Arizona republican., 1904-07-04
THE NATIONS BUILDERS
Subject of Patriotic Sermon Yester-
 day by Rev. 4. fl. Gibbons.

Rev. 4. M. Gibbons of the Ti,st NJ. F.. church delivered a stirring patrio'ic sermon yesterday morning. taking his text from Ezekiel 27:26. The subject was, The nation and it's builders" The discourse was divided as f-l- lows: First, the rowers: Christian ty The Pilgrims, who landed at Plymouth Rock, in 1920, were the founders of our nation. There was an English SC tie ment at Jamestown as early as le07 a Spanish settlement at St. Augustine as early as 1865, a prosperous Out Ii colony founded at New Amsterdam iii 161i, but it was reserved for the Pu- ritans to lay the foundation of our re- public The constitution of their col ony was covenant. ''To live togeth- CT in peace and harmony, with equal rights to all, obedient 10 just laws made for the common good" The ga Ze of the Puritan was turned ever toward postCrity. He believed in the future. His affections and hopes were with the coming ages. For his child. en he toiled and sacrificed; for them the en- cggies of this life were cheerfully ex- hausted. The system of free schools is the enduring monument of his love and devotion. The printing pre- is his memorial. With him the outcast found sympathy, and the wanderer a home He was the earliest champion of civil rights, the builder of the union.
 second, hardships; the unspeak1b,e hardships through which the Puritans passed. developed hardy, libsr;y-,Ov- ing people. Heroes are not the pro- duct of soft, self-indulgent life. T. @ oak is the product of the storm.
 Third. republican form of govern ment; the republic furnishes the b st conditions for the development of noble type of manhood. Here every man has an opportunity to make the most of himself
 Fourth, great and varied resources; we have everything necessary fer the building of great country.
 Fifth, a heterogeneous populati n all that is best in human character is not to be found in any one race of people. We have appropriated that which is best from every people.
 Sixth, our system of public educa- tion; aside from Christianity there is no more potent element in the entire of our republic.
 Second, The Waters. Turn We to consider some things that constitute our national heritage.
 First material possessions; the area of the United States, exclusive of Alas ka and newly acquired teeritory, is :, ,025,600 suqare miles. This vast arel possesses, as whole, the best climate in world for the development of rug Sed, sturdy and noble race of people
 It possesses greater and more varied natural resources than any other ter ritCry of equal area on the globe. In 1880 the wealth of this nation was esti- mated at $43,642, ,OO0,O00 $276, coo, 900 more than that of Great Britain, the richest nation of the old world. at the close of the year 1900 our national wealth had reached the stupendous figure of $94, ,459, ,OO0, 0OO The wealth of European nations is the accumulation Of centuries; our nation is but 125 years old, and the greater part of it's wealth has been accumulated during the last fifty years. (Ridpath on American railroads.)
 Second, waters of opportunity
 First, financial: our manufactures exceed those of Great Britain by more than a billion dollars. In mechanical inventions we lead the world, the United States issuing almost five times as many patents as the British govern ment. We are world leaders in ma chirery and mechanics. The markets of all the earth are open to us, and we are destined to be the worlds wo.k- shop.
 Second, educational; the great college was founded sixteen years aft5r the Pilgrims landed 1t PIVnOlIth POclS the printing press followed two years later. To the Pilgrims We owe our magnif- cent public school system, with it's IT, 299.230 children in the schools during the year 1901, with more than 4300C0 teachers, and an annual expenditure of more than two hundred million dol lars forr public education. The be t opportunities are here for a boy or girl to get a good education that are to be found on the planet.
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