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the large crowd that had gathered in
addition to those who came from the
church service.
DIR. GOucher's Address.
The address delivered by DR.. J. F.
| Goucher at Trinity Church, at IL
o'clock. was in part as follows:
Greatness of character. personal or
national. is to be determined by It's
| contribution to human well-being.
Largeness is not necessarily greatness.
| Judged by this standard the greatest
/ race of modern times is the Anglo>
Saxon. | use the term anglo Saxon"
to designate not only those who trace
their descent back directly to the An
glo and the Saxon, but those also who
having descended collaterally. or. as
| ISOLATED with them have helped de-
velop and perpetuate their character
| istics.
They were not always a maritime,
| commercial industrial, world governs
ing people. Though of Teutonic origin,
they had gradually withdrawn from
the continent of Europe and for
| thousand years till the close of the
sixteenth century, their activities were
insular and England was their home.
They had undertaken some voyages,
| adventures and polar exploration
which yielded considerable return in
| personal development of seamanshlp
and audacity but the first generation
of great European discoveries had
passed before the Anglo Saxons made
any valuable contribution to world
knowledge. Three-quarters of cen,
tury had elapsed since the epoch-mak-
ing achievements of Columbus and
Vasco da CANA, transferring the CEN
ter of human interest from the Medi-
terranean sea to the Atlantic ocean,
before Chancellor explored the White
sea- Drake circumnavigated the globe,
or Frobisher sought for the north
west passage. But these men had
their preparation in time to defy and
help destroy the Spanish Armada.
When the sixteenth century closed the
Anglo Saxons were without a single
possession outside of Europe and had
dominion over only half their island
and part of Ireland.
From 1888 to 1915 England was en-
gagged in seven great wars. Five of
these started with France, one started
with Spain and the other with Eng
lands colonies, but both ended with
France. 1T was more than an in
veterate jealousy"
Though France preceded England in
colonizing enterprise, she laid her CHIEF
stress upon European expansion and
was always entangled with the ma
| tions about her. England, with he's
personal initiative rapidly developing,
sought with her characteristic persist
ence the new fields. America, Asia.
| Australia and Africa. She had a few
colonies along the Atlantic coast but
| France had possessed herself of the
| two great rivers, the St. Lawrence and
| the Mississippi, and was in position to
| dominate the continent.
When the Great Commoner" said
| he would conquer America in Ger
| many" he disclosed the weakness In
| the policy of France. Subsidizing
| Frederick he caused France to divide
| her forces and exhaust herself in Eu-
| rope, while her possessions in Ameri-
/ ca passed defenseless into the hands
| of the Anglo Saxons.~~
| Fought for New World.
In the three wars between 1740 and
| 1888 the struggle as between England
| and France was entirely for the New
| World In the second. the seven years
| war. France was defeated. In the third
| she sought for vengeance. We as a
| nation should be grateful to France
| for the recognition of our young and
| untried republic and for the material
| support which she gave US. yet we can
| not forget her motive was revenge
| rather than love. So later, Napoleon,
| conscious that with her inferior naval
strength France could not protect Lou
| isiana from the British, preferred to
have it pass into the hands of the
United States rather than have Eng
land seize it. Frances jealousy OF
England enable us, without firing q
gun to double our area at a price
equivalent to less than three cents pei
acre. 1t was another victory in the
same campaign, the Anglo Saxon dis
placing the Latin. We continued al
Manila and Santiago what England
had so gloriously begun at AK Ia
| Chapel, Quebec and Arcot Spain
Portugal and France, all Latin nation:
and all world powers at the beginning
of the eighteenth century are in thell
reminiscent stage to-day. No one o.
them has any empire in the Western
world
When the eighteenth century CLOSED
il left England without one of her orig
inal American colonies and a war deb
of $4,000 100000. But a sister Angle
Saxon nation was well established OF
this side of the Atlantic, Canada haC
become an English possession. the Lat
in civilization had been started at
double quick upon its evacuation o
North America. the Britain was NOR,
fIldtllys tue AiRto odNon was NOR
Christian. and the foundations of thu
empire of manhood had been laid in ev
cry continent.
Race for Supremacy.
The race for supremacy upon which
England fairly started when she de
feated the Spanish Armada in 1883 wal
awarded her by the treaty OF Utrech
in l7i3. which secured the Protestan
succession IN England. the separation
OF the French and Spanish crowns ant
the enlargement Of the British colonies
and plantations In America. Thi
caused her 20 be considered the FRS
( state IN Europe. But her success
had secularized and materialized he
a. nothing had ever done before Gym
ioism and corruption had set in Neve
were aordid motives 40 supreme, new
~ was religion and every high .nfu
ence - much discredited a. IN AZ.
thirty years which followed
OFsaf Spiritual Awsksalna.
Do ne middle third ~ the eighteenth
century occurred f'ihe great apirifua
ap'akenins" fn E1Eiand and "fhe sever
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