. Counting our bless inSs, we begin at the beginning.
 THE AMERICAN HOME.
 In the home worthy to be thus des- ignated is found the pure atmosphere or true Americanism The true Ameri- can some is.
 1. The Democratic Home. The home of equal rights. The home in which the youngest born enjoys all the rights and privileges accorded to the oldest born. The home in which the Jaw of primogeniture is unknown, and
 in which it will forever remain un- known. The home in which fitness and
 not the accident of birth determines
 the brow that shall wear the crown l of honor. The home that is like tho
 home of Jesse. from which the fair
 haired, ruddy-faced, pure hearted Da-
 vid was chosen to be king. over his older and taller brothers. The saresT
 soundest and most scriptural home that
 e'er the sun shone upon. Long may it
 live to give its best and not its first
 in response to the country's call. 2 The MOnogamic Home. The ! home of one husband and one wife
 The home of one father and one mother
 The home of civilization; of enlighten-
 ment; of refinement; of purity: of love
 of culture; of delicacy; of decency; o
 the highest Christian teaching. Tn,
 ideal Christian home as distinguished
 from the polygamous home. which I' . the home of barbarism; of ignorance
 of sensuality; Of Hcentiousness; O. coarseness: of indelicacy. Let us guarC
 it well against the organized power
 that would turn time back more thar three thousand years and rehabilitat, | tH lH9tllul4oi lHdl DelOHBeu lO d peTlOt , when the race was just beginning {, i emerge from the darkness of its deep !, est degradation.
 A second blessing which we possess and for which we should be thankful today, is
 THE AMERICAN SCHOOL. Q The American school is the schoo : which is
 q Supported at Public Expense - The democratic school in whici }. the children of all classes mce