The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-23

Mrs. Edith Alden Stohr, one OF the
two descendants of John and Priscilla
Allen, had His Apparel for her sub
Ject and she showed in brief talk how
the clothing, too, of the Puritan be-
spoke his thoughts and his attitude to-
ward life
Deep hidden was he under a strange
garment,
But il was sky-woven and worthy of a
god"
His Thrift was the subject of Mrs.
Effie Riddle Klingenders toast, and
she made the subject bright with
breezy anecdotes and stories, paying at
the same time a tribute to the thrift
of the early Puritan.
Not what you get. but what you hold
Eases LIES burdens when you're old -
Miss Maydelia Alden Hobbs, another
of the direct descendants of the two
Puritan lovers. spoke on His Indus
try, and so brief and to the point was
the talk, so filled with suggestions for
today. that it is given in full:
I'VE still have need. we think. in
these days of great enterprises, to con-
slider the activity of our fathers, how
they met those first hard years in New
England, and at cost of toll and priva-
ton provided against necessities we
can little comprehend.
Yet we would be far from truth If.
by necessity, we explained the industry
of the Puritan. other pioneers have
toiled valiantly and as reward loved
ease. But he had read in his Bible that
a godly man should be, mot slothfuI In
business. fervent in spirit, serving the
Lord" And. as serving the Lord, he
went to his desk, his shop or into his
fields. In this spirit our grandmothers
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their children. From his earliest days
the Puritan child had his appointed
task, bore his child's share of the bur-
den and became a part of the strength
of his community.
Honest work well done was service
of Condolences was sin. And it is sin.
Diligently in this belief the Puritan
lived, six days he labored with all his
Christian might. whether his task was
humble or observed of men, seven he
worshiped God. From youth to old age
he counted time precious for employ
ment. Does this seem a hard rule of
life? 1 am convinced that no one has
more fully known the joy of doing, the
exaltation of achievement.
'He built great commonwealth,
formed on the strength of strong
right arm and clear brain of the Pur-
itan home. He believed in usefulness
uselessness was disgrace and sin. By
industry he attained usefulness and
through usefulness he came into the
dignity Of responsibility. He was
trained to it from childhood; in man.
hood he naturally assumed his place as
guardian of the state, guardian of her
liberty, her laws, her integrity. Con-
viction of personal responsibility makes
good citizenship. II we could learn this
lesson we would be a more righteous
nation.
I'VE owe many debts of gratitude to
the Puritan. beyond any price we have
to pay. May we not acknowledge one
debt by keeping active his principles
of industry"
Mrs. Russell l.. Tracy followed with
a toast to :" his learning Mrs. Tracy
paid a glowing tribute to the deeper
learning of the Puritan. and told of the
remarkable struggles by which this
learning was attained. She spoke of the
heritage of the descendants today, her
suggestive lines being:
ripe in wisdom was he; but patient,
simple. chjldiika."