Evening journal., 1908-06-08

| IN this State, and possibly In the United !
states. as tho nucleus OF II was the Dutch
Cslvinlst Church. which must have been
foimed very early after 1850 Lewes, New
Castle and Philadelphia were the ports
when the immigrants landed. Tho Pros
byterlan Church OF Lewes was founded IN
1899; that Of Philadelphia In l69si that
a. Pencader by the Welsh Preshyteriansl
AZ what Is now Glasgow In 1905 both the
Head Of christiana and Drawers In llOS
arc at White Clay Creek In il2i Mean
while the welsh Baptists had built their
church in the Welsh tract IN i7oai while
tha Fniscopaiians founded ST. Anne's IN
t1O5 and the Welsh Chapel at ST. eeFSse .
in 1907 ,.o
'erhe Head OF christiana was near 'n'
boundary line disputed with MarsNlnu
ana far enough away from Wiimns'sn
ana New Castle to be free from sweoe1
and Dutch. ana here the settlement was
.,,,ost exclusively Scotch Irish as was
,,o porcader Church Welsh. But as az
~, castle SO at Drawers In llOs sweae'
T,,.n French and Irish Protes'''nts
..,,,,aa 20 form this Presbyterian Chu'eh'
-, ,orerunners of the iood that was 10
,oi,evv. the food thus starting VINO came
=. ,he beckoning OF Penn's welcomei lhe
-, .,,aao nm. as Fronde says, OF the
-, ,ne courageous, the energetic lhe
.,,.g,. the fiood that filled up hrst 'he
c,,o,,ors then the German, and then 'he
oco,cb irish counties OF Pennsylvania
the nood that beginning In llSb' oil iio"
,.,,,orattor American horn, was 10 oe-
-, tho shenandoah Valley ana west
,,ard In virginia, North and South caro-
lima Tennessee Kentucky and ONO. Ai'e
,oon,e of these mighty states, ana millions
,,,ore hevond we're they aware OF IT, might
dav well turn their eyes with tender
gsze on the celebration Of this annivet'
80, 80 an this Mecca OF churches. this
msther OF nations.
Rich Memories Of old Church.
..rr,a time taken to tell the story OF
.,r oomposite origin leaves but little TOT
, ,ha two centuries that have toioweo.
? vhat two centuries more pregnant OF
.ventsl More momentoua in the ever uh-
, s,,d,nq life Of the worldl Before all else
7 n has been the witness Of the perisnlhs
T AZ norsecutlon and intolerance, and inc
j triumph of religious freedom. Ihe laeN,
. ts, thumb screw. the boot the elppeT .no
. .,alse have forever disappeared ana nouio
2 thought ia freer under the sun. Just as tho
q follv OF a French King, and OF bneliAh
> statesmen. had created the Colony oy
l. driving 10 these shores in the early colon
r ,,ts their best blood. so later the ioiiy
= AZ an English King and OF English states
men transformed colonial dependeno'ei
7 Into an independent republic II mas se'a
Z solved the problem OF sell goNeihi''''i'
= niacucaily without limit In popuiatleh OF
= in extent Of terrnoryi Of the auA form
Y Of government by the state ana the nauon
II has seen every arbitrary sovereignty
= !, ef Europe ~ She impulse Of our revoiu'
tion. and the force OF our example tnrne'
> esther into a constitutional monarchy o.
Y into a republic II has seen this peopi'
y wrestling with the problem Of Afr'eal
y slavery. inncted against their viii upo'
our continent by the cupidity OF tho mer'
= chant or the carelessness OF the states
!, Imam, and finally settling both and the per-
uanent character of our government o.
the greatest and bloodiest war Of modefi
= times IL saw the log church Of III se
= riaced In l778 with the simple but noop
; eNempie of colonial architecture In Whlcl
we are gathered today; the evidence tina
p. he hard conditions Of the frontier nae
= hv that time given place to opulenee' Gle
rance and taste. From Queen Anne q
George III; from George Washington y
Theodore Roosevelt; from few thousan
oolcnists TO nearly one hundred million
Of people IL witnessed RodEey's ride pas
these doors; IL heard the thunder OF IN
cannon Of Brandywine and OF the cannon
of Gettysburg. 1t saw sent from this con
creation. the heroic KirlSwood, thoug
only a captain in rank, yet the most con
sntcuous soldier from Delaware In th
Revoiutionary War. II was the most in
nor,ant victory OF the American Nav
on the water before the Civil Wal
whether regarded as naval achieve
ment, or because Of its far reaching pop
ieal effect. the battle OF Plattsourg' wo
ly member Of this congregation
Thomas McDonough. II saw Hugh Emo
the young Irish scholar, from Middle
tswn, An the Island OF ST. Croix pfepal
for College Alexander Hamilton. and thu
lay the foundation OF the career OF III
greatest creative American Statesman
has witnessed the expulsion Of Frene
control from this continent. Of the lini
lisn from the United States; OF Spai
from both Hemispheres and from ~
West Indies. It has seen the coming
the railway and steamboat, the triumph
Of steam and the triumphs
~ electricity that are even now tai
startling the world with new wonders.
ct has seen the advancement and acLiev
rs, rnents OF science; the antiseptic treatmei
IL in surgery; the germ theory in mediein
ey ana In philosophy the doctrine OF evoi
es tion. 1t has seen popular education ca
er lied 10 every door where every child, ev'
he the poorest, can obtain that equipment 4
he which Il is fitted; with a wealth OF co
he leges and universities rich in endowmsl
us ana fer everything 10 be accomplished
IL instruction or research. II has develo
in ed a noble literature worthy OF a gre
OF people; Il has made no mean advaneems
in in art, and now after the centuries ha'
rolled around, Drawers Church eel
hrates this anniversary, not only with
world at peace. but with larger ar
fuller assurance OF the permanent contin
ance Of the peace OF the world. than
any time since. at the birth Of the saylo
of mankind. the walls Of the temple
Jsnus at Rome were closed.
Civil Liberty Foes.
sBut a word more, and / am done. III
past, at least is secure. but what of Il
futuref The men who founded this chur'
came to escape oppression and to seau
not only religious but civil liberty. TIT
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