New-York tribune., 1902-12-23

ssrd,,r n Plymouth Rock, without having sense
Ter at It's results.
ONE OF THE WORLDS STORIES,
That story has now become one Of the qnayIng R91de
worlds stories Ike that OF te tb discovery
OF America by Columbus and ms oand. II IL, - tAe
records which testify the precepts ana Inc Ine m 5s
OF the light of the world Ana u any any reverence
70 those whom the Mayower brought TO PIyIn4beH 31
nI The ArabelIe to Boston, can safely say thdo az
fhev are folk who after all have no ancestors u
eeqa nave only TO congratulate you the continued @
~rntnence of this association have menoneu % cis i
1omed way, the work IN WI EIlcn W. he LAST time last
The annual sermon preaGne9% Go dor q, me yer ELOQUENT
and classical manner has become one o1 '1e NE had
b S ISriK3Ieee of Joining in the offering carried by
1be Massachusetts delegate the Rev george trob w S
70 the memory of John Robinson If we are NOT
often called gpontb n bcb our We are devoted under our
by-laws is because every New only
s-IdeS' -IaeS com1nlsion II we have not founded
library it. is R because a9Sf besides Mr. Carnegie OF
late has not given chancel But we are & SIaIu 10
ing for the future and meanwne oe %e haeI 1 ner o
retuate the NewEngland spirit ana conHIGI1 for for
70 maintain raying place IN tlL9 d Who are
she young and old to gather around VINO A'e
proud Of our common heritage
WHERE DOES IT sToP?'
.s,t NOM Won are urgent for the best part of the
yeast and if 60 on much longer should ,Eben Reap
some exclamation like that OF Dr; JohTsoH E v"Ta ing
infant in very long baby gown In me 5ae 4Sfng bng
stop" / trust you have all had your snare s 0a
the socety's prosperity this year 59ssS Fs1 sXFS
a S4T e15 n in such case may have had slight ad-
9P 9Pt92n 62 mn IN 59s qoung ss PhSdaPhia friend
rated his first experience in the STOCK -
se1ed saed this pe1fion: oh Lord understand that
oIr SON James has been taking flyer in the stock
he speedily brought TO nauEht ana, ne i siiu in
The past and we are full Of hope for another 1ed
5oK e Example Of the late Bishop Brooks when
sf9P s From 6 and he wrote to Bishop Brooks that
be would try to tore down s6op {Rf BOOKS 9 replied
and viii say same thing to do want van odia lne
STated postscript, Turn on everything"
PILGRIMS AND EDUCATION.
/ saw the other day that the Rev. Dr !Wlhgi tei
president Of Western KesegTe rerT 5edncated
ser of men Not one Of them had ever been 70
nnTe n1yeFSs Ss two years at o1foTd They were not
bookmen. and he drew paTaeI net~een le caI93a me
SoS, " men has been more kindly recognized and
Snore honored BY body OF scholars than the Pill
grim Fathers have been by Haryar9 tnSe[Sieg H Seg
you come to think Of it it is not always the & eaPnTo n
scholar who reaches the nest resH5sS; iG e tbiIer
The Disciples Of Galilee were not educated those
not highly educated, but no men had higher re-
spect for education They beIeTed-IJ. was a par ar
sew Siie1 province We're religion and learning The
Church they transplanted, and the college with 1t
rhey were quick to found
MR. TwICHELL'S SPEECH.
'Forefathers' Day" was the toast to which
the Rev Joseph H. Twichell was then called
80 respond. and Mr.. Twichen was greeted cor
daily, and spoke in substance as follows:
While on the whole. gentlemen, I must profess
e m sDnPgpl St 59 Ge s NeEngiand minister of
NuL De d"d4e tiat o9 .
Puritan 1
NOT being born three hundred years ago. Had my
nativity been so auspiciousy ordained it would
aap ahg1at Of men Of Which the New-Engand com
most nearly perfect incarnation The world has
ever seen the minister Of the PERIOD may say
in-chief. And since he bore sceptre OF SO un-
natursily and pardonabie. You will allow. cherish
the tradition Of his vanished sreatness
that Puritan type of which. it is my boast. he was
Tie arch exponent-I would remark that into its
composition. whenever, wherever and in whornso-
ever, in all the ages emerging 10 view, there enter
mems T9 Fath S IN God faith Aa IN man faith in
9r %oTk Fa!th @ IN COG as a rghteons and actually
vealer of truth unto righteousness, which IS Of
which il is every mans highest concern and first
GUY himself 70 seek the knowledge. and,
OF our ancestral PuTitans creed. and who doubts
thoughts was determined. OF it came his vast in
satiate labor In the field Of theological inquiry. The
which he left it is row for the most part obEoiee@
happily obsolete, I, who am his lineal and, trust
over the disuse and disrepute which his apolo-
self very much Of the mind theresbouf of hat
Etanch Calvinist, Thomas Carlyle whose comment
out OF truths deep well it W "a 9 ae oF 9eg %9eF
wet rope. bucket foo seldom arriving"
But that truth search Of his in the fear Of God
so prosac IN form, intrlnscally poedc-the
Inen-however effectively ordered ana whatever it
missed was in itself the subimest thing It had
shadow Incident TO TVac VIM
you must obey Gods truth with him or he'd have
zpect than that indiscrirnaTe caTeIsss eas to1aT
eLce cegotten OF unconcern about truth, or doubt
OF it came too the soul of invincible. unouench-
able courage that was in him The fear
o. Coo was his only fear OF Thomas Hooker.
by one who had known him well-so Cotton Mather
recoTcs-"He was a person who while doing his
Yet. after all the Puritan was also the humbiest
OF men. lnHexibly stiff kneed and stiff necked, he
was toward most human authorities, but the
S5ftL6 Sf6s 59noriIy.once a ne deemed he had ascer
bowed. A modern orator. in political speech
as reported. said with impressive JUNCTION. God
aiteth nation but sin is reproach 70 any peo-
pc ana my fellow citizens. in my humble opinion
For that particular kind of humble opinion there
viii not name it-but il was not heaven What
ever II ms grand inquiry after truth did not
ind his record IS clear beyond e5ampe nf of Gl9 aiI
that springs from dupcity. frivolity. self-induI-
Out, Of the Puritan's faith in God-directly gen.
10 which the distinctive mould OF the institnti ~
political and educational-he inaugurated-was due
idea and principle OF government he had not in
Ihe oeg1n1lng universally attained In the small
al citizens freemen from the first but not in
nal view of the renowned John Wintnrop its fore