Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-03-24
THE DAY At OLD ST. JOHNS
APPROPRIATE EXERCISE s
ARE HELD.
DR.. Fell's Patriotic Address to The
Students In Chapel This
Morning.

Maryland Day was celebrated at the
college by appropriate exercises
After chapel service was ended one of
the students gave brief statement OF
the intention of the Governor in de-
string the observance of the day.
He was followed by DIR. Thomas
Fell, the president of the college, who
gave an address on Religious Toler-
ation,'' of which the following is q
resume:
To-day we are called upon to con-
slider the establishment of Religious
Toleration in Maryland as a fitting
subject for thoughts when celebrating
Maryland Day.
'To thoroughly understand what is
meant by Religious federation we
should call to mind the painting which
adorns the wall of the Court House
in Baltimore. Here we see Catholic
priest and Protestant pastor holding
between them the Edict of Tolera-
tion.
The doctor referred to the conflicts
between church and state and the
great bitterness of spirit and frequent
bIoodshed among all sections of religi-
ous persuasion. The idea that church
and state must be joined together. he
said, was an old one. although the
founder OF the Christian belief taught
the opposite, but to Calvert's colony
must be given the proud distinction
of being the champion of religions
freedom in the Western Hemisphere.
Continuing, DE-. Fell said;
1.-The settlement of Maryland was
in several respects different from that
of the other colonies, in which many
fruitless efforts had been made to es-
tablish them on a foundation, where
private judgment and religious tolera-
tion could find no resting place.
In the case of Maryland, however.
the advantages of a government, iu
which the freemen were to have a
part, and federation in matters of
conscience was to be allowed. were
wisely provided by its founder, so
that the origin was peaceful and its
course prosperous from the beginning.
And this deserves to be noted because
it's founder was a sincere and liberal
minded man of the Roman Catholic
Church, q church whose principles
were totally opposed to all toleration
in religion. Had Prince Charles,
the son of James /. ,on the occasion of
his visit to Madrid, brought back the
Infanta of Spain, as his bride, CAL
vert's political ambition would not
have been wrecked. AS it was he
placed his resignation in the hands of
the King and received the title of
Baron of Baltimore, in the peerage of
Ireland
DIR. Fell reviewed the early settle
men of Maryland and its phases of re-
ligious toleration and defined the Re-
liigous Toleration Act. He said it
was extremely probable that the last
clause of the Act was written by Cal
vert himself. The Doctor said 1.-THE
only explanation of his stand for re-
ligious liberty is that it was federation
for the sake of civilization. F."
In closing Dr. Fell said Have
we not right to thank God for this
record and to magnify the men
who made it, regardless of their
creed EThe quarrels of the old world
were shut out of the new and Mary
land became the Land of the Sanctu-
ary, where Quaker and Puritan,
Roman Catholic and Churchman might
dwell together in happiness, pursue
the avocation of peace, and render
unto God the alteration of their con-
sciences according to the forms most
suited TO their temperament. =
The students displayed much inter
est in the proceedings, which were
closed by all joining in singing
" Maryland. My Mary land. >