New-York tribune., 1902-05-21

dredth anniversary Of the beginning of Orga nized
| home missionary work by the Presbyterian
! Church. In one sense of course. all feryent and
earnest church work is part Of home mission
airy work. Every earnest and Jealous believer.
every man or woman who is a doer of the Word
and not a hearer only, is a lifelong missionary
in his or her field Of labor-a missionary by pre-
cept and by what is thousandfold more than
precept by practice. Every such believer eX-
/ erts influence on those within reach somewhat
by word and infinitely through the Ceaseless.
, Yet wellnigh unseen pressure, all the stronger
when its exercise is unconscious of example. Of
broad, loving. charitable neighborliness.
But tonight celebrate a hundred years of
with set purpose: hundred years of earnest
effort 10 spread abroad the Gospel. to lay deep
greatness must rest. The century that has
closed has seen the conquest Of this continent
by our people To conquer continent is rough
work All really great work is rough in the
doing. though il may seem smooth enough to
those who look back upon it, or who gaze upon
il from afar The roughness is an unavoidable
part of the doing of the deed.
We need display but scant patience with
those who, sitting in their own homes
delight to exercise a querulous and censorious
spirit OF Judgment upon their brethren, who.
whatever their shortcomings are doing strong
mems work, they bring the light of cviiza-
ton into the worlds dark places. The criticism
Of those who live softly remote from the STRIFE
is of little value, but it would be difficult TO
overestimate the value of the missionary work
OF those who 20 to share the hardship. and
while sharing il to wage against the myriad
forms OF brutality. IT IS such missionary "Orh
which prevents the pioneers from sinking peril
ously near the level Of the savagery against
which they contend
Without it the conquest Of this continent
would have had little but animal side. With
out il the pioneers fierce and rude virtues and
sombre faults would have been left unlit by the
flame Of pure and loving aspiration. Without 1t
the life of this country would have been a life
Of inconceivably hard and barren materialism.
Because of it deep beneath and through the
national character there runs that power or
firm adherence to a lofty ideal upon which the
safety Of the nation will ultimately depend.
Honor thrice honor, to those who for three
generations. during the period of this peoples
great expansion. have seen that the force Of the
living truth expanded the nation expanded!
They bore the burden and heat Of the day, they
toiled obscurey and died unknown, that we
might come into glorious heritage. Let us
prove the sincerity Of our homage 10 their faith
and their works by the way in which We man
fully carry toward completion what under them
was so well begun.
THE BIRTH OF A NEW REPUBLIC.
Coming up here tonight made up my mind
speak you of the manifestations of the
spirit of national righteOusness-of something
that has taken place this day and of something
that has happened within ten days; of action
OF this nation which eliminated in the creation
to-day, in starting free republic on its course.
That has represented four years work-blun-
derings and shortcomings in the work. or course.
and there men of little faith who only saw
the shortcomings and the blunders-but 1t rep
resents work triumphantly done. We have the
rigbt IN feel prouJ that We have kept every
pledge to the letter and established new ma
tional precedent. / don't remember another
lch cS |
a case where the result of such a war the
victorious nation has Contented itself by start.
ing a new nation, free. on the difficult path OF
Self-gOVernment
Here anarchy and ruin would have lain be-
fore the island if we had been satisfied win the
victories of war and left its people TO shift for
themselves. For four years our representatives.
i'm the island-representatiVes largely OF the
army q sometimes hear the army attacked and
7 have even heard missionaries attacked)-stlll,
vrben great work is TO be done in peace or war
II is good to have the army to depend upon
our representa- tatives worked to bulld up the
school system to establish sanitary measures.
To preserve order and 10 prepare for the start
ing of industries, that the new government
might begin with the chances in its favor.
Now as a nation we bid II GodSpeed ana we
intend 10 see that il has all the aid we can give
LEGISLATURE will see to IL shortly that they nave
the advantage of entering into peculiarly close
relations with economic system.
That is one deed consummated to-day. Now
for the other
PROMPT TO AID ST. PIERRE.
Ten days ago an appalling calamity befelI
torri+orv belonging to two different nations;
islands not under flag. but their need was
great and this people saw the need and met q
as sneedilv as possible Congress al once ap-
aupmented by private gifts. And, gentlemen l
foupd az usual the army and navy the instru-
,,,ente through which the work TO be done could
he done The minute l wanted men who could
dron The work they were engaged upon, assured
,bst neither pestilence nor volcano would make
tharo swerIe from their duty, men of incor-
runfibIe integrity I turned 10 the army and
co,tiuued fourth page.