The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-09-06
PRESIDENT FROST AT CONCORD.

Dear Readers OF The CitIzen:-How
often my thoughts have turned back
TO Kentucky, and rested with the com
pany OF those who meet for PRAYER
at the Parish House each THURSDAY
night and with the students who are
.eaohihs In their widely scattered
school houses through the mountainsl
Let me tell you OF my visit TO Con
cord and Lexington, Massachusetts.
where the first skirmlshes OF The
Revolutionary War were fought ON
the 18Th Of April, 1775. You have
read about these things in your his
tories, but IL IL wonderful thing IN
30 over the ground, and see WHERE
ana how II all happened. We hegin
Win the steeple OF the North Church
where the lanterns were hung out
10 let the people know that the Rrit-
ism were starting. Then we 10 over
.ne road traversed By Paul Revere I'm
MS famous midnight ride. Many of
the houses he visited are still stand
Ing. You can tell them by the big
old-fashioned chimneys.
And all along them are stone pillars
telling what happened at each SPOT.
Here Is the place where Paul Re
we're was stopped by the British patrol
mere Is the spot where the farmers
Jay Dehind the stone wall ready 20 fir,
at The soldiers. Here Is the spot
"here the first men were shot Ana
ia several places are monuments WITH
inscriptions telling OF the great nrin-
ciples Tor which our fathers fonght
ana dled-lberty, equality. Justice
Inc battle monument at Concord has
stanza by Emerson which Is as bean
tiful as any:
by the rude bridge which spanned
The flood,
Their flag to Aprll's breeze unfurled
Here once the embattled farmers
Stood, 'S'
And fired the shot heard round the
World.
But the village OF Concord As moi,
only famous for what has been done
there, out for the great men and
women who lived there, especially
those who have made the world bet
ter by the books which they have
written and the great ideas which
they have taught There are whole
states In the west and south which
have not yet produced so many great
men as this one hamlet. Emerson is
probably the first. and then come
Hawthorne, Thoreau, Louise M. Al
colt, Geo. VIM. Curtis. Margaret Full
Ter, and several others.
Most OF these are buried in SLEEPY
Hollow Cemetery" and / will simply
copy the inscription from the monu-
ment OF the father of Senator Hoar.
Samuel Hoar Of Concord,
Born In Lincoln, May Is, 177S.
Died In Concord. Nov. 2. 1856.
He WIS one OF the most eminent
lawyers and best beloved citizens of
Massachusetts, safe councillor. a
kind neighbor, Christian gentleman;
he had the dignity that won the re-
spect, and the sweetness and modesty
that won the affection OF all men. He
practiced AN economy that never
wasted and a liberality that never
spared. or proved capacity for the
highest offices. he never avoided OBJ
scure duties. He never sought stations
OF lame or emolumeRt, and never
slrank from positions of danger or
oDiiouy. His days were made happy
ny public esteem and private affec-
.ion. To the latest moment of his
ionglife he preserved his clear intel
iect unimpaired and fully conscious OF
It's approach met death with the
perfect assurance OF immortal llfe."I
To such model l am glad 10
point all my young friends.
Sincerely yours.
VIM. Qoodell Frost.